The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
STATE NEWS.
urier-Journal.

STATE NEWS.
City of Attica expenses amount to $1,000
year.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: A finenew Baptist
church is being erected in Eel river town
ship. 1t will be completed about the 1st of
May.
Rush county has ,147 school children. 1t
pays into the state treasury Sll, ,253. 10 for
school purposes, and receives back only
s., ,622. .2S.
Indiana has l20 distilleues, 81 breweries,
5000 licensed saloons. In the number of
her saloons Indiana stands eighth in the
list OF states.
Seymour Democrat: Five prisoners were
taken to Jacksonville, through this city
yesterday, from Shelbyville. They were all
in irons, and about 21 years of age.
A committee of charitably inclined citi-
zens of Rochester collected ST2 II on Carist-
mas morning. and distributed the amount to
Is families of Rochester's worthy poor.
Frankfort Crescent: About so years ago.
the older inhabitants say, that we expert
eueed Just such winter as this. Corn was
| planted in February and was ripe in June.
An idea prevails throughout the country
| that wild turkeys are included in the pro-
| visions of the game law, but such is not the
case. it is not unlawful to kill them at any
| time.
T. ). Bull, of Liberty township, Porter
county, shipped last week nine barrels of
honey from Valparaiso weighing 4,6C0
| pounds, TO New York. How is that Tor bee
| business?
Plymouth Democrat: The following form
r,
| fully referred to whom it may concern:
Resolved 1l, That Brother - is dead.
Resolved (2l, That we are sorry for it.
Columbus Democrat: The growing crop
of wheat in this county promises well at this
| time With favorable weather during the
remainder of the winter. the wheat crop of
1878 will be the largest for many years.
Huntington Dsmocrat: Huntington cour-
| ty has two boys in the Indiana house of
refuge for juvenile offenders, Jerry Desmond
and Samuel Beal. Ii costs the county S75
annually for each of these parties.
Salem Democrat: Many of our farmers now
| find it impossible to get their produce to
market because of the bad roads. And yet
many of these same farmers would oppose
any movement which would look towards
giving our county good gravel or macadam-
| lied roads.
franklin Democrat: The colored NJ. E.
| church of this city has so communicates.
| They also own church building and par
souage, valued at 81, 600, on which there is
an Indebtedness of only about 800. They
| employ pastor and have regular preaching
every third Sunday.
Frankfort Crescent: Several persons in
this county complain that their pork, put up
during the recent warm weather, has spoiled.
| The temperature was too high for the meat
| to properly cure and though salt was used
copiously, yet the bacon ''soured," especial
! ly pieces in which the bone was left.
Mitchell Times The Mitchell post Office
| for the year ending December. 1877, has in
creased its business so as to give the post
master q salary of 81, ,00G.19, which makes it
/ a third class office, under the appointment
| OF the president. The money order business
the past year foots up S30SS7.S7. Orders
| paid, So, 7O9.45. Stamps cards, etc, S1,656 23.
| Seymour Democrat There are several
men in Seymour worth from $1,000 to &c.
| 600, more, who allow mud puddles to
| stand in front of their tenement houses, no
matter on how prominent a street they are
| located. Such penuriouSness is despicable
and all should approve the action of any
councilman who would vote 10 force such
persons to put down decent sidewalks.
Franklin Democrat: Judge Hanna gave
| Judgment IN favor OF the mechanics liens IN
the town hall case, to the amount of 81 723,
and an order of sale to enforce the payment
He decides that the ground upon which the
| building stands being disputed as to owner
| ship, the judgment covers only the building
above the foundation. The authorities must
now make some arrangement to pay off these
| liens, or the building will be apt to pass into
other hands at no very distant day.
Columbia City Post: Columbia City did
not make very big show in the improve
| ment line during the year 1877. Beyond
the erection of the town council and fire de-
partment building and new school house,
there have been no large buildings erected.
| Colonel Mcdonald, with his usual energy
and public spirit, has made more improve
ments than any other individual in the
town. The Post hopes to have more graf
flying exhibit to make for the year 1873.
Upton Times: One evening some two
weeks ago, after the family of M. s. Cox, who
resides near Sharpsville. had retired to bed, !
some unknown person fired two shots at the
house. one passing through the window aud
| fortunately striking the sewing machine,
which was standing between the window and
the bed in which Mrs Cox was lying, there
by saving her from the shot The other ball