The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-30

The Lafayette soup house has distributed
over $500 pints of soup since it was opened
to the poor.
A lady of Shelbyville, rs years of age, is
lying quite ill of whooping cough and is not
expected to live.
During the 1877 A., 200 paupers in Indiana
were cared for at the expense of the various
counties in the state at cost of 5000, 626.
Mrs. Emma Molloy is at her home in Elk
hart. She speaks during the month of Feb
ruary for the National Prohibition alliance.
Mr.. James Gale, one of the foremost farm
ers of Posey county, averaged on IS acres
ccuUlltivatedin corn, 80 bushels per acre, in
Lafayette Dispatch: Bishop Dwenger re-
ports the total papal collections in the diocese
of Fort Wayne during the year 1877 to be
$1,05s.
About 100 witnesses have been subpesned
in the Van Buskirk case at Fort Wayne
Every physician in the town has been sum-
moned to appear.
The hub and spoke factory at Seymour
made shipment of SO dozen scythe snaths
to Liverpool, England, and have an order
for 700 dozen more.
Kokomo Dispatch: The special committee
appointed by the council to investigate the
account of ex-City Clerk Kistler with the
city, finds that he owes the city S46973.
Nine tramps in the Fort Wayne Jail refuse
to work at the ''crackery," the labor assigned
Migrants. The local papers suggest that
taste of starvation might make them come
to terms
Excitement was high at Millersburg over
the supposed discovery of an oil we'll on a
Mr.. Berry's farm east of that town. Work
men have bored 81 feet, and say the smell of
oil is as strong as from an oil can.
The Ligonier Banner says that there will
be Two brick churches built at Wolf Lake the
coming season, one by the Methodists and
the other by the Free Will Baptists There
will be about 81, 600 invested in each edifce.
Richmond Independent: There is a couple
living not far from Richmond who have had
81 children. The father is So and the mother
3d. The youngest child is two or three
months old. The father is proprietor of
steam saw mill.
Some interesting Indian relics have been
found recently on the eastern bank of the
ST. Joseph river, near the "Schmoker place."
close to Fort Wayne. skeleton, musket,
hints and ammunition were dug out. A good
field for our antiquarians
OuStlne AlVaney, q brakeman on the
Michigan Central railroad, was almost in
stantly killed by falling from his train at
Porter station, II miles west of Michigan
City. His remains were brought to that
place, where his mother resides.
Lafayette Courier: 1t was reported that
young Mccullough had committed suicide
after having tried to kill his father-in law
This was mistake. He was yesterday tried
at Remington, and failing to give bonds was
taken to Fowler, Indiana, and placed in Jail
last night.
Ligonier Banner: Judge Woods overruIed
the motion for a new trial of Stephen jerks,
the Lagrange murderer, and sentenced him
to the penitentiary for life. There was some
talk of taking an appeal, but wiser counses
prevailed, and jerks may now be expected
to be forever disposed of.
Ligonier Banner: The directors of the
Noble county agricultural society last Satur-
day elected the following general officers for
the current year: President, Orlando KIM
NELL; vice president William ID. Hayes;
treasurer,E b. Gerber; secretary, John H.
Hoffman; general superintendent, w. w.
Latta.
The body snstching case at Fort Wayne
still drags its weary lengths through the
courts. The physicians are, as matter of
personal interest, much exercised over the
locuc- LII al has bWOT0 point
blank that he knew nothing of the taking of
Wright's body from the cemetery, nor was
he in any way connected with the persons
who did the stealing.
Shelbyville Volunteer: During the fore
noon yesterday the circuit court was en-
gagged in trying a somewhat unusual case
between E. B. Amsden and John w. Wilson
Mr.. Amsden brought suit for money that
had been placed in Riley Wilson's hands as
stakeholder, 1t being part of wager on the
result of the presidential election. During
the controversy that afterwards arose over
the matter, the plaintiff demanded the re-
turn of his money $500 from John Wilson,
who it seems had come into possession of il
from his brother. The jury gave verdict
in behalf of Amsden for the amount of his
claim.
Ft. Wayne Gazette On "Wednesday night
last boot and shoe store at Huntington was
burglarized of ABOUT SIS worth of shoes and
on Saturday Captain Kelley, the boss tramp,
and two others were arrested By the police
in the act of attempting TO sell some shoes.
They were sent TO jail. Each denied having
stolen the goods Last night the marshal of
Huntington. in company with the owner of
the store which was burglarized, arrived in
the city. were shown the goods and recog
nized them rs being of the style which had
been stolen. In the event of q Case being
made against these fellows, the marshal and
merchant will be on hand.