The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-05-01
STATE NEWS.

field of barley near Cambridge City has
headed out.
AY. N. c. A. will soon be organized in
Columbus.
A marriage ceremony was performed We'd
nesday in the open air at Columbus.
The Courier says: ''In 1858 Terre Haute
was incorporated CITY," News, at least to
many.
The Van Buskirk-Buck body snatching
case will come up in the Fort Wayne courts
this week.
The trustees are setting out trees around
the Valparaiso high school, and are beautify-
ing the grounds.
The Columbus Democrat is trying to arouse
some enthusiasm on the subject of Fourth
of July celebration.
Jacksonville News: The wheat in the
country is nearly foot high, and still the
LIST of May is not here.
Petersville mourns her geographical situa-
ton. The new road will miss that place by
distance of three miles.
The wife of DR.. V. d. Jackson has been
lying very i'll at her residence In Jefferson
vile for the past six weeks.
Anoka item: Prospect for fruit of all kinds
was never better, and should nothing hap.
pen 1t the crop will be immense.
Bloomington Progress: Millers here are
paying 81 and s1.05 for wheat, and 80 and 50
cents for corn. Hogs are worth So per hun
bred.
Quite a large colony has been formed at
Eugene to go to Texas. Many of the best
families of that section are interested in the
movement.
A young medical student of Terre Haute
has invented gate latch which he proposes
to have patented. He thinks there is for.
tune in it.
Logansport Pharos: Reports from the
splendid condition, and oats is coming on
in fine style.
There are 101 2 miles of streets in Evans
vile, making an average of 12% miles for
each day policeman's beat, and 81 for each
night officer.
Terre Haute Courier: Eugene Craft, the
injured brakeman, is slowly improving. The
five men who were arrested for the outrage
at Efingham have been released.
Shelbyville' Volunteer, Goth: Ex-Governor
Thomas A. Hendricks arrived in the city at
noon to-day to be present at the funeral of
bricks.
Columbus Democrat: One of the best rat
dogs in the town of Columbus was poisoned
last Friday In the last Is months he has
killed at the railroad hominy mills not less
than 500 rats.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: The Barr street
market was formally opened on Saturday
morning by a solitary woman in a solitary
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good business.
Laporte: Winter wheat looks unusually
promising. A large proportion of last years
crop is still on hand, but is now moving to
market. We are at least three weeks in
advance with our spring seeding in COMPARE
son with former years.
Lafayette Courier: Specifications have
beer made for a new depot to be built at the
foot of Salem street, for the L., n. A. and C.
railroad. 1t will be an extension of the old
depot, and will be built out to Salem street.
1t will be stone front.
Lafayette Courier: ]. H. Wood, the arch
itect, president of the blue ribbon society,
has gone east, rumor says. to take a contract
but in point of fact, as the Courier knows,
he is going to marry an amiable lady in BOs-
ton his former wife's sister.
Lafayette Courier: Detective Bennett, af-
ter great deal of hard work, captured the
man who shot LaKue at Logansport some
time ago. Taking him to Logansport he
turned him over to the authorities there, but
on asking for him to have him identified it
was found that he had escaped. The jsiler
had never missed him until he was called
for
Terre Haute Courier: This morning Major
James Hite executed deed for lot No. in
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Christian temperance union of Terre Haute
on condition that the union erect thereon a
building costing not less than $1,000 within
two years. The lot has a frontage of SO feet
and is valued at 81 500 It is located on
Poplar between Sixth and Seventh streets.
Richmond Independent: Oscar Wood,
who returned January 16 from Jacksonville,
where he had served two years, was brought
here Saturday by DetectivssCa arr, of Rushville,
and StObaugh, of Cambridge City, and placed
in Jail. He had been stealing in and about
Cambridge City, and hiding his goods near
Nashville. He was captured at New Paris,
waived examination, and in default of bail
was jailed.
The greatest protection that the farmer
has is the birds that make their home about
his premises and prey upon the bugs, beetles,
worms and insects which frequently lay
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stroy or brighten away the feathered song
sters, who, though they may claim some
thing to eat from your fields and gardens,
are sure to save from the insects many
times as much as they take of your crops.
Don't kill thebirds.
Jacksonville News: A few days ago,
while David S. Rooms and some other gentle.
men were burning tree on Twelve Mile
island, there was sudden explosion in the
top of the tree. Upon examination it proved
to be an old shell which had been lodged in
the top of the tree The only explanation
of the mysterious location OF the deadly
missile is that il must have lodged there
during the Morgan raid. Nobody was in
jured by the explosion.
Lafayette Courier: Hughes and Ward are
already famous for vigorous use of Anglo
Saxon. They speak to the point without
special reference to periods or grammar
hence the following from some delicate lady
whose well trained ears have been offended.
Hughes read the postal card to his audience
last night:
Messrs. Hughes and Ward:
Please take the advice of a friend and profit