The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27
STATE NEWS.


Newcastle wants a fire engine and a hose
and ladder company.
A prominent citizen of Terre Haute is
studying for the ministry.
Fourteen dozen eggs could be bought for
one dollar at Terre Haute on Wednesday.
A new Methodist church at Columbia CITY
will soon be erected, as the materials have
been purchased and are now on the ground
Columbia City Post: Quite a number of
brick school houses will be erected IN the
several townships throughout the county
during the summer.
Madison Herald: Mrs. John ". Sewe,l and
daughter were IN the city last week for the
durpose OF recovering the effects of the muir
dered husband and father.
Princeton wants good druggist-one who
understands his business, and not ssssssinate
his customers with arsenic and morphine
instead of soda and quinine.
Daviess County Democrat: The bic black
bass are now biting beautifully. Dr. J. \.
Jones landed one at Swan Lake the other
day that weighed seven pounds ana three
ounces.
Cannelton Reporter: Ground has been
broken for the new Odd Fellows building.
and in short time the contractors will
begin to make the bricks and mortar unite
together.
Lewisville Democrat: Flax seed is begin
| ming to be taken out by farmers The indica
tions are that large acreage will be SoWn
this spring IL pays quite as well as corn at
| present prices.
Manchester has beautiful city cemetery,
| with clean, nicely sodded grounds and well
planned walks. A town that has care for
| the resting place of the dead will provide
| well for the living.
New Castle Courier: John Murpbey has
| presented the Courier Office with Peerless
| potato which measures IL inches from Tip
TO tip and weighs > pounds SH ounces. If
any one can beat that we will agree TO eat II.
The Rochester Sentinel says that man Of
that county named Sampson Cole has,
among other impediments making bis habits
unusual, one which requires him, whenever
he wishes to walk, to back up against some
thing from which to start forward.
Now comes the South Bend Herald and
denies the story about the death of several
members of the Schaffer family from trich-
ina. The editor has interviewed Mrs
Schaffer and she denies that the pork al
lodged to be filled with the worms is dis
eased at all. She says the trouble grew out
of eating diseased liver purchased at a
South Bend market.
Columbia City Post: The few gravel roads
constructed in this county are voted a fraud
They are worse cut up and dug in holes than
the clay roads. 1t is pretty effectually dem
onstrated that hauling fine sand and gravel
on the roads is money thrown away If the
object be TO conctruot good highwsy in all
kinds of weather. The fact is that We have
no material with which to build good road.
Columbus Democrat: Let's see. We need
q whistle on the water works; we want
branch railroad to North Vernon; we ought
to have pike to Nashville; we are in favor
of the starch factory; we think the marshal
should pound all hogs thatare loose and root
things; we are going to hear Burdette, and
we'd like to hear Brother Brown define his
position on the ticket.
Elwood Review: Elwood can produce
more profanity TO the square inch than any
other town of the size in the state Gentle,
men, swear off.
If some OF the property owners of this city
would devote the time to cleaning the streets
IN front of their residences that they IDLE
away gossipiDg on the street corners. ElwOod
would appear more healthful and decent TO
every observer.
La Porte Argus items: 1t is estimated
that fully three-fourths OF the grain raised
in this county has not yet been marketed.
1t has been so muddy that the roads have
been practically impossible during the en-
tire winter.
The season for making maple sugar seems
to be over. Many people who have trees
did not open them until the season had
about closed, owing to the fact that they
waited until the usual time 10 commence
the work, when in fact the sugar season COM
menced about the miadle of February.
Kokomo Tribune: In 1855 Tom Reading,
Richmond, Indiana, made family carrisge
and in a secret place about the boot placed
deck OF cards, cigar and note, the latter
| requesting that the manufacturer be in
formed when the articles were discovered.
The carriage came into possession of Benja--
min Cosand, Friend of this county, who.
is minister, and has always been a jealous
Christian worker. This week the carriage
came to Sumption X Leach's shops for re-
pairs and the articles were found. Charley
Leach has informed Reading Little did
| Uncle Billy Cosand dream that he was carry
ing playing cards and cigar TO the two
thousand Quaker meetings he has attended
since he has owned the carriage.
Brazil Mirror: local issue will be made
in many counties in Indiana and Illinois to
secure better roads Many different views
j are entertained as to the best mode of pro
cedure. Some propose the creating OF new
office 10 be known as county superintendent
of roads; another the appointment OF gem
eral supervisor of the roads by the board of
county commissioners, who shall be empow-
cred TO appoint deputies for each township.
and by a tax sufficient to accomplish the
purpose aimed at; and some suggest that the
township trustees be empowered to act as road
masters. We opine that the empowering of
the trustees with this trust, and backing
them with ths money and authority, would
doubtless be the best mode, rs il would
lessen the expense incident to the creating
OF a new Office. But we are not particular