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

Some enterprising thief has stolen 400
bushels OF wheat from the bins of William
Collett, who lives one mile from Eugene.
Connersville News: From every section
we hear that the wheat looks splendid. IL
snow would now fall to protect 1t from frosts
rich harvest would be expected the coming
season.
Michigan City Enterprise: Twenty-Five to
thirty convicts in the northern prison are
now employed in the sock factory, and 300
dozen pairs of socks are manufactured per
week. The demand exceeds the supply, and
The proprietor, Mr.. Nourse, is in consequence
happy.
Evansville Journal: J. W. Erwin, of
Newburg, was in town yesterday, and re-
ports his place completely in possession of
the red ribbon club. He says he is now
offering a reward of $40 for q drunken
citizen found on the streets. He will pay
that much to find one more man to reform
Kokomo Tribune: A few days ago Jesse
Culbertson died in the eastern part of the
county. The boys of the Thirty ninth regi-
ment, OF which he was member, remember
him as one of the few men who knew no
fear. He was not a strong man, but he was
always well when there was any fighting 20
be done.
Franklin Democrat: Easton Shipp, living
near Smiley's mill in this county, is eighty
one years of age and never has had occasion
to call physician, or apply for a prescrip-
tior. He tells us he is almost ashamed to
look doctor in the face. His habits have
not always been of the most abstemious
character, he having used tobacco for over
fifty years, and stimulants for more than
seventy years.
Franklin Democrat The auditors of st.
Joseph and Lawrence counties, Ind, have
refused'to report to the superintendent of
public instruction the full amount of inter-
est on the congressional school fund, which
the superintendent claims as due. The ques-
ton is whether the counties are liable or not,
and as a considerable amount of money is in
the controversy the attorney general will be
called upon for decision.
Huntington Democrat: The few days of
solid roads durlng the past two weeks en-
abled farmers to bring TO market consider
able quantity of grain, bolts, spokes, etc. If
we could have good roads for few weeks
there Is a large quantity of such stuff
through the country that would finds its
way to market The fact that we need pixies
was never more forcibly impressed upon
the farmers throughout the county than at
this time.
Wabash Courier: Mrs. Anson, of Lagro
township, died last Sunday at o'clock D.
m, and was buried Tuesday in the Matlock
cemetery. Her death was caused by a can
Ger, superinduced by fall she had received
What seems like singular circumstance is
the fact that, on the 10th day of January,
1871 at two o'clock p. m, she received the
fall, and at two o'clock p m, January 20,
1878, one year after, she died, making just
one year, to the minute, from the date of
her injuries to the time of her death.
The Udell ladder works at North Indian
spolis has recently begun the manufacture
of a fire kinder by new process. Shavings
OF wood, which otherwise could not be util-
lied, are rolled up into small bundle, and
a preparation of rosin is applied to it so that
when fire is applied it can hardly be extin-
guished. This process not only utilities wood
which would remain waste, but it also gives
employment to idle hands, and deserves to
be classed with the manufacture OF butter
platters and other articles of wooden ware
for which this city is becoming noted. Mr..
]. B. Wood, the agent, expects the fire bug
to be as great success as the wooden butter
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