The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
STATE ITEMS.

STATE lIEMSs
franklin has three poultry dealers
Owensville, Gibson county, wants pub
lie hall.
Dunkirk has new paper called the
Banner.
The Dubois Agricultural society is to be
recognized.
Columbus children are now affected with
scarlet fever.
livan to morrow.
There are 40 members of the Blue-ribbon
club at Hazelton.
The Fort Wayne Presbytery meets at
Warsaw on the 10Th. .s
The country youth has laid aside his school
books to manipulate the pillow.
The Jasper Normal school special term
opens April and closes May 80.
The Gibson county Agricultural society
have issued their premium list for their next
fair.
There is to be a concert at Fort Wayne
soon in which IS little children will take
part.
Black bass that weigh from three to five
pounds each are being caught in the lakes
near Warsaw. g
A dozen of 120 grains of arsenic taken with
intent. failed to kill a Newcastle barber
named Kennedy.
! The first house built in Princeton has just
modern structure.
The ticket office at Warsaw was entered
by burglars on Friday night, and robbed of
500 and large number of railroad tickets.
Delphi Times: 1t is said thata well known
young man who had been invited to his own
wedding has gone hence, perhaps to Lead
vile.
The store room of Leib Brothers, at Goshen,
was closed Friday upon an execution. The
liabilities of the firm are $12 900; assets,
$50 600.
Stephen Martz, of Evansville, sues another
citizen of that secluded burg, named Fidel
Holman, for $50, 600 damages for calling him
q thief and swindler.
Fanny Goldsbury. of Charlottesville, has
begun suit against Andrew ]. McMaher, for
seduction. claiming $1,000 damages. Nc
Maher is wealthy, and the suit may be q
blackmailing affair.
The board of county commissioners of
Morgan county has offered reward of $500
for the murderers of Wash Brown who was
murdered at his home in Green township,
Morgan county, q few weeks ago.
A large number of citizens of Carlisle have
been summoned to appear before the grand
Jury to testify in regard to the case of T. w.
1 Aydelote & Bros, druggists, who are accused
OF selling an immense amount of whisky by
the drink.
The L., N. A. and c. railroad company's
large depot and Office at Westville were de-
stroyed by fire Friday. About all of the
company's property was saved, but the
agent occupied q part of the building as a
residence and lost about everything he had
/ in it.
Three weeks ago Henry Cablentz. prom
inent German citizen of Huntsville, while
asleep was bitten by wharf rat. The bite
began to grow painful and became swollen.
From his hand and arm the swelling soon
spread to his body. By the time the ply
sicians arrived the unfortunate mans body
was swollen to almost twice its ordinary size
and he was suffering intense pain.
Since it has been decided by the county
commissioners that the old court house al
franklin. johnson county, is unsafe and
unfit for further use, and that a new struc-
ture must be erected at once, q determined
effort is to be made to try to bring about the
removal of the county seat from franklin
to Edinburg A subscription of $25, 900 has
been secured. A bitter controversy ha:
sprung up between the rival towns.
General Packard, Colonel Baugh, Chief of
Police Ruby and Revenue Collector Culve
| Friday canfurad an flltcft d1stillerv at Ia.
fayette, and arrested the distiller, Valentine
| Jester The concern was located in Batich'f
| beer garden, IN the southern part of the
city, in an out-of- the-way place, inclosed by
ahigh board fence, and shaded by numerous
about 30 gallons. Instead Of . spiral copper
! worm he impsovised square, ointed tin
worm, incased In barrel. Coke or charcoal
was the fuel used in the furnace.