The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-12-24
Ma STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, DECEMIER "a 1879

ing therefor a pension In 1920 he restocked
the gun and put in y new lock, and at his
death 1t came into the hands OF the present
owner. The barrel is original, is in good order
and the gun is still used by members of the
family as fowling-piece.
THE smartest Newfoundland dog yet dis
covered lives at Haverhill, Mass. He meets
the newsboy at the gate every morning and
carries his masters paper into the house-that
is, he did SO until the other day when his
master stopped taking the paper. The next
morning the dog noticed the boy passing on
the other side without leaving the newspaper,
went over and took the whole bundle from
him and carried it into the house.
A GRAND fancy dress ball took place lately
in the Middlesex County Asylum. Six hun
dred of the patients took part In the ball, and
many more looked from the gallery. For
the previous two months they had been pre-
pairing for the event, which had almost en-
tirely filed their minds-the very thing in
tended. The women were in particular de-
lighted, and behaved with perfect propriety,
many of them dancing beautifully.
A CONVICT in the Wisconsin State prison re-
fused to go to his call when ordered by the
warden to do so. The warden held a watch in
one hand and a pistol in the other. and said !:
"I will give you three minutes to obey, and If
doggedly folded his arms and stood still.
Minute after minute passed, the warden
counting them aloud. This was in the work.
shop and all the prisoners were spectators Of
the scene. When the three minutes had ex-
pired, the warden took deliberate aim at the
convict's heart, and said: '.lll give you two
minutes more, and swear I'll kill you then
if you don't go to your CELL" A defiant curse
was the only reply. AT the end OF the two ex-
ira minutes the pistol was fired, and the con-
wet fell dead. The officer is sustained by the
higher prison authorities, who say that his
course was perfectly proper under the circum-
stances; buthe district attorney of the county
will try him under an Indictment for murder.
THE Washington Capital says; The impor-
tation of colored voters into Indiana from
North Carolina fills the Hoosier State with
alarm and disgust. The question OF cheap la
Dor is likely to override the political consider
alton that prompted the exodus, and the pro-
moters stand a chance of increasing the DEM
ocratic majority and defeating their own
nicely-laid scheme. There is no State In the
Union-especially a Western State-that looks
with favor on Africanizing its territory. The
fact that hordes of helpless aud ignorant ne
groes can thus be carted about by designing
men is sharp comment on the attempts
made to elevate the class into citizenship and
overthrow the intelligent governing element
at the South. 1t excites the pity of an honest
heart to see these poor creatuI es, SO like chill
drer in their intelligence and nature, thus
abused by men who have no more sympathy
with their distress than If they were SO many
animals. II is q strange contradiction in hu-
man nature that the greatest bigots are unpe-
levers, and the hardest hearted of men these
philanthropists.