The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21

Recent Intelligence from All Over In
diana.

Hanover College has seven Greek Frater-
nifty Societies and two College papers.
John r Tomlinson, of Shelby County
lost thirty-hv fine sheep by the recent flood
The establishment OF a flannel and
cashmere factory is contemplated at Madi
son.
Jacob GRAPHICAL, of Tippecsnoe County
had 4.C0e bushels of corn destroyed by the
freshet.
A post of the Grand Army OF the Repub
lie has been organized at Mishawaka. 1t viii
be known as Houghton Post
The seventeenth annual Convention of tn,
Tippecanoe County Sunday-school UnieI
will be held Friday, February %.
A plucky school ma'am walked all tn,
way from Falmouth to Connersville, tel
miles, one of the recent cold DAYS
The Brown County Democrat is the nam
of a new paper just started at Nashville
Brown County, by Mailman e. Chain.
The High Court of the United Order o
Foresters, of Indiana, hold their annua
meeting in New Albany the first Tuesday il
May.
The Y. NJ. c. A. boys of Hanover Colles
have resolved to build a neat Chapel TO
their meeting to be held in. Nearly $50
Melvin Dempsey, a colored man o
Marion, Grant County, is the proprietor o
a mica mine in Dakota which he is work
ing and expects to make him rich.
Ligonier is endeavoring to build up
water power at that place, for manufactur
ing purposes, by bringing the waters of tn,
Elkhart River from Rochester to the formel
place.
Three cases of trichina occurred recently
in Liberty, two children and their mother
and one of the children died. The disease
is supposed to have been caused by eatinl
raw ham.
The public school building at Moore:
Hill, Dearborn County, was almost entirely
consumed by fire on Monday. Loss, s., 500;
no insurance. The building was erected
about six years ago.
Mrs. H. G. Meredith, of Wayne County, q
few days ago sold eighteen head of fine fat
cattle, averaging ], 450 pounds, at $500 pei
hundred, amounting to 81, 46l. 60. They were
shipped to New York.
There are four Democratic papers in Mt.
Vernon, and the probabilities are that a
stock company will purchase all of them and
consolidate them all into one tirst-class daily
and weekly newspaper.
A black walnut log weighing fifteen tons,
and which was six feet in diameter, fifteen
feet long, and measured nearly 1000 feet,
was sold to the Mobiles, at Goshen, by Martin
Hoover, of Clinton County.
A case of smallpox developed in the
Franklin House, Winchester, Ind, and the
patient, a chambermaid, has been removed
to the Pest House in the country. The
Franklin House Is now quarantined.
The paper pail mandatory lately estab-
lished in Elkhart is rapidly assuming ina
portance as an industry. The prospects are
that the business of the ensuing year will
greatly exceed the expectations OF the stock
holders.
The Evansville architects all have their
hands full, and the approaching building
season promises to be the most active ever
known in the history of the city. Evans
ville's future was never brighter than at the
present time.
The Brosius family. OF the vicinity of
Knightstown and Carthage, are supposed TO
be joint heirs with others of that blood, to
an immense estate in Germany. valued at
$SS, 900, Left by one Carlos A. BrOSlus,
recently deceased.
Elias Pugh, of Fountain County, recently
sold eighteen Berkshire hogs that averaged
1893 pounds. Eight of them, fifteen months
old, averaged 450 pounds. Mrs. Peck also
sold five Berkshires, nine months old, aver
aging 4S2 pounds.
The meeting of the Southern Indiana
Teachers Association, at Washington, April
4, 5 and 6, will be an event of more than
ordinary Importance. There will be $50 to
800 teachers present from all parts of south
eIn and central Indiana.
The Lafayette Car Works have contracted
ahead for 200 cars. They got the large
contract Of the L. Z. and W. Road, another
one from the Rochester and Pittsburg Road
and one for 500 box and 800 coal cars from
the New York and Chicago Road.
Isaac n. Beard. of Wayne County, was
born in that County, near the site of the
village of Boston, May IA, 1905. In 1918 he
was with his parents an inmate OF the fort
at Germantown, when one John Shortridge
was killed near there by the Indians.
Rev. T. G. Stewart, of Brazil, received q
letter a few days ago containing 500, with
the explanation that it came from a man
whom be had married at some time during
his ministerial career, and who at the time
was poor and unable to pay for the service.
The citizens OF Henryville, Clark County,
have petitioned Congress, through Senator
Harrison, for the passage OF bill TO grant
back pay to Rev. T. A. Brooks, who was
some time since granted a pension nom
They say 81, 700 or 81, 500 is due
Brooks.
The Shelby County Agricultural Associ-
alton has elected the following officers
President, Auditor ]. L. Carson; Vice Presi-
dent, Ithamar Dawson: Secretary, A. j..
Gorgas; Treasurer, r. w. Wiles; Superin-
tendent, C. Girton. Mr.. A. ]. Gorgas has
served as Secretary since the organization in
1874
The Fort Wayne Sentinel is very anxious
that the present Legislature do something to
redeem the $4,000 acres of swamp lying in
Allen and Huntington Counties. If this
vast territory could be drained and rendered
capable of cultivation, it would not only
prove a great producing region but place at
least $40, 900 upon the tax duplicate an
nually.
The Faculty of Asbury University have Sc
cured the following lecturers for next Com
mencement: Bishop w. w. Warren, of
Atlanta. Ca. as annual lecturer on Com
mencement Sunday; Hon. S. S. Cox, men,
Der of Congress from New York, will deliver
the University address On Tuesday evening,
and Hon, r. w. Thompson, ex-Secretary of
the Navy, as lecturer on Friday night
Vincennes Commercial: John A. Myers,
of Lovely Dale, has invented an instrument
to make the deaf hear. 1t consists of a
metallic plate, which is worn next to the
body and covers the entire stomach, to
this plate to the instrument that is placed to
the ear. The object of the metallic plate is
to concentrate the electricity of the body.
W. Beck. alias Cooper, who has been in
Jail at Columbus for six months past on q
charge of bigamy, has pleaded guilty and
been sentenced to two years in the Slate
Prison South. Beck is reported to have six