The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-28
STATE ITEMS.
Brief Paragraphs Clipped From Our
Friends of the state Press.

Charles f. Strap. of Fort Wayne. has been
granted a patent on railway gate.
The kokomo Dispatch wants a whipping
post for the benefit of the hoodlums of that
place.
Foust & Ross grist mill in Wabash County
was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday
night.
At South Bend the Times newspaper Office
lately bore $500 loss and barely escaped an
utter conhagrstion.
Not less than four Evsngelists are now at
work in this city. We must be very
wicked.-Fort Wayne Gazette.
Joe Fitzpatrick will commence the publ
cation of daily evening paper in Jefferson
VILE about the 18th OF March.
Fred McLees, of Wabash. has sued the
c., w. and NJ. Railway for $50, 600 damages
for injuries received while in their services.
The damage to the Jacksonville Glass
Works will not exceed s., 600, and il is ex-
pected that the WORKS will be running again
next week.
The Ohio Fails Iron Works, at New Al
bany, has set all its employees at work clean
ing and repairing With a view to resuming
next week.
Measles are prevailing almost to the ex-
tent of an epidemic in Anderson, and the
family of Mr.. r. L. Hamilton is afflicted
with smallpox.
William Highland formerly of New Or
leans, but lately of Kokomo, is unaccounta-
| bly, missing and fears are entertained for his
personal safety.
The failure of the Adams Chilled Plow
| Works at Plymouth is announced, with as
sets nearly sufficient to meet liabilities.
Lack of capital is given as the cause of the
failure.
Knightstown will certainly keep cool next
summer if ice is any object Dealers have
put up more this season than any season
previous. The harvest will aggregate over
| coo tons.
The Greencastle Banner calls on the citi-
zens of that place and Putnam County TO be
up and doing if they wish 20 secure the
benefits OF Mr.. DePauw's liberal gift fol
Asbury University.
The Logan Greys have received an invita-
ton TO attend prize drill to De held some
time in April at indianapolis. They are
arked to send sixteen men, and their ex
penses are guaranteed -Logansport Journal
Major Isaac Kinley, of California. form
erly of the Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteers,
and afterwards Provost Marshal of thii
District, with headquarters at Richmond
will visit old friends in this section thi
spring Palladium.
John Clark, OF Westville, is missing anC
all efforts to discover his whereabouts hav,
failed. About January L he left his hom,
for the purpose of visiting friends in Kan
sas. After spending a few days with hi
friends he started home, since which tim
nothing has been heard from him.
The City Council of Fort Wayne has in
strActed the City Attorney 10 take the nee
essary steps 10 recover possession of thu
tract of land lying in the heart of the city
/ n, oh 10 oil cd ha Wah aSh NJ
has forfeited by moving the division o
terminus to Andrews. The land is said u
be worth 100000.
Oscar NJ. Goodwin, the Logsnspor
cashier, continues to otfiiciate in tn
Prison dining room. Guard J. b
Stanley is deeply interested in the out
come of the trial of Dwight II. Wheaton, 70
murder at Bloomington. Ill. In fact, yer
dict Of guilty means 81. 900 for Stanley
Michigan City Dispatch.
Yesterday ex.Commissioner Opp made
close examination of the ice gorge at tn
mouth of Dlrgee's run and reports it SOLE
mass. He thinks il will 60 out when min
, juleps come along in June, not sooner. II
saw trees on the river bank twenty inche
in diameter completely bent over with tn
weight of ice.-Lsfayetle Courier.
For the first time in the memory of tn
oldest inhabitant navigation on Lake Mich
gan is completely closed. In many place
the lake is covered with ice several fee
thick as far out as twenty-five miles from
the shore. The perils OF winter navigation
, have never been so great as during the pres
emit season, and many thrilling experience
!. have occurred.
The funeral procession of Philip Jones
while crossing bayou of Running water il
. Bartholomew County, the water was so dee
the wagon bed containing the corpse wa
|, fioated off, and, the wagon becoming un
coupled, floated down the stream. Three o
four men plunged into the water and sue
ceeded in landing the wagon-bed containing
the corpse, when the dead body was recoy
cred and moved.
Miss Fannie Beck has so far re
covered from her injuries as to be abb
: to be brought home on yesterday evening
7 A cot was brought in requistion upon which
2 she was compelled TO recllne. Miss Bee
. still suffers considerably from pains in he
Z head and attacks of faintness. but she j
! considered fully out of danger by her fathe
t and other physicians who have attends
! her.-Delphi Times.
The New Albany Ledger says of De PAW
Glass Works: at is hoped they are nc
seriously injured; but the amount of dan
, age can not be ascertalned for several days
The window lass houses present the wors
: scenes of wreck. Twelve Thousand boxes c
I window-glass that were flooded have to b
unpacked and the glass sponged off and II
packed. 1t is hoped the annealing furnace
at the works are not so seriously damaged a
: first supposed"
, Miss Lizzie McRse, the school teacher VIII
. so mysteriously disappeared two montl.
= ago from Boone Township Harrison County
Indiana, has not yet been heard from, e1
cept 5y letter written by her aud date
February 4, in which she says she is stoE
ping with lady friend whose husbaa
i spends most of his time travelling. and ths
E she will give the letter to him and does no
e know where il will be post marked. He
: friends believe that she has become insane
: and request that any information concern
e ing her shall be sent to John S. Lennon
: Postmaster at Rehoboth. Ind.
o On Wednesday Mr.. David Mckinney r.
: ceived dispatch from his brother, Samue
: II. Mckinney. who resides at Newport, Pa
a stating that they had fallen heir to a larg
= estate left them by their great grandmothe
= The dispatch requested Mr.. Mckinney I
/ come at once and claim his portion. Th
g amount of the estate is not dehnitel,
!, known, but enough is known to state that
{ will be large.-Hancock Jeffersonisn.