The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-23
TIE STATE,

TIE STATE.
Lafayette attorneys complain OF dullness
in legal business.
The Reform School at Plainfield has now
400 boys under its charge.
The business men of Vincennes propose
to organize Board of Trade.
New Albany has four firms engaged in
manufacturing steamboat machinery.
Professor Andrews, of Charleston. Ind.
has been solicited 10 take the Superintend-
ency of the City Schools in Cadiz, O.; at a
salary of $1,000.
The Northern Indiana Editorial Associa-
ton, of which Dan Mcdonald, of the Ply
mouth Democrat, is President, meets in this
city on the second Thursday of June next
Fort Wayne Sentinel.
The Valparaiso Messenger has Just en-
tered upon Its thirteenth volume, and taken
on the form of a seven column quarto. 1t
is one OF the best of the Comfy papers, ed
itorially and mechanically.
Mr.. w. E. Grove, of this city, is the own
er OF the Oldest relic in the way of a Mason
&c apron known in the United States. 1t is
said to have been worn by Washington, and
is curiosity.-New Albany Ledger
Major Doxey has purchased the Madison
County National Bank, at Anderson, paving
premium of 30 per cent. on the capital
stock Of $4,000. The Major is also erecting
an Opera House in Anderson, to cost $40 600.
A National Convention of the Dunkard
Society. or Church, is in session at Floi a.
Ind, this week with representatives from
all parts OF the Union. A large tent cover
ing about an acre is used for religious serv-
ices.
Isaac Born, who has run little bucket
shop at Lafayette, it is said, is now running
from his creditors with some of their money.
.. n. Miller, proprietor and operator OF q
bucket shop at Muncie, has also disap-
peared.
Walter Shsnks little girl, who brought
suit against thu L, n. A. and c. Railroad
for damages sustained by baggage truck
falling upon her, at Mitchell, has been given
$500, after trial before aiury.-Bloomington
Telephone.
A man named Childers in Jail at Salem
confessed to robbing John Gill and w. b.
Peters at that place eighteen months ago
and that he murdered the former He told
where the money was taken from Gill and
it was recovered.
Two Mormon elders from Salt Lake CITY
are proselytiDg in the neigh bJrhood of Vii
cennes. In the minds of good many men
their principal argumen'-tne gift of a quar-
ter section 6f lard and a mule-is a good
one.-SeymUur Lever.
During be past twelve months, Messrs.
Lille u 81 emaBer, of this city, have used
24O GOO cubic feet IF limestone, which same
realized them 10000 bushels of lime.
Their shipments In that time have been
about 800 car loads.-Fort Wayne Sentinel
An efflrt is being made to resuscitate the
old Toledo and st. l. )uis Air Line, running
from Toledo, passing through Thorntown,
Charlottesville, Alamo, and westward to st.
Louis. The Company has been recognized
and new Board Of Directors appointed
Charlottesville Review.
On Saturday a patent medicine man,
travelling for Dayton, o firm, Jumped out
OF the second story window of the Bramble
House at Lafayette and left for parts I'M
known. As the man owed but sixty cents.
and left his sample case and valise, it is sup
posed he has gone crazy.
NJ. +. Kellerman last week donated to the
Public School collection OF about a hun
dred stuffed birds. Mr.. Kellerman's gift is
highly appreciated by the friends of the
School, and will form the nucleus OF a nat
ural history cabinet, to which addition will
be made from time to tlme.-Blufton Ban
ner.
Councilman Taylor will be rather lone
some in the next Council. He will be all
alone-one little Republican nderson
Review. The Wabash City Council is vice
versa-one Democrat to five Republicans.
We opine both gentlemen will fail to insist
on any very partisan legislation Wabash
Plaindealer.
When the town of st. Lawrence, Oak, was
laid out in lots last spring, it was announced
that choice LOT was reserved to be pre-
sented to the first baby boy born within the
corporate limits of the place. The prize has
fallen TO the infant son of young Indiana
couple, Mr.. and Mrs. William Trimble,
formerly of Vanderburg County.
AT Williamsport, on st. Mary's River. ten
miles south of Fort Wayne, the dam at
Cody's grist mill was partially destroyed the
other night by the explosion of some dyna-
mite placed there by malicious parties.
Eight hundred dollars will repair the dam
age, and 5000 that to houses in the village.
Nobody hurt. The explosion was heard six
miles.
Beverly Sims. near Lafayette, was swim
died out of 500 by the lightning rod fend
putting up several rods on his new barn.
"for an advertisement, just TO introduce
their rods in the neigh borhood," for the
nominal sum of So OF course the traditional
innocent little receipt or agreement had TO
be signed, which afterward turned up as an
iron-clad note for $780,
The case of the Charlottesville and Eastern
Turnpike Company VS.. William Stafford,
taken from this County on a change of
venue, was finally disposed of last week in
the Parke Circuit Court. by the plaintiffs
dismissing the case. This case has been
pending in the Courts since 1879, and was
brought for an alleged attempt to defraud
the Company out of twenty-five cents toll.
-Crawfordsville Review.
James Digger, living north of town, is the
owner of cat which is the mother of three
kittens. Some few days ago he captured
flying squirrel, took it home, supposing that
the cat would eat it, but TO his surprise the
cat took the squirrel and allowed it the same
privileges that she did her kittens, that of
nursing. A few days later Digger went out
in the woods and shot a coon, and took
three coons. These he placed in care of the
old cat, who at once admitted them to her
family, and to-day this remarkable old fe-
line is nesting three kittens, three coons
and flying squirrel.-Clinton Herald.
Architect J. C. Cochrane. of Chicago, and
Committee OF Three from the Board of
Supervisors, OF Kalamazoo County, Michi-
gan, were in town on Tuesday inspecting our
Court House. A Court House is soon to be
built in Kalamazoo and among several plans
submitted Mr.. Cochrane's were decided the
most suitable. Our fine building has twice
been duplicated in Iowa, and this will be
the third copy. The interior arrangement
of the Michigan building will be changed
in some respects to conform with the needs