The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-21

1tal.
John Nichols, q Mexican veteran,
dropped dead in an Austin store Wednes-
day.
Two brothers named Smith were arrested
and fined recently for picking the feathers
out of live chicken.
Ellen Randall, after experiencing eighty
seYen spasms, died in the Hamilton
county poor-house Sunday night.
The telegrsphers of the Wabash Valley
have organized division with ffty-one
members. Attica is headquarters.
The annual conference of the Dunkard
or German Baptist Church will be held at
North Manchester, beginning May 20.
The New Albany fruit package manu-
factory has received single order from
Nashville, Tenn, for a. 900 fruit baskets.
An old man named Allen, walking to
Lexington, lost his way in the dark q
couple of days ago, and persisted from ex.
posure.
The county authorship of Daviees couu-
ty has been in three families since 1912.
One of the Breets family held it for fifteen
years under the old and new constitution.
A tent with a seating capacity of 800
will be put into the field by the prohibit
tlonists of the Eleventh congressional dis
trict of this state during the coming CAM
paign.
Engineers and surveyors have for the
past week been looking over the ground
between Bradford and Chicago, with q view
to laying double track on the Pan Handle
route.
ElKbart county will soon have prohibi-
ton paper. The first number will be issued
next week, with Rev. Pattee, OF Bristol,
as editor, and Pres. Zartneen as business
manager.
This afternoon three divorce cases were
ground through in the Circuit. Court in
about twenty minutes. That is about as
fast as thew can be licensed to marry
South Bend Times.
Seven persons from Vevay, Ind, bought
through tickets from Madison to San
Diego, Cal, Tuesday, and took the after.
noon train for that city, intending to make
it their future home.
The Montgomery County Commission
ers have refused TO allow a bill to q grocer
who furnished two turkeys, candy, oys.
tiers, spricOts, etc, to the pooT-house for
Christmas dinner.
Seitz & Nickum, of the Buck Shoals sill
yer mine, in Martin county, say that they
have sn ineZbaustible quantity Of silver
ore, and that the results OF an analysis are
perfectly satisfactory.
Amos Johnson, a prominent citizen
and a pioneer of Harrison county, died az
bis home in Posey township on the u h,
aged so, respected by all who knew him.
He had served as County Commissioner.
If the author of the letter on the White
Caps, received at this office yesterday from
White Fork, will send his name and ad-
dress to the editor of THE SENTINEL mot
for publication his contribution will be
printed.
Ligonier, Albion and Auburn are all
sstlr over the prospects OF new railroad.
The prof ecied line is to be constructed by
the Wabash company from Auburn to
| Stillwell, Laporte county, to give that COM
pany an cir line to Chicago.
The board of trustees of the Northwest
Methodist conference at their recent meet
| ing at Lafayette decided that at the next
| camp.meeting at Battle Ground the gates
to the grounds would be locked on Sunday
and no Sunday fees be taken.
w. II. Wiley, the receiver of the Win
| dow Glass Factory at Marion, sold the
lands and effects of the company at suc.
| ton for g, 5l0. The purchasers were
Messrs. Burk & Hogin, who will commences
rebuilding the works at once.
Barbara Lewis, of Veale township, Day.
less County, died from the effect of burns
received ten days sipce. She was standing
before an open fire when her clothing was
| ignited by the flames, and before help
could reach her she was nearly roasted
alive.
The towns along the L. E. & w. Rail
way are petitioning the government for
double mail service. The present service
Is lot adequate to the business along the
line, and the people are asking that
mau clerks be placed upon the evening
trslLs.
Ats election of town and township
| ofnceys ct Grandview, Spencer county, the
| ten psTsnce ticket swept the field and
POI ed almost as many votes as the three
0 hers combined. A number of saloons now
doiDg 8 thriving business there will have
to retire.
Recently a child was born in Lafayette
which did not have even the semblance oil
a backbone. The spinal cord was there
encased in a sort OF csrtilaginous forma
ton but without strength enough 70 allow
the babe to be handled. The child died a.
the end of a week.
Abram Fox, James Larue, John Tribble
colored, members of gang of car thieves
were arrested thursday night at Jefferson
vile. More arrests will follow, and the
gang be broken up. They have systemati
cally robbed the o. and NJ and the j., NJ
and 1. Roads for months.
Sarah ]. Crist has received Of the Evans
vile and Terre Haute Railroad Company
$500 damEges Miss Crist was riding
horseback near Alum Cave, when a hand
car passed by and scared the animal. Sht
was thrown from the horse, and badly in
iured and crippled for life,
The County Commissioners OF Clarl
county have ordered an election on tn,
first Tuesday in May in Jacksonville town
ship, TO decide whether the township will
subscribe S75, 600 to the capital stock OF thu
proposed bridge over the Ohio river be
tween Jacksonville and Louisville.
Miss Lizzie Miller and her sister Will:
out driving near Jacksonville Thursday
had q hot brick in the bottom of the buggy
1t set fire to their wraps and dresses ant
the ladies' were surprised by the leapinI
flames when they lifted the lap robe. Rar,
presencs OF mind saved them from hor
rible death.
Moses Fowler will give the little city il
Benton county, called by his name, fully
equipped school house, costing $25 600 pro
vided the county Will bear all the expense
of the maintenance of school free t.
every child in Benton county who ha
reached the high school grade. 1t will b
erected this summer.
Thadoeus Drummond, residing nea
Flower Gap, in Floyd County, claims t
have discovered, in cave on his farm, gol
in paying quantities. He says he has sen
samples of the ore to several capitalists
: and they have offered to invest q suffic en-
, amount of funds to develop the mine, bu
| he declines to accept their propositions.
ASEede named Peterson was called on