The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-29
Notes.

Martin Wall, one OF the Oldest merchants
| in Fort Wayne, died last Saturday.
Henry Hagedorn, aged seventy-three, an
| old soldier, died in Terre Haute Saturday.
The Logansport Weekly Union, the.orgsn
| of the Union Labor party, has ceased pub
| LEGATION.
George Noll, an old SETTLER of Fort
| Wayne, died in that city Wednesday, aged
eighty-hve.
Macy Warner, the convict murderer
/ was baptized into the Catholic church Sun.
day, at Jacksonville. :
The Howe Natural Gas Company is figur-
ing on q pipe line from Grant County to
Logansport by way of Peru.
The Huntington Herald announces that
| Congressman Steele is not a candidate for
| reelection from that district.
William Shockley, prominent farmer
| of Decatur county, aged forty years, fell
dead of heart disease while feeding stock.
James B. Mccartney, the well known
| hoIseman and owner of Flora Belle, died
at bis home in Vincennes, Friday, OF pneu-
| monia.
after husband had buried his young wife
in the cemetery there, he was drunk and
boisterous on the street.
Mrs. Eva Brunk, aged one hundred and
two years, and the Oldest citizen OF Decatur
county, died recently. Her husband was
q soldier in the war of 1912.
At North Judson, town on the Pan
handle Railroad of less than 700 inh abit-
ants, Jacob Keller sold over $131 900 of
general merchandise last year.
A number of young ladies have formed
a club at Jacksonville, whose principles
prohibit wearing bustles, chewing gum,
or encouraging courtship for over one year.
1t is now claimed by Warsaw that it
| is only necessary to make the effort in
order TO secure the division headquarters
| of the Cincinnati, Wabash d Michigan
| Railroad at that place.
Mrs. Martha Fires, eighty.two years old,
died last night in Jacksonville. at her
marriage in 1921, at the mouth of Eel river,
| 500 Indians, moving froml indianapolis to
/ Mississippi, were present.
William Bauer, a merchant of Evans
| vile. who was arrested Friday morning on
the charge of having set fire to his busi-
ness premises. was indicted by the grand
! Jury, Saturday, for arson.
On telegram from the Marshal of Frank
| lin, Chief Mars, of New Albany, Wednes-
day, placed under arrest a thirteen-year old
! boy named Edward Christie, who ran away
| from his home at Franklin.
l
( Vile, Mrs. Nancy Car0thers, sixty.five
| years old, fell from a haymow IN her barn,
where she bad gone to gather eggs, and
SD stained I'M uries from which she died.
Rev. J. G. Lowrie, pastor of the First
! Presbyterian Church Of Elkhart, and the
leader in that denomination in Northern
/ Indiana, has been called to Niles, Mich,
to take charge of the First Presbyterian
Church of that city.
Speaker Carlisle has appointed the fol-
lowing Congressional committee to investi-
gate the cause in the delay in the work on
| the Government buildipg at New Albany:
Messrs. Holman, Stahlnecker, Rayner,
Stewart and Caswell,
Hon. w. Il. Glascock, superintendent
| of the Hancock County schools, is being
prominently mentioned for the office of
| State Superintendent of Public Instsuc-
ton. The Bloomington Courier is es-
pecially urgent in his behalf,
Tom Byers, who live north of Annapolis,
returning home late at night attempted
to cross Leatherwood Creek, which was
very high. The water swept his horse
and buggy away, drowning the horse. He
barely escaped the same fate
Mrs. Susan C. Williams, of Fort Wayne,
widow of the late Hon. Jesse l.. Williams,
ia lying at the point of death. Her illness
is lung fever. Mrs Williams was eighty
years old last week. She is known all over
the State for her benefactions.
Sunday night Charles Haines, Robert
Little and Oliver Galbraith broke Jail at
Marion, by saving their way out with an
old case knife. Hsines and Little were IN
der conviction for burglary and Galbraith
was serving term for petit larceny.
At Logansport, beginning March %, q
three days session will be held by the
Northern Indiana Superintendents and
Teachers Association. Supt. j. Y. BLACK,
who is chairman of the executive COM
mittee, is arranging for the meeting.
Fred Erb, the champion wing shot OF
Lafayette, who recently defeated Captain
Bogsrdus, has formed q shooting engage
ment with James K. Graham, the English
champion. They will shoot at Fort
Wayne, Louisville and Lafayette this
spring.
The Indiana conference of the Evan
geiical Association will meet at Decatur,
the first week OF April. There are about
sixty local and travelling ministers In the
attendance, and an interesting session Is
anticipated.
Two mocking birds valued at $50 arrived
in Fort WAYNE receHtly from Dallas, Tex,
per express They were labeled "MeSsen'
ger, please give as food and water. We are
6ll the way from Texas and are on long
journey bound for Indiana" The birds
are rare singers.
The champion horse thief Of Indiana is
cornered at New Albany. Charles Martin
is his name and he halls from Liberty. He
is not only an expert thief, but shire Hd
business man. He has followed this bust.
ness for years, and has stolen and shipped
horses by the carload.
The meanest man is George Winston
The White Caps tied bunch OF switches
to mis- door at Jacksonville, for whippl nG
his wife and childreB on account OF attend
ing church. He skipped for Chicago. ID
was driven out of Kentucky because
bis abuse of the family.
William Cassidy, one OF The Oldest anc
best known citizens OF Delaware county
died at his home in Muncis yesterday, aged
eighty-two years, Mr.. Cassidy was mol
only 8 man of local reputation, but wa
more or less known for his characteristic:
of goodness and beneyolence throughout
the State.
Mrs. Mahala Tyler, a pioneer OF FLOYD
County, died suddenly at the residence o.
her daughter Mrs. Sarah Q. Ellis, 10
Georgetown, on the night OF the 24th. Sht
retired to her bed in her usual health, Du'
q few hours later passed away, from near near
disease. Deceased was born May 20 loVf
and was in her eighty-fourth year.
A series Of accidents happened recently
during oae day in Quincy saw.mll. a
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