The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-11

The Brooklyn Ameriem has been sold to Louis Z.
Burke of New Albany.
The CHAMBERS have appeared in Blackford county,
brought there by Texas pony
The shelby Democrat puts up six roosters growing
over recent democratic victories.
Ernst schmere yanderburg farmer, was crushed
10 death Monday by falling tree.
William Wilson OF Columbus was stricken with
paralysis Tuesday and died instantly.
William Hawkins prominent Decatur county
school teacher, died suddenly near Columbus Mon
day.
DR. Campen Hay aged eighiy-one years, the sec-
9nd auditor Of Clarke county, died at Charleston
There viii De stallion show al Charlottesville
Saturday, April Il, all the horses exhibited to be
owned by Montgomery county men.
Tho republicans OF the Twenty fourth judicial
district met at Anderson Wednesday and nominated
David Patty for prosecuting attorney.
Fire ut Moaon. THURSDAY, Destroyed the saloon OF
Mike CAROLS apd the adjoining buildings belonging
10 Rudolph Sears and Fene Bunch.
A J, Bowman Of Franklin county was struck l,v
lightning sunday night while lying In bed aud in
stautly killed Ills wife beside him escaped
The protestant churches of Crawfordsville have SCI
cured the services OF the Key b. Fay Mills TO conduct
"A series OF reyivas there, commencing April -.
hiteen-ysar-oId son Of Israel Nixon, living near
Bruccvile, was struck by lightning Thursday night
and instantly killed while standing in his fathers
door.
The woman whose dead body was found at Patriot
sept. %, 1855, and whose identity has remained
mystery, Is believed To have been Alice Fox OF Mans
ield o. s. ~
The abandoned gas well at the New Albany glass
works Is now howiEg about 1900 gallons OF water
daily 1t is strongly ia'presnaied with SALT sulphur
and iron.
The funeral Of the Rev. Harry Smith occurred Mt
Columbus Tuesday. lie was seven y-scven years old
and Of the oldest baptist ministers in southern
Indiana tt-
A sneak thief entered Lehwans dry goods store at
Columbus in broad daylight recently aud got away
with the cash drawer, riding i and leaving IL IN the
back yard.
The dead man found In tho Ohio river. seven miles
below BraudenbuTg Ky. WAS reeogni 1ed ,as that OF
Vincent APPLICABLE OF Coiydon, Who disappeared
Dec 80 last
The residence, including contents, Of John b. Cox
at Rockville was DESTROYED by Ire late "Wednesday
night The family barely escaped with their lives.
Loss over 5000
-Four Fountain City young ladies. on banter,
walked from that place to Ichmond Monday after
noon. The distance is niue miles, and they covered
the ground in three hours.
Jeremiah D. Burk who has resided In Crawfords-
vile Tor over forty years. died Ie ~ lie was
poih Ia DutieI eouhtN, Oi', - 90 low anu was
memOer OF the methodist church.
The post-offices Mt Garrett, Salem and Waterloo
haye Gss T rsc 70 se third or ~ @
the p0stmaSters 10 salaries Of Sl.0Jl.
Commodore channcey Twadlle the aged VAN
dalia bridge watchmaa a Terre Baute had his leg
broken by passing train Thursday night. lie has
watched the bridge ever since II was built.
DR.. J. q. MePheeters Of Boornin gton died Tuesday.
lie seventy eight years old aud widely known
IN medical circles lie was medical director OF the
John Lefhngwell OF Montpelier has mania for
manning and killing cats and ducs. He fatally
manned 4 valuable bird dog with hatciiGt, and is
charged with having cut OIL the l0rc-paWS 0i cal
\ number of the friends OF the Hon. Charles Kel-
lison are trying get him the for the
congressional nomiuatoh in the Thirteenth district,
and II IS possible he may he Induced 10 enter the
contest
judge John F. Read Of Jefersonyille, Jaw partner
OF Congressman J. q. Howard, has transferred all
his realty. This grows 0ut OF the suit Ol e admin
Of ms inSt
$4,000. =
The gas compaRys wcll two miles westof Port
land just finished, has developed oil well with
capacity Of 100 barrels day. The Camden well, in
the same county just drilled In, shows S0JOOOJ iee
OF gas day.
\ terrific wind and rain storm passed over Delphi.
Thursday evening. Al Sieeths, hye miles north, it
partook of the nature OF a cyclone. several houses
, we're blown down and freight train on the MOnon
line was lifted from the tracks
At the prohibition convention Of the Eleventh
congressional district held ut Marion Wednesday,
Z. l.. Reckcr Of North Manchester nominated by
reclamation as theihird party candidate for
gross Rocker was formerly republican.
Mr. r. Scott OF Galcna hos been holding series Of
meetings az Rceyille Crawford county, Tor the mos
mon religion. He has been very successful and has
made number of converts, six of whom we're bap-
tizcd by immersion near Rceville on Friday fast.
George Tucker shorty Seybevt and Jim Greene
broke in the front of Johnny Riekes Palace saloon,
I at Anderson Monday night, and pounded joe
Grimes, a barber, fatally, besides knocking down
and brutally kicking Mrs, Rickes and her husband.
Rothernel's bakery, Erookville was burned Non
day The loss on furniture, store, etc, will amount
10 fully 81 000 The building was owned 10y j. ,.
swift, Loss, Sl,0Q1; no insurance. Mason Halle
and lgnatz koehler, adjoining, we're also damaged
The Hon. Benjamin 5. Parker is engaged on
work OF much interest and especially interesting II
Poets S and Poetry Of indiaha" NJ parker himself
poet OF rare sweetness aud most excellent critic
is amply equipped To edit siieh work.
Robert snyder aad Guy HHestis of Charlottesville
low
their fists They stripped and Tough; right OF toUr
rounds with bare knnekles Both the participants
Snyder and Huestis move in aristocratic circles.
Judge st. John granted the motion for new trial
in the case of the auditor OF Huntington county
! against ex-Ireasurcr Henry Beaver OF the same
county, on his official bond. The tried
month ago on q change Of venue and verdict was
rendered against the defendant for Sli,lm.
A three-year-old son OF the Rev Mr.. ChenOweth
/ at Montpelier, is afflicted in strange For
the past fortnight he has seen snakes and other OBJ
jects just as a person might WHO IS AFFLICTED with
! except that he is very nervous, but at night his
malady returns.
Gas well no, T. on the farm OF Jonathan Tenant,
two miles east OF Shebyville was 'shot" Tuesday.
The result was highly satisfactory, the well being
FIVE times as good as before the shooting. IL has
capacity OF 500 0p0 cubic feet per day. Other wells
viii be drilled az once, and the piping Of the town
I commenced within ninety days. fe
Mrs. John Hnut OF Dorsey station, was probably
fatally burned on Monday evening Her dress caught
fire al the back and She ran screanIn ny out Of the
house. Her husband came from distant heId, tore
the dress of her, wrapped her ia quilt ard vent to
/ Montpelier, two miles, Tor aid, nnilng the entire
distance going and coming. HIS own burns are very
serious. 51.ct- t1 .s. - =.
Two c0nvets, John SpragIe and Henry Burgess,
died seven minutes apart In the noghern prison the
other night. Sprague sent from Indianapolis in
1856 Tor eight years, and u. :. Wet. Last
fall the president cOnguted his sentence - that his
discharge would have occurred in May. lie vas quite
| an old man. Burgess up FROM LaGrange
county, aud had four years yet to serve. -!
George HeFrck of L0gansport in Watching tho de-
moShing OF an old building In that city recently,
! saw clay pipe imbedded IN brick. Curiosity led
him to break the brick and secnre1hc pipe, OF
mon white clay. IL must have been Ming in It's
| c0ntened bed for nearly hliy years, and was put
I there by some worker in a brck-yard The PhqgoS
learns that tho old building was erected Ia 1871.
few days AGO the marshal NJ Columbas received
letter from Mrs. Alice Scott who resids IN Afapah0e
/ county, Colorado inquirng about her son, +. NJ.
scott, who was In Columbus the last time she heard
o. him. Remembering tho arrest nearly year ago
/ OF a Young man for the robbery OF the Morrison
house at Shelhyyile. the marshal wrote 70 sheriff
| Nicer and found that the LOST son Of The Colorado
lady Il serving three wears sentence in tine
! Southern prison The marshal at Columbus has
written 10 Mrs scott, giving her full PARTICULARS Of
/ the arrest and conviction Of her sou.
James T. Bdley, Of the Twenty fourth Indiana is
seeking pension. he lives nslr Petersburg, Pike
county, and enjoys the distinction Of being tho only
/ man IN the world Who was ever struck by fill
electric bolt and survived the shock. ON the battle
/ hed OF shiloh, while Standing under tree ne was
struck by lightning and hv on the ground for six
hours, 10 all appearances dead The electric bolt
scared deep down his forehead and Completely
wrecked his nervous system. lie Is the
most piiabe object the eye ever rested on, says
/ UYlas. M