The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-25

narepts. He was playing with a shotgun when
II was discharged, the load literally tearing his
face away
Mrs. George Burlsger dropped dead recently
in Fort Wayne just after eating her breakfast.
She leaves Il large family.
Wesley Cornell, q well known citizen of
Goshen and an early settler OF Indiana, died IN
that city Sunday, aged sixty-seyen.
John Allen celebrated his SEVENTEEN birth
day in Davies county last Sunday. -Four
children and thirteen grandchildren were pres
ent.
The city council of Terre Haute unanimously
appropriated $4,000 toward the rebuilding of
the state normal school, recently destroyed by
fire
Jacob Loser, sr., of Cass county, died Sunday,
aged eighty.ive. He leaves seyenty-six direct
descendants, twenty-five of whom are great
grandchildren
The fve-year-old daughter of Albion Cart
wright of Marshall county died Friday from
the effects of burns. Her clothing caught fire
from fireplace.
The republicans carried the two townships
(Steen and Harrison) where the largest number
of dead sheep are reported This Is a pointer
- NiaceRRes SIN.
The democrats of Valparaiso have nominated
the follVwing ticket: Mayor, Alvin ID. Bar
tholomew; clerk, 7. g. Miller; treasurer, W. G.
Windle; marshal, William c. Sergeant
Reports from the gas well, sixteen miles
southeast of Peru, and near Amboy, show q
continually Increasing flow and perfectly dry
well, with a tremendous pressure. The well is
TAR superior to any'yet found in Miami county.
The corner stone of the old baptist church at
Columbus has been robbed of pot containing
. tweuty-doilar gold piece and some old church
relics and documents placed there Oct. 3, 1851.
Mr. Chester II. Faulkner of Holton, Ripley
county, who was appointed chief OF the record
division of the pension bureau soon after the
1rT5atiO Of ~
rendered his resignation and it has been ac'
eepted.
Perry Barr's horse ran away with him and
his wife while riding in Muncie. Ills wife was
thrown against ali iron fence and was danger
ously hurt. Barr was severely injured. The
valuable animal was inpaled or an iron fence
| and ruined.
A lamb recently born In Noble county had
| seven perfect legs and two perfect tails. The
! single head is perfectly natural and well formed,
1 as is also the neck and shoulders. From the
J shoulders back there are two perfectly formed
| bodies. 1t died.
| Mrs. Sue Baraer. of Shelbyyille, and W. Il.
I Mewhurtcr, of Edinburg are said TO be entitled
/ To one-seventh OF 100 acres of land on Prices
hill in Cincinnati, worth 100000, they being
/ the heirs of the original owner, William Barr.
/ who died in 1921.
! The Hon. j. II. O'Neall's denomination and
| reelection is assured. The following counties
! Dubois, Martin, Lawrence and Davies. Craw-
| ford and Orange counties have not yet held
| their conventions.
The New Albany Ercnfpg Tribune made its
! appearance on Monday. Its editors and pub
! fishers are Gen. Jasper Packard, OF Laporte
| well known in northern Indiana, and Mr.
| Chalmers G.. Brown, OF Terre Haute, both ex
perieneed newspaper men.
/ Mrs. Mcdonald the estimable wife of Col
/ |. Is. Mcdonald, died at her home in COlumbia
! City, Friday last, and was buried Sunday. Mrs
! Mcdonald was greatly beloved by all who
! knew her and the family have much sympathy
in their great loss.-Fort Wayne Sentinel.
James A. Gordon, cOlored man, recently
| married Mrs. Henrietta WeltOn, white WON
an. The ceremony was performed at the Iii
! noiS end of the draw bridge over the Wabash a
Nincennes early in the present week, the par
ties having obtained license at Lawrence
vile, III.
The strange disappearance of William Humb
the Indiana merchant, has not yet been eX
planned. Humb the proprietor of large
grocery and general supply store about TIVE
miles from New Albany, on the Salem road
and is said to have conducted an extensive bus
mess among the farmers of that section.
During a severe thunderstorm Sunday morn
ing lightning struck the barn of Stephen Mich
OILS, near Sycamore, burning 1t to the grcunI
before the occupants of the house knew it,thel
having been stunned by the stroke which fired
it. The loss was about =, 600 on fourteen cows
four horses, eight calves grain and harness.
Mr. Aquilla Roberts lives in jefferson county
He was born in Indiana territory in 1904, an'
is eighty-fOur years old, but wonderfully vigor
Gus. mentally and physically. He has resided
in Jefferson county for seventy-seven years
and been voter in the same township 70
sixty-twO years. Mr.. Roberts claims TO be tn
second Oldest native born Indianian now Living
in the state.