The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-28
state Notes.

DIR. Allen Bryan, Well-kn0Tn colored
physician and minister, is dead at Jeffer
sonville.
The Evansville Journal is booming Gen.
Hovey for the republican nomination of
governor.
nent citizen of LincolI, died OF paralysis
last week.
Mr.. Theodore G loltea an old and wealthy
farmer of Davies county, died last week,
sged ifty-tnree.
Evansville wants the state militia en-
campment this year. More than $4,000
has been raised to entertain guests.
DR.. Days hospital at Goshen was en-
tirely destroyed by fire Tuesday. Cause
unknown. Loss over So 900, insurance
s., 900.
Jason Brown carried the primaries of
Washington county by 81 majority last
Friday, in his race for the nomination for
congress.
That alleged s.elcer ghost seem to
be on the war path again; sometimes he
comes without head and then again
without arms.
The democracy of Kokomo have nomin-
ated for the April election: For trustee,
Charles Hammel; constables, j. d. Burke
and John VIM.
The Rev. 7. J. Backer, pastor of Grace
reformed church of Fort Wayne, has
resigned. The i'll health of Mrs. Backer
prompted the resignation.
Three years ago John A. Smith hired
horse and buggy in Fort Wayne and forgot
to return it. He was recently traced to an
Allen county farm and arrested.
Mr.. John Romine, one of the pioneers of
Spencer county, died Thursday. He was
born near st. Louis, Mo-, in 1906. and re-
moved to Spencer county in 1915.
The democrats of Fort Wayne Wayne
township have nominated George w.
Breckenridge for trustee. He is one of the
best and strongest men Of Allen county.
Miss Mollie Corwin of Shelbyville, has
sued her husband, Joseph Corwin, for
divorce. She was married to him in No.
vember, 1887. Mrs. Corwin has been
divorced from I'VE Husbands.
Passenger engine GIL, on the J.. NJ & 1.
road, carries two lifting scrsw-jacks that
were made by the Madison, Indianapolis
! 4 Peru railroad comoap at Madison 90
/ years sgo.-JsferSOnUitle Times.
Elder Sweeney has been in charge of the
| Christian church of Columbus for seven
teen years. Yesterday jubilee meeting
Was held to commemorate the OBTAINING
of 200 additions to the church within the
last six weeks.
/
/ committee meets Thursday to change the
date of holding the county convention, on
account of the state convention having
been called for an earlier date than the
county convention previously ordered.
The Battle Ground camp-meeting trus-
tees have selected July 81 as the opening
day. The gates will be closed on Sunday.
During week days an admission of 10 cents
will be charged. Tickets for the season 81.
The trustees took new departure, resolv-
ing to employ evangelists this year.
Mr.. Isaac E. Daily of Madison, who is
probably the Oldest living man in the state,
will celebrate his ninety seventh birthday
on the 31st inst. He was born in Virginia
on the 31st of March, 1871, and emigrated
to this state with his parents on the 14th
of January, 1916, and voted for the first
governor of Indiana.
The Evansville & Richmond railroad is
being talked up at Rockville. Harry
KuIz and Mr.. Mackay are expected within
the next thirty days to go over the line
and make propositions to be voted for by
the tax payers. 1t seems that this road
will be built il the necessary aid is voted.
1t will give Brookville two railroads.
The experts who have been engaged in
examining the accounts of Richard n.
Greenwood, treasurer of Daviess county,
for six months past, have completed their
report. They found that Greenwood's
shortage Is 81, las 6S. Since the shortage
was discovered about seven months ago,
the Office has been in charge of a competent
deputy under authority of Greenwood's
bondsmen. The latter will be compelled
to cover into the treasury about two-thirdS
of the deficit, the other third being made
good by property turned over by Green
wood.
Here is the way in which Lsporte law.
yer recently roasted a justice of the peace
for deciding case sgainst him: 'If your
honor pleases, l merely desire to state to
your honor in regard to this case that there
are only two cases in the history of the
jurisprudence of the world the decision in
which filled me with profound and I'm.
bounded establishment when I first heard
of them; the one Is the decision of which
your honor has just rendered in this case
the other is the decision which PontiuI
Plate admitted when he presided at the
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