The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-23
Minor Stnte Items.
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Sheridan has struck another gas well.
Madison county has a calf with three eyes.
The drought is iniuring crops in Clark county.
W. +. Cant. prominent farmer of Bartholo-
NEW county, is dead.
The cut-wom is devastating the newly planted
corn OF Clark county.
Several cases of smallpox are reported from
Pierceville, Ripley county.
Mrs. Lydia Ewing of Terre Haute died sud-
denly OF heart disease Tuesday.
THE SUNDAY SENTINEL is the best adver-
Using medium in indianapolis.
Col. A. D. Streight will deliver the Grafton
on decoration day at Bloomington.
II the last church year OF the baptist church
OF Valparaiso sIxty-0ne persons have united.
Joseph G.. Miller OF Adams county died sud-
denly while eating his supper Monday night
The cold snap of Monday night did an i'm
mense amount OF damage throughout the state.
Unknown parties have smashed in the front
OF a new saloon opened last week at Sheridan.
EJohn Bowers of Knox county says that he
lost all of his hair by taking large doses of
quinine.
Farmers generally throughout the state are
complaining of the diScouraging condition of
the wheat.
The lakes and streams of Northwestern Indi-
ana are lower now than they have been in the
past fifty years.
The Butler university baseball team viii
play the Indiana university boys at Blooming
ton next Saturday
Daniel Jindahl of Valparaiso has patented a
machine 70 pumping water by weight on the
principle of clock work.
The school enumeration of the city of Bloom
ingtOn shows ], l2j children, an increase OF over
200 since the last report.
j. G. Fisher, for many years the agent of the
Empire freight line at Fort Wayne, died sud-
denly in that city Monday night.
Joseph yelling for the murder of Henry
Seible at Hamburg last January has been sent
10 the penitentiary Tor three years.
The work of tearing down the Terre Haute
normal school ruins, preparatory to building
new 100000 structure, began Tuesday.
The Northern Indiana baptist association
meets at Kingsbury, May %. There viii be
numerous delegation from Potter county.
John Barnes, the negro who outraged the
little May girl at Ellettsville has sent in plea
OF not guilty and viii be tried Immediately.
The drug store of Brewster & Thomas, at
FOrtville was entered by thieves Wednesday
night and rihed of articles and money to the
amount of 800.
Snow fell Monday at Valparaiso and Horton
vile, and heavy frosts were experienced at
Madison, Jacksonville, Greencastie and other
portions of the state.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the
Greenfield natural gas company was held We'd
nesday night. The total receipts from con-
sumers for the year was $500.
Mrs. Ruth Huston, near Pendleton, celebrated
her one hundredth birthday anniversary re-
Gently. She still retains much of her youthful
vigor, and her mind is as clear as ever.
A Mr.. Powers, on his way from Polk county,
Neb., TO New YORK, was arrested at Goshen for
queer actions Thursday night, in JAIL he shot
himself with a revolver, dying instantly.
A two-year old child of J. b. Cooper, residing
near the Hancock county infirmary, upset
vessel OF boiling clothes, near which it was
playing, yesterday, scaIding itself to death.
James X. Trimble, proprietor of the Trmble
house, at Chesterfield, and ex-sheri1' of Della
ware county, received a stroke of paralysis
while on the street, and is not expected to
live.
Willie Williamson and Thomas Laramore of
Madison county played with a revolver, Mon
day, with the usual result. Ii finally went off
a ball entered NilliamSon's body and fatal re-
suits are feared.
The scrap between Tommy Miller of Omaha
and Bart Shea of Champion, light weights in
Terre Haute Tuesday night resulted in draw
at the end OF the fourth round. Each scored
one knock-down.
William Dudley FOulke has been appointed
to represent the Indiana civil service reform
association at the annual meeting in New York
May % and 80. From there Mr. FoulIe will go
to Boston 10 deliver an address,
Reports from Floyd, Clark and Jefferson
counties, in the frost belt state that peaches in
the great orchards are not damaged. Straw4
berries and small fruits are injured in other
localities by Tuesdays blizzard.
A telegram has been received at Greenfield
from IT. Scott, Bas., announcing that William
Conweil, young man of Greenfield, was sew
erely and probably fatally injured while switch
ing cars in the Kansas City, Fl Scott d Gulf
yards.
Thursday evening between Anderson and
Pendlet0n, dastardly attempt was made 10
wreck the Bee Line passenger train by placing
a cross-tie on the track. The engine struck the
obstruction and carried it about 800 feet before
the train was brought TO a stand-still.
Natural gas well no. 2, of the series which is
TO supply Wabash, being drilled by Indianapo-
lis capitalists, was, Thursday night, packed and
anchored. The well is powerful one, and the
gauge showed pressure of 200 pounds in two
minutes out of the fye-inch casing The output
is estimated at 100000 feet daily, and the
pressure il not less than $50 pounds. Two