The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-08-21

low Evansville Friday, were caught by the cur
rent, carried beyond their depth and drowned
before assistance could reach them.
Motifs building at Madison, occupied By
Goode, Dantist q Connolly, clothiers, and
Lustig, cigars, burned Friday morning. Insur-
ance on building $1,000, in North American,
and on Lustig's $500, in the Home. The aggre-
gate loss will reach several thousand dollars.
Camp No. 100 of division of Indiana sons Of
veterans was instituted at Clayton Saturday
evening. Col. George c. Harvey colonel of
the Indiana division, was present This camp
gives hendricks county the greatest number of
camps OF sons Of veterans OF any county in the
state.
Sunday evening Nicholas Hirshauer was
walking along Fairheld-ave. Fort Wayne, when,
IN drawing his handkerchief from his hip
pocket, corner caught his revolver, pulling it
out. In falling the pistol was discharged, the
bullet striking Hirshauer about three inches
below the navel. He died Monday.
Horace Porter, alias Leslie, alias Howard,
who beat the Cincinnati and Indianapolis
hotels and the Gait house of Louisville, and
personated Chicago Herald correspondent at
the prison south where he was unmarked as
former convict, was held in a one thousand-dol-
lar bond in Louisville city court Friday.
The liquor dealers of Columbus, all Of whom
are violating the law by selling without license,
nave been served with written notices from
Mayor Studer that unless they paid up their
high license fee Immediately they would be
prosecuted according TO law. The saloon men
regarded the mayor as favorable toward them.
The African methodist episcopal church
camp-meetiDg closed at Spencer last Sunday
with the largest attendance of any day this
season. The meetings have been marked with
excellent order and fine preaching. Many
notable ministers of the state have been pres
eut and delivered sermons. 1t proved fnan-
cal success.
A dispute over the rental of the Grand hotel
at Vincennes resulted in Joseph Graeter owner
of the building, knocking William Betz, land
lord down. Mrs. Betz, mother of William,
intertered, and hostlities were ceased. Graeter
atterward pleaded guilty to assault and was
fined. Mrs. Betz and son have filed suit for
damages, claiming $1,000
The widow of the late Norman Dodge is tend
ing the crossing at Broadway the position her
husband had held for years. For the past year
she has attended the work mostly herself and
for her careful performance OF the duties re-
ceived a compliment from the company. Ii
Mrs Dodge will accept the place the Wabash
will have the only lady Waterman" in the
city.-EOrt Wayne Sentinel.
The remains of Mrs. J. A Ranny of Delphi
have been identified among the unfortunate
victims of the Johnstown disaster. The re-
mains were identified by two sons, who went
twice to Johnstown for this purpose. The
first clew was a watch on which was placed
the number OF the grave in which the remains
had been inferred. Two rings were found
in the coffin which made the Identification
complete.
Henry Clay, the eolored employe Of Clayton,
Purcell & Co. of Fort Wayne, gave a terrific
yell Saturday morning. The mployes fastened
10 the spot whence the voice emanated. 10 find
Clay on a high wooden frame trembling in
every nerve, while in bunch of bananas he
had been handling a reptile about four feet
long was wriggling itself free from the stalk, to
which it had clung since the fruit shipped
from Cuba. 1t was young anaconda.
Among the more promising Of the young
literary m en- in the state is Jackson Boyd OF
GreencasIle. who has many acquaintances
among the DePauw students in Frankfort Mr..
Boyd contributes a poem, "Ihe Genius" 70
the August BelfOrd's Magazine The poem
makes up in power and poetic feeling what it
lacks IN finish, and successfully proves that its
author should devote much time to this form Of
Gterature.-FrdRIJoTt Crescent
After mature deliberation, Congressman ohm
II. 0'Nesll has concluded not to stand for a
third nomination for congress. The Democrat
was apprised of this fact some time ago, but
under pledge of secrecy made no mention of it.
One of the reasons for Mr. 0'Nealls refusal TO
60 into the race a third time Is the fact that
there is an un unwritten law NC the people
that two terms of office is sufficient for one
man. and he believes he ought 10 observe it,
Hasb5JlCf07 Democrat.