The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-09-18

twenty-five thousand tickets being sold. The
show of live stock was especially large and
fine.
Judge McGregory rendered decision on the
railway bulletin suits at Greencastle, sustaining
the demurrer to the complaint in each case.
The Jackson county fair will open Sept. "a
and close on the 9th. Extensive arrangements
have been made for successful exposition OF
the resources OF the county.
The sale of the Valparaiso Messenger, which
was announced as having been made few
weeks ago. is now declared 'oH." Editor Zim-
norman announces that he will hereafter be
found at the old stand.
NJ. F. Bell of Madison township. Allen
county, writes the Fort Wayne Sentinel that he
is burning natural gas from well on his
farm. He had apparatus put in his residence
and surrounding buildings and has TIVE nty-
seven burners.
William Brown of Harrison county was re-
Gently taken from his bed, tied to a tree in the
yard and given fifty lashes on the bare flesh in
the presence of his family. Keepingeompany
with bad women is the charge against him.
The board of directors of the Marion & In
dianapolis railroad elected the following officers
at Marion, Tuesday: President, George n.
Winchell; vice-Dresident David Overman;
secretary, James Bromalee; treasurer, David
Il. SWeetzer.
The country people of Harrison and Craw-
ford counties are now doing prosperous BUSH
ness collecting May apple roots for shipment TO
an eastern patent medicine establishment.
One dealer of New albany purchased ten bags
OF the commodity Monday evening.
The Terre Haute iron and nail works have
been sold to the Terre Haute iron and steel
company, which has heen recently organized,
with a capital OF $4,000. The incOrporat0rs Of
ford, James p. Crawford, William X. McKeen,
Alex Crawford and Frank Kidder.
The annual state conference of seventh day
adventists is to be held at Kokomo Sept.
l7-24. Besides a general attendance from all
parts OF this state, there will be speakers OF
prominence present from other states; conse-
quently the interest in the meeting is likely TO
be considerable. This sect held their confer
ence In Logansport few years ago, meeting in
large tent
Last Tuesday the city marshal of Clay City
started for Brazil in charge of Ed Roberts,
whom he was transferring to Jail, but near that
point Roberts left the train and returned 70
Clay City. and went TO work again in the
mines. The marshal has made no attempt TO
again arrest Roberts, and he is the same officer
who failed 70 report when notified of the
trouble which led to the killing of McClucky,
! although the murder was not committed for
several hours after he appraised of the mis-
| chief brewing Last Saturday night there was
an ARRAY in which Hiram Boyer seriously cut
Thomas Jones, nearly killing him. So far, the
marshal has made no effort to arrest either oil
the parties.
There seems to be kind of free-for-all race, q
general scramble, for the democratic nomina-
ton for congress in the second district. The
Hon. John H. 0'Neil, the present member, has
announced that he would not again be a can.
/ didate, and this early in the fight fourteen
| months before the election, the following are
/ spoken Of, and many of them are
avowed candidates for the place. Col
Samuel Taylor, Daviess county; the Hon
/ Cutler S. Dobbins, Martin; the Hon.
James NJ. Andrews, Orange; the Hon. j. Ii
Willard and the Hon Curg Dalton, Lawrence
the Hon. w. A. Traylor, Dubois: the Hon
John Benz, Crawford; the Hon. Thomas r
| Cobb and the Hon. Mason j. Niblack of Knox
! There is some good congressional timber il
| that list.