The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
urday, thinking it was whisky. 1t nearly

killed by the cars, while playing around the
railway track at Fort Wayne, Saturday.
Mrs. Hannah Large, known the Widow
Prentiss, aged seventy-seven, and a resident of
Jefferson county for over fifty years, is dead.
Joseph Replogle of Hagerstown, aged ninety,
died very suddenly Wednesday night. He was
the grandfather OF DR.. kinsley Of Richmond.
NJ o. Fuselman, deputy sheriff of Morgan
county, has been placed under bond TO answer
the charge of illegal action on the day OF cleo
ton.
The impression prevails in southern Indiana
that j. G. Mcclure, the Scott county absconder,
lost the $4,000 charged to him gambling in
Seymour.
Nobel Kellison. OF Charlottesville is suing F.
NJ. COffman, editor and proprietor OF the ATyls-
Aelrs, for $4,000 damages, alleging slanderous
accusations.
DIR. Loftin of Frankfort has been stricken
with paralysis. He also is sufferer from
Brights disease. and the complication will
prove fatal.
COrtez Ewing of Greensburg was nominated
at Shelbyville Saturday by the democrats for
joint senator, 10 fill out Carpenters unexpired
term. Election Feb. l..
The Madison marine railway company has
contracted TO build ferry boat, 125 feet long,
for the Peoples ferry company OF Quincy, H.,
TO be done in ninety days.
Many republicans in New Albany favor the
holding of primary election to decide the
question OF who shall be the successor OF Capt
J. B. Mitchell, postmaster there.
William Mueller has sued Jacob Foltz fog
SANDER, demanding 5000 damages. Both
parties live in Evansville. FOltz said that
Mueller set his own house on FIRE last month.
Judge John II. Stotsenburg will plant 10000
peach trees on his Clark county farm this
season. His orchards are already among the
largest in southern Indiana. He sold over 10,
900 bushels Of peaches IN 1855.
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has purchased OF w. Q. Pickering the Cameron
Springs franchise, located near Attica; price
81, 800. A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hotel
will be one OF the Improvements.
Near Ellettsvilie, on the farm of William J.
Owens, two OF his employees. named Spencer
and Brown, quarreled, and Brown was beaten
nearly to death with an ak handle. Spencer
was arrested for attempted murder.
In the case of H. T. Boicourt vs. DIR. Thomas
III. Lane for $4,000 for alleged malpractice,
which has been occupying the attention of the
Boone circuit court for the last week, the jury
returned verdict for $500 for the plaintiff.
Charles Fetters of Washington township
brought quite curiosity to this Office Saturday
in the shape of twig of elder on which the
buds were well along Elder buds in January
are quite curiosity in this latitude.-ELksGTt
Sentinel
In the matter Of the Jacksonville bridge
over the Ohio the subcommittee of the house
committee on commerce has decided against
the Mulberry-st terminus and new board OF
engineers will be appointed to determine on
the location.
Monday morning a large frame building
occupied as a residence by Mr. Busenbark, and
drug store by III. G.. Kick & Bro. burned at
Osgood. Kicks were insured for $500, while
the building carried no insurance. Incendar-
ism is suspected
At meeting of the Foreign mission CON-
mittee of Indiana yearly meeting of friends,
held Tuesday at Richmond, NJ. NJ. Binford was
appointed to accompany Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
Shipley of Cincinnati on visit to friends mis-
sions in Mexico.
Six and one-half inches of snow have fallen
in Jackson county since Sunday morning
Farmers are greatly reioiced over the change
in the weather, as the snow protects the young
wheat, which was suffering from the effects of
frequent freezing.
John White. near Nashville, stored his wheat
in his kitchen loft The floor giving way, the
grain poured down, and upsettng kettle of
boiling water on the stove, fatally scalded his
daughter aged fourteen months. The little one
died in great agony.
Franklin Hessig of Laporte county man Of
high standing and prosperous, has become in
sane over the hallucinatiOn that he could heal
the sick by simply laying on OF hands, and his
manner becoming violent, his family transferred
him to the asylum.
Traffic Manager McDoel of the L., y. 4. & c.
road states that within the last thirty days the
l., y. ~ & {. has expended $4,000 in the way
of permanent improvements, the new bridges
over White river ut Bedford and Gosport form
inc portion of the outlay.
Free delivery of mail was established at
Goshen Feb. l, with three carriers, who make
four deliveries daily. Goshen is the smallest
town in the United States that has free de-
livery, but the revenue has exceeded the
Quired amount Tor the past two years.
The Ohio d Mississippi shows an increase in
earnings in the third week of January over
those OF the corresponding week in 1855 OF
S1,34S, and the Chicago d Eastern Illinois an
increase of only $3.50 The coal roads are for
tunate ii they can keep even this winter.
Young Robinson of Monroe county is dead.
He was sixty-one years old, and served through
the Mexican war ana the war OF the rebellion.
His death leaves only two surviving members
IN Monroe county OF Capt Lundermans COM
pany-Charles Carr and Barton Acuif.
A few nights ago Fay Wies of Coesse, viii
lage few miles west of Fort Wayne, while re-
turning from revival meeting was stabbed by
a lad named Burke. the wound being inflicted
in the left side below the lower or floating rib.
4 doctor pronounced the wound probably
fatal.
Starke county has an industrial enterprise
which is the only one of its kind in Indiana
At Heckville, near Knox, August Heck, Ger
man, is engaged in the manufacture of viOlins
and employs about twenty-five hands He
makes only first-claSs instruments which sell
At a large price.
T. :. Hood and J. L. Bilsland have organized
private bank at Dana. Ii will be known as
the bank of Dana. This will be quite a con-
veDience TO the citizens of the town and neigh
bOrhOod as the nearest bank heretofore has
been at Newport, twelve miles away. The new
bank is thoroughly equipped for business.
The February term of the johnson county
circuit court begins sOon with ninety civil
and thirty criminal cases set for hearing
There a number of divorce cases. a FIVE
thOusand-dollar damage suit against the city, a
ten-thouSand-dOllar damage case against the
postmaster and other interesting issues at
stake.
Will A. A. Davis of Columbia City is n poet
Of no mean ability. Recently George W.
Childs OF the Philadelphia Ledger wrote him a
kindly letter OF recognition, besides which
visit to Philadelphia his guest. Davis also
has received very cordial invitation from the
Pittsburg Post TO visit that city.
Charles RObellaz, young married man of
New Albany, has departed for the wild and
grizzly West, leaving his wife and two children
to struggle as best they may with this cold and
unchautable world. Mrs. RObelaz has sold
out most of her household goods and returned
TO the home OF her father, Mr. William Logue,
ST.. The parties could not agree.
Reina Victoria, the most valuable brood mare
in the state, If not in the West died AT Presi-
dent W. II. Mckeen's EdgewOod stock farm
Saturday OF pneumonia. She was the property
of President Mckeen, and was bought by him
at auction about three months ago for $500,