The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-12-18
Minor Staie Items.

Counterfeit silver dollars are freely circuat
ing in South Bend and other cities of northern
Indiana.
A severe storm devastated portions Of Put
nam, Clay, Owen and Hendricks counties
Tuesday night.
Thirty more colored miners arrived from the
South Wednesday and were put To work in a
mine Of Clay county owned by Chicago parties.
Fred Price has brought suit in the Vigo cir
curt court against Elsie Jones for $4,000 dam
ages. Both parties live just across the Clay
county line in Lost Creek township. Price was
injured in Jones saw-mill.
The fruit interest of southern Indiana is rap
idly increasing from year to year. Wood town.
ship, Clark county, alone will plant 10000
peach trees, 10000 raspberry and blackberry
and $4,000 strawberry plants this season.
Pannelburg in Davies county is in sore straits
over an epidemic of measles that has almost
Frustrated the whole town. All the schools
have had to close and the disease is most vio-
lent in some instances, although no death re-
sulting directly from it has yet occurred.
Milton Blades Of New Market has become
insane under peculiar circumstances. few
days ago he drank some patent cordial as med
icine, and Immediately afterward began to
show signs Of alteration, until he has now be-
come violent. 1t is believed the liquor was
poisoned
The Hon. William Wilson. ex.mayor of
Logansport, is dead, of typhoid fever. The de.
ceased lived at Logansport for fifty years, and
Is well known in northern Indiana. He held
several other important offices besides that OF
mayor. He leaves large estate to be divided
between four children and his widow.
The new Pittsburg coal and coke company's
mine at Alum cave, near Brazil, is on fire, and
has been for several days past The fire Is con.
fired to the north division, while the south is
being worked uninterruptedly gang OF
men is busy day and night trying to extinguish
the Ere, but the work Is exceedingly difficult
and but little progress is being made.
suspicious character was arrested at Rich.
mond Tuesday night. He says his name is
Raritan. When searched loaded revolver and
n gold watch were found on his person. He
attempted to throw away the watch and did
throw away n burglars Jimmy" lie was
given thirty-four days In jail on charge OF
carrying concealed weapons, in order 10 hold
him for further investigation.
The case of Williams vs.. the Central iron and
steel company OF Clay county has been com.
promised. Williams was In the employ OF the
company at the time of the boiler explosion in
January, 1888. He was seriously scalded and
disabled. His suit was for 5000 damages. A
compromise with all the rest of the injured
and the dependents Of the killed was made AT
the time. This case had been venued to Put
nam county.
Patents have been issued TO the following
Indianians: j. G. Alexander, Fishers Station
gate: Sandford G. Campbell, Thorntown
Incubator; David A. Foster and +. L. Barker
Westfeld, carpet-stretoher: Peter ID. Graham
CorunEa, hand pillow; Winfield O. Gunckel
Terre Haute, machine for cutting square holes
William t. Murbarger, indianapolis, anti
RATHER spring for thill couplings; William b.
Mycr, indianapolis, signal lantern; Walter NJ
Pearce, nssienor Of one half to Il. A. Innis
Nashville, tenonng machine; Marcus A
Swing. Washington, feed regulator; George w
Warren, Evansville. protector for piano fortes