The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
Minor state Items.

The Russellville old soldiers reunion will oc-
cur Aug. S.
The Knightstown district fair will be held
this year Aug. 27-3l.
DIR. A. d. Coe, aged sixty-eight, of Mexico
Miami county, Is dead.
The new Greene county jail at Bloomfield is
now being built rapidly.
"Grandma" Sage, an early pioneer of Jack
son county, is dead, aged eighty.
The big Bloomfield fair is announced for
Sept 10. 1t will continue five days.
Two more women of a Montpelier house Of
Ill fame have been treated to coats of tar.
Absalom Wilson, pioneer of Miami county,
and leader OF the granger movement. is dead.
Paris Mordyke has been appointed post
master at Reynolds, vice John II. Adams re-
moved.
c. A. Hargrave, Rockville boy, has just
been elected president of the Danville uni
versity.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Whipple, for fifteen
years missionaries in Persia. have arrived at
their home in Rockville.
The tariff reform mass meeting to be held at
Bloomfield next Saturday promises to be a
very large and imposing affair.
ID. w. Rapp & Brother made their first ship
ment of nutmeg melons Saturday. The crop
will be large but later than usual.
The Daviess county board of education at a
recent meeting decided to use the new school
books as soon as the fall term begins.
Capt Ben Lepper, sr., mail line clerk. was
found dead in bed Thursday morning at the
residence of his son in North Madison.
The straw board trust has purchased and dis
mantled the mill at Delphi Ind, 10 take its
product and machinery out of the market.
Two of the lady teachers of the Rockville
public schools have already married since va
cation began, and the weddings of two others
are rumOred.
Bloomfield burglars drilled through a safe
door one hot night last week only to find that
the door had been left unlocked and only few
dollars on the inside.
Henry Lindsay and wife of Iowa arrived in
Fort wayne saturday to arrange for an Indiana
divorce. Finding that il required years resi-
dence they left for other divorce fields.
The remains of w. g. Vance, recently killed
at Cambridge City, were buried Saturday at
BrOwnstown. He leaves a wife and child. who
will bring suit Immediately against the railway
company.
George W. Ewing who has brought suit for
much valuable property in Wabash, will be
bitterly fought by the eight property holders
interested. They have employed Warren G..
Sayre to represent them.
A son of Hiram Conden, living ten miles
west of Bloomington, while riding n horse TO
work Thursday, was thrown off, his foot catch
ing in the harness. The horse took fright
and dragged COnden for quarter OF a mile,
with his head on the ground He died in two
hours.
Sim Merdenhall of West Middleton made a
good strike this year on acre of ground. He
has q raspberry patch of one acre on which he
raised l40 bushel OF peas for the canning fac
tory, besides a large quantity of berries which
he also sold to the canning factory.-KokOmo
Tribune
The grocery store of Hessong q Hessong at
Broad Ripple was plundered by burglars Sat
urday night, and goods of considerable value
were carried off. The other night Jackson Il
Silvey's store was also plundered. and the safe
opened. The thieves secured $40 cash, and
$50 in general merchandise.
At the last meeting of the Michigan southern
medical society, held at Angola, Ind, DIR. q.
w. McCaskey OF Fort Wayne read paper on
the subject: "The Prevalence of Nervous Dis
eases" and by the unanimous vote OF the So
ciety 1t was decided TO request the publication
of the same in the various newspapers in north
ern Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest
ern Ohio.
Christopher billiard of Charlottesville was
found dead in his bed Monday morning. Since
last winter Mr.. billiard has been confined TO
his bed by reason of a pair of badly frozen
feet He could not help himself, and il was as
certained that the injured members had never
been even dressed. Gangrene bad set in, and
the poor mans flesh far up as his knees was
filed with maggots before he died.
The Rev DIR. Maine, q methodist divine, well
known in Indiana, has been recently parayzed
in Lincoln, Neb. Like many minister's he has
not saved bis financial earnings. A recent let
| ter asks for 81 800 from the doctors Indiana
| friends, with which to finish payments on q
home, that. though he be disabled for life. him.
| self and family will have permanent place to
reside A contribution taken recently at
Lafayette which melted a handsome sum.