The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-30
Minor State Items.


Anon Gayne has been appointed postmaster
at Draper
William Mehl, druggist at Peru, has made
an assignment Liabilities and assets not
stated.
The case against Davis, who shot Gregory,
an alleged White Cap, in Crawford county, has
been dismissed.
William Miller lad living at English, acct
dentally shot himself while out hunting Fri
day. Ii is feared that the wound is fatal.
Old John Barrett, the Allen county wife
murderer, has been sentenced to prison for
twenty-one years, in accordance with the YER
dict of the jury.
Miss Alice Taylor, well-known young lady
and teacher in the western part OF johnson
county, died Saturday afternoon from injuries
received in runaway three days before.
new terror is abroad near Alton, Crawford
county. Ii Genes in the shape of band called
regulators" who burn barns and threaten the
lives of people who do not suit their peculiar
views of living.
Mr. Brashre of Alton, Crawford county, was
robbed of $500 and gold watch on the steamer
Tell City Friday night The thief entered his
stateroom and carried away his clothes contain
ing the valuables.
The damage suit of Losher VS.. McKillip, on
trial at Peru for loss of service the result OF an
assault on Losher's son by Mckillip, resulted
in a verdict of $50 damages and costs. Mchl-
up VIII appeal the case.
In the cases ex rel. Atty. Gen. Mich
ener VS.. A. q. Howard, John Craig, David Al
len and others, the sO-called prison south case,
a change of venue from Clarke to Floyd county
was taken Tuesday by the state.
DIR. G.. w. Haymaker of Charleston was
called to Owen Sunday, and assisted in the
birth of n fearful monstrOsity a male child with
perfect cats head. The mother was attacked
some months ago by a vicious cat.
William Croft of Richmond, young married
man, took carbolic acid some weeks since with
suicidal intent, but was pulled back to life.
Monday night ne made second attempt by
eating white lead and will probably die.
Frank Capper of Montpelier, while working
short time ago in a saw-mil had his leg badly
cut with a saw. short time after that he
caught his hand on a hook and tore piece
out of it, Saturday while working in Simon
toms gravelpit il caved in on him and broke
his leg in two places.
George w. Shirley of Spencer lost his wife
two weeks ago and promptly married n Terre
Haute lady Monday night. The citizens of
Spencer burned him in eiigy on the same night
and the servants refuse 10 stay with the new
wife. They think that he was indecenty in
haste TO get married again.
Mrs. Minnie Leeds Of Michigan City was
shot and assaulted by Ella Wasserman Monday
night. The trouble arose over baby that
left on the dOorsteps OF the WaSserman woman
last March, She took care of H. but charges
that the waif came from the Leeds family, and
that the mother has failed to keep her promise
TO supportit
Ella Wasserman, the chief conspirator in the
Matchmaking proceeding against Mrs. Minnie
Leeds, the millionaire widow, now occupies
cell in the Laporte county jail. The officers
allowed her to take the child, the innocent
| cause of the sensation, with her to Jail. Her
attorneys made an Intellectual effort 20 reduce
the bail from 5000 10 ZOO. A prominent law
firm of Lafayette has been engaged to assist in
| the defense.
Another batch Of twenty-five miners has
| gone, and the business men as well as others
| will feel the loss OF these hardy sons OF toll.
Some OF them have been here many years, and
| are well known figures among our people.
| They are going because they are required TO
work here at greater reduction than any Of
| fered elsewhere, and because the coal com.
panies persist in refusing to submit TO the
question of arbitratiCD.-BrdrH Miner.
Brent Patton, young man residing near
| Greensburg, last Sunday took down an old
rifle which had been loaded for some time, and
attempted TO draw out the load. He succeeded
in cleaning out the powder, and then put the
rifle in the stove to melt the bullet. After 1t
/ had remained in the stove for some minutes
| young Patton took IL out and looked into the
| barrel, when IL exploded, knocking out several
of his teeth and wounding him in the neck.
AZ the fall term of the Laporte circuit court
| in 1885, Beauregard Sehwi tier was sentenced to
/ n term OF nNe years IN the Michigan City prison
for assault and battery with intent to kill. IL
was the opinion of many az the time OF the trial
| that he was convicted on periured evidence,
| and IL has Just been developed that such was
the case, and though Schwitzer has completed
| his sentence and has been discharged from the
| pententiary, the revelation has caused con-
siderable excitement and will result in a num-
Der Of arrests and prosecutions.
Mrs. Ann Badly Of Terre Haute was cen.
| fury old Thursday. She was born at Saratoga.
| n. ", Oct. "a, 1889, just two years after the
adoption of the constitution of the United
States. She came to Terre Haute in 1919,
| three years after the founding of the town.
She was married 10 John Badly in 1918 at Sara
toga. In 1926 her husband went down the
| Wabash river to the Ohio and thence down the
| Mississippi 10 New Orleans on a flat-boat. lie
never returned TO Terre llaute. From that
day to this Mrs. Badly has heard nothing of
him. She thinks he was killed by Indians,
then very numerous along the Wabash river.
There is sensational will contest in the
courts in Button, involving property valued
at $4,000, the facts in which are as follows:
Years ago Thomas Foher, widower. accom-.
panied by an unmarried sister, moved from
| Pennsylvania and settled in Wells county,
upon a tract OF nnety.three acres. Fohler
kept adding 10 his gains until he had 205 acres,
while his sister kept house for him. Recently
the old man died Then will was produced
in which he bequeathed everything 10 his sis
ter and disinherited his son. who Is an iron
merchant in Pennsylvania. The son now comes
| forward and enters suit to break the will on
| mind, and that the will was made under duress.
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