The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-17
Minor state Items.

Murphy temperance meetings begin at Spen-
Ger Monday night.
Robert Smiths saw mill at Wabash was
burned Wednesday.
William Murphy is having large temperance
meetings at Spencer.
F. A. Richardson, a prominent citizen of
Mooresville died Tuesday.
The farmers of many counties are organizing
against the binding-twine trust
DIR. Painter, aged seventy-two, died at La
grange very suddenly last Sunday.
The forest fires raging near Jacksonville
have been quenched by recent rains.
Jim Starr" an Evansville PAGER, was sold
last week for $500 to Mr.. Price of Chicago.
A. X. Tucker of Jacksonville has disap-
peared. Ii is limited that there is "a woman in
the case"
The citizens of Cambridge City are congratu-
latinR themselves on the recent arrest of several
active burglars.
Frank Calvert, at one time editor Of the Wa
bash Plain Dealer, died at Mt. Etna, Wabash
county, Tuesday.
The cornerstone of the baptist church at
Cambridge was removed Saturday night and
$1.50 taken from il.
The Structural iron works at New Albany
has a contract for 1900 cast iron yokes for the
cable railroad at Chicago.
The Peru CInd.) & Detroit railroad has sent
out an engineer party to survey the line be-
tween Peru and Laketon.
A. l.. Hartman is the choice of the republic
ans for postmaster. Several ballots were taken
and there were eight candidates.
The Rev. Charles b. Albertson of the Goshen
methodist church is charged with stealing his
sermons from those of DR.. Talmage.
w. P. Swain, one of the best-known horse
men in western Indiana, died at Belmore Sun
day evening OF paralysis, aged ffty-two.
The series of meetings in the Quaker church
at Monrovia, conducted by Mr.. Maunley of Chi
cago, has resulted in thirty-fve conversions.
A daughter of L. p Fisher died in Columbus
Monday. She was three months old weighed
three pounds and was seventeen inches high.
Thursday. David Binkley, a well-known resi-
dent of Elkhart county, while driving a fast
horse, was thrown against fence and instantly
killed.
The handsome residence OF Joseph Carter,
near Hope, was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
Loss, $1,000, with 81 500 insurance in the Ohio
Farmers
The Miami county farmers will meet in Peru
April 20 to devise means TO oppose the Irvine
trust and to manufacture binding twine and
for the growing of fax and hemp.
The South Bend Times has been enlarged to
meet the increasing demands on its space. We
know of no daily of its class that excels il, and
those that equal it must be good ones.
Mrs. James Dennis of Cambridge City has
brought suit against Mrs. Miles Conway,
widow for $4,000, alleging that the defendant
had alienated the affections of her husband.
The Putnam county medical society has Sc
lected Drs. Hanna, Bateman and DeVore as
delegates to the state society and DIR. G. G..
Smythe as a delegate TO the national associa-
ton.
A. Applegate of Peru, who some time ago was
dropped from the railway mail service for Of
fensiye partisanship, has been reinstated and
has assumed his former run from Toledo to St
Louis.
WHAT is promised to be the grandest fox drive
of the season will take lace Saturday, April
90 in the vicinity of Reelsville. The lines will
move at o'clock. and will center on j. X.
Kings place.
A heavy thunder and rain storm visited Ris-
ing Sun and vicinity Friday night. barn be-
longing to Nathan Marble was struck by light
ming and two horses and mule were killed
and the barn burned.
John w. Norton, aged sixty long a resident of
Harrison county, died recently OF Bright's dis
ease. He was a good citizen, had a wide circle
of friends and had lived for forty years on the
farm on which he died.
Jesse Shaw, wealthy farmer of Shelby
county, has been fined for the fourth time for
building a fence across highway in his vicin-
ity, and announces his determination TO con-
tinue the obstruction.
A corn stalk of mammoth size is on exhibi
ton at Columbus. To the ear, which is large