The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-20
Mirror STATE Items.

new lork capitalists nave inNesOeu $OOV,OVV
at Muncie.
Evansville capitalists will invest 100000 in
q new brick and terra-cotta plant.
Mr. and Mrs Louis H. Noble of Goshen will
celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on
the 10Th.
There is a fruit canning establishment at
Nashville for sale. A good chance Tor pay
ing investment.
Jackson county farmers are busy sowing
oats and blowing for corn. The corn acreage
promises larger than usual
The body of a full-grown child was found
Sunday in the city dump at Columbus where a
vault company unloads its filth.
The gas well at Palmyra has reached depth
OF 1000 feet 1t Is believed that gas will be
found at between 1900 and $500 feet
Thursday, at Rushville, Henry Wlnegart was
feeding a cOrn-crusheT when he had an index
finger crushed of, pulling tendon out at the
elbow.
Works squirrel bill is now a law in Indiana.
1t forbids the shooting of squirrels between
Dec. 20 and June l, under penalty OF = for
each squirrel shot
Mrs. William j. Vesey and Mrs. Daniel
Harding were thrown from a carriage recently
in Fort Wayne and both seriously injured.
The carriage was wrecked
II has at last been discovered that the man
who was mysteriously drowned off the wharf
boat at Louisville Zach Elkins of Madison,
Ind, young married man.
Mai. w. II. Calkns of Indianapolis was
hOnored last evening by the institution at
Laporte OF a camp of the sons of veterans,
known as Camp CalIins. The post has char
ter membership OF thirty.
David Mccormick, wealthy farmer of Miami
county died Wednesday from blood poisoning,
caused by dogs bite The last few DAYS
were passed in great agony, the arm which was
bitten becoming mortified TO the shoulder
Mrs. Ann Cox, aged eighty-fve years, until
recently resident of Morgan county. died
Friday morning at Greenup, ILL.,, and was taken
TO Centerton, Saturday, for burial Mrs. Cox
was an early settler and highly connected.
The law prohibiting the selling of tobacco,
cigars cigarettes 10 boys under sixteen years
of age, passed by the recent legislature, goes
into effect soon as the acts of the legislature
are published and distributed. The penalty
for violation of this law is severe.
Charles Hughes, a brakeman on the Nonon
road has sold forty acres OF land near Bedford,
TO the Chicago Stone company. The land con-
tans one Of the best stone quarries in the state.
The sale was negotiated by Col. George w.
Friedley day two before his death.
Harrison county has a very absent-minded
citizen, who lives couple of miles from Cory
don. Last Sunday he hitehed up his team and
drove TO COrydOn TO church. After the seTv-
ice he left the church and walked home for
getting his team, which tied TO q neighbor-
ing fence.
DR.. II. ). Wolfe has resigned his position as
physician of the prison south. His services
for the past two years have been very much
appreciated, and the new directors asked him
not 10 resign. lie saved nearly as much each
year TO the state as his salary amounted TO by
economy IN purchasing medicines.
Expert Fleener, appointed to examine the
books Of ex-Treasurer John c. Graves Of Iarri-
son county, reports deficiency of $14,969.34.
Air. Graves says IN the most emphatic manner,
that he is not defaulter, and will contest the
matter in the courts, which, he is certain, will
vindicate his honest administration of the treas
urer's Office.
Jacob Brown, pioneer of Jackson county,
who has lived a most active and useful life
since 1919, and who has been closely identified
with every interest and improvement since the
first settlement was made in the county, died
Monday, aged seventy-seven. He was known
in farming, business and masonic circles all
over Indiana.
Mr. Henry A. Goetz. one of New Albany's
inventors has applied for patent for device
for the opening OF magazines pamphlets, ETC.,
when rolled for mailing. Persons receiving
many such packages know how ineonvenient
it is to remove the wrappers. This is provided
for in the opener invented by Mr.. Goetz, by
thread attached to the wrapper.-Ne1O Albany
Ledger.
A few days ago a dog afflicted by hydro
phobia passed through Frank Landers' farm,
near Centerton, and bit his dog, two large
steers and six hogs. The dogs were killed and
the stock put within stout Enclosures. Both
steers have since become violently mad and
one of them died Tuesday. The other, viewed
by hundreds of people every day, is confined
near the station.
The White Cap trials in Crawford county are
set for March 20, in the circuit court at Leaven-
worth. The parties under indictment are
William l.. Gregory, Lewis Job, David Vert,
Samuel Butt, j. c. Rawlings. Floyd Morgan,
Charles Morgan, William Wiseman, Reuben
Robertson and Charles MyleT, ir. There are
al indictments aOainst J0Senh Moon and
Joseph Wells for White Gaping John Nausier.
John NJ. Gardner, aged seventy-eight, living
in Brown county, went out on his farm Tues
day morning to fire some brush heaps. The fire
communicated to a fence near by and the old
gentleman while attempting TO put il out is
supposed TO have been stricken with paralysis
and TO have fallen into the fire. When found
one side of his body was charred dreadfully,
his hair and whiskers burned off. He died
Wednesday.
A singular accident Occurred Wednesday
evening at the Wabash high school building.
Prof. ~ NJ. Huycke engaged IN making
some experiments in explosives. He placed
large glass bell IN a tank OF water. The bell
was inverted. Another bell, in which was a
/ combination of hydrogen gas and sodium, was
slipped into the first one, when there was
tremendous explosion and the glass bells were
shattered into thousand pieces which were
thrown in all directions. Several OF the
twenty ladies present we're struck by the frag
ments, while Prof. Huycke was severely in
jured.
Joe Barret, the Elkhart merchant policeman,
who is charged with having shot William Bur
ton, chief OF night police, last October, will
have his trial shortly at Goshen. lie held
spite against the mayor Of the city, Everett
Goldthwaite, and finally assaulted him. con-
stable was sent to arrest him, but when Barret
fOurished a siy-sbOOter, the officer retreated.
Burton and others were then sent after the bel
ligerent policeman but their attempts at arrest
were resisted and hand-to-hand fight ensued.
Shots were fired promiscuously. Burton
clingng to Barrels back. and il is claimed that
Barrett fired the fatal shot over his shoulder into
Burton's face.
Prof Borden of New Albany has discovered
on a farm recently purchased by him, near
New Providence, Ind. an almost inexhaustible
deposit of Ditre and alum. Mingled with these
is found great quantities of a substance resem-
bling the South Carolina phosphates, reco2-
nized as so valuable for fertilizers. Prof.
Borden has secured specimens of his find and
will have them analysed. Should the speci-
mems prove to be what they are supposed,
measures will be taken for the immediate de-
velopment of the deposits. They are found in
an old cave in a rocky cliff and every indica-
ton is that at some remote time the deposits