The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-13
Minor state Items.

James Gentry and wife celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary Thursday.
All examinations in the public schools Of
Charlottesville are prohibited by the trustees
Corydon and its neighborhood are much ex
erclsed over a hydrophobia scare. Several
children have been bitten recently by mad dogs.
Alexander II. Barnett, aged seventy-five, died
at Logansp0rt Friday OF paralysis. He was a
well-known hotel man and went to Logansport
fifty years ago.
Sehell Stiger is believed to be the Young
man who recently criminally assaulted several
young women near Clay City. He has gone to
Illinois, but warrants are out for his arrest
w. c. Scribuer, junior in Wabash college,
has become insane through over-study, and has
been taken to his home in New Albany. He
was great favorite with the professors and
students.
The natural gas consumers of Broad Ripple
were notified of a 30 per cent. increase above
the ordinance rates for gas, whereup0n there
was a meeting of citizens and it was agreed to
resist the payment of the advance, and not to
make any new contracts for the coming year.
The state board of directors of the Travelling
mems protective association met in Fort Wayne
Saturday night aud discussed the new constitU-
ton. Ii is expected that il will be adopted at
the next state convention of the body. A syste-
matte effort will be made TO increase the mem
berShip.
Friday Pink Clapp of Oregon. Clark county.
Ind. few miles southwest of Nabb station,
killed a nOndescript animal of the cat kind. IL
is as large the usual wildcat but is alto
gether off-color, being solid, glossy black
Some people think 1t is kitten OF the big
Scott county rat
of the Spencer Democrat, says: ''The Democrat
will be held in the breezes OF true JetfersOnian
democracy, fearlessly and defanty espousing
the cause for a government of the people and
IL Il
oil right against wrong; ventilate the corrupt
and praise those whom deserve it; / ask all
democrats and all others to assist me in this
enterprise, and when in town make the
editorial room of the Office headquarters"
A. X. Robinson of Terre Haute committed
suicide in St Louis Saturday night by taxing
morphine. Robinson was found in his night
clothes lying under the covering on the bed
dead. with blood oozing from his mouth. There
were two letters found. one being addressed TO
Mrs. A. +. Hermann, Terre Haute, and one to
J.. Brockow, Hotel brunswick. In small
book was written a request to the finder to
write to Mrs. Hermann at the above address,
and also to Sanford II. Steele, 229 Broadway
New York City. Robinson was a middle-aged
man.
Patents have been issued to the following In
dianians: Peter Anderson. assgnor to H. G.
Olds, Fort Wayne, wagon-reach; John l..
Barnes, Peru, dish.washer; Chester w. Clark.
Mshawaka, cultivator; John Conn, Valparaiso,
door-check John r. Cook and c,
). Hinchman, Rushville; rotary engine; Mel
vile b. Mahurin, indianapolis, wheel; William
O. Pierce, Winchester, game; Frank Schofeld
and G.. +. Penn, assignors to n. I. DePauw,
New Albany, spindle Of glass-polishers: Henry
T. Simmons. Bloomington. packing counter for
stores, etc.
Michael Shugrue, who was suspected OF muir.
dering Frank Crews the Nandalia brakeman
at Terre Haute Saturday night says that Crews
Efll al
were together be says he saw Crews
steal gold watch from a woman.
Crews took the watch TO Indianap-
oils, where he traded Il for a silver watch, re-
ceiving the difference in cash. Friday night
Shugrue heard that the police were looking for
Crews, and he notified the latter. who gave him
the silver watch and begged him to get out of
town. Shugrue then went 10 Brazil, but upon
hearing that Crews had killed himself he re-
turned to Terre Haute.
Mark L. Crawford, the defeated candidate
for recorder OF Cook county Illinois is native
Hoosier. He was a resident of Pierceton, Kos
ciusko county, for number of years, in which
place he was born, and is printer by trade.
He first began sticking type the Plymouth
democrat and after learning his trade went 10
Chicago. He became prominent as q leader
among printers and was connected with the
printers union and other labor movements in
that city. Mr.. Crawford is a step-brother of
John w. Baker OF the Columbia City CONNER
cidl. He carried the city of Chicago, but the
republican majority in the outside districts
was too big for him to overceme.-Fort Wayne
Journal
On May IL, 1864 in a charge at Spottsy1vania
courthouse, Mr.. Frank Gibson of this city, be-
longing TO a Pennsylvania regiment, became
mixed up with another regiment, and around
him the shot and shell were flying He fell in
a ditch, when an officer approached him and
gTasping his gun fought bitterly and TO him
Mr. Gibson declares he owes his life. After
the Mr.. Gibson sought
until he ascertained the name and
whereabouts of his preserver and opened
up cores pondence with him. 1t proved 10 be
S. B. NJ. Read, now of the Adams express com
pany OF Boston. Recently. Mr.. Gibson received
from him letter containing a photograph of
himself, and in the letter he states that the rea-
son he that day took the part of private rath-
er than that ofan officer. was because that he
had been wounded in several places, and he
was maddened and sought revenge.-For
Hdyne Sentinel.