The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-27
MINOR state Items.


cepted call TO preach at Warsaw.
Another big gas-gushing well has been
drilled near Jerome, Howard county.
Sylvester L. Smith has been sent TO the PEN
itentiary from Wabash county for forgery.
Burglars are unusually numerous in st. Joe,
foxes in Morgan, and mad dogs everywhere.
Alfred Louch of Shelbyville is dead. He
was considered one OF the finest tenors IN the
state.
The methodist revival at Peru is in its eighth
week and pol converts have been added to the
church.
Samuel N. Moore, aged ninety-one, after
whom Mooresville was named, Is at the point
of death.
A bloody fight occurred recently at Dundee
between two prominent citizens over a comic
valentine.
The presbyterian church of Franklin has ex-
tended unanimous call to the Rev. DIR. VIM
tiers of Wilismsport, Pa
Finley Fowler prominent young printer OF
Frankfort, lied Wednesday ana was buried by
his lodge of X. of p Thursday.
Mrs. Anna V. LakiD, grand matron of the
order of the eastern star OF Indiana, died at
Ierre Haute Tuesday, OF pneumonia.
Eight persons were baptized near Browns
burg in the river during a clustering snow
storm. The thermometer marked zero.
Wyatt D. Strickler of Middletown tried to
kill himself recently at Jacksonville with
William Riggs of Bennettsville went to sleep
on the Jacksonville q indianapolis track
and was run over and killed, Tuesday night,
near S-llersburg.
Ice three inches thick is being housed at Sey-
mOur lt Is the best the dealers could get this
year, unless they import it from northern In
diana at heavy expense.
The Hon. Aaron b. Line, aged eighty-two,
president of the city council OF BrOokville,
died suddenly Tuesday evening. lie was a
prominent odd fellow end mason.
Mrs A. p. Charles, widow of the past grand
master of masOns, has been paid $1,000 cash on
the life policy held by her husband in the
Masonic Mutual benefit association.
John HUMPHREYS & Co, slate-roofers, of Fort
Wayne, ASSIGNED to Ms. Martha HUMPHREYS,
and Shelf Niberg has charge of the business.
Liabilities, 5000; assets not known.
In the case of Carson against the o., l. & w.
railroad company, tried at Frankfort, the
plaintiff asked for s., 600 damages. The jury
could not agree and were discharged.
\ new department has been inaugurated by
the Wabash railway system, that OF inspector
of train service and stations. G.. W. HaZeltine
OF Peru has been appointed TO the position.
Eli Thompson, aged fifty-four, of Jefferson
vile. died Thursday. He was a prominent
merchant for twenty-five years During the
war he served with the Twenty-third Indiana
A lady at Linton says: Husband, dear, do
you believe marriage is a failure" "NO, | do
not" says he; "were you TO die would marry
again before q mOnth."-GTeeR County Demo
cTdt.
George Mason, colored porter at the Grand
hotel, Richmond, shot James Sales, cOlored
man, Thursday, during quarrel. The wound
is in the arm and not fatal. Mason was on the
defensive and shot to kill.
Thomas Locke. a Miami county teacher, has
been bOycOtted by the scholars. lie talks to
empty benches and draws his salary regularly.
The trouble grew out of a halfexplained mis-
understanding about treating"
Frank Shields, who has been living near
Broad Ripple, suddenly disappeared recently.
Ills friends think that he has gone west, as he
recently disposed of his live stock. His wife
and child, however, remain at home.
John Sellers is the patentee of a chin sup
porter TO be used in the undertaking business.
There would also be a good demand for "chin
supporters" IN cities where gas drilling has
proved fruitless.-KOkOmO Dispatch.
Frank L. Sawyer, aged thirty years, one Of
the most prominent business men and leading
citizen OF Seymour, died at Orange, Mass,
Wednesday, OF chronic paralysis. lie was well
known to Indianapolis business circles.
W. \. Mitchell will take passenger train be-
tween Chicago and indianapolis ON the MOnOn.
Billy, as call him here, has well earned this
promotion. Farris Brown has taken his train
on the little MOnon.-BedfOrd Democrat.
Dr. William A. Hunt of Anderson. one of the
pioneer physicians OF that section oil the state,
having resided in that city since 1881, died
Thursday. He was a prominent mason, and
for years served as coroner of Madison county.
Articles incorporating the Arnold patent car
brake and starter company have been filed
with the recorder of Bartholomew county
build a large manufacturing establishment st
Columbus soon.
Clark county boasts of man who is prob
ably the most numerous father in the Union.
1t is Walter Evans, an aged negro, living near
Memphis, who has been three times married
and who is the father of thirty-one children,
eight of whom still with him.
Charles Kelison. who has been charged with
having betrayed Miss Alexander. at the trial,
produced a written agreement, signed by him
self aud the young lady, dated July 4, wherein
they agreed to live together as man and wife.
Dec. % they were married secretly at Pax
ton, Ill.
Judge Hackney passed an order at Franklin
requiring delinquent guardians and admins
traitors to file reports on the second Monday of
the next term of court; also, requiring bonds
which have been impaired by death or insol-
vency of sureties, 10 be made sufficiently good
at said time.
The contract for the grading of the Evans
vile and Richmond route between Seymour
and Colun bus is let, and the work is TO begin
within thirty days. The latest rumOr is TO the
effect that the Big Four road will use this line
between Columbus and Seymour and build an
extension south from Columbus to Louisville.
While in the hub department of his saw-mill
at Button recently, +. III. Montgomery
stepped back agunst a shafting. A nut caught
in his coat pocket and revolving rapidly tore it
off his back, throwing him on his side and cut
ting cash in his elbow. The machinery had
TO be stopped 10 extricate him from his posi-
ton
Thomas Roach of Goshen is said to be one Of
the heirs laying claim to a tract of ground in
Washington City, descending from Abraham
Young, and which is now alleged to be held by
defective title Altogether there are 175 heirs,
some of whom live in indianapolis, and the
property involved Is estimated in excess OF
$50 600.
Elkhart kids have tumbled to the racket
They chip in and buy gallery tickets to the
opera house; soon they come out, and splitting
their pass-checks each takes his chum. The
doOrkeeper has just tumbled to their racket as
well, and it is thought that the next kid who
endeavors 10 work the splt-check scheme will
take tumble down stairs.
Miss Mary Anderson, the actress * the
owner of fine farm of $50 acres about five
miles from New Albany, on which is one of the
most beautiful building sites in Floyd county,
overlooking New Albany, Louisville and JEFF
fersonville. The farm has splendid orchards of
choice fruit and as fine timber as can be found
in southern Indiana. The farm is 10 be highly
improved.
The sugar-tree orchards in Bartholomew
county were nearly all opened last week for
the annual run of sap. The present severe
cold spell. however, has put a stop to the oper-