The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-13
Minor state Items.

Stephen jerks lost his house at Dana
Wednesday by fire. Loss $780, insur-
ance 81. 200.
The Rev. John Stuck, German re-
form minister, hanged himself at BOun-
dairy City, Jay county, Tuesday.
The boiler OF Hadley's creamery at
Mooresville exploded Thursday. Much
damage resulted but no lives lost.
While working with the machinery in
his mill at Jacksonville Saturday, J. l..
Warrants right hand was crushed off.
At Fremont, town of 500 people,
only twenty votes were cast at the
town election Monday. Two democrats
voted.
The Rev. H. p Carey will deliver the
memorial sermon in Greencastle, and
Commander Miller, Of the q. a. r., the
address on Decoration day.
DR.. Samuel L. Smith, who was recently
appointed superintendent of the Rich
mond insane hospital, was married last
week to Miss Matte Rogers, of Monroe
county.
The Grand Rapids railway depot at La
grange was visited by burglars Saturday
night and four valises rihed. One safe
was also blown" while another one re-
fused to yield.
At it's recent meeting the Steuben county
board OF education resolved that teachers
vino had taught three years and held only
a twelve months license, should not here
after be employed.
The Aurora democrats elected their en-
tire city ticket, except the mayor. Capt.
Edward Green, an ex-democrat, and
popular G.. A. K. man, took the mayorality
plum by heavy majority.
Elder Harmon. who was recently called
to preach at the Seymour Christian
church, has moved his family from Spen-
Ger TO his new field OF labor and will now
preach regularly in the Seymour church.
Knightsville has organized an incorpor-
ated joint stock company of $4,000 capital
for the building of a modern Touring mill,
of capacity equal to any in the county.
The papers are prepared for filing with the
secretary OF state.
The papers in the northern part of the
state have got into quarrel about whether
suckers will bite this time OF the year or
not. We have several graduates of the
Isaac Walton school in Ripley county who
will testify that suckers will bite most any
time.-Rjpiey Journal.
Another forged check made by Frank
Swope of Marion was found in possession
of Calvin Haines, meatmarket man at
| Muncie, Thursday with the name of
President Hanika of the Architectural
| iron works signed. The check was for $l5
| and had been cashed in full.
Some one entered the pasture field of
William Wilson, Pike township. Howard
county, recently and shot two OF his work
horses. One OF them was shot in the side,
| the ball going almost entirely through the
| body, and was found in the field the next
morning dead. The other one had been
| shot four times and was still alive.
| Much excitement was caused at Tell
City, Perry county, Friday by the arrest
| of DIR. Cluthe, a prominent physician of
| that town, on a bench warrant Issued by
| the judge OF the Perry circuit court on an
| indictment charging him with abortion.
the victim being Miss Ravens, aged nine
! teen years, who died from the effects of
tie crime. DIR. Cluthe was held in bond
of 81 900 to answer in the circuit court.
The New Albany Truth Teller will be
merged into the Public Press of that city.
Mr.. Gwin says: at is known to most
readers of this paper that the proprietor
hereof was recently appointed to the inn
portant position upon the state tax COM
mission under the new tax law. To per-
| form the duties of that office faithfully
|
same time is one of the impossibIlilies Of
life"
Pttsburg papers contain an account OF
the semi-yearly exercises OF the Western
| Pennsylvania institute for the blind.
New Albany and Indianapolis people will
be pleased to know that the institution
over which Prof. III. b. Jacobs, formerly of
| New Albang and later superintendent of
the state blind asylum, presides, is in
very fourishing condition. 1t has re-
ceived in gifts of land and money nearly
| 100000 At the exhibition poem, COM
posed by Mrs. Jacobs, was recited by one
of the pupils, and was highly compli-
mented by the press.
Eli w. Brown has taken possession of
the Frankfort Crescent and in his greeting
to the papers readers says:
Tersely expressed, without evasion or mental
| reservation, we eau answer, II am democrat
| in every article of faith as laid down by Jeher-
| son, espoused aud carried out with iron will by
| Jackson and, in Inter years made the text OF
| civic administration by Grover Cleveland. As
| in entire harmony with the creed of Jefferson
| ian democracy, and in fact as cardinal princi-
piles of that faith we believe that public once
is a public trust" That all legislation should
| be for the masses and not the classes. That
the theory of protection-taxing the many Tor
the benefit OF a few-is radically wrong and
anti-American in principle.
DR.. David s. Jordan, president of Leland
Sanford, ir., university ut Palo Alto, Cal,
has received notification Of acceptance by
Prof. Melville b. Anderson, OF Iowa City,
of the associate professorship in the de-
partment of English literature in the STAN
ford university. Prof. Anderson is forty
years old aud a native of Nova Scotia. He
held several professorships in English
literature at Butler and Purdue universal
ties and Knox college, is author OF EN-
glish Translation of Victor Hugo's Shakes
peare," and OF "McClurg's Series OF Pub
locations on French Literature" and for
four years he has held the professorshsp
OF English literature in the State univer-
sity OF Iowa.
The school enumeration returns are in
from Kokomo and they tell a tale at vari-
ance with the stories we've had OF in
creased population lately in the metropo.
lis of the coon belt. Last year they had
1928 school children and this year they
have $3.50, an increase during the year OF
302 The increase in school children IN
all the cities of the gas belt is as follows;
Anderson, 1864 Marion, 665; Muncie,
| 457; Kokomo, 302. This is showing
over which Anderson will be pardoned for
Growing little, rs it is good index OF
her growth compared with the other cities.
The other three towns gained altogether