The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-06
Minor state Item 8.

Minor state Items.
James Parker of Upton has mysterious
ly disappeared.
A child OF Alfred Harrington of Jerome
drank concentrated lye and died.
P. A. A len and John II. 0rmsby have
bought the Button Banner, Z. Y. Stu s
retiring.
A baby OF Marion Wilson of Muncie fell
from the arms OF its sister and died from
the elects of the fall.
Schuyler Colfax Crane of Shields was
sentenced to two years in the penitentiary
at Brownstown last Friday.
The Chrisney Sun says that the address
to the odd-fellows of Spencer county was
one OF the best ever delivered in Chrisney.
Mark Larkin, who disappeared from Co.
lumbus last week leaving bride of three
days, has not been heard from. Foul play
is suspected.
The enumeration of children of school
age in Decatur county shows loss of $40
from the enumeration OF one year ago, Of
whom 800 are within the city limits.
Seymour is making rapid strides in the
way of improvements without making
any fuss about it. The number of build
ings to be erected this year will exceed
200.
Burglars effected an entrance to the
general store of p. Conkin of North
Vernon Sunday night and carried away
about $50 worth of goods consisting Of
hardware and cutlery.
A drove of wild dogs is in Utica town
ship, Bartholomew county, terrorizing
the people. They attacked man, and
fears are entertained that if not hunted
down they may cause tragedy.
The seventh annual commencement of
the Tri-State normal college at Angola
will occur Thursday, May ii, with twenty
graduates. Ex-Governor Cyrus g. Luce
will deliver the class address and L. b.
Bauer is the valedictorisn.
The odd fellows of Greensburg will cele-
brate the seventy-second anniversary May
s. The l. O. o. +. teams from Indianapo-
lis and Shelbyville will be present; also a
canton from Indianapolis. ALI the neigh
boring lodges will participate.
The Clay county F. Nj. b. A. mercantile
association has begun business by the
| opening of stock of general merchandise
in Brazil. The business is conducted by
a superintendent and a corps of assistants
| employed by the corporation and all
placed under bond.
| Preparations are DclnR T1du0 dJ
| field for the proper celebration of the sew
enty-second anniversary OF the |. 0. o. +.
| of Hendricks county April 80. Among
| the prominent speakers will be the Revs.
| C.. A. Marker and j. II. Carson and the
Hon. Enoch Hogate.
Mrs. Mollie Shelley is suing Daniel Shell
| lev for support at Martinsville. She al
| lepes that defendant has been married
| g. MEL ha fUafua
and has failed to support single wife. All
| four of his wives are living and will be
present at the approaching trial.
The teamsters and shovelers of Kokomo
have formed q union for sef-protection
| and Monday struck for an advance in
wages. A procession of fifty teams and
100 shoveers was formed and paraded the
streets with banners and flags. They de-
mand So for teams and Sl.50 for shoyelers
per day.
Mrs. George Groffin of Bartholomew
county was bit recently by mad dog, she
applied a mad stone and no bad results
OF the dog bite have so far followed. Her
| little girl was more recently bitten by q
dog and she promptly applied the Colum.
/ bus mad stone. 1t adhered to the wound
| for several hours.
A bitter, freezing frost Tuesday night
gave the fruit buds a very close call
What damage will result cannot be told as
vet. Possibly the larger fruits were not
| materially injured, but the acres OF straw.
| berries in blossom in this and surround
ing counties can hardly have come of IN
scathed.-Elkhdrt Truth.
The South Bend Times recounts the per.
formances of an elderly but still gay and
festive citizen of that city, who has been
neglecting his lawful wife and family o.
seven children and counting a fond but
foolish young maiden. The wife has just
caught on to the little performances. which
has heretofore been carried on without
her knowledge.
Gen. Lew Wallace has applied for @
patent on a fishing rod which he has in
vented. The rod is made of aluminium
| In form and shape it is similar to a sec
tional bamboo rod. It's tubular and the
reel or rather two reels are within the
handle 80 that it can be conveniently man
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