The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02

try.-Rushville Jacksonian.
Sheriff Lucas received a notice from
the sheriff Of Scott county Friday to ar
rest one James Monroe, who was wanted
on the charge of petit larceny. Monroe
was located near Eliza BEETHOVEN,
where he was on a farm. Lucas went to
EliZabethtown and placed him under
arrest. He was brought to the city and
lodged in the county Jail Monroe re-
fused to say anything further than he
was accused Of stealing hay last winter
for his mothers cow.-Columbus Herald.
citizens memorial meeting will
be held at Mossburg. Wells county.
Aug. p. Graves will be decorated
at the cemetery. At 1890 devo-
tional exercises and remarks by
old settlers; ll:SO repair to the
grove and take dinner At 100,
sermon at grove by the Rev. w. d.
Samuel of Warren, subject, Christ
Risen,' text, Luke 24-6. Remarks by
other ministers who may be present.
The meeting is nOn-sectarian. 1t is to
worship God and respect the dead.
The investigation of the books shows
that Mr.. Treasurer Armstrong of Tip
ton county is short $45, 900, which will
be reduced only $4,000 by the property
! turned over by the officer and son.
! The bOndsmen have secured possession
of a note signed by Frank Hays of
Washington c. H, Ohio. and calling
for $4,000. This is money which the
deputy claims to have loaned Mr..
Hays, but the bondsmen say the note
cannot be collected. Hays is a cousin
of the deputy, and the two followed the
races with disastrous results.
Kendallville should now be for Ken
dallville all the time. Buy goods Of
Kendalville merchants. Buy cigars made
in Kendallville. Buy flour ground in
Kendallville. Patronize Kendallville tai
lors. Buy your bonnets Of Kendallville
milliners. Employ Kendallville dress
makers. Patronize Kendallville manu-
facturers. In fact, stand up for Ken
dallville by taking Kendallville news
papers Marry KendaIlville maidens and
raise Kendallville babies, and Kendall
vile will be all right. all of which is the
advice of the Kendallville News.
a smooth fellow worked a smooth
trick on a Markle man Monday. Syl-
vester Brineman was returning home
from Chicago and while riding along
made the acquaintance of a stranger.
| They chatted pleasantly until Hunting
ton was reached. The stranger was go
ing to Markle too, he said But when
the train was standing at the depot
he approached Brineman and said:
I've got some baggage in this depot
and need SIS to pay for it. Loan me
the money and l will return it to you
when we get TO Markle." Brineman
gave him the money, but the borrower
didn't show up afterward.
Benjamin Myers arranged for a re-
union of the Myers family of brothers
| and sisters at the Myers house in this
| city last Monday. The family is widely
separated now, no two of them living in
the same state. There were three sis
tiers and two brothers present with their
wives and husbands and they came
| from Wisconsin. Michigan, Pennsylvania,
Florida and Indiana. one brother In
Dakota could not attend. Those present
| from abroad We're Mr.. and Mrs. &. Q.
Myers, Orlando, Fla: Mr. and Mrs. Fen
ner of Coldwater. Mich; Mrs. Taylor of
Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Averell of Wis
consin. OF course they had jolly time
as some of them had not met before for
years.-Laporte Argus.
MIddlefork had two fires Thursday
that resulted in considerable loss. Sam
ROdkey's barn was destroyed together
with its contents, such as grain, hay
and machinery. At the time there We're
| several head of horses in the stable,
but all were gotten out except one. Be
! fore it could be rescued the flames We're
| too hot to admit persons going inside
| and it had TO be left TO its awful fate.
| William Fisher was the other 10 suffer
! loss by fire. He was engaged in haul
| ing wheat 10 the machine yesterday af-
| ternOOn when a spark from the engine
| set the load on fire. Being dry as pow
| der the flames spread rapidly and be-
| fore both horses could be gotten loose,
| and inhaling the hot flames dropped
| dead in it's tracks.-Frankfort Crescent.
Henry ]. Fielder lives near Dateville.
| Recently, while looking after a herd of
! cattle, he became overheated and drank
! freely of the water Of a spring near by.
| Several days afterward he taken
| suddenly and violently i'll with nausea
and cramping and while vomiting
| freely, lizard four inches in length
| was expelled from his stomach. Strong
| emerics were freely administered, mas
| much as he continued to complain of
| peculiar sensations, and from time TO
| time the bodies Of small lizards have
| been expelled. Mr.. Fielder believes that
| while he was greedily drinking of the
| water Of the spring tiny reptile ran
| down his throat without being noticed,
( and that from this reptile all this trouble
! has sprung. His condition is by no
| means reassuring, and there is a strong
| probability of death.
! The following increase were made in
| assessments Of personally in Huntington
| county: Slack & Alpaugh, $4,000; Ken
| over x Sons, 81, 500; J. NJ BrOnkar, $3.50;
! Cummins & Bartlett, S1,7O0; Briant &
| Bltz, s., 500; Wilmington handle COM
| pany, $500; William Lininger, $3.50: John
p. Lair. SIS; J. f. J. Seigmund, $3.50; H
| c. Snyder, $3.50; w. A. Zeller, $500;
Charles Nader, $500; Peter Scheiber, 500;
| Anthony Kinder, $3.50; John Frash,
/ $500; II. II. Arnold & Son, $1,000; Al
bert Alstaedter, $4,000; E. H Murray,
| 50 0G0: Alice and bessie Moore, 1000;
/ John Strodel, 81 500: Ewing & Bro ST.
| 500; F. Dick & Son, $4,000; Leopold Levy,
! $1,000; Mccartney & Co, $4,000. Herman
| Franklin testified that the property
| listed in his name was the property of
| Esther Franklin, his wife. Her evil
dence was heard and the board added
| $4,5OO to be her personal assessment.
| Lou Meyers was I'm Peru recently, and
| in, a
sentativet depicted a state Of affairs
| which should raise the ire Of every resi-
| is we'll known that the poisonous matter
| which emanates from the StrawbOard
| works at Wabash and is suffered TO run
| into the Wabash river has been source
| of much annoyance, not only to the far
| mers who use the stream for watering
| their stock, but also to the towns below
| Wabash which depend upon the river for
| their water supply. At Rich Valley, last
| Sunday. several farmers were congre-
| gated along the river and their atten-
| ton was directed to the large number OF
| fish that were dead or dying. floating
| down the river. Large, fine channel cat
| fish. bass, redhorse, in fact all kinds
| succumbing to the nauseOus, poisonous
| emanations from the Wabash straw
| board works.-Peru Sentinel
Robert Watkins is telling a good story.
| Roberts brother-in-law, a Mr.. Sites,
| of Chicago, is his guest, and when the
| alarm Of fire was sounded last night he
| took a notion to go to the fire, and, go
| ing out a side door, attempted TO lock 1t.
| He had some trouble to turn the key
| and made considerable noise. Watkins
| awoke. and, hearing noise. supposed