The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-13
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| lost for thirty-two years, but that now,
| like the prodigal son, he had returned
| but that he was better hooked up" with
collateral and he wanted to buy a farm.
The farm he wanted was that of Mrs.
| Catherine Rodibaugh, and the price was
| $500 He even had the gall to go to
| her and ask her to vacate. He also Dor
| roWed $40 from Harrison Hodge to pay
| for making the deed, also borrowed a
| silver watch and-left Harrison Hodge
looks for him back latter the ball is
| over."-AIilford Mail.
Deputy Sheriff Schuyler Dobbins met
| with a severe loss Monday by the burn
| ing of his barn. granRry and fences on
his farm in Princeton township. His
| loss will aggregate more than one hun
dred bushels Of oats, thirty tons Of hay,
| three-quarters of mile of fence, a fine
| maple grove, a good barn, granary, etc.
| The only thing that escaped was his
new residence situated close to the older
| building which was saved by the hard
| work of the neighbors who had gath
| cred to fight the fire. The farm was oc-
cupied by a man named Charles Rowe
and it is supposed that his children
started the fire while playing about the
barn.-White County Democrat.
| The death of the late William Belote,
| who lived for many years in Clay town
| ship, has recalled the fact that he was
| the only one OF a OF I'VE
| who died from a natural cause. An
| older brother, jefferson. died in Oregon
| from the kick of a horse; Joseph died in
Pennsylvania. the result of cut in the
| calf Of his leg that led to blood poison;
| James was shot accidentally by a COM
panion while hunting in northern Michi-
gan, and David committed suicide with
| poison while a resident of Iowa Few
instances of this kind can be found. and
it Is safe to assume that its parallel
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tory of the whole country.-Lagrange
| Democrat.
There is an unusually prolific stalk of
| corn in the field of j. 3. Prettyman, just
west of town. Upon the field is fairly
good stand of ordinary yellow Indian or
field corn. which was worked late. Near
the southwest corner of the field is a
hill in which there is but one stalk, but
on that single stalk, which Is not of
unusual size, are five well-develcped ears
of corn, and in addition, on a sucker
which springs from the stalk above the
| ground, is a fungus growth covered with
grains of corn to the amount of nearly
a pint. When the corn has more nearly
matured this curiosity will be placed on
exhibition at Henderson's drug store,
where all may see it.-Starke County
Democrat.
| A very large wedding party gathered
Wednesday evening at the home of DIR.
and Mrs. Charles p. Duchess in Wal
ton to assist in the celebration Of the
marriage Of their eldest daughter. Miss
Edna Duchess, to Mr. Walter Bishop.
The occasion was a pleasant one in
every way, a fine supper being served
and an unusual list of handsome pres
ents rendered to the bride The couple
later took the night train for the worlds
fair. The bride attended the high school
in this city last year and is known as an
admirable young lady who has a host of
| friends. The groom is a successful young
business man of Walton, being associat-
ed with his father Mr.. G. w. Bishop
LOgansport Pharos.
Thieves made raid on the north part
Of the county recently, stealing clover
| seed. William Smith of Jackson town
ship lost about $4S worth William T.
Purviance of the same township about So
worth. The robbers also took six bushels
from John Burkhart of Warren town.
| ship, and q lot from j. X. Barnhart
| Forty chickens were stolen from Henry
| Rosen. Mr. Smith visited FIT. Wayne
and thinks he found where the seed was
sold to a warehouse. The suspected
| party was seen in FIT. Wayne Monday
1T the place where he sold the clover
seed. To his one-horse wagon he drove
a gray horse. He was a middle-aged
man and wore a broad trimmed hat
Huntington Democrat.
| Superintendent of Police Miller was in
Indianapolis Tuesday when he met an
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war. Nelson Smith, one of the survivors
| of company a, Seventy-fOurth Ohio regi-
ment, was the eomrade. The two met
on the steps of the capitol and fairly
| Rugged each other with joy. Just after
the battle of Stone river, Miller and Nell
| son became engaged in an encounter,
and they talked 1t all over yesterday.
| At the time mentioned above the two
| soldiers were making entertainments.
Smith became angry at something, as
| did Miller. a war of words was fol-
| lowed by a fight which lasted over
twenty minutes and which resulted In
| Miller's favor.-Muncie Herald
| Every farmer ought to know how to
measure his products without taking the
trouble to remove them from the bins,
| says the Plymouth Democrat For in
| stance, two cubic feet of dry corn In
| the ear will make a bushel, and to find
| out how many bushels there are in the
| crib, take the inside measurements, null
tiply the length by the breadth, this by
the hight, and divide by two, which
will give the number of bushels of
| shelled corn. In apples and potatoes
get the cubical contents as before, divide
| by eight, and point off one point for
| decimals; in hay find cubical contents
and allow 512 cubic feet to the ton. The
result in each case will be so nearly
correct that the difference will be inap-
| preciable.
Mrs. DR.. J. D. Catch OF this city at
| tended the third annual reunion of the
| Catch family near Milford, o., recently.
| The family is one of the oldest in the
| West Godfrey Catch landed at Balti-
| more on Christmas day. 1927. The pio-
neer Of the western settlement located in
| Ohio rear Milford In 1897. The Rev.
Philip Catch was the first methodist
| minister to come West. He was ordained
by Bishop Asbury In 1894 and attended
the first conference ever held in Amer
lea. He was a delegate TO the first con-
| stitutional convention held in Ohio and
was one Of the first judges under the
| provision of the constitution. From this
| noted man has come the large family
which bears his honored name.--Law-
renceburg Register.
| Thursday Thomas NJ. Maddox. a we'll
known and highly respected citizen Of
our little city, while returning to bust
ness from dinner, was stricken with
heart failure and fell upon the street,
expiring In a few minutes. Mr.. Mad
dox came to Linton about six years ago,
| running feed and exchange business
for the Gilt Edge Mills company of
Washington. He afterward bought out
| the business and conducted it for HIM
| self until about year ago, when he
sold it to Watson & Oliphant, and ac-
cepted a position in the Linton Supply
company store. He was subject to
these attacks of heart failure, and they
were OF frequent occurrence having had
an attack not long ago which very near
ly ended fatally.-Linton Call.