The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-30
GENERAL STATE NEWS.


from the carriage and followed the re-
mains on foot to their last resting place,
a distance of two miles.
Forty-three years ago Monday Charles
w. Cotton began his work as city editor
of the New Albany Ledger. He has been
in the service of that paper for more than
thirty-five years of the intervening time,
and is now, although nearly the three
score and ten years allotted TO man, as
active and vigorous, both mentally and
physically, as many men a score of years
his juniOr.-MadisOn Courier
The Hon. II. NJ. Weir of Laporte, who
was recently at Momence, ILL.,. saws the
work of removing the Instructions from
the KankalSee river at that point is being
rapidly pushed. One Golfer dam has al
of men will be put on. The city takes
all the refuse rock for use on its streets.
The people of Momence are said to be
divided in opinion as to the utility of
the work
In a law suit in Harrison county be-
tween William +. Kron and Mashec
Stewart, growing out of a horse trade in
which the value of neither animal ex-
ceeded $40, the costs already amount to
So, in addition to attorneys fees.
about twenty-five dollars TO each. The
case has been APPEALED from a magis-
trate's court in POsey township to the
circuit court, where the costs will soon
be doubled
Joseph Dillinger, the wen-known travel
ing salesman OF Lafayette, who was run
away with at Roanoke and so badly in
jured about a month ago. is recovering
slowly. Unfortunately he had allowed
his various accident policies to lapse, but
quite fortunately had Joined the FIT.
Wayne Mercantile a week or two before
the accident, so that he is assured of $25
a week during his enforced lay Oft.
Wayne Sentinel.
Charles Richey of Scott county was
badly injured two days ago. He runs
traction engine. While descending a hill
the separator became Unmanageable and
cOllided with the engine, pinning Richey
against the boiler. He was terribly
burned. Richey had just recovered from
an accident. A few weeks ago his en-
CINE was wrecked while being taken
| across a bridge. Richey was buried be-
meath its weight and injured internally.
Twenty-seven tickets were sold at
Richmond for Chicago Saturday night.
Among those who went We're Mrs. H.
u. Johnson and daughter. Miss Eunice
Porterfeld, Miss Carrie Mayer, Frank
J. Macke and wife, Eugene Richey,
| Leroy Brown, waHie Simmons, Frank
| McCurdy, Charles Purcell, Harry
Thomas, Arthur Dill Jesse Fletcher.
Olan Murray. Herbert Toler, Charles
Shirer, Robert Ward and Henry Sher-
man.
While the driver Of the Mishawaka
brewing company's beer wagon was on
his rounds Tuesday a keg of beer rolled
off the wagon TO the ground. He got
down and picked it up, intending to
pitch up unto the wagon, but he miscal-
culated his strength. The key went clear
over the wagon and struck a bicycle on
the other side, throwing the rider and
damaging the machine The driver had
to settle with the cyclist.-South Bend
Times.
As a camping party was nearing
Georgetown they found a small boy on
the roadside on his hands apparently
trying to drag himself along. He asked
them to take him home. Upon investi-
cation 1t was found that his leg was
broken in two places. which he account
ed for by saying that a horse had
thrown him. He gave his name as
Charley Cohee, son of John Gomez, the
miller at that place.-White County
Democrat.
David Pratt. the big watermelon man
of near ODER. called Saturday to sub
scribe for the Democrat and the Indian
apOliS Sentinel at our reduced clubbing
rate. He informed us that his son
David c.. who has been employed for
some time in the insane asylum at IN
dianapolis, and from which place he was
brought home two or three weeks ago
suffering with some low grade of fever
is slowly improving, but is still in bad
shape.-Starke County Democrat.
In the vicinity of Taylorsville there is
considerable excitement caused by
Farmer William Hayworth losing, dur
ing the last week five valuable farm
/ horses. The stomach of one of the ami
mails was examined and traces of pois-
oning were found. Mr.. Hayworth has
long enjoyed the good will and conf
dence of all his neighbOrs, and why he
should be thus prosecuted is a surprise
to him. The death of all the animals oc-
CURED In precisely the same manner.
A few days ago while an old barn on
the farm of George II. Bailey, in Union
| township, being torn away, there
was an exciting bit of sport that was
| enjoyed by two men and a dog. The
barn had been a great rendezvous for
rats. When Mr.. Bailey and Frank Hen
line began taking up the old floor rats
ran out by the dozens. In one hour the
men and a dog killed fifty-three of the
rodents. Only two scaped.-Huntington
| Democrat.
A good story comes from the northern
part of Warren county. A young farmer
residing there, who, by the way, was
never considered a lady's man, suddenly
developed a forty-horse power loving ca
| pacity and elOped with the wives of
two brothers. 1t astonished the public
TO see the two brothers embrace each
other over the affair. When asked what
they intended to do they answered moth
ing. He would get punishment enough.
| -Attica Democrat.
can learn the time of day as well as a
clock. a gentleman lately noticed that
a large number of bees were frequent
ing the flowers on his lawn, and every
day when he came home to lunch put
up a lump of sugar on a brick in the
garden for them. They soon learned the
time when they might expect the sugar,
and now, when he goes out at noon he
finds about a hundred bees sitting
around waiting for their lunch.
The Rev. z. T. Sweeney, who has been
at Minerva, o., since last Saturday, re-
turned Thursday morning. On Sunday
he addressed some five hundred people,
and that evening was seized with Sc
clan administered morphine, hypoder-
mically, in too large a quantity, caus-
ing the Rev. Mr.. Sweeney to have close
call for his life. He is not feeling we'll
yet from the effects of the drug, and
is too weak TO fill some of the appoint
ments he had made.-Columbus Repub-
Hcan.
Thursday nearly one hundred persons,
neighbors Of William Singleton, a poor
and sickly man who lives three miles
west Of this city, it being his thirty
third birthday, assembled and enjoyed
a big supper they had prepared and
taken with them. Mr.. Singleton had
been sick and unable TO work for many
weeks. They took him a good suit of
clothes and provisions and supplies gen.
orally tQ last the family many weeks.
The families of William Davis and John
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