The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
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begged for lodging The landlady began
plying them with questions and in a
short time they gave the whole snap
away. The boys were made captive and
kept there until Charley Gregg went
down and brought them home Sunday
morning.-CrawfordSv Review.
The Hon. ]. B. Stoll personal friend
of the late Hon. Joseph K. Edgerton,
/ pays this tribute TO his memory in the
South Bend Times: Mr.. Edgerton was
recognized as one of the ablest men in
! the Indiana delegation In congress, and
for years had been regarded as among
/ the ablest men of the state. His mod
/ esty. his self-respect, his high sense of
/ honor and his sturdy integrity kept him
/ aloof from active participation in Allen
county politics as practiced of late years,
/ though on special or critical occasions
/ when work requiring a high order OF in
| tellect was to be done he was generally
! called upon to help ont This he al
WAYS did in a mastery manner. Had
sterling worth and answering integ-
/ rity been adopted as a standard Of eligi-
/ bility and availability Mr.. Edgerton
would years ago have been presented
as Allen county's choice for governor
| of the state or for a seat in the senate
| Of the United States. He would have
graced either position"
Sunday the annual reunion of the
| Bowen family took place at the farm of
/ Jim ID. Bowen, near Arba. There was
( $50 people present, and of this number
there were only about twenty-five who
! were not directly related TO the family.
/ Grandma Bowen. in honor of whom this
pleasant occasion was held, was present.
! She was eighty-one years of age and is
wonderfully sprightly for lady of her
years. She strolled over the grounds
and enjoyed looking at the scenes of her
childhood This event took place on the
farm which was entered in the year 1913
5 by Ephraim Bowen From that time to
| this the farm has remained in the fam
| lily. il having been transferred by Eph-
! rain to his son, Squire Bowen, and by
! him TO his son, James D. Bowen, who
! still owns II. The younger ones en-
/ ployed themselves in swinging and romp-
! ing over the grounds, while the older
ones passed the time in hunting histori-
! cal landmarks of their youth and re-
hearsing past events. A pleasant and
memorable time was enjoyed by all
! present.-Lynn Tribune.
The particulars Of the phenomenaIly
fast run made between Cambridge City
and indianapolis by train No. %, one
week ago last Sunday, are as follows:
Erwin and Watkins had charge OF the
engine, No. 229. The train arrived in
this city twenty-eight minutes late and
made slightly better than their regular
running time to Cambridge City. After
SlOppiHB dl lIley OpcIl6u Out
and fairly flew to Indianapolis From
Cambridge to the Belt is fifty-two miles,
and the best time hitherto made was
by Engineer Stake in forty-seven min
utes Erwin and Watkins have for some
time been ambitious to break the record,
and never were men in charge Of an en-
CINE who were better fitted in nerve,
skill and GOODNESS for record-breaking
work. They made this run in forty-six
minutes, stopping at Dunreith crossing,
and not deducting any time for their
slowing up at the Belt Deducting the
time unavoidably consumed in the two
stops the rate was something very nearly
eighty miles per hour And that's the
record that the next man has TO break.
| Who'll break ft2-Richmond Telegram.
Miss Ella ]. Nickum of Oakland, Cal,
/ a young lady who is on a visit to rela-
! tives in this county, met with acct
/ dent last Thursday that will cause her
/ to have a vivid remembrance of her visit
| here to her dying days. She had been
, visiting the family of Joshua Straughn
/ and Thursday evening started alone in
buggy TO go to friends house few
| miles distant. There were no hold-back
/ straps on the buggy she drove, and d.
rectly after starting a slight incline in
the road threw the buggy against the
| horses heels, which caused him to take
| fright and run away. Miss Niclum
| could not hold him, and, after running
! about mile, in making the turn at
I crossroads the buggy upset and the
| driver was thrown violently to the
ground. She was picked up shortly after
/ ward unconscious and apparently suffer-
! ing mortal injuries. She was carried
! into a house near by and a physician
sent for, who, upon his arrival, found
! her collar bone broken and the right
| side of the head seriously bruised and
cut. For twenty-four hours her life
/ hung in the balance with death.-KoHo-
mo Dispatch.
A well-dressed and nice appearing
| lady alighted from the train here Mon
! day, carrying a tiny boy baby in her
| arms She said she resided at Elkhart
and that the baby belonged to a young
unmarried girl who lives or is employed
| at the Standard hotel at Elkhart. that
4 the child is one week old and that the
| mother could not afford to care for II,
and to accommodate the mother and per
| haps hide her shame she had taken the
| child to the orphans home at Misha-
| waka this morning TO have IL cared for
| there. The matron there refused TO &C
| cept the child on account OF its age, but
| informed her that a Mrs. M. II. Mankin
| of this place desired to obtain such
| child. The lady then came here to con-
| fer with Mrs. Mankin but not finding
| the lady, upon the advice of Marshal
Berhalter. returned to Elkhart and said
| she would return the child to its mother,
| who must make some other arrange
| ments or provision for the child. She
stated that the father of the child had
| skipped and the mother was disposed
| to keep her own secret, but was willing
| 10 shirk the responsibility of the care
| of the chiid.-Kendallvill Sun.
The man who was captured at a small
| town 100 miles this side Of st. Louis is
James Fields. the prisoner who escaped
| from the northern prison in a lime car
about week ago, and he was brought
to this city Friday. Fields was coatless.
He wore soft hat, a checked shirt and
a pair of cheap trousers which were
! without suspenders, all Of which were
the worse for wear they had received.
Fields tells conflicting stories Of his ca
| reer since he disappeared among the
hills and woods west Of the city. He
claims that he cast off his prison garb
| somewhere between here and Chicago
j and got his ciJizen's clothes by holding
I'D a farmer with a club. He got his
SLOUGH hat by standing at an express
| car window and snatching it from the
head of a passenger. These stories may
| or may not be true, but they are taken
with a grain of allowance at the prison.
| Fields was captured through informa-
ton given by an ex-convict by the name
of Nelson White who gave Fields away
for the sake OF the $50 reward. White
| was once inmate in the northern
| prison. and meeting Fields in the town
| where Fields was captured he at once
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