The Indiana State sentinel., 1893-08-23

| grocers recently and tried to buy some
| meat on time. Upon being refused he
| seized a ham and deliberately walked
| out of the store with it. The story goes
that an officer was sent to arrest the
offender but when ne saw the mans
| children actually picking Of the raw bits
| and eating them because of hunger, his
heart failed him and he refused to make
the arrest.-Kokomo Times.
Readers of this paper will be surprised
to learn that in five of the northern
counties Of the state, namely, Steuben,
! De Kalb, La Grange, Noble and Kos
| ciusko, there are over one thousand lakes
| having an area of ten acres or over. Elk
| hart, st. Joseph and La Porte contain no
small number, There are by actual enum-
Grafton 312 lakes in Noble county with
an area Of five acres or more, in every
one of which nearly all the varieties
of our best fish are found, and in almost
all black bass abound.-Goshen News.
Charles Holtzlander came here last
spring, poor as church mouse, and en-
gagged to farm Squire Phillips's farm He
dilly-dallied around until the squire
gave him horse to get rid OF him. He
then bought another plug on tick, also
harness, got an old wagon, borrowed a
spring seat and a lot of carpenters
tools and ten pounds of nails and then
| skipped between two days. 1t is sup
posed that he went to his wife's people
at Clayton, Mich. Several Clear Lakers
WOulQ IKE TO interview him about Two
] minutes.-Angola Herald.
People in the vicinity of Kendallville
! have learned a lesson by the shooting of
Duputy Sheriff Erbs by a gang Of villain
Gus tramps. When these guerrillas ap-
pear in a certain locality, the neighborS
at once equip themselves with shotguns,
| revolvers, etc. and bring Mr.. Tramp TO
time. One of these fellows was thus
brought into subsection a few days since.
An examination revealed the fact that
he had something over SIS in his pocket.
He was compelled to buy a ticket for
Toledo, and seemed glad to get out Of
that locality.-South Bend Times.
Speaking of the recent accident on the
Nickel Plate railroad near Hammond.
! where one man was instantly killed by
walking in front of an approaching
train, Engineer A. J. You said: People
will walk on the track ahead Of the en-
gine until we are very close TO them.
Women especially will keep right in
front OF the engine until it is dangerous
ly close, and then as the step off they
will look up at the engineer and laugh.
1t is foolish bravado. If they should be-
come absent-minded for half a minute
we would send them to eternity"
The Rev. Fred w. Petit, who is now
serving a life sentence in the prison
north for the murder Of his wife, Is
| improving in health. He is not gaining
| the flesh he lost, but stands more erect,
/ has better appetite and displays more
energy. For awhile he gave every evil
dence Of being afflicted with consump-
tion, and it was believed that he could
not live many months. The change in
his condition is so marked that 1t is no
| ticeable, and there is every reason TO
| believe that he will be restored to his
former health.-Lafayette Journal.
A Mr.. Allen, son of DR.. Allen of Bowl
| ing Green, who is resident of Arizona,
was in the city this morning going to
| Putnam county to look after real estate
interests. Mr.. Allen spent two months
at the worlds fair and thinks that he
| saw pretty we'll through the big show.
AS the result of his observation he
| expressed the judgment that California
makes the best showing OF all the states.
| To this he added that Kansas has
| fine exhibit, Notwithstanding she is the
| poorest state in the Union. When asked
as to Indiana he replied: Indiana has
a good building and a fine exhibit. -
| Brazil Democrat.
There is an aggregation of alleged
| ball players at Anderson, town on the
| Big Four railway, six miles west of
| Chesterfield, which is managed by man
| named w. s. Roberts. This Roberts
| made arrangements for a game with the
Muncies at Athletic park yesterday after
| noon, and Manager Arnold advertised the
game. Indications were that a crowd
| people did go out to the grounds. But
the Andersons did not come, and tele-
| phone message OF inquiry developed the
fact that the people down there don't
know whether they have ball team or
nOt.-Muncie News.
William Stomire, a married man with
| three chilrden, living six miles south of
| Corydon, was arrested by Constable
| James Hudson Wednesday on a warrant
charging him with attempting TO out
rage the wife of Samuel Kost living in
the same neighborhood. The affidavit
| charges that Stromire went to KoSt's
| house Friday, and finding Mrs Kost
alone made the assault upon her. The
| trial is set for Sept. 2, before
Squire c. B. Ellis at this place. Strom-
ire says he can prove his innocence. The
| trial promises some rich developments.
Kost was just recently married and his
wife is young.-Corydon Democrat.
TIE highwayman who assaulted and
robbed Joe HOltam at Reynolds recently
| is in the tolls. In the pocketbOok taken
was an express order that Holtam had
| cashed for AL Graham of Wolcott The
| express agents throughout the country
were notified. The order was presented
| at Cincinnati the other day and the
thief was nabbed. Sheriff Dobbins left
| for Cincinnati to bring the man here.
| The man gives his name as George
| Diclxerson and is the person suspected
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him is said to be complete and no doubt
he will spend lengthy vacation at the
northern Indiana summer resort.-White
| County Democrat.
s. W. Dodd was showing recently a
highly interesting curiosity sent him by
| his son, Will Dodd, ensign in the u S.
navy, and secured by the latter on his
| trip around the world. 1t is a war knife
| from the island of Borneo, manufactured
| by the natives, and shows more artistic
skill than is ordinarily attributed to the
| saVages. The knife is of steel and
| handsomely carved. 1t Is cased in a
| leather sheath, ornamented with sew
| eral handsome designs, while the tips
| Of both sheath and the knife handle are
ornamented with tufts of human hair,
| cut from the victims slain in battle.
1t is a very interesting piece Of work
Lafayette Courier.
The pioneers of Henry county met in
annual reunion in the grove near Rich
| Square meeting house Saturday morn
/ ing. At the hour Of opening probably
not more than 300 people were present,
| but in a little while the number had in
creaser to 500, by noon to GOO or 700, and
| at the hour of opening the afternoon ex-
| ercises the audience numbered between
| 500 and 1,000. Elwood Pleas was ap-
pointed secretary After reading the
minutes of the previous meeting, the
| date and place Of birth, and the time of
death Of many pioneers who have died
/ during the past year was announced
| by the secretary. The day was very
pleasantly passed by all who were pres
| ent.
II was lucky for Henry Childs that
/ Tom Marrft hapnanad m mass hfS resi-