The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-12

Alice Dean TO Leroy harker OF South
Whitley, which took place Wednesday
brides parents, MIR. and Mrs. william
Dean, at Marble Hill. near Madison.
The Rev. G.. w. Applegate of Vernon
OBLIGATED. Mr.. Dean is the famous peach
grower
Two large cakes Of Ice are attracting
attention in Columbus In one are a
beautiful bouquet Of flowers, large fish
and q turtle. In the other, two large
fish. The fish and the turtle were alive
when placed in the water before il was
frozen, and many persons are wagering
they will return to life when the cake
Of ice melts.
William G. Herberhart OF Madison
passed through here Thursday on his
bicycle on a trip to Indianapolis. He
made the run. a distance Of eighty-fiVe
miles, in ten hours and forty-five min
utes, or in about the same time that was
required by some of the earlier trains
on the old j., NJ. & l. railroad.-North
Vernon Sun.
An unknown man was found dead near
the Ohio & Mississippi railway tracks
four miles west of North Vernon
Wednesday. The body was we'll dressed
In a black suit and was of stout build,
weighing about $50 pounds. 1t is
though he was killed some days before
by passing train, as the remains are
much decomposed.
Last Monday Chris Higgins, a gas
driller. drove up to the residence of
Squire Bolton at Fishers Station and
Miss Clara, the squire's daughter, came
out and got into the buggy. Her
mother cried and pleaded piteously for
the daughter not to go away, but all
in vain. The couple said they were
going away to get married.
The annual institute of the teachers of
Floyd county has been called by County
Superintendent c. w. Stolzer to meet at
New Albany, July "a. 25. 26, q and %.
are Professor w. H Fertich Of Coving
ton, Ind; Professor w. F. L. Saunders
of Connersville, Ind, and Professor
James M. Boyd of New Albany.
Mrs. Thorpe discovered a burglar in
her room at Anderson Thursday morn
ing early. She jumped out of bed and
was Knocked down by the burglar. He
his name as Dan Welsh. Well said
he, II might as we'll be in jail as any
where. Been In this bloody county sew
enteen years and can't make a living"
The retail clerks of Lebanon have
elected the following officers for the
present term: d. B. May, president;
Ed Riley, first vice-president: W. f.
Shirley, second vice-president; James
Darnell, corresponding and recording
secretary; VIII Kiplinger, financial sec
rotary; Ira Harrison, treasurer; Tom
Honan, guide; f. d. James. guardian.
Sam Bowman, near Wabash, has a
chicken with four perfectly formed feet.
| The superfiuous pair of legs join the
body near the tail, and when the fowl
walks the hind feet, which do not touch
the ground by an inch, keep step with
the forward pair. The chicken is strong
! and healthy and the extra limbs are
also well developed, though, OF course,
useless.
John Hitchcock of Lima fell from the
top of a derrick sixty feet high in> the
| Camden field, near Portland, Thursday
! afternoon and was instantly killed. He
was pulling casing and the structure
/ gave away. George McFarling fell from
derrick on the Walton farm about the
! same time and had both arms and his
/ leg broken. He also sustained bad in
/ ternal injuries.
| Grant county advertised TO sell S46 600
| worth of gravel road bonds OF $500 de-
| nomination July l. Treasurer Heal
stated last week that the chances Of
disposing of them were very slim. He
| did not expect any bids at all unless
| they were below par. and gravel road
! bonds are not allowed to sell below par.
| The county sold SS3500 last year at a
| premium of S1,346.S5.
A party of Terre Haute boys will Mon
| day leave for Lake Maxinkuckee to go
| into camp for a few weeks. The camp
/ will be named Camp Sugma' and will
| be the temporary home of the following
! gentlemen; Frank Herman, John Muir
! ply, Austy ]. Killen, Frank Hanley.
/ Will Hanley, Joe Smith, Ed Osborne.
! Peter Fagen and VIII Kivits. They
have several large tents.
| ]. J. Conway. aged sixty-five. died at
| Jacksonville of paralysis Wednesday.
! The sons are Will, Ben, Rufus and
] Ch.rlaa
/ Mrs. William Samuels, Mrs. BrookbanlI,
/ Mrs. Will Hedgecock, Mrs. Sam Swartz,
| Mrs. Peter McGrath Of Jeffersonville
| and Mrs. Johnson. st. Louis. Mr.. Con-
| way was at one time engaged in the
hardware trade in Jacksonville.
Elizabeth BONNER has filed suit at
| New Albany against the Louisville,
| Evansville q st. Louis railroad COM
pany to recover damages. She alleges
| that fire was kindled by sparks from a
| locomotive, and twenty-five peach trees,
/ half an acre of raspberries and 1000
rails were destroyed. She claims that
I the fire was caused by the defendant
| neglecting to clear the right of way of
| dry grass and brush
The Elkhart Review tells the follow
| ing story upon one of it's citizens: No
] name is mentioned, but it says she re-
tired the other night and laid her switch
| under the bed. When she got up next
/ morning she caught sight of the switch,
| and, forgetting that she had put il
| there, conceived it to be snake, and
/ her cries of help, help! snake, shaker
/ brought all of the occupants Of the
| house to her assistance. They took one
| hasty glance and Joined in the general
| cry of snake" They then rushed off
| and armed themselves with brooms,
| hoes, rakes, forks, shoyels, sticks Of
| wood, stove pokers and whatever they
| could secure and made an onslaught on
| the reptile After they had beaten it
until they thought 1t would be certainly
| dead, even If possessed of nine lives,
| one of the parties summoned up courage
| to pick it up by the tail The scene that
| ensued when the switch-snake was
| dragged out can be better imagined
than described"
| This IS Mrs. Beavers story She is
| the wife of the reverend gentleman who
| shot man named Gray at Richmond
| for paying her too much attention: Il
| had gone to Bill Thomas to get Bill to
| haul my washing up to a family that
| I've been washing for for over a year
| Gray came over TO get Bill to haul his
| stove from the depot 1 had been there
! but very few minutes and / was in q
| hurry Gray had just arrived and was
| talking to Bill Thomas wife, when John,
| my husband, saw him and made for him
with the revolver. John said, III kill
you, you - - - and Gray
| didn't say anything, only started to run
around the house and John began firing
| After John had hit Gray he turned his
| revolver on me and said, III give it to
| you next John had always kept the re-
| volver about and had said he would kill
| GRAY if he ever caught him about our