The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-18

Henry Baysinger shot and killed Levi
Orrichs near Sullivan yesterday. Both
were horse traders and had previously
quarreled at Vincennes, the horse-trad-
ing bands to which the men belonged
being then separated. Orrichs's crowd
proceeded into Sullivan county On the
arrival of Baysinger and his party at the
| Orrichs camp the men again quarreled,
when Baysinger drew his revolver and
shot Orrichs dead. Baysinger is in Jail
at Sullivan.
Or. volney Hunt and J. Andy wertz,
reporter on the Bulletin. had a sensa-
tional bout on the corner OF Ninth and
Meridian this morning. DIR. Hunt took
serious exceptions to the manner In
which Wertz had handled some matters
which he had given him, and in taking
him 10 task for some time Il looked like
the reporter would get licked. II at
tracted big crowd and was really the
only excitement on the streets today
Anderson Daily Democrat.
A peculiar wedding was celeb 2 ed Sun
day night at Aurora. The result OF this
union has caused the family tree TO get
its limbs considerably mixed. The con-
tracing parties were James w. Chase
and his step-daughter. Samantha Il. Cole.
His present wife is the daughter Of his
second wife and becomes the step-mother
OF her half-sister. a child about twelve
wears old. He has been married three
times and is about forty-hve, while the
age OF the bride Is twenty-five.
Mrs. s. A r. Boor met with painful
accident I'm the ladies' waiting room OF
the Richmond depot on last Friday even
ing. She was attending the w. G. T. ".
convention and was at the depot 20 meet
some New Castle friends In raising up
from bench she was struck In the left
eye by some projection, the force knock
ing her down and severely backing her
eye IL did not keep her from attending
the convention however and she was
present throughout.-New Castle Peoples
Press
Some excitement was caused In Center
township Tuesday by Mrs. AKRON Combs
/ leaving her home and n babe In the
| cradle and going 20 the woods. taking
| with her revolver The hills there
about were ACQUIRED for the day with
out finding her. but about o'clock that
night she showed up at her fathers res
idence, Ned owens. Her conduct has
since been explained 80 as 20 cast no
dlscredit on her. it was simply a case
where discretion was the better part OF
yalor.
George Rossell and william Krleten-
stein OF Terre Haute arrived In the city
Sunday evening at 4:30 o'clock on their
wheels, having just completed "A century
run. The register OF the cyclometer on
Mr., Rosselrs wheel was taken at Terre
Haute Sunday morning at o'clock
and showed 4O9A miles. II was taken at
this Office at 1885 p. m, and showed
510 li-l2 rifles. making n difference OF
i0l l-6 miles, the amount OF territory
covered by them since $40 In the morn
tng-Lafayette Journal
Solomon Key, eighteen years old, son
OF the Rev. Isaac Key OF Wnamac has
been sentenced 90 ten years imprison-
ment for perpetrating what he intended
TO be joke. Some time ago. while him
SELF and a companion were walking home
A. a
stack and Keys companion fell asleep.
| Thereupon Key set fire 70 the stack as
n Joke on his friend The friend failed
TO awaken in time and was severely
burned. Had Key killed him outright he
might have received a jail sentence.
The Hon. William Johnston OF Val
paradise was asked for legal opinion by
one OF the trustees Of Porter county on
the act OF the Legislature OF 1898 requir-
Ing trustees 20 turn over 70 the county
treasurer. on the first Monday In July.
all state tuition funds I'm excess OF 800
I'm their possession at that time. In re-
sponse Mr.. Johnston submits very eX-
haustive review Of the law. and holds
that the Encouragement has no right
TO collect unexpended school funds from
township trustees.-South Bend Times.
The Noblitt family, who lately moved
here from Illinois, are very unfortunate.
The eight children are now all sick with
the worst form OF diphtheria. Arnold.
the first one 10 show the disease, took
cold Saturday and Is expected TO die
with diphtheric Group. The others are
verv low with malignant diphtheria. Ar
nolds Group Is due TO the. absence OF a
heating stove I'm the house. The three
rooms have not been dried out since the
family moved into them a week ago.
| Their condition altogether is a deplorable
one.-Columbus Times.
Mrs. Susan ellis. aged eighty-three,
died Saturday at her home i'm the Bal
hinch neighborhood The funeral oc-
CURED yesterday with the interment in
the Weir cemetery. Susan Surface was
born In West Virginia elghty-three years
ago and came TO Indiana in 1874. She
was married TO William ellis, who died
twelve years ago. She was the mother
OF fourteen children, ten OF whom still
live She has been a member of the
Christian church for forty years and
was a very good and devout old lady
Crawfordville Journal
The wife OF Governor Matthews is the
daughter of Governor Whitcomb, who
was both governor OF the state and after
wards United States senator. which leads
the South Bend Times to remark that
"she may yet be a senator's wife. but
whether so or not she will ever be an
amiable, sensible and estimable woman.
Her station In life has never turned her
| head. Like her husband. she never puts
on airs. She is today the same common
sense woman that she was when she
aided her husband I'm managing affairs
about their vermillion county farm"
The ei1ht-year-old daughter OF Christian
and Mrs. Miller. residing on the Conwell
| place two miles west OF Kokomo. met
| with terrible accident Thursday that
may result In losing her life. While go
| ing through the barn lot on an errand
| the little girl was attacked by a large,
| vicious boar that she did not know was
| In the yard. The maddened animal
| plunged his long, sharp tusk into the
| girls thigh, ripping cash eight inches
| long and TO the bone the entire length.
| Should blood poison set in, as Is feared.
her chances for recovery are slight.
Thomas r. Livengood of Covington
| killed a white squirrel last Saturday
| evening as he was going home in the
woods west of woodford TTumin's. It's
body was pure white In color, but its
| tail was red like that OF a fox squirrel.
| IL was known for the past year that such
| q squirrel was living I'm these woods but
none were able TO bag II until 7. r. got
| after IL. In 1851 a similar SOUR
| rel was seen, only II was pure
| white all over, tail as well al the body.
| This one was killed In the woods west
| OF Elihu Huffman's in Fulton township.
/ One more week will close the work at
| the Diamond plate glass factory at Ko-
i lSomo. BY that time all the rough plate
| will be cleaned up ready for shipment.
| This will give the company 10000 feet
| OF finished glass In stockholm 900 feet
| here and $4,000 at Elwood. This amount
| IS considered fully sufficient to meet all