The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-20


| the discharge of the revolver at such
| close range stunned Mr. Springer for a
4 moment so that he did not give chase
1 TO the man. who Immediately struck out
! for the railroad and came toward town.
Marion Chronicle.
In the Boone county circuit court last
4 Saturday Judge Stephenson made an
! additional allowance amounting to $500
] TO the attorneys hired 10 assist in the
prosecution OF the Brown esner muir
der case. OF this sum Attorneys Brill and
( Cofer Of this place get 800 each; Pros
ecutor Hill $50. and J. G.. Adams of
: Lebanon $50 This allowance makes the
! attorney fees amount 10 81 $50 and runs
I the costs Of the case, which must be
paid out Of the Hendricks county treas
, ury, up TO nearly 5000. II Boone
( county has any more murderOus feuds
the parties thereto will please do their
/ killing at home.-Hendricks County Ca
zette.
/ Friday morning at Pit. Isabel occurred
a sad tragedy that cast gloom over the
| entire place. Miss Ella Downs, a most
| estimable young lady. took her own life
/ with revolver. The wea pom was a 30
/ caliber revolver. She placed the muzzle
! near her head and sent ball into her
temple that caused death within thirty
minutes after the shooting. The course
Of the ball was down into the mouth.
The cause for this rash act is unknown,
as she was to have been married in a
y
! place. 1t was rumOred that Nesbit was
away at the time TO order his wedding
suit. Miss Downs was twenty-three
: years OF age and well-knOwn and highly
/ respected by everyone.
a good story is told on Capt David
Braden of indianapolis. whom every
body knows Capt. Dave went duck
I hunting to Illinois a few weeks ago,
with a small party Of friends They
stayed six days and they had any
amount of fun, but ii appears that
ducks We're not forthcoming to any very
dangerous extent, the whole party in
that length OF time killing only one
duck and Capt Dave acknowledged il
cost him $40 If it cost this amount to
each member Of the party, there being
four of them. the duck would cost $3.50,
and is probably the most expensive Of
! its kind on the market. 1t cost pretty
near as much as a rose bud al char
/ ity air.-Jeffersonville News.
James Henry. an old soldier and one
Of the oldest citizens Of Clinton, was
found dead in mis- bed Saturday morn
ing. He had been in poor health for
some years and during the past three
or four days had been complaining more
than usual, but none considered his con-
ditiOn dangerous. Henry was sixty
years Of age and a widower. He has one
grown son living in Chicago. There is
I but one man in Clinton who has been
a resident of the place longer than James
Henry. Henry was cook on the first fat
, boat that ever left q Clinton wharf for
New Orleans. 1t was not an uncommon
thing for Henry TO remark. You folks
viii wake up some morning and find me
dead, for when | 90 II will be in hur-
ry.'-Terre Haute Express.
John II. Jackson, an old citizen Of
Columbus, died Saturday. The deceased
was seventy-six years old. and was born
/ in Bracken county, Kentucky, but at an
early age moved with his parents TO
Madison, Ind, where he for many
years followed his trade as a ship car
penter. At different times Of his life
he was engaged in ship building at
Louisville, St Louis and other points
| along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
| He moved TO Columbus with his daugh-
| ter twelve years ago The deceased has
| been an honored member of the l. o.
| o. +. for over forty years, and the Ma
sonic lodge since 1860. He united with
| the methodist episcopal church when
! seventeen years old and had been a
| consistent member thereof ever since.
As I was passing down the street the
| other day 1 CHANGED to stop and take a
| look at a display Of pictures. AS 1 ap-
| preached the show window / noticed a
| young lady gazing intently at a pic
ture. Smiles We're playing hide-and-go-
! seek over her pretty face. She seemed
/ lost TO all her surroundings and looked
/ as If she were enjoying the beauties Of
1 Il ldliy ldIQ. A Dad cold compelled me
/ TO cough. This aroused her from her
| reverie. She looked startled, blushed
| and tripped off down the street. 1
| walked over TO where she had been
! standing and saw the object that had
| so charmed her. What do you think?
/ 1t was the photograph of her "best"
| fellow. He is a handsome young drug
| gist Of this city, but I wouldn't init
/ mate who the young lady was for the
| world.-Washington Democrat.
! At Delta, town on the Lake Shore
/ road, over the line in Ohio. two men
! hired a horse and buggy and started out
! from Delta and delivered about thirty
/ bogus Western Union telegraph mes
| sages, representing that they were mes
sageS from the local Office. As the
| messages We're delivered outside the
! town there were special delivery
/ charges marked on them, ranging from
/ 81 TO 81. These the men collected. The
/ messages We're all from parties the re-
] ceivErs knew. Some were business
! messages, and the audacious swindlers
/ did not hesitate to make some Of them
! death messages. carrying news Of the
/ decease Of relatives. By the time the
4 fraud was discovered the rascals had
| left the country. A similar scheme was
| recently worked in Lagrange county.
On the night of Oct. 20 William Mich
| OILS, young man who had been tending
bar for Mrs. Blackschmidt for six
= fair. At the Panhandle station he was
! held on warrant, sworn out by his en-
/ ployer. charging him with the theft Of
SIPS. He was searched and about 500
were found on his person. He was
bound over to the circuit court on this
! evidence and the affidavit of Mrs. Black
! schmidt and has been forced since that
I time TO occupy departments with
i thieves, murderers and all sorts Of buns
4 His trial was set for Friday and his
] attorneys, Gordon & Lett, had their
case prepared and were satisfied that
! they would have completely cleared
/ Nichols had the PLAINTIFFS attorneys not
| withdrawn the charge Thursday Yes
/ terday morning William Nichols was re-
leased from the county jail Mr.. Mich
OILS rightly thinks that he has been out
/ rageously treated.-Marion Chronicle.
! Neither hard times nor tariff bills have
| any effect on the Scroggy manufacture
ing company OF Frankfort. In a recent
/ In terview with a Crescent reporter
| MT. Scroggy said: I'VE have
! all along been unable TO supply
, the demand for our goods and
| are even now, right in the dull season
| Tar behind in our orders. Yes, we shall
| probably build factory OF our own In
1 the spring. 1t will be a brick building
| two stories high, twenty-five feet wide
| and eighty feet long. When this is done
we shall increase our working force TO
/ some fifty or sixty hands, and put in
/ some twenty or thirty more machines.
/ The business has simply outgrown our
! present quarters and in order 10 sue
cessfully carry IL on we must have ad-
J ditional room and capital" This BUSH
/ ness is certainly one Of the most sue