The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-30

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resulted in favor of the latter. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
| ing year: l. n. Miller of Olive township,
president; H. ]. Miller, reelected secre-
| tray; j. u. Miller, reelected treasurer;
| George p. Zigler, vice-prsident. The old
committees were appointed to hold over
another year.-South Bend Times.
The losses by the Sunday night fire at
| Biroseye, Dubois county, are as follows:
| F. thinner. general store, $4,000; NJ. L.
| Crutchf1eld, groceries, 1880; j. G.. Pol
lard, general store, $500; b. Busen-
bark, hardware. $4,000; Hubbard Bros,
general store and hoop-poles, $4,000; J..
q c. Hubbard. dwelling and contents,
$4,000; w. P. Buford, hotel $4,000; G. w.
! HaZelwood, drugs, $4,000. Several resi-
! dences were also burned. The fire was
| caused by the explosion of a lamp at
the residence of j. o. Carr. Total loss,
$4,000; total insurance, $4,000.
John High and wife, two of the oldest
| people in Franklin, were visiting Mrs.
! High Of this city and returned home
Friday. Mr.. High was eighty-four years
old March g. and Mrs. High eighty-hve
/ Oct 8. They have been married and
/ lived together for sixty years last De
/ cember. They came to Franklin, NOV.
| Is, 1890. They raised six children, three
l of whom are dead, the youngest, James,
] being killed by a boiler explosion at
Franklin some years ago. These two
|
see when young.-Columbu Times.
Mrs. o. l.. Perry returned Saturday
| from Chicago. where she had been visit
! ing her brother-in-law, Mr.. j. H. Gaszner,
| the past month. Mrs. Perry reports Miss
/ Emma GasZner, who, last Monday, fell
through skylight from the fifth story
/ of q building to the stone pavement,
| fully eighty feet below. as in fair way
to recovery. Her body was badly mutt
| lated, but fortunately no bones were
broken. Surgeons pronounce her escape
| from death as almost miraculous. Mr..
| Gaszner formerly resided in this city,
where he has many friends.-Ft. Wayne
/ Gazette.
Edward Peters of Moran, who was so
| badly cut recently with a knife in the
| hands of Charles Weidner at a dance is
| still alive, although it was given out that
the doctors said he Couldn't live from
| one to the next hour. In spite or their
opinions the injured man lives, and may
/ possibly recover. He is said to be rest
| ing easy most of the time, and with
| proper care and attention Will pull
through None of the wounds he re-
ceived are necessarily fatal, as they are
not in vital spot. They are all ugly
cuts, but in time will heal up all right
| Frankfort Crescent.
| Miss Elma Thomas, who has been
staying in the West for some time, re-
| turned to her home Saturday morning.
|
carrying a handbag or reticule contain
| ing, among other things, her purse, in
| which was about So in money and her
! gold watch. She had occasion to set
| this down for a moment while she faS-
| tened a refractory shoe lace. That done
she walked on a few steps, forgetting
the bag She hurriedly returned to the
spot where she had left it, but it was
gone and she saw nothing more Of it
Starke County Democrat.
| w. ]. Strockstile was arrested and
placed in Jail at Jeffersonville recently
for threatening the life of his wife.
| Strockstile lives at Sellersburg. For
some time he and his wife have been
having trouble, and she started for JEFF
| fersonVille to file a petition in the cir
| cut court for a divorce The husband
| followed and, falling to dissuade her
from her purpose. threatened, she claims,
| to kill her. After reaching the city
| Strockstile became drunk, and, upon
complaint of his wife was locked up.
Mrs Strockstile filed her action for
divorce and left for her home.
Gen. Packard is most enthusiastic
about the worlds fair. He says: There
| is scarcely any sacrifice we would not
make TO visit the great aggregate OF the
genius of the nations. We would go II
| we had to live on one meal day for a
| month. We would go if we had to make
| the old coat last another year. We would
| go II we naQ 10 cut OIL WHISKY anu 10
| bacco forever. We would go if we had
| to do without coffee and tea for a year.
| We would go If we had to live in pup
tent for six months. And we should feel
| that we had received what would pay US
for any and every sacrifice"
| While securing the right of way for
| the Il. & w. railway, one woman OBJ
jected to selling on account of the like
| lihood of fostering tramps, but she was
| soon led to believe that there would be
| few on this line. Yesterday afternoon
| General Manager Bickel and other par
| ties were walking over the line from
| Mishawaka to Elkhart on sort of in
| speeding tour, when they were espied
by the woman referred to, who at once
| supposed them to be tramps and ejacu-
lated: There goes two of 'em already.
| l told you, dad, they'd be thicker than
| the hair on your head."-Elkhart Re-
| view.
The following people left Columbus
Sunday for the worlds fair: Edgar
| insolvency, Charles Massie, DR.. Wis
ner, John w. Marring, William
Henderson H %n19 r R9st n J9hn
and Hal Duffey with their families,
d. f. Long and wife, Mrs. Charles
| Remy, John Schinnerer, George Schwartz,
| wife and son. France and Laura Cum
| Minis, Perez Kendall, Miss Villa Spur
gin. Frederick Long, George Lucas, the
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O'Donnell and two sons, James II. Wells,
William Ruddick and e. w Ragsdale
| and wife.
Charley Ferguson. the Logansport lad,
| who was with young Poland of Ander-
son when injured here, requested to be
| allowed to remain with his chum in the
| sheriff's office, where he was taken after
having his wounds dressed, to take care
| Of him, as he put it. The sheriff granted
his request but Charley soon tired of
his job and taking what money his chum
| had, about sixty cents, and a silver
watch for his pay, left for parts un-
| known. Poland was unable to help him
| self, and he saw his valuables taken by
his chum. without being able to say or
| do a thing to prevent it.-Frankfort
| Crescent.
r. j. Smith is attorney in case in
| which a set Of false teeth is made the
| grounds for action. The suit was entered
| yesterday in the circuit court by Miss
| Birdella Smith. She alleges that in 1892
| r. Van ValZah the deceased dentist, Of
| fered as a premium for the best spiced
| pears exhibited at the Vigo county fair
| one set, upper or lower teeth, valued at
$780, Plaintiff was one of the competitors
| and the judges awarded her the first
| premium for the best pears on exhibit
ton. The premium was never paid and
| in the meantime the donor died Miss
| Smith now brings suit against the estate
Of r. Van Valzah for S30.-Terre Haute
| Express.
Sunday evening in West Richmond
| there was a nice little scrap between
| Forest Mendenhall and John Sparks,
two young men who both have an eye