The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-16
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

very short I'm Jackson county.
Brown county has Just harvested the
best crop OF wheat In It's history.
Glover thrcshlng I'm Hendricks county
began this week with good results.
Jesse Talbert and Doc Webb. two
Logansport boys. have disappeared
The sorghum cane crop has been cut
very short this year by the drought.
-Four bushels OF peaches were gathered
from one tree I'm Huntington recently.
The old settlers OF Jay and Randolph
counties will meet at Rldgeyille Aug. 10.
Two carloads OF nutmeg melons were
sent north from Seymour Monday night
Carroll Young. aged 49, was stricken
with paralysis Monday at Crnwferds-
VILE.
Twelve tons OF nutmeg melons were
sent north from Seymour wednesday
night.
Jonathan Lamb was robbed by two
highwaymen near Russiavillc recently
OF $3.50.
Joseph Hoffman was knocked down
and robbed OF Si77 at Reynolds "A few
nights ago.
Holdings furniture store was burned
Tuesday az Huntington. a fine hearse
was destroyed.
The North Vernon fair r. I'm progress.
the attendance II good and tho exhibit
a. very creditable.
william Robertson OF Columbus and
Miss Louisa Sherk OF Richmond were
married In Richmond Monday night
Tho Rev. w T. Glover has been
called and he accepts the pastorate call
20 the Second baptist church at Madi-
son.
Nlnevah IIyser Is gathering 500 Gu
cumbers daily near Seymour, many OF
them being fourteen inches each In
length.
Deputy camp meeting opens Thurs
day and the signs are that II will be as
well. II not better. attended than any
previous year.
J. II. Patten warden M the southern
prison. has invented a car-coupler which
ne thinks has great merit and he has
got IL patented.
Young chickens are now being brought
in by dealers al cents per pound. This
Is cheaper eating than bad beef.-sey-
mOur Democrat.
Horse stealing has again become n
frequent crime In the Osgood neighbor-
hood, and all the thefts are charged TO
"Sklnney' Douglass
Miss Lena Lewman. aged twelve
years, IS unaccountably missing from
CharlestOwn since last Friday, when
she was seen In the company OF a
strange man.
The drought I'm Grant county has been
continuous for about eight weeks. The
corn and root crops are practically
ruined. There has been no such drought
as this one for thirty years.
NJ p. Vogel. superintendent OF mall
carriers at Evansville. confidently ex-
poets 20 inherit 100000 as one OF tho
heirs Of the late Philip Relnhardt, who
accumulated a fortune I'm India.
j. +. Halter. aged eiEhty-three years
died Monday ut Jeffersonvillo. He lived
I'm Jeffersonvllle about fifty years. HIM
self and wife coming here from Ger
many. His wife alone survives him.
AS Christian Kochert and party were
finishing up the work OF thr-shing on
his farm near Corydon the straw stack
caught fire and the flames spread 10
the barn. The loss included Sss bushels
OF wheat.
l.. H. Girton. the man who shot the
bootblack, Frank Baker, at Bristol last
week. waived examination and was
bound over 10 the next term OF court in
the sum OF $780, Bail was furnished and
he Is at liberty.
The six-year-old daughter OF John c.
Hoffman, living three miles east OF
Stanton, run her right hand into an
old-fashioned cutting box last Saturday
evening. having the middle finger cut OF
and the hand badly msngled.
The Lincensed saloonkeepers Of Rich
mond have elected the following officers:
President, ]. l.. Halteman; secretary,
George J.. Kline: treasurer. Charles
Bader; delegates 20 the state league, Gus
Kennepohl, George l.. Kline and Charles
Bader.
A negro was elected from a freight
train near Jonesville Tuesday morning
when he fired a revolver at Brakeman
Daily. three times. without effect. He
escaped. but was afterwards captured
by the aid OF bloodhounds and jailed at
Seymour.
The disgusting practice OF sitting on
the soldiers monument and splitting all
over IL should be stopped. 1t was hard
ly supposed that there were any men In
Delphi devoid OF decency that they
would spit on a soldiers tombstone
Delphi Times.
A Kendallville woman took what she
thought was a sack to rocery store
for some -four The clerk poured I'm a
scoopful and IL ran out He examined
the sack and found It had two outlets.
each trimmed with lace. He tainted
and the woman disappeared.
AS result of the scare because OF the
bank failure at Muncie, farmer Belta
Dragoo drew $500 out OF another Muncie
bank As he was driving home he left
his buggy for moment. and some one
else drove II off, the money, nearly all
In silver. being under the seat.
The barn OF Mrs. Amanda Dinltins
near Elizabethtown, was fired Tuesday
and burned to the ground Fifteen tons
Of hay, sixteen bushels OF oats, seventy
DuSHtiS OF wheat ana many farming
implements were destroyed. The loss Is
$500. insured in the Ohio Farmers for
$3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wolf, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Jessup, Mr.. and Mrs F. l..
Jessup, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. u. English, Ray
and Jessie English. Lennie Booze w o.
Butcher, Jod Cooper, James Harris, Char
lie Cantwell and Claude McKissick OF
Worthington are visiting the worlds
fair.
Vincent Z. Barnett of CoIfax and Mrs.
Rheuma a. Higgins OF Roachdale were
married in Greencastle Saturday by the
Rev. A. III. Morris, pastor OF the Chris
tian church. Immediately after the cere-
mony the contracting parties, accom-
panied by several OF their friends, left
for Chicago.
The following persons have been grant,
ed licenses 10 wed since last report
Henry III. McCabe 10 Comfort G. STICKY,
James Pegg 20 Harriet Gregg, Evan T.
Morrison 10 Christina Lawson, George
j. Cade 10 Lide Shake, Louis L. Kirk
patrick TO Laura NJ. Lemerick.-Werth-
ington Times.
The Pike county fair and exposition
will be held at Petersburg. beginning
Monday, Aug. q and ending Saturday,
Sept. 2 The fair managers will offer
greater attractions than ever before and
have spared neither pains nor money to
make this the most successful fair ever
held I'm the county.
Agent Hicks Of the Adams express