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


Homer Brown. "A brakeman, In the same
bedroom with his wife. has had re-
Cancellation with his better half and
they have settled all the differences that
arose 10 mar their happiness. Mr. Nor
oney states that he acted too hastily
and now has the utmost confidence In
his WIFE having heard her satisfactory
explanation OF the meeting between her
and Homer Brown In her bedroom. The
meeting was one OF business purely ana
OF character requiring privacy. Mr.
Moroncy says that he mlsjudged his
wife and IL entirely satisfied that her
statement and explanation OF the meet
Ing between her and Mr.. Brown are
true.
In spite OF the extremely warm weather
ana dust the dedication OF the canning
factory under the auspices OF the X. OF
i. lodge at cayuga last Tuesday was "a
grand success. An excellent supper was
prepared and served by the ladies from
o O'Clock until ., after which an nppro-
PIRATE address was delivered by the Rev
Mr. Harper OF Newport. AZ $3.50 the ball
was opened and some Of the most ox-
ccllent music was rendered by Seibort's
orchestra OF Danvllle. III. Perfect order
was sustained throughout the entire
evening. and a general good time was
enjoyed by ull. quite number were
present from surrounding towns. among
whom wero Misses Mamie First, Eva
White and Blanch Hupp OF this place.
G. T. Thornton OF Newport and william
Chambers OF Watseka,-Clinton Argus.
An old man, apparently slxty-fyo years
OF age, arrived here Tuesday ostensibly
for the purpose OF buying several farms.
lfc claimed 90 be the representative OF
three heirs, worth $4,000 each who, ac-
cording 20 his statement wished 90 IN
vest their money In real estate. lie
visited George Lyster, real estate agent
who. after the old man had told his
| mission hgnun "a "a vel
manner, hauling the old rascal here and
there and all over the country show
ing him numerous farms for sale George
didn't even attend tho old settlers meet
Ing 80 interested was he In the man.
He purchased the Thomas Gregory farm
from Lyster and was 20 pay for a. I'm n
few days. He also had William Binford
drive him 90 his potatoo creek prairie
farm, and while there probably skipped
out. lie Is an old confidence man. and
VIII no doubt fleece some credulous old
farmer yet. II not arrested beforehand
Thorntown Argus.
In the south part OF the county nres
I'm woods and fields have been raging
fiercely for several days. One Of the
largest OF these connagrations has been
about midway between Rockcreek Cen
| ter and Plum Tree. In the woods on
the farms OF Eliet Hun. Mrs. Wyatt and
| Andrew Coleman the fire became dan
gerously large, During Thursday after
noon a large crowd OF men from all over
the neigh borhood were hard at work
| lighting the flames, They labored, about
twenty-five or thirty OF them. until late
at night when they succeeded I'm con-
trolling the fire. There has been big
| fro also I'm the woods on the farms OF
Mrs. Calvert and Michael Krleg, about
two miles northeast OF Mt. Etna-
great lot OF timber and fence has been
destroyed. In woods near Pitchers
chapel in Lancaster township. the FIRE
had gained such Roadway and become
so dangerous that a force OF fifty men
was employed Thursday In fighting it,
Huntington Democrat.
Ex-Commissioner ID. c. Harris says
most OF the farmers In Grant county
Will feed their wheat. THAT is, most OF
them are storing IL, and they will feed
IL unless the price goes up, or they Will
have TO feed IL anyway unless it rains In
| a few days on the corn" The ex-com-
missioner thinks the corn Is about done
for. Unless we get an abundance OF rain
this week there won't be enough corn in
I the county TO fatten a shoat, he said
He estimates the average wheat yield
at twenty bushels, and says there never
grew better wheat I'm Grant county
| Clark Wilcutts one Of the biggest wheat
growers in the county, says: 'Thresh-
ing Is practically over and most of the
wheat is stored. ] am going TO feed
most Of mine. Nearly every one out our
way is storing his wheat. The bulk OF
rye. and l expect the bulk Of wheat, will
be fed. The wheat crop was the finest
for many year, and the yield went all
the way from ten to thirty-hve bushels"
Marion Chronicle.
key Mcintosh Is the son OF a promi-
nent coal dealer Of Brazil and last winter
his good nurse put clean handkerchief
| in his pocket, kissed him tenderly on
| either cheek and gave him a cookie.
| Then his pa took him 20 the railway
a trax rfford c-
Vile TO enter Wabash college. When
| little Ikey got here he proved a model
scholar and fairly knocked the hind light
lights out of Cicero. Xenophen. and other
| South hall celebrities, while Prof Kritz
squirmed and chortled with delirious Joy.
key was such "A prodigious student that
| he hated to go home when commence
ment day had gone. So he stayed behind
near the fountain OF learning and has
passed his evenings in. the campus chew
ing the knowledge soaked bark of the
trees around South hall. He has passed
| his days in the billiard halls about town.
/ Today the police arrested him on a mes
sage from the Brazil chief OF police and
key is in the cooler now. He will stay
| there until his loving pa comes to take
| him home.-Crawfordsvill Journal
The annual school exhibit Of Wayne
| county was held at the Hagerstown fair.
| The awards were as follows: Best dis
| play work from any district school-Dis-
| trict No. Z, Center township; Louise
| Stephens, teacher. Best display work
| from any township graded school
Greensboro; j. w. Outland, principal.
Best display work any town school
Hegerstown. Best display any class dis
| trict school-Eighth year class, district
| No. g. jefferson township; Louis Hoover,
| teacher. Best display any class town
| ship graded school-Eighth year, Will
llamsburg school, Clark Wissler, teacher.
Best display any class town school-Sev-
| enth year class, Hagerstown; Rose Cliff
| ton, teacher. Best display drawing work
any school-Distrlct No. 8, Boston town
| ship; Louella Grove, teacher Best dis
| play essay work-District No. 5. Perry
| township; Jennie Atkinson, teacher. More
| than fifty schools and two hundred
| classes were represented. The prizes
| consisted of about $50 worth OF books.
which go into the various libraries OF
| the winning schools.
The moonlight picnic last night. minus
the moon, was fraught with some UNI
| usual features. The young ladies in
| vited the young men to take supper
with them at the flowing well, and the
pilgrimage was made despite the rain.
Arrived there, the party took posses
sion of the pavilion, and they were
grateful TO the park commissioners who
had provided this comfortable place for
the public. There was no moon, but
there was plenty OF tallow candles, and