The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-22
GENERAL STATE News.

Incorporated town shortly.
There are Gas convicts in the Jeffer-
sonVille penitentiary. More than ever
before at one time.
leading manufacturer of the city
saws that his mail has more than
doubled within two days and most Of
his letters contain orders and breathe
the tone of better times on the way
South Bend Tribune.
on Wednesday a strange woman re-
ceived permission To leave a small
sachel at a carpenter shop at Elkhart.
AS she did not call again for the sachel
il was turned over 10 an officer, who
opened IL and found it contained a
bloody shirt The woman has not been
identified. and the affair is a mystery.
The seniors of Wabash college were
given written examination in Shak-
speare the other day. There were a
number OF questions, the last being:
GIVE your favUrite quotation from
Shakespeare" one weakened scholar
failed on all except this last one, which
he answered by the following quotation:
a horse! a horsei My kingdom for
horsey'
County Commissioner Kyle viii take
a week off. beginning next Monday. and
pay a visit to his father and grand
mother in Jackson county The latter
is 104 years of age and is undoubtedly
the oldest person living in Jackson coun-
". Mr.. Kyle says that she is still spry
and able to do her own homework, and
has the health Of a maiden.-COlumbus
Herald.
It now transpires that the death Of
the wife of T. J. Woodland of Elkhart
at Arlington. H.. at the home Of her
parents was case of suicide. For some
time her mind had been badly affected.
To this cause is attributed the unnatural
act. Mr. Woodland left her on the morning
of the suicide in her usual condition and
q he
stepped off the train a Elkhart on his
return home.
A citizen who claims TO be posted on
matters pertaining to feeding wheat to
hogs. says it spOils the pork. He says
In Dakota, where feeding wheat to hogs
is practiced, pork is rejected by many
as unfit 10 use. Ii may be that feeding
corn to hogs has accustomed people to
the flavor of corn fed pork. After be
coming used TO wheat led pork they
might relish It Just as well. No doubt
about that Why not feed hogs partly
on wheat and partly on corn ?-Lagrange
Standard.
It is reported that after the insurance
men make a settlement with ROderfer
q Hoffman, proprietors Of the window
glass factory that was burned, shed will
be built over the furnaces, which were
not ruined in the fire, and work begun at
once. The report meets with encourage
rnent and seems to be the best thing the
management can do under the circum-
stances The board of trade has a com
mittee soliciting aid for Messrs. Hoffman
x Roderfer. Their report is very encour-
aging. There seems to be no doubt about
the factory being built.
The north-bound passenger train on
the Panhandle railroad, due here at
1905 p. m, came face TO face with
mule Yesterday on the track between
this city and Middletown. When the
mule was struck he went flying through
the air and ahghted in a neighbOrtng
corn field. The train was making such
swift time the engineer could not tell
whether ne had struck a mule or a
man. He only knew as he clipped by
that he had encountered something. The
train was stopped and a brakeman sent
back 10 investigate. Then the train
came on To Anderson and the brakeman
walked Henderson Herald.
Sam Strauss of the firm Of Strauss
Bros on Third-st. yesterday sent word
TO this city that he had killed an eagle
while hunting in the vicinity of Law
renceburg Ind, and that the bird
measured seven feet from tip to tip. a
customer happened 10 drop in from
Lawrenceburg and stated that the al
legged eagle was a turkey, which Sam
killed by mistake. The boys are waiting
for his return.-Cincinnau Enquirer
Sam is brother of Dave Strauss, the
former popular young dry goods mer-
chant, and makes this town regularly.
He is in the city today and says that
the bird he shot was really an eagle.
Columbus Herald.
Saturday DR.. G. .. Bower Of Euxhart
received a message announcing the
death of his father at Mddleburg, Pa
and took the train that night for his
old home. One week prior his father
spent Sunday in Elkhart, and was in
apparent good health. He spent week
in Chicago attending the worlds fair.
Thomas Bower was a man Of high
standing and of considerable ability
For years he was quite prominent as a
democratic politician of central Penn
sylvania. He was an extensive land
owner and Tor "A number of years
operated the famous Bower Touring
mill at Middleburg. He reached the ripe
old age of eighty-One years.-South Bend
Times.
One feature Of the new bicycle or
dinance is that when a person on d
wheel wishes to pass a pedestrian on
the sidewalk he shall ask permission
of the pedestrian This seemingly
ludicrous provision is almost wholly
ignored by riders. and we do not be-
leve any one has suffered as a cOnse-
quence. But, one day recently, a lady
was taking an airing on her wheel and
met gentleman on the walk. She is
very conscientious and asked him i'm
her sweetest tones, Please mister may
/ passY' And what did the fellow do?
He just stopped stared at her pityingly
and laughed a regular guffaw, "Haw
haw. haw." right in her face The lady
says she has not been so Inundated in
years.-Elkhart Review.
Trustee Work was down toward Ben
ton township this week and heard the
following story about Farmer Blue of
Benton and a Millersville butcher. The
butcher called on Mr.. Blue some time
ago and bought a fat COW Of him which
he said he would return for in a day or
two and would butcher the animal i'm
the field Mr. Blue and hired man were
hauling corn fodder Tuesday when they
saw the butcher and his helper drive
into the field where the cattle were.
In a few minutes the report of a rifle
was heard and Mr. Blues hired man
looked toward the field where the
butchers were and then exclaimed TO
Mr.. Blue: why, they have shot down
your big COW" Mr.. Blue hastened to
the field, and sure enough they had
slaughtered the wrong animal, the one