The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06

not more than ten bushels could be gath
cred.
The funeral of the late Joseph X. Ed
gerton occurred at TT. Wayne Thursday.
The honorary pall-bearers were Judge
John Morris, Judge Robert Lowry,
Judge Allen collars, the Hon. r. c. Bell.
Platt j. Wise and o. G.. Hill The active
pall-bearer were Charles Worden, AL
bert Bond. George Ewing, Frank S.
Lightfoot, John NJ. Kuhns and Perry N.
DeHaven.
a warrant is out for Clel Flora. a
brother of Jim Flora, who is now In
the Delphi Jail charged with assault
ing and robblng Cleon Keyes at Flora
last week. Cleon is thought to have
been Jim's accomplioe and he has
skipped to avoid arrest. Mr.. Reyes is
up and around attending to business
and may suffer no permanent injury
Delphi Times.
A SEEMING party went out from Craw-
louisville Tuesday and successfully
dragged the waters Of Sugar creek for
fish. A good haul is reported. This
seining business is becoming too noto-
riously open and above board. II the
gentlemen indulging in this festive pas
time are not careful they will, perhaps,
be in haul made by the grand jury
Charlottesville Journal.
The contract for building the new
asylum for the poor on the farm four
miles west of town, has been let to Abe
Donaldson, his bid being s11 ,30S. This
does not include the heating apparatus
and plumbing. Seward & Co. were
awarded the heating apparatus con-
tract at 81, $50. The building is to be
of brick 1O4 feet inches long and 81
feet wide.-Bloomingto Progress.
DR.. A. p. Fitch recently received, un-
solicited, from Governor Matthews the
appointment as one of the Indiana dele
% "a On n a rf1a iCau
gress which convenes in Washington
this month. While the doctor heartily
appreciates the honor conferred upon
him, previous engagements made IL i'm
possible for him to attend the congress
and he has declined the appointment
Lebanon Pioneer.
John Bellamy and Margaret Bellamy
We're united in marriage Tuesday
by Justice France. Six years ago
Justice France Joined the same couple
IN marriage. After living together for
some time they thought they were not
suitably matched and the result of their
disagreement was a divorce. Justice
France was agreeably surprised TO see
them before him asking TO be remarked.
FIT. Wayne Gazette.
There is no use in talking, Shelby
county Is bound TO have the best county
fair in the state. Notwithstanding the
encampment and other attractions at
other points, old Shelby will be found
right at the front, with fastest horses,
finer cattle, hogs and sheep, larger corn
and potatoes, more fancy work, the
largest crowd OF people and the hand
soonest ladies in the state. All join in
and let's have a week Of pleasure
Shelby Republican.
There are several farmers in this To-
cality who are still holding this and
last years crop of wheat and there are
Favur h. - rzff -,
yield of 1891 still in the granary-still
holding it, we suppose, for one dollar
a bushel, having refused 81 cents for 1t
when threshed out two years ago. While
1t is good policy to hold wheat rather
than sell at present prices it is always
safe to sell when offered good profit
Mt. Vernon Democrat
Among the worlds fair visitors this
week are Judge II. c. Duncan and fam
lily, Prof. Marsters, DR.. Eigenmann, Miss
Kate Mobley. Prof Foster Hight, II. S.
Bates, Eph Hughes and wife, Prof. Wylie
and wife, Prof. Atwater and family,
Mrs DR.. P. G. Holland, Miss Maude Hoi-
land, James Showers and wife, William
y. Showers and wife, Charles Showers
and wife. Earl Showers, Charles Booth
and wife, Lem Martin, DR.. Hiram Lind
ley and wife and a. ]. Shields and fam
ny.-BloomingtOn World
A lady from Winamac recently went
to Logansport saw a noted physician
there who prepared a dollar bottle Of
medicine for her, started to the depot
for home, on her way dropped the bottle
and it crashed into a thousand frag-
ments and spilled the fluid upon the
earth beneath, hadn't time to go back
for another prescription, stepped into a
drug store, bought a bottle of patent
medicine, came home, took the patent
medicine and got we'll That was lucky
for our lady friend.-Winamac Demo-
crat
The explosion OF the boiler in the
water works and electric light plant at
Franklin, resulting I'm the death Of John
Dennis, is the fifth boiler explosion in
Franklin in eight years. In the Nc
Daniel & Wright disaster in 1885 En-
gineer James High was killed outright.
Three years afterward Moses Snodgrass
and Thomas Stewart were victims of
the Payne. Johnson & Co. calamity, and
the same year John Cheatham lost his
life in the Lands explosion, which mill
was a second time blown up two years
later.
Attorney-Gen. Smith in answer to an
inquiry from Columbus says: ANY
citizen has a right to inspect any paper
or record of a public office, providing
the application for such inspection is
during office hours or upon any other
proper occasion. A paper relating to
public or official business is open for
Inspection whenever fled with the
proper authorities. Although this is a
matter over which I have no jurisdic-
ton and no right to give an opinion,
what l say is simply an unofficial state
ment."
Roy Soogsear, one of the West Point
cadets, was rather unfortunate in FIT.
Wayne Monday evening. The boys
We're en- route home from the world S
fair, and when the train reached Ft.
Wayne, Roy proceeded to the telephone
station TO enjoy few minutes CONVEX
sation with his sweetheart at Marion.
The conversation became so interesting
that he forgot his train, and not hav-
ing previously notified the conductor to
hold the train until his return, the Iron
horse" steamed out Of the city while
Roy was just in the act OF bidding his
turtle dove a fond farewell.
Mrs. Catharine Ploch, near Rockport,
nearly seventy years old, during the last
twelve months, using common knitting
needles, knitted four (mens) jackets,
thirty-two pairs Of silk gloves and mitts,
twenty-five pairs OF Saxony yarn gloves,
two bed quilts, eight yards Of lace, twen-
ty-f ur pairs of socks and twelve of
stockings, besides spinning on a little
old wheel brought from Germany twenty
barrels Of wool. just as 1t was cut from
the backs OF sheep. She also did much
other manual labor. Three times a
year she walks to the home or her
daughter. twenty miles away, returning
in the same manner.
Mrs. N. ]. O'Rourke, a weI1-known
character in this city, was killed by the
cars last week near Brazil. 1t is sup
posed that she fell off the train while it
was in motion and instant death was the
result Her son William, a boy about
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