The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
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fine of s. and disfranchised him for
| three years. Large claims Chicago as
his home and says he is a glass-blOwer
by trade.-Portland Sun.
When 1t comes to growing the cereal
Elkhart county does not stand second to
any locality in the middle states. In
speaking of the big corn yield the Mil
ford Mail has this to say: Rudolph
Hayers, who lives on the Solomon creek
| bottoms just in Elkhart and close to
/ Noble county, has seventy acres of corn
in one field. Last Saturday he had but
one acre 'shucked' and 1t produced sixty
| two bushels. The whole field will aver
age that. II is marsh ground, but the
| corn ripened nicely. He will have over
four thousand bushels on that field
The Sol Meredith post, G. A. r., is
| removing the dead soldiers from Maple
| Grove and transferring them to the sol
diers' plot in Earlham. Cornelius Hall,
| a young man killed in battle, a member
of company B, Sixteenth Ohio, is among
those whose remains lie in Maple Grove.
| and the post is DESTROYS of learning if
any relatives still exist. Information
will be received by David Hawkins.
| Mason Arlington was buried twenty
| five years ago, and the casket was taken
up yesterday and found to be in a good
! state of erVation.-Richmond Item.
| Wednesday night word came from
Alamo that the remains Of an infant
| had been found in a shoe box on the
| farm of Daniel Gilkey, a short distance
| been wrapped in a woman's skirt and
inclosed in a shoe box. They were found
| several days ago by some young men in
the neighborhood who happened to be
passing through the field. the box be-
| ing about twenty feet from the road
| side. There is no idea prevailing in the
| neighborhood as to the perpetrator of
| the heinous crime.-Crawfordsvi Jour
| nal
Cass county sends several parties of
deer hunters to northern Michigan each
| fall. Monday the following persons
| started for a point near Crystal Falls,
TO be absent a month: Moses Barnett,
| Mr.. and Mrs. s. NJ. Cradle and John
| HARDWOOD Of Fletcher's Lake; William
Ruth, city; John Wyand William and
| Willard VIM and Albert Michaels OF
| Harrison township, and George AIichaels
| of Ohio. At the same time another party
OF five persons, headed by John Burkhart
| of Washington township, started for the
| same place on the same errand.-Logans-
port Pharos.
John Gilbert was held up few nights
| ago in Washington township by men
who demanded his money. He had been
helping neighbor thresh and was COM
| ing home on horseback with nothing to
defend himse With but a pitichforlS.
| AS he had no money with him the rob-
| pass on. The event took place only a
| Few rods from his house at about s
| o'clock. 1t was very dark and he was
unable to distinguish the features Of any
OF them. There were five in the gang
and Mr.. Gilbert thinks they were armed
with guns.-Ligonier Leader.
Tie tournament of the Knox gun club
| occurred last Friday as had been an
| nounced and was a decided success, a
number of good shots being present
II
| advertised were filled without much eff
| fort and the best average for the day
| was made by Bert Townsend c. NJ.
| Townsend broke his gun early in the
day and had the hardest kind Of luck
| afterward with strange guns Judge
| Burson and Frank Dukes of Winamac
participated and made very creditable
scores. Recorder Seegrist requested us
not to mention his performance.-Starke
County Democrat.
Two disastrous railroad wrecks and one
bold train robbery have recently occurred
at towns whose names begin with the
letter TX" viz. Kankakee, Kingsbury
and Kendallville. Can it be that the
| letter K is an unlucky one? 1t is not
the thirteenth letter of the alphabet: it
| is only the eleventh. Possibly supersti-
| ttols persons might be able to persuade
themselves that such is the case, but
| we are Of the opinion that all other con-
ditions being present the occurrences
| would have taken place just where and
when they did without any reference to
the letter *" There's nothing in
name."-Peru Sentinel.
A. P. Ryan of Rolling Prairie, it is
said, has fallen victim to the wiles Of
| green goods men. Yesterday" SAYS
the New York Sun of recent date, "a
sun-burned farmer, a typical Indiana
| granger, called at the office of Inspector
| Byrnes. Ryan fondled the delusion of
riches secured through the medium Of
green goods. He left his home at Roll
| ing Prairie, Ind, and came to New
York City equipped with a satchel in
which 70 deposit the golden sheckels.
He will go home a sadder but a wiser
| man. Ryan WIS met at the appointed
time and place. and his lack of shrewd-
ness and an abundance OF guiibility
made him an easy victim.
The following people from Delphi and
| vicinity are taking in the Chicago fair:
| Daniel Mccain, Walter Sines, Will
Roach, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Will
Jams, Miss Louisa Vianco. Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Taylor. w. D. Schnepp and wife,
| John Frisbee and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
John McGlennen. David Squires and
| wife, Calvin S. Bruch. Jasper Baum, Mr..
| and Mrs. Michael Egan, Mrs. Thomas,
| Mrs. Robertson, James A. Thompson,
| Nathaniel Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A.
| Ryan, r. c. and Mrs. Pollard, William
and Mrs. Bradshaw, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Harley, Mrs. Ed. Rinehart, Mrs.
Sam Barnett. George Baum and Mrs.
| William Young.
The Carlyle literary society Of Purdue
| is one of the best of its character at the
| university. Its membership is composed
Of q great many Of the best scholars in
| Purdue. The society rooms in the main
| building are to be repapered and newly
| carpeted. When completed 1t will be
| the handsomest furnished society of the
| college. The officers are as follows:
Paul Covert, president; T. w. Marshall,
vice-president; c. E. Bruff, recording
| secretary; A. g. Richey, corresponding
secretary; w. B. Foresman, treasurer;
Fermier and Brown, critics.. Olin, Rey-
| nolds and Elliott, judges; G. r. Bruff,
| business manager OF the Exponent, and
Bert Hayes is literary editor.-Lafayette
| Courier.
Speaking of the Robinson brothers,
the two would-be burglars of the normal
school at Valparaiso, one of whom was
killed and the other is in Jail awaiting
his trial, the Messenger says: THE sad
fate OF Frank and Claire Robinson
| should be a warning to young men.
| Strengthened financial circumstances
was unquestionably the cause of their
fall. At their home in Versailles, IT is
said, Frank and Claire were regarded
as model boys They had none of the
common habits of the other young men
| around them, and stood highest IN their
realm. Both taught school in Ripley
county and commanded good salaries.
Today their poor old father is almost
crazed from deep-seated grief, and their
| poor old mother is heartbroken and