The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
GENERAL STATE News.

1 of making cheap rental for the premises.
as no one wants to live on the haunted
/ place.
The Albion Democrat says that the
| total amount Of taxes paid in Noble
| county in 1898 was 1000. At present the
! total taxes will reach over one hundred
| and seventy-seven thousand dollars.
| Fifty-five years will make quite a
| change. Noble county has no debt hang
| ing over 1t and 1t ranks at the head of
| the list of wealthy counties in Indiana.
The appraisers appointed by the Union
| trust company of Indianapolis, assignee
| of G. W. DePauw, to appraise the prop
/ erty and stock of the New Albany rail
| mill company. have completed their
I work. They appraise the value at $412,-
/ 900. George Roberts and Casey South
are the appraisers They will go TO
Alexandria TO appraise the Rail mill
| cOmpany's property there.
Miss Prudy Berkshire, aged eighty-six
years, died recently at Washington. The
| deceased was we'll known in this city,
/ where she had many friends, having
/ made her home for a time with her sis
ter, Mrs. Summerville, in this city.
Aunt Prudy," she was Familiarity
| called, always expressed sympathy for
/ the poor and gave freely of her means
to those who were in need.-Vincennes
| Sun.
II is doubtful II any bank in the state
can report a more novel deposit than
was made in Petersburg last Saturday,
| when a full-grown and well-fatted hog
was deposited without ceremony in the
| cellar of the Citizens bank. Cashier
Brenton offered a certificate of deposit
which was, however. refused, the owner
| doubtless thinking the stock would not
bear sufficient interest at the close OF
year
Ezra Wilson Of Cass township. in the
| south part of this county, attempted to
burn a bumblebee's nest last Monday.
fgHt Of
| ran away. While pursuing the fright
ened team he neglected the fire and 1t
soon became uncomfortable. and before
it was got under subsection had burned
about forty tons Of choice timothy hay.
! His loss will amount 70 about $4OO.-
Michigan City Dispatch.
A really brilliant chess match was
played at Phil Briggs's Thursday after
noon and night between Otto Ballard,
present state chess champion, and Joe
Tomlinson. ex-state champion. After four
games the contestants stood even, hav-
ing won two games each. The fifth
game developed some brilliant play and
resulted in victory for Ballard, Henry
Brown. also an ex-champion. played two
games with equal honors.-Anderson
Herald.
James D. williams of Knox county,
grandson of Blue Jeans Williams, had
on exhibition at the Linton fair perhaps
the largest cow ever exhibited in the
state as her weight is 1850 pounds. He
also has calf from this COW, twenty
months old. that weighs 800; and Of the
same stock a bull two years old, whose
weight is LOO. This stock was raised on
the Blue Jeans stock farm, owned by the
late Governor Williams. - Washington
Democrat.
A peculiar circumstance is reported in
connection with a Lake Shore stock train.
When the cargo was counted one car
was found TO be two steers short. n
couple of messages were sent back in
Quiring about them, and section men
were started out to look for the steers.
One was found grazing along the track
near New Carlisle, and the other near
| Terre Coupe. They had jumped from the
| train while it was going at high speed,
| but were not injured.
Cora Fugate, the little Brazil girl who
voluntarily abstained from food for
period of six weeks in the spring months
on account Of the death of her little
/ brother died last week. After her long
fast she partook of some nourishment,
/ but her constitution was so shattered
and her stomach in such a condition that
she could not recover. A few weeks be-
1 fore her death she lost her eyesight and
afterward became unconscious, In which
condition she remained until death
claimed her.
The Chicago division of the Pan-Han-
| die has on its pay rolls two women,
| whose duties are exceptions to their sex.
/ One is Mrs. Bertha Dodge lamplighter
/ at Beverly junction, and the other Mrs.
/ Matilda McCune, day Waterman at the
| Louisville, New Albany & Chicago cross
| ing. and together they earn good
round sum in yearly wages. Both
women are efficient employees and do
| ing their work fully as satisfactory as
| men. and receive the same hire.-Hunt-
| ington Democrat.
On Thursday seven extra passenger
| trains passed through this place with
| eXcursionists going TO Chicago. They
| had sixty coaches in all and all heavily
loaded. One was from Ohio, with some
| coaches marked, Toledo Commercial
| Columbus Caravan 10 the Worlds
Fair" Another had big signs. 1.-THE
| Press of Northwestern Ohio" The reg
eleven coaches. This gives an idea of
| the amount of travel over this road
Auburn Courier.
An old landmark is being torn down
| in Frenchtown. over fifty years ago a
| little log house on the corner of Sixth
| and Prairie-sts. was erected, and I'm time
| il was weather-boarded and made to
| look more congenial. It is called the old
( LaPlante house from the fact that Mr..
| LaPlante put Ii up and was the first per-
| son to occupy it. 1t is being torn down
| in order to replace II with a fine frame
| house. Frenchtown Is improving won
| derful. Many new and elegant homes
are being built there.-Vincennes Sun.
DR.. Gronendyke a New Castle physi-
cian was driving to the country to see
/ a patient Friday, and in crossing the
| p, Fl. w. & c. road. in that city, was
/ hit by a train. The horse was instantly
| killed. the buggy smashed to pieces and
/ the doctor hurled several feet off to the
side Of the road. He was picked up
more dead than alive. The body was
/ fearfully mutilated and it is not believed
| the injured man can recover. DR.. Gro
nendyke was prominent in masonic cir
cles and member Of the C. A. r.
Fred Rorges, of tH> firm of belong
| & Borges, is in line for the congrat-
| ulations OF his friends, It having devel-
/ Oped that he was married. on Aug. to
/ Miss Lille WIwahn, the handsome
/ daughter Of Police officer Wirwahn. The
| ceremony took place at the home Of the
| brides cousin, James b. Sparks, at An
| derson, on the date named. There was
opposition to the wedding in certain
quarters. and for that reason it was eff
fected quietly and kept from the public
until this time, when the couple have