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

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the ground and ran 10 him and helped
| him 20 his feet. when the real cause OF
| Mr.. Jordans falling dawned upon Mr..
| Brooks and showed the seriousness OF
Mr.. Jordnn's Injuries. Mr. Jordan ut
tered but one single word-"take me
/ home" Brooks, the on-bearer, says
| when he picked Mr.. JORDAN up he was
| Mortified 20 see him impalcd upon
| silver or wood little over two feet long.
lie says he seized hold OF the stick TO
| pull IL from Mr.. Jordan's body and found
| IL a sad, sickening sight. as the blood
| spurted forth from his friends body In
/ profuslon.
The annual report OF the assessor OF
| this (MiamD county just made public II
| an interesting one In the way OF totals,
showing az Il does. the great advance
| mcnt made by the county In the past
few years. The assessments show tho
| total value 20 be sl2, a92, 0se. In this total
| the value OF the railway tracks, right-of-
| way, rolling stock and other incidentais
| are not included. The report further
shows that there are 2S5,b09,a2 acres OF
| land In the county valued az 5000, 800.
| The value OF the improvements upon the
land is sl,3i2. 676 and the total value OF
the land and improvements, N.3O5,GN
| IL IL also shown that there are 54i4 lots
| IN this city and the country towns, val
ued NJ ts5sfi2, and their improvements
| at Sl,009,g 2G. Tho value OF personal prop
erty I'm the city and county IL t3.232. 0iO.
| The increase OF the assessments over
those OF 1892 Is si62,b57
c. NJ. Immei OF Millcrsburg, Ind, was
! I'm town Friday for short time, and
| left on HIS wheel for Brlmheid on his
| way home. lie was at Garrett and
boarded the west-bound local for Albion
| paying his fare 20 Albion 10 the con-
ductor. who took the fare without Civ
! ing him check. While the local was
| doing work at AVilla, fmmcl was out on
the platform, and when the train start
ed. he again boarded Il. The conductor
| demanded fare from Avilla Co Albion,
and as Immel had once paid, he re-
fused 20 be "bled" and was put on sew
cral miles east OF Albion Luckily he
| had his wheel with him ana thus did
not have 90 walk Mr.. !. took the name
| OF the conductor, the number OF the
train, etc. and we imagine the -. g. o.
Will be called TO account, rs ~ was an
outrageous proceeding and Immel n
! not the man 10 tamely submit TO such
decentralization New Era.
The cowardly gang engaged In white
| Gaping Mrs. Dalton, near Borden, Clark
county, on Sunday night. should be
! hunted down and brought Go the peni-
Tertiary. She was the wife OF Elijah
Dalton. She had been separated from
her husband for some months, but went
| 20 his house on Saturday, 20 which he
had moved that day from Washington
county. lie objected to her remaining,
bpt she persisted In doing Sunday
night six masked men went 10 the
house. took Mrs Dalton by force 20 the
barn near by, stripped her clothing TO
her hips and then switched her I'm a
cruel manner. She returned 10 the
| house after being so brutally treated
| and remained until Tuesday. when she
left and made known her treatment.
| Suspicion points 10 a person as the in-
stiEator OF the lendish crime. The
! Clark county ofhcers ought 10 unearth
the perpetrators.-Ne Albany Ledger.
| A II 20 thc
| public pump on Broadway Monday with
a single horse and buggy, and the little
/ girl jumped out and went into the court
! house yard 70 get "a drink. on returning
! 20 the buggy she had 20 step In between
the wheels 10 climb In. About the time
she was in the act OF placing her foot
! on the front axle the horse started
and the little driver was unable to stop
him. The little girls dress skirt caught
on the axle, winding about IL and
throwing her of her feet. She screamed
/ Justify for some time before the atten-
/ ton OF any of the bystanders. of whom
I there were many, was attracted. Final
ly, the horse was stopped. the little
! girl freed from her dangerous position
and placed in the buggy and sent on
her way The practice OF allowing small
| children 90 handle horses, although COM
mon, Is an unsafe one, no matter how
gentle the animals are.-Miami County
| Sentinel.
About year ago the wife OF Judge
! G. =. Ferguson secured the services of
Sue Fredericlks. an old colored woman,
from Glasgow, Ky. Her household duties
did not prevent her from attending
! church meetings, and Sue became con-
! verted. She brooded over her sins and
finally lost her reason. becoming a hope
less lunatic. Yesterday she was taken
| by her husband back 10 their home at
! Glasgow. This is not all Of the story.
During lawn fete that was given at
the residence Of Judge Ferguson several
weeks ago. fine gold watch and chain.
the property OF the judges daughter,
were stolen. 1t was at the time sup
posed that while the family and friends
were out in the yard burglar had
entered and purloined the articles.
Several days ago. however, before Sue
/ Fredericks became insane she went TO
| Mrs. Ferguson with the watch and chain
| and confessed that she was the thief
Jeffersonville item in Louisville Post.
The late Editor Miller who committed
suicide at Indianapolis last week. says
| the Terre Haute Gazette, called upon
the Few. Mr.. Hunter OF the Central pres
byterian church during his last visit 10
! Ter1e Haute and sought his assistance
! In effecting a reunion between him and
his wife. Neither OF the two were men,
! bers Of the church, but Miller sought
! DR.. Hunter in his hour of dire distress
Just as men will ever seek for a floating
straw. 81 saw he was almost distract
I ed" said the Rev. Mr.. Hunter, and told
| them that he would commit suicide IL
something was not done. To ease his
! mind / promised 10 do the best 1 could.
/ I then began looking the matter up. We
found Mrs Miller and promised to Sc
cure her a home and work. We pro-
posed TO stand good for the rent and
| secure a sewing machine, but she was
! inclined 10 think the offer made was
not liberal enough. Negotiations rested
for few days and next came the news
or Miller's suicide"
Three weeks ago we told our readers
| about the criminal seduction OF Hattie
| Lee, the ffteen-year-old daughter Of
John Lee, living at Union City, and the
arrest OF the father on the charge OF
committing the fendish operation on a
/ girl OF his own flesh and blood Not
only this, but the child a few weeks be-
fore his arrest gave birth to a babe.
whose life the father ended n few min
utes after its BIRTH These facts were
| developed at the time OF his preliminary
| hearing, since which time he has lam
| guished in jail under a bond of 81 600
When the grand jury was in session last
! week they investigated the evidence
! against him and brought I'm a charge OF
| murder and criminal seduction. The
case will be taken up at our next term
OF court. when II is 70 be hoped the GRIM
inal and offender Of the law will be given