The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-14
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

Crescent
Earl, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Ander-
son was attacked and bitten about the
face by a vicious dog The beast was
pursued and finally killed.-Logansport
Journal.
it is said that a deer pursued by two
hounds was seen in Locust flats early
Friday morning. II is supposed to have
escaped from the Stacer herd.-Evans-
Vile Journal.
The fsTmers in the western part Of the
county a., very much exercised over the
breaking 1t Of hog cholera among their
hogs. They are dying in numbers.-Ev-
ansvi.le Journal.
Edward S. Dryer and Robert Berger
entered suit demanding $4,000 alleged TO
be due them on notes given by Amelia,
August, Frank and Edward Binz.-Lo-
ganspOrt Reporter.
Mrs. Gott,eib Unger and family were
poisoned 10y some foreign substance in
their -four. Only the prompt services Of
a physician prevented serious results
Fit. Wayne Gazette.
Bertha Little, aged twenty. was buried
last week at her home near Onward. She
was engaged to Ross Hopper, who died
last spring. and her heart was apparent
~ broken by the bereavement.-Loga
port Reporter.
George Wallace Of Harmony. about ten
years Of age, in attempting to board a
street car at that pace, missed his hold.
was caught under the wheel, and suffered
the amputation of four toes from his left
foot.-BraZil Democrat.
Louis. son Of Mr. Conrad Branning of
Lake township. died Of blood poisoning
yesterday. The boy was carrying soms
corn fodder a few days ago and received
a very bad scratch. Blood poisoning fol-
lowed.-Ft. Wayne Sentinel.
C. L. Mcdonald was presented yeste--
day by DR.. w. V. Trowbridge of Burnetts-
vile with a turnip weighing over nine
pounds 1t was raised on his own lot and
it is doubtful if its equal can be found in
the county.-Logansport Reporter.
A son of Fred Werdin, about six years
old, had his right arm iacerated
so that the member may have to
be amputated. He was trying TO jump
a Michigan Central train and fell be
meath the wheels.-AIichigan City Item.
A man was shot Just before the train
that held the republican joitierS left Boon
vile Wednesday night. The shooting
happened near the depot. The man was
from Rockport, and was shot by a man
from the same p-ace.-EyansviLe Journal
Information comes from Royal Center
to the effect that the widow of the late
William Layock, who died only about six
weeks ago, is again married. The happy
groom is Ode Reprogle, a young man who
has not yet attained his majority.-Lo-
gansport Reporter
A little son Of r. B. Huff swallowed a
small bit of glass the other day while
doctOring an aching tooth and has been
suffering severely from 1t since. Whether
a surgica, operation viii have to be per-
formed yet it is not known.-Crawfords
Vile Argus-News.
A freak Of nature-a beet grown into
the shape Of human form is exhibited in
Muncie. There is no head and there are
two stunted growths for arms. But the
body and legs are almost perfect in FORM
The beet was grown by a farmer named
Anderson living south Of this city.-A1un-
Gle Times.
At Hoovers Station Hollis Heeter met
with a very serious accident while work
ing in saw-mill yard. In unloading sew
eral large logs the young man accidentally
got in the way of one of them and it
rolled partly over him. One leg was
broken and he was badly hurt internally.
-Logansport Reporter.
While attempting to light a gas fire,
Mrs. Lawrence Prick was badly burned
about her face and body. Her clothing
was almost entirely burned from her
body and her hair was singed off her
head. Her husband, in attempting TO ex-
tinguish the fire, had his hands badly
burned.-ShelbyYille Democrat.
An infant child of E. Goeserman,a farmer
living in the northwest corner of Green
township, met with a terrible fate. The
baby was crawling over the floor and, un-
noticed by all, managed TO get over to
tub Of water. 1t pulled itself uD to the
tub and then plunged i'm. When found
life was extinct.-Portland Commercial.
James w. Lauer, as guardian of Con-
stance Winsor. has filed a bond for $780,
600. The ward is seven years old. She is
the daughter of the late William Win
sor, who committed suicide in New York
cav rraoLrs HE wife Miss
Annie Stockwen of this city. She died
several years agO.-EvanSville Courier.
While Morton Short was riding a horse
belonging to John Weiss Tuesday morn
ing the animal became frightened "a
passing car He shyed toward the gut
ter, throwing Short out OF the saddle to
the street. The bride was caught around
Shorts body, and he was dragged twenty
feet before he could eXtricate himself.
He received only slight bruises-Jeffer-
sonville News.
Isaac Hanawalt of White county met
with peculiar accident last week. While
throwing a club at a COW his arm was
given a singular twist and the bone
broken squarely off above the elbow.
Another remarkable accident is that of
c. d. Meekham, who dislocated his
shoulder Friday night by striking at a
port Reporter.
A serious explosion took pace in the
home of Seth Dix. Mrs. Dix uses a gaso-
line stove. She lighted the oil in the top
and was waiting for the gas flame when
the stove exploded with great force.
Burning gasoline was thrown over the
hands, face, arms and chest of Mrs. Dix,
and she was very severely burned. The
flesh was in some places literally cooked.
FIT. Wayne Gazette.
Nv. II. Bonner, a brakeman, met with
a horrible accident at Liverpool, o. He
was assisting in switching cars into the
siding at Liverpool. He slipped and fe,.
and his left leg was under the wheels.
The limb was crushed in a horrible man.
ner from the foot Amos. to the hip. An
operation was necessary and the surgeons
amputated the leg just below the hip
joint.-Ft. Wayne Gazette.
Little Belle Loring, the daughter of
the Rev. w. T. LOring, came near bleed
ing to death. \ week ago she received
a confusion on her head by a fall She
was apparently only slightly injured, until
her parents noticed that an abcess was
forming The abcess broke and started
to bleed very rapidly. 1t was an hour be-
fore the hemorrhage could be checked.
In the fall a blood vessel had been rup-
tured.-Ft. Wayne Sentinel.
Anna White has begun suit against
George Barlow for false imprisonment,
demanding damages in the sum of $1,000.
The complaint gives no details Of the
cause for action further than stating
that on the blank day of September, 1894,
the defendant caused plaintiff to be incar-
cerated in the Vigo county Jail. without
cause. thereby depriying her Of her lib-
erty and damaging her good name to the
amount demanded in the action.-Terre