The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-25


was not known. but she was over 100
years old. She had often spoken of hav-
ing seen George Washington many times.
Deaths.
SHELBYVILLE. April 22-Special-
Mrs. Louisa Worland, aged sixty years,
died last night very suddenly and I'M
| der rather peculiar circumstances. Oscar
Worland and family live several miles
east Of this city and on Saturday Mrs.
Worland was in town doing some shop
ping. She was in her usual health with
| the exception of little pain in her left
| eye. She consulted a physician and as
there was nothing alarming in her con-
dition expected to be all right in a few
days. About o'clock this morning she
Weakened her husband complaining Of
a severe pain in her temples. Mr. Wor-
/ land called their son from upstairs. but
before he could reach the bedside she
was dead. No cause is assigned for the
sad death.
PERU, April 22-Malachi Kuhn. a
prominent and wealthy citizen wide
" known throughout Indiana as one Of
/ the first settlers and founders of the
I Indian trading posts between Fl. Wayne
and Vincennes. died in this city today,
/ aged eighty-six years.
BRAZIL, April -SpeciaI.--Edward
A. Wilton died at his home at Carbon
Sunday after lingering and protracted
| sickness from drOpsy, aged fifty years.
/ He leaves wife and several children,
all grown. The deceased had been
prominently identified with the block
coal industry Of Clay county ever since
his coming here, over twenty years ago.
He was man of unusual and in
dOmitable energy, determination and
/ pluck in every thing with which he
/ identified himself as a worker and of
much more than average brain power
I and ability. On coming to the county
/ he began at the lower round of the
ladder. with pick and shovel, rising
gradually TO the top, having been for
several years before his death one Of the
prOprietors and the general manager of
Eureka mines at Carbon. His social al
+ liances were no less prominent than his
/ business relation. He was a local min
/ lister in the United brethren church, an
uncompromising temperance worker and
a member of the X. of p, X. of II. and
/ the 1. o. o. F. Having lived at Terre
Haute for several years his remains will
be taken there for burial Tuesday on
I the 915 Big Four train. accompanied by
a cOncourse of mourning friends and
/ neighbOTs.
/ DANA, April 1S.-Special.-T. s. Hood
/ and A. Mcdonald, prominent citizens of
| Dana, died last night. Mr. Hood was a
| retired banker, having formerly been as
! ISOLATED with John e. Belslaud in a
banking institution. He received an in
/ jury a week ago from which he never
| fully recovered consciousness. He VIII
/ be buried under the auspices of the
masonic fraternity, OF which he was a
valued member. Mr.. Mcdonald had
/ been in the dry goods business here a
/ good many years and in poor health for
| quite a while and his death was not un-
/ expected. His remains will be taken to
/ MOntezuma FOR burial Both the gentle
men leave large families who have the
/ sincere sympathy of every citizen Of
Dana.
ANDERSON, April 21.-Speclal-Mr
Carrie Salyers, a young married lady,
who recently separated from her hus-
/ band at COnnersville, died at the resi-
dence of her mother, Mrs. Ayres Cain,
/ this morning. The woman had been ad-
/ dicted to the excessive use of morphine
/ and cholOrfOrm for years and 10 this
/ her death is due. There was a rumor
| this morning that she committed suicide,
| but no conclusive proof can be secured.
| She has been sick for several months.
| RICHMOND. April 1s-SpeciaL-The
| death of Mrs. Maria Klute removes one
| Of a remarkable family of four sisters
| who has lived in Richmond for fifty-five
years. Mrs. Klute was eightythree
/ years of age and the others Mrs Anna
| Besselman, Mrs. Mary Grotendiek and
/ Mrs. Elizabeth Frauman, eighty-one,
/ seventy-nine and seventy-seven respec-
| lively. They came to this city from
| Osnabruck, Germany.
| BRAZIL. April lS.-SpeCldl.-NelSOn
! White young man at Middlebury, died
| last night from the effects of frequent
| and protracted hemorrhage of the lungs.
| aged twenty-three years. His survival
| up to this date has been phenomenal
| considering the excessive loss of blood
| for two months past, which flowed from
! him at times like water from fountain.
He leaves a widow.
VALPARAISO, April 21-Special.-
Elias Axe. a pioneer Of this city, died
this morning of erysipelas. aged seventy
| five. He has been resident of this city
| for sixty years. In 1S47 Mr.. Axe founded
the Christian church in this city and has
| served continuously as elder and treas
! urer for forty-seven years When Mr..
| Axe came here there was only one house
! in the city.
MOORESVILLE April 19-Special-
James Newton Hadley, a well known and
highly respected citizen, died here today,
/ aged fifty years. He had been confined
to his home for five months with cancer
Of the stomach. He leaves a widow and
six children Mr.. Hadley was a brother
of the late William Hadley of Indiana
oils and S. M. Hadley of this place.
FRANKLIN, April 19.-Special.--Mr
Eliza the widow of the late Wyatt
Snow. died early this morning after
short illness. The deceased was one OF
the pioneer ladies of Johnson county and
was lightweight years of age. She was
a member of the Christian church and
leaves two sons and many friends to
mourn her demise.
MUNCIE, April .-Special.--william
Fletcher aged sixty-six, died very sud-
denly In this city today of paralysis. He
has resided in Muncie for many years.
A. T. Colby. aged forty-three. died at
his home near Muncie last night OF
pneumonia.
PRINCETON. April 21.-Special.-
Benjamin Pauly, one of the best known
colored men In the state, is dead. He
was porter for twenty-five years in some
of the principal hotels in southern In
diana.
VALPARAISO. April Especial
Aunt Harriet Thatcher, aged eighty