The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-01


Mrs Al Beasly Of Butler county, Ohio.
was here yesterday Her husband Is
under a six-year sentence at the prison
south for marrying her and taking her
money. There is libel suit on now at
Petersburg between the editors of the
News and Press, growing out of the case,
and Mrs. Beas,y had been there to tes-
tify. but the case was continued. Mrs.
Beasly is a perfect lady in appearance. a
brunette dressed in the latest style. of
rather slight build and evidently of good
family. She says she called at the
prison TO see her husband and was told
that he was in the harness business. but
that she could not see him.-Washingto
Democrat
A force of twenty men began work
Saturday in North Anderson grading the
site Of William Chambers's new steel
mill and otherwise preparing for the cree
ton of the 80 by 200 factory building.
All Of the material that could be used
has been brought from FranlSton and
new added TO il. All of the iron frame
work is now on the grounds, and just as
soon as the ground is put in condition
work will be begun. 1t is the intention
OF the company to have the plant COM
pleted and in operation Sept. l. The
machinery ordered for the Frankton mill
will be brought TO this city. 1t is ready
and can be shipped at a moments notice.
Work on the eUtentiOn of the switches
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One of the most curious freaks of
chickendOm has been viewed by a num-
Der of people at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. y. Young of 179 f. River-st..
South Peru. Last Tuesday with ten
other chicks a little dark brown chick
was Matched which has four well-devel-
Oped legs and feet. 1t is still alive and
walks with comparative ease. notwith-
standing the fact that the extra pair of
perambulatOrs are attached TO. the lower
end of the spine. They are of the
usual size. but are crossed and perfectly
useless. although the animal walks
around and is as lively as any of the
others. Mrs Young takes great pride
in showing her little pet and will show
il TO anybody that may call. 1t prob
ably will live.-Peru Journal.
Saturday morning the advance guard
Of Gen" Kelsey's army bearing the
stars and stripes. reached this place.
Your correspondent took the trouble To
count them and size them up. To tell
the truth they were not a bad looking
lot of men. They did not beg. Their
clothes were clean and, in fact, We
failed to discover. on a close inspection.
one specimen of the genuine hobo"
among them. They passed through
town quietly and orderly and all were
duly sober We think they are on
FOOLS errand There were about sixty
Of them. with two wagons loaded with
GERS informed US that several had taken
passage on a White line observation car.
but that there were over one hundred
together.-Danville Republican.
J. b. Ladd. who recently committed
suicide by hanging in Angola, left the
following: ITO whom It may concern and
TO my folks al hOme-I bid you ali good
by. I am tired of life and choose to take
my life rather than live as I have for tho
last ten years l came home two years
ago with the intention IF dying there but
when l saw you l could not take the step.
I know I have done wrong and caused
others to suffer. I ask forgiveness and
know the future can't be any darker
than the present. GOod-by. Mother KEN
cry. May God bless you. for l know how
YOU viii feel when you know all. l can
not help but feel thankful for the way I
have been used ever since L left home
years ago | wish some one would let
my father know Of this. His address is
Ira Ladd. Adrian. Mich. With these few
words, bid you all Good-by
Nearly one hundred people were at the
home of The Rev. T. A. Wylie Saturday
night 10 see the blooming of a rare and
beautiful plant. Mrs. Boisen. daughter
of the Rev. Mr.. Wylie. and who was one
Of the judges from Indiana to the worlds
fair, is the fortunate pOssessor of this
plant. 1t is a species of the cactus of
different kinds. This plant is known as
the cereus grandihoreus, or the night
Towering cereus because it blooms at
night, and the bloom opens but one time
and then dies. The four blooms on this
plant were about ten inches in diameter.
with white petals and yellow stamens.
1t is seventeen years old and bloomed
four times in the past seven years. These
plants are very valuable, costing from
SIS TO 800 each. There are two more
buds which are expected to bloom in
about two weeks.-BlOomingto World.
Indiana Pensions: Original - Lewis
Swartz, Anderson, Madison county; Cor
ncltus Meagher. Terre Haute, Vigo;
Herman Schilbach, Hobart, Lake. In
crease-Harvey Julien, Union City. Ran
dolph: Jacob +. Shut, Indianapolis, Ma
riOn; Lucien Harbaush. Manchester,
Greene: Ellis Kinsey, Fremont, Steuben.
Reconsideration d. Smith. Terre
Haute, VigO. Reissue and Increase
AlOnZo w. Kessler, indianapolis,
Marion. Original widows, etc.-ROsa
Friedman, Jasper, Dubois; Melvina Moul-
ton, louisville, Boone; Harriet Shelby,
Evansville, Vanderburg; Nancy r. Ba-
ker. Martinsville. Morgan; minor of An
drew PfOhl, Princeton, Gibson; Barbara
Sauerwein, Ft. Wayne, Allen; Mary A.
Arnold, WalkertOn, st. Joseph; America
II. Pate. Friendship. Ripley; Ruth Over
Clifton, Peru, Miami. Mexican war sur
vivors-Increase, John Vanator, COlfax.
Clinton.
H II. Skiles came within an ace of
passing in his checks night before last
as also did his little child. Neither of
them have fully recovered, but are still
feeling the i'll effects of the close call.
At the evening meal they had partaken
freely Of canned salmon put up in to-
mato sauce and TO this he attributes
their illness, the attending physician
joining him in the conclusion that it was
ing their meal both Of them were sud
ing, which lasted for several hours The
remaining until 4 o'clock yesterday
morning pronounced them out Of danger
The can had been opened Monday even
ing and Mr.. Sixties thinks that the stand
ing open produced a poison that result
ed in their illness. He is more convinced
in his belief by reason that neither his
wife or the hired girl partOok of the
dish and neither were they sick.-Bluff-
ton News.
The Times has no information as to the
alleged white cap outrage in Brown coun-
~, as published in the Republican and
Indianapolis papers, though a vigorous
effort was made to learn something about
it. Prosecutor Mailman says he saw
Mr.. Matthews. who lives at Nashville,
talk he said not a word about ii. Daniel
vile. and drives a hack between here and
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