The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-15
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

an electric ran at Frank RiBdOn'S drug
store last night ran his fingers through
the guard against the fan, and had the
flesh torn from the ends OF three fin
gers.-Marion Chronicle.
Sir Knight Charles Day Of this city
has been appointed grand inspector for
Indiana by the grand commander Of the
grand cOmmandery Knights Templar or
Indiana Ii is a merited compliment TO
a most popular and worthy frater.-New
Albany Ledger.
The cornerstone Of the new court house
at Monticello viii be laid on Thursday,
Aug. Is. under the direction Of the ma
sonic fraternity OF that place Judge
BryOn X. Elliott II Is expected will de-
liver the address. The masons Of IN
diana and al of the county officers will
be invited to participate.
South Bend knows how TO treat tramps
and idlers in general Every hobo found
in the the city or within one mile of 1t
IS given employment at q stone pile.
Bread and water are only provided for
them during their stay, which IS usually
from ten 10 fifteen days. No more jail
and good square meals are provided.
Edward L. Hiderbrand brought an
egg u the Democrat office this week that
had been brought in by one of his wagons
that measured eight Inches its longest
circumference and six and one-haH inches
the smaller il weighed nearly four
ounces. IL WAS the product of an Ordin-
AIRY. every day heu.-Spencer Democrat.
Marshal Pemberton commenced a crus-
2da on the unmuzZled dogs this morning
He shot y laTge briudle in front Of the
pOstoflice, and while he was gone after
shovel to bury il the dog arose on its
fee and started 10 walk Off. He then
dealt il a blow on the head with q Shovel
which ended IT'S Generalization Chronicle
The era wfordsviIle Star very pointedly
says: The republican bosses-not the
Individual members Of the party-aTe
,,
perity Of the country. They much pre-
ferred bankruptcy of the whole people,
We're that necessary for an object les
son, teaching the people 70 vote the high
tax ticket"
The south-bound Monon train run over
and killed a little child at Salem, this
morning. The child left its home near
ths track and went out and sat down on
the track. it, parents not missing 1t from
the house The engineer did not see the
little one till too late TO check the speed
Of the train before striking it.-NeW Al
bany Ledger.
The P3n-HandIe railroad company have
paid into the county treasurer's hands
$12,073.31 for delinquent taxes previous
II teis year. About ons-third of this
goes into the hands of Trustee Wall. and
VIII make $4,000. which otherwise would
not have been handled. Score one for In
diana tax law. a democratic measure
Winchester Democrat
Prof W D. Sanders Of the Marion
normal schools is spending the week
with Boone county relatives, near
Whitest0Wn. lie will be in institute
work In Rush Carroll, Pulaski and
White counties for the next five weeks,
after which he viii enter upon mis- posi-
tiOn as assistant teacher of mathematics
in the Marion normal-Lebanon Pioneer.
Capt. G. Is. Coates. who used t. sail
the schooner Whi,e Cloud To this city
in the paImy days Of lumber dealings
here was i'm command of the new steam
or City OF Holland. which ran ashore at
Holland yesterday. The wreck is a big
one and was due TO the storm. The Hol-
land passengers. S1ma eighty In number.
were rescued.-Michigau City Dispatch.
The tentb quarterly meeting of the
northwestern association "a Sons OF
Veterans began IN Plymouth Wednesday
and comprised the lodges IN Hammond.
Hobart LapOrte. Michigan City. Warsaw.
Plymouth North Judson. Westvine.
South Bend and other towns in chat sec
ton Of tho state. A business session was
he'd and a trip made u Lake Maxim
kuckee.
There is a very prolific weed growing
along the free gravel road from here TO
Cloverdale which is a puzzle To the COM
missioners and to the farmers. 1t con-
tains a large green berry. DIR. .. g.
Neal says it Is not a Canada thistle.
Some Of our collegians are invited 10 re-
may be seen at this Ouice.-GIeencastle
Banner-Times.
The neghborhood of Maeksville. Vigo
county is said To be infested with a bear
and a hyena. supposed TO have escaped
from the Sells Bros show about two
months ago. They have spread cOnsterna-
ton among the farmers by destroying
their poultry and small stock and have
been seen at different times by day
light. Several hunting parties from Terre
Haute are in pursuit Of the game.
An aged negro. commonly called here
Old Mr.. Hardy. died last Tuesday even
3ng. He was born in North Carolina IN
1905. has had six wives. and Is the father
OF forty children He also claimed to
have been one Of the attendants of JEFF
Davis during the war The funeral was
conducted By the Rev. Mr.. Smith and
the remains were entered at the Maverick
cemetery. Republican.
Considerable excitement was caused on
the line of Floyd and Clark counties by
q remarkable find. While Charles Nc
Coombs. Dan Phipps and Frank Keiger
We're digging we'll on Keiger's farm a
Vein Of coal was found four feet thick.
AL the country people are in great
state OF excitment. Tests will be made.
and if the coal proves satisfactory COM
pany viii be organized 20 mine IL.
One Of the gentlemen from this city
who is a candidate for the nomination
10 some Office next Saturday. says that
he has made a complete canvass OF the
county and has found the people in the
country too busy TO talk Everybody
IS threshing" he says. and il requires
good deal OF cheek to call man away
from a threshing machine to talk poll
tics this hot weather. "-LoganspO
PharOs.
The quantity Of food required at the
Michigan City penitentiary TO make a
meal is quoted as follows: Flour. 500
II d.
bushels, fresh beef, 500 pounds. corned
$50 pounds butter. sixty pounds. which
gives each man one ounce; prunes or
raisins. 300 pounds. tomatoes, twenty
portion.
Three young men went from Oaktown
Sunday to the tabernacle meeting. They
got into an alteration with Mort Hart.
One Of them. Or. Willis. drew revolver
on him. He was arrested and placed in
the lock up. His friends, however, furn-
ished him with monkey wrench and he
unscrewed a number Of taps that held
the bars in place and escaped. The Of
ficers had a lively chase after him, but
failed to effect his capture.-Sullivan
Times.
Mrs. Emma s. Garst has entered a
suit for damages at Logansport against
the Pennsylvania railroad company for
the death OF her husband. a railway
brakeman. who was killed at Crown
Point, June %, by the collision incident
10 the breaking in two Of the train upon
which he was employed. The complaint