The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-25

lie looked at Glenn and Glen looked -
Jack. In a minute they rushed from the
car, forgetting to dress. They could see
about forty feet OF bell-rope trailing on
the train pulling out. They overlook IL,
and seiZing the bell-rope, stopped thE
train, and by long. steady pulls finallti
got IL back to the Pullman car. where 1t
was coupled on. Strikers who had seen
Jack and Glen rush out in long white
gowns had fed but when they saw the
pullman coupled on again they rushed for
ward. Shooting began from all sides,
and-just then somebody nearly battered
down Jacks bedroom door and wanted
10 know when them boxes would be
ready.-Muncie News.
The first accident since the organize
ton OF the Rockville light artillery,
eleven years ago, occurred Monday night.
Capt. Stevenson was giving a platoon
drlil' there being two sections present
and had just commanded "dismount
piece" Owing to the darkness the men
OF the right section could not see what
each other were doing, and the trail was
thrown up before the numbers around
the piece had taken hold. AS soon as
the trail was elevated the piece slipped
out of the trunnions and nearly caught
Ike Davis, who was standing near to re-
ceive 1t. AS the members were not look
ing for the dismount the piece fell,
breaking three spOkes out of the right
wheel of the carriage. No. was not
holding the lock chain, which is always
very essential. and therefore the carriage
fell over to the front with tremendous
force striking Maurice Sherrard a glanc-
ing blow Maurice fell to the ground
as though he were killed, and every
body in the two attachments was badly
scared. Had the trail struck him
sGuarely on the head it would have
killed him instantly.-Rockville Tribune
Farmers are in the midst of wheat
threshing and the yield is the largest
for many years. It is said that in a GER
tain quarter of the county the shocks
were so thick that the farmer was COM
PEELED to rent an adjoining pasture field
in which 10 set the threshing machine
and stack the straw. Some OF the farm
ers have inaugurated an innovation in
threShing circles in the form of a 'tin
bucket brigade" Heretofore ''threshing
day was one of the terrors of farm life
to the women folks, who had to get up at
O'Clock in the morning kill and dress
half dozen chickens, dress and stuff
pig, dig half-bushel of potatoes, and
multitude Of other work in preparing the
meals for the threshing gang of a dozen
or fifteen men with the appetites of
keen-edged buzz-saw. This work was
still more burdensOme on account Of an
ambition on the part of the woman to
'whoop up a little better dinner for the
boys than her neighbOr down the road.
All this is done away with now Farm
ers, in eXcha angling work at threshing
now take their dinners along, and thresh-
ing crews are now known as the tin
bucket brigade" Only the machine op-
orators Cthe feeder, engineer and stacker)
are now To 'De fed by the women folks,
and IL is heavy burden lifted from their
ShOulders.-LoganspOrt PhaTOs.
Randolph county had one citizen who
evaded the payment of his just proper
tions of taxes. This ne has done for
years, but now they have nailed him to
the cross, and he will have TO dizzy up
He lives in Union City and is known
by everybody nearly the county over by
the name of Alexander Knapp. To say
he is smooth very slightly expresses the
truthfulness Of the case. The taxes due
are all for money loaned on real estate
mortgage in Mercer county, Ohio. He
had an agent in that county who han
died the money for him. The agent would
loan money and take the mortgage in
his own name and then assign same to
Knapp. All money sent to this agent
by Knapp was sent from Richmond by
another cChort by the name of Dugan.
IN this manner he has been doing a land
Office business without paying any taxes
Every dog has his day. So il was with
Knapp. Himself and this agent at last
fell out, and to get even this agent gave
up the snap. Deputy Auditor Boltz was
over at Celina taking memoranda Of the
list Of mortgages and their amounts held
by Knapp against the good honest Johns
Of Mercer county. The entire amount
foots up $54,325. some of it running for
five years. and the taxes accruing and
due Randolph county are something like
$3.50 John II. Boltz and Harvey Me-
Nees are getting things in shape TO draw
on Knapp, and we are just bordering
as TO how the dishonest sweat will boil
when the eVader Of taxes hears their
tail of woe. Knapp may be a slick citi-
zen, but we advise him that the only
way of avoiding the tax assessor is by
committing sulcide.-WiEchester Demo-
crat
The Foust murder, which occurred at
ElwOOd one week ago, is today as pro-
found in its righteousness as IL was the
morning the dead body of the victim was
found along the Panhandle track in the
outskirts of the city. The police author
tiles have been untiring in their efforts
10 unraVel the mystery. They have been
baffled and are willing TO acknowledge
that they are no rearer a solution of the
matter than they were when the muir
der was first committed. There seems
to have been an utter absence of motive
Foust was poor man. This has led the
authorities TO conclude that he was muir
dered in a drunken row. The dead man
had been induiging in liquor during the
evening and the last seen of him alive
he was at a well-known resort throwing
dice for the drinks The body was found
lying head downward in ditch by the
roadside and life had probably been ex-
tinct for some time when il was put
there. as the blood had not run on the
clothing I'm that direction. Everything
points TO the fact that Foust was muir
dered i'm a drunken fight elsewhere, and
his body hauled or carried to where it
was found. There was a bullet hole in
his left breast. The bullet had to all ap-
pearances ranged downward and death
mad been sudden. A large quantity Of
blood was on Foust's hands and clothing.
but there was none on the ground. and
there was no evidence Of a struggle in
that vicinity. With these facts the po-
lice have been constantly at work. While
several men have been suspected, and
one or two have been placed under arrest.
they have been able TO prove an alibi. A
detective lis been at work on the case
for severa days aid he may be able
to ferret out the murderer. but the indi-
cations are that the mystery will re-
main unsolved Taken altogether, 1t is
one Of the most remarkable crimes that
has ever been committed i'm Madison
county. IL is remarkable from the fact
that all trace OF the murderer seems to
have been wiped out, and no clue left
TO follow.-Anderson Democrat.
story Of Governor Stewart