The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19


ployed il will soon be a puzzle to know
where to put new men who must come
here for at the present time there are
almost no vacant houses in the city. The
rental agents report that it is almost
impossible for them to find enough resi-
dences to house the applicants. although
a large number Of new cottages were
built during the summer.-Muncie News
Superintendent Curtis. with big gang
OF WOrkmen, have been exploring for
water down near Elhott's mill and the
finest spring in this section has been
found. The quantity, as well as the
quality, is up 10 expectations, and If the
volume continues as 1t does at present
the water will be piped 10 the galleries
of the company northeast of the city, and
will add greatly TO the supply. The COM
pany expects by next summer TO have
arrangements perfected whereby they
will have plenty of water and Will not be
compelled to resort to the old reliable
Observation-Disclosures Item.
A wheat measure valued a 81 and 4
piece Of Obstinacy are the ground work
of a lawsuit that has been filed in the
circuit court The costs in the case al
ready foot up $50 and may reach many
times that amount before the matter is
settled. Homer Hurley and John Dusang
each claim 10 be the owner of the meas
ure, and the latter has possession of it,
Hurley brought suit i'm Squire Fiemings
court 10 replevin it and the justice decided
the property belonged TO Mr. Hurley.
Dusang has taken an appeal from Squire
Fleming's decision and the case is now in
the circuit court.-Ft. Wayne News.
Martin Fox, while overseeing the main
outlet sewer one day last week, saw one
of the wOrkmen unearth a peCuli2r-iOOk-
ing rock. When il was thrown out of
the trench he examined it and became
convinced that it was a meteor. Ii Is as
large as half-bushel measure and gives
evidence of having passed through a very
hot fire a some point in its career. While
telling his find to a company of gentle
men. J. W. Coulter. who was present, re-
marked that a number Of years ago, while
out riding with "A young lady near Null
berry, he noticed a meteor shoot across
the sky and Il was headed in the direction
of the place where this one was found.
He thinks 1t may be the same one
Frankfort Crescent.
Wiley J. Bronson Of Coal Creek town
ship was in the city today and told a
heard Of it raining fishes, but l took no
stock in such fish stories until the other
Gay Sunday night il rained like blue
b.azes out in Coal Creek and on Monday
morning the ground was covered in many
places with fish. Some were four or five
inches long and several families up there
shave had fried fish ever since. The fish
were mostly suckers and bass, but Ira
Stout who is Just home from Europe,
says that some of them are herring from
the big salt pond This morning l found
several likely-loOkng fish that were still
alive and gasplng. This may sound
strange, but its gospel truth. '-Craw-
louisville Journal
There arrived in Anderson Wednesday
morning six children, five boys and one
girl, who had come from some foreign
country. probab'y Belgium a'One. The
chi 1~an - 81 in FRI Hxrta
years the youngest being girl, and
were a sturdy looking set Of youngsters.
Each wore a tab from the bureau of
emigration ana the cards gave their names
as Haynes. The little fellows were in
charge of Detective Mat. Moore of the
Pan-Handie, and not a word of English
could one Of them speak. The tags they
wore tod the story Of their trip They
were emigrant children going to their
father at Fafrmount and Mr.. Moore care
fully took the children across 10 the Big
Four station and at noon they went north
to their new hOme.-AndersOn Bulletin.
Lightning played some strange pranks
at the residence of Andrew G. Roberts,
southeast of Plymouth four or five miles.
Wednesday morning The trees are bad
ly shattered. several deep burrows
plow6d through the sod in different dl-
rections from them. andthe iron well was
shaken up so that ii was some time be
fore clear water could be had. The sid
ing on one side OF the Kitchen was Slat-
tered, screen broken and the wire bad
ly burned and the glass in the windows
broken. In the sitting room a large mir
ror was shattered and picture discolored
by the fiery current. Mrs. Roberts was
near the mirror and all the occupants
of the house were up, but no one was
hurt, nor We're they perceptably shocked.
Fortunately the building did not burn
Logansport Journal.
Capt. Edward Howard has remarka-
BILE collection of fine curios. among them
many ancient weapons, especially guns
of unique workmanship. One Of them is
of Turkish make and was until recently
used in that country. 1t is a fiintlock,
the stock being Of a dark, hard wood,
inlaid with ivory and the barrel itself
is magnificent. inlaid with silver. All of
this work seems to have been done by
hand. The gun is a shotgun. Another
gun is like the shotgun mentioned. and is
a filntlock. 1t also is inlaid with gold
and silver. A pistol Of most remark
able pattern forms another number Of
this collection. IT also came from the far
East The barrel is bell-shaped and
looks more like a sprinkling can than the
muzzle of a gun. Like the shotgun. it is
a fiintloc5 and beautifully inlaid.-Jeffer-
sonville News.
John Morrow Of Charlestown has been
drilling on his place for water and found,
at the depth of thlrty-four feet, a lot OF
~
struck rock which as soon as it was pen
etrated developed a very strong current
of air. believed 10 be caused by a very
strong under current Of water, as the
water bubbles up constantly. In digging
down to the rocks they passed through
a bed of glaze, like the bottom Of a pond.
This mystified everybody. as Charlestown
sits high on a limestone foundation The
deposit is believed to belong to the gla-
cial period and the debris found must be
many thousands of years old. Nobody
ever suspected that the land on which
Charlestown is located was a depression,
but this find seems to argue that at one
time it might have been the bottom of
lake or swamp, and that the uphesval of
the earth threw It into its present posi-
ton.
The will of the late Jarvis Jones of
Wayne township, was filed with Clerk
Flynn Friday. He cuts off with a dol
lar the five children of Macy G. Skinner,
the surviving heirs of his sister, viz:
Frank Clark William G., Edward NJ and
Carrie ID. Skinner. His nephew, Romeo
Jones, has returned to him a one-thousand-
observation-disclosures promissory note,
which the deceased he'd against him.
Corydon d. Jones, a nephew, receives 100
acres Of land in Kansas. Another
nephew. Montague Jones, receives 100
acres in Kansas. Charles F. Pickerell,
a stepson, receives $50 acres in Kansas,
ell OF which goes to Corydon and
Montague In case he dies heirless. Mrs.
Ollie NJ Jones, his wife, receives 400
acres in Kansas. all the real estate in
Wayne township, all personal property
and $1,000 cash. At her death this real
estate goes to Corydon and Montague.
Mrs Jones is named as eXecutrix, with