The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31
general STATE NEWS.


| township who was severely and danger
| Ously burned by Venturng into his barn
| TO release his horses at the time Of the
4 fire, on the night Of the Sth instant, IS
| said la be improving though not eN-
/ pected TO be ont and about for, perhaps
| ten DAYS or two weeks yet His face
/ was so badly burned that one eye was
! entirely closed for number Of days
/ Brazil Democrat.
| Today Mr.. John r. Bartron passed
| his sixty-sixth mile stone, still hale and
| hearty and with prospects To- pass "A
good many more. Thirty-four and one
| half of these mile stones have been
! passed in Madison i'm her interest and
| i'm the interest of her people. Positions
| Of honor and trust have been his and
| today he is one Of MadiSonS honored
! councilmen, and a stdunch and fearless
| exponent Of JacksODiau democracy
| Madison Democrat.
The convict who was brought to the
penitentiary on a stretcher partially par
| alyZed, some weeks ago IS still unable to
perform any labor The authorities who
! were guilty of the disgraceful haste in
I bringing here a prisoner in the condition
/ that man was in should take course in
| some school where instructions are given
! in the theory and practice of human
: laws, provided they can pass an exam
| nation that viii admit them 10 pri-
mary class below the lowest one.-Afich-
! igan City Dispatch.
! The loss by the burning Of the Heavi-
| Ion mechanical laboratory Of Purdue
| university viii reach $4,000 The in
! surance ons the building and contents is
/ S45,5O0. a considerable part of the
/ valuable machinery was saved. and
! much that was damaged can be repaired
I The fire will not interfere with the in
| structiOn Of students IN the mechanical
| classes. IT Is regarded as very probable
/ that the laboratory viii be rebuilt. \
popular subscription is already under
way and meets with approval.
A farmer in Washington county has a
! persimmOn orchard of 500 trees
His neighbors made great fun when he
| first began setting out his orchard. but
at the end Of three years, when he began
! harvesting his fruit. frequently selling it
/ at SIPS a gallon, many concluded that
! there was money I'm the undertaking.
I The persimmon raiser has perfected a
method by which the fruit is kept fresh
and sweet until spring and he IS making
a good thing out of his odd investment
Washington Democrat
y travelling show company gave an
/ entertainment at keudallvlIe. one
| night last week. one Of the actors ana
a kendaliville girl got up q Irritation dur
| ing the day, and after the entertainment
| he accompanied her home The next
morning the girl had the fellow arrested
| for attempting assault and he was fined.
! Commenting on the above, the LigCnier
| Banner says 1T should be q lesson TO
| the girl, as she had no business i'm TAX
| ing up with stranger in such way
| and if she had any sense she could not
! expect her actions TO brins any other
| result"
7 y move to establish in Steuben coun-
( u a farmers reading circle was put ON
! foot at the institute last week by the
I appointment Of one young man To re-
/ present each township with view TO
more perfect organization at some fu-
! ture date. The following persons con-
/ stitute the committee: Benson r.
Z Lewis, Salem; Henry Brown Pleasant;
Sanders Van Auken, SteUben, Erwin
I T. Rose, York; Sherman Lemon James
I town; Roy Peachy. Scott; Eugene Shup,
/ Fremont: Calvin Lash Richland; Wal
/ ter Strayer. Clear Lake; Charles Bull
/ lard, OtSegO; Fleming Wilson, jackson.
A new feature of running express
/ trains is the armed guards on the eX-
press cars Of the Lake Shore, Michigan
I Central and the Baltimore & Ohio.
/ When a messenger throws open the door
/ of an express car there IS seen seated
I on the inside a determined looking in
dividual holding Winchester rifle
/ across his knee in an attitude OF wide
awake readiness The guard is expected
/ to remain on duty whether the express
/ car door is open or shut. All the guards
| are picked men of unQuestioned courage,
/ and must be unerring marksmeu. They
I carry reVOlverS as well as Ninchesters.
Elk
a dispatch from Ft. Wayne seems to
/ Indicate that the republicans of the little
I town of Wallen do not propose To- have
I a democratic postmaster if mob violence
/ viii prevent il. The dispatch says: a
/ few DAYS ago DR.. Joseph A. Phillips. the
/ only democrat in the town, was made
/ postmaster. He says this enraged the
ole
/ mObbed. a knife wound i'm his back and
/ arm bears evidence Of the mobs VIC
/ lence. The doctor says he has been tor
/ mented night and day by the mob
/ The doctor has sworn out alhdaVits
! against over a dozen citizens of the
/ place, alleging riot.
| The Dispatch some DAYS ago published
/ an article describing the plan recently
1 adopted a t the Jackson penitentiary for
/ the classification Of couyicts there, and
! remarked that such regulations at the
/ northern prison would be a good aid TO
| discipline and would also serve to sepa-
/ rate the young in crime from the hard
| ened cases. The article has been extern
\ sively copied and has grown until the
/ new regulations are now said 10 be i'm
! vogue in our prison. We wish it were
! true, but unfortunately it is not, and
/ there are no prospects of such a reform
/ being instituted in the near future
! Michigan City Dispatch.
The libel suit FOR 5000 damages
| against the South Bend Tribune brought
| by .. ID. Myers, barber, was decided
| Saturday in that city in favor Of the de-
| PENDANT. The Tribune published a state
/ ment that Charles Garwood had been
| poisoned in Myers's shop by the use of
/ a lotion. This is the way nearly all such
/ suits end. People who tear their hair
/ and rush into law about such affairs
| generally come out wiser ana poorer. No
| newspaper aims TO Islander anyone with
| out cause, and the proper way is for a
| person to ask that a statement. which
/ ne thinks is detrimental to his interest.
/ be corrected and justice done him.
! FOuntain-Warren Democrat.
The fftieth anniversary Of the Rev.
! and Mrs. G.. p. Rileys married life was
made the occasion, Friday night, of the
/ gathering together. at their residence on
| y. Westinghouse, of their relatives
| -four generatiOns) and friends TO the
/ number Of sixty persons. John c. Riley,
| a brother of the groom from New Rich
| mOnd, o., was present. The Rev. Mr.
| White Of the congregational church was
master Of ceremonies, and with recita-
tions by Mrs .. +. Eby and Miss Sadie
| Sherman, along with the handsome and
/ valuable presents to the bride and groom
and the elegant supper, made the &C.
! casion one of profit and pleasure long to
] be Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
! 1t IL against the law for a parent or
1 anyone to abuse a school teacher in the
| presence OF his pupils 1t viii be re-
/ membered that a son OF Frank 10,
/ Auken Of Pleasant Lake had q little
/ difficulty lately and this is what tie
/ Hamilton Advocate says Of the matter:
/