The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-12
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

| during the year 1S94-LOganspOrt Pharos.
Mrs. Ida ]. Long of Ladoga died Of
blood poisoning caused by a scratch which
she received while taking care Of her
grandmother, who also died of blood
poisoning.-Br7zn Democrat.
Levi Cummings, a workman ged
on the main sewer, while digging in the
ditch Monday uncovered a solid silver
nugget as large as a thimble. Ii is said
TO be pure stuff and was found on HarJz
Derrick's farm.-Frankfort Crescent.
Frank NJ Best of the Wells-Yeager-
Best company was taking the cork out
Of bottle Tuesday morning, when the
bottle broke and cut the palm of his
right hand clear to the bone. 1t took
two stitches TO close the wound-Lafay-
cite Call.
This afternoon John It NcHugh and
Kumler & GAYLORD, attorneys for Mrs.
| Mary WelcA, Administrative of Michael
Welch. the engineer killed in the wreck
at the Union station May I, 1898, filed
suit for $4,000 against the Big Four
road.-Lafayette Courier
About u O'Clock Sunday night the barn
Of Jasper Mehaffie on his farm about
| three miles south of the city in WASH
ington township was discovered on fire.
In the barn We're his crop of wheat, hay
and oats and his horses. The latter were
gotten out of the burning building, but
about everything e.se was burned up.
The loss is quite a heavy one. The
origin of the fire is unknown. but it is
believed to be incendiary. No insurance.
-Logansport Pharos.
Friday morning a shocking accident
occurred 10 Jacob Puffenberger, an aged
| citizen, who has been running a cider
mill on n. Harrison-st. Mr.. Puffen-
berger was working about the ma chinery
this morning when he accidentally slipped
Tand fell. One of his arms was caught in
! the betting and almost pulled off. Mr..
PuffenbergeT is quite old and feeble and
came very nearly being ground to pieces.
He managed to pull his arm out, but the
I flesh was torn off in great strips. The
pain was fearful.-Ft Wayne Sentinel.
Charles NJ. Beckwith and Fred Powers
of Grand Rapids, Mich, are in the city.
They are looking for a place to locate
| a big grain elevator. and are seriously
considering Lafayette as the most
! promising field. The gentlemen have
consulted President Earl Of the Bell
L. & 1. company and he has made them
offers. They will be given land and free
switching if they will locate In the
Belt. The elevator, if opened here, VIII
be very large one and viii have plenty
Of money and push back Of it.-Lafayette
Courier.
Yesterday afternoon two negroes, who
have been here only a ShOrs time and
who go by the names of Keats" and
Red" became involved in a row over a
game Of craps" and Keats made sew
eral threats before they were parted Last
night about IL o'clock they met at the
river front and Keats without any
provocation, began firing at Red" He
fired three shots, but only one took effect,
making a slight wound in the back
Keats made his escape. He has served
one Jail sentence since he came here
Mt Vernon Democrat.
Kewanna is delighted with her first
years experience in the pickle and can
industry The Herald says the new in
dustry has given employment to about
500 people this season and on first paw
day last week $1,000 was paid to pickle
raisers. As an in-isht TO the Importance
of such an industry in an agricultural
district we clip this from the Herald:
! Monday was a big day for the picklers
at the factory here. Over 1912 bushes
were received, which kept the force
hustling until after O'Clock in the morn
ing to dispose of them Teams were lin
ed up for two blocks waiting their turn.
which gave our streets the appearance
of a Chicago boulevard. "-Rochester
! Sentinel.
The first issue of the Clark county
funding bonds was Thursday DESTROYED
by the board of commissioners and Audi.
tor Oglesby, and the new ones were
signed and delivered to Treasurer 7. B.
RAIDER, who will in a few days take them
TO New York and deliver them to E. II.
Rollins & Co. of Boston, who bought
them. There was a sensa tionaI scene in
the commissioners court before the mat
ter was finally settled. Mr.. RAIDER de-
clined to surrender the old bonds be-
cause Rollins & Co. had submitted a
check of $500 as forfeit money that he
held was worthless, rs it was wrongly in
dOrSed- RAIDER was represented by H.
A. Burt. The Hon. George II. Voigt
produced the contract and insisted that
ii be made no requirement of a deposit,
and that an extra one could not be de-
I manded He inumated that RAIDER was
merely trying to get Rollins & Co. to de-
clare the sale off, SO that he could sell
them TO A. X. Fleischman at par. This
brought on a war of words between
Voigt and Burt. RAIDER declared that
he would surrender the bonds on re-
ceipt Of good check for $500, but Voigt
asked if Fleischman had put up a forfeit.
He has not" said Mr.. RAIDER, but I
have the right to sell the bonds as I
please" II dare you to sell them to
Fleischman or anybody but Rollins &
Co." said Mr.. Voigt. "Fleischman," he
continued, would not give you $l.20 for
them, now, since the board has de-
clared them null and void. but to settle
the matter I'll put $500 for Rollins &
Co." and he did That settled the bond
muddle.-Louisville Posts Jeffersonville
Item.
Where is Sam Kesterson, the convict,
who killed his step-father at Birdseye and
TO- 1893? a desire TO know his where
abouts is aroU sed anew by a suit for di-
vorce filed by his wife. Minnie Kesterson
in the Ehingham county Gid circuit
court. Warden Patterns offer to pay 500
for his capture has brought no satisfac-
tory result. Kesterson was one of the
most daring criminals that ever gave
trouble to the authorities. Six months be-
fore he escaped in July, 1893 he planned
and carried out one of the most daring
Tn
he obtained a ladder. by the means of
which he scaled the west wall, in the face
of fusllade from the guards in the watch
tower. He dropped a distance of thirty
feet to the ground on the outside, and
seized a wagon belonging to Pat Tracy,
the grocer. Snatching the lines from the
hands Of a boy who was watching the
horse, KestersOn drove at mad gait
through GAINESVILLE and Claysburg. Near
the New Albany pike he abandoned the
vehicle and took to the woods, making
his way toward New Albany. The night
was dark and a cold rain was falling.
Kesterson had to swim across Silver
creek. By daylight he was in Floyd
county, and nearing Galena. The weather
had changed and crust of Ice was form
ing on the ponds and creeks. Kesterson
was almost frozen. but he struggled on
until he sank unconscious in the road.
where a farmer found him. His striped
suit betrayed him, and he was returned 10
ness. His clothes were frozen as stiff as
a -Jeffersonville Item.