The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

child's clothing was burned from its body
/ and the hair on its head all singed.-Hunt-
! ington Democrat.
Last evening, while Mrs Michael Diem
hart was coming down stairs with a
! lamp in one hand and several pieces of
! clothing in the other, she tripped and fell
/ to the bottom. In the fall Mrs. Diem
harris nose was broken. her right arm
/ on her left hand dislocated, and was
otherwise severely Observation-Disclosures
journal.
Grafton Johnson and John A. Polk of
/ Greenwood have applied to the Johnson
! county commissioners for a right-of-way
and Franklin. A request was granted
3 for Pleasant township, Johnson county,
/ TO vote on a proposition looking to ap-
propriating $4,000 toward building an
electric line between Greenwood and
( Franklin.
/ The Rev. Joseph J. Wakefield of Ko-
/ komO. while at Upton. had trouble with
a colOred employee, Albert Melton, who
! claims to be the champion colOred pugil-
/ fSt of Indiana. Apprehending violence
! Mr.. Wakefield armed himself, and this
/ led TO his arrest and Imprisonment until
! friends from Kokomo arrived and gave
! bond. The Kokomo press speaks of the
I arrest under the attendant circumstances
/ as an outrage
! Joseph Ballman, farm hand, who was
/ forgery. has been given two years in the
northern penitentary. Ballman secured
buggy, harness and other articles from
Ed Gray Of Peru, giving in exchange a
note indorsed with the name Of Thornton
: Tyson The signature proved TO be false
I and B3llman was arrested at the home Of
I his employer. He was taken north yes
terday.-Peru Sentinel
/ For a number of years James Wise
man has been running a boot and shoe
2 = h md
cumulated $500 in gold, which he kept hid
in 4 shot sack in his abode. Mr.. Wise
man went II supper and on his return
discovered that the little hoard had been
stolen. He feels the loss keenly, as he
had been saving for years in order TO
have means Of subsistence when too old
to wOrk.-Lafayette Journal.
Tuesday morning Mrs. williams was
burned to death while preparing dinner.
Mrs. Williams was subject to epileptic
fits and the suppostion Is that she fell in
the fire in a feint and before anyone came
to her assistance her face was burned to
a crisp. When Mr.. Williams came to the
house for his meal, he was Mortified to
see his wife lying on the floor in pros
trGte condition, from which she soon ex-
pired.-Vincennes Sun.
John Duckworth who resides at Smiley's
Mills. north of Edinburg, was out cutting
wood. They had cut down tree and
limb lodged on the branches of another
a
log the limb fell. The boy jumped out
of the way, but his father was struck a
clancing lick the head and shoulders
and was badly hurt, his skull being
fractured and he remains in a serious
condition.-Edinburg Courier.
Yesterday morning while Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, inspector Of the natural gas COM
pany. was putting a mixer in the CRATE
at Col. Kreuzberger's sample room,
guaTder snake crawled out from beneath
the ash pan. There is a span of several
inches beneath the bottom of the pan and
the floor, and as Mr.. X. had been burning
wood the supposition is that the reptile
chung to a piece of the fuel and when
carried in by the porter recOiled itself
beneath the grate.-LOganspOrt PharOs.
The prison committee of the state board
of charities met at the prison north Tues
day afternoon to investigate the charges
alleging ill-treatment Of convict H1rter of
! indianapolis. who has been returned to
his home in dying condition. The secre-
tary announces that nothing will be made
public until The investigation is concluded.
Tae warden has renewed his denial that
there was neglect, and he adds that If
there is any truth whatever in the charge
as made by the Harters he will resign his
wardenship.
The little city of Kirklin is short of
gas. and as the cold weather is now COM
ing they feel some alarm. Their sup
ply is obtained from the Sheridan fields.
For the past week the pressure has been
so low as to make it almost impossible TO
keep the rooms warm or do the cooking.
This trouble and the attendant dssatis-
faction will, it is thought, be done away
with shortly, as the directors will hold
a meeting soon and take steps to have the
water taken from the pipes. This. it is
thought, will increase the pressure of gas
and furnish enough for all purposes
Frankfort Crescent.
Messrs. Gus Raegel and Fred Thoerner
who started at San Francisco on the 10th
Of June on a wager of $4,000 to walk
around the world, passed through this
place on Monday. One Of them stopped
at the Hotel Central, took dinner and
then spent several hours in writing up
their travels. At each place they stop for
the night or for dinner they must have
the landlord and also the postmaster to
sign a certificate that they were actually
in the place named. When they were
here they were quite distance ahead of
time They are both young men and have
two years TO make the time.-Richmond
Enterprise.
Theodore Bonnet. one Of the oldest pio-
neer settlers of Pulaski county, died Mon
day night at his home north of Royal
Center. He was in his eighty-second year
and had lived in the county over forty
years. His aged and estimable wife pre-
ceded him Just six days, and the end of
both was as tranquil as a calm, unruff1ed
sleep When his wife passed away the
aged citizen folded his hands and said: II
shall not remain .ong behind" With that
he became plunged apparently in a deep
study, from which he was never aroused
until his eyeldS closed in death They
leave nine children. all married, and nu-
merOus grandchidren.-LOgan Re
porter.
Last month Charles Allen. while driv-
ing down Lafayette-ave., met a violent
death. 1t was about 10 o'clock and he
drove off a seven-foot embankment and
one of the horses fell on him and caused
his death. Squire James Wright filed a
suit against the city, for the benefit Of
Aliens little daughter, ten years old, for
$4,000 damages. The complaint alleges
that the place of accident was known by
the city authorities to be a dangerous one
and that part Of the street was not prop
eriy maintained. hence the accident 1t
alleges that Allen was a sober industrious
man. able to earn livelihood and was
driving at the time in a walk.-CrawfOrds-
vile Argus News.
For three weeks there has been a re-
ligiOus awakening Of more than usual
power in progress at the German meth
Odist episcopal church, seven miles north
east of the city. Year after year efforts
have been put forth to arouse the people
on the subject of religion, but in vain.
For twenty-five years longer there had
not been sweeping revival The Rev.
II. Roller began a revival there which
was conducted in the German and En-
glish language. The Epworth league of
the McCutchanville methodist episcopal
church with its pastor, the Rev. A. H.