The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-24

the number of tramps who go about
! begging The beggars are frequently
rude and insulting in their demands, and
many times are given what they ask be-
cause the ladies fear TO refuse. There
are doubtless deserving cases, and per
haps a good many Of them, but il IS
equally certain that a large proportion
OF the applicants are imp0sters. one
case in particular is noted, Of a young.
able-bodied man who has one of his arms
neatly bandaged as though by a sur
geOn, and who claims to have suffered
from an accident on the railroad. He re-
fuses everything except money and is
very persistent in his demands for the
same. He is rank imposter, and, with
his pal, is Systematically working the
town, and from what a gentleman re-
| Gently overheard them saying 10 each
other. it must be quite profitable. 1t IS
a good rule TO be sure charity IS de
| serving before you give iL-Delphi
| Times.
Arnold c. Davis, the young man who
was found in a half dying condition by
| the side OF the Glover Leaf railway
! tracks near Marion last week, was
| brought 10 his home in this city b. his
| father, Jacob Davis. this morning. The
| case is still surrounded by much mys-
| terry and viii not be cleared up until
| the injured man sufficiently RECEIVERS
| consciousness 70 tell his story if that
| time ever comes. The wound on the
| head is not such as one would likely
| sustain by being struck , " a train II
| is single cut. extending from just
above the right ear four and one-half
| inches 10 the top Of the skull. and here
is an ugly fracture. He has been in a
| comatose condition since Thursday morn
ing. He was kept at a private residence
III MichaelSVille. where he was found,
/ until today. under charge of the rail-
way cOmpanyS surgeon, DR.. hemDell OF
Marion. In his more lucid moments he
has said that he was shot again that
some one struck him, and still again that
! he was thrown from a train by the
trainmen.-kOkOmO Dispatch.
The farmers Of Howard. Cass and Tip
ton counties have organized a farmers
company under the name Of the Farm
erS' insurance company of hOkomO. Ind
The company is for the purpose of in
surfing farm property against the hazard
OF fire, lightning. cyclones, wind storms
and tOrnados, and will confine IFS bust
ness to the counties Of Howard, Cass
and Upton. The officers elected We're:
President, w ". Souders; Vice-president
Samuel Sommerville; secretary. /. c.
Collier; general manager and adjust0r
j. T. Collins. The growing demand for
a company TO indemnify against these
losses at a reasonable expense to the
insured has led up to the organization
OF this company. It VIII pay all own
ing farm property to investigate the
plan proposed. as ii is intended to fur
nish the indemnity at its actual cost
Any information desired concerning the
company viii be cheerfully furnished by
any Of its officers. 1t is intended TO
put solicitors in the field in a few days
and they will explain the plan fully 10
all Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
There are people in This city who
think that the report that Or. Herdan
has committed suicide at Chicago is a
fake, given out 10 assist the doctor to
skip his creditors here of whom ne left
several He did not do we'll here from
the first. and still his family carried a
good deal Of style. After his reported
death his wife left for Chicago. She
took all her goods along, and left lots
of debts which have not yet been paid
and probably never will be. One woman
here borrowed $40 out Of the bank 10
give him before he left. and this is I'M
paid. One thing which looks peculiar
was that she bought quite a lot OF
goods from Johnson & Woodhurst the
night before the report of the doctors
death came here. They We're goods that
she could get along without very well
until the next day. and as they We're
quite bulky. Mr.. p. WoOdhurst asked her
TO leave them until the next morning
when he would have them delivered.
She would not wait. however. and car
ried the goods TO her rooms herself. It
is thought she did not want 10 wait until
the next morning for fear she might
not get them at at.-Richmond Pal
ladium.
An unusual proceeding and one here
tofore unknown in this county, says the
Princeton Democrat. was commenced in
the Gibson circuit court yesterday
when Messrs. Twineham & Robinson, at
torneys. fled a petition declaring John
Daugherty habitual drunkard and ask
ing the court to appoint a guardian for
him. The law under which the petition
is filed is an old statute and away back
in the ffties it was sustained by the
supreme court OF the state. Although
the law is an old one, 1t has rarely been
resOrted to and has fallen almost into
disuse. So far as anybody knows this is
the first case Of the kind that has ever
come up in Gibson county Daugherty
is an old soldier and a pensiOner, and
like a great many others has acquired an
appetite for strong drink and has been
in the habit of squandering his pension
money for liquor The q. a. r. post
of this city, seeing that number Of the
old soldiers have become addicted to the
liquor habit and are in the habit OF
sQuandering their money for strong
drink, have taken the matter in hands.
They will make a test case of this one
same proceeding in number Of other
cases in the city and community
Washington Gazette.
If any one imagines that labor organ
izations in this community are peurile
weakling infants he will be greatly sur
prised If he will take the trouble to
investigate. The fact is that today or
ganized labor in the little city Of Clinton
is passive giant. There are nearly six
hundred men about here now organized
in the local branches Of the open d. A.
of the K. of L., and the mine workers
union. Then there are various other
societies among our workingmen which
will swell the number well up toward
seven hundred. And all this means
something. There is a unity in the pur-
pose back Of this quiet and unadvertissd
movement. True these men may not he
all statesmen or even politicians. but
this great body Of organized labor means
silent protest against existing wrongs
in our social and industrial system and
a banding together for the mutual pro-
lection OF mutual interests But soon
these men must see that merely belong
ing to n union, paying dues, obeying
orders to strike or work, does not after
all really benefit their condition. Soon
they will come to see that in spite Of all
the power of organization there are
forces at work against them still more
powerful and the only way they can
ever secure justice and permanent pros
perity is by the ballot to sweep away I'M
just class laws and special privileges
Clinton Argus.
The only steamboat that now does a
traffic and passenger business on the st.
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