The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-01
GENERAL STATE NEWS.


Democrat.
Mrs. Blanche Culbertson French has
been compelled TO pay out in attorneys
fees $4,000 If she is now out of the
clutches of the lawyers she is indeed
fortunate-New Albany Ledger.
The old democratic war horse of Greene
county. the Hon. Andrew Humphreys,
was nominated by reclamation as senator
for the district composed Of Greene and
Sullivan counties al Linton last Thurs
day.-Spencer Democrat.
The people of Whiting may thank the
versatile and imaginative Ananias who
sends some Of the Hammond dispatches
to Chicago papers for the reputation
which Whiting earned as a center of
disorder and riOt-Whiting News.
The yield of wheat is above the average
this year. on the black ground there
was a super-a bundance Of straw and the
grain is slightly swiveled. The poorer
land has a less amount of straw and he
grain is plump and sOund--Sullivan
Times.
1t is said Of Ed Holloway, who cor
fessed having wrecked the Big Four pas
senger and mail train at FOntanet, that
he is a young man of variable moods
which, when compressed into plain En-
glish. means that he is crazy--Braz1
Democrat.
gentleman asked the colored porter
of a Vandalia train if he belonged 10
any union. There's only one labor or
ganization that L want to belong to-"
said he, and there can be only two
members-me and the white man L
work '-Greencastle SJar-Press.
Albert Bettinger. wife and two daugh-
ters and c. 4. Harmon Of Cincinnati
passed through the city Saturday on
their pleasure yacht for Tell City 10
visit relatives. The yacht is propelled
by gasoline and is one of the finest that
has been built at Cincinnati in many
years.-New Albany Ledger.
VIII Bartmess. on his farm near Day
ton. harvested 10000 Sheaves Of wheat
from fifty-fve acres. The Irvine to bind
this wheat was about seven and half
miles long, and would reach, If stretched
out, from this city to Mulberry. II has
not vet been threshed. SO the number
of bushels Of yield is not yet known
Frankfort Crescent.
H A. Douglass Of the firm of Stuck
wish x Douglass. caught forty-four-
pound catfish Sunday afternoon about
three miles up the river. The fish is
four feet long and is the largest that has
been captured in the Wabash river for
several years. The largest fish caught
before, several weeks ago. weighed
twenty-six pounds.-Terre Haute Ga
zette.
I'VE are buving considerable wheat"
said John Young last night. but il is
not coming in as fast as l thought 1t
would. The crop. YOU know. is extra
large and I supposed we would have all,
or more. than we could handle. We av-
erage about two or three thousand bush
els per day, and as near as / can figure
il out the farmers are disposing of
about one-half of their crop Frankfort
Crescent.
There has been a noticeable increase
Of dogs on the streets in the last few
days. There have been heard complaints
oft
They do not understand how it is that
some people must keep up their dogs
when others do not. The police officers
should not let the enforcement of the
ordinance check in the next month.
when there is the most danger of hydro
prObia.-Evansville Journal.
Much anuse mant is being caused by
a innocent sign at Spencer park. The
strip Of ground north of the road is net
open for the hitching of horses, which
fact Is announced by sign boards.
Through an error one Of them reads,
mo hoses allowed on this ground The
wags have taken advantage of the error,
and it Is said that a picnic party Of
young ladies actually spent an afternoon
81 the park in their bare feet, on account
Of the sign.-LOganspOrt Pharos.
Grand army authority have patented
grand army badge and street fakirs
will no longer be permitted to sell 1t
y knapsack. campkettle and campfire
have been placed on the reverse side of
the new badges, every one of which is
numbered and registered. There is
penalty against the Unauthorized wearing
Of G. A. r. badges. which applies 20
members who have been dismissed or
dropped from the rolls. The old badges
will be called IN.
New wheat is moving lively az present.
The local mills now receive fully 5000
bushels of wheat by wagon each day.
W. L. Kidder & Sons bought 5000 BUSH
els Of wheat yes erday. The price paid
is a cents. Mr.. Edison KIdder says it is
the best wheat grown here in ten years.
A well-knOwn farmer said that the crop
was better than for many years. The
average yield is about twenty bushels
10 the acre when it is usually much
nghter.-Terre Haute Gazette.
During the severe wind storm in this
city last Friday a young lady took refuge
and Mrs. John Hook, on the Maysville
road. Mrs. Hook went 10 the door and
called the young lady across TO the house
Just as the young lady was stepping on
the porch a limb OF the tree was blown
down with great force. 1t was miracu-
lOus escape from injury or possible death,
as the limb fell directly across the spot
where the lady had stood a few seconds
Observation-Disclosures Democrat
At an estimated average of eighteen
BuSneIS 10 the acre. the wheat crop In IN
diana this year viii amount to 43 500 900
bushels. Allowing 1000 bushels to the
car. the crop would load a train Of box
cars 30 miles long. At As cents per
bushel. which seems likely TO be about
the opening price, the crop represent IS
in value $50 OSS 900. At an average price
Of s cents per pound, the Irvine required
TO bind the wheat in this state cost $440,-
600. and would girdle the earth thirteen
and half times.-LOganspOrt Pharos.
Samuel BrOomfield who resides near
NortOnburg, is responsible for the fol-
lowing story about lightning: He SAYS
that on the farm Of Gus Miller there
was barn, the NOW % which was full
Of sheaf oats. On the top of the oats
there was a setting" hen, and In a stall
below there was a horse. The barn was
struck by lightning, which severed the
oats and cut them as fine as though run
through a cutting box. The horse was
killed, but under the horse was found
the setting hen. on the following morn
ing.-Seymour Democrat.
Barbara. the twelve-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. Felix Bochart, proprietor of the
Safest. bottIing works, fell down a
flight OF stairs Sunday at the family
residence, three ribs on her left side be-
ing disjOinted from the breast bone The
young lady had been swinging, from the
effects of which she grew dizzy, and
leaning over the banister of the stairway
lost her balance and fell TO the floor be-
low. a distance Of twenty feet. She was
thought TO be dangerously hurt at first,
but under the careful attention of Dr.
Stewart she has much improved.-New