The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

/ cline at the home Of her brother Robert
Harris, six miles nofh Of the city. For
| twenty-six years she|Sds a school teacher
| here, leaving the work only when obliged
/ to do 50 by falling health.-Crawfords-
! vile Journal.
Henry Dltmer was aroused from his
! slumber by the violent shaking of his
house and thought at the time THAI there
/ had been an explosion Of some kind in
/ the city. But as nothing Of that kind
occurred he is now satisfied that he shak-
Z ing was caused by an earthquake.-An-
derson Herald.
/ One Of the heaviest rain storms that
has visited this county for years passed
over Bristol Saturday evening. The rain
fell in torrents for three hours and water
/ stood in the streets to a depth of eight
! inches. People In that vicinity say 1t was
/ the heaviest rain they ever witnessed
Goshen Times.
Robert Mendendorff. eight miles north
: west Of the city. has samples of white
! or hOminy corn on exhibition, which is
! considered the finest ever raised in this
! county. Several weeks ago this corn was
! beaten 70 the ground by heavy storm.
but It rallied and produced a wonderful
! crop.-Lafayette Call.
w. II. Spinning of Jackvile had his
middle finger amputated. 1t was the
| second operation on the same finger. The
| first time il was taken off at the second
! joint and Wednesday behind the third
| joint. The amputatiOn was made neces-
sary by a sore caused by a knife cut
| Charlottesville Journal.
! The w. II. Coleman light barrel and
circular heading factory, located on
! Locust-st., between Tenth and Twelfth
/ sts., was totally consumed by fire at 3
! O'Clock yesterday morning, involving a
| loss Of between $1,000 and $4,000 which
/ amount is partially covered by insurance.
| -Terre Haute Express.
RnPOra TTuifad Starps nu1r1fSsipra r
Leonard Manlius Swank Of Wallen, Ind,
| will be given a preliminary hearing on
! the charge of attempting to a post
| office Independent OF the regular postot1ce
established and maintained by the govern
/ ment. Swank is the retired republican
/ postmaster.-Ft. Wayne News.
! Mr. e. j. Baldwin of San Francisco,
! Cal, has been in our city since Monday.
! Mr.. Baldwin owns one Of the finest hotels
/ in San Francisco. also one of the largest
! ranches in the state and is worth about
/ $4,000. 600. one of his race horses has
already won him in purses over $4,000
| since May.-Richmond Palladium
Sunday noon a thief walked into the
/ house of John Virgins, on the Bates
! farm. five miles south of Anderson on
/ the Pend.eton road, helped himself 70 81
/ in the pockets Of Johns Sunday panta-
! looms. Two gold watches and $50 in Mrs
! Wiggins's purse lying on the dresser
were left Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
Monday afternoon Walter Samuel aged
| two years and Emma, aged six, both
| children of Mr.. and Mrs Anthony Rooms,
/ We're buried in the same grave at Linden
wood. The cause Of their death was
/ diphtheria. The little boy died during the
/ day Sunday and the daughter at $50
! O'Clock the same night-Ft. Wayne Jour
nal.
During the electric storm Saturday
/ night the barn Of Jerre Harlow, seven
miles west Of the city. was struck by
/ lightning and his two-year-old Gen.
! Smith mare. valued at $500, Instantly
| killed. The barn did not burn. however,
and horses In stalls on both sides of the
| dead mare We're not WORDS
/ vile Journal
/ d. II. Fernandez Monday filed a ten
| thOusand-dO.lar damage suit against the
Anderson paper company. Mr. Fernandez
| is attorney for AmOry Woodbury.. who
| was employed in the paper mills last May
| and while at work there had a hand
! mashed in the machinery so as to necessi-
tate amputation. He asks for $4,000
! Anderson Bulletin.
| Sunday morning a trunk came to the
residence Of Eli Evans from his son-in-
law. Frank Arlington, at Arkansas City,
| has- 1t contained a huge watermelon.
J weighing siXty-nine pounds. which was
delicious beyond description. The only
| reason Frank didn't send larger one
| was because it wouldn't go into the
| trunk.-Richmond Item.
Saturday afternoon the two-year-old son
| Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Huchen. living at
| the corner Of Mulberry and Second-sts.,
| go. hold Of a can Of concentrated I've that
| Mrs. Huchen had been using. The little
| fellow tried TO eat the I've, with the usual
| result. His lips and mouth are horribly
] bllstered, but ii is thought that ne did not
| swallow any of it-AIuncie Times.
| Adam Hessler, living five miles north
Of the city, Tuesday evening was driving
| a fractions horse. hitched to a light
! buggy, and the animal became frightened.
| running away and throwing Mr. Hessler
| violently from the buggy. catching him
| between the wheel and the side Of the
| buggy and bruising him fcarfully.-K oko-
mo Dispatch.
! The ten-year-old son Of John Russell
! was cOasting down Third-st. hill on a
| bicycle when the tire on the rear wheel
broke in two and came off, throwing the
/ lad from the wheel. The boy slid some
/ twenty or thirty feet on the rough
bricks. No bones were broken but his
| head was badly scratched and his body
| bruised in several places-AIarion Chron-
icle.
Jacob Barnes was out in the yard
] shaving. himself Sunday evening. He has
| "A little son SIX years old, who was play
ing close by. The little fellow got upon
| the picket fence and his father saw tina
| ne was going to fall off and reached to
| catch him. When he caught the child
the razor cut him across the left thumb,
severing the Observation-Disclosures Demo-
| crat.
A. j. and w. +. Bryan Of Oaklawn
| farm sold 5000 pounds Of wool said by
| dealers to be the best medium cOmbing
wool sod in this market this season. Oak
lawn farm contains 500 acres, and is one
| of the best farms in the county, and the
I prOprietOrS are the largest sheep raisers
| In the county, having about seven hun
dred sheep on the farm at this time.-La-
! faystte Call.
Mrs. Mary Wallace lost an elegant
cluster of diamonds last evening as she
| was going to church, and did not miss
| them until she seated in a Third-st.
| car, when she Immediately retraced her
steps and had the good fortune to find
| it lying in front of two gentlemen whom
/ she had passed and spoken TO. Neither
Of them had noticed her drop it.-Colum-
bus Republican.
| A little fOur-year-old son of James
| Weir o. Fayetteville, Ark, arrived in the
| city yesterday en- route to Goshen where
! he has an uncle residing. The tot who
| was properly labeled, made the long jour-
! ney alone. The train north on the Big
| -Four last night did not run farther than
! Wabash. 50 the little fellow put in the
night here with his aunt, Mrs. Jane Shin
| kle.-Anderson Herald.
Ransom Giles, living two miles east of
| French Lick, was found dead in his DO
| tato patch late on the evening of the 18th
| inst. He is supposed to have been muir
| dered while digging potatoes. When
| found he was lying on his face. with his