The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-02
Minor State Items.

Minor State Items.
The democracy of Lawrence county
will present the name of ]. A Gum as
a candidate for joint representative for
the counties of Lawrence, Orange, Du-
bois and Martin. The last three counties
named have already instructed for him.
Mr.. Gum is one Of the most popular
young gentlemen in the county.-Bed-
ford Democrat.
Miss Gertrude Morse of Hanover has
withdrawn her ten-thousand-dollar
breach of promise of marriage suit
against Student Scharff of Hanover col
lege. The suit was simply for breach Of
promise, both the parties being Of the
highest character. 1t is said Miss Morse
lectured her affianced on his attendance
at balls with other women, he got angry,
and the match was thus broken.
Lawrence county democrats will with
pleasure ratify the nomination of Hon.
d. II. Ellison of Mitchell for senator by
Jackson county democrats. although 1t
was Jackson county's time to have the
senator. Ellison's record was so salts
factory to the democracy Of this sena-
torial district that Jackson county re-
nominated him and no better selection
could have been made.-Bedford Demo
crat.
Frank G.. Gilmore, a leading merchant
Of this city, says COXey'S army is march
ing TO Washington to protest against
the passage of the Wilson bill That's
rich. The war tariff and Mckinley high
protection produced the army Of tramps
which has overrun the country in recent
years and finally organized them with
the cry OF ION TO Washington" The re-
publican party IS guilty of the crime and
cannot squirm out of it. as much as it
may try to make political capital out of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Democrat.
Bill Slattery, guard of the northern
prison, arrived in the city Fri
day having Ward Burrows in
charge, who was granted
new trial by the supreme court. Ward
looked like a seedy hobo tramp. When
imprisoned he had sent his dude clothes
back to Charlottesville by his attorneys,
so when returned by the prison author
tiles he was logged out in the duds Of
an INDECENT convict who died there last
month of chicken pOX. Ward was mighty
glad to get back and thinks that he will
surely get off at his next trial. He
wasn't exactly smitten with prison life
and fare-Crawfordsville Journal.
The Indianapolis Journal indorses the
infamous A. Z. A. organization and
prints the following malicious falsehood:
Rome has so scared the American peO-
pie with the shout Of 'bigOtry' that they
have allowed her TO fill the offices with
thugs and thieves, loot the public treas
ury, attack the schools, subsidize the
everything, from the white house to the
penitentiary, to suit the pope" If there
ever was any doubt that the A. i. A.
was brought into existence as a side
show to the republican party this para
graph from the leading party organ in
the state will remove that doubt so far
as the g. o. p. is concerned in Indiana
Madison Herald.
The Bartholomew county delegation is
not all pleased with the republican state
ticket, and is greatly disappointed be
cause our esteemed fellOw-citiZen, DR..
Elrod, of Huntsville was defeated. He
had the heartiest support Of the delega-
ton, nearly all Of which worked for
him like troopers. Brown county was
loyal and staid with him TO the last.
Joseph /. Irwin is charged with desert
ing the cause after having secured his
man, Owens for secretary Of state. The
kids are roundly lambaSting him today
because he left the convention so early.
In order to even up they threw their
support to Hess of Wabash for clerk Of
the supreme court, whom Mr.. Irwin, il
is said, informed that he could not have
one vote from Bartholomew county be-
cause Of his action in the legislature on
toll gravel roads. The kids claim that
Hess was nominated through their
efforts.-Columbus Herald.
Pretty Bessie Ritter of New Buffalo,
near LapOrte Ind, now a society young
lady and the belle Of the village, has
lust found her parents after a lapse Of
eighteen years. Bessie was kidnapped
from her home in New York City when
an infant of but two years, since which
time, Notwithstanding strenuous efforts
and the lavish expenditure of money, all
efforts to unravel the mystery proved
unavailing Last week a newspaper
paragraph was brought to the attention
of Miss Ritter. 1t detailed the strange
disappearance of the Ritter child, and
at once proved the link necessary in
solving a mystery which eighteen years
of time had been kept securely secret.
Letters were exchanged, and yesterday
witnessed the happy meeting Of the gray
haired parents and a long-lost daughter.
Bessie had been stolen and held for ran
som. Her abductors did not succeed n
their plans, and she was abandoned.
She was taken to a fOundlings home and
later adopted by New Buffalo family.
The Quiatenon club was entertained
Thursday night by Prof John L. Camp
bell who read a paper on the feasibility
of a canal connecting Chicago and New
York of sufficient capacity for ocean
steamers. The professors idea as set
forth in his paper was to utilize the
Erie canal which is now in operation
from Albany to Buffalo. and to use the
line of the old Wabash and Erie canal
from Toledo to Logansport. and from
there on a new line - Lake Michigan,
utilizing the waters Of the Tippecanoe
the Kankakee and their tributaries as
feeders. Prof Campbell has given the
subject considerable thought and study
and made it plain that the project was
entirely feasible. notwithstanding the
immense sum Of money it would involve
the professor thought the time not dis
tant that Chicago with its well known
motto. Il WILL" would inaugurate and
successfully complete this stupendous
enterprise. The current topic was dis
cussed by Judge Harvey in a most en-
PERTAINING way, which Of course was the
Coxey movement but was unable to
solve the problem.-Crawfordv Jour
nal.
A few days ago the treasurer Of Brown
county made a deposit at Twins bank.
In counting the money Will Irwin, CASH
Ter, encountered a spurious bill that was
much out Of the ordinary. A hve-dollar
bill had been raised to a ten-dollar bill
in very unique way, and it was done
so successfully that none but ex-
perienced man would have detected the
fraud. 1t consisted of split back and
front of ten-dollar and five-dollar bills
respectively, pasted together. The
numerals on the S. were then
raised to SO in a most skill
full manner. Thus the bill was made