The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-26


firm of Kuhn, Nathan & Fisher, arrived
in the city last night and when shown
the prisoner this morning said he was not
the right man. as he was we'll acquainted
with Gruenewald. He says the prisoner
Is a good image of Gruenewald and re-
sembles him very much, but Lehman is
positive that he is not the right man.
Evidently the scramble for the reward
will cease.-Huntington Democrat.
Mrs Adren Kent, who resides near
Boyleston. is insane, said to be due to
religious excitement She imagineS that
I! God has given her a duty to perform,
and that IS to either Kill her husband or
children. She also claims to have
secret given her by God and she can find
no one TO intrust il to. When X was de-
cided to confine her at home so she could
do herself or others no harm, she es-
capped through a window Thsn she saw
, them coming for her and it required quite
effort TO catch her. she viii be taken
to the asylum, where it is thought she
will soon regain the use Of her mind
Frankfort Crescent.
4 wedding. with a ccloring of romance,
will take place in this city in aeOut
three weeks. over a year ago Miss Car
RE Bowman. through a friend. held
correspondence with Charles Coleman,
near Salt Lake City where he Is an
officer in the United States army. Final
" photographs were exchanged each BE-
ing much taken with the other. At
Christmas, although they had never met
they became engaged. In three weeks
| when Mr.. Coleman comes out of the
army, the wedding is to take place In
this city. The groom is the son OF q
| wealthy farmer residing near COrydOn.
| After the wedding the young couple viii
reside with im.-Jeffersonville News.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. John C. Cries
| heimer was driving past the home of
| Charles Kettner when she noticed two
small feet protruding from the top of a
| siX-gallon jar which was in the yard.
| Hurrying to the Jar she took hold of the
two feet and pulled out the two-year-old
| child of Mr.. Kettner The child was IN
| conscious and found in a very dangerous
| condition. The jar had contained six
] inches Of brine and how long the child's
/ head had been immersed in this strong
| salty water is unknown. After working
| some time the child regained conscious
ness and is now as well as could be eX-
pected. Il is a mystery as to how the
| child escaped being drowned as her head
! was completely immersed in the brine
| Muncie Times.
| w H. Dobson Of Summitville the WELL
! known travelling salesman ana agent for
! reaping machines. vas in the city Mon
| day on his way to New Castle. To the
| Bulletin he said he never saw business
| in his line better than it is now or money
| easier to collect from farmers. During
| the past season ne sold 135 machines in
! Madison county, 122 in Delaware, 112 in
| Randolph and 107 in Jay county. These
| machines are being paid for promptly
] and the farmer has money left Mr.. Dob
| son said also that his observation by meet
| ing business men from al parts OF the
| country is that business Of all kinds is
| improving. There are a larger number of
| commercial men on the road than ne has
seen for years.-Anderson Bulletin.
! Lyman Vernon, wife and two children,
/ came near falling victims TO impotence
| Sunday evening. They had been out
| driving and We're returning to their home
| at the corner of Stanley and ShultZ-sts.
| On Cicero-st they found their passage
| INSTRUCTED by a freight train. The train
| had been cut in two at the crossing and
1 the front end was backing to couple up
! again. but NJ Vernon, thinking that he
| would have time to drive across, whipped
! up his horse and started between the
| resenting the whip. stopped at the cru
| cial moment leaving one OF the rear
| wheels on the track This was caught
| and crunched to pieces. The occupants
/ were thrown out, but escaped uninjured.
| -LoganspOrt Journal
| Saturday Ambrose Johnson, a we'll
| known citizen Of this county. committed
| suicide at his home in Scott township.
! Mr.. johnson was about -1rty-five years
| of age and was a son-in Ia y of William
! White. on whose farm l. resided with
| his wife and four children. He had been
| IN poor health for some time and had
| also had financial troubles. He became
! respondent. but it was not thought that
| he contemplated seif-dsstructi0n. Satur-
| day, however. he deliberately secured a
| rope and hanged himself. His dead body
| was found some time later by his family.
| The deplOrable affair has caused great
| regret in the neighborhood and 1t is
| thought that Mr.. Johnson was mentally
ced.-Crawfordsville Journal
| Meager Information was received of
| cutting ARRAY which occurred al Hender-
son early Saturday afternoon. 1t appears
| that the opposition packets Jewel and II.
| ID. Munson were lying at the wharf at
| Henderson while their agents We're up
| town drumming up trade. A young man
| who was assisting the agent of the Jewel
| in selling tickets was standing on Second
| St, near Water, when he became engaged
| in an argument with a fisherman regard
! ing the superiority Of the Jewel over the
| MunSOn. The argument led 10 hot words
| being exchanged and finally ended by the
| fisherman drawing a knife and cutting
| the young agent in the abdomen, but the
| wound was not Thought 10 be serious
| Evansville Courier.
| Sunday afternoon David Campbell, re-
| siding on the Darlington road. went to
| his stable to doctor a sick horse When
| his absence seemed unduiy prOtra cted his
| wife went to the barn and was Mortified
/ TO find the dead body Of her husband in
| a stall next TO the one occupied by the
| sick horse. He had died of heart dis
| ease. the end being brought in all prob
| ability by Overexertion in working with
| the animal Mr.. Campbell had been
| troubled with heart disease for some
| time and ii was expected ne would pass
| away just as he did He was born in
| this county forty-seven years ago and
| was esteemed by the community in
| which he lived. He leaves a widow and
a daughter aged hirteen.-Crawfords-
| vile Journal.
| Amos Hartman. eX-postmaster, was
surprised Sunday when he found that
| needle was gradually working out of his
! leg at the knee joint. For about three
| months his knee has panied him. and on
a few occasions it caused him to loose
| sleep. He thought he was suffering from
| rheumatism and had several times ap-
| piled liniment with a hope of getting re
| lief. Yesterday afternoon his knee began
| hurting him and he was surprised to see
a needle partly projecting from his knee
| just under the cap. He took hold of the
| needle and worked it out. The needle
| was broken, the piece taken out being
over a half inch in length. About one
| half of the part taken out from the knee
| had lost its polish on it's strange Journey
| through the body. Mr.. Hartman can
not account for this strange occurrence.
| Columbus Republican.
Mr.. Harry Forbes and wife of Lo-
| santsville and daughter Ethel came 10
| visit near Williamsburg when the child
| ate some grapes and the seeds lodged in
| it's bowels, causing an obstruction. The