The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05


OF hot water and received injuries which
resulted in death Thursday. The inter-
ment took place Sunday at Arlington
Shelbyville Democrat.
Daniel Beatty of Columbus has a fine
specimen Of Lombard plum grown on
tree on his lot The plum is purple in
color. free stone and almost round, its
greatest circumference being five and
one-half inches.-COlumbus Republican.
Salmon fishing is reported unusually
fine down the q abash this week. t.
w Reeves pulled out an even dozen
yesterday near the Vandalia bridge,
which averaged a pound and a quarter
apiece. lie also caught four bass and
five Channei catfish at the sitting.-Lo-
ganspOrt Reporter.
The Rev. =. f. Allen has resigned the
pastorate Of the Christian church and
accepted a call 10 go TO Champaign, Ill.
Mr. Allen viii preach his farewell SER
mon here next Sunday. During his stay
here he mas made many friends and the
church has prospered under his ministra-
tiOn-Brazu Democrat.
Mr.. George Walschmidt and Miss Bes-
sic Racine made "A century run Sunday
on their bicycles. visiting Bryan. o., and
other towns. They We're gone from the
CITY thirteen hours and twenty minutes
and the actual running time of the cen
tury run was nine hours and thirty min
6tes.-Ft. Wayne Gazette.
Walter Long. a young man, fOOlishly
jumped I'm a th0usand-buShei wheat bin
BIT the elevator at Flora, Ind, Monday
morning. The wheat from the bin was
being emptied into car from the bot
tom, the suction drew him down in the
wheat, and before help came he smoth-
ered.-LOganspOrt PharOs.
A large barn and contents owned by
Mr. Bijah Richie near Centervilie was
burned at daylight Tuesday morning.
over one thousand bushels of grain was
destroyed There vas little insurance
on the building and contents. The fire
IS supposed to have been caused by
tramps.-Terre Haute Express.
F. W. Shoemaker. the champion long
distance bicyclist Of California. was Wis
ting in the city Tuesday. He had
young mountain wi.G cat with him
which he found while out on hunt re-
Gently. He has made pet Of IL and II
follows him about attracting no end of
attention.-LoganspOr Reporter.
The Eagle drug store, located on s.
Nain-s; has its doors closed today. This
is al caused by the firm making an as
Segment to- James H. Fennel late Sat
urday evening The prODrietors claim
that their assets are much larger than
their liabilities. and as soon as the stock
Is invOiced they viii CONGRATULATIONS
Crescent.
The Consumers paper compc1y's eX-
tensive mills which were closed last
week for repairs. viii be started Weiues-
day morning and the large force of eni-
plOyes will ESume work. The mammoth
filterers which are being built are almost
completed and no stops are expected 20
be made the balance Of this year-Mun-
Gle Herald.
\ woman's proverbial fear of RAJ
resulted i'm Mrs NJ. Scho1feld sustaining
q dislocate5 ankle Tuesday afternoon.
Her son Alex caught a number of rats
in a wire cage, one Of which made It's
escape and ran toward Mrs SchOntield.
In her haste 20 ger ouL OF the way of the
rodent she slipped and tGrned her ankle.
Columbus Herald.
Miss Susan X. Frances mas appealed
to the state beard of taxation from the
decision Of the Nigo county board Of
revenue which assessed her for S3S.0yJ
pJid-up stock i'll the Mechanics building
and loan association. Miss Frances took
an appeal last year. the state board sus-
tanning the action Of the county board
Terre Haute Gazette.
Paul Jones, a Boston newspaper man,
was at the Randall Tuesday afternoon
and left in The evening. Mr.. Jones is
going around the world on a wager of
$1,000. He is 10 complete the journey
in one year. Paul mas also TO earn his
own way and finds travel very remUn-
erauve as he has already accumulated
$1.5O0-Ft. Wayne Sentinel.
Montgomery Bros of Railroads.&c.. reno
waited four feather beds for Tailor Fred
Smith Of Biddle's Island which carry of
he palm for antiquity. one of them is
composed of swans plumes and is 2IS
years old, having been owned by sew
eral generations of Mr.. Smiths ancestors
in the old country. The other four are
all over 200 years of age.-LOgansp0rJ
Reporter.
Joseph 5. Ewry has a patent minnow
trap and the other day loaned it 10
George ). Taylor. a painter, who set il
in the river, but caught nothing. He
placed the trap in the rear room Of mis-
w ha
went there yesterday morning found a
dozen or more mice in it. George says
If 1t is not good for fish, it certainly is
boss" for mice.-Lafayette Call.
Last week over at Hope. Rufus RoOpe
StarkS, a fOuIteen-yeaT-Old cOlOrei EOy,
was run over by mad heifer which was
being driven 10 the slaughter. The boy
was playing in an alley and undertook
10 stop the heifer, when the animal
dashed over him, breaking one of his
legs between the knee and thigh. The
hefer fell dead after running a short
distance farther from being overheated.-
Ecinburg Courier.
Daniel Higgins died twenty-eight years
ago. and his body was buried in the Gem
etery at New Maysville in a metallic
caskeJ. A few days ago il was deemed
best 70 remove the body 10 another site
TO make room for the widow. whose
death was impending. When the grave
was opened the body Of the dead man
even the clothing showing little signs of
dissolution.-Albany Ledger.
About three months ago Frances NJ.
the fOur-y ear-Old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Lawson, who reside two
miles west Of IVES. Point, accidentally
swallowed a bean, which lodged in the
windpipe. The bean finally forced It's
way into the lungs causing an lnfam-
nation that resulted in death at 1 O'Clock
Wednesday. The funeral occurred from
the family residence yesterday at ? p m.
Interment at West Point--Lafayette
Journal.
The Rev G. l. Conley, pastor Of the
First baptist church. handed in his resig-
nation at the close OF the services Sunday
morning, but as yet it has not been
accepted. The Rev. Mr.. COnley has
brothers in Minneapolis. who would like
70 have him located there, and as his
wife likes the country. il is probable the
resfgna ton will be accepted and that
they will locate in the Northwest. 1t is
understood he had a call from St. Paul.
Huntington Democrat.
So far as is known the Rev. w. d.
Parr has the only tree Of its kind in the
state, the horse chestnut" which stands
in his lawn at the corner of Mulberry
and Clay-sts. The variety is a COM
bdnatiOn Of the buckeye and sweet chest
nut There are two trees in the court
house yard called ''hOrse chestnuts," but
they are no more than the common buck
eyes. The horse chestnut tree is very
popular for shade about Paris and over