The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-28
GENERAL STATE NEWS.


last Week. was former resident of Cam
den. where she was known TO the peo-
pie as Elizabeth Stous. She was mar
ried. for the third time. to Petrie after
leaving Camden and they quarreled con-
tinually.
There IA a movement on foot to have
the old state ditch cleaned out. deepened
and widened. A petition is in circulation
and is being generally signed by those
interested. Such step will be of inn
mense benefit to the now waste land
west, southwest and northwest of Clay
City. The Sentinel hopes the movement
will he successful-CIay City Sentinel.
Mrs. John T. Bright of Memphis had a
narrow escape from burning TO death
Thursday. Her husband had been burn
ing rubbish and he requested his wife
TO see that the fire did not communi-
cate to the fence close by. The flames
did spread and Mrs. Bright. in trying to
extinguish them was painfully burned.
AR Bright arrived Just in time to save
his wife.
J. W. Wolfram of near Grovertown. &C
companied by his little son. called Mon
day 10 pay for the Democrat and the
Indiana State Sentinel away into 1895,
getting both papers for 81 under our
clubbing arrangements. In this way he
secures all the home news and an ex-
cellent state paper for the small sum
OF 50 a year which is certainly as cheap
as can BE- asked.-Starke County Dem
ocrat.
Miss Nellie Norton of Elkhari while
kindling a fire in a cook stove on Sun
day. threw what she supposed was a tin
cupfUl Of coal oil on the wood. The
fluid proved TO be gasoline. "A ID il at
once exploded burning her a rms and
face severely. She inhaled the flames
and suffered greatly therefrom- Assist
ance came in answer TO her cries. nd
the fire was smOthered without further
damage. Her injuries are quite severe,
but not serious.
W. c. winstandley has returned from
Chicago with orders for 1.50O car loads
Of buff stone, for immediate shipment.
This, with orders already booked.
amounts TO about three thousand five
hundred car loads. and il viii require a
force of 500 men TO furnish 1t promptly.
These orders viii be filed by the Bed
for stone quarry company The other
qUarries are also receiving good orders
and the managers are looking onward
to a good trade.-Bedford Democrat.
Ex-Recorder Michael Kelley has
brought in the first snake story of the
season and it is a corSer A few days
ago he and a neighbOr found and killed
twenty-four garter snakes in Mr.. kel-
Iey's clover field. They were all coiled
and twisted in knot. having been at
tracted from a hole in the ground near
by by the warm sunshine. This is not
on the style CT the ordinary snake and
fish story, il is the the exact and un-
vanished truth.-Starke County DEM
ocrat-
Thursday nervy tramp called at H
p Harper's house and as Mrs. HarperI
who is sick was in the bedroom aslee ..
Mr. Tramp sat himself down 10 the tai Die
and devOured every thing that was on it
in the way Of eatables and was look ing
around for more when Mrs Harper " Oke
up and noticed him. He said: Sc eing
that you We're asleep and L was hu ngry
] thought I'd just sit down and help
myself without bothering you. He then
bowed himself out Of the door and left.
Huntington Democrat.
The Putnam county poultry s,ssocia-
ton met Saturday and elected the old
officers. From the tone of those present
IL would seem the poultry industry had
received quite an impetus from the good
work of the organization Trade was re-
ported excellent from every quarter
The next annual show will prove that
great progress has been made. The off,
GERS chosen are: ". y. era yer. presi-
dent P. W Wright, vice-president; J. D..
Torr secretary and treasurer; Broad
street. Alice and Day, assistants
Greencastle Democrat.
About two dozen men, representing
various railroads, We're in this place last
F. iday and saturday" says the Walk
ertOn Independent. for the purpose of
bid1ing On the transportation of the
colony soon to leave this part of the
country for North Dakota. As the col
ony is quite a large one the roads are
anxious to get the business There will
be about five coaches filled with passen-
gers and about thirteen car loads of
freight The colony is composed Of peo-
pie from the vicinity of Walkerton, Tee
garden, Plymouth, Tyner and other
points"
Last week john Hackett, the foreman
of the OWensburg tunnel. wrote to Sec
tion Boss McClara at this place to send
h1r7 III TO. RI at fhea mol 10
Clara struck some fifteen men who were
out Of work and continually crying
hard times and out of the fifteen one
man went To work. The company offered
and are paying $lS5 day. There are
lots of stout, young men here who cry
hard times and when work is offered
they refuse to work. They pretend that
they want work 10 do, but when a job
at good wages is offered % them they
cry hard times and refuse to work
Bloomfield Democrat.
Dillon Hiatt of GreentCwn came to
kOIomo Saturday with d monster gray
eagle that he had shot Friday in the
east end Of the county. The bird is the
largest ever seen in this part Of the coun-
try, measuring full seven feet from tip
10 tip. Hiatt crippled it with a shot
then ran it down with a horse Lee Wag-
gaman purchased the bird. which is still
alive, and can be seen al his residence
on Westinghouse. He viii kill it and
nave il mounted, making one of the fin
est specimens OF THAT species Of bird in
the state. Lee will. after having il on
exhibition awhile. donate il 10 the order
of Red Men for a ham decoration.
Hiram Norris, son oF d. ]. Norris. esq.
trustee Of Clay township. has been Sc
lected BY Pension Age4at Spencer as one
OF his deputies. and in few days will be
called to Indianapolis to assume the
duties Of the position. Mr. Norris is
thoroughly qualified for the position an
ardent democrat, and his appointment is
not only highly complimentary to him
and his father. but win prove a popular
one for Mr.. Spencer and entirely salts
factory. There were a number of other
candidates for the position here, but Mr.
Norris was chosen because the duties OF
The Office require the services of a young
man. The salary is 81, 900 per year.-La-
grange Democrat.
A Marion lady, in speaking of the
clubs the other day, said when she first
came here several years ago there was
confidence in herself to read a paper
before any society or assenblage of
ladies without having a rush of blood
10 the head, weakening of the knees or
paralysis Of the tOngus At the regular
meetings of the missionary society at
which a paper or some article had to be
read. the duty Of reading always de-
volved upon two or three ladies. When
the Sans Souci club was organized one.
n the requirements was that each man.