The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-25
Minor stnte Itemn.


the farm OF +. NJ. Spencer. west Of town.
instantly killing James Jenifer. cOlored,
and stunning George Kirk, who was in
the building. The house caught fire and
was soon destroyed. Jenifer's body was
rescued from the burning house by
James Kirk, who was attracted by the
fiames.-Mt Vernon Democrat.
Mrs. John B. Miller on Sunday disap-
peared from her home in Indian Village,
Noble county. and her relatives are de-
sirous Of obtaining information as 10
her wheTea bouts. She Is medium hight,
rather heavy set and has dark hair and
gray eyes: is about fifty-three years Of
age. When she left home she wore n
blue calico dress and had on an old paid
Of rubber overshoes; no hat or bonnet
Is very difiident and viii probably avoid
meeting anyone.
At Kraus & Crisis store this morning
was on exhibition a peculiar freak il
the shape Of a double lamb The ANNA
consists of two perfectly developed bod
les, Joined together at the shoulders; q
very large head with natural eyes. ears
and fore legs, but with one eve in the
top Of its head between two unnatura1
ears and a pair Of legs extending for
ward from the place Of junction OF the
two bodies. The curiosity belongs ID
Ben Jones. who will add il TO his al
ready celebrated museum containing the
three-legged colt.-Crawfordsville Argus
News.
The South Bend Times SAYS that Az
fred b. Geyer, whose home is near North
Liberty. disappeared about three weeks
ago on the day Of his disappearance he
drove to LaPaz and hitched his horse
on the street. The horse remained
where il was hitched for between twenty-
four and thirty hours, when IL was
taken charge Of by a livery stable-keepl
er and cared Tor, but Geyer had disap-S
peared and nothing has been heard or
of baf ffro1a IL -
peared once before when holding a POI
sition as postal clerk on the Baltimore
& Ohio railway. and when he came 10
found himself in st. Louis. 40.
The remains Of the unknown ma
found in a ditch east Of LogansportI
| Tuesday were buried by the county. a
mystery surrounds the death Of thiJl
man. He was about thirty years old
dark compleXiOned and wore a short
| beard A receipt for three months dues
| on policy No. 29.499 IN the North Ameri1
can accident association Of Chicago waS
the only thing found on his person. The
number of the receipt was A Hiss. III
was made out TO a. J. Durham and was
dated at Chicago March l. AMONG
papers in his pocket there was nothing
which would give a Clew TO Durham
| residence He had an ugly cut on thd
head and a broken leg, the former the
cause Of death. Indications were tina
the pockets were rified Of the content Is
except the insurance policy. Coroi,eI
Busjahn is endeaYOring TO obtain 4
clew TO the mans identity and to find
out whether murder has been CONF
mitted.
Last night there rested in the station
| house Of this city a man known by most
of US. He was found lying drunk on
the street and locked up. The man was
at one time a county official Of this
county and at a time wien the ofice3
paid $4,000 a year. He was thoroughly
competent to nil the Office. He wrote 4
splendid hand and had plenty Of bust
ness capacity. he drank 10 such an ex1
tent that his bondsmen were fearful that
they might lose by remaining on his
bond, and they were released. and he
was turned out Of Office because he
could not give a new bond. He was y
good fellow and no one doubted or yet
doubts his honesty, II sober. Later on
his wife separated from him and pro-
cured a divorce. Since then he has led
a sorry life of IT. He has experienced
to the full extent the horrors and sor1
rows of an habitual drunkard. 1t IS
plain TO see that the morbid apl
petite for liquor is nothing more nor less
than q disease. which might be cured
we had an inebriate asylum TO which
such men could be forced 10 go.-Rich1
mond Independent
The story goes that on last Wednes1
day David White, colored. moved from
one Of MeadOws's houses in the Second
ward to a house in the First ward there
by losing his vote. Some Of the repub
lican leaders lid not catch on" 70 thd
move until the next night. when they
went to White and begged him TO move
back, even promising TO pay a month
rent in advance for him White was
reused out OF his bed at 1890 a wagor
secured, and his household effects packed
up and moved back TO the house he LETT
After White left MeadoWs's house
was rented to another party, who started
to move his goods in there yesterdaI
morning, and was completely dunn
founded to find White in possession of
the premises as if he had not moved nor
intended 10. The man would have been
willing to stake his life that he saw
White move out Of there the day be
fore, but concluded that it must have
been a dream All this trouble and ex1
pense for the sake Of one votei They
seem 10 begin 10 realize that the people
are hankering after a change in the
administration Of city affairs.-BlOoming
ton Courier.
The suit Of Mrs Milt Harshbarger Of
New Ross for $4,000 damages against
the Big Four railroad company came I'd
a sudden close in the circuit court FRI
day. She proved that her injuries rel
ceived at New Ross by falling over pile
of lumber left on the platform at night
were undoubtedly due to the negligence
Harshbarger's injured foot was shown %
the jury and the doctor made a state-
ment of the case. The foot was pitifully
twisted and deformed and the spectacle
evidently made a very strong impression
on the jury. 1t seemed pretty sure tina
the plaintiff had a clear case, so the road
was ready to compromise. The compro1
mise was effected after the jury were in
their places ready for the evidence I'd
begin. BY the terms Of the agreement
Mrs. Harshbarger's suit for $4,000 and
her husbands for $1,000 are both dis
missed and Mrs. Harshbarger receives
$3.50 in cash. Each party to the sui
pays it's own costs. There is a difference
of medical opinion as TO the probability
OF Mrs. Harshbarger's recovering the
perfect use of her foot-some physicians
believing that by proper treatment she
can recover from the disability, while
others stoutly maintain. that she cannot
Charlottesville Journal.