The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-17
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Of my pledges to the people and nv
| settled political convictions [ feel that
l should vote for the bill upon its pas
| sage and do what I can to secure its
! passage When it becomes a law | hope
! 1t viii be satisfactory both to it's friends
| and those who are now its enemies
Yours respectfully.
e. Y. BROOKSHIRE."
Money has been made by our local
| banks during the past six months, not
| outstanding the Stringency that has
prevailed in financial circles The Mer-
chants national has declared a semi
| annual dividend of 4 per cent, and car
| RED $4,000 to its surplus fund; the First
| national has declared a semi-annual div
ldend OF per cent. and placed about
| $4,000 To the credit of its surplus fund;
/ the Lafayette savings bank has declared
| a seml-annual dividend Of per cent,
and added $4,000 to it's surplus fund.
The Perrin national carried its surplus
! earnings to the credit of the banks sur
| plus fund. The Fowler national will de-
| clare its usual semi-annusl dividend on
| the 10Th lnst.-Lafayette Sunday Times.
III the story now in possession of the
! police IS true, then Clinton county has
| as cruel man as ever lived. The name
/ or the party is known, but viii be with
| held until the case has been thoroughly
! investigated by the officers. The story
| as II came to them runs as follows:
| Last night man living north of town
| left here shortly after 10 O'Clock for his
home, arriving there about IL o'clock.
| lie was drunk and QuarrelSOme. His
| wife had retired, but he forced her to
| get up, compelled her to mount a table
| and leaving "A ferociOus bull dog to
| watch her. left her in that position all
night The police will investigate the
case, and if true, he will be called to
account for his cruelty.-Frankfort Cres-
cent.
There was an Internal scoundreI at
| large over in POrtertOwn enc night last
week upon whose back the juice Of
bundle Of hickory switches might be we'll
| expended. Clothing himself in a sheet
| or something of the sort with face en-
| tirely hidden, he followed Miss Aggie
| Rowe as she returned home from Mrs
| WOlferman's, Tightening the girl near
| ly to death. She rushed into the house
| only to find that her mother was absent
and for an hour she had to remain alone
before Mrs. Rowe returned. afraid to
venture out and almost equally afraid
| to remain. Some men over there that
we know of viii timber up their muscles
on the miscreant If they are fortunate
enough 10 catch him at his devilment.-
/ Pulaski Democrat.
The story in the Hagerstown Expo
/ nent with regard to Charley Evans hav-
| ing been murdered is a very queer affair
| in that no one knows a thing about it
is any truth in it. The Exponent says
there was an autopsy held at Green's
/ fork and it was found he had been shot
/ in the head. The coroner, DR.. Bulla,
never heard Of it. and had there been
| an inquest he would have held il. The
/ relatives at GreensfOlk, who We're seen
| today. say there was none held, and they
ought TO have known it if there was,
/ as he was at their house. The death
! certificate of the physician at Danville,
! where he died, says he died from conges-
/ ton of the brain Twas a fairy story
| Richmond Palladium.
Tuesday the machine in front of
| Green's drug store, that deals
| out chocolate and chewing gum,
| failed TO respond when a pen
| ny was dropped into the slot. A
| post-mortem Investigation was inaugur-
| ated by Elmer Cox and the result Of
| the inquiry would furnish enough ma
| terial to stock a curiosity meseum. But
! tons. little and big, all colors and from
every article of wearing apparel known;
| keys and rings; bits of wood and gravel;
small nails and wire: but the most pro-
! life find was bits of lead that had been
/ mashed from bullets or buckshot. The
| articles most wanted were least found.
| namely, pennies. A fellow who would
| beat a "penny-in-the-slOt machine IS
certainly mean man.-Elwood Press.
! In these DAYS of hard times, thieves,
I
/ new lodges to gather up the substances
| of life \ day or so ago man APP
! peared in a buggy. up in the vicinity
1 Of TaylOrsville. calling on Mr.. Pence
/ and then on his son and others up there
/ and stated to them that the liverymen
| of this city had furnished rigs and sent
out twenty men to solicit food for the
poor Of this city. Several farmers con-
| tributed freely, one giving a ham or
/ meat, another a sack Of flour, and an
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! til the fellow had his buggy loaded
| down. Who the fraud was no one
| knows. but that he is a pretty slick
| thief no one doubts, as he was never
| sent from here to solicit aid, nor is any
| such scheme effective here.-Columbus
| Times.
For four or five weeks the X Of P.
| lodges of this the fourth Pythian dis
| trict of Indiana, comprising the cOun-
| ties Of Benton, Cass, Carroll, Clinton,
| Howard. Upton, Warren. White and
| Tipppecanoe, seventy-twO lodges in all,
| have been voting for the location TO
| hold a district meeting. At first there
were a number of cities bid for the meet
| ing. but toward the close of the contest,
| which has been very spirited, the con-
| test was between Lafayette and koko-
| mo. The Kokomo lads won only by
/ hairs breadth, and the meeting viii be
| held in that city on Jan. 80 The grand
| lodge officers will be present, and all
! of the officers of the subordinate lodges
/ will attend and take part in the pro-
! ceeding Our local knights are even
! now making arrangements 10 attend the
| meeting and no doubt a gOOd-sized dele
CATION will attend from here.-t'rankfort
| Crescent.
| Announcement was made a few weeks
ago of the mysterious disappearance of
| Morris Maxwell Of Cleveland, o., chief Of
construction of the Big Four. He came
| here en- route TO the South for his health
| and stopped a day or two with Mr.. l. II.
| c. Royse. From that time the family
! had no word from him. Mr. Maxwell ar
! rived here last night en- route to his
home He stopped over with Mr.. Royse
| today and explained the apparent mys-
! terry of his actions by a statement that
| he had written to his family, giving his
| southern address, and the letter never
! reached them. Not receiving any answer
| he wrote again after a few weeks de-
| law When this letter reached his home
| his wife had spent several weeks in locat-
| ing him and had failed. He has been at
| a southern health resort and is much
| improved in health nOw.-Terre Haute
! Gazette.
| AS the time for the execution of James
| i. Stone, the seXtuple murderer. APP
| proaches, says the Louisville Courier
| Journal morbid curiousity is awakening
| and personal applications are being made
/ daily TO Warden Patten Of the state
prison south Jacksonville. by persons
anxious to look upon the man. All are
! denied, as the law forbids any one 10
| see condemned men after they are placed