The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

the OWenSDurE tunnel went on a SlIlkF
! yesterday for an increase in pay. They
want 81 a day. It is said the boarding
house keepers are standing in with the
men and refuse to board any one who
goes to work for less than the price de-
manded.-Bedford Democrat.
The farmers are delighted with the
prospects for a heavy crop this year.
Most Of them have their corn planted,
and the wheat in some places has already
headed out If this present weather is
not followed by a drought the crops this
year will be far greater than the previous
five or six years.-Michigan City Dis
patch.
While Add Arnold and family Of Spen-
! Ger county were driving alongside the
Cannelton branch of the Air line railway,
| near Troy. the horses were frightened
by the cars, ~oyerturning the wagon. Mrs.
Arnold had her back broken; her mother
was dreadfully bruised. and a child suf-
| Tered broken leg. Mr.. Arnold was also
| badly hurt internally.
Mushroom hunting is getting to be
the fad. Some come in with mere toad
stools, which are more poisonous than
mushrooms, but they had the fun of
gathering them. There is only one
sure way Of telling one from the other,
and that is by eating them. If you live,
it's mushroom; if you die, it's toad
stool.-Bloomington Courier.
The annual trotting meeting of the
Floyd county fair company will be held
at the fair grounds at New Albany
Aug 20 to "a inclusive, with purses
| offered aggregating $1,000. large num-
Der of noted horses from Indiana. Ken
lucky, Illinois and Ohio will appear in
these races, the fair company being in
the Western association circuit.
Mrs. Ira S. Orr received a severe shock
from lightning Thursday night. She sat
In her parl0r looking out Of the window,
with her hand resting on the sill, when
the heavy crash came, and the close
proximity Of The telegraph wires TO her
conveyed the shock to her hand. which
swelled considerably. She was soon all
right again.-Michigan City Dispatch
Two weeks ago Elijah Underhill Of
Doolittle's Mil. while playing base ball.
struck his foot upon a snag breaking
his shoe and MASKING two Of his toes so
that he had to remove the vamp Of his
shoe. Being unable to wear a shoe with
| a Vamp he got his toes poisoned and
Wednesday he underwent amputation of
the foot on account of blood poisoning.
DR.. Mcdonald has returned from tie
meeting of surgeons at Galveston. Tex.
He was also at Houston, Austin and San
Antonio, Tex, and brought home some
Mexican and Aztec pottery from Guer-
zero. Mexico 200 miles south Of the City
| of Mexico. The Aztec pottery was obtain
ed from one Of the mounds Of this an
cient and peculiar race-Bedford Demo-
crat.
The Crawford county seat removal case
will be tried at Corydon June s by Judge
! Voyles of Salem. The trial is sure to
come off, as both sides are ready and are
anxious 10 have the matter settled c. L.
Jewett Of New Albany is attorney for the
people of English, TO which point the
county commissioners ordered the county
seat removed Leavenworth is repre-
| scented by several very able attorneys.
Arrangements for Memorial Day at the
| national soldiers cemetery. this city. on
the 30th. are about perfected by the grand
army posts of this city and Jacksonville.
Elijah c.. Neeld Of Jacksonville will be
grand marshal and W. X. Atkins Of New
Albany assistant marshal Company c.
Indiana national guard Of this city and
Company 6 Of Jacksonville will take
part I'm the ceremonies.-New Albany
Ledger.
Crawford county seems TO be over
run with snakes, especially OF the cop
perhead variety. Last year was sup
posed TO be the worst I'm the countys
history. but 1894 has already surpassed
any previous record. Already five cases
OF snake-bites have been reported one
rattesnakc with eighteen ruttles and a
body as thick as "a twelvc-year-old boys
leg. Is reported 60 have been killed near
Marietta.
The class 10 be graduated from DePauw
college az New Albany this year contains
six members. viz Miss Daisy Beard Of
kimbal. Neb.. Miss Pearl Cleaver OF
Lebanon. KY. aud Miss Katherine Easley
OF New Albany. from the department of
liberal arts. and Miss Essie Allen. Miss
Maude Roy and Miss Mary Talbot, all
OF New Albany. from the conservatory Of
music. The commencement exercises will
occur Thursday evening. June T.
Thomas DALEY and family live near
Derby in Perry county Among the chill
dren "a n partialy-demented daush ter
thirteen years old. Two days ago she
unnrreied with her brother, two years
her senior. because he would not cat
some Htove-woud. and. running into the
house che seized her fathers gun and
shot him In the abdomen. The wound
resulted fatally within short time The
girls mental condition VIII prevent pros
ppuliun
This congressional district contains
within itH confines three members or Che
I. -. o. T.. who attracted universal Of.
tentinH az The celebration of The diamond
anniversary or that order held 90 iudia
annapolis Yesterday The nrHt ~ these
iH Thomas H. ledfprd ~ This place, who
ia believed 30 bp thu oldest mrmbrr nf
the order in years ~ membership 80 iha
world Ito is eighty -Hib years old ANA
has been member iU good standing FOR
HiktNanVn years Tile second vs. Louis
A. HirDH uf tfrrntaFilri WHO lH SIN rect
Hik inches hHh aud said Go hr The lHllrHi
odd fellow in che state, ana The ihirl is
r. Thurman az Munfraviio. who WrlHhH
lsh pounds, aud ~ is claimed la lhr Bile
Hpst udd fellow ln Indiana, llrudfirha
County Gazette
Tho festival week. nt Centenary methes
dist episcopal church in The Interest NJ lhn
t3pWaflh league has been pronounced
SUCCESS The lectures uf The REV br
thrown nH Monday ulghL ~ ihu rev. bf
poulias 6n Tuesday niRhI, Of The REV
~. fuohtel un "Wednesday night We're
very able, very Interesting very lhslWe.
i've ana greatly enjoyed nf iiurhirl
smoke "Wednesday niBh un niinW We COT
car nhlr," ana although ihe address wac
lengthy II WAS an nHolN delivered Hnl 20
fail af instruction HH 90 hold lhe audience
la deem interest throughout. Tho festival
closed Friday night New Albany Ledger
Friday afternoon q party of iadnRh-
ties. headed boy Gpurre Grimes hul j o.
Warfel, seized ihe through Munun freight
aud atnrted north When about two
miles out nf town the conductor came
into the cRhunHe and stopped ihe train
and fred the whole crowd uut in wheat
field, They draHRed their WenfN bones
back a. i.ndnFa nnd finally obtained
transportation un tlle local 90 CfhWfnrdH-
Vile, where they oamped al night The
embryonic army dHhnnded Haturr
day aud returned home after trying tp
give out the impression that they mere.
- went 90 attend % masonic meeting
anyhow No one doubts however thnt
they would have effected "a Junction with
SOME other body of Commonweniers ~
ID hadn't been for that conductor,