The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-26

in November-New Albany Ledger.
Monday evening Guy Williams re-
ceived a painful, though not necessarily
! serious injury while at work In the In
diana iron company's mil. He was
| working on the ten-inch mil when a
| silver of iron struck him in the back of
| the leg just above the knee, cutting sew
| eral of the muscles and the outer ham,
string. The injury will result in par
tial loss of the use of the ieg.-Muncie
News.
Quite a little excitement was created
at ColfaX yesterday by a strike of natural
gas in a well being dug at 40 feet depth.
a match being applied the flame burned
fifteen feet nigh. with rushing noise,
followed by mud and water. There is
some talk of organizing a stock company
for the purpose of boring into Iron ton
rock, as the citizens are confident that
gas is there in paying quanuties.-Lalay-
cite Courier.
Mr.. John Whitmer who lives in the
vicinity of Paxton. and one of the most
reliable men Of the county, was killed
by an Infatuated COW in the cattle pens
at Paxton Monday morning. He was in
the pens attempting TO capture the COW,
when she turned on him and pinned him
against the fence and crushed the life
out of him before he could be rescued.
He was about forty years of age.-Suili-
van Democrat.
A remarkable case of electric shock &C.
CURED a few days ago near EclSerty.
William Walls and a neigEb0r were pass
ing along the highway when a bolt Of
lightning descended. striking Walls, tear
+ ing his shirt open on both sides, passed
down his left arm and then leaped to
the other side of his person. tearing
/ away his trousers leg and destroying
his shoes. Walls escaped death and the
man with him was knocked senseless
but soon recovered.-Ma6ison Herald.
The woman found drowned in the Ohio
river at Louisville Saturday was Title
Lambert. a disreputable character from
Madison. In a drunken row on the shanty
boat which she and other disreputablt
women occupied. on Sept. 3. she was
thrown overheard and drowned. James
King and Alex Ferden of Louisville have
been arrested on suspicion The remains
!. We're recognized by elmes Brophy,
: Louisville tough whose mistress the wOm-
an had formerly been. and were buried
at his expense.
While driving to his Whitley county
home, sixteen miles west of the city
this afternoon. Mr.. Hart a wealthy
farmer. dropped whip from his farm
wagon near the Muncie crossing on w.
Main-st He stepped out of his wagon
/ to pick 1t up. One Of the horses kicked
/ him in the head. fraCturing the skull and
| causing injury which may result fatally.
| The wheels Of the huge log wagon ran
over his body. The injured man was
Il
| lancet. Wayne News
The supreme court has affirmed the
| decision of the Tippecanoe superior court
/ in the case Of Hiram Russell vs.. Adams
Earl and the state stock commission.
! Russell sued them for $500 damages for
/ the killing OF his dog. which was done
| under a general order as a precautionary
measure against hydrophOb.a, the dog
| having been exposed TO a supposed rabij
I animal The supreme court sustains the
| lower court in holding this killing to have
\ been a lawful exercise of the boards
| Observation-Disclosures Journal.
| Monday evening a telephone wire was
! broken and fell across the street car
/ trolley wire. IL was instantly charged
/ with a tremendous current of electricity
/ which created havoc at the telephone eX-
] change. The switchboard took fire and
a great many connections were burned
! out. Western Union messenger boy,
/ named Brown, ran into the broken wire
! as 1t dangled in the street and received
a shock which knocked him down and
stunned him for a time. One of his
/ hands was also slightly burned.-Ft
| Wayne Journal.
/ The Hon. Hiram Francisco was strick-
/ en- with paralysis Monday morning He
/ had been walking over the farm and re-
| turned to the house. when he was over
| come with dizziness and lost the use Of
/ his right leg. Water on the brain is said
/ to be the cause of the paralysis. Mr.
| Francisco is one of the largest. il not the
| largest, landholder in the county. He is
| prominent horse and stock man and
| farmer, and has represented the county
1 acceptably in the state senate. Mr.
: Francisco Is about seventy-fve years Of
| age.-Madison Courier.
Eugene Letter, the nineteen-year-old
| boy who was struck in the head by a
! base ball bat in the hands of Charles
I Reed, at St Paul Sunday afternoon
cd MIC
seriousness. 1t appears from statements
| made by eye-witnesses that the boys
were playing on the road home from a
/ base ball game. Letter playfully struck
| Reed on the shoulder. when Reed hit
! him on the head with the heavy bat
| Reed stayed long enough to see that the
| boy was badly hurt and then made his
escape.-Columbus Herald.
| James Colchln and Jennie Drumm0nd
/ of Decatur were betrothed, but the pro-
| posed match was opposed by friends Of
both parties. Mr.. COlChin is catholic
and Miss DrummOnd a presbyterian
| Tuesday night a license was procured
| and the couple drove to the parsonage
| OF the presbyterian minister, intending to
| enter into wedlock. After reaching the
| parsonage Miss Drummond changed her
mind, making il a condition that the
: bridegroom should renOunce mis- religion.
| Colchln refused and the wedding was de-
! clared off.-New Albany Ledger.
! A rare Speclment or tropical fTu1t has
4 rpened at the Purdue conserva Tory,
! known as the phylodendron monster
! delicioda. 1t is a native of South Amer
/ lea, and Of very rare flavor. The product
! is about eight inches in length and of the
/ shape Of banana; is covered with an
] outer covering resembling a pineapple
| Its taste strongly savors of the pine
! apple. The Courier representative Joined
/ Florist Vanlandingham. Prof. Coulter and
| others in testing its superior quality. 1t
| is just toothsome enough TO make one
| cry for more Of it.-Lafayette Courier
Frank Bell. living five miles north
/ east Of Roanoke, Monday afternoon was
/ leading colt by the halter and walked
/ directly behind another horse. The horse
/ in front reared its hind feet in the air
! and landed one Of its hoofs with terrific
I force on the boys head, crushing his
/ skull. He was taken unconscious into
/ the house and physicians trephined the
unfortunate boys skull, removing a con-
/ siderable section of bone from the right
| side. Young Bell is paraIyzed on one
/ side and the chances are altogether
against his recovery.-Ft. Wayne Jour
| nal.
The other day while working on their
| section near Markleville the Big Four
/ section hands discovered a large rattle
! snake. The section foreman took a
! forked stick and pinned the reptile to
| the ground so it could not strike One
! of the men secured a small box and all
hands together soon had the ugly Gus
| toner safely Gagged. The station agent
/ has the snake on exhibition at the de-
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