The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-14

Marion have died and without them the
town holds no attractions for him.-Brazn
Democrat.
On Sunday Mrs L. r. Slower was in
the neighborh0Od OF Boston visiting rela-
tives. The horse was turned out in a
l0-. Late in the afternoon Mrs Slower
went out to catch the equine. The ami
mai was i'm a playful mood and trotted
round her several times before he allowed
her TO approach within reach. Then he
acced az if he was ready to surrender.
but when she was within a few feet OF
his head he suddenly whrled and kicked
her on the cheek. cutting an ugly cash
and knocked her insensible TO the earth.
The animal, as if sorry for what he had
done, came and stood over her until
driven away by the folks from The house.
Luckily no bones were broken and she
was able TO be brought home yesterday.
II took several stitches to close up the
wound in her cheek and she will wear
the scar all her life.-Richmond Pala-
dunn.
Williamsburg is all excitement over the
discovery OF q vein Of soft coal that Is
said 10 be of excellent quality. The find
was made last Friday afternoon. Three
miles west Of Williamsburg James Cranor
owns farm Of considerable extent. Re-
Gently he set some Of his men 10 work
digging a well, and as they had been en-
gagged in making the excavation for a
week or more. were contemplating strik-
ing water. At a depth of fifty-one feet
one of the diggers brought up from the
clayish ground a piece OF black anthracite.
which, when examined closely, was found
TO be coal. Within a half-hour the men
had dug through a vein Of this coal near
" four feet in thickness. The width is
not known, but the vein runs in an easter
" direction from the point first located
and more wells VIII Immediately be sunk
to ascertain the extent of the find. Two
bushels of coal We're taken out Of the
''mlne" and tested in a fire. 1t burns ex-
cellently and resembles to a great ex-
tent the Jackson soft coal.-Brazu Demo-
crat.
one Of the strangest cases Of fatalities
has come 10 notice. Levi W. Root at
tended the old soldiers day celebration,
having returned from a visit in Fulton
county. While there he attended the
funera, Of three men, brothers, all being
buried on the same day. all dying at diff
ferent times. In company q Of his regi-
ment there were three brothers named
Wright. ar Of whom lost their health
during the war. After the war they
came back 10 Indiana and became resi-
dents once more Of Fulton county. Last
week Hiram Wright died Of heart disease.
Whi.e the family We're in the midst OF
the excitement attending such an event
another death occurred. Just three hours
after Hiram's death his Brother George
his end. The next morning Henry Wright.
the last Of the three brothers, died OF
heart disease. Three men. brothers, dy-
ing inside Of fourteen hours, all with the
same disease, provides a circumstances
never before chronicled in the state
Lafayette Courier.
William Burke OF Walton had an ex-
perience with a tiger at the circus winter
quarters near Peru that nearly cost him
his life. In company with friend, after
selling some old horses for meat, they in
spected the wild animals Burke patted
one of the tigers feet hanging from a
cage, thinking the brute was asleep. In
an instant the tiger, with
mighty roar stuck his big paw
through the bars. striking Burke
The animal pulled Burke to the cage and
in doing so tore a cash five inches long
in his scalp. The claw was l0osened from
his head, but caught lis clothes. Burke's
companion saw the accident and grabbing
his friend by the coat and began pulling
with all his might and finally succeeded
in freeing the captured man from the ami
NAL; not, however, until Burke's clothes
were torn almost from his body. The
cash in Burke's scalp was to the skull
and at one place there was flap one and
a half inches square hanging loose. Il
required seven stitches to close the
wOund.-LOgansport Pharos.
As expected. Edward NJ. Holloway, who
confessed to the crime Of wrecking Big
Four passenger train at Fontanet, and
spent three months in jail before his in
nocence was esta blished and the real cul-
prits arrested. has commenced suit
against the Big Four railway company.
demanding $4,000 damages for false inn
prisOnment. The suit was flied Friday
in the superior court. The complaint al
.eges that the defendant un.awfully
caused the arrest and imprisonment OF
d, fr,Hf al i'm, ~ fa Ia-
priyed of his liberty for three months,
during which time he suffered great in
dignities and suffered mentally and
physically; that when imprisoned by de-
PENDANT plaintiff was and always had
been a sound and healthy man mentally
and physically. but 10y reason Of his long
confinement in jail his heath had been
permanently injured. The persons who
actually wrecked the train, to which
crime Holloway himself confessed, as he
claims. at time when he was mo-
mentarily insane, are now in Jail. having
been indicted by the grand jury. and
viii be placed on trial in the near fu-
ture.-Terre Haute Gazette.
\ case OF surgery has been success
fully operated on in this city, The patient
now being 50 far recovered that she is
able 10 wax on crutches. The person
WAS Mrs. Edmund Grissum, who is
teaching school at Washington, Ind. Her
general health was good, with the eXcep-
ton of rheumatism in the region of the
heart. Some months ago this was par
italy relieved, but the pain seemed to be
transferred to the stomach. then 10 the
eft thigh. After awhile Mrs. Gresham
experienced the most excruciating pain
IN the big toe Of the left foot, and after a
very thorough examination the trouble
was diagnosed as senile gangrene. The
disease continued its ravages, finally
forming a line Of demarkatiOn just be-
low the knee The foot up to the ankle
became as dry, hard and wrinksed as an
EGYPTIAN mummy. The process Of slough
ing commenced on the calf Of the leg and
continued until the flesh was eaten away
as completely as If cut off with a knife.
Every particle Of flesh. muscle, tissues
and tendons were gone, the two bones be-
ing as bare as II they had been boiled.
The foot and ankle, as said. were dry
and parched. DR.. Drake amputated the
limb. Il is the theory OF the attending
physicians that the rheumatism I'm the
region Of the heart had caused a blood
clot TO form in that organ. This was
thrown out and passed into the circuia-
ton through the arteries and Travelled
through the body until il reached the
big toe. where IL lodged, stopping the
circulation and causing gangrene, with
the above Notwithstanding Republican.
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