The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13


northward in the cut near Walnut Ridge
cemetery. Engineer John Hutchinson
and Fireman Ned Dwyer saw him. but
they both supposed he would get out of
, the way. The usual danger signal was
sounded, however, but the unfortunate
man failed TO heed it. and when the
trainmen realized the danger it was too
late.
People sometimes wonder how fires
originate and are apt to suspect some
1ncendiary. While the painting Of the
Darn or GOdloVe Corandt. in Miami cOun-
", was in progress some days since
pair of overalls, hanging against the side
of the barn, pretty well saturated with
linseed oil and paint, ignited. a case of
spontaneous combustion, and caused dan
ger to the building Timely discovery
averted a fire. Spontaneous combustion
Is by no means rare and every man who
has worked about a mill has seen in
stances of 1t. The proper thing to do is
TO avoid leaving oil-sOaked clothing lying
about-LOgansport Journal.
The city council is considering the ad-
Instability of building a work house for
the accommodation of the prisoners that
receive sentence in the police court. Ii
has always been the custom to send city
prisoners to Jail to lay out sentence
and do nothing but wax fat off Of plenty
of good grub, all at the expense of the
county The mayor and city attorney
went before the commissioners Thursday
morning TO see how much the county
would be willing to contribute toward
building q work house. The commission
ers seemed to look at the proposition
favorably; said they would consult the
county attorney. state law provides
for the building of work hOuses.-Bloom-
ingtOn Courier
Mrs. Frelinghausen was taken in charge
by Poor Trustee SIMS Tuesday in Lafay-
cite, and Will be detained until she re-
covers from an illness which seized her
upon her arrival. Mrs. Frelinghausen
came Sunday. accompanied by three va
Uses, four umbrellas and dog. and wear
ing her winter clothing. She was al once
recognized by Union depot attaches as the
old lady who For fifteen years has wan
dered over the country looking for a
trunk lost in railroad wreck. She is
demented and has no relatives. and kind
people feed her and keep her in clothing
She was taken i'll at the depot and Trus-
tee SIMS was called to look after her
Mother Frelinghausen is we'll known to
railroad men in the middle states.
\ representative of Jerry, Powell &
Co. of Indianapolis, who are the west
ern agents of Goldsmith & Co. of New
York City, came here today and loaded
eighteen cars of fat cattle. Two hum
bred and twenty-one head of the cattle
were purchased of S. Weber Smith
These cattle weighed 337 $50 pounds, and
brought Mr. Smith over SI3.65O. George
1880 pounds and brought Mr.. Werner
about 500. John Dahn had eighteen
head that weighed 23.47O pounds, and
brought over $3.50. Taking all things
into consideration. this is one Of the
best shipments of choice cattle this coun-
" has ever had These cattle are for
export-Columbus Republican.
A preacher in an adjoining county
whose congregation was very reluctant
about putting anything into the colec-
tion basket, had an unusually good col
lection the other night. He had grown
tired pleading with is audience to open
their hearts and explaining 10 them the
blessedness Of giving. Some one had
stolen a hog from one Of his members
and before passing the basket the preach
er said; Now. l want everybody in this
congregation tonight 10 contribute some
thing, excepting the man who stole
Deacon JOneS's hog" The basket then
went around, and no one failed to give
The scheme was worthy Of the genius
of Lorenzo Dow, and might serve as a
mint TO other ministers who have parsi-
monious regations.-BlufftOn Banner.
a committee of two from the striking
miners at Rosedale struck town Tuesday
in search of money to help the men and
their families through until the trouble
was adjusted. They thought the strike
would be over in about "A week and said
there was considerable suffering amor
the strikers. They wanted Mayor Ban
del to head the subscription list. but he
refused TO do SO, saying there was enough
poverty in Charlottesville that needed
caring for without sending money out
of town and too many men out Of en-
plOyment here at home. The committee
replied that without the influence of the
mayors name at the head of the lis
they could do no good here and an
nounced their intention of returning
home on the next train.-Crawfordsv
Journal.
n trio of Shelbyville wheelmen visited
our city Sunday. Their names and the
wheels they rode: John Maloy, AriOn:
Ned COmstock. Central, and William
Pyles, Cleveland. They left Shelbyville
at 7:30 a. m. and arrived here at 10 a.
M making a slow run of two hours and
one-half. They left here about O'Clock
on their return trip They report the
roads fairly good. Fred Stilingea, Ed
Maley, Will Lake, Sherman Lucas and
Frank Hibbs left this city on their
wheels at $50 yesterday morning. ar
irving at Franklin at $50. returning left
Franklin at ?, stopped at Edinburg
reaching here at 8. Roads elegant Clark
Culley came down on his wheel from In
dianapOhs to visit his cousin, Miss L0ttie
Arwine, and went back on the night
train.-COlumbus Times.
1t is pleasing 10 note the fact that
American tools and machinery are be-
coming sharp competitors with the En-
ghSh products. not only in neutral mar
kets, but in the British home market
also. Churchill & Co. extensive import
ers Of American machinery in England
write that their sales for 1898 were &c
per cent. better than in 1892. In Ger
many, the Frankfurter Zeitung praises
American products of this kind and pre-
diets that We shall soon surpass all other
nations in the manufacture of tools and
machinery. In Honduras the British
consul notes the crowding out of En-
glish mining machinery by the American
product. and writes home asking if they
cannot make machinery there any longer
which Is able 10 compete with that from
the United States.-South Bend Times.
A novel entertainment was given in
the chapel of the First presbyterian
church last evening by the ladies of the
Endeavor society. 1t was called an in
ternational convention of the AIilkmaids'
association. Miss Allie Koonse presided
and Miss Lulu Bean acted as secretary
Of the convention. Each delegate was
required to make a report from her dis
trfct or suggest some idea for the veal
of the association, and the session, which
lasted for more than an hour, was a
clever burlesque and the medium of
much amusement. All of the characters
were well represented. An initiation
cow had a prominent place on the plat
form and, after the convention, yielded
an abundance of buttermilk and ice
cream for the refreshment Of the audi
ence. The affair was novel and sue
cessful one.-Lafayette Journal.
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