The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
GENERAL STATE NEWS.


Chicago. but stops in Michigan City
part of the time.-Laporte Argus.
Sam Sing Lee, the Chinese laundry
man, lately took in a partner. Saturday
he had S45 in greenbacks and $1S in sill
Yer, which he neglected to deposit in
the bank till too late. He then wrapped
il in paper and placed it in an old and
seldom used stove. Yesterday the young
partner got up to get breakfast, built
a fire in the stove and burned up Sans
greenbacks and melted his silver.-Elk-
hart Review.
The first new wheat was brought TO
market Wednesday by John Spander of
MillhOusen. and Herman Sherman. just
north of here. got second blood by bring
ing in a lot on Thursday. Mr.. Spander
sold 10 the Habig City mills and Mr..
Sherman TO II. c. Stockman. The price
paid was 90 cents. The grain is most ex-
cellent, and weighs from sixty TO sixty
two pounds per bushel, test MEASURE
Greensburg Era.
BY Sept. 1 the DePauw window glass
works at Alexandria, Ind, will be run
ming at full capacity with $50 operatives,
the United window glass company's
plant having $50 employees the Alexan-
dria window house with its $50 men.
The DePauw plate works which will
have on IT'S payroll 400 laborers, and
the mammoth plant Of the Lppincott
flint glass works with 600 employees, max
ing grand total of over $500 glass
workers.
J. Smith Talley of Terre Haute, one of
the owners of the Harrison mine, came
down Monday to try and induce his men
TO resume work at lower rate than the
Columbus agreement called for. The
scale calls for 40 cents per ton and Mr..
Talley only wants to pay so cents. The
men say that inasmuCh as MIR. Talley
was one Of the operators who signed the
agreement they will stay out till doOms-
day before they will work for 60 cents
Clay City Sentinel.
The gIassWorkers' carnival was in full
blast Saturday night A monster dance
was one of the features of the evening;
a dancing platform covering nearly an
acre of ground was filled with dancers
all the evening and the glasswOrkers'
band made excellent music for the
dancers. Hundreds of Hartford City
people, besides many visitors from jean
nette. Pittsburg and other glass centers
were present and viii remain during
the week.-Hartford City Telegram.
Gen. Lew Wallace and the Hon. Maurice
Thompson were here Tuesday evening
stopping long enough in town to get a
horse shOd, when they went down to the
creek on fishing trip TO either catch
string of bass or buy 'em Of the small
boy who always has good luck down
that way Ii is not often that our town
Is honored by visit of two such men
as they are, but their common Hoosler
manners is such that no one, unless
they knew them, imagined the distinc-
ton of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
The funeral of the late Aaron Bateman,
EliZabethtown. was one of the largest
that ever took place in the county No
regular services were held by a minister
but the funeral rites We're conducted by
the masonic lodge of EllZabethtOwn. The
Knights Of Pythias and c. A. r. of that
place were present in bodies. and many
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and other places were in attendance.
The funeral was conducted in accordance
with the wishes Of the eceased.-Colum-
bus Herald.
a colored youth was captured by Mar
shall Smith near the depot Saturday
night, who was supposed - be the negro
murderer, Frank Caldwell who attempted
such heineous crime in Cincinnati last
Friday at 10 O'Clock. He had enticed an
insurance agent into a house and cow
ardly attacked him with a Ratchet. Tho
captured colOred man was held until Sun
day morning. when two detectives from
Cincinnati came up and found out he
was not the man. The prisoner was re-
leased-Liberty Herald.
Some of the Richmond boys who went
to Ft. Wayne as deputies thought they
could resign and come home when they
wanted TO, and only expected to stay
few days. Tt now seems that they are
really under the same laws as regularly
enlisted United States soldiers and can't
come home until the government re-
leases them; if they do they are desert
ers. If this thing keeps on they are as
liable to be sent 10 California as they
are 10 stay at Fit. Wayne, if needed
there.-Richmond Palladium
cutting scrape of the most serious
nature happened at Cldrk's Hill last
Friday and il has just come TO light in this
city. William Loveless stabbed his
father-in-law, oliver Tyre, in the back
and side, and the injured man ROW lies
in a preCarious condition. Mr.. Tyre re-
ceived two very bad cuts deep and long,
and several others. For a while it was
thought that he would die, but it is said
that he may recover. LOVeless was ar
rested and bound over to the grand Jury
in the sum of $500 by Justice Northrup.-
Lafayette Courier
The congregation of the English
Lutheran church, which holds it's
services in the normal building, was hor-
rifed last Sunday by the discovery Of
playing cards distributed through the
hymn books. The books were also de-
faced by the writing Of disreputable
verses. which also appeared upon the
blackboard. Elder Sweeney, who recent
" became owner of the normal building
a a cost Of 81 600, is making an inVesti-
CATION, and if the culprits are found
they will receive the full benefit of the
law.-Columbus Herald
w II. Lewis brought the first new
wheat to this market and delivec'ed it to
Lorig & Weber. The berry is good and
the yield heavy, but there is some smut
grains in it. These grains appear TO be
solid but they 3re light, and il is be-
lieved they viii blow out in the cleaning
mills without material damage to the
other seed The price is not yet fixed
but it will probably be from 80 cents up
ward. Tha farmers were threshing in
many places Wednesday, and plenty Of
new wheat will be in the market in a day
or two.-Laporte Argus.
A movement having for its object the
placing of one or two women on the
school board has been started among
some of the leading ladies of the city.
1t is proposed to circulate a petition ask
ing the city council to increase the board
from three to five members and to elect
one or both of the new trustees from
the ranks Of our progressive women.
They mean no reflection on the present
management of the schools but think
il only justice that the mothers should
have a voice in the affairs which so
much concern them.-Crawfordsv
Journal
The republicans of the Fourth con-
gressional district will meet in delegate
convention here Thursday, Aug. 2, at 10
O'Clock ca. m, we suppose, call doesn't
say, to nominate a candidate for con-
gress. The convention will be composed
of 1872 delegates, apportioned among the
several counties on the basis of one del
egate and alternate delegate for each 100
votes and each fraction of fifty or over
cast for first republican presidential cleo