The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-04

mother missing her and going to hunt
/ for her she was found in the cistern.
| She had managed to get the top moved
and fallen in. She had been in the water
/ for nearly half an hour and was dead
/ Richmond Palladium.
A little incident occurred Monday morn
| ing at the crossing of Spring-st. and
| COurt-ave. which showed considerable
! heroism on the part of the Waterman al
| the crossing, Joe Mckee and much
| carelessness on the part of the parents Of
. a little child. A little fodder, not more
| than three years old, neatly dressed and
| bright and smiling, had evidently been
| to the grocery TO get some things for the
folks at home. When he got to the
| middle of the track on Court-ave- he
| sat down and began TO look over the
| bundles just as the dinkey train was APP
! preaching Nobody had noticed the child
! except the Waterman, who at the risk
| Of his life, sprang upon the track, grabbed
! the child and got IT out OF the way
! barely in time to miss being run over.
| Who the little one was is not KNOWN
! Jacksonville News.
There is a dog at Deputy, this county,
( that is said TO chew tobacco. This ca
nine has something Of reputation, and
| his owner, the village postmaster, Is
| pardonably proud of him. When POntO
was a pup, twelve or thirteen years ago,
| Mr.. Baker was keeping store in Dep
uty. Ponto had a peculiar habit of lick
| ing his foot and when his master came
to investigate, he found that the dog
| had. been stealing tobacco from the
boxes in the store. He would tear the
tobacco into shreds, and, holding the to-
bacco in his paw, lick. away the sub
stance. From that day Ponto has been
welded 70 the weed Postmaster Bar
ker shares his daily allowance with the
dog, and Ponto now chews more than
| his master At the age of thirteen he
is still fat and healthy, while many
good dogs who came into the world with
him, and did not chew tobacco, have
passed to their long sleep.-Madison
Courier.
A boy about fifteen years old, who
came in on a train from the North Mon
day and was waiting at the Panhandle
station to make connections with train
for Marion attempted to cross the track
ahead of the Chicago express to get
drink from the adjacent pump. His foot
caught in the track and he fell not more
than a few yards ahead Of the engine.
Many of the Mortified spectators turned
away their eyes, but, either by virtue
OF his acquired momentum or by instinct,
the boy rolled out Of the way and OFF
the track. So close was his escape that
the front wheel tore his coat As soon
as the train came to a standstin the
crowd ran around 1T and found the boy
standing up and brushing off his clothes.
ly took il as a regular incident of the
journey. He did not seem to realize his
miraculous escape and was distressed
only because he had 'tOred his clos"
He boarded the train which had so nearly
killed him and went on 10 Marion alone.
-LoganspOrt Journal.
Perry Polk, the man whose romantic
story has been published in all of the
papers, resigned from Kelley's army at
New Albany Monday and this morning
he returned 10 his home at Greenwood,
Ind, where his brother the Rev. James
Polk. conducts the well-knOwn manu-
factory where 'Polk's Best" canned
goods are put up. Folks father. who
was recently stricken with paralysis. is
very old and the son, who has been
rowing for years, was anxious to see him.
He went to Jacksonville yesterday and
renewed acquaintance with many old
friends, with whom ne was a favOrite
while running on the J., NJ. l. road.
twenty years ago. He has been an In
dian fighter, a gold miner, a mail agent
on the frontier between Red Cloud
agency and Custer City, and almost
everything else, including a captain in
Kelley's army, which he Joined at San
| Francisco when it was first organized.
He is one of the best fellows living, but
he has gone all the charlottesville
Post.
The deputy sheriff Of LaSalle county.
| Marion Monday hunting for the muir
derer of Mr. Whitmore's brother, L. A.
Whitmore, which occurred at Ransom,
June 4. John OXley Of Van Buren, town.
ship was i'm that vicinity at the time and
il was suspicioned that he was one of
the murderers. Sheriff Williams ana j.
| II. BoXell went out to Monroe township
Sunday night, where OXley was known
to be, and chased him as far as Van
| Buren, before he was OYertaken. He was
| brought to town and lodged in Jail, and
when the Illinois deputy sheriff and the
brother OF the murdered man came last
evening they visited the Jail and Whit
more said he was not one of the men.
The murder occurred about 10 o'clock.
The murdered man was counting out the
cash, and his wife and brother were in
the rear end Of the store when two men
appeared and covered them with re-
volvers f.. A. WhitmOre attempted 10
defend himself and was shot dead The
men escaped. The brother says he would
know the men If he saw LIBERALIZATION
Chronicle.
Prof. w. H. Hershman was last week
rendered the superintendency Of the New
Albany city schools. The offer came to
him unsolicited and unlocked for it
simply being an Invitation to step up and
assume a position more nearly common
surate with his growth in educational
work. AS Mr.. Hershman had been
elected superintendent OF the schools of
this city for the coming year. ne laid
the matter before the school board for
their considera ton. The board after con-
sldering the matter offered to raise the
salary of the superintendent This Mr..
Hershman refused to accept, saying that
IL was not so much the salary in which
he was interested as ii was. the OppoT-
tunity presented OF rising in the profess
sion. The board, after considering the
matter in this light, accepted his resig-
nation. While il was done with some
degree of hesitation it was at the same
time done with a kindly spirit, the board
feeling that while it was their duty to
work for the benefit of our schools 1t
waz-nane the less the< duty to regard