The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-20
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

The teachers Of Carroll county are no.
titled that the county normal will begin
Monday. July 8, and continue six weeks
James Malone caught a rattlesnake in
the act of swallowing a squirrel in the
marsh of John Shrock i'm Lagrange coun-
| ty The snake measured two feet and
half in length and had seven rattles and
a button.
]. w. s. Mercer, ex-editor of the
| Brownstown Banner, ard who of late
years was partner in the indianapolis
| Gazette, is lying at the point OF death
with consumption at his residence in
/ Brownstown.
Ex-President Harrison. who was in
vited by the Battle Ground memorial as
ISOLATION to deliver the memorial address
at Battle Ground June a. has declined
the invitation. urging pressing business
affairs as an excuse.
The brick residence belonging to the
estate of the late Capt. Ruben A. Riley.
father Of James Whitcomb Riley, at
Greenfield was destroyed by fire Monday.
Loss. 50 900. The house was an old land
mark and was first used as a county
seminary.
w r. Beaman writes from Harrisburg.
Pa, that he believes that the late Capt.
z. G. Beaman. found dead on the rail-
way near Lafayette recently, is his
father. He has not seen his father for
fifteen years and has reasons to believe
him.
The barn of Marion Whipple, four and
a half miles west Of town, near Upton,
was destroyed by fire Tuesday night.
Two mules We're burned to death, and
one horse was seriously injured, losing
both eyes. al of his hay, corn and
farming implements were also destroyed.
No insurance
Mrs Emma Wyburn, who occupied
rooms upstairs. is missing. and no one
seems TO know where she is. She left
the city some two weeks ago and said
she was going to New Castle, but ii is
! learned that she did not go there. and
where she is seems 10 be a mystery
Richmond Independent.
THE county is now in 2 mighty good
| condition." said Perry T. Gorham. I'VE
| have $4,000 in the treasury and only owe
! $4,000. All of the bridges recently or
| dered built are already paid for, we
won't have to go TO the fund again to
settle for them. l think you will find
very few counties in the state that are
| any better off than Clinton county,
Frankfort Crescent
The Brownstown town council reduced
| the liquor license from $3.50 TO 500 al
their last meeting by a vote Of to 3.
The salary of secretary Of board of
| health was increased from $25 TO $50 per
| annum. After the reduction of the liquor
| license James B. Stilweu a councilman,
| rendered his resignation, saying that he
did not desire TO be a member Of board
that would reduce the license of the
| saloon men.
| L. NJ. Wilkinson, a noted mind-reader,
| gave an exhibition Of his powers on the
street last Saturday. He drove a team
| blindfolded through the street and found
| an article that had been hidden by
| committee These feats are not difficult
and are easily understood when the par
ties are in contact with each other, but
in this case he drove the team without
| touching a member of the committee
Laporte Argus.
Complaint is made that certain BIZ
| cyclists speed their wheels on the paved
streets at night without any light or
warning for people on the street. One of
| these wheelmen made a boast of rate
| Of forty miles an hour the other night,
and he travelled without light. A little
hard horse sense" ought to teach man
to provide some warning if he expects TO
travel a public street at such a rate
Hammond News.
A delegation Of visitors from Mon
mouth, H., Inspected the court house
Saturday Such pilgrimages from sur
rounding towns are of frequent occur
renee and the visitors are all greatly
pleased with the building. The express
sion is universal that while the building
cost a good deal of money, it shows
honest and beautiful work and is well
worth the money paid for 1t. Nothing
/
the exterior and interior.-Laporte Ar
gus
a couple came down on the electric
car shortly after noon today The man,
| who was under the "fOOence," asked to
| be directed to where they could get mar
ried. Gus Tabbatt piloted. them to Judge
Irish's office where they were soon mar
RED in the presence of three parties who
| ch5nced TO be present. The groom gave bis
name as Gale r. Sharp and his age as
thirty-two. The bride answered to the
name of Catharine Williams, and both
gave South Chicago as their home
Hammond News.
On Saturday the fire bell rung long and
| loud. The streets became packed with
| people all anxious to learn where the
fire was. The bell rung on and on. Fin
| ally some one wandered upstairs at the
town building and found in session a
monster Johnston indignation meeting
There were just seven persons present
Speeches and speeches was the program,
and all denounced Lands. Some went
so far as TO say they "be d-n'' if they'd
vote for him. There being no other buis-
ness this large gathering Dispersed
Hammond News.
\ man and wife of this city, who have
been married some thirty years, have
not spoken to each other for number of
/ years and neither of them are deaf and
| dumb They are not divorced and live
under the same roof eat at the same
table, but occupy separate couches. They
have grown children and are grand
| parents and live with a son. His wife
washes, patches and sometimes cooks
for her husband and he furnishes part
Of the living. They became estranged
a long while ago and both are sticking
1t out" and may die without speaking
! New Albany Public Press.
While boring for water on the farm Of
Joseph Weist, three miles southeast of
| Kentland, coal was found at a depth of
forty-two feet. Above the vein of coal,
which is eight and one-half feet thick, is
a strata of slate and above the slate
is rock, which will permit of 1t being
mined The coal has not been tested by
experts but it appears to be anthracite.
In the last two weeks two veins of coal
have been found. and ii is probable that
some effort will be made to put it on the
market A sample of the coal was
brought to this city Tuesday. and men
who Inspected it pronounced 1t to be as
good as the Clay county or Pittsburg
product.-Kentland Democrat
Winamac is going to lose the Rev J.
| II. MaVity OF the Christian church, a
fact we are sorry to chronicle. He ten
dered his resignation as pastor few
days ago. and it was later accepted. This
action is taken with none but the best
of feeling on both sides. Mr.. Mavity
likes his congregation and surroundings
here very much and is held in the high
est esteem by his people and the public
T2ut thew have a liberal Offer