The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

when found only S11 could be found. He
was over eighty years old, and is sup
/ posed to have been murdered for his
: mOney.-Albany Ledger.
Elnora Hill. by her next friend. John o.
: Hi, filed a complaint in the circuit court
/ this morning asking $1,000 a damages
from the city Of Marion for injuries re-
/ ceived on Sept. 1. 1894, when she tripped
and fell over a wire stretched across the
/ sidewalk on S. Adams-st., near Four
teenth-st. In falling she broke her left
| arm, and has been at great deal Of eX-
pense.-Marion Chronicle.
4 Crawford preacher created conster-
nation in his audience by Directing TO the
/ black coffin in which the remains of
good citizen were placed for burial He
| favored snowy white collins and instead
! OF Grape on the door huge streaming
/ white ribbon. There should be rejoicing
/ instead of sorrow. When bad man
| dies he should he buried I'm a black coffin
at the dead Of night.-EllShart Journal
Two barns were struck by lightning last
! Saturday night within a short distance
! Of this city, and today news was received
/ in the city that a barn on the Lawrence
| farm, nine miles west Of the city was
struck by lightning and destroyed, to-
( gether with its contents. In the barn
! the crop of hay was stored and The crop
! of unthrashed oats. All was destroyed,
] entalling a loss Of $1,000. - Ft Wayne
/ News.
/
| terial from a Vandaila freight car near
| Sample-st Monday morning when his
| horses became frightened at an engine
and ran away Watkins got out OF the
| wagon unhurt. The wagon tongue struck
/ a tree and broke IL off. the broken end
running in one OF the horses near the
! shoulder. The animal died soon after
| the pole was extracted.-South Bend
| Tribune.
C. b. Harrod. the Scottsburg lawyer,
| passed through the city last evening on
/ his way to Madison. where he viii to-
| day institute an action in the jefferson
| circuitlcourt against the Il. e. O. $. w.
| railroad company for $4,000 damages.
| The suit Is to be filed in behalf Of the
| heirs Of the late James Bruce, who was
struck by train and sustained injuries
| which caused his death-Jeffersonvilie
! Item in Courier-Journal.
| The Rev. John J. Wicker, a talented
| and eloquent young divine Of Virginia,
| has been called 20 the pastOrate of the
| baptist tabernacle. The new minister is
| a graduate OF the Louisville baptist theo-
! logical seminary and Is highly spoken of
by all who have had the pleasure Of his
! acquaintance in or out Of the pulpit. He
! has been accepted by the congregation
! and Will remove with his wife 70 this city
| in a few days.-Albany Ledger.
| During the storm in the north part of
| the state, Engineer Lew Raub of the
Monon had a strange visitor In his cab.
| As the train ran through the storm at
| Pinkamink marsh, big English bittern
| flew into the cab, seeking shelter from
| the elements. The strange night visitor
| was captured and brought to this city
| alive. Mr.. Raub will have the bird
| killed and will place it in the hands of
a Observation-Disclosures Courier.
| Mrs. Dryer. residing at Dayton. has
| a turkey gobb!er, which during the sea-
| son wanted to set. Six eggs were placed
| at his disposal. and he took all possible
| care of them the same as the hen turkey.
! Five turkeylols We're Matched out Of the
six eggs. The numbering gobber man.
| aged to step on one egg but the five are
/ all right and growing nicely. The old
fellow Is caring FIR them and shows him.
| self to be an excellent scra tcher-Lafay-
| cite Call.
Persons who visited Seventh-st. sta
ton Sunday evening were permitted to
see a giant ramed Lyman Kroo. who
| originally came from the west coast of
! Africa He claimed to be feet 2l2
| inches tail and none who saw him cared
| to argue this question with him. This
man understood the Russian, English
| and Spanish language. This giant was
| for time missionary. bur is now tray
cling for the White combination COM
| pany.-COlumbus Republican
| Archie Thompson Saturday entered suit
/ against Jacob Davis, John NJ. Davis,
Newton S. Jones, Peter T. Wills, Ben
| jamin Chambers. W. T. Strickland and
| Fremont Davis for the collection Of a
| note Of 81 500. The plaintiffs comprise
the syndicate that purchased the Cali
! fornia horse. Anteo Wilkes, two years
/ ago, for which $500 paids The
| above note was given Nov. is, 1892 upon
| which the interest for the first year and
| $500 was paid.-COlumbus Herald
Florence ]. Pierce OF this city has filed
| suit for divorce and 81. 800 alimony
against George Pierce of White county.
| The Pierces had one divorce suit at Mon
| ticellO early in the spring, in which Mrs.
! Pierce was refused a divorce. She then
/ came to this city and took up her resi-
| dence with her sister, Mrs II. H. B.
| Moore. The defendant is wealthy
| farmer living near Monticello. Mrs.
| Pierce also asks the custody of their
| three children.-Logansport Pharos.
With the thermometer registering 30
| degrees in the shade few South Marion
| boys INDUCED in snowballing Thursday
afternoon. Snow accumuates on the pipes
| in the cold storage room al the ice fac
| tory to such an extent that it has to be
| removed every two or three months Yes
terday about three or four wagon loads
| of this snow was dumped in the street
where it was found by the boys. Sides
were chosen and a SNOWFALL fight, which
| would delight ones heart in December.
| NATURALIZATION Chronicle.
One Of the heaviest damage suits ever
filed has been brought against the Mo-
non at New Albany. william II. Hurst
| asks $4,000 for personal injuries. He was
employed by the company May 10 in re-
pairing and enlarging the tunnel on the
| Swift City branch. near Owensburg.
| While the men were so employed the roof
of the tunnel gave way. falling on a num-
| Der of the workmen. Two were killed
| outright and Hurst was so badly injured
about the head that he lost the sight OF
| his right eye-Lafayette Courier.
The barn owned by Dora Jordon, who
| lives north of the city about six miles,
| was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon.
| He has son about seven wears old, who
made himself a corncob pipe. He took
some matches from the house and went
| out to the barn to have a smoke. After
| lighting his pipe he threw the match over
| I'm the hay. He had a good fire, but
| didn't have time to smoke. as he had
! very close call in getting out of the barn.
| The barn, together with wheat, hay and
| oats. was burned up.-Huntington DEM
| ocrat
! The bear which has been seen in differ
| ent parts Of Sugar Creek township for the
past two months swas captured Monday
afternoon near st. Mary's by James Nc
| Maine. II was a tame bear and did not
| offer fight when caught by Mr.. McMaine.
! Recently the animal has been seen north
| of WOOd.awn cemetery and has been shot
| at. Daring It's freedom in Sugar Creek
| It played havoc with farmers hens and
| hogs The bear Is supposed TO have es-
| caDed from its owner at Robinson, H..
| The hyena which has been seen near West
| Terre Haute Is still at large.-Terre Haute