The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Crops are reported good all over the

Crops are reported good all over the
country.
The corn In the river bottoms was
badly damaged by Thursdays storm.
At Fayetteville, w. Va, Wash Adkins
was hung for the murder of Ike Radford
II is said that the crops Of hickory
nuts and other mast will be large this
year.
Jonas Fisher. near Hope, had yield
Of 920 bushels OF wheat from twenty
acres.
A farm horse belonging to z. F. Will
kins. near Hayden, dropped dead from
overheating.
The blackberry season is almost over
The hot. dry weather has shortened the
| crop somewhat.
Johnson county. during the past year.
has sent fifteen representatives to the
southern penitentiary.
At Trenton, N. j., Joseph waIlwitz was
hanged for the murder Of Deputy Prison
keeper James y. Lippincott.
Good farm horses are cheaper in price
| than they were ever before known to be
in the Seymour neighborhood.
Allen Myers. an alleged negro conjurer,
was set upon and killed by a mob of ne
groes in Rankin county, Mississippi
E. B. Newly Tuesday finished thresh-
ing wheat. From ninety acres he secured
| 1888 bushels.-Columbus Republican
A mob overpowered the jailer at Wood
vile, Tex, and lynched William Grif-
| fifth. He was charged with assaulting a
| little girl.
Governor Pattison Of Pennsylvania is
sued warrants for the execution of
George SchmOns and George Dukovic at
| Pbttsburg on Sept 20.
The farmers are getting from 81 to $1.10
per barrel for their potatoes and Sl-25
| for onions, with a fairly active market
| New Albany Ledger.
Alpheus King yesterday threshed ninety
acres OF wheat yielding 1900 bushels, an
average of about eighteen bushels per
| acre.-COlumbus Times.
A gentleman Of close observation says
! that many Of our citizens are killing the
grass in their yards and lawns by cutting
| it too close with lawn mowers.
The scarcity Of apples throughout the
country has put UP prices beyond the
reach Of families in ordinary life, and only
| the rich can now enjoy this luxury.
Some of the New Albany councilmen
! are Of the opinion that that city ought
| TO surrender it's charter and wind up Its
| business, because 1t is so deeply In debt.
At Racine. Wis. Capt John Crandle
| shot his wife twice, once in the back of
| the head and once In the right shoulder.
and then committed suicide. His wife
/ may recover.
! Many Of our farmers say that they will
| feed wheat to their stock this winter,
| instead of corn. 1t is claimed that wheat
| possesses better fattening qualities than
| cOrn.-SeymOur Democrat.
A barn. with it's contents. located on
| the Springer farm a short distance from
| Selersburg, was destroyed by fire on
| the nth The fire was Of incendiary
| origin. Loss about two hundred dollars.
| One thousand bushels of wheat We're
| harvested off thirty acres by John s.
| Windell. and zoo bushels off twenty-seven
| acres by Jacob c. Lopp. both whose farms
/ are in Washington township, Harrison
| county.
Down in POsey county. which has been
! famous as a region of idyllic peace, the
| rude commercial spirit of the age has
asserted itself. In the very face Of the
! hard times a wealthy farmer paid 5000
for gold brick"
| film has gathered on Mr.. Gladstone S
| eye. and another slight operation will be
The samoans have sent to Emperor VIII
/ lam a petition praying that Germany annex
/ the islands.
/ The Twelfth republican convention nomi-
/ mated the Hon. J. G. Cannon of Danville.
! H.. for congress by reclamation.
Tie debate on the details of the govern
the French chamber of deputies.
| Michael L. Doyle, a New York dry
| goods dealer. assigned Liabilities and NOM
/ mai assets are placed at 100000
! The general executive board of the X.
| OF l.. held an informal meeting at Omaha,
| but did not transact any business.
| At Hackensack, y. J., Edward +. Griffin.
| well-knOwn stenographer in the New
/ York courts. committed suicide. Despond-
| ency
| Every pottery in East Liverpool, o., re-
| sumed work today after the largest strike
in the history Of the business In the Ohio
| valley.
| Last Sunday night at Coal City, Ill, John
| Brown killed his wife and committed sui
eide because she had deserted him for an
| other man.