The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

age OF the curious relic Is evidently lie
years.-LOgansport Pharos.
The libel suit against the Chronicle filed
by Tynlede Palmer Of Philadelphia for So
600. and James de Freit2s Of Rio Janeiro for
$4,000 for the publication Of an Associated
Press dispatch charging them with stealing
$4,000 Of the South American incandescent
light company. was dismissed in circuit
court on account Of the plaintiffs failing to
file cost bonds.-Marion Leader
For over twenty years Allen Farmer suf-
fered with a diseased leg, caused by a
gun-shot wound, which threatened to put
an end TO MS days on earth soon. The
diseased member was amputated within six
stood the operation remarkably well and
the indications now look favorable toward
his recovery.-Columbus Herald.
The fOur-year-old child OF l.. E. Bittinger
died Wednesday night Of diphtheria and at
the time set for the funeral there was not
mOurner to accompany the remains to the
final resting place. The family had all been
stricken down with the disease and the
dertaken went into the house, brought out
the coffin and took il away. All Of the
family are dangerously lift. Wayne Ga
zette.
Levi Delaughter, who resides southwest
Of Anderson, was in the city and when he
went TO go home he unhitched one of his
horses and while leading 1t to place the
earth suddenly gave way and the equine
was stuck tight and only his head and back
were visible. A dozen men worked three
hours before the animal was rescued from
its perilous observation-disclosures Herald.
On several occasions tempting baskets Of
dried fruit have been left in Mrs. August
Fricke's yard Acting on the advice of
neighbor, she fed the fruit to the chickens
and they were taken violently sick. Many
of them died. The lady is frightened and
has no idea who Is attempting the bastard
" work. She has been widow for twelve
wears and lives entirely alone.-Ft Wayne
Sentinel.
Near Leesburg, Kosciusko county, is
a thirty acre tract consisting exclusively
Of black walnut trees. 1t is kept clear of
underbrush and is more like a park than
a. forest. For this grove the owner was
offered $4,000. but 1t was refused. The
owner is holding it for his eleven grand
children and a further rise in price. He
keeps planting new trees from time to
time.-Ft. Wayne Sentinel.
The thirteen-months-old child Of Mr. and
Mrs. John NJ. Williams died Tuesday
morning. 1t was playing about the stove
in the kitchen Mrs. Williams had pre-
pared pan of grease for the purpose of
cooking a beefsteak; the baby reached up
and seized the handle Of the pan and spill
I ed the fiery contents over its face. The
/ flesh on the child's breast was literally
/ cOoked.-Columbus Herald.
a
near Crown Point, was bunkOed out of
! SS75 Tuesday morning by Hghting-rod
sharks. He bought lot Of rods for $27,
so he supposed. When the contract was
| signed he found he had been duped into
purchasing upward of thirty pieces at S27
each, or a total of about 1915 The swim
] die was so skillfully worked as 10 leave
no chance of legal prosecution.-South
! Bend Times.
The bones Of a mastodon have been IN
I earthed on the Rupel farm near North
/ Liberty in clay soil eight and one-half feet
/ below the surface. Above this was sand
! and gravel. The tusks measured eight
| and one-half feet in length. and the teeth
| weighed from five and one-half to six
! pounds each. About one-fourth Of the
| bones Of the animal were dug out and are
on exhibition in North LIberty.-South
Bend Tribune.
At Clark's Hill, Thursday, jerks Love
| less. fifteen wears of age. was accidently
| shot and instantly killed by Richard
! Slighter. The boys were out hunting. and.
1 while climbing over a fence, Slighter's
4 gun was discharged the entire T. ad TAX
4 ing effect i'm LoYeless's body at short
| range. The parents of the dead boy are
/ nearly crazy over the awful affair, as
! he was the idolized member of the family.
Frankfort Crescent.
| This afternoon Edward Hazard was
| digging in the ruins of the old police sta
/ ton and unearthed a peculiarly shaped lead
pipe containing a rusty revolver, a small
/ steel saw. a fine file, a bunch Of keys,
paddock and some cartridges packed closely
| together. These things apparently have been
! in the pipe fifteen or twenty years, and
| probably belonged 10 some crook who at
/ one time attempted TO saw his way out Of
! the lock-up.-Ft. Wayne News
Herman Gallrein awoke with a choking
sensation and smelled gas. He awakened
J his wife. and she also complained of a chok-
/ ing sensation. They went 10 the children's
| room and found them in an almost death
i like sleep, from which they were, with diff
/ ficulty. aroused. All the windows in the
| several rooms were opened and a search in
/ stituted for the leaking gas, which was
/ found to be in the hall. 1t was a narrow
! escape for the y.-Jeffersonville News.
| Some time ago Z. T. Staples, a manu-
/ featuring Opucian Of Georgetown, found
/ mOnds. He sent the stones to a lapdary
! at Philadelphia, VINO pronounced one of
| them 70 be a diamond Of great purity
! The precious stone is now in Mr.. Staples
| possession, is about the size Of two carats,
| and is fiawless. Mr.. Staples proposes to
| have the stone set in 4 gold ring, the gold
! TO be taken from the hills of Brown coun-
! ty.-Albany Ledger.
| The case Of John Speakman, as admin
/ istrator Of the estate Of Grace Speakman.
! deceased. was filed against the Mississine-
! wa gas company, asking for $4,000 dam
/ ages for the killing of Miss Speakman.
| Mr. Speakman charges the company with
/ negligence in laying the pipes of their line
! and connecting them together and their
/ condition. He is a painter by trade. but
/ suffers from debility contracted while in
] the late war. Miss Speakman was their
| only means Of approximation Leader.
! The twelve-year-old boy who lights and
| puts out the switch and target lights at
( COlburn, on the Wabash railroad, discov-
/ cred a drunken farmer with one Of his
! legs fastened in a cattle guard. He tried
/ to eXtricate the man. but was not strong
| enough. A freight train was approaching
! from the east, and the brave little fellow
| ran ahead as far as he could, swung his
/ lantern across the track, thus attracting
! the attention Of the engineer, who stopped
his train when within ten feet Of the man.
Lafayette Call.
! The case Of the state against Thompson
I Arnold was called in the Whitley circuit
court Monday. This man, together with
! James and Jesse Arnold, ran a bank and
1 mill at South Whitley and is alleged to
+ have gotten away with 100000 in deposits
+ and $4,000 bushels of wheat belonging TO
: farmers around that town. The court room
is crowded with the victims. The jury was
not secured until late Tuesday. There are
twenty-fOur indictments. Thompson is now
up for obtaining deposits under false pre-
tenses.-HuntingtOn Democrat.
| Alfred LOriauX, glassblower of Hart
! ford City, went to Huntington and the
| young son Of Pat Gaines was attracted by
! the continuous barking of a dog in a
: woods near bV He FASTENED I'm that dirac-