The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

] or money left with him by his mother. He
also alleges that an attempt has been made
! 10 cover up the shortage by fictitious en-
! tries. The son charges that his father
| squandered the money.-Columbus Herald
The case of William Gribbens against
John Davis and Francis Conn was tried
! Wednesday before Judge McCon-
nell and a jury. The suit was
terest, amounting to $40. Conn, who is
security, resisted payment, alleging that
his signature was forged. The jury
. thought otherwise, and declined to relieve
him from the onsibility.-Logansport
PharOs.
The damage suit brought by J. NJ Braf-
ford for $4,000, as administrator of the es-
tate of Samuel Cornthwait, who was killed
by one Of the company's trains some time
ago, resulted in a verdict for 50 900 being
given the plaintiff. The suit has attracted
! considerable attention all along. At first
! suit was filed for $4,000 in the higher court,
but later on was brought here and filed,
: the amount asked for being $2,000.-Frank-
/ fort Crescent
/ Wednesday afternoon some naighbors of
: Mrs. Byron Colbert, aged seventy-two, who
| lives at HudsOnviEe, found the aged lady
| lying upon the ground near fire in her
! yard, over which she had been rendering
! lard, apparently dead. They carried her
/ into the house, where It was discovered
! that there were StL. signs of life, but she
!
1 to have been the cause of her Death
| Washington Democrat.
A good story has just leaked out re-
! garding Prof. DeVOre, the phrenolOgist,
/ who was here short time ago. 1t seems
\ that one young man was having his head
/ examined. well" said the professor,
| you ought to write poetry" Hold on"
/ said the young man, handle that care
\ fully, took a poem around TO an editor
the other day and that bump is what I
! got, please don't bear down so hard on
| it.'-Lake County News
! For some lime past Arthur Muldoon a
! prominent farmer of Burdick, this county,
! has been missing wheat from his granary.
/ Saturday he went TO Valparaiso and swOre
/ out a warrant for the arrest of Al DAILY
and Charles Gable of Chesterton. C0nsta-
/ BILE Williams late Saturday night succeeded
\ in arresting DAILY and Glbel and took them
| TO Jail at Valparaiso. The men had their
preliminary examination yesterday after
noon.-Michigan City Dispatch.
| John McGOvern, the Southwestern night
| caller, met with very painful accident. A
| few evenings ago he got a cinder in one
] Of his eyes, which necessitated the same
| being kept bandaged Wednesday night,
| in going from the rOund-hOuse to the
! office, the bandage slipped over the other
| eye and without stopping 10 adjust the
J bandage, being in a hurry, he rushed on
/ and fell into the pit of the turning table,
! breaking his only arm at the wrist.
| A large party Of old veterans is organ
| iZng at OSgO0d TO march in army style
| to the dedication Of the Chickamauga ba,-
| tlefield next September. Two wagons will
| constitute the supply train and Will carry
| in addition 10 provisions and camp equip
| ments, fOwling pieces and fishing tackle
| The route Travelled viii take the boys over
| fields that must inspire reminiscent moods
and the trip made in this way cannot fail
to be highly enj0yable.-NOrth Vernon Sun.
| AR haV h1n0 bor
| Pete langley, south Of town. in the hog
| line. He had tWenty-fOur fine fat ones that
he could have sold at a good figure, but
| that he thought he would hold for a little
| more feeding and probably a little better
! price. Cholera got among them, and of the
] tWanty-fOur he has buried twenty, but hopes
! to be able TO save the other four His stock
| hogs had the disease, too, but only lightly
and none Of them died.-Pulaski County
Democrat
This morning John Solomon and John
| Pulliam fell from a scaffOd, which they
| had erected at Callender's new warehouse,
! which is in process Of erection, and were
seriously hurt. They were fixing to side
| up the building and had made the scaffold,
| but the weight of the two men broke the
| timbers and they fell twenty-five feet TO
| the ground Mr.. Solomon was picked up
| for dead. but soon revived. Several great
gashes were cut on his head. Mr.. Pulliam
is bruised badly.-Vincennes Sun.
Otto Oppelt. the druggist. E gentleman of
| large apacity for the study of science,
| has discovered a new method for the
manufacture Of gas out Of slate stone.
He has been experimenting with it for
some nine months and has finally demon
| strated the problem to a nicely and has
already taken the initial steps for legally
| securing his discovery by taking out
| letters patent. The doctor says out of
eight pounds of the slate he can manu-
flcture 200 cubic feet of gas.-New Albany
Ledger.
The other afternoon, while Clarence Nor
ford, the siX-year-old son of Abe M0rford
and wife of New Palestine, was PLAYING
In the saw mill yard at that place. he met
with an accident that cost him his life. He
and several other little boys were PLAYING
with the car that is used in hauling In logs.
when he fell off, striking his head against
skid and fracturing his skull. He died
in very short time in awful agony. Mrs
Morford gave birth to a still-born child the
same evening, owing to the severe shock
caused by the death Of her son.-Morris-
town Sun.
A newspaper man is blamed with a lot
Of things he can't help, such as using
Partially in mentioning visitors, giving
news about some folks and leaving out
others, etc. He simply prints the news
ne can find Some people inform about
such things and others do not An editor
should not be expected to know the names
and residences of all your uncles. aunts
and cousins, even If he should see them
get off the train Tell him about 1t. It's
news that makes the newspaper and every
woman and child can be an associate edi-
tOr.-New Castle News.
The Hon. Jesse J. Brown has rendered
his resignation to the city council of the
office of sinking fund commissioner of
New Albany after a most efficient and
wise service since the establishment of the
sinking fund commission by the legisla-
ture Mr.. Browns resignation results
from impaired health and his desire to
spend the reminder Of his life as free as
possible from business cares. The resigna-
ton was accepted by the council with re-
luctance, but in accordance with Mr.
Browns wishes and for the reasons ex-
pressed by him.-New Albany Ledger.
While horseback riding last Saturday
morning Chester Davis son of c. d. Davis,
was thrown off and seriously injured. one
leg being broken in two places and his
head and body badly bruised. In slipping
from the saddle the boys foot caught in
the stirrup and he was dragged ahead
down 4 distance Of two squares before ne
was freed by the breaking Of the glrth.
That he escaped death is due, probably, to
the fact that while bounding about over
the rough street he caught the animals
hind leg with A death grip and held on un-
I'll the saddle-glrth broke.-North Vernon
Plaindealer.
A guitar made by +. T. Murden of
South KOkomo, who has been employed on
it at odd times since last June, has been
completed. 1t Is handsomely decorated
with inlaid woods, there being eighteen
different woods used in the IL 900 pieces