The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-10
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

/ A man Is missing at ouihEt5 utiN a.
| seems a number of farmers IN that VI
! cinitv are interested i'm his whereabouts.
/ His name is George Miller, and managed
] the elevator at that place. IL is said
/ that quite a number OF farmers mad
! their wheat stored with him and that
! he contracted numerous debts, some of
/ which are however secured by ms
| father.
| Lawrence SoIari, son of A. Solari. the
/ Well-knOwn ice cream maker and fruit
| dealer, went TO Los Angeles, Cal, some
! months ago TO engage in the wholesale
| ice cream business for which he is pecu-
| liarly fitted. So favorable has he found
things that he is just now engaged in
| erecting a wholesale ice cream factory
| go by 120 feet L Los Angeles. His faith
er and mother will cave for there soon
after the first of the year.-South Bend
Times.
The directors of the Jay county fair
J association met last Thursday and elect
ed the following officers: s. +. Gemmell
PRESIDENT William Newton. vice-presi-
dent; Elijah Lyons, second vice-presi-
dent; W. NJ. Haynes. treasurer; G.. w.
Bergman, secretary; John Detamore, su-
| perintendent, and Fnoeb Ware marshal
The board meets Feb. %, to make ar
rangements and preparations for the
next fair which will be held Sept. 24-2S
| inclusive.
An attempt was made to wreck the
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! road Thursday near Logansport by plac-
| ing a tie on the track. 1t so happened
that an extra freight train came run
ming along a few minutes ahead Of the
| passenger and the obstacle was sighted
| In time TO prevent material damage. A
| similar attempt to wreck the same train
| was made a few weeks ago by placing
a heavy bowlder on the track at the
same spot.
The electric light question in Rich
"a. 1, 4,
| lie for many months, vas settled at
] session of the council Thursday night.
| Municipal ownership was voted down,
and a contract awarding a ten-year
franchise to the Richmond light, heat
and power company was given. This
| company is composed Of Dayton (O)
] capitalists, and has 81, COO 900 behind II.
The general sentiment Of the citizens is
against the councils action.
Some months ago Elan Wright Of
| Onward, a workman in the saw mill at
that place, was badly hurt while filing
the big saw in the mill. While thus en-
gagged the engineer started the machin-
cry and Wright was frightfully hurt
about the hips. on Saturday he brought
suit against the owners of the mill, s.
a. Vaughn and Watson Rice, for $1,000
damages alleging their contributOry
negligence in employing an incompetent
engineer.-Logansport Journal.
one Of the poor families of this city
recently claimed they could not raise
money TO buy salt enough TO season the
! food that was given them, but the very
next night two members of the family
| occupied reserved seats at the theater,
That illustrates very much of the pow
erty in this city, and doubtless il is
true everywhere. There probably are not
over twenty-five people in this city who
are really needy and deserving of chari-
able observation-disclosures Argus.
IT, rfQ.~
our own Charley, recently agreed to give
the children Of New Albany a Christmas
present of anything wished. Out of $50
children but one desired oranges and
candy, the others asking for shoes, cloth
ing, hats etc. Each one was given Just
what he or she desired, and how all
! bless G. l.. Jewett and earnestly hope
he may soon become a benedict. Take
her in Charles, and secure the comforts
of your own hearth and hOme.-ScOtt
County Democrat.
Oscar Lowder, the Logansport boy
who was arrested at Kansas City a
few weeks ago upon a charge of house
breaking at kOkomO, was given a hear
ing at the latter place last Saturday
and was sentenced by the court 10 two
years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Flash literature may be said to have
been this boys downfall. as he ad-
mitted the false ideas of life gained by
an incessant perusal of the penny dread
fuls which he purchased in large num-
bers.-Logansport Journal.
The third trial of the damage suit Of
Martin Peterson Of Goshen against the
Lake Shore railway, which was had at
| Warsaw on change of venue, has re-
suited in the jury returning S11 900 for
/ the plaintiff. An appeal will be taken
/ To the supreme court Peterson is fifteen
years old. Three years ago he fell from
a train, losing both arms and claim is
. ha
wheel by a brakeman. He secured a
verdict for $4,000 damages on the first
trial and $4,000 on the second.
The Bulletin yesterday contained an
account of the murder of Mrs Elizabeth
I p Petty, an aged and wealthy widow
/ of Newark, y. J. The murdered woman
was a cousin Of j. d. Kelvie of Thir-
I feminist. and he was an intimate ac-
/ quaintance Of hers. At one time while
/ she was Administrative Of a large estate
/ he was her bondsman. Mr.. Kelvie's six
/ teen-year-Old daughter and a Mr.. Pow
/ ell of Brooklyn and Mr. Butts Of New
I ark are the sole heirs to the large estate
/ left by the murdered woman.-Anderson
/ Bulletin.
| An oil well came in on the John Leon
/ ard farm in Jackson township. Wells
] county, Thursday, that is the best vet
/ found in the territory. tt is reported to
/ have capacity Of 500 barrels per day
| The Standard has the lease. Great ex-
! element prevails and hundreds of peo-
/ pie are Hooking TO see the we'll A local
/ company has organized at Warren TO
! develop the territory south and west of
/ town. A number of scalpers have been
/ at Warren and Van Buren, for the past
/ ten days taking all the leases they can
] get and paying good rentals for them.
Another remarkable runaway occurred
/ yesterday. A team of blind horses that
We're LEFT standing in front of Weckes-
/ SerS took notion 10 go home. They
4 started out in a rapid manner toward
/ Dan Barker's law Office, and it seemed
! as If nothing could prevent them and
/ the wagon from going through the es-
: adjustment. Isn't it somewhat re-
markable that the tongue of the wagon
/ should strike one of the fve-inch iron
i columns in the front Of the building.
bringing the animals TO a stop. without
/ any damage? That's what happened
/ Mt. Vernon Democrat.
/ With this issue the Ripley Journal
/ enters upon the twenty-eighth year of
] its existence. 1t is getting the age on il.
/ but has made an effort to improve-like
/ wines or first-class vinegar-with the
/ passing Of time. We enter upon the new
/ year with a desire to surpass all efforts
/ in the past and with a determination to
work to that end with untiring zeal We
+ have labOred diligently to sustain the
/ standard Of the paper as the official or
/ gan Of the county, and are proud Of our
/ success. We have fearlessly forwarded
/ its principles, and gladly wave the demo-
/ cratic banner.-Ripley Journal
Wednesday night the members of the
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