The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-03
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

| back fencew Shades Of Dante and
| Homer may you be preserved from the
| styles of the modern adapter.-Marion
| Chronicle.
John BigIer, administrator of the es-
tate Of George w. Bigler. deceased, has
| flied in the circuit court for $4,000 dam
ages against the New Albany Vim
| cennes turnpike company. The COM
/ plant alleges that on the 18th day or
September, 1898. John Bigler was killed
by his wagon running upon pile or
| broken stone and being turned over
( upon him, and that said accident and
death were the result Of the gross care
lessness Of said turnpike company
New Albany Ledger.
From a late report it seems that Bob
Wilkins, colored. and VINO will be re-
membered by many in this city, was
the other day lynched in Alabama.
/ Wilkins spent a number Of months In
! this city and during last season was
| employed on the Case stock farm and
also drove and Travelled with speed
| horses. He left here a short time ago
| for Alabama and the other day the daily
press gave an account of Bob Wilkins
and a companion being lynched for rob-
1 bling a store and numbering the clerk
| Goshen News.
I A mechanic, whose mind had become
unbalanced, called at the office Of Mayor
and seated himself at the city executives
desk, laying a revolver beside him.
I Then he began to go over the official
papers. When the mayor came in and
saw the man, he quietly walked UP,
| took the weapon away and called de-
tective 1t was then ascertained that
the mans name was Philip Jacob
Swarz and that his mind had become un-
! balanced from some cause or another.
He made attempt at violence until
he was arrested. when he fought the
officers effeTsCnville News.
The secret society business in this
country is being overdone. and is being
run into the ground. Entirely too much
time and money Is spent by many men
on the secret societies. Many men neg
lect their own pccuniary interests in
] dancing attendance at the secret So
ciety, and money there spent would be
/ better employed in attending the needs
OF their families. There are several men
right here in Charlottesville who belong
to as many as three or four secret or
CARNATIONS How some Of them manage
to pay their dues, attend regularly and
support their family in good style is
mystery. -Crawfordsvilie Review.
Mr. and Mrs. L. r. Even Of North
Anderson received a unique Christmas
gift from United States Shipping Com
missioner Randlett of Rockland, Me. in
the shape of a pair of thoroughbred An
CORA kittens These cats differ from the
ordinary feline in many respects. They
are very intelligent, and when matured
( have a silver coat about two and one
half inches long, and large, bushy tails.
The male often tips the scales al fif-
teen pounds. The little fellows stood
their trip Of some /, 500 miles pretty well
and are a decided curiosity. being the
only ones in this section of the country
I as far as known.-Anderson Democrat.
The family of Samuel Mckinley. resid-
! ing in the north part of the city. is an
unfortunate one. Several weeks ago Nc
Kinley got out Of work here and started
: out in search Of employment. leaving his
I wife and children to get along the best
they could. Since that day his family
has heard nothing from him and his
whereabouts are unknown. Thursday Of
last week his fifteen-year-old daughter
died with diphtheria and the poor mother
was forced TO bear her sorrow alone.
Then her son, the only support of the
family. and who has been earning a
small amount at MacBeth's factory was
also stricken with the disease and is yet
in serious conditiOn.-ElwOod Call
Last night there was war i'm camp
at the house OF Patrick Gill on Indiana
ave. Gill had imbibed too literally and
when he came home he demanded
money from his wife, 80 IT is stated.
and when she refused TO give IL to
him he assaulted her in a terrible man
ner. He knocked her down and beat her
until il almost looked as if he would
kill her and some of the neighbors had
TO interfere. The police were called and
Gill was arrested and lodged in Jail.
When DIR. o. p. Graham was called to
| attend the injured woman IL was found
that her knee was dislOcated, her body
terribly bruised and her face almost I'M
recognizable from the kicks she re-
ceived.-JeffersOnvil News.
The following is a list Of the recent
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| Alden ]. Edwards and Carrie T.. Adam
| son, Crtss Livingston and Neva Rine-
berger, Thomas A. Morrison and Bertha
Botkin, Justin B. Sarff and Luella NJ
Lollar, Samuel l.. LOutz and Laura NJ.
| Henly, Frank A. Harter and OrDha
lookout, Irwin L. Morrison and Anna
! G. Gard, Joseph Thornburg and Sarah
( T.. Hodson, William H. Clevenger and
Rosa Z. Paul, Alva Adams and ollie NJ
Anders. William Fl. Calhum and Hattie
| V. Cayior, Charley K. Mangas and Net
/ tie NJ. Simmons, Smith Lee and Char
| lotte V. Gaines, William z. Tharp and
| Myrtle L. ferret. Three bashful couples
who don't want TO see their names in
| print.
One feature Of the Christmas celebra-
ton at the methodist church was the
offerings for the poor. The members of
the school were asked to bring offerings
Of clothing, food. material and money
to the Sunday-school room Sunday even
ing. At o'clock they began to arrive
each with a bundle or basket These
offerings were piled up on a large plat
form until the room looked more like
country store than a church. One
class of twenty young men came in a
body each carrying a sack Of flour which
| they deposited in the common heap.
There were bushels Of potatoes, pack
ages Of coffee. sugar and rice, canned
fruit, dozens Of pairs Of shoes mostly
new, and large pile Of clothing. Bluff
ton Banner.
The Purdue university experiment sta
ton has recently rendered a service to
the people Of the state generally and
the farmers particularly in testing and
publishing broadcast the good results of
sheltering mich cows in winter. Not
only has a great service been rendered
in a material point of view but every
lover of animal life has occasion to be
thankful in that the experiment will
lead to the betterment Of the treatment
Of these dumb servants. OF course in
telligent people knew substantially the
same facts presented in the report re-
ferred TO, but il Is there set down in
ner and claims the attention Of even the
ignorant and Indifferent. 1t will work
lasting reform.-New Albany Ledger.
Christmas was the last day that the
Marion street railway company had TO
complete it's road into Jonesboro. Many
predicted that it would not be done
and said II the people Of Jonesboro
had their road built by next fall they