The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-20
Minor Notes.

The residence of NJ. l.. Spencer, at Hunting
ton. was robbed on Friday OF $3.50 worth of
valuables.
Lizzie Donahue, a two-year.old laughter of
went to the we'll to get a drink, lost her balance,
fell in and was drowned.
The statement in the papers, a few days ago,
announcing the death of Mrs. Fanny Cullen, of
Rushville, at Wankesha, Wis, was IA mistake.
Mrs. Cullen is somewhat improved in health.
A colored preacher as the coIored c~amp-meet-
Ing near Kendallville gave the devil his due.
Instead of having the kingdoms of this world to
give, the old liar, he said, couldn't even give
hell to anybody.
Mr.. John L. Davis, OF Rising Sun, has received
a telegram announcing the death of his sister,
Mrs. Judge Cullen. of Nashville, who died on
Thursday, at Waukesha, Wis, where she had
gone for her health.
On Friday morning a Cincinnati, Hamilton g.
Indianapolis freight train broke in two near
GritIin's Station, and the two sections then COL
ilded causing a serious wreck. Travel was de-
layed several hours.
The Disciples Of Christ" in Dekalb county
will hold their annual meeting at Waterloo, be-
ginning on Friday, Aug. "a, and continue
over the Glowing sabbath. Elder II. d. Carl
ton, OF Painsville, o., will be TIE chief speaker.
A reunion and picnic for the mutes Of Indiana,
Illinois and Michigan will he held at the fair
grounds at Marion in september, after the fair.
A deaf and dumb minister will be present and
preach and sing in the deaf and dumb language.
In making an excavation for the foundation of
the new Opera-hOuse at Elkhart the workmen
discovered the 5EuIlS OF Two 1n1ants, showing
that at some time in the past a foul crime had
been committed. 1t is on the site where an old
hotel once stood.
The twentv-fourth annual exposition of the
Boone County Fair Association begins to-day,
and every indication points to its complete sue
cess. More than thirty horses for the speeding
ring are already on the grounds. and the num-
Der OF entries in other departments is in the same
ratio.
Albert Ramsdell, a young farmer living near
Elkhart, met with a terrible accident on Friday
night, which will probably result fatally. He
slid down a straw-stack and alighted on a fork,
which penetrated and tore through his body,
making a horrible wound, He has a wife and
two children.
session at Connersville. Among the distinguish
ed instructors from abroad are Prof. George P.
Brown, of the Indiana State Normal, Terre
Haute, Prof. S. Keltner, of Anderson; Prof. Ry-
land I. Brown, of Butler University, Indianapo-
lis, and Mrs. R. A. Mofett, OF Indianapolis.
On Saturday afternoon, B. F. Gosnell, twenty
six years old, attended Sells Brothers circus, at
Greensburg, and while walking back up town
was attacked with coughing, followed by hemor-
rhage of the lungs, and died almost instantly.
He lived six miles from the city, and had been
suffering from lung disease for several years.
The residence, barn and out-buIldings of Henry
c. Mooney, near Purcell Station, Knox county,
were burned by an ineendiaTy on Friday night.
One Jack Reese, who lived in a cabin near by,
having made threats of burning Mooney ont, has
been arrested. II is alleged that he was tracked
from MONEYS house to his cabin. Loss about
$4,000.
Bert Holmes left his home in Attica, on Friday
night, Aug. 10, and has not since been heard
from. He is seventeen years old, light complex
ion, blue eyes, spare build, front teeth decayed
and filed with bone filling, about five feet four
inches, had on brown pants, cOlOred shirt, heavy
dark cashmere coat and PINK straw hat. A
liberal reward for concerning the
lost youth is offered by Alex. Holmes, of Attica.
ThOrnt HOllingsworJh, of Vincennes, went to
Bruceville ON Frid ay, and shot and killed him
self in his mothers barn and in her very pres
ence. He LETT his wife and five children here.
HOllingsworth was a member of one of the best
families in Knox county. He returned from
Kansas last fall financially straItened, and has
heen hoeing a hard row since, He was insane
ly jealous of his wife, without cause, and claims
that she tll-treated him, and left a note of re-
proach TO her. In justice to the lady IL might be
said that she has supported him by working.