The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-11

AN Ohio man has been in hard luck in st.
Louis. This statement may be regarded as tau
biological from the point of view that being in
st. Louis at all is equivalent to being in bad
luck, or it may be considered as an axiom be-
cause an axiom is sef-evident truth. On ordi-
nary occasions, given the location, the modify
ing clause would be superfuous. This luck,
however, was harder than that which falls to
the lot of most visitors even from Ohio, where
the heavy clouds darRen every horson.
A few weeks ago, Mr. Timmons, of Ohio, went to
ST. Louis on business and put up at an expensive
hotel Not being a millionaire, he ran
short of money. He mad 800 acres of land back
in Ohio, but he disliked to mortgage this for his
board bill, and to prevent such q catastrophe
attempted to sell his watch and revolver to
another guest at the same house. Before the
completion of this innocent transaction, Mr..
Timmons was arrested for carrying concealed
weapons, was fined $25, and in the absence of
that amount was sentenced to the work house.
Having served $25 worth in that institution,
Mr.. Timmons was released, and very naturally
applied to the city marshal for the return of his
watch and revolver. No sooner had he reached
the street with this property in his possession
than he was again arrested upon the same charge
as before. The unfortunate Ohio man is now at
liberty after having spent nine weeks in arduous
and severe labor. He announces his intention
to shake the mud of st. Louis from his feet "ror
good and ALL" and remarks with unreason-
able severity that he will never forget the treat
ment he received there. Accounts do not state
tn at his revolver will remain behind, but it may
be inferred that such will be the case.
THE following is Secretary Lincoln's report on
the Michigan City haroor, which has so stirred
up the people of that part OF the State, and
properly so:
Continuing work at the outer and inner har-
Dor, Michigan City, Ind, $4,000. Work on the
on tside harbOr designed i'll the interest of
the general commerce of the lakes, and has been
carried on in pursuance OF approved projects.
Work on the inner harbor has for its object, the
enlargement of an unnavigable creek to a
paclty sufficient to admit vessels drawing
twelve feet OF water, and the docks built on
private property adjoining as rapidly as the i'm
provements are carried forward. It's prime bene-
fit occurs Immediately and directly to the own
ers of this dock property"
LAST Sunday, Washington woman tainted
while on her way to church, was carried home,
and in a short time was pronounced dead by the
priest and family friends, who had been hastily
called. The priest proceeded to his church and
announced to the congregation the death of the
lady, who was a well-known and esteemed men,
ber doctor summonded to her bedside in the
meantime had some doubts of the death, and
proceeded to administer stimulants, with the re-
suit that when sorrowing friends called late in
the day they found the supposed dead woman
sitting up and conversing cheerfully Her ex-
perlences while in the trance were. as she de-
scribed them, the reverse Of delightful. as she
was perfectly conscious Of all that went Oh