The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-22

Peru expended $500, 600 in new buildings dur
ing the present. year.
Emma Blough. a fourteen-year-old girl of
Argos, committed snicide by taking dose of
strychnine.
George Stewart, Daniel Whist and Calvin
Freez are under arrest, at Plymouth, for steal
ing $3.50 worth of cloverseed from John Bun
nell
The farmers of Wabash county have lust been
having an experience with a life insurance
agent, to whom they paid some money the
in dividends at once. OF course the dividend
payment was easily put off day or two, and
then the agent disappeared
]. E. Fouts Post No. 272, G. A. R., has been
following officers: David Ennis, P. c.; j. R.
Morgan, s. " c.; W. T. Passwater, jr., " c.;
Henry G. King, Q. D.; Colin F. Lanham. Q, Co.
John r. Crawford, chaplain; Amos M, Shields,
@ M; W. j. Hardy, adjutant.
Simon Calm, weigh-master at Mendens oal
mines at Chandler, Warrick county, has been
arrested on the charge of passing counterfeit
money. Calm passed $40 note on two of our
merchants. The note was OF the OLD Richmond
tens. He was held under $500 bond for the
next term of the Federal Court at Indianapolis
Upton Advocate: During the recent warm
spell a iock of wild ducks harbored il a ripple
in Cicero creek, and by the sudden freeze two
of them were unable to leave the water and
were frozen fast. Some boys happened along
and they cut them out, and after being placed
near acwarm fire they revived and are now be-
ing fattened for holiday din ner
While Charles Moussell and q companion
named Wise were returning to their home from
Bremen Marshall county, in an intoxicated con-
dition, Moussell met with most horrible death
by having his head crushed TO jelly between
one OF the hounds Of the wagon in which they
were riding and wheel. His death not
noticed by his drunken companion until their
home was reached. Moussell was sixteen year 8
of age.
The new rolling-mill organization at Attica is
securing subscriptions of stock in very salts
factory way, and the project is now an assured
success. The amount of stock already sub
scribed is SIS, 800, and the stockholders are j.
c. Aysworth, 81. j. Green, Stanis Bernhart
James Martin, J. s. Nave, L Il. Putnam, j. A
Wilson, L: G. Martin, LamOnte Green Samuel
Finney, J. r. Latta and Alex. Holmes. Work
on the buildings will be commenced early in the
spring.
ell, was awakened about IL O'Clock on Thursday
night by persons endeavoring to force an en-
trance TO his seeping-room Colonel sheeks
rose, and, after arming himself with an ak and
q revolver, ordered the men to depart. The
thieves then entered the back-rooms by forcn e
window. and attempted to gain admittance
through partition door, and told Mr.. Sheeks,
who was over eighty years of age they wanted
I to see him on business, but were driven away by
threats OF shooting.
Mr.. James Puterbaugh is lying dangerously
Ill at his home near Logansporr from the effects
OF an assault made upon him by Walter, John
and Oscar BrItton. Puterbaugh claimed to have
caught the Britt0ns cutting gfmber on his land:
quarrel and fight ensued. and job IN Britton
struck him terrific blow on the head, cutting n
deep cash near the base of the BRAIN Walter
Britton followed up the assault with an ak, and
inflicted severL cut on Mr.. Puterbaugh's ha nd,