The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-10


| Captain William Fenton, long prominent
river man, WAS found dead in his bed in Au-
rora, on Tuesday.
At Monday nights session of the Lafayette
| Common Council all the old employees of the city
departments We're reelected
Charles Palmer, of Andrews, was thrown from
buggy in Huntington, on Tuesday He is
| seriously, and it is thought fatally, injured.
| Carney Staples aged twenty-one and Ada
Sucker, aged sixteen. eloped from their homes
at Naob Station, on Monday, and were married
at New Market.
The law library of the late General Cruft was
sold by auction at Terre Haute on Tuesday. The
collection consisted of about 400 books which
were sold at very low prices.
Captain s. W. Blosser, of the Salvation Army,
has leased for one year, the Universalist church,
of New Albany, and will, af1r next Sunday, con-
| duct meetings there every Fght
The prospects of the Rose Poly technic, at Terre
Haute, are very fiatteripg 1t is expected the
number of applications for admission to the
freshman class OF next year will be greater than
| the school can accommodate.
Joseph Case, of New Albany, while saving in
dellrium tremens, on Monday evening. tried to
Kill his wife with abatchet, infiicting several se-
we're wounds on the head. He afterward tried
to hang himself 4but was prevented.
The municipal election at Boonyille on Mon.
| day. resulted as follows: City marshal, g. P.
| Scholz, treasurer, W. L. Barker, and clerk, j. A.
| Hemengway, and the election of Philip Lutz
and W. b. Seely to the vacancies in the council.
On Tuesday forenoon the boiler in Clapp &
| Lyttles saw-mill, eight miles above Winamac,
exploded instantly killing Joseph Lyttle, and
fatally wounding Anderson Clapp. Lyttle was
| blown TO pieces. The cause of tie explosion is
| not known.
Roa Cleaver was quite severelyiinjured at
Brookville, on Monday, by horse falling
| him, bruisng him severely about the hip and
| shoulders. He was unable to move himself, and
had TO lay half hour where he fell before assist
ance arrived.
| Two Mormon elders, Nathan Hawks and Enos
L. Stookey, from Salt Lake City, Utah-"Elders
| of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints" as they style themselves in the notices
| they have posted-have announced four meet
| ings to be held in Lost Creek township, Vigo
county, the latter part of this week.
The general merchandise store of D. g. Gould
Bro, of Rochester, was closed on Tuesday
| morning by his creditors, all of whom are Sc
cured by ehattel mortgages on his stock. Tho
| Two principal claims are held by Daniel E. Ter
| ry, OF Silver Lake, Ind, of over $1,000, and
| Shaw & Baldwin, of Toledo, of $500, which,
with other small claims, will probably aggregate
81, 600.
The Rushville city election, on Monday, re.
suited in complete victory for the citizens
| ticket, the lowest majority, that of Mr. Bebout,
| councilman for the Third ward, being 1870. This
was the largest ma 0rity ever by any en-
| tire ticket in the town Politics not con-
| sideratiOn, there being three Republicans and
three Democrats on the winning ticket The
| Issue was nigh Or low license, and high license
won.
| A social event that has kept Richmond society
| agos for some time, occurred on Tuesday, 1t
| May Burbank The former is the son of Super
! intendent John +. Miller, of the Panhandle, and
the latter is the daughter Of John A. Burbank.
On account OF the recent death of Cover
nor Burbank's mother, the wedding was COM
| paratively quiet affair, yet there qnte u
| company present, from whom the happy pair re-
ceived many elegant of presents.
Major Richard N Comfy aud wife, on Monday
| evening, celebrated their golden wedding in
| Richmond. Their children were all present from
their wideyseparated homes. The oldest, David
8. Comfy, resides in Madison, Wis, and is score
| tary of the State Board of Supervisors Of Charl-
| table and Penal Institutions Major Clifton
! Comfy, the second SON, is major of the ordnance
corps of the regular army, and Is now stationed
at West Point, whore he graduated In 1862, as
| instructor in the department of ordnance and
gunnery. Mrs Ella Van Heusen, the only
| daughter, resides in San Francisco, Cal, where
goods.