The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-17

dianapolis for a number of years and has
many old friends there. He was deputy
county clerk fourteen years under his father.
and seven years clerk, making twenty-one
years continuous service in that office. He
was kind, generous-hearted man, held in
high esteem by all who knew him. The
Masons and Knights of Honor of which he
was member will take charge of the
funeral services tomorrow at o'clock.
Assignment and Mysterious Disappearance.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
KoKoMo, Jan. 16-Last week the boot and
shoes house of Armfed e. Vawter made
an assignment for the benefit of their credit
ors. Nothing much was thought of it at the
time but since then there have been some
Developments The assignment was made
just two days after Mr. Vawter had bought
out Mr.. William Nation. The old firm be-
ing Armfield Nation. Mr.. Armfeld says
he cannot tell the whereabouts of Nation,
and that he took with him between $500 and
to So, 500. 1t will probably not be able to pay,
over fifty cents on the dollar. The sudden
assignment and mysterious disappearance of
Nation is involved in the deepest mystery.
There may be more developments yet.
From Exchanges and Correspondence.
A "bucket-shop" has commenced operations in
New Albany.
Frank Taylor has been commissioned postmas-
ter at Fowler.
William HAYDEN, of Jefersonvlle, the man
struck on the head with hammer by William
schneider, is reported much worse.
The Jeffersonyille car works have practically
suspended operations for the time being by the
discharge of nearly all the force employed.
b. F. Girton, "A brakeman employed on the
Chicago division of the Panhandle, Killed at
Seherorv1lle. on Sunday, while coupling
Captain john Kirk offers to give the site Of
the old Mammoth Cave pork house to the Hall
factories at Madison.
Patrick McGreevy was struck by passing
tram whlle at work in the railroad Yards at
Peru, and thrown under the wheels His ipiu.
rles are pronounced fatal.
Mrs. Andrew ]. Crossley, residing near Kear-
ney, Neb., q former resident of Oakland,
killed ON the ID of January by the accidental dis
charge OF a gun in the hands of one of her sons.
making coupling on "a branch of tile Wabash
road, near Idavllle, aud his leg was horribly
mangled He refused to let the physicians
amputate the limb andis dying.
And now Grantsburg comes to the front as an
applicant Tor the county seat of Crawford eoun-
W, hartford and Marengo have already tried
smiles at Grantsburg's enterprise.
Young man named Manor, residing at Ridge
vile, started hunting on Friday, and, being alb
sent longer than usual, his parents became
alarmed and instituted search, which revealed
the fact that the boy, in attempting to cross IL
ford where some parties had been taking ont
ice, broke through and WAS drowned. His gun
was found on the ice near where he went down.
The deceased was fifteen years old and the son
Of Samuel Manor.
Jacksonville Evening News: CDR. Sid Nc
Clure is the only man outside the Governors
who ever exercised the pardouing power. On
making estimate of all prisoners who ever
were contine ed in the Prison South while he was
physician down there, he found one name on the
book To which no one inside the walls laid claim.
He concluded the convict who was record nut
could not be found ought to he pardoned and
marked so on the book. The convict, however,
had skipped"
About forty years ago a eattle-dealer who
was known to have $50, 900 on his person, while
gong through Madison county suddenly dlsap-
peared. No trace of him had been found till
few months ago, when Mr.. Solomon Isnogle
plowed IN a skeleton on the Suman farm, near
Chesterfield. Detectives went to work the
clew thus furnished, and have demonstrated by
certain marks that the skeleton was that of the
cattle-dealer, whose name was George Burmese,
OF Cincinnati He was undoubtedly murdered
for mis- money, but no idea of the men " no muir
dered him can be ascertained.
ILLINOIS.
The Holder friends OF the Robinson family
have arrang ed for legal talent for the defeuse of
the case wherein ex-Rev. II. o. Hoffman sues
famatiOn OF character.
Canton News: "Mrs. Hiram w-ashburn poor
widow, who raised her family by doing washing
in Kahoka, recently received a pension on ac-
count of the death of her husband amounting to
$3,3l5, and will hereafter receive SIS per
MONTH"
The third vein of coal has been reached at the
Wenona cOal-shaft, at a depth of $50 feet. The
coal ia equal to the best thrd-vein coal mined in
the State, ana is thirty-four inches in thick
ness: Mining operations will commence on the
22d inst.
At Gibson City, on Sunday, little child of
john Barr got box OF pills that had been pre-
pared for the mother, and ate enough of them to
cause death in about an hour The child was
fort was made for its relief, but in vain.
On Saturday evening, while a little boy eleven
years old was attempting TO jump moving
train on the Illinois Central road at Csrrigan,
five miles north OF SandOva ILL.,, he was run
over and both his legs severed from his body.
The little sufferer died in great agony five hours
after the accident.
Eugene Sullivan, a well-known cattle-dealer of
El Paso county, Col and owner of a large ranch
in that section OF the State, came TO Galena
few days ago TO marry the daughter of we'll
known citizen. The wedding was to have been
eolrmnized on SUNDAY evening, and the license
had already been procured On Monday night
Mr.. Sullivan became suddenly insane and so
violent in his paroxysns as to neceSsitate his
confinement in the county jail which was only
effected after desperate conflict with the
fortunate man by the officers and his friends
Inauguration of Governor Pattison.
HARRlsBURG, Pa Jan. 16-Governor Patti
son took up his residence at the executive
mansion this morning. His refusal to per-
NIT himself to be made the subject of
ostentaton or display had the effect to d.
minish the usual crowds upon the streets,
but there were large number of strangers
in the city, and the inaugural ceremonies
were witnessed by large and interested
assemblage. 1t was expected that Governor
Pattison would accept the escort of the
Americas Club, OF Philadelphia, from the
executive mansion to the capitol, but he re-
fused and, accompanied by the joint gisla-
tive committee and Governor Hoyt, walked
to the canitoL a few moments before II