The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-10

The name of the umbrella vender killed at
Connersville on Friday was Frank McHenry.
The Adams Chilled Plow Works. at Plymouth,
burned on Friday. Loss. $1,000; insured in
tue northwestern of Milwaukee, for SIS, 500.
The commissioners of Parke county have de-
tciined to grant applications for saloon licenses,
Court.
Nelly Burton, young lady seventeen years of
age, dropped deadson the street1n the little own
OF Rel on Friday. Cause supposed to be heart
disease.
A coal war is raging in New Albany, and Pitts
bnrg coal is down to ten cents. Ii is said the
purpose of the Pittsburg coal kings is to run Air
line coal out of the market.
Michael Raglan, of Richmond, left home on
Thursday evening, and SAID to his wife at the
time that he was going to the lodge. He has
nOtbeen seen or heard of SINCE
The residence of Person fsonklinr, of North
Vernon, was partially destroyed by fire on Sat-
urday Considerable danrag was done by the
fire and wafer many things being ruined by
water No Insurance.
simple young man named LOW West, living
SIX miles west of Kokomo. has been missing for
several days, and 1t is rumOred thar he has been
murdered and his body thrown in Wildcat
search Is being made for him.
The body of aniinfant was discovered one day
last week at Logansport, half buried beneath
the roots of a stump. Decomposition had al
ready setln, and lit is supposed THAT several
days had elapsed since the mother had commit
ted the murder.
For months mast number of the manufaetur-
Ing establishments of Richmond have been re-
dlelng their force OF employees and their hours
of labor, many rnnning on half time, and now it
is said that there are nearly 800 artisans i'll that
city out of employment
William Mcintyre of Vincennes who lost an
ann III wreck on the T.. e Z. Fl. railroad,
Purcell, several months ago, sued the company
for the loss sustained and was awarded $1,000.
The company secured new trial and it termi-
mated in the Knox Circuit Court by the Jury re-
turning verdict in McTntyre's fay or for So 900.
Nathan Morris, OF Parke county, who, in a
drunken spree, few days ago, burned his fine
residence, storeand stock of goods. has sobered
up, ana is now getting really TO act as Defend
ant in a suit for divorce, applied by his wife,
who is said to be an exemplary woman. The
Circuit Court has also granted restraining or
der'to prevent him disposing of his property in
the meantime.
Anna Prescott lady over eighty years of
age. while on an eass.bound express on the Fort
Wayne road, went out the platf0snIfor some;
unknown reasonable the train running at
IA nigh rate OF speed, three miles east of Valpa-l
raise, and fell from the train, which WAS stop
ped as soon as possible, but she could not be
found, although search was kept upby watch
men all night. On Saturday morning her body
was found In creek. The remains were sent to
Salem, o.
During the tate high water in the Wabash
river many thousand acres of Land in Parke
county were overlooked, and nearly all the corn
raised thereon lost thereby. During the
late rerm of court arran gements have been
fully effected whereby strip oil bottom land ten
lniles long and from one to three miles wide will
be thoroughly ieveled att cost of about ST. 600.
AQulla LOVELY, D. Daniels, ana OJuer wealthy
citizens ofPafke county are at the head of this
movement
AT C0nnersville, op Saturday, old man
named Patrick Keenan and yonng fellowfrUin
north of town named Ed McGlain, botn of them
thoroughly under the Influence of whisky, mad
a quarrel which ended in MeClain's whipping
out a knife and giving Keenan, some terrible
slashes across the hand and arm and one over
the head. The flow of blood WAS dangerous for
a time, but was finally checked, and he wounil-
ed man found to be only temporarily injured,
McClain was arrested.
At an early -honr Saturday morning "a man
who gave the name Of John McElligoOt was
found lying i'll rhe yard of the Ohio 81 MISSISSIPPI
nj railway at v neennes He says he WAS on his
WAY home, iiay ing been atiwOrk on the Missouri
Pacific, and was held up in the yards by an ua-
known man, who cut him. The doctor pro-
nounces the wound fatal. Three men have been
arrested and taken before McElligo0T, but he
fails TO uentity either his assalant, though
he says he would know the person.