The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-19
ILLINOIS.
Cuttings from Correspondence and Clean
ings from Exchanges.

Cuttings from Correspondence and Clean
ings from Exchanges.
The NATION circuit races, which were post
poned on account of rain, are now called for the
18th of July The attraction will be s., $50 in
purses.
A picket fence, at Monmouth, on which Louise
Caunn, aged three years standing on Mon
day night, suddenly fell over, fatally injuring the
little girl
The boiler at John Holmes saw-mill at New
Burnside. exploded on Tuesday afternoon, in
stantly killing James Gragg and fatally injuring
William Mounce. and slightly hurting several
others Large pieces of the boiler were blown
five hundred yards
Strawberries, supposed to have been touch ed
with poison by coming in contact with paris
green, were eaten by Albert and Joseph Het-
finger, and their sister, Miss Eva Hettinger, at
Freeport, who were all taken i'll few hours af-
terward, but were soon relieved
young man giving the name of Swank is
under arrest at Vandalia for attempting to ne
gotiate forged note for 1925 at the Farmers
and Merchants bank of that city. He now
acknowledges his name to be Eugene Glow, and
says man named Swank was the instigator.
The body of Frank M. Crooks, formerly
secondhand furniture man, at Shelbyvllle, was
found ON Tuesday, Just outside the city limits,
of that place. The body was horribly decom-
posed, and only identified by promissory note
found in the pocket Whether it was murder
or suicide. has not been determined.
While bathing in pond near Galesburg, on
Tuesday morning, Freddie Lamereux and
George Hubbard were drowned. The accident
occurred while the father of one of the lads was
absent few moments. No one saw their strug
giles The bodies were found at the bottom of
the pond by Mr.. Hibberd shortly after his re-
turn
A farmer named Meyers living near Quincy,
in a fit of insanity caused by drunkenness beat
and drove his wife out of the house and then APP
piled the torch to the house, barn and out-houses,
burning up all he had, amounting to several
thousand dollars While the buildings were
burning he patrolled the grounds with shotgun,
and would allow no one to come near.
AT Princeton, on Monday night William Ma
ginnis shot John Daily, twenty years old, in the
head, with a revolver alleging SANDER of his
sister, Mrs. Marcus Bryant, a middle-aged and
wealthy widow, as the cause. Daily, who was in
Mrs Bryants employ, had reported about that
she had been guilty of infanticide. Daily's
wound viii probably prove fatal. Maginnis is in
jail
After long delay in the celebrated murder
trial of the people against John Adams at De-
catur the Maroa policeman who shot and killed
Joseph Cooper, wealthy farmer. last Septem-
Der, jury has been secured and the opening
statements made. The defense viii attempt to
show that Cooper had a knife in his hand and
in the act of assaulting Adams when the
officer fred
A travelling dentist calling himself DR.. Rob
ertson, who has been plying his vo cation at
Nation for the past ten days, and attracting
large crowds by means of brass band and min
strel troupe attachment got himself into trouble
on account of fracturing jAw-bone Of gro
ceryman and was sued for 81, 500 damages. but
compromised by paying 1925, and Immediately
left for Shelbyville Ill.
May Welfey, aged seventeen, and Jennie
Hegg two runaway girls from st. Louis were
overtaken at the Brunswick House, Decatur,
where they were temporarily stopping. by James
Hegg the father Of one of the girls. They were
headed for Chicago where they intended to
become book agents They registered at the
hotel as MARY Allen" and "Mrs. j. Warren"
Miss Welfey, who has seen some of the world
went on to Chicago
A gang of St. Louis craftsmen has been raid
ing the towns along the Vandaia On Sunday
night they made descent upon Montrose,
breaking open the store of James johnson and
abstracting merchandise valued at $l75. On
fh nigne d t4e Posto1 h OF ureennp was
bed of money and postage stamps amounting to
1925. On the same night two stores and the
postofice at Diana, were burglarized.