The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.
News Notes Culled from Correspondence and
Exchanges in Two States.
Indiana items.

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Indiana Items.
New Albany is trying to raise funds for a
public library.
The young Republicans of Martinsvile will
form themselves into II club on next Wednesday
night.
The Fairbanks 6 Duenweg d~istillerv at Terre
Haute will shut downin a few days for two
months.
Terre Haute ministers are organizing an as
ISOLATION to be called the THE Law and Order
League"
The old soldiers of Vernon will organize a post
of the g. A. Il at that place on the evening of
April q.
EN- Hardy, editor of the Edinburg Courier,
has been appointed local agent for the Kanka-
kee line at Edinburg.
Chaplain Hobbs, of the Sixty-ninth regiment
of Indiana Volunteers, will deliver the Decoration
Day Grafton at Union City.
The receipts of the street railway company Of
Vineennes last Sunday were devoted to the High
land Orphans Home. They amounted to $32.65.
3. G. Vaughn, of Richmond, is making prepar-
atoms to erect a 500, 600 hotel on the corner of
Eighth street and Main, in that city, next sea-
son.
The Louisville policy lottery has opened a
gambling room in Terre Haute and the Express
says about 5000 people in that city are invest
ing money in the game.
Henry Peyton, an odd negro who has lived in
Jacksonville many years, died at his home on
Sixth street, that city, on Wednesday. He was
alleged to be 110 years old. His death was
caused by general debility.
The postofice at Middlebury was entered, on
Wednesday night by burglars, who blew open
the safe, getting, however, only $50 for their
trouble. Two stores were also entered, from
which they obtained a small amount.
The Evansville Courier of Thursday, speaking
of the Boy Preacher Harrisons revival going on
in that city, says: ''Fifty-eight have deserted
the standard Of Beelzebub and Satan is badly
handicapped in his race with the evangelist"
A fire broke out in the fine residence of Judge
Colgrove, at Winchester, Wednesday morning,
which, by the united efforts of citizens, was
finally brought under control, with a loss of
about $500. Insurance on building and house
hold furniture and goods, 81 800.
The formation of a joint stock company, at
Columbus, for the manufacture of the Gilgour
nut-lock was completed on Thursday. The capt
tai stock is $l5,0 900, $4,000 Of which is already
paid up. Col. Horace Scott is the president,
John D. Lyle treasurer, and j. F. Matson secre-
tary.
prominent farmer of Delaware township, HAM
ilton county, was burned on Wednesday night,
with four valuable horses, fine carriage, grain
and hay; loss 2,000; no insurance. Mr.. Blacks
policy expired only ten days since.
On Monday. Kossuth Amos. a farmer near
Rushville, and in i'll health, slipped and fell in
his barn loft, his head catching between the
joists. He was SO fastened that he could not
help himself and when found was quite dead, his
face being black, showing strangulation to be
cause of death.
The people of Oakville. who were injured by
the recent cyclone, are in a fair way for reeev-
cry, and the building ADD repairing of the town
has commenced, and in a short time the most Of
the property will be replaced. Mrs. Brown, MIR.
Hoover, young TUrner johnson, and jefferson
Miller, who were seriously injured, are improv.
ing rapidly.
The Madison Machine Company, of Madison,
has been organized with a capital of 800, 900,
and will begin business on May l. The com
pany purchased the Indiana foundry from
Messrs. Stribling & Walch, and will refit
it with all the latest improved machinery, and
viii manufacture the Corliss engines and iron
fronts, and everything in the foundry and ma
chine line.
The Methodist ministers of the Indianapolis
district, Southeast Indiana Conference, at their
session in Southport, resolved that sit is the
duty Of the ministry to use theE influence in all
legitimate ways, both in and out of the pulpit,
to secure the election of temperance men to civil
offices, and that they twill not support any can
didate for election to county, State or national
offices who is connected with, or stands pledged
to the liquor IA afic."
The funeral of the late Capt L. A. Allen took
place at Jeffersonville on Wednesday. The re-
mains were taken to Cave Hill, and the funeral
was conducted under the auspices of the Knights
Templars of DeMolay Commandery and Of the
Knights of Louisville. The employees of the
quartermasters department attended in a body,
SO far as the service would, permit. Capt. Allen
had been a competent and capable officer for
twelve years.
A serious. accident occurred at the Sou hern
prison on Wednesday, resulting in heavy loss to
contractors Messrs. Bryan, Brown, & Co, in the
shoe department. The company was erecting a
large iron tank, capable of holding 100, 000
pounds of water to supply the shops ana boilers.
Shortly after the fifty convicts who were at
work under the tank were called away to dinner,
the tank came down with a crash, crushing be-
meath it the stationary engine and steam pipes
One of the convicts was caught in the debris and
badly injured, but not fatally. Thu loss and
damage will be about 5000; no insurance.
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