The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-09
Minor Notes.

Miss Hannah Ault, living near Columbus, com
mitted suicide by taking poison.
DR.. c. E. Diven has been appointed secretary
of the Board of Health of Madison county.
Bloomington capitalists used 100000 in the
construction of business houses and dwellings
during 1888
John Paddock, boot and shoe dealer of Terre
Haute, has made an assignment. Assets $25,
0OO liabilities, $l2, 500.
The jury in the case of the State VS.. Cleon
Reyes, on trial at Lafayette for the murder of
Samuel Stewart, of Flora Carroll county, re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
The mail train going east on the Bee-line struck
broken rail at Winchester, badly wreel1ing the
passenger coaches one of which turned on its
side. Fortunately nobody was seriously hurt.
The new city hall at Wabash, which is rapidly
nearing completion, will be formally opened on
Feb. l. The building. when finished will have
cost $40, 900. and is the finest of its kind in
northern Indiana.
w d. Smock, a well-known citizen of Green
castle, was seized with a stroke of apoplexy on
Saturday evening, resulting in the paralysis of
half his body. His condition is preearious. He
once lived in Indianapolis
Mrs Orr, aged ninety eight, living near Ne
braska, fell against the stove knocking it over
and setting fire to her clothing. Her body. to-
gether with her house, was entirely consumed,
except q lew bones ana nef Skull
The postoffice at New London was broken into
Saturday night, and stamps to the amount of
$50 were taken The safe of Newlin & Morrison
merchants, occupying the same room, was
broken open, but no valuables obtained
A. Mcdowell, while repairing fue in the loft
of a sehool-house, near Bunker HILL found six
teen two-bushel sacks filed with new boots and
shoes TO the value of about 800. 1t is supposed
to be the property of B. I. Deisch. of McGraws-
vile, Ind, whose store was robbed about one
year ago
A little ten-y year old daughter of Robert Wood,
while playing with some other children around
an old log cabin, near Washington, attempted to
crawl through an opening between the logs,
when the rickety structure fell, crushing the
little girl to death
The cooking range in 2. H. Hauser's residence,
Columbus, exploded on Monday. Dr. Hauser
had one leg badly hurt; his vito was copsdera-
bly, injured and the hired girl badly cut in the
face The room was badly defaced. Another
and the same kind of range in Captain w. j.
Lucass residence exploded at nearly the same
time, tearing the kitchen nearly down.
John Maginis of Terre Haute, has expert
enced rather remarkable adventure. He
wears full beard and heavy moustache He
believes in fresh air, and never has fire in his
sleeping apartment When he woke up Sat
urday morning he found that his beard was one
mass of ice 1t covered his mouth entirely, and
but for the fact that he breathed through his
nose he must surely have suffoeated. He thawed
the ice, carefully collecting the resulting water
in vessel. 1t measured gallon and one gill.
Philip Dahlen a well-known young man of
Terre Haute has been arrested charged
with black mail A few days ago j. Z. Sones, a
! druggist received letter signed 81. j. Court
ney," saying that the writer had proof that
| Somes invited young lady into the back room
of his store and kissed her over the counter. and
that unless he gave the writer 800 he would
divulge all to his tSomess, wife. Mr.. Somes
wrote a letter tollng Courtney that regis
tered package for him was in the postofiee.