The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-25

The Northern Indiana Poultry Association
will hold its next session in Fort Wayne in Feb
ruary
Edward Woods, of Jacksonville, who acct
dentally shot himself in the knee, while fooling
with a pistol on last Friday, has since suffered
amputation of the leg
At Shelbyville, las9 evening, Douglass Dob
bins, school superintendent of Shelby county.
was married to Miss Lena Smith, Rev Mcdowell
performing The ceremony.
The Borden Institute at New Providence, Clark
county built chiefly by the efforts and money of
Professor Borden. of New Albany, will be com
peted early in the spring.
Victor Barry. lad of sixteen years. was badly
burned in the face at Mooresville, Floyd county
village. on Monday, by the explosion of powder
he putting into a gun.
The sophomore aud junior exhibitions at Fan
over College, Monday and Tuesday nights,
were unusually well attended, and were fully
up to, if not better than the average
Bob Saxon, barkeeper at the Bemus House,
Evansville, fell down the cellar stairs Of the sa-
loon yesterday, and broke his neck. He was
thirty six years of age and leaves widow.
WhilesJaeob Rover and family. living few
mites from Monticello were in town ON Tuesday,
their dwelling was burned, the contents being
saved by the neighbors. Loss, $1,000; no in
suranee.
dwelling house at Patriot, belonging to
Peter Strack and occupied by Hugh Montague,
was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning dur
ing the temporary absence Of the tenant Loss
about 81. 600; no Insurance.
The grocery of Walker Broe,, at Greenfield,
was closed yesterday by Syfers. Mcbride & Co,
Of Indianapolis. Other indianapolis houses
were caught for small amounts The firm will
probably assign. Liabilities and assets small
Captain Isaac Wright. one of the oldest Ohio,
Mississippi and Red river steamboat captains,
died at Troy on Tuesday, aged eighty-six years.
He commanded the government boats the
Rio Grande during the Mexican He also
commanded the gun. boats and hotlla at the
siege of Vicksburg and participated in most of
the river engagements during the late rebellion.
William Drake, stealing ride in freight car
over the Airline railway to New Albany. WAS
badly injured The train broke in two at Hoff-
mans Station. In coming together again tho
car in which he was lying was crushed in, Drake
being caught and his head so severely damned
that paralysis followed and his condition is crit
cal He lives at Samuels Depot Nelson county,
Kentucky.
Howard Briggs, editor Of the Putnam Demo
crat. addressed a letter to the Governor saying
that there is no uniform rule in this State in
reference to the publication of sheriff sales that
is, the number OF publications required. That
the law requires that they be published twenty
one days, which in some counties is understood
to mean three publications in weekly news
paper and in others four The Attorney general,
by request of the Governor, answers that three
publications are sufficient, and the sale must be
published for twenty-one days exclusive of the
day of sale That notice of sheriffs sale to
occur Feb II, published in a newspaper Jan. "a
and 81, and Feb T. Is sufficient under the
statute