The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14
ILLINOIS.
News Items Culled from Correspondence and
Cleaned from Exchanges.

Cleaned from Exchanges.
John Wilson has been arrested at Farmer
City as professional hog thief
The town of Galesburg has reduced the dram
shop license from 81 200 to 81 600.
Henry Ringers adopted daughter, child of
eleven years has disappeared from Hennepin.
The child is believed to have been kidnapped
John Still. whose throat was cut. near Paris,
by his brother-in-law. John Maynard in a quar-
rel over a horse-trade, is a resident of Evans
vile, Ind,
A Wabash switchman at Cairo named Van
Allen had his head cut off yesterday, by being
over by an engine. He was married but a
few months ago
Orrin A. Carpenter, of Fora Burns notoriety,
has sold his residence property at Lincoln to
VIM. H. Tranor. and is making arrangements to
move to Dakota.
The Rev. E. o. Vessel, of St Johns Lutheran
Church, of Galena, has accepted a call at Platts-
vile, Wis. The Rev. G, Schram, of Nleredosia,
will fill the vacancy.
William Ferris has been captured and placed
in Jail at Lincoln. He is charged with being
accomplish of his brother-in-law, j. A Hall, in
the Mount Pulaski triple murder of two years
ago.
Mooney, the murderer who was to have been
hanged at Waukegan on May %. has been res
pited by a supersedeas from the Supreme Court,
and the execution will be thus postponed at least
until September.
In a disturbance at circus in Peru. Saturday
Frank Cable of La Sale. was struck on the head
with stake by of the showmen. He is ly
ing in precarious condition, with but little
hope of recovery
William Hensleo who stole a horse ut Miner
in April, and tried 10 sell the animal at Bloom
ington, pleaded Guilty in the Circuit Court at
Pekin, and was sentenced to three years. Hens
lee is but eighteen years old
On Monday at Dixon, James Dornan and
Henry Smith were making sand-blast at the
quarry, when premature explosion occurred,
badly burning each about the chest and face,
Dornau probably fatally
At South Elgin, on Monday two horses showed
unmistakable signs of madness. Some weeks
ago they were bitten by rabid dog. Several
cattle have been lost by reason OF the depreda-
tons of this animal before it was killed
Court at Sullivan Moultrie county. has been
adjourned on petition of farmers in order that
they may go on with their corn planting Grim
inals will have to anguish IN jail until the next
term in order that farm work be not delayed.
Webster Watcher is on trial at Hillsboro for
the murder of Stephenson Sturgeon. The night
of JAN l6 last, there was to bel spelngb bee at
the Tester sehool-house, in Round Tree town
ship. A number of young people had arrived,
among them Stevenson Sturgeon and Webster
Watcher Watcher and Sturgeon soon became
involved in an alteration, during which, it is
alleged, Watcher drew his pistol and shot Stur-
geon, killing him instantly.
Rosa Moore, eighteen years old is under arrest
at Freeport. as runaway from the Industrial
School at South Evanston. She has been an in
mate of this school for the past three years, and
says she ran away because she was i'll treated by
the superintendent Miss E. NJ Miller, and Mr..
Grove who is connected with the institution.
She charges that the pupils there are quite often
severely punished with a raw hide, and some
times placed in dark room, where they are
kept for week at time on bread and water
She also says that other pupils run away when
ever they get chance.