The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-23
Minor Notes.

Rev II. B. Kane, Of Argyle, n. Y, has been
elected pastor Of the Second Presbyterian Church
of Lafayette.
Evansville is enjoying a building boom. New
houses are going up and improvements being
made throughout the city.
The Ionan society Of Eaflham College will
hold a reunion and banquet at Richmond dur
ing commencement week in June
r. D. Slater, of Dearborn county, will probably
have no opposition in his race for the Democratic
nomination for the prosetutorship.
Moses Glessner, living FIVE miles southwest of
Marion, was burned to death on Saturday night
while trying to remove his household goods from
his burning house. 30,
Matte link, an eighteen-year old is in jail at
Terre Haute, charged with infanticide in killing
her born illegitimate child. The -inother's
parents live at Sullivan. .t
Mrs. NJ B. Swift the aged mother of Judge F.
s. Swift, of Brookville, died at the latters resi-
dence on Monday night The funeral will take
place to-day at O'Clock.
On Monday evening, near Hagerstown, while
Grant Wool, aged twenty years, was blowing in
field, a large tree was blown down upon him
and he was instantly killed.
Mr. Charles T. DePauw and Albert Trinler, Of
New Albany, have gone to Pittsburg, to visit
iron works and other manufacturing institutions,
with view to changing the business of the New
Albany rail-1nll
Mrs Rush, wife of clerk in lemons grocery,
at Shelbyville, attempted suicide on Monday, by
means of morphine Antidotes were promptly
used and she is still alive Matrimonial troubles
are said to be the melting cause.
Job Miller, of Lawrenceburg has brought suit
against the big -Four" road for damages ac-
count Of the overflow caused by the cutoff and
for throwing gravel on his land also, to recover
strip of land on which the junction depot
stands He wants $1,000.
The Madison Stove Foundry Company has
been organized, with capital OF $lOO'OoO
and John Clements, John r. Cravens.
John Eckert John Linek and Thomas Lawson
as directors The probable location of the new
industry is the old Star mills in the west end of
town.
The Wabash Sentinel Association, who are de-
termined there shall be Democratic paper at
Wabash, and which recently bought the presses
and material of the Anderson Review, have
leased their plant to Nelson G.. Hunter. who is
now looking about for an editor. The Sentinel
will appear next week. .4.s.4 .s
Clarence ". jackson. charged with embezzle-
ment by the O. & NJ Express Company, while
agent for said company at Ningennes, having
failed to. materialize when his was called
last term his bond of $500 was declared for
feted, and suit has just been brought against
his bondsmen, Sheriff James f. Kaekley and
Jacob A. Shugert, for the recovery of the same.
Last Thursday morning, at 2 O'Clock, burglars
entered the store of Hiram Mailman, at George
town, Brown county and blew open the safe,
robbng it of its contents and firing the building,
which, with the stock Of goods, was entirely con
sumed. The postoffice, held in the store, and its
contents, togetherwith postage stamps etc., were
also burned. The entire loss is estimated at
S. O0O on which there is 81, 900 insurance. The
news store of Aaron Cody in an adjoining build
ing. also burned; loss $500; no insurance.
The burglars got about $50 out of the safe.
Mr. Eb Morgan. of Jeffersonville, has in his
possession probably the finest knocking bird in
the city. In addition 20 its remarkably fine
vocal powers, the feathery warbler has strange
history. 1t brought from the Island of
st Helena in 1885, by Turkish sailor, and
after weathering two shpwrecks and being
captured by savages along with its owner, finally
arrived at New Orleans where it was purchased
by Mr. Morgan's brother-in-law, resident of
Louisville This story published in the Louis
vile Commercial has been corroborated by the
knocking bird