The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-29
Minor Notes,

Andrew Hacker fifty eight years old O We
known citizen Of New Albany, is missing.
Miss Kate NADER fell while skating at rir
at Logausport breaking her right leg just abe
the ankle.
J. II. Stanley, sixty years old fell on the
pavement at Terre Haute on Saturday mig
fracturing his hip
Burglars entered the meat market of Reau
& Mason, at South Bend, and, blowing open tn
safe, secured 1928 in cash.
The mayor Of Lebanon has issued procan
ton against rafting, which has become of
quent occurrence there.
Mrs. Amelia A. Goodwin died. on Chric'
at Charles, aged ninety four years. tnas
nearly her entire life in the counbay;ng lived
At Fort Wayne an old man &.
attempted suicide by cuttig1,ad Jobn Kollv
cash was sewed up, and '- his throat The
cover. .ie will probably re
h'e'''' --..-4. an elderly banehelor of
-.e,,Jrt distributed large number OF gltts
among the poor children Of that city on Christ
mas day.
The Democratic papers of the Eleventh district
agree that Oscar Henderson, of the KokOme Dis
patch will be collector Of internal revenue for
that district.
On Saturday evening, at Lafayette, L. G.
Comes of the Brazilian legation at Washington,
was married to Miss Louise Hatcher. daughter
OF the late Vim. Hatcher
Calvin Medley, colored, slept in a stable, at
Greencastle on Christmas night and, on the
next morning. was found with his legs, and arms
frozen. He he's since died.
At Terre Haute a deprayed woman named
Belle Smith, alias Watkins, attempted suicide
by means of morphine. She is still alive, but
with slender chances of recovery.
A Columbus saloon keeper to counteract an
evil report to the effect that his liquors were
adulteratsd, has had them analysed, and now
sells them vouehed for by chemist
Rev Frank Hallam, formerly of Winnsboro,
s C., elected successor to Rev. DIR. Wakefield
as rector of St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Rich
Inond, entered upon his passionate on Christmas
At union mass temperance meeting, held at
Bloomington, it was voted unanimously to pre-
sent to the Legislature at its coming session, the
scientific tempemperance instruction bill for en-
actment into "a law
The First National Bank of New Albany has
been granted an extension of its charter of TWEEN
~ years from Jan ], 1886. Its capital is $780,
O00 During the past twenty years it has paid
$S40 600 in dividends.
The Methodists of Brookville recently built a
$40, 600 church, the success of which was in no
small degree due to the energy of the ladies, who
bv means of fairs, festivals and the hike, have
made and paid the sum of g, 100. H.
On Saturday night male infant, about two
weeks old. almost naked, was found in lumber
ward at Independence, where it had probably
been abandoned by us inOJUer. Inc iluiuS VI
the child were frozen, and 1T can hardly sur
viye.
At Seymour. on Friday night, Hersh Peters
r wealthy middle-aged widower, shot three
times at Eugene Groub. grocer. Both hat
been paying attention to the same young lady
Peters left to escape arrest He is the son OF {
Louisville banker.
Mrs Helen NJ. Cougars paper, Our Herald
published at Lafayette, temperance an(
woman suffrage paper, has been sold to Mrs
Elizabeth Boynton Harbert. She will take pos
session on Jan Is, and will remove the publica
ton Office to Chicago.
On Friday night Henry MAehan's saloon, a
Clarks HILL was discovered to be on fire, and
strange to tell the blue-ribbon workers of tn
place turned out en- massc, and, breaking opel
the door put out the blaze. There was 81, So
insurance on the building and stock.
Louisville Courier-Journal New Albany item
The first church erected in Floyd county wa
built of logs near the present site Of St Mary
Church, Lafayette township The late JOIN
Coleman stated that as near as he could learn
this church was erected by Jesuit Father !
1911. and the priest missionary from Montreal
Canada, though native of France.