The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-05
Minor Notes.


The Floyd county poor-house has sixty-nine
inmates.
Thomas A.'Bynum has assumed editorship of
| the Pike County Democrat
Andrew Kern, seventy four years old, a we'll
| known wealthy farmer, who resided near Mem
| phs, died Saturday.
| The Sullivan Democrat has entered upon its
thirty year 1t has been from the first
| under the management of its founder, Murray
Briggs.
W. H. billiard, whose foot was crushed in a
| railroad wreck, near Lafayette, in August last,
and subsequently amputated, has been removed
| to his home in New Albany.
A sand-bank six miles below Evansville caved
in upon two laborers. One of them, Peter Car
| negie, received fatal injuries. The other,
Thomas Barry was painfully hurt
Saturday afternoon freight train on the Bal
timore q Ohio road struck a broken frog at the
gravel pit three miles west of Milford Junction,
and fourteen cars went into the ditch. The
wreck was bad one.
During the month of September thirty-four
prisoners have been received at the northern
penitentiary, the largest number eleven, being
from Allen county. The combined sentences for
the month amount to seventy one years.
The eighteen months old child of Charles Rob
| inson, of New Albany, came very near getting
| poisoned. Its mother had placed poisoned pieces
| of cake to kill mice in the house, and the child
suffered terribly, but is considered out of dan
| ger.
Yesterday afternoon an L., N. A. e. g. freight
| train ran into the l., B. e. w. freight that was
| backing over the crossing at Charlottesville.
! Four freight cars were badly demolished and
| the New Albany engine wrecked Both claimed
the right of way. The loss will not be over
| 81, 500.
In the celebrated gravel-road cases before the
Wells county court, at the present term, Judge
SaylOr held that the curative act Of the Legsla-
| ture passed last winter, by which it was sought
| to legalize the action of the commissioners, as
applied to the case before the court, was uncon-
| stitutOnai.
| A large meeting of the citizens of Jennings
| county met at Vernon on Saturday. to discuss
| the organization of national bank. The project
was received with favor. and a committee con-
sisting Of j. W. Hill, S. w. Storey, r. Leavitt and
| T. @. Bachelor was appointed to make appiica-
| ton to the Comptroller of the Currency for the
necessary papers.
While Mr.. Redding OF Van Buren,, Grant
county, was engaged in operating his steam
hartman, the boiler ex ploded from scarcity of
water, completely wreckng the boiler and en-
| CINE. Fortunately there were no persons near
when the explosion took place except Mr.. Red
| ding, who was acting engineer. He was Sc,
verey scalded on the legs and body.
The Twenty third Regiment Indiana volun.
teer Infantry, will hold their first reunion al
| Salem on Oct Is and It, The following-named
! persons have been requested to deliver addresses
on that OCCASION w. r. Burton, of Columbus,
| Ind, address of welcome; COL D. G. Anthony,
Battle of Shiloh" s. w. Stratton. of Kansas,
Running Blockade at Vicksburg;" Col. W. P.
Davis and Major Ferguson, on 'Siege of Vicks,
mond:" Capt. W. L. Purcell, ''Siege of At
| lanta."