The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

cut off, and he sustained other injuries, which
caused his death to-day. Deceased was over
sixty years of age. and leaves a large family in
comfortable circumstances.
Calvin G. King. a farmer living near Wabash,
was thrown from a buggy and received injuries
which will probably prove fatal The accident
was caused by his horse taking fright at the dis
charge of a gun, and running away.
A Byers, gardener at South Bend, has re-
| ceived from ]. III. Gregory, seedman at Marble
head, Mass, a check for $3.50, awarded to Mr..
Byers as a premium on an assortment of vege-
tables sent to Dir. Gregory by Mr. Byers.
The Delaware County Board of Agriculture
has elected the following directors, the same be-
ing one-half the board, the other half holding
over: James Carmichael, W. E. Yost, S. NJ. Ora
ham, A. E. Syman, Samuel Drum, G.. Parkinson
and c. G. Mansfield.
Birney Monroe, son of DR.. j. r. Monroe, was
found dead in his room at the late residence of
his mother, in Seymour. He had been suffering
with consumption several months, and an IN
quest was considered unnecessary. Mrs. Mon
roe died a few weeks ago.
The stockholders of the Warren Tri-county
Agricultural Society have elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President, Jonas
Good; secretary, Isaac f. Beard; assistant sec
rotary, jacob g.. Yound; treasurer, 5. L. Good;
superintendent, Lloyd S. Jones.
VIM. Ridgely, burglar and footpad. has been
sentenced to nine years Imprisonment by Judge
Vinton, of Lafayette. Mr.. Ridgelv had a ocular
way of placing a revolver under the noses of
timid persons whom he encountered while en-
gagged in his professional duties.
A horse-thief captured near Jonesville, about
a week ago, fell sick, and is supposed to be dying.
1t is said that he has made a confession, in which
he stated that several Jennings county men be-
long to gang of horse thieves. One OF the
parties has been arrested, and officers are after
others. No names could be learned.
At Valparaiso a fire destroyed Dolson & Will
&c N 1uarxy onH fond cfoh1o William NAaIC fln
dertaking establishment, j. Rymster's tailor
shop, and partially destroyed Odd-fellows' Hall,
involving a total loss Of about 81 1000 The stock
was mostly all saved. Dolson & Williams had
an insurance of $500, and the Odd-fellows of
$1,000.
DIR. Edward Horton, of Bluffton, is under ar
rest for causing the mysterious disappearance Of
the illegitimate infant of a girl named Black.
The child was born on Friday and afterward re-
moved. When DR.. Horton was arrested he told
where the infant could be found, hidden away in
a box in a closet of the house in which it was
born. The mother of the child says the child
was born alive, but died shortly after. Dr.. Hor-
ton furnished bond in the sum of $4,000.
The citizens of Charlottesville have formed
committees for the relief of the poor of that
city, and liberal donations have been made. On
Monday night Elder W. d. Owen, congress
man-elect from the Tenth district, delivered a
lecture in Music Hall for the benefit of the poor:
An admission fee OF ten cents was charged, and
about 800 was realized. The hall was not
large enough to hold the people. Another lee
ture for the same purpose will be delivered by
Elder owen on Sunday evening, Jan. IL, in
Music Hail.
Louisville Commercial New Albany Item:
About two weeks ago Henry A. Ewing, of Bowl
ing Green, KY, came to this city, and was
married to Miss Ollie NJ. Simpson, after eight
hours courtship. Nov comes the mother of the
bride and brings suit against Mrs. Charles Camp
bell, with whom Mrs, Ewing was living when
she married, for falsely swearing to the girls
age. Mrs. Campbell was told by the lady that
she was over eighteen, and, believing it. made
the affidavit. The mother, it seems, wanted the
girl to marry another man.
Lee Linn, publisher of the Wabash Courier.
explains that the foreclosure and sale by the
sheriff of his bedding at Wabash was largely a
matter of form made at his own request, and for
reasons that will appear in good time. He says:
1.-THE Courier will continue to do a lively and
prosperous bushes at the old stand, and those
of its enemies who have been hoping to attend
it's funeral will be disappointed. There can be
no funeral without a corpse, and in this case
there is a total absence of that very necessary
appendage to all well-regulated funerals"
Evansville Courier: Mr.. Emil Kuechler, a
German printer who formerly resided here. hut
is now connected with the Erie pa Tageblatt,
has relieved the anxiety of his Evansville
friends by writing one of them at length, to the
effect that he is still in this country and pros
pering. He saws he was born at Alley in Feb
ruary 8, 1874 The Emil Kuechler now under
sentence of death in Germany for the attempted
assassination of Emperor William is also a Ger
man printer, and was born at Elberfeld on the
same day as the other Emil Kuechler-February
8, 1874 Under the circumstances it is not sur
prising that the two should have been confused.