The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-12
Minor Notes.

The Clark county teachers institute is in ses-
sion at CharleStown.
The Indiana State Fireman's Association will
meet III Michigan City, the latter part of Sep
TENDER
Mrs. David Graves was killed bv lightning,
near Corydon. on Sunday evening. She lived at
Memphis, Tenn.
F. Anderson, Of New Albany, have organized a
minstrel troup, with Walter Hutchings as ad-
vance agent
water works company has been formed at
Charlottesville, and on Monday night made a
proposition to the Council upon which action
was deferred.
The Knghtstown Union Agricultural Society
will hold its thirty-third annual fair Aug. %,
26, q and %. 1885. The grounds comprise forty
acres of we'll shaded, level land.
Mrs. Louisa Zeigman, los years old, is visiting
adaughter at Vevay. She is the mother of ten
children, all lividg, and has ITO grandchildren.
Her home is near Louisville, Ky.
Hamilton Hanger and family. of Watsons
Station. Clark county. were driving in a two
horse rig. when the horses took fright and ran
away, injuring his wife and children.
Capt John B. Mitchell, of New Albany. has
accepted the appointment of postmaster, and has
notified Postmaster Hurley that he would take
possession at the end of the quarter, Sept. 80.
Frank Champion. the plasterer who shot Gull
liver jackson. a colored tramp from St Louis
at Columbus, on Saturday night has fed. as the
wounded mans injuries are likely to prove fatal
Pat Marshall, one of the new colored miners
from Richmond, Va, was caught under the coal
cage at the Marshall mines, Parke county. and
instantly killed. His neck was broken and bodv
badly mangled He was twenty three years Of
age.
Boys and men have been discovered bathing
in the reservoir which furnishes LAFAYETTE with
nd oh
stomachs are beginning to express their extreme
disgust.
John McFall, Vigo county farmer, had five
steers killed by lightning. There is a strand of
wire on his fence, and the steers were walking
along about two rods apart in path alongside
the fence, and all dropped in their tracks.
At the conclusion of the memorial services
held at Charlottesville, on Sunday, bv Lookout
Post G. A. r., the post passed resolutions highly
complimenting Ex-Governor Porter for the ex-
cellence of the grafton delivered by him on the
occasion.
A systematic search is being made through
Wayne township. Fulton county, for the mur.
derer of Michael Kahn. The reward for Patrick
McGure, supposed to be the murderer. has been
increased to $500. He is believed to be in hid
ing in Wayne township
A severe rain and wind storm passed over the
southwestern portion of Sugar Creek township
Boone county, Sunday night, tearing down
t'"S0o' ""i'onnE va, ue' aiIo destroying great
deal of wheat and corn. The Sugar plain
Church had narrow escape from destruction
Mrs. Felicitas Anderecg, of Lawrenceburp
has died, aged seventy seven years Or the
three daughters, Mrs John Swartz lives at Law
renceburg, Mrs. Frank Walter at Newport, XIV.
and Mrs Henry FL. Meyer, of Roth, Meyer &
Co., at Cincinnati. Of the three sons Christ
Anderegg lives at Indianapolis, connected with
the Failey wheel works John Anderegg, as CON
ductor of one of the Big Four trains, also lives
at indianapolis, and Henry Anderege is CON
nected with the wheel-works at Wapakoneta, O.