The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-27
Minor Notes.


The large slaughter house of Lewis Rieffie, at
Charlottesville, was burned on Wednesday night.
w. I'll. Stephens, of New Albany, has been
chosen superintendent of the rail mill at Evans
vile.
Isaac Howard of Whitesville, Montgomery
county, has been fined $50 for illegal selling of
liquor.
Frederick Seive King. seventy-six years DID,
a well known resident of New Albany, died on
Tuesday.
Miss Hattie Fugate fell at the TOWNSVILLE
skating rink, on Wednesday night, and broke
her wrist.
In Jeffersonville suits have been filed against
a dozen saloon keepers who failed to take out q
city license
The stockholders of the Cannelton cotton mill
will increase the wages of their employees y per
cent on Dec. l.
The proprietors of the Peru woollen mills gave
their employees a dinner yesterday, at the Ma
tional Hotel, in that city.
Jeffersorville claims to be almost free from
gambling. Only two negro keno banks are run
ming, and they are doing poor business
Nicholas Boilwin, of indianapolis, has taken
charge, at New Albany of the local agency of
the j., NJ. q |. road, vice j. E. Haverstck, re-
lieved.
Thomas Campbell, of Charlottesville, was Sc
verey injured at the foundry of Lyle 81 Smith,
yesterday, by being struck in the eye by a piece
of iron.
Eighteen members of the Fidelity Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah, of Indianapolis, initiated
nine members into the lodge at Ladoga on
Tuesday evening.
The residence of Mrs Rebecca McCarty, Heth
township, Harrison county burned. Loss,
ST, $780, insured for $500 in the Agricultural In
surance Company, of New York.
News came to Evansville yesterday of MUIR
der at Lockhart's Bend, six miles below that
city, on the Indiana side-the report being that
man by the name of Sanders had stabbed his
wife and left her for dead.
Charlottesville had baby show on Tuesday
night at the First Presbyterian Church. The
young son of g. L. Markley carried off the honors
w. Il. Rosebro was awarded the bouquet for be-
ing the handsomest man there
James H. Emmett Post, G. A. r.. of Wabash,
went in a body, on Tuesday evening, to North
Manchester, where they were given public re-
ception. A grand supper was served at the Sex
ton House. camp of Sons of Veterans was
mustered in.
Some ten or fifteen persons who came to
Madison from Pittsburg, under a contract for
ayear's work at the cotton mills, have filed notice
OF suit for damages against the company for loss
of time, etc., there having been no work at all
of any consequence thus far.
Suit was entered in the Circuit Court at La
fayette, yesterday, by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company to restrain the Brush Electric
hight Company from placing the electric light
wires on their poles or from erecting poles uE-
derneath or adjoining the Western Union wires.
The Electric light Company will contest.
Mr.. Reed an officer of the bank at Madison
victimized by the gold brick swindlers, has been
in New Albany looking up evidence He sub
p9naed Mr. David Magness, of the latter place
to attend the trial at Madison. Mr. Magness
melted down some gold for the swindlers, and
this is supposed to have been used to fill up the
hole in the alleged gold brick.
The suits against farmers in Montgomery
county for tresp passing upon the toll gate on the
Charlottesville Southern turnpike have all been
compromised. When the jury returned a YER
diet of 81 and costs against Larkin Branch the
seven others pleaded guilty and were fined 81
each. The costs in the Branch case will be at
least $275-the result of standing trial, and is
what made the others plead guilty.