The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-05
Minor Notes.

An old settlers meeting will be held at Rus
Z. Ievile on Thursday August 6.
Montgomery county supplied with five
inches of rainfall during July, and two and half
last Sunday.
Edward Orme, eleven-year- old son of M. NJ
Orme, New Albany, was drowned while bathing
in Falling Greek run.
Louisville Courier Journal.item: '"rwo new
faro banks have been started in Jeffersonville by
louisville parties and both are doing a good
business"
Judge,elect E. c. Snyder will deliver the Grant
memorial address, in behalf of the G. A. r. post
at the memorial meeting, next Saturday, at
Charlottesville.
W. A. Culbertson, eldest son of W. s. GILBERT
son, of New Albany, died at ST. Paul, Minn
Sunday night. of paralysis of the heart. He was
forty five years old.
John A. Weddle pioneer of jackson county
who laid out in that county. the towns of We'd
dlevile and Pleasant, has died at Moffat, Texas,
whore he has lived since 1860.
Charles Reubel, young electrician. of Nun
Gle, while experimenting received an electric
shock that rendered him speeches. and uncon-
scious. He was restored after great labor
The barn of Edward W. Thomas farmer
LIKING about one mile west of North Vernon was
struck by lightning last night and destroyed
Loss about 5000; insured in the North American
FOR $500.
four miles southwest of Winchester. was totally
consumed by fire occasioned by stroke of light
ming. Loss on building about 81, 500, which was
partially insured
The infant child of John Davis. at Kent creek,
Floyd county, was badly hurt The mother was
assisting her husband and laid the infant down
N the grass team standing near backed over
the child, crushing its ribs.
A correspondent sends the following as a
sample of the fertility of Wells county: "A field
of wheat, measuring four and eighty-one hur-
dredths acres, threshed 1871 bushels of wheat.
machine measure. which you will find to be an av-
erage of nearly thirty-nine bushels per acre. and
If weighed, would in all probability. add at least
two bushels more, making the average forty one
bushels TO the acre What county can beat il?
dozen tramps at South Bend took refuge
IN freight cars from O. storm. Walter Burns
George Yeager and James Grant, alias Mutton "
were la the same car. Burns awoke from a sleep
to find that he had been robbed of So 90 He
accused his two companions of taking it. and
blows followed. AT last Grant stabbed Burns in
the abdomen. cutting an intestine This is the
second time Grant has stabbed him. the other
occasion being last spring. Burns is boiler
maker and his folks live in Cleveland. His
tnte-moFtem statement has boen taken Yeager
and Grant were arrested.
The closing exercises of the Central Indiana
. Normal School, at Ladoga, takes place during
next week. On Sunday evening President
Jordan. of the State University at Bloomington.
will deliver lecture on Higher Education;" on
Tuesday evening banquet will be given; on
Wednesday, evening the graduation exercises of
the commercial class. and a lecture on 1.-THE
Future of the West" by Professor BRYAN of the
State University: on Thursday evening the final
exercises of the teachers class will take place.
The present session has been very successful in
III the departments, and Is under the manage
nent of Prof. A, F. Knots, who is also editor OF
The Normal School