The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
Minor Notes.

John Ford, seventy years old, a weIlzknown
citizen of Edwardsville, is dead.
A company is organizing in New Albany for
the manufacture of glass bottles.
A buzz saw took off a part of the hand of Cash
johnson, at the Hickory mill, New Albany.
John Castian, a New Albany boy, foo1ing with
an unloaded revolver, shot himself through the
hand.
Rev William v Daniels, lone of the oldest
ministers of the Indiana III. E. Conference, is
dying at Shoals.
Miss Minnie Monroe aged twenty-five died
yesterday morning at the residence of her father
in North Madison
Jefersonville people are much elated over the
prospect of a government depot and armory
being established in their city.
N. j. Morphis, fermer resident Of Utica, ac
,cidentally shot and killed himself at Monroe
La, where he was guarding prisoners engaged
at work on a railroad
AT Brywnstown, County Clerk Frank BurreIl,
held on a charge of illegally issuing marriage
license to Fred Myers, to marry Eva Findly,
who was under age, was acquitted
The wife of VIM. Sharpe of Clay township,
Wayne county, attempted suicide by taking
'Rough on Rats" 1t is thought she may re-
cover. Domestic infelicity the cause.
George M Roberts, mayor of Lawrenceburg,
is charged with appropriating to his own use
S., 600 contributed by citizens of Philadelphia
Last August, William L. Stone assaulted and
severely beat Lee Lynn, Of the Wabash Courier.
and a month later the latter began civil suit
for $40. 900. A compromise has been agreed
upon, Stone paying Mr.. Lynn $500.
Charles Nj. Grayson retired yesterday from the
position of city editor of the Madison Herald. He
assumes partnership with n. DRESS proprietor
of the Western Hotel Dir. Grayson and Miss
Josie Driess will be married this evening.
John B. Stoil, editor of the South Bend Times
has brought emit for malicious libel against the
South Bend Register for publications charging
him with having melted the mob spirit that cui-
minated in riot and the consequent destruction
of property
At Brownstown, Jackson county. Charles
Beavers has been convicted of the robbery of
Elijah Bagwell on the highway, on the 18th day
of last September, and sentenced to the States
prison for three years. Beavers is a son of an
Owen township farmer, and is quite a young
man.
William Colbert dealer in general merchan-
disc at Laiiro and trustee of LaGro township.
has made an assignment, with liabilities amount
ing to $1,000 and assets about the same. Mr..
Colbert failed IN business several years ago. and
never entirely recovered from the misfortune.
His debts are chiefly due to wholesalers
man giving his name as John Hendrix
bought goods of two or three wholesale houses
at Louisville, KY, last week, and had them ship
ped to his address at Columbus, claiming to live
there, and to be engaged in the livery and saloon
business Friday Hendrix teiegraphed the rail-
road company to hold the goods; that he would
be at Columbus in the evening. There werc
several hundred dollars worth of goods, but
Hendrix failed to show up, and there is no such
person in business or even known at Columbus
Willie, youngest son OF c. Il. Thompson, a
we'll TODD dry goods merchant, of Darlington,
and Oscar Blue, both lads about twelve years of
age, left Sunday school, last Sunday forenoon,