The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-29
Minor Notes.

| Steedman Post. G. A. R., at Pleasant Hill,
Montgomery county. will hold a campfire at
| Meharrys grove on Saturday.
The mayor of Charlottesville and the Council
| are inspecting the system of water-works at
| Danville and Bloomington, ILL.,
Discouraged by inability to procure work,
| George Droste, of Richmond, took morphine
| yesterday, and is in a critical state.
John Dobbins, while ploughing yesterday on
| Mrs. Winterwoods farm, Shelbyville,
received sunstroke which may prove fatal.
Mrs. Lucinda Acres, of Aurora has been ad-
| judged insane, and sent to the State hospital.
| Her disorder is caused by religious excitement
The Wabash General Association of Detective
Companies will hold their twenty fifth annual
meeting at Charlottesville, on Tuesday, Aug. IL.
r. Nj. Dennis & CO. have purchased the sad
| dle-tree mandatory of John Gathright, at the
| Southern Prison, and will continue the business
| on larger scale.
fowler, the albino who, while travelling with a
| circus a few years ago, married Miss Porter OF
| Carroll county, the Indian giantess, died very
suddenly, on Monday, at home, in Camden, that
| county.
The mayor of New Albany has received a
communication that the horses Of Robbins Cir
Gus, which is billed to be there in few days, are
afflicted with the CHAMBERS and are spreading the
disease over the country.
A white girl named Augusta Decker, fifteen
years old, has instituted proceedings in bastardy
against negro barber of Richmond named
Andrew Ferguson. She charges Ferguson with
having assaulted her, and accomplished her ruin
by force
Prof E. G. Johnson the mesmerist. swho
created such a commotion at the Peoples rink,
| Lafayette with his hired subjects. last winter,
has at last mesmerized himself; and the citizens
of New Albany, among whom be has been giving
exhibitions considered it unsafe to let him run
| at large. He was sent to the Insane Asylum.
Fred Pepper, of New Albany, in attempting
to jump the cars while in motion. was
severely injured by the wheels of the coach
| passing over his light foot near the center. He
managed to grab hold of the hand-r and held
on until his foot, which swung round under the
coach, was caught by the wheel and crushed to
pulp.
At Shelbyville, last night, Jeff Richardson saw
his wife, Emma Reed. from whom he has been
separat ed for some time, walking with Herman
| Tormeia, a rough character. Without word of
| warning he struck Tormelia a terrible blow on
the head with weapon. The wound, it is
feared, will prove fatal. Richardson gave him
self up.
Rev S. J. Tomlnson, pastor OF the Christian
| Church at Wabash, formerly of Shelbyville was
| yesterday united in marriage to Miss Jennie
| McGaughey, at the home of the brides parents,
| in Acton in the presence OF the relatives and a
few invited friends of the bride and groom from
| Indianapolis and Shelbyville. After the cerc-
mony they left for a tour through the East.
Frank Kelley has died of consumption at the
| prison at Jeffersonvie. Kelly it will be remem-
bered, murdered a fisherman OF John boat at
| Rockport, after which he robbed the boat. He
was tried at Rockport and sentenced for life and
| served out his sentence without Communication.
His age was nineteen years at the time of his
death. He was buried in the prison graveyard.
There was public meeting held at the Van
| Cleave mineral springs. at Charlottesville, on
| Monday evening, to take action toward improy-
ing the grounds and making resort of the
| place. Speeches were made by several. There
are four springs. all different, within a short
distance of each other. Several years ago Elder
! M. NJ. Vancleave began the erection of hotel
at these springs. but his finances gave out The
springs are visited by hundreds of people daily.