The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-01
ILLINOIS.
Gleanings from Correspondence and Cuttings
from Exchanges.

from Exchanges.
Peter Lehman Danish tailor at Monmouth,
shot himself in the head, while respondent, and
will die.
drowned at Rock Island, while bathing. His
parents live in Rochester n V
Samuel Bradshaw, the eleven year old son Of
prominent farmer at Commercial Point was
drowned at that place while bathing
A fire-cracker, thrown at Lizzie Stefan, a lit
tie girl of Wilmington, lodged in her clothing
which it ignited, burning her dangerously.
Near Waukegan, a horse driven by Lorenzo
Hlnkston was frightened by circus posters, and
ran away. Mr. Hinkston was thrown out and
seriously, perhaps fatally injured
Henry Rohr, for many years car inspector in
the Chicago. Rock Island 81 Pacific railway
yards. at Rock Island. was crushed to death
while examining large refrigerator car
Jacob, nine year, old son of D. H. Sample, of
Harvel, accidentally shot his little brother, only a
year and half old on Monday. They were
playing with a revolver, when it was discharged,
the ball entering little left of the center of the
forehead. The physicians say the child cannot
recover.
Mrs S. Boekhoff, WHO, with her sons and a
daughter, has been carrying on general mer-
camille business in Red Bud for the past few
years. has made ASSIGNMENT of her property
to Mr.. VIM. Guebert. The liabilities are said
to be $4,000, and the assets $40. 900. Most
of the creditors are parties who reside in ST.
Louis
Mrs. Caroline Knapp died, on Monday at
Rockford. Seven years ago she was thrown
from buggy, and her hip broken. Mortfca
ton set in, and the bone became decomposed.
The woman was reduced to skeleton, and it
was mystery how she lived. Her daughter
left her alone in room for minute, and during
her absence she suddenly expired.
A writ of habeas corpus has been granted in
the case of Walker Hammond, the noted coun-
terfeiter, former resident of Indiana who is
serving ten-year term at Joliet prison. The
ground on which Hammond based his hope for
release from mis- sentence IS the recent decision
of the United States Supreme Court that crimes
which subject the convict to hard labor are in
famous and must be tried bysindictment by the
grand jury, and not by Information.
Freeport has a severe case Of much married
ness in the person of young woman whose
maiden name was Nellie Maydame. In 1882 she
married Charles Yourex, and lived with him
less than week. A few months later she mar
ried John c. Baker, and lived with him but a
short time. A few months later she married
Harry L. Phillips, and this spring was divorced
from him, after he had married second wife
On Monday night she married to Charles
Yourex, to whom she was first welded three
years ago.
News has been received at Bloomington of
the death, at San Jose, Cal, of Professor Henry
B. Norton, one of the faculty of the California
State normal school. He was one of the most
distinguished and brilliant men who have ever
graduated from the Illinois State normal school
at Normal He was member of the class Of
1867 Almost Immediately upon graduation he
was made principal of the model department of
the Illinois normal, and soon was elected princi-
pal of the Kansas normal school, at Emporia
which position he occupied until 1872, when
called to California.