The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-10
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At Terre Haute, K NJ. Lewis perforated Mrs
Eliza Watkinsons maltese cat with bird shot The
had killed his chickens, but the justice fined
him 81 and costs for killing the cat.
The police officers made raid upon a gam
bling room at Charlottesville the other night.
One of the oontz men jumped out of the third
story window but was not seriously injured
Lee Byrne, farmer, while running to stop
his team which had been frightened by the cars,
at Gresham Station, Harrison county, was run
down by the locomotive and terribly crushed,
his death being almost instantaneous.
At Upton Samuel Money stole a shotgun be
longing to W. L. Bergman. He was arrested,
pleaded guilty and on failure to give $500 bond
was lodged in Jail. He says ne is from Kentucky.
He has served one term in the penitentiary.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Society of In
diana will begin its session at New Albany this
evening, in the school hall of Holy Trinity
Church Addresses will be delivered by Fathers
Weichman and McMullen, both able speakers.
Max and Joe Shaffer, two farmers living near
Rogerton, Delaware county, have disappeared.
There is some talk of foul play. There are S., OG0
in debts remaining unpaid. The debts range in
amounts from 5000 to 81. 200 each, and were due
neighbors Twelve hundred dollars is due the
school fund, secured by land owned by their
mother.
Sidney Dillman, Of Van Buren, township Grant
county. was seriously and it is thought fatally
stabbed. 1t is thought that Dillman cannot re-
cover. man named Leverage and compan-
ion, William Doyle, We're arrested on the
charge. They are in Jail. They we're returning
from basket, and quareled about bringing
Doyle homer All had been drinking.
The honors of the Sullivan High school COM
mencement were carried off by Martin Lewis, a
negro boy with apparently no admxture of white
blood in his veins. He was warmly applauded
at the close of his GRAFTON, and received from a
book firm two handsome volumes--one history
and the other 1.-The Speeches of Daniel Web
ster.' His Grafton was on the advantages de-
rived from scientific research, and was admira-
bly, composed and delivered.
The Terre Haute Express has an interesting
sketch of a local celebrate of that place an old
German believed to be a nobieman driven from
his country on account of taking part in the
revolution of 1848. He has lived in Terre Haute
for nineteen years. His name s Leopold Albert
Hesse, but is better known as s'the Hermit of
Vinegar Hill" He is man of good education,
but has no friends or associates except an old
white dog. He goes ragged and makes little eff
fort to secure a living.
M. j. Fox, of Anderson who tried to kill him
self by the use Of drugs at the Charlottesville
fair grounds, last Saturday morning has almost
recovered and has been taken home The doc
tors are of the opinion that he also took lauda-
mum with the belladona, and the counteraction
OF the two Is all that saved his life. An empty
bottle labeled laudanum was found with tbs
bottle containing few drops of beadona The
belladona ne took would have been sure death
by itself
At Mrs. Woodwortn's meeting at the Kokomo
rink, on Sunday night, six persons are alleged to
have passed into the trance state viz: Mary
Pickett, Ella Pearson. Annie and Lille Osler
Rev. S. Snyder and Clara Jessup In addition
to these those who have been entranced since
this series of meetings began are Mrs Wood
worth frequently Jonas Harris, of New Lon
don, John Moon, Fred Adamson and Mr.. Os-
wald, OF Liberty township, Howard county,
making ten person altogether. Next Sunday the
ordinance of baptism will be administered in
Wild Cat to all new converts who desire 70 be
baptized