The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-06
Indiana Notes.


June is denied.
The residence of Jerry Dugan near Shelby
vile, burned Monday night Insured for
81, 700 in the Ohio Farmers.
The school enumeration of Rush county, just
completed, exhibits a total of 1851; city of Rush
vile, 1,087 an increase in the town and decrease
in the county.
Richard McCafferty died at New Albany from
the effects of injuries received by being struck
by train He was a section foreman on the D.,
NJ. 81 l. road.
Mrs. A. G. Harsmer, of Versailles, seventy
years old, fell down stairs and split and broke
the bones of her right arm. 1t is feared the in
jury, in view of her age will prove fatal.
Peter H. Weber, of New Albany the baggage
master shot by the robber, near Harrodsburg,
last week, is out on the street. His face is still
bandaged up. Weber says he would readily
recognize the robber should he lay eyes upon
him.
James Riley Graham, the canvasman of
Miles Orton's circus, who was alleged to have
struck Margaret Eversole a child, in the face
Saturday for looking under the canvas at Jeffer-
sonville, was acquitted, the evidence not being
sufficient.
o. N. Needhan, proprietor of the Grand Cen
trail Hotel, at South Bend, has closed it's doors
after trial of four months and sinking So, 900
in the enterprise. He will return to Plymouth
and resume the management of the Parker
House at that place.
Mark Vinnedge. well-known young man of
Plymouth, aged sixteen, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head He has been
wild young man. He was at the Reform School
for one term, and his father tried to make him
go to school, but he said he would die first. And
he did
II the failure of Philip Schloss at Terre
Haute, an appraisement of the stocks of mer-
chandise at the clothing store, hat store and
overall factory has been made by Messrs.
Adolph Arnold and Marx Myers. The stock in
the clothing store was appraised at total of
$2l 900 in round figures, the hat store at 50, 346,
and the overall factory at $7,61460 The indie
pendence store is put down at 81, 445. Al The
accounts and notes considered good amount to
$16 504 16, and the residence at 81, 900, and two
lots in Chestnuts addition 5000, making total
of $50, 1907. The total Of the notes and ac-
counts is 1874, 44lO3 but only SIG, 504 l6 are put
down as good.
The fire at Poseyville, on Monday destroyed
five buildings and contents. The fire began in
James Lewiss saloon. The losses are as fol-
insurance, loss 5000; Mrs. G. S. Waters, loss on
two frame store buildings, So, 600, insurance
1000; Charles Keightly, loss stock of drugs
and general merchandise, $1,000, insurance
surance: James Williams, building loss 5000, no
insurance; John Grun building, loss $500, in
surance $500; T. B. Young, building. $3.50, in
surance 5000; j. T. Lewis, stock of liquors, loss
Sl, lUU, Insurance. 1JOU, V. L. bOZeman ~ Co.,
damage to plate glass in windows $3.50, insured.
The most exciting incident that has occurred
at Lawrenceburg since the food, took place on
Monday in blind horse runaway It was
frightened by rolling BARREL and with wild
snort, it plunged furiously down the street.
kicked itself free from the encumbering wagon,
and dashed headlong through the large show
window of Winegardner's newsstand, scatter
ing merchandise in every direction with its
flying hoofs, until it reached the open cellarway,
when it dropped in confused mass into the
vault below, and lay there snorting and foaming
amid the debris it carried with it. Mrs Wine
gardner was in the rear of the store at the time
of the beasts unceremoniOus entrance, which
probably saved her life 1t required number
of men, with ropes and puleys, some time to
remove the horse from the cellar.
Chief Goodman, of Lafayette, has arrested
tramp who will be held on suspicion of being the
Harrodsburg train-robber and assassin He
gives very lame account of himself. He gave
the name of James Flynn. He had his pockets
full of papers containing accounts of the rob-
berry. He is apparently thirty five years of age,
five feet ten inches high, and as 1.-THE and active
a cat. He had fading yellow mustache and
pale blue eyes, which had an uncomfortable way
of cycling one furtively, but penetratingly. He
had a SLOUGH hat, rusty worn coat and vest,
frayed at the edges, and in a generally debili-
tated condition, although clean and we'll
brushed. His pantaloons were of some cheap
dark blue stuff that had narrow white crossbar
About his neck he wore iimsy blue silk hand
kerchef pinned at the throat with safety-pin
He will be taken to New Albany for Identified
ton.