The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-06
Q Minor Notes.

There are now GOO inmates in the southern
penitentiary.
A Charlottesville boy went fishing and caught
his lower lip the hook, and doctor had to
cut the end of the hook off in order to release the
boy.
Frank Perry, of New Albany, will leave, to-
day, for Honduras to superintend the putting to-
gether of boat built by the Howards of Jeffer-
sonville. for persons in that country.
Thomas Wckens a sixteen-ye ar-old boy, liv-
ing at Worth Vernon, had both legs cut off while
getting off moving freight-train. He would
have graduated at the high school next year.
A freightcar of the L., N. A. g. G. railroad,
loaded with paper, was totally destroyed by fire
last Sunday night on the side. track at the paper
mill at Monticello. Loss, 500. No insurance.
The three-year-old son of William Farnaer of
West Hendricks township, Shelby county, who
badly mangled an arm by catching the same in a
sugar-cane MILL last week, took lock jaw and
died yesterday.
An election was held yesterday in Lafontaine,
Wabash county, to decide whether or not the
town. shall be Incorporated. The vote stood
thirty-two for and thirty-nine against. The
anti-incorporation party celebrated their victory
with fireworks.
The shot that caused the death of Geo. Will
son. who killed by Thomas Wilson, near
RusselivIlle. had entered his back, passed
through his liver and lodged just underneath
out after his death.
Ben F. Lafferty. of the Jacksonville, Madison
& indianapolis railroad office in New Albany is
dangerously ILL., Mr.. Lafferty was stricken with
paralysis ten years ago, losing the use of both
limbs During all these years he has been
ployd, and has been hauled to and from his
work.
The fourth annual Carroll County Harvest
home Exhibition held at Camden, was one of the
finest shows of stock, farm and garde products
and poultry ever made in that part of the State.
There were from 3, 900 to 4 900 people in attend
ance each day, although the weather was unfa-
vorabe. Arrangements are being made to hold
it four days next year, and to pay premiums.
Yesterday small bov named John Grimes,
found mail sack at Charlottesville, between
the junction and the Vandalia depot, which had
been cut open and the contents rifed. The sack
evidently had been exposed to the weather some
time The letters were torn up and scattered
near by, and, from the scraps, it is ascertained
that the letters were coming to Charlottesville.
The latest Bedford sensation is the elopement
of William Palmer, sixty years old, with Mrs
Hardy Williams, forty years old. Both parties
married. Palmers family, financially is in
good fix, as he decided, about two weeks since.
his entire interest to his wife of about $50 900
worth of real estate, he taking with him from
So, 600 to $4,000, but the other family is in poor
circumstances.
The funeral of Capt A M. Early, who died at
his home in Wabash on Friday, took place to-
day. Mr.. Early was seventy -eightyears old, and
had lived in Wabash county nearly forty years.
During canal days he was in charge of packet
boat for some time and became very extensively
known. Mr.. Earlys death had been anticipated
for some time About two months ago he en-
braced the Catholic faith