The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31
Minor Notes.

Freddy Force. son of |. F. Force. of New AL
bany fell into the river while at play with other
boys and was drowned.
AS Sels's show was on its way over the L., N.
A. 81 c.. an unknown man fell from one of the
cars, near Orleans, and WAS killed.
Ida Dngman. a young girl, committed suicide
at Seymour Saturday by taking rat
poison" preparation. She was employed as a
domestic.
New Albany Ledger The orders for goods
from the New Albany wooden and cotton mills
up to last Monday were $27l 900 in excess or the
goods on hand.
There will be reunion of the brigade com
posed of the Eighth and Eighteenth Indiana
regiments and First Indiana Battery at Franklin
on Friday, Sept Is.
Postmaster Thomas Hicks. of Salem, after
sixteen years service in the Office, has been SUI
perseded by John Avis. During the sixteer,
years Hicks was never out of town or away
from his post of duty.
Michigan City fishing interests are alarmed at
the decrease in the supply of whitefsh from
year to year. The spawn and young fish are
destroyed by the big Inouthed perch, which are
becoming more plentiful all the time.
Aaron Bowman was badly powder burned by
the flash Of a cannon at the sham battle. at
Marengo, on Friday. His eyes are seriously
injured. He is an ex-member of the Twenty
third Indiana, and lives nine miles from
Marengo.
Elmer Tichenor. an eight-year-old boy living
three miles southeast of Princeton, was thrown
from pony and. his foot catching in stirrup.
was dragged about 300 yards. He was almost
scalped and his body is covered with bruises.
He will probably get we'll
Salem Leader The four persons wounded by
the pistol shots Of Fred Berkey are all doing
well. Miss kerner and w. S. Persise were but
slightly wounded; VIM. McClanahans hand is
very painful but is getting better; Jordan Payne
10 vlnt n,,ctxy hx,n% ~ ntt,
Charles Norman. of New ALBANY a reporter
on the Louisville Courier Journal in trying to
pass between cars in a freight train. had his left
foot caught between the bumpers and crushed so
that 1t was necessary to amputate the toes.
The accident will render him a cripple for life.
William Schopstall. farmer who lived ten
miles from Seymour, took horse and buck
board belonging to Nj. w. Shields from a
hltchiug-pos here, and drove home, turning the
horse loose. On Friday he pleaded guilty to
larceny. and was sentenced to three years in the
penitentary and disfranchsed for five years.
Louisville Commercial: Mrs. William Willis,
OF Jeffersonville left last Tuesday to travel with
her husbands show. After overtakine the cara
she fell out with Miss Carrie Ewing, one of
the actresses who had been the cause of the
contention, and pounded her severely backing
both eyes, compelling her to abandon the show.
A calf belonging to Mrs. L. Roseman, of
Greensboro fell into a dry we'll twenty FIVE feet
deep "A negro was In the well at the time with a
lantern. and strange to say, neither the negro nor
calf was hurt-thOugh the lantern was smashed
1t is supposed that the calf saw the light, and
looking over to investigate the cause, leaned too
far over and tumbed in.
Ralph A. Brown proprietor of drug store at
Terre Haute. has disappeared 1t Is said that
he has eloped with grass widow" deserving
his wife and children. Before he left he made
his property over to his wlfe's mother He came
to Terre Haute from Indianapoli last winter
He is a son of ex President Brown, of the State
Normal School. The woman with whom he left
is said to be old fame who lived in Indian
apolis and recently followed him to Tore Haute.