The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-16
Minor Notes.

The Button well is over 100 Feet deep-no
gas yet,
The Terre Haute blast furnace mas shut down
for repairs.
A. Limenstalt, of Decatur, was thrown from
his wagon by runaway horse and seriously
hurt
Black diphtheria is prevalent in Madison town
ship ST. Joseph county, several persons having
died from the disease.
Prof John w. Storrs will leave Mitchell in
few weeks to accept nrofessorship In the Indi-
ana Normal School at Covington.
The Vincennes district conference of the NJ.
E. Church will meet in New Lebanon. Monday.
July 20, and continue for two days.
William Spear Post No. lS9. G. A. r., has
adopted resolutions condemning the recent
reasonable utterances of jeff Davis d Co.
Mrs. Sarah Knapp aged about forty, living
near Osgood, while in fit ran into Sugar creek
and was drowned. The body was recovered.
A. G. Kilgore, farmer living just back Of
West Wheeling, has ten cherry trees, from
which he picked eighty-two bushels of cherries.
Isaac Unrue who lived with his son, Andrew
Unrue. about three miles south of Baintertown
Elkhart county died recently. He was eighty
six years old.
Rev r. S. Martin, of Lafayette who was
charged by Mrs. Frazier with serious offense,
after two days ministerial trial, has been unan-
imously acquitted.
By direction of Bishop Andrews the Southeast
Indiana Conference will meet on Sept 16 instead
of Sent. 8, and the Erie Conference will meet
Sept. 8 instead of Sept l6.
The A. NJ E. Church of Fort Wayne fcoloredl
camp-meeting will DE held in Capt p Studa
bakers grove at Button, commencing July IL,
and will be in session ten days.
The Gibson county normal institute will
open at Princeton July o. Among those who
will deliver lectures are Professors Coulter, At
water, Parsons, Smith and Bryan.
Rev. H. j. Talbot, of Rockport, has been ten
dered the passionate of New Albany NJ q.
Church for the ensuing year. Rev. Talbot is
now the presiding elder of Rockport district.
Samuel Marshall, young married man of
Sbelbyvilie. attempted sHicide by taking rat
poison. Before he got enough down to do the
work he was overpowered and the poison taken
froL4 him.
A curious thief has made his appearance in
Madison and suburbs He only robs churches
and school-houses, having broken into three
Catholic churches and one public schoolhouse
during the past week.
The barn of George w. Howe, situated ten
miles south of Shelhyville, was struck BIZ light
ming, Tuesday night, and burned, with all its
contents. and straw stack adjacent, valued at
$50. Total loss, 800; no insurance
Last night a tramp who had fallen from a
train was found on the Wabash railway, four
miles west of Wabash, with an arm and both
legs broken. His injuries will prove fatal He
was taken to Wabash for treatment.
An investigation by the coroner proves that
Gottlieb Hehrer, living near Evansville, was
not murdered, at first supposed. but was
killed by being thrown from his wagon the
wheels passing over his head and chest
Bill Morris, a worthless loafer Of Terre Haute,
has been arrested for outragng the ten year-old
child of John Baldwin. He also communicated
TO her loathsone disease, and threatened to kill