The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-20
Minor Notes.

The question of boring for gas is being agitated
in Shelbyville
Seymour will vote on the water-works Ques-
ton on the 9Th prox
The snowfall has been general throughout
northern Indiana and in some sections quite
heavy.
John F. Newedde, ex-trustee of Grassy
township. Scott county, has been arrested on a
charge of forgery.
held for trial at Brazil on a charge of burglariz
ing farm residence near Stanton
James Dempsey father of DR.. W. T. Demp-
sey, of Richmond. fell, near his own door, on
Saturday, and sustained fracture OF the hip
joint
Isaac Reams, of Logansport, accidentally shot
himself in the woods on Friday and lag for two
hours before he was discovered. His condition
is critical
At Westville, on Friday afternoon, Thomas
Concannon was shot twice at Ed Moen's saloon.
The wounds are of a serious nature. Moen was
also badly hurt
Louis DeBusse, a carpenter of Richmond,
died on Friday from blood poisoning The only
injury he had received was the puneturing of
his hand with silver of wood.
City Attorney Manley D. Wilson, of Madison,
has Eed complaint against all the druggists in
the city, charging them with selling whisky by
the glass without city license.
L. y. dllOI eCn formerly an emp0y0 In
the Wabash shop at Fort Wayne, and afterward
general secretary of the railroad department of
the Y. NJ. G. A at Rochester, N. Y, has been
offered the general secretaryship of the Y. NJ. c.
A. Of Winona, Wis.
! The Democratic Board of County Commits
sioners of Huntington county spent $4,000 in
! the erection of Jail, and now the new board,
which is Republican, makes the discovery that
the Jail, through the plumbers of their predeces
sors, does not belong to the county at all.
On tho Goth of this month the contract for the
building of the postoffice and United States
courthouse at New Albany will be awarded bv
| the Supervising Architect at Washington, and
work will be commenced on the building the
] foundation for which has already been laid
early next spring. The building will be ninety
five feet and ten inches in length and fifty feet
in width.
John Fl. Wilson Post, No. 419, G. A. R.. at
! Albany, on the 18th inst. elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Commander, d.
Nj. Boil senior vice-commander, Charles John
son; junior vice commander, George H. Current:
officer of the day. Manaen Vincent officer of the
guard, w NJ Lister; chaplain, c. j. Streght;
surgeon, DR.. A. P Munay; Quartermaster, j. R.
| Stafford.
Last week. at Rockville, Forgey G. Mcintyre,
of Montgomery county, obtained Judgment for
! 81. 600 against Elijah Ciore who lives near
Alan. This was suit for damages. In 1885
/ Mr.. Clore drove spirited horse to the fair at
Charlottesville. and the horse jumped into a
spring wagon injuring Mrs Mcintyre and caus-
! ing her death a month afterward. The first
/ trial was held at Covington. where Mcintyre
obtained judgment for s. 00O
During the late campaign Postmaster Snyder
of Lagrange, was proceeded against a charge
of holding letters addressed to 20. l.. Ballou.
chairman of the Democratic county committee"
There were two county committees in La
grange and the postmaster held that the let
tiers should 60 to the chairman of the regular
committee. The suit was tried before Judge
Woods at Fort Wayne, last wrek, and resulted
in an agreement by which BaiIou recovered nom
/ inal damages