The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-23
Minor Notes.

The Madison Y. NJ. G. A. Melted $75 by the
Fry concert
The new Grand Opera-houss at Madison cost
$4,000, almost.
The Baptist Church at Aurora has recently
enrolled fifty new members.
The new M. 4. Church at Milton will be ded-
icated March z, by Rev. L. g. Atkinson.
There are eighty school teachers employed in
Switzerland county, who are paid So. 900 year.
John Ware. of Jeffersonvie. has signed to
pitch next season for the Nashville club At SIS
month.
Eighteen car-builders have Como from Jeffer-
sonvile to take work in the car shops at Pull
man, Ill.
There have been one hundred conversions at
the revival at the Methodist Church at Charles
| town, and the work goes on.
Judge John c. Robinson, of Spencer. one of
the insane asylum commissioners, will
remove soon to Indianapolis to practice law.
John Daily pioneer of Grant county. dropped
dead at his home in Van Buren,. Deceased was
eiehty-one years old Death was caused by apo
piexy
Rev NJ E. McKillip was on Sunday installed
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Seymour.
President Fisher, OF Hanover, assisted in the
exercises.
Rev: H. NJ Paynter an evangelist from Chi
cago. is meeting with great success in revival
meetings at Warsaw.
1t is estimated that 200 hogs have died of
cholera during the past six months at Fox's Sta
ton, several miles south of Wabash.
James w Ochsenrider, of Wells county, has
thirteen brothers and sisters. all living the old
est being seventy-one and the youngest forty
Six The mother is also living, aged ninety-one
Mrs. Lydia Aber. mother of Mrs. DR.. 8. L.
Bowman. died suddenly on Sunday afternoon at
the family residence in Greencastle The re-
mains to be taken to New Jersey for inter
ment.
During the trial of State case at Upland,
crawed out of window and went home before
a verdict was reached. A constable found him
in bed
William Boyd, twenty.four years old. deputy
tax collector for part of Orange county, is
short 800 or more. and missing. His bondsmen
will make up the loss. He took woman with
him in his fight.
Near Apple Tree Garden, in West Union sub
urb, near New Albany, Saturday evening, a man
named Weber accidentally discharged a shotgun
through the palm of his left nand, infcting
very painful wound.
Andrew j. Bryant who is charged with killing
Ezra Shackeford. at Eminence, says the report
that his client has left for parts unknown is
unquaifiedly false, and that Bryant is at homo
preparing for his trial.
The g. A. R. post, No 1919, of North Manches-
100 members. standing fifth in the State in num-
Der added during the past. year. At the late in
spection it stood SO out of a possible 100.
Samuel Davidson. of Corydon, several miles
north of Wabash. did not supply his family with
wood enough to keep them from freezing The
knights of the Switch" gathered, and, hitching
Davidson to Sled compelled him to haul wood
all night Whenever he Jagged switches were
applied.
A law and order league has been organized at
Marion, which is backed by all the churches in
the town and the temperance element The OBJ.
ject is to enforce the Sunday law and close up
places of business on that day. close watch
was kept for offenders last Sunday, and many
suits are in prospect
A new swindling scheme is being worked by
frut-tree men in the vicinity of Wabash county, !
Agents take a farmers order for six or eight
hundred dollars worth of apricot trees stating
that trees will bear in three years, when the
tree men will take and pay for half the crop,
The farmer in reality signs negotiable note
in return for trees which cannot live in this
climate.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Porter,
prominent citizens in LaGro township, Wabash
county, show remarkable school record. The
youngest, twin boys, have had four years school
ing with nine days absence. and walked DAG
miles. A daughter has had six years schooling,
no absence and walked LAO miles. The oldest
daughter seven years schooling, two days alb
sence and walked 1.6T6 miles.
young man named Harvey Coe was married
a few weeks ago, to widow named Hatfield,
living near Claypool. north Of Wabash. A few
days after the marriage Coe left suddenly tax
ing $40 of his wife's money. He returned few
DAYS since. thoroughly penitent, but Mrs. Hat
fields stalwart sons gave him q severe drubbing.
disappeared. Nothing has been heard from him.