The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-14
Brief Mention.

crane flew against an electrlc-lIght tower at
Decatur and was killed.
Seven hundred cattle SWAN the Mississippi
river, few miles from Quincy, several days ago.
Dr. F. NJ Macarthur died at Ottawa, on
Thursday. of blood poisoning. The deceased
was prominent in political and Masonic circles in
that part of the State.
Mrs. James King, living four miles north of
Oakland, was bitten by spreading viper" on
Thursday Her death is probable.
Eugene Jones. of Augusta, took eighteen
grains of chloral on Thursday, to induce Sleep
His physicians say he cannot recover.
young man living near Quincy has eight
fingers his left hand, and has the of every
finger He has no thumb on this hand. His
right hand is perfect.
John G. Schultz, an old resident of Vermill
ion, and well known contributor to the local
papers, died near Danville junction on Thurs
day, aged seventy years.
William Suffield, farmer near Mason City,
reports threshing 1,450 bushels of wheat from
thirty-three acres of ground-an average of
forty -four bushels per acre.
Mrs William K. Horne of Ashmore Coles
county. committed suicide by hanging on Thurs
day. No cause is known at present for the
deed She was the wife of very prominent
man.
The members of the various churches at Rari-
tan held a union prayer-meeting at which spe-
cial prayers offered for rain. It was noticed,
however, that no one who attended the meeting
took umbrella.
In the Circuit Court at Carmi, on Thursday,
John Pitman was sentenced to seven years III
the penitentiary for manslaughter, and Walter
Woolum to five years in the reform school, also
for manslaughter
The preliminary examination of Harlan p.
Tracy. x-banker. of Elmwood, wss concluded
on Thursday, and defendant was held TO answer
on the charge of embezzlement. bond in ST.
500 was asked and furnished.
AS feature of the old settlers meeting to be
held at Auburn next Monday. will be a collec-
ton of old-time cooking utensils, spinning
WHEELS carding- achines, etc, to be furnished
by some of the aged matrons who attend.
Fire at Metamora on Thursday night destroyed
four two-srory brick stores belonging to Peter
Sherts, and occupied as a grocery, bank. hard
store and harness shop, and also grocery
store of Schultz & Co. Loss $25, 600; insurance.
SIS, 500.
George Kleinheim, barber of East St. Louis.
fell asleep in BARRIERS chair in his shop. STU
pervisor John Vollmann entered the shop and,
stealing up behind Kleinheim, cut off half the
BARRIERS mustache with a pair of scissors. Klein
helm had Volmann arrested, and magistrate
fined him 500 and costs.
The trial of Robert Houston for tho murder of
d. w. Barr, commenced at Havana on Thurs
day. Houston is sixty-fve years old, soldier of
the Mexican and civil wars. and prominent
light on a prominent thoroughfore of Havana
but the defense will try to prove that it was a
case of justifable homicide.
Some time ago Philip Trautmann, of Greenville
rented farm to one Ernest Hach, and not be-
ing satisfied with him, attempted to dispossess
him by putting in new tenant Hach had been
arrested on a criminal warrant for trespass, and
in giving Judgment in the case the court said
Under the law [ am compelled to fine MIR.
Trautmann, and fix that fine at ten cents; but,
Hach, you are meaner man than he and this
court wishes it had the opportunity to fine you. >
Charles ]. Hudson and Letha Wilson, of Null
berry Grove, applied for marriage license at
Granville, few days ago. but were refused on
account of the, young lady being only fifteen
years old. They then went to Vandalia where
the same rebuff awaited them, and the next
morning started for Bond county with the full
determination of getting married in spite of any
obstacle. IF success does not await them there,
Jeffersonvile, Ind, will tie them together good
and tight, and ask no questions
fierce gale on Thursday night passed over
the central and southwestern portions of the
State, accompanied by heavy rains Much dam
age was done by the rushing winds. At Elicit,
in Ford county. five cars were blown from the
tracks of the Lake Erie road. passenger train
ran into the wreck, but fortunately no one on
either train wGs injured. Reports from other
places indicate great damage to fruit and field
crops. but this damage will be overbaanced by
the benefit to the growing corn from the heavy
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