The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-22

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people around Macy are still very indignant.
Minor Notes.
| Marion will be furnished with electric lights
| by the Thompson Houston company, of Boston
blacksnake. ten feet long, is frightening
the berry pickers in the vicinity of Jeffersonvile
Abraham Luck, one of Madisons best known
business men, died on Tuesday He was eighty
six years of age.
The old settlers meeting and harvest-home
of Bartholomew county, viii be held at Alert
Aug. % and &c.
John j. Craig of the old -estabished grocery
| house of j. j. e r. Craig & Co., of Madison,
died yesterday.
| Andrew Werner, well-known German Odd
| fellow of Madison, died suddenly last evening
of paralysis of the brain.
Thomas Darling, colored youth of Madison.
committed suicide, on Tuesday, because his
love affairs did not run smoothly.
| There will be meeting Of the old settlers of
| Miami, Cass and Howard counties in Humrick
houses grove near Miami on Saturday, Aug. 2S
A. Hilders, a cabinet-maker of Kokomo, has
learned through an advertisement in a recent
Detroit paper of S., 900 legacy for him at Chi
cago
James Zeiger, of Wabash, a soldier of the
late war, has just secured pension of $l2 per
month. with back pay since 1864, amounting to
| 900.
| Misses Josie vierling, Mary Worland and
Selia Oeferllne, three young ladies' OF Shelby
| vile, will enter the convent of st. Francis, at
! Oldenburg, on Aug 3.
The annual fair of the Farmers and Stock
| Growers Association of Rush and Shelby coun-
ties will be held on the fair grounds, near
Manila Aug. 10 and 20.
The residence of John Dicken, Justice of the
peace of VanBuren township, Grant county,
raided on Monday night and the docket and other
official documents carried off
| A telegram received in Shelbyville yesterday
announced the death of Mr.. T. E. Barber. which
took place yesterday morning, at the home of
his father, in Miflinburg, Pa.
Potato Run Chapel, the new United Brethren
church-house in Scott township Harrison
county. will be dedicated the second Sunday In
August Rev. l.. S. Crttenden will offciate.
Quintins Augustine, of Mishawaka, com
mitted suicide. early on Tuesday morning, by
shooting himself through the head with pistol
No cause is assigned for the deed. He was thir-
ty-fye years of age
Mr.. Berridge awoke one morning at Angola
last week to see the workings of this world for
the first time in years. His blindness had al
ways baff1ed the doctors, each one giving the
case up as hopeless.
The fve-year-old son of James D. Myers, liv-
ing south of Covington, while going across a
field, was attacked by drove of hogs, which
mangled him frightfully but he managed to
escape with his life.
The watermelon crop of Jackson county will
not be nearly so large or as fine in quality usual
The cold nights having damaging effect on
the fruit and for second time, this season, the
vines have been attacked by black rust
The Northwestern Indiana Conference of the
Christian Church will convene at Crooked Creek
Steuben county. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, and
continue over the following Sunday About
thirty churches will be represented in the meet
ing.
The wives of Charles FL. Brown and John
Grimsiey, two of the three township trustees of
Davess county who last year issued large guam
titles of bogus township orders payable to r. B.
Pollard, and went to Canada have returned to
Washington.
Although the widow of brave soldier who
lies buried at Angola has received ST. 500 in peu-
sions, she has expended nothing for tablet in
memory of her hege-lord, whose grave is uu-
marked and unprotected from the depredations
of cattle and horses.
The story telegraphed from Rochester on Sun
day about the finding of a cave filed with the
petrifed forms of thirteen men is denied by the
gentleman on whose farm the cave is said to be
located. He thinks the cave could be more
easily found in the reporters head, in tho region
OF the brain.
Complaint is made that William Marks, lately
appointed postmaster at Mier village in the
western part of Grant county. has farmed out
his Office to Frank Barnes, saloon-keeper. The
people in the vicinity will file protest at Wash
a GROCERY for their mails.
A we'll dressed, handsome young woman from
Fort Wayne, named Clark, applied to the town
ship trustees of Wabash on Tuesday for assist
ance. as her husband had deserted her. The two
were giving entertainments at small towns.
Clark decamped with all the money, leaving his
wife destitute at point five miles west of Wa
BASH
At meeting of the board of directors of the
| Richmond Natural-gas Company it was unani-
monsly decided to continue work on their we'll
until 1t reaches depth of 1000 feet Last week
the drill struck vein OF mineral water closely
resembling in taste and smell the famous Blue
Lick water of Kentucky, and it is the intention
OF the directors, if netting better is reached. to
bottle this water and place it upon the market.
| serious rear-end collision occurred late on
Tuesday night the Cincinnati, Wabash &
Michigan railroad. at New Paris; north of Wa
BASH Local freight No. 7. north bound, had
taken siding to unload merchandise, when
through freight No. l3, running at speed of
twenty miles an hour, crashed into the local, de-
stroying the caboose wreckirg several freight
cars and badly damaging the engine of the
through freight which was thrown from the
| track. No one was injured.
That Daviess county panther is still frighten-
ing people in the vicinity of Washington. 1t
| was recently chased by pack of hounds. but
was too quick for them. On Tuesday it was
seen by Mrs. Dora Hecker, while picking berries.
| 1t was only ten feet away from her. and sac be-
came so frightened THAT she screamed aL the top
| of her voice, threw her bucket and berries at
the beasts head, and fed to town, reaching there
1 in fainting condition. She describes the ami
NAL having large, black stripes around the
| body, with a bushy face and about the size of
dog.
Charged With Poisoning Stock.
1 Special to the Indianapolis Journa1
| NATION, July 2L-Wallace Black, farmer
near Ivesdale, has caused the arrest of Mrs.
| Emile Andre, aneghbor on a charge of throw
| ing paris green into his pasture, with intent TO
kill his stock Two cows died from the effects of