The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-21

villain accosted the twelve-year-old daughter OF
Rev. Samuel Godfrey, corner of Main and Sixth
streets, and tried to assault her.
James B, Orrell, of Conologue Jackson county,
former member of the Eighty-second Indiana
Volunteers. died on Sunday, aged seventy -one
years
The mother of Messrs James and Michael
Sweeney, well-known foundrymen of jefferson
vile, died on Monday evening. She was about
eighty years of age
Rev. r. S. Martin, of Lafayette, who recently
resigned the pastorate of his churches in that
city, has again taken charge of them, and will
serve out his ministerial term
Farmers in Clark county are paying ST. % and
dinner for men during hay harvest, and IN spite
of the alleged ldleness of many people are Ln-
able to procure enough hands.
Fire on Monday night near Lawrenceburg de-
stroyed the tenement of j. FL. D. Mckee. The
building and contents were entirely consumed
Cause, overturning or an oil lamp.
The old settlers of Marion. Clay, Hendricks.
Putnam, Montgomery. Knox. Greene, Lawrence.
Monroe, Brown, Morgan and Owen counties will
hold reunion at Gosport Aug. 5.
Rena Ellis, widow living near Hartford City,
took large dose of rat poison with suicidal in
tent but the quantity was too large and she
ejected it, saving her life. She had loved un-
wisely.
Lewis O. Cline, a wellknown character Of
Terre Haute, fell dead in the street on Monday
He was sixty years of age. and leaves widow
and thirteen children IN destitute circum-
stances
Thomas sherwood Of Lawrenceburg fell
from the flooi-gate platform, on Monday, a dis
lance of forty feet and was badly bruised. His
injuries are believed to be INTERNAL and may re-
suit seriously.
Thomas O'Donnell. OF Indianapolis, and W.
| Nickerson, of Mansfield, two drummors. were
| robbed of several hundred dollars by burglars
early on Monday morning while stopping at a
South Bend hotel
George w. Biven, formerly resident Of
Evansville and Princeton, but lately resident
of Lakeland, Fla, last week shot friend and
then killed himself. His remains were buried
at Princeton on Sunday.
The barn of Henry Ruggles, at Mount Etna
Huntington county. was destroyed By fire early
Monday morning., together with lot of hay
and farming implements 1t is supposed to have
been the work of tramps.
The Grand Lodge of the German order of
Harugari will meet in Terre Haute on Aug. T.
The local order has made extensive preparations
for meeting and entertaining their grand officers
and the ladies and gentlemen who will accom-
pany them.
The Lafayette oil well is down to depth of
l,O66 feet with no indications of either oil or
gas. There is now a solid twoinch stream of
water flowing from Height gallons per min
ute-which will probably be utilized by the
paper mill company.
July 81 will be Grand Army day at the Island
Park Assembly, near Rome City, on which oc-
casion Major general Howard will deliver his
lecture Gettysburg" and Chaplain G. c.
McCabe, D. D., will talk about THE Bright Side
of Life in Libby Prison"
Company G, Indiana Legion, of Lafayette, has
elected the following officers Captain, Samuel
G. Walker; first lieutenant, George A. Marks;
second lieutenant, John Hopf; orderly sergeant
Henry Strobe: third sergeant. A. NJ. G. Vaughn;
fourth sergeant. Thomas d. Smith
George j. Henninger, president of the Ko-
komo. Danvie 81 Western railway (projected),
died in Bellevue Hospital, New York city, on
Sunday. He was resident of Lafayette, and
which he pushed his various railroad projects.
A tremendous flow of water has been struck
at the North Vernon gas well at depth of
1900 feet, and the work has been stopped on
account of the impossibility of forcing the drill
further. The company are much encouraged,
and propose sinking another well near the loca-
ton OF the present one.
A Kokomo company, just organized, with q
capital stock of Sc. $780, has purchased of " O.
Irwin, of Charlottesville, Thompson & Hud-
son electric light plant of forty -fve-light
power which is said to be the best system now
in use. Kokomo will be lighted as soon as the
machine can be placed in position.
Matthew Snyder. of Lafayette, has genuine
curiosity in the shape of four-legged chicken
Matched on Saturday. The legs and feet are
perfectlv1ormed, and are attached to the body
the same as any four.footed beast. Sometimes
the chick walks upon one pair of legs and some
| times the other, and when in hurry, or
frightened, goes on all tours. 1t was Matched
from what was supposed to be double-yolked
egg
About five years ago John Trotter, a fisher
man, disappeared from Jacksonville and as his
coat was found ON the ferry dock the supposi-
ton was that he had drowned himself. Nothing
more or heard of him until Monday
| morning, when he reappeared in charge Of the
| sheriff of Vigo county. who was taking him to
the penitentiary to serve out sentence of four
teen years for rape He had been living in
Terre Hauta undec the assumed name of William