The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-11

$500 of the amount stolen from him.
The State Veterinarian shot six glandered
horses at Watseka and two at Kankakee, on
Monday.
The farm residence Of Joseph virden, near
Odell, was burned on Monday. Loss, 81 500; no
insurance.
Mrs. Susan Merriman, aged eighty, one Of the
Oldest residents Of Springfield, dropped dead or
Monday evening.
A new cattle disease called garget is proving
fatal to many cows in Christian county. 1t Is
said to be contagious.
Col. c. NJ Brace, of Rockford, is said to have
lost his reason through an accident which oc-
Cured two months ago.
David Florey, one of the earliest settlers Of
aged eighty-four years.
Reuben Brown, twelve years old, Oh T3rro
Gordo, exploded q railroad torpedo on Monday,
for fun, and killed himself.
While fighting prairie fire, near Bunker Hill,
on Monday, Mrs. Ridgely's clothing caught fire
and she was burned to death.
D. g. Johnson's livery stable, at Yorkville,
was burned on Monday The contents were
saved. Loss, $1,000; no Insurance.
Mrs J. F. Reel. wife of an Oakland merchant,
was frightfully scalded on Monday by the up
setting of boiler full of hot water.
s. Honald and wife were seriously injured on
Monday at Oakland by being thrown out of q
spring-wagon. Mrs. Honalds injuries said
to be fatal
The warehouses belonging to the Illinois Cen
trail railroad between Kankakee and Minonk aud
kankakee and Bloomington have all been leased
by Chicago grain firm.
John Schaffer, of Pekin, eighty-four years Of
age. arose in his sleep and walked out of a Sec
ond-story window, breaking leg and injuring
himself internally He will die
Rev. r. A. Mitchell, of Ashmore, Coles county,
had an attack of neuralgia of the heart while
preaching in his pulpit, on Sunday. and came
near dying. he is recovering rapidly.
The barn. contents and cattle sheds of A.
Gage, near Sandwich, were burned by incendi-
aries on Monday morning. Loss, So, 500 insur-
ance, 81 ,3OO in the Worthwhile Mutual company
Miss Cooper, an insane patient from Will
county, dropped lamp on her bed at the insane
hospital at Kankakee, last week. The lamp ex
ploded and burned her so badly that she has
since died.
Two sons of George Dutro, deceased Of Ash
more township, Coles county. shot at thief in
their melon patch, on Monday night, and wounded
him severely in the neck with small shot. The
thief surrendered, aud proved to be Calvin Hud-
son, neIghbor.
The heaviest taxpayers of Litchfield have Sc
cured an injunction against the city authorities
to prevent them from proceeding with contract
with the Jenney Electric-light Company of Fort
Wayne, Ind, for the erection of an electrc-light
plant in that city.
At Rockford, on Monday, Dan Miller. editor
and proprietor of the Democratic Journal, was
assaulted by P. W. Crobby, prominent Demo-
crat and oonkeeper. In his paper Miller
charged that Mr.. Crobby stole his speech, and
because OF that the saloon-keeper whipped him.
At Pekin, on Monday morning, William
Moores barn was found to be on fire. With its
contents, the building totally destroyed
Moore's dog, which had barked excitedly an hour
before the fire, was found dying from poison
The fire was caused by an incendary. The loss
will be almost 50, 000
Last Saturday Tom Blakely, living near Nc
Connells Ferry, threshed his wheat, about 600
bushels, and left it Kicked up in the field. Dur
ing the night the entire lot was consumed by
fire, including the threshing machine, three two
horse wagons and nine stacks of hay. The fire
is supposed to be the work of tramps.
relief bureau organized at Clifton, Iroquois
county, last week, has already secured $4,000
for the sufferers by the recent hastorm in that
vicinity. Forty families mostly renters, were
compelled by the storm to sci. their stock and
farm implements to buy the necessaries of life.
The bureau is now paying out the cash.
Daniel Smith, of Areco, Stephenson county,
near Galena, on Sunday celebrated his one-hun-
dred-and- fifth birthday. He is native of Gull
ford county. North Carolina, and has lived at his
present home for nearly half century. His
intellect is perfectly clear, and his eyesight
nearly clear as it was at forty years of age, and
his general health apparently good.
Three distressing accidents occurred near
Salem recently. Mrs. Rankin, of st. Louis,
while visiting relatives, was thrown from a
buggy and suffered serious internal injuries,
An estimable young lady named Lizzie McClel-
land was horned in the abdomen by vicious
cow, and is now in critical condition. A man
on neighboring farm fell from a building and
broke his leg in two different places.
The lofty wooden spires of the churches in
Nation have been pierced in hundreds of places
by woodpeckers looking for food or for places for
nests. The holes in the Methodist Church
steepe became so unsightly that man was en-
ployed to shoot the BIRDS Then bees took up
their abode within. and their honey drips from
the holes and smears the steeple. The Congre-
cational Church steeple is we'll filled with
honey. and so are the steeples in neighboring
towns.