The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-31

MRS. WOoQWOrtn Will ConQucL o t6n-QayS
camp meeting at Farmland commencing Aug. g.
James WATSON, of Charlottesville died on
Thursday night He was seyentytwo years of
age.
William West, resident of Lafayette for
many years, died on Thursday, at the age of
sixty-seyen
Columbus w. Marshall. prominent Jeffer-
son county farmer, died at his home in Smyrna
township few days ago.
George W. Murray, of Logansport, who fell
out of a second-story window early on Thursday
morning, died during the same day.
Dogpoisoning is carried on to such an extent
at Martinsvle that the citizens have offered 800
reward for the arrest of the guilty party.
John Taylor, of Lafayette township, Madison
county, was thrown from separator, and his
head striking wheel, fractured his skull.
Israel Lee. master builder of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago shops at Fort
Wayne, died of consumption on Thursday.
John Phelps, twenty-seyen years of age. living
near Butlerville, Jennings county died on Thurs
day morning from the effects of sunstroke
A convention of the Wonian's Christian Tenn
peranee Union, of Henry county, will be held in
Aug. 6.
L. Cary's hay house at Farmersburg, Sullivan
county, destroyed by fire. The building
was large frame structure, and entailed loss
Of 81 900.
Mrs. Peter Roeder, of Madison, badly scalded
her little boy and baby by overturning can of
blackberries she was canning. The baby will
probably die
Madison Ballard. of ST Paul, Shelby county.
aged sixty years. was seriously injured on Thurs
day evening, by jumping off big Four train
while in motion.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad will build
station and warehouse at Sparta Crossing, Noble
county, the citizens having donated the ground
and raised 81 200 for that purpose
The Seventhday Adventists will begin a six
weeks tent meeting at Logansport, on Aug o.
Elder A. w. Bartlett, formerly of Indianapolis,
will be one of the moving spirits of the meeting.
The wheat crop of Daviess county is one of
the best in quality and yield ever grown.
Michael Lavelle. of Cannelburg, has field of
fifteen acres which averaged forty-ive bushels
per acre.
The largo barn of William Munns near
Wednesday, destroying large amount of grain
and hay, together with farm implements AM.
machinery.
VIM. Vesey, aged nineteen, was killed on
Thursday while coupling cars on the Z. 81 /.
railroad, at Terre Haute He was not an en-
ploye of the railroad, but was merely assisting
one of the brakemen
The Republicans of Harrison county will hold
mass convention at Corydon, on Saturday,
Aug. IA, at which time county ticket will be
nominated. and delegates to the State and other
conventions appointed.
Another foot race has been arranged between
John Meyers, of Columbia City, and Mr..
Hughes, of Churubusco, to take place Aug 18,
at the Columbia City fair grounds, for purse of
$780, distance, 100 yards.
The large barn of Mrs. Cook, near Flat Rock
Shelby county, was struck by lightning yester-
day morning and consumed. with its valuable
contents. Loss. l50O; insurance, 800 in the
Continental of New York.
Col George Humphrey, of Fort Wayne, a
Mexican war veteran, and commander Of the
Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteers in the war Of
the Rebellion. is threatened with py@mia, the
results of exercising broken leg too soon after
its mending had commenced.
The scaffold at the blast furnace at Terre
Haute fell on Wednesday precipitatine num-
Der of men to the grodnd, about twenty five feet
Heavy timbers fell on Albert Maoney. breaking
his arm and hip. He also suffered internal in
juries, from which he cannot recover.
A stable shed and corn-crib, the former con-
tanning mower, wagon and wheat-drlll and the
latter $50 bushels of corn, belonging to Apollis
fire and burned on Thursday A large straw
stack was also burned, and cremated seven hogs
Loss, 5000; insurance unknown.
The farmers living on the Knobs, back of st
Joseph's Hill, Clark county, have been consider
ably alarmed of late by the screaming of an
Scott, of Jeffersonvilfe, on horseback was chased
about two miles by the animal which suddenly
bounded into the road, just behind his horse
The gas-works at Peru have been purchased
by a syndicate of capitalists from Philadelphia,
New York and Fort Wayne. The new company
is capitalized at 100000. The company,
which will be known as the Peru American Gas
Company, will at once expend SIS 900 to 500, 900
in new machinery, and in extending the street
mains
The annual session of the Henry county teach
ers' institute will be held at New Castle Aug 16
to 90 e. e. Smith, late of Purdue. r. G. Boone.
of State University, George +. Bass, of Indian
apolis Training School, Thomas NewIin, superin
tendent Spiceland Acadamy. w. w. White, ex-
superintendent: of Rasin Valley Seminary, Mich
igan. and other educators will be present
Dr. Rufus Hayman died at Brookville, on
Thursday, aged eighty-o years He was a
native of Harrison county, Virginia and came
to Brookville sixty years ago. He was president
of the first Board of Trustees of that town, Clerk
Of the House Of Representatives With Albert