The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-24

The population of Brazil has been increased
| about 1000 during the past year.
/ Jonathan s. Ulrick, pioneer of Upton
| county, died on Tuesday, after three weeks
| sickness
| The barn of George Jones, nea- new Rich
| mond burned on Tuesday night. Loss, 600;
insurance few hundred.
W. R. Ellis, of Goshen, is said to be the only
| Republican postmaster holding Office in any
| town of Importance in the State.
| The Edinburg Courier has provided itself with
| a new steam engine, and is now printing daily
edition that has prosperous appearance.
| A squirrel was killed near Winamac, last week.
| that has legs and .ail like the common fox SPUR
rel, while its sides and back are snowy white.
During the big fire at Shelbyvile on Tuesday
! night the water-works pipes were found to be so
INSTRUCTED by sand and gravel as TO be almost
useless
The Whitaker bicycle race. at Charlottesville
was postponed on account of bad weather. but
will come off to-day if weather and track are
| suitable.
| The liabil tiles of B. F. Albright, of Winches-
| ter, whose assignment was mentioned in the
Journal few days ago. are far greater than any
| anticipated, and will reach $4,000
| Jesse Hamblen of Brown county, is dead. at
the age of seventy-ive, at his home in the town
| ship OF that county named after him. Mr.. Ham
| blen was the oldest settler in Brown county.
Miss Emma Pinkerton Shelbyville domestic,
| saturated handkerchief with chloroform and
put it to her face TO relieve pain. She fell asleep,
| and came near dying before she was revived
! The Fort Wayne Gazette has changed it's size
| to seven column folio, dressed itself in new
small type. done away with portion OF the
plate matter, and is now one Of the most COM
| pact-looking dailies in the State.
Ira j. Chase. Republican candidate for Con-
| eress from the Fifth district, will address the
reunion of the soldiers of the Mexican and late
L yUoN nc oft EtnAA <nn rE Mom
tinsville, next Saturday, the 18th inst.
While the children of Preston King, of
| Plymouth, were playing with a loaded gun on
| Wednesday, 1t fell, and discharging, it killed
Anna, girl eleven years old. Her brother,
| eight years old, was handling the gun at the
| time
| At Lafayette. on Wednesday. Adam Albright,
| aged seventy-eight years, attempted to cross
| the street in front of fast-driven carriage,
| when he was knocked down and run over His
| chest was badly bruised and it is feared inter
| nal injuries may cause death.
| One of the attractions at the South Bend fair
| is monster OK that weighs $3.50 pounds. is 6
feet inches high, IL feet four inches around the
chest, and IL feet from tip of horns to end of
| tail. Standing alongside the OK is diminutive
cow that walks under him with ease.
Samel J. Watt. who died at his home near
Brownsville, on Wednesday, aged ffty-six years,
was the first of family of ten children. the
youngest of whom is fifty years. to die and his
| death was caused by in the hip,
stoned by an injury received two years ago.
| Among the curosities on exhibition at the
fairs in the southern part Of the State is hy-
| brid, whose sire was a stallion and whose dam
was jennet The animal was raised in
| Washington county. and is the first product of
| the kind ever known in the Wabash valley.
| The Toledo St Louis & Kansas City Railway
| Company has begun suit against Schroeder,
| Stonebruner 81 Co., of Decatur, for $4,000
| damages. The trouble grew out of ditch along
| the line of that railroad which the county sur
veyor sold in sections for cleaning out to de-
| PENDANTS, and the railroad resisted.
| Two men who passed a night in the hut near
| Princeton, where tho body of Frank Stout and
| his father were found after their murder by
Chris Emmons, say that the place is haunted by
the ghost of Emmons. They describe their night
there as one OF horror. and that Emmons APP
| peared in spirit and reacted the tragedy winding
| up by shooting himself, as he did in life.
| James Howe, aged eighty years, the oldest
| newspaper man in the State died at Lafayette
on Wednesday. He founded in New York the
| spirit of the Times Horace Greeley was in his
employment as journeyman printer. The two
| were IN friendly correspondence up to the time
| of Mr. Greeley's death. Mr. Howe went to La
fayette over forty years ago. and has since made
| that place his home.
| George W. Ranck, of Wayne county, is being
! tried at Richmond on the charge of burning his
| brothers homestead and barn. The brothers
| have been enemies for many years. owing to the
alleged partiality of the father, now dead. The
| feud has been very bitter. one of the brothers
having been shot and badly wounded during its
| progress. In the pending case some of the best
| legal talent In the country has been employed on
| both Sides There are ninety-two witnesses for
| the State and thirteen for the defense.
Considerable alarm has been created in Clark
| Floyd. and in some portions of Spencer and War
| rick counties over the ravages of disease among
| the hogs In many instances it is fatal in a
few hours, while in other cases the animal recov-
| ers after only short but apparently severe at
| tack. post-mortem examination was made on
| an animal that died recently, disclosing the fact
| that the second lining of the stomach was fairly
| swarming with parasites. and it may be possible
that the disease is not cholera, but the still
| dangerous trichiniasis.
| The storm at Wabash, ON Monday night, was
unusually severe. At the residence of A. L.
| Rohbock ball of fire entered the room where
| Mr.. and Mrs Rohbock were sitting. burned the
bronze molding from the ceiling of two rooms.
| then dropped to the center of the room and
burst with a deafening report shocking Mrs.
| Rohbock so that she fell unconscious. and filing
| the apartment with uphurous smoke. The
| escape of both was miraculous. The next morn
| ing the floors were found covered with cOsmic
dust. At Silver Lake, north of Wabash. the
| Methodist Church was unroofed and many other
buildings damaged.
A Michigan City excursion agent in order to
| fill his cars, announced as an attraction mar
riage at the peak of Hoosier Slide, great sand
| hill at that place. The excursion came off last
week. and with it came James B. Sinclair and
| Mary Switzerland, blushing couple from Put
| Evansville. Putnam county, who climbed to the
| top of the mountain, and amid the gaze of hun
| dreds Of people, were married by Rev. j. w.
| Harris of the Methodist Church. After con-
| gratuations they descended the hill and took in
the sights of the town arm in arm, with a stick
of candy in one hand and ginger cake in the
| other.
The Seventh-day Adventsts of Indiana will
hold their ANIMAL camp meeting and conference
this year at Wabash. Sept 20 to Oct g. They
have secured the fair grounds for this purpose.
1t is expected that seven hundred persons
will encamp the ground during the meeting.
A wel-seated pavilion. capable of seating 1920
persons, will be pitched upon the ground, in