The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-17
Minor Notes.

Minor Notes.
Albion Sorg aged thirty ana insane, hanged
himself, at Fort Waye, on Sunday.
Rev. ]. S. Dorsey has resigned the pastorate
Of the colored Baptist Church at Madison.
John Niklaus, of Madison retired merchant,
died on Sunday morning after brief illness.
The trial of Charles J. Rodgers, for murder
ing John Finnegan, opens at Madison to- morrow
John W. Scott, of Jefferson county. raised
ifty-sx and two -thirds bushels of oats to the
acre.
The annual reunion of the Thirty third Tndi-
ana Regiment will occur at Martinsville Sept. 2
and g.
Nick Pomice Madison fruit and peanut vend
er. has disappeared to save arrest for name
less crime.
Captain Kirk, Of Madison, the government
contractor. has resumed work on the dixie at
Rising Sun.
A new Presbyterian church dedicated
near Princeton on Sunday, Rev. W. j. Darby, of
Evansville, officiating.
Gen. Lew Wailace, who is making short stay
at his homo in Charlottesville, will return to
New York on Wednesday.
Theodore Mckay, a crack shot at Brooksburg,
jefferson county, broke sixty-nine clay pigeons
| out of q possible seventy.
| VIM. Rogers, horse-thief, escaped from the
county Jail at LaPorte, early on Saturday morn
| ing. One hundred dollars reward is offered for
his apprehension.
| The colored people Of Corydon and vicinity
are boycotting teacher in the public schools Of
that place, by refusing to send their children to
his school, claiming that he is incompetent.
cutting ARRAY occurred near Nashville,
Brown county, on Saturday night. In which
John Hedger fatally stabbed his nephew. Nc
Clelan Fox An old grudge was the cause of
the murder.
| The receipts of the Grand Army art loan ex-
| hibition, in the opera house at Wabash, during
| the first week were over five hundred dollars.
| The receipts this week promise to largely ex-
coed this sum.
The managers of the Clinton county fair.
which will be held Aug. 80 to Sept. 3,
inclusive, making extensive preparations,
and expect to give the best exhibition ever held
| in that county
J. A. Booze, the recently confirmed postmaster
at Charlottesville, has resigned his position as
chairman of the county Democratic central COM
mittee. Dick White formerly of Indianapolis,
has taken his place.
The barn of James Shaw, near Rochester, was
struck by lightning, and il ard its contents.
sisting of large quantity OF agricultural imple-
| ments, two horses, grain, ETC., were entirely de-
stroyed, entailirg loss of SO. 500; no insurance
| The little son of John Diehl, of Delphi is a
| victim of blood poison Of very painful and Sc
| rious character. The flesh seems to have lost
| life and is peeling off, and modification has
| set in. The case is beyond the solving Of the
| medical fraternity.
| Ernst Lefthand, the Arapahoe Indian pupil
| who escaped from Whites Institute on Thurs
day, returned late on Saturday night. having
been wandering in the woods for forty eight
| hours with nothing TO eat He is effectually
| cured of his desire to roam.
| The Odd-fellows of northern Indiana and
| western Michigan will hold basket picnic and
| reunion at Rome City, Aug. 49, The programme
| of the day will be music by the bands present.
| speeches by Grand Master j. B. Kenner and
| Past Grand Representative Enoch Cox, and the
| Canton drill
| Fire at Valparaiso, on Sunday, destroyed the
| livery stable of Taylor & Stebbins. Cause I'M
known. Nine horses persisted in the flames, one
OF them supposed to be Sleepy Tom, the we'll
known PAGER Loss 81 000 insured for ST. 600 in
| London & Globe $500 il Northern London and
| 5000 in Northwestern National, of Milwaukee.
Alfred Wilcox, resident of Kosciusko county
since 1897, and it's first auditor, died at Warsaw
| recently. Deceased was a native of Broadalbln
| n. Y, where he was born in 1913. He died
| from cancer In the face and death came as a
| welcome relief, after long suffering. Mr.. Will
cox was twice reelected auditor Of Kosciusko
county, serving until 1851.
! The South Bend cemetery authorities were the
recipients of much complaint from owners of
| burial lots that flowers placed in upon the
| graves were taken out and scattered over the
| ground. Watch was set to catch the depre-
| dators, and it was discovered that robins did it
| TO get the wafer IN the VASES touub-
aims for the warblers have now been supplied.
| The large barn of Jonathan Largent, who lives
| a few miles north of Charlottesville, was struck
| by lightning last Saturday night and burned.
| Loss, 81, 500 The loss included a self oinder,
| rakes, reaper, wagons. harness and hay. During
| the same storm the tops of two freight cars in
| the center OF moving train, on the Vandalia,
| near Charlottesville, were blown off. Also the
telegraph Office instruments at Cofax were de-
| stroyed by lightning.
Three young girls named Ella Whitmeyor.
aged sixteen, Renia Petit aged fifteen, of Elk
hart, and Mamie Lehman, aged eighteen. ran
| away from home about two weeks ago, with SO
| as their combined wealth. They were found in
Chicago on Saturday in destitute circumstances.
| having spent their money in paying board at q
high priced hotel. When rescued by the police,
they were stopping at dsreputable resort,
| where they had been decoyed by two young men.
They were returned to their homes unblemished.
but with more knowledge of the wicked ways OF