The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-29

A new Methodist Church is being erected at Kirk
patrick
William Repp's barn. near Peru burned on Sunday.
Loss. $780, incendiary.
The Charlottesville water-works will be completed
within the next thirty days.
The colored Baptists of CT awfordsville will build
handsome church edifce this fall.
DIR. Simon Rolf resident of South Bend for fifty
six years, died there Monday, aged eighty-two.
Fred Kreig's tailorshop, at Lawrenceburg. was
Sunday night.
DR.. A. P. Fitch of Charlottesville, will enter upon
his duties physician for the Indian agency at
Yankton, some time this week.
The drug store of DIR. Inflow at Lewis Creek, Shelby
county, was burned at 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
Loss, s., 800; insurance, 81 ZOO
Wheat sown in the Elkhart section has been washed
out of the ground by heavy rains which still continue
leaving the soil in condition for replanting.
The State convention Of the Y. N @. A, to have
been held in New Albany during the present week. has
been postponed until the latter part of October.
Dan Ritter, old horse-buyer of Elkhart sup
piled with about $500 last Thursday and started to
Nappanee, fifteen miles distant, and has not since
been heard of. Foul play is suspected
Judge Noyes, of the LaPorte Circuit Court has de-
cided that the cranberry marshes formed by the
ceding water of lake, belong not to the OF
adjacent land but to the United States. The case
will be carried to higher court
Thomas Miller, farmer of Scott county, met with
probably fatal accident Monday. While hauling
and the hind wheel passing his legs mashed them
in horrible manner. His death is expected at any
moment.
A. B. Cunningham q retired newspaper man of
Charlottesville, has turned his hand to novel writing
andis completing the manuscript for "Hoosier-
dom During the Last Quarter of a Century" The
scene is laid in Montgomery and EPpecanoe counties
and in the southern part of the State.
Col. A. J. Mcintosh, deputy collector of internal
revenue for Clark and several adjoining counties,
reports that ssyenty-fve fruit distillerss are
manufacturing from TO two hundred gallons each,
daily. one having already turned out over hundred
barrels and that the daily output will aggregate not
less than $500 gallons.
On Sunday at Madison, Isaac Thacker an old and
respected citizen, ordered his worthless son William
from the house. which order the latter failed to obey
When the old gentleman took him by the and at
tempted to lead him out he pulled and slashed
his father across the arm making a wound from
which he came near bleeding to death. Tho old gen.
tleman is very weak from the loss of blood The son
escaped.
awess gang of Regulators recently visited the
residences of j. W. Leonard George Seals and other
reputable citizens of Patoka township, Crawford
ty and treat ed them in outrageous manner cruelty
whipping Mr.. Seals and threatening to hang him and
his family and to switch several Of the very best
in the neighborhood. Mr.. Leonard escaped gathered
of his neighbours, pursued and came up with and
fred upon the gang. recognizing several OF Them An
effort will be made to have them indicted at the next
session of the grand jury.
| man claiming to be attorney and claim agent
has been operating in Hamilton county drumming up
claimants to Cherokee lands in Indian Territory He
asserted that persons having Cherokee blood in their
veins entitled to enter all the land they want
and for 25 in advance he undertook to attend to the
| matter for them Among those whom he induced to
advance the money were members of the Henly,
| Wicker, Perry Allen, Barber and other families
whe now think they have been victmized. The same
| agent is said to be working Morgan county.
At the last term of the Blackboard Circuit Court A.
G. Wells g. Co. and H. r. Low & Co.. of New York got
| Judgment against number of citizens of Grant
county who had signed guaranty of $25, 600 which
the county Within the past two days forty ad-
against other residents Of Grant county and the
Der Of cases will be sweled to sixty The sum de-
manded in each case is $3.50 The plaintiffs are the
contractors who built that part of the Toledo st.
| Louis & Kansas City railroad which through
Grant county and the guaranty of 200 was ac-
| cepted by the contractors in part pay
The fountain presented to the city Of Madison was
dedicated yesterday the principle speech of the
| sion being delivered by Gen. ". Mckee Dunn James
III. Crozier related the history of the lead
ing to the erection of the fountain The presentation
| speech made by j. c. Abbott, and Mayor Bra.
shears accepted the gift in the of the city. The
| fountain is located on Broadway between Main and
Third, and it's dimensions follows Length of
| esplanads, 95 feet; width Of esplanade Asia feet
diameter of lower BASIN 35 feet inches diameter of
second BASIN Is feet; third BASIN feet; extreme
height rs feet nches height of drinking fountains
| eads of the espianade feet inches height of
flower feet hegh from top of first basin, %
| feet 6 inches,