The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-20
Minor Notes.

The South Bend electric.iight works were dam
aged by fire on Saturday.
A Y. M. c. A. has been organized at Month
cello, and is doing good work for the young men.
Mrs Robert Howell. well known resident-of
Lafayette, died of paralysis On Saturday, at the
age of seventy-two.
Prof. John Cooper late superintendent. of pub
lie schools at Evansville, has accepted the super
intendency at Leavenworth. Kan. and will re-
move to that place soon.
Yesterday morning William Rubemacher.
clerk on the steamer John s. Hopkins, jumped
overheard at Evansville and was drowned. De-
spondency was the cause Of the deed.
Hon. Charles L. Murray and wife celebrated
their golden wedding at South Bend Yesterday.
Colonel Murray is the father Of Charles r. Muir
ray. Washington correspondent.
Alonzo Locke, prominent citizen of Auburn.
while driving in Sulky, had his horse to fall
and throw him upon his head and shoulders,
from the effects of which he died.
Thomas Cumfeldt, German ditcher of Knox
county. committed suicide at Washington on
Sunday night by taking morphine. Cumfeldr
was about forty years old and unmarried
The latest victim to the needle of self bind
ing machine is w. A. Spain, well known farm
err, living near Hazelton, Gibson county whose
right hand was SO badly lacerated on Saturday,
that it will require amputation.
Ed Houser, faro bank gambler of Lafayette,
and the proprietor of the principal sporting
house there. hit Charles Pritchard a painter at
Riverside Park, on Sunday night, with beer
mallet, on the back OF the head infiictipg dan
gerous if not mortal injuries
George Strawn, who lives on Joseph Heston's
farm, south of Princeton, lost all his wheat by
fire last week. The children on the place, hay
ing seen others burn straw-staeks applied a
match to large stack of wheat, burning the
whole of it and also the barn near by.
James Blair, one of Miami couuty's most re-
spected and wealthy farmers, died on Sunday
from Peru, from heart disease. He had lived in
Miami county thirty-ive years, and was fifty
five years old at the date of his death.
Cunningham & Temple founders and ma
chinists, of Lafayette, assigned yesterday morn
ing to Robert L. Campbell Their liabilities are
about $1,000 assets, nomi3ally nothing being
mainly tools and patterns. The Enterprise ma
chine works, of Geneva. O.. have a claim on the
tools to the amount of 81. 800.
Wabash brakeman named McCouahay was
arrested at Andrews, or Sunday, on suspicion
of being implicated in the death of William
Bell. the tramp who was run over by train at
Huntington, few days ago. Bell claimed that
he was kicked off by the brakeman. but railroad
employees think he fell off. McConahay was
taken to Wabash for trial
On Saturday James Brown, who is ia iail at
Decatur. awaiting trial. for cutting with intent
to kill. had a narrow escape. Parties were
shooting fish in the st. Maryis river. which
courses by the JAIL when one of the bullets a
very large one. came through the grating and
struck the wall of the cell just above Browns
head. The bullet shaved off some of his hair
Byron Il. Stearns. of Bloomington has COM
menced suit against Matthews Hennebery a Peo
ria distillcr for 80 900 alleged damages TO his
character. Some time ago Hennebery had