The Indianapolis journal., 1886-02-16
Minor Notes.


The lodge Of Foresters is to be revived at New
Albany.
A Grand Army post has just been instituted at
New Cumberland, Grant county.
James Carlton, Gosport druggist has failed.
Liabilities $4,000; assets, nothing.
Cassius Young farmer of Scott county, has
died from the effects of kick by a mule
The Wabash County Bank, at Wabash, has
increased its capital stock from $50 900 to $75,-
O00
Depredations of footpads and burglars are of
almost nightly occurrence at New Albany and
Jeffersonville s.
Rev. j. w. Cain, of Lafountain, Wabash
county, is holding revival meetings at Jalapa.
Grant county.
The w. G. r. U. of the Eleventh district will
hold a convention in Wabash during the first
week in March
A series of revival meetings began, on Sunday
evening, at the M. E: Church in Evansville,
Wabash county.
Rev. J. G. Murray, of North Manchester is
holding revival meetings at the Conservative
Brethren Church III that place
Rev. c. J. Jones, of Dayton, o., assisted by
Rev. g. B. Merritt, is holding revival meetings
at the Christian Church in Marion.
The depot building at Newton, the junction Of
the C.. 81 A. and W., ST. l.. g. p. roads, burned
on Friday night Cause unknown.
The Wabash county Republican central COM
mittee has been reorganized. H. Caldwell was
re elected chairman and Warren Bigler secre-
tary.
Thomas Bair and Oliver Mcmahon, both from
Ripley county, have been discharged from the
Prison South, after serving ten years each for
larceny.
huge catamount was tracked by party of
hunters few days ago, in Huntington county.
Traces of the animal were lost in the woods Of
Whitley county.
The Republican committee of Hancock county
has organized by eecting Capt Henry Snow
chairman, r. A. Black treasurer and E. E.
Stoner secretary
Elder Oliver Younce, Dunkard minister,
assisted by Elders Caylar and Crumrine, is con-
ducting revival meetings at the church in Mount
Vernon, Wabash county.
The Owen County Republican committee Or
ganiZed on Saturday last by making w. ]. Over
street chairman S. III. H. Mathes secretary and
j. F. Lawson treasurer.
The residence of l. M. Ingle, agent of the c.,
w. 81 NJ road at Marion, was entered few
nights since, and $100 in money and valuable
notes and other papers stolen.
Chas Pratt, who worked for Jos. Cunningham,
near Lafayette. stole his employers account book
for grain deposited in the Wabash elevator, col
lected $3.50, and left the city.
A religious revival has been in progress at the
Methodist Church at Columbus, conducted by
number of accessions reaching 128.
The new Friends Church, on Main rstreet.
New Castle, was dedicated on Sunday, the Rev.
Robert W. Douglass preaching the dedicatory
sermon to very large congregation.
Jacob Dressler, of White River township,
about four miles from Franklin, died on Sunday
night. He was nearly seventy years of age and
one of the early pioneers of the county.
K NJ. Turner, prominent farmer Of Charles
town township. Clark county, died on Saturday.
The deceased was eighty-two years old, and had
resided in Clark county nearly all his life
The revivals carried on at the Methodist and
Friends churches at Knightstown are meeting
with great success. The churches are crowded
night after night and the number of converts
increasing.
Luther Monroe colored, an employe of the La
fayette car works, was struck by a switch en-
CINE while on his way to work. yesterday morn
ing. and received severe injuries, his right leg
being broken.
The revival meetings which have been con-
Quoted for the past FIVE weeks by Rev. M.
Swadener, of the nj. e. Church, at North Man
chester, closed on Sunday evening with over
ninety accessions to the church
A Young Peoples Christian Association has
| been organized in North Manchester as one Of
the results of the recent revival meetings. d.
I'll. Oliver was chosen president; Frank V. Grill,
| secretary; Mrs. Scott Dunbar. treasurer
| City Treasurer s. A. Weir, of New Albany,
heard burglars at work upon window of a
neighbor's residence, and fred upon them. A
| hat riddled with shot and spotted with blood
was left behind. showing that he hit the mark.
| The work of widening and deepening the chan
| mel Of Blue river begun last spring by Ell. T.
Stock, OF Toledo, is progressing satisfactorily,
and is, completed to within one milo of New
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