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

Philip Fasbender. leading grain merchant Of
Watseka, died on Saturday from dropsy
Miss Alice South. young lady whose home
was in De Soto died suddenly of congestion, on
Sunday, while visiting friends in Duquoin.
Joliet penitentiary contains 1880 prisoners.
Of this number l, 154 are leased TO contractors
and the authorities will receive bids for $50 more
on Aug q.
Mrs Harriet Perkins died at Tuscola on Sun
day night aged eighty-six. She was the second
Oldest person in the county, and had lived In that
vicinity twenty-five years.
In the northern part of Fayette county the
corn crop will be cut short by the drought. In
the eastern and southeastern it is being literally
eaten up by the chinch-bugs
For year or two spurious coin of the denom-
ination of Ave. twenty five and fifty cent pieces
has been circulating in Fayette county. 1t is
thought that gang of counterfeiters are operat-
ing somewhere in the vicinity.
Custodian Power, of the National Lincoln
monument, denies the story that entrance fees
are demanded there, and that he ever spoke of
the crypt designed for Robert Lincoln as the
'hole in which his body would be put"
1t has been decided to have the unveiling of
the Pierre Menard statue, which has been
erected in the State house yard, during the
early part Of the session of the next General
Assembly
The most eminent physicians of the State have
examined the brain of James Dacey, hanged at
Woodstock on Friday. and found no indications
of insanity. His friends tried to secure a COM
mutation of his sentence on the ground that he
was insane.
A vein of coal two feet in thickness has been
reached at Philo, five miles east of Tolono, at
depth of 18l feet Although the quality is ex-
celent the vein is not of sufficient thickness for
profitable mining Work continues at Sidney,
with fair prospects of success.
A colored woman was found dead in the streets
of Cairo, on Saturday. Her husband. Bill Mer-
riweather was arrested on charge of murder
ing her. The coroner's inquest found no marks
OF violence, however. and decided she had died
of heart disease. Merriweather was then dis
charged.
An unknown man, apparently twenty four
years of age, was killed by train at Anna early
Sunday morning, being horribly mangled. It is
supposed he was stealing q ride on the bumpers.
Nothing was found upon his person to indicate
name or place of residence only q letter g
worked on his shirt bosom.
Two letter-carriers and three clerks in the
Springfield postofice walked out Saturday
without giving Postmaster Clendennin any
notice. The reason for this abrupt action was a
refusal on the part of Mr.. Clendennin to promise
to retain them in their position for a period of
six weeks. and allow them two weeks vacation,
which they are entitled TO.
A sensation has been crested at Hllsboro by
the areport that house in the south part
of the city is haunted 1t is alleged by the occu-
pants and neighbors that the most heartrending
groans and very mysterious rappings are heard
in the house nightly Thorough investigation
has failed to develop any good reason for these
strange noises. The occupants declare that they
will not live there any longer, and are moving
away.
young man by the name of Penrod living in
Wells county, few weeks ago got a bug or iy
in his ear. He soon got it out, but in day or
two his car began paining him. He doctored it
for week, but the pain kept increasing to such
an extent that he called in the services of a
couple of physicians, who discovered that his ear
was nearly full of worms They went to work
and extracted six worms over one-half inch long
which had Matched out from eggs deposited by
the insect.