The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
TILE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL TUESDAY, MARCH g. 1886.


sixty days imprisonment in the county jail
The majority of the jury was said TO favor i'm
| prisonment in the State Reformatory for period
| of years
| David T. Shakes. school-teacher, is on trial
at Plymouth for administering Spanish flies to a
young lady teacher with evil intention It nearly
cost her life.
Ferdinand Black, of Kosciusko county, who
| recently received SIG, 900 of back pension pay,
has purchased farm near Warsaw Black is
totally blind.
A. Sunday-school was organized, on Sunday,
at the German Baptist Church, at Dora, Wabash
county. 0. G. Ellis is superintendent, and Miss
Ida Fall, secretary.
Revs. Copeland and Pickett, New Light minis
ters, are holding revival meetings at Swayzee,
Grant county. Several hundred conversions have
already been made.
Sunday morning, as freight train was coming
south over the H. N. A. e. c. railway, near
Guthrie, brake-beam fell from one of the cars,
ditching three cars.
Isaac BRYANT, of Jeffersonville, has been taken
TO the State asylum. Bryant's popularity is
that he insists on sleeping with a pitchfork to
protect himself from imaginary foes.
Rev. D. W. Evans, circuit missionary for the
Plke Greek district of the M. E. Church, preached
his farewell sermon on Sunday at Mier, Grant
county. Mr.. Evans goes to Nebraska.
The Knights of Labor at Wabash have put out
city ticket, and expect to take hand in the
coming elections. The indications are that the
entire Republican ticket will be elected, however.
The grand jury of Kosciusko county has found
an indictment against DIR. T. W. Strain. a we'll
known citizen Of Silver Lake, for completely In
the Erecent forgeries in Wabash aud Kosciusko
counties.
j. Colin, living near Corydon, died from the
effects of injuries received by being thrown from
horse. After being thrown the horse ran over
Mr.. Colin, fracturing his skull breaking several
OF his ribs and otherwise iniRring him.
c. Barrow, seventy years DID, whose troubles,
domestic, financial and physical have unsettled
his mind, attempted suicide at Charlottesville
by cutting his throat with butcher-knife The
wounds are dangerous, but not necessarily fatal
Calvan Slater, barber employed in Wabash
during December aud January, "held up"
farmer from Treaty, two months ago, in the rear
of a saloon, and fed to escape arrest. Yesterday
he was captured at Huntington. and is now in
Jail.
Edward F. Burton, the venerable father of E.
G. Burton, agent of the American Express Com
pany at New Albany, died, at that city, after
long illness Deceased was pioneer of the city,
and was highly esteemed by large circle of
friends.
The funeral of Capt J. Lewis Beeler, at New
Albany on Sunday, was large one The Lou
isville and New Albany communicates knights
Templars, and Abraham Lodge, F. and A. NJ, of
Louisville with many other Masous, assisted in
VIC C0T6UuOuleS.
Mrs. Mary Swafford died on the Sd inst at the
home of her son-in-law, in Lincolnville, Wabash
county Deceased was born in North Carolina
in July, 1885, and has been resident of Wabash
county nearly fifty years. The funeral took
place on Saturday.
The TriState Musicians Association will hold
a reunion at Warsaw. June 16 and IL. Cart
Shober. of Fort Wayne, is president and Chas
K. Greene, of Albion, secretary. Band and mu-
steal organizations from Ohio, Michigan and In
diana will be present at the reunion.
Fred Slukle, who resided just west of Tampico
jackson county, has disappeared. He has
wife, but no children, and was considered of
the best citizens of Grassy Fork township. He
is the possessor of considerable property, and
has always heretofore conducted himself prop
erly.
Yesterday morning Lawson s,tory, the assail-
ant of Robert Early, appeared before Mayor
Stephenson, of Wabash for preliminary hear
ing. His attorneys, at the last moment, how
ever, determined to waive an examination, and
the prisoner released bond of 81, 500.
Early's condition is so much improved that it is
now thought he will recover.
Waveland, Montgomery county. Last Friday
night this organization called at the home of
John Marshall and took him down to the creek
for the purpose of giving him ducking. Mar
shall promised to amend his ways, and lie
released. This is the man who attended to the
Woolsey saloon when the Woolseys in JAIL
and who begged Judge Snyder to release him
and he would sin no more.