The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-08
Minor Notes.


| evening
Minor Notes.
! Mrs. Rachel McKinsey, of Darlington, has
received So 978 back pension.
| Spirited revival meetings are now in progress
| at the Christian Church in Warren.
| The Bohemian oats swindlers in Huntington
| county are now trying a new scheme, and are
| selling Australian oats.
| The home of Mrs. Sallie Gray, widow, three
miles west of Charlottesville, was burned ON
| Friday. Partly insured.
! A series of revival meetings. which are largely
| attended now in progress at the Mt. Zion U.
| b. Church, east of Wabash
| Mrs. Joseph Miller, of Andrews, has just re-
ceived word that she is heir to $4,000 left her
| by relative in South Carolina.
The family of Jacob Lotzenhiser, Of Wabash
| county, who recently ate Rough on Rats" are
now pronounced out of danger.
Rev. Neal S. McCullum, of Berlin, Pa, has
been called by the Christian Church, of Edin-
| burg. and will take charge on March l.
law-and order league has been formed at
Darlington for the protection of persons and
property against thugs and scoundres.
George Duerr, miner at Evansville, let a
very large piece Of coal fall upon his foot, mash
| ing it. His foot will have to be amputated.
The First Presbyterian Church at Wabash will
celebrate its semicentennial in May. Prepare
tons are being made for an extensive affair.
Mrs. John JOY, of Wabash, gave birth to a
perfectly formed infant, weighing but one and
half pounds Thesbabe lived but short time.
AT Evansville, j. Powell stepped upon an iron
arch and was thrown from his feet and fell,
breaking his jaw and receiving other serious III
juries.
Prof Frank NJ Stalker, graduate of Prince
ton College. has been elected principal Of Borden
Institute, at New Providence, nineteen miles
from New Albany
The public schools at Greencastle have been
closed on account of the prevalence of scarlet
fever. The disease has been of unusual malig-
| nifty. half the cases resulting fatally.
The members of the G. A. r. of Jefferson
vile talking of organizing land COLOMBIA
ton company, for the purpose of establishing
homes for the veterans in the far West.
carload of fine Belgian and Norman horses
are expected to arrive in Wabash in few days,
direct from France The animals were i'm
ported by the Wabash Importing Company.
A revival meeting which has been held at Mt.
Gilead Church. few miles east of Wabash, for
some time. closed on Sunday night The meet
ings have been conducted on the trance order.
A building and loan association has just been
organized at Peru, with j. g. Blythe president
and r: III. Bouslog secretary. Articles of asso-
citation have just been filed with the Secretary of
State
At Hibbard on Saturday, George Phelps,
brakeman the Nickel-p plate, while making
coupling got four of his fingers his right
hand SO badly crushed that amputation was nec-
essary.
William German has for sixteen years occu-
pied tower, with windows on all sides, over
looking the southern prison. standing with car
bine in hand, to guard the walls against escaping
convicts.
Elizabeth, Harrison county, is being revived
under Rev. G. w. Woods, of the NJ E. Church.
One hundred and twenty accessions have been
made to the church, and the meetings continue
| togrow in interest.
| An Ohio man has settled at Andrews and is
| canvassing the country for new brand of
| spring wheat, which he sells at SIS per bushel.
| The mode of operation is the same as the Bohe-
| milan oats men employ.
| The railroad election in Harrison township,
F! Spencer county (St. Meinradl, resulted in favor
of the tax in aid of the railroad to Troy by two
! votes-248 being cast in favor and 246 against.
| The vote was larger than expected
| The sandhouse of the Evansville g. Terre
| Haute railroad, at Evansville, which is kept
warm as an oven in order to thoroughly dry the
| sand, is a favorite resort for tramps. On Sat
| urday morning thirteen of these fellows were
| found there. buried in the sand, with only their
| heads sticking out.
Rev. T. g. Beharrel is the first regular minis
ter drawn on grand jury in Floyd county since
| the present State Constitution went into effect.
| He is one of the grand jurors drawn for the next
| term of the Circuit Court He is q member of
the Southeastern Indiana Conference, and was
| at one time moral instructor at the Prison South
| Jeffersonville
An aged couple, living in an isolated portion of
Wabash county, began the year wrong, or not
according to the calendar Sunday, the Sd, they
| believed to be Monday, and, accordingly went
| about their regular week day duties The pair
| were not set right until the following Sunday
when they appeared in Roam with quantity Of
| eggs and butter for the market.
Miss Edwards an estimable young lady in
| New Madison, informed her parents a few days
ago that she was legally married to Mack Mid
dleton, a neighbor The wedding took place last
| October the couple going to Michigan to have
the knot tied They have kept the wedding a
profound secret, and the facts were brought out
by the determination of the brides parents to go
West.
r. G. Worthington has been chosen chairman
| and J. V. Aver secretary of the CLAW county
central committee. The following are chairmen
of the township committees of Clay county:
Brazil F. w. Nance; Dick johnson, Jacob Huff
man; Posey, M. S. Dillman; Van Buren,, A. Os-
| walt; jackson, Samuel Blair; Sugar Ridge
! George Lash; Perry, Sias Foulke; Harrison, L
| B. Harris; Washington j. NJ. Boothe
| IT is understood that the stock company,
which has just been organized to run the Wa
bash Courier will take possession of the property
this week, and that the following gentlemen will
| compose the board of directors: A. NJ Atkinson,
Macy Good, Hon. FL. B. Shiveley, Ed Harter and
/ Lee Linn, of whom A NJ. Atkinson will probably
| be chosen president. The paper is to be run in
opposition to the old established party organ the
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