The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-10

DR.. Lecrone is the Mayor of the city, and one OF
| the oldest physicians in the county.
| Springfield Baptist Association is holding its
! forty ninth annual convention at Shelbyville.
"Uncle Sammy" Trisler. well known charac-
ter of South Dsuville, died on Wednesday, aged
| seven.y-four years
Mrs. Emeline Sehofeld, an old lady aged
| Galesburg and killed
large panther was killed near Pesotum.
Douglas county last Saturday. It is the second
panther killed in the county this year.
The Fifty-second Regiment, Illinois Infantry,
held its nineteenth reunion at Elgin, on Wednes-
day. COL j. S. Wilcox was reelected president
State Journal: The Illinois farmers are prob
ably not all aware that the great of oats for
1856 in this State estimated at 113, 247 GA bush
els is reckoned to have been raised at an aggre-
gated loss of S., CO., 1896
Bernard Doll, wealthy farmer of Carroll
county, was thrown out of his wagon while
crossing the railroad track at Nora One of the
wheels ran over him, breaking his back. from the
effects of which he died in thirty minutes.
Mrs Stena Jones. a negress, died at East Ca
rondelet, last Sunday, at the age of lilo years.
She was slave in Virginia before the and
was the mother of nineteen children Each one
OF her fourteen daughters and five sons lived to
mature years and was at least six feet tall.
The district reunion of old soldiers of eastern
Illinois and Western Indiana. at Hoopeston, was
grand success. The crowd in attendance was
over 5000 and the registry shows ], 200 veter
ans present Gen. NJ. d. Manson, of Crawfords
VILE, Ind. spoke on Wednesday, and Gen. John
A. Logan on Thursday.
The natural gas we'll discovered at Cerro
Gordo some time ago continues to grow in
strength recent test showed the pressure to
be twenty pounds to the square inch, steam
gauge measurement, and the gain to be FIVE
pounds. The flow is considered to be Of su fl
eient strength for lighting the town, and the lay
ing of gas pipes to dwellings and business houses
will be commenced in o few days.
"Uncle" Billy Carew, who is eighty-seven
years old, and who has lived in Farmer City
since 1910. married a second wife about year
ago. His children thereupon brought suit
against their father for 81, 900 which they
| compelled to pay this sum he would have been
left penniless. The Dewitt county court. how
ever, decided the suit in his favor. a few days
ago. large number of the old mans neigh
bors and brass band helped him to celebrate
the event
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor
which adjourned at Springfield on Wednesday,
decided to hold biennial instead of annual ses-
sions hereafter, and the next meeting will be at
Decatur, on the fourth Tuesday in September,
1888 The following officers were elected: Grand
Dictator W. w. Carr, of Carbondale; vice -dcta-
tor. S. P. Cody, of Chicago; assistant dictator,
Henry Gasaway, of Martinsvle; reporter. II.
K. Day, of Moawequa: treasurer. N G. Mason,
of Peoria; chaplain, r. e. Wallace, of Chcago
guide. K. P. Snyder. of Lawrenceville guardian,
w. A. Oliver of Jacksonville: sentinel Oscar
Meister. of Chicago medical examiner, Walter
Watson, of Mount Vernon; Supreme Lodge rep
resentatives, ii. NJ Gilmore, of Delavan; r. j.
Stevens. of Murphysboro. and c. H. Patten, of
Mount Vernon.