The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-27

l. Campbell. H. z McLasn, Jacob Morris and
A. B. Milford all noted educators in their diff
ferent branches.
The Montgomery County Sunday school Union
VIII hold It's quarterly convention next Tuesday
in the Methodist Church at New RossL
The Seventy-fifth and One-hundred and-frst
lndiana regiments and Nineteenth Indiana bat
terry will hold reunion at Anderson on Oct 3
and g.
The Republican joint representative conven-
ton for the counties of Putnam. Clay and Mont
eomery will be held at Greencastle on Saturday,
Sept. IL.
Rev. William r Higgins. late pastor of the
Presbyterian Church Of Marion, has gone to
New York city to accept 8 chair in clerical
seminary.
A barn belonging to John Coen, of near New
ton. was struck by lightning last Tuesday and
burned. Loss, 200 bushels corn, 400 of wheat,
hay oats and implements.
Alice j. Petta has filed complaint in the
Circuit Court at Connersville, charging Walter
Davis with paternal responsibility, and the lat
ter Is under bonds to answer.
The fall term of Franklin College will COM
mence early in September. Dr. Stott and others
OF the faculty say the prospects of the institution
are brighter than ever before
Cy Lochard's bonds and notes amounting to
$4,000, stolen last March by blowing bis safe
open at Canaan, Jefferson county, have been
found in briar patch in the neighborhood
Resin Reese one of the oldest residents Of
Dearborn county, died on Tuesday night at his
residence near Lawrenceburg He had been
afflicted with paralysis for TWO or three years.
The colored people of Indianapolis, Terre
Haute, Greencss.le. Charlottesville Rockville
and other points will hold celebration at the
Shades of Death, Parke county, next Tuesday.
Several members of gang of burglars who
recently robbed a number of small stores at St
Paris. were arrested at Columbia City. on
Wednesday, and taken to Goshen by Sheriff
Thompson.
AY. M. G.. A. organization has been effected
at Franklin, and the following officers elected
Jasper Lagrange, president; Floy Owens, vice
president; Elmer Sellers, secretary; Leslie Good,
treasurer.
David 81. Bevis, of Taylorsville, Bartholomew
county, has brought suit against the Pennsyl-
vania Company for $40. 900, for personal dam
ages sustained in attempting to alight from a
passenger train.
Mayor PREFER, of Jeffersonville and num-
Der of other leading citizens arranging to
organize stock company, with capital of
800 600, for the purpose of erecting and running
cotton mills in that city.
George Andrews, the burglar killed at Whites
vile, was in Gosport last week. He had a mare
and buggy. also some shoes and knives all of
which he disposed of at a sacrifice. 1t is sup
posed this was stolen property
The Montgomery County Missionary Society
of the Christian Church held their regular
monthly meeting at Charlottesville yesterday
Reports from all over the county are encourag
ing, and the churches are being built up and re-
vived. There was good attendance of minis
ters and members.
J. w. Weber, a cigar manufacturer doing
business in Jeffersonville, and treasurer of
$75 10 short il his accounts. After an investi-
cation by the assembly he was suspended as
member and a suit ordered to be filed against
him TO recover the money.
The southern part of Grant county is being
devastated by hog cholera One farmer states
that, in his immediate neighborhood, not less
than thousand have persisted. There are not
less than hundred farmers in the county who
have lost from thirty to sixty head. and hundreds
of others have lost smaller numbers.
Fairmount, Quaker town of about one thou
sand inhabitants, has never had saloon, and
says 1t does not want one, but Ira Smith, who
thinks otherwise. has applied to the county COM
missioners for license to go into the business.
The citizens. are protesting against the granting
of it, and threaten to make it warm for Mr..
Smith if he attempts to sell intoxicating liquors.
H. Culp farmer living SIX miles south Of
Elkhart, some time ago unearthed several huge
bones of mastodon. Since that time he has
continued his researches in the hopes Of finding
the whole skeleton. His labors have been
warded by finding foreleg, which has the
enormous length of fourteen feet He has
hopes that he will eventually find the remaining
portions.
Conductor Charles Taylor who was involved
in the fight at Maxinkuckee between railroad
men and an excursion party from Mexico on
July 81. and who was arrested and held IN $1,000
bonds to answer the charge of assault, was dis
missed from custody at Plymouth on Wednes-
day. The witnesses for the prosecution failed to
identify Mr. Taylor as the man who did the
clubbing
Two men coming down the tow-path between
the canal and the river, at Lafayette yesterday,
heard cry of distress from the river bank and
on investigation found man living on the rocks,
where he had fallen from the Brown-street river
bridge. The man was very seriously injured,
having one arm broken, and also internal in
juries. He gave his name AS William Witt. but
could not tell how the accident happened. He
will probably die.
The reunion Of the Grand Army posts of
southern Indiana. at Camp Noble. near New AL
bany, Is we'll attended. Delegations represent
ing fifty regiments of the late war registered
at headquarters Addresses were delivered on
Wednesday by Hon. G. L. Jewett Capt. d. nj.
Hammond, Col d. c. Anthony and Captain
Brown. Governor Gray spoke to the veterans
yesterday after which the various regiments
held their annual reunions, and INDUCED In a
dress parade. The closing feature will be the
sham battles this afternoon and to- morrow.
Dr. Young, of Fort Wayne who was recently
arrested at the instance of the managers of the
soldiers reunion at that place, has retaiated by
causing their arrest in Allen county for criminal
libel He has also caused warrants to be served
on them for the same offense by the sheriff of
Huntington county. The three defendants,
Capt Scott Swami James Harper and Tom Sui
Ivan. will be forced to go to Huntington to give
bail for their appearance. 1t is said he will in
stitute criminal libel proceedings against the
same parties in Wells and Blackboard counties
and in all other counties where they distributed
the printed circulars denouncing him.
ILLINOIS