The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-26

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furnishing the goods. The offer has been &C.
cepted.
the Grand Prairie Holiness Association, gives no
tice that the great tabernacle OF the association
will be pitched at Rensselaer, on thursday, Aug.
IL, for a ten-days' meeting
James j. Hornbrook son of s. r. Hornbrook,
of Evansville, was the successful competitor in
the examination for the West Point cadetship
from that district He graduated from the
Evansville High school two years ago.
An Elkhart county farmer took load of hay
into market recently, and in the load was rat
tlesnake with five rattles. 1t was killed. and an
investigation of its stomach revealed two mead
ew-moles still alive inside of his snakeship
Sportsmen may lawfully shoot game in this
State between the following dates Quail or
pheasant Oct Is to Dec 20; prairie chicken,
Sept to Feb. j; woodcock, July l to Jan. !;
duck, Sept to April Is; deer, Oct. to Jan. l.
The young son of George Heffner. of Ligonier,
who was wounded several weeks ago by the acct
dental discharge of target-eun, died of his in
juries on Friday. Inflammation set in and could
not be controlled, and death resulted from lock-
jaw.
The'old settlers meeting at Flatrock, Shelby
county, Aug. 7, promises TO be largely attended
Ex-Governor Porter Governor Gray, Judge
Banta, Elder q T. Sweeney, Thomas Adams
dresses
Joe Moran, ten-year.old colored boy, in JEFF
fersonvile, suffers great agony from injury to
his spine, resulting from blows and kicks ad-
minstered by, some of the boys in his ueighbor-
hood several days ago. 1t is believed that he
cannot recover
The Commissioners of Fountain county have
purchased the toll bridge across the Wabash
river at Covington. paying $l8, 600 for it. There
is great rejoicing in the neighborhood, as the
tolls charged have always been considered
cessive by the farmers.
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farmer named John Doane, living in Barr town
ship, Dayiess county, came to town to see Wal
lace d Co.'S circus, last Wednesday, While
there he fell in with three-card-monte gang,
who swindled him out of 5000
A warrant was issued at Terre Haute, on Sat
urday, for the arrest OF Sherman Walden, col
ored, Cor the alleged commission of an outrage
Gus assault upon the fourteen year old daughter
OF Willis Roberts. respectable colored citizen
of Nevins township, Vigo county.
A notable marriage occurred at Marion on Fri
day night the contracting parties being H. s.
eighty-two, and Matilda j. Scott aged seventy
FIVE 1t was the grooms second and the brides
third venture in the matrimonial field
On Saturday morning heavy embankment
at a gravel pit on the Vandalia railroad near
Macksville. gave way, completely burying some
of the workmen and badly injuring Joseph Gray.
He was taken to st. Anthony's Hospital. Terre
Haute, where he lies in precarious condition.
Last week Rev. Father Dinnen, of the Cath
olic Church of Charlottesville, celebrated the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of his admission into the
priesthood. There were present from other
places: Father Crossing, OF Oxford; Father
Helihake of Columbia City; Father Mucheyey,
of Lebanon; Father Gynding Of Lafayette, and
Father Versailles, of Kankakee.
Mrs. Sweeney, of Utica township Clark
county, had chicken that beat anything as
curiosity, outside of museum. 1t had the head
n rot hodv nf nh oHap arAx Uac nrnU iHnH
with four legs The monstrosity died after
ftful existence of three days, and is now in the
possession of Thomas Marsh. of Jeffersonville,
who has it preserved in alcohol
VAT Terre Haute, Mrs. Fred Paes was driving
a spirited horse, when it became frightened at
escaping steam from an engine. The buggy was
overthrown with crash and Mrs. Paes was
thrown out with great violence, against fence
falling with her neck caught firmly between two
pickets Her throat was lacerated, and her
body badly bruised in various portions.
The Waynetown Montgomery County, Guards
have elected the following officers: Captain, H.
M. Billings; first lieutenant, Will B. Gray; Sec
ond lieutenant Charles M. Berry; orderly SER
geant, j. G. Heath; company clerk, r. E. Ray;
duty sergearts. John Zerface, Will Steele Bert
Harvey and John W. Small; corporals, Howard
Earl, w. D. Gray, Pleas Brannon and John
Buckley. L
A curious case is reported near New Albany
A short time since James Spain. a young man
eighteen years old, was bitten on the arm by an
insect it is supposed. A few days ago the arm
sweled to an enormous size. the swelling even
reaching his shoulder and his neck and his suf-
ferings during all the time have been intense.
His physicians state that the case has no paral-
lei In their experience.
After thorough investigation in the Mayors
Court, at Wabash, on Saturday morning, Samuel
G. Dewitt, the Wabash railroad brakeman ar
rested on a coroners warrant for manslaughter,
was acquitted, the evidence against him being
iw0t4 IN nhmwp
gave the name of the brakeman interested as
McCorahay, but this was mistake, as Mr.. Nc
Conahay was not implicated
The session of the Southern Indiana Normal
Institute closed last week at Mitche, and was
the most successful one ever held, both in point
of attendance and list of graduates. Sixty diplo-
mas we're issued. On Friday evening the alum
nj association, consisting of the scientific and
classic classes held their annual reunion and ban
quet in College Hail. The crowd was large and
and la general good time was had
The eighth annual reunion of the Seventh In
diana Volunteers, to be held at Danvile on Thurs
day, Aug. 26 promises to be largely attended.
The programme of the days exercises will be:
At A. NJ, reception; $50 A. NJ. session; IL NJ,
distribution of bareback, side meats, etc.; 2 D.
NJ, annual address; PM business meeting;
P. NJ. campfire, and IL P. NJ. taps Abe Doug
lass is the president and G. f. Hall secretary.
At the Island Park Assembly, on Saturday,
Prof w. II. Crogman, colored of Clark Uni
versity Atlanta, Ga, delivered an address on
''The African Problem On Sunday Chaplain
McCabe, Rev. Charles F. Deems, of New York,
and President c. H. Payne of the Wesleyan
University, were the orators. To-day Gen. o. o.
Howard will lecture General Grant Rev.
c. H. Payne. of Ohio, on SHANE" and Rev. c.
F. Deems on "The Superstitions Of Science"
One Of the results of the ''trance evangelist"
meetings at Marion is shown in the following
At the regular prayer meeting services at the
Methodist Church on Friday evening one of the
participants stiffened out and went intoa trance
He was picked up and carried out into the hail.
where he was laid on the floor. and the services
in the lecture-room proceeded. AT the close Of
the services the body had disappeared. The
subject was evidently disguised at the lack of
appreciation for his effort"
Last week detective from Martin county
came to Jasper in search of information relative