The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-14

eighty. He Was q monomar51c on the subject
/ of diamonds. and imagined that ho had several
worth millions each.
w. T. Wood, a veteran dry goods merchant Of
Bloomington, has failed, and confessed judg-
/ ment to the extent of So, TIA.
Frank Eiberger and Hugh Reagan, popular
| young men of Peru, were drowned on Sunday,
| while rowing on the Illinois river
Twenty-eight new cases of CHAMBERS are re-
ported in Lily, in Tazewell county, and from
/ just across the line in Woodford county.
| Four men, near Wann, were seriously hurt by
the explosion of boiler attached to thrashing-
| machine.
ID. N. Harwood's hay barracks, near Shelby
| ville were burned on Monday. together with
] 1000 tons of hay. The loss is Sc, 500; insured
| for 81 900.
John Sayrs killed boy named Murphy, at the
residence of A. B. Seelye, near jacksonville,
while playing with gun which he didn't know
| was loaded.
| Bert Hamsher SON of Samuel w Hamsher,
one of the thirty persons seriously hurt in the
explosion of fireworks at Decatur, July 5, has
| died of lockjaw
Miss Maud Holloway, an accomplished young
| lady OF Farmer City, about eighteen years of
| age, dropped dead at her home on Monday
| night, from heart disease.
| There are now eighteen artesian wells at
Potomac, in the northeast corner of Vermillion
| county. and the citizens want the name of the.
place charged 10 ArteSla.
The Centralia nail works, which have been
idle for the last six weeks resumed work vester-
day morning. The mill has a capacity of one
thousand kegs of steel nails per day.
Amos Seese, of Mclean, was arrested by
United States Marshal Briscon and taken to
Springfield on Monday, charged with opening
letter belonging to another party and exhibit
ing the letter to Others.
Mr.. Robert Chiddix, an old and we'll known
tow IN EFavu ford
county, whose farm is near the Wabash river
opposite Horseshoe Bend killed himself by cut
ting his throat with razor.
c. F. Hanley, clerk of the St Nicholas Hotel,
Decatur, formerly of Chicago. drowned in
the SangAmon river, at the Decatur water works
dam, on Monday. He was twenty five years old.
and widely known among travelling men.
Hon. A. M. Garland, for number of years
secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and
at present comptroller of the city of Springfield.
has accepted the position Of secretary of the
American Protective Tariff League, whose head
quarters are in New York city.
John c. Wilson Walton, Of Washington
Heights died recently at the residence of his
daughter, in Woodstock. The deceased helped
10 erect the third wooden house in Chicago, and
at one time was one of the solid mea of that
city. His age was seventy one.
| The men who are employed in sinking the coal
shaft at Salem struck fvefoot vein at 9 o'clock
Monday morning. A large amount of money
has been spent, the work having been COM
menced May g. 1885. The depth of the shaft is
1913 feet. The people are joyful over the event.
The third annual session of the National Pro-
hibition Camp meeting Association will COM
| mence at Oakland Park. Decatur, on Aug. 4 and
will continue ten days Among the distinguished
| speakers who will attend are Judge Fontain and
Senator Colquitt. of Georgia, and perhaps Bishop
Merrill.
| There is residing near st. Elmo. in Fayette
| county, widow named Logue. who for indus
| try and perseverance, has few if any equals in
| this country Besides sowing large number of
acres of oats, she has planted and tended sew
enteen acres of corn, which latter crop promises
| good yield. wholly unaided by anyone.
The laying of the cornerstone of fellows
| Hall, at Bloomington. to-day, will be quite an
event for that city. Organized bodies will be
| present from Pekin, Peoria, Decatur Licking
| ton, Cheuoa. Colfax. Mclean, Stanford. Lincoln,
| Atlanta. Moawequa, Pontiac, Chatsworth, Fair
bury. Ell Paso. Minonk, Farmer City, Galesburg,
| Gibson, Paxton, Cerro Gordo, Danville and
| Springfield
A week or two ago an item appeared in the
journal to the effect that Daniel Slower, of Gal
ton had killed 120 rattlesnakes and had 480 rat
ties to show proof. This story was doubted
by skeptics, and the report was investigated and
found to be true in every particular-and more.
Since the item appeared Mr. Slower has killed
thirteen more rattlers, making 1873 during the
past four months, and has $50 rattles. He has
also killed 104 blue racers