The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-30
Brief Mention.

Robert w. Miller, merchant of Cairo since
1857, died on Wednesday night
Bishop Spanlding, of Peoria. will conduct the
dedication services of the German Catholic
Church, at Danville, on Sunday.
Henry Hemphill. farmer, returning home
from Jerseyville was thrown from his wagon
and instantly killed on Wednesday.
William Matthews, of Logan county. is eighty
years old, but his truthful neighbors say that he
lately stacked eighty acres of wheat In FIVE
hours
On Wednesday evening, at Bloomington, Da-
vid Ball, a one-armed man, was killed by a
freight train on the Indiana, Bloomington d
Western railroad.
The wife of the Rev. ]. NJ. Wheaton, Method.
list Episcopal clergyman at Jew Milford, died
suddenly, ON Wednesday. Mr. Wheaton was
formerly stationed in Chicago
A call has been issued to oil the hay-dealers of
central Illinois, requesting Thorn to attend a
meeting to be held in Mattoon on Wednesday,
Aug. 4, for the purpose of forlSng protective
association.
The boiler in the Galesburg plating works ex-
ploded, on Wednesday killing Fred L. Tyler, q
brother OF the proprietor of the works, and
wrecking the building and plant. The boiler was
hurled 100 feet
Nellie Goodwin, the sixteen year-old daughter
of the Rev. w. r. Goodwin pastor of the Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church of Jackson
vile, eloped on Wednesday with Meier We'll, son
of prominent Jewish cothier of the same place,
and were married
Fire. on Wednesday. in the knitting and tailor
shop of the Joliet prison, caused heavy damage
It being found necessary to drench the building
and the goods it contained The flames appeared
while the convicts were at dinner, and no serious
excitement was created.
Mrs. Sarah Coleman, of Rainsville, recently
gave birth to four healthy infants, all girls.
Two years ago she gave birth to three children
two of whom are now dead. Mrs. Coleman has
been married ten years, and during that time
she has given birth to thirteen children.
A man claiming the name of Davis, and who
represented himself as an agent for Monticello
paper. has swindled a number of Piatt county
farmers out of considerable money by obtaining
their signatures. ostensibly on contract for the
paper, but in reality on negotiable note.
Over ten thousand acres of prairie land are
said to have been broken this summer in the
Mason and Tazewell drainage district lands that
before the drainage commenced were veritabIe
frog ponds and utterly worthless. A large area
of this land will be sown In wheat this fall.
On Wednesday morning, while gathering
blackberries, near Oakland, Mrs. Hanson was
bitten by blue racer She was placed in
wagon and started for her home, but before she
arrived there. died. Her left limb, which was.
bitten, swelled to enormous proportions before
death ensued.
Springfield horse became choked while eat
IN corn. Its owner thrust whp-stock down
its throat to dislodge the obstruction. The ami
NAL bit the stock in two. and over foot of i:
manned in the horses throat A horse doctor was
called and the animals throat was cleared out
with difficulty.
In q fight at Paris. on Wednesday night Ely
West, man about thirty years old, was stabbed
with knife by man named Amburger West
made an attempt to separate Miller and Am
burger, who were fighting and Amburger turned
and cut West three times. The physicians pro-
nounce West in critical condition.