The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-11
Minor Notes.

The Montgomery Sunday school Union will
meet at Ladoga, on Thursday, Nov. LIZ. IN quar-
terly convention.
One-half of the town Of Wolcote, including
Peck's Hotel and the Christian Church, was de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning.
The residence OF John G. Beagle, at Warsaw.
with ali iss contents. was destroyed by FIRE on
Tuesday. Loss So, 900. insured for 5000 in North
western National Company.
On Monday night fire destroyed the frame
barn belonging to James Dckerson, of Ripley
county. together with his farming implements
and two horses Loss, 81, 800.
Rev. o. H. Smith, late of Danville this State,
but for the past, three years presiding elder in
the M. E. Church at Little Rock Ark, has been
transferred to the Missouri Conference, and sta
toned at Cameron.
Capt Charles NJ Scott died of kidney COM
plant, and was buried at Oxford on Monday
The funeral was one of the largest ever wit
messed in the county Captain Scott was mem
Der of the L o. 0. F. and g. A R. Post.
Will Carey, the young man who was thrown
from horse and severely injured. At Wabash,
a week ago last Monday, is lying unconscious at
his home in LaGro, and has been so since he
received She injury 1t is thought he will die.
The barn of George Condor, near Anoka, Cass
county. burned early yesterday morning. Five
head of horses seven hundred bushels of wheat,
four hundred bushels of corn and all his farm
ing implements were consumed. Loss, $3,OOO;
no insurance
Minnie Helvie aged six years, only daughter
of Samuel Helvie, leading citizen of Anoka,
Cass county, was burned to death on Tuesday.
She was playing around the fire when her clothes
caught and before assistance arrived she was
horribly burned, and died soon after
Much interest is being taken in the coming re-
count of the votes for auditor in Montgomery
county. John L. Goben Democrat, came out nine
votes ahead and Capt Geo. r. Brown thin ks
there has been a mistake made in counting the
votes cast To day Judge Snyder will appoint a
board to proceed with the recount.
The Methodist churches of New Albany are
making preparations to pay their proportion of
the $4,000 pledged by the Indiana Conference
to DePauw College at Greencastle. The proper
ton of Centenary will be about $780, and that of
Wesley Chapel $500. Mr.. DePauw agrees to
give 50 for every ST. raised by the church.
The people of LaGro, Wabash county, are
greatly agitated over the report that former
resident of that ueighborhood David Seibert
and his wife, are in Jail in an Illinois town for
the alleged murder Of their daughter, Laura
Seibert During his residence at LaGro Mr..
Seibert was considered a kind man to his family,
although known to be the possessor OF a violent
temper.
Martha Duncan is an old colored woman who
lives near the government depot in Jefferson
vile. On Tuesday she found bottle containing
what she supposed TO be medicine for rheuma-
tisn. In fact, it was labeled as such. Being o
sufferer from that disease, she applied the con
tents of the bottle, which proved to be nitrate
of silver. od-poisoning set in and she can
not possibly recover. The flesh is almost burned
off her lower limbs, and she will live but few
days at the furthest