The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-03

shoulder All the casualties are said to have
been purely accidental. and no blame could be
attached to the trainmen
Sneak thieves at Lafayette last week, stole
the bridal outfit and jewelry of Miss Maggie
Mosier, valued at s400, she eve of her mar
riage.
William Alreid, of La Gro township, Wabash
county. and the oldest resident of the township,
died on Sunday, aged eighty-six The funeral
occurs tomorrow.
Joe Whitelock, of Morristown, was placed in
Jail at Shelbyvle, on Sunday night, IN default OF
$500 bail, charged with an attempted outrage on
fve-year-old daughter Of Henry Gordon,
farmer
The colored camp-meeting being held at the
Paramount fair ground. under the auspices of the
A. NJ E. Church of Grant county, rs fairly at
tended. The meetings continue until Sunday,
inclusive
Charles Joh, a tailor working at Plymouth,
Marshall county, stole two suits of clothes from
his employer a few DAYS ago and left. He was
arrested by the city marshal of LaPorte, who re-
turned him to Plymouth.
The twelfth annual report of rhe condition of
the Logansport public schools shows total en-
rollment of 2 035 scholars an increase of thirty
three over the previous year. The per cent OF
attendance on the number enrolled was 80 J.
A six-year-old son of Isaac Jones' who lives
one half mile south of Edinburg, was attacked
while playing in the road yesterday morning by
an Infatuated cow and thrown several feet into
the air, receiving injuries OF very serious char
acter.
Mrs. Margaret Schroeder, aged seventy, one of
the oldest residents of Haubstadt Gibson county,
committed suicide on Saturday morning by
jumping into cistern. Her body was recovered
five minutes afterward, but efforts to restore her
failed
Robert Kidd, stone-mason, got into quar-
rel yesterday afternoon with Henry Woodbridge.
colored, a farm hand on the farm of Ely Brud-
ing near Edinburg. which resulted in Woodbridge
striking Kidd on the head with pitchfork in
nictlng two very dangerous scalp wounds.
The Sabbath-schools Of Randolph county will
hold celebration at Lynn. Aug. l. A prize ban
ner win be given the delegation having the larg-
est number Of children between the ages of two
and fifteen years inclusive. Able speakers Will
be present, and pleasant time is anticipated.
barn belonging to Alexander Deeren, resid-
ing four miles east of Paramount, was totally de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, together with several
tons of hay and three horses. One other horse
was fatally burned. The cause of tie FIRE is sup
posed to be spontaneous combustion. Loss, ST.
600; no insurance
A vigilance committee Of fifty men visited
Leavenwor.h on Sunday night, and notified at
torneys if they defended Houehton. who shot
John Igert. that they would be lynched. They
also notified the sheriff in like manner if he
permitted the prisoner to be taken away. Igert
is still alive, but modification has set in
Last Saturday evening, while Daniel Waller
his two daughters and Hiram Fultz, were pass
ing the residence of James Hobbs, about seven
miles south of Birds-eye. Dubois county, on
their return from picnic. Thomas Hobbs and
his Hiram rushed out from the barn with
rifle and two pistols and opened fire upon Mr..
Waller and Mr.. Fultz. The latter was killed and
Waller was mortally wounded The cause of
the shooting was an old feud among the parties
The funeral of Mrs. Clara Lacey Cook wife of
Dr. L. Fl. Cook, of Buffton, and daughter of
Rev. and Mrs III. j. Lacey, Of the North Indiana
Conference, occurred on Sunday. She died on
July 30. She was married to DR.. Cook, April
Is, 1886. Her parents and brothers and sisters
were all in attendance upon the funeral, except
Hon. John w. Lacey, Chief-justice of Wyoming
Territory. The funeral sermon was preached
by Dr. M. Mahin to a large and sympathetic au-
dience.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain and storm
Saturday night and Sabbath, the camp meeting
at Spring Lake was we'll attended and the de-
rangement caused to lake, boats, tents, ETC.. will
be set right by Wednesday. Mrs. DIR. Wells
preached on Sunday forenoon on the earthly
Canaan, giving sketches of her travels in the
Holy Land. In the afternoon Rev. e. j. Scott
showed analogies between the earthly and heav
emily Canaan. Services will be held three times
day this week and next.
Near Sunman, on Saturday evening. Mrs.
Harriette Sunman and her son. 7. w. W. Sun
man. Democratic candidate for joint Repre-
sentative in that district, attempted to cross
swollen creek in buggy, but a sudden rise of
the water overturned the buggy. and threw the
occupants into the raging torrent. The son
managed to grasp the limb of an overhanRing
tree, and after hanging for an hour or more
succeeded in getting to the house and and call
ing help. The neighbors turned out, and after
several hours search found the mother wedged
In among the brush entirely dead.
Charles Remster, an insane inmate of the
northern penitentiary, died on Saturday
When twenty-five years of age he resided in Gov
iugton, Fountai county, and was prosperous
business man, but somehow other got into
trouble with two women. who incurred his bitter
hatred, and matters were made worse by gossip.
Remster ended this one day by shooting one of
the ladies dead the street, and infcting
wounds upon the other which rendered her
cripple for life. For this awful crime the pris-
oner was tried and sentenced to be hanged. but
before the time arrived for the execution the
Governor upon the recommendation of the
authorities, committed the sentence to life inn
prisonment He had served twenty years of
this sentence, but for the last twelve years. until
his death, was a raving maniac.