The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-30
ILLINOIS.
Cuttings from Correspondence and Gleanings

Cuttings from Correspondence and Gleanings
from Exchanges.
A boy at Flora fell from a wagon. His head
struck on a wheel cutting off his right ear
Oscar Hambick, seventeen years old, killed an
eight-year-old boy of Simon Cerney. near Anna.
on Saturday.
Anton Buchanan, of Springfield, aged sixty,
dropped dead of apOplexy while taking leisurely
walk on Saturday.
Morris has philanthropic and public.spirited
citizen who is going to plant water lilies in all
the ponds about the city.
An infant child of John W. jackson, of Odin,
was drowned in kettle of water while strug-
Cling to get a leaf that hoated on the surface
Bloomington, in common with many other
cities and towns in the central and western part
of the State, is suffering from water famine.
Col. Cornelius Rourke, of the Fifth Regiment
l. n. e., and prominent Democratic politician,
died at Petersburg, on Saturday. from cancer
j. M. Meals saw-mill, near Chatham, together
with 80, 900 feet of walnut lumber was destroyed
by fire on Saturday Loss, $500; no insurance.
William Dean, resident of Springfield on
Saturday deliberately walked toward fast
running passenger train that place, and
was killed
Nellie Lane, alias Gilman. Springfield eour
tesan, committed suicide with opium. She for
merly lived at Salem. Marion county, wesre she
has relatives
The thermometer ranged from ia to 120 de-
erees in the shade at Oakland last Friday.
young man named Stone was killed by the heat
near Busby Fork.
A division of the Illinois Grain Merchants As
ISOLATION has been organized at Decatur, the OBJ
ject of which is to protect the grain dealers and
advance their interests in all directions.
The remains of dam of spruce logs has been
discovered in the Green river near Geneseo. AS
spruce does not grow in that vicinity, it is sup
posed that the dam was made hundreds of years
ago.
William Radly. prosperous farmer of Ford
county, was killed in the streets of Paxton, on
Saturday, by the accidental discharge of his
shotgun, which he was removing from his car
riage.
died on Friday night at Williamsville, Sangamon
county. from injuries caused by having basin
OF blazing alcohol accidentally thrown over him
By an older brother.
The sheriff has taken possession of the stock
of M Petngll & Co., Wholesale boot aud shoe
of over $4,000 The assets and liabilities of
the firm are unknown.
An old settler Of Carthage says that in 1927
the Mississippi river was so low that man
crossed it by stepping from stone to stone on
the rapids just above Keokuk, la. 1t is said
that another man crossed the river dry shod in
the same way in 1854
A young son of Mrs Joseph Goudie. living
near Tolono, was playing about the house, when
piece of plaster from the ceiling fell upon
dynamite cartridge in a box near by. A terrible
explosion followed. The little boys hand was
terribly lacerated and two fingers blown COM
pletely Off
A German, about thirty Ave years of age, and
apparently not in his right mind. arrived at
Salem last Friday night The next evening he
was found dead, about two miles from the city.
On his person were two letters one from John
A. Bennings. of Louisville, KY, addressed to
George Boehler, at Evansville. Ind, dated Aug.
10 The other was love-letter. dated at VALID
sachsen, July 4, 1888 From 1t is learned that
he left Germany seven weeks previous to this
date. in the belief that his lady love was false.
The deceased said that he had worked in the
Louisville and Evansville brewerles