The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-01

tween the ages of twenty-seven AID sixty-six
years. This makes 420 accessions on the Bruce
vile circuit this year.
ceased. and an old settler of Montgomery coun-
ty, died on Thursday night, at the age of eighty
six years
N. o. Ross, of Logansport wants 500 dam
ages from the city of New Albany for the use of
his patent hitching arrangement by the fire de-
partment
H. Human, of Terre Haute. and other capital
lists, compose syndicate owning J6, $40 acres of
land in Alabama, much of which is valuable for
its minerals
Judges Dykeman, Winfield and Nelson are
said by the Logansport Journal to be candidates
for Territorial judgeships, and opposing the con-
frmation Of G. r. Pollard, of Delphi.
DR.. w. F. Sherro1. who was sent to the State
Insane Asylum from Jeffersonyille, is gradually
growing worse, and the physicians think his
death is only question of a few days.
FINS Cartright, late of the Olds wagon works
of Fort Wayne, has gone to South Bend and
taken the general superintendency of the Stude-
baker Wagon Company at salary of $4,000 a
year
A revival is in progress at the Christian and
Methodist churches in Scottsburg- During the
past week twenty-five conversions have been
made at the former. and twenty-seven at the
latter
George Kleespies, a Jacksonville property
holder, who was fined $3.50 for renting his house
for gambling purposes, informed the court he
would not pay his fine, and was promptly placed
in Jail.
Jacksonville item, in louisville Courier-Jour-
nall There concert halls here, and there
is not enough money here to warrant the starting
of even church fair. The saloons run as usual
every day.
William Eviuger twelve years old, while rid
ing on a sled attached to farmers wagon, at
Terre Haute, was trampled upon by horse
driven upon him from behind. The horses feet
struck the lads chest and face. bruisiug him
seriously.
Burglars entered the residence of DR.. Camp
bell Hay, at Charlestown, and stole gold watch
valued at 800 and fine overcoat. They also
entered the residence of Joshua Wilson, where
they got a gold watch valued at $175 and severa.
articles of clothing.
1t is now thought that the poisoning of the
sausage. which came so near killing the family
OF Jacob Lotzenheser, in Chester township,
Wabash county. was caused by placing the meat
IN zinc pan, from which poisonous acids COM
municated to the meat.
There is an unusual amount of sickness in
Charlottesville, the prevailing disease being
typhoid fever. There has been one death from
this disease and four others are at the point of
death from the same cause. Besides, there are
others who are very i'll from other diseases
Joseph Carter, the colored man who was found
nearly frozen to death in a shanty near Evans
ville has since died. He was 102 years DID, The
Evansville Journal thinks that had he not been
frozen he would probably had lived several
years more, as he was enjoying excellent health
up to that time.
The forged note for $780, purporting to be
signed by John Hall, and presented at the First
Nationa. Bank in North Manchester for pay
ment has been traced to man named Michaele,
in Kosciuski county. Michaels was this week
tried for the crime, and bound over to Circuit
Court
The l. o. G. T. lodge at North Manchester
has just elected the following officers: Cora Hal
Frank Grill, W. S.; Bert Martin, w. M. Joe
Bolinx. w. +. S.; L. Hamilton, treasurer; Chas.
Sexton, l. g.. Al Scott 0. g.. Mrs. Dice. or
ganist.
Lizzie Milken. school-teacher aged nine
teen years. who disappeared from her home at
Terhune, Boone county several days ago, has
been found at Macksville, near Terre Haute,
where she had gone to hide her shame Daniel
A. Jackson thirty-five years old and married.
has been arrested for abducting her.
At the meeting of the New Albany Council to.
night the opinion Of the city attorney is to
be asked as to the legality of the issue of
city orders by the city clerk and mayor
1t is claimed that every city order issued since
the adoption of the constitutional amendment,
restricting the powers of city to create an in
debtedness in excess Of per cent. of its tax
duplicate, is illegal.
The senior class of Wabash College. at Craw-
fordsville have taken steps to raise funds to en-
dow chair of professorship to be called the
wabash Alumni Chair of History" They
pledge themselves to contribute ST. each on the
day they graduate, and continue their efforts
until $30,00 is obtained. Contributions and en-
dowinents for this fund should be sent to A.
Thomson, treasurer of Wabash College.
William Clark, residing near Scottsburg
butchered hog. and used rife to kill it.
Standing about twenty feet from the hog he
raised his gun and fred, the ball striking the
porker in the forehead. killing him instantly
At the very moment of firing. and before Clark
took the gun from his shoulder, he felt some
thing drop into his hand. and, upon looking, he
found the same bullet with which he loaded his
gun. 1t is thought that the ball struck hard
substance and rebounded.