The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-04
Indiana Notes.

fsndishness In the eyes of the public.
Indiana Notes.
Abraham Harrington and wife, of Lafayette,
celebrated their golden wedding on Jan. l.
Bishop Dwenger blessed the bell at st. Vincent
de Pauls Church, at LogansDort. yesterday.
The first number of the Inter Mountain, War
saws new literary journal. appeared on Satur-
day.
For thirteen years the names of the Fort
Wayne postmasters have begun with K-Kamm,
Keil and Kaough.
Rev. George Small is conducting highly sue
eessful season of revival meetings at the Evan
gelical Church in Wabash.
the residence of Thomas Dooley, near En-
glish, Crawford county, burned few nights ago.
Loss. 81, 600; no insurance.
William G. Fleming has leased the Review
Democrat, of Anderson, for year, and for that
time will be editor and publisher.
Several hundred head of hogs have died in the
past few months, from cholera in Wabash coun-
ty. one farmer losing nearly zoo head.
The wife of Mr.. John Andrews, well-known
citizen of North Manchester, has been declared
insane and will be taken to an asylum.
Jonathan Cline an old farmer who lives at
Holman Station, fell from his hay-loft and
broke his back. He is thought to be fatally in
jured.
q successful series of revival meetings at Butler
a few evenings since. There were over $50 con-
versions.
Ten marriage licenses were issued at Jeffer-
Sonvlle last week to clippers from Kentucky.
New Albany does fully as large business in
that line each week.
George D. Taylor the defaultng agent of the
Wabash road, at Andrews, has departed for his
old home in the East, having been relieved of
his shortages by relatives.
A man named Collins, while riding on log
truck at Muncie, was thrown on his face break
ing his nose and causing bruises so severe that
his condition is considered dangerous.
During the past six years sixty-fve criminals,
indicted by the Knox county grand jury, have
succeeded in escaping from the county and
eluded trial OF these seven are for murder.
The Koontz Rifles, military organization of
Elkhart was mustered into the State service
Friday night by Adjutant-general Koontz, Of
Indianapolis The captain of the company is
James K Gore
Bohemian oats swindlers are successfully op-
Grating at Pleasant View, in Wabash county
Several farmers have been taken in for large
amounts They refuse to believe the newspaper
reports of the swindle
baby, less than three years DID, has arrived
by express. from Cincinnati at Vncennes. The
childs mother died at Cincinnati and the child
was forwarded to its grandmother, Mrs. John
Solomon, at Vincennes.
Next week there will be change of ownership
in the Fort Wayne Gazette, Mr.. Charles H.
Walker, of indianapolis, and B. NJ. Holman, of
Wabash, buying the paper. 1t will be reduced
in size and made into seyen-column folio.
The barn of G. s, Rosenbaum, near Linden.
Montgomery county, was burned on Thursday
night, together with grain, hay anG farming i'm
elements. Cause of the fire supposed to be in
cendiarsm. Insured in the Glens Falls COM
pany.
John Mahar, of Jacksonville, fired off a can
non on Christmas day, and has since become
totally deaf, and cannot hear the loudest noise
II is supposed the drum of his ears was burst
by the explosion. Another man who was stand
ing near is also partially deaf.
At Brazil, Saturday night, Tom Hayes, a pud.
der in the Connel rolling MILL while working
heat, suddenly threw up both arms, gave loud
cry and sank to the floor corpse. He has
friends in South Chicago. Heart disease is
thought to have been the cause of his death.
The case of the State VS.. Steinbremer. on
change of venue from Huntington, has just been
decided at Button The defendant was dis
charged Steinbremer was one of the gang of
burglars who robbed the Huntington postofice
and killed Officer Baumgardner some months
ago.
The past year has been a highly successful
one at Whites Manual Labor Institute, at Wa
bash. Improvements to the amount of s.. 500
cation are much encouraged by the work done
there There are now sixty Indian and eleven
white children at the institute
sBlind Joe" for many wears bell-ringer at ST.
Joseph's Church. Terre Haute, we'll known
character, died on Friday, aged sixty years
Although totally blind, he got about as well as
most persons with eyesight He was in early
life sailor in the English navy. and was also q
soldier in the late war.
A singular freak of a creditor has Just been
exhibited IN Lafayette. A physician was called
in to summon into existence an illegitimate
child The mother, overwhelmed with disgrace,
repudiated the infant. She was unable to pay
the physicians BILL SO the doctor has taken pos
session of the child, and declares his intention
to hold it until his fee is paid
Rev. j. Fl. Doddridge is having remarkable
revival at Connersvie. The number of CONVEX
sions at this time is near $50, the membership of
the Bl. h. Church alone having increased over
zoo. while other churches are also feeling the eff
fects The new conversions include some entire
families. father, mother and children while
many OF tie new recruits are the solid business
men and mechanics of the city. The meetings
bid fair to continue all winter.
A great number of thefts have occurred in
Marion for some months past, under the direc-
ton of an organized gang A family named
BANJO were suspected and watched, and on
searching their cabin, officers found a wagon
lead OF stolen goods The family were prepar-
ing to move to Wabash, when arrested. Two OF
the boys escaped and went to Huntington county,
where they were finally captured in the woods
by the Marion officers, who were disguised as
hunters The entire gang were brought before
Squire Wallace at Marion, and on Saturday
bound over to the next term Of Circuit Court
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