The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-18

building purposes. 1t is said to be Of finer text
ure than the Bedford stone and but little harder.
1t can be polished almost as easily as marble,
and is plentiful and easily quarried.
Nelson Carpenter. a desperate, who is credited
with having killed four men in his time. was
himself waylad and killed by man named
Cole on Red Lick creek. fifteen miles southwest
of Richmond, on Thursday.
1.-The Church of God" has been organized at
Anderson and is the ougrowth of Mrs. Wood
worth's revival Many old and leading mem
bers of other denominations have joined the or
ganization, which has a MEM ership of 200.
There are more licensed fruit distilleries in
Floyd, Harrison, Crawford and Perry counties
than in any previous year. AS the apple crop is
SO large the market has been overstocked and
the fruit has been converted into apple brandy.
Nathaniel Priest, aged seventy-four years. a
resident of Dawkins, Allen county, was killed
and horribly mangled, on Thursday, by a
n. T., G. Il st. Louis freight train Priest was
very deaf, and was walking along the track when
struck by the engine.
The Seventh-day Adventists of Indiana will
nold their annual campmeetng and conference
this year at Wabash Sept. 90 to Oct. 5. They
have secured the use of the fair ground for this
purpose, and it is expected that about 700 will
encamp on the ground during the meeting.
Miss Libbie Matthews, a beautiful and accom-
plished young lady hanged herself at her home,
near Armstrong Chapel, fourteen miles from La
fayette. on Thursday. She engaged to be
married to worthy young man, but had of late
been subject to fits of melancholy. No cause is
known why she killed herself.
The Columbus Electric light Company com
posed of Judge Keyes p. FL. Mccormick, T. G.
Burgess, John G. Orr and James +. Toohey, will
furnish that city with light for the next ten
years, having been granted the exclusive right
for that purpose. The company is capitalized at
$4,000, and will put in the plant at once.
Some time ago ahuman skeleton with tract
ured skull was discovered under tree in the
vicinity of Hoover's Station, Fulton county. and
now the place is said to be haunted by the form
er tenant of the skeleton. Some of the wise
acres of the neighborhood are trying to couple
the story of the mysterious disappearance Of a
book agent several years ago with that of the
newly found bones.
Intense indignation prevails among the tax
payers of Adams county over an allowance made,
on Wednesday. to Surveyor Sincoke by the
Board of County Commissioners for 81, 100 for275
days work done for the county at 81 per day
since the first day of June this year. 1t is al
lodged that five deputies were employed at $40
per month, and charged to the county at 81 per
day each. and that the county was overcharged
IN various ways.
The Grand Lodge of Colored Masons of In
diana closed its meeting at Jacksonville on
Thursday after selecting the following officers:
bert Smith; r.. w. s. G. W.. James NJ Reynolds:
r. w. j. g. W., James 81. Walkin r. w. G. T.,
James M. Lee; r. w. G. S., Charles III. Lanier;
r. w. G. c.. Dennis Rouse; r. W. g. NJ, Jesse
Woods r. W. S. D., j. w. Woodfork; r. W. j.
D.. r. +. TAYLOR