The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-13

Grandmother Bethiah Hancock, of Richmond,
will be 100 years old if she lives until Sep. 9.
The reunion basket meeting of the Christian
churches of Montgomery county was held at
New Market yesterday
A young lady, aged twenty-one, named Sarah
Lake, committed suicide at Spearsville, Brown
county, by hanging. No cause is known.
The quarterly convention of the Montgomery
County Sunday-school Union will be held in the
Methodist Church at New Ross, on Tuesday,
Aug. 81
Mrs. Rose Salincer, of Lafayette. is dead,
aged nnety-two She was the mother of Ad,lph
Salinger. the leading Hebrew merchant of that
place. and was born in Prussia in 1894
The colored camp-meeting at Brazil will close
on Sunday, on which occasion Rev. j. M. Towns
send D. D., of Richmond, and Rev. DIR. g. W.
Turner, of Indianapolis, will address the meet
ing.
BrazAla H. Reynolds, Wayne county nioneer
died on Wednesday, at his home in Williams
burg from the effects of a sunstroke. He was
eighty years DID, and had resided in the county
for fifty years.
The large barn of Westley Miller, near
Goshen, together with the entire crop of wheat,
farming implements, ETC., was destroyed by FIRE.
on Wednesday, making heavy loss No insur-
ance. Incendiary.
A. D. Lynch, receiver of the City National
Bank of Lawrenceburg will soon make a dstri-
button of 25 per cent to the depositors. He has
sold the bank property and Will close the AFFAIRS
of the bank at an early day.
The Hendricks County Teachers Institute
will convene ON Aug. 16, at Danville The prin-
cipal instructors are Professors Coffin and San
ders. Professors Ridpath and Atwater will lee
ture A. E. Rogers is the superintendent.
An E. & l. railroad freight train, while round
ing curve at Thomass station, near Washing
ton, few days ago. left the track and was COM
pletely wrecked. The cars were piled up in a
promscuous heap, but no one was injured.
| The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the old
| settlers of Montgomery Tippecanoe and Foun-
tain counties will be held at Meharry's grove. on
! Thursday. Aug goth. Governor Gray and Gov
ernor Foraker, of Ohio, are expected to be pres
| ent
| Burglars entered the post-office at New Paris
Elkhart county, and made off with about $65
worth OF goods. cash and stamps DIR. Mat
thewss drug store and DR.. D. Isenbice's hardware
store suffered losses of about 800 each in show
case goods,
| On last Tuesday Sheriff Harper, of Montgom-
cry county. took to the Insane Asylum David
| Lewis, who had made escape about a week
| previous, and was found wandering about in
Coal Creek township said county. Lewis is
| from Oxford, Benton county.
| Mrs. Ricka Huckert, wife of a German huck-
| ster, living at Michigan City, committed suicide
on Wednesday, in the presence of her three-year-
! old child, by tying long veil around her neck,
| attaching end to the bed post and then roll
| ing off the bed to the floor.
| A ten-day camp meeting commenced at Willow
Branch yesterday Rev. C. Harvey, of Fountain
| City. delivered the opening sermon, and Sister
| Reed, of Charlottesville, spoke at night the
| subject .sWhere Art Thoug" Rev John F. Hat
field is conducting the altar services
| The Michigan City Knights of Labor have com
! pleted arrangements for starting cooperative
chair factory at that place. The company is CAPT.
talized at $50 000 with shares of $5each, and
| half of the stock has already been subscribed
| The officers are L. E. Peno president; Henry
| Bird, secretary H. Sallwasser treasurer.
| The one-hundredth birthday anniversary of
| Henry Stillwell was celebrated yesterday at the
| residence of his son, in Stendal. Pike county.
years, and is the father of nineteen children, six
| of whom are yet living. He has twenty eight
| grandchildren and fifty one great grandchildren
DIR. G. e Julian, of Hopewell, Ripley county,
| had completed arrangements to remove to New
Jersey, when his creditors, learning his plans
attached everything possible for store bills,
notes. etc, to the amount of 5000 or $500 It's
said that he cold his farm for 5000 without ex-
planning to the buyer that it was covered by a
| $500 mortgage.
| The New Ross fair is in progress this week.
| and the attendance is large All the depart
ments are full. The managers of this fair asso-
/ citation have always paid every premium in full,
/ even IL they had to take money from their pri-
| vate means Last year the receipts were $500
| short of the premiums, and the sum was imme-
diately forthcoming.
/ A reunion OF old soldiers and sailors will be
held at Castleton on Aug. Is and 49, Addresses
win be delivered by Gen. John Coburn, Maj w.
/ II. Calkins and James b. Black. of Indianapolis
There viii be sham battle on the 18th and a
! campfire at night Gen. james r. Carnahan
will be commander n-chioE Mai. James r. Ross