The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-25
Minor Notes.

At the Posey coal Mines of Pike county,
preparations are being made to put in eight coke
ovens.
The New Albany Light Infantry company will
be an independent organization, not subject to
the militia laws.
At Nashville on Thursday, Joseph Fraker,
county superintendent, had both legs broken by
his horse running away and upsetting the buggy.
A suit for the payment of mortgage note of
$4,000 was filed at Richmond, yesterday, by
John Roberts against VIM. Green and wife, all
of Milton.
A camp-meeting beginning to-day, will be
held on the New Castle fair grounds. There will
be preaching at P. NJ, in the evening, and dur
ing Sunday.
rectory canvassiug agent. who robbed a grocery
ill at Lafayette. was sentenced to one year in
the northern prison.
The hog cholera is rapidly spreading in Miami
county. and many thousand dollars worth of
stock has been lost. Farmers at a loss for
their own supply of winter pork.
A. soldiers reunion will be held at Paoli, on
Thursday and Friday, Oct IA and 10. Among
the speakers announced are Col. ID. G. Anthony,
General Hovey and Colonel Keigwin.
Charner Hawkins, colored citizen of Wash
ington this season harvested twelve and one
half car loads of watermelons from ten acres of
ground and received $40 for the crop
Isaac Wiley. aged eighty years. died on Thurs
day at New Albany Deceased had been resi-.
dent of the city for about fifty years, and was
probably the oldest Odd-fellow in New Albany.
Stephen Halstead, farmer living near Wa.
bash, was sitting under a small tree near his
house on Thursday. when lightning struck the
tree shivsring it to pieces and paralyzing both
limbs of Mr.. Halstead from the hips down.
South Bend has several thousand less spar
rows now than it had few days ago. The large
hai thPra
stripping the leaves from the shade trees, killed
all the sparrows that had taken refuge among
the limbs.
L. n. Lyster, of Medora, has pig which has
six feet, all perfect, and walks on ali of them.
It Is stone blind and totally deaf but is perfectly
and weighs in the neighborhood of eighty
pounds. 1t was raised by bottle.
Miss Sarah Baxter, daughter OF the late Hon.
William Baxter, was married to Ed Fletcher Of
New York, at Richmond, Thursday night
The wedding was very quiet. reception was
held last night at the residence of the groom's
father, and the bridal couple will leave for New
York on Sunday night.
The annual meeting of the Northwestern
branch of the Wemans Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the NJ. e. Church, composed of ahon,
three hundred delegates from Wisconsin. Mchi-
gan, Illinois and Indiana, will be held in Cen.
tenary Church, Terre Haute, commencing Oct.
IL and continuing to the 10th.
The fashionable event of the season at Evans
vile was the marriage, on Thursday, of King
Cobb, of Paducah. KY, and Miss Mary Viele
Hopkins. The ceremony took place at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, early In the morning and. aft.
er a reception at the residence of the brides
father the couple left for q tour of the Northern
cities.
James McJustice, of Franklin who some
weeks ago undertook to abolish the entire Glover
neighborhood of Johnson avenue with shotgun
was sentenced to three years in the southern
penItentiary but was allowed to go at large on q
"loater' in consequence of the large family de-
pending upon him for support, and or promise oil
not drinking any more liquor for that period.
Miss Della Brownell and Ebsr Darling, jr.. OF
Elkhart 'loved not wisely but too we'll" When
such was found to be the case the young couple
arranged their plans to get married but Eber
Darling, sr, interposed and would allow no such
thing Miss Brownell has now brought suit in
the Elkhart Circuit Court against the senior
Darling. and demands SIC, 600 damages, alleging
that had it not been for the defendant she would
now DO living happily with his son.
Another destructive storm visited Wabash
county and vicinity on Thursday night, doing
great damage to railway and other property A
large section of the Eel-river division of the Wa.
bash was washed out and trains yesterday were
compelled TO use the Cincinnati Wabash e
Michigan track, from North Manchester TO Wa