The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-09


his prize. he sprung upon the back Of the fish,
caught il by the sills to keep its head out OF the
water, and with kicks and yells rode 1t ashore.
Mrs. Barney vandevender, an aged lady living
at Eugene, was found dead in her bed on
Wednesday morning. Her death is supposed to
have been caused by heart disease
Charles Mcconnell charged James Easton. q
business man of South Bend, with forgery. but
when the case came up for hearing, he failed to
put IN an appearance, and now Mr.. Easton Wall
bring suit for damages
B. 81. Gallagher, hailing from Carbon, stopped
at the National House. Terre Haute, on Wednes-
day night On retiring he blew out the gas, bat
it was discovered by the porter in time to save
the rustic gentleman's life.
The shipments of small fruits from New AL
bany this season were as follows: strawberries,
100000 gallons, or 10000 bushels; raspberries
100000 gallons, or %, 000 bushels; cherries H.,
600 gallons; currants and gooseberries, 5000 gal
Ions
Rev. E. D. Dickinson, of Noble county a
graduate of Hillsdale College, Mich, has been
elected president of RidgeviIle College, and will
take charge OF that institution in September
Rev. s. D. Bates resigned on account of i'll
health.
A valuable self-binder, belonging to Moses
Arnold, OF Disko. Wabash county, was burned
on Wednesday night, by incendiaries, who piled
sheaves OF wheat over the machine and fired
them. The work is supposed to be that Of per-
sons opposed to the use of labor saving ma
chinery.
The County Commissioners of Randolph coun-
ty will erect new iron bridges this summer as
follows: Over White river, at Maxville; over
the Mississinewa, north of Deerfeld; one south
OF Lynn. one north of Union City, and two near
Spartansburg
Early Wednesday morning freight train 60
ing south on the l., p. & G. railroad, while run
ming through Miamitown. struck and instantly
| lad MrcP txoh
known to her husband, had left the house and
sat down on the track
The white Caps" are still active in Orange
county. An erring young man who is lodging a
responsibility" and a man who had insuted
married lady, are among those who have lately
as their stripes healed.
Mortimer Nye, Mayor of LaPorte, in a letter
to the Chicago News. denies the report that the
Chicago toughs were allowed to fight in LaPorte
last Sunday. He says they came there for that
purpose, butwere compelled to leave the place in
disgust at the strlctness OF the authorities
The Marion Light Infantry has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Captain, George Gunder; first
lieutenant, L. c. LillaId; second lieutenant, j.
u. Hoover; company clerk, Elmer Wheeler.
Fifty members have signed the muster roll and
been sworn into the service The organization
VIII De designated as company x, Second Regi-
ment
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Mackey, of Logansport,
left home, leaving their three-year-old boy in
charge of his sister. The little fellow wandered
away from the house, and seeing number Of
larger boys wading the Wabash river, attempted
to follow them. He was drowned in less than
two feet of water. The body was recovered
few minutes later.
At Culver's Station "Dcdy" Clark met with
serious accident He was riding on load of
hay and In some way it overturned, throwing
the old man against rail fence and falling
i'm han hA 49, IL L =
insensible condition, and his collarbone was
found to be broken He was bruised and skinned
on almost every poit ton of his body.
company has been organized at Kokomo
with capital stock of $4,000, for the purpose of
putting in the Thompson & Huston system of
have been selected board of directors: G.
A. Jay, Richard Ruddell, S. G. Moore, IT. C.
Sellers w. A. Kennedy, j. o. Henderson, j. C.
Blacklidge, Ding Kennedy and j. b. Parker.
Lafayette Call: In gravel pit near Granville,
yesterday, was dug up the lower jaw of a human
being which has several peculiarties. Com
pared with the average people Of to-day, it is at
least one-third larger and must have belonged
to person at least eight feet tall. The jaw con
tains fifteen well preserved teeth, instead of six
teen the regulation number This odd number
of teeth is considered very singular. None were
ever drawn.
The Barrett Art Association, of Logansport,
is no more. This association was nothing more
nor less than lottery originated for the purpose
of disposing of the Barrett Hotel property and
valuable farm belonging to Mr. 0. H. Barrett.
The scheme was to sell $4,000 tickets at So each.
After three months drumming less than one
thousand tickets were disposed of, and the
scheme was abandoned. The money paid in
will be refunded
The Nappanee News says that the bones of
mastodon were recently exhumed on the farm of
Henry Culp, northeast of Wakarusa. The two
tusks, four of the teeth, and the humerus of one
of the front legs are all that have been found.
The largest molar tooth weighs four and one-half
pounds The bone of the foreleg measures
three feet in circumference at the largest end,
and is about two feet in length, and is nearly as
heavy as iron of that size. A close search is be-
ing made to find the balance of them.
For several months the work of excavating the
Little-river ditch in the southwestern part of
Allen county, has been advertised. This is the
digging of a large ditch--which. with branches,
will be forty four miles in length-for the pur-
pose of draining Little-rlver prairie and reclaim
ing great many thousand acres of swamp land.
Bids were received from all over the country,
and the contract was awarded to Boltz e. Der
heimer, of Fort Wayne, for $137, 900. This is
one of the largest works of the kind ever let bv
contract In the United States. The nearest to it
was the opening of the Florida Everglades