The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-06
Minor Notes.

The annual show of the Marion Poultry and
Pet Stock Association will open o-day, and last
until Saturday night
Silas Renker, living near Brooklyn, Morgan
county. has manufactured 1887 gallons of SCR
ghum molasses this season.
Mel S, Roland. long connected with the press
OF Columbus, died at Washington, Ind. on Sat
urday, and was buried at Columbus.
The bicycle riders of Charlottesville have
formed a permanent organization, and adopted
the name of "Crawfordsville RambleTs.
On Saturday morning. afour-months-od child
| of Frank Riggs of Lafayette township, Madison
county, was found dead in beG. Suffocation is
| the supposed cause.
| While Ralph Shane was coupling cars in the
| yards of the Big Four railroad at Greensburg.
Saturday night his hand was caught between
the bumpers and a thumb and finger crushed off.
Glenn A Gaar, of Richmond. has sold his pacing
horse, Davy Crockett. which has a record of
2:264, and is we'll known on the Indiana and
Ohio circuit, to Goldberg Bros, of Canton. O.,
for 81 $780,
Anthony Wayne Post, G. A. r., of Fort
Wayne, has resolved topresent the name Of Lieu
tenant-governor r. s. Robertson at the coming
State encampment for department commander
of Indiana.
| Two persons are sick in TOWNSVILLE, Mont
gomery county, who are supposed to have eaten
the meat of hogs that were affected with cholera.
| The doctors are divided in their opinion about
the matter
The BARRIERS of Richmond have entered into
written compact to keep closed doors on Sun
day, several being forced into this action By
| threats of prosecution from those who have kept
| closed right along.
| John Bowman of Warren, though in his nine
| tieth year, has gathered by himself 800 bushels
| of corn this fall. and taxes all the care of his
large farm. He is an inveterate smoker, and
reads without glasses.
Farmers state that the wheat crop in Miami
county will not be onethird of a CROP on ac-
count Of the recent cold snap freezing it out
| IL such is the case, the crop will be almost a
complete failure, as decreased acreage was put
in this year.
| William Hoose and Jacob Magley. citizens of
| Blackford county, engaged in a personal COM
bat, during which the former was fatally shot.
/ Hoose has been long known as tough charac-
ter, and has been very intimate with Magleys
| wife, which has caused separation and brought
on the quarrel
The new directors of the New Ross Agricult-
John S. Byrd. j. Cooms, Circle Petty, John In
| low, j. Hoststter, S. D. Hostetter, VIM. B. Clip
son, Vim. B. Stewart N. G. Thompson, VIM. B.
| Yelton, j. Kennedy, Thomas Rouk, Geo. San
| ford and Geo. Wren.
| At Richmond, yesterday. Rev. ]. M. Hughes
/ preached on the subject of Divorce" which
suggested recapitulation of the divorce record
| in the Wayne Circuit Court It shows there
have been ffty-four cases filed in year, about
/ ore-third of which were dismissed, and most of
the others refused The wife was the plaintiff
/ in most cases.
| In 1869 the Kokomo Oil Company bored a
we'll to the depth of 825 feet and quit, dscour-
aged. The company has been reorganizei as
| the Howard Natural Gas and Oil Company cap
ital $40, 600. and will complete the well, which
lacks but loo feet of being in the sand. The
Juaetinn Gas Company will complete it's organi-
| cation aHd get to work at once.
! = A rather remarkable Islander suit has just been
decided in the Montgomery Circuit Court.
1 Henry M. Miller accused Rev. J. w. Bartlett, of
| near New Ross, of stealing chickens. and the
| minister's son of lying about the matter. Bart
lett recovered one cent damages and the son $40,
| together with costs, which will amount to about
5000 There were about 100 witnesses.
In the month of October the city of Lafayette
was astounded over reports Of alleged foreeries
| by Hon. Edward Robson, an ex-member of the
| Legislature, and a large wooden manufacturer at
| Dayton, Tippecanoe county. At suit instit-
| uted by James Perry against Robson and his
| brother, Erastus Robson, as joint makers of a
| note of $780, jury has found that there was no
forgery, and held that each signed tho note This
was a test case, and most likely settles large
| number of other suits in which it is claimed that
| Robson had forged his fathers and brothers
| names TO large amount of paper The vsrdict
gives universal satisfaction and exonerates Ed
| ward Robson from the Infamous charge.