The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-29
Minor Notes.

Minor Notes.
The government building at New Albany will
be ready for occupancy Dec. i. .
The Elkhart County Teachers Association is
In session, with an attendance OF over one hun
dred.
Frank Travis took morphine with suicidal in
tent at Falkland. on Tuesday, and it is thought
he cannot recover.
John Harris, of Cincinnati, took lodging at q
hotel in Osgood on Tuesday, and during the
night jumped from a second-story window,
seriously injuring himself.
Claude, the fourteen .year-old son Of Joseph
B. Kinder. of Cleveland. Hancock county. fell
down a stairway while visiting an uncle near
Anderson, on Tuesday morning, and broke his
neck.
George Rottger, an smploye of the tightstave
factory at Seymour, met with q serious, if not
fatal, accident on Tuesday, q piece of timber
from a plane: striking mis- head and entering the
brain.
An explosion OF powder occurred in the Office
of DR.. Kell. at Liberty, on Tuesday. The re-
suit was q mass Of broken medicine bottles,
shattered windows and several serious wounds
and burns to the Doctor.
A turkey shooting match was held at Column
bus. yesterday, IN which several hundred per-
sons participated. A great many very fine
shots were made and nearly all present secured
a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Elizabeth Keller, q Wabash pioneer, died
AT nor nome IN tOat city, i6St evening", OF urOpey.
She was seventy-seven years old. and came di-
rect TO Wabash from Germany. Ex-Councilman
Philip Keller is her Only son.
The Fort Wayne Medical College is making a
fight for the body of James Jemison, the man
who choked to death there a few days ago. He
had no friends or relatives, but the man who
employed him insists on the privilege Of burving
the body.
James J. Lewis, nearly eiehty-four years of
age. died at Gessie. on Tuesday, after an illness
of eight weeks. He went to Vermillion county
more than fifty years ago. and vas one of the
leading citizens. He was q Methodist and was
a prominent man in the affairs Of that church.
Nov. % it was reported from Button that
Cyrene Warner, a respected citizen and bust
ness man. had left and had overdrswn his bank
account s.. 800. The impression prevailed that
he left for good, but he has since returned to
settle up his Indebtedness in full. il possible,
and says be had no desire or intention Of re-
naming away permanently.
Mira. Doran, recently acquitted Of the charge
OF numbering her husband at Columbus, re-
turned to that place on Tuesday. She was i'm
mediately ordered 70 leave the city and stay
away, or insanity proceedings would be filed
against her, she having been acquitted on that
plea. She informed the authorities that she
was az sane as they. or the court and jury that
tried her. Considerable indignation is felt over
her conduct.
A child mailed q letter at Crawfordsville ad.
dressed TO Santa Claus, without paying the
postage. A man offered to pay the postage il
promising TO see TO it that the child received q
present. The postmaster refused, saying there
was no such person as Santa Claus, and there
fore II would have TO DO forwarded to the Dead
Letter Office. So 1t 10 very probable that Santa
Clans viii Dsvsr be able TO reward some limo.