The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-11

renamed for trial. Osborn was given four
years in the Reform School, and allowed to
go on suspended sentence.
A frog filled with snow wrecked a Lake
Wednesday. The engine and ten cars were
derailed.
The wife of William Merritt, of Frank
fort gave birth 10 triplets-three little
enthusiastically morning. All are alive
and doing we'll
The ShelbyvilIe Natural-gas Company
has let contract for three wells. to be-
drilled at once, in order to supply factories
with cheap fuel.
Charles Mann. living near Albany. was
badly injured. on Wednesday, by the burst
ing of gun. the breech- pin larcerating his
face IN n terrible manner.
Burglars visited Albany on Tuesday
night. and robbed George Ellis's saloon of
$40 in money. and the general store of Will
son n Lowell of some canned goods.
At Wabash. on Wednesday, Bessie Bett-
ner, aged nine, died from exhaustion,
caused by a hemorrhage of the head from
which the flow of blood could not be
stopped.
William Craitchett, nineteen years old,
was sentenced at Terre Haute, on Wednes-
day, to five years in the State prison for
stealing horse from farmer named Van
hOuten.
The Circuit Court. at Shelbyville. yester-
day, granted divorce to Moilie Corwin
from her husband. Joseph Corwin. This
makes the seventh husband from whom
she has separated.
Near Scottsburg, on Wednesday, the
barn of Charles A. Marker was destroyed
by fire, the origin of which is unknown.
The loss is estimated at $780, with small in.
surance in the Phoenix, of Hartford.
Mrs. J. j. Shaffrey, for many years sue
cessful teacher in the public schools of
Logansport, died there on Wednesday. She
Er,x III lin, n nd c.c
of Hon. S. P. Sheerin, of Indianapolis.
Neirciter's saddlery store at Fort Wayne
was burned on Wednesday, the cause being
defective 1ue. Loss 5000; insured for
81 900 In the German, of Freeport, Ill, and
81 900 in the German, of Rochester, n. y.
The jury in the Ruse murder case at Ko-
komo returned verdict yesterday morn
ing, after being cut thirty hours, fixing the
degree of killing at nanslaughter, and
making the penalty eleven years in the
State prison.
1t is surmised that the Spanish coins re-
jar in IT, trae by some one of the Spanish
troop which came to that region IN 17s1
from st. Louis, blo., to seize the country
for the King Of Spain.
Out of 1900 councils of the Royal Ar
canum the council reporting the largest in
crease during the year 1888 gained az lilo
per cent. of members. The next council, IL
point of increase for 1888, was Porter Coun-.
Gil, OF valparaiso, with gain or 70 LILO per
cent.
The New Era Mutual Life Association of
1876, of Philadelphia" by its receiver, has
filed four suits, at Greensburg, against four
of tie leading citizens TO recover dues
claimed to be due the defunct association
The defendants claim that they are not
liable.
j. X. Williams, a LaPorte county farmer,
mysteriOusly disappeared from home about
twenty years ago. end it was generally be-
lieved that he had hung himself. His wife
long ago gave up all hope of seeing him
again, but was surprised last week to hear
that he was alive and living in Texas. In
a letter to her Williams expresses a desire
to returns and be forgiven.
Robert Hood, the oldest person in Fayette
county, died on Wednesday, near Everton.
He was born in Virginia, and during boy
hood removed to Kentucky, where he en-
listed in the war of 1872 and served his
country faithfully, being severely wounded
at the battle of Thames River. He had
lived in Fayette county, continuously
seventy years. and could tell its history in
tell gently up to the day of his death.