The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-08

j. G.. Moore has resigned from the Port
Fulton school board. declining to serve un-
der the new school-book law.
Prof. James r. CARL. a gas expert of
Pennsylvania has been making an exam
ination of the wells in Harrison county.
The fourth annual reunion of the Fifty
ninth Regiment, Indiana volunteers, viii
be held at Spencer, on Thursday, Sept. %.
Mrs Sarah Coburn, wife of ex-Commis-
sioner COburn, of Montgomery county.
died, on Tuesday, at her home near Craw-
louisville. aged seventy-hve years.
Revs. Moon and Hester are conducting a
successful camp-meetings in MOore's Grove.
two miles southeast of Strawtown, Hamil-
ton county. Services are held each day at
2 and $50 P. NJ.
There is an advertised letter at the
Charlottesville postoffice addressed to the
White Cap Association" 1t must belong
to some other place. as there is no such or
ganization in Montgomery county.
The bodies of Ollie Morton and Miss Maud
Salyers, the lovers drowned near Browns
Vile, Sunday night, were buried in one
grave in Ihe cemetery at Liberty. The X.
of P. lodge of Liberty conducted the
funeral.
The postmaster at Offiel. in Montgomery
county, has been allowed 20 cents as his
salary for the last quarter. Only about
six letters a week are sent to this Office,
yet 500 year is paid for carrying the mail
to this place from Charlottesville.
John Sanders, of Henryville, in his hurry
to change from j., M. IL /. train, at Sey-
mour, Tuesday night, to the 0. q M. west
bound express made mlsstep and fell,
receiving very serious injuries, and escap-
ing horrible death by a hair-breath.
VIM. p. Harding, of Cambridge City, has
sold his printing office and weekly paper,
the Wayne Citizen. to a joint stock COM
pany-F. c.. Mosbaugh, J. L.. McDaniels
and b. T. Wissler. 1t is their Intention to
publish the paper under its present name.
Tuesday evening, just as work was ceas-
ing at the natural-gas well. at Crawfords-
vile, the water in the well rose 200 feet in
the we'll. and continued to run out at the
top for fifteen minutes, then fell back to its
original place. No definite cause is as
signed for this occurrence.
Alfred Passwater. residing in Oregon
township, Clarke county, claims that for a
number of years he has been in the habit
of digging gold near his home out of the
hills and rocks. He IS confident that the
valuable metal can be found in paying
quantities. and is making preparations to
organize a mining company.
The largest party of Western tourists
which ever left Columbus at any one time
departed Tuesday for various points in
| Kansas, Missouri, Washington, Oregon and
| Colorado. The company comprised about
| forty persons. the majority of whom were
| men going West to seek homes. There were
few capitalists among them, who are
| going to the new States to make invest
mentS.
On last Thursday night, Christian Dol
hoover. of Milton township. jefferson
| county, who has incurred the displeasure OF
| the White Caps, was visited by dozen
horsemen, who drew up before his door.
| moment later a bOwlder came crashing
through the roof. landing alongside the bed
| in which three small children were sleep
| ing. Dolhoover took his children, and. to-
| gether with his wife, fled from the house
| The White Caps proceeded to tear down
| the house and demolish the furniture and
dishes. leaving everything in complete
| ruin.