The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-31
Minor Notes.

Frank Hunt was thrown from buggy
at Franklin and badly hurt
The young men of Goshen are trying to
organize military company.
Benoni Swearingin. a well-known citizen
of Lafayette. was found dead in bed.
The Baptist Assembly grounds at La
Porte will be dedicated next Tuesday.
Jeffersonvllle brags of vine from which
800 pounds of tomatoes have been gath
cred.
I Il. M. Baxter & Co. have closed their
bucket shop at Fort Wayne on account of
recent losses.
The Salvation Army at Charlottesville
has formed IN outpost at Waveland. An
other outpost is at Alamo.
John Gaskell, of New Albany, has fallen
heir to comfortable fortune by the death
of forgotten relative in Toronto.
Lemuel Burns. who escaped some time
ago from the Insane Asylum at IndianapO-
lis, has been arrested in Vanderburg
county.
Lum Kirkum, of Frankfort. recently
made vain effort to hang himself. He
changed his mind when the rope began to
tighten.
The gas well at Charlottesville is 1925
feet deep, and a vein of water has been
struck. Trenton rock is supposed to have
been passed through.
f. S. Dodd, of Sullivan, and Miss Viola
Tuthill, of Lawrenceburg, were quietly
married by a, justice OF the peace in Cow
ington, KY. Monday.
Application has been made. at LaPOrte,
for the appointments of a receiver for the
Continental Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, of Michigan City.
Fred Kroner. foundry employe at
Evansville, fell from ladder on Monday,
alighting with his back across a machine
and receiving probably fatal injuries.
of tod hxy
United States deputy marshal for viola
tion of the postal laws. She led the officer
chase of four hours through aswamp.
George w. Hartman, of Davenport. Ia.
has laid claim to p0cket-bOOk containing
several hundred dollars, recently found
and advertised by Frank Brooks, of Rich
mOnd.
Jim Keys, who was with the Oklahoma
Hill show, was riding Texan pony at
Charlottesville. Tuesday, when another
pony kicked at the pony he was riding and
broke keys's leg.
| louisville last. Monday because he would
| not pay him S1.5O owed to Beck. Then
Beck was fined $40 for assault, and was
knocked down while trying to escape ar
rest.
1t is stated that the postoffce fight in Lo-
| ganspOrt has been settled, and that Con-
| gresham w. ID. Owen will recommend the
| appointment of Daniel w. Tomlinson, chair
| man of the Republican county central COM
mittee.
s. c. Dunn. ex-city marshal of Franklin,
| was stricken with paralysis Monday and
| alyzed. as is also his tongue. He cannot
| swallow water and death is only question
| of a few hours.
John Sayle, of Pine Village. has asked
| the Lafayette police TO assist him in a search
| for his daughter, child of four years. who
| xya ia
| divorced wife to be responsible for the
| child's disappearance.
| A terrible state of affairs is said to exist
in the big huckleberry marsh near Walk
erton, where fully 500 people are engaged
| in gathering the crop. Saloons and vile
| resorts abound and vice In its most disgust
| ing form exists unchecked. prize-fght
| and races were among the attractions Sun
day.
| Fred Sheetz, city clerk of Crawfordsville,
that city since 1866. when the city was or
! gained. 1t will show at once where can
| be found any account allowed, ordinance
| passed or amended. and everything pertain
| ing to the city during the past twenty -four
| years.
A petition has been introduced into the
| Council at Charlottesville, asking that the
| franchise be given company to put in n
| line of street cars. At the head of the en-
| terprise are /. c. Elston, of that city, and
August Tidhohn and Frank Wells, of Chi
cago. The power TO be used will probably
be electricity.
| The White River Conference of the United
| Brethren Church is split up in reference to
| the adoption of the new constitution and
laws of the church. Bishop Kephart be-
longs to the liberal wing. and he is STRIVING
| TO harmonic the factions. but the White
| River Conference is more nearly radical in
its membership than any other part of the
denomination. Should the liberals sue
coed in their measures, the same will be in
| operative in the White river territory.
Rev, C.. b. Small, pastor of Salamonic cir
cult, a radical. was forcibly deposed from
his pulpit and liberal appointed. but the
trustees of the church refused to open the
doors to the new pastor.