The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

John Brown, a wealthy citizen of john
son county, who was injured in q runaway
accident last week. died Monday.
Ella Wasserman. a woman of the town,
at Michigan City, shot at and assaulted Mrs.
Minnie Leeds, a wealthy woman.
William Mehl, a druggist of Peru, made
an assignment to John Beck. The amounts
of liabilities and assets are not yet knOwn.
Mr.. John s. VanCleve, Of Cincinnati.
will give a lecture recital to the students
of the De PAW School of Music on the
evening of the 2Sth.
Miss Hall, of Elkhart, made two attempts
at suicide. with morphine, Sunday night,
each of which was nearly successful. I'm
requited love was the cause.
The damage suit of Losher VS.. McKillip.
at Peru, for loss of service, the result of an
assault on Losher's son by McKillip, result
ed in a verdict of $50 damages and costs.
McKillip will appeal the case.
In the cases ex. rel. Attorney-general
Kitchener VS.. A. G.. Howard, John Craig,
David Allen, and others, the so-calied
Prison South case, q change of venue from
Clark to Floyd county has been taken by
the State.
On Sunday James Bell and Andrew Fisher,
both residents of Payne. near Fort Wayne,
pecting Fisher of being too intimate with
Mrs. Bell. Bell stabbed Fisher. killing him.
Bell escaped.
At Richmond William Croft. a young mar
ried man. took carbOlic acid some weeks
since with suicidal intent. but was pulled
back to life. Monday night he made a sec
ond attempt by eating white lead. and will
probably die.
Mr.. Adolph Schellschmidt. of IndianapO-
lis. has been engaged to visit the DePauw
Music School each week for ensemble play
ing with the advanced students. of whom
such work Is required. He will also give
lessons on the cello.
Monday night the store Of Adam Cook, at
Urbana. was raided by burglars, who made
a rich haul, taking the most valuable part
Of the stock. Entrance was gained through
the front door. This is the second time this
store has been robbed.
of the Merchants Hotel, ut Spencer, buried
his wife. Sunday night he married a young
woman of Terre Haute, and the following
evening the people of Spencer hanged him
in effigy on the public square.
Rev. Charles j. Bowles, a noted Baptist
minister, died, near Newton, on Tuesday
morning, at z o'clock. He was widely
known all over western Indiana. and was
for several years pastor of the Baptist
Church at Charlottesville. He was seventy
years old.
At Lincoln. the principal junction of the
Airline railroad, James Oskins. a bar
tender, and George Brown became involved
in a difficulty. The trouble arose over the
settlement for drinks. which Brown claimed
he did not order, and during the fight no
struck Oskins with a blunt instrument.
from which he will probably die.
John Pierce and Philip Webb engaged in
a prize-fight in the window-house of the
DePauw glass-wOrks. at New Albany. Sun
day afternoon. After a contest that has no
parallel among the many rough-and- tumble
tights that have occurred in the establish
ment, Pierce was knocked out. Complaints
have been filed in Squire Huckeby's court
against both cOmbatants.
Ten cars of a MOnon freight train were
wrecked. early Monday morning, near
Leatherwood bridge, a few miles south Of
Bedford, and William Davis, of New
Albany. one of the brakemen, was badly
hurt. The wreck was cleared up yesterday
passenger train for an hour. Davis was
taken to his home in New Albany.