The Indianapolis journal., 1889-10-11
Minor Notes.


Wabash College students have formed a
football club, and will enter the coming
State contests.
Cholera has become prevalent among the
hogs in Steuben county, and they are dying
by the hundreds.
A graveyard insurance company of Elk
hart is doing land-office business in Rich
land township. Steuben county.
The Waterloo fair is in progress this
week. The exhibit is good in every de-
partment, and the attendance unusually
large.
Fifteen thousand bushels of apples have
already been shipped from Steuben county.
The apple and potato crop there is enor-
nous.
The officers of the Charlottesville Ath-
letc Club are as follows: President Charles
M. Berry; treasurer, Joe FOssee; secretary,
Oscar Ruffner.
The Washington county teachers have
determined to erect a monument to the late
Prof. James q. May. the famous ldschOol-
master of Salem.
William Fifer, of Pleasant Lake, Steuben
county, fell from an apple tree, recently.
receiving fracture of tho backbone, and
is reported in dying cond. tion.
On Thursday, four boys of Ladoga were
riding horse, when all of them fell of.
Three of them fell ON Everett Gibson, in
jurfng him SO that he died in short time.
passenger train on the Fairland, Frank
lin a Martinsville railroad was derailed at
Trafalgar, Wednesday evening, by run
ing into an open switch. No one was in
jured. '-'-
Mrs. Nancy Hyndman, an aged and
well. known lady of Martinsville: was
Wednesday, and lies in precarious con-
dition, being still unconscious
Rev. T. G. Beharrell. of New Albany, is
spoken of as a probable successor of Rev.
w. p. Barnhill as chaplain of the State
Prison South. Rev. Barnhill resigns the
place to enter upon the active ministry of
| the church.
DR.. Labin Palmer. of Knightsvlle, cele.
brated his eightieth birthday Thursday.
| The Doctor is still able to attend to his
| practice, and very frequently fills the pul.
| pit in the Christian Church, of which he is
| an active worker.
| Allen Jones, while working at the
wooden-ware factory in Martinsville, was
hit in the stomach by block which had
| caught In the machinery. He was quite
seriously injured. though his physicians
think not fatally.
| Yesterday afternoon, as the train was GO.
ing to Harris City from Greensburg. Robert
! Lavender, yard at the latter place
| was caught by telegraph wire and thrown
from the top of box car down on a fiat Cal
and very seriously injured.
| The body of an unknown man was found
| in the river at Enterprise, ten miles below
| Rockport, Wednesday. On his person was
| found S11 in money and copy of "Emer
! sons Essays" He is supposed to have
fallen from a steamboat last Wednesday,.
The Mr.. Davidson. of Muncie, mentioned
| in yesterdays Journal as an accomplice OF
AL Daugberty in committing forgery, has
published a card in the Daily Times. oi
| Muncie, asking suspension of public
opinion until his side of the case can bt
heard. He asserts his innocence of the
charge, and requests the Journal to 81
| state.
Wednesday evening. Charles Jacobs al
employe of Lewis Postal, farmer south o.
Muncie, was sent to the city with % Io bush
els of oats, to leave at feed store and col
lect the money for them. which was $3.50
After the money was paid the young man
he put the team of horses up ir
i Franklin's livery barn, and left for part
unknown with the money.
A curiosity in the shape of milk pump
kin can be seen on the farm of o. N Tran
barger. a few miles southwest of Anderson
The vine upon which the pumpkin grew
| was partly covered with loose dirt when il
bloom. At the points where the dirt GOV
cred the vine small roots grew out. Th,
vine was lifted up and the roots CAREFUL,
placed in a pan of milk, which was rapidly
absorbed. The pumpkins on the vine grew
to enormous size, and one weighs 125 pounds