The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02
Minor Notes.

The gas we'll at Henryv1lle, Clark county,
has been given up as bad job.
Levi King, of Michigan City, was drowned
while fishing in Lake Michigan.
The new postmaster at Columbus, A. E.
Hartman. began his duties yesterday.
Prof. F.. G.. PAYNE. of Rochester. n. Y,
has accepted the presidency OF Huntsville
College.
Frank Royalty has been fined s. and costs
for disturbing religious meeting at in
Montgomery county.
A youth named Garrett has procured
fOrty-tive indictments against Lafayette
saloon keepers for violations of the Sunday
law.
At Jerome. Howard county, Miss Lizzie
voss, girl of eighteen, received fatal in
ternal injuries while rOmping with her
brother.
John Standard was arrested at Frank
fort, charged with forging the name of
Andrew Thompson to five notes aggregat-
ing Sl,075.
Thomas Reed was found lying in the
street at Mitchell, where he had been
sand-bagged and robbed. His condition
is critical
Colonel John Wilson, proprietor of the
Sheridan House, at South Bend, has fed,
leaving creditors in the lurch for something
over y, 900.
Terre Haute struck oil, yesterday, at q
ueptn OF l,Olo IeeI, III the fnpnlN COM
pany'S we'll, and there Is much rejoicing.
The flow is estimated at 200 barrels per
day.
The annual meeting of the old settlers of
Clark county was held yesterday at
CharlestOwn, and was one Of the most sue
cessful pioneer gatherings ever held in that
county.
that Dock Hedge, who left there a short
time ago, was shot and killed at Gordon.
Tex. After death his body was thrown
into house and the structure fired.
Near South Bend, the other night. Jessie
White. the little daughter of Mrs. d. NJ.
Lake Shore train. When the train backed
asleep.
Charlottesville has 100 fire hydrants for
which the city pays S4l.66 each per year.
There are but three cities in the State pay
ing less-Shelbyville, Terre Haute and Vim
cennes. New Albany pays the highest rate,
500 per hydrant.
Gas was strnck at the Mt. Auburn well,
in Cambridge City. yesterday morning at u
total depth of l,O6O feet. being over 200 feet
in Trenton rock. 1t shows flame fifteen
feet. The people are highly elated over the
find.
northern Indiana and southern Michigan
took place at Elkhart yesterday. the at
tendance amounting to several thousand,
one of the largest gatherings ever held in
this part of the country. Prominent
speakers were present.
There seems to be an epidemic of assault
and battery cases at Charlottesville. Late
ly four men have been arrested for the
above otfense, two for fighting women. Two
women have also been fined for assaulting
other women, and a colored policeman was
arrested for striking boy.
Prof. J. l.. Campbell. of Wabash College,
has made a test of the strata passed
through IN drilling the natural gas we'll at
limestone was left at the depth of 1920
feet. Then there was a stratum of Potsdam
fifteen feet thick. Now the drilling has
been stopped by strong flow of water.
Rev James S. Revenaugh, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at NOblesville has
rendered his resignation, to take effect on
or before the last of September, and the
same has been formally accented by the
church. Mr.. Revenaugh has been extended,
and will probably accept, call to the Pres
byterian Church of Liberty, Ind. at an in
creased salary.
Rev. A. Gee presiding elder of the Green
castle districS, threatens somebody with o
suit for damages. His buggy top was re-
Gently broken by contact with telephone
wire, which was wholly beyond his control.
The City Council has refused to reimburse
him, insisting that the telephone company
retired from business III Greencastle. is
without local habitation or name Mean
while the city attorney is wrestling with
the case and the elder is wondering if citi-
zens have rights that corporations are
bound to respect.