The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-18
Minor Notes.


Valparaiso has abolished the offices of
street commissioner and chief of the fire
department.
A barn on the farm of Congressman Brook
shire, near Charlottesville, was burned last
Friday night.
Thomas Ray, proprietor of general store
at Paris Crossing, has made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors.
A three-year-old child of Mrs. Fred Boyles,
at Greensburg, was seriously scalded on
Saturday, by the upsetting of tub of hot
water.
Mad dogs have made their appearance in
Decatur county, and the citizens are adopt
ing the shotgun treatment to prevent their
doing damage to man and stock.
The ladies of the Terre Haute Columbia
Club have received letters from Mrs. Harri-
son and Mrs. Mckee, thanking. them for
gifts of flowers on Inauguration day.
Van Buren, township, Brown county. is
paradise for petty lawyers. The popula-
ton is small, but in five days last week
eleven cases were brought before the JUS
tees.
Madison, Delaware, Grant. Blackboard,
Randolph and Jay counties Will hold their
fourth annual encampment at Marion. July
30, 81 and Aug. l.
The failure of Lambert Mace. an extern
sive drain tile manufactures. of Lexington,
wealthy citizens assuming the entire in
debtedness, and agreeing to pay dollar for
dollar. The assets are worth $1,000, while
the liabilities amount to $4,000.
Daniel Baugh, who lives near Scottsburg,
will celebrate his one hundreth birthday
April %. His eyesight is perfect, being
able to hunt squirrels with rifle and sell
dom missing his aim. His black hair is
without tinge of gray, while his son,
eighty years old, is white-haired and dying
of old age.
A case of alleged faith cure is reported
from Fort Wayne. Mrs. Falkner had been
ill with consumption for over year, and
was not expected to live. Friends in Co
lumbia City who believed in curing by
faith were induced to visit her, and she
put herself into their hands and ceased
taking medicine entirely. Now, it is said,
she is being gradually restored to health.
Charles Westbrook, of Evansville. has
been stricken with aphasia, or the loss of
the use of words. 1t is Il peculiar and
unusual disease. and the patient, while
to call, cannot recall the word until some
one does the same within his hearing, and
q moment later it is forgotten again. FIRE.
quently it is followed by loss of speech
altogether
Fred Smith, "the boy preacher" of Jeffer-
sonville, is seeking nOtoriety, by devoting
his sermons to abuse of newspaper report
ers. Some of them had made the sueges-
ton that Smith should be taken IN charge
by his friends and educated. He took Of
Tense al the items, and said the reporters
were being instigated by the devil, who
desired to find some way of stopping his
work, which was interfering with the plans
OF his Satanic majesty.
Illinois Items
Stoll 81 Partridge, grocers, of Blooming
ton, failed on Friday. Liabilities, 5000;
assets about the same.
John Price, convicted at Shawneetown
| of the murder of Clinton Garrett, has been
sentenced to be hanged May "a.
Fred Edwards, of Bloomington. twenty
three years old, fell through hatchway in
livery stable and was fatally injured.
John NJ. Stout, a deaf mnte of Mount
Sterling, an expert bicycle rider, dropped
dead from his wheel Saturday evening.
More than one hundred cases of measles
are reported at Galena. The disease is
| epidemic among the old as well as the
young.
b. Z. Lane, a well-knOwn farmer near
| Carthage, taking a breech-loading
| shotgun from his wagon. Saturday morn
| ing, when the weapon was discharged, kill
| ing Lane instantly.
Charles Calhoun, known for fifteen years
| as the terror of "SpOOn-river district" in
| Fulton county, was instantly killed on Sat
urday, by man named Markell. They pre-
| viOusly had trout BILE, and, on meeting both
| drew revolvers, Markell being the quickest
| to fire.
Gen. John NJ. Palmer has been selected as
| grand marshal of the centennial aDniver-
| Sary celebration at Springfield of Wash
| ingtOn's inauguration. The Grand Army
| posts regard the appointment as an insult
to the veterans, and many have declared
| their intention of refusing to participate.