The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-29
Minor Notes.

About 800 a month are spent in Valpa-
rais0 for lottery tickets.
The Keating-Wilson prize-fght, which is
to be fought near Peru, will probably take
place tomorrow.
Abraham Creque, an old resident of Mont
gOmery county, has been adjudged insane
and has been sent to the asylum.
The total amount of school funds dis
tributed among the several townships in
Montgomery county is SS5. 095.45.
c. D.. Caughlin was caught between the
bumpers Of two cars at COrydOn, on Satur-
day, and received injuries that may prove
fatal.
Capt. P. A. Huffman. of Company B. Sew
enteenthR Regiment Indiana Infantry VOlun-
teers, has been allowed a pension of $40
per month and 500 arrears.
The Republicans of Decatur county are
already becoming active in the support of
Senator Carpenter, who is regarded there
as the proper candidate for reelection.
The bondsmen of ex-Treasurer John G..
Graves, of Harrison county, met on Satur-
day and resolved to fight the suit for $780,
600 recently filed against them in the court
at COrydOn.
JOhn F. Denniston, aged fifty-four years,
one OF the most prominent influential
farmers in the vicinity of Sardinia, Deca-
tur county, died, yesterday morning, from
pneumonia
Captain Samuel Montgomery, aged eighty
three years, died at New Albany yesterday.
He was the oldest steambOatman on the
lower Ohio and Mississippi. rivers, having
been pilot and commander for fifty years.
Burglars broke into the general store of
John L. Albaugh. at Shoals, on Saturday,
and carried away several watches. Every
drawer was ransacked, but they failed to
find 500 in money stored away in the cor
ner of one.
j. A. Jackson, w. r. Halliday, Lille
Thorn, Hettie Cook and c. G. Robbins. in
behalf of the Nj. f. Sunday school at Lynn,
have prepared resolutions of respect on the
death of May Hubbard, one of the teachers
and workers.
The new officers of the Shelby County
Fair Association are: PRESIDENT, B. s. SUIT
ton; vice-president, L. A: Cotton; secretary,
/. StrOup; treasurer, John Elliott; super
intendent. William Pond; assistant super
%intendent, Elston Green.
Nine weeks ago Mrs. James Adams, of
Valparaiso, had a tooth pulled. The shock
precipitated a nervous arrangement. and
since then the lady has had two to twenty
cOnvulsiOns a day. Local and Chicago
physicians have been unable to relieve her
of the trouble.
The country schOOl-houses in Fayette
county are suffering from the depredations
of tramps, who make them a r~Oosting-place
at night. If the supply of wood runs short,
instead of carrying in more the lazy fellows
pile the stoves with school-boOks, and in
some cases use the desks for fuel.
On Saturday, David Ross. an inmate of
the Bartholomew county poor farm. was
standing near a window, when he was seized
with an epileptic fit, and falling against
the window panes, broke them and badly
cut his head and neck with the glass. Be
sides the loss of an eye he received other
injuries which are serious.
VIM. Cohen. of Lexington, caught a
neighbours dog, saturated it with tur.
pentine. set it on fire and let it run. The
tortured brute ran under several wooden
houses and sheds, and threatened to set the
town on fire, but was finally killed. There
was talk of lynching the man, but he was
finally let Oft with a heavy fine by the
town justice.