The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-01-28

John Mills dropped dead while chopping
wood, at Medora-
The two-year-old son of Bruce VanDyke,
of Anderson, drank lye. and will die.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller has been elected a
member of tho MuncIe Board of Health.
Four tramps encamped near Terre Haute
were arrested, and . number OF stolen
articles were recovered.
The large country residence of Abe Petty,
near Ladoga, was destroyed by ire on Mon
day. with most of the contents.
Willis Norris, q once notorious gambler
and once the wealthiest man In New
Albany, died in the Floyd County Poor
house.
Fire, Tuesday afternoon, destroyed the
dwelling house of Mrs. l.. Sbulse on Jami-
son street, Lebanon. Loss. $1,000; insured
for $500.
Mel Mckee fred four shots at George
Lafayer in the Cyclone saloon. at Column
bus. Lafayer was uninjured, but Pete
Lyke, q bystander, was wounded in the
side.
Rev. C. Z. Bacon, who for the past three
years has been pastor of the Methodist
Church in Wabash. has decided to accept a
call from the First Methodist Church at
Evansville.
Marshal Callahan, of Brazil, arrested for
vagrancy q tramp, who had on his person n
set OF drafting tools. He hailed from the
East. The tools are held there for the own
er, who can have his property on descrip-
tion.
A wonderful revival Is going on at the
Enon Baptist Church at Rush Creek Val
ley, conducted by Rev. Lew Sanders. Over
forty lave united with the church, and
much interest has been awakened in that
little village.
Last Sunday night, while many country
people were in. Greensburg attending
hnrh UnS V..aA han.
selves by taking horses and buggies from
the rack and driving ~furiously about town,
until the horses were exhausted. A horse be-
longing TO David Ardery, and one owned by
lam Jones was arrested and is now in Jail,
and Others will yet be ap~prehended.
Marshal Medlock made a queer arrest on
the public square in Salem. Some animal
ran past some ladies as they were going
from the opera-house home q few nights
ago, at abou 1880 =. NJ. They screamed;
and the marshal, going to to their assist
ance, ran the animal into a recess-door In
Walkers millinery store. capturing a large
opossum. How he got so far from his IA
vorite aun is . mystery no one has
solved.
Company are to be made defendants in a
$1,000 damage suit. growing out of the
company shutting the supply of natural
gas from John NJ. PowelPs business-room
IN which he used ii for heat and light. Mr..
Powell 10 q leading member of the Council
and had paid for the use of gas for the
month of January in advance. This is to
be q test case. and, if successful. more are
to follow.
Edgar Farmer is the muscular and
courageous teacher in charge of the Mount
Hope schools. IN the suburb of Anderson.
Quite q number of the older boys in at
tendance had been guilty of obscene con.
duet toward the young ladies of the school
and he called out Charles DELPHI. who il
nearly grown. for the purpose.o of thrashing
him. As DELPHI left his seat he was joined
by four Of his schoolmates, when they al
assaulted the teacher at once. Farmer
knocked his assailants right and left
locked the door. and. pulling off his coat
fought the entire party single-handed. and
succeeded in thoroughly subduing the To
fractory pupils, but not until he had river
each one q pair of black eyes and q bloody
nose as mementoes of his pugilistic skill.