The Indianapolis journal., 1891-01-12
Killed His Brother by Accident

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had been drinking heavily.
Killed His Brother by Accident
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Jan. 11.-Joseph Eberie.
aged fourteen, was accidentally shot Satur-
day by his brother John, while hunting,
and died this morning.
Indiana Notes.
A man named Station was killed at Hib-
bard last week while unloading logs.
Mrs Willard Ray, residing in the south
ern part of Monroe county, has given birth
to triplets.
William De Sana, who disappeared from
Noblesvllle some time ago, has turned up
In that city.
A foundry and machine-shop is being
built at Argos, citizens having donated
$40C towards it.
The first quarterly meeting of Spiritual
lists of Indiana is in session at Westerfield
Hill with large attendance.
The Graveland school house, in Floyd
township, Putnam county, was destroyed
by fire. Insured for $500 In the Ohio Farm
James Daugherty, aged eighty-tw0 years,
died at his home near LadOga last Friday.
He had resided in Montgomery county since
1882.
The next meeting of the Franklin town
at Kingsley Chapel, Montgomery county, on
Thursday, Jan. 70.
The new Baptist Church at New Market.
Montgomery county. was dedicated yester-
day, the sermon being delivered by Rev.
Kirtley. of Terre Haute.
Thomas Kane, of Darlington, has been
fined S25 and costs by the Montgomery
county court for an assault and battery
upon the town marshal
Orlando johnson. a young school-teacher.
of North Vernon, went on his first spree"
the other night. During the performance
he smashed In the front of saloon and
broke the arm of Mr.. Meyer with chair.
by delirium tremens and twice attempted
suicide, fist by opening an artery in his
wrist and later by hanging himself in a
cell His second effort was very nearly
successful.
A letter has been received in Washing
ton from James Mcdonald, the defaulting g
collector of the New York Mutual Life In
surance Company, who disappeared from
that city and was supposed to have COM
mltted suicide. The letter was mailed from
Missouri town.
The case of Ovid White, charged with
being an accomplice of Omri Thompson in
the murder of William johnson, near Sa-
lem, several years ago. has been continued
in the Circuit Court at Pa0li. Thompson
died recently in the Southern prison at
w
most impOr sant witnesses against White.
charlie Thomas, aged sixteen years. son
of Geo. w. Thomas, of Plymouth, shot an
American eagle as it was flying over their
farm. The bird measured seven and one
half feet from tip to tip, weighed twelve
pounds and it's talons were seven inches
long. 1t was sold to South Bend gentle
man and is now in the hands of a taxider-
mist.
Carthage has secured the LeonLrd Raper
Box-board Company's plant. The plant
and building will cost $50 0O0 Will work
from seventy-fve to one hundred hands.
The building is to be put up at once 1t has
also secured large butter and cheese fac
tory. Work has begun on the building,
and it will be running by April !. large
once. The town is on a big boom and Will
soon be hustling little city.
The excitement occasioned by the arrest
and imprisonment of DE-. Viets, of Ply
mouth, upon the charge of assault. an ac-
count of which has been already published,
has not subsided. The attempt made by
his attorneys to have the bond reduced
from 81. 500. the amount fixed by the Justice,
failed, Judge Capron holding that the case
is not yet properly before him, there being
no information or Indictment on file. The
doctors brothers are there and arrange
ments are being made to give the bond re-
quired within day or two. The grand
jury will meet and consider the case the 18th.
Illinois Items.
william Jones. brakeman on the Illinois
Central railroad, was killed at Dixon.
James Rubendale, arrested for forgery,
broke jail at Rockford and made good his
escape.
Florence Stevens. of Rockford, aged
eighteen. attempted suicide with arsenic,
but was stopped in time.
ID. r. Peabody, prominent builder and
contractor of Paris fell from the roof of q
house and received injuries which will
probably prove fatal.
Judge Stipp, of Princeton, it is reported.
is mentally un balanced through meditating
over the fact that he must soon pass sem
tence upon a convicted murderer.
There was to have been a wedding in the
village of Ludlow a few evenings ago. but
it was indefinitely postponed, as the BRIDE
groom failed to appear. Miss Lottie Allen
was to be married to George Brooks. The
guests were invited and the wedding feast
was ready. but Mr. Brooks failed to put In
an appearance.
Miss Hattie, daughter of Hiram Yerkes.
OF Paramount was accidentally shot while
going home from school Wade Young was
walking in the rear of Miss Yerkes and q
party of young ladies with rifle and let it
90 off, The ball struck the left side of her
skull. passing around to near the eve. The
wound, it is feared, will prove fatal