The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09


Joseph Shrode one of the early settlers
of Rockport, died. aged eighty-one.
Christian Decker. the Oldest German
citizen of Evansville. died of pneumonia
Hercules Snow. Richmond printer. shot
himself at Chicago. Monday, on account of
poor health.
Michael Finnerty was captured at Rich
mond and returned to Elwood on q charge
of embeZZlement
Joseph Hooker Camp s. of V.'s. Is TAX
ing steps to secure the next State encamp-
ment at Martinsville.
Rabbi WohIberg, of the Madison syna-
gogue. has accepted the pastorate of the
Jewish synagogue at Akron. U.
Hired girls in Charlottesville are COM
planning because they are paid less where
natural gas IS used IL cook-stoves.
Sarah Norman, aged sixty-seven. died
yesterday. near Winchester. She was never
married, and leaves a fortune of $4,000.
Jesse Bird. the representative of the Gin
clnnati Post in Winchester died suddenly,
yesterday morning. from q ruptured blood
vessel.
Alfred BOSNIAN. aged eighty.two died at
Winchester Monday. he was born In ONO
the pioneers.
An officers meeting of tho First Regi-
ment. Indiana Legion, was held in Vim.
'cennes yesterday, with Adjutant-general
n. X. Ruckle presiding.
Jacob kimbrell, o young man living near
Mitchell. boasted OF having set fire To sOme
buildings belonging to Louis Murray. He
was arrested and sent to jail at Bedford.
Rev. T. J. Keith. pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church at Vincennes has been called
to the pastorate of the church at Green
wood, one of the wealthiest congregations
of the Baptist denomination in the State.
10 Is understood that his acceptance of the
call is issued.
Over year ago an eleven-y ear-Old son OF
DIR. De Caux Tilney. of Charlottesville,
was bitten by garter snake while wading
branch. The bite was in the instep, and
began to pain him. His leg began to
dwindle. and was soon useless, until 1t Will
have to be Rmputated.
Columbus business men, representing
$1,000 900, have agreed on a plan to build q
railroad to lntersect the Ohio d Misss-
sIppi near North Vernon. so az to afford Co.
IumDus access to the coal fields of western
| Indiana. At present the city is at the
mercy of coal-dealers at Madison.
The difficulties between the manages
ment of the New Albany structural iron
| on account OF which the mill has been
| shut down for nearly two weeks. were
| satisfactorily adjusted Monday and the
mill resumed operations yesterday.
| There were two shooting matches at
| Charlottesville yesterday afternoon at fifty
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| of New Richmond, and Harley Ornbaun
| and Albert Miller were the contestants
| Vorhis won over ClouRh by O score of A to
| So. and Ornbaun from Miller by "A to 81.
William Shuck, the Democratic candi-
date for auditor of Jennings county. who
| though elected by thirty-eight votes was
| held not to have been eligi BILE as q candi-
| date. but who took the Office by force from
John Cope. the Republican. will not be
able to hold the job. Judge Friedly has
decided that Shuck was never eligible.
In the northern part of Bartholomew
| county. in An ola Baptist church that has
| not been used for twenty years, a young
| man has begun preaching. and now the
! building will not hold all who desire to
| hear. Services are held each night, and
| people are said to begin arriving as early
as o'clock In the afternoon, SO as to get
| seats.
| Some excitement is being caused through
| out Charlestown township. Clark county,
| by the report that rich deposit of silver
/ had been found the farm of John n.
| Mccoy, who resides near Charlestown. He
has several times found mixture of silver
and lead and has three pieces about the
shape of a silver dollar which very much
resembles silver with unusually heavy
1 alloy.