The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
Indiana Deaths.

WINCHESTER; Ind, Sept. Mrs Ann
Cavanaugh, widow of the late James Caya-
naugh of this city died at the home of
relative here this morning after long i'll
ness She was one of the pioneers of this
county. Her late husband was native of
Ireland who served in the late war
Mrs Anna Person east of this city, died
last night of a complication of Ills at
tendant on old age She was seventy-nine
years.
WABASH, Ind, Sept. 3.-John Reed, one
of the early settlers of Wabash county,
having located here in 1884 died at his
eishty-five years. Death resulted from
general debility. Mr.. Reed came from
leading hunter of the locality. having killed
two thousand deer in his lifetime along the
upper Wabash.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Sept. 2.-Alfred
SIeeth died of typhoid fever at his home,
in Marion, this morning. He was black
smith, of considerable means, well known
in Masonic circles. senior warden in the
Blue Lodge in Shelbyville and member of
the Order of the Eastern Star He leaves
wife and two children. The funeral will
be held on Friday.
PLYMOUTH, Ind, Sept. 3.-Mr. John
Klinghammer a well-known citizen of this
place, died at his home in South Plymouth
yesterday morning aged forty-six. He was
born in Festenheim. Alsace, Germany, and
came to this city in 1866, where he has held
a continuous residence His funeral VIII
be held under the auspices of the Order of
Odd Fellows.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Sept. 3.-wil-
liam Moon, aged fifty, north of here, died
last night of typhoid fever. He has been
a farmer of this county for over twenty
years. He will be buried at Elizabeth,
Grant county.
Boram, young woman who had just
passed her twentieth year, died at her
home, in this city, late last night, after
a short illness.
KoKoMo, md Sept. s--Mrs Nancy
Pruitt, of this city. died yesterday, aged
ninety-one. She was totally blind and deaf.
and had been a widow for ffty-five years.
She born in Lexington, KY, in 1906
PLAINFIEI.D. Ind, Sept. 3.-John At
kinson, one of the pioneers of this county,
died at his home, southeast of this place,
yesterday afternoon, aged lightweight
Indiana Notes.
The Hartford City tennis team easily de-
feated the Montpelier team in the tourna-
ment given at the latter place Wednesday.
The Blackford County Teachers Institute
is in annual session at Montpelier. The in
are Prof. Ingler of Bloomington,
and Prof. Glascock, of Indiana polls
Parick Mitchell, a peddler killed
Tuesday night between Anderson and Alex
andria by Big Four train. His spine and
skull were crushed. His address is not
known and the body is being held for the
relatives to claim it,
Owing to the failure of the Carnegie Steel
Company. of Homestead Pa, to promptly
fill its orders the cornerstone laying of the
new courthouse at Rushville has been post
poned until Wednesday, Sept. 23-two weeks
la ter than the date first set
The Monon had freight wreck Wednes-
day night north of GreencaStle. A train of
empty freight cars was going south, when
it broke in two. Twenty cars were thrown
in the ditch and two were so broken that
they were useless. No one was injured.
William Saxon, former member of
Company L. State militia, later joining the
United States army, was arrested at ko-
komo yesterday for desertfon. Recruiting
officer H. M. Lewis, Of Indianapolis who
made the arrest, took Saxon to Fort Sher-
idan for court-martial.
The next meeting of the Glassworkers'
Union of the gas belt will be held in Ell
wood Sept 26 or q. Representatives of all
the window. flint and green glass workers
unions will be present and the long-ta1ked-
of consolidation under one head of all these
unions will likely be accomplished at that
meeting. Fully three thousand union men
are expected to attend the meeting.