The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-26


as q fertilizer and always In March. and
that the sale of straw TO paper mills. now
done 80 extensively in northern Indiana,
was rulnous TO farming interests.
summitviIIe Brick Factory Burned.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
SUMsdITvILLE. Ind. Feb. 25.-At o'clock
this afternoon fire was discovered in one of
the sheds of the Summitville brick factory,
and in q short time the several Sheds TO.
Rether with about 12O. 900 brick in the dry
kilns. were destroyed. Timely assistance
of the employees saved the engine
house and holding room. contain
ing the machinery. The factory
Is new one and had only recently COM
menced operations the burning of the first
kiln of brick being just finished. The loss
will reach 5000, with $4,000 insurance.
equally divided between the North British
The directors met Immediately after the
fire and decided to rebuild at once.
Editor of the Valparaiso videtse Assaulted.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb. %. - Edward
Welty. editor of the Porter County Vidette,
Republican paper. was assaulted tonight
by Hon. G. J. Kern. prominent Demo-
cratic politician and ex-member of the In.
diana House of Representatives.. Kern.
was lately made defendant in a suit broaght
by the State for $4,000 back taxes. The
Vidette has been very pronounced In It's
condemnation of Kern's methods, and the
assault tonight was precipitated by an
article printed in Thursdays issue. Welty
is veteran of the late war. and about
sixty years old.
Six Families Made Homeless
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS. Ind, Feb. 25.-At Q o'clock
this morning large tenement house in this
city burned to the ground. The struot-
ure was frame and two stories high.
and occupied By six families. twenty
four persons in all. The inmates bare
ly escaped with their lives. losing their
clothing and all their property. Charita-
took care Of the homeless. Telephone. tel.
egrsph and city electric wires were melted
by the flames. Loss. $1,000.
Two Boy Commentators Caught.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 25.-For some
time the police have been excited over re-
pested burglaries of stores here. They
were disclosed to be the work of two boys,
Chauncey Moore, aged thirteen. and Frank
Clark. aged fifteen. They had counter
felter's dies and molds. and confessed that
they had been making counterfeit dimes,
which they had passed freely about the
city. Much of the property stolen from the
stores was recovered.
Lsckoy's Sales Amounted to 100000.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Feb. 25.-To-day
was the fifth and last day of j. S. Lackey's
sixth annual speed SALE Seventy five
horses were disposed of for SIS 600, an av-
erage of $500 a head. Total sales for the
five days will aggregate 100000 making
an average of $3.50 for the 40 horses sold.
The sale has been highly successful, con-
slderlng the numb Der of young and unde-
veloped stock offered and the com paraJive.
ly low and flooded market.
Wayne County Toll Roads to BE Bought Up
special the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb. 25.-Richmond and
Wayne township day. by special cleo
ton. decided to purchase the seven toll
roads entering this city by majority of
about four hundred. The price agreed on
Is In the nelghbOrhooi of $4,000.
Indiana Notes
A new schoolh ouse in Pleasant town.
Jan. l at cost OF 1000. was burned Friday
morning. Insurance. $500. in the Phenix
of Brooklyn.
The largest and finest dog ever In Craw.
louisville is now owned by Chester Britton
OF that place. it is o Danish boar hound
which took second prize at the recent dog
show in Chicago and weighs 80 pounds.
F. J. Mcclure, general manager of the
Belt. at Bedford. saws that they will soon
be in shape to handle passengers betw en-
Bedford and Buff Ridge Two coaches
which were purchased East have arrived.
Bill Edison and Charles S. Ellers were
sentenced TO two years each In the peni-
tertiary at Nincennes yesterday. for burg
larry. The grand jury returned indictments
against the prisoners at 1880. they pleaded
guilty, ana at 1880 were on their way to
the peniten tiary.
Andrew Pearson. of Kokomo, has insti-
tuted suit against G.. L. Henderson, H. T..
Henderson and Milton Bell. proprietors of
the KokOmO Opera House, asking 5000 for
the death of his seventeen-year-old son,
who. on Jam % last. was killed by an iclcle
falling from the opera house.