The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-06
TO $4,000.
Suit for thai Amount Begun Against
an Ex-COunty Treasurer.

suit for that mOu Begun AGainst
an ~Ex-COunty Treasurer.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. County Audi
tor w. N. Heath has begun a prosecution,
through Prosecuting Attorney d. w. Scan
Ian, to recover 81 1862 and interest on that
amount in the sum of 1905 2, from ex-
Treasurer William Boland and his bonds
men, which Auditor Heath alleges was lille
gally paid to Mr.. Boland. At the time this
was done all the commissioners save one,
were Democrats, and the money was paid
over the protest of Thomas B. Orr, a lead
ing Democratic attorney of Anderson, who
was then county attorney and regarded as
one of the safest legal advisers in the coun-
ty. The complaint sets forth tina Boland
was elected treasurer of Madison county in
1882, under the act of the Legislature of
1891 doing away with the fees of the treas
urer and placing his salary at 81. 800 a year.
Roland TOOK the office Aug, 10, 1898, and con-
tnued IN possession until August, 1895. The
official did not draw his salary till just at
the close of his term. On the 18th of June.
1879, ne hled a claim against the county
with the commissioners for $11, 1860, the
fees he was entitled to under the act of
1879. The commissioners paid the claim
over the written prOteS OF their legal adj
wiser and at the behe3t of Democratic poll
ticians just a few Gays before the decision
handed down by the Supreme Court holding
the fee and salary law constitutional. AT
the session of the last Legislature a meas
ure was introduced to legalize the action
of the commissioners, which was defeated
by the action of Governor Mount, The
commissioners were Allen BOram, president
of the present board; Henry Bronnenberg
and Robert howard. BoIand's bOndsmen
are prominent citizens of Anderson and
Madison county. Several are now finan-
cially wrecked, but the amount is fully COW
cred. The suit will be hotly contested by
Boland and his hackers, and a long and
bitter legal struggle is anticipated, but the
recent decision of the State Supreme Court
left no other alternative for Auditor Heath,
and that officer proposes that the county
shall not be the loser by political methods
Of the Democracy. The interested bonds
men are: T.. NJ. Norton, T. F.. Cornelius,
NJ. V. Hunt, B. B.. Campbell, D. E.. De
Hority, John Flaherty. Pat Hickey, John
Roland, Owen Mccain, Maurice Wallace.
w. T. Cartwright, Judson Kaufman, c..
4. Henderson, J. w. Hunt, G. W; Siig;ler,
Boland, G.. w. Surratt, James Fogarty, j.
j. Netterville, Pat O'Brien, Richard Will
SON., Thomas Deering, IsdeI Riggs, Daniel
Mulvihill, Mike Costello, John Griffe, J. H.
Hartley. Tom O'Neil, William Ryan, John
BrOderick, James Etchison, Mike Carroll,
a: T. Davis, Edward Hughes, c. L.. Henry,
Kramer, John w. Call, N. T.. Call, w. w.
Black, Dan Goehler, William Cronin, Alon-
bitt. M. f. Stewart and George Mingle.
An Indiana Bridge-Jumper.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CLINTON, Ind, Aug. 5.-Hugh White, a
coal miner from Caseyville, Parke county,
on a banter, made the perilous leap from
the summit of the railroad bridge to the
water, one hundred feet below, this morn
ing. White is a member of the striking
forces and came over to Clinton to spend
a day with the miners and discuss the
situation. While talking with some friends
the question of bridge jumping came up.
White, in a bantering way, said he could
easily make the jump from the railroad
track to the water. This brought jeerS
from his companions and Just to show
that he is game White walked out on the
bridge and, without any preliminary, made
the leap. He did not even remove his
heavy hob-nailed bank shoes. He landed
right side UP with care" and without as
sistance SWAN to the shore, a distance of
fifty yards. Without stopping to say a
word or remove his shoes or clothing drip
ping with water and heavy as lead, he
walked back on the bridge, climbed to the
extreme top, about one hundred feet above
the water and made a second leap head
first. 1t was a foolhardy act without a
cent of enumeration, but 1t places the
miners in the ranks of bridge jumpers. His
first appearance as a professor will be in
Clinton on the 18th and 10th of August,
having been engaged by the committees OF
the soldiers reunion and old settlers meet
ing for two leans from the bridge each day.
HamiItOn's Prosperous
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Aug. 5.-The farm
ers and business men of this county are
jubilant over the crop and market condi-
tons. In May a conservative estimate of
the wheat crop of this county was not over
half an average yield. The outcome was
wonderful and the yield is beyond all eX-
pectations, while the quality of the grain is
better than for years. The elevators are
pushed from early morn till midnight.
Wagons of wheat must take their place in
the procession and wait their turn to I'M
load. Many farmers have harvested from
twenty-five to thirty-iiVe bushels to the
acre. Thirty bushels at rs cents per bushel
makes the return to the acre $3.50. Careful
estimates show that So per acre is a fair
price for the production OF wheat. With
bushel would leave $751; 40 as interest on the
investment, which is 10 per cent. on $1S4
acre land. The average price of such land
is not over $50 per acre. The NObleSville
Milling Company. owned by d. w. Moor
man., of indianapolis, and the j. l.. Evans
Company have been rival buyers for the
grain of this county, and have kept the
price at the top notch. They are paying
more than any other towns of like size in
the State, and for that reason are drawing
from adjoining counties. The price to-day
is 18 cents. There is a brighter outlook all
along the line and a more confident feeling
among the people.
EpVOrth Leaguers.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 5.-The Epworth
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