The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-05
Indiana NOfCS.

The school enumeration in Montgomery
county this year is 1919, a loss of AZ over
last year. Charlottesville loses SO.
The total number of school children in
county is 5,046.
Charles Franklin, of Kennard, was crush
ed to death by the west-bound train on the
Big Four, near Shirley, yesterday.
The plans for a $15, 600 stone school build
ing at Charlottesville have been furnished
by Rauch q Lageach, architects, of In
dianapolis.
The Kokomo Council let the contract for
the city lighting to a local company there.
headed by j. M. Leach, for ten years, at
$40 a lamp.
The school enumeration of RushvilIe
shows a total of l,2O0. There are $3.50 in
the county,. The city enumeration is a net
increase of about forty over 1896.
The stewards of the Richmond district
M. e. Church began their annual meeting
at last night, a sermon being
preached at that time by Rev. c. w. Smith,
of Dublin.
Adam Catron. of Michigantown, took
strychnine for quinine and was saved by
the vigorous use of a stomach pump. He
bought the drug at a store and the clerk
made the mistake.
Rev. Mower, of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Lafayette, has been invited to
terrain Church of Rushville, vacant since
the removal to Dayton of Rev. G. A.
Beattie.
The convocation of the central deanery
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gan at Terre Haute last evening at St.
stephens Church, with a sermon by the
Rev. Mr.. Schultze and an address by
Bishop White.
The Marion Star Cycle Club was organ
lied there last night by the election of j. +.
McClain, president; II. /. Goddard, vice
president; Miss Nym Moore, secretary; j..
w. Brimaconfbe, treasurer, and j. w. Phil
lips. ~doorkeeper.
y large barn belonging to David NJ. Clark,
southeast of Lynn, burned Tuesday morn
fnr EfrA NOS aotT-aA hr tho inNnlnCinn nf
a lantern which Mr.. Clark had taken to the
barn with him while feeding his stock.
Loss partially covered by insurance.
The collections at the Terre Haute reve-
nue. office for April amounted to 1861, $3.50,
of which $542, 1l0.56 was on spirits from the
Indiana Distillery, which IS operated by
the American Distributing Company, and
has been grinding about 5000 bushels a day.
The fifth annual convention Of the In
diana State Council of st. Andrews Broth
erhood, an, ,orgaaization OF the, Episcopal
May Il, Il and 10 at the Trinity Church.
The Rt. Rev. John Hazen White Will pre-
side.
There is likely to be a sweeping change
made in the Elwood police force, owing to
the selection of a new Police Board at
Monday nights session of the Council. The
new Police Board consists of Councilman
Lutte Douge and NJ. l.. Shores and Mayor
w. A. Finch.
The ninth annual meeting Of the Eastern
Indiana Dental Association Will convene in
Anderson to-day. DR.. r.. Y. Thomas, Of
this city, is president. The other officers
are: Vice president, Or. c.. b. Nickel, An
derson; secretary and treasurer, DR.. \. 5.
Cox, Paramount.
The annual meeting of pastors and stew
ards Of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
the kokomo district concluded a two days
session yesterday at kokomo, The district
is made up Of thirty-two charges and cir
cults and nearly all the pastors and stew
ards were In attendance. Prominent in the
exercises were j. X. Waits, l.. NJ Krider.
c. r.. White, w. S. Stewart. John r. carp,
Ii. a. Kemp, w. w. Martin. David Wells.
W. ID. Parr and II. A. Goblin, the latter
president of Depauw University.