The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
Indiana Notes.

The American and United States Express
Companies have consolidated offices at An
derson.
J., w. warrick. of Fountain county. yes
terday sold patent for corn husker 10
TeIre Haute parties for $4,000.
According to the report of the County
Commissioners there are nearly nine hum
dred miles of gravel roads in. Madison
county.
The fifteenth annual reunion of the Thir-
tieth Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers
will be held at North Webster, Kosciusko
county, on Wednesday, Sept. Is.
Prof Earl Haynes. of Richmond, who
has been teaching in the schools of Middle
town. N. Y, has accepted the chair OF
science in the high school at Far Rock
Simon Burns has notified the Indiana glass
workers that he will be candidate for re-
election to the presidency for the fifth time.
Paul Bennett, of Cleveland, is the latest
outside candidate.
Alexander Bowling has been selected as
the State speaker for the opening of the
Republican campaign either at Elwood or
Anderson next Saturday. He will be as
sisted by L. Z. Hendee and j. w. Lovett.
Estimates made by manufacturers indi-
cate that not less than three hundred car
loads of glassware of all kinds are shipped
every day from factories in Delaware, Mad
ison, Grant, Blackford and Howard coun-
ties.
Indiana strawboard men have returned
from Columbus. o., where they have been
that moves are now OIL 20 extend the straw
board trust and take in all card, wood,
straw and paper board concerns.
w. H. Porter, of Anderson and formerly
of Kentucky. was yesterday appointed
deputy revenue collector for the Sixth dis
trict Of Kentucky. Porter came to Anderson
to engage in corrugated iron manufacturing
and established a successful plant.
The Republicans of Putnam and Clay
counties were to have Jointly nominated a
prosecuting attorney, at Brazil yesterday;
m Al nj
not attend, and the Clay county men NOM
mated Arthur Radcliffe, of Brazil, by ac-
clamation.
DR.. d. C. Peyton, of Jeffersonville, who
was recently appointed an army surgeon
with the rank of major, and assigned to
Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, has been pro-
NOTED to be chief surgeon of the govern
ment hospitals at Philadelphia
The nineteenth annual reunion of the For
ty-fourth Indiana Volunteers VIII be held
In Elkhart Thursday and Friday, Sept. %
j. S. Dodge past department commander
Rev F. P. Knopff, A. p. Kent, E. o. Rose,
Frank II. Alcott and many others.
Daniel Jones, alias Roberts, negro want
murder of girl and the shooting of an
Cft1cer, was captured at Princeton yeSter-
day, Jones has been employed as private
coachman in Princeton for the past year.
lie refuses to return to Kentucky without
requisition.
Mrs. Belle Mcdonald, of Madison, jumped
INTO the river twice IN an attempt to drown
herself at o'clock last evening but was
rescued by a man passing by. She gave no
reason for her action. Her sister, Miss
Sucker, drowned herself near the same
spot several years ago over a disappont-
ment in love.
Eastern Indiana pioneers have made ar
engagements for big intercounty reunion
to be held at Summitville, Sept IL, and in
clude Madison Henry, Grant, Randolph
Jay, Blackford and Delaware counties. In
this district are two or three men who have
fTrrwr oV11 nh
are one hundred years Old
a. c. Merrick, of Russiaville, the Repub-
hcan nominee for state representative, may
VII tb ms name from the ticket and per
tee to appoint a successor. Mr.. Merrick is
a pension attorney, and is under investiga-
ton by the department for alleged irregu-
larities in the procurement of pensions.
A year ago Charles Duke of Kokomo,
had fine watch stolen from his vest
hanging in his place of business, and SINCE
then has spent considerable money hiring
detectives to recover it, but without success
This week Mr.. Duke received a small ex-
press package: and. on opening it, saw his
lost watch. 1t was sent from Huntington,
without name or distinguishing mark of any
kind.
Miss Anna Swiney. Henry Rich and Otto
Rice, all of Roachdale, who have been on
trial in the Putnam county Circuit Court
as principal and accessories in the horse
whipping case brought by Columbus Skel-
ton against Miss Swiney were yesterday
fined $50 each, with costs. The plaintiff
who is over sixty, has filed another suit
against all the parties to recover $4,000 for
bodily. injuries received at the time of the
whipping.
The members of the Thirty-seventh and
ne-hundred-and-twenty Regiments
Indiana Volunteers held their ANIMAL re-
unions to-day in the courthouse park, at
Greensburg. OF the Thirty-seventh seven
ty-flve answered the roll call. as did one
hundred of the e-hundred-and-twenty
third. The next reunion of the Thirty-sev-
enth Regiment will be held at Indianapolis
during the first week of the state fair. Jo-
Seph Garrison was chosen president and
Will j. Crisler secretary.