The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-19
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. L. r. Fisher returned from De-
nance, o., Yesterday, to attend the funeral
OF her sister, Mrs. NJ. kittner.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Will WEIGH will leave
for Toronto, Can, to-day 10 spend few
weeks with relatives in that city.
DIR. Quayle will deliver his February
lecture in his course of free lectures at the
Va eTtdian-street Methodist Church tonight.
The subject win be The Ring and the
Book"
The hotel keepers of this city in anticipa-
ton of a visit by the hotel thieves, who
Fave been unusually active in Chicago for
several days, have posted notices advising
guests of bolt their doors upon retiring.
1t has been decided by the committee
having in charge the programme for the
the students of the University Of Indian
apolis to dispense with the festivities this
year.
Samuel Murdoch, Of Lafayette. has been
elected to succeed J. H. Dilks, of this city,
as general manager Of the Indiana Nat
ural and Illuminating Gas Company. Mr..
Murdoch has removed the Office from this
city TO Lafayette.
DIR. Dan Thompson. for many years con-
Eected with the military department of the
State, will address the Yoke Fellows or
the First Baptist Church, this evening.
Subject. Fighting Doctors and Other Mill
tary Experiences"
Mrs. DR.. Thomas l.. Thompson of Irving
ton will give a reception at her home this
afternoon. at 2:30, at which Major Blanche
p. Cox will speak on social work in the Sal
walton Army All interested IN the subject
are invited to attend.
The annual meeting of the Indiana Hard
ware Dealers Association will begin this
morning in the Grand Hotel ordinary at
10 o'clock. The meeting is 10 last for
two days. A banquet will be served at the
Columbia Club tonight.
The New Church chapel on North Ala
bama street, was comfortably filed last
night TO hear the pastor. Rev W. l.. Glad
Is n, deliver the first of a series of four lee
lures. The subject he discussed was What
Can Man Know of God?'
Persons who have recently lost horse
blankets and lap robes, stolen from the
buggies while standing in the street may
find them at police headquarters. George
Williams, colored, was arrested yesterday
for such thefts and four of them recov-
e, ed
William Bosom is lying seriously i'll at
his home, 1916 North Illinois street. He
is suffering from inflammatory rheuma-
tism. His brother Thomas Bosom, who
is connected with the Pension Depart
ment at Washington. arrived here Sunday
to be near his brother.
Miss Ruby c. Kashner, residing with her
mother at 1920 East Sixteenth street, has
received word that she is heir TO $4,000
left her by an aunt who recently died In
Berlin, Germany. Miss Kashner is but
eighteen years of age and will assume
charge of her estate when she becomes
twenty-one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ovid Butler jameson will
entertain at dinner this evening at the
University Club in honor of Mrs. Irving
Swan Brown, of Worcester, Mass, who
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Barnes
The dinner dance has been postponed To
this evening on account of the grand opera
at Englishs.
Joseph II. Webster, ex-chief of the In
dianapolis fire department, is seriously i'll
with pneumonia. Mr. Webster has been
i'll for some time and ii is not believed
he can Withstand its ravages on account
of his age and weakened condition. Mr..
Webster lives one and one-half miles west
of the city.
Thirty-two subscriptions, amounting to
$4,000 have already been obtained toward
the $4,000 fund needed for the William n,
Jackson Kindergarten Normal School
memorial Rev. Joseph A: Milburn is de-
voting great deal of his time before
leaving for his new field in Chicago to
raising money for this project.
William Poulish, eighty-seven years old
and his wife, who is elghty-two, living al
So English avenue celebrated their COLDER
wedding yesterday. The couple are ole
German residents of this city and Poulisl
is charter member of the German Vet
Grams Association. The association and
the aid society each presented the old peo
| pie with s. gold piece as souvenirs.