The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-27
Indiana Notes.

Passenger service on the c.. R. & NJ.
from Richmond south into Cincinnati will
begin on Thursday OF this week.
The successful Methodist revival con-
tinues at Hagerstown. There have been a
number of additions to the church
The store of w. H. Conklin, in WestHeld.
was broken into Monday night and the
stock of cigars and tobacco and consider
able small change taken.
Robert Malloch. of Wabash, Big Four
engineer, had his left hand severed at the
wrist at Warsaw yesterday while putting
his engine on the turntable.
Through the burning of a hotel in Corbin,
KY: owned by him. p M. Hearn; of Port
land. has suffered a loss of $500, against
which he holds $500 insurance.
The grand jury at Richmond is investi-
eating the murder of Amos Jones by Rob-
ert Futrell. The court has appointed A.
c. Lindemuth to defend Futrell.
Harley Terrell and James Jones, both un-
der twenty-One years of age, were sem
fenced at Bedford yesterday to serve one
to three years for the robbery of a freight
car at Huron.
Lieutenant Commander Royal r. Inger-
soil, who appointed to the navy from
South Bend, has been ordered TO the COM
mand of the gunboat Bennington, now in
Oriental waters.
w. E. II. Marsh. formerly of the National
Hotel at Muncie and the old Gait at Cincin-
natl, has bought the New Portland. at
Portland, and after remodeling Ii has
opened IL for patronage.
David Rudmenski. clothier and dry goods
merchant OF Monticello, assigned on Mon
day for the benefit of his creditors. Liza
bilities are placed at $4,000, with assets
of less than half that sum.
The Peru night school was reopened Mon
day evening. The closing for lack of suffi-
cient attendance reused the patrons, and
they have agreed to the trustees not to al
low the attendance to run below twenty.
Six carloads of new steel rails were de-
livered at Peru on Monday for the electric
line of the Wabash River Traction Com
pany between Peru and Wabash, and others
Will follow. Work on the grading began
Monday
Winchester Castle No; z, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, celebrated the ninth anniver-
sary of its institution with musical and
literary programme and a banquet last
night. The lodge is in very prosperous
condition.
A man claiming to be George Clark of
Waymansville, has been arrested at Sey-
mour, charged with stealing three head of
cattle from George Vehsage. of Jackson
quett, of Jonesville, for s1336o.
The Central Union Telephone Company
is said to have inaugurated a rate war at
Hartford City against the Indiana Tele-
phone Company, which controls exchanges
at and connecting lines between Hartford
City, Marion, Upland and Montpelier.
Farmers of Henry. Rush and Hancock
counties held a successful institute at
Knightstown yesterday. Several hundred
farmers attended. Ray G. Morgan was
elected president An address on corn fod-
der and clover was made by II. +. McMa-
han. president of the Indiana Corn Grow
ers' Association.
The City Council of Charlottesville has
granted a fifty-year franchise to the Craw-
louisville Traction Company for a street
car line In that place. The company men,
bers are w. H. McDoel and w. H. Taylor
Chicago; A. x. Ramey. p. c. Somerville, d.
W. Gerard. Ed Reynolds and Charles Van
cleave of Charlottesville.
At the meeting Of the wabash Council
Monday night the city attorney was d.
rected to prepare ordinance levying a
city tax on all vehicles. The ordinance
will be modelled somewhat on the plan of
the ordinance in effect at Fort Wayne and
Indianapolis, and the tax so raised will be
utilized in repairing streets.