The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-19
Indiana Notes.

MUNCIE.-There is movement on foot
to have reunion Of Spanish-American war
veterans in Muncie during the latter part Of
the summer, and a letter from Governor
Durbin has sanctioned the movement. IL
will be participated in by the members or
the Observation-Disclosures fty-eighth One--
hundred-and-f1fty and One-hundred-
and-sixty-first Regiments of Indiana Vol
unteerS and hundreds of the young men.
The reunion will be held at West Side
Park.
county, under the new gravel road law,
was held in Prairie township, Wednesday,
and the proposed new road was defeated
by l93 votes. The election was spirited
on both sides, and the full vote of the
township was cast. The proposed rood
was to have been twenty-five miles IN
length, and a large number of farmers OBJ
Jected to the road on account of the years
of extra taxation.
PERU-Coroner Yarlng has returned his
verdict in the inquest on the Wabash wreck
victims. He exonerates the Wabash Rail-
road Company from all responsibility 1t
has just been found that the services of
S. n. Malato. the Italian attorney of Chi
cago were not the very best in the identi-
fcation of the dead. Two relatives came
Thursday and found, by photogra phs that
two OF the victims had been named wrong
PoRTLAND.,,The salamonia Christian
Church. the Oldest church organization
In the county. will celebrate its sxty-sec-
ond anniversary on Aug 10 and H. All
the pastors who are living will be in at
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held. Arrangements have been
made for the annual reunion OF the Odd
Fellows of Jay and Randolph counties, to
be held at Ridgeville on July Is.
WABASH.-Freight train No. 63, south
bound. on the Michigan division of the Big
Four, was wrecked Thursday morning near
North Manchester The train broke in two
a the top OF a steep grade, and about the
time the head end reached the bottom of
the hill the ten cars and the caboose, HAY
hal 90 nil cd a ND
the company's loss is heavy.
BLOOMFIELD.-Miss Rhoda Mckee got
her foot caught in the timbers of cattle
guard on the 1. & V. Thursday morning
and could not extricate It, She was struck
by the south-bound passenger train, but
was not seriously injured. the engineer
saw her predicament in time TO slow up "A
scalp wound and a wrenched ankle are her
most serious hurts.
TERRE HAUTE.-Two detectives. &C.
| companied by the Clinton marshal, have
arrested at the coal mining town of Geneva
a negro who has been known as Sam
| Jones for the three years he has lived In
Geneva. He is accused of the murder of
| one railroad brakeman and seriously injur
ing another in southern Illinois five years
| ago. He denies that he committed the muir
| der.
| GREENCASTLE.-Cha E. and Mary
| l.. Moore have sued Moses d. Payne and
| Elizabeth r. Batman for $1,000 damages for
| injuries TO the plaintiffs newspaper plant
| at Roachdale by the undermining of the Of
| flee walls in constructing an adjoining
| building. whereby the newspaper office was
made TO collapse.
| SHELBYVILLE. - Thursday James f.
| Phillips entered suit against stephen Fix
a wealthy farmer for alienation of his
! Phillpss) wife's affections. demanding
| 5000 damages. In March Mrs. Phillips
| brought suit for divorce and the court
| found adversely.
| WINDFALL-Mrs. Alice Herwig. wife OF
| a farmer of this vicinity. forty years old
! has been compelled to submit to an opera
ton for the removal OF a large part of the
| tibia. caused by snake bite which the
woman suffered when she was but five
years old.
| PENDLETON.-The section men on the
and struck for s135 on Monday The men
went back 10 work Thursday morning at
| the old scale and in the afternoon word
came that their demands were acceded to.
| VALPARAISO.--Aso son of Samuel Love, of
| Leroy. Lake county. while playing around
| the grain elevator at that place Wednes-
| day, fell in a bin while the men were load
| ing corn and smothercd
| VERSAILLES.-Clay Dickinson fell eight
| cen feet from a tin roof To the ground
| Thursday morning. suffering broken arm
and severe internal injuries.
| SULLIVAN The annual meeting OF the
| old settlers of Sullivan and Vigo counties
viii be held at Farmersburg on Aug. S.
| AURORA. - Joseph Burlington. ffty-sis
| years old. drowned here Thursday after
noon while swimming in the river
| RICHMOND.-Harr Fl. Hill. reporter or
| the Evening Item. has accepted the city
editorship OF the Marion Chronicle.