The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-23
Indiana Notes.

The Wayne County w. c. r. u. will hold
a convention and institute at Richmond on
May IA.
The annual conference of the Wesleyan
Nj. T.. Church will be held in Richmond in
August.
The St. Joe & Elkhart Power Company
has bought the Jacob Hensley brickyards,
near Elkhart, for 10000.
Bedford was blanketed with a couple of
inches of snow on Sunday night, but a sub
seQuent rain carried it away.
The body of an unknown tramp was
found in a car on a switch track at Rock.
Vile, yesterday. The. tag on his hat lining
was marked j. A. Gunn, Bedford, Ind
ST. Johns German Lutheran Church. of
Laporte, has extended a call TO the Rev.
George Link, sr., of Redbud, ILL.,, as as
sistant pastor to his son, the Rev. George
Link, jr.
Jerry Connor, a Union City brakeman on
the Big Four, died in the hospital at Day
ton, o.. Sunday, as the result Of injuries
suffered in the Union City yards nearly
four years ago.
Former State Statistician Thompson, Of
Shelbyville, who lost a leg during the civil
war, had the stump of that leg broken Sun
day by getting 1t twisted in the socket of
his cork support.
The platform crew of the Big -Four
freight station at Anderson went on strike
yesterday for the wage scale paid at In
dianapolis and a large amount of transfer
business is tied up.
Miss Blanche Lovejoy. of Elkhart. has
sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu as
a member of the Josephine Stanton Opera
Company. She formerly was with the BOS-
ton Lyric Company.
The rebuilding Of the Oliver pillow works,
at South Bend, will be begun at once. Two
acres OF ground are covered with Struc-
tural iron for the plant. All the old build
ings Will be replaced.
The new dollhouse at the Jeffersonville
R~eformatory has been completed. 1t is one
Of tho naAaf xnl A-1 rArfAat A-~ -
sanitary viewpoint, of the prison struc-
lures in the country.
The Rev. l.. l.. Carpenter, of Wabash, on
Sunday dedicated the $4,000 church of the
pecanoe county. Mr.. Carpenter raised about
$1,000, which l%iquidated the indebtedness of
the church.
Howard Lodge of odd Fellows. of Rock
Vile. will celebrate the ~eighty-second ami
Nersary of Odd Fellowship on Friday and
Friday night. Several state and past state
officers OF the order and of the Rebekah de-
gree will be present.
The two sons of the Rev. j. w. Leekins,
of Paramount, who ran away from home
about six weeks ago, nave been heard from
In Upton county, where a warrant Is out
for their arrest for horse stealing. The
elder is but thirteen years old.
a citizens ticket will oppose the Demo-
cratic nominees at Crothersville, Jackson
county. 1t is made up as follows: Trustees.
Charles Ackerman. Edward Lester, John
REVERT; clerk, Andrew cox treasurer, G.
w. Warner; marshal. Benjamin Collins.
Mrs. j. r. Anderson, of Frankfort. has
received a~Iletter from her husband, Capt.
j. r.. Anderson. Of the Forty-fourth In
fantry, stating that he was in the fight
near BohOl. p. l., on March s. in which 300
of a force of 200 bolomen were killed by a
force of fifty Americans, none of the latter
being injured.
Working Brothers will soon start a new
furniture factory. at Hagerstown. Nothing
but hlCn-RradN GITnifHrp# Will be mHnufaC-
tured. John. David and Martin Working
purchased the machinery in the furniture
factory at Centerville. formerly operated
by Edmunds X Son. The machinery Is be-
ing removed to Hagerstown and the fac
tory will be started as soon as it can be put
into place.