The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Indiana Notes.

JEFFERSONVILLE.-The thermometer
towering. in the neighborhood OF 100 seems
to have little effect on the matrimonial in
dustry, in this city: So far this month
there has been 1G0 clipping couples welded
here. While fishing from a coal
barge last night at 8 o'clock Melvin Know
land, aged twenty-five years, was seized
with an epileptic III and fell into the river.
drowning before assistance could reach
him.
PORTLAND.-The New Corydon oil field
is now TO the front with u booming gas
Wen, one with a daily output of several
hundred thousand cubic feet. . The
supply at the city waterwOrks is growing
so short that the water superintendent has
Issued notice asking that there be no waste
fulness. and stating that persons caught
violating the law regarding the use of city
water will be prosecuted.
ELKHART.-A Lake Shore freight train,
w~estbound. struck several horses and cows
east of here Sunday night and killed one
horse. Another horse ran quite a distance
alongside the caboOse until IL reached a
bridge. where it fell between the ties. Until
section men could be summoned to raise
and remove il from the bridge, eastbound
trains had TO proceed by way of the west
bound track.
MARION.-o A. sprague, a former
Marion man. who was expelled from the
order of Elks three years ago for his part
in the quarrel following the initiation of
Pugilist Fitzsimmons: which resulted in the
was reinstated by the Grand Lodge at its
session in Milwaukee last week. Mr..
Sprague now lives In chicago.
GREENSBURG.-John Robbins, of this
city, who enlisted in the United States
army at indianapolis some time ago. has
been arrested as a deserter. After enlist
ing he was sent to a fort down in Texas.
and returned TO this city, where he was
found by a deputy United States marshal
and taken away.
this city. recently appointed a rural
route Inspector, has been assigned
to the superintendency of the third
division of the rural-route service
prises Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky and Michi-
gan, with headquarters at Marietta, o.
LAPORTE-For the first time in many
years Laporte had a dry Sunday, the side
and back doors of every saloon being
as tightly closed as the front doors. The
heretofore open disregard of the law, even
to the extent of running the beer wagons
on Sunday, was the cause OF the new Or
der. which was faithfully observed.
GREENCASTLE-Lum Jones drank a
full bottle Of medicine Sunday heavily
was one drop per day. He knew the nature
of the drug. He was saved by prompt
medical attendance. but says he will yet
kill himself. He has a large family.
PENDLETON.-The horse drawing a
buggy in which were John Sherman. Tracy
Tsgue and the Misses Oiler became fright
ened at the barking of a little dog, Sun
day night. and ran away. The buggy was
overturned and Miss Lola Oiler was seri-
ously injured.
MADISON.-Dr. Collins and Attorney
George M. Roberts, of Lawrenceburg, Ind,
came here Monday and exhumed the body
of q ''fioater" found here several weeks ago,
but decided hat ii was not the body of Ed
ward KunZ, a prominent young man
drowned recently at Lawrenceburg
VALPARAISO.-The Baileytown Swedish
Lutheran congregation has extended an in
~vitation 10 Bishop Getzilius Won Scheele. of
Visby diocese. Sweden. to dedicate its new
church in November.
SOUTH BEND.-Jacob NJ. Chillas. pro-
prietor of a dry goods store here, filed a
petition in bankruptcy Monday. The liza
bilities are given as s3f.963 and the assets
SIS. $50.
SHELBYVILLE A young man named
A. O. Wood started the Falkland Enterprise
a few months ago, but last week he left
town and has not been seen since.