The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-27
Indiana Notes.


man Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Indiana Notes.
RICHMCND.-The fifth annual art ex-
hibit to successful close Tuesday
right. 1t was decided 10 undertake a still
greater advance next year along the same
line. The funds realized were sufficient to
enable the Art Association 10 buy one OF
the pictures by Miss Pauline Dohn. Of
Chicago. reorganization was effected,
the following officers being elected: Presi-
dent. Mrs. DR. NJ. r. Johnston; vice presi-
dent, Matthew II. Dill; secretary, Prof.
w. 5. Miser; treasurer. Miss Alice E I'm
thank.
HAGERSTOWN.-The Odd Fellows at
Brownsville dedicated large hall
Wednesday night Lodges from many
points assisted in the ceremonies. fifty
members of the Hagerstown Lodge, with
the working team, doing work in the de-
grees. The Knights of Pythias and
the Odd Fellows will join next Sunday in
decorating the graves Of deceased men,
bers. This is the first time in the history
of local lodges for Memorial day to be OBJ
served Jointly.
NORTH VERNON.-The School Board
held meeting on Tuesday night and Sc
lected the teachers for the school year 1901
OF. George Z. Weedman is superintendent,
G. Z. McClintock principal of the High
School, Flora Becker assistant principal,
and the other teachers are Amelia Adams.
Flora M. Newly Abbie Andrews, Eme
Robbins. Della Young, Ethel Jayne. Mabel
n.
Whitcomb. Isaac NJ. Wilson.
SULLIVAN.-Fred f. Bays has resigned
as editor Of the Union Labor Journal here.
He Is succeeded by j. &. Orr. The
wheat which is being cut in this county is
the heaviest raised in several years. A
heavy windstorm in Fairbanks township
last night did great damage TO wheat and
of the Thirty-third Indiana Infantry of the
civil war will be held here on Aug. % and
KNIGHTSTOWN.-M Winnings Of
New Castle has received notice of his APP
pointment as government embalmer on the
transport Mcclellan. He will leave for the
Philippines on July 10. Dayton l..
this city and one of Henry county S
wealthiest men, is dangerously Ill with
brain trouble, and his relatives are at his
bedside. His death is expected at any time.
WINDFALL-Camille Hendrickson, a
fourteen-year-old Windfall girl has been
made happy by receiving from the Curtis
Publishing Company a check for $1.500 as
the second prize for securing list of sub
scribers to one of the Curtis publications.
She also received an additional prize Of
500 for the greatest number Of subscribers
secured for another of the Curtis publica-
lions within q specified time.
ELKHART.-Two hundred members of
the Short. Larimer and Work families took
part in an annual reunion in Island Park
in this city Wednesday. The Work and
Larimer families have been prominent in
certain townships of this county since the
thirties and are bound by many marriages.
The Shorts have been allied to both by
business and family ties.
JEFFERSONVILLE.- wheat harvest
is on in full blast in this county, but in
most cases it is hardly worth the harvest
ing. In fact, a number of farmers In this
vicinity plowed under their entire crop long
before 1T was ripe. The most serious dam,
age was done by the fly, and what escaped
this pest was seriously damaged by the
heavy storms.
ID (-r;v hos haor1
titled of his appointment as postmaster OF
Anderson. He will succeed Postmaster
Small in a few weeks. The office will be
removed to new location more centrally
located The transfer will be made next
week Mr. Small will leave as soon as
relieved for California, to be gone three
months.
KOKOMO.-Oscar Miller who tried to
strangle his wife, has been arrested. He adj
mits making the attempt, but says he did
IL in dream. He says he dreamed the
to rescue his wife. He refuses TO say any
thing about the chloroform with which the
woman's pillow was saturated.
TERRE HAUTE.-Carl Leasure. of this
city, recently appointed a second lieuten-
ant in the regular army, has received his
commission and has been ordered to duty
at the Columbus barracks, pending the ar
rival of the Fourteenth Infantry, to which
he will be assigned, from the Philippines.
WHITESTOWN.-Sev local business
men, under the leadership of Preston s.
Smith. former treasurer of Boone county,
are preparing to start a new bank. 1t
be a private banking house, with Eastern
and Chicago connections. and will be CAPT.
taliZed at $4,000.
FORT WAYNE.-The North Ohio and In
diana Conference of the Ohio Lutheran
Synod met here Wednesday to remain in
session two days. About forty ministers are
present. Church discipline and finances are
the principal topics of discussion.
PORTLAND.-Jesse King, a young mar
ried man of this city, has been arrested
on the charge of criminally assaulting Liz
zie Arnold a domestic employed in a prom
inent local family. Kings home is in De-
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