The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-12
Indiana Notes.

Burglars entered the home of Willis
Houck. near Brazil, Thursday night, and
secured jewelry and silverware to the value
of over $50.
The Fountain County Druggists Associa-
ton met in C%ovington yesterday. A. II.
Bool was elected president and j. z. Buck
ner secretary.
A right of way has been secured for an
miles south. through Cowan. Oakville.
Springport and Mount Summit to New
Castle.
The saengerfest of societies of Indiana.
Ohio and Illinois will be held in Peru in
June. and the Peru Maennerchor is now
preparing for the proper entertainment of
the guests.
Jacob Hellinger was shot In the thigh by
a Fort Wayne detective, yesterday, while
resisting arrest. Hellinger was suspected
of having held up and robbed a citizen on
Thursday night.
Letter Camp, No. 20, s. of W, of Muncie,
Thursday night appointed a committee or
arrangements for the State E-ncampment
OF the 3. OF V. and the l.. A. s., which will
be held in that city in June.
The First Baptist Church of Warsaw
celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last night.
OF the thirteen original members two are
yet alive. Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Morris. The
Rev. Abner Denman was the first pastor.
The long controversy regarding the award
o. the diamon medal at the pennsylvania
Vandalia meet at Terre Haute last summer
has been settled. and Fred Probst, OF
Columbus, has been adjudged the winner
Frederick Putnam, seventy-one years old,
fer many years a leading hardware mer-
chant of Muncie, fell downstairs Thursday
night at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Edward Olcott. and suffered injuries which
probably will prove fatal.
The promoters of the c., r. & M. Rail-
road were sued at Richmond yesterday by
the Hayes Brothers Company, subcontrac-
tors, on a $4,000 claim against Loss & Co,
who threw up the contract for the grading
of the road several months ago.
Alonzo Jones. of Hartford City. fired two
loads of bird shot into a burglar who was
trying TO force an entrance into his home
Thursday night. The man was wounded,
as blood spots were found when daylight
came, but the marauder made his escape.
Three townships of Fountain county have
petitioned the commissioners to order spe-
cial elections to vote on a 2 per cent. tax
q Southern Railway, projected to extend
from C~ovington to a point in Central ILL.,
nois.
John NJ. Curtner, Mrs. J.. M. Curtner,
| Mrs. f. NJ. Eagle. John w. Domer and A.
l.. Stephenson have been elected directors
of the Lawrence National Bank of North
Manchester. John NJ. Curtner is president,
John w. Domer is vice president and John
w. Nuts is cashier.
Opal Breeding. four years old, who lived
with her mother in Hartford City, has
been missing from home since Tuesday
night and no trace OF her can be found.
Mrs. Breeding has been divorced from her
husband. whose whereabouts are unknown,
and holds him as responsible for the child s
disappearance.
w. A. Parks, the Democratic superin-
tcndent of the Miami County Infrmary
has been on trial for several days before
the County Commissioners. The charges
of intoxication were sustained. but he is
tc be given n chance to redeem his record
with the understanding that a second of
Tense will mean removal.