The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-22
Indiana Notes.

TERRE HAUTE.-Of the 165 saloons in
Terre Haute all except two promptly paid
the semi-annual installment of $l25 of the
city license fee. The two went out of bust
ness This promptness of payment is I'M
usual Terre Haute Lodge of Ben
Hur will make an effort to bring the ma
tional offices of the order TO Terre Haute.
They are at Charlottesville, where the or
der had its origin and in honor of whose
distinguished resident, Gen. Lew Wallace,
it was named. 1t is reported that removal
is desirable because the facilities of the
smaller town are not adequate for the bust
ness of the order.
ELKHART.-Earl Parsons and James
Wallace, nineteen-year-old Chicago boys,
members of the naval reserve who set out
from Chicago for New York in an eighteen
foot, forty-five-pound canoe, were COM
PEELED to resort to the railroad after reach
ing here, finding it impossible to reach
the Maumee at Fort Wayne by water.
They shipped their canoe to Fort Wayne.
eighty-four miles, the longest If not the
only portage they will encounter on their
long trip.
WHITESTowN.-The grade on the In
dianapoliS. Lebanon & Frankfort electric
line has been completed eastward from
Lebanon 10 within mile and a half of
Whitestown. A part of the workmen now
employed will be taken back TO Lebanon
within few days and set to work on the
line from Lebanon to Frankfort. Ad-
ditional Whitestown hands and teams will
rapid completion.
SCOTTSBURG.-The threshers of this
county are very busy threshing wheat.
The crop is the largest for several years,
averaging from twenty to thirty bushels
an acre. The grains are larger than they
were in the last three years. The corn
crop is the most promising that was ever
known in this county. Oats are very fine
and will yield large crop.
TIPTON.-Plans and specifications are
being prepared for the erection of a new
church to be built by the Methodists of
this city. The edifice will cost nearly
$4,000, and will be known as Kemp 5
Memorial Chapel, in memory Of Abraham
Kemp, who recently died and bequeathed
to the church his entire fortune.
GOSHEN.-The Goshen speciality works
IS a new industry for this city, organized
by Alexander Mcdonnell, of Montpelier,
Ind, and Charles White, of South Bend,
10 manufacture patent bottle, patent
hose coupler and a patent washer, which
articles are the invention of Mr.. White.
MARION.-Dan Williams, alias Ed Moore,
alias Joe Davis, an escaped convict from
the Michigan City Prison, was arrested
Monday afternoon by the Marion police
Leaf train. He was sent to prison from
Seymour.
BLOOMINGTON.-E NJ. Campbell Sc
Co, bankers, of Indianapolis, on
AZ per cent. gravel road bonds. Mr.. Camp
bell has purchased all bonds issued by
Monroe county for several years.
KOKOMO.-Owing to the unsanitary
condition OF the Howard county Orphans
Home. the board is unable TO keep a ma
iron for the institution. Miss Wray, of
Charlottesville. resigned on Monday after
three weeks service.
WEST BADEN.-Sam Smith, Of Bedford,
forged a check for $50. using the name of
CT. w. Worries, the Bedford banker, and
passed IL on the Fair store here. He was
arrested an hour later and the money was
recovered.