The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-27
Indiana Notes.

PORTLAND.-The embryo Elks' Lodge in
this city now has seventy-two persons who
signed the application for a charter, and
many more who wish to join. The lodge
has elected the following officers; Exalted
ruler. j.. Will Kelley; esteemed leading
knight, Milton T.. Jay; esteemed lecturing
knight, George w. Bergman; treasurer,
Judson A. Jaqua; secretary, NOrval G..
Faul; tyler, Bert Thomas; trustees. Daniel
+. Faul. Frank White and l.. G. Holmes.
WABASH.-Suit has been begun in the
Wabash Circuit Court by Joseph +. Ferry,
a Wabash printer. against the Wabash
River Traction Company, owning and oper-
ating the line between this city n Peru.
Ferry claims he was a passenger on a car
coming from Boyd Park, five miles west
of here. and offered a ticket reading BOYD
honor it further than Mil creek. and there
made him get off and walk in, three miles.
He asks for $4,000 damages.
PERU.-Jerome Herf, the %well-known
politician. has an application before the
City Council for a hot-water heating sys-
tenn for the city to supplant natural gas.
1t is to be finished by next November or
the franchise will be void. : A Wa
bash claim agent is here from ST. Louis
to make settlements with the three re-
naming italian wreck victims, who are
now ready to be discharged from the hos
pital. One of the three is from the Cass
wreck.
DANVILLE-Charles Hampton. under
sentence for killing Wilson Haynes, was
taken TO the MlCnlSd0 city prison on
Wednesday. a motion for a new trial was
overruled by Judge Golfer and an appeal
to the Supreme Court was prayed. Before
sentence was pronounced Hampton arose
i'm court and said he was not guilty and
that he hoped 10 live long enough that il
could be shown that he was not guilty.
ELKHART. Ind. Feb. 26.-John Pontious,
aged eighty-four, and for over fifty years
a resident of a neighbOring township, died
late Tuesday night from the effects of a
fall i'm which one hip was fractured. He
had stepped outside his residence to OBJ
serve the weather conditions Monday night,
after a son had remarked that the ground
would freeze during the night. and slipped
on an icy place. He left a widow and four
children.
CANNELTON.-The residence of Ernest
VOgel was entered through a rear window
by burglars on Tuesday night while the
family was absent and money 10 the
amount OF 81 was secured. besides several
articles of value. BloodhOunds belonging
to the officials of Hancock county, Ky,
were brought TO the scene of the robbery,
but no clew TO the robbers has been found.
RICHMOND-The Rev. Elwood o. Ellis,
pastor Of the South Eighth-street Friends
Church, has declined a call 10 the Friends
Church at Whittier, Cal. . Willard
Rupe. of this city, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
mour Institute for a song to be adopted by
the institute for the year. He composed
both the words and music.
SCOTTSBURG-Twenty persons have
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and township for the purposes of keeping
Warren A. Smith and Fred Colvin from
getting licenses 10 sell liquor. The exact
figures have not been given out, but it is
thought that they viii get more thar a ma
jority. These will be filed with the county
auditor on Thursday.
PORTLAND-Isaac Armentrout has
brought suit against William s. Manor for
5000 damages. Armentrout alleges that a
vicious dog belonging 10 Manor ran out
as he was riding past on his bicycle.
caught him by the right leg and threw him
from the wheel with such force as to in
jCre his leg and make il permanently stiff.
WINDFALL.-In a suit just ended here
for the possession of a very fine turkey, al
legged 10 nave been the property of G.. l..
Pheuger. a farmer. for which ne sued
Joseph Kinder. a local preacher. the court
decided i'm favor OF the preacher. The costs
amounted TO several hundred dollars.
MONTICELLO.-Thomas j.. High. a
farmer near here. has been arrested for
arson. His house burned Monday night, and
he is charged with setting il on fire. He
had driven his family away from home
and they had taken refuge at a neighbours.
LAPORTE-Charles w. Tyler. Of New
Carlisle, Ind. viii on March 1 succeed
William w. Hans as the Laporte manager
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