The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-27
Indiana Notes.

ELKHART-At the quarterly conference
of Trinity M. e. Church Wednesday even
Ing resolutions asking the North Indiana
to this charge as pastor for the third year,
and to return Rev. DIR. f. L. Simpson as
presiding elder of the Goshen district were
adopted by unanimous vote. Rev. Simpson
performed the duties of presiding elder
during the illness of the late Rev. B. A.
Kemp, and was then appointed to fill Mr..
Kemp's unexpired term. The City
Council on Wednesday night granted to the
National Manufacturing Company, of
which Walter Brown, Republican district
chairman, is the head, franchise to in
stall and operate an electric light, heat and
power company. The primary purpose will
be to furnish power for manufacturing es-
adjustments. developing power from the
st. Joseph river.
HARTFORD CITY.-The local militia
company. Company G. of the Second Regi-
ment of the Indiana National Guard, will
be recommended to be mustered out by
spected the company Thursday. The lack
of an armory was the cause of his decision.
The company has never been in flourish
ing condition, the labor unions having an
tagonized it from the start. The
dog poisoner who for the past five years
has made spring campaign against the
canine generation here has entered on his
mission with more vigor than formerly. No
less than 100 dogs, some of them valued at
from $50 to $780, have been poisoned to death
in nearly every section of the city.
PORTLAND.-A big pulley in the city
power house flew to pieces late Wednesday
night. shutting off all the residence and
street lights. George Clark the
LAKE Erie & Western brakeman who was
so badly injured at Upton Monday night,
is in dangerous condition. His leg was
amputated before he was brought here, and
now a portion of the left foot has been re.
moved Notice has been given that
a special election will be. held at Dunkirk
April IA on the question Of voting a subsidy
OF two-fifths of per cent. toward the Mum
Gle & Portland Traction Company.
The W. C. T. U. of Jay county will hold
convention at Bryant, beginning March 30
and continuing two days.
MADISON.-Arthur Orr and son Arthur,
of Chicago, are in the city, having ridden
horseback ninety miles. from French Lick
Springs, via Salem. Ind. While
Charles Means, aged twenty-four, was
blowing up stumps with powder In his field
near North Madison Thursday one charge
failed to explode as soon as expected. and
as he peeped into the aperture went on
terribly burning and decorating his face
and destroying his eyesight. - Will
liam Moffett's horse. stolen from in front of
the First Presbyterian Church was recov-
cred Thursday at Nebraska, Ripley county.
MARION.-Elmer Duck. wanted in this
city for embezzlement, wife desertion and
Thursday at Evansville. Judge H.
j. Paulus Thursday appointed Board Of
of County Charities and Correction and a
ties Board will be composed of Mrs. Alice
Nixon Paramount; j. C. Knight, Jonesboro,
and Mrs. Julian Smith, Marion: The Board
of Children's Guardians will be composed
of ]. l.. McCulloch, Marion: Mrs. Joshua
Strange, Arcana, and George A. Southall,
Marion.
ELWOOD.--stephen spahr. aged seventy.
one OF the pioneers of Elwood, Is arranging
to leave for Perthshre, Scotland, sailing
from New York on April 1, to lay claim
to an estate of s2,5Oo,o0o that is descended
to him and his sister Mrs Elizabeth Os-
Richmond. COrnwalliS
Because the threat was made that
he would be taken to the Reform School If
he was not a better boy, Carl Masters,
aged fifteen. swallowed 10 cents worth of
morphine and came near dying. He will
recover.
FORT WAYNE.-Friends here of William
Clayton Geake, deputy attorney general OF
Indiana. have received invitations to his
marriage on April to Miss Anna Oleweier
keener, at the home of her mother. in Mid
dletown, Pa. The Sion s. Bass Post.
G. A. r., celebrated Thursday evening its
twenty-fifth anniversary as a post with an
elaborate programme and banquet. The
| mander Kennerk and the response was
made by Col. /. b. Mcdonald, of Columbia
| City.
MUNCIE.-Harry March, a wealthy citi-
zen of this city, will this spring construct a
| 100000 hotel building in Muncie. He began
| to-day TO clear away the residence at Jack
son and Mulberry streets. where the hotel
of the North Indiana Methodist Conference
| adjourned after voting TO hold the next
| meeting in Montpelier. Licenses for sew
| enty-two local preachers were issued for
| renewal and thirty-two exhorters were
| given renewals of licenses.
| L,AFAYETTE-Three children of An
| thony Miller, a cabinet maker living at
| Thompson and Lincoln streets had mar
row escape from asphyxiation by natural
| gas fumes early Thursday morning. Harry,
| Flora and Amanda Miller were found to be
| seriously Ill from the effects of escaped
| gas. but Ii is probable they will all re-
/ cover.
KOKOMO.-Sixteen young men, compris-
| ing a charivaring party that .beled" a
newly-married couple here Wednesday
night. were placed under arrest Thursday
| on the charge of disorderly conduct
| A three-year-old child of Ralph Crane, this
| city, drank bottle of carbolic acid Thurs
/ day. Recovery is expected.
| RICHMOND.-sen and Mrs. Benja-