The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-01
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOcsIERDOM.
Work Of Tax Fcrrets I'm vigo-Bcy
Burned by Carbolic Acfd-F1ower
Thieves Active at Elwood.

mower thieves, ana tne ponce nave 50 idr
been altogether unable to cope with them:
For the last two weeks depredations of
that order have been common but the limit
of audacity was reached Monday night.
when unknown parties entered the fine
lawn of City Custodian James Swatman
and removed practically all the flowers
there. smoothing and leveling down the
dirt where the plants were removed as
though they had plenty of time for their
work.
ANDERSON.-W. F. Edwards, deputy
grand president of the Fraternity of Eagles
for Indiana, has completed the arrange
Wents for the installation of a new serie rat at
Evansville on Tuesday OF next week. The
new chapter will be installed by special
team which has been under. the direction
of Mr. Edwards. Three special trains will
Terre Haute and run through from there.
Mr.. Edwards says more than 1900 visitors
will be guests of Evansville on that day.
BROWNSTOWN.-The laying of the cor
nerstone of the new Baptist Church took
a large gathering. The ceremonies were in
charge Of the Rev. +. T. Smith, the pastor.
and the Rev. w. c. Brown. of Seymour.
Wheat is being threshed in this
vicinity and as rule yields about half the
usual crop
BLOOMINGDALE.-Mi Mary Pickett.
who for three years has been a teacher in
the Friends mission school at Tamalipas,
Mexico is home for vacation. She will
return to her work in October. The
Alumni Association of Bloomingdale Acad-
here on Aug IA A banquet will be the fea-
ture Of the gathering. A large attendance
is expected.
CLAY CITY-The anti-saloon people lost
a bitterly contested fight in Harrison town.
ship of Clay county when license to sell
LIQUOR was granted by the commissioners
to Wiley Luther. The temperance forces
say the publican was given an undue ad-
vantage in the Commissioners Court, and
funds are being raised to make the fight
stronger and more systematic.
EvANSvILLE.-The grand jury has ad-
5ourned but failed to return any more in
dictments in the bribery case. A bill was
returned against Charles l.. Wedding
Thomas Biedelman, real estate man.
Wedding Is one of the most prominent at
torneys in southern Indiana.
NOBLESVILLE. - The case against
Hampton West, who is charged with rob-
bing the grave of Newton Bracken in the
Beaver Cemetery, was to have been called
for trial tomorrow, but 1t has been post
poned until July on account of many OF
the witnesses, who are farmers, being very
busy with harvest.
WABASH.-W harvest is in full
blast all over Wabash county, nearly half
the farmers In the county having started
their binders Monday. By Saturday evening.
in the shock. The yield promises about two
thirds Of an average, and the quality is
excellent
vINCENNES. - Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Bierhaus, sr, celebrated their golden we'd
ding Tuesday night. Eighty guests were
present. Their only great-grandchild. Mas
ter Karl Edward Zener, of Indianapolis
was baptized at the celebration by the Rev
w. A. Hunter, d. D.
TIPTON.-Tipton county farmers are
busily engaged in cutting wheat Thirty
acres cut on James Singleton's farm, north
of this city, promise to yield an average OF
thirty bushels. Some farmers predict tha,
the average yield over the county will be
about thirty bushels.
SHELBYVILLE.-Fra Talbert Camp
No. So, Sons of Veterans, instituted a new
camp of seventy-four members, Monday
night at Greenfield. Walter G. Bridges was
elected captain and the new camp will be
known as Captain Isaiah A. Curry Camp.
No. 81.
missioners denounce as fake of the rank
est KIDD the report sent to an Indianapolis
afternoon paper to the effect that the board
had bought 81 900 automobile for the off,
cial use of the sheriff.
NEW CASTLE.-An old gas well belong
ing to the Citizens Gas Company which
was considered almost useless has been
cleaned out and shows better flow than
any other well in the field, stronger than
ever before itself.
pany has settled with the estate Of Marion
M. Bardin, who was killed some time ago
at Milla, ILL.,, paying $1,000 in full for all
claims for damages against the railway
company.
BEDFORD.-HarmonC Cline has filed suit
for $4,000 damages against the Bedford
Light, Heat and Power Company for the
death of his son the other day by coming
in contact with live wire depending from
a pole.
IAwRENCERIrRC, Harold McCool
eight years old. was frightfully burned
on Tuesday by carbolic acid, which he
spilled over his arms, breast and legs
His condition is critical.
RICHMOND.-The degree team of Hoken-
daqua tribe of Red Men has accepted an
invitation to attend the dedication of the
new wigwam at New Castle, July 4, and
confer degrees.
JONESBORO.-The machine men at the
Schrader brick works have struck for high
the refusal Of the management to grant the
demand.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. June 3O.-Tease
Spencer, aged thirty-one, has been SEN
fenced to the State prison at Michigan City
for shooting his wife year ago. His wife
recovered.
TERRE HAUTE. - The tax ferrets'
have placed $425.0O0 on the comfy tax dupli.
Gates as the result of several months re-
search, and the work Is only fairly begun
PORTLAND.-Peter Bergman, a carpen.
by falling from a building on Dickes farm
east Of this city.
ELKHART.-A species Of louse is devas-
tating the cabbage in this section and it is
said there will neither be early or late
crops.