The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-17
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOOSIERDOM.
TippecanOe County Farmers Institute
Small Boy Bitten by q Mule-In-
diana Officers Good Detail.

ALEXANDRIA.-Due to the Supple
mentary Farmers Institute to be held at
Elwod on Nov. 27-2S by the Practical Far
mers' Club of North Madison county, the
regular monthly November meeting of the
club. otherwise due on Nov. rs, will be dis
pensed with and merged into the big Ell
wood meeting. Agricultural experts from
Purdue, Greenfield and Ohio are down on
the two days programme. A large attend
ance will listen TO the discussions on agri-
cultural topics.
RICHMOND.-The first consignment of
Wayne county fruit that will be part of
the Indiana exhibit at the ST. Louis fair.
was shipped on Monday to Indianapolis,
where II will be kept in cold storage until
wanted; 1t is being gathered by Walter
s. Ratlif. In this lot were apples from
the orchards of Samuel Barnes. Oliver
Parker, Charles Coppock Benjamin Sharp,
Lewis Hampton and John Lamb.
CRAWFORDSVILLE- Perry on
Monday introduced a motion in court for
the judge to appoint a committee to in
vestigate the characters of the members of
the bar. He said that as there was an at
torney in jail serving sentence for inn
morality he was willing for one, that his
character should be investigated and want
ed all the rest looked after.
LAFAYETTE.-Three farmers institute
conferences will be held in Tippecanoe
county before the Christmas holidays The
first meeting will be held at Pleasant Grove,
on Nov. 2S, and supplemental institutes
under State auspices will be held at Col
DuTH Lee. IL ana ana at OQ6ll Dec. IL
and Is. Prominent speakers have been en-
gagged to make addresses.
BLOOMINGDALE.-On Tuesday the Rev.
Mr.. and Mrs. John III. Newlin will celebrate
their golden wedding with large gather
ing OF invited guests at their home in
Marshall, four miles from this place. Mrs.
Amy Newlin and daughter and other rela-
tives from Howard county are among those
present from distance.
CONNERSVILLE.-The largest yield of
rpnOrtpd
Harry Fred, living norrn OF this city on
the Morgan Smith farm, gathered $50 BUSH
els from six and one-half acres, an average
Of eighty-fve bushels. The crop is not only
exceedingly large but is of the finest quail
ity.
MICHIGAN CITY.-Lieut Charles E.
Dority of this city, who served in the One
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Indiana Regiment,
and who has been stationed in the Philip
pines for two years. has been commissioned
to attend the worlds fair at st. Louis with
a company of native scouts.
MUNCIE.-A general meeting of the
bricklayers of Muncie, Anderson, Kokomo,
Elwood, Logansport, Marion and Alex
andria will be held here next Sunday for
the purpose of strengthening the gas belt
organization formed at previous meetings
at Anderson and Marion.
LOGANSPORT-The Logansport Trades
Assembly has unanimously withdrawn from
the gas belt Labor Day Association and de-
cided to hold n celebration next year. They
claim to have violated no obligation by this
action as they were not bound to remain
with the association.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Yazel, pitcher for
the Rushville baseball club, while attempt
ing to mount a moving freight train Sun
day evening fell under the and his
right hand was horribly mangled. Ampu-
tation just above the wrist was necessary.
KEMPTON.-While holding mule in the
barn yard late Saturday afternoon the
small son of Milton Huser, living four miles
northeast of here, was bitten on the cheek
by the animal, causing an ugly wound, re-
curing several stitches to close it.