The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
Indiana Notes.

NEwPORT.-Edgar E. Helt, of Helt
township. was reelected county superin-
tendent for the third time. 1t required two
days of balloting, and on the five hundreth
ballot Mr.. Helt (Rep). was chosen to sue
coed himself. There are five trustees in
this county, three of whom are Repub-
voted for Mr.. Helt 500 times, and one
trustee voted for James Z. Stogsdill, Of
Clinton. 499 times, and the next ballot made
the election.
Yorktown have been arrested on charge
of assault and battery preferred by DIR.
Frank Downing. who is now in bed with
face very badly battered. Downing says
that he was returning from call In his
buggy when the six young men. in two
buggies, ran into him. When he objected
they assaulted and beat him. A stone al
most crushed the right side of his face.
breaking the jaw bone.
NEW ALBANY.-The Floyd County Fair
Association was organized on Thursday
and Newland T. De Paw. OF this city was
elected president. The association has pur-
chased from the w. G. De Pauw estate the
tract of sixty-four acres which has been
used as fair grounds for the past forty
five years and will give fair during the
week Of Aug. Is.
COLUMBIA CITY.-For the first time In
It's history Whitley county will have
Republican superintendent of the poor
farm after September next, the County
Commissioners having elected William II.
Miner to that position, to succeed Charles
Demmick, who has held the position Tor
a number of years and whose time will ex-
pire on Aug. 81.
Observation-Disclosures fraternal orders
will observe a joint memorial day on June
IA All the lodges in the city will federate
for the day and services Will De held In
Maplewood Cemetery. Word has been re-
ceived announcing the acceptance or an IN
vitation by the Hon. James T.. Watson, or
Rushville. to be present and deliver the me-
mortal address.
HE-C Rr0upIev and w
p. Streeter State agent for the Indiana
State Board of Charities, left Decatur on
Tuesday but before doing so they agreed
to bring the Bentz children here and turn
Circuit Court within eight days. They
said 1t would take that long to arrange for
the transfer.
PORTLAND-A franchise to install a
telephone system In this city was granted
to the Hoosier Telephone Company. an or
ganization of local men, by the City Coun-
Gil at it's Wednesday meeting. The COM
pany will put in a telephone plant in this
city to compete with the Home Telephone
Company. which now has monopoly Of
the business.
NEW CASTLE.-The New Castle Lodge
of Modern Woodmen will send a large dele
cation to the national meeting at Indian
apolis June Is to 90. Only one bid was re-
ceived for the construction of the $4,000
Methodist Church. owing to the stone
strike, which makes contractors afraid TO
bid The contract was not let.
TELL CITY.-The coal barges that were
lost by the big towboat Finley few
miles above this place are being slowly
removed from the river by two other boats
and the coal will be sold to the Camel
Coal Company at Cannelton, Ind, at 10
cents a bushel Twenty-three barges were
lost at the time of the wreck.
TERRE HAUTE.-The street railway
company has received a shipping bill for 115
tons of rails from Pittsburg. which will be
enough to lay a mile and quarter OF
the sixteen miles of the Clinton interurban
line. The mill has promised to send 700
tons this month. The order for the rails
is long override.
EI.WOOD.-The Odd Fellows OF Elwood
have secured a special train to go to Wind
fall Saturday evening TO have charge of the
dedication of a 5000 home for the order
there The Eiwood team will confer the
first and third degrees, and several hum
dred members of the order will go.
DUBLIN.-The Dublin School Board has
been reorganized and Henry 3. Johnson
has been selected in place of Cyrus I.
Swain, whose term will expire soon. All
| the old teachers have been re-engaged for
the coming year with the exception Of
Mandus Mason, who has resigned
HARTFORD CITY.-About the time for
the parade OF the Pawnee Bill show Thurs
day forenoon, ALL the boys employed in
the Diamond Flint Glass Company's fac
tory left the plant. The blowers were I'M
able to work and IL was necessary to close
down the factory.
GREENSBURG.-The contract for the
new buildings of the Cromwell Brush and
Wire Goods Company was let to Pulse cS
Porter, of this city. The price is $2S.S2l.