The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-01
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOOsIERDOM.
Auto Accident mt KOkomo-Big Yield
Of Oats in Adams COunty-Case of
Smallpox at Rockville.

ELwOOD.-For the second time the mem
bers Of Elwood Canton, No. 80. Patriarchs
Militant, the champions of the world. voted
almost unanimously not to attend the drill
contests in connection with the meeting
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows at Baltimore I'm September on account
of the small prize offered. The canton so
decided two months ago, but there was a
sentiment that the company ought TO go
and defend its honors. which ii has sue
cessfully done on three previous occasions.
same result. The first prize-$500-is only
half what 1t has been at previous contests,
and would not begin to pay the expenses
or the local canton.
RICHMOND.-The full list of instructors
has been secured for the Wayne county
Teachers Institute, which will be held dur
Ing the week beginning Aug. 81. They are
Cleveland X a Chase OF of P EarIbam COLLEGE
superintendent T. A. Mott, of Richmond.
and Prof. A. l.. Gary OF Indianapolis.
The MCGEE family will hold its re-
union at the City Park Aug. 5. and the
Graves family will meet i'm its tenth annual
reunion at the City Park on Aug. -.
The 1927 Pioneer Association held its
annual meeting here on Friday. 1t is COM
posed of persons born I'm the year 1877.
KOKOMO.-Dr. w. II. McClurg, OF this
city, celebrated the purchase of auto
mobile by having his arm broken on his
CINE flew back, breaking both bones of the
lower arm. A remonstrance has
been filed with Auditor Ellis by the citi-
zens of Russiaville against the granting
paper contains 1SS names, or thirty-eight
more than the required majority.
REDKEY.-Local knights of Pythias and
their ladies met on Thursday night at the
to Mr.. and Mrs +. f. Murray, who are
about to establish a new home at Louis
lana, Mo-, where Mr.. Murray Is in charge
of the electric light plant. Mr.. Murray
has been a resident of Redkey for twenty
one years and for seventeen has been tele-
graph and express agent at the Panhandle
depot.
FRANKLIN.-The rain of the past few
days will prove of great value TO the crops
in this county. 1t means a much larger
corn crop and will add thousands of bush
els to the tomato crop. The latter is an
the largest canning factories of the State i'm
this county, and the failure OF the can
ming factory crops would mean the loss or
large sums in the county
LAFAYETTE.-Next Wednesday after
noon the local lodge of Eagles will cele-
brate at Columbian Hall. A class of more
than a hundred will take the degree, and
in northern and central Indiana will be
present. The secret work Will be followed
by banquet and social session, for which
arrangements are being made to care for
400 persons.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Fred Glover, fell
In a cistern and was covered with three
feet of water, having fallen on her back
Wright, aged sixteen, rushed to the scene,
and while women wrung their hands in de-
spair he .'fshed' the little one out Physi-
clans soon restored normal conditions.
NEW CASTLE.-Township schools in this
township will open on Sept. and Ii.
Lee Brown, a colored youth who is on pa
role from Plainfield, was brought here from
Kennard for stealing. He was taken there
by Sheriff Christopher year ago and was
released on parole short time ago. He
will go back.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Corbin. arrested
Friday night, has acknowledged his guilt of
forging his mothers name, that of Mrs.
Ageine Anderson, to a postoffice order and
collecting the money. The penalty is one
to five years in prison, 500 fine, or both.
The postoffice authorities have the case in
hand.
FORT WAYNE.-S. Bash & Co., grain
merchants, received report Friday of
| ty. A seven and one-half acre field on the
| farm of Louis Koenemann yielded exactly
| 700 bushels when the grain was threshed on
| Thursday. The quality is reported good
SHELBYvILLE.-The Third Battalion,
/, u. r. X. of p, has decided not TO hold a
! battalion encampment near London this
year. The members of the companies COM
posing this battalion will meet in Shelby
vile on Sunday, Aug. %, Martinsville, Sept.
| 15 and Indianapolis, Oct. A. for drills.
BEDFORD.-Charles Watson and Mar
shall Stewart Monon section men. were
seriously hurt on Thursday while unloading
Trails at the Peerless quarry, near this
| city. Watson's leg was broken and Stew
art was severely hurt otherwise They Were
| taken TO their homes at Guthrie.
ROCKVILLE.-The second case of small
pox was discovered here on Thursday The
patient is Frank Mccoy, who was removed
| to the county asylum and isolated I'm a
tent in the woods, with a nurse attending
him. The case is of mild form.
GREENWOOD.-Ralph and Frank Polk.
of this place, have started a new dairy at
| the j. T. Polk barns. They have about
seventy-five cows but will purchase more.
expecting To have a hundred.