The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-03

SHELBYvILLE.-The Shelby County
Farmers Institute will be held at the court
speakers will be j. M. Gwaltney. of Posey-
vile. Ind, and III. p Miller, of Sunbury, o.
number of local speakers will be present
and the best institute held here for years is
expected. Otto l.. Coyle Is president of the
association. Some time during Tues
day night the store at Morristown, Shelby
broken into and about $40 In money. two
overcoats and a quantity Of cigars and to-
bacco were stolen.
FORT wAYNE.-The resignation of the
Trinity Episcopal Church. was accepted
Tuesday night by the board of vestrymen,
to take 9, effect s, on Feb J. No successor is
signed from the vestry in disapproval of
its action. There Is a large attend
ance at the sessions of the Allen county
Farmers Institute, being held here, despite
the heavy snow. J. ]. Billingsley and AL
exander Johnson were the principal speak
ers on Wednesday.
GOsHEN.-Miss Agnes Fretz. aged TWEEN
who recently came here from Chicago. at.
tempted suicide by turning on gas in her
room and going to sleep with open
| chloroform bottle held to her nostrls The
| tected and medical aid was summoned, but
| she did not regain consciousness for twelve
hours. She Is out of danger. She had lived
| at Kokomo and Fort Wayne.
| RICHMOND.-There are indications that
a saloon war will be preciritated in Rich
| mond soon by the Ministerial Association.
| The provision of the law providing for the
residents of a ward to decide whether they
want saloons will be called into play. Sa-
looms were driven out of the Seventh ward
some time ago by that plan. The city has
seven wards and two of them are free from
| saloons at present. The others have forty
| six divided among them.
| GREENSBURG.-The new county off,
| GERS, who will take their places Jan. /, have
4 haf fiac oil
| tor-elect Frank Ryan will have Linton w.
| Sands. of Viewpoint, as his deputy: Clerk
elect M: G; jenkins has named steuben
| will be assisted by his son, William Lam
ham.
| MUNCIE.-The Knights of Pythias and
| d. o. X. K. have arranged big Jubilee
meeting tho to be hela IN THIS s city on Dec
State Union B. Hunt Secretary of State
| Dan Storms, c. r. Hernley, of New Cas-
tie. and Charles Shively. of Richmond A
| banquet will follow the programme.
| PORTLAND.-Seventy additional la
| borers have arrived from Chicago to work
| on the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Rail-
road ada, and i work on the line is progressing
| will be run from Bluffton to Pennville
| about Dec. Is.
| ELWOOD.-A new oil company has been
formed by local capitalists to develop the
| Indiana field. The capital Is $4,000 and the
directors are Charles Kitchen. d. s. Cess
| ner, ]. r. Bottorff, w. r. McCloy, John F.
| Rodefer, ]. II. Millikan and George c.
| Wood.
| ANDERSON.-The Anderson Country
Club has elected officers as follows: Presi-
| dent, c. W. Hoover; vice president, III. M
| Brelsford; secretary, l.. l.. Longell; treas
| urer, Fred Mustard. l.. L. Longell and
George Lilly were made directors.
| CRAwFORDSVILLE.- Jennie Hard
ing has been given a verdict of $375 against
| the city on account of injuries she re-
| ceived from stepping into a hole at an alley
| crossing which had been washed out by q
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