The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-07
Indiana Notes.

SHELBYVILLE.-The trustees of the
Citizens Natural Gas Company have cleo
ted the following officers: President, eyre
MUS Bishop; vice president, George w.
Kennedy; board of directors, James o. Par
rsh ri l., John A. Tindall, Arthur J: Thurston.
X. w. Harrison, Albert +. Wray, Cornelius
Means and Frank c. Sheldon. An
ear of raised the farm of Landy
Clayton in the northern part of Shelby
county, weighs fourteen ounces and has on
the cob 1.100 grains of corn.
COLUMBUS.-Rev. b. X. Bradfield has
returned from Webster county, Missouri,
accompanied by his two daughters, Frances
D., aged thirteen years, and Carrie T., aged
eleven years whom ne. secured from his
brother-in-law, T. +. zimmerman, by ha-
beas corpus proceedings. The children have
been in the custody of Mr.. Zimmerman for
some years, and that gentleman steadfastly
refused TO give them UP until ordered to do
SO by the court.
TIPTON.-The Reese and Goodnight
families, residing west of this city, held
family reunion at the Goodnight home
stead Tuesday. Nearly 800 members of the
two families were in attendance. Addresses
were made by the Rev. William Hamilton,
of Kempton, and members of the family
who had been absent for twenty-five years.
The next reunion will be held at the same
place next year.
MUNCIE.-Mrs. A. Nj. Burton, of Chi
cago, will temporarily fill the position of in
structor of modern languages in the Muncie
High School, made vacant by the recent
resignation of Miss Jotilda Conklin. Mrs.
Burton is graduate of De Pauw and was
formerly an instructor there. Miss Conk-
lin goes to Grinnell College to take the chair
of modern languages there.
LADOGA.-This town is soon to have sew
eral new industries, the most prominent of
which is a rake factory George w. Ander-
son, of this 'place, has lately patented a
combination lawn and garden rake A stock
company was organized and a new brick
building is to be fitted up with complete
machinery for turning out large quantities
of the tool.
RICHMOND.-U. G.. Cook, coored, aff1ict-
ed with a tumor on his leg, deciding it was
not necessary to incur the expense of a
surgeon, took razor and cut the tumor
| off and bandaged the wound but the hem
| TO call physician to stop the flow of blood
and to complete the operation necessary to
| remove the tumOr.
ALEXANDRIA.-The Order of the East
ern Star of this city has sent out three hun
| dred invitations to a social entertainment
| and musicale on Friday night, for which the
Marion and Alexandria orchestras have
| been engaged. together with talent from
Elwood and Summitville. Lit is to be the
most important social function of the sea-
son.
LAPEL.-The firm of Van Petten & Kerr,
| of Anderson, have leased property in Lapel
store, TO be in charge of Mr.. Kerr.
| The Peoples Gas Company is making an
effort TO stop the burning of gas in crates
| and to that end has fixed the price at So
per month for each CRATE.
| LAPORTE.-Thomas E. Mann, a promi-
| nent farmer and former trustee of Union
| township, who mysteriously disappeared
/ hart. He is working as a section hand on
| the Lake Shore railroad. Financial diff
| Guilty led him to leave without informing
| family or friends.
| IAWRENCEBURG - Edward c. Fox.
county recorder-elect has been appointed
| by the County Commissioners to fill the va
| cancy which will occur between the expira-
| tion of George w. Turner's term of Office,
| Nov. 1, and the beginning of his Fox's)
| term, Jan. /.
TERRE HAUTE.-The report of business
| at the Terre Haute postoffice for the quar-
| ter ending Sept. 30 showed total receipts of
| $24,776 which was gain of sl,790 over the
same quarter year ago, and is held to be
a fair index of the growth of general busi-
| ness in the city.
SALEM.-The Salem Fair Association re-
organized Monday by the election of DIR.
| III. G. Hobbs. president; w. c. Snyder, Sec
| retary, and f. w. Menangle treasurer. The
| fair has been very successfully conducted
| the past few years. The next annual fair
will be held the first week in September,
/ 1904.
| NEW CASTLE.-The Henry County
Building and Loan Association has declared
| a semi-annual dividend of per cent. The
/ association has been organized about fif-
| teen years and has helped many citizens to
| own their homes.
| WABASH.-Marshall Hunt. aged sixty
| two years. who has lived the life of a
hermit at Lafontaine, was found dead in bed
/ Tuesday morning. He had evidently died
| during the night, as the lamp was yet burn
| ing.
| LAPORTE.-R. II. Norman, of Lafayette
was. on Tuesday, awarded the contract for
/ the construction of the Ohio-street bridge
/ at Michigan City at 81, $50
JONESBORO.-D. l.. Hahn. who has been
| in the dry goods business for eight years al
Jonesboro has moved his stock of dry goods
| to indianapolis.