The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-25

RICHMOND.-The official programme for
the Red Mems district meeting in this city,
March II. has been issued. The morning
Will be devoted TO the reception or visitors;
afternoon the past grand sachem's degree
will be conferred at the wigwam- Later at
the Coliseum Mayor Zimmerman will de-
liver an address of welcome. The unwrit-
ten work will be exemplified and business
matters will follow. Early in the evening
there will be parade, followed by the con-
ferring of the adoption, warriors and
chiefs degrees.
BEDFORD.-The last smallpox case in
the city was discharged from quarantine
on Saturday, but on. Monday Melvin Peugh.
who works at Oolitic and boards here, was
sent home from the quarries with a we'll
defined case. The house in which he lived
was put In quarantine. sneak
local merchant. Monday night and took
from the parlor mantel purse containing
SOS belonging to Myrtle Harris. a domestic
in the family.
Omaha. recently of Peru. goes to Shanghai.
China, to take charge of the Y. NJ. c. A.
work of that city, he will be accompanied
BY bride e tse M MaPg school and
Mr.. Lockwood will be married next fall,
and soon afterward will leave for China to
Greencastle. and she and Mr.. Lockwood be-
came acquainted while they were students
at DePauw.
LOGANSPORT-Louis Clark and John
Blight, charged with the attempted robbery
of the Adams Express Companys depot
office here last summer, were acquitted
Tuesday afternoon by jury in the Circuit
Court. They had been employed as labor
ers around the Pennsylvania depot near
the express office, and their sudden de-
parture after the attempted robbery
aroused suspicion. Clark was arrested at
Dennison, o., and Blight at Columbus, O.,
on Feb 2
LAFAYETTE.-Severa streets will be
paved with asphalt as the result Of the
action of the City Council Monday night.
| 1t was voted to pave Main street, from
Second to the Wabash railway tracks; Sec
ond street. from South to Alabama street;
Fifth street, from Main to North and from
Main to North and from Main to the Wa
bash tracks.
Observation-Disclosures are I'M
der way for three days race meet here
some time this fall. The exact date has not
been set, as the promoters do not want to
conflict with any of the nearby county
| fairs There will be two purses of $500, two
OF $3.50. two of 500 and several smaller ones.
There will also be premiums awarded on
light harness and draft horses and colt
| show
MUNCIE.-Work preparatory to the con-
struction of the Muncie- Portland electric
| line Is progressing rapidly. The line Is now
| surveyed as far as Albany, In this county.
| Ties are being made at De Soto. The head
of the company is G. o. Driscoll, of Muncie.
| The line is generally supposed to be an ex-
| tension of the Union Traction system.
COLUMBUS.-It Is thought that the re-
| cent cold snap has not seriously injured the
crops in this locality, although the heavy
| frost Of Saturday night may have damaged
fruits to some extent, as some of the earlier
varieties of fruit trees almost in
bloom. Monday night an inch Of snow fell,
| but not a vestige remained by noon.
| PORTLAND.-At special meeting Of the
| City School Board, Hale Bradt was re-
elected superintendent for the coming
school year, and the following teachers re-
| selected for the high school: Principal, H.
| H. Journey; history, E. w. Cox; English
Miss Evelyn Butler; Latin, Miss Henrietta
| Hyslop.
| SHELBYVILLE.-The bishop of Indian
apolis has transferred the Rev. Hobart
Louis Marvin, priest in charge of Christ s
Church here to Anderson. his duties to be-
gin In his new charge on Sunday, March 20.
| A lay reader will be supplied for the mis-
sion here until new priest is appointed.
| AURORA.-Miss Ellen Riggs, age seven
teen, daughter of H. Z. Riggs, has been
| missing from her home since Monday morn
/ up to Tuesday evening, and the supposition
/ is that she went to Cincinnati to be mar
/ ried.
| Cody, plate glass worker, living in Green
/ wood, suburb, was destroyed by fire Mon
day night and some of the members of the
/ family had narrow escapes. Only few
/ of the household effects were saved.
| WASHINGTON.-Burg raided several
| stores at Plainville, this county, Monday
| night, but had poor luck. The postoffice till
| yielded about SIS, SIS of which was in pen
| MES. No stamps were secured.