The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-28
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOOsIERDOM.
Big Class Graduated from District
SchOOls-Te1l City Publicans Fined
Public Wedding at Brazil.

NEW ALBANY.-Joseph Covata was ar
rested at Corydon on charge of passing
one-dollar BILL which had been raised
to represent five-dollar greenback. CO.
vata was brought to this city by Chief of
Police Shut, who was attending the Cory
don fair, and will be arraigned on Friday
before United States Commissioner Card
Will. Covata says his home is in Louis
vile. Two other raised bills were passed
at Corydon by negro, who escaped.
RICHMOND.-An agent of a local COM
mission house. who has been representing
his firm in the Michigan peach territory
the past few days. reports a very poor
peach crop this year. Some trees that last
year bore from five to seven bushels, this
In a few places the crop is good, but
this is not true to such an extent as to
bring the whole yield anywhere near to
an average.
WINDFALL.-The case of Robert Coins
against Daniel c. Zehner, Jane Zehner and
Aaron II. Zehner, pending before Justice A.
H. Davis, of this city, in which the plaintiff
demands 500 by reason of attachment and
tuted against him in which a claim for
A.60 was garnisheed in the hands of the
p, c.. c. & st. L. Railway Company, was
tried Wednesday by jury, which failed
to agree.
LAwRENCEBURG.-T auditorium of
Hamline Chapel Methodist Church has been
remodeled at an expense of 81, 500, provided
by the Epworth League, Aid Society and
was given Sunday by the large congrega-
ton which attended the reopening exer-
cises. The Rev III. c: Jennings. ID. D.. of
the Western Methodist Book Concern,
preached the sermon
VALPARAISO.-The German Lutheran
Church at Wanatah, a few miles east of
here, will observe the thirty-fifth anniver-
sary of the founding on Aug. 80 with appro.
ST. Joseph and Marshall counties will hold
their annual picnic at La Paz. Marshall
county, on Aug: q. John b. Stoll, OF South
Bend. will be the orator of the day.
TIPTON-The work of construction on
the Indiana Union Traction Company's line
south of this city Is progressing at a rapid
rate. The poles have been set and the
TlIe NH s soon IA p }b,s rum sorse Nc
ing and he said the cars would be running
between this city and Indianapolis by
Oct. l.
DELPHI-The Carroll county commence
ment of the district schools took place at
the Baptist Church in this city Thursday
afternoon. There were one hundred and
eighty-seven in :he class. DR.. Kinnaman,
president of the Danvilie Normal School.
delivered the class address. Prof Mutcher,
of Clarke University, presented the
diplomas.
MICHIGAN CITY.--At the meeting of
the Northwest Indiana Conference, which
Rev. j. II. Cissel, pastor of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church of this city,
will ask that he be retired from active
pastoral duties. He has been in the Indi-
ana ministry forty years.
TERRE HAUTE.-Mrs. samuel Young.
known TO the stage as Ida Mel
vile, sister of Rose sis Hopkins, and
for whom the character sketch was origin
ally intended by her husband. who wrote
il, has gone to Arizona in the hope that
she may find relief from pulmonary at
tack.
EVANSVILLE Miss Cordie Book and
G.. III. Spencer, of Robards, Kentucky
were married at the Wellington Hotel,
in this city. by Magistrate III. r. Schrader
- Jerry Hillman, aged twenty-five, want
ed at Princeton for alleged horse stealing
was arrested at Boonville.
MONON.-The White County Teachers
Institute will close Friday at Monticello
The enrolment is 136. The instructors are
Elwood w. Kemp. of Terre Haute; Frank
Fox. Columbus. o.. and Professor Cozine
of Northwestern University.
BRAZIL.-Fully 5000 persons saw a public
wedding on Main street on Thursday. Sam
uel Burkhart. well-known farmer oil
Lewis township. and Miss Emma Talbot,
were the principals Justice George T.. Law
performed the ceremony.
CANNELTON.-At the courthouse OF
wednesday ten saloon keepers OF Tell City
were fined for running slot machines Two
were fined $40 and so, respectively. and the
remaining eight SIS each and costs.
KOKOMO.-Asa STAFFORD. a thirteen
year.old kokom0 boy. Is missing since