The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-24
INDIANA NOTES.

NARROWING Grant County Council has
refused to allow 500 for the collecting and
arranging of a Grant county exhibit for the
St Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The work of preparing the exhibit already
had been begun and at called meeting Of
the county ccIncil held for this purpose, the
matter OF an Appropriation of 500 was called
up DR.. H ID. Reasoner, president of the
council, said after the meeting the request
had been unreasonable and that by asking
TOO much the exposition agents had lost all.
MORRISTOWN.-Kalla Bros & Katz
VINO nave the contract for doing the grad
ing on the indianapolis & Rushville cleo
trio line, have suspended work for q couple
or months, or until the worst of the winter
Is over. They have had large steam
shovel at work here excavating a deep cut
just east of town. They must make a
heavy fill Of mile west of here.
ELWOOD.-The County Commissioners
have granted the petition of a number of
the citizens of this township for an cleo
ton to decide on voting a subsidy of $135 900
to the new Fort Wayne & indianapolis
Railway. AM have ordered the election to
wood is strongly In favor Of the new road,
provided its shops are located here.
ALEXANDRIA.-The Alexandria Canning
Company has closed its factory for the sea-
cans of tomatoes. This is the first year for
the plant and 1t has proved very successful.
Arrangements are on foot to enlarge the
pack next year, and to include corn, peas,
pumpkins and possibly beans.
FRANKLIN-The two negroes, Nelson
Harris, who was arrested in this city, and
Lucky Steve" who was taken into Gus
tody by the Indianapolis officers. were re-
leased Wednesday. hearing was given
them but the evidence not strong
enough to hold them. No further clews
have been obtained.
:. LoGANsPORT--Thel little town of Bur-
lington, south of Logansport, on the Bur-
lington pike which has been in a state of
excitement ever since smallpox became
epidemic there, six weeks ago. Is now pre-
pared to communicate with the rest of the
world. the quarantine having been raised
on Wednesday.
RICHMOND.-The work of examining
candidates for membership in the Rich
mond company of the National Guard has
been begun and more than twenty were
passed Tuesday night. The examinations
will be continued until the membership is
sufficient to warrant mastering officer
coming here.
HARTFORD CITY.-william Breeding
and David Richardson fell from a scaffold
at the factory of the Indiana Nitroglycerin
Company. just north of this city. They fell
twenty-five feet. A 2xS timber fell on Breed
ings hip and broke Ii, making him a per-
manent cripple. Richardson escaped with
out injury.
LINTON.-An aerie of the Order Of Eagles
with witt membership of Sas. ' visiting sitting Eagles s
from all over the State were present G..
M. Ballard, of Anderson, state organizer.
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at the new Linton Hotel followed.
SEYMOUR.-Mrs. Milton D. Wells. of
Indianapolis, in a suit tried at Browns
town this week, established her right to in
herit the estate OF Thomas o. Daggy, of
Bedford. The estate Is valued at ST. 900.
Col. Russell B. Harrison was one of Mrs.
Wells's attorneys.
SHELBYVILLE.-Nex Sunday afternoon
the four new bells at the st. Vincent Cath
Ollie Church, east of here. will be blessed.
Bishop O'Donaghue will conduct the cere-
monies. The lecture will be delivered by
Rev. Father Chartrand, of Indianapolis
MICHIGAN CITY.-Albert F. Beissert
charged with embezzlement of the funds OF
the Royal Templers Of Temperance, was
taken to the county Jail at Laporte. He Is
charged with the misrepresentation of s313.67
and Is alleged to have confessed.
FORT WAYNE.-Albert c. Stiefel, former
travelling for a Cincinnati distilling
company, was sentenced to the peniteDtiary
for from one to seven years. He had used
his former position to enable him to get
checks caShed.