The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-19
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOOSIERDOM.
Wire-Tapping Enterprise Frustrated
vesting Begun I'm Shelby county.

Louisville and West Baden Springs pool
rooms by tapping the racing wires SIX
miles north of this city along the Monon
Railroad was frustrated Thursday morn
ing. Two men had rented a vacant mouse
and had tapped the wire, their wire lead
ing down the telegraph pole and along tne
accidentally made by section hands and
the swindlers and two women hurriedly
left the house and disappeared. The house
had been fitted up with furniture pongnt
in this city, and the men evidently mtenueo
to remain for some time.
SEYMOUR.-Albert Nowlin filled up on
bad whisky Wednesday night and started
out to play desperate at Freetown. he
revolver and defed all corners. Finally
Postmaster Lucas and Dr.. Davis armed
themselves and went after the young man.
He fired at them Ave times, emptying his
revolver, but did not hit them. He re-
treated to a livery barn. but before he
could reload his weapon he was overpowereu
and taken off to jail. Nowlin recently re-
turned from the Philippines.
NEW CASTLE.-The gravel train on the
L. E. & w. Railroad parted THURSDAY
morning his side of Cambridge on a grade,
then ran together, piling up mir cars IN
a heap. The road was blocked several hours
until a wreck train from Muncie cleared
the way. Trains meanwhile detoured VIA
Whitewater and the Panhandle through
the local street improvement jobs here
struck for 81 a day instead of H.75, which
they were getting. Other men were hired In
their places.
MONON.-Farmers and land spectators
of White county are just now very much
interested in Arkansas land. This week
ifty-ive excursionists from this county
are examining the Grand Prairie country
around HaZen, Ark. Edison Kip
linger, the two-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Kiplinger. of Monticello, Tell
from a second-story window, but struck
the ground in such a way that no bones
wr1ra hrolynn opI pD oartnnS intrfrU WQC re-
ceived.
RICHMOND.-The Cambridge City Lee
ture Association has been formed for the
season of 1904. This season it will be
towns of Dublin. Milton. East Germantown
and Mount Auburn, which are near, and all
Of which are connected with Cambridge by
traction line. having been taken in. Prof.
Lee Ault is president, w. II. Doney secre-
tary and DR.. J.. B. Allen treasurer. Each
town is represented on the executive com
mittee.
TRANSFORMERS police of this place
have arrested a woman tramp, MASQUERADE
ing in male attire. She came in on q Glover
Leaf freight and spent the night in a box
car. She is about twenty-four years old
and claims to be from st. Louis, but refuses
to give her name. She says she wagered a
Chicago man that she could beat her way
from Chicago to Toledo. thence to st.
Louis, in male attire without her sex being
discovered.
IA "A Il 4 G.-liStdlldtlol "tA
held Wednesday night at the German Re-
formed Church, when the Rev. Conrad Has
sci, formerly of Gallon, o., was installed as
pastor. The services were conducted by
the Rev. II. HOFFMAN, of Poland, Ind., and
the Rev. E. vornholt, of indianapolis. DR..
Stanley M. Krebs, of Greensburg, Pa, de-
hvered the address. The Rev. Maurice
Sampson, of Mulberry, assisted. There was
a large attendance.
ELWOOD. - Announcement has been
made here OF the marriage at Vancouver,
British of Noble Knots, a for
mer Elwood teacher and a graduate of In
Huzzey, of Cornwall, England. Miss HUI
zey has relatives in Elwood and is well
known here. The marriage was celebrated
on the 10th of this month.
EvANSvILLE.-The Town Board OF
Newburg met Thursday night and selected
Henry Hockhalter clerk in the place Of the
Rev. T. j. Moody. who resigned to go to
cradle notoriety by forcing all forms OF
business to stop on Sunday. The new clerk
announced that he will not try to enforce
the blue laws.
WINAMAC. - The farmers of Pulaski
county are well pleased with khe crop out
look. The recent heavy rains have not
rusted the wheat, and no complaint Is
heard of the fly. Potatoes are In fine shape.
with the acreage large. Cornfields are look
ing we'll. oats show a fine stand. the hay
crop will be large and blackberries are
abundant.
BLOOMINGTON.-Stacy Dillman, a we'll
known farmer. aged forty. has disappeared
from his home near Ellettsville. A neigh
borhood search is in progress and every
thing possible is being lone to find him.
Dillman had become melancholy over a
farm trade and his family fear self-6estruc-
ton.
INGALLS,. Commencement exercises
were held Wednesday night. The gradu-
ates were James Alfont, Nora Teeters, Earl
Wise, Blanchard Day, Goldie Jones. Grover
Champe, Lizzie Hubbartt and Beryl CARR
son. NJ. M. Dunlap. of Anderson, delivered
the address to the class.
MUNCIE.-Prof. E. L. Hobson, of Chi
cago University, has been chosen by the
embers of the First Presbyterian Church
to fill the place of the Rev. w. III. Oxtoby,
who goes to Philadelphia. during the sum
mer. A regular pastor will be chosen later
LINTON.-Denver Long was killed or
coming out of the mine and fell backwards
down the shaft, suffering injuries from
which he died soon after his removal from
the shaft.
TERRE HAUTE.-B. L. Plogsted. of this
city. was killed by falling down stairs in
Cincinnati Wednesday night. He had gone
to that city To attend the funeral of his
mother. He was in the furniture business
here.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in Shelby
county will be begun on Friday. Conrad
Minger. a farmer of Noble township. will
begin the threshing of his grain. His whea,
will yield about two-thirds of a crop.
MADISON.-The Madison Gas and OF
Company's 1.00-foot well was shot or
Thursday without developing oil. gas OF
water and the field has been abandoned.
All the Wings to Hold a eunion
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