The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-04
Indiana Notes.

difficulties between the
city and the Elwood Electric Light Com
pany, a private corporation furnishing
lights for the streets here, was accumulated
Monday night when the City Council cut
the eompany's bill for last months service
amounting to S735, almost squarely in two,
on account of alleged inferior service.
- The figures transmitted to Superin-
tendent Meek. of the city schools, by the
an enrolment for the month of October
Of 1850 students, sixty more than the en-
rollment for the same month last year. ON
this basis the total enrolment for the year
here is estimated at $500.
LAPORTE.-William Blank. aged seven
ty-six years, is in a serious condition as
the result of being thrown from a carriage
in foc runaway, v Prof Prof . j; hlhsdie iy,
structor of history i'm the Laporte High
School. . " The SIS, 900 will contest case
brought by Nancy Snyder against Mary e.
Dudley to set aside the will of Rachel
Dawson has been compromised. Disin-
herited heirs sued to set aside the will,
and at the first trial the jury disagreed.
By the terms of the compromise the court
sets aside the will. and the sisters receive
almost as much as they would had there
been no will.
ALEXANDRIA. j. C.. Tillman. aged
twenty-five, lost his entire left hand in a
corn shredder operated on the farm of
Jacob Mittendorff Tuesday afternoon. The
little that remained of the injured member
was amputated at the city hospital. .
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Emily Hansen, both well-known young peo-
pie of this city, which occurred two weeks
ago. has just been made public. DIR.
ID. r. Ulmer, of this city, has been chosen
one of a limited number of delegates to the
Worlds international Sunday School Con-
gress to meet In Jerusalem next March.
RUSHVILLE.-The Rush County Fair
Association has elected the following new
directors: Posey township, Elmer Hutch
inson; Jackson, Sylvester Kirkpatrick:
Union. Herschel Daubenspeck; Walker. Il.
A. Jones; Noble, S. M. Poston; Rushville,
Homer Powell. John G. Hume was elected
president and Josie Miller vice president.
> An order of Pestatozzi. to which
only school teachers are eligible. has been
organized here. The order is for the mu-
tual benefit of teachers.
KOKOMO.-The Board of Health and
Superintendent of Police r. NJ. Taylor.
acting on a petition of more than 200 citi-
zens, broke up a rendezvous OF forty
Turks. Italians. Poles and other foreigners.
The gang is employed by the indianapolis
Northern Traction Company laying the
tracks in Kokomo. The gang took posses
sion of an old storeroom, where they
cooked, ate and slept in the one room.
LAWRENCEBURG.-The Lawrenceburg,
Guilford and Dover Independent Telephone
Company was granted a franchise by the
City Council Monday night on condition
transferred without the consent of the City
Council. The company, which has been In
operation for about two years in the rural
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fled section Of this city.
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Davis and wife and c. E. Ellsworth and
wife leave here this week for an extended
trip to California, working on their way in
Holiness meetings at given dates in several
large cities. The Rev. Lizzie Raj
ston, of Dunreith, has accepted a call from
the Friends Church at this place and will
move here soon.
FRANKLIN. An important business
change took place in Franklin Tuesday, j.
w. Lagrange buying the agricultural i'm
plement store of Irons, Smith 81 Tilson, one
OF the largest Establishments In the city
T. j. Irons, the head of the retiring firm
and the manager of the house, will retire
from business permanently.
MUNCIE.-The City Council has fixed
Nov. "a as the date for holding the special
election when the citizens Of Muncie will
vote to adopt or reject the special city
charter which was provided for in a bill
passed by the last Legislature.
EVANSVILLE.-The Rev. Theo. Schluodt
of this city. was on Tuesday called to the
pastorate of the First Evangelical Church
at Tell City, Ind, to take the place Of the
Rev. William +. Simon, who recently re-
signed to go to Louisville.
TIPTON.-Emory Cooper and Charles
Jones, sons of prominent residents of the
western part of the county, whom indict.
ments were returned against by the grand
! jury for larceny, have forfeited their bonds
and fled.
RICHMOND.-The largest yield of corr
reported in this section is that on the farm
of Mrs. Abram Gaar, just northeast OF
Richmond. Ten acres yielded $50 bushels
an average of eighty-three bushels to the
4 acre.