The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS.
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALI OVER HOOSIERDOM.
New Albany Family Poisoned by
Pike-SeveraI Minor Accidents.

SHELBYVILLE.-Wh threshing is un-
der way in Shelby county and the yield Is
considerably better than expected. some
fields average from twenty-five TO thirty
bushels to the acre of good quality. With
good weather the crop will be out or the
way by the end of the week. The
congregation of the First Methodist Church
on Sunday raised $1,000 toward the fund for
the new Methodist hospital at Indianapo-
lis. Twenty members OF sneipy
Lodge, No Is, +. and A. NJ, Will attend a
meeting Of Oriental Lodge in Indianapolis
Tuesday night, when a large class will be
initiated in the third degree.
ELKHART.- Trinity Methodist Sunday
school of this city made an effort Sunday
to take the biggest Children's day collection
in the country and 226 one-dolar subscrip-
tons were made to the Cokesbury Guild and
S12 was taken up in general collection, maxi
ing a total Of $685. as compared to 1903 last
year when this school beat the Troy, o.,
school by one dollar Troy had held the ban
ner ten years. Last year, however, War
saw, Ind, reported a total of sos.
NEW ALBANY.-Eljah Peyton and sew
eral members Of his family were made Sc
riously sick Sunday evening, presumably by
the eating of canned sardines. Peyton and
his wife were not expected to live for
time, but antidotes for ptomaine poisoning
were given. and by Monday noon they were
out Of danger. Those who ate sparingly were
affected TO a less degree. and those who
did not partake of the fish were not made
sick.
Observation-Disclosures of this place are
much exercised over the doings of a fake
street fair aggregation which came here on
Saturday and after securing subscriptions
to the amount of $50 in the furtherance of
their plans attempted TO give high-diving
exhibit and a balloon ascension. Most OF
the men connected with the outfit were
drunk and neither of the exhibits was
success.
PETERSBURG.-Whea harvest in Pike
county was completed on Saturday. The
crop is inferior in quality and is not more
than half crop at best. The work
of drilling new gas we'll has been begun
by the Merchants Association. If 1t Is
good we'll its output will be used as an in
ducement for the location of new industries
here.
BLOOMINGDALE.-Ro Banta of this
place, was severely hurt Saturday evening
at Rosedale by the collapse of scaffold
on new church there on which he was
working. One leg was broken, the knee
joint was crushed, a falling timber cut his
head and he received internal injuries. He
was taken to the hospital at Terre Haute.
ELKHART.-The body of a man, proba-
bly, tramp, aged about thirty. was found
floating in the st. Joseph river on Mon
day. The drowning took place here, as the
body could not go over the dam. Later in
formation is to the effect that the body may
be that of William Elverand, who disap
peared from South Bend on Saturday.
RICHMOND-The Richmond Ministerial
Association has decided to make an effort
to secure the annual convention of the In
diana Sunday-schoOl Association for Rich
mona next year. LII. .. ~ Ly OuS, Vi the
United Presbyterian Church, was appointed
to attend this years convention at Winona
and present Richmonds claims.
NEW CASTLE.-A runaway here Monday
afternoon smashed five rigs, injured two
horses and narrowly missed the injury of
several persons. The trouble was accom-
plished by horse hitched to a light cart
The assessment sheets of the county
assessor show an addition of $37,240 to the
list I'm personal property alone.
LOGANSPORT.-While trial was in
progress in a Justices court, James O'Don-
nell one of the witnesses, was found to be
physically unable to climb the stairway
leading to the courtroom, and to accommo-
date him, court was moved into his cab
where he was sworn in and his testimony
taken.
MONON.-An unknown bicyclist fright
ened a colt which Roland Railey was break
ing to buggy use on Monday ana the ami
NAL ran away The buggy was demolished,
one of Railey's legs was broken in two
places and he received serious internal In
jUries.
vINCENNES.-Maud Cox, twenty-five
years old, of Washington, took big dose
of morphine Monday night with suicidal
intent at the house of Jesse Haythorn and
will die. Disappointment in a love affair
was the cause.
TIPTON.-The family of James Margeat,
north of this city, has been quarantined on
account of the smallpox, the eighteen-year-
old son Of Margeat being afflicted with the
disease.