The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-14
INDIANA NOTES.

WASHINGTON.-WaIte j. Quick. an In
dianapolis stock dealer. was given judg-
ment for sS119 in the Daviess Circuit Court
against James ID. Williams. auditor of Knox
county. Williams gave his note for 500 i'm
payment for cattle supposed TO be standard
bred American polled Durham, but refused
TO pay the note, he claimed the cattle
were not as represented The costs were
assessed against Quick as Williams had
offered to confess judgment of $50, but this
was refused.
WABASH.-A number of wealthy farmers
from Jasper, Benton and other counties in
western Indiana are to come TO Wabash
county this month to invest in lands here.
The farmers have sold their lands on the
prairies for from $50 TO S110 per acre and
like a number of others who have come
to this locality recently, think Wabash
county farms are cheap al from S45 to $50
an acre. There will be twenty in the dele
cation.
EvANSvILLE.-C. Hirschberger. fire
man. lost his life as the result of col
lision OF engines on the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad near this city. One was a
switch engine, ordered TO proceed to East
St. Louis, and it met another locomotive on
a steep grade. Both machines were wrecked.
The crew escaped by jumping except the
one fireman.
GREENSBURG-A glass plant from
Hartford City is seeking location in this
city The firm promises to employ at
least one hundred hands and will furnish
its own gas. 1t asks fer a bonus of $1,000
and two acres of ground. y meeting of the
Improvement Association will be held early
I'm the coming week to consider the propo-
siton.
GOSHEN.-A local council of the order
of American Commercial Travellers was or
ganized here Saturday evening with twenty
one charter members. banquet at the
Hotel Hascdll followed the iniatOry work i'm
charge of Grand Councillor Morris. of In
dianapolis. Grand Secretary +. Johnson, of
indianapolis, and other Grand Lodge Off
GERS.
SHELBYVILLE.-The second floor of the
nil aaI hxr
gave way Saturday noon, the large beams
and joists falling about a foot. Ii was
caused by the weight OF a large amount of
meal stored in that part of the building.
The outside wall was not strong enough To
withstand the pressure.
RUSHVILLE.-Mrs Lucinda Bravard. of
Morristown. has brought suit i'm the Rush
Circuit Court against the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton & Dayton Railway Company for
$4,000 damages for injuries received on May
13, 1903. at Morristown, when her collar
bone was broken and her shoulder diSlo-
Gated.
BLOOMINGTON.-Wh Horace Blake
lev a well-known resident here and a trav-
cling salesman for Schnull & Co, of Indi-
was was accidentally discharged. His left hand
was so mangled that amputatiOn at the
wrist was necessary
CONNERSVILLE.-W he was going
home, Friday evening, William Devore, an
aged resident, slipped and fell heavily
the ice. His right leg twisted under him
and was broken near the hip. He was re-
moved TO his home at Terrace Place His
condition Is critical
PETERSBURG.-S. V. Levi. the wealth.
lest merchant i'm Oakland City has been
elected treasurer and secretary of a shoe
manufacturing company organized i'm
Evansville, having a capital Of $4,000 The
company viii make boots and shoes for
boys.
ALEXANDRIA.-In a rear-end collision
of freishts in the Lake Erie & Western
yards In this city at noon. Engine 81 and
Caboose 1i6 were badly smashed, and
George Wells a brakeman. OF Lima o..
received broken leg by jumping. He was
taken home.
MONTICELLO.-At the organization of
tho White county Democratic committee
vote was taken on candidates for President
out OF twenty-five members present six
teen voted for Parker and one each for
Mcclellan, Hill. Harrison. Hearst. Gray and
German