The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-06
INDIANA NOTES.

AUBCRN.-The following corps of teach
ers have been selected for the coming year
at a meeting of the School Board: B. b.
Harrison, superintendent; o. d. Tyner,
principal of the high school; Lydia Leasure,
assistant principal; Moe provinces. Annie
Bevier. Herman Brown, Walter Ulm, Ida
Gratz. Della Maginnus, Lizzie Smell. Mae
Welsh. Jessie Peterson, Lydia Teeters,
Sadie Bryant, Lora Lamb, Margaret Buck
ley and Flora Hoffman.
GREENWOOD.-This week has been filled
with the exercises incident to the COM
mencement of the Greenwood High School
On Sunday DR.. Landis of the Baptist
Church. preached the baccalaureate sermon
and on Wednesday night the juniors enter
tanned the seniors and the teachers at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Stanton. There
are six young women in the class. The
commencement will take place on Friday
night.
sent in for the appointment of John Cooper
for postmaster at Beardstown in place of
NJ. n. Beardsley, resigned. P. NJ. Query
who made the race on the Republican tick
ct for treasurer two years ago, has been
recommended as the postmaster for Media
ryville by the county central committee In
place of A. q. Lewark.
BEDFORD-The three-year-old daughter
of DR.. III. NJ. Paynter narrowly escaped
death by eating poisoned food thrown out
by an unknown person for dog to eat The
child found a nicely buttered fresh biscuit
in the yard and ate a few mouthfuls She
soon developed symptoms of arsenical poi
somng, and only prompt and energetic med
ical help saved her.
LAWRENCEBURG.-A remarkable fam
lily reunion was celebrated on Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Eliza Miller Hayes
near the state line, il being her eighty
sixth birthday. Representatives of five gen.
erations were present including eight chill
dren, 147 grandchildreny fifty-seven great
grandchildren and eleven great-great-grand-
children
ROCKPORT.-The Commissioners of
Spencer county have granted a franchise
to the Evansville & Eastern Railway 20
build construct and operate it's lines in this
county. The road will be built direct from
Evansville to this city. Surveyor James
Saunders, with force of ten men, crossed
Pigeon creek and entered this county
Thursday morning.
WILLIAMSPORT.-Th seventeenth an
nual commencement of the Williamsport
High School was held Wednesday night
The address TO the class was by DR.. WAL
ter d. Cole, of Lafayette. Della Bottorff
r. c. Brier, Carl Bowlus, Roe Fleming
Donald Crawford. Fred Frame, Esther
Dick and Elsie Rose were the graduates.
FRANKLIN.-Walrer H. Unversaw of
this city, has announced that he will be
candidate for supreme representative of the
Maccabees for Indiana. The State meeting
of the order will be held at Terre Haute
next week. Unversaw is adjutant of the
Third Regiment of the State militia and
is prominent in secret orders.
WABASH-The annual district meeting
of the Wabash District Christian Endeavor
concluded a two days session Thursday
afternoon. The attendance was not large.
The next meeting will be held at Amboy
next May. Miss Rousch. of Jonesboro, was
elected secretary. the only Office to be filled
NEW CASTLE.-By a compromise in the
case of John w. Bersschieker the c.
c., c. & st. l.. Railroad the plaintiff gets
5000. The case was brought here on a
change of venue from Rushville. and the
demand was for damages for personal in
juries.
RUSHVILLE- = The seven weeks old
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill, of Milroy.
died in its mothers arms while she was
driving near Milroy. She thought the baby
was asleep until she showed IL TO a friend,
who discovered that the child was dead.
COMMUNICATIONS L. Downs. for
merly of Indianapolis. has issued the first
number of his paper, the Republican. neat
four-page. eight-column sheet. whose an
nounced mission is to put Warrick county
perma nently in the Republican column.
RICHMOND.-The Sunday-school con-
vention of the Whitewater Valley Associa-
ton will be held in the Baptist Church at
Cambridge City on May II. An interesting
programme has been prepared.