The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-12

NEW ALBANY.-The school enumeration
of the city of New Albany was completed
to-day, and shows a total of 6,4H persons
of school age, an increase of 81 over last
year. Taking the coeffcient 3.65, used by
the government in determining the popula-
ton of cities and towns by the school
enumerations. this would indicate the pres
ent population of New Albany to be 23.5Sl.
an increase of nearly $500 since the official
census of 1900
WINDFALL-William III. Tolle. farmer
west of this city, was probably fatally
Injured I'M In run3way near his home Tues es,
hitched with another horse to a gravel
wagon, and the team ran away. Mr.. Tolle
was pitched oLt. and two wheels of the
wagon passed over him, infiicting severe
internal injuries. He is forty-five' years
old and has a wife and several children.
ALEXANDRIA.-The Indiana Pipeline
Company. which has for many years OPP
Grated a four-inch oil line between Broad
Ripple and the pumping station in this vi
cinity. is employing a large force of men
north of the city taking 1T up, Broad Ripple
company still maintains a four-inch line
from this city to Montpelier through which
it pumps oil at $50 pounds pressure.
LOGANSPORT.-Overo one hundred labor
ers have been put TO work on the Peru
branch of the Indianapolis Northern Trac-
ton line just south of Peru, and orders
have been given to push the work as rapidly
as possible. When work on the line was
stopped last December the grading not
finished, and ii will be four or five weeks
before the grading is finished and six weeks
or more before cars are run.
PLAINFIELD.-For the third time an eff
fort will be made next Monday to incor-
porate this Quaker village. Ii is the all
absorbing theme at the present time, and
the arguments wax warmer each day. Two
elections have been held heretofore and the
project defeated What the outcome of the
third will be cannot be foretOld. as Sentl-
ment seems to be pretty evenly divided.
RICHMOND.-The organization that will
have charge of the Chautauqua to be given
in Richmond this year has been completed.
Richard Sedgwick is chairman, Theodore
Hill vice chairman, j. F. Reeves secretary,
Howard Dill treasurer. James II. Shaw su-
perintendent. The date has been set for
Aug. rs to Sept. 4. Some fine talent has
been secured.
MARION.-The Sterling Ice Company. or
ganized a few months ago, has let con-
tract for the erection of a big ice plant in
which ice will be manufactured. The COM
pany has heretofore sold lake ice. but as
soon as the new plant can be built the man
ufactured ice will be placed on the market.
This will make the second artificial ice fac
tory in Marion.
ELWOOD.-The enumeration OF school
children in Elwood was completed to-day,
the figures showing a total Of 4,031. a de-
crease of thirty-two in the past year. IL
expected that the decrease would be
much greater, owing TO the closing OF sew
eral of the factories and the removal OF
many families from the city.
SHELBYVILLE.-Th thirty-second an
nual graduating exercises of the Shelby
Vile High School will be held at the new
City Hall Thursday evening. May rs, DR..
Bryan, president of Indiana University.
having been secured to deliver the class
address There are ten members of the
class.
ANDERSON.-At roll call Wednesday
night at the police station the superintend-
ent issued orders TO the patromen TO see
that all gambling houses in the city were
closed. There are several houses here and
all will be closed up.
GEORGIA.-The Globe Construction
independent long-distance telephone line
from Mitchell TO Shoals for the Mitchell
Telephone Company. 1t will be completed
in thirty days.
GOSHEN.-The St. Joseph and Elkhart
Power Company, which operates the big
dam and power house at Hen island. will
erect a second dam on the st. Joe river at
Bristol. Ind. or Berrien. Mich.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has broken out
again in Nottingham township OF Wells
county. Five new cases developed there on
Tuesday, three OF which are in the family
of Philip Alberson, at Phoenix.
GOSHEN Smyth S Ford and Harry +.
Jackson. OF Indianapolis. canvassers for a
mercantile company. were arrested and
fined s. each for peddling rugs and laces
without city license.