The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-06
INDIANA NOTES.

MOORE'S HILL.-The Moore's Hill
Building and Loan Association has elected
hart; vice president, r.. +. Justis; secre-
tary, Charles Schabel; treasurer II. d.
Moore; solicitor, j. f. Givan- The directors
Milford, j. r. Sutton, j. r. French, Frank
Turner, George Schabel dividend of 3.S5
per cent. was declared for the last SIX
months, making total for the year of 7.S5
per cent.
NEW ALBANY-Patrolman Thomas
Courtney, charged by Sergeant William
Adams with INSTRUMENTATION, showing dis
respect to a superior officer and attempt
ing to draw a revolver when Sergeant
Adams demonstrated with him for his con-
duct. was found guilty by the police board
and was dismissed from the department A
charge of intoxication while on duty was
not sustained.
GREENSBURG.-The Garland Milling
Company, of this CITY, has been compelled
to suppend operations account of a
shortage of coal. The plant consumes forty
tons of coal every five days, and three car
loads of coal due here several days ago
have become lost in transit The mill will
remain idle until coal arrives, which prob
ably will be within week.
ANDERSON.-A- j. Baker, who was re-
Gently tried here for the murder OF Fred
Keiser, of Elwood. is very sick at the jail
Baker has worried ever since his confine-
ment and the nature OF the disagreement
at the trial just ended has increased rather
than Iessened his fretting. He has been I'M
able to secure the amount necessary Tor
bail.
SHELBYVILLE.-The rural mail business
of the local postoffice for January shows
great increase over the business OF Decem-
Der, notwithstanding the heavy Christmas
business of that month. The seven rural
route carriers delivered $1,000 pieces of
mail matter during January, an increase or
% per cent. over December
VINCENNES.-Denny Simms. twenty-one
years DID, seriously injured while re-
turning from a hunt. He was resting on
the muzzle of his gun beside wood pile,
talking TO Truman Dayson on the latter s
farm, when the gun exploded and shot off
Simmss left hand and a portion of his
scalp.
ELWOOD-Eagles from all over this part
of the State were here Friday night to par
ticipate in the exercises attending the ini-
tiation of a class of fifty candidates The
Kokomo team, which came with $50 mem
bers of the aerie there, did the work, which
was followed by banquet.
PERU.-Joseph Hartwick. the Wabash
switchman whose head was crushed here
on Wednesday between the buffers of two
passenger cars, died Friday at the Wabash
Railway Hospital In Peru. The family took
the remains to Logansport, the former
home, for burial
COLUMBUS.AThe City Council has or
dered the issue of $1lO 900 worth of bonds
of the denomination OF $1,000, to run ten
years. The issue is to be made to defray
the expenses of installing the new electric
lighting system for the city.
SUMNER-William Meyrose was seri-
ously hurt by falling from the work train
on the Big Four Railroad near Weisburg
and about one hour later Fred Bush, a
workman on the same train, lost one hand
by crushing il.
TELL CITY-Dr. Walter j. Cluthe, of
this city. was appointed by the County
Commissioners as secretary OF the County
nett, of Derby.
FRANKLIN.-The Democrats of Nineveh
township held a primary convention on
Thursday Thomas w. Cravens was NOM
mated for trustee and Asa b. Cobb for as
SCISSOR.