Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1899 — Page 1

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safely into port Sailed the Good Ship Bulgaria Last Friday Morning, Giving the Signal, “All’s Well. ADA-1 BROWN AND JOHN YAGER ARE AT THE AZORE ISLANDS AFTER A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE ON THE SEAS. The Bulgaria with all on board is sa f e This is the glorious news which arrived here at an early hour last Friday morning. Glorious because on board the weather beaten vessel were two Adams county men, who had on the previous day been mourned as deail As stated last week the Bulgaria. a steamer belonging to the Hamburg-American line, left New York January 28 for Hamburg, Ger m anv, having aboard forty-one passengers and a crew of ninety-eight men. After being out three days she encountered a severe storm which soon disabled the machinery and for many davs the good ship was at the mercy of the waves. A leak was sprung and for hours the boat sank gradually. Several vessels standing near tried to render aid but were powerless. The Weehawken finally succeeded in recuing twenty-five women and children, and then the terrible fury of the storm increased and the ships were washed apart. From that time on until last Thursday nothing was heard of the ship, and relatives and friends mourned those onboard as lost. This fear was increased when the Vittoria landed at Baltimore last Thursday morning with five members of the crew of the Bulgaria, who had succeeded in getting away in a boat and were, after three hours and a half, picked up by the above vessel. These men told of the terrible sufferings of the passengers and crew, and said that although the 150 horses and a large part of the rest of the cargo had been cast overboard the vessel was sinking quite rapidly when they left it. This seemed to be conclusive evidence of the loss of the ship and of all on board including Adam Brown and John Yager of this county. The surprise came on Friday morning and the dispatches which told of the safe arrival of the vessel at the Azore islands were received with great joy by our citizens. Dispatches were received by Mrs. Adam Brown, E. X. Ehinger and the Democrat office. They all read alxnit a like and gave the glad tidings that “the Bulgaria had arrived at Ponta del Gada, Azores, that morning and was signaling ‘all's well'." Later news confirmed the report, and said that only one man, a sailor, had been lost and he had committed suicide. Saturday’s papers contained the following dispatch, telling of the arrival of the ship at Ponta del Gada: “The Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria, Captain Schmidt, from New York on January 28, for Hamburg, which the British tank steamer Weehawken reported in distress 800 miles from the Azore islands, is entering this port. All on board the Bulgaria are in good health. The British tank steamer AVeehawken arrived at Ponta del Gada on February 18 with twenty-five passengers which she had taken off the Bulgaria. The Bulgaria was spoken to by the Weehawken on Febrnarv 5. She was pronounced to be in a sinking condition. She had a crew of ninety-eight men and carried forty-one passengers. The Weehawken lost sight of the Bulgaria during the night of February 5, and was obliged to proceed, her small boats having been swept away and her bunkers being full of water. The rescued passengers of the Bulgaria reported that the cargo of the Bulgaria shifted, throwing the steamer on her beam, and that, although a quantity of her cargo was jettisoned, the crew were unable to right her. During the gale 100 horses were lost from the Bulgaria and a boat with five in her went adrift, the Bulgaria, it appears, stopped eleven days, during which she was engaged in repairing her machinery and rudder. She lost one man during ne operation. The British steamer Antilhan, Captain Fost, from Liverpool on February 4, for New Orleans, attempted to take the Bulgaria in tow. u ‘ gave up the task. The Bulgaria ® T ® n 'ually proceeded alone.” No urther details of the trip have been guen out excepting the following meh was sent from Ponta del Gada, ‘ a ur day: The passengers of the mgana give thrilling details of their x Pettonees. They feared the vessel oui<| fc under at any moment. Her SBgineer was heard to threaten to oot the first man who shirked work refused to perform duty. There as as yet l>een no direct word from l.°"P ? r but their friends re feel assured of their safety. ‘ S a . ! nar k of Emperor William’s v : ’ J or .Captain Schmidt's ser- ,'' s , 111 bringing the ship safely to tha ’ las upon that officer ~c ' r oss °f commander of the Hohensvilier? ' am i’y order. The Emperor th ? sn r -' var d the other members of ii 5,.,./* 1 "' a ”d has requested that their whn rhose of the passengers J "id valiant work be sent to him.

In another column of this issue will be found an interesting letter from Miss Hattie Studabaker, who is now sojourning in the Holv Lands. Her friends will, no doubt, read the account of her travels with much interest. Hon. Thomas J. Hogan and E. C. Case, prominent Chicago attorneys, and A. Godlieb a capitalist of that city, were here on business last Monday. The attorneys were admitted to practice before the Adams county court. Mr. Hogan was one of the attorneys in the famous Luetgart murder case, tried in Chicago about a year ago. Charles Battenberg returned from Hamburg, Germany, Sunday’ evening, where he has been since last August in the interest of John Nidlinger, the well known horse dealer. Charley is in better health than he has been for years and says the climate of Germany agrees with him to a dot. He will very probably return within a few weeks. AA hen the new’ home of Congressman Charles B. Landis, at Delphi, is completed, it will have a window, the glass of which was taken from the Maria Teressa, the Spanish warship sunk at Santiago. AVhile Mrs. Landis was viewing the wreck, some weeks ago, she noticed the glass, and divers secured it for her. The piece is large enough for a hall window. Martin Hoile, of Union township, died at his home about seven miles east of this city, AVednesday evening of last week of pneumonia. Martin was twenty-one years old and was the son of William Hoile, a prominent fanner of Union. He had been sick but a few days and his sad death was a great shock to his many friends and relatives.

Sir J. William Bosse, proprietor of the opera house, strode into this office last Saturday morning and in a deep, stentorian voice commanded that “all hands cease labor”. Surprised at such orders the boys stood aghast, but quickly revived when Billy said, “Gentlemen, what do you want, it's a boy” ? Well, the gentlemen took goods ones and here’s hoping that Prof. Bosse, Jr., may live long and prosper. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Wheelmen have some rights in the streets that drivers of heavy wagons and of all characters of vehicles are bound to respect. The supreme court Wednesday rendered a decision affirming the judgment of the Vanderburg circuit court in awarding judgment to Harry N. Ball for SI,OOO against the F. W. Cook brewing company. Ball, while riding his bicycle along Eighth street in that city, was run into by the driver of one of the brewing company’s wagons. Superintendent Hunter, of the G. R. & 1., and Reynolds of the Chicago & Erie railways, were in the city the latter part of last week and were in conference about something. Just what will lie the outcome of their visit cannot yet bedetermined, but those who are in a position to know think the inter locking switch system will be put in on these roads. They spent most of their time looking over the grounds near the target. Perhaps they are figuring on a union depot. Whatever their intentions we will probably know within a few days, but just at present the inter locking switch and union depot are merely conjectures. Court proceedings for the past week can be told in the following: State vs John C. F. Manlgy, continued. John Connett vs The Wabash Railwav Company, application by defendant for a struck jury. Abraham Gottlieb exparte, admission to bar. Ervin C. Case, exparte, admitted to bar. State vs William Sheets, two cases fined S2O in one and $3 in another, theindictmentscharging selling liquor without license. State vs Jeremiah Jones, the defendant sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a term of not less than two years and not more than fourteen. State vs Daniel Harden, set for trial March 29. Eugene Wahli vs Jeff Lehman, exparte, set for trial March 30. John Reynolds vs John D. Steele, set for trial April 21. The Louisville. Ky., Times of Febuary 20th, contained a beautiful halftone cut of the members of the Bloomington Glee club of which Chalmer Schafer of this city, is a member. The Times also published the following notice of the club: “The Indiana University Glee and Mandolin Club, composed of seventeen college boys from the State University at Bloomington gave a sacred concert at the Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ Home yesterday afternoon. The chapel was crowded. The singing was of high order, the solos of Messrs. Hassler and Bracken being exceptionally fine. This afternoon the club will give a concert at the Jeffersonville Reformatory and tonight will appear at Jeffersonville under the auspices of the Teachers’ Association and the City Relief Association. Stanton L. \\ ilhite, who recently appeared in a lead in" Chicago theater with success, is a member of the club. The organization is enroute to the De F uniak Springs, Fla., Chautauqua. This is the most extensively traveled club in the country, having appeared in ten states, traveling over 7,000 miles during the . past year." *

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1899.

John S, Bowers & Co. are doing considerable remodeling in their hardware establishment on Monroe street and preparations for a much larger stock are being made. The boys are deserving hustlers. C. Kourt and family of Chicago, spent Sunday in the city, the guests of relatives and friends. Mr. Kourt was formerly an Adams county lx>y, but during the past six years has been a resident of Blue Island, a suburb of Chicago. He is employed as a fireman on the Rock Island railway. They returned home Tuesday. In speaking of the bowling contest between the Decatur and Huntington teams, which was played at the latter place last week, the Huntington NewsDemocrat said: “Huntington won the series by a score of 137 pins. The Decatur boys were fine bowlers and perfect gentlemen. The large crowd present was very enthusiastic throughout the game.” Even the final settlement of a man’s estate after his death does not free it from the claims of the state for back taxes. If it can be shown that he fraudently concealed his taxable property in his life time the settlement may be set aside and the unpaid taxes recovered. The Indiana supreme court so held, affirming the case of Mary A. Gorham against the auditor of Daviess county. The Aurora, Decatur’s High Shool Journal said: “A reorganization of the alumni of the Decatur High School has been suggested by several of its members. AVe hope this can and will be done. Soon some of us will be of their number and we are anxious that the reorganization be perfected.” This matter should certainly be looked after. Scarcely another school in the state is with out their alumni and we should be up-to-date. Lets reorganize at once. The average merchant will get angry if you tell him you don’t believe there are any good reasons why people should patronize him in preference to his competitors. Thus aroused he will pour out reasons —good reasons, too—enough to fill a book. But it rarely occurs to the average merchant to give the public those reasons in his advertising. He doesn’t seem to realize that such is the best sort of advertising the only sort of advertising that is real advertising. Indiana railroads, after next Sunday, will be obliged to receive for transportation bodies of persons who have died of smallpox, diphtheria, anthrax, glanders, scarlet fever, leprosy and other contagious diseases, when the same are accompanied by certificates of licensed embalmers. Heretofore the companies have been authorized to refuse such corpses, to the serious inconvenience and distress of relatives of the deceased. The licensed embalmers, however, are required to so treat the bodies that there shall be no danger of infection, and will be supplied with blank certificates by local health officers. The new regulation is not relished by the railway companies. The bowling club of this city were at Portland last Thursday evening, where thej’ defeated the famous team of that city. The Portland boys announced that they would prefer to decide the contest by the games played instead of by the number of pins made and our boys defeated them by winning three’ out of four games. The games were interesting and closely contested and the victory is not a small one for Captain France and his corps of able assistants. The scores ’ of the games as played were: Deca , tur, 723, 642, 724, 720; Portland, 636,, 751,663,797. The teams were: Decatur, Kintz, D. Christen, C. Christen, France, Bolds; Portland, AValtz, Hilton, Circles, Gilpin, Hartzel. The | game was witnessed by a large num-I ber of people. The annual edition of the Catholic church directory has just been issued and is a carefully prepared compendium of statistical information. From this comprehensive directory can be gleaned an interesting story of the conditions surrounding the church in Indiana: The northern diocese, em bracing all the northern counties of the state and known as the diocese of Ft. AVayne, has at its head the Rt, Rev. Joseph Rademacher as bishop the archiepiscopal residence l>eing at Ft. AVayne. Its statistics at the close of the past year were as follows: Diocesan priests, 104: priests of religious orders (those at Notre Dame included), 62; total, 166. Churches with resident priests, 99; stations (places having no church), 12; chapels, 34; total, 145. Universities. 1 (Notre Dame): professors, 46; students, 620. Seminaries for the education of priests 2; (Notre Dame and Rensselaer.) Academies for young women, 12; pupils, 1,838. Parochial schools. 72; scholars, 11,532. Orphan asylums (Lafayette and Ft. AVayne), 2; total' orphans, 274. Total young people in the diocese under catholic care, 12,641. Hospitals, 7: (Ft. AVayne. Anderson. Hammond, Lafayette, Logansport, Peru and South Bend.) Home for old people. 1. (Ft. AVayne.) Marriages solemnized in the diocese during the vear 1898, 622: baptisms, 2.986, funerals, 1,056. Catholic population of the diocese (estimated) 70.000. [

Si Plunkard and his troupe of Yankee farmers were at Bosse’s opera house last evening and gave an excellent performance and the entire show was a worthy one. The street parade was a unique one and their orchestra was among the finest ever heard here. It is said that the mustering out of the 160th regiment which is announced to take place March 15, will not take place at Washington as first announced, but at Jacksonville, Florida. The officers fear it would lx? too sudden a change to plunge the men who have spent the winter under a boiling Cuban sun into the frigid spring weather of Indiana. They will be brought north by degrees. New circuit court cases filed during the week are Samuel Simison vs AVesley Lawson, foreclosure. Sarah Shuman vs Emil Franz, note 8100. Catharine Alexander vs Nicholson Hoehamer, note 8695. Peterson & Lutz vs John Hyatt, attachment. John Niblick et al vs Michael J. AVertzberger. Jacob Wegmiller vs Thos. E. Mann, from J. P. Charles Franz Reichart vs Charles Simon et al, quiet title. Deputy-Sheriff F. E. McLain left Tuesday evening, with AVill Kelly alias Jeremiah Jones, for Jeffersonville where he will hand said Jones over to the prison authorities. Jones is the young man who was convicted of house breaking last week. His sentence is from two to fourteen years. Mayor A. P. Beaty accompained them and will visit the reformatory. On their return Messrs. McLain and Beatty will spend a few days at Indianapolis. The bnefits to be derived from advertising are in the future as well as what you may get at the present. Advertising is something like making a snowball the farther you go the bigger it grows. If, after you have rolled your snowball a little distance, you stop rolling it, and begin another one, you are expanding an extra labor instead of accumulating, while if you had kept on rolling the old ball it would soon grow to much large proportions than any new one you could start. The many friends of Miss Leo Case will no doubt be surprised to learn that that very estimable young lady was united in marriage last Sunday evening to Mr. 0. A. Alspaugh, of AVillshire, Ohio. The ceremony was a very quiet one and was performed by Rev. Snodgrass at his home in Willshire. Miss Case has for several years been one of Decatur’s most popular young ladies. She is a graduate of our high schools and has many friends here who wish her all possible joy and prosperity for the future. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AA’ood Case. Mr. Alspaugh is a member of the leading clothing firm of AVillshire and is an excellent young man. AA'e extend congratulations.

Clark Coverdale as attorney for the plaintiff, has filed a suit before’Squire E. G. Coverdale, entitled AVoodruff vs Foreman, suit on contract, demand 860. Among other allegations the complaint says that on December 30, 1898, a contract was entered into by and between Thomas AVoodruff and Amos Foreman, whereby the former w’as to accompany a car load of horses from this city to Hambuurg, Germany, and to properly care for same; that said AVoodruff was to receive one dollar per day and expenses for said labor; that AVoodruff faithfully per- ’ formed said duties but has not yet I been recompensed for same. Foreman claims that the bill has been paid ■in full. The case will not be tried ! until April 28, as some witnesses I necessary are in Germany and their depositions cannot be obtained before that time. The weather during the month of March will be quite varied and according to Foster’s forecast will come in about the following order: “A heavy storm will cross the countinent from Ist to sth. The next disturbance will reach the Pacific cost about March 6, crossing west of Rockies country by close of 7th, great central valleys Bth to 10th. eastern states 11th. Warm wave will cross west of Rockies country about March 6. great central valleys 7th, eastern states 10th. Cool wave will cross west of Rockies country about March 9, great central valleys 11th, eastern states 13th. Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m., March 13, will average above normal east of the Rockies and below west. Precipitation for the same period will be above east of the Rockies and about normal west. Three cold waves will cross the continent from west to east during March, and the lowest part of these depressions will reach the general north and south line of the Mississippi river about March 4. 13 and 31. Three warm waves will move across the continent from west to east, reaching the Mississippi river about March 9, 16 and 21, The last one will be a great high temperature wave and will be followed by a cold wave and blizzard. Rainfall of March will be excessive in the great central valleys, eastern states and north Pacific slope, except in the western parts of Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota where, and on all the balance of the continent, rainfall will lx* below normal.”

Milton Studabaker, of Missouri, was the guest of his uncle David Studabaker, and family of this city over Sunday. He is a son of Abraham Studabaker who was formerly a resident of Beuna A’ista, but who for the past twenty years has lived in Missouri. Milton left for Bluffton yesterday. He will also visit friends at his old home before returning to the west. A special venire was issued by Clerk Lenhart Tuesday, sixteen of whom will be summoned to appear March 7, and if acceptable will serve as jurors in the case of John Connett vs the Wabash railway company, a case venued here from the Allen circuit court, The venire consists of Joshua Bright, Elmer Cook, Joseph Rich, Boyd Daugherty, C. M. AA’eldy, Henry Dirkson, John S. Falk, Charles F. True, Samuel S. Steele, M. M. Herr, George AV. Woodward, Martin Laughlin, A. J. Sipe, AVilliam A. Keubler, Charles Yager and Horace Porter. The Pope of Rome is very low with pneumonia and his recovery is reported doubtful. Dispatches received yesterday said: “Lapponi will sleep at the Vatican tonight. He declines to give any information. Dr. Mazzoni also visited the pope occassionally during the day. Callers at the Vatican found everything in usual condition there, and all inquiries were met with a denial that the pope’s indisposition is serious. The receptions for March 2nd and the service in the papal chapel fixed for the following day, have lx?en countermanded.” Chris Bochnect’s saloon was broken into early last Sunday evening and burglarized. The cash register was broken open and about ten dollars in cash taken. A peculiar fact is that about ninety dollars, which was in a money drawer nearby was untouched. The burglars affected an entrance by boring a hole in the rear door large enough to put the hand through and unbolt the night latch. Night-watch-man Geary discovered that the door had been opened on his first round and immediately notified Bochnect. It is thought that the work was done by home talent, and it is probable that they were frightened away before they had an opportunity to find the ninety dollars. Rev. Edwin T. Gregg, pastor of the Grace M. E. church at Kokomo, delivered his lecture, “S. S. 5.,” at Bosse s opera house last Friday evening, his appearance being the fourth entertainment of the Business Men’s Lecture course. Rev. Gregg is known to all our citizens and it is unnecessary to say that his subject was well handled and his lecture among the very best of the course. His subject, “S. S. 5.,” are indicative of “Sensitiveness, Sentiment, Sense,” and each branch of the subject was explained and illustrated in the Reverend’s usual happy manner. His remarks were well received by the large audience, which go to show that he is still a favorite among the people with whom he labored for five years. The next and last number of the course will be given tomorrow evening, when Fros. Earle AVilfley will give a review of the popular novel “Quo Vadis.” James E. Edington, for years one of Decatur’s leading business men, died at his home in the south part of I the city last Saturday morning. He I had been sick for more than a yearl and death came as a welcome relief to [ his long sufferings. In January, 1898, i he was taken ill with catarrhal fever, [ with which he suffered for some weeks : and which gradually grew’ into a slow I form of consumption. After several | months he rallied sufficiently to come down street a few’ times, but as the cold weather of winter set in he was i again confined to his bed, growing ( slowly weaker and nearer to the much ! wished for Haven of rest, until Satur-1 day morning, when his soul winged its flight to theimmortal home. James ; E. Edington was born in Athens county, Ohio, August 25, 1835 and died at! Decatur, Indiana, February 25, 1899, aged sixty-three years and six months. In 1842 his parents removed with him to Wells county, where he grew to manhood. In 1863 he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry and marched to the defense of: his home and country. After two years of hard service, he w’as mustered out at Boonsville, Texas, and returned to Indiana. A short time after his return he was married to Miss Sarah Lichtenwalter of Hoagland, to whom were born eight children, seven sons and one daughter, all of whom with the aged wife and mother remain to mourn the loss of a kind and indul j gent husband and father. Mr. Ed-1 ington was for many years engaged , in the grocery business in this city i and at the time he was taken ill was | employed by Sprang & True at their ! west end store. He was an honest, I industrious and upright citizen and all who knew him were his friends. He was a faithful member of the Evangelical church having united with that creed in 1881, since which time he has been one of the most earnest workers for Christianity. Funeral. services were conducted by Rev. AV. H. Mygrant at the Evangelical church Monday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Interment at Maplewood cemetery.

CIRCULATION 2400 WEEKLY

NUMBER 51

Daniel Railing, who lately returned |to this city from Cuba, whither he ( had been on a speculative tour of several weeks, is again on his way to that I island, he and J. T. Archbold hav- , ing left for Havana last Thursday I evening. They will engage in the j shipping of cattle and sheep to that [ country. The Democrat hopes for these gentlemen a prosperous future in the enterprise. On last Saturday evening a number of relatives and friends gathered at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. C. AA’. Hocker in Monroe, to remind Mrs. Hocker that she had reached the forty-third mile stone of life’s journey. Refreshments were served and an enjoyable evening was spent by all present. May Mrs. Hocker 'have many more such happy occasions was the wish of all assembled. It was a complete surprise upon that estimable lady. Another case against the AVabash railway will be tried before the Adams circuit court next week. The ease is one w herein the workings of the interlocking switch are in question as are also the new’ engines lately brought into service on the Wabash I lines. France & Son who have been employed to assist in trying the case, yesterday received by express a model of an engine upon an interlocking track. The model is a perfect one and shows each and every department of the train, track and switch. The pattern is taken from engine 440 of the New York Central company. It is a beautiful exhibit of workmanship and is here for the purpose of explaining the interlocking switch to the jurors. Game number two of the Hunting-ton-Decatur series of bowding games was played at the Monroe street alleys in this city Tuesday evening. Decatur won the game by sixty-one points. The teams made the following averages: Kintz 142, Peterson 142, Christen 121, France 131, Bolds 155. Muckley 139, Cast 144, AA’heeler 133, Emley 135 and Swartz 135. The scores of the games were as follows: Decatur, 625, 727, 726, 742 and 636; Huntington, 635, 660, 744, 661 and 695. Decatur scored 3,456 pins while Huntington made 3,395, the former thus winning the evening’s play by sixty-one pins. Highest score was made by Emley of the visitors, 183, while Bolds made the high score among the home club and also the high average, his score being 173 and his average 155. The visitors were clever gentlemen and excellent bowlers. A return game will lx? played at Huntington, Tuesday evening, March 31. A lunch w’as served after the game. The contracts for the erection of a handsome three story brick block were let last Thursday evening by Messrs. Studabaker & Allison. The new buildings will be erected on the cor- ■ ner of Second and Madison streets, on the ground where the buildings formerly occupied by Everett, Hite & Co., Frank Gast & Co., and Cordua & Roop now stands. The plans were drawn by Hiram Elder, Architect, of Marion, and have been exhibited at the Old Adams County Bank for several weeks. About every contractor in this part of the state bid on the work and | the figures ran from 812,822 to 815,476. Bids were received up to two o’clock Thursday afternoon at which time thirty-five had been properly registered. The work of considering the estimated worth of erecting such a block 1 was began at once and in the evening lof the same day the contracts were accordingly awarded. It was found j that by dividing the work and award- : ing the contracts for different kinds ’of work to different people, almost 181,000 could lx? saved and it was finally decided to do this, and the contracts were let as follows: Foundation and excavation. F. M. Benner. Marion; brick work, Wellman & Meadows, Jonesboro; cut stone, John Evans, Jonesboro; plumbing, P. J. Hyland, Decatur; galvanized iron and tin, Gerding & Aumann Bros., Fort AVayne; carpenter work, Baker & Christen, Decatur; plastering, Mann & Reynolds; painting, A. Gregory At Son, Decatur. Besides these contracts the owmers of the building are to furnish the plate glass, furnace and mantles, these articles not being allowed in any of said contracts. The work of tearing down the old buildings and hauling away the material was awarded as follows: Frame building, Perry Sells; brick building, Elisha Reynolds. The work has already commenced and w’ill be completed within a few days. The bids on the construction of the new block, everything to be furnished by the contractors, were: E. A. Mann, city, 813,619; AV eaver & Suttles, city, 813,587; Ora Moon, city, 814,478; AV. H. Myers, city, 813,765; Baker & Christen, city. 812.725; Linn & Patton, city, 813,453; Huffman & Liddv, Linn Grove, 815.272.29; AV. H. Krep, Bluffton. 815,395; J. AV. Hagerman. Winchester, 812,822; AV. B. McMullen. Kokomo, 813,750; I. Griffith & Son, Ft. AVayne. 815,476, and AValdron & Gibson, i Jonesboro, $14,285. The bids were all ; very fair and were made by responsi- ■ ble and comjietent firms. The contractors who have secured the work j are all firms of the very highest rating i and the new building will lx? a monument to Studabaker & Allison and a vast improvement to our city.