Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1911 — Page 2

A departure from the social guest nlglu of the Kuterpean club, given at intervals in their serie sos study nights was tne literary and musical party of Wednesday evening, given at the home of Mrs. .1. S. Peterson, the art and l-.teiary sections entertaining the music section. Each member invited a guest, swelling the assembly to about sixty In number. A feature of the program was given by Miss Faye Smith, the talented reader, when she gave her dramatization of Scott's • Kenilworth," with consumate art and skill. a number that was both instructive and entertaining. On the musical program were vocal selections by Mrs. H. T. Gregg of Chicago, Miss Ruby Miller and Dwight Peterson Following the feast of music and literature, enjoyed by the mind and spirit, came a material refreshment of the body, delicious refreshments being srved, and the subsequent social mingling. which was a happy one indeed, was lengthened far into the night. The program on "Africa.” carried out under the leadership of Mrs. John Niblick at the Shakespeare club’s meeting Wednesday afternoon, was unusually good. Readings appropriate to the study were given by Mrs. .1. W. Tyndall and Mrs. Heller. The next meet will be with Mrs. Tyndall and Mrs. Dugan will be the leader. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kirsch and daughter. Helen, went to Fort Wayne to attend the wedding of a friend. Miss Emma Gumpper, which will take place this evening to Ernst Drinker. The W. R. C. ladies will hold their regular meeting Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock instead of the evening, owing to their entertainment at the Star theater, which will be running at that time. All members are requested to be present for the meeting. The Ladies' Aid society of the German Reformed church held an interesting and profitable meeting et the home of Mrs. Martin Miller on Monroe street Wednesday afternoon. The ladies carried out their usual line of work and in addition to this the Sunday school class of Mrs. Margaret Moyer held a bazaar, when they disposed of various articles, which in the end totaled the sum of $13.50. ( Fully fifty attended the meeting of the German Reformed Ladies' Aid society at the home of Mrs. Martin Miller Wednesday afternoon, where their usual interesting business and social meeting was held. The ladies of the Sunday school class taught by Mrs. Henry Moyer also held a pastry sale and bazaar and gleaned a goodly sum amounting to thirteen or fourteen dollars from their sales. The Standard Beaters will 'nvlte lire young people of Mcnrce and vir’r.ity to a Christmas luncheon in the basemer-t of the chu Monday evening The young gentlemen will pret• - the repast a : r.» f > c y.-v ne A "hill of fare” will afford ti. se who are hungry a fine oppor- - M Ml I I -• Ml -

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t tunity to test the cooking ability of t the young men. This is a wise oppor- >• tunity for all ladies concerned. Next 1 year Is leap year and of course the t compliment will be returned to the j young men. > M. E. BROTHERHOOD TO MEET. r j The Methodist Brotherhood will i bold their initial meeting at the leci ture room thig evening, when a large i crowd Is expected to be present. A I splendid program, Including addresses . by Judge Erwin of Fort Wayne and [ Jeff Bryson of Portland. The organ!r zation will elect officers and the meeti ing will be a very Interesting one. The men of Decatur are cordially in- . vited to be present. ! SOME RULES FOR AUTOISTS. For the benefit of many automobile , owners in this city, we print the following rules which were recently adopted by the "Farmer's Anti-Auto-I mobile Society.” The rules are being i sent out by a well known lubricating i company: i 1. Upon discovering an approach- . ing team, the automobilist must stop offside and cover his machine with a i i lanket painted to correspond to the scenery. 2. The speed limit on the country roads this year will be a secret, and the penalty for violation will be $lO for every mile an offender is caught going in excess of it. 3. In case an automobile makes a team run away the penalty will be SSO for the first mile, SIOO for the second, S2OO for the third, etc., that the team runs, in addition to the usual damages. 4. On approaching a corner, where he cannot command a view of the road ahead, the automobilist must stop not less than 100 yards from the turn, toot his horn, ring a bell, fire a revolver, haloo and send up three bombs at intervals of five minutes. 5. Automobiles must be seasonably p:ainted, that is, so they will merge with the pastoral ensemble and not be startling. They must be green in spring, golden in summer, red in autumn and white in winter. 6. Automobiles running on the country roads at night must send up a red rocket every mile and wait ten minutes for the road to clear. They may then proceed carefully; blowing their horns and shooting Roman candles. | 7. All members of this society will give up Sundays to chasing automobiles, shooting and shouting at them, making arrests and otherwise discour-' aging country touring on that day. 8. In case a horse will not pass an automobile, the automobilist will take the machine apart as rapidly as possible and conceal the parts in the grass. In case an automobile approaching a farmer's house when the roads are dusty, it will slow down to one mile and hour and s he chauffer will lay the dust in front of the house with a hand sprinkler worked over the dash board. — - o C. S. Mumma, president of the Farmers’ Institute, which will be held in the Meibers' hall, this city, on January 4 and 5, 1912, has completed all arrangements and the latest stop: to be reached was the framing up of the program, which will be rendered in live different sessions during the two days. The following is the program in full, which contains many speakers well acquainted with this line of work, who will give to the farmers many useful [winters during the two days' meet: First Day—9:3o a. m. ’’■sic —Piano Solo —Irma Houk. Opening—Rev. Goodwin, pastor U. B. church. Barnyard and Greer Manures —J. P. Prigg, Daleville, Ind. | Discussion by Institute. Insects Injurious to Farm Crops and their Remedies —Prof. James Troop, Purdue, Lafayette, Ind. Discussion by Institute. Miscellaneous business, announce ments, etc. Afternoon Session —1:00. Vocal Solo—Marie Patterson. Corn Improvement —J. P. Prigg. Discussion by Institute. Alfaha in Adams County—A. W. Gu(,’lck. Discussion —J. C. Cowan. Vocal Solo —John C. Houk. Orchard Fruits and How to Have Them —Prof. Troop. Questions by Institute. Adjourn. Second Day—9:3o a. m. Vocal Solo —Miss Helen Fonner. I Opening Exercises —Rev. L. C. HesI sert, pastor German Reformed Church. I Horse Breeding on the Farm —J. P. i ?> igb’. ' General Discussion. Woman’s Part on the Farm—Mrs. > Leonard. ( Organization of the six north townships. Adjournment. Afternoon Session—-1:00. Piano Solo —Miss Frances Merry- ■ nun. ® I Hogs—J. P. Prigg.

Sugar Beets —Mr. Eli Wagner, of the Holland St. Louis Sugar Co. Vocal Solo —Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer. The Boy and Giri Problem —Mrs. Leonard. Adjournment. DR. DILLON TO SPEAK. At the Pleasant Grove church Sunday n’orning, December 17th, immediately following the regular Sunday school, will be the reorganization of the Sunday school. Dr. Dillin of Huntington, editor of the Christian Conservator, will preach at the morning service following the Sunday school, and in the evening he will preach at the Bobo U. B. church. I, , —■——-(I .. . ‘•THE GIRL AND THE TRAMP.” "The Girl and the Tramp” played to a medium-sized house Wednesday night and gave a performance that was highly appreciated by those present. Many of the song numbers were decided hits and the beauty chorus drew their share of praise. Manager Bosse exercised good judgment in getting the show. Evening Session—7:3o. Instrumental Music. Address —Co-operation—Hon. C. I* Walters, Decatur, Ind. Vocal Solo —John R. Evans. Lecture —Household Leaks — Mrs. Laura B. Leonard, Indianapolis, Ind. Vocal Solo —Miss Hallie Leonard. Announcements. Adjournment. Officers. C. S. Mumma, president. Farmers' Institute. E. W. Dailey, secretary. Woman's Auxiliary. Mrs. Charles Schenck, president. Mrs. Jeanette Harden, secretary. 0 CRASHED INTO WHEEL. The wagon belonging to Henry Heckman of near St. John's, which he had left standing near the interurban crossing at the Heckman mill in the north part of the city, suffered Wednesday when the southbound freight at 4:95 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, passed along and sliced off a rear wheel, breaking it to pieces and also breaking the axle. The wagon was left standing at a place near a curve in the railway, and the movement of the horses was such that one wheel of the wagon was pushed onto the track in the way of the car. The wagon was unoccupied at the time of the accident. LAST RITES HELD. A large number of friends and relatives of the late George Jacobs gathu :cr the last time last Thursday to pay theit respects to the deceased man. when the funeral services were conducted from the Monroe M. E. church. The funeral cortege left the home for the church at 10 o'clock, the services being held immediately following the arrival of the remains. A high tribute was paid the life of the deceased by the officiating minister, who ail his life had been a popular and exemplary young man. T. W. Best and Mrs. John Lacbot were in attendance, the latter being a cousin oi the deceased. Interment took place south of Monroe. - - ■ . <K —’ - — SALEM AND CALVARY. Preaching service, Sunday evening at Salem at 7:30 o’clock, at which time new members will be received into the church. At Calvary Evangelical church, east of the city, preaching services Sunday morning at 10:30 a. m., December 17th, at which time there will be held the annual Sunday school election. All members of the church ought to be present. E. B. JONES, Pastor. Briceville, Tenn., De'. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —With fires raging in ill-fated Cross-mountain mine, 1 and the finding oi the bodies of Col. Thomas Miller and his associates ' shortly after midnight, all hope of rescuing any more living miners was abandoned here today. The number of dead so far taken from the mine to- ' tals sixty-one, and it is said that the : final count will exceed one hundred. i London, Eng., Dec. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Arthur Stannard, the novelist. Known by the pen ' of “John Stange Winters,” died here I today as a result of a five months' ' sickness, caused by an elevator acci- • dent. I Boonesville, Ind., Dec. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The trial of Wm. Lee, accused of the murder of his . father, mother and brother, scheduled to be heard here on December 18th, ■ was today postponed until the next January term. — Kansas City, Dec. 14 —(Special to • Daily Democrat) —Eighty-four hour-, after he had climbed through a transom over the door and escaped from

I the custody of the deputy marshal, Charles Waldron, missing juror in the . case of Dr. C. Walhide, accused of . the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, was brought into court today after dodging the police of three different cities. Physicians declared that he is undoubtedly insane. Waldron says business worries drove him to run - away. A new jury will have to be - selected. - -O— — "" - f Denver, Colo., Dec. 14—(Special to f Daily Democrat) —Detective Burns i will be engaged by the Denver Bar ■ association to investigate the confer- • ence of the entire trial of Mrs. GerI trude Dickerson Patterson, acquitted of murdering her husband, it is an- i nounced here today. — New York, N. Y., Dec. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Arguments in the case of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, show girls, who shot W. E. Stokes, the millionaire hotel proprietor, were scheduled to begin here this afternoon with prospects that the case will go to the jury tomorrow. Stokes is reported as being in a serious condition today. Gibraltar, Dec. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Tugs today began an attempt to approach the red steamer Delhi for the purpose of rescuing the mails and the $1,500,000 in bullion still on board the sinking ship. The gale, after dying somewhat during the night, increased in violence today and it was feared that the Delhi would break in two. London. Eng, Dec. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Special dispatches today from St. Petersburg announce that Persia has decided to dismiss Major General W Morgan Schuster. Effort to confirm these dispatches of Caperon tailed Doubt is expressed that Persia has decided on such a course. Charles H. i.ammiman. of Decatur, whom a jury in the circuit court at the Septemb-r tern; awarded damages of $3,300 in a suit over the trade of stock of the Vac-king company, has filed a remlttur of $2 0 of the judgment.-—Portland CommercialReview. A. P. Beatty is attorney for Marie Kruel in a new case filed Wednesday evening in the Adams circuit court against John H Koenig, Herman and Martin Gerke. The suit is for a note given April 28. 1911, payable in six, months. The demand is $2,000. German Fire Insurance Co. vs. Graham & Lower, damages, S4OO. Judgment for defendants, costs against the plaintiff: exceptions by plaintiff. Miles W. Hamrick vs. Maria Brandt et al. Separate answer by each defendant to each paragraph of complaint. Cause set for January T7th. I. D. Landis et al. vs. Ada"’ a ty Pub. Co. et al., appointment “ ceiver. Report of sale by receiver filed. Real estate tr r.siers: Frederick Scheiman to -Harvey M. Daniels, pt. lot 12, ecatu-, $2000; John N. Spring-' e<i to Clyde Rice, pt. lot 72, Decatur. $800; Elizabeth Topp to Lewis E. Schaadt, 60 acres. Jefferson tp.. $6050; Ruby F. Baker to Harvey T. Kitson, pt. lot 751, Decatur, $150; Elva Ritter to Emerson Zerkel, quit claim deed to 40 acres, Wabash tp., $1; Emma Zerkel ’□ Elva Ritter, same SI.OO. n SOME RED CROSS SEAL FIGURES. Few people have any conception of the magnitude of the Red Cross Christmas sem campaign. The fol- j lowing figures will show what a gigantic movement this is. Already 85. 000,000 seals have been printed, and practically that entire number dis- ■ tributed to agents. Probably 15,000, ■ 000 more will be needed. Advertising circulars, posters, cards, etc., to the i number of several million have also ■ been distributed. It is estimated that > the army of paid and volunteer work- ’ ers engaged in selling the seals will ■ number over 100,000. The advertising > and publicity donated to the campaign ■ will amount to several million dollars. Every effort is being put forth to sell > 100,000,000 seals, or about one for ev- - ery man, woman and child in the Uni ited States. J —r, — TO FILE REMITTUR. In the I.ammiman vs. Scheiman suit for damages in which a motion for a 1 new trial is now pending, leave has • been asked and granted the plaintiff s to file a merittus for 300. The 1 case was venued here from Adams , county.—Portland Sun. t (y . TO VISIT SONS. > I Mrs. Elizabeth Myers this morning 3 left for Tulsa, Okla., where she will i- spend the winter months with her 1 sons, Dorse and Charles, who are now *

, making their home at that place. She ■ went to Fort Wayne from here, thence byway of the Wabash to St. , Louis, Mo., and from there took the Frisco lines to the place of her destination Th Decatur high school basket ball schedule has been pi e) ared by Professor Worthman for the Decatur basket ball season, the schedule being a stiff one. A few games with Fort Wayne and Huntington ar4 still under consideration, but tbo list this tar is as follows: December 15—Pennville at Decatur. December 22—Decatur at Portland. January 12—Van Buren at Decatur. January 19 —Decatur at Van Buren. ; January 26 —Warren at Decatur. February 9 —Decatur at Liberty Center. February 16 —Bluffton at Decatur. February 23—Portland at Decatur. March B—Decatur at Petroleum. March 15 —Petroleum at Decatur. The Decatur high school girls play Bluffton high school girls at Decatur January I9th, and at Bluffton February 9th. Liberty Center second basket ball team plays the Decatur . ocond basket ball team at Decatur Thursday, December 21st. A schedule for the second team is now under consideration. I Ed Burkhead is the proud father of an eight-pound baby girl which came , to gladden the home yesterday. Moth- , er and baby are doing well. James O. Ball, who for many years ' was engageu ,u toe undertaking bus- ] iness in this city, and therefore versed . in its every department, returned last ( Thursday from Dayton, 0., where he , called on a novelty manufacturing j firm, arranging with them for the early manufacture of a novel invention of his, which will revolutionize, the primitive methods used tor year? by undertakers, and for which Mr. ( Ball has applied for a patent. The j invention is a head rest to be used ( for corpses, and is combined with an j airangement which closes the mouth , of the dead body, and preserves the j natural set of the features until rigor- ( mortis has set in and accomplishes ( this. The heau rest and appliance is , made of aluminum and is strictly sani-; s tary, allowable of thorough disinfec- . tion, which con'd not probably be t done so well o r easily, as in the place s of a cloth head-rest. The appliance used also in the closing of the mouth! will be a great innovation over the i old method of tying a cloth or ker- j chief about the chin and head. The t article seems to be a good one and | Mr. Ball is to be highly compliment- < ed for his work. The article will be; j manufactured and placed on the mar- ( ket at a., early date. < .» —.. j Between 450,000 and 500,000 Red ■ Cross Christmas seals have already, ( been sold in Indiana. This report was wired to the office r s - of the National Association for the j Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis at New York City last night " Ce 1 Indiana sales managers. It is cased i on estimates received at the s ■ headquarters in Indianapolis yester- , day from agents throughout Indiana. The report was sent to the National association in compliance with a re- j quest sent by it to all state sales managers in the United States. This as- 1 sociation is directing the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals this year for I the American Red Cross society. According to the Indiana managers the' report is but a conservative estimate of the number of seals sold through- ; out the state, inasmuch as it is inipossible for the agents to make ac-. I curate reports at this time of the sale, because hundreds of workers in each community have supplies of the seals. Members of the Red Cross Seals commission of Indiana are gratified with the reports and have advanced the hope that 1,500,000 seals will be sold before January Ist. Next week when the spirit of the Christmas season is rife in all localities many hundreds of thousands of seals will be sold. I More seals are expected to be sold this year than in former years be- j cause of the awakening of Indiana to i the enormous annual loss of life and . money caused by tuberculosis. The “home rule" policy of the state com- : mission in expending all the money • realized by the sale in Indiana to .' check, prevent and cure tuberculosis Is also making a strong appeal to the people in the state and they are supporting the campaign stronger than! ever. The people are becoming interested i in the fight against this disease in ! Indiana this year, because statistics I compiled by the state board of health j show that the “white plague” is on the 3 increase and they are realizing that a strong fight must be made now to check tuberculosis. last year Indiana alone lost 4,710 inhabitants and $10,000,000 by the ravages of the di- : sease. The state health 1 also reports that one death out of r every ter in this community is caused r by the disease.

A great ztir in the county, and especially in U»e vicinity of Monroe, has been created by the finding of what are believed to be gold particles in the gizzard of the gooze purchased by Murray Scherer from a farmer near Monroe, end prepared for the table by the Scherers tor last Sunday s dinner. O. H. Miller, an uncle of the Scherers, residing near Mource, has taken the matter up with the farmers living near Mowoe, stem whom the goose was purchased, and an investigation as to ths source of the metal swallowed by the goose is being made, but on the quiet, as they do not want to let other* in the secret, should the affair lead to » valuable discovery on the farm. It is said the farmer who raised the geese, kept them in an orchard, through which a stream flowed. The stream flowed from a sand pit, and it is thought the yellow metal was washed from its place in the sand bank. The particles, in the opinion of D. M. Hensley, the jeweler, aie gold. ,A gentleman,, who has had thirty years’ experience in gold mining, who is stopping for a week or so at the Madison house, called at the Hensley store Wednesday, after reading the account in Monday's Issue of the Democrat, and asked to see the metal. The particles had been taken by Mr. Miller, however, to his home near Monroe, but they will be brought here for the inspection of the miner, for his opinion. It is thought that if the particles were copper, or others of the baser metals, they would have tarnished with the action of the digestive secretion, whereas they presented a very bright yellow color. That some others are desirous of making investigation of the matter, was evident to the owner of the goose, when one was stolen from the yard, since the discovery of the nuggets. o — BREAKS COLLAR-BONE. Frederick, the little three-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Foos, met with a painful accident Thursday while engaged at play, when he fell from a barrel, breaking his right collar-bone. He had been playing about the house, and it was while engaged in this innocent pastime thet the painful mishap befell him. The attendance of a physician was necessary for the setting of the fracture, and it is believed that he will get along all right, although requiring some weeks. AWARDED $1,375 DAMAGES. After having been out for four hours the jury returned a verdict awarding the plaintiff damages in the extent of $1,375 in the case of Clark M. Foreman vs. the Souers Horse company of Huntington, tried in the local United States court before Judge Anderson. The court adjourned its session yesterday. Foreman asked for $25,0000.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Many people from this vicinity were witnesses in the case and were watching the outcome with interest. o The funeral services for Charles E. Cloud, youngest son of ex-County Recorder and Mrs. C. C. Cloud, whose death occurred late Tuesday afternoon at Lynn, when the wagon in which he was driving was struck by a railroad engine, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home ' of his parents in this city, to which place the body was taken on its ar--1 rival here from Lynn this afternoon at 3:10 o’clock over the G. R. & I. railroad. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Semans. pastor of the Methodist church. The Christian church was thronged with the many friends and relatives of the late Mrs. Margaret Ruby, the service being conducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock by the Rev. J. M. Dawson, assisted by the Rev. A. Kohne of Willshire, Ohio. The body was laid to rest in Maplewood cemetery. Mrs. Ruby’s death occurred Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Barnett, resulting from a complication of diseases, incident to old age. VISIT NEBRASKA. Theodore Thieme and son, Anthony, left for Hebron, Neb., where they will make a visit with his half-brother and sister. They will be absent for some time and their trip promises to be one of much interest, that part of the country being such as take up the at- , tention of Mr. Thieme. A. E. WIGGAM TO LECTURE. The fourth number of the lecture course will be given Friday evening, January sth, at the Bosse opera house by Albert Edward Wiggam, the noted lecturer. OBSERVED HIS BIRTHDAY. F. F. Freeh, one of the best known citizens of *is commmiity, today celebrated his seventy-fifft birthday. He passed out a box of White Stag cigars in honor of the occasion, hunting ui

the old soldiers and Including rh , newspaper boys. Mr. Freeh member of the 47th Ohio during ? civil war, and fifty-seven years ai!() t ’ day w» in a severe engagement * —■ ■ ■■—■u i _ ’ NOTICE TO ALL CANDIDATES. All the candidates, In the rw ,„ primary election, whether succee S fu| or notl are requested to call at th office of the county clerk and get pense blnmks. which must be fii|2 out and filed with the clerk and the secretary of state within twenty dav» Don’t overlook this very Important duty, as the penalty is severe. WESLEYAN GLEE CLUB CONCERT The Wesleyan Glee club la booked for a concert at tho Methodist church this city, December 26th. The g| ee club has given an entertainment here once before, and those who heard them at that time will welcome their return. Announcement more fully will be made soon. (By C. H. Tavenner.) Washington, D. G„ Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The old veterans of the country are under lasting obligations to a s democratic house led by Congressman Adair of Indiana, for the passage of the amended Sherwood pension bill, which will distribute about $50,000,900 annually among worthy and deserving soldiers of the civil war. For years the republican party has contended that the election of a democi%tic house would mean no pension legislation at all, but this charge was given the lie when on\December 13th, a democratic house, with 68 majority, passed the largest pension bill ever enacted into law in the history of the country. The bill as passed excludes no soldier of the civil war and will place at least 95 per cent of all soldiers on the rolls at S3O per month. The few remaining ones will no doubt be increased to that rate by special bills and in other ways. A strenuous effort was made by the republican side of the house to eo amend the bill as to make its passage by the senate impossible. Amendment after amendment was offered by republican members for the express purpose of killing the bill, but Congressman Adair.who was in charge of the bill, on the floor of the house, prevented the adoption of all amendments intended for that purpose. As a last resort the republicans offered as a substitute for the Sherwood bill,the Sußoway bill, which was passed one year ago in the house, but received no consideration whatever in the senate. To pass the Sulloway bill would have meant no legislation at all and the democratic majority in the house, in the interest of the soldiers, ; roi:r v voted it down. The vote then < ) on the Sherwood bill and it was i ■ ed by a vote of 229 to 92. The republican party had beer, a control of both branches of cong ■) for fourteen yesrs and had per>.-.> ently refused to give relief to the i soldiers in the way of better pen:?: but on the first week of the first ular session after the democrats < a Into power in the house, a bill • a taken up and promptly passed, a 1 which is indorsed by the G. A .1. posts'all over the country, and by the national G. A. R. encampment. Much of the credit for the passage of this bill belongs to General Sherwood of Ohio, who gave over three years of his life l’n the service of his country and a very large part belougs to the democratic delegation from Indiana, the members of which have for years taken a leading part in the advocacy of such legislation. Congressman Adair has been '> member of congress for six years and on the first day of the first session he served, he begun the agitation in the house for more liberal pensions, and kept it up until he was finally chosen to lead the fight which resulted in th® passage of the Sherwood bill. The setting of the five large capital stones on the heads of the columns of the new city hall and fire department building, shows the crowning glory of one of the finest pieces o f , architecture in the city. The capital I design was made by Oscar Hoffman. I the architect, and executed by the • W€-_ahoff Monumental Works, the de- ■ sign being very appropriate to the • building and executed with exquisite • workmanship. The usual symbol of fire, is a flaming winged torch, encircled with serpents. In this case ’ since the building will be the home of the apparatus for the fighting and • subduing of the flames, the design is . just the reverse. It shows the wing- ! ed flambeau, capped, or hooded, and I bound with the fire-hose. The cltj hall building is fast nearing coml e tion, the walls being raised, and the roof in the process of construction. i UNION MEETING. s The laborers’ union will hold their > first meeting in the harness makers iphall over the Star theater tonight.