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THE BANNER TIMES. GREENCASTLE. INDIANA. TUESDAY, APRIL. 10, 1894
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ELEPHANTS CARED FOR. Ifyonliave a house for sale or rent, aind it is prnvinir an “rlephant a>n your hauda, ” let us took after it. We’ll sell it or let it. as you vrtoh, 11 there's a posable eustoaaer In town* Rivet that fact in your mind, tiien call and we’ll clinch it. ,/. f A/, -f HURT^BW Insurance, Real Estate, and Loan. ... Second Floor, First National Bank HuiUiing 1-l.v
CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor. Charles B. Case Treasurer Frank l<. Latnles Clerk James M Hurley Marshall William E. Starr Engineer Arthur Throop Attorney Thomas T. Moore Sec. Hoard of Health....Eugene Hawkins M. I) rorNCii.M f.n. 1st Ward... Thomas A1 trains, J L. Handel Jnd ’’ Geo. E. Blake, James Bridaee :ird ” John Hiley, John It. Miller Street Coimnissloner J. D.Cutler Kir«* Chief Geo. H. C<H)per A. Brookway. ) Nfrs. Mary Birch, > School Trustees. I). L. Anderson. ) H. A. Ogg, SuptTintendent of city schools. FOKKST II11.1. CEMRTKKY KOARU Of DIKKlTT-
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J. 8. McClary , John ( .Hrnwniiifc A Pros J. K. Langdnn 8eo H.8. Kenick Treas James Baggy .Supt E. F^. Black. A. O. Loekridgr* Moetlmr first Wtainesday niylit each month at J. S. MeClary’s office. SECRET iSOCIETIES. I. O. 0. F. G R KENC AST I.E LODGE XO 348. Hnice Frasier N. G L. M Hanna See Meeting nights, every Wednesday. Hall, in Jerome Allen’s Block. 3rd floor. PUTNAM GODOE NO. 45. John A. Mlehael .N G E. P. Chaffee See Meeting nights, every Tuesday. Iliill in Central National Hank block,3rd floor. CASTLE CANTON NO 1W, P. M. J. A. Michael Cupt f'has Meikel - • See First and third Monday nights of eaeh month. (i RKKNCASTI.K KN( AMPMKNT NO. Ml.
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By CHARLES B. LEWIS <M. QUAD . [Copyrittlit, W4. by Charles R. I^wis.] In th(> year 1853 a man who gave his namo as Hapgisxl and his nativity as England bought a tract of 80 acres of land on the Tnscamra mountain of Peunsylania within about HO miles of tho southern state line. A month later two other men arrived, and it was not only given out that the three were brothers. but they resembled each other so closely that there could be no doubt about it. The country at that time was i very sparsely settled, and it was only at long intervals that any one visited the Hapgood cabin. Once a week one of the brothers, who came to be known as Joseph, William and Thomas, made his way down to the hamlet of Mercersburg for supplies, and after a year or so it came to Ik* known that they had a secret. They erected a small furnace, sunk shafts in the ground in many places and did not deny that they were experimenting. What they hoped to bring forth will never be known, but the legend along Tuscan»ra mountain is that they hois si to make gold or diamonds. < )nc- day, after the Hapgood brothers had been on the mountain a year or so, Joseph appeared in Mercersburg and stated that William had disappeared in a mysterious manner and asked for assistanee in tlying to unravel the mystery. The sheriff and others visited the ? house and were given all particulars. The missing man left the house after breakfast with a spade on his shoulder to search for a certain kind of clay de-
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JOSEPH IN A STATE OF GREAT FXC1TEMEXT. sin d in their experiments. Hu did not return at dark, but no alarm was felt until he had been absent two days and a night. Then the two brothers la-gan a search which lasted for three days before they asked for outside assistance. It was human nature to suspect foul play, but a brief investigation satisfied the sheriff that there were no grounds for suspicion. The trail of the missing man was followed for about two miles and then lost. Hunters and others searched the mountain for days, being paid in English gold for their services, bnt uot the slightest tidings could be learned. After about three months it began to lx- whispered about that murder laid been done, and a little later public opinion became so strong that the brothel's were arrested and underwent a legal examination. The sheriff searched their cabin and found about $1,000 in cash, letters from friends in England and everything to prove they were honest men and nothing whatever to convict them of any guilty knowledge of William’s mysterious disappearance. They were asked as to the nature of their experiments, but as this wsis a private matter and they refused to make answer they were not pressed. When discharged from custody, they returned home and went about their business. Seven months after the examination and discharge Joseph again entered Mercersburg in a state of great excitement and announced the mysterious disappearance of his brother Thomas. The man had set out after dinner two days before to gather certain roots to make a tonic, and as he did not return Joseph made search and also enlisted tho services of two hunters who happened to call at his cabin. Thomas was traced in the same direction as William and about as far. The sheriff was again applied to, but the first thing he did was to clap Joseph into the Franklin county jail. Public opinion demanded it, mid there was hardly a person to say a good word for Joseph. “He has discovered the secret they sought for,’ 1 people argued, “and uot wishing to divide it with his brothers has made way with both of them. ” Joseph could tell no more than 1 have told you. He was filled with grief and anxiety, and he offered a large cash reward for tidings of the lost. I was a boy living in Chambersburg then, but I went upon tho mountain with father and others and assisted in the search. From 50 to 100 men were roaming about for a fortnight, and people for a hundred mih's in every direction were on the lookout. Every foot of ground for a mile around tho cabin was gone over time and again in hopes to find the dead body, but the search proved fruitless. At the preliminary examination this time Joseph was held to the higher court, though there was no more evidence than before. He got a lawyer from Lancaster to defend him, and when the trial came on he had two witnesses from England who had known the three brothers from childhood. They not only came from a family of high standing, but each had an independent fortune. They had been working for years to solve a certain secret in metallurgy and for that reason had never married or taken much to society. Their coming to America was known to all their friends, and letters had frequently passed back and forth. Tho witnesses were firm in their belief that Joseph would have laid down his own life to save either of his brothers. They were men of gentle and kindly dispositions, and their love for each other had always been a cause of remark. The only proofs against Joseph were circumstantial, and they were not proofs at all when the case came to trial. The only explanation he could make has already been given. Thomas hail not been feeling well for a counle of
weeks, ;unt a t unter nan toin mm ot tno medicinal properties of several roots and advised him to prepare a tonic. This hunter was in court to corroborate that jKirtion of tho testimony or explanation, and Joseph was acquitted in a manner to clear his reputation of any lingering doubt and to add to the number of his friends. People thought he would abandon his researches and retnrn to England, but ho decided to continue his oxperimeuts and let drop a hint that he Was on the eve of a great discovery. When Joseph returned to Craig Castle, as the place on the mountain had been named, he was accompanied by a miner named Shores, who was engaged by the month and bound to secrecy. On three or four occasions when the man was in Chambersburg I heard the villagers pumping him for information, bnt it was very little they got in reply. Indeed he could not have told them anything of importance had he been willing, as Joseph took care that ho should learn nothing worth communicating. It was in the spring when Thomas disappeared, and it was midsummer before Joseph returned to the mountain. He did not come down again, but sent Shores when anything was wanted. Spring came much earlier than usual, and hunters who visited the castle about the 1st of April reported both men well and hard at work. Fifteen days later Shores appeared in Mercersburg and report'd that Joseph had disappeared two days previously in the same mysterious manner that, had characterized the taking off of his brothers. He had been roaming around in the afternoon in search of fireclay to repair the furnace iuid on his return had reported a discovery and brought a small sample. He set out next morning with a sack, intending to bring home about 25 pounds, but had not returned. When he left the house, he went north over the same path the others had taken. Shores had searched for half a day and then become frightenod and given the alarm. There are plenty of people yet living in ('hambersbnrg, Shippensburg, Mercersburg and Green Castle who can recall the tremendous excitement that prevailed for many weeks after. As soon as Shores reported that Joseph was missing it was taken for granted that he had met the same fate as his brothers, and of course speculation was rife as to what that fate was. A man might be lost on Tusearora mountain, but he could uot wander in any direction for more titan a day without finding relief. Joseph knew the country well, and that he had gone straight to the tied of fireclay, dug the quantity desired and then started for home was speedily ascertained as soon ns the search was began. Certain people were inclined to throw out dark hints about Shores, but they were promptly squelched. Nothing was missing from Joseph’s personal effects, and Shores evidently had nothing to conceal. People again turned out by sixes and dozens and sec ires to explore the mountain. My father was elected captain of a party of eight, and I went along with them. We took tents and a supply of provisions and prepared for the most minute search. At least five other parties were similarly equipjied, strung out on the crest of the mountain for a dis-
llrts. On the nay our parry were to oegin their search north of the clay pit I did not go out with them, the cook hay ing use for me up to 10 o’clock. At that hour I started out alone, calculating to fall in with one of the parties after a bit. I had got within 20 rods of the spring and was intending to turn aside and get a drink when I caught sight of a black bear coming toward me. It was a hot day, and I think he must have been fired at by some hunter or pursued by dogs, as his tongue was hanging out like a dog’s, and he seemed to be very tired. As soon as I got sight of him I leaped behind a bowlder to my left and was sure he had not observed me. He had probably visited the spring before, ' for as he came opposite he turned sharp j to the left to reach it. Tho bushes were not so thick but that I could plainly follow his movements. When he had gone about 15 feet, he uttered a “whoof” of surprise and dropped out of sight. 1 thought he had sunk down from exhaustion, and 1 waited a long quarter of an hour before moving forward. I advanced step by step, expecting to see him rise up every minute, and at length I got close enough to discover the mouth of a shaft or pit. It had been covered with vines and leaves, and even after I was sure that the bear had gone into it the spot looked almost safe for one to
cross.
Getting down on hands and knees and creeping to the edge of the pit, I could hear bruin snuffing and whining far below, and such tin odor rose up that 1 was speedily forced to retire. I hurried along to the north, calling to the searching parties as I ran, tutd after awhile 1 got them together and told them about the bear. It was only after they reached the pit and scented the dreadful odor coming tip that any one suspected the value of my discovery. I shall never forget the pale faces and shaking limbs as father drew hack from the pit and said: "Boys, our search is ended and the mystery cleared away! Joseph, William and Thomas tire all in that pit and the
bear on top of them!”
So it proved. Yon may say it is incredible that three men sin mid turn aside at just that point where so many others had escaped, but it is simply a strange coincidence. The bear was killed and hoisted tip, the pit disinfected as far as could be done, and not only tho remains of the throe brothers were found, but of two other men and two or three deer as well. It was a shaft 35 feet deep, with a bottom of rock, and was probably sunk during the days of the Revolution. The fall may not have killed any of the victims, but even had they escaped serious injury there was no possible show for them to climb out, and in tho search no one passed near enough to hear their faint and mnfiled cries for help. But for the meeting with the bear the great Hapgood mystery
would be a mystery still.
llli'i'iliilK 91 ii ii sit h Storm Swept.
Emi'iiria, Kan., April 10.—A cyclone swept through Coffey county, doing great damage to many farm houses and crops and killing considerable stock. The storm struck Burlington City,wreck ing quite a number of houses and doing
much damage to
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This building is a center hall house of 33 feet front; hence it could very comfortably be placed on a 40 foot lot. The rational spirit w hich iu the end controls all things is causing the public to swing back from the extreme to which the reception hall Idea has gone. Now people are looking to the reason that naturally conies in connection with house planning. The reception i hall idea as now so generally used is not | wholly misplaced. The reception hall plan was originally developed from a desire to build a house having large accommodation at a relatively small cost. The hall was made iu tha
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The damage is
barns and orchards estimated at $60,000
tance of 25 miles. Other parties searched Several people were injured, but none
tho foothills and ravines and the coun- fatally.
try to the east and vest of the mountain. The general search lasted for two j weeks, but a number of people continued
it for a full month. Not the slightest trace or information was had, and it was generally believed that the mystery
would never be cleared up.
Two months after Joseph’s disappearance a lawyer came from England to make a determined eff ort to unravel things. He came to Chambersburg first, and it so happened that my father, who was a county official, was about the first man to learn his identity. It came about that the lawyer, whose name was Markham, decided to hire a small party of men to go on with the search. There were five in the party liesifles father, and I was taken along tit half pay to assist the cook. The six men held to a strange theory. They were satisfied that the Hapgoods were seeking to turn out diamonds, gmd that the diamond merchants of England tutd America had killed them to prevent such a discovery. They argued that a desperate man had
UiiftatlMtavlory Insurance Kcport. Springfield, Ills., April 10. — The
superintendent of insurance has revoked the license of the American Employes'
Liability Insurance company of New
Jersey because the annual statement of the company was unsatisfactory to the
department.
AHrtAHHinuttMl Him Itrotii-I.uw. Benton, Ills., April 10.—News reached here last evening of the assassination of I. N. Kilyen by Milton Allen at Africa, Williamson county. Kilyen was Allen's brother-in-law and trouble has existed for some time between them.
Ilirect Traffic Line. Toledo, April 10.—The Ohio Central mad is arranging to ojierate a new direct traffic line between Toledo and Cincinnati. using its own line as far as Kenton and the Big Four from there to Cincinnati.
Seven Have Itccovlrcri.
Danville, His.. April 10.—The coroner’s jury in the boardinghouse poison-
been sent over from London or picked ltl g t .asc finds that Dr. Gaskill was poisnp in New 5 ork, and that he had taken 1 oned at the bands of persons unknown, possession of some cave in the mountain ; The other seven victims have recovered,
and picked the brothers off one by one |
as chance afforded. I do not know | All.n. il Bla*|theiner In .IhH.
whether Mr. Markham believed in this theory or not, but it was understood
Lexington, Ky., April 16. — Editor Moore of the Bine Grass Blade, indicted for blasphemy and nuisance, refused to
furnish bail and went to jail.
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HE UTTERED A “WHOOF.” that onr search was to be entirely directed to locations where the body of a murderer's victim might be secreted. At the end of three weeks 1 miles of ground had been gone over—that is, 1)^ miles iu length, but crossing the mountain back tutd forth as we did made the area ten times that. This brought us to the spot where Joseph had dug his ! flri'clay. About 40 rods south of the clay pit was a fine spring. It was to the east of what might be called the main trail on the crest of the mountain. Between it and the trail was a fringe of bushes 30 feet wide, and one wanting to visit the spring had to push through this
fringe.
In the searches made for the three missing brothers that spring had lieen visited thousands of times. About 10 years ago it was discovered to be a wonderful cure all, and a sanitarium has lieen built there for the benefit of inva- 1
FRONT ELEVATION. bhaix- of a sitting room or reception room, as the case might be. so that the space which 1ms originally been wasted In a hall was converted into a room. This is the genesi- and substance of the reception hall. In this plan there is an indication of what may be done in a small building built for a relatively small Bum of money. There is a connection between the hall and sitting room which in the reception ball idea gives the house the appearance of sumptuousness. On the oilier hand, there are the means of separation which are often desirable In any rootn. On the other side of the hall are the library ami (lining room. They bear their proper relation to the hall, though maybe not their proper relation to one another. In the strict sense, a library should probably have no connection with the diningroom. However, individual preference and requirements may naturally control matters of this kind. The plan shows a grate in the library and one in the hall. One thing which the development of the reception hall idea has done for all buildings is to make the hall itself of more interest. Iu former times it was a mere passage, often a narrow one, with a small window leading to the stairway. 1 n this plan, which is in a measure typical of what may be done, the end of the stair hall is entirely given up to a broad window, which throws
"Twa* a Love A flair. Bowen, Ky., April 10.—Newton Garrett, well known young merchant, almost blew his head from his shoulders with a large navy revolver. Love affair.
The Story of Life.
Say, what I* life? Tis to be born— A hapless babe, to greet tbe light With u sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy noon and night; To weep, to sleep and weep again. With siiuuy smile* between, and then? And then apace the Infant grows To be a laughing, sprightly boy. Happy despite his little woes. Were he but conscious of his joy; To be, In short, from two to ten, A merry, moody child, and then? Ami then, In coat and trousers clad. To learn to say tbe decalogue And break it, and, unthinking lad. With mirth and mischief all agog, A truant oft by held and fen To capture butterflies, and then? And tnen. Increased in strength and slitc. To be, anon, a youth full grown, A hero In hL mother's eyes. A young Apollo In his own; To Imitate the ways of men In fashionable sins, and then? And then, at lost, to he a man; To fall In love, to woo and wed. With soothing brain to scheme and plan; To gather gold or toil for bread; To sue for fame with tongue or ;*n Anil gain or lose the prise, and then? And then In gray and wrinkled eld To mourn the speed of life's decline; To praise the scenes his youth beheld And dwell In memory of lang syne; To dream awhile, with darkened ken. Then drop into his grave, and tnen?
—John G. Saxe.
FIRST STORY.
great floods of light down into the hall. Thun onecoming into the hall from the outside conies toward the light rather than into a dark end, which is so often eharac teristic of the old stair hall. The kitchen in this house is almost ideal in its arrangement and completeness. It could not be more satisfactory in a house costing ten times the amount of money. In truth, kitchens are often planned in connection with large establishments which would be a great burden to people of ordinary means. In this plan we have the proper passage, containing china closet, lie tween diningroom and kitchen. I’lain sheets of cathedral glass in the passage doors would obscure the view, and at the same time they would give light to this passage in an agreeable manner. The kitchen tables, the sink and drainboanl are arranged along the kitchen wall iu an ideal manner. They are close to the dining room passage and not far removed from the range. One working at the table and sink would he by the range by merely turning around. Conveniently connected with this kitchen are the pantry, the cellar way, the hack stair way and the rear porch. From the front stairway one lands in a central hall on the second floor, whence one may readily reach any one of three
SECOND STORY.
chambers, the linen closet or the bathroom. Coming up from below in the rear there is a direct and independent passage Into the servant’s room. This hall may be separated from the front stairway by adoor. One having a love for a large number of ample closets would be wholly satisfied by
this plan.
Such a building could be finished at a cost of from $2,600 to $3,000. Louis H. Gibson.
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