Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 July 1895 — Page 2
THE BANNER TIMES, GHEENCaSTLE, INDIANA. TUESDAY JULY
18i’&
MEN’S
Working 1 Pants.
300 PAIRS REDUCED
from Si.oo and Si.50 to 75c and 50c.
_See our large show window..
Reduced prices in Neck Wear continues balance of this week.
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F. A. HA.VS, Prop.
GEO. E. BLAKE,
Greexcastle, Ind., General
Insurauee, Real Estate And Loan
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Agent.
Money Loaned At a Very Low Rate of Interest
Call and see him before closing elsewhere.
DAILY BANNER TIMES
Spooks, NoIh^h, 1111 Kli'ctrlr Light and a NrrvoiiH Neighborhood. For several days there have been iiuiet rumors, some not so quiet, that tile Hums house at corner of College Avenue and Olive street was haunted either by spooks or by prowlers that had no business | there, the house having been vacant for some weeks. Rev Weav 1 er, who resides just east on Olive street, lias notieed lights about the house and other neighbors have had their attention called to the lights and reported noises. Some had become actually alarmed for reason of the stories, and their attention having been called to the matter, saw the lights as they flashed from room to room. The mystery grew rapidly and reached the ears of our police. They at once set on foot an inves ligation and quickly solved the ! riddle. Marshal Starr walked down
I'u blight'd every afternoon except Sunday to the house and after passing »t the Hanniih Timks office, corner Vine and . •. > i ■ . -i , -i franklin streets. I around it broke into a silent smile
ADVERTISING. Keadino Notices
.* cents per line. < Ine line puntKniphs chanted
! and came up town. Policeman ! Donnohue went over the field and
as occupying two lines space.
Clines 4 cents per line »» •* »*
also smiled as he came up town.
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It is the opinion of these officers
If* !! " !! i that the strange lights are the re
ci.?iC^ , ™ “re electric light
I that hangs oh the corner near the
up to 1 o’clock p. in. j house, which shines through the All communications should be si tried with front doors in such a way that it
the name of the writer: not necessarily for ,
publict*ion, imt us *o.mI fa tb. reflects into the other rooms, cans A,e..O" ,ou s c N ,, u | U u u l eation«ca , inot he no- j ng the seeming flifiiig lights no-
ticed by the neighbors. Since the explanation of the mystery as given by the officers, the inhabitants of
Specimen copies mailed free on application. | , j lat n ejg| t borilood sleep quietly
Where delivery is irregular please report same promptly at publication oifiee.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year in advance Sir month)* Three month* One month 'veeh /ij/ ('airier
and sweetly and the haunted house ^ j on the corner of College Avenue • i--; and Olive streets is now but a thing
!io I of memory.
Ilri<lt;«‘ Uontruetn
When tiolivery is made l»y carrier, all subscription accounts arc to be paid to them ns
call and reel ptj raame. The county Commissioners have M. J. BECKETT Publisher lM tile contracts for a new bridge
IIA Kit V M. SMITH. Mamofimt Editor
Address all coinmunleatlons to The Dai..y Hanmiu Times. Grccncastlc. Ind.
over Deer creek on tlic road running south from Manhattan. There were twenty-one bidders on both sub and superstructure. The substructure contract was let first and went to Vanfossen and Nowlin, of
Tin New Castle I'rtnn has pursued from the control of Chambers
A- Tracy, and is now published by 1 Mansflel(1) a8 f 0 ]| 0W8 . ( . H. Beard formerly of Knights-; ExoavatioDi drV( per Ctlbic vard) town. The retiring men are known 1 u c1b ^ game< wet? 40 ct8; founda . h»re and so is Mr. Beard, who will tjon timber8( 9 f eet thick, per foot
be assisted by his wife, formerly I Miss Jessie Noble, in DePauw Uni
versity several years ago.
*S«nur© .\kIiI011** Uourt. Fred Hanlon vs. Joseph Montgomery for assault, was a case decided yesterday in Judge Ashton’s
112 cts; masonry per cubic yard. •fd.OO; approaches per cubic yard 11 cts; rip rapp, per cubic yard, 00 cts; stone, furnished by the county, $0.00 per cubic yard; drift bolts, 4 cents per pound ; planks for foundation, $2.00 per hundred feet; wire spikes cts per pound; pil
court. Montgomery was fined and
costed $14. The parties come from j ing 43 cents per lineal foot. The the “flat woods” district. estimate on the above bid will make The following cases have been the substructure cost about $1300.
tiled in this court: Ed Albright vs. James McCoy, assault; Ed Albright vs. Wm. MeMillen, assault and battery j Wm. MeMillen vs. Ed Albright, assault and battery; State
On the super-structure the bids were all considered too high by the commusioners and all the bids on iron bridges were rejected. The lowest was by the F. J. P. Brackett
vs. Otis Hill, assault, charged with j company of Cincinnati, their bid threatening life of Ed Browning, | being $232."). The bridge is to be using a shot gun as a persuader; 120 fbet long and the lowest bid
state vs. Frank Cox et al, charged with disturbing a meeting.
was about $700 higher than the commissioners expected to pay.
FIERCE FOREST FIRES.
Constable Webster lias worn out, The agents claim the high price of several horses, a coach and four, iron is the cause of the advance, and Judge Ashton has his ermine J. A. and Thomas A Britton subpolished up to a high linish. He milled a plan for a “butr truss”
will hold court all week.
I bridge ot wood for $1500 which
Two family ponies for sale. W . A . ! was favorably thought of by the
Howe.
2:it)-5t | commissioners.
reencaKtl** CitizenM Have KxeititiK KxpeFiei.ee* in the .Northern I'orests. Bay View, Mich., July 12, ’95. To tlie Editor of the llanner Times: A brief recital of the experience of two Greeneastle citizens with forest fires might not prove uninteresting to your readers. Early in the afternoon of the 11th inst., while enroute to this point on the Chicago it West Michigan railroad, we left the fertile farms of southern Michigan and encountered large volumes of smoke whieh hinted of what was to come. Further on large gn.yes of bare, bleached and blackened trunks of trees spoke plainly of the ravages both recent and remote of the dread destroyer, fire. As we advanced civilization seemed to recede. Miles of country with no signs of it, save an occasional log or unpainted board hut, reminded us that we were in the wilderness, whither we had flown, not with the wings of a dove but on those of steam. But this wilderness brought not repose. Instead a in-owing cause for disquiet and anxiety. As we proceeded the smoke became denser ami burning stumps more frequent. At four o’clock we reached the small lumber village of Thompsonville, at the junction of the Chicago & West Michigan railroad with the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Michigan railroad, and about one hundred miles south of Bay View. Here a local train had been compelled to stop for several hours on account of the burning of the village of Wallin three miles ahead. Rumors that the bridge was burned and the telegraph lines down increased the gravity of the situation during this enforced stop. Groups of anxious travellers with gloomy faces stood around the station eagerly awaiting the return of an engine which had been sent forward to reconnoitre. Anxious parents and friends talked of the loved ones left at home. Some were despairing, some hopeful, some resigned. All were united by the bond of a common danger. On the floor of a small hotel near by lay thirteen or more citizens of Wallin, still suffering from the ef feels of the smoke and lire of the morning. One of the number being an old lady eighty years ot age, who had taken refuge in a hollow stump and when rescued was almost suffocated. Several men who had buried themselves in the sand for protection were dug out almost dead. Night begun to settle down upon us and still we waited. Eire behind us, fire to the left and right of us and fire before us! About nine o’clock the returning engine brought news that the bridge and track were safe, and the conductor announced that we would move for ward. To some of us it seemed as certain that we were marching into the “jaws of death” as it did to the ‘Six hundred at Balaklava.” For one half mile our pathway lay in tile midst of flames. Who could adequately describe that fire scene'' Surely not this correspondent. Let your imagination portray it as you think of tall trees with curling flames twisting around their trunks, which threatened to fall across the track, of some with charred surfaces lighted here and there with lurid patches of tire, still others bursting out at the top into showers of sparks which were carried in every direction by a still breeze, and otliers a mass of flume from root to topmost branch. Think of blazing uprooted stumps turned into giant corals stretching out luminous arms! Of great lumber piles turned into glowing embers! Of the livid couln marking the sites of what had been happy homes a tew hours previous! More than once our train halted and the lurid tongues v»f roaring fire seemed eager to lick us up. But at last the victorious shout of the track workers told us the great danger was over. All honor to these unknown heroes who while breathing fire and smoke yet toiled to make safe our path! When this pageant of fire had passed by leaving us unharmed, some of the passengers sang the doxology to Him who had verified again His promise to be present even in the fiery fur naee. At 12:30Thursday morning with thankful hearts, we alighted at Bay View. OkkaP. John.
WASHINGTON LETTER
THE LATEST POLITICAL GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL.
(nterefctiiig Doing:* of Fublir Men, and a Dish of Space Here and There a* Seen iiy Our Special Correspondert —Note*, Incident*, Etc.
Washington, July 1">, 1805. Wonders never cease. Although Mr. Reed probably lias as yet given little attention to, and lias certainly not made up his mind on any regular policy to be followed when he becomes Speaker of tin* House, a democratic newspaper published in Washington has found out all about it and has taken the public into its confidence. If there ever was more gall displayed, even in these days of the “enterprising” newspapers it has escaped your correspondent's attention, and lie devotes his entire time to trying to keep up with tlie procession. It is unnecessary to mention the programme outlined by this knowing newspaper further than to say that it begins with the absurd statement that the republicans will be afraid to touch the tarifi’. That is false enough, as time will show, to stamp the whole story as a democratic olflce-made fake. It is the democrats who are afraid. One of the certainties of the next session of Congress is that Hie House will revise the tarifi 1 in a number of important pai - ticulars. and it is probable that the revision wi'l be accepted by the Senate although that body will not have a republican majority. As Jodi Killings used to say, “’Tis better to be ignorant than to know so darn mucli that aint
* Those in Garciages
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1 The Little DruS Shop 30 Vw c E o ^tIJ
Who drive up ever) evening to taste oar wates , , , 1
Mt,.,| me jgiin ami often —It is no trouble ,,, I,,- ..hi I" v-m Th-ir i-n’t :"'Vthing whir!, Wl| , . j . 1
evening’s drive like one of our Fruit le.-s— I
Thev don't cost much cither—Only 5 cents
5p<?eial 5ale, Summer pabri (
We place on sale this week our entire stock of Dress Goods and Wash Fabrics at greatly reduced pj Fresh new India Linens, Dimities, Lawns, Oro Dotted Swiss, Pongees, etc., that have been sellingl to 20 cents, are cut to 5, 8, 10 and 12 cents. ChallJ be sold from 3^cts. up—Ginghams from sets. up. of Remnants at less than cost to close. A few wj terns of wash silks that have sold all season for 4octJ 29Cts.—wont last long. We are showing some extra values in Table J Towels and Crashes; also Ladies' Summer Underwear] iery, Corsets, Handkerchiefs and F'ancy Goods. bJ in every department. These prices are for CASH (j] Give us a call.
It has leikcd out that Mr. Cleveland would like to remove Ambassador Eustis for bis recent indiscretions in tlie way of jingo speeches and newspaper interviews, but is afraid that if he does so he will make Eustis the democratic candidate for president. He recognizes *hat however indiscreet the utterances of Mr. Eustis may have been in a deplomut bis opinions have voiced the sentiments of many Americans and that his removal from office for such an oftence would make him very popular. That being the case it is probable that Mr. Kutis will remain in Baris, unless he gets mail at being reprimanded and resigns, as he may do. It has been whispered ever since that London speech that Mr. Eustis has
presidential aspirations.
Oli humbug! one of thy other names is certainly Hoke Smith. A New York newspaper has started a popular subscription for the benefit of Miss Elizabeth Key, grand daughter of the author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” who was on the first of July dismissed without cause from the oetty clerical position she had filled for fourteen years 111 the Pension Bureau, and her aged and invalid mother. Among the Washington contributors to tbis fund appears the name of Secretary Hoke Smith, the man who lias it in his power to restore Miss Key to the position from which she was so mercilessly and cruelly dismissed with hi- approval, thus enabling her ami her crippled mother to live independently, instead of having to eat the In end of charity. Mr. Hoke Smith would find it difficult to convince an/ unprejudiced person that any feeling accompanied his donation to the Key charity tund; it was merely a conscience contribution. If he had either feeling for the Keys or the patriot! 111 which every American should have, he would reinstate Mis, Key and save her Hie humiliation of accepting support for herself and mother from the new simper charity
fund donated by Ibe public.
Agricultural Department officials cannot brush away themceusation, that speculators get advance information of the department’s official crop report. b> referring to them ns “old stories.” (nfi or new, it does seem strange that certain big speculators should always he able to lay their bets in the market just before those reports are issued in a way to make money and to make it appear to
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Good broom 1 box sardines 1 doz best thread Fresh country lard City lard Bacon Hams only Shoulders Dinner Bucket . .
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other people that they were acting upon actual knowledge. Perhaps these speculators only guess, but it seems a ; little odd that they should always gue-s j right,while others ju«t as intelligent continue to guess wrong right along. Members o? the administration are having a difficult task to reconcile the | piomix-dial a democratic tarifi - would i open the markets of the world to the j producers and manufacturers of the Lnited States with the cold, hard, i figures contained m the official report i the Bureau of Statistics—figures compiled by democratic officials. During the eleven months ending May 31, IsOo, exports from the I’liitcd Slates fell off, as compared with the period ending May 31. 1S!I4. when the McKinley law was in force, nearly $75,000,000 in value —to be exact, the exportations for eleven months under the McKinley tariff amounted to $813,547,S60, while j the exportations for the same period j under the democratic tarifi - amounted l<mly to $739,651,805. These are the sort I °1' facts which have convinced those : who control the great business interests 1 of the country that it is not safe to have | the democratic party in control of the national government, and which will J not soon he forgotten, but will stand like a stone wall over which the deinocratic party cannot hope to get during the life of the present generation.
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Keul KM tit* 'iranster.. Sheriff Putnam county to Geo. W, Pement . land in Greeneastle. $3,:JOO. i Dmis \V, Thomi.khis to Sarah Vermilion. | ,a,1(1 * n GreencMStle, $,louo. , Wm H.ltoivlnaslo Moses Spurgeon, land in Madlsontp $335. »24.isr“ K "" - '" nj "■ w7™: 1 , n 1 S.
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Why go to Martinsville, Fre or any ot hi r waterinj | Greeneastle has at her doon tlie he-t mfneral water tobi‘i the state. The Spring on tie farm, south of the Yanitili* contains iron and <uliilinr. Ill ical properties have Iwhi ai tested and found to be tin'etl 1 * spring. Fox R.T'GE.J^ To Whom Concerned: 1 have used mineral water it ville, Martinsville and Grt'eiioii while I think them all goo’ll recommend Greeneastle "aw best. .G’ The following is a lid of d have been heticlittc I by the '1^ eral water: Mrs. G. K. 'I'. Kelley and son, Mr. anil Hopkins. I have mad' 1 nrrangenienb » the water around thecitv, i® livery by wagon cadi inornn 1 . Water will be delivered fr^ ^ to any one who cannot afford IlJ <'ustomers supplied at 5 cents a gallon, delM Call on or address bv pn-ial iri JOHN RILE' South Greeneastle.
Y\/ N UmuAmmUm the face, you hail better to Hr- *>• yooeeYM fit tori with a nair of snecfS’'”**
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