Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 7 March 1895 — Page 4

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you to recover," he answered, with a shrewd, sidel-uig look. "The man that •was clever enough to hunt me down Is clover enough to pick an iron box from the bottom of a river. Now that, they arc scattered over live miles or so it may be a Jiardcr job. It went to my heart to do it, though. I was half mad when you camo lip with lis. However, there's no good j-»rieviiiy over it. I've had 11ns in my life, smil I've had downs, but I've learned not to cry over spilled milk."

is very serious matter, Small,"

raid the detective. "If you had helped justice, instead of thwarting it in this •vray, you would have had ft better chance .at your trial." '•Justice!" snarled the. ex-convict. "A nrctty ji^t'ce! Whose lout is this if it. is uotoursV hero is the justice that I should ^ivo it up to those who have never eaiv.ed St? JLook how I have earned Twenty loni? years in th.at fever ridden swamp, all «ay at work under tlie mangrove trees, all *ji iht churned upin 1 i'.e lilt 1 con\ict huts, lritl.cn by mo quito:-s, rae'eed with ague, htsiik-d iiy every rv.rscd black faced policeman win) loved to take it out of a white snail. '{:vii was howl cv.rned the Agra treasure, ami ycut i!k to me of justice bc•fur.se I caiit'.ot Isear to feel that I have •jsaid this only that another may enjoy it! I would rather swing a score of jijues, or havo of Tonga's darts in my 2iide, than live in a convict's cell and feel t'fcst another man is at his ease in a palace -ivith the. money that should be mine." "mall had dropped his mask of stoicism, srnd all this cam: out in a wild whirl of •words, while his eyes blazed, and the ."handcuffs clanked together with the im--pfissioned mevement ot his hands. I could understand, as I saw the fury and the jvissicn of the. man, that it was no groundV*G or unnatural terror which had pos•f. 'v'.Kcd Major .Siiolto when he first learned Viiafc the injured convict was upon his tU'cck. "You forget that we know nothingof all Ihis," said holmes quietly. "We have not Jh^rird your story, and we cannot, tell how jJ»r justice ir.ay originally have been on TOUT side." "Weil, sir. you have been very fair spo3 '.n to me, though I can see that I have you thank that I have these bracelets upon suy wrists. Mill I bear

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3t is all fair and above hoard. If you want to hear my story, 1 have no wish to hold at hack. What I say to you is God's truth,

.vry word of it. Thank you! You can

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the plans beside me here, and I'll put sny lips to it if I am dry.'' 'I am a V\ orcestershire man myself— ?i«r» near Pershore. I dare say you will Sir/el a heap of h::r.a!!s living there, now if were to look. I ha\e often thought of 3ft king a look round there, but the truth that I was never much of a credit to the £umi!y, and 1 don 1 it. if they wuiitd !:e so -.Y .-y gl u.i

see lue. Tliey were ail steady,

•iciiupcl goiii.'.r folk, s:::all fiirmers, well Jcifi'!! ami respected over the country stvjii', v.'inio I was always a hit. of a rover, lit !. how ver, when I was about IN, I i.h.em no more troulile, f'i' I got into •a awr a girl and could only get out ifc again by raking the queen's shilling su-! joining the Third .Jluffs, which was tUtrting for India.

wasn't, destined to do huieh sohlier§n,-'*, however. I had .just got past the ,sr-. -vtlepaid learned how to handle my "Uv.'sV.et. wh"ii 1 was fool enough to go s.\ '..'ii.:ii"g in the (.hinges. Luckily for me

V'»" company sergeant, John Holder, was rii3 t'.io water at the same time, and he was iiii« oi the finest swimmers in the servhv. & croeomlo took me, just as I was half •wrwy across, and nipped off my right leg as

J:S :J surgeon could have dote.1it, just il knee. What with the shock and 'losnof blood, I fainted and should liave drowned. if Holder had not caught SiKOd of me and paddled for th" batik. I five months in liospicai over it, and Twt-.eu at last I was able to limp out of it -s*'lh thi-. timber toe strapped to my stump 2 j./jnd myself invalided out of the army

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unlit",ted for any act ve occu]):ition. '"I was, as you can imagine, pretty down cOT. uiy luck at this time, lor I was a useBess cripple, though not yet in my twentieth year. However, my misf'ytune soon 5»pavcd to he a blessitig in disguise. A X5i-:tn 7ia:ue.d Abel white, who had come out altera as an indigo planter, wanted an cra-ereecr to look alter his coolies and k( cp

up to tlieir work. He happened to 2KJ :i friend of our colonel's, who had taken interest, in me since the accident. To sm ke a long story sliort, the colonel recastai'Miended me strongly for the post, and llio work was mostly to be done

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toe I had enough knee left to keep a good &n\i on the saddle. What I had to do was ride over the plantation to keep an eye i5i« the men as they worked and to report Mfts .idlers. The pay was fair, 1 had comfssitablo quarters, and altogether I was .©raiteut to spend the remainder of my life fai indigo planting. Air. Abelwhito was a ftind man, and he would often drop into 7my little shanty and smoke a pipe with :&m:, for whito folk out there feel their frwarts warm to each other as they never sfto here at home. ''Wen, I was never in luck's way. SudfS/.'.'iciJy, without a note of warning, the grrcat mutiny broke upon us. One month 2.Tid.ia lay as still and peaceful, to all apjpeaxance, as Surrey or Kent. The next.

were 200,000 black devils hit loose, MTvd tlw country was a perfect hell. Of «r.~j..".i\se 2/ou know all about it, gentlemen— a deal more than I do, very like, sinco *gsdiJK is not in my lino. I only know if hat 1 saw with my own eyes. Our plantation was at a placo called Muttra, near •fc-B i(order of the northwest provinces. SKigJit.after night the wholosky was alight ••raiii the burning bungalows, and day

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wo had small companies of Eurons paesing through our estate, with l&eir wives and children, on their way to A'grou whero wore the nearest troons. f.

mr. ADenviiite was an oostrnate man. He had it in his head that the affair had been exaggerated, and that it would blow over as suddenly as it had sprung up. There he sat 011 his veranda, drinking whisky pegs and smoking cheroots, while the country was in a blaze about him. Of course we stuck by him, I and Dawson, who, with his wife, used to do the book work and the managing. Well, one fine day the crash came. I had been away on a distant plantation and was riding slowly homo in the evening, when my eye fell upon something all huddled together at the bottom of a steep nullah. I re.de down to see what it was, and the cold, struck through my heart when I found it was

Dawson's wu'c, all cut into ribbons and half eaten i.y jackals and native dogs. A little farther up the road Dawson himself was lying on his face, quite dead, with an empty revolver in his hand and four sepoys lying across each other in front of him. I reined up my horse wondering which way I should turn, but at that moment I saw thick smoke curling up from Abel white's bungalow and tiie flames beginning to hurst through the roof. I knew then that I couhl do my employer no good, but would only throw my own life array if I meddled in the matter. From where I stood I could see. hundreds of the black fiends, with their red coats still on their backs, dancing and howling round the burning house. Some of them pointed at. me, and a couple of bullets sang past my head, so I broke away across the paddy fields and found myself late at night safe within the walls of Agra. "As it proved, however, there was no great safety there either. Tho whole country was up like a swarm of bees. Wherever the English could collect in little bands they held just the ground that their guns commanded. Everywhere else they were 1K1 .ICSS fugitives. It was a fight of the million: against the hundreds, and tiie crudest, part of it was that the men that we fought against, foot, horse and gunners, were our own picked troops, whom wo had taught and trained, handling our own weapons and blowing our own hua'e eails. At Agra there were tho Third Hengal Fusiliers, some Sikhs, two troops of horse and a battery of aitillory. A volunteer corns (if clerks and merchants had been formal, and this I joined, wooden leg and ail. We went out to meet t.lio rebels at Shahgange early in July, and we beat them back for a time, but our powder gave out, and we had to fall hack upon the city. Nothing but the-worse news came t» us from every side, which is: not to b.e wondered at, for you look at the map you will see that were right in the heart of it. Lucknow is rather better than i00 miies to the east and Cawnpur about, as far to tho south. From every point 011 tho compass there was nothing but. torture and murder and outrage. "The city of Agra is a great place, swarming with fanatics and iicrco devil worshipers of all sorts. Our handful of men were lost among the narrow, winding streets. Our leader moved across tho river therefore and took up his position in the old fort of Agra. I don't know if any of you gentlemen have ever read or heard anything of that old fort. It Is a very queer placc—the queerest that ever I was in, and I have been in some rum corners too. First of all, it is enormous in sizo. I should think that the inelosurc must bo acres and acres. There is a modern part, which took all our garrison, women, children, stores and everything else, with plenty of room over. But tho modern part is nothing like the size of the- old quarter, where nobody goes and which is given over to the scorpions and tho centipeds. It is all full of great deserted halls and winding passages and long corridors, twisting in and out, so that it is easy enough for folks to get lost in it. For this reason it was seldom tiiat any one went into it, though now and again a party with torches might go exploring. "The river washes along the front of the old fort, and so protects it, but on the sides and behind there ai'e many doors, and these had to be guarded, of course, in the old quarter as well as in that which was actually held by our troops. We were short handed, with baldly men enough to man the angles of the building and to serve the guns. It was impossible l'or its, therefore, to station a strong guard at every one of the innumerable gates. What we did was to organize a central guardhouse in lie middle of the fort and to leave each gate under the charge of one whito man and two or three na1 ives. I was selected to take charge during certain hours of the night, of a small isolated door upon the southwest side of the building. Two Sikh, troopers wire placed under my command, and I was instructed if anything went wrong to lire, my musket, when I might rely upon help coming at once from the cent-nil guard. As the guard was a good ^t'O paces away, however, and as the .space between was cut tip into a labyrinth of passages and corridors, I had great doubts as to whether they could arrive in time to bo of any use in case of an actual attack. "Well, I was pretty proud at having this small command given me, since I was a raw recruit, and a game legged 0210 at that. For two nights I kept the watch with my 1'unjabees They were tall, fierce looking chaps, Mohammed Singh and Abdullah Khan by name, both old lighting men who had borne arms against us at Chilianwallah. They could talk English pretty well, but I could get little out of them. They preferred to stand together and jabber all night in their queer Sikh lingo. For myself, I used to stand outside the gateway, looking down 011 the broad, winding river and 011 the twinkling lights of the great city. The beating of drums, the rattle of tomtoms and the yells and howls of the rebels, drunk with opium and with bang, were enough to remind us all night of our dangerous neighbors across tho stream. Every«two hours the officers of the night used to come round to all tho posts to make sure that all \vas well. "Tho third night of my watch was dark and dirty, with a small, driving rain. It was dreary work standing in the gateway hour after hour in such weather. I tried again and again to mako my Sikhs talk, but without much success. At in tho morning the rounds passed and broke for a moment tho weariness of tho night. Finding that my companions would not be led into conversation, I took out my pipe and laid down my musket to strike a match. In an instant the two Sikhs wero upon me. One of them snatched my lirelock u] and leveled it at my head, while tho other held a great knife to my throat and swore between liis teeth that he would plunge it into me if I moved a step. "My first thought was that these follows wero in league with tho rebels, and that this was the beginning of an assault. If our door wero in tho hands of the sepoys, the placo must fall and tho women and children be treated as they wero in Cawnpur. May bo you gentlemen think that I am just making out a case for myself, but I give you my word that when I thought of that, though I felt tho point of tho knife at my throat, I opened my mouth with thrj intention ot ffivintr a senium, if

it was my last one, whie'n" might alarm the main guard. The man who held mo seemed to know my thoughts, for even as I braced myself to it ho whispered: 'Don't make a noise. Tho fort is safe enough. There are 110 rebel dogs on this side of tho river.' There was the ring of truth in what he said, and I knew that if I raised my voice I was a dead man. I could read it in the fellow's brown eyes. I waited, therefore, in silence 10 see what it was that they wanted from me. 'Listen- to me, sahib,' said tho taller and fiercer of the pair, the one whom they called Abdullah Khan. 'You must either bo with us now, or you must be silenced: forever. The thing is too great a one for

us to hesitate. Either your heart and soul with us on your oath on the cross of tho. Christians, or your body this night shall bo thrown into the ditch, and wo shall pass over to our brothers in the rebel army. There is no middle way. Which is it to be, death or life? We can only give you tluvo minutes to decide, for tho time is passing, and all must be done before the rounds come again.' 'How can I decide?' said I. "You have not told me what you want of mo. But I tell you now that if it is anything against the safety of the fort I will havo no truck with it, so you can drive homo your knife and welcome.' 'It is nothing against the fort,' said he. 'Wo only ask you to do that which your countrymen conio to this land for. We ask you to be rich. If you will bo one of us this night, we will swear to you upon the naked knife and by the threefold oath, which 110 Sikh was ever known to break, that you shall have your fair share of the loot. A quarter of tho treasure shall be yours. We can say no fairer.' "•But what is the treasure, then?' I asked. 'I am as ready to bo rich as you can be, if you will but show 1110 how it can be done. "'You swear, then,' said he, 'by the bones of your lather, by the honor of your mother, by the cross of your faith, to raise 110 hand and speak no word against us, either now or a/.'orward?'

I will s,vear it,' I answered, 'provided thai tho fore is not endangered.' 'Then my comrade and I shall swear that you shall have a quarter of the treasurc, which shall be equally divided among the four of us.' 'There are bub three,' said I. 'No Dost Akbar must havo his share. We can tell the talo to you while we await them. Do you stand at the gate, Mohammed Singh,and give 110! ice of their coming. The thing stands thus, sahib, and I teil it to you because I know that an oath is binding upon a Feringhee, and that we may trust you Had you been a lying Hindoo, though you had sworn by all the gods in their false temples, your blood would havo been upon the knife, and your body in the water, but tho Sikh knows the Englishman, and tho Englishman knows the Sikh. Hearken, then, to what I have to say: 'There is a rajah in tho northern provinces who has much wealth, though his lands aro small. Much has conio to him from his father, and more st^l he has set by himself, for I10 is of a loft' naturo and hoards his gold rather than spend it. When the troubles broke out, he would bo friends both with the lion and tho tiger, with tho sepoy and with the company's raj. Soon, however, it seemed to him that the white men's day was come, for through all the land ho could hear of nothing but of their death and their overthrow. Yet being a careful man ho made such plans that, come what might, half at least of his treasure should bo left to him. That which was in gold and silver I10 kept by him in the vaults of his palace, but tho most prccious stones and the choicest pearls that he had ho put in an iron box and sent it by a trusty servant who, under the guise of a merchant., should take it to tho i'ort at Agra, thero to lie until tho land is at pee.ee. Thus, if the rebels won, ho would have his money, but if the company conquered his jewels would bo saved to him. laving thus divided his hoard I10 threw himself into the cause of the sepoys, sinco they were strong upon his borders. By his doing this, mark you, sahib, his property becomes the duo of those who have been true to their salt. 'This pr 'tended merchant, who travels under the name of Aehmet, is now in the city of .Agra and desires to gain his way into the fort. Ho bar with him as traveling companion my foster brother Dost A k1 jiii*, who knows his secret. Dost Akbar has promised this night, to lead him to a side postern of the fort and has chosen this one for his purpose. Here he will come presently, and hero he v.'ill find T-.io-h.ammed Singh and myself awaiting him. The place is lonely, and none shall know of his coming The work! shall know of the merchant. Aehmet 110 more, but the great, treasure of tho rajah, will be divided among us. What say you to it, sahib?' "In Worcestershire tho life of a man seems a great and a sacred thing, but it is very different when there is lire and blood all round you and you have been used to meeting death at every turn. Whether Aehmet tho merchant lived or died was a thing as light as air to 1110, but at tho talk about the treasure my heart turned to it, and I thought of what I might do in tho old country with it, and how my folk would stare when they saw their ne'er do weel coming back with his pockets full of gold moidores. I had, therefore, already made up my mind. Abdullah Khan, however, thinking that I hesitated, pressed the matter more closely. 'Consider, sahib,' said he, 'that if this man is taken by tho commandant he will bo hung or shot, and his jewels taken by the government, so that 110 man will be a rupee the better for them. Now, sinco wo do tho taking of him, why should wo not do the rest as well? The jewels will bo as well with us as in tho company's coffers. Thero will be enough to mako every 0110 of us rich men and great chiefs. No one can know about the matter, for hero wo ai-e cut off from all men. What could bo better for the purpose? Say again, sahib, whether you aro with us, or if we must look upon you as an enemy.' 'I am with you heart and soul,' said I. 'It is well,' I10 answered, handing 1110 back my firelock. You see that we trust you, for your word, like ours, is not to bo broken. Wo have now only to wait for my brother and the merchant.' 'Does your brother know, then, of what you will do?' I asked. 'The plan is his. lie has devised it. We will go to thegato andsharo tho watch with Mohammed Singh.' "The rain was still falling steadily, for it was just the beginning of tho wet season. Brown, heavy clouds were drifting across tho sky, and it was hard to seo more than a stone cast. A deep moat lay in front of our door, but tho water was in places nearly dried up, and it could easily be crossed. It was strango to mo to bo standing thero with thoso two wild Punjabces waiting for tho man who was comin to is at

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ELI PERKINS' RIDE.

HOW AND WHEN HE LOST HIS REPUTATION FOR VERACITY.

A Thrilling Exreri«*:ice on 0::e of tlie Cold

est Nights of a Cold Winter In Iowa—A Telegram That 1:1sei -e:i lv the 11

bitior. of a Candidate For Congress.

I havo traveled over the Alps when Ave started on wheels in Italy, were put Son runners at tho monasteries of St. Bcrjuird an:l the next day camo tumbling down into the wheatiields of Switzerland and the Rhone. Then I have jinrikishad through Japan and whoclbarrowed in China. But tho 'most exciting trip of my life was taken in our own country, out in Iowa. It was one of tho coldest night of a cold winter. I lectured for the college at Osago City, northeast from Cedar Rapids, 0110 night, and the

next night I was to bo at Grinnell college, near Des ^Moines. I had to ride down through the central part of Iowa, on tho old Iowa Central road. To do this I was compelled to drive o0 miles across tho prairie, from Osage City to Mason City, in order to strike a 0 o'clock I morning train for Grinnell.

Thirty miles over tlie prairio in a northwest storm, with the thermometer 15 degrees below zero, was a test of strength, nerve and bodily caloric. But we mado the trip. Once our sleigh tipped over, and our blankets and robes blew away. It was a hurricane, and even our hot soapstone took to the wind. Once we got to circling around

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oO mile prairie, and tlie driver throw up his frozen hands and .screamed: We's Inst-!"

But the stars came out. and wo whirled around toward the north star and struggled 011.

In the gray of tho morning with what •joy we saw tlie straggling lights of the little station of ."Mason City, now a place of 8,000 people! I remember well howl rolled out of the sleigh and tottered up to the station door. It v."as all dark within. I know tho morning train hadn't gone. WG had won, but, 0I1, with wnat cost!

Knocking on the door, then pounding louder, tho agent finally opened it. "Has tho 5 o'clock train gone south to Grinnell?" I asked, with tremulous 1 voice. "What?" "Has tho train gono south?" I Ho looked at mo in amazement said: "Gone, man! Gone? Why, slio went 1 last September. She is a summer train,

But," and ho looked kindly at me, sho I will go again in June. If you must go on her, you can sit around hero in tho depot and wait.

What did I do? Why, I went right over to a log liotol

and went to bed, and sleep smothered my sorrows. Sleep! Sleep!

At 10 o'clock I crawled over to the depot and opened the wires 011 President J. B. Grinnell of tho Iowa Central, .This, by tho way, was the original man whom Greeley told to 'go west.'' Grinnell went west, and it was I10 who founded the city of Grinnell, whero I

as to lecture. He built tho colle^o there. The railroad, the town, the college and the lecture course were till his. And 1 threw myself into his arms with this telegram: "Please give me an ongxue..,„,Got me to Grinnell tonight!" "Any engines needing repairs at Mason City? If so, send Perkins down," camo over tho wire from Grinnell. "NQ. (i wants a new firebox, went tho answer. I "O. K. Send (I.with Perkins. Get him hero or kill him, replied Grinnell.

In 30 minutes we wero off. Wo went bounding over the old iron rails between Ackley and MarshalItown, and how wo flow! Villages became splotches of maroon paint. Telegraph poles blurred like wagon spokes in tho sun.

Wo blow the ^fiiiisi !e, but tho train beat, the .sound into Murshallfown, and tho agent came out and looked the wrong way. Wo had passed tho town, I and tho whistlo was still behind.:

Well, wo &<• to Grinnell and struck tho audienec 011 the stroke of S. President Grinnell hadn't told them about tho rido. The audience thought I. camo on a regular train or drove over from tho next station. When I tried to tell them about my trip, they only laughed. They didn't believe me. Alas! that was tho day, that was the night, that I lost my reputation for veracity, and all thoso vears I havo struggled to get it back. I am a vestryman now and a member of the Young Men's Christian association, but nothing will get back my lost voracity, except perhaps this open confession, now for the first timo mado.

When asked tho venerable President Grinnell years afterward how ho camo to telegraph, "Get Perkins to Grinnell or kill him,lie said: "Well, my son, you seo I was running for congress then, and 1 didn havo any record to run on. All I had dono was to condemn land for right of way and kill immigrants 011 our trains. I was dying for a record to run 011—one that would bring mo tho sympathy of tho people, and it occurred—mind me," ho said it slowly, "it simply occurred to mo as a business man—I beg pardon for saying it," and tho tears came to his oyes—"but it occurred to 1110 if you could bo killed 011 our train then, and tho people should find it out, why, I would be nominated and unanimously elocted.''

Then I10 added, with a long sigh, "Your coming and tho lecturo you delivered settled me with tho peoplo—I •was d-o-f-o-a-t-o-d I''—Eli Perkins in Magazine of Travel.

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"And the Leaves of the Tree Were for the Healing of the JSiit.oiifj."—Rev. XXII-2

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To whom it may concern io unuersinned business men of rantefort, bid., certify that we have known Dr. \V K. fetliey Man-O-the past two year?, ami know him to be not only a goo I_ citizen, honorable and sfjiiare in ail his dcahng-s and 5 reasonable in his charges, but also as a skilJiul physician, and that hehasieul a large and ?x- 5 tensive practice during li residence here: i, i-'mS'l," K, Kditor Frankfort I niu-.s.

KTA l.KY ,*c Bt'llXS. I'ut.lislicrs Xi -l.encr, A. 1). HKUUY. Pastor baptist. Church. 'J'. i'. DA UIY, Postmaster. J. II. l'.\ UIS A SONS, l'ry Goods, It ANNA A: MATT I Boots and Shoes. l'l -ll Kit BROS.. Novelty More. JAVIDT. 111 la-, Sheri'tr of Clinton County, W. P. STKVKN N, Kuri.iture. CCSHWA BROS, Confectionery. A. A. LAIIM, Druggist.

DAVIS, M. D. (ii Anti llaldaene I asnc. L, II [LStNti ICR, A meriean" Kxpres.s Agent.. DR. MAX-O-WA

For over one year my daughter, Vir.-i, a c-otistantsutferer from Cystotis. She w,.s confined to the house, she was greatly reduced in* ilesh and strength. Sh- was treated by several prominent physicians, tin 10 110 avail. \V had dispaired of'ever havin her cured. But ueire happv to sav that after four months use ot your Indian Herb Extracts, she is enjoying :.erfect

RICHARD M. DAVIS, Geenfield, Tnd., July 24, "J4.

Dr. Man-O-Wa treats, and cures 85 per cent.. of all chronic diseases given up by other phj sicians as incurable. Office in Wilson's New Block, Greenfield. Office days, Friday and bat-• urdav of each week.

No money required of responsible parties* to 5 begin treatment. TeVrns $3.00 to $b.00 par month.

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Notice to Contractors. NOTICK

is hcreliy given, that, the Common Council of the city of Greenfield, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals up to 7 o'clock p. in.

Wednesday, Murcli the 20tli, 1^95,

or tho construct ion of a two story brick building to be located on the lot owned by said city on North btrcet in said city,

Specifications for said work are now on file in Architect .John II. Kelt's oflice in said city and can lie inspected by persons desiring to bid. Said work is to be done in accordance with the speciliciitions heretofore adopted by said Common Council. Kach bid must be accompanied by a bond or certified cheek payable to said city in the amount of J'JOO.UO, said bond, with one or more of said sureties being a resident of Hancock county, Indiana, must be sulticient to lie approved liy said Common Council or bid will not lie considered. Conditioned that in the event saiil contract be awarded him said bidder will contract with and execute to said city the required bond (which is double tlie contract price) within five days after contract is awarded.

The Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By orderof the Common Council of the cit.y of Greenfield, Indiana. dfob'21 3wk \VM. 11. AlcIvOWN, City Clerk.