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MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896.

REPUBLICAN

P0L1TIGAL BULLETIN. ANNOUNCEMENTS. EDWIN

O. HUNTINGTON, of Sugarcreek township, desires to announce his name as a canii date for the nomination ef Commissioner of he Western District of Hancock county, subject the decision of the Republican nominating con-

Dtion.

LINZA

WALKER, of Jackson township, desires to announce his name as a candidate for the nomination of Sheriff, subjeat to the decision of the Republican county convention, one 13th.

POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

Republican National convention, St. Louis, June 16. Democratic State convention, Indianapolis, June 24.

Democratic National convention, Chicago, July 7. Populist convention, St. Louis, July 22.

Silver Party convention, St. Louis, July 22. Democratic District convention, Castle, July 22.

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Of leaving the city for a week or a month's visit during the summer without ordering the DAILY REPUBLICAN. It will cost you but 6 cents a week or 25 cents a month, and keep you thoroughly posted on the city and county news and also give you a complete resume of State, national and foreign news.

WEATHER FORECAST

Thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday, fair and cooler.

MAJOR MCKINLEY was in good company in Virginia in 1864 when he cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He was with General Phil Sheridan and R. B. Hayes.

THE rain of today was a fine one. The recent rains are getting the ground in fine shape. The outlook for oats, corn and pasture is now A No. 1., the wheat crop has been helped and the meadows will be much better than was expected.

THE United States will soon have a law which prohibits illiterate and ignorant foreigners from coming into this country. Now a law should be passed which would prohibit a large number of Americans, with more money than brains, who are densely ignorant con cerning the greatness and grandeur of this country from annually going to Europe, leaving millions of money there and giving Europeans a bad impression concerning America and Americans.

THE sound money Democrats in Indiana, have braced up and propose to make a fight for a few district delegates to Chicago. In Indianapolis it is thought the silver men can be defeated. The leaders for sound money are State Chairman Sterling R. Holt, Mayor Thomas Taggart,

G. Smith, John W. Kern,

W. R. Myers, John P. Frenzel, Chas. A. Korbly and others. Next Thursday a big meeting is to be held at Indianapolis by the Democrats who favor sound money, Hon. Win, R. Myers stated the situation correctly when he said: "If this country should give it out to the financial institutions of the world that it proposes to go to a silver basis ihere would be such a collapse of credit and such a tightening of the money market as the people have never known before, even in the severest panics we have had. Do you suppose that the man to whom you owe money is going to give you an extension of time or that anybody else is going to make you a new loan if he believes that when the time comes for you to pay you will be able to meet the obligation with money worth only half as much as the money he has loaned you? Not for a moment. He will come down upon you right now and have that money before its value depreciates or force you into bankruptcy. Not only foreign, but home banks and capitaVsts as well, will call in every loan they can the moment the fear of free silver becomes general and then will follow the stringency, the panic and the destruction of values and general distress that always come in their train.

VOICE OF THIS PEOPLE.

A Tree Needs Cutting Down.

There is a large tree top heavy and hollow that is dangerous, it stands in the first alley east of Mechanic street and north of Grove and should be cut down. The attention of two of our city Ccuncilmen has been called to it but nothing has teen done, if it falls the city will very likely have some damage to pay.

CITIZEN.

Could Tlie Stone Contract Be Fixed.

Editor of REPUBLICAN:— The reply of the Tribune to the statement of a certain conversation in Greenfield concerning the Stone Contract for the New Court House is very peculiar to a he as an to a ha a statement could not have been made'• because it was Inconsistent leaves the inference that either the editor of the REPUBLICAN, tax payer or a certain stone dealer has deliberately tolcj an untruth. Now such a Statement wab made in the city of Greenfield within the last week ancl by a

man whom if the- editor4 of the Tribune knew would be bound to believe a truthful man unless some very strong evidence should be brought to the contrary. But where is the inconsistency of such a proposition. Suppose for instance there were four brothers between whom there was the utmost kindness of feeling and within whose breasts there was mutual desire that all should get on so far as this worlds goods are concerned. Now for arguments sake, one owns a stone quarry another is an architect another is a contractor and builder'another is an agent for* a large corporation who desires to erect a large and expensive stone building that will cost several thousands of dollars. Suppoee their is a collusion of the brothers and upon the Scriptural injunction that he that provideth not for his own is worse than an infidel, they set their heads together to profit thereby. Though there are stringent rules laid down concerning the letting and building of that house yet by virtue of the ostensible discretion the brother who is the agent claims that he possesses, is it not very plain how the brother who owns the stone quarry could say to another dealer the furnishing of the stone for that building had long been fixed even before the contract was let,

TAX PAYER.

THE BLACK CASTLE.

A Stronghold and Palace Erected by Elng Herod In Judaea.

Eastward from the dull and almost waveless waters of the Dead sea there is a wild and gloomy land of mountainous heights and dark, precipitous ravines. On one of the highest points of rock, overlooking the surrounding country, Herod had constructed over the ruins of a former fort the stronghold and palace of Macligerus, or 'The Black Castle.'' A town had grown up near by, with heathen temples, a theater and places of trade and manufacture. The palace had been made so splendid that Herod preferred it as a residence, especially as it was close to the frontier of Judaea, and as from it he could r&idily go to any other part of his dominions unwatclied and unimpeded. Here at least he could do whatever he pleased, and all prisoners were at his mercy.

It was by no means safe for a stranger to draw near to the frowning gates of the citadel of Macha3rus, but the disciples of John did come, again and again, only to be refused admission. For a long time therefore the baptizer was in comparative ignorance of what might be going en in the great world beyond the castle walks. It-s kings might come or go, its kingdoms might rise or fall, its cities might prosper or perish, and no news of all could penetrate the solid stone that walled him in.

A deep, dark, rock hewn room was that dungeon under the citadel of Machaerus. High up near the outer level was a cell with one small window and a heavy barred and grated door.

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couth man in a coarse tunic of camel's hair girded with a broad belt of leather. He had preached to multitudes, and he and his disciples had baptized vast numbers. He had actually brought about an important reformation in public morals but, more than all, lie had proclaimed himself one sent to declare the speedy coming of another "mightier than I, concerning whom the people who heard John obtained only a vague idea. But John's hearers were encouraged to expect the king who was to restore the throne and crown of David.

Whatever John had understood or expected, his work seemed ended, for there was no possible escape from Herod's dungeon.—\Y. O. Stoddard in St. Nicholas.

A HAWK THAT HERDS COWS.

An Educated Bird Tliat Is a Wonder In Its Way.

Two miles north of the little town of Oxford, in Orange county, N. Y., James Cloyd owns a farm which borders on the road to Bloomington Grove. He is the owner of what is probably the most remarkable liawk in the world.

This hawk brings home a herd of 75 cows every evening and gathers in the stragglers and keeps the herd together even more effectually than Hiram Cloyd, the son of the farmer, used to do. Hiram had killed the parent hawk, which had been stealing chickens, and took this one from the nest. As it grew up he made a pet of it and took it with him every evening when lie went out to bring the cows in.

One day Hiram cut his foot so that he could not walk. His father was absent, and when 5 o'clock came and went without Hiram putting in an appearance, Abe, the pet hawk, flew out of the barn and away. In half an hour or so Mrs. Cloyd heard a noise like cows moving together along the road, and on looking out of the window saw the whole herd coming arlong apparently alone. She ran out to the gate to find out what was the matter, and on nearing the fence to take down the bars she saw Abe perched oil the horn of the last cow, surveying the scene with apparent satisfaction. When a cow lagged or loitered by the wayside, the hawk flew at it fiercely, making it quicken its movements to keep from being struck by its great wings. He then went back to his curious perch, from which he watched for stragglers.

After that day Abe always brought the cows in, starting punctually at 5 o'clock on his task, and generally rounding them up inside of half an hour. Since the story of the hawk's accomplishment has become known many people have visited the farm to seo the performance. Numerous visitors have waited aloi^g either side of the road watching the herd and their novel keeper go by.—St. Louis Post-Dispatcli.

Si. Louis' Population.

The St. Jjouis Directory for 1896, just issued, indicates that the population of the city,is now 611,268, increase ol 145*069 since 1890.

NOTICE

Of Assessment for the Construction of what is known as Sewer Number One (1) and an Outlet therefor.

Notice is hereby given, that on the 16th day of June, 1896, at 7:30 o'clock p. m„ in the Council Chamber in the City of Greenfield, Ind., before the committee on streets and alleys ol the common council of said city, a hearing will be had on the final estimate as submitted by the City Civil Engineer of said city to the Common Council of said city, on the 20th day of May, 1846, of the cost of constructing what is known as Sewer Number One (1), described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning on the West bank of Brandy wine creek, at a point which bears north lifty-seven (57) degrees east from the south-east corner of the west half of the north-west quarter of section four (4), township fifteen (15) north, range seven (7) east, and one hundred ninety one and fire tenths (191.5) feet disiance from said corner, and running thence north sixteen (16) degrees and forty-five (45) minutes, west one hundred fortyseven (147) feet thence with a six (6) degree curve to the left, six hundred sixty-six (666) feet thence north fifty-six (56) degrees and forty-five (45) minutes west to the center line of Osage Btreet in said city thence bearing to the right a sufficient distanee to pass under the railroad bridge over the open ditch known as Potts' ditch thence reflecting to the left to a point on the center line of the alley extension South of Spring street in the City of Greenfield, Indiana. Said point being one hundred fifty (150) feet south of the center line of South street in said city, which is known as and designated as the main out-fall for said sewer. Thence north to the center line of said South street thence in a north-westerly direction to the center line of East street. Beginning at sewer crossing in the center line of North street in said city thence west in the center line of North street to the center line of State street, thence south in the center line of State street to the center line of alley running east and west through the center of block number eighteen (18) in Wingfield's reserve in the original plat of Greenfield, Indiana. Thence west through said alley to the center line of Pennsylvania street. Thence north in the center line of Pennsylvania street to the center line of Main street, thence west in the center line of Main street to the center line of Hough street, thence south to the north line of the right-of-way of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, also a branch sewer from the said sewer in said State strett extending west in the center line of the alley running east and west through the center of block number seventeen (17) origin.il plat of Greenfield, Indiana, to the east line of Pennsylvania street. Also beginning with said sewer at the intersection of State and North streets in said city thence west in the center line of North street to the center line of Pennsylvania street, thence north in said Pennsylvania street to the center line of Walnut street thence west in center line of Walnut street to center line of Noble street thence south to the center line of North street thence in center line of North street to the east line of School street in said city and beginning with the sewer in said open ditch in the center line of North street, thence east in the center line of North street to the west line of Wood street. Also a branch sewer beginning at the intersection of said Nortli and Pennsylvania streets, tlience west in the center line af North Street to the east line of Noble street.

Puisuanv to a special ordinance passed and adopted by the Common Council of .said city on the 2:5rl day of August, 1805.

And at said time and

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said committee will

consider said estimate All interested persons are notified to be fpresent and make objections thereto if any they have.

By order of the Common Council of said city of Greenfield, Indiana. W, R. Mi IvOWN, 155t8 Clerk City of Greenlieiil.

NOTIC

Of Intention to Improve Harrison Street from the Nortli line of Main street to the

South line of Walnut street.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Greenfield, Indiana, held at, the council chamber of said city on the 20tli day of May 18%, said Council passed and adopted a resolution, declaring that it was deemed necessary to improve Harrison street by grading and graveling the roadway and by grading and paving with brick the sidewalks on both sides from the North line of Main street to the South lino of Walnut street in said city.

Notice is also given that objections to said proposed improvement may be made by reducing the same to writing and filing the same with the Olerk^of said city by 7 o'clock p. m., ^on the 16th day of Jure, 1896.

WM. R. MCKOWN.

155t7 Clerk City of Greenfield.

NOTICE:

Of Intention to Construct a Sewer on South street.

Notice is hereby given that at. a regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Greenfield, Indiana, held at the Council Chamber of said city, -on the 20th day of May, 1S96, said Council ^adopted a resolution, declaring that it was deemed necessary to construct a sewer on South street from the center line of State street to the point where what is known as sewer number one (1) crosses said South street.

Notice is alio given that objections to said proposed improvement may be made by reducing the same to writing and filing the same with the clerk of said city by 7 p. m. on the 16th day of June, 1S96.

WM. McKOWN,

155t7 Clerk City of Greenfield.

NOTICE:

Of Intention to Improve West Main street from Broadway street to West Corporation line, of Greenfield, Indiana.

Notice is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Greenfield, Indiana, held at the Council Chamber of said city, on the 20th day of May, 1S96, said council passed and adopted a resolution declaring that it was deemed necessary to improve Main street by grading and graveling tlie roadway and grading and paving the sidewalks on both side3 with cement from the East line of Broadway street to the West corporation line of said city.

Notice is also given that objections to saiil proposed improvement may be made by reducing the same to writing and filing the same with the clerk of said city by 7 p. m. on the 16th day of June, 1896.

War. R. McKOWN,

15517 Clerk City of Greenfield.

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Prohibition National Convention Exciirsions to Pittsburgh.

Excursion tickets to Pittsburgh, account Prohibition National Convention, will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines May 24th, 25th and 26th good returning until May 30th. Particulars about.rates and time of trains maytbe secured by [addressing Pennsylvania Line Ticket Agents. 143tl8

EXCURSION BATES

To Pittsburgh Washington, St. Louis, Chicago and Elsewhere. Via Pennsylvania Short Lines.

Special excursion tickets will be sold via Pennsylvania Short Lines as follows: To Pittsburg, 2vlay 24th, 25th and 26th, account the National Prohibition Convention good returning^until-May 30th also on June 6th, 7th and 8th for the North American Saengerbund Convention good to return until June 13th.

To St. Louis, June 12tb, 13th, 14th and 15th, for the Republican National Convention good returning until June 21st inclusive.

To Chicago, July 3d. 4th, 5th and 6th, for the National Democratic Convention good returning until July 12th.

To Washington, D. C., July 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, account the Christian Endeavor Convention valid to return July 15 th, with provision for extension of return limit until July 31st.

Special local excursions will also be run during the season in addition to the foregoing. Please bear in mind the concessions in fare will be granted over the Pennsylvania Short Lines, the desirable route on which all the comforts of travel may be enjoyed. Application for information addresed to passenger and ticket agents of the Pennsylvania System will be cheerfully and promptly answered. The person to see at Greenfield is W. H. Scott, Agt. 143tf

Eighty Acres of Farm Land Free

Or its equivalent in cash will be given to any active, wide awake and energetic young farmer, who will sell a section or more of the best farm lands along the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee&St. Paul Railway in South Dakota, at prices ranging from $7 to $12 per acre onehalf cash, balance on time.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime to secure a home, and this offer remains open for sfxty days only.

Thousands of acres in over twenty counties in South Dakota have been recently opened for settlement, which the railway Company is anxious to have disposed of on favorably terms to actual set tiers. For further particulars address W. .E. Powell, General Immigration Agent, 410-)01d Colony building, Chicago, 111. Excursions every day from Chicago. 20t3d&w

The Detroit aud Cleveland Steam Navigation Company's steamers are now ^running daily (except Sunday) between jDetroit and Cleveland. When traveling East or West, North or South, try to arrange to take advantage of these luxurious steamers between Michigan and Ohio. If you are contemplating a summer'outing, write A. A. Schantz, G. P. A., Detroit, Mich., for illustrated pamphlet, which gives full information of a trip to Mackinac via the Coast Line. 128d&wtf

Timber Wanted.

I desire to buy all kinds of timber suitable for any kind of lumber. This includes oak, poplar, elm, ash. hickory, etc. I pay the highest cash prices and guarantee satisfaction as to measurement, removing timber etc. Parties having timbsr to sell will call and see me or drop me a letter at New Palestine, Ind. 20t4 A. H. MORFORJ).

Summer Homes.

In the Lake regions of Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota, there £are hundreds of ^charming localities pre-eminently fitted for summer homes. Nearly all are located on or near lakes which have not been fished out.

These resorts are easily reached by railway and range in variety from the "full dress for dinner" to the flannel-shirt cos tutne for every meal. Among the list are names*familiar to many of our readers as the perfection of Nothern summer resort.

Nearly all of the Wisconsin points of interest are within a short distance from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none of them are so far away from the "busy marts of civilization" that they cannot be reached in a few hours of travel, by frequent trains over the finest road in the northwest— the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railway. A description of the principal resorts, with list of summer hoiel^ and boarding houses, and rates for board will be sent free om application to Rlt. C. Jones.Travling Passenger Agent, 40 Crew Buildiug, Cincinnatti, O. 128x2 od&w

Medical Writers.

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Short Lines July

4th, 5th, 6th and 7th good to return until July 15th, with privilege to exteDd limitutil July 31st. See Pennsylvania Line ticket agents for details. 143tf

Notice.

I have removed my shop to 38K West Main street where I am better than ever prepared to clean, dye and repair ladie and geutlemau's clothing of every description. Kid glove cleaning a specialty. 79FCF GEORGE JUSTICE.

Do not miss seeing the Private ^Secretary given by the Greenfield Dramatic Club Friday night at the Opera House.

Men's $1.25 shoes reduced to $1 at Spot Cash..

ARIZONA'S MOUNTAIN PUZZLE.

Is It a Hole Through an Inaccessible Peak or Only a Natural Mirror?

For the last half century the American residents of Tucson, A. T., have been trying to solve a mystery in the shape of what appears to be a hole through a mountain peak in plain sight from the town. In the rarefied air it looks to be only a short distance away, when in reality it is at least 40 miles. The earliest residents noticed the phenomenon, and the only difficulty that lay in the way of finding out just what it was was the fact that it was inaccessible, and when they came anywhere near the spot the hole disappeared from sight. In fact, it can only be seen from withia a few miles of Tucson, and this has led many people to believe that it is not a hole at all.

By the aid of a good marine teleaoope the mountain can be brought to within a few miles, but not near enough to tell the exact nature of the rock formation. An astronomical telescope cannot be focused on it, as the mountain is too near. A first peep through the glass would lead one to believe that there was no mystery about it. The hole appears as plain as posaible, but several days' study of the spot will develop the fact that the hole does not always look the same. Many days when the sky is dark behind the mountain tlie hole will appear a brilliant white, like a snowdrift, and on days when the sky is blue it will often look so dark as to be almost invisible. These facts have led many to think that it is an immense piece of mica lying with its polished surface toward the sky and reflecting the cloud formations of another part of the horizon instead of being the light seen through a hole. Viewed with the naked eye the hole simply appears as a whit© spot, but the .telescope reveals pine trees and other details, although very indistinctly.

The range of mountains in which the strange peak can be seen is known as the Catalinas, and numerous parties have made the attempt to climb it, but all have failed on account of the steep and rugged precipices in the vicinity. The peak is a high one and can be seen from any point in the journey toward it, but wh.'ii ten miles out of Tucson the hole can no longer be seen, even with the aid of a glass. This can be explained on the mica theory, as a surface of that material would not reflect a ray of light toward a person's eye after they got out of its angle of projection. —San Francisco Call.

LIFE WITH THE CIRCUS.

Incidents Attending the Visit to a Laundry of a High Collar.

"Walking along the streets one day in a town where we were showing,'' said a retired circus man, "the old man saw in a laundry window a sign reading 'Collars and cuffs 2 cents.' 'Do you take any kind of collars at that price?' he asked the laundryman. 'Yes oh, yes,' said the laundryman. 'Everything goes here.' "We had a giraffe at tho time that we used to dress up for the evening parade in a sort of a dudo costume with a high collar reaching from its shoulders up to under its head. The old man got one of the giraffe's collars and had it sent down to the laundry to be done up. When the laundryman opened the bundle and spread it out on the counter, ho says, 'What's this?' and the man that had brought it down said that it was one of the giraffe's collars. "'By gosh I That's so,' said the laundryma'n, just as though giraffe's collars used to be a common item of the wash in his laundry, but he hadn't had very many come in lately and they'd kind o' escaped his mind. 'Five o'clock,' he said when the man asked when it would bo ready, and at 5 o'clock the man found it waiting for him done up in a roil about as big as a stovepipe. 'How much?' he asked. 'Two cents said the laundryman, and he swept the 2 cents off the counter into the drawer without turning a hah*. He was game plumb through. But the old man w: .- no chump. He sent the lanudrr-niiui a dollar, which was about what tho work was worth, and a couple of complimentary tickets. That night the iiiundrymau came to the circus. He was just as cool as ever, but you could sec that he was pleased, easpenough when ho saw the giraffe come out wearing the collar that had been done up in his laundry."—Now York Sun.

"Clean" Money.

A clerk in the redemption division of the treasury department says that the "cleanest" paper money circulation is that which circulates in Washington, while the dirtiest is that which comes in from Chicago for redemption. St. Louis is a close second to Chicago, and, Cinoinmiti next. New Yoi'k is next to Washington in the record for clean money, Philadelphia next, while Baltimore ranks next to Cincinnati for having dirty money. The money that comes in from Chicago, besides being dirty, is always much mutilated, so much so, he said, that there is twice as much timo consumed in patching it up prior to cancellation as there is in counting it» Washington Star.

Took It Literally.

A litile maiden of 7 years attended the wedding of an elder brother. The Episcopal service, heard for the first timo, made a deep impression on her mind. A few days aft«r, she called to seo the bride and found her sitting on her husband's lap. Looking at them, wistfully for a few moments, she exclaimed*, "Oh, yes, ,1 see—to have and to hold."—Exchange.

Qneer.

'There is always ono thing I can't understand when a valuable dog is poisoned. "Well, what is it?" "The loss always occurs the day after the owner has iraiused $500 for the' beast."—Chicago Beeord.

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