Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 December 1908 — Page 1
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Fair tonight
and Wednesday;
colder tonight.
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SINCiLK I’OI'IKS -J,..
BUYS a new right-of-way
, k, km u si:< i oitions ov I, \\|l ON WIIH'II TO ItMI.II SWIIOII IXINNK II \<i OU» \M» \I U MM-S—IS TO UK I SKI* i;» I IIK I \ III \ N \ iV OHIO MOM TO. .\\H Ol'IIKIt OO\• I l’.l!\S.
Boswell laml on which an option has not yd been secured. Unless an option is secured the land will be condemned by court pi-ocee<Ttngs. The new line will give the Oahalla stone quarries, the Indiana & Ohio stone quarries, the Harnahy mill, the Big Four mill and the Monon Bailroad a connection with the new Big Four line. The old tracks from the Barnahy mill to Oaknlla will he left as t hey are.
RIHNAM ELEC1RIC LOSES jq not want worid s faiii THE CITY DEFENDANT AGAIN
MYSTERY IN IlffICER'S DEATH
liidiaiiupolis t'oinnierclal lleclai-i -
The l ily is \ol Heady for Such an W hich .lohn W. Sillepy \sks
I inlei'laking.
THE FARMERS AT FILLMORE
•liiiy Finds for the I'lnintifT in the Soil of Hie tieneral Kledric t'om|iiiny \gaiusl Hie liocal Fighling There is not a single substantial reason why an .“international" expo-1 sition should be projened in Indian | apolis. We are growing in popula|iion quite rapidly enough; we are
Putnam Electric Company j prospering on a comparatively safe
S225 AND INTEREST FOR 4 YEARS
l Tliotisiind Hollars I Mulattos I’or Injiirios IC(‘« > t > i\oil on llo* I’llyS ln ‘ ,,
sirrt*is is on Trial.
CASE PREVIOUSLY POSTPONEG
San Francisco, IIih\ 1. (Special to The Herald.) VV. .1. Biggs, the San Francisco Chief of Police, has
mysterious death. His body
was found tloaling in the hay. A boat engineer is held prisoner and it is believed that he ran explain how the
'Hirer happened to drown.
MAY HAVE TO CONDEMN A PIECE
Barn il l Hill, Onkulln Slone (Juari M -, P»ig Four t.rist Mills and Mo- i non All Will Have u Hig Four ' Foiiliecti<>n I inler the New \rlangrineiil—t'tntral Tnist Com- I pan> Seeuretl Hight of Way.
Institute to he (jiven in Fast Putnam tin .hiliiiaiy Sixth With excellent Speakers Itoth Stale uiitl l.oeal.
W. B. ANDERSON OF PIKE CO,
Phe Big Four Bailroad soon will iriiitl a connecting link between its Id line and the new line. The switch w hich will connect the two lines, will nnect with the old line at the old line Big Four crossing on the road hi. h passes the Alex Bock ridge home. I’lie new line will cut across the Knauer farm, the Woodrttm land and ■ Bo well laml to the new line. Mr.
Arrangements have been made to hold a Farmers' Institute at Fillmore on the sixth of the coming January. The plans are not as yet fully completed. hut are far enough advanced to assure an excellent institute. The speaker furnished by the stale will he AV. 11. Anderson, of
County, and many local speakers of |
ability will ulso he heard, l.oeal conditions xvill he discussed, and it is believed that the institute will he
very helpful.
A. Harris, representing the Cen-| Entertainment at tin a| Trust Compan' who is secur- ' church, December 7. It consists of tin right of way for the railroad the grand baby show, music by the secured ttii option on the Knauer orchestra, solos by quartet, readings I which will he needed. The and recitations by the best talent in (hinim farm w ill In bought out-! (ireencastle. Admission I .'i cents; id This leaves a little of the .children It) cents. Jldllw
was loser in the suit brought against it by the tieneral Electric Company to collect an account alleged to he due ami unpaid. The account was for machinery purchased at the time the plant was installed, all of which had been paid for except the sum of ome ix hundred dollars which the Putnam Electric Company alleged was Withheld because the machinery purchased was not ac-ordlng to the
warm nty.
The case went to the jury Monday afternoon about five o’clock. The jury reached tt verdict this morning about 7; 30, having discussed the question and bullottcd all night. The .jury found for the plaintiff in the ' ' isiitn of li’L’Ti and interest, amounting to $'_’!tl. The claim of the General Fleiirie Company was for some six hundred dollars and interest amounting in all to some eight hundred dol-
lars.
The , tse wits interesting ami was it
Christian
The case of John SV. Sillery
basis; we are in a fair lo middling I :l> ’ a ’ ns t * *' e (By of Oreencastle tot „ , I damages sustained in a fall alleged
condition of good physical and men-1 Ito be due to the improper condition,
tal health. We have no detire to of the .idewalk in front orthe rooma , lal< change to a worse condition and it where the box-hall alleys are located is not likely that we can attain a l „ up for trla , thia morning. The better ■‘ tttat,on b > artificial wa8 to have been tried la t Sepmeans advanced by borrowers or pro- u>mber b , |t was continll e d on an al1 . moter “- There ,a ao, 1 °n davit b! the City Attorney that the Old to prove that expositions, such a-l i!y couW at t h al ,
tile genial .1. St. Clair advocates, I w j th t | |(1 tr j al
have been of benefll morally, physic-1 LaHt wiut ‘ ( ,‘ ai „ ( , ry . a ,, arhol
BADLY CUT WITH HATCHET
THE COURT AT BRAZIL
Ha' Hechled Tliilt the City Has the Bight l<> Hegulate the S|m-c<I of InIcciirlian Bailniatl ('ars W ithin Hie Fit) l.imils, mill the City AnHiorities nf Itra/il Fnforce tin* l.aw.
GREENCASTLE 01EICIALS 00 NOT
Man is Knocked Down
I com Glide of |::iiii In \ccidenl \iid Nan owl) Vlisses Death I'riiiii
li .d in His PiM'kel.
IS RECOVERING SLOWLY NOW
Tree lourse in electricity to the jury and the spectators who heard the
I case.
■BISJUIW a
Small Depositors
There are s, )eral ti isoiik why the CENTKAl. NATIONAI. BANK weh onies'tnall de|ii»Kitoi-and gives them the same nt-
tentioii as th, large accounts.
In the lirst place in,, t of our large depositors started in tt stimll wav .'iiul vv have had Hie pleasure of seeing them grow from year to year, and VV-are glad to say that we have helped iiuiny of them hiet'ease their husinesss and deposits, tmd w e expect, to cont i ioi|,iso. So far us this hank is concerned, il is just as set isfuclory to liave several small accounts as one, and vv, also tecogni/.e the fact that tIn* sumII de is llu* one that w ill do the business of the future, and
your good will ami patronage.
PAID ALL EXPENSES
ally or financially to the communities in which they have been held. It is not likely that Indianapolis would fare any better than Is true of Chi-
''•"'T.do. p >rtland or the oth | fore lh) . door and fell
era. W® should drop the scheme as a hot poker that is not safe to be bundled. Indianapolis does not need an exposition It does not want an exposition.— Indianapolis Commerc-
ial.
INFERURSAN WINS CASE
hidinim Bailway Commission Decides Hud Steam Hoads Must Kxcliailge \\ illi l i'action Bines.
employed at that time at the Palate barber shop, came out of the door of the hox-hall alley room, and stumbled on the rickety board walk be-
llis hand was
severely injured, and he filed suit against the city asking l.'i.otiu dam
ages.
The city has brought into the case Mrs. Handel, owner of the building, and threatens that any damages as sessed against the city will he ,■.>!- lected from the owner of the building. The owner of the building is represented in the case now on trial. A jur.v was securoil this morning ami
the trial is going forward.
The plaintiff is represented bv Gil h ii AtVVilson, the (Ml) of Green, i
He by C. T. Peek and I P. Alice.
On last Saturday 1-lge Holloway, of Cloverdale, was assisting in the building of a barn. He was standing n a fourieon-foot ladder and aiding in the nailing in place of a facia board along the rafter ends. His assistant was upon the roof. The hoard, a hetiv. g-eon piece of lumber, slipped from Hie hands of the man on the roof, struck Holloway in the face end knocked him from the ladder. The mail had a sharp shingling hatchet in his hip-pocket, and in tailing struck upon this hatchet inch a wav as nearly to sever spinal column. He was picked and for a time it was believed could not live. At present he
lowly recovering.
in
his
up he
is
Tie Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Ea tern Traili.m Company have just fin il - i payin ill tbe 1 uneial ex | .,i the late W O Hendren, on ,ii omit of Mr. Hendren's connection with the company at the time of| In tragic death.
bio 10UR loses CONIENTION WEATHER OF DECEMBER
The litigati n in regard to the pped of intcrurhun cars running will n the limits of the city of Brazil has been a mooted question for some months, but finally the question lias been given a hearing in court, and the decision rendered is that the authorities of Brazil and all other cities have the right to limit, li) ordinance, the maximum speed at which inlerurhan railroad cars may run within the city limits, and the cities also have the right to enforce the provisions set forth in ordinances enacted for this purpose. The city officials at Brazil decreed bv ordinance that six miles per hour should he the maximum speed of curs through that city. The interurlian company ignored the ordinance and the Brazil officials arrested the violaters of the ordinance, brought them to trial and Inflicted the pen-
alties decreed.
Grcemasttc hap an ordinance limiting the spec I of iuterurban cars running through this city; the interurban company violates this speed ordinance every day, but the officials nf the city of Greeneastle make no am sis and make no effort to enforce
the ordinance.
The distinction and the diffefence between the officials of the city of Brazil ami the city of Greeneastle
A decision rendered by the Indiana Bailroad Commission Saturday makes it incumbent upon a steam road to enter into an interchange ot
carload traffic with an
| U Hut We May lunik For in ('Uinntir Conditions Beginning Tomorrow.
Every one at the opera house moving picture show last night was more
Gian 'atisfled. the general expressed , can * )0 discovered without the aid of opinion wa.. “the best i ever saw,” ia microscope,
ar.d one gent said
I have seen mov-
ing pictures in all of the large cities and these :.re the best 1 ever saw.’’
Poultrymen make test at our expense. Trial package ConkcyV- Laying Tonic fr ■ at Owl drug store.
Central National Bank
•rnetl, if is
i one large ■ lositur now I il \ve want B mwsmmvrmmna
M'xlern Woodmen Notice!
Greeting neighbors: Greeneastle I company, regardless of whether two (bmp lit. M W. A. will hold an-I or more steam roads have entered innual election of officers for IDui) at I to an agreement not to exchange the camp hall over \merlcan Express their car traffic. office at regular meeting of the camp I 'p|| ( , decision was given by Union Tuesday, December 1. 1908, 7:30 p. | B the comtniss
The tirst winter month may
iuterurban I^'Trises, judging from the
m \!1 officers and neighbors are requested to he present and make it a qcci ss. You are needed as you may
held the deciding ballot.
21 O. F. Overstreet. Clerk.
ion iiml involved the litigation between the Winona Iuterurban Bail
prin - state
weather bureau record for Decembei for the last thirty-seven years issue 1 Saturday. The average temperature for Hie period named is shown to have been thirty-three degrees Fain enheit, which may he termed mil I winter weather. However, it has been shown that the thermometer can drop as low as fifteen degrees below
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Cloaks For Women $ 10.00 and Less Money
-fffy
The $ 10.00 Cloaks are Getting
Better Each Day
Omen’s
Sales of. \\
price of $10 00 have
Cloaks at the exceeded our
popular expecta-
tions and the result is that instead of huying our usual $10.00 values to replace i loaks sold, \vc have added to the $10.00 Cloak hue, a 1 >i|r vanetv of higher priced Cloaks, and as a further result $10.00 buys Cloaks worth a third more money. Should you care for a less expensive Cloak— We will sell you a good, desirable, stylish Cloak at $5.00, $6.50 and $8.00 You'll Hn<l tli<‘s<x L mo «l looking cloaks; nifu lookim? and quile as warm as cloaks that arc moi>* elaborately trimmed and that <'(»•'-1 considerably more money. ALLEN BROTHERS
cember !*, ix7li. On two occasion: within the history of the bureau H ■ temperature litis run ns high as si - be-11 Y-eighl degrees Fain , Illicit Dee, n her Jl, ix7!i, and December 2 1
I Ski).
There may Tie some snow. '1 records show that on December I 1 IX‘1‘1, there was a fall of •: b ine’" the heaviest since a record of si, v
fall has been kept.
The mouth is unusually a clo p!
1
way Company and the Big Four Bail | /ert , Timt was the temperaltile D- JiV
road Company, wherein the former sought to compel the latter to deliver cars to its lines in Warsaw, where there is a physical connection
tween the two roads.
According to the evidence Introduced at the hearing some time ago the Big Four had entered into an agreement with the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne* Chicago Bailroad, whereby it would not deliver any cars to the interurbati railway tit Warsaw. It
was upon this refusal that the pelt-I mouth The average in thirty-:-Goners took the matter before the I years lias been sixteen i-loudy railroad commission for an adjudicn-1 nine partially cloudy, and onl>
Have You Thought of that XMAS DINNER \Vc will have Turkey, t Iiickens, (ieese and Ducks, along with a full lint* of Staple ami Taney (Irocerles. (live us a trial and let us please you. We also have a line of Dry Uoods ami Notions, Roots and Shoes, Soft Coal. Special attention given fo orders for Coal. We will deliver quantillts of one dollar and up to any pari of the city. Alive us n trial. Herod <S Gorham iSOUTI I MAUN S TREET.
tion. Mr. Hunt, in rendering his decision, declares that tin* interchange of traffic, such as Is Involved in the pe tition, affords a larger opportunity for the shipping public and it “would bring steam and Iuterurban roads Into rightful competition.” The assertion of the officials of the Big Four that the Interchange of traffic with the interurban road would have a tendency to bring their equipment under the control of the internrbans and bring their rolling si >ek into use for interurban husi ness, is met by Mr. Hunt by the as r.ertiou that “such abuse of equipment can be prevented by the commission.’’ This was Union B. Hunt’s last decision as chairman of the Indiana Hallway Commission, as his resignation. which was tendered some time ago, took effect on Saturday.
clear days.
Phone SI.
Riley’s Old Stand.
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SUIT ON ACCOUNE FILED
| The VanCamp Hardware and Iron Company has filed suit against tin* owl Mercantile Company to collect an account of $215, alleged to he due and unpaid. The plaintiff is represented by Jackson Boyd.
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
The regular meeting of the Putnam County Hospital Association will be Thursday afternoon in the ladies rest room ot the court house.
HO \’T FORQET TH \T Dress Goods Sale All This Week at VERMILION’S You Get Piano Tickets.
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