Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 9 May 1895 — Page 3
Daily, Thursday May 2.
Earl, little son of William Todd, wbile playing "with some powder, set it on fire and fearfully burned his face and hands.
Moses W. Hamilton vrho has been in Missouri, Kansasand'Indian Territory for a month came home today. He reports fearfully dry weather there.
W. W. Spencer, of Indianapolis, formerly city attorney there, was here on business before the Council last night to get a new platted addition to our city accepted by the Council. They will not accept it until streets are properly laid out through it conforming to our present streets.
Strolling musicians have evidently heard of Greenfield as a great musical center and take this city in on their rounds. Monday there was a strolling band of Italians here and today a man drove into town with a little boy and girl eleven and nine years old respectively that played nicely on the violin.
Dr. A. J. Reeves, a brother of Charles Reeves, our court reporter, was elected Mayor of Toledo, county seat of Cumberland county, 111., last week. There were two tickets, anti-whiskey and saloon. The doctor was on the anti-whis key platform and triumphed. He is a son of ex-Representative Ben j. Reeves, of Brown township.
Mr. John F. Eagan resigned as telegraph operator for the Pan Handle Co. and the Western Union Co. at the depot, which took effect April 30. He goes to work the first of the week in the Western Union's new down town office in the Randall block. Mr. Eagan has been with the company for many years and is an efficient, popular and obliging operator. Mr. Cliff Geary, one of Greenfields popular and rising young meu was promoted and now has the position of day operator vacated by Mr. Eagan under whom ho learned the art. George Martin also a hustling and successful young Greenfield boy is given the night p'osition. Hejalso learned uaderJMr. Eagan. The REPUBLICAN congratulates all of the gentlemen on their deserved promotion, and the company on having the services of such good men.
COUNCIL CHIPS.
Another Long Session. The School House Bonds Go Sure This Tiuie.
The Council met.. Wednesday night, May 1st, with all members present. Committee on finance reported purchases of $89 worth of Material by Supt. Cosby as all O. K. and it was adopted.
The school bond question came up and a large number of papers were read for information. It resulted in the school bond ordinances of March 20 and April 17th being repealed and a new one passed which made the school city of Greenfield the purchasers of the bonds. On that ordinance the bonds were sold at par amounting to $30,000 and drawing 6 per cent interest to Farsen, Leech & Co., of Chicago. This is rather a high rate but it seemed to be the beet the Council could do considering that the city was already up to the limit.
Judge D. S. Gooding made a speech, in which he cautioned the Council to be careful, as he felt a better market could be secured for the bonds. The Council, however, had done thc-ir best for a number of weeks and failed to do better. The cities of Peru, Marion, Muncie, Union City, Huntington and others are paying the same rate on similar boudd, as it was the best that they could do.
NEW SIDE WALKS.
Specifications were adopted for a brick rfide-walk on the east side of Pratt street, aad for a cement side-walk on State street, between Main and North streets. The contracts will be let June 5th.
Plans were adopted for the Spring street sewer, but the contract will not be let for that until the contract is let for making the street. The city engineer was instructed to draw up plans and specifications for the improvement of Spring street, and the city attorney an ordinance for the same.
The petition of a number of citizens on Mechanic street for the extension of the water mains on that street was granted. Nine of them pay ijilO each in advance to secure the same.
Report of Treasurer on water works for April was referred to committee. $ The Mayor was instructed to make a Meed to cemetery lot to the heirs of the late James £A. New when they were named. M- Claims were allowed amounting to §161.69.
The garbage ordinance was called up, but there was no report. The question who should pay for the sidewalk in front of ground bought of W. S. Gant, Mr. G. or the city was referred to Public Improvement Committee. ^Council adjourned. '1
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Daily, Friday, May 3.
James Freeman returned from New York last night from a business trip. Dr. A. J. Smith was at Richmond yesterday attending the Eastern Indiana Dental Association.
Dr. Hanna and Col. Masters, of Warrington, are here today. These gentlemen have the contract for drilling four gas wells for the Citizens' Gas and Oil Co. this summer at $3,000.
According to city Treasurer Smith's report, the water works receipts for rents during April were $225.48, and the expenditures for maintenance and extensions $451.58.
The Second year of the High school Junors will picnic on the banks of Blue river tomorrow. We predict a very delightful occasion. They will be accompanied by their teachers.
The New Castle Courier will start a daily soon. Bro. Elliott will make a success of it too. The Weekly Courier is one of the best newspapers and best paying properties in the State.
Dr. S. S. Boots, of this city, was in attendance at the State Board of Health meeting yesterday and todaj" at Indianapolis and was president of the meeting. There was a large attendance and many matters of interest came up.
T. J. Farout thinks he has as good a prospect for an oil well as there is in the country. It is on the laud he bought of J. K. Henby and the well was drilled by the Peoples gas Co. Mr. Farout will give some syndicate a good chance on it.
Henry McDaniel went to Philadelphia this morning for a days fish in Sugarcreek. He will join five other men employes at the stove foundry who have been there for two days and they will no doubt have a pleasant day on the banks of the creek.
There was born to W. H. Bert and wife Kokomo a boy baby. He is the 14th child of his mother as she was also the 14th child of her mother, who herself was the 14th, child. Three families all with 14 children at single births. What family in Indiana can equal that record.
Messrs. Labell and French, architects of Marion, are here today looking over our city and talking with our School Board in regard to plans for the new school building. They were shown over the city today by the School Board and Mayor Duncan. All will dine at the Gnymon House this evening. These gentlemen have drawn the plans of a number of very floe school buildings and are very pleasant, genial gentlemen.
Singleton Wales and wife, of Minneapolis, Minn., who have been here spending the winter with Eli Gant and other relatives started for their home this morning. Mrs. Wales is a sister to Mrs. Gant. Mr. and Mrs. Wales spend nearly every winter in this county. They are very partial to natural gas and think it is a great blessing to every community.
Today the Jury Commissioners drew the name3 of the following citizens who will act as jurymen in cases they are called upon at this term of court. Jno. E. Dye, Wm. G. Smith, Andy G. Wallace, George M, Rumler, Wm. A. Dill, Edward Fink, Andrew Popink, Jesse S. Jackson, J. C. Kennedy, Jno. W. Comstock, Jas. A. Chandler, Jas. W. Mc Namee, A. S. Orr and Henry Reedy.
The terms of Dr. S. S. Boots, of this city and Dr. Taylor, of Crawfordsville, having expired as members of the State Board of Health. Dr. Forest an eclectic of Marion and Dr. Davis a homeopath of Richmond, both Republicans were appointed to succeed them. The outgo ingv members respectively belonged to the same school of mcdicine as their successors but were Democrats. The new appointing board consists of Gov. Matthews, Secretary of State Owen and Auditor Daily. Gov. Matthews voted for Drs. Boots and Taylor as a compliment.
Charles Hook and Carter Oren, two young lads of this city, who have been threatening to leave their comfortable homes for sometime, put the threat into practice yesterday and started on a "tour.'' They went as far east as Dublin where they staid all night. This morning at 5:26 Seth Hook, brother of Charles, went to Dublin where he found the boys, and returned home with them. It don't take boys long to find out, after they get out on the "hog" that home is a very pleasant place to stay and as a general rule they return to the parental roof in a short time.
Eptvortli League Installation nt Charlottesville.
The Epworth League at Charlottesville held a public installation of the officers on Sunday evening, May 5, at 6:30 o'clock. The following officers were installed by Rev. Albertson.
Mrs. E. T. Albertson, President, Miss Ida Badger, first Vice-president. Guy M. Oldham, Treasurer. Miss Blanch Haywood, Secretary. Miss Gertie Pratt, second Vice-presi-dent.
Mrs. W. S. Lane, third Vice-president. Miss Mary E. Badger, fourth Vice president.
Miss Gertie Oldham, Organist. Me tings «re held every two weeks, on Sunday evening and Tuesday evening. Everybody welcome at uny time.
Daily, Saturday, May -1,
Mrs H. A. Bragg and Miss Ora Bragg were guests of Knightstown friends yesterday.
Luther Polen and wife and Miss GerI trude Zion, of Indianapolis, will be I guests of D. H. Goble and wife over Sunday. diaries Williams, a former employee at the glass factory, accompanied by his wife, left this morning for New Albany, where he has a position in a glass factory.
The Morristown Sun is urging her citizens to commence preparations for Decoration day. It is time Greenfield waB making a move in this direction.
Mrs. J. M. Bourne and children, of Indianapolis, will visit her parents, D. H. Goble and wife, and her husbands parents, R. Bourne and wife over Sunday.
L. E. DePue, editor and proprietor of the Franklin Republican, was in the city to-day and made a pleasant call on the REPUBLICAN: He is a very genial gentleman and a successful newspaper man.
Hon. Wm. R. Hough aud wife started to Chicago, this morning, where they go to visit their son, Clarence, who is work, iug there on one of the leading papers as interviewer. They will be gone about one week. ..
John Thomas who recently bought the farm of Pkilander Thomas northwest of here is much elated over the prospects for oil in Hancock County. He has been in a number of oil fields and says it adds very largely to the wealth of a county.
Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock Justice Spencer married Arthur F. Personett and Mrs. Lillian Lowe at his office in the presence of a few witnesses. Mrs. Lowe was just recently divorced from her former husband in the Circuit Court here.
A large band of gypsies passed through the city this morning going eastward. They seemed to be in good circumstances as their horses and wagons were in good condition. They occupied about a dozen wagons, some of which were quite handsome.
Some of the merchants in our town advertise so little that they cannot see the benefit of it, and they say it does not pay. They are like the tramp that was told that feathers made a soft bed. He placed one feather on a flat rock to try it. The next morning he was hardly able to tell that if one did no good, more would make it no better.
At the depot this morning a movement was started among the soldier boys to raise a fund for the purchase of a large flag and staff to be erected over the Post room. Several signified their willingness by subscribing a quarter. It is amove in the right direction, and should be pushed until "old glory" waves over the top of the G. A. R. Hall.
Thousands of visitors at the World's Fair wondered why it was that Ayer's was the only Sarsaparilla on exhibition there. The reasou is found in rule 15, which prevented the admission of patent medicines, secret nostrums, and experimental compounds. Ayer's was the only blood-purifier which answered all the requirements of a strictly scientific preparation.
Rush county farmers are objecting to having their lands assessed at $34.26 per acre. They think with the general depreciation of all kinds of stock and products that the taxable value of land should be reduced. Col. I. N. Walker, of the State Tax Commission, is going to Rushville one day to hear remonstrances from the farmers.
City treasurer Smith desires us to inform the public generally and especially those who have purchased lots in the cemetery and not paid for them, to call at once and settle as the last day for doing so is next Monday. The city council passed a resolution in March which required all delinquents to settle in ninety days, or they would be notified to vacate the lots. More than $1,100 is outstanding against persons who owe for lots.
The average Greensburg girl is generally equal to the emergency, but one of our young misses last evening was very cruel to a nice little thing from Shelby vil'.e that thought he was a smasher from away back. She was enjoying a ride on her bicycle when the smasher accosted her and wanted to know where he could hire a bicycle aud ride with her. She very innocently remarked: '"Don't squander your money in that manner just use the wheels in your head and the rubber in your neck and you will have a bicycledof your own!" Exit Shelbyville. —Greensburg Daily Graphic.
The Selman and Sivey lots were selected by the School Board and the Conncil meeting together last night as the location for the new school building. The cost of the lots was $4,625, the Selman lot rating at $3,600. The Board will get enough for the Selman improvements to bring the net cost to $4,000 or below. The selection is a splendid one, and all parties are to be congratulated. The lots lie in the exact center of the city and are admirably suited to show a handsome building off to advantage, and it will be convenient of access to all pupils, and to the people who desire to use the city library. Again we say all. parties are to be congratulated.
Daily, Friday, May 3.
IT WAS A LAUUE CROWD.
That Witnessed the "Deestrict Skule" Last Night—The Entertainment a Success.
The "Destrict Skule" entertainment given last night under the auspicies of the Christian church Y. P. S. C. E. was well attended and highly appreciated by all. At 8:10 the curtain went up and a comic quartette was rendered after which a beautiful solo was sung by Mrs. Fannie Huston. Immediately after her song the pupils were seen going to skule and while on their way created much amusement. The audience next looked upon a school room presided over by Prof. Lee O. Harris who conducted the skule in a becoming manner. The pupils were all up in their parts and caused great merriment by their funny answers to questions. It would be impossible to describe all the antics of the pupils but we can say they all played their parts to perfection. Perhaps it would not be out of place to make a special mention of John Felt who played the part of a very small boy. He always bad an answer for each question and was always hungry. He created much fun.
The committee who had charge of the entertainment are well pleased with the reception the "skule" received and wish to extend their thanks for the liberal patronage. They wish to publicly express their thanks to these outside of the church and Endeavor Society who so kindly assisted them in the entertainment. The following is a statement of the receipts and expenditures. Gross receipts $46 50
EXPENSES.
Hall rent $ 6 00 Printing 6 00
Total $12 00 Balance $34 50 Donated to the Battleship "Indiana" $5 or about 15 per cent, of net proceeds.
The remainder of the proceeds about $30 will be applied to the new Christian church. COMMITTEE.
Daily, Saturday, May 4. Court Notes.
N. P. Howard, Jr., was on Thursday fined $60 in the circuit court, for drawing a deadly weapon on John W. Ryon. The occurrence happened several months ago-
The case of Harvey Stickler and John Railsback, charged with riot at a church, and assault on Isaac Kennedy, which has had the attention of the court for two days, closed to-day. The case was given to the jury at 2 o'clock, and after being out a short time, returned a verdict of guilty against Stickler, and assessed his punishment at $40 and two months in the county jail. His bond was put at $400. He was remanded to jail, but will give bail next week. The jury found Railsback not guilty and he was discharged. Mr. Stickler's attorney, R. A. Black, will file a motion for a new trial Monday.
The petit jury was discharged to-day until next Monday week. Next week Ju lge Offutt will dispose of all the civil cases, after which the rest of the docket will be cleared.
Hancock County OH Will Soon he on the
Market.
Next week Hanna & Masters will start the drill down for oil on the P. H. Boyd farm just a cross the road from the Rardin gas and oil well. The Rardin well showed a fine flow of oil and there is every reason to believe that Mr. Boyd and his sons-in-law J. M. Hinchman. W. S. Gant and Thos. Selman aud J, R. Boyd who are associated with him in the new enterprise will be successfull. If they are it will clearly show Hancock county to be right in a fine oil field and will bring millions of dollars into the county.
The well brought in by Decker Bros, north east of Fortville a short time since is showing up better. It is thought it will develop into a fifty barrel well. The Davis well is also thought to be a good one but it will be necessary to send the drill deeper. Hancock county has a great future just ahead of her sure. A dispatch to the Indianapolis Journal from Fortville says a dozen oil derricks will soon be up around them and that a pipe line and a pumping station will be put in.
Sunday School Union
tConveutiou.
A committee meeting for the Sugar creek Township Sunday school Union Convention was held here last Wednesday May 1st for the purpose of making preparations for the convention of said Union. The sathe will take place on Saturday, June 8, in the Sunday school room of the German Ev. Zion church, New Palestine begining in the morning at 9:30. The chairman A. P. Hogle appointed a committee composed of Rev. S. W. Troyer. Mr. J. L. Fritts, Rev. Theo. Kettelhut, for the assignment of the topics and the arrangement of a program which will appear in the county papers later. Everybody Who is interested in this so important work the Master's Vineyard Is invited to attend.
THEO. KETTKLHUT.
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