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Notice o/' Conimis.siotH i 's I anti Sale. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, ‘Quinton Broadstreet, as commissioner, duly appointed by the Putnam Circuit Court in case of Etta May Spann and William A. Hpann vs. Georgia Blanchflll, Frank S. Blanchfill and Aliee Blanchtill. being cause No. 52H2, petition for partition, by order of xke Putnam Circuit Court, at the April Term thereoi. vCili «a T. ptivi.*.. Cc for than the appraisement, at the Real EsOfdce of Br^aih:-tcei -t Wo *, 'v. !- Ard’s Block, in the city of Qreencastie, Futvaam county, Indiana, on ■sATliaDAV, TUL rWENTY-THIRD ' DAY OF JUNE, 1894, At SO'clock p. m. of said day, the following real estate in 1'utnaiu county, iu the State of iadiana, to-wit: The west half of the northeast quarter; also ♦he northwest fractional quailer, also the southwest fractional quarter; also the west il’.f of the southeast quarter;; all in section jaTaeteen .It) . towniLip fourteen ,i, north, ranae three 3 west, and eontaininu two hunuad eighty-four amt forty-eight hun-^-sJredths i284.48) acres, more or less. TERMS. Olie-third cash, one-third in six months. - ana-third in twelve months; the purchaser givlnK notes at 6 per cent, interest, waiving valti at ion and appraisement laws, iiiul secureti 1," a mortgage upon the real estate sold. .Application of purchasers will be received st -tfae said Real Estate Office of Broadltreet & Wood until the 23d of June, 1S94. at 2 o'clock ^>. m. of said day. QUINTON BROADSTRF.KT, May 11,1894. 414 Commissioner.

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THE MINER’S LIFE.

It Is Full of Toil and Has But Few Encouragements.

Some of the Kancer, and OUadvantagea Which (tender t!ie t'alling Anythin,; Hut a lie,Ira. ble One.

New Jersey has probably 8,000 miners, and a large percentage of them are Americans, born and brought up in the neighborhood of the mines. Only iron and zinc mines exist in this state and consequently the miners are not confronted by several of the terrors which exist in the coal workings of other states. New Jersey miners have little reason to fear lire, or overpowering gases. and their chief danger exists in the handling of explosives, in occasional rockfalls, and in awkward slips and plunges down shafts. More deaths occur from falling down shafts than from any other causes. In a few mines in this state the shafts are vertical and bucket hoists are used, but in most of them access is made by slopes and the ore is hauled out in small ears. A series of crude and slippery ladders follows the lines of rails on these slopes, and the hardy miners climb or scramble down the wet and reeking rungs several times a day. This means something in a mine with a slope of 1,000 feet. In addition to the danger of slipping there is always a risk of something tumbling down the slope from above and knocking the miner oil the ladder. It is said of the New Jersey miners, says tile Chicago Times, that they are moral, industrious, and intelligent, but they are in little hope of .having their condition in life changed. They work eight hours a day for SI or SI.25 and average about $850 a year from which they save nothing. The law against paying them in store orders has proved inoperative and nearly all of the iron miners iu this state are still working under one or another form of the odious truck system which the act was intended to abolish. They are compelled by necessityto ask for credit and the company’s store is always open

to them.

Perhaps they can get credit and lower prices elsewhere at an independent store nearer home, but if they are found purchasing except from the agent of the company they are quickly told to seek work elsewhere. Although no actual store orders may be issued nowadays, the effect is just the same and the poor miner receives little cash on pay day. In some cases the miner lives rent free in one of the cabins erected by the mine owner and is still further enslaved by this fact. Others pay *5 or Sti a month rent. Miners' wages have undergone little change in the last five years. The books of the Clendou iron works show that since 1853, however, there have been many fluctuations. In the first mentioned year 75 cents a day was the rate and in the following year it was increased to 81, and a shilling a day was added in 1800. From l^tio to 18(12 it dropped to 81 again and in l*0:i went upto 81.87' . In 1H('4 the pay rose steadily a quarter at a jump until April, 1805, the high rate of 82.50 a day was being paid. Then flour was nearly S'.) a barrel, but when it jumped to 810.75 a barrel, in 1807, miners’ wages had been cut to 81.50 and $1.05. These figures stood until the summer of 1878. when they rose to 82 again, hut tiie panic of that year knocked them down to 81.75, and there was a steady decline to 90 cents a day. which was reached in April, 1877. The wages advanced steadily until 82 was again paid in 18H0, and dropped by degrees to 81 in 1880. Since then most of the mines have been paying 31.25 to men and boys alike. One mine, the Mount Pleasant, near Dover, works its men in three shifts of eight hours each and pays them 81.25 a day. It is spoken of as one of the best mines to work in in the east and lias an unusually intelligent force of men. The iron miner finds little joy in life, tieing poked away in a damp and unwholesome tunnel in the bowels of the earth, with no light but the little oil lamp dangling from the front of his cap, and supplied with air through a rubber hose, which in some eases operates the drills. The fitful gleam nf the many lumps tin 1 chugging of

THANKS TO NANTUCKET.

BANK OF ENGLAND ODDITIES.

A Funny Statement Due to a Printer's Cariosities Which Include s Note for S3,-Time-Saving Device. OOO.OoO. the Amoant VVntten In Inh. It was an old custom In many news- Among the curiosities which are ocpaper ofliees, says the Worcester (la- easionally shown to favored visitors zette, for the printers to make use of are some specimens of ancient notes, a •‘saving galleys,” or little racks with number of them for denominations no compartments, which thej-used as a la- longer in vogue, such us £1, £15 and bor-saving device. When after the pa- £25. There is also carefully preserved per had been printed they "distributed" the oldest surviving note, one of the the typo, putting the several letters year 1(199, the amount being written back in their respective boxes, they j with ink, says the Pall Mall Budget, would save some of the most frequent- \ Another curiosity is a note for £1,000,ly recurring words, such as "and,” I 000, which was required for some trans-

•the," “when,” etc., putting them in a compartment of the rack, to he drawn out when needed in setting up the next day's paper. If it were in a seaport where some shipnews was printed the words "ship.” "brig,” "bark,” etc., would be added, and also the name of certain ports, as "Boston,” "Providence,” "Nantucket.” If the printer by mistake drew the wrong word from the galley, taking “ship” instead of "bark" or “Salem" instead of "Portsmouth.” the error would probably be discovered by the proof-reader, but in the hurry of going to press it sometimes escaped detection. An amusing instance of the mistakes incident to the system occurred in a certain office. The printer was setting up an account of the experience of a vessel which was driven before the wind upon a lee shorty. Deatli in its most dreadful form stared the crew and passengers in the face, but at the last critical moment, when the ship was just on the point of being dashed upon the rocks, it glided between two dreadful ledges "into a little bay, where the anchor was thrown, and safely held the gallant craft, saved from destruction by the merciful interposition of divine Nantucket!" The readers of that paper were thunderstruck. but printers saw that the compositor had pulled the wrong word from

his galley.

MEXICAN BRICK LAYERS.

action between the bank and the government, but in this ease, too, the amount is written with a pen. The longest time during which a note lias remained outside the bank is 111 years. It was for £25, and it is computed that the compound interest during that long period amounted to no less than £i!,(HM). There is quite a labyrinth of vaults where the disused notes are stored until they have reached the necessary maturity of live years. They are estimated to weigli ninety-one tons and number about 77,745,000, Ailing 13,400 boxes, and were of the original value of £1,750,026,600. The Bank of Kngland note is a legal tender for any amount in excess of its face value, but not for less. Thus a person might refuse to take a £5 note in payment of a debt of £4 19 s (Id, though, us a matter of fact, nobody would be so foolish as to do so. It must be remembered that bank notes are only legal tender as between members of the public, so long as the bank pays in gold on demand. If such an unlikely thing were to happen as the bank being unable to redeem its promises to pay, then its notes would at once cease to be legal tender. Even as it is their legal tender quality does not extend to Ireland

or Scotland.

DATE OF THE EXODUS.

WiLL NOT WEAR TROUSERS.

A United States Soldier (fives Them

Few Tnatruetlorifi.

Capt. .1. It. Kenly, in his "Memoirs j not wear trousers. On the contrary,

her garments will be prettier, and she

The Woman of the Future Wi!l Have Due

lle£ar(l for the Hrautiful.

This is a picture of the woman of the future as drawn by a well-known society leader of New York: “She will

of a Maryland Volunteer," describes with evident satisfaction a little scene in the city of Jalapa during the Mexican war. The United States troops were in garrison in the town. Everything was quiet, and tho inhabitants and the soldiers were on very good terms. It was not uncommon, says Capt. Kenly, to see an American soldier mending his boots alongside of a Mexican shoemaker, or a carpenter iu uniform working at the same bench

with a Mexican mechanic.

One day the captain noticed a soldier looking with great interest at some native masons laying brick. They were at work upon a platform elevated perhaps a dozen feet from the ground, up to which a man was carrying mortar upon his head on a square

board instead of a hod.

The masons stood immediately in front of the wall they were constructing. placed each brick separately on its bed, used a plumb-line, square, etc., to see that each brick was correctly aligned, and occupied as much time in laying half a dozen bricks as an American mechanic would use in laying a

hundred.

"Captain,” said the soldier, "may I go up and show those men how to

work?”

"Certainly, if you are a bricklayer." lie mounted the platform, one of the Mexicans gave him his trowel, and he went to work, the Mexicans looking on with the greatest interest and admiration. No doubt they profited by tho

lesson.

herself will be, if that is possible, more effeminate, more gentle and tender than she is now. Why? Because she will realize, by being all these, that her power will be increased in a corresponding ratio. Woman’s rights are Invariably associated in a man's mind with the loud-voiced woman, the woman without little personal vanities, the woman who is indifferent to her appearance, who wears big boots and would like to wear high hats and make other incursions on his wardrobe, lie ,s the reigning power now, and. looking at things from this point of vision, can he be blamed for not wanting to abdicate in favor of anyone so unattractive to him as this person? There will be more marriages f ir love in her day than there are now, for the reason that natural selection will replace convenience. She will be qualified for work, and, not fearing it, will not marry for support. She will be able to provide for herself, and when she marries it will be because she loves the man, because he is congenial and sympathetic to her and will not retard her mental and moral development. She will be fearless and frank, and will have the courage of her convictions.”

It Would Seem to Lie Somewhere Between 1430 and 1300 U. C. Although the monuments and papyri give us no direct information upon the subject of the exodus, they do indirectly indicate a certain period within which it must have taken place, says a writer in Scribner's Magazine. Thothmes HI., who was the most powerful king of that dynasty (the eighteenth) which finally drove the llyksos invaders out of Egypt and reunited the whole country under one scepter, extended his conquests as far as Mesopotamia, overrunning Palestine on his way. He left lists of the conquered nations, but does not mention the Israelites among them. Rameses II. of the nineteenth dynasty, the supposed oppressor, who reigned about two hundred years later, also subdued Palestine and left lists of tiie conquered peoples, but he, again, does not mention the Israelites among them. What is, perhaps, still more important is that, while the Israelites have left records of invasions by Mesopotamians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites and Philistines, they do not mention any invasion by the Egyptians, and the conclusion is that the Israelites were not settled on the west side of Jordan till after the wars waged by Rameses II. at the commencement of his reign, which began not earlier than 1388 B. C., or. as some now say, 1266 B. C. It has been attempted to explain this difficulty away by suggesting that Ramoses II. kept close to the seaeoast on his march through Palestine and did not strike inland till he was some distance to the north of the Israelites, but it is inconceivable that he should not have Cycured his long line of communications by establishing posts so far inland that they must have been brought into contact with the Hebrews if the i latter had at that time been settled in | their own country. The earliest date, therefore, at which the Egyptian history will permit the exodus to have taken place, even when full allowance is made for tiie time spent by the Jews in the wilderness and in conquering Palestine, would seem to be about 1430 1!. C’., while, if the shorter chronology be adopted, it could not have been much earlier than 1300 11. C.

There are more muscles in the tail of a rat than in a human hand.

Rheumatism racks the system like a thumscrew. It retreats before the power of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which purities the blood.

All kinds of insects so far as known are ifiicted with some form of parasite.

The IUncoverff Saved His Life. Mr. O. (’allouette, DruKgist, Reavcrsville, III., says; "To Ur. King's New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all the physicians for miles about, but of no avail aud was given up and told 1 could not live. Having Ur. King's Now Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use and from tho first dose began to get better, and after using three bottles was up and a'-out again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or house without it.” Get a free trial at Albert Allen's Drugstore.

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To be perfectly proportioned a man should weigh 28 pounds for every foot of his height

Home Seekers' Excursions to the South. June and July 5, Aug. 7, Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4 the Monon Route will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip to all points in Kentucky south of Louisville and Lexington i, Tennessee. Mississippi. Georgia. Alabama, Florida. North Carolina. South Carolina and Virginiu; also to New Orleans. Tickets good returning twenty days from date of sale. Stop-overs allowed south of Ohio River. J. A. Michaei., Agt.

No fewer than 1,7S0 ancient manuscript copies of thv New Testament iu whole or in part exist.

Care for Headache. As a remey for all forms of Headache Electric Ritters has proved to he the very best. | it effects a permanent cure and the most '.readed habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipation Electric Ritters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at Albert Aileu's Drug Store.

DANGEROUS COASTING.

A SLOW SHOEMAKER.

AN ENGLISH PARTY WHIP.

One of the Oueer Salaried I'osltlnns in

the House of Commons.

Reverting to the duties of a whip and patronage secretary," it is an astonishing fact that gentlemen of birth and social position can be found to till the post. The junior whips' duties are not only onerous, but irksome, according to tiie Cardiff Mail. They sit or stand in the outer lobby of the house from half-past three to half-past twelve o'clock at night and they ask every member who passes where he is going, whether he is paired, and when he will be back, if he is not paired they have either to find a pair for him or to prevent him from passing out by coaxing or threats, the former for prefer-

ence. When their party is in these

the drills, occasional dull detonations | gentlemen have to attend to their wnen iilasis are tired, the recking | office ir.mi twelve to three o'clock walls of ore and rock and the dull ! Their hours of duty are therefore from throbbing of the biL r pumps make the j eleven a. in. to twelve p. m., or tiiirsnrronndings as dismal aifd depressing | teen hours, with Intervals f,,r iui.ci.

as the imagination can conceive of. but here hundreds of men toil patiently for 81.25 u day, and at times for 90 cents, and perhaps some of them think that they are getting all out of life that

there is in it for them.

la their h jurs of rest from toil they sleep, visit the store, talk to neighbors.

and dinner, and this they do for one thousand pounds a year. When their party is <mt they do it minus their

office work, for nothing.

In addition to keeping an eye on his juniors, the chief whip, who has two thousand pounds a year, deals with the members on their more touchy

He Cuuliiu't Keep HU Customers Shod with Fairs. A company of idlers on a hotel piazza, says the San Francisco Call, were telling the yarns commonly spun in such places, when one of them offered to wager that he had done something, as a boy in Tennessee, that no other member of the party had ever done or heard of. “What was it, colonel?” asked one of the crew. "I wore out my first pair of shoes without ever having them both at onec.” “Explain." "Well, you see it was this way. Tho shoemaker was slow, and I was in a hurry. A boy who has never had a pair of shoes finds it hard to wait. Come Saturday night the man had one of them done, but told me I should have to wait a week for the other. " ‘Well, give me that one, anyhow,’ said I. and I carried it home. 1 wore it all that week, and all the next, for the fellow didn't keep his word any more than shoemakers generally do; and by t!:« time the second one was done the first one needed repairing. "And so the thing went on. That j shoemaker was so aI.jvi and the leather was so poor and I ran about so much that somehow I never once had both shoes <>n together, and by and by they were gone entirely."

A Funny Inrlilont or a Trip Down a Nor- | way Mountain. I The Norwegian kjoelke are queer 1 little carriages about six feet long, • made for the descent of snow-clad 1 mountains. They rarely exceed a foot in width, and are raised some eight or I ten inches on runniirs. In his right hand the rider carries a long pole, j varying from twelve to eighteen feet j in length, with which he is able to I steer. The author of “A Winter Jaunt I to Norway” tells a true story of kj,elite | coasting, which is always dangerous, | but seldom as funny as in the present I case. A gentleman was riding his kjoelke j down from Holmenkollen, and before ; him on the road he saw a lady and > gentleman walking. He called loudly j to them to get out of tiie way, but I either they did not hear or his pace ' was too great, and they did not move aside. j As he rushed madly on, his little j kjoelke, before lie knew what had hap- | pencil, whipped up the lady, and there she was sitting in front of him. What , was his astonishment to find that he was conveying an utter stranger down the mountain-side at this breakneck pace! lie was too busy and too breathless to speak, and they spsd away. The lady knew that she must sit quite still, and after the first shock she tucked her feet away and remained iu quiet bewilderment until they reached the bottom. There they stood aghast. Each bowed to the other. Each apologized, the one for being in the Way, the other for bearing of? a lady so unceremoniously. All reserve soon wore off. and by the time the lady ;, brother arrived he found them chatting and laughing, the best of friends.

Go South Now at Half Faro. On May 8 and 29 tickets can be purchased at ail stations in the North, to any point in Eastern Mississippi or Southern Alabama, on the Mobile and Ohio R. R.. at one tare for the round trip. You will find more free Government land, cheaper Railroad lands, and more improved farms at a less price than any where else in America. The country along tiie Mobile & Ohio is free froai swamps, has the lowest death rate in America, has the purest of soft water, and the pleasantest climate all the year. You can raise three crops each year on the same land, and make more money on each crop than you can in the North. People are coming. Prices will advance. Now is the time to secure a home where it only costs halfas much to live, and you can make twice as much money, have better health, and live with more comfort all the year than in the North. Full particulars sent by E. E Posey, Gen eral Passenger Agent, Mobile, Ala. 4tl

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KAILUA V TIME-TAHLE-

BIG FOUR.

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: 8 p. m.

2:E0 a. m.

or, periiapa, till a bit of garden if they R >de. It. is ho who

are lucky enough to have anything but bare rock in the neighborhood of the home cabin. They know from statistics which have been furnished by the state that the trade life of a miner is short, and that their employment makes old men of them before their time. Loss of energy will come upon him before he is fifty years old if he escapes chronic rheumatism, consumption or throat troubles, which arc the natural outcome of exposure to the dump and unhealthy surroundings of the miner during two-thirds of his

working life.

Not Word* Unnu^h.

A few weeks ago an American publisher wrote to Oscar Wilde, asking him for a "story of one hundred thousand words,” for which lie offered to pay “so and so.” The gentle soul of the artist was disturbed. He did not take it kindly that his wares should be appraised by the yard, like ribbon. He wrote back to the New York publisher: "Dear Sir: I have received your charming letter, and have spent two or three days in delightful contemplation. I should like to write the story.

tributes ribbons and titles and sees that cards of invitation are sent to this man and that—that no one is given undue preference—a delicate duty which

requires much tact and skill.

Soap Paper.

Travelers on the European continent know by experience that unless they take soap in traveling bags they will in all probability have to make their

A liani 4 use,

"The toughest experience I ever had in my life," said a life insurance solic-

praetically dis- i Ror. “was with an iron manufacturer titles and sees 1 n 1 roy. i knew he was wealthy and

carried no insurance, so I resolved to tackle him. Upon entering his office and explaining my business, I was surprised at his friendly, even cordial greeting. 'Life insurance,’ said he. ‘Well, now, that is a subject that interests me. Come with me to the shop. I've got to go there, aud you can tell me all about your company.’ Then lie' took up ins hat and I followed him, un-

toilet without any. A form of soap | til at last he flung open a door. It was

which will be appreciated by them is the machine shop, and tho din was terthe new soap paper brought out in | rible! Hundreds of hammers were all France. The papir is cut into pieces ' beating iron at once, and I was nearly slightly larger than visiting cards and 1 deafened. Looking at my man, I saw is covered on each side with a thin I ills lips move, and, leaning forward, I layer of ordinary soap or of soap va- | just managed to hear him shout: ‘Now,

riously colored and perfumed. These \ tell me all about it.’ He smiled as he

soap tickets are put Into memorandum said this, and I saw the trick that had books, card cases or pockethooks, just been played on me. It was impossible as if they were business or visiting to say a word, so I marched right out cards. Each piece serves for one time of the shop and never went back.”

only, and is used like an oniinary cake j of soap. In the manufacture of this |

Alasknn I'atinc; I«outs.

new product sheets of unsized paper I Gormandizing competition^ used to are immersed in a bath of cocoanut oil be a popular form of entertainment in soap, prepared in the same way as for Alaska. An immense trough was filled the manufacture of toilet soaps. The with meats, bear and mountain goat, strips of paper are dried, passed be- fish, berries and oil. Then families

but I do not see hyw I can do so. Un- \ tween two rollers in order to render vied with one another as to who cWSfld fortunately, there are 1 not one hundred them smooth and sightly and then eat the most, and many serious flgh ,s thousand words in the English lan- t -' ut t<J * ’roper dimensions and have resulted from the jealousy of tne

II« Wasn't Hunting fur Bear-*. "I had been fishing for trout one day in a North Carolina mountain stream," said a sportsman, "and was entirely unsuccessful. Upon trying to reach camp, I lost my way and took refuge for the night in a small cave I aeoidentnllv discovered. The ] lace was dry and comfortable, and so 1 made a puiOW oi my coal ao.l s ■ *;. fell asleep. The next morning 1 was awakened by something pulling at the coat, and, opening my eves. I sav. that it v.as a cat) bear. A few feet distant was a large bear, sitting on its haunches, and another cub playing around her. I had no weapon of any kind, and was completely at tho mercy of the animal; but she was not in the humor to dispose of me j""* then She was watching the cub as it pulled at my coat, and 1 was careful to mak" no motions Niat might be considered hostile. For two hours wo looked at each other in this fashion, and then the mother bear ambled off with her cubs, and you may be sure 1 beat a hasty retreat to camp.”

Origin nf a l otnnion Kxpreaalon. The term "namby-pamby,” which lias come to be applied to a person of vacillating character, us well us to weak literary productions, was originated by the poet Dope. He applied it to some puerile verses that had been written by an obscure poet—one Ambrose Dhillips—addressed to the children of n peer. Tho first half of the term is meant as a baby way of pronouncing Amby, a pet nickname for Ambrose, and the second half issimply a jingling word to fit it.

Narrow laourion Streets. A proposed law that any new building erected in London shall have its front not less than twenty feet from tho middle of the street has brought out the fact that there are in the heart of tiie city thirty-two miles of streets less than forty feet broad. If the principle were generally applied, on a plan of reconstruction of ftreets, land to tiie value of about forty million dollars 1 would be sacrificed. 4

EAST.

fNo. 2, Locnl .. 18, 8. W. Limited “ 8, Mail.. “ 10, Night Express

WEST.

* No. 9, Mail

•• 17 8 w. Lim U

+ “ 3 • M it toon Local * “ 7, Night Express Daily. fDaily except 8unduy.

No. 2 connects through to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton and Benton Harbor. No. 1H, conches to Buffalo and sleepers to New York and Washington, D O. No. H connects through to Wabash and Cincinnati. No. 10, coaches for Cleveland and Cincinnati anil sleepers to Cincinnati and New York.

F. P. HUESTIS, Agt.

. 8:42 a. m. .12:49 p. m. .. 7:05 p. m. ...12:80 a. m.

O, Lotnsviut.St* Aibahy l Chicago Pr CO "j

Going North—1:27 a. in., 12:05 p. m.; local, 12:0<3 p. in.

Going South—2:47 a. m., 2:3H p. m.; local, 1:45 p. m. J. A. MICHAEL, Agent.

VAN DAL! A LINE. In e-fect Nov. 6, 1893. 1 rains leave Greencaatle, Ind.,

FOR THE WEST.

No. 21, Daily 1:52 p. m., for St. Louis. “ L Daily 12:53 p.m., “ “

“ 7, Daily 12:25 a m., “ “ 6, Ex. Hun 8:06 a. in., “ “ 9. Ex. Hun 5:2H p. in., ** Trains leave Terre Haute, No. 75, Ex. Hun 7:05 u. in., " “ 77, Ex. Hun 8:25 p.m., 41

FOR THE EAST.

No. 20, Daily 1:52 p. m., for Indianapolis.

^ vv -:«„ 3:35 ti in . ** “

Terre Haute.

Peoria. Decatur.

8, Daily 3:35 'p

“ fi, Daily 8:52 a. m., “ *• “ 12, Daily 2:23 a. m., “ “ “ S, Ex. Sun 8:20 p. lu., “ “ " 4, Ex. Sun 8:34 a.m., “ “

For complete Time Uanl. (rivinir all traina ami .tatioiiK, anil for full information as to

rales, through cars, etc., address

J o. DG'.VLING, Aicetit,

Greencastle. Ind.

Or J. M. UHKseuocaH, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo.

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Bridge Oontractore.

Notice is hereby given that the Hoard of County Commissioners of Putnam County, Indiana will receive sealed proposals at the county Auditoi a office in Gvccncaolle, Ind., on

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THURSDAY, THE FulKTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 1894.

Up till 2:00 o’clock p. m. for the furnishing of all materials and the construction ana erection of two wrought iron highway bridges as follows:

One at the Mouth of Little Walnut, bridge to he of one span 100 ft. long icenter to center of end pins : lii ft. roadway; high truss; and proportioned to carry 1U0 pounds per sq. foot of tinotWHV. To he huilt upon a Factor of Safety of live i5>. For the above bridge bids will be received for an iron substructure consisting of tubular boiler Iron columns 48 inches in diameter In clear. Iron to be inch thick an ! colums to be tilled with con-

crete.

The other bridge to be huilt across Ramp Creek, on the I'urpentersvillc and Fincastle F'rec Gravel Ito.id. and to be ot one span of 84 feet center to center of end pins ; 18 foot roidway, "Pony" truss, and proportioned to carry 1000 pounds per lineal foot. Factor of Safety of live (51. The center line of bridge to make an angle of 00 degrees to left to the

center line of abutments.

Parlies tendering bids must furnish a clearly made-out strain sheet of their designs, with the data on which it was computed, and showingalso the areas of material proposed

to he given to each part.

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At the same time and place the Hoard will I j receive bids for the stone substructure for<f I both the nb^ve brirlirPH Tits, wneb j

both the above bridges. The work to con-H

sist of good rustic ashler masonry. The whole work to he done inacco nlans nml specifications on file in t

tor's office.

The right to reject any and all b

served.

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