Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 25, Hope, Bartholomew County, 13 October 1892 — Page 1

Hope Republican. VOL. I. HOPE. BARTHOLOMEW CO., IND.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13,1892. NUMBER 25

- -FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING. L-A-IOTT EMBALMEH Bag—sg—0. M. MITCHELL & CO.. 10. 0, F. Block, Edinburg, Ind.

p: sessional cards. gTANSIFEB & BAKER, ATTOENEYS-AT-LAW, COLUMBUS, IND. Office over Irwin's Bank. CHARLES F. RK.nV, Successor to Hacker Sc Ecmy ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office over Schwartikopf’s hardware store opposite Court-house. Telephone No. 56. J_|OBB Sc KJIMi, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Office 419 Third street, Columbus, Ind. Will practice in circuit and supreme courts of Indiana and U. S. court. M. L. HERBERT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office over Mutz & Lynch’s Drug Store, EDINBURG, INDIANA. Will practice In Johnson, Shelby and BarEiolomew counties. IV. LAMBERT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, COLUMBUS, IND. Office over Irwin’s bank. J}B. J. W. FRALL, OPERATIVE DENTIST, COLUMBUS, IND. Office—First stairway south of St. Denis Hotel. Residence, Fifth and Mechanic St. QB. W. T. NEWTON, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, HOPE, INDIANA. Office over post office, on Jackson st. Residence on Jackson st. QB. B. FITZPATRICK, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, HOPE, INDIANA. Office over Stapp & Son’s drug store. Residence corner Mill and Vine sts. Attention, Everybody! When at Columbus call on C. A. SPARKS for anything you want to eat. Everything fresh and clean. ULRICH'S OLD STAND. COR. FOURTH & FRANKLIN STS., COLUMBUS. IND. Colite Female Infirmary, For treatment of female complaints COLUMBUS. IND. Removed to 16th and Chestnut sts. Free Day Every Tluirstlaij. J. F. BRANNEN Will buy your POULTRY And pay you the highest market price in cash. Wait for him. JOHN SIMMONS, -PROPRIETOR OF THE- " PILOT ” Livenj, Feed and Sale Stable, North-east cor. Public Square, HOPE, - - INDIANA. attention paid to funerals. Good horses and carriages ;.l ways in readiness at low rates. Give me a call and I will treat you S-Sna

LOCAL INKLINGS. Subscribe for the Republican. Bring your job printing to this office. Read J. F. Brannen’s card in this paper. See the fine bananas just received at Frank Neligh’s. City prices. ■ Pumpkins are ripe and the market is overstocked with them. The quail law expires next Saturday. “Johnny, get your gun!” Jos. Carter and son, Harry, were in Columbus on business Saturday. Harry Weinland looks handsome in a new suit of tailor-made clothes. Wanted—To trade a good secondhand piano for a horse. Apply at Swarts & Son’s. Uncle George Fry returned last Thursday from an extended visit in North Carolina, his former home. Wanted —Pop corn, immediately at Swarts & Son’s, for which highest market price will be paid. Misses Cora Harker, Monta Garrison and Joyce Hines were guests of Edinburg friends last Sunday. Fresh Oysters next Saturday at Neligh’s. Herman Hackman, the blind man, of Burney’s, accompanied by his wife, was in town Monday trying to raise money to establish himself in business. Ezra Reed raised a Harrison and Reid flag-pole at his residence, south of town, fast Friday night. Quite a number of enthusiastic Republicans from town were present. You will find the largest and best selected stock of ladies’, misses’ and children’s shoes at our house. Lehman & Co., Leaders in Low Prices. C. M. Rominger reached his 42d mile-post last Sunday, and his good wife prepared an excellent dinner in his honor, which was enjoyed by a few near relatives. Why, “Cash,”' you’re getting old! Mrs. Joe Carter has filed .a suit in ’Squire Morgan’s court at Columbus, charging the Herald Company with criminal libel. It is quite probabfethat several other parties will be called on to answer a like charge before the matter is ended. Rev. H. J. Van Vleek, who has been in charge of the Moravian church during the past three weeks, returned to liis home atGnadenhuetten, O., on Monday. During his short sojourn here he has made many warm friends among our people. Our gravel superintendents are now getting in some good work. Aaron Essex has charge of the Hope, Norristown & St. Louis Crossing division. It would be instructive and no doubt beneficial to other superintendents who are at a toss to know just how to properly repair these roads to visit his department and view his work. To-day will be a gala day for Republicans of Hope. An all-day rally will be 1 held. The umbrella club of Columbus and the club of this place will be out in full force.. Four hundred' will be here from Columbus. Gen. John Coburn will speak at 1 o’clock and Thos. E. Davidson in the evening at 7 o’clock. The night will!, witness the biggest rally of the cam- ; paign. Everybody come and join i the great throng..

A car load of the finest bananas of the season just received at Neligh’s. Gid. Miller and wife, of North Carolina, are visiting Eph. Norman and family. MrSv B. Kennedy, of this place, now has charge of a large millinery store at Portland. Fresh Oysters next Saturday at Neligh’s. The continual dry weather and the ravages of insects are telling on the late sown wheat. Mrs. Wm. Bon well and two children, of Franklin county, are here visiting relatives. Joe Burney, Ollie Spaugh and Thos. Lambert went to Columbus Monday on business. Martin Barker and family will return to their former home in Switzerland county to-day. Thos. Gambold, wife and son, of Indianapolis, visited relatives hero during the past week. Our musicians are talking of organizing an orchestra here in the near future. That's business. Follow the rush to the hardware and stove house of L. S. Fishel & Bro. and secure the bargains. Chas. A. Paetzel has his new residence almost completed and will occupy the same some time next week. Mrs. Parkhill Falk, the Columbus milliner, has the assortment, the style and the low prices. New York patterns a specialty. Miss Ella Sowers, who has had a long and hard tussle with typhoid fever, is now thought to be safely on the road to complete recovery. John Welburn and wife, of North Carolina, accompanied Uncle George Fry to this place last week, and they will probably remain here all winter. Eev. T. A. Aspy, of Adame, went to Columbus Monday and returned through this place Tuesday morning, having spent the night with his cousin near town. “Low prices for good goods” is our motto. Give us a call and be convinced. Lehman & Co., Headquarters for Hope. Married, last evening at the residence of the bride, Freeman Gilliland and Miss Carrie Rothrock, Rev. Chas. Vogler officiating. The young couple have our best wishes. Wesley M. Robbins has been appointed a justice of the peace for Hawcreek township, Mr. Robbins is a resident of our town, has qualified and is now ready for business. Mr. and Mrs. Jos,. Carter have each brought suit in the Bartholomew circuit court against the Columbus Herald for $5,000 damages for defamation of character. It is a fact much to be regretted that a journal whose party is in the ascendency in this county must resort to infamy to live. The proprietors of that sheet should be taught a Lesson. The Democratic party, if intrusted with the control of the government, is now pledged to repeal the tax on state bank issues, with a view to putting into circulation again, under such diverse legislation as the states may adopt, a flood' of local bank issues. Only those who in the years before the war experienced the- inconvenience and losses attendant i upon the use of such money can ap- ; predate what a return to that s3 r stem | involves.—Harrison’s Letter of Acceptance.

J. N. Rensch, of Winterrowd, was in town Tuesday. If you intend buying a store, buy of Fishel’s and get a guess on the wagon. The streets of our town are receiving needed repairs in the shape of a coat of gravel. % The new millinery store will hereafter be found in oom formerly occupied by Mrs. Thomas. Fresh Oysters next Saturday at Neligh’s. Rev. W. T. Markland, the former pastor of Lewis Creek church, left Monday night with his family for Oklahoma. Henry S. Eominger received a Shetland pony forty-seven inches high last Monday evening. It is a present to his boy. L. S. Fishel & Bro., our leading hardware and stove dealers, are doing the largest hardware and stove business ever done in Hope. W. A. Miner and family, of Burneys, visited relatives here Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Miner'states that the gas well at that place is gradually diminishing. A new tin-plate mill costing $240,00® will soon be in operation at Hammond. They have orders ahead sufficient to require their entire output for several months. Our store is full to overflowing with new and seasonable goods of every description. No trouble to show goods. Lehman & Co., The Leading Merchants of Hope. C. W. Tway,, of Irwin, O., arrived here Tuesday to begin training several fine pointer dogs for the field trials at Columbus. He is quite a pleasant gentleman and thoroughly understands his business. Jake Cotner, Hope’s blind musician, will leave to-day for a three or four weeks’ trip through the southwestern part of the state, going through Vincennes and Evansville and returning by way of New Albany and the Monon route. Wm. M. AHmon died last Thursday at his home in this place, aged 29 years, 24 days. The funeral, which was largely attended, was held in the Baptist church, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The sermon was preached by Eev. W. W. Smith. Daniel Wurth, of Edinburg, funeral director. Harry H. Darnall, who recently came through on his Mcycle from his home at Lebanon to visit relatives here, will return Friday. Wheelriding is a favorite recreation with, him, and several of our young men have been profiting by his presence here to enjoy a few rides. He ban traveled about three thousand miles this summer in this way. Solomon Smith and wife celebrated their china wedding at their home near town last Monday. A number of guests were present: Rev. W. W. Smith and wife, Chas. Matthews and wife, Horace Solomon and wife, J. T. Schaub and wife, Levi Webb and wife, Mrs, Jones, Mrs. Mattie Lee, Mr. Bird and wife, of Norristown, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Z. Stark, James Moore,. Will Thompson, Eli Zeigler and wife. A number of presents were received and the day passed pleasantly for all.. Columbia day will be celebrated by our schools on the 21st hist., Chas. Porter Post, No. 469; G. A. R., has accepted an invitation to be present in a body at the exercises, which will be held at the school building. The regular program published in the Youth’s Companion will be used, followed by short addresses by the ministers of the place.. A pole and flag will be raised. The flag is the gift of the pupils of the school. The exercises will begin at 9:30 a. m. and the afternoon will be given as. a, holiday..

Capt. W. H. Aikin went to Indianapolis Tuesday. Get up a club for the Republican and secure a premium. Go to M. H. Murphy cheap millinery Saturday, Oct. 15. E. A. Jones and J. E. Gilliland were in Columbus yesterday. Will Ensiey, of Flatrock, wa that town Wednesday on business. S th» 1)0 James North, of Switzerland conn . ty, is here visiting Martin Barker. Mrs. Ed, Weesner, of Shelbyville,. is visiting relatives north of town. Mrs. J. M. Newton, of St. Louis Crossing, is still in a critical condition. L. Sv JPishel & Bro. sold three of the celebrated “Jackson” wagons Tuesday. Fresh Oysters next Saturday at Neligh’s. Miss Minnie Hayes, of Burney's, was the guest of Miss Doshia Swarts over Sunday. An entirely new stock of goods just ordered at the new millinery store on Main street. The annual convocation of the Horse Thief Detective Union met at. Columbus yesterday. Fifty umbrellas were ordered for the umbrella club at this place. Watch for them to-day. Luther & Bowman shipped a car load of fat hogs from Nortonsbarg; to Indianapolis last night. John Harber, of St. Louis Crossing, was among the visitors to theMasonic supper Tuesday evening. Miss Sue White has removed her millinery stock into the room formerly occupied by Mrs. Thomas, in the Woehler block. E. H. Nay, of Odon, has moved his family to this place, where hewill engage in the piano and organ business for S. V. Harding. Lewis Rothrock, of Indianapolis, came down this week to attend the wedding of his sister, Miss Carrie, which occurred last evening. Lewis Schaefer shipped a car load of hogs to Cincinnati Tuesday night and will ship a car load of cattle to the same point this evening. All efforts of our Democratic brethren to escape- the disastrous; effects of Labor Commissioner Peck’s; recent report have been unavailing, and it’s; real amusing to see them squirm I On Tuesday evening Lewis Blades, rode the Masonic gnat into the third degree. It was made the occasion of great hilarity among the Masons. Many of the brethren were here from St. Louis Grassing, Hartsvillo. Burney’s, Norristown, Lett’s Corners, and other places. After the initiation oysters were served. Mrs. Harrison grows weaker from day to day, and to all appearances it. is only a question of a few days when the end will come. The President would be constantly at her bedsidebut for the exacting duties of Ins high office-. These he continues todischarge with his wonted dignity, while his heart is bleeding with thethought of his personal sorrow. In such times all partisanship is laid aside and the American people extend their united sympathy to him who holds their highest office. The Moravians took advantage of the absence of their minister, Rev. Chas. Vogler, last Tuesday afternoon. He went to Columbus in the morning and while away his ewigrcgation entered his new home and left a good supply of eatables of alii kinds. Rev. Vogler comes to Hope from Staten- Island. He has beets engaged sixteen years in ministerial work. His first sermons worft preached last Sunday to large eon-! gregations. We hope he will finl I his new home pleasant and that im 1 work here may be prospered, yr