Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 March 1908 — Page 2

BU0IJIES BUGGIES BUGGIES

For Thirty Days we will make Special Prices in our very complete line of Phaetons, Surries, Buggies and Driving Wagons Also in our fine line of Farm and Team Harness, Buggy Harness, Robes, Whips, Etc. We are also Agents for the Celebrated Birdsell and Studehaker FARM WAGONS

We Want Y r ou to Call and examine these goods and Get Our Prices. We are iu a position to Save You Money. We have purchased largely of the-e goods for cash at the best cash prices, and Y ou Will Get the Benefit. HAMILTON YOUNG 118 North Jackson St., GREE^'CASTLE, INI). REV. J. M. BUOY CALLED mad drag in Morgan ALLEN BROS. BUY BUILDING

OftU’ial Hoard of tin- Christian Church Met Wed. Night and I>eeided to Ask the Sedalia, .Mo., Man to Accept Pastorate of the Church llore.

Good Effects of the King Scraper on the Gravel Hoads of Our Neighbor County a Hint Wortli Thinking about for Putnam.

NEW TRUSTEE IS ALSO ELECTED

At a meeting of the offleial board of the Christian church held in the church parlors Wed. night it was agreed that the Rev. J. M. Rudy, now pastor of the Christian church, at Sedalia, Mo., should be asked to accept the pastorate of the church here. The Rev. Rudy preached here for the past two Sundays and made an extra good impression upon the members of the church. One thing which will aid greatly In bringing the Rev. Rudy here is the fact that DePauw University is situated here. Rev. Rudy has several children, which he decires shall have the advantages of a college education. It is very probable that he will accept the call. Another thing done by the offleial board last night was to elect Ed McO. Walls a member of the offleial board of the church. A. E. Harris was chosen as an elder, also.

The pike roads have been dragged ! south of this city from Taggarts to the Monroe county line and southeast of town from George Pearcy’s farm to the Jones school house, near I Mahalasvllle. The use of the drag has brought to the center all the gravel that has been crowded to the sides and was not in use, with the result that the water has been forced from the grades to the gutters and the traffic on the road is now r proceeding over dry land instead cf In mud and water. Another effect is that' the jy^ivel Is not now In a pool I of water so that it will be ground j into a shapeless and useless mass by | the wheels of the wagons. The rural mail carriers come in each evening loud In the praises of the drag and the people who apply it to the roadways, because travel Is made easy, horse flesh and feed are saved by every foot of road that has been dragged. Keep the drag busy. Use It when the road grade Is damp. Use It often, because it saves money for the j county when used.—Martinsville Reporter.

i Room Occupied by the Dry Goods Department of the Store Is Purchased by the Firm from Allan Brockway of Rockville, Who Has Owned Building Two Years.

A BIT TOO SHREWD.

PAID ELEVEN THOUSAND FOR IT

Allen Bros. Fri. morning purchas- ! ed from Allan Broekwny of Rockville the building in which is located the Dry Goods department of the Allen Bros, store. The price paid is $1 1,000. The merchants will take possession of the building May 1. Mr. Brockway bought the building about tw 0 years ago. He paid $10,000 for it at that time. Mr. Brockway was not anxious to sell but both j Frank Hays and Allen Bros, had made him offers for the building and he came over Fri. morning to talk with them regarding a deal. He was not here long when the deal with Allen Bros, was closed.

On* Ventura In Which th* Captain Overreached Himaelf. One of Uncle Sam's customs officials, noted for his success in unmasking smugglers, said the other day in a discussion of a customs offleer's duties: ‘•One must be shrewd, but not too shrewd; otherwise one overreaches oneself, like Captain Harrow of islesborough. “Captain Harrow of Islesborough was trading at Key West In a small Vessel. Business took him up the coast to Tampa bay, and he bought twenty dozen chickens from a farmer at $4 a dozen. “The chickens were all sizes—some a few days old and no bigger than canary birds; some fat and large, like turkey gobblers. The captain expected to make a lot of money out of them. He was very shrewd at a trade "Well, at Key West a hotel man came aboard and looked the chickens over. “ ‘They are fine birds,’ he said. 'How much?’ “ ‘If you pick them out yourself,' said Captain Harrow shrewdly. Til have to charge yon $0 a dozen. If 1 pick them out, 1 cun let you have them for $3.’ “ ‘All right You pick them out,' said the hotel man. “Captain Harrow picked out a dozen chickens of the canary bird size. “ ‘Here you are. twelve prime broilers,' he said, with a leer. “Go ahead,’ said the hotel man calmly; ‘another dozen.’ “The next dozen was of necessity larger. “ ‘Go on,’ said the hotel nma. ‘Keep on picking them out.’ “And the third dozen was larger still. The captain looked at his patron anxiously. “ ‘Keep right on.’ “The next dozen was fine and plump, and the next comprised the biggest and fattest of the chickens. “ ‘Keep right on picking them out. captain.’ “Then at last Captain Harrow saw how he had overreached himself. The hotel man bought his whole lot of chickens at $3, and thus the captain lost on*he speculation $20 in cash, to say nothing of feed and labor.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. THE WORLD DRYING UP.

Come and Sec Us For Your Hardware, etc., Timothy Seed. We assure you FAIR DEALING. THE OWL HARDWARE STORE A. H. DeVAULT, Prop.

E. B. LYNCH, Undertaking Our embalmer and funeral director, Mr. d S. Mecum has now been with me for three months. He is a man of much experience in undertaking and funeral directing and holds State embalmer’s license. He will promptly attend all

either day or night.

Phones—Store, 89; Residences, 10S and 001.

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A DRIVE BUT NO FOAES

BEVERIDGE SUSPECTED

Although hundreds turned out In Marion township Saturday to round up the foxes in the township fox drive, their work got them nothing for no foxes were killed. In fact the drive was a failure. The farmers of Marion township have been greatly damaged by raids on the poultry houses and sheep flocks by the foxes in the past few weeks. Many chickens were taken and many young Iambs killed. Finally the farmers decided to make a raid on the cunning animals and the drive was scheduled for that morning. Every thing went off all right except that the drivers were unable to round up any foxes. There Is a talk of another drive within a short while. The drive centered on Marion Wright's farm near Fillmore.

JURY GIVES WHEELER S900

Verdict for Plaintiff in Suit jtgainst Hig Four for Damages for Closing High Way at Wheeler Farm.

Gould Not Fat. W. H. Clay, Lexington, Ky., says: ‘‘Our fowels were so sick with cholera some of them could not eat; We poured Bourbon Poultry Cure down them and did not have a single fowl to die.” Sold by Badger & Green, Druggists, Greencastle, Ind.

Indiana Runner Ducks For Sale. Eggs in season, $1 for 11. Money makers. J. P. Montgomery, Greencastle, Ind R. R. 6. lGt-18 Kinihuli Pianos

And Oriruns

Makes Them Immune.

R. S. Darnaby, Cllntonville, Ky., says: "My hogs were exposed to cholera after they had been cured with Bourbon Hog Cholera Remedy, but It did not effect them In any

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w m n ** Sold by Ba< lger & Green. DrugSold By 55. M. Patterson, gists, Greencastle, Ind.

It Is now very evident that the Fairbanks people are exceedingly suspicious of the Beveridge faction. It has been suppored that all of the congressional districts had instructed their national delegates for Fairbanks, but ittranspires that the Fourth, in which Beveridge controls the federal patronage, did not do so. Commenting on this omission, an Indianapolis letter in the Cincinnati , Enquire says: "The fact that Senator Bever- ' idge’s district did not instruct as the others did has not been made public Jrefore, although there has been some quiet gossip about It among Republican leaders. Senator Beveridge’s lieutenants say emphatically that no harm was m«»nt to the vice president’s candidacy, and that they intended to instruct, but they adjourned in a hurry and neglected it. This explanation Is causing considerable comment, as some of the Republican politicians say that it gives Senator Beveridge’s district an opportunity to break away from the vice president ahead of the other delegates should the time come when they think that he has no chance to win. * * * • The impression is gaining ground that Senator Beveridge and his followers will attempt to lead the Indiana delegates to Secretary Taft just as soon as It becomes apparent that the vice president is out of the running.”

The Jury in the case of Alonzo Wheeler against the C. C. C. and St. L. Railroad Company returned a verdict for the plaintiff a little after three o’clock on Friday afternoon. The jury, after being out some five hours found that the plaintiff was entitled to damages in the sum of $900. This case is that in which Mr. Wheeler brought suit against the Big Four for closing a highway w-hlch Mr. Wheeler alleges had been"^ open for more than twenty years, and used during that time as a high way. Mr. W heeler further alleged that he had made improvements on his farm with reference to this high-' way, and that when the high way, was closed by the tracks of the com-' pany he was deprived of any method of egress from his farm. The jury received the case in the morning, and In the afternoon found for the plaintiff as stated above.

Possibility That the Human Race Will

Die of Thirst.

We are to die of thirst,

lively few persons know the suffering involved In a thirst for which there Is no help at hand. The consuming thirst more than the pain of any wound makes the battlefield a hell. Yet death by thirst is the doom forecast for the race by grim scientists. Geologists find that the fresh water supply of the globe Is failing. They have data which point to the gradual withdrawal of the streams and other bodies of water from the surface. Both iu Africa and central Asia and. indeed, in all the great levels the water beds are drying up. A great number of lakes well known in the historical age have entirely disappeared. For example, Lake Chiroun. in Africa. 1ms vanished within recent years, as has also Lake Ngamj, discovered by Livingstone. Lake Tchad is more than half dried up. For centuries bodies of water in central Asia have been evaporating and the deserts extending. Where 2,000 years ago great oiti;>s stood In east Turkestan there are found only vast and depressing stretches of sand The river Tarim, once a principal Asiatic route, is almost gone, and LobNor, formerly four times the area of Lake Geneva, is now bht a shallow marsh. The same sad conditions are noted In European Russia. Novgorod, the most pushing city in the czar’s distracted realm, was surrounded by water In the middle ages. While we may be sure that the fate which the geologists suggest for humanity is very fur away, the facts recited to show the drying i: > process are convincing proofs of the m mI of preserving our forests with more care. — St. Paul Pioneer

Press.

HiCKS ON THE WEATHER

Rev. Irl R. Hicks Is out with his long range March weather predic- j tions and tells the same old story in the same old way—the greater part of the month Is given over to rain and snow storms punctured at frequent intervals with sleet storms to break the monotony. Here is the way he would make us believe the month will be; March comes in with a ractlonary snow storm punctured at frequent intervals with warmer, cloudiness and storms. At seismic period will be central on the second extending two or three days both before and after.

Bainbridge Coal Yard

West of Livery Ban Main Street

A Test Case.

“I'm ft ’beauty doctor,’ ” announced the stranger with the hand satchel full of cosmetics and massage machines. “Do you think 1 could get any practice

around here?”

“Yeou make ugly tilings pretty, don’t

A regular storm period Is billed to he on deck on the 4th extending to

( ompara- I the 9th. The chances are that there

will be much unsettled weather extending from the first to the second period with electrical, tropical storms southward, severe storms of rain and wind, turning into blizzards of sleet and snow northward. Do not forget that Mercury Is the “sleet God” and that the tendency to heavy sleet storms will likely be numerous from the 3rd to the 20th with three distinct storm periods. All concerned should figure on some very rough weather during this and other .Uarch periods with stubborn and unseasonable cold after the passage of rain,

sleet and snow storms.

A reactionary storm period Is cen-

tral on the 11th, 12th. and 13th. The annual magnetic and electric crisis

also fall central on the 11th. A regular storm period is central

on the 17th, extending from the 15th to 20th. Dangerous equatorial disturbances will visit southern sections tapering Into furious storms of rain, sleet and snow northward. Blizards and serious interruption of transportation and supplies need surprise no noe. Following these storms there will be danger of cold and touching the 17th, 18th and 19th no frosts far to the south. On and central northern secion should be surprised if one of the greatest snow blockades of the winter should strike us. A decided cold wave for

the season will follow.

The last period of the month Is a regular Jonah, lasting for five days a- the close of the month. Falling barometer, rising temperature. Cloudiness and seismatlc storms will all be crowded Into this period. The and 31st promises to be fierce

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MONUMENTS Large stock of marble and trsnlti monuments to select from. M** your order with us. DENNY & RANDOLPH v4 103 E. Franklin St.. Greeacastla

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GROUCH AT PUTNAM JU.’Y

Brazil Times Tells of a Story Going the Rounds There Since the Halstead Case Verdict. The case had to be fought out in the courts, and was taken to Greencastle on a change^of venue, where It was tried. It la claimed by those in a position to know that there was one man on the Jury who, for several years, unknown to Mr. Halstead, held a grudge against him, and that had it not*have been for this man he would have been given a verdict for a very much greater amount. However, It Is told that this man held out for $2,100 and was so persistent in his demands that the rest of the jury had to give up in his favor, and the above verdict was the result. It is said that the lowest juror wanted to give Mr. Halstead $3,200, and from that on up to $0,000.

yecu?” drawled the old farmer in the " ' ' Btorra s and tidal waves, extendspeekled shirt. f’ n 8 over to April 3rd.

“That’s my business, sir.”

“Waal, if yeou’ll go down back of my barn yeou’ll find an old slate covered cow with one eye and one horn and wrinkles like canals all over her face. She’s the ugliest cow In seven states, and If yeou can make her pretty I’ll agree that yeou lie a ‘beauty doctor’ an’ give yeou a dollar.”—Chicago News.

Apparent. “Pardon me,” began the new acquaintance, ‘‘but are you the Mr. Cadley Nurltcb who wrote that magazine article last month for us?” "Yes,” interrupted Nurlteh, ‘‘but of course you’ll understand that 1 don’t make a business of that sort of thing.” “Of course. I know that. I read the article.”—Philadelphia Press.

Scientific Loafing. “Chess, checkers and whist are marvelous Inventions.” says the philosopher of folly. “They enable a man to waste his time and still have the feeling that he Is accomplishing something intellectual.”—Cleveland Leader.

HE DOWNED THE CONSTABLE

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Making Faces. Saucee—I saw a man In a window making faces today. Symple—What was he doing that for? Saucee—For a couple of clocks. He la a jeweler.— London Fun.

Marsh, Colored. Rofuses to Surrender to William Wade When Ordered Under Arrest and In Scrimmage Wade is Worsted. Early Monday morning Constable

M illiam Wade had trouble with Zack Marsh, colored, on the north side. In which Wade was roughly handled. Marsh was standing on the sidewalk on the north side, and was using vulgar and Indecent language. Wade ordered him to desist, and when he refused, placed him under arrest and started for the jail. Marsh objected to going, and in the •struggle which followed Wade was tripped and fell heavily, Injuring his side so severely that It was necessary to see a physician. After the fall Marsh did not attempt to escape, but remained near, and was arrested by Officer Stone and taken before the Mayor, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault. He was held to trial, the time being fixed at

four o'clock Monday.

Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the uir dersigned has been appointed by til Clerk of the Circuit Court of Put* nam County, State of Indiana, Administrator of the estate of Wi 111*0 M. Dimler, late of Putnam Countli Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Dated this 21st day of Januaffi 1908. ORA A. DAY and FRANK V. DAY, Administrator* J. H. James, Atty.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE’S XOTlCt I will attend to the business ol my office as Trustee of Jackson township on Friday uf each w°ek, at BT residence. Q. A. WilW#. Trustee Tackson Townsblf

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE’S NOTICE. I will be flound at my residence ej Friday of each week, to r 111611 "- . the business connected with the on of Trustee of Jefferson township. Putnam County, Indiana. OTHO VERMILION. Trustee Jefferson Township,

35 cents gets a Large Trial tie of Hanoi. It does wonders the liver, kidneys, and bladder trial 35c bottle will convince f t It at the drug store.