Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 December 1908 — Page 1

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illcFURUNE CHOSEN

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Hefreshments consisted of coffee and assorted sandwiches, pie and cake and a plentiful supply of various fruits. Among the sandwiches was an entirely new kind which was promptly called the Woodman sand-' wich in honor of the lodge. At next Tuesday’s meeting arrangements are to be made for an elaborate social event the last of the year, possibly a New Year's party will be gotten up. All ‘neighbors should be present and help out with their suggestions as it is to be an open meeting to wives or sweethearts will be invited. Let all come out and help arrange for a jolly good time so we can say goodbye to the old year without regret. This lodge is beginning to hustle and has

DONALD MCLEAN IS SHOT TO ERECT MODERN BUILDING

At ( IDEM VT THE HOME OF MU. V\D MKS. EWINO M. LEAN FRIDAY IN WHICH THEIR SON RECEIVES A BULLET THROUGH THE RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE— HONE Is >PL1 NTERED.

SCHOOLMATE HAD THE REVOLVER

to he Installed—Plant

Shovels And Hy- l ,lanne(i f°r a campaign of fun anti

food this winter, a good time all the ‘ time for all the neighbors is their { motto. See notice next Monday.

lhn McFarlan who lives just h of Greencastle. has been chos- _ . :. eMient for the Indiana & gtont which recently pur,ed the Glidewell land west of and which will put in a big ■ >h i g plant. he .( inpany will put in three le embers. It will have several steam shovels to handle the ie and dirt and will put in a hy'impression pump with C h to wash the dirt out of the

i n. will keep his present, a!1( l

Seme He has a new gasoline pr track car with which to ride ■ ...tm-. The quar-

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MAO DOG SCARE IN CLAY

Believing That There Were no Cartridges in tiie Weapon He Pulled The Trigger—1 "ur Similar Accidents Have Happened in the McLean Home in the Past Flight Years.

Brazil, Bowling Green, and Other Places Are Excited Over the Possibility of Itahid Canines Being in

Their Midst.

FIERCE ANIMAL KILLED TUESDAY

of Mr.

ben Mr C. D. Mitchell of this has sold his interests in the pngs and has moved his family ■ | ■ .-ted the new quary ■ iaigt-st plant • in ■ s' \n electric lighting It . s'nihd so that the I lu day and night ■

Mad dogs are becoming a trifle too common in this neck of the woods, it io quite certain that the city council did not pass its ordinance

any too soon.

The citizens of this city got a genuine scare by a white bull dog yesterday afternoon that they will not soon forget. Just who owned the dog is not known. It was rumored that it belonged to a coolred man residing in Strlngtown, but this is not known to be true, it is known, however, that the animal, frothing at the mouth and snapping at everything that came in his path, started from Donaldsonville, east of the city, and

I PAYERS FEEL BORDEN

cf <.:.,\el Road Con-trin tioii

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Three Mile Law i- Felt illy Where Goods Ire Plenty.

1 PSHIPS UP TG THE UMIT

■' . .I, I'ctna n: ;isS ; of tin gi>od roads of H i thoughtful moH - are looking ahead ■ ^ n,iing of fear. The tax ■ 'I tin unusually large B: t i ' i nstrui tion of roads unm ' • ti: le law. has gradually | ’ • 11 it is fearsome to look upon. In some townof th* county the levy for gravds alone will com? close to the mark and in other to>vnsh!pS 7 and t ghty cent levies wlllJ iu mf-i’t the bonds ana.

Bum liter* st.

B ■ laid off other roads are B’d Tim. ur* on file now. in ^ n " ■ enough road pe-

to keep most of the townships the d»‘l:t limit for the next ten The commissioners have no

Bata*- |. ;t to let the roads as Bar i; ;s possible, that is as soon

tends are paid in a town-

Bt" red'.: the bonded debt to a ■ )i possible the issue ■ aond- under the debt limit

B' repaiia alland ■)■"! of repair, as the roado grow

■ bstantly growing heavier

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| made a long and circuitous route, go ing through Strlngtown and west to ] Park Street, thence south past the city building, and over to Pinkley Street; out Pinkley Street, through Hadleytown and south on the Hoosierville Road, where he met his Waterloo, as he met a determined farmer with a shot gun about two mil* s south of the city and got both barrels in his vitals, expiring without

arguing the question.

The dog was loaded into his wagon and brought by the farmer to this city. City Health Officer Dr. Dilley cut the head from the animal and cent it to the state healtli department at Indianapolis where the brain of the dog will he examined

for hydrophobia.

The animal spread consternation in his wake, and is known to have bitten a number of dogs. While passing through Hadleytown he hit several dogs and a fine Jersey call that happened in his path. It is said ihat he bit a valuable horse in that section, but this cannot he verified. Owners of dogs know 11 In hhVf been bitten at once had their animalr. killed. This morning Chief of I olice McMillan sent his force Ove' the route taken by the mad dog and ■arefully investigated the extent of iiis depredations. The officers were instructed to kill every animal known to have been bitten by the

animal last evening.

The people of Kuightsville are continuing their war on the dog family and ten more animals were slaughtered yesterday. Some of the finest dogs in that place have been

shot.—Brazil Times.

Donald McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ewing McLean was accidently shot through the right leg just above the knee with a 38-calibre revolver. at his home Friday. The bone of his leg was splinteded by the bullet and the bo;- will be confined to his home for several weeks. The revolver was in the Lands of a school mate when it a> t.;s. barged. The discharge of the revolver was purely accidental. Both Lonald and Mr. and Mrs. McLean have asked that the name of the young man who held tlie revolver be not made public. The boys had gone to Donald's room that nig! t to look at some guns and revolvers ,.:id the revolver was picked up by the Visitor. Donald cautioned him t!; * t was loaded and the boy opened ; and took out the cartridges. At Last he believed he did, but he left one in the weapon. He then began to snap the trigger. Finally the trigger struck the cart ridge and t exploded, the bullet entering Donald s 1* g Physicians were imm* diale y caiied and the wound dressed. A coincide?] e is that three similar accidents have hanpened in the McLean ho?ne n the p. -t eight years. About eight years at Raymond Duncan staued oat 1 the McLean home with M- M Lean s gun, when it was a cidet.tly - Larged. The bullet ; ; -s* -. ti : oi: gI) I m .in's foot. Three ; e ;.r- t r I »n; wul accident Hiot ti] m g:, lb*: hand while handling a loa :• d revolver. About a year ago a ton of Mr. and Mrs. Vai • . . ideally shot throug r lb* leg while ip Donald's room

BERN .YOODMEN LUNCH

SEVERAL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

S. C. PREVO AND A. B. HANNY PURCHASE LOT AT CORNER OK WALNUT \\l> INDIANA ST**. AND SOON WILL ERECT A FIHI PROOF STRUCTURE — PROPERTY NOW OCCUPIED BY BRYAN A HAMRICK LIVERY BARN

adorn bundles and packages. They show good will and Interest In the ause. and It is suggested that each : citizen of Greencastle send out his Christmas bundles sealed with the little red stamp. The stamps are on sale at the following business houses: Walter Allen’s, The Red Cross. Langdon and Company’s, S. C. Sayers’, John Dunlavy's, The Model, John Sutherlin’s, M. D. Ricketts,’ and Badger & Cook’s.

GAS COMPANY IS ANGRY

CHARLEY NEWMAN, MANAGER OF* THE PLANT HERE, WITH* DRAWS ORDINANCE PRESENTED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHICH ASKED 1*0R A 25-YEAR EXTENSION TO FI'S FRANCHISE

PAY $7,500 FOR THE PROPERTY HACK ASH QUITS BUSINESS

TOOK EXCEPTION TO DELAY

Hiiiiding of Steel OuiMruetlon a.id Strictly .Modern Will be started aSoon as Present Tennant Find* New Location—Will be Two and Possibly Three Stories High.

Ygrci— to Give Fp His License Which Mill be Revoked hy the County Commissioners And Will Give Immediate Possession of the Room He Occupied to George Sage.

TESTS FOR MOORE LAW

Question «d V. i • t h« : 'he New County Local Option ’.'W Hu* Rc|*eulcd The l«.'.i.<- *<>.'- ..'ion Soon to Be 'I ried *is Sevrrul Towns.

ACTION STAR T Er 'M BLOOMINGTON

S. C. Prevo, owner of the Model, and A. B. Hanna have purchased of James B. Nelson and Andrew Black the property at the corner of Ind.ana and Walnut Streets, now occupied by the Bryan & Hamrick livery stables, and soon will begin the erection of a strictly modern and fireproof build-

ng.

The deal for the property was closed Saturday. The new owners gave $7,500 for the property. The lot is 102.9 by 93.10. Mr. Prevo v get the north half of the property and Mr. Hanna the south. Each will have a frontage of 51.0414 feet on

Indiana Street.

May be Three Stories High. The plans now are for a two-story

building, strictly modern and fire- j proof. There will be a concrete basement under the building. The plam may be changed, however, and a I three-story building put up. The Masons are figuring on renting 'tie third floor for their hall and if th v is agreed upon the three-story budd-

ing will be built.

The present occupants cf the property have only a thirty day \> :is* on the livery barn. Mr. Prevo and Mr. Hanna desire to start the oust ruction of their building at or.< < bm will not push the present npants to vacate the property. They will allow Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hamrick time to secure another location. Yce Anxious to Begin Work. Mr. Hanna has a G months' le; ■■ on the room he is now in and Mt Prevo’s lease will run for only nine months. The gentlemen are anxic is that the work on their new buildir be begun at once so that the build>: will be ready for them when tnee present leases expire. Mr. Hanna said Monday ihat when the new building was completed that it would be one of the most complete and modern structu’* in Central Indiana. The rooms will be built for the business which will be conducted in them. The entire frone and sides will be of plate glass so as to assure the best light. Hard brick will fie used In the construction of the building throughout and steel will be utilized in the frame work. The new building will be a great improvement to the town when

it is completed.

WAS IN COURT ON WEDNESDAY

Jack Ash agreed on Wednesday to | give up his license and go out of the saloon business. He also agreed to give immediate possession of the room he occupied with his saloon to

George Sage, its owner.

Ash secured a license several weeks ago by giving a check to County Treasurer Walls. Later it was learned that Ash had no money on deposit to cover the check and he was arrested on a change of illegal T quor selling and his saloon was I closed. He then agreed to make the i check good within a few days. This I he failed to do. Ash was taken to

court on Wednesday on an 'charging him wi’h illegal

His trial was set for the afternoon. | H* however, agreed to give up :he licens*- anJ room if the prosecuI tion was not pushed ami upon his 1 doing so the prosecution was drop-

! red.

Meeting nf the (Vnini il Last Tuesday Was Void of Unusual InterestAssessment Rolls for Larabec and Anderson Streets Were Read— Claim Ordinance Passed—All the Mem hers There.

'URY FINDS FOR PLAINTIFF

When the city council was called to order that night all of the councilmen were present excepting Mr. Ricketts. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read by the clerk and approved by the council. Alderman Y T oung reported that the public safety committee had agreed to allow the Big Four Railroad to move the Madison Street crossing electric light located at the old track crossing, to a more favorable site nearer the new station. This light is maintained by the railroad. The railroad will be allowed to take the lamp away from the old crossing provided it places it further north and

maintains it there.

Councilman Graham reported that the sewer committee had met and selected twelve engineers from the list of those who had applied to give estimates on the proposed sewer sys-

affldavlt tern and that the twelve would be inselling. | vited to come to Greencastle and In-

vest;' -te the conditions and figure on doing the engineering work. The Greencastle Gas & Light Company withdrew its ordinance offered several weeks ago in which the company asked an extension of 25 years ( n its franchise. Mr. Newman asked that the proposed ordinance be withirawn He seemed to take exception •o ’he fact that the council had delayed acting on the ordinance. The present franchise still has two years

• a-*' < I Benjamin Lukeii- \gainst to run.

Benjamin N. Lukens i- Redded Thel1 Councilman Donner intro-

Y ml the

dered.

Writ *il' Replevin is Or-

Idu ed the claim ordinance. The Put-

?:m to fin: on cross bill

ram Electric Light Company’s claim of $425.09 was passed. The company gave its own list of outages which

were deducted.

At this point Mr. Ricketts arrived

j at the meeting.

j The estimate roll for the improve-

The jury in the case of Benjamin ment of Larabee Street was then ini against Benjamin X. Lukens j ifodueed and read by Clerk Black.

j n ' DePauw University was assessed I $509.90 for its share of the improveiment. The total assessment amount-

■ Camp No. 3349 Mod- ‘ ""'‘i: ■ ii cl America had a soc-

_ meet ing Tut a i ly H' * " ; ■ F'dlnvs Haii t( T ,an Express Co.’s office.

The

’ ,; °t large, but several

>u present and each one ^d some refreshment. Each

V' ma,le a few appropriate reV regarding Woodcraft and af-; l>°n°r o ■u/ work wa8 over a11 feI1

■ , o a , h6arty good will and jus

It is announced that two, and possibly more, social functions will to given in this city, next week, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. F. J. McConnell. The first is to take place at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Gobin, at their home, on Monday evening, when the members of the faculty of DePauw University and their wives

will be entertained.

On Wednesday evening Mr. and -Mrs. Robert L. O’Hair will entertain a number of citizens with Dr. and Mrs. McConnell as the guests of

* more ,n the iand

free ail<l home of the brave. 1 during their visit here.

B home of

Possibly there will be other social affairs given in honor of the new

President of DePauw and his wife, | it is necessary to have

Th* quoticn cf whetbc the county local cpti.n law has repealed the Moore remon-'ranee law will probably be determined by th*- outcome cf litigation that hai began in three Oiintie-. At Bio'omtugton, Newcastle and Ft. Wayne legal a tion to decide th* present force <d the remonstrate .aw bar been started. In each case the:* are applicants for 11cense in d’.stri t* made diy hy remonstrances ,.v: the a| i iH . nls are maintaining that tic e monstrances that have been a eff* t c* a red to have effect when the lot; 1 option act became a law At i ' Wayne R. C. Minton, le-gislativ* ■-apenntend nt of the Anti-Saloon L< acne', is looking into the cu*'c before proceeding to Whitley co iity, v- > •* a pet 'ion for county local option election .s been tiled and the v>nrf: -e ove r It has be-

gun.

It is ne • ary at th* present time, Superintendent E. s. Shumaker, of the Anti-Saloon League, aid yesterday, to restrain th* temperance people of some counties in th*,r desire to undertake a fight lea county* local option. In one county a min.ster has sent out petitions to he' signed, without organizing all the' ministers of the city first. The' ministers themselves, Shumaker said, are not enough to insure a winning fight, but

THE STAMPS ARE ON SALE

Local Committee Places the Small Reel Tags on Sale at VariouStores Anil Flxpemt a Large Sale.

re :dered a verdict Wednesday !.c or of the' plaintiff. The case went • th*- jury Tuesday afternoon, and a ' inclusion was reached during the e'-'Ding. The verdict was not reL. ned till this morning, however. The case is one in which the plaintiff seeks to secure possession of certain lumber alleged to be wrongfully in the possession of the defendant. The lumber in question was at the lumber yard near the Vandalia >ta-

n in South Greencastle.

*Tbe defendant has filed a cross hill ; iking for damages growing out of lb* -dispute over the lumber. The judge will rule upon the cross bill, t being entirely a matter of equity.

FUNERAL OF JOHN DOTY

WILL FIGHT THE TUBERCULOSIS

men with

The Red Cross Stamps are here. Members of the local committee were busy yesterday afternoon placing supplies of the little red papers in various stores where they may he had by the public. They a: ■ in books of twenty-five stamps to the book and sell at a cent apiece. There lias been such a demand for the stamps that the books alone could be secured by the committee at this time. Later sheets of stamps will be placed on sale so that they can be purchased in less quantity than twenty-five. The stamps are put out by the Red Cross Society In the fight it Is making against tuberculosis. The money raised by the sale of the stamps will be used entirely to fight the great white-plague. In other cities of the state the stamps are already on sale and are going rapidly. The stamps can not be used as

ed to $ 147)2.70. December 22 was the day set for hearing any remonstrances against the assessments. The estimate for the assessment of Anderson Street, also was read. The same date was set for hearing remonstrances against these assessments. The total number of feet of improvement is 5241.5 feet and the total amount of the assessment is $4,318.27.

COURT WILL BE PROLONGED

The funeral of John Doty, who died yesterday morning, will he held at the residence of Dr. E. C. Thomas 837 English Avenue, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. He was born March 22, 1833, in Indianapolis. Hi-* mother was a sister of Amos and Samuel Hanway, both early settlers in Marion county. Mr. Doty was first married tu Naomi Rench, who was related to the Whetzels. famou Indian fighters, and to th*' M Kenzies pioneer settlers of Morgan county. By this union there was on*' hild. Mrs. E. C. Thomas, of Indianapolis. His second wife, who survives him was Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Aaron Wright, an early settler in Indianapolis. and sister of Jesse Wright. There were th' - ee children by this union, one of whom survives, A. I. Doty, teacher of i^»tin in DeWitt Clinton high school, New Y’ork City, formerly instructor in Latin in Shortridge High School. In 1884 Mr. Doty removed to Greencastle, where he remained until eight weeks before his death.—In-

Although Term Expires on Saturday, December 19. a Case Which Will Re Begun on That Day Will fie Tried the F'ollov.ing Week—Has Been j. Busy Term.

VY4S 4 SLIGH1 LETOP TO-DAY

them who know something of politics postage or for any purpose except to dianapolis News.

Although the regular term of the Futnam Circuit Court ends on Saturday, December 19, the following week will be taken up with a trial. A venued case from Clay County is set for hearing on Saturday of the last week. The jury in the case will be empaneled on Saturday and trial of the case will be the following week. The law requires that a case be tried during the regular term of court but allows a case which is begun before the term closes to be completed. The term has been a busy one in court. There has been jury trials In progress during the entire term until today. This was the first day in which a jury trial was not going on. The judge, however, was not idle but disposed of several minor cases.