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Logansport Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana • Page 24

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DAILY HAROS THURSDAY, Weigh your Taggart. Friday is apple day at Foley's. Hauk's spectacles are the best. Cordova coffee 9c Pat Dunn. Best, best.

Koch's cough syrup. Kitchen cabinets Pat Dunn. Pickled pork and P.Dunn. Brick, Swiss and cream Pat Dunn. Taggart's domestic bread, 24 ounces 5 cents a loaf.

Oranges, apples, pears and bananas Dunn. The Logan Greys' carnival tonighl will interest you. Friday and Saturday wrappers at Trade Palace. Walter F. Wilson is able to be ou after a seige of blood poisoning.

Children's hats, with silk embroid ery spots, only Trade Palace. 1 Charles Bishop has accepted a posi tion as cashier at tho Golden Rule. D. A. Hauk is making extensive im provements in his jewelry store on Broadway.

Mrs. Wm. Metzger has returned to Chicago, after a visit with John De wenter and family. Miss Frances Lux entertained the sewing club this afternoon at her home on Eel River avenue. Wesley Houser, of Van Buskirk' saw 'mill, is confined to his home on Ottowa street by illness.

Forty-four hoys at Marion have been arrested for damaging property by their Halloween property. The United Workers of the Broad way M. E. church will give a market next Saturday at the church. Charley Jackson, of Peru, has accepted the position of cook at Stetler's restaurant, 226 Market street.

Natural gas bills for the month of November are due and payable at the company's office on or before the 10th inst. Four wagon loads of turnips 12ic bushel, large yellow eating pears 30c peck or 95c bushel, sauerkraut. 15c gallon. Traut. Thomas Ogden, of Kokomo, is in the city to assume, the leadership of the Elks' band and will soon open the bowling alley on Market street.

Claude Bayman and brother, two former members Col. Studebaker's regiment, were in the city yesterday, en route totheir home's at Plymouth. The next entertainment of the Woman's club course will be the lecture of Robert J. Burdette on the evening of election day. He has changed his subject and will deliver his new humorous production on "Good Medicine," the same that he is to give tonight 'in Chicago at Central Music hall.

fourth annual chrysanthemum show will be held in the Baptist cdurch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 9th, 10th and llth. The display of roses, cornations and other flowers will be unusually fine, the season being exceptionally favorable to their growth and development. An additional feature to this year's exhibit will be private displays by several florists, adding beauty and variety to the show. Admission lOc.

SERIODSLY INJURED. Gusiave Asmus Buried Beneath a Mass of Earth. ACCIDENT OCCURS WHILE WORKING IN A SEWER TRENCH. the NATURE'S WAY FOLLOWED In making Pre-digested Grape Nuts the delicious food. STARCH CHANGED lito Grape Sugar as Nature Does It Starch (a Carbo-hydrate) is passed 'out of the- stomach into the duodenum or second stomach and there treated by the pancreatic juices, when in time a microscopic fungi is grown from a part of the grain, (if that has been eaten,) and these elements with moisture, heat and time, transform the starch into is the first act of digestion.

The processes are duplicated in an artificial or mechanical way in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts, the new breakfast food made by the Postum Cereal of Battle la this food one finds delicate, eweet taste of grape-sugar and when eaten it will found to quickly digest and fatten and strengthen the entire body. Collar Bone and Several Ribs Little Hopes for His Recovery. About 8:45 this morning, while working in a trench, Gustave Asmus was buried beneath huge mass of earth and received injuries which will probably prove fatal. Mr. Asmus and a number of others had b'en excavating for the city sewer on Plum street, and had gotten to a depth of eight feet, when small particles of earth began falling into the trench, and before Asmus could obey the warning of George Peters be was caught and completely buried.

It took but a few moments for the workmen to extricate Mr. Asmus from his dangerous position and he was carried into the residence of John E. Barnes and Well Barnett's ambulance summoned. After conveying the injured man to his home at 828 Linden avenue, Doctors Stevens and Bushjahn made an examination and discovered a broken collai bone, and that several ribs had had been broken, penetrating lungs. A Pharos representative who called at the house while the examination was being made was told by Dr.

Busjahn that the injuries received by Mr Asmus are of a very serious nature and will probably prove fatal. Gustave Asmus, a member of Company has been telegraphed for, and will be at the bedside of his father as soon as possible. physicians in attendance were unable to do anything for the unfortunate man and he died at 11 o'clock today, death being caused by the injury to his lungs. The deceased was 47 years of age, and was born in Prussia. No definite arrangements have been made for the funeral, but it will probably be held Saturday.

Gustave Asmus, a son of the deceased, will arrive from Lexington, this evening. THE KENNETH VOTE. A Poll of the Legal Voters has Been Obtained. Supt. Binns, of the Kenneth quar ries has kindly furnished the Demo- county central committee with a-list of the" legal voters employed ihere.

Under the law passed by the ast legislature the employers of labor at places like Kenneth are required to furnish a list of the legal voters in Their employ. The larger portion of voters employed at Kenneth will in Noble township. The Democratic poll book of the west precinct in township now contains the names all the legal voters who are entitled .0 vote in that precinct and there will be no trouble down there this ear. The Democrats are willing to Lccept Mr. Binns' poll of the legal voters and will make no effort to pre- rent any one from voting whom Mr.

Jinns says is duly qualified to exer- the right of suff rag e. A portion the voters at Kenneth will vote in Second precinct of the First ward and poll of the legal" voters of precinct has also been obtained. Mr. Binns has shown a disposition deal faarly with the Democrats and ias shown them many favors in the way of giving them information. He opposed to any one voting who is not entitled to do so.

CRITICALLY ILL. Mrs. Joseph Davidson Stricken With Piralysls This Morning. This morning, about 7 o'clock, while Mrs. Davidson, wife of Joseph Davidson, a prominent farmer, residing five miles north of town, was preparing breakfast she was stricken with paralysis and is now in a critical condi- Dr.

E. M. Hatch was sent for, and upon his arrival found that Mrs. Davidson's right side had been completely paralyzed. Davidson is years of age and little hope is en- ertained for her recovery.

Logan Grey Carnival. Another crowd attended the Logan Grey carnival at the Broadway rink ast night. A feature of the entertainment was the Elks' band concert The boys played ten selections. The gan Grey mandolin orchestra also slaved for those who -cared to dance, and another enjoyable evening was passed. The Knights of Pythias exbi- drill tonight will draw a big crowd.

NO JENNIE -ORIFFIN IS THAT $400. SHT That Was Taken From Her Rooms on Tuesday. The identity of the person who took $400 from Jennie Griffin's resort on Third street still remains a mystery. Dolly Harrington, the only suspect, spent the night in jail on. a charge of prostitution.

When taken to police headquarters this morning she became about as stubborn as a balkj mule. She held her bead down so low as to almost conceal her eyes and would look no one in the face. She was released after a severe course of cross-questioning. Dolly is the same depraved female who tried to buy morphine at Keesling's drug store Tuesday night, but the clerk there gave her a harmless drug and did not tell her the difference She swallowed the stuff and then told the landlady, who at once called Dr. Jordan.

The first glance was enough for the physician to tell that a huge bluff was being worked and he left some medicine to quiet "her. Dolly was yelling bloody murder, in a tone of voice that could be beard in the next block. A asking "Sam" to meet her at on the corner, was found in Her room. Sam is a person the police would like to see. FAST TIME.

THE WABASH NOW ENTERING INTO SPEED CONTESTS. Other Railroad News of General Interest From air Points. A Wabash special train passed through here yesterday morning high rate of speed. Tho special left Peru at 10:48 and was making a trial trip to Tilton to test both the rails and the big passenger engine, 'No. 605, which is used to pull the Continental Limited.

The distance between 'tfi'e two cities is 102 miles, and they were trying to make the distance in ninety 1 eight minutes. The time between Peru and Lafayette, of fifty-three miles, was fifty-one minutes. The eatire distance of lOOi miles was made in ninety-nine minutes, without taking out for a stop of three minutes made at Attica water. RAILROAD NEWS. This morning, about a mile this side of DeLong, a pair of trucks broke down under a freight car and the VancJalia 'wreck train went from here.

The wreck delayed the arrival of the south bound passenger train, due here at 7:05 until nearly noon. A New Ruling. The postoffi.ee department has made a ruling that forbids postmasters giving mail to school children, while going to or coming from school. The postoffice department at Washington ias seen the necessity of making a ruling of this kind. While the ruling applies to all offices, there is some exception made in cities of this size, and employers are "sup- aosed to use their own judgment.

Traded Back. Percy Nipple, of Dixon's barber shop, returned Thomas Ashworth's overcoat this morning. He took it by mistake from Pixley's pool room and one nearly as good in its place. BLe did not know where he got it, but as soon as he read the account of the shift in the Pharos, he returned the coat at once. Oar Club.

The Our club will hold a meeting night at 7:30 sharp to at- iend the Logan Greys' carnival in a 3ody. HIM SIUFC CftCAN OF TARTAR DR; CREAM BAKING POWDfll Awarded iest World's Pair OoW Mvtat. lUdwiatar Mr LATE RICH AND NOVEL EFFECTS BONAFiDE BARGAINS Opening Sale of fine Wool Black gathering representing the picked products from all the leading foreign and American mills. The Very Cream of Fall and rare effects that are always appropriate for all times and all exclusive we control Without any reservation or fear of be ng contradicted, we assert that there is no place in Logansport that can give you the genuine bargains in black goods that we can. At49c inch French Serge.

44 inch Henriettas. 44 inch Storm Serge. 45 inch English Diagonal. 50 inch Sicilians. At69c 4S Inch Lustres.

50 Inch Storm Serge. 50 Inch English Cheviot 48 Inch Armere Cloth. 45 Inch Figured Cloths. And a beautiful Line of Mohair, Wool and rich Crepons at different prices. SCHMITT HEINLY.

ALLOWANCES. City Debts Paid by Order of the City Council. STREET DEPARTMENT. Pay Roll $255 66 C. L.Dilley, sundries 3 23 Peter Lingquist, catch basins 94 30 VanBuskirk.

lumber 58 53 W. H. Porter 1 25 P. Lingquist, cement 40 J. A.

Aman. sundries 3G 53 Joljn B. O'Marvan, sundries 6 85 Jfeils-Hanson, cleaning vault 10 40 Electric Appliance machine 25 00 Peter Lingvuist, alley crossings 21 00 Bridge City Construction company, catch basin 105 00 Geo. Barnes, alley crossings 35 38 SEWER DEPARTMENT. Payroll 317 10 Bridge City Construction company, 2850 C.

Eckert, sundries 23 05 City freight 223 70 L. Dilley, pipes 310 69 John C. Young, pipes 1330 City Treasurer, freight 6 34 Blackmer. Post pipes 1,053 40 ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT. Payroll 9220 Herman hauling coal 29 00 C.

Eckert, sundries 3 85 W. H. Porter, sundries 383 Frank Haskett, horse hire 10 00 John B. OJVIorrow, 1 bucket 75 Fort Wayne Lamp company, sundries 3635 Bridge City Construction company, sundries 3 06 Erie City Iron Works, sundries 34 03 City Treasurer, freight and drayage. 113 61 City Treasurer, do do do 41 85 Electric Appliance sundries 199 92 American Carbon company, sundries 174 00 FITCE DEPARTMENT.

J. E. Kegan, shoeing horses 1050 Electric Appliance company, sun, or: dries a ya P. J. Farrell, expenses 21 50 W.

H. Porter, sundries 535 Catharine White, washing 4 60 Mary Hoffer, washing 1 85 Joseph sundries 5 00 J. Van Buskirk, 20 City Treasurer, sundries 15 41 James Pease, sundries 4 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Edward Wolfe, sprinkling 6 00 W. H.

Porter, sundries 1 05 Jerome Michaels, repairing city 1 00 J. R. Schwerdman, assisting engineer 1300 Michael Ellison, assisting 1950 G. W. Hoffman, sundries for Board of Health 2 00 W.

Porter, sundries for park 40 City Treasurer, postage finance 2 00 WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT, Payroll Ill 75 Wm. Schreyer, horse hire 6 00 Vf. H. Porter, sundties 550 hris Eckert, blackamithing 5 30 National Supply 5 SO ity Treasurer, interest 135 00 Bridge City Construction company, sundries 75 A. P.

Flynp, flat boat 13 00 POLICE DEPARTMENT. Payroll 389 58 Our GoQds, Our Work, Our Prices, Speak for themselves. Largest Stock in the city to select from. 4 9 MARKET STREET I have been taking Pieo's Cure for Contraption since 1883, for Coughs and Colds. I had an attack of LaGrippe in 1890, and have had others since.

In the Winter of 1896-7, I had a spell of Bronchitis, lasting all leaving a troublesome cough, until I again tried Piso'i Care, which relieved M. B. SMAIAEY, Colorado Springs, August 19, 1898. Sermons to Young People. Eev.

J. H. McDonald, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, will speak at the evening services during month to young people. The subjects will be four Bible questions, as follows: Nov. Must I Do to be Saved?" Nov.

is Your Life?" Nov. the Yoaug Man Absalom Safe?" Nov. Men Gather Grapes of Thorns?" Sunday services at 11 a. m. and 7 p.

m. These sermons are for the people. While are addressed especially to young people, it is hoped they may touch all life and prove helpful to all. lome and bring your friends. Echo of Halloween.

During the celebration of Halloween the Keep school house in Washington township was badly used. up. Windows ware counted as cheap as dirt, by the way some one threw stones at them, and but few rocks missed a piece of glass. Carysanf henon Shew. Nov.

9tb and 10th low rate non- transf errafale excursion tickets will be sold to Ind ianapolis from Logansport via Pennsylvania lines; good returning Saturday, NOT. 12th. Wsattt, A Long Journey Made Short Burlington Route The new equipment now in serrice on Burlington's" Number, Oat Past Express to Omaha and Denver, includes a Pullman, Composite Car fitted with a Luxurious smoking sideboard, card tables, etc. The Burlington Route is the shortest Hut between and Denver, and these added uries seem to make it even shorter. The CloEliing House in LoganspprE.

Clothing Selling on a Tremendous Scale, Put all the customers of the other stores together in our store a.nd you have our "ever day business. To supply this gigantic trade we have gathered together the most magnificent, stock of Men Youth's and Children's outfits ever seen in Logangport.Same old reliable qualities at lower prices than, ever before; FALL "TOP" GOATS, From J10. to $18 comprising every style worth having in those jaunty garments. Every one from our own factory and every plainly showing the snug saving that doing the ourselves insures. Light colors and dark colors cnt loose form fitting short medium or extra long weVe got 'them any way you want them.

See "The Famous Hnb Make before you buy you're welcome to try on the, different styles without being pressed to buy. From $5 to $18 and like the Top show a substantial Baring because they come from our own Few can equal, none can surpass our purchasing facilities. We're cash who require time to pay their naturally hare more. No matter how stylish a winter Overcoat you have in mind you can find it at "The Hub." CO No need to pay big prices for fashionable 9G hats. The new small shape Derbies and Alpines are.

here for and a quality that well match against any $3 Hat in Logansport. 4B Beautiful Fall Shirte at a dollar. The lest are the on bine and pink grounds. A pair of separate cuffs -with two pair of cuffs with and jone standing and one turn? down collar with Don't forget our Children's THE HUB, Harry Frank's Old Stand. 313 Fourth St.

A very handsome Oak Parlor Table will be given away with every purchase of $20 Cash.

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