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I. 3C THE BILICAK ESTABLISHED 1877 COLUMBUS, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1897. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TIME. STEEET J'T WAIT! The Orpba9 of firewood soundly, unconscious of danger.

The sound of falling trees could be heard in-termitently. Loosened clapboards flopped wildly on the house tops. The mad waves of Lake Ponemah lashed far up on the shore, and receded only to return with increased force and roar. The Sidewalks on Wathtaton and Fourth, HAD BEEN JL TF. EVERY EVENING FOR Until ttie stocks are broken Street to Be Widened.

MORE THAN FOUR but come at once to Meyer Fiegenbatxm'8 i CT. SEAL. SAKE days The Engineer- cfc Conductor Kch Pre ented With a Booqaet, the Compliments of the Mali Carrier. CHAPTER III. news to mother and baby Joe," prayed day of business every At a meeting of the paving com mittee, composed of Councilman Rost.

Schoonover and Rcmine and Mayor Beck, last evening, it was decided to make the sidewalks along the portion of Washington street to three feet wider and twofeet wide on Fourth street It has not yet been determined the lonely child, as she cast her eyes homeward. She had halted where the gale swept round the house as though it would lift their puny mansion from its foundation. After a tedious, terrible night the morning came. The clear dawn revealed the ravages of the midnight storm. There was desolation everywhere.

Dwellings were unroofed. Houses were blown down. The magnificent forest on the hills, of Anglewood was tangled THE ORPHAN OP ANGLEWOOD. The fishermen were rowing in from oney Savers street crossed the deeper shade of twilight behind Missionary Hall, and as her upturned eyes looked into the coun Number eighteen, the afternoon southbound fast mail train, scheduled different directions on the lake one evening. The day had been a favorable one for the angler, and many patient, little hearts waited at the hamlet doors of Tenant Beach, or gathered down at tenance of the Most High, seeking counsel and comfort, the dusky turret and spire rose high and firm against the with uprooted trees.

People had been t- to all buyers of winter goods Over $20,000 worth of Dry Goods, Carpets and Queens ware to be converted into money by the first January what will be done to the sidewalks along Fifth strewn. The city civil engineer was instructed to draw up plans and specifications for paving and when this is completed. the shore to claim the first paternal kiss deepening sky as though they would to arrive in this city at 5:03 o'clock, came in on time here last evening for the first time for more than four months. Much surprise and no little excitement was created at the depot last evening when No. 18 was marked "on time," instead of the -five minute," or "one" or "two hours" late.

as usual in the evening. lift the burden from her heavy heart. Florence Turney, a frail, sweet-tem-1 She approached the massive, solitary killed or in paired by debris from the frail tenant houses of Tenant Beach. Homes were destitute of mothers. Parents were left childless.

Other homes were left without a protector as well as the Turney family's home. Captain Sykes' vessel heaved and tossed in the pered girl, held little Joe, the other I structure and rested herself against one which will be in about two weeks, bids on the work will be advertised for. TO ESTABLISH BRAN OH BUSINESS. Cloaks child and pet of the household, up in 1 Df its pillars as though it were divine her arms. They stood and watched their I support.

There she sought to sob out father's boat with its streaming pennon her grief to the kindlj church within small harbor like a furious monster and battered herself to pieces on the adjacent rocks and sank with all her officers far out upon the bosom of lake Ponemah. Seward ta Open a Bleyele Shop at Oreensbarg. To celebrate-the occasion and show their gratitude the mail carriers made two boquets and presented one to the engineer and one to the conductor. George Sergeant made the presentation speeches. TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING.

It came perceptibly nearer, nearer. Even little Joe. wise from his four on board. The melancholy death of Ralph Tur whose walls she had worshipped with her father and mother since she was a little child. The stars began to peep out one by one, and soon a thousand loving eyes of the gentle night looked down upon her there.

Then a star shot years, could single out their father's boat, and often discovered it before his sister. ney at sunset proved to be the harbinger of grief for many families in the ill- On this evening the pleasure yachts across the zenith and faded from her F. Seward will, the first of the year, establish a branch of his bicycle business at Greensburg. At this shop wheels will be built and repaired. fated town of Anglewood.

TO BE CONTINUED. were sporting every wnere, ana buuus small steamers were coming into the Hone Thief Detective Union to Meet Here sight. Another soul, she thought, had gone up to God, and she saw, as it were, the 'sweet face of her father, basking in SOME NEW P0ST0ITI0E EXILES. wharf ladened with merchandise. One January 5.

ine greensburg branch will be in charge of Will Brailey. Mr. Seward will operate the business here as hereto of them crossed in front of Ralph Turney's boat, When it passed, the i the light of the glory world. Suddenly she bethought herself to go children lost sight of their father. Instruction From the Poitofflce Depart The Horse Thief Detective Union will home.

What must her mother and Joe ment Regarding Mall Matter. They momentarily turned to watch the tninking about by thi8 time! It wag other fishermen land and to witness the fore. He has engaged a room and will have things ready for the opening by the first of the year. This will be the only repair shop in Greensburg. THE COUNTY ASZS BIO DAMAGES.

affectionate greetings of the other children and their fathers. "Is papa coming?" asked baby Joe. hold a special meeting, January 5, in the court house in this city. The meeting will convene in the north court room at 1 o'clock. Some important business is to be disposed of.

Probably thirty delegates, representing Decatur, Ripley, Jennings and Bar Postmaster Stevens has received in getting late, and Mr. Turney had not arrived at home as usual and she herself was benighted. She hastened on lest there be painful anxiety at home. "Git to huslin' yer fish out yere, an' Florence raised her eyes again to the place where the steamer crossed their doan't be all night 'bout it either. Gess structions from the postoffice department at Washington to the effect that on third and fourth class mail matter it is inconsistent with the postal regulations to write directions as to the delivery thereof.

Consequently, matter to be delivered to some indefinite address, as "To any newspaper," or "To any I Filed Two Salt Araintt EtntM tholomew, will be present. The meeting will be largely attended by members who are not delegates. father's way. She could see no trace of his boat. The steamers and yachts had practically cleared that portion of the lake.

A sudden fright came over Florence, but she said nothing. yer old man didn't have very good luck to-day. Be gittin' 'round, I say. Ralph Turney most alless gets 'em." This is what fell upon Florence's ears tff OOO Damages. OGDEFS KITE INDUSTRY.

rv "Fossie, where's papa?" asked Joe. as she drew nigh to her lonely home. They were the words of Sebe Saggley, We show the most complete line in Columbus, and our trices are 25 per cent, be-ow competitors. In dress goode and silks we ask but a comparison to convince you of our ability to save you money. Come aud vis-It get our prices, and ask to see our goods whether youiBtend buying or not.

CaLfor the latest fashion sheets free. druggist," is unmailatye and must in all cases be disregarded by the postmaster at the office addressed. Postmasters are directed to inform their patrons that after March 1. 1898. Government Asks for Fall Description of His New Kite.

Bartholomew county, through Prosecuting Attorney sShea, has filed suit against the estates of Benjamin Leath-erock, deceased, and Cader Gant, deceased, for $25,000 damages each, for failure to list property for taxation "I do no see him," answered his sister. In a little while, without another word, Florence set her little brother down and whispered to her mother that she was going up to the wharf. the fish monger, and the sole heir of old Bob Saggley's property and business. He inherited his father's avaricious nature and his' unpardonable illiteracy, and the evening was never too inclem such matter will be classed as Dora Ogden has received a communi ent or disagreeable in any way for the A steamer was just crawling into the dock-yard, and the young girl poised herself nervously on a wharf -boat and waited until the captain of the incoming The department at Washington is also taking a firm stand against the so-called "missing letter" and "missing word" contests, which are being conducted by cation from the Weather Bureau of the United States Department of asking for full descriptions of the new model kite recently invented daily rounds of his rent wagon. Sebe Saggley did not know who heard his heartless words, nor against what circumstances they were uttered.

They during the years from 1891 to 1896. Five thousand dollars per year for five years is asked from each estate. The suits were filed yesterday and will be tried at the next term of court, FAIR WEATHER TO OONTTNUE. steamer came within earshot of her. "Have you seen Ralph Turney this a number of publishers to increase the TL1 were as a deadly bowie chipping at the by him.

The government officials wish to know evening, captain?" she asked, "Ralph Turney, my daughter, said he, speaking in a fatherly way, "went heart-strings of a delicate girl. It was not until Mrs. Turney opened the family chest of fish and gave him three subscriptions to their papers. The department claims that these contests are in violation of the law against lotteries, and all newspapers and periodicals con the weight of the kite, dimensions of sails, tension on line, actions in the air, the angle at which the kite flies, etc. THE down with his boat just at sunset a few W1U Weather Barean Promise that We Have Nice Weather.

pounds heavy weight, that Sebe Saggley drove whistling down the alley to the next door. minutes ago, so says Captain tykes. He says that while he, himself, was steering directly for the harbor, Ralph taining advertisements of this character are forbidden transmission in the mails. "Fossie, where's papa?" asked baby They have already received a photograph of the kite. Kites are used in the government signal service.

A number of kites are being tested by government officials and the most satisfactory one will be adopt Turney signaled for him to clear away Special to the Evening Republican. PRESIDENT AGAIN AT CANTON. SHOE STORE Chicago, Dec. 8. Fair to-night and farther, but that hir speed was too fast and the notice, too short for him to effect the course of his vessel.

A Ipge Joe as soon as his sister returned. The absence of Mr. Turney from the home circle at this late hour was causing Mrs. Turney much alarm. She had 1 Thursday.

Warmer northwest portion Members of the Family at the Bedside of Mrs. McKlnley. to-night. ed by the government. EIGHT THOUSAND MINERS.

wave struck Mr. Turney's boat and it began to founder. He observed that it was heavily laden with fish and no one was able to lend him any aid and he become excited with deep anxiety when Florence entered and received little Joe's interrogation. Canton, Tec. 8.

Once more the children of Nancy Allison McKinley The only house in the city handles the leading high grade goods and up-, i to-date footwear That Number Employed in the Coal Fields of This State. Where Are the Wandering WUliee? A strange thing about this cold snap is that Sheriff Cox has had very few applications from tramps tor a nights lodging in the city bastile. Last fall and winter the lockup harbored some hobos almost every week and they were not the same men each night, either. sank to the bottom of lake Ponemah xamer uau uui ue wim iu-mgui nave gatherea aoout her couch and the and doubtless he is clinging to it now haby. As I looked into heaven a few reunion is complete.

Tne President and with a deathly grasp." minutes ago from the shadow of the Mrs. McKinley arrived yesterday to Captain! I thought so!" tried the old church, I saw the face of father as and the aged mother still living. With loving-hearted Florence. "I srfw father bright as the stars, looking down upon the children are Mrs. Abigail Osborne.

We alone handle the CELEBRATED onminff home far out upon the lake. A me, saia lorence in a tone oi ennswau mother or.Jonsul William Osborne: of steamer came across his way ana i suddenly lost sight of him and his boat. Miss Sarah Duncan, who came from Chicago, where she is attending school; her brother, Jack Duncan, who came The annual report of State Mine Inspector Fisher, which he is now preparj ing, will show that there are now in the State 8.000 men employed in the mines. Three new mines have been opened Whjle city guests of the genus de hobo are conspicuous by their absence, it is not a matter of regret on the part of our citizens. resignation.

Florence then explained the whole affair to Mrs. Turney. When the worst of the shock was over, the poor woman Captain! will father come from an eastern school, and the other again to his loved ones to his wife and gathered her two orphan children to her grandchildren who have been summon during the year and another is about to children? Not once more? Must mother and us be left lonely here to-night?" heart, and the mingled tears of grief ed from their studies and their Tiomes, ardfjove of that bereaved family flowed be opened. Eighteen operators have neglected to furnish maps of their mines Death of Joalah Watson Josiah W. Watson, aged seventy years, died at his home at Seventh and Pearl streets yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock.

Death was due to old age. to God: I could bring him home again, my daughter. But I can thick and fast, until the three hearts, as not. Ralnh Turney's toils are over. He it were, became riveted" to each other for life.

After a season of mutual con was a kind father and a faithful hus lhe funeral will occur at the resi. dence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. together with other relatives, making the immediate family circle almost complete. In the midst of the deep sorrow of the family there is a feeling of joy that the President has been permitted to reach his mother's bedside before the inevitable dissolution came and that the mother might again realize his to comply with the law passed last winter, and of these five have refused. The inspectors say the miners of the State are at work, but inclined to be restless.

There has been some objection to the law compelling the examination of band. He was a good citizen to be solation the widowed mother knelt with her two children at the family al- brief and truthful, he was a Christian. conducted by the Rev. G. L.

Cartiss. Josiah Watson was the father of Al sss' But God wanted him to dwell in Heav- tar where Ralph Turney often invoked the divine blessings of upon mine bosses. Watson and a brother to Mrs. Margaret Wilson, of Seymour. his family.

She laid her hand on Joe's head and prayed with all the fervor of MWi SHOE! NEW OrnCERS ELECTED. en with Him, and he is gone. The Lord bless you, my child. Go home and suffer only as the pure in heart." This was the first time that Florence Turnev ever met Captain Summers. presence and he know that he had been recognized.

The hopes have been granted them and they now patiently and resignedly await the end. The Berial Meeting. The audience at the Methodist church last evening was larger than at any previous meeting. The sermon by Rev. her christian soul that he might grow to be a religious man.

She bore her burdens to the foot of the cross and committed her children into the hands Knight Templars Choose Their Leaders for GERMAN FLAG SALUTED. We 'alone carry the leading the doming Tear. But she had learned much about him through her father, who found in him a friend and often spoke of him around George Heninger of Crothersville was pointed and carried conviction to many hearts. At the close of the Apparently makes (known to the trade) of boats and shoes. Eve- ry lady wanting a fine The Trouble with Hayti Is at an End.

of God. Little Joe seemed to understand the situation. For several minutes the agonies of his infant heart and his piteous calls for his father, were enough to the family circle. "But God wanted him to dwell in Heaven with murmured the seven united with the church Rev Heninger will preach again tonight. The Knight Templars of the Columbus Commandery No.

14 elected the following officers, to be installed January 4, and to serve during the coming year, melt a heart of stone. Finally, worn The Curfew Ordinance. An item for consideration brought Port-au-Prince, Hayti, Dec. 8. The trouble between Germany and Hayti appears to be settled.

The Haytian government has saluted the German flag and the foreigners who DRESS SHOE! comes to the HUB. No cheap made stuff no pen- grief -stricken Florence. can I think of it like that? I am so glad you said it that way. I think it begins almost to comfort me. But poor little Joe, papa's pet! God! Thou who art great and good, tell me what will before the last meeting of the ministirial Out and weary, the fevered lids closed over his tearful eyes, and Mrs." Turney tucked her orphan child away in bed.

The situation was peculiar. The i association at the Y. M. C. A.

room at their meeting last evening: John Suverkrup, E. C. L. M. Gurnsey, G.

01 Ong, C. G. W. T. Strickland, Prelate.

was the curfew ordinance. The ministers universally expressed themselves as decidedly in favor of such a measure. had sought refuge on board ships in this harbor have returned to their homes. Naturally there is a -strong eling of resentment against the gov become of the baby!" and the sweet-faced Florence turned to go. neighbors had yet to be apprised of the misfortunes of the Turney family.

Thus Mrs. Turney and her daughter sat tentiary made goods on our shelves to deceive. Honest and' True R. M. Jackson, S.

W. EL W. Cook, J. W. and that steps be taken toward bringing I it about.

"May God bless you and poor little Joe and your mother to-night," contin-1 alone in their home at the dead hour of ued the captain, and his eyes followed 1 night, and wherever they turned their Griffith Sworn In as Member of Congress. Mr. F. M. Griffith, of this ernment on account of the humiliation inflicted upon the country by Germany; but it is not thought that anything more serious than a ministerial crisis will result.

va1nfs is onr motto for doin? the sorrowing child until she turned to sleepless eyes taey beheld some trace of ft J. A. Trotter, Treasurer. Charles H9ge, Recorder. W.

T. Davis, Trustee. The annual conclave will be observed on December 18, and the Knights will entertain their ladies on St. John's day, go down the road that leads to Tenant doing business. Special Beach, and vanished in the lonely twi was sworn in as a member of Congress at 12:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Washington.

His credentials were presented by Congressman Miers, of their loved one. Presently a draught of air came through the half open window and almost extinguished the lamplight Flor sales every week. light. lorence went on. ner mother ma December 27.

New Officers. The pupils of the second year high school have reorganized their literary society and will give the first program not know why she had been asked to go Bloomington, who escorted him to the Speaker's desk to assume obligation. 3T7LHU IHQSHBATJli to the wharf. Now she held all the ence rose to lower the sash. As she did so her ears caught the moaning sound of a gale in the tree tops on the hilL The force of the Vind increased, and it Friday week.

The officers elected were: Ambrose Dobson Has Recovered. Ambrose Dobson, who took a large dose of laudanum yesterday, is now saddest of sad news in her tender.young heart. Mission Ball Services. The meeting at the Mission Hall under Thou, who dost bear the troubles ithe leadership of the evangelist. Miss President Miss Lillian Volland.

Vice-President Howard Smith. Secretary Miss Mary Glanton. Treasurer Miss Bell Dennison. able to be up and about and has almost completely recovered from the deep was evident that a storm was approaching. The two took seats near each other close by baby Joe, who was sleeping and burdens of the sad-hearted who be-i lieve on Thee, tell me how to take this Mary Mills, will continue all week at 2 and 7 o'clock each day.

stupor which he was in yesterday..