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Logansport Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana • Page 21

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John Gray's ON- Odds and Ends of Summer DRESS GOODS At Your Own Prices. Short lengths of Lawns, Dimities, Organdies. India Linens, Mulls and many other choice Fabrics. P. S.

Don't wait until the best are all picked out. HHNRY The Merchant Tailor, Does first wurk. and fittinir "Hide. ami repairing iK-atly Pearl Street. MADAME CALWELL our citj from Ernr- recently arrived In land.

and part adopted UT mm in reaiclf.C'all uud la- convinced at us rerrntlv arrived in our c.ij, num ind. Sin- can U'l! fortune to purteo.uon, show YOU UK- likfiiess of your fu ur, al.w flls what you doptetl for mid in what part of tlie world tu 214 SEVENTH ST. DR. C. D.

EVERSOLE'S DENTAL PARLORS Over Porter'i New Drug Store. Corner of Fourth and Market Streets. DR. HURTT -THE DENTIST- 311 Fourth St. Pain.

Don't Pay 5 Per Cent Commission On Guilt Edice Real Estate Security I ill loan sums, $1,000 and over-five years at 6 cent interest and 3 per cent commission No delay or red tape GEO. B. FORGY. McCoimell McConnell $50,000 6 per cent Money to Loan. Call now Office Opposite Court House.

DAILY PHAROS SATURDAY. JULY 30. 1898. CITY NRWS Get ready to attend the races. Celery bunch this eve, Rothermel.

Miss Anna McCandless will spend Sunday in Marion. Wilbur Winters has gone to Bethnny Park to spend his vacation. Miss Lena Strausser has returned from a week's visit at Fulton. Mrs. Susie Otto is confined to her on Sixth street by illness.

Mrs. John Kellir and Mrs. Charles yeignmnd have returned from Chicago. Mrs. Henry Eller, of Monticello.

has returned home after a visit here with relatives. Choice of a large line of ladies' neckwear, worth to for '23e Hive. Panhandle shopmen were given orders last night that the shops would shut down today. Best guaranteed piano tuning only $2 by Wm. Steinhart, 624 Kace street.

telephone 314. Master Rosco Uillmore has returned home front Crawfordsville. after a two months' visit with his sister. Emma Hall. Mrs.

Riddle and son Earl departed today for Chickdinauga Park to visit George Kiddle, who is a member of the Kokomo company. 15Sth Ind. volunteers. The Prohibition party of Cass county meet iu mass convention at the court house iiv this city on Saturday. August 18th.

to nominate a county ticket, Giffe's new harmony book has been adopted in the Imperial Conservatory of Musics Tokio, Japan. An order has been received by the Home Music company for a number of the books. Word has been received from Lige Booth and party that they had readied pawson City and were well pleased with the outlook. They expect to go prospecting at once. The letter was dated June 14th.

A party of young folks consisting of Julia, Gavin Jennie Amey. Lillie Anderson, Mollie West, Jennie Voss, Gustie Albrecht Carl Mott, Otto Brosch and Mike Berlie spent yesterday afternoon at Spencer park. Water jnellons were served for supper. INVENTOR NICKUM. His Attorneys Will Put Up a Strong Defense IF THE CASE EVER COMES TO TRIAL IN THE U.

S. COURT. Another Strong Letter From Dr. C. M.

Hillebrand, of Lamars, la. The attorneys of S. B. Nickum. of perpetual light fame.

John S. Lairy and Lairy A' Mahoney. will, if the case is ever called in the United States court, put up a strong defence. They will prove by tlie and copies the letters written by Mr. Nickmn to Mr.

Wiikesbarre. that Mr. Xi'-kimi told Mr. K'ethy to send the i'ond to either the City National of giinspon. or tin- Loganspurt hank, lioth disinterested organizations.

his money would be returned to dim immediately. If this is done it will show that Mr. Nickum did not use tlie mails, for an unlawful purpose, and his acquittal will follow. The lawyers say further that their client does not. propose to return Kethy's money until his bond and contract are delivered at one of the Logansport banks named, or to Mr.

Nickum in person. Neither does Mr. Nickum propose to exhibit his light simply to satisfy a dissatisfied agent or public curiosity, until such time as he may see tit. Mr. John Eckert.

who. with Mr. J. H. Foley, are interested with Mr.

Nickum in his enterprise, was seen oy Pharos reporter today. Among other things Mr. Eckert said: could have beat that case before the United States commissioner, but are satisfied to let it go up. feeling satisfied as to the result; as the light will be exhibited before October 1st. when the United States court convenes.

Mr. Eckert. also consented to the publication of the following letter from C. M. Hillebrand-Jof Lamars.

mention of whom was made in yesterday's edition of the Pharos: C. M. IIILLKBHAXD. I'liysirinii and Surgeon. MAItS.

Iowa. July IS. '98. John Kckerr J. H.

Foley Esq. Ceutlcmi'ii It is impossiMc to ever forget my last visit TO your city, whore I hnd the honor and Croat lo see the S. B. Xit-knm light produced from the master's own hand. Tin- production of same i brills my very heart nnd when I the phe- in the globe I was overcome for it revealed the masters doop knowledge in the- hitherto mifnthomed seerets iu nature and scionce.

men deserve to lie honored and we must nor let the opportunity pass, to set a "mile stone." By doing so we honor ourselves. The city of Logansport ought to turn out and have n. groiit gala day of it. because it has the honor to harbor in its walls, the greatest sceintist. philosopher nnd philanthropist the world ever saw.

The events of thrit flay will be recorded on the pages of history. Let us b'J worihy of the undertaking nnd contribute our pan to its success. I know my good friend Xickum is opposed to nil pomp and notoriety concur witli him we must have as little of tlint possible. Bur remember his friends aiv doing this. On thar day ho is fn tlie hands and care of friends.

Of course I luive reference to the day of exhibition to which have been kindly invited by our distinguished friend Xickum. Your Friend. C. M. HILLEBKAXTX A Bold Thief.

A thief entered the home of John Swallow, on the Southside last night and was discovered by a girl who lives with the family. When the young lady screamed she was seized by the bivnjlar and pushed back on the bed. He then made his escape through the screen in the window, which he cut to effect an entrance. Nothing was taken. Band Tournament At Terre Haute on Sunday.

July 31. the Vandalia line will run a special low rate excursion, train leaving Lo- siahsport at 6:05 a. m. and returning leave Terre Haute at 7 p. m.

Bands from a number of points in Indiana and Illinois will be there. Fare for the round trip SI.50. J. C. EDGEWOKTH.

Closed. The Pittsburg shops at Ft. Wayne closed at noon yesterday, and will not resume operations until Monday morning. The appropriation for shop expenses for July has been exhausted. Burglars Taken Out of your well by Big John.

MORE AFFIDAVITS CONCERNING THE PRICE OF WHEAT AT ROYAL CENTER. New Facts Brought to Light by Dr. Jordan. Jvlirors Pharos: Mr. Boyer, in iiis article, admits a mistake and offers an apology to the Association: which is au evidence Iiis improved condition.

Vet I can determine that there is still some rumbling in the aluloiuiual region. The symptoms of rabies is rapidly disap- pt-arinjt ami I think by the time he lakes ihis purse he will be thoroughly cleansed: his madness will be no more. My Steve. I am pleased fu Kiiuw it is facts yon want. You statc-d that dealers in Itoyal Center had nut TO cents for wheat since new wheat beiraii to move.

1 here append al'idavits of I'. Cliase and Simon P. Carroll: State dt" Indiana. County of Cass, ss. I.

(Jeoru'e I 1 Chase swear I sold to Simon of the firm of Runkle ifc Carroll of Royal Center on Monday eighty-nine inishels of wheat and ot in return this be- ini; at a rate of 70 cents a per bushel. GEO. P. CHASE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of July, 1S9S.

EMMA CORN-WELL. Notary Public. I. S. Carroll, of the firm of Runkle Carroll, under oath depose and snj that we paid 70 cents for number one wheat on the 22nd.

23rd and 25th day of July 1SSJS. The statement that Mr. Matt Obenclmin makes that I told him Uunkle Carroll were paying 68 cents for wheat last Monday July 23th is untrue as we paid 70 cents on that day. S. CARROLL, Subscribed and sworn to before me.

a Notary Public this 30th day of July ISJtS. JAMES L. THOMAS. Notary Public! Mr. fieorpre Ray, druggist and cashier for Carroll Runkle of Royal Center opened his books for my inspection which proved to me that he paid 70 cents to all comers on the (hues named in the affidavits printed above.

Mr. Carroll says the affidavits of Harry and Dennis T'hl are absolutely correct, as regards Tuesday, 2(ith of July, 1S9S; that on that day he told them he was paying US cents per bushel. Stephen volunteers his advice; says 1 should attend to my own business and I suppose permit him to bunco the farmers and pay them what he pleases for grain in this immediate vicinity and then go to Lucerne and pay Winn AVinu a premium on what they had bought there. Stephen, dear. I remember when you and 1 were told to mind our own business by the President of the Logansport Gas Company and permit him to charge his own price for gas.

Did you do it: No. go into the gas hiisUuss yourself: No. The shoe IH on the other foot. Verily Stephen you are "wobbler." The saving to the city was at by this gas agitation. You say that in "defending Logansport, etc." Pon honor.

Steve. I did not know you had changed your name. So now Mr. Logausport ineel Boyer. do you remember a few years ago you advertised you could and would pay live cents per bushel more for wheat than any other dealer in the city or country towns around.

Why don't yon do it now? Answer. In conclusion 1 will say that Logansport is now a good wheat market and lias been for the last few days. Keep it up Steve old boy and you will receive the thanks of the merchants and farmers and they will join in advertising rhe fact to the world. M. A.

JORDAN. SCRAPS OF NEWS Relating to Railroads and Their Em- ployes. The Monon shops at Lafayette are running full time and give employment to 360 men. The shops of the Erie road at Hun. tington have been closed until Aug.

1- so quiet is business. On Saturday the Loyal Legion of Chicago had an excursion over the Monon to Cedar Lake Park, and it required 118 coaches to carry the people. Dan Skinner.the Indianapolis young man wjio had both legs crushed off by a Panhandle freight Sunday evening at Hartford City, died yesterday. His father, from Indianapolis, was. at his bedside when he died.

A wreck occurred on the Richmond division of the Panhandle List night. passenger train was going on the siding, and when about half the train was off the main track the 'engine of another train crashed into the side of the coaches. Considerable; damage -was done. The Impregnable Fortress in which our Business is intrenched is that of quality. While our prices are always low we never sacrifice quality to cheapness.

Our shoes are always thoroughly good, reliable and stylish. They not look well, but wear well. We a great many remnants that should lie of special interest to you by reason of the great reductions we are daily marking. Elias Winter. ADDITIONAL ITEMS.

Ten bars Royal soap Dunn. Charles Goertzig. of the Southside. is sick. Attend ribbon sale this Trade Palace.

Mrs. Henry Jensen, of east Broadway, is quite sick. 25 per cent, discount on all capes and jackets this Palace. Special showing of white shirt waists for $1.25, worth $2.00, tonight. Hive.

The Globes and Up-to-Dates will play ball at the Driving park tomorrow afternoon. Misses Emma Eiserlo and Kittie Dodds will spend the balance of the summer in St. Joe. Clarence Jones and wife have returned from a trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Miss Theresa Callahan and Mr.

Will Ensfield will spend Sunday with Fort Wayne friends. Edward Bliss, upon whom an operation was performed for appendicits. continues on the mend. Mrs. Ben.

Martin and children returned this afternoon from an extended visit at Clinton. Ills. The express companies are experiencing a rush, owing to the heavy shipment of fruit from the north. Miss Josephine Callahan will go to Terre Haute tomorrow to visit relatives and friends for a few days. Mrs.

Ed Dunn entertained the Westside Work and Play club at lunch at the New Dunn hotel last evening. Miss Maud Gifford. who has been visitins her brother. Samuel Gifford. returned today to her home at Elwood.

Mrs. Harry Troutman and daughter Blanche and Miss Minnie Gibson have returned from a few days visit at Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simpson, of Washington, who were guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Gifford, returned home today. Misses Agnes and Nellie Mahoney, the Westside. have returned from a three weeks' trip to Bass Lake. Winamac and Chicago.

Mrs. Diana Hyland and daughter, of Evansville. are visiting W. M. Walker, of east Broadway.

Mrs. Hyland is a of Mrs. Walker. Wabash Times: Miss Edith Schepper. of Hunfington.

is in the city, the truest of friends. She will go to Lo- o-ansport in a few days to visit a week. The eldest son of Daniel Watts was kicked on the right knee yesterday by horse. and painfully injured. No bones were broken.

Dr. Jordan was railed. A picnic will be given at the Crooked Creek Christian church. Jefferson on Saturday, August 20th. by the Crooked Creek Sunday school.

All are invited. The Epworth League of the Wheatland street M. E. church will hold an ice cream social on Mr. Allen's lawn 500 Melbourne avenue, Monday evening.

August 1st. The members of the Y. P. S. C.

E. of the Broadway Presbyterian church will have a picnic and supper at Spencer park next Tuesday afternoon and evening. The very nobbiest hat you can wear at this season of the year is a "Mauc Adams" sailors-with two or three folds of veiling encircling the crown. Com plete hat 98c Hive. Bibbons! Attend special sale this Palace.

12 RACES $5,000.00 AUGUST 2d, 3d, and Best Bali Mile Track in Indiana. ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 25, 1898. Records Made that day no Bar. Five per cent to Enter. Five per cent additional from all Money Winners.

PROGRAMME- TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1898. 2:45 Pace Purse $300 2:24 Trot 400 2:20 Pace 400 2:40 Trot 300 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898. 2:16 Pace Purse $40 40 40 40 2:17 Trot. 2:11 Pace. 2:12 Tiot.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898. 2:35 Pace $300 2:30 300 2.25 Pace 400 3:00 Pace (three year olds and 300 The Money for all purses lias been guaranteed and will be paid immediately after the race is finished. Pools sold on grounds ''The Reliable" The Old Stand 529 Broadway. The Best Customers are mine because it is becoming known that anything that's cheap in Sewing Machine Line is worthless. A high class Up-to-date Machine is what you want, and I always have them, and on terms that you c.ati pay for it.

The "Domestic" Office, R. B. WBITSETT. SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES. Topics to be Discussed in the Pulpits Tomorrow.

Union services at the rink tomorrow evening led by Rev. Putnam. Subject: "The Castaway." First Presbyterian in the morning at 11 o'clock. Subject will be "Touch of -Faith." The Church of Christ At the Universalist church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Subject: "Spirit." Sunday school at 9:30 A.

m. Xinth Street Christian church. H. C. Kendrick.

school at 9:30 m. Y. P. S. C.

E. at 6:30 p. m. ''God is not Mocked" will be the pulpit theme at 11 a. m.

English Lutheran church. B. E. Shaner. school 9:30 a.

m. Morning worship 11 a. m. Subject: "Working for God Amid Discouragements." Christian Endeavor 6:45 p. m.

A. M. E. church. G.R.

at 10:30 m. Sunday school at 2 p. m. Communion at 3 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.

m. Presiding Elder Thompson will conduct the services. Universalist church. Rev. T.

S. Guthrie. D. school at 9:45 a. Service tomorrow at 11 a.

m. Subject: "The Birth From Above." All our services are in the audience room. Market Street M. E. subject will be "The Two Births Necessary to The evening subject wiil be "Temperance, or the Nature and Effect of AlcohoL" Other services as usual.

Wheatland Street M. church, J. K. Walts, 10:45 a. m.

the pastor will conduct" public service. Evening service at 8 p. m. Sunday school at- 9:30 a. m.

Junior League at 2:15 p. m. Epworth League at 7 p. m. Seventh Day Adventist church, 0.

S. Hadley Sunday night. Sabbath school every Sabba.th. (Saturday) at 2 o'clock. 510 Sycamore street.

Trinity Episcopal church. Rev. F. C. Coolbaugh.

communion at 7 a. in. Evening service at 5 o'clock. Service with sermon on "Knowledge of Growth and Growth in, Knowledge." at 11 o'clock. Cumberland Presbyterian church, Rev.

J. W. McDonald, at 11 a. m. and 8 p.

m. Thursday praver meeting at p. m. Morning; subject. "Working and Waiting." Evening subject, "Thou Shalt Not Steal." Westside Evangelical church.

J. Wales school at 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 10:30 a. m.

Y. P. U. at 7 p. m.

Preaching at 8 p. m. Prof. T. C.

Bridge will 'also be present in the evening'and render some of his excellent songs. Broadway Presbyterian church. Rev, W. E. Biederwolf.

pulpit at this church will be occupied in the morning at 11 o'clock, by Rev. Thos. C. McXary. of Uniontown, 0.

No preaching in the evening. Other services of the day at the usual hours. The Sunday schools of Thornhope and vicinity, in Pulaski county, will hold their annual picnic on next Saturday, August 6th. in the grove near the village. Major McFadin has been invited to deliver an address, and has consented to do so.

The grove is in sight of where the Major first settled sixty years ago on Indian creek..

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