The Coshocton Tribune from Coshocton, Ohio • Page 1

VOJu- 76 XO. ST. SIXTJEEX PAGES- COSHOCTXXS, OHIO, AFBIL S1.5O MUSTHAVETHEMONEY Jf Water Works Extensions Are To Be Made. THOUSANDS OF FEET DEMANDED Tie Reservoir is Too Small for the Demands Upon it Aad a New Pump is Badly Needed. If the water department is to be efficient and made to meet the demands of the community it must have more money.

The demand for improvements increases with every day, and because the people asking them are sufficient in number to make'the extensions a matter for consideration there is an inclination to grant the request, but no money with which to do the work The requests for extensions of pipe to the present follow: South Eleventh from East, Main to Orchard, to Tenth. 800 feet, Orange, 300 feet, Pine, 4-50 feet, $150: Walnut, from Third to Water. 1000 feet, S480: Water, from Main to Walnut, 500 feet. S240; South Eighth, 1000 feet, S4SO; Vine, from Seventh to Wilson avenue, 1800 fleet. S1746: Wilson avenue.

1200 feet, S816. Another reservoir is also needed, and the cost is estimated at while the department sadly needs a 2.000,000 gallon horizontal pumping engine which can be purchased for A condenser for the pumping engines would cost S300, making the total amount needed S14.277. Since 189T the city has been growing so rapidly and the demand has been so great that S11.635 has been spent in improvements. These include all taps, main extensions, new vertical pumping engine, suction pipe in Tuscarawas river, suction pipe fronfwells to west bank of the Tuscarawas. repairing old wells and drilling four new ones.

The department receives nothing for making taps, while the paving of Manxaflfl Walnut streets was a source of expense in lowering mains. The drain on the department's funds began in 1897. and while it is self sustaining now and in ordinary circumstances would be self sustaining the new work will demand the amount given above, almost S15.000. EMPLOYED A PHYSICIAN. To Look After the Poor People of Tnscar- awas Township.

The infirmary directors held a meet ing in the office of Prosecutor Wheeler, and selected a physician to look after the poor of the township for the year. The bids were as follows: Doctor Edwards. S300: Doctor Stacy. Doctor Marshall. $245: Doctor McCurdy.

8200: Doctor Lear. Doctor Barcroft. S8.33* per month. The contract was awarded Doctor McCordy. at He will enter upon his nties at once.

NOT AN IMITATION. Oleomargarine be Sold For Just What It Is. Those persons who eat butter will be interested in knowing that the supreme court at Columbus decided Tuesday to protect them. The decision will have the effect of wiping out the manufacture and sa2e of colored olef(margarine in imitation of butter until the present laws are repealed. The case was brought against a company by the state, the attorney general claiming it had refused to furnish samples for analysis.

The pleadings showed that pounds of oleo were sold in the country last year. EKGLISH-REAMER. A Pretty Home Weddmg Took Place Wedees- day Eveaiag. Andjrew English and Miss Lulu Reamer were married Wednesday evening at the residence of the bride's parents near Canal Lewisville. The ceremony was performed in the presence of 75 guests by Rev.

Mr. Strete, pastor of the lloscoe M. E. church. The were E.

English, brother of s-room, and Miss Id a Keamer. sistT the bride. The res'derc? was 'utifully decorated with cut the happy couple received many lesutiful tokens of the esteem in which they are held by their friends. The Symphony Man dolin club, of which Mr. English is a member, rendered delightful music.

Mr. and Mrs. English are ivell and favorably known to a large circle of friends in the city who unite in best wishes for their futare. BURIAL OF SOLDIERS. A New Law is of Interest to Veterans And Their Families.

Senator Howard-'sbill, passed in the house, is one in which ex-soldiers and their immediate families are particularly interested. As originally introduced and passed in the senate, this bill increased the amount allowed in the counties for the funeral of ex-soldiers and sailors. In addition it extended the provisions of the law to include the mothers, wives and widows of ex-soldiers and also to army nurses who served in the war of the rebellion. The amount to be allowed for the funeral expenses was graded according to the population of the counties. The house amended this feature of the bill and restored the old figures of -S35 as the amount to be allowed.

SETTLING UP ACCOUNTS. The Business of toe Southern Will Soon Be Wound Up. It is now said that all ol the old accounts which have been held against the Coshocton Southern, the Coshocton branch of the C. C. are about settled up, and that this road is for the last processes of the court in lifting it from the hands of the receiver.

J. W. Wardwell. who has been the receiver for six years, has been relieved of that work, since the Wheeling bought the bonds of the road, and has just cleaned up the last of the accounts over which he has had control- This being the case, it is believed that within a week the formal action of transferring the division to the Wheeling Lake Erie will be taken. RIGHT AT HOME.

Town Topics and All muds of Local Hap Told la Brief. 'THE FOREMAN. --St. Paul Pioneer THREE YEARS OF M'KINLfcY. MONSTER ENGINES Are the Big Fellows That Will Haul Pan Handle Passenger Trains.

A new class G-4 engine made its appearance at the Dennison shops Wednesday morning. This is the new type of Pan Handle passenger engine, OT which nine are to be received. It is a monster eneine. a pertect leviathan in appearance, with driving wheels six feet in diameter, equipped with air brake attachments on all wheels, including trucks. It will be broken in and put into ser-! vice in a fewdavs.

i ILL ONLY A WEEK. SIXTY-FIVE DEFENDANTS. Nevcoinerstown Fair Association is I Conrt. William Loveless. W.

M. Erode. Wolf. J. H.

Mulvane. Joseph Loader; and Frank Miskimen. as directors of the Central Ohio District Fair asso-j ciation at Xewcomerstown. filed at) action in common pleas Tuesday against the stockholders and all who are in any way interested in the corporation. They ask that the corporation be dissolved and the property sold for the benefit of the creditors.

There is a long list of creditors and 65 defendants are involved. Miss Delia Bock Died Wednesday Morning From Pr.eomooia. i i Delia, the 14 year old daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. George died Wednesday after an illness of only 01 week, pneumonia being the cause, i The little one suffered a irreat deal.

and every effort was made to save her life but without avail. She had a beautiful disposition and was loved by ail who knew her. The luneral will take place Friday, interment beuiff in Oak Itidtre. NOT A CIRCUS LISTED. The Seem Passed Coshocton Bv This Year.

Although the principal circuses' have made their dates for the season it is not known that any of them have Coshocton on their books. This time last year a number were I in view, but the all seem to be in different territory just now. They may decide to come this way later, but at present none are in sight. By John J. Ingalls The most extraordinary phenomenon of President McKinley's administration is the subsidence of social discontent.

The threatening flood of unrest and exasperation born of misfortune and adversity, which culminated nomination of Bryan, ebbed with his defeat. Socialism, communism, cheap money and the other driftwood, rubbish and debris of that deplorable epoch, like the refuse of an inundation, now lie stranded and decaying- on the shore, or were swept into the sea of oblivion, and the stream of national affairs flows undisturbed in its accustomed channel. Coxey's noble army of martyrs has been mustered out. The occupation of Debs. Herr Most and other apostles of anarchy, preachers of pessimism, acolytes of despair, is gone.

Their crazy rmt that once excited mobs to uncontrollable frenzy will now be heard with amusement orcontempt. Dema- gognes are out of a job, and the only tramps are volunteers. Something has scattered plenty o'er a land. Employment is abundant and wages rise. Agriculture embarrasses the farmer with its riches and burdens'the abundance." Commerce thrives beyond precedent.

Manufactures multiply and' replenish earth. From Cape ISome to Puerto Bico, from Manila to Maine, forges blaze, stacks smoke, wheels revolve, spindles hum, and electric lights turn night into day. It is an ill animated chapter from the romance of prosperity. Even the per capita, that mysterious and menacing spectre whose shadow has so of ten darkened the feast, has increased from $22.47 when McKinley was inaugurated to at the close of the third year of his administration --the most "rapid growth of money in circulation in our history, and very largely in gold- Whether this prodigious change is due wholly or in part, or not at all. to the administration is immaterial.

It has happened. It may be jauseand effect, or it mav be coincidence: but the millions who were ground between the upper and the nether millstones of adversity in that dismal interval after the collapse of 18J'3 know toat it has taken place. They are not inquisitive as to bow it came to pass. What they desire is its continuance. As soon as the farmer has a bant account he ceases to be interested in abstract questions of finance.

The capacity to draw a check makes him conservative. The artisan who owns his home and has constant occupation at living wages thinks lessor communism and the redistribution of the assets of society. The President's career from tue-heginning is a striking illustration of the immense value of pure. high, stainless personal character as an element of success in public life. He wears the triple armor of him who hath his quarrel He has escaped calumny.

All our recent presidents, with one exception, have been reputable enough, but McKinley has oeen more than this--be has lived up to his ideals. He has made the golden rule the law of his conduct. He has been loyal to his home, faithful to his friends, magnanimous to his adversaries, constant in his devotion to duty. He has his tithes of anise, mint and cummin: he has not omitted the weightier of the law. His defects and limitations ar recognized, but no one doubts hLs patriotism, his sincerity, his determination to do right, his love of justice.

He is safe and sane: a pJanet and not a meteor. His opponents respect him. and the people, regardless of party, honor and trust him. Even caricature, the rav of satire, which brings the hidden and secret infirmities of character to the has discovered no Haws, and i the lampooners have fallen back on the irony ot depicting" him as' the marionette in a Punch and how that, nioves as the strings are i puUed by stronger men. which scarce provokes a smile.

This faith and confidence of The people have a shield to the Presi- dent in many emergencies where he otherwise have been vulnerable. 4 I The greatest and most important naval r-onfiict of the present cen- i tury has oeen followed by more momentous consequences, and none, on land, has been less prolific in or glory. The private soldier fought magnificently, as American always do. but Shafter's hammock and backboard campaign, and hi purpose to retreat at Santiago: ihe horrors of Montauk. the Etjan episode, the errrntric contracts of Alger are matters to' which the historian will neither with pleasure or pride.

Hut no one holds the president responsible. Still less they that because he waits to learn thei-- wishes he is infirm of purrxise. or that to ou-rthrow constitutional an1 set up an empire on the of republic. Political issues, like poet. ar and not made.

They are organic and not invented. They are not kept in like canned good-, in .1 grocery nor in a Hebrew n.jsfu parlor. The hold the aft.rrn.it on every gn-at before the American people. They have redeemed their pledges and ar; not encumbered i ancient platforms. Thev i renommate President McKmlev.

as the Democrats will renominate Mr. Jtryan. by acclamation. One will stand on a declaration of principles for the other on the Chicago platform, wsth codicils and postscripts drawn from a grab-bag, reaftirming undying hostility to government by injunction, which is a nightmare: to imperialism, which is a chimera, and to the gold standard, which is the cornerstone of the financial system of the world. Standing at the gateway of the fourth year of his administration, the President and his party have ample grounds for congratulation, both in the prospect and the retrospect.

-The Grav Hardware t'o. The Busy Bee supper at Orace church Saturday afternoon andjeven- ing should be well attended. Assessors from all over the county ivere here'Wednesday to -receive supplies from Auditor Laaiberson. Columbus indents say that Engineer Perkins, of the canal commission, will be named for another term. The public schools opened Monday moraine after the spring vacation of a weeic.

There was an increased attendance. --The Ladies' Aid society of Praiile Chapel will trive a supper Thursday evening, April 19. A beautiful quilt will be sold. --Mrs. Jane Love, well known to many of the older people of Coshocton and Roscoe, died in Iowa City the first of the month.

A force of Pan Handle men and a work train gathered the old rails from along the second track and took away this morning. --Tramps are already feeling the influences of spring, and an unusually large number have been in this vicinity the past Tew days. The population of Coshocton is increasing almost every day. Many families have moved from the country and there are 'more to come. Improvements are being made at the locks near the aqueduct.

A new roof has been put on the house, and it is being prepared for occupany. E3-- There were handled in the dison yards Sunday 1,896 freight cars, the largest number on record. The greater part came from the west. --William Comper, J. O.

Vickers and L. 3. Brownfield moved from Pliinfield to Coshocton last week. Mr. Brownfield resided there 20 years.

The Methodist -protestant chapel on Walnut street has' been sold to John Hall. It will be moved to another location and converted into a dwelling. The Plaintield Sentiitel believes of the old buildings in that town should be torn down and others paint-, ed to make ready for the- boom to be produced by the electric railway. Two bills providing for the transfer of Coshocton county funds have been passed by the legislature. They were introduced by Representative Adams.

A Pullman attached to Pan Handle train six left the track at Oonesville Tuesday. The passengers were transferred, Sand the car left there until it could be returned to the track by the Dennison crew. DON'lllKE THE PETITION. Owners Want it Made More Specific Before Signing. The petition asking council to grant the Zanesville, Adamsville Coshocton Electric company a franchise in Coshocton did not meet with the approbation of residents in the upper part of the city and was returned by Miller to E.

G. Abbott for correction. The petition was a blanket affair in which the company asked right of way in and alleys." The property owners objected, and want the company to specify what streets and alleys they desire to use. Perfected Ihe Organization. Tin- painters completed their organization at mee'ing held in city hall Wednesday evening.

The list contains names. The Charter i here in a few days. Local Vounf People Married. W. H.

Tefft and Miss Nellie Croy. well known people, were married Tuesday Rev. S. A. Fisher at his re.side,nce.

Fruit Trees. MORE HOUSES NEEDED Coshocton Could Use Several Hundred Just Now. A COMPANY MAY BE FORMED To Erect Modern Dwellings For U'orkingraea. Miners are Scarce Because They Hate No Place to Live. The growth of Coshocton is retarded because persons who desire to locate- here cannot tind houses in which to live.

They are not sufficiently endow-' ed with this world's goods to rear their own homes, and must depend on the man seeking an investment to build them. From the best authority, real estate men and contractors, it is learned that the demand for houses exceeds anything ever before known in Coshocton. It is impossible to say yes to the people because the houses which make up the city are filled. Many wSll be built during this year, how many it is impossible to tell, but enough to take the number into the hundreds. Of these, it to say, the majority will be rented before they are completed.

The greatest want is felt for workingmen's modern callages such as are being built many in manufacturing towns in the country. Two "in that direction have been started but all have failed. a number of local capitalists were discussing the matter, and it was proposed that they form a company with a capital of $40,000 and build houses snita- able for workmen who desire some modern improvements and can afford to pay for them. Such houses could be rented at $10 a month atzf profit- Whether the movement- will" be successful remains to be seen. Because of the scarcity of houses the output of the mines is seriously curtailed.

Coshocton has the coal and there is sufficient demand for itr -if the men to mine be secured. One mine alone has places for 10Q men, but only 55 are employed because the needed remainder can tind no vacant houses into which they can move. Other mines are handicapped in the same manner. If Coshocton could give miners who want to come here homes at reasonable rental the output of coal would. be largely increased and thousands of dollars added each month to the money spent in the city.

"The development of Coshocton's coal field is only in its said a leading operator to THE AGE, "and-it remains for Goshocton capitalists to say whether it shall be continued on a larger scale. We cannot bring in men unless they have places to live- Workingmen's houses, cottages perhaps is a better name, would be an investment full of the promise of profit." MARRIED FIFTY YEARS And Their Entire Family of Eight Were Present. A bout 50 relatives and friends responded to the invitations of Mr. and Mrs. James Miskimen.

of Linton Mills, to assist in celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. April 4. Their entire family, consisting of one son, six daughters and seven grand-children were present. Among the guests were tive persons who attended the wedding fifty years ago. A bountiful was served and every one present voted the occasion a pleasant imlesune in the jounv-y of iife.

Mr. and Mrs. Miskimen were the recipients of many valuable and useful presents. REV. MR.

DAVIS RELEASED. Our stock of i tree.s wa.s never finer than they are this spring. Come and get what you want, true to name and at a reasonable price. Carolina poplar. We have plenty and of good size J.

W. A1 mack's nursery. His Resif nation as Pastor of Keene Cnurch Was Accepted. i At the meeting of pres- bytery held in pratt this week the I pastoral relation between JRov. Proctor and the Keene Presbyterian church was severed.

Rev. Mr. Davi.s will Easter Sunday, delivering his farewell sermon. JAMES LEAH, Manager. Attention is directed to the ad of the Zanesville Business college in another column, guaranteeing positions to its students.

4-6-2t Notice to Teachers. An Examination for teachers in the Coshocton Union Schools will he held in the High building in Coshocton, Ohio, on 1 5. 1900, commencing at 8:30 o'cf M. YAIT W. R.

-Poa J. F. FKSTOJN, 4-13-3t. of Examme.s. Jtau..