The Worthington advance., 1878-10-03
= IDUILDING .NATTER&

~; E:,'.IBUILDING ma TIERS
The new jailj is RAPIDLY approaching
completion. q The: cross barred Iron
| windows are in the County vault is
brickel over, land the patent cage has
arrived and is in position, This cage
is Wondar of strength and adaptation
to the purpose. 1t sits in the center
of the Jail room with halls around it
on all sit&es. The main room of the
cage is capable Of holding six prison
ers.: On the east side is Il hall through,
! which the prisoners enter, and from
this hall 4 door leads into the cell or
main room. BY lover arrangement
the jailor locks both the inside and
outside door by 81 nply moving the lev.
or. The sanitary arrangements are
| perfect. There are two iron windows,
opposite each other, which furnish per.
feet ventilation On the outside ofthe
| cage is an iron water tank so arranged
that the prisoners can ut amy time turn
on the water for drinking, washing
and cleansing the vanlt. Over the
vault is Il pipe which allows the foul
air to escape and the vault Cal, he so
closed us to shut out offensive Oder
The iron bars which enter into the
construction Of the cage are covered
with steel so hardened that they can
neither be sawed nor filed.
These cages are known as the Pauley
Brothers Patent Steel Jail Bells and
a.:e manufactured at st. Louis.
J.. IL. Johnson's new residence on
Ninth Street is about completed
The building is 16x24 with wing l4x1G
The house is story and half with
pitch roof and ornamented with dra-
perry. Mr.. J. his put a good cellar
under the house and attached good
cistern. The carpenter work wits done
by Th"s. Griffin and the clustering 10y
J. Lilnbert.
n. A. Barlow IS now excavating for
u building on the lot formerly occupied
Ly Coles Hardware Store. AS stated
recently, the old building has been
moved to the rear, and Mr.. =. expects
to have his store up and occupy his
new quarters before winter.
NJ. B. Soule's new residence OF Third
Avenue is enclosed and rapidly taking
shape for one Of the best dwelling hous-
es in town. Mr.. s., being Mason, is
building it son the square" (both us
to Shape and as to the public square,
and he has put Il soll stone foundation
under it which meets the superstruct-
ure - OIL the level"
Peter Thompson will not build this
fall. Next spring, however, he expects
to eject Il fine brick block on the cor
ner now occupied by n. a. Barlow.
AS stated last week, D. Shell is pre-
pairing to enlarge the Worthington
Hotel.
Il. e. Robinson has Transformed the
building recently moved to his lot OH
Fifth Avenve, into il neat, white dwell
ing house which looks as good us new.
Mr.. Chidley has purchased the photo-
graph gallery and moved it from Third
to Fourth Avenue west of the park.
Il BEA UIIFUL INCIDENT:
We were told the other day Of il beau
tiful and touching incident which oc.
Cured ut the death Of Il little girl who
died recently IN this place. Toward
the last she refused to take medicine
and expressed IL wish to die just be-
fore death, she pointed upward and
called the name OF Il sister who so'ue
time ago went to the spirit world.
Then turning to her father size said
I'm going to see MAMA, and III kiss
her for you. -
The churches believe and teach that
many persons in their dying moments
see the heavens open and the angels
gathered around them. But when Clair
vuyants, by the hundred, dtclare that
they see and converse with the spirits
of the departed, the churches Say it is
all Il pretenca, or Il delusion, or the
"works of the devil, " or account fol
the fact III some equally senseless anC
illogical way. thus stultifying their owl
belt and teaching.
But light is breaking. The veil he
tween the two worlds grows thinner
and thinner, and, thank God! the d;,
is not far distant when all men will
hold intelligent communication, Will.
still in the flesh, with their friends wilt
have crossed over to the other side.
''Thcres many an empty cradle,
There's many vacant bed,
There's many a lonely bosom,
Whose joy and light have fed.
For thick in every graveyard
The little hillocks lie,
And every hillock represents
An angel III the sky.''