Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-23

veloped the fact that they were too busy
to even talk about locals.
Clerk King has issued building per-
mits to Ollie & Mcclure for brick add
dition to shop on Railroad and Thir-
teenth streets. $500: VIM. Morgan,
frame house in G. III. Collins addition,
81 400; Omar l.. Hittle, brick addition
to business house on North Ninth street,
500.
John Cassidy, jovial son of Erin,
INDUCED in plain drunk yesterday.
When brought before the acting mayor
this morning, before the question of
whether he was or was not guilty, he
said, III anticipate proceedings by
saying that I'm guilty of being intoxi
Gated and that l have the - 65 in nv
clothes to pay my fine with
William w. Alexander returned from
Greenville, Ill.,, this morning. where he
has the contract for furnishing the gal
vanlzed iron work for the new court
house being erected there He informs
us that there was a heavy rain there
Thursday, and that there has been no
lack OF moisture throughout the season.
The corn crop never looked better.
The trial of Policeman Yeager, at
Centreville, yesterday, turned out. as we
predicted it would, farce. There was
not a witness to substantiate his drunk
enness, but on the contrary theevidence
was that he was duly sober. He drank
the beer for purpose, and the purpose
was accomplished in that he exposed a
place that was selling liquor without
license
Mr.. and Mrs Shively of South Four
teenth street, gave a delightful pro-
gressive euchre party Thursday even
ing. Mrs. f. A. Wilkie won the ladies'
prize, vgry handsome book W. T.
Noble is the happy possessor of the
gentlemen S prize, which is beautiful
ly decorated paper weight. Most appe-
tlZlng refreshments were served, and
the evening in all respects, was a most
charming one.
Chief Fire Engineer Thomas made
an examination of the fire cisterns and
wells in the city yesterday. He found
that the cisterns were tolerably well
filled with water-say two-thirds full
but the wells were very much reduced
in volume. The best filled cisterns are
on North A street near the postoffice,
the one on South Fourth and A, and
the one near the Robinson machine
works; but, should fire occur, it is his
opinion that the supply of the best els
tern in the city would be exhausted in
thirty minutes.
George Sheldon was before Acting
Mayor Lyle this morning, charged with
having committed an assault and bat
terry upon his wife. George has been
but recently released from the county
Jail, incarcerated for n-payment of
fine for intoxication His wife visited
him daily and did all she could to
make his surroundings pleasant Yes
terday he conceived the idea of going
to Chicago and leaving her here. To
this she demurred, and said, Whittier
soever thou goest | will 60" This did
not suit his purpose, and he struck her.
He was fined $l5, and being minus
funds to square the docket, he will
crack stone for fifteen days.
As there have been some statements
in our city papers the last few days of
sensational character, and likely to mis-
lead the public in regard to the number
OF deaths IN our city, we called upon
Undertaken Lippincott for the facts In
the case, who stated that every death is
numbered and recorded in the board of
health office, and that any one could
easily ascertain the facts His burial
permits showed that for the past seven
months. from the 10th of January to
the Goth of August, there had been in
all 116 deaths in the city, and that for
the ten days past. from the 10th of Au-
gust to the Goth, when the greatest
number occurred, there were just Is,
Downing having buried ten and Lip
pincott six.
The funeral of John Peterson occur
red this afternoon from his late resi-
dence on South Fourth street. Rev Mr..
Young, of St. Pauls Lutheran church,
conducted the religious exercises, which
were of most impressive character.
After the services at the house very
large cortege attended the remains to
their last resting place in Lutheran
cemetery On the return from the
funeral services were held in the church,
in which biographical sketch of the
deceased was read. Mr. Peterson was
man of strong impulses, but was always
very conscientious. If he erred it was
from Judgment not purposely. In his
death Richmond has lost an enterpris-
ing, public spirited citizen, whose place
will be hard to fill.