Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-13
TN DRAMATIC WORLD

THE DRAMATIC WORLD
In Springfield i remarkably lively just at
| present, and the number Of shows presented
weekly Ia the patrons Of the drama is quite
large enough 10 keep up Springdeld'> repu-
tation a. the best show town OF it, size in
/ the state
Mr.. +. E. Middleton has just returned
after a several weeks tour with Cincin-
matt company, which has been showing in
Ohio towns. giving "Ten-Mile Crossing"
Mr.. Middleton took the character of an old
man, and made very successful actor Ii
/ is stated that he is negotiating for an en-
gagement i'll the above uompany for Mrs. +.
! {. Middleton.
Did you see Shadows of a Great City at
the Grand last night" said one citizen To
another on Market street. Nav" said the
other. ID" ye think Id pay To- SEE the >had-
ows of a great city. | went through Enon
on sunny day last week and saw all the
| shadows OF a great city | wanted tu for moth
| lag
| The great point "f rivalry between the
Grand and Blacks thi, year will be as To
who will bag Mary Anderson. if that fair
| divinity is bagEabe for one night stands this
SeaSon
| Miss Alice Haines, Young lady who for
erly lived at Clifton. near this city. is meet
| ing with great success a. missionary at
Ogden. Utah.
The midget babe of Mr.. and Mrs Frank
King, of this city. concerning which ~ much
has been written in the papers recently. is
now undergoing process of embalming in
the labratOry Of Professor Clarke. Of this
city. the wel-known inventor of new sys-
TEN ot emhalming. Directly after the
child'S funeral, its remains We're put in the
vault al the cemetery for Safe-keeping. The
parents We're afraid to have the remains
buried, since they knew that an army would
hardly suffice 10 protect them from
body snatchers. For this rea-
son, and also because they felt
that il was due Ia the interests OF sci
ence that their chiIG's body should be pre-
u.
Laughlin that he should have the child en-
balmed and keep it in a safe place where
they can have the satisfaction of seeing il
sometimes and knowing that it is safe
they had a horror Of its being stolen and
exhibited in some cheap museum. This
Dr. Mclaughlin consented Ia do. and
promptly put the remains i'll the hands of
Prof. Clarke for oremhaming. Under the pro-
cess used the child looks a. natural a. in
life, and it, flesh is becoming As hard as
ivory. In the proce>s no part of the body .
was removed. and il Is intact aS in life
The process is completed and the body i,
now driving in room maintained at a high
temperature. As thousands Of persons in .
the city have not Vet seen the midget DIR. /
Mclaughlin has consented Ia put it on ex-
hibition when the embalming i complete.
4 small admission Tee will be charged, the
proceeds of which will I've divided between
the WomcnS Benevolent Society. of this
city, and the parents Of the child. who are
not well of and who have been at grea,
expense with the child.
The midget l. pronounced To he the
smallest child Of complete CESSATION ever
born III Ohio, which lived any length of
time. Ii was born September 2lSt and died
December 2d, thus being three months old
al the time Of it, death. At lis birth il
weighed one pound and one ounce and
only Increased To one pound eight ounces
by the time of It's death. The child was a
granddaughter Of Prof. john ~.urrv. the
renowned musical genius of this CITY
Since embalmlnG. II il said tu look very
Natural and has beautiful smile ON its
Detective Halls, Of the |. B. Il W. Svs-
TEN. who arrested three railroad official, at
Green Springs last week ON the charge of
Systematically rObbng freight cars said: ,
For months this breaking the seals of cars
and pilfering their contents has been going
on. Cars would 90 the length of our road,
and at the end would be- found broken open ,
and robbed. The |. b. " W. pays thous- |
andS Of dollars year Ia make up these pill ,
tering>. For a long time We thought the ,
stealing was going on in the yard at Spring |
held, aud | several times got orders from ,
headquarters Ia 90 To Springfield and see if ;
could not find the gang who was doing |
the work. | am glad that our suspicious ,
against Springfield were unfounded. a
Whatever the faults of Hon John W. |
Bookwalter may be, a lack of generosity is a