Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-15
RAMBLER'S NOTE BOOK,
Walks AND TALKS ABOUT raB
CITY.

CIrY.
oathered ana Compiled by One Whs
Keeps Ears and Eyes Open for the Ben
GIFT Of Springfield Readers-Magn,fcen
Array OF Democratic TaIsnt-Iudustria
Progress OF sprin inSfieid-Musical, Social
Political and Artistic Notes.
The topic Of greatest local interest now
before the people of Springfield is the prob.
able ticket which will be put into the field
for the spring campaign by the Democrats
Many persons have wondered why the polit-
icai cauidron has not begun to boil and the
music to play. The plain fact of the matter
Is that the fight cannot begin in earnest un-
I'll the Democrats show their hand and all the
nominations are before the people. As soon
as this is done the battle wsl be on, and one
OF the hottest political contest. ever known
in this city will commence. As soon as the
Depocratic nominations are in the field, a
Democratic daily paper will probably be
started, to be paid for by subscription raised
BY the candidates and prominent Democrats.
The paper will be a small patent-inside affair,
issued from the Transcript office.
Mr.. Ross, OF Fulton, N Y, who is moving
his paper-mill machinery factory here, is put
ting through his building operations with
great energy. The frozen condition of the
ground threatened to delay the laying of the
foundations for the new factory for some
time. This is obviated By the use of dynam-
lite cartridges, however. Holes are drilled in
the ground to the depth of three feet, and
the cartridge put in and exploded. Each
explosion throws out about cart load
OF dirt, and the system facilitates matters
very much. As soon as the factory is up, work
will commence immediately. The main por-
ton of the work will be done in the steel
works, which has been leased to Mr.. Ross. 1t
is possible that the factory may be erected and
In running order by April Is. From sixty
to one hundred men will be employed. Mr.
Ross has fine trade in paper-miIl machinery,
and the location of his factory here makes an
important addition TO the Interests OF the
city. Mr.. Ross had proposals from dozens OF
places for the location of bis shop, but very
wisely chose Springfield from them. Cedar
vile, our plucky little neighbor, for instance,
offered him all the land required for the build
ing of factories, and offered to loan any
amount of money required at three per cent.
interest.
Mr.. F. W. Whitley, of this city, says the
item in the Sandusky Local which announced
that be was in Sandusky purchasing lumber
for new $4,000 rink, to be erected here
shortly, was mistake. He knows of no pro-
ject ior building new rink in this city. The
fact is that Springfield has all she can do to
support the one rink, let alone building an
other. The new rink referred TO above is to
be built in Columbus.
A man named Cone was blown to pieces in
Kansas recently, in a gunpowder explosion.
The only cheerful circumstance connected
with the affair was that none of the local pa
pers remarked that he ca ne down in Comic |
sections.
A colored man, with feet like hams, went |
into Main street shoe store the other day
and asked to look at boots. The clerk, after
sizing up his customer, said: I'VE can Just fit
you. We've just got in fifteen cases of ISIS
from New York. "Whstl" yelled the Gus
toner, "l5's. Walking Jerichol Do you take |
me for q cen,ipede? | only wear l2's."
Captain P. Folkerth, of Camden, O., visited |
friends in this city last week. Captain Fol-
kerth will be candidate for Board of Public |
Works before the State Republican conven- |
ton next summer. He is q getleman well |
and favorably known throughout the State.
party Of gentlemen were discussing the |
civil rights bill last week, and Deuwell's fail
ure to secure a verdict under it, at is |
strange" said one OF the party, "to what |
lengths the prejudice against the colored pee
pie carries some people. Why, there is a
well known real estate owner in the West
End who sells great Dany lots, who puts
provision in many of the deeds that the lots
shall never be resold to citizens of African
descent"
An exchange says: Uncle Abe Ludlow
has declined the nomination for Mayor on the
Prohibition ticket at Springfield, o. 1.-The
cider mills Of the Gods grind SLOW" WHAT
does this mean, any way?
1t is said that Mr.. Billy Clifford, he OF the
blond mustacbios, the genial and accommo-
dating private secretary of Mayor Constan-
tine, is wrestling with the French language
preparatory to accepting the mission to
France.
A Springfield girl recently gave her dude
admirer the gag, when be called arrsyed with
new huge white standing collar, that the
collar reminded her of new white-washed
fence around lunatic asylum
For several weeks before every city conven-
ton there is very general discussion of all
the candidates who can possibly come up be-
fore it. The whole city is turned into high
informal convention and the material offered
from which the ticket is to be made up, is
knesded aad worked and regarded in every
possible light. Under this process the candi-
dates are finally narrowed down to a few for
each Office. which finally come before the
convention. cornered q well posted politi-
clan the other day and got him to reel off