Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-23

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enough votes tor an election. Mr.. Williams
has excellent chances of obtaining the posi-.
erion
| Mrs. X. A. Starkey, bright ornament OF
| Springfield musical circles, who has jus, re-
| turned from visit TO her old home in
England, gives glowing accounts Of the
wonderful music which she listened
to. She remained during her whole stay in
London. She attended the great Handel tes-
tva. where the Messiah was given on the
| grandest scale the world has ever witnessed
Hon. A. X. Ludlow made the remarkable
assertion 10 me the other day that be believes
that John II. Mclean, of the Cine innati En-
| quirer, will vote for Foraker and that Hal.
| stead won't.
| The Cleveland bicycle club turned out so
handsomely to attend the Ohio associations
meet here, aud the fancy riding of W. H.
Wnitmore, and the drilling of the Cleveland
| club attracted 50 much attention, that a
number Of the Springfield will probably 90 to
Cleveland next week to return the compli-
ment
| August q and 2S the Cleveland bicycle
| club will hold its annual race meeting, and il
| " certain to he the star meet OF the year OF
| the west. seventeen amateur and two pro
iessional races are on the programme tor the
| two days. The prices in cash and trophies
are valued at 81 500, and several hundred
prominent wheelmen, racing and otherwise.
| are expected here. Among the racing men
who will certainly be here are Hendee, Ills-
ton, Stone, Minigen, Hunter webb,r, Fra
zier, Prince, Dolph, Woodside Brooks,
| Nelson and others. The chief event Of local
interest will be a mile-race on the second
| day between champion John $. Prince and
Asa Dnlph, tie coming champion. II will be
| tor $3.50, PIince COnceding Dolph 10 yards
start. The professional race OF the first day
| will probably be one-mile handicap, in
which Prince Dolph, Wo d.ide Brooks,
Nelson and Frieberg are likely to start. Al
ready there are twenty amateur entries, and
| OF them seventeen are known to be able 10
wheel a mile in three minutes or better. The
entries close August 20, and the events and
| prizes are as follows:
Among the novelties at the Cleveland club
races will be tandem tricycle. race, the first
ever run in the w,st
Ned Lsndy, the fast rider OF the Cincinnati
I club, at Cleveland, is 10 train on the Athletic
\ park for the races. He was last years wiun,r
of the three-mle l.. A. W championship
The prizes, consisting Of numerous gold
| medals, are very handsome.
The ''hoky pokey" men have become al
most as common on the Springfield streets as
| their prototypes the wiener wurst men, and
their sill small cries are heard all day and
| most OF the night, and yet there are thou
sands OF the good public who have no more
| idea of what "hoky poky" is than OF the
| cuneiorm inscriptions OF WIneoeb. "Hoky
poky' is little bricks Of ice cream, wrapped
in white paper, and sold at 3 cents a brick.
| The man carries the little bars ia a box ar
| ranged Ike an ice cream cooler. When ycu
| buy one be takes it from the box and tells
| you to eat it quick, or it will melt. 1t is the
| cheapest and most convenient form Of eating
| ice cream without loss Of time.
"lou would never think that J. Gordon
| Bennett started the first newspaper he ever
| owned in that old building. would you?"
| asked Spriughelder of an Urbana acquain.-
| ance, at the same time pointing out an old
business block on Main street.
"Wcll, | should say | would not" said the
Urbanian with tremendous show of interest
"Well' said the Sprngfelder, "you are
right be didn't" They Immediately COM
mltted crime against prohibition principles
The lightning gave the boys an informal
electric display OF fireworks during the storm
FRIDAY night Some Of the discharges burned
the switchboard at the Western Union in
gpN tla arI ,ln Il
peded the crowd OF messenger boys like a
flock OF sheep.
Cerberus. the boss canine of mytbolopv b,d
three heads. The cerberus which is getting
the Springfield counclmen down has also
three heads, viz: the gas problem, the water
problem and the police problem. The mem
6ers OF council ofIen wake up nights and find
this three headed cerebus garing at them.
had long talk with Dr.. Leonard Friday
on the prohibition canvass. He says that he
understands that the newspapers IRE endeav-
or'ng 10 force him from the path OF his duty,
but says his canvass will not be over until the
sun goes down on the 18th Of October
Among other things he said:
~ nave nothing to say on the subject OF
| The charges OF drinking brought against me
Just at present. said he. "My physician who
treated me during my illness on Walnut Hills
is fortunately still living and can bear tes,i-
mony ia the matter. He has prepared a state
rent Gu the subject which will forever dis.
pose OF the charges of champagne drinking
ort ught against me, and will set me right in
the eyes Of the people Of Ohio"
"iow about the story that you drank old
ale at camp meeting?"
= nave nothing to say in regard to that.
was the reply. "The time may come when |
Will make statement in regard to tba,
charge, but at present prefer to remain si-
lent AS ! would weaken my cause by saying
anything Just now. In reg. I'd to nv alb
sence from my congregation, the fact is
nave only been absent from my pulpit one
Sunday the whole season, while most pastors
have had lengthy vacations. Our PRAYER
meetings at Center street are among the best at
tended and most heart |, in the city. Last win
yer we had series ofrevivsls lasting ten weeks.
meet with persecution 10 every form. In
many places the bills announcing the pyobi.
oiuon meetings are torn down. At Alliance
the bills were three times torn down. The
only way we can get bill to stay is by put
ting 1t inside window. This shows a great
er interest in prohibition than was ever be-
tore known 10 Ohio"
DR.. Leonard looks very pale from the
effects OF his great double lab1rs ! predict
that he will never be able to 20 through the
canvass and attend to his pastoral duties he
sides. His health will surely break. "If
'here 10 a joilier, heartier, happier man than
! am anywhere in Ohio should like to be
introduced to him." said he to me, but his
nervous air and pale countenance bore tes,i-