Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-06
RANBLER'S NOTE BOOK.
Gleanings from the Weeks Harvest OF
News.
Musical NoI">-A Springfield star rh.
Mid et-l7 rank i"amsn'> kw fuI Death
-pr- Leonard A. "a Church Debt
RAi>"r-G General Notes.

The Trotting Park Association after IN
successfully lighting the injunction suit OF
the Clark County Agricultural S"cir,y. to
restrain them from violating the terms #
the lease. passed resolution at their meet
ing Nov. int'. Ia cancel the lease by giving
s!N months notice In writing Of their imtrn-
tion Ia do 80. which was their only remedy
under the term, of the lease. This action
removes a crra; burden from the Trottng
Park Association. since in order To- make
the annual expenditures of keeping Up the
grounds. rent. ctc., they We're forced To
violate. tn" terms ut the least, by SuhIetting
the grounds for various outside purposes
We are soon Ia have three performances
Of Shadows "t Great Cul" New
lurk' Al the Grand, followed by tour per
fnruauCe> nf tn" ''>tTtS't~ "f New York. "
at Blacks opera house. II this sort of
thing Keeps up. nUr people will Snon know
more about New York than Springfield.
The able and rntcrprsing manager will
probably s"on begin importing New York
in sections for exhibition.
II a Springfield man lives long enough he
j. sure 10 br promoted in some way or
other. In his Springfield letters 10 the
Commercial Gazette some time since. Fred.
ID. NUZzy. Of that Journal. constantly Te-
terTed I" Capt Bushnell as General Bush
neil The u>e of the title seems Ia have
been prophetic. The captain will hereafter
De- known aS General Bu>hnell. since his
appointment as quartermaster general.
General h-ifer has been sending out Il CN.-
clone of public documents 10 constituent,
this week. Some of the volumes are of
the rareSt value and interest. They range
in size from the small volume giving de-
tailed account OF the dedication of the
Washington monument, with the great ora
ton Of Winthrop on that occasion. to the
mammoth volumes on ethnOlogy and the
complete geological survey Of the United
States which is larger than Wehster'> Tn
abridged Dictionary, and i hllrd
with the the finest photographic
plates ii geological specimens. The
work on ethnnluEy i cmbelli>hrd
with some of the finest colur-d photographic
plates ever produced in thi, country. MANY
OF these plates illustrate the modes ot
manufacturing cloth by the Indians. speci-
mems of their blankets, idols. pipes. ctc.
The texture of the cloth is eNquistely
initiated in the colored plates that one is
tempted 10 feel the surface 10 see if il is
NOT real cloth.
4 prominent citizen handed me the fol-
lowing communication yesterday:
Il am strongly opposed to building
hospital on the site OF the old Columbia
street cemetery. With the sick the aS>o-
Citations Of place are stronger than most
persons are aware of. What q train of
gloomy associations would throng through
the morbid brain of patient when he Tc-
meUIbrrcd the hundreds of persons who
had been borne To their last resting place
in the very ground beneath his feet. Could
any imaginative person, knowing the his
tory of the place. sleep quietly and peace
fully in a hospital built on such a site?
When the patrol wagon ratified him there
he would feel ~ if he was being
carried to his last resting place. To the
SUperSttiOuS the site Of j cemetery Is al
ways full Of nameless terrors. as they i'm
agine that the ghosts of those who We're
buried there still hover near. No, Let US
build schold house, or a church. or man
ufaCtOry there-but hospital. never
The above view may strike the average
reader a. far-fetched. but there may be
something in it after all.
The large portrait of Gen. Mason, which
i the chief ornament of the public library.
Will soon Ice thoroughly cleaned and var
ni>hed. 1t is ia an excellent light" said
the artist. but should be hung lower: there
would be no danger of anyone falling
against II and breaking the canvas; YOU
could run and jump against that canvas
without breaking il"
4 little toy coffin, doll-size, Law on the
altar OF North street church Une afternoon
last week. containing all that was mortal OF
the smallest baby ever born IN ohio-the
midget child of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank King.
The church was den>ely crowded and a long
line extended out into the street. There is i
strong belief that the life Of the midget
could have been preserved, if the room III
which il was kept had not been maintained
at 50 warm atemperature- WAS constant.
kept al tropical heat-and If the child had
been watched night and day. There was q
strong movement after its death towards
having the body of the child permanent!
emhalmed and kept a. a scientific curiosity
Il i said that DTS. Russell and Mclaughlin
offered th, parents a handsome sum for th'
remains for this purpose This should 10y