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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24
Sale Of a Bond,

CEALED PROPOSALS for the sale of one
- bond, of the denomination Of 500, Of the
Mount Olive Free Turnpike No. 33, will be re-
Ceived at the Office of the County Auditor in
Hlllsboro, Ohio until Tuesday, the 1st day Of
April, 1885, at l o'clock p. m. Said bond is
dated the 1st day Of April, 1885, and bears in
terest at the rate of six per cent, payable semi
annually, and il issued by authority of Section
4SOs of the Revised Statutes Of Ohio for 1880,
page 1l78, and acts amendatory thereto, and is
described as follows
No. 81 for 800, and having coupons attach
ed as follows
No. for $3.50, due LIST of Sept, 1886.
No. for 800, due 1st of March, 1887
No. for 800, due 1st of Sept, 1887.
No. for co., due 1st Of March, 1888.
No for 800, due 1st Of Sept, 1888, and
six months interest due with bond 1st day OF
March, 1889.
Said bond will be sold to the highest bidder,
and fuF not less than the face thereof with any
interest that may have accrued thereon, and
the privilege is hereby rCGc. ed Of rejecting
any or all bids.
j. W. B. AYREs,
+. NJ. MICHAEL,
J. W. Polk,
Commissioners Of the Mount Olive Free Turn
pike No. SO. 1913
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Sick Headache. Thousands who have
suffered intensely with sick headache say that
HOod'H garsaparia has completely cured
them. One gentleman thus relieved writes
"Hood's sar5aparilIa is worth it's weight IN
gold" Reader, II You are sufferer with sick
headache, give Hoods Sarsaparilla trial, lt
win do you positive good Made by q. l.
Hood X Co.. Lowell, Mas. Sold by All drug
cists. 100 Doses One Dollar. up
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TRAMP PRINTER
Among Ghosts and Hob
gOblins.
Being a Choice Collection of
Little Tales Of the IN
known and Unknow-
able.
IntrOductOry-The EarIs Fancy
The Black Dog Followed
Him-OnIy a Nightmare
A Strange, True Story
"A Parting Wall.
After All, What Fools These 7rortars Be,

Mr.. EDTOR-OnCe upon a time-that
is sometime ago. said something in
one of my letters about a chapter on
the superstitious and mythical.
Right here I may say that those who
remember the promise and expect some
thing after the manner of a scientific
essay upon causes and effects will be dis
appointed. shall tell but a few simple
(yet thoroughly reliable) anecdotes,
which, though they may learn you
nothing, may serve to interest and en-
tertain you for a little while. I base my
belief of this upon the well-known fact
that superstition is so innate on human
ity that a ghost story or any narrative
Of the sort is always read or listened to
with eagerness, and while we who pride
ourselves upon our intelligence and en-
lightenment will disown any belief or
even vague fear of the unexplainable.
we start at an unusual noise in the still
hours Of night, or go out in the mud to
avoid passing under a ladder You
would become angry should any one
charge you with a fear of bad omens,
and then perhaps walk a block out OF
your way rather than have an innocent
black pussy cross the path in front OF
you. You laugh at the silly doctrines
of the heather Buddha or stories OF
African voudous, and then lay awake all
night with fear, when you hear that
strange and unaccountabe noises are
heard in the old vacant house across the
way and when it is dark and gloomy
and the cedars sigh and moan in the
wierd breezes of midnight, the old, yell
low, moss-cOvered grave-stone never
loses it's power to frighten you. You
don't intend to be frightened at these
things, but superstition-which has
more things to answer for than is hall
suspected in this day and age-is hart
to root out Of human nature. Enlight.
ment and reason (the age Of reason is
only dawning) have shattered the belief
in these vagaries, but it will be ages be-
fore they will be totally eradicated from
human nature.
But meant to tell some stories.
have heard so many that 1 think will
bear reproduction that I must begin al
once. Here goes:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

I take pleasure in saying that have had no
return OF rheumatism since taking Athlopho-
ROB in May. 1888. I have recommended IL
frequently and generally with good result, as
others will attest its efficiency. Josiah White,
New Paris o. hC
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

SCHOOL Reports 25 cents per 100 a ths,
~ NEWS OFFICE.
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TUITION'-Ten weeks, payable in advance,
$1,000.
Good table board, in clubs, per week,
Sl.50 to 81 90.
Well furnished rooms, two in a room, for
each pupil, per week, 10 to so cents.
Board in private families at reasonable
rates.
Total expense as low as at any other SINH
lar school.
Pupils can enter at any time during the
term by paying from the time Of admission
TIL the close Of the session.
For particulars address the Principal,
ISAAC MITCHELL,
sup't Public Schools,
GEORGETOWN, o.
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Glasses in the Common Branches, also
Algebra, Theory and Practice OF Teach
ing, Rhetoric, Physiology, Geology, BOta-
ny, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Music,
Bookkeeping, Latin, etc.
Teachers OF established reputation and
them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

Once upon a time, when the monied
men of the eastern hemisphere were be-
ginning to find out how well it paid to
invest some of their stray change in the
frontier lands of "the States," there
sailed from Scotland a young man of
high birth-we will call him Lord Dun
raven-who, in due time arrived upon a
big tract of land he had purchased in
beautiful Colorado. The Scotch, with
their wealth OF folklore, have many
strange traditions, and the young lord
lived to see the sparcely settled territory
become a prosperous State, and still re-
tanned, among many other legends, the
belief in a certain warning OF approach
ing death in his family. One day as he
sat in his apartments in Denver, he
said he heard the rolling of drums in
the clouds. No reasoning could cor
vince him that he heard them not, and
he could not be laughed out of his
belief. "Some one of my kinsmen is
dead, " he said, "for it has been for ages
that when one of our family dies, the
others, wherever they are, are warned
| by the roll of drums in the air, and the
Scot sadly awaited the news that he
doubted not would come. Sure enougl
the word soon came that the elder laird
had passed away, and the younger, Will,
he mourned, said, "didn't tellyou SOP
Now that story sounds foolish, don
lit? Yet at the time it occurred an ac
count of it was published in the Denve
papers, and the story was also told me
by a prominent citizen of that city, VINO
while he of course, didn't hear the drum
himself, asserted that it was reporte,
and talked of in the city at the TIM
with no little interest.
THE DOG FOLLOWED uDI.
There are lots and lots of people VIII
attribute a warning of death or mislor
tune to the barking of dog when ther
is no visible cause therefor. L have
friend, a very intimate friend, who ha
sense enough to know better, but VIII
believes in that particular omen with
fervor worthy a better creed. Twill tel
you what he told me
! When he was younger than he is now
he worked in a big nail mandatory q
Steubenville, this State-I believe h
said-together with many others. On
of bis companions was out late ON
night, and when he went home he wa
followed by a big, black dog. When h
turned to speak to the animal it stoppe
. ] and when he tried to approach it tn
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

Vtaa Baby wa sick, We gave her oaatoTia,
Whaa uhs vas Ctnd, she cried for CastOria
Wt-l ths bsea-s lLIal she olung TO Caatorih,
Wh.a shshnl ChHdr,u, she gave them ca5toria
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

Commissioners Of the Mount Olive Free Tur
pike No. 93. 1913
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24

Dose a General Banking and HBehange
Business.
jul122y1
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-03-24
JOHN A. COLLINS
@. II. COLLINS.
COLLTNs & COLLINS,

! ATTORNE AT Law,
HILLSBORO, OHIO.
! OFFICE-ROOms / and Smith Block cor
/ ner Main and High streets A Notary Public
/ in office marA
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-11-16

grieferro M a n-unb fein gns
be! 9ie &eibe ber xfibelen Glbfer" 1T
mod ui6t gef@lofen; nur bab fid tn
benz v0au5e bes Germ, uel9es mir
beute f9iIbern polen, bas Romif9e ets
mas al3ufebr nit benz Sragif9en bers
mengt. Mm Is. b., 70 meIbet man
aus @ort, pertpunbete ber 37idbrtse
prieffer pasquale 6praeuia In Sieuz
llama bic 18idbrige Mira groce bur6
einen Ool9foB. Sas Mdb9en mar
Wonne bon ergDngregatton Der nGiglie
bi Maria" unb f9enfte TIRE @unft eli
mem iungen Meperenben berielben @ons
gregation, Der i'm &Ioiter bas Nmt beg
8ei1tbaters perfab. Sn3mii9en mari
elm 3tneiter priefer-eben BET obenses
nannte Dpn Spracufa-fein Nuge auf
bic bibl9e Nonne urb es gelang Tim
ibn ber Sbat, Mira benz erften @eliebs
ten abipenfig llnb fi6 9eneigt au mas
den. Ser treulos b~etla0ene 6err &os
frater-boq Sebnfu9t mad ben 3drts
li@feiten Der rfrommen Magb"-brobte
nun feinem 8ei9ttinbe, ben garaet
Sfanbal an bic groBe @lode gu bdngen,
falls Mira ni1t in feline Nrme aurids
tebrte. l1no 10 gei9ab es-Wtira paro
tpieber bic @eliebte beg v&eberenben".
Das Weitere-bie 0enbetta" beg pater
@pracuia = mar bas natirli9e grgebs
nib Der Metamorpboie. unb 0a be-
bauptet man nod, Dab binter Sdleier
unb 2loftermauern lie poefie gu
gnbe fell
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sic . @ e.

Die @abIaufreeuag bat i9 nun
mittlerueile i'm ganaen 2anoe geIest,
aber benno6 merben nod INNER lbers
raf6enoe @i~n3elbeiten befannt, Del6e
bic amtli6e 3dblung gu Sage gefDrbert
bat. Sas unbermutbet ffarfe Nnf6mele
len bes Mrbeiters 8otums lenfte bic Nufs
merffamfeit gang BON elmer anbsren
partei ab-iebt Der bierten-, bic ebenz
falls BET Der Mabl bonn 2. Nobember
ni6t unbetrd@tli9e Siege baoongetra=
gen bat. Na9febenbe Isabelle aeigt,
oaB fi6 bas grobibitionsbotum felt Der
Mabl bpm Sabre 1884 In eiuer gan3en
Reibe bon Staaten erbebli9 permebrt,
berboppelt unb lit Dem 6eutf9en Staate
WiscDn5ir fDaur berbretfQ1t bat:
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mm. 0BHfua & gpbu.

l1nfere 9auptnabrung 1T unb bleibt
bas Gleii9, unb um iol@es frif9 uno
a1t au e%rlangen, fant1 mla1 unrnbglt9
einen superldffgeren Marft finoen, als
ben BON Wm. 9bfing & Sobn, 9fo.
511 Mpe. s. Die 9errett baben benz
@ef9mad ibrer &uaben 3e9aurg ges
traqen unb In ibrem @tablifement etre
falfe 2uftmaf6ine erriGtet, tpel9e alen
Mnforberungen fir @rbaltung urb @nt.
fernung f6dblider Snsrebienaeft bes
5leii9es entfpri@t. Sic baben beftd1s
Big in ibren gtebb6fen einen groBer
8orratb bon Waffpieb, aus tpel9em
rtur bas Bette fir ibre Gunoen getpdblt
tpiro. Wer reel bebient feiu mill, BET
belu9e ben Marft, No. oil
MDenue@ g.. 1,10t1t
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6. s.. MuQer.

2O5 % 6, ommerceftrab e,
bGlt elm groBes unb iebr gemdbltes Sas
ger BON Sapeten, &ouleaur,
BiIberrabmen unb Gettt en-,
unb ferner neben 3ei6nensM aterialiert
auer DIRT, Garben unb Infret=
der : Matertalten %befonoers
s Summers fertig gem d e
Iarbeu, bic beften unb biltgiten i'm
Marfte, bi. unter boiler @arantie per=
fault perben. s t t. unb Sptes
aeiqIas unb anbere in biefes Sad
idIaaen6e Nrtitel; moriu 9err Mhler
bas gr6Bte Eager i'm Weifen bes Staa'
tes bat. Muftrdge aug benz 2anbe nerz
ben prompt ausgeflbrt.
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shmetdelbafte sctritseretem

fnb Anerfennunsen bss groBeu Wers
Ties unb ber @or5ielidteit ber d9ten
Mr3nei, aber fie finb sefdbrli6 unb u1s
bortbeiLbaft fiir ben 2oniumente1 unb
entfittIidenb fur ben 9dnbler. Wenn
ettpas Mnoeres aIs bahelbe empfoblen
tpirb ober aIs serabe 10 gut, bann be-
oenfe, baB bas sei6iebt, bamit 9u ben
poIen preis fur cine pertblofe Waare
be3ablet, mel6e benz 9dnbIer elm Bier
tel bes bon s. $. 3eiltn & So. mill
ienf9aftIi9 unb forgiam bereitetert
SimmDnsQ iber Regulator
cine allyemein fit unberglei6Ii6 atters
fannie Nr5nei foiiet.
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BUR Nfptis fir 0erfiherte

Som 1. Nopember 1886 an merben
ale Jeuers8 erftderungs poltcen nut
mad @~iu3abluns Der prdmien in cash
abgeliefert.
Gannie s. GIoriau, &.W.2ap& Co.,
%. 81. Bonpnse, u. Mone,
Smith & g., 5ran3 @lmenbnrf,
81. ". Ooung, Sbos. 5. 8raop,
Ngenten.
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Waiter Matter aantt,

Matter Mi1ttet Mmtter :!
Werbet Sbr bee Nadts set6rt werDen
unb in Gurer 6ube unterbroden burd cas
5dreien zines franten &inbes, peldes
59mer3en BON Gurdbreden Der i3dhne
leioet? ST es Der Sal, 70 fault eine 6lai4e
pon Wirs. WinslDms Spptbtns Sprup.
@r miro ben artten aleinen iofort BON fei<
men @dmer3en befreien. Wan perlafe fi&
barauf es bilft. @s 1T feline Wutter auf
@rbeu, bic es berluhte unb Gud nidt uaits
tbeilen wirbe, bag es BITE @inseweioe res
sulirt, ben Rleinen 9alfe nnb @eiunsbeit
unb Der Wutter 8uhe peridaft, baB eS
ME 3auber mirft. Das Mittsl 1T Rder in
allen Talen unb ansenebut BON @eidmad;
es mirb bon elmer Der dlteifen unb beifen
Dpctcrinnen in ben Ser. Staaten pers
fdrieben. ueberall gu baben, bic Slaf4e
30 rs Gents.
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Mmfreanma tn Iexae.

@ro6e aufresuus purbe in Der llmseseno
bon Haris, 1eras, burd bic @enefnne hes Srn.
s. 6. gorIeb berborsernfen. Derfelbe tpar 10
bilaos. ba6 er f6 I'M Bette nidt berum3ubres
bsn. ODER nrr ben aopf gu beben bermodte. See
hermann slaub,e, baB CT on Der aus3ebruns
ferbe. Cine #robeaai@e bon 81. Sings BEN
Diseoberb uuroe ibm sefdidt. pie burd fibite
ct iid sefrdftist unb faufte cine srobe Glaide
unb cine Sda@tel bon Or. Sings Stem eife
@ias, nnb nadoem er ttuei Glafden baron elm.
geno sm men batte, mar er seiunb unb bate Sc
Rfunb an GIeif6 g~etponnen.
@ratis. grObeFaiden bel u Dreis. @robe
1Iafheu 81.
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= Bet SeFerone i'm fran36fi9e1
Department Der Inter- Wlpen ereignete
ii9 elm fur9tbarer @iienbabnsl lnfaq.
Cine Interchangeable GeIienmanb ftiiiate
elm, als ein 3ug orunter binmeefubr.
Der 3ug tDurbe 3ertrtmmert unb
Z Wenf9en tarnen babel um's 2eben.
gtpa 20 tpurben i9mer DerleBt.
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81 &tuna!

q. 8. Tor & Co., $50. 266 Cont
u1eree @trabe, petfaufen bic feinIten
6errn= unb 9amen : Mobepaaren, TO-
tpie @9ube unb &leiber gu erflaunli9
binigen preifen. I'm sefdaigen Beiu9
tpir6 aebeten. 81, 9,tum6M
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Nhptparapbien.

Sie neuefte Mooe BON pbotograpbien
1T bas fogenannte Scroll Pboto" in
@auamaps @alIerie. 9ahelbe tpirb bonn
Drof. @ibion, frlber In Chicago, ange=
fertigt. Derielbe 1T Der BETTE &etou6eur,
Der ie In @an Nntonio tpar. Alb Sfs
6Du1tDnftraBe.
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Qpuiiiaua @tate 2otterp 81

2ouil iaua 9tate 2otterp So.
9isfes SnHitut puroe I'M Sabre 1858 fiji,
Graiebunss. unD 8obltbdtisfeits 3pede bon
Der Staatslesislatur fir ben 3eitraum bon
fanfunbapanais Sabren sefesIid intorporirt
nit einem aapital bon 81, ooo, 200, gu meldem
fe 1eitber einen Referbefoub bon $55O,0OO BIN.
auseflat bat. Durd eth Neutrality-suspicious.
Sotum purbeu ibre Redte Elm 9beil Der gesea.
t~pdrtiseu Sta~atseonfitution, ansenommsn an,
2. December 1879.
SIRE sroben 8iebuneen bou einaeI.
men Mummern fnben monatlid ffatt.
Miemals mirb eine .Siebune berfdoben. Mau
lefe na@folsenben @lan.
MuBerOrbentlta pierteliabrltae 3te>
bang
In Der Neabemt Of Mufc, Stem Srleans,
Dienfag ben IA. December 1886.
100000 Sidets gu $40 iebes.
Salbe S.. 6anftel 81. 3ehntel 81.
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Wete @aarem! Wctte @aaren!
q m @inbereIIaG d z6tpre,
Exo Gou4onffrnbe G, Sin Il

Ode 6~ouitonifraBe & Mbe. s.
6err Baum bonn Cinderella Sdubs
fore bat bic 6ftli1en Mdrfte befu@t'
unb einen i6errai6enb rei@baltigen
8orratb bon SGubeu fiir 9ameu uno
2inber, fowie fiir perre1 eingefauft.
Die Waaren Rnb por3iigli6: oauerbaft
unb febr p%reispirbtg. Sebe Jamilie
fpIte es fi6 sur 4ufgabe MAIDEN, ibren
8ebarf an S@ub5eug i'm @tnbez
Store su faufen. Mlfo per=
gebt ni6t ben
Cinderella S6ubsStore.
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= Das grbBte Eager bon @etuebrs
unb &epolpersp atrorei1 unb 9iilfen bet
piper & S9uItbeB.
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erfmlaNte Gsaseaseins,
#rauke fiber

EsrfdslaHtr Gtsgrsuftns,
3.ransse FIBER
unb 5aAalarta.
q,,a biesen ilrIaaen enftcben Eretpiertel aner
eronfteiten tes Meni9enseiGleHtss S1lgenDe
gpnlptDme seissn beren Gaistn an: st22ei s,ssI-
feff. GnGieibtafeif mad cert @fety a1pmets
easse eesem fSrpsrItdbe eces est ane @as
EE~asss.Srrssff ses Ss~tmperontents, seoraGte
Sfimssssa, eits @efabI aIs babe itatt trgstto
cine @itid,f pcrsGnrst. Gatvtnoel, SessI.os
S5sx. @6nftdbeu nos ben esetgsty eutttet9es
fSrbfefs ifria, 'eatsIi65e o erTopfMmg,z
saD s~rfotbsrli Is aaiSsabns Sc sia ss Ss ssrassiIni fss
EaSsn s,sft,S MiHem rtdt tires @lei6en. Shre
Gsirfnna anf Mieren unb Saat 1T ebsnfaag prompt,
inbsm lie aIe 1lnreinheiten burdb Dteie crss . .asass
snnbe Merbcuuna, reslmaBtsen Gtnblsang, iare
Sauf pnb sinea ~traftissn &Drper eerlteaen: Sttats
@fuett reruriaher lDeber Stel ppsr Se!pl9ns'oen,
ned fmb fe Rbrenb Bet Der thgltAen Serufsarpett INN
fnb Elm orfubftme8
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2.e79 i'm Betrase bon $522,5oo
W anfrasen fir Meenten, iopie @atep
fIr Clubs f6nnen nur In Der Office tn Nep
Orleans sema4t tuerben.
Bese ndberer amstunft f6retbe man Dentitd
BITE ganse aorefe.
Man idide @elb bur@ Bofal Wo'
Grpreb Mcneh Orber, Nep Oorf
Wsdiel umf Nen Srleaas.
Briefe nit @urrencb unberanbert per @rpreb
gDir aablen @rprebfofen.
81. u. Daupttn,
seip Orleans, Go.
Mam abreffre resiFrhte 8riefe uno feGs
g. s. Moues Srbres ass auf bic Stem Orleans
Mational SAINT, Stein Orleaas, 2a.
@tmarb WDore, Msent,
221 Meeania Strabe, Sam amtonio, Seras
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-12
THE CARPENTERS GIVE UP.
And the Strike is Virtually 0ver--
The Plumbers Alone Stay Ont.

And the Strike is Virtually over.
The Plumbers Alone Stay Ont.
The carpenters strike is over, and most
of the men have returned to work, or at
least all who found their old positions still
open to them. Carpenters and JoinerS'
Union No. 81 at Monday nights meeting
took action releasing the men from any
obligation to remain out longer. thus vir-
tually declaring the strike at an end. The
men go back to work ten hours at wages
averaging % cents an hour, as formerly.
Considerable disappointment is felt at the
result in labor circles, but there is
no question as to the wisdom of
the action in view of the present circum-
stances. The contractors refused to either
grant the demands or to come to compro-
mise. The effect of the strike if continued
longer would have been disastrous to bust
ness and building interests, and the men
evidently prefer pOStpOning the inevitable
struggle for a reduction of the hours of
labor to a later date. By next spring the
organization of the carpenters will be much
more complete and will then. it is claimed,
be practically irresistible. The strike,
which lasted for ten days, embraced over
500 men and at no time has there been the
slightest deviation on their part from re-
spectful and dignifed attitude.
CONVICT LABOR AGAIN.
The organized workingmen are highly
indignant to find that the contract for cut
stone for the Minneapolis postoffice,
awarded to Kimball 81 Co. has been sub-let
to the convict labor syndicate of Joliet, Ill.
1t is denied that the treasury department
could not take cognizance of any sub-con-
tracts, as it is claimed that a clause in the
contract specifically stated that sub-con-
tract must be first approved by the proper
government authorities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-12
DISCUSSING THE VERDICT,
The Victims are Injured, Brackett
Relieved and the Public Content.

The gossip of the city Yesterday was the
verdict of the coroner's jury on the Brack-
EFT block disaster. Public opinion was di-
vided on the question of condemning In
spector Pardee, but very generally con-
Cured in the verdict in so far as Architect
Orff and Carpenter Putnam were con-
cerned. 1t is maintained by many that it
is the business of the building inspector to
provide against just such accidents as this
and it he does not, his Office might as well
be vacated. If he had carried out Mr..
Brackets suggestion and procured an in
junction, whatever the result was he (Par-
dee) would have been indicated. On the
other hand, it is claimed the ordin-
ance was faulty and did not sustain
the position that Pardee took and
that he could not have procured Brackets
arrest under it. There are many who
severely censure Aid. johnson, the Trainer
of the ordinance, by whose advice Mr..
Bracket went ON with the work, against
the advice of Pardee. Not q few are also
inclined to doubt the justice of a verdict
which failed to include Mr.. Bracket. who
was not without responsibility at all times.
Architect Orff denounceS the verdict in
unmeasured terms and says it might as
well send him to states prison. He claims
the testimony all went to show the false
work was abundantly able to stand the
strain to be put upon it, and it was not his
fault if Putnam, the carpenter, did not fol-
low his plans. He evidently thinks. too,
that when his testimony and that of Larkin
and Seeber confiicted, he should be given
the preference of evidence.
Building Inspector Pardee intimates that
he will have something to say before this
matter is finished. He pronounces the ver-
diet an outrage and would like to know
upon what grounds he can possibly be held
accountable.
George A. Bracket, of course, feels re-
lieved and gratitied at the eXoneration he
received and believes the jury dealt fully
and fairly with the case. He expresses
great sympathy for Orff and will continue
him as architect of the building.
Carpenter Putnam regards himself as the
sacriticial lamb. because ''they had to put
the blame on somebody" He holds him
self entirely innocent of blame.
This morning the special council commit
tee will devote itself to the case. with spe-
cial reference to Inspector Pardee's share
in the affair."