Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-26

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other relief the court considers due her
She AYERS that Weigle has been producing
the play in Columbus, Dayton and othe
Ohio cities, and that he had no right to d
| so without permission, since MuscrOft copy
righted the original In 1867, and the 0ni
revision in TO-"
How is this? An exchange says: 9Th
inventor OF the two wheel grain drill
which is In such general use tbroughou
the west. died not long ago In a poo
house"
The manufacturers of grain drills seem h
be the ones who get rich, at least in thi
part of the country. However, it is yer,
doubtful whether the above Item Is true
Great inventors dying In the poor house
has become as much of a chestnut q
"Washington's body servant items. Th
inventor of the paper collar has died in ev
cry poor house from Maine to Californii
during the past few months, and still die
every few weeks-always In the poor house
1t Is the same way with the inve utors O
other useful articles. Newspaper para
graphers seem to take fiendish delie ht II
describing them as wretched paupers
breathing their last In the poor house
while the manufacturers of their inven
tiu Is are rolling in wealth. Half the tlmt
there is no truth in It.
Mr.. Prugh tells me that he was q good
deal disappointed at the way the Peoples
theatsr panned out, He said: Il engaged
several troupes who gave really meritorious
performances. Some cost me as high as
$3.50 per week In salaries. 1t was not ap.
precisted by the public, and notwithstand-
ing the cheap prices of admission, we fire.
quently failed to make more than bare eX-
penses. The shows we did best on finan-
cially were those which had the least merit
and which cost us the least. have not ye,
decided whether to open the Peoples next
season or not. 1t seems as II q live manu-
featuring town like Springfield ought to
support such a theater."
The contractor who put the fence around
the new government building must have
Z spent considerable time In picking out
boards without any knot holes in them. II
is almost impossible to find an opening in
the fence large enough TO see what prog
ress is being made on the building. 1t is
4 WOIc lFdu ltsCC u DdSt Udll
grounds. 1t is funny to see people passing
by the government building and hunting
along the fence for q wide crack through
which to obtain peep. l was lucky
enough TO get glimpse of the building the
other day. The foundation is all in, and
work Is going on bravely on the stone-work
OF the FIRST story. The stone-work is very
beautiful, and gives promise that the build
will be q fine piece of architecture when
completed.
Mrs. Hibschman, of this city, was show
ing her friends two superb magnolia flow
ers in full bloom the other day. She stated
that she purchased them from fruit deal
er in this city, who has the buds plucked in
the south when just ready to open. and
shipped TO him. One of these buds kept in
warm water for two or three days will open
in that time, and the flowers will have all
the beauty and fragrance of those which
bloom on the tree. Quite q number of the
blossoms are sold around town. There Is
no more beautiful or more fragrant flower
in the world than the magnolia, and one
makes handsome bouquet besides.
Mr.. Ebert Finch, the popular shoemaker
of this city, says that . shoe factory In
Springfield would pay, and would do q
good business from the start, IL sufficient
capital was put In to run 1t in good shape.
He says that if he had the capital he would
start such factory at once. Mr.. Finch IS
a thorough shoemaker, and employs three
or four men now in his custom
manufacturing and repairing business.
Why would 1t not be good
idea for some Springfield capitalist to come
TO his aid and furnish capital to run the
factory, Cincinnati manufactures enor-
mcus quantities of shoes. 1t could be done
here just as cheaply. II the business OF
shoe manufacturing could only be well
started in Springfield, it would not be long
before 1t would assume immense proper
tons.
Mr.. Lowery jackson, q brilliant young
lawyer of Cincinnati, who was formerly a
student in the Office Of Hon. Geo. Spence,
of this city, was in this city last Tuesday
on law business.
The driver of Eaton's express, which
conveys passengers to the Erie depot,
west of town, probably has as lonely rides
as any one In the city. He attends all the
night trains, and there are very few nights
when he does not drive through the lonely
covered bridges over Mad river on west
Main street. He said the other night:
Il always go armed and have never yet
been stopped. l sometimes see men in
those bridges, however, at l and 2 O'Clock
in the morning. A few evenings ago 1 was
coming In from the night train. 1t was
after midnight and / had several passen-
gers. We were going through one of the
LONG hriduoo xuhap ouddnpIv q lahv N, eaoy,-
ger said: Driver, look out, there's three
men going to seize the horses head Sure
enough just ahead Of US in the bridge were
three men. II they had intended to stop
us they thought better Of it, however, az
they drew back in the shadow and failed to
come out. do not see hsw anyone would
be lounging around the bridge at that hour
of the night for COED purpose. However,
l am always armed and never expect to
have any trouble"
1t is astonishing how the growth of the
wine business and vineyards In southern
California has reduced the price Of wine all
over the country. OF the ordinary kinds
of wine very little imported wine is sold.
Springfield liquor dealers import the best
quality Of California claret or port, the
pure juice of the grape and unadulterated,
for twenty cents pint. Double that price
was universally paid at retail for imported
wine of poorer quality few years ago.
A bottle of lubricating petroleum in Hon.
J. K. Mowers law office attracts much at
tention, from the fact that 1t was produced
by Clark county oil well. Oil and gas
have now been found In small quantities
near Springfield, and there Is very little
doubt that If we knew just where to bore,
good wells of both oil and gas might be dis
covered in this county. Mr.. Mower has not
yet given up hope, and his company are
still working on the wells. RAMBLER.
ADVANTAGES OF GAS COOKING.
The Gas Stove Very Popular and As Cheap
as Any Other-Investigate Them by All
Means.