Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-24
LOCAL eREWTIES.

The markets were big this morning.
The decoration day committee meets FRI
day evening.
Gen. A. 8. Bushnell went east this morn
ing, via o. /. &W.
Mile Rhea and her company left this
morning for Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Leedle attended
the May festival at Cincinnati yesterday.
Mr.. T. E. Harwood, of the Gazette, left
this morning for his trip through Virginia.
General Agent Roche Of the o. 1. & W.
went over to Columbus this morning on
business.
The streets cars are doing booming bus
iness and stock in this company is very
valuable.
Comparatively few people from Spring
field are attending the May festival at Gin
clnnsti this year.
Mr.. Z. B. Bishop, the Bee Line freight
agent at Dayton, was In the city on busi-
ness tnis morning.
Miss Mcclure, of Xenia, Ohio. is in the
city. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Con-
nable, Of East High street.
Tho first excursion to the Soldiers home
this season went down this morning. 1t
had forty-seven passengers.
An excursion of forty-seven passengers
from of the G. s. & C. passed through en-
route to Dayton at 1880 a. m.
Mr.. Horace Starr, prominent citizen of
Richmond, Ind, was In the city yesterday,
the guest of Mr.. George A. Warder.
Mr.. Ed. B. Gorsuch, the Bee Line tele-
graph operator at the Arcade depot, was
called to Maud's on account of the death Of
his brother-in-law.
The Levy Concert Opera company Is on
summer tour and wants to come to Spring
field II they can be played here by some
society, lodge or person.
Mrs. Wiley, of Galva. ILL.,, and Mrs.
Sears, prominent educator of Chicago,
are visiting their sister, Mrs. Frank Le
Clercq, on west Pleasant street.
Judge Young says: "It's my first luck in
drawing, and l offered my ticket to Geo.
Beard last night for 10 cents. Pll wear my
new overcoat on Decoration Day."
Clerk Shewalter issued the following
building permits today: J.-B. Wertz, frame
building in Second ward. $500; Daniel
Stump. frame building In Hilker's addition.
$500.
Every member of the Champion City
Chess club is requested to attend the meet
ing at the club rooms on Friday evening
A full meeting is requested, as some i'm
portant matters are to be disposed of.
Mr.. N. c. Amsden, of Dubuque, Iowa,
o prominent and pioneer business man of
that city, arrived, with his wife, Wednesday
evening, and they are visiting their daugh-
ter. Mrs. John s. Barr, on west High
street
Miss Josephine NJ. Cathcart, daughter of
Captain Joseph and Mrs. Cathcart, Of Co
lumbus, and sister of Charley Cathcart and
Mrs. Louis Phillips, of this city. graduated
from the Ohio State university, at Columbus
Wednesday.
The regular weekly meeting of Mitchell
post, No. IS, G. A. R., will be held this
evening. II will be In the nature Of sur
prise party and some verv prominent citi-
zens will be mustered in. A full attend
ance Is desired.
Rev. James C. White, Of Poplar street
Presbyterian church, Cincinnati. and the
founder of the First Congregational church
in this city, surprised his old friends by
dropping in upon them Wednesday evening.
He gave them an interesting talk about old
times and new.
Rev. /. K. Funk, d. D.. distinguished
religious publisher, of New York city. and
. prominen: divine, will preach at the First
Lutheran church at 1880 q. m. next Sun
day. At 7:30 p. m. Rev. A. II. Studebaker,
pastor of the First Lutheran church at
Baltimore, will occupy the pulpit.