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

had the curiosity the other day to Sc
what the great new encyclopedia, Brital
lea, has to say about Springfield, ohiC
This work ia, of course, the leading wor
of reference in Great Britain, and is th
source to which any bold Britisher woul
naturally turn If he were anxious to FIR
out anything about US. Here we are of tn
latest volume, corrected up to 1887, a
follows:
.Springieid, city of the United States
county seat of Clark county, Ohio, lies 8
the confluence OF Mad river and Lagond
creek sub-tributaries of the Ohio, thr0ug
the Miami), "a miles northeast of Cincin
natl. 1t has large trade in the agricultur
al produce of the fertile and populous dis
trict In which 1t is pleasantly situated ant
is the seat of q very large manufactory o
agricultural machinery, which turns gu
rs. 900 reapers and mowers per ennum, be
sides grain drills, steam engines, eide
mills and q great variety of articles. IL
1870 the population Of the city was IL, ,652
In 1850 20. 730 township "a. 455, and IS,
4s4 in 1886. Among the public institutions
are Wittenberg college (LutheHau) foupdet
in lS45, and snsll public lio ary."
There is not much of this notice, bu
what there is is quite fiattering, ana fai
enough. The best point in it is the fac
that they got in the result of our very lates
census In 1856 when we discovered that W,
have nearly "a, 900 people. In the opinion
of the world it is population which counts
and these figures will be of great advantag,
10 Springfield In this, the leading work o.
reference in Great Britain. The last com
plste edition of the American encyclopedias
was published some years ago =
fore our latest census. Its account o.
Springfield left us struggling along witt
30, 900 population. Let US hope that fol
the next American encyclop6 dia we shal
have population of so, 900 to report.
II is said tha. Ex-Mayor James Goodwin
is doing very well at San Diego. The bot
tom has fallen out of the crazy real estate
boom, it is true, but Jim seems to have
stepped into an extensive and lucrative law
practice from the start. When first he
reached San Diego he formed a partnership,
but il was not long before he Dissolved it,
and he is now alone He is confident that
the place has a great future.
Mr.. Al. Kuukle has decided not to leave
Springfield to settle among the balmy
orange groves of San Diego, as he contem-
plated some time ago.
The American small boy, or, to speak
more technically, the American kid" is
about as initiative as the Brazilian ape.
Ever since the parachute fiend dropped
onto us from the deep blue sky the small
boys have had their heads full Of para
chute. They are made as follows: A
piece of string is tied to each corner of a
the ends of the pieces of
string are then tied together, and stone Is
tied to the knot thus formed. The whole
Is then hurled into the
air as high as the strength of the
small boy will send it. The stone
being heaviest takes the lead in falling, the
spreads out, and down sails
the whole affair, making as pretty little
parachute as one would wish TO see. The
school yards have been full of these toys
for the past few weeks, and mothers who
have missed handkerchief, dish-towels,
ETC., had best look in the air for them.
sIf Springfield fails to obtain natural
gas, would IL not be well for the manu-
facturers here to be looking after the
cyclone pulverizer, said q well known me-
chanic in this city the other day. II pre-
sumo you know the history of the cyclone
puiyerizer. Two brothers sat on a rail
fence in Illinois year or so ago and
watched the terrific black balloon
like form of tornado, as
il swept madly along the prairie
towards them. These brothers seemed
10 be different from ordinary NOR
,sls, and instead of rushing for the nearest
cellar or muskrat hole in which to crawl
md escape the tornado's fury, they sat still
md watched the approach Of the demon of
he air. One of the brothers was me-
genius. The dreadful spiral col
imn of funereal black, licking up forests,
'encss and houses like some monstrous
hroat, had no terror for him. He saw
,nly the mechanical principle involved.
There, amid the awful whirr of the tenn
pest. with the air full of flying limbs and
shattered buildings, the valuable invention
known as the cyclone pulverizer, had its
birth in this young mans brain. His
dea was that currents of air pro-
iuced bymecbapical means on the
sxact principle of the tornado would
prove of immense utility as a pulverizIng
,gent. A test was made and model ma
.hines completed. The whirling currents
,f air acted as a more powerful pulverizer
han any which could be devised on the
grinding principle.
The invention promises TO be one of the
most valuable of the century. Coal thrown
nto the cyclone pulverizer is pulverized
nto impalpabIe dust so fine that it burns
almost without ashes, and almost as perfect
Is petroleum or gas. Ii the man who
makes two blades Of grass grow where one
rev before he Is benefactor of his race,
Iurely the inventor of this machine must be
/ benefactor. for it is said that one ton Of
,oal reduced to dust by this pulverizer will
10 the work of two in lump form. The
.nergy of the machine is SO enormous that
1 is said that rock or iron ore throne into
he machine is reduced to dust In few sec
,nds. Stag from iron furnaces, long be-
ieved to be useless, has been made the
)ases of superior paint after being pulyer-
zed by the machine.
There is no better way to make a thcus-
md dollars than to save 1t, and II this ma
.hine will do what is claimed, it is
worth looking after by the the Springfield
whose coal bills now runs
nto the tens of thousands yearly. Such
Machine would solve the cheap fuel ques-
ion for Springfield at one stroke.
Everybody remembers Fred Weigle. who
played Joe" In the Drummer Boy"
,iven in Springfield this season, and who
ravels from town to town putting the piece
m the stage. He seems to have gotten
nto trouble about the copyright Of the
,lay. The following is from q Cleveland
,aper:
"The widow of Samuel j. Muscroft, who
Vrute the play entitled "The Drummer Boy
i, Shiloh" has sued r. Weigle In the United
stes courts, asking that he be enjoined
. producing the piece and for whatever