Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-12-13
LOCAL ITEMS.

Dalbey studio. S26 Main.
Fine watches at Haner's."
Use Pride of Richmond -four.
VIM. Dicks, coal and wood phone lis.
Spectacle fitting . speciality. Ha-
ner's.
Warner Leeds has returned to Ell
wood.
Spsctaeles correctly fitted at
Haner's.
Main street rink open every night
this week.
have exclusive sale of Winifrede
coal. Farnham.
F. w. Porter6eld. piano and pipe
organ tuning. Tel 1901. If
Toy baby cabs, hobby horses. desks
at Massachusetts, 428 Main street.
Born to Herman r. Grothaus and
wife, 500 south eighth street, girl ,
fourth child.
Prof. r. j. Aginton will give an ex-
hibition at Main street rink every
evening this week, also Saturday af-
| ternoon.
Fred Van Orman returned last even
| ing to Evansville. where he is superin-
tending the resurrection of the St.
George hotel.
Ladies who desire to purchase pipes
or smokers sets for their gentlemen
friends for the holidays are invited to
call at Coppock's cigar store. 7-tf
There will be dress rehearsal Of
those to take part in the L. A. W. ben
| eft entertainment. the dress rehearsal
to take place this evening at the opera
house.
The meeting of the Wednesday So
ciety of the First Presbyterian church
that was to meet this week with Mrs.
VIM. G.. Scott. has been indefinitely
postponed.
The Magazine club met with Mrs.
Harry Webber yesterday. Two ex-
cellent papers were read. The club
will meet with Mrs. Ostrander next
Monday afternoon.
The A. D. T. messenger boys re-
ceived their new uniforms last night
and are wearing them for the first time
today. The suits are made of corduroy
and are neat and becoming to the
boys.
The Dublin school, under its new
management, is reported to be getting
along in fine shape and doing well.
Such is the report that comes in to the
county superintendent with regard to
the school.
The Richmond Business college will
give their annual entertainment Wed
nesday evening, beginning at 1880.
The public are cordially invited. AZ
ter the entertainment the present
scholars will have a banquet. The
entertainment is free. The banquet
is for the present scholars only.
The Christmas shopping is progress
ing slo Wy this year. The merchants
believe that it is because Christmas
comes on Sunday, and that the people
are, as usual, putting off the shopping
till the last Saturday night before the
great holiday. AS consequence, the
clerks are dreading the approach of
the last few evenings before the great
universal jubilee.
T. b. Reynolds, of Chicago, now in
this city, is a wonder in checkers He
played Irwin Brown, the local cham
pion. last night at Englebert's cigar
store, on north eighth street, and left
the local man vanquished on the field
with score of 2 to 5. Tonight they
will play again at the same place, and
Mr.. Brown will make a strenuous eff
fort to defeat the man from the Windy
City and bring the belt once more to
Richmond
Handsome book cases. parlor pieces,
>ideboarGs. ladies dressing cases at
Hasseabusch' : 42S Main street.
A ge0tlem IN IN this city who was at
one time within tae near past pros
porous and rising young physician. is
now living IN poverty. and were it not
for the kindness Of friends he would be
indeed destitute. de was brought to
his present condition by inherited dis
ease, and not through any lack of
pluck. energy or ability of his own
He is purely a victim of cIrcum stances
Until his friends became cognlz ant Of
his condition he was In q fair way to
starve or freeze, but be Is now COM
Portable and being taken care of.
The Rev Eiwood o. Ellis returned
Friday night from Cleveland, where
he attended as delegate, the national
meeting of the antl-saloon league. In
the ministerial meeting yesterday
morning he gave q short, interesting
report of the work done. The contest
between the east and the west to de-
eide whether the headquarters should
remain at Washington or come west.
~-s practically decided in favor of the
west by the election of S. e Niehoi-