Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-29
LOCAL NEWS.

Fletcher S for hats. III
Hathaway for all magazines.
Headache cure, Haner's spectacles
Hardwood floors at Louck & Hills.
Spectacles scientifically fitted, Ha-
ners's.
Spectacle fitting a speciality, Ha-
ner's.
Double lenses correctly fitted
Haner's.
C. w. Mouch of New Castle was in
the city today on business.
Knights of the Golden Eagle meet
every Friday night at 100. If
Benjamin Englebert, who lives on
Chestnut street, is seriously ILL.,
The Penny club will give an Easter
market on the Saturday preceding
Easter.
Frederick Douglass Evans and
Kizzie Dennis of Fountain City have
been licensed to marry.
John FL. Nicholson was in Indi-
annapolis Yesterday attending the
Scottish Rite meeting.
The Richmond Masons who attend
| ed the Scottish Rite business at In
| dianapolis have returned home.
Quite a number of the High School
| Cadets have joined the new militia
company under George R.. Williams.
The painters of the city have O.
mated their services for painting the
wood work free of charge at the
Home for the Friendless.
Some of the Richmond teachers
visited the schools in Indianapolis
today instead of attending the state
meeting at Logansport-
The Womau's Missionary society
of the First Presbyterian church will
meet tomorrow afternoon in the So
ciety room of the church.
Mrs. Logan, the matron at the
Home for the Frindless, who has
been suffering with heart trouble.
has been granted a month S leave of
absence.
A large number of teachers went
to LoganSport this morning to at
tend the teachers institute, which
will be in session the remainder of
the week.
Harry Miller, living near Milton,
caught an American eagle in a steel
trap this morning. Theeagle weighed
% pounds and measured 6 feet 10
inches from tip to tip of his wings.
Little Ralph Neal, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Neal, whose serious
illness has alarmed his many friends
for several days, is reported consid-
erably improved, and it is believed
the danger is past.
Inquiries were received here today
of a nan called A. Goldman, who is
said to be selling patent medicine
owe the state under the pretense of
representing some alleged institu-
ton calling itself the Richmond
Medical College.
The members of the Cincinnati,
Richmond and Muncie railroad com
pany have announced that when the
construction of the road shall begin,
only home labor will be employed,
until such time as the supply of that
commodity is exhausted, and that
there need be not an able-bodied mar
idle in or about Richmond from the
time the construction begins till it
ends.
Owing to the illness of the pastor
there will be nc meeting this evening
at the Second Presbyterian church.
1t IS expected that all services will
occur as usual on Sunday. The evan
gelistic meetings that were adver-
tised to begin April 8 have been
changed in date and will begin April
2 under the direction of the Rev. w.
A pala11 ava inyifn1 m nt-
tend.
Prof. Trueblood is working hard to
develop the art of debating in his
classes and the interest taken in the
| work is an indication that his efforts
| are not in vain. At the next meet
ing of the class the question, Re
solved, That capital punishment
should be abolished, will be debated.
The affirmative will be supported by
Miss Landwehr and Mr.. Husson. The
negative by Miss Englebert and Mr..
Kenney. This is the third debate in
elocution held during the present
term.
About fifty of the young people Of
the First English Lutheran church
called on the pastor and bis wife las,
night and presented DR.. J. W. kapI
with a fine Morris chair in honor o
his birthday The presentation
speech was made by Mrs. Ida Bent
lage. DR.. kapp responded feelingly
expressing his sincere appreciation
of the gift and the motive tina
prompted its presentation. The visi
and the present were complete sur
prises. and the evening was an ex
ceedingly pleasant n all around.
A mysterious party whose nam,
and place of residence are unknown
but who ~transacts business through
the person of an equally unknown
William Jackson, has bought rea
estate in the vicinity of the railroad
south of Gaars shop, to the value o
s12, 600, within the past few days
The object of the purchase and th,
identity of the real purchaser ar
unknown. There is something de
cidedly tangible in the deals, how
ever, as the cash has been paid i.
good. acceptable coin of the realm
and its textile equivalent.
There were a few cases in polio,
court this morning. HARRY Tango
man was fined So. 80 for jumping OF
trains. and William Smith was bounS
over TO circuit court on a finding o
probably guilty of petit larceny
Smith was charged with stealing
whip, but he stoutly maintains hi.
Innocence. Charles Colvin was fineC
S. 90 for cruelty to animals. He ler
his horse stand out in the rain all day
aud a large part of the night. Their.
was one Link Moore in the court, anc
one link more in the chain of evi
dence was necessary to conviction, 81
Link Moore was dismissed The ar
rests in these cases were made BY
Patrolmen Gallagher, MeManus an6