Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-07-18

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Commissioner Peter s. BeeleI
found new straw hat on the Liberty
pike today.
Il The schools of the county are now
nearly shaped up for the coming
school year.
The Marion base ball team, that
arrived this morning, is made up Of
fine looking men.
Charles NJ. Knox, formerly of the
Knox Hat company, stopped at The
Arlington yesterday.
There is a fine Indian picture or
exhibition at The Westcott. 1t Is
life size, and is painted on buck
skin.
II Paul Wilson has resigned from the
engineering corps of the G. K. u NJ
/ and will soon take his summer vaca-
tion.
| ]. B. Johnson and family have re-
turned to Urbana, after visiting his
parents, A Johnson, north eigh-
| teenth street.
| Prof. John W. Newbern, formerly
teacher in this township, has been
| cHlplOy to do ~ iuSi POI VI ehC OShSSA
vile high school.
/ There is considerable illness, with
plenty of malaria, in the city and the
surrounding country, at present. The
doctors are having their hands full.
Miss Mae Johnson, who has been
teaching school in Wilmington, Del. /,
has returned home to spend her va
cation with her parents, A. Johnson
and wife.
The council, the city engineer and
the health officer will meet tomorrow
afternoon to look after the matter of
the proposed sewer between fifth and
sixth streets.
The detailed program is out for
the Bible institute to be held at Earl
ham college July 80 to August 10.
The prospects are that there will be
a large attendance.
Tonight the last half of the Pas
sion play with about 60 war scenes
with new illustrated song. The en-
gagement of the organization cor tin
ues the rest of the week closing Sun
day night.
The district convention of the
Christian Endeavor society is being
held at Spiceland, Ind. The Revs.
j. W. Kapp and Elwood o. Ellis and
Miss Edna Kim of this city are on
the program.
Cornelius E. Wiley, James A. Scott
and j. E. Wolfe have been appointed
appraisers for certain land in Web
ster township, through which the G.
r. & M. railroad company desires to
obtain right of way.
Wong, ]. F. Miller's Chinese cook,
returned home yesterday after an ex
tended visit in his native country.
At San Francisco he had some trouble
III landing and had to telegraph to
this point to establish his identity.
Last year S rainfall came out trifie
shy" but there is little apprehen-
sion with regard to that of 1900, &C
cording to present indications. There
are more damp cellars in this city
now than there have been in any July
for years.
The trolley party to have been
given by the young ladies society of
the Christian church Wednesday
evening has been postponed till Fri
day evening. Cars will leave
seventh and Main at 73O D. m. and
return at $50. Everybody invited.
1927
Clifford Johnson and family ar
rived yesterday from California to
visit Mrs. Johnson's mother, Mrs.
Naomi Harrison. They were accom-
panied from Chicago by Miss Anna
Harrison and Mrs. A. d. Ellsworth
There will be a reunion of the Harri-
son family tonight at the homestead
in West Richmond.
III. ]. Tbbetts of Ravenna. Mich,
who has been here in the interest of
the Dibble estate, went to Dayton
this morning and will return tomor-
row. Mr.. Tibbetts said this morn
ing that the claim would be placed
before the courts as soon as ne re
turned. The process is slow one
and will probably require about a
year before final settlement is made.
The case of the Dibble estate will
be permitted to take its due course
of law. The heirs must present their
evidence and be fully identified. 1t
is not anticipated that there will be
any difficulty on that score, how
ever, and it is not expected that it
will be great while before the wife
and children come into possession of
that which is rightfully theirs.
Mr., Jackson, representative of
the Panhandle railroad company, has |
the purchase of all the prop |
erty lying between north d street |
and the railroad and between north |
sixth street and the river, and in |
some instances good prices were /
paid. 1t is supposed that this ground
IS to be used by the company for the
erection of new freight depots and
The continual deluge of rain for
the last two or three days has been
conducive to more or less dissatis-
action among farmers. Many of |
them had hay down and the rain, in
The language of Dooley, '.didn t do 1t
! bit of good. Hay harvest has been
raught with unusual difficulties this
year, as ii always is when hay is a
rood crop. Oats is also in danger
rom the continued showers.
The vacant lot on south twelfth
street, where the fiy-by-night florist
,taid for awhile last fall and winter.
s now one of the most unsightly and
places in the city The
weeds have grown up to height of
more than ten feet, and the rank I'M
breeds mosquitoes and
Malaria of the most modern and ap-
proved sort. The place needs clean
ng, and it is disgrace TO an other
wise attractive square.
The theatrical season will open at
he Gennett on September 21st and
4 the Phillips on September 9th.
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