Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-29

The Mary F. Thomas W. c. T. L.
will meet With Mrs. Weber. - north
tenth street Tuesday. p. IN.
The receipts for county taxes Sat
urday were So, 500. Of this there
was sl5, sA or paid in by the Pan
handle railroad company.
Assessor Compton goes TO Muncis
tomorrow to attend the distrie,
meeting of assessors. The meeting
will hold two days and is one of con.
siderable importance.
/ The county commissioners meet
Monday next. The only business
before them will be routine business
and the allowing of bills. The session
will last about three days.
The case set for tomorrow in cir
cult court is the street case of which
we gave particulars few days ago Of
the City of Cambridge VS.. Routh. /,
will take all day very likely.
The regular semi annual meeting
of TIE Wayne county board of educa,
ton takes place at the court house
on Wednesday of this week The bust.
| ness will De to receive the reports o,
the enumerators and matters in that
relation.
The ladies of the NJ Z. church OF
Whitewater will give Chine Sc lunch
at the church on Saturday evening
to which the people of Richmond are
cordially invited. A numoer of fancy
quilts aud pillows made by the ladies
will be offered for sale.
The local coal dealers are going to
have competition in the supplying of
coal to the city buildings, it appears.
Several coal dealers from out of town,
notably Dayton, have written the
city clerk Tor information with re
gard to the matter, that they may
put in bids.
In circuit court this morning the
, Manley case came up but was con-
tinued indefinitely on account of the
absence of the main witness, Mrs.
Julia Mapley. This lady has never
been subpoenaed and is evading that
process of law, SO that contempt of
court will not lie against her, but the
Judge al nounces that Marley, who is
her husband, shall stay in Jail until
the cause is tris d.
Charles u. Jordan, trustee of
Franklin township, living at White
water, met with quite a loss Satur-
day night. He has son four wears
of age who wanted a bonfire and had
a most successful one. Among other
things which contributed to the sue
cess of the bonfire was Mr.. Jordan s
rev and lot of feed. The loss was
about 5000.
The ordinance requiring the street
car people to put tenders on their
ears gives them 80 days to do it in.
The 80 days expired last week and
city clerk notified the council and
the MAYOR. Now that the road has
changed hands it will not be the poll
CIV of the council to be oppressive un-
til the new owners get their hand in;
but the ordinance will be required TO
be respected at the proper time.
Muncie Times: The Rev. A. W.
Lamport. new pastor of the High
Street NJ. E. church, is in Muncie
today and will preach at the church
SUNDAY. He viii move to Muncie
next week with his family and will
occupy the Methodist parsonage adj
Joining the church The minister
will be given a reception by the mem
bers OF the church or the Epworth
League as soon as his family ar
rives.
The work at he Paper Mill bridge
an IN not 5i1 81 ;s dnened Tor three MONTHS
The chords of the old |
bridge were found not to be in SO bad
'onditicn as was feared. and those
which were unsafe have been re-
moved and replaced by new ones.
he bridge is now raised and the
will be in by tomorrow
light so that it can be lowered toll
.iace. 1t will then be four feet above
be street at one end and so travel
here will be impossible until the
treet Is brought up to the grade,
nd that will be matter of three
lonths at the best, from the look of
Kings down there.
One would think the elevator at
ne court house would be used a good
cal now that taxes are being paid
al large per cent. of the people
re required to 60 to IKE second story
pay their taxes, but about the
ally use the elevator has seems to be
r the attorneys going to court. The
an in charge says that the reason
that people, especially those from
e country, object to riding in it.
I'd the heavier the person the more
renuous the objection. Why thew
ould be afraid to ride in it does not
pear. as the elevator is the safest
is possible to build, and while it
SITS two thirds of a cent each trip. il
IS put there for the accommodation
the public.
An instance of how fortune can
lost is given at Eggemeyer' egg :
ckiDg establishment 1t used to
that eggs bought in the country
d to be packed in bran and brought
and the manner of packing for =
pment was not much better, sol
It the breakage was considerable
a loss. A man who is still buying
them through the county invent
a way of packing by which strips
are cut SO that while
expense of the board is very
all each egg is in little pasteboard
!, by itself, in the crate. and break
is impossible unless the crate is