Williamsport Warren Review (Newspaper) - December 12, 1901, Williamsport, Indiana TO THE INTERESTS OF DECEMBER 12, 1901. 50. COMMISSIONERS' Brief Digest of the Proceedings of the December after a session all last Treasurer Fleming's bond as filed last week WHS approved and The petition presented by C. E. Russell and others for a ditch in Adams was dismissed at the and expense ef the and a half miles of gravel road built by residents of Adams township was accepted and made a piirt of the system of fiee gravel One and miles of the road running south m Pine a mile on the Hall from K. G. resi dence south a mile and a quarter between O. residence and the Farden were the parts his makes eight miles of graveled road in all built without any special One and three-fourths miles of the road extending west from John place in Washington was also insurance on court house having almost expired new policies were taken out as In the by Dr. 15,000; the Con by Victor the by Robert and the Warrick Billings The premium on each of these for three years was O. L. wrote a policy on the county poor asylum for another on the barn on the county farm for and one on the contents of the barn for M. of was refused a license on account of the remonstrance filed against him and an order was entered barring him from presenting an application for two years from Despite this he publishes notice in the Independence Itemizer that he will apply again at the January contracts for supplies for the poor farm for the next quarter were let as Isaac John dry Judy H. Good wine was appointee i a delegate to represent Warren county at the meeting of the National Stock association which convened at Chicago last at Attica Ledger is writing stoi ies on its own people now and declares that bad burglars actually went through the residence of Reuben who is chief of police and also the police force of the city of but found little to their At Dr. Finney's they got a gold and a pocket book containing and two deposit slips for The watch whs given to Dr. Finney by his father in 1875, and was highly BIG SUM FOR J. Timmons Sues the Wabash on Account of by her Bil Stephens and Hanly ElizH J. of filed a suit in the War ren Circuit court to recover damages from the Wabash Railroad company for personal The amount asked for is complaint is most carefully prepared and fills several typewritten It declares that on the 6th day of October last the plaintiff sought to board Wabash passenger train No. 7 at Attica to come to For some unknown reason the train stopped so that passengers were forced to alight and board the train about sixty feet east of the At that point the lower step of the car is thirty-six inches from the A brakeman placed small stool nine inches high foi the passengers to step upon but this still left a distance of twenty-seven Although assisted by a couple of trainmen the plaintiff avers that in making the step she sustained injuries to the muscles and nerves of the dorsal and which she declares have caused her much physical and mental anguish and have rendered her an invalid for Since the accident she has been ill almost continually and has spent nearly for physician's WEEKLY PUZZLE Many of Dodge arrived at West Lebanon Tuesday for an indefinite visit with his Mrs. Clara of that and his Elisha of He was formerly a resident of West Lebanon but emigrated to Kansas twenty-three years This is his first visit to Warren county during all that time and both West Lebanon and the county seat have grown entirely out of liis YOU SPOKEN TO WHERE IS In last week's picture can be found under the gate to the Acrobatic morning while John Odie and Will Griffith were preparing to hitch Mr. team to a wagon in the rear of marble one of the horses was seized with a fit and began plunging They were only a few feet from the crevice in which the old mill wheel hung years ago at the edge of the Tlie animal floundered into it and dropped from the edge of the cliff several feet on to a pile of sand and debris the stone cutters had thrown over This slopes at an angle of about forty-five degrees and down it the horse landing in the pool at the foot of the falls fully sixty feet It swam walked a few rods then finished having its after which it was led apparently Baker gossip concerning the appointment of a judge for the Seventh S. Circuit Court district was brought to a when President Judge Francis the Indiana Supreme tor that Fire at worst fire ston ever experienced occurred last Sunday morning and as a result three rooms of the handsome McFerren block are destroyed and more are but skeletons of their former About 2:00 a. a girl who roomed in the discovered flames issuing fromi the basement and gave the The firemen made a hard fight but despite their efforts the room used by the postoffice and Oppenheim's notion store were soon beyond all and nothing was saved from either except the money order books from the Two other occupied by C. F. Davis and J. S. Duncomb were burned down to the second story where the flames were stopped by metal It was feared that the entire block would go the same way and much of the contents was removed from the other even the telephone switchboards being torn loose and lowered to the ground through the The fire is supposed to have originated from a gasoline lighting Good Kick Is respected by us if anything goes wrong with any goods you buy at our We have a reasonable and honest The perfection of our ready clothing fall challenges If you want the best suit or overcoat you'll find it the Buy or Not to the past fortnight the Williamsport school board and the town trustees have been debating the proposition of purchasing the home building and grounds and adapting it to Soon after the plan was made public through the a strong opposition to develope among the citizens and has been growing Fred one of the school fought the idea from the first and when it before the town council I. N. Statzell opp it just as determinedly They were outnumbered however and it began to look as if the matter would be carried Mou day a petition remonstrating the was circu lated and 50 of the leading citizens and tax payers per of those to whom it was signed it. The two boards held a joint meeting Monday night to take some definite action on the matter but after the petition was presented decided to the indications are that the pro ject will be the interests of The Review adds its A town like this depends almost wholly for its growth upon the influx of retired the of whom move to town to spend their latter days in ease and to school their The latter consideration frequently determines which town shall be chosen and the use of such a relic of other days as the home for high school purposes would be a strong argument in favor of other It would be a step step which would damage the best interests of Williamsport for years to B. Wei bourn's lecture on at the Presbyterian church Thursday night was not as well attended as the high quality of the lecture A fair-sized audience was and listened with rapt attention to the speaker's graphic explanation of the wonders of the Hertzian wave and the possibilities and limitations of its practical The subject is one that the average person has very vague ideas about and as a consequence the demonstrations and ex were a valuable adjunct to the and added greatly to the Mr. Welbourn is a pleasant and entertaining and thoroughly imbued with his F. a former West Lebanon is now running fancier's farm at Mallott Park near A picture of his residence and hennery was in the last issue of the Fancier's He handles fine strains of Wyandotte and Buff Plymouth Rock chickens He is a cousin of H. of West and is well known to many residents of this county has 29 yoa bave that feeling go to the Welsb and get to Pie Epworth league will give a pumpkin pie social on Friday Dec. 13, at the home jf Mrs. Claud at the corner of Falls and Refreshments will be beginning at 8 immediately after the close of the league The price is only 10 and a cordial invitation is given the young folks to Lewis and wife left Friday for where they will remain until Mr. Lewis has some mining property there which he is interested in developing and Mrs. health is too delicate to withstand the rigor of an Indiana new passed at last meeting of the that all people wishing to improve the light should buy one of those fine up-to-date lamps of night at Justice Sparks office a youth and a maiden were Justice Sparks officiating Each is 20 years of There is more to story of folly and but The Review refrains from the publicity can do no good in this instance and would but add to the sorrow of those who share the shame but not the IMPORTANT POLITICAL Lines Are Not Added Easement on Public case of T. J. Farden vs. C. J. Shackleton and others was settled Some time ago built a telephone line along the highway past and cut down some small rees which stood in the fence Tom had desired to keep the trees for shade and so filed suit for damages and asked that the line be ejected and enjoined from running along his The court overruled the atter holding that the construction of a telephone line along a public highway is not an added easement on the rights of the and therefore cannot be ejected by This is a decision of great importance to telephone men and so far as is known has never been ruled on in this state company was liable for the destructions of the and by agreement confessed judgment for and the court's finding was in accordance the costs also being faxed against the annual Warren County institute was held West Monday and The weather was a little cool but the attendance was good and the institute was a very successful marriage license was issued Tuesday to Frank Barnes and Miss Edna both of They were married at place Tuesday evening by Rev. Marion of the United are headquarters this year for the finest line of for us just one trial and see what kind of work you We guarantee to suit you and make our word the Methodists of West Lebanon treated their Rev. Mr. to an old-fashioned on Wednesday N. driver of the star loute wagon had a collision with a traveler on the return trip Monday The accident resulted iu broken single tree to Mr. Hurst's Guy who was riding home from with Mr. Hurst and acting as failed to whistle for the crossing and the collision was John Harvey went to Saturday and remained till to attend the funeral of her William who died Friday evening as the result of an when an out building which he was repairing fell upon The old gentleman was 73 years of age and one of the most highly respected citizens of of Warren came to Attica Tuesday with a curiosity in the way of a load of In the bottom of his wagon were six or eight swine as fat as they could be and up in front of the seat was a dressed ready to be cut up in delicious pork chops and L. Webb drew the lucky ticket in the held by J. B. the last week and was awarded the diamond William Potts also placed in good securing the package which contained the gold Both gentlemen are residents of Liberty B. Brother Gregory's handsome who runs a nice paper at North was here the latter part of last week and over He was accompanied by Mrs. Cartlidge and they were guests at the home of her are very sorry to the football boys and their friends but the picture which we expected to print in The Review this week has been returned to the hence will not It was a very poor oat and we prefered out to the County W. who was sometime ago announced as a candidate for clerk of the has authorized the statement that he has withdrawn from the race and desires to be no longer considered a Mr. Bowyer is a thorough has many friends and would have made the race interesting for his It is also practically assured that Ross Ringle will not be a he having decided that his political aspirations will wholly satisfied if he can secure the county chairmanship when the proper time As one drops another shies his castor into the ring so the addition of Chester Rossiter and Henry Johnson last week leaves the same number of candidates in the All of them have begun canvassing the voters and the political pot is beginning to boil pretty fact may have been overlooked by a good many people but it is Warren county's turn to name the man who shall represent Tippecanoe and Warren too iu the Indiana it is a position in which the glory exceeds the salary but already there are two candidates in John C. Stephens authorizes the announcement of his candidacy and friends of Ele Stansbury declare that he will be in the race with both feet when the proper time is very little development in the race for the All the candidates are but energetically working on their fences and there have been no withdrawals or new The list now includes Charles Robert L. J. Fletcher Elisha E. Little and D. C. candidates for sheriff are also rustling around some and are developing a little interest in that Fred Tom Powell and Charles Sentman are each anxious to serve the county in that will be successors to Commissioners Livengood and Hall to nominate at the spring convention but as yet there are no aspirants for the office except the present will be no morning at the Christian church owing to the dedication of the new edifice at Pine There will be Sunday school as usual at 9;15 a. C. E. meeting at 6:00 and preaching at 7:00 in the John D. Chambers has been down in the Clear Branch community all this week taking care of her Mrs. V. J. whose thigh was broken by a fall several weeks Jesse Titus was called to Terre Haute Sunday by the illness of her Mrs. Rev. J. N. The latter has been very sick all this week but was better at last John Judy went to Chicago Saturday morning for a visit with her who are in school at Kenilworth Mr. Judy joined them Sunday J. M. of has gone to to spend the winter at the home of her Mrs. John M. Covington turkey is said to have eaten 2,020 grains of corn in the last two and a half days proceeding He ate like some vonr frait cake for at the and tw
