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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1898
Page
2
The town lists several local political candidates including WM. H. ALKIN for Representative and WILL F.P. BARRETT for Clerk along with other offices. A weather note mentions health good with minor aches and farmers busy cutting wheat. A miscellany of social visits, school events, and farm commodity prices follows, including grain, hay, flour, oats, eggs, and fruit prices.
The Pennsylvania Lines announce a general seashore excursion on August 10 from Columbus. Round trip $15 to ten Atlantic Coast resorts including Atlantic City Cape May Anglesea Avalon Holly Beach Ocean City Sea Isle City Wildwood Rehoboth Ocean City Md. Tickets valid eleven days return with through sleeping cars Philadelphia to Atlantic City. For details contact W H Dowell or W W Richardson in Indianapolis.
A five foot glass showcase is for sale. Inquiries directed to Parker and Hauser’s prog store or the STAR office for details and arrangements.
Correspondents note new stationary being prepared and will mail to correspondents next week. Report of a runaway horse incident near Pfeifer's saloon where an express wagon collided with John Lyle's beer treck. horse unharmed but wagon badly damaged. Residents Cook, Crump, King, and Jeffery with Mrs Fletcher visiting.
The Farragut, a 278 ton torpedo boat built at Union Ironworks, is named in honor of Admiral David G. Farragut. It carries a horsepower of 0,669 and is equipped with two torpedo tubes.
The Stiletto is the only wooden torpedo boat in Uncle Sam’s fleet, displacing 31 tons with 859 indicated horsepower. It carries two torpedo tubes and is the sole torpedo boat not named after a battle or naval figure.
Sixteen twelve inch coast defense mortars are now mounted at Sandy Hook near New York with similar batteries in other seaports. They are placed in deep pits and hidden from the enemy to deliver shells onto attacking ships.
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