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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
2
Compates for nomination next spring for city officers will be numerous on both sides. Republicans will field a strong slate and aim to win, needing three councilmen to balance power while Democrats must elect four with three incumbents holding over. County offices also expected to be hot as several candidates already enter the race.
Indiana brief items report farmer J K Stewart missing after cashing a check in Fairland and buying a rail ticket in Shelbyville. Lightning kills four cattle and injures fifteen near Muncie. A $500 reward is offered for the body of J H Montgomery drowned near Warsaw, Ky with a $10 000 policy. Manhattan Oil Co well near Hartford City flows oil and salt water. gasping observers puzzled. Ripley County holds sixteenth annual critical contest with Bonnie Yater winning. Morgantown beats Franklin 10 to 1 in a baseball game with Whetstine Hunt and Wheeler Beatty as officials. Franklin reports a jail crowd of notorious prisoners and several escape attempts.
Fort Wayne plumber O Rourke was arrested for working without a city license at St Marys Catholic church. The mayor ruled the council had no right to enforce the license law and O Rourke was acquitted. The council may appeal to the Circuit Court.
Sunday night saw a head on collision of two buggies causing excitement. One lumber wagon team was badly cut in a barb wire fence. The Walesboro Cornet Band plans a grand assembly and picnic soon. the festival Thursday night was a grand success. The boys can behave if they try.
Sunday shower brings welcome relief as Mrs. Mell McKinney remains feeble with long trouble. J A Taylor and A A Manuel of Becks Grove attend the County Institute at Nashville this week. John M Holmes hulls clover. seed looks fair. H D Waggoner of Seymour visits. Timber company ships quarter oak lumber from Walesboro. Orville and Mary Spurgeon depart for Muncie after summer visit. Orville to Purdue next. Dr Spurgeon of Muncie visits sick sister Mrs Will Thompson before returning to Columbus.
Feathers White Wagon Marny and Clark have located in Bloomington and began work yesterday at 737 Wilson Street. They advertise a new process for feather renovation and urge local owners to patronize them. Graduates of the county schools seeking entry to Columbus High School must take examinations in Arithmetic Grammar and U S History at 9 a m on Sept 3 1897 in the High School. Schools open Sept 6 1897.
City Schools superintendent J A Carnagey notes an all day session for old settlers of this and adjacent counties in Morgan town with basket dinner speeches and a good time. Hon H M Parks will give the main address and Wm Waltman of this city will speak. Also mentioned is the 1897 state fair with departures from the old program and new features. Railroad reductions to Indianapolis will enable citizens to attend cheaply. Jesse B McLean, formerly of Franklin now in Meade Center, has a pension claim placed by S We Daugherty & Co.
In Possum town Shelby township Indiana oil was found standing ten feet deep forty five feet below the surface in a newly drilled four inch tubular well on Henry Schoentrup’s farm. An attempt to bail it out Monday evening failed as the oil ran in as fast as bailed out. Schoentrup plans to seek water at a lower depth.
Walesboro J C Kyte visited Seymour on Monday for business and returned Tuesday while Dr W T Carmicheal traveled to Indianapolis Treaday to visit a sick wife.
The Indianapolis Daily Weekly and Sunday Sentinel touts its large circulation and extensive coverage of McKinley era administration, state government, and foreign news. Readers urged to subscribe for daily and weekly editions with bold claims of timeliness and thorough service.
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