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Adams County Now Has ‘Woman Superintendent of Schoola. Miss Hilla Grubb Elected to the Of fice ‘by the Board of Supervisors —A Hot Fight—Chosen on the Twenty-fifth Ballot—The Victor. The aggression of the sex feminine is irreasotible.Adams county now has a woman foir, county superintendent of schools. The board of supervisors yes terday selected Miss Ellan Grubb, of Lib erty, to succeed the late Superintendent Jimigan. It is a radical departure from all precedent in this county, where the mentier sex has of yet hardly been recog nized on the boards of trustees, but Misa Grubb is a young woman of brains, edu cation and experience, and the experi ment will doubtless prove beneficial to the schuol system of the county. At any rate it will teach horrid man that all crea tion is no longer his exclusively. The fight for the place was a long and hard one. Twenty-five ballots were nec essary.The board took up the matter of the appointment of a superintendent balot after the noon recess at 11:30, and for two hours there was a monstrous suc cession of ballota, Air. Sechorn led in the first ballot, but he quickly dropped behind while Miss Grubb, as predicted by TRE Wai a yesterday morning, almost ateadily gained. Long before the end it was seen that her victory was only a question of time and endurance. . The ‘twenty-fifth ballot gave her seventeen votes, a major ity of the board, and she was then declared elected county superintendent of schools, to serve until her successor is chosen, at the regular election in November, 1894, . Rollaway are the twenty-five ballots to cet it, : ‘ : THE FORENOON SESPION, , About the only thing of importance during the forenoon session of the board was the report of Overseer of the Poor Gilbert for May and June, which was read and placed on file. For May it showed: Applicants, 129; dependents, 168; total assisted, 297; amount of orders, $811 20. For June: Applicants, 128; dependents, 160; total assisted, 283; amount of orders, $291. Transportation was furnished to 87. Three were sent to St. Mary’s hos pital, one to Bleselng ‘and three to the poor farm. Among the ‘latter to our old friend, Walter Kimes, who stirred up the racket there 8-year or so ago.: — The overseer buried eight persona in the two months and his total expenses were 61,083.24. : , BURGLARY AT PALMYRA. Our police authorities were notified yesterday morning that a burglary had been committed in, Palmyra, Mo., and that the thieves carried off a lot of silver ware. A description of the supposed burglar was given, and Detective Cath eringill and Officer Reardon went across the river, as it was, supposed that the burglar came this way. At Weat Quincy, near the tank, they saw a man who an swered the description, and when the man saw the officers approaching him he ran off into the woods. Someone told the officers afterward that the Man was seen going north on the Long Line track, and the officers took a hand-car and went up some distance, but failed to find him. They believe that the man,seen at West Quincy is the one wanted at Palmyra, TRIED TO TAP THE TILL. Meesra. J. H. Brockachmidt Bros., the hutters at 624 Maine street, reported to the police yesterday about noon that a young colored man named “Plunk” had made an attempt to rob their money drawer. The officers soon found “Pluck,” but he denied the charge, and when brought before Mr. Brockschmidt the latter promptly said “Pluck’’ was not the guilty party. From the description given of the thief their ‘is little doubt that it is a young man, named Gillum. “Plunk” has never before been accused of steasing, while Gillum bad the reputa tion of being a thief. He did not succeed in getting any money. BIG ROBBERY AT HANNIBAL, Chief Ahern received a dispatch from Hannibal last evening stating that dia monds valued at about $1,000 were stolen in that city yesterday. The dispatch did not give the veme of the person from whom they were stolen, nor how the thef was committed, horse waren go ‘through alleys, and wherever they find a small pile of ashes or rubbish they notify the persona living on the premises that they will haul it off for 85 cents a load. When the residents refuse to give them permission to do so they threaten all sorts of things in the name of the board of health. The board desires to inform the people that these men have no right to do the work unless hired to do so by property-owners, and that all their threats amount to nothing. If they call at your house report the fact an 8000 ag possiblve the police authorities. ORDINANCE COMMITTEE: The ordinance committee met last even ing and considered the following matters referred to them by the council, On the resolution of Ald. Fotlansbee, providing that the committee submit an ordinance forbidding the throwing of bills on the street, the committee will report that ordinance 208 is still in force and can be enforced at any time. So on a resolution of Ald. Follansbee, pro viding that the committee submit an ordi nance providing that the city pay for the paving of street intersections the commit_ tee will report an ordinance and recom mend its adoption. Co Ald. Swimmer's motion that section 473 of the city engineer's ordinance and the matter of the appointment of police men and firemen be referred to the ordi nance committee for revision, a report will be made that ordinance No. 208, adopted May 1,1808, fully covers the matter of the appointment of firemen, and the com mittee will recommend the adoption of an ordinance accompanying the report, which regulates the appointments of the city engineer's assistants. The committee examined the bills of the Central Telephone company for $94 for telephones at the residences of the first and second assistant chiefs of the fire department, at the police station and at the residence of the chief of police, and will report that the company is fully com plying with ordinance No. 18, and, in fact, in giving more free telephones than the ordinance provides for, and will, therefore, recommend that the bille be allowed and vouchers issued for the same. Just how the committee came to this conclusion can not be stated. According to statements made in the committee the company has agreed to furnish twelve telephones, and the manager furnished the following list . House of correction. Engine house No. 1. Engine house No. 2. Engine house No. 8.. Engine house No. 4. Engine house No. 5. Engine house No. 6. Sunset hose company. , Chief of the fire department, City offices, Board of health office, Central office. . Tr The Net two. should not be counted. The telephone at the board of health of fice was put in,only a short time ago, and was furnished free at the request of the Citizen's Sanitary committee, . The one at the central office is neces sary to carry out the agreement of the company to give the city a system of fire alarm and that should not be counted. The committee instructed the city at torney to prepare an ordinance providing that the established grade at Eighth and Vine be changed so as to confirm to the present surface grade. . . The committee took no‘ action on Ald. Swimmer'’a' motion that certain ‘changes be made in the library ordinance. The committee will invite the trustees of the library to meet with them soon, HOOD'S CURES, . In asking that Hood's Sarnaparilis cures it, proprietors make no idle or, extrava gant claim. Statements from thousands of reliable people of what Hood’s Sarsa parilla has done for them, conclusively prove the fact HOOD'S Saraaparilla CURES. . . Hood's Pills ,act especially upon the liver, rousing it from torpidity to its nat ural duties, cures constipation and assists digestion. . . DISMISSED FOR ABUSE OF HIS POWER. Torega, Kan., July 11.—Assistant At torney General Nash Allen was dismissed from office this afternoon by Attorney General Little. It was proved that Allen had accepted a fee of $8000 for assistance in collecting a judgment from an insur ance company as assistant attorney gen eral. He advised the superintendents of insurance that unless the judgment was paid the license of the company to do business in Kansas would be revoked. In this way the collection was made, George W. Clark, who was assistant attorney general under Ives, was appointed to suc ceed Allen, Subscribe for Tar Wure, =~ | tet ballot...... 1g 2d ballot......... 8d ballot........ 8 10 10 4th ballot..... 11 5th ballot... as 18 1 6th ballot ....... 6 12 th ballot..... . 12 8th ballot........ 6 10 14 6th ballot. ...... 9 10th ballot....... 6 3 15 11th ballot....... 14 ‘12th ballot....... 7 G+ 14 ‘18th ballot....... 10 12 14th ballot... 14 15th ballot... “= @ * 14 '16th ballot... as 12 ‘17th ballot... 7 18 18th ballot.. one B 12 19th ballot... sae 10 20th ballot... 15 | flat ballot. ” 16 22d ballot.. 15 / 28d ballot. «4 10 16 24th ballo ‘ 16 [25th ballo’ ey 17 Miss Ella Grubb 1a 8 young lady, 8 till on the sunny aide of thirty by a couple of years, and is the daughter of Mr. George W. Grubb, a prominent farmer of Liberty township. She was born and raised in this county, and is a cousin of ex-Con gressman Scott Wike. She took the full classical course at Lombard university, and graduated there in 1887. Previous to entering the university she had taught schools at Liberty, and paid her own way ‘through college. After her graduation she went to Camp Point’ and taught there ‘for five years. The past year she has taught in a seminary at Novelty, Mo. She is said to be a very capable young woman, and her career as county superintendent on will be watched with considerable inter-
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Wed, Jul 12, 1893
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