Courier Watchman 1901-05-08

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Vol.   6.
COURIER, fi.uMlwhed.liW.
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Waverly O. Wednesday   May 8th, 1901.
WATTMIMA*, g.'.Wl.h_»J. lm.
StweMKtr tc I'lkMoa links*, Ka. I*'*
No.  5.
People  Homeless!
Jacksonville   Florida,
Visited by an
.       AWFUL HOLOCAUST.
A District as Big as Cliillicothe,
Burned to the Ground.
Ono ot the greatest antl moat destructive tire* mat li.. ever occurred in thlt
country, broke out la»t Saturday worn-
Ing "' th* heart Ol ihe t_>u*in*»a portion
of Ute city of Jack.t_.t_tv He, Florida,
and In the .hoe »nnce uf four hour:.,
laid the Rreater p-.rilo'i t»f th* dt? in
ailii--, ile.iruv intf 1:11. i'ii nilllio* dollar* worth of popi-rty aod remterinif
ten thouaand people homelea*. The
apace burnctl I* fifteen block* wide and
over two miles long. All ot the fioeat
bualneo* blocks, the largest hotel* aod
public building* were consumed, together with many ot the moat elegant
residence* of tbe city. Two of the
largest hotel* destroyed, covered an
entire block, and were built ot native
plot throughout, a* wa* alao many of
thc other building* destroyed. Thla
fact, together wltb a high wind tbat
prevailed at the tlmo, caused the flre
to spread with alormlngrapidlty.and In
tbe short *paca ot fifteen minute* wa*
entirely out of all control and never
ceased In lu destructive march until
everything had been licked up In iU
path and thero wa* no moro fuel to
add to the awful conflagration.
Although no lives were lost, lt wu
a mora appalling tire than thc great
holocaust of Chicago, a* ln the short
•pace of a few minutes the flro had
a oread over acre* of the fineat build <
lng^ ln the south, and tn a few hour*
a eity, ln extent aa largo aa ChUHcothe,
had boan burned oat of tbe heart of
the doomed ulty.
Besides the fearful loss of properly
tha Sr* baa left tena of thousand* of
people bomele** and penniless, and
much suffering aud expoaorc most
follow for a short time, hut It will not
laat more than a few days at the farth-
aal aa not only tba Government, but,
every atato ln tbe Union almost I* hurrying Dictitr and aupplle* of kind* to
th* authorities of tbe afflicted city .—
Tha flro atarted from a largo bod of
mosa that was being dried for a furniture factory A apark f torn tha chimney of a negro hnt aot flre to the moss,
whlcb waa discovered at onoe, and two
men with bucket* of water went to
extinguish the flro as ther had frequently done before, bnt the high wind
had siren it each headway before vhey
reach the flre that thay could not *x-
tingulsh it. and In a few minute*
the entire maas waa ln flames and beyond all control
m——m* •.
Had His Foot Crushed.
For aome thaa paat a lot ot bo»s ln
Piketon bave been In the habit of
boarding freight tralaa on tba N. th
VV. railroad at that place and riding up
to Glen Jean, trom where they returned home on the flrat train going their
way. Tbe boys hsd been repeatedly
warned ot their danger sad driven off
time and again, by the trainmen, bat
tber would watch their opportunity
and board the train* in *plte of every*
thing. On laat Monday evening, a
number ot boya from *** above place
boarded the local freight train and rode
np to Glen Jean. In a short time a
aouth bonod train came down tbe road
and aa it waa paaalng tha Junction at
a high rate ot apeed, the boya attempted to board lt. Tbey all ancceeded in
getting on safely except one, a boy
nainod Fout. a 17-year old aon ot Asa
Foot, who resides In Piketon. Yonng
Fout, la catching bold ot a car.tntsacd
bis footing and was drs«rged alomr the
tie* a considerable distance. Being unable to regain hla footing, tbe boy waa
finally compelled to let go of hla hold
on the car, when ene of hla feet arere
caught beneath tbo wheels and crushed into a shapeless taeae. Tba Injured
boy was brought to this placo aod
eared tor nntil yesterday afternoon,
when he waa taken to hla home ln
Piketon. where Dr. Andre, assisted br
Dr*. Ny* and Mooner. of thla place,
removed the foot at the ankle.
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Adams Co\ir\ty Hoard Trom.
The Bainbridge Graphic says tbat
Hon. J. B. B. Kesslttr. of Peebles. Adams countr, was in Bainbridge, Mon
day and favored that office with a very
pleasant call. Mr. Ke*sler was en-
roate to AshtsbuTfc eounty to look after aome legal business for a client—
Hr 1* oae of Adam* county'* leading
attorney* nnd I* ooe of the Important
factors la the reok* of the Democratic
party of that conntr. Two year* ago
-■-wa* a candidate fpr Representative of
' Adtm^Plke district' bat waa defeated
.bjr Hon. J. D. Wilson, of ink* county.
Mr- Kessler aav* he will not be a candidate tote the nomination again thlt
yaa.', ind has no idea wbom tbe Democracy will pit ageJnil Mr. Wllson.thc
republican candidate.
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Th* old <Ura is that the day it thunder* nod. lightning* lo February, the
same dar In May tbere wlil be froat. —
The aign lilt all right this time. We
had a violent thunder storm on the
tn, of February, and a frost on the
night of tho 3nl of May.
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Tba machinery of Vallory'* ice plant
wa« set In motion y sstorday and works
ed all right-
GONE  INTO DECAY.
Thc Cave of Hewitt the Hermit
It\ « State of Ruin.
Tue home ol Hewitt the Hermit,
four mile* north ot hereon tbo Chilli-
coiho pike, ha* Kuccumeti lo the ravages time and the Invasion of stock s«
to t« almoat a remnant of iw former
greatnewt. The masonry which formed the outer wall of tbe cave has turn -
bied down and the apace beneath the
ahelvlng rock Ibaijforuied tho cave,ho*
been filled up to a great degree by din
and tra*h,' and at the preaent rate of
decev, will soon be put recognition by
thorn not familiar witn th* location.—
Yeara ago, when tbl* cave waa occupied tif the Hermit, the .helving rock
that comp .-.ed the roof, projected ful-
ly'twenty f*«t farther over tu the w«»t
■nd waa entered from a ravine down
wbleh tbe old couniy road ran. At
that time, the apace beneath the rock
made a large and commodious room,
which tbe Hermit formed by blocking
up the opening with loga and atone.—
We hoard tbe late James Kmmitt. aay
that he visited the Hermit's cave when
he occupied It, and that It waa large
and roomv and that the wall* and floor
were covered with akin* of wild anlmala that the Hermit had killed.—
Mr. Kmmitt, at that time, waa a teamster, and waa engaged in hauling good*
from l'orumoutti to ChUHcothe. and
frequently came ln contact wltb tbe
old Hermit on the road. Mr. Emmitt
wsa a trustee of this township when
llie Hermit waa found one day in a
dying condition in an abandoned csbio
juat north of town. Tbe truttee* took
charge of the body aud buried It In
what la now Central Park, on Third
at. A few yeara after the Hermit died
tbe Portsmouth «&. Columbus turnpik-
was built.snd it ran directly thro' the
cave and it waa all dostroyed except a
small portion, which waa walled in by
alon* masons, who *ero working on
the pike.
For many years previous to tho day*
of railroads, when tho pike wa* the
msln thoroughfare of travel, tha cave
of Hewitt tne Hermit, woa one of the
greatest attraction* of tbe Scioto Val"
lay, and was visited by travelers from
sll oyer tho country, and written up
ln aong and romance: but alaal for the
homo of tbe poor He rn.it. tlie band of
time and vandalism, has almoat obliterated the small remnant ot the care
that waa left atter the pike waa built,
and If aometbing is nol soon done to
preserve what remain* of It, \xhe time
u not far distant when tbe only thing
that will remain to Indicate the romantic spot will be the monument that
stands on top of the bank and bears
the following Inscription: "Wllllsm
Howltt.jtho Hermit, Occupied tbl* Cave
tor Fourteen Yeara. When all Axonnd
Him wa* a Wilderness."
a* t a*
Abolish Spring Election*.
A movement la on foot petitioning tbe
legislature to abollah tho apring elections, and bar* municipal officers selected at the November election. Tboae
wbo ara prominent in thla movement
■ay that two campaign* a year keep* a
community stirred np all the time and
make* needless expenditure ot millions
of dollars tossy nothing of th* opportunity lt affords to corrupt the common
voter*, wbo have been educated to the
belief that tbere Is nothing in muncl-
pal elections! except what tbe voter
and tbe winning gang can make out ot
it The movement baa maor opponents, who claim that lf we elect all
our ufficera'at one and tho same timo,
the State and District officials would ao
obscure tbe election of municipal officers that eorrupt men would get tn
tbeir work and fill all the offices wltb
their tools. And tben it Is urged lhat
tbe abolishing of our elections would
only tend towards monarchy.
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Oet Ona of Your Own.
POLITICS
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Make Very Strange
Bedfellows as Witness
the Portsmouth
Crowd.
The otber day as we were going paat
oae ot oar hotel*, a wag at a fellow
who was reading the Courier-Watchman, ssked ns if we knew why our
paper waa like a good looking woman?
We thought awhile and aaid: "Be-,
cause everybody admires it?" Pretty
good, said the fellow, bat try again.—
"Because It'a alwaya full of tbe lateat
now*?" "New," said tho wag. MBe»
cause every maa should bave one of
bis own and not be running after his
neighbors" Now is tbe Ume to subscribe for the best and only reliable
paper ln tha county, tbe Courier-Watchman.
A nnmber of the High School pupil*
ot ChUHcothe, wbo are well np In athletic sports, have bean trying ta or*
ganice an Inter-Scholaatlc League,with
the view of having a general field day
of track and ilotd cvonta. The High
School* of Wav*rly, nillsboro,- Ports>
mouth, Chillicothe. Washington, Or
cleviUe, Logan, Wilmington. Jackaon,
Lancaster, Greenfield and McArthur.
have been asked to join the League —
If tbo movement is a success, dates will
be pnnoeeeed In the near future for
tbe flrst meeting, whlcb was at first
Intended te be held some time Sn thi*
month, but w* goes* will hare to be
postponed to a later data.
The report is going the rounds of the
papers that leading w tot buyers are
advising wool growers not to wash
their wool this season, alleging that
there will be little or no difference ln
the price of washed an unwashed wool
Tbla may be tra* ,bnt It seems to ns
lhat the manufacturer* wonld make
a big' difference in tha prioe of nice,
clean wool and that containing dirt,
burrs and tsga Perhaps the middle
man is on to *oio? plan to clean wool
by the wbosUalo snd want to make the
extra profit?
John Benlger, a noted character e->
bont Chillicothe daring the war of the
rebellion, died last week in Cincinnati,
agtid 09 year*. The deceased was well
known to many of Oor older elU*en*.
he being a frequent visitor to Waverly In his younger "day*
The treble barreled Kepublican
convention held at Portsmouth laat
week to nominate candidate* for Senator, Representative and Judges. Is said
lo havM been a terj lease affair, an.l
didn't produu* oven a ahow of disturbance, although tbere was enough "aup-
pre».ed indignation" on hand to have
made* a grand upheaval among the
disciples of Marcus and Joseph, had
It been louehed off. Owing to tht
lack ot interest manifested In tbe matter, th* Uannaites laid aside all appearance of utifnen.Illness toward the
Foraker gang, and Invited them to
come in and take a leading part ia the
prpceadtng* and make themaetvea at
home Being thus assured of tuair
personsl safety. Co). Barger, the hero
of many a bard fought battle la Foraker'* interest, aad a 'perapectlve' can
dldate for Governor, ventured to the
front, and In a speech that covered
him all over witb glory, mimed Senator
Samuel L. Patterson for a second
term a* State Senator. The Col'* well
timed remarka brought tho house down
repaatcdly and wltb such earnestnes*
aod force tbat the tidal waves, as it
were, were felt at the fsrther end of
thoblock. aa though the city had been
shaken up by an earthquake. Several
delegatea who were present tell ua tbat
lt waJRhe beat speech, by far. tbey
over heard fall from tMtei of ihe
"corn stalk atalasmea." *8o touching
were aome of bla flights of oratory regarding the early life and the trials and
tribulations that Senator l'atteraoo
had oncenntcred in his march up the
Pike Hill to his father's cow pasture,
beyond Bang's cl*y hank , and en np
the Hill of Fame until 'hla eyas have
rested upon the halls of Congress, as
the guiding star to future greatness, lt
Is said tbat Senator Gregg, wbo came
op to political greatness from the same
town by the wsy of the river road aod
ap Gregg's Hill, was ao affected that
he wept and applauded In turn.
After the Senatorial convention bad
completed Its work, the delegate* from
Adam* and Pike counties met to fleet
a«*ndidate for BeprefenUtive. Atter
aa organization had been effected, attorney f B. Dougherty stepped to tlm
front, and ln his usual rigors n* style,
told of Uie good qualities and of th*
public service* of one Joseph Wilton,
who had served the Republican* of the
two countlea aa their Representative,
faithfully aad Impartially, and moved
tbat be be ra nominated for the position by acclamation, which was doae
with tame manifestation* of approva1.
On calls being mad* for the nominee
income toward and thank tbe dale •
gate* for tbe honor cooferred, aod lt
b*c»me known that Mr. Wilson had
not felt enough interest la the mstur
to even attend the convention,murmur-
logs were beard amoog the delegates
tbat boded no good for tbe Perry townahlp statesman. It is not known y*t
whether Hr. Wll*on will make the race
or not, bot it will be all the aam*,
A* the Democracy ara ready to down
aay maa who comes to the poet, and
if Jou Wilson desires to preserve his
laurel* he will stand from under.
The Judicial Convention, which woa
a part of the treble barreled aggregation, aoaainaUd Henry Colllnga and
J< hn C Mlliaer as candidates for common pleas Judge*. Both gentlemen
have seen service on th* bench, and
have acquitted themselves ably.
So tar aa we can understand, there
waa no public exhibition of bad blood
during the entire proceedings; bat we
learn that when CoL Barger was put
forward to eulogise Ilr.Patterson and s
resolution was Introduced, pledging the
nominees for Senator andBapraaenta-
live to vote for J. B. Foraker, it re -
quired the combined efforts of t voatal-
wart Republicans to hold down a certain delegate from Pike coanty, who
was determined to let tba convention
know that he did not propose to lr
down peacefully and coram the Foraker oov throats" to walk ever hia prostrate form Into good fellowship wltb
tbe Hanna patriots, tba only repre-
Mutative of true Republic ana.
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CoadlttoB ot Wamlj Schools.
Following is the report of tba Superintends of the Waverly aehoola for the
month of April:
Nnmber of Boys enrolled  310
Girl* enrolled ..........910
Average dally attendance 408
Per cant of attendance „  97
Nnmber days abeence '.'.'..
Absent because of sickness  it
Caaea of tardiness    1
Number tf entries «U
Pupils neither absent nor tardy • -803
••     Pupils stud j lug Oerman 87
Books drawn from Library...... .SSt
F. I*   REYNOLDS. Supt.
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I Estle Taken to the Work Houae.
It will in. reutembored lhat wjuii four
or five week* ago a email *t*cd ilot
occurred ala m-IiooI election lu Cyultil-
anu, this county, growing outof tne
im11.11/ui,: praciieea ot uu. .et of the
Kepabiixsu. of the district lo retain
control uf the aehoola. The district is
very largely Republican, aud the va>
lent are uivtded into two factious, ibe
Little and Katie factions. Thn latter
largely nut-number lhe former faction,
but what it Ucks In number*, r. make*
up in It* powers of bulldozing, and lla
disregard of tbe law and the rights of
tbe people of tbe district There 1*
but very little doubt but what the Es-
tin crowd waa tricked In aom* way In
the election,aod when the two eoniaad-
ing faction* came together at the polls,
ami the Katie crowd found tbe election hod been held two hour, earlier
Ihao they were notified tt would be
held, iroubte eniined, which culminated In a flght, tn whlcb Dr. John Little
su.ta.neU a broken jaw. it will I*
remerabered that Leonard Kstle. waa
arrested for assaulting Little, and was
trn-d at onr recent term ot court, and
found guilty. EsUe was sentenced In
Judge Colling* to pay a fine of one dollar, and pay tbo costa of proaecutlon,
amounting to 8140, and to atantl committed lo the wora house until paid. - -
Estle l» a poor man. and I* greatly afflicted, atod found It Impossible u> com
ply with the order of tbe court within
the allotted time, and notwithstanding
the fact tberewere serious don I tv ss to
his guilt and that ho had been a faithful Republican all hia life, he wa* gob-
hied up ooe aay last week by Sheriff
Bateman and taken to tbe work houso
al Cincinnati Mr. Estle and hi* friends
are terribly worUed up over ihla matter and are biding tbo time whon they
will 1st) able to give tbeir enemle* a
dose of "poetic justice" that will chill
tho marrow in their  bones.
A Republican writing to ua from Cynthiana in regard lo this matter say*
thai it l« an outrage that thc He,-, nt
element of tbe Republican party of
that township have to be dictated to
by gang ot self constituted bosses who
have no regard for law, justice or decency.
THE COMING,
Kindergarten Entertainment on
Friday Ni^Kt Next.
St. Marj Stnlttt.
Service* at St alary'* Catholic chorcb
of this place, will be held next Satur
day and Sunday. Oo Saturday coofrations will be beard from IP. it. to 8
P. «. On Sunday at » A. M., regnlar
services with sermon. Atf?:30 P. M-, a
a*rmoa oa the propriety of "Cetbolie
Confession.**   AH are tnrited.
Dr. Caldwell left today for Cincinnati to be preteut at a mld-d*y lunch
aftd banquet ot tbe Soiinty of Medical
foramina** of tba Union Central Life
Insurance Company..
Another ot the gentler, lf not the
stronger *ox. decerning of the warm
Indorsement of parent*, generally, 1*
Mra C. A Armbrnat, tbs popular proprietress of tbs aow wsll established
Kindergarten of .Waverly. .Within tba
walla of thl* pleasant cottage home,
a llttlo educational institution has taken root, lhat by and by ls to become
tbe basis of a broad and practical development that we fully expect lo realize In th* lives and destinies of our
children. On next Friday night at the
Opera Bouse Mra. Armbrust will endeavor tooonvlnceu* ofthe Importance
and «fRcacy of her effort*. *o far as
her work relate, to the llttl* tou that
tbat have be*n her caie and solicitude
fer aome month* past; and she asks
that we honor her work and her purpose, at least with our presence, and
therefore onr encouragement. Tbe
Watchman bell*v«« that every parent
who love* hi* child, and hope* for hia
highest good. *hou!d be there.
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CoBfintloR Postponed.
We take upon onraelve* tbe aad duty
to announce tbat owing to the death of
our President, the Sandsy School convention which was to hsve been held
at Pee Pee chapel on th* 23th ult. bas
been postponed until the 19th ef Msy.
The same program will be used.
L. C Watts, S*c
Tbe Greatest
41 TROTTING   BRED &
* COACH -HORSE*
In Southern Ohio!
PETOSKFY JR. wsa foaled Apr
6tb, 1894, is s beautiful bay, 10-3
hands high; weighs 1800 lbs. fine
•tyle and action; bas trotted and
pacsd m 3 min. gait; strongly made
and very attractive; bas good feet
and legs and large enough to make
a good stock horse—speed and site
combined with great individuality.
Thia borse merits tbe patronage of
breeders wbo wish to raise horses
of siie,endutance,style and speed—
the qualities now sought after in
hones.
WUI xsak* tA* Sprisg Sewca of 1*01 ta f*i-
xomt: On mZrrUrt at Joha Eater's Ura. OS
IMs-fey* ai fl. r. oites.iT. Oa W*_ic«wU.r» ax
ixepex. Oa t..:*&*-* cssr Ui*i»y«. st Wa-
trty Stl&t)* soil Sstsrtsyt.
Ttaa»: $10 for****™: $li to tnwrv.
Ksras Mietaltj &*»U«1, Uat ton*!  at e»»-
Siyr partkafain, and taaaUta* r-A}-*e *d
Q5CAR VALLERY,  Wash, C B. O.
mlsamtaaa.. *, ©. RADER. Wsrerty, <X
WEHAVE THEM ATTHE BIG STORE
Dozens of Shirtwaists
in every color, style or
price; all are new and
clean, fresh from the
Factory. Also the dain=
tiest patterns in wash
Summer materials, of
every description.
An unbroken line of
Ready=made Muslin
Underwear, at "Rock
Bottom" prices, is now
on display and is bound
to be a Winner.
J. N. HOFFMAN.
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CASTORIA
For Infant* and Childron.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
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Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
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Epworth Liapt Officers-
On lost Wednesday evening, after
prarer moetinfr, the Epworth Laafos
held lU monttilv basic*** cne«liog.
Tbe tollowin? oflteers ware elected:
Pre*ideot—E. P. P. Smith.
Ftr*t Vice Prea-C _£ lltller.
Second Vici! Pro*. —Anna E. Smith.
Third Vic* Pre*.—M. W. A«hb»o^b.
- Fourth Vice Pre*.—Mrs. Oeo. Or**n-
baum.
S*c— John  «V. Eaosrsach*.
Tre*.--Mtnd Crumby.
I.rller   l.l.t.
List of letters remaiaiag in the
post office at Waverly for tbe week
ending May Oth, lWlr
John Kritser.
Persons sending for advertised
Utter* must enclose one cent.
Chas. W. Jones, P. M.
Twlttt AuJwfttrf.
I    On next Sunday create* the Epwarui
cvpohist*—Mra  Jntla Sbrader  and   l__*-*gi»* *t U»li   pt***x
Csme E.. Johnson.
r**» the
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Hr- and Mr* Vf. }l *4eKanti*i who $*«i>*M«ijr • P"»
havts t*a*— tnxltlmg their noma AlXtlu,* *a make ttte ca
'Or ihr, panl rear,    will   return to thi» j io»tt*tioi)   i* **i
city tn a toar  day* sod will reside.at j  '	
m East f&f*nth atreet for Um •eia«_#n t   .l?^*t Friday   Qiffbt,   S^sotiittl Ta&»
—ChtUJootbe Oaten* l$*anx and Urin_g ptetnru.
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