The Shelby Republican
Thursday, December 27, 1883.
Volume XVIII. Number 44
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Boston Notes.
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BOSTON, Dec. 24, '83
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New Year's gift!Thursday, December 27, 1883.
Volume XVIII. Number 44
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Boston Notes.
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BOSTON, Dec. 24, '83
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Isaac Johnson made a flying visit to Howard county last week.
The lime factory will close down for the season after one more burn.
James Hogue and his pap spent Christmas in the city of concentric circles.
Charley Hawkins took in the pancake festival at Scudder's Saturday night.
John Nelson, head miller of the meal department of the city mills, is very busy now grinding feed.
Bill Johnson is at present undecided whether to take in Kansas or the Hendricks boom this winter.
Elijah Johnson, who has been traveling extensively in the West for several weeks, has returned home.
George Hawkins is reslating his house with shingles and making other internal improvements which adds much to the beauty of the 17th ward.
A Mr. Low, of Adams, has moved in the house formerly occupied by James Flynn. He is employed by the Vaughn lime company, of this city.
Charley Scudder will spend the holidays in Hamilton county, Ohio. It is supposed that he will bring home home[sic] a sparerib du\one up in calico.
Chas. Thompson has bought a new cutter and is prepared to cut a dash if the snow will only hold out faithful. We are laying low to see how the Pher-e-goes.
It is reported that the Norristown belle has been caught and is about to be landed by the dexterous angling of Mr. "Joker," of Flat Rock. Et tu brute, David.
Thomas Hogue, sr., is building a patent, reversible, automatic smoke house; when completed it will be the most successful smoke house in this city. 'Roe Sephens [Stephens?] is the supervising architect.
Notwithstanding the advantage of hogs and other cereals, the matrimonial market continues quite dull, but Frank Trees and John Nelson thinks there will be a large local demand after the holidays.
John Hogue and Charley Hawkins, of the rifle team of this city, have nine cords of rabbits and two cords of muskrat hides to ship as soon as the St. Paul, Geneva, Boston and Omaha railroad is completed.
Dave Dunlap will start in a few days for Arkansas, where, if he likes the country, he will make his future home. Dave is a whole-souled, good-hearted fellow, and will leave many warm friends to regret his goneness, and many a tremulous sigh will be heard -- from under -- a corset's so.
Senator Walker Sanders of Peoria Ill., will spend the holidays in this city; it was just fun to see him and Jim Dunlap plowing through the snow towards Billy Monroe's last Sunday evening. Greater love hath no man than he who would drive eight miles last Sunday evening to see his gal. Do you catch on Tom.
The Geneva Quartette of singers is furnishing that city and vicinity with some magnificent vocal music this winter. The leader James Hatton is well know in musical circles in this and Bartholemew[sic] county, he is perhaps the finest bartone[sic] singer in central Indiana, he is ably assisted by such well known talent as John McDonald, James Bowls and Lucellus McKay. They expect to start on a staring tour as soon as they can make the necessary arrangements. They will travel under the nom de plume of the widows of the west.
John Nelson has just returned from China. He reports the situation in that country as very grave. General Ah Sin Worland and 100,000 celestials are surrounded, having taken refuge in Bob Herter's Joss house. It is reported the Ah Sins's command is in a starving condition, their supply of chewing gum and opium being exhausted, and they are compelled to live on such course diet as oysters, turtle soup, snipe on toast, etc. The French beseigers under the command [several lines are not legible] ... which is Ah Sin's only avenue of escape. Dad Carlos Fiddler, Admiral of the French fleet. is anchored below the railroad bridge, in point blank range of the [?]. Ah Sin Worland has just telegraphed to the emperor of China that he hoped he might [?] if he knew how he was going to get out of there. He also telephoned Dr. Wong Long Victor, of Lewis Creek, to hurry up with [?] and kick the stuffin' out of the measley French.
DAMON.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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