Glancing Back

• The office of the Princeton Steam Laundry will herafter be at the Orient news and cigar store of O.H. Oswald. Laundry may be left and called for there, or orders left and the wagon will call for and deliver the work promptly.

• Rehearsals are being held every evening for the Rathbone Sisters’ female minstrel. The meeting tonight will be at the opera house.

• The moon was full last night and the cops never said a word about it.

• Since the publication of his new book, “The Great Interrogations,” Hon. C.A. Buskirk has received many complimentary words from public and press. The following is an extract from the book review in the New York Evening World of Dec. 4: “Mr. Clarence A. Buskirk of Princeton, Ind., has published a poem, “The Great Interrogations,” which deals with pretty near the same subject as “Paradise Lost,” but from the modern scientific instead of the ancient folklore aspect. He is a clear thinker and thoroughly educated in technical science.”

QUITE A LOT OF SPITE WORK

Peter Waterson and Frederick Hoffman have it “in” for each other and have had for some time. The parties are fishermen and live on the Gibson County side of the Wabash River. About six weeks ago Waterson “cussed” Hoffman and the latter filed a charge for provoke. Waterson was arrested and taken before Squire Corder where he plead guilty and was assessed one dollar and costs which fine Waterson stayed. The other day he came up to settle his fine and proceeded to get back at Hoffman by filing an affidavit against him, charging him with provoke also.

Hoffman was brought into Squire Corder’s court yesterday wand was fined $17.75, being adjudged guilty of the charge. Hoffman then proceeds to get even by having Waterson arrested on a charge of using profane language. Waterson plead guilty and was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $8.50.

Waterson then has Hoffman arrested on the charge of using profane language also and this cost Hoffman $8.85.

Then the two parties eased off a bit but Hoffman tried to stick George Fortner for profanity just to keep his hand in. However, Fortner was acquitted of the charge.

Then Justice Corder took a rest. The affair seems to be spite work all the way through, but justice is getting the benefit of it all.

EXPLOSION AT PETERSBURG

Manager Warner of the gas plant was blown almost across the street by an explosion which occurred at the well about four o’clock this afternoon. The force of the explosion blew the roof from the building but no one was injured by the flying timbers. Warner received slight injury but none of a serious nature.

FIRE IN MEAT MARKET

The fire department was called out at 9:45 last night for the second time within a few hours. The alarm was caused by fire discovered in the Howe building on the east side of the public square, which is occupied by Wyatt Gentry’s meat market.

Hugh T. Carlisle, editor of the Leader, whose office is on the second floor of the Howe building, discovered the fire, or rather, detected the smoke.

Dense volumes of smoke poured out of the meat shop in both front and the rear and this was taken as an evidence that a serious conflagration was imminent.

When the smoke of the battle was cleared away the Princeton Fire Department boys found their enemy entirely conquered. The interior of the meat shop presented a sorry sight and a sickening smell. The cause of the trouble, it is supposed, was the stove but how the fire started is not known. The fire had been closed only a short time and the last person to leave thought everything was safe.