HOWFLOUR WAS SOLD A Slick Confidence Operator Unfolds a Tale to the Court. If ARROW ESCAPE AT A HOTEL FIRE. A Bursting Boiler Kills and Injures Several Persons. ALL THE KEWS FEOM XEAE-BY TOW5S rsrECIAt TZLEGrjLlI TO THE DISrjLTCH.l Unioxtowh, March 13 A sensational tale tras told here durinp the trial to-day of John U. Thomas, who ras convicted of false pretense in collecting money at Con aellsville belonging to W". A. Baer & Sons, millers, of Greensburg. Thomas said his real name was Gerald Coles, and that he was raised at Nyack-on-ihe-Hudson, bat he had "spent most of his life in New York. He came to Greensburg from 2few York in answer to an advertisement, and was em ployed by Frank Baer. now in jail at Greens linrg awaiting trial for burning flour mills at Greensbnrg and Latrobe. He and Baer placed a Dlan wherebr Coles assumed the name of John K. Thomas, a wealthy Johnstown gentle man, and on the strength of bis name and rep utation tner raised notes through Qreeusbnrg banks. Baer's flour not being a success be and Coles formed a scheme to put it on the market under a fictitious name, and Coles was put on the road selling it, under the brand of Baldwin & Co., of Minneapolis. Coles claimed that as be was a partner in the scheme the money he col lected at Connellsrille was rightly bis, but the Jury thought otherwise. The Prosecuting At torney says Coles is one of the slickest con fidence men convicted here for a long time. A Murderer Who Shammed Inaanltr Be comes n Maniac In Reality. Fottsvtixe, March 13. Peter BaransU, the murderer of Agnes Catcz and her lover, who showed so many evidences of insanity during his trial, but bo was generally believed at the time to be dissembling, is undoubtedly now in sane, no matter what bis condition may have been at the time of the murder or subsequent trial. All who speak to him in bis native tongue unite in saying that bis speech in in coherent and childish, and believe that there is no doubt that his reason has fled. He at times seems aware of his impending fate, at other times imagines be is a religions martyr; again insists upon it that be has killed hundreds of children, and ten minutes after ward maintains that he has given life instead of taking it. Yesterday be wrote a rambling letter to Judge Pershing, protesting his inno cence. A jury will undoubtedly bo appointed to inquire into bis case, and it is extremely doubtful whether the death sentence will ever be executed. THREE BOILERS BURST FIRE IN A UOTEL. Panlc-Stricken Gnosis Nnrrovrlv Escape With Their Live. Wheeling, March 13. This evening abont o'clock the Granite Hotel at Wcllsbnrg was entirely destroyed by fire. "When the alarm was sounded there was a panic among the guests and there were many narrow escapes. There Is no fire department at Wellsbnrg and the citizens rushed to the scene of the conflagra tion to render all tbe assistance in their power. A nnmber of guests in the third story of the building, from which all escape was cut off, were rescued by means of ladders only a few moments before the walls fell. - Several panic-stricken men jumped from the third-story windows to tbe pavement below, and were badly injured. Six; or seven ladies who were in the npper stories of the building bad their hair so badly scorched that it will be necessary for them to have their beads shaved. There were no lives lost The loss on the building is about So, COO. ARRESTED IX TIME. The Man Palled nt Rochester Is a Well Known Criminal. HocnESTEE, March 13. Detective Lazarus received a telegram this morning to hold Bailey, tbe man arrested on Monday afternoon as a suspicious character, on whose person was found a key that unlocked a Brighton street shoe store. Two officers arrived this afternoon from Waterf ord. Brie county, and recognized the prisoner as Tonv Mullen. He is wanted in Waterford on a charge of burglary. One of the officers was well ac quainted with Mullen and called liira by name on entering the lockup. The officer stated that be had served a term of three rears in New Yort State. Officer Lazarus thinks he was not alone and is on the lookout for bis pals. ONE ARREST MADE On Suspicion of Being Implicated In McClcl landtown Robberies. 'Dkiontowts-, March 13. John S. AVeltner, of this place, was arrested to-day as an accom plice in tbe robbery and outrage at McCIel landtown on Monday night, and will be given a bearing to-morrow. Three of the victims say they recognize him as being one of the party of five. Weltner claims be was in TJniontown that night, and that he can prove an alibi. He was at one time a resident in tbe vicinity of the robberies. Other arrests of suspected parties are expected m a day or two. Three Cars Jump tbe Track. Rochester, Pa March 1?. While freight train No. 93, on tbe Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, was passing here, about noon to-day, at tbe rate of 15 miles an hour, the box came off the front truck of a car, causing the wheel to fly off, throwing three cars from the track. After the break down the train ran about 000 feet before stopping, tearing up the track, misplacing trucks and doing general damage. Result of the Rending Failure. Readisg, March 13. The last of the pipe mills of tbe Reading Iron Works closed down this afternoon, and now all the vast establish ments of the firm are out of operati.m, except the two blast furnaces, which have about a week's stock of cual on hand. The workmen, to whom 15 days' wages are due, received no tice this afternoon that on Saturday next they would receive one week's pay. Evidently Not a Happj Family. LIMA, MJrch 13. Mrs. Mary Ransbottom caused the arrest of her stepson Alonzo, aged 14, charged with assault. She claims her hus band held ber while tbe boy beat her in a brutal manner, causing serious Illness of her self. Her husband, she also claims, robbed ber of 52.000. And a Number of Persons are Killed and Injured. BeAdcx G. March IS. A nest of three boilers at the St. Nlcbola scolhery.near Mahonoy City, exploded at 11 o'clock this morning with ter rific effect, wrecking the blacksmith shop and the boiler house. Mrs. Louisa Hoffman, with her child in ber arms, was passing at the time. A fragment of iron broke her bip and killed tbe child, James Delaney, a driver, passing with his team, had his skull fractured. Michael Warren, a lad of 13, on the same wagon, had his thigh broken and leg crushed, Edward Seltzer had bis skull crushed. Patrick Wan ner and Edward Watts were terribly injured by flying pieces of tbe iron. Others were scalded and injured, but their names conld not be learned. Burned in Her Bod. Altoojia. Pa.. March 13. Three yonng men, returning from a walk early this morning, saw flames shooting ont of a house on Union avenue. They broke in the front door, and found Mrs. Sadie Malstrom, colored, in bed and enveloped in flames. She was literally roasted and will die. John H. Williams, who escaped from a back door as the men entered, has been arrested on the charge of setting the bed on fire. He is a white man. Williams' hands were burned. "Bloivn Oat of Existence. Lima. March 13. There was an explosion of a pine at the Standard Refinery at 3 o'clock this afternoon, causing a great deal of damage. The pipe ran under the carpenter shop, where several men were working. John Tussing. a young man 23 years of age, is missing, and no trace of him can be found. It is feared he was blown out of existence. A Youthful Murderer Sentenced. Hoixidayseurg, March 13. Joseph Dillon, who was convicted here of manslaughter for killing his 9-year-old playmate, Eddie Chat ham, by hitting him on the head with a cobble stone during a fight in Altoona last July, was to-day sentenced to full imprisonment in the Huntington Reformatory. He is the first prisoner to that institution from Blair county. Pipes Burst In a Glass Works. Tiffin, O., March IS. The cold air blast pipes were finished at the Beatty Glass Works this afternoon, aud this evening, while first tested, thev burst, doing over 51,000 worth of damage. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. Attempted Suicide by Shoollnt. McKeesport, March 13. William Foster shot himself through the head with a revolver to-night. He is still living, but will likely die. The cause is not known. MHOIiaBanB Tri-Stato Brevities. Wiixiam Bakeon has sued the city of Lima for 7,000 damages. He fell off the sidewalk into tbe creek and broke his right thigh. The puddlers and helpers at the Center Iron Works at Bellefonte went out on a reduc tion of about 10 per cent in their wages. It throws SO men out of employment. Mrs. Henry S. Bueket. of Martinshnrg killed herself yesterday morning with a pistol. She had been an invalid for many years, and thajnisery was too great to be longer borne. Rev. W. S. Haui-ek, of the Beaver U. P. Church, has forbidden his parishoners to fur nish milk to their customers on Sunday. The dealers and their friends are leaving the church. Tlf E Allen county jury awarded Miss Minnie Hues 2,500 damages in ber suit against the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company. Miss Huss is still ill and in a pre carious condition. Ex-County Commissioner Fraxk Mc MAsTERwasgivenaverdit of $1,000 damages for libel against J. A. Caldwell, formerly pro prietor of the Yonngstown Vindicator. The Vindicator charged McMastcr with stealing funds from the county while in office. Chief of Police Philip Paul, of Renovo, was murdered while conveying a drunken man to the borough jail. He was shot in the back of the head, and died within two hours." No arrests have yet been made, but the officers have hopes of capturing the guilty person. Sterling silver thimbles in plush boxes 25 cents, at Bosenbaum & Co.'s. .Buy Cable Dye Fast Black Stockings, And you will get the best to wash and wear. Jos. HOKNE & Co.'s Penn Avenue'Stores. Bio bargains in carpets, lace curtains, poles, linoleum, etc. George "vT. Shaman, Thssu 136 Federal street, Allegheny. Silk bindings for cloth garments, all shades, 6 cents, worth 12 cents, at Bosen baum & Co.'s. Lntcst Shapes In Straw lints and Bonnets. Spring styles now ready in our millinery department popular prices. JOS. HOEKE & Co. '8 Penn Avenne Stores. A Man Supposed to be Dead for 21 Years Turns Up Allvo-nnd Rich. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Waterbtky, Conn., March 13. News has just been received from a man formerly of this city, and who, for 21.years, had been reported to be dead, but who is now a wealthy resident of Victoria, Australia. In April, 1868, Fred H. Woolworth, of Water bury, aged 23, disapDeared. Nothing was heard of him, and it was supposed he had committed snicide or had been foully dealt with, and a large sum of money was ex pended in trying to find his body. All efforts proving fruitless, the search was abandoned and the Woolworth family mourned for the missing one as the victim of a mysterious tragedy. A few days ago Woolworth's friends re ceived a letter postmarked Australia, and, on opening it, discovered that it was from Fred. He said that since leaving Water bury he had led a somewhat adventuresome life. Immediately nfter his disappearance he went on a whaling-voyage, and for three ?ears encountered all the perils incident to ife on a whaling vessel. At the end of that time be went to Australia, where he has since resided. A few years ago he pur chased for $25 a gold mine, supposed to be worthless, and a day or two later discovered gold sufficient to make him rich. New Chartered Companies. At Harrisburg yesterday the following Pittsburg companies were chartered. Ger man Workingman's Publishing Company, capital $75,000; the Burns Copper Weld ing Company, capital $1,000; the Bagdad Coal and Coke Company, capital, 816,000. The Usaal Dividend. The Philadelphia Company met yester day and declared a 1 per cent dividend for February. It was said the month had been the most prosperous since the pipes were laid, and the troubles with the line had been fewer than ever before. mm MR& DR. OROSSLEY, One of the Consulting Physicians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute at 22 Ninth street. Mr. James Crltchlow, residing on Carnegie street, this city, has fur 15 years undergone ter rible suffering from bis stomach. At times it would give him such pain that he could only live on lime water and milk.' He bad great distress and bloating after eating, with belching of gas. His liver also gave bim much pain, ana his tongue had a yellow coating. He had a pressure and pain over the eyes. He lost all ambition aud kept getting worse until he was unable to do any work. One doctor said be had cancer of tbe stomach. After trying 11 doctor ail to no purpose, he began treatment with tbe physi cians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute, and although 67 years old, be now works every day and feels well and hearty. He says: "That I am cured of the above conditions I hereby sign my name. "James CnrrcHxow." Tbe above lady physician can be consulted by ladles suffering from diseases peculiar to their sex. The medicines used are positively curative, and are so prepared as to allow the patient to n:e the treatment herself. They treat successfully catarrh, rheumatism, dys pepsia, bronchitis, asthma, blood, kidney and female diseases. Office hours. 10 A. M. to 4 p. M., and 6 to 8 P. M. Sundays, 12 to 4 p. M. Consultation free to all. Treatment also by correspondence. mh6-83-s OPTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL GOODS. Specialty Correct fitting "of lenses and frames. All styles of Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Experienced Opticians and our own factory and workmen are our inducements. WH.E.STJERM, Optician, S44SMITHF1ELD STPITTSBURG, PA. fe22-27-TTS MR. J. A. CAYTON, Staten Island, writes For a nnmber of years I havn been troubled with pain In the small of my back and other trouble peculiar to kidney disease. Acting on the advice of a friend, 1 took PRATT'S AROMATIC GENEVA GIN. After using, six bottles I feel like another man. JOS. FLEMING, Bole Wholesale andRetail Agent jj-3-tts in Pittsburg, SI Market street. Walter J. osborne. Richard Harrows. BARROWS & OSBORNE JOB PRINTERS, 90 Diamond street. Telephone No. EU c2-k5ff-TTSSu mHE PITTSBURG CLASSICAL AND JL MATHEMATICALINSTITUTE,rooml3, Jackson building. Sixth and Penn are. Latin, German, Shorthand, Memory Training, Mathematics, etx, etc. Classes now being en rolled. mh9-75-TTS TDIJOU THEATER-NEXT WEEK. cSKg MAEOH 18. Matinees WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. SALE OF SEATS, THIS MORNING. Engagement of tho FAMOUS EMMA liim&h Established WJ. Telephone Call 107 FRANK J. GTJOKBRT, Contractor and Manufacturer of DANE, OFFICE, STORE AND CHURCH FIXTURES. Doors, Walnscoating, Ceilings and Hard Wood Work of every description, lor building and decorative purposes. Mantels, Cabinets and Furniture of Special Designs. Drawings .and Estimates furnished on application. Office and factory, Nos. 6S and 70 Seventh Avenue, Pitts burg."Pa. Hard wood lumber. n27-hlOO-TTS Stlii vvmw.vK Try Hint a h .i vac LBBOTT hnKmmtiki,n mmmniLim. GRAND ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. Largest, strongest and only successful English Opera Company in America. With the follow ing popular artists: Abbott, Aunandale,BertInl,Fricke,Montegriffo, Michelena, Pruette, Broderick, Allen, Martens. GRAND CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA In this brilliant and varied repertoire: MONDAY. I First Time in Pittsburg, SATURDAY MAT. Gilbert fc Sullivan's greatest success THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, Or the Merryman and His Maid. Emma Abbott and Entire Company in Cast. TUESDAY First time in Pittsburg, Balf e's Sparkling Opera, ROSE OP CASTILE, Emma Abbott as Queen of Castile. Entire company, enchanting music, gorgeous costumes and scenic effects. WEDNESDAY Prices, 75c, 50c and 25c. MATINEE, I Revival of the Charming "Opera, CHIMES OP NORMANDY, Two Prime Donnoe, Entire Company. WEDNESDAY Donizetti's brilliant creation, LUCIA, BRIDE of LAMMERMOOR Emma Abbott and Entire Company In case THURSDAY EMMA ABBOTT as "Leonora" in Verdi's Grand Opera, IL TROVATORK FRIDAY Bellini's Grand Opera, NORMA NORMA. Emma Abbott and Entire Company. SATURDAY NIGHT Balfe's ever Popular and Admirable BOHEMIAN GIRL, Emma Abbott and Entire Company. mhlS-64 Not Like Other Stores. For one thing we manufac ture the Clothing. This superiority of quality and careful workmanship that we speak to you about every day is no guess-so. It's know-so, with us. We w6uld shut up our work-rooms sooner than go through the motions of mak ing Clothing with a doubtful, unreliable quality. We keep none but reliable goods; no prices but fair ones: giving for every dollar as much as it's possible for a dollar to get of such Clothing. 1,000 styles of goods to Make-to-Measure. J. DIAMOND, Optician, S3 eiactH Street, XMttsbure- Spectacles and Eyeglasses correctly adjusted to every derect of sight. Field and Opera Glasses, Telescopes; Microscopes, Barometers, Thermometers, etc. AKTIFICIAIJSYES made to order, find WflrTOTltftil ilmM 1Tt hanrl A large and complete stock jag-TTSsa : FRED SHIEDEL, STAINED AM ORNAMENTAL GLASS, For Church and Residences, Estimates and Special Designs promptly. NO. 7 MARKET STREET, fel6-99-TT33u Pittsburg, Pa. w. -wmm "Zf f5rSHHfie?r w i -w- -- ""' -. EH3 xggjggg BEMOVED TO No. 50 FIFTHv AVENUE, Near Wood Stbeet. KORNBLUM. OPTICIAN Telephone No. 1686. felD-MTWTFSnwk DRUNKENNESS Or ths Liquor Hsbit Positively Cured by Admlnliierlhg Dr. Hsinei' Golden Specific It ean.be given In a cup of coffee or tea without the knowledge of the perion taltlnr it: 1 abso lutely harmless, and will effect a permanent and soeedv cure, whether the patient Is a moderate drinker or an alcoliolle wreck. Thousands of Urnnkardi havo been made temperave men who havo taken Golden Specific in their coffee without their knowledge and to-day belleTe thev quit drinking ftom their own freewill. IT JjEVR viTiuaTh. ivitjm once lmnrernated with the Specific, It becomes an utter impossibility for the liquor appetite to exist. For sale brA. J. EanSin, Sixth andl'enn aye.. Pittsburg: E. Uolden A Co.. 63 E. Federal St., Allegheny. Trade supplied by eo. A. Kelly & Co., fittbnre. Pa. ac27-53-TT8 Vte-aajiWlX MH.'t9, IB8J?Ssj -rn -rri-S?" scientific H 1 t? LJ.2S OPTICIAN. Patentee and sole manufacturer of tbe Eureka Eye Glass. No chain required. Eureka nose blades fitted to other eye glasses. Oculists prescriptions a specialty. All kind of lenses ground and spectacles made on the premises. 908 PENN AVENUE, PITTS. Seventeenth and Chestnut, Philadelphia. del-b53-TT3 Almeria and Malaga Grapes, Bananas. Florida Oranges and all kinds of Foreign and Domestic Fruits, JOHN TEBE & CO., 608 LIBERTY STREET. no8-TT8 BON1STALLI & BISI. IMPORTERS AND dealers in wines, liquors and French oor dials for family use. Sole agents for San Gab. riel Wine Company, California. 10 DIAMOND SQUARE, Pittsburg. Foreign produce a snec alty se22-bl3K-TTS ATTENTION, GREENSBURGERS ! WHEN YOU LOOK FOB WALL PAPER, Or any kind of Wall or Ceiling Deooration, consult WM. H. ALLEN, 51sTte?fi PITTSBURG, For Style, Variety and Cheap Prices. VIDL.XiIAM: TRINKIiE, MANAGER. Samples sent tor approval by daily messengers. mhl4-TTS STYLISH WRAPS. Wanamaker & Brown, Sixth street and Penn avenue. mhl3-D Spring, with its balmy breath, will soon be here. Then you must cast aside your heavy cloak and substitute for it a lighter weight garment. We have made extensive prepa rations to show this season THE .-HANDSOMEST : GOODS! We ever had the pleasure to present to yon. In this particular department yon will find hundreds of styles of Beaded "Wraps, Silk and Lace Wraps, Broad cloth Newmarkets, Corkscrew Jackets, Pine Stock inette Jackets, Blouses, Pleated and Smocked Jer seys and Children's Cloaks and Jerseys. The goods have all been selected with the utmost regard to quality, fit and style. We feel snre that no house can offer yon better inducements regarding- prices and styles, any assertion to the contrary notwithstanding. We do not indulge in bombastic announce ments; it is not necessary. Onr increasing trade is onr best advertisement. Come and examine oar stock and styles before going elsewhere. Oar prices speak for themselves. We can suit everybody. TDIMMINPC 3e latest and choicest novelties in Dress Trimmings, of all kinds. I nilfiilllliud. Buttons, Braids, Persian Bands, Tinsel Effects, etc., at most mod erate prices. Ml! I INCDV As usual, we lead with an immense assortment of Spring Hats, Bon III ILL! 11 Cll I . nets, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, Ornaments. Due notice of our regu lar spring opening will shortly oe given. Now is the time to buy these at bargain prices. We have an assort ment of over 6,000 pairs, bought direct from the manufacturers. We offer them at extraordinarily low prices. All full lengths and widths. Prices range Trom 75o to $20 00 per pair. An elegant line of POR TIERES, our own importation, ?3 CO to 58 00 per pair, worth 60 per cent more. New Spring shades Kid Gloves, in immense variety, at 75o, 95c. $1 25. $1 50. Misses Kid Gloves. 45o. 68c. 75c per pair. All 4-Button Stitched Backs. Novelties in Ladies' and Gents' Neckwear, Veilings and Laces. ONE LOW PRICE FOR EVERYBODY AT peibavm 510, 512, 514 MARKET ST. AND 27 FIFTH AVE. KAUFM ANNS' NEWS OF THE HOUR. The triumph of our Cloak Department is complete. Though we'v won the ladies to our sjae on the cloak question many moons ago, we have never captivated their hearts as thoroughly as right now with our Grand Spring Opening Sale of Beaded and Plain Wraps, Jackets, Jerseys, Long Garments, Beaded Shoulder Capes and Fichus, Shawls, etc. Such a bewildering variety of fine and fash ionable garments and such wondrously low prices are nothing short of a revelation to the fair sex and a revolution of the Cloak busi ness of this city. Our Special Grand Opening bargains will be in' force during the balance of this week, and every lady who has.aa eye for beauty, elegance, style and economy should see them. And, now, let's step into the realms of Youth our Boys' depart ment You'll find; it radiant with the best and latest styles of spring Clothing. We know the wants of Young America to perfection, ana our stock .expresses our knowledge. To begin with, the materials from which our Boys' Clothing is made have been selected with a special view to resist the roughest and hardest wear, the seams won't rip, the buttons won't come off; so much for quality. As to prices: they are the very lowest consistent with honest goods and honest workmanship; this'U catch the boys' parents. You can easily sea that we can please all in quest of Boys' good, and cheap Clothing, whether kilt, short or long pant Suits. Mothers of boys, we expect you. Now, a few words to the gentlemen. Have you bought your spring Cyercoat yet? If you haven't, and are willing to save a few dollars give us a call. Our variety of spring Overcoats is immense. You can take your choice from cassimeres, corkscrews, cheviots, diago nals, wide wales, meltons, crepes, Venetians, covert cloths, etc Spring Overcoats in these materials come in an endless diversity of new shades and colors, and are cut in the latest medium, long and short English top styles. Concerning our prices : they are low enough for anybody. To illustrate, take our beautiful Melton Over coats at $T, our magnificent Cheviot Spring Top Coats at $10; our elegant French Corkscrew Top Coats at $12 our gorgeous Venetian Top Coats at $15; our English Covert Cloth Top Coats at $18; our fine English Wide Wale Top Coats at S20. These garments are fully equal to first-class custom work, and are infinitely superior to the ready-made garments sold elsewhere at far above our prices. A short Hat chat would be quite interesting to most gentlemen right now, at the eve of the spring season. We want you to know that our new spring stock exceeds in size, excels in beauty and outrivals in cheapness anything of the kind ever known in this city. We now show all the latest styles of the most celebrated American and for eign Hat manufacturers. The new Knox shapes Silk Hats can be found in our stock; we have the Youman, Dunlap and Miller shapes of Stiff Hats in various fashionable- colors, and there isn't a new style of a soft, traveling or crush hat that we can't show. But the greatest point in our favors are the low prices we name. The large business we do makes it possible for us to buy our Hats for "less money and sell them at a smaller profit than any other house "in Pittsburg. And the more our trade increases, the cheaper we can afford to selL This season we'll name the lowest prices yet CURTAINS. SPRING GLOVES. mnl2-TTSsa DO YOU GET YOUR CLOTHES MADE TO ORDER? Our Custom Tailoring Department is ready to serve you. The lar? gest assortment ever seen here of Fine Imported Suitings and Trouserings; the most skillful cutters and the best tailors are at your disposal And, remember this: You'll find no war prices here. Goods Suits to order at 25, $30 and 35; finest at $40 and $45. Come and see us. KAUFMANNS Fifth Avenue and Smithfleld Street mhll-D EVIDENCE OF CHEAPNESS Can you call to mind any -wideawake town of 1,000 inhabitants, where lots can be bought at Prices we ask and on such easy terms? IN PAYMENT! yi v 111! WEEK ONE PER CENT CASH, THEN ONE PER CENT EACH WEEK THEREAFTER UNTIL FULL AMOUNT IS PAID, .:. PORTLAND .:. Has 5,000 population. The Evans addition is less than a mile from the Court House, on the main street; with three-fourths of the population lying between it and the Court House. SECURES A IFOIR.TIIl.A.IETID, the county-seat of Jay county, In diana, is half way between Fort Wayne and Richmond, and 118 miles from Cincinnati by rail, or about 90 'miles in a direct line. It is in the largest continuous district of natural gas-bearing land in the world a district which has been developed and tested by hundreds of gas wells, demonstrating beyond all doubt that the gas supply is in-exhaustible,-and its quality for fuel and illumination unsurpassed. The gas wells now in "use at Portland have an output of over 15,000,000 , cubic feet daily, and this supply may be increased ad infinitum. The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad and the Lake Erie and Western Railroad give Portland a north, south, east and west outlet The county is one of the richest agricultural and stock-raising coun ties in the State. Portland has fine public schools, a Normal College, two newspapers, viz.: "Commer cial," "Sun;" a building and loan association, seven churches, two fine hotels, besides lesser ones, an opera house, and does a large wholesale, retail and manufactur ing business. BUILDING LOT IN THE GREAT NATURAL GAS AND OIL FIELD AT PORTLAND, INDIANA. The EVANS ADDITION North Corporation Line of the City of Portland, And Lies Directly on the Principal Street of the Town, Less Than One Mile from the Court House. Lots are offered in this subdivi sion upon the following terms, viz.: One per cent cash with order, then one per cent each week thereafter (or more if so desired by pur chaser), until full amount is paid, when warranty deed will be exe cuted for the property. Af rebate . of 10 per cent will be made for all cash in advance. On receipt of first payment a bond for a deed will be forwarded to the purchaser with the amount duly credited; ako a large plat of the property and a colored township map showing the exact location or tbe addition. THE TITLE TO THE LAND IS ABSOLUTELY FREE AND UNIN CUMBERED, A complete .abstract of title fur nished free to all purchasers on re ceipt of first payment THE LOTS ARE 25x140 AND LARGER, fronting on 50-foot street with 15-foot alley, and are equal in value to lots selling in other localities of the gas belt at 150. We advise taking two or. more lots to secure a good frontage. There are 12 lots to the block. WE OFFER LOTS AT PRICES AS FOLLOWS: $40, $45. $50, $55, $60, $65, $70, $75, $80. and $85 each; Meridian street lots are $90 and $100. All without interest, and free of taxes until deed is executed. If any application is received after all the lots are disposed of the money inclosed for first pay ment will be returned. No atten tion paid to inquiries unless the one per cent for lot is inclosed. Remember the number of lots is limited, and "first come, first "" " GAS WELLS ARE WITHIN 100 FEET and lie at southeast and south-west corners, while just west of it is the ONLY OH, FIELD IN THE STATE PORTLAND, INDIANA, March i, 1888. I have made the survey and plat of the land comprised tn the Evans addition to the city of Portland, Jay county , Indiana, and hereby certify that there ts not a lot in said sub division thaizs not suitable fdr building purposes and suscep tible, of good drainage. The subdivision adjoins the corpora tion line of the city. Meridian street, which passes through the property, is the principal street of the city and the main thoroughfare of the county leading into the city. Sixteenth street is also an important highway. C. E.. ROGERS, Ex-County Surveyor and present City Civil Engineer. We, the undersigned, are familiar with the above de scribed property and indorse the foregoing statement in refer ence thereto. THEODORE BAILY, Mayor of the City. PM. HEARN, Abstractor. ESj. MARSH, Editor "Commercial." . ."V"' SEARING BROS., Grocers. J. C. LOWRIE, Postmaster. H. O. WELDON, Proprietor Merchants' Hotel. PORTLAND is develop ing quite rapidly since the discovery of Natural Gas and . Oil in that locality. Popula tion is increasing and land advancing. A number of new . factories, business blocks, and over 100 dwellings have been. built within the past year. ' There is every reason toJ)g. lieve that an investment made kjK 5b2HL r S now will bring to thepursr 11 1 .fr-i cnaser targe returns in tnc- ng business. J w aaainon. ' "' " - ii. u. wuuuiv, proprietor mercnams notei. near future A. E EVANS, TRUSTEE, PORTLAND, IND, OR ROOM 76, JOHNSTON BUILDING, CINCINNATI,;-! 4 0 Sjt rV. ThBmMi ll iBitfB M