Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 December 1891 — Page 4

THIS IS Tl'IilvKY TIS1K.'

MaKe the most of it, There are at least a hundred wavs of adding to the pleasures of the season aiul this is one of them, l.et vourcifts uike an enduring shape, so that in the seasons still to come th»season that is past may he remembered. For the nolid*v Uavs we have a special holiday display. The time it takes you to look at it. even Munich it be turkey tune, will be anything but tune lost. Von certainly ought to see it. You can bo sure of nothing in this world if you are not sure of tiuding what will take vo'ur rancv. A line of silver trays at a great bargain. 'We are selling the diamouds because we have the prices below all competition.

207 East Main Street

A Dove of a Hat

Can he obtained at

Mrs. M. W. WILSON'S,

South Washington street,

At the Lowest Trice in the Latest Styles. No lath" can afford to lose the opportunity of visiting Mrs. Wilson's place if only to see the unsurpassed line of Millinery and Novelties there displayed. All are welcome and satisfaction guaranteed.

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You Cun iiuuk oil Our Siloes.' That is just the kind of a shoe we sell— .vou ran bank on a every time. When there is a run on a bank, it is because there is something the matter with its credit there is a run on this shoe because there is nothing the matter with credit, for it happens to be the most creditable kind of a shoe. You can buy no other kind of a shoe that bepins to match it lor the money and the wear and tear it will stand wonld surprise a champion six day walker. We call it the Calf shoe and we ask £1.00 Tor it. That is a figure the most close fisted buyer that ever lived would call low.

T. S. KELLY.

124 East Main Street.

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Chicago Daily Marki'lx. Private telegrams to G. W. L. Brown, 1071 north Washington street, from C. S. I.ec:

May wheat, opened 98:|. closed, !)73,. May corn, opened 42s}. closed, 42^. Jan. pork, opened $11:17A, closed, $11.12}.

Receipts- -Wheat, 350 cars corn. 01 a cars hogs, 50,000: oats. 2C5 cars.

licit ultful S. .S. Kxcrrtsc. for Christituts, S. W. Straub A- Co., 243 State street, Chicago, have just published a beautiful Christmas Exercise for Sunday Schools, called Chriptiuas Joy! Price, 5 centi. Tt consists of appropriate Scripture Readings, Charming Sons, Recitations, etc. all very appropriate and interesting.

DAILY JOURNAL.

TUESPAY. DEC. 1, 1891.

TWENTY THOUSAND MORE.'

A Modest Benefactor Gives Wabash College Au Astronomical Boost. Dr. 'l'uttle wore most ainiablo smile this morning at chapel and road passage of scripture which was replete with words of rejoicing and praise. At an opportune moment be stated to those assembled that there was a package containing 820,000 in the express ollice which had betn douat by it modest friend who wished his name withheld. It is learned that this sum is not to be us sd except as an endowment for a chair of astronomy and the titling up of an observatory and will accordingly be kept at interest until about 330,000 more are raised for the same worthy end. With so large a nucleus it is not to lie doubted that the necessary amount will be shortly forthcoming. The gentleman who so generously tenders the $'-0,000 is correspondingly modest and does cot want his name known. THE JoriiNAL is good guesser, however, and believes that in a ease like this a guess ventured would be all right. We accordingly guess that S. P. Williams, Es(|„ of Lima, Ind., one of the college's honored trustees, is the gentleman who comes down so handsomely. This, of course, is only a guess but if it stands uncorrected it may bo taken as being pretty near the truth.

A Beautiful Blooded Stallion. Lew W. Cochran has sold his fine blooded stallion. Weber, to L. J. Newton, of l'eoria, owner of a large distiller, for $2,000. He then went to Winona, Ills,, and purchased from the Burgess Bros., the largest importers of blooded horses in the United Slate, the English Hackney horse, known as Protection, the finest animal in America. This horse has taken first premiums at Peoria, Detroit, St. Louis, and the American Horse Show at Chicago, besides thirty-one first in England before his importation. In fact ho has never been beaten in any show ring where he was exhibited. Ho is four years old and every horse man who 6ees him are charmed with him. Mr. Cochran came in to-day with him over the Big Four from Illinois and those who saw him pronounce him the most perfect animal in every respect that was ever in the city. Mr. Cochran has reason to be proud of his purchase.

FramptoB Gets It.

Frampton, who beat Swank Clark out of a suit of clothes, was taken before .Tudge Harney last evening half dead with fright. He begged like a good fellow and offered to take oath that he would never touch another drop. Judge Harney who had inquired into the man's previous character took pitv on him and let him off with a fine of 810 and thirty days in jail. Frampton, who is a piano dealer, tried to work the jail officials two or three days ago bv offering them each a piano to let him offSheriff Bible says that Frampton got off so easily that he thinks he should "set 'em up" to pianos all around.

The Doherty-Robb Case Decided. The Doherty vs. Robb and Street case which involved tli9 title of 100 acres of lead-bearing land, was settled to-day by the judge of the circuit court at Carthage. Mo. Ho decided that the plaintiff, Mrs. Sarah O. Doherty, was entitled to possession of the land but to take it she must pay to John B. Robb the sum of $5,500 damages. The land is worth much more and the damages will be paid. The attorneys of Mr. Robb are greatly Surprised at the outcome and will appeal the case to the supreme court.

CHIPS.

—Capt. John Slusser's war museum was shipped to Crawfordsville to-day, where it will be on exhibition for a week. —Danrilb Commcrcinl. —Bert Ramsey ha3 resigned his position as outside- minute man of tho fire department, he having gone into partnership with his father in tho blacksmithing business. Mr. Ramsey is succeeded as minute man by Mine Klaiber. —The most pleasing, entertaining,interesting and amusing event of the season will be on next Thursday night at Good Templars' hall. Tho best feature of the evening will be the literary exercises by the Juvenile Templars and others. Spelling match and box social will be on tho boards. —Word received from Dr. Coulter this morning announces that it will be impossible for him to be here on next Friday. Profs. Smith and Thomas, however, will read papers before the Natural History Society and all are invited. The mooting will be held at the college chapel next Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

-John Hersh, representing Paul Krauss, gents' furnishing gixids, Indianapolis, occupying Room 2 at the Bobbins cordially invites tho Indies and gentlemen of Crawfordsville to call and examino his line of fine smoking jackets, bath robes, dressing gowns, etc. Articles suitable for Christinas presents.

—Eight hundred dollars' worth of etchings and steelo engravings on sale at Pontious A- Lacey. Sale lasts but ten days.

Lant's Family Medicine moves the bowels each day. Most people need to use it.

Potato race at tho rink

day night.

on Thurs-

OSTLY COLLISION.

THE M0N0N SUITERS PROM A HEAVY WRE0K THIS MORNING.

Tho Crew of the Local Freight Reads the

Word "2nd" as "No." and Desolation Results.

This morning at half past nine o'clock the through freight train en the Motion which was running without orders pulled out from tho Monon station at a live'y rate. The train, a heavy one, with several cars loaded with Bedford stone started wildly down tho steep grade to tho Red Bridge. Engineer Spoor and firemen Boriff suddenly sprang up with a yell of terror as they cleared the Black Hills and saw, shooting toward them from the north, the local freight, three-quarters of mile away across the Red Bridge, but under a heavy head of steain and, like themselves on down grade. The bridge is the foot of both the steep grades and the engines swept steadily toward each other and inevitable disaster. Engineer Spoor reversed his engine in vain, but "Dad" Henderson, of the local, saw the things in a different light. One of the oldest engineers on the road, his sharp eye took in the situation at a glance. He saw that if the engines maintained their then relative rates of speed that tho disastrous collision would occur right on the Reel Bridge, thir.y feet above the deep and swollen creek. Turning to fireman, Sam Coddington, he ordereel him to crowd on all steam and opening up his engine's valves he sent the iron monster rushing down the grade to elestniction. The bridge fairly shook as the heavy mass swept over it but the end was accomplished and the caboose was clear of the bridge several feet when the crash came. Both engineers and firemen jumped except Henderson who was lame and unable to leap until he picked a clear place and shot from his cab window at the moment of the collision. The local was moving much faster than the through freight but that was a heavier engine and backed by cars loadeel with stone

that when the engines met they both reared upon the hind trucks and impelled by the great force within themselves went through each other and toppled over down the east side of the high embHnkment, a shapeless mass of twisted iron. The heavily laden cars behind them came on and fared a like fate, tho trucks falling on tho west side as a rule and the botlies of the cars on the east .lide with the engines. Fourteen cars were demolished thus before the great force spent itself. None of the other cars left tho track except the caboose of the local which bounced like rubber ball several feet in the air anel fell on its wheels on the ties, nearly jarring the life out of its occupants. Those on the cabooses quickly rushed out and ran toward the mass of ruins from which the escaped steam from the boilers arose on the frosty air in great white clouds, obscuring the wreck from sight but presenting a gruesome speotacle. From out this bank of steam came the agonized squeals of a car load of fattened hogs some of which were being slowly scalded to death by the escaping steam. The jolted and bruised engine crews sat on the gronnd just outside the ruin and stared around them in a stunned and dazed manner. They soon regained their senses, however, and assisted the others in the search for engineer Henderson. As soon as the steam cleared away they entered tiie wreck and found him under his own engine, badly hurt, but, strange to say, alive, he having been protected by the timbers which fell across his engine and kept the other debris from crushing him. He was quickly pulled out and after examination by the company's surgeon was placed in a cab and taken to the city. His thigh is broken, his head fearfully cut and probably some internal injuries sustained so it is impossible to state just tho extent of his hurt.

O. D. Thomas, of Linden, a passenger on the local, was hurt about the he.nl and legs, C. L. Long was hurt in the back, and brakeman Mordell of the through freight was badly injured about the legs. All were bruiBed and banged up, but outside of "Dad" Henderson°no one was dangerously injured.

The wreck was complete and on the demolished engines lay dead hogs, broken barrels of cement, stoves, stone and bags of mill feed in reckless profusion. Tho loss will be enormous and will range all tho way from S35.000 to 850,000, the whole thing of course to bo borne by the railroad compauy. It was one of the most disastrous wrecks from a financial standpoint that has occurred on the Monon for some timo.

As soon as the smoke cleared nwav

and tho elamage disclosed conductor Bris8enden of the through freight and conductor Blankonship of the local walked down to agent Watson's office anel made out their rejnjrts which were quickly fired in to headquarters. The through freight was running without orders anel of course had thus tho right of way. The accident accorelingly lay with tho orew of the local and resulted from a wrong reading of orders which were given at Lafayette. There conductor Blunkenship received an order which contained tho followinj sentence: "Meet 2nd 74 at Crawfordsville." The abbrevation "2nd" was written illegibly. Blankenshipand Henderson read it "No. 74," which train they usually meet at Chorry Grove. Tho train "2nel 74" was way below Crawfordsville at tho time of the accident. In some way the local crew seemed to forget all about the through freight "No. 74" and wont rushing on thinking the track was clear to Crawfordsville. or elso they thought "No. 74" was late and awaiteil them here. It was a very natural mistake as Tun .TorUNA]., which was shown tho mistaken order, can bear witness. Tho Wrecking train which was at Blooniington was telegraphed for at once.

JJOTES.

The road will make a rigid investigation to determine where the blame lies. Every loafer and every chippy in town visited the scene of the disaster before noon. Everybody went out aftei dinner.

Nicholson photographed the scone of the wreck this morning and numerous views were taken by the owners of kodaks. "Dad" Henderson, the injured engineer, was taken to the house of his old friend, II. S. Watson, the Monon agent. His injuries are very serious.

The wrecking train arrived this afternoon and is now at work. It will require twelve hours to make the track open for trains, although the wreck most of it fell clear ilown the embankment.

Several enterprising citizens cut the tiiro.iti of the hogs which were merely wounded und laid in a supply of winter's meat. A number of the porkers escaped uninjured and are now scattered all over tho county-

The south bound mnii train, left the Monon at Linden, went to Clark's Hill over the Clover Leaf, to Colfax on the Big Four, and to Crawfordsville on the Vandalia. Tho north bound went over the same route to reach Lafayette. Both trains lost considerable time in this wav.

PERSONALS.

•—H. H. Ristin^ was in Covington today. —Ed Randolph, of Lafayette, is in the city. —Stant Wilhite went to Lebanon this orning. —Frank Fex returned to Chicago last night. —Hal Ensininger is over from Indianapolis. —Sol Tannenbaum went to Cincinnati this afternoon. —Win. McNeeley has gone to Indianapolis to reside. —Coroner Bronaugh, of New Ross, was in the city to-day. —Miss Grace White has retnrneel from a visit at Logansport. —V. Q. Irwin is in Tipton where he is putting in an electric light plant. —S. C. Kennedy has returned from a hunting expedition in Starke county. —Frank W. Davis went to New Ross to-day to play for a private dance tonight. —Dr. S. G. Irwin, Ed Townsley and Jake Joel went to Indianapolis this morning. —Charlie Darter and little son, Lee, are both dangerously ill at tl^ir home on Lafayette avenue. —Miss Emma Brooks has returned home from Lafayette after a pleasant visit with her sisters, Mrs E. G. Kramer and Mrs. T. H. Hyson. —Miss Ruth Hannawalt and Miss Lela Middleton, of Greencastle, after a pleasant visit of a week with the family of W. H. Durham returned to their homo vestorday. —Miss Estella Jackson, who is employed as stenographer in the State Board of Health office at Indianapolis, has sufficiently recovered so as to return to her duties this morning. Miss Jackson will also enter the night session of the commercial college at Indianapolis.

llemoval.

Tho Misses Sprnhnn have removed their dress making establishment to the fourth hou'ao south of Center church where they will be pleased to see all their old patrons and many new ones.

Coughing leads to Consumption. Kemp's BalBam will stop the cough at once.

Every cloak in tho house reduced this week. Attend our ribbon Bale. Ann

fieaffljaking

U2 ^Powder

Used In Millions of Howj-*, Yeais the Standard.

LKVINSO.V.

We have it all and at Such Prices

J. H. FIDDLER,

ik nis

HUMOROUS ROLE

Gu'intr Slight Imitations of

OiltVront Xai.'onutiiica, Human Xutuiv, Kvery Day Life,

WITH COMIC SELECTIONS OF

POETRY SONGSAdmission 15 cents. -:Vy At A. M. E. church, Thursday Evening,

December 3. Everybody invited.

GIVEN

away.—J!

pounds of

granulated

suirar plven to you every Saturday if you buy one pouud of our best fiO cent tea, K. E. ATKINSON.

Our $5, $8, $10, $12, $15

Cloth and Fur Trimmed Jackets are Wonders

Our $15, $18, $20

Cloth Capes Have no Equal.

Dress Goods.

We have Reduced the Prices on a great many of our Fine Imported Dress Goods. Ladies will do well to tnake their selections now, while the stock is complete. Camel's Hair

Cloth marked down. Serges and Henriettas Marked Down. Broad Cloth Marked Down.

That sold for

All or our Paris Pattern Robes

$12, $15, $16

We will Counter for this week at Choice for

$6.49

Well worth any Lady's time to call and see, as they, are a Ready Bargain.

LYLE & REYNOLDS,

NATUHALAND ARTIFICIAL

GAS FITTERS

AND 1'LV.MBICIU

Employ only experienced workmen and test each job thoroughly and to tho satisfaction of the Natural Gas Inspector, Wo assure you that if your orders are loft with us, the work will be done properly and carefully.

Wo carry a largo assortment of Natural Gas Fixtures. In addition to Pij)e and Fittings we have Burners for every size stove, grate or furnace. Logs, Grate Fillings and everything necessary for grate or stove. Remember your connection with the Company's line in made by us free of cost.

WE ARE IN IT

Up to our eyes. It's no use trying to enumerate our Wonderful Stock now on Sale at the

Trade Palace.

IIB

were never known in tho market before. Tho

Melvinley Bill has knocked the props from under almost every article of imported goods. Wo have taken advantage of the situation anil are now offering tho FineBt and Most Complete Stock ever shown in the market. Cloaks Dress Goods, Underwear, Cassimeres, Blankets, and tho Finest Millinerv in the State*.

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RALACtT®

"A. T. P."

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WH-A/T?

The place ic get "juslwhat he advertises,"at. ihe Triers advertised.

Watch this space tor the Grandest Bargains ever offered in "Fancy Groceries. I look to the interest of "All" who trade with "Me."

The Grocer, South of Court House.

THE DEMAND

Continues. Variety great. Sale Phenomenal. Our increase of-business proves that Our Prices ar Right. ?se\v Goods are arriving every day. This week we opened a great many new Trimmed Jackets, More Cloth Capes and some very pretty wraps in cloth and Plush, Suitab! for elderly ladies. Our Cloak Department has received many compliments as being on equa standing with the large departments in St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and Indianapolis.,

Louis Bischof Shows More Cloaks Than Any House in the City

Blankets,

We start our blankets at 75c a pair. Better at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, 82.0U. to be the Beat Values in the city.

We place on sale this week 40 pairs, all-wool Blankets at $5.00 a pair, worth from $6.50 to $7.00. LADIES, we would

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At Special Low Prices this week. Give this

ment a call.

thiB

The Leading Dry Goods and Notion House of Crawfordsville

This clniiu

pleased to have you call and

see our immense Blanket and Comfort Department.

Underwear and Hosiery.

Black Dress Goods.

And never a better time to buy than now. Wo mark low prices at tho start for this. We are always buiy. Call and see.

Holiday Goods.

GoodB in

Depart

line are arriving daily. As

will be headquarters for Holiday Goods.

Our Fall Goods

Are Sure to

"S IT"

You. Call and examine 'hem.

Co I ma & Murphy.

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