Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 6 July 1889 — Page 1

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CLEARANCE SALE.

We offer at a BARGAIN for cash or on time payments:

2 second hand Springfield Separators. 1 liobinson Bonanza Separator. 1 Bii'dsell Separator. 1 Three Rivers Vibrator Separator, almost new. in 1 second hand Russsel& Co. New Massalon, almost new. 1 Reaves Straw Stacker. 3 Eagle Straw Stackers.

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2 second hand Eagle Engines, 1 Robinson & Co. Engine. 1 Birdsell Engine. 1 six horse Engine,

Also a complete line of New Engines, Threshers, etc., Saw Mills and the Empire Clover Huller, the best made. The above second hand goods at special low prices. Call and see them. Our Mr. .Griest will furnish the chin music.

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Have yeur plctarcs framed. Croquet Sets, 75c Hambiocks, 75c 2 lor 25c Mope, 10c: Clothes I'ins, lc por dozen Tacks, lc per Laundry Soap, 14 Inelies long and ii inches thick, 5c

FRUITJSRS

It ia now time to can fruit, aud we havo a complete line of frnlt jars at tha lowest prices. Wintlow Curtains, trimmed 20c 10 quart tin buckct,'

ilow Curtains, trimmed up complete with beet fixtures,40c Curtain Poles with bri.ss trimmings, 20c: 10 quart tin buckct,lSu. 14 quart, 15c: Stand Lamps, 25« to 57 Hanging Lamps, $1.75 to $lli .Musical lustrnmenls, .lews Harps, I'rench Ilarp?, Banjos, Violins, Guitars QueenBware, Glassware and Tinware Decorated Sets in open stock, so that broken nieces mav be replaced. Remember the 10 per cent cut in picture frnminp during the next 30 flays. liahy Buggies on weekly payments. Ross Brothers

ER ROOFING

Base Balls, 10c to $1.50 Brooms, iiox, Matches, lc per box a lmr of Koyal Soap, 2 bars lor 5c.

Send stamp for book How to save ru-shlngling FOK HEN HOUSE «It SIIKD. Excellent roof complete. Anyone can lay II.

T7 UNEOUALED $3.00 l'KIl 100 SQUAltK FKKT. Vnr TTnTon ri0_„ State leutjth and width of roof and will mail stateFor IIouso, Barn. mcnta and samples. and all out-buildings, pA

TVrrp Your barn, fence, ctc, with Slate

Anybody can put It OIU^- Paiut, prico in barrels GOc a gallon PRICE LOW. Write oi Sample and Book.

Leaky roofs made watertight wiMi slate cemcn. Semi 81.25 ior a 10-lb can. Catalogue freo if yo msntion tills papor. wj

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48TH YEAR-NO. 45. CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 6,1889.

2nd Edition.

ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY".

C. M. 11EKRY, Kusiness Manngcr.

D. W, Starnes is in the city. Johnny Hays has returned from Logansport.

Seymour Detcheon went to Indianapolis Friday. Gen. Lew Wallace and wife are home from he east.

Co. D. had a sham battle at the fair grounds Thursday. Otto Kalb, as fat as ever, is in the city to spend Sunday.

Will Brush and Mayor Russell were in Lafayette Friday. Miss Maud Cowan is visiting her cousin, Miss Alice Dicks, of Lebanon.

Wint Washburn and wife, of New Richmond, were in the city Friday. Mrs. A. J. Hay, of Indianapolis, who has been visiting friends here has returned home.

Mrs. Robert Vance is quite low with paralysis and her death may be expected at any time.

The water works company has sued the city for the $200 they deducted from the annual rental.

James Johnston, accompanied by his mother and sister spent the Fourth in Wabash.

A slight break in the water main occurred Friday morning on the corner of Washington and Main.

The Salvation Army found Waynetown too tough a field for them and abandoned it the first night.

Dr. Henry will shortly go to EiienBburg, Washington Ter., to locate. It is a live town of about 2,500.

Sam Robinson, after a serious illness of rheumatism, is out again. His many friends rejoice with him.

Lew Fisher had a beautiful display of fire works Thursday night. Lew never gets left on any enterprise,

Mr. Warren Kincaid, of Shelbyville, Ky., who has been visiting friends in the city, returned home Thursday.

Friday morning the fire department was called out to squelch a small blaze at Mrs. Woliver's, on North Walnut.

Frank Fox starts on Monday soliciting in the state for the Y. M. C. A. He will visit Terre Haute and Rockville.

The reception at the Y. M. C. A., Thursday evening, was quite an enjoyable one. Music was a feature of the entertainment.

E. G. Beam, of New York, is in the city and will at once commence the work of repairing and making new scenery for Music Hall.

Miss Jessie Hutchison, of Lafayette, Is visiting the family of Rev. E. B. Thomson. She stopned over on her way home from Denver, Col.

The Waynetown fire works display was attended by a big crowd. J. M. Birdcell's under, taking establishment was set on fire, but the flame was extinguished with but vary little damage.

Miss Mabel McClelland, one of our most accomplished and popular society belles, returned from Syracuse, N. Y., Wednesday. She has been taking a course in organ music in the university there.

Conductor Knapp, of the Vandalia, caught a bass at Lake Maxinkuckee last Saturday that weighed ti% pounds. Knapp knows where the good fishing is and always sees that the guests of his popular hotel have plenty of sport.

The fire company attempted to answer a call Friday morning and in passing through the pigeon hole the hub struck the side tearing off the frame work. No blame can be attached to the driver, and the worthy council should enlarge the entrance,

Lawn parties are the latest society atirac* Hons and we may expect some soon in our own city. The guests are expected to come attired in iawn tennis stumeB, and during the hot months they should certainly become vory popular.

An attempt was made to wreck the west bound O. I. & W. night passenger train at Waynetown, Thursday night, by rolling a base of a monument into the track. Luckily it was pushed aside and did no farther damage than to tear up the platform.

Terre Haute society is all tore up over the elopement of two of its favored darlings who were glued together on the quiet in Indianap" olis, Wednesday. Don Roberts, son of Dr. Roberts, and Miss Grace Tiernau, a recent graduate of St. Mary's Acadamy, are the people. They have friends here who rejoice in them. Here's luck.

Large numbers left to enjoy themselves elsewhere on the Fourth. 275 excursionists went to Indianapolis to see the ball games and heave a hurrah 234 followed Sweitzer's band to)Lafayette to seethe parrotshoot and 153 wafted Lebanonward to hear our own arum corpB tickle the natives with the classic music of the drum. The remainder stayed at home and ate three meals to their health,

There occurred at the Folsoin Hotel, in Bloomington, 111., marriage, on May 23, that will be somewhat of a surprise to the people in this country. Harry S. Miller, a young man lately of Veedersburg, and Miss Ella M. Steele, of Waveland, were the parties interested, Rev. Jackson, pastor of the Baptist church of Biooiuington, ofllciating. There is no reason' given for the parties remaining so quiet in regard to the affair as Miss Steele taught music at Veedersburg until last week when she went to Danville and joined her husband when they went to Williamsport, their future home..

Lake trains for Maxiukuckee will be riiri' by the Vandalia, June 23d and 30th July 7th, Mtli, 21st, 28th August the 4th, 11th, 18th and25th. l'assiug Crawfordsville 6:31 and arriving at the Lake at 10:15, returning at tj p. in. arriving at Crawfordsville U:lti p. in. Fare for the round trip, $?. J. C. ElHtKWOKTH,

J2?-4w Agent.

Straw Hate at half price at Con Cunningham the Crawfordsville hatter's.

For Sunday suits try Con Cunningham, the Crawfordsville Clothier.

Jnntown is to have a bank.

Miss Sallie Keeney is very sick.

R- A. Fulienwider was home Sunday. The city cash box has $18,735.55 in it.

Miss Ella Peterson is visiting at Wesley. Charley Herman is visiting in Lafayette.

Charley Ensininger is visiting in the city. Sam Robinson is able to walk down town.

Frank Snyder was in Indianapolis this week. Mrs. Geo. A. Jenner has gone to Milwaukee.

Charley Williams was in WilliamBport Tuesday.

Mrs. Capt. Lamb sailed for Europe Wednesday.

Miss Allie Chapman is in Bonton Harbor, Mich.

J. G. Overton is visiting at Princeton, Gibson county.

W. D. Harlow was at Lake Maxinkuckee, this week.

Ed. Boyland made his usual Sunday visit to Waveland.

Prof. Dunn and family are visiting in Southern Indiana.

Mrs. Jack Wallace, of Chicago, visited in the city this week.

It has been a week since a marriage license has been issued.

J. B. Zuck was in Waynetown, attending a law suit, Monday.

Miss Ella Newliti, of Veedersburg, was in the city Tuesday.

Col. John Lee delivered a 4th of July oration at Plymouth, Ind.

Earnest and Miss Alice Duncan are visiting in Knoxville, Iowa.

Perry Lewis, from the state of Fountain, was in the city Tuesday.

The 0. I. & W. will rud an excursion to Niagra Falls in August,

Some forty or more persons attended the 4th of July festivities at Lebanon. The ladies of the Baptist church will give a social in the Joel Block to-night.

A meat inspector if appointed would receive not less than $1,000 for his services.

Elder Vancleave and wife who have been absent for some weeks in the West, have returned.

The Salvation Army announce that they will be on the streets more than usual. What a pity.

Miss Mary Bunch, of Henderson, Ky,, is visiting here, the guest of Misses Georgia and Veve Lee.

None of the sports from here will attend the Sullivan-Killrain prize fight on Monday, near New Orleans.

Prof. Patterson leaves for his new location atjBosman, Montana, within this month. He receives $185 per month.

The city council cut the water works company's bill $200 on account of insufficient service of the public fountains.

The man who asks "Is it hot enough for you" should be forced to join the Salvation Army with the other crauks.

Miss Ida Prater, well known in this city, was married on Thursday, June 27th, to D, L. Wood, at Pleasant Hill, Neb.

Misses Mattie and Rena Norman walked to Clore's grove to attend the basket meeting Sunday, a distance of twenty miles.

Rockville celebrated the 4th with a speech by Col. R. W. Thompson, a drill by the Rockville artillery and a baloon ascension.

No business firm in Crawfordsville seemed to be uneasy in regard to the danger of rain the 4th. They were not financially interested.

More oak logs have been brought to the saw mill at the Junction during the past three monthB than at any time previous in two or three years.

Some evil disposed boys stoned the residence of Michael Gerbrick, Monday night. It is thought they did it for fun but such fun should cost something.

The Salvation Army drums and alleged singing is becoming more of a nuisance every week and the city has certainly tolerated this fanatical crowd long enough.

If Commissioner Deer thinks Brown township lands are not dear enough he should raise the price on the hills and sell his mosquitoes by wholesale. Poor man, he is to be pitied.

Burglars attempted to break into the residence of Joseph Skaggs Monday night, but were frightened away with two shots from a revolver with that gentleman's compliments.

The school board of the city has re-employed all the old teachers, although it has been the opinion of many that for the good of the service and benefit to scholars, that a few of the old stereotypes should be displaced.

The bowling alley of the Y. M. C. A. has been closed during the Murphy meetings, and if permanently closed would receive the sanction of the entire neighborhood, as the constant noise made by it has rendered it a firstclass nuisance.

The report of City Health Officer EusniirigW for the quarter ending June 30th shows that the number of births in Crawfordsville during the past three mouths were twenty-six, fourteen males and twelve females, two of the girls being twius. There were sixteen deaths, seven males and nine females.

Mr. Geo. W. Paul writing to the Journal regarding iiis new location, Seattle, Washington terrritory, says:

Rents are enormous. We pay $55 a month for a small oflice and had to pay $25 of a bonus to get it. Single room rent in houses range from $4 to $20 per week. Board at a hotel is out the questioh. There are hotels that under ordinary circumstances could accommodate the people, but the traveling is so great that hotels cannot take care of tiie people. Board at restaurants is reasonable. I get table board at $4 a week and sleep ou a cot in the office. Success here depends so much on each individual that ono may succeed and another fail. Everybody hustles for business, and for a man or woinau to act as people act in Crawfordsville generally, will makea failure almost sure. There are but few law libraries left here, most of them being burned, and I think we have the best library in the Territory. •S'Sj-ma®.1?#

IK TOLD

The Basis of the Crookedness Found at Last.

Grubb's Experts at $5 Per Day Outdone by the Auditor's Clerks.

The Common School Fund Made the Basis of a Raid on the County Treasury.

$450 of It Gone Ijliminerlug, and How Much More the Lord Alone KUOVH.

—The G. K. Shortage May be KxO plained the Same Way.

For the past eight years there have been charges and counter-charges of extensive crookedness in regard to the management of affairs in the county auditor's office. It will be remembered that this paper made the charge openly in 1882-83 that there was something very rotten in the Denmark in the northwest corner of the court house, and presented column after column of figures to prove its assertion that thousands of dollars had been grabbed from the pocketa of the taxpayers in the way of illegal and enormous fees, and showed that the free gravel roads of the county would not pay out by $100,000 on account of said reckless management of their funds. The republican papers denied the charge that there was anything crooked in the auditor's office, and experts were employed who failed to find anything wrong. Two treasurers in the mean time had turned up short in their accounts— Dwiggins and Goben. Dwiggins made no atr tempt to find out what became of hiB mouey and the men on his bond footed the bill. Goben went into court and notwithstanding the testimony of a couple of experts whose investigations coat the couuly over $3,000 dollars, came out vindicated, aud where the money went remained unknown. Goben became a candidate for auditor and was elected on a pledge that he would see the books opened up to the light of day, and show the people where their money went. The force in his office has been qnietly at work ever since his installment therein, but the tracks of the crooked workers had been well covered up. The trail of the serpent could be seen but there was absolutely nothing apparently upon which an investigation could be based to be satisfactory.

However, when the time came to make the auditor's annual report for theyear ending May 81, 1889, the cloven foot appeared, and in a shape that gave them to plainly understand that they had at last struck a lead which if followed would reach what they had been searching for. They found that there wore outstanding and unpaid warrants to the amount of $3,821.09, of which no trace could be found. When this discovery was made they carefully checked their work for the past two years, and found that it was absolutely correct, not a penny out of balance, but still the mysterious $3,821.09 stared them in the face.

Mr. Randall, auditor of Putnam county, examined the books and found them correct, so the trouble dates back to the term of Henry Wasson, and they commenced a careful investigation of the books of his term. The discrepancy found is thus inserted in the annual report of the auditor for 1889: Amount of outstanding warrants not sliown In report for tlio year 1887 $3,821 09

They had not searched long until they found the following entries on the order register In the auditor's office: 1885. Out. 31. 13-J05. John K. Gray, bridges $114 66 Oct 31. 13307. J. H. Borryman, red'd land. 18 00

It will be seen that warrant No. 13206 does not appear on the register of orders in the auditor's office. There is no erasure, the nnuibers 13205 aud 13207 appearing in regular order. However on the treasurer's "register of orders redeemed" warrant No, 13206 appears as paid, or rather did appear at oue one time. It is now so carefully erased that only a very slight trace remains. A careful scruteny however reveals the fact that it was charged to the common school fund. Another strange tiling is that the erasure^ had not been made until after the Board of Commissioners had checked the register by the warrants in their settlement with Treasurer Herrou, and the colum does not foot correctly by just $450. Then turning to the Auditor's copy of the Treasurer's book the same thing occurs, all trace of warrant No. 13206 has been wiped off leaving the same result at the bottom, a discrepancy of §450, the column being that much more than it really foots. Now came up the question Who got the money, a referenco to the Treasurer's cash book which Captain Herron kept locked iu the safe made a startling revelation. Warrant No. 13,206 was paid by him Oct. 81. 18S5. It was for S8450, loan ou 857 drawn in the name of Mary Fuqua on the common school fund, so paid and so registered though ail trace had been Beemingly wiped from the books, but the awful cash book comes forward to trap the party who did the deed. The records have been carefully searched aud no record or trace of school loan No. 8a", can be found. There was no loan made, though the money was drawn by some one. The straugest part of the entire proceedings appears in Treasurer's receipt No. 774, for interest on loan No. 857, for oue year from Oct. 81, 1885. The amount is ®3(i.00, and tho receipt alleges that the same was paid by J. H. Berryinan, the *23(3.00 being the interest on §450. for one year, Berryman pays the interest it seems instead of Mrs. Fuqua, the alleged borrower of the money.

The real loan No. 851 was made in December 1878, to Isaac Perkins, Perkins transferred his laud to Berryinan who on Oct. 31, 1885, paid it all off. The original loan No. 851 was for $103.50, and on Oct. 31, 1685, Berryinan

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Come, Reason Together.

The Crawfordsville Journal is now publish-' ing election notices for the purchase of the toll roads in the different townships in Montgomery county, and while it is a poor wind that blows nobody good, thij is one in which there is a future, and though it would perhaps be a good step for a few, it may not terminate so well for the many. To purchase the roads will cost $1 per 100, to build the bridges on them, 18c per 100, to repair them as is now needed, 20c per 100, making a total of $1.85 per $100 on the tax payers of the county. A man worth $5,000 will not pay less than $67.50. Now the question arises "will it bo of that much benefit to the farmer?" We do not care to discuss the subject, and leave tho above figures for the voters of Montgomery county to read, reflect upon and vote as they wish. One thing is certain, if the roads are boujjht next year's taxes will not be reduced according to Mike Price's plan, but will be much higher.

To lidoin Tlic City.

The business Men's association met at the Court House Monday night and adopted a series of articles of association iad elected the following officers: PreBidenl, If. S. Braden Vice Presidents, D. N. Morgan and George Abraham Secretary, T. D. Brown Corresponding Secretary, Albert Miller Treasurer, I. C. ElsBton who together with the following named gentlemen constitute the board of directors: A. F. Ramsey, Henry Campbell, C. M. Crawford, Louie Bischof, Eph Joel, D. J. Woodard, Ed Reynolds, J. L, Charni, Zack Maborney, W. P. Herron, J. H. Wasson, J. J. Insley, Otto Schlemmer, Scott Darter, G. W. Hadley, Lew Fisher, J. R. Bonuell, Lew Hornady, M. V. Wert and Ben Crane. They can do much to benefit the city and 'tis to be hoped that every one will lend a helping hand.

Look Out lor Every Penny. Do you ste how Crawfordsville has changed of evenings since the early closing system has been inaugurated? Before it was a lively place. After supper now it is as dead as a country church-yard on a raiuy night. This plan burta the city. We have personally seen some of its injuries iu people from country towns being here and wanting to purchase some article and failing to get it they purchased at home. The merchants should stop such foolishness and stay open as long as there is a nickle to be maae. Times are in such a shape now that we must all look out for every penny. True it is harder on the clerks, but they must remember that there must be trade or the financial ruin of the firm they work for is certain to couie. The rule Bhould be broken. Sill 4

Strike Still Coiitinu«H.

Despite the indications 10 the contrary, every block coal mining district iu Clay county has been heard from this week and voted almost unanimously to continue the strike until the operators agree to arbitrate or they (the miners) receive their demands. At Kuightsville there was a lack of harmony. A number of miners insisted on a. secret ballot but rising vote was taken. This offended those who wanted to return to work and they left the hall.

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rowed a dollar of seliooi in.v,j.y ju |,er life. on October 31, 1885, Berryinan off ioau 857, ami ou that same day Mary Fuqua's warant foi §450, for a loan of the same numler (851) was cashed by the 'treasurer and Be:i man according to Treasurer's receipt No 7*4 paid the interest though l.e declares he never had a loan from the county. Mrs. Fuqua it is declared never had any such loan yet somebody got the money out of the treasury. Who was It? is the question now. This is only a sample case, dozens of others will in all probability be found. This !B enough to show the system of robbery carried on iu tho Auditor's office under the old regime, and on the same theory probably much of the lost gravel ropd money may be accouuted for.

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tongue lashing from Commissioner Price when he was approached iu reference to tho "find," There is always however a way to get at these things and the facts as wo believe them to exist are presented to the

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day. The fact that work is still going on in tho auditor's office and that everyone about the place refuses to be interviewed or to talk about it leaves the impression that something big will be developed before loini.

A Treasurer in ISiui l^uck.

Dr. Loften, tbe treasurer of Marion county, is one of those individuals who perhaps endorses, accommodates, or loans innoey to every friend he has, and in consequence he finds himself no doubt, iu bad luck. He reports that Sullivan caught him for nearly $15,000, and that other people which he holds will swell the aggregate to about !®23,000, of which $3,000 iB involved In moneys loaned Sullivan on tbe presumed auihority of tbe' township trustee.

The Treasurer also reports that when ha came into the office he accepted $180,000 iu outstanding notes, of which $80,000 has been paid, aud the remainder is carried by responsible parties like John J. Cooper, which will be collected when needed. During his business career Treasurer Loften says that he haslost altogether $110,000 as sureiy, but he has still sufficient left to make good all that may be due on final settlement With the county, which will be in Septeinder next,

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