Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 January 1891 — Page 1

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After one of the inokt successfnl Holiday trades ever enjoyed by a merchant in Crawfordsville,

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Jeweler Optician,

esires to return thank's, and to also remind you that lie Is still in business at the Id stand and will keep open house all of the year of 1801 to receive his friends. Remember the place, South Washington street, 1st door north of Citizens'

Bank.

The New Photograph! Gallery

I Is making the finest cabinets ever made in Crawfordsville, and prices very low l' for such fine work. Be sure you visit

LAWSON'S NEW qALLERY,

Over Con. Cunningham's store, when you comp to Crawfordsville.

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To Close out for Winter |we will sell Wagons at C4t.

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HARDWARE.

TINS LEY & ILYRTIN.

DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.

Cloaks! Cloaks! Cloaks!

We have a large stock of cloaks on hand, will close them out at pric

BEGARDLESS OP PEOFIT.

My entire stock has been selected with great care and special reference to the demands of trade. I therefore feel confident that I can offer you great bargains

PLUSHES A SPECIALTY.

Jackets in all the newest effecs. This is an opporiunity to secure bargians that my not occur again ina long time, and I earnestly desire all friends and^patrons to take advantage of it.

D. M.kOUNTREE

Pure Wines and Liquors

FOR FAMILY USE

A, M-ahleisen,

now in stock a most carefully selected lot of TUBE IMPORTED WTNES BRANDIES and GINS. Also the Very best grades of California SlERB'Y '^GELICA MUSCATEL, M/.T)ERIA and CLABETS which are offered at prices below Cincinnati and Chicago, quality considered.) The manv brands we have in stock have a national reputation for purity ana excellence in qualitv, and are being prescribed now constantly by our highest local Medical Authorities in this city, for their Medical qualities and as a

WHOLESOME dinner or table aesse.c "Wines. A large line of Imported KEY WEST and Domestic Cigars.

ALBERT MUHLEISEN,

CLIPPER SALOON.

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108 Green Street, Crawfordsville, Ind.,

ISSUED BVERY SATURDAY.

,50TH YEAK.-NO. 22. CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, iSATURDAY, JANUARY 3,1891. TEMRS $1.25 PER YEAR

2nd Edtiion.

"W. U. UKNICGL, Bualnma Manager,

Will JolmsUn is rapidly recovering from life, late illness. C-The father of C. L. Rost, th8 jeweler, te paying lils oon a visit.

Mrs. Minnie Sidener is in Marion visiting Mrs. Cbas. Webster. W. W. Washburn was down from New Richmond this week. \Ym. Nutt and family have returned from a visit to West Lebanon.

Ml88 Mollie Carroon left for her home in Logansport Wednesday. Rev. Frank Hays is now pastor of a Presbyterian church in Muncie.

Mrs. Dr. Ensmin^er has returned from a visit to friends in Renssalaer. ,' •. Edmoud Martin and Phoebe Derlxsoii have beou granted license to marry.

Small and Suiter's minstrels are billed for New Market next Friday night. It Is expected to have the new creamery ruuiiing order by the first of next week.

Jake Yoris is in from the wild and woolly west spenlng a few days with his family. R. W. Harrison, a former well known resident of this city, was here yesterday shaking hands.

John Buskirk, jr., has been appointed administrator of the estate of Isaac Quick, deceased.

Mrs. Chas. McCabe and children, of Covington, are the guests of C. N. Harding, on west Main street.

Miss Mary Warner, of Crawfordsville, is in the city, the guest of ,:SB Birdie Grover.— Frankfort News.

Miss Sadie Barnett has returned to her home in Champaign, 111., after a pleasant visit with friends ia this city.

Rise's Evangeline party will no doubt be greeted with a crowded bouie next Monday night Secure seats early,

The ladies of the CkriBtian church will meet at the old church Tuesday, Jan. 6th, at ISO j. m. Election of officers.

Elder W. B., Nowles will preach at the Primitive Baptist church this afternoon and on to-morrow morning aud evening,

Rev. £. S. Inglis, of Princeton, N, J,, will otcupy the pulpit at the First Presbyterian skurch U-morrew morning and evening.-. '.

A drunken fight on Market street on Thursday afternoon was the only incident that occurred to mar the festivitea of New Years' day

A freight engine on the Monon ran oft the track at the Market street cress Ing yesterday afternoon, delaying both passenger trains several hours.

Ed. Corey, Jbe Allen, Friday f.ark, Cbuck Fell and Frank Dickersoa gave a sparring exhibition at Armory Hall in Waynetown last night to a fair audience.

Walter Britton has opened the old livery stable on Market street, opposite t'ie Nutt Hotel. He will give his whole attention to the feed business aud buying and selling horses.

Frankfort Creseut:—It is a faetjnot known generally that the Monon Railway Company will soon possess the Indiana Midland railway. Mr. H. W. Crawford will then be president of this line.

Prof A. N. Higgins has resigned his schtol in Wayne township to take his seat in the legislature, said resignation to take effect next Monday. He will be succeeded by Mrs. Lizzie H. Morrison, of this city.

The Y. M. C. A. reception on New Years was the greatest s»cial success of the season to whieh much honor is due the management. It is estimated that fully 2,000 people were entertained during the receiving hours.

Mrs. Anna Cravat died at the home of Geo. Wallace, on east Jeffbrson street Thuisday night at the age of 29 years. The funeral occurred Friday alternoen at 2:30 o'clock, Dr. R* J. Cunningham officiating. Burial at Oak Hill.

Bob Wilson has disposed of a half interest his Green street stables to Ben Williams, and the new firm Vill be know as Wilson & Williams. In connection with their livery and feed busine 3 the boys will buy and sell horses.

Blge Bayless took a gay party of young people from here to the home of Jonas Rountree, near Alamo, New Years night to attend a big party. The young people bravely faced rain and wiud and say they were well repaid for so doing.

A lively scrap, between a white boy and colored girl, took place near the First National Bank Thursday morning. The girl had much the best of the fight and but for the timely interference «f spectators she would have shaken all ttie New Years' hilarity oat of him.

Stephen Ratcliff, an old soldier of Waynetown, while hunting rabbits the other day received a paralytic stroke. He lay for hbure on the cold ground in a corn field and was only discovered by the mere :t chance as night drew on. He would have pel islied a few hours more.—Journpi. ....

A Fiendish Deed.

Nevti* before in the history of Putnam county was there such a criminal assault as was perpetrated iu Greencastle Wednesday evening. Shortly before 7 o'clock as Theodore Klienbub, a resident of the north part of the city, was returning home from biB place of business, be was met by a thickly veiled woman, who, thiDking it was his brother, rushed upon him with a pitcher of some unknown acid. Mietakeu in Iter victim, she suddenly disappeared in the dari- leas, and a few minutes liter appaared at the busiuess place of Kleinbub Bros. Mr. E. D. Kleinbub WPJ busy at his chair when a small boy handed bun a note which read, "Come to the door a moment" As he approached the door an unknown woman dashed a pitcher of blue vitriol into his face. He is now in a most critical condition. It is said that he knows who perpetrated the deed.

Marriage Licenses.

Charles E. Miller and Lola Steele. John W. Small and Mary F. Higbie.

Tom Maxedon has gone to Troy, N. Y. Mrs. D. L. Lee visited in Lafayette this week.

Small pox in raging near Lodi, in Parke county.. ... John Cloilfelter, of Wallace, was the city Tuesday.

John Williams was up from New Market on Thursday. W. S. Moffett and wife were in Indianapolis Wednesday.

Edward Bergen was released from the county ja'l Wednesday. Warren Taylor, of South Bend, was in the city New Year's day.

Maurice Lee was in Lafayette on business the first of tiie week. VintSuilth is conlined to his bed with in flnmatory rheumatism.

Miss Lottie Murray, of South Bend, is the guest of Mrs. John Nicholson. Frank Haliowell, of Waynetown, was in the city on business Wednesday.

Ed. Barr is back from Indianapolis, having obtained his bail last Monday. Miss Grace Foster, of Ind ianapoiis, is visiting Mjs. J. R. RobinBon, on College street.

Nathan Frazier and Thomas Taylor, of this city, have been granted increase of pensions. The Indiana barb wire factory was closed down this week, pending the annual invoice.

It is reported that Tuck Cox has purchased a hotel in Lafayette and will soon embark in that business.

Misses Fay aud DaiBy Canine, of Waveland, have' been the guests of Mrs. *V. T. Whittington this week.

Hartley & Snyder's Jubilee Singers of this city save an entertainment at Veedersburg Wedu^day night.

The "Ben Hur" show is in Michigan and exhibits next week at Ann Arbor, Jackson and other cities of that state.

Rev, Fr&nk Hays, formerly a minister of the First Presbyterian church of this city has accepted a call to preach at Muncie.

Senator Voorhees is visiting friends and relatives in Covington. It was at Covingtou where he first began to practice law.

Several poker rooms in this city are now running in full blast and with wide opened doors. Where is that wise police board?

Mrs. Dr. Gillum and Miss Blanch Trevy, of Rockville, have been the guests of Mrs. Walter Maxwell on east Jefferson street this week.

Last Monday evening Mit Galey and wife ealebr.ited the twentieth anniversary of their marriage at their residence west of the city.

The home of James Frazier at Hillsboro bmn»? last Saturday, incurring a loss of $2,^ It was the finest residence in the town.

Smail & Suiter's Miustrel^, an aggregation of home talent, played to a $6 house at New Ross on Tuesday night and were billed for Yeedersburg and New Richmond.

Several young people from this city attended a big party given by Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Tucker at their home near Bowers last Monday night. They report a pleasant time.

The'body of Mrs. Frank Jameson was disinterred from the O'Neill cemetery near Yountsville last Nuesday and removed to the Masonic cemetery in this city.

The Monon railroad began ruuning their handsome new vestibule trains between Louisville and Chicago last Thursday. They are the handsomest trains now running through the city,

Articles of agreement have been signed by Ed. Ciry, of this city, and Sam Grant of Lafayetti, for a figbt to a finish with two ounce gloves! The time and place will be arranged later.

The Good Templar lodge of this city held a watch, meeting and love feaBtin Haddock lodge room Wednesday night, I. S. Wade, of Lafayette, Grand Chief Templar for Indiana, presided over the festivities.

Rev. John M. Bishop, for many years stated clerk in the Crawfordsville Presbytery, died at Oxford, O., last weok. He served as trustee of Miami University, of which bis father was first president.

The following notes for the observance of Vanpalia trainmen has been eent out. "Commencing December 30,1890, and until further notice, Waveland Junction will be a flag station for trains No. 51 and 52.

How that Browns Yalley hog case is growing. Here is what the Indianapolis Sun of last Wednesday has to say about it: "Hog case Montgomery county, has been in court five years, $5,000 spent in costs last week taken forth time to supreme court."

Mrs. Phoebe Randalf, of Boone county, who was shot through the bead during a prayermeeting at her home has never recovered from the iujury, inflicted over one year ago and is now a confirmed invalid. The wouldbe assasin has never been located.

John W. Graves, the ex-deputy sheriff who arrested Pettit at Columbus, Ohio, and who foi a time embarked in the implement business, is now the quiet aud unpretentious clerk at Johnson & Reule's hardware aud implement establishment on Second street.—Lafayette Courier.

It is rumored that the New Market hub and spoke factory have purchased the Jos. Milligan grounds, uear the Junction, and will remove their plant from New Market to this city within thirty days. Just bow true this rumor is remains to be seen. The factory employs sixty men and would be a valuable addition to the city.

The beautiful display of fine photographs at Lawson's gallery is the finest ever made in the city. Mr. Lawson is one of the first photographers of the state and by his excellent work here is building up a trade he may well feel proud of. His parlors over Cunningham's store are artistically arranged and his facilities far excellent work are unsurpassed. A look through his rooms would be time profitably and pleasantly spent.

See Lawson's ad. in another column. There are fourteen prisoners In the coanty jail.

Will Robb and wife have returned to Kansas City.

The Indiana Legislature convenes next Thursday. Capt. W. P. Heirou was in Indianapolis this week.

Dull business is now the complaint among merchants. Rice's beautiful "Evangeline" at Music Hall Monday night

Mrs. Wesley Snyder is very ill at her home on Vance street ere Chad wick, of Mace, transacted buslnesshere last Thursday.

Miss Hannah JRinn, of Covington, is the guest of Miss Edna Dice. Schools, which have all been having vacation, resume on Monday.

Miss Atlanta Johnson, of Darlington, visited friends in the city this week.

Will Siukey is spending the holidays with his parents in Middletown, O. Mrs. Frank Ashby, of Ladoga, spent New Years with Mrs. D. F. McClure.

Jim Hays, formerly of this city, Is now running a variety theatre in Brazil. It is said that the Wabash river is' lower than It has been in a number of years.

Dr. J. C. McCormick entertained his friends at his residence on eaBt Main street last night. W. M. Reeves attended a reunion of the Reeves family at New Market last Wednesday.

The employes of the post office last Thursday presented Postmaster Bonnell with a handsome plug hat

Be sure and read Photographer Lawson's advertisement in this issue of THB REVIEW. He has something of interest to tell you.

James M. Dinwiddle, treasurer of Parke county, died at his home in Rockville last Friday. Mr. Dinwiddle waB well known in this city.

James Insley received this week from Oregon by express a 40 pound salmon. It was caught in the Columbia river in that state by his brother living there.

Martin & Son have not cut a pound of ice yet this stason. From present indications this delicacy will be a greater luxury next summer than the one just passed.

The new legislature for Indiana will stand: Senate—Democrats, 85 republicans, 15. House—Democrats, 71 republicans, 29. On joint ballot the democrats have 62 majority.

In the counties of Cass, Marshall and Kosciusko there has been no rain or snowfall since Sept 1. Streams and wells are going dry: prairie fires aro raging aod cattle are suffer Ing.

Muncie has a midget. It belongs to Mr. and Mrs. John Trezo, is 3 months old, weighs seven pounds and is 19 inches from the top of its little bald head to the tip of its,little pink toes.

Muttie, daughter of Sanford Sponcer, died at the residence of her father, near New Market Wednesday evening of typhoid fever, at the age of 20 years. The funeral occurred yester day afternoon at Mount Maria.

Natural gas exploded in the Citizens' National Bank at Kokomo Tuesday, shaking tho building, splitting the heavy oak doors and sending the plate glass windows across the street in a thousand pieces. No one was hurt.

Thomas E. Bowles started on a lecturing tour last Thursday under the auspices of the Farmers' Institute. He speaks to-night at Brazil. His subjects are "Sheep Husbandry," "Horse Raising" and "Landlord and Tenant"

Ed. A. Coleman, of Montgomery county, is a candidate for doorkeeper of the house of rep* resentatives at the coming session of the Indiana legislature, and Coleman will undoubtedly get the united support of the delegation of this, the eighth district.—Terre Haute Gazette.

George Hays, the Yaudalia conductor, returned last evening from a visit with his brother at Darlington. He brings with him the re port of a phenominally good catch of rabbits" He and his brother were hunting a day and a half and bagged 88 of the frisky cotton tails,— Logans port Journal.

That idiot who edits the West Lafayette Herald, a paper published strictly in the interest of the down-trodden tax-payer, continues to bray over the supposed exorbitant prices charged by our court in the Pettit trial. If that editor thinks Judge Snyder is in business here for his health he is sadly fooled.

One of the most barbarous customs of the Christian age is the time worn chestnut of ringing church bells at 12 o'clock on New Years Eve. Last Wednesday night the clanging of bolls wfts continued for more than an hour apd many*! righteous man turned over in his couch nnd cursed the fiend.J,hat was Dulling the rope. ?.••

The members of McPherson Post, the Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans gave a festival entertainment at the Y. M. C. A armory Tnesday evening. At six o'clock some three hundred persons sat down to a very sumptuous repast. Speeches wore made by (jen. M. D. Mansou and C. M. Travis. Miss Lou Brown read a beautiful uoem nnd Dr. Mary E. H. Griffith read a lengthy paper on the virtues of the Woman's Relief Corps. The music was furnished by Messrs. Hughes, Mc(Jaiu, White and Davis.

A sharp drummer for a Cincinnati wholesale house succeeded iu fleecing a number of farmers in the southwest part of Vigo county, as we learn from the Terre Hante Exprose. He took orders from some thirty-five farmers for a lot of groceries amounting to about $80 each. They bought sugar, coffee and other groceries, also a superior article of syrup, ou which they were to save the retailer's profits, but none of the articles came up to the standard of sample or representations. The fellow made the middleman's profits and a big per cent on his owii account.

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Some Blacfc Face Talrnt

Primrose & West must now realize the fact that they have opposition iu their business In "Small & Suiters' Big Six MinBtrel Company" of th's city. The company, although of recent organization, have dreamed of great things ahead. The company have wveral dates ahead and gave their inula! i.erlormance at New Ross last Tuesday night to a very fair audience. The compauy was dated for New Richmond on Friday night, Jan. 2. at Campbells' hall. We are under obligation to Peie Smail, tho genial proprietor, of the cono-u, for the following list of artists: Bob H.ijs, song and dance Charlie Suiters, song and dance Walter Smail, alias "Pete," king of end men Julius Bailey, the silver-tongued baritone Frank Scott, violin virtuoso: Male Eudicott, George Primrose's double Ed Taylor, Alabama jubilee singer Frank McNeeley, interlocutor and manager Lish Gnlloway, assistant manager George Little, break neck song and dance.

Juries For the January Term.

The jury commissioners met Tuesday mornlug aud the clerk drew the following jurymen for the January term of 1891:

Grand Jury.-S. -A. R. Beach, Coal Creek Henrv C. Forgey, Scoti Adam Gimtle, Union John C. Caniue, Brown George Boraber, Union, Isaac Dwiggins, Wayne.

Petit Jury.—Wm, S. Childere, Moses Allen, Win. H. Mastin, Newton Cainpbe!1, Kelley Hall, Union^Geo. W.Todd. Brown, Polk Gray, Wayne James W, Foster, Scott James Graham, Ripley Samuel Deck, Franklin Matthew Daley, Madison, and John M. Henry, Scott.

Farm Products in Indiana.

The annual statistics on farm products havs been prepared by state statistician Peele. The figures show a falling off from last year's oropsa The wheat yield of this year was 13,000,000 bushels less than in 1889. Corn fell off 19.000 and oats 13,000 bushels. The money loss, however, was not commensurate with the loss In bushels, for the shortness of crops stimulated prices on all staples. Mr. Peele places the total value of the products of Indiana in 1890 at $121,02(3,411.

Review Prize Premiums.

The following is a list of agents for the REVIEW who won the prizes distributed last Thursday: Taylor Thompson, Ripley township, first, gold watch Grant Agnew, Union, second, sewing machine John Hulet, Darlington third, suit of clothes James Swank, Coal Creek,' fourth, gold watch J. S. Bennett, Linden, fifth, hanging lamp.

Will Open at Nine A. M,

Beginning Jan. 1,1891 the banks of this city will not open for businesb until 9 o'clock a. m. B. W. Engle. cashier of Elston Bank B. Wasson, cashier of Citizens National Bank W. P. Herron, cashier of First National Bank.

Rices' Evango line* O. M. Lacey Is quite sick. E. H. Nebeker, of Covington, was in the city Tuesday.

Miss Kattie Sexton returned Monday from Champagne where she has been spending the Holidays.

In his annual report Clerk H. B. Hulet this week turned over to the Treasurer $427 in fines, $510 in penalties and 70.50 jury feeB.

Rices' Evangeline Company will appear at Music Hall next Monday night. This will be one of di leading it tractions of the season.

Rumble's plan in* mill this week shipped to New Richmond a :ine cherry outfit for Ira Stout's saloon in that place. Mr. Stout is never behind in anything and with his new furniture will have a saloon oqual to any In the state.

Miss Sarah Bauk, a copper colored female from Danville, 111., appeared before Mayor Carr Thursday morning and stated sho wished to celebrate the new year by seeing humbled nt her feet one, Wm. Lee, colored, and made t) provide for her nnbora babe. On seeking the gallant William at the barber shop of Eph Wheeler it was found that the bird had gotten wind of Sarah's visit and had flown.

Lebanon: Company trying to start a triweekly Judge J. L. Pierce will be tried as oditor.—Party of ten went to California last fall with a view of loedting all have returned. Itisiwjretly known that the Indiana Midland railroad will soon become a part of the Monon system, with H. Crawford as president—Mid" land shop men all went out on a strike last week their places were filled by others "they now want to return to work are told to look elsewhere.—What is known as the Elizaville detective assosiatiou has captured six offenders in a year rather than let a guilty one escape, they went to Illinois to get a thief that stole four geese.

C. L. Rost,

THE JEWELER.

207 E. MAIN ST.

Will save you money on wattes clocks, gold pencils, gold and silver

headed canes and umbrellas, knives, forks .ind spoons, and everything yon want in his line. lie will

Repair lour Ufatclj

Oi clock, so it will keep time it others have failed. Give him a tria

and be convinced the above are facts.

Sole agent for the celebrated Rockford Watch.

C. L. ROST.

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