Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 January 1895 — Page 1
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Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds
|WE TWIST THAT ALL OF
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Kline's Jewelry Store
Tht best make of Watches always on hand, of the most approved construction, We conduct an Optical Department ami have the lines! grade of Spectacle* anil Ky»s Glasses for persons of any age. ami guarantee to suit, any demand of this kind.
M. C. KLINE,
JEWELEU AND OPTICIAN.
MAIN STllEET. l.)Pl\ COURT HOUSE.
DS5S3 flfi^^rOCmitnTvHr g? 25 9555S5DU?9J£]ells 2S eiS clS
H. R. Tiiisley & Co
H.WK THE T.EM"-
X-Cut Saws
Axes, Meat ('niters. Horse Shoes, Nails. Iron and ft very thing in
Wi ask all to come arid see us if in need of anything in our line.
&HE FRIKNIM* AND PATRONS OF THE
JEWELRY STORE (AND EVERYBODY
E) HAD A
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HOPE THEY MAY HAVE A
Iy. W. OTTO
Merry Chrl«tma»
Happy New Year
asmmmmmmmmmm REDUCTION
In addition to the Dress Materials.
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H. R. Tinsley & Co.
reductions made on all we will, during the
months of January and February, reduce the cost of niakihg all garmen's in the
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15 to 25 per cent. This, with the reduction* already made, enables you to "contume yourself" at a sir.all outlay. Come in and let us show you how reasonable a high-class dress ean be completed for. Get your order "booked" as early as possible. I he opportunity!* a *are one.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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1 en jiMih dj»o A. l.{. Cunningham wan editor of liii., Iti.' iKw. 1)ut for unme jears p.tt-l lias been a minister ot the Lhriblibii church A Washington. (Indl paper, where he was last stationed, thus speaks of him:
"Ihe Rev. A. 15. Cunningham, for three jeaih pastor the Christian church of this CI'.J, preached his farewell Bermou last Sunday night, and will go to Spencer, lnd., where hu has accepted a charge llis work has been very satisfactory to the church Since he has been here he has been a very busy man. He has preached 000 sermons and admitted within the pale of the church 142 members. In addition, he has married forty-two couples and conducted a large number of funerals. IIib correspondence in behalf of the church has been quite large. He has never shrunk from what he conceived to be his duty. He has not hesitated to strike wrong doing in high and low places He haB made many warm friends and IODIC enemies. He has takei. for his guide that precept from scripture: 'The fear of Cod is the
the beginning of wisdom the fear the consu mat ion of foliv."
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of man
The drug linu of Cotton fc Rife this week dissolved partnership, Mr. Cotton purchasing the interest of Leroy Rife and in turn disposing of the same to Mr. .1, H. Whitenack. the new proprietor of the Binford drug store, to which place the stock has beon removed and the room vacated by them will tie filled'mmedia ely by the C. L. Host jewelry store which is located on south Washington street.
The pure-il and best whiskies con Btantlv ou hand at the (Clipper.
James JJ. Kordyce and ]£mma L-\ Jiar ley. Harlan M. Nuttertield and Martha A. Seymour.
Marshall Hampton aud Erama Stuckey. Alonzo J. Zoolt and Bertha Jeffrey.
John Adams and Lillie Prewitt. John L. Myers and Pearl O. Byrd.
Hi'biruimer Kent^na.
Will Schlemmer, who has twice served as the target of unknown blood-thirsty assailants. has tendered his resignation as night operator at the Monon station. He will be succeeded by E. J. Bennett, of Rising Sun. Schlemmer resigns to gratify the desires of his folks who fear for his safety in a third attack.
linrlal st II. Kichnritnon. The remains of the late Z. B. Richardson arrived hare Thursday evening from Peoria and were taken to the residence of John S. Brown, on east Main street. The burial took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by the Odd Fellows' Lodge, of whieh the de ceased was long a member.
Ponr Warn mid !*2»000. Peter J. Clark, one of the Rudolph rioter* who escaped from Lafayette before sentence could be passed upon him in May, '93, returned on Tuesday and received his sentence. Judge Taylor gave him four years in the penitentiary and fined him 12,000.
DrUgblfnl I'iu-ty Last evening at the home on Wabash street, JJr. and Mrs. T. E. Ballard gar* a party for Miss Stella Clodfelter. About tifty person* were present and the affair proved to be one of the leading social events of the seaeou.
Sweet and sour wineswant—at the Clipper.
anything you
Anil nine week* after it snowed at far a* that's concerned. The thermometer registered 14 degree* below zero this morning.
Have Jake Kreel shine your shoe* for Sunday. He pn be found at the Sin Eldridge barber chop.
Three year* ago yesterday between the hour* uf "2 and 3 p. *a. occurred the fatal Monou wreck north ot the city, which coat several live* ana 175,000.
The Pottery Company is on the eve of building a large plant and are negotiating with the Land and Improvement Company for the purchase of the spoke factory property as their location. 1
On Wednesday morning Judge liar ney Bet hie foot square down on the lawyers auioking during court. Up to date uo appeal* have been taken and it is more than likely that the verdict will stand. 1
Martin Jn So« stored vd* thousand tons of ice from the dam on Wednesday. The Knights of St. John attended a public installation given by the Lafayette Knights on Wednesday nicht and gave th*«i an exhibition drill.
JANUARY
AN UNTIMELY DEATH
CHARLEY WHITTAKER MEETS A HORRIBLE DEATH ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
In Attempting to Alight from a Fast Moving Train He is Thrown in Some Manner and Instantly Killed
Larly on Monday morning Coroner Bitrcus was summoned to Wesley where a dead man had been found lying near the ist end of the Big Four railroad switch. The coroner together with his clerk. 'Squire C. M. .Scott, dro-e down to the scene and found tlie man in the depot here he had been removed. Ho was si: feet 111 heigtUli, slender anil weighed about 17.r pounds. He wore a brown moui tache and was well dressed bur. no one knew him. No papers were found upon his clothes bv which lie could be identified and ho was ordered removed to this city to the undertaking establishment of A. McCk re. Here 1 he was recognized almost instantly as 1 I Charley Whittaker. who resided with his mother on south Green street. His I brother-in-law, Ross Cohoon. was sent for but could not identify the body as that of Whittaker on account, perhaps. of his being so badly bruised about the face anil head. Slightly to the left and a little above the center of the forehead tvas a terrible gash about five inches in length and through the skull, to the right of this and higher up was another small but ih-ep gash, either of which would have caused instant death, immediately below the left eye was a long and deep gash which bore the appearance of having been inflicted with a knife, while the other wounds closely resembled thr work of a hatchet. His hat was found in the barn lot of Dr.
MofTett. on south Walnut street in thiB city, and nearly 100 fost away from the railroad track and ovsi a high board fence. 'Ihis fact, together with the nature of the wounds, caused much comment as to the cause of the unfortunate man's death.
Strong suspicions of foul play wcro at first intimated and excitement ran high, but the coroner held to his original belief that the man had met his death in attempting to alight from the rfjdnight pEBsenger train which was at that tiane supposed to have been making forty miles an hour. His right knee was braised and fragments of hair were found along the ties of the railroad where the dead body was first discovered. Mr. Whittaker until the time of his untimely taking off. was employed on the Monon road, while his three brothers, Lon. Will and Joe. were working on the Big 4.
It had been Charley's custom to gtt on the trains at the Plum street station and jump off at Green street to go to his home. This was supposed to have been his motive on Sunday night but he failed to get off probably on account of the rate at which the train was traveling. and in his endeavor to get off at Wesley a6 the train slacked up for the grade h* missed his footing and was hurled instantly into eternity. The mystery of the hat was solved on Tuesday morning when it was learned that a young man by the name of Lindamood had found the same on Sunday night somewhere along Franklin street and had tossed it over the fenc* into the Moffett yard. That Mr. Whittaker's death was caused by getting off the cars cannot now be disputed. The body was removed to the home of hi* mother on Monday eveniag and his brothers, who were in Illinois were telegraphed for and arrived on the night train liis death i* a most sad one and the grief stricken mother and relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of the community.
Charley Whittaker was a quiet, steady working, respectable man and had been in the railway service for a number ot yearB. He had a large circle of intimate friends and was highly re spected by all who knew him. He wai the oldest ot the brother* and was kind, courteous and well thought of. The funeral service* were held at his home on Wednesday aftornoon at o'clock, Rev. G. P. Fu*on delivering the sermon. The interment took place at the Masonic cenpetery. The tlorul designs were very bpautiful.
H«ore Molil.,--.
Mr. J. H. Zener a pleasant gentleman fro^a Kokomo a* purchased the Riddle Wilson boot and ahoe stock and ie iri possession of the same. Chas. Robinson will be the head clerk having given up his traveling position with the Turnbull Boot and shoe manufacturing Company
1 I'uucrnl ol N* J. Smile}*
The funeral of Mr. N. «j. Smiley wlia died
at
his home i^ear Lindon on last
Saturday from lagrippe occurred on I Monday morning at the Shiloh church 1 thf Odd Fellows having charee.
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HE TORE OUT.
But Not Until Several Lumps were Raised Upon His Person with a Broom Stick A Lafayette Drummer's Woes.
Not
Foul Play Suspected for a Time company with and Great Excitement Follows.
very many months a^o a l.afay-
ette traveling man was the cawse of a great amount of iJsip on account of his tin horn flirtations with lliifhtj damsels. He was finally treed ami arrestc!
the hotel
ally-at on
a ymint of
1 h" papers mention'il his'
case ami ae very wisely threatened vengeance upon the town which, however, through some cause unknown to u«. lias failed to materialize
Not taking 111 the lesson afforded from this mans episodes among u«. another tiaveling man from the same place gets hi., foot into the snare, only with serious results. This timi were made, but it will I
more
no arrests necessary for
tho knight of the grip to take a good lest himself before he entirely recuperates from his thrilling experience of Wednesday afternoon, 'firing of his endeavors to find buyers for his line he betook himself about to tell bear stories to willing hearers of tlie fairer sex. In I some manner he drifted into auother mans home ami soon made warm acquaintance with the wife of the household. Intact their intimacy reached tho highest possible climax anil all the duois and windows were securely fastened. Unfortunately for the sporty di uminer, the husband found occasion to return to his hoir.o at about o'clock on an errand and finding the doors all securely barred he mistrusted the propriety of the situation and forced an entrance. Here ho was dumbfounded at tho sight that met hiB gaze. He retired on short order to tho wood house and securing a good stout broom stick he returned and proceeded to do battle I with the unwarned visitor. The drummer was knocked down four different times and was kicked out into the cruel world in a partly nude condition.
Later in tho evening he returned with his sample case and requested the return of his wearing apparel which he had unintentionally left behind in his previous hasty exit These he failed to obtain, as the irate husband was yet at homo and informed the worsted gent that his nerve outclassed any that ho had ever before seen exhibited, and that unlesB he made himself scarce immediately he would kill him outright. The astonished drummer did not remain to argue the case but got. Wonder what we'll hear next?
Declurfd Juvalid,
Ihe suit of the County Commissioners againBt Sheriff Chas. Davis, on Monday morning for the turning in of fees collected by him to the county treasury, brought forth a decision of great consequence. It appeared that Davis had violated tho fee and salary law a6 enacted in 181)1. by his failure to turn over his fees ana make a report of the same to the Auditor hence the suit. He claimed however that under a late decision of the Supreme Court tho salary part of tho law was unconstitutional and void regarding Treasurers, Auditors and Recorders and that as a result the fee* assessed were his own belongings and he could not be compelled to turn tho same over by the Board or to report on it. Judge Ilarney rendered a decision in Davis' favor and the case will doubtless be carried into the higher court. Sheriff Davis was represented by Crane A Anderson and Jerre West while the Commissioners were made known through Finley Mount.
A Cr»u WOBIII Lrgr. Tuesday evening a neatly dressed, medium sized fair woman, bout & years of age appeared at theCity building and asked for a place to sleep during the night. She claimed that she bad walked frout Chaaipaign, Illinois, here and that she wac deserted by her husband at that placp on Christmas eve ana that he had tapped a till and skipped out with somp money. She had heard of an unknown man being found dead near Wesley and was in a state of great excitement fearing that it might be her husband. Officer Een Bannister secur ed lodging for her at the Shsrnmn bouse for the night. Late Wednesday evening she was seen east of the June tion on the Big Four, but has not been •een or hetrd of since. It was plain that she deranged.
Will I'lrad JiiKtfre itu. Mayor Bandel now has the proper I credentials, not only to deal out justice, I but. to plead for the sam?. having been admitted to the Montgomery bar on motion of Prosecutor Kennedy on Mon I day morning. HiB honor set 'eun up to the cigurs thereafter. :'v
VriT Tfli'iitnuw.
The home telephone company will I place free instruments at the following places. Clerk's office city building,
Treasurer's office, electric light works
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and office, }layor Bandel'e residence and also that ot Chief of Police Grimes,
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54TII YKA.ll.—NO. 21
ASSAULTED AGAIN.
WILL SCHLEMMER THESOBJECT OF ANOTHER ASSAULT.
A Stranger Makes a pass at Him With an Ugly Knife at an Early Hour Tuesday ,ut is
Diiven Away Eefore any Damageis Done Fired at But Missed.
The vicinity of the old .Monon Depot the scene of anm her at ten, pteii tragedy eaily I ueMtay mormne
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wan the genial operator. U'i.I Schlemmer the intended victim, Che mp' i,irv of the shooting 11H ray which tiapp-i.ed at that place lio 10.IK bii.r.- nad not yet lost its horrible aspect when anoihurequally as villainous an assault in brought to light. On Monday night Schlemmer had Qoticed a suspicious looking individual loitering about the station and had so uotilied ollicer .Jack Bannister who strolled down 111 that direction on several occasions just, prior to the assault, but not on hands at that time. At about four clock the stranger enter the depot aud asked permission of Seldom--in or lo stay all nigiit. Schlein mer informed him that he could not. The Btranger then asked Inui tho time and Schlemmer 1 eplieo that it was ahnoet"'tive o'clock whereupon trie stranger made a pass at him with a knife which was skillfully dodged by Schlemmer, but not until it had cut thiough the shirt sleeve of his right arm. Will had been going through some dumb bell piactico just before that aud wrenching away from his would be assassion No. 2 lie grabbed up one of his dumb bells' and hurled it at him, missincr him clear, lie then drew his revolver and tirod thiough tne window at tho man as ho escaped and afterwards tired several sluts in his direction but none are known to have taken effect. Schlemmer then hastened to notify tho police and in a short time a diligent search was on lor the vandal. Descriptions' were wirod to tho neighboring towns and everything possible was done to catch him. A telephone message arrived about ton o'clock on Tuesday morning from Ladoga stating that a man unswering that description had beon taken in by the marshal at that place and iu rosponso to it OfiicerGrimes and Schlemmer went down there on the morning local and returned on the noon passenger train empty handed, having found that the man taker, in hoc was not the one wanted and he is yet at large. This being Schlemmer'asecond assault the third one is looked to with much anxiety. I hat locality ie bocoming exceediirgly dangerous anil tho services of 11 n'l.'ht poll'- 'man there are badly needed,
Ilis arm w.i- not cut in the shuflle as the knife inch left evidences of having been dull, only penetrated his garments, but it wa* a close shave for him and more deeply lmpress-oB him that hi* life in that part of tin- city is in constant peril. would volunteer a guess that if Mr. Scblenmier ever does obtain a drop on one of his dastardly assailants he will make very short work of him. lie is certainly a marked man. but carries the required amount, of nerve about with him.
lit rr IIlift*. 1
Monday evening at, 7 o'clock the of lice of 'Squire Stilwell was the scene ot another wedding. The contracting parties were Alonzo Zook, the fish merchant, and Mies Bertha .Jeffrey. Tho 'Squiro tied the knot in his usual skillful manner and the
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Wa«U be Tblag.
their
way rejoicing. On Tue-day morning at the roBidence of Till Hampton, near the Monon, 'Squire Scott was again to the front with his warranted ceremony and succeeded in making Jesse uampton, ot Hendricks county aud Miss Hattie Keen, or Putnam, one. The year is starting out pretty well. Can't we beat all previous records during'95?
A bill is being prepared for the Legie lature wherein that august body will be asked to make a law for the disposition of habitual drunkards. It shall be so constructed that a person appearing before the court and proving himself too poor to take a sojourn to the Keeley cure, the county in which he lives shall pay hi* expenses there, alao that in place of a stone pile or jail sentenco all habitual toppers shall bo shipped to the Keeley Institute for treatment. It is a most wise wore and 16 being prepared by Senator Boyd, of Noblesville.
Cauacil aawulitu, A Hie Anderson formerly of this eitv caused quite a commotien and no mean amount or exaggeration the latter part of last week at Thorntown by kidnapping a small son of Chas. (J. Wickham assistant ca*hier of the Thorntown bank. Reports flew fast and thick that a band of outlaws were operating in that locality all of which proved to be a hoax. The kidnapper was captured and the child recovered.