Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 October 1895 — Page 1

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JjWoa worth 40c nt worth 75c at

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MAIN STREET, OPP. COUP/]' HOUSE.

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unlnimdriod shirts worth II, at

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i'-''y dross goods that you pay othor wicrs 6,'io por yard, our prlco '1SC

WINDOW SHADES.

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RUSHED 18-tl. CRAWFORDSVfT.l.F., INDIAN^

Partly ri^ht. The hot sun is

hard on the eyes aud weak parts give out. Other parts try to do their work and fail.

You Can Brace Up

Those weak parts with the riglu glasses. The ones where the frames fit the face and the lenses fit the eyes. That's the land we sell. Let, us prove it to yo*.

M. C. KLINE,

JEWELEH, AND OPTICIAN.

R. Tinsley & Co.

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WAGON

IRDSELL

Tt 'w suit you buy a

HARDWARE

kinds. Also Doors, Sash, lass 1 ants, Oils, Varnishes, Etc.

I,'. TINSLEY & 00. the Drawing Power

Irresistible, Determipi Underselling

'tis that will crowd the little store with anxious buyers for awhile.

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15LAl'K DHI5SS HOODS.

Don't tail to sou our lino. A special salo of ltlack H''"riottu worth !K)cftt .........fr Out* lot towels, blottohod, worth 30c at.. .!•*

CUEN1KL AND LACE CUKTAlNS^p

tiriobs you can't nnd elsewnere. ':V I vco Curtains! Why wo have been the the pcoplo to buy them from all soason and

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you can have your prloe.

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Silk thread, black anil colore, worth 8c nor spool,- spools for.... Knitting PM*

[?ou will buy your Fall bill of Dry Goods ot us you will makeg Sreat' saving in money and get good goods. EyGry ar is warranted as represented. Your Blankets Comfo.ts,

Skirts, Flannels, Canton Flannels, Outing ^Cloths, etc. We show aH

MT1KE NEW LINE

At Prices you cannot get in any house in this State.

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WRAY & MAXWELL.

Seven Doors East

Elston'a Bank.

worth S5c

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ISSUED EVJSKY SATUKDAY.

M» K. LL'SH,

IliiNineNM Miitintfer.

The damage suit of Wilbur J. Houk against Enoch Bran6on is Ijoforo the court to day for decision.

Jerre Carver and Howard Craig captured a tine bass Friday, weighing about four pounds, on Little Creek.

Iho 6late writing medium, Mr«. Greenrod Herbine, will be at the residence of Dr. Duncan all next week.

Lant Long has been solected as engineer for the now ico plant soon to be constructed on Mill and Franklin streets.

Ihe Fiske Jubilee Singers gave quito a creditable entertainment at tho Y. M. C. A. Thursday night, but the attendance was very small.

The son of Clinton Snyder, living on the Johnathan Nutt farm, who was seriously injured by a kick from a horse it is thought will recover.

Annie Null and Nettie Toney were run in Thursday night by the police for getting on a larger jag than they could carry. Tho usual amount wat assessed against them.

The empty lot on west Main street directly east of C. W. Eltzroth's is

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be occupied by a new house. Henry Crawford, tho owner of it, having begun the work

building one this week.

Rev. S. H. Creighton and wife returned homo this week from a bridal tour. A number of handsome presents were on handsfor them on their arrival, the gifts of members of the Christian church.

Rensselaer \Vilke6, the horse that defeated Que Allen at the State fair track was this week defeated at Lexington, Kentucky, being the seventh in the race where twelve horses were on the track

A Noblesville team plays foot ball this afternoon at the college grounds with the student team. If the game is aa brutal as 6ome seen on the grounds in past years the less of such Eport the better.

Wingate held its firBt election of officers under the corporation Monday. The town is divided in three districts. In the first district Cadwallader and Tom Simms were elected as trustees in the second district, Wm. Kerr and Jasper Beedle and in the third district, Roadhammel and George Thomas. as. Ogley was elected clerk, S. M. Gilkey, treasurer, and John Spray, marshal.

Dr. Chewier Brlttou und Helen Katherlne .Lee Married. Dr. Chester Uritton and Katie Lee, the charming daughter of Maurice Lee, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony in the Bates House parlors at Indianapolis on Thursday. The happy couple returned home on the evening train. It WBB quite a surprise. The young couple will soon go to housekeeping in this city. The bride in a very estimable lady, while the groom is the well-known veterinary surgeon and demist. Dr. here is to you and yours.

.1 el'lure & (Jrnlium's .Millinery Opening. McClure & Graham's grand millinery opening is in progress having commenced on Thursday night. This firm is showing one of tho most beautiful stock of millinery goods ever brought into the city and great crowds of ladies throng their store. The store is very prettily decorated and shows great skill in the arrangement of things. To night the Music Hall orchestra will give a grand concert. Everybody is cordially invited to be present.

Quirk Settlement. This is to certify that I have received from A. S. Clements, agent Homo Insurance Co. N. Y. in due time a sight

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for three hundred dollars as payment in full for the loss of the barn of Joseph B. Swank, deceased, and cheerfully recommend Mr. Clements and his company for prompt and satisfatory settlement of losses to the insuring public.

The

WM. WOOD, Admr.

Presbyterian Meeting Closed.

Indiana synod of tho Presbyterian church closed its annual session at Logansport last night. Statistics show that 35,000 children attend the Presbyterian Sunday school that are not members of the church. Judge Connor, of New Albany, invited the synod to visit Winona assembly at the expense of the institution.

Magnolia Minttrel Club. A minstrel company has been organized in this city by the following colored gentlemen: John Jackson, John Harlan, Will Bell, M. J. Taylor, Bob Thomas, "Modoc" Edwards and Willie Garr. They have been rehearsing for over one month and are said to be fine. They show in all opera houses in the county this winter,

SATURDAY, OCT. 12,1895.

CHAS. N. SMITH TO HANG.

Scene

at the

cry many lovers of base ball remember Chas. N. Smith, who several years ago was connected with a base ball team organized here. He was employed for a time at the coffin factory He left here some seven years ago, but lately has resided at Decatur, 111. About three weeks ago he went home and in a mad freak, murdered his five-year-old daughter and also a sister-in-law. lie was arrested, and pleaded guilty at once to the charge of murder. On Monday last he was sentenced to be hung. At the close of the evidence tho judge asked Smith if ho had any statements to make. The latter said: '"If I am sentenced to be hanged, which 1 hope I will be, I would like to have it on the 16th of February. I have a reason for it." "If you have a statement to make as to what was your reason for committing this murder,"'said the judge, "I would like to hear it."t "I borrowed the gun on purpose to go down and kill Lady—I mean my wife— and the baby,"' replied S^ith. "I understood if I caine up and pleaded guilty I would be hung and I am willing to do itBut I would like to have my time put off until that day. I am willing to face anything and anybody." "When a man commits murder,'' said he judge,.he puts himself in a position to be hanged, to be sent to prison for life or for a term of not less than fourteen years. I can see why tho sentence is left to the discretion of the court. There may be reasons, circumstances, in which a man may have been injured in his family, his personalis property. There is not much light on this case as to the relations between husband and wife, but it appears that he was welcome at the house and frequently ate there. No illfeeling against him is 6hown. He comes here and pleads guilty to killing his child. I cannot see how a man can have illfeeling enough against a five-year-old child to cause him to want to kill it. I cannot understand how a child of that age can do a 'man serious harm. He must be lost to all sense of social duty unless he is out of his head. I can not lind any excuse for this murder. This is a case that calls for tho the extremest penalty. If Mr. Smith has anything to say in extenuation of his crime or why the sentence should be passed on him, I would like to hear it."

Smith mado no reply. The judge then sentenced him to be hanged on Friday, November 29. Smith heard the sentence unmoved and said "Thank you," quietly. At the last word of the judge there was an outbreak of applause and a shriek from the prisoner's wife the mother of the murdered girl. "Oh, the slayer of my child has got what he deserved," she cried. "Thank God, he has got his dues. I am so glad I am so glad.''

She was taken from the court room shrieking and sobbing. Her father went around shaking hands and saying, "That's all I wanted.'" Smith went out through the excited crowd the calmest one there. February 1G is the baby's birthday.

Ttwrifftrt Elected. At the city election in Indianapolis on Tuesday, the entire democratic ticket was elected, from Taggart for mayor down to a majority of the councilmen. A large rooster of the Plymouth Rock variety, probably, ornamented the first page of the Sentinel on Wednesday, and which paper in its rejoicing, says:

The democratic party is on top and the rooster is riding a bicycle with bloomers. Thomas Taggart is elected mayor by a majority of 4,500, Charles Stuckmeyer is elected city clerk by 2,500 to 3,000,Charles E. Cox is elected polico judge by 2,500 and the democracy of Indianapolis has captured fifteen councilmen out of twen-ty-one. It's enough to make a man send for his mother-in-law to come and spend the winter with him.

Corn in King. Eighty-two million three hundred thousand acres is the estimated acres in corn this year in this country. At 27 bushels per acre which was the average yield in 1891, the year of our greatest corn crop heretofore, the grand total will be over 2,222,200,000 bushels! If we can get 50 cents a bushel for it, sold as grain or converted into pork it will bring more than one billon dollars to the tarmers. Verily this is a great country and corn is king.

WilllamH Fined One Cent n»| Hentenceil to Jail for One Month. Chas. Williams, who shot Dr. Stout at Hillsboro last spring, was tried before Judge McCabe in the Circuit Court at Covington this week and was fined one cent and given thirty dayB in jail. The trouble was over some women. A. B. Anderson and Chas. McCabe defended Williams.

Complaint of a Tnx Fnyer.

End of the

Trial.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. OCT., 9th, 1895,

MR. EDITOR:—In view of the position taken by our city council in making improvements and ornamenting tho city with expensive curbstone and sidewalks, would it not be advisable for the council to follow the law and instruct the city engineer that ali improvements hereafter made at the request of tho council, 6uch as side walks and gutters which have cost the property owners a large sutnof money, there be a reasonable deduction made therefrom. The council seem to think it owns the town and the tax payers and property owners. \'-,A TAX PAYER. "A Tax payer" is only one of many who sees in the work of the council great cost to property owners, and tho presumption from its actions that it owns the city. Many individuals, small property holders, are distressed to pay for the improvements now forced upon them. They are not schemers and sneaks who through corrupt tneanB are able to pay for every improvement suggested they do. not make their money off tho taxpayers by bargain and intrigue but whatever of means they possess obtain it through honest toil.

As an instance of the partiality and unfairness shown by the council toward a few tax payers at tho disadvantage of many take the business portion of Green street north of Main. The owners of this property "stood off" the council in the matter of side walk improvements by saying that they will construct new buildings in two years and will make the side walks then. Why not put off the curbing and cement business forced on other taxpayers, for two years to give them a better opportunity to pay it? If the council had shown the same spirit towards the Green street men as they have towards the Main street a good, decent, lasting side walk could have been constructed by this time, building or no buildings, but this council is not built that way and so soon as it is displaced we can expect a fairer and more honorable state of things in city management than exists.

Big Lcgnl Fee*. It must be the hosor alone ot the position of President of the United States that would induce Harrison to again desire it. Although the salary of the place is worth $50,000 per year Harrison is averaging that much in his legal practice. A correspondent o! *he Enquirer from Indianapolis concerning some of the big legal feeB made by Harrison lately says: "A friend who discussed the subject to-day said that Harrison's receipts from his law practice during the past 18 months, in cases in which he appeared in Court, aggregated more that the

President's salary, and besides this he had made large fees in cases where he Lad acted only as advisory counsel He has appeared in that time in the argument of the case of the City of Indianapolis against the Street Railroad Company, for which he received a fee o! $25,000 in the McKeeIves case, involving the ownership of the Vandalia Railroad, and for which he also recieved a fee ot 825,000 in the Morrison will case at Richmond, where ho was paid 315,000, and in addition to this he received 81.C00 for each of tho 1G law lectures delivered at the Leland Stanford College.

These four services aggregated him 881,000, and besides these, ho had been connected with a number of no less important cases, in which he had really directed while othorB Beemed to be the leading councel. He has found hiB cases which do not take him into Court so congenial that his friends

Bay

he would prefer office practice altogether.

Sent for Bloodhounds. What now appears to have been a woll organized gang of thieves made a raid on the farmers of Jackson township, Clinton county last Monday night. More than a dozen farmers have reported losses to-day of grain," harness, meat, etc- At Cyclone the thieves forced an entrance into the only store and carried away nearly everything of value that they could handle. Altogether, property to the value of 81.000 is missing, and the farmers of the section raided are up in arms, but no trace of the thievea has been discovered. Officer Bird, of Frankfort, is making an effort to get blood bounds from Kokomo and Darlington, and if successful will try and run the thieves down.

A Runaway. On Thursday a horse hitched to a lumber wagon belonging to John Williams & Bros., became frightened and runaway running into as. iBrael's team knocking one of his horses down and the shaft struck the horse in the neck inflicting a big wound. The horse will probably have to be killed.

Will W. Goltra is now traveling fori Horace F. King, the wholesale grocer.

Heo orders Oftrcr

55TH YEAR.— NO.

SANDBAGGED

And Robbed By Masked Highway

men, Near Linden—No Clue of the

Robbers Yet Obtained—Blood Hounds Sent For-

On Tuesday evening masked robbers sandbagged and robbed William Whip, pie, a farmer, living north of Linden.

He started home from that place shortly after 7 o'clock and when about ono milo out a man seized tho horso by the bridal and stopped it, while another sprang into the buggy and hit him on top of the head with a sandbag, knocking him senseless. He was then pulled out of the buggy and the horse whipped and turned loose. While they were robbing him ho recovered somewhat and was promptly given a few more blows they then left him. Ho is now very sick at his homo, but will recover. It is thought that it was done by sonic toughs of that vicinity. The Darlington blood hounds were sent for, but no cluo could be obtained, although the dogs tracked them about two miles. On Wednesday morning William Todd came to Linden and told thut he had had quite a good deal of trouble with the same people on the road where iVIr. Whipplo had been held up. Mr. Todd started in hot pursuit after them and tho highwaymen prompty shot at him, the bullet going through his pants leg.

This city is avoided as much as pos. sible on account of her good police forco, and seldom tho crooks ever visit here, iind the small amount of robbing that is done here, is done by home talent.

Sally Honor's Notorioiif) liaguto Pulled. Monday night Officers Wade and McCoy pulled Sally Bogar'e notorious joint in north end and five persons were captured. They were brought before the Mayor on Tuesday and were fined 821.45 of which two were paid and the others stayed. They were compelled to stay in jail all night. The officers say they are going to break up such places and have made a good start by the raid on Monday night

OTHER POLICE BUSINESS.

John Kenny, Thomas Houston, Pat Campbell, Mike Sullivan and Pat Ruddle were run in for intoxication, and the usual amount assessed against them.

The stone pile is not running at present as there is no rock.

Not Yet Discovered. The discovery of the thief who robbed the New Market post master has not yet been made. It would look like under ordinary circumstances this should have been done and very soon after tho robbery, as the thief retreated in his stocking feet and BBRuredly could not have made very rapid progress. The horsethief detective company, the blood hounds and officials in general surely in this instance amounted to little, and the postmaster i« left to mourn his loss as it is probable that ho will not see the stamps and jewelry again. The loss is quite severe to him, we understand, as he is a poor man with little of this world's possessions.

Appellate Caurt Dcctxinn. 1,712. Biddle vs. Pierce. Montgomery C. C. Affirmed. Reinhard, J. 1. As long as a judgment stands it cannot be attached cciial jrally. 2. The court is not bound to find tho exact amount due to each party, it is sufficient to givo tho same in such a manner that by a mere calculation the amount can be more readily ascertained.

3. In a suit concerning tho distributive sharo of an estate, instituted subsequently to tho death of a parent, the matters in controversy may be compromised by agreement to receive advancement though those have been treated as extinguished by the parent.

Itlnrrlage I-lcenscw. Clerk Wally Sparks issued tho following marriage licenses since our last report:

Geo, W. Pickerell and Ellen Williams. William McCrea and Mary M. Coopoland.

William E.Ham and Minnie Stonebraker. Blumer W. Alward and Augusta Bowers.

C.Lester H. Butcher and Anna V. Morts. Lawrence O. Blake and Flora Rafferty.

David P. Lewis and Charlotte Thompson,

UnlTcmallht Church. There will be preaching at the P. O, S. of A. hall next Sunday, by Rev. C. T. Bushnell, at 10:45 o'clock a. in. and 7 p. m. Tho time for holding Sunday School has been changed from 9:45 a. m. to 2 p. m. All are invited.

Jumped Their Board Bill. The chief of police, of Champaign, 111,, was in the city this week looking for a couple of students who jumped their board bill -'MIG thero to witness the foot ball game. They were compelled to settle.

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