Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 November 1896 — Page 1

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ESTABLISHED 1841.

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A Good Time

To buy Holiday H-.v. Mr-in 1

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engraved "Our hiock with novelties

Gold, Silver, Glass and Porcelain Goods.

Come and S-e us

Julius a lli & Son

Indiana's Leading Jeweler. East Washington S-.. Indianapolis.

Try to save money by buying cheap Jeively or Silverware It isn't, economy. They uusi more in the end than the better goods. They soon hue their polish a id bulliancy and you can'i put ilium out, for eoinp xriv without a sense "of regret. You are ash imed ol vnr tableware. You can save nvju-y by dealing with

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JEWEL STO VE:

They give sitisfaction e\ery time. Also a full line of

Call and examine our Stoves We can suit in Quality and Price.

H. R. Tiiisley & Co.

aside and

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Stoves

Is cheap, but amounts to nothing unless backed up by facts. Use your eyes and brains. See foe yourself if it is true what we say. We claim that we give you die

Best Value for Your Money

and offer you a better opportunity to find what you want than others. Berne a few of the many Bargains we offer:

Men's Work Shoes yno-1 ones .. .$1.25 1 Fine Shoe, very nice $1.35 Children's School -hues, aHpiioes. Dressy.... I.5O

J. W. THURSTON

KELLVS OLD STAND.

THE MIDWAY.

FINE WL\ FS AND LIQUORS. INDIANAPOLIS AND LAFAYETTE BEERS.

The Midway, 111 E. Main.

TADE CONNORS. BOONE CALLAHAN.

Public Officer—Excessive Fees-Pen

alty-

I-i'K Broken. While riding along on south Washington street on Friday seated on a bicycle, the wife of Prof. Wellington was thrown from it to the street suddenly and her right leg fractured. She was carried to her home, a physician called and the fractured portions of the bone adjusted, but will bo confined to her. home for some weeks in consequence.

Ilitbbit Hunt. E A rabbit hunt took place in Ripley township this week a large number taking a hand in it. The crowd was divided into two companies, one under W. White, the other under John BellWhite's company captured 76 of the rapidly moving animals, while Bell's secured 70. The rabbits were sol., to grocerymen in town.

Dcntli of Mrs. StelibeiiN ((ulck.

Mrs. Stebben Quick, living three miles north of Wesley, died on Thursday. Her husband died some three months ago. Two married daughters are all remaining of the family.

Mrs. W. B. Herod, Guthrie, Oklahoma, is viBiting in this city

The teachers' association meetings yesterday and to-day have been well attended.

Uncle Drake Brookshire sold two hogs Wednesday that weighed exactly 1,100 pounds.—Ladoga Leader.

Will Fry has secured a 200-egg incubator which will be put on exhibition at the poultry show to be given in this city next month.

Mrs. Lena Thornberry, 509 west Wabash avenue, was united in marriage on Wednesday evening to Walter Zook, the insurance agent.

A runaway horse with a buggy attached, created a Bensation on north Washington street on Friday afternoon. The buggv was ruined by the time the horse was stopped.

John Tolbert, aged 87, a citizen of Waveland, was sent to the poor house last week. His step-son, John Kline, and bis wife, Kline's mother, it is said turned against bim.

The five men carrying the big horn throuph here to Canton, Ohio, did not make many sales of their photographs, the public generally looking upon the ontire business with evident disgust.

Through long distance telephone Gov. Mount elect held a conversation last week from his homo near Shannondale, with President-elect M.eKinley, at Canton, Ohio, a distance of near 300 miles.

The Torre Haute Gazette says: "Senator Voorhees will boon begin work on the preparation of a lecture on 'American Statesmen of the First Half of this Century,' which he will deliver after the expiration of his term next March."

Homer Gott, New Rose, whoso application to sell intoxicating liquors at that place some time since was defeated by remonstrance, appealed his case to the Circuit Court and won, and in consequence Now Ross will have one drinkery at least.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 189G7

ISSUED EVEKY SATUIIDAY.

Ii» F. MJSIJ, •*',IIIIHIIICHN .Mil linger.

APPELATE COURT-

2,070. Edward Coleman vs. John L, Gobenetal. Montgomery C. C. Affirmed, Lotz, C. J. (I).The county attorney is not a public officer within the meaning of the statute against charging excessive IOS. (2) Where the county auditor, in requiring a borrower from the school fund to pay delinquent interest, exacted from him a penalty of 2 per cent, on such interest which the borrower paid to the eounty treasurer, and the auditor then issued his warrants to the county attorney for a sum equal to the 2 per cent, in payment for hisservices in making the collection which warrants were paid from the general revenue, neither the auditor, treasurer nor attorney is liable to the borrower under Section G,549, R. 3., 1894, providing a penalty for charging excessive fees.

Work on'tlic Sewer,!.

The work on the sewer to be constructed in this city will begin in a few days. The end or mouth of the sewer will terminate at the ford near the Blair slaughter house in the north-west part of the city, and run in a straight line until it strikes the west end of Spring 6treet. Extensions from there will be made east to the Monon railway, and branches from there in different directions. As much as three miles will he constructed from this time to April 1st, and from 40 to 60 men will be at work upon it most of time.

AN ACCIDENT.

A CAR RIDE WHICH RESULTS IN

DEATH-

Charles Barnett Falls Prom a. Car and

Is Killed.

Thursday Charles Barnet and another young man namod McDaniel started about noon for Lafayette to witness a foot ball game there and in doing so sought to beat their way by climbing on top of a car undiscovered by the trainmen. Some 1 squares south from the Dnb lie square at Lafayette it bridge spans the track ami the lower part of which is but about three feet above the top of the cars. Barnet failed to notice this while the train was passing under and was knocked off of it, thrown to the track and crushed, the car wheels passing over his breast. When picked up a few minutes thereafter life was extinct. Barnet's father resides on west Market street, and the funeral takes place to-day from the family residence. His age was 19 years. .McDaniel. his companion was not injured.

THE BIG TIN HORN-

The Bearers of it are Bound for Mc-

Kmley's Town.

As the result of some kind of a wager made previous to the election in which 81,000 is involved, made at Decatur, Illinois, five men were observed on Thursday afternoon after 4 o'clodk slowly moving east on Main street bearing an immense tin horn about 30 feet in length and at the mouth or larger end some five feet in diameter, and covered on itsoutside surface with a thin coating of bronze. They are to make the entire trip on foot from Decatur to Canton, Ohio, by January 1st, 1897. They had been about 10 days on their journey after arriving here, and had no doubt about getting to Canton, which by an air line is about 275 miles, on time. The horn during the night was stowed in the front room of the Citizens' Bank, Friday night on their east bound journey they stopped at Gov. Mount's.

MONON IMPROVEMENTS.

Receiver will Borrow Money With

Which to Make Them--Car

Suit-

W. H, McDoel, receiver and general manager of the New Monon, appeared before Judge Woods, of the United States Circuit Court, this week, both as a petitioner and a defendant. In the first instance he asked authority to barrow 8200,000, which he says he can get at a rate of interest not to exceed 6 per cent. With this money ho proposes to rebuild seven bridges at a cost of S33,000, repair and rebuild 500 box cars for $43,720 and repair a number of engines at a cost of 850.000. It is tho intention to take out the curves and reduce the grade at Lowell, near Cedar Lake at a cost of $24,000, and spend S50,000 between Lowell and Indianapolis cutting down grades and doing other work. There is also considerable ballasting to be doce between Campbellsourg and New Albany, and between Campbellsburg and Lafayette.

Receiver Bob Pierce. Some of the schemers among railroads are seeking to have Bob Pierce removed from the position of receiver of the Clover Leaf railway, It will probably not work. Pierce has proven himself an efficient official. The place is worth 815,000 per year, and he will probably retain it for a time at least. Every month since Mr. Pierce has been in charge of the road there has been a showing of increased earnings. Iho road had earned nothing for years until Mr. Pierce was placed in charge. The trouble began some time ago when the roads in the Joint Traffic Association charged the Clover Leaf with cutting rates because it was getting BO much business out of St. Louis. The association announced that it would boycott the road—all of its connecting lines refusing to sell tickets over it or to receive Clovor Leaf tickets. Receiver Pierce secured a restraining order to prevent the other lines from interfering with the business of the road. The petition is to be heard next month at Toledo. A few days ago it was stated that the Joint Traffic Association would not press its boycott and this movement is supposed to bo the reason for it.

A Needle in IIN WnixlcriiiK*. Mrs. Charles Laing, of Logansport, swallowed a needlo six months ago, and yesterday was surprised to feol a prickling sensation in tho fleshy part of her hand. A little investigation disclosed the point of a needle, which, later, was taken out. During the wanderings of the sharp instrument through her body, Mrs. Laing felt no pain nor Buffered inconvenience.

THE SMART ALECS

Seem to Be Getting it at Kankakee,

Illinois.

Collins A- Smith, otherwise Thomas B. Collins and John Smith, a sou in law, left here about five years ago for Kankakee. Illinois, where they nurchasetl Hud are now running tho Kankakee Democrat. Their ideas of the conduct of a newspaper are quite different from those held by most publishr-re. They aim to sell their papers by makintr it I "red hot" and also abusing and scandaliziug many people, he senior pubhsher of the Demcerat, T. B. Collins, who owned THE REVIEW twelve v"Hr6 ago, sought to make it thatBtyle of piili-

lication, aided at the time by A. 13. Cunningham, now a Campbellite preacher. Many readers remember old man Hole, who managed tho poor apylum of the county then, and how he was unmercifully lashed. Others came in for THE REVIEW'S maledictions. But it all amounted to nothing except to increase the hatred and contempt for the publishers, and they were soon played out in this community.

The Kankakee publishers, it appears, by their slanderous articles regarding a lady SCPOOI teacher, have created much feeling and indignation toward them, and last week a meeting was held by citizens to give expressions to their views. At this meeting one of the speakers said: "I say the only way to kill the skunk or viper in our midst iB to withdraw our patronage! (Applause.) Not a dollar of my money will ever go to replenish the coffers of this paper! (Applause.) When I viBited Crawfordsville, the former home of the Democrat, I was infoimed the paper had been driven out of that city because of its pursuit of the same policy we are familiar with in Kankakee. Not a citizen would speak a word in its favor. 'We starved it out,' said they. I am in favor of killing it by the same means!" (Continued applause.)

After Belling out THE REVIEW, Collins and Cunningham sought to mash it by aiding a "red hot" weekly called The Tempest. After running three months and beating a number of subscribers out of 1 he yeariy in advance subscriptions, the waters calmed and the Tempest subsided. That was the paper to which the speaker quoted above referred, no doubt, as being "driven out" of Crawfordsville. At the indignation meeting another of the speakers is quoted as saying: "A lady with an excellent reputation has been assayed. Are we going to show that Kankakee is composed of a lot of cowards? I hope not. I know your indignation has been aroused and you are here to manifest that indignation. It is time! The more money you give these people the more you assist in the destruction of your peace and the peace of your families. I have daughters—unmarried daughters—I dare them to attack them! (Tumultuous applaute.)

These publishers, we understand, had a libel suit on their hands in less than a year after leaving here for "red hot" articles against tho sheriff of the county where tney live.

Policeman at Lebanon Kill Man. Policeman George Frost shot and fatally wounded William Wood at Lebanon shortly after 7 o'clock Monday night. Wood attempted to interfere with the officer, who had John Paragan and Jess Miller, two chums, under arrest («r breaking up a dance at a village east of there Saturday night. Frost had his prisoners in tho city building awaiting the arrival of the Mayor, whenWood came in and entered into a whispered conversation with Paragan, after which he left the room. Shortly after his doparature Paragan and Miller started for the door, pushing the officer out before them. On the Ridewalk the officer drew his gun. At this juncture Wood came and placing a gun at tho officer's temple said: "No, you don't George."

Frost turned around and Wood opened fire. After the later had fired twice the officer pulled the trigger. Wood's bullets went wide but Frost's took effect in tho other's abdomen. The officer's gun then refused to work. Wood emptied his gun, but only one bullet struck Frost, inilicting a slight Mesh wound. Wood and Miller were jailed, but Paragan escaped only to be capturod later. Dr. Porter, a physician, examined Wood's, wound and pronounced it fatal, and his deathbed statement was taken by the prosecutor, Wood was of a bad character and Officer Frost is not in the least censured for hiB act.

At Cripple Creek. Joe Davis, the attorney, is at Cripple Creek, Colorado, engaged in the sale of mining Btocks. He has been there mos of tho pa6t four months, but will return here in a few weeks.

Judge McCabe, of the Supremo Court, took Thanksgiving dinner with his father-in-law, Elder M. M. VanCleave.

oGTII YEAR.— NO 16.

MURDER AND SUICIDE-

At Indianapolis in which a Young

Man and Woman an the Principals-

1 he Indianapolis Seminal of Wednesday contains the following relating to the hlining of the ,di,8

of a yo

man and woman wen, found lying on an oo.cure street in the north end of that city, the opinion being that the woman was murder,by ihc man who Hiterwords committed euicide

Dishonored and murdered bv the man she loved and trusted. Such'was the fate of Nora A. Richardson, the twenty, four-)ear old daughter of Thomas Richardson. whe lives on tho Lafayette road near Emmeriuhsviile. The murder was committed by Herman Meyer, who until three weeks ago lived with his grandfather, L*uis Asmus, whose home is in the rear of 504 X. West-st. After murdering the girl Meyer tore open his vest and tired a bullet into his side. It struck the heart and he died in a tew minutos. tragedy occurred in front of a vacant house on Birkenmeyer-ave. a short distance east of East-st., and' is thought to have occurred about 4 o'clock jesterday morning. Two hours later a newsboy, while making his rounds, almost stumbled over the two bodies as they lay on the sidewalk. Ho immediately alarmed tho neighborhood and a crowd quickly gathered. Meyer was lying on his back with his arms outstretch ed. In his right hand he held the revolver. A few feet away lay the young woman face downward, One bullet hole was found in her back and anothor in her breast. The rain was falling at the time and the clothes of both the man and woman were soaked with water. There were no eyewitnesses, but persons living in the neighborhood heard the shots. No one took the trouble to investigate the matter, and until the newsboy stumbled over the bodies it was not known that the tradgedy had occurred.

GETTING AFTER CLODDY.

A Marion Paper Thinks His Enter

prise is Dead, Besides he has Spoiled

Some of Their Gravel Roads.

Almost everybody here has hoped that Noah J. Clodfelter would succeed in hi6 electric line between Marion and Anderson, as for some years he has traveled a rough and rocky road, but the following from a Marion paper would indicate that he has not yet changed the course: "The board of commissioners of Grant county are going after Noah J. Clodfelter, the projector of the Marion, Alexandria, Anderson and Indianapolis electrie linoB with a sharp stick. The grudge the commissioners against him is tho deplorable condition in which he has left some of the pikes in thiB county, over which he was given the right-of-way for his road. He promised that his line should be in operation before the snow fell. Not only will this promiso be not fulfilled, but here the indications are that the enterprise is dead. Not a lick has been struck since early in the summer, when the graders quit work because they were not paid. The work being suspended, haB left the pikes in this and other counties over which the lines would run in a condition that it would take thousands of dollars to repair. The commissioners here had the matter under consideration last Saturday, with the result that County

Attorney Hiram Brownlee was directed to notify Clodfelter that if he did not immediately put the public highways or the county in as good condition aB he found them, suit will be entered on his bond.

After film.

Governor-elect Mount was in town Tuesday for a few hours, and the number of fellows having business with him was remarkable. "Governor, I'd like to Bee you just a minute," was frequently heard, and taking him aside the individual would begin at once to importune him for some position or his influence to secure some soft place under State management whero the work is light and tho pay good. Mount has about a ha'f dozen places to give away, but the number of applicants runs into the hundreds. Whether any Montgomery county friends will be remembered tho deponent sayeth not.

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Caused Located, For many years, John T. Griffith, a farmer naar Brownsburg, suffered at intervals from excrutiating pains in his head for which he could get no permanent relief. Recently the pain manifested itself in his ear, a small eruption appearing, which, ^upon being pierced disclosed a pin, which was extracted. How it became imbedded in his system is a mystery.

John Herod, son of W. ii.* Herod Guthrie, Oklahoma, IB visiting friends here. John is connected with Ring, ling Bros.' circus.