Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 December 1897 — Page 9

ESTABLISHED 1841.

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OLI AT GOODS.

yRjj'In endless variety in Gold, Silver and Art Metalware. It will pay you to inspect our stock as it will make your selection^ easy. "We are offering some special inducements. See our $io

Gold Filled Watches lor Ladies. Our $3 solid sterling silver tea spoons. Our 15c solid sterling' Hilver thimble.

Remember we engrave all goods sold free of charger

OTTO, THE JEWELER,

111 South Washington Street.

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MEDICINAL WHISKY

Doctors prescribe it their pa'.ients getting get it at

in many cases and insist on the best. You can always

DRURY'S PLACE.

Where they sell nothing but the finest whiskeys made. A sample will convince you of this. No. 109 north Washington street.

JOHN DRTJRY. WILL DRURY.

Before going to the Are stop and get a glass ofi good Cold Beer 2t

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t6 North Greon Street.

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60 West "Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind.

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$10 buys choice of 357 Paddock Overcoats, made of fine all-wool Kersey cloth, raw edges, lapped seams, satin sleeve linings, Farmer satin body linings. These coats are an exon a a a

-$12.50 buys choice of 479 extra fine suits, in plaid worsteds, silk mixtures, Scotch plaids, etc., many of them silk and satin lined, all French faced and finely tailored.

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something,"

LODGE."

Of an Early Day Tragedy in Which

a Woman Uses an Ax With Fatal

Effect Upon a Worthless Husband,

But No PiiniNliment in Meted Out to Her.

A lonely grave at Pine Hills, with no scroll encumbered stone to tniblazon the good or bad deeds of the occupent of it calls to the memory of a few of the early settlers many facts in a tragedy, which occurred in this county, in the cummer of 1836, and one of them while calling up matters of a half century ago reverted to this It was the killing of a man named Mooes Rush by his wife, aod the maimer and meuns employed by her, attracted very much attention in that early day, and particularly on account of the horrible mtnner in which it was accomplished.

Moses Rush and his wife, Jane Rush at that time occupied an humble cabin in the neighborhood of Balhich. He was poor, worked around at odd jobs in the neighborhood, devoting much of what money he secured to the purchase of whiskey, and consuming vast quantities of it to appease his appetite for the stuff, just the same probably as we observe many worthless characters doing to-day. Added to this was a morose sour disposition, which caused him to be shuned generally by people in the sparcely settled locality. In fact he might have be§n termed an outlaw and a man whose acquaintance and company were not at any time desired.

One day Rush approached his house in a drunken condition, an ax upon his shoulder, and entering the room announced to his wife that he intended killing her then and there with the weapon he was then holding. The woman, terrified at his appearance and threats, made no reply, but stood gazing at him, no doubt feeling that her days were numbered on earth. Finally reeling around he remarked, "but I am going to take a sleep first," and dropped on the bed, and was soon oblivious to all passing sounds and scenes And he did sleep, end is sleeping yet—jinthe valley Jjjt^Sugar creekr Lis wifej timid, ignorant, and of but little intelligence, took into her hands what may have been con. sidered by her nature's first law, self defence, and may be reasoned within hef* mind tjhat ahe muBt with him while the advantage was with her, or when, he awoke he would take her life. A.t least she thus acted, and seiz' ing the ax she approaching the bed* raised the fatal weapon of destruction aloft and brought it down with full force upon the left side of his head. One blow was enough it was fatal, the vital spark had gone out, and Rush was a corpse.

The feelings of the woman without question, on realizing what she had done, were terrible. Grief, fear, remorse' all revolved rapidly in her mind, yet above all these was the predominating feeling that her act was justifiable and unavoidable, and that her life was in constant danger while he lived. After a few moments she fled from her cabin to the nearest neighbors and reported what she had done.

The intelligence of the deed rapidly spread, and soon numbers of people gathered at the house. Matters relating to the affair, pro and con, were thoroughly discussed, and the sympathy for the woman was universal, knowing as the people did, the brutal and law'pss disposition of her husband. Matte relating to the life the couple had tod were talked about at every neigh' jrinsj fireside, and yet almost urivertaiiy wound up with expressions of sympathy for the woman. It was great 'ierw.1tion for that early da'-, arsd for many weeks the killing of Rush by his wife with an ax was the main topic of con versation.

CRAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1897.

REMINISCENCE A VETERAN'S REMINISCENCE.

Courts were organizea and running at that day the same as now, yet no in dictnaent was found against the woman, and she waB never arrested.

The neighbors met the day'after the deed was done, made a rough coffin for the remains of Rush, and de posited them in the ground. The wo. man remained in. tb'j neighborhood for some years, but finally removed to anothei county in the south part of the State, and was never heard of afterwards

This was the first knowHcaeo of homi. cide in Montgomery county, and during the long period of seventy-four yoars it is a matter worthy of note that there have been few of th^ni to record.

E. M. Morrow for Auditor. We understand that E, M. Morrow, the present trustee of Coal Greek township, will bo a candidate for the ofljee of county auditor before the next democratic nominating convention.. Mr. Morrow is one of the best known demo crats in the county, a man of splendid capabilities, a good vote-getter, and should he receive the nomination will make a creditable race.

Colonel Learning, the Head of the

Fortieth Indiana, Hangs a Man In

Texas,

in ttomney, the other day, the

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EVIEW man had the pleasure of a call upon Col. Henry Learning, the venerable commander of the 40th regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, of which Capt. S. A. Stilwell, and others of this city, were members. an introduction the

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man asked:

"Colonel, you were the guardian of the 40th regiment, during the civil war, I believe?" "Yes sir, I knew something of the 40th» Our regimpnt was among the last to be mustered out of service." "Colonel.

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publishes each

week some unwritten history concerning th rebellion, as told us by veterans» and we would appreciate a story from you." "Well 1 hardly know what I could say about our experiences in the wan but I just call to mind an incident dur ing our stay in Texas, where our regiment was stationed. Martial law reigned, and it was our lot to preserve peace. This we found little or no difficulty in doing, owing to the unusual good feeling that exis ed between our men and the Texans. In Texas it was nothing uncommon for a resident to jump on a horse and ride away from fifty to one hundred miles, as that waB their method of traveling, and a necessary one also in our location. It happened that one day a young,man who had been courting the pretty young daughter of a stern Texan, much against the will of the girl's father, planed and executed an elopement on horseback. They spirited away to a near town and were hastily united in wedlock, proceeded toward home, and late^(^^^|^MA^|ed

fatal mistake tot^^^^^^H^^Lrties, and I was afforded achOTcet^eal out a litle northern Yankee justice to the amazement and fear of the average Texas stag, and the edification of those -ill true blue. The united lovers did not vftnt'ure home at once, but spent the first night of their connubial bliss some miles away and In the open fields. The angered father of the bride, upon learning of their whereabouts, hastened to tb&JBpot, a/Htf*trtealthily creeping up to wiieire the twain lay in Blumbere sweet, he. like a frenzied demon, sent a ball through the head of the unfortunate young wooer, and leaving his body to moulder with the dust, he proceeded home with his daughter. The next day

I learned of it and sent for the young woman, who appeared and recited the affair to me with most surprising composure and seemingly indifference, as though it was only an ordinary event such as is never unexpected. And it was nothing uncommon then to settle a small difference with powder and lead. I at once ordered the old man arrested, and he was brought forthwith whereupon I gave him ten hours in which to prepare to meet his Lord and son-in-law, and in less than twenty-four hours following hie heinous crime, I had him hanging by the neck. This put a quietus to all minor difficulties we had been Bubject to and not a word of re' venge was recorded from any one. At the close of the war, hearing that my regiment was about to be mustered out of service, the citizens got out a petition without my knowledge, and it was numerously signed by the southern friends we had made, and forwarded to

Fail Sheridan, thp department com mabder, requesting him to allow the regiment to remain, as there never was .such peace and quietude in Texas before.

General Sheridan sent the petition to me with the following congratulations whlbh I yet have: "jlllow me to congratulate you on yoift successful campaign,

Phm SHERIDAN."

"1 am troubled so much with rheumatism that I cannot often become in a notion to recall or write anything concerning our experiences, yet they were many, and I am always interested in reminiscences of the civil war. The only wound I received was on the right knee."

Dr. Keegan Sued

A special from Martinsville, Ind., to the Indianapolis News, says: "The '95 Arbutus, the annual publication of the senior class of the Indiana University figured in a lawsuit here yesterday. Dr. M. B. Keegan, of this place, wus manager of the annual of that year, and he contracted for the printing of 600 books with Burford of Indianapolis, for $525. The book| had a poor sale, only four hundred dollars' worth being disposed of. This money was turned over to Burford, but the rest of the bill was never paid.1 Burford sued Dr. Keegan for the amount, and secured judgement for it, with interest. Dr. Keegan testified that most of the books were still in the hands of members of the class.

BEFORE

IN WINTER QUARTERS.

LaPearPs Mammoth Shows at Home

A Novel Sight.

As "mignty oaks from little acorns grow," so has been the marvelous development and growth of Jamea H. LaPearl in the show business. Some eight years ago hewas a jeweler in the little town of Vandalia, 111., when he conceived the idea of putting a circus on the road. Securing a small tent and its complemr of seats he toured the State of illinois with gratifying successThus stimulated and inspired by a laudable ambition to carve a niche in the temple of fame, he has from year to year by energy, thrift, probity and sterling business principles, grown from a little ten cent circus to a gigantic, colossal exhibition of modern times.

While in Danville, 111., a few days ago it was the pleasure of a

LaPearl haB promised to visit Crawfordaville next season and we can assure our people a rare treat.

Tough On Dora.

Last weeks Delphi Journal makes a hard thrust at Dora Ammerman concernding his prison lectures asfollowing: "The Journal would suggost that Ammorman have his sore toe photographed and exhibit this as one of the principal •views" in bis magic lantern show. The Journal was informed some time ago of Ammerman's discharge and the grounds on which it was made, namely, that he had been found sleeping while on duty, not only onco but repeatedly, and that, too, while he was armed, thus not only offering a chance of escape for prisoners, but exposing himself to the danger of having hiB weapons taken away from him to be used against him and the other officers of the prison. A man who would endanger the lives of his fellow guards in such a manner has no business around a prison institution."

New Night Man.

Greeley Broton has been given the position of night clerk at the postoffice, and entered upon his ^duties last Sunday night. Letters can now be mailed and stamps secured at any hourjduring the night.

J/wiL

Sued for Salary.

Rev. E. L. Prather, of Waveland.deposed from the pastorate of the Brown's Valley church some weeks since, has sued the trustees for ¥48, claiming that amount as due him for services.

Special bargains in our 10cent d« ment at the 99 cent store.

57TH YEAR.—NO 20.

You make your Holiday purchases don't fail to call and look through the beautiful line of

Silver fMties

Rings, Stick Pins, Watches, Chains, Charms, Fens and Holders, Kodaks (that are good), best Silver Plated Knives and Forks at $3.50 dozen

M. C. KLINE.

and look through whether you wish'to buy or not. See our priees, they are low.

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man to call upon Mr. LaPearl in his winter quarters, two and one-half miles south of the city. Here he occupies a small farm of 24 acres, on which are two residences ocoupied by himself and family, Mr. M. B. Berry, his private secretary and Bandmaster J. H. Yandercook and \y^etf[|_Ne|xt is a manfttapth ring barn covMtng nearly an acre OT ground and used for winter practice, And then comes the most interesting of the lot, in charge of Trainer Huffman, the animal pavilion. Here we found the smallest and the largest elephants now before the American public, a 6,000 pound hippopotamus, two dens of lions containing eight of these ferocious beasts, bears, hyenas, tigers, pumas, leopards, camels, monkeys and beautiful plumed birds from every clime. We were then shown the stables wherein are quartered fifty trained horses and ponies, all of them the cream of superb breeding. To successfully winter a show of this description requires the services of about sixty people and it is an interesting sight to watch them at their labors. It is ad mirably systematized, every man knows his place and duties, hence everything runs smoothly and without contusion. Next year it will require fourteen cars to transport this institution, making it among the largest on the road. Mr.

A NEW SECRETARY. 1

The Fa|r Director* Meet and Make Many

Changes.

flair

The fl,air directors met at the court house lust Saturday morning and elected officers for the ensuing year. All was not as serene as had been anticipated fbr the fact soon developed that there wtare two factions in the field and each wehe out for blood.

It required several ballots to bring about a result and when the clouds rolled away was found that President Davis.pnd SopretarjJJlorgan^J^?t whoniMhad madewcCTent official been turned down. The elected are as follows:

President—Archibald^ Vice Presidents—F. J. J. Insley.

Secretary—Walter P. Treasurer—John S. Bi General ....... Superinter Waugh.

Marshal—Asher Wert^ Supt. Privileges—Pauf Hughes. Executive Committee—W. F. Huifet, M. B. Waugh and W. Morgan.

Fair Ground Committee—John £t. Davis, Asher wert a The secretary's salary WAB raistrcPiQ, $175 with $50 expenses and the superintendent of privileges was allowed $25 and the chairman of the_.fair ground committee $25. The other salaries remain as last year.

The time of the next fair was fixed for the week beginning September 5„ 1898.

Tried to Shoot HJm.

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In last week's issue of the

appeared a notice of paternity proceedings having been brought by Misb Irene Younkin against Koy Cox, of Garfield. The sequel occurred on Friday, when young Cox was given a hearing before 'Squire Campbell at Darlington, and proved quite tragic. All parties concerned were in the court and wbeD Roy very forcibly entered a plea of not guilty, Miss Younkin drew from under her shawl an ugly looking revolver and poking it into the young man's face almost screamed, "Now say you're not guilty, will you?" Cox ducked his bead just as his father rushed forwaid anc seized the weapon, catching the tri(„^ with his finger as it fell, thereby flSrrowly averting a murder. The incident caused quite, an excitement and it was sometime before order was rertored in the court. Cox was finally put under $600 bond for his appearance in the circuit court which he promptly gave.-jj*

-v Some Painful flishaps. Monday a glare of ice^a^uroductive of some very painful mishaps. V^ikrtig" was extremely hazardous and a man who could walk a block and keep his feet end dowfi was considered a marvel. Mat Kline, 'he jeweler, fell at his home and while no bonas were broken, be was confined, to his hou.se a couple of days, nursjn^ the bruised spots.

ThCiaged mother of M. V. Wert, living on west Main street, Tell and broke her left arm.

Mrs. Charles Myres, living north of the city, received what ^wae at first considered serious injuries frota a fall on the ice^but the lady recovered and is doing well.

M. E. Clodfelter fell on the court hpi»t_ steps and rollod down to the bottd'm, but jumped up nimbly and swore it never touched him.

All the banks will be closed tomorrow, Christmas. Hon. J. M. Thompson has gone to Bay St. Louis, Miss., for the winter.

The Waveland Indepeudant says that Rev. E. L. Prather has sued th» trustees of the Brown's Valley Baptist church for back salary, amonnti^ $48, and that the case £hai been,

Union toiinship,