Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 April 1899 — Page 7
Established 1841.
Jeweler and Optician.
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GREAT BARGAIN 8ALE OF SHOES:
YOU CAN USE IT
Up-to-date in
Knowledge •And Wisdom
M. C. KLINE.
Should go in hand to make learning profitable Don't read at the expense of your eyesight, when you can protect it with the skill for which we are famous as
OPTICIANS...
Reading glasses will save your eyesight and we will fit it perfectly if it is defective or only qeeds aid.
Opp. Court House.
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A onipletB (lariiess and Bugqij-.'Store!
110 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind.
For One Ween Or.iy. The following are a few of our Bargains-
Infants' Dongola Patent 'lip Burton, 2 to G, worth 30e, our price 8 .20 Child's Glove Grain Button. 8 to 12, worth 81, our price 75 Misses Dongola Button, 13 to 2, worth 81.25, our price 75 Ladies' DoDgola Patent Tip, Button 2 1-2 to 7. worth $2.00, our price 1.00 Youths' Calf Ball. 12 to 2, wnrtb 81.00, our price 85 Boys' Calf Hull, 3 to 5, worth 81.25, our price. 95 Men's Satin Calf. Congress or Lace, to 11, worth $1.50, our price 1.10 Iden's.Kip Boot, to 11, worth $1.75, our price 1,25
All heavy winter shoes sold at actual cost. Don't forget the place.
Star Shoe House
No. 128 East Main Street.
20 DAYS FREE
do by express to any station within 500 mtles of Chicago, upon arrWAl deposit our price, $10.50, and express charges, with the express agent of your town, then
TARE THE MACHINE HOME AND TOY IT FOR 20 DAYS If you are perfectly satisfied with the machine, teep It, otherwise return It to toe express a
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We make our HARNESS from
Good Selected Stock.
|fiA 1 Buggies bear the name-plate
o£ the manufacturer, and are sold
under a strict guarantee.
qj The BEST Baggy aad Harness
Store in the county.
Clores Block, Crawfordsville.
RUBEN'S
Bates House Clothing Parlors.
A Reputation For Integrity
Can only be maintained by truthful statements. Temparary advantage may be gained by deceptive announcements but it retracts. Customers are the only effective advertisements their indorsement carries weight."
Stripe Suits..
We are showing a full line of the popular stripe Suits in all the, latest and richest patterns at extremelp low prioes.
Bates tjouse Clotlpg Parler.
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your money back, if you prefer, we will ship by freight and draw on you through your nearest bank, draft attached to BUI of Lading. When machinecomen pay draft, and takemachlne from station. If you don't Itke It, return It by freight, and we will refund. We guarantee the machine forten years. Remember you take no risk. It don't cost you one cent unless you take the machine. We have sold over I OO.OOO, and they are all girlne rfect satisfaction. IT8 SPECIAL FEATURES are Bali tile. Easily Operated, ariDK, Light Bunnlng, Durable, Easll: Noiseless, ledie, Tension
Liberator,
bend 15 cents (or our 1000-nage catalogue.
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Crawfordsville, Indiana,
DASTARDLY DEED.
THE WORK OF DESPERATE HICiHWAYMEN. Harmon Churchill Brutally Assaulted
While on His Way Home Sat-
urday Night.
Harmon Churchill, an honest and peaceable colored laborer, was held up and brutally cut and beaten by two desperate negroes on Saturday night, and now lies in a precarious condition at his home 011 Harrison street. The object seems to have been robbery, as no other motive could be assigned for such an attact. Mr. Churchill is employed at the Lee tile factory, and had finished his weeks' work and drawn his pay. After supper his neighbor^ Mrs. Ballinger, told him if he would come over she would pay him back some change she had borrowed. He accordingly went over and attended to it and started to return to his home. At Mrs.Ballinger's he met the Derickson boys, Elva and Walter, sometimes known as the Brooks half brothers. When near the corner of Harrison and Walnut streets he was set on by these desperate thugs who caught hold of him, remarking as they did so, "Now we've got you." At this one of the thugs struck him on the head with a Cuban matchette, felling him to the ground, whereupon both set in to beat him up—one with the matchette and the other a heavy club. Churchill seeing that he was helpless and in dangerously foul hands, cried for help, which outcry drove his assailants away and doubtless saved his life. He was assisted to his home and Dr. Swank called to sew up several ugly cuts on his head. He received one serious cut from the matchette which penetrated his forehead through his hat and knocked him senseless. Walter Derickson was a volunteer soldier, and had recently returned from Cuba whore he had secured his implement of slaughter. Both he and his brother have been lazy and dangerous toughs, and the affair was of a most dastardly character and inflicted on a harmless, respectable eolored man. The police made a vain effort to locate the fiends, but they sucics fully eluded arrest and are yet at 1 uge. When a MORRIXU REVIL man called on Mr. Churchill last mgni no was resting easier, but was suffering much pain from his injuries and the shock sustained. Hanging is too good for these desperadoes, andjif caught they should be made to suffer the extreme penalty of the law. It was thought at first that the man could not live, but the attendant physician now believes he is out of dangtr.
An Honest Man.
Yesterday John Carroll,
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to Linden, lost a pocketbook containing .$50 and a check for SI 5. It was a neat little sum and he was somewhat chagrined at its loss. The pocketbook was stamped with his name, but this would make little difference to some individuals should they once get their hands on such a wind fall. The purse was found however by Bert Everett, near the fish pond on the New Richmond road. As Mr. Carroll was returning home he was stopped by Mr. Everett, who inquired whether he was the owner of the pocketbook which he had found. Mr. Carroll was delighted at the recovery of his property and pressed a reward upon the reluctant finder. This he received only after much urging, and repeated protests. There are many honest men, but again there are many who are the reverse. It is refreshing, to find one of the former kind.
j0 Farm.
It is currently reported that at the council meeting this evehing Councilman Nolan will resign. It is further stated that he will go to his farm at once, and now, in the budding spring time, learn what it is to be a farmer, a genuine horny-handed son of toil, whose only and genuine joy is to sit under his own vine and fig tree and watch his crops and flocks grow.
A Big Evening.
Chas. Toney, Failey Williams and "Hedgehog" Jeffries were all run in on Saturday night for over ir^ulging in fcheoil of joy.
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prescribe an antidote this mnwiigg
Saturday, April 29,1899.
THE COLOR LINE.
It Is Drawn by Certain Members of
the American Federation of Labor. Tluit the Son of Ham should be a servant of servants is a Biblical imjunction which is usually accepted with great cheerfulness by his brother of lighter complexion. He is generally regarded as peculiarly fitted by nature to be a hewer of wood and a drawer of water, and that all menial tasks should be his. Considerable squeamishness is felt by white lobor in many places, about admitting the colored man to membership in labor organizations. This feeling has caused a little break in the ranks of the American Federation of Labor in this city. It appears that at some previous meeting some1 colored men were taken into membership in that organization. This irrated severely upon the nerves of a number of the members, and at a meeting held last Friday night the following paper was presented for consideration: CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.,
April 21, '99.
We, the undersigned members of the American Federation of Labor, No. 6,987, respectfully ask that honorable withdrawal be granted to us as we wish to sever our connection with this particular branch of the order.
Signed. Will is H. Seriug, William Douglas, Neal Beck, N. C. Coffenberry, Omer Payne, Homer Emmert, C. C. Crider G. W. Smith, W. M. McGrigg, J. N Coffenberry, Dan Watson, Pat Noonan, George Coffenberry, John A. Zinton.
The President refused to entertain any such motion, although the VicePresident was in favor of his doing so The protesting members then walked out. They state that it is now their intention to meet next Friday night and form a federation of their own, in the requirements for membership in which shall appear the word "white," in large capitals. How these strained relations may be relieved and the bloody chasm crossed does not yet appear. These wheels within1 wheels are dangerous things and some worthy individual is liable to get his fingers caught in the cogs. Whether it will be the colored man or the white man remains to be seen when the wln*"ls begin to go round.
Dined.
Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy, of Linden, entertained at ainuer in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carroll and Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy. The guests from this city were M. J. CarrolKand wife, Walter Carroll and wife, David W. Graham Misses Mary Broderick, Annie G. Carroll and Maggie Carroll. The occasion was a most enjoyable one, and the entertainment was royal. It will be long remembered by the participants.
Suicided.
Augustus Slaughterback, of
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ney, grew weary of life and determined to end it. He selected a severe but as it proved to be a sure 'method. At his home near Romney he filled his stomach with a mixture of Paris green and powdered glass. The large amount of poison taken saved his life for a few days, but the ground glass was deadly and he at last succumbed. He was unmarried and in prosperous circumstances.
A Good Sale.
On Saturday Wm. Joseph, of Advance, came to this city and purchased a stock of drugs and outfit for his store which he will open in Advance by Saturday. Jeff McDonald made the sale for the wholesale house he represents. Mr. Joseph is a friend to the
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The Commissioners.
At Saturday's session the Board
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Commissioners authorized the auditor to rent to the highest bidder the John S. Brown show ground which belongs to the county through the foreclosure of a mortgage. Also the contract with Tom Boraker to serve as janitor of the court house was made a record."
Defeated by I. U.
Saturday afternoon the Wabash base ball team was defeated by the Indiana University team at Bloomington by a score of 16 to 8. Saturday Wabash is booked for a game here with Purdue.
BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY
Was Forest dray, and Loved the
Horseflesh of his Native State not Wisely
but too Well.
iorest Gray, of Kentucky, was arrested here yesterday morning on the charge of purloining a horse from the dark and bloody ground. A blooded animal worth several hundred dollars was mysteriously stolen near Sheridan, Ky., on last Tuesday, together with a fine saddle belonging to a Mr. Flannigan, who is a cousin to Jake Steele, of this city. Suspicion was strongly pointed to a young man named Gray, who had been seen near the place and who, it was afterward learned, rode the horse some distanceto Robinson county and disposed of the outfit for $20. in cash. Deputy sheriff J. D. King, of Flemingburg, traced the fugitive to Indiana, and thence to Crowfordsville,but failed to locate his man until yesterday. King, upon arriving here, went to the home of John Steele and remained there keeping his mission a profound secret. It was known that Gray was related to Nehemiah Sprague, of east Pike street, and had came here. He was thought to have been in Yountsville and Deputy King drove there Friday, only to learn upon his return that his suspect had gone to Danville, Illinois. Like the proverbial cat, however Gray came back Saturday and proceeded to pass the time with some acquaintances. Marshal Brothers was sought for assistance in his capture, and it was arranged that a young Lindamood and Timmons, who knew Gray, should engage him in a card game at the Timmons barn west of the college. This was readily accomplished and while enjoying a sociable game of seven up deputy sheriff Barton and officer McCoy corralled him and took him off to jail. Mr. King and prisoner left via Indianapolis last evening for Kentucky where Gray will be sentenced on a plea of guilty. He is about 26 years of age, of fine appearance and well educated. He assigned no cause for his act to the Morning Review man, but acknowledges his guilt. Mr. King carried requisition papers from his state which were honored by Governor Mount. When he had at last secured his man Gray did not manifest great surprise, and informed the deputy that he had expected he would hunt him up. The men were acquainted and so concealment of identity was impossible in the case. It seemed a case of a young man with good opportunities in life gone astray, and paying the penalty of his folly.
TRUSTEES FINED.
For Failure to Publish Itemized Statements as Provided
by Law.
Judge Given, of Dearborn county, has just rendered a decision that will have afar reaching effect.
Says the Brooksville Times, suit was brought against John P. Secrest, trustee of Laurel township. Franklin county, in September, 1897, for failure to publish an itemized report of receipt^ and expenditures. The case was argued before Judge Swift, at Brookville, who withheld decision for two terms. A petition was then filed for another trial judge, and Judge Swift appointed Judge Given, before whom a rehearing was had in January last. His decision, which has just been rendered, imposes a fine of $100, in accordance with the law of 1895. Eleven other trustees in that county likewise failed to publish full reports that year, and also in 1898 and will be prosecuted.
The township reform bill does not repeal the law requiring trustees to publish an itemized statement and they are, under the law, required to publish the statement as provided in the law of 1895, and also publish statement of indebtebnesss of township.
"Beauty draws more than oxen," and when hitched up with our quality and style makes a force that is irresistible. Miss Cade, south Washington street.
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The following soldiers have had their pensions increased: John N. Stout, from $8 to $12 EHeazar Cole, from $14 to $17 William C. Webber, from $12 to$14. —.
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AS OF OLD.
The Prophet Has No Fame in His Owtt
Country and the Colfax SeerJ Is Declared Insane. Colfax has a prophet who for a year has been promulgating doctrines of a coming dissolution of all worldly things by the bonfire route, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants of that thriving village. They persistently refused to believe, and went merrily along as did the unbelievers of.old buying, selling and getting gain, marrying and givingin marriage and let the old world go to destruction unprepared. This was extremely exasperating to the prophet, who fel that they were an exceedingly stiff necked lot of heathens who refused to heed his warnings while standing on the brink of an awful eternity. He imagined that he was John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and that he has been annointed as the chosen one of God. He has at times set up kingdoms of his own in Colfax, styling himself "King of Kings," and fixed upon a date when the world would be» consumed with fire. When the unbelievers of Colfax refused to make ready for this interesting episode, he became violent and desired to exercise his kingly authority. It was necessary therefore to bring him before an insanity commission, which was done on Friday evening. They rendered a erdict to the effect that the prophet was not in a state of mental equilibrium, and he will be taken to the asylum. His name is Albert Holliday and he has a wife and three children. The hallucination of the unfortunate young man is a very common one. Lafayette has a colored prophet who is famous for his dire prediction of the clash of worlds, and the unrolling of the heavens and pillars of fire, etc., but he never indulges in any violence and so he is allowed to ply his trade of prophet without any interference on the part of the authorities.
HANGED HIMSELF.
John Fink, a Former Resident of This City, Suicides at Lafayette.
SPECIAL TO THE REVIEW.* LAFAYETTE, IND.,
April ^21.—John
Fink, a meat dealer who came to this city from Crawfordsville, committed suicide this afternoon by hanginghimself to a beam in his barn. The wife of Mr. Fink discovered the body of her husband. The only cause assigned for the act is the reverses which he had met with lately in a business way. .!/'
Mr. Fink was formerly a citizen of Crawfordsville, and was well known here, having worked for his uncle, Philip Fink in the butcher business for several years. He left here several years ago and located in Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Fink will leave to-day for Lafayette to attend the funeral. He leaves a wife and one child.
Going to Indianapolis.
George W. Paul, one of Crawfordsville's best known and widely experienced attorneys is packing his library and effects preparatory to moving to Indianapolis where he will enter actively into the practice of his profession. He has formed a copartnership with Jesse D. Hamrick, of that city at 35i east Washington street. This will make an exceedingly strong firm, as both are old and experienced men. Mr. Paul has been engaged in the law practice in this county and surrounding counties for years, and has always had a large clientage, beingemployed in many cases involving large sums, and many legal and technical difficulties. His experience has been a wide one, and has covered the entire field of litigation. This experience fits him for a place, as councel in the most important litigation that may come before the courts. He's a studious and painstaking attorney, and all business falling into his hands is pushed rapidly to an issue. Tne Indianapolis bar in Mr. Paul will gain a strong man.
••0^, 4 Insane.:. A lunacy commission on Saturday adjudged Samuel Blue, of Sugar. Cre&k township, a person of unbound mind. His mental condition haft been bad for some time, but no steps were taken to have him adjudgedn&sane ywtil it became necessary in gjggbr to secure fire insurance.
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