Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 October 1899 — Page 7

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The Old Reliable.

That never ceases to pour iu the latest aud most unique designs in fine Jewelry, Silverware, Watches. aud settings for precious stones you would think our supply was furnished from. We keep up with the times in everything in the Jewflf elry line, and nothing is selected for our superb .i stock but the best and newest styles and best quality.

M. C. KLINE.

Jeweler and Optician. Opp. Court House.

A FEW LEFT

I have a few Buggies and Surries left after my "Clearance Sale" last Saturday. I do not want to carry any buggies over, and will make very low prices to close them out within the next thirty days. Don't miss this opportunity as you will pay more in the spring.

Remember we have a fine line of Plush aud Fur Robes aud Horse Blankets.

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The most complete Harness and Buggy Store in Montgomery county. Remember that

Fisher's Harness are Good Harness. Eisher's Buggies are Good Buggies.

JOE E. FISHER

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A Magnificent Showing.

FIl1 years ago the first mission-

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organization of the Christian church was set in motion. Last week the great jubilee convention closed at Cincinnati. During the fifty years the membership of the church has increased to over 1,118,396, and the American society has collected and expended on the work in this country S3,J 60,500, has organized 2,361 churches,baptised 98,360 persons, while the state boards report 295,158 additions through the state work. The Christian Woman's Board of Missions during its existence has raised $770,(XX). The foreign society has raised and expended $1,141,000. The Board of Church Extension has raised $236,000 for that work. The Board of Negro Evangelization had raised $68,000, before it was consolidated with the General Home Board. The Board of Ministerial Relief during its existence has raised $29,000. The past year has been the most prosperous in the history of the work. At the close of the last fiscal year $11,000 had been raised for Home Missions. This year it reaches $100,000. The receipts of the foreign society this year amount to $152,727.38, gain of $21,801.68 over last year! The C. W. B. M. raised $109,088.81 this year. There were 210 churches organized last year making a total of 10, 298. Enrolled in the bible schools there are 732,642 pupils. Then- are .339 ministers engaged in the work. There is expended for all benevolences of the church, $5,454,787 annually. The church buildings of the body have sittings for 1,566,659 persons, and the value of church property is $18,256,761. The figures indicate that the gains of the Christian in membership and wealth are growing wice as fast as the population of the "country. There was a gain of four per cent, in membership last year, and nearly six per cent, for th^ past six years, which indicates an increase of nearly three times the increase in population. There was expended last year for ministerial support |by the churches $3,050,000 for incidental expenses $725,000 for church buildings. $675,000 for literature, $325,000. These figures make the breast of the average member of the Christian church swell with pride.

Dr. Hurty and Diphtheria.

DR.is

HURTY, while erratic on some things, is right on others. This especially true when he tries to stop those things which tend to breed diphtheria aud scarlet fever. He says that diphtheria is killing 2,(XX) children in Indiana every year, aud effecting 18,090 more. This looks large indeed to the uniniated, but we suppose Dr. Hurty knows whereof'he speaks. Dr. Hurty says that, compared with diphtheria, smallpox^is a mere bagatelle, a plaything, yet people persist in living in ignorance of th^ danger threatening their children. In some places they try to prevent the disease by prohibiting the burning of leaves, yet physicians say, that they might as well try tof produce elephants as diphtheria by burning leaves. Diphtheria comes from a specific germ, and if the burning of leaves has any effect at all it is as a disinfectant.

"It's a Coming" Sure.

JAMES

B. ELMORE desires to inform the public that the tedious delays of the printer aud engraver are the cause of his book not being issued yet. It was promised three weeks ago, and these vexatious delays on the part of the publisher are galling to him when he knows how anxious subscribers are to secure the work. But he feels now that he can confidently promise the books within two weeks from this time. "They are a coming without doubt," he says. Those who have subscribed will soon have the volume in their hands

Liquor Men Barred.

the state pow wow of the Red Men resolutions were adopted which will eventually close the doors of that order on all men engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors. None of these men will hereafter be admitted into any lodge of Red Men, and any member who engages in the business after becoming a member of the order will be summarily dealt with. Those liquor dealers now holding membership will be allowed to continue as such unmolested.

Crawfordsville, Indiana, Saturday, October 28, 1899.

Bryan's Ready Wit.

OUT

at Findlay, Ohio, William J. Bryan was treated with the first discourtesy shown him since his entrance into the Buckeye state. Mis audience had in it a large contingent of Republicans andjthey made their presence known by vigorous hissing.

Bryan was surprised, but not disconcerted and he heldJlhis ground with courage and good temper and gave his unmannerly opponents some examples of his brilliant wit aud scathing sarcasm.

While the Republicans were hissing, Bryan quoted some (sentences of Lincoln's aud challenged the malcontents to hiss that.

The Lincoln quotations were sound Democratic doctrine, but the Republicans did not dare to hiss.

When the police attempted to eject one of the disturbers, Bryan said: "Let him remain. I can staud this for half an hour if you have to live in this community all your lives."

At Bellefontaine, Bryan referred to a Republican cartoon which showed Columbia holding the flag with President McKinley pointing to it aud "victory" inscribed on the clouds. Beneath were the words: "We'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once afraiu."

Bryan read the line to the crowd and then said: '-But there is a significant omission. They did not put in "Shouting the battle cry of freedom." The cheers which followed were so wildly enthusiastic that the speaker had to wait for the tumult to subside.

Republicans will learn after awhile to let Bryan alone. His wit and sarcasm are equal to every occasion.

Census Enumerators.

ENUMERATORSto

take theceusus

of 1900 are supposed to be selected for their qualifications only, and that politics will cut no figure in the appoinments. This, we say, is supposed to be the case. The appointment will be made with reference to to physical activity, aptness, neatness, and accuracy in writ, iug and iu the use of figures. The census requires active, energetic persons of good address and readiness with the pen. Only such can do the work with satisfaction to the government or profit to themselves. Each person seeking appointment as census enumerator must make a written application to the supervisor for the district of which a resident, giving christian name and surname iu full whether a citizen of the United States or not present legal residence, sex and color, age, place of birth, the principal facts of educational and of professional or business experience, including a statement of all national, state, county or municpal offices held at any time nature of present occupation, if any previous experience in census work, physical condition, and knowledge of English or other languages. This application must be made in the handwriting of the applicant throughout and must be certified to as such. .....

Tired of Trouble.

IFE losing its charm, James B.

Leffew. a soldier lately discharge ed from the 31st U. S. Infantry, committed suicide by taking an overdose of morphine at the home of Joe Douglass,. in the east end last Thursday night. His death did not occur until Friday afternoon. The physicians worked with him all night, but could not save him. Leffew was rejected on his last physical examination, and returned home to discover that his wife had entered suit against him for divorce aud would not withdraw it. When he failed to get the affair amicably settled he got roaring drunk, finally goiug to the Douglass house where he swallowed a dose of morphine, claiming it was a headache powder. Lighting a cigar he smoked for a few moments and announced that he had swallowed morphine with suicidal intent. The Douglasses immediately sent for the police, who in turn sent for the doctors, but their aid was unavailing. Mrs. Leffew was quite repentant after she knew that her husband was about to die, but it also came too late. He was buried Saturday from Carver & Robbing' establishment at the county's expense.

The high school commenced operations at the Central building again on Monday morning. That portion of the building having been sufficiently renovated.

(ias or No (jas.

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county commissioners are in a dilema. These three wise gentlemen have come to the parting of the ways and do not know where "they are at," nor do they have any idea as to which road to take out of the wilderness. They met last Saturday to make contracts for the heating aud lighting of the court house, but no contracts were made. The Natural Gas Co. was on hand bidding for both heat and light, and the Water aud Light Co. was present bidding on the lighting alone. Natural gas has not been au unqualified success as an illuminator aud in that capacity the company will perhaps be turned^dowu, and strange to say, the commissioners are quite leery of natural gas as a heater this fall. They seem disinclined to let the contract without a guarantee that the necessary gas will be furnished to prevent water from freezing on the top of the heaters at noon. The company refuses to give any guarantee save that it will duly collect all bills on time, whether the heat is forthcoming or not. The annual contract expired Oct. 1, and the gas has not been turned off, and will not be until the Board mokes up its judicial mind as to what is best. The Board, of course, does not desire to freeze auy of the county officials to death, as it would be a difficult matter to replace them office having very few charms to men who live ii\_a land blessed with McKinley prosperity' hence they may conclude to run no risks and fall back on the old reliable coal.

Looking at Records.

fi^OME Crawfordsville writer uud*. the nom de plume of "Repubij licau" in the Indianapolis Sentinel of Monday, takes the Indianapolis Journal severely to task for its long editorial captioned "The Copperheads of To-Day." and in which the editor labors to prove a parallel between the opposition to the rebellion of 1860 and the antiexpansion views held to-day by twothirds of the people of the country. The editor of the Journal simply betrayed the auracular appendages and voice of an ass iu the editorial utterauces of last week, and he is beautifully taken down by this writer. We do not know who "Republican" is, but congratulate him on the soundness of his propositions. The time for all calling of names has ceased in this country. Time was when abuse answered the purpose of sound sense and argument, but not so any more. When a man calls another names today, we may know that he is whipped. The records of Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley are forcibly coutrasted by this writer, and his argument cannot be answered. For the past few weeks every little cross roads Republican paper has been full of the word "copperhead." Such venom only shows that the 'policy of the administration has no solid argument to back it up, and hence a campaign of vilification will be called for. "Traitor" and "copperhead" are names freely used now, and applied to those who dare criticize the administration. What will come later may be imagined.

Two Birds Let Loose. OT carrier pigeons, but non-sup-porting husbands were separated from the leash last Saturday by

Judge West. Greenfield Chasteen will no longer torment Hattie with his presence, and Lincoln Tennant will no longer loaf around the wash tub where Flora is rubbing out family support. These two gentlemen of leisure made no appearance when their names were called iu court aud it is therefore supposed that they had no defense to make to the charges made against them by their wives of failure to provide aud all-around cussedness—so the judge granted the divorces.

Wanted to Stay.

fJ^ATURDAY evening at the complaint of friends from Lafayette, two of the inmates of the bagnio of Jennie Bailey were drawn up before the Mayor. They were Vesta Pope and Anna Frost. The Frost woman has a husband at Lafayette. Her parents were here to induce her to go home, but she declared her entire satisfaction with the Bailey joint and refused to go. The Pope girl also refused all overtures to return to home and decency. They were locked up and given time to think the matter over.

59th Year, No. II

Crime at Hillsboro.

FtOM

Hillsboro comes an awful story of crime. Last Friday evening there was committed uear that place, one of those crimes which cause the blood of men to reach a fever heat, and turns the good citizen into a lyncher. Two men entered the home of Hal Brown, during the absence of the husband, bound, gagged and outraged the wife in the presence of her little ones, and leaving her in that condition made their escape. The poor woman when discovered was in a terrible condition both of mind aud body. The terrible experience has seemingly dethroaned her reason. The alarm was given and crowds of armed men searched all night for the villains but they were not found. Bloodhounds were put on the trail, but lost it. There is no doubt but they will be summarily hanged to the first convenient limb if captured. There will be no awaiting for courts, says^the Veedersburg News, in case theyjare caught and identified by their victim. This is a crime for which the statute prescribes no adequate punishment. Two to

years in prison does not

reach the case. Death is the only proper penalty for such a crime. It is to be hoped that the death penalty with no variation may become the State law in such cases. It is the only thing such brutes can appreciate.

Sewer Contract Let.

THE

city council iu special session has let the contract for the proposed Green street sewer to McConnell & Lamb, of Atchison, Kansas, for the sum of $8,175, the contract contingent upon the company filiug the required bond and baginning the work within two weeks. If it should fail then the contract should go to the Indiana Construction Co., of Terre Haute, whose bid was $8,730. The proposed sewer will extend along Green street from North street to Jefferson street. It will be of double brick ring and 48 inches iu diameter for 765 feet from its mouth, and 36 inches in diameter for 1,635 feet of its length. There were several bidders for the work as follows: McConnell A Lamb, of Atchison, Kas,, """1,175 J. Shannahan, of Chicago, $9,238 McManahan &, Kooney, St. Louis. $8,999 Jas. M. Waugh, city, $8,975 John Johnson, $9,500 Welber Ac Co., Evansville, $9,330 Indiana Construction Co., Terre Haute, §8,730. Dr. Taylor, of the Board of Health, desired to go on record aa being opposed to the sewer as proposed, which is a combined storm aud sanitary system. He was a believer in the single system. His objection was recorded.

Wants a Divorce. 'V

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ina box in the clerk's

office is a complaint filed by James Stout against Nettie, his wife, asking the court to cancel their agreement to be man and wife. James complains that Nettie rau him down aud it was either marry her or defend a breach of promise suit, and not caring to do the latter, he fell into the trap of the venturesome damsel. They were married and after two months of wedded life she flew from his presence and has remained flown. So he wants a legal release.

A Hallowe'en Festival.

has been suggested that the merchants make some concerted effort to make our Hallowe'en celebration this year a little mote elaborate than usual, and by advertising draw a crowd of people to the city. The suggestion is certainly a good one and should be acted on Every one to whom it has been pro* posed has expressed a willingness to co-operate.—Journal.

Big Four Suit.

Circuit Completed.

HE copper circuit just completed by the Home Telephone Co., to Indianapolis is now in complete working order. The service is all right, and cannot be excelled by any telephone system. The companyis to be congratulated on the success of the line.

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OW it is the Big Four railroad that is in trouble. That common carrier has been sued by

Ira Snyder and James Quillen, who ask damages in the the sum of $500. They declare that the road carrying stock for them to market damaged it to that extent. The plain— -vr' tiffs are large shippers of live stock.