Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 18 February 1869 — Page 1
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JrJL the Agents for the CRAWKOKPSVILLE "JOURNAL, atid the most influential and largest circulating Newspapers in the l.nited
States and Canada*. They are authorized to contract for us at our lowest prices.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. I I "FlIIYSIOlAN AND SURGEON, Darlington. Ind., attends to all varit'tio* of practice at ail hours ol flay or nijrht. Medical Examiner for the Chicago •Life Insurance Company. .ianiil
J. 3T. LLCCOIOIIOF. 1 TTORNEY-AT-LAW, and Real Estate lirokor A (£ormerly of .Cro^tasvillej, Top&ka, Kansas, "••^arttculw'-'auteutiott given-^.tp the collection of 'claims,.inyesting of money, paymetit ot taxes of uon^sMentl, 'redeeming .lands, sold fiofi taxes. iri'r vestigationof iifies, &c. ,* -I ••,!* jau'21
T. iTlcMECHAX.
It
ESIDENT
DENTIST, Crawronlsville, Ind.. rc-
spectfnlly tenders his services to the public. Motto, "Good work and moderate price*." Please call. OFFICE—Corner Main and Green streets, next
Posc-Office, up-stairs. J. G. McMECHAN, M.D., may he foimd at the fano place. ipr23GS
s. KENNEDY. B. II. CiAr.I.flWAV.
MKJfSEDY AGALIOWAI A TTORNEYS AT LAW and General Collecting Agents, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Bein" members of the United States Latv Association ancl Collection Union, which has a member in "every connty in the United States, they have facilities for transacting business in all parts of the conn-
T)FFIOK
adjoining the Mayor's office, over the cor
ner book store. fL???
W. P. I5KITTOX.
ATTORNEY
AT LAW, Crawfordsville, Ind. At
tends to all
kinds
ATTORNEY
of legal-business. OFFICE
over Simpson's grocery store. Main street-
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
a-'
W. T. BRUSH,
and General Collecting
Agent, Crawfordsville, Ind. All legal business entrusted to him will receive immediate attention. Office on Vernon St.,nearly opposite the Post Office. ja769tf
$1TD. 15. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY
AT LAW, Waveland, Indiana, will
eive prompt attention to business eutmsted to Mm In courts of Montgomery and Parke counties.
GEOBOED. HURLEY,
ATTORNEY
AT LAW. and Notary Public, Craw
fordsville, Ind. OFFICE over Crawford & Mul1 kin's store. Will attend to all kinds of legal business entrusted to kim.
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M. H. «ALEY,
DENTIST,
Crawfordsville, Ind. Office 011 Wash
ington St., over Mack's Grocery Store. Dr. B. V. GALEY, long and favorably^ known to the community as a first-class Dentist, is in my employ. .• ,, aaglUyl
R. B. F. PIURCE,
AT LAW. Crawfordsville, Indiana
OFFICB over Crawford fc Mullikin's store. Will iXive prompt attention to business in all the Courts "of Montgomery comity?
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H. E. SIDEHfER,
VrOTATtY PUBLIC, Crawfordsville," Ind. OFEICK wth W. P- Britton. Attends to all business entrusted to him with promptness. a23 C. L. THOMAS. A. T). THOMAS
THOM AS & THOMAS
ATTORNEYS
AT LAW, and Solicitors in Bank-
mptcy,
Crawfords.Tille, lnd. OFFicK ip Hughes'
Block, Main Street. *23 WBITB. TUOM18 PATTF.KSOH.
WHITE
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WOULD
PATTERSOI
TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, A Crawfordsville, Ind. Office-Empire Block, Main Street. *23.:
Dr.J.iVSmAR®
HOMEOPATHIC
PHYSICIAN, .crawfordsville,
Ind. OracK with the Township Trustee. m.~m7wiiitefoki TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary Public and GenerA al Collecting Agent,
Crav.iordsville,
Indiana,
irtlico in Mayor's Room. He calls the attention of all in city and country to this card, and solicit for himseli a share of the puimc patronage.
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DENTAL CARD.
T. M'Ml-X'llAiV.
RKSIUKST DENTIST,
inform his fi icnda«ind the pub
lic generally that he has removed to the rooms on the corner of Green and Main streets, up stairs—entrance next door to the post office—where he will be found at all times ready to do any kind of Dental Work in a satisfactory manuer. He asks an examination of his work and prices.
KSFDr. McMechan will fill all contracts for work made by the late firm of MeMechan A Wolfe.
J. G. McMechan, M.l)., can be found at the same place. j*21
For the Crawfordaville Journal.
TOM. B. K.
(On reading her Poem: "The Face In the Fire."j
I're read, sweet gi, thy beamtiful lines Thai, richer than wealth of golden niines, Gleam brightly with thought and holy truth, And images pure as stainless youth,
My heart hath stood in a wondering maze That thy young eyes into hearts c»uld gaxe, And thy pen such striking pictures trace As those in the tale of the beautiful face.
The womanly love that glows in thy dream Is rare as the faneies that in it teem. A garland should wreathe the woman's head That o'er the fallen a tear could shed, .:
And give the world in perfect birth, As sweet a poem ajs hath blest the earth. Oh, giftetl one! who with master's skill Doth weave bright dreams our sad hearts to till,
And teach sweet lessons till Hope's clear rays Fall 'round us warmer than summer days. May thy feet neater falt'r—but, always good, May'st thou wear the crown the noble •should. P. D.
Q1TKSTIOXR AST® ANSWERS.
0ug$Ti:oN:-r— JIa§: a ^railroad company the right to discriminate in favor of those purchasing tickets before entering the cars, as is now done bii the Louisville, ^ewyVlbiiny Chicago Railroad 'I jAjsSVEER.-—It has, where it faj:^ uislies passengers, an opportunity to purchase tifcketsi Tf a passenger enters the cars al a station where no tickets are furnished by the company he is ndt .bound to pay more than the, regular rates tor those who procure tickets.
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QUESTION.—What aud where is Stonehenge ANSWER.—It is the ruins of an ancient building in England. There has been a great deal of discussion among men of learning, concerning its origin but they have never been able to agree about it. Its liistor}7, like that of the mounds of North America, is really lost to the world. It was built of very large stones, one of which, it is estimated, would weigh forty tons The stones are supposed to have been transported from Cornwall or Devonshire, a distance of nearly one hundred miles, there being no stone of a similar kind nearer than those points.
QUESTION.—What is the value of a dollar greenback when gold is say $150?
ANSWER.—To find out how much a greenback dollar is worth when gold is at $1.50 (or at any other value) divide the dollar by the price of goldThe quotient of $1.00 divided by $1.50 is G6f cents. If gold were at $1.25, you could get the value of a greenback dollar by dividing $1.00 by $1.25, the quotient of which would be 30 cents.
QUESTION.—How large is the army of the United States at present ANSWER.—Wecannotexactlystate. The Army Register for 1868, onr latest authentic information, says it consists of 45 infantry, 10 cavalry, and 5 artillery regiments, which, with the staff, comprise 49,938 enlisted men and 2,948 commissioned officers the latter including one general, one lieutenant general, five major-gener-als., and nineteen brigadiers..:
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QUESTION.—Do you think the velocipede will be of any practical benefit? j.,
ANSWER —We don't know. Buy one and see. Doherty fc Deighton make them. A great deal of nonsense has been printed about the velocipede, and you must not credit all you read about the use made of them.
QUESTION.—Is there any reference to the telegraph in the Bible ANSWER.—There is a passage in the 19th Psalm which may refer to the telegraph- The 4th verse reads: "Their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world."
QUESTION.—Is there any good paper, exclusively literary in its character, published in the State? :i
ANSWER.—No. Would that there were.
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VOL! 21.—NO. 24., CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.: FEBRUARY 18, 1869. PER TEAR
GRAJfT.
Be is Officially Informed of his Election and Makes a Speech.
The Joint Committee, composed of Senator Morton, 'Representatives James T. Wilson, of Iowa, and T. L. Pruyn, of New York, appointed by CdrigresB t6 officially inform General Grant of his election as President of the United States, waited on hini this morning at half past ten o'clock, at his,headquarters and discharged the duty assigned them. The ceremony took place at the General's private office. About two dozen gentlemen were present, ampng whom were nearly all the members of the General's staff, Representative Robertson, General Logan and one or two personal friends. The whole affair did not occupy more than twenty minutes. After the usual brief courtesies, Senator Mcfrtdn,- on behalf of the Committee, said:
SENATOR MORTON'S SPEECH.! "GENERAL—The Joint Committee appointed by the two Houses of Congress visit you
this
morning to notify
you officially that you have been elected President of the United States for the term of four years, from the 4th of March liext.' The great majority of your countrymen hail your election with delight, while even those who did
riotuSWpR0rtf
you at the polls
entertain for you the highest confidence and respect: The friends of ppr cpuntry tuid pf liberty throughout
V^ftfiee'at your elevation to
the Presidency, and all believe that you will bring to the performance of your duty unalloyed patriotism, inllexible integrity, great powers of intellect and all the high qualities that enabled ^ou to attain such distinguished success in another sphere of duty. They cherish full faith in your ability and .virtues, entertain the highest hopes of your success, and that dining 3'our
Acministration the work of
reconstruction will be completed and the wounds of civil war healed, and that our country will take a new departure in growth, progress and prosperity/'
Senator Morton then handed the official notification to General Grant, of which the following is a copy:
THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. "Be it known that the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, being assembled at the Capitol, at the City of Washington, on the second Wednesday, |being the tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, the underwritten, President of Sentae, did, in presence of said Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certif icates and count all the votes of the Electors for a President and Vice President, by which it appears that Ulysses S. Grant was duly elected, agreeably to the Constitution, President of the United States, for four years, commencing on the fourth day of March 1869. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Senate, this 10th day of February 1869. 13. F. WADE,
President pro tem. of the Senate.
General Grant, oh receiving this certificate' made the following response, speaking very deliberately and with evidentembarassment:
REPLY OF GEN. GRANT.
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"I can promise the committee that it will lie my endeavor to call around me as assistants such men only as I think will' carry out the principles which you have said the country desires to see successful—economy, retrenchment, faithful collections of the revenue, and payment of the public debt. If I should fail in my first choice, I shall not at any time hesitate to make a second, or even a third trial, with the concurrence of the Senate, which has the concurring power. I should just as soon remove one of m}r own appointees as the appointee of my predecessor. It would make no difference. There is one matter that I might possibly speak of here, and that is the selection of a Cabinet. I have always thought that it would be rather indelicate to announce or even to consult with the gentlemen whom I thought of inviting to positions in my Cabinet before the official declaration of the tesult of the election was made, although I presumed that there was no doubt about what the declaration would be. But after consideration I have come to the conclusion that there is not a man in the country who could be invited to a place in the Cabinet without the friends of some other gentlemen making an effort to secure the position, not that there would be any objection to the party named, but that there would be others whom they had set their hearts upon
having in the place. I can tell that from the great number of requests which have come to me in writing and otherwise for this particular person or that one, from different sects and delegations. If annpunced in advance, efforts would be made to change my determination and therefore I have come to the conclusion not to announce whom I am going to inyite to seats in the Cabinet until I send in their names to the Senate for confirmation. If I say anything to them about it, it will certainly not be more than two or three days previous to sending in their names. I think it well to make a public declaration of this to the committee, so that my intentions may be known."
JOURNAL POT-POURI.
Prepared with a decent regard for the eighth commandment.]
Hugly customers—Bears. Gross Behavior-—Getting fat. The new Backgammon—The Grecian bend.
The field of flirtation—Fair ground s. Long division—A divorce. Alone man—The pawnbroker. An explainer—A retired carpenter. *1 Beastly weather—When it rains cats and dogs-
Good hay weather—When it rains pitch-forks. Transported for life—The iriaii who marries happily.
Anew name for matrimony—A "twoicide/'1 V'' The hardships of the ocean—Ironclads. ',J
Cheap generosity—Giving a piecc of your mind. New York boquet—Rosa Cook, Rose Eytinge, Rose Belle. Parepa Rosa, and the morose Sorosis.
What llower does the rooster resemble? A crow-cuss. When does a ship tell a falsehood When she lies at the wharf.
When is a dandy buried alive When there is a swell in the groundj Prentice wants some one to invent an "extractor" that will take the stump out of Congressional speeches. •'Pete, is you into them sweetmeats dgain?'' "No marm them sweetmeats is into me."
A patent has deen granted for a threshing machine which takes out the grain and leaves the straw suitable for cobbler sucking.
Among the officers of the Chicago Sorosis is a Sorosecrataress. A Buffalo baker has the appropriate name of Ovens.
Judy thinks that "killing time" is "shooting a cent'ry," and that "fog signals" are "coughs and colds."
Olive Logan says she wears a parxier because her dress-maker compels her to.
The Revolution proclaims that its editor and publisher are both in the sear and yellow leaf. Hence it concludes that the compliments paid them are all sin-cej'e.
We learn from the Independent that Mrs. Susan B. Anthony is a masculine woman, tall, muscular, with a strong jaw, a sharp tongue and a kindly smile.
It was quite nubby in the Rev. Dr. Chapin, in his church a few evenings since, after several gentlemen had spo ken, to decline making any address on the ground that "a thing may be hammered until it becomes brittle."
The Boston Transcript says: "The hand that can make a pie is a continual feast to che husband that marries it.'
An artificer in boots is making a $200 pair of boots for Grant to use in kicking the Democratic administration and ring thieves out of Washington.
Hiram Powers is not coming to America. He has a dozen workmen sculping for him and can leave them. 'As Iliram has to hire 'em he wants to see that they earn their monev. •#Nature's tailoring—a potato patch.
The stars are called wicked because they scin-till late. Natural neatness—Sweeping the horizon with a glass.
The chief difference between a horse and a velocipede has been discovered to be the ease which with the latter lies down.
The Louisville Journal objects to female suffrage, because it would create too much "pairing off' at the polls.
A CHICAGO paper prints the following advertisement: "Wanted—I am smart. Can keep hotel. Want a 'holt' of one in the great Northwest, where virtue and enterprise are appreciated and will pay. With full particulars, address."
THE MEW Yonk Revolution exhorts the "girls to stand by each other and by the men who standby you."
CONDENSED INFORMATION. -----
Since 1790, Europe has furnished the United States with 6,500,000 iaiigrants, whose decendants, it is said, now number 20,000,000, and immigrants are now coming at the rate of 5,000 per month.
It is said that the surface of Great Salt Lake, Utah, is rising about one foot a year.
Four thousand million pounds of rags are estimated to be annually made into paper in the world.
The Coreans arc said to have massacred 3,000 Christians for their faith, since March, 1866.
A single telegram from Berlin, it is said, will place under arms in a moment 1,000,000 Prussian soldiers.
The total debt of Brazil, South America, amounts to $280,000,000. San Francisco has the cheapest restaurants in the United States. In one restaurant of that city over one thousand persons take their meals daily, at an expense of ten cents each, and with wine and dessert for twenty-five cents. Green turtle steak,, bread and butter and celery are mentioned as prominent articles in the bill of fare, which is served up in good style, with clean napkins and table cloths.
The excess of imports of the United States over exports, in 1868, amounted to $78,000,000.
Kentucky produced 68,187,000 bushels of corn in 1868. tu 1807 the amount was 46,850,000.'
The House of Lords, in Great Britain, it is stated, is now the only hereditary legislative chamber in Europe.
The sugar crop of Cuba, according to the latest statistics, amounts to about 500,000 tons per annum.
There are now 75,000 invalid pensioners, and 92,000 widows and orphans on the national pension payroll.
A solution of fluoride of ammonium is recommended as furnishing a ready means of writing with a pen of any kind upon glass.
There are 44 steam railroad corporations in Massachusetts, which for the year ending November 1st, 1868, transported in the aggregate 6,537,124 tons of freight.
Napoleon's last speech was rapidly telegraphed over Europe. London received the whole address in fourteen minutes Berlin, in one hour and nine minutes Brussels, in forty-five minutes Vienna, in one hour and fifty minutes Rouen had the speech in twenty-seven minutes that telegraphic transmission having been effected by two wires—four were used for London.
A capital of $3,000,000 is invested in the ice business of New York and Brooklyn, and about 2,000 men arc employed at wages varying from $12 to $10 per week. There are 35 icehouses, of a capacity of 834,000 tons and 612,000 tons of ice have been already cut and stored. One company has 18 houses, of a capacity of 433,000 tons, and has cut and stored 318,000 tons.
A prize of $4,000, it is stated, has been recently offered in France for the discovery of a sure and simple means of recognizing if death be real or apparent. A French journal announces that a Dr. Carriere intends to claim the money for a process which he has successfully employed for forty years. This system consists in placing the hand, with the fingers closed, before the flame of a lamp or candle. In the living person the members are transparent and of a pinkish color, showing the capillary circulation and life in full activit}r whilst in that of a corpse, on the contrary, all is dull and dark, presenting neither sign of existence nor trace of the blood current.
More than 4,000 horses were killed for food in Berlin, in 1868. The blood is purchased by manufacturers and used in dying.
The price of rents is increasing in New York city. Great nninbers of people receive annual gratuitous advice to quit the city, but they complain that there are not sufficient traveling facilities to enable them to do it.
The United States employ 33 ministers to foreign countries, at an average salary of $9,850 each. The largest salaries are paid to the ministers to Great Britain and France, $17,500 each, and the smallest to the minister to Liberia, $4,000.
The American Bible Society, during the year 1868, issued and circulated 1,187,174 volumes. The total number of issues in 52 years is 23,855,120 volumes.