Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 6 May 1869 — Page 8
THE CITY.
MKMOKASDA.
l-ouiHville, Rew Albany
Trains
arrive at
follows:
Crawfordsvilh daily
a.
GOINCI ISOK li
Accommodation, ~. n, ln
T'jxpro,
the head oj
.V.5" p.m.
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Or
KXCKVTION'.
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SK'K change in Timo Table of LouisyilU', New Albany & Chicago ltnil re-ad.
AVk now have boot-blacks'' shiners." The railroad brings them.
and
WK hope next week to announce the running of regular trains back ar.d loi tli to the Capital, on the new railroad.^
W'OKK in field and garden, and, po*.sibl, the fear of
small-pox
Tiik Social of th(5 L. M. A. has been postponed. This is not an evidence that t.ic days of the Porosis are at an end.
COMPLAINTS
TIIK Hoard of Appraisers for the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad
mot
here last Monday. The road was appraised at $400.01) per mile.
It
much fit that rate.
CUANGINII
is not worth
HKV. STAIKOKO preached a most excellent sermon last Sunday on the evil influence of anti-temperance and the duty his congregation in the suppreseion ot vice from this fruitful source.
OUR new postmaster, Mr. Ramcy, has entered upon his duties. The change of time for the evening mail will add to the inconvenience of the office, but we believe .-Ir. FUmey is determined to give satisfaction.
THANK." are due and fully tendered for
that
music which greeted our ears from outside our Sanctum door last Monday ni^ht. lie ye Oleos, Romeos orOrioles,your instrument were strung with poets' sinews, to whimper music to weary spirits.
THK first through train on the I., C. & IX Railroad came from Indianapolis last Tuesday. This is almost equivalent to an anounccment that the road is completed. Regular trains will soon be running between this point and Indianapolis, and then wc may begin to look up.
FOK THK SORO»IS.—We eopy the following from the Chicago
MAY DA was gentle as a lion. Our May Queen was dressed in flannel clothes, and on her head was warm woolen hood. A bleak, drizzly, dreamy day it was, mid those beautiful flowers intended to wreathe the lair brow of our boautiful Queen gently drooped tbeir heads and wept in disappointment. The usual pastime on such occasions gave place to somber scenes in
doors,
and a chilly, shivering atmosphere held
"balmy
.'RAII^ICOAD TRIFH S.
To the. Ji'fUiicra of Town Trifles:
has
have kept our street,
from being crowded.
arc IIMLC[hat most of the
early strawberries were killed by the
of Sunday night. Peache- have sullercd considerably too.
MK. WKHSTKU
son's house on Main street, east of the railroad. He is painting it and refitting u, and will soon mo1.e family thore.
KKV. MK- PLATT, who has a ministerial charge in North Carolina,
but
was
habitations is the usual spring
recreation of several hundreds of our citizens. it si ems that man is endowod with migratory instincts and one removal a year is as necessary to his happiness as that of tho blue-bird.
SEKKNADINU parties arc being organized
over
town, wo understand, of various colors. Melody and color have no connection, but harmony of sound is the same the world over, and in tho dark who can tell the difference?
CUAKLIK CRAWKOIU) is opening th- newly finished room on the first floor of the. Stone Front for the reception of dry goods fresh from New York. The room will be filling up this week, and Charlie will be there.
CLERKONT, April 30. 1
Talk about building wings, tearing down corners or running tire departments! We arc here, have seen the new railroad, head and tail, spikes and tics, culverts and bridges, and don't want any of the other in ours. The Trifler, in company with Jo Cose, the latter ou a borrowed horse, set out from the "City of Lecturers" yesterday morning for a horse-back ride, to sec the road and the people and country along side of it. An hour and a half after starting we were at, Fredericksburg, a little, quiet, innocent looking village, yet seemingly old enough to wear spectacles. .7o asked a little boy where the railroad was, and we. were directed to the South. As we had started to see the road, we turned in the direction indicated, and after a short gallop brought up at the first station, nearly one mile south of Fredericksburg. The place
a well, the remains of a saw-mill, and plenty of room to grow. The citizens of Fredericksburg are doubting whether to move to the railroad at once or trust to a rapid growth of the town to occupy the intervening distance. The Trifler advises tliem to move.
Back again to the State road, and wc set out from the end of
a
road, but better than
der what
hopes
ot
tl0S|
has bought Mr. Patter
whose family
has resided here during the pa-t winter, is now at home on a visit.
^MAU.-1'OX, just a gen"t lc touch of it, was once in town." No danger is apprehended
now.
and it would be wrong in our country folks to starve us out.
poorly graveled
a
mud
road,
neverthe
less, for Valley City, and reached it to won
in the history of the past or the
the future had ever induced any
body to give it such
a
name. Consisting of
little more than a dozen houses, and situated nearly three-fourths of a mile from the banks of Raccoon creek, there is nothing in dimensions or location that would suggest the title. Hut the town was built many years ago, when the Cleveland & St. Louis Air-line Railroad was projected. The line of this road, on which a considerable amount of work was done even here, crosses the new road at this place, and should it ever be finished the town may yet become a pretentious city, though it can never properly become a
valley
city.
Thence, across Raccoon and the railroad at almost the same place, Jo Cose getting off his horse at the latter to pick up a spike, and on to Jamestown, commonly called Jimtown, the biggest, most enterprising and most hopeful town on the whole line. It is about seventeen miles from Crawfordsville and twenty-nine from Indianapolis, in Boone county, near the line, of Hendricks. The "oldest inhabitant" along the old State road can hardly remember the time when there was not a town here. Since the first house was built there has never been a time either when Jimtown I
not anxious to spread and though in1 its early days its pride was once wounded by aweary traveler who rode up to the1 door of the principal store and inquired howfar it was to Jimtown, yet it has never lost confidence in its ability to become a big place. And it is growing too, and has a rich and well-timbered country to back it. It will always be the best trading point along the line, and in all probability the largest town. Hut its expectations are too extravagant to ever be realized. A suffi
cient
space Is staked off in town lots, or held in readiness to be staked off, to aeeommod ate modern Chicago. The most fabu-| ioua growth realized by some of the cities
ou
the Western Illains is a mere circumstance to that which Jimtown is expecting. But the Trifler thinks the enterprise of
its
citizens commendable and hopes for them a large prosperity. The town already boasts of a woolen factory, flouring mills, a school house, a church, two hotels, and lots of stores, and plenty of new houses building. If Jimtown does not grow it will not be the. fault of its ti uly Western people, or for the want of a fatalistic belief in greatness.
Declining an invitation to dinner, Jo Cose and the Trifler hastened on to cross Wal
nut
l'ost,
just to make 'cm
foel good while people arc talking about the sinall-pox and other little matters: Crawfordsvillo, Indiana, is the headquarters of the Woman Suffrage movement for Ilosierdom, and Crawfordsville, it is wejl known, can boast the most beautiful, accomplished, and intellectual ladies of any town of its size in the, State.
spring" in gloomy defiance.
RAILROAD CIIANGK.—The sale of the Ixmisvillo, New Albany & Chicago Railroad lias produced the first good fruit« in the shape of the new time tabic ju^t adopted. Trains on this road now n.sko immediate connections as follows: At Mitchell with Ohio fc Mississippi.
G'lo Junction with T. H. A Indianapolis. LaFayetto with T.. W. tV- Western. Keyuolds with Col., Chi. fe Ind.t tvnu-al. La Crosse with Yfanatah with I*., Ft WayneifcChicago. LaCroix with Mich. So. ^'Northern Ind. JJich. City with HSchhranCentral.-
Fork, nearly one mile from Jimtown, and thence to New Elizabeth, fearing even against reason that by some magic power Jimtown would overtake them and they would be lost in its streets. But a view of New Elizabeth, quaint and quiet, with low and dingy houses and muddy streets soon dispelled any such idea. This is an old piace too, and was once celebrated for its
Twenty-three-mile
highest
House, being midway
between Crawfordsvillo and Indianapolis. It is situated at the crossing of the Danville and Lebanon road with the State road, eight and a half miles from Danville and eleven from Lebanon. It is at almost the
point between Crawfordsville and
Indianapolis. The country north and east
is flat,
extending towards the north into the rich and "well-watered" prairies of Boone county. The country to the southwest, in the direction of Eel River and its branches, is
as
line as any in the State. The
rich, black soil of the country around New Elizabeth has been covered to a considerable extent with water, but as the countryis cleared of timber it is fast being made available f.ir farming purposes. When thw system of drainage, commenced by a company of land-owners and now being very generally followed by individuals, is completed, what was once called tiie swamps of Boone and Hendricks will become the best farming iand in the State. The citizens of New Elizabeth seem content to take what the new road bring.', and are expecting Jimtown to do enough "blowing" to answer for both. They entertain hopes of an inerea'l local trade lYon the building of a propro-cu gravid road to Danville. While talking of roads the Trifler is reminded that he has Ive.a terribly impressed, during his travel:-, with the idea, that one of the great (-st wants in the iine of material develop some
both in Indiana itnd Illinois
CRAWFORDSVILLE JOURNAL: MAY 6, 1869.
cheap
substitute for gravel roads. Gravel
makes sgood
expense
road where it is available,
but it is often so
far
distant as to make tho
of building roads very heavy.
Leaving
New Elizabeth to its quiet life,
we proceeded over rough roads, but in good stvle, to rittsboro, a near neighbor, both in situation and expectation. This place too is expecting a gravid road connection with Danville, and beyond that, is making little preparation for growth. Everybody in town knows everybody ch and his business quite as well as he docs himself.
JoCose
took advantage of the social
qualities of the good people to get acquainted with some of the girls, but the acquaintance could not extend \ery far, as we .were admonished by hunger to proceed on our way.
The road from I'ittsboro to Brownsburg is graveled, and the distance, lour miles, was traveled in less than an hour. Dinner first, atone of the two houses, and then a look at the town, was the order decided upon. The lirst was not very satisfactory and the second little better. But Bro.vnsburg has some pretensions to greatness, 'lbe woolen mills erected here by the Messrs. Nash might have been a success but lor tho want of water. The country is flat and not quite the richest in the word. White Lick, a considerable stream in wet weather, runs close to the burg on the west, and furnishes just the narrowest place for practicing with skates in the winter, and tolerable accommodations for the ceremonies of baptism in summer. Brownsburg is a quiet place, ol indefinite size, or small, and though it may receive new life from the railroad, can never be very great. It is fourteen miles from Indianapolis, with which it is now connected by a daily hack line.
But if other towns are quiet, the Trifler has no word descriptive of Clermont, live miles further to the cast. Just lifted up
out
of the bottoms of Eagle creek, and set bacK a little from the tops of the hills, its location is not romantic, by any means. The biggest thing for Clermont is that it is only nine miles from the Capital. It is just outside of the rich bottom lands which the farmers from surrounding counties arc in the habit of visiting every spring to sec the good prospect for wheat. Its vicinity will be a favorite resort for business men from the city, and Clermont will have to be content to play the suburb to Indianapolis.
Wc have seen and "done" the railroad, viewed it and crossed it to the west, and looked along the track to the east. The Trifler is convinced that whatever may be said of the character of the 'road—of the grade, the tics, the culverts and bridges, none of which are pcrftct—the country through which it passes must be greatly enhanced in value. The old State road, even in the days of mud and plank, was always the line of a great trade in farming products for Indianapolis from Boone and Hendricks counties. This trade ought to be doubled in a few years, and the Trifler thinks it will be. From Chandler's Station, eight miles from Crawfordsville, to Clermont, there is an abundance of good oak, poplar and walnut timber. This has hitherto been allowed to go to waste, or has been used without regard to economy, but it will uow be an important it«?m in the industry and trade of the 1., C. & D. Railroad. There will be openings for saw-mills and planing-mills which will give employment to many who are now idly but anxiously waiting for work. Long livo the railroad.
To-morrow, the Trifler starts for the Capital, by hack. Jo Cose will take the horses back to our city, stopping at Jimtown long enough to collect a supply of "gems" lbi the College cabinet and the Sorosis room" Jo is passionately fond of "gems."
FIltHT WARD.
S. D. Smith.. David Divine.
KKCON'n WARD.
J. P. Watson 70 \V. Galey 49 •rillllD WAKI. W. S. (ialev (P D. T. Hill- 13 V. Q. Irwin 8
The lack of interest manifested indicated a good degree of confidence in the various candidates. The City Council is now quite a venerable body of Conscript Fathers, notwithstanding the youthful appcaranco of some of the inemberH.
TIIK City Council has passed an ordinance permitting the I., C. & D. Railroad Company to alter the grade of streets in accordance with the petition recently presented. Some of our citizens living along certain streets will feci greatly injured beforehand, but. the road cannot spoil everybody's lots. This action of the Council will probably secure the location of the road in or near the city, which is certainly desirable.
THK SMALL-VOX.—Some excitement was occasioned last Saturday evening by the discovery of a case of small-pox in the "colored quarters" east of the postofflce. The walk loading past tin: building was promptly barricaded, and other necessary precautions tiken to prevent the spread of tho disease. A pest-houso was fitted up on the poor farm, on Sunday, and the p.".tient was immediately removed to it. No danger is apprehended now, and folks in the country need not be afraid come to town. Vaccination, however, ought to be attended to as the surest precaution against this oficnsive disease.
MARRIED.
McCLELLAND—GLASSCOCK—n the 27th ult., at the residence of the bride's mother, in Fountain county, by Rev. Wm. Cartwright, Dr. A. J. McClelland to Miss Carrie Glasscock.
Thanks ol the JOURNAL typos, "neophytieal" and others, are tendered for lie rich supply of cake accompanying this notice. Length and happiness be theirs.
DIED.
Ox Monday, the 3rd instant, of measles, John Vanslyke, aged about two years. Deceased was tire son of W. II. Yanslyke, of this place. The funeral services took place on Tuesday afternoon.
COMMERCIAL NEWS. OrawfortiKvilfc Markcis.
Corrected Weekly by J. J. Darter & Co,, Grocers, comer Washington anil Pike Streets. CRAWFOUDSVILLK, May 5. Wheat—" Hay, per ton, $14 00
No. 1 White, SI :0. 'Wool, per lb., 20a30c. Wliito& J.ied$ilf Chickens, doz., §3 00 Corn, 55c. Flour, best, $7 00. Coffee—
Rio, host, !0e. Common, 2.7e. Java, 38c. Ground, 30c. Sugar-
Beef— Steak, 12^to ISe. Roast. 10al8e. Pork, ltic Butter, 25c. Eggs, 13c. Bacon—
Sides, cleai\, l(c. Fish, fresh, 10c. Pickled Meats, 15c.
Common br., ISc. Crushed & gr.. 'JOe, Orleans, ISc. Extra
Shoulders, 14e.. Hams, 18c. Lard, 18c. Hogs §8 00. Hops, 75c. Brooms, 30a50c. Prunes, 20c. Raisins, 35c. Turkeys, live. Of.
lC'18^
Syrups, $lal f)0 Teas, $2u210. Coal Oil, 50c per gal. Candles, per lb-
Star, 30c. Pressed, 20e. Salt, £.'! 15.
UBBflNRMnm
BOSIIWESS MENTIOW. The Stone Front
Has opened its doors for new goods. Como around and see while the room is filling with good8 fresh from New York.
A distinguished Methodist minister and prominent temperance lecturer, once remarked thitigo where he wo,wld, from one end of the country to the dier, he hardly ever failed io liiM Plantation Bitters, and while he condemned the practice of using these Bitters too frodfy, he could not conscientiously say ythat lie would discard them from the s^fc-board, for he had himself experienced beneficial results from their use, aatl that, from a long and close observation, he was convinced that when used moderately, and as a medicine exclusively, they were all that was recommended. At the same time he warned his hearers not to pull the cork too often, for they were far too pleasant a tonic, to trifle with.
Magnolia Water.—Superior io the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price.
For New
lirj Joort*
Of every kind,
go
to the new room at tho
Stone Front. Sixty-Five Caddie.*" White Fish and Mackerel, and other varieties, just received at Beck & Johnsons's
One Hundred Dollars.
Wc not only guarantee our brand of Eagle White. Lead PURI: and ground in Pure Linseed Oil. but will pay One Hundred Dollars for any Adulteration whatever.
CAMPBELL & IIARTER, Agents KAULK WHITE LKAD Cof
aim
Crawford A TCuilikln
Arc just receiving a fine stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, which they will offer to tiie public at greatly reduced prices. They invite old customers and everybody else, to examine their stock and prices belore purchasing elsewhere. niaS
•.vVv.«?i»-v
I'KKIIY WINKLE, Trifler.
TIIK CITY EI.KCTION.—The election passed off very quietly last Tuesday. Three Couucilmen were to bo elected. The. total vote polled did not reach 330. The vote Jn the Wards stood as follows:
V—
/Blood! Blood! Blood!
I This is the important season of the year I —sprmif-tune—wlien nature resolutely rcquiresV reliable assistant in driving out the
Morbific,matter collected iii the blood, and unless removed it is ccrt^in to produce bil-! ious disorders, derangjr the system, and lay a foundation for dangerous and fatal di eases, Mishler's Hjerb Bitters is
edged by everyone to be the great purifier of the present fiay. It is a scientifically prepared compound of alteratives, tonics, diuretics and diaphoretics, and is highly recommended as the'-inost effective, invigorat:ng,renovatingjmck clean sing blood remedy in the world. For\ll diseases arising from impurities ot the blJod itiseflicacious, speedy and agreeable, as thousands testify who have given it a fair Vial. Over one and a half million bottles soltkin WS.
Goto Fry's for Paints.
Go to Fry's for Paints.
Go to Frv's for Paints.
Go away from t\v in JolfV.sline. ntVj
something furnishing gc
without purchasing He keeps house-
ds onscreen street. Just Keccived.
Twenty-six boxes and one barrei of A.»sortcd Candies, at Beck and Johnson's.
(c« to
C. E. Fullenwider «fc Bro.'s for a nice Straw Hat. For Go to T.'W. Frv
lid Cigar.*), Co.. Green street.
Everybody
Goes to Fullenwider & Bro.'s for Collars and Cuffs. Bows and Ties.
Paper
litewnrd,
And cost of Analysis, for any impurity whatever found in pur brand of White Lead. T. W. FRT & Co.
Fullenwider &. IJro.
Wrili furnish you with a nk'e Casximere or Cloth Suit.
Kard Oil.
A Buporlor article of Lard Oil just received at Fry's Drugstore.
Jlewas-e of Impostorx.
There are men going around through tho country calling themselves "Cheap John." I therefore warn all to be on the look-out, as "John" has no partners or agents in his emploj. apiltt' CTIKAJ* JOIIN.
Xow.
Is the time to grease your harness. Gel gallon of Pure. Neats-Foot Oil at Fry?s Drugstore.
CijSi&rH. $
If you want a good Cigar go to Binfords' Drugstore.
'flic
finest Toilet Hoaps
And Genuine Castile Soap, at Biufords* Drug Store. net.
Linseed Oil by the Barrel or gallon at Fry's Drug Store.
§1,200 and Expenses I'aitl. See advertisement of American Shuttle, Sewing. Machine, in our advertising columns. oct22-1
Bay Pinenix White ts»d—
The best White Lend sold in Crawlordi:ville. E. J. Binford & Bro. are agents.
A d'nrd.
I would inform my old friends and customers, that for the present, I wirfl repair *(ich watches, clocks, and jcwclry as-'they I may desire and I will be found at my residence at all hours for that puvpos'eV" I have also just received a fine assortment of Seth
Thomas Clocks, which will be sold very cheap, and will be warranted. Let my old friends, and all others, call at my residence, where I will be happy to see them. aprltf JAMES PATTERSOX. "''Balling Powders.
Use tho pure Baking Powder or Yeast the best made for making light, sweet, nutritious Biscuit, Rolls, Sweet Cakes, Buckwheat, Corn and Griddle Cakes, Cornbread Waflles,.Pot-Pies, Dumplings, &e.
The most perfect substitute 'for raising Dough, that is in use. Try it and you will bo satisfied. Sold only at loapGm BINFORD'S D^UG- STOllBr
Brushes. r-.''
Paint, Yarui»h and White Wash Brushes at Binfords' Drug Store.
The latest Nf.vles.
Ladies go to W. N. Wasson- if you want, to see the latest style millinery goods. ,l
Hnir Goods and Jewelry. Mrs. Belle Sanders, Green street, over Elston's Bank, Crawfordsville, calls the attention of the ladies and gentlemen of the
city to
her Hair Jewelry and Hair Goods, of her own manufacture, made from the finest human hair, consisting of Hair Jewclrv of every style, Gent's Wigs and Toupees, Ladies' Wigs, Switches, Braids, Curls, Waterfalls, Frizettes, Coils, Bows, Fronts, I Scratches. Bands, Ilair Nets, Ornamental
Ilnir. Partings, Whiskers, Boards, Moustach.es, Puffs,&e. She also keeps oil hand Gold, Silver and Diamond Hair Powders, A call and examination cl her Work and Goodsi» solicited.
A Curd.
To the Jviilors Crawfordsville Journal
Through your paper, allow ir.e to inform my friends, and the public generally, that I have resumed the practice of law. Office in Crawfordsville, opposite Post Office,
LKW. WALLACE.
Crawfordsville, Dee. 7,18(58. tf
If Yon intend to 1'r. int,
Buy a pure lead. Pluvnix White i.» the kind—at E. J. Binford & Broi.'
All Parties
Building, who are in need of Glass, Paint, Oil and Putty, will do well to call on T. W. Fry & Co. before buying. They are prepared to contract at the very lowest possible rates. AX'N
Kxaniisie.
The Jaiamansi Ilair Kenewer at Fry's Drug Store warranted to make, the hair knowl-j grow on a bald head, leather trunk or the
palm of the hand. I'alnls. Oils, Putty and Window glass at Binfords' Drug Siort\
Edin^er'N Tailor Shop
Is now permanently located in this city, over Krout's Drug Store entrance Stone Front. All work done in the most fashionable manner, and warranted to lit perfectly. lie is also in possession of the means whereby he can remove all grease spots, paint, tar or pitch with perfect, success, in cloth or silk goods. jan2t
Carriages and Buggies.
J. S. Miller & Co.'s Carriage Factory is filled with elegant and serviceable car
riages
and buggies. The tirm is up with the times and has secured all the latest improvements. They have recently purchased the exclusive, right and privilege to manufacture, and use W. H. Ransom'^ patont "anti-rattling" fifth wheel. This is it recent invention and a great improvement. It is attaehed to all the vehicles manufactured by the company. Call and see the stock. /(JJi 3Ilx^d Csiiity.
Beck Johnson hitow tho best lot of fine Mixed Candy in tluf SJrfcv, which they retail :it old cheap silver prices^
The largest stock of Paints, Oils, Glass, Ac., in tho city, at Fry's Drug Store.
fjtoVeH.
A great variety^ best Cooking Stoves made, at Joslin's/bn G*fcn street. Look at them. ,,
Come One, Come All! This town will fly From its firm base. When you can buy "White lead as cheap
.From anybody as you can from Fry..