Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 18 November 1869 — Page 3

Geoi^e Pcaboely.

The iast earthly scene of a noble life was closed iia London, England, on Thursday last, when George Peabody, who had done so much good in this world, passed away to that other world in which the truly good man reaps his eternal reward. His was indeed a noble life. The record which shows how the humble boy of Danvers, who began the battle of labor in this life when but eleven years old, became one of the wealthiest men in the world, and devoted many years of his life to maturing plans bj* which he could best bestow his -millions for the benefit of the poor of two continents, will be one of the most useful and salutary lessons that will pass from this generation to the future.

George Peabody was born on February 18, 1795, at Danvers, Massachusetts. He received merely the elements of a district school education, and at the age of eleven was employed in a grocery store at Danvers. In 1811 he became clerk in his brother's dry goods store at Newburyport, Massachusetts, but the great fire at that town burned out the establishment, and Mr. Peabody removed to Georgetown, D. C., where an uncle* who had also been ruined by the Newburyport fire, carried on business in the name of his nephew. TWs arrangement not proving satisfactory, he, although only nineteen years of age, was established in business for himself at

Georgetown upon capital furnished by Elisha Riggs, and in- 1815, the house was removed to'Baltimore* Maryland, and in 1822 branches were organized in Philadelphia and New York. By the retirement of Mr. Biggs, in 1829, Mr. Peabody became the senior partner, and having made several voyages to Europe on his •private affairs, he was also entrusted by the State of Maryland with important financial negotiations:"which reestablished the credit of that Commonwealth^ For these valuable services he refused all compensation, and the Legislature passed resolutions expressing the obligations of the community to liiir. "for his generous devotion to the interest and honor of Maryland.r'

In 1S37 Mr. Peabody removed to London, having become the representative, in Europe, of the banking firm of Peabodj-, Riggs 1- Co., and in 1S43, dissolving his connection with that house, established himself as a merchant a6d banker in the English capital. In this position he interested himself in preserving the credit of the different States of the Union, and constituted his banking house the center of the American interests. In 1851, he advanced the sum of twenty thousand dollars for theproper arrangement of the Department allotted to the United States in the great International Exhibition, and by these means, as well as by his establishing the custom of celebrating the Fourth of July by the American visitors in London, became

the

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resentative man of our country in Europe. In 1852 he contributed the sum of ten thousand dollars towards fitting, out the Kane Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and on the occasion of the celebration on June 16, 1852, of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Danvers, he founded the Peabody Institute and Library in his native town, by the crift of twenty thousand dollars, which was afterwards expanded to two hundred thousand dollars.

This was the beginning of his series of great gifts to the cause'of education and to the poor of this country and of England. The details of these are already so familiar to the public, that only a recapitulation of them is required on this occasion. Mr- Peabody visited the United States in 1857,1866 and 1869, and during those visits, and in the intervals in England, he made the following princely gifts: To the cause of education in the Southern States of the United States, #2,500,000 to build comfortable and cheerful dwellings for the London poor $1,750,000 for the foundation of the Peabody Institute in the city of Baltimore, $1,400,000 to the Peabody Institute, Danvers, Massachusetts, $200,000 for museums and professorships of geology and archeology at Harvard' University, Massachusetts, and Yale College, New

Haven, Connecticut, $300,000 to the Essex Institute, Salem, Massa chusetts, $140,000 to Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, $60, 000 tojthej Phillips Academy, An dover, Massachusetts, 25,000 to Kenyon College, Ohio, $25,000 to the Massachusetts Historical Society, $20,000 to the Maryland Historical Society, $20,000 to the Georgetown Library, Massachusetts, $16,000 to th£

Georgetown, D.

$15,000 to the Thetl'ord, Vermont, Library, 85,000 to the Newburyport Massachusetts, Library, $15,000. These munificent gifts the cause of education and the poor, amount to $6,461,600, of which about $5,000,000 were bestowed in the United States. But besides these he gave $100,000 for a memorial church to his mother, in Georgetown, Massachusetts, and about $1,500,000 to his relatives. These increase the sum ol' his more recent and well-known gifts, to $8,091,000, and there can be but little doubt that if those made in former years were added, the princely aggregate of his benevolence, while living, reached ten millions of dollars.

His beneficence to the London poor was gratefully acknowledged by the Queen in an autograph letter, accompanied by an especial.gift of her portrait, and by the erection of a statue in his honor, in the heart of the city of London. The gift to the cause of Southern education in this country was officially acknowledged by Congress, and by the presentation of a beautiful emblematic testimonial. These will be preserved as memorials of his munificence but the Peabody buildings in London, which have transferred two thousand of the poor from their wretched and squalid lodgings to cheerful and comfortabtehomes, a beneficence in which three thousand others will soon have their share, and the endowments in he cause pf education in ,.this countiy, in 'which: hundreds of thousands will share the advantages, will be more enduring monuments to his memory and his benefactions. We shall not soon look upon his like again. His memory should be cherished in every American heart.—

Philadelphia Hedged.

SJOVES AND TINWARE.

The Lightning Wood Stove

5TEW

Jk. JL. Jk. S* Jk.

WITH

new and valuable improvements, including the double front fire "doors, patent convex top oven plate, ventilated oven and hot air chamber, which gives it a large advantage as a 'baker over any other stove in the market. This is the

Largest Stove in the Market,

Having an

Oven 22 by 23 Inches

•With a-r-

Twenty-six inch Fire-Box.

These Stoves are guaranteed to bake quick and even, and not to crack.

My. Stock of Tin-Ware

Is large, and will be

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Library

Sold Low for Cash.^y

Country merchants will find it to their interests to examine my stock and prices before purchasing.

A W A E

As for Hardware, we will offer such inducements as will satisly you that we are decidedly the cheapest house in the "Wabash Valley. Do not fail to call and examine my stock."

Q. IRWIN,

No. 3, Empire Block. aply

LEGAL NOTICES.

ADMINISTRATORS'

NOTICE.—Notice

is hereby given that the undersigned have been appointed administrators of the estate of George Harlan, late of Montgomery county, deceased. Said estate is supnosed to be solvent.

CARSON R. WRAY, ISAAC M. KELSEY,

oct21wp Administrators.

FOR SALE.

For

SALE—LAND—Great bargains to speculators. Eighty acres of good land, lyin0- about one mile from the town of Covington, having good timber, building rock, stone coal, and never failing water. Will sell for thirty dollars per acre. For particulars call on the undersigned, residing in Wabash township, Fountain county, Ind. uov4m'2 -A" PAUGH.

CRAWFOKDSVILLE JOURNAL: NOVEMBER 8, 1869

DRY GOODS.

CANINE'S BEE HiYE!

GO TO

RICE CANINE'S,

AT THK

Bee Hive Store,

TO BUY YOUR

Dress Hoods and Notions

OK EVERY VARIETY.

Gents9 Furnishing Go.ods,

AND

HATS AND CAPS.

ALSO, A FULL LINE OF

Fashionable Clothing!

JUST RECEIVED."

Calland See for Yourself!

'atioiial

Block. Washington St.,

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. juneHtf

CARRI ACE-MAKERS.

CARRIAGE FACTOR!

•T. S. Miller Co.

(Established In 1856.)

.Varket Srect. Xorth of Conrt Honae,

CRAWFORDSVILLE.

AFTER

returning thanks to the public for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us for the last thirteen years, we would respectfully call the attention of our friends and the public generally to an inspection of our CARRIAGES,

BUGGIES, SPRING WAGONS, SULKIES,

SLEIGHS,

A fine assortment and variety of which we keep constantly on hand in our new brick sl»vWroom on Washington street, second floor. We claim to be unsurpassed in strength and finish, using none but the best selected well seasoned second growth timber, and employing none but the most skillful and experienced workmen. The high reputation our work has sustained in the thirteen years past gives us confidence of our ability as Carriage Makers. Being exclusively engaged in manufacturing only light work enables us to keep a mucn finer, larger and better stock than any other house in the West. We confidently assert that our work and prices cannot be excelled by any other establishment. The continual increase in business has made it necessary to enlarge our facilities for manufacturing. We call special attention to W. H. Ransom's

Patent Anti-Rattling Fifth Wheel

A recent invention, and the greatest improvement ever added to a carriage, buggy or spring wagon. We have the exclusive county right, We use

Sarver's Patent Baggy Wheels,

With Patent Rivet for fastening felloes, so that it is iimpossible for the felloe to split under any circumstance.

The latest and best improvements in

Springs, Axles, Spokes & Hubs.

A variety of the latest styles of Patent Tops and finish of every kind. As- we receive the Eastern stvleis monthly from New York and Philadelphia we shall continue to manufacture work as reliable as heretofore.

All Our Work is Warranted

From one to two years. Old work taken in exchange. REPAIRING In wood-work done to order. Blacksmithing, Painting, and Trimming done with neatness and dispatch. We invite all to call iitid see as our work will recommend itself.

Superior Farm Wagons.

Our Farm Wagon are built expressly for this market by Studebaker Bros, of. South Bend, Ind., of the very best timber, and more with the view of giving entire satifaction to purchasers than profit to the manufacturers or to us. We warrant them in very particular for one year. july 169yl

WOOLDEPOT.

Wool! Wool!! Wool!!!

Crawford,sville Wool Exchange

AND

MANUFACTORY.

K. ,11. HIJXS & CO.

OFFEIt

the largest and best stock of

Woolen Goods of their own manufacture everoffered the

W O O A E

Also additions comprising in part

Cloths, (assimers, Doeskins,

Blankets, Tweeds, Jeans,

oVerlets, Counterpanes, Cottonades

Trimmings, Flannels, Yarns,

Of all descriptions, colored and white, double and twist, also single, on the best of terms for

WOOL OR CASH!

Let every farmei and all wanting goods call and see Hills' stock before selling wool or purchasing. Also will manufacture wool on the best of terms.

Card Spin, make Rolls and Battin:: with

Neatness and Dispatch!

CASH P. tin FOR WOOI*

Wool received at

THE FACTORY,

Or :it 1 i!.• idquarters of

HILLS' WOOL. DEPOT.

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NEW BAKERJ.

N E W I

GROCERY and BAKERY.

'•ThcOIrt Maek Stand/'

Call and see the ]¥ew Firm and get something nice in the Grocery Line.

EVERYTHING

in the Bakery Line ofthe

finest quality. Orders promptly filled, and all goods delivered. Don't forget to call when you come to town. Bring your produce and get the highest price, and the freshest and cheapest groceries.

If you'are hungry, come and get your dinner. Why starve? You can appease your appetite for a small sum. Don't forget the place,

Next door to the

a m.

9'

MAHORNEY & GERARD.

may6m3

MERCHANT TAILOR.

Summer Stock!

JOHN MAAS,

MERCHANT TAILOR,

6 Commercial Row, Green St.

Has the most complete-

Supply of new Spring Goods

Ever brought to Crawford6ville.

NICE CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES

For pants and coats, and the,

BEST TAILORS IN THE CITY,

To make them up.

E E I N

In the Dry Goods line.

Boots, Shoes, Hats & Caps

Collars and Neck-Ties, &c.

All of the best quality, and to be sold cheap.

Custom-Work

Done at the shortest notice, in the best style, and for the lowest prioes. apl JOHN MAAS.

DRY-COODS.

DIeCLlJRE, FRY & CO.,

-HAVE 'HIE-

Largest and Best Assorted Stock

...OF

ALL KINDS OF GOODS

-ji,

'j}~

IN THE CITY,

EVERYBODY is INVITED

To Come and Sep. the Pile ot

E A O O S

AT THK

"RHINOCEROS."

CRAWFORDSVILLE.

ma.via U'

BOOTS AND SHOES.

ilVE'w FIRM!

WALLACE A COMPANY'S

BOOT and SHOE STORE,

On Washington Street,

Opposite the Court House,

IS NOW RECEIVING A

NEW AND [COMPLETE STOCK

OE

BOOTS AND SHOES

'FOB THE

FALL TRADE

THEY ARE ALL

FIRST CLASS GOODS

AND WILL BE

SOLD CHEAP I

Try Tliem & See.

WALLACE 4 CO.

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