Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 2 December 1869 — Page 3

PARAGRAPHS.

The coal fields of Alabama cover an area of 1,000 miles. Minnesota has built 244 miles of railroad since January 1, 1869.

The London Gazette has just passed its two hundredth birthday. A Chinese carried off the prize for plowing at the Oregon State Fair.

The right man in the right place— A husband at home in the evening. They are having snow drifts eight feet deep in Wayne county, New York.

Over 20,000 barrels of apples have been shipped from Adrian, Michigan, this fall.

Last year there was sown in Minnesota, 909,500 acres of wheat this year 1,100,000 acres.

A girl in Sedalia, Missouri, recently committed suicide because her lover took her sister to a party.

The United States flag was nowhere to be seen during the. holding of the Georgia State Fair.

The President has appointed Samuel A. Wheelwright Consul at Rosario, Argentine Republic.

A reckless Canadian has been fined live dollars for slander in calling his neighbor ar. alct irmaa.

Louisiana is a^°«ui operating her salt mines, vuiek hrd to be abandoned during military operations.

TIIE two crops which in Connecticut pay the farmer best and require the least labor are grss« and tobacco.

Two thousand persons have this summer emigrated to Dakota Territory, which will soon solicit admission to the Union as a State.

A California paper says a cargo of "merchandise," consisting of fifty dead Chinamen, was shipped from Truckee the other day.

One hundred and five steamboats have been wrecked on the Missouri river, between its mouth and Omaha, within the past twenty-three years.

The New Englanders of Washington Territory have issued a call for a meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the Landing of-the Pilgrims.

A Kentucky jury has acquitted the murderer of the son of the late Governor Powell, on the plea of intoxication at the time the murder was committed.

The Vermont Legislature has passed a bill holding liquor dealers responsible for the damage to person or property done by those obtaining liquors of them.

A discovery of copper has been made at Rockford, Illinois, ftnd it is believed that a large vein underlies the surface in the vicinity of that town. "Wild Bill" has been elected Sheriff of Ellis county, Kansas. The "Wild Bill" reported killed was not the original "Wild Bill" immortalized in Harpers Magazine.

It is announced that the Wisconsin State CapitoL will be completed in December next, by the finishing of the dome. The complete edifice will then have cost $531,615.

There is a volcano in Athens county, Ohio—a small one. A hole in the ground about the size of a stove pipe, at certain periods has eruptions of hot smoke resembling steam.

The City Council of Cincinnati has determined to try the Fisk-concrete pavement (a failure in New York), and have ordered three squares to be torn up for the purpose.

Navigation on the Upper Mississippi is about to close. Lake Pepin is already reported frozen over. The steamer "New Boston" is all that is afloat above the DesMoines rapids.

Mr. Peabody accumulated the greater part of his vast wealth during the last five-and-twenty years of his life. It is said, on trustworthy authority, that at fifty he was worth little more than $50,000.

Sir. John Herschel always maintained that the moon was a furnace— so hot a place that nothing could live tinder its torrid influences. Captain John ^Ericsson declares that the moon's surface is one mass of solid ice.

In Cincinnati, fifty years ago, the proprietors of the pork slaughtering houses considered the curing of fifty pigs a good day's work, and the killing was done with a rifle. Now, a single establishment will kill and put up two thousand head daily.

Alabama has ratified the Fifteenth Amendment by a full vote in the Senate and four to one in the House. This makes twenty-two States that have ratified. Six more are required, and there is Iowa, Ohio, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Mississippi and Texas to get them from. The measure rests in triumph assured.

DAY COODS.

ORMD OPEOTG OF

Fall and Winter Goods,

At the "Stone Front."

C. M. CRAWFORD

Kcspectfully announces to the public that he has now in stock a

Splendid Assortment of Fall and

Winter Dry Goods,

Among which will be found a beautiful varietv- of

Plain and Fgured Lusters,

FRENCH MERINO AND

Empress Olotli,

Also, Cassimeres, "Waterproofs, Ladies' ClQths, Jeans and Flannels also, a large stock of Fall and Winter

SHAWLS AND NOTIONS,

HOSIERY. GLOVES AND

DOMESTIC GOODS,

Boots. Shoes, Mats, Caps.

Which will be sold at the lowest cash price. One price forall. sep30 C.M. CRAWFORD.

MILLINERY.

MILLIWBBY.

Fall and Winter Stock.

Miss F. M. BALDWIN,

HUGHES'isnow

BLOCK, opposite Court

House, in receipt of a splendid assortment of

Millinery Goods for Fall and Winter.

These goods were purchased in New York by Miss Baldwin in person, and she knows what she is offering.

Ladies Crawfordsville and vicinity are requested to call. oct7tf

TAILORS.

N E W I 1

EDINGER & BISHOP,

Are now carrying on the

TAILORING BUSINESS,

In all its various branches.

THEY

feel from the long experience that they have had in the business, that they can give entire satisfaction. They are determined not to be surpassed in making up work, and in cutting they warrant a fit every time. Thankful for past favors, we ask for a continuance of the same. Give tliem a call. Entrance, Stone Front, Crawfordsville. sep!6 EDINGER & BISHOP,

CRAWEOKDSVILLE JOURNAL: DECEMBER 2,1869.

DRY COODS.

CANINE'S BEE HIYE

GO TO

RICE CANINE'S,

AT THE

Bee Hive Store,

TO BUY YOUR

Dress Goods and Notions

OF EVERY VARIETY.

Gents' Furnishing Goods,

AND

HATS .AJVI} CAPS.

ALSO, A FULL LINE OF

Fashionable Clothing

JUST RECEIVED.

Calland See for Yourself!

Rational Block, Washington St.,

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. juneStf

CARRIAGE-MAKERS.

CARRIAGE. FACTORY

J. S. JVIillei- .V Co.

(Established in 1S56.)

Market Srcet, North of Conrt Honse,

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 wo keep constantly on hand in our new brick showroom 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 w.ork 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 much 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 Buggy Wheels,

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

The latest and best improvements in

Springs, Axles, Spokes & Hnbs.

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

All Onr 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 and 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 1 6»yl

WOOL DEPOT.

Wool! Wool!! Wool!!!

Crawfordsville Wool Exchange

MANUFACTORY.

R. M. HELLS «& CO.

OFFEIl

the largest and best stock of

Woolen Goods of their own manufacture ever oft'ered the

W O O A E

Also additions comprising in part

Cloths, Cassimers, Doeskins,

Blankets, Tweeds, Jeans,

ovcrlets, 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 Batting with

Neatness and Dispatch!

CJ1SHPJIIBFOR WOOL

Wool received at

TXTT: FACTORY,

Or itt Headquarters of

HILLS' WOOL DJEPOT. may'iTtf

SHOEMAKER.

BOOT & SHOEMAKING.

W. II. VANSLYKE

HAS

established himself in the above business in the Graham building one door west of Wilhite's Tailor Shop, on Main street, ami deals only in

CUSTOM-MADE WORK. He manufactures Boots on the patent Plumev last, which enables him to give a neat and easy fit. He is prepared "to do custom work, either sewed or pegged, on short notice. Repairing done with neatness and despatch. He solicits a share of the public custom. r23ip

WANTED.

300,000 FEET

Black Walnut Lumber

Wanted, for which I will pay the highest market price.

J. R. VAN DEUSEN,

Agent for L. P. Gage,

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA. nov4m2

DRUGS.

Read This

T. W. FRY & CO-

HAVE JUST OPENED A

Fine Assortment of Drugs,

A I N S

CHEMICALS

AND OILS,

E S S

TOILET AND

FJtJVC ARTICLES,

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

CIGARS AND TOBACCO

OF THE I1NET 4VA1JTT.

All of which we will Bell at the very lowest market price. Call and Bee us, on Green street, two doors above I. W. Lynn & Sons.

June 21.1866 T. W. FBY & CO.

3

DRY-GOODS.

McCLURE, FRY & CO.,

—HAVE THE-w

Largest and Best Assorted Stock

OF

ALL KINDS OF GOODS

IN THE CITY,

EVERYBODY is INVITED

To Come and See the Pile of

E A O O S

AT THE

"RHINOCEROS."

CRAWFORDSVILLE.

may 13 tf

BOOTS AND SHOES.

N E W I

WALLACE «& COMPANY'S

NEW

BOOT and SHOE STORE,

On Washington Street,

Opposite the Court House,

IS NOW RECEIVING A

NEW AND ^COMPLETE STOCK

OE

BOOTS AND SHOES

FOR THE

FALL TRADE

they are all

FIRST CLASS GOODS

AND WILL BE

SOLD CHEAP!

Try Them

tamp

Sc

See,

WAMA0B ACO.