Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 January 1874 — Page 2

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X. H. B.McCAIN and J. T. TALBOT EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.

CIUWFOKIWYIU.K, .IAN. 2'.', 1S7-I.

ClUF.r Justice aitk. has resigned-

stitutional convention, preparatory to a sliming the duties of his new ollice.

Ttu: preliminary examination of

occupied several days at Anderson last week. It resulted in the di-charge ol the prisoner.

no more victories, either present or prospective, to crow over he couldn't see the use of living, so quietly sank ,to rest. I'eace to his ashes.

Tuesday of la-', week the engineers ol the Toledo & St. Louis Air Line Rail!17, way had permanently bleated twenty miles of the line from ii towa.ohio, west. i'-Thc right of way is being taken after the corps c.n the line as it proceeds, and every-!

filling made ready for a vigorous prosceu»tion of the work of construction a-

'as the sea-oil will admit of it. A con-i tract for iron for the Illinois Division has I

been made,

subject to the ratification of

the Board which meets in this ,-itv on

he -1th pro.*.

(v./i

Chicago fnl' gossip concerning Gen. Lew Wallace. Af'er speaking in a general way of the popular wr-eklv re-unions at Horatio Kin"'s, the correspondent speak.-particu-larly of the par taken by the General at one of the meetings. He say-: "Last week General Lew Wallace, author of 'The Fair God,' k-etured on .Mexico, the scene of his novel, a country that has afforded themes for the staidest history and most vivid romance. Wallace's :novel is rather 'hifalutin.' to speak .phinly. but his lecture was so good that -everybody wanted to be introduced to

Jii'ii directly. Moreover, he is young S md handsome, and lie is not tlie lirst hero whoso uood looks were his favor

After he had held a little congratulatory" reception of his own iu one corner, Mrs. Lippincott gave some of her Yankee sketches."

Cur !i:

The Committee on iiaiikieg aiul '--r.-ncy in the lower bouse of t.'dngieagreed on ihe main points of a hill whieh, if passetl. will practically cstabli-h Irer banking. What Coiigre-s .with reference to the currency, however i-- a verv uncertain

•omnia tee are l-'ir-l.that the restriction on lie1 amount

pealed, which iseiiuivalent to authorizing

tree banking under the provi*ion* of pri-ent law", except as inodili-d by ctmimittee's bill. 1'. That the reijuiremeiit th:'t bank--hail keep a reserve ol greenbacks in their vaults to redeem the:r notes .-hall: he repealed, and that instead every bank -hall deposit in the Treasury greenbacks amounting to per cent, ol it* circulation as a lund fur the redemption of its note*, and shall keep ibis reserve good. '!. That bank* shall not be allowed (o

pay or

OHITI'AUYi

I lie

receive inlere*'. on depo-it* with

each other. 1. That country banks shall be required to keep their deposit re-erve*5, it. home. o. That gold bank* shall be alhovtd i—ue notes to the amount of So |n-r cent, iin 1 of their bonds, instead ol '.lu a* at picsellt.

.loiix Ku'i:, ol ibi* city, shown'

Kurope. The building is entirely heated bv steam. It will give employment

24 runs of stone. The third largest i* al St. Loui^ind has 15 runs ol stone. Iu Europe there arc thro or four mill* which are larger than this one one at C'oblentz, having 50 runs, and the Ian,est in Kurope. It can be said with safety that there are but three or foiii mills in the world which surpass Ibi* one at Minneapolis in capacity, and none of them surpass it iu cojnpletenes* of arrangement and multiplicity of conveniences. With forty runs of stone this mill can produce 1,200 barrels of (lour per day, and as soon as everything is ready the mill will run

its full ca

pacity. Our little mill of which we gave a description last week, and of which we all feel proud, sinks into a diminutive establishment when compare') with this one at Minneapolis.

rr.i:rEi i'CK i'aiti'.ismn- vt'MMixs, 1 iol. in tlii- cUv on WednoMlay evening. the 21st. the Kev. Frederick I'attersoti Cummins, leotor of St. .lfhn's ehuroh. in the tiUt year ot' his age. 1 in a a

A FL'I.I. history of the school bell jur- ^vle unnouiu'einenl would probably be chase will le furnished for the Jot UN At. iullicient. llut the sudden and unexnext week by Mr. Darter, one of the ,,eoU.,l

(. lll

Trustees. Uoil, to lav down his earthly ministry ordi-

,.. anil enter upon his re.-t was not an

... ,n •, narv circumstance. It shocked the couiliis olhce as President ol the Ohm conmunitv by its suddenness and pained it bv the knowledge of a heavy loss. Mr. 'timmins, as .successor to the lamented

oonlmuIlitv nl*ul lUo llielnorV

win on a charge of murdering ^tillwell .ood'man. andajV

I pastor

,4tni0iful

TllEllE are signs in the sky, there arc tokens in endless array that the darkness of Democracy will never acain triumph. 1 release Irom labor which he souirht, and and one of these is that the

J.'rrinr

old I

chanticleer has gone hence. I here being

Till: death ol Dr. Livingstone, the great Hagar in the rectorship of St. John's African explorer, is announced again. church, by the gentleness of his demeanIt occurred this time about the loth of lor, the unailected piety of his life, and t'le, 1 am largely indebted to a pamphlet Vugust, somewhere in the interior of the abilitv of his public ministrations, published under direction ot the l.oard quiet. Africa. has strongly endeared himself to his par- of Trade and ihe City Council of Kansas -tjuite a -trite is going on as to ish and to manv outside of it in this 'l'

he lc.iv,

unto urtitli —i-

which he had lixed lor its commence-

nient, he was translated without pain or prolonged suliVring to the blessed rest of l'aradis'e, and now sees the face of 1 [iiu whom he .-o long served and truly loved. is not, for God lias taken him.

ofi"

THE \Vaha«h I^ect'iire Association, this city, has contemplated securing the services of -Mrs. Scott-Sidduns to read j' here some time during the season. The1 Association may decide as aNew ilump-1 shire lecture committee did upon learnins: her price. When the committee wrote to r.oston to learn what she would read for, the reply was, and expenses answer, a- Mrs, Siddon- will sail I"r Kuropent once if yon don't wantber." '•|.et her-ail." was the reply of the committee.

Mr. Cummins wa- born in Louisiana. Pee. !!1. 11.",, graduated at Washington College, l'euii., taught school in Iturks. ville, Ky, for three years, thence re-1 moved in 1 ."Jrt.-* to Shelby ville. Indiana. Here he married Frances Alice, daughter of lion. John Walker, Stale Senator. and -oiin after removed to l.aporte, Indiana. where he to..k order- in the i'resbyterian ehurcli, and served in that denomination for many years. About I lsr.-J, he united with tlie congregation of --The recent free/in I St. Paul's church, Laporte, ill which lie has 'ieen hard on the wa- confirmed by Ilishcp Talbot, May 1m7, thus becoming a regular cmnmunieant of the I'.pisropal church, lesiring some time later to,reenter the work of the mini-trv, lie was admitted a eandi. date for I lolv Orders, and on Pecembpr

2, !s70, was ordained by Bishop Talbot be.

to the Piaconate in Lima, and on June

s,.,on

t. H:I

-'atheiir.il, Indianapolis,

St'

A Washington correspondent of the ''.died him to "come up higher," and he

has a pleasant bit of entered upon loftier ministry of praise

rk's church, in St. Paul's

new proct'-i by w'nie'.i auiinil-. maybe

will flnallv do preserved with all the lle-b in, tbiis making the most perfect .-peeini"n-. The matter. The lunin company ha= employed him to prepare

feature-of tlio bill to be reported by the many animals for loreign museum., e*peciallv t'.ie heads of tlie bull'alo and antelope. At the time I vi-ited hi-^ ttflice, he In: 1 on hand rixty In-ads of the bulla!". At ihe -uggestioii of I'o.-v H.

bank circulation -diall be re

Ilovev. Mr. Hawkins i'iii-ente.1 to prepare cuo for the cabine: ol' Waba.-h College, which he has done in the best ,-tylc of hi- art. Hie head ol a three year old bull, valued a', twenty-live dollars. be presents to the college. It is already in il- place and will i-erve to increase ihe /.est. with nuiiieriiu. person- who vi-it our collection.

Ivan.-a- i.'irv i- one

war il had timl time

ti=

'opvof the Mi.inenpoii* 'Ii-ihuw whieh rapitllv. In l-siii't it* population,was lli,givits a description anew ||.•tiring mill oikj with a bu*'tue-s in the agjregate ot

just completeil at that place, li i* ihe largest one in the United .~:ates and co.-t JU'Jo.OOii. The mill i* HisxlO'i feet in dimension*, the masonry of which alone co*t $28,000. The jioiver to ruu the machinery is furnished by forty Icet head of water, and is driven by two iniinense water wheels, which cost ^Il'.ihhi. It has 40 run* of »tune, each -11 feet in diameter, and coit 52o,00U in I'aris. Il lin* 04 middling purifiers, raid to be the best either in this country or in

llie wondei.- ol

our time, in the way of city building*. It is -iiua'.e.i on the-onth l^tnk of the .Missouri river. jnt below the junction of ihe Kansa- river with toe .'di-souri. The lirsllnlsWere.vC.il in l*lo. At the comr.iL'iicemcnt of tlie war its ipuhition wit* .-even tbou-an-1, but a', the elu.-e of the

ic.iiv faur ihons.md. linprovemeat* have advanced

more than tnii'ty-ov-yeu miHious. In that year Tds building* lu-io crectcd at a Co*t ol twii million*. .:-?ij

ICan-a-Oity built thciir-t brid^,1 aeros-" the Mi**ouri river. 11 i* 1 .li 17 lee1, i.i length, and I'o-t nearly a million of dollar*. Itii u-ed both tor railroad am! common I ighwav purpose*. It i* said that Kan*as City has trebled her populalion in the la*t seven year*, and i* now more than -tu oon.

The site of the citj i~ high, irregular i0 and picturesque.'" 'hie thing astoui*h-

120 coopers, and ovei 40 millers and .*ub-! ing to the casual vi*itor i- the expei ordiirites. The mill i« the sole property l«fes thai have been made in grading of Washburue. The next larcwt

dred miles from any 0"uip0tiii|i Jpoiul I the terminus of the longest and mo-t

the "M i--onri Itlld .MilllllrlU

upon this devoted servant of iron, lead.

di-

evelinK

mill is'in Richmond, Virginia, and The area of the city is acre*. The is called the (iallagher mill. It has valuation of personal and real

for building*,

(s„lt.

1872, was over ten million-. In 1sT2it* wholesale trade amounted to over seventeen millions, and retail trade five mil-

hriotiH climate—its position

numerous railroads of :.nv city in the West, together with cheap freight by inijuiiy among the farmers. river, a market lor western half of the farmers up her

Tor the statistics of the above arti- ly.

li A XSAS

ono

which will not soon be obliterated. fliis is the warmest Winter I ercr exl Vor some time in failing health, ho jiprieuccd in Kansi-. Ice has not been had ielt obliged to resign his charge and

rest. God had provided for him better:

than lie knew. In-tead of the temporary

within a lew uav- ol the perum upon

ovcr aM

tVheat is woith Nl corn oats, 22 cents hogs, s-1 i:ros-. ANSA- l'l

,he Priest-

John'-, Crawlordsville. was

hi» ,ir"1 r'=,,1

"'at par-

Ki.'I ish he continued liapj.y in his ministry land laborious in duty till the Master

whicli has constantly mind as proper to lie inscribed upon his tomb—"Faithful unto Death." T.

l.l'.TTr.lt I'lKIM IMtOJ1. SIOVJ'.V

Itltll'alo 114'tltl I'rtr Hie nCW Itltsll C(»ll('SO liiilisiii (11^ lis ami (•rnut'i. ()n my reeent vi-it to Kansas City 1 was introduced to several trentlemen at the Kansas Pacific II. K. buiMing, among others Hawkins, Prolessor of Taxidermy and Embalming, who has been employed for -oiiKtimc in the T.ixidermi-t Department of the KanI sas Pacific liailroad i.'o, lie has bail long and successful experience as collector and preparer of specimens in every departuiem of /.oology, lie applies the

of which his la-t public uiini-tratiou-on earth seemed at once a foretaste and a prophecy. 1I» leave- a loving family--. a wife, two sons and four daughter— to niouin their loss, and to icjoiee in hisjllie ^cliools in this(\VnyiieJ town, eternal gain. Ii.eic is but one text -hip and reports them gen entity iu good! prcs-ed upon my condition. The last Institute in this: township was a failure, through the negligence of tin.1 Trii-tee. who failed to

K. (). II. shall

I.Kill.It. *S., UK

r, w. .M.

j|U.|, 11 iick and the weather has

b(V„ vcry Tll0

doctors are

about io starve for want of something to do.

T. Largent and l'.'oails have been running a threshing machine during the Fall and Winter. They have three jobs to thresh yet whieh thev will titiish this week. 7-..V-.

io 1-llts

I'll aikii:

im and l/i.-livill^ rowiiiii wheat as

parties, but they have dropped the pre- ^-ill !•.* organized here soon. lix oyster supper and cue them theirl

ball or play pariy the ease may

•—I here have been two spelling schools in this vicinity ol' late one at the Pottschool house, in charge of Mr. Thomas, and one at Sml Bank -ehool house, iu charge of Mr. Willis. The scholars id both school- participated in both spell-1 ingsi which made it quite interesting, as 1 'nc each school was determined to l.eat the:li„r other. .Mr. Thomas' scholars, however, came oil victors in both encounters.

Mr. Willi-' -cliool will clc-e in a lew

'i --The County Superintendent !,bas or-

^raine ihr»»uj li the -ountry. Tlu'yjwhm roiirl

S"iU iMit liu'ir circulars \vhi_• iu uiu and bont «lnink« ot' late. suIi-'.juk'o wtTu ahtiul i\* folliv.vs They' havi' :i larjre amount of jro«u)s wliii-h tlu'V housrht at bankrupt -alewhivhtliov pv-)-| po-(M« di-poo i.»t' hy vlllni ceriiUcatos

ill 'S' cents each .nd certilic.ite ha :i righ: to one choice from their li*! c.f goi ls, whieh li-t the ai'ent ha* and which is *,dd one dollar a choice to be sent to, and examined by,

dler* and scjhiwag- conic bothering you teli them to leave. It ile-y will not, -end for an otlieer ami they will depart ininter. it

I:I-

VK I.I:.

si li llt 111 I.K.

--Sni.ill lilt ho^j mi' beinj athered in by West Tribot at perhundred. --"Have you any cum to sell is tlie

Kan.-as. Colorado. New purchase or do without.

Mexico, the Indian Territory, and Texas,. —The last battle at the Migar Uidjre the same furnishing buyers for maim- school house results in an expelled pis* faetured articles—the raw material of pil, si tearliersustained, broken door and ilver, cotton, wool, lire clay, window, with promiseso(one parent to rcand materials for leaking linseed and pair all. castor oil. all in abundance, near at —We are .-landing much in need up hand, and central to an agricultural here, on the head waters, of some new

At least one v,i!l have .in

'"nvciitks,

1 he 1 hitter,*' wIuiout )n» l»r, t!if- I'ntalu I 'ivi-1 folks- in tatin^, :im h* that lht* laih'ti to aitrinl cliuich. "but that t-veryb^nly an»l tlu-ir granilin«'th»-rH attcinloil a ^hontin^ matrli iu*ar by.'* Th*r tacts an* nobody attoml* •(1 the hoitin^ inatcli, an«l tho mwlinir Kountain counly, .lackMUi township will spoken of was fairly attended. Second- vou» me aid by a handsome majontv. ly, grandmother tiod b!e-s the lady!)! I'mmi M-iui.. ,1 neither attend-, encourages nor apj»r«)ves "if of thing* sinful and lastly the Potato 'reeker.s en attend church and do not shoot do pay tlie pr«whers and printers, and that'? —.John

Sow come- A. M. Hutidier. of Henry county, Mo., a rampant grander, who

was ?=1 Maiiufactun $1,102,- take-* ^reat delight in speaking of tin (HiO. (train trade in busheU giKxlncssand j^lory of Mi-ouri. Despite Nine impurtani railroad** pour their hc- thft oppresioe. that rent-s heavily on every eumulatini^ wealth into the city. ifteen lione-t tiller of the soil iu that State, he thousand cis/ht hundred pa^enj*er trains ba grown rich, and wt» are j»lad of it. with a million pa^sMijrers arrived at and --Wm. Rice and Milt Morin aro oil'on departed fro the depot in 1*^72. The a ionu visit to Icnva. businesMhouses, banking establishment.-, —Jacob Davi-. 110^ having been seen public buildiugsjfichools, cliurtdies, if not out for weeks, 'tis uppo-ed he 1ms nioulquitc conuueurtuate with the real neces- (ed. wtios of Iier jtopuhitiou, yet indicate a .-l'hil Saidla !ia- mucii improved, and healthy enterpriseinall the-e linesof im- |ias employed that prince of builders, provcmonl. John 1'ishero, «»f h.ti Iiui ton, to build a

What are some of the eaun-sof this rap- new residence. id irrowth? It may be answered A sjtlu-! —Isaiah Hutchison bought It) acres of

-v

thrpp )i 1111 '.wnoii lan'l Jot) Ernientrmn for $2".

i'. j.nnr

country of great pro luetiveness and va- and expressive adjective- to prefix t^ closed first. John gave good satisfaction, i,ut f.irmcrs' thoir wives widows and the ricty ot soil. These account lor its rap- roads and weather without violatin pid progress, and give ample promise for third commandment. the future. I". O. lioVEY. I'm -chools are now running smooth-

-business isdull and folks ironerallv

John Fisher has the contract for building a fence around said grounds for S'ifl. "u it is lMwaids, oui'Town.-hip Trustee, has with seats.

Kutli Largeiit, widow of .Touas Larieiil, is living near Sherman City. She has a cancer on her face, as many of your readers will reiueinln r. It has school house in the township with a copy I eaten up her no.-e, upper lip. Iioth eyes, of Webster's I'liabridged Dictionary. it''1'and nearly all of her forehead. She is entirely blind, but she can -till talk and eat, though she is quite poorli 'a new

cci-. I'll*' remainder of the members

l'.''Y.v: were intending to meet and in-tall the otticers that weie elected .irevioiis 1.1 tlie 7 row. 'J'lie\" were, lidn-rvi-r, relumed the use of the house, whieh stopped business.

I'p to this time nothing ha- been done

crop, so much that it doe.- not look as reconcile tin matter. It ha- not got well as it did a month or so ago. as far a- Jack Spanish said it had, but —The young people continue to have

V(.ry

near it. We think an anti-grange

The first load of

I appoint any one to preside. The next block on ihe corner has ariivcd. one will be held at Wesley on the first .—There are lwo men in our Saturday in February. A general invi whom I "hall be obliged to name out if

tation is extended to teachers and oih-j they don it cut the wood for ilntr wives, ers I,, lie present and participate. —-.lame- Fo-ter i- looking for pur---Some individual orindividualscSaim-i chaser for his house, and also.fur, .his ing the title of I'nion Funii.-hing Co., blacksmith .-ho|--and tools. headquarters at Chicago, have played a I —Look out for New Koss in force

[•,)r l.heiy

V-vj.l

H. C. l.arsli, though not

who

(.my the mail between

l'otato :lre

and Kowers. ]!. \.\\.

xtrtu Yii.i.i..

1!. Wilson. —The member- ol'the llaptisl church have bought a half acre of ground from Anthony Heck in addition io the old burying ground. The price paid was

t„ s0(, iU1(l rlay lakt,s

Jiavo

oi vrst w.i.i'..

iVr ed, last Tliur-ihi.- (.'.ruing, at

lilt p(ircha*er of a ihe residence of Mr. .Fa*. 11. ilan,the bride's father, Mr. (Iconic McKiiiscv to

Mi— .leiiuie Hall. Your correspondent had not tiie ple.a*ure of being present,but from lho-e who were he learned the af-

the agent before they are paid ior. but I fair was elegant throughout, and the the cents inu*t iie seiit to Chicago bcl'ore the gi.md* will be sent. The following are smne of their choice.-: of goods: lL' yard- best alpaca for one dollar, 1 pair goud kip boots for one dollar, li lbs best Kio or .lava coffee for one dollar and other thing* iu proportion. The agent in tlii-vicinity Int.* sold about 200 certificate.* and the goods were to be shipped about the liith of Doc.., 1 sT:t, but lo,aud li .'hold,they have not come yet and the men who hold, cerlilicate* an• uing round wearing their old boos this inuddv weather, wi:h laces a little less than a yard long, muttering something about being-jild. Ye*, they were, and many ol them granger-, ti.o. How strange! Weil, I may le a (.ml, but when a loan oilers in.- from to worth oi goods for one dollar 1 .-el him down a- a loo! or a rascal, and in cither case have nothing to do niiti him. Brother farmer.-, look out. and when .-win

Ni 'htingnle. i- vi*iiing friend* in our .town. Iler voice as -w-« an I undodiou* a* **vcr. --II. .1. Kink inform* u* that he i* preparing iiitusclf lor a grang.'speech, and, that he intend* to deliver tin- same at the Court lf.iu.se in yi.ur city before long. inr larming cominunity are feeling quite jubilant overt he line pro-peels if a good wheat crop. Tlie indication* were a a re

A lively time w:t- wi:ii(-.s*ed in ihe Legislature la*t Saturday evening' The bill under consideration wa* one uttered

by ihe member I roni Allen, to tax l.nchelor* for llie support ol unmarried ladies over the silt ot twenty-live years. The bill pa*-ed to the second readiicj. -Sugar Creek has not been so llu-li in many a day a* it wa* la-', week. The -mall stream that lorineily inn A..I.! •Snyder* ilonr'ing mill «a* al high. —The Toledo .V !. I.oui* Uailwav fever is begiuing to rise ujain. lur ptjople arc in tie confident ol' ils -lin e*- now

lames II. I'lowmau and Miss Pent i"g at the stock, Clay will take you i'to ^vjH mlniit, (\ir the sake ol the argument, re married on the 2!th lilt, by Kuv. O.

l'ie

discourse sweet music to you on a bran

we-t of Alamo, was burned on the same day as James Swearingen's. --A child of Wm. Gillis, ,lr.. a^ed two years, died last week. -Sebastian Stonebraker has been "under the weather" nearly all Winter. He

presented school house No. 7 has a chronic cough, and is confined to of the Gothic Slat Folding

,h,

llo"M' m'jri Uia:l

He has also furnished each lietlt-r late than never. Jasper has a new njiie.pound bonnier.. A

Boy.

m:« kov.

-1 lenrv Williams and family returned

Mi-s Whe-tt.of Indianapolis, is visit-i miawsw "«um»

ale visit-

hohtrs. Io teacbi

a total of I is. '•I iav Boy," ot* Bcekville. gave tis a last week. He was probably ill rom oisr

•all -earch of itenis sgain, (B.

:"W|i. ('.•me

briv-ks for the new

village

to Mr.

nand*im*t. that

has!

bride outli 11: been seen for many a day tie- ho-t-' of friends in wi-hin I couple long lile and continued happi-nt-s. —Mis* Kva Mot'lain, the Darlintrton

than they ever have been before. Il i* thought that when a vote is called for in

MIAN NON A

bettor than *ome others do. I fttid K. II. Lafollette la^l week Lanem, at la-t account, was .-old 70 head of pi^s, two hund«ol ywmndThis able to lie on hU back and fiddle, i^ making music tinder dillicultie-4.

street-,

-l)r. Shannon is a^ain on th hi* recent illnes.

ers, (or $.*i per huudred. Thev were April and May pigs. The young men ami iys of this liurjr are havin^fine nport ui^Kin^ iiM«», there being more fi*h in the creek than tor three or four year-. 1 r. ttoiinel is on the ^rk li-t. -^-I ncle Atiuw Cowan, who wa- re-

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!!•.

his time.

—The grangers at this place have got '"IV numlui thice h.is made his np- j,(,liti(. an" de-ires political promotion into a peek ol trouble. 'I hey got into a p^aiancc at New ton Smith s, hen through tlie i.rraiiLrers. Now, suppose he muss and divided. Twenty—even of' Newt goes to his Missouri farm lie will

them met and elected a new set of oili- bave iwvs enough to drive things lively,

—The William Dennian farm is again on the market at £42.oO per acre. —.V farm of seventy acres near Clark's mill, belonging to the Jacob Stonchraker heirs, is otlercd at the very low price of $':!o

per acre.

—I am not a granger, but 1 will drop them a siigge-tioii, for which 1 charge nothing: Let each grange at once set on foot the starting of a cheese factory. Wherever tried they have proved to be paving institutions. There is a constantly increasing demand for cheese, and it pays the farmers ten per cent, better than

on the night of the 2"d from a four weeks poi ol beef, and a hundred per cent. (111 .(.r[ |1(, chooses to. But. to conclude, visit. toShelbv county, Keimuky. better than raising grain to sell. "farmer politicians are heels over head -11 rank Packer 1 ui ps 1 roni the effects I mm I a iI l.En. jji the new ispensat ion1 tecaii^e thev of a rasiy nail in bis right leg. ..

~r~

her L'randpureiit-v.,, r. and Mrs. —.,1 r. Thomas Meharry is very low isfied friend ''Jack" and all others who

'u Sunday -elu ol. under the su. .,, ,]jt, cverv hoin. niotivesof "farmer politicians." If li pervi-ion ol I-rank Gil!, is making good —Alex. Meharrv is mai.'in!.' good im-' have not I will turn them over to tinprogress. Ln-t Sunday ihe attendance wa- Ills

June under jr»veniincni licen.-e. The owner tried ihe town over to jret a room but faih'd. lie then upplied to o»je ut your citizen?^ who owned a room here and succeeded iu getting it. Tin? owner of the room has many friends here and hi action in thi*astonishes them irreatly.

.nr. it a it v« n.t.i: -iotiix.n

—1 have been mud bound, and therefore have been unable to gather manv it»MUS. --tiovnl failifers say that the continued freezing and thawing is terrible on the young wheat. |t certainly alfords me much pleasure to —The mud roads arc almost impassu- (rjye the desired information to "Jack

Alamo school, taught by John li. Kiley emphatically a farmer, one and nom

and will teach a two months.subscription daughters can legally become members school.

"Jack Spanish" wants to know '"why

it is that every 'farmer politicinn in the country is heels over head in the new, dispensation." I have had more pu/./.ling questions to answer than that, and

Spanish" ami all others desiring liuht on

I he grange excitement is hot down (]u, subject. 1 ilesire to answer his qtieshere, tion, not only intelligently but truthful1 he schools are all closing. 'lhej|y. The "dispensation" he speaks of is

()f

(|u.

Iir,ler,and

granger, ,,ml

has gone into the line stock business.

w,,||

it 1)e t|,.lt tjl0

lie has a Kentucky cow and call, and ,iri, patrons, and "lu.'els over head in also a thorough bred bull from the same

t|„, m,w

State, lioili these animals are superior! ,|)e „|iril!le -heels over head" means

worth a journey of twenty miles ,|eeplv interested, woiking for the good

pleasure in show-!

ing them, lie also has the line--t berk- ]|U,ans "one verseil in the science of gov--hire t'igs I ha\e ever seen. Alter hnk-.

kill xdiit* "in*, ll tilt* 'minissn.:i is hr1 ,.ntj -t»iy destitute. Thin «-vil .-lioiild he would grant a bridge then a gravel road rimiilicl. would be made to W'aynetown. This! .M.ul ..r iho tcnchcrs nro eticceclini llnolr. In .1 ,i few intanees. liowevr, the s«*h»m] ttovernwotilil tti'luce :i rr:it. nvinv in the norliiment ami discipline are not snefi n" t« injure Wf.-it part (»f the 0«"»unlv to U"

•Saut-(Iray's interest to have this iveled to tap hi*. Let u* have gravel road, lying very sick.

:road the bridire am! then -.lv --M r*. 1 'evore

I.OXIION .SiiAttri:i:.

w.i y.\ irrovv .v.

'-^A protracted meeting wa* comm-iic-ed at the Methodist church iu this place I about Christina* and continued three

., ....

weeks, under the inini*tration* ol liev.

join with ,, I.. *. r.uckles. .Mii 'h good wa* done the happy

g.HKl wa

and resulted iu about twenty eonv^rsions and NventydWe a^^-ion-. The Sunday srhooi at tin- same church in a llourishin^ condition under the supernt»,ndr,n«'»' of ,1. 11. Thoina-. —A L'raiJL'e ha- been organized here with (leorire Small a* .Master. m» of your town-man, iie«»r^e Alexander, has moved to our place. —Stephen Parker, one ol the oh! settier** of thi* con munity. died of pneumo nia about two week since. i^s Nancy (larland died the first we^lc in January. Her father, Adam Garland, went before her only about i\ weeks.,,

James Mi!h*r had an uirly wound inflicted in his face last Sunday by^tho. ki«'k* a\ a hor-e. —The hfd-jc oi (mod leinjdarsi- not in 'i* lb»urs!iiiiL' a.condition :i.sitwas six month- a it o. 5:,'.-: —Jut at :In* time when all «*o«h1 citizens were rejoicintr over the cloMUtr of the la-t saloon in «»ur place our joy was turned Into^a lne-« by the appearance of

Ja^K.

sruAit KIIMJ:.

Looking over the column* of the 1 -lot knai, we see sketches front nearly everv part of the county, but this art

rod\-

moral heritage i* almost forsaken. This should not be, as we live in as much mud and water as anybody else.

There i« perfect harir.ony up here on everything but the grange subject, which some of our old friends can't tjuite gulp down. We have a grange organized at this place, composed of 40 members, which mean business. It is in good work* ing order, with .John llolloway for Mas. tcr :ind .1. M. Butler for Secretary. The!

il ted sick -Mine two week* •-•till: ... it it re a 1 A hint: and active life will

Hhannoiulali! Orange No. (58, of this partiil, one of them moving his traps and place, number* mcmberx, and is in a nayini the other may d) hin own cle.irpro«pfrin^ condition. John Smith. injf. [ti.rn Ilnv

life

1 an (dsewhere, hut opposition is the busines-. —I'nclc Johnny ('orbin ^oes to Ohio this week, to visit hindd home, aind his

tell nil the |ihvsii!ul num. Imt with I'liflo Amu- the wouki-iiing tf the physii-iil man only Mrrnglhi'lis ill_* moral man. Ho much for a well spent life-. With your iH'rnii^'um I will at mine futuri1 timo '"otlu'r, who i- eighty years of uge. give i-hurt -kftchcs of somi1 of our ohi j. —Two of our pn»l ritizi-ns had 11 few R'ttlcrs. wuriU the otliur day, after which they

.Uspen-^ition'.'" I understand

(,1(k,r Aml lhc u-(ini-poiiiiciau"

ornmt?.^

parlor, where his brother .John will jju|.

1(,r

new abinet organ. interest in it-' welfare. Is it not his1 Another house,that ofSiinon Krout, privilege as well a- hi-impcrativeduty to I do all that is in his power to add dignity to labor, to elevate the position ol the farmer and better hi- condition, morally,1

socially and fmancially? Who objects, save the old worn out political hacks, who have sought promotion iu every political organization. and finally been relused membership among the Patron* of Husbandry.' ".lack" thinks there is a "nigger in the wood pile." I»y this, I infer that he think-- that every "farmer

wh:it

tfVerv

of it'.' I-it no! the privilege

American citizen to

tical promotion if he choose.-1.' There,1 will be o/liees to till, and why not fill them by •'fanner politicians," providing they arc honest and capable, us well aj lawyer politician.-, doctor politicians, merchant politicians or anv oilier kind of politicians? Bill politician- ale no! known among Patrons. Neither i- polities allowed to be discu--ed a', our meetings The obligation of the order does not in-! terlere with any one's moral, political: or religious views. F.verv member, out side of the lodge room, is pcrb ctly free I

to act with any political partvor religi-1

.' sought admission into the order and

Were

I with the typhoid fever., lie is e.\peetcd (are troubling themselves in reirard to the

x. .Meliarrv is niai.'iii!.'a good nil-j Have not I will turn tliem over to proveinent to the road riming east and tender mercies of Brother Mount west to New Richmond and Newtown, Brother llutchings. Jul". Jul"! Ell. making the di-tanee one eighth of a mile shorter. lie has commenced graveling it. It was said by some well informed men that lie could not construct a mail through where he is now making it. Alex, isshowin done with paticnce and perseverance. —The people of Coal Creek township lire wanting a bridge over Coal Creek, as the one now over it. is only a trap to

found worthy. I hope I have sat-!

sniooL m.*tti:ks.

Thiy corporation contain* sioi»»t ana a Kor the toi*omui't. •lrtii'.ri fit't ho children if »li vhlo 1 into hi r? e»*n district.-!. There nro between «J'?ven nn»l

tlliMU what rail ho ?i*bt bti«nrp«l oh»llr«»n cnum»r itc«l. A f«»w »f tin? hou^e- nro new an«l well furnUheL hut 11 majority of the ili?tri:ts aro bi-lly in 'o.l of now f.noj. An oM hou^o pnor'y furtii^hc.l

Mic nf the groate-'t onemie* t«» ttu tenuhor. Thu feucina uround iho heboot prenn-teH- in tictnjr n-t ane«lH need repair, and in fa«rt. a few hni

I the hf.-t rc-ulN A f-inIt wi'h minv of our

Till

they must be "worthy

(jnaiiiicd." How else then could

„f fanners he speaks

the art of governing." I

cvorv

farmer politician i- working

,he good of the order and feels a deep

FItOM

re poli

AMERICAN

l'ordsville to trade. It 'would be treat Iv t,.,h,M i, the- ,ti,k t«» t, ,h« ,„t: .1,,. I sold aro engraved FREE of charge by an experienced Engraver.

i«, ihcy t«« ioh tho rather thati the.] I principle". Many mon uiul nnrta. vr \u I h:iv- 0'»iup!v{yil tln siipp jmmI. rithi.nnl KnclMi srumm »r, nro urnM" «k: pri'Clionl npplic:iti'in «f v/h:U tht-y !inv«' lunrn^cl,

I In* lemlirK h!«:i to be kept con Un 11*! .v T«ro 1 the Uaclb'r i*. toncli yoa- pupils hov I 1 think rather •ban mere mechanical "peration*. Manv tiine^ v«'ljolarf aro r»erniittetl to gn ahf.al (»f thoir advarrc-inoiu. I\»r in-tano^, ro.nl in the 1 I fifth nr 1 rca«lcr when llicy imti hanll read in the or third. Thi- novel mistake i* net sihvny- i!uo to the teacher. Sometime' parents or j:..ar'.liftn« f^rm wron? i'lea-» with I reference to prosjrc.c*, ilinkin? it oon.-^t* it coins rapid!from onu hook another, Thi

S"ho«.l open® *t o'clock a m.. and closer ntv-j p. tn. t'la-^es are instructed in the following branches: Kcitdir.s. writinjr. Hritlunctic. seou'r.iph: :ml KiiRlisb K.-rttiiunr. A m.ijority of the pupil* Hcoin lo manifest quite an uiici-f e.-ft in Uieir -tndie.*. and Home, reeiic very well.''

The supply »*f books is hardly Fuflicieni to in sure the ne.*t .-luccebs. In souiu instance.* two nr uiore ^elttdari* utility and recite from the puhk* tiouk. This is not only annoyinj: to 1 he tesicher. but detrimental to the pro^re*.* of tho child.

Ongivinif tho school 11 fbtirt drill in thv* ru liment!1" of geography* learned Irotu the man* sparkling eyes and broad grins, thai it was m» dillicult to awuken an interest and even einhu ^iasm iu 11 school of little darkie?. J'iie toaeher l:ihoring very earnestly tor the a lvanoement of her school tint it i« to be honed that iKtrvtit.* ami guardian* Mil aid her in her work.

M. K. CI.ODKKLTKR. Countv S-u.-j't.

UNDERTAKING.

I I I S

No.

Mujj

N E A E

n.ow

°17» .d "it on North Washington

z\,III 1

lllel"

ireef.

DRY COODS.

Itciiieni'.'ci' ihi lv Wasliiimloii St.. India inpidis. .lltll.'J-1

PERIODICALS

PhrtMiological Journal.

A. First-class Illuatrated Magazine. Devoted to Science, Litoraturo and General Intelligonce.

lM»rnto1oi5T—The Hrain ntiil Fiinetion* Mttc Location an«l Nature i.f nil the Organ'. «. ..•••! i|irectt.»n." for cultivating, clevelopin/. iui-

i^ a very ^ravc mistx ke, anil one that i- parlie- proving uini rr-straining them. !»ri noticeable in most re.niinK ela.«se in} f'lij «»ioaiioi»i y— 'Sign of Chjirneter sni-I e.imtiion school-. The consequence i^. we find t.. Hciid he?n.' nt cb :,rc, in the !!'tnuin 1 rncc, »n ^iMOntifi'' I rincipU'.-'. very fciv good reader-. the N.uur.i! Il^t rv .,f 10

M'a«hinuton Hire, tlie trustee, manifested )rigi n. Manner-', ('.isi-mi tin Mode' -f quite an interest iu the organization of toivn- hi ditlerent Tril»«» N wii-hiliir«:rcot fhip in«tit*ite.', consequently teaeher^ manifeflt

the panic intcrc.-t. Mid he informed 1110 that t'n ly very good* Ho th •in he inside highJv beneficial

tbe.se meeting* t« tesicher4. School? in thi* township run T-tir Pri-'f'K ranzc froin to $.') per mouth.

M. K. (TonnaTKK. S

•niK coi.OKF.n scuooi..

l.a^t Thursday, in ootnpany with .I«d»n Robin--ou. Trutce of I'nion township. I vioiled llie olored school of thi* city. We were cordially received by the tem'her, Mi^s Imoaene jit vvn. whom wefoun«l busily enyascd in the c\crci-.r« of ihe ui"r.iin*j. The school lias only b-en i?i «e*«ion einou .tnnuary con*equentl.» the teaeh»T luv^ not accomplished in uo\'ermn«Mit iiiid discipline what she e*pcct-. On examination of the renter, I found forty-tw« tinm rolled, twenty-threes tnale* and uitotteeu t»-v.ji male.*. Owini to tlie extreme inclemency thrt^ wrolher, ther- were only seventeen t»rc»cnt..j The teacher inlertned ine I ho attendance i.- ur»!y tolr-rabty 2iod. and that casea of tardiness nre rather frequent. She hope.* to he able t«» rom--*-dythit'-vil to some extent at loaat. Sty giving metit eitrd- for promptitude.

Temperaments and pictorial illustration PliV»iolog)'—Tha Ln-.rs of bife inetudintf .the Kdnca-tioti. Trainintf and Discipline of

attendance ivn-« generally very good* Ho thinks (^hildren. and the flight Management of I.una.I._ 1 !»_•

PJ^acii: buy

(Jood, Iti'liublc Dry (Jooils ('licap, is at

10 ST- WASH ITS' (JTO N STREET.

Stock Always Large and Attractive!

I'KK KS ALWAYS TIIK LOWUST.

ill WE HAVE MERCHANT TAILORING AND DRESS MAKING DEPARTMENTS

Orders Solicited ami I'roinitll.y llxecnteil.

HAMBURG EDCINCS-

Campbell & Harter

Havii received a lur^e lot of

HAMBURG EDGINGS,

Embroderies, Jaconets I Inserting,

ALL, GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. All goods

—.

ties, the Insano. Prisoners aad ISiournpltirx given of al! tl^ and Women of the Wi»rld.

•nthi.

leading Men

Siir-C'wltin'c— Ins! 1 uvtiv»* artirlc-l»upr"Vem.-ut Meueiry 'lnic ot *ur National itc*iurce*. et".

Hoses, Shriihher.v, Kvcr^rcciis,

IIihIkc, (Ji'iTiitaoiiNt and

lUMMUNt I'l.ANTS, WIIAPEVINKS «V A* •., ra"v i'ord 11 f, 111«I •"••nd lor Price I.i-.,

PAINTERS.

I A

Grain ers

hlock.imd wilt give pioli.js.

attention to tlie wants of t)»e eonimtinily /ni this l.ne. m-IUAL KOIIK?* fnrt.t^he.l lA— liloves :md Crape fnmtshetl Io P«lt-iM»anfr**, J. II. MATTlStiN, as n-^sl»ni, dl he foiirHit Ihe ror.niji ni n'l Iniiirs of th'* day. !5o«i*nr* 11« Kasi College street.

H. lUirn«'

West Watmsh Atenue. N. W» are also airents for th» Hbwn Bowing Machine and the Durbon Pump.

and (ilaziers,

IX i.

id »rn ili)'"iit «l.

KAI.SOJII.VIX'd AMI l'KXCII.lXH For ttie tr:utf. lollop, III AToCl»'lT«iti«l ITnll.

ADAMS & HATCH

CENTS A YARD UP.

Best Itargaiiis That Have Jieeit Ot

tered For Years

JEWLLRY STORE.

I A O S

OLD AND RELIABLE

JEWELRY STORE

In Old Itooiu.

Kverythlim Now and Direct from tin* Manufacturers iV Importers

A N I O N W A E S

OiiiiuoiidN. .Icwolry,

SILYEB

A N S I I E & O

S"!f.

Flimlly. Much useful information on the lending topic* of the day— I'ol it ic.il .not ('art -"an liel igious. not Sect uria n— Kduca tion-t I. Uetortnatory. A grieult oral. (^outmercial. etc.— will be given no efforts spared to make TlIK J'11 UKSoLoiiiCAJ. tor t"Ti, the mo.-t intere*ting evi-r published.

I'ICK.IIN—Mm.i'nly. s't year in advance. Mnl- of tenor more.*"-' t-ach. .*-u gie num-«er.« :im, 'ihe nt."t !iber»l Pteiuiuiu.- arc otlereit. Adre--.

S. K. WELLS, Publishor, :tHU Itrofutwii), i«-w Vmli.

FHUIT TREES

itov.vi/rv,

FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

ACE NTS WANTED

s?.

4 9

A fl TO l»KK DAY lusMy »nai«* I'L 'inyoiic, \V«-Wi»nt H'uineii, hoy.- an-1 all over the country to *cll our Kim* 1 I il -rtccl Kngravmu, (TJiromos, I'rfjou I'ruu-

ly uiniic

Mi).'-1, iUmnin-Oion-, Photomaph", «*t'.. ete.

We siovv iMihli-h the finest assortment ever |laceJ -c|'ote tio- iiiol our price* are mnilied dov. tins h»v- IO defv nil 'Oin|ietition. No one -»ii»-crt^es for ptvininin-giving |tftp*r in ordu to gc*» pict'ire ut,"i' seeing our jtwune* :ind learnoig our price*. Wc it!ve jiveiy old ngenoi :*t work ior u.- wh«» hnve tnnde cn^^vll-^ln^tor bonk-'. p:ijiers, etc., tlie't' im»!ne«iw jnr \enr-, and they .ill report that I hey can ttmke much inf»teinone :it work for 11 tlinn i«t unythtng eNe.

lnr

I'ur-nit-: vmii' whole 11 m*«. N«.*w i-tl iuvnralde time to e"ri in 1 h»-s busine1--. Our pietun are the fiue-t^nnd tuo«.( ple.t-ing in this country, and are ouih'!*d l»v ni| the leaoin-.' papers, including the

priee-

:-re (..» l«iw that :dl :«it rd to pnndiase, Mid therefor.' tlie pi -titre- v..|| .,1 nt ainio-t very leoi-c. N. a hev'inn4-r- «P» well i.s jigeut*v.h Nave ii:u| large «'\pero*i.'-e. lor our hemttiftd :ind low price* «re nppiccinted by tdl. To niiik" I uge i-»|e* everywhere mII nti figer.t hat.» 11-1 In ».||o-,v the JitetuVev frrujl house Io house. I'on*tionk loi work el-eulier*"* utitil y«u ha\c -eeuwhat gt-e.-o indueementS we oiler you to imi«U»• money. We have not spaeo Io explain nil Itete, lint send u*' voor Jiddrets* :itid we will -etiil oil irii'-nliir-, tree, l.y nrul. hoii't dcl »y it you want protKnM" work for your leisure honr-» ot

New ork ifrf't'tl. Those wliocutitiot give the Jul*--inesi their entire ut tent ion can work up their ow 11 loenl 11 re* ,-uid inaKe a haiel-ojin* sum Without ever liejng aw:\\ irotu hotr.e o\oi- night. Let All who wiutt pio.ij.ant, piotit.il-le etnplovtnent. without risking -np)t il. send ti- their adorer it i.iiee .Mid le.uti all about the Im^mess for them»el vr -. A.Hre- UKOItcJK STINS'bN .t CO., Art I'ubl»-le-jI'oitlnnd, .Maine.

lll'.NOVATOIS.

OlOeathers lata Good as New! -:KoN

.Made Soft, Clean and Health?. citizens ot f.'raW' epportouiiy to

'i'h«-oo-eriliel M!er« to the lofi-»lite .oi'! ii-imty the r-u'e -r, Itv.ul lhe||i«*eU» tile I.. nefitM Ot the hc«t Mlei only I'ei I 11 il Mitil'c-- Kiel IViithef lie.I (Mc »ninii .Mid Iteliov "tltlK M-tc|,Hie -Ve| eJlercd to the pUoihe. P.,«. nl«d l-y V. ti. l.-mitwr i, Oct. M.1S".

It O-iuoyc lr.«ili tin* IU eli'l ol'l leet lei Ioioot!i li it ili-tiov- the liovvnv p:itt «»l the lestb when not n-ed. It :iiso de-troys andfoie^ct pi ev. 1,1 he l'*e «I her t.J^f nr •OiHIl.df.lhe (tint ill oni ciinv.iieii lii .|.) f: on «lest ro injj tin A «{iiiiI ot tto- l» jither.H. ICxaintne your ieii?». su'•» I

IIII

**rTXTfI1/kX, 4'. from lever* find dl 1

will find lite •jnil!« ••uten Mjinue ot! hy the I Verithej Midae, :md often the {iuHv J'arl raien to I ij-'t-'f. This stenifi pvocc*". All inipnnti»*

H'oAilitKv

oil ev i|»i O v\ .th the -1eiOn, tioltl-it"'' inw oi imti-itc 11 oi it oi-oitc otherw't?1

iinhenltliv and poisonous

-•....

IOaI iV '••OHlicM.cdnnd thelcHlhers tie.I ).r the l«e.-t and only «lisn»feelant

jjctK'.-»rn»

ot].^ecreltons, M»r

rliseaseit

ire thoroughly |,lir'* deodoriyT

end renovutor. Hti« in. Where noxious gnsen «re constantly inhsded irom fold l»eds they are uuslt-t- ted most Ills of a NnrtlKT" clime. We eiemi-c our wenriti^ Mppural onee ft c.eek, then why not our beds once in a lifetime ihir machine will do it nicely,

Inflate the

fenther-to twice their former hulk. They wm M«V inflated, Itu'lit i«nd liu-ivant as when new.an'l Ihe* tfii ill Hie touuhene»l 'like elarilied Ti the exji itneut, one and all, and he convincr'°" es f. cln at the iioi'tor of his fee, insure li»-!.|th,and i»avt« your he.Is from hcin^ niotn eaten Nc\er l«nt one hed dres»ed at ft time, euti!-e«p)cntl\ no mixing o! feathers. We

Slinr4,1

J-

raiitee th-it oii receive hack your full weight tciithei-. "|'o l.e onvtn.'ed of out fair deantij-'. we only you (o weitfh vour bed-* liel'ore seiet inand when returned. Work eidlel ^r,Mnr,,|,J.'"lr turneil ui dl part*i of the country, l^'d* v«t»'d and returned the snme day if nneessai All work warranted to j»»ve H.-itisfaolioii or no |m ltetloV:«tllll» lierN, including pillow-, h»«| lor rilty cent" extra. Newtie^f lultiil" c.l, hen de-ire-l, sit low rste«. All IIIHII piomptlv uttended to. Xtale UlKhlVtxr'sHie. K. M. OO.NKI. .. wl-i.m. National H.mse, CrawtordaMlos

HEAL ESTATE.

A. C. -IKNNIS0N,

Ileal Estate Agent,

No. aai-aMuln street, ciuwkohi8vii.i.i:.in'I-