Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 5 February 1874 — Page 2

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THE JOURNAL

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ing at a lower rate

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ed for the long term, the latter for the

short term. ,,

liX-UoVERXOK AM F.S M. Il.UtVKY has been elected United States Senator trom Kansas, (iov. Harvey is a decided Republican and an honest man. ... ^*c -I they hail not atutiori/mi me to oroer

tiF.S. lltu.MAs O. O.-ltuUN. of (. Imago, -ri.

city with Col. llenrv l.aue and Judge

S C. Willson years: ago, lia been ap-

pointed

l:i-t Triilay night.

bv the installments upon the duplicate."

we notice one which may be of general interest, which is to the effect that no report of any guardian, executor or administrator will be approved unless written iu a fair, legible hand, lioi- unless it eontain a plain, intelligible and fully item-i/i-l statement of the condition uf ill,-

l'.verv rej also show hands are investt terest obtained, which

rate must

N the matter 01 the iliecton of the railroad tax in llrown, Scott and Clark townships the statement we made last week concerning the duplicate being placed in the hands of the Treasurer maslead some per.-ons to think that the tax will be collected at once, l-y the pro-vi-ioi.s of the law 110 tax can be collected until such collection is so ordered by the Hoard of Commissioners, and the Hoard is not empowered to make »uc|i au order

,until it lias been shown that a evrtain amount of work has been performed. 1 he 1

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John I.. Smith, Michael Price, S.

... Iiilm 1 'smith Michael f'rice t*

by elected.

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I Hurler SentU t'orili 1-onl-f-i .iUJoti

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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. tlR. JotTltNAl, of the 22:1 inst., Mr.

Isaac M. Kclscy. in mot remarkable article, infiirms your renders that I purchased a Ivl! for tlie public school of this

HE House on Monday passed a reso- j(v ost of $Ki:., When the bill could discount Ml per ceiit. profit, less lutiou, by a large majority, for the in-! been paid with $7o. This state. frcigHl, $2-. School bell, if it ia( ie( vesligation of the affairs of the District

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of Columbia. the general tone of the article, clearly in-

Misstssivri has elected H. K. Hrcuie and A. li. Peare United States Senators. The former is a colored man and is elect-

a a a

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Board would not pay for it- I wuitld, us

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Siijierintendent next August. The oh hearty concurrence ject of issuing the blanks is to enable our public schools, trustees to aceuratelv.

he ariv ritMtlers :n»«i witli ln» eon.-cnt I,n"

Board thereafter,

Tin: total aniouiit coliecii.ms .^cd who gave thtMnler lor the bell an-l Internal Kevenuoin thi district for the hm. it rost, to which I replied that I month of January, foot up £32,"S.$.}»" of thi" amount the distillery paid in 740.70 beer stamps, i=7lI0.(.u cigar and tobacco stamp-, $iii:,00 other sources ?'27"'. 1 •".

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be ihe could fur:ii-h a bell of that kind,

equal to the current rate ot' interest 011 "Well," said Tinsley, "that bell comes a many small streams of never failing wamoney, or good cause shown for invest- great deal higher,besides I can only get a ter that are well skirted with timber, af-

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Your

taxes mentioned in this case are for iho that beil is belore me. lain siirpri-ed hit-t halt'of the a-ses-ment for the benefit that any urn- would expect lis with a of th" A.. L. &. St. L. liailwav. A- the steel composition bell to compete in price 1" wi-h a not metal bell one might a.- soon first half is not yet coliee.ed and paid ., .„

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over it is not presumable that the tax- |ee with our-. We handle a few farm pavers will be called upon tor the'7U as- bells of the same material as the Seneca ses^ment until the '72 taxes are paid. pP'aU- bell, on which we get oh per cent. 11»111 prico *11 til lit ltt'11 «K1

A meeting of the stockholders of the 'Crawfordsville da' Company was held a' the Mavor's office last Tuesday evening, Kobruary :}. Jo^ph Milligan presided and liohr-lt 1C. r.ryant acted as Secreliirv. A v.'ii* ui lv adopted limiting ihe cttpiia! -tork to thirty thousand dollars. II. S. Bradon moved that the additional stock yet to than they will, or if your Hoard will pay ,.,1.0,. y(K.-to complete the capi- ca.-h, within sixty days of -hipmeiit "I .,1 b» ofleieil to the pre^n: -tockholdcrs Ml. »"e

ade ananiiuous-j lured by the lllymyer Manufacturing

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Company, loot ot K.ighth street, I 'inciuuati. You may wiite to tliein and get their heit terms, and I will do better

fiv,'-

who have not su!j.-cribMi tn the nmotnit

lake place this evening for the purpo-e

of adopting

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Klston, John 1.. niitn, .Miuiaii 1 rm, A thief 1-iisiiallv the firs',, 1 11. Morgan, Isaac M. Vance. II. S Hraden

om flcaYw Sow

articles of association, for the) with A. H. Andrews Co. election of oflicers arid for the transaction I jn answer to iuipiiries from one of our of other business. Wo believe it is the city dealers the lllymyer Munufaeturing intention of the Directors to appoint a Coinpni.y wrote us follows: committee of inspection whose duty it IN IN N A I January'ir., 1-V I. Will be to inquire into the different tir.XTi.K.MKN":—Vour favor was n-ceiv-•nethods of the manufacture, of gas before ed. Circulars will descril* our bells and work begins. They want to have every- testimonia will tell what hers think worK oegi" of ihem. Price includes niountingi-. i'uthing in readiness.so that operations may cm||ls

commence by the opening of Spring. It

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expected that by tli« first of next Sep 32, 28 and 2d inches.. lo tember the works will be completed, the 24, 20^»'.d 18 inchw

main pipes laid and service pi|.ies there- J.

that the city nnd all private con-

sumers can be supplied. The readiness truly, H. M. Co. with which the stock was subscribed to 1 Xow will the authors of those organize the Company, and the anxiety false and slanderous insinuations cx-

who have subscribed to increase plain w!iy they authorized them pubtheir amounts, and the willingness of linhed in lhe R'-view wbenTinhley lieldin

others to subscribe, indicate that the spirit of enterprise is not dead in our |eople. Now let other nnd equally as important and profitable projects be set on foot. This is but the begining of a new era in the prosperity and growth of the city. Let it not all end in gas,

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they had not author!/ me to order it. um

The price agreed

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Congress died at

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first Mr.

had ordered it on my own responsibility, and that if the Hoard did not want it it was my bell. I then gave him terms and price, :ts before stated. Mr. liriflith said that he thought could get as good a bell for les- money, to which I re-

HK State Superintendent Public Instruction lias prepared blanks for tak- plied, "then order one and put it up and ing the enumeration '1 hildren will vote for it and lake mine down. school age. Accompanying the blank- 1 ordered the bell because I believed the i- a circular addressed to town-hip trns- be-t in terest of our "chool demanded it tee-, notifying tliein of the items they and that too withour further delay and formation, I /mieliteil to the accomwill be expected to report to the State in tin's, I feci confident that I Imvc the odating agent-. Joseph Hireve- and

public benefactors

lien taken in connection with bought ot linsley would have cost the

cit.v

Jol'KXAi. to believe that 1 was guilty of: freights added. I gross corruption in the transaction. Now January .{0. l»i 1.

Abo(U th(i 15th ol 1)eivm

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of tlrni of A

t. r\. ..• Indianapolis.

11. Andrews $: Co., ot called at my ollice and after talkin him on the bell question a short time 1 told him to send the belt over and if the

mountings, Stm pounds. When it arrived informed Mr. It. K. Krout of

AMKS ASON, (Jason, our uiember of his home in Thorntown 1 Mr. Cason was one of the of Boone rountv and was one of i„ be-t! I'loyed D. D. Jones to put it upon the citizen.. ''uilding. At the

l"d

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.f every teacher in Rolnrt Marshal. I am authorized by Urbana. the scat

HE ffillmving decision, made by the lion. James A. Wildiuan, Auditor State, will be of interest to tax-pavers ireneral'.y and of local application to any who mav be delinquent in this coinmuni-, ,. That the readers of the .InfiiXAl. may Covernnienl with -IMIIIOII acres ot public tv bv reason of non-jiavnunt ot first i.:-, .. be more fully informed as to the motive lauds. (. haiupaign county, private nidi'which prompted these gentleman to viduals and corporations also donate in "The whole tax charged against ft lax-.

payer is delimiuent when the ftr in-j take sudeep an interest in the purchase the aggregate 1 he general ofhees siallment has not been paid by the third Monday in April conseiiuently the record "of the delinquency should be made as usual, and will not be afleoted

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the public may be

informed as to the relative value ol these bells 1 will give the published pi ice list, also the discount. Price of Tin-ley's bell,

S'l-'S bought ot A. II. An-

& Co., on

drews

same terms. $11-1.7 J.J. 1 ).\ n:ir.

u.i.ixois i.Krrr.H. Sr. .Io-kt'ii, lit.. -I.inn.irj ':l. IS

?t. Joseph is a

mall town of about

two hundred inhabitants on the 1., II. iV Kail road, sixty-two miles west ot Crawfordsville, and ton mile- ea-t of

rt nn

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uvo

cashing the bell at a liberal discount.

Mymyer. Norton A Co's steel

S. Minister to the Argentine option Beil, manufactured at Ciua O W a --j-

elevators, four

1rkU iiu Mu)e

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two

that aro i\ thriving ami pro^»erou«

comlluin tv

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nit eting of the K. C. Ciiitlith

erection of a flouring mill. Of the productions in the vicinity of this place your reader-can form some idea from the following report of the shipments from this point for the year 1 •*7.'I: ft41 loads of grain, or 124,7S-1 bushels, freight chargcs on which were $7,SI l. 'i 70 car loads of stock, the freight charges on which were #1.471.1.'! car loads of lumber,the freight charge on which were $'M.7(i, and S7S pounds of merchandise, the freight charges on which were

prepare their reports more the editors of the Hvit'P to state that situated on the 1., B. .& W. road, near lemplar-. 1 hey make them better, ,P1 ..

of our school bell, 1 wiil -late tha this machine and car shops .,t the 1., B. iV: W. bfttrr S7.* bell of theirs is manufactured road are located here. Urbana is only

bv the Gould Mauufaetur-in 'ompanv, Separated from Champaign City by a Seneca Kails, X. V.. price $7". with corporation line, which city has a popucent, discount, which would have illation of six thousand. 11 is one ot the

HOMAS ha- had a set of rules given Mr. Tinsley or -mie one else the be-t built and most beautiful cities in of practice printed for the use of all do-1 -nug little profit id £-0, le-s the freight, ihe State. There are several large man inn business in his court. Among them This would have been very nice, but then ulacuiring establishments here

Mr. Tinsley had selfish motive, ', no them lie repair shop of the Chicago 1 vi- hotel bill. Too much of a philanthropi-t for that.

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ing. the soil is very fertile, am

di-count of '.en per cent. I then point-1 j-lir great advantage farmers, and ed to one on the list precisely the .-ame ,--pecially those who wish to engage in as I bought for the public schools and I raising s»t«.k. The corn crop lure was asked him to give the lowest price at eoiisid. red to be very short last Kail, but which lie could furnish it. lie said that the amount of old corn that was 5123 was as low as he could possibly kept over the supply at the towns, since furnish this bell. If I had purchased a it has got tube worth oU cents per bell of the same kind and 1]utility of bushel, seems to be about as great as at Tinsley, according to Am ei'vi statement,

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it would have cost the city more money more wheat was sown here la-t fall than than the one I purchased of A. II. An-1 ,.Y,.r at any one time before. It looks drews Co Mr. Smith wrote nic 0

f,, i,,w,:

the.

hell to compete in

•t. l"i per cent, and got a sixty dayaccejitance —that is the time and coinmission we get, and sell thousands of dollars worth yearly. We have this last season sold 1 ihe i.iril here five of the same-i/.e a-yours -each $!:$.* ea-h -and have C'line indirect competition with the Seneca Kail- bell. Now the statementwhich I have made our invoices and books will show. Uurbeil is manutac-

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sinv vour dealers may wriu* tliein ami

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of $1,000, and that ten days be given i.i iV,.r they can get on the same bell. The which to subscribe Mich additional stock. bell was'selected by the manufacturercommittee of three was appoint, bv for our Exposition ami was on the A 'grounds there until the Kx|xsition closed, the chair tn designate nine [iepoiis to ... serve as directors of '.lie (A)nipany. 'I he Committee reported the following mime*: M. U. Mansoti, Joseph Milligan. 1.

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upon the pcopl

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grounds and is one of the best of the si/.e I ever saw. If anv man thinks there is job in I that why don't he write to the manutac- spent two or three months linking over turcr or to some one who has bought one the- country, traveling over the greater

and Jacob Davis. The persons suggested any thing yet mysterious about it, let the conncics north ol the Mis-ouri river, the committee were unanimously them tend a reporter 10 interview me as finally located in Saline county Xorth 1 meetiiK'of the Directors will '::lvc'

40 nd 36 inches 10 p. c.

Cil sh

}'ie part of the southwestern part of the State.

for tin- with A. H. Andrew

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if there is previously traveled over mo-t of

-V"!,!- Missouri is not a very good grain count rv

Yours verv trulv, ., .' ,,' [ijurii except those counties bordering on the

1:0 :iu Will be ourn

jli" 30'"days."

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,.,'ceive your orders. You

his own hands a price list of the.same bell, besides showing me a letter from the manufacturer stating that

#130

was the

price of the same bell that I bought and that ten per cent, was the grmtat discount thny would allow to dealers. I will state for the benefit of these newly

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stores, one boot and shoe -hop, two ..range-, have their dill'erenees.

..„r..e(\ noon was on a ., in a it a a a a a I1'1 tl"' privilege

hi. Nelson Irons & Brothers for-Tliev balloted and have one, and

merlv of Montgomeiv county, are tiro- there is a prodigal. 1 prietors. I'rom the way the hu.-y nier- kill the fattest calf when he returns. are looked upon

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Total freight charges. $ll,4':.7.i'J. This report is for the 1., B. & W. Railway ex-• elusive of all others. For the above in-1

Kphraim ("Iritiith and Mr. Tiii»lev, of the the erossin of the eastern branch of nicer and cheaper than any 1 have i:\er

firm of Campbei! A Tinsley. are the the Illinois Central Railroad and has a -con.

author-i of the -tnt^mnnts made that population of abnut lour thousand, lhef —Mi.M. It. hn ju ictuined

paper, charging me with purchasing the Illinois Industrial University is located fr""- im ennes., where lie has been \i-it- I 1 5 1 a 1 a I have ]iurchased a better bell tor S7o. This institution is endowed bvthe General 'here. —The revival at the still going on with abundant success.

He was only assisting his friend in pro- tion of Champaign county is The nes-i, i- now -ick ot sp,,u..,l |e\cr. He tecting the public interest, that was ail atuotiut of taxable property for the year has been rapidly reentering fm the last On last Kriday evening I called at Mr. ]s7o wa- assessed at §1H,'*SU,4"'J. There week. It is thought lie will ent'.ieh reTinslev's office and requested him l» are three railroads running through the cover from the dreaded di-ea.-e. show me the prici.1 list of the bell be of-. eouuty—the tw-o above named and the, Thomas Mehari\, one ot the

tate and the doings of the trustee. f,.red to -m-U Mr. »rilVuh--that "botver T., NV. Western. The Monticello eldest eiti/.ens ot Montgomery county. iort made by a guardiau niu«t'• §7.", bell''—whii-h co-t liiin ?"U. After I Railroad, tunning from t.'hainpaigii to died on the 2-ld til'.., of typhoid fe\er, how the trust funds in his |,wking at this list 1 then pointed to I*e:aiur, is about completed. '.

and the rate of in- another list and aslcvd him at what price J'he lauds ot this county arc utidulat- one of the best ktiovwi men in

the soil very fertile, and willi Creek township, and leaves a wide circle

tiiee la.-t Winter. It is said thai,

|i Although the roads get very muddv here at times, I think that many ptr-

.l/i*. ./. Ihirtfr: sons in your county who contemplate! letter regarding I goin^ West might do well to step on the: cars at Crawfordsrille and take a ride of three hours over into Champaign county,

and there hall and look around a lew days befoie moving. They will find good lands with impriivenients. near railroads and timber, that can be bought at from $-•* to per acre. iJiitper-.-on- who think of moving to a country where the luxuries ot' this life abound without money and without labor had best not come here, tor they will find that the curse that wa* pronounced upon Adam when he wa- told that in the sweat of hi- face should he eat his bread, re-ts upon the people here a- well as it

in days of vore.

(irangerisin is very popular here. Seven eopie- of the JoruNAI. are taken l.ere which shiuvs that it i- appreciated.

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MISSO! It I I.DTTI Mist 1 .J.CJII IV 1-Tl.

lhrough the kindness „f my brother, I am a reader uf the JurtiN A1.. I left Moiitgomcry county in September, 1 s'i7, lor Mis-ouri, stopped in l'olk c.unity and

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a very fine S»iul»we«t Misfsouri hiw khiip very line IsiruN, and :i great deal of roek v, land lut il is unsurpassed us a water ronntrv, and I riupposo tlu*re none hettn* tor lYuit iu the Mi«^is-ippi Valley. In fioint n| sc\\ I .laekfou, La Fayette and Saline eountics are the Wnt. The pre-enl crop ihe six til that 1 have seen here and I have I wen ^ix good prop*. I will av tliat any of the readers of the .IOCHNAI. WISLIIN^ to come \Vest, esjecially to .Minsouri, be

—^Ve have a fine school at Mote's, taught by A. Knapp, of Illinois, lie is 110 "Ichabod Crain teacher. -The literary society which meets ut

i',,n furnish their celebrated "better ¥75 Ida Hall, Secretary. It has no stated: —Joseph, the learned, takes great ex-. —Avery pleasant state of religious: bell" to the school Hoard or any one evening to meet on account ot some rude captions to my expression, ''farmer poli- feeling pervades the membership ol the else lor $."5. That the public maybe urchins who persist in coming lor annoy ticians. 1 know a man who has been

Creek town-hip, performed the cere-

agons loaded with grain, one may know ^ether, January Long may they, the people who propose to drop all such

ve am

This is a |voint tor the The Metlioilisls ami 1'rohvterians

1. llaelinian. teacher. A son of Uncle Thonia L-e, by name, of Upper Canada, on a visit to his futher. bv trade, and I understand,

hunt i-fa situation. —J. H. Bryant and lady are making nered.

of this regalias for Klmdale Lodge of liood

Fifty-seven have u'.ready united, and there has been some twenty conversions.

Kebruarv next. l'r "great -le

of the 1. C. llailroad. The popula- '!o-ie Hartne.— -on of I.. A. Hail-

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a tcr il

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friends besides an aged widow and a

of large family of grown chil heu to mourn their loss. The funeral service conducted by Iv

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theHI-t. —The following others were elected and appointed lor the next quarter of Pleasant Hill Lodge, Xo. IIMo, 1. O. tl. 'I.: W. C. 1'., .1. II. I'ryant W. V. T., Miss Mattie llo-vu'd W. S., J. W. llre.tory W. A Mi-s Harliara Bever: W. T., Mrs. Abbie llrvant W. K. S., L'r. C. A. Phillip- W. M., Krank Hever W. I). M.. Miss Abbie llrvant W. C., Uev. S. M. Ilavs W. I. Xannie Hever: W t.). ?., l'^. I iregnrv W K. H. S l.uella Thomas W. I.. II. S., Mis. II. Ives. Thi- lodge starts out this quarter causing with from !MI to Inn member.-, and -till more joining.

Uni'Ui l.ndge ot tii-od Templars plecteii oflieer- la-t Kriday night. I have not teamed who were fleeted hut the U". C. T. and W. s. Win. Krug was elected to the former, and C. MeClure to the hitter. —Our school closes mi the lOili ih-t. ---Mrs. Marv Heedle. widow of Aaron lieedlc, died on Monday the 2lilh ult. [,e Mrs. Heed hi has long been a resident of thi- place, and is well known to all our citi/.ens. She died in great triumph of the final re-urrei'tion. ---Health seems to lie netting better. —The red fox abounds. Tliev should be thinned. 11 trAMiiUt*..

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ii a W a will labor faithlullv in their Master's vineyard and never regret their ehoiee. liyrd and IVewitt, of I.a«lo^ a» were in town on Monday las.t looking out a loeatinn tor a «lrup. Hre. lb'. Adkins proposed to sell to them, 'i'he parties

ters,

is on a visit

but is a first-class

Mote's in a flourndiing condition, with ihim a call.

sure and come to Saline county. Land deuce,^'which for beatify of architecture can be bought very low. Improved farms ami finish is not surpassed in lhe west, are worth from $18 to Hl per acre tin —Jesse Huchanan is dealing largely in improved land is worth from $10 to

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niiMiiiti:.

ance belore every county convention held in ni'jhtlv lncetiinjs have lnvn held

Will Priiine and Lottie Mote were old Montgomery. Kver since the Keputili-

recently married. Ks.]. Mote. of Sugur ean party became a party he has wanted i,

oltir

mony. as an American citizen," but lie ever —Frank Cybole got hurt while taking failed—was always an enthusiast on Kehis horse to water. He cannot vet re-. publieanisui, also on temperance. 1 member how it was done. His head conversed with liini at onetime. 1 ob--till hurts lmn, although he is much 'jected to one candidate on account of .better. saitl candidate frequenting saloons. —Mrs. Lizzie Wiseharl died Januarv said he, "that is nothing anything

Jo of ptiperal fever. She was a bride of to beat the Democrats.'' That man now ten months. llev. D. 1'. McClain a granger. Why is he a granger Be-

preached her funeral from the words cause lie wants an ollice. Joe say* "poli- ,j

"lie ye aNo ready." It was an able di- tieian'' means one versed in the science

course. of government and the art of governing.

chant is eon-taiitlv engaged, the click of' —Mi-. Alonzo Shriver, of Darlington, .,[ liacks and demagogues, and I am the hammer, the ring of the saw, and

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some days the rattle ot near a hundred county, started on life's journey to-

—There is a grange in thi- neighbor-1 -j'he people do not understand the word (ioll

hood, but like some ot their sister t(, mean that. They understand that he

Some Ii

I is Yencil, of /.ion, Carroll |,

man who thinks he is a little smarter than his fellows and he must have an ofnow (ice, therefore, "farmer politicians,"

uppose they will doctor politicians ami lawyer politicians,

rou

any pl.-asurt-s iirul. Ut'inagttgues. Krii-nd Joseph says the

now tiiSpenatinn

of Da.lington, have been holding a series movement. It may be upon Sand Ridge, ot meetings which has resulted in re- but is not so up here in the mountains, vival of the membership, which was much 'j'liey have taken in M. D's., blacksmiths, necdeil. Reverends Hanks and Mc- hiirne*! mitker.s, carpenter!*, coopers, etc.

('lain are both zealous workers in the Also "politics are not s|okcn of in our

cause of their M.vster. meetings." Then if you ignore politics NOW Nivi MINI you, the grangers, claim to be the great moving power which caused the

I't.KtSAXT liti.l.. repeal of the odious salaiv grab law. A writing school w-ill open -ooii.killed tne bear, did wo not, old woman Bro. Joe turns me over to the

open

—The fiood Templars' festival which 1

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-iiok" of in mv la-t. was ,»,stponed to this ,K'ople of our land and nation would

I -hall mention it in ...v

1-rank (\v exhibited their w" tn a well-selected crowd of last week-

rweive ,von

is ^trietlv a farmern'

Lee. I ieo. tender mercies of his Brothers, HutehI,ere ings and Mount. 1 would just say both Ife i- a tanner Ithese gentlemen are having their hands

on the attending to their respective granges, and those anti's, who have them cor-

Let us calmly talk.

eon-ider. There

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1 saved on the dispensation.

(Iransoine-

The night is never too dark nor

too cold or stnrmv. nor the disttince too

^.t what everv man and woman

every time the grange

chool meets. These things tell us there is some motive which prompts tl.em to

M. K. church is "«t such inclement weather as

we have si-en them. Close obser vation

teaches u- it is the excitement of H'H

the r-x.t of all ovil. I

^''SWMslal shower ot blessings

,lu'-v

receive were concerned in ual salvation.

-Sunday Schools and

empty -eat- at I ne aeaileniv last week. ,i 1 emperancc lias lieeh lo-t sight of in the among Ihev skipped out without paying their I

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"tidal wave. l-rom grange statistics

weclij) the following in regard to sewing

machines, their actual cost when put on the market: Wheeler

UIR1 UZ U1(1 BE

were 1 We hear ot men in Iowa [,

night. lin. Joe.

very painful but is getting better. On Saturday last the ca-tern bound passenger train was thrown from the track two miles this -ide of Colfax. The result was a coach sina-ched to pieces and a gnod scare for pa-sengcr-. Xo one A. was seriously hurt which was the Strangest part of the allair. —W. X. Howers and family start for

!lsl Uv

dangprously ill. r. Thomas is also in a ________ Critical condition. vt'l'.. —Some of our most prominent young

men got. slightly elevated one night last week, but not on the subject of religion. —Steve had a very rugged walk last Sunday night. Very good, Steve, none but the brave deserve lhe fair. —Taylor McCowan, one of our carjicn-

Corvdon, in this

State. ''V —Th.^ I.ylle Hro-., of Creenwood, have al last finished their magnificent rcsi-

cord .vood and fine horses. He is one of

per acre. X. H. IKKI S. our most experienced traders. I should _____________ not be surprised if he would lake a rib Hl.tFOltlt KTATIO.W smic of these days.

I —Krank (Sill will sell from his entire stock of goods during the month ot Feb-

rl,llr''

his store at

i/w/ nnd 10 }er rent., for rash or trade.

(lllld th, nulT llme

lvo

lTAI.0

Biu.

|»ARI.IS«TOX

before every county convention held in lncetimts te were old Montgomery. Kver since the liepubli-1

.jQ^H churchcs in this place. Daily!

1()1. a

j,as|

j()1 a ull lst !lt

getting s-S.o'J ewt. lor hogs gio.v by ohip- 11)r.(],ir d,,. oecassion spoke of mighty ping them to Georgia, l-armers of old 1 t|1iM!r

.Montgomery would have been satisfied i„„i ,1,,, rn,,,,.,!

—Several bids have been put in fori!?11"'®11'"" at'this place, as a brainles: the mail route, from the Station to l'ota--vet. Xotwiihstanding thi- thcy-i live to Creek. Il is not determined who the move and have their being. ir next mail boy will be. minds me of the statements made by —A few ilavs since w'hile working on "Hummer" that there is no organization a sled, William Powers cut his knee of anti-grangers at thi» place. I will say

mi ugly gash which ha- been

Illinois next week which they expect to.,

their future home.

rr»»iu uti»t h--

The protracted uieetingal this pljiei»' -"'»flf.,4„rj0 bought from Job 11 c'o-ed on la-t Tuesday nigh! with only stewartaiieworg.au. His daughter two additions. They were immer-ed on ju^( .,,(l through Sunday last near 'Squire .le--e'sby Klderl ], 1,

taking tnu.-ic

-I'hilip Saidla i- -lowly reeoverin'r from an attack of lung fever. —John Lancm has not retunu-d to the Station yet. We hope, lie is recovering from his wound.

I'rom appearance^ I think we wiil ills and

iave

did not a _'ree on the liuures. If they do' |K(VS ,r(t ,.iVgcr for the fray. not trade they 11 template building. )],] Potato Creek has bee.il on a high 1-aac Rouih, one of our citizens, is.

!ei^hin^r yel. The

—John Hugelheini is on a Hying visit to Illinois. —John W. l'erty an experienced teacher has been employed by the Trustee to teach the remainder of the term in District Xo. 15 (Watkim'.) Mis Sirring has also been employed to teach a short term iu District Xo. I.

—An Itidiiinnjxtlis drummer succeeded in disposing of a bundl of worthless traps one evening of bust week. Will Edwards, of the firm of Edwards, Martin & Co., was the purchaser. Will proposes to retail the contents at granger prices.

ttin.

uiv

'which was his prixilcge j»Hstor. The wotk is still going

on with full congregation? in attendance

the work. A.stranger could not discover, looking on, but what they were all of the same religious family. What a blessed thing for the world it will lie

w()( lU hu imv uv

oglnas for lolne

C0I sunit

bini

ler

broken down politi-

,l to see that in this great upheaval

much talked of, there is a majority of

I understand Jap will send in his "words of wisdom" next week. —Jackman Aldridge, grocers, are doing a line business. It is rumored that the fair widows buy there. Jerry is quite a draw. X. Sni.i..

SIIAWONDAM.

by fcrill i(llls

„j

half as deeply )y

otilv hall a

be crowded. What large rc|iort.- from prayer meetings

Wilson, jdo.oO

Singer, I large size), $1-1 Domestic, $lo Howe, $7.00 Weed, S^.oO. 1 have heard several grange speakers speak iu regard to those same machines. Their '1 story wa- from twenty-four dnllars to forty dollars. (lentlemcn, compare! notes. I'lea-e for the sake of the order hereafter tell the same tale to we can

The grangers at a public meeting a

iorioiis terms ot the new jj,hts since installed their oflicers.

W|[s

llu

I. 1-. WAI»I-.

l'resbytcrian

|, under the direction o! llev.

will use their

c,|Wum|tion only—and

them, and u.-e their religion to

he people of every na-1

kim rw lim

tongue on liml's far

Then would the millenium

come. I —Our school closed last week, and. 1 presume to the satisfaction of all parties. There was a good attendance ofpo":!'the entire term. The tethers. Mr. Hurler and Miss Kinmons, ..cqu'ttCij themselves with much credit. —Our Township Trustci a model one, and the people think they can do no better than to make him hi- own successor, unless, indeed, the people of the county should want him lor m-'r'* important trusts, in which event otiUl submit to be deprived of his ,-ervices. He would be the "right Bower" for the people in file Legislature.

good

—The health in this vicinity is and the doctors are not happy. —Muddy roads are doing the work mi various proposed gravel leading from his village. The village dads are thinking of levying a tax on the citizens for the purpo-e of building plank sidewalks along some of our principal streets and alleys hut the ''dear people" are afraid of a "Tammany ring." —Ma-ter Charlev l.afoilette was bit-

wind roads

i,llM

(lea( a

doi? iin eck

t|r hmW |i|s wn a t( rror t|u

ii lll irllll0ll br ver VPar mt tht

0|f

llcl I)iUv 15earii |1()W

a (he lllitf lliB|lw nv thnl|t fpar

(Je

l.afollette sold Mr. 1-Mwnrds,

1 ti(i oulllVi lirlv fl ur hrp£l

y( |r iM !oer at pe

1 :ir

1 to their souls tier-!, ,• be weighed on thelith ot llow our churches would

hundred to

Kebruarv and

thirty hogs at $• per hundred. —The grangers and ami-grangers held debate at Hurd's school house on the! ^litli of January. The anti-grangers are highly elated over what they claim victory, but we would say to the gentle-' men, it's only borrowed for a short time, —Madame Kunior savs one of our farmer princes will soon lead one of Mother Kvc's fair daughter- to the hynienial alter. We wi-h tliein all the happiness imaginable. —Jap

CII has a new cook—

weight S pounds.

JOHN SMITH.

YV.Mll'.K.TOVV.N

interesting scene. The

informed us that the gran-j

gers had caused the repeal of tl:..- 110-

with *•». t.ieorgia woulil have saved torious .-ahirv law and had con 'il-i onthecwi. and some on freight. Good lhe

x«,rth

AI K.-I II. now shake hands aero-s IH« bloody J. 'i1) 'L' !..i chasm. He also stigmatized the little now I.Its' si Ai nix. oand of anti-grangers who have an or

and South, so thai they can I:

there is an org inizalion here which has tweuty -ix members composed ol a-good

men as there arc in the county, and has

a full set of ofllcer.-, consisting of 1'resi- I

—The Station is to lose one of its lie.t they are pursuing. lhe grangers were j" V^ V, "Vie- illu'.-sits' a S a a id a a is on ii it

1 1 0

Spring, a loss which will be much ticed especially by his neighbors. —The Allen Hrothcrsare feedi 111 about

forty head of cattle this Winter. The 1 boys know how to make money, Ht. A

W 1 I it if I I I

1 :l fil'M ol' l'» My

E. Hills & Co.

Will f.-ll I'll

A S O W O O

1 l'lirclms^d

Aii-l 111 11

I A 1!

TEX

S ilomon," uf Xew Ho-is, was seen on our streets last Thursday. It is supposed he is negotiating for Leinmon"aid" stand near the I., H. & W. denot »y*ri 11 t" —may success attend your efforts, "Sol." —The striking stone loaders have

FEI.IX.

Woilll'll

(X)TTON GOODS

»n niHuuJ.oM 'li 'I

PER CENT.

nl pt

i'ew.

)Ofl i-

"1'"ll"'1

sumcd work al increased wages. "I'ioll, I" —Jay Faust is our champion fox! hunter. The biggest one of the season At very lo« was treed by Jeff Weaver and caught by 1 __ Frank last Monday morning. WHOLES

A IJKI

Vf iuMti Hlmt wo i)

ariJ 0ngraved

dent., Vii-e-1'resiiienf, Secretary. Treasurer, Sergeant-At-Arins, Chaplain and Door Keeper. iCight persons have sent-j 111 XOWTIIIt. in their names praving to lit admitted.

Theyexdude none.- but grangers. The QJfl Male $ ClOO^S NBW!

following utiestiou wasilebatcd on Mon-| day night the iiitli in-t.: "Resolved tiial' Hcds Made Soil, Clean and Healfhy. the grangers are justifiable iu the course ,.(..

gangers ue ju.-unmiM.- ... nn: l-,e mi'

Judges, lhe (|Ue.-tion was decided in I

favor of tin

n»%rativ«\

WOOL.

», 1 if»'f 1 I'.'liiiiA tn tlu jmli-

was decided in ill A XT.

rs. 1 rout, J111 ti aiKl IutIm' :is uv v.I. nn'ur.l.

1 1 1 1 1 1 I

0llltll

Exchange.

1MUCES.

Cull and See I

R. 31. HILLS & CO.

MARBLE WORKS.

all the time. Quakers, Methodists, New- 3l(milIlUMltS, Toilll)S, llmUlstOUCS, Tablets, &C. lights and Presbyterians, all engaged in 01' LlllCSt DCSigllS. the most biotherly and sisterly way in

N»'v«'r Isttt o,n**n"i .lri*^'*l

LESS Roses. SliriililH'1'y, Kvcrijrct'iis,

MARBLE WORKS

N l.t Oltl'.KX .STItKKT.

CR V^'FORDS\ I I.I.I- IIVIX

Fiiu JIarbl«, Xivr Wurk tuul Lou I'l'iccs.

Wln-11 jM-ilillri I I'll I'M iliTH ihi lilH-i M»rl.|r, 'In l»-lt. v.oi U, or ill IoiviM' |ini-i' Uli'lnlii-r ih nt In- ii i- |'i-l»lL»-r- t,iit i' JMM f"i- 111• *-. t.»1U "ini' iiii'l M-I-.

O O S

TlHS PLACID TO BUY

(Jootl, Reliable Dry Uooils ('heap, is ail

JS KAST WASlll'(jiTON STRKl^T.

Stock Always Large and Attractive!

PltH'ES »I.WAY'S illFi LOWEST.

WE HAVE MERCHANT TAILORING AND DRESS MAKING DEPARTMENTS.'

OrdorN SoIioilCMl ami I'rompllj' Mvcctiled.

Remem'.'cr (bi K. W'ashiiit ti)n St.. 1 rdia.inpolis. ADAMS A." HATCH. IHU'J'J-1

HAMBURG EDGINGS-

Campbell & Harter

Have received larifP lot of

HAMBURG EDGINGS,

Emtroderies, Jaconets I Inserting,

FROM 7 CENTS A YARD UP.

jTho Best Bargains That Have Been Of

fered For Years.

JEWELRY STORE

III OIl I'otttoflico Itooui.

fcv'jrvtlilii.u: itiit! Direct from tht* Manufacturers & Importers

AMERICAN AND KOIUiIGN WATCHES

lliniiiuntls. IT,

^.nSTHD SILVER W-A-IR/E,

0,0 .|..-o.,,v- tin C.oIM' ..1 1 ..-1. .Hi «»r-« h»'«i ns»'.|. It nl«r and 01 111^ thi' 1 11•• i" iirjiiiini xl'.'wlj** th4f it r. 1.. 11...

ill wll niiHMi'ivu?» I l-i'N fl«'U 1 •h'-l i'«i^ fi }iu!i o| tii«' tewth'-r-. v»nt' J»s•» *i uill fowl tli** psili- •,sO«-ii I'IIHi'i* «i!' I«y iii« .Miin-r MMILV, MCI mtPii Oi- quiJIy |«:irt nii-'ii HUM. I HI»»HI»I PF Ali iinjnini 11 If t«v «»V lull W til I III- I •'Mill, II' I

ALL GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. All goods

FREE of charge

f-ui.-o'ioiMHily no mi Mim "I l«'iil5icr. W ^uurr:iiili'»/ that vi-ii iv«-.'ivr Ji^i yoiii lull ifiht of

t!»*:•.•«. 'l'o'i«- '•ouvi oin fnir iiits, woonlvM^k you ?o vour

IhmIx

li»*!'ori*

inj n«i"l wh«*n Work oniloil for HIHI iijii.t tl u. :.|| jTirt" of ihv ••oiintiy. Itfilf iio»n-| r»'turu»*«l t'.v '•tuiH' «la\ if n.M-»*i-^«r .Ail work wrtrrnnt«' u» jg turn orno JIMV.

It'-novaliu^ l»»'»i:, ini-r.hl'u^ pillow-, tn'U?« |w i-li"«l f.»rllfty« ohm «\\tn. Nr.* fi-k- lunii-h-' I, whon tlf-irfil, •*t low rnt^n. All onlers l» 10. Sf-.ir »n«l 'oiintv

nmil promptly st i:hi- for \. M.riONKI.L. nl •*iii. Nut IOJIMI 11 iii-f, 'r^'.vior.ifi VI l"»l.

FHUIT TREES

A. J.JIOVAI TV, i.r*i.»n

'FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES,

II«'«lHO. («rc('llll(lllsc2111(1

»l

I I I S

(iltAI

IX S

t1 «'.t foi'rts^'l lie

IimI.

«*tiil I'^r I'rict* Li^l. .'

REAL ESTATE.

A. (". JENN1S0N,

Jj^al Estate Agent,

JVo. 2li l-V. Main street,

(•R\WK"Itn8VII.I.K. INI'.

11. II. WADi:.

JEWELRY STORE. S

.1£ Ac 00.*».

OLD AND RELIABLE

an experienced Engraver.

VANSICKLJ': & OO.

T~-

ACE NTS WANTED

3 1

iti7.»*n» ot 'r.'i\v-

tin? 1m*si uii'i H'-l rlMuinjs

'I «T

li 1 A' il nriitii:o»-* ti Mtn iior «.i h«rw i-.-. All »U'i Jii 11-•»!»• »||J •i-rl'.'l lull-. il'-H'T-ku-'I fn#ni 'Vi'i'" ntji} all 'hstv orji «O il niul till* t«*»tlKT' 111 thoroughly j»nnti»'i! I»y t)i«* niitl only iji-int'fi'iiinf, «h o.inrir.«T HhI 1 •»'. Sic in. \V t»t-r»* Mi 1 111t:«l«' 1 ll'MO t'olll heil* lilOV HI'* til#' o| mo-t ills ol Northern irl'llO'. We rl«»:in«»- ••il! Mf.irili-4 i|«J»ni:il oii.-o a 111«' 11 liv n" din li»*i?» n'nr 111• O I I f« -it)ior l« 1 h»"*ii toriiM-r ln:IU. T.'t' .v will t\' inJ!'l'»"l, li^ht r« i• I IMI'IVMUI h-* wh**l» lii,H',:inl ill'*' lilir rhwitii'tl ijUiil**. Try tIK* oo" ami »«n«i l»«* ronvin«'1? l". rii.-fit ihr ih« lor of i.i^ fi-r. your h- nlth, J*inl Hn\«• yoirr fi«un hr-iiuc moth

TO H20 B'RIK DAY NI:I.H' ii Wt'wiiiii niiMi, «omon, hoy?* :«n«t irl- nil over llio rouulry

1 0

m-II our Km"

l«'»*l l"!iii«rrivini». •'iiroipoi, C'lityon I-'mu-nj»-, iliuniiiuitions. l'hoioi»r«pliM. rt-.-., ft'*.

NIIIH tlu'linoii u«*-ortnont ov*r phi'-i" 1 in ii

II.IWM lis \»V H* to ih'fv :'!l I'ompotition. Nfton.»

1 1 1

-T.for pr«*mMini-.tfivii»u p:'|(*r

or,,f

ti. j.-i pi.'turo t**r «'tii j»i''tm.'S nr..I Irnrmtii our jiri^i--. W*!r»v»» inuny «"'hi v, tu lv tor u«. who hnvo iiroh1 o1' omu-. |.i|.»*i. ol «hoT hii^im^^ for veiir-. th«'\ :ilI r.-pon fh-tt rh»' "mi ui'iKo niHfh iiinnMn«nf :»t vvui i«m' 11** th'oi ut nuvth 11*1 x! I* "tr |»i !!(.• so IOM Iluii III I run :iUfpl 10 pr.rrhKsr :in-:K.-i.-r.»r.. Ill- |.i,-t:ir.'J —II nl "istu al"""'1 1 vi-rv hiu-«». %»*w hfjiiiiHT'* 7" 7 who hnv«* If-1 I. *|'»m M'lico, lor our hivintinii -uhi«M*tn :nl h»v\ prii***-1 :ippro«,i»t»*-l o» To l:tr««- .»!•?« ov.-i\uln*ro all »n U=tto rill i* 1.1 -I:tw thf pi' tun-- fr«-ltl hOU-J' lioU^ I• ii*t lo il toi rNvuhfi'.' until y-»u h-sw nuh:«t an-n! t:..|iiiMMni»ut- v.o otK*r 11) li IIIHIH'I. \V»- il 1VO not

pj«,i"»

(irainiM's

to •••Vpl'UU

hoi»-. '"U »-»'n«l u- voor it'l.|i'- tori wr will -flifull rl -uln|, fj »•••, hy mill. I 'on't «I I ",l usiut p-.-fUHl.:,' work {or youi" I'-isui*' hour.-, "i lor wlioU' Now i- »1 J:ivor:iM«'* "J"1" to in tin- l»u»iii**'ur ph-iuro* rt'y

tini-i :-:».| iu *-t pIiM-inn in thi-' oimtry. »'io •'•«|oi»i .1 hv all ih«- li'iiiim p.iju'i'*. iu-'luottu: N«»w Voi "I'ho-o who c-mmot i»ivi« Uu iu*««ilK'ir»*t|t .r«* i11•'u11oti work up th«ur iv* lofrillllf* Hill tltnkf h:lll.|-Olll« fHlil

.«U'

l"'J

vi'r W'inu iw- from h"in«» .«• ni^ht. who WMMl ph'^^jml, pt'oll I 'I i* »lllploVtll. Jl wifljoiii ii-Uitij ••apit.il, U«l i:.* lin

'ir

H'U^r•,s•''

oji''' i*i• I I• *:»r11 .11 »1."lit thf lu-in.-«.«. toi

I'm-"

„.|VM. liKOHUK STINSON A (-0., I'uMi- 'T

A I N E S

Tl! WIN TON & SONS.

(Jlnztcrs.

frescoing I'liiin unit Oriiiiiiii-ntnl. ...... KALSOMINISd AMI 1'KNCIIIX'

For tin-lr»de.

Hop, in McClelland "'V1!'