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

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CH A W KOKOSV 11XK, MAI:. 1*74.

A ltunt'CTioN of ilie I'ublie debt '.o tho extent of two and a half millions of dollars was made during the month of

February.

Till". House of Uejuesentatives lia-

lassod a bill unanimously for a pension of f.'O per month for the widow of General Oanbv.

'I'm: celebrated Ticlibome e.ise, wliu-li has been on trial in l.njzland for several months, was concluded la-it

Saturdav.

The claimant was sentenced to inipris-1

onment for fourteen years,

perjury.

A srMMAHY of the work accomplished news of what the women are doing in in Ohio up to the beginning of the pre^- many sections throughout the land. It cut week shows eleven towns in which has often occurred to my mind, why do selling has been entirely stopped not the women of Crawfordsviile eom-

liquor and over fortv in which from five to twenty-six places have bet ed. The

SI-EAKIM of the Orange as a ptditieal

organiziilion. the Chicago Tribune pointedly remarks: "We are opposed to secret political organizations as a matter of principle. We preler the Republican party, or even the Democratic party, to "Kitny parly of grips and passwords that ever was or ever will

Ve.':

T\\''''ranges'

in I'.artholomew county

have passed strong temperance resolutions. Thcv pledge themselves to co-operate with the ladies in thcircrusade against the liquor traffic, to discontinue business intercourse with men opposed to this movement, and to vote fur no man V-vhois not an avowed temperance man.

Tin*. House bill to restore '.he franking privilege in part, by providing for the iree distribution of certain public documents anil the free circulation of newpapers in the county where published, was dcfca'.e 1 by a small majority last Thursday. everal unstu-cessful etlorts

ltive -Slice ieen in:uU» to hrinjf ilu

cjtit

atorv movement now sweeping over the country as interference with the rights of liquor sellers. If the present nwvi-

.mean.

newspapers within the counties where luiblished. Heretofore this ha* been foroidden,— WiiliniiHj, ,rt

INK of the resolutions adopted by a convention of so-called reformers in Iowa

a few days ago reads as follow s:

That we are in favor of politi

cal reform, and to that end we demand honesty, economy and puri'v in official life.

The beauty of this is that it i- -ueli a resolution as any political convention, Democratic or Republican, could adopt without hesitation if the circumstances

One astute member of this venerable ..'body displayed hi- appreciation of the importance of the proposition, am his, ollieial courtesy to the gentleman addressing the hoard.by retiring lrom the council room in the midst of the argilinenl. sagely coneluiluig, probably, llnit a half hour's sleep ol a city father was of more moment than a proposition involving the outlay of a paltr.i hundred thousand or so by non-ii -idents for ihe bene

fit of Crawfordsviile.« llts The proposition w.i- made by a director of the L., C. iV S. W. Railway, and 111 purport was as follows:

The llollv Waterworks Company propose to build waterworks at a convenient jM)int on Sugar Creek, lay four miles of piping, with a capacity of 1,1)00,1)00 gallons per day, furnishing an abundant supply of water to the' whole city at about five dollars per year for each "family securing thereby" the location at Crawfordsviile of the machine shops of the L., 0. & S. W. Railway, which will require a large quantity ot water, daily, and will pay to the city a fair price for the same.

For all this the company does not re

quire the direct outlay of one dollar of

,, X' 4 on llio bon.k but torm a linking fuml tho nr-uli- ..I Ut- oxi"mm-.' in oiliov »J (,/ I

iV A liioh wuul'l extinguish tlu »lcll witlun societies upon Milsoury. 'lheie is 110 doubt of tlii" fact that numbers and B.fllcCAINand J.T.TALBOT EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.

the twenty years. I might say much about the advantages accruing from such a scheme tho great security lrom loss by tire, the eomtort to be derived from so easy a method of sprinkling our dusty streets i:i tho chokina heat ot .Summer: tho securing of •start'' in the way of machine shops, which »ill attract other enterprises to the further develoimeut ol our truly wonderful, but unappreciated, resources, lint thi would consume time, and really be an insult to the intelligence of any business man, except, perhaps, a "I ouu-

ciimatt." 'I-

Tin* Ti'iiiim'I'iuiim' T'

1 am "lad to see that the noble women

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a charge of this State are grasping tne great whisky problem, that by their action all the papers are teeming with glorious

not mence working in this crusade? 1 see in last week's A'rriYv where many of the sa-

work evervwhere is iroimr on vigorously. Joon keepers had been interrogated. ... ... These noble gentlemen, who seem to be 1 nr. price ot collee is higher than ever viti/.erthink those women before known in this country, which

great law o( supply and demand, the as. sertions of the Tree Traders to the contravv notwithstanding.

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shows that the tniill' hasn't anything to ,^ ,.

do with the cheapness or dearness ol the article. The price is regulated bv the

unending to their

l„. tofore.

who have ever been opposed to the agitaalwavs

I the temperance question let moral suasion

sail

When that i- being tried, and so far has proved a success, they claim that singing and praying is di-orderlv conduct. I say let the women oi the land push oil from victory to vietorv. l.et the ministers do their duty let every man, woman and child offer up their humble petitions to a throne of mercy, that this glorious

crusade may never end until the liiauulaciure and sale of intoxicating liquors are prohibited within the limits of the Vnited States no, not until it '.is eradi. cate 1 from the face of the earth until the name, ardi-nr S/'IJi(-s, \vi 11 lx*ooiiie thing of the past. I.et us stand shoulder to 'houlder. O

si:« itf.T soil rt is

Nf\\ Object i«i» (armict'i'* I'rotmblo KIIVCIH OH

Nearly every newspaper in the land ha~ something to say about the secret order of I irangers. Much is said and ritten. and something sung, at the present time, about Orangers. Tlrs is all very propvr. Kvcrv new institution coining before the community deserves the *e\ r- even ill •erutiny as to its principles, its objects believe ks to exhibit comprehensive views, a few pipi

tion again before the House. The news-i est papers are divided on the question of and the modes by wh:ch it s,? free circulation in the county where pub- the former and.accomplish the latter, li«hcd. could no but be expected that various gance. "i 'opinions should obtain in regard to this| I he est ma led cost ol the lulernalion-

Till- Indianapolia .It.iti il notes that institution. Men differ ui*m all subjects, al Kxhihitioii, il paid /wr ni/iitu. would little remarkable that the very and, most of all, will they dilfer uiion be twenty-five cents each, with a dividend very denounced all class of people who hnv legal measure- against intemperance and with novelty, and demanded that the friends of temperance knowledge previous confine their elibrt.- to "moral suasion," their opinions must are ioudlv denouncing the great reform- «*«!. Sunetiines the

mcn form upon any given subject may bcaceoiinted for by the better acquaintance of si,me. and ihe. .more imperfect

metils is not. based on ''moral suasion." it knowledge of otiieis. would be hard to tell what those words! I be iraugcrs propo and eo/iimerce be a Secret organi/aLioii.

The pn-sent .-fate of the public mind in

Tin: I master Oeiierai ha- aiithoriz-: re-jar to secret societies i- unprecedented free traii-portatiou of weekly tlnir popuhiiitv unpnialb-led in the

The ItijxihUr'Ui'' knowledge of the. inatter is slightly faulty. In the fir-t place the Po-tnin.-ter i.ieneral ha» no: authoriiy to act in the inatter. It be-' loni'- entirely .to C-'iigres-. That l«idv Slot yet having provided -ueh free tran-portation, postage will be cHarged and collected 011 all newspapers a- has been done since the first of last ,Iulv.

lii-torv of the country. And vet.

be arre-'.td and the political atmosphere purified, it cannot be done without a se-

liowevsi, tuat u-uallv sees and denounce.- j. exceedingly uufortii'i.'itc. Il is flooding the corruption of the age. j, (,-inds of material not lit for

tVllllTHOrlit.

Stupidity is generally conceded to be '.he c.-seiitial qualification of a "City Council,"' and it could hardly be expected that the functionaries of our city -liould prove an exception to tin- general rub-. Nevertheless, few of us were prepared to expect, even from "Oounciliiien," -uch complete indifference to au important proposition, materially alleetiiiir the Culture growth of nir city, as that which was accorded to the I lolly Waterwork-" scheme.

building, not of the light shape. of slleh

our tmiMing. not of tin.' r: .Nor ha.- it any of the mark workmen upon it as produce s|icciuien» that would come together in our edifice without til. aid of metal tools. There is great dangi of the beautiful proportions of our edifice being dc-troyed by this badly wrought material. Letter use tiie rough a-hlcn ju-t from the quarry in

their rude

Mid

natural state, and square

and number tliein with your own tools, than the-e specimens, the product of those who work by a dillcrenl kind of' architecture from ours, and consequently not lit for any art of our building. When you make Masons, do it out of raw material, and not lrom that which has been used for some other purpose, so

that when they are finished they may be all Masons, head and heart, and not half one thing and half another, and really nothing after all. It is 110 part of our business to object to secret societies of which we have but little acquaintance, but we have always thought that membership in one secret ociety,

persuaded by a friend, and so on lo another until he has gone the entire round,

and fllm

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Crawfordsviile money, but propose-* to 1 take §50,000 in city bonds at ten )er j1as the climax of his ambition, and by cent, payable in tenor twenty years, at this time, instead of being willing to the option of the city. 'I lie amount ac- learn, or supposing that a person of his cruing from sales to families and 10 the

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)experience

above mentioned machine shops, as well ,, a* other machinery, the proprietors of ""I--1 himself lip a- a teachei, ami which would avail themselves of such i8 not unfrequently found heartily en-

needs to learn anv-

united action will enable the Grangers to

change tho channels of trade Mime, and although it may cause momentary interruption to some old established usages, we think it will eventually result in but

little pood or prosperity to the Nation, for there is this general principal underIvir.g the whole structure, that the pros

perity of the laborer in any of the legitimate pursuits of life. i= a guarantee of the prosperity of all.

I'ol.fAX. I lid. .lollN MllVHI.i.l..

i.irrii.it ntun rini..vi»i:i.i'niA.

j.Tlir CI1 letmlnl Aihnmnl SUHtr I'ropiirnlloll ludlnilll luh'ri^t III II Ulillrimil Mullein.

I: It' !-uinnl.A copy of your paper received to-day reminds me ot my promise to send you

an occasional letter lrom the Centennial City. First, then. I desire to say to my

friends at home that the prospect are by no means so dark as declared by some would be oracles located in New ork and other cities, jealous of the prominence already secured to the city on account of our grand National festi\ul ill 1 S7i

It cannot be diiiied that the course oi many of the metropolitan journals lias in a degree embarassed the work of prcpara

do the' work. ti°!',.vet notwithstanding this the work has j^/., ..

gone steadily forward, ami we are now in better condition than any similar enterprise ever held in the world at a date two years previous to the opening.

The underlying element ol trust is in the people of" the I'nited States, and to them we propose to appeal in order to secure the success of this grandest enterprise of our country.

The shallow cry of those who oppo-e the centennial is its cost, which cry reminds me only of the economy ot the mail who walked ten mile.-: to -ave forty cents railroad /"are. 'i fie fact is the IIIternational Kxhihitioii of l*7o will be the best investment ever made in America. The direct returns from it will pay the nitioiMl in two generations,' and tlut is as soon as the most

sanguine financier ever dared hope.' 1 Indiana alone needs one hundred millions (d' foreign capita! to develop properly her invaluable mineral re.-oiirce-i and there is no way by which we can so readily secure the capital as by a full and complete representation at an International Exhibition. And yet we have. our State, which I am proud to is second to none in broad am! which xtrava-

It talk of the centennial use!

upon

those which come before them inve-t..d of at least fifti I about which their outlay of to the formation of necessarily be limitdiiierent opinions

Hut 1 did not intend to write a centennial article, for I know that every pa pel

to reuui.ue trade in your county and Disiuet favors it. I notice with -pecial interest that the Tide lo St. Louis liln ay has our 1 'oi.

Will-on as I'rc.idcnt. I remember the doubt-, difficulties ntnl triumphs of (.'ol. Willson in the construction of the I. 11 it W.. and I know if this new enterprise successful he wilt aeeoni*

strange to i\. il is but a few years since the days of Know Nothings. Knights of can be 111a the Oo'iden Cin-le and Son- ol Liberty,'. pli-h it. which were au abomination and a stencil Crawford-vilie has a liiiect inleresi in in the public nostril-. Nothing can be the completing of this great rival line done now. it would -eem. without them, from Toledo to St. Louis, and I hope she

If the pool of tie- land are to be fed and will act toward- thi- work with tiie eiiclothed it mils! be done by a secret »o- lightened liberaliiv of former days. cicty. Is llic inebriate to be reclaimed Oreat injustice i-often done lo railroad and a are so, nothing is because all 1 re-ults will an-wer the puriwi-e but a secret so. preilictcd are not immediately realized. ciety. Is corruption in public oflices to After the connections, which inii.-t be made in time, are completed, we shall be situated on four of the tno-t important cret society. 1 liev, it would seem, arc lines in the Stati to-wit: Indiitna|H,lis considered by both male and female as m,,] the great e-t, Louisville and the lily means by which all that is dc- lakes, Detroit and New Orleans, and sirahlecan be accomplished and all that .'Toledo and St. Louis. A city with ciirht is evil averted. '1 hey are the universal lines of railw ay diverging lo all the great panacea by which not only man, hut commercial points will be one of nomuidL woman kind, i- to be redeemed, regener- cnnse*iURncc in ihe future development atcd and di-euthralled. The our State. Our county map i- not cipallv piictinionia ami bad cold-.

uited. It is the party out of power, ,i,-^ p,„, ti, instiiutioii of Masonry comji.'ele without the T. it St. I... and —The ides of March have conic, and

our obligation a.- citizens of ('rawlbrds-i ville to generous Ripley should stimulate

11- vet further to do our dutv. LL.

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I. IIVI'M A.M MISHAPS.

guage. Sophouioricid language and flighty sentences sound well, but it is not that which is remembered. It is the thousht, not the words, that we like to .:• have men carry home with tliein. The

great an ini'.ux from those ephemeral ill- son i- on,, of ihe best orators in college, somebody will be involved. The excitestitutions. An individual acquires a Hi- miluiulness in lone and in mien was

taste for secret societies by being admit- pleasing to all. Tie chief trouble with ncv is still heavenward. ted into one oT tliein, not by his own the oration was that it was not con-! Iranger .lolin 1$. irons wa.- seen on free will and accord, but by being over- den-ed enough. In other words, lie in-i

facilities, would not only pay tiie interest I gnged in nttempting to engraft .some of these orations the real, prnetleal «-nl)- term clones next week with N public ex

North Carolina college, and

--.-nice our items did not up|ear last week, we will only make a few remarks concerning the contest debate, which took place l'cb. ll». A good audience was in attendance. The exhibition, however, did not sati-fv our expecta- ,lnte on the subject, and

jects which are cho-wii. The -tudeiils of hibiti-n. The tcacliv-i-*. have iven i-u-to-day feel at liberty to discuss and criti- tire satisfaction.

cise any ineu.sure which may come up. —An aged mail, who is fast approachOld, threadbare subjects arc not 'l'"*- itii^ liis tliree .-core and ten. is reported cus-ed as often as many would suppose. i„ having the choleta iiit'uiituni. l'uor This plan of discussing living subjects can not fail to make more practical men —."?inock lint., the tile factory men.

than college graduates would be wilii

only their text books to refer to. Wei need the application of principles aweli as theory. --K. M. Stevenson has lett college on account of his health. It is doubtful whether lie can ever accomplish one of

for the same reason, lie expects to rcturn again if his health will permit. There are several others complaining, —l'rof. While's lecture on "lloelhc's l'a.ist" is acknowledged to be one of the

most entertaining ol the season. The audience was not large, but a very attentive one. The lecture was opined with the Faust legend. Then the characters of Faii t, his servant, Mephistophele Martha, and Margaret are

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introduced

Fatist, the hero of the drama, i- a student eager for the acquisition of knowledge which is beyond his grasp. Deserting his studies, he sells himsell to the Devil, Mephistopheles, and gives his lile to the search of pleasure. Margaret was the heroine of the work, while Martha is her friend, who, with worldly shre.wd-

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the audience with a description ol the work, its import, its relations to real life, being, as he expressed it, "a drama not .if r! man, but of man.'' The lecture was, interwoven with many quotations, which rendered it beautiful as well as profitable. The real beauty of the lecture. however, is to be found in his jerfeet conciseness and harmony ol lan

guage. l.ast Sunday afternoon Uev. Mr. Caldwell lectured to the students, in the :i(i.-eMcc nf Dr. 'I'll11le.

ituii

Hie school of this place will close next Staturday, il being only a five' months school. Prof. Martyn will move

ba'd to Crawfordsviile, where it is expected he will enter into the practice of law, as he wa admitted to the bar last

Spring. We wish him success. Among our enterprising farmers we may mention Isaac Miller II- the cham

pion hog rai*r. lie had sixty ol' the best hogs that went into Chicago last Kail, and al-o has good lot now.

Win. l-'.ddingfield i.- teaching a very good school I No. IIiulo. He is a

cents, making a net

hn nnh to each person in the

State and Nation. What do von s.-iy to this useless extravagance'.' "Who cares for expense-, give us three cents' worth of candy and the balance of the nickel in peanuts!"

voiiii^ man who will some day make his mark in the world. Perhaps it would he well to say that he is a graduate of l_Jreenwo.nl. —Noah Lynn contemplate* building a new house next Mimmer.

I ranger- are., .carce. in tin -e "diggin's." 1'he literary society I'ounded at this place by Prof. Martyn ••:.s disbanded.

l, "otxlU r-" ot wt.o-l.

Ill \'*K KAI.I.I:.

11.1)111.

K. Uudisil, widely ami gen rally

kiio'wu a- a learned and elo.|Uent mini--ter o! the Lutheian church, died at his

besides

being

a thorough Pdhlical scholar was l-o a very well read phy-iciau, but 1 believe he never practiced. When young, he was tie-line.-t looking man I ever-aw, and the mo-t finished elocutionist I ever Ii--1 tened to. It was always a matter of snr-! prise to me that a 111:111 of hi- 1 on-unimate ability should spend his life so obscurely, for in learning he ranked with your own

Irs. White and Tuttle, and in eloquence with a Heedier or Morton. —The only daughter ol our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. N. W.

with tiiciu

Orinics,

died

week before las! of consumption —Meloy Anuuerinan, only son of' Richard Annnerinan. is dangerously ill with consumption. —Considerable sicklies- prevails, prin-

:i vast amount of moving

which 1 cannot keep the run ol.|J»g'y Karui hands command from i*l to

20 per month with harvest wage-. —The line of the Toledo i»i. Louis 'road, as run by the engineer-, leaves Alamo in the cold, and runs t.vo miles

north of that town. It i- no exaggeration to say that the curses of the Alamo people are both loud and deep. Two meetings have been held loindignale and llollld llic

lions. Ihe fir-t oration, "Individual- company proceed to build tin* road on i.-ni, did not do ju-tice to the subject or tlio present line a strom.' effort, backed Into the speaker, lie seemed lo lack intjlcniv of' funds, will be made to have preparation. His thoughts were good had lie presented them ill common lan-

the tax -et a-idc. The feeling again-l Col. Willson is bilter, a- it was on bis reiterated proi!tisen that Alamo slu,uhl be a point that the lax wa- voted

next thing in order was a debate upon

.*" This also lacked in life, one of Western tour, looking pretty much athe essentials ol a good debate. Mr. ore. He reports himself much Cory wat the mo-t concise speaker of the „ith the country.

and that attended to as it ,-hould be, was evening. The other three debaters pre- \i. Washburn, M. D., is home about as much as a person should seek, sentcd ideas that needed proof in order the lectures, and will shortly go in It is very certain that a member cannot to be of advantage as arguments. It ,| ,v-t of a location to practice his "perbe a good and attentive member in all. m.iv sometime be allowable to make f,.etiotiFowler. Hentoii.countv, i.s 1 he

I have been led lo the-e reflections assertions in an oration, but in a debate

from the danger which I conceive exists every point mii-t lie clearly established. Ruad mailers threaleii to di-iurb of the institution of Masonry being us. The subject of the closing oration of the tl„. |«ipulace. Money and whole farms similated to or overslaughed by too livening was "Our Industry." Mr. Wil-

contalil|dii*el

trod need too many of our indu-lrie- lor' Messrs, William-oil Sc Smith nroten minutes speech. t]1 erection of a steam flouring

—Tl.c la-l two H.-itiinhiy inoruin^s

were taken up bv the Juniors in deliver- ^{,01)0

TOM. 1 ATTt.Kr..

l.l\in:x.

Wallace ''.Montgomery''

the question, "Ale the times favorable to 1 j,'n I'lviuouth. the highest excellence in K.nglisli Llera- _w. li. II. has returned lrom his til re

jntilit.

Ki: l'ii:n:i:.

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his greatest desires—that of finishing his course in college. Mr. Ferguson lett

-."soinc lour weeks since, Uev. 11. \V,| Stailbrd comuienccd a meeting at the M. F. church at this place, which up to the present time has resulted in au accession

to the church of HHi per-ons, of winch

quite a number profess conversion. The good work is not confined alone to the M. F.. church, but the other chinches are sharing very largely in it. Some 70 have united with the Chiislian church: also, some with the Haptist. I'liion

praise meetings are frequently held at the different churches, which are participated in by all Christians, and are pro-

1 a

marked elleet on the commu

nity also, are bringing the churches to feel more fully .their, need of concen

trated action. FKASK.

I Kiorn I i"t Thur^lay"* 11. The woolen factory is in full blast'.'

akeslo-.-e to Mephistopheles, tlit-trnt-toa mfctinji at Whitcsville.

There is considerable lung fever prevailing among children. IClder 0. Ii. Wilson is holding a pro-

II. C. lliatt and Margaret Sharp were' married Feb. 12, by Hlder.loel Uidge.

much whiter for them to be about." —-A. 1111 rt comes forward for the .lin

N.W.. Sheep killing dog- int'e-t thi- neigh-

boritoi ,d.

Teutpiar

re- ':c:ice ne.ir .fjc! .in il.'e l.-i-t week.' I-'if 11101 than bit IV years [i,. luis preai-li-ed at li.e church one mile ia-t of Jacksonville, and hi- influence for good in that community i- been iutmeii-e :ii:d very marked, lie w.i- a graduate of a

M'-:S

,t stake, and it is rumored that

.ut is up lo blood heat, and the ten-

ur streets Friday.

mill at this ]Kiint. They a-k a loan of

in original orations, '/"lie debute 1 —Schools are olosiii'.'. ami the literati

tweeu .Messrs. Murray anil Itolli, upon are returning home. the ijiiestioii, "Should students into, An influential gentleman of leisure is Hocicty V" was jus'.ly iip|irecialeil. (luc wanted to solieit sub.-ci iptions for

very marked and pleasiiij feature of Spring term of school. The preBcnt

lo percent, for six years,

Chicago /«/.,-•

I A a weeks ago, to Chicago to attend commercial school, has graduated and teturncd. It is said here that he was oll'ered the management of the college, which he declined to accept.

2:'.o in

stalled •Micer- Ia-t Sal unlay night. II. Lair I, of the King farm, vc- :o llilisboro. .Ino. L. Mc' 'lure, of Pleaant Hill, take- hi- place on the farm. --The To.vn-hip Trn-tee ha- n.iw supplied every -ehool house nearly all, if not •entirely) with a wood house. So 110 teacher need keep a co',.1 school house I.UI account of wet wood. 1". M. Oregory is now an ageli! f'-ir the

nn at this place.-

All desiring a good and cheap paper wiil do well lo subscribe. He is also workiliL' for the .InlT'.N A I., the best county paper in the State. 1 --Tiie friends of the lieiard Pros. here were surprised on hearing that they had purchased the Lebanon /'ulrr^r. They are old residents of this place, and arc known to all our citizens as enterprising men, and it is known that they will

make their paper a success. Perhaps it will not be out ot place to tell a little joke 011 the elder. W. ('., which happened about a year ago. lie was visiting a well known family in the-e parts, and while! at till'-upper table (an editor's favorite: place he noticed a plate of eggs, as lie. thought, ju-t Hack of l.is plate, boiled, -hell oil, ail ready for devouring. The' editor made a pas- at one of the largest, and, without examination, hid it in his life-giver and brought his grinders down upon an onion at a terrible velocity. At this moment the editor WIIS much affected. lie opened his mouth and ga-ped for breath, while the lears lloweil freely, lie "spit il oitl," and, much abashed, excused himself by saying that editors are '•'•rtj fond of eggs, (especially raw,) which was the cali.-e of his haste.

Mr. "Dick'' ISible, of the New Rich, niond & Newtown road, has been confined

in door- for -ome time past from the effects of a broken ".shin." —Oeorge Miller, of Council Orovc, has returned fiom a visii to the place of hi- nativity, Shannondale. lie reportthings, lively there, and says that the' JiilKXAl. correspondent "hath honor even ill his own country.''

A protracted meeting is now in -es111 at Shawnee Mound also. al JSew,

Kichlnolld. .-V.'-V

lioasts ol c.-it tiiirti-cn

Silas Thoma

:JII IKMI IL^ l!rin/ oil

years old. Who your eats. Kveryonc hi who have jtisi them. Will covered, says be 'em iu his'n.''

llic mumps saw

David I-'ra/.ier and family stal led to

l'awiice t'itv. Nebraska, last wccli. AUcr

visitinj there, thcv eonlcmplale .-ellliiijr in Mi-souri. llosic lliiiliies.s has. by the ski 11 fit 1 treatment of our excellent voiinir physician, Ir. W. .1. Hurt, almost recovered from ihe spoiled lever. --Henry Ilcedle bin purchased the farm of John licver, which lies ju-l north ol our village. Ileedlc sells his farm at the old ''Beedlc place" to Mr. Haas, of Tippecanoe county. —"l'rof. Vox" exhibited his "ve*t pocket show" at this place last week. It is i-triiiige that our citizen-! patronize these humbug*.

Morris lleizog, postmaster of 111iplace, will soon start, with his family, to Mainz, (iermany, where he iroes to visit his father and family. lie expects to be

gone about a year. Henry l'.arker will take c.large of the store during his altseiicc.

—A gravel road meeting, appointed to be held at this place last Saturday, proved a failure. Alex. Meharrv sav.-

his residence, near Center school house,, on the list!, uh. He leaves a widowand several children.

Henry Newlin, of Waynetowii, now stands behind the counter of the drug store of II. .I. Hover. He entered upon his work last Monday. I I —Mr. ,1 II. l'.ryant, of this place, W.

C. T. of Pleasant Hill I.odge I. O. (I. '1'., has been honored with the appointment of D. 1. W. C. T., ol Montgomery couu-] ly. No better selection could have been made. (it'Y (IAM"I'.I:.

About Kilter*.

At certain periods of file a tonic is a necessity but there is danger in using stimulants that injure the organs of ditrestion while giving temporary relief,

Mrs. John s. 1 erl.ins, south of town, j. this,* and'present to the pubhas lost her mind to such an extent 'hat

of Mrs. Tilla 'I'ruax Shannon, was dead Many ot our readers are well acquainted with Mrs. Shannon, and will deeply sympathize with her in this sad bereavement.

The protracted meetings at tDo different churches are still in progress. Oreat interest is nianifrsteW, ami many dear souls are being turned to (tod, among whom are some of our most prominent citizen?.

Married I in the P.'th ins'.., at the residence of the bride's father, by Lldei L. C. Warren, Mr. ,1. W. Walker, of Indianapolis, to Miss Marv K. Holshonser.

I'|.I:VSVM 1111.1..

certain periods of life a tonic is

preparations are being made to send her rooiio prepared the Oxygenated Hitters, to the asylum.

Oeorge Magiil. of this vicinity, is

moving to Illinois. —John Long, of Highland county.' Ohio, was among us la.-t week.

The Chiislian iNcwiight) denomination began a p:o:iacied mi elitur last Saturday week.

Sonic 011 no 11 -1 iio w-oi :.s handon ihe f.u Hi- now threaten logo 111 1111 is, the conseiiuer.ee of the Oriuigcr-

piopo

-ition to hire i'or

:i dollars per

inotiiii ihe coining si-ason. —S,uiie colored children go to the'.j Council (trove school. They are about as well behaved a- any, and no one need fear tliein, as the black wont rub oil', and, in the language of Mr--. L. II -—t, of that place,-'it makes the white children look

ton ii" free from Alcohlic poisi n, Dr.

_llr,, ure for Despepsia and all kindred

Mr. T. D. Morris received a dispatch complaints. Sold evervwhere. John l'\ I on Saturday that Mr. Shannon, husband Henry, Curran & Co., Proprietors, S and

College Place, New Volt:.

To enable nature lo throw oil" that depression caused by nervous allection, administer Sinolatuier's Piiichu. It sustains and fortifies tin.' nerve structure, j. and also is the saf'e-t and best medicine! for the positive cure id kidney, bladder and glandular diseases, mental and phvsical debility, diabetes, gravel, female weakness, uterine complaints, errors of youth, and general prostration of the nervous system.

PAINT-

1 Ck'vclainl Clienueal I'ainl

UNDERTAKING.

I I

UNDERTAKER,

1- H., A

N't. 1\, a:

J- :».- I .I OTK NT.U ILL -H»M wi!» prompt}

u!t»-nit!'» to tin* "f ily »n h: 11 it •. WKIA1, UoltK"

ftnui-lwl

tiiovf- M'i !rjip«' fiinii-»ht' lo P)tll-rM*m ••!-. J. H. H- :i-»I«innt, will loim-l it t}i»- "«Mn» at siM houv "f th«* «i:*v. Ui'-ntrU'''* IK, 'M-V P. Hnrn-'

I Wi-i Avi'inii'. N. B. Wo are also agents for the Howe Sew in Machine and tho Durbon Pump. .1 .1.

GROCERIES.

I N I 5 1

\orlh Wnolifnuloii Sltwl,

WJi.'i.- ». !.«. it l.if-.. Mini u.ll I'tr-'l -ti.ck «»t l.oflj :m |'i,n"*y •••ip» «,i illy, :i'li»pl«-'l to wuni- iht!« p«»i jil4-. In I'm-I, it i» imr i»t' n'.tot»s. to«'k ii:ll in nil ii-» put t'

1* ISJS a oods,

Ait-1 will nnii'iivor to .. II tlu- -.ihn- :«l li^un**annot fail to •o'iMjn' a lil.'M al

ii•*.n

^hnr,

Ii it ,v•*

'.r

i5 lOAS

one

"whoop it up" till there

built. Success. --Mr. ,lames Thomas, one of the pio-neei-s of Coi.i Creek township, died at

I'eiimii)' hitrii-lv

\v A

V. Ii,-n li.-.l.ll.-o m- t11)«• tlui( tin

OrI4

T. S.

O O S

i.tMU I.

u«.it i» :.'l\ !i.|- ii'iviiii'l }'iiu» Witst«

Miller Uro-., 'M t«-»Vo Wut ». Hi"itl 'i'ln- £tv*• fir prettu-j ti.ti"!.,

lift.

J»u :•*»y •"•th'M' |oi!it.

ot'-ciJliib, «»n

i... nr. •!. II .. v.. i.. Ir.'t. 1

PAPT.R BOXES.

W KlVDli.

O-ftS

I luliauiipolix.

Stan'h. lilhiK ry, (4 to oi.lt-r.

iVr tJntu

ill

t» th«» (Jfi'l ui»' ol ioat« rutl, 1

KO fiOH »f1U- ut.i

8 I

:si

A' :»i at tn atritactur«' Pall

1Te-w Firm! New Eoom! Campbell

A N

New Goods!

1 A S

Exchange Grocery

\S U.- tni'tinxl .}' t'r«w:oj'l»vili»' t»nl .jHMH-'i 1 .11 f».r |.

of ir»'''Mmitii: i}i«' vn-niitv. tliat )l t\«

0110 E It 1 E S

In 11:^ criUHno.Uo'n*-. t'ortii-r tvforii in i!n*

of thi pat-

ion «B«- oMhin *omumnity. \V«» tn i-lairn to imvo tin

'tofk, on«t •'nt*rta111iti^po-ition to ^11 tin* •cmik' at a- low tii:iu«'s a^ lilc" ».':oiN 'r«n hail in a a in it to »«-!l ••M-vylhitiij in lh* |in«»

0 I

,i »n tuo-e jiiivi* in -••ll.

rccovcri'| or IIIIM- luul cl 'lure, wlio lias ju.-l i••"ilon'l waul MIIV LIMIT' ol

I nvit-.t :i ii t• th«'

a i: ii

ini t'l ii.^ v\ I 11 '.In lit au\ !..l»x II W.' Hill p:iy tho pjii'.* jc a»-h, -f oxj'hnii^'o yu iiythii»K in

L0WKPT CASH HATKS!

iv.<p></p>Dealiiii-'Live

c=j

(US

»'ir mo to

SQiiai'e and Let Live.'

W vvonhl al-n iv, thai liavo xaMirod th*« -j -«'i i« ^alfvfnmi, tin* pooplo* favoriti' .Mr. IV It. NIii||»moii, who will l.o fot n«i »t all tinws

ivsnly to wan "ii\nii in hi u-ual trifmliv tnnnii' r.

PIANOS.

Tlio Soluuui'tt (.'o it ii 1 IhoNui'vcwun Kon'm

I I A N O S

Aio tho hoM ami the cho:ipc»t now nnulo Every Instrument Warranted. iomi :»nvht« ran innUo inoiify l»y tni

OAS'. MOXINUKR, Htntt ARI 2" K»NIURUEY AVCUUP. 1n«lfttnapolit«

O O S

Tils: pi^AGI^5!^ I'iuv

(!ood, Reliable Dry (Joods Clioap, is at

111X4*

Stock Always Large and Attractive!

I'KIC KS .11.WAYS TIIK LOWUST.

WE HAVE MERCHANT TAILORING AND DRESS MAKING DEPARTMENTS.

Orders Siilii'ifi'il and I'riuiiiilly Kxvciiled.

lv Wasliinutun St.. li'uia.iiipoifl.

A E W O S

.v s* ii:

MARBLE WORKS.

NO. in I:IO.% K'i'u

A W S N I I I I I iN I

AitUM'icaii ami Kalian Marble Monuments, Tombs.

Headstones. Tablets, »fce.. 01'Latest Designs.

Also Scotch (Jranite Dirocl I'ntni tlu, (Juarries in Scollund.

U-ll von ih-it thov li:»\«• fin«-r Mun»le :ui'i Mif jni«l I'oi th«*i

BOOTS AND SHOES

KELLEY

ol ri t'iv 1 --Ol.-'

Si .11) 1 f.t. r.

SI CVa wl'oi'dHvllU

llUi'lt' I'M

!l•t

I A A S E S A N A S E S

WM ROBERTSON & CO.,

ANTF.vriTKKKS AM)

I O I S I O N I I

I1KHK CAN I1", FOI'NI) A I,AH(iK ASSOllTMKNT OF

Metalic and Wood Coffins and Caskets

S'lMiEEl'.

ADAMS & HATC H.

i- it- 'It tlO' l.'.i I jf.i' »h*' ,M«.»{'

I.-.-. No A "i -i«-i pt"»np'!y

AVarci'ooiii in lliirter

1.1 \V lii

I I I I WADI

ilo M-nrU',or:il ImIU. Cinib* tin.) mm-.

Jt^t rr-

SilOI^S

& CO.

I I A I I I .s rv

.A. nsr ID

S O E S

IikI.,

FIUM UNOJS, ii on hnnd.

i.r:

rr.v

prt-

The I5esi 15ai»ains That Have ikon Offered For Years-

E W E S O E

VANSICKJ^K &:

OLD AND RELIABLE

JEWELRY STORE

HI Old H'OSIOIIH-O ICOOIII.

KverjtliliiK Xew and Direct IVoin the Mauufjicturers & Importers

AM IililCAN AND K0KKIGN WATCHES

IkiiimoiKls. Jewelry.

J^ISTJD SILYEB WABB,

ALL GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. All goods

sold aro engraved FREE of charge by an experienced

iv si

ItolM's uuil Siirotil*t Ul :«i•!.ii» lor .1.. I"

•i-'.po

Hltick. 1 Door Fast of tin* l'ostoHlce.

Wain, :ili! I'IL.

HAMBURC EDCINCS-

& Harter

Have received a lar^o lot of

HAMBURG EDGINGS

Emtroderies, Jaconets Inserting,

FltOM 7 CENTS A YAKI) LI'.

C.'S

A N S I E

Engraver.

Sc.

CO.