Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 May 1874 — Page 2

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Sahtrdan Orrcnina Journal

I'KAV

KUKHSVIM.E.

SA'ITKUAY,

MAY

THK public debt was reduced S'i, 451 during the month of April.

TIIK nfext annual meeting of tlve Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association is announced to be held at Fort Wayne on Wednesday and Thursday, the 27th and "28th. Eminent speakers from New York and Michigan are expected to be in attendance.

THE LaKayette Cuuricr of the 4th predicted a robbery at Delphi. In tlie evening of the same day the safe of Eld ridge, (Sriflith & Co., of that place, was broken into and robbed of $250. Now the Delphi Journal wants to kimw of Lingle, lie editor of the Courirr. who this ''next friend" of his is, with whose movement* he is so well acquainted.

THE Cincinnati Enquirer, always solicitous of the welfare of a Democrat in whatever clime he may be found, has a little advice for Democratic farmers out this way. It says: "The Democratic, farmers of Indiana should not allow themselves to be drawn into the visionary movement which has for its backing a handful of impracticable political adventurers in Indianapolis. The Democratic party in Indiana has a clear field." The Enquirer doubtless refers to the i.idianapolis SentinTs June convention.

A CASE is now before tl Supreme Court in which an important question under the Baxter law will be decided. The case conies from Clark county. The defendant was a saloon keeper in Jefl'erMtnville, and wasconvicted of a violation of the liquor law. The lower court held that this conviction worked a forfeiture if his permit, and that any sale he made after such coi.viction was in violation of law. He appeals to the Supreme Court. The point he \iakes is that there must be a decree of forfeiture before he can be held to have sold without a permit.

cor 7XT EXP EX1) IT I 'It ES. So much has been said of late concerning the extravagance ol county expenditures during the last year or so that we have taken the trouble to investigate the matter, and are now prepared to lay before our readers some figures which may throw some light on the subject. From the annual reports of Treasurer Davis

and Auditor Watson, made at the June session of Commissioners' Court, 1878, it appears tiiat there was a balance in the treasury at that time of !?ti.'i,fii0.02. At the same time, however, there were warrants outstanding amounting to $20,-'

treasury of §42,789.10. Of this last are growing nicely. amount ?:]9,412.20 was reported as coun- —The scarcity of feed for stock is still ty revenue, the balance belonging to the alarming. There is but little grass, and various school funds.

On the 1st of September following, Treasurer Davis' term expired and the funds were turned over to his successor, Capt. W. P. lierron. At that time, according to the official report published, there was a balance in the treasury of' $37,534.3H. How much of this was county revenue and how much belonged to the school fund and other revenues does not appear from the report. It is! not essential to know this, however, as the main point of interest is the county expenditures. Treasurer lierron furnishes information on this point from his books for the six months commencing September 1, 1873, and closing April 30, J874. We give an itemized .-tatement, :ia furnished bv him for this period, a» follows: COUNTY KXI'KNIHTRRKS, SKIT.

1, J873,

TOMAHCIL !, JS74.

.lurer,

Fee*

County A?»ylutn Poor .* KiH'l, Lights, Ac Iiitfanu Kx. insiin** i'ourny Offlt-'tio Komi* and Highway* Kx. Elections..,....". Cor. Kx. Criminals Court Allowanced SjHM'ific Allowance* Kx. Pul) Building* New Court Housu Ly«» Crook Drain Association HVftcliors' Institute Upturning Kinon County As^'ssor* Books and Stationary I'uhhe Printing Bridge Appropriation Agricultural Society ProHi'cuiitig Attorney

$-»,7W.T0

2,*.»si.rj

ll.Vi5

KKI.OO

1(1.00 f.0.00

Total The figures for the two months already completed in the quarter ending May 31

I I

I'Ol'XTY XFHS AM) GOSSIP

Sliaily \ook,

—A. W. Lemmon, of your city, is our man for Township Trustee. —Shady Nook is located four miles south of your city, anil is commonly known as Warbinj:ton school house. Husiness is lively here. Farmers geneiv ally are ready for planting. Wheat looks fine, and we are expecting a good yield. The prospects for fruit are good. The general health is good. —The leading question out here is temperance. We have a lodge here, organized in January. I'p to this time we have enrolled 110 members. The following officers were installed a: the regular meeting Saturday night. May 2: John A. Warbington, W. C. T. Hell Mack, W. V. T. Wm. I, Bulk, W. S. Emma Curse, W. F. S Sloan Hurk, W. T. Win. Zackery, W. M. Juliette Brown, W. I. (!. John Carver, W. O. G. Oliver A. liurk, W. C. Low Martin, W. A. S.

Ruth liurk, W. D. M. Lida Jones, W. R. II. S. Jennie .Martin, W. L. H. S. CSoOD TKMIM.AK.

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county papers largely. They ford to be without them, as it realiv cos more during the year to be deprived of the papers, besides the ignorance to which they subject their women

and children, than would pay the cost of

the papers five fo'.d. A liberal patron- _tTttineg

age would cause the publishers to study gamuel

the farmers' interests regardless of expense, and keep them well and thoroughly posted on all matters relating thereto, foreign and domestic. Grain buyers, merchants and manufacturers pay from ten to twelve dollars per year for daily papers, and some take two or three, and make or save money by the operation. Why will the farmers not take a hint from the speculators and invest in that which pays them (the speculators) so well? The Grange movement may be made a power for good or evil. If wisely conducted good will result to producer and consumer, and I heartily approve much of its action but when it charters or runs monopolies evil will surely result and seeds of that strov its usefulness. SELL.'

seeds of disintegration will be sown

will ult.niately paralyze if «ot Ue-j

770.83 leaving a net balance in the and wet on the early sown oats, yetthey i»g for corn, and but few are over half through breaking. Feed is exhausted, cattle are thin and grass is short and growing but slowly. Wheat is coming out beyond the most sanguine expectations, and yet it is spotted. In some places it is entirely frozen out. :j .—The dwelling house of Joseph Brown, near Prairie Edge, was destroyed by fire on the afternoon of May 1. The family was absent at the time. Mr. lirown had

boy, and has property in his care for him.

are not given. Ji.nough is given, how- disease has again broken out in our midst ever, to show both the amount and the direction of public expenditures. It:

will be noticed that the most important item of the list above given is the bridge appropriation. This amounts to $12,•SGO.'iO, but does irjt include the total cost of the bridge, which is $14,094.01).

Comparing the table with the reports of the Auditor for the two years closing —irons and lady have just re May 31, 1872, and May 31, 1873, we find

NHjrnr Creek Towimhlp. 1

ing the biggest and best pile on the creek.

turned

-the following: Champaign county, Illinois. The total of these same items for the —-Jacob W. Irons has completed 700 whole year ending May 31, 1S72, was rods of under ditch on less than 30 acres .. of land. Who ditches more? 1 or the whole year ending Mav 31,1 *fi_. 1873, it was $31,793.10. —Mart Little owns a sow that last

April 30

For the six months endin 1874, it was $35,553.34. Deducting the $12,800.50 paid on account of the bridge from these last figures we have left |22,G92.84 as the amount of county expenditures for the six months named, a rate which would give .£45,385.0?$ lor the whole vear.

from visiting sick friends

week brought forth sixteen living pigs at a litter, thirteen of which are still living. —John Wr. Allen has adorned his residence with a new fence. Mart tftombough is crectintr a new house for Sam Brown.

—John Mitchell for Representative

land Samuel llutton for Commissioner are highly spoken of among fanners and tax pavers. —Besides the schools heretofore re ported Miss Livermore, of LaFayette, teaches at liethel and Miss Hattie Walls at Bower's. —John Hamilton has the contract to carry the mail from Potato Creek to

Bowers' Station on Wednesdays and Saturdays at $KS per year. —An IS mouths old babe of Wm. Bryant, who lives near Chisem's chapel, some 5 miles north of us, ctawled into an open well and was drowned on the 30th ult. Mrs. Durham died on the same day of pneumonia. —The Grangers will generally be iii for the "Reformers' Ticket," to be manufactured on the 30th of this month, and it looks now, in this dominion, very "h as if the thing would win. In any event there will not be much politics tip.j here this season. —The Potato Creek Sunday school has been re-organized, with Samuel Brown in the chair and J. A. Irons scribe. Mr,

Peterson has charge of the library. We

now

In m« last I remarked that the farmer township, one at Bethel and one on had better know than be a dupe. I'Jeasant Kidge, besides the one named How is he to gain this knowledge? I above. answer Let them patronize their —Starved stock und inuddv roads are

i1!lVc three Sunday schools in this

can af-: abundant. B. MANN.

I'ruirlp Ktlxr.

—The JcitrnxAi, failed to make its appearauceat our oflice last Saturday. Who is to blame? We hope whoever it is will

Jo better in the hUure

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|len

on the farm. —Andy Biddle, becoming weary of' single blessedness, took unto himself a I better half in the person of a MissOsbom. Long may they live and many little .Biddies strew flowers in their pathway. —It is well that Tom Tattler has come I to an explanation of his long silence.

Otherwise 1^.should have concluded that I in securing his Summer's meat from the frog ponds he had got beyond his depth, and in his anxiety to secure a few frogs had lost himself. —Rev. Jesse Patterson, of the Chris-

tiau (Newlight)

at the Pt)ttsJ

(,f

all other food is about given out. In my last letter, the name of "Joed Thomas, W. V. T. for Pleasant Hill Lodge I. O. G. T., jypears "Joel." —C. A. McClure announces himself as a free and independent candidate for road supervisor on the Granger ticket. —A. H. (_ ilkey and Frank Philips are started to Crawfordsville about two the first to plant corn. They planted hours before the house was known to be last Saturday. Gilkcysavs he will plant,

orl ,,|re :m,i

'•grow fir no grow." neighbor's house. 'I he household goods —Mr. H. Campbell, of New

York, were

formerly a magazine publisher in Chica- f"roni

go, visited friends and old acq nan tail cea I been defective. 1 he hou.-e was nearly in this vicinity last week. new, and I understand wasinsured to the —The drug store of Henry Iiever, in amount of $1,000, which is probably near its cost,. —Some one of your correspondents savs Mike White for Congress. Now with all good feelings toward Mr. White per-

this villag?, was closed by Deputy Sheriff Jack Ross last Saturday. The cause is from Henry failing to pay his debts. —The vetoing of the currency bill by the President, is received by most of our sonallv and politically, I say no. Rather citizens with indignation. However, give me the man who in the last canvass_ long before the nominating convention met, had the boldness to declare his

one is found now anil then who thinks it a wixe act. —A gentleman, whose name I was unable to learn, from White county passed through this part of the country on,the jam not'vour man." hunt of a runaway boy, named White, nedv. about lo years old. He said that the'

4,37ft.'..' Hii.h.'i 41.00 1.7'. 2/.H ».'r i,si7.OJ boy left his home on the 14th of April, the cause of which he did not know, but 'tii.'Ki thinks he was decoyed away bv a man

JIT well known to our citizens who lately re-

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ca've-s a,,(i

Gl'Y GAMOKK.

A A S 1 1 E S A I A O A I

has soM 1)U farm t0

Hllrlow at $50 J)ef acre an1

denomination, preached

'rehool

h()Uae the follrth

Sunday in April. He proposes to preach

n,•annul iliii. at the same place on the fourth Sunday —The gravel road "played" as soon as in each month during the Summer, which we began to have good dirt roads. 'is a good arrangement, as the Edgers —A Sunday school has been started at need preaching as much as other people. the Christian church, Jas. D. Thomas! —The weather is so cold and wet that Superintendent. farmers are makingslow progress. Many —Though it has been exceedingly cold

them have not yet commenced plow-

Krown had gone to a

mostly saved. The fire originated

l'le

kitchen flue, which must have

principles and then, say, "These are my principles, and if they do not suit you I I mean Peter Ken-

CRIS CBIXKLK.

Veterinary Surgeon.

The undersigned .vould respectfully

inform the public that be

moved from here. The gentleman his line. He practiced on cattle, horses,! search is an uncle and guardian of the

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.lf.

gone to Fredericksburg to engage in the drug business. Mr. Harlow has moved

Wlicti

colts. Spaying a specialty.

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—Miss Bertie Hartness was compelled f^'ed store, corner of Washington and to discontinue her school at Kay's school house on account of the mumps. This

are ftbout 10 or

—Silas Peterson is making all ready to'l'to them their orders for (ias Fiterect another 24x100 feet stock barn. tings. No extra charge made for ex—Geo. Mahoy is ahead on wood, hav-1 l,ensC*

JH'dillrrs

Troutnian's

Market streets. J. N. MCCONNKLL.

UIIN Fitting*.

William Wallace & Bro., of LaFayette, would respectfully ask those who

rep«'r

old buildings

'"awfordsvi

1 le. All work test

ed and warranted. J7tf

ItuxwrN.

OhcapJohn has a superior stock ofi j„ Bengal razors. They are highly spoken I of by barbers and others who have used them. Give him a call when you want! to prepare lor a smooth shave.

^10 Reward.

I will give ten dollars to any one who an be go in el he re an a my gallery for pictures. I

A. 1J. WII.US.

Whooping Cough.

Dr. Dctchon, of this city, prepares a medicine which promptly arrests whooping cough and cures it' in a verv few days. 'jSwK''

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Eagle Machine Works,

(OrrOSITE EAST END OF UNION DEPOT,)

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,

MANUFACTUKURS OF

POltTAHLi: AXI STATIC VIKY KXUIXES AXI) IIMULl ItS,

SHKI5T I O N W O I A A N A S A W I S E A BLOCKS MILL AND WOOD WORKING MACllINKRV S'lLAM IT MI'S. WATER WHEELS. BRASS WORK AND FIT

IN S I IN W O A S O N & MACHINE WORK, and Repairs of all kinds.

Threshing Machines ami Horse 1'oweis.

Wl'.M) TOH A

FARM IMPLEMENTS-

Which they warrant to do work equal to any chill plow,

PKICI:, 81-..'. THEY IIA.YE ALSO T1IE

Imperial Breaking Plow,

Campbell Corn Drill, and

Sulky Attachment for Plows.

By means of Our SULKY ATTACHMENT a man can ride and plow without increasing the draft, while at the same time securing the advantage of plowing at a uniform depth in all kinds of oun:l.

PUMPS.

1 1 I 3

ThebeBt in use. WARRANTED.

LIIHMI

Porcelsiin

LARGE

Ami ulit'ii pi

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MACHINE WORKS. SEWING MACmNE-

A IS 1 15 11 S

11 B, I A I N & 0.

Desire to call the attention of the farmers of" Montgomery county to their stock of

l'articular attention is called to their

I A, CAST PI A AV.

From a cistern to the deepest well )nmp.

Cylinders used when Wanted.

All made iy the most improved machinery nnil the experienced workmen. We now propose to make

iuij'4 JU' tit'M«| 11j• Miii d'liverrd 'our I'OMJU*. tli*»

NN III:VN\(J TO TIIK KUYKK.

I-IOWJC SEAN JNG

•I. MXTTISON, AU'*IIT. F'»un«i at Mm-ljiiU'* on the t»»i nj.-»

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will t»iv»«

Hporliil 1'or Cash.

MARBLE WORKS.

r. F. AV A ii:. II. II. WADL'

W A I

MARBLE WORKS, (.

I:I GIUCKN «TIMM7F

A I I S I iT IIVl.

American and Italian Marble Monuments, Tombs, Headstones. Tablets, &c., Of Latest Designs.

Also Scotch CJrsinite Direct from the Quarries in Scotland.

loll von tlmt tlicy

IIIIVI-

Mi'Miilicr Ihitt lln-y lire pi'ililliM-S

HIKI

Sash, Glass,

E E E E

best

]{EDUCTIONS FOR CASH!

If. liURNS,

Millers' ltlx'k X«». 21. n'nililii| lon Nlri'rl,

liin-r 1 ri Ijciti-r wurlf, nr :ii lower

nr«- pnnl fur tlu'ir Isillc. "i111

now ready TT Sil| \WT *•71

attend ujwn all calls for practice in MLJL IFeE dflL J|j|

PRIIUX, JOT N—

11 U-1 SI-I.

HARDWARE.

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^$9 J'TJTTy,

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A I N S

0«n»pl»ell & Tinslev.

"WILSON

SHUTTLE

ewingm^iro

50 Dollars FARMERS, MERCHANTS

MECHANICS,

AND

EVERYBODY

Buy the World-Renowned

SMIll

IlltlK

SlIllS

THEBBTINTflEWORIA

The Highest Premium was awarded to it at

VIENNA

Ohio State Fair Northern Ohio Fair^ Amer. Instituter N.Y.^ Cincinnati Exposition Indianapolis Exposition

St. Louis Fair

Louisiana State Fair Mississippi State Fair

Georgia State Fair.

FOr(

ISic

ArACHI

••litimiiiia io offer

and

Sewing-MachinesBEING

Best

doing the largest

and best range of work. All other Machines in the* Market were in direct 5

COMPETITION.

T-iv" Ft Hemming, Felting, Stitc' ing, Cording, Binding, Braiding, Embroidering Quilting, & St'tching I fine or heavy Goods, it isunsurpassed.

Where we have no Agents, we will deliver a Machine for the price named above, at the nearest Rail Road Statioi* of Purchasers.

Needles for all Sewing: Machines for Sale.

Old Machines taken in Exchange.

Send for Circulars, Price I List, &c., and Copy of tie Wilson Reflector, one of the bast Periodicals of the day, devoted to Sewing Machines,

Fashions, General News, and Miscellany.

Agents Wanted-

Address,

Wilson Sewing Mine Cn,

CLEVELAND. OHIOW. W. SCOTT, A/iont, Crawfnrdsiitro, hulOllir'c! at Miirliriilgo A lltuiser'ti Hanlwi«r«-

FRUIT TREES

A O A HKAI.FK I.N"

FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

Roses, ShruUborj', Evcrgrceus.,

Hedge, reciilioiiNC UDME

llEDDINU PLANTS, HUPKVISF"

AO., &0.,

CriiM't'ordHvillc, Tmf fit'ii'l for 1'riee L:st.