Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 May 1874 — Page 2

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•TKAV Kulil'Sv IU.K. SATUKPAY, MAY 1«.

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is to have pus. The gas com

pany agrees to light the street lamps and keep them burning all night for §8.50 a month for each ]ost

A N S O

is now greatly agitated

«ver the proposed Sj^8.'3,000 appropriation lo the L., t'. &. S. W. Railway Company to induce it to locate it.s shops at that city.

TH Kepublican leaders are making a desperate effort to capture the Farmers' Movement in this county. —Frankfort Crescent.

And we return toay that the Democratic leaders are not idle in the same desperate effort.

Y!.. T. iri^iNtu^KST, special mail

1NIMANA NKWS.

•'—Indiana has no law against cock lighting.

:na|X)lis. —UichnmndV latent, furiosity is a. six legged pup.

Howard eountv has 117rclHiol*,».'ith !t.445 pupils. —Chintz but:* threaten limners in Southern Indiana. —Many railroad men are out of employment in Fort Way no.

Minas Low, of Columbus, lias a she f'ts that lias two dog pups. *"•-«—The wheat crop in Spencer county liMiks better than it did last year.

Danville's champion urchin, oigh..teen years old, weighs StG pounds. .--The fanners of Pulaski county are bnying corn at "•ri cents per bushel. —The saloonaties in Valparaiso keep a lawyer busily employe*! all the time. —Sullivan county has 43 Democrats willing to accept office if forced upon them. —The annual interest on borrowed money paid bv Madison county in $]4._ 400.(30. —The mother of Governor Booih, of

California, is amon^ the New Albany crusaders. —John Latlimore, of Jennings county, recently lost 81,000 by «n incendiary

barn burninir. —Luther Benson, th» reformed drunk- Asbury Review. ard, creates a furore wherever he lectures I on temperance. —Miss Hatfield, of Ripley county, is hunting Eli Hunter for $10,000 broach of promise damages.

Hon. Schyler Colfax was compelled to decline over 80 invitations to opeat in the month of March. —A young lady shootist of Oxford

offers to wager that she can kill ont of ten. on the wing. A colony, consisting ol forty skilled i:1BKS workmen, have been imjxirtod from England to New Albany. -There are verv few towns or cities

ter for the relief of the poor.

is 101 or 105 years as being "straight a« an arrow."

have decided to erect an near Winchester, with storage capacity not to-exceed 100,000 bushels. —A Wayne county candidate for nomination., after a day spent in electioneering, discovered that he had been getting in his work in Darke coanty, Ohio. —Thomas Graham, of Washington. Daviess county, pulled the muzzle of the gun towards him. Hi» lacerated arm is done up in a white rag and may probably be saved. —Mr. Sol. Wiseman, a resident of Harrison county, (55 years of age, as a recreation, niHdc 1,050 clap'boards in one day, walkine & mile to dinner and completing his task before sun down.

A cynical old b«chelor says that the Mtgerness with which young ladies rush to fashionable entertainments, auergests the first stage of a rubber at whist. They cut for partners.

One of the best preserved of the customs handed down to us by our anceslors is burning straw bedding in the back yard. A few fresh bones in the heap impart an aroma that no one can nil ..A. i1 1 1 1

Si Vrv'to

OCU NKKJHBORS.

-Our exchanges arc beginning to spciik of Decoration Day —The wife of Hon. Joseph Poole, of Allien, liieil on Thursday of la«t week. —The Democrats of Boone county will hold a nominating convention on the 27th day of June.

A Jamestown barber has absconded will) a white girl. The c.itizcns will not a 7 —A little three year old daughter o' Mr. Daniel Thayer, residing oil North street, was severely bitten by an infuriated dog on Tuesday last.—Isbantm Patriot. —Nine car loads of Texas cattle belonging to Purdue & Gaddis, were uuI loaded last week at, West Lebanon and driven to Mr Purdue's Walnut (irove .farm in Fountain county.

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currency, and four registered letters wete neighborhood lately.—Frankfort. Manner. Molen. The entrance to the oflice wits —We understand that Jesse Hawkins, effected by breaking out the. sash in the fel1^ from this county by Circuit (Joint,

door. In addition to the capture of the once ..scapcd lioin the precincts ol .. ,, that institution, but has been taken two thieves, the property was all re-ov-

ered. Terrell was lodged in the jail at Indianapolis, while the other boy was loft in Thorntown for the eountv courts to deal with.

ol-.b°y °f

Jo'VI S",,d"

as iv ix a to

agent for Indiana, reached Indianapolis shot the middle linger of one ol his .Thursday of last week, having in eharsre hands oil", up by the wrist. He did it a boy about 17 years of ane named John

w'lb

a pistol.— trunkjort Banner.

Terrell, one of the two bovs engaged in —Mrs. Armstrong, living a short di*- "nn-m wrange .^loro. une ot the recent robbery of the Lebanon post-' T'n

,rorn

Uolfax:^ve

office, by which $00 in stamp*, *40 three or four who have born twins in this

back to the Mate Reform School.— Frankjbrt (Jrefcrni. —Milton B. Hopkins, State Superin-

cials and lecturing upon the financial and progressive questions in regard to our public schools. —M-ilaney, Hays & Co. will onlv

here arc Si! railroad offices in Indi- bring suit for thirty thousand dollars damages against the men who objected to Lhem starting a gin mill here. The

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amount of capital invested was two or three hundred dollars. They are very tnikl. —Frankfort Banner. I —It is a matter of regret to his manv friends that L. W. Daniels met with a severe accident yesterday mornintr.

While working at a buzz saw his right hand was caught and the fore finger cut I entirely ofl, and the second finger badly torn.—Frankfort Crescent. —In a recent game of ba«e ball the I'"Crusaders," of Greencastle, defeated the "Lone Stars," of Brar.il, on their grounds,

Uy a score of 20 to 10. Nine innings were played in one hour and a quarter. A return game will soon be played on the grounds of the former, —An engineer tried to run his engine at the rate of 10 miles an hour through town last Friday evening ami stop the same in a second. He failed to stop the train, hut did not fail to run into another train, throw three cars off the track and upset the case of hyenas belonging Howes' show.—Rockvilk Republican. —Avery K. Carmichael. Charles Wysong, Harry Yount. John W. Barnes,

money ed at five minutes past twelve. Itoakuille Republican. —A Mr. C. T. Doxey, of Anderson, hasmadea proposition to the citizens of nine Greencastle to locate in theircity a manufactory of barrel headings, giving employment to over one hundred men, and using timber otherwise valueless. It only remains for them to give him the projer encouragement

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in this State that have not felt the bene-1 \tr« *£'iu ii —Mrs. Curry, living on the Moses Alfit.« of the woman's crusade. icn farm, was accidently shot yesterday, —The Ladies' Benevolent, Society of 1 from the effects of which it is feared she South Bend, expended il.MS last \Vin-!

—The Grangers of Randolph county Indianapolis at the instance of Col.

elevator at or'

ma,,y

111 tr

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I5r'"Kl«»rst,

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road. It is now probable that the work

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ing participated in the publication of the good a man may do who is determined to I

Last Friday the house of William a a Koekville, on the Montezuma road, was broken open and robbel of #4.75 in monev, one good coat and three shirts, ProPerly.

can not

recover. Her brother, reading

,hcn?' w.a,9 exai"i«ing

—If an eye for eve, a tooth for a tooth, is Terre Haute justice, what will they do vr i. n-.u —Ed Rodgers, of the poHtoffice, goes to with a Mr. Gregg who oit off the nose of, !ndiana[olis to-morrow to testify against oneRomine? the bogus Hedges who played circus "White Loon,'' an Indian who lives |li cnt here and procured a letter belongabout sixteen miles west of Fort Wavne, !n^ V®1' Hedges. The offender has ,, been identified as a married man livinc old, and is described

g»", and

not knowing it was loaded raised the

-A Pulaski county woman palms ofTj hammer and the piece was discharged, butter coated lard for the pure unadul-' Mm. C. receiving the contents in her left terated churned essence of cow. breasf, through the lungs. She iR the mother ot a large family of small children.—Frankfort Crescent.

at Itockvillei in thi8 gtatc. He

will be

indicted before the United States Uourtat

special agent of the Post

oflice Department.—Attica Ledncr.

will l'o on and the road be finished in day*. Since the election of Judge (irern and a slight change in the management ,-j new energy has been infused in the en-! terprise, and the prospect, for its earlv completion is better than ever before.-- I

Frankfort ('re.sc.-nf. I A thief or thieves broke into Wis Lane's hardware store on Tuesdav night, and appropriated revolvers spoons, \*e., to himself or themselves, to the value m'l ^12r. An entrance was made through the transom over the rear dour. The' window was a double one and humx mi hincc*. secured by nails. Thee were, easily broken oti, and the whole contents were at his or their disposal. This being the second friendly call at the establishment, Lane had not left a copper of money in the drawer, and also left it partly open. An unused drawer near by being locked was broken open hut it con"iiined no ducats—/.ebanon I'atriot.

The 'Miranirers* Store'' Swindle. The t'anncltou (Indiana) F,n-|uirer says the farmers of Perry county have been swindled by di:ad-heat who proless to sell uoods by sample Irom the ''Government (!ralitre Store."' Une ot

birth to three T' '"T"1 T'"* "V

children at one time. I his beats the farmers of that eountv, selling goods

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tewleiu of Public. Instruction, is making much, as they were sellin a tour of the State, visiting school ofli-

and merchandise at iabtilonsly prices. For instance, he oflered pounds of cotloe for two dollars lielton sheeting at a little less per

fort ('.•iiivard

than is paid by the factory for weaving calico at about two and one-half cents pet yard nine yards of extra fine broadcloth for tw.i dollars, and so on through the entire list. !le admitted that the range store was not making far below could onlv

original cost price, and afford to do so because of their verv

large sales. The noods wen* to he delivered within a week or ten days, one half to he paid down and the balance when the goods were delivered. Notwithstanding the "lack of thickness"

George I. Barnes, David K. Partlow, I ble detail of its county, city and town Wm,. G. Wheeler, Oscar W. Ayer and

Clarance Stevenson have been indicted

,i ,, lectly provided tor bv the new assessby the grand jury of Grcencastle as hav-1

About Some of the States. [From ihi- liwliniiH|«t|is Nows.j We have several times taken occasion to speak of the energy and good sense exhibited by our State "Auditor, Mr. Wildman, in collecting valuable facts bearini

his claim to our attention. It is pressing us a little, but an officer who not only I does all his duty, but a good deal more quite as important, which those who! created his duties could not foresee, is so rare an animal that we should fail in our service to the public if we. allowed any of his performances to escape adequate "exploitation." His tables of the acreage, products, stock ami mining wc.rk of! the State of its railroads, their tracks, rails, cars and expenses in everv attaina'

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taxes of assessments for taxation

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do all he can, ai.d an incitement to make complete a labor he has so successfully begun. Some days ago he furnished the city papers with a statement of tlic comparative population, amount of taxable rate of State taxation ot

:ln

iiitfiivj, wuu vwati atiii til (Muri*. I 11 Kdur dollars and twenty-five cents of the ?xP.er)M!j

expenses of Legislature, executive ami

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monev was in nickles." 'J'he clock was! judiciary of benevolent, educational, '--1 reformatory and punitive institutions.' and school revenue of some twenty I

States. He tried to obtain full and accurate reports from all, but he got nothing from many, and lrom those that replied to his requests he did not always get what he wanted. Still there is sotue-1 thing worth a little careful study even in the fragmentary table he was compelled u: be content with. Thus we learn that in

the twenty States returned the proportion of taxable property per head is a follows: Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon ,7'" Wisconsin H2") Pennsylvania, 1870 jjfjj I

I Bronchitis. This is an irritation or inflammation

—F. M. Pyles, of Davis township, reports 31 head of two year old steers. They weighed, when 1* began feeding, 85,650 pounds, an average of 1,150 pounds per head. Their weight on the 1st of May, after 127 days of feeding, was 41,843 pounds, or an average of 1,353 pounds, a gain of 203 pounds per this iatter c^ecomtZnw'tll'the^ head, fheir average cost was $33.16 per and glottur, which are, the organs of the head, and they sold for $1 per head. voice, and, extending downwards, proHe fed to the cattle 1,600 bushels of corn, duces hoarseness coughing, and t-pittine and had them followed by JO head of mucous matter, 'sometimes ixe with hogs which have gained $2.50 per head blood. It is chieflv dangerous from its »n value. Attica Ledger.

horses ran awav, throwing him in Iront success, and won the loudest praise from nf tliP watrnn whInVi *«in Att/kcUi'm I nil wKa Kova iiaAf)

of the wagon, which ran over him, break-1 'I who have used it. ing both legsand an arm, and ran a snag

l„, atomwh, fro™ rfta. of whjcl,

he died in three or four hours. The death of this boy, so sudden and attended by such heart rending circumstances, has thrown a gloom over that entire community.—Frankfort Orescent. —A. J. Castator, Secretary of the L. M. & B. Railroad Company, waa here last week to get a mortgage recorded.

„„r can Said mortgage is to secure the payment A good currenrv ii lil-n foiti. ".i

this

proposition, we understand he sold a very large amount of goods, took th.-' one halt of the price as a guarantee of good faith on the. part of the purchaser (as the Grange store could not allord to carry the goods around unless part, the money was paid), and th•• h: purchasers are now an.xiouslv waL... the coming of the steamer which is bring them untold wealth at so small a COStV'/V

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are a slal

f,]ing

prtH)f

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Bit

executive ami

the bronchial tubes which carry the air we breathe into the lungs. It arise« from a cold settled in the throat, from Catarrh extending from these parts, from scrofulous nflections, and from seiere use of the voice. The irritation fioni

tendency to spread*into the lungs and

—On last Friday, while Garrett (Jos-' terminate in consumption. It is "in the sard, son of Jacob Gossard. in Johnston

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township, near Rerlin, was driving a team, I disease that Dr. Pierce's Golden MediI the wagon being loaded with hay, the

of severe and obstinate cases of this

cal

Discovery has achieved unparallelled

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Territory, called at the World's Dispens-1 ary, Aug. 19, 1873, to acknowledge a debt of gratitude due Dr. Pierce, having I

cured

'/r,0'^°tbond« «.° i^ed, 11,e bonds ,ubaU,„ $ things ho,tl for fc ev

to obtain money to finish the dence of thing* not

of Catarrh, complica-1

ted Willi Ihroat Disease, by the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kemedy and Dr. I Pierces Golden Medical Discovery.

MACHINE WORKS.

Eagle Machine Works, (OrrOSITK

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OF UNION

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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,

MANUFACTURERS OP

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SllF.F/r IRON WORK. rllKTLAR AND MI'LAV SAW MILLS, HEAD* lll,)('KS. MILL AND WOOD WORKlNO MACH1NF.RV STEAM IT.MPS. WATKR W11 KKLS, BRASS WORK AND FIT-

TIN(iS, IMPING. WROI'GIIT. CAST, F( )\TNDRY A: ACIIINK WORK, and Repairs of all kinds.

Threshing MsK-liliios and llorsc Powers' L«-LM B'I'SMM) Mt A PAM PII1,I:T

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Desire to call the attention of,the farmers of Montti-.-merv uy to their s^ek .if

And when nr" fittr-rl li'i !l).'td{

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Particular attention is culled to their

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Which I hey warrant to do work equal to any chill plow,

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Imperial Breaking Plow, Campbell Corn Drill, and Sulky Attachment for Plows.

Bv mpansofOnr SYTT TCV ATTAPTTUTWr ..

upon the condition and development of OI Uur &ULM A1 1ACHMEN a mail can ride and the State, but he seems resolved to renew 4.111^

ng the advantage of plowing at a uniform depth in all kinds of ound.

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dratt. while at the same time secur

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The best in use "WARRANTED.

From a cistern to the deepest well rump.

'.- Porcelain Lined CyliiuUTs usoil when Wanted.

LARfiE REDUOTIOXS S'OiJ ASll!

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MARBLE WORKS, x.

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Amcricnii and Italian Marble Monuments. Tombs

Headstones, Tablets, £c., Of Latest Designs.

Also Scotch (iranite Direct from the Quarries in Scotland. Wh..» ppilillcrs It'll you that llir-y l)»v.- tinor M„n,lo, ,lo l„ tlor iv,„ I- I ricinli'T th il ih..yar..pcl,)l,.rs

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50 Dolh FARMERS, MERCHANTS,

MECHANICS,

AND

EVERYBODY Buy the World-Renowneci

SimiiiSim" irti

TMEBESTIHTIttWQRLD

The Highest Premium was awarded to it at

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Ohio State Fair Northern Ohio Fair Amer. Institute, N.Y. Cincinnati Exposition I ndianapolis Exposition:

St. Louis Fair

Louisiana State Fair Mississippi State Fair

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ia State Fair

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Ik Biist Sewing Machines

-ind doing thc largest.

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best range of work.

All other Machines in the Market v/cre in direct

COMPETITION.

FT Hemming. Fell--

ng, S ii to' ing, Cording. Binding, Braiding, Embroidering Quilting, & St'tehing fine or heauy Goods, it is unsurpassed.

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

Needles for all Sewing* Machines fur Sale:.

Old Machines taken in. Exchange

Send for Circuiars, Prii-e List, &c., and Copy of fie Wilson Reflector, on of 1'.: best Periodicals of th

Address,

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devoted to Sewing Mach.a s, Fashions, General Nev/s a.id Miscellany.

Agents

Wanted.

Wilson Sewinj HacMne Co.

CLEVELAND. OHI'".

W, W. Hl^)TT, A^pnt, Cmwtor'Nvillc. ln«l. ui A lUut'tT'ft ilxrdwn)«•

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A. J. IIOYAITY, JKALKR IK

FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

Hoses, Shrubbery, Evergreens,

Hedge, (ireculiousr iin«l

BEDDING I'LAXTS, IIA I'l-l VI

Cravl'itrtlNvlllv, lnl. 8»nd for I'ric