Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 August 1874 — Page 8

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CRAWFORDSVILLE, SATURDAY, AUG. 1.

CITY AND VICINITY.

JOHN* V. KEERAN is buck from Iowii, visking his old home.

THE Democratic Congressional Convention will be held in this city next Tuesday.

CRAWKORKSVILI.E has been left out by Buckley's hipprodronie, which is moving eastward from Indianapolis.

DR. MOFFEFT left on Thursday evening for Fountain county, whether he goes to visit his mother for a few days.

ELEVEN of the teachers who were examined by Superintendent Clodfelter last Satartifty^ucceeded in getting licenses.

HOWMUJD WILSON has sold his interest in the grocery store to his partner, Jaines A. Sonierville, who will in the future conduct the business.

THE Independents will ratify their ticket 011 the 8th of August. The meeting will be addressed by A. C. Stevenson of Chieencastle, and perhaps others.

JOUK B. PENCE sold the last of his furniture on Saturday and has gone to Crawfordsville, where he will reside bosrd—for a time, he does not know how long.—Frankfort Cresccnt.

AUFRED DICKEY has been in attendance'this week at the sessions of the •Grand Lodge ol the Knights of Pythias at .Indianapolis. He represented De Bayard Lodge of this city.

R. W. HARRISON, a prominent member of the bar at Lebanon, was in the city a few minutes last Monday. He bad been visiting bis father iu Walnut township. Robert reports every thing altogether lovely in the "State of Boone."

MONTGOMERY county has the champion smoker of the State ju-4 probably the Nation, in thefperson of Henry F«5ienwho consumed in nine weeks one hundred and forty-six paper's of smoking tobacco. This at 10 cents a paper amounts to $14.60.

IT'S too bad. A man b}' the name of Olleman, who seems to be head aud foot of the Independent movement in sbis State, is charged by some people as ©snriiving at trickery. It certainly ie a mistake as all the Independents *re purely honest.

THE eldest daughter of Todd Hills while driving to the city last Monday evening in a spring wagon was thrown tbereform by the horse running away. She was badly though not dangerously hart at the time, but has recovered frau lier scare and her injuries.

BILLY FALSER wants to interview oke ami who said that "within a few trifles of Crawfordsville was a village whose "inhabitants were as wild and uncultivated as -tflie berries upon which they subsist." Bi% was born and raised in old Rijiley, and .professes to know how it is liimseH

Orn Frankfort friends are sparing neither labor nor pains to make the soldiers' reunion at that place on the 4th of September next a magnificent affiiir. The 4acal committees are at work and all tiie necessary arrangements are being perfected to entertain everybody who may gcace the occasion with their presence.

THE Independents of Clinton county have instructed their delegates to vote for HOT Arch Johnson, of this count}', in the convention at LaFayette on the 11th for Congress. This county having -instructed for him he stands a fair show of nomination. Of course he is not seeking office. He isn't that kind of a man. The office is seeking him.

J. CHALLIS, ol Crawfordsville, and C. W. Chaliis, ot this city, have entered into a partnership, and will at once open a store in Logansport. C. W. will have charge of the Crawfordsville branch and J. C. will run the Logansport store. Success to the new firm—Chaliis Brothers. They are LaFayette boys, and we are proud ol them.—IaFaycUe Courier,

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GRANGER PICNIC.—Everybody is invited to attend the Granger picnic at Kirkpatrick's grove, near Brown's Valley, on the 8th. A note to the JOURNAL from J. W. Reeves, J. W. Hanna and H. A. Foster, the committee of arrangements, requests all to bring well filled baskets, and Grangers to bring their banners. A band and' good speakers will be in attendance. The picnic is to be given by Walnut Grove Grange No. 5)59.

Doors, Sasli, Blinds, Glass. !Vails, Ii*on, Horst ^hoos

THE Good Templars of Montgomery and adjoining counties will hold a grand picnic at Shady Nook, three and a half miles southeast of this city, on the Danville road, on Saturday, August 15. Hon. Win. Baxter, Hon. E. B. Reynolds, Grand Worthy Chief Templar of State, Rev. Henry Chance, the "Buckeye Broadax," and llev. J. J. Talbott, Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Templar of Indiana, will be present and address the assembled multitude. The afl'air promises to be the largest gathering of the season. Every temperance man and woman in the county are expected to be present and lend their influence toward promoting the grand temperance cause. The Montgomery County League will meet at the same place on the same day.

The picnic given bv the colored people last Thursday, though not as fully at tended from abroad as was expected, was a very enjoyable atlair. A meeting was held at the A. M. E. church at 10 o'clock, wliere the procession was formed to march to Whitlock's grove. At the grove some excellent music was given by the Virginia singers, after which speeches were made by Col. Carrington and Hon. J. S. Hinton. In the evening a festival ww-s given at Eltzroth Hall and a dance at McClelland Hall.

A LETTER from Paxton, Illinois, states that C. F. Pettyjohn, of that place, disappeared mysteriously from his home on the night of the 2tth of April, since which time nothing has been heard from him. His wife has been stricken down with sickness and grief ever since, and her friends would be glad to receive any information from the missing man that would be calculated to relieve her suspense. He is supposed to be somewhere in Indiana. The family are in poor circumstances.

THE following is the petit jaTy for the September terra of Circuit Court: John H. Burk, of Coal Creek township Alexander Henderson, Wayne Ogden R. Hughes, Ripley Tyre G. Wbittington, Brown Nathan T. Kesslec, Scott Jscob Catterline

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TI LE CKAAVFORDSYILLE

THE Richardsou House has ordered one of those handsome writing desks pat­|chases ented by J. S. Morgan, of Brooklyn, New York, which are coming into use in so many of the finer hotels. It is to be of black walnut, paneled with rose wood and finished with oiled walaut, and will be both a thing of beauty and a thing of convenience. It is supplied with glass plates for advertising cards, for which Mr. Morgan is now soliciting among our business men.

and Abner Jones,

Union James M. Stoddard, Madison John Peterson, Sugar Creek Isaac N. Larrick, Franklin Samuel O. Hall, Walnut John M. Erganbrighfc, Clark.

BY a private letter from E. J. Binford, who is at Denver, to his brother Locky .in this city, we learo tfcat Tom. iPatterson was last week nominated by the Democracy of Colorado as a candidate for Congress from that Territory. H'i3prospects for election it is thought are goorfL, as the Republicans are oMmewhat dryaded on local questions. He also say« itbat Tomi is City Attorney and has a good iptac ice.!

ARRANGEMENT'S kave been made with the Louisville, New Albany Jk Chicago Railroad to sell half fare tickets from all points between La Fayette and Ashby Station to delegates to the Cangnescional •Convention which will be held in ithis city on the 13th iast. Sueb anrangeanents have been made with L., C. & S. W. Railway from all points in COjnton su»d Montgomery counties.

FOB SALE.—Every rat terrier in Crawfordsville, at greatly reduced prices. The recently developed "rat exterminator," it is thought, will induce every rat, from choice, to leave the place.

A RESOLUTION was adopted at the last meeting of the Council, directing the City Engineer to make a preliminary survey for the opening of Washington street south.

A GENTLEMAN who recently passed through Iowa, Illinois and Indiana says he never saw a finer prospect for corn in these three great grain growing States.

J. N. MORLAN and J. D. Strain, of Rockville, were in town this week. They report the political outlook in Parke'as quite good for the Republicans.

THE town was lull of people last Saturday. The newsboys could have sold a hundred more copies of the JOURNAL if we could have furnished them.

JAMES CARSON, of Darlington, was fined $20 on Thursday last for selliiur liquor to Jasper Horn beck.

else learn that the only fair way to manage political campaigns is to adopt the business plan ot pay as you go.

THE following market prices prevail this week Wheat 80 to 90 ceiits corn 5fl oats 25 to 3® rye 55 to 60 bariey timothy seed $2.50 to 2.90 -dover seed $5 potatoes 35 to 40 cents eggs 10 to 12 butter 15 to 20 flour to$7 middlings to $1.50 shorts $1 per hundred bran 80 cents.

A SHORT tiyae since a train of care on tfoel.. B. & W., coming in too %afoe to unload, the cars were broken 5«to amd goods -stolen from them, -some belonging to Allen & llro. They Ifinrnashed the cowpany with an invoice of tiheir losses a®d were promptly ptid Ml damages.

MRS. ENUSOOT last week filed an affi•fovit against I. N. Larrick and Alexander Harper, Darlington. A trial! be. •fore Esquire Ramsay disclosed tlie :fact tfibat the prosecution was purefiy inalidous and without any foundation whiit-

DR. T. RI. HARRISON, of Lebanwi, and •oiitor of the Pioneer, was in the city ilsst Monday .md gave us a call. He is 3» aspirant for Congressional honara en tibe Democratic ticket and was .prdbably iWsking round to see h»w tfce land lies.

THE high 'price ol corn, it seems, is •o*% theoretically a good thiug for .the farmer. He does not always find aieady sate for it. A Sine wagon load was disposed of with considerable difficulty yesitepday.

THREE new fire cisterns are to hi .constructed, two at opposite ends of Wabadi avenue and one on Washington stneet, near the residence of Judge Cowan,

J. FARRAND TOTTLE is home from Harvard University, where he has just completed a oourse in the law schooL He has not selected a location

ALEX. HARPER says if he had been nominated for an officc before he was charged with stealing hogs it would have been proved on him sure.

THE grand jury will be called for the September term of the Circuit Court. There are parties in jail awaiting indictments for felony.

THE City Clerk has reported the return of the assessment list, and the Council will sit as aBoard of Equalization on the 11th.

CRIST & STUBMNS have retailed over fifty bushels of blackberries this season.

THE alley crossings on all the sidewalks are to be bouldered.

SATURDAY

HARDWARE, STOVES AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

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Clover Hullers, Stoves, Tiinvare, Glass and QueensM are, Glass and Tin Cans, lJoty Wasliers, Universal and Novelty Clothes Wringers, a nil line of Hardware, Agricnltm al Implements, Houselieepers' Good* We are selling for cash and are marking our goods down accordingly. CA LL AND EXAMINE.

THOS. J. DOLAN has purchased the old Paul Hughes grocery and bakery establishment. Mr. Hughes after running the business for so many years and winning the favor of the people generally, as attested by their liberal patronage, retires from the business leaving it in the hands of Dolan, who has been for about a year a citizen of our place, and engaged in" the lumber business. He has proved himself a live, wide awake man, and from the changes he is making and the improvement lie is bringing about in the old stand and the fact that he is an old expeiienced grocery'man, he having been engaged in the wholesale and retail

THE Indianapolis Jfanu/aef.«rert' and 'the township

Heal Estate Gazette of last Saturday de-!dill:lte8

votes a great deal of space to favorable

large proportion of the business men.

THE DEMOCRATIC TI0N.

business in Atchison, Kan., for some ten ,. ,, the Court Room at 9 clock years before he came here, it is resonable to expect that he will make a success of this new enterprise.

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notices of Crawfordsville, its surround- tion last Saturday. The suggestion was disregarded, and it was determined to give each candidate his relative strength on the first two ballots, after which the vote of the township was to te cast in a body. How this rule divided the vote of the-towiiship will appear from divid. ing the vote received by each candidate last Saturday, published elsewhere in this paper, by 45. The total delegate vote of the township is 20, of which no

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ings and some of its business Speaking of the city says It took but a very short time to convince me that Crawfordsville is far superior to all other towils of its size I have visited in a great many respects, among which I may mention beautiful scenery, healthful climate, and, enterprising, whole-souled people, who are not afraid to invest a dollar oi two tor the welfare of the city. If there is any such thing as old fogyism in the place I have failed to find it, and I have looked the city oyer pretty thoroughly, and conversed with a could receive more than

A SUIT brought by Adams, Mansur Co., of Indianapolis, against parties in this city, on account of failure to pay for an installment of Greeley hats and caps, is pending before Esquire Ramsay. Democrats ought to step to the front and settle the bill by contributions. There is also an unsettled account against a gentleman of this city on account of pur-j transpired there is a secret which maybe made in the name of the Republi- revealed in the subsequent proceedings can Central Committee. It ought to be ]«f the convention. It was a novel and settled in the same manner, and then "peculiar" mode of doing business let dubs, committees and every body against which many of the Union township delegates protested with just indignation.

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EVENIXG- JOURNAL.

A I,nrn IIIKI Scomintr'.v Harmonious «iHtiKTliitr— A Full Tickct Moiiilnnlnl i'nioil Tnu'liMlilp (ialiltl«H »i«rlj

Kvcrrtblnic. The absorbing topic in local political circles for the past fe.v days has been the I Democratic-convention called to meet at I McClelland Hall to-day. The Democratic politicians from the out townships were in at an early hour, as it was understood that preliminary meetings would be held to determine the manner of castthe votes of the several townships.

The Union township delegates met at It wus suggested by Harris Reynolds that as the out townships seemed disposed to combine against Union the delegate vote of

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received the highest vote for

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candidate for any of the principal oflices Johnson.

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rule, except Watson received 15) THE "OUT" TOWNSHIPS I'l.AY A LITTLE

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"Meantime'the delegates from the other townships had lr eked themselves up in Eltzroth Hall and were holding a convention of their own, from which reporters, Union township delegutes and candidates were strictly excluded. What

THE CONVENTION.

At a little before 11 o'clock the convention was called lo order by Hon. J. F. Harney, of Ladoga, Chairman of the Central Committee.

On motion of Col. S. C. Willson Mr. Harney was elected to preside over the convention. He returned thanks for the honor in a few words and announced the convention ready for business.

On motion of Esquire J. W. Wright Thos. Collins, of the Review, was appointed Secretary, with J. Maurice Thompson and Jas. E. Cowan as assistants.

On motion «sf Gen. Manson it was decided to appoint a Vice President from each township, to be selected by the delegates thereof.

A call of tlie townships for this purpose developing the fact that only Union, Coal Creek «nd Clark had any representatives in the hall, a motion to adjourn to 1 o'clock w« put and carried. By this time it was hoped the out townships would fiavccompleted whatever job they were getting up and the convention could proceed to business.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

At a quarter past 1 the convention was called to «rder by President Harney, when the delegates of the respective itownships were assigned places in the i'ttall to facilitate consultation. The hall vwas about tv.x thirds full, but rapidly ifilied up.

A call of 63ie townships showed all to :be represented except Scott, Sugar Creek and Madison, all of which afterwards reported except Scott.

A motion WAS offered by J. W. Wright tofi: the delegate representation of each township at ooe vote for each 50 votes cast for Hendricks in 1872, or fraction over 15, An amendment was offered by Reub Fink, giving each township a represeuta,tion of two votes in addition the ab&ve to (begin with. A motion to lay ilie amendment on the table was withdrawn toallow Mr. Fink to make a speech in favor •&{ it. After a speech from GCIL Manson in opposition to the amendment, the motion to lay on the table was renewed and carried.

The original motion of Mr. Wright was then adopted. This entitled the townships to the following vote: Union 20, Wayne 5, Coal Creek 5, Riptey 5, Walnut 4, Franklin 4, Clark 6, Scott 3, Brown 5, Sugar Creek 2, Madison 3.

On motion of Gen. Manson.it was decided that in balloting for nominations a majority of all the votes cast be necessary to a choice, and that the convention proceed to the nomination of officers.

HVsiils, I^olliuq Cutters, Plows, Oitlei* Mills, li*ills

CONVEX- The names of the following gentlemen were placed before the convention J. :Y. Durham, of Browntownship James

G. Johnson, of Walnut Reuben Stout, of Union Alex. Harper, of Franklin, and John E. Hanna, of Coal Creek.

On motion, the candidates were pledged to abide the action of the convention and support the platform and ticket, which they did, either in person or through friends.

The call of townships was then proceeded with, resulting as follows' Durham 9 Johnson 2SStout 21 Harper IS} Hanna 0

Necessary to a choice, 31. There being no nomination the convention pro oceded to a second ballot. Durham 71 Johnson 31 Stout 2A Harper 17

James G. Johnson having recsived a majority of the votes was declared the nominee, and his nomination made unanmo us.

CI.ERK.

For the ollice of Clerk, Isaac M. Vance, Marion Wolf, John L. Miller and J. F. Watkins, of Union, and Henry Johnson, of Clark, were placed in nomination. The first ballot resulted Vance !:..i..... 151

Wolf Miller Watkins

The second ballot

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change from the first a third ballot was taken, which resulted Vance 23 Johnson 1(5 Miller 15 Watkins 4

There being no choice the convention proceeded to a fourth ballot, as follows Vance 22 Johnson 22 Miller 14

There being no nomination a fifth ballot was taken. Vance 22 Johnson 2K Miller 10

A sixth ballot was then taken, as follows Vance 1 20 Johnson 3S

And the nomination made. AUDITOR. The following gentlemen were nominated for Auditor: James H. Watson, of Union John A. Clark, of Ripley, and John R. Sheoply, of Union. A call by townships resulted: Watson ....38* Clark 17* Shleppy 2A

James H. Watson having received a majority of the votes was declared the choice of the convention, and his nomination made unanimous, and some fellow in the rear of the hall gave vent to several fearful yells.

TREASURER."""

For Treasurer. W. P. Herron, John A. Hardee and J. H. Shue, of Union, Benton Snyder of Ripley, and Garrett La Rew, of Wayne, were placed in nomination. A call of townships resulted as follows: Herron Snyder (A Hardee 32" Shue 1

John A. Hardee having received a majority of the votes was declared the unanimous choice of the convention for the office of Treasurer.

SHERIFF.

For Sheriff Benj. Misner, Milton Clark, Abram Huff, John Furguson. John K. Gray and Benj. Swank were announced. A call of townships resulted Misner JO ciark :.:::::::..i7Ji 14's

Huff. Furguson Gray Swank

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A second ballot was taken without a choice. A third ballot resulted: Clark

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Abraham Huff having received a majority of the votes was declared the unanimous nominee.

This closed the fun of the convention, and there was a general break for the door.

COMMISSIONER.

For Commissioner, James F. Hall and Thos. J. Wilson were announced. The vots resulted Hall 93 Wilson 34

Wilson was declared the nominee, and the convention proceeded to ballot for COUNTY ASSESSOR.

ti i-j no choice, and a third ballot was taken: The nomination of a candidate for Rep-Uyest "n rcseutatiye was the next thing in order.' Petcrsoii

THE FUN COMMENCES.

The first and second ballots-resulted in

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Thomas J. West was then declarvc} the unanimous choice of the convention. SURVKYOK.

For Surveyor, there was but one candidate, John .Buck, who was nominated by acclamation.

COUONFTK,

For Coroner Silas Jones, of Union, was nominated without opposition. The convention was orderly jeax? A\=UIingly harmonious.

OBITUARY.

'MARIA ]•:. KLKTO'X.

Mrs. M. E. Elston, whose sudtlen death 011 the 29 th ult. is noticed elsewhere, was interred at the family burving ground yesterday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. Jolin L. Smith, of the M. E. church, who delivered the following address:

Mrs. Maria E. Elston was born Dec.. 22, 1S05 married Dec. 18, 1S23 settled in Crawfordsville in 1S24, where she hassince lived. She was the mother of ninechildren, two of whom, a son and daughter, have preceded her to the spirit world.

For fifty years a resident among you, the people of Crawfordsville need not be told who Mrs. Elston is.

No poor WMII of mine could, posribly add to the luster of Irer gcocr name. Blessed by her Creator with rare mental endowments which were carefully cultivated and developed under the mild discipline of the Society of Friends, upon, which she continued to improve in -.liter years by a course of general reading, Mrs. Elston was perhaps, for education and mental culture, without 11. peer among the noble pioneer wo HOT in this county fifty years ago. Not Jess rtuiiutable, however, than these were tbs- moral and social traits of her high- chavrnsteT. By instinct as well as education a firm believer that all men are create e^ualT and that with God there is-no.- respecter of persons, she ever maintained and was always ready with woman's graceand Christian dignity to bear a faithful testimony against the great sin of American slavery, and yet never so as to forget to search out the poor and destitute of her own neighborhood, to reach out the hand of help to the fallen and out of her abundance to supply the wrantH of, the needy.

But it was as a Christian- that her character culminated in its richest radiauce and sparkled in its rarestbciglitness iu the graces of the holy spirit. The' light of her household, the joyous wifevf a devoted husband, and a model mother, as was said of one of old, "She operietb her mouth with wisdom, and *M. her. tongue is the law of fcindnes&J*

Although educated as we havB- seen under the mild mannered regime of the good people called Quakers, she- waa brought to'see the necessity of a

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faith and of s&ving grace in trie year 1829, under the labors of to at prodigy for piety and pulpit power, Rev. John Strange, Presiding Elder of Charlestown District, which then embraced Crawford

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ville, where Rev. Stephen R.. Beggs was preacher in charge. Never demonstrative as a Chrfstiau except in tears, she maintained a steady trust, a calm peace and unyielding faith in Christ for forty-five years, when "death opened the gate to endless ioys^' where, faith is swallowed up in sight.

By her family and nearest irfenefs as? well as by herself death was looked for at almost any hour for more than a, year past, and yet the messenger caixm as'last when least expected to' shock us all with the sudden disappointment that otu deaf w-ter was no more. On Wednesday the 21st she dined with company of friends at the house of her son-in-law, Hon. Henry S. Lane. She seemed quite as well as usual. She made a call on a friend in the afternoon. She was taken ill at ft o'clock, then one brief hour in the liar, conflict and all was over. Just Ivj&rethe happy spirit was released from theclay tenement, she said to her daughter., Mrs. Lane, "Can this be death,"'and alter a few moments more uttered1 lier 3sst words 011 earth, saying, "I am growing blind," and "1 feel tired."

How remarkable the coincidence. The last wordsof her lamented husband when dying were also, "I feel tired." Hie weary wheels of life at last stood still their work was done, and husband and wife have again greeted each other orr the brighter, better shore.

To the sons and daughters of these honored parents, I can only say, they have left to you the richest legacy, the fragrance of a life of noble deeds, andbright Christian example. And though' to-day vou drink the bitterness of theorphan cup, prepare, O prepare, for areunion in heaven.

Your Christian mother baa prayed for you with a faith and fervor tihait uoue but a Christian mother know* or can know, and shall not her ehildren, yes all her children, rise up and call her biessed, for having taught them the right way of the Lord.

To the poor and friendless I would

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yo" have lost, it may be, your best earthly friend. God who raised Sister Elston up for a life of usefulness, will raise up others and his poor shall not be forgotten.

Come then to the grave of yoor benefactress with your offerings of te irs and flowers drop upon that newly raised mound the sprig of e7esgreer» as a token of affection, and fit emblem of immortality.

A closing word in its fitting application to the life and character of our dear, departed sister in Christ I take from I he' book of books, Pro v. 31, 30: "Favor ir deceitful and beauty is vnm but a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised."