Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 August 1874 — Page 8
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HON*. WILL CUMBAOK will be in this city at an early day to speak on the political issues of the day.
NEXT Friday is the last day of service for causes to be tried at the September term of the Circuit Court.
AT the last meeting of the Council a favorable report was made on the petition to open Main street west.
THE next meeting of the Montgomery County League, I. 0. G. T., will be held at Pleasant Hill ou Saturday, September 12.
W. R. BRA.MJ-.ETT, of the UAIVO'CB Gallery, has established a branch gallery at Jamestown under the charge of A. W. Champion.
THE I., B. & W. road will sell excursion tickets to the State fair and exposition at Indianapolis, which opens on tl.c 7th of September.
HARRY SPRINGATE has picked 1,400 gallons Lawton blackberries from his patch this season. The crop was cut short about one half by the dry weather.
THE Attica railroad enterprise has been revived. Parties have lately been in Coal Creek township in the interest of the road, which they say must be built some day.
JAKE NORRIS, of the clars of '71, Wabash College, was in town visiting friends a few days this week. He is a student at Lane Seminary, and has been spending the vacation in preaching.
FOUR applications for liquor permi.s have been tiled in the Auditors office by W. L. Brown. Thomas E. Kelley, Michail Zellers and Jasper N. Porter. They all desire to sell in the 2d Ward.
GUY GAMORE, our Pleasant Hill correspondent, renews the statement that LaFayette pays more for wheat than Crawfordsville. His letter deserves the attention of our grain buyers.
AJJ interesting bit of hi-.o conrec. a a 1 tion in this State will be found on the inside of this paper. It is from the pen of our townsman P. S. Kennedy.
NOAH INSLEY, of Coal Creek township, has a goat which climbs his apple trees and eats his apples. If he finds it difficult to ascend the trunk he mounts a fence and springs upon the limbs.
I. S. WILHITE, who moved to McPherson county, Kansas, early last Spring, is on his way back to this county, disgusted with that State. His crops were destroyed by the grasshopper plairue
COL. S. S. FISHER, who will be re-merc-bered as the gentleman who delivered the address before the literary societies of Wabash College in 1873, was drowned on Friday of last week near Harrieburg, Penn. A son who was in company with him was also drowned. The Colonel was a resident of Cincinnati.
DR. W. L. MAY and C. L. Thomas are preparing to lay off six acres of the Whitlock place in town lots. The land oonBists of the lot usually occupied as a circus ground. The lots will be in the market next week. They are inside tbe corporation, being on the north side of Market street and only four squares from Washington street.
THE interior of the College Library is undergoing quite a thorough remodeling. Shelving is being taken down and reconstructed on a more convenient and substantial plan. Doors, we understand, are to be bung so as to shut off the upstairs division, and also to inclore all the lower alcoves. This will be an excellent arrangement and one greatly needed for the protection of the books, as it is almost impossible to prevent books from being carried away from the Library, in a sort of patronizing way, and lost.
OLTRA & BABCOCK'S.
Celebrated ST A Shirts
SSHIKTS MAWE TO ORDER.
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SATURDAY. AVtt.
CITY AND VICINITY.
PIKE street is to be graveled soon. The grading has \jeen finished west to Marshall street.
THE Board of Health expresses the opiuion that much of oifrdog population could well be spared.
THE south room of Ornbaun's new building will be occupied by N. S. Joslin's stove and tin store.
LETTERS have been received from Dr. W. P. Ellis announcing his safe arrival and pleasant visit among old friends iu England. He describes the voyage across the Atlantic as a grand picnic all the way. There was singing and dancing every night, and a grand display of flags and fireworks on the 4th of July. A son of the editor of the LaFayette Dixpatch was among the passengers, and furnished the music for the dancing, playing on the flute and violin. The Doctor's address is Banbury, Oxon, England.
A TARTY of Crawfordsville croquet players tackled a Yountsville party on the grounds of the latter last Thursday alterroon and came out second best in each o." two games. The names of the victors are Albert Yount, Benton Snyder and Wm. Lebo. We forbear to give the names of the trio who composed the vanquished party. A score or more ot spectators, including several from this city, witnessed the playing. The games were both played without a single question being raised betwee« the parties.
MOST of our correspondents send in gloomy reports concerning the condition of the corn crop. Tbe dry weather has affected it very seriously, drying up the stalks and checking the growth of the ears. Three weeks ago farmers could have been found iu this county who thought corn could be bought for 10 cents a bushel within thirty miles of
Crawfordsville. Now they are predict- &
ing only a two thirds cro£.
MR. CABLE, one of the leading spirits in the Si. Louis & Toledo Air-line Railway projects, has been busily circulating between Tipton and other points, and the news conri that work is to recommence at once. W. M. Jones has been made chief engineer of the line, and is to begin the work of surveying for the location of the road at an early day.— LaFayette Journal.
GOOD WHEAT YIELD.—Oneof the best crops of wheat raised this year was that of W. H. Stafford, on the farm of Jacob Hutton, a short distance northeast of town. The crop cut from 13* acres was threshed last Wednesday, and measured 402 bushels, or a little over 2!)| bushels per acre.
CHRIS WALK UP, a Walnut township Reformer, was in town last Thursday. Mr. Walk up is known as one of the best speakers among the farmers of this county, and has come quite prominently before the people on account of the part he has taken in the Grange meetings.
STOCK SALE.—C. C. Bever, of Coal Creek township, will sell a lot of live stock and farming implements at public sale on Tuesday, September 1. The stock consists of horses, cattle, including eighteen head of three year olds, cows, hogs and sheep.
THREE car loads of horses are to be shipped from the Insley stable to-day for the Eastern markets. They were bought by Messrs. Johnson and Welch, and are among the finest eve collected from this locality. The prices were rather low.
THE advance agent of Bailey's Circus was in town last Thursday to put up bills for an exhibition here next Thursday, but was frightened away by the prices asked of him for a license and lot. The show goes to Ladoga.
A SUBSCRIPTION paper is being circu lated to procure money to pay for the right of way for the proposed new road from the Greencastle road east to Elm street. The right of way will cost $640.
JAMES WABSON, of Clark township, is disposing of his property in this county and preparing to move to California. He will have a public sale of personal property on the 11th of September.
A SURVEY is being made this week for an extension of Washington street south. The extension is to be the full 99 feet to the railroad and 60 feet from the railroad to the corporation line.
J. B. TURNER'S New York Theater is billed for four nights at McClelland Hall from the 26th to the 29th. F. G. White, well known to our play goers, is the chief attraction.
THE new hotel at the Junction was opened last Thursday evening with a dance, which was a very enjoyable affair. The Olios furnished the music.
THE Republicans of Ripley township will hold their convention for the nomination of township officers on the last Saturday in September.
rations were discovered and terminated
by Deputy Wilhite.
,,7 show case and case, for picture frames. We forbear to give ,r ,h. He also has anew "position" chair, a late invention, which is quite an improvement over the old ones.
THE CRAWFORDSVILLE SATURDAY EVENING JOURNAL.
Ax attempt made by the prisoners in
the county jail to escape from their con-1
finement was defeated by Deputy Sheriff! Wilhite last Thursday, Some months ago the prisoners then confined there made a hole in the wall. This wall had been cohered with a su". stantial strip of sheet iron. The prisoners had procured a saw, made from a file, and evidently designed for this particular purpose, with which they had cut off most of the bolts fastening the sheet iron, when their ope
THE County Council (Patrons of Husbandry) meetings are regarded by soni" of the Grangers as good advertising me diu ins. The last meeting cave some of our good wheat raisers a lift by recommending the following varieties for sowing this season Egyptian, raised by Jacob Hutton, of Union township Egyptian and white Alabama, raised by Wm. Sarvice, of Scott township Tappahannock, by David Enoch, of Union, and a good variety of smooth red raisad by Dr. Green, of Waynetown, which averaged 30 bushels to the acre this vear.
W. R. BRAMLETT, of the postoffice photograph gallery, exhibits commendable energy iu his efforts to keep up with times in providing for the comfort and convenience of his customers. His latest improvement is a new and handsomely furnished office, with counter,
JAMES HEATOJT, Sr., has a lot of coins of the German States and England for exhibition at the Old Settlers' meeting on the 17th of September. They were presented to him by Chas. Atz, formerly of Eli Kahu's clothing store, but now a resident of Bloomington. Among the specimens is a silver coin of one of the German Statesmi.de in 1775.
HANNIBAL TROUT and Sant. Gray, commissioners to assess damages.to lands through which the Anderson, Lebanon
St. Louis Raihvay passe9i have been at
work in Brown township this week. The commissioners have assessed Joseph Penn's damages at $200, and he has excepted to the report.
THE excavation will be completed ready for the foundation of the new Court House by the middle of next week. The contractor, James Nolan, has disposed of most of the dirt to good advantage to parties who had low lots to be filled.
DR. J. R. DUNCAN, recently of Chicago, has located in this city for the practice of his profession. The Doctor was a resident of Montgomery and Fountain counties more than twenty years ago, and is known to most ot our older citizens.
WHEN a man escapes from the poor house in Montgomery county,-the superintendent does not relax' his efforts until he secures the fugitive. Paupers should not run away to work in the harvest field or chop wood.—Logansport Pharos.
FRANK GILL, of New Ross, who counted some of the wagons, estimates the crowd at the Baptist association near Beckville last Sunday at fully 6,000. Many wagons and buggies went from this vicinity.
THE gust of wind which accompanied the shower of rain yesterday closed the front.door of Crist & Stubbins' grocery with such violence as to smash oneof the large glasses in it into a myriad of pieces.
RECORDER MYERS expect to gather about two tons of grapes from his vines this year. The fruit is in excellent condition, notwithstanding some damage done by the dry weather.
BILLY WEBSTER had the thumb of his right hand pretty badly mashed last Thursday morning while coupling carsat the L., N. A. & C. depot.
HON. JAMES T.JOHNSON, Republican candidate for State Senator from Parke and Vermillion counties, was in the city last Thursday.
A LARGE door key which opens and shuts like a knife has been found and left at this office. The owner can have it by calling for it.
SOME of the Madison township Republicans favor the nomination of Thos. O. Shanklin, of that township, for Auditor.
CAMPBELL & HARTER are digging a coal cellar on the west side of their store, to be covered with a double plank sidewalk.
THE City School Trustees hope to have a nine months tchool this year, and may have a music teacher besides.
THE dust on the roads this week has been fearful. It would have been a good week for a fair.
THE SHAWL found by W. B. Anderson and left at this offica was claimed by Abe Huff.
THERE are fewer dogs and shot guns in town now than for months before.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CON-
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A call of the townships showed all the
Coal Creek and Brown townships.
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A motion was made to adjourn until 1 o'clock, to await the arrival of the delegates of Coal Creek and Brown, but it
After the adoption of the resolution, Mr. White, the candidate for Prosecuting Artorney, appeared and made a short speech, in which he spoke very highly of Mr. Osborn, the candidate for Joint Rep-1 resen tative.
The'motion to adjourn till 1 o'clock! was then renewed and carried. ..! AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order promptly at 1 o'clock. On motion of John W. Ramsay '"the convention proceeded to the nomination ot candidates for county offices. I
A motion was made and carricd to call the townships alphabetically. The vote to which the townships were
Brown ]4 Clark in Coal Creel: Franklin Madison Ripley Scott Sugar Creek Union Walnut Wavne
The convention next proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for Clerk. T. D. Brown, of Union, being the only candidate for this office, his nomination was made by acclamation.
For the office of Treasurer the following gentlemen were announced: J. M. Troutman, A.-.T. McClelland and Henry Wasson, of Union, and A. J. Shular, of Scott. A call of the townships gave the following as the reRult of the first ballot: Troutman 26 McClelland 25 Wasson 24 Shular 59
There being no nomination a second ballot was had with the following resultj: Troutman 22 McClelland 21 Wasson 24 Shular 67
There still being no nomination a third ballot resulted: Troutman .....................27 McClelland 21 Wasson ,19 Shular 67
There being no choice another ballot was ordered. Before a call tor a fourth ballot wa, proceeded .libit™,
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call it was moved and carried to drop the candidate receiving the lowest number ol votes after this, ballot. The ballot resulted Kelsev 32J 54'i
Smith. Krug.. Neely.
The Republican county nominating convention met at the Court Room at 11 o'clock this morning. It was called to order by Maj. L. A. Foote, who on mo- Under the rule the nam of Mr. Neely I tion was made permanent Chairman.
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On motion of Mr. Ramsay, P. S. Kennedy was declared the unanimous choice of the convention for Representative.
For the office of Auditor two candidates were announced,.!, if. Simpson,!
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dropped, when a third ballot was
taken with the following result:
I delegations to be present except those of 37 Smith 42A Krug oil
Mr. Kelsey's name was dropped under the rule.
was withdrawn to allow 11. B. F. Peirte The Union township delegation here to introduce the following resolution, asked and was granted leave to retire for which was adopted consultation.
WHEREAS, The Republicans of Parke I While the delegation was out M. D. county, in convention assembled, have White was called upon for a speech selected »or_Joiht Representative of _the
as one who underatooJ what it was to be
counties of Parke and Montgomery Hon. John Osborn, and for Prosecuting Attor- defeated. lie responded in a short ney Hon. A. F. White, and for the pur- speech, professing and urging renewed pose of avoiding the necessity of holding allegiance to the Republican party and a joint convention therefore opposing class legislation. He embraced
Resolved, That this convention hereby ratifies and concurs in these selections the opportunity to return thanks for cx-
and that these gentlemen are hereby declared the choice of the Republicans of Montgomery county for the positions named respectively.
pressions of confidence hitherto given him by the Republicans of Montgomery county, and declaring that the interests of the various classes are mutual. He devoted a few words to vindicating the lawyers from the charge sometimes made against them of being worse than other men, and sat down leaving everybody in a good humor.
The call of townships was then proceeded with for a fourth ballot, with the following result: Smith 6S Krug 66
Mr. Smith having received a majority of the votes cast was declared the unanimous choice of the convention for Sheriff.
The convention then proceeded to. the nomination of cardidat.es for Assessor. Wilson Hunt, of .Madison township, H. .1. Coleman, of Union, and W. J. Miles, of Brown, were placed before the convention. The first ballot resulted
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entitled was left as agreed upon by the the Central Committee, namely:
Hunt Coleman.... Miles
80 30 24
Mr. Hunt's nomination was made unanimous, and the convention proceeded to nominate a candidate for Surveyor.
Capt. Jas. McClaskey was nominated by acclamation for this place. Samuel Hutton, of Union township, was then nominated by acclamation as the candidate for Commissioner.
For the office of Coroner James Heaton, Sr., of Union, and Russell Watkins,
of Ripley township and T. C. Shanklin, of Franklin, were nominated, and a balof Madison. A call of the townships gave the following as the result, Franklin not voting Simpson 99 Shanklin 2-1
Mr. Simpsom having received a majority of the votes, was declared the unanimous choice of the convention for Auditor.
lot taken With the following result: Heaton
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Watkins
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On this ballot Clark township cast 10 votes for W. H. Durham. Mr. Heatou's nomination was made unanimous.
There being no further business before the convention, Mr. Kennedy was called upon for a speech. Mr. Kennedy responded in a few terse words. He said if elected to the office for which he had been nominated he would endeavor to so discharge its duties as to earn the plaudit, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." If he should so return it would then be time to return the thanks for honors conferred which candidates usually extend upon their nomination.
Other candidates were cat led upon, some of whom responded in s,ini. speeches.
The convention adjourned in the best of humor, everybody feeling that the day's work done was a good one.
Union Township Nominations. The delegates of Union township made the following nominations of township officers this morning.
Trustee—John R. Robinson, Sr. Justices of the Peace—B. R. Russell, of Crawfordsville Alfred Flannigan and J. L. Nichols, of Whitesville.
Constables—Eli Compton, A. J. Norris, L. J. Cohoon and Samuel Hutton
ARRESTED FOR HORSE
»od adopted that after th» ballot the Stephen Allen and Lane Kobert,on, t«o candidate receiving the lowest number
Mr. Shular having received a majority afterwards proceeded westward to Misof the votes cast, was declared the unan-
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ofvote.be dropped The Mtot was werear^ted la»t Tl,Ur»day on a ,e„„i nen a en, resu ing. aition from the Governor «t Illinoix, and iroutman iQ
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imous choice of the convention for they returned to this county, and some reasurer.
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Wasson officer yesterday morning, to answer to Shular 66 charge of horse stealing. About one Mr. Wasson having received the lowest months ago they took two horses belong number of votes his name was dropped. 'nS &° Charles Allen, the father of one of A fifth ballot was then taken, resulting: the pnrties, and hitching them to a bugTroutman gy belonging to young Allen, drove to McClelland 22 Sangamon county, Illinois. There they "9 traded the horses for two others, and
Springfield in charge of an
Kansas. Not prospering there
tjme afjer
ominations or Sheriff being now in Allen what disposition had been made of or er, le 0 owing were made: Wm. his horses. That gentleman at once pro-
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their arrival told Mr. Chas.
J' Kelsey ceeded to Illinois to get the horses. On
xr r' Union Wm. H. his arrival there he found one of them ee y, Coal Creek, and ^Daniel Mc- had died. The other he got by a replevy ntyre, 0
anj returned
sups gave tie owing as the result of whom the horse was replevied followed ie irst a ot. with an officer and requisition as above Smittf 551
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Krug .".....................38^ day, soon after Mr. Allen's return. Neely 7.V The men were identified before Judge
Mclntyre 3 There being no nomination the townships were called again. Previous to the
home with it. The man of
reaching Crawfordsville on Thurs-
Thomas on Thursday night and taken west on the 6 o'clock train yesterday morning.
C. W. TALIJOT returned last evening from Brownsburg, where he had been for the last week attending the sessions of the Hendricks County Teachers' Inatitute. He brings with him a handsome copy of Worcester's dictionary, :eceived from the County Superintendent as
a
prize for the best spelling at the Institute. There were six prizes, of which this was the first. The trial was on 100 words selectod by the County Superitendent and pronounced by him, the v,„.. testants writing them down as they wu,. pronounced. The following is the lit of the words, which will begou! .(r some of our teachers to exercise th*..,,. selves upon: Velocipede, italicize, j«.-ti-fogger, Allegheny, gherkin,
Kennebrvr
plateau, Pyrenees, immigrate, iuebcr--satiety, aqueduct, aquiline, tete-a-tete reveille, complement, balsam, capillary ferreous, Nebuchadnezzar, lyre, descend, parricide, gauge, caoutchouc, corral, ascend, finesse, referred, reference, Shakespeare, morphine, camphene, Alabama, surcingle, huckleberry, sincere, offense, obscene, auxiliary, axillary, Mediterranean, Natchez, scissors, supersede, xeeede, succeed, rescind, tissue, sickle, cancel, scirrhus, Messiah, sibylline, chanticleer, challenge, syllabub, synonym, chandelier, tweezers, vilely, alchemist, alkoran, aggravate, agriculture, aliment, antelope, antidote, ascetic, baritone, pinnacle, bazaar, pannier, purgatory, perjury, rhinoceros, rosette, council, alligate, counselor, mosquitoes, banana, bouquet, recipe,
Annapolis, miracle, cellar, quintessence, putrescence, isosceles, scintillate, discipline, licentious, tyranny, bourne, barouche, glottis, sirloin, dissipate.
THE Jamestown Commercial has a column devoted to a little bit of scandal in which a married woman living near Waveland, whose name is not given, is one of the parties. The other party is a man named Barton, who lived near Waveland also until quite recently. The departure of Barton for parts unknown, the woman's unsuccessful efforts to find him and her final return to her husband and children furnish the Commercial the material for its long story, which after all contains little that is definite.
MRS. Joitx CAMPBELL, of Afamo, accompanied by her three small children, was 111 the city last Tuesday, en route for the Northern Prison, to see her husband, who is confined there for life for the murder of John M. Little. Mrs. C. has not seen her husband since he feft this city last Spring, and he has never seen his babe.—Review.
A COLORED hod carrier in the employ of Gerard & Lowry was arrested this week by the Sheriff of Monroe county and taken to Bloomington to answer-to a charge of seduction and bastardy preferred against him by a dusky female ol that place.
Always ahead. The first stock of Fall hats just received at CiULTRA & BABCOCK.
Durbon pump the best in nsf,. Cheap for cash, at Miller's Block. Sltf
Mrs. M. Sidener is now prepared to do stamping in all the latest BtyVes for Braiding and Silk Embroidery. 32tf
Farmers Friend Grain Drill is sold by S. H. Gregg & Son. Every farmer should see it. 33w5.
If you want to buy goods cheap for cash go to Fry & Shean's.
POWDER, SHOT, Caps, Wads. All kinds at Campbell & Tinslcy's."
Everybody goes to the Corner Bock Store for anything nice and cheap in that line.
Remember tbe itxluci ments offered to persons wishing ood pictures at Willis' gallery.
LARD OIL, engine oil and all other kinds of lubricating oils at Campbell Sc Tinsley'e.
80 acre farm for sale or trade fo* town property, all in a high state of cultivation. New lrame house with six rooms, two orchards, three good wells, good fencing, &c. Call on Geo. W. Allen at Allen Bro.'s store. 33tf
The nomination of Goltra & Babcock to sell hats and caps for men, boys and children is bound to give sntisfaction. Call aud see our new stock.
WHITE LEAD aiKpOnTthe test in town, at Campbell & Tinslcy's.
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Clerk nf the Cuvnit Court ot
Montgomery e.ounly, 8t ite o! lmliiinn, in mvor of Klfton, .Iiune* Husnnlmrk et nl.. to mc ns .Slierifl ol mul i-uiintr, I wilt salo at public inielion unit outcry, on
Saturday, the 12th day of September, I81J, between the hours of III o'clock A.M.»ml'
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