Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 24 October 1874 — Page 8

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NOBBY

THE wk'Kcd e«lit« ol the

HATS AND CAPS.

Hats & Caps!

GOLTRA & BIBCOCK'S

•'jSaturdag dircninri Journal

CRU?KORIK»II.I.F. 'H I 'AY. on. '^i.

CITY AM) VICINITY.

JOSEPHrs ROBINSON has a rose bush growing out nl tlicrnof of Itis house.

THE saw mill lately at. Troiitman's station has been moved lo Pleasant Hill.

Han

says it

is said that some of our Crawfordsville girls chew tobacco.

SAW MILL HriiNEH.—The Quick saw mill, near losion Store, was destroyed by fire hint Tuesday niglu.

THE Good Templar festival last Tuesday evening was a success in the way ot attendance and neit» about $17.

THE lady who ••hoirowed for ail hour" ihe box of trunk keys from Campbell Tinsley's will please return them, as thev are wanted.

COON «& EVANS have not into handwnie new ([darters in the new Hughes building. James Heaton, Sr., also ".moves bis oflice to the same place.

TP.IISUY & REICH Alto's grocery store, at ihe old Simpson stand, wits seized by the constable last Saturday, to satisfy a judgment for $270 held by A. F. Rani-

N S. JoriUN will get into tfie south icom of theOrnbaun building about the first of November. He leaves for the East early next week to lay in a new stock.

LECTURE.—Fisher Doherty will deliver a lecture at Sugar Grove school lion«e, Scott township, on the first Sunday in November at 10 o'clock A. M. A general invitation is extended.

JIM NOLAN has been -rying hard to convince the City Engineer that a 400 barrel cistern holds more tl an 25)2 barids. The nutter has been referred to Prof. Campbell, of Wabash College.

A NEW election will probably be ordered in Clark township at an early day tf. elect a Trustee, the last election having resulted in a tie between D. I. Nicholson, Democrat, and Henry A. Miller, Republican.

THE Scliooj Trustees of the several lowns and townships and of the city of tjrawfordsville made their annual reItofts to the Commissioners last Monday. '.Hlwwhere we publish some statements compiled from these reports.

VICTORS AOAIN.—Two closely contested games of croquet played between Ihe Yountsville and Crawfordsville boys last Wednesday afternoon resulted in two victories for the former. The games wore played on the Yountsville grounds.

SOME of the regiments in the southeast f«rt of town complain of the treatment one ot their neighbors extends to his horses. The ofiense alleged is that he feeds them with the bits in their mouths, in consequence of which they are always in bad condition.

11. W. FILLING is canvassing the county for the new State and county atlas to be published during the next year by Andreas, Raskin & Burr. It will be ioth a handsome and valuable work. Five or six canvassers are to be set to work in this county at once.

FIRE.—A lire at the house of Jeptha P.oyland, in the southwest part of town, ?la-it Monday shortly before noon, destroyed bedding, carpets and furniture to the amount of about $00. It caught from a heated thimble in a flue. No damage of conscquencc was done to the house.

JAMES HKKROX, father of Treasurer Kerron, died of paralysis at his home a t-hort distance south of the city on Thursday morning. He was up and walking about the day before. Deceased was a native of Ohio, but came to this county. »laany years ago, where by dint of hard work and economy he had become one of the wealthiest of our farmers. He had reached the age of 70 years. He was a faithful member of the First Presbyterian church in this city. The funeral was conducted from the residence yesterday morning, the body being interred at the old church burial ground near yountsville.

THE following order made by the Hoard of Commissioners this week explain* itelf: "Ordered by the Hoard of Commission-'" ITS that each and every person having a claim against ihe county ot Montgomery. Indiana, shall file with aiu-li Coin-mi.--ioncrs a detailed .statement of the items ot bis or their claim, and shall I swear to the same. And if the aflidavit of the truth ot the same shall be written by the Auditor the county, anil he shall I swear the claimant to his or their claim.

THE new iron lirid^- has been placed (|TE OLMI-gc for the same shall be paid by in position over Dry ..Branch ai the plan- .the person or persons reijiH'.-tuifr the ing mill.

The law authorizes the Auditor to cliarue 2~ cents for each afiiuavit made out and oath adminisiered loraclnimant.

JOHN

south from Clinton county, bringimr home a basket of v» ry tine seed corn from the farm of Henry Louck, ot Miehigantown. He says Louck has 80 acres of this corn which will make a hundrtd bushels to

the acre. Mr. .Miller also visited the farm of Uriah Black, of the same locali ty who has 10 acres that will average 70 bushels, lie thinks this a little the best corn he has seen this vear.

MARKET H|. p,,uT.-Tl.e 'followinu

prices for grain, provisions and produce

are furnished by Darter & liro.: Wheat, '"°1

THE best sidewalk in town will be th which B. L. Ornbaun is putting

THK Indianapolis. Blnomiimton &

Indianapolis, Rloomiimton

of the older road

U,c„, t„»l,ip l„ Illinois. „„d °tl»cr „i,„

further west, where the crop was a fail re

because he didn't want to go anyhow.

COMPROMISED.— The Switzer-Bailoy breach of promise case, which went from

Bailey for seduction also..

red 85 io 90, Alabama 90 to !»", white! Lebanon Si. Louis Railroad. The tax So to SI corn -lo oats -1U to 4f» clover was placed on the duplicate of 1872, but -eed $.*: hay Slf potatoes, peach blows 7o Lo 90 early rose ti": choice Winter apples ?1 eirgs 15 butter 25 flour, buying $4.90 j.T.2" selling •So.oO toSti chickens S2 59.

JUDUK THOMAS has been disabled from holding court at Rockville this week by sickness. His place on the bench has been filled by P. S. Kennedy. The Judge expects to be able to resume his dutie# next week.

default of $100 bail committed to jail by Mayor Coons last Monday morning.

elected Deputy Grand High Priest of, the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ma-

many months.

sons of this State, at its last annual meet-1 PROF. W. H. CHESS has five ing at Indianapolis this week. classes in charge. He has the

SHERIFF KELBEY left last night for

Michigan City with the two boys Robert Henry and Ed Carson, who -were given two years each in the Slate prison for larceny.

J. T. MACK & Co. have opened a new grocery in the east room of the new

Hughes building, in the place of Tribbv

ytt-

first joint.

grocery in tne east room otitic new Mo^rwillP arriv.,1

& Reichard, suspended. I .. ... JIC

SAM'L SCOTT, I. N. Vansickle's master I friends, workman, is improving in health, but

A. THOMAS, an Eastern man, has opened a new shoe shop on the second floor of the Darter building.

THE CKAWFO'RDSVILLE SATURDAY EVENING JOITKNA1

THE gas is a success. It was turned

011 for the first time last Saturday even- Springfield Railroad lias been ctiiiiplei* ing, and the streets were thronged with :uid the estimates made and submitted. people till long after o'clock. Most of The elections in Parke county have rethe business houses had been supplied suited favorably lor the road, and the

with burners and were brilliantly illn- feeling is represented as being very en: minuted, and the whole city wore the eouraging in Putnam. The election in air of a grand holiday. At the Keller Center town.-hip of Hendricks county, House there were music and daneinn which was to have been lu-ld on the 21st, in honor of the event, which were kept was withdrawn, but there is said to lie a up till a late hour. Superintendent .strong feeling in favor of the road in IJardwell and his force of workmen, who thatcounty. have labored so assiduously for the last I three month.®, deserve the highest credit for the work which they have accomolished.

CITY SCHOOI. FIN ANTICS.—The Trustees of the city schools made their annual report to the Commissioners last Wednesday. There had been three calls lor a special report, but the time was extended in each case until finally the report came in in its annual turn. It shows sums overdrawn on the special school fund to the amount of $C,:"uf.-l8. To meet the overdrafts, and to save borrowimr. monev was transferred from the

lo the report, is Sl.0fil.SS. tinisli the work.

WEST POINT CADETSHIP.—An exam-J ination of applicants for the vacant ea-

N N. .MILLE.I, living a few miles detship to be filled from thisConuression- foljowing allowances to McC rest of town, lias just returned District was held at Lal'ayette last Sweeney, Utju^o ccmtra.':tors:

Wednesday. There were I I applicants, three of whom were from this county. Willie May, of this city, was the! successful candidate. Willie has until next June to prepare for the severer examination which he will have to pass at West Point before being admilted.

IUII.ROAI. TAN.--The Commissioners,

at their meetimr this week, passed an or

,i('r

«^ti»g the Treasurer to proceed to

collcct the ti,x lev,eii in Brown

benefit of the Andeison,

its collection was suspended under the proviMons of the new railroad law.

WESI'WA iu.—The opening of Pike stieet, which is graveled as far west as Marsli.'ill, lias brought th' lots in liistine's addition into the market. There It are about twenty-eight of these lots, all

down in front ol his new building. will be made of eight huge stones 14 feet. lying within the corporation line and be- jin length, from 4 to inches thick and tween Pike street and Wabash avenue, .\lmlison of an average width off! feet. They They have been placed in the hands of Fnfnkl7n'Ck .' were shipped from St. Paul, this State. H. W. Connard for sale. ci'trk"" The total cost of the sidewalk will be! bullosa ..ifce u,. b„iuii„?, ii i„ put u, 'injt .... j-about six years, Hied of congestive chills

!a«l

Wednesday, after «n illness of about iwenty-fo'.ir hours. The deceased was a

Western Railroad Company have laid thus lar this season fifteen miles of new •member of Farmers' Grange, Kipley for services for the year ending Octoiron, graveled thirty-eight miles of the townsliir, and was buried by the Order ler 19: I road bed, and put in over 100,000 new l1,!*t Thursday.

Hevieo-.

ties, the greater part of the road bed of —j Wayne 1)0.00 the main line now being in a condition Si:rr has been commenced against the Brown 222.00 to compare favorably with that of many Commissioners by the Countv Suoerin-

s.-fmhanajwh* Journal. (.jr l])e f(ij] amoimt bn)

THE great abundance of the tato proaentetl by him at the September scs- Sugar Creek 102.00 crop has not yet brought the price down

II wiM be

very low. uw,» i„« Auction of about $75 was made by the Walnut Wagon load after wagon load of good^peach blows finds a ready sale on the streets every day at from 75 to 90 cents a bushel. Our dealers buv

Commissioners.

IC.-jiiuiKK IirssEi.L has not-yet received his commission as Justice of the Peace,

ourGovt

,„„

—,

(.uct the Democratic campaign in Uli-i

nois. Barney will suceeed Esquire Pur-

II. D. WHITE, though a regularly ap- sell, who has been holding over. I Clark *10v 75 pointed delegate, staid away from the Walnut"!..!..!.!!..!...!!!!"...!..!!!... 02.50 capital removing convention which met: THE loudest complaints against the Franklin 117.21 at Louisville on the 20th, partly because

ru tlie

c,t.v

he was not well, partly because he don't ^'le pupils to leave 'lie grounds in pro- Midison 99.O0 take much stock in Reavis, and chiefly cession by the north gate come from ^jp]e'y 87 50 go anyhow. I persons living directly across the street Brown !!!!!.!.!!!!.!!.!!!!....!!!! 155 00 on the south. I Wayne

THE LaFayette

this county to Parke on a change of veil-1 death of the wife of Dr. John L. Smith, ue some time ago, was compromised at late Presiding Elder of this District. Rockville this week, Bailey paying the 'She died at LaFayette last Thursday girl $400. A case is pending against morning. She had been a sufferer for

Journal

TIIK survey of tlui Indianapolis &

MAKKIAt.N LICENSES—The following marriage licenses have been issued by Clerk Vance during the week ending toiday noon:

Thomas Youni: and Mollie McCafli-rtv. John H. Swank and Mary J. Snyder. John Vannice and Sallie Hall. I

KM COMPTON and Win. A. Carney, of Union. John Vannice. of Franklin, and

„Uier full week and porhaps more to

Court House Kxpcuse*.

The Commissioners this week made the McCoruiack iV

Kxira work on privv vault.. $ tone uoi M!hI remtMit till mi .. usii ti Ksiiimile regular work, los.* In poicont..

Total

District Tef.iperanee Convention. There will be a mass temperance convention of the 9th DisUict of Indiana at LaFayette. (Jet. 29 and 30. Good speech-

es alul a

8OOD

timc are

OI lne uola lax

money and about 82,000

in notes taken.—Itccicw.

TIIF eclipse of the moon, it is said,

4 1- .1 I will begin about 11 o'clock to-night, ft titinn will III- lion'nl III tlie Fi I'l-tmrv tertn »l I lie MAJOR L. A. L'OOTK, Of tills city, WILS .... Oirenit Court (If s«i,l eoimly. I. Si. Viinee. will beat Us best shortly after 1. It 4»-:s. r.o.„fM.i:.

Wl11 vlslblc lf rc

^ocUnuh.

tation among those who profess to know

of being a sllcces flll teilclier

i'..,.. „i

John Beard.

espocterl. Let*

there be a large attendance from cverv county in the District. Entertainment Miss MARY D. NAYLOR, Vice Pres. W. C. T. U., 9ih Disi. lnd.

CUAW i-oi'.nsvn.u Oct. 21, 1S74.

THE following is the rate ot taxation I in a to a to this county and of the city of Crawford#ville:

Cunlcreck. ..... Way uu Wnnctown Kipley ...«•.., ...:.... I.ir«»wn ......... .••.. .. Wvuland Scett ...

have

been allowed the followin

Coal Creek...............................$12000

KiPley

^"'embered chat a re- Franklin 1.44.00

Clark Union

helping c0

an- ?. t•

moo oi me several uiwn-

ships for sheep ending October

rthips or

keep killed during the vear

di„,, October 19

schools which requires Sugar Creek 21.50

Coal Creek Union

announces the

LEGAL.

J£\ ECUTOIL'SXOFI CK.

POSTMASTER MCCAIX and family left at noon to-day to spend a week in visit- :.... ...I.,.: Notiw is hereby j-'ireu tlinl I lnive I upllUT ru.ltue

county. McC. has been suffering will. quinsy for the past few davs.

JOHN O MARA, eharged with stealing the store of S. F. Kyle, at Ashoy'aMills, I 'I'"*'-1'1- F.STATI:. a pint of whisky and attempting to rob was entered by thieves, the safe blown the till of John Dinneen's saloon, was in ^I^'1

ana friends 111 Looue I pomieil Executor ol Hie ln.-l ill mill ti'HUrneut

.. ..c. .. i:t«:! xoc ii to r. I

HEAVY ROBEBRV.—Last Monday night 1 XT OTK.'E To IIKIPS OF PETITION*

KNUI.E.

Tlu-! ot' (»inn\ i- h»-r«-b\ lli.d

\Uu»U U.

iHEKlFFtf SALK.-'

music I

Virtuonf nil execution, to mc •)Ii'4-f• I««| ln tin* t«nMitl Court of Monr^nmcrv countv, Sta

reputil- of I ti«iiiittH, in favor of .lamps K. lio»»t« »1# j.-,-

Satiirduij, thr

1-1/A

dm/

between the hiilr« of 1 O|IK-IC,A.

LAST Saturday as Lew Fisher wii« »vi«irk M. ot .-tui iiny, NI TH CUNRT iimiaei 1 1 I the ('ity of i^riiwIiirilsviMe. r. ,,

trying to rescue a hog from hi!) dog, the I county, liuluum, tho rcntKnnd prolix fori! term former bit one of his fingers off at the he'filii^"^rHe^ii^'reHi eNooeln'' (iomeiy eounty. Iniliiniii, to.wit: purl of i|,

•N

Win. K. Quillen, of Coal ('reek, have filed their bonds as Constables of their respective townships.: The bond is SI,OOII.

tuition fund, which in consequence has street has been finished as far south as' been run very low. Ihe total balance t.lio Methodist church. It will require in the hands of the Treasurer, according

Tin: grading and gravelint: of Water

1 H) ».()•)

1 1 1

I.Ml 1. Hi I.Mi 1 .Ob 1,\M

1,10

i. i:t i.i ti 1.0' 1.0^

Cost of Township Trustees. The Trustees of the several townships amounts

132 50

Scott 105.00 Madison .120.00

142.50 150.00 9.19.00

What Our Hogs Cost.

The following amounts were paid out

„. j„ «,V™T"l..i'n"-

...157."JO ... 75.00 ...S37.75

MARRIED.

OITEH.MAN— McKNtUHT—On :m, l,y Kev. O. W. SjtHfforil, nt the rcfiilciifo of the liri.-ie'S futlier, N «»r LH'IDJJII, Mr. -LEWIS C. utterlimn to Miss Ann R. Mi-Kniuht.

A'linimfc.iniiiit'iif tlHM-.-tjUo !. HvUu-vj »er. futs lti«

|*«*iitj«I

ft.-» li iho

r^ai •"-tutc ol' iIm* l«?»*i'i!cnt. his 1 ln\nrj MJSUtliciout |n»y lii JUKI that ahl JH».

1S7-1,

"'eoine^ IM

|(,1vn.

in this city last nin it. He comes down I ""r

oi Kim Huh.. «iie«i i,v oriii«in Hatr.-ii,

WPSt feet, thence MMitheiist feet, theneo

to visit a while among relatives and nui'tin'iiMi to the pinee nf iiciiinninK. hein i,,| No. it

II.ul

HMI"

l'J^f,l-Ehas been appoint-j on the

THE Kankakee hunting and fishing niiiini! party has commenced arriving home. I wiihiteV

in the town of 151m Kale, to l,

old to s:(ti.«l'y Miiil e.\ 'cutimi. inter-

—-i. csts nml eo^ts, innl if t) sntne will not l.i in^

^iillii-ient to H»ti!.fy MI ul execution, I Ci 11

ed executor of the will of the late Hon- iTfcMm-frX

(luy III the Nimeiihiee, oiler'tm. fee

11•• from vnlti-

interest nml eocts, without :inv lit ion or iipi'i niHeinent liitv

Sni.l re:il ol.ite Inkers tie tin- pio|.,-i tv of .ImliU:i

I ISI

.ni

m:.t 1

Saturday, th'' th dot/ of JJocauber,

lietweeil the liDiirs of |n o'i'lo -lc,A. iM.

'''IIIIIU'''

I ensl hnlf of the nurllieii i|Uarter ol soetinn :(1. township north, ol' rangi- west. Ile^in-