Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 December 1874 — Page 2

Jsaturdaii (Evening Journal.

CkTuFORPSVlt.UK. SATURDAY, l'KC. 12.

COUXTI'JYEWS.J-YN GOSSIP.

Uowcr*" .still ion.

—Wheat looks well. —The fat hogs havs not all lefl the

country yet. Samuel Deck ha-s been sick some time but is better. —Joshua Saidln ia feeding forty head of cattle this Winter.

We have the news here that the Benton county lion has been captured. _L. M. Dunbar & J. P. Lanum have adopted the cash system in their business.

The well diggers at Samuel Fislicro's have come to solid rock -ome thirty feet from the surface. —Lewis Dunbar has his new house completed. 1 iil'XIkhiu:ci.

DitrliiiKloii.

—The letter in la.-t week's Review con ceming the late Odd I'ellows supper at this dace does the members of that order injustice. The affair was really a very pleasant and enjoyable one. While the committee was preparing the good things in their proper place ILev. D. J'. MeClain was called forward and made a rouinu good tpeecli on Odd Fellowship, touihing all the good qualities of a true Odd

Fellow. I will say in behalf of the supper that a nicer time never was seen in Darlington than the Odd Fellows had. Plenty of everything that was good to eat was on their tables, bi side.i whii there was plenty of good fresh oysters served in the best of style. \V hen supper was called, E. P. McClaskcv stepped forward and announced to the audience that all could not eat at. the first table, but that the second tabic would be as good as the first. Then the ladies were invited to the table first. Alter ihey were all provided for the gentlemen came forward and filled up the table. There were 125 persons present. Everything went off smoothly, and all enjoyed themselves well. Dyke.

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London Suakper.

... l.iulog".

Welch lives in Hainbridge, and is a first class house painter, but happened to let the ardent get away with him. Osborn's decision smacks of business, and we trust he will hold out faithful unto the end. —The Philomathian Society decided here on Monday night that the "nigger'"

lavs Judge shade.

church. Andy Loop is spending a few weeks visiting a daughter in Kansas. Mr. L. inteiuls to return through the State of Iowa. —Chadwick & Morris, fur dealers, have secured the services of G. 13. Durbin, an experienced trapper, for the coming Winter.

Prof. W. F. Clirk is teaching a first class school in our new school building. The school is in a fine condition and receiving the compliments of all interested. —Smith & Quillen have leased the

this

—Wheat looks well all around section of the country. —A good saw mill is how running at George Riffle's, sawing from six to ten thousand feet per day. —There is considerable stock changing hands. Geo. W. Ilifile sold Ali-x Meharry one car load of good cattle on Saturday last. Alex is feeding two car loads of nico throe and four year old cattle and sixty hogs. —A good many around here arc getting wind pumps erected to elevate water for stock. Among them are I. N. Meharry,

A. C. McCorkle, Eli Dick 2, J. Corn. M. Beaver, C. N. Meharry, Alex Meharry 2. Samuel Kerr and others. These are all well to do fanners and know the value of time, as well as thai of good water for their stock. —A. M. llickett, Professor of Phremdogy, paid Pleasant Hill a visit lust Thursday an 1 Friday." As he may visit other places let me warn the young folks not to pass a public examination unless they want to have their weaknesses and their bad qualities revealed. The young ladies and gentlemen who lnul their bumpexamined at Pleasant Hill found them selves fuller of the devil than their neighbors supposed they were.

—John M. Parker's infaut child died here on Monday. —A few hogs in this part of the county remain uusold. The owners are holding for 7 cents. —Win. Freeman has bought the lot will keep minors and whisky out.

just north of Bcolt'a btore, and has a good smith Hhop up on it, where he will be ready to shoe horses and such this week. —Several bad cases of typhoid fever are reported around here. Thomas ltose, Thomas Peffley and some others are quite low, but hopes are entertained that all will recover. —The M. E. church .Sunday school voted on last 8unday to have a Christmas tree, and of course Old Santa Claus will be expected to call at Ladoga when on his grand rounds about Dec. 24. We believe the Sunday school at the Christian church proposes to have a festival during the holidays. Speaking of Sunday schools reminds us of what happened here in Ladoga last Sunday. A teacher asked his class who wrote the Acts. This at first appeared to be a stumper, but .finally one of the boys said that old Acts himself was the author. This caused a gentle smile to extend about six inches from each comer of the teacher's mouth, as well as the mouths of other members of the school. —J. N. Osborn, who was elected Justice of the Peace at our last election on the Reform ticket, was sworn into oflice last Saturday and on Sunday one Mr.

Welch was brought before him on a charge of drunkenneasandgiving whisky to other parties. -He was found guilty( and Justice Osborn fined him $10 and ooeta. He refused to pan out, and was posted off to the county lock-up, but we understand he has since got out. Suppose he did not like the inside appearance of our county boarding house and got out on the best terms he could. Mr.

Uouriiii mill ot Frank Cornell. We predict that tiie new linn will be successful in iheir new undertaking, as they are young men considerable snap.

A oun^ man named Win. Wilson, who broke jail at Covington some weeks auo, arrested and confined on a charge ol horse stealing, was rearrested in this vicinity on last Thursday by members of I the Detective Company and turned over to the authorities at Covington.

—The Fredericksburg Horse Thief Detective Association held its annual meeting in the new hall last Saturday, 'llie following officers were elected lor the ensuiiii year: President, Thos. J. Wilson Vice President, Curtis Edwards Treasurtr, John C. Morris Secretary, Wm.'C. Pugue Captains, W. W. Ward and M. J. Foust. —The officers recently installed in

Morning Star Lodge No. S-15, I, O. G. T., are: W. C. T., Frank Cornell W. V. T., Miss Carrie Freeman W. S., W. F. Clark W. A. S., Lou Edwards W. M.,

Joseph Abbott W. D. M., Miss Lida Finch W\ F. S., Win. C. Brattoii W. T,.lames Quillen W. C\, Rev. S. P. Patch P. W. C. T., Win. F. Edwards R. H. S., Jennie Hratton L. H. S., Jennie Abbott, I. G., Ella Loup O. G., Asbury Finch. The lodge is now in a prosperous condition with a membership of 83. —The following changes in real estate have been made recently: Curtis Ed wards has bought the properly of Dr. J.

W. Hogsett for $1,G00 Mr. Edwards •rets possession on the first of March. Win. Peterson has bought a hou.*e and lot of Thomas Quillen for $of0. Madam Rumor says thai Uncle Billy has an idea of housekeeping again. Mrs Sallie Buchanan has bought the property of Asburv Linn, paying $02j.

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—Trade is said to be improving. Last week the sales amounted to almost double what they ha\e at any lime previous for months.

payiiiL' S(J this WCCK. There is quite a large party made up at and near this place, to lake in the Benion nimy "What-is-it 1" the next snow. McGuflen is captain of the band.

pains to tell everybody that came in from the country, and would try to make the impression that he had sloped to keep from paying his debts. Wc are happy to inform those busy bodies, and all whom it may concern that such is not the case, for he has returned. And

ought not to have the right to vote. This even if he was disposed to defraud his Buckirk's decision in the creditors ws don't think he would be

Yoknkkk.

Mace.,.

Prof. S. M. Freeman is instructing a class in instrumental music at the M.

if i. .... lino s.rpius ot the iianks. their tola —Ciiirland & Waiknp are stil 1 ship-i .*

pi"K which they say are getting i|

W. H. Vancleave has purchased a fine billiard table and lilted up a hall over nis store. He says it has paid him from $5 to $10 every day since ilairived. We wish llillv no bad luck so lotii: as he

—The new brick building erected by Witt. Nelcon & Adkins is iilmost completed. The lower rooms will Le ready for business by Christinas. Witt & Nelson will occupv their upper rooms for

Iwellings. The Masonic fraternity are fishing for the Doctor's upper room.

—Our shoe shop litis changed hands. It formerly belonged to LaFayette Thomas, but now the firm is known by the name of Steward & Jessie. Mr. Steward is certainly one of the finest and best workman in the county. And Jimmie is no slouch of a cobbler, for the time he has been at it.

—Not long ai the members of the Cliristiau church at lliis place had a subscription paper circulated for the "world,"or outsiders, to sign. They all appeared to be rather liberal, signing from one to five dollars each. Win Lockman was one of the $5 men. Last Wednesday he went to one of the Deacons and offered to pay it, but the money was refused, because it had been taken in at a dance. At least such is the story. And we all know there are plenty of zealous church members who would refuse to take dance money for church purposes, but receive it without question in their private business.

—One day last week Lafe Thomas had business at Indianapolis. He went off on the 4 o'clock train, but neglected to go all over town before starting and tell the people where he was going and what his business was. So the next morning M&dame Rumor had him run off. We noticed some few persona took particular

THE Cl\AWFOKDSVI L.Llii SATURDAY EVKN'INd .IQKHNA.L.

likely to go off and leave his accounts standing out, which will amount to ten times the amount of his indebtedness. Mr. Thomas has lived here for several years and so far as known nobody can say alight against liini.

MKHDI.KR.

The National liuiilcs. I From the Indianapolis Journal.] An advance copy of the forthcoming report of the Comptroller ol Currency furnishes some interesting intormation relative to National banks, not contained in the abstract sent by telegraph. The report shows that on the 2d of October last there were two thousand and four National banks doing business with an aggregate capital of §40i,7iS 121. Of these 4S were in New York city, DD in the three cities of Boston, Pniladelphia and Baltimore, SS ir. the other redemption cities, and 1,744 country banks. The total number of banks organized in this Suite has been one hundred and four, of which six have been closed or are closing, and ninety-eight are still in operation, with a paid in capital of ?li\27S,000, anil an outstanding circulation ol $14,il0o,2Gt). On the basis ot population and wealth the State has $270,005 less than its pro rata share of the aggregate circulation authorized by law, but there is nothing in the way ol the full amount being taken up on application.

The common opinion is that National banking is exceedingly profitable and that these institutions declare very large dividends. Many persons also think they pay no taxes, and both of these ideas have been studiously promulgated lor political purposes. The banks are entitled to justice in this regard, and no man ought to wish to be seif-decieved or made the victim ol misrepresentation. The figures in the Comptroller's report show that the banks do not declare exceptionally large dividends, and lie also calls attention to the fact, accessible to all who choose to read the law, thai they pay a tax to Che general Government of one per cent, a year on their circulation, one lutlf of one per cent, on deposits, and one halt of one per cent on capital not invested in United States bonds. The taxes paid to the general Government by the National banks lor the year 1874 amounted to $7,083,398, and the total taxes paid by them trom the organization of llie system in 18G4 to July 1. 1874, has been *68.5SU,o'J0. This is National taxation alone. Tiie rate of taxaiion under Slate laws during the last year on National bank capital in New

York ciiy was about 2 80 per cent. in Buffalo and Albany, -1 to 5 per cent. in Boston, 2.34 per cent. in Banimorc 2 53 per cent in Cincinnati, 2.57. in Chicago, 2 34 per cent. in Si. Louis, 2.44 percent., and so on. After very lull and careful inquiry the Comptroller estimates the averiige amount of local taxation assessed on National bank capital ai from 3 to 31 per cent. Real estate and personal properly generally are assessed ai much less than their actual value, while bank shares are usually assessed at their lull value. The Comptroller says in coi cliifion that "that there is no doubt that the ratio of taxation ol llie National banks is greater than that of any other species ot property." So much for taxes.

The teport contains a carefully prepared table, showing the aggregate capital and s:.rplus ot llie banks.

uiviuenda and total net earnings, with

ie l( 0

very scarce in tliia vicinity. They are dend* to capital and .-nrplus, and earn-

OAC11 EMI RES, MERINO.-,

dividends to capital, divi-

it J4S to capital and surplus, lor each hall year commencing Marcn 1, 18(59, audi ending September 1, 1S7-1 This statement shows that the highe.-t rate of semi annual dividends was lor the six months ending September 1, 18ii!), when the average was 0 '11 per cent., or nearly 11 per cent, a year.

According to the returns Cor the six months ending September 1, 187-1, nineteen hundred and seventy-nu* banks, with a capital of !?48!),l.'{8,2S4, and a surplus ol $128 3(54 031), declared divi(lends of $24 9-H.307. or o.C'J per cent I on capital, and 4 (J3 per cent, on capital and Mirplus. This would be a fraction I over 10 per cent a year on the capital invested, which is certainly nothing wonderlnl. lCnglish banks do better! ilian this. For the six months ending June 30, 1S74. four banks in the city of: London declared dividends at the r.tte ot 20 per cent, a year, and two at the rate 10 per cent., and the proportion of! ncl profits to capital of the leading banks oi that city for this year endim: •lulv 1. 1S74. was 17 percent. Four of these banks—the Ion and We.-tniins-ter, the London Joint Stock, the London and County, and the Union—liave been paying 20 per cent yearly since 1871, I and the London Joint Stock earned 25 I per cent, in 1873, the London and Westminster 24 per cent, and the London Joint Stock also earned 25 per cent, in 1872. and 25.5(5 per cent, in 1871. In the light ol thisi! figures the dividends of our National nks do not seem to great.

The profits of National banks vary in different parts of the country. In Idaho lor the six months ending September 1, 1874, the average dividends of the banks were 20 per cent. in Colorado and Nebraska, 17 percent. In the older States the dividends for this period range from 3.9 percent, in Missouri, to 9.3 per cent, in Texas. The average rale in Indiana was 5.6 per cent.., or a fraction over 11 per cent, a year.

New York has adopted an ameudment to her State Constitution by which the term of office of Governor is extended from two to three years, to commence, however, at the end of Governor Tilden's term, and the pay of members of the Legislature has been increased from $300 to $1,500 per annum. As both amendments were adopted by the direct vote of the people, it would seem as if New York was in favor of big salaries and long terras.

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DRY COODS

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C. M. CRAWFORD'S.

SlIiKk NI»!»sur AIjMU'iiK—'The most rcuturknbW' barguiisN in Alpstcais in the city, which i* from 25c. to 83c.

Desirable Hew DREW'S GOODS.

Extra (Jooil Haruaiiis in the Finest O'uiiHy of-Now

UEHEGES, and

FALL lMESS UOOIK

SERGES, SATEENS AND LUSTRES, CAMEL'S 1IA1R CLOTH.

ISnt'Kainttii) FiiieC'Joihx SUM! CtissiinercN. Csissimci es «r Itlclic:m gYiuiit.v, 'I'tveods. JcaiiK. He.. »l« r|iriol 4 Units nil €u!oiham!qitiilil)' at 1C\ cdiisgly l.sw Trice*.

Still plenty of ovir most popvtlixi*

in ]VIvi.slins, Oiilieosi

At 8c, some of the Vest tlm-lc Cn'licos.

,A.t !Oe„ vurtl wile Jleaclied iW \xslisis.

At 1' -lie, exli'ii quality., vnrd vil Bleached 3tuslins.

School

MLK Pongees, Pol'l IN. MOUHN1NG

lientlemen's Own Material Cut and Made Up at Kstablishcd Prices.

WM. J. MITCHELL A»C0., Main .St. ruut.. Doors t'l'oin (iret-ii.

FRUIT TREES

PRICE I^IST

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TREES, FOR SALE BY

A. J. Royalty, Crawfordsville, Inl. Apples 3 yosrs old IS coma cRi.-h. Pears, fii-Nl

CIRSH

Penrn, snr.ond class Cherneu, first.chins Cherries, second nla**

BOOK STORE.^

Corner Book Store.

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DRESS GOODS,

GOODS FOR MEN and BOYS WEAlt

«&. 15 ml 7' etw.

a (in\ :trl \v «te sil^lesteif el

A.t exli Muslins. Ar l'-i 1-Uo, 12,'oocl Cnnton Flannel.

At oxl rn Avide, hesiv.v Canlon l^lsoinel

Flannels and Blankets!

Rn these «joo!s we rail oiler !»s!«ieeii3enix iiiiKiii'pas^ci! byany house in (lie county. lSes 'tinrred ommlrv Flannels. Shirting Maiuieh oil* all kinds. plain ('«lor'«8 Flaitnel.s. Jine while Flaiinclx. line opera Flannels, line liarred Saxony Flannels.

Ladies' Missessniifl CliiWrcus' ]Smv Fall Stockings and

Gloves,Merino Undenvear.Gentleineiis' and S^o.vs Merino, New Neckties, Hows, Etc., Hleaclied

Trimmings, (inimps, Frinue^, Laces, etc. Also a large stock of Notions and

Fancy Goods of all Kinds which

We will sell at the very lowest cash prices. M. CRAWFORD.

MERCHANT TAILORINC.

MERCHANT TAILORING.

1-Clegant Awsorttnl Wlooli' of

IMPORTED CLOTHS

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Class Ciitlor. Vll Goods WniTiinl cl as li,oii'eseitle(l.

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A large stock ol n»R'iy made Boots, Shoes, Slipper**, (2um liools, etc, Mnnnfacturing am! rcpniring oxoo«it#»i 01. *hort notico. «tve thorn

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Iruit & Ornamental B00ts and Shoes,

Main St., near Washington,

CrawiordNville, lnliaua.

Custom Made Work

miinufnctures HOOIH on ttio putcnt 1'lirrn-I Iiiist, which (inutile* him to give noiti f. till KHHyiit. He in prepared to docuatom work, Hither sewed or pegged, on short notice. Rnpniiinc done with neatness und dinpntch. ilexolic'tii .*hsro of the public cuntoin.

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