Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 26 December 1874 — Page 4

jSaturdaa (firming Journal.

T. II. McCAWaiidJ. f. TALBOT, Publithert.

Crawfordsville Saturday, Dec. 26, 1874.

APPROPRIATIONS to the amount of $100,000 are asked for the new Purdue University at LaFayette.

THE Icevtcto opposes the building of a new State House, and expresses the opinion that the project is a Republican scheme. The Review may have a good reason for its opposition to the new building, but it is mistaken if it supposes the movement in that direction is engineered by Republicans.

THE Cincinnati Enquirer, Dan Yoorheeri' champion, is still hopeful. It says:

It is reported that three of llie four Democratic Representatives of Marion county, Indiana, will vote for D. W. Voorhees for Senator. Marian county contains the city of Indianapolis, and Indianapolis is the home of Joseph E. McDonald.

IF Dan Voorhees hasn't, a ghost of a chance of being elected to the United States Senate,

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some of the Democratic

papers would have us believe, why do they waste so much of their time and space in trying to defeat him The In-

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4 THE CRAW FORDS

SENATOR MOUTOS has given notice that on the first day of the session, after the recess, he will ask the Senate to proceed with the consideration of the proposed amendments to the constitution of the United States in regard to the •••lection of the President and Vice President, reported by the Committee on Privileges and Elections at '.he last session.

THE Logansport Journal calls attention to the fact that the grand jury has just closed a twelve days' session which has been spent in raking tip evidence of crimes, nearly all misdemeanors which under the present laws might have been tried by a Justice of the Peace at a trifling ex|»ense, whereas they now cost that county thousands of dollars. The Journal adds: "How long shall a clumsy judicial system, which permits such a waste, be allowed to continue?"

THIS ludianapolis Journal inves the comforting information concerning the condition of the I., I. & W. road that its debt per mile is not one-sixth as heavy as the debt per mile on the Atlantic & Great Western road and that it is now in a much belter financial condition than was the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road a few years ago, when placed in the hands of a receiver, and now the latter railway is one of the best in the country. All railroad officials concede that if the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western rt.ad once gets upon its feet again it wiM rank as one of the best roads in the West.

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Congress ha* made unexpected progress in disposing of the finance question. A caucus of Republican Senators was held last Saturday in which a bill was agreed upon which has since passed the Senate. The bill provides for a return to specie payments January 1, 1879. To this end provision is made for free banking and for a retirement of greenbacks until their circulation is reduced to $300,000,000. The plan for retiring the greenbacks and at the same time avoiding contraction is this: For every $100 of bank notes issued $80 of greenbacks will be withdrawn until the limit of $300,000,600 is feached, after which no iriore greenbacks are withdrawn, though the issue of bank notes may continue indefinitely. The bill also provides for the issue of silver coin to take the place of the present fractional currency. This measure received the support of nearly every Republican Senator, and was passed in that body by a vote of 32 to It. It seems to be the general opinion that it will also pass the House and thus remove the currency question out of politico

CO UXTY.YE ITS AXD OSS IP

llonloii Ntnre.

—Trade in thin part of the country is brisk and money plenty. —Moudy & Co. have got their saw mill to running. They are expecting to buy 10,000 saw logs and to supply lumber rapidly. —The temperance people out here are elated over the defeat of the saloon men

THK Kokomo Tribune and the Laporte JU TIIE Commissi oners' Court. We are Herald have followed the JOURNAL glad the citizens of Crawfordsville have adopting the Saturday evening edition, me snap to defend thenielves from the -•1 .... ureat evils of liquor celling.

THF. local papers of the state are still I ". T?, ......

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denying that they are jealous of Indian-1 apolis. The Journal ought to be satis- Miiuiy Bed by this time. —The Grango at this place is in a prosperous condition.

Tin Terre Haute Express thinks the —Mog killing time has come, evervRepublican party will be "too dead to

skin" if it adopts the financial plan proposed by the Senate. The E.rprcts is drifting toward the new party.

TUK publisher of the Medaryville Guard loaded his material in a two horse wagon along with his family the other d^y and moved to Remington, from which place the Gvard is now issued.

THE New Albany Ledger-Standard revives the cry for a law to require the oflial publication of the proceedings of County Commissioners. The JOURNAL has repeatedly urged the passage of such a law.

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body has spare iibs.

Win. Zacluey is the champion shot of these parts. At the last, shooting match lie got 7 turkeys. —The tiood Templars are increasing in number. The membership at this place already Jeaches 15!).

Our school is in charge of Miss Elmore, of Alamo, as Principal, and Miss Miller, of your place as Assistant.

ISnwrrH' Station.

—Samuel Deck is lying very low with heart disease. —There are but few fat hogs in our part of the country now.

Franklin Corns has purchased four lots at the Station, and is making preparations for building.

Allen & Sons have gathered twentyone hundred bushels of corn this Fall and Winter, and have about one tliousand to gather yet. —John W. Allen has received a buffalo ham from Colorado, which is quite a Christmas treat. THUXDEKBUG.

Knee.

Geo. Chadwiek delivers his maiden speech on the Grange question at the new hall on Wednesday evening of this week. —Smith & Quillen have a bran new stock of groceries in the old Tribby stand. John C. Morris is their accommodating clerk.

Our new Justice of the Peace, John C. Morris, and new Constable, John E. Hunt, have their commissions aud are ready to deal out justice to all needing their services. —Sam Hunt, John Hugleheim, Win. K. Harris and Oavis Wilson are the

dianapolis ikxitinel of Wednesday de-. .! ... ,, merriest souls in the township just now. voted a two column editorial to the

I he new comers are all boys and Wil-

demohtion of the f-o-ealled hopeless Dan. ...... sons are twins. —Andy Loop has the chainpion cornstalk in the township. It measures 17 feet and 7 inches in length, and 11 feet from the spur roots to the tir^t ear. The monster can be seen on exhibition at

Edwards, Martin & Co.'s store. —The Good Templars made a good display on last Wednesday night. J. J. Talbott was to deliver the address, but failed to reach here in time. The time was passed oft' during the evening by listening to addresses from Messrs. Griest and Cornell, and some fine music conducted by Prof. Freeman. FELIX,

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Everybody is complaining of '51js?d I colds. W. H. Vancleave has sold his third of the grist mill to John Emerett for $'2,500. —It is reported that Taylor Barnes will take possession of the Lockman Hotel.the 1st day of January. —Dr. Hurt lnw got three namesakes since he located among us. If there be anvthinu in signs, we surely think there will be another war soon.

—George Dors, y, Jr., is suffering from a very severe attack of pleurisy, lie has been sick almost a week, but at this writing his physician reports him much better. —Everybody is getting hi* life insured, most all iu the Franklin We think people are wise for patronizing home institutions, esoec'ally when they can do just as well or a little better.

—B. T. Witt has opened out his new stock of goods and makes a fine display. He proposes to give everybody a ten cent cigar that buys a dollar's worth of him. His bake .shop will be open by the first of the month. —There will be a festival at. the Christian eluirch on Christmas eve. It is got up for the benefit of the Sunday school. Everybody is invited. Admission 2o cents. Mrs. Britts has promised to preside at the organ and her choir of little folks will assist in singing. The brass band, and also a string band, has promised to be there.

Last Sunday Rev. Martin preached his last sernr.on at this place. He has been a faithful worker since he came among us, and was well liked by everybody. After the sermon Miss Fagg came forward and presented a nice book in behalf of her Sunday school class. The presentation speech was splendid. There are few ladies of Mis3 Fagg's age who could have acted her part so .veil. The title of the book I was unable to learn. —Miss Florence Mitclioltree, dress and cloak maker at this place, died Sunday of erysipelas. The physician employed was a notorious qunck traveling through

the country, who professed to cure any disease, acute or chronic, without the aid of drugs, simply by rubbing the patient. And in this case lie rubbed his patient to death. It first made its ap-

pearance on the lip. The doctor punc- week vacation to satisfy a portion of her tured it and then commenced his rub patrons, and also to give the Trustee bing from above downward, telling his time to investigate certain complaints. patient that he would drive the disease out. This he kept up day and night until her cheeks were perfectly raw. There is no intelligent being but what knows the morean erysipelatous in flam mat ion is rubbed or irritated the worse it will be. It's adding fuel to the fire. The friends have my sympathy, but hope they will never be induced to try another traveling quack, even if his tongue does run slick.

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--Meichants are selling for cash on delivery. —J. II. White is to spend the holidays iu wicked St. Louis. -J. M. Stoddard has just taken the J"8

initiatory step in Orange science. In compliancy with requests, citizens are squaring accounts and receiving clean receipts. —To facilitate business, and perhaps for brevity's sake, a box labeled "close pins" is displayed from the shelf of one of our merchants.

I neglected to say la week that I. H. Montgomery was precipitated from the top of a load of hay and sustained a dislocation of the shoulder.

It appears that I was mistaken in

reporting our railroad prospects as

doubtful. It is looked upon now a* more of a certainty. Antagonists are being whipped into'quiet submission.

JOURNAL. A person was selected to so- amount which the Commissioners licit and receive subscriptions, "also to [down Mr. Clark's bill. He write a good letter occasionally."

is doing a good business in cor.i this house that Thomas Sieg

Winter, paying from three to five cents in advance of Crawfordsville markets and so close to LaFayette prices that farmers can not afford to haul there for the small margin.

—The good ladies of your city will not be cncouraged to learn that the branch organization of the Women's Temperance Union, which was effected here some time ago, has not met since its organization. People who are too sensitive to be called "electioneering machines'' when engaged in the good work should look before they leap.

RE POUTER.

ltipley Township.

—Jos. A. Gilkey is expected down here Christmas. —George Julian is home from his school near Shawnee Mound. —Roads are miserable. Tell P. S. Kennedy to mature his road bill. —Frank liammel says that wheat can be raised in Minnesota at SO cents, per bushel and money made at it. —That yellow stuff which the linneiv's. Alamo Xerxes found below the,. Narrows is iron pyrites, or fool's gold. —John H. Smith has sold Hibernia mills

Levi and Win. Whitaker for

$4,000. One of these gentlemen was miller at these mills 35 years ago. —The time of Rev. Mr. Symmes as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Alamo expires in two weeks. His sterling good sense and unassuming manners have won for him golden opinions from all. —The Rcnfcia calls the attention of Tom Tattler to Mr. Johnson's resolution in the Central Council, and wants to know what Thomas has to say now. When Mr. Johnson or Mr. Mount replies to his question there will be a say in the Review from Tom Tattler." —Those who desire to take the Jouir xAi. the coming year can leave their names and money with Thomas Elmore, Jim Gilkey or George K. Fruits for Ala

mo ami with John Larsh for Lane. By

Master Wallace McOinre, Lecturer

rank Swcaringen, Ireasuror R. G. Larsh, Steward Thomas Elmore, Chap- •,os!in

Iain James 11. Gilkey, Secretary

Mary Weir, Ceres Ann Oilkev, I'oino-1

na. Farmers Grange has elected An-1

VILLE SATURDAY EVENING .JOURNAL.

vcsi pocket. These too were gone to the world where there are no panics. Miss Victoria Clark has reopened her school. She had not been dismissed as I stated last week, but merely irave a

I might, add that all our school troubles have blown over. Elmore has sustained the teachers in enforcing good order, and also very sensibly decides that parents must pay for damages done to school property by their children. All should rejoice. There seems to be for the schools of Ripley the dawning of a brighter and a happier day.

In my late tour over the county 1 got acquainted with no more clever gen-

—If Bopeep has not become too much I tlenian than Dr. Berryman, of Sugar absorbed in the feather trade we should Creek township. The rolicking 1.1. Mann, like to hear from him in next week's irsue, and would like to know what feath ers are worth. MEDDLER.

of the JOURNAL, he is also a well to do farmer, a successful physician with a large, practice, and amid all his muliil'ari oils duties he finds lime to make one of the best Trustees in the county. The schools of Sugar Creek have a repuunion far and wide, and to Dr. Berryman belongs the praise. Like the Tattler he "is foot into it, and likes a good joke, but they who take the Doctoi for nothing else than a wit, who nas a touching way of speaking about "revolutionary muskets," place a wrong estimate on his character. —There have been rumors ever since the election that John A. Clark, late Trustee, was a defaulter to the amount of nearly $2,000. The truth is Mr. Clarkdid not have the cash ready for his sue cessor, having loaned it to various parties, and there was danger for a time that the schools would stop for a want of.

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funds, but I am happy to state that the

whole thing has been arranged to the satisfaction of all parties. Mr. Clark'! aud Mr. Humphrey, one of the sureties,:]

Geo. C. Coon recently put in an ap- have raised the money with the excep-i pearance up here in the interest of the tion of one hundred "dollars, being the!

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-Will Montgomery, Jr., succeeds his Iseeastateme.it in the JOURN u/.s father in the warehouse business. Will

Potato Creek

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ed was somewhat destroyed. Will you just tell B. Mann that Siegmund never had rented that house that it belonged to B. Mann, and that some of his Melli- 1 odisl neighbors did the work of detruction we will tell some time who thev were. We like for a nun to slick to the truth, SA

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Letter List.

List of letters remaining in the postofiiee at Crawfordsville for the week end ending Dec. 10, 1874. If not called for in thirty days they will be sent to tl:" Dead Letter office. Persons calling for these'^ letters will please say, "advertised BrunamerWiiliam JollySarahE BassVene JonesMissEmma BuckThoina* KingSamuel I Branch LarkinW... KenebleMrsF BunkerCD Pressst Louisa CrowMrs.Marv PeakJay I Gates

Joseph RobertsElen CollinsMrsElizabethRichmoud Mrs Cor- I Connard.MrsAda nelius DePewHA RandolphGeor^e FrazeeMrsAlice ShieldMissViola FrazierA.W TurnhamMris FoustMrsSusan ThoinpsonMrs Ellen GriflithA ViersJackson HollandH' VancleaveRalph v] HallJiwAjt Warfield Mrs Nancy HMllehaifJamcK WrayMis.sClara HaysM issKatie WillsonCass HullMrsMargarelA WiseJL HarwoodJames WiirlieldSIisNancy HartinanCB

T. H. B. MCCAIN, P. M.

Money to loan in sums of two thousand Collars ami upwards. Apply to James Heuton, No. 2SJ in Hughes' Block. Crawfordsville, Ind. W-li.

ISciiton County liioucfts. Lobes for the lap at Aliens' Mammoth' No.Credit Store. v-.j

Parlor croquet sets at Dickey & Brewer's.

d00 men And boys' hats to sell cheap to close out'. See Aliens' cheap counter.

calling on Tom Tattler any one having items of news can have postal cards on 100 barrels sugar at the Grange Gro-oO-U which to send them

Ripley Grange elected the following oflicers last week: George K. Fruits,

Go to Curtis it, Bro., take vour monojv

they wjn ell you g00(]s"cheilI).

eery cheapei than ever.

You can buy anything in the clothing line at cost and even less if you jew 's.

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takt's

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furniture business

"aturaMy as if he had been in it all

his

life, but it does not interfere with

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drew Herron it and James Inger- housekeeping goods. He continues to be soil Lecturer. the prince of dealers in that line.

Lastfrriday u.i,ht Jonathan 1' ruits A large stock of Christmas candics at met with quite a ios«. While he was Fry & Shean's. "lwi» gone to Simpson's spelling school, his wife went to sleep unjJ left a candle burn* I ^,0°d, heavy standard muslin, yard ing. When slie a^oke she found that a only Iti cents at L. M. Craw-

vest of Jonathan's ha\l taken fire and ^orc^s* burned up, and the vvor.-i. ot' it was there Money scarce but goods plenty at was a hundred'.dollars in bills in his I Curtis.t Bro.'s.

°f stoves, tinware and general

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proposes, I

believe, to prosecute his claim tor thai-

—The subject of a Grange store "com-j amount in the courts. Mr. Clark and poses a large ingredient in conversation- Humphrey should have ciedit for al matters. Stock to an indefinite their exertion in ibis matter, and Mr. amount is to be subscribed, §10 eompris- Elmore for his tact and discretion, ing a share. This will afford every. TOM TATTLER. Granger an opportunity to make his for .= tune or lose his all. About 'I hat IIIHIM

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