Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 31 October 1891 — Page 3

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D. C. BARNHILL,

Funeral Director and Embalmer,

••:K. Corner Washington and Pike Streets, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Otlice open lJay and Nlalit.

sRt\sicH:nce 415 -South Washington street, S .IOI IN* It. SWANK. Assistant..

Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.

MY STORE

Is selling sugars at the following low prices:

pounds White \. tr

111 pounds firanulae 2 1 pounds Confectionary A

Stoves.,

You will find at "My Store" the most complete line of Heating and Cookinu- stoves of any house in Crawfordsville and at prices that will sell to the buyers, Come and see what we have.

Furniture.

Our stock, is third largest, than we ever had. You can find most any piece of furniture you wantofus. New goods arriving- every day and of the latest styles.

Oueensware.

"My Store" will have in a few days the largest line of dinner sets that evercameto Crawlordsville and at all prices. We ask one and all to come and look through our line whether you want to buy or not.

"MY STORE.

Barnhilf. Hornaday & Pickett,

McClamrock Youngman

105 N, Washington st. Crawfordsville, Ind.

Special Fast Ex].i'0ss Dealers In

Boots & Shoes,

RUBBERS, OVERSHOES, SLIPPERS, ETC.

On the Golden Rule Plan and Granite tie Track of Low Prices

Set Your Watch and don't get Left.

A SBHkH

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GREETING*

^)rajnaar ana Cflrrrrt^rrarsrfRrfnrrtlffiL

Mr, Kline oan always be founa 'an 1 will be giau to see ail who have errors of vision v, *-r the Old Reliable Jewelry Store of

GRAHAM, Main St., 0pp. Court House.

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CRAWFORDSVILLE. INDIANA SATURDAY, rOBKK

Death of W. R. Brooks.

W. R. Brooks died Oct. 23, at his home in Fiskville after painful Beige of consumption. Mr. Brooks was an old soldier and a good citizen. The funeral ocenred Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. G. \V. Switzer officiating. Interment at the Masonic cemetery.

To Manufacture Cresting.

A stock company is being formed to manufacture Hood Nelson's glass cresting. It is composed of Mr. Nelson. J. N. Zimmerman, of Roanoke, Ya., and three experienceed glass men of Anderson. The capital stock will be about $10,OCR) and the factory will be located in Anderson.

Almost a Conflagration at Mew Ross. Thursday. Oct. 122 the blacksmith shop of E. Norman, at New Ross, was discovered to be in (lames. Lem Heath and Mr. Norman gave the alarm immediately and by great effort the lire was placed under control. It caught from tne tlue. Had the lire got bevonrl control.the town would have been swept.

Remembered the Orphans.

The managers of the Orphans' Home desire to return thanks to the ladies whose names follow for their kind assistance in knitting and repairing winter stockings for the children Mrs. Geo. Hall, Mrs. Geo. Brown, Mrs. Bennett Engle, Mrs. J. McMakan, Mrs. Robert Craig, Mrs. T. D. Brown, Mrs. Thomas.

Clarence Cavenaugh Burned to Death. Clarence Cavenaugh, the 5 year old son of Perry Cavenaugh, was burned to death Friday afternoon at Indianapolis. He was playing with his young companions near a bonfire of autumn leaves when his dress took lire, and, although assistance quickly arrived, his burns proved fatal. Henry Cavenaugh lived in this city until a couple of years ago when I10 removed with his family to Indianapolis.

A Feast at New Market.

Oct. 23] it the home of John Warbritton, at New Market, there was a party given by the members of the cornet band in honor of one of their members, At Armstrong, who was married last Sunday to MiBs Emma Vancleave. The menu was prepared under the direction of Mrs. Warbrittton and Mrs. Scott Wray. After the guests had partaken of the feast they passed the time in conversation and listening to music by the band.

The Problems of the Present Oentury. No man has been more prominent and picturesque in recent public life than Hon. John J. Ingalls, the brilliant exSenator from Kansas, and since be is "out of politics" and has entered the lecture field, he is in the greatest possible demand, so great indeed, that his services command a higher sum than those of any other man 011 the rostrum, and wherever he speaks, he is listened to by immense audiences. The Indianapolis Press Club has arranged for his appearance in that city, on the evening of November 2d, when he will deliver his famous lecture on "The" Problems of the Present Century.'' Arrangements are now under way to secure reduced rates on all the railroads, for those who desire to go to Indianapolis to hear Mr. Ingalls. This will be his

only

appearance in Indiana.

public

A Brilliant Reception.

Mr. anil Mrs. L. F. Hornaday Oct. 22. tendered a reception in honor of Walter Pickett and wife, at their home on east Wabash avenue. The house was tastefully decorated for the occasion and the orchestra in attendance furnished delightful music throughout the evening's entertainment. Considerably over one hundred guests were present and it was a full dress affair, the brilliant costumes fluttering about the handsomely furnished rooms, present ing a most charming spectacle enhanced by the lively conversation and the sweet strains of the music. Refreshments of a most choice and delicious quality were served in the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Pickett, which stands adjoining to the Hornaday mansion. The guests all came at early and retired at, a reasonable hour after an evening most delightfully spent. The reception was one of the most brilliant affairs this season and reflects great credit upon the entertainers.

More About Company I.

In the item published on Oct. 21 concerning the disbandment of Company I there appears to have been several misstatements. The notice to the Governor that the company had disbanded was not sent until yesterday, and consequently there had come back no order to send in the uniforms a^ once. There is not a member who has howled as yet, and they were not "docked $6.50" for the new suits when they left Ft. Wayne. Each man of the company is allowed $3.50 for clothing, and when a new suit is obtained this

Bum

is not paid, as this

is the price paid for the making of a suit, the State furnishing the goods free of coBt. Every member when he left Ft. Wayne, received his full quota of pay, without any reference to the new suit. The above is the statement of the First Lieutenant who now has Company I under his chaperonage. THE JOURNAL obtained its former information from a member of the company who gave it as the gospel truth and was exceedingly sore at having to surrender his "soldier clotheB."

For fine cakes Gilbert Baking Company.

AN EDITOR'S OUTING.

Victor L. Ricketts, of the Delphi Journal, Traveling Through the Northwest as a Mesmerist.

John Bell, who leTt the city three weeks ago to travel with a "California mesmerist,*' (a California mesmerist ing presumably as superior to other mesmerists as a California poach is to other peaches) sends back to a friend in this city a copy of the Fairlield, Iowa, Journal of Monday last. It contains a long account of Prof. Victor's wondrous power* On the front page of the Journal appears a large picture of Prof. B. L. "N ictor which looms up among the advertisements of patent pi'.ls and field fertilizers like a red llanncl shirt at one uf Ward McAllister's balls. The professor's genial mug is a familiar one in Crawfordsville and is none other than that ol Victor L. Bicketts, the partner of his Landis, of tho Delphi Journal. Bicketts has merely transposed his name ami is having a picnic with the natives of the temperance State. He has been a mesmerist Cor several years anil when Flint was here he came over and took private essons from that great unwash»d. He also met. John Bell and recognized in him a subject of no mean merit, ft, will be a rich joke when the affair leaks out and Bicketts will not hear the last of it for many a day.

The Fairlield Journal thus describes some of the mighty feats which seem rangely famili ir to Crawfordsville people: "Prof. Victor has traveling with him a young man named Bell, whom he terms his "test subject." After talking a minute or so Prof. Victor passeo his hands over Bell's face, and the young man to all appearances fell into a gentle sleep. "He is 'absolutely devoid of feeling, gentlemen," said tho mesmerist, "and you can apply any test you desire.

Drs. Worthington and Campbell pricked the ears and nose of the subject and lifting the eyelids rubbed thoir lingers over the eye balls and there was no sign of feeling. Victor then produced a needle and thread and taking a deep suture in the cheek pushed the needle through. Dr. Worthington then took the needle and pushing it on pulled the thre id thro igh aftsr it, and there was not a Hinch on the part of the subject. And what was more remarkable, no evidence of blood followed the removal of the needle. The little audience was amazed at the boldness of this experiment and stood in wonder when it was Bnccessfully completed. Victor then snapped his fingers and Bell awoke. He had not the slightest knowledge of what had taken place and smilingly slid he felt as if he had just awakened from a refreshing sleep. "Do you know of any way by which a man's pulse can be controlled, save by drugs?" Victor asked Drs. Worthington and Campbell.

Both physicians acknowleded they did not, when Victor told them if they .would take the pulse of young Bell he would show them it could be done by hypnotism. The physicians examined the pulse, and stated that it was it8. Victor then told them he would raise it and throwing Bell into a gentle sleep he kept telling him he was getting hot, th»-n he told the physicians to take his pulse. They did so and reported at the end of a short time that it had arisen to 117. All present agreed that this was an amazing performance. Victor then threw the subject into a state of catalepsy, his body being as rigid as death itself. In this condition Victor had Bell placed with his neck 011 the sharp back of one chair and his feet oil another chair, and while thus suspended he deliberately jumped upon the fellow's stomach and stood erect. After restoring the subject to his natural state, Victor said: "I'll now go down stairs and hypnotize him from that point. He will drop to sleep in a minute and will be in a perfect state of amesthesia." Mr. Victor then left the room and true enough in a fe seconds Bell fell over asleep and teets applied failed to show any evidence of feeling whatever. While under this peculiar influence Victor told the subject that his nose was two feet long, and the expression of amazement 011 the young man's face was a study. Then Victor told Bell the long nose had been transferred to Editor McElrov,and Bell nearly died with laughter. Victor then told Bell his father was dead, and in a few seconds the poor fellow was crying as if liiB heart would break.

DiBastrons fire at Wayne town. Waynetown was the scene of an extensive and costly conflagration Oct. 22, which caused excitement to run high for a time. About 11 o'clock the east end of Dan Thompson's saw mill .was discovered to be in a blaze. The fire rapidly gained headway and the bucket brigade was unable to do anything with it. The mill, machinery and considerable lumber were destroyed entailing a IOSB of over $1,200. Fortunately there was no wind blowing and the neighboring houses were left unburned. Had the wind been blowing in the right direction the loss would have been much greater, as several residences would surely have gone up in flame and smoke. There is no cause assigned for the fire and no one has even a theory to suggest as the flames broke out in that portion of the mill furthest removed from the engine.

Hobson's Choice.

A marriage license has been issued to Julius Hobson and Ella M. Gott.

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That Everlasting Tracy Board Bill Again. To the Editor The.Iuuriiitl. Well it does last pretty well when you come to think of it. I fully realize now that it' is good to be advised even by tho weaker vessels. When I began to get a little out of patience about that unpaid board bill 1 spoke of gently hinting at the matter through THE JOI'KNAI,. Wife ami daughter seriously objected saying it would only prove an annoyanco end do no good but of course 1, like all other lords of the land, knew better than a woman. Now I see my folly but I am now in it and must get ut the best. 1 can. The article in THE or UN AH of yesterday evening now says that 110 one except Tracy is responsible, that there was no contract of the kind with liini. 1 am not an apostle of Tracy nor even an admirer of him as 111 evangelist. Hut I

rhelieve

ill the

doctrine of giving the devil his dues. Now permit me to tell what I know or this, and what I know I know as well as anybody.

Our first knowledge of Dr. Tracy or his meeting was when Kev. Mr. Glover came to my house and told my folks that such a meeting was to be held here and that those interested had agreed to pay their board bill. He said coin mittees hau been appointed to make all arrangements and that he, the Rev. Mr. Barnhill and Mr. Shue were appointed a committee to secure board, and he came to see if my folks would board them and at what price, there being six of them besides the big dog. My daughter told him she would keep them for $22 a week, lie said he would consult the rest of the committoc. All the others agreed and he closed the contract with her telling her to make out the bill when done and hai.d it into the finance conimitte, giving the name ol the chairman of that commits tee. The company staid just two weeks but one of the hands not occupying the bed all the time, she in making out the bill threw off $2, making the bill $42, which was handed to the chairman of the finance committee, lie said it would be paid soon, but it ran on and it began to appear each time it was mentioned to any connected with it that it was but recollect. No one hinted that it was not ail straight and right, ft was told me time and again that part of tho money had been collected, some in tho Methodist church and Botne in tho Christian church, but my folks never received a dime until just before Dr. Cunningham started on his vacation. There was a meeting called and it was reported to me that tho matter had been divided among the different ministers to collect from their different churches. Dr. Cunningham said they asked him to raise $15 as his share. 1 being a member of his church concluded ought to pay one-fifteenth of that which I handed to him the next day. He said he was hurried getting ready to start East had collected all but three dollars and tin* other would be paid when he returned but suppose those promising have forgotten it he handed it to 1110. The $12

I gave to the chairman of the finance committee, and he paid it over to mv daughter, and there the matter rests. I beg pardon for saying so much but must add that in ali this time I never hoard a hint such as Dr. Tracy's bill not bying vouched for. There has been a good bit of kicking because they made such a contract, but it was made with Tracy's brother before the doctor agreed to come, for he was sharp enough to look out for that whether made" with the ministers or others I don't know, or whether there was a wiit.ten contract with him I don't, know. I. know there was no written contract with my family, nor did they or I think it necessary. We consider our word as good as our bond and 'lipposed it was ali light. Now I beg only to add that the idea advanced in the article of yesterday evening that while the ministers are in 110 way responsible yet they will eventually have to pay it. This is just a little bit cutting and I have no hesitancy in appealing to tho ministers of our place if that is characteristic of me, if in short I have been hard 01: the preachers.

Now I am done we boarded the Tracy gang, dog and all. for two weeks, for which wo ought to have had $50 but agreed to do it for $42. (_»f this wo have received $12, and if the good people say that is enough wo can't help ourselves and will grin and bear it. ... Very Respectfully, «. J. R. DUNCAN.

Fatally Injured.

Sunday the nineteen year old son of Tom Brown

waB

out with some

companions near Alamo exercising horses. Young Brown was in a sulky and started a race down the highway with two or three others. When near the home of James Tngersol Brown's sulkey was upset and he thrown to the earth. His companions picked him up lifeless and bore him into the house. He was not dead but was to all appearances. Dr. Hamilton, of Waynetown, was summoned and gave the necessary medical assistance. Y^ung Brown is thought to be fatally injured.

To lUnpel Colits f-

HiHlichee and Fevers, to cleanree the sysum effectually, yet gently, whsn costive or billious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the

Kid­

neys and liver to a healthy activity without irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs.

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OLD GL0R5T MUST FLOAT.

Clark Township's Knights of the Golden Circle Stir up a Hornet's Nest. The action of Miss Emma Connors in declaring that she will defend the American (lag from insult in Clark township is causing 110 end of favorable comment, while the action of those whilom Knights of tho Golden Ciielo who tore down the "Bopublican rag" is loudly denounced by all good citizens irrespective'of party. I'ho character of the 11'ien who tore down tho country (lag from the Clark township school house last Saturday is not exactly of the best. They do not represent tne respectable element of Clark township or ov. 11 the political party they claim to champion. They do represent an element disloyal to 'the government and which "during the war^ hung about ilie outskirts of the country organized in chapters of tin* Knights of the Golden Circle. Their declaration to lie effect that the American Hag shall, never lloat over that school house will not bo sustained. Tho patriotic orders-' ol this city are much stirred up over the ailair and will take some decisive action in the case. Tho P. O. S. or A. and the S. of V. are particularly zealous in their wish to see the young lady upheld and there is a project now on foot, to visit, the school house, erect a large Hag polo, run up a big Hag and then see to it that, the same remains there intact and safe from the insult any skulking oopper-4 head that still infests the soil of old

Montgomery county. This project is a. most coinunyidable one and should be put into execution at the earliest possible at.o. The V. P. S. C. E. and the Epworth League would do well to join with the other two orders of voung. folks and assist in the protection oT our national emblem. In the meantime, Miss Connors, if any man attempts to haul down the American Hag shoot him 011 the spot.

Johns-Shirk.

A special to tho St. Louis Ulaht' Democrat from Sedalia, Mo., gives the following account of the wedding of Sain P. Johns and Miss Bessie Shirk: 1

A notable wedding occurred in this city to-day. Tho bride was Miss Bessie Shirk, daughter of Judge W. S. Shirk, assistant, attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railway, and the groom Mr. S. P. Johns, Jr., son of Mr. S. P. Johns, one of the oiliest and wealthiest residents in the city. There were seven bridemaids, aB follows: Misses Lillie Norton, of Plaenix, Ariz. Rhoda Stephens, of Boonville Maggie Reese, of Kansas City Hattie Halderman andZella Shirk, of Mount Carroll, 111, Anna Mailer, of Lanark, 111., and Lydia Kent, of this city. Tho groomsmen were Messrs. Will (Money, Walter Shirk, of Kansas City, Dr. E. W. Baor, Robert Willett, Will Piekerill, Joe Kelly, Will Hogg, Georgo Wright, Hoimim Scott, Guv Coho and W. A. Arddefro. Eight liundred invitations were issued, and the Cumberland Presbytertian church, where tho ceremony was performed, was crowded. Mr. andMrs. Johns left at. noon for St. Louis, and from there will go to Chicago, Crawfordsville, Ind.. and other points. They will make their home in this city, "in addition to her great b^autv the bride is a notable vocalist.

Death of Herbert H. Soawright. Herbert II. Soawright, tho 12-yoar-old son W. W. Soawrightjjand wife, died Sunday about noon at the family residence 011 east Wabash avenue '.'. He suffered from an attack of epilepsy Friday and never rallied from it. Tho funeral will occured Sunday at 10::iO a. 111.. Dr. R. J. Cunningham officiating. Tntermont at Oak Hill. The bereaved family have tho sympathy of a large circle of frionds in their

Bad

alllicl ion.

Open for Bids.

The Council held a special mooting Monday to consider the letting of tho Wabash avenue improvement. Attorney Brush announced that the work would all have to be let to one contractor, thus shutting off the properly owners from doing their own work. The bids will bo opened at the Council meeting next Monday evening and the work then lot to the lowest bidder, provided his bid is low enough.

Died of Diphtheria.

Tho seven-year-old BOH of Lambert Smith and wife, living Bouth of tho city died Monday of diphtheria. The funeral occurred Tuesday with tho interment at the Masonic cemetery. The death was a peculiarly sad one, as the little lad was exceptionally bright, and

hiB Bister

had died but a few weeks before. The family has universal sympathy in its terrible bereavement.

From 'h Henry Ward Itccchcr. "40 Orange St. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1890. "I have used Allcock's Plasters for some years for myself and family, and, aB far as able, for the many snfferers who come to us for assistance, and have found them a genuine relief for most of the aches and pains which flesh is heir to. I have used Allcock's Piasters for all kind of lameness and acute pain, iiiid, by frequent experiments, find that they can control many cases not noticed in your circulars. "The above is the only testimonial I have ever given in favor of any plaster, and if my name has been used to recommend any other it is without my authority or sanction."

Mas. HENRY WARD BEECHEU.