Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 5 December 1891 — Page 1

VOL 47

And

THE DAY HAS ASSED

For 3, 4 and 5$ OaToinets. MY BEST $.1 CABINETS FOR $2.

I have but one price—and that is $2 per dozen. Remember this includes the finest class of work, and will not fade. Thousands of my cabinets are in this city and vicinity and are all clear and brilliant. Do not patronize any gallary that makes work that will fade. So come and see me.

LAWSON, THE PHOTOGRAPHER,

Over Con Cunningham's.

JUST RECEIVED,

-THE-

CAR LOAD OF

Birdsell Wagons

Since last May. They are the Best Finished, Best Ironed Wagons in America,

Of All Kinds at

Tinsley & Martin,

B. L. ORNBAUN.

LAP ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS, RAWHIDE WHIPS,

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LEATHER WHIPS, HALTERS, BRIDLES,

Shoe Findings of all Kinds,

Santa Claus Has Joined The Firm.

And now we will all have a Meiry Christmas. The Big Holiday Stock has come, the Elegant I resents are now on Exhibition. The Shrewd Buyers are getting the First Pick from our

Grand Display of Holiday Goods

Never have such Nice Goods been shown. Netfer have Greater Varieties been offered. Never have Prices been as Low. Something for Everybody and Everybody is Pleased who sees and purchases from our

Great Line of Choice Selections in

Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,

1 Silverware, Novelties, Gold and SilverJSpectacles, Umbrellas, Canes,JGold Pens, Pencils,

much else it is impossible to tell what we have. You must see our display to appreciate the multitude "of "Appn priate Presents we offer for One and All, Old and Young. Our beautiful new stock is all Bright. Clean and Fresh and consists wholly of the Latest and Most Popular designs. Our Prices make these Beautiful Goods Irresistible. ... A special invitation to the Ladies to see our elegant stock of Royal Worcester and Rudalstndt and Art Poroslain

Ware. There is sure to be a Merry Christmas at your house if you buy your gifts from

KLINE & GRAHAM!

The Jewelers and Opticians Main St. opp. Court House

Rachel of Darlington.

CRAWFORDSVILLE. INDIANA SATURDAY, DEC1 EM'BKU 5. i«in

The famous Delaney vorco suit from Darlington was settled in the circuit court Dec. 2, Judge Harney granting the divorce to Mrs. Delaney. The charge was cruel nnd in human treatment on the part of the defendant, James Delaney. He did not appear in court but turned over to his wife $200 that she might not press her claim for alimony.

It is Really too Bad.

Prosecutor Moffett took his life in his hands Tuesday afternoon and filed suit against our affable county auditor Goben, and the silver tongued oracle of Bristle Ridge, Ben Swank. The suit is for 8100 and is brought against these worthies as the bondsmen of one Jim Rogers, of precious memory, who skipped bail while awaiting trial for association. The loud smiling Jim has never shown up to this day and his bondsmen will have to come down in consequence. Our old friend Swank will have to trap muskrats by the hundred this winter to set himself square in the eye of the law.

Alas! Poor Bunny.

Wednesday at 11 o'clock a large farm wagon decked out in American flags rolled into the city from Ripley township. It contained 513 rabbits, the result of a match hunt Tuesday. The two sides were captained by Jas. Gallo way and Taylor Thompson. Each had over twenty hunters and Mr. Thompson's party was victorious, bagging 513 of the long-eared pets. The rabbits have become very troublesome in the country of late years and wholesale slaughters of this kind are becoming a popular necessity to protect young fruit trees and growing crops. Match hunts are all the go and long may it wave.

Echoes From the. 'W reck.

The track was cleared at the scene of the Monon wreck Tuesday at eight o'clock, but the debris cannot be gotten rid or for several days yet. While clearing last evening a derrick gave way as a pair of trucks were being lifted. They fell and section boss John Elmore had hie foot crushed, and John Grissan, of Whitesville, had his right arm ser iously hurt. Engineer Henderson passed a comparatively quiet night and the chances for his recovery are now bright. His wife who was visiting in Lima, O., arrived this morning and is in attend ance. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have employed Ed Sargent to act as nurse and will render every assistance in its power. General Super intendent Collins arrived last night and is looking into matters sharply. It is probable that the crew of the local freight will be held responsible and not the telegrapher at Lafayette, who gave the order which was misread. The accident was not due to the glaring fault of any man and there was no loss of life, so, while the loss is enormous, it is a matter for congratulation rather than lamentation, if indeed, it was written in the Book of Fate that a wreck was to be.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Samuel H. Hefner and Flora J. Bowman. James M. Barton and Martha A. Vail.

Nathan T. Bailey and Rosa Mullinix.

You that want Jersey cattle had better see Col. Heath's herd of 42 head at Holden's farm before he takes it to Hillsboro, which will be on the 10th Now is the time to buy a cow.

Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels each

day.

use it.

Most people need to

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SHE WAS NOT BORN TO DIE.

The Spirit of Overton's Oow "Rose" Rises Like Bauquo's Death's Head at the Feast.

The great Overton cow ease is again with us. Fawn colored "Rose," the gentle bo. vine who in life furnished sufficient of the lacteal iluid from which to make eight pounds of butter a week, supplied the babies of the neighborhood with nourishment, with occasionally enough left to sk the pigs, was a Crawfordsville Jersey, the property of John G. Overton. Observe the nuts, reader, for "Rose" is dead, long since, and her bones, her hoofs and horns scattered about the commons of the Athens have ceased as objects around which snarling curs congregated and fought—but her memory, in all its rich, ripeness, still lives, and it begins to look like as long as a court of justice exists, will her virtues be extolled. Poor Rose! In the hey-dey of happy heiforhood--in the spring of '84, when the dandelions had begun to furnish their golden garnish to the pastures of the blue grass,—was she rudely snatched by a passing I. B. & W. locomotive—and her s\\eet face has haunted that cunpany ever since. After Mr. Overton's first outburst of grief be registered a vow that he would be compensated for his loss, if he had to devote the remainder of his life to that pursuit. He brought action at once be fore a Crawfordsville justice, and was awarded 8125 damages. From this the company appealed to the Montgomery circuit court—then brought the case to this county and the jury disagreed. On a second trial the plaintiff was victorious and was given a verdict again of $125.

From this the railroad appealed to the supreme court, resulting in the verdict being set aside and the case remanded back for trial. The case was thon changed from Judge Paige to Clay baugh and for a third time Mr. Overton secured a balm of $125 to the memory of "Rose." Again was the case reversed by the higher tribunal and sent back for trial. On the fifth hitch Mr. Claybaugh dismissed the case, but an other appeal followed, and the case on the sixth trial has been before Judge Doyal this week. Employed for the company is W. R. Moore, while H. C. Sheridan, of this city, and Mr. Clodfelter, of Crawfordsville, look after the plaintiff's interest. It may be of interest to know that during the several years which the case has been contested expenees aggregating over 1,000 have been made. When the case was first brought here, Harry Sheridan, then a beardless strippling, was proud of it as one of his first cases. Now look at him a gentleman with a full beard, a good business and a family of interesting children.

What the present jury will do is hard to tell, but if beaten, we have it from reliable authority that Mr. Overton will "come again." The case during these years has become so thoroughly a part of his nature, that all he has got to do is to step out to the cow lot and take one lingering look at the "milk stool" that wab hung on the picket the morning of Rose's death, and he's in a condition to fight an army.

Whatever the verdict may be the ACM\S hopes that Rose is grazing where jasmine and jonquil usurp the ragweed—running brooks and shady lanes instead of railroads and high culverts.— Frankfort Netcs.

Quarterly Session.

The fifth quarterly session of District Lodg9, No. 5, I. O. G. T., comprising the counties of Owen, Clay, Vigo, Putnam, Parke, Montgomery, Vermillion and Fountain, will be held at Bainbridge Putnam county, Indiana, on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. and 7, 1892, the first meeting to begin at 10 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, according to the bylaws.

Ample arrangements are being made by the members of the order at Bainbridge for the entertainment of the delegates and all others who may desire to attend. Let there bo a large representation. Bring your badges or regalias

A public meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, Jan. 0, 18!)2. W. W. CONSTANCKU.

District Secretary.

Real Estate Transfers.

The following real est. tt tr msfers were furnished to Tim JOUHNAIJ by Thomas T. Munhall, abstractor:^

Wuugh to John Wuugh 120 neres Sugar Creek $8,000.00 S A Heucli to 'as Crawford pt. lot Plcu.su.nt Hill 375.00 Wm Munns et al to Geo Munns I'.'O acres Hlpley tp 000.00 Wm Munns et ul to Geo Hopping 120 acres Wayne and ltipley tp 4,025.00 S A Wasson to Dorcas Wasson 80 acres Hrowu tp 2,800,00 Kmily and Dorcas Wasson to S A Wasson 80 acres Brown tp 2,000.00 8amuel A Wasson to Gott65 acres Brown tp 1,000.00 Albert Dazey to Jas A Bailoy 05 ueres Coal Creek tp 3,325.00

S Brown to Jenette E Scott lot in city 450.00 Mary Herod to Eli/.aboth Ferguson 1-1(1 Int. in 5 out lots to city 30.00 Nancy A Merrell to Brown lot in Waynetown 1,000.00

Merrell to Brown et al lot In Waynetown 500.00

12 transfers $28,005.00

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Only Gone Before.

Ielialioda, the cherished 17-vear-old at of Mrs. Bennet Kngle, died Tuesday iglit of senile degeneration superinduced by coming in contact with an iron boot jack six years ago. "I'ch," as she was familiarly known by all tho children and rats in the east end, was a cat of many estimable qualities and Christian graces. Nurtured in the fear and admonition of her mistiess she passed through life and bore to her several husbands 372 kittens bv actual count. Her descendents can bo reckoned by thousands and are scattered up and down tho Vandalia track from Torro Haute to Kalamazoo. "Ich" was oxtremoly unfortunato in regard to accidents during her lung and useful lifo, and carried to her grave numerous scars and at least two pounds of shot. She was an ingenious creature and very useful to her owners. Leaving her warm basket every night about 11 o'clock, she would go ovor the enst end uttering the most direful "caterwauls" for several hours. The remainder of the night

Bhe

would spend in collecting and carrying home tho boot jacks which had been thrown at her in lieu of bouquets. In this way she kept the family in kindling wood, until about four years ago when the loss of her tooth compelled her to go out of tho business. After losing her teeth she was nourished on "spoon victuals" tendered by tho admiring hand of youth. At ono time she began furnishing tho family with spring chickens, but after losing her tail and one paw in a steel trap gave it up as a bad job. In many other ways she made her influence felt in tho community in which she lived and kopt her namo before tho public, She was some times unfortunate in love but always came up smiling in time to catch another beau. She is gone now but in other spheres no doubt her plain tive -yowl" is heard for 11 oro is no Death! what seems so is iransl

in,

Tl lite of mortal breath Is hui, a suburb of the life oh slan, Whose portal we call death."

Oolly's Calamity.

Frank Colly is tho assistant suporin tendent of tho Natural Gas Company and arrived Thursday from Sheridan with a face which resembled a war map of Chili. Both eyes are artistically blacked whilo numerous other decorations give his countenance a savage and severe appearance. It all came about after this manner: The other day ho was driving along in his buggy near Sheridan, humming his favorite Baptist hymn when he saw ^approaching in the distance two wild barnynrd clowns running their horses on a Tam O'Shanter race for life. Colly drove to one side to give them room but one of the horses, a vicious mustang, gave a wild leap when it came up with him and landed squarely in the buggy, breaking it down and causing Colly's horse to run off with the whole wooly load, the mustang pawing and snortiug like a demon. Colly was under its feet and stood there until tho wreck came to pieces and left him on tho rondsido half dead. To cap tho climax tho wiid rider demanded $10 damages because tho mustang had its leg skinned.

Of Intercut to Houses•eepevM. Inasmuch as eoveral legislatures and boards of health have lately taken action respecting baking powders containing alum and ammonia, it will bo of use to readers to have an official list of such powders in order that they may bo able to distinguish between them and tho pure and wholesome cream of tartar article. This is not an easy matter, as most of the alum and ammonia compounds are not labeled as such, but frequently masquerade as "absolutely pure" cream of tartar powders. Our space will not admit of a complete list and wo give therefore tho powders in most general use, which are known to contain either, alum or ammonia or both.

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CALUMKT.

Olodfelter and the Oow

Tho jury in the Overton cow caso after being out nearly 21 hours, this morning returned a verdict Tor tho defendant. Wo understand that Mr. Overton's attorneys will take an appeal at once and continue the light against tho I. B. ,fc W. railroad Attorney Clodfeltor, of Crawfordsville, is certainly in luck. Yesterday afternoon while waiting in this city for tho jury to ccme in with a verdict in the Overton cow caso, he received a telegram convoying the information that he had won a very important law suit involving valuable mining interests, and in which his fee was a cool $10,000.—Frankfort NewB.

Will Speak From Experience. Several months ago Rev. J. G. Campbell, pastor of the West Lafayette M. E. church,

waB

married to Miss Flora

Darter, of Crawfordsville, and from the announcement made to-day he has certainly been giving matrimonial matters considerable attention in addition to biblical work. To-night at the church he will lecture on "How to be Happy, Though Married." The reverend gentleman will surely have a crowded house. Experience is the best teacher and as Rev. Campbell talks from this standpoint the audience will be doubly repaid for their attendance.—Lafayette Courier.

'•Who said Hood's Sarsaparilla Thousands of people, who know it to be the beat blood purifier and tonio medicine.

NUMH:

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Tho President's Messare-Tho Speaker* ship fight-Other Matter. .: ll.'orresp. of Tin: JOIUXAI,.)

WASHINGTON, Nov. :•!(), 1801.- -The 'resident's messago to Congress is complete, but the precautions are such that there is not even a probability that it will get out before it is sent to Congt ess. It has not been sent to the Gov. ernment printing office to be put in ypo and there is a possibility that it may not go there at all, as it is now possible to duplicate each type written page of it tiB may times as maybe desired, right in the White House, under the oye of prive Secretary Halford and Miss Sanger, the President's confidential stenographer. Your correspondent is assured by one who knows that the mescago is ono of the ablest ever writton and that it is particularly strong in matter with which partisan politics should liavo nothing to do.

Tho last week of the Speakership fight begins with a rush. More than two hundred momborsoftho House have arrived within the last forty-eight hours, which gives tho friends of tho several candidate material to work upon. Springer, of Illinois, has tho gaudiest headquarters and also tho noisiest, although a week ago ho was not considered "in it" at all. Among his loudest shouters are a quartette of Illinoians who held office under tho Cleveland administration— ex-Pension Commissioner Black Frod Winston, ex-Minister to Persia Lambert Troo. ex-Minister to Belgium, and Adlai Stevenson, ex-first Assistant Postmaster-General. Henry George is lobbying all he knows how for Mills, and he openly statas ho is doing it because Mills is a free trader. Crisp's friends claim that ho will be nominated in tho first ballot in tho caucus, but they will not back their claim with cash, although men with Bporting proclivities are anxious to give them the opportunity of soing doing. McMillen says those who suppose ho intends withdrawing will bo disappointed. He may not withdraw, but tho prediction is made that if upon any ballot in the caucus the votes he controls will bo Bufiicient to nominate Mills they will go to him. Jerry Sitnjison is declaring that the Alliance members will flock together outsido of tho caucuses of the old parties, but tho indications are that Jerry will find it a very small flock, as the Southern members will it IB believed, go into the Democratic caucus—they are a very hungry set and it is only by going into the caucus that they can get even a little share of the House patronage. It is believed that Jerry himself can be induced to go into the Democratic caucus if the right sort of inducement is offered. The caucus will be held next Saturday evening and tho prediction is made that if neither Mills nor Crisp is nominhtod on one of tho first three ballots some one of the other candidates will win on the fourth or fifth ballot. However, it is at best but guess work.

PoBtinaster-Generai Wanamakor says that thore is not the slightost foundation for tho statement being published, as special correspondence from New Orleans in as many of tho big nowspapers as will sell their news columns, to the effect that the mailB going into that city are in a demoralized condition owing to their being tampered with by postoflice officials. This letter is being sent out and paid for by tho notorious Louisville Lottery Company, which finds ono-third of its business gone since tho Un ted States mails were, by act of the last Congross, closed to it and its victims, and it takes tnis method of trying to manufacture a public sentiment against the law. Mr. Wanamakor says that the mails to and from Now Orleans are as free from Government interference as those to and from Philadelphia or any other city.

The treaty which has for several weeks been in course of negotiation between this country and Hawaii has been completed, signed by the reprepentativos of the two countries and turned ovor to tho President, who will, if ho approves of it, and it is thought that he does, sign it and send it to tho Senate for ratification. Tho treaty has not, of course, boon made public, but it is understood that it will remove all barriers in tho shape of customs duties in either country from the trade between Hawaii and tho United States.

Whenever the Washington correspondent of a Democratic newspaper runs short of legitimate news he sends off a story about tho contemplated reinoval of some prominent Republican official. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt was the latest victim, but the story carried its own contradiction. 1$. said that the Post Office Inspectors who had been investigating Mr. Roosevelt's chargos against the Baltimore postoflice officials had recommended Mr. Roosevelt's dismissal. Such a ridiculous assumption of authority is unheard of. The only truth in this story is that the inspectors have mado a report, the nature of which only they and Mr. Wanamakor know.

Senator Sherman and the President had a lengthy conference on Saturday on political matters. CAB.

S. ofV.

The regular meeting of the Sons of Veterans will occur next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

Do not ooQBult anybody, but invest twenty-five cents in a bottle of Salvation Oil, It kills painl