Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 January 1892 — Page 1

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Having removed our stock of musical 1 nstruinents from '.1117 E. Main St:, to t.o 13J South Washington street (Joel Block) where we have plenlv of room to display goods, wo will keep constantly on hand "Decker Brother's" (3. Fischer'' •'Haines Bros." "Schubert" anil "l. 11. Baldwin »Vr Co." 1TANOKS. "Esty." "Hamilton" and "Story Ar Clark" ORGANS. Sheet Music and all kinds of Musical Merchandise. Pianos and Organs sold on easy payments. Also Pianos and Organs for rent. Correspondence solicited, bo noc forget the place— 131 South Washington Slcw*)t. Crawfordsville, I.nd.

CAN'T BE BEAT.

The Imperial Plow

Is Better Than Ever and Reduced in Price. Every Plow Warranted.

HARROWS

OF ALL KINDS.

1 am selling my stock of these articles out at

COST.

B. ORNBAUN.

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D. H. BALDWIN & Co. Geo. F. Hughes, Salesman.

HARDWARE

TINSLEY & MARTIN.

DURING THIS COLD SNAP

YOU MAY NEED SOME

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HORSE BLANKETS

Or Lap Robes.

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Mr. Kline can always be found and will beglaa to see all whohaye errors of vision at \]s the Old Reliable Jewelry Store of

KLINE & GRAHAM, Main St. Opp. Court House.

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A W O S I I I N I A N A 8 A I

Old Papers Wanted. I

Copies of Tui'. A 11.v .lorusAi. for I April •_!" and Sept, is. .1 ?•.'.) 1. and Tim I

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A Prize Winner.

Ben S. My-.rs who is attending the pcnltry show at thus writes

THE JOURNALIndianapolis, "The

Talk Among the Templars,

Haddock, the oldest existing lodge in the county, was organized on Fob. 1, 1887, and will therefore celebrate its fifth birthday one week from next Mcnday.

It is expected that the now District Chief lemplar, Rev. D. L. Vandonsent, of liainbridge, will visit the lodges in this city on Feb. 1.

The Juvenile Tomplo is a stepping stone to the subordinate lodges. Every child upon becoming a member of the Juvenile Temple is taught to never use liquors, to refrain from using profane language, and that it is utterly wrong to use tobacco in any form.

During the coming months a great effort will be made to put new life into the suspended lodges and to organsze new ones.

A History of God

7, IS'.M.

are

wanted atthisollice. Cash '..ill lie mud lor them.

He Struck His Wife.

Enoch iller, of east College street, ..'s arrested to-d'iv on complaint ol his "lte. win.'•! irg.jd him with havngstriick her yesterday while lie was intoxicated. Miller denied his u'.iilt and stood trial this afternoon. I pon tli" testimony of his wife and children ho was found guilty and fined one dollar and costs amountin all to something over eleven dollars.

display of

poultry, dogs and pot stock is much better than ever before. I have beer, successful again in winning on my Langshans, having won 1st on cock, 1, 2 and 3 on hens, 1 and 3 on cockerels, 1, 2, 3 and 4 on pullets, 1 and 2 on breeding pens. The attendance has been good so far, and looks favorable for the rest of the week."

Death of Mrs. Samuel L. Hartman. Lydia Wells was born in Henderson county, 111., Nov. 22, 1835. She was married to Samuel L. Hart,man. January 20,187(1, and died at their home in Crawfordsville, January 21, 1892. At the age of eighteen slie united with the Methodist Episcopal church being transferred to that church in Crawfordsville, in 1888. She bore her sufferings throughout her long and severe illness with remarkable patience and died fully trusting in the light of a Christian hope.

fatal Injuries.

THE JOUKNAI

Some two weeks ago

made mention of the very severe injuries which had been sustained by Garrett Wycoff who was thrown to the road while climbing into his wagon near his home north of the city. His injuries have been growing worse and for the past few days he hn^ been unconscious most of the time. His death was ex pected hourly last night, and before this reaches our readers his death will probably have occurred. Mr. Wycoff is an eminently respectable citizen and his many friends will lie pained to hear of the result of his injuries.

Death of James M. Martin.

James Mills Martin died at his home ore mile east of Mace last Monday, Jan 17, of pneumonia. He was born August 28, 1824, in Miami county, Ohio January 17, 1849, he was married to Margaret A. Bratton, of this county. His death therefore occurred on the forty-third anniversary cf his marriage. In the spring of 1858 he united with the Union Presbyterian church and lived a consistent member until death. He leaves a wife and four children. A good man, a kind husband and father and a devoted friend is gone. His children will rise up and call him blessed.

An Unjust Aspersion.

The Indianapolis Journal correspondent does a great injustice to the citizens of Crawfordsville in making the charge that the victims of the late disastrous Monou wreck were neglected and suffered for want of attention. It was the universal verdict that every attention possible was given the wounded and suffering, and that both citizens and our noble corps of physicians vied with each other in their efforts „o make all as comfortable as possible under existing circumstances. The wounded themselves had nothing but thpnks for the kindly manner in which they were cared for. It is therefore unjust that such aspersions should be cast upon the fair name of Crawfordsville.

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Frank Dice related a good story of his experience in Washington recently. He was on hie way to see the Supreme Court open up and was in company with Attorney General Miller and a number of other legal gentlemen,including Judge Hammond, of Memphis, of the United States Circuit Cour,. When it became known that Mr. Dice was from Crawfordsville the conversation turned to the subject of Gen. Lew Wallace. Some person caused a general surprise and not a few quiet smiles by asking in an interested way: "Gen. Wallace is the author of 'A History of God, isn't he?"

The Judge had, no doubt, mixed up in his mind, "Ben Hur," "A Tale of the Christ," "A Fair God," and "The Childhood of Christ."

Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels each day. Most people need to use it.

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A PjKE ITY TRIBUTE.

A Massachusetts Gentleman Writes on tiui Birth of Lewis Wallace, Jr. In a letter to the editor of the Worcester Mass.. Ihuli/ .S/I//.I roin I'rof. Edwin A. (irosvenor of Millluirv occurs the following piece of news, which will interest many persons: "A letter just re. eivod by my wife from Mrs. I jew Wallace contains thetmv Cii'.ii of \7 ill: ce. Jr., whose arri' oni tlio liiiKnown land whence babies cine took place last December. (it'll and Mrs. Wallace have but. one luld. Henry Wallace, whose young wife is tlu happy mother. There is no reader of the N/w/ but, is an admirer of

IJen-Hur." No one but will feel a kindly interest in the infant stranger who, all unconscious, bears as hip own the illustrious name which, wherever English is read, is a household word.

I recall the be mtiful home of General and Mrs. Wallace in Crawfordsville, Ind., as I saw it last during a living visit some weeks ago. Without and within it is the ideal abode of those who have been everywhere, seen everything and have had their part in all. Homes of kindred are all around them. Near byis the tasteful residence of Mrs. Henry S. Lane, sister of Mrs. Wallace and widow of the distinguished Senator, who in 1850 was president of the first Republican national convention which ever convened. To General and Mrs. Wallace has come the little grandson so long dreamed of and longed for. Now crowned by the right divine of a welcome unspeakably glad and grateful and of all conque.ing baby helpleasness, I can imagine how the larger family sheaves bow down to the smaller sheaf, how the other stars make obeisance to this new risen star. Often, too, I imagine the soldier, statesman, author, will desert the unfinished romance of Constantinople's Fall, on which he has been so long engaged, while he and Mrs. Wallace with the father and mother devote every thought to their infant hero, whose romance is all unwritten.

May God spare and watch over the little life! Heir of inborn family traits, nurtured in home influences, we may believe that in all that is good and noble he will be worthy of his name."

"Fairy" Wuuder Talks.

"Fairy"Wunder, of electric light fame, is hustling around over at Indianapolis trying to sell a light plant. Ho made the following reply to the following question by the editor of the Sun: "Do the facts show that the municipal ownership of electric lighting plants is a fa:lure?" "Why no. Just at the present time it is a regular snap. Down here in Crawfordsville, after a little fight in the council, an appropriation was gotten through for the purpose of buying a plant. We secured the contract. When put in operation it cost the city $81 a light. Then an alternating incandescent machine was put in and the city branched out into private lighting. This brought the cost down to $42 a light. Then a man named Braden began suit against the city upon the ground that it could not lawfully do commercial lighting. This was carried to the Indiana supreme court, where it was held that a municipality has as much right to use its plant for commercial or private illumination as a corporation of individuals has. This decision is of recent date, but just now I shoul say that in Indiana every city should own and operate its own lighting plant. Now, as soon as this decision was handed down Crawfordsville with its thrifty mayor, not on,y continued the commercial lighting but began furnishing light for private houses all over the city. As a retult its light shave now been reduced to a cost of $2 a light. Does this look as though it does not pay for a city to own its own plant?"

|f|j Death of Mrs. Joseph Johnson. Jemima Johnson, wife of Jos. Johnson, living five miles east of the city, died on the 10th inst. with paraltsi's. She was born in Randolph county, this State, in 1820, and was married in 1858, Their home children, one son, W. 15. Johnson, of

v»io miuiu ill lo n. .1 1 was blessed with three

almost helpless with this disease for

several years, but has borne her afllction with gioat fortitude, often expressing herself perfectly willing to go when tho proper time camo. She was a worthy member of Friend's Church and a devotedChristian. The angelic hand hath plucked one more appreciated pillar from a church that is needy. She was a friend to the friendless, a neighbor to all. She will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends, by the husband as a sincere companion, by the children

as a kind and loving mother. While "fT

our loss is her gain, there is consolation rr

in the thought that He doeth all things

well. He giveth and He taketh away blessed be the name of the Lord.

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SUDDENLY (JALLED,

(Jol, MdvhU MoKee, Olio the Injured ill ho Lale vVivck,

well. He civath and TT« f.nlroHi ination but nothing important was developed. Dr. J. R. Etter, who waited upon Mr. McKee when he waa first hurt, was sworn and gave some exceedingly racy and sensational testimony.

A Dinner in Honor of a Noted Citizen. Mrs. E. A. Binford gave a dinner in honor of Mr. Ben Ristine's 85th birthday, January 19. There were present

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on Tuesday.

The m.iiiy friends of Col. M.-lville MeKcc weie shocked to hear of' his death, which occurred at the N'utl Hotel o'clock Tuesday

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a few minutes before morning. Col. McKei Motion wreck, and was brought from the scene of the disaster to the hotel in a cab. All hat, evening he sat in the otlice by the stove in a large arm chair. To the inquiries of his friends lie replied hat, no bones were broken, but hat, lu1 felt terribly shocked and broken internally. About, S or !1 o'clock the doctors made an examination of his injuries, and assisted by a friend he walked up stairs and went to bed in a room on the second tloor. The next day he complained greatly of his injuries and was unable to leave his bed. His injuries outside of a few cuts and bruises were all internal, and no ono could tell to what extent he was injured. He seamed to improve, however, until Sunday night, when ho had a sinking spell, but rallied and improved all day Monday.

was in the late

Next morning, Mrs. McKee, who was prevented coming hero until Sunday by ickness, got up at his request and ad"ministered a dose of cough medicine. A few minutes later he called out, that ho wanted air and died immediately. Mrs. McKee was great'y prostrated and her only child, James A. McKee, of Indianapolis, summoned at once. Mr. McKee was born in Kentucky, but passed most of his life in Putnam county where ho served eight years as county clerk. He was a resident, of this city two years but went to Chicago to reside about eighteen months ago. At the timo of his deai.h he was 02 years of ago and Mrs. McKee states had never been sick a day in his lifo until injured in the wreck. He was a brother of Milton McKee, of this city. He was ono of the five injured persons who had not settled with the company.

Coroner Brouaugh arrived from New Ross Wednesday night anil procodod to take evidence in the case of the late Melville Mclveo. Leo A. Shane, who nursed the doceased, was placed on tho stand and his examination occupied all the evening. Summod up in a few words it amounted to this: Shano believed that McKoo died of heart disease superinduced perhaps by injuries received in the wreck. ():J Ihursday Dr. Cowan was placed on the stand. He had given McKee medical treatment and believed that ho had the grip and was prodisposod to heart disease. This with his ago and the tobacco used accounted for his slow pulse, his smothering sensation, etc. His injuries did not, seem to be dangerous but the shock might have had something to do with his death. Dr. Cowan stated in conclusion that to tho best of his belief McKee died of some heart trouble.

Mrs. Hattio Dixon was the next witness and was greatly Hurried whilo on the stand fearing that customers were waiting her at the shop. She knew Mr. McKee quite well when he was in business here two years ago. Ho came up into her room ono day and when he reached the top of tho stairs was out of breath. Ho panted and placed his hand over his heart and rolled his eyes.

Dr. Warren H.Ristine was called down from tis office in No. 0, Fisher block,and gave expert testimony. He also had some attendance on the wounded man and believed that he was predisposed to heart disease. Ho thus accounted for his slow pulse, and smotlioring sensation but he believed that Mr. McKeo's (loath was undoubtedly accelerated bv the injuries received.

After hearing the testimony of Dr. Ristine, Coroner Bronaugh adjourned until next day when the testimony of Dr. Ensminger and two or throe other witnesses will ba hoard and a verdict rendered.

and wife, Dr. Tuttle and wife, Alexander McKee he was in danger from the medThompson Rev E. B. Thompson and icine he had taken, and wished him to wife, Mrs. Dr. Sloan, Mrs. H. S. Lane, tell Dr. Ensminger so, but not to use

Dr. Ensminger, the local surgeon of tho Monon road, Tuesday stated that the death of Col. Melville McKoo was due more to heart disease than it was to inquries sustained in the wreck of January 11. To verify this belief, or rathor to discover tho true cause of the Col-

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Elk City, Kansas, and two daughters of! PREParat"s were all that worn Gravelly Run vicinity. Sho has been

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preparations last

evening for a post mortem examination.

^rH McKee flatly refused

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exa,ll'nation

of tho remains

to l,e made, and Dr. Ensminger accord ingly retired with his best bow. Coroner Bronaugh arrived from New Ross in tho evening and decided to hold his inquest at McClure & Scott's undertaking establishment. Tho inquest, although it waa begun, was not completed. Mrs. Schoenheit, the lady who nursed the Colonel, gave evidence concerning his sickness, of the pain he manifested on being moved, and of his announcement to the effect that 'he would talk of it was the best thing he ever did. Hon.

mu. xion.

wbo bas been retaine1

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(Etter'8) name'

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conducted a cross exam-

Among other things he stated that last Monday after ho had been dismissed for three daya by the road, he called on McKee at the Nutt House and found very low. He told

and helped to eat the feast Ben Ristine him with his pulse ,ol ,uw.

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was a personal

Mr. A. enemy of Ensminger. This statement I of a surprising character to say the

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least, led to |r. Ensminger giving expression to a tew strong thoughts which must have stuck in Ku.er's crop. After a little more testimony the wo gentlemen locked horns again and exchanged compliim-nts until Coroner Bronaugh lireateiicd to call the police.

V.'hon

cross examined by White, litter stated that, lie thought, McKee's death

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chietly due to injuries sustained in the

reek. The coroner adjourned thoiniu'st, and continued it next evening.

MURDOUK'S SAY.

Tne Ex-Warden Vindicates Himself from Shular's Charges. The Lafayette ('nil has the following concerning tho charges made by Wm L. Shular against ex-Warden Murdock the northern prison where for sovea years Mr. Shular was confined:

THE CHAWI-OKUSVIIJTJK JOI:HNAIJ

yesterday contained a two-column letter from William L. Shular, of that place, a recently discharged convict, making a violent personal attack, and various charges, against ex-Warden James Murdock. It is charged that Mr. Murdock made a good thing pecuniarily for himself out of tho Wardenship, which no one will doubt, that ho was cruel to the convicts, which nobody hereabouts will at ail beliove and specifically, that David Taylor, an Indianapolis negro convict, froze to death one winter night from lack of proper treatment,, when the death was announced as having been from consumption, aftor a long illness. The document boars on its face all the characteristic indications of unadulterated hog-wash. A Citll reporter calleel the attention of ex-Warden JamoB Murdock to tho letter, which he carefully road, and said, that whilo he was not prepared to answer as to all the matters mentioned, not having any present clear recollection about them, yet in a general way ho would say most emphatically that if any inmate was ever cruelly treated during his administration, he did not know it, and he was quite Bur® that all those statements would be found upon examination to bo unfounded in fact. He had no recollection of Shulatj but if it was the man ho thought, ho was a protty good convict but thun convicts generally thought they were abused, and tho wholo world against them.

Thoy always started oil' with the fundamental proposition that it was a great piece of injustice that, they woro confined in prison at all and starting thus, everything else was wrong. Mr. Murdock further said, and it seems to the Call with great justice, and propriety, that he was getting very tired of being made the target for this sort of irresponsible assault, and didn't propose to submit to it quietly. He had completed his term of office, and become a private citizen, and was entitled to be protected by the respectable press from having mud thrown all over him by every irresponsible card-writer—convict or other-wise—-who had a real or fancied grievance, and against whom lie could have no possible redress. His administration of prison affairs had beon made tho subject of thorough examination shortly before he went out of office, at tho instance of tho Governor of tho State, by a non-partisan committee of investigation, whoso report was unanimous in his vindication, and he thought it was about^tiuiG he was given a rest.

HID

It Suited

Audience,

It has been a time honored custom in the history of Music Hall that onco a year a "bald head" show should hold the boards. For two or three years the house has boon packed with men but lh« shows wore of an exceedingly tamo character and there was much howling among the bald headed element. Tho entertainment by the "Paris" Gaiety Girls, Wodnosday, however, was "tuff" enough to suit the most fastidious. All the conditions were eminently favorable. Thoro was not a lady in tho house, tho only one that applied for admittance having been enlightened at the door. The men were all screamers and ripe for riot of any chaiacter. Tho girls, those charming little creatures, two of whom orco dispensed hash at a well known hostelry here, were becomingly attired in their sweetest smiles, considerable paint and a red rag apiece. Tho fun was fast and furious and tho gags and cracks caused howls and screams of laughter. On® fine looking, bald headed gentleman who sat next to Judge Rabb, was so convulsed with laughter that ho had to retire to tho hall. Tho show suited th» audience and tho audience suited the show. It was anything put a solemn occasion and if the dear creatureB coma back next year they can have the town. The girls lett for Paris, 111., this morning where the seats have been sold to the elite of the village.

Lawyers, Attention!

Special to The Journal.

WAYKBTOWN,

21—James

Jan.

Court

ney, of Kansas, who came here last week to attend the funeral of his father, Joseph Courtney, is still here. He te much dissatisfied with the will his father made the day he died and says he will pay an attorney SI,000 to break it.

Enecagement Announotd.

The engagement of Mr. Max Tannenbaum and Miss Ida Kalin, both ot this, city, has been annonnoed.

—Although Dr. Barnes in not an Indian Doctor, he uses th« roots, herbe^ barks and plants, placed in the ground by the Great Spirit for the benefit of mankind. His date ia Nutt Hotel, Ja».