Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 September 1893 — Page 5

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KIRKPATRICK.

Grant Cook is the happy father of a 9 pound boy. Dr. Keeney, of Linden, was in town on business Tuesday.

Quincy Peterson, of Crawfordsville, was in town Wednesday. Quite a number from here attended the Frankfort fair Thursday.

Milt Morin started to Buffalo Saturday with two car load of cattle. Fred Baum started to Cincinnati on Thursday to Bpend the winter in school.

Chas. Cave and Mattie Homey are attending the encampment at Indianapolis.

Alva Horner and O. H. Bamsey started to Bell Center, Ohio, Thursday.

Mrs. Grant Homey presented her husband with a 9 pound boy Thursday.

Lew Worth says he is going to sow the bonanza wheat crop, 75 acres. He Bays he has the best com in the country.

Miss Emma Clough, of LaFayette, returned home Saturday, after a two weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Campbell.

THE JOUBNAL from now until Jan. 1, 1894, for 25 cents. Let your neighbor know about this offer and remember that Dr. L. T. Brown is agent at Kirkpatrick.

GRAVELLY RUN.

Miss Ethel Lynch will leave Monday for Earlham College. Mr. and Mrs. Will Champion spent Sunday with Young Chapel friends.

The many friendr of Miss Littie Hall will be pained to.Ynear of her severe illness.

Mrs. Geo. P».imble and son, of your city, spent Tuesday at Joseph Johnsen's.

Mrs. C/E. Butler and son were over to the Encampment at Indianapolis this week.

Aunt Sarah Hall has returned home from a visit to her daughter, in Indianapolis.

C. W. Eltzroth, wife and daughter, Blanche, dined with C. W. Pritchard Sunday.

Mrs. Will Saycrs, of Cambridge City, is visiting her friends, Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Clark.

Mrs. Minnie Butler and Belle Downing have returned from a visit to thd World's Fair.

Joseph Johnson and daughter, Mrs. F. S. Quigg, were the guests Sunday of friends at Darlington.

Mrs. Laura Eyre and daughters, Iris and Hazel, have been the guests of Mrs. Pleasant Butler.

Miss Alma Enoch, who has been in poor health so long, is able to go riding every day, and seems to be improving slowly.

Geo. Lee mourns the loss of a pick and Bpade, all efforts to rescue them having proved useless, as there are eleven feet of water in the well and to drain it seems to be impossible.

NEW RICHMOND.

Mrs. C. L. White is visiting at Rodnor, Ind. J. A. King went to Frankfort Tuesday on business.

W. S. Alexander and wife are spending a week in Shelbyville, led. Frank Roster, of Lafayette, is visiting his sister, Mrs. F. M. Perkins.

The National Encampment at Indianapolis was largely attended from this place.

Mrs. Pritchard left Saturday for Gas City, where she will visit her sons, Ed. and Bert.

The meetings conducted by Rev. Shuey closed last Friday with twentyfive accessions.

John Hunter has resigned his position as foreman of the Enterprise and will return to Crawfordsville.

Miss Naoma Clough has removed to Crawfordsville, where she will engage in

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The Teachers' Institute of Tippecanoe county is in session this week. Misseu Ella Davidson and Laura Thayer are in attendance.

Wednesday afternoon of last week, at the residence of J. E. Harriman, John D. Patton and Cora Shepherd were quietly married, Rev. SLuey officiatidg.

The Union Christian Endeavor was organized here Sunday with fifty-one members. The officers will be elected next Sunday night. This organization is for church members of all denominations and all well wishers of the church, whether a member of any church or not. One of its objects is to form a closer unity of all the churches. The meeting will be held in the Christian churoh.

NEW MARKET.

The racing Saturday was the greatest on earth. Our schools begins one week from next Monday.

Several from here are at the encampment this week. Bertha Lynn, of Ladoga, is visiting Myrtle Kelsey.

The base ball game stood 18 to 11 in favor of New Market. Mr. Dickerson has moved his shoe shop to Crawfordsville.

Quite number from here are at the World's Fair this week. Mr. Williams has moved in the house vacated by D. E. Boone.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard, of Colorado, visited H. B. Service last week. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Warbritton visited their daughter at Rockville the latter part of last week.

John Warbritton is agent for THE JOUBNAL at New Market and will send it to anyone till January for 25 cents.

Mrs. Lucinda Easley, who has been an invalid for the past five years, died last Saturdav. The funeral was held at the family residence Monday, conducted by Rev. Cuppy. Interment at the Presbyterian cemetery.

LADOGA.

Nina Anderson is no better. We are very much in need of a rain. Sank Epperson is the father of anew girl since Tuesday.

C. B. Herod and wife returned home from Chicago Saturday. Most of the people of the town are spending the week at Indianapolis.

Mrs. Jack Gray was called to North Salem Wednesday by the sudden death of a brother.

Wm. Swindler, an aged and respected citizen of this place, died last Friday evening and was buried Sunday.

Several of the boys of the town packed their lunch and hammockB and left Monday for a few days' camping on Eel river.

Mrs. J. C. Routson and daughter Ruby, of Chicago, are visiting here this week and will probably remain here until Spring.

The best paper in the county for 25 cents from now till 1894. It's THE JOURNAL of course. Leave your name and money with E. W. Linn at Ladoga.

OAK GROVE.

Mrs. O. M. Nelson is here visiting until after the fair. Several from here attended the encampment this week.

E. M. Smallev and wife are at the World's Fair this week. Otto and Homer Miller made a flying trip to Indianapolis to see the fireworks.

We will have the opinion of our farmers regarding the prospective corn crop in our next letter.

Harry Mount was initiated into the the ranks of K. of P. at Shannondale Wednesday night.

A. G. Tribbett and wife and S. T. Miller have returned from a visit to the Columbian Exposition. We believe, by t^e way, that this vicinity has sent more visitors to the Fair, according to population, than any place in the county.

The writer is indebted to J. A. Mount for a photograph of old Salem church and graveyard. The picture is an excellent one taken by Miss Smith, of Crawfordsville, and is highly prized because of the associations of the place.

WHILE on the fair grounds from Sept 9 to 15, don't fail to eat with the Baptist ladies at the east hall. You will get a good meal and will help them with their new church.

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WALLACE AND ENVIRONS. Gil Murphy was in Crawfordsville Sunday.

Miss Nora Roberts, of Iowa, is visiting relatives here. Jack and Will Lytle, of Paxtcin, 111., are visiting near here.

Ralph Strube, of Dunlap, O., is visiting relatives near here. There was singing at Ingersoll's Corner Thursday night.

Sam Livengood and son Fred, of Tangier, visited here Thursday. James Maxwell has rented Andy Herron's farm in this township.

George Clodfelder and wife visited relatives in Balhinch Sunday. A. J. ^Denman and grandson, Will Lytle, were at Tangier Sunday.

Miss Maude Blaokford, of Hillsboro, was at Ingersoll's Corner Sunday. Wallace Adkine, of Scott's Prairie, visited the World's Fair last week.

Ura Spinning has returned to Indianapolis to remain until New Year's. Miss Aura Starns is visiting her aunt in Cayuga, where she will attend school.

Rev. Simmons preached at Freedom Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night.

Ora Livengood and wife, of Rich neighborhood, went to Fithian, 111., Saturday.

The Ingersoll Chapel will undergo repairs as SOOD as a competent workmun can be secured.

Rey. Phillips did not preach at Prairie Chapel Sunday on account of theseriouB illness of

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wife.

Virgil and Duly Frazier, of the Prairie Chapel neighborhood, were in Chicago

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week.

ForeBt Livengood has returned to Covington after a week's visit with hie grandparents here.

Elijah Clore and son Leroy, of the Fountain Btock farm, attended the World's Fair last week.

Johnny Furr, of near Steam Corner, gained a hearing from the young ladies east of here Sunday evening.

Y. J. Day and family, of Hillsboro, paBBed through our striving city last Thursday enroute to Marshall.

Lon Krout suffered a wrecked buggy Sunday, as the result of careless driving on the part of another gentleman.

Sherman Garland left for LouiBana last week. He goes to harvest a crop of rice he sowed last fall and winter.

There was no Binging at the Phanuel charch Sunday p. m., on account of the sickness of Hiram Allen, the instructor.

The Masonic block has been repainted by John Shular and Jim Bruner, and the building presents a different appearance.

Mrs. Simpson, of Ingersoll Corner, has purchased the lease on her farm held by Charley Blackford, who has moved to Joe Brawn's farm.

Rev. A. W. Jackraan will preach at Ingersoll Chapel Saturday night, Sunday morniug and Sunday night. All are cordially invited.

Dave Babb, of Covington, potato king of Fountain county, accompanied by his family, visited their sister, Mrs. Sol Livengood, Jr., Sunday.

W. H. Spinning, Milton Thomas and W. L. Grimes, wife and son Charley attended the encampment this week. The first three are old soldiers.

The old settlers' meeting at Meharry's grove last Thursday was moderately attended from this section. Those there failed to hear the honorable ex-president and were disappointed.

Henry Pitman, of Cain township, is reported very ill with typhoid fever and his recovery is doubtful. LATER—He died Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock.

People who trade at Hillsboro should consult H. J. Davidson about THE JOURNAL. He will take subscriptions for the time between now and next January for 25 cents.

Joe Gilkey, of near Hillsboro, claims the front seat in hunting expeditions. Last Tuesday he killed fifteen squirrels and one hawk. Twelve of the fifteen squirreJe were on one large tree. Send on your tales.

Henry McKinsey is the proud father of twin babies of recent arrival. Henry recently boarded at hotel de jail at Covington for treating Mrs. McKinsey in a la Sullivan-Corbet style.

D. W. Sanders, a former Wabash student, is developing his literary talent by giving Jackson township creditable "write ups" in the Covington Friend. We are a boy in comparison but hope to be a big man some day.

The next meeting of the Fountain county Snndav school convention will be held in the grove near the Phanuel Lutheran church, one mile east of here, on Saturday, Oct. 7. Following is the programme: Music Phanuel Choir Invocation Kev. McKinsey, Attica Welcome Address John W. Shular, Wallace Kesponse C.H.Walker, Hillsboro Music Wallace Ciolr Organization of S.S Jno. Sanders. Wallace uslc Freedom Choir Missionary work among eyr neighbors...

Clinton F. Hesler. Hillsboro

Music Livengood Choir Dinner. Our country Sunday schoolfe

Chas. A. Brown, Mellott

Music. Tngersoll Choir Ihe History of our Sunday Schools W. F. Gerhard, Newtown Music.... Yeddo The 8. S. us asocial factor. .T. J. Allen, Wallace Music luvenile Class The relation ot church to the S. 8.-

Chas. McKinsey, Newtown

Music Scott's Prairie Choir Importance ot Union...Mrs. Chapman, Attica Music New Liberty Choir Miscellaneous business. Mus'c Antioch Choir Closing song AH choirs

This meeting is the close of the year's work and a new set of officers is to be chosen, making it very important that all S. S. workers should attend this meetiDg. Everybody is invited.

Several persons from here attended the Newtown fair Saturday. It was largely attended and the exhibits would do honor to a county fair. The fruit exhibits were fine considering the dry

weatb -. One pumpkin two years old was jsbown. Poor pumpkin thy days are numbered if the dry weather, continues.

Milton Den man, of this place, married a lady in Ohio last Tuesday evening. Milton believed it payed well to advertise your wares and inserted his ad in a matrimonial paper whioh went whirling over the country to all love sick maids. A correspondent or two was the result and the above marriage the sequel. Again it has been proven that it

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OUNTS VILLE.

Samuel Love hae been on the sick list. Joel Nelson is fixing to move to Greencastle.

Wm. Swearingen has purchased a new wagon. Miss Maggie Davidson was immersed Sunday.

John Taylor waa home from the fairs Saturday. Newt TitUB is visiting his brother Zeke here.

W. R. Smith and wife, of Chicago, are visiting home folks. Mrs. Susan Campbell, of Frankfort, is the guest of Miss Love.

J. W. Davis and wife, of Crawfordsville, spent Sunday here. Jack Shaffer and son returned from the World's Fair Monday.

Misses Clara and June Armentrout Sundayed with Mies Eva Love. Wm. Swearengen and wife attended the funeral of Miss Shields Sunday.

George Lawton and daughter Sarah attended the encampment this week. Dave McElwee, of Wallace, spent a few days with his Bister at this place.

Our county fair should not be slighted. Everybody should prepare for it. Rev. Middleton attended our quarterly meeting last Saturday and Sunday.

Miss Myrtle Snyder and brother Austin returned from Monon last Saturday.

Misses Sue Ballard and Fannie Lebo, of Crawfordsville, visited Harry Lebo Sunday.

George Wilcox is attending the faire with his fine horse. He has taken several ribbons.

Jim Works will please call at the office and pay his fine for misBing roll call last Sunday.

Business about suspended at the faotory on account of the boya attending the World's Fair,

Anew postmistress at this plaoe in the shape of a girl baby. She boards with Corlt Snyder.

Miss Mary Yount went to Indianapolis last Saturday to attend the encampment and visit friends.

Chas. Rountree and wife, Samuel Heath and wife, of Alamo, attended quarterly meeting here Sunday.

Mrs. Beal and daughter Rose came down from Colfax last Friday to

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until Bro. Grimes returns from conference. George Snyder, of Wavnetown, spent Sunday here and then went to the World's Fair accompanied by Miss Cinna Ross.

Messrs. Geo. Shanklin, Jim Walters and Chas. Thompson with their best girls attended church at Crawfordsville last Sunday night.

These little brown hands that know where the grapes hang the ripest had better keep a sharp lookout for chalk lines and John Smith.

A trial trip on THE JOURNAL toboggan slide for 25 ceftts. A. J. Love at YountBville will take orders for this paper for 25 cents from the time between now and January.

Peter McCabe, our trusty mail carrier, donned his blue suit and brass buttons and set sail on the Big Four to join hie old comrades and spin army yarns and set to the martial music.

A. J. Love says it is a mistake in the print about him getting the prize. Still he may as well have the game as the name and if he sees the prize coming this way he will head it off.

Rev. S. B. Grimes left last Monday for LaPorte to attend Conference. We sincerely hope that he will return to this place for we have much need of him. He is the right man in tbe right place.

Rumor has it that a couple who went through here last Saturday were going to Indianapolis to get married. They are wise for it seems like the knots tied by the law of Montgomery county are slip knots by the way tbe divorce records look.

What an addition to one's appearance a soldier suit does make. The loafers at the mill were somewhat alarmed Sunday morning by the sudden appearance of what they thought was a policeman,but on close observation it proved to be Harry Foreman. They took his G.A.R. badge for a star.

FOREST GLADE.

Mrs. Amelia Huff returned from Indianapolis. The night guard at this place iB always at his post.

William White, of this vicinity, has gone to tbe World's Fair. John Robinson, of Chicago, is visiting friendB in this vicinity.

Miss Ollie Johnson was the gueBt of Mrs. Mulliken last Monday. David Martin andEd Shirk have hired a new assistant in the dairy.

Catharine Clark, who has been working at Mrs. Pitman's, has returned home for a while.

A young lady by tbe name of Sharp will teach the Shady Nook school this winter. We hope she will make the bad boys jump.

Mamie Fields, only siBter of Annie Wilkerson, departed this life Friday, September 1, 1893, after a severe illness of great pain and Buffering. The funeral occurred last Sunday at 2 o'clock.

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Bert Remley is hauling gravel. H. Morris is still on the Air Line R. R. John Perry is building some new fence. School begins the third week in Septem bcr.

Abe Wilson was in Crawfordsville Saturday. Miss Cl.yda Peterson Sundayed at John Finch's,

Harry Morris will sow 100 acres of wheat this tali. Homer Chambers will work for his nap this winter.

C. Yeagley will work at Hazelrig Station next summer. We wonder what has-become ot the Chapel scribe

Andy Fearless is buying cottle for his father-in-law. Tom Lockeridge attended the Frankfort tair lust week.

Hannibal Finch will sow sixty acres of wheat this fall. Hen Hinkle has joined the base ball nine in Boone county.

There is talk of having anew gravel road through the Valley. Hard times potatoes $1.85 per bushel and clover seed at $4.20.

Crawfordsville fair next week. Everybody should attend. Charley Pew and Emet Henderson wont to Illinois last week.

The Valley is still having trouble with tramps and thieves. Otis Robbins is hauling logs to build an ice house this summer.

Eph Snarley and wife have returned home from the Shades. Bill Morris and O. Armstrong were in New Ross Sunday evening.

The party at Hen McDonald's Saturday evening was well attended. H. Finch and Charles Pogue left for In dianapolis Tuesday morning.

Democratic times was the cause of last weeK's items not coming out. Corn will make an average of twentylive bushels per acre this year.

Jake Johnson would like to know who got into his water melon patch Everybody that could raise eighty cents this week went to the encampment.

Mrs. Lyda Caster and Miss Lou Tremble started to the World's Fair Monday. Harvey Morris sold a pen of corn to the Clatian Bros, this weeh at 46c per bushel.

The Llnnsburg scribe was not around buying Democratic chickens that weigh 1 pounds shis week on account of the encampment at Indianapolis.

Lon Jackson sowed twenty-five acres of wheat last week in three days. Who can beat that with one horse and a fine hoed drill. He challenges any one to beat him.

Wheat sowing ia at hand and there will be at the outside not less than 900 acres sowed in our ring this fall. The man who wants to thresh it should be on the lookout.

A. J. Abott has employed C. Hugelheim and C. C. McClure to work for him this winter. One to do the wood work and the other the iron work to complete the irnprovement.on the old fashioned Moline cultivator.

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NEW ROSS.

A. W. Johnson was at Mace Monday. Mrs. Dan Lane, of Lebanonj is visiting here.

Mrs. Jennie Davis is visiting in Indianapolis. W, J, Sanford, of Lebanon, was here Sunday.

Ben Walkup is the grand Jurymaii from this place. Mrs. Lida Wheat, of Indianapolis, 13 visiting here.

R. C. Walkup came from the county seat Wednesday. Quite a number from here attended the encampment.

O, M. Eddinglield and wife were at the capitol Saturday. Joseph Wright and wife, of Newton couuty, are visiting here.

Miss Daisy Di'lon, of Pittsboro, will go to scnool here this winter. Miss Efiie Jcssee has returned from near Thorutown after a weeks visit.

Misses Veva and Blanche Talbott, of Ladoga, spent the week at Thos. Ronk's. Pete Haney,the ever blooming electricity hustler has left for his home in BuinbriUge.

Marion Loop moved to Crawfordsville Tuesday, where he will enter collego this fall.

R. Anschutez and wife, R. H. Baker and wife, of Cincinnati, arc the iruests of E. M. Graves.

Misses Mary and Maggie Widdop, of Ladoga, wore the guests of Mies Effle Ronk Monday.

Rev. Tate, of Ladoga, will deliver bis lecture on "Love.Coui tship and Marriage" at the E. church on the evening of the 10th. Now ye old maids come out and get a tip. Admission 10 cents.

Like everybody else Tins JOUUNAI, is offering great bargains this Fall, for instance you caa get this paper from now till January for 25 cents. Dr. Bowers at New Robs will be glad to take orders.

The jolly burglar entered the house of James Johnson in Hard Scrabble Monday and turned things upside down and secured nothing. Uncle Jimmy came in the front door as the burglars went out the back way. Tliey came up town and there were not men enough in town to arrest them, so they escaped.

The clover hullor of Mills Bros., was entirely consumed by lire at 10 o'clock Tuesday night on the farm of Joe Ronk They had pulled upon the farm only a short time before so the origin of the lire is unknown. As it was a traction engine that pulled the machine it is thought it was ignited by a spark from the engine.

Quite a number of young people called upon Miss Maude Davis in the east end Saturday evening and tendered her a surprise. They presented her with a most beautiful friendship bow snd after nassing a pleasant evening all returned home feeling they had a nice time, Those oresent were Misses Myrtle Henry, Ruth Morrison, Mona Ryan, Edna Barringer. Emma McVay, Elsie McLauthlin, Eunice Powell, Lula Turner, Claire Sperry, Laura and Lula Ronk, Ethel and Stella Bowers.

Monday evening as Dr. Bowers and wife with their small son Harley, were out driving the horse ran away. Thoy had driven to Irwin's melon patch and the doctor and 'vifegot out, Mrs. Bowers endeavored to hold the horse while the doctor slid the buggy around. The horse suddenly reared up throwing Mrs. Bowers to the ground, and started to run. The buggy passed over her and procoeded a short distance when tbe small boy was hurled to the ground. The horse ran two miles to town and when he arrived nothing was fastened to him but a small piece of a shaft. Tbe butrgy was totally demolished. The occupants were not badly injured.