Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 March 1894 — Page 1

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WE STILL SELL THE

IMPERIAL

Oliver and Qale Steel Plows.

HARROWS

WE SELL THE

Reed and imperial Spring Tooth, Disc and Spading Steel Frame Harrows.

Building Hardware

IS LOWER THAN EVER

Steamboat and Lucas Paints,

ALL COLORS.

H. R.TINSLEY & CO

O Show Window

But faintly expresses the beauty and ele

gance of the large stock of Jewelry on the

Come in. It is a pleasure to show goods.

M. C. KLINE.

Jeweler.

Y. M. C. A. Barber Shop

WEATHEK REPORT—Fair, colder

Why Not Be Shaved-

At the Only First Class Barber N5 Shop in town. (j*

SJt FRANK M'CALIP.

Spring Announcement

"With the opening of Spring I am opening- an unusually large line of seasonable goods in all kinds of Foot Wear which the trade is cordiallyjinvited to call and examine. Ten years connection with this reliable Boot and Shoe House enables me to select a stock demanded by the trade, and I have no hesitancy in soliciting- your patronage. with the full assurance that I can please you both in quality and price. I handle goods that are their own recommendation. With the aid of my two sons I am now able to conduct th ebusiness satisfactory to both myself and customers. Call in, inspect our goods ond learn prices. Yours Respectfully,

JOHN McCLAMROCK.

VOL. 52-N0.12 O.KAAVFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, A lie 11 189-4.—TWELVE PAGES

THE DEMOCRATS.

rhr\ Klected Preeiiirt Committeemen ami iMcnihcis of TIHMT County ('(Mitral Committee Last Saturday.

On Saturday the Democrats of the county elected precinct committeemen for the coining campaign. So far as heard from the results were as follows:

I'nion township—1st precinct, Asher ert: 2nd, Claude Thompson: 3rd, Thomas Lynch: 4tli, Will Sidner fth. Asa W. Corns: (itli. Wm. Smith: Ttli, Alex Harper: 8tli, Frank Ilallowell: •Jth, James Brennan: 10th, W. F. Hunt: 11 th, George Welty: 12tli, Milton McKee 13th, Gus Albersliardt: 14th, Samuel Davidson: 15th, Grant Agnew: Kith, Dan Morris. Township chairman, .lolin Booe.

Ripley—1st. Wallace McClure 2nd, Sam Harwood. Township chairman, James B. Elmore.

Coal Creek—1st, Dan Curtis: 2nd, John McCardle: 3d, James Swank. Township chairman. Michael Foley.

Franklin—1st, Martin Clouser, 2nd, Newt Johnston 3rd, Tom Young. Township chairman, J. A. Booher.

Wayne—First. George Bratton second, James Grady: third. John Grenard. Township chairman. James Zuek.

Clarke—1st, A. Henry 2nd, Lee Brookshire: 3rd, Wm. McCammon. Township chairman, C. L. Good bar.

Madison—First, Bert Dunkle: second, Clyde Halstead. Chairman to be elected later.

Walnut—First, Sam Coulter: second, D. A. Sparks: third. W. II. Morris. Township chairman. Thomas W. Sutton.

Brown—First, S. R. Fisher: second, M. R. II. Kirkendoll: third. C. li. Taylor. Township chairman, Myers Chenault.

Scott—First, Samuel Gray bill: second, Leet Stover. Township chairman, J. 11. Servies.

The township chairmen will be members of the Democratic county central committee.

The New Market Kniglits of I'ytliias. The Knights at the above place held a large and entliusiasticmeeting March 21st. There was a congregating of the clans in the lodge room in the earlier part of the evening at which the State Instructor exemplified some of the unwritten work. The feature of the evening was the public lecture at the M. E. church. The church had been profusely decorated, by direction of Sir Knight Drown, with liowers and the national colors. Besides the

Knights tliel'ythian Sisters were present as a body. Rev. Guyer, pastor of the church, opened the ceremonies with scriptural reading and prayer. Capt. Heiskel, of Indianapolis, delivered the lecture. It was well received. A male quartette interspersed the programme with several well rendered songs. A number of kniglits went down from here.

Aft«?r the Fair is Over.

Thursday at the residence of AY. P. Daggett on east Market street occurred the marriage of Mrs.Rose Nixon and John W. Stone, The marriage is the outcome of an acquaintance formed at the World's Fair. The groom, who is a well-to-do stock dealer of Sioux City Iowa, there met Mrs. Nixon and at once fell desperately in love with her. He arrived in the city on Tuesday to make her his wife, the greater part of the courtship having been carried on by letter. He. is a nephew of the famous real estate dealer Stone, of Chicago, and a nephew of Mrs. Snell. the murder of whose husband by Tascott caused such profound sensation a few years ago.

Penitentiary I'ikiiif

The northern prison has now within its walls 07 prisoners, nearly two hundred more men than it ever had before at one. time. A large number of the prisoners 'are idle. The usual method of employing the convicts is to let their labor out on contract by the day. The depression of business has caused the contractors to have a smaller amount of work. At the prison north a number of men have been at work a short time caning chairs by the square foot instead of by the day. Other temporary work has been provided until new contracts can be obtained.

Motrin Herzog's Departure.

The people of Waynetown greatly regret Morris Herzog's departure from that place. His hustling business methods have added greatly to the life and energy of the town ever since his arrival there in 1S5. His name lias been so closely identified with Waynetown that a person never thinks of one without involuntarily thinking of the other. Morris' family will leave for Covington in two weeks but he will remain until June closing out his large stock in Waynetown at a cost sale. When in Covington he will open up in the new K. P. block with a mammoth stock.

Will Move In.

George T. Durham has purchased the residence property of George W. Hadley, on West Pike street. Mr. and Mrs. Durham will move in at once and take possession of their new home.

THE QUESTION OF SANITATION

Some l'liiin l'aets I'lainlv Staled liv Our 1"Iniii il.v Ileal! Otlieer.

It is hardly necessary to describe the pn\\ pit system, if indeed we should apply the term "system" to such a crude and barbaric device as ail excavation in the earth for the reception and storing of filth.

Some of the evils of the privy vault system, the poisoning of walls, the pollution of soil and air, the effects of the exposure of the nude person over a pit full of cold and mepliitic gases, the conveyance of germs of disease into the air and water, the general deterioration of health from taking into the body such air and water even when specific germs are not present. All these evils the medical reader should be able to comprehend and amplify for himself. I may. however, state a few of the facts illustrative of the extent of pollution from this cause.

I was asked to examine, a few days since, a site upon which is to be erected an addition to one of our largest public schools. On one edge of the site a row of privy vaults had existed, on the continuous edge, about fifty feet distant, is an old well. The cellar excavation, about forty-three by twen-ty-eight feet, had been dug to the required depth of about seven feet. The structure of the soil is sand overlying a stratum of blue clay, with pockets of sand dipping into the latter. It was found that the entire area was a mass of stinking filth. How far beyond and around the filth extends I cannot say.

A contemporary issue of a newspaper in one of our country towns relates the following incident: "A short time since in making an excayation for a building the workmen struck a vein of polluted earth, the stench from which was almost unbearable. Being curious to see and know the cause I had the men to follow the vein and found that it had its origin in a pit, and its outlet in a well, the distance to which was about 140 feet. In its passage the liquid matter from the pit had defiled the earth for several feet in all direc tions."

Similar soil pollutions exists around and amid dwellings in city, town and country, everywhere, and we are occasionally aroused by unmasking of what is continually, but secretly, going on around us. A calculation from actual facts will help to show the intensity of this evil: In some of the thickly inhabited portions of cities, even on this continent, we will find as many as five hundred people on a space of seventy by two hundred yards. Taking the basis, as given by physiologists, of two and a half to three ounces of fieees and forty ounces of urine per diem, for each individual there is deposited in. and spread through the subsoil of this area every year from fourteen to eighteen tons of faces, and more than forty-five thousand gallons of urine, besides slop water, all of which is left to slowly decompose for years without removal.

It seems strange that such conditions should have been so long tolerated, but the people at large are slow to act on tke dicta of a few sanitarians until the facts and consequences have been made plain to them: they are slow to move out of old grooves, especially when private rights and conveniences stand in the way. Moreover, proper disposal of sewerage in communities requires combined action, and it is often difficult to get municipal corporations to act on scientific principles especially when it is thought that a little false economy will better serve political interests.

T. F. LKKCII.

A Howl.

Scores of persons over the city have received notice that on April 1 their water rents will be raised to the limit allowed by the ordinance. In manycases the rent is almost doubled and everybody is howling. Many have declared that they will have their water shut off. as it was agreed when they took it that the rates should never be increased on them.

A Year For Alon/.o.

Lon Paxton, the youth who stole Dr. Hatchings' horse and buggy, was up before Judge Harney Wednesday and pleaded guilty. lie was sentenced to one year in the Northern prison. His attorneys are endeavoring to have his sentence commuted to imprisonment in the I'laintield reform school.

Detectives Will Meet.

The Montgomery County Horsethief Detective Union will meet at the court room, at 10 o'clock, Thursday, March

The prospects are that there will be a large attendance and much business of importance will be disposed of.

I'NION TOWNSHIP CONVENTION.

Tin' Date is Saturday. !\lnv 1'! I'rinianeH li Seleel Delegate* to lie llelil 111 Saturday, Iny.".

The I'epublieaus of I liion township are invited to meet in precinct meetings at the places named below 011 Saturday. May 5, at 2 o'clock p. 111.. for the purpose of selecting delegates to attend the township nominating convention. The basis of apportionment is one delegate for each fifteen votes and each fraction of ten votes cast for the first presidential elector in 18112, as follows: Pree't Vote No. Dol. l'laee 1 !»H ti Mayor's Olllee. 2 a

12 "i 73

4 ill) (t B. K. Russell's Olllee. 88 ti Chuinusero's Ollice. N\! 5 F. M. Dice's Ollice. 7 141 T. I. S til woll's Olllee. S 1 '.'if M. W. Hruner's Ollice. 1) ti Trustee's Ollice, 10 120 IS Crane & And'son's Olllee 11 107 7 Th nnas & Whlttlnffton's 12 123 S. A. HI,Uwell's Olllee. 13 lf( to Kennedy & Kennedy's.

C. N. Williams' Ollice.

11 ..3 3

Kennedy & Kennedy's. C. N. Williams' Ollice.

1 5 White .V Keeves Olllee. 10 111 1 7 Brush & Snyder's 01''

Total ...107 The above delegates are invited to meet at the.court room in Crawfortlsville on Saturday, May 12, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for Trustee, Assessor, Justices of the Peace, Constable and Road Supervisors.

By order of the Township Committee. M. M. NVK, Chairman.

From a Saveil Editor.

Harry Maxwell has received a letter from Hon. M. T. Park, editor of the Elkhorn, Wis., 1 mlcpairiait, and formerly Secretary of State of Wisconsin Mr. Park is one of the most influential politicians of his State and was converted during a recent revival by Rev. Ostrom and Mr. Maxwell. The letter is as follows:

EI.KIIOKX. Wis., Mai'. 21. 181(4.—I)KA!t BKOTHKH AXWICI.I.:—It did my soul good to read THK JOTUNAI. which you so kindly sent me. May God's rich blessings be showered upon you and Bro. Ostrum for the noble work you are doing for His cause 1 sent a letter to Milwaukee to Pro. Ostrom, Monday, giving him a brief account of what we are doing for th« Master. It will probably be forwarded him. Monday night at the union prayer meeting the M. E. church was filled, every seat taken. Two or three started in a better life, so stating before all present. We sang your beautiful songs, but not so well as when you were here. We want to go on and on in this work till next fall, when we hope the Lord may direct you and Bro. Ostrom to us again

Yours as ever in His blessed cause. M. T. PAKIV.

All Artist In the Highest Sense. In speaking of Modjeska, who will appear at the Music Hall M-arcli 27 in her great character of Lady Macbeth, the Century Magazine of recent date, has the following encomium of this

great artist: "Madame Modjeska is an artist in the highest sense. As her fellow countryman, Chopin, was an artist in music, as l)e Mussetin poetry, Millet in painting, so Modjeska is in acting." As Lady Macbeth she finds need for her great ability, not only of impersonation but in the art of stage direction, in which she is quite as proficient as in any other branch of her work. The tragedy of Macbeth demands swiftness and celerity in the handling of accessories of the stage to preserve the illusion of the weird, awesome surroundings, which have passed the natural and entered the circle of the. supernatural. Otis Skinner, for five years the leading man of Daly's New York Theatre, and later of Booth and Harrett and ltooth and Modjeska companies, will play Macbeth, and all the other characters will be in equally competent hands.

Ieath of Mr*. Henry hongMrs. Henry Long died Thursday afternoon at her home two miles north of the city after an illness of a few days. The funeral announcement will be made later.

Mrs. Long was the. only daughter of Silas Jones, of this city, and was born in Fountain county in lS.il. She has lived in this county most of her life. She leaves a husband and eight living children, all of whom except Mrs. F. R. Rosebro, of Covington, reside here. She was a step-sister to Mrs. David Lee and Mrs. Mary Wolfe. Mrs. Long was a most estimable and lovable lady and during her useful Christian life made many warm friends who deplore her death.

Temporary Alimony.

Old Johnny Wilson, of Coal Caeek township, was in the city Thursday to hear his wife's complaint for temporary alimony. After hearing the evidence on this head Judge Harney decided that the gallant Mf. Wilson would have to whack up S00 for his wife's benefit at once.

Married In Denver.

The other day in Denver, Col., Mrs. Frank Nuckolls, the daughter of Mrs. (i. W. Paul, of this city, was quietly married to A. T. Harlan, a prominent attorney of Nebraska. Mrs. Harlan's friends here will be pleased io learn of her happiness.

PART FIRST

COMRADES! CHICKEN THIEVES!

Iw er Sinee Were r.oys! Warm llnanl* iiiil oHer are 1 lie TooK Our Art l-lmployst

From the sacred precincts of l.ristle Kidge goes up a wail. Two fascinating and popular young gentlemen, whose gallant blandishments havehypnotized the fair ladies from Lick Skillet to Rake Pocket,, have got into difficulty knee deep. They stand accused of chicken stealing in the first degree ami the case against them looks as black as I' nele Johnny Wilson's divorce suitor Michael Foley's Sunday suit. On Friday night these, young gentlemen,

Messrs. Pres. Mitchell and Tim Vanscoy, left for Lafayette with a covered wagon drawn by a span of mules. When they left home the wagon was empty, and when they got to Lafayette it was full of chickens and turkeys. Strangely enough Dick Hank, Charley Dai/.ey, Bob Harper and numerous others had fowls stolen from the roost that night. Foxes and skunks were not thought of as it had evidently been the work of men with the seductive warm boards. At. Lafayette these stolen fowls were found and it was proved that they had been sold there by Messrs. Mitchell and Vanscoy. The lads were arrested while seeing the town and this morning were brought before the golden throne of 'Squire Ebright, of New Richmond..,

The Kaisc of Water Kates.

To the Kdltor ol' Tlio Journal. These depressing "free trade"' times have found the Water & Light Co. engaged in a determined effort to raise rates on their patrons to a point that, to say the least, justifies an indignant protest. This corporation with no sympathy for and no interest in Crawfordsville beyond securing the last dollar possible, from the citizens, assuming that then is no recourse, propose to go the, limit. Justice, equity and fair dealing cut no figure in the matter. I assume that till fair-minded citizens will agree to tlie.se statements. Now the question once asked by a noted personage, "What are you going to do about it." arises. 1 must confess that on short notice the question is not readily answered Just now it, occurs to me that refusal to take water on the part of citizens would be the proper thing.

Again I have thought a, public meeting should be called and a committee appointed to investigate the validity of their franchise and the ordinance giving them the free use of our streets. This might result in some surprising developments. Of one thing I am quite certain. These people own the. gas plant,. We are not dependent on them for li{.rht. The Natural Gas Coiupany and the city can furnish us light, and if the Water and Light Co. persist in their outrage, it is the duty of till of our people, acting in self defense, to cut oil' from the gas plant the extortionate revenue derived by the raise of water rates.

I'ntler the new rules we are entirely debarred from street and lawn sprinkling. Only the wealthy can afford this privilege.

The fact that our city pays this company more than six thousand dollars a year for fire hydrants, and gives in addition a valuable franchise for nothing seems to cut no figure wilri these "cormorants." 'J'hey have thrown down the glove. We met them once on the light question. Are we not equal to the emergency now'.'

NTICK. :••••,'•

Death of I-H. I)r. Duncan.

Mrs. Mary Duncan, wife of Dr. .1. I!. Duncan, died Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. at the family resilience on south Washington street. She had been sick but live days, being taken down with grip and complications.

Mrs. Duncan was a daughter of the late Wm. Krug and was born in Hamilton. Puller county. Ohio, January 11. 1828. Slit came with her parents to Indiana in 18311. She was married to Dr. Duncan in 18 th. and after their marriage, they lived for more than fifteen years in Iowa, and for a time in Chicago, but ithey eventually settled in Crawfordsville. Two children, a son and a daughter, survive with him to mourn her loss. She was a consistent member of Center Presbyterian church and her long and useful life was a bright example.

Death of Kvi Martin.|

Evi Martin died at his home in Franklin township Tuesday night. March 20. l'uneral ion Wednesday at the church near his home, conducted by Rev.J.G.Stephens.after which the burial took place at the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Darlington. Evi was known as a kind, genial neighbor, a good citizen and [an uncompromising Republican and will be greatly missed in the neighborhood where he has so long resided.