Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 March 1894 — Page 5

VOL. 52—Is 0.12

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Prices.

Easter Novelties

An Endless Display In Every Department.

For Gentlemen^

An elegant suit or spring overcoat. The very

latest styles in hats, neckwear, gloves, etc.

For Boys==

A nice Suit. A Nobby Hat or Cap.

For Children

An elegant Kilt or Knee Pant Suit. New de­

signs in Children's Hats or Caps. We keep

'•Mothers' Friend'' Waists. A large line to

Every Article Is New.

No resurrected, back numbers to dispose of. A

beautiful line of Men's, Boys' and Children's

Yachting Caps, for our Easter Sale at

TheAmerican

Wholesale and Retail Clothiers. Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers.

Northwest corner of Main and Green Streets.

and Will Murphy are with the American.

Death of Mrs. Martha A. Boyd. Martha McLoed Boyd, a well known and highly respected resident of Waveland, died at her home March r, 1894. She was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, May 7 1S43. She moved with her parents to Brown's Valley, Indiana, in December of the. same year, near which place she lived until her marriage with Andrew J. Boyd, September 1. 1S7-I. Mr. i!oyd. who was a successful and prosperous farmer, took his wife to his splendid farm home, just south of Milligan, where they lived happily in each other's companionship until his death, which occurred August 25, 1888. Mrs. Boyd, after her husband's death continued her residence on the farm until about eighteen months ago. when she moved to Waveland, for the purpose of seeking better educational privileges for her son and more convenient access to the church for herself. Mrs. Boyd was a noble, Christian woman, devoted and faithful to her friends and neighbors, quick and liberal in her responses to charitable and other worthy enterprises, earnest and cheerful in meeting every demand of her church, and fully consecrated to her divine Master, in whose service she enlisted in early life. Mrs. Boyd is sadly missed. Her memory and the virtues of her Christian character will be cherished as long as her friends and loved ones survive. She left to mourn her loss an only son, four brothers and three- sisters, and her aged father and mother. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. C. Geyer in the M. TO. church Wednesday afternoon.

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For Commissioner, Second District. Alfred B. Flannagan,of Union township, is announced in to-day's

Jouknai,

as a candidate for commissioner from the Second or middle district. He was born on the farm where he has lived all his life—"8 years—until last fall, when he removed to the city. He was a first-class farmer and is an excellent business man, and would attend to the business of the county with that same assiduous care and* attention which have characterized the conduct of his own affairs. He is public-spirited and liberal without being parsimonious. Having retired from the farm he will give his undivided attention to public basmess should the people honor him with a nomination and election.

Get Your Portfolios Bound. Everyone who is getting the beautiful World's Fair Art Portfolios of Tun

Journal will, of course, want to preserve them for their own pleasure in after years and for future generations also. To supply this demand we are now making arrangements whereby our subscribers can get their Portfolios bound in a substantial manner. We have received numerous propositions for flimsy, cheap binders to be operated by the purchaser, but there is no merit in them and we have rejected them all. They all either mar the Portfolios or fail to secure them properly. If you want to keep your Portfolios at all you want to keep them right. We will announce prices and other particulars in a short time.

GALE AND OLIVER PLOWS we are selling very low this season. H. R. Tinsi.ky & Co.

THE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS

Op»'!i«Ml Suiulay IVlorniiig rmler Most i\oial»U' Atiiicfs by Mossrs. Ostrum an ii ii (IOOII singing and (iood

And ioni cs.

The evangelistic meetings began Sunday morning with a service conducted by Rev. Henry Ostrum at the First Presbyterian church. In spite of the rain the auditorium was well filled. A large platform lias been erected before the organ capable of seating a chorus of one hundred and twenty-five voices.

After being introduced by the pastor of the church Rev. Mr. Ostrum stated that they had not come with any machine with which to turn bad men into good men, nor had they come to introduce new methods or to preach any new truths. But they had come as extra harvest hands believing that Providence was directing them to this city. It was one only of five places they could have gone but to the pastors of the city churches as to themselves it had seemed a favorable time for coming here and beginning a campaign for God. Their purpose was to reach the farthest limits of this city.

Rev. Mr. Ostrum stated that lie was not in evangelistic work from any love for reviving over the country as his home life was most dear to him. But that it had pleased God to call him plainly to this work after a joyful pastorate of fourteen years. He referred to the fact that this was Mr. Maxwell's boyhood home and of the interest Mr. Maxwell took in the spiritual welfare of the city, lie spoke also of the wonderful good that he had been the means of accomplishing through his ability to so beautifully and powerfully sing the gospel.

The evangelist then took his text from Gen. iv, 8, 9, "Am I my brother's keeper? And He (the Lord) said what hast thou done?"' He spoke to Christian people, drawing a contrast betwixt the Cain life and the Christ life, which typified the self assertion and the self sacrificing lives respectively. The burden of the discourse was the need of the sin cursed world crying out for love and help and sympathy. Mr. Maxwell sang as a solo. "Ho, Everyone that is thirsty."'

In the afternoon at :i o'clock there was a union meeting for young people. Subject, ''Important things about the Bible for young people." He lamented the lack of Bible 'Study sometimes too common amongst us. Then he dealt with some of the objections urged against the Bible, with ungloved hands. He spoke of how scientists a few years ago had asserted the Bible to be untrue because of statements in it which did not find verification in profane history. And then pointed out how that afterwards new discoveries had proven the truths of the Bible statements. His illustrations were forcible and to the point. He pointed out. too, inconsistencies in the writings of noted philosophers—who in their earliest writings had stated things as truth which in their later writings they retracted. He charged Herbert Spencer with the loss to us of a great deal of time and money in buying and studying his later writings and discarding much .learned at first. He declared that we had not yet "passed" on the "Bible. That it was yet and would be to all ages "beyond us." That it would have been a poor book indeed had God spoken to us things that we could understand without much study, that if the Bible had been such a book it would never have outlived a single generation. He illustrated his points well by supposing the case of a lady handing to a visitor a child's primer to entertain herself with. There would be no entertainment in the little book to the grown woman although to a child it would contain inexplicable mysteries. So, had the Bible been merely a man's book we would long ago have gotten "through with, it" and east it aside.

He suggested that perhaps the faults found with the Bible lay more with the reader than with the book itself. That in the light of history it looked as though it were the little child with the big book rather than the little book with the big child. lie referred to Robert IngersoU's attacks upon Christianity and plainly showed the cause of infidelity in Ingersoll's case. Ingerxoll depicts a Christianity which is not the Christianity we preach rand which is not the Christianity most people live—and then proceeds to knock to pieces that which he has made, lngersoll is the son of a preacher who beat his wife and was disciplined by the Presbyterian church for so doing. Is it any wonder that the son of such hypocrisy should be an infidel? What lngersoll attacks is the religion of his hypocritical father and

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not the faith of the church that deemed that lather an unworthy and inconsistent proclaimer of the gospel of love. Then for a few moments lie dealt with the charge that there were some tilings in the l!ille that should not be read in a public audience. The speaker said it was true. I!ut that he wanted such a Bible that could speak to him notonly in public but "behind the curtain. That there were some things in nature that should not be referred to publicly and yet as these things need to be dealt with the Bible would not be complete if it did not deal with tlieni.

The address was a glorious vindication of the Word of God against all carpers and critics. We are sorry we cannot report it in full. -Mr. Maxwell sang very beautifully "The bird with the broken pinion ne'er soars so high again."

TIIH KVKNING MKKT1N0.

This was a union meeting of all the churches in the city except the Church of the Disciples. Long before the hour for beginning the church was crowded. From 7 until 7:'M) Mr. Maxwell's chorus of 1~5 voices lead in a song service. Promptly at 7:30 Mr. Ostrum came to the platform and began the service. He preached on the subject of "Redemption."' Mi-. Maxwell sang "Sweet Peace. At o'clock the first adjournment was made. Then an after meeting of twenty minutes was held in the auditorium when 'decision cards were passed after a season of prayer. A number were signed. Then another adjournment was held to the smaller room to the left of the auditorium. One thousand cards were distributed at the doors at the first adjournment. As a-j large number remained there must (have been an audience of over 1.000. Hundreds turned away unable to gain admittance.

HONOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

President Swain, of the Indiana State University, Thinks They Are a Falce.

President Swain, of I. U., speaking of high school honor scholarships, says: "I sent out to the superintendents of ilie commissioned schools several questions in order to learn the workings of the present system of honor scholarships. Among others, the following questions were asked: 1. Do you consider honor scholarship. on the whole, of service in assisting to build up the high schools? :2. Do you consider them of service in encouraging many persons to attend colleges? 3. Has the present system of scholarship caused any undesirable rivalry? 4. Is the honor student any more likely to attend college than any other?

Several schools have already replied. Forty-eight of the superintendents answered "No" to the first question, seventeen answered "Yes,' and the others say the scholarship is of little, if any, service to the high school. Forty-five superintendents say they are not of service in encouraging many to attend college: six think they are, and the others see little, if any, influence in this direction. Thirty-nine answer 'No' to the third question, twentythree answered 'Yes,' and the others make important qualifications. Fortyseven answered 'No' to the fourth question, and fifteen answered 'Yes' the others say perhaps the pupil is more inclined to go. but several attribute it more to the fact that the honor student is the best student than to the fact that he obtains the scholarship.

The above facts would seem to be sufficient guarantee to the colleges that they are acting in the interests of the high schools as well as the colleges themselves in abolishing the present system to honor scholarships.

Persons who already hold honor scholarships will be given the full benefit of the privileges which they provide. No scholarship will be given at the commencement of the commissioned schools this coming June."

The Democrats Will Nominate. The Democratic Central Committee met Monday night in Hanna's'law office and elected officers as follows:

President—I. J. Mills. Secretary—James Brennan. Treasurer—W. W. Morgan. It was decided to hold amass Democratic convention at the court house on the evening of Tuesday, April and at that time to nominate a full city ticket.

The I'ostofllce StayH.

Postoffice Inspector, W. B. Fletcher, was in the city Tuesday and stated that the postoffice would remain in its present location. The lease is for five years and numerous alterations will be made. The accommodations will be enlarged to embrace the room just north of the postoflice room which i&j now occupied by a barber shop.

MAKES EVERY THING COUNT.

A l.adv Who Didn't Propose to I.el a Triji I-'rom New Kirlimond to ('niu ltinls. \ille tic in Vain.

A couple of week's ago a lady came to the law otlice of White .•. Iteeves while Mr. Reeves was absent, "whooping 'em up" and stated that she wanted a divorce. Her complaint was taken and a few days later her husband, ignorant of his wife's action. called and with both Messrs. White and Reeves present stated that he desired to file application for divorce. As quietly as possible the news of the previous application of his wife was broken to him. lle looked upon the cheerful side of the affair and coolly stated that he was adjective glad of it. lie then proposed to let her go ahead and get the divorce and that he would pay for it. Accordingly the firm dropped a card to the lady in the case asking her to call at the legal dispensary on business. Now it so chanced that a lady of the exact name of the fair applicant for freedom had lived in Crawfordsville until recently, when she had removed to the more salubrious climate of New Richmond. By mistake the card was forwarded to her and without delay she hired a buggy and in company with her daughter came to town on a gallop. When she entered the law office Mr. Reeves was alone and as lie had never seen the real applicant sailing was smooth. Said the lady: "Well, sir, my name is Mrs. Hlank and I got your card telling me to call and here I am."

With his most fetching smile Mr. Reeves pleasantly rubbed his hands together and thus responded: "Oh, yes, Mrs. Blank, 1 have apiece of good news. Your husband was here the other day and said that if you would go ahead and sue for divorce that lie would pay for it and be mighty glad to do it." 1 he lady slowly rose, her eyes bulging like mushroons on a dump log as she gasped excitedly, "Why. the outrageous old scoundrel! lie never let on a minute that he was up to such devilment, lie has been as good as pie and meek as Moses. Oh! won't I make him sweat for this!"

Mr. Reeves was considerably surprised at these manifestations and made passing mention of the application of the lady. This brought out an explanation of the grand blunder and the lady breathed easily for a moment. Then the thought of her trouble and expense arose in her mind and she exclaimed: "Well, now I hate this mightily. Here 1 had all this trip for nothing and have to pay for this rig and it really don't 'Seem right. I ought to have something for my trouble. What do you charge to get them divorces, anyhow, ister?"

Mr. Reeves smilingly stated the amount he exacted for opening the bird cage or to speak more exacting "for busting a honey moon."

His involuntary client poked her foot a moment with a large family umbrella and then exclaimed decisively, "Go ahead Mister and get a divorce for my daughter here. She married a trifling, no account chap two years ago and its time she was loose. We'll just make this trip count for something or know the reason why."

I he complaint

:\vas

accordingly

drawn up and is now ready to file in the circuit court. It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.

A find ICoost.

A disgraceful fight occurred Tuesday afternoon in the quart shop of "Gummy" O'Neil, the curse of the east end. .Joe Ward, a disreputable barroom brawler, picked a fight out of Charley McDaniel, a slip of a boy, and gave him a terribly brutal beating. The Goose Nibble "police force"' was shy so Officer Grimes trotted out and landed Ward in jail. He was given a ten days' sentence by Mayor Bandel.

There is loud complaint in the east end concerning this noisome den of "Gummy" O'Neil. It is the scene of daily fights and drunken brawls. It is frequented by low down men and viler women whose coarse profanity, ribald jests and delirious shrieks make day and night hideous alike. Something should be done to prevent such creatures as this man O'Neil from handling liquors. Every man who darkens the door of his bad roost brands himself as a scoundrel and a vicious citizen.

vA I'remlnm Kor Pottery. I lie fair board lias decided to award a premium for the best work in pottcry. This is offered in view of the fact that a number of young, middleaged and elderly ladies of the city are taking lessons in this art and are producing some excellent work. Quite a spii ited contest for that premium will take place.

PART SECOND

A VINDICATION MARCH.

The Com infj Ken nl at Shi In t'.at I le I 'iclil

A W it A In est iii£ Peatlire.

On April I! and 7 will oc.'ur a strand reunion of ollieers and soldiers tit the battle field of Sliiloh. Gen. Lew Wallace has applied for an officer of the regular army engineer corps to be there in attendance and to make a survey and recognizance of the movements in line and column of the third division of the army of the Tennessee, both going to the field on April (i, 18(52, and during the battle on the second day. The engineer is to make his report to the army department together with a map. The department has granted the application and detailed an officer for the work. This step lias been thought advisable in order to correct impressions, some of which have gone into history, regarding the operations of the third division during the battle. So malicious and false have been the representations of biased parties in the past that Gen. Wallace and the survivors of the third propose to establish themselves once for all. I hey will start from their original camping ground at Stony Lonesome, near Crumps' Landing, and will march, over the same ground, in the same manner they marched during the bat-' tie. They will thus establish the fact that they march according to directions and never away from the, field of battle.

A GRAND POW-WOW.

The Ited Men and Their Friend* Indulge In a Pleamuit I'enee lanee.

The elegant new hall of the Scioto Tribe of Red Men was publicly dedicated Tuesday evening and the occasion proved a decidedly delightful one for all who were present. The reception was informal and the attendance was' fully two hundred. The orchestra was present and during the entire evening furnished delightful music to which those so inclined could dance. Will David, of Indianapolis, favored those present with a couple of excellent recitations. The lied Men's hall is one of the most elegant in the State and to assemble there is a pleasure for all. 1 he entcrtainment of last evening went far toward establishing an enviable reputation for hospitality for the tribe of friendly Indians.

Annie Krmuiitront Appointed.

Postmaster Voris litis appointed Miss Annie Erinentrout as postoffice cleric to succeed Miss Grace hite, resigned. Miss Erinentrout will begin to learn her duties to-morrow under the direction of Miss White, who will remain until the middle of April.

There were a number of applicants for Miss White's position and in ap-» pointing Miss Erinentrout to the place Mr. Voris looked not only to the fact that she made an excellent grade on the examination but also to the fact that she resides in the country. "The truth of the matter is," said Mr. Voris,

"that the country people do the greatsbulk of the business at the general delivery. I hey have never been recognized in the postoflice patronage and I deem it nothing more than right to appoint Miss Erinentrout who is a mostexcellent young lady, who, I am satisfied, will do her part perfectly."

Circuit Court.

Hannah Butcher vs. Win. lintcher. Divorce suit dismissed. Jerniina McKinley vs. estate of Abigail Davis. Plaintiff awarded 81.:2f.

Henry and Mary Arnold vs. J. I!, and Cora Arnold. Title quieted in favor of the plaintiffs.

James K. Henry vs. Henry Taylor. Plaintiff awarded Sllti.uo, Wabash college vs. Sarah C. Ewing. I* oi eclosure taken on defendant's south Washington street resilience property for $:s,i-is.

Jolin C. Oppy vs. W. 0. Smith et al. I'oreclosure taken on defendant's property for 8:227.2s.

Lot en a Linn et til. vs. Frank Linn. Partition of property made. Swank & Clark vs. Saran C. Ewing and Laura Dohcrty. Plaintiff awarded 8711..'17.

Elizabeth Tomlinson vs. Isaac Davis, Henry Tomlinson and J. M. Sehultz/' Commissioners report a division of real estate and defendants file exceptions.

I'li/cK Will bo (it von,

The township trustees Monday decided to offer prizes as last year for the" best efforts at the graduating exercises of the county schools. Each township will have a representative, to be selected at a competitive contest and these several representatives will compete for the prizes, which are five in number and are cash as follows: §25, '20, §15, §io and It is doubtful whether the contest will be held during the fair as it has been formerly.

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