Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 May 1894 — Page 5
TOL. 52—NO. 18
Our Regular Selling Prices
Are from io to 25 per cent, less than ordinary clothing dealers can purchase their goods for—
Manufacturers of Clothing exact large profits from the ordinary country clothing merchants, which brings the cost of his merchandise up to such a high point that he is unable to dispose of it at a reasonable price. It is different with
THE AMERICAN.
We are manufacturers. Select our own patterns, cut them, trim them and make them to suit our own ideas. We avoid paying commissions to the high priced traveling salesmen. Nor do we contribute to the lordly clothing merchants. We buy the goods direct from the mills large quantities, manufacture them into well-made, perfect fitting clothes, and place them on our tables at exact manufacturer's cost. For example, a suit we sell for $5 cost the ordinary dealer at least 10 per cent, more, which is $5.50. Then they usually add another 10 per cent, to cover the cost of freight, etc., which brings it up to $6.15. Save your money and buy direct from the manufacturer.
Wholesale and Retail One-Price Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters
and Furnishers.—Cor. Main and Green Sts.
P. S. James R. Howard and Will Murphy are with the American
WALL PAPER FREE
We have just added a complete line of Wall Paper to our stock and will, in order to introduce it at once, cive
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FREE OF CHARGE
One roll for each room you desire to paper. We are not trying to run off old stock, everything is new, all this year's patterns. Not a single old-style piece in the entire lot.
OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST.
Call and see our line before purchasing.
Ross Bros., 99-eent Store
You Can Find
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The Best Bargains in Dry Goods,
Notions and Millinery at
Myers & Charni's.
The Grand.
129 S. Washington St., Joel Block.
GREAT IN SMALLNESS
We want to impress upon everybody 3 the fact that we make it a cardinal prin
ciple to sell high grade shoes to all at Low Prices. At the same time we are
BIG IN GREATNESS.
N. B. Harry Palmer is at this Shoe Palace.
She (KraMarkbtllc |onr rial.
The Nimrocls of the G. O. P. Secure a Bagful of Savory Game—The Hunting Was Good-
FROM GOOSE NIBBLE TO BUCKTOWN.
They ltd ire From tlio limit for Period of Four Years Veneral)lc With Holier, Keiiown mill tlio ltecord of
Ulorious Achievement.
Crawfordsville Tuesday elected a corps of city officials to hold in office for a period of four years. The Republicans won a sweeping victory not even allowing a stray councilman to go to the camp of the unwashed unterrified Democracy. The Democrats never made a more desperate and determined fight than they made Tuesday and
WARDS AND
PRECINCTS.
FIHST WAHD. 1st. Precinct.. ••2nd Precinct, •'id Precinct.... 4th Pieciuct.. SECOND WAHD. 1st Precinct.. 2d Prcciuct.... THIRD WARD. 1st Precinct.. 2nd Precinct,, :id Precinct.... 4th Precinct..
Mayor Clerk Treaa'r'r Marsh'l
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And take a Pullman sleeper For the Mayor's cushion chair And when "I've roae" a week or so.
And made the race so great, I love to steal a chance to ride. Home on an empty freight. Bandel and Grimes are elected and the Law and Order League has won another glorious victory.
Goose Nibble and College Ilill shake hand across the bloody chasm in congratulation over the election of Mayor Bandel. Both places gave gratifying majorities.
The base falsehoods circulated on Mayor Bandel by a pack of cowardly curs, headed by a hypocritically religious newspaper jay, received a just rebuke at the polls.
Eph Griffith made the strongest race of any of the aldermanic candidates but is still of the impression that the
An Enthusiastic Meeting.
The young men composing the Business Men's Gymnasium class of the Y. M. C. A. held ail enthusiastic business meeting at the Association building Tuesday. The class has never had any regular organization heretofore, and Tuesday elected Charles E. Lacey as President Cliff D. Voris as Secretary and Treasurer and Fred M. Gregg as Business Manager. These officers constitute the Executive Committee with power to transact all business for the class. A committee was appointed to draw up articles of organization and submit them to the class at its next meeting. The class also realized the necessity jfor the Association's friends to back it up in its work and accordingly pledged §200 toward the year's budget. The subscription was reported to the Association board of directors, then in session, and was received with great satisfaction. They will begin raising the amount by giving a social in about two weeks at which the entire work, cooking and all, will be done by the men. The business men's class has been, and is, one of the most popular of the several divisions and committees of the Association, and under its better organization will no doubt be able, more than ever before, to make things "hum" along its line. There are at present about thirty members of the class.
Slapped Her Hubby.
Several months ago Charley Barman of Terre Haute, arrived her and took employment in a Balhinch saw mill. In the course of time he was "released" by the mill boss and coming to town began to live with a foxy little grass widow in the west end. The other night, however, his wife arrived from Terre Haute and descended on his camp like a fish hawk on a mud cat. She captured Charley after a merry chase of a couple of blocks and proceeded to slap and pummel his face in a most artistic manner. She then waltzed him back to Terre Haute by the next train.
The Ben-Hur Charters.
The Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur have received the charters which are to be issued to suborindate courts. They are simply beautiful and nothing finer in the lithographer's art has been produced. Besides the wording there are two pictures, one large view of the chariot race and a smaller one showing the galley ship.
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Total Plurality
CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1894—TWELVE PAGES PART SECOND
tlio Republican victory is. therefore, all the more creditable. The enemy headed their ticket with probably the I most popular Democrat in the county and selected its very best men for the minor otlices. Then the ticket, was I worked for. A vigorous still hunt was followed Tuesday by a. grand hurrah and people stood with open mouthed wonder as they beheld the Democracy hustling as they never hustled before.
It was in a lost cause, however, for it was apparent by noon that the hopes and aspirations of even Bige Bayless were blighted in the bloom. As soon as the polls had closed an eager throng was on the streets anxious for the returns which came in slowly but with a very gratifying llavor to them when they did come. The following is a table showing the vote of the city by precincts.
The tail goes with the hide—also the hoofs and horns:
Coun. 1st Ward.
Councilman 2nd Ward.
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83 44 78! 9u 071141 (il 118
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81
120 115 117 84
Conn. :Jrd Ward.
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40 90
122
130 118
90
107
101
90
121 1 18 118
TOO 998 623 1041 009 1052 708 958 298 418 44U 250
NOTKS.
Capt. Ilerron's song: I love to steal awhile away From every cumbering caro.
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84
100
103 108 107 74
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67 115 112 109 81 257 41 160
289 390 130 186 107 1101 56
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second ward is flooded with a superfluity of cheerful liars. Bill Johnson stated several days ago that he would personally oversee the canvass of Goose Nibble. Goose Nibble is naturally Democratic by 50, but it gave Mr. Bandel 18 majority. Wil liarn's canvas smacks strongly of Boomerangism.
Great amusement was afforded the crowd at precinct number one in the second ward when Johnny Callahan challenged the vote of Charley Hays, only to be dunned by the challenged man for a dollar which the festive Johnny had borrowed some time in tlie dizzy past.
THE JOURNAL throughout the canvas endeavored to treat the Democratic candidates with courtesy and respect. They were gentlemen and deserved respectable treatment. In no instance, however, was the Democratic candidate the better of his opponent and the slaughter was mete and good.
County Graduation Contest.
The township trustees met with Supt. Zuck Tuesday and made arrangements for the prize contest of the county graduates. This year the contest will not be held during the fair but will be held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium on Thursday, August 30. The trustees have donated the #75 needful for the prizes and the contest will be, in all probability, the best ever held in the county. Each school corporation will be entitled to a representative and these will be selected as usual, at primary contests.
The diplomas to graduates will this year be presented at the township contests and not at the county.
The speeches of all contestants must be original and all contestants will be graded on thought, expression,and general delivery.
All graduates from the county schools will be admitted to the county contest free. Others will be charged an admittance fee of 10 cents.
Trustees Snyder, Hartmanand Wolfe were appointed to Conduct the contest. The following schedule of teachers' wages was re-adopted for next year:
Six months license without experience §1.50 a day. Twelve months license, without experience, §1.75 a day.
Twelve months, second grade, with experience, 82 a day. Twelve months, first class, with experience, §2,10 a day.
Twenty-four months license, §2.25 a day. Thirty-six months license, 82.35 a day.
Principal of schools of four rooms, S3 a day. Principal of schools of three rooms, 82.75 a day.
Principal of schools of two rooms, 82.50 a day.
A Horse on the Doctor*
At the last election our venerated friend, Dr. Griffith, was a candidate but failed to vote for himself because he made a bobble in casting his ticket, stamping merely the first name on the prohibition ticket instead of the square about the device.
It looks very much as though the good doctor is still ignorant of the manner in which the great prerogative of a freeman should be exercised. On Tuesday in the Doctor's precinct,No. 2 of the second ward, there was only one prohibition vote cast, and that was thrown out by mutilation. Tlie doctor should move in.
i*» .loni-s llns l'stsxril to lli'f 11«.vur«l After \rars I nsrllinh Uving Ucr Death I nivei'Kally
Lnmontoti.
The daily inquiries as to how Miss lanie ,I ones its gett ing along have ceased. She passed away Tuesday morning shortly before 11 o'clock. Last Wednesday she was prostrated by a stroke of paralysis from which it was then feared that she would never rally. So her death was hardly a surprise. Up to Saturday she was conscious and recognized friends but only from their voices. Since then she has been in a quiet sleep.
Miss Mary Jane Jones was born Feb. 14, 1810, at Vineennes where she lived until the death of her mother, which occurred when she was a young girl. After that she went to live with an uncle at Louisville, Ivy., returning, however, to Vineennes in IS,' 15. Four years later she came to Crawfordsville where she has since lived. At first she made her home with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Binford, but afterwards went to live with her uncle and aunt, Major and Mrs. Ambrose Whitloek, whose place, after their death became her home for the rest of her life. She ad three sisters, Mrs. Robert Dunn, of Frankfort, Mrs. Elizabeth Binford, of this city, and Mrs. lngcrsoll who died about five years ago. She was a granddaughter of Toussaint DuBois a distinguished Frenchmen who was one of the early settlers of Vineennes, and was consequently a second cousin of Senator DuBois, of Idaho, who is another grandchild of Toussaint DuBois. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal church.
It is seldom that an old lady so re tiring in disposition as Miss Jany was is so generally mourned in death. Her life was quiet and she rarely mingled in general society. Being asked what she had done to be held in such esteem one could not easily point to one deed alone. It was rather a continual succession of deeds of kindness, sympathy and help that made her beloved. To know her was to -know kindness. Every one who came in contact with her felt the influence of her sympathy and the poor and distressed by hundreds have been the recipients of her aid.
READY TO COMPROMISE.
The American Debenture Company Bends a Flag of Truce Borne by Our Old Townsman, Frank Nuckolls.
It seems that the American Debenture Company, of Chicago, who own our water works, have at last realized that the citizens of Crawfordsville are not to be trilled with. Tuesday Frank Nuckolls, who manages a plant for the company at Shelbyville, came over for the express purpose of straightening matters on a basis satisfactory to ths people, lie approached Mr. Ilamsey, who is interested in the new company, and told him of his purpose. Mr. Ramsey rather thought it was too late to do much good as the people generally had made up their minds to patronize the new company. Then Mr. Nuckolls proposed that the new company buy the old plant and thus get the contract with the city. But Mr. Ramsey was of the opinion that a new plant could be put in cheaper than the old one could be sold for and that the city contract could be secured also as the Water & Light Company has frequently failed to live up to its obligations. Some one expressed the opinion that Mr. Nuckolls' policy was to see each consumer personally and make a contract at the best possible price. Already he has seen one man whose rate was raised enormously and agreed to reduce the price 824.
lialilwlu Octette Itinerary.
The arrangements for the Baldwin Octette concert tour have beencompleted. Ladoga has been substituted for Waveland and the dates are as follows: Darlington, Monday, May 7 Mace, Wednesday, May 9 Ladoga, Friday, May 11 Crawfordsville, Music Hall, Monday, May 14. Miss Mayme Wilhite, our gifted elocutionist, will appear at each entertainment in two numbers, and tlie closing piece at each concert will be the "Soldiers' Chorus" by eight voices.
Potato Pointers.
From present indications the farmers of Montgomery county would have saved thousands of dollars in seed potatoes and the coming crop had they attended the Farmers' Institute at Darlington in January and heeded T. B. Terry's advice on planting and cultivating potatoes. He said feed a crop of clover to the potato crop, break nine inches deep, plant early and deep, and after the first plowing cultivate only 1 }4 inches deep, and cultivate immediately after every rain.
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE ARREST OF NEWTON STALEY.
'llu- 1\\-1'oHtmuster of l.liulon In Troiiblo On CIiui'Ki' of Kinlio/./lclilolit. Newton Staley, (x-po.stma.ster at Linden, was arrested May by Grant Agnow. a deputy in the I 'lited States oilice, and taken to Indianapolis on a charge of embezzling government funds. It seems that some time prior to the time he retired from the postollice he turned up delinquent in his postal accounts in a sum somewhere between $200 and 81100. The postoilice inspector visited Linden and made an investigation into the affairs of the office and showed him the amount of his shortage. Through the aid of friends Mr. Staley at once made it good. The charge upon which he was arrested, however, was that of appropriating money order funds. It is charged that he used the money order funds to make good his shortage in the postal receipts. Mr. Staloy,however, denies this part of the charge and says that the particular money': order referred was sold ten days after his settlement with the inspector, ami that he accepted a check which is in violation of the law but of which fact he was not cognizant at the time. Mr.
Staley lias always borne the reputar tion ol a strictly honest and straightforward man, and it is to be hoped that a full explanation will relieve him, at least., of any criminal intent, especially as the Government has not lost a dollar. Mis bondsmen are Clinton Wilkins, J. H. White, O. D.Thomas, Win. Dunkle, Thos. Wilkins, Aaron Layton aiid Simpson Montgomery. He was accompanied to Indianapolis this Wednesday by Ben Crane who will act as his attorney.
DR. SMITH RESIGNS.
Tlie Popular Professor of Chemistry to I.eave Walasli for CliicaKo University.
Considerable surprise and no little regret was occasioned Wednesday when it was ascertained that Dr. Alexander Smith, of the chair of chemistry in Wabash College, had tendered his resignation to the board of trustees to take effect at the end of the present college year.
Prof. Smith is one of the most popular men in the faculty and, while all sincerely regret his departure, all will be pleased to learn that he leaves to accept an excellent position in Chicago University. The position, Prof. Smith states, is not much of a financial advancement over that of Wabash, the salary being 82,000, but it affords rare opportunities for advancement and original work. He will have work in the class room but three days in the week and much of this will be with advanced students who are studying for the degree of Ph. D. The place is a most desirable one and Prof. Smith is to be congratulated uponjts acquisition.
The Seveiiteen Year Locusts. The entomologists say the seventeen year locusts will put in an apperance this year. The advance guard 'may be expected during the last days of May. It will be in full force about the middle of June and will gradually diminish toward the middle of the following month. No alarm need be occasioned by the coming of these rare visitors. The injury that they cause is mainly confined to their slitting the smaller twigs of trees in rows of borings of several inches in extent. Tlie slits are placed at near intervals, and are covered with pencils of fine torn up fibers, which serve as a covering or protection to the eggs, from ten to tventy being deposited beneath them. The harm to our fruit trees seldom amounts to more than a moderate shortening-in of the branches. In nurseries and young orchards trees are oc„ casionally killed by the attack.
Nine years ago we had a visitation from these locusts and those expected this summer are not the descendants of our guests of nine years ago.
Nominations for Trustee.
The vote of the alumni of Wabash College nominating candidates for trustee was counted Tuesday and resulted in then following nominations: A. B. Anderson '79, of this city Rev. S. C. Dickey '81, of Peru T. H. Ristine '65, of this city, and Rev. O. A. Smith '83, of Evansville. Only a few over one hundred votes were cast in response to about four hundred and fifty blank ballots sent out. In the final election unless one-third of the alumni vote there is no election.
Men and Cora.
The famous Crowe divorce suit is in court again. This time the bloody Benjamin wades in and prefers all sorts of wicked charges against the charming Cora. Cora is a gay old bird according to Ben, and Ben, according to himself, is a paragon of knightly virtues. The truth of the matter is that Ben is a shyster but it would, perhaps, be well for the court to clip their fetters just to get rid of their perennial rot.