Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 May 1894 — Page 7

SWAMP COIXEGK.

The farmers are planting corn. "Wheat looks- fine down in this loeality.

James Sinnet is better at this writing. Charley Allen is very sick at this •writing. 3 $

AUie Grimes took Stmday dinner at James Glover's. Andrew W. Shrader Sundayed at James Glover's.

Benj. Grimes has eighteen acres of corn planted this spring. Quarterly meeting at Russellville Sunday week at 10 o'clock.

A. W. Shrader has his potatoes planted. He says lie is going to raise lots of them.

Joseph Allen has quit working for 1 lezikiah Evans and has gone to join the Coxey army.

There is going to be a birthday dinner oil I'ncle Andy Everman to-mor-l'ow The old man is 80 years old.

Tiicre are two old bachelors down in this locality that went out courting last Sunday evening. Wonder where they go.

Mr. Ross has a parrot that he keeps in his store. This bird can talk some for the many callers and it can call up the dogs.

Charles Allen has some fine stock that lie will show at Ladoga next Saturday. Everybody is invited to attend the show. .lake Shrader went to New Ross Saturday to see his colt pace, lie says the colt can pace a three minute gait. This colt is two years old. Jlow is that for a colt'.' .lames Glover went fishing Saturday. He caught a great many fish, lie caught some of the finest lot of fish that ever came out of the creek.

Last week there was a separation. The parties agreed to disagree and separate. It looks like the young folks get married and then part.

Wiiliam Canedy has purchased a new wagon for the purpose of hauling picnic parties this summer. Now you know that Bill MIxest take the young lanies.

I'ncle John Hoover got badly hurt last Friday. Ilis horse ran over him and hurt him so badly that he had to be carried home. Uncle John is a very old man.

Robert Williams went to New Market last Saturday to a horse show, and when he started home his horse becan'ie scared and threw him off of his horse and hurt him very badly. The doctor says he is hurt bad.

HLOOMING CITY.

Joe Lafollette lias purchased a new surrey. Sam Shaver visited his mother last Sunday.

Prayer meeting every Saturday night et Flat Creek. Yanice it Bros. are busily engaged hauling hay.

The report that Albert Sutton is married is false. A. Elmore was in Darlington last week on business.

Han Olinger and wife visited home folks last Sunday. The boys enjoy this weather: they can go barefooted.

Abe (.'aster is putting up some slat fence on his farm. Will Vance and family visited his father last Sunday.

Albert Cox and family visited Mrs. Martin last Sunday. Albert MeMullen makes 112 pounds of butter each week.

Mrs. Lide Custer visited Mrs. Alice Elmore last Tuesday. Jack Sutton will attend a spring school near New Ross. .1. L. Martin has a bucltboard and horse. Look out. girls.

Joe Lafollette purchased a fine lot of Marino sheep last week. We wonder where the Ivingsley's Chapel correspondent is.

Crabbs it Reynolds are baling hay throughout this locality. The show given here last Monday night was a grand success.

The clicks of the corn planter can be heard through this locality. We wonder where the Herd School House scribe gets his items.

C. Elmore has been engaged in hauling corn for his father-in-law. Miss May Crowder made quite a visit with Miss Lydia Elmore last week.

Mrs. Armenia Hutchings and daughter visited relatives here last week. Dave Elmore and family broke bread with Hadley Kellison, in Sun Flower.

Sherman Trout, our model young man, was the first to finish planting corn.

A. Elmore purchased 100 bushels of corn of Craig it lvimler, of Darlington, last week.

Seth Crowder, A. F. Cox, Fred Martin, Mrs. A. Elmore and Dave Fullen are on the sick list.

Spring squirrels will soon be ripe and Fred Custer will accept any challenge that may be sent to him.

A runaway horse hitched to a cart passed through here last Tuesday. It was captured by Joe Lafollette. The owner is unknown.

MAl'LE GltOVE.

Simeon Hostetter, of Linnsburgh, was in our vicinity Sunday. George Clark and wife were at Mace Saturday night and Sunday.

Mr. Mangus and family of Ladoga, visited at Isaac Huffman's Sunday. Dr. Ensminger, of Crawfordsville, was to see uncle Zack Mahorney last week.

Quite a number of our young people spent Sunday at the country home of Stella Cline.

Miss Edith Rettinger, of Mt. Pleasant, is spending a few weeks at Dr. Mahorney's.

It is said that the Maple Grove school will be taught by Miss Lillian Wilson next winter.

Mrs. Eva Harshbarger and children visited her parents at Waveland Saturday and Sunday.

Jeff Sanford, of Lebanon, visited his father-in-law, Z. F. Mahorney, Sunday, who is not expected to live.

Link Clark, of the Maple Grove fruit farm, reports the fruit crop as yet encouraging, excepting peaches.

Sortie of our enterprising farmers have planted corn. They believe in the early bird catching the worm.

The school meeting Saturdajfp fiVenijag w,as well attended, there %ing 17 voters present., also several, young la- & 3 4

The Sunday school at lie thai church is progressing nicely and there, seems to be quite an interest manifested in the work.

BLLTAI.O KIIKIK.

Robert Harper lias purchased a driving horse. Lem McClamrock was the first to plant corn.

One of Jesse Fowler's fine horses died last week. Several of our farmers are through plowing for corn.

Wash Bodkin was in our midst the fore part of the week. J. R. Vancleave transacted business in Waynetown Friday.

Henry Vancleave and Garrett Baldwin are shearing sheep. G. W. Alexander transacted business in Crawfordsville Saturday.

Several from here attended meeting at Wingate Sunday evening. Dick Bible, jr.. will hold the strings for 11. M. Bible this summer.

The New Richmond band will play every Saturday evening on the streets. Ben Swank, our famous lawyer and politician, has abandoned the business and taken up the assessor's book.

Those on the sick list are: Mrs. l'res Swank, Miss Margaret Swank, Mrs. Alice Widener and Mrs. C. M. Goff.

Charles Goff has lost a white pig with black spots all over it, and weighing about GO pounds. Anyone finding the same please call and pay for this article and return the same to Charles Golf.

AVINGATK.

A. L. Bittle has anew wheel. Wm. Mormiduke was in Attica Sunday.

W. J. Cord was the first man to plant corn. Dan Curtis has started his tile factory.

Grandma Ochiltree is at New Richmond. Ora Evans was at Forest, Ind., last Friday.

Tom Booe, of Veedersburg, was here Tuesday. Sam Dodge did business at Frankfort Tuesday.

Frank Robbins talks of returning to Terre Haute. The Indiana State Sentinel agent was here Thursday.

J. W. McCardle, of New Richmond, was here Monday. The north cemetery people are erecting a new iron fence.

Wm. Russell, of Lafayette, moved into S. C. Brown's house. Andy Cheasman photographed the normal school Wednesday.

Ed Small, of Waynetown, is in our vicinity selling nursery stock. W111. Kerr reports the State convention a boomer, all for business.

John Bennett, representing the Linden Liicdlizcr, was here Thursday. Miss Elva Long, of St. Marys. Ohio, is here, the gvest of J. A. Long's family-

Let everyone talk politics and get the Democratic party started on a landslide.

John Monroe and wife, of Crawfordsville, were here Seturday settling an estate.

Messrs. A. C. Meliarry and Oliver Evans, of Lafayette, did business here Tuesday.

Mel Chestnut was knocked down by a severe stroke of lightning Saturday evening.

J. W. Brant, assistant manager of the Veedersburg News, was in our village Tuesday.

Theodore Ilixon was thrown from a wagon last week and received some very painful injuries.

Benj. Miller, of Montezuma, Ohio, was here visiting last week, the guest of M. M. Buxton's family.

Rev. M. H. Appleby is to preach tomorrow night a week at the M. E. church on, "The Dishonesty of the Outside World."

There was a surprise birthday party tendered Miss Maud Doss Tuesday evening, it being her 19th birthdry. Refreshments were served.

On last Monday evening some miscreant took the liberty to go to the school building at 10 o'clock and ring the school bell, causing quite an excitement, people rushing out of their beds expecting to find the village on fire. The gentleman has been spotted, and had better not come again.

The rolling palace car, Florida, under the management of Wauton S. Webb, was here for sightseeing Tuesday. The car lias a fine display of all the fruits and curiosities of the land of flowers. Mr. Webb is stopping at all the principal stations on the line, having came here from Russiaville. NewRichmond wasn't in it, but "Number 13," where "we don't write unless we have something to write about," did not get a peep. Oh! ha, ha! See?

We will say this, in regard to the pencil marker of Number 13, that it is none of your business what we write. You can read our items, and if you please, to indulge in a brilliant flash of silence, but please give us a rest on the "old house." You had the same "old house" in the New Richmond Enterprise of April 13 and THE JOURNAL last week, and we presume the Linden Localizer this week. Give us next week preserved eggs for higher prices. If you don't catch the point come again.

TIGER A'ALLEY.

Seth Crowder is improving slowly. A fine prospect for a good oats crop. J. M. Walltup sold his hogs Monday. John Perry has his ditch completed. Several here are through planting corn.

Fred Martin and sister were in Mace Sunday. Gilbert Gray and wife Sundayed at Jacob Johnson's.

Casper Crowder and sister were in Crawfordsville Saturday. Clay Clark, of Linnsburg, was here selling twine last week.

F. M. BaRer? oi Linnsburg, is our champion si»eej6, Ssluil.VcvHarvey Morris has Coxey's army fever. We think he will recover.

Ezba Armstrong and .Miss Lena Gaskil were in Boone eouuty Sunday. Rev. Weatherford preached to a large audience at Ma.ce Sunday night.

Bill Shanklin and family, of Crawfordsville, Sundayed at Emet Finch's. Rev. Weatherford baptized the little daughter of High Delaneylast Sunday.

S. A. Trout says his wife wants him to plant his potatoes in the half moon. Charles Linn says it is too hard 011 his eyes to learn the shoemaker's trade.

Bert Reniley and William Peterson attended the play at Darlington Saturday night.

Edwards it Linn, our old reliable firm shipped a load of hogs to Indianapolis Tuesday.

Gilbert Wilson ,11'ay be heard making stump speeches every day. lie is plowing new ground.

George Linn carries an umbrella over him while plowing, lie says the sun might spoil his complexion.

Tiger Valley boasts of building some new sidewalks, a soap house, a lodge hall and other things too numerous to mention.

C. C. McClure received a letter from his girl in Crawfordsville Saturday stating that she was going to Illinois but we have heard since that that was just a blind. What about it Charley'.'

John R. Lockeridge and John Perry attended the Republican convention at Indianapolis last week and report between five and six thousand people present. How is that for a convention'?

R. Finch is having 02 acres of corn put out this year and on Monday he was seen going home afoot from his south farm, lie said he was running seven teams, two corn planters and five harrows. Who can beat that for an Indiana farmer putting out a corn crop.

Last Wednesday night will long be remembered by a party of about 75 young folks who gathered at William Chambers' home. Fine music was made by the Mace clacket band. All present enjoyed themselves and the evening was well spent and all at parting wished that they might live and have the privilege of meeting again and having such another grand time.

In traveling across the United States from to North to South one finds that that the people of the Northern States are largely Republican, and those of the Central States mixed Republican and Democrat, but as we approach the Gulf of Mexico in the neighborhood of hades, we find that the people are all Democrats. So says Bert Linn, and he lias been there, so speak.

There is a young rooster in Mace that loses his head every time a young lady smiles at him. The first that smote him was a swamp angel and his head went for threj weeks. The next conquest was by a sweet damsel of Stumptown and the poor fellow did not eat nor sleep for forty days. And now a young lady high in society at Whitesville has smote him with a smile and he is dead gone once again and forever more,so help you George Washington.

The G. A. R. and S. of V. of Mace, are making great preparations for Decoration day. Everybodv is invited that day to come and see and hear what they have to say and do. Rev.Plunkett, of Crawfordsville, will give them a long talk in the Christian church of that place, and on that night we invite one and all to attend the S. of V. home talent play, which will be delivered at the Mace opera house. Admission five and ten cents.

A rare musical treat will be given at Mace next Wednesday evening. There will be selections by the Baldwin Ladies Quartette, the Baldwin Male Quartette, a solo by Harry Maxwell, two recitations by Miss Mame Wilhite and a grand closing chorus by the Baldwin Octette.

RATTLE SNAKE.

Everybody is in good health. Grass and wheat is growingfast.

very

Farmers are getting ready to plant their corn. George Coons, wife and son visited Wm. B. Galey and family last Sunday.

Harry Harrington is the champion mushroom hunter. He gets them every time he g-oes after them.

Mrs. Eva Layson and husband, of New Richmond, visited her parents last Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs. Margaret Galey still has to use crutches. She has been crippled with rheumatism for two years.

Rev. L. F. Galey and wife, of Waveland, visited W. B. Galey and family last Saturday and Sunday.

Doc Berryman has built quite a lot of wild cat fence for M. Gray. He is an expert at making wild cat fence.

The Balliinch Democrats can't understand what Coxey is marching to Washington for. They fear there is going to be trouble.

Mr. Hartman, the trustee, has appointed Braxton Cash supervisor for the next four years. He is the man for the place if he is a Democrat.

Uncle Will Galey has bought him a nice horse and buggy. He says he is going to have a good time in his old days. He is of the true Republican stripe, dyed in the wool and an old soldier.

Miss Sarah Coons had four of her mute friends to come and spend Sunday with her. They had quite a good time together. Miss Sarah has 'a lovely home and she delights very much for her friends to come and visit her.

POSSUM IlIDGE.

Gilbert Blake planted corn last week. A party at Lem Bayless' last Saturday night.

Charley Smith is doing some work for Wm. Rice. John Rice went to Crawfordsville last Saturday.

Hubert Rice is not expected to live but a short time. The thermometer registered 88 at 2 o'clock Monday.

Mrs. S. G. Whittington went to Jas. Todd's Saturday. Farmers are through breaking for corn and arc planting.

There will be considerable fruit of all kiui)tf except peaches/* Albert Payton will work for W. W. Whittington this summer.

S. G. Whittington and wife attended church at Old Union Sunday. Misses Ella and Nora Whittington and 11 at tie and Mary Easley went to Old Union to church Sunday.

There seems to be very much stealing of late. Somebody had better take warning and quit at once or they will most likely have to work about five years for their board for -one night's fun.

N!:\Y IIAYKN.

Corn planting is at hand. Lora Smith is sick (love sick). We had some more winter last, week. Wm. Dixon has a line horse for sale. .1. A. Mount lost a tine horse last, week.

Wm. Dixon has bought a fine horse for $10. Miss Mollie Davis is working at Mrs. Stipes'.

Seth Crowder is very sick with pneumonia. Ezra Pickering is breaking his new ground.

Wm. Dixon is building some slat and wire fence. Abe Caster is building some slat and wire fence.

James A. Mount has purchased a wind pump. David Fullenwider has some seed corn for sale.

Peter Phelps is working for Abe Cas ter this week. Miss Lyda Mount is very poorly with whooping cough.

Steve Courtney sold some hay this week at 88 a ton. Miss Pearl Whitecotton is working at Jim Thompson's.

Clint Arnold makes frequent calls at Frank Cox's latelj'. Anyone wishing 1 to rent a house should see Bill Dixon.

David Crowder was the first to plant corn in this vicinity. Grant McDowell's little child is very ill with whooping cough.

Bowers it Peterson bought Steve Courtney's cattle this week. Ewel Engle was the first to get done planting corn in this vicinity.

Shaver Bros, have erected a wind pump with standpipe combined. Rev. Black preached a good sermon to a large audience Sunday night." .1 im Thomson has built a kitchen and expects to cool off this summer.

Rev. Woody will preach at Flat Creek the third Sunday in next month II. T. Sutton goes to J. B. Williams twice a week. Something attractive

Rev. James Newlin preached to large crowd at Flat Creek Saturday night.

Steve Courtney sold his hogs to Mor Edwards this week for five cents pe pound.

J. C. Francis has procured an iron gray horse and lias gone to hunt the last sheep.

Fannie Whiteuian has gone home after spending several months with Mrs. Stipes.

Bruce Morris passed through here last Monday on his way home "rom Thorntown.

Mr. Marshall, Mr. Finch's timber buyer, was in our midst trying to buy timber this week.

The assessor was around around asking what you had and what you was worth last week.

James H. Stewart sold 000 bushels of wheat last week at 53 cents. How is that? Now assessor mind your business.

T. W. Sutton goes to the county ditch every day to see if the tile that the men are putting in is hollow at both ends.

LINHKN.

R. S. Osborn. of New Richmond, was here Monday in search of news. Corn planting is in order now as the time of year is here that it should be in the ground.

Wellington Ilauseworth has deeded the tile mill and saw mill to a man from New Ross.

Miss McCallum, of New Richmond, came here on last Monday and went to your city on train No. r.

We had a good rain on last Tuesday morning about 5 o'clock to help the farmer's and eveiybody else. -..T. J. West is farming 011 Wright Bros. farm, known formerly as the Alexander farm in Coal Cret 1

The Christian Endeavor Society of this place meets on Sunday evenings at (1:30 hereafter instead of T:.'!0.

Ed Dill is now a citizen of Linden and will be until bis own house is vacated on his farm south of your city.

Riley Ilalstead was here the fore part of the week to see about his interest in his grandpa Halstead's estate.

Several of our citizens were in your city on last Tuesday. They could not vote, but they could tell who they wanted elected.

Uncle Simpson Montgomery will visit friends in Texas when he gets his pension, or he is talking about going to see tliem.

Men can fool with men, but when it comes to fooling with Uncle Sam it is rather dangerous business, as he makes men toe the mark.

Clint Wilkins made a speech the day the Postoffice Inspector was here. Clint can talk right to the point when he gets harnessed up all O. K.

Ed Voris and Postoffice Inspector Fletcher were here on last Monday to see the folks that were behind with their accounts with Uncle Sam.

Mrs. M. E. Siinerley, of Allentown, East Tenn., after along visit with her daughter and son-in-law, J. L. Church, returned to her home last week.

Monday last the thermometer marked 78. That is two degrees above summer heat and Tuesday it marked summer heat, and everything that is alive is growing.

Mrs. John Dewey, of Walnut Grove, is dangerously sick at this time, and Mrs. Jennie Paddock has been ailing some time called on Dr. Dingman last Monday evening for treatment.

Charles Fraley 1 plowed iup. an old

Indian tomahawk in his field a few lays ago made out of stone and finely polished. That is another evidence that this township was onje the home the red man and savage.

A new car inspector on last Tuesday by the name of Wray. Mr. Murphy was given back his old job at Frankfort where he lives so he can take care of his sick wife and be at home with her of nights.

It seems like along while since the (iood Templars met in lodge as Wheeler Lodge No. 1 1" I. O. G. T. People, why do you not come together ain and go to work to save yourselves and others from filling a drunkard's grave. hack load of young folks visited the young at, .New Richmond and it got so dark on them returning that, they missed the main track and got in the side ditch and turned the hack ver 011 a fence and spilled the young out and some lost their hats. One got her hat ruined and all got more or less wet, as it rained hard on them.

l'OTATO ClIl'.KK.

Laura Custer went to Colfax Monday. Mrs. T/ida Trons went' to Darlington Saturday.

Mat Horn and wife and son went to Colfax Saturday. L. W. Little and wife spent Sunday with home folks.

Frank Otterman spent Sunday with S. K. Blue and wife. Miss Clara lturkhart Sundayed with S. K. lilue and wife.

Mr. Chen worth, of Colfax, spent Sunday with Ed Maguire. Owen Martin, of Missouri, is visiting Mrs. Mary Irons and family.

Miss Anna Holloway spent Sunday with Misses Emma and Sat Little. Garrett Snyder and family attended church at Darlington Sunday night.

Charles Cook and family were the, guests of Frank Cook and wife Sunday. Miss Anna Wolfe, of Illinois, is visiting her cousin, Miss Anna llolloway.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Richmond, spent last week with R. M. Little and wife.

Joe Meharry, of near Cra wfordsville, spent Sunday with Joe and Dan Meharry.

Mr. and Mrs. Clias. Custer were the guests of Mr. W. 11. Custer and wife Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Barker, of near Thorntown, spent Sunday with Byrd Still and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Nolan, of near Lebanon, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Blue.

Clias. Maguire and family attended the surprise of Mr. Geo. Henderson Sunday. A very pleasant time is reported. .lames Maguire's horse became frightened at a wind pump near the farm of 01 Delashmite and completely demolished his buggy. His family escaped without injury.

Go to Darlington Monday night and hear the Baldwin Octette and Miss Maine Wilhite, the elocutionist.

THREATENS A TIE-UP.

Mny lift ltmaorted to Before Kelly's Mesj Are Allowed to AVatk.

Diss MOINKS, la., May 2.—The unexpected appearance in tho city Tuesday morning of Grand Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor threatens to involve a new factor in the Kelly problem, for the reason that he has coma to "take a hand in the light." "Will Gen. Kelly walk out of Des MoiuosV" ho was asked. In an instant he answered, with emphasis: "Never, if we have to tie up all the railways in Iowa. If we can't win on this issue now and here we might as well quit." When asked if the organization was strong enough to tie up the roads in Iowa he Baid that it was not strong enough alone, but he added: "When I left President Debs at St. Paul he Baid to me: 'Whatever you order we will stand by.'" He did not advocate seizure of trains or anv revolutionary inethodB, but said the companies should be paid a fair price for carrying the army and if tho money could not be raised here he said the

KnightB of Labor would assist in raising It. In the afternoon Mr. Sovereign went out to the camp of the army and talked to tho men. In his remarks he assured them that they had the hearty sympathy of the Knights of Labor in their move, which he denominated an uprising of the people against oppression. The language used by Grand Master Sovereign has greatly encouraged the army and they are firmer than ever in their determination not to walk farther.

flOQSIEK HAPPENINGS.

Information of Especial Interest to Indianiana.

nulrlpal Elections.

INDIANAI'OLIS,Ind.,May 2.—Municipal elections were held throughout Indiana Tuesday, the only cities not voting being Indianapolis and Evansville, which operate under special char* ters. Reports show that fifty towns were carried by the republicans and five were carried by the democrats. Those going republican wero:

BHuTtou, lUoomlagtoa, Bru/.il, Columbus, Decatur, El wood, Enst Clil en go, fort Wayne, Frank fort, Franklin, IroiMisburg, (ji-eouciistlo. (iohlien, iimmoml, Huntington, JufTorsonvlile, Kokoaio, La I'orto, Lafayette, LoifiiuHport, Lawreuccburt Marlon, Munolo, Michigan CM ty. Now Albany, Peru, Plymouth, Richmond, Soymour, South HmiU, Shelby vlllo. Valparaiso, Wiibaali, Warsaw, Delphi, KlUhurl. MtnUoril, Lebanon, Noblesvillo, Princeton, KISIHK Sun, Tipton, Urooalleld, Anderson, Martlnnvillo, Mount Vernon, Portland, (Jounersvtllo, Itushvllln and Franklin. 1 ho following towns went democratic:

Covington. Columbia City, Mmlihon, Vtncennea and Washington.

To Stop Sluutliter of Fish.

MUNCIK, Ind., May A.—Suit was filed in the Delaware circuit court Tuesday by James Jackson, of near Chesierlield, Madison county, in which he asks !?.",0U0 damages and an injunction against the Consumers' Paper company of Muiicie for polluting the waters of White river .with tho refuse from their large mill. Mr. Jackson avers that tho water is made useless and that barrels of fish have been killed in the river below the factory. Proceedings will also be brought against the strawboard works a,t West Muncie, -1 miles west of here.

Court Seen Unugur Ahead.

CKOWN POINT, Ind,, .May 'J. "Juries are carrying this question of a reasonable doubt too far," said Judge Gillett Tuesday morning. He had just opened the scaled verdict reached in the case of tho state vs. Albert Reefer, eharged with stealing thirty sacks of flour from a Nickel-Plate car at Hammond some weeks ago. "The case is a clear one, and if our juries are to keep on as they have started we shall soou be in the hands of our enemies."

Smallpox IucrtMiMkiiK.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 2.—The state board of health was notified by telegraph Tuesday morning that eleven new cases of smallpox had appeared near Kewanna, Fulton county. Secretary Motcalf left for the place. The telegram stated that J. VV. Irons, the health officer, was doing nothing to prevent tho spread of the disease. Dr. Metcalf will establish a rigid quarantine.

Indiana Hag tho Siiiultoul, imby.

WARSAW, Ind., May 2.—The smallest 1 baby yet reported litis been born of Norwegian .parents at Lowell, just north of here. The child is it male as perfectly formed as a baby can bo and at its birth weighed only nine ounces. A ring worn 011 the little finger of the father was slipped over its foot and nearly up to its knee. io probabilities are that it will live.

Trlol

any

Indiana Town* Vote.

CHICAGO, May 2.—Reports from flftyflve towns in Indiana show that fifty were carried by the republicans at tho munioipal elections Tuesday, and live were carried by the democrats.

A Pointer for Travelers.

While Mr. T. J. Richey, of Altona, Mo., was traveling in Kansas he was taken violently ill with cholera morbus. He called at a drug store to get some medicine and the druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy so highly he concluded to try it. The result was immediate relief, and a few doses cured him completely. It is made for bowel complaint and nothing else. It never fails. For sale by Nye & Booe, 111 Washington street, opposite court house.

A Dairyman'!* Opinion.

There is nothing I have ever used for muscular rheumatism that gives me as much relief as Chamberlain's Pain Balm does. I have been using it for about two years—four bottles in all— as occasion required, and always keep a bottle of it in my home. I believe 1 know a good thing when I get hold of it, and Pain Balm is the best liniment I have ever met with. W. B. Denny, dairyman, New Lexington, Ohio. 50 cent bottles for sale by Nye & Booe, 111 Washington street, opposite court house.

Fon bill heads see THE JOUKNAL Co., PKINTKHS...

to Wreck a l.ako Krle Train.

Nom.1csviLi.1c, Ind., May 2.—At 9 o'clock Tuesday night an attempt was made to wreck a northbound freight train 011 the Lake Erie & Western railroad at a switch I mile south of thi* city. The switch hail been spiked. Two cars were derailed and badly wrecked. Travel was delayed several hours.

IJlvoren Suit CIonipromRefl.

GKEKNCAHTLH, Ind., May'J.—A divorce suit of more than ordinary interest was compromised in the circuit court Tuesday. Dr. John R. Leatherman was plaintiff, and his wife hail in preparation a sensational cross-bill. The plain-" tiff pays her ?!i,000 and provides for their only daughter, getting in exchange a divorce.

Two Kwitdmuwi l?:illy Hurt. KFFKKSON VILIJC. Ind., MnyU.—Tim Lyons and John Kelly, railway switchmen, were standing on the loot board", of an eugine backing over to Louisville when a cow appeared 011 the track and the locomotive struck it, killinif this* animal instantly. The eow struck tho switchmen, both of whom were badly injured.

Receiver for an Klkliarl onccru. ELKHAUT, Ind., May 2.—On application of 11. E. Bucklin, of Chicago, M. U. Demurest has been appointed receiver for the Common Sense Manufacturing company of this city. The concern has been doing a profitable business, but dissensions among the stockholders made the step necessary.

Trial Afiraln Under May.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 2.—The trial of Francis A. Cotlin, Percival B. Coflin and Albert S. liced, charged with aiding and abetting Theodore P. Ilaughey in the violation of the national banking laws, was begun again in the United States court Tuesday afternoon.

'•••». HHort In H1h Aecouuts. INDIANAPOLIS, lncL, May 2.—George E. Hicks, traveling salesman for M. O'Connor & Co., wholesale grocers, has disappeared, and the firm says he ia Bhort in his accounts over $2,000.

Eloping Couple JUnde Happy. JKFFKKBONVILLE, Ind., May 2.—J. C. Hartman and Misa Mary Mobley, an eloping couple from Lebanon, Ky., were married in this city Tuesday morning by Magistrate Iiause.

Death of Dr. Itorwin.

DECATUB, Ind., May 2.—Dr. T. T. Dorwin, of this place, president of the Decatur national bank, died Tuesday morning of paralysis. He was one of the richest men in Adams county.

Only Got Tvro Miles.

JEFFKBSONVILLE, Ind., May 2.—Frank Harvey escaped from the state prison in this city Tuesday, but was captured after he got about 2 miles.

Killed in a Runaway.

WATKBLOO, Ind., May 2.—Marioa Smith, 12 years old, was killed here -L UCO day by a runaway.