Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 October 1894 — Page 3

VOL. 52-ETO. 41

Tannenbaum Brothers.

You Need a Decent Suit

You need it now—don't spoil your credit b}•wearing seedy garments—look like prosperity if you would have folks think you are prosperous. We have a black Cheviot at

$10.00

Cut in Long Sacks, Double-Breasted Sacks and Regent Frocks. When you wear it your friends will think that the good old boom days had returned, when you could afford to pay $50 or $60 for a suit.

A Word About Fitting

People don't believe in ready-made fitting as the best ready-made deserves. Why should they? To b« sure, there are sizes that fit eight men out of ren (and the ninth and tenth with a little altering), but only the prosperous clothier can afford to keep all these sizes, as well as different makes and cuts. No other clothier in town keeps the variety of sizes, makes, designs, etc., to the extent we do.

OVERCOATS

You can't put off buying one much longer so come now and get your choice while-the stock is large.

Prices are Lower Than Last Year.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO MEET THE HOTHERS

because we know we can show

them children's suits that will please them and the bovs too.

Tannenbaum Brothers. 25.00 $25.00 $25.00.

Waiting for Someone at /TCLAMROCK'S SHOE STORE.

We have had made a number of keys onk of which will open the Glass Joney Box now 011 exhibition in our window in which we have placed $85.00 U. S. Notes. Each purchaser of R0 cents or over will be presented with a •ey gratuitously, and you will be permitted to try and unlock the box anv ime during the week beginning December 10th to 15th inclusive, 1804. The erson holding1 the key that will unlock the box will be presented with the ontents, §2.).00, absolutely free without reserve or conditions. No employe /ill be allowed to have any keys. Keys will not be recognized unless attached the original tag-. After trying keys please leave same at store.

The following- well-known and responsible gentlemen have locked and aled the cabinet, and mixed the correct key along- with those that will not nlock the box: A. F. Ramsey, Pres. of Citizens National Bank: 1. C. Elston, 'res. of Elston Bank: Ed.JVoris, Post Master.

'CLAM ROCK.

THE SHOE DEALER.

5 N. Washington St. Crawfordsville, Ind.

D. C. BARNHILL,

Funeral Director and Embalmer

New Binford Block, 313 s. Washington St.

All Grades of Work Furnished from Cheapest to the Best Black and "White Funeral Car. The only White Funeral Car in the County.

SES* Residence, 415 South Washington Street

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.

ad of a horse that died through inattention to his teeth.

Chester J. Britton, M. JO. C., VeterinarySurgeon

And Dentist.

Graduate of the Chicago Veterinary College. All diseases of doincstic animals treated.

Office over Moilett & Morgan's drug store, 22% east laiu street.

Infirmary at G. P. McDonald's livery stable, 222 east Market street.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY,

A BIG BLAZE,

Waveiand SulVcrs From a I)isu^trouH l'ire I.n^t Friday.

Special to the Journal. Wavki.ami. Oct. 5.—This morning about o'clock the entire town was aroused by the alarm of fire. The citizens appearing on the streets discovered that the ilames were raging on the west side of the main thoroughfare and threatening to destroy the whole business portion of town. The work of fighting the llames was begun with a will and by heroic work the fire was confined to the west side. The heat was so intense, however, that glass was broken from the buildings on the east side and the paint scaled off. The damage is chieily on the west side of the cross street and while the loss is heavy the buildings burned were all old and unsightly. The bank building- was all that saved the store of Llanna lvritz, and the bank building was damaged considerably. The fire originated outside of .John Moore's butcher shop in the rear, from what cause is not known. The losses are as follows:

Moore's butcher shop. §50. John It. Canine's grocery store, SI. 000.

Hotel building and furniture, §1.000. Cuppy barber shop, building, §100: furniture. §5u.

Mrs. Khoads" harness shop, on building. §100: stock unknown. Sliular Allen's oil house, on stock. $75.

John liice's barn and contents. §:i50. Dr. Reese lvelso's office furniture.$75. There were also a number of small losses. The amount of insurance is not known but it will not cover the loss.

Visit of All Old ltesident.

J. T. Wright, of near DesMoines. Iowa, is here on a visit to friends in this city and vicinity. Mr. Wright left this couutv and went to Iowa in 1S53. His father. George Wright, was for many years the keeper of Wright's Tavern, three-quarters of a mile west of Linden. This was in the day before railroads and of course did a thriving business. The changes that have been made in Madison township Mr. Wright says have been quite marked, and there are but few recognized landmarks left. Ilis father died about twenty years ago. Mr. Wright has been prosperous as he is the owner of 70C acres of fine land within eight miles of DesMoines.

Meeting of the Edwards Heirs. The heirs of Robert and James Edwards. of Aberdeen, Scotland, and the lessors of real estate to Trinity church, New York, held a meetinc at Cincinnati to organize a stock company for the better prosecution of their claims. Their contention is that a vast amount of highly valuable property in New York reverted to them in 1SS4 by the terms of the ninety-nine-year lease which then expired. A number of the heirs reside in this county, among them Curtis Edwards of Walnut township.

Willi a llroken Neck.

James Baldwin, the man with a broken neck, arrived in the city last 1' riday and took out peddler's license, expecting to remain here a few days. Baldwin's case is a peculiar one. Several years ago in a railroad wreck at Birmingham, Alabama, his neck was broken, although of course the spinal cord was not. To the surprise of all the man lived. Ilis head is kept in place by a metallic frame and so he goes about. His neck is as limber as a dislirag but otherwise he is all right.

John L. Wilson's Ambitions. A Washington special to the Indianapolis Xcws says: Congressman John L. Wilson, of Washington, was not renominated for Congress, much to the regret of many Hoosiers here who knew him when he was a struggling young lawyer in Indiana. A letter received from one of Mr. Wilson's friends in Spokane says the Congressman was not anxious for renomination, but is bending his energies in the direction of the Senatorship, with a splendid show of succeeding.

For the Defendants.

The jury in the case of Caleb Davis against Chas. Rogers and Addison oung last Saturday returned a verdict favor of the defendaats. The suit was on a note for 8000, which had been given by the defendants with the understanding that it was not to be paid unless they made money on the farm they rented of the plaintiff.

Gobbled Up Everything.

Bland & Thompson, of this city, are getting up an inter-national reputation for their fine hackneys. This week at St. Louis, over many competitors they gobbled every first and every second premium offered. This is a showing that Crawfordsville may well bs proud of.

OCTOBER 12,

STILL ON THIS SIDE. A BIG CA3IE

Miss OHlo Lime SwalioiVKa Ouarter's Worth of Morphine In a Vain Attempt at Suicide.

The. '"Sent For and Couldn't Come Club has had numerous accessions to its ranks of late and last Friday Miss Ollic Lane who resides over beyantthe fill took the second degree in the ancient and honorable order. About a year ago Miss Ollie made an unsuccessful attempt to jump into kingdom come but was fetched back to earth with a jerk that made her bones rattle. She is a daughter of George Lane and has been employed as a dining room girl at one of the hotels. She has had a lover, a. trifling sort of a chap, and as the course of true love didn't run as smoothly as a polished cylinder in a greased groove she very foolishly concluded that life wasn't worth a Republican candidate's chances in Texas. Drawing a logical conclusion from a false promise she decided that that which was worth nothing wasn't worth keeping. Therefore she swallowed a quarter's worth of morphine which she purchased from a drug store Friday afternoon. Very soon she was down and the family summoned Dr. Ensminger. lie worked heroically and after a season had the satisfaction of seeing his patient on the high way to recovery. Ollie is O. K. now and is repentant of having attempted to leave us so unceremoniously.

Ktl Keturns.

Ed Ilolloway, haggard, long haired and unshaven, broken in mind and health, arrived from Terre Haute last Friday where for three months he had been confined unjustly on the terrible charge of train wrecking. The poor fellow is really in a pitable condition. He states he will remain here and will seek some employment in a few days. He was misrepresented in his alleged confessions and was bullied and coaxed into what he did say. lie was unable to identify any of the' real wreckers as they were men he had never seen before, lie states that if it had not been for the Ex/trcss and Ilamil and Davis he would surely have been unjustly sentenced to death as his health had broken until he could not even make an intelligent statement. Ed will return to Terre Haute and testify at the trial of the Fontanet wreckers. His lawyers are preparing to bring a suit for heavy damages against the Big Four road and really have a fine case, so terribly was the poor fellow imposed upon by the detectives of the company.

lJev. Fox in a Smash Up.

Ladoga Lender: Rev. Fox and wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Scott and others spent last Friday evening at the country home of David Harslibarger. It was a dark night, and when they were gettting in their carriages to return, Rev. Fox's horse ran against Mr.Scott's buggy. The animal was backed out from the collision, and in the act unscrewed a nut from the axle of the Fox vehicle. As they started again a wheel came off, Mr. Fox and wife were thrown out and the horse ran south. The men followed with a lantern, and after walking a few miles found the horse eating grass by the roadside with little damage done to the vehicle, and the harness but slightly broken. Mr. and Mrs. Fox remained all night at Mr. Harshbarger's.

Rev. Fox says his lasting thanks are due Mr. Tol Sutherlin, who loaned him a buggy an an overcoat Friday night, while the former was hunting for his runaway horse. Mr. Sutherlin is one of the most neighborly of men, and will get up at any hour in the night to assist a friend or stranger.

louse's Luck.

Last L* riday Ainus Luse, of Waynetown, had a streak of tough luck. He is a grocer there and Friday had a smashing trade and had 820 in the till when enemy came on. He was a little leary of a few of his fellow townsmen, so he took the stuff home in his nantaloons' pocket and put the pantaloons under his pillow when he sought the refreshment of his virtuous couch. It is a chilly day, however, when a Waynetown burglar can't rise superior to an emergency. While Amos slept the burglar came and liis coming was heralded by a cry like that which roused the ten virgins when the bridegroom came. The burglar said nothing but sawed wood. In less figurative language he reached under the pillow and hooked the pants of the sleeping beauty. He transferred the §20 to his own pants and then to make his meanness climatic he threw the pants in the slop jar.

Paddles Her Own "Canyon." The following brief burst of song is an argument in favor of corporal punishment in the public schools:

The schoolma'am paddled the people's kids When punishment seemed to be due She wed in the fulness of time and no»v

Sue can paddlo her own. Can youlf

1894—TWELYE PAGES PART FIRST

The Owner or Which will Will a Million DolliirH.

A local sport, who claims not to be romancing, gives the Joiunai, the history of the biggest poker game in the history of the world, and as it is now in progress it will doubtless be of interest to note it. The game has thousands of players and is based on the great principle of the survival of the fittest. The idea originated in Chicago and there will occur the final struggle for the supremacy and the pot. l'oker players in a dozen states are interested, although the thing has been verv quiet. In every town of any considerable size a ''class'' is organized by the management. This class consists of all the poker players of reputation and skill and numbers fifty. Each of these gentlemen planks down five dollars and a tournament is begun for the championship. The classes are in '•districts''of seven and the champion of each class puts the entire pot of his class §'250 into the district pot and then struggles with the other six class champions for the victory. The winner of the district deposits his whole pot in the "conference" pot and the winner of this tournament contends in ten struggles for the State ehainpionpionship. After this conies the interstate tournanment and then the final game for the grand stakes. No one spends a cent of the earnings but all are hoarded for the final game. It is said there are several hundred classes in Chicago alone and that the final stake will be for one million dollars. For this sum two men only will play, they being the representatives of the great inter-State contests. The playing has not yet begun and the classes are now being organized. Lafayette, Logansport and other neighboring towns have completed their organizaand an effort is being made to get up a "'class'' in Crawfordsville.

William Taylor Surprised.

Last Thursday evening about seven o'clock a party of one hundred men, women and children assembled at the I home of Win. Taylor and wife with well filled baskets and a big tub full of oysters. They came unannounced and completely surprised Mr. Taylor,

The evening was most delightfully passed by all who were present and will long be remembered with pleasure. Among those present of the relatives were Mr. Taylor's aged mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor, Henry and Gorton Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Forgey, of Whitesville, and those outside were Mr. and Mrs. Wes Grubb, Mrs. Jim Miller and children, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cowan, Mrs. Susan Cowan and children, John Cowan and family, Mrs. Rebecca Cowan, Mrs. Bell Tomlinson and child. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Quick, John Jackson. Nathan Quick, Roland Shelby, Jasper Elmore, Sherman McClamrock, Peter Eshelman, Wm. Patton, Mrs. Ella Tomlinson, Mrs. Ida Davenport, Misses Leech, Allie McClamrock, Nora Breaks, Mattie Johnson, Ora Petro. Grace McClamrock, and Messrs. Harry and Bert Breaks, Morris Mason, Elza Utterback, Frank Remley, Chas. Patton, Henry Vancleave, Jake Swank. F.

A Hallowe'en Attraction.

Manager Townsley has succeeded in booking Mr. Walker Whiteside for Hallowe'en, October 31.

Since his last appearance at Music Hall Mr. Whiteside has appeared in a number of plays in the best theatres of New York city, where he won unbounded applause from delighted audiences and from the dramatic critics of the metropolis, a place of high honor among the players entitled to be called great in Shaksperean roles.

At his next appearance in our city Mr. Whiteside will be supported by a company of superior artists, and our people may confidently rely on witnessing a first-class entertainmentand that there will be crowded house goes without saying.

Mew Courts of Hen Hur.

The Tribe of Ben Hur continues to grow and the new courts are always composed of the leading citizens of the place in which they are instituted. A new court was started at Logansport last week with thirty charter members including Hon. W. D. Owen, Senator Shroyer and Mayor McKee. On Thursday a court was instituted at Frankfort, and Friday D. W. Gerard, F. L. Snyder and O. D. Humphrey went to Cincinnati to open up a court there.

Death of Thomas II. Carmon. Thomas H. Carmon, of Madison township, died last Friday at North Salem, where lie had gone on business and where he was taken sick with typhoid fever. His age was 50 years and he leaves a wife and six grown children. He was a good citizens and his death is generally deplored.

DEATH OF JOHN BISHOP.

Ail Old and Honored Citi/.en PnsHca to Ills liowarti.

John Bishop (lied last Monday at 11 o'clock at his home on west Pike street of pneumonia. He had not been well for several weeks but visited Chicago last week to sec his son and returned home very sick, growing worse rapidly. The funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon, under the auspices of MePherson Post, of which he was a member.

John Bishop, the son of Benjamin and Maria (Britton) Bishop, was born April 18111!, in Montgomery county. At the age of fourteen he began to learn the saddle and harness trade with William W. Nicholsou. sr., of Crawfordsville. At the age of sixteen he enlisted for five years in the Mexican war. in Co. I). Kith li.S. Inf.,under Col. J. \V. Tibbats, of Newport, Kentucky. August 7. 1818, at the close of the war, Mr. Bishop was honorably discharged, having served about sixteen months. Returning homes lie served three years' apprenticeship at tailoring. On June l.'!!, 1852, he was married to Elizabeth M., daughter of •lames Galey, of Crawfordsville. His family was of four children, James M. (Jeorge VV.. Henry C. and Edwin S. In ISti.'t Mr. Bishop enlisted in a volunteer regiment, of home guards, under Col. S. M. Houston, and during the same year enlisted in Co. C, I08f.li'Ind.. under Col W. C. Wilson, for the Morgan raid, and was mustered out July 17, 18(i.'l. In May, ISM, he again enlisted, this time in the l.'!5th Ind., commanded by Col. W. C. Wilson, and was mustered into service May 2.').

Returning to Crawfordsville lie resumed his trade in the tailoring estabtablishmeut of Wilhite Bros., where he continued until 1870, then bought out the senior partner, the firm still continuing Wilhite & Bishop. Mr. Bishop was for yearsjone of the most reliable business men and valuable citizens of Crawfordsville. Ever solicitous for the pure morals and good name of the city, he always stood with the leaders in every work of reformation and education. May 8, 1879, he was elected to the City Council for two years, and by strict integrity and impartiality secured the confidence and esteem of the community. In 1848 Mr. Bishop united with the Methodist church, and during his connection was entrusted by the church with positions of honor and responsibility, which he always filled creditably. His conversion has a remarkable feature, and illustrates the power and efficiency nf prayer. VVhile in the Mexican service, stationed at the city of Monterey, without chaplain or religious services of any kind, he was suddenly and powerfully convicted of sin and the necessity of living a different life, which he at once resolved to do. Two months afterward he received a letter from his mother stating that during a revival in Crawfordsville she had presented him to her class as a special object of prayer. On comparing dates he found that the time of his conversion coincided exactly with the time of his mother's special earnestness in regard to him.

A New Swindle.

Knights of Pythias lodges throughout the country are on the lookout for a very clever swindler. The man wanted has broken into a number of the lodges and abstracted blank orders and seals, which he afterward filled out to his own taste. This usually amounted to about twenty dollars. These orders have been generally accepted and the full extent of his operations can not be determined. They are supposed, however, to reach several thousand dollars. The matter has been kept quiet up to the present, but to no purpose, as the rascal evidently knew when he had enough and quit business.

A Lady Killer.

The Mills school appears to be a regular lady killer. The teachers complain bitterly of over-work there, and the fact that three of them have been forced to retire this year seems to demonstrate that the complaint is grounded on truth. Miss May me Wise retired early in the game and Saturday her successor Miss Sallie Hornbaker succumbed. Monday Miss Ella Maxwell was forced to tender her resignation, being utterly broken down by the nervous strain.

Helpful School Supplies.

While in Chicago last week, Dr. Cowan, of the school board, purchased some modern and elegant school supplies which will be of great benefit in the study of physiology at the public schools. They consist of a fine manikin, a French skeleton arranged for natural action and dissectable models of the eye and ear. These supplies will no doubt effect satisfactory and very practical results.

Cases From Montgomery.

The following cases from Montgomery were acted on last week in the circuit court at Covington:

HectorS. Braden vs. Wm. N-.itt, et al continued. Aaron Xutt vs Wm. Nutt et al: continued.

Zach Mahorney vs. Wm. Nutt appealed. Hector S. Braden vs. John W. Ilendrickson et al continued.