Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 March 1895 — Page 5
Every Heav}^ Suit or Overcoat in our store will be sold at exact manufacturing Cost until March i.
Men's Suits worth $ 5.00 for $ 3.29
On March ist we begin our second year and finish the first year with a boom we will offer of bargains in Winter Clothing.
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Wholesale and' Retail One-Price Clothiers,
Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, Corner ot Main and Gieen Sts.
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VOL. 53—NO. 9 OEAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1895.—TWELVE PAGES
THKEE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY, MAD DOG KILLED.
Col. Haviland Gifford Fagged His SeventyFifth Milestone—Tlie Day Honored.
Col. Haviland Gifford five years old Monday, the event his childien,
century ago. The succeeding courses
were of the up-to-date style and it is
unnecessary to add were all thorough-
ly enjoyed. At the conclusion of the
first course the guests presented their
been made by B. R. Russell, but being
cup of coffee and a hard tack, the and perhaps bitten several people and trimmings for the coffee being con- animals. densed milk and brown sugar, all reminders of the days of a third of a
Gould knew he would be, and who rears'
responded in his behalf as follows: COMRADES: In behalf of our father, who is overcome with emotion, let me extend to you his sincere gratitude for
no offering that he would have more
fondly cherished, and in the years we I
hope may yet be given him to enjoy,
this token will be his dearest keepsake. As were the best years of his life given
to the cause you all defended, so it is I
the best love of these latter years, next to his family, given to his comrades. Again let me thank you for the share you have had in making his 75th mile stone whiter, perhaps, than all others.
The second course was followed by a poem which had been written by Miss Europa D. Gifford as a birthday greeting to her uncle. It was most impres-
and is as follows: Hail! to the siri the grand sire! The soldier! the friond!
To my honored, aged uucle This day a greeting I send. Be his the seat of honor!
With a triple crown is he crowned: The Hist with hair grown hoary, The second with children abound But the third is the garland he's woven
Each day of his life on this earth Its strands are heavy and glossy With love, good will and mirth. His life has been long and varied.
With joys and sorrows combined His family-circle been brokenPrecious gems are missing, we find. But these living jewels remaining,
Will cheer and gladden the way His feet have yet to travel, Before the dawn of day. For his life is but the evening ,, fire that glorious, happy morn, When our souls, so long Imprisoned,
Into life divine are born. Then will those precious jewels We've missed in their family crcwn, Shine forth with added beauty,
And enclose him all around. Yes, some blessed, future morning, In that home on the other shore. Will bis crown of jewels sparkle-
Complete forever more. All hail I to you, his comrades! All hail! to you, his triends! To-day you do him honor,
God's blessing with it blend! Our flag so proudly floating Throughout the entire world. Salutes you as heroes,
With Its bright folds unfurled. And now, here's to the flag Y'Hi defended so long, Three cheers and a ttger!!!
Let them ring loud and strong! Prompted by the suggestion in the last verse the guests arose and gave three hearty cheers and a tiger. J. D. Tracy and W. T. Brush followed with remarks of a humorous character and apropos to the occasion. Colonel Gifford in whose honor the day was celebrated served through the war in a New York regiment, passing through all the grades from Captain to Colonel. His service was in the Army of the Potomoc. He has lived in Crawfordsville for several years and has taken an active interest in all Grand Army affairs which has given him a warm place in the affections of all his comrades, and who all extend to him the hope that he may round out a full century of his happy life.
Been Selling. Examination Questions.
Shelby county school teachers have been purchasing examination questions before examination time, thus preparing themselves. Saturday, Charles Hurst, a school teacher, was arrested for selling them and he implicates J. A. Wade, superintendent of Bartholomew county, and W. J. Griffin, excounty superintendent.
Nev Kogs in a State of Temporary Excitetueut—No Harm l)oue.
Special to The Journal.
was seventy- NEVV ROSS, Feb. 27.—The small dog1 In honor of of B. T. Shaw went suddenly mad and Mr. and Mrs. cav4t'ied around trying- to chew thing's
Charles Gould, prepared a feast of fat up aiyl finally Mr. Shaw came home things and invited about twenty of his andfepund his wife trying to get the Grand Army comrades to join with him dogfn the house. The dog hearing in the merriment and joy of the occa- him jumped at him and realizing the sion. At 12:30 they met at the court house and marched in a body to tlie residence of Mr. and Mrs. Gould, with whom the Colonel has a home, and where a cordial greeting awaited the guests. The house had been handsomely decorated, the prevailing
adornments being the American colors, heading a sound would run toward the The old soldier's army desk, his coat place where he heard it snapping and through which a rebel bullet had passed, his sword, gloves and his different commissions were conspicuously displayed and closely inspected. Dinner was announced and served in courses, the first course consisting of a
host with a gold Grand Army badge, hemorrhage of the bowels. He was The presentation speech was to have
unexpectedly called from the city that!
duty devolved on T. H. B. McCain. He Itwo
prefaced his remarks by reading that,
beautiful little poem of John G. Saxe,
"I'm Growing Old." The Colonel was
visibly affected as his daughter, Mrs.
danger he got the family into the house and ran to M. A. Connor's for a gun. Mr. Connor with a shot gun repaired to the scene and found the dog raving and frothing at the mouth and tryipg to bite everything in his reach. He Apparently could see nothing and
bitipg. Mr. Connor on arriving at the place dispatched the cur with a single volley. This is perhaps the outcome of tlie mad dog scare of a few weeks ago and it is fortunate that this one was killed before it had got started
in Memory of Edgar Fruits,
Edgar Fruits died at 4
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at the bome ef his
Frmts'
months,
your remembrance. I am sure you I °bedient son, noted for his strict inwill understand you could have made
te°rit'
ples and
sively lead by Mis. John R. Bonnell, which the remains were tenderly laid
1
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father-
Michael
who resides tw0 and
miles northeast of
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Alamo-
ness of three
borQ near
year
1884 he was
children
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weeks'
of
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In
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Louisa Rush To this union was born
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Mary
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death°of Mr- Fruits- The
bri^'ht
little
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years Previous to the
latter, a
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in her ninth
year-
him. Deceased was aged 32
7 days. He leaves a
wife, little daughter, parents, four brothers and many kind friends to I mourn his sad departure. He was a loving husband and parent, a kind and
and
thorough business princi-
respected
friends and
amon£
his
nei?hbors,
fnendshiP
meriting the
of all whom he met. Just
before leaving this world 'lie called his friends to the bedside and bid them
farewell told
'them he was going to
die, then closed his eyes and passed away happy. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in this their sad bereavement. On Wednesday at 10 o'clock a large concourse of friends and relatives assembled at the home to pay their last respects to the departed. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Rush, and singing by Prof. Luzader, after
to rest in the Yountsville cemetery, The pall bearers were: Messrs. George Wert, Newton Compton, Willie Brown, Newton Westfall and Charley Brown.
Death of Mrs. Alary D. Symmeg.
Mrs. Mary D. Symmes died Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, at the home of her son, Sam D. Symmes, 011 south Washington street. She was born in this city on August 27, 1828, and was a daughter of Nathaniel Dunn, deceased. She had been feeble for several days, but nothing serious was expected until Monday when she had a slight attack of apoplexy. Death resulted from blood poisoning and general weakness of the heart. Funeral was private and took place at the house Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. B. Thomson.
The Agent Sent to Jail.
Wm. Deverill, agent of the Prudential Insurance Company, has been placed in jail at Lafayette on account of the man on his appearance bond withdrawing his name. Deverill is accused of misappropriating funds of the company. A branch of this company is in this city. An agent for this same company is wanted at Kokomo
for embezzling the funds. This man had taken the funds in order to get married.
Dangerously Squeezed.
Monday evening while hauling a load of hay into the farm barn, John Stover was caught between the boom pole and cross beam of the barn door and squeezed so severely that life for a time was almost despaired of. Dr. Gott was called and says that the injury while serious is not necessarily fatal. Mr. Stover lives two miles northeast of town.
Adjudged of Unsound Mind.
A commission composed of Justice Scott and Chumasero and Doctors Barcus and Chambers decided Tuesday that John D. Whittington was of unsound mind. The evidence showed that about twelve years ago he had an accident to his head, which is probably the cause of his present trouble. He will receive treatment at once.
Employed a Blacksmith.
Elijah Clore has employed blacksmith Yandyne, of this city, to stay at his stock farm and keep his fine horses well shod. Mr. Vandyne will also do blacksmithing for the general public.
Inscriptions oil tlie oil union t.
A correspondent in the Indianapolis Ncivs, having heard so much about the inscriptions upon the State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, made an inspection and made the following discoveries:
On the south side is this line at the head of the tablet, "War For the Union."' Then follows the number of regiments and men, and the died and killed in the war.
On the north tablet, which, I am told, was prepared by W. II. English, the inscription is headed, "War With Mexico." Below, "Indian and British War," and further down, "War of the Revolution."
Compare the inscriptions on tlie two tablets, and a very curious thing is brought out: "War With Mexico" appears exactly on the same level as "War For the Union" on the other tablet. The course of history is turned upside down to do this. Who?
I was puzzled for an answer to this question until I meta Mexican veteran who explained that, this was done to pacify the Mexican soldiers for the removal of their date lines from the shaft.
Then I could understand why Mr. English has been accorded the proud title of "soldier." It is because he is a great strategist. By removing the Mexican dates from the copper band on the shaft he gratified some G. A. R, men, and putting "War With Mexico' at the same height as "War For the Union," and in the same big letters he pleased the Mexican soldiers. It was so neatly done—strategy, my boy, that the public failed to notice it. Any old soldier, by taking a walk around the monument, will experience a revelation when he see that after all the monument has been "Mexicanized."
Gen. Wallace's Book Profits.
New York Press: Gen. Lew Wallace is the most successful book writer of the day. The Harpers gave him a certified check for $50,000 when he delivered to them the manuscript of "A Prince of India." Out of "Ben-Hur" he made $50,000 the first year, and his royalties since have amounted to $250, 000. His story of Mexico, which exGovernorGray went into raptures over, "The Fair God," was a colossal failure It was his first great llight, and the publishing world was inclined to laugli at his protensions. He hawked the work about in New York and Boston, and offered it at last to a friend for $75. The friend did not want it. Finally Houghton, Mifflin & Co., of Boston, bought it and put it on the market. The result is known. Nobody took the trouble to read it and it fell flat. He spent seven years writing "Ben-Hur," and that, too, was a fail ure till a certain noted preacher advertised it. It became a fad, and Gen. Wallace grew rich before he knew it.
Warning to Catholics.
Archbishop Corrigan has issued the following manifesto to every Priest in the New York diocese: "A recent de' eree of the holy office, confirmed by the sovereign pontiff, instructs the bishops of the United States to advise the faithful committed to their charge against affiliation with societies known as the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Temperance and the Knights of Pythias, with the further injunction that if Catholics, after such admonition, persist in their connection with anv of these societies and will not give up their membership therein, they cannot receive the sacraments. The general reasons on account of which it is un lawful for a Catholic to join societies forbidden by the church will be found in the third plenary council of Balti more."
^Juries Drawn.
The juries for the March term of court were drawn Tuesday as follows Grand Jury—W. H. H. Thomas, Coal Creek John M. Akers, Walnut James N. Sanders, Union Wm. II. Hurley Ripley John F. Stover, Union Arch Bailey, Wayne.
Petit Jury—John W. Lough, Clark Squire M. Gilkey, Coal Creek Wm. Dazey and Chas. K. Ellis, Union Wm. C. Wray, Scott Fielden II. Rice, Sugar Creek Isaac Follick, Wayne Isaac S. Todd and Win. C. Lydick, Brown Hen ry Wilson, Sugar Creek John C.llimes Clark, and Nelson Rice, Brown.
W. W. Morgan and L. A. Foote were the jury commissioners.
l'rof. Ira Illckg to the Front.
Prof. Ilicks now comes forward and says we will have a Spring drouth, June freshet and a hot and exceeding ly dry Summer. He has hit the mark so far this year, and yet he forebodes further calamities. There seems to be but one thing to do in the matter, to be contented with whatever comes as it is beyond our power to change such matters. It might, however, be possi ble to end a drouth by a rain-maker and cloud-shooting machines.
Sequestered Property.
County Assessor Elmore unearthed last year property to the amount of $173,490 and placed it on the tax dupli cate. He says he will unearth about the same amount this year. The As sessor earns his salary.
PART SECOND
THE GUILTY MAN ESCAPES.
Fee and Salary taw of 1801 Legalized— State Monument Commission Abolished —A Democratic Apportionment
Bill Introduced.
Special to Tlie Journal. INDIANAPOI.IS, Feb. 27.—Tlie House special committee which has been investigating the fee and salary law crime of 1891 reported this morning that it was not able to find the guilty man, but that the bill had been unlawfully changed. The House then legalized the bill of 1891 which was declared unconstitutional by the S uprerae Court.
The Republican caucus to-night will take up the fee and salary bill and agree upon some measure that will pass both houses.
The Senate this morning passed the the House bill abolishing the State Soldiers' and Sailors Monument Commission and creating a board of Regents. The bill is now ready for the Governor's signature.
The Senate also passed the House bill abolishing the 80 per cent insurance clause. The bill now goes to the Governor for his approval.
Senator McDonald this morning introduced a Democratic Congressional Apportionment bill whfcb about equally divides the districts.
The Senate this morning pasaed the new Legislative apportionment bill.
Private Opinion Made Public.
J. J. Fisher:—"It occurs to me that the police could earn their salaries
a
little better if they would stir around and nab some of the numerous peddlers that are just now fiooding the town. They could be made to take out a license and donate to the city treasury. I know of one man who comes down from Lafayette once
a
year and sells about $250 worth of vanilla and fruit extracts and he was never known to have a license- It is their duty to look after this class of violators as well as those who disturb the peace."
Assessor Elmore—"Yes, 1 am in favor of the bill before the Legislalature which proposes to exempt from taxation a part of a man's mortgage indebtedness. But I think $1,00G is too much. It would reduce the amount of taxable property in this county alone near a million dollars, on a rough guess, and the result would be a raise in the levy. Make it about $500 and it will be all right."
Death of James Alkire'.
James Alkire died at his home, on south Green street in New Ross, on Tuesday evening of cancer, from which he had suffered many years. He was born Feb. 14, 1820, in Lewis county, Virginia. He moved while young to Franklin county, that State, to near where the capital now stands, and lived there till 1884, acquiring considerable property, and subsequently he moved here in 1884, where lio died. He was a life long member of the M. E. church. Only two sisters survive him out of a family of twelve. He was a man who was esteemed
by
the public and lias several times been honored. A wife, son and daughter are left to mourn his loss.
A Side Lecture from the Judge.
Judge Harney has given the lawyers a lecture upon continuing cases so often. He says that it is not right that a case should be continued term after term, and gat witnesses scattered and their memory failing. He desires that lawyers come up ready for trial when the case is called and get the docket cleared.
Daughters of tlie Kevolution.
There is a movement among the ladies of the city toward starting a branch of the Daughters of the Revolution, anpatriotic order composed of those whose ancestors were in the revolutionary war. In case the ladies organize, the gentlemen will form a branch of the Sons of the Revolution.
Liability for Failure to Seiul a Telegram.
The State Appellate Court has decided that the answer of a telegraph company that the failure to send a telegram was owing to the fact that a storm had prevented it, was not good unless it is also averred that the sender was informed of the company's inabilty to comply with its contract.
Not the Thief.
The man arrested at Lafayette as being the thief who stole the horse belonging to John Campbell, last week, was not the person wanted and has been turned loose. The horse was sold to Wm. Reese, in this city, for $5.50.
Death of a Child.
Walter E. Allen, son of Samuel and Eva Allen, died on Feb. 22, near Darlington, at the age of one year, five months and 25 days. He was a bright, beautiful little boy, andcthe joy of his parents and relatives. He was born on August 27, 1893. 1