Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 March 1895 — Page 1

VOL. 53—NO. 10

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A Successful Concern

Does not say raucli. Their success is the "best evidence of public appreciation. Merely talking of low prices and exceptional bargains does not satisfy buyers. The "doing of it" is the thing that brings and holds trade. Our success is the result of our honorable, consistent business methods. These are epitomized in the few words: Hon-

est Goods, Llonest Prices. Fair Treatment, Large Stock.

M. C. KLINE,

Jeweler and Optician.

Spccial Announcement.

THE OLD

We desire to say lo our friends and the public that we are at this time in the East- 53 ern markets making our spring purchase of S Dress Goods, Millinery, Spring Wraps, Carpets, Etc., and we will promise a "Banquet of Bargains" and a "Feast for the Admiring Eyes" of every lad) who waits to see the handsome goods and hear the low prices The Old Trade Palace will be filled with this spring. You have heard of the low prices that are to be, but we will surprise you. You will expect beautiful goods. We will astonish you.

The New Goods commenced going forward yesterday, so keep your eye on the Trade Palace. Respectfully,

McClure & "Graham.

DO YOU KNOW THAT

JOE E. FISHER,

Has bought the entire stock of Cohoon & Fisher and will give you the best bargains in

Hardware Farm Implements

Farmers, now is the time to look for your Spring Goods. We have ..just what you want.

Call and Look Them Over. 120-122 S. Washington Sl

FERIAL

PLOW

Wood and Steel Beam. None better made.

Gale M'f'g Co. Plows

We also have some odd plows we will close out at cost.

Disc, Spring and Spike

Lever Harrows

We have fall line ready now and invite all of our friends: to come and see us.

R. TINSLEY & CO.

'^^iAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Crawfordsville Comes Under the Provisions of the Hill—The. Ottlce of City Marshal Abolished.

The bill providing for a metropolitan police force in all cities of not less than six thousand inhabitants and not more than thirty-live thousand, has passed both houses and will become a law at once as it contains an emergency clause. The bill will apply to Crawfordsville, as the city contains more than six thousand inhabitants.

Section 1 of the bill provides that the Mayor shall appoint a Hoard of Metropolitan I'ollce Commissioners to consist of three members, not more than two of which shall be of the same political party. The first Commissioners shall serve one, two and three years and their successors shall serve three years. They are subject to removal. Thenbonds are 85,000 and their salaries tflOO a year each.

Section 2 provides that the Hoard shall appoint a superintendent of police, captain, and detectives and patrolmen, such otlicers to be equally divided between the two leading political parties. Not more than one patrolman shall be appointed for each 1,000 inhabitants. The compensation for a Superintendent shall be not less than S800 nor more than $1,200: a Captain not less than 8700 nor more than S900 patrolmen not less than $550 nor more than 8720, such compensation to be fixed by the Commissioners. All appointees shall serve during good behavior, shall be of good moral character, and shall be able to speak the English language. Tne Commissioners have the power of removal.

Section 3 provides for filling vacancies by the Mayor. Section 4 provides that one Commissioner shall act as President, who shall be cx-ofliclo a member of the Hoard of Health, and one of their number shall act as Secretary who shall be compensated not to exceed §50 a year.

Section 5 provides that the Board shall adopt a set of rules and 'regulations.

Section (5 gives the Hoard entire control of the police force,

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and control of all public property, including station house and city prisons, patrol wagons, books, records and equipments belonging to the police department. All present police boards, officers and forces are abolished.

Section 7 confers upon the Hoard all the common law and statutory powers of constable except for services of cicil process.

Section 8 makes it the duty of City Councils to provide station houses, to furnish the same, to warm and. light them and to provide food for persons detained. Also, to provide for the monthly payment and all expenses of the Board and its employes.

Section 9 transfers all the duties herefore performed by the city marshal to the metropolitan police force.

Section 10 provides that no member shall receive any fee or compensation whatever except his salary.

Section 11 prohibits any person, corporation or common council, or any other officer from interfering with the duties of the Hoard under a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 to which may be added imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than ninety days for each offense.

Section 12 provides for the appoint-ment-of additional patrolmen when necessary.

Section 13 makes it unlawful for any member of the force to participate in any election or convention under penalty of a fine and dismissal from the service.

Section 14 provides for bonds to be given by all police officers of from $1,000 to $3,T)00.

Section 15 provides for the same fees as formerly charged, that they shall be collected and paid into the city treasury.

Section 16 repeals conflicting acts, and section 17 declares an emergency.

The Crawfordsville Business College. Owing to the large increase in the Qumber of students in the commercial department of the Business College the principal has been compelled to engage another instructor. Prof. A. J. Hall, a graduate of three well known business colleges and a man of large experience, has accepted the position. He will also take charge of the l'enmanship Department in the place of Prof. McGaughey, who will shortly enter the ministry. Prof. Walker speaks highly of Mr. McGaughey's teaching ability. Messrs. Louis Stanford, of Alamo, and Wm. Dice, of Mace, have entered the school this week, keeping up the average of three new students a week since Jan. 1, 1895.

Marriage licenses.

Marion C. Switzer and Sarah M. Whittaker.

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DRIVEN OUT OF TOWS.

•I. \V. r.yon, a 'Wealthy Saw-Mill Mail, Koreed lo Evacuate by the I'ollce.

.lohn W. Lyon is an Indianapolis youth, with more money than character, who operates a big saw-mill business at Veedersburg. He has not attended to the admonition which urges diligence in business, however, but has been wasting his substance in riotous living. For some days past he has been loafing around the resorts of the "Crawfordsville Trilbys" and has been arrested on three complaints by the police and lined. Wednesday he was again arrested and .spent the night in jail. Next morning he pleaded guilty and was fined. The Mayor sentenced him to ten days on the stone pile in addition to the fine, giving him the alternative of leaving town by the first train. Lyons left town Thursday, and if caught hanging around here again will fare badly, lie has plenty of money and puts up at the best hotels, but seems totally depraved. His career promises to be a short and merry one.

AN ALUMNI BANOUET.

The Indianapolis Society of Wabash College—Novel Toasts.

Indianapolis Sentinel: The Indianapolis alumni society of Wabash College gave its annual banquet for the "Old Wabash Hoys" at the Commercial club restaurant last evening. A. W. Wishard, (ieorge F. Cardwill, .1. F. Stutesman and A. M. Swope, graduates of the college, aud members of the Indiana Legislature, together with the college faculty, composed of Dr. Burroughs, Profs. McLain, Campbell, Thomas and Chapman, were the guests of honor.

Mr. Albert Baker acted as toastmaster, and the following novelties in the way of toasts were responded to: "Calculate the Next Solar Eclipse," W. II. Ripley "Why Are the Coats of the Stomach Not Digested-?" S. C. Dickey "Where Do We Footprints of Pterodactyl?" .1. R. Eastman "Who Can Tell What Baby Thinks?" M. L. Haines "What Is a Distributed Middle?" C. B. Landis "What Are Governmental Checks?" A. W. Wishard, George W. Cardwill. J. F. Statesman and A. M. Swope: "Give Reasons for a Circle in the Water," J. E. Cleland, and "What Is the Use of the Second-Perfect?" E. Daniels. Prof. W. Z. McLain announced the grades for the faculty.

Moving Along.

The money necessary to complete the transfer of the Y. M. C. A. building was borrowed by the directors this week from friends of the association, and the change of ownership duly made and recorded. The association now has control of the property, and as soon as the building subscription is finished, will be established here forever. The balance of the purchase money must yet be raised, however, so that the work is not yet complete by any means. The canvassing committees are securing new subscriptions daily and within a reasonable time the association building will no doubt be safely landed by those in charge of the work.

Katlier Nervous.

Jesse Williams has retired from the Monon and J. C. Cardwell, a Kentucky gentleman, is now night operator there. The other evening a party of traveling men from Lafayette congregated in the waiting room and learning that Cardwell had just gone on began to tell wierd and uncanny stories of the murders and robberies commited there and how no operator ever remained two months without injury. They so worked on Cardwell's imagination that he fairly went wild when they departed on the train leaving him alone, lie waited on Agent Clark the next morning before breakfast to resign, but was finally reassured and is still at his post.

Sleepy Old Lafayette ISooming. Brazil Times: Rev. G. W. Switzer returned Monday night from Lafayette, where he made the annual address to the Y. M. C. A. at Trinity church, besides preaching in the same edifice. He reports sleepy old Lafayette on a boom, occasioned by several real worthy funerals and the taking hold of the reins by younger hands. When sleepy old Lafayette wakes up, there is hope for all.

Private Opinion Made Public. Mayor Handell: "No sir, 1 haven't decided whom I shall appoint as police commissioners under this new metropolitan police bill. I will appoint the right sort of men, however,—two Republicans and ione Democrat—if the bill goes into effect, as it probably will."

ONLY one more week of the discount price on dry goods and notions at the Big Store.

1895.—TWELVE PAGES

STILL UNDER FIRE IN THE SENATE.

The Nicholson Hill the Measure lender Consideration ly the Senate—1The I'ollce Matron Itill Passed the House ss-pf —Other Hills Go Through.

Speclul to The .lournul. 1 xni AN'AI'OUS, March 7.—A big crowd was in the Senate this morning awaiting action the Nicholson bill, which was not called up until 11 o'clock. When it was called for it could not be found at first owing to the absence of the file clerk. Senator Cranor asked to be excused that he might attend the conference committee on fees and salaries, but his request was refused and he was not excused. The amendments were adopted section by section, one of which allowed other business to be conducted in connection with a saloon, another that a saloou keeper's family can enter a saloou on prohibited days, and making the revocation of a license impossible until the second conviction and then optional with the justice or police court. The third conviction makes revocation of license imperative. The amendment to section 3 was adopted.

The House passed the bill providing for a change of venue from justice's courts tooiawyers appointed to hear cases.

The House also passed the bill providing for vestibuled street cars in winter.

The bill providing for police matrons in cities of 10,000 and over passed the House this morning.

The House passed the bill providing for interlocking switches. The Senate raised the salaries of supreme judges from $4,000 to $5,000.

The House passed the Senate bill providing for the statues of William Henry Harrison and Oliver Morton to be placed in statuary hall at the eapitol in Washington.

COFFINBERRY'S CLAIM.

The Gentleman With the Sepulchral Name Wins His Suit From the County.

Last October Nat ColYlnberry, a log hauler of this city, met with an accident on a rotton bridge in Ripley township and was badly hurt, lie presented a claim to the county commissioners, the old board, for $1,000 damages. The board allowed him $75, which was refused by Coflinberry, who at once sued for $5,000. The case was venued to Fountain county, where the trial came to an end Wednesday. The jury awarded Cofiinberry $1,050 damages. His attorneys were T. L. Stilwell and M. W. Brunei*.

Mr. Grimes Will Stay.

By the Metropolitan Police bill the office of city marshal, in all towns affected by the bill, is abolished. This will throw out James P. Grimes, who was last Spring elected for four years. However, it is not to be doubted that this efficient officer will be retained. He will be elected Police Superintendent and should be as he was made the people's choice at a popular election.

Measles Epidemic.

The disease, measles, is raging in the northern part of the county and hundreds of children and grown people are down with it. So far the complaint as not appeared in Crawfordsville but it may be expected now at any time.

WAI'NKTOWN.

Dick Reed and Nannie Fields were married last Tuesday evening. Miss Kittie Goble, of the State Normal, visited home folks Sunday.

Scott Switzer and family were at Yountsville last Sunday attending a birthday dinner.

Wm. Rider and family started for Huntsville, Alabama, last Tuesday in search of health.

Walter Miller has locked his supply of snakes up and is dispensing wet goods for Tom Herron.

Dr. Hamilton is building an addition to his farm house, which when completed will be occupied by Ed Duke.

Prof. James M. Chapman, of Wabash College, will give an elocutionary entertainment at the K. of P. hall April 0 th.

Cal Hybarger, Perry J. Lough, John Marks aud George Anderson attended the distrit K. of P. meeting at At ica this week.

The Baptist meeting is still going on and will probably continue over Sunday. tUp to date there have been about twenty additions.

We challenge every (town in the county to show a great nuisance than the one we are having to endure, viz: "The Devil sling" in the hands of some "devilish" boys.

Miss Docia Switzer died at her home on Church street Tuesday evening after a protracted siege vyith that dread disease consumption. Funeral services were conducted at the Haptist church on Tuesday at 11 a. m., by Rev. Spainhour, after which she was laid away to rest in the Masonic cemetery.

ZOA PHOBA brings health and happiness.

PART. FIRST

GENERAL GOSSIP.

It Concerns Kverything and" Everybody and Is, Therefore, of Interest tJi All of Us.

—Wall paper at the 95) cent store. —Miss Jessie llornbeck is able to be out after a protracted illness. —The county will appeal the Cofliubcrry case to the Supreme Court.

Arthur Graham is in from East St. Louis visiting his relatives and friends. —A son luis been born to Mrs. Florence Durham Kudy, of Indianapolis. —Mrs. Jessie Joslin Overstrcet, of (ireencastle, is the mother of a fine boy.

Dr. Cunningham will deliver his lecture on Lincoln atRoekville Sunday night. —Lew Graves, of Thorntown, was the guest of 1. M. lvelsey and wife Wednesday. —Mrs. Will Armstrong is visiting friends and relatives in Thorntown and Lebanon. —J. W. Pease has gone to Kentucky on a ten weeks' trip for the Incrustation Preventive Company. —Richard Holiiday has moved here from Linden and has opened a stock of groceries on North Green street. —Wall paper at the 9'.) cent store. —Dr. Chapman, the revivalist who comes here this month to hold a series of meetings, is now conducting a wonderfully successful revival at Evansville. —Music Hall will be dark for some time. The next attraction is, "The Charity Hall," on March li). On March 25 "Shore Acers" will appear. Both,, are good performances. —The Grand shoe store will be moved the first of next month to the room recently vacated by Ramsey & Goltra. The proprietors, Messrs. Youngman & Tribby, propose to lit it up with the handsomest fixtures ever seen in the city. —Alf Looicabill & Co. have sold a 10-aere tract of land at North Vernon, belonging to S. N. Warbritton, to R. W. Stun:t', for $1,000. Also, a house aud lot at the same place, belonging I to Mrs. Armentrout, to R. W. Stamp, for $77(i. Also, a house and lot in

New Market, belonging to Lewis Wray, to Maxie Armantrout, for $740. —Wall paper at the 09 cent store. —The ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church New Richmond will give an entertainment at Hollins' Hall, Saturday, March 10, 1895. A general supper will be served, also oysters, ice cream, fruit aud cake, the proceeds to be used to help build the parsonage. Arrangements are being made for a general good time. Other attractive features will be introduced to help charm the time away. Everyone most cordially invited to come. —llockville Rcjiublicmi: Gee Grimes returned Saturday from the South with a string of young beauties which he will soon put in training on the llockville track. He brought from Texas one of his own horses that has been down there and from Kentucky six 2 and 3-year-olds sired by Gambetta Wilkes. All are pacers. Mr. Grimes expects to move to Rockville shortly and will devote his time to "training these animals on our excellent track.

Money Lost.

The people who don't read our advertising columns are simply losing money and that's all there is about it. In various lines, clothing, groceries, furniture, shoes, jewelry, tobacco and dry goods, hardly a week passes that the leading dealers do not offer you genuine bargains. You can save many times the subscription price

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Now Is the Time

To be married aud the place to get your wedding invitations is at THE JOUKNAI,. We print tkem in correct style and at reasonable figures.

Farmers' Club at Uarllngtoiu The following is the programme of the Farmers' Club to be held at the M. E. church in Darlington, Thursday, March 21, 1895:

OPENING KXKHCISKS—9:1)0

A. M.

Music.

What Is the Outlook lor Wheat Bulging to' the Karnior y. E. CraigDiscussion. Recitation—The First Settlor's Story....

Jennie Paddock

The Soil—How Impoverished. How Improved 1'rof. W. C. Latta Big dinner lo the lmll. 1:30 I». M.

Music.

Iteport ol'Committees.

Lawn Beautlflers Mrs. George Jewell Recitation Uoldle Booher Corn Culture W. Sutton

Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year. What Power Students of Purdue are Doing pr0f. w.lC. Latta

NIGHT. Music.

General Oiseusslon—Town vs. the Farmer. Outlook for Young Men Trained and Educated for the Farm W. C. Latta