Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 March 1895 — Page 5

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Negligee Shirts

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Our Custom Department

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a smaii sample, but carry a full line of Woolens in stock,

cut the cloth at our own store and employ the best tailors in

For references call and see our order book.

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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. 48—NO. 13 CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20 1895-TWELVE PAGES PART

THE WOLF AT THE BOOK.

Tlie Starving Thousands of Nebraska Still Appeal for AUl.

Ma^'or ]?andel has received a personal letter from Mrs. J. II. Uroaddus, Evving, Nebraska, together with the following appeal for additional assistance:

The lean gaunt wolf of hunger looks in at the doors of the stricken homes of Nebraska.

When the great black winged demon of hunger takes his lliglit over the land, he points with his bony linger and says: "Nebraska is my masterpiece."

The old saying tliat "Pestilence walks in the wake of famine," is being verified in the West. The constant use of one kind of food 'is resulting in a peculiar stomach disease that always precedes the "Famine pestilence" of India.

Hungry, despairing mothers, press their little ones to their bosoms and sadly think of the last sack of Hour that is nearly gone. We dread the next three months more than the winter that has passed. The number of applicants lias increased ten fold since we began to distribute. The bright sunshine of spring mocks us with the warning that it is seed time. liut where is the seed'' For one farmer in ten has seed to plant, or feed for his horses through the fanning season. If we cannot get seed our last hope will sink behind the dark clouds of despair and dread. In your beautiful homes of plenty, you cannot realize our abject want and humiliating dependence.

Our labor is hard and our duty an unpleasant one. but we cannot turn away from the pleading faces of our neighbors when we know that the noble people of the East will render it possible for us to prevent suffering.

The Hooiner and Land Shark have opposed us and caused the iron hand of hardship to oppress the poor women and children of Nebraska. lint, we thank the Christian people of the East that the glorious mantle of charity has smothered out the base misrepresentations of the cruel Boomer.

An old lady standing at our table said: "Where do you get so much fltur, Mrs. Hroaddus'.'" 1 replied, "In the East." With tears streaming down her cheeks she sobbingly said: "God bless the East."

Death is never a welcome vistor but when he comes in the form of starvation. human language fails to describe his terrors. Poor suffering llagar expressed it in the desert: "O (!od let me not see the death of my child." The same dreadful thoughts are rushing through the minds of our mothers today.

The board of trade has deceived us. The Legislature lias been powerless to give us permanent relief, and we are forced to appeal to the followers of Him who said, "Inasmuch as ye did it unto these ye did it unto me."

S "A notjle act Is a step toward God, Lifting us up from the Jowly sod." Help us to cast the bread of charity on the broad waters of want, and your reward will come like the sunlight of heaven.

Send contributions to MRS. J. HEWITT BKOADHUS, Local Relief Agent for Nebraska Sufferers, Ewing, Nebraska.

The Indiana flan.

According to the instructions of the Synod each Presbyterian pastor shall preach on the subject of home missions at least once a year. Dr. R. J. Cunningham delivered an excellent sermon on this subject Sunday morning. Among other things he told of the "Indiana plan" for caring for the weak churches. Until a few years ago all contributions for home missions were sent to the board at New York and distributed to the various States from there. Under' this plan Indiana received several thousand dollars more each year than she contributed. At a meeting of the Crawfordsville Presbytery Dr. Kane suggested what has since become famous in Presbyterian circles as the "Indiana plan," which simply means that the Indiana Presbyterians take care of their own weak churches without the intervention of the New York board. It has been eminently successful and is spreading to other States. The mission churches have now become nearly all self supporting, and instead of taking out more than she contributes and thus becoming in a sense an object of charity, she annually contributes many dollars to be sent to other fields.

Too ltealistic.

Mace Townsley tells a good story at the expense of his aunt. She had not been to a show since the inauguration of the realistic effects and spectacular scenery, and when the decidedly lifelike thunder storm came up on the darkened stage with its thunder and lightning she was much disturbed. She thought it was genuine and urged her husband to leave the hall and go home, where several windows had been left slightly lowered.

Wants a TMvorce.

Mrs. Josie Miller has entered suit for divorce from her husband, Charles T. Miller. Josie sets forth in her complaint that Charles is a cruel and brutal husband whose vicious treatment rendered it impossible for her to live with him.

—Miss Carrie Kenyon, with Myers it Charni, is the popular milliner this year. tu-th-s.

A BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR.

The Methodist Churcli Will Bo a 1'iiein When ltoopcnod in a Few Days.

A representative of Tim JoruxAi, was admitted to the Methodist church Wednesday where for some weeks past the Interior Decorating Company, of Cincinnati, has been eifeetiug an iesthetic revolution. 11. A. Turner,the president, N. W. Collerd, the vice president and ,T. E. Witlierspoon, the superintendent, have been employed iu the work and it is now far enoutrh advanced for one to obtain au idea of what it will be when complete. The effect will be a most pleasing one beyond doubt and the church will have one of the handsomest interiors in the State. The artists upon beginning studied the architecture, the windows, the organ and the woodwork and adopted colors calculated to produce a perfect harmony. The architecture is between the Romanesque and tlothic and the style of decoration adopted is that of the Italian Renaissance. When complete it will be a symphony in terra cottas, a perfect blending of the colors being maintained and at the same time harmonizing with the church furniture. The carpet will be a very dark red and from this as from a fountain the wall colorings will arise gradually shading oil:' into a beautiful sYiade of pink in the ceiling. The ground work of the coloring will be broken by wainscot, gable and ceiling ornamentations, broad figured borders obtaining and presenting a most artistic effect,. The whole is relieved in gold. The whole effect is one of great beauty and appeals strongly to the artistic sense of all.

The work is said to be most durable and good for forty years of service. The preparation used is called plastic stucco and the congregation of the church will be pleased to learn that with it those famous and justly celebrated "cracks" in the corrugated steel have been stopped un,

Before leaving the company will finish the interior work on Trinity church. Their present work at the Methodist church will continue for nearly two weeks yet.

Funeral of Dr. Zoplier Hull. Quite a number from here were at Waveland Monday to attend the funeral of Dr. Xopher Ball. The services were attended by a large concourse of friends and were under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity

Dr. Zopher Ball was born Oct. 20, 1831, on the farm of his father, Soloman Ball, one mile west of Crawfordsville, and died March 2:j, Dr. Ball read medicine with Dr. Sloan in 13(12, and graduated at Rush Medical College of Chicago, in 18G5. He was married to Sarah McNutt in 18(10 and located at Waveland, where he practiced medicine for nearly thirty years. His wife preceded him in death just one week. They leave one daughter and three sons, who are much prostrated by their double loss. Dr. Ball served one year in Co. G, 11th Ind. Vol., was discharged in 1864 for disabilities. He was made an Arch Mason in 1865 and was a member of the G. A. R. Post. Dr. Ball was Trustee of Brown township for the term just preceding the present and was always held in high esteem by all. He was a kind and loving gentleman, whose life work was far reaching in the cause of good. His death is generally mourned for he was a man of excellent parts and a model citizen,

Death of Joseph Warbinton. Few persons who attended the funeral of Ezekiel Elliott Monday would have believed that next day .Joseph Warbinton would lie dead in the same house. He and his wife lived with the late Mr. Elliott and at the funeral Monday Mr. Warbinton assisted very materially. lie was quite old, over seventy, and for some time has been in rather feeble health. He was up and around, however, and no one dreamed the end was near. lie retired as usual Monday and in the night he quietly and peacefully passed away to join the old friend just gone before him.

Mr. Warbinton had lived in this county all his life, residing for many years near Mace. He leaves a wife and one son, the latter residing in Oklahoma. Mr. Warbinton was an uncle of Ben Warbinton of the county treasurer's oflice and a brother-in-law of Rev. J. S. Maxwell, of this city.

Kesult of the February ICxaniination. Superintendent Zuck has completed his grading of the manuscripts of the teachers who attempted the February examination for license. His pen was fairly reeking with the blood of slaughter when he concluded his philanthropic labors and submitted the following report: Total number on examination..'.. ...:....:....... Licensed for 24 months •_ Licensed for 12 months Licensed tor (J months Fulled Si

GEN. MANSON'S WOUND.

One of the 011 Hero's Comrades Tells When It Was Keoeived.

A. J. Furnas, of the 10:id Ohio Volunteers, and who was an orderly on General Mauson's stall", relates the following interesting incident in connection with the wound the General received at the battle of Resaeea. May 11, 18C5. One of the six men to whom he refers as having assisted in carrying him off the field was B. li. Russell, of the (ilUl Indiana, which formed a portion of Mauson's brigade. The old soldier writes:

May 14, after Mauson's brigade crossed the creel* and were under lire, one cowardly skulker was met by the General whom lie thumped and drove ahead of him till the man fell, where he was liberally booted, but refused to go ahead, declaring that he. would die there at the General's hands. Of course he was left in other liands. The brigade briskly advanced under a heavy lire of shot, shell and infantry, and at a fearful loss, when part of the division lines took the rifie pits, liefore the charge ended one of the numerous shells burst so close to him that General Malison was hurled to the ground, badly stunned six strong men were requested to carry him to the rear to a place of safety. At the creek I left them and hastened at full speed to get his ambulance, which 1 soon brought and saw him safely stowed away. When the nmbulance joined the train to the hospital it already numbered hundreds, so wielded was the defense of the Confederate lines. After our lines were relieved by the. 1th corps, I found the General at his tent much more comfortable and

Ins nerves more settled. David Manson, of l'iqua, Ohio, a nephew, was with him. This was as late as 10 p. m. I immediately went to the hospital after Brig-Surgeon .Jones, to hasten to lien. Mauson's headquarters. At this urgent request the surgeon remained with him until quite late. On the next day he was much improved: a Mexican bullet became jarred out of its old impact in his thigh that was received in the Mexican war.

We were sorry when the announcement came that Gen. Manson had gone back to Home, and possibly not again to the command, wliieh turned out as predicted. This terrible battle of May 11, ISiil, being the last active service in the line of battle. On June 28, 18H1, he came to the. front and spent a day at brigade headquarters, which was the last time we had the pleasure of seeing him.

A Sugar Camp in FUunes.

Monday during the high wind a spark from the sugar furnace on the farm of Hannibal Trout set fire to a stack of rails, and had it not been for the farm help and the assistance of neighbors, might have caused the whole neighborhood to be in flames. The rails were the refuse from fencing and were stacked in a circle thirty feet in diameter, near the furnace, and were as combustible as pine. The flames leaped high into the air and great bodies of fire were furled to the breeze like lloating- banners, The heat was intense for a distance of a hundred feet. The fire, aided by the strong wind, spread rapidly in the leaves and for a while the residence of T. W. Sulton was in peril, but by a desperate fight of several hours duration the flames were subdued. Mr. Trout, while the loser of an immense amount of wood, considers himself fortunate in not having it all burned, he having built two stacks in opposite directions from his furnace.

Alarm in Utah.

A private letter from Rev. J. II. Meteer, who is now in living in Richfield, Utah, conveys the information that there is some alarm lest the polygamous element among the Mormons come into control in the new State. In case they do he will not stay there and may again become a resident of Crawfordsville. His sons, Dwight and John, are running the Richfield Advocate and made a great sensation fecently by quoting from a speech made by a Mormon elder in which said elder made statements of the intention of the church, whicli were, to say the least, premature. The Advocate was in consequence quoted by the New York papers and even in London.

James o. Hal).

James lfall died Friday afternoon, March 2of paralysis of the heart after only a few hours' illness. He was born in 1850, and leaves a wife and leaves a wife and eight children. lie was an excellent neighbor, a good husband and kind father. The deceased was sincerely devoted to his family, being always with them as a counsellor and affectionate parent. The children that possess rather unusual ability, loved aud cherished by all, show to the world that they were not without parental training and home environments. The family have the deepest sympathy of all in this community. The funeral was preached at the Smartsburg Christian •church by Rev. Weatherford, of Mace. Interment at Oak Hill cemetery.

WHAT Zora Phora won't do for ailing women, no medicine will.

SECOND

And With Four Horses and a Valuable I.ot of IMH'II IIIKI ItuplomcntH.

On Wednesday near Waynetown the barn of Thomas Wilson, a farmer, was burned to the ground. With the barn were destroyed the farm implements, the hay, grain and all its contents. Four head of valuable horses were also burned, the fire being discovered too late to save them. The origin of the fire is unknown but incendiaries are suspected. There was ©!00 insurance on the barn and contents.

Wliittutr IWMMUIIK Circle,

Franklin township is favored with a farmers' reading circle, organized in the Gravelly Run community last December and has been continuing since with increasing interest. The last meeting for this season was held at the home of ('. E. Kutler last Tuesday evening. We have, fifteen members, meet semi-monthly and each member is required to have a duty every meeting. Most all the leading questions of the day have been discussed. Our work has not been confined to the agriculturist alone, but has extended also into the literary field. Have pur-, chased and read with interest the two hooks selected by the State executive committee, Fisk's "War on Independence" and "Terry on Farming." The latter especially called forth a great deal of discussion. We consider this organisation as one of the utmost importance, and superior to a debating society because heated arguments are not entered into and alt have an opportunity to take a part. Of more value than a literary society because we meet not for amusement but for intellectual development. It, dispenses with that uncalled lor criticism often given by those who are non-aspiring and so does not intimidate the ones that desire to take a part. It is a place of association, of refinement and renowned integrity. C. 10. B.

Joseph II. Wiirhlnti n.

.Joseph II. Warbinton died at his home, '.ilM west Perry street, at o'clock Tuesday morning of heart disease. lie was born in Butler cottnty, Ohio, May i), 18:20, and came to this county in 18:.'(), aud with his parents resided MV.j miles southeast of Crawforpsville, near Shady Nook. lie was married Sept. 1, 184:.', to Magdaline Baird, who survives him. Three children were born to them, of whom two are dead, one son living at Chandler, Oklahoma. With his family he joined the Christian church in 1847 and has since been connected with the Disciple church in this city,and lived in assurance of a blight hereafter. It is remarkable that the death should twice come to the same home in such quick succession, Mr. Elliott having died there Saturday evening last. Two pioneers are gone and soou there will be but few left to recall the scenes of early settlement. The funeral occurs Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock.

New Gas Company for Lafayette. Monday evening a number of gentlemen asked the city council of Lafayette for a franchise for the construction of a gas, electric light and power plant to operate in that city. The company is organized with a capital stock of $100,000. The stock has been subscribed and Crawfordsville parties are down for the following amounts: P. C. Somerville §25,000, C. M. Waterbury 85,000, J. J. Insley 85,000, 13. L. Morse $5,000, N. J. Clodfelter $4,000.

Darlington Illootl Hounds.

E'rankfort Crcxccut'. The blood hounds gotten at Darlington to track Jeff Powell, the terror from Elizaville, did extra good work and no doubt they effected his capture much earlier than it would otherwise have been. Taking the track, they followed it directly to the edge of this city and lost it. Powell was caught here, three hours later, on the square.

.Married.

On March 20, John A. Paddack and Miss Ollie M. Dykes were united in marriage by Rev. H. A. Tucker, at the M. E. parsonage.

At the M. E. parsonage, Mar. 2(1, by Rev. II. A. Tucker. Win. T. Downs and Mollie L. Wingert were united in marriage.

Marrlane I.iceuxu.

J. Frantz Myers and Ella Maxwell. Win. T. Downs and Mollie L. Wingert,

Chas. P. Throckmorton aud Helen K. Craig.

Martin M. Uooher and Etta May Hopkins.

llell the Salo Valid,

Judge Harney last evening held that the sale of the forty shares of W. H. Durham's Music llall stock to A. P. Ramsey for .?!. 110.05 was valid. The stock originally cost Mr. Durham $8,000.

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