Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 19 July 1895 — Page 3

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SPECIAL REDUCTION SALE ON

Wash Dress Goods

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25 pieces dark ground China Silks were 35c, now only 3 18c per yard. 34 pieces light stripes and plaids wash silk, were 40c, 3 now 29c. =2 All our light fancy Taft'ata silks reduced.

ri 3 pieces silk and wool Ginghams, were 35c, now 15c per yard. 2 pieces silk striped Crepon, were 50c, now 2!ic per yard. pieces wool Cliallies, were 35c. now 15c. -3 8 pieces all wool Cliallies, the 00c quality, only 35c. -3 10 pieces Swivel Silk, were 50c, now 30c. 13 pieces half wool Cliallies only 10c, worth 20c.

All our Ducks, Lawns and Dimities reduced. All our light colored wool dress goods greatly reduced. You never again will have an opportunity of buying 3 seasonable Dress Goods at such a sacrifice. Millinery goods reduced about one-half to close them out.

Abe Levmson.

Fruit Cans

Pint Fruit Cans, Quart Fruit Cans, Half Gallon Fruit Cans.

Jelly Glasses, Extra Rubbers, Sealing Wax, Fruit Funnels.

The Fair.

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A UNIQUE CONCEIT.

Gen. Wallace Will Krect a Study 011 the Hank* of ail Artificial Lake —lie Speaks Concerning the

Hioycle Craze.

In the grand old beech grove just in the rear of Gen. Wallace's residence preparation is being made for the erection of one of the most beautiful and unique studies in the country. In the center of this grovo is the bed of what many years ago was a fine old pond, over 200 feet long and over fifty feet wide. It is now a beautiful grass grown vale but the sod and loam is soon to be dug out and the old pond bed transformed into one of the most picturesque little lakes imaginable. Upon the south shore of this Gen. Wallace is to erect his study which is to supercede the tent fly under which he has done his summer work in times past. Architect John G. Thurtle. of Indianapolis, is now arranging the plans for this study, Gen. Wallace having given him his ideas. The building will contain one room 2S by 25 feet, and a basement. In this basement will be a driven well about 175 feet deep reaching to the purest water. The pump will be operated by a hot air engine and will pour out a constant two-inch stream, thus supplying the lake. The basement will be of stone and will be sunk below the level of the lake, the water, in fact, washing against it on two sides. Above the basement the work will be of tne finest quality*of rose colored brick relieved by carven Bedford stone. The roof will be domed and covered with copper shingles resembling in their construction the celebrated Florentine tile. In the roof will be a large skylight made of wired glass which cannot be broken in pieces. This skylight will furnish the only light to the study as there will not be a single window in the building. There will be two doors, the first from the south from a handsome portico. The second door will open on the north side onto a stone terrace leading to the waters of the lake. This terrace will be ornamented by a beautiful fountain. The study will be furnished according to Gen. Wallace's taste and the west wall will be devoted to an old-fashioned fireplace. The lake spoken of will be made a thing of beauty. The water line will be curbed with stone and the shores artistically boulevarded, a cement walk encircling the crystaline body of water. When the lake bed is prepared for the water it will be covered with several inches of pure sand. The outlet will be the sewer draining Elston avenue, and the east end. No water lillies or other aquatic plants will be allowed in the lake as their presence necessitates mud and draws insects. Every Fall during the season of falling leaves the lake will be seined and all vegetable or foreign matter carefully removed.

GEN. WALLACE ON BICYCLES. Gen. Wallace has been forcibly struck by the bicycle craze which is sweeping over the country. Said he: "The bicycle has come to stay, and as a medium of amusement and usefulness it is really in its infancy. Now, if the use of wheels were confined to men, the fad might spend itself in a single season. But when the women took hold of the wheel its future was secure. "I believe that bicycle racing will acquire new and intense interest as the years go by, and that it will, to a large extent at least, supercede horse racing. A contest of mind and muscle between carefully trained meij will of necessity attract and fascinate people more than a contest between, horses. In my mind I have pictured one of these great bicycle races of the future. The race course is prepared especially for the contests waged and thousands of people throng the grand stands. The wheels on tandems made for nine riders each, the leader acting as a sort of a coxswain to to guide and direct. The machines are light and inspired by the mighty and skillful athletes they attain the velocity of the wind. The danger is great (danger has ever popularized contests in all nations) and the excitement as this struggle, participated in by several crews, continues, beggars description. "I frankly confess I was at first much prejudiced against female bicyclists. But since I have seen women and girls drawn out of doors by this healthful sport and have seen them with the sunshine of health in their faces and sunlight in their hearts, I have become an enthusiastic advocate of the lady cycler. I believe she is to be seen in her most perfect grace when upon the wheel. She sits erect and as she rides expresses the poetry of motion. The dress should conform to the character of the exercise and its environments. This being true the long

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skirt is out of the question. I am unequivocally in favor of the regulation bloomers. They suit the use for which they were intended land are besides becoming and attractive. There is nothing immodest about them and when we become accustomed to seeing them they will excite no more thought or comment than the street dress of to-day does. Why, in Tyrol the women all wear skirts reaching only just below the knee, but not even the entire stranger looks askance. He knows it is the custom and custom makes correctness. "There ?s one thing, however, about the bicycle craze which I detest and that is the 'bicycle hump.' This 'hump' fills me with wrath and righteous indignation every time I see it. In racing it is probably all right. The racer by 'humping' can exert more power and avoids conflict with the wind. But these fellows who ride about the streets so 'humped' are not racing. Still they persist in following this senseless and harmful practice at all times. Why, it so becomes a part of their nature that they 'hump' when driving a horse. Every time I see a wheelman approaching in this manner I feel like slashing him across the. shoulders with a rawhide to straighten him up again as nature made him and intended for him to progress. The bicycle 'hump' will have to go or it will make a race of cripples."a

Gus Davis in a Suiagh-up.

Gus Davis, the popular colored discipie of Budd Doble. is realizing most forcibly the truth of the old saw which tells us that misfortunes never come singly- The misfortunes of the blighted Gus are traceable to "them sorrel colts" of Mayor Bandel. Gus has been acting in the capacity of valet dc cliambrc to these distinguished equines and on Monday he was severely hurt by falling from one of them while making a grand stand bareback play for the delight and edification of some of his admiring lady friends. lie soon recovered, however, and Thursday hitched up one of the sorrels to the buggy. Gus put on a little too much agony as he drove out of the gate and the colt ran off. The buggy was smashed to smithereens and the terrified Gus was dumped ignominiously out in the road killing half a dozen industrious tumble bugs as he struck. He was not seriously hurt except as to his feelings and dignity. These fine points in the composition of Augustus have suffered a shock they will not recover from before Barnum's circus comes.

A New Kiclimoud Admonition. New Richmond Enterprise: One of the boys from Linden that played in the game is said to have never did a day's work. Ed Layton is the young man's name. His athletic feats and expert playing shows him to be an allaround ball player and while watching him play his father, while admiring the agility of his son, became so disgusted at his failure to get even a small portion of a day's work out of the son, that he made a special request for us to air the young gentleman's lack of enthusiasm for physical toil, where the family was in need of nourishment. Sunday's exhibition of nerve and physical agility convinced the old gentleman that his son had been resting up quite long enough and that perhaps a little printers' ink liberally applied would be a good antidote.

BIr. Beatley.

Mr. Beatley is the foxy young gentleman who represented an Ohio insurance company here for several weeks. He is a very tall young mkn with trim, jet black English beard and large dreamy brown eyes, with the longest, prettiest eye lashes you ever saw. Mr. Beatley had a mighty good time in Crawfordsville and became acquainted with quite a number of Crawfordsville girls and showed a number'of them marked attention. He is gone now and he went between two days leaving unpaid bills enough to plaster a room. It develops that he has a loving wife in Cincinnati and this, of course, will strike Mr. Beatley's young lady friends here as quite a huge joke. What a sad dog Mr. Beatley is, to be sure.

Our Water Too Weak for Him. Lafayette Journal: Charles Ellis was up from Crawfordsville yesterday. Mr. E. comes to this city frequently to drink artesian water for his health, and he is now arranging a deal by which to exchange his Crawfordsville property for property here and his intention is to become a resident of this city.

At Lafayette.

Lafayette Courier: D. W. Gerard and J. W. Stroh, of Crawfordsville, are in the city organizing a court of the Tribe of Ben-Hur. This order was organized at Crawfordsville one year ago last March and its growth has been phenomenal.

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DEATH OF DR. If. J. CLTilSCHAlI.

THO lIonortMl ami Kelovrd I'antor ol' (Vnter i'l'Cbb.vU'riun riturrli PUSM-H A.way Suiulity JMornmi

A simple wreath of ribboned roses and ivy hanging upon the closed door of Center church Sunijay was mutely eloquent of the bereavement not only of one religious faith, but of the allliction of the community.

After an ilines.s of several weeks Dr. R. J. Cunningham passed peacefully away Sunday morning at live o'clock. He was taken sick with typhoid fever during the Wabash College commencement, but his condition was not considered alarming until Saturday. On Saturday he had several hemorrhages and Dr. McNiel, of Pittsburg, who arrived Friday night, pronounced the situation critical. At eight o'clock in the evening, however, his symptoms were better and the attendants were filled with hope. But it was hope of short duration, for at ten o'clock hemorrhages au'ain set in and from that time on Dr. Cunningham grew gradually weaker. Shortly after midnight he called his daughter. Miss

KOHKKT JOHN CUNNINGHAM.

Florence, and soon after lost consciousness which he never regained. The city awoke to its sorrow and during the day little else was discussed or thought of. In the churches touching referencee were made to the death, which all regarded in the light of a calamity.

Robert John Cunningham was born in Bakerstown, Butler county, Penn., May 28, 1850. lie passed his boyhood on a farm, but was educated in Pittsburg by private tutors and at the University of Pittsburg. He taught school at Alleghany City and determined to study medicine, spending one year in preparation. But at this time he concluded his life should be devoted to the ministry and entered the theological seminary of the United Presbyterian church at Newburgh, N. Y. Here he was graduated and in 1870 he was married to Miss Jennie Cochran, of Newburgh, going that same year to Shushan, N. Y., as pastor of the Presbyterian church. He remained in Shushan until 1887, when in April of that year he was called to the pastorate of the Center Presbyterian church of Crawfordsville. He accepted and began his duties here on May ), 1887. He at once endeared himself to the hearts of the people and was looked upon as a power for good. In 1888 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Wabash college. In 1890 Dr. Cunningham was bereaved by' the death of his wife, who left him with six small children to mourn her irreparable loss. The oldest of these children, all of whom still live, is now eighteen years. They are Florence, Anna, Robert J., Beth, Athena and Mary. The two last were born in Crawfordsville and all, with the exception of Miss Florence, are now with their grandfather, Mr. Cochran, of Newburgh, N. Y. There they will doubtless reside in future.

It was decided Sunday morning to take the body of Dr. Cunningham to Newburgh, N. Y., for interment, his wife being buried in that place. This necessitated the holding of the funeral here Monday afternoon, the hour being 3 o'clock at Center church. At this time audience and Sunday school rooms were packed by an immense concourse of friends of Dr. Cunningham. The body was escorted from the residence to the church by a number of his late parishioners, the members of the session acting as pallbearers. The floral designs were very beautiful and the church ordered an immense bank of roses and lilies for the services which were held at Newburgh. At the church the services were short and affecting. The regular choir of the church, Messrs. Chamberlin and Cox and Misses Campbell and Binford, Miss Herdman organist, rendering the music. The hymns sung were, "Abide

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ith Mo,'' Lead Kindly Light." and. "Nearer My God to Thee." After the singing of the first hvmn a scrip-l tural lesson was read by Kev, S. II. Creighton and prayer was offered by Dr. .1. Greene. After the second hy inn Dr. P. Kane, of Bloomington,, 111., and Dr. E. 15. Thomson, of thiscity, made short addresses full of feeliug anil pathos. I)r. Thomson's remarks were .followed by prayer by Dr. John Mason Duncan, President of Coates College at Terre Haute. After the final hymn the audience sorrowfully disbanded, the body of the beloved pastor being taken east on the

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accompanied Dr. McNiel and Miss: Cunningham to Newburgh where they arrived 011 Tuesday night. The funeral at Newburg probably occurred edncsday morning.

It is seldom, indeed, that a community is called upon to mourn the untimely death of one so universally loved, honored, and esteemed. The veneration of this good man was not circumscribed by the pale of his church or of the churches but extended to all, classes and conditions of society. Even the bad and dissolute honored him and as he walked the city's streets he was pointed out as a man who preached the noblest principles of human life and who exemplified his teachings in his intercourse and communion with all with whom he came in contact. His nature was essentially religious and his religion was essentiiLjly the religion of daily life. Said he once: "I do not preach creed nor doctrinal sermons but character. It is Christian character and not creed that must make the world better." The kindly hand, the loving word, the rare power to always discern and advise the right course, were eminently his and to hundreds he occupied the province of guide, philosopher and friend.

Molded of that clay of which nature is most sparing he was able to bring the loftiest and purest principles into the practical affairs of everyday life. Scores of people in our city to-day mourn for their counsellor and com-' forter for that strong hand which helped to buoy them up. Dr. Cunningham's life was an exceptionally busy one. His pastorate was large and it has seldom fallen to the lot of any man to be so generally sought for advice on all matters. Besides the innumerable duties and responsibilities of his holy office he had his private cares and sorrows—few men more. But no word of complaint ever escaped him. He seemed somehow a man made for others and the world and through trials, that would have broken men less strong in love and mind, he stood in character—

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owells from tlio vale and midway leaves the", storm. Though 'round its breast the Imttlinir clouds are spread Eternal sunshine settles on Its head."

A ripe scholar, a master mind, a Christian gentleman, he leaves something more than a memory—a life that is a bright example.

Meeting of County Clerks.

A meeting of the county clerks of the State will be held at Lake Maxinkuckee, July 18, to confer in the matter of a uniform rate of fees. The fee and salary law under which the clerks are now working is not thoroughly understood in some of the counties and the gathering is for the purpose to straighten out and clear up these misunderstandings. There is no political significance attached to the meeting. Neither is their any idea of forming a combination to fight the law.

No Dude.

Chris Stingley, the young gentleman who mistook Constable Byas for some one else a few nights ago, called at THE JOLHNAL office last Friday to correct the statement made in regard to his being a dude. Mr. Stingly very properly felt that he had been done an injustice in this and after seeing and conversing with him, we feel justified in denying the allegation. Mr. Stingly is no dude and has none of the charteristics of one.

Kphlenilc Anionic HoraeH.

Dr. Chester Britton has been kept busy at Colfax lately attending horses that are strangely effected by a sort of brain fever and other symptoms which strangely resemble typhoid fever. The sickness Dr. Britton thinks is caused by the contaminated water the horses drink. Bad water is causing much sickness among horses over the country.

The Bicycle Tliief.

Johnson, the colored thief with a penchant for bicycles, was brought over from Indianadolis last Friday by Marshal Grimes and clapped into jail. His preliminary trial occurred Saturday morning and he was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of S500. Failing to furnish bond he was returned to jail.

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