Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 April 1896 — Page 3

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TOL. 49—NO. 14

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BICYCLES ARE SELLING

FAST

Balance of This Week on

Easter Hatss Bonnets

Elegant Line to Select From.

Special line of New Dress Goods and Silks at Special Prices this week.

ABE EEVINSON

Everlasting Push

Has in the short space of two months made our store the busiest place that Crawfordsville has seen for years

PIERCE MODEL 16.

BICYCLES, SWERTERS, CYCLE CLOTHING, ATHLETIC AND BASE BALL GOODS.

EXPERT REPAIRING AND ENAflELING

VORIS & COX.

"Outfitters for every known pastime."

214 East Main Street. Crawfordsville, Ind

Joseph Binford Lumber Yard

AKER BROS

The celebrated Studebaker wagon is always to the front as a first class and easy running wagon, either steel or cast skein. Everything1 warranted. All kinds of building material'kept on hand at prices just a little lower than the lowest competitor. A variety of cedar posts from a 2-4 to 8-8—6 to 12 feet in length. The best of fire clay sewer pipe. High grade of smithing coal and soft con 1 for domestic use. v. Telephone 212.

215-217 South Washington St., Crawfordsville, Ind.

R. Cummins & Co., distillers, Loretto, Ky., have borne the reputation of making honest whiskey—hand-made, sour-mash whiskey by the old-fashioned method

Harness Talk.

Teloplionc 13,

"vR. Cummins&Co

Old Process

3 CALL AND LET jg US 3%

SHOW

OUR LINE.

99

is the best medicinal whiskey—no artificial flavor, well ripened by age, good body, fine bouquet. Sold only by druggists. Each bottle bears the certificate of Prof. J. N. Hurty, chemist, Indianapolis, as to medicinal value and nurity.

Kiefer Drug Company

Sole Controllers and Distributers. INDIANAPOLIS.

Through raiD, snow and slop the harness go. Nu wonder they become stiff and break. They require looking after occasionally, with some good dressing. We have harness oil of all kinds, but one of the best is Vaseline. It softens and is a powerful penetrator, softening the leather and turning the water. It is just as good for boots and shoes. The cheaper grades are plenty good enough, and we have it. Yours Respectfully, Prescription DruKftists, Tlie Binford Corner,

Whitenack & Cotton.

BOWERNS* BRIDE.

A False Affidavit Made To Secure Marriage Licenxe HIIII it MH.V GPC Someone Into Dilliculty.

Win. Sikes, of Ripley townt-liip, was in the :ity Monday and was standing up in the stirrups on Lis high horse. Mr. Sikes had troubles and he told them to the police and the prosecutor. A few days ago his daughter, Laura, went up about Bowers to visit and there fell in love with her first cousin, John Bowerns, who also fell in love with her. They concluded to get married and so came prancing to Crawfordsville accompanied by one, John Plannigan, who made the necessary affidavit to secure the license, swearing that both parties were of age and not first cousins. The young folks were duly married and went off happy as a couple of calves in a creamery. Under the laws of this State, however, the marriage is null'and void and John and Laura are in deep trouble. Mr. Sikes swears he will prosecute Flannigan for neriury and make it unpleasantly interesting for all concerned.

feaBtT at First II. E. Church.

Next Sunday will be a red letter day at the First Methodist Episcopal church.' At 9:30 a. m. the Sunday School will present its Easter offering for missions, and the new music books for the school will be used for the first time. The classes paid for 200 copies of "Pentecostal Hymns,"—the best of devotional music books on last Sunday and more will soon be ordered. At 10:45 a. m. Rev. Dr. Leech will preach an Easter anniversary sermon on "The Primary Benefits of the Resurrection of Christ

At 6:30 p. m. the Epworth League will hold a special Easter service. At night the Sunday school will hold Easter missionary anniversary and tie beautiful missionary watch and meda's will be presented. Throughout tl day the Easter music will be rendert by a quartette led by Chorister Davi?.

The average attendance of scholais and teachers, every Sunday, has gone up to 250 and th§ school increases weekly in size and interest. The membership of the church is 700 and the Sunday congregations are very large, frequently filling all of the spacious seating. Last quarter thirty persons were received into church membership. Dr. Leech feels much encouraged and last Sunday exhorted the members to take increased interest in the Sunday school and Epworth League of the church.

A Surprise.

On Thursday, Mar. 2G, the patrons of school district No. 11, in Coal Creek township, prepared quite a happy surprise on their teacher, Mr. Homer Bowers. While the regular work of the day was in progress the patrons and friends to the number of one hundred took complete control of the school room. Mr. Bowers soon realized that he was surprised, and in a few moments tables were spread and all present enjoyed a grand feast. After dinner was over everyone was well entertained by good dialogues and declamations. Mr. Bowers displayed much ability as a speaker in his recitation of Beecher's eulogy on Gen. Grant. After the conclusion of the entertainment, in which the teacher and scholars acquitted themselves well, the patrons made some very encouraging remarks regarding the successful work of the school under the management of A'r. Bowers. We can say, in conclusic n, that the school has been a success and we trust that Mr. Bowers will succeed in the future as well as he has in this term of school. V. W.

Birthday Dinner.

Sunday was the 61st birthday of Mrs. Lee Reeder and the 29th birthday of Lee Walton, the occasion being most pleasantly celebrated by a sumptuous dinner served at Mrs. Reeder's home on east Market street. The affair was a most pleasurable one and the following parties were present: Mr. and Mrs. Warwick, of Boone county, Smith Corbin and wife, of Jamestown, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Walton, Mrs. S. Stockbarger, John A. Corbin, Wm. Bryant and wife. John W. Bryant. Mif-sCarrie Courtney. Miss Pearl Corbin, Master Willie Oli phant

Fee AndS ilary Case Advanced.

The fee and salary case, appt aled the Supreme Court from Vandeiburg county, was advanced Tuesday. The suit was commenced to test the legali ty of the new law, which provides that county auditors ohall receive only such compensations as mavacrue from fees collected in the ofiice.

Properly Sold.

Alf Lookabill & Co. sold a vacant lot just south of Britton's Glen to Albert Michael for 8200. Mr. Michael will build a neat cottage on the lot this year. d-w-l-t

CRAWFORDSYILJLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1896-TWELVE PAGES PART FIRST

OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS. CROP BULLETIN.

All High School Tenchers Must le Examined On the liranches Which They Teach.

Supt. Zuck had arranged to hold the examination of high school teachers in May but under the ruling of State Superintendent Geeting will hold such examinations in June, July and August. The high school teachers of commissioned high schools are not exempt as at first thought. Mr. Zuck is in receipt of the following letter from Supt. Geeting:

INDIANAPOLIS, March 30, 1890.—To the County Superintendent.—MY DKAK Sik:—In view of the fact that May 30th is Memorial Day and a national holiday, and that many school officers and teachers throughout the State may desire to take part in the exercises of the day, we have thought best to change the date of the May examination from the last Saturday to Friday, May 29th. Will you, therefore, please to give sufticieni publicity of the change that all who may desire to take the examination at this time may be aware of the date.

The department will, for the June, July and August examinations, send out questions for the examination of high school teachers. These examinations are for superintendents, principals and teachers of all commissioned, non-commissioned an 1 township graded high schools of the State, excepting teachers holding State certificates and

diplomas from the State normal school. High school teachers will not need to take the examination in the common school branches unless some of their work is in the lower grades. The high school licenses will be issued for 6, 12, 24 and 36 months, according to standard of licenses in the common branches.

Applicants will be allowed to use the book in answering the questions on "The Tempest," beginning with the May examination. Notice of this should also be given.

Ou Dec 17, 1895, the Supreme Court held that "When a person is transferred to another school corporation for educational purposes, it is only for the next school year and, if he wishes to continue in the school to which he is transferred, he must again request and procure a. transfer the next year, at the time the enumeration is made." This is the case of Edwards et al., school trustees, vs. State ex. rel. Kisling, found in North-Western Reporter, Vol. 42, pp 525 528.

This decision was made some time after the instructions relating to transfers were printed, and must take the place of the notes on the enumeration blanks bearing on transfers.

The County Superintendent should be sure to hoid the County Board of Education in session until all of the transfers have been adjusted.

D. M. GEETING

Epworth League.

The next Indiana State Epworth League conference will be held at Anderson, June 25th to 28th. As the location is central it is expected that this will be the largest Epworth League conference ever held in the State. No effort will be spared to secure the very best speakers and to'

for each department. Every chapter in the State is urged to send delegates. The railroad rates will be announced later.

Howard Maxwell lienomlnated.

Howard Maxwell, the able young lawyer from Rockville, who was graduated from Wabash in 1886, has just been renominated by the Republicans of Parke county for the ofiice of prosecuting attorney.

Their Next Sale.

Cooly & Hamilton's next sale will be held April 30 and May 1. Their horse market was much better than that of Indianapolis, horses bring from 810 to 820 higher

The Government Sliow« a Very Favorable Condition of Affairs.

C. F. R. Wappcnhaus, United States forecast ollicial, has compiled a crop bulletin for March, and beginning next week will issue weekly bulletins. The March bulletin says: "The continued drought and freezing have caused some damage to the winter crops, but wheat and barley in Indiana are in fair condition. Rye looks excellent everywhere. Grass, at the end of March, has not yet started. Timothy and clover ure in fair condition in the southern portions of the State, but in the northern part they are still frozen in. The fruit germs apparently are safe, except peaches, in localities. There has been much snow and the frozen ground has delayed farm work. But alittle plowing has been done."

EMPEROR MENELIK II OP ABYSSINIA. The above cut is the latest and best picture of the warlike Abyssinian who re-1 ceutjy annihilated Italy's invading army and who is now preparing to give General Baldissera, the new Italian commander, a hot reception. Menelik was recently decorated by the czar.

This bulletin has been made from reports from correspondents who will hereafter report weekly. The drought to which reference is made is now entering upon its fourth year. While there has been much snow this month that has melted and soaked slowly into the earth, proving of immense benefit, yet the month's total precipitation is .39 of an inch behind the March average. For the three months of 1896

there has been a deficit of 2.91 inches. The shortage last year was 11.33 inches for 1894, 13.77 inches, and for 1893, 5.52 inches, a total since the drought began of 33.53 inches, or two and three-fourths feet of water.

union Township Graduates.

There will be seventeen graduates from Union township schools this spring. The graduating exercises will be held during May or June. Each one of the graduates must prepare an essay, upon any subject, and this can be either declamed or read at the exercises. The graduates will be graded upon general delivery, originality, thought and expression. The graduate carrying off the honors will represent Union township in the county contest to be held during the summer, in which §75 in prizes will be awarded. The graduates from Union township are as follows: Otto Fink, from school No. 2, Laverne Proctor, Cora Spercer, Nellie Wiliiams, 33 Rosa Crain, John J. Owen, 29 Flora Marcrum, 5 Minnie Middleton, Mary Harding, 21 Grace G. Breaks, Elva Lewis, 6 Frank Thompson, 3 James M. Elliott, 20 Florence Myers, 22 Eliza Van6coyoc, 30 Bert A. M. Snyder, 27 \yard Enoch

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Estimates From 400 Assessors.

State Statistician Thompson recently asked the 1,000 township assessors in the State to send in information in reference to the acreage of gi pwing wheat as compared with that of last year,

an^ a's°

make the meeting practical and spir- 00nlition of the growing crops at this itual. Special sessions will be held ^'me- ^ari reports have been re­

information concerning the

ceived from about 400 assessors. These show that the acreage is not quite so large as it was last year, and that the innications at this time are not favorable for an average crop. From nearly every county comes the information that the dry weather last fall injured the wheat, and that the freezing and thawing the first part of this month did much damage to it.

Charley Scott Defeated.

(Charley Scott failed to secure the Republican nomination for Mayor of Bloomington, 111 Monday. Charley had worked too hard in the council against evils of all kinds and consequently had many forces arrayed against him. He made a splendid showing in the primary, however.

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AFTER SEVENTY YEARS' REST.

Tl»o Itemaln* of Mrs. Wililnmson Dunn are Itemoved Front the Old Town Cemetery and. Taken to

Madison, Ind.

An interesting chapter of the early history of Crawfordsville was revived Tuesday when the mortal remains of Mrs. Williamson Dunn were disinterred at the Old Town Cemetery, preparatory to their removal to the Dunn family cemetery at Madison, Ind.

Williamson Dunn was one of the founders of Crawfordsville and was connected with Major Ambrose Whitlock in the land ofiice at this place. Mr. Dunn came here with his wife and children from Madison in 1822, and Mrs. Dunn died in 1837, leaving her husband and eleven children to mourn her loss. The family lived in a house which stood on the lot now occupied by the residence of Capt. J. B. Pence, and which house, indeed, remained until torn down to make room for the Pence residence. Mrs. Dunn was buried in the Old Town cemetery and was among the first to be laid to rest in that once beautiful city of the dead,

Williamson Dunn was re-married about, a year after his first wife's death to a lady in Ohio, who became a most excellent mother to his children. The family later removed to Madison and. there Williamson Dunn and wife are buried. In 1850, Gen. McKee Dunn and Dr. W. P. Dunn, of Frankfort, erected here a handsome monument to their mother's memory in the Old Town cemetery.

This winter while Mrs. H. S. Lane was in Washington she informed the family of Gen. Dunn of the neglected condition of the Old Town cemetery and at their solicitation she consented to superintend the removal of Mrs. Dunn's remains. Mrs. Lane personally superintended the disinterrment Tuesday, the remains being found in a very excellent state of preservation considering their long rest of seventy years there. In the same cemetery repose the ashes of Dr. Canby and wife, the patents of the lamented Gen. Canby, who were also among Crawfordsville's earliest settlers. Dr. Canby was of one of the most aristocratic families of Maryland and came here to assume a governmental ofiice. His residence stood on the present site of the Central School building. No headstone marks the Canby graves and they have left only a methofy. Mrs. Dunn's remains wero sent to Madison arid lAid to rest again by the side of those of her husband. Crawfordsville and the world have altered since the separation in life of Williamson Dunn and his wife and are not the town and world they knew, but they contributed to theiconditions of to-day and there is something peculiarly and pathetically fitting in their reunion in death after so many, many years of change.

Republican State Convention.

The Republican State convention will meet five weeks from Wednesday. The candidates for the various nominations realize that the time in which they may make votes is short, and they are up early and late these days. Under the call sent out by the State committee there will be 1,415 delegates in the convention. The call provides that the work shall be done in one day, but it is probable that Arrangements will be made for two sessions. The experience of the men who sat in the last State convention leads them to insist that the preliminary work shall be done one day and the nominations made the following day. The last convention did not nominate a full ticket, but it was 3 o'clock in the morning before it finished its work.

The coming convention will have to make the following nominations: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney-General, Re porter of the Supreme Court, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Statistican, five Judges of the Appellate Court. Besides makiDg these nominations the convention will elect four delegates-at-large to the St. Louis convention, four alternates to the convention and will nominate two electors for the State at large.

•Iryant-Creaters.

At +he residence of S II. Creigliton, at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon,occurred the marriage of Mr. John Bryant and Miss Beulah Creaters, both of this city. The young couple took the 1:15 train for a short trip to Indianapolis. After their return they will make their home with Mr. James Bryant, father of the groom, corner of and Franklin and Elm streets.

Davls-Slipe*.

Joshua Davis and Harriet E. Stipes, both of New Ross, were married in this city at noon Wednesday by Esq. S. A. Stilwell at his office.