Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 April 1897 — Page 1

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KAFFIR J5045 Kecord 2:27' Trial 2:24)4.

Kullir Is a rich cherry bay. 1594 lmnds high, left hind foot white, bred by L. J. Hose l.os Angeles. Cal. sired by Alcazar '2:20H. sire of in 2:30 Alcazar by Sultan 1513. record 2:24, sire of Stamboul 2:07)^. and 12 more better tiian 2:30. Dam is Minnehaha, the dam of 5 in 2:30 list and one daughter that Is the dam of 7 from 2 lU.i to2 26 f. Kaffir's first dam is Slower Girl by Asherton 365, sire or 0 in 2:30, and is by Ilambletonian 10. second dam by Gen. McClc'.land 144, sire of 3 in 2:30. Kaffir has proved to be a groat show horse in Crawfordsville. He won llrst in tne standard bred class over a Held of l(i stallions from different parts of the State. At St. Louis two of his 3-year old fillies, shown by Thompson & Bland, won llrst and second in French coach class. Kaffir's colts are high actors, good solid colors, good size, nicely gaited.

OO YOY WANT"

For all kinds of Farm Machinery, Harrows, Rollers, Planters, Cultivators, the place to get the best is at

H. R.Tinsleydi: Go's

TO PRESS THE BUTTON,\ WE DO THE RES 7," (FAS ORIGIN ALL 1' SALT) OF THE

Kodak

The Kodak was the original amateur camera and has never yet been excelled. It is made in all sizes at all prices.

SELLING THE

Imperial Plow

They must be good or we could not sell them that

long. Prices reduced now.

We Have Both

Steel and Wood Beam Plows.

SMOLINE

Black Land

PLOWS.

n. C. KLINE.

Crawfordsville Stock Farm,

BREEDER OR

Trotting and Coach Horses

Stallions will not be moved this seitson. They can bo found every (lay in the week at the in MICT

foed

Joel Block, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Buggy Harness, Work Harness.

Or any parts of either? Harness Oils, Whips, Buggy Paints and Brushes, Axle Oils and Grease. Buggies, Surries, Reed Wagons or any other vehicle.'

•%-DON'T FAIL TO CALL

JOE. E. FISHER.

Spring and Grass Is Here.

Now is the time to buy cattle. We have about 50 head of stockers and feeders, weighing from 700 to 1,000 pounds. Will sell any

number you want at reasonable prices. Call, write or telephone.

CROSS 1, NO. 1*78

Was imported August, 1889, by the Wabash Importing Company as a prizewinner. All coach and carriage breeds for the last year have been forced to lower their colors when he is in the contest. Last fall at Lebanon, Frankfort, Lafayette, Crawfordsville and also at Indianapolis State Fair he won sweepstakes over a large field of Trotting, Coach and Hackney breeds. He also took herd premiums at Indianapolis State Fair and at Crawfordsville fair. He was shown at St. Louis by Thompson & Bland and won first in coach class and also hero. His colts are fast cominirinto demand. They lue good solid colors and are the best actors. We have sold a number of coach geldings from 1100 to 1300 in the last year. Breeders of coach and carriage horses should examine this horse beforo breeding elsewhero.

yard (known as the old mill yard), east Market street. MAKE

MwL ii Communications by wire, telephone or letter promptly answered. We will cheerfully show the stock at any time. We will also buy Coach Horses, Blocks and Drafters.

ALONZO YOUNG & CO., Crawfordsville, Ind.

AGAIN IN BUSINESS. JOE E. FISHER.

Crawfordsville, Ind.

B. A. Archey 6k Son.

VOL. CRAWFOBDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, iriiLJL nVELVE PAGES

A. !. I.otiund Urines Suit Against (ho Patent Attorney and Makes Serious Charges. :vvt

Alfred D. Lofiand has entered suit ia the circuit court against Oliver U. Perrin, the patent lawyer, for $2,500 damages and all proper relief. The complaint is an interesting document and makes pretty serious charges. It recites that on February 28, 1894. Perrin was the attorney and legal advisor of the plaintiff who believed that Perrin was the skilled and competent lawyer he claimed to be and that he was in reality a learned solicitor of patents with large practice in this class of litigation. Early in IS94 Lofiand met through Perrin one G. W. Whittington, who claimed to have and who really did have, a wonderful invention in the form of a knotter for twine binding machines. Whittington was too poor to push his invention and to take out the proper patents to protect it. Perrin represented to the plaintiff that here was a chance to get rich quickly. He stated that Whittington could be induced to part with a twothirds interest in the invention to anyone who would put up the money necessary to get it patented in the foreign wheat producing countries, viz: Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Hungary, India and Spain. Perrin stated that it would require about$1,300 tc get these patents in the several countries named and induced Loiland to snap up the chance of getting rich. Lofiand bought the twothirds interest in foreign countries, therefore. Neither Loiland nor Whittington knew anything of patents or patent laws so they let Perrin arrange everything and believed what he said, thinking that he was acting merely as disinterested attorney. Perrin took the SI,300 and stated he would have the patents secured and the inventions introduced into the foreign countries before the next September. The complaint, alleges, however, that Perrin had no such intention that he got up the trade in order to get hold of that money for his own use and did appropriate it to his own use after he obtained it that he took no steps toward securing the patents he had agreed to procure and that he did not procure them. The complaint further recites that when Whittington and the plaintiff began to get anxious Perrin adopted a ruse to allay their suspicions and to work them out still further. He stated that an immense fortune could be made by manufacturing the knotter hero at home and proposed the organganization of a stock company to forward the scheme. Lofiand and Whittington, trusting in him, bit at the bait and the company was organized with Loiland as general solicitor, WhittiDgton as general superintendent and Perrin as secretary and treasurer. Perrin had S100 worth of stationery printed and Whittington and Loiland paid for it. Perrin then rapped the plaintiff out for another $100 for something else, the complaint says, and finding that he could get no more money,dropped the whole matter. He paid no attention either to the company or to the patents and let the whole thing go by default.

Loiland and Whittington, the complaint sets forth, finally became convinced that Perrin meant to rob and defraud them, and they then made a formal demand upon him for restitution. Perrin, however, would give them no satisfactinn and the only thing they got was the laugh. Lofiand demands damages in the sum of $2,500.

That Running Stock.

On the question of taxing building association stock, the president of the state building association says: "I have received letters from fifty or more associations recently from difierent places in Indiana, asking what action should be taken by the league in furnishing information to the assessor from the book of the association. The advice that has been by the officers of the league is to assist the tax officers in every way to secure information as in paid-up and prepaid stock. But we will insist when the boards of review meet, if the building associations are brought before these boards to produce their books, that the same demand shall be made of financial instutitions, banks and trust companies. We say to shareholders that their running stock is not taxable, because under the law, as it now stands, that for of stock is exempt, because the method provided in the law operates to exempt it"

Traded Stallions.

George W. Widener has exchanged a Cleveland bay stallion for a Shire draft horse. The trade was made with Geo. E. Brown, of Aurora, 111. The shire is seven years old and is a magnificent horse.

O. U. PERRIN SUED BIG FOUR WRECK. TEACHERS DISAPPOINTED. ONLY ONE BID.

Wliisky, Toliacco, Uggs ami Then I rlcal Scenery Make a Very .lolly Mix In Imliaiiaiiolis.

Special to The Journal. INDIANAPOLIS. April 8.—The middle section of a Peoria & Eastern freight train was blown to pieces on the Belt road switch west of this city this morning. It is not known whether the explosion was caused by a wreck. Two car loads of whiskey exploded, destroying also two car loads of tobacco, one of lumber, two of eggs and one of theatrical scenery. The promiscuous mass took fire and several cars were destroyed. The force of'the explosion threw iron works many rods and piled up mountains of freight. The damage is estimated at 825,000. Otto Crockman, a tramp, was seriously burned in the explosion.

Indiana Crop llulletin.

The Weekly Crop Bulletin, central station, Indianapolis, says: "Wet weather, sudden changes in temperature, freezing and thawing and insuflicient snow covering during the coldest weather, especially in the southern portion, caused winter crops to suffer much, and at the end of the winter wheat, grass and clover were not in a very good condition wheat and grass looked brown and poor, and clover and timothy had been frozen in many fields. Fruit buds at the end of the wiuter were apparently safe, except that pcach buds in many orchards were killed. "Much and frequent rains during the month of March did much injury to wheat in lowlands, as the rivers and creeks overflowed many fields and destroye 1 the crops, and many wheat fields will be plowed up and sown with oats. The wet weather, and consequently the wet soil, retarded farm work, plowing and seeding, but during the past week farm work progressed more rapidly in the central and northern portions, and plowing for and seeding oats began and is pushed vigorously when the weather permits. Wheat and grass improved, and are turning green. Clover received a good start. Rye r. mains in a good and promising condition. Some early potatoes were planted and gardens made. In Ohio county tobacco seeds are sown. Pasturage is improving, and livestock is in good condition, except in few localities."

The 'ew Monon All IJlglit.'

Eastern papers are commenting in their financial columns on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago formally passing out of existence and the future of its successor, the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville railroad company, and the opinion is expressed that the company will have no trouble in meeting its operating expenses fixed charges under present conditions, and that when business reaches a healthy volume the road will be able to pay dividends at least on its preferred stock. As now capitalized, 85,000,000 of preferred stock has been authorized, $10,500,000 of common stock and $15,000,000 of bonds, the latter to take up consolidated and equipment bonds issued by the former company. /•'..

Manck-Siiiiiii.

Howard Mauck, the popular salesman of Bischof's Big Store, went to Indianapolis yesterday in company with Miss Maude Shinn, a society belle of Ladoga. The two were made one there some time during the day. They returned home on the evening train and will begin house keeping at once at 317 south Walnut street, where they will be at home to their friends. Mr. and Mr*. Mauck have a wide circle of warm friends who rejoice with them in the felicity. The groom is a most worthy and excellent young man and has secured as his wife one of the county's most winsome and charming daughters.

., Ask a Change of Venue. Dudley Young, Edith Young and the other defendants in the famous Young will case have demanded a change of venue from the county. Judgo Hadley, the acting judge, has no choice but to grant the demand and the case will be sent elsewhere for the new trial granted by the Supreme Court. Judge Hadley will come over in a few days and venue the case.

Medical Society OIllccrH.

The County Medical Society met Tuesday and elected the following officers:

President—W. L. Mays®! Vice President—B. F. Hutchings. Secretary—H. E. Greene. Treasurer—T. F. Leech. Censors—Doctors Hard, Barcus and M, E. H. Griffith

Morris Is Insane.

Morris Mitchell, an inmate of the county asylum, has been adjudged a person of unsound mind by a commission of lunacy.

Hie Superintendent's OMlee Too Flooded .With Work to Permit of the Dai ly (•rading of Manuscripts.

Superintendent Zuck asked the County Commissioners to grant him an allowance to employ a deputy to assist him for a season in the grading of manuscripts, and the Commissioners refused. Tho result will cause the teachers to howl. The Superintendent's office is simply banked with the manuscripts of teachers who want license and those of pupils who desire graduation from the schools. The latter take precedence in the grading and the consequence is that tho teachers' manuscripts will have to wait for many weeks before they are touched.

Supt. Zuck stated this morning that most of the teachers' manuscripts from the February examination would not be finished this month. Several bad failures from that month's examination, however, haye already been announced. The others must wait. "I do not suppose," said Mr. Zuck, "that I will be able to grade the manuscripts presented at the March examination during my term of ollice. My successor, who is elected in June, will probably enjoy that luxury."

Wliisky in Prescription?'.

The Appellate Court Wednesday held, in the case of Albert H. Caldwell against the State, that a drug clerk is not justified in filling on Sunday, a written prescription signed by a physician, which reads (as translated into English): "R. Whisky, one quart, for medical use." Caldwell, who keeps a drug store in Martinsville, waB arrested for selling intoxicating liquor on Sunday, and attempted to justify on the ground that he had only filled the prescription of a practicing physician, which he offered to prove was in the ordinary form used by the medical profession, and was worded according

to the regulations of the United States or, 1,

Dispensatory.

Ihe court held that the presentation

of such a prescription, which does not request that the sale shall be made on Sunday, nor state to whom it shall be made, or the manner in which the liquor shall be used, is no authority for selling whisky on Sunday. A druggist can only sell intoxicating liquor on Sunday when it is actually sold for medicinal purposes, and the druggist has the burden of proving this fact.

A High Class KiitcrtaiMiiicnt. The Epworth League of the First M. E. church has been so fortunate as to secure Miss Charlotte Allen Scott, of Chicago, to give her monologue "In Switzerland" at the church Friday evening, April 10. This is a story of Miss Scott's composition of her travels in Switzerland. She has developed a plot in her story in which a young American girl accompanied by a susceptible maiden aunt and a spurious count are prominent and pilots the audience through Geneva, Interlachen, Luzerene and Berne, over the Alps and across the lakes, with these imaginary companions. Vivid word pictures are drawn of all points of interest and beauty. The monologue is in four parts with change of scene and costume in each. The audience will be entertained between the parts by solos from Miss Dice, Mr. Cox and other local talent. Admission, adults 25c., children 15c.

Common School Graduates. i: Supt. Zuck has completed the grading of 218 manuscripts of the pupils taking examination for graduation from the common schools. Of these 137 were given passing grades. Another examination will be held the third Saturday in April at Crawfordsville. The 137 graduates are distributed as follows: Clark 8 Coal Creek 1 Madison ....:. 8 Kipley 03 Franklin

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Walnut ,.... 1 Brown 12 Wayuotown 11

Clapped Into .Jail.

A hobo giving the name of Mcllwaine, was brought down from Darlington yesterday by Roe Miller and was clapped in jail. He is charged with having 6old spectacles without a license and is thought to be the fellow who has been going over the country falsely representing himself to be an agent for Crawfordsville parties.

Hailly Hurt.

Grandfather Williams, residing on the south end of Water street, met with a bad accident Wednesday. He, while alighting from a wagon fell to the ground and struck on his head, cutting several ugly gashes. Dr. Keegan was called and took about twenty stitches in his scalp:

Wayne io resident of this county, had died in Unlou 30 California. It developes, however,

PABT FIRST

Illinois Steel Company The I Udder For A rinor l'lnte.

Only

Special to tho Journal. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—There was only ono bid submitted for tho armor plates, tho bid being that of the Illinois Steel Company, and that waa so coupled with conditions as to meke its acceptance by the Government impossible. The bid was $200 per ton for the 8,000 tons now needed ind $240 per ton for plate for a period of twenty vears.

A FAR-REACHING DECISION.

Tlic .Supreme Court Decides That Town-" sliip Trustee Has No Itlght to Iluy Heading Cirelo Hooks,

Special to tho Journal. INDIANAPOLIS, April 8.—In the case of the First National Bank, of Marion, against Geo. M. Ruy the Appellate Court to-day decides that a township trustee has no right to bind his township to pay for reading circle books for shools. Judge Wiley, in his opinion, says that if a trustee had such authority he might supply school children with the life of Jesse James and other evil literature. The decision is far reaching as reading circle books have been bought in every county.

Charley Kountree's I.umlis. Chicago Journal: The attraction at the yards to-day was a small lot of lambs, sent in by Charles Rountree, Yountsvillo, luct that trace their lineage back to a small lot of the Tunis sheep that were imported into this country in 1773 by tue Uuited States government. They averaged 8(5, and brought $5.25 per hundred clipped. Tho are fine wooled of high degree.

Mr. Rountree had thirty-four lambs which he sold, twenty of them being September lainbs, all clipped, and were disposed of in two lots, one lot bringing $5.35

t, per hundred and the other

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a a re a

about $4.75. The wool product of theilarnbs averaged 0J-J pounds. He took samples of the wool to the leading houses in Chicago and it was pronounced by the experts as being equal to the best Australian in point of fineness of staple, length and quality in every particular. The lambs were sold to Nelson Morris & Co. for slaughter and the killing test showed that they lost only

4-1)4

per cent, which is most

extraordinary and highly sntisfactory. The African sheep area success.

No State Kncniiipmcnt:.

There will be no State encampment of the Indiana National Guard this year, owing to the fact that there are not enough available funds. Itls said that last year and for several preceding years there was a deficit, because not enough money Lad been appropriated for the expenses attendant upon an encampment. Instead of the encampment the old 6yBtem of regimental inspection will be taken up again. It is said that for along time a number of strong military organizations have been kept out of the guard, on account of the expense that would have to be incurred to equip them. I This year the money that otherwise

would be used for the encampment will be expended in mustering and equipping the new companies, as well as for re-equipping the old ones.

Itiisincss lilock Solil.

The law and real estate office of W. P. Britton reports the sale of the brick business block on east Main street belong to August Mayer to P. C. Somerville for the sum of $8,000. Mr. Mayer has purchased of Mr. Somerville the "Sloan property" on the northeast corner of Green and Market streets. He will continue business at his present stand until December, when he will vacate it.

Not 1 ead.

it was recently circulated here-

abouts that Jacob Mount, a former

that lie is still alive and at Lordsburg,

Cal. Although he was very ill lie is now better and able to drive out. The false report originated from Mr. Mount's relatives in Lebanon.

Working For Travis.

A Washington special to the Indianapolis SenUnel says: "Representative Landis is greatly interested in the appointment of Charles M. Travis, of Crawfordsville, for deputy pension commissioner. Mr. Travis was formerly Department Commander of the G. A. R. for Indiana. Senator Fairbatiks is also working hard for Mr. Travis."

Assisted In the Initiation.

R. C. Iloss, Neal Watson, D. W. Gerard, John Stroh and Beal Galey went to LafayetteWednesday and assisted in the initiation of a number of candidates into the mysteries of tho Tribe of Ben-Hur.