Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 July 1897 — Page 7
SILVER BARS FOUND
Workmen Excavating a Cellar Find a Treasurebox.
DECOMPOSED BODY UNEARTHED
Seeking Ex-HunUor Hiwijjlu'y's Purdon, Seven Mi-xirnu War Wtcnins Fntiil Kunau-iiy W.id.nt—Kun/.U-i- Will Die.
Felix ISuriicH Dead at the Insane IIosr't»l—I'arin R(silenee Darned.
Miu.tow.v, Intl., July 20.—There is much excitement- hero over the discovery of a box about 15 by 124 by lo inches at a depth of four feet, beneath William McCnlloms house, while dicing a cellar. The earth above the box, which was in a state of perfect preservation, was not (litlYreiit from that- at a distance, while some dirt just within the box lid was as soft as if freshly placed there. Beneath this loose dirt were more than 100 bars and slugs of pure silver. No one can surmise the date of the burial of the treasure.
Mi:\ICAN WAR VI-TIJKANS.
Seven Men Who l'oujjht, tlio Greaser* and Also In the Lute War. St. Paul, Lid., July 20.—There are seven survivors of the Mexican 'war in this place and vicinity. They arc William, James and Robert Favors, brothers, Ben Jenkins, E. L. Floyd, Samuel Lefier and James S. Wilder. There were four of the Favors brothers in the war with Mexico, one of whom is dead. Of these seven men, William Favors, Ben Jenkins, Samuel Lefier and Robert Favors were also in the war of the rebellion.
I'KICI-: \VI I.I. Iti: i:.VIS| i).
Next Saturday Wirnluw Glass Will He fl Per Viit lti^lu r. An"I)i:kso.\, lnd., July 20.—Window glass men will make a raise of per cent in window glass on July 2-i, in anticipation of the new tariff. This is the third 5 per cent raise they have made in the past three months and another one is booked to go into effect within the next 00 days. The new tariff schedule, as it stands now, is within 4 per cent of the high tariff rateings on glass under the original McKinlev bill.
Decomposed iSocl.v I'ueartlied. Vauwk.viso, Ina., July 20.—While excavating for a building at Miller's station, near this city, workmen unearthed at a depth of five feet the decomposed body of a man. In the past three years a half dozen persons have disappeared in this vicinity and no trace of tliem has ever been found. Oflicers are investigating the case.
Condition Deplorable.
Bkazil, lnd., July 20.—The condition of the miners here continues to grow more and more deplorable. The relief committee here had £475 in cash and •provisions, and provisions were purchased with the cash. The rations were divided pro ratio to 2,500 families and provisions to the extent of 19 cents to the family were given out.
Kan/.ler Will Die.
Evansvilli:, lnd., July 20. Otto Belicher met Charles Kan/.ierand began abusing him. Kanzler objected to the treatment, whereupon Belicher drew a 48-caliber pistol and said: "Well, I will stop your clock with this." Before Kanzler could defend himself Belicher shot him, the ball entering the right lung. Kanzler will die.
Terro Haute Hlaze.
Tf.rkk Haute, lnd., July 20.—Fire last night on the upper floors of Me hardware house of Finkbiner & Kuenweg caused a net loss of perhaps $7,000 or £8,000. It is lully covered by insurance. Louis Finkbiner was overcome by smoke, but was not alarmingly affected.
With the Combine's Consent. Elwuud, lnd., July 20.—The bottle factory here, forced to resume on account of large and pressing orders, was granted permission to do so by the Flintglass Manufacturers' association, and began work yesterday to its fullest capacity. ........
Wanted Work.
Fort Waxxi:, July 20.—Otis S. Nichols, a cigarmaker, swallowed poison lata yesterday with suicidal intent and died before a physician, could be summoned. He was despondent over being unable to secure work, lie leaves a widow and two children.
Fatal ICuuaway Accident.
Piercictox, lnd., July 20.—The team belonging to Beyer Bros., wliolesalo produce dealers of Warsaw, ran away late yesterday, fatally injuring Harry Kissenger, and seriously injuring William Mallear, the driver.
Seeking Ilaugliey's Tardoii. Indianapolis, July 20.—John L. Duncan, a prominent attorney of this citv, has gone to Washington to urge President McKinley toypardon Theodore P. Haughey, late president of the Indian ip olis National bank.
Seventy .'Miles of Gravel Road. Tekre IIaute, lnd., July 20.—The Sullivan county commissioners have let, to Joseph E. llart of Vevay, auditor of Ripley county, the contract for building 77 miles of gravel road. His bid was §137,000.
£ealded to Death.
Elwuod, 1ml., July 20. Edwin Archer Kemp, small son of prominent people residing near here, fell backward into a tub of boiling water and was fatally scalded, dying in a short time.
lrar*u Residency liurned.
Portland, lnd., July —The handsome farm residence of Mrs. Mary E. McCoy, near 1'ennville, burned yesterday. Loss, $1,C00 insurance, §400.
liud nt tlie Insano Hospital. :*•. Indianapolis, July 20.—Felix Barnes of Benton county died at the insane hospital here yesterday. Death was due to
asphyxia during epileptic convulsions.
LINDEN.
Some of our people have heard from W. R. Morford, from Tennessee. Mrs. J. S Bennett is btill under the cire of the doctor, but is -slowly improving.
Wm. R. Morford found times so hard in Tennessee that he coneluued to return home.
W. Morford left last Friday morning for a trip through Tennessee in search of health.
Phillip Bible and wife and child, of Sugar Urovp, spent Sunday ,.with J. S. Bennett and wife.
Prof. A. S. Fraley arid family and Mrs. R. J. Duokle started for a summer resort in Michigan last Friday morning.
VV. C. Thomas has charge of the Liuden Leader at present, J. 11 Gibson having gone to Cincinnati to visit his old home and friends.
Loyal people should patronize an old soldier by giving him their insurance, when he gives them as good rates as any other agent. J. S. Bennett represents Indiaaa companies.
Jack Kelsey will let his self-feeder separator stand in the shed this season, as he could not get a traction engene of the Houlehan boys to hitch to it A Cyclone Stacker will do his threshing this year.
It would be better for all members of the I. 0. G. T. if they would all join the junior department, which meets in tne lodge room on Saturday at 4 p. m. Fees and dues for a whole year are only 2f cents
People who are in the habit of letting their hordes run loose in our commons, streets and alleys are likely to be put to some expense if they don't keep them up, as there is a law providing for any one to take up horses running loose and making the owner pay for keeping them.
On last Monday the authorities telephoned to J. W. White to take W. Montgomery to Crawfordsville, and .John Shanklin and two men drove bim down, but they were compelled to handcuff him and force him into the surrey. It is hoped he will be fully recovered before long.
Aunt Elizabeth Nelson died at 10 o'clock p. on the Dtli and was interred by the side of' her father and mother on the farm of Wm. Dunkle on Sunday the lltli Services were conducted by Rev. F. P. Trotter at 3 p. m. at the Christian church. It is said she was 73 years old. Like Jane Stoddard she will be missed.
GARFIED.
Meeting here Sunday night was well attended. Miss Grace Iliaford was the guest of Pearl Cox Sunday.
John Wilkinson bought a cow of Elijah Cox last Friday. Several of the men started their threshing machines Monday.
Miss Cora Hopper, of Lebanon, spent Sundav with Maud Livengood. Miss Anna Wilson and her mother are visiting at Asa Pickerell's.
The party at Samuel Johnson's Saturday night was well attended. Several from here attended the ice cream supper at Flat Creek Thursday night.
Ed Wilkinson and wife, of near Crawfordsville, spent last Thursday at his father's
Ray Mulligan, of New Market, who has been visiting his uncle, John Wilkinson, returned home Monday.
Casper Pritchard and wife, Willard Hinford and wife, of Gravelly Run, and Rev. Maxwell, of Crawfordsville, dined at S. P. Vangundy's Sunday.
Misses Nora and Emma Sands, Taylor and Eflice Morrison and Bert Wilkinson spent Saturday night and Sunday at Marion Watson's, near Alamo.
POTATO CREEK.
Cutting oats is in order. What has become of the Bowers scribe?
Born to R. M. Little and wife Tuesday, a boy. John Booher has abroad grin on his face. It's a girl.
Aunt Mary Mitchell bas been quite 6ick but is slowly improving. Mrs. S. J. Dodd spent last Thursday at 'Squire Mitchell's, near Colfax.
Miss Alice Mahoy has been quite sick the past week but is a little better.
Will Irons and family, from Clark's Hill, were Sunday visitors at John Hays'.
Tom Gray and family upent Sunday at Dun Maboy'6 near Potato Creek church.
Frank Peterson had a new plow hand come to his house last Tuesday to stay.
Rev. Rayle preached an excellent sermon to a large and attentive audience Sunday.
The ice cream supper at M. N. IIollowell's was quite a success. It netted S10.82. 'Squire Mitchel has been in poor health all winter. He is some better now, however.
There is to be a Sunday school picnic at Kirkpatrick August Sth, and one at Potato Creek August 14th.
Mrs. Hattie Steel from Albany, attended services at Potato Creek. She is visiting- relatives on the Creek.
M. H. Stucky and wife, from Boot'6 school house, spent Sunday at Milt McCarty's, in Tippecanoe county.
Threshing has commenced and is turning out better than was'expected. It will average 15 to 25 bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Esther Slutz and children, of Topeka, Kas.. arrived Tuesday to make her parents, Silas Peterson and wife, a visit.
Mrs Sallie JJrooks and children, of White county, are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. Mollie Phelps, of Stringtown, and other relatives.
John Marsh and family, from near Boot's school house, and Chas. Peterson and family Sundayed at Grant Cook's, near Potato Creek church.
George Johnson and wife, from Crawfordsville. attended the ice cream supper at M. N. Hollowell's Saturday night, also services at Potato Creek church Sunday.
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BROWN'S VALLEY.
Mrs. l'eiiua Galey is on the sick list. Frank Rice is working for Will Buser this week-
Mr. Clements, of Crawfordsville, was ia town Monday. Till Todd is painting T. F. Patton's store this week.
Mrs Isabelle Armstrong was on the sick list last week. Delaware Rodman is visiting Thomas Williams this week.
Miss Dee Patton was very sick the latter part of last week. Rev. Harry Benninghoff, of Franklin, was in town Monday.
Samuel Fisher and family visited R. M. Galey's family Sunday. Miss I'earl Davis, of near New Market, was iu town Tuesday.
Mrs. Ua.-ve Cochran went to Crawfordsville Tuesday on business. John Golf and Fred Wilson went to Crawfordsville Saturday on business.
T. F. Patton moved the post oflice down in the south end of town Saturday.
Ira Lydick and family were the guest of relatives at Crawfordsville over Sunday.
Miss Ethel Golf, of Possum Ridge, is visiting Uncle John Johns for a short time.
The Modern Woodmen of this place are preparing to have a grand picnic here in the near future.
Rev. E L. Prather and Uncle John Hannah attended the li Y. P. U. convention at Chattanooga last week.
William Fulton and family, of Harrisburg, Penn is visiting William Bayless and family for a short time-
There was no preaching here last Sunday on account of the preacher being gone to the B. Y. P. ('.convention.
Miss Blanche Servies returned home from Boone county last week after several weeks' visit with relatives there.
GRAVELLY RUN.
Wheat and hay harvest was brought to a close this week. Omer Butler, of Woodlawn, was the guest of Archie Peebles Sunday.
A number from here contemplate visitiDg the Shades in the near future. Jos Johnson soid some choice beef cattle to Edwards, of Mace, last week.
C. W. Pritchard and wife dined at Peter Vangundy's, at Garfield, Sunday.
Miss Josephine Hays is spending the summer with her sister Mrs Roscoe Bond.
Mr. Jackson, of Shannondale,- has been selected to teach our school the coming year.
Binford & Cox, of Garfield have the contract to thresh the wheat in their neighborhood.
Miss Maye Hall was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Claude Mullen, of Woodlawn, last week.
Will Champion, of Darlington, has been putting up hay this week at C. W. Priichard's.
Miss Chadwick, of Shiloh, returned home Sunday after spending two weeks with Mrs. Ora Enoch.
The east Garfield scribe and Virgil Francis, of Willow Branch, were the guests of J. C. Francis Sunday.
Mr. Shoemaker, of Webster, lnd., was the guest of F. S. Quigg's last week, while enroute to Benton county.
A pleasant party, supposed to be from Thorntown, passed through here last Tuesday, presumably enroute for the Shades.
John Carrol and family, accompanied by the Misses Deck, of Decatur, 111., spent Sunday with John Ilains, near Lutheran church.
Win Moore, has returned from Campbell's Chapel, where he has been working, and is assisting his uncle, R. W. Peebles with his harvesting.
Messers. Fisher and Miller, of the Shannondale Hedge and Wire Fence Co finished Mr. Enoch's fence this week. Those wanting a good and permanent fence should consult them.
A woman soliciting aid for the Armenians and suffering people in Palestine. and claiming to be sent out by the Friends church, worked her way through the county this week, receiving aid at almost every house. While she is out in a good work, and possibly needs personal help, she is undoubtedly not seut out by the Friends Missionary Board.
y, CENTRAL STATE NOTES.
A receiver has been appointed for the West Liberty (O.) creamery. Bloomington (lnd.) residence telephone service is only .$1 per month.
The wealth of Grant county, lnd., has increased over S'.I.OUO.OUO in seven years. Joseph Uiester, under arrest at Tiffin. O., for highway robbery, has escaped from jail. 1 he epidemic of dysentery nt Mijncie, lnd., which is rapidly abating, has'left a record of 21 deat hs.
James M. Pierce, a wealthy, influential pioneer,resident of Miami county, Lnd., is deail at the age of
ilii.
Burglars broke into the store of George Sandusky at Keane, Ky.. while he was at dinner and secured over So'J.
Ineendnries started four fires inside of an hour in the Big Four and Lake Erie freight yards at Muncie, lnd.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mankin residing oast, of AYabnsh. I ml., are the parents of a two and one-half pound baby boy.
Kufus Ward, who killed Wayne Dinwiddie near Paris, Ky.. about a woman, lias surrendered to the authorities.
Don Marks, recently of Richmond, lnd., is one of the miners returning from Ala-ikiu lie brought out-511.000 in gold.
William Dozen of liedkey, lnd., hajust cut live acres of specially prepared meadow. It averaged live tons to the acre.
Frui t, jar lhariufaet urer.-, at Muncie. lnd., have put in machine blowers. One machine will blow as many jars as .two men in a given time.
George Whitloek of Ravenna, O., we it. to his wife's room to awake her from an afternoon sleep and found her doad. Cause is unknown.
Master Commissioner Askew has sold the Georgetown (Ky.) Sentinel, a Republican paper, to satisfy claims against it. Amount realized was $350.
Frank Lang, a farmer boy near New Riegal, O., became insane while working in a haylleld and ran away without hat or shoes. Diligent search has failed to find him
THE BIG STORE
Hot Weather Goods
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Notwithstanding the lateness of the warm season we have closed out almost 9.11 of our first purchases in the wash goods department and are now receiving a goodly assortment of printed fabrics just off the rollers. The color combinations are new and the designs are beautiful. Some of the domestic printing retailing at 12 l-2c, 15c and. 18c area close resemblance to the imported goods of two months ago at two or three times the price.
New Tissue Broces, 25c New Lappet Mills, 18c New Windsor Clarietts, 15c .k New Organdie Lisse, 15c New Dimitiea, i2\c
New Lawns, 10c New Lawns, 7c New Roman Stripes, 15c
We have some very choice things left in fine Organdies. The prices have been pruned 011 many of them as follows:
SOc Organdies, 39c 39c Organdies, 29c 29c Organdies, 23c
Other styles are selling too fast at their present price to need any price clipping. The only question is to get them fast enough.
The craze for fancy linen materials continues to grow- We have a complete stock of the plain and fancy crashes for separate skirts and blazer suits as well as brown suiting linens, ill linen and silk and linen Batistes at prices from 10c to 85c a yard Among the new arrivals are some handsome lace stripe Etamine Broches at 35c Yd
BARGAINS. BARGAINS.
The several hundred yards of fine Organdies, Dimities, Swivels, Ginghans and other fine wash stuffs worth '25c, 35c, 40c and 50c, advertised two weeks ago at 15c, are rapidly melting away. Many of choicest things are here yet and almost every, day adds some broken line to the assortment. Come this week and see what a handsome gown you can buy for a dollar and a few dimes. You'll be surprised.
SHIRT WAIST NEWNESS.
I lie season for wearing biiirt Waists is just beginning and we have this week opened up a handsome line of choice designs in printed and lawns including floral designs, the new plaid and Roman stripes. They are all made in a han.lsome manner, cut with the new yoke and sleeves and laundried collars and cuffs. The prices are 75c, $1, |1.25, $1-50, $2
SPECIAL.
We are closing several lines of ladies waists made to sell at 50c and 75c at 43c. In the same lot may be found a few dozen of styles iiot quite so new,that have sold for $1 to $2 each.
AN ADVANTAGEOUS PURCHASE
Of several lin»3 of Jadies' wrappers enables us to offer an excellent 09c' wrapper bargain. In the lot may be found regular $1.25 fancy print wrappers, $1.50 percale wrappers and $150 to 12.00 lawn wrappers, choice of any style 99c. Not more than four to any customer. These goods were all made to sell at the regular prices as above and not to sell at a job price. The skirts are all 3 to 4 yards in width and full length and they all have the new sleeve some are trimmed and some are plain.
The special prices in our last ad. will be continued for a few days and many new bargain items can be found all through the store. Don't buy anything in our line without examining our gpodsand we will prove to you our assertion rhat
New Plaid Lawns, 15c
LOUIS BISCHOF