Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 20 August 1897 — Page 8

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WEEKLY JOURNAL.

ESTABLISHED IX 1818.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897.

PERSONAL MENTION.

Short Items Relative to the Coinings and Goings of Crawfordsville People and Their

Friends.

—Maud Williams is visiting in Rockville. —Mrs. J. Duncan and children are visiting in Hillsboro. —Those who try Champion's photographs once never have any other kind. They are as good as the best. —Bloomington IForiri: Edward and Jessie Hutchinson, of Crawfordsville, are visiting Horace Blakely and family. —Rock villa Tribune: Oscar Miller, of Crawfordsville, came down Tuesday morning to spend a week with Harry Brown. —The assignee sale of J. W. Thurston is still on. Buy your shoes at cost while you can. It will not last much longer. W. D, 2 Assignee —Rockville Republican: Mrs. Ramey, of Crawfordsville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Long Ralph McBroom, of Crawfordsville, is visiting his classmate, Ben Howell, this week. —The wares of reputable, responsible firms are advertised in these columns, and are for sale by enterprising dealers. No substitutes or imitations should be accepted. Be firm, and you can get what you want. —Willis & McQuown have exhibited pictures at two photographic conventioos this year and have been awarded a medal each time for their pictures. Their cabinets at 81 50 per dozen and a thirteenth picture elegantly framed is the greatest offer ever made. —J. M. Armstrong, State manager for the Covenant Mutual Life Association, of Galesburg, 111., has been in our midst for the past week, He received a diaftWednesday for §2,000 and took it to Thorntown Thursday to the widow and children of Sam Oldendorf. —If you want to sell a farm, a house or lot, or a business block, list it with the Law and Real Estate Otlice of W. 1*. Britton. Examinations of titles and deeds free of expense to sellers. The legal rights of all parties to sales or trades carefully looked after and adjusted with the view to prevent future trouble and litigation between the parties. No commission unless a buyer is found or assistance rendered.

ALAMO.

Aunt Dorcas Stubbins is on the $ick list. Robt. Titus has purchased a new surrey.

Miss Urcie McSpadden is visiting in Guion this week. Daniel Gilkey has been spending a few days in Marion.

Wash Titus and wife, of Crawfordsville, were here visiting this week. Elbert McSpadden, of Bischof's store, waB home on a vacation last week.

Quite a number from here attended the funeral of Mrs. James Swearingen Monday.

Miss Jennie Bowerman attended the Deer-James wedding at Freedom church.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm Fullenwider spent part of last week with relatives at Wingate.

Chas. Westfall and family have returned from a visit at Wingate and New Richmond.

Byron Titus returned last Wednesday from a week's visit in Crawfordsville and New Market.

Must of the clover seed that has bien threshed in this vicinity is making a very poor yield to the acre.

Blanche Deitz, of Crawfordsville, was the guest of her grandparents, John Opperman and wife, last week.

JameB Bell and Jessie Hicks, of New Market, are building several hundred rods of wire fence for Chas. Rountree.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McSpadden gave a surprise party Tuesday evening of last week in honor of Urcie's 10th birthday.

The teachers that will instruct the schools of this place this winter are principle, Prof W. E. While intermediate, Flint Lee primary, Lucy Fishero.

Henry C. Campbell, wno nas been very sick for several weeks, died of old age last Tuesday, aged 79 years. Interment in the Alamo cemetery on Wednesday.

CALIFORNIA.

Hugh Jackson will build a new house in the near future. A number from here took in the s'ghts at Mariou Tuesday.

Mrs. Helen Hauk went to Michigan last Saturday to visit relatives. Frank Allen has gone to Johnson county, where he will canvas for a book.

Several from here are attending the Baptist Association at Elmdale this week.

The extended drouth is injuring the late corn and also that on the clay ground.

Wm. Hunt and wife, of near Darlington, spent last Sunday at J. B. Cowan's.

John Murphy, who is attending school at Valparaiso, is at home on a vacation.

Dick Layman sold his oats to J. B. Cowan direct from the machine at 12 cents per bushel.

GREAT DISSOLUTION

Red Hot in Real Reliable Reduction Red Hot

"Blessings Brighten as They Take Their Flighrt

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Cynthia Vincent and mother visited friends near Darlington Saturday night and Sunday.

There has been very little plowing for wheat in this vicinity on account of the dry weather.

Miss Hulda Wildman, who has been visiting relatives for some time, returned home Tuesday.

Mrs. Liddy Bell and children, of Crawfordsville, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. yincent.

Braze Brown and wife and Mrs. Eva Mount, of Boone county, visited relatives in this vicinity the first of the week.

Brother Brull, of Richmond, Ind., gave a very interesting, as well as instructive, lecture at Liberty Sunday afternoon on Siam, Mr. Brull claims to be the first white child that was ever born in the Kingdom of Siam, his parents being missionaries in this country at that time. He is now working in the interest of the missionaries in his native country and other heathen lands.

We might be safe in sayiiig tbat our reunion last Saturday was a success in every way, although it might have been better if more of the correspondents had been present, but as it was I think tnat we all gained some good information and advise and that if we will but strive to put into practice what our worthy editor and others advised us to do we will have batter and more newsy letters to present in the columns of the paper.

WINGATE.

Perry Stump, of Crawfordsville, was here Tuesday. W. H. Armstrong, of Ladoga, was a busy visitor here this week.

Jas. B. Sidener, of Indianapolis, was here on business Wednesday. Geo. Dickerson, wife and son, of Lebanon, are visiting Dr. J. W. Dickerson.

An aged brother of Uncle Silas Thomas, from Ohio, is visiting him this week.

John Sinclair went to Lafayette the first of the week to haul logs for a large saw mill.

The Clover Leaf railway is putting in anew switch on the north side of the track and depot.

Misses Marguerite Mitchell and Elsie Howard are Frankfort visitors at Miss Mamie Webb's this week.

Frank Morrow, a very successful business man of Monon, is visiting his brother, Trustee Morrow.

Isaiah Vancleave, of New Market, visited his cousin, Ralph Vancleave at this place Wednesday night.

Wright Alexander and wife and Geo. Thomas and wife are inhaling malaria on the banks of the Wabash this week.

A traction engine from Boone county broke through the bridge over Turkey Run one mile south of town last Tuesday.

S. B. Harrow and wife, of Worthington, have concluded a week's visit here with relatives and returned home Tuesday.

Just So With, the Great Bargains Being Offered at

AS IT NEARS THB END.

Don't miss this great opportunity to increase the purchasing power of your dimes and dollars. We can't quote prices or enumerate bargains as bargains abound through the whole stock and when we ."shear" prices dollars drop into the pockets of our patrons. Our necessity to turn our goods into money by September ist has been your gain, for this great Dissolution sale has been without doubt a great money-saving event. We will now reduoble our efforts and there will from now on be a ."

HOT TIME AT THE TRADE PALACE.

In

Remarkable Prices

This dissolution sale, like good wine, as it grows old, grows better. The end isn't far off, and the closer it comes'the deeper growth price cuts and there will be a hot time at the Trade Palace from now on. Don't you miss it. Respectfully Yours,

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W. W. Tiffany has taken charge of the postoffice and will in a few days move it across the street to Templeton's buggy store.

Johnny Gilbert, the music dealer of Crawfordsville, an old gay boy formerly of this town, transacted business here on Wednesday.

A. L. Bittle not only has *.he finest arranged drugstore in the county, but sticks closer to business than any other man. You can always find Lon at his post.

Tom Sims moved to Frankfort this week in order to have better school facilities for his children. Mr. Sims will continue to run the elevator at this place.

Mrs. James Wainscot started to the lakeside resorts of Northern Michigau on last Saturday, accompanied by Mrs. Dick Hauk, of Waynetown. They are looking for a cure for hay fever.

The excursion to Marion Tuesday was composed of sixteen coaches and one baggage car and took into Marion 1,394 passengers. One hundred and seventy-five tickets were sold here.

Mr. and Mrs. McCray, of Benton county, and Mrs. Brown, of Clark's Ilill, stayed Monday night with Grandma Buxton on their way to the Baptist Association at Elmdale.

Henry Palin and wife, Miss Ella Palin, J. D. Thomas, James Hormel, Miss Lalie Hormel, Joe Henry, Albert Haas and Dora Beedle have gone to the Christian conference in Boone county.

Elder D. Powell left on Monday to visit in Boone county and to attend the annual session of the Western Indiana Christian Conference, which is to be held at the New Salem church, southeast of Thorntown.

Geo Howsier last week sold to Sam Edwards, of Hillsboro, eighteen head of three-year-old steers that averaged 1,562 pounds. He received §4 55 per hundred, making S^l 07 per head or a total of 81,279.27. It looks like prosperity had struck us.

William Harper wants possession of his house and lot from his nephew, Charles Harper, but Charles says that according to contract the property is his. They were going to settle it before Esq. Raisor Wednesday, but as it was to decide the title to real estate, the attorneys dismissed the case andit will come before the circuit court at Crawfordsville.

A. W. Graves pulled into Harrison Thomas' place on last Thursday evening to do his threshing On Friday morning,andiabout 10 o'clock at night his separator was discovered to be on fire and was burned up. They were just able to save the stacker. This is the second loss of the kind Mr. Groves has sustained in the past three years.

Low Rate Sunday Kxeursions via Clover Leaf.

The Clover Leaf will issue extremely low rate excursion tickets to St. Louis, for "Fast Line" No. 5 schedule stops only, each Sunday during August. C. C. JENKINS, G. P. A.

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Was a Well Known Wheelman. PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 17.—Thomas

C. Laswell, who was drowned at AJr lantic City, N. J., Sunday was known' all over several states as a fast wheelman, having been in several races and won many prizes. The body will reach liere tonight. A special train will bo run by the Louisville, Evansvillo and St. Louis railroad to Owensboro, Ky., Thursday, where he will be buried. All wheelmen hero and in adjoining towns will attend.

Marriage License Questioned. MISHAWAKA, Ind., Aug. 17. Rev.

Ennis M. Barney, pastor of tho Christian church, who was married to Miss Eflie M. Prink, while with an excursion party on Lake Michigan, has stirred up tho Michigan people as to the legality of the marriage, investigation showing that they secured an Indiana marriage license. It is claimed in Michigan that Indiana licenses are not recognized iu that state.

Was Unloading His Revolver. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17.—Anson O.

Hogan, a plasterer, was accidentally shot through the body yesterday whilo removing the cartridges from his revolver. It is thought that the bullet passed through one of tho kidneys and that the wound will prove iatal. Hogan is married and is about 35 years old. 's

Critical Illness of a Veteran Editor. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 17.—Word

has just been received here of the critical illness of James P. McDonagli, the veteran editor, at tho hospital in Louisville. Mr. McDonagli is well known here and. at Terre Haute and was recently associated with the Madison Democrat. It is thought ho will recover.

Overcome by Damp:

WABASH, Ind., Aug. 17.—A man named Calvin Wicks was overcomo in' the bottom of a well, four miles south of this city, by damp, late yesterday. He realized his condition and called for help and some men raised him partly out of the well, but he fell back, and when taken out was dead.

Fish Liiw Violators Fined.

KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 17.—Fish Commissioner Welty, who runs down dynamiters and seiners with bloodhounds, arrested six violators Saturday at eromo dam, near here, and yesterday they were fined $35 and costs each by Justice Moreland.

Attempted Suicide.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17.—L. M. Perry, of the firm of McCurdy & Perry, auctioneers, attempted to commit suicide at Fail-view park, north of the city, last night. He was unconscious when found, but the prompt arrival of physicians saved his life.

Struck by a Train

WASHINGTON, Ind., Aug. 16-—Wal-lace Mullen, a young man of this city, was struck by a railway train and his skull was crushed yesterday. The injuries are fatal. He is a single man.

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