Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 26 November 1897 — Page 9

VOL. 50-E"0. 47

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Lounges,

Sideboard.

ONE DIME!

Prescription Druggists, The Blnford Corner.

CLOTHING.

We have foreclosed a mortgage held by us on a stock of Clothing in Southern Ohio. We have brought the entire stock to Crawfordsville to be disposed of by Jan. 1st. regardless of Cost, Value or Profit. The greatest Bargain Sale of Cloth' ing ever offered in the county began on JC 3£ 3£

Saturday, Nov. 13th.

A partial list of the good things in store for the early pur' chaser is as follows!

Men's Suits worth $ 5.00—Mortgage Sale Price 7.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 Boy's 1.00 1,50 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Men's Overcoats 4.00 ,» 5.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 Men's good cotton working Pants, the dollar kind, at Boys' Knee Pants, well made

AH Goods Marked in Large, Plain Figures.

THE AMERICAN

Manufacturing Clothiers,

Corner Main and Green Sts,, Crawfordsville, Ind. $

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Oak Rocker.

A\ have placed on the market the greatest

line of Oak Rockers from Si.00 to $5.00

that was ever sold in Crawfordsville

In Lounges, w: have them from S5.50 to S10.00 that cannot be beaten.

We will sell you a nice Side board for S10.00.

Queensware, Groceries,

We have bought one of the nicest lines of Queensware that was ever brought to Crawfords-* ville.

S 3.97 4.86 6.75 7.86 9.75 11,75 .73 .97 1.38

I.98 2.87 3.86 2.95 3,68 4.38 5.75 7.86 8.75 II.75 .69 .14

New Goods,

Barnhill.Hornaday&Pickett

Will buy a bottle of our Compound Cough Syrup, which we guarantee. We do this because we know what it contains. We make it ourselves. A pleased customer is our best advertisement.

Bargains in Tar Soap,

We have new goods arriving every day and are selling them cheap.

Stoves,

If you arc looking for anything in this line, it will pay you to look our stock over.

You know we are headquarters in this line. Our stock is large. We are selling 18 pounds of granulated Sugar for $1.00. 19 pounds Redwood A for $1.00.

ONE DIME!

Whitenack & Cotton.

A FINE LECTURE.

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Robert J. Kurdette was greeted with a magnificent audience last Thursday at Mu^ic Hall, the large edifice being packed from lower floor to dome, while the vast stage in addition was seated to its utmost capacity. Burdette, as his characteristic, found his way right into the hearts of his listeners and he swayed them with the sweep of his hand from the supremely humorous Bide of life to the grandly sublime and sterner realities. His huviorous stories convulsed the audience with laughter, and the continued contrast of incongruous iu'jas kept the people in a constant uproar. Then in almost a twinkling he carried them to the more serious and held them enraptured with his marvelous descriptions and language eloquent and powerful. His description of one of the battles of the late civil war was intensely dramatic the superb portrayal in words of the two advancing armies to battle, of the breathless suspense before the great charge, and finally of the clash, with the thunder and roar of exploding shell, the belching cannon and the blazing musket, with the rain of shell and shot and the falling of men like leaves on a winter's day, was told so accurately and beautifully that the audience were maae to see the encounter as if it was passing before their eyes in painted panorama.

In one of his humorous stories he made allusion to the night he was initiated into the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity, and how he rode the fiery and untamed goat. The story evoked strong applause, particularly among college men and people.

On Friday Mr. Burdette visited General Lew Wallace and they spent several very pleasant hours in asocial chat in the General's studio. Mr. Burdette left on the afternoon train for Lafayette, where he lectured Friday.

MUCH BUFFETED MR. BOYER,

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Silas Iliatt, a citizen of Darlington, was robbed in the Union station at Indianapolis last week. At least that is the supposition, for a few moments before he entered the station he had two crisp five dollar bills in his vest pocket. Ten minutes later, after he had boarded a west bound Big Four train, he found that he was minus the money, Mr. Hiatt attributed his loss to the work of pickpockets.

Two Ciindidiitcs From Hamilton. Mumilton county will present two candidates for Congresssional honors at the next Republicon convention of Ninth district. Of course Dr. Tucker will be out and the latest news is that Thomas 13, Boyd will also be a candidate. So far these are the only avowed aspirants against the re-nomi-nation of Landis.

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After paying the last item of expense connected with the fair of last September the Association finds that it is about S800 ahead. A part of this has been applied to the debt, which is now a little less than $5,000.

We offer One Hundred Uoliars Howard for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv Hall's Oatrrrh Cure.

F. J. CHENEY & 'CO., Props.. Toledo, O. Wo, tlio undersigned, have known F. J. (Jheuey for the last 15 years, and bolievu him perfectly honorable In all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their Urm. W

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CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1897—TWELVE PAGES.

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Lafayette Journal: Some time ago Johu Boyer, of Montgomery county, was admitted to the Soldiers' Iiome. After his admission to the Iiome it was noticed that he acted strangely at times and this mental trouble developed into an unmistakable case of insanity. At times there was a disposition on his part to become violent, and his case was referred to a lunacy commission which adjudged him insane. Admission to the State Insane Hospital was denied him for some reason and he was 6ent to the county farm. Yesterday he returned to the Soldiers' Home and arrangements were at once made to send him to Crawfordsville. lie was induced to come in on a street car last evening, and was met, when the car stopped, by Captain Rinard and Oilieer Powell, who conducted him to jail. He was placed ou the Monon train thi6 morning at 12:50 o'clock, and is now in the county to whose care he is really entitled.

A NIGHT MAIL SERVICE.

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Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catirrli Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free.

Hall's Family Pills are the best.

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There is an urgent necessity for the establishment at the local postotlice of a night mail service. It is a well recognized fact that the night mails are the ones patronized most extensively by the merchants As it is now they are either compelled to mail their letters at the oflice by 7 o'clock, or trike them to the Hotel Ramsey to be placed upon the trains by the porter, which arrangement as has been fully demonstrated is exceedingly unsatisfactory both to the mercantile men and to the hotel management alike. Souie times the letters are placed un the trains all right but again, shoulo the train happen to be late, or should anything— under which head there are far too many subdivisions to specify—happen to the porter to prevent him from mailing the letters, they find their way back to the hotel again and later on into a mail box there to lie until the fir6t morning collection. Again, 6uch an arrangement as a night mail is nearly indispensable to the traveling men. They make out their orders to their respective houses usually after supper, then too late to catch the mail, which now closes at 7 o'clock. They are then forced to trust tue mailing of them to the hotel porter. Several complaints have been registered at the postoflice from different wholesale houses in the past to the effect that letters given by their men to the hotel to mail have failed to arrive at the proper time. As a matter of course the hotel people do not relish the Takings over the coals they get, nor are thev particularly enraptured with their job. They take the mail entirely as an accommodation to the public, and, as is usually the case where a person or management becomes a public benefactor, if anything goes wrong they are the ones who receive the roasting and over whom much profanity occurs. The demand for a night mailing servic: is strong. The oilice, the receipts of which will this year amount nearly to SIT,000, is entitled to it. The expense for such an arrangement would be trilling compared with the immense benefit"? derived. The night mailing clerk '.vould go on duty at 7 o'clock m. and remain until 5 in the morning. Lie would get the mails out of a night and in addition would be there to open the sacks of the incoming midnight mails, distributing the matter to the different carriers for the morning delivery, thus doing away with a day stamping clerk, whose position and that of night mailing clerk could be combined in one.

If a service is established, letters mailed in any of the mail boxes in the down town district or at the postollice up to 11 o'clock of an evening would catch the midnight mail. Thus matter mailed in the evening to Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, Indianapolis or Peoria, would be to its place of designation. The immense benefits to be derived are palpable The business of the city, the higb standing of the oilice should undoubtedly induce the postal authorities to establish such a service. With that end in view a petition to the Department at Washington is being circulated among the business men and is being rapidly signed. The move is a good one. -'The button has been pushed," the question now is, "Will the Government do the rest?"

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The county teachem' institute is on Friday and Saturday. Teachers should remember that crossness is not an essential quality belonging to successful teacher. The teacher should be firm in handling pupils, but habitual scolding is not an infinite particle belonging to firmness.

In School 5 the young son of Ellis Cruea reading from the first reader, came to the word "see-saw," lc.uked at awhile and after spelling "s-e e-sa-w" 6aid "teeter-totter." The teacher corrected the lad and the boy said, "the boys in the picture are teeter-tottering." So the picture showed, but the lad had never called that kind of play "see-saw" and he pronounced the word from the object as be knew it. v=

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Governor Mount has, through the adjutant general, issued an order changing the manual of arms for the State militia as adopted to the use of the Springfield rillle to a manual adapted to the use of the I\ rag-Jorgen-son rifle, the weapon long since provided by the federal government for the regular army. The change has involved many modifications in movements, even to a radical extent. The new manual has this week been distributed to the various infantry companies throughout the State.

A WRECK ON THE BIG FOUR.

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The west bound Big Four passenger train, which passes through the city at 12:47 a. in., met in a head on collision with a through freight train last Saturday shortly before 2 o'clock at Troy Biding, two miles east of Covington. The freighttrain was being pulled by two heavy engines and had oruers to side track for the westbound passenger at the siding. There is a steep grade from Covington to Troy siding and the freight train stalled about a half a mile from the switch and was unable to proceed. Realizing that, the passenger was about due a brakeman was sent ahead to Hag it. He had proceeded about twenty rods when the passenger train running about forty-five miles an hour dashed round a curve. The engineer saw the danger signal, applied the air brakes, reversed the engine and then he and the fireman seeing that a collision was inevitable, jumped. The passenger train 6truck the freight with terrific force and the passengers in the coaches were thrown promiscuously about, but fortunately no one was injured.Thepassenger and first freight engines were badly smashed up. The fireman of the passenger sustained a badly mashed hand in jumping. The engineer of the passenger and the engine crews of the freight escaped without injury. The morning trains west went as far as the wreck where the passengers, mail and bBggage were transferred. The wreckage was cleared up by noon and the afternoon trains went through only a little late.

DOG HOUSE FULL.

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Another prize light between "Pug" Snyder, of Covington, and the "Unknown, of Danville, 111., occurred Sunday near Attica, but over the line in Fountain county. The light was waxing warm in the fifteenth round when the Sheriff of old Warren and a horde of deputies charged the ring. Snyder leaped over the ropes and ran like a deer, escaping but the "Unknown", all the backers, spongers and most of the spectators were captured. They were taken to Attica and permission was granted the authories of Warren to lock them up in the calaboose. There they repined un il Monday morning when they were taken to Williamsport. Sofar us can be learned none of the Crawfordsville sports were captured.

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The AUilionul Tribune of the ISth inst. publishes a very good picture of Mrs Tr^viB, the Department President of the Woman's Relief Corps, and gives the following biographical sketch of that worthy lady: "Department President Mary D. Travis, Crawfordsville, Ind was born in Cazeuovia, N. Y., although her ancestors, the Salisburys and the Coons, were among the earliest settlers of New England. Her great grandfather Lindsley was killed at the battle of Trenton. In "October, 187 *, she was married to Charles M. Travis, Past Department Commander of Indiana, arid soon after accompanied him to South America, where ho took up the duties of United States Consul at Para, Brazil, to which he hjid been appointed. Two years later they returned from the torrid zone, and have since resided in Crawfordsville. Her son, Ilev. Claude Travis, who was bor.i in South America, is now a brilliant young minister of the M. 12. church. Since 188!) President Travis has been continuously in oilice, Corps and Department, W.

C., having filled the ollices of Assistant Inspector, I. and I. Oilieer, Junior Vice President, and Counselor. When elected Department President she was serving as National Press Correspondent. She is a general favorite in her Department, and her circle of friends is widening throughout tho Order, for, though firm and determined, she has one of those happy dispositions which attracts all her associates towards her."

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Darlington Echo: A very interesting and possibly sensational trial will probably come up for trial at Crawfordsville next week. It will doubtless let a cat out of the bag and involves money, man and woman and some of Darlington's best and most respectable people will appear before the court. To make matters more mild it may be said that both living and dead will be expected to testify. Wags and gossipB may prepare for along siege as it will likely be rich, rare and racy.

PART SECOND

AT LAST.

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Mrs. Will Thompson, who has been at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson for over two monthB, since the unfortunate night when she was shot by her young and wayward husband, was last Saturday removed to her homo in Darlington. She was taken from the Wilson house to the Vandalia in a carriage heated with lanterns, which precaution was taken to prevent her breathing any cold air, which might affect her injured lung and throw her into a relapse. She was carried from the carriage to the Vandalia passenger train, bundled in heavy cloaks and her head enveloped in heavy veils. She remarked on the train that 6he felt Bplendidly and was rather glad that she did not get away ITriday morning as had been planned. "While 1 am not superstitious," remarked the little woman, her bright eyes sparkling, "I did not feel like Btarting home on

Friday, and I was rather pleased when circumstances prevented me going on yesterday morning. I will make the trip all right, I am sure. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been so good and kind to me and I feel that I can never repay them."

Special lo tho Journal. Dakmngton, Nov. 20. —Mrs. Will Thompson arrived this morning at S:15 on the Vandalia and was taken to the Kashtier home. She stood the trip remarkably well and was not fatigued in the least. Dr. Hutchings, whp accompanied her, said this noon that Mrs. Thompson made the journey splendidly and that he anticipated no bid effects from it. Mrs. Thompson seemed greatly pleased to be home again.

A ('O'Kriiicatioiuil Meant,

A special from Ureencastle says: "The managers of the DePauw Pala1 um have instituted a voting contest for (he most popular young woman of the University. One ardent admirer purchased one hundred papers at the first dash, and pach paper contained a voting slip for his bi'st girl, ho dumped a large vote in the ballot box The paper each week publisher a list of the contestants. Mihs Josephine Cartwright is at tho head of the list. About twenty young women are being backed by their admirers, and there promises to ba a lively contest for tho honor.

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The Ruund Hill Literary Society gave an entertainment last Friday that is seldom, if ever, excelled by any society of the kind. The recitations by Misses Ethel and Stella Wilson and Millie Long and Gertie Miller were up to date in every particular. The debate was ably discussed by Smith, Washburn, Clark, Eshelman, RafFerty and Itennott. Music was furnished by the New Richmond Harmony Club, which was simply immense. The entertainment was well spoken of by every one present. Tho house was crowded to its utmost capacity.

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The Rev. Dr. A. A. Geo, formerly pastor of tho Methodist church in this city, died Wednesday night last, at Raton, New Mexico,' where he had charge of a Missionary station. The remains were brought to Greencastle for burial. Rev. Gee was a successful and powerful minister and during his years of health was a prominent and leading figure in the Northwest Indiana Conference.

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Some time ago a quilt was rallied off at the Mount Pleas-'iut church and the gentleman holdit.g tho lucky ticket called at the Jouknai, uflice Monday. He stated that the quilt had not as yet been delivered and if it were not delivered within the next ten days he should regard it as the property of the church again, the ladies being at liberty to dispose of it at another auction,.

Nimv WOI-UK.

Maurice Thompson has three books nearly ready for tho printers: "StorieB of Indiana," a novel, and a collection of out-of-door papers.

Food, undigested, is poison. Digested it is health and strength. Millions of us suffer from indigestion, but we often don't know it. We think it is something else. Even doctors often mistake the 6ymptom'j

Pale, thin people, who are overworked, who need strength, who seem in want of proper food, should take Shaker Digestive Cordial, It is astonishing what food will do when properly digested.

It will make you stroDg, revive you, refresh you. sustain you, make you fat, restore your color, make muscle, brain fibre, courage, endurance, energy increase your power to throw off disease hnd keep you healthy and happy.

Indigestion does just the opposite, but indigestion can be cured and prevented with tthaker Digestive Cordial.

Sold by druggists. Trial bottle, 10 cents.