Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 17 February 1899 — Page 3

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19 lbs. fine Granulated Sugar $1.00 20 lbs. Uidgewood A Sugar J.00 21 lbs. Eldeway O Sugar 1.00 1 gallon fine Syrup 19 1 best Cider Vinegar 12 ,1 best Oil .08 110c package Corn Starch 04 8 pounds best Lard 22 3 pounds Bacon 23 Armour's Star Hams, per pound _.10Vuc Armour's Regular Hams 9 Package Coffee, 9c. 3 for 25 Best 26c Brooms 20 A good Broom 10 5 lb tin bucket Assorted Butters 18 1 3-pound can California Lemon Cling

Peaches, In heavy syrup 14 135c package Extract Beef 22 Best Standard Corn .07 Best Standard Peas 7y,c Our 12J6c Corn .(9 Best Standard Tomatoes 7^c Our 60c Gunpowder Tea, per pound .46 Our 90c 60 Our Young Hyson Tea, per pound .30

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AtROBB'S CASH GROCERY.

A credit store, no matter how carefully conducted, cannot avoid a certain amount of uncollectable accounts. The proprietor cannot afford to lose this per cent. If he did he would soon be forced out of business. He simply adds a little to the price of'his goods all arouna and the result is the good paying customers furnish groceries for those who won't or can't pay. Robb sells for cash only and therefore has no bad debts to provide for. He sells groceries for cost, plus a necessary living profit. H'ere are some sample prices

W. P. ROBB.

The Cash Grocer. South Washington St.

A STEEL RANGE SENSATION.

Ranges with reservoir have nickie corner irons. These are handsome goods and sell anywhere at from $33.00 to 140.00. Our cash plan enables everyone to buy a range at •JS&S'esale prices.

Cash Hardware and Implement House. South Washington Street

Good Toilet soap, 1 cake ,oi Good Laundry Soap, 16 cakes 25 Buttermilk Soap, box of.3 cakes ,05 Quaker Oats 09 One 2-pound package Oat 05 Kancy Potatoes, per bushel 45 Lewis Lye 08 Elgin Butter. 1 pound prints .14 Full Cream Cheese .15 Rice, somethloggood 05 Heeded Raisins, 1-pound package 10 Cleaned Currants, 1-pound package 7Wc Climax Baking Powder, 'lb 7c, 1 lb 12 New Can Peas. 07 Washing Powder, package .02 A good green Coffee .10 Mince Meat, 4 packages 25 1 pound good ground Pepper 10 1 gallon jug of fine Syrup for 25 12 boxes Matches for 08 Stoneware, per gallon

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COUGHS and COLDS,

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18x18 inch oven with reservoir

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20x18 inch oven with reservoir

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18x18 in. oven without rese'voir

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20xl8in. oven without rese'voir

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D. C. BARNHILL,

Funeral Director and Embalmer.

CRAWFORD8VILLE, IND,

All grades of goods carried in stock. Calls attended day and night. Office 213 Sv Washington St. Residence 415 S.Washington St. lohn B. Swank, Assistant. Telephones No, 61/81/83

GRAND SPECIAL

Blanket and Comfort Sale

$5.00 Strictly All Wool Red and White Blankets, per pair ^3*5® 16.50 Strictly All Wool California Blank-

ets, per pair 4.OO $8.75 Strictly All Wool Maryland Blankets 12-4, per pair 5*00 $2.00 Comforts, large size

Each 1.25 $1.50 Comforts, large size

$1.00 Comforts, large size Each .75

General Slaughter Sale of values. Nothing more than cost and many things 1 far below cost at

THE GOLDEN RULE.

THE TAX SALE.

Tlie Dolinquent Property In tlio County aiirt City Is Bid Off.

Monday afternoon occurred the annual sale of real estate on which the tax is delinquent. The sale occurred on the court house steps and County Treasurer Johnson sold both for the county and city. Less than a dozen pieces of city property were

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fifty-eight pieces in the county went under the hammer. The bidding1 was quite spirited at times and in striking contrast to the sales of a few years ago when one man DO infrequently had the field to himself. The heaviest buyers Monday were E. C. Voris, J. Coppage, Jacob Swank and W. L. Lee. Quite a number of other pieces were bid in by other parties, however.

The average man does not know much about tax titles. The fact that property ie sold for taxation does not always mean that the person in whom the title is vested before the sale is either a bankrupt or unable to pay the taxes. Sometimes there are divided interests in the title and neither will concede on the tax question. Sometimes heavily mortgaged properties are allowed to become delinquent in order that they may be taken care of by mortgagees.

Many of the delinquencies are due to poverty. A man who owns a lot is unable to pay taxes. Payment is not enforced for several years and the amount accumulates. It has exceeded his ability to pay and the land goes to tax sale. Then is when the bidders look sharply. They bid on fractions of the property—an eighth, a sixtyfourth, or a one hundred and twentyeighth.

Sometimes tax-buyers buy trivial pieces of property, on which only a Bmall sum is due. They frequently find that the sale has been n.ade without the knowledge of the owner, because he has not read the newspapers. Under the tax laws he haB a year to redeem at 10 per cent, penalty. The tax buyer offerB to reduce the penalty if the owner will not wait the year, but take it under the redemption law at once. In this way an investor may make a great deal of money in a few days, earning easily from 5 to 8 per cent., sometimes, for 'the use of his money for a week.

After two years of possession of a tax title, the purchaser may ask and receive a sheriff's deed to the property. ThiB deed becomes, later, the basis for a suit againBt the former owner and all who may have interest in the land to quiet title in the tax title purchas' er. If his suit succeeds, then he has a title as good as a government patent

Landis Spoken Of.

The Indianapolis News contains list of about twenty gentlemen spoken of in connection with the Republican gubernatorial candidacy in 1900. Of C. B. Landis the News says "The confidential associates of Congressman Landis know that he is a candidate for governor, and

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friends in the Ninth congressional district are blazing the way for him. It is well understood that his sudden trip to Cuba during the contest for United States senator was to avoid any clash with the friends of the different candidates."

Harry Maxwell is this week conduct ing a revival in Erie, Pa. He reports hiB winter's work to have been unusually successful,

GIVE THE CHILDREN A DRINK

Sraili"®j "lis a delicious, appetizing nourishing food drink to take the place of coffee-

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WILLIE, THE SOLDIER-

Ho Kelaten Some Interesting Stories Concerning His Experiences in Cuba.

Willie Porter, a stalwart colored boy, is visiting friends here and carries with him an honorable discharge from the regular army, which document shows that he participated in the battle of San Juan hill. Porter was in troop of the 0 th cavalry and was a messmate of Elijah Taylor, of this city. He reports that Taylor won the 85 offered by the troop captain for being the first man in the troop to reach the top of the hill. Porter says that he started to make a dash for the money himself but weakened when he saw the captain fall dangerously wounded. Taylor is now in Utah with the regiment and has been promoted to a corporalship.

Porter tells some interesting and hair raising stories concerning his experiences in battle, the most remarkable of which was an incident in which he and a man named "Beef Neck" Carter were the central figures. When we got on top of the hill," says Porter, a big shell came screeching over us and going through the top of a house exploded. 'Beef Neck' and I thought it had killed every one in it so we concluded to look in and see what had happened. When we went in we saw three Spaniards standing over in one corner and they all shot at us. They missed, so I shot two and 'Beef Neck shot the other one. Just then there was a terrible poise and fifty-one Span iards, who were up in the loft,

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volley at us. The floor around us was punched full of holes but we were not hit. We stood there and as fast as the Spaniards stuck their heads out we shot 'em off. Yes sir, we killed 54 in that little house and we weren't scratched."

The escape of Willie and "Beef Neck" might, without explanation, seem almost miraculous, but when the reasons for their immunity is advanced the coincidence sinks into hopeless mediocrity. Each of them had a rabbit's foot.

Another little personal experience of Willie is thus told: "One day when we were in camp I was detailed to go to the spring for water. When 1 got there I was tired and hot and sat down to rest and eat a shirtful of mangoeB I had gathered. Pretty soon I see Spanish Boldier coming along. He came up, looked at me and said, 'Ugh Americano!' Then he drew his machete and I tell you, gentlemen, he started for me. We ran around about one hundred times and I was getting powerful hot, so I struck out for camp—the Spaniard after me. saw he would catch me, so I drew my long knife and when he was almost up I jumped to one side. As he ran past I reached out and cut him in two Then I chopped him all up into little bits. I was powerful mad."

A number of the experiences of Mr Willie are fully as entertaining and he has no vain regretB for the souls he sent to glory. "I tell you," said he reminiscently, "I did't feel any more regret about killing them than I would for killing rabbitB. The first fifty or so I killed made me feel a little bad but after 1 got used to it killing was great fun."

Mr. Porter expects to reside here providing he can get a job. If he can't he will re-enlist in the army, he having already had six years' service

A New Oftlce.

Dr. Bertrand E. May, the osteopath has taken an office at 114 west Main street, opposite the Y. M. C. A. build ing. He has had it fitted up elegantly and with every convenience for the practice of osteopathy, and will be glad to meet all his old patients and new ones every day except Monday and Friday, which days he spends in Covington. Dr. May likes CrawfordS' ville and intends to make this his per manent home. As a worthy repre sentative of a new science of healing his presence among us is a positive benefit. People do not give up the habits of centuries in a day and so it is not to be expected that they will 6top taking medicine right away. But gradually, aB the knowledge of osteop athy spreads, they will prefer to be cured without drugs. Dr. May charges nothing for consultation and will be glad at any time to explain the princi pies of osteopathy, bow each disease is treated and why a cure results.

lleorgxnized.

Indianapolis Sentinel: The State life insurance company yesterday filed notice of reorganization with the sec retary of state, under the new insur ance law passed Feb. 10. The offices are to be continued at Indianapolis. It is a mutual company and is now placed in the same category with all the oldline companies. Previous to the passage of the new law the company was organized under the assessment plan. The company has a surplus of 8100,000 and over a quarter of a million dollars in assets. The company's liabilities are 8152,000, and it has deposited with the auditor of state $105,000 as security. A. M. Sweeney is president of the company, Samuel Quinn, vice-presi-dent and W. 8. Winn secretary.

This is the first company organized under the new law.

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HEALTHY MATERNITY.

two Grateful Women Tell of the Help They Have Received From Mrs. Pinkham.

The climax of life force in woman is capable motherhood. The first requisite for a good mother is good health. Health of body means health of the generative organs.

Kisses Can Be Fraud.

Kisses, caresseB and demonstration of affection can amount to fraud. Judge Baker delivered thiB interesting opinion Tuesday. He reversed the decision of the Henry county court in the case of Wilson J. Bay Be against Mary Bayse.

When it is proven that by demonstrations of affection property has been secured, and following the securing of the deed a coldness arises and efforts made to rid one's self of the person granting the deed—especially if the person be a husband or wife, then fraud is committed and the property can be recovered.

Wilson Bay6e sued to recover prop erty gained by his wife in this way For months she treated him coldly, and then changed her methods and made over him and urged him to transfer to her his property, promising to be a true wife and expressing Borrow for her former demeanor. Bayse re lented from his bitterness and took his wife under hiB wing once more. He did as Bhe wished, and then she left him and sued for divorce.

Because of her hypocritical demonstrations of affection in order to get the property, the supreme court decided that fraud had been used and rendered a decision in the husband's favor.

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NEW APPRAISEMENT. A HUNG JURY.

Keal Estate to Be lAppraiaed This Year and Many Changes Made.

This is the year (for the appraisement of real estate. The work is done every four years and some radical changes may be expected this spring, especially in farm property. In 1895, when the last appraisement

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values had not settled to the lower price. The rise in (farm property has been for a year, and at present the real estate men report farm values on the up grade.

The work of appraising real estate is no small job, and already the assessors are looking over

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records. There have (been innumerable changes in the ownership of properties in the four years, and these plats must be brought up to date and made absolutely icorrect. The work will be started in April and the report must be ready for the consideration of the county board of review at its opening session, which comes on the third Monday in June. Altogether, the undertaking is a difficult one, but it is of the utmoBt importance to the county. and to the property owners, too, for any inequalities that may exist will have to be adjusted.

Making Money at Veedersbnrg.

Harvey Gray, erstwhile a vegetable dealer and gardener here, has opened a skating rink at Veedersburg and is said to be making all kinds of money. He gives a swell dance once a week and talks of adding a bowling alley.

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The Twelve Good Men and True in the Todd Case Pail to Agree.

The case of Todd & Company, of New York, against J. P.

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recover several thousand dollarB alleged to be due for freight on a large shipment of horses to France, came to an unsatisfactory end in the circuit court last Tuesday, the jury failing to agree after an all night's tussle with the issue. The case was quite an in" teresting one but as to the real merits of the dispute there is a decided variance of opinion as was evidenced by the stand taken by the jury. The first ballot was six to six. At one time this was changed to seven to five for the plaintiff, but soon the original vote was resumed and hung to tenaciously to the end. One of the jurymen stated after his dismissal that he did not believe a man of the twelve had the case clearly in hand. "It would take a jury familiar with the busing methods of horsemen and brokers to try that case fairly," said he. "An ordinary jury would be likely to do some one an injustice."

Were Naughty, Mf

Tuesday afternoon an aged' business man of Sugar Greek township, a farm hand, and the daughter of one of the leading farmers of that section, arrived in Crawfordsville and proceeded to paint the town. In the evening the men were arrested on a charge of intoxication and were jailed, 'They complained that the girl had robbed them and she was hunted up. She was found at the Junction house in company with a young man of this city and was trotted off to jail on the charge of being a bad character. It was Bhown that Bhe did not rob the men but was merely carrying the money they had turned over to her to take care of. The other charge, however, she could not so easily explain. Wednesday one of the men'paid the fineB of the party and all were released.

Clay Clement is In Trouble.

Clay Clement, the actor, who has appeared at Music Hall frequently, iB in trouble at Canton, 111. He was advertised to appear in "A Southern Gentleman" there, but went to an adjoining county to visit his parent, leaving the leading role in the hands of his understudy. The opera house manager refused to allow the curtain to go up, dismissed the audience, attached the company's scenery and baggage and sued Clement for damages.

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