Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 30 June 1899 — Page 9
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Seldom attempted in?the midst of the season. A great many choice selections still remain. We must reduce our stock that we may more readily make some improvements in our store.
Suits, regular value $5.00, sale price $ 2.98 6.00, 3.87 7.00, 4.88 8.00, 5.89 10.00, .. 7.88 ".V» 12.00, S.75 15.00, 11.75
Boys' and Children's Suits
At correspondingly low figures. Good working pants, (union made) best dollar garment on earth. Sale price 69c Any pair of Knee Pants in our store that sells regularly at 25c or 35c, for i4c BOYS' WAISTS, plain, plaited or Fauntleroy style, all sizes and colors. Sale price 14c
A Complete Base Ball Outfit
...WitH Every Boy's Suit...
THE AHER1CAN
Manufacturing- Clothier^
Corner Main and Green Sts., Crawfordsville. Ind.
A Car Load-The Best Wood Hay Rake lade.
Every Rake inspected before leaving the factory The best bargain you ... have ever been offered,...
CHAMpION.I'EERING.
ttian list prlceB. can si ve you 20 per cut.
Cash Hardware
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VOL. 52—NO. 26 CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE
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Temporary Quarters 221 E, Main Street. Robbins House Block, We want your trade.
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TILMAN J. LEHR.
A Well Known Resident Pastes Away After aLong Illness.
At 2 o'clock last Friday afternoon at the family residence on east Main street occurred the death of Tilman J. Lehr. He had been in poor health for several years but it has been only in the past few weeks that he WBB confined to his room.
Tilman Joseph Lehr, a retired' brick maker, who made a success of his business, was born in Lehigh county, Pa., May 9, 1831. His parents were John J. and Susannah (Carker) Lehr, both natives of Pennsylvania When T. J. was three years old they moved to Wooster, Ohio. His father was weaver of fancy materials. He died in 1865 and his wife in 1891. In 1851 Tilman J. Lehr came to Fort Wayne and soon after took up his trade of
making brick, beginning for himself in 1865, and coming to Crawfordsville in 1868. While in Fort Wayne he had taken a contract tc make brick for the
Michigan City state prison and buriied I the brick at that place, trettinjr out some twelve or thirteen millions But becoming acquainted with Richard
Epperson, superintendent of the prison at Michigan City, Ind he was induced to come here, and after one season as superintendent for V. Irwin, entered into business for himself, soon becoming Mr. Irwin's partner and continuing with him for about six years. After that bo conducted his business alone. April 10, 1866, at Port Wayne, occurred the marriage of Mr! Lehr and Miss Anna Bell Britcher, of Port Wayne. The lady was born at Canton, Ohio. Her father was a pattern maker whose name was Edward Britcher Their family consists of one adopted daughter, Hattie, now Mrs. Perry Hill. Her family name is Beatty. She has always been the same as an own daughter.
Mr. Lehr was a Democrat, but not a politician. After his retirement he preferred to lead an unobtrusive life. Doing for many years an extensive contracting business, which taxed his powers as such a business muatalwayB do, he earned the right to take life easy and make the most of the fruits of his own industry and good manage-
This new modern four story hotel building is now under rapid construction It has a frontage of 82% feet on Main street and 166 feet on Green street, and contains about 125 rooms, of which eight are for business purposes on the first floor. The principal features will be: steel construction, red preesad brick withEadford stone trimmings, massive stone and ornamental iron main entrance, projecting bay windows on both fronts and circular windows on the two exposed corners, and massive porticoes over the main and private entrances extending over the sidewalks and balustraded on a level with the second story. The office is in a large lobby on the first floor in the center of the building, lighted by a central dome, highly decorated in plastierelief and floored in mosaic. Access to the office is had by a broad decorated corridor leading from the main entrance, and a like but smaller corridor from the ladies' entrance, out of which a stairway extends to the hallway and parlors on the second floor. The main stairway will be of marble, mosaic, and ornamental wrought iron extending to each of the three upper floors and lighted at the several landings by art glass windows. The most modern and elegant passenger elevators will be located conveniently to both entrances and where their operation will be under the eye of the office The dining-
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room, 35 by 70 feet is located on the second floor, on the Green street side and, next to the office appointments, will be the feature of the hotel, no pains being spared as regards furniture and decorations to make it equal to the best of its class. But it is the kitchen, the serving-room, pantrys, cold storage, vegetable cellars and the hundred other items of the culinary department that have special carp, with reference not only to convenier ei and quick service, but also to cleaulinees a'id perfect sanitation, points wh'c'i arn recognized as indispensible to a good hotel from a revenue point of view. Ample provision is also made for linen closetP, servants seperate quartern and dining-room laundry, freight elevator, sample room, baths, toilets and like accessories, without sacrifice of a libera) allowance for hallways and slerpini? rooms To a limited number of the latter are attached bath and toilet roi 'nj, cn nunc, furnished in the most improved style of modern requirements The e.n:ire building will be heated with steam and supplied with hot and «.)!d water obtained from deep driven wellp, sunk on the premises to a stratum o£ freestone water, and will bo lighted by artifical ga6 »*nd electricity generated within the building. AU tbo power for the several elt.va.Tor?. laundry, pumps and other mechanism will b? electrical, and in fact, no pains will be spared to make the "New Crawford" a hostelry of comfort and convenience and a pride to the city in whose wellfare Mr. Crawford is so greatly interested. The architect is Mr. John Tburtle, of Indianapolis, and the general contractors are Garthwait & Co., of Chicago, with Mr. H. V. Snyder as superintendent of construction. The work is contracted to be finished by December 1st, '99. Mr. Thurtle, the architect, is one of the most successful men in his profession tn the weBt and he has planned Eorne magnificent structures. Among those having local interest are the buildings of General Wallace, the Blacherne flits in Indianapolis and the Wallace study in this city.
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ment. Mr. Lehr waB a Master MaBon, having been made such in this city. He was also a chapter member. These facts in themselves speak well for him, as the vows of the great fraternity of Masons call for an upright, honorable life, and one who is true to them cannot be otherwise than a worthy man. Mr. Lehr always strove to do his duty in every department of life, thus being able to take his place honestly in the society to which he belonged and on an upper plane in the community in which he resided. Mr.
Lehr was not typically a "Hoosier," but he was a man whom it was pleasant to meet and who proved himself au agreeable companion,
The funeral tuok place from the residence ia Englewood on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, under the auspices of the Masonic lodge. The interment occurred at Oak Hill The funeral services were con
THE NEW CRAWFORD.
ducted by Dr. Tharp arid the following gentlemen actcd as pallbearers: Henry Wasson, D. S. Euoch, T. D. Brown, 'A M. Ball, J. I). Tracy and Ben Williams.
The Hoard of Review.
The county board of review last Friday passed the assessment of realty and improvements in the towns of, Wingate, Waynetowu and New Richmond as satisfactory, but will probably raise the assessments in Waveiand, New
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den. It is said that the raise of ten per cent on the realty of Coal Creek may be rescinded as mai-y glaring errors are boing discovered iu the books given in by the assessor, lien Swank. Swank presumably eannot add a column ot figures and his errors are scandalously ridiculous.
A Good 80 Acre Farm For Sale. All black prairie land and in cultivation. Good 4-room house, barn and other outbuildings 15 acres of orchard 600 Ben Davis apple trees just beginning to bear. This is all good grain, grass and fruit land. Lies on a main, public road, near school and church, and 4 miles from the best railroad market town in the county. This is a great bargain at the price—830 per acre. Two crops from the orchard should pay for the farm.
H. C. DOYLE,
Vandalia, Fayette county, Illinois.
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The Marriage of au K«tlmable Young Couple at the Christian Church Last Thursday.
Over four hundred guests assembled at the Christian church lastThursday to witness the marriage of Mr. Tilghman E. Weil to MiBB Laura E. Fall, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fall. The church was handsomely decorated with palms and the guests on arriving were seated by the ushers, MeeBre. Clarence McClure, George Hays, Joseph Herron and Harry Swan. JuBt before the ceremony, the P. 0. S. of A. commandery, of which the groom is a member, entered the church attired in full uniform and took seats reserved for them. At 8:30 o'clock, the hour appointed for the ceremony, Miss
Lenora Barnhill, who was at the piano, played the wedding march from "Lohengrin"'and to this the wedding party entered. The groom, with Messrs. Herron and Haya, entered by the east aisle, while the bride with Messrs. swan and McClure approached the altar from the west aisle. The bride was attired in a most becoming costume of white organdie over silk, high neck and long sleeveB, trimmed with ribbons and Irish point lace She carried bride's roses. The ofliciat ing clergyman was Dr. Tharp and the ritualistic service, while short, was beautiful and impressive. After the benediction the party left the church to the strains of Mendelssohn's march and the happy couple were driven to thoir new home, where the many handsome presents given the bride were exhibited Caption was tendered Mr. and Mrs
The out of town guests present at the wedding last week were Mr and Mrs. H. B. Overesch and son, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Overesch and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Henry u'rihusand daughter, Miss Anna, and Charles PrieBS, of Lafayette, and Miss Helen Peters, of Danville, 111.
OKIE HANNA'S FINISH-
She in in the Marlha Washington Homd for Inebriates in Chicago.
Miss Okie Hanna, formerly of this city, is reported as being in a pitiful mental and physical condition in Chicago She has been confined in the Martha Washington home for victims of the morphine and cocaine habit and the physican in charge of the institution states that her case is one of the worst in the home, it being hopelesB.
Some time ago Miss Hanna was marriod to Edward Drexel Castleton at Washington Court HOUBO, Ohio, and fcht! is now suing him for divorce. The court two weeks ago granted her temporary alimony and it was stated that the case would come up for an early trial. Castleton is defending the suit and in her absence may win it.
T. B. Kanadell.
Thomas B. Ransdell died at his home in this city Thursday noon, June 23. He had been confined to his bed for over a year, the result of a fall, which caused softening of the brain. In 1871 he was in a railway accident, the result being the loss of one arm and limb. He was industrious as far as his physical condition would permit, and previous to this last sickness was a man of good judgment and solid integrity.
He was born in Henry county, Kentucky, December 0, 1831, and wu6 married to Mary E. Hendrickson July 31, 1854, to whom eleven children were born, of whom eight survive him. All reside in thi6 city except Mrs. N. W. Duley, of Logansport. The funeral was conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence on Kentucky avenue, Rev. H. L. Davis officiating. Interment at Oak- Hill cemetery. Rest and peace to the departed, and the truest sympathy to those who mourn is the feeling which swells every heart.
KstiimiteH.
The state statistician is making some estimates on the population of the several counties and cities of the state, basing his calculations on the tchool enumeration. This is a very poor basis for a placa like Crawfordsville where the per cent, of the childless
households is abnormally
Crawfordsville has a school
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1899-TWELVE PAGES. PART SECOND
WEi L- FALL. NO TRIAL.
The Pattou Divorce Case In Venued to Sullivan County for Trial,
Special to the Journal. TKHRE HAUTE, Ind., June 24—The divorce case of Julia Fletcher Patton, of New Market, against her husband,
Dr. Patton, came up In the circuit
court here to-day. There was no trial, however, as the attorneys agreed on a change of venue to Sullivan county on
account of the prejudice existing here.
A RUNAWAY CAR.
A Singular Accident on the Monon Railroad South of Greenoastlo Junction*
A very peculiar wreck occurred on the Monon just south of the GreencaBtle junction Saturday evening. While a freight was switching at Greencaatle junction, a flat car loaded with stone got away. The car was on a down grade and the farther it went the greater its speed.
Three miles south of the junction engine No. 205, one of the Monon'a mammoth new engines, was coming through a cut with a train of empty, gravel cars. George Miller was at the throttle and Bailey Strang waa boiling the water.
The gravel train was running about twenty miles an hour and the Btone car waB running about thirty-five miles an hour. The runaway car and the train met in the cut. The men on the engine did not know anything was wrong until after
it was all over. The car
Friday evening a re- struck the engine with terrible force
__r Jered Mr. and Mrs and recoiled. It ran about 200 Weil at the home of the groom's par- feet before stopping. The engine lost ents. The bride and groom are both tssceediugly popular and a large circle of friends wishes them joy. After July, collision doubled up the empty gravel second they will be at home at 718 south Grant avenue.
its pilot and the front epd V79S imaged to some extent. The force of tluf
cars and they were strewn "along the track for a distance of nearly two hundred feet. Two of the cars were considerably damaged.
The engine remained on the track and its tremendous weight waa the only thing that averted a fatal accident. None of the men on the train had time to jump and not one was hurt. The north' bound passenger train was delayed four hours by VUB accident, but the track was cleaned in time for the passage of the noon, trains. It was a remarkable accident e»nd the men on the train were indeed fortu-^ nate in escaping injury.
The Dlugman Case.
New Richmond Enterprise: The case of Dr. Dingman, of Linden, charged with stealing two bushels of corn from J. D. Wilson, of Round Hill, was tried before 'Squire Ebnte, at the school building Tuesday. The case was bitterly contested and resulted in the doctor being bound over to court, Messrs. Miller, West and Dudley, all of Linden, furnishing bond for the accused. During the trial three witnesses swore that they had seen the doctor taking corn from the crib and putting it in his buggy. 'Squire Ebrite,/,'. considered the evidence sufficient to justify binding the doctor over to court. A goodly number of Linden people were present.
Harvest lieglns.
The wheat harvest in this county began Monday and several farmers cut their crop. The best field so far reported is a twenty-five acre field belonging to David Miller, in the north part of the county. It ripened even and it is estimated that it will average fifteen bushels to the acre. In many of the fields where there is considerable wheat the grain has ripened so unevenly that the yield will not amount to much. It is now thought that the yield in the county will just about return the seed sown, but this is considerably better than was anticipated a mouth ago.
An Ugly lluuawuy.
Last Friday the team of William Beck, of lOnglewood, while hitched in front of Tannenbaum's store, took fright and broke loose. They ran east on Main street and when in front of the Ban-Hur office struck an iron guard about the grass plat and demoliBhed it. They then ran into a shade tree and one of the horses struck it head first. The horse fell senseless with its rnato on top. Here Hays Rogers appeared on the scene and leaping on the head of the uninjured horse held it down until help arrived. The horse that struck the tree was seriously injured
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that our population is 5,995. In reality it is much larger as the census to be taken next year will readily dear onstrate. The school the county is 8,423 and from this it is figured that the cour.ty population is 29,480.
tion ol 1,, 13 and oil this it is figured lice to impound every horse found left unhitched on the streets. There iB an ordinance making it an offense to leave a horse unhitched on the streeta population for and the failure to observe this has resulted in many runaway accidents this spring. The ordinance will hereafter be strictly enforced.
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its skull being fractured,
Hitch Your Teams.
Mayor Elmore has instructed the
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