Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 December 1899 — Page 9

VOL. 52—NO. 48

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Are indisputable, and It is a fact that we are offers1 ing the greatest opportunity for Clothing buyers to save money on their needs in our line ever known. •. Being manufacturers, we are in the market all the time, and knowing full well that goods would ma' terially advance in price, we purchased very large' ly before the risei now we find ourselves over' stocked, and with but a short time left in which to reduce our stock we offer the following induce' mentss

Men's Fancy Mixed Cheviot Suits. Neat, desirable patterns, strongly sewed, in straight or round sack. Good value at $5 00 dJO QS

Sale Price JpZ.OO Gray and Black Mixed Cheviot# Good color for every day wear. Sizes 35 to 42. QQ

Regular price, $5.00. Sale price «PA. OO Brown and Black Mixed Casimeres. ,B6g:$3.98 Extra Heavy Brown Cheviot.

Very neat effect, ular value, $.600.

Correct style of cut. Sale price

Velour finish, nlcc'.y trimmed, well "made and /o very sightly. Regular price, 17 00. Sale price Very Heavy, Straight Cut, Blue Cheviot.

Correctly tailored, and cheap at J8.00. Sale price

Stvleq of M^n's Sm'te. In Plain ana fancy worsteds, in stripes oiyies oi mens OUHS. and small ohecks fancy cheviots in new designs. Marked to sell at $10 00. £R QQ price

Styles of South Bend Woolen Mills Goods In staple patterns. Every fibre guaranteed to oe wool. Extra QQ heavy weight and a bargain at 212.00. Sale price.. «p( 00 sy Styles of the Very Latest Up'to'Date Striped Worsted Suits J| j£t In singlfi or double breasted coats. Built for wear, and posltlvely cheap at S12. Sale price tpx. 3

Styles of Fine Casimere and Worsted Suits Jl VJ In both stripes and plain weaves. Some with double breasted vests. Single and double breasted coat. Elegantly trimmed and made by us for high class trade. Regular price, $15.00 a suit and a fcn 7C bargain at that.£Sale price pll.

Overcoats.

Undoubtedly the largest line of high grade Overcoats ever shown in this city is Included in this matchless sale of wearing apparel. Each and every Overcoat on our tables Is our own make, which is a positive guarantee of satisfaction^ the purchaser. ..

This sale begins at once, and It Is your one great opportunity to secure firstclass wearing apparel at a considerable discount from our regular prices. The early purchaser will have the advantage of choice selections. We will continue to sell at the above prices until we have realized a certain sum and reduced our top-heavy stock to a certain amount. Yours for business,

The American,

Manufacturing Clothiers.

Corner Main and Green Sts., Crawfordsville, Ind,

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Washing Powder.

Woman's Best Friend. Dirt's Worst Enemy.

A Few Left.

of you failed to take advantage of my "Buggy Clearance Sale Saturday. I have a few left and will make very low prices to clean up. I make It a rule to carry over no old stock,

thus bo able to show all fresh now goods In the spring, Don't miss this opportunity, for all goods arc advancing and you can save at least 25 cents over next spring's prices.

Robes and Horse Blankets

Is second to none in the county. See our 88c Blanket.

JOE E« FISHER.

Remember/Fisher's Baggies are Good Buggies, Fisher's Harness are Good Harness.

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SIMPSON'S SIDE.

Ue Addresses a Card to His Pupils Explaining His Position.

Thomas C. Simpson, the Scott township school teacher, who figured in the recent sensation there, submits to THE JOURNAL the following card:

ORAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1899—TWELVE PAGES.

MR. SIMPSON TO HIS FORMER PUPILS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE:—"I know that you are awe-struck to think that I am so bad as reports make me. Dear friends, I may be bad but I am no worse than I have always been. I am sure that many of you have had a good opinion of me, and the thought toat that good opinion should be so rudely destroyed is the thing that hurts worse than all else. The article that appeared in last week's JOURNAL is partially true. "1 did not state to Mr. Walkup or anyone else that I would be present at a hearing in his office, but on the contrary I acted upon his] advice in not coming. The last thing he said to me at New Market was to give his assent to my suggestion that possibly I would not appear. I censure nobody for this error, you know that people are prone to make mistakes. The article stated that I offered as as excuse, justifying my actions, that I was devotedly attached to the girl, and that my affections were genuine, sincere, etc. This is all true. I have Baid at all times that my motives were pure and that I intended no evil to anyone. But I had no way to prove the truth of the statement, and they would not believe me and consequently I would have acJ complished nothing had I been present. However, the young lady, iri the presence of others told me that she looked upon me as a gentleman, and that I had not suggested improper thoughts to her. It seems to me that the above is suggestive at least. "Does it seem possible to you, dear friends, that, having talked and labored with you in idealizing the beautiful life lessons in "Evangeline," "The Great Stone Face," "The Death of the Flowers," etc that I should not be sensible of those lessons myself? Not at alii People will have to have their abnormal appetites for such things as they think they have here satisfied. But I am conscious of having committed no unpardonable sin if it is a crime to love a girl devotedly, sincerely, then I am a criminal. I realize that the IOBS said on a subject of this kind the better. But owing to the truth being so recklessly handled, I could not restrain my desire to put the matter in its true light. Friends, entertain as favorable opinion of me as possible you have trusted me and had confidence in me heretofore, and you will make no mistake if you respect me hereafter. I am not saying that 1 am blameless but am willing to admit that I was indiscreet, but unthoughtedly so "The above is for true, believe it and I will be happy. With malice towards none but with charity for all

I am Respectfully,

V, T. 0. SIMPSON."

Obituary. i,-

Death has again entered our midst and taken for its victim a beloved husband and father, William H. McCormick, aged 71 years, 5 months and 15 days after an illness of ten weeks. We can hardly realize that he is gone. He waB married to Martha A. Leak Sept. 25, 1850, who traveled life's highway with him until 1868 when she died, leaving one daughter, Mrs. Eliza Vanscoyoc. On September 26, 1868, he was married to Mary E. McKiney, who still survives him. H^ leaves a wife, one daughter, one brother, one sister and five grandchildren.

Ills suffering ended with the day, •Yet lived he at the close He breathed the long, long night away

In statue-like repose. But when the sun In all his state Illumined the eastern skies, Ho passed through morning glory fate

And walk In paradise.

FRIEND

Joy For James.

James Stout, who iB not an intellectual giant,

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up before Judge West

last Saturday requesting a severance of the tender ties which bound him to his wife, Nettie Stout. The testimony proved that Jim had been blackmailed into marrying the woman, who used him for a brief season and then abandoned him. The divorce was granted.

Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cures Others, Why Not Ton?

My ™-ife has been using Chamberlain's Pain Balm, with good results, for a lame shoulder that has pained her continually for nine years. We have tried all kinds of medicines and doctors without receiving any benefit from any of them. One day we saw an advertisement of this medicine and thought of trying it, which we did with the best of satisfaction. She has used only one bottle and her shoulder is almost well.—ADOLPH L. MILLETT, Manchester, N. H. For sale by Nye & Booe, druggists.

NEVER TOUCHED HIM-

Jack Griffin Attempts In Vain to End His Life and Finally Gives it Up.

Mr. Jack Griffin liveB with his interesting family out on Beech street. He recently came here from Danville, 111., and as a usual sort of thing is a man ot great determination. He tackled a jib Wednesday of last week, however, that completely stumped him and he is now in the dumps. Jack concluded that be would commit suicide, and a conclusion with Jack:s final. He accordingly purchased a pint of whisky and a couple of ounces of laudanum, and after taking the former proceeded, if we may be permitted to drop into his happy turn of phrase, "to irrigate his innards" with the latter. Then he went home to die. He told his wife what he had done and she, having a great aversion to death in the house, forced him to go out to the wood shed. She propped him up comfortable like on an empty Boap box in one corner and then did her duty by the medical profession in telephoning from a neighboring store for Dr. Barcus, who is popularly supposed to Bimply revel in the delights attendant on the voluntary taking off of unhappy humans. Dr.

Barcus came in the due course of time and found Mr. Griffin propped up on the soap box as his wife had left him. As in the case of the soldier of the legion "there was a lack of woman's nursing, there was a lackof woman's tears," but Jack was doing tolerably well in Hpite of that fact. He was clearly under the influence of the drug to some considerable extent, but was not so far gone as to prevent his informing the doctor that he feared he was pizen proof. When the doctor had fully satisfied himself on this score he went away marveling greatly for three heavy hyperdermic inj actions of a powerful emetic failed to elicit from Mr. Griffin even BO much as a hiccough. Friday 'Mr. Griffin was able to be out, but having failed in a pet undertaking is a changed and saddened man.

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An'Kiplauatlon.

To the Editor of the Journal. I noticed in your paper of the 23d an item from the New Richmond Record headed "A Dig at Foster." I want to say in justice to all concerned as well as the Record, the parties that gave the Record the information was giving more fiction than facts. I was aware that Foster owed a firm in New Richmond for some merchandise that he sold in his wagons, and had the parties that purchased these goods on credit met their obligations and paid Foster as they so faithfully promised to do, Foster could have paid for his goods and had a profiti|left.

Foster went awaytfowing me some money. There never was a huckster worked the New Richmond jand Romney territory that paid higher markets and gave more honest weight than Foster. I want to say to the people in the New Richmond and Romney territory that I will have a goodiaman on my wagon through that territory every week, and all I ask is to give him a test in markets and honest (weights, and I feel sure we will handle your trade. ARTHUR JORDAN Co.

J. E. Fitzpatrick, Manager.

A Just Verdiot.

At Lebanon the jury 1b the case of John W. Lock wood, charged with murderously assaulting George Quackenbush, a neighbor, |Aug. 5, last, reached a verdict laBt Thursday of acquittal.

The verdict was no surprise, as it waa shown on trial that Quackenbush is a rowdy, a bully and a dangerous man. He and his vicious boys have persecuted the Lockwoods for year6, and when the old blatherskite was shot he was on Lockwood's premises, advancing toward him with a stone. The only pity is that the wounds were not fatal. At the trial "Quack" was present with a horde of henchmen, and pushed the prosecution as hard as possible. The jury, however, had the facts and returned a verdict in accordance with them.

Capt. Gilbert Want* Mount.

Indianapolis Sun: Capt. Gilbert, of Angola, is in town. He is in favor of making Gov. Mount vice-president. "The governor stands at the head of a very large class—the farmers. He, himself, is a genuine, brand-blown-in-the-bottle farmer, and his nomination would strengthen theiticket amazingly, not only in Indiana, but the country over. Politica}lyjjitwould be a good move."

Reported Slok.

A letter from Manila states that Arthur Staten, of the Fourth infantry, has been in the hospital for some time and. will probablyt be discharged from the service for disabilities.

A BLOW TO BUNNY.

The Sugar Creek Township Ilnuteri Slay the Cotton Talis by the Hundred.

The Baby Buntins of Sugar Creek township will be well wrapped this winter if their daddies devote to the time honored function of rabbits' skins the skins of the bunnies ruthlessly Blain last week to make a Sugar Creek holiday and form the basis for a banquet. The annual match hunt of the little township took place on Thursday, the Bowers faction contesting with the Potato Creek nimrodB The boys from Bowers had all the better of it for they bagged 389 rabbits while the Potato Craekers succeeded in getting only 251. Jesse and Harley Kirk, of Bowers, made the best showing and carried off the high prizes, the former bagging forty rabbits and the latter getting thirty-nine. John Hays re ceived the booby prize. It seems that some one switched shells on him and he fired blanks all day, wondering how it came about that he could not shoot in his old time form. The contest was on the square and no outside hunters or previously slain rabbits were run in by either side.

The victors, in accordance with the time honored custom, will be banqueted by the vanquished and a high old time is anticipated on this truly festive occasion.

SMALLPOX-

Danger of the Contagion Spreading Over I ndlana—Vaccination Kuoomniended.

Smallpox is becoming more prevalent in the state, Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, says. He fears that unless active precautions are taken by physicians in the infected districts, the disease will appear in Indiana in virulent form, and that much of the Btate's money will be required to stamp it out.

The disease has broken out in mild form in many counties, notably in those along the Ohio river, from Posey county to Floyd county. It has also appeared in Franklin, Alien and Ripley counties, but not to an alarming extent. Saturday the state board of health received inquiries from Rockport asking how to treat smallpox, and inquiries have come from other points. Dr. Hurty has received a notification that a rigid quarantine had baen established at Uniontown, Ky., whore there are 500 cases, and from where the smallpox that has been found in this state is supposed to have originated.

The only thing that will prevent a spread of the contagion, Dr. Hurty says, is a thorough system of vaccination. Physicians in all parts of the state should see that every one is vaccinated. If they do this, he says, the disease may not spread. Word comes from Wells county that the mayor of Bluff ton is making strong obj actions to vaccination in his city, but it is also said that physicians were going ahead.

Her Husband Was Ornel.

Last Saturday in the circuit court, Mrs. Nina Brown was granted a divorce from her husband, Charles Brown. The testimony, which all passed unchallenged, went to show that Brown is a brute of more than ordinary viclousneBB. Mrs. Brown testified that he maltreated her shamefully in many ways and the court promptly granted the decree.

The December Settlement. Auditor White his completed hi December settlement sheet. He charges the county treasurer with 8126,190 39. Of this sum 830,917.11 goes to the state, 838,195.81 goes to the county revenue, 89,879.15 goes to free gravel roads, 83,320.94 goes to the township tax, 83,040.07 goes to township roads, and the balance to the schools.

Doing Well.

0 O.Tribbett, formerly of Darlington, now of Lebanon, was in the city last week. McKinley prosperity haB struck Mr. Trlbbett hard. He isian auctioneer and has conductedasixty-six sales since August 3.

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State Cannot Pay Off AnyMoreof Its Debt*

State Treasurer Levy states

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RUMORS ABOUT LANDIS-

It Is Said He Cau Have Marion Oonnly'a Support for Governor.

We publish the following rumors from the'Indianapolis iStin concerning Congressman Landis for what they are worth. The Sun says: "One of W. T. Durbin's close friends is responsible for the assertion that the Marion county ring has practically pledged its support*jto Charley Landis,! in the coming gubernatorial fight. "They bay that the Marion county men may at first make a show of sapporting Griffiths, but that it will

not

continue. "Most politicians are of the opinion that if the convention should be held immediately,nothing^on earth, hardly, could defeat John L. Griffiths. "As the story goes, Durbln was anxious to fiadout the feeling of the Uir' ion county leaders—which means, in this case, the men who were]wbipped» by the Bookwalter faction in t-he re» cent municipal fight—and they sent some emissaries around to feel Schmidt, Hawkins,(-New, land others with the result that iLandis* stock, in the minds of «the Durbin followers, took a leap.

Landis was in Indianapolis Friday, chatting ivlth

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Sims, of Frank*

fort, and Postmaster Darnell, of Lebanon, both of whom are leaders in Landis' district."

GOVERNOR LOOKED PLEASED

,And Said Ue Was Not Coming Out for Vice-President.

Indianapolis Sentinel: Governor Mount said yesterday afternoon when asked if he was a candidate for the nomination of vice-president that he hr\d given the matter but Uttle thought* and certainly bad not announced him* self. "I am busy looking after the affairs of this office," said he, "and have no time to devote to future possibilities." He looked pleased at the thought. a Huugry Workman.

One of the local "organs" of the ^Democratic party asserts that a "hungry workman" carded THE JOURNAL relative to the destruction of some wire nail machines. The card was^ written by Rev. T. D. Fyffe, and if any" man can gaze on his portly figure and then designate him as a "hungryworkman" he is certainly entitled to a position on a Democratic paper ^is^ Crawfordsville.

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Judge.

I. Thomas Kelsey, of Darlington, last week received the

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izing him to act in the capacity of justice of the peace in Franklin township. Mr. Kelsey will make a specialty of marriages and has the latest form of service. He has secured appropriate decorations for use in his office on such occasions and will give a handsomely decorated certificate to each couple he unites in marriage.

A Good Job,

Fred Cox has accepted a position with the Simmons Hardware Company, of St. Louis. He will begin traveling for them on December 1. This firm ie the largest of its kind in the world and Mr. Cox will be one of three hundred traveling men in its employ.