Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 December 1895 — Page 2

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Some of the bargains to be had at the “Place to Huy. DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. Men’s Shoos wor.h $2.f>0 Woim n’s Knlibor*

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Women’s”

Arotios. KhIiIm r.

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1.75 2.25 2 00 1.75

1.48 1.98

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1.48

t 'andee A Host on “ Women’s Rubbers . .

.50

.45

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Federal “

.45

.40

11 Boots. .

1.25

1.00

Men’s toe ruboers .... “ (’orset . . .. “

.75 .50

.50 .30

( jitnioe “

3.00

2 75;

“ “

.75

.08

Federal *’

2.75

•2 50

.50

.38

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1.50

1.25 |

“ shirts “

.50

.38

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.75

.00 1

Stockinet “

.15

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GROCERY DEPARTMENT.

G A C Ex. C Sugar is, lu, 20 and 21 $1.00 Host coffee, bulk 27‘.o' Flour, per s iok 4*> ami oOr Flour, per barrel • .'{..">0 Flour, per best patent $1.00 Coffee, l,ion, Arluu'kles, ?$\\X. Bucket and Tea I’ot 22c Bacon S and He Lard 8 undue

Meel. per peck (dal oil Can corn Table apricots Kaisius. Hoe Pint bottle Catsup 10c, 3 for 3 potin 1- Miebitpin butter crackers Salt, per barrel

12', I-’ 1 , . 5o . 10c : Ttc 10e . U5c

RILaE,Y & GO. 715 Main St. Telepone 51. South Greencastle.

CIO. £. BLkK Greencastle, Ind., General Insurance, lieal Estate And Loan Agent.

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For the Defendants. Crawfordsville Journal. The arguments in tile ctise of John C. Wampler vs. Mrs. Sarah Durham ct til, for tlit« possessbin of soutli Wtiehington sttcct real es- : tate, were made before acting Judge

UNDERGROUND RAILWAY." lufereMihiK Communio.ition In It^^anl to i hut Ante-\%ur Nej;ro Rome. To the Editor of the Banner Times. W. 11. Siebert, professor of the Department of History at the Ohio State university, wrote to the auditor of Putnam county making inquiry concerning the "Underground Railroad—so called—which helped many fugitives to the free soil f Canada.” Tne writer has made inquiries among our older citizens but so far has found no one who was directly connected with the road. If there are such still living in the county, or those who know of them, I hey will confer a favor bv commuuicai ing with ihc writer .Mv c.unec tioii and knowledge of the system was the result of a i accident pure and simple, but I may say met un hearty approbation, us the following story will reveal, which was lirst written as u contribution to the Putnam County Historical society,

but never read:

Santa Claus

Come and see the

decorations and whether you buy or not you will receive courteous tention. Be sure to bring the

children.

presents and

jv.

#THIS WEEE@<-

One dr.zzly lav in the mouth of Sep

teiuber, 18(i0, two hoys were ramhling about two miles smith of the town oft Gieeiioastle. They h id crossed tic-j

farm tbe'i ow’ne > and iciupied v W.

T. J,aw kins and elimlted upon the fence

si'paruling one of his tiubls from u heav ily woide l pasture, kn ovo then a- i

part of the Miller Black farm. 'I’his

woodland was broken bv hollows and

| by what is commonly known as sioa-

Small undergrowth of paw paw

d ylight that moriiing. Evidently he Was pleased bur made the boys fee! the importance of keeping the matter to themselves. That niglii the refugees were piloted to our neighbors and safe-

ly lodged in be garret of bis wash has arrived at our store.

boit-e. They were fed and cared for thr e or four days. I be one that bad the ague was doctored by our neighbor and Ids chills broken. Then our uelgn- 1 bor arranged to go to Park county to mill, lie had a strong prejudice against j flour ground % by steam power. Water mill 11 air was much better and there j was a water mill in Parke county thut j made flour ju.t to his notion. So to [ mill he went—a distun-e of 2 > roles perha.>s—in a covered wagon, w ith considerable hay, provisions for three persons and one sack of wheat. That he got to the place where be bad started, I uni assured, but. lhat be brought any flour on Ids return trip I never knew.

11". be told the writer on ins return is the store of the people where your dollar goes the farthest.

«hat«insurety be .here i. win do

him nut. :i. I,.-, i arrived ueiy y nur e > es g 0 °d to see the hustle and bustle in the great and in i . ad i. only department store in Greencastle. Come in the morning if • s 1 i. i!;. i p.-r • !"i moved to possible, the rush in the afternoon will be something vvonder- ' i " 1 ' ;,: ; tub We shall hope to merit the continuance of your much r ilV . r appreciated liberal patronage. Wishing you a merry Xmas e i„ i ui: I,. n t" in in y 'j,; and a happy Newyear, we are your obedient servants.

a few vears. Me was an exicn-

commencing Monday morning, we will give you greater values than ever. We want your trade, we want you to do your shopping here and feel perfectly at home while doing it^

OUR STORE

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>ivt' uatlh* 8hi|»|> r :if orin time ilt* ;»)»|DMri il aiisfur * in iii- manner to many. »'i r w »** ru tlly v«*ry symparn' iii*.

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•I HE EN i ERPRISE.

West this morning. Judge West pop.*,

decided in favor of the defendants, buslics partly eoneeuled iln* gruuud He held that a married woman can The buys this dav were aeeonipauied by ' not give away property except hy a 11 i^'^odof the lop-eared kind, and when

Rugged in Ins o inien- h * um In \-e | I bills for 3 cents and ti|i. made some enemies. Uui.oiir iieig|ii,.n-1 ^ ’•et , , . , , llutierniilk soap, a cake for h ‘ l "’ "'"i b" |.e;,„x I.ritl 7 bar- for

one tiling Im ooil «»;ii linn

if he niriil

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h aiM Mini* r hti

w.i!* a

K ii‘r. .t'i I! agents of a :

le^iiisml l)j of tai* law

ooiMiiiohd !»im, ami u«

nuo.*h ro do wiih lie'l MuiiS knli iacknts • 1 tin* wrih‘.r as t.ln* fart | id^ us dui*nratt*il dihnnr set. .

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of Ihc Tiidc!' was i,m- ,it tin ysliiu that w a many, and vv At that tiiiu

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written 'Tistruincnt in which her ^ rM '*' n fs ei,| itted a continuous musiea ,

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Money Loaned At a Very Low Hate of Interest

a continuous

roll of noises, that makes the

j husband joins. He-aiso held that w j sl , thnt , K . WHg a ^,,,,1,,..,,,. , )f 90llt J the allegations of tiie complaint music school that he might properly de-' were liardlv established bv the evi- 1 scribe tiie music that that old hound i dence. That portion of tlie com- " hen the dog had crossed tic

. fence h;8 nose went into the air, the i

| plaint relating to the improvements , . . - , , . j 1 i hair on In- back became erect from made by Wampler on the property, bead to tail, and giving vent to a deep was withdrawn by the plaintiff be- bass bellow, be plunged beadlo;.g fore entering upon trial of the through the underbrush, and as be

12 boxes matclic-

j Vlbums. silk plush, large size 11 i loria silk umbrella ! Winds, r silk umbrella | Tore silk ladies mittens. ... I l adies woolen mittens I Mens white laundried shirts... | •>ilk mulllers. large size . . .. | at) tea set decorated

$1,118

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25c .. 48c $ti.75

tie

!*8e !>8e $ 1.35 50e 10c . . 48e 75c $3.!I8

mmy of the ir.'npli! of I'lttitaoi cm Wer like ibe hull i I tell about in

I le v were ready and aux j K .ticy ilecoratcd lamps with shades..08c

ion-t i pounce upon t nil i\v it "nig-I ( up ami saucer te

ger. 1 Icy v re iM'pcii., and the | (Hiihlrcus fur set

h at I ui iidfcsted only the zeal of sum.. I of . lie oig ier animals, wb baM

Call ami see hirn before ing elsewhere.

clos-

cause.

DAILY BANNER TIMES

•‘What is Christ to .>!►?”

The revival services yesterday at the Christian church were occasions of great rejoicing. Twenty-eight were received into the church, fifteen others

went, with his voice, lie ran the gamut up and down, working in some most beautiful double semi-quavers and long drawn out trills, that delighted tic hearts of the boys. A hundred an fifty yards into the wood lie bore off to

added and live were baptized Scores j ,eft tt,,<1 . be K' 4 " describing a circle,

were turned away. Standing room

i could not be bad. Mr. Boyer preached

When the circle was complete he began narrowing the ring but all the while

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Franklin streets.

He said : | sweetness from a hunter’s standpoint We have nil thought about Christ, until the circle became quite small. At

baiicksn'n'uyVc'i’KR-k !!m'!T'hda'y."'Vl'iuT Have done something with him. The the lir.-t notes of the dog, the boys ulfmcyclrikium* 1 " 1,er, ' t ' ulvt ' <1 '-* ch dH y attitude we fake to him determines what stood upon the tup of the fence, the lie is to us. A landscape to one man is | better to see the outcome oi the sup-

a farm, another a battlefield, another a posed chase, and frhm their height picture. We men are different. Christ could see that tin- bound was circling is to all the master theme of thought.! around a sink-hole. They bad never To the unbeliever be is a riddle greater! seen such manifestations of anger from I

AM uoinniunioations fthould be sl^nud with the rahh* ul the writer: not neee.-warlly tor puhlioitiou, but ns “videnee of koo<1 in th. A.ionymojg coinimmientioiig can not be nu-

tlet.

Where delivery

same

is irregular plense report

th tleei^ion t»r »it*r .1;|■ i• * t ill'*V, nm i -T t (» u i n* Jim .ter*-—uiiiler lieavy pei,allies for lion iierfoniianet*—of uei‘ e »’i heir roaM to freeiiom. As early ns ISM ) I'nttiiUii monty lia<l at lea«*t one “I notilrial P.itiiot,” ami hu na.ne nv.is Parker S, Browder. f J’he le aven \\;> doinu its w -rk. .1 ta-. Hr w ns holy was moMldei iu<r in tie t mb, hot hi* soul w t'luarehin^: on.

J. M. Iionn mu i:. Coiivemutn « all.

The repohlifitis id the Fift.i eongressional .district will meet at the court bouse, Terre Haute, Ind., at II o’clock a. in., Tuesday, J iimary 21. 1838, tu elect a member of the state committee. The representation i f .- iid cun vent ;uu will t»t‘ o.ie delegate for each 21 HI tuul f acliun of KM) ui mure votes cn-t fur tVilli.im 1>. Owen ■ u -ecres.li y of state at the I lie last elec: ion. X. Fn.itKcK (diairman. Gkoiiok M. Al.t.i.n, smm 'i . .. . The basis for the counties will be as

slippers.

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05c 60o

All our 10c purses cliuice for. VV bile ur gray blankets each " 'die metal tea spoons ca h . . White metal table spoons each lin tea spoons, a set for .... Tin table -pomis. a set for . . . 0 knives and 0 forks, 12 in all.... Handkerchiefs Tom one cent. Rest made w ringer, only guuil broom for . .. 12 quart disii pan 3 quart coffer pot ...

I’ic plates

Large size tea boiler I’int cups 2500 tooth picks in a box for... Ladies 0 button kid gloves . . Ladles unison suits Ladies Russian mull's

. 5c aoo ... 2c ... 4u •Ic . Sc .. 38c and up $1 08

..rook mink mutt's $1.38

one Mens fancy velvet

HERE IS A CHANCE FOR YOUR LIFE.

10, Ibe ,1c . 23c . Ic . 3c . OS,* 43c OS,;

Mens silvcrinc watches, sfptn winder and setter only $3.00, jewelers price $5.00. Silverine ca-r watches, Elgin or Waltham movement, stem winder and setter only $1.08, jewelers pries tS i.O. PURE CANDIES. Gum drops, per pound. 7 cents. Broken lump candies, per pound, 7 cents. Taney French mixd candies, per pound, 0 cents. Hand made chocolate cream, per pound 19 cents. THE ENTERPRISE. West Side Square. Greencastle, Ind. A. ROTH. Proprietor.

ereoeiivoty is irnartiltir plan promptly at ptihllctttloii ntnee.

than the Sphinx, a confusion and despair. To the Christ ian he is the w isdom

Specimen copies mailed free 6n application, of God, the way, the Inilb, the life.

He is righteousness and sanctiMcation.

rates or subscription. Sauctiflcation according to theRiblciOne Year tn advance $5310 . .., , ... .. Sis month* »jso not a silly clap-trap affair. No “iecThrer month* l^aj 1)n( j blessing” or complete sanctification

Jo in the Bible. Every man is as bad as God made him and oftentimes a great j deal worse. When 1 hear a matt say “I cannot sin” 1 want to lock my pockets. I belicv 1 there are some people who cannot sin but they are all in heaven. When people quit preaching

One month.

Per week hy Carrier

When delivery Is made by carrier, all subscription accounts arc to be paid to then: aa

they call i.nd receipt for same.

ADVERTISING RATES

.25 eta. i froth and exercise sense In religious

niSPLAY.

Ter Inch, tlrst insertion

‘‘ “ each subseituent Inscriion 5 e.ts. matters it will be a new eimingof tieper month t' 1 -'" 1 , kingdom of God. A voutig man from Guantntood posltton charxed K per cent to | the univergi ol( , me thp otl|< , r even .

iMOperoont oxtrn, l*'»8ltl()ii not gmarantt’ud . ^

for advertisements of loss than r> iih*Im*8. No ing that he was ill an unconscious state fow^SV^ 1 ,a l yre,VG^^npa f n7m P or ^ dV;• n, '‘ l - j when he got the “second blessing” and

when he came to himself he couMn’t

JtBADINO NOTICKS I , .... ...

: account for what had happened ana me

xrapbVcharKcd M ocaupylnv'two UnSTspaec' otl » uch “ burlesque of the religion of The for.owinx rate* win be allow,ii only the man who taught as a teacher from when cn*h "reotnponieeonler i God. Another man said he was a sln- .. »>i ' -i 11 ner, God bumded his ham and took his

: children all from him to convert him. The same thing, if done by a man,

lii-nd rick*. Monran ... I’arkt* I'utliMIl! ..

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Total

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C’. II. aV I). Ilolnliiy ItHtes.

December 24. 25 and 31. and January I. the c. II. A l>. railway will sell at one and one-third fare to all local and various connecting line points in Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, New York, etc., in iking tickets good till January 2, I8U0, for return. For full particulars call on any agent of the C.

II. & I). railway.

iiin '!50 6'KI

vt. J. UECKETT .. IIAKKY M.SMITH.

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. Publisher

Van , mu iMitor would send him to pemtentary. Sanc-

tittcation is separation. Christ is re-

A.Mrcss ; demption from ignorar.ee, sin, poverty,

r.rccnciuttli'. Ind. : and the grave.”

, ‘ Alas for him who never sees ; The stars come shining thro' the trees, Telephones. ! Who, hopeless, lays the dead away, COUNTING ROOM 62'Nor sees the light of breaking day EDITORIAL ROOM 95 1 Across the mournful marbles play.” —— I Services tonight at 7 o’clock. After- .... i i noon meetings at 2 o’clock. All inSehd news to Telephone 95. jt( ( x x

Cast an eye or two over the Bannek Times Holiday ada. They show what merchants of Greencastle want, to sell goods. It is a good idea to call on the men who ask you daily in these colums to look at their wares “The Common PeopI#*.” As Abraham Lincoln called them, do not care to argue about their ailments. What they want is medicine that will cure them. The simple, honost statement. ”1 know that Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured me,” is the best argument it. favor of this medicine, and this is w hat many thousands voluntarily say. Hood’s Pills arc the best after-dinner pills, assi-t digestion, cure heudache. 25 cents. The Hannek Times—1'Jc. a week.

Heal K-.tate Tranufar.. James P. Christie to I.. K. Christie, land in Floyd tp., $4500. Charles E. Webb to Joseph L. Juctt, land in (.’linton tp., quit, $1George Owens to W. A. and Nancy Graver, land in Floyd tp., $200. O. M. O'llair to Eleanor P. Talbott, land in Greencastle tp., $233-

l.ow Hntr to Atlanta. The Vandalia line offers rate of $11.05 for the round trip to Atlanta. Ga., good only on trains of December 20, return limit ten days. This will be the last opportunity to visit the great Exposition at a very slight expense. J . H. I*OVV I.INO, Agt.

Is Your

Blood Pure If it is, you will be etrong, vigorous, full of life and ambition; you

tiie dog, and naturally wondered what i follows:

kind of an animal had taken refuge there. The dog roared 'round the rim I Clay of the sink and by his action threatened to go down. Presently a club was seen to rise in the air from out the sink-hole, pass the dog and drop beyond him. Then another and another, each passing club adding new zeal and addition::!

fury to the bound's attack.

The boys ran toward the sink, at the same time commanding 'lie dog to come away. He retired sullenly, turning at times and threatening to charge. Repeated scolding however, prevented. When the boys first came near enough they could see only a brush pile and paw-paw bushes in the sink-bole, b ,t after peering through the brushes for a while, a black face was discovered. One of the bovs asked “What arc you doing there?” The answer came, “Nothing massa, we gives up. Jim he's sick and chillin’. Its no use. ’ They were young colored men. After assurances of friendship one of the darkies told their storv. About a month

or six weeks before they had made a w111 ha ™ » K ood *PP etitd Mld & ood break for freedom leaving their master digestion; your deep w 11 bo sound near Franklin. Tent.., worked their ‘ndrefreshingl^your neryes win be

way up through that state and Kentucky, assisted by colored people, | crossed the Ohio river In a skill', had been helped through Indiana tims far by friends or agents, as I now know, of the Underground Railroad. An agent of the road bad come from near Mooresville in Morgan county across country the night la-fore to near this place, when daylight overtook them before they reached the station where they intended to stop for the day. So they left the road ami bad taken shelter in the woods as we have seen, until

night should come again.

The boys soon had their confidence and the spokesman added that they were directed to the house of our neighbor and at nightfall would have safely made their way there. The other one was sick. Exposure had caused him to chill. The ram during the day had wet their clothing which made their| condition very unpleasant. Afor further conversation the laiys left them, and with the secret safely locked in their breasts went to the hon-e of the neighbor mentioned hy the negro and told linn of their adventure. 11c was not at all surprises!, hut on the «>tl„r

Hi” l our lxx<‘«rRioii to Atlanta.

Dec. 20th a rale of one cent per mile w ill be given to enable all to visit the exposition during its elosingdays. The

Big Four trains make good connection,

for a quick Dip and rate- will he the , hand bad given himself trouble on:*, lowest. F. 1\ IIi'KSTts, Agt. j count of their failme to appe ,r Itefoiv

strong; you will hava little need to

fear disease in any form.

Bnt how few can say that their blood is pure I How many peopie are suffering daily from the consequences of impure blood, scrofula, salt rheum, rheumatism, catarrh, nervouo•ess, sleeplessness, headache, and

That

Tired Feeling Hood’s Sarsaparilla purifies, vitalizes and enriches the blood. Therefore,

it is the medicine for you.

It will give you pure, rich, red

blood and strong nerves.

It will overcome that tired feeling, create an appetite, give refreshing sleep and make you strong. Is not this just what you want? Then take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It la the best building up medicine. Hood’s Sarsaparilla

Is the Only

True Blood Purifier

0N£ THING

- - MUjSS SO.

You must eat. You can't live without eating. If you are a good liver you will want to eat the best of everything and eat plenty of it. Now it takes a long purse to buy all you want of the best of everything unless you know where to buy. Our Grocery and Meat Market has the price down to suit your pocket book and we guarantee that what you buy of us will be of the best.

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COI NTV NKWS NOTES.

Has it got You?

IIRICK CHAPK1..

There will be a Christmas tree at tills

place ('hristmas eve.

The young people, had a party at Chas. Johnston’s Tuesday evening. Cottage prayer meeting will be held at Dr. Sluvens’ home Thursday even-j

ing.

A. V. Thomas and wife spent the first of the week in Indianapolis.

t-iiiaDnrjr lu tna Laari.

| St. Petersburg, Dec. 16.—The sec- J ond series of games at the St. Peters- j burg chess club was played yesterday, ) j Pillsbury beating Tchigorin and Lasker ; j beating Steinitz. The preseut score is ! as follows: Lasker won one, lost one. 1 | Pillsbury won two, lost none; Steinitz ! won none, lost two; Tchigorin won one, j

I lost one.

BRIEF MENTION.

Hon. W. A. McKeighen, ex-member of congress from the Fifth Nebraska disj trict, died at his home in Hastings yester-

! day.

Fifteen Americans are reported to be ; held In Soghalin prison hy the Russian nui thorltles for prohibitory fishing in Siberian

! waters.

Postmaster General Wilson has accepted the invitation of the faculty of Vanderbilt University at Nashville to deliver the

commencement address in 1898. I THE kibb'tok American NKWsPAPEEB Ibe shipbuilders strike at Glasgow, - rilr American'consH'nlbiiL t'he Amerlosn i wind, was thought to have In-et, settled, <<lo„, the American spirit. The«e tlrst. will be continued, hh the engineers huve Isst. und nil the time, forev-r-refuse,! to accept the employers’ teuus. | n uryi sUN 1 '--V. l.'v mall. - a‘>“r Mxty-Hix indictment* have been returned THE SUNDAY SUN by the members of the Memphis grand jury | H lh( . wr ,smiday n* wspaper in th* world against A. k. Ward, the alleged forger, Price 5,•» copy. Hy mall $2a ye, r.

Address, THK SUN, NewY.rU.

Try “4-0”

Gbe

Sun

who w as brought hack from Honduras. Dan McLeod, the California wrestler.

Prominently in the public eye today, has issued another challenge to "Farmer” Hood’s Pills E Vr-kTST STiKt

. ftUO a uida.

t or Job Printing see 'i lie Bannick Times, printers.