Greencastle Star Press, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 March 1895 — Page 4

Sell ’Em Low

and Let Em 3-0. Go through your wardrobe, young man and count, your suits —after you have counted them if you have less than a dozen don't pack up and go west to grow up with the country ; but make a bee line for the Closing Out Sale of the

And supply your probable demands of at least two years to come. No such goods at so low figures ever offered on this market before. After this stock is closed it is doubtful if you will ever have such another chance. Our Handsome Tailor-made, Silk Finish Suits fcr Men Going Now This Way:

$2. r >.00 Suits for. 20.00 “ “ . 18.00 “ “ . 16.00 “ “ . 12.00 “ “ . 10.00 “ “ • 8.00 “ “ 6.00 “ “ .

.$12.50 . 10.00 . 9.00 . 8.00 . 6.00 . 6.00 . 4.00 . 3.00

500 Boys' Suits.

$10.00 Suits for. 8.00 “ “ .

6.00 6.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.60

..$5.00 .. 4.00 .. 3.00 .. 2.60 .. 2.00 .. 1.60 .. 1.00 .. .76

Our Silk Lined

$25.00 Overcoats at $12.00 20.00 “ “ 10.00 16.00 “ “ 7.00 10.00 “ “ 6.00 6.00 “ “ 3.00 What the Putnam says is so.

PUTNAM Clothing Store EAST SIDE SQUARE.

0*K of the Chicago newapapers, in commenting upon Rev. Hickman s advocacy of amalgamation as the remedy for the solution of the negro problem, says that a man who could advance that argument ought to impress his belief upon the public by putting his professions into practice The fellow who stole the bill abo fishing the Roby Winter Racing business, which the same was driven from Chicago because of its dishonesty and vileues 9 , was never found out—the Legislative committee gave all w ho appeared to have been concerned in it a first-class character, and there the matter dropped.

THE STAR-PRESS. Frank A. Arnold, Editor and Proprietor. Saturday, Mar. 10. 1805.

TRHM8 O u e Dollar per Year Entered at the Poatofflce, Greenc&atle, Ind. as second-class mail matter.

We want a Rood correspondent at each poatoffice in Putnam county. Those now acting as correspondents will please notify us when they are out of supplies of any kind and we will forward the same to them promptly Thh “fool legislature” is no more— may we never see its like again. Don’t forget to ask Tom Moore whether he brought thoae railroad passes home in hi* pocket. The Representatives and senator for Putnam county, in the State Legislature, to-wit: Senator Sellers and Representatives Hanna and Moore, all voted for the Nicholson Bill. The lobby bad perfect control over the legislation during its recent session—it was a pe r sistent and omnipresent lobby, armed with the necessary cunningness and currency, hence ita success in manipulating the affairs of legislators and legislation.

If the apportionment made by the Legislature atands Putnam county will be in the 7th Congressional District, composed of Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam, Parke, Vermillion and Vigo counties. Under ordinary circumstances the district is KXJO Democratic. Theke seems to be no dill'eience of opinion as to the character of the late legislature and its work. Hon. George \V. Hanna, Representative from this county, was interviewed, at Indianapolis, and said : “This legislature wifi da our party no good. I think the whole thing has been a big pile of nonsense.’’ We are anxiously waiting to see some Republican newspaper “point with pride” to the record made by the recent Republican legislature. No law calculated to benefit the people of the State at large was passed, but the days were frittered away in speech making, riotous living, avd the enactment of bills designed to give Republicans all the office* in sight, and more too, if possible. The outlook for business, this spring, is very favorable, and business men feel that trade will he brisk Our merchants inform us that their * sales in January and February, IS'Jd, were larger than in the same months of the year 1S1M, which is a very

The new fee and .alary bill passed by the Legislature i* a remarkable measure, ao far as it affects the salaries of county officers It raises the salaries of the officeis in nearly all the Republican counties, and reduces or les vps at the old figures the salaries of the officials of Democratic counties. It might be justly termed “a law to give additional compensation to county officials elected by the Repub

lican party. ’

The session of Indiana State Legislature wound up in a manner that would have been considered disgraceful as the close of a prize fight. A regularly organized mob, consisting of the Republican members and officials of the House of Representatives, undertood by force to prevent the Governor’. Private Secretary entering the House and delivering to the Speaker a bill which the Governor returned with a veto accompanying it. The point was that if the bill and the vet) failed to reach the Speaker before 12 o’clock midnight— the hour of final adjournment, the bill would become law, but if it reached the Speaker before that lime and failed of passage over the veto, the bill was dead. A number of Republicans connected with the House first surrounded Secretary King in the

The law just passed providing for teaching the effects of alcohol on the system in the public schools is not specific in its provisions, butis understood to open the way especially for a series of colored charts showing the internal condition of the stomach at various stages of the drinking habit, such as the normal stomach, stomach of occasional drinker, steady drinker, habitual drunkard, and victim of delirium tremens. Every teacher must pass an eximination showing ability to instruct in this subject. One of the partisan acts of the re cent legislature was to change the position of the tickets on election ba'lot.—hereafter the Republican ticket is to be printed in the first column, and the Democratic ticket in the second column. These bright and blooming Republican legislator, think this change will be of great benefit to the party, but they have not filed plans and specifications, nor have they recorded a diagram of bow it is to be done. The other changes in the ballot law allows the name of a candidate nominated by more than one party to appear but once, permits watchers in the polling place from all parties voted for; requires all bal lots disputed or uncounted on account of a distinguishing mark or for mutilations to be preserved as evidence in contests, and adds one to the booths now provided by law, making four booths in which voters can prepaie their tickets at each voting place. Have you heard how our legislative Solons feel since the adjoinment? was the question fired at a StarPress reporter, ou Tuesday by a prominent Republican. The reply was in the negative, and the gentleman gave the information: “George Hanna feels better than he has for two months, and is awful glad the foolishness has ended—he will go to the farm and keep regretting that he was ever entrapped in the meshes ol of practical politics; Tom Moore is worried over the briefness of his career in politics at the State Capital ; his greatness up lifted him and he pranced around like a thoroughbred being led to the starting post;

his tongue was more active than

elevator as he was on hi. way to the hi , t rain . he had a pagH t0 tUnce House, and by force kept him t!.ere L Ucnilance al his beck and calli aud by running the e.evator up and down L hecked and ca]le(1 continuou8ly . * ,! U “ g ! 1 1 i,n . ,UJ " P . POrl ?" ,t T. t t. get 0 . U .!’ hp "as furnished a copy of the stat-

utes, an! other perquistis, (perhaps including a gold pen and an office knife); and greatest of all boons—he got a lot of railroad passes. His return home drops him from a terrestrial heaven to the humdrum every day affairs, and the tumble is a ter rific one for him—he’ll never he happy until he goes to the legislature

again.”

After blows were struck he succeeded in getting out of the elevator, and en reaching the* door of the House, he found it locked aud was refused admission; the Democrats rushed to his assistance and succeeded in forcing the door open, whereupon the Republicans pounced upon King like woolvcs hungry for their prey, and a general fight ensued,—blows were struck, blood was shed, and to cap the climax, when King reached the .Speaker he refused to accept thereturned bill from him, declaring the House adjourned before the legal time, to avoid its reception. The whole aflair was disreputable and worthy only condemnation by all law abiding citizens; it was disgraceful and adds another to the many reasons the people already have for just regret that the last election gave Indiana a Republican

legislature.

The special committee appointed by Congress to inquire into and report on the cause or causts of agricultural depression in the United States, has made a report which reads as fol-

lows :

“Class legislation of tbe worst character encumbers the statute books aud has bean carried on to the detriment of agriculture and its dependent industries for thirty years, culminating in the crime of the age, the demonetization of silver in 1873. The demonetization of silver wa» a bold stroke in the interests of capital that has reduced the value of every product in the world. “The tariff is not only unequal, but. ai for the past thirty years administered in this country, is most unjust to the consumer, aud has built up trusts, combines and gigantic corporations ths* have not only attained In: niense wealth at the expense of the people, but have assumed to control and direct legis~ lation so as to perpetuate their power and gratify their g^eed. The tariff Lears with undue weight upon the producer of agricultural as it force** him net only to bay in'this market, but to sell in open competition with the world’s lowest prices. “Agricultural doprpaalon is "tDl fnrthwBU augmented by the sale of futures on our stock exchanges, where the grain gamblers grow rich by farming the telgraph wires and selling wind, while the honest and industrious toiler on the prairies reaps the whirlwind. Food adulterations add millions annually to the farmer’s losses and compel him to meet in competition the thief. To these might be added other causes, but the principal ones to which agricultural depression and stagnation in trade is due have been cited. “The remedy lies In remedial legislation, and until that is secured relief will not come permanently. “To secure relief we suggest: “First—That silver should be remonetized at the ratio of 16 to 1. “Second-That, so long as the present unjusi and unequal system of protection continues, agriculture should receive its just proportion, and, as this can not be secured by ailprotective tariff, that a bounty on ex-

Portland Mill*. Married, at the residence of the bride’s father, Miss Daisy Leisure and Frank Toddrill, Rev. Amos Fetzer pronouncing the ceremony; the bride received many handsome presents Clay Inge has returned home Mrs Spencer and children visited Mrs Inge Fanny Belle Greene died of complications originating from measles, at Terre Haute, wiiere she was attending the Normal school; her death was unexpected, as the family expected her home when the news came J of iter death; the bereaved ones have the sympathy of all in their great affliction; deceased was in her 22d year; the pall bearers were six of her classmates of tile Ep worth League Some of our young men are arranging for three years employment in South America Mort Inge and wife visited his lather on Tuesday. xx North Floyd. Nora Pierson has bought the Joe colt of G. L. Sutlierlin, and is happy Graham and Mundy and their wifes visited J. W. Mundy, and ex pect to go to Coffeeville Bad weather interfered with the success of the party at S. P. Carter's Friday night Christian Endeavor meeting at Groveland every Sunday evening Groveland Literary Society will not last much longer, is the teport Bishop should issue a warrant for tlie New Maysville correspondent, instead of for that overshoe. xx

MARCH CROP REPORT-

Cox’s MillsM. B. Cox has returned from Ingalls Isaac Haltoiu if sick Grip is quite prevalent The Dorsett school closed Friday with very appropriate exercises, and at night an exhibition was given. The music was very good, and the performances were excellent. Jim Leonard was the star, ami in the role of schoolmaster lie made a happy hit .... The friends of Bill Dav and wife will he pleased to hear that they have decided to live) together again Stockton Haltom, who lias been in Illinois for the past month, returned Saturday, and reports that Ids father, I. S. Haltom, who was injured in the wreck on the Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad, had his thigh broken in two places, his shoulder badly mashed and the ilesh torn off one hand to the bones; lie was taken to a hotel in Worthington, where he is now being cared for. Mrs. Haltom started to Worthington Sunday Our jolly miller, H. C. Cox, than whom nobody loves a joke better, has again traded engines—he is now getting it in position, and will grind next Saturday and each succeeding Saturday.

Barnard.

J. L. Wright is able to he up Arthur Bartlett is very sick with rheumatism Miss Emma Henson was buried here Friday Clayton Heady lias the grip Cltas. Hensley went ta Crawfordsville on Friday...... Miss Mary Grimes lias returned to Indianapoiis.. ...Preaching hero m-xi Sunday at the Christian church by Elder Wiolsn Levi Sinclair clerks for Eggers A Co Rev. Vancleave gave a temperance lecture here on Wednesday night. Talk of a temperanee society being organized here Pomeroy family will give a concert at the Baptist church next Monday rjight,.,.,, John Be» broke a rib last week while splitting a plank R. E. Stevenson lias returned to Danville Lonnie Robbins will move in the house that was'occupied by Ben Duncan Distemper among the horses here Wm. Rogers is putting up a hardware store in the blacksmith shop owned by Jesse Eggars Wm. Bales is not improving Miss Nettie Keck, of Roaehdale, is visiting John Bee. XX Indianapolis Live Stock Market. CATTLE—Receipts, 150; shipments, light.

Market quiet.

Choice export grades ft 7. r >^5 25 Good to choice ahiuping 4 .VJ.u, t 75 Fair to good shipping 3 75@4 25 Htockera and feeaers 2 50(34 25 Good to choice heifers.. 3 50(a4 00 Fair to medium heifers 3 00rtt3 50 Good to choice cows 3 25(§8 75 Fair to medium cows 2 60(33 00 Good to choice bulls. 3 50(45 00 SHEEP-Receipts, 250; shipments, light.

Market dull.

Good to choice sheep .f3 25(^3 75 Fair to medium sheep 2 50 00 j

Distribution of Com amt Wheat Merchantable and Unmerchantable. Washington, March 12.—The crop report of the department of agriculture for the month of March consists principally of estimates of the distribution of corn and wheat, the stocks remaining in the hands of farmers ami the proportions of merchantable and unmerchantable. The report is based on county estimates of the percentage of last year's product remaining in first hands, obvious errors and inconsistencies of statement being corrected and difference# harmonized. All grain in the bauds of farmers, including amounts remaining over from previous years, are embraced in the estimates given. The corn on hand as estimated aggrejates 475 564.450 bushels or 3V.3 per cent, of the last crop. This proportion has been exceeded but tour times In the last ten years; the quantity, however, U an unprecedentedly small one The consumption of corn for eight mouths U an unusually small one. which fact Is explained by the large amounts of wheat fed to stock. The aggregate sold from farm, to go beyond county boundaries Is 181.934.SiO. or 13.4 per cent o< the crop. The proportion merchantable lx 99U.400.600. or H2.4 per cent The values returned for merchantable corn average 4V8, for unmerchantable 98 A making an aggregate value of t508.71S.l59. which Is At6.000.C00 less than the I evember valuation of the crop, and averaging 41 9 per bushel. ■(The estimated amount of wheat In farmers' hands Is 7&.0U0.000 bu»he*«, or 16 3 per cent, of the last crop, and U 39,000 000 bushels less than last March. The explanation for this In a large measure La to be found In the fact that Urge quantities have been fed to hogs and other stoctt Returns from North and South Dakota, Nebraska ant Kansas Indicate un preoedented exhaustion of last year s crop, (orrospondeuts In many counties reporting not enough on hand for spring seed aud.aeoossary food supply. FIVE PERSONS DROWNED. \ Steumer Strike* n l*ter and Sink* at Clnoinnatl. Cincinnati, March 9.—At 6 o'clock Friday morning the stern-wheel steam er Longfellow, of the Memphis & Cincinnati backet company, left its landing at the foot of Main street and start ed for New Orleans. At 7 o'clock she struck the south pier of the C. & O. railroad bridge and sank in 40 feet of water. Five persons were drowned and one man is missing. He was uudoubtedly drowned. The victims were as follows: Tbs dead—David Aldridge, passenger. Rome, N. Y ; ( apt. J Lawrence Carter, first clerk Newport. Ky.; Qua thauvet, barkeeper. Cincinnati: Mm. W. J Aull, passenger. Dayton O James Miller, colored porker. Cincinnati. Missing and believed to bo lost—W J. Aull, passenger. Dayton. O. The real cause of the accident, it is said, woe the fact that the boat, like the ill-fated steamer State of Missouri, was so unwieldy that she became unmanageable and the pilots were powerless to control her. The boat was to have left here for New Orleans Thursday night, hut was prevented from doing so on account of the dense fog. River men say the fog was even greater Friday morning, and the boat should never have left.

HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Reported Sentence tSie Ex-Queen I. (..at] rinedVictokia, 15. C., March 13.—Advices from Honolulu confirm the previous reports that the ex-queen has been sentenced to five years’ imprison ment. Leading royalists are organizing solidly for annexation. The military commission has disposed of all cases to come before it, anil there has been a generaJ release of unconvicted prisoners. Martial law has been relaxed and will soon lie declared at an end. KUieii tht n iroftiitns:. St. Joseph, Mo., March 11.—Mrs. Thomas Allen was instantly killed at a grade crossing near here, and her daughter aud Mattie Dixon were fatally injured. A Powerful Combine. Columbus, O., March 13.—A powerful pool of all the coal railroad companies in Ohio and all the corporations in tbe state was organized in this city yesterday. Italian Historian Dead.Milan. March 12.—Cesar Cantu, the Italian historian, is dead, lie was in his 90th year.

favorab'e indication. Farmers feel; ported agricultural staples should be

certain that the very cold weather!similar to that on «sh in i«3, and.J K Xj ... ill a* . for which John C. Calhoun voted. | HOGS—RacalnU, 4.nnn : thipments, 2.0CC;

this Winter, and the loner COntiniUMl Third—fiiat gambling in futures should be Market dull.

snow will put the ground in good [ preventedby law . | m

'Fourth—That a national pure food law I Lights 4 on«}4 3i«

condition, thus insuring an extra

large crop this year.

should be enacted.‘

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Money Loaned!

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In any sum, for any time. Must see the borrower in person. No delay. Money furnished at once at the

1 very lowest terms.

Cr. I3. , Insurance and Loan Agent, QREENCASTLE, 1SD.

Onr Spring stock is complete and ready for inspection. We are sure you will be gratified when you come for Your New Spring Dress, to see so great a variety of all Desirable fabrios. * We are showing choice lines of novelties in different shades and mixtures—elegant French Plaids in bright colorings, suitable for waists; Quarter Plaids for full suits; French Checks and Stripes, Storm Serges, Henriettas, French Serges. Wash Silks, Swivel Silks, and many other pretty stuffs, together with suitable trimming—fancy trimming silks in almost endless effects, laces, jet trimmings, beautiful buttons, in fact everything necessary that goes to make up a handsome dress.

WASH GOODS. Are you ready for them ? They are ready for you—Ginghams, Satteens, Calicoes clean, fresh looking, good colorings. SPRING WEAPS, Are almost a necessity we have them for you, beautiful in quality and style, or if you prefer to make one our new Wrap Cloths seem cheap and pretty.

DO NOT Mhke the mistake of doing your spring shopping without first giving giving us opportunity to show you our goods; you shall not be unduly urged to buy; we promise you kind and courteous attention, and the lowest prices you have ever heard.

SHOES !

We have them to fit the feet, please the eye and suit the pocket book. Money's worth or money back.

Greatest Store Ever Attempted in this County.

hile winter lingers in the lap of spring we are selling astounding bargains in heavy clothing; we do not expect winter to continue long and are making preparations for the coming season. Large invoices of spring

GLOTtttNC A r,:f HATS ™ And we can show more of them, better styles, and decidedly better values than all our competitors combined.

IHAIRID TIIMIEs Are a thing of the past at

Big Bonanza.

Our motto is: Live and let live. FINE COUNTRY LARD...10c CITY LARD 8|c BACON 10c

HAMS ONLY 10c SHOULDERS 8c

Come and see us. We guarantee satisfaction, rectify all mistakes, make you happy aud feel at home. No store in town can undersell us. BEST GRADE OF COAL OIL In car lot to the trade. Lowest prices, furnished upon application. M. & A. MURPHY. Corner Liberty and Madison Sts. “

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