The Daily Evening Democrat, Volume 1, Number 64, Nashville, Brown County, 9 June 1898 — Page 3

Scott Crawford. Special to Democrat. Morgantown, June 9, 1898. It is reported here that Scott Crawford who was married to Miss Belle Stump in Nashville last Monday, has abandoned his bride. From Nashville he drove to the home of his wife’s parents in Jackson township Brown county, where he left his wife. He then drove to Samaria and left his rig. From there he went to Indianapolis and enlisted in the regular army. Later.—Lawrence the liveryman at Morgantown received a telegram from Crawford who stated that he was now a volunteer in the U. S. army at Columbus Ohio. Yesterday evening about 5 o’clock a perfect deluge of rain fell at Morgantown. ’Tis said to have been the heaviest shower that ever fell in that tyFrank Clevenger and family, of Columbus, arrived yesterday; on a visit to relatives here. HOWARD RIDGE. Dan Smith, C. A. Allison Jr. and Nellie Poling of Nashville were guests of Minnie Poling, Sunday night. Will Lucas was the guest of friends at Bloomington Saturday. Sade Smith and Hugh Shields were visiting home Sunday. “Grandpa” McGee says, the “steel gate post is too chilly for me.” Frank McCabe was home Sunday. Riley Ross has purchased a new mower. John Hyde and his mother visited Bloomington Friday. A wedding is liable to occur soon, guess who ? James W. Smith and Sherman Bock made a business trip to Nashville last Thursday. Mrs. Henry, of Columbus is visiting her daughter Mrs. Lucas. Jonas Poling sold his fine span of mules last week. The decoration at Needmore was a success, say all our people who were there. Corn plowing is the order of the day. Hucksters, Long, Wellons and Richards report trade good. They are jolly fellows all of them. John R. Neal’s Barn was entirely destroyed by fire yesterday about 5 p. m. It caught from some brush he was burning, and soon burned. He lost a large amount of tobacco and some hay.

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Evidence continues, to accumulate that, despite the bold front ostensibly maintained by the Sagasta government, Spain is secretly endeavoring to have the war stopped. Senor Castillo, the Spanish ambassador to France, has been charged, it is said, with the task of inducing the European powers to intervene and obtain such terms of peace as will not offend Spanish dignity. At Washington, where peace propositions are being discussed, it is reported the United States will demand the cession of Porto Rico as indemnification for the cost of the war, and also one of the Philippine islands as a coaling station. Spain must also withdraw from Cuba for the purposes named in the declaration of war. ——— » ——— A few days ago the Administration organs were red hot against an invasion of Cuba during the summer months; and it is also urged that it would take six months to get the U. S. volunteers in fit condition of discipline to meet Captain General Blanco’s forces in Cuba. Now those organs are piping a different tune. They say: “It is the opinion of the President’s advisers that the war can be terminated before winter if the summer is employed to good advantage.” No exceptions are taken by the Democrat to the proposition to invade Cuba only when a well trained infantry force is ready; nor do we object to the prosecution of the war promptly to an end this summer. But what is the matter with the “President’s advisers,” that they blow hot, then cold and vice versa? THE brilliant management of the war by the War and Navy Departments becomes conspicuous when we see that the press dispatch boats of the great American journals communicate the facts of important engagements, bombardments, etc. etc., of the enemy’s forts and cities, to the general public, while the heads of those departments deny the occurrence of such engagements, bombardments, etc. etc., until all the world is fully advised of the truth of these press reports! Christiansburg. Rev. Jones will preach at the Christian church next Saturday and Sunday. A valuable horse belonging to J. M. Holmes died last Saturday, G. L. Spaulding and little son, of Madison, who have been visiting relatives near here, returned home last Wednesday. Advertise in the Democrat.

If Colonel Bryan goes to the Philippines he will be paid off in gold coin and have a chance to compare its bulion value with that of silver money which is worth there only 46 per cent of its face. —Indianapolis Journal Well, really, now. Will Col. Bryan not receive any portion of the large amount of Mexican dollars that the government has and will yet purchase, with which to pay the army of the Philippines. Silver has already been bought to the amount of $250,000 to pay the army of occupation, and not a dollar of gold has been mentioned in the matter of such payment? THE determination of the Administration to refuse to accept companies and regiments as organized under state militia laws, by simply swearing in those companies and regiments to serve the U. S., in a military capacity for a given time, has very effectually crippled the recruiting service, The motive is political, and has no relation to the matter of efficiency of recruits, or filling up to state quotas. Indeed, it intended, as far as possible, to ignore state quotas and rub out state lines, in political and military matters. Despite efforts of the War Department to suppress information on the subject, it became known today that troops had embarked for Cuba.—Washington Correspondence of June 7, Indianapolis Journal. Of what practical benefit to the War department or the forces in the field or on the water, could be the suppression of information as to the embarkation of troops for Cuba? For more than a month the Spanish have been expecting the embarkation of troops and have been prepared to resist their landing on Cuban soil, and the hour of their departure from the U. S. soil has been a matter of little import to Spain so far as the matter of resisting landing is concerned. Some military matters, under certain circumstances, should be kept secret: some had just as well be before the public. Do not borrow this paper. Subscribe.