Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 October 1880 — Page 7
NEW MILLINERY la all ft La Sties! 31iss K. C. Rowlaml onnstuntly rcoiviiur ^Iho In'e"! and most faahionable fall and winter Ii')itnots, Turbans, Hats, leathers. Lac s, ami all the novelties in Trimmings, ote., t<> be sold cheaper than ever. Hair work promptly made to order. East WashinBtoii street. 2o tf
RAILWAY TIME-TABLE. Indianapolis ash St. Louis Raix.koad tioing East. Going West. Day Ex 4:25 pm t* :30 am Aecouimodatiou it. M a m 5:13 pm 'N .Y. Express 2:40 am 12:30am 'Every itay, JOHN W. EAKP, Agent. 4t. Louis Vandai.ia, Tf.hue Haute Sc In dianapoi.is Railkoad. Eastward Trains. Westward Trains. •*2.50 a M **4.20 e M I •*12.13a m **1.32 r M •H.25 a u *5. (Hi p M | *8.55 AM *5.38 r M ♦Daily except Sunday. ♦♦Daily. SAM’L’.OATIIERWOOD, Agt. Louisville, New Albany & CiiicagoRailboad. (tioing North.) Express 1 57 p. M. Way freight 2 Through Freight 3 UO a. si. Ctloing South. I Express - 1 23 i*. Way Freight I u) a. Through Freight ..1 5V l*.
ly and proclaims the fact by advertis1 insCORRESPONDENCE. I Tilt renders of Thk Star will pleaso hear in ; miod that we do not hold ourselves accountuhle tor or endorse the opinions of o<»rr«s^on(lentf» published in these columns. We simply nive space to our correspondents that the neopi© niay learn what the thoughts oftneir oeiehors ur**.
Piuliool Ituport-
First monthly report of school No. 4, (Jackson school-house), Marion township: Those who are entitled to highest
merit arc-^rrie Jackson, Lillie Gor-> a,U .“ Unt y better_ established than the
ham, Ettajelick and Nannie Jackson.
many left as any of his neighbors had. He told us two of his neighbors had indulged in a little snake-hunt the spring before, and killed ninety before breakfast. We thought he had snake on the brain, or considered his tales rather fishy. He proposed to show us in the morning where ho and his neighbors had the. mouth of a den pickctted by going alter- 1 nate mornings in the spring of the year to do the killing. On seeing the bones,
there we changed our mind.
There is no part of the history of Put-
FOIR,
Oct. ,
'VW OYkV 'WcYWVAe Livery, Sale and Feed 8 la h it of iHacBi & I5r«>Sk< r.
Wo keep th
jrcH, or
which
rijjM. i
oyer kept, in
curriiuroH, etc. - VjIqJi {\r<7 IIIIUMA
ry pt;ople 'yteliiiii
find cured tor while in the
best horse*, tinosl Putnam • ounty,
nccte?t
, over k-, . — -
«• hired out at reduced ra«es. | pie winhintc th«?ir borfsog wo*! fod
while in the city should pu
thorn up at our .'table. BLACK A BROTHER
1880.
tolliur 1.4‘ttrr Frotn .1. I>. W iNTEitsKT, Iowa, Oct. 1'2. 1880.
fact that it was badly infested with rattlesnakes, the rocky places furnishing them 1 line dens, where they increased and mul- , tiplied with gtcat rapidity. The old set- , tiers tell us they were a great pest, often endangering life. The often heard rattle j was a great source of alarm to the wo- j men folks. They say it was quite com- i
Wc buy horses auJ inulo.*. SOtf III. AC
Furniture, Pictures A Picture Frames
j; T. T7~ C. J. KIMBLE & SON, breeilCaSLie rOUIlUiy Theonly e v-lui v m.iiiufAr: U I-iind dealers
-AND-
MACIITINM C OM 1VY>A , —Manufacturers of— Culver’s Iron Drag Saw And all kinds of Maehineiy and Castings. KAWRepairing on Mill Work and Farm Machinery dono |.roinidly. Shop near South Depot. (Irconcastie.l ind.
Editor Star: We will continue our reminiscences of the early sett’ement of
! North Putnam. For many of these events mon for the men to wear leather leggings 1 we are indebted to former citizens of for protection from rattlesnakes. Our Putnam county who left at an early day, | old friend left the county before we exj to continue their pioneer life in the West. I tended our acquaintance that far north. Among them are William Gentry’s wid- for. being lost at the time wo stopped ow and James Thornburgh's widow, at his house, we were never afterward whose maiden name was Fidler, daughter able to locate the place, hut have always of the Mr. Fidler who built the first mill supposed it to be southeast of Bobbin's (on Uamp Creek) in the county. There I mill, not far trom the bluffs. Some years are also many others whom wc will name { afterward wc saw the old man in Mays-j in the future. | ville, and on recognizing us he stopped There appears to have been a period of ids wagon, took out his little brown jug about three years before the organization ' and oll'ered to renew old acquaintance, of the county, the history of which is I Wo were awfully tempted, but Captain! only traditionary. We once inquired of Talbott was looking at us, and it would; an (dd settler why they didn’t keep a : not do, as ho was "stiictly temperance." record nf those event®, as it was the most After getting to lioundtown we met Important period. He said that they Ephraim Pennington, who conducted us were too busy tn iky*^,. history to keep j safely to our destination at last, any account of it, which, we have no But wc worry the reader, and leave doubt, was the case. the account of our return tnu umj Among our first experiences wastry j future time, J.lDV tng to travel through the northern part ] ^
Mr. IP \. Russell visited hero tho U( f Putnam county, going to Jamestown, ® " 4) lt:il)iusi IKottMutl front of the week. !in Boono Countv. All oT that beautify!! AIIVP,
, in the county, therefore it in the only certain place to act aooj furniture at low prices. Lot everybody ko ami see—in Hathaway Block.
jy iit
SCHORL books; Slates, Pens, Pencils, Paper,
Ink.
And School Supplies ofall Kinds, 0-0 TO P BOOK g STOKE, S. IL Cor. Public Square, fireencastie, I nd.
3m'J0
THE STAR.
CITY AND COUNTY
Utay li snowed a littlo on Saturdaj .
GEORGE BICKNELL, Manufacturer and Dealer in
r/ixy
The undersi^ncti bejrs leave to inform the public thut ho had a ided t j hid livery stock t
some of the
Finest anil Latest Style of Carriages 1 And HuKtfies, and fine single and doublo driving horses. I am well prepared to furnish carriaged for parties, weddings and tuner ils on short notice. Prices to huit the timed. Horses
und mules bought aud sold.
G R A N I) C E N T R A L
LIVERY, SALE
— tyistid —
FEED STABLE!
[Bradford iPctin.) Kra.l
in Boone County. All
SfeJ^Merchants complain of a big trade! country northeast of New Maysville hadj
on Saturday last. I the appearance of being one unbroken 1 One of the most shocking accidents Jour Ready for more weddings—hurry wilderness. It being in March, after that has occurred in this neighborhood, up the good clothes. I many days of rain, many places presented 1 the scene of so many horrible causual-1 ~ Mr. Al. Hilt s now residence at- the Bppoara,lce of lakes of grown ; ties, took place at Prentice Vale, yester-.
I up in timber. On our way we saw a | day afternoon. Prentice Vale is located 1 j great deal of dead timber, and generally ‘ about one mile and a half east of Duke i a cabin in the midst of it, with enough j Center, on the K. & E. Railroad. Ills
teif
proaches completion. S»ay*Mr. Jolitt Lur ly, Ills., is visit'ng here.
of Centralia,'
1 trees cleared away to prevent any from beyond the oil-producing section, but a
Circuit Court convenes on the third failing upon it. large lumber mill located there furnishes! Monday in November. 1 We hadn’t proceeded far before wc he-1 employment for a number of mon ! 8Sj!r Governor-Elect Porter is annouuc j came confused on account of the great Among the men engaged there isMr.' | ed to visit Greencastle to-day. ’ number ol roads ‘ blazed out.” It still | George Riley. His dwelling was a small floA" Potatoes are rather costly—from i being cloudy, we couldn’t be governed frame building, one story in height, lo
Am! Farm fMachiiHTy CwPiicrally. Has on hand and for sab* at lowest i ossible prices,
Northeast f orner Public T j'4^* re ’! ou cents to DO cents per bushel. by the sun. After a time we thought to j rated sevral hundred rods from the mil!' J jj ^ ^ ^ J |jj J[ E J^ A
:
W What will the hat vest be after the in< * uire ’ and ,<) ' ln ' 1 ourselves two mites along the plank road, at the edge of a. vote is counted out next Tuesday? north of Winchester, without our inform piece of woodland. Mr. Riley’s family I
**rDr. Samuel Preston, of Terre i ^ ,e ^F! !, a"*7^. “ Dd _ tW " 1 LUM B ER WAGONS,
j rected us by every deadening and paw-' one a babe aged eleven months and the , . paw patch he he could think of (at least, other a sweet little prattler of 3 years.* residence on t| lere were m 0re than wo could rocol-! Atsoine time between five and six o’clock
Haute, spent Monday in
jp-grMrs. Dunbar’s new
South College avenue, is under roof. leet,) to his “daddy’s,” who, he thought, last evening Mrs. Riley, with a mother’s W ill Talburt came over from | could tell us We traveled in great con-j love and a soft lullaby, fondled her little Waveland ami spent Sunday here. j fidence for some hours, finding everything i ones to sleep. She then qtiickcnod the
The plasterers are
Greencastle Ind. JOHN CAWLEY. The New York Store.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
Established 1853.
Cloaks, Ulsters,
Dolmans, Circulars,
Walking Jackets,
f 8**y* Mr. and Mrs. Stillwagon, ot Howl-; , , . , „ , . , ,,
... | set. She said she supposed it was down., for the household. The postotlice is sev—IN inggreea, visited here the first of the ... . ei I i i t : i . r. .• , HEAVEK. ENGLISH Dl AGON )L8. CAMEL’S W0L , k We then inquired where it rose. She eral hundred yards away. AftersatisfyAfulla”oJ?i;cnm.r^TnV^o.tf».h- ' ^ , said,‘Over there by Mr. Bunten’s.” ( ing herself that everything seemed safe innable atylea, unaurparsed for EIkimii-o <>f stiff -'>‘\t, niter election day, con.es Wo don’t recollect of ever hearing any she went lorth, carefullv closing the Inmmi ia .mJ ^ .x^oUntH^o^ ^ r n i ll t . ^ | hanksgiving Day fur the public to ob- O no describe how they felt when lost; doors of the house. Some time during GARM-ENTS :,tr ' e ’ . neither do we propose to do it. The ini-! her absence, which was fifteen or twenty}
(itff’Thc Presbyterian Church and the proksion made ttpun us was that we had minutes, the house took fire and, being
Both one anil two-horse. Also the Celebrated Studcbaker
•’mort” on Dr. Bence’s new residence.
CttffT'uy your taxes on or before next and * :id y
Monday—saves you penalty and costs. Buff^Mr. and Mrs. Still wagon, of BowlI inggreea, visited here Hie first of tiie
slapping tite Tut tho paw-paw patch. We inquired fire slightly to prepare the evening meal,
! again, to find that we were perfectly lost, | Having a
sufficient interval before the
we inquired of unable to ] return of her husband from his labor, directus anywhere, as she said they were Mrs. Riley thought she would go to the new comers. We asked where the sun * postotficc and transact some ether affairs
SPRING WAGONS, AND CARRIAGES. The attention of the public is particularly called to the line of Farm and Spring Wag manufactured by me; these goods will be found to be built of the best materials, by compe tent workmen, and are fully w irrantc Dealer in Iron and S* 1, Horse Shoes and llorsu'Shoo Nails, and Pittsburg Coal, Northeast corner Indiana and Columbia streets, Greencastle, Particular attention to horse-shoeing and repairing generally.
MISSES’& CMLDEElfS S IT A \V LS.
[Our stork D very la’i.e, ombrae'-ng Fren<h Droche, Parley. Velvet Heaver. Wool Plaid, Shetland, Hlne»; Ca'lime 1 *©* etc.
Fa«U< k V Cfiossainrr WatPr|»rool>« 9
All Sizes.
OUU PRICKS AUKTilK LOWEST. «ur All Goods morked in Plain Figures. Pettis. Ivers & Co.,
Stevenson came over from few days ago, to see und .
3ni23 Indinnnpoli.-i, IntD
Baptist ( hutch, of this city, are without the canopy of heaven tor a covering, the hut a light frame structure, burnt very
earth for a bed. While reflecting on the j rapidly. When it was discovered the situation her husband returned, with a house was entirely enveloped inflames,! large turkey hanging on his gun. After i and efforts to rescue the children could telling ititn where wo wished to go, he not be made. The poor little things, it |
R. Christie is the proud pap. of b0R#ntodirtCt ’ Wo told him 't was is supposed, were strangled by smoke „; r , »„ useless, for wo had been trying to follow j and heat before they could awaken from
directions all day and had made a perfect, their slumber. The almost broken-ln artfailure, and to try it now, when it is get- od mother was wild w ith grief. Her ting dark, would he nonsense. That he l tears, sobs and agonizing utterances were must keep us and horse over night, or go ! of the most heart-rending character. She with us to some place where we could j wrung her hands in despair, and could
pastors. Kff'll. F. Indianapolis a I be seen.
fttffT
I a nice little baby girl, born to him lust i
Monday.
Stay Reed’s Tonic is the best antidote I for malarial trobles. Sold at Jones' Drug Store.
Callender & Dunn. j Proi>rii:toi8 of CASTLE MILLS,
Strff'Next 1 uesday will settle Hie mat j stay, for which I would pay him. lie j scarcely resist runshing into the flames,
tor—be sure to vote as you talk, regard- 8e t his gun against a less of wealth. After proceeding some
ftff-The rolling mill and nail
^Dealers i n
Plow, Meal and Feed. Highest market price paid for grain. Custom grinding a specialty. Or Mill lot formerly occupied by dago’s mill SOLTH (iKl'.RNt'A8TLE.
■ I Von I>om*I K'aitt’li Him ill Ten Days,
Stop and Take a Drink ut L'ENTERHIIIAL SAI.OOIV,
tree and started, j hoping against hope that she would be
r 0 distance through ' able to snatch her darlings from the hor-! factory i the woods we beard the awfulost scream, 1 rible fate which they met. Both were I
was closed down the first part of the | ending with “who, who are you?” Our burned to a crisp. The husband and week—no coal. j first thought was panther; next, highway father also manifested the most poignant tttrWe will he under obligations to Tobher. We were so badly lost that we grief, and the tea.) trickle.1 down his correspondents if they will send in the t recognize the voice of the owl. cheeks as he viewed the terrible manner neighborhood news for publication j M i (> ur frK’nd conducted us some distance to 1 of his children’s suffering and death, and Tit); Stau. :l C4 * | in, where the gentleman, a middle found himself powerless to render them
aged man, received us with that cordiali- * the slightest aid. Only small, shapeless
MUl.llOliN, HANNA
—nircrjtlieir eerviees n -
ftrff’Capt. J. M. Lee has been transferred from Fort McKinney to Fort Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Lee is expected to
visit Greencastle this winter.
§®“Tho season of peril to those sen
live to malaria is at hand
j ty which was so
early^sottlers.
regrot that
He was
j early s /(P
* ■ intillii?
common among the , and blackened trunks remained of the
i poor little children. A more touching
we have forgotten his scene than the manifestations of grief on a man of considerable | the part of tho parents can not be con-
.fntelligence respecting pioneer life. His ceived. Tears glistened iq the eyes of 0 in ® ‘ c#ve,i i excellent wife was a fit companion for the those who were present, and their strong-
ecav ed vc gelation, hot suns and cool I |uan After supper, which consisted of J ost sympathies went out mg its an i xai.tly what brew malaria. corn f a t pork, spice-wood tea and 1 solato parents. They
TX IST ID IE IR. T ^TSIERaS.
to the 'Vitizons of Hutnam an l atljoininv count!©*, complete lino of caskets, coffin*, burial robes, etc., in western anti conducted with tho fare assured by thirty yenr*’ experience
They have the largest stock and mo t
. itcin w t)y thirty :
No. II and 1(3 East Washington Street, Grceneastlo, Ind.
■
Indiana. Funerals [) in the businea*.
arranged
I took to Your Insurance The undrnnxned .till reprenent, the follow ID* old reliuMo and leMHineible ineurnnri
relinble ami reaiionsible ineurnnee mtniniea. Look at the dates of incoryora-
n. eap.tal ami aaaeta : Capital. Aafota
, „ July l.’HO 3Home of New York .»3.00n,008. »«,390,5SH W t’henix of Brooklyn.. l.UOO.UOO... 2.5ai,UtO ;2 Contineutal of N. Y... 1.000,011).. 3,3‘.8l,«lt 7 ?...Herman American...- l.OOO.UM... 2.075.000 Liverpool, London & (ilohe, aeaeta in U,
84,250,01*).
Insurance offered on the best terms in any ill and regular company. Please rill and ome- K. D. ANDERSON. ’ 3ml9 No. 14 E. Warhington St. k
gti^'Merchants are beginning to look buttermilk, (the man rctnarking that wu out for holiday goods alreidy and the' would have had butter, only his wife had people are thinking of what tho friends ’ ,,!t ° ld whisk >’ >‘) C ,h , dear'if and family will appreciate as a holidaj i w as t0 hL>ar . vou caH l»''n that gift, | name. After the tepast was over ho fcff-We hereby make spec,al request '^bted his cob pipe and took a sent on
ondents in the various ^ S ‘° o1 lh ° 1#r,!e nre pUc,i -
townships send
regularly—the evenings
is
for the discon • were almost in-
consolable. The deepest expressions of sympathy are made by every person in
the community.
Hill's Buchu is guaranteed hy drug•rists to give ■atis/action in all cases of Kidney Complaint.
After
f; S& " M « h „ „„
, , innovations that were being made in tne
are long now, i , °
, 1 county by the new arrivals, such men as
and the busy season is over, affording „ ' ,, , ,
. , , b 1 !• aught, Proctor, lalbot and othtrs. The
aptple tune to do as wo request. | , .
| worst of all was that there was a man
FROSLAMATION.
The qualified voters of the several Townships in Putnam County, Indiana, are hereby notified to meet at their usual
places of holding elections on
jx^-Our readers will find it to their coming that General Jackson had vetoed, the 9«l Day of fc'oadvantago to patronize the man that ad-1 by the name of Dick Biddle (U. S. Bank.) j V4“iiibf*r, A. D., INNO,
ertises. The aggressive, go-ahead ad- Over tho creek were the two Barnards, i who wore going to ruin tho country by ! ftni Uhon and there vote for fifteen (15) running all the game out Knding on; ^^..dant^and Vtcesnakes, he said ho had more on his Und ! MOSES T. LKWMAN, Sheriff' P. C.
than would fence it and then have as [October 13, 18SU.
ertiscr is the person who knows how give bargains, and is not afraid to let c people know it; he is confident he ows how to buy and sell goods cheap-
Bargains, BARGAINS, Bargains! MONEY SAVED AND MONEY MADE! Mullioln, Hanna, & Black FURNITURE DEALERS.
Wnaro now ready to sell all kinds of Furniture at prices tower than were ever before offer >d in Putnx'n Oounty. We propose to Urirely increase our 'took by additional puroaasee, ami .o keep on bunds t no Largest, Cheapest and Best line of goods ever off ered in this market. iVe trust persons Inooiiing anything in onr line will oalljand seel i>;|bi ''uriflroirvlUj' where. It is no trouble to us to show|goods. Call and Se© Us at th.© Old Stand, Nos. 14 A* 16 East Washington St., Greencastle, ind. UIITIIOLLN, & BLACK.
LADIES
ar. troubM with Lenrorrf < Albus off Whites) thowlit sand r. Nwrria'l'ftnpblwt lllu.tra
iUod of his Ucniady, and stxowinc iu ap.
[ia VMtuAble to any lady To de[k
iracticol treatiwr
i. d,fi.
cat* health, hwsaa a thwronchly nrarlifol treatiwr on this Jiseaao •mt trm. MklSlS ItOlIT CS , IT. IMtt, 01.
PILES
fully deacritMd with aciootiflc aod# of euro. Prof. Harris' illuatroUD pamphlet aeot free co applieatioo HAKRIH REMKDY CO., Wmmt ■ them Is la. nth * ■ artel Me.,