Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 December 1880 — Page 5

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Great Slaughter

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JAMES DAGGY, Fsi^Iiioiaaiblr TAILOR And Hatter, j*aS~ First National Bank Duildixo.

Sunday, that they had to be taken home by friends Jatces Steele starts a

McNary will soon start on a visit to relj ativos in Kentucky, after which she will go to reside with her brother at Bates City, Mo A heading factory is talked of. } Scribner. Ashtiry Notes. Mr. \V ill Garner, of Indianapolis, visited his friend Bush Taylor, this week. The Beading Room is open for the benefit of students, from 1.30 to 4.30

p. in.

All the classes arc finishing up their term’s work in good time, and will not be so crowded with work at the close of

the term.

Ebee Overstreet, class ’73, departed 1 this life of single blessedness Wednes- | day atternoon. Miss Ida Allen, of this | city, is his better half. Helen Mar White delivered some charming selections from the college rostrum, Wednesday morn ng, after chapel exercises, and completely ‘'took”

the house.

One week from to-night is the opening of tho Junior performance. This prom-

ises to bo one of the ...ost interesting) ^ (1 i nV‘re ii t styles, at prices that will absohdolv surprise you. exercises ever held in tho history of the * 7 x J l J

college. The music, decorations, etc., arc to be of a highly artistic character. \V r e will publish the entire programme for the three nights in our next issue.

We offer, this week, our entire line of Heating Stoves, except (he Croicniitg Glori/, Front Heater, comprising some

Come in and See the Slaughter!

Mr. Mason, the popular orator of’79,1

log team next week Mr. Adder, ’ is in tl,e cil >' visiti,, ‘*' Eternity friends

All work and fits guaranteed.

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THE STAR. CITY AND COUNTY Messrs. Thomas Bayne and Alfred Hirt go to Tennessc to look at the timber in that cocntry. St^“Mrs. Samuel Walls, of Floyd township, died on Sunday last, of consnmption, after a long illness. W ‘Never mind the weather, but get over double trouble," by subscribing for The Staii—only one dollar a year. gfiyThe citizens of Bainbridge rejoice in the fact that there are strong hopes of the early completion of tho Indianapolis and Springfield railroad, which is to run through their town. ®ay Minerva Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: W. G. Burnett, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Minerva White, Worthy Matron; Mrs. Sarah Stone, Associate Matron; Miss Mary W. McKee, Secretary; Mrs. Mattie Bradshaw, Treasurer; Mrs. Nannie Crews, Conductress; Mrs. C. Wilson, Associate Conductress. The installation will take place at the regular meeting in January—Tuesday th 4tb. A full attendance is desired.

Ki'iii) I'wtul*' TiTiiisfcni. ■lames Tliroop to Klizabeth J. Brown, lot No. t, bloek 7, Htdivllle, for#173 . Court laud C. Matson to John Massa, land in Washington township, for $1. (ico. btearley to l.uileney F. Ilolnce, land in Washington tp., for tl.BOO. <leo. Owen to Mollie AUpnugh, lots No. “A and 36. old plat. Fillmore, for ?f)00. Sheriff of Putnam County To (Jto. Owen, tots bo and lit! old plat, Fillmore, for ?4. r 'l. James A. llouck to Columbus Wells, land in Mndison township (or SFiO. Harriet Harris to Klijuh P. Prothers, 43 seres in Madison township MB. Harriet Harris to ileo. M. Skelton, 21 acres in Madison tp. for $'..*00. BlizabeC'. M. Job to Martin Kelley, part lot 42, Bainbridge* for f ">m. George T. Weathers to Joel H, Weathers, land in Cloverdalo tp.. for $310. Francis M. Ghormley to Kugeno Barnard, lot 7 and S, Koachdato, for $07. Klijah Grantham to Kugeno Barnard. lot < l , block S, Roachdalo. for $KB. Thomas J. Williams to Elmira Gusloy, lots and 4. South New Maysvllie, for $2'i(). Znehariah Mahoney to Jacob M. llarshlarger lot 1. Hensley's enl. Ureeneastle for $1,500. Elijah Grantham to John 1,. Sellers, lot 8.

Hoaehdale for $75,

Ita hilJ . Sin net to Satnui! J. Iticby, 5*1 acres

in Russell tp. for $,‘..*73. 60.

Thomas J. Jones to Fred t'umininjj, 3 acres

iu Cloverdale tp. for $1(W

Robert Uichardsor. to. Armstead Kincr, land

in Jackson tp.. for $1,240.

Aaron B. Barton to Sarah M. Robe, pt, lot t!0

eastern Kill. Grecncnslle, for $2,250.

John Shay to Martin Piker, part lot 23 and

20. Larkin’s Add, to Ureeneastle for SI,0 0. CORRESPONDENCE.

Tiirreaders of Tint Star will please i>©*r in mind that we do not hold ourselves accountable lor or endorse the opinions of correspondent* published in these columns. Wo simply give space to our correspondents that tho people may learn what the thoughts of their

neighors are.

Thk Star always welcomes newsy correspondence from various parts of the ounty. Send along tho nows of your neighborhood, and have it printed. 1\oiT}| OreBIlCllMlB. Mrs. Victoria M-Ginnis, of Cloverdale, is visiting hero this week Mr. B. Ash is running his stone-crusher day and night to iili orders Mr. llonry is cutting icc this week Wo are sorry to say that a couple of students drank themselves so full, in this End.

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formerly of Portland Mills, is now a resident of North Grcencastle Miss Lou. Foxworthy is clerking at’the New York Store Harry Sage visited Clinton Falls, last Sunday, to see some "folks,” Eugene Finn is working on the I. A: St. L New telegraph wires are being put up on the L., N. A. & C. R. B Ben VVilliams is working at the carpenter's trade Lincoln Dunnington contemplates becoming a farmer in the spring.. John Ford. of Bainbridge, was down to visit friends, Sunday Seme of the temperance folks are working to secure signers to a petition to the Legislature praying that honorable body to submit the question of prohibition to the vote of the people. No man would drink whisky if there was no whisky. Neither would anybody die if there was n* such thing as death. ... .... Water street hill is “no go.” A little boy in this End says he intends to hang up one of his big sister’s stockings on Christmas eva., because it is— well, because it will hold more than one of his own. ***

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Morris Goodwin has gone to Indianapolis to work on the Belt B. B. L. L. Campbell takes his place at the pump. . . . Janies Smith and family are quite sick. . . . Nichols has lost three of his hogs Howard flavins has sold his farm to Win. Newman There has been no school at Malta for several days, fTToTeacher, being sick ... John Nichols amf fatnily have moved to Oakalla Cyrus Clark has moved on tho farm of Wheeler Wright Howard Ilavins has bought u farm of Win. Day....Martin Wright is tho possessor of a new baby girl.... M rs. M artha Smith has returned from Terre Haute.... Your correspondent was talking with Father Brewer, of Coatosville, a few days since, who is in his 97th year. He looks as young as he did twenty years ago. lie says he w alks up to town and to tho stave factory nearly every day, which is nearly a mile. He raised a family in the vicinity ot Malta Bov. Jesse Hill has

and more especially Mr. Conroy. Mr. and Mrs. Cavens, of Bushville, visited their daughter the first part of the week. The E. & T. H. B. 11. has given tho students half faro passes. Chapel exercises have been changed from 7:40 to 7:55 a. m.

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Three months of our school gone. Average attendance of scholars, 33—James Bichardson, teacher Lludley Vinzant went to Bockville, Monday Jim Sacks, our new merchant, went to Terre Haute to buy Christmas goods for little folks and big ones, too Mrs. Brown, wife of James Brown, is very sick. .Marion Wright.son of ElderWright is teaching singing school in the Christian Church Elder Williams will hold services at tho Chiistian Church next Saturday ami Sunday Dr. Godfrey, of Indianapolis, was here last week, collecting Those young gentlemen and ladies will not take that sleighride—snow went off, too soon Mr. Editor, you may look for a largo club of subscribers from Lena. The Staii has a large circulation at this point, and your agent is satisfied that he w ill double the number for next year. So stop borrowing your neighbor's paper and pay 11 to the agent at this point John Morlan is a stave man The arrangements are made for a Christmas tree at the M. Tl. Church. Now. let us have a good one. All are invited to take part. Buy your "old woman” a new dress lind take it to the tree. Young ladies, be present;

IB XT IF 1 ZB -1 1 ID'T Gr T OUSTS., East Side Public Square,

you will be sure to get something nice.. A goodly number of young folks gathered Levi Thomas’s, the first of the week, and talked love, 1 suppose Jim Jacks is paying L’O cents for butter;

Cloveftlul**.

Already hath the youngsters learned from their mothers that tho glorious Christmas times are only nineteen days off. They beginjto see visions of red sleds, can dogs, dolls, and all the nice things that ho season produceth. The rare and radiant maiden also laycth her plans, and beginneth the manufacture of red neckties, beaded slippers, comforters and pulse-warwers to gladden the heart of her beloved and keep him from going astray. What goeth on in the mind of "the man who hot his all on the result of the election and lost it, we shall never he able to tell. The only consolation we can offer him is that ho is notalonoin his trouble. In these days the young man who weareth a patch on the seat of his pants lengeth after that toothsome oyster and ho hath not the wherewith in his pocket-book to purchase a bait 'hereof, and the wind hioweth upon him and he ratcheth cold; yea, the wind bloweth over him and he is gone, and the place thereof knoweth hitn no more.... . . W. B. Vestal saith he will never more spend his evenings as he did during the campaign, that he will never care for ‘ Charley Boss" any more, but will spend hts evenings at home reading The Staii to bis wife and children . And now it doth appear that tho “Courier man” has departed to ‘ greener pastures.” We were not aware that he had tied until last Saturday, when Mr. Tennant, of the Mooresvillo Herald, drove into town with his “traps” and proposed to give us a first-class paper. The Herald declared for Hancock, and consequently had to hunt another field. So the Courier declared for Garfield, and had to do like-

wise. . . And now it doth appear that we

'’Kgs. ”9 cts Political matters are I are to huve a Christmas tree and festival.

.. .There was an old farm- _____ last Sabbath who had noli Cuaiiim.

Hog killing isj-hc tqiier of thejjjjy

IL'iibraciii”’ all the Latest Novelties, suitable for the Holidays, now arriving at AliLBflPS Drug: fctore. Don’t Fail to < all and Examine this Stoek,as it will be one of the LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE ever hrouu'lil to lliis eily. A full lino of Christmas am! New Year’s Canls.

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no more.... er at Church

been to church for 20 years before.... j B. F. Bruner was at Cloverdale, Thura- • ; Tho ^( ‘ aso,, Mor ‘j m ' rrT S ht 7 <'j'>'ces day, on business Three young it is a girl ^ftlr. John Liggs, o. men in town are keeping ‘ batch.”. j llrick * nd Mr Itfdick, of Bev. Brown preached to a large congre-1 r,roTulan ^> visitcd W ‘ ^ Wi *° n " d ,a,1 >'

changed his appointment from 3 to 0:3o! gation on last Sabbath. Rev. Brown is, ^ :lturda J^' '" H'O °flL'ers c f the p. m. His next arpoiutment will bs the ! doing good work at this point, and we l'l°/d Agricultural Association met last 19th inst... Samuel Campbell is tearing! hope tho good work may go on Saturday, to make annngementa for their down the Coleman Louse and preparing ; All "f our merchants report a good trade. " l ' r ‘^ L> ^ <dd n^xtSopto buiid a fine residence in its sto. d... j Hr. Housell and wife will spend j t0,u * ,t ‘ r ’ and die y m ' t l ,l ” n ' | i the lir>i G. C. Miller has gone to Whiteland to 1 Christmas With his parents near Bain- Satu rday in I#uuary, at 1 o cock p. m ■

f bridge .1 T I to arrange their premium list and to elect —- — tl^ir superintendents for each departI iih itsllt* ItniH*. j ment. They want everybody to lay asidi

As tho cold weather confines moat peo-1 As it has been some lime since I saw prejudice and turn out and help make a pie to their houses, so items of inter si | „ n ything from this place, I thought I j la,r l *‘ at w ‘ 1 * be long remembered, for it are correspondingly scaice. And th. n, Jrop you a few lines just to let you kn .w '8 one of the nicest of places to meet for

that wo are not all dead Health j ,!n j°y ,nen ^ ^Neighbors are showhereahouts is very good at present, with m S ‘ ht “‘r sympathy for the widow Alley

Bowman & ( 1 o‘s

HEAP CASH. STORE Wholesale and retail dealers in Staple & Fancy

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Highest Market Price paid lor Produce in trade or cash

T. <;. BOWMAN & Co.,

Soutlmrd’s l!lock. I door East ol Luii^don’s Hook Store, Wash. st.

gone

clerk for his uncle.

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too, it seems that our village lias fall, n into a sort of Bip Van Winkle sleep, wide!

although it has not yet lasted twenty j t h e exception of seme chronic casts, and | l, J e ,ll tf rin K her a c,,ancu ’’ W00< Jj years, seema likely to do so unless some j m0 st of them seem to be on tho mend at ( Jlcob Huber, of Coatesgreat event occurs to aiouso us front our) thU time yitlel Uncle Jesse Blake v, Hb. has put up some iceJ.. Mr. W. E. lethargy. But, with the approach (f i 3 still living, a^d appears to bo improv- ^ dames Oglo and Jarflcs McVay are Christmas, some evidences of life begin : iig, although he has been very low for; “l® 0 makin B arran g emints to put up ico

to manifest themselves, and we hoJ»e by several months... Mrs. Ellen Bridges, the time 't arrives to be able to draw out, wife of Milton Bridges, appears to have a fair portion of the inhabitants to partici-, been improving for the last ten days ... pate in or at least to witness the eelebra- I .. /Uncle Jacob Bickel has almost on-

tireVy lost his eyesight. Ho is nearly 90 years old, but voted at both tho State

and Presidential Fosher has gone

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It is time for oyster suppers. Can’t wu ^eare up a (ox drive for ear’s Day .A.. .Mr. James Ogle’s

sleigh is ready for^ise Mr. Jacob Milltnan is making arrangements to build a fine house in the spring Mr.

elections j 0 h n Jacob Huber, of Coatcsvillo, buried his to tho eastern part of |y 0,,n n e8t H''!' 1 Cannae, Dec. 3, and his

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tiou of that event in u proper manner. Preparations are making for a Christmas tree and literary performance at tho Christian Church, and, under the management of our energetic superintendent, Mr. Newnain, assisted by our worthy school

teacher. Miss Street, seems likely tore- lectures before the scholars of Mr. J. B. not expected to live—lung fever suit in something worthy of notice. We : Kosher's school, one each Tuesday night.! Tim fat hogs are about all gone from this h ive not yet learned the full programme,' Subject, "Physiology and Hygiene” neighborhood Hauling wood and but are informed that an address upon! The Blue Ribbon Society of this saw-logs and putting up ice is the order the "Rise, Progress and Mission of the city is talking of having s Christmas tree, of the day. Those who want to put up Chiistian Beligion,” will be delivered by We wish them success Rev. Robert ice can get saw-dust at the Costesville Solon Ragan, and a baritone solo rendered ! Miller, of the German Baptist Church, 1 saw-m '" free of charge... .Mr. Allen, of by the eminent vocalist, .M. 11. Beiliy. 1 preached tbn fum ral of Mr. John Myers,, Il,inois . ^ss rotumed homo All who These attractions alone will no doulit At this place, on last Fabbath. Text—1st , ' e, P’ n 8 tho noxt . . , , .i „ . . . . . fall, should commence now.. X Why are seive to call out many who would other- Corinthians, w chapter, 2d Terse i lhero no spelling Hatches. _V.No 'wedv\is© romain at homo Mrs. Mollie | More again in the near future. J. L. S. I dings in this neighborhood. \ Dkxtkr,

the Slate on a visit Dr.’s Stanley | other one is not expected to live—diph and Bridges are delivering a course ot Iberia H. 11. \\ iseliesrt's child is

These Bittern arc not au intoxicating; bevcraice, *»«t «• Bledicine of real merit, and pleasant to the taste. For Sale by all I>ruffgisti*. /’nee, $1.00 per Uottle x

—BOOKS! BOOKS! At Landes’ Drug Store.

SCOTT

CA-XiL -A T BUTLERS DRUG STORE EEELSVILLE. IND . For Druurs, Medicines, Chemical*. Oils, Varniehes, Paint*, Glnsn, Puti.r, Fine Soaps. Perfumery, Dye Stuff*, Hponpcs, Brushes, und all articles kept at fira'-clus* druK storca. Prescription* carefully compounded at all hours. Al?oa complete stock of Family Uroceries and Notions. 6m34

PENSIONS Pro< ured lor all soldier* disabled in the Y. service from any ©auso, also for heirs of deceased soldiers. The slightest disability entitles t-» pension. PENSIONS INPlUiA^KD. Bounty and now dischurires i roeurod. Tho- o in doubt as to whether entitled to anythin^:, should send two3-o«*nt stamps for our circular of information. Address, with stamps, Stopdart at Co,, Solicitor of claims and patent*. Hoorn H, St. Cloud Building, WashinKton. D.C. 3m.H

I IllIMMlIUim*** < 1 VVodsdav, Doc. I.*). Till.IIS' Jifdls Op;r: Ocmii?.

He.»rp trn/cd for 1880-Sf, The most Perfect Operatic orsanizmion in the u dmtry. eonaistinit of 10 TALENTED CHILDREN *• rcinga rnanolUlntioo of HAMtHt.V’P Ji VKMLKOPFRA CO., TIIK N K. W VI.HI. Ol’KH \ »'0 . and MILE.V I’lNAKORE t’OMFANT. Ft ,miiia the only Juvenile Opera Conpanjr non before iho publir. ’I'li,* Opera ol l.ifllc OisK-* Will 8r present*-.! with New ami Beautiful * tumes made expressly fur this company. Bid. CARLO TOKRI AN A Muslca I ireetev. ADMISSION 5« and TSaU. Box sheets for the sale of seats open on Monday mornieit at Brattin's Jewelry Store.

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