Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 January 1881 — Page 9
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GREEN C'ASIXg
VOL. 8.
GREENCASTLE, IND.,
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JAN. 15, 1881.
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A Ceniury llpnce.
The I’oston (ilobe, in uddition to pubIbliing its regular edition on Xow Year’s morning printed an extra edition, dated ■Ian. 1, 1981, a century ahead of time.
VUATED.
fils First Address-
reports of planetary movements, the whole journej occupying fifty minutes." A synopsis of a lew of the bills otlerud
will bo of interest:
“Appropriating ^$50,000,000 for pur-
! This sheet was of the same size and ap- chase of Smily and the fitting up of Mt pearance as the regular Globe, and pur-i "s a place of a cremation for dts-
porting to contain the news and gossip ! bnguished Americans.
| of that date. The first article on the ^ “Appropriating $500,000 per annum as met in their re*pect : ve first page is a co!uinn-and-a half review a subsidy to the flying-machines carry- past one o'clock, and
CaOVFRlVOlt FOKTEIi INIAI'<ii- and th. ir Cctnstruction is fixed and de-
. Iniuasapous January 10.—The mem ours of each House of the Legislature
Houses at halfmarched to the hand of music.
of the year 1980. Here is an extract: j ing tho mail-bags betweon Boston and Opera-house, led by a
“We aie now an
first approach of war. to the invasion of hostile armies. In tfie ora'ion dlivered upon the ocra>ion of layir.g the corner--tone many minor incioants were dwelt
termined if a new Constitution shall fie framed, we shall again be launched upon a s. a of doubt and bp compelled to
incur the expense and inconvenience upon with eloquent copiousness, hut no which in practice will be found to be j reference was mole to the illustrious great of having the moaning of its prin- dead whose livt-s were offered as a sacricipal provisions settled by judicial con ■ lice for the welfare of the State and tho struction, I pieservation ot their country; nor was He recommends measures looking to- mention made of the illustrious living
CEinitM ) fr'OR RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, Genera! Bcdily Pains,
ward the reclaiming of the swamp lands, '•hose grateful presence among us isa
indissoluble Union 0 fj Jupiter, and a like sum to those flapping At the head of the column wore Govern- , m h r a ( -i ri g eight hundred thousand acres continued remembrance of the immortal between Havana and Ursa Major. ors Porter and Hanna. Hon. K. W 1 that would be highly productive if ren cause for which they fought. Ifniemo“Appropriating $l,()00tf>0 for tho pur- Vtehe, Pros dent pro tom. of tha Senate dired by drainage susceptible of cullivn- rials of their services had been placed in pose of saving the old New Old South presided. ,i on _ He dwells at some length upon 'he repository, the omission in the adStreet Church on Berkeley Street, Bos- After the adoption of a resolution ; ,he work of the Bureau of Statistics an- dress would have been unimportant; ton, to prevent tho same from,becoming bearing tributo to the patriotism and and Geology; and concludes his remarks ,,U L none Laving been placed there, the
loll indesti ucltblo Slates, according to i the ale t monthly census, a little over ; eight hundred millions of people, speaking five distinct languages, besides 111 1 marked varieties of United States (or Eu- ; glish, as the old witters used to say) ll the application of Brazil, Chili and Peru bo admitted to the Union, which | comes before Congress at the January’ ! session, shall be granted, as seepis probable, ws shall speedily bo a nation oi | over one billion inhabitants. There is, j indeed, no reason why they should not ' be admitted, and tho admission of Canada in 1903, Cuba in 19Ul, and Australia
m lll’J4 make a formidable array of prcc- B. Smith, of Worcester, Mass., for a hat- Sta,e ’ * n< * 8a,J
| edents in its favor."
a ready made clothing store. efficiency of his Excellency, Hon. Isaac “Appropriating $30,000 as a (und from ° r »y- ^hief Justice Niblack adminiswhich an annuity is to be paid to Anna 1 o»th of office to the Governot Childs, a great-grar.d-daughter of the fa- ltn<1 Lieutenant-Governor elect, mous obituary poet, George .Vashington Governor Porter was then introduced, Childs, A M„ now in indigent circum- " n<1 delivered his inaugural address, in stances.” 1 in the course of which he recommends
on this subject as follows: "ddresa seems to emphasize the suppn“Without submitting specific recnm- sition that no recognition was to be made mendations. [ commend to you the im- "f'heir services, their sacrifices or their
portance of the Bureau above mentioned, heroism.
without particular reference to the col- "It will not detract from the renown lection of statistics, and urge the pas 'L p dead and the honorable fame of sage of such further enactments as ma\ i' L® bvmg soldier, that this was not done.
Under the head of “Government Notes," ’he appointment of a Board ol \ isitor- seem to you to be proper to increase the j I heir place in history s secure. In less are the following: 'o watch over the management of the scope and efficiency, ami more insure | 'ban half a generation it has come to be “A patent has been issued to Hiram Vttr ' 0113 benevolent institutions of the by the adoption of a wise system of com . confessed by the most intelligent of those
lometer, whereby tho speed of a balloon ThiB 11 is L-Heved’ ought to be
parative tests, the accuracy of all facts who were their enemies that it was best concerning the truth of whiclt there |' v, n lor them that the intrepid deeds
An article headed “A Barbarous Law,” can bo measured more accurately than by ^"'P 08011 of persons, and of these I might, from tho naturo of tho case, be «-Lich they- performed were done. As
Tooth, Ear and Headache, frosted sta t es that tho “first execution under the the present method. Tho measurement
law of Illinois, which makes it a capital ’ s n, *de automatically hy the pressure of
c ime to try to borrow money, took place I the air current upon a plate of sensitive ’La" others, could learn what ought to Commissioners, along with other newjprowess.willbecomemoreandmoreilat Chicago yesterday at noon. The poor P 1 * 1 '™!*'. whose resistance has been pre- W known in relation to the treatment 1 |, g i s ! B ti.)n favored by them, have pro- -
wretch who then paid the penalty ol his viously measured by an airometcr. 'f ht . or ’L®>r own sex, and their sympathetic posed the establishment of a Board ol
misdeeds was a professional broker. Orr P^’inum connects with an oloctro-ther- ! eel,ng - qu ! ck ,ntu " ,ons »nd tespenence
thi! third ult. he went into the office of; ln# l indicator, which records the distance
Jibe leading boot black of the city, a iiian,' n teet." j of great wealth and well-known gener-
Feot and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
No PrcpArntion on tartlt equals St. Jacobh Oil R' a safe t nurr, ftimiUc ami cheap Kxternnl R»-me<1y. A trial entails Imt the conipnratlvely trifling outlay *»f 60 rentH. anil evnr' on** fniflering Avitli pain can have cheap und }*csitiYe proof of itd
* lai uiii.
PiroctionK in Eleven I.angiiag^a. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALKRS
IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGEUER A CO.,
Iiaitimom, MU., U. s. A, josity, and tried to get ten cents, and rep- | resenting that he was starving under the law forbidding loans. In his despair t the impoverished dabbler in stocks forgot that he himself was violating the . ""IVery act under which he was suflering
But that did not excuse him. A dozen
i witnesses were on the spot to testify to the rash act. Ho was promptly convicted. and, in the discretion of tho Court,
Was sentenced lo death by poison.” The condensed Sunlight Company (po
tassio absorptive Company) announces the perfection of its marvellous invon-
havo no hesitation least should be
in say ing that two at f a jr grounds of question.” women. They, bette) In regard to pardons, he says:
‘ age shall follow age, the cause for which The! they fought, their sacrifice and their
in the conduct of households would in
many cases enable them to discern the
Oh-chc-Io ko. tho Indian Poet, is in '*l”’*°s an**ic n f d » of in males of th
Wishington on a visit. He gave his'Headings’in tho Hall of the House
of Representatives Wednesday evening of th<!, * 0 e 8 ‘»»>fishments. in which His stvle is admirable, and h.s rendering I lhere 18 & “ «-rav»gance of speeches of groat orators in his own ■ :,mi w * Kte ’ thc,r ob « rTat ' 0 “ s a "d suglatiguago is very effective.” gestiona would be likely to be most val-
. , . , ; uablc. Tho skill and economy with An article gives an account of the col-; . . , - . . , . , . | which our reformatory for women is con listons in mid air of tho "Messengei , . , .
„ , , , „ , ... ducted by women attests their capacity
Bird" and tho "Duke of \Vellington." I. i t i- . . . . . , | to take a leading and beneficial part in 1 he account says that "the accident oc I , . . . .. . , . , . 'ho administration of all our public
curred near‘Atlantic illation B,’just off; , . .^
the coast of Newfoundland, and \va' ' , . . .. .- ,, , , , i 1 he amendments to the (jonstitution
caused by a derangement of the steering
lusfriotts. When, perhaps a century hence, the new edifice now ascending
Pardons, without whoso consent and ad-1 w ’I* razed to the ground .to make vice the Governor snail not have author- rooni fi ,r R<-mo still more imposing structtty to grant pardons in any case, except I "re, and the fame of these heroes will such as by Jaw be left to his sole power, j-<L' n e w ith the luster of th--Min what
one of "'Ler sex better than their male associa-| [ concur with my immediate predecessor '•ill be said o. the generation who in les. In relation to the domestic econ-j j n the belief that there is no necessity ■ l ,,ac >ng in the corner-stone of its chief
Theatre on the evening before publication, 13,000 persons were present to witness M. DiUvigne’s groat plsy of “Hy-p-r Evolution; or The Physical bases of
Life.”
was composed of eminent Scientists This, the account tells us, "was natural, is to sec the mystery of man’s evolvement from the lower types made plain by actually taking place before one,s -yes is something rare even in our age
of wonders.”
A "special telegram” from New York is dated 3 a. m. of the day of publication, »nd brings news of passing interest. We
ouil a few items:
“Early this morning tv^o unknown thieves stole a private balloon and from it entered through the sky-light of Edward Bliss fi Sion's wholesale siik house I'hey loaded up with some $1U,000 worn: of goods, and were making oft w hen their movements attracted the attention of tho police in Patrol (Jar No. 71 who soon overtook them. While the -fiicers were hoarding tho balloon the j thieves escaped in a parachute, leaving ! iheir pluoder behind. They were fired
) it, but escaped.”
■ Nothing hut rirst-clars goods sold. j " The people’s United States Bank No. Tthe fincit Regulator ever brought to Indiana; J - e^red last ni S ht - b,,t 1,10 woul ' 1
ha- arrivoil and will hen a ter be the
Gold aud Silver
WATCH ES,
FINE JEWELRY,
3 L O C IC S,
SILVERWARE,
Spectacles, Gold Pens, Jold Headed Canes, Etc. SIIfliEI'S!
, , , . which at the last spring election were apparatus of the ‘Messenger Bird.” It , . ... ,
‘ ,, . . , , , submitted to tho electors lor adoption or
lion, and a new illuminator is gi v ,. n to ; alleged by the engineer o the latter rP j ecti?n Uve been he)d bjr lhe Supremf , the world, or rather the subjection of tho j’Lat some of the plates tn the electric j Court _. n on (o w[iat u , s be _ obtest has been^itod. The article I battery of the car were of impure zinc, |iov ,,, ^ {0 the decUion
states that the invention isa complete 1 an< * Lence the current was not sufficientsuccess, and the patent worth billions. - stron Kmove tho rudder instantaIt is predicted that tho stock, which is neously. Both cars were provided with nly IoOj.OOO UOO. will be quoted in the | improved oxygen lights, and the gravity thousands as soon as it is listed, A litn-1 P cndu tems indicated their approach to ted amount is offered for par. | »» r L other in time, wo should judge, to
We read that at the Grand Central a '°’ d an y eelfisi"”
Tluro must havi>
been negligence somewhere, even if the statement of the Messenger Bird’s’ en -ineer is correct. The thousands of passengers who daily travel these lines
A large portion of the audience C:,1, for an in "n«'L»te investigation of the
wiiole aflair.”
for the establishment of such a Board., temple tho chief niemorials of its h:sfoTho power t-i grant pardons without re- r y. could find no room for any r*-oi>nl or striint except I ,s own honest and intel- v\'ntion of them? Iigent discretion has been confided to j M.t haa been suggested that the oniistbe Governor ever since the State ha-' s ion maj^—r redressed by placing some been organized. While in a few instanc- --atue or other object in the doo.i. comes this power may have been unwisely j metnorativo of their servic is, and thus exercised, it can not bo said that it ha-’-how that, while we could not rember been abu-ed. It is bob- red that as a : them while laying tho base of the Capi-
A local item is to tho effect that “The
been the general sense of tho legal profession—not to have been constitutionally adopted. The Court, whilo deciding thus, took occasion to express an opinion that another submission may •aka place, notwith-tanding the sirbmis sion and vote which have occured, if the Legislature shall choose to provide therefore by an appropriate enactment. The Court though not now composed entirely of tho same members ag when the decision was made, will, it is believed, feel constrained to accommodate itself to
tol, we were constrained to remember them when rearing its pinnacle. 1 have no hesitation in saying that, il it can be done without relea-ing the sureties upon bonds of the contractors, this cornerstone should be laid bare. The repositoiy of its treasures should be opened, and there should be placed therein a carefully prepared record in relation to the war of whatever a great and patriotic State may deem best worth preserving
rule the G-vernor will exercise this power more earefu ly and delibeiatcly when ihc responsibility of granting the par dons is shared by others. Uutncdial 'eg islation is generally unwise when the supposed mischief meant to bo cured ha* not become clear and obvious. It. is believed that in .his Slate tho exercise of the power to pardon offender* ha* beet governed, with very rare exceptions, bv thoughtful and sober judgment. Tor
one upon whom this responsibility is | in a record of its most illustrious citiabouttobc cast, 1 can say that lam wil- zens. Nor should omission there be
made to leave some mention of the great Governor, who was not less a soldier because he ntver drew a sword. «ho braved dangers as great as those who fell in
Hon. James I). Williams, the late Gov-* battle, and whose care and vigilance and ernor, in the following language: j inexhaustible energy in antif i| ating and On the 20th day of November la«tthej providing for every war t of our soldiers
ling to accept it, as my predecessors haydene, and trust for my vindication to the
judgment of tho people.”
He then refers briefly to the death of
this suggestion whatever view the new i Hon. James [). Williams, while Govern- ! in every field seemed to invest him with
body of James Jackson, who was dtown Judges might entertain, if Ih-question | or of the State, was removed by death i the property of uhiqnily. ed on T uesday evening last by falling ov wasone 0 f first impression. I therefon I from the responsible official trust whicli erhoard in Boston Harbor, was rerov- I trn0tlt |y rec01I|men( j lbtla b jjj be 8 p ep( j j ba ,i been confided to him by the people. • •n-d^j estf rday morning and handed to’ pugsgj giving tho electors of the i He died full of years, in complete pos-
State another opportunity to pa*g theit session of his faculties, and cheered by
stamlatd time of Putnam County.
the harbor medical relief physicians, who soon restored him to consciousness Seventy-two hours elapsed between hi* drowning and resuscitation.” The statement is appended that "Ore hnndred ymrsago they would have buried the man ns soon as they found him.”
Here is another "local:”
“As some boys were playing in an open lot near Broad street yesterday, a
heavy package fell from a passincr atrial car. It struck Henry Hall, a lad of ten
judgement upon these amendments I'he amendments have b-en | the theme of frequent ai d and careful discussion. So general is thi sentiment of unbaised men in their favor that 1 believed if a vote upon them could be separated from party politics it would be nearly unanimous further adoption. On the subject ol a Constitutional
Convention, which.it will he remembered was strongly advocated by Governor
years, on tho head, and crushed the skull | i; ril y jn hts Annual Message on Saturday
so that the brain was exposed. Dr Don- | Governor Porter says,
nolly was called at once; tho crushed “I regret that I am not able to concur bones were removed, and their piaco with my immediate ami respected predsupplied with the magnetic ossifier. j ecessor in his opinion that a Convention
I his operation required some littlu time, j ought to b called to revise our present in the office from which death released but the boy w as able to We out last even Constitution, I do not believe that there him. That office he administered with
j is a uocassity for such a Convention, and 1 conscientious integrity. He was an hnn
There ore three columns of editorial ;he people should not in my judgement j-at public servant, and he lived and dealt
so soon after they have emerged from | honestly with his fellow-men. His tnemtho financial crisis which has crippled ory is held in r-spect by the ; eople, and
the animation conscious of having lived a spotless life. Deprived in youth of any but the most limited education, and bav-ng availed himself but little 01 tin advantages of travel, a certain narrow ness of views may have been occasional ly i vident in his life; but he had a sound and healthy mind. Within his own range of vision his perceptions were clear
"I am sure, genilomen, that no one will be so uncandid as to suspect that in saying what I have said on this theme I have sought to revive any old a nitnosities. Surely it can nor be a party question that we shall honor the heroes of our great civil strife, wheth< r they wore epaulettes or knapsacks. We can now do justice even to the mistaken braves who crossed swords with them in that
strife.”
He then closes, calling attention to the limited time allotted to tho legislators.
and there was a simple uprightness and j and urges prompt, earnest and effective
rectitude in his conduct that always kept him in the path of duty as ho tin derstood that duty to be. With th history of the State, and especially with its legislation, he had long been familiar and this knowledge was of service to him
work.
Notice ot Administration. \TO'l It’K is hereby s.ven that Iheunilcrrii’rcil . > has been appointed by the Clerk ol the Circuit Court of Putnam County Slate ol Indiana, administrator of tho e-t»to of Susan K. Landes, late ot said county, decease -. Said estate ie supposed to be solvent. JOHN F08I1BR, January 18 1**1. Administrator. It It . Matth.us, attorney for Adm’r. 3W
of which the following extract is a sam-
ple:
‘Woare more and more convinced of their means of supoort,
patiently incur he has left to his children the precious j
be burglars were frightened away by the electric alarm bell, which rang the minute the safe was touched. No arrests. The Washington news came by the
Instantaneous Pneumatic Tube Line. | the practicability of Edmunson’s plan of I the needless but groat expense incident | legacy of an unsulliad name. L t it be Tho report opens a* follows: tilling in the Gulf .of Mexico, since the - to its assemblage. The present Consti- <aid to his honor that ho was in favor of "Congress reassembled this morning ' completion of the leveling of the Rocky tulion contains an admirable provision j the recently-submitted Constitutional after the vacation with a full attendance. I Mountains and the filling therewith of for its own amendment without the as-j Amendments; that he regretted the de over 1,503 of the 1,650 members of the 1 the South Colorado Canons. It is pro-| setubling of a Convention. If two sue-1 cision by which they were held not to House answering to tho roll call. The 1 posed to dam across from Key West and 1 cossivo Legislatures shall recommend a , have been adopted, and that he thought Australian members, duo here at noon evaporate the Gulf by solar centraliza particular amendment it shall then be that, in cases ef doubt, it was even bet-
sharp, arrived a littlu late, the Mel-i tion, utilizing the old De L^zzeps (or De-
bourne Over Cloud Express being delayed fifteen minutes at San Francisco, in order to take on board tho Mars and Saturn mailbags fe»r dis'ribution North
Lesseps) Canal as a conductor and heat reservoir. The Gulf basin can be filled
submitted to the people. This avoids j ter even for the Judicial tnbunalsto two extremes—one of not allowi g the i strain a point to uphold than subvert the
Constitution to respoad by amendment j will of the people.”
with the mountains of Tennessee, which with reasonable promptness to the delib- Speaking of the corner-stone of the | will be more easily leveled than were erale will of thajpeopli-; the other of hasiily j new Capitol, the Governor said:
and East. They looked a little weary the Rockies, and probably without an- placing in the Constitution improvident | “It i* an occasion of regret that I have
after three hours’ journey, and say they experienced some di.-coinfort in the cars Irom a heavy shower of meteors when ten niiio* above tho horizon lire otf the M exican coast. The Massachusetts delegation preferred to lose some time und take a little recreation en route, so they came on the Under-Cloud Excursion train, which makes stops at several signal nations in the lower ether, to bring
ther infamous contractor’s acreage grab. Wo will thus have killed two birds with one stone, muchneeded territory will be added to the United States, and the spiteful little Venezuelan Republic (?), which has occasioned us so much troub le lately, will be landed high and dry. Our influence will bo in favor of the proposition.”
CARPETS, CARPETS, CARPETS. Preparatory to our annual invoice we will offer HAKE HAKUAIKS
- IN -
Carpets,
Oilcloths, Ru"s, Mats, Window Shades,
provisions which it would be difficult to j to feel myself constrained to refer to a: withdraw by the simple means provided I most diaagreeablo topic. In placing in in the Constitution itself, ample fucilties the corner-stone of the new Capitol the
are furnished for amending that instru memories of tho history and progress of J Clll't ilillS
ment. as such amendments may from | the State, none wa* placed in it referring ' time to time bo deemed necessary. The to the deeds of valor of her soldiers, who provisions of the present Constitution went forth to battle to preserve the Un-
ion and save Indiana from becoming a State upon the border, subject to hostile raids and incursions, and exposed at the
are, in the main, wise and satisfactory to the people. They have generally undergone interpretation by the Courts,
For Cash.
5. w. com & co.,
tea-Cpposito National Bank.