Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 January 1881 — Page 5
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HEADLIGHT
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o Lamps, Lanterns, IF TT IR- IE ID R, TJ O- S, '^ov\.t\ 'KvXvtVvv, uwti V'u\\vr\^ ^\oov\s JOSES’ K STOIIE.
t^Tho Indiaimpolis Review say.-i; ' Asbury University is niaking itself (eh as a potent power in politics. An Asbury man goes in easy. Governor Porter is an Asbury man. So is Dice and Hanna, and Mis Winsor. Aboard of examiners | from Asbury. something in the nature of the proposed medical law, would be a | good thing. It would be pretty hard on some aspirins: souls who were not educa , ted at Asbury, but a law of the Legislature might be passed to “cure” the de-
fect.
#W'A small blaze, which ‘might have a developed into a largo conflagration, was discovered in tho law office of Hanna A Hays, in the Allen Bloch, Sunday night about 10:30 o’clock. Xlr. Hays, who in passing along tho street in front of his
office, di covered the light, i
THE STAR. CITY AND COUNTY
. jttyDr. Bence’s ' sick.
little girl is quite
Baa*'*-Merchants and others desiring
job printing can get the best work for,, .. , ,
the least money by calling at Tur. Sru, ^ ° V,lu ° "° U n • , ,
were frightened away. Mrs. Detnek, her
Frnnklia Towostitp.
Mk. Eoitop.:
Since our last communication we havol hoard that there has been a protracted meeting at the M. E. Church at Carpentersville That many have received | bruises and bumps during these icy times 1 That tramps are becoming numerous ('no wiio stopped with T. Suther : tin and Larkin Rodgers was very impudent, lazy and mean. That Roachdalej wants anew grist-mill That ’Squire! Cline’s justice will grind a grist once in while That there is an auction at Roachdale by an Indianapolis <!• m ■ That the family w hich was camping in a wagon and begging their food in thisvi-j einity, during the holidays, have got as I far north as Crawfordavillc That
unable ! some people who lived in open houses!
to account therefor, and went up and op- during the cold snap bail to dine with ened the door, when be found the tl.iorjn their friends a short timi That Win. i flames and burning briskly. The fire orig- Donnohue is engineer at the water-tank inated in a small box of sawdust which near Raccoon Station That there will had been used as a spittoon, buthowitjbc a township institute at the Hale started is not known: supposed, however. | school house on the second Saturday in from the stump of a cigar. 1 February That Mr. Lucas, of ttac-j t&Oi, Thursday night burglars stealth- coon - is doir >K a bi S busine8s ' Tlth hi * saw ify entered the residence of Mrs. P. R. milb f ™n' <»'<> look of the lumber stacked Hetrick, living in the third ward, but be- ' n ,be •' a,, l ‘ ba ^ ( bprc ' s a consider-,
be taken “'’I 0 amount of sorc ihroat, lung fever
and pneumonia throughout this country !
jiaS’-Miss I.uara Hays has returned from
Illinois.
jtaS*Mr. J. W. Cole has returned from Pittsburg. BB^Miss Ida Peck is reported somewhat better. jpa^l'red Rudisill is home, sick with scarlet fever. BfjrMr. Robert Renick is still on the
sick list
(fay' Miss Emma Jackson has returned
from Brazil.
H^vMrs.J. E. Smith is visiting relatives
in Indianapoii®.
The will of James 'T. Gilford Las
been probated.
(*#'11. C. Lewis has been at Gosport
on business this week.
j®” Miss Anna Miller has returned to
her home at Paris, Ills.
Hgvillack & Bro. shipped another lot| Washington
of horses this week.
|®"Sherifl Brandon has only two boarders in the strong box now. 1 )r. lleavenridge, of Stilesville, visited Grceneastle Thursday. S^rMr. John P.ockaway has been seriously sick—congestive chills. jBcr'Mr. J. T. P>rush, of tho Whdn, Indianapolis, visited Greencastlc Wednes-
daf
BayMrs. 1). K. Partlow is over from Indianapolis, visiting her sister, XIrs. T. B. Scott. 8Bi>“Josepli Kleinbub, Jr., is recovering from the injuries received while coasting. 8S£“Mr. Thos. Bowman, of St. Louis, made a business visit to f ireenca 1 tie this
week.
BBc”l)r. J. C. Kiilpath is convalescent,
after a serious and
(juinsy.
|@r.lohn W. fellows is the adminrtratorof the estate of Mary P.urcham deceased. |^»Rnagollvillo is suflering from scarlot fever, there being two or three eases in the ville. lorMra. Talbott and daughter, of Loganspert, arc visiting P. It. f'hristie
and wife.
Hjf-.lnsoph M. Honnohue has been an pointed (lity Assessor, vice Ghris. A'.s-
paugh, resigned.
Hay-Will S. Ton, of Madison township, cut oil a toe while chopping wood
a few days ago.
J. I*'. Smith, manager of the Greencastlc When, visited Indianapolis
the first of the week.
^'OSo’-Dogs atv killing sheep in Floyd | township, several persons having their
Hocks decimated recently.
|£y-Mr. J. W. Buffington has accepted the position of traveling salesman tor the Michigan Stove Company.
tey*The’‘tiger” is reported to have a comfortable lair in this city, where the innocent lambs are shorn of their extra
change.
teg”Rev. G. A. Pollock, of Mendota, HI., will conduct the services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow morn-
ing and evening.
tetT'A large and well pleased audience turned out Saturday night to hear Uncle Tom’s Cabin, as rendered by the Anthony
A: Ellis Combination.
te^And now Elizabeth A. Williams petitions the Putnam Circuit Court to divorce her from John D. Williams, al-
leging abandonment.
i daughter Edith and servant were in the parlor, and Miss Edith, hearing a noise in the sitting-room, went promptly in with l a lamp, saying: ‘T think 1 hear some one in hero, and if 1 should find areal live burglar. I'd kick him.” Stooping down, she saw a man under the bed, who, with a curse and a threat, ran past her into the kitchen, then jumping through the winUlow. Two others ran out of tho dining
' room and made off.
tQf’Tno timely discovery of that littl blaze in tho Allen Block, Sunday night, prevented what would, in all probability, have been a terrible conflagration, but the fact that there was such a narrow
ttgrTherc was a fine house out to hear! escape should cause tho city dads to prothe Palmer Ccmbination in Minnie vid e for better fire protection in various Palmer’s Boarding School, at Opera P arls of *he city. All our citizens deHouse, last Tuesday night. I serve and are entitled to equal protection. Sea?* A thief scooped up the gold leaf.- vet ’ s,r, * n l !r as 11 n,a >' wem, there are
in Overstreet’s dental office
few da\s^ ,nan y buildings so far removed from lire
That the arrest(?) of Widdy Miller by Marshal Starr, of Greencastlc, created j quite a sensation in this vicinity. Miller was charged with the seduction of Laura 1 Kirg. a child of In years. After he had been arrested he asked permission of the ' officer to retire to another room to change his apparel. In this ho took advantage ot the officer and escaped through a back | door and departed for parts unknown. He leaves a wife and several children. Rumor says he went without hat, coat or vest, but got his brother to go to his residence and get the rest of his raiment. A tfc *
FOE BAMIIS! We do not intend to carry our Goods beyond their Season. In order to reduce our Stock before Spring;, and before invoicing, we will For 25 Days, Make A CMND CLEARANCE SALE!
Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Skirts, Hosiery. Nubias, I loods, Knit Saeques, Boys’and Men s Scarfs, Mittens, Gloves, remnants of Dress Goods, remnants ot Carpets and Oil Cloths, remnants of every description, will he sold
REGARDLESS OF GOST
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Asbury Kotrs.
Hr. McNutt’s lecture, last Sunday, was of an unusually high order, and was : much appreciated by the audience. Philo literary society ia in a decidedly , prosjierous condition. Last Friday eve-[ ning the question concerning the relative •
cisterns that the department would b °, , ncrit8 of Wcbster an(1 Sumner’s groat! useless in case of fire-in other words, j spcPchcs wa8 ahly debated. Messrs. Hen-
and Arnold, of ’h’J.
would bo found impossible to throw 1 , SI „. danv distinguishing them.- Wes.
ter on tho lire. Another fact is self-ovi-
since, and skipped off with it without
saying “by your leave.”
•9*Mrs. Lucy Hathaway Lee goes to! artcr tu '' ,,i "K out and kving the hose Rn d Moore,’SJ, City next week. While would bo fouIld ' especially distinguishing
there she will be the guest of Hon. R. W. ‘ er ° n lh . C ‘‘ rC '. ^ nother ^ 18 sc,f -e»'- Visitors arc always welcome to the sociThompsonand family. dent, and that u the water supply wtlhtn , ^ #nd we think they wou | d he fully ffit^ttokHl-h rirrTV? su< ' cfssfull - v ,irtS of ,n:isni - the quest!on-”Resolved, That the milinla eiti/en of same to wn d tude lo bc rS P l ‘ C,cd 10 ' a W blocks of tary department should be abolished at,
in„ a citizen of the same town named , tvF0 an d jbree story buildings. Addi- ^ s |, ur .---
, ’’ urns ’ «tional fire cisterns should be put in at a nartv of students were out coasting hCCn l0r 8 ° m0 n ' onth8 ’ say 8 b o only •fir l our tramps wore arraigned b c- once, wherever needed, and that several nn *,iii. r v>Q Kill •> west of town Baturdav < 'l* ,,lbrd tbren fences while there, and fore Mayor Miller on Tuesday, and he aro neodcd iB easily demonstrated by ex ^ (i rel , ort ^ had a splen( iid time.'' ^ 2 “° U,ow zcro gave them the alternative of leaving .miffing a map upon which the location of ; u or othfr tht> S(>nior d '‘ring the cold snap . James A. town or going to jail—they booted it out , h urefient c i s t 0 rns is marked out The , , • <• Hodden is possessor of a bran new wagon P , me present cistern* is marscu oui. * , spece i ies ,i„ s term aro of an unusually , . ci .• .i a ° r „ a At cm n , 0 "'y objection advanced against building (hi(fh order p erhap8 they think thia is * nd * eam booting-match in E.
Bteyurof. Lelle A. Mans.ield will de- additional cisterns is the c*pense-th, 8 j thejr ]ast nilv ^ c uent .
liver the Lnivcrsily lecture in Meharry objection stands for naught; the citizen 1 |y jt
A few iiioments in OUR HOUSE, and the low prices we will make, will soon satisfy the mind of everv one WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY. ALL FOR CASH. G. W. CORWIH 4 CO
Ifee^Opposite National Bank.
Hall, to-morrow afternoon at three and- who j8 i ora t e d conveniently close to a
Rev. Mr. Tevis, of the Bt. Louis Conference, conducted chapel exercises Wednesday morning. ,
Hr. Ridpath is again in his re< Ration ,' ' a ' ,'
tucky, June 5, 1807 moved to Columbus Ind., in 1827; was married to Miss Xlargaret Hinkson in 182H. He was converted to the Christian religion in 1828, and united with tho M. E. Church; soon became n very active and influential mem
R. Terry's woods last Tuesday j ber; was soon licensed to preach, and in It apperrs that the patrons of Malta dis- due time was ordained Deacon, and, as
trict object to having a township school at that point The protracted
meetings
Itied,
room.
a-quartcr o clock. Subject, England s ffigtefn p a nnot consistently object to other Progress in Literature. citizens enjoying equal prottion
tetf’Mr. Dicks, of Cloverdale town- : against lire,
ship, who has boon aftlieted with cancer on the hand for some time, had the dis-
eased niemhor amputated by Hr. A.G. In Warren township, at the residence
prolonged attack of Preston a few days ago. i of Mr. James Mangun, Mrs. Lmma Los-
' afi-Thc Sabbath School of the College « r . a K" d ^ 7 mon,h8 and 28 da - V8 ’
Avenue M. E. Church will give a con- •" Jefferson township on Jan. is, No-
cert at the church, to-morrow night. The ; da '>? b ‘^- Mr. and Mrs. Macy, aged ( esercig ^ was taken up in song , nd ! ln " vcd “> Kan ^' '
n -—- ' 4 ]1 .„.,i . k. t,,„ meeting commenced
Mr. C. Bennett, class ’85, is quite sick _ Klder W h,tlocl. preached at Fillwi '!‘ qU j n/y ’ . ! more last Monday night—the question is Ihursd.y morning was set apart by the wlior( , diJ so lua . lc co , nc f rom? . Methodist Church as a day of prayer for. /niC ^ ch&ndlt r and
American colleges. The first hour after
soon as eligible, was ordained Elder. In all these years he sustained a local rcla
at Bethel uhurch dosed last I tion to the Church, but spent much of Somebody gave Elder Sherrill: his time in preaching and lecturing on a beer check in the contribution box last the subject of temperance. Borne three Sunday night—better be careful, boys.. i years of bis last public life was spent in
family havo .A protracted
programme will be entertaining, tho orchestra assisting All are invited. teiY-Revs. McNutt and Saunders, of * Ellettsville, will hold services at Baptist ! Chureh. in this city, to morrow, morning and evening. The meetings will probably be continued during the week. tev*An attempt was made by tramps to force an entrance into the residence of Mr. John Browning, on South College Av enue, a few nights since, in the absence of Xlr. Browning, but ended in failure.
3 years. ! - — *'""V * ! meeting commenced at Liberty last
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child of Eliza W alton, aged 11 days, , , , takes possession of C. A. Campbell s farm In Clinton tp.. January 21, infant March the 1st There is is an
averaeo of one tram per hour on the Vandalia R. R. R. C.
inf u t < * ay ’ #nd ncccFfd, . v f '^ obso,v ' n " f b ' 8 l
•. r '■ f 'i'ii'11 : ' , 8-. : “ ' ' d > Sp' ■ - " ' v , , were held at noon and in the evening,
aged 12 days.
soutli (•rrfiM'imtli'.
Charles McCoy
The “Laura Dainty” declamation prize, which was offered by Mrs. Dainty at the
is boarding at Mrs. 1 tir “ 0 °f bcr last v ' sil bcro ' h” be en (tc-1 And still we have fine sleighing and Hetrick's Jack Martin has rc- ranged so as to be eligible to any student | co | d weather .Died, in Lena, on signed his position at Browning & But- of the Cniveraity, with tho exception of i ffio 2Gth. Xtiss Maggie Bruner, daughter Ic-n Will Skelton is the strangest thc Senior Class. There is to boa gen-: 0 f Esquire Bruner, aged 31 pears. cigar maker we have ever met. He neT- iertl P™" a «-y contest, and thesis best do Bruner had been
SI iss
continc-d to her room
v*Tb Imtianinolia Sentinel 0 f ”r carries an v cigars with him. Will, if < ' l “ in '« rs wil > coro P ote fpr tho prize of lf or a In0 nth or more with hasty consump1 utnam County, is su ermg i i BU ffi ttr ing with a sore leg—hurt at the Ca P Uln Wheoler visited the college i arg0 ffirdu 0 f friends and was liked by pain of an arm broken -me day^ago he ^0^ Thursday morning, and was welcomed all wh „ kncw her Considerable ^ M e h ' ' Tbo quMtion is. did Miss Hetrick by students and facul.y. The Captain LjoknoM i n our town and vicinity. The tl0, kick that “real live burglar,” and if so, r, - fused a P ublic recc P tion in ,bfi collo 8 p ''‘'Howing are on the sick list; Mrs. W. BisrtM'ur subscribers complain that (li| j it 1)urt , y ou W iU find a full account ^P 61 ’ aml accordingly he was tendered Poach, J. B. Cochran, Charley Kitchen, they cannot get their papers at the city of th(; attemp ted burglary in another eol- * private dinner at the Central House | Charley Bruner, Mr. Wm. Thomas and postoflice when they call for them. \\ ' Tho second edition of the Mr. Wint Scarrilt acted as master of Thomas lease Fuller will hope the P. 0. will remedy the " iatb ' r - L . vodtls has aroused the “South ' crcn,onil ' s ' Several neat and happy go to Fillmore in the spring to farm... 1 In the meantime, sliould any of our sub- j Ild j. oet „ | rwm hi 8 l(.thar‘M and he has speeches were made by Drs. Murtio and Meetings closed at thc Christian | scribers fail to receive their papers reg- non|posed • (} uor gi c had a little lamb,’’a KidpMh, also by Messrs. Smith and Fin-I<jh U rch, last week, with no accessions..
hud a little lamb ” ne y - Alter the dinner Captain Wheoler Dudley Vinzant wont to Rockville,
acting as moral instmetor for the House of Correction at Plainfield. He was a man of great will power, and an indepond ont thinker, for the last ten years of his life were spent in tho close and eiitical study of the Holy Scriptures. Taking it as an infallible tulo for his faith and practice, he was full of faith and the Holy Ghost. Having fought a good fight, he lias finished his course with great jay. He leaves a wife, two daughters, thice full brothers, three sisters, two hall brothers, a half-sister, two giand children and two great grand children. The funeral took place from the family residence. at Indianapolis, Wednesday afternoon, the remains being placed in the vault at (rown Hill Cemetery, from which they will bo removed in a short time, for interment at Columbus, Indiana
CttfrA good deal of sickness—scarlet
rash and tore throat—is reported in too ularly pleasc ri , port a , t hj s office.
B^ti" Another of Putnam County's »ay*Albcrt Geary, a citizen of Atucan
descent and formerly a roeident here, iu under arrest for theft at Indiatiapoli*.
old citizens has crossed the river of death On Friday last Xlr Abraham Coffman died, at his residence north of this city.
jarThe Woman’s Reading Club will of 1|inp disease. Deceased was 59 years meet at thc residence ol Mrs. Jennie Al- 0 f a ^ ( a nd leaves a w idow, eight children , len next Saturday—election of officers. | an j a largu c j rc i e 0 t relatives and friends
report is rife that the Press off- ro mourn Ins loss,
ice is to change hands on March l, next, i In a former issue we noticed a Mr. Alford being the reported purchas- j th( , f uC tthat Charlie, son of Mr. Georg"
Davidson, of this city, was suffering from an attack of lockjaw, caused by a slight wound trom a toy pistol, inflicted Christ mas. The sufferer died on Friday after great suffering. The sympathies of the community are with the family in their,
great loss.
er.
jiaY'Lust week we noticed the attempted anest of Mr. William Miller for bastardy, and bis escape from Marshal Starr. On Monday last tho case was compromised, by the payment of $—• ' to
Laura B. King, the plaintiff.
GO TO
burlesque on “Mary
It is as follows:
Goorgii* bad a little lamb, It s Ikeco were black as jet;
And every time that Georgie railed Thc lamb would come, you bet. He called it to Indiana one day—
'1 hat was acainst thk ntit.r.—
It made the Demo’s cuss and say,
“That lamb is a dampbool ! ’
And ao they sought to turn him out,
But still he lingered near. And waited patiently about
For Georgie to “set up thc beer.'’ “Why does the lamb love Georgie so'
The eager Demo’s cry;
“He provides bam and cgsrs, you know, i ,J " , Somebody did reply— remained until
| A nd ‘somebody' did lie. ]
Oi
was initiated into one of the college fra- , Monday, on business. .. These three ternities. He returned to Terre Haute‘young men keeping batch in our town the same afternoon. are candidates for matrimony
— * There are more Gkkkn'uastxkStaks come .tliilt.i. this citv than any other county paper.
Prof. J. W. Ra-an paid our school a and H tiU they come Mr. Joel visit last week, and gave the children j q homag ig ghipping hickory timber to quite a lengthy discourse. Subject, ‘ Old , . rhoma8 i !ayn( . at Grceneastle. J- T.
Times.” James A. Knctzer meti —
with a serious accident, last Saturday, i
nearly losing his life. He and his brother! In Indianapolis, on Tuesday. January Charles were cutting a tree for saw logs, i '- 5 < R y l- at l,: J° a ' n ’-> dobn ’ 'f and the tree turned thc wrong way and | bf,t, > * n tbo seventy-foui th 3 (aro 1S
Deceased was a brother of Mrs.
this city, and is our old citizens.
He mbs born in Franklin County, Ken-
wrong way
caught him under the limbs, where he i “K 0, cut out in a terribly 1 Stephen Vancleave, of
bruised condition John Huffman well known to manj of
has returned from Kansas, where ho has
Brick ( bapi l. Col. Pierce has just finished sati-mg a house pattern for .las. Nelson, who intends to build in the spring on the farm lately bought of Harvey Farrow.. .There is a probability of Mr. Oakley buying Mr Priest’s stock of goods. It Mr. Priest has determined to leave, we would be glad to see Mr. Oakley back here The blacksmith shop is running all day and part of the night Messrs. Hall & McNary would bo glad to settle with their customers, in order that they may dissolve partnership, preparifory to Mr. McNary entering upon bis duties aa Superintendent ol the Poor Farm Miss Della Gilkey, of Illinois, is visiting friends in this neighborhood.... Baseona O’ltair has sold his farm to 1 is father. Bascom intimates that he has some money to invest in a good farm, if ho ca > find one to suit him. W.
Thc American Poultry Journal say. that it costs as much to feed the rats and mice of our country as it does to feed owr poor, and even more
Fancy GOODS MAN!