Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 February 1881 — Page 3

The

GRGENCASTLjj

VOL. 8.

GREENCASTLE, IND.,

Tho undoraiamod beg* leave to inform the public that ho hna added to his livery atock

some of the

Finest anil Latest Style of Carnages And Buggies, and tine single and double driving horses. I am well i»r**|)«red to furnish carriages lor parties, weddings and funeral short notice. Prices to suit the times. Horses

id togs and funerals on

nuui b * • iwo vO suit 41 * 11

and mules bought and sold.

G R A N I) C E N T 11 A L

LIVERY. SALE and

FEED STABLE! Northeast Corner Public Square, Greencustle. Ind. JOHN CAWLEY.

C A X.L A T

BUTLERS DRUG STORE

REELSVILLE, IND..

For Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Oils, Varnishes, i’aints, (ila«s. Putty, Fine Soaps, Perfumery, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Brushes, and all articles kept at first-class drug stores.

Prescriptions eareftklly compounded

hours.

Also a complete stock of Family Groceries and Notions. tim34 .

CORRESPONDENCE.

Tuf readers of ThkStak will please bear in cniQ i that wo <lo nut hold ourselves accountaule G>r or endorse the opinions of correspondents published in these columns. Wo simply give space to our correspondents that the people may learn what the thoughts of tneir

neighors are.

Thk biAK always welcomes newsy correspondence from various purrs of the county. Semi along the news of your neighborhood,

and have it printed. Itrirk < lia|M'l.

On account of high water Tierce's mill has not’ been running much this W"tk. James Ihinkin, of Greencastle, is

. There seems to

Sta f

FEB. 19, t88i.

NO 44.

foreman pro tern

across the road, it had the appearance of a tunnel. I entered it almost in darkness, and walked on in silence until I trot to Arnos Robinson's, now the Crow farm There 1 saw- the smouldering fires of some log heaps being replenished with brush, and heard the musical click of the ax as it felled the timber, and I snuffed the savory bacon as it bi-sed and curled in the frying; pan. Mrs. U soon hashed

tree and "viewed the landscape o'er.” I never saw such a distribution of timber. The track of the hurricane appeared to he about a quarter of a mile in width, and its course oast and wrest. 1 could see scarcely a tree or stump standing in its course. It is said that it passed through several counties. Phillip Ford informed the writer that there were but few settlors in the county at the time of it f>c ciirreiioe He said the hardest work he

up a toothsome break l ast from their

scanty supply, spicing it with some cosily ! ever did in his life was to nold his cabin morsel from the store. Coff -e, bacon i door shut during the tornado, and he was 1 and slap-jacks were soon disposed of. a half mile from its main track. He fur

be considerable complaint against the - s, '° forbidding pile of dainty dishes to tie ther slat - i that there was an old settli r gravel road company- for not bridging I )antr ' ,,( * awil 7—just a few tin cups, pewt-; at the time who was rather noted for his| Johnston's Branch and Owl Greek. The er plates and knives. A tap or two | profanity, and it was the only thing that U. 8. Mail came near hi ing detained a knocks the coffee grounds from the cups; 1 . v. r caused him to pray. It appears that few times on account of high water. ... :l w 'P (i oleana the cups and knives. '1 hus he got tilings a little mixed while pray- 1

and seeing his wife 1

BARGAIN*! In Dry CiJoods, Dress (nooiIs, Notions and Jlillinrrv, at ^ 7 LING no VS FAXV l!AZ All, No. 6, South Side Square, Greencasth*, Indiana.

T. G. BOWMAN.

JOHN BUB1.KT.

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... A protracted meeting, conducted by toc morning dishes are cleiiin'd. |mg II" looked up, Rev. G. W. Switzer, commenced at tliis Readers, our wives and mothers may taking it rather coolly, he exclaimed, place last Thursday evening .. .. Our wonder why, witli such training, we so! “Old w< man. why in the hell haint you

! often

turn up our noses at things at home, praying?'' and went on with his prayer in

friends a mile or two west of us seem

anxious for the opening of that new road ladies, it depends entirely upon who is this wis" "0, Lord, God fer datu—I’m which was ordered to be opened this cook. J unprepared.” spring For bargains in dry goods, Breakfast over, I hear the billows of ; 1 Bainbridge at that time contained four boots and shoes, etc., call on C. G. Priest i Walnut roating. On artiving at it I find families, viz.: Wm. J. Darnslt, J. II.

Looking Lucas.Adiim Feather and Reuben George

at alt; —he is selling at cost Robert a lar K e on which I cross.

O'Hair lias gone to Guion on a visit . U P an< l down the hillsides, I see the Lucas at that time was a man of btisinafis ..Bimpson O'Hair has recently bought j smoke ascending from the settlers’ cab-j—he was a landlord, Justice of thePeace

to the right 1 postmaster, merchant, and carried on a

l ... L : ~ l. T I _

SUCCESS

Tom, Abrams, •wina tea larsely lint reaped bufines*, bus Leeu ublixed to moved bis stock ol

A. B. Toliu’a farm... Jas Farrow is feeding a lot el fine horses f r Bascom O'Hair . . D. C. Hays intends to leave our village soon . . N Y. Nelson of Chrisman, Ilia., has b en visiting in ! this vicinity Miss S. Talbotts ; school at this place closed this week on ! account of the illness of the teacher I . . S Wyatt thinka of moving to Missouri in the spring. Nick O’Dknms.

T. (i. Bowman tJk Co's

HEAP C A S H STORE Wholesale and retail dealers in Staple & Fancy Highest Market Price paid for Produce in trade or caah

T. G. BOWMAN & Co.,

Southard’s Block, 1 door Fast ofLangdon’s Book Store, Wash. st.

GEORGE BICKNELL,

ins. Just evtr the hill

heard the sound of a cow beB, w hicli I i tannery.

thought was the sweetest music I ever About that time a mao came from Ken heard, for any signs of life were hailed ! tucky by the name of A. T. Paul, who with delight. I was so attracted tliat I contracted fir the building of a carding followed tiie sound and came to » man I factory and purchased largely of real es-11, cutting down elm arid linn trees for his; late on which bo was going to build a {— cattle to feed on the bud-, so us to get j fine residence, and his daughter was go-

Manufacturer and Dealer in

Groceries,IVovisions,I 0r « an,5E,, * ,w “ ** ,h *‘ »*««»»»•

(lOHUty llortu uiiurul

GLASS & QUEENSWAUE, So, ^ ,y ’

To the large room on the

\orih Suit- ol IMiltlH-

them through that long winter. He informed me that the late arrivals in the fall, who had not been able to secure feed, had lost a great many cattle, and

iug to bring a piano. That piano was great source of trouble to me. It was! supposed that as 1 had latterly come iutoj the county, I knew all about it, when, in!

those who had raised a crop were short j point of fact, 1 bad never seen one at that of feed, and had to resort the browsing time. Taul proved a perfect failure, and

A meeting was held at Moore Bro's law j system. In this way many of the set- the piauo never came, and 1 was glad ot

office, on the afternoon of Feb. 12, for the | tiers who came in late succeeded in

Nquni * , ^ p Ur p 0se 0 p or g an i2i nc a horticultural

Next door to the dry Rood* Jtore of I. Hawkins where his friends and the publir generally will always find tho stock large, neai and clesn. and prices will be toond as low or lower than •lawwbcrc in Western Indiana.

bo- bringing the most of their stock through ciety. Owing to the prevalence of a snow 1 —' storm the number present was small, but in enthusiasm and good feeling they

IliKlx'*! 1’iirt's I*uid lor market- e, 1 ua l 1e d a Rout-

able* Couuti'} I'rodiiee. Ton AUKA.n*).

u ia

HULL VUPBR UlM l>IUVh.

J. P.. Johusou was called to the chair, and J. W. Ragan was chosen eecretary. The committee chosen at a former meeting to prepare articles of association and by-laws, made its report and was dis-

it, for it wouldn't have looked like 1 had described it many times to the old set-

the hard winter. But they could not have J tiers. The factory was built, which gave endured tho siege mm-h longer, as they the first impetus to the improvement of found in the spring that there was not; the town. It caused many law suits and

Plows!

much more vitality than was necessary on the part of the dumb brutes to enable them to get around and graze upon the

new-ra.ss sufficiently to recruit their; success, and

wasted bodies.

Many still relate with delight and with

great loss to the contractors. It was finally taken charge of by 1). C. Donuohue, who ran it for many years with greai

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| charged. Articles of association were ; an air of triumph and astonishment the [ j then considered, somewhat ame'ud :d and stortea of how they endured such trials,

adopted.

| After signing the constitution, the fo!- ' lowing officers were elected to aerve un

it was a great advantage

the community. J. D. C

HAPPY FRIENDS.

i#—i: ,.ZM

(Jackson Daily Patriot >

. , , , , , Rev.F.M. Winburne, Pastor M. E. i ascended the hill and passed through church. Mexin. Texas writes as follows: the unbroken forest until I came upon | Several months since I received a supply Abram Hilli.s. I wondered what he wa: i of St- Jacobs Oil. Retaining two bottles

I til the regular annual election of officers, j doing with that cow by the big elm tree. * ^ 1;i R’l' 1111 d ike rest among friends. It l_i.:_i. . q j «r„ i_ i-..I t>t ,,, , . _ ts a most excellent remedy for pains and

aches of various kinds, especially nuu-

4* - > a>

Tbe only V.inor tWr ?lyve that hae ttoad tto u-st of years, ttil given oulire a-d peifect eetisUctioa. n>< i *< '• i:i and rfroAviii^ in f«»vt>r v LAiwrr who havM thorn will -lot do them. lh»* Most Simple, The West D.if able, The K o .* PhFkI, h- Mo«t Economic^!, No Sn^terHig Ho**, Nj to Oiiiki, Mo Ash* t Pr .. *. K > Fue! to Carry, FF. SnoU\ NaO'j^r.

■ . T.'. ' T •' A?2 !*iDm5SABLE.

I " • r\ « r-i opothor <»! k i . ■’ • • •' in» f flinftf.rcooking ■ ;j - . p.h «. nft «•< hjCovT. h " v h.v.ihujf. fniit* • • i • • . \hr insiif** sblw ■»'t *'l ‘. im <-i * k ftovn, and ilf'v. f. . ' < H*>2' ( ■ • I'jVfn! A ■: '.in*f ■ S t f»•(y < v*.n ” rond•Ts . g ‘ , •••).•.Gly Sftft' ” ill i .Mur. • of thn mot' otuvit v or Inexpert* t iitvd S»*f ' ■ fn’l ili rripf iv#» cirr i’nr and price i|.',t—sp.•.•! »! in Incementa t<.> I'gf-nta in unn'\upit<i territorv Atldirh.*, “HULL VAPOR STOVE COMPANY,” * ^hind, Ohio. TOAD* ‘

j which occurs oa the 3d Wednesday in October next: President, J. B. Johnson; , Vice Pres, for 1st distri, t, John W. I!ai - Idolph; Idco Pres, for 2d district, VV. A j Workman; there being no one present I from tite td district, the place was left j vacant; J.W. Ragao, Secretary; Prof. J. B. DeMotte, Treasurer. By-laws

i then adopted.

The next meeting of the society will J be held at the old college building, on .the #d Wednesday in March, at 1 p. tn. i At that time W. 8. Ragan will read an ar- | ticle on the early history ot horticultur" jin Putnam County, and Mr P erson will | read something on the value of fruits A j display of fruits and bowers willal o

J made,

j On authority of the society. 1 extend a |cordial mvitation to all lov -rs of fruits and flowers to attend our next meeting.

W. A. Workman.

S-o Bloss. s-o Rloss !”—what a persuasive way Abram bad. After milking some tiino he exclaimed, "Blast the luck I there is a whole in the bottom of this cup, and it leaks faster than 1 can milk." He] looked up and sow f was a stranger.

iiiil Farm Machinery Cilritrrally. Has on hand and for sale »• lowest noesible prices, lOOSILH WHEAT DUILLN, Both one ami two-horse. Also the Celebrated btutlebakor UMBER WAGONS. SPRING WAGONS, AND CARRIAGES. The attention of the public i« partioutarty enllcd to the line <d Farm aad spriai Wagons rnaunfaetured t-y me ; thes* s- oUa a ill bo found to to built ot th* boil tt.t-ti.ts SS eoms« tent aorkuien. and aro fully warianted. . . ,, , Dealer in Iron and .Steel, llorso *hoe.« and Horse-Sho. Nails, aod Hitt bar* Oo«t. Northeast corner Coluinhia and Indiana streets, Green castle. Particular attention to horse-shoeing and repairing K‘ in( ‘ r * i 'ly'

ralgia end rheumatic affections. Antoine Gottslich, of Dallas, Texas’]

went away from a revival meeting full of j

reli ions fervor and had whisky, and

HANNA Sc BLACK. THE

were that he meant mischief. He invited me jin, and after finding out where I wished to go, ho informed me that I would have, to pass through a place lately visit, d by a hurricane, and the fallen timber afford ed convenient harboring places for all kinds of wild beasts of prey, and if I was not well armed I had not better try to go

] -ought his daughter at the house of Au- ] I/ust Knott, a neighbor, in order to "giv. i Iter some sound religious advice. She ! refused to see him, and Knott told him j not to enter. He went away, armed himself, returned for a fight, and got killed. )

Furniture

With perfect truth it has been remark- ! ed that tie avenues loading loan early I grave have often been opened by a cough I or cold. All Throat and Lung Aff ct-'

alone, as it would be about dark before ;, ons j,, s tanl!y cured by Dr. Bull's Cough I

I would get there. That was before there i Syrup. Price 25 cents,

were such things as revolvers. I had a pistol, but the main spring was broken. | Mr. Hillis advised w<* to go to John

The color line is drawn sharply in the j free schools of Fort Worth, Texas, and | the question has arisen at to which side !

Mat a., near by, and get one put tn, which | ofjttwo chilJren from rertl be i, )nB j I dtd. Mr. Marks laughed heart,ly at ^ ^ of , ndUn pamiUg0t #nd copper' myjfcrs, and said it was one of Abo's co)or Thfy w ,. nUo the white school remained at Mr. Marks' all ^ a|I th(j olher pupil9i , cling un der

; orders from their parents, packed u[)

, morning, while traveling oppo their bookg ^ retired. They refuse traveler often halts, uijstte the Dicks farm, I discovered a man I to go t0 th<1 b)ack school M they are not

nother l.etlcr iroro J. Wintkbskt, Iowa, Ftb.

x Stas: .

ountain

ill >

12, lb-1. \i0t.

Jlri n tl>o

.journey, and looks back upon

I the valley below and the heights above i Finally, st< p i>y step, the towering peak

lying in the mid,Ho of tho road, who The ftllthorltj( . s are in . flI

shall he nameless, and a horse near Ly.

I soon discovered that his overcoat was Tho A. S. T. Co.'s Black Tip adver-

ts reached, and, turning, he .‘.lands amazed ] frozen to tho ground, having fallen oil' tised in another column, is worn on fine

1 costly L ‘ ‘ — * 1 '

JO*

2.'

at the iHiautiful panorauia that lies open 1 before it had commenced to freeze. He in ' • Hir^eaTcTS *in'buynn'c before him in tho valleys and slopes ho was imbedded so deep in the snow and I cb ji,] r-n ' S shoes should bo sure that this

Hare in Ftock a full and complete line of Parlor Furniture, Library Furniture. Chamber Seta. Dir,ins Room and Kit, hen Furniture, Lounges, Patent Rocker* of the beet ityle* Marble 1 om and Plain Tables, Picture! and Picture Frames, and in fast, everythih* tesirable in the Kur

niturc line.

Largest Stock and Lowest Prices.

MARK .has passed. Like that traveler, I to-day ] mud that it was with great difficulty that j tip is upon them. M. II. Roberts’Horse Powders have he»n call a halt in lifo's wearisome journey, I got him loose. When aroused from his

M:r! ‘ Iff er'r c* L o rid lanf /o"mI. so ihaVi'heKn«!' *"««. turning to the past, view again those ' stupor ho took some whisky he had re- ' M h . f , hia o(ric „ pn , fit b ■»t™! i n o^ 1 * V P a ri d e, * * r \V a U *n s t o Hi ll an'd ^ "o H, u r ^ul-stirring events that arc veiled in the maining. and I assisted him to get on hisj^J' Mj ; taki Frank 1)|1Ilit for a thlef

1 ‘ mists and clouds of departed time. horse. Tims it appears that Abe’s joke;. , , , . , , , , . , , , , , . . for whom he was searching, he commandlender and tearful, my readers, wore was the cause of saving a man's life. He , v , , • „ ,, , . . . ,, ,,, h . ed htin to halt and shot lam for refusing. tho leave takings with which we left our'certainly would have died without as-' IA . , . , . . , . . r , , . Dimity lust a log through the blunder, former homes. 1 hough years have come, sistunco. It has always been a mvsterr , . . , , .. w . , . . e .u .. I, » . | ” , ; and has been awarded ,500 damages' and gone, the memory of the parting to me why that horse, hungry and cold, , , REASF.D' | W ith relatives and friends who followed remained with his master (iurin.* that! er! ' aw a ‘ f ’° s 0 l ,rison or 7 tar tsoan s ana new aiflcnarges i*rocureu. inose | . 1 - - in doubt »g to whether t ntitled to anythintr,' us to the turn m the lane is not forgotten.' night. 1 h<»re must bf* an oTer-rulini; should send two3-c»»nt gtiitnpH lor our cirouliir . , i ^ . , , of infornuition. A.ldres.s with .-tiiini»8. Stud BraTe, self-fiacnficing tdoh and women l roYidence that guides the d«**tinv of

Jtr m ^.^:ci^ f j‘ilLnS!;.^i:hin^^ , ‘ h,, y - h0 left comfortable hom- s man.1 for the perils and privations of pioneer We traveled on together until we came ■ life in the wilderness. to a largo fallen tree, near where Ftacy I recall to-day tho arrival of the ctni Reeves new lives, wh<ch he informed tin*

^ grants in every conceivable shape and on had killed a son of Col. I’iercy, while ■ PtM.'* Cure fur coiwumption. H ‘foot. Oh, how dark and hopeless did the carrying the mail a short time before. I liu-c"*miUl-'botIm 1 'bir#r. I future of Putnam County look to mo on Also that every man who rented or ■ iiirn.ioie iiie ctiiaiHwi w. wen H that dreary Dioming in March. I started owned land that extended to that road,

Bv.-.r!',, 1 ,'”'wt.no , ,er ^ ^l!■, l !e ^, gg from Greencastle on foot and alone to go on either side, from Bainbridge to Green- j ogt h A j. ;vans at Clifton, N. B.

to Bainbridge. It had snowed all the j castle, at that lime, had passed away, ex- thus write to Mr. Fellows:—"1 believe, i

TTITDIS RTAKI2TC In all its branches, cHrefully atten ied to. A full stock of Undertaker’* tf oodf •onstanUj o«

Gregor Obersbaw, a constable »t j Our Hearge is one of the tiuegt in thic geetion of the State I

HANNA & BLACK, 14 and 16 E. Washington St.

> n« r i it 1 i .1 r • > i > , vvj»ii«.iicvix.iii rvii'i American horses, have won thougaiids ol flol* lars for their owners 3m '8

PENSIONS

Procured for all soMiers disabled in the L . S gervico from any eause, al.**o for hcir.B of deceased soldiern. The ^lightest disability enti ties to pension. PENSIONS IN('RKASKI)

THE CHICKERING

PI A N O,

FEES OF DOCTORS.

The fee of doctor* is an item that very many pi rsons are int. rested in just at present. We believe the schedule fot visits is $3.00, which would tax a man confined to his bed for a year' and in need of a daily visit, over $1,000 a year for medical attendance alone! And one single bottle of Hop Bitters taken in time would save the $1,000 and all the year’s' sickuos.—Post. 2t44.

THE -ViaTOIR, fn all urcat «sntests, and for the Fifty-seven Tears the (Acknowledged Standard ef the WorLI-beinir copied not only by the makers of this country, but of hurope-will be oCerett duriuR tho present eondition of trade at (lirrHlfv rrit(s.

ere aranted our Piams in the (1RMAT OKI.D'S ’ **

'■.CONSUMPTION-

W ORLD S F A lH in LONDON, Dfil: »« the (JKK VT FXPOSI VION in PARIS, In',' at the IN IKKN ATIONAL KXPO-.-1 ritlN ia Chili, ISTS; and at the itrand Centennial Ka bition.PhiUdolphU.TS.

examine) linstrumonta

our wara-rooms.

ara re apectfaCyiinvitcd to vi»

■b j mgui ukjiort?# xu vuu of tho morn- ! cept Wm. K&ndcl. Which informAtion under kind Providence, that Mr. hollows’*

CMckering & Sons,

tho 8ey bold place. ’1 he heavy snow spot, about one-half mile south of whera •[• u b erC ular Consumption and 1 hope tht _ m tj o--having bent the Loughs of tho trees | Bainbridge now is. I asrended a falien . afflicted will avail themselves of its'ise. 1 '1130 Fifth Avenue, New York. • 156 Tremonl OtlMt, UOStOfli

Morton, Indiana. Acknowledgements taken and conveyancing,‘promptly attended to. tf‘28