Bloomington Progress, Volume 21, Number 10, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 May 1887 — Page 1
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J Solid Bail; Train (each way) between ft CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS. 3 Solid Daily Train (each way) between CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE. 2 Solid Daily Train (each way) between SH LOUIS AND LOUISVILI.E. STO Change of Cars tor ANT Clan or PasMBsrer. JRraf dan, Seeomi Close and Emigrant Vaseauers, all carried on Fast Express Trains, coniixting of Palace Sleeping Cora, tlegont Parlor Coaches and comfortable Day Coaches, all running THllOUQM WITHOUT CHANGE , Only 10 Hours Time Setteee Cincinnati and St. Louie, or AL Louie and Louuei'lo. But Four Hours WkWBttoee Cincinnati and LomniUe. The onto a. idlmtsnlppl R'way ; is the only Line between ISt- Ionis and Cincinnati Kinder one management, running all it trains through "SOLID," and in consequence ia the only recognized first elaaa iroote between those cities, itt JEasy Grain, Its Splendid Motiwe Power, Sled Rails, Straight Trade, and Solid Road Bed Enable the O. & M. to make faster aver age time than any other Western Road. nVAsk for Tickets via O. A M. R'y.-Qf or tale by Agents of connecting line East, West, North and South. W. W. PEA.BODY. President ko Gen. MVr. JOHN F. BARNARD, 61 Pass. Agfc. CINCINNATI, OHIO.
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NEWS CONDENSED.
Coneiso Record of the Week.
EASTERN. The Yosburg Manufacturing Compa
ny's building at Brooklyn, N. Y , was burned,
creating a loss of 300.000. In a brntal prize-fight between two professional pugilist, near Now York, the arm of one of thorn was broken in two different places. By the burning of the grocery of Willis Brothers, in Allegheny City, two persons were suffocated and two others wero fatally injured by leaping from the upper floor. The Bolton dyeing and bleaching mills near Fordham, X. X, wore damaged to the amount of 3150,000 by fire and the explosion of drying-cases. A dispatch from Ashland, Pa., says: Barry Gill, Michael Bohannon, Harry Marion, Daniel Finn, and Ebon Frances wero killed at the Tunnel colliery. Owing to an anticipated 'run' of 'pillars,' ihe west gangway has not been working for a couple of weeks. Notwithstanding all possible circumspection, the apprebonded 'run' occurred, njnging down with the coal a volumo of deadly gas by which the men above named and six motes were suffocated. " Fire destroyed the largo factory building at Noe. 223 to 237 Canal street, Mow York. The lose ia estimated at $300,000. " 'WESTERN. Two hundred masked men overpowered the guards at tho reservoir of the Wabash and Erie Canal, in Paulding County, Ohio, blew up the banks and burned the locks. A company of militia was ordered to the scene. Judge Tuley, of Chicago, in denying change of venuo to the Cook County boodlers, said he entertained no doubt about the defendants being able to obtain an impartial trial in Cook County. Indictments for murder hare been returned at Des Moine?, Iowa, against Joseph Bow and J. Beed Huribnt, the case arising out of the killing of Constable Logan on March 7, while attempting to arrest the driver of a wagon containing liquors, consigned to Huribnt, Hess Co. The men wero admitted to bail in 10,000 each. The discovery of "fabulously rich placer diggings" is reported near Nogales, Arizona. The 'Wabash round-house at Des Moines, containing thirteen engines, was destroyed by fire. The has may prove to bo 125,030. Peter Meyer, residing a few miles north of Madison, Wis., within a few days lost seven children by scarlet fever. Mrs. Meyer ia likely to lose her reason. The annual session of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions for the Northwest was held at Davenport, Iowa, last week. The Treasurer reported the receipts for the
year as 967,651, the disbursements being $194
lew. Freeport III., was selected as the next
place of meeting. Officers were chosen as
follows: Mrs. B Douglas, President; Mrs. C. B. Farwell, Treasurer; Mrs. W. B, Jacobs, Beeording Secretary, all of Chicago.
Near Papago Station, - Arizona, a
west-bound train on the Southern Pacific
Boad was seized by a party of five robbers. They ran the engine and express-car six miles, and secured about 95,000.
the order. Tha lock-out of tho journeymen
silvorsmiths in Xew York still continue
The Troy (N. Y.) stove lnolders,
ho had boon out on striko, rosolvod to go to
work last week, but tho mauufaoturors held
meeting anil decided to keep their factories
closed till tho difficulty at St Louis is settled.
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Dentist. Or. J. W.
Office in the New Block, upstairs, over Coie's Book Store. All work warranted.
Bomstie Training tor (jirfe. Nothing is more significant of the social condition of a people than the training of its girls in domestic life. In Germany the daughter of the nobleman, of the prince, afed of the small shopkeeper learns alike to cook, to sweep, and to keep house. After the training in books is over, Franlein Lena and her Royal Highness Princess Sophie both begin this home education. There are
establishments There they are taken by the vear, as in a boarding school. In,
one month they wash dishes and polish
glass and silver ; in another they cook meats ; in another bake ; in the next "lay
down meat for winter use, or preserve
xrnit, make jellies ana pickles, sweep and dust. Plain sewing, darning, and
the care of linen is also taught, snd
taught thoroughly. The German -be
trothed is thus almost always
thorough housekeeper, and spends the
time before marriage in laving in enor
mous stores of provisions and napery-
lor ner ntture nome.
In France a girl begins at 12
years of age to take part in the house
hold interests. .Being her mothers
constant companion, she learns the system of close, rigid economy which prevails in all French families. If there
be but two stacks of wood burning oa
the hearth, they are pulled apart when
the family leave the room, even for half an hour, and the brands are saved. The
nourishing soup, the exquisite entrees.
and dainty deserts are made out of fragments, which in many an American kitchen would be thrown away. The French girl thus inhales economy and -4kill with the air she breathes, and the
habits she acquires last her through
Hie.
English girls of the educated class
seldom equal the German and French in culinary ar:s, but they are early taoght to share in the care of the poor around them. They teach in the village classes, or they have industrial classes; they have some hobby, such as drawing, riding, or animals to occupy their spare time with pleasure or profit. Hence the English girl, though not usually as clever or as well read as her American sister, ban that certain' poise and aplomb which belongs to Gasmen who have engrossing occupation outside of society, beaux, and Hitting. Youth's Companion. A Texas newspaper says that there are only 50,000 Texas cattle under contract for the trail, against 160,000 a year ago, and that cattle which sold for $50 three yean ago, only, bring $33 bow. The reason assumed for this is that the up-country grazers, instead of baying cattle for breeding purposes, now take only fattening steers which HI bring them quick returns.
southern;'
A negro named Foster, living in Har
rison County, Texas, suddenly went crazy,
itched his 3-year-old child by the legs,
dashed lis brains out against a tree, and ran
with the body to tho creek bottom, where he
a ineffectually followed by his family. As
sistance was procured and he was finally cap
tured. When found Foster was rending the
child's body with his teeth, spitting flesh onto
tiie ground.
Yast numbers of people from States
North and South and from the surrounding towns assembled at Charleston, 8. C, on the
26th of April, to witness the unveiling of a
monument to the memory of John Caldwell
Calhoun. The order of exercises included the
unveiling of the monument by thirty-two
young ladies, artillery salute of nineteen guns,
and an oration by Secretary L. Q. C. Lamar.
WASHINGTON.
President Cleveland has mitigated
the sentence of dismissal against Major F. W.
Ben teen, of the Ninth Cavalry, to suspension
for one year at half pay, on account of long
and faithful service.
A Washington special sayii : "There are some indications that a proclamation of non-intercourse with Canada, on the basis of
the Edmunds bill, is regarded as possible.
While Lord Salisbury's latest proposition to uxtend the provisions of tho Washington
treaty without the indemnity clause is con
sidered almost an impudent proposition (bo-
cause of its carrying with it the fishery clause,
which was not included in Secretary Bayard's
temporary arrangement), it is denounced in Toronto as an unworthy surrender of Canadian interests. The conclusion is therefore believed to be inevitable that non-intercourse
will first have to be proclaimed, to be followed, as is anticipated, by a joint commission to adjust the matters in dispute, which was the
course originally recommended.
Gen, Terry, in addition to other
duties, has been assigned to the temporary
of the Department of the Missouri.
POUTICAX.
Mr. Blaine, after remaining in Chicago for a week, left last week for his Maine
home, where he will remain until he sails for
Europe in June. Hie health ia much im
proved since his arrival in Chicago,
CoL Dorsheimer denies that he has
seen a letter from the President positively de
clining to be a candidate for a second term.
A MU prohibiting the playing of
base-ball on Sunday was defeated in the Illi
nois Hou"e of Representatives.
The Illinois Senate has passed a bill
to restrict the rignt or aliens to acquire real
and personal property.
The majority against the Prohibition amendment at tlie'rocent election in Michigan
was 5,835.
The Pennsylvania Senate defeated a
bill designed to rednce by 4,000,(XXI per an nom the profits of the National Transit Com pany in piping and storing petroleum. Oil.
producers were unanimous hi support of tho
measure.
Milo H. Dakin, a member of the Michigan House, having been convieiod of
soliciting bribes, was expelled by a unanimous
vote x
THE HtPtTSTRIAX OUTLOOK
The Knights of Labor organization
in New York ia threatened with disruption,
the immediate cause of the trouble being the
persistent refusal of the Executive Board to
give the Knight of toe Montank District
charter. Other districts have taken up thi
fight, aadthoxesoUof it all will be, it is Baid,
mat 100.000 men will leave the order. The'
printers have takn sides with the Montanka
REGULATING THE RAILROADS
The Iufceriitate Commerce Commis
sion bean its sessions in the Council Chamber
of the City Hall, at Atlanta, Oa., on tho 27tu
nit Tho commission expressed a desire to
hear from the l-ailwajs, and a list of witnesses was given. The first witness caaminod was Charles A. Hmcial, Secretary of the Southern Railway and Steamship Association. Ho gave minute cxplanitions of how rates aro made and maintained by railroads and
ator lines. Ho was cross-examined at
great length by 'Judge Cooler, um-
miasioners Walker and Bragi,'. 1. M. Jtmor-
aon, of tho AUanno i-oasi mm
P. Shelman of tho Georgia lentrai imu-
road were also examined on the same points at creat length. Mr. Ogden, of tho Southorn
Bailway aud Stoamship Association, testified
touching tho d fferenco between watorraies and laud ratal Ho said that, to a great ox-
nt, water ra-os controlled the rato of the
railroads. Ho showed how rates on certain classes of freight would bo affoc -ted if the long and short hauls shou'.d be enforced. Sol
Haas, of Biohmond, Ta., agent of tho
associated roads of Virginia and tho oarolmas, testified that rates on his lines wero
controlled by the trunk lines and water routes;
the only complaint had been from competitive points. J. M. Culp, of the liOnisvillo and Nashville Boad, said that rates from the West
to tho South wore controlled by ocean compe
tition. Hie rates to various Southern cities were affected by water conipct.tion. CoL S. A. Pierce, President of the Columbia (S. C.) Board
of Trade, read a memorial from that body set
ting forth thoserious damage that would result to tho farming community and shipping in
marketing their commodities if tho fourth section were enforced. About a dozen other
citizons presented similar momorials. A large
number of colored men patitioned for the en
forcement of their right to equal accommodations o the railroads. Telegrams wore received from tlio Cotton Exchange and Board
of Trade of Savannah asking that See, 4 be enforced. -A Washington dispatch says "Cue
Commission's correspondence is increasing very fast, and Secretory Moscly now has a forco of five clerks and a messenger hard at work classifying it and answoring such as can
be answered in accordance with decisions al
ready made."
The Interstate Commision concluded
its sittings at Atlanta on tho 2Sth ult. and left for Mobile. A memorial was received from the Wilmington (N. C.) Chanibor of Commerce and Produce Exchange strongly urging the enforcement of tho long and short haul section. A memorial was presented from business mon of Opelika, Ala
bama, showing how railroads discriminated
against that town in favor of Columbus and Montgoinory. Judge Chisholm, counsel of the Plant system, made an argument favoring tho suspension of tho long and short haul clause. He was follo-jred by Goa F. P. Alexander, President of the Georgia Central Boad, on the same side. Tho Taooma (W. T.) Chamber of Commerce has written the Commission, asking "iat transcontinental lines bo exempted
from tho operation of Section 4. It represents that freight rates between New York, Chicago, and the Pacific coast have advanced between 100 and 200 per cent., and adds: "K ft etriot construction of tho law is adhered to, the effect will be practically prohibitory of either emigration from or to the East, and our Territory will suffer ineal-
cnlable injury. The following letter froni
Judge Cooley, addressed to the Sisters of St
Joseph, St. Louis, Ma, explains itself:
Tours of the 14th Inst, rocraestrag that the
railroad companies bo authorized to give you boo transportation, as they havo been accustomed to do, has been reeelvcd and considered, and the Commission regrets that It can make no order niton them for vour benefit Tho rail
road companies must determine for themselves
what shall bo their policy in the granting 01 laTors to persons encased in religious works. The
statute, in plain terms, allows the giving of reduced rates to ministers of rolicion. and if thoy
are given on some general and impartial rule
road company could havo occasion to tear
penalties.
A numerously signed petition from
citizens of California was received m Wash
ington requesting tho commission not to suspend tho operation of section 1 so far as tho Pacific coast is concerned, until an opportun
ity be afforded all persons mtercatad to be heard.
to. the muni. Hlmr mannf aetnnrs in the
Wit hire naaaei their men to withdraw from. ( Oataaoa against the Irish leaders.
MISCELLANEOUS. It is alleged thnt two of the seven
lost bonanza mines of Mexico have been dis
covered by American prospectors.
About three hundred persons at- !
tended tho bauquet of the American ltepubfican Club of Pittsburgh, giveu to commomo- j rate the sixty-nf th birthday of General Grant
Colonel Fred I). Grant was among tho num
ber. The chief OKtor was Governor Foraltor,
of Ohio.
The marine hospital service has es
tablished inspecting stations at Yuma and No-
galeB, on the Mexican border, to prevent tho
introduction of contagious diseases
The government's repeal resolutions
were adopted in the Nova Scotia Housa of Assembly, and the resolutions opposing coer
cion for Ireland wero passed unanimously.
A hurricane swept over the northeast
coast of Australia tho 22d of April. The
pearl-fishing iloet, numbering 400 boats, was destroyed, and 550 persons perished.
During a gale on the North Atlantic
coast, boats iu charge of lobster fihera of
Tusket Island, N. H., were capsized; and six men perished. Many others had marvolous escapee.
The steamer Benton, of Singapore,
was sunk in collision with a bark off tho island of Formosa, and 159 persons wore drowned.
The schooner Flying Scud was re
cently lost off the coast of Alaska, with tho owner, Captain, and fourteen native hunters.
FOREIGN. The German Commissioners to whom was delegatod tho dnty of investigating tho case of the arrest of M. Hchiiaebels, the French Commissary, report that Sohnaebols was arrested on German soil. Thoy also assert that the ovidonco against tho prisoner is overwhelming. There aro numerous charges of high treason against him. The nephew of a high official in the Russian army has boon arrested ou suspicion of having informod tho nihilists of tho movements of tho Czar.
The Glasgow (Scotland) Chamber of
Commeicc adopted a resolution declaring that the system of trndo bounties Mid protection adopted by other countries U-ih so injured En
glish trado tint there is justification for ask
ing Great Britain to revise Iter lis -al relations.
The Manchester Chamber of Commorco
adopted resolutions affirming unabated con
fidonce hi free trade as the best national com
mercial policy.
Ihe French-German war-cloud still
hovers threateningly over Eur.ipa The Schnaebels affair is being offi
cially investigated by the French and Gorman
Governments,
At the dinner given in London by the labor members of Parliament Mr. Glad-
atone declared his entire disbohof in tho ac
on MWJ
lliat in May, lt4i, immediately after tho assassinatiou in I'bosnix I'ark, Parnoll wrote him a i lottor and offered to place hiiunelf, without i reserve, in Gladstone's hands, apparently I
foreseeing that he would bo asnoc ato.1 with that triiuo. Ho wrote that ho regarded tho murders with tho utmost abhorrence, and offered to rotign the leadership of the Irish party and retire altogether from political life if Gladstone considered such a stop advisable in tho interests of lrclaud. A heavy snow-storm prevailed in Scotland an t Walei ou Hie 30th of April The Swiss State Council has ratified tho copyright convention with tho United Stales. Seven Turkish soldiers have been massacred by religions fanat'es in Albania. Germany admits that the arrest of Sclmaob Li was irregular. The English poet, Swinburne, publishes a huudred-liuo poem donouueing Gladstone's Irish policy. Tho following reference to tho ex-Premier is sent by cable across the water: Tho hoarv henchman of tho gang Iiifts hands that never dew uor rain llftj '.iao from Gordon's blood ;in, Grand helmsman of tho elainor.niH crew, 'Jlio good gray recreant quakes and weeps To think that criuio no longer creeps Safe to its end, that murderers, too. May die when mercy sleeps. LATER NEWS ITEMS. A iHSTltlsssiKiS accident occurred at East Brookliekl, Mass., which cost tho life of a brave man and tho Boston A Albany llftilroad over $30,000. The latter were lucky in escaping a collision which, had it occurred, would have exceeded any of the railroad horrors that havo lately distin
guished New England. An east-bound through freight was in charge of Engineer James Monde and Conductor James DeBlois. At Spencer, a few miles boyond Urookfiold, the freight stopped to shift out some milch cans, while the engino was on the siding ten cam got loose from the main body of the train, and started down the
grade toward EnstlSrooktield. Conductor I)el51ois saw tho runaway start, and remembering he hud only twenty minutes' time to get away before ihe arrival of the night aecoramociidioii for Worcester, saw the terrible disastor that threatened. Ho leaped into tho engine, which, with five cars, backed rapidly into tho main line, and started in hot pursuit, tho runaway leing telegraphed along tho line. At East Brook, field the grade increases, and if tho wild train ran beyond it wonld surely meet tho accommodation which was on a long stretch where there were no stations to warn it. Engineer Meade got his machine up to fifty miles an hour, and when a milo this side of East Brookiield overhauled the runaway. Ak it can e nearer and nearer, Conductor I)e Blois run np on top the freight car and got ready to jump on the wild train and put on the brakes. The speed they were going was terrific, but when Ihe cars were liv. feet apart he leaped. His spring was unsteady, ler he fell short, and with a cry struck the train. The nest instant his own traiu tore pnst, grinding him to pieces. The race was here abandoned, but luckily James Corcoran, the station agent at East Brookiield, heard the rattle of tho approaching runaway ut the Knnie time he heard the whistle of the approaching passenger, and rushing out to the switch turned it in time. The runaway leaped down an embankment, being entirely demolished. The peoplo on ihe accommodation were terribly scared when thoy heard of their escape, and Cor orau was highly complimented. De lllois was picked up in pieces
and taken to his home in Springfield. The wrecked cars were loaded with potatoes, Hour, bananas, and dry goods. Some of tho cars are half buried in the soft ground. Tub General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor, after three days' conference at Pittsburgh with representative stove moulders throughout the couutry, have decided they would not interfere in the present contest about the St. Louis patterns. The Grant relics, which have been for sevoral months safely guarded in one of tho private looms of the National Museum, are now being placed on public exhibition. A special from Cheboygan, Mich., says: The large Eteamship Susquehanna, upward bound with coal, was cut through by the ice in the straits and is now lying at anchor off thnt port, with her forward compartment filling with water. The steamer Iltlaware is alongside rendering assistance. The large fleet is shattered. Pmsog Bismakck has informed M. Horbette, the French ambassador, that he
will snbmit for the Emperor's signature immediately an order for tho release of M. Schnaebels. It is understood, in the event of his liberation by Germany, that the French Government will discharge M. Schnaebels from the office of special commissary at l'ag-uysur-Morsello. A special from Savannah, Qa., says: Copt. Patrick Ioylo and eighteen men, part of tho crew of the British steamer
Ben Hope, were picked up in Tyhee roads
by a pilot boat and bronght to this city
Their vessel, uonua troin !ew xorK to Vera Croze, was burned, aud the crew took to the boats. They wore then fifty miles southeast of tho mouth of the Savannah Hiver. The Ben Hope's cargo consisted of 11,001) gallons of crude petroleum. The steamer cost $1?)(',000. Lambert & Avers,
of New York, owned the cargo.
At Yomigstown, Ohio, Wm. Coyne was
instantly killed. He was employed in the shafting works, and in attempting to start tho machine his sleeve was caught and he was thrown head foremost into tho machine. His skull was crushed.
HIS FINAL HOME.
Funeral Services of the Late Alexander Mitchell at Milwaukee, Wis.
An Immense Concourse of Attendants from All Portions of the Country.
(Milwaukee special.) The funeral of Alexander Mitchell was the largest ever witnessed in Milwaukee.
Tt tank nlnna from St. James EniseODCil
Church. Before removing the casket from j given.
the house, itev. ur. iceue reaa a prayer iu the presence of the family. The scene at the church was in accordance with the beautiful ritual of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Mitchell was a devoted member. About all of the seats in the church were reserved for the relatives and friends, for tho Governor and staff, tho State and city officials and delegations of societies, commerce and railroad bodies and delegations. The casket was opened, and the remains lay in state until the hour of the fuueral. A constant stream of people had been
of dollars, and ihe thefts had been going on for at least sis: or seven years before they were discovered. Mitchell was talking about the weather one day to a friend, aud i-iuiled lightly at the loss. "But," said he, "there's my nephew, .lohn Johnston, who is an expert book-keeper aud has charge of tho books, and he 'jan't tell how it happened. It's a dom'd good joke on John Johnston that he couldn't see what was going on before his eyes. " The late Chief ' Justice E. G. Ryan, of Wisconsin, had something of the toady in his disposition while t.e was struggling for a livelihood e,s a needy lawyer. After he became Chief Ju-tiee he docided all the cases under the absurd granger laws against the railroads, and tie St. Paul line suffered severely. Tie Chief Justice met the rail
road magnate after the decisions were
hv, flow well you are looking,
Mr. Mitchell." said the Chief Justice, with
an affability that at that period he showed to few men. "Yes," said Mitchell, "I've been getting fot (fat) on your decisions." Tho sneer cu: the great jurist like a knife,
j and he walk' d away without a word.
FAVORING THE SETTLER.
President Cleveland Out in a
Paper on the Eights of Hoiaesteadors.
ne
BASE-BALL.
THE MARKETS. KEW 1'OBK. CITHjX... S 5.00 3 S.7S Hogs 6.73 0.00 Wheat No. 1 Wiiite 95 t!$ .9554 Ko.2Ked 934S .91 COBN Ko 2 , 48 tf". .il OATS-Whlte 38 .43 Fobs Sew Mess 16.03 10.50 CHICAGO. CiTTIjE Choice to l'rimo Steers 5.00 H 5.50 Good Shipping 4-5'J " 5.00 Common 3.75 iJa Hons Shipping Ui ados 5.25 5.7a Flour Winter Wheat l.vS 3- . Whhat No. '2 Spring 8-'s Kl 2 Ocas-No. 2 -" .'s Oath-No. 2 27'aji .--'B'-j jJurTEB Choiee Creamery 20 .21 Fine Imiry 18 cl .2J Cheese Full Crei.m, Cheddar.. .rU- ,H!4 Full Cream, new 13?.i '. ,U',i Eoos Fresh 11'.. ' .12 'k Potatoks -Choice, per bu 75 . .M) Fobs Moss 20.50 21.00 MU.WAUKKK. Wheat Cash 77i3C .78'4 Cc K No. 3 SS : AO Oats -No. 2 White 32 .31 Rvb- No. 1 2 V! .3 Fork- Mess 15.25 li.7'TOLEDO. Win; at No. 2. .83 .esjj Cms No. 2 40 0 .it Oats 30 vi .31 DKTHOIT. BkefCattM3 4.00 ." 5.0D Has 4.00 5.00 HheBP 4.2S t 5.30 Wheat Michigan Md 81 i . Cons-No. 2 10 W .43 Oats Whito saj-jd .31 ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 S .81 Cobn Mixed 35 OS) .354 Oats Mined 28 . .23 Pons. New Mesa 10.50 (3I7.W CINCINNATI. Wheat No. 2 Bed 62 i5 .83 Conn No. 2 41 f .42 OATS No. 2 80 v .31 Fork Men 10.10 10.(0 LiVB Hoas 6.00 M 5.76 BUFFALO. Wheat No. 1 Hard 89 (S .00 Cons No. 2 Yellow 45 i". .45)4 CATlIiE 4.50 i 5.25 INDIANAPOLIS. Bjckf Cattle 8.75 a 5.25 Hoas 6.25 i 5.75 Sheep 8.60 4.75 Wheat No. 8 Bed. .81 .! Cons No. a. 87 .88 Oats -Mixed .28)4 .t EAST I.lliEHTT. CATTLE llest 6.00 5.2S Fair 4.75 ' 5.00 Common 4.25 4.50 Hoas 6.75 if 0.00 Bjikep, 4.60 m 5.25
passing through tho church, and during the forenoon thousands viewed the remains.
The face of the dead man looked nte-
President Young Addresses a Letter to the Oflldal Sccrers of the Na tional League.
Attacking the Eeiserve Eule President Spalding Unjustly Censured Notes of the Game.
Attacking the ltuserve Rule. The unwarranted attacks of certain papers upon President Spalding, of the Chicago Base-Ball Club, regarding tho
sale of the releases of players to other clubs has earned the contempt of lovers
of fair play, says tho Inler Ocean. The reserve rul3 was tho salvation
of the profession! .1 base-ball clubs that adopted it. The National ngreement protects the smallest club iu its list, and no
matter how good a player they may develoD. thev aro nrotected asainst the deser
tion of the ulnver by the otter of a big
salarv. Hut for this rule the spirit of
rivalrv which exists between the profes
sioual ball clubs of the couutry would result in the total disintegration of every pro-
like and natural, and there were many sad fc8siona, team t the eiid of each stason,
scenes and incidents during the day as old
friends looked at the dead man for the last time. The casket was heavily draped, and on its lid rested a cross of calls liEes. A special train from Chicago bronght hundreds of people, many of whom could not get near the church. During the service the broad avenue was blocked with a dense mass of humanity that had gathered to pay their lust respects to the dead millionaire and citizen. Hundreds of otrangf-rs f rpm over the Northwest and from other parts of the country wero present. The service was impressively conducted by llov. Dr. Keene, Mr. Mitchell's old friend and pastor, and Eev. E. O. liichardson, rector of St. James Church. At its close a vast funeral cortege formed and slowly wended its way to Forest Home. There was no military display, and tho lone line that followed .tho remains as
and the competitive bidding by clubs for ball-nlavers' serviovo would dually result
in extravnaaut salary lists that would bank
nipt every clnb that attempted to stand np under it. and, effectually kill the snort pro
fessionally. The Chicagos were the last to sell a release: all the other clubs had
sold release-. President Spalding said: "The case of Mc'.'ormick is peculiar.
He. with Glasscock. Briodv. and another.
deserted from the league, and, tempted by
offers of increased salaries, they all went
into Lucas' club iu the I nion Association
! Tho Cleveland Club promptly expelled ' them for their action. The Union Associi ntion went to pieces, and these deserters
I found themselves blacklisted and thrown
oat of employment. At the personal solicitation of ileCormick (who came to mo
with tears in his eyes, begging me for
God's sake to put him ia a way to earn
made- up of railroad ana other omidojes t of Mr j t9 fha l AntArnriafMl or WillCU : : . ... 1 i.
Mr. Mitchell was the head, of old I
settlers, and of societies iu which he had
long held membership. As the cortege passed through the Soldiers' Home a guard of 000 old veterans acted as an escort from one gate to the other. At the grave in Forest Home Cemetery the service vvjibrief, nnd was conducted entirely by Dr. Keene. and consisted of the committal and a praver. All flags over the city wore Hying at half mast. The stores anil shops closed at noon, and durmg the afternoon business was as entirely suspended as on the Sabbath. Stories of the Dead Millionaire. (From the Chicago Times.) In 18T9 the Democratic State Convention at Madison nominated Mitchell for Governor while he was in London. He sent a cable dispatch positively declining the nomination, but omitted his signature, as is customary, to savo expense,- when the sender of a cablegram is well known. The enthusiastio Democrats would not accept the dispatch as genuine because he had not signed it. "Jim" Jenkins, tho Milwaukee lawyer, was a delegate in the convention, and defended the genuineness of the dispatch by explaining the custom as to cable messages. "Cablegrams cost foity cents a word," he said, "and we all know Mr. Mitchell's economical habits where expense is not necessary. By not signing his name to his dispatch he saved eighty cents." The argument was conclusive to the Democrats of the outlying Milwaukee wards and of tho backwoods, and the de
clination was accepted. Yet in political matters, when he took an interest on one side or the other, Mr. Mitchell was not only generous but lavish
of money. He attended a meeting or the Democratic Slate Central Commitb-o in 1871, when ex-Senator J. B. Doolittle was the Demoeratio candidate for Governor. "How muoh money do you expect to raise?" he asked. He was answered by Sit Clark that they ought to have about So.OOU. "Give me the pen," he said, and pulled tho Eaper toward him. He signed for ?2,50O alf the amount said to be required and drew his check for the money. It was about all the money that they had for the campaign. , He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis in IH70, where Tilden was nomitated for President. Doolittle, George B. Smith, Joe "Rankin, N. D. Pratt, and others were his colleagues. At the close of the convention their several bills were sent to their parlor, the cost of which t $500 for the week) was apportioned among them. Ringing the bell as a clerk appe ircd Mr. Mitchell said: "Make the bill (ho pionourced it "bull," with a bur in his pronunciation) for the room out to me. It was done, and ha drew his check for the whole amount. His gifts to charity were very numerous, aifd he even allowed himself occasionally to be bled to a reasonable extent by frauds and deadbeats whom he knew to be such. He had some worthy pensioners, generally poor Scotohmen, to whom he gave regular gratuities. In church matters aud others of a really deserving character, h usually let the begging committee get all that they could raise from others, and then made up the remainder himself. When Mitchell was worth S100,000 or $200,000, and was regarded as a growing Western banker, he made his first formal visit as a capitalist to tho East and went on to Wall street. He was immediately seleoted as their prey by the wolves of tho street. He had determined to try his luck a little in stocks and they f ouud out what his purchase was. They manipulated the stock, working it down, and hung on to it with characteristic tenacity. He was called upon for margins, and kept putting up and putting up. It did not take him long to 4catch on, aud he saw what tho sharpers wore at. Ho at once drew aud raised enough money to buy at ilsi greatly depressed value every dollar of stock whioh he had margined for a considerable port:on of its price as it then stood. "Take that, dom ye," he said mentally and aloud to the whole of Wall street, as he bade it good-by. The stock rebounded with force as the artificial pressure was taken off, and the blacklegs who had been selling it short to "skin" him saw it advance a! ove the price at which be had made the original purchase, ao that he unloaded at a j rout and they were the losers. One or two anecdotes that are cuaracteristio of a grimly humorous side of his disposition may be told. Pour or flvo years ago a book-keeper in bis bank proved a defaulter. The clerk had a desk near tho vault, out of whioh, by some sleight-of-hand, ho had stolon money for years aud falsified the books so as to cover it. ! xactly bow it was done could not b oxplained, and nobody could tell bow much cash he had got away with. The sum4len WW supposed to 1) hundreds of thousands
interested invself to secure the reinstatement
of the deserters. They were reinstated. MeCormiek went to the Providence team
nnd his habits were so aaainst him that
ihe Providence management wanted to re
lease him to me for $600. I bought his
release, but not until I hart a talk with nun.
in which he said ho wanted to come to Chicago, and promised me that we should
have nothing to complain or on me ucoro
of his hubiu. Last year bis habits were ho notorious thnt wo cou'd not endure them, and hence the discipline against
whioh he relielled. We did U in his inter
est as well as our own. I submit whether I have not been McCormick's friend, and whether he has not good ground for being grateful to the managemant of the Chicago
Club." Scoriae,
President Young, of the Base-Ball Leaaue, has addressed the following letter
to the official scorers: t.i ihn official tiorers of the National Leaeuo :
in i..vin,viiii' tliti tmw codo with a view to aa
c rtaiuins if there are any points to which the attention of the official scorers should be drawn, I have come upon tho provision credit
ing a stolen base to a runner wnere ine same i aecujod through the assistance of amisnlay other than a battery error an overthrow or fumble, for exauipl Tho philosophy or this credit is perfectly logical. Tho runner earns a iin k liv niiLkini! n. diirinu attemnt to secure it.
and, it buccossful, even though assisted by an ..i-i-im- .Ior.ivvoi tha uoint. The credits will, of
course. 1)0 included in j'our official returns of stolen basos. We now come, however, to the 1 oinl v. hieh I di siro to euinhsii.ize. This quory Ubb been im-iiouudfld to mo : Suppose a player reaches iir&t m a hit, steals s-conu on a fumblo
of ihe baseman, nnd 11 batted home, is the run earned'.' I answer, uo. Tho reason is obvious.
lmt Hie i,iut sliouhl be carefully oorue in niiua
in tilling out Ihe earned-run blank in your score sheets Karni d runs, it should bo reniomborod, a.e not credited to individuals, nor do thoy have anv particular bearing upon the status of a club in making up the average which 'onslit ito the monthly and annual records Thev are important factors, however, in K-iociiiK the elleeiiveuesfl of a pitcher, and it is in this light alone that they should Uo retarded. It is then manifestly unfair to charge a pitcher with a run i arued off hie delivery when bases secured bv tieldiir: cr ors are essential factors in it nh'vioiiBlv th i.itchor enn in no way bo
resiHmsib'.e for a muff by tho basemen or an overthrow by the catcher. Iu computing earned
l ens, therefore, yon will scan your scores carefitllv and omit tallies in which the stolon baso
assisted by on error is a nocossary element. Around the liases.
Mniuhv. of the Boston team, is (he
vonii"est catcher in the league, being but
1! vears old,.
The new rules have the effect of keeping the catcher vmdtr the bat the greater part
of the game.
The St. Louis team got 3,500 for its
share of the recent cauies, and the Cmea
gos took $4,000 for their share.
The colored ltagno seems to have come tn a sudden halt. The interstate commerce
bill made laiiway travel too expensive for
them.
Five of tho Chicago players are over six feet tall Pyle, A-.on, Darling, Baldwin,
and Sullivan. Pyle is ( feet 8 manes, De
ing the tallest man m the League.
T he American Association Captains are St. Louis, Comiskey: Brooklyn, Swarf
wood: Louiville. Heoker: Cincinnati, Feu
nellv: Athletic, Slovey; Metropolitan, Orr;
Baltimore, Greenwood; Cleveland, Snyder.
Tho Captains of tho League teams for
1S7 are: t hicago, Anson, ueiroit, nanIon: New York, Ward: Philadelphia, Ir
win; Hoslor., Kelly; Washington, Farrell
Pitt-.buie. Brown: Indianapolis, Glass
cock. It tnigLt be well to out this out for
reierenee.
The first week of the American Associa
liou schedule has proved a snrpriso to the
calculators. The Ciucinnatis took the load
and the world-beaters were found m tho fifth ulaco. Tho Brooklyus had a clean
score in the second place. The Cleveland
infants brouuht up the roar with dv
straight defeats. The Metropolitans were
beaten every name they played. 1 he Ath
leties manntiod to win one of the three
games they played.
Tho Xationr.l Daily Hae Hall (Ime.lte,
at New York, is the first etlbrt ever made
to produce a dailv paper exclusively d vot
ed to base-ball. Tho President of the
comuauv thnt publishes this paper
Ernsiui Wininn, tho millionaire base-ball
i utluiMast. The Treasuter is John B. Day,
of Iho Now York Clnb. nnd the Secretary
aud managing editor is (). P. Caylor, who for many years was sporting editor of the
( uicinnuti .hiuiutrrr. ihe tfaztltv is
small Rheet, full of base-hall news from all
parts of tho country. The telegraph is made to play a very important part in the paper. No " tern of news is considered too
small to be wired direct to this enterprising
sheet. It him been made the omcitit bulle
tin of both tlio League and Association
Why do sovereigns make loso noise
in tho offertory box than copper coins
Becftuno there aro lower of tuom.
State
Directs Secretary Lamar as the Line of Action to lie Pursued.
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INDIANA STATE NEWS.
The President has addressed the follow
ing letter to the Secretory of the Iuteriorj relating to the controversy between the Northern Pacific llailroad and a settler in Washington Temtory:
Dp.in Sm- I havo examined with mnoh
care and interest tho questions involved in the conflicting of claims of Guilford L. Miller and tho Northern I'acifle liailro.id Company to cortaiu public land in Washington Territory. The
legal aspects oi tno oaso nave ooen bueuiuvu and passed uimwi by several ofneora of the Government, w ho do not agroo in th)ir conclusions Miller claims to bo a settlor upon the land In ouostion, whose, possession ill.te from 187s.
Ho anodes tnat no nas inaao auoiwntuu improvements upon this lard and cultivated tho f.amo, and It upwars that he filed bis claim to the sanio under the homestead law on tho 2frh day of December, 1861. The railroad company contend that this land is within the territory or area
from which it was entitled to select such a quantity of public laud as migh t be necessary to supply any deficiency that should bo found to exist iu the specified land mentioned in a grant by the Government to said company in aid of the construction of tho road, such deficiency boini; contemplated as likely to arise from tho paramount right to private parties and
settlers wicmu tne territory emuracing sguu grouted lands, and that tho laud in dispute was tt.as selected by tho company on tbe llrth day of December, 18S3.
A large tract, including this land, was with
drawn by order of tho Interior Department from sale and from pre-emption and homestead ettry in 1372 in anticipation of the con
struction of said railroad, ana a aencieney ii. Its nranted lands In 18H0. uixni tho filing
at a mop of definite location of the road, the
Ijna m cor.troversv, ana iuueu more wowjb liAit been so withdrawn, was found to lie i.atBldo of tho limits which included the 1 anted laud; but its withdraval aud reservation from sottloment and entry under our laud
Iawii was continued upon the theory that it ufln wlhin the limits of indemnity lands which
u light bo Boloetod by the company as provided in the law making the grant. The lecal points tn this controversy turned ujiou the validity and effect of the withdrawal and reservation of
this Ian 1 and tho continuum theroof. Tho Attor
ney General is of the onmioii that such with
drawal and reservation were at all times
effectual, and thoy operated to prevent
Miller from acquiring any interosn m or
right to the land claimed by him. With this Interpretation of tho law, and tho former orders anil action of tho Interior Department, it will bo scon that tho eflect his been tho with
drawal and reservation since r-i2 of snousanas If not millions of acres of thete lands f roni tho
operation of the land laws of the United States,
thus placing tnem oeyona tuo reacn ot oar ciw?eiin denirin2 under such laws to settle and
mako homes upon tho same, and that this has
been done for tne oonentot a ruuroau company, havi.ig no fixed, certain, nor definite Interests in such lands. In thir. manner tho bsneOcial policy and intention of tho Government in relation to
the public domain nave tor an ineae years to thnt nxtflnt boon thwarted. There seems to bo
no evidence presented showing how much, if
any, of this vast tract is necesiary tor me imflllment of the crant to the railroad company.
uor does thore appear to be auy limitation of
tho time within wlucn mis lact Buouia ue maua known, and tho corporation is obliged to make its selection. After a lapse of fifteen vears this largo body of tho public domain is still held ia reserve to the exclusion of settlors, for the convenience of a corporate beneficiary of tho Government and awaiting its selection, though it Is entirely certain that much of tho reserved land can-never bo honestly claimed by said corporation. Sueh a condition of tho public landa should no longer continue. So far as it is the result of executive rules and methods thess should be abandoned, and so far as it is a consequence of improvident laws these should bo repealed or amended. Our public domain is our national wealth, the carnost of our growth, and the heritage of our people. It should promise limitless development and riches, relief to a orowdedpopulation, and homes of thrift and industry. These ines4.i,n,i,iA,f.iMntn0a Rhmthl 4ie iealou3lv Guard
ed, and a careful and enlightened policy on the part of tho Government should secure them to the people. In the oaso under consideration I assnmo that thore is on auuud.incc of land within the area which has been reserved for indemnity, in which no citizen or settler has a legal or equitable interest, for all purposes of such indemnification to this railroad company if its grant has not boon already satisfied. I understand, too, that selections made by such corporations are not complete and effectual until the same havo been approved by tha Secretary of tho Interior, or unless thoy aro made in the words of tho statute, under his direction. You havo thus far taken no action iu this matter, and it seems to me that you a e in a condition to deal with tho subject in such a manner as to protect the settler from hardship and loss. I transmit herewith tho papers and documents relating to tho cases which were submitted to mo at my request t suggest that you exorcise tho pow er aud authority you have in the premises, upon e.niit.ib:e consideration with pvery presumptii n and intendment in favor of iho settler, and. in case vou find this corporation is entitled to select any mere of those lands than It has already acquired, that you direct it to select, In lieu of the land apou which Mr, Miller has settled, other loud within tho limits of this indomnitv reservation, upon which neither he nor iiiiv other citizen has iu good faith nettled or mado improvements. I call yoar attention to SccKons 34:0 and 2451 of tho Itovisml Statutes of tho United States as pointing out a mo-io of procedure which may perhaps, be resort 3d to If necessary fo- the purpose of reaching a just anc equitable disposition ofthocaso. The sugitesti ins herein c jntainod can, I believe, bo adopted without disregarding or calling in question the opinion of the Attorney General unou ihe puro'y legal propositions which were Miomitted o him. Yours very truly, CiiioM.it Cr.KVKr.AN, To the Secretary of tho Interior, Washington.
The SiKiiitlcuiee ot Hie Loiter. I Washington sneeial to Ch icago Tiraos.1 The Higuirknueo of the President's letter to Secretary Lamar is increased by the circuniftances of its pul l calion. The Secretary left here lor Chaile ton Monday morning, aud he ha? not returned. He is expected ba-k on Monday. Tho letter is dated last Monday, nnd was given to the press last night, so thiil f e President wrote the letter and made it publio while the Secretary was absent, and the Secretary did not see the President's letter to him until it was published iu all the papers. By giving this letter to the public beforo the Secretary saw it the Presidout made the snub administered to ti e Sec-ataxy as severe as possible. There is soaie curiosity to see how Mr. Lninar will take it. Peoplo who have paid attention to public land matters, recognize that an emergency existed which called for just such action as the President had the nerve and sense to take.
Iu.
(jhithercil
If the young lady wfcoleads the Sundayschool iu inquiring "What siimll the harvest be?" had been raised on n farm, sha would have known, without being told, that it all depended on whether the former planted buckwheat or oats. A MiT.wAfKF.il girl fell from a roof and lit in a snow-bauk. "Are you hurt?" asked a gentleman who lu. tried to her relief. "Not a bit!" was the cheerful reply. "Do you suppose I have be in tobogganing all winter for nothing?" A Yorxo men "ho can milk and take care of furnace" advertises in the New York HeruM for a situation. Some milkman should hire him. Tho pumps could be given a rest with a man on the place who can milk a furnace.
Tur. latest ac uisitioa to ti diino museum is a man who l as a spiral neck, shaped something 1 ko a corkscrew. It is snpposea that he s.it in a theater behind a high hat, and twisted his neck out of shape in trying to jel a g'iuipso of tho stage. A lazy man when o.i'cred a Waterbury watch as a pr niiuiii w ith u suit of clothes which he hl 1 m-chased, declined it with the remark that 1 o had tnongh of hard work to do al toady with out viuding a Waterbury watch every twenty-four hours. A sriFNTW r informs the world that the sun will bist for ten millions of years. Wo have no doubt of tho :rnth of the statement. About tho next Fourth of July we will be of opinion ibat it has heat enough in it to last for teu billions of years, instead ot ten millions. She Wh-re are you giviug, Charley? He Going to the tVnter. She Ah! 1 understand. Tho bullet. Hut why dou't you fio to ttie dog iihow instead? I think
you v,ill ilko it over so much better, dogs, you know, ban four; twioe as toh as the ballet dun com.
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The thirty-third annual conclave of the Indiana Commandry of Knights Templar was held at Indianapolis, and the follow ing officers were elected: Bight Eminent Grand Commander, George W. F. Bark, Shelby ville. B, E, Deputy Grand Commonder, lieuben Peden, Knighlstown. B. E. Generalissimo, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. K. E. Grand Captain-General. Henry W. Lancaster. Lafayette. E. E.
Grand Prelate, Edward P. Wballon, Vtacennes. B. E. Senior Warden, Irwin P.
Webber, Warsaw. B. E. Junior Warden,
Joseph A. Manning, Michigan City.
E. E. Grand Treasurer, Joseph w. bmltn, Indianapolis. It. E. Grand Beoorder. John M. Bramwell, Indianapolis. II. E. Stand
ard-bearer, James B. Safford, Columbus. B. E. Sword-bearer, Sinters S. Johnson,
Jeffersenville. II. E. Grand Warder,
Charles W. Slick, South Bend. E. E. Captain of the Guards, William 1C Black, Indianapolis. Joseph and George F. Boswell, oi Indianapolis, have just received a patent on the first fodder and silo harvester ever invented, and are making arrangements to begin the manufacture of the machine in that city. Last year Mr. Joseph Boswell, who is a large farmer, discovered that champ cattle food could be had by cutting np tho green corn, stalk and all, as soon as the grain bad matured, and then salting ami packing it. From some experiments ho learned that one ton of it was worth two of hay. He immediately began work on a machine to cut the corn, and has succeeded in producing a successful one. It can also be used for cutting ensilage. The MoCormick Reaper Works, of Chicago, are trying to purchase the right, and tho proprietors will probably sell to the company, reserving a royalty on each machine mannfaotured. . Patents have been issued for the idlowing Indiana inventors: Charles F. B as sett, Hillsdale, end gate; John W. Culberson, Indianapolis, inhaler; George Frazer, Williamsburg, wagon jack; Ernest F. Grether and C Mosher, South Bend, treating raw hides; Adam Hoffmann, Indianapolis, harness; Jesse B. Johnson
Indianapolis, bailing press; Jonathan P. Mawhood, assignor, to Bichmopd City mill works, Richmond, feeding d?vioe for roller mills; Aaron D. Miller, Union City, device for operating window shades. A Ladoga man went to Crawf ordsvtBa and requested the Mayer to place him is jail, so as to keep from drinking. He was informed that a complaint must be filed againBt him before he could he sent to jail. Accordingly, the man want out and got a drink of whisky, and finally persuaded a policeman to file an affidavit against him for drunkenness. Thim the Mayor sent him to jail for fifteen days. He has a wife and several children. Major Jonathan Gordon died at his home in Indianapolis, of congestion of the brain. He had at different times filled a huge space in the public eye and played a prominent part in aftairs. He possessed talent, genius, great capacity for work and many qualities calculated to win friends and capture the populace. His political'-and professional services made him widely known
throughout the State. A sad case of poisoning occurred near Stendole, a small town fifteen mites from Huntingburg. Two sons of J. D. Lampton, one of G. Wilson, and one of J. Moore, while in the woods, found what they supposed to be spinach, but which proved to be that deadly plant, wild parsnip. Three of the boys died in excruciating agony within eighv- hours, while the other is in hopeless condition. Mrs. Christina Openhoff visited Mrs. Imen, a neighbor, at Fontanet, nine miles east of Terre Haute, and while there fooled with a revolver. The weapon went off, the ball sinking Mrs. Imen in the abdomen. She would have become a mother in a few days. The child was born dead, with a bullet hole through its head. The mother will die. The Nickel Plate BaJlroad has a large force of men and several construction, trains in service on the Indiana division, grading and graveling it, and putting in some twenty-five miles of side-track. This supports the statement that the road is to be put in good order, and through passenger as well as freight bains to be run over it, -.-One morning recently, when the parents of Miss Anna Scott, living two miles north of Mnncie, went to her room they found her dying from a pistol-shot in her head. She had covered herself np with several quilts so the noise would not be heard. She died at noon. Har parentl had opposed her in a love affair. Herbert Mattingly, a young man of Evansville, who has a notorious reputation, while on a drunken spree, attacked .John Buchanan, a peaceable citizen, and, in self-defense the latter cut Mattingly twice, below and behind the arm, and through the lungs, inflicting fatal wounds. Wm. Reese, of Jamestown, has sued the Western Union Telegraph Company for $5,000 damages, on account of failure to deliver a message announcing the death of a relative. He claims that he did, not receive the message until a month after it had been sent. An unknown colored man was killed by an Ohio & Mississippi passenger train while walking on the track near Dillsboro. He was walking in the same direction as the train was going, but did not heed the engineer's whistling. It is thought he was insane. $' Elijah Fox, a young married man, livng nine miles north of Bedford, jumped into Salt Creek and drowned himself. He left a note in his hat on the hank of the creek, saying: "You will find my dead body at the bottom of the creek." During the Odd Fellows' parade, at Madison, a horse ridden by x-Sheriff Isaac Wagner was accidentally knocked down, throwing Wagner with great violence on his head, producing concussion of the brain, which, it, is feared, will result fatally. Fowler has organized building association with a capital of ft 00,000. The stock of the proposed gas well has all been taken, and work will shortly be commenced, The store of D. L. Lee, at Crawfordsville, was ented by burglars, and revolvers and ammunition taken valued at abont $75. The Governs has appointed Abrattt F. Wilden, ot Goshen, Charles C. Reynolds, of Milford, and William Conrad, of Warsaw, to appraise the county property of Albion, from which it is proposed to remove the county-seat. The School Trustees ot Iiebanon have advertised for bids tor the erection of high-school building to cost not leas than $20,000, and to be completed durmg Inn coining summer. The New Albany District Meihodiot Conference will be held mVmMMnS
M, end 35. Bev. T. S. WtUtS, of:
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Albany, will preach