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1 Summary of the Eientfnl Happen-
a Week, as
paBtieal, Commercial, and Industrial
Bern, Fires, AceHents, Crimea,
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LATEST TELE6BA1S.
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t and Ttms Tablmir yaa wan ta fee
E. O. McCormicfc. Sen. Pass, Act,
188, Dearborn St. CHICAGO.
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Office in the New Block, up-stairs,
CMV, Book Store. All work warranted.
in OMen Times.
11mm were three principal kinds o4
torture inflicted by the inquisition the roue, the trough, and water and fire
writes John Burnlev. Ia the first the
hands of the accused were tied behind his back, and then a rope was fastened to the wrists, and by this rope and a
volley lie was raised into the air to a
considerable height, and after being hell suspended for a time he was Budder.lv let fall to within about a foot and
a h uf of he ground, the sudden stop srivinsr him a iolt that dislocated his
joiiits and caused him to utter the most nieTcinsr cries of ansruish. And this
was repeated as often as the doctcr of the inauiaition said the man could
stand it.
To intensify the horrors of the suffer' inns the torture was inflicted in a lurid
subterranean vault in the presence of persons completely masked in black. If the victim would not yield to the
rope the water torture was tried. A large piece of timber, hollowed out like a trouffb. had a sharp iron bar across
it The prisoner was placed in the
toooarb. with this bar under his back,
and his head .nd feet were fastened
do'vn by cords to the ends of the trough. The nresence of the bar and the turns
bom of the cords caused the person Jo experience inexpressible agony. Bui
this was not alL They stopped up his nostrils, and, placing a pieee of finea doth over h's mouth, which he was
obliged to keep open, they poured a
stream of water upon n nusai Kid arable haurht.
This forced the cloth deep into the
throat of the sufferer and cutoff his
breath. When he was nearly dead his toiturers rested from their inhuman
work for some time to give him a chance to revive, and then went at
liin again, renewing the dose every
linn the doctor said he could stand L
riin torture nv fire was the mo it hor.
i4le. A fierce fire was built, and th
prisoner's feet, anointed with iard and otiier penetrating subtiancee, were held close to the flanvia. The pain wss frightful. It often d rove prisoners
to confessions that wen simply lies,
anl after the confession came the auto-
da-fe, dozens of victims being led to
tho funeral pyres and burned in the rfrence of a holiday throng. The in
quisition ceased to exist in Franco in
1739, in Oermanw in 1754, in Austria m 17. i. and in Sweden in 1786. In
732 forty-eight gypsies were put to lh) rack m Mnnsary on an unfounded in of eancihjtaQ. New York
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A tube in battery No. 2, ia the multi
plex tube safety boiler or tue JKdison Electric Liqht Company, Fitnated iu the cellar of the "Western Union Telegraph
bnilding, on the comer of 2?ourth and Vine
streets,- Cincinnati, burst. The effect was
to blow the entire burning cunrge of coal
in the furnace forward townra ronrui
street and start a lire among tbe oil cans, loose paper and rags and in the wood floor. At the same time the cellar room was filled
with steam which came up the stairway
and filled the rooms on the street level.
Sylvester Price, engineer, anil Mine Croean, fireman, were knocked down by
lumps of coal blown from the fnrnace. Both got up quickly and went to work to extinguish the flames. A physician dressed
Price s wounds ana ne went 10 worK immediately, filling up boiler No. 2. The
noise was not heard on the street, and in
the Associated 1'ress offlcea nna in me
nnitratinc room of Western I'nion, the only
notice of the event was the dying ont of t1 electric liht No call waB made on
the Fire Department.
Johs Hoffman one morning recently
heard gronas in Engli-U's woods not far
front the stock yards, in the north western
part of Cincinnati, and upon looking lor the source, found a dying man lying across
the chest ot a dead woman, and not three feet awav lay the revolver with which the
iraeedv was etrected. Tue patrol wagon
was summoned, bnt tbe man died before it
arrived and the bodies were taken to the
mortme. where it was ascertained that the
man was Frank Hammond, a butcher living
on Canal ctreet, and the may was lazssie
Tate, a widow hvme at 371. laberly street
A letter written m tierman was ionnu on
Hammond, soying: "i rnnk Hammond and Lizzie Tate rto both willing to die, and it don't moke any difference to us what they
say of ns. Hammond is a married man and some time ago ho took $1,3(10 the joint eamines of himself and wife and eloped
with the widow Tate to Chicago. His wife succeeded in inducing him to return, and it
was thought his infatuation baa been
cured, but this tragedy shows (hat it was
not. There were no witnesses to tue
shooting and it is not known whether it was agreed upon or whether Hammond killed the woman in ansrer and then killed
himself.
The President has issued an order to
Lieut. Gen. Sheridan to proceed to Ir hila-
deltmia for the purpose of assuming com
mand of the military forces of the several States that are to assemble there for a
parade on September 16 in connection with the celebration of the Centennial Anni-
vatsutv of the formation of the i ederal
Anniversary. Gen. S- hevidanhad arranged to attend the reunion of the Society of the
Armv of the Tennessee to be held at 1S'
troit, September 15 and in, and from
Detroit he proposed making a trip on tne
lakes, after which he was to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Kepnblic at St. Louis. The order directine him to proceed to Philadelphia,
nnless revoked, will prevent the Lieuten
ant General from attending tue reunion oi
the Army of the Tennessee society, but
will not interfere with his proposed attendance of the Grand Army encampment
at St. Louis.
The members of O. J. Crane Post G. A.
B., Cleveland, adopted resolutions which declare that this Post looks with disapprobation and condemnation upon every and
any demonstration of disrespect towards
the legally constituted executive of the na
tion, being subservient of the fundamental principles of G. A. It. as set forth in third section, article eleven; f uthermore we hope
and trust that the department convocation at St. Louis will take such action as will demonstrate that the G. A. E. is not an organization for political purposes, or through which to manifest malice or hatred.
A special from Meeker, Colo., dated
September 1, says that a conference be
tween Gov. Adams and Gen. Crook resulted in Crook agreeing to place two companies of XJ. S. Troojw on the line between the Unitah reservation and Colorado
for protection of settlers and hereafter
keep Ctes out of Colorado. Utes are to have their horses returned and to be paid
out of snrpuls of their -own Annuity for
stock that has been lost.
The engine on the east-bound Lead-
ville express went tlnonflh Beaver Creek
bridge, between Salida and Pueblo, killing
Engineer Shaw and severely wounding
three others. 1 ho accident was due to a lar'-o rock falling from (he side of the
canon crushing through the bridge.
A most infamous attempt to wreck a
train for the purpose ot robbery is re
ported from Lebanon. As a train of eleven cars with 45') passengers on board was returning from a visit to the spectacle of "Rome Under- Nero" at Cincinnati, the
engine encountered an obstruction made of railroad truck, ties, and fence rails.
Bv oood fottnno the tram had stopped
only a short distance before to let off some
passengers and bad not obtained sutncioui speed to be seriously injured wht-n the obftr iclioa was reached. The passengers wc'0 shaken up, bet noun were hurt.
An unknown a h'. painted black, and
cat-rigged, wai pic ked up in Toledo Bay bottom side op. Tier cauvus was hoisted,
and fho showed sigir: of hiving been struck by a K iu.dl. Who her crew wore oi
wuttt bec.imc of tUfin i n-'i Known.
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1887
SHAKSPEARE OR BACON.
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A Washtogios dispntah states that Indian
Commissioner Atkins has sent a dispatch to
Indian Agent Stollsteiner, at the Southern
Ute Agency in Southwestern Colorado, directing him to forthwith remove from tho reservation all persons found thereon whose pres-
in any way tends to disturb tho poace
and quiet of the Indians, and if found neces
sary to carry out the order to call upon tne
military for assistance This action of the
Commissioner is based upon information that certain interested parties are trying to incite the Indians to hostilities.
Suits for damages amounting to $127,500
havo beon commenced at Peoria, 111., against
tho Tolodo, Peoria and Wostern Hailroad Companyall growing out of the Chatsworth disaster.
A sPECTAi from Princeton, Ma, say: At
tho Bfercer County fair on Thursday after
noon Randall Blakeslee, a half-breed Indian, made a balloon ascension, hanging to a
trapeze bar. In tho ascent tho balloon shot up suddenly, giving Blakesleo a eevero wrench, and ho was unablo to pull himself on
the bar, but managed to hold himself up by
a loop which he had drawn around his wrist
Aftor traveling about a mile ana a nair, reaching an altitude or 2,000 feet the balloon began to descend, but tho poor follow'd strength gave out, and when within BOO foet of tho earth his grip relaxed, and he fell to
the oarth, lighting on his feet in a corn-fifld,
his thighs being broken and driven into tho
trunk of his body. Death was lnstantane-
Flagstaff (Arizona) tolojrram: "A fend of long standing between Tewkabury and Graham was resumed two weeks apro iu an encounter at Ploasant Valley, in which throo men wore killed. Several engagements have occurred since, in which eleven men havo been kdied. Tho factions are cattle and sheep men, and the fight is tho outgrowth of conflicting interests of the two branches stock-growing on the range." CoMTMBua (Ohio) special: "Josiah Terrell, of Moigs County, convicted of killing Charles Phelps, an old miser who lived near Pomeroy, was exooutod in tho Ohio Penitentiary annex jnst after midnight Friday by Warden Coffin. Terrell was convicted on puroly circumstantial evidence, but stoutly protested
his innocence to the last He maintained a
firm demeanor on the scaffold and said the
blood of an innocent man was upon ihe
officers." THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Decatur, six miles from Atlanta, was tho scene on Saturday of a terrible riot between negroes and whites, the particulars of which
are recited in a telegram from Atlanta:
There was an assemblage of negroes to ttanrl a Kniirliiv-noliool convention and picnic,
lullv 5.000 rieeroes being prosi ufc JJocatnr is a
dry town, in a dry country, but the negroes seem to have sncceded in getting hold ot plenty of whisky. Townra evening a gang ot tli rtapmna lmmm to ?row restlOSS. A few days
ago aiiegro was lynched near Uednn.not far from
uecatur, ana since tneu me aui.i-uc nv uvou wvtari fla imini? lmonRv. This lvnebing seams
to havo been frooly disenssed yc'ster.lay, and a
black tongh. whoso name is given as Hubbard, was qnit drunk, end milled a 1'iHtol and saia irl viii nnv white nmn in tho county.
Tho preachers who wmo Iu chargo of the colebrat'on and others of tho sensible and sober negroes eudeavortd to quiet Hubbard, and failing in this, sont word to Marshal Hurst asking him to arrest Hubbaid. Hurst and Tom
Shrivers and one or two others started to arrest Hubbard, who fought back. Con
stable Bogers succoodod in getting Hubbard s -nictsti ta him. mid ihev sturted toward the
police station with him, but after going a short
distonoe were set upon by a crowa oi nemvAs wlin released the nrisoncr. Hubbard and
his pals then flod. The officers got additional help and started after their man. They surMmnderl him end tne crowd he was witu Jo
sooner baa they done so than tho negroes began firing a perfect fusillade. Tho officers returned the fire. One negro gave biniBolf up to Marshal Hurst, and pushing a revolver against his Bide fired and killed him instantly. Tom Hhrlvers was mortally wounded by another no-
gro, and w,nen ujo siiioko en nroa away nuubard was found dend and other negroes were
wounded. The negroes uea.
Ix the South the corn crop will oxceed that
o 1880 bv over fifty million bushels, and that
section of tho country will be nearly self-sup
porting in tho matter of corn.
BESTONVOiE (Arlc) special: "About 3,000
survivors of the battlo of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn, as It is called by the Confederates, as
sambled on the battlefield Thursday. The
ex-Confederates were largely in the majority, but the Union forces were fairly represented,
The most tratornal greetings wcro exchanged.
and hoartv eood-feilowship prevailed. Mon
uments and statues were unveiled to the
prominent dead, among them a statue to Gen
eral McCulloch."
poople for settlement 100,000,000 acres of land which, through ertlflco uud fraud, were wrongfully hold by corporations, having beon for. feited to the people by failure to comply with tho conditions of the gi anl. A Des Moines dispatch of Thursday says: The Greenback party in Iowa dually passjd out of existence hero yesterday. After the organization of tho Untoi Labor party at (incinnnti tho Oreonback loaders in Iowa fell smoothly in with the now movement until the State convention was held at MarshalltownJ There are two factions in the party here oni led bv Gonorat Weaver and the other by ox-j
Congressman WOller. uoin pwueu the .onvontiou, and Woller succeeded. Then the Weaver faction bolted, and called this convention. There wore about forty delegates present. Serious differences at onoe arose, one element wanting to indorse tho Mar Bhalltowu tickot and another insisting oii straiKht nominations. A compromise was
flnallv effected by which tne urcenoaon
party becomes a turns or uie puov m xuuticket was named, but resolutions wore adopted indorsing tho Marslialltown platlorm, and can
on the fanners 10 iiuiuwuiwij -
nartisan Ktnto convention to piaoo au unui.
pcntiem. ucaeu iu vuv uwu.
The Iowa Democracy assemoieu in maio
convention at Dos Moiues on Thursday, the lstinst, and made the following nominations:
For Goveruor, Maj. T. J. Auaerson; meutouant Governor, J. M. Elder; Supreme Court
Judge, Charlei R Fogg; Superintendent oi
Public Instruction H. W. Sawyer. Following is a synopsis of tho platform:
it "nn-iimemls the fidelity of President Cleve
land to tho obligations ot bis high trust, and congratulates the country upon the oconoiny, oourac, honesty and patriotism of his administration approve the civil-service policy; coiumouds tho "efficiency of the Tension Deportment;" demands of Congress a remission of tarifflaws in thi interest of equal taxation, and favors retaining its iutornal revenue taxes;
weloomea to our snores wio iioBri)-iui people ot all lands ; approves the efforts of Cl.idsloue and l'arnell in behalt of the cause of Ireland; declares "the vigorous proseoution ol faithlosj officials and those who have corrupted thorn now being conducted by Ueuiocratic prosecuting officers in Sew Vore and Chicago a hopeful sign of reform of public morals," and demands that tho same measure of justice visited upon briberv of local boards should be vis
ited upon tne dt lenso wueu eouiunvveu iu oiww and national legislatures ; favors the repeal of the present prohibitory liquor law and the substitution in its stead of a local option and carefully guarded license law, with a minimum license feo of 8300, for the better control ol tha
liquor tratne. .
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Ma. Stocksi.ac!ER, actiug Land Commis
sioner, says a Washington telegram, has taken tho necessary steps to carry into effect Secretary Lamar's recent order duooting tho restoration to settlement and entry of tho unap
proved indemnity selections of the California and Oregon Railroad Company in California.
The road runs from Hoseville, near bacra-
mento, to tho California and Oregon line, a distance of ai!l miles, and the ordor of restor
ation, it is said, will affect about 750,000 acres.
Washiswom telegram: "-Ihe President
oausod universal surprise to-day in the se
lection of Solicitor McCue, of the Treasury
Department, to succeed Professor Batrd as Fish Commissioner. Judge McCuo is absent in Maine, and the announcement of his appointment was doubtless a greater surprise
to him than to others.
THE FOREIGN BUDGET.
The prosecution of Mr. William O'Brien ia
treated by the Liberal press of England as a
means to inflame Irish passions and give tho
Government further pretext for action against
the National Loagu.
Si-Meeous tenant farmers in County Lim
erick, Ireland, havo instructed their solioitors
to apply for a revision of their rents under the new land act
It is reported that the British Cabinet has
decided ta modifv the proclamation in rofor-
NEW SERIES. VOL. XXI N0.28.
NINE MILLIONS.
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Circulate Among the Bat Famsrs i Monroe County, And is Bead by Buery Mtmber ef J0M& Family. Terms' it An out, tut Ptr T
Ignatius Donnelly Would Iloh tho Hard or Avon of Ills Famo with a Common Cypher.
I is a passage from it aeseribing Elizabsth s treatment of Hr.yward, author of the "Life 1 of Henry IV.:" "Hor graoo was iu a fearful passion, and, rising up, struck your poor friend with the steel end of her heavy I crutch. Tbe poc r wrotch took to bis heels, ! but the ill-tempered old jade followed him. 1 striking him asrain aud again on the head I aud the sides of his body. His health was
wii,.ota TV;n f ,hn TWbnnmlno. ! not good; his limbs were weakened with a
Volume by a Critic Extraots from
tho Work.
THE RAILROADS.
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INowYork eposlal.1 The New York Workl print a very Alnltnrrfto evnnsitinn rtf lr. To-naHuK Don
nelly's attempt to dethrone Shakspeare, J ESSE
and award tho honor of tbe so-called Shakspeare plays M Lord Bacon. The article is written by Professor Thomas Davidson, a well-known scholar, philosopher and oritie, whose opinion as to Air. Donnelly's work can not fail to oairy great weight. Mr. Davidson has recently paid Sir. Donnelly a visit at his home at Hastings, Minn., examined the manuscript of bis forthcoming work, the "(Jreat Cryptogram," had tbe main features of tbe cypher ex
plained to him, and obtained permission to j
repoit. Before examining air. nounciiys work Mr. Davidson was nn entire skeptic in regard to tho Bacon theory: but be now admits tbat he is very much shaken in his belief tbnt (he . plays were written by Shakspearo, and declares that if they hud come down to us without any nut'kor's namo attached, they would 1 ave been unhesitatingly attributed to Bacon, lie says be-nocked this conviction altogether apart from the cypher. The articles giv o a brief summary of the results reached in Mr. Donnelly's book, which is (o be published about the 1st of December. The book is divided into two parts an argument and a demonstration. The former collects, arranges, and bums up all the arguments that have been put forward in the last thirty years ia favor of the Baconian theory, and adds a large numi er to them. The author first endeavors to show tbat the education and character of
William Shakspeare were such that it is oven ridiculous to imagine tbat he could have written plays which are distilled from all the wisdom and learning of the world. He shows that his education must have been extremely meager, while that of the author of tho plays was broad and deep. He emphasizes tbe fact that we have no record of any study on the part of Shakspeare. His account of Shakspeare's character will certainly be a surprise to most reader. He shows bim to have been steeped in almost every kind of vice, to have been a fornicator, au adulterer, a usurer aud oppressor of the poor, a drunkard, a systematic liar, and forger of pedigrees, dying in the prime of life from thj results of a three days' drunken spree. He next shows that, we have no record tbat Slinkspearo
ever owned a library of even a book, and tbat not ft single scrap of manuscript of bis ever came down to us, not even a letter to any of tbe numerous men with whom he is
known to nave ueen acquainieu: uaj, more, that there is extant no letter addressed to him, except one askingf or a loan of money. There is nothing to i-how that Shakspeare was not verv illiterate. Mr. Donnelly next proves very clearly tbat while the author of the plays was an accomplished lawyer, there is nothing to show that Shakspeare ever opened a law book, or was inside a lawyer's office, except on usurious business. Having demonstrated to his own satisfaction that the author of the plays was not Shakspeare, Mr. Donnelly next pro
ceeds to nrove that he was lincon. Atter
ave way
under him and be fell to the earth. She
j doth bestride b im, and, bending down, I beats him till the stick breaks." There is here certainly uo lack of vigor
or definiteness. Tbo article i illustrated with numerous cuts and fac-Similes.
L'OMEROT'S LATEST ATTEMPT.
That Is the Amount of Fraudulent Railroad Stock Issued by Young Ires.
A Suit Begun at New Tork to vent the Stock's Being . Legalized.
Pre-
Notorious Hoy Murderer's Cunning
Attempt to Set Himsoir Free. IJo-itoii dispatch. I Jesse Pomeioy, tha boy murderer, made another well-jdanuod and desperate attempt to escape from the Cliarlestown Stat; Prison a few niahls aao by sn wine
through tbe bars of his cell. It was purely
by accident that the young murderer s plan was discovered. It was so cautiously matured that h- would have otherwise suc
ceeded. On Pomeroy's person were found
two fine saws of the best chilled steel and
a quantity or gelatine wnicn ne naa uBea to hide his work. Last Friday night Keeper
mslow went his rounds as usual, and
while waitiug to be relieved by tbe next watch leaned accidentally against the grat
ing of (he window which opens from tho corridor opposite X'omeroy's eell into tho prison yard. To Winslow's amazement, tbe great inch aud a half bars yielded. Ho pressed his band against them, and two of tho bars fell to the pavement below. The entire watch was moused, and they instinctively began the search of tbe prison with Pomeroy's cell. By testing the bars iu tho little window of the young murderer's cell,
it was found that enough of them had been sawed through to admit the passage of a man's body. They were held in place by gelatine, colored bv the bits of steel filings so that it could r ot be detected. There was no dust or bits of iron to be seen, and tho work had been dono as carefully as it must have been done noiselessly, to escape tha cars of the watchman. Pomeroy was at once searched, nnd two steel saws were found secreted in the lining of his prison jacket. He was furious at the discovery of his plot, and declared that if they hod given him time in (ho corridor window he would have killed the watchman in hin ward and made bis escape.
INow York special.) Nine million dollars is in jeopardy, and Ives it Co. aro again before the courts. But this time Wall street's latest "Napoleon of Finance" must answer a more serious charge than making away wi(h cash-book and ledgers. It ia that of deliberately swindling tbe Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton stockholders out of $9,000,000. The I'mted States courts have been called upon to decree that this big sum, issued by Ives as "preferred stock" of the road, when he and his partner had control, be totally wiped out of existence as fraudulent. Wall street already holds most of the stock as collateral for money loaned to Ives & Co. If (he allegations in the case are true, consternation will follow.
INDIANA STATE SEWS.
Ives' Career. We present herewith a faithful portrait of tbe jouh',' "Napoleon of Finance" who has created such a flurry in Eastern financial circles. The story of his wonderful career reads like a romance. Nothing like it has ever appeared in the history of finance, and a generation later it will be one of the greatest reminiscences of the Wall street of the past. Born in Litchfield, Ct,
A KOI ED BALL-PAYER.
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ence to tbo Irish National League so mat it i nddneimr evidence to chow thai Bacon was
shall apply to certain aistricts only.
The Porta has accepted Russia's proposal to
A father who can educate and won't educate must be made to educate: A Big Rapids, Mick, mannas been prosecuted for keeping his son out of school and reqnired to give a $100 bond that be will send the boy to school twenty weeks in tbe year.
THE EASTERN STATES. Fbank C. McNehxt, a nineteen-year-old
employe of tha Saco and Biddeford Savings Bank, of Baco, Me., has disappeared with 8,500 iu cash, United States registered bonds to the amount of $185,000, and other bonds
valued at 891,000. The Government bonds are valueless to the young man, who failed to leave his address when ho doparted. THE WESTERN STATES.
A Chicago dispatch of Wednesday says:
General Terry has roceivod tho follow.ug, dated Port Duchesne, Utah, Aug. 29: Colorow and all his following are now at Onray Agenev, fifty miles from the Colorado, anl manifest; a disp osition to remain on tho reservation. There is no oxciteioont among tho Indians. Tha cowbovs hold hundreds of horses and thousands of sheep and goats belonging to Colorow and Chiptio, Ouray's widow. This stock was grazing on tho land claimed by tho Indians as belonging to their reservation, and where they havo bean permitted by their agent to Uve for years. Tho Colorado settlers have awmiui locations thero, and have at last suc
ceeded in driving the Indians in. Colorow has not In this trouble been on tho warpath, and has made his way to the reservation, avoiding bostiiities aa far as possible. KaW-ett, Commanding Post. Robert Hare, Powia, & Co. and Robort Hare, Powel, Sons Co., coal and-iron operators at Philadelphia, havo failed, with liabilities placed at l,r),(0rt and assets at 4.000.000.
Justice Field, of the United States Su
m-erne Court, renderod a decision, at San
Francisco, declining to make an order com
polling Senator Stanford and others to answer
questions propounded by the Pacific Railroad Commissioners, and also refused to give the
commission access to the books of certain con
struction companies. Following is a sum
mary of Judge Field's decision:
The Pacific Railwav Commission, created un
der act of Congress of March 3, 18-17, is not a judicial body. It po ssesses no judicial power. It can determino no riant of the Government, or of the companies whoso affairs it investigates. Those rights will remain tbe subject ot judicial imjuiry aud determination as fully as thonKh the commission had never been ereatod, and iusnch inquiry its report to tho Pres dent of its action will not be even admissible as evtdance of any of the matters investigated. It is a inero board of inquiry, directed to obtain information upon oortain matters, and roport tho result of ita investigat'ons ti tho President; also, to lay tho same before Cvngross in the ni-OErnRs of its invostieations. and in fur
therance of them it is authorised to invoke
th- aid of the courts of tho United states in requiring tho attendance and toBtimony of wituesses and tho prodnotion of books, palters, and decumonta ; au 1 tho act provides that the Circuit or District Court of the I'nited Sta'cs within the jurisdiction of which contumacy or refusal of any person to obey aubpuna to him mav Issue an order requiring bucIi persons to appear before the Commissioners, nnd produco books and papers, and glie evidence ton -hing the matters in quantum, (if all right3 of the citizen few are of gr.-ater importance or more essential to hid poace and hapiiin:'B9 than tho right of personal stcurity.
aud tout Involves not moroly'tbo protection of his person from assault, bnt exemption of his private aiTair.-i b: oks, and papers from inspection nn 1 scrutiny of others. Without the enjoyment f tnis right, all other rights would loso half thoir value. Tho law provides for compulsory production in tho progrosa of judicial proceedings or by direct suit for that purpose of ouch documents as afloat tho interost of othero, and also in certain oases for the hoizuro of criminating papors necessary for the prosecution of offenders against ptiblio justice, and only in one of these ways can they bo obtained and their contents mado known against tho will of ihe owners. In the recent ease of Boyd vh Unitod States (lhi I1. B. OIOi tho Kuprcmo Court held that the provision of a law of ('onerous whim authorized the Conrtof the Cnitod (states in revenue cases eh motion of the Government authority to reqtiiro defendant or claimant to produce in court his private hooks, invoicos, and papers, or that the allegations of the nttomoy respecting them sheull be taken as couf iissed, was unconstitutional and void as applied to suits for peuulties or to establish forfeiture of party's goods. In Killiourn vs. Thompson ill ! V. K. li tit wo have tho decision of the Suprouio Court of tho United htates that neither house of Congress had tho powr to mako inquiries into the private affairs of a citizen. .
soud General Eruroth as Provisional Governor of Bulgaria and Eastern Rouuielia until a new Hobraujo shall elect a prince for the Bulgarian throne. Peanzisi, the murderer of lime. Regnault, her maid, and her maid's child, was guillotined at Parisln the presence of 20,000 people. A dispatch from Paris says: Vast crowds waited about the place of execution during tho whole of tho previous night and kept up a constant howling and yelling. The din was horrible. The doomed man marched Irom his cell to tbe 6caffold with a firm step and defiant air. When the executioners seized bim tbe murderer resisted and fought desperately, demanding that they let him alone. The executioners overpowered him and threw him upon tho machine, and in an instant had him securely bound. Immediately the terrible knife was started. It descended with horrible slowness at first, but then its movements quickened and the head of the murderer rolled into the basket. Tho head was at once placed iu a wagon aud carried at a gallop to the Ivry Cemetery, whero it was buried aftor tho regular f nnoral ceremony had been performed over it The faculty of medicine claimed the body and it was surrendered to thorn. , THE WORLD AT LARGE. It has been decided that the hulls and boilel's of all steam yachts, no matter how small, mu3t undergo inspection, and that their pilots and engineers must be licensed. Pbixce de Yti'EBJDE, who has jnst arrived
at New York from tho City of Mexico, says that the time is not yet ripe for tho raising of
the imperial standard in Mexico, but denounces Diaz as the Cajsar of the republic, ambitioas to perpetuate his lease of ofhee and power. Kew York dispatches report that the property and busiuess of the Baltimore aud Ohio Express, herotoforo operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, have been sold or leased to Ihe United States Express Company for a term of thirty years. The lines thus added to the territory of tbe United Slates Company are about 10,000 miles in extent. Wall street rumor states the price paid for the transfer at $1,000,000 cash and $1,500,. 000 in United Slates Express Company stock.
Richardson, One ot the Famous Four" of tlo Detroit Club.
Hardy Kichardson, as he is known to the frentianters of the same, is one of the men
that have helped to make the Detroit Club what it is, and enables it to stand where it
dneo in the race for (he Dennant of 1887.
1! nhnrdson WHS One of the "UlB l'OUT" WUO
wera nnrchnsed from the Buffalos, anil
since tbat lime the "Big lour" has become
THE MARKETSNEW YORK. Cattm Si.OO & 5.50 Hogs 5.50 0.00 Wheat No. 1 White 83 6 .84 No. -JKd 80 oS .81 Cobn No. 3 50 iji .59 Oats Wbito 35 c .40 roan Family Mess 17.25 017.75 CHICAGO. Cattle Choice to Prime Kteers 5.00 5.50 Good 4.00 (9 4.75 Common 8.00 ?4 3.50 Hoos-Shipping tirades i.H 5.50 F1.0UH Winter Wheat 3.75 tit 4.25 Wheat No. 3 Red Winter 7U gi .71 Conn No. !? 40 .41 Oats No. '2 24 & .MH BuTrEH Choice Croamory 21 w .22 Kino Pairy 17 .20 Cheese Full Cream, Cheddars. .104i$ .11J4 l-'ull Cream, now 11 .llty
rjiiGs uresn .w v .14 Potatoes Choice per bu 73 (S .85
I'OBK Mess MILWAUKEE. Wheat Cash Cons No. -i Oats No. 2 White Rye --No. 1 Pons Mess
ST. 1,0 CIS. Wheat No. a Red HHi&.'j! .08
CniiN Mixed ass.. .39 j
15 50 . 10.00 .09 ,6ni.j .41 '.j '9 .42 .27 .27'., .43 v. .10 14 21 !U4.7i
n noet. and (he author of the plays, and a
profound and learned philosopher, be treats of the geography of the plays, and hero he brings out some most tell-tale facts. While neither Stratford (where Shakspeare was born t nor Avon is ever once mentioned in the plays, St. Albans, the home of Bacon, is mentioned twenty-three times. He next shows that the politics and the religion of the writer of the plays are identical with Bacon's polities and religion, and that what Bacon declarod to be his great life purpose is fullv exemplified in the plays. A chapter is devoted to Bacon's reasons for concealment, and here come out some startling facts. It appears not only that Uacou wrote works which he never publicly acknowledged, but that he is addressed by one of his friends as the greatest wit in England, though not known as such by h s own name. Among the reasons for concealment, Mr. Donnelly puts the political tendency of some of the plays, which was to encourage treason.
The first part of the work closes with a lone list of narallelisms between Bacon's
acknowledged works and tho Shakspearaau
plays, identical expressions meinpuum,
amnions. Quotations, studies, errors, use
of unusual words, character, style, etc
The parallelisms will occupy over seventy ..1 1 : . - J - Tt.rt P llA
CIOSKlV IJllllLtlU MM3, vctmv v
whole nrimnient according to Mr. David
son, is to leave upon the mind a strong im-m-ession that, if Bacon was not the sole
author of tbe playB, he had at least a prin cipal band in them, supplying the scholar
ship, the art, and the philosophy. After the argument making tho authorship of Bacon 1 robable comes the demonstration, that is, the cipher narrative, which has already aroused so much interest in the public. Mr. Davidson's article tells how Mr. Donnelly came to look for a cipher, and the laborious process by w hich he finally found it (as he believes). 'Ihe story is full of interest. As to the cipher itself, Mr. Davidson does not ,'laim to be in a position to entirely satisfy the public, not having received from Mr. Donnelly the ultimate formula of it. He does, however, express his strong conviction that Mr. Donueliy is neither a fraud nor a "crank." To clear away any feeling of this sort on the port of tho public, he gives $. brief accouut of Mr. Donnelly's career, and a description of his simple home life in Minnesoia. It seems that Mr. Donnelly is a quiet, genial, country-loving, studious man, devoted to thought, and fond of a good ioke. Ti e pic-lure drawn of his life on the Mississippi bluff is charming. It being certain that Mr. Donnelly is not a fraud, and not likely, his character and intelligence being taken into account, to be self-deceived, Mr. Davidson hardly sees how the conclusion that the cipher is a reality can be avoided. He. however, suspends his own judgment until Mr. Donnelly has said his last word. About the cipher itself, much new m!orma(ion is given. Ks basis, numbers, and its modifiers are disclosed, nnd it is shown whence they are derived. Information is also given aa to how the cal
culations are made, aud assurance is made excepting possible clerical errors (hey arc correct. Some notion of the labor gone
Donnelly may be obtain d
the son of an internal revenue officer, he went to New York eight years ago, then
only 20 years of age, and acted as a bell
boy for Harper lirotners. ne ran errands, took visitors over the building,
and deemed himself haDDV. no doubt,
when he became assistant advertising solic
itor and when he cot a salary of S10 a
week. He stayed witn Harpore three years,
and left them to take a clerkship in a
broker's office in Wall street. He left this
broker for another, became mixed up in me or two shnm sneculations, and three
years ago established a banking house of
his own. ms laeas were pig. no uroim
m millions ana came iiuiui au
nf rivaling Jav Gould. The $10
week bellboy of eight years ago, sua under 30, now failB for from 15,000,000 to $-20.(HHl,(IOO. Stephen Girai-d left only S7 Knfl.Oiin as tl o accumulations of his
lifetime. George Penbodv, charities and all, did not reach $20,000,000, and tho men who are worth that amount to-day can be counted upon your fingers and toes. Still
Ives foiled tor this mucn wuen omy m
years old. Tbe beardless boy clerk deals with gray-headed milliouaires and outwits
them.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
the "Big Five," Thompson Detroit's right
fielder having been admitted to tne eoteo Uifhnrdann is one of the veterans of
the League, having played with them for eight seasons, nnd he stands eighth with an average of :!01 for the eight seasons. His batting average for 1880 was 351, he standing fourth in the League. In his play
at second base he was second, with an av
erage of 940, and in the field his averag
was 899. SUSPENDED. The Dakota Bell Will King No Mom. fSioux Falls (Dak.) telegram.
The Dakota Bell, which in the apace of
a few months has managed to make ror itself a front nlace in the ranks of the dis
tinctively humorous papers of the country,
publishes its valedictory in to-day's issue, and hereafter it will be a thing of the past. This is because both its publisher, Samuel T. Clover, and its humorist, Fred. H. Car-
ruth, lormerlv of the Kstellino Hell, hava arrived at the" conclusion that the Territory
in other directions affords more opportunities for monev-makine than does the Hell.
100 latter f;oes out ot cuoicuoo, uvn., I with clean hands, owins a cent to no man ;
and remitting to all substrimrs tue Balance due to them at the date of the suspension. Publisher Clover will continue to devote
liu ener(nr- tn (he nrintina and bookbind-
iii offices that have been connected with
the Hell, wbCe the humorist will hereafter be connected w th a syndioate of New York
and Chicago dailies.
Decrease of Nearly $5,000,000
During the Month of August.
! Washington telegram. Tho following is a recapitulation of
debt statement, cents omitted:
INTKHKST-BEAWliU UtBI.
Bonds at 4. per cent 5 lionds at 4 per cent Refunding certificates at 4 percent. Navy pension fund at 3 per cent. ... Paciuo Railroad bonds at 0 per cent.
Principal. Interest. . .
tha
24f.'AYl,600
737,812.800 105.803 14,000,000 64,623,512
..S1,060,S53,712 10,114,336
Total $1,070,968,047
DEBT OS WHICH 1NTKUKST HAS CKASKU SIN UK
matuihtx.
lMnnlml
Interest K.l
Total $1,581,017
TiT'ItT llttAltlKG NO INTEREST.
Old demand and legal-tender notes $316,738,120
Certificates of deposit.
Silver certincates. Fractional currency (less $8,375,934
estimated as lost or aostroyeuj. . .
Principal Interest prepaid, not accrued.. total debt. Principal Interost.
Tntal
Tjwfl enh items ft.VA.iln.ftla for redUC-
tion of tue dent Less reserve bo id for redemption of
United states notes
7.I3P.03U
8j,705,3i0 (1,913,831
$597,453,810 1,073,230
'Hi
American Legion of Honor. Wn.-i i-1 diapatch j
. Supr-mc (' HMcil of the American
nf ti.i'io.- ti.u adjourned after a
M -.m lasting right days. The visiting
mr.r.iiiH 1 - 1- en royally entertained,
,, ..i.fusc iu 1,1 ir 1 raise of the hos-
ipiui.ti-s mni .''icidi-ns siiown to (hem. i 1 i..f ...,rk .uil .1. .vu.ont of tho week was
' tittinslv closed bv a grand banquet. There
was the acouslomed line of toasts, (he first
1 of which, "to the President of tbe I'nited
, Ktnia " was bai pilv resi onded to by
rvdmiFl McLean. Denntv Commissioner of
. Pensions. The Legion now numbers 03,000 ' membor-i. nnd has paid or.t in death and
sics benenis neany 5vh u.uuu. Her Ticket Matched Iter Dress.
First Kansas woman Were yon at
tho uolls yesterday, Minnie?
Second Kansas woman w, yes, a was
...S1.062.70V287
11,370,54$
.$1,074,081,815
250,546,540
100,000,000
Total 9 359,540,340
'i-.it, tlnht. leHH available cash
items $1,314,5:15,273
Hot cash in the Treasury 44,760,908
tiaM- i.ii enirii iii Treasnrv Sent. i.
1887.. $1,269,771,368 TtolM 'lnae nnlt in Treasnrv Aim.
1, 1887 v",o,om
TinnrAnftA nf debt durinji tno
month 4.809.17S Decrease of debt since Juno SO, 1887 9,654,370
CASH IN THE THKA6UBY AVAILABLE FOB REDUC
TION OP PUBLIC UEHl, Gold held for gold certificates actu
ally outstanding Silver hold for silver certificates ac
tually outstanding
U. S. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding Cash hold for matured debt and interest unpaid Interest prepaid not accrued per
department circular
Fractional cuiTenoy
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
In tho Democratic R(a(i convention at
Allontown, Pa., J. Boss Thompson was nominated for Judge of the Knpromo Court, and Bernard J. Mcfiraun for Treasurer. Tho platform was reported by Congressman f-'cott It demands that tho surplus in tho National Treasury be used to pay the public debt, favors a "wiho and prudent rcduct.on of iutornal taxation and of duties on imports," indorses tho administration of President Cleveland, favors "liberal pensions to daBcrvim; Union soldiers aud sailors," es
pressos sympathy fur tho people of hvland in their struggle for Homi Unlo, and conclude-! a follow-: We still hold t i tho imctonf doctrine of tho party tbnt the prrKorw.timi of the right of ih-i pi oplo di-maiid (hut we "li inld look v. iii juilotisy u t'ii mono. oi:cs ui:d res' net c-irpoi- ;to power within (Is piopc, -ij h- re, and we hoiu-tily approve the ac tion cf ihe national adutiulstniViou iu rccltiiwinij and ttrowiug open, to (he
Oats Mixed .24 ! .41 ij 1'oiiK Now Mess 11.75 i 15.25 TOLEDO. Wheat -Cosh 74 -.'li! .74s C.mx No. 2... .13' -. .41 Oath Jtt.'j .'-;, DKTHOIT. Heki- Cattle 3.50 ( 1.50 Himsh 3.73 4.50 Bill:i:r 4.(0 -' 4.78 Wheat No, 8 White 77i .78V, Cons No. i 41'.. .4:'.. Oats No. i White 29 .4 .ail's CINCINNATI. Wheat-No. 2 Itod 7i... .73. C 1UN No. 4 n'n'h .its. Oats No. 2 27 .'i .27'.. lVllli Mess 14.-VI 13.(10 J.IVK Hons 6.00 4I 5.75 IUFKAIjO. Wheat No. 2 White 8' .8IW, Colts' -Oasl .7 tt .4H Cattle .W i 5.01 INDIANAPOLIS. ItEEKCATTt.lt 3.50 .? 4.75 H.,;s 5,00 t'i 5.50 HlHKP 3.00 M, 1.00 W11KAT No iUtod 7) .7tSj C..1.X .. 42 ) .1214 Oats No. 2 Mixed 23S, .26 KAST I-IHKHTV. CAT'ri.l IVilue 1 2 - !."') till l.i 10) Con-moil 3.dll ;I..U IpiCM 5(H i 5.73 KHKM' 4.00 4,5
thiougli tV an. lionneiiv may oo uumui u i -. -- , - , . . - .f ;t ;,.(. from the statement that the slips of paper out a tho dear little polla. Jsn t it just
IOI1 11ICO W low; "ilow did you vote?" " iteallv. dear. I don't remember."
"Wei', yon rem niber that they hod
two kind of tickets white and red.
"i h. I roniPinber now. It was the
! lovely little red ticket that I put on tho
' polls." ! "Wliv, I am surprised. That was tho
i Itnlllliu':lll ticket."
! "Well, I didn't ask. . I saw that the color of the ticket was a delicate red
and tbnt it exactly mat-lied my dress.
i Nashville Amen an..
on wnicn ne nas mauo ma eawuinuuiw ibo writes a find hand and on both sides of the slip ) when tied up in a bundle, can with difficulty bo li ted Horn (he floor by a sluing man using one bund, l'our es-iinilial points Mr. Davidson declares tbat Mr. Donnelly still reserves to himself: First, (he rule" determining tho Buores-iion of the basis numbers; second, tin- rule determining (be uso of (be various modifiers; third, (he rule detevuiiu'iig the column or page on which the count lit each c-asr is made; fourth, the rnlo determining the starting lioint of tho couut in each caso a ter tbe nage is settled. These, be admits.
to Know,
$$8,765,340
147,876,385
7,130,000
14,698,983 1,073,280 531
Total available $259,540,540
RESERVE FUMD.
Held for redemption ot U. 8. notes.
12, 18H2 S 100,000.000
Unavailable for rod notion of dent
.$
6,148,531 110,799
26.259,831 2il,4.'l,950
44,70U,U9U
Fractional silver coin. .
Minor com
Tntal 1
rm-tiiioates held as cash......
Net oash balance on band T.f rti eivh iii Tvoaaurv ae shown bv
tho Treasurer genorai accounn. . oii,in
UF.JiERAL BUTLER OS PENSIONS.
are the iiu-si important iiuiihb
....nn ..'ill. tt.I.l.. Ir It? (itt.ivlif i ,111 UIUU 1 1 ll M
i.. ,.-.,,niinAd ,mr iit.fatiAn.lMitt -ind-immt. It should bo woman's offico to move
on the cipher, lie quotes, however from , ill tho midst of practical affairs and to a letter in which Jlr. Donnelly affirms iu ; g Id them all, the very homeliest, wero
the most positive and unequivocal way that it ovon tho econruiff of pots and kettles,
everything is conducted accor.lin : to fixed , wjth an atmosnltere of lovoHuesa ai d
and invariable rules of im.-r. scopte ac- . curacy. -Mr. Donnelly has evident! v mado i -
(ho issue a very dolmite one. ir sucii rules i-it. tbo ember in a reality and tbe author Ht-'.v. Dr. DlX,
of the pluvs settled. Aim a great iicui : t intrrii, acw lorn,
j:;(l,0()(l a year. j..-.,(l(l(l o eli.
rector of Triiity
geta a salary of
THm two anaiF nita tret
moro is true, for tho cipher narrative entitnins f. whole history of Khnkspcnre and b s iclii ion to (L- plays uu I of the liuio in w! iob lie lived. '1-1... ...Iwtl tl.it". wn,l Ill: It It riOVltl writ-
teil iu vigevous ElutiMhau JiuglioU. Here i pie are driven to desperation.
WiNri'i) The vehicle in which peo-
AU Soldiers Untitled to Something Corpo
ral Tanner ami tlto President. (Boston dispatch.)
The Butler Club held a dinner here
Thursday in commemoration of the taking of llatteras twenty-five years ago. In the courso of his remarks General Butler
advocated a service pension tor
nvarv man who naa oeen in tne
war. and said that, as soon as all
Union soldiers had tnus oeen carearor,
the surplus in tho treasury should be nsed to pension Confederates on the
ground tbat they were r.ot responsible for
the war, out wero sunerers uy it. iorporal Tanner iu bis speech said: "I think Mr. Cleveland made a mistake in not going to St. 1 .ouis. If a few men undertook to insult bim, the great mass of tbe organization would take those men by th throat end eilcnoe theni forever."
A Logan sport special ays: Becent developments have brought to the surfaoe a new ncheme to defraud and rob Ute farmers. The first move made by the sharper i:i to write his victim a letter statFng that a distant relative in Ne w York or Philadelphia has just died, leaving him a large sum of ready cash. The amount to usually placed at about 93,000. The farmer is urged to keep the matter strictly (o himself, or at least divulge it to his intimate friends only, and he is urged to come to the city at the earliest possible moment, with as much as $250 to pay legal expensed. If he does not become suspicious he follows fee instructions ami
meets Hie agent whoso graoioasly informs him of his goad fortune at a hotel. The
$3,000 in crisp, new bills is counted eat to
him and done up in a neat package. Hie
pays tho "legal expenses." and is given a package, the exact counterpart of the one containing the bills, which he is advised to send home by express. When to reaches home aud anxiously tears open his pack-
age, to his surprise he finds a brick, waste
paper, and saw-dost, (several oompiaanv have been made to the authorities by persons victimized in this tray, but thus far ' no arrests have been made.
Alfred W. Scott has sent his resigna
tion as Bepresentative of Morgan County to the Governor. Mr. Scott proposes to make his home in Lincoln, Neb, If an
extra session of the Legislature should be called two Senators and four Representatives would have to be elected to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of
Senators Sellers and Bailey, and Repre
sentatives Barnes, Gordon, Patton, ana
Scott.
One of the largest people's mass meet
ings ever held in Fort Wayne took place at the Court-house recently to organise a stock company, composed of citizens, to pipe natural gas to the city from Hartford
City, a distance of forty miles. It requires a capital of $400,000. One hundred thousand dollars wero raised at once, and the entire sum will be subscribed. It is expected that pipe-laying will commence at once.
The Executive Committee of the Ninth
District Veteran's Association, whose re- -
onion will be held at Crawfordnville, Sep. tembor 19 to 22, has chosen Capt. J. E.
Southard, of Frankfort, as Commander of Camp H. S. Lane. His aids are: Adjutant, J. W. Anghe; Quartermaster, J. Q.
W. Wilhite; Chief of Ordinance, H. H.
Talbot; Commissary, 3. H. Was son; Sur
geon, Dr. S. L. Ensminger.
A most strange thing has occurred on
the farm of E. D. Higley, near Tocsin, on the Chicago and Atlantic Bail way. A well had nearly gone dry had only a few inches
of w iter on the bottom. When Mr. -Higley went as usual to draw water the other
mora bag he fonnd that the bottom naa dropped out of the well. ' There is now a deep black hole there, which has not yet been fathomed.
By the fall of a portion of a heavy
derrick at the bridge being erected over
Silver Creek near New Albany, for the O, & M. Railroad extension to New Albany, Harry Connelly was struck over the heart by .4 piece of timber and died in an hour. Thomas Stanger was very badly injured, . but will recover. Both men were employed by the contractor for the bridge piers.
Kushville is infe3ted by a gang or.
small boys who, for the past few weeks, have set fire to seven barns in different parte of the town, all of which have burned
to the ground, rne last to ourn waa uwueu by M. C. Kerr. The authorities are making strong efforts to break up the gang, and it is believed the infamous practice will soon be stopped.
.lack Vanbibber, a young man residing
near Evansville, attempted to ramp on
log-wagon, bnt lost his bold and fell to tn ground between the wheels. One of the hind wheels passed over him, inflicting in
tern ill injuries, crushing his skull, ana
breaking his right thigh. He died a few
hoars later, after suffering intense agony.
Henrv Fletcher, a young man 38 year
of age, of Elkhart, was blown to fraction '
by the explosion of nny pounos ox qyimmito cartridges while blasting stumps on
the farm of John Hul, near 1 jrone.
Parts of his body were fonnd eighty root, distant, hanging in the limbs ot trees fortj feet x'rom the ground.
Two men named Darrow were over.
come bv damps while digging aWeU on thf
farm of Mr. MeNamee, five miles east ot
Wabash. Before help arrived beat men . perished. The dead men were aged 30 ana 10, respectively, and were brothers. Both resided in the vicinity 'and were well known.
The Sixth, Twenty-second, anc
Eighty-third Begtments, Indiana volun- -toers, will hold their annual reunion at
Columbus. Oct. 6, 7, and 8. Hevorai omei
regiments are expected to participate. AD old soldiers are cordially invited.
Sylvester Kirk; of Mount Vernon, i
painter, fell from a scaffold recently, re- .
eeiving what is believed 10 ne towi lojutwo. He fell a distance of over fifty feet. He leaves a large family, who were enBrel dependent upon him fgc support Rev. Alexander Blackburn, for ntttt years pastor of the Baptist Church, at Lafayette, has received and accepted caU at Lowell, Mass. He will leave on November 1. His present salary is $1890 his prospective salary, $2,500. The remains of a mastodon were dis. covered on the Godfrey farm, four miiet east of Montpelier, at a depth of five feet This makes two mastodons and one mam. moth (hairy elephant) found In that locatitj daring the past four years. E. W. Benjamin, a pioneer of Wabart County, and an old Mason, died reoentlj in LaGro Township, aged 77. While digging a public, well at ParweU, at lh( depth of thirty feet black-shale was struck, and petroleum flowed in quantities ' sufticienl to warrant the hope of good resalts. The inhabitants are jubilant over the prospects. Mis. Hannah Kingsman has entered suit in the Montgomery County Court against tho L N. A. & C. Railway, asking $.),000 damages for refusing to stop a fast train at Cherry Grove and let her get off. Samuel Single, while working in thi Wabash gravel pit at Fort Wayne, WM killed by the bank caving in, Alvin Buley, a farmer, aged abotf thirty-five, residing five miles north ot Viucennes, was instantly killed by a ruaaway team recently. He was unmarried and an excellent citizen. James Eeholine, while painting th tower of tin engine-house at Pern, fell e8 a ladder, striking on the root, falling thenc to the ground, receiving injuries which an
probably fatal. -Jennie a Allen, a descendant of Etlxe Allfn, has been engaged by Pirof. Howe tt take charge of the voice-culture depart, merit of tbe school of music at DePaua University.