Bloomington Progress, Volume 21, Number 44, Bloomington, Monroe County, 28 December 1887 — Page 1

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Kmw One Thine; Wett, ft baa bean remarked that- the farmers who best succeed in this eotmtryare those who devote their chief attention to someone product which is favored by their special soil and climate. There ift a county in New Jersey and a town in Michigan where farmers grow rich by raising a vegetable so unimportant as celery.- One region of Ixmg Wand thrives upon asparagus; parte of - Delaware npon peaches; the Gulf Stales, npon cotton; Northern Vermont, npon grass in its various forms of milk, batter, cheese and beef; Northern New York, upon potatoes transmitted into ' staaftsfiplowa, npon earn condensed into pork and whisky. By concentrating his attention npon a single product or class of products, and that product favored by nature, the farmer surpasses competitors in other places. There is a world of set creta involved in the raising of a fine field of cabbages. Try one row of fifty plants, and you will wonder that any man ever succeeded in winning the victory over the acute, numerous, and nnslnmbering rivals who dispute with yon toe possession of every leal . The special farmer must of necessity possess all the erudition of his specialty, and he succeeds because he does. A man became rich on the Hudson " by raising one variety of apples, tha Newtown pippin, which brought the best price in Europe and India. There are farmers in Virginia who gain a large revenue by raising peanuts. To use the language of our informant, "They know peanuta all to pieces." Is it not precisely the same in all the avocations of us mortals? An F.nglish lady, who has been straggling for life in New York and Boston for six years asa writer, told her story the other 'day in the Women? Journal. She failed because she did not know how to do any one thing well enough. Soon after reaching New York aha was- offered $15 a week towqrknpowan encyclopedia, with a promise of $25 or $30 if she proved herself competent. For a month she worked for herself and children with the energy of desperation, only to be told that her want of knowledge made her services nse-

. She has barely lived, she and her children, while seeing chance after

chance slide by which she could not

improve because she had not the special

skill or Knowledge required.

But she had learned wisdom which she has utilized in the education of her children. Each of them, she says, "knows one thing welt," and both have good prospects of success because of this one as a teacher of the usual English branches, and the other asa teacher of mask. She utters this comment, which we advise our ambitious young readers to consider: "There is one key only which will open the door to the bread winner, and that key is thorough knowledge of and training for the work selected, whether it be making a buttonhole or writing a treatise on philosophy. The. days of amateur work in any department are over." CkfaMse Ce-eaerative Lean Oak, A word or two concerning the cooperative loan einb of the Chinese may prove interesting. To provide for temporary loans to the impecunious there are associations of a description quite magna. A man in immediate

need, say of $50, induces nine friends

to unite witb nim in forming a ready money club, each subscribing $5, which, with bis own share, meets Ins own necessities. He has the use of the common fund' for one month, when the members meet and decide, generally by throwing dice, who next comes into possession of the money. In that manner each member has the use of the fond in turn, when it is either returned or the arrangement renewed. The am subscribed varies in amount from less than half a dollar to hundreds, and the periods of use of the money vary from less than a month to a year or more. Sometimes interest is paid in the following manner : The first who has the $50, receives bat $49, each member deducting a dime for interest, the borrower for the soeood month receives $49.10, and so on to the last Failure of payment from any cause is sore to be made good by the family of the borrower. L'oxlon Herald.

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P sopkbtx to the value of- 3100,01)0 was destroyed by fire at Pittsburgh. Ik an interview at London Kilrain said he would ignore Sullivan till the latter had fought Mitchell. The notice was posted in Fleet street. Kilrain claims the championship. Smith is indignant at Kilrain s assumption of the title, and says he is willing to fight him again to-morrow. Mr. Boll Windsor offer to match Kilrain against Sullivan for 5,000 a side. The physicians of ex-Seoretary Manning say that they do notjook for an immediate crisis, but recovery is improbable. A terrific explosion occurred in Fode's mill at Bochester, N. Y. It is believed that several persons were buried by the falling walls. E. L. Packkb, one of the largest dealers in pme lumber in Pittsburgh, has confessed judgment for over $10,000. He is confident his assets will cover his liabilities. The freight steanter San Vincents, plying between San Francisco and Santa Cuz, burned to the water's edge at Pigeon Point, off Golden Gate. The crew consisted of nineteen officers and men. Cap tain Lewis, the two mates, and five seamen were rescued bys passing steamer. One of the rescued seamen died from exposure. No trace can be found of the other eleven men who composed the crew, and it is supposed that they are lost. Captain Lewis states when the fire was discovered the men became panic-stricken. Most of them Jumped into one of the boats before it could be lowered. The tackle which held it burned away and the boat fell, throwing the men into tha water. The San Vincents was a small steamer owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and valued at $30,000. No insurance. Atebbible explosion of gas occurred hi the Nottingham mine at Plymouth, Pa. A party of six miners entered the breast where the- ventilation is defective. A naked lamp caused the gas to explode and six men were badly burned. Their names are John Bowl, James Davis, Richard Davis, Jamas Kelly, David Hughes and David Davis. The first four 4 are fatally burned and the last two are badly injured. Secretary Whitney has dispatched a vessel to cruise for the great raft that was lost on Sunday. It is feared that ocean steamers may collide with it. - The steamer Samana has arrived from Cape Hayti, and reports that a heavy "norther" swept over the West Indies on the 6th, 7th, and 8th inst, causing much damage. In all some seventy vessels were wrecked. In the harbor of Monte Cristo a dozen vessels were driven ashore. A special from Wichita, Kan., says: The nearest locality to this point where there is any suffering for food and fuel is Clark County, 150 miles from here. There is no scarcity of provisions or fuel in this vicinity. Reports from Clark and Lane counties tell of much suffering and seme deaths from exposure and -want of both fuel and provisions. All absent cardinals have been summoned to return to Borne before the 1st of January to take part in the Pope's jubilee. Two hundred foreign bishops and many European legitimist aristocrats have given notice of their intention to visit Borne after Christmas to attend the celebration. The Pope will receive, though in private, the good wishes of the Italian royal family. Two prisoners in St. Louis jail overpowered the jailer and made a break for liberty. The jailer fired upon them, and killed one, named Arthur Waterman. The other escaped. Weeping Water, a small town in Nebraska, was entirely destroyed by fire. A special from El Paso, Texas, says: Sanora Amastoa Rubio de Pascadera, a female of renown, was buried by the side of her lover, at San Antonio Zacatecas, Mexico, recently. In early womanhood her intended husband was killed by the federal troops, and on his grave she swore vengeance. Her oath was to kill five men every year of her life, and she more than kept it. Her first exploit was to rob the Asanas Caluntea stage, near Zacatecas. Single handed, she drove the postillions to flight, hailed the stage, ordering a band of as si st ants concealed in the chapparel not to shoot unless resistance was offered.

The passengers gave a good booty. She continued a career of robbing for many years, which terrorized citizens of Sinolas, Jahsee, and Honors, and enriched herself. The authorities and troops were powerless to suppress her. She bequeathed: her for. tune to charities, dying a natural death in obscurity. A disastrous collision occurred near Newport, Ark., between the south-bound passenger train and the north-bound freight on the Iron Mountain Railroad. The fireman of the passenger train was instantly killed, and Engineer Valentine seriously wounded, perhaps fatally. Roadmail ter Inglish was severely injured, and the baggage master and express messenger were also hurt slightly. The passengers were well shaken up but none injured. The baggage and express cars were turned over and took fire, but the flames were speedily put out. Beth locomotives and several freight ears were practically demolished. The engineer snd fireman of the freight train escaped by jumping.

raigned, but while the examination was in progress he was attacked with dementia, and had to be removed to a mad-house. At a military oeuaoil, presided ovsr by the Emperor Francis Joseph, in Vienna, it was determined to devote a large sum of money to the purehaM of equipments and the construction of huts for troops in Ootids, but not to increase the forces unless there should be some farther aggressive movement om the part of Russia. The two powers keep on strengthening their positions along the frontier, while giving profuse explanations that -they entertain the most friendly feelings toward each other. PERSONAL NOTES. The poet Whiitier celebrated the eightieth Anniversary of his birth at his home in Danvers, Massachusetts, on Deo. IT. Many distinguished people called npon him during the day to offer their congratulation. An Omaha dispatch announces the death of & P. Bounds, President of the Omaha Republican Company. He was at first attacked with pneumonia, foltowod by pleurisy, bat lad so far recovered as to be considered out of danger, when he was seized with heart trouble, an old affection, which was the direct .cause of his death. Sterling Parker Bounds was a native ot Vermont and was born in June, 1828. He learned the printer's trade in Buffalo, after which he -went to Racine, Wis., where he started a weekly paper. He was married In Baclne See. 8. 1850, and has three sons ana two daughters living. One daughter ia the wife of O. H. Bothaker, die journalist. After hi! marriage Mr. Rounds m xdbved to Milwaukee and started the Sam as a waaklv naner. Ha afterward went 10

Chicago and opened a large job printing office on Stat street, in company with James I J. Langcron. They were burned out by the fire,' ) but opened an offloe soon after on Monroe street, where they continued business until

xneir iauure uve years w, in ioos air. 1 Ronnda was annotated nablio urinter bv Preai-

' dent Garfield, and held the office until the incoming of the present administration. A year

ago m eeptemier;ne oougnt we umana sif publican, anabas lived there since. His father ia till living at Eureka. Wis. He has a brother

in Milwaukee and a sister at Aurora, 111.

The father of Congressman Weaver of!

Iowa, died at Atchison, Kan., at the age of 84 years.

P0UTICAL POINTS. There were 1.358 delegates present at the

f convention of Republican clubs which met in

Chickering Hall, New York, Deo. 18, and 350 ohtbs were represented. Seventy-five additional clubs were accredited butnot represented The early proceedings of the convention were presided over by Temporary Chairman Daniel 3. Byau. As the roll of the clubs was called, the names of the old party leaders were cheered, especially the name of Blaine, although it was notioeable that the Ohm delegation did not join in this demonstration. Resolutions favoring coast defenses and the distribution of -the tobacco and whisky taxes among the States were offered and referred. Aresolu--fien offered by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, denouncing L. O, 0. Lamar, and declaring that be ought not to be elevated to the Supreme bench, named a sensation. Senator Everts

r was roads permanent Chairman.

Both branches of the South Carolina Legislature passed a bill pensioning the Confederate soldiers. The expense will amoun to 150,000 per year. The Convention of Republican Clubs completed its labors on Saturday, the 17th inst and adjourned. Mr. Jamas P. Foster, President of the New York Republican Club, was elected President of the newly created Heconflrmation ot Mr. Lamar was tabled The administration tariff bill, which will go before the Ways and Means Committee, with the indorsement of Speaker Carlisle after the holiday recess, as the basis of revenue reform, contemplates a reduction of 83, 000, 000 of annual revenue, says a Washington special to the Chicago Herald: Of mis amount $00,000,000 is to-come from reductions of duties, chiefly un manufactures, and 912,000,000 from adding wool, salt, lumber, ooal, etc, to the free Usi The bill aims at a very extensive revision of the present methods of administering the tariff law, and at remedying inconsistencies and inequalities in the law, as well as a general reduction of the high rate of tariff taxes. It proposes tha substitution of specific far ad valorem rates, where the latter are difficult of enforcement In the chemical, earthen and glassware schedules numerous judicious reduotious are proposed. Ia metals material reductions on iron and steel are reoommended. In the wool and woolens schedule, raw wool being made tree, the rates on woolen fabrics are so reduced as to take away about 110,000,030 upon the basis of last year's importations. Inconsistencies as to rates on worsted and woolen oloths ale oorreeted, and here occur some of - the most important changes proposed in the bill. The bill embraces the schedules prepared for Congress last winter by Secretary Fairohild, substituting specific for ad valorem duties on silks, gloves, and embroideries. It also includes the Hewitt plan for reform of the customs administrative service, with some changes and additions suggested by Treasury experience since Mr. Hewitt's bill was first introduced. The measure, it is said, is the result of incalculable labor and care, and la the outgrowth qf years of stody and expert ease on the part of Treasury experts.

- THE OLD WORLD. A Louden dispatch says the fight between Kilrain sad Bmith was the gamestof recent

lathe fifteenth round Kilrain dealt his est, vsnsaj aterrjaa Wow on the mouth with his right, which knocked Smith clean off his feet. This was the first knock-down, and when Smith went teats comer it was seen that his lip was split. After this round Kilrain had things pretty much his own way, hitting wherever he pleased, and knocking his awn down repeatedly. Smith did everything he could to avoid punishment, and with this sad ta view went down so frequently as to call forth hisses from some of the spectators. Ib the eighteenth round Kilrain struck Smith a terrific blow on the left ear, sensing a swelling as large ae a hen's egg. The Englishman went down Tike a log. After that Smith was merely a chopping bloektorthe Americas. Toward the close of the fight be heesans very groggy, and at one time looked as though he would faint from loss of blood. He never failed, however, to respond gamely to the sen at time, but as soon as Kih-afn rushed at Kins wssrt down to avoid punishment His seconds, too, did everything in their power to delay the fight until darkness should arrive and save their man from defeat. The American contingent urged that the fight be oontlnued by candle-light in a barn near by, but the releroe would not consent. Smith's ears were badly etrt and swollen, snd the right side of his face was terribly bruised. Kilrain bad a lump or twe on his forehead and his left sye was nearly closed, but otherwise be was in good

Jubn It Sullivan has challenged Smith or Ifliaw to fight far 19,000 side, ay(Nrtaa vssvwf eMtlsMss'w' -aysf SPsVw! VtsWe' env-"

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Mr. Perry a Smith, of New Jersey, is to succeed Mr. Higgles as chief ot the appointment division of the Treasury Department He is at present employed in the Poe (office Department, and is a cousin of Secretary Fairohild The visible supply of wheat and corn respectively is 43,381,000 and 5,380,400 bushels. Since last report wheat increased 1,350,851 bushels, and corn increased 481,341 bushels The most important measures passed by the Mexican Congress, which has just adjourned, were two bills, one authorizing a new loan of 10,600,000, and the other providing for compulsory education in the federal district and territories.

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DIED ON THE SCAFFOLD.

An Iowa Murderer Hanged with s Bope Made for Anarchist Iinggr.

The First Legal Strangulation In the State fer Twenty-one Tears.

Some Noted Murderers Who Have Paid the Extreme Penalty of the Law.

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CHABLES CITY (IOWA) CORRESPONDENCE. J Chester Bellows, the Murderer of Alice Waterman, was hanged here on Friday last.

lie caa to oe supported to the gallows, and as the rope was placed around his neck he exclaimed three times: "Please

don't." As the Sheriff

placed thn white cap over his head, he ex-

.claimed again:

'Please don't; I am

innocent" In eight minutes snd fortytnree seconds after

the trap was sprung Bellowr heart ceased

to beat. His oeok was broken. The rope used was that intended for Anarchist Louis Idngg. The crime for which Bellows suffered the death penalty wasthe murder of his aleoa, Alice Watennau. He had been living at Minneapolis, but came hare in 1886 and went to live with the Watermans, a short distance from town. His attentions to Alice and hi general eonduot soon became such that he was sent away July 8. He went to the house of a neighbor, Chester Wileox, where Alice was stopping, sad called her outdoors and shot her twice while she was on her knees begging for woroy. The last shot was fatal. He then shot himself, but inflicted merely flesh wounds. xJ, Bellows la the first men legally executed In fcwa for twenty.two years. From 1846 to 187?, the first twenty-six years of the CommonWealth's Statehood, (bw men died on the gaV lows by degree of the courts, under the eld law it was optional with Judges to sentence to hanging or to imprisonment for life In capital cases, and thebenah usually tempered justice with mercy. The course of the Judges led to discussion about 1879, ss to whether the practice of courts, by showing as far as possible their tendetett side to the deepest-dyed criminals, did not really create a sort of contempt tor the way judiaial punishment was measured out. It was maintained that the publle morals

us ne Decter conserrea ur rejuwuiK wio Stal jratdahmant clause and making lite 1mloumeut the penally for w highest crime.

ibUc senUmett) was ripe fit a change, and

ien toe Legislature or Jons met one 01 iw

uiipai acts was tne passage 01 a ow auoi-

yapiuu puxusiuueuB. 41111 191. t...w I87R when, after thoronah discussion.

doing which it was contended that the taking of human lib bed become much more frequent

than formerly on account or uus aooimon t te death pebajty. capital punishment was reenacted with one important enange, which removed the power to fix the death penalty from the Judge to the jury In a case arising under the law how the jurcrs fihd the verdict as for. merly, but if tbey adjudge the criminal guilty

in we nrst argrev uv ww use

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prisoner be hanged or imprisoned for life, they xdust say so in their written verdict, and the court has no power to modify the Boding. The Judge most either set aside the verdict entire, or pronounce sentence in accordance witb the verdict. Under the law of 1878 four men have been sentenced to death ib Iowa. The first was Fountain W. GTegrge, for the murder of Dr. Sdds in the streets of Des Moines. This occur

red in 1882, The judgment of the lower court was affirmed, and under the law he should Bare been executed not later than fifteen

montns arte? sentence, iniii tne assassin was a victim of epilepsy. Doubts arose as to his sanity, and a com mission of inquiry was appointed. Their finding has never been made public, but it mutt have been favorable to the

insanity view, as Governor Sherman never fixed a day of execution, and about a year ago George died in the penitentiary. A man named

iimitn, of ayettt uouutz, ana another named Kennedy, of Dubuque, are awaiting execution, their cases having gche to the Supreme Court. Chester Bellows was the fourth. The murderers legally strangled in this Stats rlchlv merited their mmishment. In 185! Will

iam Binkle, of Davit County, wag arrested for

poisoning bis wife. The woman bad died suddenly, and Hinkle, beiore a year had elapsed,

made preparation to marry a girl who had been

warning in the family at the time 01 nia wire s death. An investigation followed, 'which led to Hlnkle's indictment and arrest He took a ohanga of venue to the adjoining eonntv of

Appanoose, where, after a trial lasting only four days, he was ecitvisted of murder in the first

degree on April 16, 1858. Ac appeal to the Su-

premeUOurt followed, but the judgment below was affirmed, and Hirikle was sentenced to be

puoiiciy execntea on tnc linn 01 August, ioob, between the hours of 1 and 3 p. m , within onehalf mile of the town of Orleans, a little village to the eastern part of the county. This was the nearest convenient point midway between 'Bloomfield and Oeutervule, tpa county seats of Davis and Appanoose Counties, snd the Judge, no doubt, bought the people of the two couilties bad a common interest iu seeing Hinkle die. Kor was he dtsapinted. On the appointed day 10,000 people assembled to witness the -execution. The condemned map ascended the platform with a resolute stop and firm bearing. The rope provided for the occasion was ot home manufaet'ire. and as the tran fell and It re

ceived the full welgbtof the heavy victim it snapped, and Hinkle dropped heavily to the

guiiro. mi itmo iivjuTO up miu wiui uiutcuuy Placed on the sealfold. He was asked before

the rope was adjusted the second time if he had anything to say, to which he answered that he was Innocent. It was generally believed at the time that ho bad placed the poison in the young

woman b nanas ler tnc purpose ox compassing his wire's death, and that his dental was. therefore, technically true. The second execution was the most notable Stfce State's history. It occmred at Dubuque 1839. A tailor named Gllli k returned home in the morning very drunk. His wife asked him for money with which to buy bread. He seized her by the hair, dragged her about the floor, kicked her, beat her, and at last shot her through the head. He had been a soldier in the Mexican war, a color sergeant. As his attorney, the eloquent Ben M. Samuels, told the jury, be bore the flag of his adopte'l country from vera Ontz to Chapnltepec. lie bad two trials, the verdict resulting the samo in both. Governor Lowe was appealed to for sieuiency in vain. There had boen tod many n orders In Dubuque in the preceding ten years, and pubHe Sentiment demanded an example. Judge Wilson had ordered that the execution be made public The gallows was built on a sandy plateau a short distance south of Eagle Point, and just north of the city limits. The people living in the vicinity tne nearest house being at least a quarter o'f a mile distant, threatened to raze the gallows, but Sheriff Hayden put a truard of sworn deputies around it There were three large, well drilled, handsomely unifoamed military companies in Dubuque The Governor's Greys, the Washington Guards and the Jackson Blues. Giiliok requested that, as be hud been a soldier, these military companies escort Mm to the gallows, and, in order to comply with his wishes, herff Hayden ordered that they turn out ag protection, and to quell any disturbance that might arise. The day of execution came. Dubuque never saw such a crOvid. It seemed as if the people of Iowa. Wisconsin and Illinois for sixty miles about bad Hocked into the city. It was estimated that there were 40,003 to 50,000 strangers In Dubuque that morning. It was a beautiful day. The cortege started from the jail with a military company, headed by the Germonia Band, in front of a barouche in whioh GtUlek rode with the Sheriff, and two companies in the rear, while a line ofguards was on either side nt the carnage. The band played a dead mm en from tbe jail to the gallows, a distanoe Of over a mile. The military formed a hollow square about the gallows and within forty feet of it The people stood crowded jn closely on all sldes-a vast mass of humanity. Hundreds of women were among the spectators. Giiliok made a short speech, in which he warned young men against Oie nse of liquor, which had bronsht him to the gallows, thanked the military for the honor they had paid him as a soldier, and Sheriff Hayden for kind treatment It was all over jn fifteen minutes, and in the afternoon two-thirds of the vast number of strangers bad disappeared. There have been twojnore executions at or near Dubuque one In 1862 and another at Dblphi for a murder committed at Dubuque In 1863. The last legal cxecation of which there is a record in Iowa occurred at Ottumwa, Feb. 17, 1863. when Benjamin A. McComb, a native of Rookford, 111., was hanged for the murder of Laura Jane Harvey, also of Bookford. Laura ran away irom homo In company with HcOomb and George Lawrence, and she and Lawrence were married at Belolt, Wis., before coming to Iowa, The party put up at the Jefferson House in Ottumwa on March 27, 1860. During their stay tbe conversation of the two men was far from friendly toward the young woman. The next day they went to Eddyvllle, where the same treatment of tha woman was noticed. Leaving Eililyvillo the noxt day, nothing definite wan heard of them until the following morning, when tho body of the woman was found in the river below the ford. It was Certain that murder had been committed. Four months uf ter tbe body of a man was found in Copperas Creel-, about four miles east of Ottumwa. Imestlgatian pKod it to be the body ot George Lawrence, i.usbaud of the murderott woman. Four ears pussed with ut tho disclosure of a solitary clue to the locution of JlfComb, but finally in the spring of is 4 he w rsoofniiiea by a young soldier from Hesk. 'wW

taken to Ottumwa, where his trial resulted in a verdict of guilty June 14 following. Tbe court decided that be should be hanged July 27, but the case having gono to the Supreme Court, the execution was postponed. A grout many people assembled, however, on the date montioned, and, gathering around the jail, soon became noisy and demonstrative, apparently possessing all tho elements of a mob Finally the question of banging was submitted to a vote, and, having been carried affirmatively, a rush was made for the jail door and the (fruoner was brought out He asked for an liour to prepare for death, and it was given him. He was taken Into the Catholic Church and baptized, after whiehjpe mob took him in charge. There were no lanm-posta iu Ottumwa in those days and conseqMntlv no convenient place to bang him. He wasDnally placed iu a wagon, driven a mile east otfovn, a rope put arouud his neck, it was thrownX'over a bent tree, and the mob were abMft to carry out their deaim whon McComb asked the privilege of making a speech, which was gxanted. He protested his innocence, offeredlo prove that George Lawrence was still living, t'and that be did not murder Laura J. Harvey:, At this point a cry was raised all througn the crowd, "Take him back I" others yelluig,1,'Hang him." Then a snort struggle for the possession of the rope ensued, when some one eallnd out, "Cut it" This wi s immediately done, aid tbe prisoner rescued from tho bands of the aioo, placed in a wagon, driven rapidly to- town and placed in jail. On the night ot Aug. 34 McComb eaoapod from confinement by mewsjKotTarlag tha Sheriffs 11-year-old bejf. a lain sum of money to induce him to unlock tbe cell door, so that he had nothing to do but to walk out The Sheriff was absent at the time. August 87 he was recaptured a1 out fifteen miles from Ot, turawa, and on the 31st another mob gathered. But this time the Sheriff was prepared, and the jail strongly guarded by the military. Consequently the mob dispersed. McComb's ease was heard by the Supreme Court in the follow lng December, and the judgment of theower ooiirt was affirmed. This aeeesslteted the fia ingot a day of execution by the Governor, and Feb. 17, 1865. was named. The death warrant in this oase Is the only document of the kind oa file in the State archives. The return Mads thereon by the Sheriff shows that it was duly executed, - Woolfolk Sentenced to He Hanged. Macos fOa.1 speelal.1 This was the tenth day of the trial of Woplfelk for tbe murder of nine of his faintly. The jury was eharsed at noon and in twenty minutes brought In a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was then sentenced to lie hanged Feb. 18, In his statement before sentence Woolfolk asserted his innocence before heaven and said the witnesses had sworn falsely. Hs seems to be absolutely without nerves. Another Iowa Hanging In Prospect. The Supreme Court of Iowa has affirmed the sentence of the Fayette District Court in tbe cose of Henry Schmidt convicted of the mux. der of Luoretia Feck on the night of September 4, 1886, and be will be banged at West Union January 4, 1888. A California fef nrtierer Hanged.

Thurston Lee was haneed at Baki

Cel., on Friday, for the murder of John

m aiarcn, wtts.

THE FEDERATION OF LABdE.

Encroachments of the Knigbts to Be Heslated Mr. dompers Ke -elected, Baltimore special. At the session of the American Federation of Labor on Friday the per oapita tax was reduced from J to f of a cent a month. All Slate federations are to be taxed $2S annually. It was voted to employ a salaried organizer. A resolution compelling local unions to unite into State federations was rejected. Tbe constitution was adopted as amended. It was decided not ta send delegates to the Trades Union Congress at London next year. It was resolved to ask Congress to shorten the hours of labor in view 61 the deereased number ef workmen needed on account of labor-saving ma. chinery. The committee on tbe growth of the order reported that the rapid growth of the order resulted from the first avowed purpose ot the federation to allow each bade to govern itself; 'second, to the discontent of the Knights of Labor, The committee recommended, by reason of the mismanagement of (he LuighU ot Labor, and their desperate use or strikes, that the federation use its utmost endeavor to resist the encroaehments ef tbe Knights ef Labor, as that organize tion showed itself opposed to trades unionism. The report was adopted with enthusiasm. The following officers were elected by acclamation: President Samuel L. Gomners, New Tors, representing the International Cigar-makers union ; First Vies President, Daniel McLaughlin, representing the Illinois Miners' Association ; Second Vjoe President, William Martin, Of tbe Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers' Association ; Secretary, p. J. MoGuire, of tho Philadelphia Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners ; Treasurer, Qabrtel Edmondson, of the Washington Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. It was decided to hold the next convention in St. Louie. TBE WAft OS WHISKY. platform of the Anti-Saloon Republican Party of Jlsw York. (Syracuse (N. T.', special The Anti- Saloon Republican State Com. mittee adopted a pisiform declaring that there is an irrepressible conflict between the liquor traffic and Christian civilization; that the saloon ought to be utterly extirpated, because the proprietors have combined in open war against the Amerioaa Sfibbath; that the compact between brewers and distillers aas reached a paint where the Bepublican party must accept the issue and with "no uncertain sound declare determined hostility to these enemies of good morals and the sacred inslitntionB of our land, or abandon their claims to be a party of law and order, opposed to vice and crime, anarchy and socialism." The platform

points to Pennsylvania as an example of success resulting; from a bold stand, and

favors prohibition amendments and local

opuon ana restriction by taxation.

CONGRESSIONAL

FOUK SEW STATES.

Territories Likely to Be Admitted to the Union at This Session of Congress. IWaahinaton special.) There is every indication that the Territories of Dakota. Washington, Montana.

and possibly Utah, will be admitted into statehood. While. Utah has adopted a new constitution, which prohibits the perpetuity of polygamy within the Territory, Congress will make the provision that in the event of the Territory's admission into the Union as a State the olanse of tbe constitution

cannot be disturbed without the consent of CowrreBS. It matters not, however, i they

are admitted at this session tbey will not be granted the right of national franchise

until leva.

IT CAUSED A SENSATION.

The JSffeet or a Canada Paper's Open Advocacy of the Annexation or Canada. A Halifax special says: "The St John GlQl& open advocacy of immediate annexation of Canada to the United States as the simplest and best way to settle all difficulties between Great Britain and the lUpublic has produced a great sensation in political circles in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Globe is owned and edited by John Ellis, a member of the Canadian Parliament far St. John City, and for many years its representative in the New Brunswick Leeislature. and one of

the recognized and ablest leaders of the

Liberal party in Eastern Canada.

THE (JROWfi PRINCE BETTER. Bis Present Condition Not Exciting; Alarm. The new growth which has made its appearance in the throat of the Crown Prince is not of a cancerous nature, says a dispatch. It oauses no difficulty in breathing. No' operation is deemed necessary at present. The right side of the larynx is wholly sound. Since the Crown Prince has taken open-air exercise he has a fresh, healthy complexion. He has grown thinner sinee spring, and this gives him an almost youthful appearance. Any oue seeing him can scarcely believe him to be a lost man. His great tranquillity of mind, almost eheerfulness, inestimably helps all. A Bill Exjffeiiing German Socialists. A new bill has been introduced in the German Reichstag authorizing the expulsion of all socialists who have incurred penalties for violation of the auti-socialist law or by belonging to secret societies, which is forbidden by existing laws. Iu

accordance with tbe provisions of litis till,

most ot tne socialist memoers ot tne lU-iebstng may bo expelled from Genua y. The bili alio ut nubs tho punishment of

anyone takbtg part (a inoiajiii eon.

Work of tbe Senate and the Hons) of Representatives. Ia the Honse of Representatives, on the 14th inst., .Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, submitted a concurrent resolution that when the two houses adjourn on Monday, Deo. IV, they stand adjourned until Thursday, Jan. s. Mr. Heed, ot Ma ne, opposed the resolution. He said Congress was pressed upon by a serious publia duty, which was the reduction of a surplus whioh was coming into the Treasury in a manner calculated, under the management of the Treasury Department, to be an embarrassment to the finances of the eountry. All- were agreed at least on the liepubllcaa side that this surplus should be reduced, aul the ltenublican stood ready now to make one reduction to which the other side was agreed, and that was in reference to the tobacco tax. He hoped that an opportunity would be given them bv the powers that be, or were to be, to vote thereon and show to the country sotue proper disposition In tola regard. If the gentlemen on the other side found it somewhat difficult to range themselves alongside of the recent message, which had been sent them, that the Republicans eoatd assifl awlMwtand and could give their assurances of most proround sympathy, Mr. Cox of New York, commented on what no termed the sudden conversion of the gentleman from, Maine. He did not think that there had been suoh a sudden conversion since the time of Saul of Tarsus. I Laughter. He could recall tbe time when the most eminent men on the other side of the House had insisted upon the reduction of the tariff to prevent the accumulation of a surplus. Among the rest bad been the gallant man from Maine with the white plume. Among them had been Frye and Hale, insisting in the reduction of the tax on salt and other articles, except lumber. He would like to see every man in tbe House regard this fiscal question as outside of politics. It was a business question in every sense of the word. There were members of Congress from Republican States like Minnesota demanding the reduction of taxes, but this could not be done by picking out one article. It must be general ; it must be stable and permanent. He hoped that when a tariff bill was considered all parties would unite and act for the best Interests ot the whole people, and not for aggrandizement of one man or one sst of men, or one party. Mr. Mills of Texas offered as a substitute for Mr. Hatch's resolution a resolution declaring that when tbe two houses adjourned Thursday, Deo. 22, they stand adjourned until Wednesday, Jan. 4. Mr. Hatch accepted the substitute, and the resolution as modified was agreed to. Senatob Shbbxah offered a motion in tne Senate on the 19th inst., that the President's message and accompanying documents be referred to the Committee on Finance, and gave notice that after the holidays he would address the Senate on the subject. Mr. Pugh offered the following resolution, and proceeded to address the Senate in support of it : "Ittlolvcj. That the most important and pressing duty of the present session of Congress is to revise and so amend existing Internal tax and tariff laws as to reduce the annual revenues to be collected therefrom to the necessary wants of the Federal government, and no more than it needs to pay its matured debts and discharge its obligations under the laws of Congress without crippling or deranging any American industries or business or Interests connected with the subjects of tariff taxation, or interfering with the just rights of American working people, intended to be secured to them by the incidental etfeots ot revenue auties, to share in the joint groduct ot tbe latter and capital employed i American mining and manufacturing industries to be full measure of the difference in tbe cost of their labor and the labor of those engaged in similar industries in Europe, ttaoleed, That the Senate will concur in no joint resolution for the final adjournment of the present session of Congress until after the passage of suoh remedial laws as are specified in the foregoing resolution " A bill was introduced by Senator Stewart providing for the appointment of a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices, to sit at Washington, and have jurisdiction to hear and decide contested land oases. In the House the Speaker announced the appointment of the Committee on Bules, a follows: The Speaker, Messrs. Bandall, Mills, Reed, and Cannon. Mb. Calx called up in the Senate on the 20th inst., his resolution to print the memorial of tha Utah Constitutional Convention in the Uecrd. and asked that it be adopted. Mr. Edmunds preferred that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Territories, whioh now had jurisdiction oi the matter. This gave rise to a warm debate between the two Senators, in which others finally joined, and Utah affairs for two or three hours occupied tha attention of tbe Senate. Numerous petitions from various States were presented in favor ot Mr. Blair's educational bill, and also a petition from citizens of Pennsylvania protesting against the admission of Utah as a State. Mr. Allison, from tbe Committee on Finance, reported a bill to regulate tha importation ot foreign merchandise and to secure uniformity in the classification thereof, Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Publia Lands, reported a bill to quiet the title ol settlers on the Des Moines river lands, Mr, Davis, from the committee on pensions, reported a bill to place the name of Mrs. Logan, widow of Oen. John A. Logan, on the pension roll at the rate of fi.OOQ a y4ar and asked for its immediate consideration. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate; Frank O. Hoyne to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Chicago. Stephen A. DeWolf to be associate justice of the Supreme court of the territory of Montana, E. Henry Laoombe, ol Hew York, to be additional Circuit Judge fot the Second Judioial Circuit. Edward F Bingham, ot Ohio, to be Chief Justiee of the Su. Sreme Court of the District of Columbia, artin V. Montgomery, ot Michigan, to os Associate Justiee of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Wm J. Allen to be United States District Judge tor tin Southern District of Illinois. Newton W. McConnell of Tennessee, to bs Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana. To be Attorneys for the United States: Emety B. Sellers, District of Indiana; George E. Pritchett, District of Nebraska; Thomas E. Haydon, District of Nevada; George S. Peters of Ohio, Territory ol Utah; WhitakerM. Grant ot Iowa, District ol Alaska. To be Marshals of the United States: James B. Jordan. Western Distriet of Virginia; William M. Nixon, Eastern District ol Tennessee ; James W. Emerson, Eastern District of Missouri ; John Myers, District of Oregon. Mr. Brumm (Pa.) offered a preamble and resolution reolting that It is currently reported that the coal operators in the Lehigh region are now importing or are about to import 2.000 Belgian miners under contract to take the places of the miners now on strike in that section, and requested the President to notify the offioials of the Treasury Department of these facts, and urge them to use special efforts to prevent the landing of the Belgian miners and to see that the law against tbe importation of labor under contract is strictly enforced. Referred to the Committee on Labor.

IN THE SENATE.

Aphorisms.

Do not seem what von are not.

An ounce of conviction is worth a pound of coercion. The true way to be happy is to make others happy. We can do more good by being good than in any other way. One day is worth three to him who does everything in order. If you are not wiser at the end of the day, that day is lost. The credit gained by a lie lasts only, until the truth comes out. Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. It is something to be good; but it is far finer to be good for something. If you cannot speak well of your neighbors do not speak of them at all. There is a sufficient recompense in the very consciousness of a noble deed.

Fabmeiih do not seem to realize how important it is to save and properly apply poultry droppings. When carefully saved, twenty-five pounds will furnish sufficient to manure an acre of corn, producing an effect equal to that of tho best cotnui rcinl fertilizer. Poultry manure .is identical iu action with guano, both beinp very rich in ammonia, and therefore nowerful plant stimulants. For this reason it is not s.ifo to nse the droppings without first mixing them witb other substances, suoh as pulverized clay, dry loam, or laud plaster. The plan for saving them commonly adopted iu New England U a good one. It is to have a platform of boards under tho r.,of ou which they collect, and from wbioh they are gathered daily or weekly and preserved dry iu barrels or bins until desired for use. The platform should be sprinkled with dry earth each time the droppings are removed. In order to propare them for use they may be passed through a sieve of oue-quarter inch mesh, and mixed with two parti of dry emth, or if plaster is used mix with equal parts of plaster. A handful of this home-mide fertilizer applied to a hill of corn or potatoes will give it such a send-off that the effect will be visible throughout the season. It may be dropped directly on potato. -8, but for corn wo think it best to spread it ou the bill after planting. It is gooil u'ro for all garden truck, especia'ly for sn,-li c-ps as are to be forced for nily market, let farmers think o this an-1 se if ib.v -u-not reduce thvir bill for art! '-in fonii zrs.

nod at me same time ouia u m -'ii mo y

Several Important Bills Introduced in the Upper Branch of Congress.

reliable article than that

heMf)MamAM)llikri

whl 'h the; have

Mr. Cnlloms's Bills for a Postal Telegraph and to Amend the Interstate Commerce Law.

Senator Cullom of Illinois has introduced a bill to establish the "United States Postal Telegraph'' as a part of the postal system of the United States. Following is a summary of the measure: It calls for an appropriation ot $4,000,000, and provides for the construction of the following trunk lines : One from Washington to Portland, Me,, via Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Jersey City, New York, Brooklyn, New Haven, Hartford, Providence, and Boston; one from Washington to Minneapolis, via Pittsburg, Cleveland. Toledo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, LaCrosse, and St Paul; one from New York City to Cleveland, via Albany, Syracuse, Bochester, and Buffalo ; one from Pittsburg to Topoka, Kan., via Columbus, Cincinnati, InMsnapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City; one .i-om Toleilo to Detroit; one from Washington to Galveston, via Richmond, Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta, Atlanta, Montgomery, and New Orleans ; one from Chicago to New Orleans, via Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, and Viaksburg ; one from Chicago to' St. Louis, via Peoria and Springfield ; one from Chicago to Ban Francisco, via Des Moines, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and Carson City ; and one from Cheyenne to Denver. Postal telegraph offices are to be opened at the places named and at all intermediate points at which first, second, or third class postofflces are established. Branch linoi are to be constructed from time to time, the intention being to connect the lines with all cities where the postal free-delivery system prevails, but no additional facilities are to be provided in States a ready connected with the trunk lines until postal telegraph offices have been established in every State and Territory. The system is to be constructed in straight lines, as near as practicable, but regard is to be taken of cities that wt'l afford the best telegraphic facilities to the publia. The lines are to be constrrcted by the Engineer Corps of the army and then transferred to the custody of the Postmaster General. The poles are to be of iron, the wires of copper, and all other materials ot the best character. Eight wires are to be strung on the line from New York to Chicago, and four upon other lines. The Secretary of War is authorized to use the military service lines of the United States as far as expedient, and alto to make all necessary condemnations of lands or buildings at a fair compensation. All disputes as to what is fair compensation are to be settled by tbe Court of Claims. The Secretary ia farther authorized to construct, take, and use all machinery and devices, not including telegraph lines, whether patented or not, as shall be deemed necessary, the compensation to be determined in the same manner as condemnation! of land.' A rate of 10 cents for each twenty words and S cents for eaoh additional ten words Is Axed for distances of under $00 miles and an additional rate of S cents for each 130 miles over 300. A night rate of 39 cents and a day rate of 7$ cents is fixed for each 100 words transmitted for newspapers, except that where the same disnatch ia dronned off at more than one office tbe

rates shall be 25 cents and aO cents respectively

tor eacn dropped copy.

Among the numerous bills introduced in

tne Senate is one bv senator uuuom to

amend the interstate commerce act. Tha amendments include the recommendations of the Commissioners, and are in minute legal form. The following is a synopsis of

(he mora important provisions: 1. To extend the provisions of the set so as to apply to express, sleeping-car, drawing-room-

car, palace-car, stock-car, and tank-car companies, and "any other companies, associations.

or persons furnishing for publia use upon rail-

roaas cars or oiaer usuuiiMDHuian ios sue

transportation of persons or property." 2. To nrohibit not only ooolinc between differ

ent railroads but between different railroads and other oarriers. , - . - 3. In the sixth section, whioh relates to the

publication of rates, the provisions with respect to the advance and reduction in rates are repeated, so as to apply specifically to joint through rates. The short-haul provision it also repeated, in order that there shall be no ques

tion tnat it applies to joint tnrougn rates. 4. As to the short-haul provision, it is provid

ed that where complaint is made against two or more carriers for violating it, and the violations occur between points on the road of one only, that road only shall be held liable for tho violation. 5. The commission ia authorized to nresoribe

the form in whioh tne schedule prescribed by the law for public inspection shall be prepared

or arrangea. no special ram ia praaonoea in the law. 6. The commission is also authorized to make

provision for the official publication of its de

cisions, ' 7. An addition to section 15, which relates to compensation for damages, is proposed, to the effect that when a complainant is seeking to recover damages the carrier may file with the commission its consent that the commission may pass on the question of damages, and ia aueh case the carrier shall be bound bv tbe de

cision of the commission, and the decision of the

commission shall stand as a judgment wnicn may be enforced by execution by United States marshals In the same manner as judgments of the United States Circuit Court are enforced. In case such assent is not filed, the commission may investigate and report the subject ot damages, and, if it shall report that the complainant has suffered damages to a specified amount.

it may name the time for the payment for such damages, and if the carrier shall mako the payment within the time named, the sum shall be in full satisfaction of any claim the complainant may have under the act In respect to the grievances complained ot ; but if suoh payment

is not made, tne complainant may prooeea in any United States Court of competent juris notion to recover damages for the wrong suffered, and suoh proceedings, findings and report of the commission shall be prima-faeie evidence

of sue nets louna.

The chief points in the Grand Army ot

uie JsepuDito pension om iniroaucea oy Senator Manderson, says a Washington

telegram, are in making provision xor pen

sions to all veterans who are, or may hereafter become, unable to earn their own livelihood; for a direct continuance of pensions fer widows in their own rights; for an inorease in tbe amounts

paia to minor emiaren; ana ror latnen or mothers from any date of dependence. The latter provision is the one wbich bears the strongest resemblance to the dependent bill vetoed by the President last session, though the pauper clause is omitted and one substituted whioh makes the measure a disability rather than a dependent bill. The object of the b li is to put into the general pension laws the recognition of tbe principle thai pensions may be granted to survivors of the late war without absolute proof of disability arising from the service, which proof, it is claimed, is almost impossible to get after the lapse of more than twenty years. Senator Ingalls' bill removes the limitation entirely on the arrearages act. It is one which the Senate, shortly before adjournment, directed the Pensions Committee to report to the Senate. Under it, those who failed to get in their applications before June, 1879, the limit of the old arrearages act, but filed them afterward, would get pensions irom the time of filing. Among the more important measures to come before this session of Congress will be a bill making a thorough revision and simplification of the pension laws. The pension laws are of as many different kinds as there are patent chums. One of the objects will be to lessen tbe burden of the applicants in the matter of fatni h i f proof to the department necessary to obtaining the pension rightly applied for. Winter Decorations. I will tell the girls how to make lovely wreaths and bouquets for winter decoration. Crysiallized grasses are very pretty with wheat, or by themselves, and can be used in almost any design which fancy dictates crosses, stare, horseshoe, or any pretty design. I have seen mottoes made of them. They can be crystallized by dissolving all the alum yon can in a halfgallon crook full of water, and suspending the grasses in by strings fastened to a stiok laid across the top of the crook. Autumn leaves also are nice. Gather them when they are bright; sprinklo pulverized rosin over them, iron with a hot iron, and they will have a firm and lasting finish, and retain their bright colors till spring, or as long as you keep them. Pressed terns and almost all kiuds of trailing vines, and dainty bits' of wood greenery, can be pressed and utilized in decoration for winter, and the long, cold evenings can be spent so much pleasanter for the little bits of brightness they add to the sitting-room. One almost forgets the oold, white snow uuteide, while io pleasant eonveraation or reading, when the eyes we lleddentd by thefts eoaitaB, WM4 t ana nhswrflti lsxuaaaSi vwv ewsaas WHeswets .

INDIANA. STATE NEWH. There have been docketed far trial at the next term of the Porter County Circuit Court the following suits against the Chicago and Atlantic Bailway, growing out of the Kents disaster. An admjaWraioc'a . nit to recover f 10,000 fox the deaths of vera! members of the Miller faaatty: a. guardian's suit to recover $10,000 far permann Miller, the injured boy who waa the only member of the Miller faaalty aavooj from the wreck; a suit of tne Eonts akatel proprietor to recover ceaxpensatlon for . tho care of the Miller boy. An mdietaseatfox Involuntary manslaughter against John B. Park and John Dorsey, who are held responsible for the Koate disaster, will pp e up; also, a snit brought by Annie Burkhart against the Mew Albany and Ctdeago Bailway to recover 10,000 for the death of Andrew Burkhart, her husband, who Waa killed on the road of that company. Near Mt. Pleasant, Crawford Comnty, Joseph Longest, aged 31 years, wa wfv laid and robbed by two high wayaasm of $2,600. He was carrying the money fieee Mt. Pleasant to the residence of Mir. T. C. Slalenp, to whom it was to be paid. After standing him up and taking the money from him young Longest was allowed to gi on his way, the highwaymen asouxithsg their horses, whioh they had tied near tha roadside, and escapinsr. An hoar; later, the alarm being widely etreuUtadi, one hundred mounted and armed men were aa pursuit of the highwaymen, but at last accounts they had elndad arrest. Ilia bold'' and daring robbery has created intenae excitement in the neighborhood, and if the highwaymen are taken the; wills apeediry dangle at the end of a rope. - Patents have been granted Indiana ha- ' venters as follows:. Eli Beghlel, Hunting ton, portabls sawing machine; Marvin Campbell, South Bend, hammock stretch; Wm A. Krag, Indianapolis, exrifeo pot; Darins Patterson, Bichland, eoambtoed heme hitch and collar Sender; Jaaaas J. Turner, assignor to himself and J. F. MBler, BJehmond, deviee for aMaattng eta nan, switches, etc.; Wm. M. Waltasaa, Bean Blossom, mole trap. A new military company atCrawfideville, numbering fifty, were mastered bate -the State service by J. W. Bnnasy. wa; was authorized to do aw by G. W. Koonta, Adjutant-generaL The following are Om officers: Captain, Geo. W. Lamb,' Firstlieutenant; M. V. West; Second-Usntan-ant, Joe McDeniel; Orderly- sergeant, W. H. Morrison. Twenty -seven of the oaa. pany belong to McPherson Post, G-. A.S. The Governor has remitted a forfattaTO of $500 against Frank Blaise and Hairia

E. Pattison. The bond wan for the appearance ot John,

was to appear before the

County Court to answer a charge ef

The indiotment was noUied for want of evidence, and remittanos waa xeqaaetet by tha judge, proaeeaUng srtratsaay sail others. While John C. Kallaseyar, a Oolnaa. bos plumber, was eonnecting tetm Water ' main joints in a ditch six feat! deep tho bank gave way and barisd hie towea, limbs. It was alter cmaiderahle lies'that he was dug out awl h anted hosae. where he has suffered a great deal, and his physicians aas that It atay be asonths before he can ho Out agailfe The stockholders of the Montgomery County Fair Association met and elected the following officers, who an to oervefor the ensuing year. President, Jasper IT. Davidson, of Wbitesville; Viee-Preaideats, W. H. Durham and J. Ii. Davis; Traasnrer, Joe Grabb; Seeratary, F. L. Snyder; Se perintendent, J. J. Insley; Chief Marshal, B, B. Snyder. It is currently, and said to be trothfully, reported that the liody of John Gweav Snyder, the famous pedestrian, waa Treoatv Mated by "saw-bones aonto ooBetja at Cincinnati. It te asserted that physteiane near Hartford City wen the leeMreetlonists, but they enter a general denial, MoCleUan Badow, a yotaug man residing at Meeoow, five miles west of MB- ' toy, got into a dispute over the weight of a hog with Allen Fuller, whan Foliar raised an old. musket he had en hie hands and shot Barlow in tha throat, aeriooaly, it not dangerously wounding hiss. Anew hank, has been organised at Ladoga, under the Stat law. W. M, Henry is President; L N. Miller, Vicepresident; G. E. Grimes, OswMen Che. Goodbar, Book-keeper. This will make two banks at Ladoga, and a total Of eeve fat Montgomery County. While at work in a saw-ariB at Vow Lisbon, seven mites southeast of New Castle, James Lamb was caught ha the saw and his right arm and aide frightfully mangled, rendering amrmtatiea of the aim necessary. His injnriea are very severe and will prove fatal.Mrs. Francis Perdue, a widow, who resides four miles south of Monde, waa blatantly kited while walking along the Fort Wayne, Cmcinmti and Iooiaville trnoks. She waa thrown fatty fifty foot, and every bone in her body waa broken. She waa a deaf mute. Hurburt Bunch, the year-eld son of ex-Clerk JU T. Bunch, of Tipton, waa thrown from a raxwway wagon, and badlyhurt. His right arm waa braeten in two places, the bene protruding about three inches. He also received wternelm juries. Wm. Be bee, charged with robbtng James Sanderson, of Montioelle, durtmtt . the month ot August, waa tried m the Cass Circuit Court. Thejory found hn guilty of petit larceny and iio waa sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. Emily McOaehan, aged 96, of toahea, was found dead in bed. The C-srnora inquest resulted in the decision thatahe came to her death through an overdose of tanay, a bottle of which was found nearly empty by the bed. At Hammond, a eow-boy named Claude Kimball, got an Idea that he waa out on the range and careered through a crowd shooting off a ia-caliber revolver. Peter Perdy, a saloon-keeper, waa fatallyshot. A Mrs Bnmey, of Barney's Stetio, fell down a stairway and received mjnriea which will doubtless prove fatal on aeeonut of her age. Hon. Max Clark, a prosatnent aaerohant of Madison, was killed, at, Hsdinborg, near Seymour, while alightrng froai an O. A M. train. A bomb waa found in a bee; ef hoHday goods sent from Chicago to Al Qaaeley, of Logans port. It caused eoomderable ex citement, and people flocked in) great numbers to see the deadly tsmefafne. Charles Alexander, a brakema on ants Midland Bailroad, fell from a train near Gausden, and was run over. Bis left tag was cut off and hta head beaUj broJeed. Ha ia nof expected to recover. Mrs. M. Spangter, of FJUMstt, haw brought suit against the LaWSMiaJil Michigan Southern Bailroad far il&QOrA,

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