Bloomington Progress, Volume 23, Number 12, Bloomington, Monroe County, 15 May 1889 — Page 1

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jplpF' . WOMBBWTOWi.-mx'- j r A. KJSrUBLlUAn JrAfJiiK I) JSVUTlsl) TO HIE ADVANCEMENT OF THE LOCAL INTERESTS OF MONROE COUNTY.

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His method was to ship goods to

hooaea in New York and othor eitfes 'with-

: oat eMering the shipment on the books, : '

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Osaeetrs Are BX

B. O. Dun aCo.s review at trade for last

' Week si ai foams:

THIS NEWS SEfiABIs ! Tiwmiwaantart tatajroptton of business 4 AAA? 443 If 0 aMAnftUh . I by senUanhU preparationft sad oetebraUonii h

gasd tas wsek nearly e blank hi oonuum-cial or Hnsnrdal lacneate. At Mew Ymk aomimnlmtnd

. . - . I aoon to jadg which way the tide win tain, and

tna rnena mm sw ana, tnongn nearly ail hopeful in torn, do not indicate the exBeated imHiwiiiwul. Iks situation seems better at IUIwaakeo, tatlifactoi y at Omaha, good at Cleveland' as to moa hnaehes, butauMtloi table as to Iron-; rathai dog at Kansas City and St Paul, and ieu Bacon-aging at the chief enters of tin rain, lion, seal, and leather trades, fjollec-tioaian-far from aatisfaetory" at Milwaukee

ana not mipcovea as uenwt, m in ouier tines thseitaatieeaisiairb-eBtistBctorr, At New Task aeon dry goods dealeu complain that

nranain too goou oayen Keep sow wntdnmsass. Beporta about the wool trade an contradictory. A report that the Treasury Ty not dedda the woolen worsted oueattoa

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Telegrayh - wirea aronnd Marqnette, Miojattnto been dawn for two days. Bertorts are o arriTUig of teixiblo

lores firev in the ooantry iwoentie

by the bossesteaaer. : Tko i

tstsrteil at9 a. m. Tnesosy and,

ww jps otot miles or dense forests nnti

Bfcj were eooked by rain in the .- ing. Vany homesteaders are baiaad

. ont and meat saffermg reported to haye taken place Jtfaoag the women and

cBuajwa,-w. oonz scarcely Oreathe on aeKnnt or tse soJTriria; smoke. Many

RKmawiwma cracse ana otBen . songht shelter in the trwaraps where by borying tkojoisolTes in the mi ana lying lace downward . they manased to BWriTe the neat and smoke. . Braces ezesHing is totally destroyed. Watchward is also borned, and a tract

nxanynuos square is in ashes. Belief

pamee are ont to look after those known to have been in the birned districts. It

w feared rnnny fcaye perished. Ores damage basleea eaased at Anthony, a

issmnss sown in ne nomeateaa nirsn try. Tnlean lost a larye engine boose, several thousand eords of wood, and

twenty bouses, the homes of minora. Jforwayfonifht njre on all sidem fee eight bonra and wiis jnst on the point of sarrendering, when tain oame and saved

the town. ears are entertained of I

of life in. the -t.wns remote front tho

ravlroaos. a he frres are burning in the

isrens nmni mu vroec ana Maxes, wood. The poet oflce and express ofBee and the naUway station at St. Collins here borned and trains are compelled to ran tbrengb a walL of lira.

aiaaatat lllll lhinliil are oalteae.

A. Jtr Daameae m soots sn anoeseonu The par trade is active. The ssrw

hapm iwiwnl coattnoea fa drnga and chemicals.. Wheat tsn-lsd downward, harass sold at 820. dm wsrtlned U and eats leenta. Pork is uo-

tm tam ant nogs a saaae nianer. id saaar are iinebanawd. but oil Is an

The buHnsss fanarea numbered

i as acainst 213 for tba previous week.

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Various Offieea.

The President has made the following ap-

polntmenta:

Andrew J. Srsaa. of Tirxaa. ta haAUoroavor

ShaDBttad States for the Weotom District of

An Indianapolis special says: Tho

' diseorery,tttt money has boon drawn

- ior aeTerat persons whose namei

the pay roll of the assessor of Indi-

anapolii wifcboat their knowledgei has led :to- some sensational disolosares.

Tho other day it was foand that

had been drawn in the aaata of osepk Faweett, dratantly related to the aasessor's chief clerk, who rendered no serTioe for the money. St has been foud that another man was em thevaay roll lew' -ower w year without tendering any setwiees. hix iiamee hare been on the pay roll without the knowledge of the per-

aona ror woom f ne money was oarawn. The Hurion County board of eoanis-

fiioaers is involved with the aase

who claims that the commissioners made

the aliowanites with an understanding I

aw can psouey was w oe sept ry jiua. The grand lory is invBStiastina the

matter. It hi eipeeted that exUnarfO

Bwwsnrw tliscloeau.

waiiaai H. H. Claytea. of Arkansas, to

tttorney tor tbeUnhZU States for the West. Diatriot of Arkansas. William H. H. ClaytheBWwDtatriat Attorns v (or thaWentnn

SfaHrist of Arkanaas.ta a brother of the Clayton who ran against Breckinridge for Congress to the last election, and whose subseonent mordar nnatsd a sensattnn. He came fromPenasyrraniaoriKinally, and daring the war dervel tnthaThdoaarmw. Be Uvea si fort 8uiith, and was diaplauna by Oereland from the Bhwe te whiehaeaas Jos bean appouted.'

IrankW. Palmer of mtnois. to be PnWie Vrlnter : Theodora Boosewais or lb v u,a

Hash S. Thompeon of Boo th Carolina, to be Civil nitiiid. . Arthur L. Thomas of Salt Lake City, Utah, to be i3orernor of Utah; Kajah Bells of Salt lake City, Utah, to be Sea.

nwy 01 u io ; smsworui Xel, ol Utan, to be Bannor Oeoem of irtah ; Perry J. Anson of Maho, to be Beglstnr of the taid Office at naekfoot, Idaho; Wllttem H. Sanielson of !fho, to he jBspstver of rnbtto Honeys at BbieklMt. Idaho; hUshael A. IcaSy ofWlsooMfn, to be Agent for the

i?&i-2?am?ftlolv "teieo. to be Agent cj tij ladtsas of ihesfeonafcao Agency, lnSew Ifezleo; Jaaws !. Beacon, of Kansas, to be

were ana unairman or tne Belerees to be anaointsd and or the aet of iian.li e lam utu)

Jottmnaia right ol way tJiroughtfae toc Territory to the Chicago, HArUaV and

"'"j. tar am purpose or appraising tha oompensatim to be made by said raU-

wj "iiiwrnj w aavosm jnanon, HAW MWJm AJt tTMriBB.

and destroying sixteen ioe-housea and their con tents., together with twenty Lake Shore freight oars, Charles Ahlla. son of the Superintendent, was fatally burned. Losses are estimated at 30,0UO, with only $8,500 insnranie- in local sgenoies, tile balance beinc In Chicago agencies, where the companies' offloes are, IXKn "WITH MFTiT THOUSAND. A Tacoma Contractor Yletlmltes a Frleuil and Decamps for the Easfe (lontraotor T. E. MaCormiok, of Taoomn, IT. T., has disappeared with about fifty thousand dollars, secured from friends. He met William Squires,' of Seattle, in Tacoma and asked him to Indorse a note at tho Pacifle National Sank for $37,503 for ten days until he could compter .. his contracts and, get some money On them. Squires complied with the request. HoOormlok wont to

tno Dane, a row tie money, and suose- t quontly took a train for New York, where he I f,i Ml. , ri ti.Mii.: it, . : '

o-ate over forty thousand dollars besides the

Jn cart hrttok with him.'--' :

INDIANA U ArPENINGS.

JEVHirTS AND INC1DKKTS THAT HATH

LATELV OCCUIUtED,

A Interesting Smmnary of 'the More Important Uolngs of Oar Neighbors Wedding and Deaths Crime, Casualties and

tieurrai News Netea,

on Xoas; Ismod Bru

tagy Beat and Stab the Ofltrial.

A game or bssei-baa was played at Win. seM.L.L. between the Athletes. otXong

Jsiana vwy. and the Excelsiors, of Winfleld. The Athletes won. The defeated club took eaeaptlontothe rnlmgs of TJmpiro Bobert

foyle, and as ha was about leaving the

of tha Excelsior club struck

him over the-' head with a basehall baV fcaoeUna; hint down. Be

nts friends cooEt' interfere the of die defeated emb joined in

hesttaghlnv, Boattempd to defend liiaiself. and daring the fight was stabbed be

low tho left eye and throngh the right

The Athletes finally succeeded in

hg his assailants away. Doyle w

ptekadgpaad carried ofT. The refractory membars of the Excelsior Club waited for

him at tho depot, thinking he would take tho train from there to liens; Island City. Ho Is seriously hurt

At Kaska William eoBiory, newrlDd-

dleport, I t., a cage containing tan

unro wag aaeeading a shaft,

reached a height of about sixteen feet

zvom the bottom, when aa empty car'was

pashedvertbe ton of the shaft by I

JWngartan laborers. The

ascending esse wit an awfal

turn, nhatteiin? it to pieces ana instantly killing ereiyoaa of its Mewfahts. The names of the . victima aawSf r;.k..i

Boyle, aeswtant inside foreman; Hugh Carlin, Patiiek McDonald, QaoreBenn.

imwrnes. nans: ncrax i

V0hCJttor& Albert Dwrer. Ed-

Ward Knits, and Stephen Matson. The

sbsft is five hundred feet deep.

cmnaiKnisf a ctbkct car.

tKBIedtaan Ajoetdeat atKala-

The federal authorities of Arkansas think now that tho theft of the Pimmmerrille batlot-box, Sot. 8, is at last cleared up. The grand jury indicted O. W. Bestly, Walter P. Valla, and Charles Ward, charged with nnlawfuliy seizing and carrying away tha ballot 'box and t'oll-books, and others age charged with conspiracy in stealing the box.

A shocking noetdsnt ocevrred at the West Hato street eroseing' of the Miehisan OantratBaihond. at BaletaA, JUi. A

ossjmmfng eight women and two

men, wwa crossing the track when a switohengine dashed down upon it at a high rate of speed, and the driver, being unable to get the ear out of tho way. the helpless passengers were hurled to a terrible death. She human freight was mangled In s, terrible manner. The kiBed and wounded are: Hrs. Afexaader Haddock, kined and body horriMr mangled ; Mrs. M. K. Watekn. instantly MUcol and body badly mangled ; Hiss Gertrude TDlotaon, Mrs. Oeorga Smiley, Hrs. Hiddleton, fr-Vsb Antwerp, kilU-S : Mrs. 3ibeon. In! i-TSfJ?4?"4?"' Itrs. Barnes, badly out and bruised about the head.Both of tine male passengers escaped, and the driver jumped from his seat In time to avoWanytaiagbutafew bruises. W THg PATH OF THE OYCIOSE.

Particulars

A strike tii.U. Cox's broom factory at Do hit h a as settfed In a rarAwr i.rBrl rasaaer. The proprietor inerasiisd tha wages of all hit married employes, and gave the single. ian notice that they wwnld11otT-anted after the end of this month, anl jes tbeywere'marriedat that ime, in which event they woald be retained at atincreaeed aalary. p . . .." Tha gtuty Is Tftwa The story of Ptjrrin, the man w ho fired at President Canio, tarns out upon investigation to ht true. Kiafortnno had ' unbalanced the poor fellow's mind and vrosopted bim to shoot the President.

Mr. Carnot will send Perrin's wife money and Madame Carptitpteaded for the man's release.

Hie President has commuted to imprisonment for ten years Ghe death sen

tence imposed in the ease ol Grace Smallwood, colored, who wag convicted

in the Hmtnet; of Columbia of marder- " tag ber infant.

A ntim-wah-ij Dt j rirti. - Andrew HitebeH died in Ibe aty

pitalatBalrfraore.ltd. Se refosed'to send to his relatives for help, saying that he had ied'a roving Ufa for many years and do. Berved ao help. A few hears after Hitchea had hoes buried ft was discovered that his parents had died at New Haven. Conn., two years ago snd had left him SlOO.oilt, rtnsty of Delicate Tarn.

-From Jamestown, Dakota, it hi

that alter a pecaESr iookin 'io'id had

haociac overC". eity had disappeared a rcipttatkm fJrogs occurred, hundreds of tbem bop Jig about in tho principal street of 'Uiafr city. It Is believed that the cloud, which was of eyeioaie formation, aeked the hoppers out of the pond. Foxeipa News 3foaa. gtrUdag miners in Westphalia wrecked a nsmberof shopi. The rioters were dispersed by the troops. Director Hentsoh. of the Comptoir gTSjicompte. ims taken before a magistrate at Paris, and was admitted to baitta the sum ClHsrged with KmbssHng;l4eeV Uaeola Curtis, chief sahismaB for Coss dondedybwopth. wholesale boot and shoe dealers of Providence, B. I., has been arjresesd, sMrged with f be cmbesziement of

Brwas tho Scene of thoBeKanaaa Storm.

from the scene of the

Hutchinson. Xnn.. in-

tbat the first reports were not in the maggorntsd; while there has been

amt Srmr miMft$mi Amsbs xeportrS, anu three of mom are disputed, the loss ol fseamtj .sad stock has been much arses st than at first supposed. The atom extended, over an. area of forty mtms in length by two mites in width, but at pUees along- its route the: wind wasso light that it did no great amonntof damage. The fonnel-ahaped stood seems to have bounded along like a huge rubber ball, touching lightly in places, while at others ft tore great holes in the ground. Where a fmSdtag stood In Us path way not aboard was left to mark the spot 99 ID CATHOUC CXJEBGY 0T HVS-HKC.

' of PeurCus Passed Comleaaniag

" A BIO 8CN-W18H.

It Welched Six Hondred Pounds, and

Was Captured a Cape lookout

The light-house- keeper at Cape Lookout,

near Washington. D. (X. observed on tho

land near by a monster fish, which hod been stranded during the night By the aid

of the life-ssving drew tho fish was secured,

but no one could tell of what species it was.

Information of its capture was soon sent to

the Smithsonian Institution and a descrip

tion was asked (or. It weighed 600 pounds.

and is supposed to be the largest spool men ever eaught It will be skeleton i d and placed in the National Museum. What Constitutes Timber JLand. Secretary Koble has rendered an lmpor:

tact decision in the case of James Hair, ot Kirwla, Kansas, in which he reverses the rulings of the department during the last administration in relation to Umber-culture land entries. Hair's entry was not allowed

tmcause there were two cottouwood trees aud four cottonwood sprouts on tho land.

the Land Commissioner holding that the

words "devoid ot timber" in the timber-

culture act necessarily meant "without timber" or "destitute of timber." Secretary

Koble' says the intent of Congress in passing the aat was to encourage timberculture, and that it was not the purpose to

deprive the ooaupants of the vast prairies of tho West ( the benefits ot the act if

there happened to be a single tree upon the

suction. He holds that the words "prairie

umd or land devoid of timber" within the snirit of the act meant land practically ao.

v Parts' Great Show. The great French exposition, the grestest the world has ever seen, is open at Paris. Prance. The formal ceremony of giving to the people this magnificent show took place When President Carnot delivered an address and touched the button that set tho vast machinery in motion. Only 1,500 people wore able to see the real ceremony !nbide the grand vestibule, or to hoar President Carnot's speech, which, however, was a very good effort Probably 250,000 people went in on tickets. The soeno wa6 a magnificent one,: and 4hs crowd a prodigious one.

Tips to Politicians. A Washington. D. C speeial of the 3d

i:ist says; The President has sent a- tele

gram to Chicago asking Prank Palmer if be will accept the office of Public Printer. The appointment of Captain Meredith, also of Chicago, as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, will probably bo announced at once.-

On the 218th ballot at Emporia, Kan., thu

Itepubllcans ot the Fourth District nomin

ated Harrison Kelloy for Congress.

- Gen. Anthony Wayne's Flag.

Br. P. O. Moore, of Wabash, is the

owner of a raru centennial relic It

an American flag which was carried by

JJrig.-Uoa. Authoay Wayne in his ex

pedition against tbo Northwestern

Indians in 1793. The flag is umloubt

edly 100 years old. Br. Moore had known of tbe existence of the trophy for tbe last 20 years, and managed to secure

possession of it four rears ago. It was

tbo property ot Mry Dixon, of Miami County; a member of a band of Miami i Indians. She inherited the flag from

her mother. It wos captured from Gen,

Wayuo by Mary Dixon's grandfather,

who wag a woll-inowa chief. Tho flag

is in size 3i by 5J feet and is made of

pure home-spun liaeu. Tbore are fifteen

stripes, and tbe colors all hold remark

ably well. Tho field is 6 by 21 inohes in

size, and contains simply the inscription in antique capitals, put on with indeli

ble ink, "A. Wayne, Commander-in Chief." Remarkable Subterranean Stream.

A subterranean waterway has been dis

covered at Halanionie stone quarries,

twelve miles north of Hartford City. By a system of dikes tho course of the Salamonie river bag been changed, and

me quarries are about forty feet below

the old bed of the stream. Tho other day tbe foreman discovered a stream of

water twelve feet wide and six deep, the

stiff current o which was at right angles with tbe course of the river. The' re

moval of tbe next layer of rook will completely uncover the subterauoan water course. Tbe quarry in several places show the effects of violent volcanic action, and from tbe formations in

the vicinity there is thought to be a

cave there, of which the stream is the

outlet Five miles wqst there is a -lake of great depth, which, it is thought.

gets its supply from subterranean inlets.

German Proposals tor Samoa. It Is stated that Germany will consent

that MaHotoa be reinstated as king ot ftamoa provided the United States Govern

ment purchases the German plantations or guarantees tho payment if Bamoans our-

chastuum. eWiulUllf Will lUnnui mtra

her demands for the punishmentof Mataata if the relatives ot the Germans who were ilain are amply compensated. Germany will not claim political preponderance.

. Washington Paragraphs. George Dennlson, of Illinois, has been

appointed a special land agent

Assistant Attorney General Shields has

leoided that appointments to service under

tbe census act are not within tho civil-

service rules.

Maj. George B. Davis has been selected

to succeed Cob Laselle as head of the commission in charge of tbe publication of the rebellion records.

A Fatal Quarrel or Partners. -Bud Tinnel and Theodore Itodman,

farmers at 'Woodford, Chickasaw Nation,

quarreled, and Tinnel went to Redman's

house and threatened to kill bim bofore the

end of tho week. Redman took a gun loaded with buckshot and kiliod Tinnol Instantly.

Tffetf Ay Bailer Kxiilunion.

The boiler in (he box factory of A. A. Foster at Baaine. A is., exploded, wrecking

the building and sovcruly injuring Andrew Johnson. Mr. Poster was also slightly injured. The loss is abbot $10,000; no insurance. A New Bridge Opened. The new suspension bridge atLookport N. I"., has been opened.

Patents.

Patents have been issued to Indiana

inventors as follows: Briop, Peter P. and A. P., Indianapolis, bread-makins

machine; Burns, John B Indianapolis, assignor of one-half to B. D. Earns, Watertown, If. Y., automatic brako-ad

juster; Burrali, George 8., Kalamazoo, Miob., assignor to P. E. Marsh, indianapoliei, carpet protector: Myers. John

A., Monroe City, combined harvester and threshing-machine; Owen, Wm. H., Onarga, 111., A. B. Boawell, Powlor, and

i. Cariock, Watzka, stove: Scott

Stephen E., Plainwell, Mich., andW.

i!rr., tort Wayne; assicuora of one1

half to J. H. P. Bugiirt. ttrnrfd Epi.lB,

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bridye guard' nsniiolis, sth . Maf .- , While Misold dnnghit sitliug in 1 . County, wii into a ltftili .

uveu uiuit in . , - iirr arc v ii'i; .1 firo from tho u.. , -ud she was banned almost to death. Her frantio sonianu brought her mother to tbo rescue, and in tearing tbe olothing from bar daugh

ter tno mother s TintirTii mi imr ei

j bumo' Btowara crisp. The young

lady is so seriously injured about the limbs and abdomen that her recovery is extremely doubtful.

- Benj. 'Jtiley, a sleep-walker, got out of a second-story window of a New Albany hotel, and foil twenty-five feet on. his bead. Sis condition is considered dangerous. Martin Skinner, sentenced at Greonsburg to three years' imprisonment for horse stealing, wanted to be married before going to the penitentiary, but

ms request wag refused.

ANOTHER MUGWUMP JEREMIAD.

fFrom the Chicago T four o.J The regular annual me eting of tho Civil Service lioform Aimootation has just been hold, and as usual Mr. tteorgo William Curtis was its spokesman. It Was ttOt a honeftll nr htlmmnji aaamI a n

Tbo meetings of the Civil Service Eoform Assoc iation seldom are. Tbej have V oen somewhat dull and oppress ivo from thd

A corrected mistake in tb .n. of m JUI8 n -eims to Uaro excelled

indrrM s T . r I'Wdaoegsors m whine und lamen

sauon. jar,

ii it. imli-

I'J-,, , ,r i!ip4'l;ile, ro- ' .ship, JoUiikou : ix poiirin! water !

I-ATEST HAKKJST QUOTATIONS.

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Archbishop Pabre has issued circular to his olergy in which he gives a summary of the deereee passed by the Seventh Council of Quebec and approved by his Holiness the Pope and comments thereon. This circular deals with, the means adopted for raising money for religious purposes and condemns bazaars, eoneerts. excursions, and dinners, even when for charitable Durnosea. It

argwtheeetablhitanontforsopanitesoUools cumx

am vDssaaeiraa temparanee societies. It deals In the strongest terms with blasphemy and condemns theaters, circuses, amateur theatricals, anowshoe races, skating ekahs, and exeursions for pieseure. UBBT PMISON XR? A WRECK. m Wa Helta aWtTwitli Disaster While at tie Way to Ctdeago. A freight trglr on the Chesapeake & Ohio BoajAwhtoh was transferring the fmousUbey Prison from Bichmond to Chicago, wan wrecked seven miles east of MaysviQe. Ky.r by the breaking of an axle of one ot the ears. The remains of the war relie were profusely scattered about and people flocked to the scene to secure old ricks and lumber as mementos. MXTXKH ICH-HODSEft DKSTMOVED, testes Baplaslssi of Dytuualts During Ptrw Nar Jm Paie, Ind. A terrifle explosion aetr La Porte. Ind.., aroused eitisens from their beds and led them to the immense ico-houses of the Washington lee Company, on Stone Lake,

the city limits. la some mysterious the tool-house had caught lire.

quantity of dynamite stored V explode, setting Are to

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Medium 4.00 O 4.40 8.00 & B.7I

Minor Slate Items. The town of St. Marys of experiencing a boom. A saloon at Nowtonville, was blown np witb powder. White Cap notifications are reported from Henry and Daviess counties. Greononstla bos two miles of eloetrio lights in successful operation. T-William Osborne, a prominent resident of Elkhart County, foil doad from his carriage. George Cox, colored, fell from the new opera-bouse at Evaasvillo and was instantly tilled. Joseph TJImor, of NL,tinesviHo, Harrison County, was TuutiJ doad in the woods near his home. . - -- A.4JteMivi3nrof natural gas has been

struok near den, in Hancock County, at a depth of 972 feet. North Manchester is working to secure the location of tbe Eoanoke United Brethren College here.

Bobert Titus, a prominent farmer of Shelby County, was thrown from a

buggy and dangerously hurt Tho Governor has appointed Theopbilus B. Kumler, of Butler County, to be a Trustee of Miami University. Mrs. Sturgeon AVntson, of Marion, and her two ohildren were recently badly burned by an explosion of natural gas. An effort is to bo made to organize a Young Men's Christian Association among tbe colored people of Jeff ersonville. There are a.&KS sobool children in Union Township. Montgomery County, of which number 9,530 are in Cniwfordsvillo. A M-yosr-old son of Samuel Ayres, living near Madison, foil from a wagon last wovk and was crushed to death under tbe wheels. Dr. Olario Taylor, a female physician of Peru, charged with criminal malpractice, has been held in tbo sum of $1,000 to auswor indictment Montgomery .County commissioners have compromised a suit brought by Winfleld Cox for damages resulting from a defective bridge, paying him 50(1. Cal Todd, of near Alamo, was bitten by a dog somo threo months ago, and since then bo has gone insnne from fear tbat be will die from tbo effects of tho bite. A little daughter of Martin J'upol's, living near Portland, fell n few days since and injured bor lower limbs so

tbat both bad to bo amputated abovo tbe knees. A branoh of the Soldiers' Service Pension Society bos been organized in Jefferson County, with Col. AV, S. McClure as Prcsidont and A. W. Henry as Secretary. Matt Hurley a one-year man from Evnnsvillo, csnapod from tho State Prison South lost week, climbing over the wall while the guard was looking in another direction. He had only thirty days t b jrvo yet.

the judges of the interstate oratorical contest at Grinnell. Ia.. shows that

WiUtersofe, of DePauw University, is entitled to the first plaoe.

An enumeration of children within

tbo school age just taken at Sevmonr shows tbore are within tbe city: Males, 821; females, 835; colored, males. 36:

females, 45. Total, 1740.

"Mie playing a gome of ball at

wuadjse, itiohard McBride ran against Ezra Jrprr with such force tbat it caused

rupture of the latter's bowels. The phy Bioians say Tarr cannot live.

As proof that even fish are effected

by the abundance of gas along the Ohio Biver, it is reported tbat a New Albany

way wits seriously burned by the explosion of a codfish ball she was frying.

1 he Key. Walter Benton, of Jack

son County, hc been actively engaged

ministry ot me method 1st rJpisco-

pai Church siaoe 1825, and, althoneh

totally blind, he is still tn tha harness."

Uo was born m 1799.

-Perry T. Maay, a well-to-do farmer.

living two miles west of Hoorsvillo, while felling trees had tbo misfortune

to be caught by one, breaking both legs and internally injuring him. He is 60

years old, and it is though, he cannot

recover.

It is said that an epidemic of mumps

now prevailing at the Prison South will

cut down the earnings considerably this

month. There are nearly one hundred

conviots now afflicted with the disease, and two or three of tbem are in a serious

condition.

as ueorge btoafer.' an emnlove at

the Aluncie Bubber Works, wag running a piece of rubber through the calender, his left band wag drawn through the large rollers and mashed into a iellv.

The hand was subsequently amputated at the wrist.

Joseph Ullman, an aged German

citizen of Georgetown Township, near New Albany, wandered away from his home and two hours later was found

dead. The supposition is tbat he had become exhausted, and died while resting himself. 3. H. Willis, a wealthy and aged farmer of Petersburg, wag found dead in his field, lying on his face. The mysterious affair created no little exoite-

nient He was not known to have an enemy in the world, and no explanation can be made if he wag foully dealt with. Claiborne Polk, of Gibson County, was swindled out of $300 by a trio of

young sharpen) to whom he gold a farm

for $20,000. A bogusheek for 2O,80B. purporting Ui'voiiif. 1-0111 th- mothor of

tbe pnrcliasfrs, was given bim, and on a

stiu. ut that she had mistaken tho ! amount. Polk gave them the difference i in aib. J - Poi cmon William Craig, ot the Black j stavp f.jrtovy a Scvm.jur, nu-t- witb a j horrible nruutaut. ' -. .- work ubjut the main lino shaft bo was '

cuugut in tho belt and ranidlv carried

t-r lire that lial ' aronurf tlie former kov .ml tiniAu

bo was thrown to the floor and his right arm was broken in two places, besides receiving other serious injuries. Jefferson ville preaohers ate discuss

ing the question of marrying people not ofleBa.aS. aiuw w o.Mi f-

would constitute an illegal aeifd-uiarry

persons under proper age, notwithstand

ing the County Clerk had granted them

a license. Others olaim that persons officiating at such marriages have no right to question the parties as to their ages after the County Clerk had granted

them a license. . Prospects for the boring of a num.

br of gas wells in Clark County are very flattering at present, enough of tbe

capital stock of tbe Kentucky and Indiana Company, recently organized, having already been paid in to bore tbe first well. The K, A I. company has leased all the land, commenoing at the northern limit of the old Jeffersonville Company's lease, and extending as far

north as Henryvilie. An unknown man has been ereat ing considerable excitement in Tip

iatoryr oy TSaTwawg-gomen on

the streets after night and forcibly hugging thorn- Several ladies have been insulted in this manner by him. He conceals himself behind trees and then catches any women that may chance to be passing. AU the ladies who have suffered at his hands describe him alike, and tbe authorities think they have the guilty person located. Frank Burns, recently sentenced at

Obarlestown to be hanged Aug: H for

murder, has been received at the State Prison South and incarcerated in the "cave," a place of solitary confinement fitted np for his reception. His execution will take place under the new Indiana law, fashioned on tbe Ohio idea, with some variations, the chief of which is the secrecy imposed on tbe authorities as to all movements connected witb the prisoner and tbe execution. At Jeffersonville, last week, Lillie Roberts, a 16-year-old girl died of consumption. The county was obligod to bury the body, the mother being too poor to boar tbe expense of a funeral. It bad boen tbe girl's lost wish that her father and brother, both confined in prison, should be given a last look at bor remains. As tho Warden refused to permit them to attend the funeral, tbe body of tbe girl, in a oheap pine coffin, was brought into tbe guard-room of the prison, the lid unscrewed, and tbe father and brother brought in to look at the

faoo of the dead one. Both shed tears, and the soeno was a most affecting one. At Boonvilio, Hurry Street, an attaolte of a Wild West show, attempted an asoonsion in a balloon carrying a pbaraohute. When tbe balloon reaohed au altitude of about 300 feet it suddenly burst, and at onoe mado a rapid desoeut to tbe earth. Tbe aeronaut attempted to spread bis parachute, but failed. He landed upon tbe edge of tbe roof of a house with a crash that could be beard a square away, and then he fell to the ground, a distance of twenty feet. He was picked up unconscious, and physicians pronounce his injuries probably fatal. He was only 18 years of age, and his borne is in Dubuque, la. In the first attempt to inflate the balloon, Beveral holes were burned in it, which were afterward patched np, and at that part the canvass burst 1

Cuttis' addreRH Rhared tha

prevailing gloom. It was a lugubrious confess on of defeat and a notico to tho brethren that eivil serrico reform is nrn.

grossing crab fashion. In bis gamming

'I' u.iu emu. If the Proeidont regards himself nsatrus1 - u Party' he. Is a trustee of a party

lu.iu uumni civn service rtiiortn as its pohoy, aud declared that its spb-it and purpose should bo observed in ill Executive appointments. Yet not in one conspicuous

jwwbwi 00 iu hi 1 Kivow, nun tno President observed that spirit and purpose, or orderoa them to he observed. I do not

. i course, mat bo has appointed no honest and oaiwble offloers, but that he has pot respected the principlo that such officers

m pwues wnicn are not political should not

(ouiuTuu ior poHiK-nt reasons; nor do I Know a single member of tho Cabinet, a sin

gle donoior or ileprasentative in Congress,

or. witn few honorable exceptions, like 'Jnoodoro ltoosovolt, or Nety York, aslnglt recognized local leader of Uu dominant

j. wr wuo nus puoiioiy tns.ated that the wed poiioy of tho party on this subject shall be respected. Tho administration Honators and representatives wlio lingered In Washington after tha adjournment of

v.uuKress uni not remain 10 take earo that the party poliey of reform should to enforced.

uiuco uronurs uua po-niter i ot patronage, to secure places for polltioiU workorn. to proeuro party advantages, ani to foster rtersonal ambitions ,,rA

r , , -, . . .- J , . u L U UW paged in promoting the public sorrico where

pvuuua is lruperuaom:, tint in tightening and strengthening by patronage a party

..imuv. jaouutrmra cue party oiuos, leagues, and committees all over- the Union bnvo shown by thoir conduat the annlidnnr.

expectation tnat no regard would bo paid by tho administration to the platform promises and pledge- under which in the oompitlgn . tho support of iotellistnt oitizona

friendly ts roiorm was solicited. With few hOnorablo excamlnnn thA nrt.ua nftli. ...(.,

has either demanded the usual political

ii.vov.ituwutu mw uvu service or it has

acquiosoau in we practical oontempt of the declared nartv nolle r. or It ha tninninntin

defended the plainest neglect of principle as real reform. Tho quiet party oigon in the country frankly daient'ed the overthrow of relorm in the Now York Postojlice by tho assertion thut "it is ce rtain thuf nnrh or

ganization ounnot bo maintained by ignoring party leaders.-whloh is tbe old and fundamental ptoa for tito spoils system. It must be confessed that this is a mournful condition of things and a pretty how-do-you-do, but i would be interesting to kuow 'vbv Mr. Cnrtia has

reserved this sorrovful bleat for four

years and all of a sudden sent it forth with suoh robust clamor, honine to eaten

the public oar and lrousa a feeling of commiseration. For four years Mr.

Cleveland did his best to deiaoralize thA

civil service systom even to the oxtent of demoralizing arid almost destroying many branches of the public servico at horns

and of impairing the usefulness and reputation of our dtnloriatio service nhmnd

Republicans were tumbled oat of office by wholesalo upon no other pratexts than those of a political nature. For these violations of tbe lottcr aud spirit of civil service reform Mr. Curtis promptly apologized upon the ground tbat i t was necessary at least to have tho scrvu .e half D.aaofratic. oth-rnh8 it could not bo expect', to rvtaia its eqniribii .re. The Hepukli cans bad 'i.-.-n in poa .r for a quartor of a c-'utnry and of course of upit a noarlv all thf Ped-ral ofsioea. It ironld be impossi- j bio, said Mr. Curtis, (or t'levi-lnud to ma j Ins administration nhen leaded down !

with Kfpnt'ii- nns. To ma it it (.fauie nl cnaldo it to keep its bsl iuo t least

j per i-rui. 01 tno n.L j tiol iters should '- The d.-i-npnattou p-.cess bogun wi U lilr. t 'uitis apptovai. The Ropul.li -an hU' wont out with - tush, without the assignment of cause other than that ihoy wore Itepublioans. Mr. Curtis found no fault wiuh this style of "reform." But tho work of removal did not stop there. It went steadily on. Bofore tbe close of the second year threefourths of--the Republicans bad disan-

CuKfs about the "iP"'00' Mr. , ..... ;lihmim.

nnnnr. rniir.in.'ii iinMoMif-"-1

for the civil-service rei

time Mr. Cleveland's i

nine-tontbi of tbeRenubl

The remaining tenth were"

the" piaees under tbo FeMMnfT act.

blill not a word of robui't rebuke of

Cleveland and 'tte Democrats from Mr

Curtis. Aoibi

way of labored

est. most ipflncd, and best educated ola! ses of northern and Southern people in winter and summer. Neither visitors nor r is doiit-i hav. any objection to appointoes to

meso oin-ses on account of political pinions. AU thev ask I thnt thAv ahoni.i h

; honest cumpetont. and polite, and 'bat tliey be olther respectable white m;i or womon. ' .'his desired qiialiilcation is not

mi uutcuir oi seeiionai prejudice; fiottncrners and roiithcri ors alike denmn l it) and if the administration be didposei: to not fairly in the mutter, and to avoid tin just and oppressive- measures ugainst the ;aoplo of tli tse communities. It will OQimly ,1.1 tit ttttn . .1 .1 1

...vu 1 i iHcu.utnuauii, And the Pieauune save;

The aop ilntmont of a negro man naaiod

jj. . A-wruas to oe rostmaitor at " rit Louis in pace of Miss loor, a white Idv.

was recen tly announced. The change ivs

Louis, besides being a place of eousidsrrble importonro, is largely inhabited by tbo families o 'mon dog business in this ;ity, of which i ; is in r allty a suburb. Tho men of tho taiiilios being absent in the day t ime, thei postal business is done alt lost oxeiusivolr by the ladies and childmn. trad tlio appol utmont of a nesrro to hn T,.t.

mnstor ia place of a lady has eroused t'ith good reas m a widespread protest '

xue xten, ew urieans, says: Xi tho P -OHidnnt.4 Kmithorn noilAv 1 f n

placate th 3 white race, he mast, not 8h the negro race into tho postofflocs, ic, at Ocoan Bprlnss and Bay St Louis. The postolBce tonchrsa tho white people B(.rer than any other Federal plaeo; the w altos (women a ad eirls included) oonstltute thn

grout maj rlty of its visitors, because the whites chiefly mo t'io mails. Give ni:ros customhouse and internal revenue pi tees, Mr. President, if need bo. But buei tbe postofflooi lor the whites, and at hut inner

resorts ior white poslmistresses iliera

practicab o. ThisissimnlvmonstroTis. Mr. Fmhim.

let it be lemembcred, is honest, cspn'iie, and"as(ood a Tblored man as cnii be found." Ho bas been appointed to an office wb.?ro eood service to the public ia required. The assumption of the Democratic papers is tbat a postoffiee kert by an honoi t, capable oolorod man will be

offensive or dangerous to tho white 1 ulies of the I own. The whites of tho ilanth will trus ; tho colored man as a custodian

of their houses, as a coachman a a

business agent. As a head watte! in a dining-room, or as a caterer, 1 an the proprietor of an. ice-cream narlor or a

eonfooti rmery store he will not be offensive or dangerous to the .ladle. Why should such a man be dangerous or olFen-

sivo as a Postmaster? Why is tb j appointmeat of Picrnas an act of inj'istice and opp cession?

The X'emocratio free-trade orsais are

printing labored articles olaimuat; that tbe course of tbe present administration in respect to appointments is protif that

it has lehmtely abandoned itt lei

PS0SFECTS FOE

WARM, SCNSH1NT

MAIN B.IDLY -EEi!i(

ns heard exoept in tbe

udoIocv. Hud Clerelanil

been re-elected (ond 'Mr. Curtis supported

mm;, mere wouiu not nave oeen a juepuolioanleftin orbce ana yeai thereafter. The few routine clerks protected by the civil-service regulations would have been weeded out on various' pretexts, the service would have beou solidly npoils Democratic, and Mr. Curtis would not have Uttered his recent lament. During all these four years of Clevelandtsm Mr. Curtis was deaf and dumb and blind to what was going on around him. So far as protest is concerned, he was about as vigorous and eloquent as a clam at high tido. His' hatred of Mr. Blaine was so bitter that it iibtit bis eyes to Tfff-tiM spoils DeMocraey was doing that same scoiftr-Jieruocraoy whose hun-

er and thirst for pttrbftoge and plunder

has lehmtoly abandoned its reform

nrofessi ons. Thev Hasa th um Bt

on the number and not on the character

oi tno i ersons selected for office. Jt tbe

ntness, honesty, or canabilitv of the

men oh'Jsen by President Harrisim and

nis aa'isera the Democrats have been uuablo to find anv iutt canse himm.

plain, eo they fall back cn the number of appointments made as the only ncasible

grievance in signt.

iner) are very plain reasons w.iv the

present administration hag been called

upon to make a large

meats. Tho first rea

the changes have ben made tie for.

ciga le rations and hafia of bn wans and

tartiiientB, where thev wouM bav.- been

niade lied ui.v new adriiinistrstior coma

tuta p iwor. i' ti oth riKon is of : nearly

'vonin. ii,iuL(r aa tuni vrnicn coiu-

puut-u n i-h'iui sweep or me orcces w l51. When Abrilinm i". j)6Btlw President bo fonud the officen- flllot! with

aisunut j :tiujra:s, and when Benjamin IIm.,.jn Ivi-anie I'r. sident ho found an

almost etiai number of Democratic ras

cals a id incompetents lu oftico.

If t ie Democmtlo froe-tntdt-i-s wn ii to

mal-'f i ,-Kip;.ri-ou o the appointments

" .. ran vvivnJuU!UWl&iraiilOBa let thorn make it on character. Let them

searcl: through tho lists of foreign ap

point) aon is maae aurtng the past six weeks and find, if they can, an Anthony

m. mcuey, who was scut to Italy and rejected, and then billeted on Austria, but

loiusi a recognition were also. Xietths;

nun mree such atseracefnl sei' -s-i.

Edward O. P ' T, ,

.or, Consul j'me appoit.tttgene Hiflcilis.

eh rand cambler: a

orrii Tomgsi!-the proved embezzliir:

or an Ebon P. ..piligbury, the leader in the attempt to -steal the State government of Maine. Instead of moaning dolefully over the number of postmasters being appoint d, let the Democrats put their finger on au ex-convict appointed by Mr. Harrison, liko fiamuel Morley, whom Mr. Cleveland appointed postmaster at Bridgeport, In 1.; or a taloon keeper and violator of liquor laws, like P. T. Kininn, made postmaster at Vslloy Falls, R. I.; or a defaulter like

Postmaster Dalton, of Linoolnville, Me. Finally, let them name a Republican inner fiat has become as disgusted with President Harrison's appointments as the Indianapolis Sentinel was with Cleveland' a nominations and which has been compelled, to call a "halt" and exclaim, in tho language of the Sentinel; "We oonfuss to our inability to mike ont any sufficient reason for the selection and appointment of thieves, higbwaym.m, bribers, deadbcats, and the like. Give

Getwjr

Winter Wheat Is Doing WaB,ni

Moisture Fanners Won A)

Cora-Wantlng JPtoo FrcspeW wraska. - -Tji

Chicago spedoil, May 7.J.,

M'ne country has cxprino:-sV decided cold, dry. backward wthe

only in limlterl areas, nrd rr aiinrsHiti

In som-) districts tho winter whaat'

rain. Tho out and erra-vs are aoaktSattiWI

urate growtn. between cyclones 'OA tktH

ouo unuu una nick or mo giuio on thlg tKhVi

ai,i ,vnoui uuk use. u nara sw Eastern Nebraska report that's

vivwiu iiiii: tuey uitvf.' nan outl' Th weather ha bee i ool C tbe dry weather the oiu m-nn I

Fat mors are mi-oh fat-tltor advnneed-ii

ro i oi may witn coin l(ilanllBg ha.e beon for mony yXtbi-s. v

in ciontcem jtnora sot Chowore have fallnn rwvo

spring wheat and oats aire six

me groiina. j:xell -nt progress' aas

niaao w.cn- oom planting, and fuilyQ Mcent of tbe crop is now niante t TaJrl

Nebraska ns a whole, the ei op aUnatlaa never mere promising at; thfs Urn at M'WWar

year. ' Vii The aerenire of Bn-r Tinnn In mi saaii

largely, and would have be. c even larger ttf seed could have boen prwurod. 1 LtfstaiisM'

is muTiuir, una 1.1,0 oftu. Lnsc arn .fmia.iji:HarL

..i"- - -Tsnswzzt;

iuuevijoi a poor .piaury. - : Although during tho last ton days SoMi western Iowa bas had liirnt -.lies whtoh-dli good for tho time being the effects haye ni all disappeared, (trass and oars are makliii slow growth, and will not improve ubtl

mure ram comes. KVerytKKtv is pbgitBiat;

aji v cvu 19 hi exce .lout eooiKc and there seems to be no complaint wi regard to soed. ('attte a ro moWna- o

freely, and tbore is a disposlioB amtri

tu evii, me p.rcseiit pnee-oreo there Is no disposition os tho part of cou try dealers to sell.

Farmers are all bosjr in the 'ftotdsiaittiy Httte or no grain is bein: delivered aiJb Efe figy points. Hogs have boon sold etoeiltf;

aunng the lost ninety dss. Tho preaWiili-s?5 feeling daring the winter was feat haS-a

than usual While reports from the tat

i uo not maicate r. scarcity of oa-af at the same time tho general optalou somaal

10 ue mat tno crop on tho opening of 6it

"i- "(. uoo ucvu uieauuu up muctt-eiosa than usual. V:"!T

There is no unlformitv at this data t t'.o

general oonditlon of the spring wheat Of Minnesota or rfco!n ,n,.an..i . JTetS

Grand Forks, and runatng north toDii'v! Lake, tho wheat looks well, but Is boei.aV

runs: to neeu rain. From Fargo sooth to

uiuiuTiuo, on iuq nun niver, nicy nave bud some bad wind-storms .luring tho lasttve'Ss: i

uuvo aono consiaeruiilo damajgeS i what oxtent. however, ir. is vet too mM i

state. In Southern DaliOU at present iJ is needed. In Southern Mi nnesota aiadt M

mo uiaucuea oi uie .:nic:igo, AUwattal ana St Paul Railroad, wh oh tMluaeajI

i'- iri uii s.nr,m iouk weu?6a f

A.v&mvrnxrHiiuia rcpo:rrs :io rain. -eiC a llarht Shower tvrn wnnlra aim

months. The tremoadous winds bavairW

that was sprouted. Tho soil is as GnfZ&m powder. 'TyM In Eastern Dakota the wlteat now is tM ported as all up. There Are no reserves SRlf. moisture, and a favorable s :ason la

sarytoinsuroaarooder7T. Tli- winds h to, K W.ivfn sioadily fot three v.o ki, and moro St ii Jess of the trritin is uncowrsd. AtlsnisU W4& JaHowd land that was plowed twice. 'AiliijS, light -liudv land ovurvv here, bjw-.-oi sv . a. cd. Th-jso MdivSs nrc ro.

: ft' buy .: ,. ll'ii'-

D

i m;u uoiv sijov,is abSOlUtSl ' ?nre , en an sierajpi yietdl In st as-jns Jifnnes- tit aitd Sjk t;c bad plenty ot eaow..atm.r.4t. : winter t.. :.,!P t: emitTv.t hV r was almost devoid of bom. pi.,t from C!i::rnia areirt-.l us tad favorable as thirty-days ..'

vuwui iof.iut& wot tno ...t r,;-'

o had fo mercilesslv derideifirrlVinfhi. I honest, comnotent Democrats a ahancal-

IMItul I're iiuu uwio urRBUS can point to such a rrWftt9wfi.il record of appointments, of which only a fKecrmiins have been given, it will be time euongh for t'lem to mor dize on the "abandomunt of reform." Meanwhile the criticisms of the present administration, sicklied over as they are witb malice and disappointment, are gaugwi at thoir pro;:er hypocritical value ly an intMHgont piib-Uo.--IJii(ao?eii)Ato i'rehx.

yeai', Nark

yeat'.

cago convention. His battod for Mr.

Blaine went even further than this, for

it carried him clear over into the ranks of

tbe anti-civil sorvica reform Demoerncv.

He could see uo fault in anything done

by Mr. Cleveland, although ;he civil ser

vice system was rent from stem to stern; but now, when the interlopers are being th Own out. when the evne.rt men who

brought tbe civil service up to its high state of efficiency ars being put

ones into tno places tnat were given to

ignorant uua incompetent neciers as a

reward for nartisan work, ha seta an

this mournful whine, although he knows

mat tno Jiopuoucau party nas been the

protector of civil service reform; tbat the Democratic party is and always bas been its opon and professional antagonist, and tbat it is and always has been the out-and-out advocate of the

spoils system. As Mr. Curtis bos recovered his voice after faur years of silence, wo shall expect him to use it now for four years to com;, and always in the muinvump minor kev of tbe nro-

fessiontil reformer. Satisfied with all

tbat Mr. Cleveland has dono or left un

done, it follows that nothing Mr. Harrison can do will please him.

A BOURBON PR0TJIST. , fFrom tiw Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. L. J. Piernas. bavins been an.

pointed Postmaster at Bay St. Louis,

whicn is a sort ot summer resort for cer

tain well-to-do people of New Orleans.

tbore is complaint and prot est concerning

nts appointment ana nil oeoauso he is

a colored man. Tho "offloial organ of the town of Bay St. Louis,' as tho ttutf

Voast Frogres styles itself, says: AealiiSt l'lernas individuallv this iom-nal

has no war to make. He Is of good a oolorod man as can bo found, Whor. he was a Supervisor from this beat we took occasion to

speak well for his public services, though wo

oppo-ou Hu.tcessiuiiy nts ni-c lection, and would opposo it again, baenuse we believe In tbo election of Democrats and whito mon

to oftloo. Wo would b pleased enough to sue him rewarded by uomo such appoint- ! gaunt us suggested ab'-ve, but when it Is made as appurant as It now Is that his ap.

pointmont to tno postomce iioru will militate against tbo town's Interest wo fool ijour duty as well aa our impulse to join in

tho protest. v

This is bad cuouszh iiv a rorv nrovinola.1

journal, but the Times-Demc rVat, of NeV Orlei.iis, is equally puerilo:

It would be un act of noi-uHur IniualirtA

and oppression to annaint or to re tut r

office negro nostmaitors in our soae?

resorts. Thoy arc ft'oiiuorttcd by the't it' tic.

ftt t ha'

"i t he. it id . it Villi' -

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jr smaw'haai

taWBUBi

iri-ifi

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wo.-ith

1 lit d ate-s'. V- if J It

What Tltcy Makt?, Ellen Terry is jwid $600 Digby Bell receiver 250 a wE F red Leslie rew : $iVO0 a- week. Kyrle Bellow i .vpivos $:ui( a wel;. Cliarles Cbghlai. i-- paid $;toO awek. DeWolf Hopper t fWO a- wt pk. John Habberton nmkoa $10,00) a

Twain's inoome is $80,000 a

U. W. Gilder receives 30,000 fixan

tho Century. Joseph Pulitaor's income for 1888 wits $1,000,000. &(rs. Chanlor (Amelia Bivos) makes about $10,000 a year. W. D. Howells receives from the I far-

pen $10,000 a year.

1 randor Matthewa averages - an

ant unl income of about $3,000.

-a to recently Francis Wilson was

pail a salary of $525 a week.

l'.dgar W. l'ftwcott roceives alMut

$4,' '.00 a year for all Ms writings. Jlayo W. Hazeltino receives $XT5 A wwk fi-ora tho New York Sun.

Col. John Cockerill is naid $20,000 a

yat,r by the New York IForM.

'..mo late JK. f. Koe found no tliffl-

onlty in wii.'ing $50,000 worth a year. Miss Mvtrfreo's (Charles Egbert Craddock's) novcla yield her about $3,(00 a yenr.

The Peanut's Virtue. iBishon Theodore B. Lvman, of North

Carolina, has discovered a new and hii herto unsuspected virtue in the peanut. For nearly two years he had suffered from insomnia. About a fortnight ago ho ate freely of fresh roasted peaat.fcs before rot-iring;, and enjoyed, the bt t sleep he had had for months. Ho tvied the experir"- t repeatedly : it. anti ii i. i. i ) . racions verr

ed whAiir i l .-..-L.lrt.l Atf

barley 13 beginning to Lurncolo

' r ,.'.---ircMt iu uewH- (nas. PKn o.a . . .1 I I ,

.- o u, oiu wimucarooi 'aliio. iiii. reports that oninions

as to whothor summor faUowed or Will not make irrnln wlrhm

rainfall. The summer fallowed'.:

uuuuj uuu n escern t;niiiornia - rg B that they have the iirv nruun u

which have rapidly extittusted the motalt fmm K BAii 4 1.1. 1 i . m

..u... .iiv ovjil. nuuuugu uonriousw is yet resorted, thorn &,n man, buaaiti

m iimslii rrrnrii "'Rtci-jii wtiai

sraveraire um. ji. wniM

ook for the whi -oiatn in rei

promising more Chan ai nvcrase vteld."t!

crop is not yot assured, and etejk-i

pouua upon ice weauisr auruig tao of Stay.

Benorts from Texas are tn tha BWdi

in some portions of the St-tto they . ire'gKM

us ui buuiii wuier priiont) me fttluaU is just the ODPOSlte. Tho iron it K

means assured yet and wilt not be untQ jii m'

out ana gatnorca. - Central Tennessee reijorte that t uo win- oi wheat neodi ralnbadlv andiaalMiifit-aho

ing yellow epots ou hiith gros3l. It an f. aires from twslve to iwontv 'Mhln.a Ki. r, -

Taking tho State as a whole Oie' wliont prT specis are not as good they w at tl f time last season. A grtiat deiil of wh. at is heading out knee high. Co&nkirtu win Is are blowing- nearly all the tiane All tho reports from Xentaoiyshvo r,iv. rable. although oontiuuod dry Wt,',bori; e ported. Borr.e of thn n heat lathi- ty inol is. high and jointed and just comm. lu iug W,

iieao. ouv; uarvosi. p -oroisos tone.twn wb i9 oarlior than last veiir. HouthAm tihio i n.

pons, notiwimstanaing tne- t wheat continues to loot welt rain for oats and grass. Aoorn has been planted, but 1

enough molsturo in thu grot to bring it un.

Many portions ot Xndlana weather and "conditions beenm

The wheat Is at a standstill aiwfefs in poor shape. Central Indiana MiWMts.t i wheat crop knee bin h and generaprjetlc S never better. Some portions alsis I. to best winter wheat Ofmnties of BOu'ht ,--Illinois report cry. c-,ol weather, adiiof rain; badly, and utile t rain cojga ei a prcssnt oro praspocte will be .aaaMt-ia f educed. "... Eastern Kisscurl reports propaab -winter wheat good. If atvyta ittg Mtajtoii 1,4 Is a little too dry. The w heat varies mi, height from twelve to fifteen tadkea. ral S--ii.lr-m Mis4i-i:ti ovei v.Lim ;s faorl

.ilthouirli 1 1. -mi 11:1 . rci -ir ch'Rob ' ill the wheat Tiicrf urn soraooomib-, also ia tho nort ii- a poi tto 0 of the SuSo i to tlie appearance ol itist ctt "rf I thw citlerc ti..r f xn;ntie!iinKawheat is r.tpor'v-t as l-ei aii bonded v . 1. I'jKlH Hrm U-, 31 ...... -sW-.'-?r-4 j -v' ent week, with cold weitler, Ayhiotflik been discouraging t j cht n'h bufrs. Cent riT '' Kmi-jiiH reports wheat ju-it iil-out rendv to h'i-id "lt and i tncutv :o . wvntv-fiur inches htsh. In Noithein tani-ne : hegroun ' if much drior tl-..n '.: tirher p r.. tit-ns .. tb. Suite. An -rbiini!nc of r n'

aU through the summor seems to be an !SMM':

peareo in great numbers, xney nave no yet taken off their wtnteir overcoats a udi " gone to work. In Southern Michigan wheat Is all the y ay from six to twelve Inchon high. Xore or less ot tbe wheat begins to show the w-uit. of rain. Grass needs it and so do then its which have recently been sown. -. . . These reports cover thn country tr im. California to Texas, and from Tevaa i

Michigan; from Miohigan to Dakota, i nd Dakota south to tho Indian Territory. In this vast area, which grown tbe great bt Ik, in fact the entire surplus of wheat cc n, oats, and grass orops of the country. il& the exceptions of Kansas and Miseoiiri, there is uot a single State that does not need rain. Corn is largely planted iibd wonts rain to bring it up mid make agi ud" stand, Oats are all the way from two to b ur Inohes high and just coming up. This o op should have within tho next week copious rain. There is no question or ilifferouqt of opinion as to tbe need of rain tor spring wheat If any portions ot ':ho winter wh iiat area also stand absolutely ia the need ot rain to make the orop a suooess. Grass is also making little growth, l!nsects are beginning to develop rapidly, mt are kept back from their work by e i4i -weather. ; AoRicrjLTUKAi, editor (to fonmm I By the way, Sluggipts are oabW,a raised from seed or grafted Yv SI logins "I dunno ; I don't smoke.1' A. E. "All right ril make a paragrep for our notes and queries," . x Tra usual tbickneiis of ventera fcw.C

ntrrature is irotn one-tgutu to m

fortietti 01 an inch, but as a.i

vbej ar out as wuu its 16Q j!

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