Bloomington Progress, Volume 23, Number 13, Bloomington, Monroe County, 22 May 1889 — Page 1

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INT. raWttnilM Officer "JVotfMMJ!" atregi n wsi w: can 81 TELEGMPi iiUS JUS W D JtfiUUJyJ. I Seeehj el tie of t Wtak, e Reports Bern, Fires, AccMents, Wanes, Si) Et&, Bta. LAPBCT TKT.Bfflt A.nWt Quebec special: A iisastroua Are broke out this morning in St. Sanveui, in the bouee 0? Mfg. MaCartn, on Seller street. The flame spread with, great rapidity through tike wooden district which surronnded the place where the fire originated." A the city has poor Are protectionist ws only stopped After it had burned itself out. The district north andwest of Massaue and St. Ambroiso streets, were swept clear with the exception of a portion of Veliers street. Seven hnndred nouses were burned and as a large number were tenement, occupied by' more than one family, the number of families rendered homeless will reach 1,, comprising; about 6,060 souls- Prominent business men interesting themselves in behalf of the destitute. Application has been made for the nee of the government buildings to shelter those who are camped out in fields. Pood lfl being distributod liboralbly ths clergy. A majority of the homeless belong to the rorkuiff class, and as insurance rates were almost prohibitive, Tery few have rnythrng to xau Daes on. rne total lees ia estimated as- fae&OOfe . insurstee, $130,000. Wile the military were preparing to blow up some houses to cheek the spread of the fames,.- premature, explosion took place in one of the houses, killing .Major Short and Sergeant Walliek, of Batttry B. Beth were buried in the Rt Sanrenr is a separate municipality from Quebec, bat is separated from the city 1j onlyihe width of a street. It has :t population of abmtt fifteen thousand Only the night before the J3t bauvenr r "fused an ofler of Qseboe to supply them; with water. . ktss names m Tt nailiif at ftrr The steamship Columbia, has jost arrived at Astoria, Ore., bound from San Francisco to Portland, brings a report of the lean of the Oregon Bailway and Navigation Companyu magnificent sidewhef 1 iron steamer Aissksn. This Vessel is re ported to havo f oqndered at sea otf Cap Blanco, Monday, May 13, while on her i 'ay from Portlam! to San Francisco, Only meager particulars-have been received yet. The Colombia picked np the Captain, mate, .-and eleven of the ere w- and brought them to Astoria. Five men are rejbozted to be drowned. "Two boatH eoTiftlining the remainder uf tits ew have 4ot yet boea heard trom. miaMer BUo Mi. Allen Thorndyike Bice, the newly appelated Minister to, died at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York. He "was nominated to be minister to Bnssi. by President Harrison and was to have sailed for Europe Wednesday, in eke Citv of Paris. Monday afternoon a soreBess in Mr. Bice's throat developed into a veiy severe attack of tonsihtis, the nlee .-ations being of svxsh a character that his physician forbade all thoughts of a sea voyage, and which finally cnlauaiited is his death. ' Kalgwts of Hsawr. Tie supreme lodge Knights of Honor in s ssion at Indianapolis, has eleetcd the i ollowing offieers: Supreme dictsMr, A. B. Savage, Lewiston, Me.; supreme .vice' dictator, Samuel Klois, Newark, N. snpieme aksistant dictator, Hon Man den Bellany, Wilmington, K. C; : supreme reporter, P. F- Nelson, St. Lon r, snpreme treasurer, J. W. Branch, St- Louis; supreme trustees, P. A. Fen- ' ninttMt, Philadelphia; Judge Okev Johnson, of West V lrginin. and Xdmnnd K. EacoivJCaston, 8. C. .VfvwXew' A passenger train on the Pittsburgh, Tirg infa and Charleston Baiiroad while going at nigh rate of speed collided witk a gravel train standing on the main ac t sear Ormsby Station, Pa. Sive e'n ' were vsry severely injured. ' One ad hi skull fractnred, another had his t(. legs broken, and a third had his e crushed in. The extent of the injiriiB to the other two men and the narc es have not been ascertained. The lnjr rea were lexaovea so u w e rus. Hospital. - "( ' A Helena, Montana, special says: The j Republicans concede the eonirol ol Montana Constitutional Convention by froii three to five majority. The H raid (Boi.) figures tie Convention at thirtyeight Democrats, thirty-five Bepnblisanx, one Zatbor and - one Independent, but this is pnrtly estimated. One district at Missonlftis so clese the CfBoial count will be needed to decide, the elettion... Returns from the Montana election are too incomplete to determine the exact menbership ot the constitutional convention. As fares received they indicst that the contest will be very close, witli chancet in favor of the Democrats ly ii narrow majority. . Eabo members from" Jefferson County may have the earning vetev . ..- V ' Death of Clevatand'a r 1 rmsn E. Bass died in Sew Tork of heart aft! ire. Be was botn in Erie County yearn ago, and was a partner of ex-Preet-dent Cleveland in Buffalo in the law fin a ot .-Bass. Cleveland Bfcuell. They were warm friends, though bitter polities! enemies. Mr. Bass was a Bepublleaa CongreMMnah from 1871 to 1SW. Znetowing a Wlacnaxdn The snsa of has been promised to Bel ait (Wis.) College, by a Chicago gvntlessai, tor the erection of an academy buildin, in ease the citizens of Beiolt will con.tril 'Ute 10a It Is nndorBtood that another Chicago man has promised fwo.CO.) for an crktowment lund If a similar amount will be ratwd In the city. faUh Bkto t AvnflL Mrs. Boval E. Pox died at her home Ja Svraeose,H.t.. from what outsiders be-lfei-e to be "faith cure." She had been subject to bilious attacks for several years, anil during her final illness her friends rofnsed to call a physician, telling her that strong faith Was all that was necessary. Was aentiag in gonto. Am ten. Itis reported from Bio do Janiero that shore Is immediate danger of a. war betWiea Boltvin and rarnsuay, and that opsa already on the frontier of the

EhTABLISHKI. A. I). I former republic to prevent invasion by th Paraguayans. It la said that $nm elHanee with Tamguay. ! Ceaalsteoey of Qoraneiotal Aotfcm tec Tluowboai umdikt. The condition of trade fo last wk. Jt fa the most prominent oharaotarirtic of the & uiul con.tfs.wicy ot eomnucetai otion ! - - - .itMttan tkmmniAnc ens cxiunw - tvuiiuAlMu and ntnn iV.Kj. nf HnnfiwMB n hfcmlv satisfactory; JUT nd for others much tbe reveres. The Pwnaehln transition tram one crop nv to an other, the nowt obange of Administration, the i th.1nSMtatA kw find tjM moid jUUl munnforiraraa a.t the RontH nuuwnns uw www k son: ma h hBT ntMjiiind. Iron production baa begun t decline, rim an w w at Pittsburgh bat then Is a better fueling in ttnlatod bar Iran there and at Philadelphia, and the demand for plate, pipe, sheet and structural iron oonUnnea satisfactory. Th eoal market ia still unsettled.' The wooi market goet lower while waiting for adequate new rappHs. The future depends upon the state of the dry goods market, which fa not now encouraging. W eoetea maaufactnre is aetlTe and healthy. Tae trade in drum ar.d ak?mioala has become quite astire, with ooUecti excellent, put dye stuns SSMamSJIk A . mwUMra ninav " f."" sluilsbas dereioped again. Wheat fias adttanesd lu emits, corn cants, and seta IV cents, with an advance of 19 cents per MO pounds in hogs and hurt. Oil baa destteea secants, ana eo atxteentti. The grocery trade baa been acttre. Iu sugar the demand is eoueaed to actual needs. In ailteaf same pcoolattve Ranees tbe general awage of price for eomnioditfcis iaaUtUe lower than it was May- The outlook inthe Morthweet is regarded much more oonfldenUy sines the recent rams. XTsrywbete the crop proapseis narawwm, more advanced than usual and the acreage in wheat eonsMayinsseed. The busTness fallnrts nurubexed i thspsefionsi ntKSroeare HABKIMHTlil CHOCK. Vtariaeat dssoes Beinsr let by late Apprthtoisiats SThe President has made the following appointments; '. on wMa triMwurH in be tTnlted States Attorney for the Eastern Diatriot ol Missonri; Elbert E. Kimball, of WesouxLto OS United mates Attorney for the Western Dtotrtet uiHiwirf - m-a Mt lpn of Vinrinbk. to be United States Marshal for the E.tern DUtrict. of Virginia-, Joseph f. Wilson, oi loano iwntory, to be United States Marshal for the Terri- . 4 TMhn n.mn.1 T WajrAeaatlc. of Penn. sylTanla. Collector ol Internal Beyennefortt; Twenty-third District of Pennsylvania; Levi 8. WOenx. of lUmob, OoBeetor ot Internal BevsnueforUwHghthDistiiet of Illinoia i James Jf . Tbwneend, of IHohmond, Ind., Baeorder of the Oeneral Land Omcei tara k. Aakar, of lOnneaota, Beeeiver ot PuUieXoneys at Cryokston. Minn. ; James A. gpradHng, of New Mexleo, Beeeiver ot PubUe Moneys at Santa Fe, K. M. ; Hubert a Robertson, o Indiana, m nienibsr ot the Board of Registration and Election In tea Indian Agent at Slie Jiacaet iigency, ja. i.. U. TW.mm, nf Sm ToHt fiitV. deOXaW B. Leittbton of St Loois, Jesse Spalding of Chleao7and Bafua B. BuUdc of Atlanta, Oa., to be Government Directors of the Union Tannic Railway Company; Alvin Sannderi of Kebraaka,- to be a member ol Uio BoaitT of ReKtatration and Election in the Territory of Utah; Tumi.... T, tm Af Nav Y,rk to be a snmwt of the Board of Indian (Xngnnsstosers ; Bennett B. tilUoepie ol NebraakaTto be BitnK of the lewd Office at O'Neill, Neb.; Samuel C. Wright of Nevada, to be Superintendent of the Mint ol tna United stales at uarxu uvy, jvt. SfitKSlfAa, JfOBES HKAKB FHOM. ! Be Says base Tew of HI Bafmtiow Took Attorney Oeneral Miller Has received a report from United States Marshal Jones of Kansas In regard to the conduct of himself and deputies upon the opening of Oklahoma to settlement. He says: I believe that a few of my PnfS bT! tempted to tile on land in the Territory, but I know many of them have not, and whUa Iinam nat tr da an. vha tbev saw thenuerna surrounded by from to 1 00 persons at Guthrie and at least halt that number at Oklahoma, watting-far the hour of 19 to come, I do not wonder that some ot them, deputies who were serving without pay and only there tu the internets ot good order, took the fever and . ajtemptod to a noma. As to myaeu, nerar atteTnnBd to hetead a font of land either in Oklahuaw or any ether Territory or Bite. Marshal Jones says the country is abso lutely quiat in Oklahoma, and that therehns sot been a single person killed by violence in that Territory since April as. It is understood that the Attorney General is not sat isfied with the report, and that he will. oU for a supplemental report, giving; the name ot each officer who filed claim and a description of the rand secured, by him, together with an account oi the attendlHgeircutn stances. . THREE SEW CHOMKRS, The Maw a the United States to Be The Secretary of the Navy is about to ad vertise tor proposals for the construction of three' twin screw protected cruisers authorized by the last Congress and to coat not to exceed $700,000 each, A submarine torpedo boat is still to be contracted for, and when that is done some eighteen ships WiB kiive been added to onr naval force, each one embodying ell the'mtestimprovemente. The three vessels for which bids are now to be invited are exactly, alike. Their length is to be 857 feet, beam 87 feet, depth 19.6. and draught 14-6. They will each Jie of 2.80O tons displacement and 5.400 hoTse-power. with a guaranteed speed of eighteen knots, mid carrying a crew ot 185 .officers and men. The motive power will be two triple expansion engines. Of coal S0 tons will be the load, although the bunkers will carry 435 tons. An oval-conning tower wilt be on the forecastle and forward of that a wooden pilot-house, and the vessel wilt also have an electric light plant. ' EXCLUDES THE CH3NX8B. The Sopreme Court Decide Tpcy Cannot Re-enter en CerttSeatea, The Supreme Court has rendered an opiaion in the ease of Chae Chang Ping, appellant, vs. the Collector of tho Port ot San Francisco. This was s suit brought to test tfte constitutionality of the Scott Chinese exclusion act. Shortly aftor tbe Seott exclusion act went "into effect Chae Chang Ping returned to the TTnlted Stales from China and endeavored to secure entranco at San Francisco. He had loft this country armed with a certificate entitling hird to return, but the certificate was declared invalid by-th&Scottaet. The collector refused him admittance, and suit was brought In tho TJnited States Court tor the distriot ot California to test the constitutionality of the geott act, in accordance with the provisions of which the collector acted. The California courts upheld the constitutionality of the act. and from this decision the case went to the Supreme Court on appeal. The court affirms the judgment.WE8T fSOnflA'S CONTEST. The bgUUrttve Committee Hearing Testimony in the Case. The Legislative Committee appointed to hear testimony as to tho West Virginia Gubernatorial contest has reconvened at Charleston and is going over the depositions taken, beginning with Barbour County and taking the others in regular order. It wilt certainly take until the 1st of July to read the evidence alone. Various Je?al points are also ponding and undetermined, and others will be raised, so a report can hardly be expected before Aug tut. OPERATORS KEFVSK TO ABBITBATE. Coal-Mnars Most Accept Heduet Ion or Remain Idle. The Brazil conference between the Indiana Coal Operators' State Executive Board and the miners' delegation has ended with Ihe operators' former refusal to arbitrate tho difference between the two bodies In relation to the yearly scale for mining bituminous and block coal throughoat Indiana. The operators demand n reduction front 90 to 70 cents for block, and from 75 to CO cents for bituminous, the biggest: out ever made in.thQ hia-

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tOry of the coal trade of the West. The operators base their refusal to aroitrate on the ground tha-i underbidding by Ohio, Pennsylvania, and nitnow operators make it impossible to get a market at a less reduction. Seven thousand minors iu the State are affected by the decision. Thero is no alternattvti for the miners but to ac cept the reduotlcrt or remain idle. A CHAM US WB, CIKN1U8. The State Orangs ot Olnwls Wants a Straw Binder. The State Grange ot Illinois, through its Executive Committee, otters $10,000 to bo paid to any one who will invent a machine or device to attach to reapers that will bind wheat ancl outs with straw. Said device may work and twist Its straw dtreot from the reaper, or it msy be a separata machine that will twist the straw and wind on large spools that may be reroeled on smaller spools by the. farmer and set In place in the reiiper when, wanted. Said money to be paid as soon as the device is proved to be a success. Should more than one net-son claim the above 910.000 on his Invention the eoinmlttse reaervo the right to choose the one that to them seems most practical- The said patent to be Issued for the use and benefit Of the Illinois State Grange and legally transferred by the sua patentee. This offer holds goods until July 8,1889. FAKMS FOIt A THOUSAND MKN. The Yankton Sioux Beady to Give Up Large S Joe of Their Land. A dispatch from the Tankton Indian Agency in Dakota states that the Sioux Indians at that pUoo are preparing to negotiate with the Government for the sale of about seven townships Of the north part ol their reservation. Engineers are now at work surveying he agonby. and the Indlnne an selecting: thtlr land in severalty. The' reason assumed for selling this land is that their treaty with the United States only allows them $15,300 per annum, and their present treaty vrfU soon expire. The tract embraces some ot the finest land In South Dakota, and a rttsh of settlers is oxpeotod to follow Its opening to homeftteaders. which will be 'rlthiri thirty days. These lands will fnrnUli homes tor 1,000 families. allowing each 180 acres, ' THE CHOP BSrOKT. A FsTorabla 9nUoolc In Northwestern States. -The weather crop bullotln ot the Agrlcul. torsi Department at Washington, says the season Is twenty days in advance in the Northwest. Th' weather during the past week was favonible to improvod crop con ditions in . Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Ne braska, Kansas, northwest Missouri, and portions of nortliem Illinois. Borne replant ing in that section will be necessary, owing to the high winds, which uncovered and scattered soeds. The weather was favorable for corn pirating throughout the corn belt, Dakota reporting an unusually large acreage and piloting well advanced. The condition of' the fruit crop is encouraging .in all sections. Gladstone Uotilbies an Oflor. A New York newspaper syndljaw recently wrote to Mr. Gladstone asking him to write a series ot twenty-five articles on subjects of current interest, and offering him tSSjom tor the work. A reply has just been received Ir m the ox-Tram ter. In which he says: ' At my age the utock of bratn power does not wax but wanes, and tbe-publlo calls upon my time have me only a fluctuating residue to dispose of. All Ides of a series of efforts is, there, fore, I have ftneHy decided, -wholly beyond my power to embraoti. War tot the 9nte Trust. . War has been declared on tho jute bagging trust at a convention of farmers from a majority ot the Southern States which was held at Birmingham, Ala. Hitherto the farmers alliances of this State and irght have made the fight on their own acdonnt, but it is nowproposou to ouuu smsjnsajnufaotories for the manufacture ot a cheap cotton substitute for the jute bag ging. WfM; Gale Inthe Bast. A storm ot unparalleled fury occurred alone the Atlantic coast on tho 8th inst Many cities were badly damaged by th'e wind, and thousands of people were panicstrioken. especially In New York City. Tho storm was particularly bad at Kew York, Pittsburg. New Haven, and Rutland. Vt, A number of peoj?le were killed and many injured. Mlcttlgan's State Fair. The Executive Committee of tho Michigan State Agricultural Society has decided to locate the Statu Fair at Lansing permanently, the locaTfair society deeding it grounds to the State society. It is probable tho fair will be held during the week lieglnning Sept 9. . Blshoi) Bedell's Successor. At the annual convention ot the Protestant Diocese of Ohio, held' at Toledo, the Bev. Dr. W. A. Leonard, ot Washlngton.waa chosen to succeed Bishop Bedell, when the Jatter's resignation shall have been formally accepted by ths House ot Bishops. Baptist Women In Missions. '- The Baptist Woman's Board ot Missions, In session at Boston, elected Mrs. J. N. Crouse, of Chicago, President; Miss M. Q, Burdette, ot Chicago. Corresponding Secretary; and Mrs. B. B. Donnelley, o! Chicago, Treasurer, j . THK MARKETS. CHIOAOO. Ci.TTI.B Prime . . . .9 4.S5 ,. S.50 . a.50 .. 4.25 . 3.75 & 4.W L 4.95 & 9.90 & 8.00 Good Common Hoes Shipping Grades Siusrp... Wbkat-No. 9 Hpring Cons No. a... Oats No. a bte-No. a Butteb Choice Creamery Chxesk Pull. Cream, flats Eoas Fresh. Potatobs Louisiana, brl... Pons Mess MILWAUKEE. Whs at Cash : Conn No. .. Oats No. Wldte Bvs No. 1 Baulky- No. 8 Pons. Metis !V 3.MU ffli .87 V!) .35 .31 .as'.-, .41 (.! 11 .10 .07)a .07 .11 S1.5J 11;73 .19 m t 4.a (12.i5 .95 .k as . Ca T.H..... Hoos Sheep "Wheat No. 2 Red Corn No. 'i Ytllow Oats-No. a White TOLEDO. Wheat -No. a Bed Corn -Cash..'. OAW No, a White NEW YOilK. Cat j! Hoos Sheep..... "Wheat No. a Red Cork No. a...; Oats White Pons Now M-s ST. LOUIS. CatttjB. Hoos Wheat No. s Cons No. 8... Oats Bib No. 9..... INDIANAPOLIS. Cat is... Hons 2.75 3. !K 4. (10 .W .M & 4.95 t& i.90 5.00 .'J5 ..il .91 .110 .!t5'.j .21 (!'.. .a4 3. V3 ? 5.03 5.1)3 5.50 4. JO . C.95 35 .45 ,;i5 19.15 . n .40 jl3.7S 8.75 4.K M .11 .29 .19 3. JO 4.50 l. 4.50 Ht- .77(4 t. .92 & .23!4 C 4.50 C 1.75 !( 4.03 IB 7.75 (! 5.03 & .00 .39 4.50 9.30 0.30 "4.50 .90 .95 .27 .17 12.1X1 3.75 3.S5 2.00 4.25 1.00 3.00 Lambs.. CINCINNATI. Hoos Batchers' Wheat No. a Bed Conn No. a . Oath No. 9 Mined Bi-No.9..... Pork Mess KANSAS CITY, Catti.e Good Medium ". Butclters' Hoos Oho Ice Mediuu .B7'4 (it iB 19.50 & 4.25 ( 9.75 W 3.50" W 1.50 C' 4.95 & 4,60

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INDIANA HAPPENINGS. STENTS AM1 INCIDENTS THAT HAVJH JAKtoLX OCCURUKDu An InterestfnirSnmmary at the More Important llolngri of Onr Nefghbora W4 dlnga and JDeejUu Crime, Casualties and General Xewe,Notaa, Sought fne Governor's Clemency, ftov. Hovey, has pardoned, unoondisionally, William Adams, of Morion, Grant County. Three years .ago hs was lentenoed for five yean in the peniten tiary for criminally assaulting a woman. A few weeks ago the woman made ntuaavlt that she had sworn falsely at the trial, and that Adams was icaoceat. Upon her statement the Judge, Proseouting Attorney and jury, before whom he was tried, together with several hun dred oitir.ons. sianed a petition for Adam's pardon, and otter the Governor personally investigated the ease he de cided to free the prisoner, unarms. Richards, of Pr ry County, was also pardoned on the condition that he would obey the laws of the State and abstain from drink. Seven years ago he was sentenced to the Southern prison for twenty-one years for killing a desperado from Kentucky, who oame over to tuo town of Can aeltou and expressed his intention of "cleaning out the town." At the time tbe sentence was passed it was shown that the killing was done in selfdefense. Richards had always borne s good reputation. The petition for the pardon was signed by all the oourt officials of the county and leading citizens. James Mulley, convicted ot grand larceny in the Criminal Oourt of this eounty, was sent to the Beform School, his sentence to the State prison being commuted, Patents. Patents have been issued to the following-named Indiana inventors: Jasper Ackermitn, Lowell, pen; Charles E. Adamson, M.unoie, apparatus for printin flf in imitation of type-writing; Jonas S. Aldrick, Butler, wind-mill; Chas. G. Colen. Elkhart, cornet; Root. 0. Elliott, Prairie Crook, hame connection; John M. Fellows. Burlington, fence; Gidecn Flake, assignor to T. T. Bushton, Oen terville. eate: Jas. A. Graham, Fort Wayne, draft rigging for railway cars; Geo. B. Higgms, North Indianapolis, basket; John F. Laoey, Domestic, posthole boring machines; Henry G. Niles and V, Ysnhuffel, Mishawaka, plow clevis; Lafayette D, Bollsbaok, assignor of three-fourths to A. M. De Souohet, Indianapolis; Franklin P. Spangler, Goshen,- broadcast seeder; Alexander Staub, Ft. Wayne, stove-pipe thimble; Hiram B. Trout, Terre Haute, attach ment for mowing machines; Jas, Weath era, IndianapoliB, sash holder. Minor State Items. The town of St. Marys of experienc ing a boom. The city treasury of Crawfordsville contains $23,089.80. - Itis thought that the oil well at Terre Haute, will yield one thousand barrels per day. Union County will erect an infirmary building, costing $16,500. Amuch-talkedtabout but never-seen panther is terrorising the farmers in the vicinity of Columbus. Mrs. Belle Denny, of Spenoer, was badly frightened by a tramp and has sines been seriously ill. Bandoluh County Commissioners are considering designs for a 'soldiers monument at Winchester. Rev. George B. Holdemon, of Wakarusa, is dead, of blood poisoning, aris iug fawn kidney trouble. -A parrot, known to hare been 3a years of age, belonging to Frits Frame, of Fort Fulton, did recently. The Governor has appointed Theopbilus B. Kumler, of Butler County, to be a Trustee of Miami University. Proceedings have been begun in Columbus against parties charged with renting property for gambling purposes. -Delphi is "not discouraged over a failure to secure gas, and is now sinking another well in a more likely neighborhood. "Old Chip," a Chippewa Indian re siding in Crumston, claims to bo over one hnndred years old. He it very feeble. K. J. Clodfeltor, of Crawfordsville, has received about $3,000 as tbe royalty upon'his book, "Snatched from the Poor House." The 3-year-old daughter of Eli Millor was burned to death at Napaneo, near Goshen. Her clothus caught fire from a bonfire. -At Greencastle, lightning struck a barn in which two boys, named Carhart and Jacobs, had taken refuge, injuring both of them severely. Gas has been found by the Salem Lime and Stone Company at its quarry. It is the strongest well yet opened, and people are greatly pleased. James L. Duncan, of Hancock Couuty, has a hog 9 months old, with six perfectly formed feet; also a tug with a nose resembling n fish's. The Board of Education of Lswronce County has made a rule that a school teacher shall not attond a dance while she is teaching a term of school. A demented woman, whose' husband a convict in the Prison South, was found in the woods near Jeffcrsonvillo, almost naked and nearly starved. The new electric experimenting station of Purdue University will bo completed in time for the fall session, and the building will cost $20,000. Owen County farmers have decided to boycott merchants who put up tho price of binding twine, and say they will not use reapers if they have to pay an advnnco. Princeton has sunk an artesian well 2,300 foot, including 1,500 feot of solid limestono," without finding any spontane ous flow. Drilling will coutiuuc 200 feet further. The 9-yoar-old daughter of James C. Allison, of the southern part of LaPorte County, was burned to death. She was burning corn-stalks and her clothes caught fire. John Jackson, of Bridgeport, Clark County, sat down on tho rotten limb of a fallen tree to rest. It broko and pro cipitatod him to tho ground. He will die of his. injuries. A buzzard foil out of a flock that was soaring over Madison, and alighted against a largo plate-glass window in Val Dohter's store. The bird was stunned by the shock and oasily captured, while tho glass wuu broken into small fragments.

Wb. J. Murphy is having good success in his efforts to reform tho drinking olasoes of Bloomington. Over 300 signers to the pledge have been secured In the past two days. Leon Motion, engine hostler In tho Jeffcrsonvillo, Madison & Indianapolis yards, at Columbus, had his left hand piit open with a rusty meat hook, upon which he fell. The Northern Iudiaua Editorial Association will hold a meeting at K.endallville, beginning June 13, and preparations are making t o give the editorial brethren a hearty welcome. The oil excitement at Terro Haute is increasing. The flow at tbe well shows no signs of diminishing. Many local companies are being formed to sink new ones. The oil Is a high grade of lubricating. John Fishback, a prominent farmer living north of Columbus, is dying from blood poisoning contracted by a slight scratch on his hand from a barbed wire. The arm has swollen to three times its normal size.

The Delaware County enumeration of persons between tbe ages of 6 and 21, shows an increase over last year of 656; and Muncio gains 413. The total popu lation of Muuoie and its suburbs is esti mated at W,415. Bos Hawter a brakeutan on the Jeffersonville, Madison snd Indianapolis railroad, was making a coupling of cars at Shelbyville, when his hand was caught between the bumpers and mashed completely off at the wrist The oontroot for building the asy lum for feeble-minded children, at Fort Wayne, has been awarded to Brooks Bros., of that city, at $111,433, and the steam heating to Stemson fc Co., of lnJianapolis, at $11,000. In excavating gravel on a farm near Montpelier, recently, an Indian skele ton was unearthed, together with some jars, in a good state of preservation. This farm was once known as pnrt.of the Qodfrey Reserve. Wabash has organised a Citizens Gas Trust Company, with a capital stock of $100,000, for the purpose of supplying free gas to factories. Shares are put at $50, which entitles the holder to free gas for one stove. A fifty-pound carp was caught in White Biver near Muncio a few days ago. A groat many are being caught, weigh ing from live to seven pounds. The fish got into the river a few years ago by the breakage of several private ponds. - The thirtieth annual catalogue of Earlhain College has boeii issued, and a summary of students shows a total en rollment in all department of 261, with eighteen in the senior class. The college is located near Richmond, and it is the leading educational institution ot the Frieuds west of tho Allegheny mountains. Throe students named Cook, Flynn, and Bishop, were neai'ly drowned at Flint Lake, north of Valparaiso. When about the middle of the lake and over very deep water, thojr row-boat was swamped by the wavcY. Flynn could not swim and Bishop and Cook had to struggle for a long time to save them selves and tjbeircomrade. The arrest of' tVenry Shoemaker, i young man at Lsporte, for burglarising a saloon, has resulted in the officers unearthing a gang of youthful burglars, operating for the past nine months. The officers wore unable to break up the oanonntil .Shoemaker's confession. A 0 9 number nre sons of prominent oitizena, and tho revelation has caused a sensation. Hint. Hill a colored woman, who is said to have been 100 years old, died at her home in ..Silver Creek Township, Clarke County, last week. Several years aKO she almost entirely lost hes. sight, but sometime since it returned tOt her, and she was able to thread ihe fiiiC.st needle without the aid of glasses About five years ago she cut a full upper and lower set of teeth. William D. minor, n young farmer, died at his home at Middlofork, six miles west ot Bussiavilio. His death was tbe result of u fractured skull. Two weeks before his death he wag hunting young squirrels- and found a nest in a tree, which it was decided to cut down. In the fall tho tree struck another tree, and one Of the limbs reached young Miluer. John M. Bastin, an old soldier re siding a few miles south of Martinsville, was nearly killed in a runaway. Hq had started to the city with a load of staves, when his team became unmanageable coming down a steep hill. The wagon was overturned, and Mr. 11 as tain foil under the load. His scalp was in somo way torn from his head as effectually as with an Indian's knife. Ho was seriously and perhaps fatally injured. Mrs. Hannah Whistler, who was buried in Carroll County recently, left a remarkable family behind her. !ho was the mother of thirteen children, has sixtv-nine grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. She was tho grand mother of Will Whistler, who lost his life in the Arctic regions with Greeley's command. Her husband Mirvives. They were married sixty -two years. Mr. Whistler is a halo and hearty old man. Thirty-five figured somewhat curi ously in the result of tho recent election at Madison- A preliminary poll ot the citv showed a Douiocratio plurality of 35 on tho total vote. At tho primary election Cal Cisco, for marshal, beat Al Steel 35, and his majority over Orozier, Republican, on lection day, was 'U, Iioborts, for water-works trustee, boat Henrv iust 35 votes, and, all told, there were thirty-five candidates for tho vari ous offices. William Stewart, a largo colored convict, received nl tho penitentiary from Madison County, Juno 'Mi, 1HH8, for fiftoon years for brutal assault, escaped from tho hospital, whore ho was cmployed, though it is not certain that he is outside tho walls. He passed through the hospital floor by raising tho boards in the bath-room and thus reached the State shop, but could bo traced no further. It is believed ho had a confederate. --ffeere was a terrible casualty at Hillsham, a sinnlbtowu northeast ot Hunting ton. Mrs. Witzmnun wont out to vtsil a neighbor, leaving tlitco small children asleep in the lionso. ) Miring her nbHcuce tho house, i" somo mysterious manner, caught lire nud burned to the ground, The two youngest children perished in tho flames, while the third, aged :', managed to enrapo from tho burning structure with terrible burns about Hie faoe mid body. The mother has lust her mind, and iiho cannot recover from the shuck.

0! BOKEOE COOTTI.

SALE OF THE WABASH. THE SVsTEHl ACCTIONEO OXV FOB 13,650.000. Tho PurehBnliic Committee Secures the Kutlro System Kut or the Mississippi The Bond to Be Beorganlzed Lower Interest on Its Indebtedness Secured. I Chicago dispatch. The Wabash lialiway oast of the Mississippi liivorhns been sold at foreclosure sub t fhlcitifO ior $15,650,000. This is probably tho most important railway foroelosuro salo which ever took place ia this country. It was expected that there would be a hitch in the sale on account nf the fetal that on four of the nine divisions an upset price, oquul to the amount of the ilrnt and second mortfrago bonds, was Bxed by tbe docree of the salo. No trouble was oxperienood. however, and tho road was sold to tho purchasing committee of the "Wabash bondholders, composed of Jamos F. Joy. 0. D. Ashley, General Thomas II. Hubbard, and Edgar T. Welles. Ttie sale was -conducted by Major Bluford Wilson, of Springfield. Ill-, and A. J. Kicks. ot Indianapolis, tho special masters unpointed by Judges Ores') am nud Jackson. A'ter Mr. Kicks read the notice "f salo Major Bluford Wilson announced that the sule would ili'Stlukn place by divisions, on fOur oi which tliu court had fixed an unset or minimum price equal to the amount ot tho first and second mortgages. The sale would bo without appraisement or rodomp tion. aecoruing to ttie ueoicion oi ine supremo Oourt of tho United States, which held that there was no redemption in foroelosuro sales of railroad property m tho franchise of the railroad company was also sold. Major Wilson also announced that the terminal properties would go with tho adiaeent divisions, and that each division sold would carry with it its proportion ol tuo roiling stoCK ana equipments in cno exact proportion that its mileage boro to the total mileage of t.'io whole 900 miles ot mileage of tho Wabash Bailway oast of the Mississippi. Tho llrst division nut un for sole was the Toledo and Illinois Railroad, known as the Ohio Division, runninc- from Toledo to the Indiana Ktate lino, a distance ot seventylive mites. On this division tho upset price was S.',8W,5'.i5.flS. There wore no bidders, ami the division was missed. The Indiana Division, known as tho Laso Erie. Wabash and St. Louis Railroad, was next colled. This division runs through Indiana a distance of 166 miles, and the upHt nrieo wng3.48l .919.89. Hero the John son ana l'oppers aissennng oomminoo showed its hand and bid JS.C5U.000.00. The division was declared eold to B. Fisher Johnson on behalf of this committee. The third division put up ror sale was tnu Groat Western Baiiroad Company ot 1809. running a distance ot 180 miles from tho Indiana State lino to tho Illinois Itlvor at Meroilosli. mid Naples. The upsot price watt 53,481,919.89. iindlt was also knocked down to a. r ishor Johnson on behalf or the Johnson and Ponnor committee for S3.650.000. The nextdivision put up for rale was tho uectuur ana i-:ast w. i.ouis itoiiroaa, run nine from Decatur to East fat. Louis, a dis tance ol 108 miles. The upset price wai $.1,116,128.81. The Johnson and Popper committee also got this lino on its solo bid ol The remaining divisions had no unset price fixed by the decree of salo. Tho first put un for solo was the Quiney and Toledo Baiiroad. extending from Clayton, III., to a point opposite Moreiloftia, on the Illinois Biver, a distance of thirty-four ratios. Here Mr. James F. Joy. representing tno purehiLsim? committee of the Wabash bond holders, same to tho front and bought tho property for SSyO.OOO. The mortgage uout was 661.003. Tho Illinois and Southern Iowa Baiiroad. nvr.itnilinii' from Clavton to Carthasre. III., a dintanceoi tweiitv-nino miles, was sold to James P. Jov for the Wnbash Purchasing Committee tor $300,000. The moi tgago dobt was $398,000. Tho Hannibal and Naples Railroad, extending from Hannibal to Kaplos. III., a distance ofllf.y mites, was also knocked down to Mr. James P. Jov for his purchas ing committee ior $000,000. The mortgage debt was SmoO'.). Tho next property sold was the branch Of six miles exmnaing irom viayion w iamp Point. Mr. James F. Joy and hia comm.ittn,t ...it It for Snu.QOO. The branch road of six ratios from Cnrt Ilium. III., to invasion: Tit., was sold to Mr. Jamos P. Joy and his put ch asing commit tee for $30,000. . all It... nlilrt illvloinn hfkd ' 9 and the failure to soli it would hiS sitated an adjournment to Judge Ui court-room for a modification of as to the upset prioe lixod. Major however, said tnat he would expose! division for saw again. This time .Tiunaa P TrtT bid S2.810.S95.68. the 111 price, and the road was knocked down tt? him and his purchasing committee. Tho aggregate bid for all Jii'-ii ions now amountod to Jif5,340,5S5. Major Wilson hero imnounggd that under tho terms of the darToe of salo the mastors would now psfrup tho whole nine divisions, iuc hiding; under their direction, the Hannibal and Kaplos Boad. for sate. In caso the bid now made oxooeded the aggregate of the bids for tho various divisions tho wholo Wabash Boad east of tho Mississippi Biver would be knocked down to tho highest bidder. Mr. James P. Joy, for the purchasing committee of Wabash bondholders, bid $15,550,000. which was $9,103 more than tho aggregate of the salo by divisions, and the road was knockod down to the purchasing committee. The amount ot deposit required was $900,000, or $100,000 on eneh of tho nine divisions. Tho deposit is in bonds, but tbo Court will call upon the purchasers to pay in any cash required to pay oit tho S1.O00.O00 of dissentlug bondholders ami any nocossarv expenses. By this salo every obstacle to tho consolidation of tlio Wnbash road east and west of tho Mississippi Biver has boon removed. By July 1 tl is expected that tha divisions in tho various States of Michi gan. Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois will have been organized, and the g eat tru-ik lino from Detroit and Toledo to Kansas City will have boon formed by consolidation of the various divisions. The name of tho consolidation will be the Wabash Baiiroad Company, ami it is expected that Mr. O. V. Ashley will 1)0 its President. First and second mortgage bonds covering tho wholo line will bo issuod. Tho llrst mortgage will provide for new bonds to the llrst and second bondholders ot tho old road mid for tho payment of tho $1,000,000 to tho tlret mortgage bondholders who refused to come into tlio reorganisation f Glume. Tho second mortga o will also cover the wholo consolidated lino, and will provide for an Issue of debenture bonds to cover ao-iiui. jksi.uwio oi doiivs m-vui y tlio mortgage of Juae. I8SU. ou which Sio.oio.otio of bonds were issuod. us well as for tho collateral trust mortgage ol J10.000.00t. and also for some debenture liomU which will bo paid over to stockholders. i'lvo years ago", on May 28, tho whole ot rim Wntmsh svstom. Cast and West of tllO Mississippi Hivor. wont into tho hands ol Humphreys ami Tntt as receivers. It owod seven or eight million dollars of floating Indobtodnoss, and coul I nt pay tlio interest cm its mineral niortaairo of 18.10 or on Ite collateral trust mortgage. T'-.n lines west of the Mississippi have since 'jon morganUsed, and aro now under tho control ol the purelm-dug committee, and f-im-e tho reeeivership as to them totminated by the side ot March. I8H6. they are said to have done remarkably well, and to bo now earn ing their Hxoa charges anil a surplus. With the amalgamation of the lin-n east and west f the .Mississippi, tho former of which were acouired bv tho pureltasiiur committee at this salo. tho rofirirnntzeO syst-m will ilnd itself re lieved o iti non-payiin: branches, the interest on its entire funded debt reduO'd from 3 1" 7 per e, nt. Also. Its former lived ehatgo for inter. -?t on its old genera! inertirauo and collateral trust bonds rendered dKMiU'iit only on t lie revenues of the road, it enrno.1. With this stuto of facts existing, under able management it Is hoped that within a rensoiinbln time the Wal-a-h will bnvo re sumed no' -illy payni'-u! of i!stled charges. but also a fair rate inti rest up..n it now ilel-i-nttife lon.ls. The entire p.-opnity. both i'iet and we-t i f the .MiiM.sipl. 1 now iu plen tl'l physical eoudi. ion. a-nl as present ieili.-ati-Mi- no. me- vtiiiii!'. .ie.-or.lini: t"th" opinions of i p.-i-i i -,iSr- ad men, points to an era ol p-...s"': iiv ummrnUetod in tlio eouipuny's pr.-iou- hi-t -rv. Wild wllh irler. Phi you attvml Mr. Hrowit's funeral j yi i".toula . Mr. Hriice?" ts. n'.ol i wir- the .iuillo-t lie over snw. Mrs. Hmwii wax fi.uitii bile Vimt lit ll'tve I-aM-.l into t he ITinvc if tlii-v llil'lli ! oao-'in lior." Shell man led in ide oi -.)s lo.tiitli 1 in -. i- Knew it In I. til uiiltll victim MKe thai

VIRGINIA DEVASTATED.

FIHKC'E VIKSi AND AH. THE CHOPS, DAatAQB A Million Iiollars Will Hardly Cover tile Loss to I arm and "Other Proporiy-Tho Storm Touches Some. I'olnU In Worth Carolina. t Norfolk (Va.) dispatch.) One of the most severe hailstorms that over struck this section has just passed overNorfo k, Portsmouth, and Vicinity:. Ice particles of extrtordimtry size carao down with tho hail, and several inohes of hail liv in ,Irift before thndelnoo of rain that follow sd carried it away. Tho shade trees ot tha streets and tho flower and vegetable gardens wore badly wrecked. In the country' the truoK latms were oauiy torn up, strawberries, peas, cabbage, and other cropi being boaten to tho ground.' The vineyards and orchards suffered severely, vinos and trees being out tef ribly una the xnut aestroyea. Many oi mo truckers ei press themselves as ruined for the season. A swath of five or six miles broad was :nt through Norfolk r.nd Naneeniond Co antics by the storm. T he truck era all arot .nd ths Hodges Ferry section and betwe sn the Western Brt,noh Rivei and Portsmouth lost everything. Tho loss will probably reach a million dollars, and it it too lato now to attempt to recover. Tbe hailstorm find rainfall swept over Southampton Couuty in thi vicinity ot Nowsom's Depot,, and th growing crops and orcuarus were Daaiy damaged by largo pieces of ice and tho groat quantity ol it. xne aruts ox nai i were twenty-four i notes deep in sown places, an.i twelve hours after the storm the drifts were over six inches in depth. The barn of W. S. ilranom waB blown down by tho wind and demolished and three horses killed. Other farmers suffered in damage to their buildings. Tho storm struck the great bridge section of Norfolk Ccunty, the hailstones in sonu cases beinit as large as pullet eggs. Th s potatoes aud vegetable gardens were dam aged. Tnreo men at worn: m a nata oeyond Deep Creek during the same storia were struck by lightning and badly injured. The severest cyclone ever known theie passed aver Danville, doing groat damage to rooiinc, fences, shade, and fruit treo t. Three tobiooo factories were unroofed, the bridge iver the Dan Biver damaged. n bouse in sourse of construction and ti e oolored Baptist Church blown down, tl e roof of the storage warehouse partly blow n off, and lee's tobacco warehouse damaged. The Bhed over the brick mill wits blown dowi and fell on N. A. Fitzgerald, the proprietor, seriously injuring bin. Tbo cyclone was accompanied by rain ai d slight nail, lasting ntteon minutes. A ilisnalch from Lumbertcn. N. C says six Inches of hail fell there. A gale preceded the storm, unroofing many sratU nouses and utterly obliterating the crops WANT &VITZERLA'iSrD. Russia aad Ctarnavny Covet the Utile Jlepubiic. ' London cable. Considerable discussion hag bom aronsed in the various European capitr ls latelv bv tl:e belligerent tone assumed by the Russian and German press toward Switzerlaml on account of the liberty illowed by that ancient confederation to the Socialist and Nihilist refugees within its borders, Doubtless the diatribes almost doily hurled against the Swiss Government are intended chiefly to intimidate the wiss into taking steps towcrd the expulsion of the hordes of plotters against royalty and society who have betaken themselves to Switzerland to escape long terms of imprisonm tnt or to save their necks, but there is still less doubt that both the Czar and the Kaiser have more than once cast covetous eyes upon the territory comprisingthe little republic, and would gbkd- .'" if they dared, add its acres to their al .... 'onjains. Iu this view mug towaida -6B of an " o fen sasaaa-ai'SrnT5?r v . ; tin in tha direction of proservi Eg the integriiiy ot the only really suoceigful European government oy tne people, to sav notlinc of the other considerations which wonl d influence her action in a mat tor in which Germany was deeply concerned. Even Austria and Italy, subservient as they are to Germany, would hardly co mtenance an Invasion of Switzerland, und many Europeans bel eve that the urn tea Statos. though in no way interested iu tho internal afi'oiis of Europe, would, fiom sentimental motives, interposo hor veto ou an act which would oanse the overthrow of the Swiss confederation and the annexa tion of its territory. Then, too, the people of Switzerland are to bo considered in 1 .-, . i : ii . 'l. . such a oon .mgency, nu ui iigmiy. ..u peacefully inclined Swiss Clovernmeut might possioiy suumn io muu uegrea of cocrcio a applied by tho stronger powers for tho purpose of compelling tho expulsion of plotting socialists and anarchists, nihiliiits and tho like rathor than bo drawn into armed conflict with its neighbors; but Ihe memory of countless vio:ories by Helvetians in years long gone. by, ending in ih recognition of Swiss independence Ihe world over. Is still fresh in the national mind. The hardy Swiss mountaineer is just as brave and unconquerable to-day as he was hundreds of years ago, and with the nssistnnoo whijh would surnly be forthcoming at the outset of nny attempt to subdue Switzerland that oonutiy could successfully resist any foe. Sparks from the Wires. Lobd JiOKsDAM has reached Xev York. He has with him 800 specimens of birds. WAMElt KEIiIlBB, 9 ' !! i .- , to a vat of vinegar at D-iytoi., Olv. an. I . was drowr od. ' Pnop. I. H. PiiATT .vA John M! n ! t wo New-1'orkcrs, bavo started on n horn-.' ; back rido :.'rom New Yoiit to ft.i- 1- ran- i Cisco. ! TnEG-cemorof New.l";si y !mv is l i an act for tho parolo and .iiin.it .it r lease of prisoners oont i " ? e-i Joraoy Sttto'e prisou. Senator HaIiE, of tho Senate committee on trade relations with Canada, bad his right 1-jg badly injured in a train collision near San Jose, Cal. THB.fninous trotting horse Joe Hooker killed himself at Parkersburg, W. Va., by running away and cutting his head uearly off agains; a barbod-wire fence. Five tr.unps attacked James Ilurus nt Altoona, Va., and' after robbing ftid stripping him loft him for doad. Two of the gang ftvre captured. Burns may dio. (lov. llutiis, of Delaware, has ap. pointed J jhn T. Sanlslmrv, editor of the ll7(tirri.i, nt Dover, Sot-votary cf State, vice his c-jusin, John P. Snulsbnry, docoased. Mrs. I. A. Ward, the Deekmanite, has been xpellod from the First Cumberland '..'r'lli.vtcrinn Church of Kausas f'ity for belioting that Schweinfurth is Christ. Two Miiim breworios at Newark, N. J., have brer absorbed by the Knglis), svn dicatn. .'in offer of Sd.OOil.OOO was made for th 'iallautino llrowing Couipany"s interests, lut was refusal. Iv the S10.000 slander suit of Ot. H. Curtiis, f Philadelphia, against Tnndlord F. T lleiiing. formerly of tho Grand Hotel of Jniiosvillo, Wis., a verdict was returned for tho plaintiff of six Cents damages. Marmakkt Keniuiiok, a negro woman, living near llopkiiiille. Ky., hts givon H'th to twins. On., is uliito ami the other colored. Tim black one is a perfect African t.nd the white oho is a pure Cancan ian.

jsdssssmryi

INDIANA AS ENACTED BY THS J.AST t,Cb .-: TUB.E AND DSCLAKBU BIT eov. novtn. "..,: Xfglit Hnu- a Day's v"oi!.-Hi Election Iawii ami Other MlscIlunou Proviaiwna. Gov. Ifov y, May 10, Issued his pronto 8 t-ion, declsring tbe laws enncted by th lost I.wliV; . ture hi full foreo and effect on arid after HHMi'f day. It Is a matter of puhlic int- -rest to Know. ' the force of these laws. Tho anis oootaititng emergency :lausos went Into effect on tbo data' of their passago (ca the Goveraor i Rlgnature or . when passed ovar his veto.) Ihe others of m. era! Intereat an as follows:

LAWS.-fP

Approprt itlng $10,000 annuaUy to tho Iloanl . .

of AKrldullvarc.

Making Moyd county the Fur.y-eecoBd na Clark the Pourtb Judicial Circuit. The Drainage IW Ditches mmst be kept ' free from obstructions, it bfing tbe Township .

Trustee's duty to see that tho lc' Is obeyed . the County Surveyor shall allot to the ovrnorw caohtraot of land tlio portion of the ditch which he sliall heap free from obotmciou ; a majority

of property owners may petition tor a wappor. . .

Uonment: tbe Trustee may dodds wltn

ditches shall be cleaned annually or Biennially, '. '

but thoy most be cleaned at leant once in two - ( years; anyone may appeal from the Surveyor's , 5 allotment to the Circuit Court, D-it hit 4I :g6 ment be not reduced one-flfthbc must pay oosta of appeal ; owners of land shtJl clean the ditches S'fl between September 1 snd November I, under -'-'J penalty of SI per day after Kovcmher 1 ; if no cleaneaby owners, the Trustee may cause the i , work to be dons and tbe ownur must pay tbe sknensea with at tornoy'a lee aiMcd. Township Bridges On petition of twentyfive free-holders, county ccmiml i.sloners ehen 1 order an election io vote on amf-oprltttion for bridges across streams rormlng boundaries wr . . eween townships or count s and when snen j tiiproprtiitions are voted the br: Igos shall he . oonstruoteil, and the coat placee. on tbe town- : ship tax duplleate. Teaobors' License tJpon written exmnlna: tion of applicants, county uperiiitnaant.s mwr . . Issuo to tearberB licensefor tax, Iwelve, tmtyfour, or thirty .Bi.tmcntlin-. tax inonths'Heense : is a trial license, and no one rj:i Ing ft ai j. tUereaiter be licensed unlcsi h fhows lJl4ti ; quaiiiied for a twelve-month a' license; u.) pi : sosaoroi a twelve-months' license whof next consecutive license ia for uirty-slx mentis, of. who shall receive two consecutive licen6isfo9 thirty-nix months, oachshall rffct ivcalicensefeS eight years ; any person wbc lias taught f irsut . . conseoutlve voarn in the Utate schools and ahan ' :. obtain two years' license ahull be exempt Iroin .'ft examination so long as he teaches in then unty f where he obtained tho three yeiws' Ucen ; u he yiermits one year to elapse wiiut taathhiff, . this exemption falls. . - Vinegar Adulteration" Fines of from 10 to$100 are bnposed for those who Bell as cider vhv : . cgor anything which ie not pure cider vine jar. Eight Hour Law-Eight Hours shall o institute a legal days work for all classes of inc shanioa, workingmen, anil laborers, excepting those engaged in agricultural or domestic labor, but... overworn for an extra compensation by nt " ; . ment between employer and: employe is bereby permitted. Penalty, a fino of not more that500. . ' , Cutting Weeds Railroads must out oowtt-..; ',: weeds along their tracks lietween July I and, , Aug. 20, or anyone feeling agarieved may n cover $23 from the road offending. '..'-- Religions Bodies Synods, presbyteries unfereucos, camp-mitlng8. etc, uay lncor orai without capital stock and shall be Veat. wMH full corporate power. B Meat Inspection No freah meiit.wblcl anal . not have been inspected alive within the county shall be ollored for sale in any Incorpi ' ; city under a two-hundred dollar penalty. . : Elections The Andrew electionlaw (Atatrei. ; ian system). -i-ni is. Night Schools In cities cf 3,000 (censuJlSW school trustees shull matatair. night s 'bool . whenever twenty inhabltantB, iavtug cblldrao between fourteen and twenty-one years, i f per- . sons over twenty-one who cannot atten 1 day

schools, petition for thorn; persons or ioi irmwi to thirty years are eligible as st udents. j,; "PIuok-Me" Stores A peoaltiy of not niorw than 8200 fine Is prescribed for any mineror v manufacturer who shall coer-; or inoxcafeU employe to accept orders on stores for hi a pay, or in any way waive his rignt to be paw his wages in lawful money. Township Assessments Township asaseaar shall meet April leach year and make a urn- . form assessment on peraonal property th wgh ' out the county. ... . , Sire Law Owners of sires, shall file wil h the : '. County Clerk, Riving name, ago, desert ption, breeding and pedigree of stallion and an tu w , ceive Ucenre to keep such sire for servleo ; theesu, alter the owner ol BteJlfou shall hale alien : upon his get ; (enforcement by ult in ju stfee'scotut.) " . . Boards of Health Tbo trustees of each town, the Mayw end Common Cotutctt of eaol. city, j except whore thero is a regular health btnt, shall constitute a Board o! Heal th. . rrlmary Elections. Etc It is nuule unlawful, -.ndn- a maximum penalty of 3500 ens a id ow. ' ome--' tor any person t o bribe del egatae : era at, prl-mui. pf'

pi. ai rnislioa totak. XjOtti ,, compamea awf". quired, under a forfeit oi :;'i to thecompidnlng .wltjieas, to give notice oi! delayed tra.aa,on hlAAblmATtla in atatinna. , . " Guardian's Bonds At each term of court Circuit Judgoa shall call the guardianship locket and inquire carefully into solvency of overySardian's bond: rnooving guardlamt or Jequlrnew bonds where insolvent. Relocation of County Seats On petltioi i of e per cent, of the votere of aay county, tho com. missionora shall relocate tlw county seat, provided an election and apnralsenicnt has bean had under tho old taw ; the coaajy seel sha not be located within four miles of theiounty line. Prevent ing Pinkertons So man shall be appointed deputy sheriff, rr iirBbal, policei oa w constable who has not ltvod in the State ;i year and -in the County six anoutbs; noons shall, bring -Pinkertons, into the. State; ancthosaj "Ptnkertona" U tney attempt to aes a mav be iinuri soued for one year. Ccmoterfee Town Trustees may cauiie the condenmatioc or real estate mr cemeter r poses. Bonds Circuit Clerks must keep ojwn to public inspection an tnaex oi an ooaus. Blacklisting Any one eailty pf block list log a discharged employe snau oe suuject mum due of 600 and be liable to the I JecttOi maxti biac aistea Kindergiu-teus Boards of Trustees In ince porareil towns nmv establish free kinder ertens for children from tour to six years. Election Bribery-Anyone who attempt to bribe a votr becomes liable to such5tin , the sum of $300 and attorney's foes. Protection to Squirrels Stmirrels mut not bo killed between Dec 20 and Juuo 1 ; fljM fa pat squirrel. . . Ciruol v to Animals Cruelty to animaj s shall bo punished by a maximum ftne of 200 nd Imprisonment for sixtv days. Animals in .ranait must not bo kept in cars more than t treatyeight hour. Soldiers Knrollmenl Township asiesaan must.furnish the Adjutant General noiues of soldiers, their widows, orphans, and depei ideats. To Protect Roads Whon turnpikes on- thawing or soft not more than -.,Q00 pounds eiull be 1. 1 nntrv :ved or :.363 v.n wiue-th.-i ttm;.:i Ntl.H-.n 1 i en-. fitiesuaychansB ;i0 sad I -tsi. r.-.:l I l!l. - i-oiini-rsol 'nt rirnvel 1- .!) dolls rs 'Ine i-ihed . . -so idler or f.-.-s n rsl ImlftAAft 4Avaj o rill 1 ,-,. IV. h -It 1.. - n .i'. -M : -in-, wleu In. Uiamomi UlU AO MM, Mw. ...v.. itl.l 1 t i, tl . space between the bars, or when the na i bar is , used not more than one and one-eighi h inch space , Knforcing Gmo Laws-Road Suporvliors are iuh.Io speeiid constables, with power to arrest, to enforce tbo game and flah laws. Invcutious aiul Discoveries. The Momiletic Review tbinfo thai those of us not yet 50 years of ago have probably lived iu tho most important and iutollectnally progressive perod of human liistovy. " W ithin this ha! f contury," it says "the following inventions and tliacoveries have been made : Ocenu steamships, street railways, eluvated railways, telegraph linea, oooau t atljs, telephonos, phtmograpli, iihotogiAphy, and a core ot new methods -of lictuw wakinfc, aniline colors, kerosene oil, olectrie lights, steam fire engines, chom-' ioal flr-e extiuguishers, nrtiusthotins auo! liainlesB surgery, gun cotton, niti"o-gly-corine, tlynaiuito, gittvit f-owder, tiluminivtm, niagiiesium, and oth-?r new i letals, electro-plating, spectrum analyst and spech'scopo, ftmUphono, pnot.niatic tubes, elaotrio motor, electric, bolls, typewriter, cheap postal system, steam lieatiiifr. steam and lmlranlie ele ."ators( vesttbultt oavs, can tile vcf bridges; All jKwitive knowledge of tha phyaioul constitution of planetary snd stellar orld,i has been attained wil-lin this ier.od. A K nk justice of the poace 'i8Sleeided that it is not lareeay to atea-l l Watorbui'y watch.

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