Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 September 1894 — Page 2

Republican Progress. BLOOMINQTON. 1ND.

W. A. OABK, . Editor and Pnbllsb.es THE NEWS HECORD. SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S PENINGS. HAP Bobert J. Fmm a Mile in 8:0 1-8, Beat tag the World's Becord Borrlble Find at Scaler's Crossing Corbett WUI Ftght If Jacksoa Means Business Peck 1 suwslaated la Wisconsin, SMASHED AGAIN. Robert A Makes a New Record at India. napolU. Indianapolis now holds the world's pacing record. Kooert j. maae tne second heat in his match with Joe Patchen for $5,000 in two minutes, two and a half seconds, being the fastest mile ever paced. The three heats averaged in speed, two, three and two-tnu-aa seconds, malting tnom tne fastest three heats ever paced. The time by quarters of the second mile was as follows: :30h 1:014 1:30. 2:02K In this heat Joe Patchen went like the wind and foroeb Robert J. to make a spurt of speed a'most at the wire that was phenomenal. Col. Taylor of St. Louis, the owner of the blacic stallion, had sain before the race if the gelding won he would have to beat his time at Fort Wayne, which was -:0'ii. The black came in under the wire in exactly that lime, tntnenrsi neat ne nun maae tne mile in (H nat. rue last pacers scored for the word at 4:05 o'clock. with the track in the pink of condi tion, Joo Patchen had the pole. They scored once without getting the word, but at the second time they went away witli fatchen a little in the lead. Robert J. started at Starter Walker's "Go," and went up in the air. Driver Geers showed his masterly hand in quickly throwing the son of Hartford into nis striae dv puiuner nun to tne outside of the track, fie was then six lengths boh.nd, but he settled down to win the heat, fatchen went tne eighth of a mile in sixteen seconds and was still six lengths ahead at the quarter. Jack Curry who was driving him thought he saw victory and a world's record for the black when he passed the half far in the lead. But the celd iner was gaining ana in the third quarter was nearly at his side. Down the home stretch Patchen still held the lead until the last furlong when tne gelding maae one oi those spurts that not even the liberal use of the whip could make Patchen head off. There was great excitement when it was found that the time of the heat made it up to then the fastest ever paced in a race. The enthusiasm knew no bounds when the next heat showed up with its second and a quarter taster time. In this heat Patchen seemed a winner until almost under the wire, when Robert J. forged a length ahead. Lurry tried the whip. but it was plain the black was going nis fastest, lae performance, how ever, was so satisfactory to the crowd that both horses ana their drivers, their owners and the driving ciuo were give tnree cneers. xne third heat began with a beautiful even start, but the gelding broke at the quarter and lost six lengths again. He settled down and came in winner with out seeming to be pushed to his utmost. His winning spurts in the last furlong caused tumultuous cheers. The time by quarters for the three heats was: First heat-3H, 1:02, 134; 2:03. Second-30i, l.-Oli, 1:30, 2:02. Third-301, l.-01i, l:33i, 2:041. Average, 2:03. A Borrlnle Find. Brimfield (Ind.) special: The section men of the Lake Shore found the lacerated remains of a man near Kesler's private crossing, a short distance from this place. The remains were gathered together and brought to the station here by Section Foreman James Loy and men, where Coroner Seymour held an inquest. By papers found in the pockets of the dead man's clothing, nis name was found to be Frank Hathaway, whose home was at Chicago. His age was about 40 years. It was a most ghastly find, and one that the section men will ever remember with horror. Excepting the head and shoulders, the body was literally ground into a pulp. Mill Talking. J. M. Kenney, advance manager for Champion James J. Corbett, is now in Washington. In speaking of Corbett he said: "Champion Jim never- looked better in his life than at present. Tils recent trip was one continuous ovation for him, and made many and lasting friends. I saw him in New York just before I left for this city, and he said then his affair with Peter Jackson would be brought off all right if Jackson reaiiy meant business. Wed from a Shock. Judge Matthew Scott was fly fishing along the creek at CrawfordsviKe. Ind., when he lost his footing and fell into a deep pooL His outcries brought assistance and he was rescued, but the shock was too great and he died two hours later. Judge Scott was nearly 8) years of age and a very prominent citizen. S"oo.r Hundred Parsons Find w ark. Four hundred persons were given work by the starting of the C. H. Over window glass works and the Muncie flint glass works at Muncie, Ind. Baa Fjuragb, or Congress Paul J. Sorg of Ohio, the richest member of the House of Representatives, has declined to run again, and has so notified his constituents. Mestasental Branson Postponed. The reunion of the Forty-Fourth Indiana Regimental Association, which was set for the 2 th instant, at Waterloo, has been postponed to an earlier date next year because of the hard times. Peek Renominated. On the third ballot at the Democratic State Convention of Wisconsin, Governor George W. Peck was renominated, receiving 136 votes to 55 for John Hunner and 119 for John Winans. Fooad ATI the Officials Corrupt, The 6-i.nd Jury, which has been unearth log the corruption in the New Orleans City Ball, submitted a voluminous report bowing thai all of the Council and city officials were Interested In all public contractu and that honest bidden were excluded. They also cored the lUlnols Central Railroad for grabbing public streets and laying tracks on them. Am Iseb an How. Three inches, of rain fell between 9 o'clock and midnight In Chicago Monday alght an inch an hour the greatest precipitation, period of duration considered, ever put on record In Chicago weather office. There have been longer storms and storms that did far more damage, but this visitation was the most energetic seen in twenty -fire years In the city. Btelfa of Terror at Seneoa Falls. A reign of tenor has prevailed In Seneca Falls, Id Y for some time, owing to the Incendiary ires. Many timid people were afraid to go to bed, thinking tbey might be burned to death. The authorities have employed every means to trap the ire bugs, but without success. Harder Boa doom Set at liberty. The six men who, two weeks ago, were arrested at Sedan, Kan., charged with complicity In the famous murder la I860 of Jobn & Fraser, a bsavy stock dealer, bar baaaset . lUwrtft far took of triusoo

FLAMS

Hundreds Lose Their Lives in Forest Fires. HEDGED IN BY FIRE. NineteenTowns in Three States Wiped Out. Victim Drop In the Street, or Flee to the Woods Only to Die by Suffocation or Flame Trains Run Over Burning Ties, Trembling Trestles, and Warping Ralls Not a Testige of Hinckley Kematna Hand of Charity Quickly at Work, but Hindered by Broken Communications. The forest fires in Minnosota and Wisconsin are something terrible. A wlds district has been swept by fire that came almost as suddenly as a cyclone, a dozen or more cities and towns have been destroyed, hundreds of lives have been lost and thousands of people have been made homeless. The details of the calamity are simply appalling and the story of disaster told in tho dispatches is almost without precedent iu the record of thrilling and horrible incidents In addition to the loss of life and tho destruction of homes and establishments representing business activity, wide stretches of valuable timber have been destroyed and the losses will be counted by millions. The story of tho Btruggle, flight and death or narrow eseapj of thousands of people in tho hre-swopt district in Minnesota and Wisconsin makes a lurid and thrilling narrative. The fury of a forest lire in a dry season is not to be stayed by man's in genuity. In tho old prairie fires meas ures could be taken to turn the tide ot destruction, but before the fierce blazes of the forests man stands as help.es-i as were the victims of the Johnstown flood. Railway t ains are overtaken, whole towns swept out of existence, isolated homes b;; the score or hundred burned, leaving no trace of those who occupied them, and a wide extent of country DlacRened to a desert. This is the story in brief of the fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Are king had everything his own way ana nis legions were triumphant. Hinckley. Partridge, Kerrlck, Sandstone, Mansfield, Dednam on the Great Northern, Barronett, Shell Lake on the Omaha and Poplar on the Northern Pacific lines, were destroyed baturuay night and Sunday, with the exception ot bheil laKo, where only sixty houses are burned. It is not pos sible to give anything like accurate details, but the loss of life and property has been terrible. The Bros originated in the forests, the wind was blowing a gale Sunday night, and the emoUering fires sprang suddenly into formidable life, and leaped with almost incredible activity upon tho unsuspecting towns in their path. The wo;-st suffering is reported from Hinckley, Minn., and vicinity. The est. mate of the lo s of life there and in the surrounding towns is being increased by every report. It is said that st :ewn along on one street of Hinckley the bodies of twenty-nine victims were found, while in another spot the charred and unrecognizable remains of 103 citizens were counted A low estimate of the fatalities in that town aloni is now placed at 300 persons. Scores of others were discovered severely injured, while the list of missing was in the hundreds. It is believed that at least 100 victims are on the farms and clear ings throughout the burnt district. The loss of life in snd abnut Hinckley, Sandstone, Pokegiima, SUunk Lake and Mission Creek will not be known for weeks, if ever. The survivors were taken to Pine City, where physicians cared for the injured, while relief trains from Duluth, Minneapolis and st, raui carried in tents, clothing, lood and everything necessary to cover the wants of the suffering survivors. ery few persons are left in Hinckley. Score of Town Wlpe-i Oar. Nineteen towns are known to have been wiped out, and the property loss reaches SU'.OUO.O 0. Following is tho list of towns destroyed: Bashaw, Bumett County, Wis. Barronett. Barron County, Wis. Benoit, Wis. Cartwright. Chippewa County, Wis. Ewes, Mich. Fifield, Pine County, Wis. Granite Lake, Barron County, Wis. Grantsburg, Burnett County, Wis. GUdden, Ashland Comity. Wis. Hlnekley, Pine Connty, Minn. Mission Creek, Pine County. Minn, Marengo- Ashland County, Wis. Ttlllaca, Pine Connty, Minn. Mnncoda. Grant County, Wis. Shell Lake. Washburn Connty, Wis. South Range. Douglas County. Wis. Sidnaw. Houghton County. Mich. Sandstone, Minn. Trout Creek, Mich. Many other towns were reported in danger late Sunday night. Cadott, near Chippewa Falls, Wis., was surrounded by llames, and the people of Chippewa Falls went to the re9cuo with steamers, uood news came that the town of Washburn, Wis., across the cay from Ashland, had anally been saved. But other reports are that tho flames elsewhere are increasing their fury, and are now advancing into the vast forests ea t of Ashland and towards the cities in the iron belt, leading to Marquette. The losses at Minckley and Uarronett were each over $l,o0i',UG0, while the losses at the other towns reported destroyed range irom iuu,uuij to to a'.uiiu, according to latest advieea. The loss in Washburn was estimated at $30 1,000. Alfl for tne Homele The extent of the suflerintt can hardly be described, but the hand of charity was quickly at work, the cities or the three htatos sending aid to tho sufferers. But railroads have been in-1 jurod by the fires, and m many coses umiiiu uai ueeu entirely .-uspenuea, thus preventing the "starting out of relief expeditions. There seem no hope for a cessation of the progress of the flames save an end of tho great drought. No such hope is held out, for, while much-needed rain is promised for other points, "drdind fair" is the prediction for the bui ninir districts by the Weather Bureau. bp to last reports thj estimates of the lives lost in the fires at differont points in the two States are as given in tne following list, and it is feared the list is far below tho actual destruction of human life: Hinckley. Minn ym Sandstone. Minn . . jrt Sandstone, Junction 05 Pokeeama. Minn ' 25 Skunk Lake. Minn 28 Shell Lake, Minn ." l Miscellaneous points it) Total .. 100 SlCKENIMGRErOUTSITKOlH HINCKLEY Destruction Wrought by Flames-Train Overtaken unrl Dentroyeil. Of the manv munrts rnnrtlvArl fha most terrible and sickening comes from Hinckloy, ilinn. Saturday afternoon the lire jumped into the littlo tOWn with tho uiirlrltkttnAau F derbolt. With big loans tho flames came like a whirlwind with such force thAt. trilf4 IWVAI'aI innlinj 1.. were twisted in twain as if they had "a" nv w , ivivii.-i, rireurunut) WOl'0 rilll-lArl int.n Inn nil nnrl : ..u . ...v. ...WW,.. 1,1 1 .-u uijny reds only to fall and start new conflagrations. The firc-flghtors gave up the battle and turned their ntti,tl,.n to l.ersonal safetr. An Eastnrn Minnesota train had just come in, and the people flocked to it for safety. Box-cars wore coupled on, and in an instant almost umra llllnrl nnrl mw. ered all over with men. woman, and children. The t 'ain barely pulled out la tUM and uQoeeded in reaching

Duluth. About tho same timo an accommodation train 011 tho Hinckley and St. Cloud branch of tho road left the latter point. Its route lay directly across tho path of tho tire, 'and in a short timo tho train was in a ilosporuto situation. Smoke almost blinded tho engineer. Tho ties wore burning and rails warping. Burning trees were lying across tho track and wore I olng dashed aside ly tho engine. 8u lilonly tho tracks gavo way and tho train toppled ovor. Fortunntoly no one was injured, and ull on I oard hurried forward to Pokegaina station, which wai only a short distance ahead. The condition of the pooplo who did not get away from Hinckley on the train for Duluth was pitiable. Wagons and buggies wore hurriedly lillod with womon and children, horses woro swiftly harnossed and in the vohieles 2(H) pooplo lied tho town, with tho tire literally at their heels. Over a hill they iiew to a swamp, hoping that might prove tho'r salvation". As t'.e crowd reached tho eiliro of the morass they wore overtaken h : the llamas and all was over. With a last dosperato effort tho burning human beings rushed into tho lower portion of tho swamp, but tho (ire pur-ued its victims and not a soul was left to tell tho tale. On Sunday morning ISO corpses wero counted on a spaeo of but four or Jive acres. About 100 remained near Hinckley and took refuge in a gravolpit, saving their lives. Willi Timo on a Train. Ono of tho most thrilling stories that Come from the Hinckley confine ration is that of tho fate of a train which loft Duluth for Hinckloy at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Shortly after leaving Duluth tho srnoko along tho railroad track boeani i so thick it was impossible to see 100 yards ahoad. Tho darkness increased and tho lamps in tho c "aches wore lit. Soon it ivas u. black as midnight and tho train was filled with tho suffocating srnoko until tho passengers woro gasping for breath. Tho roar of tho Humes could be heard off to tho right of tho train and tho oncourngomoht the trainmen offered tho passengers fell on heedless ears. Childieu began crying and shrieking as they b'.ung in terror to their mot hoi s who' fell on their knees in the aisles praying for deliverance

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MAT Off THE BUKNED DISTltlCT. Heavy Dots Show luo Towns Pontroyod.

The pooplo on tho train had no knowledge of the de traction of Hinckley which was then in prog oss. Citizens Hoeing fr.im the strickon town flaggod the train and ovor loO era :ed and half burned men and women boarded tho cars and bagged th s trainmen to pull back to Duluth. With tho speed of tho wind tho tire was coming from Hinckley, which was only 11 milb and a half away. Engineer Hoot of the ill-fated train put on all strain and sont hij train spinning back toward Duluth. It was too late. Tho fire was swifter than steam. The roar became louder and louder. In a moment tho red glaro burst on the view of tho frantic pas sengers. Tho train was flying under a full head of steam, but tho tire was pursuing liko lightning. Soon the flam's were dancing nt tho side of tho windows. Ti o glass began to crack o. 1 he heat caino in from under tho seats, through tho windo ws and ventilators. Men wont crazy. One a tor another they jumped through the windows into tho roaring flames and were swallowed up. The women recovered their pretence of mind and soothed the terrifiod little ones. The tiainwascn fire from tho tender to the last coach and as it reached Skunk Lake tho order was given to abandon tho cars and fleo to a swamp near by. The pas-engers ran to tho swamp and fell half fainting in its muddy waters, where, aftor tho fir. pa-sod, relief 1 artios found them blinded and burned and little more than ha f alive. DEATH IN ITS WAKE. Awful Scene o tne Siunke I.lfU from Burns I Towni In the North. Tho partial lifting of tho voll of smoko Monday from the desolated lumber districts gavo tho surviving inhabitants the iirst full knowledgo of the awful horrors of tho lire. From the rescuing parties that aro following heroically in tho black wake of tho flames c. mo reports of the finding of scores of bodies, tho great majority of them burned beyond tho chanco of identification. On tho clearings havo been found tho bodies of fathers and brothers who met do:ith whilo striving to stay the progress of tho Tamos towards the homos which sheltered wives and sisters. Tho story is one of horror, lightened as all such stories: are by acts of heroism. Physicians at Duluth who have been to thr sc.-no of the line in I'ine County to attend to tho injured sav if tho deaths in othor sections aro in anything liko proportion to those in the section which thoy visited the list of tho lost will bo increased to more than l,o(X. The country botween Ontonagon and Channing, Mich., which is full of lumbar camps and contains the towns of Kockland, Pori and Greenland, has been cut off from outside communication, and it is feared almost the entire section has been burned over. Kains fell in the Ashland, Wis., district and checked the flames there, but in other places, notably no;-r Hinckloy, whore tho greatest loss of life occurred, the downfall was not heavy enough to b.i of material service. Tho inhabitant of Ilermansville. Mich., were battling with the firo Monday night and tho reports made it appear that the town w.is doomod. Spooner, Wis., lies just to the east of a great territory or burning forests. A change of the wind t tho west may moan the destructi n of tho town. Bib l ake. Taylor County, Wi ., has been added to tho list of towns probably destroyed. Its "iJd inhabitants are believed to bo him'jlosi, and fears are entertained that many have h st their lives. Fires are reported on tho lino of tho Northwestern between Commonwealth and Menominee. The ra'n must be heavy and widely extended to extinguish thoroughly tho lire owr tho territory still reported to bo burning. I The rain cloud that do'iignd St. Paul barely touched with its edge tho Pino County district, and with the increased ; velocity of the wind thorn is great ; danger that tho scenes of horror will be repeated. At In nwood, Mich., tho c'tixous oxploded dynamite at the top of n moon- j tain In tho hope of bringing ruin. Railroad bridges and viaducts iu that nart of Michigan are reported destroyed, and stories of great loss of life and destruction of property come from Watersmoet, Hurley and tho whole Oogobie region. The awfulness of tho desolation which strikes upon the eyo of tho observer as he reaches the caui) wiiieh was once tho t 'Wn of lime ..ley is still more strongly imp o-sed cm his vl-ion as he travolH northward. The; moke hai lifted, revealing 11 landscape tmro and black, the few standing trees being charred to ft height ot forty U

whilo the ground is rf t hat peculiar

lint of brown sand mixed with gun powder, for tho grass has hjen burned oven to tho ro ts. Aim here uniltliero, in tho 1 1 uk 1111.I ilivii'v t tiotelu'S o! couutrv in what is r.ow a grout, lone i land, is soon th ' body of a i!o ?r, w'iosc licet feet hud not In mi allo k outrun the Uamo or of a hiiiiuiii being who had been absolutely powerle-s against 1110 grim ie trover. Tho loss throughout- the burned districts will probably far exco. d tho estimate alreii'.ly made. Standing timber ruined By the tiros has not boon taken into considerate 11 and scores of littlj towns, mill rites, and lumber men's enmn.nrn vet tn Vic hciml fiMU Various larger places fought lire all i ay Monday, and still othor towns in tho path of t ho flame ; so mod doomed to destruction. Tho losses of tho Wisconsin Central, tho Chicago, St I'au! Minneapolis A- Omaha, and St. Paul ADuluth, and othor railroads travors'na tho pineries will bj large, as road bod aro injured, stations aim nriues burned, and rolling slock damaged boyon 1 repair. (1KAVES IN UOI1-S ACK." Scores of the Victims Hurled Without Heine; MiniUflr.l. In tho center of a burned and devastated 025 square miles stands a green snot nntouohod uv names, its graft waves gently in tho hot winds that arc swooping across tho stricken land: its simplo, whitewashed fem-o can h soon for miles. It is (Jod's acre, "Birch tt-iimJ " the comotorv in which ihn itoo p'o of Hinek'ov laid away their iieal. Bv some freak of the wind, as tin: though tie sav, the wave of fir swept around ond spared it. And there tho survivors imriocl their noun. 1 11 know not. whoso bodies thoy we re placing b.;ioath tho sod, but tor oao charred corpse, for each dismembcrod body there was a word ot prayer. 1 nai was all. mere was no timo lor ox tondod sorvicos. Tho flames had idaved cruel tricks with their victim and tho blazing sun, which shone liercely through a haze of srnoko, 1 on dorod oxuedltion necessary. For those to whom tho liro had boon moro merciful In not utterly wipin out all resemblance to human being. and who wero identified by rolatives or friends, a separate resting-place was provided. Thore was no timo to dl.j down six foot six inches of soil wus enough to cover the pine boxes from view and all tho wolves were driven from tho country or met the tame fate as man. Per th. so whose identity was utte -ly destroyed a last resting plaee was provided in four long trenches. Oaly ono minister was present, tho Rev. P. Kmid oil- of the Presbyterian Church. From dawn until dark ho was busy. As fast as a coffin wa loworod he was notified, and. casting a handful of earth on the casket, iu a few simplo words ho spoke of tho hope that is in the li e to come, and prayed the Almighty that a calamity s":eh as tho pre ent might never again be inflicted on the earth. ''oMln-tniiklii'r iho Onl.- Indnstry. There was ono sign of activity in this flame-scourged placo a pile of lumber just west of tho railroad tracks and carpenters hammering at it busily. But thoy wore not engaged in the rebui ding of Hinckley. Theirs was other work coffins thoy woro making co i ns knocking them' together hastily like men mak hgsoap bo.es, each coflin a rough crate of raw pico boards, finished in horrible hast;-, Thoy woi-e corded up alongside tho trucks, stacked ready for use, but thoy did not remain stacked long. As fast as the carponters could finish the ugly boxes there woro claimants for each o'f them. Corpses and scraps of corpses came in on handcars and on wrecking trains: Ihoy were boiuie in like sacks of potatoes by calloused bearers, who picked thorn up here and there in tl;o ashes. Corpsos bumieddown to shapoless lumps; corpses bleated and blistoved by lighter touches of the fire, Tho stench of them was intolerable, heavy enough to sicken t e lusty Scandinavians who hud to work over thorn. Trains came into what was n'nekloy bearing p ovisions and blankets and tents. Ther.? were fow for these supplies t; iK-nclit though, f lu" the population was scattered or dead. A detachment of the Minnesota Stato troops set up a trim row of tents along the railway truck aud t hese, the only habitation in Hinckley, wore given over to grave diggers and the corpse unucrs. Sp-irks from the l'lmnrs. Gov. Nslsoo, of Minnesota, has issued a proclamation appealing for aid. 1 he woods are on lire on both slues ofKusse'.l City, Pa., and the I ro oxlonus o,i r an area 01 twenty miles. Forest liros are within a milo of 1 Kane. Ph., on all sides. The si n has not been soon at Bulgeville N. V., for nearly a week, so dense is the smoko overhead from fires, bcth north unl south. Gov. Peck, of Wisconsin, issued an appoal for tho reliof of tho burned out people of Barronett. Granit i.a!;o and O- m-toek, where In 1 fam lies aro suffering. Ho has gone to the scene with a car load of food and 1 nhing. A village of 1MI people w .rklng for a quarry company, located two inilos oust of Sandstone ha-not boon heard from. It is fearod all have perished, t Forest liros u'o raging all along tho line of the Buffalo, Rochester mid Pittsburg railroad, Tho woods are on fi:e for miles. Tho Amorieuii Express Company will forward .reo of cha go to points in Minnosota unci Northorn Wisconsin contributions of money and clothing for tho sufferers. St. Paul 1.' do of I-Iks turiio I ovor iHi to tho relief conimit'co. Prayers havo been oiler, d in tho churches for rain. Immense (ires ji evuil throughout the upper peninsula i f Michigan and Northern Wismr.si '. Iloiiiolcadci's a:-o fleeing for their livos. The eitions and momb.vs nf I ho U. Puul Chamber of Commerce raised nearly $1,( 00 in cash subscriptions for the reliof of t he lire Hinlerei s. A relief train from IJulutli revmed bearing 217 survivors of iho disaster ut Saiidst-ne. lr is estimated that the yearly pasKongor trips on the ferry boat i beiwcoil Nov Jersey an I New Vei l, number 70.010. Htm: that the total fo.- ajl New Vork ferries will execea 1 (i,iitlii,d00; that tho number of butt trips equal l.Ktii'jOtlil, and the number of teams curried, fi,(Kio,l.00. A FHOZKN a tap rubble broken in two and floating liko aa iri lesceiit transparent egg-shoil 011 the surface of a vessel ot li u'd 11 r was one of the most marvelous sights shown b, Prof. Do war recent ly in a c dure ai tho Koyul In tltution. Lon ion, on the oilo.'ts Of intense cold.

WOMAN'S

At the Indiana State Fair.

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The Woman's Department of tho this year September 17 to 2:!, promises

foro in the history of the Stato. Many new features will be added to the already beautiful and commodious building, and the arrangruents of the

exhibits will be made with a view to the pleasure of the visitors. This department is always full of interest to the ladies of the State, and man

competitors for premiums reside outside of our great commonwealth. The building is one of the finest of its kind in the country. It is large and

constructed with a view to tho best woman's handiwork. NEWS OF OUPt STATE. A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. fVhat Oar Nclfflil:-rs Arc Uolng Matters bt General and Loral Interest Marriage and Deaths Aeeifleulu aitd CrimesPointers About Our Own 1'eaple. minor Htute Items. Bristol people are protesting vigorously against another saloon being located there. J. W. H.fKKTT, ex-postmaster at Strawns, committed suicide by shooting himself, i'oor health. The Incandescent Klectrie I.iirht Comi-any and tho Seymour tlas-lighi and Coke Coinnauv. both .-:eymour concerns, have consolidated. If MMONi he.tlth officers claim to ha- c located a factory in i.:ke County where sausages and uried beef w ore made from carcasses of Chicairo street car horses'. Mhs. Mahy Winn's house, near Vuncie, was bunrlari.od and I'M worth of jewelry stolen, When she heard of the theft she was orostruted and her recovery is doubtful. II. SI. Williams, u balloonist, as cended 't.ooi feel in the air ut Fort Wayne, lie lowered himself fifty fcut by a roiio and altompled to pull his parachute loose. Tho huge umbrella would not work and he was compelled to climb, hand over hand, to tho trapeze, lie came down iu safety with the balloon. The great Burton family, mini bprinar l'd.O to in the United States, and about eighteen luindro:! in the vicinity of Mitchell, held their annual reunion iu a beau if ill gio.c near that city. Prof. C. II. Hall of Franklin, made the unnual address. At noon dinner was served by the Burloii family. Manv niter dinner speeches were made by prominent meinbere ol the family. t shocking accident happened at, ti e Marts canning factory, Tipton, which will result in the death of Sirs. George Teague. She was feeding the ct.n tiler and her hair cany-lit 111 a line shaft above her. The entire scalp, in cluding her forehead and ono oar, was j cruet, off. There is not a hair on her head nor eyebrows that are left, the srrgeuns dressed the wounds, but they say that there is no possible hope for her recovery. The ."-year-old daughter of Leander Alger, five miles north of Wabash, was burned to death. With her brother and father she went out in tho field burning stubble and w hile her father was away tiring the straw tho flumes surrounded tin; child. She tried to light her way through, but was di'i en back, and when her father. hearing her screams, reached her she had fallen over und was unconscious, dying an hour afterward. Ku ilAiii) M GKIFF und his brother George, twins, celebrated their ninetythird birthday at tho former's home near Decatur recently. They aro un doubtedly the oldest twin brothers in the I nited States. Both ure quite spry, walk without canes and read thout glasses. One tliintj remarka ble in the history of their lives is that neither ever used tobacco in any form nor took intoxicating lhxuors. Kach owns 1. well improved farm. While sittins.' in a chair in front of M. I j. .Jordan's busine.-s place at Pen dleton, Simeon Brown suddenly fell dead. A doctor was culled, but life was extinct. Tho deceased was a well-to-do farmer and lived tlirco li ilcs south of Pendleton. Ho was about sixty live years old, At the American lin-i'iate factory, Klwool, Major Stewart, employed in the tinning department, accidentally dropped some water in the ac d Mux, causing it to explode. Hying all over his bands, head aud face, and possit ly destroying hit sight. If ho recovers he will ho disligurod for life. TWc LOADED motor ears on the lliimiiKmd, Whiting, aud Kast Chicago l'.b ctrtc streot Kuilwav collided near Whiti;. Chas. Mashino. motorman, ai d Gustav Peterson and A. K. Faulkner, iKussengors, were fatally injured. Severn! persons wero more or le bruised. llxi.v eight of tho ninety-two coun ties have reported to the State Board of Election Commissioners tho number f voters iu their precincts. At the lust el.etion tickets wero distributed to l.Oi; townships, 2,U(ti precincts, and Hi,iui' voters, two lor each voter. This year pickets enough will be tent out to suoply 750,000 voters with two eacL. The State Tax Commis-ion is eiviiur attention to the allowances that have to be made to t he attorneys who carried the railroad and other corpora tion tax cases lo the I nited States Supremo Court. The total amount of pioportv in controversy was over OiiD.iinti, said to be the la-gcst amount ever 111 In itru! ion us to t xution. The las on this amount reached nearly i.ooo.iHKi, mid the attorneys conse quently expected a big fee. It, is said ma! the board intends to distribute ',0110 ainoni' three attorneys, civiiitr .lohn W. Kern t 10,00' ',W A.'Ketchnm, Jl1 1,1100. and A..I. Bevcridgo $t;,(rtJ. IcilN LlXhKY wuh Killed by 11 Blir l-'cur train at .Mllford,

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Indiana Stato Fair, which will be held to be moro Interesting than ever b0' and most comprehensive exhibit ol Bic wood-working mill, worth $50,000 is in ashes at Greenwood. Axdekso.v flint bottle works have started up and 20i) men are employed. Shipshkwan'A expects to have water works and electric lights this fall. S irTii Ben'ii has a city ordinance prohib ting the peddling of produce lr. the streets. Diphtheria is epidemic at Bedford. Opening of s .'hoots has been postponed on this account. Solomon k. Yost fell down an elevator shaft at Evansville, a distance ol fifty feet. May recover. AL. I.ek jumped from a passenger train froiug ut full speed near Anderson and was fatally injured. Karl Buown, 10-year-old stepson ol James P. Townsend, living noar Edinburg. was found drowned in a rain barrel. Moses liose, aged U, while stealing a ride on a P., (.'., C. & St. L. passenger train, fell beneath tho wheels and was fatally injured ut .Jeffersonville. A kehiol'S head end collision between a j asseuger and freight train occurred on the C. K. & I. road, neat Hilhdale. Both engines wero wrecked. No one in jurod. IIenky Vodde. a fifteou-year-old Ind, was almost Instantly killed at Kort Wavno. by falling under a Wa busii train whilo trying to run across ahead of the locomotive. J.'.:ik II ati 11, aged 3, got a tobacoc tag in his throat the other day, and Mi.tered great agony. Tho tag was fo.-ccd into his stomach, and wa thrown from his stomach by an ometic, EtWAi:n Kki.ly, a glass blower, originally from East Cambridge. Mass., died at Swav.eo. Kelly arose from hie bed for a drink of water. Ho drank from a run of supposed rain water on a window Iedgo. The can contained concentrated lye tho chambermaid had been using for cleaning the room. Aitor four days of agony Keily died. Joseph Woods, a prosperous farmer of Ih-andywlno Township, Shelby County, is the possessor of a week-old pig which has six legs. The oxtra legs are joined to the pelvis and to the rear of the hams. The animal is in u healthy condition, and bids fair vo live to maturity. A closo examination shows that there aro two animals, which have been united about tho middle lumbar vertebra. In the war of the rebellion Indiana had l"(i regiments and 34 companies infantry, 175,77 " men; 13 regiments ol cavalry. 21,1)00: 12 companies and 25 batteries of artillery, KyiiHi, total, 208,307. These troops were in eOH engagements, in Virginia. i0: Tennessee, 51; Georgia. 41; Mississippi, 24; Arkansas, 111: Alabama, IS: Kentucky, 1G: Louisiana, l.'i, Missouri, i; North Carolina, f: Maryland, 7: Texas. 2; South Carolina, 2:. Indian Territory, 2; Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, I each. Total 17 States Mii.s. Lizzie Newtont was instantlj kille 1 in a runaway accident on the Fair land and Shelby villo road, nour ('airland. She was In a buggy in company with her sister-in-law, Mrs. .1 aiiiea Cray. The horse became frightened.tumed tho buggy over, and threw tho two womon to tho ground, liuth of thorn wore dragged a considerable distance Mrs. Gray was alsq seriously hurt ami muy dio. She is ai out 00 ycirs old, while Mrs. Newton was 72. A body" ot masked men broke in a building in Vtilkinson, owned by Charles Eakiu, formerly used for 8 saloon and rented to parties to open out again next week. The pool table and all the furniture and fixtures were completely demolished, aggregating a loss of about is'lOO. Se liETAKY VV. E. O'HAYENof Greenfield, aniioiinit's that Company A. i'ifty-third Hoglmcnt, will hold its annual reunion at Greenfield on Sept. lu. Alt members of company and regiment aro especially invited to meet, llulf-farc rate tins been granted from Indianapolis and return. A Washin'Cito.v girl sent to a Eastern firm for u recipe to protuoto beauty. The reply read: "Mind your 111 othor and stay "at home of nights." A cask of extreme cruelty to a chile came to light recently at New Albany. A few nights ago Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Harris had a light at their home on Water street. Mrs. Harris was worsted, und in a spirit of revenge she seUed her li year-old stepson Charles and threw him on a rod hot stove. Both arms were badlv burned before Mr. Harris could pull him off. He drove his wife from the house and the littlo boy is being cared for by relatives, fomplivuts will bo preferred against Mrs. Harris. SKi'KETAKY BlCKNELL, who has jUSl returned from a visit to tho Southern prison, says the abolition of tho lockstep there is regarded as a movo iu tho right direction. Through the loclc-ste long-time prisoners acquired a peculiar gait that branded them all their lives us ex-convicts. The North oni pri.-on will soon follow the example of the Southern prison in this respect The now wall around the latter insti tution has been finished, it is thirtysix feet high, und extends seven loo! under ground, resting on a b isoseV" oral feet wiili'. The prison la ill at overcrowded condil ion. Mu iiioAS cm- will ostubllsh tm kitiUurgai-tt-n Hcliuuls.

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StomachLiver Cure Hie Most Astonishing Medical Discovery ot the Last One Hundred Years. It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar. It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Hilk. This wonderful Nervine Tonio has only recently been introduced into this country by the proprietors and manufacturers of the Great South American Nervine Tonic, and yet its great value as a curative agent has long been known by a few of the most learned physicians, who have not brought its merits and value to the knowledge of the general public This medicine has completely solved the problem of the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia, and diseases of tho general nervous system. It is also of tho greatest value in the cure of all forms of failing health from whatever cause. It performs this by the great nervine tonic qualities which it possesses, and by its gr-nt curative powers upon the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compare with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and strengthener of the life forces of the human body, and as a great renewer of a. broken-down constitution. It is also of more real permanent value iw the treatment and cure of diseases of the lungs than any consumption remedy ever used on this continent. It is a marvelous cure for nervousness of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical period known as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonio, almost constantly, for the space of two or three years. It will carry them safely over the danger. This great strongthencr and curative is of inestimablo value to the aged and infirm, because its great energizing properties will give them a new hold on life. It will add ten or fifteen years to the lives of many of those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.

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All these and many other complaints cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic NERVOUS DISEASES. As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to compare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very pleasant and harmless in all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate individual. Nine-tenths of all the ailments to which the human family is heir are dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired digestion. When there is an insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, a general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow, and nerves is the result Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied; and a thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear as tho nerves recover. As tho nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the first to suffer for want of perfect nutrition. Ordinary food does tot contain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment necessary to repair the wear our present mode of living and labor imposes upon the nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be supplied. This South American Nervine has been found by analysis to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts for its universal adaptability to the cure of all forms of nervous derangement.

CuwroKSSTtLLE. Ind., Aug. 99, tt. To the Qrtat South A msriean Medicine Co. : Deab Gents: I desiro to say to you that I haro suffered for many years with a very serious disease of tho ttomach and nerves. I tried every medicine t could bear of. but nothing done me ensf appreciable good until I was advised to try your Great South American Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, ond Bince using several bottles of it I must say that I am surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the stomach and general nervous system. If everyone knew the value of this remedy as I do you would not be able to supply the demand. J. iu Habjjke, Ex-Treas. Hoatgomer Co.

A SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITAS' DANCE OR CHOREA. i Cbawfokdsviixe, Ind., June 22, 1887. My daughter, eleven years old, was severely afflicted with St. Vitus' Dance or Chorea. We gave her three and one-half bottles of South American Nerviue and she is completely restored. I believe it will cure every case of St. Vitus' Dance. I have kept it in my family for two years, and am sure it is the greatest remedy in the world for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and for all forms of Nervous Disorders and Foiling Health, from whatever cause. , , John X. ALtsH. State of Indiana, . Montgomery County,' Subscribed and sworn to before me this June 22, 1SS7. Chas. W. Weight, Notary Public INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA. The Great South American Nervine Tonio Which we now offer you, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast train of symptoms and horrors which aro the result of disease and debil ity of the human stomach. No person can afford to pas9 by this jewel of incalculable value who is affected by disease of the stomach, because the experience and testimony of many go to prove that this is the ose and ONI.T one great cure in the world for this universal destroyer. There is no case of unmalignant disease of the stomach which can resist tbe wonderful curative powers of the South American Nervine Tonic . ,

HiKEliT E. Hill, ol Waynetown, In J., says : "I owe my life to the Great South American Nervine. I baa been in bed for five month from the effects of an exhausted stomach. Indirtlon, Nervous Prostration, and a general shattered condition of my whole system. Had given up all hopes of getting well. Had tried three doctorn, with no relief. The first bottle of the Nervine Tonic Improved piesomuchthat Iwasableto walk about, and a few bottles cured me entirely. I believe It is tl)J best medicine In the world. I can not recommend It too nigniy. No remedy compares with South AvKmct

pares with South American Nervine as a wondrous euro for tho Stomach. No remedy will at all compare with South American Nervine as a core for all forms of falling health. It never falla to sure Indigestion aud Dvspepsia. Tt never fails to cure Chorea or St.. Vltux' Dance. Its powers to build up the whole system are wonderful In the extreme. It cures the old, the young, aud tho middle aged. It is a great friend to the aged and Infirm. Do not neglect to uxe this prerlous booa.; If you do, yon may neglect the only remedy which will restore you to health. South Amcrh-an Nervine la perfectly sole, and very pleasant to the tnnte. Delicate Itullin, do not fail to use tht great cure, because It will put the bloom ot freshness and beauty upon your lips and in your cheeks, and quickly drive away your disabilities and weaknesses. Price, Large IS ounce Bottles, $1.25; Trial Size, 15 Cents. EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED. Every person purchasing six large bottles from our advertised agent at, 11.25 each la entitled to ono bottle free. If not kept by druggists order direct

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Chronic Diarrhoea, Delicate and Scrofulous Children, Rbsecci Wiurrxsoif, of Brownsvalley, Tmi.. says : " I had been in a distressed condition for three years from Nervousness. Weakness of theStomach. Dyupepsia. and indigestion, untfl sow health was eoue. t had been doctorfns; constantly, with no relief. I bought one bottle of South Amerlran Nervine, which done tne mora good than any $50 worth of doctoring X ever did In my life. I would advise every weakly pet son to use this valuable and lovely remedy ; i few bottles of It has cured me ccwplttely. I consider It the gran dent medicine In tks world." Mm. Elu A. Buxttox. o! New Ross. :!ndlsn. says: "I cannot express now moca tenwuv Nervine Tonic. My system was completiiy shat tered, appetite gone, was couching and eplulng up blood; am sure I was in the firm: stages of conHUmptlon, an Inheritance haniltd down throueh several generations. I liegnu taking the Nervine Tonic, and continued Its use for about six mouths, and am entirety erred. It Is the grandest remedy for nerves, stomach and lungs i nave ever seen. Neb vine as a cure for the Nerves. No remedy com

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