Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 November 1891 — Page 1

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Ladies, we invite you to call and be convinced that our prices arc the cheapest for good coaks. We have the largest and most complete line oi ladies' and children's cloaks lobe found in the city. We aUo guarantee you a perfect fit.

honest Goods and Honest Prices call on D. W Rountree.

OPPOSITE COURT MOUSE.

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Our Prices arc as reasonable as any before the public, consistent with Rood work. See us before placing an order for your monuments.

Hustle Work a Specialty. IIOVTAKI) & IMKNKTT, awfordsvUie. Indiana, wrner Market and Green Street.

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Stoves and Furniture

Large stock to Select From and at LOW PRICES.

FOR SALE.

•Fresh Oysters, Celery, Cranberries, Choice Eaticg and Cooking Apples, Pickles, Jersey Sweet Potatoes, New Sorghum Molaeses ar.d everything else in the way of Staple and

Fancy Groceries, at

Avoid the rush by leaving your orders at once lor your gas fitting.

We have in stock a complete line of-

Plain and Ornamental Fixtures.

A first-class workman with years of experience will superintend al work and guarantee •he inspector's test. Charges Rcasonablt

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Cloak Day!

Cull and Inspect before buying as I Can Save You Money

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W.H. LaFLEUR.

VOL. VI—NO. 229. 0RAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1891.

KEPT THEIR WORD.

Tonnoasoo Minora Carry Out T.i Threats,

"INMATES OF ANOTHER PRISON FREED.

The Stockade at Oliver Springs Raided, tlio ItullilliiK" liuriieil ami the l*rlnoner« Turned I.done—Nearly SOU

Convicts Now at I.arge.

TENNESSEE IN A FUROltE. A NASIIVIU.K, Tenn., Nov. 3.—The state of Tennessee is confronted by the I most serious situation of any in many years. East Tennessee miners, aided by miners from Kentucky, not only have released the 805 convicts at the

Hriceville and Coal Creek branch prisons and burned the stockade at the former place, but increased the gravity of the offense Monday by setting free the 155 convicts at the Oliver Springs branch-prison and laying the stockades, hospital and other buildings in ashes. Not content with this dcfiance of the law, they talk of attacking the branch prisons at Tracy City and Inman and setting free the 422 convicts at the former and the 200 at the latter place. Ho far 401 criminals have suddenly been freed, given citizens clothing and aided to make their esoape, most of them into Kentucky. Concerning the rumors of a contemplated attack upon the

Tracy City and Inman prison the information received by Mr. E. B. Wade, superintendent of prisons, who is now at Knoxvllle, was such as to cause him to telegraph the state board of prison inspectors and ask for authority to employ extra guards at these places. The board met and promptly granted the desired authority, and the forces at Tracy City and Inman will at onco b« increased. The state authorities have been warned by the experience at Briecville, Coal Creek and Oliver Springs, and it is presumed they will make every effort to prevent a repetition of the disgraceful scenes that have occurred within a few days.

The mines at Oliver Springs have been operated by the Cumberland Coal Company, which, fearing trouble, placed extra guards on duty, but as was the case at BricevlUe and Coal Creek but little or no rsslstance appears to have been madq when 200 armed and mounted men rode up to the stockade at 1 o'clock Monday morning and demanded that the prisoners be turned over to them. The night was dark, and for a time there wap great confusion at the stockade, men hurrying hither and thlt.l«£ Upon getting possession of tho stockade the mob qulokly released all of the convicts, and after prdviding nearly all of the prisoners feith citizens clothing ordered them to leatfa at once. The order was

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without hesitation, the convicts fleeing in every direction. The mob then set fire to the buildings- and in a few moments dense volumes of smoke curled up and made the heavens blacker. Then came the flames and speedily the country for miles around was lighted up by the burning pile. The mob, gloating over their night's work, yelled and fired their guns and pistols and after awhile rode away, and before day dawned had separated, each going his own way. In tho meantime the convicts were far away, many having crossed tho Kentucky line, while the remainder had scattered like sheep.'

The Columbia Coal Company estimate their loss by the destruction of property at SI 5,000, without a dollar of insurance. The company, like those at Hriceville and Coal Creek, had been expecting trouble until the recent meeting of the miners at Briceville, at which time the miners had apparently concluded to give up the contest and make strong appeal to the next legislature to abolish the lease system. After the attack on the Briceville and Coal Creek prisons the guards were strengthened, but the miners had determined to finish the work in that portion of east Tennessee, and accordingly moved on Oliver Springs with the result stated. The lessees of the convicts have refused to pay the usual reward of S-5 for the capture of escaped convicts on the ground that they did not escape but were forcibly released. Mr. Baxter, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, the lessees of the convicts, said in regard to the best mode of settling tho trouble, that he did not see what the governor could do but use his utmost endeovors to recapture the convicts and bring to justice the participants in the riots. The state board of prison inspectors has received a dispatch stating that a large majority of the convicts had escaped into Kentucky, but tlint eight had been arrested and started to Is'ash' ville.

Gov. Buchanan has offered a reward of 825 for the capture of each of the convicts that have escaped and S-M00 for the arrest and conviction of the leaders in the releasing of the convicts and tho destruction of property. It is supposed that in addition to the Tennessee detectives who will endeavor to effect the capture of the leaders in the insurrection the large offer will induce some of the most skillful officers in other states to engage in the dangerous work. That it will be attendelf with danger there can be no doubt, as the leaders are backed by thousands of miners and sympathizers. Besides the reward offered for the leaders there is also one of $250 each for the apprehension and conviction of men participating in the reccnt riots.

The fact that the work of arresting tlicr.c men will be exceedingly liazanions is show1 by news received f.ora Campb'ill county Monday. It is paid that deputy sheriff in that county who to two escaped convicts in'. istody v. ere overtaken by a num-1 ber oi men. supposed to be miners from Ncwcotub *vho- released the convicts and took away the deputy sheriff, uincc which tiui- nothing ha* b«ep

seen or hoard of liim, and the supposition is that he met with foul play. JASPKU, Tcnn., Nov. 8.—Mrs. Davis, wife of one of the convict guards at Inman, where is located one of the largest convict camps in the state, committed suicide Monday morning. She blew her brains out with a shotgun. She left a note to her husband saying that she had rather be dead than to be living with him. There is some mystery about tho matter, and It is believed the inhumanity of convict labor bore heavily an her mind.

CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

Three Utile One* lu- lllluul. Meet au Awful Fate. WAHSAW, 111., Nov. 3.—In the absence of Mr*. Eliza Riley, colored, her house was destroyed Monday by fire. Her two grandchildren, aged 8 and 4 years, who had been locked in the house by Mrs. Kiley while she -.vent on an errand, were burned beyond recognition. The children were motherless, and their father, Emanuel R. Smith, lives in Paris, Mo. The bereaved and homeless grandmother was helped financially by the townspeople.

QUINXV, 111., Nov. —Two children of John Oswald were playing near an open fire Monday when the clothitig of one, a girl 18 mouths old, caught fire and she was burned to death.

Can't Hury Tlielr Deart.

ST. 1'KTKitsnuito, Nov. 8.—A harrowing story comes from the province of Samara. The peasants are so reduced by starvation and want that many of them arc unable to go even to the government distributing points for supplying food. In one village no less than forty-two have perished, and the number of dead In the whole province will amount to not less thau 1,000. The survivors in most instances are too weak to attend the burial of the departed and officials are compelled, much against their will, to inter the remains.

I'or.'.t Firm.

ST. Loris, Nov. 8.—Forest fire6 are devastating western St. Louis county. The damage will reach a considerable figure unless rain saves the threatened property. Tom Nicholl's homestead fire started the blaze. The house was consumed, a loss of S5.000.

MASCOL-TAH, 111., Nov. 8.—Forest fires have been raging in Kaskaslcia river bottom, 10 miles south of here, for several days. Some farm property and a vast amount of timber have been destroved.

Killed by a Train.

YOUXGSTO-WN, O., Nov. 3.—William Jackson, a farmer, with his wife and daughter, while driving over the track at Case's crossing Sunday were struck by a passenger train on the Erie road, Mrs. Jackson being instantly killed and her daughter badly injured, but will recover. Mr. Jackson was thrown fully 40 feet and severely bruised.

A Malt Home fn Ashe*

ST. LOUIS, NOV. 8.—The one-story brick malt house of Henry Kunz, together with 80,000 bushel's of malt, occupying most of the block bounded by Ann and Russell avenues and Dolman and Thirteenth streets, was gutted by fire at a late hour Sunday night. Loss 886,000, covered by insurance.

A Fatal II una way.

LIMA, 0., Nov. 8.—Mrs. John Kiele and Mrs. George Johnson were ridini in the country Monday when thei horse took fright, ran over an eipbankment and the ladies were dashed against a stone abutment. Both were instantly killed.

THE MARKETS.

WHKATr-Kuled weaker. No. 8 cash and No veraber, 934(S94Kc December, 91!{(&954o, and May. (1.01(3,1.024.

CORN—Active and strong. No. 8 and No. S Yellow, MftJMSc No. 3 and.No. 3 Yellow, Mc November, 52itW^c Year, 45?| May, 4*K@434c.

OATH—Steady. No. 8 cash, 30@30tfo. No vember, 30ftW,Hc May, 3l*»®31Hc. Sample* in fair supply and tlrmer. No. 3, ftX&XHfc No 8 Whilp, 31&%Jc No. 8. 30^®31c No. S White. 3*.@,32 c.

KYE- Quiet aud slow. No. 3 cash, 89Mo November, HPHc, and December, OO^&UOifc. BAKLBY—Demand fair for good malting, but other grades slow poor unsound, 33ft38c common maHh malting, 38843c fair to good, 48®52c choice heavy aud bright, &5QOOc, and fancy, 61

MESS FORK—'Trading moderately active and prices higher. Prices rouged at (8.18*4(38.35 for oasb 9H.0S&&90 for November: Mll7ji(&8.4Q for December, and 910.85(^11.17*4 for January.

LAHD—Mnrl'ct moderately active and prices higher. Quotations ranged at (6.85(^5.05 for casb f6.77H®5.87H 'or November •5.ft7tt®(J.0Q for December, and for January.

FOUI/TRY—Live Chickens, 8®0c per lb. Live Turkeys. 7'Mlc per lb. Live Ducks, 8® OHc per lb. Live Geese, 14.00^0.75 per dozen.

IIUTTEH—Creumory, 'JOatWc Dairy, l&$S8c Faoklng Stock, U^14c. OILS—Wisconsin Primo White. 8c Water White, 8Se Michigan Prime White, 9}fc Water White, lOUc Indiana Prime White, 9*40 Water White, 10c Headlight, 175 test, 9ftc Gasoline, 87 dog's. 14c 74 deg's, 83{c.

LIQUORS—Distilled Spirits remain firm on tho basis of tl. 18 per gut. for finished good*.

A BANK WRECKED.

The Maverick National of Boston Closes Its Doors.

LIABILITIES PLACED AT $8,000,000.

The Muli-lile or a Uebtor Ilrlng. About th. I'rlnl. I11 lu AflTaln—1're.Ulent rotter and Two Director* Arrented Tor Ktlibexj.leliieut.

A SENSATION IN FINANCK CIHCL.BS. BOSTON, Nov. 3.—The doors of the Maverick bank swung opeu Monday morning shortly before 1) o'clock, just long enough to admit Alfred Ewer, the national bank examiner, and such officers anil clerks as were, necessary to assist him in his business. Then they were as effectually closed against everybody as if they were uttachcd to the latest improved burglar-defying safe, with time lock attachment, auil would open only wide enough to admit a card or a note after assurance that it was "important." The visit of Mr. Ewer was to take possession of the bank in the name of the United States and by order of the comptroller of the currency.

President Asa Potter's big bank has failed, and it is a failure that shakes Boston to the very center. Happily, the results do not now threaten to be so sweeping and disastrous as might have been tho result bad the crash come suddenly or had the conditions been other than they are. Late Monday afternoon the examiner sent a message to Comptroller Lacoy informing him that the liabilities of the bank are $2,U00,UU.I cash on hand, $1,400,000. The indebtedness of Asa I'. l'otter to the bank is placed at SI, 100.000. He has made an assignment. T. P. Beal, president of the Second national bank, has been selected as receiver, and tho clearing-house committee voted that it is tho judgment of the clearing house that all of the banks constituting the association should at once combine to relieve the necessities of the de| o-iitorsof the Maverick national bank by making a written agreement among themselves to advance money to such -positors upon the security of the assignment of their claims against said Maverick national bank. This prompt action alone prevented a panic here Monday.

Asa P. Potter, presieent, Col. Jonas H. French and Thomas Dana, directors of the Maverick national bank, were arrested by 1'nited States marshals Monday, the former at his summer residence in fohassctt aud the two latter at theiv residences in this city. The warrants, it is understood, charge embezzlement and violation of the United States banking laws.which forbid loans by a national bank to any single individual amounting to more than 10 per cent, of its capital stock.

Mr. Potter was allowed to spend the night at his home in company with a United States deputy marshal. He will be arraigned this morning before Commissioner Mallet on the charge of embezzlement and the misappropriation of the funds of the bank. Col. Jonas French and Thomas T. IJana, the two directors who with Mr. Potter actually managed the bank, were arraigned under the same charge as is brought against Mr. Potter and were released giving bail for "SIOTI.OHCI and 575,000 jspoctively "t was reported that the Boston ine railroad had 7JO.OOO on deposit

Drains, Provision*, Etc* CHICAGO. Nov. 8.

FLOC R—Quiet. Spring Wheat Patents, (4.0G ©5.00 Bakers, 13.75(^3.90 Winter Wheat Flour Patents, M.&0&4.60 straights, U.25&4.4Q.

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.

WHEAT—Advanced ?«&IKC,ON foreign buying, reacted, but now tlrm ut lie rise dull. November tl.04Hfcl-0lU: December, H.06 9-1001.00H January, February, Il.09ttl.l0 May, tl.lt%@1.12',i.

CORN—Advanced W'JIfc on export demand declined ',421c on realizing. No. 8, 70&?lc. OATfl—Quiet, firm. Western, 35®4Ic.

PROVISIONS—Ueef quiet and 'steady. Extra mess, fy.OOi/.lo.OJ: fumlly, (11.00^18.00. Pork Inactive and steady. New mess, (11.00 old mess, (10.00. Uxtru prime, $10.50 11.00. Lard dull and WHHU. Stonm rendered, (0.30.

Cl.KVELAND, O., Nov. t.

PETROLEUM—Quiet. Standard white, 110, 6H0 74 gasoline. 7c Sti gasoline, 10c 68 naph tha,6', ?.

Live Stock. CHICAGO, Nov.fl.

CATTLE—Market ratber active and prices fairly well supported. Quotations ranged at (6.00 for prime to shipping Steers: (4.30&&.Q0 for (,'ood to fancy do. (3.00&4.00 for common to fair do.: &.t»@4.2r> for butchers' Steers (l.HUtTr&fiO for Blockers (V.OOttSJO for I Texans ttt.50i&4.U) for Hungers fr.'.50$3.g5 for

Feeders (l.fiOCr&W for Cows (I.tf5®8.75 for Hulls, apd $^.605^5.00 for Veal Calves. HOGS—Market fairly active. Feeling rather easy'owing to the light supply. Prices ruled 5®10c lower on heavy and mixed, and 10&1&C lower on light aud commot: grades. Sales ranged at (8.90^3.75 for Pigs (3.35®3.80 for light I l3.45Q3.ttt for mixed, sud (3.70(^4.10 for iifAVf packl&i aud shipping loin. I .•

he Maverick bank to cover their November dividend, (ieneral Manager ber denied that the amount would reach this figure, but. said that the rood had $400,000 in the bank at the time of its suspension.

B.v law the proprietors of a national bank are allowed to borrow only 10 per cent, of the capital stock of the institution on the same collateral. In this case it is said Asa P. Potter owes 81,800,000. Jonas II. French ¥800.000and Thomas Dana $400,000, or a total of 52.500.000, although under the law only 840,000 could be properly loaned to any one person.

About $.*i.000 of tin- firemen's relief fund was plac:*d in the .Maverick bank, but the bull: of the fund is locked up in the city trenMirer's safety vaults. In the Maverick was also the John Boyd O'Ki-ill.v :nnd. mnounting to some 817.000.

Pispatehes from various points throughout the state tend to show that the loss by the Maverick bank failure will not seriously atTect local banking houses.

The Hoston banks have voted to assess themselves 8 per cent, of the amount of their loans. This will raise about $4,000,000 I«r loan to the Maver iclt bank depositors

The friends of Irving A. Evjins de' clare that lie offered up his life as a tribute to friendship: that he was worth SSOJ.OOO one year ago and gave all that and more to save his fricnd that lie kited checks between New York and Itoston had enormous arbitrage transactions in both exchanges to make clearings between the two cities and assist, the Maverick national bunk to meet one draft with another: that when thus strain could no longer be borne, he overdrew his account at the. bank to make his own drafts individually square, destroyed all evidence implicating any other parties. and declining to return to the city to effect a settlement upon his own account at the bank, put himself out of this world to save Mr. Potter and the bank.

Upon Mr. ICvans' books are five joint accounts. Joint account No. 2 is what Mr. Evans termed to his associates and confidential friends "the big account.*' It is this account that is SOOO.OOO under water. There is uo evidence outside of ono living inun that shows Mr. Potter was the partner upon this joint account. It has been assumed by the bookkeeper and Mr. Evans' partners that this account belonged to Mr. ICvans and Mr. Potter jointly, but Mr. Potter's name is not upon the books and Mr. Evans in his last letters denied it explicitly. To different individuals within a year Mr.

Evan* has said inconvemation that

Potter had no joint account and no transactions with him. Mr. Potter has been paid alnuit 8150,000 as profits of joint speculation with Mr. Evans in VM-ious ch-cks, but Mr. Potter declares that he has received no checks from Mr. Evans for over eighteen mouths, nor has he during this time hail any personal accouut with Mr. Evans. All of Mr. Evans' great speculations of the last eighteen months have, however, been conducted in the name of this joint account,

Atteyed Kxplonlon lit a Cemetery. Colt

poi.is, Pa., Nov. 8.—The Alle

gheny Cemetery Company few months ago started to bore a gas well on its new cemetery property in C'orapolis. Monday there was a terrific explosion at this well, which caused a great upheaval of the earth in the vicinity. Hundreds of bodies in the cemetery were luirled from their resting places and many costly monuments were shattered.

Wiil Itenume Work.

PiTTsnriioii, Pa.. Nov. 8.—The great strike of the coal miners of this district will bo called uff to-day. The men have been returning to work in large numbers for a week, and tho officials of the miners' association have decided to call a convention for the strikers on that date to declare the strike off. The strike was inaugurated three months ago, and since that time nearly 12,000 men have beer. idle.

31 m. I'artiell .liny lle.

DUBLIN. Nov. 8.—In spite of tlieconstant atteudance of her physicians it is feared that Mrs. Parnell, the widow of Charles Stewart Parnell, may not survive the prostration and sicknesscaysed by the shock she experienced at her huibind's death.

*40,000

Natural (la. Fire.

PITTSHIJRGH, Pa., Nov. 3.—Fire Sunday morning at Ellwood, Lawrence county, destroyed a block of seven stores aud dwellings, entailing a loss of 840,000. The fire is said to have been caused by the explosion of natural gas.

The Debt Statement*

WASHINGTON, NOV. 8.—The debt staternejit issued Monday afternoon shows that the interest and noninterest bearing debt increased 84,025,527.50 during the month of October total cash in the treasury, 8740,530,258.08.

Killed 1IU StepeUtrr.

TEUKE HAUTK. Ind.. Nov. a.—Charley Tolle, aged 10 years, was handling a Flobcrt rifle, when it was accidentally discharged, the bullet entering the brain of his stepsister, Rosa Curry, aged 14

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and it is declared by some people that the Maverick national bank surplus was iu reality the partner on this joint account.

Before Mr. Evans shot himself his family understood that he. was insolvent and that he owed the Maverick bank 8000,000, with 8800,000 nominal collateral, aud it was a settlement with the bank that his brother had arranged the day before the fatal October 10. Mr. Irving A. Evans was to luive come down that day to finish the settlement with the bank. It was represented to the bank that the house was 885,000 under water and that the bank should take the collateral and sign a release to the house. Mr. Evans' father and brother would make that £15,000 good to the house and liquidate the creditors on the basis of 100 cents on a dollar. This settlement was executed a few days after Mr. Evans' death, and the bank directors voted to release Irving A. Evans &. Co. from all liability, amounting to 8000,000. It is probable that the directors did not know the amount of tho liability they were writing off, for they were assured that with this loss taken the bauk shares would still be worth 8-JUO. As tiie collateral is worth but little Inore than 8100,000, the loss taken by the bank upon this account is about 8500,000. but if the bank were otherwise good this loss should have only reduced the surplus by 00 per cent.

Mr. Potter says that at the time of this settlement he was offered a release from any personal liability he might have with the house of Irving A. Evans

Co.. and he declined it because lie declared no such liability existed nor had Mr. Evans any account upon which he was legally or morally responsible.

Mr. Tqbey, the junior partner of Irving'A. Evans & Co.,admits that he has never sent a statement to Mr. Potter of the account upon which he believes Mr. Potter was liable.

Col. Albert A. Pope said last week that he had no evidence that I^Ir. Potter' was responsible for Mr. Evans' suicide, but he believed it, and if the evidence was good the joint account would be collected if it tooktlte roof off some institution. Mr. Asa P. Potter was worth #7.0.000 clear aud clear a few year* ago*

Killed by III* .Vl.trrmi.

VINI'KN XK*. I nd.. Nov. —Four weeks ago William llu^sell. aged 28, enticed I mm her home near Cold Springs. Iud.. tira-ie Itoughman, aged 18. a daughter of William Itouglunau. They disappeared at night oil foot, both penniless and poorly clad. A letter of inquiry brought a clew from Liberty, Inil., where a couple answering their description had been seen. The father of the girl foll-i'ved the trail to Vincennes ami continued his search. Last week his supply of money ran out and he returned home. Neighbors made up a purse and lie returned to the search. lie traced them to Oblong. 111., where he found his daughter. She had secured work as a domestic aud was employed on a farm. Sunday evening Russell was arrested on a charge of abduction. Tho father brought his daughter and the prisoner to this city and will leave for home at once, having been deputized as an officer. Russell and the girl had tramped together as brother and sister, sleeping at night in farmhouses, barns, haystacks, fodder shocks or fence corners.

DENVKII, Col., Nov. 3.—A Lcadvllla special to the Republican says: Shortly after 8 o'clock Sunday evening Jack Nelson, tin employe of the Harrison reduction works near here, was shot through the heart by a woman with wliom he had been living. The woman refused to give her real name, but said she was not Nelson's wife. The origin of the trouble between the two has not been ascertained. Nelson was 85 years old. The woman v.m placed in the county jail.

Chk 1'riiKt lii Trouble.

INIHANAI'OI.IS. Iiul., Nov. M.—A sensation was created Saturday by tlio filing of an answer bv the Indianapolis gas trust to a petition in. the superior court which seeks to make the trust furnish gas to a private consumer, The trust says that it now lias 10,179 consumers and that they are using all the gas that it can supply: that, repeated efforts have been made to llout its bonds and secure money to enlarge the plant, but all these have failed and it has no money with which to meet further demands that even with the present low temperature the supply is hardly adequate. to the demands of consumers, and more connections cannot be made except at the risk of injury to them. The answer confesses to financial straits which are a genuine surprise to the public.

AM l-'mbi-z/lcr Arreted.

EVAXSVU.I.I-, 1 nd.. Nov. 8.—John J. Mcrtou, the defaulting building association secretary, has been arrested on an affidavit charging him with embezzlcment of W.OOO of funds belonging to the People's P.uilding and Loan association. When arraigned, in court Morton entered a plea of not guilty and waived examination. His bond was fixed at SI,000. but late Mon-* day night he had not succeeded in securing his liberty. The amount of Morton's shortage cannot be stated. By his own confession it will be S7.200, 83,000 in each of the associations of which lie was secretary, ltnt the be-1 lief of the officers of the two concerns®1 is that the amount will overrun that figure and approximate $12,000.

I.oiitf T»:rm tin Tout innster. ANOOI.A, Ind.. Nov. 3.—Many papers have contained the statement that Indiana has a I'ostniaster who received his commission during Buchanan's administration anil is still holding under the same authority. Steuben county,'! Ind., has one. Christian Schneider, at Orlan!, whose commission is dated December 30, 1S50. and signed by James Campbell, postmaster general during the administration of Franklin Pierce. During the entire thirty-five years Schneider has not been away from the office more than one day at a time, and not over one week altogether.

Fatally Shot Her lliiHliaiid. BUOAP HIWI.K, Ind., Nov. 8.—Sunday Aleck Scott, colored, split a 2-inch board over liis wife's head. She escaped and made her way to the homo of licr brother-in-law, where she secured an old musket, with which she eturned home and fatally shot her husband. The authorities refuse to prosecute her, claiming tho shooting was in self defense.

Strange Kock CavitieH.

Col.t'Miius, Ind., Nov. 8.—A number of bowl-shaped cavities have been found in the rock, 8 or 10 feet below* the surface, where a railway company is excavating, near English. These basins are 10 to 12 foot in diameter at the top and each is capable of holding upward of 1.000 gallons of water. They are perfectly smooth and symmetrical

An Kiprrt to He Called In. ANPEUSON, Ind., Nov. 8.—The county commissioners have ordered the books in tho auditor's and treasurer's officcs covering tho last six years to be examined by an expert. The order was made upon petition of members of the Farmers' Alliance.

Accidentally Killed.

FT. WAYNT, Ind., Nov. 8.—While out hunting Sunday afternoon near this'city Archibald Scott, aged lOyears, had the top of his head blown oft and was instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of his brother William.

To Honor an Old Coinrudn. iXIHAN"APOI.IB, Ind., Nov. The Sixth Indiana Veteran association is arranging to erect ti monument to tho late Col. Ilagcrmau Tripp, who was .commander and president of the association.

Beaten by Whlterspi.

MAKTINSVILI.1!, Ind., Nov. 3.—William Bowman, aged 50, living 20 miles from horc, wus visited by fifty whitecaps, who beat him into insensibility with hoop poles. Mo is In a critical condition.