Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 5 October 1894 — Page 7

KNOWLEDGE POINT.

C. 12. Johnson was in Ladoga Sunday. Several were at Jamestown Sunday. A. W. .Johnson is traveling for a bakery.

Miss Eflie Ronk visited at .Jamestown Sunday. Harry Alkire, of Orth, Sundayed at New Ross.

Mrs. C. P. Lewis went to St. Louis Saturday. New Rossis badly in need of a chronic growler.

Homer Miller was awarded the contract of lighting the street lights at S3 per month.

Bill Bronaugh was over from Indianapolis Sunday. Miss Emma Brooks is very ill at her home in New Ross.

A prominent young man has gone to Kansas on business. Herbert Bowers left for a visit in Arkansas last Monday.

Mrs. Henry Rettinger is very low at her home west of New Ross. Aubrey Bowers, of Tiger Valley, passed through here Sunday.

One of our sports recently had a tree-top combat with a squirrel. Clay born Uooch and wife are visiting at Crown Center, Morgan county.

Quite a crowd assembled here Saturday to see the last game of ball. Fountain lined up with six touchdowns. Alkire took the ball and Crrev kicked goal. Score 12 to 0 in favor of Orth.

SWA51P COLLEGE.

Corn cutting is in order. The wheat crop looks well. Clover seed all threshed here. Frank Bilbo is digging his winter potatoes. 11. A. Foster thresked his clover hay this week.

Bob Williams went to Waveland last Saturday. Andrew Shrader dined with James Evans Sunday.

The cloverseed averages from 2y, to 4 bushels per acre. Samuel Gaiey and wife are visiting in Ladoga this week.

Dr. Straughan's 18 acres of cloverseed made 5(5 bushels. Sara Grimes taught the school this week for Fred Shrader.

The reception by Fred Shrader and wife last Friday was a success. The potato crop is short this year. The rains did not come soon enough.

Henry Evans attended the Fred Shrader reception last Friday evening. A number of people attend the entertainment at Russellville every evening.

\V. II. Long and wife, of Ladoga, were guests of Fred Shrader last Friday.

Fred Shrader and bride returned from Veedersburg last Friday, accompanied by 'bis father-in-law and mother-in-law. They were given a grand reception by their relatives and friends here.

BOOTS' SCHOOL HOUSE.

John Saidla and Miss Bertha Dunbar Ira Fisher was in Crawfordsville Saturday.

George Cook was in Thorntown Saturday. Laura Thompson is in Boone county this week. .roe Cooley spent Sunday with John Thompson.

The dance at W. M. Martz's was quite a success. attended Sunday school at White Church Sunday.

W. M. Martz visited at W. M. Bowen's last Sunday. Robert Clark had his clover seed hulled.last week.

Miss Julia Stuckey is working for Mrs. Samuel Boots. Abe Campbell, of Kansas, is visiting his brother Charley.

Simon Bowen and Mi&e Lottie Thompson went to Thorntown last Sunday evening.

Bert Ermentrout and Miss Stella Johnson, of Kirkpatrick, attended church here Sunday evening.

BARGAINS in Millinery. City styles in trimming. Opening Oct. 11th, 12th and 13th. Cox & LEWIS

It Darlington. led.

NORTH UNION.

Wheat sowing is completed. Corn cutting is the order of the day. Several people are complaining of cold^

Charley Stevecs spent Sunday at :home. Frank Long was in Crawfordsville Monday.

Matt'lvirkendall was at New Market Monday. Dick Faust has been hauling gravel thus week.

A. F. Sliephard is working for James Caplinger. James Foster has been suffering with rheumatism.

Dr. Benefiel, of Crawfordsville, was here Monday. Will Smith attended the funeral of ,Wm. Rush Sunday.

Roy Thomas and Henry Riee were in Balhinch Sunday. Miss May me Thomas visited in Crawfordsville last week.

Miss Mary Smith has returned home from Crawfordsville. Miss Josie Whitsel is visiting at her uncle's in Fountain county.

W. H. Grider. of near New Market, spent Sunday at D. B. Wray's. Arthur Grimes, of Crawfordsville, was seen on our streets Sunday.

Mrs. E, D. Seaman went to Terre Haute Monday to visit her son. Will Wright, of near Brown's Valley, spen Sunday at Joseph Thomas'.

Joseph Thomas has improved his property with a new front fence. Cap Utterbaak, of Fountain county, visited at Jasper Whitsel's Sunday.

Sewing machine and book agents have been numerous the past week. Some of our young people attended church at New Market Sunday night.

Miss Jessie Grider was the guest of her sister Mrs. D. B. Wray part of last week.

D. W. Ivirkendall, our postmaster and merchant, was at Crawfordsville Monday.

Quite a number of young men from ^'ew Market were here Sunday eating watermelons.

Grandfather Whitsel went to Veedersburg Sunday to attend a family reunion Monday.

North Union is well supplied with coal oil and gasoline men. What we need is a meat wagon.

Sorghum making is still in progress. Six loads of cane have been received this week up to present writing.

John Nicholson, Ed Thompson and Rinzo Dodd, of Crawfordsville, were the guests of George Thomas Monday night.

Hold on, Dreamland, you are getting into our territory again and also getting some items which have already been published.

Quite an excitement prevailed here last week when one of George Thomas' pet squirrels got out. It was finally captured after an exciting chase.

Monday being George Thomas' birthday lie was reminded of the fact by a surpise being tender him by his friends and schoolmates. Early in the evening he was persuaded to accompany Roy Thomas to New Market. While they were gone the guests arrived and when at 8 o'clock George returned he was told to go upstairs. While passing through a room alight was suddenly turned up and George was in the midst of a crown, who reminded him that it was his isth birthday. To say that he was surprised is putting it mildly. All he could say was "Weil!'' and "Let me out of here!" The evening was delightfully spent in music and games and at a late hour the guests departed wishing him many more as happy birthdays.

BLUFF MILLS.

The sick are impi-oving. The mill is kept busy nowadays. Corn cutting is the order of the day. Dr. Brown visited patients here this week.

Our base ball club has disbanded for the season. Uncle Joel Deere entertained friends and relatives Sunday.

Quite a number attended Uncle Dicky Palmer's funeral. Fishing in the creek is good, especially with Mr. Keller's seine.

Fred May and wife, of Attica, visited Wm. Bowerman last week. Phelly Hallett's cow got loose in the corn the other day and created terrible havoc.

Henry Bowman has moved from the Ha-llett farm to Li go Myers' farm, below Alamo.

Sixteen of the Kingfishers' Club of Crawfordsville, visited their camp at Pine Hills Sunday and seemed to enjoy the autumn grandeur of the beautiful forest primeval.

Very soon the vine-clad hills of Sugar Creek will resound to the glad and happy pealing of merry marriage bells. A romance has been enacted in our midst. During the summer the well-known actor tragedian, Mr. Milt Burke, came to the Pines for recreation and to study the parts which he will take this winter in the theater. While here he met his connubial fate in the shape of a prominent Miss from up about Alamo. They wandered through the Sylvan glens and as the mellow light of the declining sun flooded the scene with glory the holy troth was said. The lady is preparing tor the happy event and soon we expect to be eating cake and other goodies from the groaning nuptial table.

PABKEKSBUKG.

Mrs. Flannigan is convalescent. Walter Owens visited at Dr. Hyten's Sunday.

A social at Henry Fall's last Saturday night A dance at Mrs. Mary Goodbar's last Saturday night.

John Wasson and family visited at Sam Call's Sunday. Miss Bertha Ilyten visited home folks Saturday and Sunday.

Miss Mattie Johnson will attend school at Ladoga this winter. Mrs. John Quinley and daughter. Lizzie, visited in Ladoga last Monday.

George Sweet and wife, of Ladoga, visited J. T. Lookabough's last Sunday.

Arrangements are being made to recover the Christian church here this week.

Clay Owens is quite sick at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ella Shannon, of Raccoon.

Miss Cora Hyten visited her brother. Depew Hyten, and family the first of the week.

Misses Hertha and Maggie Goff and Bertha and Nellie Foster are attending high school ot Ladoga.

The young people from this place attended the show at Russellville given by the traveling agents of the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.

A family reunion of the Fosters was given at the home of Mrs. Mary Goodbar last Saturday. There were about fifty present and all report an enjoyable day.

The list of teachers in charge of Scott township schools are as follows: Eden—Miss Anna Grady.

Center—Miss Edith Young. Byrd—Mr. L. J. Whelan. Lapland—Clyde Jones. Fairview—Ollis Oliphant. Parkersburg—Robert Foster. White—Tom Byrd. High Bluff—Harry Hessler. Sugar Grove—Miss Etta Gardner.

BETHANY.

Sunday school election Sunday. Miss Mary Wells, of Bethel, attended school.

Geo. Cook went up the new cut road Sunday evening. The corn crop is good here for as dry as it was this summer.

Bert Dunbar and Albert Smith tied com shocks Sunday morning. Some came to Sunday school in the afternoon, not knowing it had been changed.

John Harriman must be going to start a general merchandise store from the looks of his buggy Sunday.

We think some of the boys and girls had better stay at home if they can't come to church aod keep quiet.

MAPLE GKOVE.

Miss 011a Peiiley has returned from Delphi. Mr. Friend and family have moved to Ladoga.

Ike Huffman was in Hendricks county Saturday. Water melons are cheap now—choice •Si per dozen.

Dr. Molony's family was quite sick this week from being poisoned. Mrs. Mary Ilimes and son, Charlie, were in the county seat last Saturday.

Tank Lawter has traded his ponies and now owns a very fine pacing horse.

Frank Lawter and Mr. and Mrs. George Clark heard Mclvinley at Indianapolis.

Link Clark and family contemplate a visit among friends at Shawnee Mound this week.

Mr. Case and family of Ladoga, and Robert Himes and' family visited S. M. Himes Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey, of Colorado, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Sam Kessler.

Charles Ilines, one of our busiest young farmers, was married Thursday at the residence of Paul Burns, in Crawfordsville, to Miss Rena Davidson. The bride and groom have many friends here who wish them success in life.

Two traveling preachers from Detroit, Mich., claiming to be members of a sect known as the New House of Israel, were in this vicinity this week. They are a peculiar people, the gentlemen members wearing long hair reaching down over the shoulders. They carry nothing to meet expenses in their travel and depend upon the generosity of the people. There are twenty-four of them, twelve male and twelve female speakers. They claim the second coming of Christ is close at hand. They seem to be a very quiet people and well versed in scripture reading.

Married, Thursday evening at 0:30 o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents, near Clay City, Iiid., Miss Martha Burger and Mr. William Terry. The bride was becomingly dressed in a delicate rose tinted lienrietta, trimmed in silk point lace and ribbon to match. The groom wore the customary black. Mr. Kessler and Miss Cline acted as assistants. The ceremony was performed in the sitting room, which had been tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party retired to the parlor, where they received congratulations from their many friends, after which the company repaired to the dining room and sat down to a bountiful repast prepared for the occasion. Many presents were received, both useful and ornamental, among them being a set of silver table spoons, jelly dishes, cut glass pitcher, three table spreads, set of dishes, set of towels, bed spread, fancy water case, cake stand, fruit dish and molases pitcher. The groom is one of our enterprising young farmers and the bride is well-known here, having spent the greater part of two years in this vicinity. The couple have rnanj' friends here who wish the couple much happiness and that their path through life may be strewn with many beautiful flowers. There were forty invited guests present, those from a distance being Rev. Wm. Harshbarger, J. M. Harshbarger, Misses Mollie and Tessie Terry, Luly Harshbarger, Stella Cline and George Kessler, of Ladoga and Mr. and Mrs. Overholtzer and family, of Illinois.

ALAMO.

J. P. Wirt has a new surrey. Mrs. Hattie Jeffries is on the sick list.

B. F. Ward went to town Friday on business. Henry Bell is happy—it is a six pound boy.

We are pleased to report Arthur Ham much better. Dr. Henry went to W'allace Friday to see a patient.

J. P. Wirt and wife visited at Crawfordsville last week. Dr. Lynn and wife visited relatives at Hillsboro last week.

Oswald Humphrey, of Crawfordsville, visited Art Ham Monday. Quite a number from here attended the K. of P. picnic last Thursday.

Mrs. Laura Burns, of near Crawfordsville, visited her parents Sunday. Phillip Nine, of near Hillsboro, visited his daughter, Mrs. Emma Titus, last week.

Mark Truax marketed a load of fine potatoes in Crawfordsville last week at 00 cents.

Henry Rush and wife, of Bluff MillsMills. attended the concert here Sat. urday night.

Geo. Ammerman and wife, of Crawfordsville, were the guests of Wm. Pickett Monday.

John Myers and wife, of near Yountsville. were the guests of Jonathan Newkirt Sunday.

Misses Goldie Mars and Myrtie McClain are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Lynn this week.

The officers of the M. E. church with their pastor, M. V. Brown, met in session Monday at 10:30 a. m.

Alamo is to have a wind mill over the public well. The long looked mill arrived Tuesday and was erected on Wednesday.

Miss Grace McClain, of Hillsboro, who has been spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. Dr. Lynn, has returned home.

Richard Palmer, aged 77 years, died Sept. 25, of gastritis. Funeral Wednesday, with short services at the grave, conducted by Wm. Miles.

The concert given by Prof. Booe Saturday night was a sueeess in every particular. The selections were elegant and very beautifully rendered to a crowded house.

RURAL ROAD.

Grapes are all gone. Stanley caps are all the rage. Armstrong Bros, sold a pair of boots last week.

Clarence Peterman has remodeled his house. Homer Chambers has returned from Lafayette.

George Durbin is visiting] friends in Boone county,

Have you heard the new chorister'.' If not, why uot? M. E. Linn came up from Whitesville Sunday night.

The bicycle brigade attended church iu a body last Sunday. Wheeler Alexander is erecting a wind mill for .lames Franklin.

W. O. Johnson classes gravel hauling with the arts and sciences. Miss Willie Morris, of Tiger Valley, visited with Mrs. Armstrong Sunday.

Melville Faust and Miss Ella Thompson were married Sunday evening at the residence of the bride's father.

Thomas Phelps and John Lockridge have rented their farms and moved to Mace, and W. A. Stafford to Crawfordsville.

Come to the Epwortli League Sunday night. Rev. Grimes will be present and take a leading part, so the meeting promises to be unusually interesting.

Friends of W. E. Baker will be glad to know that he reached home in safety. lie writes that the newspaper reports of damages to crops in Kansas were overdrawn.

Hereafter Elder F. S. Martin will fill his appointment at this place regularly every two weeks. We are well pleased with the new order of things and wish it could have been so heretofore.

Mace has more bicyclists in proportion to its size than auv other town in Brookshire's district. By actual count there were nineteen on its streets one day recently aud seven of them rode in the K. P. bicycle parade.

Guy Evans, of Crawfordsville, was out driving Sunday evening. Mr. Evans is studying for the ministry and will no doubt rank high in the profession. He gave the voung people of this place an interesting and instructive talk Sunday night.

What they say: That the coming winter is to be a cold one, because there are to be several marriages in the near future H. Finch has a bicycle Frank Shuey is going to Virginia: the wheat needs rain: corn is a paying crop in this section the leaves are falling, etc., etc.

When Mr. Galloway, the Democratic candidate for trustee, is really and truly trustee will he kindly make us a supervisor, or if not that, perhaps he will at least give us a school. We can't promise to teach free trade principles just for the sake of getting the school, even in these hard times, but will gladly do anything else.

SMARTSBURG.

Smartsburg's alive—just struck gas. Squire Griffin is much better at this writing.

Walter Wiseliart went to Chicago Tuesday. Jack Pointer has moved into the old postoffice.

J. H. Downs lost several hogs with the cholera.j The K. of P. picnic was well attended from here.

Charley Lee has been entertaining his cousin, Miss Wilson. C. F. Spilman, of Crawfordsville, visited W. 11. Posey Thursday.

Ed Welch and lady went to see Blue Jeans played Tuesday night. About sixty attended the party at George Enoch's Friday night.

Wm. Russell and Frank Smith called at Mrs. Green's Sunday evening. George White is on the Populist ticket for trustee. We wish you success George.

Mrs. Anna Butler, of Gravelly Run, visited lier mother, Mrs. Kate Green, Sunday.

J. A. Johnson held services at the Christian church Sunday morning- and evening.

Wood Grimes has returned to Gas City. He has been here looking after his propertj'.

The Christian church has hired Elder eatlierford to preach for them the coming year.

Mrs. .Ella Fannigan, of Indianapolis, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Enos O'Conner.

Elder Shuey will fill his regular appointment at this place next Sunday evening at 3 o'clock.

Miss Bell Sauford has returned home to Mace after a short visit with Misses Lida and Josie Green.

The road crosssiug from the Noblesville to the Overcoat road, passing bv M. II. Sellers' is closed.

The supper was not very well attended Saturday night, but*nevertheless 822 was taken in.

The singing committee consisting of Johnnie MeCullough. Charley Miller, Pearl Warren, Tessa Wiseliart and Lottie Downs met Monday night aud selected the new song books.

Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wise, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, who have been visiting VV. II. Posey, have started for the West. They will spend a few weeks in Missouri before returning to New Mexico.

The Sunday school last Sunday elected the following officers for the next quarter: Johnnie MeCullough, fupt. Myrtle Newlin, sec. Ben Shelton, treas.: George White, chorister Tessa Wisehart, o.iganist.

BOULDER VALLEY.

Meeting at Mace Sunday night. Lon Jackson is agent for a patent gate.

Miss Minnie Beck visited Minta Hunt on Friday. A. J. Stone and sister visited at Ronkville Sunday.

J. W. Northcutt is making molasses with .Sam Coulter's mill. Mrs. Rebecca Imel visited her sister, Amelia Stone, on Thursday.

Andrew Jackson started to Ohio Friday morning for a visit with relatives. The merry warble of the bluebird and peewee is heard as though Springhad come.

Charley Lauthers, the ex-graduate of Linnsburg, called at the Stone Corner on Thursday.

The sown wheat is up nicely and corn cutting is on hands now, and everything is shaping up for winter.

We regret to say Miss Mollie Peck, of Linnsburg, is still on the decline and there seems to be no remedy for her.

Madam Rumor says there will be several weddings here in|the near fu­

ture. We hope all will bnsnlirl onrmgh not to have a divorce for a wedding present.

We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Eliza Rettinger, of New koss. went violently insane last Friday. She became rational a few moments, telling her husband she was going to die and was going- to heaven to meet all her friends and loved ones who had gone before. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved husband and hope the change will soon be for the better.

YOUNTSYILLE.

Air. Tomlinson and daughter, of Chicago. are visiting at Cy Fink's. J. S. Galloway has sold his fine mule team to a Henton county man.

Elmer Lebo, of Attica, is a new employe at the Yount woolen mills. George Cowan, of the Yount mill, is in off the road for a few days' rest.

Larry Sullivan and A. J. Snyder are now agents for Chicago papers here. Mrs. A. T. Thompson, of Crawfordsville, spent last Sunday with Ivan Fink.

A. C. Yount and fWill Hirst saw the performance at Music Hall last Thursday evening.

J. M.Work came over from Waynetown to spend a few days with his family this week.

A. J. Love is soon to take a position with the Postal telegraph company in Eastern Ohio.

Mrs. Edward Hirst and daughter May. have returned from an extended visit in Chicago.

Alonzo Coleman, whoohas been Geo. Hall's clerk for three years, has left to take a position in Illinois.

Trustee Ilartman, of Union township, landed some line bass near the bridge one day last week.

Messrs. Smith and Bunnell, of the Waynetown I. O. G. T., attended lodge here last'Thursday evening.

Benton Snyder attended a meeting of the horsethief detective association of Indiana at Attica this week.

John Scull, of Rochester, representing the Goodyear Rubber Co., spent last Sunday with A. R. Yount.

George Munns hauled to market last Saturday $00 worth of clover seed, it being the last of 2,000 bushels.

Rev. Stephens, of Trinity church, and Elder Middleton attended a meeting of the stewards at the M. E. church here last Saturday.

Miss Lula Miller, superintendent of the culinary department at Postmaster Snyder's, has returned from a visit to her parents in Valonia, Ind.

P. M. Savior and family, of Defiance, O., are visiting at J. M. Work's. Mr. Say lor is general manager of the Defiance electric street railway.

I. C. Elston, Jr., will soon succeed Wm. Ireland as bookkeeper for the Yount woolen mill. Mr. Ireland will go on the road for the company.

The mail trains on the Big Four changed time last Sunday. The postmaster here was not notified and when mail carrier McCabttgot to the railroad Monday the trains were gone.

T- Maxwell has leased for an indefinite length of time the race course of Allen Yount. Mr. Yount was very loth to part with the property, but at length consented. Mr. Maxwell's agents here will have the track in ship shape ere long, when don't be surprised to hear of some records being smashed.

Byron Sweeney started to Crawfordsville last week with about 40 pounds of butter and several gross of eggs. When near Dry Branch west of the city his mule team suddenly became unmanageable and overturned wagon, produce and all. Byron escaped unhurt but, oh, what a sight lie was. He looked like a Comanche dressed for war.

The firm of A. J. Snyder & Sons have been making some extensive repairs on their mill property here. Several feet of mude was taken out of the bottom of the mill race, a new engine room several feet higher than the old one was built, increasing the motive power 10 per cent., the rolls were sent to the shops and recorrugated, and the bolting cloths all replaced with new ones. A trial of their Ben-llur flour wili convince you that they are still in the ring. \ountsville has a secret order which call themselves "Midnight Owls." The membership is limited to ten. As to the object of the order no one liaeverbeen able to find out. There is also a chapter of the I O.G. !'. The two orders are very antagonistic, 'i In* latter hold meetings weekly in tin new town hall applications for membership are very numerous, and black balls are not a tew. He is counted lucky who has no personal opponent in their ranks. Thursday evening the lodge was to lie feasted by Chief Templar H. Pitzer, upon watermelons. The festive Owls hearing of the above joined hands and swore bv all the gods to have vengence for their past wrongs. A gigantic plot was laid which was strictly carried out without a break and the concealed melons were soon in the hands of the enemy. 'I'he melons were returned minus their interiors much to tiie chagrin of the Good Templars. Your humble scribe if grateful to the "Owls" for their treatment and would congratulate Bro. Pitzer on his choice of melons. We are informed that the Knights in the lodge have thrown up a breastworks and have their gatling guns loaded for owls. In our next we will give a list of wounded and dead.

PARTS UNKNOWN.

Health generally good. D. C. Jackson had company last week.

Mr. Austin Ward and wife have been visiting C. Fink and family. School commenced last week. -The pupils like their teacher very much,

Am back again in my old place after a few weeks' absence. I am with you again.

Mrs. Peter Townsley, of Darlington, and Mrs. Kellison yisited Ben King's last week.

If you get in front of Robt. Jackson you can see his wisdom teeth every time he laughs or sings.

Correspondents' photos are beautiful. All show up well with Swamp College on the front seat. Mr. Nicholson ordered all democrats to their knees, and there was but one got on.

BLOWN TO BITS.

Havoo In nn Iowa Bank by NltroGlyoorino.

A BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE SHATTERED,

ThotiftiMiilH of Dollar* In Fupor Curronoyi IIOIKIH, MiirtKHtfcn, Ktc., Torn to I'looei —ItollhorR Kxcnpo-HnuMinrn l'aolflo Trnln Hold Up. lllJlUil.AKS OVKIIIIO A JO 11.

Uunr.iNUTo, In., Oct. 'J.—A guaranteed burglar-proof safe In the fireproof vaults of the State bank Mediapolln, this county, was blown almost to atoms Monday morning by a tremeudous charge of tiltro-glyoerine. The oraoknmon forced the vault looks without difficulty. Tho safe contained $5,000 in gold coin, $800 ID paper currency, 5)100 in silver coin and 8'J,()00 in school district bonds payable to bearer. The paper money was torn into littlo bits and the coin was battered and bent and Scattered to the four winds. Nineteen of the bonds have been recovered Intact, the rest being destroyed or stolen. Fifteen hundred dollars iu the battered coin was reoovered. It is presumed the burglars got the rest. The interior of the vault looks as though it had passed through a bombardment. A ton of scrap metal lleB upon the floor and is imbedded In the wall and ceiling. Private boxes were riddled by flying pieces of metal and $181,000 worth of mortgage deeds are almost destroyed. The bank estimates its loss at 84,000. At a meeting of the directors it was voted to make thi8 good out of the surplus. Three hours after the discovery of the robbery the bank was transacting regular business. Tho robbers made their escape on a stolen handcar, which was abandoned in the ditoh 12 miles north of Burlington. Tho rojibed bank is chartered by the state and has a capital of $25,000. It Is the impression that local desperadoes under the leadership of some more experienced person had the job in hand.

Part of a band of amateur crooks are in jail for store-breaking, and it is believed those at liberty assisted in the safe-cracking.

A Daring Job.

PUCEXIX, A. T., Oct. 3.—At ia:l5 a. m. Monday the east-bound Southern Pacific train was held up ltf miles east of Maricopa by three men. One of the robbers rode on the blind baggage out of Maricopa, while the other two flagged the train. As it slacked up the fellow aboard passed quickly into the engine cab, and with two revolvers forced Engineer Holiday and Fireman Martin to descend, uncouple tho engine and proceed ahead of tho train for about throequarters of a mile. In the moantima ono masked robber had entered thj express car, while the other stood guard outside. No shots were fired, nor were the passengers alarmed while tho robbery was iu progress. The engineer and fireman were walked back ahead of robber No. 1 to the express car, where they arrived about) the time the other two were ready to depart. All three then mounted horses, which were tied near by, aud struck out in a southerly direction toward the Mexican line, which is 50 miles from the track.

Their liooty.

The Wells-Farpo messenger reports that they got $150, but there is a current report that the robbers got away with $20,000. Their trail was struck by Sheriffs Drais, of .Pinal, and Murphy, of Maricopa, accompanied by Deputies Widemer and lirothero.

One la Captured.

Soon they camc upon a camp which the robbers had hastily abandoned. There tliey found three rifles and three horses. Not long after this they overhauled one of the bandits, whom they called upon to throw up his hands. Instead he turned upon the officers and fired, but a charge of buckshot from the sheriff's gun brought him to tho ground. The prisoner, whose name is Frank Armour, was brought here, and it is believed he will recover.

REFINERIES CLOSE.

Work Stopped to Soluble SnrpluH Stock of Sulfur to Hi' IiMpuM«l Of. T'HU.ADICI.I'IIIA, Oct. 2.—Tho sugar trust has closed the Spreckles sugar refinery in this city. Tho .trust's l'ranklin refinery is now running on half time, but is only turning out soft grades, tins supply of which is not at present excessive. McCahan's refinery, which is independent of the trust, will probably shut down to-day or Wednesday. This cessation is due to the overstocked condition of the markets, and operations will not be resumed until the sugar at prosent on hand is disposed of. It is reported hero that the Ilaveineyer and Elder refineries in New York and the plant operated by the trust iu Boston are about to shut down. _____

Victory for Union I.ubor.

BOSTON, Oct. 2.-—Tho executive council of several unions of clothingmakers decided that tho strike wus virtually ended, as nearly all the contractors had signed the union agreement, which provides for increased wages and establishes the nine-hour day for workers. The Contractors' association has practically ceased to exist.

Firebug Barn* a Town.

WILLIAMSTOWS, Ky., Oct. 2.—Nearly all the little village of Jonesville, 18 miles west of hei*e, was wiped out by fire Sunday night. The largest losses are: The Star Mercantile company, about $26,000, insured Stewart's drug store and John Calandar's residence. George Miller, the suspected incendiary, was caught.

Saloon Blown to Piece*.

SPBISTOFIBLD, O., Oet. 2.—At-the village of Gordon, O., north of here, the only saloon in the township, owned by Milt Trotwell, was blown up with dynamite Sunday night, as a result of a three years' effort to get rid of the re•orW