Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 January 1895 — Page 6

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1895.

THK removal of the State University question seems to be as dead as a mackerel. The next move will be to kill the State University.

FEW people are ready to believe the words of a professional swindler that Anthony Comstock has been guilty of anything crooked. His career has been characterized by devotion to purity and decency, and anything that will impugn his honesty by a representative of the slums of New York should be taken with a few grains of salt.

GENERAL LEW WALLACE says while in Constantinople he saw many drunken men, but none of them were natives. The patrol wagon there is patronized exclusively by aliens from more enlightened lands. He also states that an admirable trait of the Turk is his kindness to dumb beasts. The teamster is never seen to beat his horse.

CHICAGO Inter-Ocean: Andrew Carnegie boasted while the tariff bill was pending that he "wanted no tariff protection." Now the Carnegie works at Homestead have made a cut in wagds of 15 per cent, with a cut in highpriced men of 30 per cent. The inference is that Mr. Carnegie meant that he "wanted no protection" because he intended to introduce European wages.

THE deficiency in the United States Treasury up to this time with only six months of the fiscal year gone is about $30,000,000. At this rate it will be 360,000,000 by next June. Already $100,000,000 of bonds have been sold, and it is a pretty well settled fact that another §50,000,000 must be issued in February. The financial imbecility of the present Administration is certainly without bounds.

WHILE the United States has been playing fast and loose with Spain in regard to the Cuban markets Canada has stepped in and secured from that country concessions similar to those possessed by us under the McKinley law, and is now gaining control of thej Cuban market for flour, which, up to the time of the Gorman law, was a source of large profits to our millers and farmers. If there is anything that will absolutely humiliate an American it is the foreign policy of the present Administration.

A BILL has been prepared which, if passed, will completely modify the game laws of the State. It fixes the salary of the State fish commissioner at $1,500 a year, asks that a hatchery be established to spawn sufficient finny specimens to stock every stream in the State, and provides heavy fines for dynamiters, seiners, etc. With the funds derived from this source the clubs propose to create wardens in every county in the State who are to apprehend violaters of the law. The legislature will be asked to appropriate $8,000 to establish the hatchery.

THE Shiloh national park bill has passed both branches of Congress, and only awaits the President's signature to become a law. It appropriates $75,000 to purchase the land embraced in the Shiloh battlefield, some 3,000 acres in extent. The bill is similar in its provisions to those creating the Gettysburg and the Chickamauga national parks. The idea is a noble one of preserving these historic fields of the civil war as perpetual mementoes of the bravery of the American people, and visible reminders of the mighty struggle for the preservation of "the American Union, one and indivisible." ,v

STATISTICIANS tell us that the Frenchman has more money per capita than anybody else, leading off with a score of $36.70. The United States shows a record of $35.07, being surpassed by three other countries besides France, namely, Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands, which have respectively $35.98, $35.36 and $35,53. England has to work along as well as she can on a general average of $19.98 The lowest register in the scale is that of Bulgaria, where $1.76 per head of the population is the best that they can do. China has $3.08, but even this moderate sum converted into cash with holes in the middle and strung on long strings imparts an air of opulence to its possessor, and its purchasing power in that cheap country is really considerable. India has $3.33, Japan $3.09, Mexico $4.71, Central American States $3.78 Turkey $3.39, Germany $18.78, Switzerland $16.06, Greece $°0 68, Spain $17.89 and Australia $33.83 The low percentages are found in the countries maintaining the silver standard.

THE INCOME TAX.

The constitutionality of the income tax provision of the Gorman law is to be tested in the courts, a suit having been instituted in New York for this purpose. Many eminent lawyers, both Republican and Democratic, are of the opinion that the law will not stand the test. David A. Wells, the well known economist, writes in the January Forum about a point or basis on which he thinks the constitutionality of the tax may be impugned. This is what he says in part: If an income tax is laid at the same rate or percentage upon all incomes, there would be no question of its uniformity and compliance with the constitutional provisions. On the other hand, if such a tax is laid as the present income-tax law proposes, with discriminating incidence or with different rates or percentages on different incomes, there would seem to be no ground for assuming that it was invested with uniformity, or was in compliance with the constitutional mandate. Let us suppose, for illustration, three farms, designated as A, and C, owned by three persons, producing the same products, or the same class of products— wheat, corn, potatoes and the like— and returning a profit or income to their respective owners from the sale of these products under the same competitive conditions. Let us suppose further, that| the profit or income from the farms A and is in each case $4,000, while the profit or income from farm C, owing to a greater area of land cultivated, or greater energy and skill on the part of the owner, is $8,000. Under the present discriminating income tax the profits or income of the two farms, A andB, and of two persons under an exemption of $4,000, would'Tje free from all income taxation while the profit of the competitive farm C, producing the same income as the other two farms, would be subject to a tax burden, on half its income or profit, of two per cent, if, as assumed, the (.farm happens to be in the hands of a single owner. The aggregate of the value or income of the property is the same in both cases, but the incidents of taxation is made dependent upon the circumstance of of making the assessment upon two persons rather than one. This is not equality of burden on competing property, or on immediate competitors, but may fairly be characterized as robbery.

THE FEE AND SALARY QUESTION.

The Attorney Genera] has begun suit in the Marion County Circuit Court praying that the »fee and salary act of 1891 be purged of its unconstitutional features and restored -to the manner and form in which it passed the General Assembly. The charges of the Attorney General are in effect that certain sections of the bill, through carelessness or fraud, had been changed to a discriminating degree when it finally reached the Secretary of State for filing and custody. The suit may be necessary to locate the fraud, but if it is intended to restore the law as a final settlement of the fee and salary question the expediency of the action may be doubted. The 'law of 1891 even were it purged of its unconstitutional features is a very crude act, and in many cases works an absolute injustice to the officers. The Legislature should enact an entirely new law basing the salaries of county officers not only on population but upon the amount of business done. Population is not always a just criterion. Some counties have double the amount of business of others with an equal population. It is not just, it is not fair, that counties which do a large business requiring the assistance of a greater number of men should pay their officers the same salaries that are paid in counties doing half the business and requiring fewer number of assistants. It occurs 'to THE JOURNAL that a law similar "to the law United States law adjusting the salaries of postmasters would be a good feature to engraft into a State fee and salary law. This would base it upon the amount of business done until the salary reaches a maximum figure beyond which it cannot go. The clerical help is adjusted in the same manner. The offices of this county are certainly as important as the postmaster of Crawfordsville. His salary is $3,500, and in addition allowances are made for assistant postmaster, mailing clerk and delivery clerk. This would be a fair salary for our county officers provided the deputies necessary to properly conduct the business were paid in addition out of the public fund. Under the present law the salaries of the officers in this county are inadequate. This is especially true of the Clerk, Sheriff and Recorder, and we believe will prove to be the case with the Auditor when the law goes into force as to this officer. After they pay their deputies out of the small salaries that they receive they have but little left as compensation for their own labor and for the responsibility imposed upon them in assuming the duties of the office. Even the present aw is no relief to litigants. It costs a man just as much as it ever did either to prosecute or defend a suit in court. While the Legislature has its hand in, in the reform business, it should readjust the fees that litigants

are compelled to pay. If they are too high, as has been asserted, they should be reduced. It is unfair to call upon the man who is so unfortunate as to prosecute or defend a suit in court to assist his more fortunate neighbor in reducing his taxes. This last suggestion should be taken into consideration when our law-makers enter upon the work of drafting a fee and salary law. The people at large are imbued with an innate principle of fairness. They will be satisfied with a law whereby the officers will receive liberal but not extravagant salaries. It is a recognized fact that the question is full of perplexities and one difficult to solve. It is to be hoped that the Legislature will be equal to the task and enact a law that will be just and satisfactory to all concerned.

GOVERNMENTAL outgo still largely exceeds income, and while this condition of things lasts periodical bond sales will be necessary.

YOUNTSVIULE.

Jesse Rice has returned from Zionsville. Mrs. Jockson McCormack is visiting friends in» Chicago.

Fred Yount has returned to Indianapolis after a week's visit here. Rev. Brown has begun revival services at the M. E. church in Alamo.

The telephone poles are nearly all up between here and Crawfordsville. Prof. Cunningham spent his vacation at the home of his parents in Tippecanoe county.

W. A. Walter and Chas. Thompson with their families are visiting at Jas. Thompson's.

Supt. Hurst, of the Woolen Mills, spent Saturday in the Windy City, returning Sunday.

Benten Snyder attended a meeting of township trustees of Indiana at the Capital last week.

Newt Wray and G. M. Cowan went on the road Jan. 1st in the interest of the Yount Woolen Mills.

Harry Stebbins gave a party to about twenty-five of his friends on Wednesday evening. The evening was spent in conversation and games until a late hour.

A meeting of the Ripley horsethief detective union will be held on Jan. 6. A great feature of the meeting will be a large dinner which occurs annually at the January meeting.

The "Only" literary club met on New Year's eve at the residence of Alain de la Storehouse. There was not a full attendance on account of some of the members having previous engagements. The president being absent Mr. B. Sikes was made temporary chairman. After the reading of the minutes Joe Keller and Mr. G.Dawson were made honorary members. It was decided by vote not to admit visitors to future meetings not excepting Whitesville people after which the following programme was carried out: Essay on life and work of II. W. Longfellow by Jay Williams, which is regarded by the club as quite an able paper. The secretary was instructed to communicate with Scribner's publishing house with a view to having a few thousand copies published. Mr. Williams has probably made his fortune. Anew piece of Jim Elmore's poetry was read by Prof. E. E. Bowers. Elmore's poetry needs no comment. Mr. E. Banker Isaacs was next with an essay on chemistry. Mr. Isaacs held the chair of chemistry in Oxford uuiversity for a number of years, sufficient to say his paper was out of sight. Miss Susie Jeanette and the Mears were the authors of a charming piece of poetry entled, "What is Home Without a Lov-. er," and when read caused quite a sensation. The hearts of the other sex beat 50 degrees faster. Alain de la Storehouse's name appeared last on the programme, subject, "Hypnotism." Mr. Storehouse said: "Mr. Chairman, my membraneous system is logically defected and the spinal abdication having deflected into cartilaginous compressor which had coagulated into the diaphram under the •iiandungo to such an extent that the pygmentum olfactory ossification, had produced ligamentarium thereby incapacitating me for the present, but I will come up next meeting with a paper of such magnificent proportions that you will be mesmerized into listening to an oration that will do credit to Gladstone, Voorhees or some one." The president then declared the meeting adjourned to meet in two weeks with Jay H. Williams over on State street. The club then turned their whole attention to cracking jokes and nuts and eating fruit until 13 o'clock proclaimed that the year 1895 had arrived.

MAPLE GKOVE.

Tom Mangus visited Tank Lawter last week. The infant child of Isaac Huffman has been quite sick.

George Clark has been sick with ulcerated sore throat. Link Clark and family attended church at Ladoga Sunday.

Our school commenced Wednesday after a week and a half vacation. John Harshbarger, of Mt. Pleasant, was in this vicinity Sunday evening.

Rev. L. T. Holsinger delivered an excellent sermon at Bethel Sunday night. .a.

What has become of some of the correspondents? We suppose they will come to life in time for another reunion.

W. C. Terry and wife gave a pound supper at their home near Eden Thursday night in honor of Mrs. Terry's brother and sister, of Clay City. All present spent a very pleasant evening.

MONON ROUTE.

Gusta Monroe is visiting a brother near Otterbein. Elijah Warren has had fifty hogs to die with cholera.

Samp Croy passed through this vicinity last Sunday. Lou Chesterson, of Darlington, is visiting hereabouts.

Pearl McCormick was the guest of his brother James, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dill were the guests of D. P. Smith and mother, Sunday.

Miss Eva Clossin was the happy receiver of on elegant gold ring containing sets of opals and emerals.

Geo. Crique confirmed the items in last week's JOURNAL, which said that his favorite jewel was a pearl, by presenting the Pearl of his choice with a ring.

IJPL'EK FOUNTAIN.

Mrs. Sam Edwards is numbered with the sick. George Fink arid wife spent last week with relatives in Frankfort. $

Charley Mayes and vrife, of ."St. Joe, 111., spent Xmas with Alfrrd McClelland.

Clarence Vancleave, who has been very low with typhoid fever, is improving.

Attorney S. J. Xewlin, of Terre Haute, is spending the holidays with home folks.

We wish THE JOURNAL and all its correspondents a happy and prosperous New Year.

Freeman Osborn, our furniture deal ers, spent the holidays with his brother at Milford, 111.

Rev. Ellsworth, of DePauw University, is conducting a series of revival meetings at the Hillsboro M. E. church this week.

Matthias Bever, of Taswell county, 111., was called here last week by the sickness and death of his sister, Mrs. Susan Mendenhall.

Miss Gail Vaughn, of Crawfordsville, who has been spending the holidays with Miss Ida Robertson, at Hillsboro, returned home Tuesday.

County Clerk Wyand moved his family to Covington Monday. Hillsboro people regret to lose so worthy citizens but wish them happiness in their new home.

H. M. Clubb won the medal at the Demorest contest for old men at Hillsboro last Friday night. Those contesting besides him were Lewis Starnes, Miles Cooper, Charles Short and Curtis Walker.

Mrs. Mary Ellis died at her home in Hillsboro on Friday, Dec. 38, 1894, and was buried on Saturday in the Hillsboro cemetery. She was a sister of James Frazier, a worthy resident of our town, and a member of she M. E. church.

Miss Eva Wood, who is attending school at DePauw University, gave a party to a few of her friends at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Mattie Linnville.in Hillsboro last Friday evening. Miss Wood will return to Greencastle next Monday.

Mrs. Susan Mendenhall died at her home in Hillsboro on Wednesday, Dec. 36, 1894, after a short illness. Old age was the chief cause of her death, she being near 80 years of age. Years ago she was married to Jesse Mendenhall, who still survives her. She has always lived a consistent Christian life, being a member of the Christian church, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. Interment took place on Thursday at the Bever cemetery.

The last night of 1894 will be long remembered by the residents of Hillsboro as the date of another disastrous fire. About 11 o'clock p. m. the stable on the same lot as the Central hotel was discovered to be on fire. The inhabitants were hastily summoned and soon willing hands were at work to extinguish the fire, but in spite of their efforts the flames were communicated to the hotel building and it was totally destroyed. The windows in Claman & Cooper's store, adjoining the hotel, were destroyed, but owing to the substantial nature of the building it was practically uninjured. Mr. Laird, the new landlord, had just taken possession that jrning after the departure of Mr. Wyand, and his experience as an inn-keeper was short. The building was insured for $1,600, which will about cover the loss.

FOR all kinds of printing see THE JOURNAL Co., 1'KINTKKS

Fifty Conversion* ill One Nt{(lit. LOGANSPORT, Ind.. Jan. 2.—One of

the most remarkable revivals ever recorded in northern Indiana has just been'concluded at the Jefferson Evangelical church, this Qpunty. For over six weeks crowds have gathered nightly at the country church to hear the exhortations of Rev. Tracy. As high as fifty conversions, with thirty additions to the church, have been recorded in a single night. The failing health of the preacher has caused the servicds to close.

"Wide Open No More.

PERU, Ind., Jail. a.—Peruvians are living under an entirely new and strange state of affairs. The saloons were all ciosed Sunday, and are being closed every night at 11 o'clock. The three principal gambling rooms have also been closed. Peru has for a long time had the reputation of being a wide-open place in every particular, but Prosecutor J. N. Tillett, assisted by Officer Church, has givwi things a general reforming.

Two Corpses in One House, ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 2.—George R.

Griffith, proprietor of the Griffith house, died Tuesday, the result of a paralytic stroke. At the time of the shock a telegram was received from Richmond announcing the death of Frank Spear in the asylum at that place. Spear is a son-in-law, and his remains were brought to this city Tuesday.

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Prise Fight at Elwood!

ELWOOD, Ind., Jan. 2.—A fierce glove contest was secretly pulled off north of this city Monday between Eddie Clarey, of Chicago, and Jake Boyce, of-Cincinnati, in the presence of 300 spectators for a purse of $50. Boyce fouled Clarey in the sixth round and the referee decided the fight against him.

Believed to He Incendiary,

WABASH, Ind., Jan. 2.—Fire destroyed the residence of John Mills, cashier of the Lawrence national bank at North Manchester, this county. The origin is a mystery, but there is a suspicion of incendiarism. The contents of the structure were consumed. Loss, $5,000, with insurance of $2,500.

A Serious Charge.

ANDERSON, Ind.. Jan. 2.—-Oren Munyer was bound over to court charged tvith knowingly selling diseased pork.

OUR CAPITAL LETTER

INTERESTING GOSSIP ABOUT THE INCOMING INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Speakership Contest Something About the ••Third House"—Vigorous KLick on the Marion County Hog—Editors Will

Ask For New Libel Law.

[Special Correspondence.]

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. l.—Although it is over a week yet before the assembling of the legislature, the "push" has already begun to form and it begins to look as though the attendant crowd would almost equal that of a state convention. There is scarcely a county in the state that has not at least one candidate for some one or more of the various positions at the disposal of the lawmakers, and each candidate will marshal as many of his friends as possible at the capital. Naturally, the candidates for speaker are the first on the ground, and they will all be here before the week is over. All the rooms on the parlor floor of the Denison have been rented by speakership aspirants as headquarters and the hotel will bear very much the appearance of convention time.

Since you printed a list of candidates a month ago but two have dropped out of the race, but there are still 12 who are "mentioned." As the friends of two of them claim over 25 votes each and others expect to start with followings ranging from five to 15, while there are but 82 votes in the caucus, it is evident that somebody is likely to be more or less disappointed when the "show down" comes on the first ballot.

And do you know that it is the easiest thing in the world for a candidate for office to deceive himself? One of his friends hears make a remark favoraable to him, and immediately the friend sets down as his warm supporter and so reports him to the candidate, who henceforth counts upon B's vote and influence. Now, the fact is, that is pledged to another candidate, but he nevertheless has a kindly feeling for the man in question. He means to speak well of him, and nothing more. But the candidate and his friends are perennially hopeful and they interpret every indication in its rosiest light.

The plain, harsh truth is that the only man you can depend on through thick and thin when in pursuit of office, is the man who is bound to you by personal interest—who has some object to accomplish through your success. You will find many others who will help you most unexpectedly and disinterestedly, but that is one of the unknown qualities not to be counted upon beforehand.

The representatives have been slow to pledge themselves on the speakership and the great majority of them will come here unpledged, preferring to wait until they can view the field thoroughly and then get on the wagon that seems most likely to lead the procession. As yet it is distinctly anybody's race.

The personnel of the "third house" of the coming legielature has not yet been printed, a fact which probably arises from the innate modesty of the members of this august body. They are not elected by the people and do not court publicity in any shape, yet they are usually more numerous and sometimes fully as powerful as the membership of either of the regulary constituted .branches. At the last session the political complexion of the "third house" was distinctly different from what it will be this year.

It is not unlikely, however, that the corporation interests having "pork in the pot" will have workers on the scene and will be able to bring together an equally prominent lot of Republicans this year, for by the time a man grows to wealth and prominence he is usually found to have acquired stock in some corporation or other which he desires to protect. The railroads, the natural gas syndicate, the county officers, the insurance companies, the state institutions, all have interests that are likely to be more or less affected by legislation, and all will send strong lobbies here to influence legislation.

John E. Lamb, who has been by common consent "speaker of the third house" ever since "Jim" Rice passed away, will probably be missed. It will likely be necessary to select some Republican to this position this time, and it is likely that the County Officers' association will furnish the man. There is a general impression that this association will send a strong lobby here to prevent legislation on the question of fees and salaries, and thus leave the o}d fee system in vogue. It is not likely that they wjll succeed in this. There is a disposition to deal with them fairly and equalize official salaries on a fairly liberal scale, but the sentiment of the legislature is claimed to be in favor of a salary system throughout, based partly upon population and partly upon the amount of busines transacted.

Iran across a congressman-eleqt the other evening in the Denison bouse lobby $nd in a chat with him he said: "Mucb. baa been said in the Indianapolis, newspapers about congressmen-elect endeavoring to work the apportionment committee to 'fix' their districts for them. This is unfair as well as untrue. From personal knowledge I know that the great majority of the new congressmen bave not asked anything of the new committee, and the only requests that have came have been intimations from two or three who were elected in strongly Democratic districts that they would like to be given no harder fight than they had in the last campaign. #_* "Is there no end to the applicants for place from Marion county?''

This question was put to me rather testily this morning by a representative from the southern part of the state. "It is a howling disgrace," be continued. "Here you have two candidates for speaker, one for clerk, two or

three for doorkeeper, at" least two for state librarian, three that I know of for custodian of the capitol building, two for engineer of the same building and an innumerable swarm after the minor positions about the house and senate, not to speak of those who are asking for clerkships under the state officers."

Then he took breath and started in again. "Now, the friends of both your candidates for speaker are declaring that if the speakership goes to Marion county that will end the demand from Indianapolis right there. That may do to tell new people, but it don't go down with me. I've been here before and I know that Marion county is never satisfied until there is nothing more left to give out and then there is a 'kick' because there is nothing left."

The legislative committee of the Republican Editorial association, at its session here last week, decided to ask for little from the legislature, but to make a strenuous effort to obtain that little. Although much possible legislation of benefit to the schools was discussed, the editors decided to pin their faith to a new libel law. Indiana has the worst libel law of any state in the Union, say the newspaper men. It puts the newspaper entirely at the merch of any irresponsible attorney who is hunting for damage suits on "contingent fees." There is scarcely an editor in the state who has not suffered a species of blackmail rather than go to the expense and trouble of defending a suit under a law which makes the slightest error in statement prima facie evidence of malice. They favor the Minnesota law, which gives fair opportunity for the correction of an error aud gives both sides an even chance before the law. The committee will meet again on Jan. 8 in joint session with committees from the other editorial associations of the state.

The legislature of 1893 seemed to suffer from a sort of "pressaphobia." There were a number of men in it who seemed to "have it in for" the newspapers, and whenever they found an opportunity to hit an editorial head or cut off a source of newspaper revenue they hastened to do it. It is gratifying to the newspaper fraternity to note that without exception these men failed of renomination by their parties in their home districts.

The arrangements are progressing handsomely for the big Democratic banquet on Jackson day, Jan. 8. No invitations were extended except to the speakers and everybody is free to attend who can raise the price of a ticket, which will cost but 50 cents. The prime object of the gathering is to form a state league of clubs, modeled some\vhat on the plan of the Lincoln league, which has proven so valuable to the Republicans of late years.

There has been a vast amount of gossip about it being for the purpose of launching the Matthews presidential boom, but I notice that Gray and Voorhees are both down for speeches and that plenty of their friends will be on hand to see that the gathering is not made a one-man affair. Friction on the presidential question is not feared by the party leaders. As it is purely a voluntary assemblage, the party could not be bound by any action by resolution.

Much interest was aroused last week by the little dinner given to the con-gressmen-elect by the dean of the delegation, Hon. Geo. W. Steele, at Marion. Eleven member^ attended and about all they accomplished was to get acquainted with each other and exchange social amenities. The subject nearest their hearts, that of the congressional reapportionment, was not mentioned, so they allege, for the obvious reason that on this question their individual interests conflict not a little.

While a heap has been said on the subject of the proposition to move the State University from Bloomington to Indianapolis by our local newspapers, I have not yet discovered any members of the legislature who feel interested in the subject except Senator Duncan of Bloomington, who is very much against it. It is more or less doubtful whether even the Marion county delegation will unite in asking for it. They are just now so deeply interested in gathering in all the offices in sight for applicants from this county that they have not had time to give the subject much consideration. &

One of the most utterly dumbfounded men in Indiana at the result of the last election was George W. Self, the new senator from the Harrison, Crawford and Orange district. He demurred when the convention nominated him, and was thus forced into a fight in an agricultural district where the hope of making great changes was very slight. After he was in for it, it became a matter of pride with him and the tireless energy with which he climbdd through the hills of his mountainous district was something remarkable. He was elected by 1,100.

Some Republican has been mean enough to suggest that Tom Taggart conceived the idea of the big Democratic Jackson Day feast for the benefit of bis hotel, the Grand. This is, of course, nothing but a libel upon the nrbano chairman of the Democratic state ticket.

A1 Wishard (everybody who knows him calls him Al) is accused of having very peculiar looking qyes, and there have been occasions wben he was suspected of passing the wink. But that is an unfair accusation. He possesses mismated eyes, which give him an expression hard to describe and seldom solved. It is a fact, however, that one of his orbs is gray and the other a decided brown.

Anderson promises to send a big lobby down to the legislature in behalf of the creation of a superior court for that county. The olaim is that the legal business of the county has outgrown the circuit court's capacity.

Jerome Huff, of Peru, announces himself flatly in favor of Matthews as the next Democratic presidential nominee. Governor Matthews himself believes it a little early to discuss the subject.

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