Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 October 1896 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1896.

HKTTIXG is bad business, and if you bet on the wrong1 candidate it is positively wicked.

THK difference between David Hill and Win. Jennings Bryan is that Hill thinks without talking while Bryan talks without thinking.

KJSKK coinage of silver might be a good thing for the American workingman if the American workingman owned a silver mine or two, but unfortunately he does not.

IK the government can create value simply by stamping a bit of metal, it ought to have made us all independently wealthy long ago by stamping the entire visible supply of sheet-iron into dollars.

SECRKTAKY CARLISLE states the case •with characteritic clearness and force when he says that the laboring man "who really believes that the money he receives from his toil will buy too much food and clothing for himself and family, or pay rent for abetter house than he should have," is duty bound to vote for free silver.

THERE are S-l,000,000,000 of coined silver in the world. Now if all this were brought here how much do you think it would amount to per capita'? Just about S! for every person in this country,—Aryxiu-Ncws.

Four billions of coined silver divided among 70.000,000 would give to each person S5S.5S. But the diiierence between S}5 and $58 is about as near the truth as the Aryus-Ncivs ever touches.

DR. GEORGE P. BECKER, of the United States •Geological Survey, has re turned from South Africa with some startling information. He declares that withinfifteen miles of Johannesburg there is an amount of gold practically in sight, in a range running not over thirty miles, equal to §3,500,000,000, or nearly as much as the whole volume of gold coin iu the world today. All of this, he predicts, will be thrown upon the market within the next twenty-five years.

WHEAT continues on the jump, despite the fact that silver continues on the down grade. The golden grain opened at Chicago yesterday nearly up to eighty cents, and the probability is that it will reach to the golden dollar mark before the difference between supply and demand shall be finally adjusted. And all this going on while 6ilver, the alleged Siamese twin of wheat, is going the other way. Again we call upon the Democratic committee to revise that book.

THERE are thousands of Democrats in Indiana who will concur with S. P. Sheerin in his views concerning the corrupt bargain made by the Popocratic ai.fi Sliit.r committees wl-en he sayt: "i he proceeding is disgustingly immoral and should be set aside by the people for the very fraud inTolved." Concerning Mr. Bryan's advice to the wBge-earners first to be cowards, and afterwards to be liars Mr. Sheerin asks: "Can anything be more insulting to the wage-earner than this?"

HON. GEORGE W. JULIAN, one of the ancient landmarks of Republicanism in Inciipnh. but who iu ls72 went off with 'r-OT.'.e/, FI-d l:as IKI/II over tinco wandering among the mountains cf Democracy where he was looked upon as a bell wether, has come out against the Popocratic ticket. He is for sound money and prosperity. The desertion of such men as Julian, Jewett, McLean, Magee, Bynum, Frenzel, Pickens, Sheerin, Wood and thousands of other Democrats all over the State is enough to create a panic in Popocratic ranks.

THE Chairman of the Popocratic committee of Akron, Ohio, declares that the Popocrats of that city were obliged to give Bryan GLOO. for his speech of one-half hour, which is at the rate of £200 an hour. It is understood that the committee here had to" raise S150 for a ten-minutes speech. This is at the rate of 815 a minute, or S'JOO an hour. The local committee should protest against this kind of treatment. It is said that the Michigan rate was even less than the Ohio schedule, but each day's receipts netted about the same as in Ohio, as he served them in bargain-eounter lots. The advance in prices,' however, indicates a healthful condition of the show business.

WHEAT

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SILVER.

The Popocratic County Committee must revise its free silver campaign book. The wheat and silver ligament has been cut and these two commodities h^ve parted company. Within the last six weeks wheat has gone up 23 cents on the bushel, reaching 70 cents in Chicago on Saturday, while during the same time silver has gone down five cents on the ounce. The "crime of '73" hasn'tas much influence on the price of wheat as has the failure of the crop iu the bread raising countries of the world. Neither has the "crime" as much influence on the price of silver as has the wonderful increased production of the white metal. And, by the way, if the Popocrats are so sure of Bryan's election, and if Bryan is so sure that free coinage will raise the price of silver to Sl-29 an ounce, these two circumstances put together should have some influence on the silver market and send silver in a skyward direction. The fact is the Bryunites arc certain of neither proposition

LI KLINCi HOST'S LKTTKlt. And still they go. Sterling Holt, late Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, Monday published a letter addressed to the Democrats of Indiana, in which ho takes the ground that they are absolved from voting for the Bryan electors,, not only because of the departure of the parly from the ancient and time-honored principles of Democracy on the financial question, but on the grounds of "irregularity" in the manner of making the present electoral ticket, a ticket which was neither selected by the convention nor by the committee, but by the Populists. As a further reason he says that Bryan is no Democrat as he voted for General Weaver in 1S!)2 and against Grover Cleveland when there was a Democratic electoral ticket in the field in Nebraska in that campaign. Mr. Holt's reasons are certainly sound and sensible and will have great weight with Democrats who are "self-respecting men."

THE .JOURNAL asks "if money is the creature of law what is the matter with the Mexican dollar." Nothing except it is not a legal tender with us. That ought to be enough.—AnjuxNews.

But it is a legal tender in Mexico, made so by Mexican law, yet it is worth no more at home than it is in the United States. An American dollar will buy two Mexican dollars right in the city of Mexico. Mexico has free and unlimited coinage at a ratio of 103-^ to 1, and because of this the Mexican dollar passes both at home and abroad just for the value of the bullion of which it is made. The American dollar has behind it the pledge of the government "to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other." By the law the Secretary of the Treasury is required, "under such regulations as he may prescribe" to redeem the silver certificates and the treasury notes in "gold or siver coin, at his discretion." While the American silver dollar is not directly redeemable in gold, yet it is indirectly thus redeemable. And it is by this provision that the Secretary has been able to maintain the parity of gold and silver.

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IT will cost the people—that is the Popocratic people—of this town $15 a minute to hear Mr. Bryau tell the laboring men that the dollar that is now being paid to those who have not been shut out of their jobs by the Gorman tariff law, will buy too many loaves of bread and will provide his table with too many of the necessaries of life. This is a big price too pay for a declaration that has been delivered by the l'oy Orutcr 359 tin.es with but slight variations. While potatoes, eggs, butter, wheat, cows, hogs and cattle are cheap, oratory at the rate of one dollar for three seconds is rather dear. If Mr. Bryan is paid in the 200-cent dollar that he talks so much about the people here will only receive seconds for each 200-cent dollar invested.

THE Chicago platform makes a promise and threat of repudiation when it says: "We demand that the standard silver dollar chall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private and we favor such legislation as will prevent the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contracts."

In this plank you have repudiation, naked and unashamed—repudiation of debts and repudiation of contracts. Debts are to be paid in a money worth only about half as much as the money in which the debt was contracted. The power to make a contract calling for as valuable money as was lent is to be taken away by act of Congress.

J. J. MILLS must be added to the list of bolting Democrats in this State. He is now in the company of such men as S. P. Sheerin, ex-Secretary«of the National Democratic Committee, Sterling R. Holt, ex-Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, ex-Con-gressman Bynum, John P. Frenzel, ex-Treasurer of the State Committee, Hon. Rufus Magee. ex-Mini6ter to Norway and Sweden, Col. W. E. McLean, ex-Assistant Commissioner of Pension, Hon. C. L. Jewett, ev-Speaker of the Indiana House, ex-Congressman Wood and thousands of Democrats of more or less prominence all over the State.

,f THOSE POSTAL CARDS.

Tlie Chicago Kerord's Postal Card Klection Is Favored By Popocrats High In Standing.

The Chicago Record's great postal card election has been attacked by two or three unfair Democratic papers of the State because the results are all against Bryan. The St. Louis licpublic, the greatest paper in the country which supports the free silver cause, says:

In another column a Chicago dispatch describes the great journalistic feat undertaken by Mr, Lawson, proprietor of the Rccord. He proposes to find out, if possible, how twelve States in the Central West will go in November. He has addressed a personal request for a vote to each of 750,000 voters, and has secured the consent of well known citizens of both parties to serve as a committee to couut and certify to the returns. The result may and may not be an accurate forecast, but Mr. Lawson is a man of the strict est probity and the highest public spirit The Iic))ul)lic is sure that the Kccord's unprecedented undertaking will be fairly conducted.

But even from a higher source the fairness of the election is indorsed That party saint, .John P. Altgeld, writes:

I desire to say that I am satisfied the Rccurd will conduct this election as fairly as possible and will make an honest announcement of the result and that it will keep the ballots absolutely secret, so that no man will know in the future how any particular person voted. 1 am satisfied the laboring men will be safe in sending in cards expressing their sentiments Thanking you for the fair and honorable course thus far pursued by your paper toward the great question that is agitating the American people, which I regard even more far reaching in its effects than was the question presented to the American people in 1801, I am JOHN P. ALTGELIL

Montgomery County Talent. General Lew Wallace and Hon. James A. Mount will speak at the following places during the last week of the campaign:

Monday, Oct. 20, Rochester. Tuesday, Oct. 27, Angola. Wednesday, Oct. 2tS, North Manchester.

Thursday, Oct.'2l, Huntington. Friday, Oct. 30, Tipton. Saturday, Oct. 31, Shelbyville.

A Lot of DUOH.

The police in searching the house occupied by the Coleman gang last Tuesday found a new suit of clothes and several parts of suits, all new. These had evidently been stolen and if the owners live hereabouts they can recover their property by consulting the police.

Letter List.

Following is a list of the letters remaining uncalled for in the postoflice at Crawfordsville for the week ending Oct. 21, 1890: Gardner MissKatie Lardiman MrsMary Harris Jas McClure Mrs Joyce Mrs Mary(2) Simpson Miss Inez Ivinting Walter Wilkinson W

LINUKK.

Very little sickness in this place. Joe West and wife have returned from Fitliian, 111.

The Doctors think it is distressingly healthy in and around Linden. J. J. Scott moved his grocery to the city of Crawfordsville this week, leaving the P. O. store room vacant for a short time.

W. M. Howard will bale straw or hay or hang paper and paint OJ do any kind of honest work to make a living for his family.

There is so much rallying by the sound money and the free silverites that there is hardly any work done an 1 the rallying parties will not work much until after the election.

The Clover Leaf tank well has failed to furnish enough water of late to fih the tank and other wells will have to be drilled. Other wells here have gone dry also and a rainy season is needed.

Frank Harter came down from Lafayette last Monday evening on his wheel to spend a few days with home folks. He works at laying brick and carpentering in Lafayette and is good at both trades.

Mrs. Dora Callings and son Byron, of Washington, D. C., one of the* late E-. P. Bennett's twin daughters, who went blind from scrofula and was educated at the Institution for the Blind at Indianapolis, left heie lust Friday for a short visit in Crawfordsville oefore joining her husband for Danville and Kossville before returning home.

ADVANCK.

Measles is raging around here. Mrs. Smith is better at this writing. Corn husking is the order of the day.

Cholera is still rampaut and the hogs are about all dead. Miss Maggie Patton, of Max, visited friends here Sunday.

We were at New Ross last week to hear Gen. Lew Wallace speak. Miss Rena Brown is going back to Indianapolis to work for Mrs. Alice James.

A small child of a Mr. Amgle was buried last Thursday at Providence cemetery.

Mrs. Stoner, of Lebanon, is going to build a barn for Mr. Bartlett, one of her renters.

Mrs. Lewellen Menach has returned to Mace. She is working for Bob Logan and family.

Mrs. Osborn Graves i6 building anew house. Mr. Whitecotton, of Balhinch vicinity, is the carpenter.

Frank McCormick is helping Henry Brown gather corn. Henry thinks he will have about 2,000 bushels.

if OB sale bills see THE JOURNAL CO., PAMXKAA

WKSLKV.

Five weeks of school gone. A wagon load of our McKinley girls decorated a wagon to the rally at Crawfordsville Saturday.

The funeral of Peter Switzer, a former resident or this place, but late of near Wingate, occurred here Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Wesley cemetery.

Last Sunday evening "a large crowd gathered at the church to witness the marriage of Miss Minnie Stout, of this place, to Mr. Brown, of near Indianapolis. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Stephens in his most pleasant manner. The wedding march was played by Miss Ivy Stout. The attendants were Miss Clara Stout and Mr. Bert Stout. The bride is an accomplished young lady and will be greatly missed, as she goes to her new home. The wish of the community is that their lives may be as cloudless as was the sky on the eve of their wedding.

Last Saturday being the 18th birthday of Miss Leota Bennett, her many fiiends planned a surprise on her, but were unsuccessful as she had heard it whispered around and was looking out for it. evening was spent in music and games. All departed at a late hour, wishing her many more such happy birthdays Those present were: Misses ''E.iith Niece, Maud Snyder, Sallie Reiyley, Lizzie Williams, Hose Hard, Lulu Petro. Ethel Ball, Grace Uemler, Gertie Petro, Nettie TTeath, Mertie Petro, Myrtle McClelland. Maud Bratton. Maud and Ethel Edwards, Docia. Benefield, Grace Breaks, Dora Charters, Maude LouiB, Mary Wilkinson and Lizzie Brown, and Messrs. Cbas. Williams, Will Kepler, L. J. Utterback, ElmerWilliams, Mack Edwards, Harry Henderson,Dell Barnett, Huston Williams, Marcus Bowers, Howard Heath, Cap Utterback, Chas. Gray. Bert Stout, Walter Breaks, Edsoti Fink, Arthur Henderson, Mellie Breaks, Andy Morrison, Will Merrill, Elmer Wilkin, Will Brown, Ross Edwards.

PINK

Hog cholera is raging. Mell Foust is husking corn for J. M. Waikup.

John Finch sold some fine porkers last week. Clay Clark, of Colfax, was here last Wednesday.

People are beginning to have their winter wood. Sylvester Wilson threshed his clover seed this week.

Miss Bertha Wilson spent Sunday with home folks. John Finch and wife spent Sunday at Davis Wilson's.

Charley Foust, who has been very sick, is ou the road to recovery. Isaiah Crane's horse became frightened at a bicycle last Tuesday morning and ran into a barbed wire fence, cutting thj horse badly. No other damage was done.

Rev. Smith will fill his regular appointment at Mace Christian church next Saturday night, Sunday morning and evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burkliolder, of Bellmore, and Win. Rlioades and family spent Sunday at Win, Vannice's, near Darlington.

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A parade about one mile long left Mace last Saturday morning enroute to the city to take part in the big rally, where everybody had a grand time.

A large crowd attended the Epworth League last Sunday night at Mace. There will be no league next Sunday night on account of meeting at the Christian church. The meeting will be led Sunday night week by:Ward Waikup.

Last Sunday being Frank Broach's birthday his wife took it unto herself to make him a surprise and inviting in his friends. It was a complete success and the guests left in the evening wishing that these times would occur oftener.

NOKTH MACK.

John Fletcher hulled his clover last Tuesday. Rev. Riley will fill his regular appointment at Mace Sunday morning.

A number of the farmers attended the sale at Mrs. Alex. Conner's last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ward, of Crawfordsville, spent Sunday with their son, John.

Jesse C'-ons sold a bunch of nic-.. hogs to Edwards & Linn Monday at 3 cents per pound.

The Mace McKinley Club met last Tuesday night to listen to the political speech made by Allen W. Johnson, of Crawfordsville.

Bert Rernley, who has been working in Illinois, attended the rally at Crawfordsville Saturday, but returned to Illinois Sunday.

The house which was on Enoch Linn's lot was moved to the Mace K. of P. cemetery Monday. It will serve as a warming house.

Chas Clark,'Jure Ward, Chas. Ward, Lulu Dice, Harry Ward and Hattie Pattison attended the box and oyster supper at Ivingsley school Thursday night.

Misses Nina Vancleave, Effie Vancleave, Eva Wilkinson, Ollie Wilkinson and Messrs. Frank Wilkinson and James Miles, of Brown's Valley, wore the guests of Chas. and Anna Clark Saturday evening and Sunday.

SWAMP COLL.KGK.

George E. Grimes is improving and is able to sit up. Aunt Martha Grimes is visiting her son, Abe Grimes, this week.

Eli Grimes and wife visited James Glover at Russellville, Sunday. Mrs. Emma McCann, of Russellville, visited Eli Grimes Tuesday.

Fred W. Shrader, of Veedersburg, was in Swamp College Friday. Mace Summers, of Ladoga, was the guest of Mort Shrader, Sunday.

W. H. Long, of Ladoga, was the guest of Jake Shrader, Sunday. Rachel Hester and Carrie Grimes visited Mort Shrader and wife Monday.

Jake and Fred Shrader attended the big rally at Crawfordsville, Saturday. Eli Grimes and Adam Hester are husking corn for Jake Shrader at two cents per bushel.

Our school is progressing nicely with Clarence Burroughs as teacher, and an enrollment of 33 pupils.

There has been some gravel hauled on the Penobscot & Brown's Valley gravel road. Let the good work go on.

Alva and Charley Doyle, Walter Taylor and Charley Frame took their be6t girls to the big rally at Crawfordsville last Saturday.

It has been said that the scribe has turned over to the free ifilver party. This is a mistake as I am for McKinley, sound money, protection and prosperity.

SHANNONDALE.

John Thorp has moved again. Miss Olga Patterson is on the sick list.

Miss Lulu Young has returned here to stay. Miss Missouri Henson is staying at W. C. Miller's.

Miss Nora Young is attending school at Indianapolis. Mrs. Mary Custer visited at John Beebee's the past week.

Miss Pearl Kinnett has returned to her home in Ripley county. John Leman and family, of Thornthorn, visited at Jim Ray's Sunday.

Everyone is invited to attend the Sunday school convention here next Thursday, Oct. 22.

SMAUXSSUI5G.

Pete Barley and family took dinner with George Downing and family Sunday.

Sunday school is progressing nicely at this place. Everyone cordially invited to attend.

Meeting here at the Christian church Sunday morning and evening and also Saturday night.

Homer Long, wife and son attended meeting at the Baptist church here Sunday morning.

Meeting here at the Baptist church Sunday morning was well attended Rev. Dodimead officiated.

The Greenwood school is progressing nicely and all are pleated with their teacher, Miss Nora Sands.

BISHOP SEYMOUR.

He Writes Lcl ti-i- lo I hi- Cold Standard Democratic ('(UiuaitUc. CHICAGO, Oct. 21. Right Rev. George L. Seymour of Springfield, Ills., bishop of the Episcopal church, lias written a letter to the gold standard Democratic committee, in which ho denounces tlie C'nioago platform in very forcible latiguge. The bishop saysho takes no interest iu politics under ordinary considerations and has voted but once siuce the war. But the political situation at present he regards us perilous. He states that freo silver would be injurious to all classes and declares unequivocally for tlie gold standard.

The remainder oi" his letter is devoted to what he conceives to be the effort of the Jniocraric, platform to array '-class against class, employe against employer, and the west and south against the east." He asserts that tendency is revolutionary, and the men who" preach such doctrine are "not aware of the ulterior results." He condemns particularly that plank in the Democratic platform referring to the United States supreme court.

Postmaster Asked For Ilis Insinuation. CONCORDIA, Kan., Oct. 21.—"W. H. L. Poperrels, secretary of the Democratic state central committee, and postmaster at this place, has received a letter from First Assistant Postmaster General Jones informing him that he must resign tlie postmastership or give up his position with the state central committee.

Civil Service Employes Jrjr:inizins. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—The delegates from the beneficial organizations of civil service employes in the customs offices at various cities, who are holdiug a convention for the purpose of organizing a national association, spent yesterday in discussing a proposed const itution and by-laws.

New Medical Discovery.

BEHLIN, Oct. 21.—Professor Behring and Heir Knorr, a private lecturer, announce the discovei-3* of a tetanus antitoxine which is expected to greatly reduce the number of deaths from traumatic tetanus.

TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Princeton college yesterday began a th -ee days'celebration of its sesqni-centeii-nial at Princeton, N. J.

Funeral services over the remains of the late Henry E. Abbey were held yesterday in the church of tlie Panlish fathers in New York.

Consul General Lee is in good health, and the report circulated to the effect that the general had iislceil to be recalled, is classed as untrue.

The government of Sweden will apply to the uoxt riksdag for credits of 10,000,000 kroner to build an ironclad, several million lsronsr to build torpedo boats and cruifers and 6.000,000 kroner with which to bugin the fortification of the Gulf of Bothnia.

Gold engagements for import are reported: Kuhn, Loeb A Co., *1,700,000. Bank of British North America. $500,000 Mullfcr, Scholl & Co., $375,000 Kidder, Peabpdy At Go. ut Boston, §750,000 Lazard F*eres, $1,500,000 'L. Vpn Hoffman He Co., 8500.000 total, M.5B5.0G0.

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LIKED HIS OLD HOME

Boy Dislikes His Foster Parents and Puts a Bullet In His Brain.

HASN'T VOTED IN FORTY YEARS.

Crushed In on Elevator—Striking: Miners Encouraged Mother's Dream ••King of the Bums" Substitute Machinery

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Men Murder Trial Postponed. Buby ltoastod to Death—Notes.

WHITING, Iud.,Oct. 21.—James Humphrey, the 9-year-old son of John Humphrey, missing for four weeks, was found dead iu tho bushes near a saloon on the outskirts of town, by Frefl Fenteusberg. The body was badly decomposed, and was recognized ouly by the clothing worn. There was a bullet hole in tho heau, and a revolver by the side of the body, indicating that death was self-inflicted. Some mouths ago tho child was taken from the Childreus' homo in Chicago, and was adopted by Mr. Humphrey. Last spring tlio lad ran away from here and was l'ouud near Lincoln park, Chicago, having walked tho entire distance to get back to Iiis old home. Tho little fellow demurred against being sent back to his i'ost.r parents, but was returned here, ami lived with them till about a mouth ago, when ho ran from tho house and was not seen again alive.

MOTH ICK'S 1»11RAM.

Saw Ilor Son In His Coffin and the IIouso Draped 111 Mourning. CLF.VKLAMJ, O., Oct. AI.—Mrs. Johnson of this eity recently discovered that her sou, Edwin Jones, and her daughter, whom she lost 18 years ago, wero iu Indianapolis, living in Cornell street. Tho son was a postal employe. She went to Indianapolis and found him ill, and returned to Cloveland. A few nights ago she dreamed that her son was dead. She says she could see hint iu his cofiin and people were draping the house with mourning. .She was so impressed'that she wrote to Indianapolis that day. A letter came saving that tho sou died the mghc before her dream.

STAKIiiSU HKU XECK,''

Attempt of Mrs. O. 1'. I5urt ct.t to Commit Suicide al. Her Home. NIXKVAII, Intl., Oct. 21.— Mrs. O. P. Eurgett attempted suicide by cutting her throat with a large knife, which sho seeured from her husband's pocket. Several stabs wero made ou both sides of her neck, and the frenzied woman tore the wounds wider with her fingers. She litis been confined in Fletcher's sanitarium at Indianapolis 011 account of insanity symptoms, but was recent discharged and sent home. She will be returned to the asylum if sho recovers?

Striking Miners Encouraged. SHELRCHX, Ind., Oot. 21.— IT is given out in mining circles that there will be 110 further effort iu Indiana to settle the mining differences until after the election, hoping that the operators will then consent to pay the C0-cent schedule demanded. The striking miners are much encouraged by the determination of the Ohio miners not to aceept the reduction. 111 the Indiana Held possibly one-half of the bituminous miners are at work on a 00-cent scale, and these are contributing liberally to the support of the loekedout miners. So far there litis been little or no suffering. It is estimated that fully 1.500 miners have left this stato for other iields.

"King ol th« iiiiiiH,"

CUK'AUO, Oct. 21. iidmumd G. Browne, "king of the bums," and collaborator of Editor Stead in his book, "If Christ Came to Chicago," is dead in Mercy hospital. He was taken there suffering from alcoholism, his old enemy, and he also had a slight, touch of pneumonia. His friends, however, say that his death was due to nicotine poisoning. For many years he had smoked 011 an average 100 cigarettes a day, and it was this, they aver, that killed him.

Ten Thousand dollar Hoiut* liurned. BKA'AUi, Ind., Oct. 31.—The magnificent home of G. W. Moore, miller of Kuightsville, a suburb of this city, was burned yesterday, it is presumed that the Humes originated from a defective furnace. The building and contents were destroyed. It was one of the finest houses in the county, being built recently by E. F. Sigler, the coal magnate. The loss is about $10,000 insurance, $4,1100.

ril«r Trial lNistpoiuMl.

ExGLisir, Ind., Oct. 21.—The trial of William Orati'. indicted for the murder of August C. Striegle, which occurred at Schnellville, July x'ti, has been postponed until the December term. Tho defendant is but 20 years old. The dead man was Uo years old and a man of family. The quarrel originated over the kind of a dance to follow 011 the programme, Striegle wanting a "square" dance, while Graff preferred a waltz.

.ISuhy KoasteU to !cath.

BKIJ.KKONXAIM O., Oct. 21.—The little 4-year-old baby girl of William Kemp and wife of Champaign county, Who were camping at tlie Lewistown reservoir, was burned to death. The father and mother were fishing, when the child's clothing took fire, igniting the straw and burning the tent to tho ground, literally roasting the tlesh, the very bones being charred.

l-'utally liuriied.

JACKSONVILLE Ills., Oct. 21.—SIRS. Andy Groves of Orleans was driving homo from town with her two small children, and it is supposed she drove through tho embers made by burning hedge brush, and in some means her clothing caught fire and ahe was burned so badly that she died in a few hours.

John H. Wiggar Dead.

MARION, Ind., Oct. 21.—John H. Wiger, dealer iu harnos6 and buggies, 'who began here a few years ago with bjrt fw degare, is dead. He left f»ton« of IKKKWO.