Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 June 1897 — Page 12

WEEKLY JOURNAL-.

KSTAni.IBHBD IN 1845.

FRIDAY. JUNK 4. 1W97

May io to Chili.

Harry Wilsou, of Spokane Falls. Wash., is in the the city. Mr. Wilson expects to be appointed consul to Chili.

Secures $1,9'-!! l'ension.

Travis & Hrown have just secured the allowance of a pension to the heirs •of .lohn Wheeler. Co. C, 120 Ind. Vols., amounting to SI.021.

Thornton Visitors.

Messrs. and Mesdames X. C. Burk, ?CJ. C. Richey.Joe Witt and W.C. Nevin, of Thorntown, were registered at the -Ramsey Sunday.

Silos On i« Note.

Moses Shruin, through his attorney. John L. Shrutn, has brought suit against Louis McMains, receiver of the •Crawfordsville Pottery Company, and Horace F. King on a note. The amount involved is 8231.

A Kiln- Carriage.

•Carver A. Robbins, the undertakers, •have placed in their service a fine ambulance. The vehicle was built expressly for them by the Chillieothe, O., carriage works and it is one of the best in the State.

A I.ar^ Wheat. .Sale.

Robert Giikey, living west of the city, finished hauling Monday 800 bushels of old wheat. The price paid Mr. Gilkey for the cereal was 85 cents. -This is the largest single sale of wheat •made in the county within recent years. »\v Olllcers For Company M,

Captain Martin V. Wert was Monday appointed by Adjutant General .fames K. Gore, captain of Company M, 2nd Infantry, Indiana National Guard, in place of Clinton A. Williams, resigned. The selection of Mr. Wert ss captain to succeed Mr. Williams is certainly a good one. Capt. Wert is a military man in the fullest sense of the word and under his captaincy Company will hold a place second to none in the State. Lieutenant William H. Mc.Neeley has tendered his resignation.

A Tribute to (ioncml Wullacr, In his oration at Trinity church Sun. -day on "The Five Great Lessons of Memorial Day," Rev. Dr. Leech paid a, high tribute to the service rendered by -Genera). Wallace at the battle of the Monocacy. Dr. Leech's churches were close to the battle field, at that date, 'in Maryland. He said last Sunday: "My churches were so situated that they were centrally located ,as to Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg and Washington. Three times they were occupied by the Confederate forces. In delaying General Early's army at the

Monocacy for twenty-four hours by Sghting its twenty thousand men with p. small force, General Wallace saved •the National Capital from plunder and destruction. He enabled the army of General Wright to reach the city and Wallace saved it by his prompt display of heroism. The nation is under immense obligation to our distinguished fello citizen,"

WHITE CHURCH.

Mrs Duck Riley visited her sister, Mrs Ol Hamilton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Floren Hulvey are the proud parents of a fine baby boy.

This viciuity was well represented at Darlington Saturday at Decoration. Misses Lillie and Delia Britsch, of Craw/ordsville visited homefolks Sunday.

Bev. Nige Rowers delivered an excellent sermon from Hebrews 11 ch., .1 vs Sunday night.

Several relatives and friends of this riommunity attended the funeral of •Granny Cross Suuday afternoon at ,'virkpatriok.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Heath, Pink and Made Hubble and Howard Keim, of New Ross, attended the love feast at this place Wednesday and visited at -lolin Rettitiger's.

ONE OK TWO WAYS.

Th

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bladder was created for one ptirnamely, a receptacle fur the and as such it is not liable to

any form of disease except by one of two ways. The first way is by imperlect action of the kidneys. The second wav is from careless treatment of -other discaces.

CIIIKF CAUSK.

Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kidneys is the chii*f cause of bladder troubles. So the womb, like the bladder. was created for one purpose, aud if not doctored too much is not liable to weakness or disease, except in rare cases. it is situated back of and very close to the bladder, therefore any pain, disease or inconvenience manifested in the kidneys, back, bladder or urinary passage is often, by mistake, attributed to female weakness or womb trouble of some sort. The error is easily made and may be as easily avoided. To find out correctly, set your urine aside for twenty-four houri-: a sediment or settling indicates kidney or bladder trouble. The mild and the extraordinary eil'ect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soom realized. If you need a medicine you should have the best. At druggists, lifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail. Mention the Join:.\'Ai. and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this oiler.

The Monon Route

Is now ready to quote very low rates TO Nashville and return, account of the Tennessee Centennial. The Monon is the most direct line. Only one change of cars and that in Broadway station, Louisville.

THE NEW SCHOOL IDEA.

How It is Viewed 15,v tin Youth's Companion—A OrealSneeess Wherei.vi'i' Tried.

The new school idea which was described in the JOUK.VAI. several weeks ago is spreading rapidly and bias fair to become the common thing all over the country. As our readers will re collect, it is simply a plan by which country distaict schools are consolidated and graded to the great advantage of teachers, pupils and patrons The new school idea is, in a word, increased efficiency at reduced expense. It lias been amply tested by experience and, as Montgomery county is inhabited by wide awake people who elect progressive trustees and school officials, we look for them to adopt the new bystein without delay. The Youth's Companion has the following interesting article on the subject: "In the little school house at the country cross roads many of America's greatest men have begun, and not a few have finished, their 'book learning,' and the district school has justly been called the corner stone Of the nation's liberty. "No doubt the parents of many present readers of the Cum/miilon in their youth attended the district school. Their memories of those idays would recall a gathering of fifty or sixty pupils, under a competeut teacher, who secured good work. Hut when those parents revisit the old home now, they find only six or eight children playing about the door at recess, and inquiry discovers dissatisfaction and a lack of iuterest on the part of the pupils. "The decline of the district school is noticeable and general throughout the country. It is due to the fact that large families are less common than formerly, and to the congestion of population in the cities. "It is impossible for a teacher to get good results from a school of five or six pupils. The enthusiasm of numbers and the stimulus of wholesome rivalry are absent. Good teachers will not take such schools, and cheaper and less competent instructors must therefore be hired.

"Lducators in many States who have ry county that very busy persons are sought a remedy for this evil are al- always placed on programme and that

most uuuuitnous in advising that weak district schools be closed, and that the pupils from such sclioolsbe conveyed at public expense to a central point where a good tctioolcan be maintained. This plan, first tried in Concord. Mass.. has spread through the rural districts of many States. "The township furnishes covered wagons, commonly called' barges.' These are placed in charge of experienced drivers, who are responsible for the safety and good behavior of the pupils on the way to and from school. Every morning the barge goes from house to house throughout the district, the blowing of a horn announcing the approach of the carriage. At night the barge calls at the school house, and leaves the pupils one by one at their homes. "The plan permits a better grading of the schools: gives opportunity for thorough work in special studies: secures more competent teachers adds the stimulating inllue. ce of large classes: leads to better school houses and—noti least in importance—is cheaper. "I costs as much to warm a school house and keep it in repair for live pupils as for forty and the salaries of three or four cheap teachers amount to much more than the salary of one good teacher: so it is possible to carry the scattered pupils to a ceutral school, give them better instruction and more of it. and still save money. "Six district schools in Enfield, Connecticut, which had less than ten pupils apiece each, cost the town nearly seventeen hundred dollars a year the cost of carrying those same pupils to the central school is only about one thousand and forty-five dollars a year: aud the more than six hundred dollars saved can Vie spent to good advantage in hiring better teachers or lengthening the school year township in Massachusetts which was educating children in small schools at a cost, in one case, of sixty dollars a year for each pupil, by consolidation reduced the cost of each pupil to eight dollars a year, including transportation. "The value of the district school has always been that it made education free to all. The township school which is growing up in its place is a shoot from the same tree, and has inherited the same good quality."

Slate Will Send Tents.

The Knights of St. John on Monday received word from the military headquarters of the State that two hundred tents will be placed at their disposal here on the Fourth of July. The tents will be placed on the fair grounds and set aside for the visiting commanderies.

Whittinnton's Fine Speech. Memorial Day was duly observed at Ladoga Sunday. Attorney William T. Whittington of this city, was the speaker of the day and his address is said to have been one of the finest ever delivered in the county

The Journal Co,, Printers.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

Tin- Management is Highly Pleased With tin- fireiit .Succtss iif tin (iat liei'i 11

We perhaps have never had in Montgomery county a more successful Sunday school convention than the one that closed last Friday at 4 o'clock From a standpoint of members it was not as great a success as many others, but from the standpoint of interest manifested it was greater. Beginning Thursdav evening with a lecture on the life of Christ by Rev. A. .1. Alexander, in which many rare pictures by old masters were thrown upon the canvass giving his history from the manger to the cross, and to the end of the programme the interest was very great Miss Kirbv followed the stereoptican lecture in a very well prepared paper on primary unions.

Quite a large number of primary and intermediate teachers and mothers met at the 8 o'clock conference and Miss Kirby explained to them the many advantages in having a well organized union. Before the time for the regular programme had come the Montgomery county Primary Teachers' Union was organized and officers were elected. The president of the union emphasized the fact that this primary union is not for Crawfordsville alone, nor is it for primary teachers only, but that it is for the primary and intermediate teachers and mothers of Montgomery county aud for all others who care to attend. Teachers of adult classes, Bible classes, superintendents, officers and teachers All are welcomeand are urged to attend its sessions. In order that it may prove helpful to teachers living in the country the meeting has been set for Saturday afnoon at three o'clock (a time when most of them will be in town) at the V. M. C. A., a most centrally located and convenient place. A committee met at that place Saturday to perfect plans. Welcome to the Montgomery County Primary Teachers' Union.

All through the day particular attention was paid the mark of the primary department and many excellent papers read and addresses delivered. It is peculiarly noticeable in Montgom

they are always present. We would give more for a halt hour's time of a very busy person than for a whole day's time of one who is not busy. We mean business, our progress proves it.

Dr. (.-. S. Burroughs delivered a most excellent address on the importance and improvement of primary work, and we had it taken in full by an official stenographer. It is reproduced in this paper for the benefit of those who were present—aud they all want it—but more especially for those who were not present, as we want all to haye the benefit of it. The convention a.11 joined hands aud sang "Blest Be the Tie That Binds Our Hearts in Christian Love," and after the benediction adjourned to meet at Linden the fourth Friday in August.

The following officers were elected: President—Charles. W. Ross. Vice President—W. B. Banks. Recording Secretary—Miss Grace Johnson.

Corresponding Secretary and Stenographer—Miss Bell Jacobs. Treasurer—Miss Adelia Cox.

Supt. Home Department—L A. Ciark. President Primary Union— rs. B. L. Ornbauu.

Vice President—Primary Union— Mrs. Dr. A. D. Hard. Secretary Primary Union—Miss Lenore Barnliill.

Treasurer and Librarian Miss Sarah ulian. The following township presidents were elected:

Coal Creek—O. W. Mason. .,, Wayne—Perry J. Lough. Ripley—Charles Hybarger. Brown—W. T. Miles. Scott—Mrs. J. M. Glover. Clark—Mrs. Lida Sidener. Walnut—Win. Loup. Franklin—George Seyhold. Sugar Creeek—R. C. Harper. Madison Wm. Nicholson. Union—Mrs. George Smith. it ADDliKSS Of LHl. ISLT.Kori.M.S. '•It is a mistake to talk for a long time and at the close ha.ve it said that nothing was given to put iuto practice. 1 regret, that 1 did not bear Mis& Kirby that did not make believe that I was a primary teacher or a mother and get into the conference this morn ing, but that 1 could not do because of pressing duties at the college at this time.

The work of training religiously should be begun early. It should be begun in childhood if the best results are to be had. Let me see how m.iny here gave themselves to Christ before the age of 15 years yes the majority of you. If I was to ask for those that gave themselves to Christ when over 20, 25. 30, i5, I would find the number proportionately less for each call. Now did anyone give himself to Christ after 45'.' No one can make such a testimony. That shows that if you are going to save the children it must be when they are young. I do not believe in giving children to sin when they belong to God and then try to get them back again. A great deal of our work is misdirected because we lose the children through a lack of earnest, well directed work. 1 am not trying to criticize. Take the history of the

Sunday school and see how the primary work has ever been of value to the work. Take the early work begun by Robert Raikes, followed by the work of the Dames schools. and Jitter

woikers in Sunday school work. The Sub oat I) school began to get children nut of the »Li'c'i-l3 mid to bring tliein ui.del" butler lLllartiCe*. lln- little uner. were taught, to n.ad, write ar.d -pell 1 he pmir and m-gN-cied were hruUgihs together. Joh-i Pounds gathered theiu together and aoure&sed them. "It has ever been that when you build up the primary department ou builaup-the whole line, whether in day or Sunday school. Tne very history of the work and its success emphasizes the importance of primary work. "1 have shown how we could get the little children in the primary Sunday t-ehool and get them interested aud in no other way could wa reach them. "From a general point of view the iiibbaih scuool came from work with neglected children. The home has delegated the religious instruction of the children to the Sabbath school. The children are reached in ncglected homes through primary work. Now, we all want to do better and where there is a will there is a way. I am sure that every primary teacher here will say 1 must find in my own place of work some means of accomplishing more. "We need more money to accomplish primary work. I have some ideas about this matter. Don't buy fine furniture and clothing as fiue as you may wish and give so many high price parties to friends and yet fail to put money into the primary work of the Sunday school. Some men could give building material, stone and a day's work. That is good, that is money. It represents money. We have got to have certain plans Children love beautiful llawers The primerv school ought to be full of (lowers Why not have a fountain in the Sunday school? Fountains do not cost much. I could make a fountain very cheap. Flowers and birds make it attractive. In tl.is way a little room of this kind oft' to itself would be just the thing. I know children want to be and ought to be where they can have a room to themselves. I have two boys and I tell you the3' can make a racket and when I am studying I don't eare to have them in the room adjoining or above me. The primary department must be by itself so as not to disturb others or bo disturbed. I would have a house or room to itself and some plan so could get the children to attend and1 when I got them there and evervthing pleasant and nice we would have a good Sunday school. If there is good organization in the Primary department it will not be hard' to get the same higher up. Some go out of the school because of being- put into smaller classes. Don't attempt to teach CIBSSPS of 40 pupils You cannot do proper good with a class of more than S to 10. You are asked what you- are going- to do. I am going to get these children to think about God and Jesus Christ. And I will use everything possible to make them think I am asked, "Are you going to allow them to play on Sundav'.'" No: but am going to get them to thinking along certain lines that will bring them in touch with God and Christ. You havejrot to take them as they are and bring them to Christ •'Remember, Children love pictures I remember one Bible my folks used to have with pictures in it, and thought it the finest Bible I' ever saw. It is possible to have even the very best pictures of .Testis in some form. By asking questions of the children lead them to see the points of the picture. Don't tell them, but et the children tell you. Teach them the manners and customs and dress Why don't you put things before the children in pictures'.' When you- read the Bible before the children you present to them a picture. 1 take pictures and some thin pieces of wood-and paste the pic tures on the wood then I saw the wood into pieces and have the boys and girls put the pictures togetherand dissect them again.

I used to play preacher do in on Sunday. I really believe that had just as much' to do in bringing me into the ministry as anything else. Have innocent child plays with the. children. The children will bring Jesus down into the room right there with them. You must work along different ways. Teach hem that they ought to love Jesus more because they do not see him. This can be done by illustra tions asking them of distant relatives and friends and whatever they love them though absent. Yoa eau show them how they can be close to Jesus and know lots about him and yet not see him.

The telephone, can be used to show this by showing the little ones how they can talk to distant friends. "Question them about their toys and what they expect for Christmas aud how they expect their papa and mamma to know what they want. When they sav they tell them, ask them to go to God and tell Him what they want and tell them how prayer will he answered, teaching them to be good boys and girls. Teach them that as they thank tl-.eir father and mother for being so good to them, so why not thank God. So brine the children naturally to God and talk to them about some nice thing God has given them. Teach thetn to pray in the home, and ask the blessing ihemselves. Do not have them think they have to look like ministers before they can pray. Get them to understand the great power of prayer and its influence."

Pleasantly Knturtaiiii^l.

On Wednesday, May 36, Mrs. John McCalip was 54 years old, and in honor of this eveut her devoted daughters, Misses Editii and Fannie, pleasantly entertained a number of her friends. An elegant dinner was served in courses and the following guests sat at the festal board: Dr. May and wife Prof. Brockman and family, Rev. Hugh McCalip and wife, Frank McCalip and family, Mrs. Martha Boyland aud her aged mother, Grandma Ziegler. After dinner Prof. Brockman took a picture of the entire crowd. They returned to their respective homes late in the evening, all hoping this good woman would have many more birthdays and that they would be permitted to share the hospitality of this pleas-

HOT AFTER HUTTON.

I'he Comity Commissioners Oi-iler That I.etjnl J'roeeelin i:e Instituted.

The County Commissioners and John C. Hutton last Saturduj' parted company aud from now on if Mr Hutton desires to make any overtures to the commissioners he will have to do so through their attorney s. This change occurred last Saturday and it was after Mr. Hutton, accompanied by his attor ner, Charles Johnston, had appeared personally before the commissioners and made their statement. After giving Mr. Huttou's statements due con sideration and also listening to the reports made by Frank Maxwell and John Bonnell, who -.vere appointed to examine Mr. Huttou's books, the commissioners ordered th&t, inasmuch as Mr. Hutton had not made a settlement according to law, the Prosecuting Attorney, assisted by Crame & Anderson, proceed to collect the sum due the county by the proper legal proceedings. The order, as entered upon the docket by the commissioners, is as follows: 'Comes now John C. Hutton in person and by his attorney, aud the Board having heard the statement by him made and it being made to appear to the Board of1 commissioners of Montgomery county, Indiana, from an ex amination of She books and rt-oords of the Auditor's office and Treasurer's office of said county made by Frank 0. Maxwell and John R. Bonnr-ll, under the order aud directions of said Board, and from their report made to this Board that John C. Huttun, late Treasurer of this county, has failed to pay over all the resources collected for county, township, road and other purposes, and has failed to make settlement as required by law, aud that as shown by 6aid report a large sum of money remains due from said Hutton on aocount of money collected by him as such Treasurer during his term of office, to wit: the si!tn of six thousand dollars and seventy-five dollars and two cents, which said sum was due and payable at the crxpiration as Treasurer of said county on the 1st day of September, 1805. "And the Prosecv.-ting Attorney of said county is directed to proceed to collect said sum by the proper proceedings by suit unless said sum is paid into the county treasury with interest thereon at once, and in the event suit is brought for said balance said prosecuting attorney is directed to include in his complaint a demand for said sum together with any other matters that may be found to be due from 6aid Hutton to said county, and the Prosecuting Attorney is directed to bring said proceedings to collect said sums, unless paid as hereinafter stated and the Auditor is directed to turn over and deliver to said Prosecuting Attorney, all the books, papers and memoranda prepared by said Maxwell and Bonnell in the investigation of said matter and all paper, sheets or books that may aid the Prosecuting Attorney."

Prosecuting Attorney, Dumont Kennedy when seen last Saturday by a JOUKNAI. representative, said: "We shall give Mr. Hutton a sufficient amount of time to make good the amount of money which tho commissioners claim he is owing to the coun ty. Should he fail to do this we will immediately begin suit on his bond.

WORDS OF WISDOM.

K. "I. Thomson I)!ivfis tlio Tare well IHSCOIIM' to the? I'S II^Si School ratluat iitf Clu'HS.

The baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of the city high school was delivered Sunday morn ing at the First Presbyterian church by the Rev. Iv B. Thomson. Long be fore the appointed hour the commencement of the service the vast auditor ium of the church was filled to its capacity and many were compelled to turn away unable to secure admission. Palms and carnations constituted the pulpit decorations. The solos of Miss May Kline and Mrs. Walter Hulet were of the usually high order of excellence. Rev. Thomson's discourse was a mas terly and scholarly one. To the young graduates just completing their work and entering upon thef.terner realities of life he gave thoughts profound and heartfelt. He took as his text Second Corinthians 5-0: "We mane it our aim whether at home or absent to be well pleasing unto Him

A I.ettjjL- Thanks.

Labt Saturday Sheriff Davis received a letter from Charles Morris and Arthur Wilson, the two thieves captured here last winter with property which they had stolen from a store near Danville, III. The letter was one thanking Sheriff Davis for his kind treatment and expressing a wish for his future success. In the letter they stated that they had been kept in jail '.15 days at Danville before being permitted to enter a plea of guilty. Upon finally being allowed this boon they were sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Chester reformatory.

House Iii'caUoi-s On Trial.

John Jeffrys and John Patterson, followers of Sun Brothers' circus, who were arrested at Waynetown some weeks ago, charged with breaking into Dr. Hurt's office at that place and carrying off a number of surgical instruments, had their trial by jury in the Circuit Court Saturday. The case went to the jury at 2 o'clock The Jury after a half hour's deliberation found Jefand Patterson nineteen years of age and guilty as charged in the indictment. Judge Harney gave them each an indeterminate sentence to the Southern Reformatory.

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MEMORIAL DAY.

.Appropriate K.vcrei-es Held anil

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5ai,linjilon.

AT USPKN.

Memorial Day was feelingly and appropriately observed at Linden Sunday. People from far and near came to honor the memory of those men who so gallantly gave up their lives for the preservation of the Union. Dr. Tucker, of Noblesville, was the orator of the day. His address was masterly and one highly enjoyed At the close of Dr. Tucker's discourse at the Methodist church the mem-bers of the (J. A. R. accompanied by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and school children marched to the semetery,- east of the city, where the comrades, assisted by the school children, decorated with flowers the graves-i*f the departed heroes.

AT DAKl.INGTO.V

The laudable example of decorating" the graves of departed soldiers instituted twenty-five years ago by patriotic women was feelingly followed out Sunday at Darlington by the veterans and citiaens of that place. Memorial servires proper commenced on Sunday evening, May 23, with an address by the Rev. Fred Stoveuor, of Portland, lnd. The Memorial services proper, however occurred on yesterday. The G. A* R. Post accompanied by the Independent Orsier of lied Men and citizens marched to the cemetery near the city, where the graves of the nation's dead were strewn with roses. Upon the conclusion of the exercises at the cemetery the entire body adjourned to a grove near the cemetery where appropriate exercises were held.

The following programme was carried out with Post Comaiander E. P. McClaskey as presiding officer:

America was first sung by the entire audience, making the woods ring with the melody of that grand old song that has so often inspired the heart of every true Americary.

The following recitatious were then delivered: No Flowers oil I\ip:i's Ora vv .. -Miss litliel Merrymiin -i I.'ei'oiiitlon Day Slw t.'oletriiin Memorial Day. Miss Clara Hunt A Jttfr the Baltics -are Over Miss Ida Cox

Then came the address of Rev. (. E. Kelly, of the Christian church, and a resident of the city. He started out by saying that only those that took part in the conflict were capable of delivering a Memorial address, and he could only speak from history, yet for full one hour did he hold that vast audience as he recounted to them the cau»e6 that led up to the war, the deeds of valor performed by those that took part: their heroism and suffering, not forgetting the brave women left at home, who quietly struggled on aud on without a murm-ur: through privations aud oft times hunger. He paiti a beautiful tribute to both Lincoln and Grant as our leaders. Bro Kelly is the son of a veteran aud proved himself a pleasing and forcible speaker. The exercises closed by the singing of the doxology and beuedection by Rev. Rayle, after which the Post was again formed aud marched back to their headquarters, where the following resolutions were unanimously passed and ordered placed on record: llsJitdvctl. That we tender our heartfelt thanks to the vatious committees for their prompt and efficient aution: to

Bros. Stovenour and Kelly for their kind and efficient efforts: to the Darlington singers the drum corps and the young ladies who so kindly volunteered to and so beautifully rendered recitations: to J. J. Kirkpatrick for the free use of his park, and to Miss Mate Lewis who so kindly donated the flags for the I. O. O. V. cemetery, and to those who so generously responded to the financial committee in their appeal, and to the general public who by their presence gladdened the hearts of each one of us as we see the interest th?y manifest in this good and to ns sacred work.

Veterans l?)essiny: A way.

According to the report of the adjuant csneral of the G. A. R. department of Indiana, it is shown that the number of veterans in Indiana is rapidly decreasing on account of the grim reaper of death. Before another quarter of a '.-entury rolls around many posts which now exist in the state will have vanished. The report shows that during the. year there had been issued ten general orders and fifty-five dispensations: eigh new orders were organized while seventeen were lost 84,08-1 had been spent for relief.

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December 31, LS'.Ki there, were in good' standing 19,531) members, which is 1,413 less than the number in good standing December 31, 1S(J5. The loss by the death in IS'JG was 304, by suspension, a,177 by transfer, 094 and by honorable discharge, 75.

Tonjjh Customers. ,i

Two young men. giving th«»ir names as Fred Jackson and Frank Miller and claiming Kansas City as their home, were arrested at the fair grounds Sunday afternoon by the police. Jackson was given an eleven days' sentence on the stone pile for carrying concealed weapons, while Miller was extended the same privilege on a charge on vagrancy.

I.otsof Wool. T'f

Joseph Goldberg has bought 30,000 pounds of wool and is still buying although the season is drawing to a close and no shearing will bo done after this week.