Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1881 — Page 1

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The Democrat. Official Paper of Adams County. S 3. liny s, Fropriotor. Terms: One Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Year. TSii: BKIIOt HAT * AUKSTS. ANfnfft «•» .sati<*fartary arrangement* ran lie made w c « ill have nu Auent lor The lleni<i?phi nr each pesto Hire in the County, the name# of v* Itoni vy HI be kept Htait«lina in the i.h per. We «l«» this for the com euience of our * N.ioscribrrs, and trust thej will appreciate it. Suharrihria can pin their subscript ion, ornnj pa IT thereof, or any sum ol money, to <».tr acral*. Mho will receipt lor the Name, ntvl who hln<» wjjl take the name* and rush of new niilimcribcr*. The lollowitiu are the lie ate's uliiaenl* already appointed, and our patrons at the Mcveral others will do <in a tfrrat favor bj remittinc to them a “lit-le iHouev usi MiilsNcription:” (,W. HOCKER Monroe JOHN It. II A LE Geneva EftIENEMOKKOW Linn Grove J. T. BAILEY, ATT’Y AT LAW <s• J. P., VKCATVK, 1 (DIANA. Hili Practice in Adams and adjoining (?Hiintirg. Collections a specialty. v24n29tf ~ ~a~ gTiiol lowayjidT - PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUR, INDIANA. Office in Houston’s Block, up-stairs. Will fttu-nd to nil professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Residence on north side of Monroe street, 4th house east of Hart’s Mill. 25jy79tf K R. AtLi.*'N. PrcVt. W. IL NiI’ttcK,Cashier. I>. SrcDABAKER. Vice Pres't. THE ADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy Ard sell Town, Township and t’cuuly OiWers. 25jy791f PETERSON HUFFMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR, INDIANA. AV ill practice in Adams and adjoining •own ties. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are Notarics Public anil draw deeds and mortgages Real estate bought, soli and rented on leaf nat4e terms. Office, rooms I and 2, I. 0. <>. F. building. 2-sjy79tf FRANCE & KING. J77YULVZIKS AT LA W, DHCATL HUM DIANA. 1 ""’AT"-' " t y pg ”.??' "T? ;£§;=h. 11l >. —— Ztvi >-a wry ; J * Perry, Huston, county, Ga , I January 28, 1880. In 1873, (here were two negros confined in jail badly affiieied with Syphilis. In wy official capacity I employed C. T Swift to cure Ih'.m. under a coutrac*, u ao ct/re, no f!'. He administered his ‘‘Syphlitic Specific, and iu a few weeks 1 felt bound lo pay him out of the county treasury, as lit had affected a complete and radical cure. A. S. Giles, Ord. Houston co,, Ga. Chattanooga, Tenn , Feb. 14,1871). The S. S. S. is giving gaod satisfaction. O?«.e gentleman who bad been confined to Ids bed six weeks with Syphilitic Rheumatism has been cured entirely, and speaks in iLe highest praise of it. Chius & Berry. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, zitlanla, Ga. Sold by 1) rwin N. Hohhoune. Call for a copy of “Young Men’ 1 . Friend, no. 3.3 m. Notice to Father*. Mothers, Sisters. Brother*. t ncles, Aunts, and all Relatives. Secure Certificates on y«nr relative’s : jives in the PIONEER Ml- TV - L ASSOCIATION ’of UNION CITY, INDIANA,— The cheapest Relief offered by any Asscci xtion in ’.he United States. (.hriificates given on all males and fern i’ps that are of sane n.ind and good health from 20 to 85 years of age at the following low rates: SB for a 51,000 Cernfiea'e. $lO for $2,000; sls for $3,000 j $25 for $5,000; or a total of sl6 to secure > Certificates for $3,000 in the First Division ; SSO to secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the Second Division; SSO to secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the Third Division; ssoto secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the Fourth Division; A’early thereafter only $1 cn each one thousand during life, with the following a -ses meats in each class and division .At the death of a member, $1.25 on $1,000; . $2.30 on $2.000; $3.33 on $3,000; and $5.50 on $3,000. All males and female? from 65 to 83 years of age, are respectfully requested to -jure certificates. Regular stock Insurance Companies do not insure over 65 years. Therefore, as this is your only chance for relief we advise you to accept this great oficr at once, as it is dangerous todelay. Remember, you have no risk to become a member of this association, as its officers have each given bond to Hie amount of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties. Call on or address France & King, Agents, 4mC. Decatur, Ind. <«ray’s Specific Medicine. TRADE MARK Tils Great TRADE MARK E.v:i.i«h Re--:-an y an unfa i 1tng cure for /J seminal weak VjE ness, Sperms-. t on b*u! in U" . ’vSik lency.’nnd al: V KFORE TAOHB. • i,c " ,ea ,ha ’AH£B TAKINB. tollow as a consequence of Self-abuse; as loss i f memory. Universal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other diseases that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a premature grave «Fgf-Full particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists at $1 per package, or 6 packages for S 3, or will be sent free by mail on receipt »f the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. 106 Main street. Barrs to, N. Y. For sale by Dorwtn & Holthouse. Carry the Mew« to Marj. I have a geod farm sf 100 acres, 40 acres cleared, and GO acres geod timber, 2miles eastof L»ceatur. Will sell reasonable B IL Pent

small-pox, smiwoxi Xow that the small-pox scare is all dead and buried, I am prepared to show you the nicest line of DRY GOODS, Notions, CLOTHING Hats, Caps,

GROCERIES, &c. Ever brought to Decatur, and at astonishingly LOW PRICES I ■ Piease Hole llie Folk ing: Foilwell all-wool Cashmere ! at 50 cents. Hats from 35c. to $4.00. Corsets from 50c. to SI.OO. Table linen, 25c. to 1.00. Towel?, 10c, a pair. Brocade Dress Goods worth 25c. at 20c. Dress Goods from 7c. upwards. Nice style of Dress Ginghams at sc. and upwards. Nice lot of White Goods at 10c. and upwards. Silk Fringes from 45c. to §I.OO. Black Laces, 10c., 15c. and upwards. Curtain Laces, 12’c. and up wards. Hose in endless varieties at sc. and upwards. Fancy Buttons, of all styles, from sc. to 50. Piece Goods, single and double width, from 65c. to §5.00. Ladies Cloaking in double width. I Highest Uarket Price Paid lor Produce. James Edington. Decatur, April J 4. 1881.

FLAX STRAW. How to cut it, How to cure it. J To farmers of Adams and adjoining conties, who desire to harvest their Flax crop to the best advantage, I will offer the following advice; * Cut your Flax earlier than yon have been accustomed to. Have no fear about your seed not being ripe. It will mature v to better advantage alter it is cut than if it s was growing. Use a mowing machine; , cut close to the ground; let it lay for two or three weeks. It will not mould or II sprout while laying in this condition more j than if it was standing in (he ground. When your seed has matured and you c wish to take up your flax to house, stack or take off the seed, use a horse rake, in the early part of the day when the dew is 1 on. Rake up about as much as you can 0 take care of the balance of the day. If you wish to take the seed oft’, clean a piece 8 of ground about twenty feet square, near q your flax field. Commence tramping or rolling about 10 a. m. and you’ll get off v , your seed as fast as une team can haul it I from the field. Stack your straw neatly. While your horses tramping, if you are goi ing to have * rain storm, cover your seed 1 heavy with tramped straw. Do not use a threshing yiHthtr.c io t.ike th- seed. 1 buy unwillingly lots "of flax seed, at $4 and I $5 per ton. Dark colored or swathrotted, j and green straw chat is spread out to rot, I will be the most desirable and bring the I highest price. r The curing or rotting can be done on the farm. It will not cost in labor over fifty C ! cents per ton and will he worth $2 per ton ] , more than unrotted when brought to the I factory. Price from $3 to sts per ton. 1 ; will not buy wet straw nor weeds. All in- ( I formation in regard to curing and rotting flax straw will be given at the fatory. c Farmers having last year s crop will find a market for it at the factory. THOMAS F. MYLOTT, Prop’r. Decatur, June 30. 4w 1 l Dissolution of Co-Partnership. By mutual agreement we the under- ( signed have this day dissolved partnership All parties knowing themselves . indebted to us will please call at the Treasurer's office and settle by cash or 1 note. Thanking our friends who have ] in the past favored us with their pat- , ronage, we remain yours very truly. CoNiEtt & Holthouse. Decatur June 13. 1831. i New Firm. The undersigned having this day ' < formed a co-partnership in the boot and t shoe trade respectfully invite the lead- , ing public to call and examine their large and varied stock. Good goods at the lowest living prices will be their < motto. VOOLEWEDE <t CONTER. Decatur. Ind., June 13, 1881. , To the Public. Having this day formed a co-part- 1 ner ship to be known as Voglewede and ‘ Center, 1 request all parties knowing themselves indebted to me to call , and settle by cash or note. Thanking , my friends for past patronage and soliciting your favors in the future, I re- 1 main yours, a J. 11. VOOLEWEDE. i Piles, Rectal Ulcers, Fissure, 1 Polypus, Pistula Cured' / 1 . 1 No Cuttdwt, No Ligating, No Pain. o By Dr. A . B. Jamison who is perma- z nently located in Decatur. Rooms third and fourth doors in Odd Follows build- . ’?gPiles, Na Cure, No Pay. “ The worsi cases cured without Knife, Clamp, Scissors, Heated Iron, etc. Without application of Acids, or injection of c Acids that will produce Pain, Misery or v Danger. In the majority of cases the treatment is Painless and go about your t work iramediately’after treatment. I guarantee the cure of piles every time, and if I fail will return every cent paid and make you a present of One Hun drbd Dollars. Ulceration of the rectum. A fearful malady. It is often mistaken for a “Bad case of piles ” Many limes, Womb, Kidney, Liver, ‘ Heart, Stomach, and Nervous troubles. > If Ulceration is the cause of your poor health it will cost you nothing to know it. i Consultation free to all. IFhatis the cause ■ a of your poor health. General debility, I Despondency, wrinkled face, complexion , - ash-color, torpid liver, Dyspepsia, poor \ o memory, nervous prostration, inability to ! labor, constipation or costiveness, hard I and slow movements of the bowels, pain in 1 abdomen, numbness aching, soreness in legs and over the body, weak and aching back, itching, smarting and burning in rectum at times, occasionally diarrhoea, bleeding and a little protrusion. Same or many of these few symptoms mentioned, may bo present, if so, you, may be sure an enemy to health is with you. Write or send for circulars that you may £ get some ides of the misery Rectal troub- , les can cause. i fc I can name many of my patients except ; s those who requested mejnot toand when you ■ , have talked with them you will then say L I have at no time half told the misery § caused by ulceration,Tiles,Fistulas, etc. Office third and fourth doors in Odd Fellows Building, Decatur, Adams county, 1 Indiana. A. B. JAMISO3, M. !>., Vol. 25 No. 14 ts. TO NON-RESIDENTS. The state of Indiana, Adams County, Ss. 1 In the Adams Circuit Court, September term, 1881. j Martha A. Walters ) vs. ' > No. 1,529. divorce. 1 William M. Walters J It appearing froai affidavit, filed in the above entitled cause, that William M. Walthe above named defendant, is a non-resident of the Staff of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said William M. Walters that he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court, on the first day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the I court house in the town of Decatar, com- j mencing on Monday, the 2Gth of September, 1881, ami plead by answer or demur to said complaint; or the same will be heard and determined in his absence. IFicness my name, and seal of said court hereto affixed, this 28th day of June, ; iBBi. N. BLACKBUEN, Clerk. June 30.1881.--3 w.

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 14, 1881.

DOES MIGHT MAKE RIGHT? The Tables Turned—A Hackman Who Understands the Rules of Railroad Tariffs. Virgina (Nev.) Chronicle, May 10, 1881 . A communistic person identified with the dangerous classes of the Comstock and notorious for his disregard of truth and contempt for vested rights, has just returned from a visit to San Francisco. This morning he endangered the good name of the Chronicle by entering its editorial room. The nihilist declared that he bad -a good thing on Stanford and Steve Gage.” but he supposed the Chronicle, like the rest of the corrupt and time serving press, would be afraid to publish it. “Tell your story,” said the editor with dignity, gazing inquiringly at the boot of the socalist, which was resting upon the editorial table. The boot remained there, however, while the soling ridiculous narrative was delivered : It’s fine weather at the bay and everybody who can afford it takes a spin occasionally out of the dust and heat. Last Saturday Stanford and Gage was walking along Kearny street, and when they got to the corner of Bush the Governor took off his hat, wiped his brow and remarked: ‘•Steve, it’s too hot for anything. What do you say to a breath cf fresh air?” “Have we time ?” inquired Mr. Gage, pulling out his watch. So did the Governor, who replied: “There isn't anything very pressing for a couple of hours, 1 guess, and we may as well take a spin out to the park. It isn’t worth while to have out my horses. Let’s take a hack, and tlfen we can enjoy a walk when we get there. It'll be better than riding around in the drives.” So they got into a coupe and was driven out to Golden Gate Park At the entrance the Governor and Gage alighted. “What’s the fare?” asked the Governor. “Only sls, guv’nur.,' “What!” yelled Stanford in the same brevth. “Fifteen dollars.” repeated cabby, unbuttoning his coat and spitting on his hands. “But my good man,” protested the governor, ‘such a charge is exorbitant. The law confines you to a reasonable price for your services, and you can be arrested and punished for such a violaof the ordinance. “Hang the law” growled cabby. “My money bought and paid for this hack an’ bosses, an’ as Guv’norStanford said in his letter to the New Y r ork Chamber of Commerce; l the etsence of ownership is Control.'

‘Hem!’ coughed the governor, looking slyly at Steve, who began to grin. “That’s all well enough when applied to my railroads, but—er, now if you charge us fifteen dollars to the park, what on earth would you charge us to the Cliff House?” ‘Five dollars.’ From here?’ ‘No; From the city.' ‘But it’s twice the distance!" “Yes, but it is a competitive point. Fifteen to the park, five to the Cliff. No hoggin’ about it. Through rates to the Cliff, local rates back to the Park acZiZed—just as you fellers do when you charge S3OO for drawing a car load of stuff from New to 'Frisco, and . make it SBOO if you drop the car at I Elko, about 500 miles nearer New ! York.' It was a Stev's turn to cough and | the governor's turn to grin. •Well,’ said the governor, ‘take us to the Cliff.’ At the Cliff House the governor and ' Steve drank their beer and smoked ci-: gars, and listened to the barking of the seals, and filled their lungs with sea breeze. Suddenly Steve clapped himself on the leg and cried out: “By Jove, governor! I forgot that I lot of coal of Smith’s that the sheriff I is to sell at 3 o’clock. It’s 2 now. If we miss that, a chance to save at least a thousand dollars will be gone.’ ‘Good heavens!’ cried the governor: snatching out his watch, ‘lei's hurry back at once. Drive. ’ Ofi, driver!, ‘Here sir’ answered cabby, who had beta leaning over the balcony parapet within ear-shot, ‘here, sir.’ •We want to return to town immediately,’ cried Mr. Gage. ‘Ya-as, I suppose so, said cabpy. slowly chewing a straw, “but I’ll take my pay in advance, if it's all the same to you, gent’s. The governor growled somewhat beI tween his teeth and tendered him $5. “ Taint enough,’ said cabby contemptuously. ‘ln heaven s name, how far will your extortions go?’ snorted the governor. ‘How much more do you want.' ‘Five hundred more,’ calmly replied the hackman. •Hey?’ shrieked Steve and the governor

“Five hundred more,” calmly replied cabby. “How sirs—er damme, sir! how do you dare ask such a price for driving two gentlemen four or five miles?” spurted the governor. ‘1 base my charges on L whai the traffic i’ill bear,' same as the railroads does, replied the Lackman, with a grin. “If taters is sellin' in Los Angelor for fifty cents a bushel and at three hundred at Tucson, yOu fellers charge the poor devil of a rancher $2.50 a bushel to haul his taters to Tucson and gobble all the profit. Now, I ain’t as hoggish as that. I heered Mr. Gage say if he could got into town by 3 o’clock he could make a thousand dollars. As there ain’t no other back here, I’m as good a monopoly for this wunst as any blasted railroad on earth; but ain’t so greedy. I don’t want all yon can make by using my hack. I’m willing io get along with half. With a dismal groan the governor and Steve emptied their pockets and counted out the money. “Now, see here,” said cabby, as he closed the door of the hack on his victims. ‘‘l’ve done for wunst what you roosters day in an’ day out have been doin’ for years, an’ made your millions by it. I happen to be able to give you a small dose of yer own medicine for wunst, an’ I don’t want you to do no kickin.’ I know you kin send me jail fer runnin’ my business on your principles, but if you jail me I’ll have yer blood when I get out, an’ don’t yer I forget it.” Hereupon the hackman clapped the 1 door with a bang, and climbing to the seat drove at a rattling pace to the place where the sheriff was about to sell out poor Smith. Smith was a coal dealer who didn't have special rates. Whcft the nihilist had finished this absurd and libelous tale he took his foot of the editorial desk, laughed hoarsely and departed for the nearest saloon. AN OLD DREAAI STORY. One snowy winter night an English farmer, named Robert Cartwright, sitting with his wife before his blazing fire of oak wood, fancied that he heard the faint bleating of a sheep outside his door, and, anxious for his flock, took Lis lantern and went out to Lunt for the poor creature. No sheep was there, however, but instead, close against the door jamb, a basket lined with wool and covered with a blanket, in which lay a very young child. There were footsteps in the snow j which led up to the door, and the other steps which led away from it. Holding his lantern low, the farmer followed these until they ceased abruptly beside the margin of the river, which lay at the foot of his land. Lifting his lantern over his head, the good man shouted aloud half a dozen times: ‘Hullo!’ he cried—‘Hullo!’ but the deep silence of the winter night alone answered him. As he stood listening in vain, a shudder ran through his stout frame. His imagination pictured a young woman, trembling, unhappy, shamestricken who, having laid her infant at his ijoor, had sped away toward this dark water to hide her woes within its bosom.

'Friends here! he shouted agaiu. ‘Friends here! Only friends! But again he heard no sound: and, after searching the banks carefully, he returned to his cottage. His wife, meanwhile, had taken the ; child to the fire and cared for it kindly. It was a pretty little boy, dressed in good and comfortable clothing and fastened about its neck by a cord was one-half of a very peculiar silver clasp or buckle. It seemed evident that the clasp was intended to be a token by which the infant's identity might one day be proven, and the farmer’s wife put it away carefully. Inquiries were made in the neighborhood, but they led to no discoveries, and Cartwright kepi, the child, though they did nr-t deem it wise to adopt him it. their own. He was kindly c&rel for, but brought up as a servant. He had been christened Roger, and he knew no other name. As soon as he was old enough he was put to out door work, and, though taught to read and write, was otherwise on a par with his fellow-laborers. He [ had never seen any other place more ' elegant than the farm-house parlor, ' nor any dress more costly than that ' his mistress wore to church on Sunday; yet his dreams, which he was fond of 1 telling, were all of magnificence and splendor. Often in his sleep he found himself in an elegant room, furnished in yellow satin. There were old portraits on the walls, and beautiful ornaments everywhere. Here he always saw a lady dressed ra black, but wearing diamonds, who was very beautiful, and who often wept, and a gentleman who wore some-' thing on his breast—as he explained!

to Mrs. Cartwright, ‘like your Lest breast-pin but more sparkling, thus describing an order, as it seemed. He appeared always to be.himscdf invisible, and once a man in livery, who had onlyone eye, seemed to walk straight through him without' knowing it. Mrs. Cartwright always believed that these dreams ‘meant something, but her husband laughed at the matter. ‘Poor Roger is no nobleman’s child,' he used to say. ‘No doubt his mother drowned herself the night she left him here—poor soul!’ So the boy’s sixteenth birthday came, and on it he dreamed this dream: He thought he .was in London, and stood before a row of rough stone houses, which were plainly very old. Across the front were some raised letters, quaint and queer enough to puzzle him, but he made out the words: lLady Armytage.' Before him was one of | the low doors with the number ten on it, and at it stood an old woman with a black silk cap on her head, and a little black shawl over the shoulders of ker purple gown. She held something in her hand and showed it to him. It was a piece of a silver buc’klr. ‘Bring me the other half,’ she said, and I’ll tell you a tale that will please you.’ Then the lad awoke, determined to go to London. He was so excited by the drcam that he could scarcely wait until morning to tell it to his mistress, who, on hearing it, at once brought out the silver half buckle that she had kept ever since he had been left at her door, and vowed that she would go to London with him to see what came of this strange dream. Together the woman and boy made the journey, and, after many inquiries and much wandering about the strange city, they learned that there existed in its very heart an old-time charity called queerly enough, ‘Lady Armytage’s twenty-four old wives. Twenty four old women, who had been reputable wives and mothers, were fed, clothed and lodged in these buildings—the funds for the purpose having been bequeathed by a certain pious Lady Armytage, long dead. To this row of buildings the two country folks made their way, and the boy cried out with something very like terror when he saw the houses of his dream, and on one low door the number ten that hehad read in those very white letters. He knocked at it with trembling hand, and an old woman in a black silk cap. purple grown and a little black shawl, opened it at once. She made a courtesy such as humble English women give their superiors, and said : “What can I do for you, ma’am?'’ And the boy staggered back against the door-post, too faint to speak ; but Mrs. Cartwright walked bravely into the poor little apartment. “Dame,” she said, “we’ve come a i long way to ask a little question. Have you the other half of a bit of a buckle like this ‘I” The old woman looked at her a moment and answered “I have, ma’ma, and a parcel, too, for one that shows it to me. Sit down and I’ll tell you about it." Mrs. Cartwright seated herself ; the boy drew near. The old woman went to a chest which stood in a recess, unlocked it, and took thence a parcel, well tied up. “There’s two of us in this home al- , ways, ma’ma.” she said. “The last one died here. She was an old nurse-wom-an—Hannah Glcgg she called herself —--and, in her last illness, she was greatly put about by something that was on her conscience. Before she died she gave me a card, with a name and place on it, arid this parcel. ■When I’m dead,’ she said, ‘not before. • write to that place and say ; -•'■if y OU I want the other half c.f the buckle, come to me. V. ien any one comes, if they f 2-jw you half of a silver buckle, give them this parcel.’ “It’s all she said, ma’am. She died very soon. Os course I was upset, and, when all was over, I found that, though I had the parcel safe, I had not the card; that was’gone. I’ve been think- : ing to go to the minister and show the i parcel to him, for it’s full of writing, ! and there’s a bit of a buckle in it. too. > But it seems some one must have told i you about it. I think it's yours by , right, and I should give it over." t. The farmer's wife was wise enough : to keep her own counsel. She gave a ’ gift to the old woman that made her i feel herself paid for any trouble she had had. and took the parcel, away with ■ her. At the hotel where they stopped for the night the two anxious travelers read the paper it contained. It was to . this effect : I, Martha Grey, who have been liv-1 ing in tlie City of London for ten years or more, under the name of Hanna i Clegg, do heareby swear and affirm I that sixteen years ago. being then em--1 ployed as nurse for my Lady Mar-

lowe, of Marlowe Hall,—shire, I was desirous of punishing Lord Marlowe for trifling with the effections of my niece, Kate Grey, who died, as I know, of a broken heart, because of his Lordship’s fickleness —for he had no mind to marry a poor, ignorant girl, but only to make love to her—and being nurse to my lady Marlowe, I one night contrived to steal the child .and leave the place unseen; and, caking a hbat, I rowed with my own hands, stopped near the house of one. Robin Cartwright, farmer, and laid the child at his door and departed ns I came, knowwell that it would be believed that the mother who had left her child bad drowned herself. Since this I have changed my name and lived unsuspected; but, being in dread of death, I now make confession, lest I am punished for the deed in the world to which I am going. The half of this buckle, which is in this parcel, will mate that which hung about the child s neck, and my Lady Marlowe will know it well, since it is a family heirloom. This statement I swear is true; I make it on my death-bed. Martha Gkkt. Os course the poor boy, who hud been led so far by this strange dream, lost no time in going to —shire, still cared for by good Mrs. Cartwright. They found Marlowe castle easily, and on entering it the boy’s vissions again came into the story, for the oneeyed footman opened the door for them. All was familiar to the young fellow. The stairway, the passages, the yellowsatin drawing room —he had seen them all in his drcams. lie had no doubt whatever that he stood in his father’s home, or that his mother would prove to be the ladv in the black robes and diamonds who had seemed so beautiful. And thisin fact was actually the case, the grief which the Marlows had sufered for years on account of the strange disappearance of their child being well known by all the county. The letter and the clasp proved his identity, and the servant boy beeame the heir to a fortune and a title, and found parentallove and tenderness at last. The story was not universally known, but it is carefully recorded in the private diary of Dennis Archer, then Vicar of Marlowe Church, who avers his belief in its truth. TOM OCHILTREE. How it Happened that he Deserted the Ranks of Journalism. “Well, Colonel Ochiltree,” said John Russell Young, gazing at the blue ring of smoke just expelled from his lips, between which a Reina Y’ictoria was balanced, “do you mind telling us how you came to desert from the ranks of Journalism?” Tom Ochiltree, carefully sitting down his glass of Perrier Jcuet, said : “What, boys ! did I never tell you that story? Why, it is one of the most remarkable events of my life! When Y’oung first knew me I can say without conceit that I was a star of the first magnitude in the literary firmament. I had a proprietary interest in a real live paper down in Texas. The Houston Telegraph was a morning and evening paper, had a weekly edition, and was the leader of public opinion all over the South. I tell you that when a man quoted the Houston Telegraph he was listened to, and the paper was celebrated for its truthfulness and terse English wherever that language is spoken—and don't forget it I It was a big paper and we were doing well, subscriptions and advertising coming in so fast that I thought it would be a fair thing to have a little relaxation in the way of spending a few of the summer months in Europe. It isn’t a bad thing on the other side to be known as the editor of a prominent in America, and I soon fou-yi myself sought after and L-tnaps too conspicuous, which ; 3 no t a t ail in my line.

“Well, I and Jim Bennett were strolling down the boulevard one evening smoking our cigars, after a good dinner at the Case Anglais. We had three or four dukes and a couple of earls with us, and I think a baronet or so (Jim is partial to English noblemen.) when Bennett suddenly halted the whole party at the telegraph office under the Grand Hotel saying: “Hold on, dukes; I have got a big dispatch to send to the New York Herald just handed me by my French correspondent." “We all filed in and crowded the office, while the dukes and earls wondered at the prodigal expenditure of the young American editor. “I wasn’t going to be behind hand as an American editor, so says I, how much will the telegram cost?” “Six thousand five hundred frances, ■ say the operator, “and dirt cheap, too." “Says I : “Dublicate the dispatch to the Houston Telegraph, with vour permission. Jim,” says I.

I “By Gord! gentlemen, the whole : thing was telegraphed to Texas —four columns, solid—and the Houston Telegraph went to protest the next day. I havn t been taking much interest in

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newspapers since. I prefer polities, and that’s the exact truth about the matter. Just wake up John Russell Young, will you, and we’ll take a drink.’’ IN DI A NASTATE NEWS. In the vicinity of Huntington the wheat crop is said to be better than an average. Sanders, Swope & Co., of Middletown, Henry County, have made an assignment. IVm. Irvin, of Peru, was run overby the cars and killed five miles east of Logansport. R. M. Graham, a school teacher, has purchased the Boonville Standard of I. E. Youngblood. Mrs. Susan ' Cramer, aged seventyfive years, living near Hagerstown, dropped dead while milking cows. Miss Christina McKay, a well-known musician of Madison, fell down stairs and was almost instantly killed. George Schlaeter, a life convict, has been discharged from the Jefferson prison by pardon of the Governor. John C. Eilier. postmaster of Muncie. has purshased the Muncie Timex of Capt. E. W. Brady, and assumed editorial charge. A half dozen cases of scarlet fever are reported at Connersville, and the Board of Health have taken measures to check the epidemic. Roughs from Lafayette broke into the toll-house on the Frankfort and Barnesville road, near Tipton, bound and gagged the woman and took her toll money, about? 60. A mule attached to a plow and driven by a colored boy named Johnson, near Vincennes, ran away, resulting in the boy's death, but which killed the boy, the plow or the mule, is not known. Charles Cook, one of the original settlers of Marshall County, and a farmer of some prominence, while crossing :» field, was attacked by a vicipus bull and gored to death, lie was aged 83 years old and leaves a large family. Great loss was sustained throughout, the State by the heavy rain and windstorm on the 29th ult. Wheat that had already been cut was strewiv about the fields and in some cases carried away, and that still standing was blown so flat that it was gathered with difficulty and considerable waste. A disseminater of religious intelligence of Rushville, got himself into a bad scrape. Jas. Lindsey, a burly negro, was sent to New Salem, to distribute bills for a colored camp meeting, „and while attending to this duty, assaulted and attempted to outrage a twelve-year-old girl. The account, says people are after him by the hundreds. The boy preacher, Harrison, of Boaton, has just completed a thirteen weeks' revival at Indianapolis, the fruits of his labor being 1,216 converts. The services were held iu the Roberts Park. M. E. Church. Harrison says Mjoodyand Sankey never did as well anywhere as he lias done in Indianapolis,, and he is but a boy. He will take a. few week’s vacation, and then will charge on the enemy at the camp meet - ings.

A correspondent signing himself an “Old Provider,” addressed the following to house keepers in the Cincinnati Enquirer: “Do you really know that you will have no Blackberries to put up this summer? Il not, it is time that you did. Blackberries are minus. The last cold w’nter froze them all out— -or nearly all—bo-th cultivated and wild. Very few people are cognizant of this very important fact, and are waiting for the blackberry crop. Just whisper to them, my good friend, that they will be badly fooled. There only chance is to put up rasberries—rasberrics, both black and red, no matter at what figures; that is, if they want any jam. and How do they expect to be preserved if they have no jam? ’ The son of a prolninent jeweler of New Albany recently went to Cincinnati atvj purchased ?9()0 worth of fine jefrelry from Duhme & Co., on account of his father. The jewelry was shipi ped by express, and the young man received it in the name of his father, but instead of taking it to the store went to Louisville and sold it for cash. Not receiving a remittance in due season, Duhm sent a man down with the bill. ; \\ hen the facts wore to the I father of the young man he agreed to pay the bill to save the son from trouble, although he knew nothing of the goods being ordered. Part of the goods were found in a Louisville pawnbroker's establishment. The young man has disappeared and is supposed to be in Canada. Dr. 11. C. McDowell, a member of the Indiana Legislature, is being pros edited in ths Criminal Court al Ft. Wayne, for assault with intent to kill one Amanda Rockhill, a maiden lady aged thirty-five years. Two letters have been published pronounced to be in McDowell s handriting, one of them written to Miss Rockhill and another to a merchant at Gilman, lowa, where Miss Rockhill was on a visit to an un ele, that for vulgarity, profanity, and general nastiness, they would be hard to excel, and the worst of the whole matter is, there seems to be no question about McDowell being their auth or. A number of 'other letters, still nastier, are withe Id from the pre-s ou account of their filthiness. Mim Rockhill, it also appears, has no trouble iu proving that it was an ordi* ' thing for him to choke and kiek U.u His store and that of Miss Rockhill: father (who is also postmaster) are a i jacent in the village of Areola. All . County.