Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1883 — Page 1

VOLUME XXVII.

I The Democrat, I Official Paper of the County. A- HU Is Editor and Ba sin ewe ; Mnaaaer. ■ TERMS : ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CINTfi IN ADVANCE : TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IF NOT PAID IN ADVANOI. B B. Acareow, rr**T. W.H NißUCM.Ouhler P. Tfce PfM’l. THEADAMSCOUNTYBANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, H Thin B*nk is now open for the tranaao--9 tlon of a general banking bnsiness. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tt ■ PETERSON & HUFFMAN, ’ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, •| DECATUR, INDIANA. Wil! practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to colW lections and titles to real estate. Are NoUrieaPublio and draw deeds and mortgages Real estate bought, sold and rented on reaH gonabla terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, I. 0 O. F. building. 25jy79tf ~7 e?h?co verd alb, attorney at Lau, —)awp(— NOTARY PUBLIC, Dxcaiua, iiDUXi. Offioe over Welfley's grocery, opposite the Court Houee. MJ .1. fhAM iw, nV? AU >. J. A. . Notary Public. ■ —FRANCE & MERRYMAN,— Afcnrneys at.Law t KdECATUR, INDIANA. ■ OFFICE.r— Nos. 1 and 2 over Stone’s Hardware Store. Collecting a specialty.—lo MB. R. FREEMAN. MP. J.S. ROYERS, MD. Drs. Freeman & Boyers, | DECATUR, INDIANA, Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery. Calls promptly attended to day or night. H Office over itorwin & Rollhouse's Drug H Store. Residence on Hurd atrcei, bet ween i Jack-on and Monroe streets. W. H. MYERS?” trick Stone Jlason Contract DECATUB,INDIANA. Jolicits work of all kinds in his line. Persona contemplating building might make a poiuiby consul!iag him. Estimates on application, v2sb4sibß. “SEYMOUR WORDEN, Auctioneer. Decatur - • Ind. Will attend .to all calls in this and adjoining counties. A liberal patronage soft licited. n36lf. AUCUST KRECHTER CIGAR MANUFACTURER, DECATUB, - - INDIANA. A full line of Fine cut, Plug, Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and Pipes of all kinds always on hand at my store. G. F. Civil Engineer and Convey ancer. Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, and all legal instruments drawn with neatness and dieI e patch. Special attention to' ditoh and grave Yoad petitions. Office ovtr Welfley’s Grocery Store, opposite the Court House, Deeatur, Indiana. 87-md

AnU SHOES. One Door west of Niblick, Crawford and Sons. Henry Winncs, DECATUR, INDIANA. One of the best selected stock of Boots, Shoes, new and Seasonable Goods, etc., including everything In his line, and prices guaranteed as low as can be found in this market. Come and see for yourselves, w IS A SPECIFIC CURE FOR ALL DISEASES OF THE SKIN, ESPECIALLY SALT RHEUM OR ECZEMA. SCROFULA, SCALD HEAD, TETTER, HIVES, RASH, DANDRUFF, BARGER’S ITCH, PILES, BOILS, CARBUNCLES, ULCER 3, BLOTCHES, CHAFING AND SORENESS OF INFANTS AND ADULTS. BURN OR SCALD, ITCH. STINGS, PL '.NT-POISONING AND POISONED V.'OUNDS, PIMPLES, ROSE-RASH, ITCHING OF THE SKIN, RINGWORM, SUNBURN, AND FOR ALL SYPHILITIC ULCERS AND ERUPTIONS THIS REMEDY IS A POSITIVE CURE WITHOUT THE USE OF INTERNAL REMEDIES. icuiliF’W IS- A SPECIFIC CURE FOR CATARRH, ACUTE OR CHRONIC, COLO IN THE HEAD. HAY FEVER, SNUFFLES AND SNEEZING ALL StSEASES OF THE NOSE ARE CURED Wni'OUT FAIL >BY THIS SOVEREIGN REMEDY IT IS THE ONLY SURE CURE FOR HAY FEVER AND ROSE COLD. THE SKIN AND CATARRH CURE DO NOT SMART OR BURN. BUT SOOTHE AND HEAL AT ONCE. PUT UPON A RAW SORE. OR SCALDED FLESH IT RELIEVES THE PAIN MS IS THE MOST WONDERFUL COUGH MEDICINE EVER PREPARED. AN INFANT CAN TAKE A WHOLE EOTTLEFUL AND IT WILL NOT DO IT ANY HARM IT tS A SPECIFIC CURC FOR WHOOPING COUGH, AND BRONCHIAL OR WINTER COUGH. IT CON. TAINS NO IPECAC, TARTAR EMETIC, PRUSSIC ACID, OPIUM, <}R ANY DRUG OR CHEMICAL GENERAL DIRECT’ONG IN TEN LANGUAGES FOR SALE DY DRUGGISTS. PAPILLON MFG. CO.. CHICAGO lor sale by A R PEARCE CO

The Decatur Democrat.

THE NEWS CONDENSED. TUT! EAST. Charles E. Uptox> President of the defunct City Batik of Rochester, has been sent to the county penitentiary fox six months, under the new crimina code, tor overdrawing his accounts. It will be remembered that his oil speculations the bank $3- 0,000.... A pri?,e fiuftt wa broken up in a coal town near Wilkesbarre, Pa., by a partv of women. The extensive works of the Howe Sewing-Ma chine Company, at Bridgeport, Ct. were nearly destroyed by ijfre. The company employ about 400 hands, and were turning out about 110 machines per day. The loss on buildings, ma hinery and stock is about S«k‘/0,0 0; insurance, $2 io,O’) OH sand has been struck bv a pa*ty et pi or pectors in Pine Creek Valley*, a few miles north of Pittsburgh, and it is believed a new oil-field has been discovered... .A dispatch from the Crawford House, in the White . Mountains, states that there was a heavy ■ frost there the other night. Eight more suits for damages for injuries in the accident on Decoration Day have been begun in New Y«*k VitV against the Trustees of the Brttokh n bridge. The total claims amount to f.XO.iXMI Sadler & Newman, wholesale dealers in clothing, Philadelphia, have mad® ail assignment Liabilities. $22,000... .D. Boiler* , £ C°-, manufacturers of shoes in I'hihideipiua. otter to Compromise with * rednors at , riiceatt on the d s ßar. L abilities, €s\00»»; I ss3,Gilbert Brothers A MeBad den. lumber dealers, Portland, Me., have failed Liabilitiesfso.OOO; assets, 8b 0,000.... Under a sj ecial law' of New Jersey, thirty--six young Italian bootblacks, l*el<»iiginff to $ , padroue. were arrested at Atlantic vity and , ordered to change thefx vacation, as none of them are 18 yea*s dr age... .On account of having granted the telegraphers 10 bet cent more wages, the American Rapid Company of New York has raised it ra es 300 per cent.... ■ An express train approaching Mount Joy, Pa., killed a man and two women who attempted to drive across the t ack alter the engineer had blown the whistle to ward them... .Suits have been Instituted against the patrons of a private-letter express company at New York for violation of the United States Postal law. Patrick Kelly, a seaman of the brig Julia Blake, died of yellow fever at a pital near Philadelphia. The vessel is de tained at quarantine. That thn ift»t vi tim at any Ameri- an port should die at Phiia- , delphia reminds the reader of the fact that | a great epidemic of the fexer swept the Quaker City about 100 years ago. A frightful railroad disaster happened on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad, near Carlton Station, N. Y. The accident occurred west of Boch* ester, in Orleans county. Twenty two persons were killed and thirty xvounded. The train was carrying a party of excursionists to the Thohaanfl Islands, and was running fast to make np lost tttna A gale prevailing at the momfiru had blown a freight-car on the main track. Notwithstanding the passeng r train had two locomotives, it failed to hold the track, against the obstruction, and a great neap of ruins wasmaderin an instant. The crash was heard three miles away. Hon. Thomas Hoyne, one of the foremost citizens of Chicago, was among the victims. Prof. C. W. Same, of Battle Creek i Mich., was also killed- The persons k1 ed belonged to classes having a wide circle of business and social acquaintance. The body of Capt. Webb was found i floating in the river near Lewiston, N. Y. There was a cut on his head, evidently’ caused bv a rock at the entrance to the whirlpool which was in itself sufficient to have caused his death. The remains were sent to Boston, where Mr< Webb is at present rending..., Senor Francisco Bar a, the span sh Mini-ti r to Washington, shot himself through we • head in his room at the Albennarle Hotel, New York. Financial troubles led to i the terrible set Fenolp Barca v.ae appointed American Minister in Several cloudbursts in the region of the headwaters of the Allegheny river produced a sudden rise in the stream that proved i more disastrous than any Hood si' oe 18dL Eleven acres of boards and timber were s~fit adrift ’own the Ohio, causing a loss of fully 81,000,000. Horace S. Shepard, a shipping clerk for a New r York firm, and his wife were found dead in a furnished room in that city, both shot through the hc;ad. In a letter written by Shephard, he declared the purpom of himself and wife to die togefh r.... Two thieves on Saturday attempted to take 810.00) from a bank cashier at Jersey City. They were arrested on Sunday, and on Monday Were tried, convicted and sentenced to ten years each in State prison. One of them was formerly a policeman. THE WEST. A Miles City (Montana) dispatch says a party of masked men proceeded to the county jail, overpowered the jailer and locked him in one of the cells, and then seiz< d a man named Rigney, whom they took a) out a mile out of town and hanged to the projecting end of a tree over a cul--1 vert on the railroad track. Rigney bad been jailed the day before for disorderly conduct, and bore the reputation of being a hard citI izeu. being accused of robbery and other crimes. Seven passengers in a mixed train on the Wabash railw’ay were kiUed near Lawson. Mo. The pafisenger car ran oft the rails and turned completely over. It then broke into nieces, crushing the persons. When the ruins were removed no less than seven dead bodies were found Several other passengers were seriously injured. The Ward Iron Company, of Niles, Ohio, has failed for about 8-’50,000. The broken firm was the whole life of the town, and did general rolling-mil 1 and furnace woik, employing sevew hundred men 1 ’ e cause is said to be the reduction of orders and inability to sell stock at advantage on a low market... .Bank of Leadville, Col, failed for nearly 85uO,OCQ. Mrs. F. A. Seager, of Cleveland, once a popular teacher in the public schools, was killed while passing under a railroadcar at the foot of Hanover street, in that city Her leg was completely severed at tLe hip and roiled into the river through a hole in the dock... .The Hon. James Wilson, who has recently traveled extensively through lowa, gives*a glowing account of the cro t s in that State. The first Sunday of the enforcement of the Downing law in SL Louis did not operate satisfactorily. Some IKX) saloon-keep-ers were reported, as also were all the newspapers, street-car officials, c gar stands, newsboys, etc... Prof. Aughey of the University of Nebraska, who has hitherto borne an enviable reputation, is shown to nave perpetrated forgeries amounting to »•>,'’ The victims are a National bank and nai, a dozen dealers in diatte: mortgagea. U w feared that he is not of soumi m:nd.... A SV-o,ooi. tire at Minor*) oils. Minn., O.tm- ; aged Syndicate block to tlie extent of Slo .- (To. beside destroying the crockerv stoat ot premier St >rr A Everett, and .he dry-goods stoik of Felds * Griffin, the former valued ' at 'l5O,<X 0 and the latter ■ ■ A Lincoln. Neb., destroyed the wholesale drug house of Leighton A Brown and adjoining buildings.causing a loss.of nearly • JW.-O Mr. Malmroaa, Commissioner of Statistics in Minnesota, reports an increase of Ab . h a. res in wheat and predicts a crop of at least 32 000.( 00 bushels, as the yield in the | southern counties willlnmre than make up I for drought in the Bed Biver Valley. PuoF Avghey, of the University of Nebraska, States that the indorsements on I his notes were forged by a man named VieI genham Tne Profess -r claims to be the i fictim of suspicious promises to pay every dallar of the false paper. THE SOUTHA Bichmond fVa.) dispatch says that a boat containing eight men and two young - girls, all colored, who were crossing the ! James river at Claremont. Va. .. to attend a praver-niaeting at bandy Point, upset and I eight ot the party were drownea. Marsh I- PoLK, the recreant official who robbed th* Tennes.ee tute treasury ot , several buadrtd thousand* ot doUaxt, *«

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1883.

convicted at Nashville fyl-. einl-ezzlhm-'Tit, mi-1 the aenLeftce fixed Ud twenty -years in the penitentiary, the full extent of the law, and the fine sed was •tfM.'vro. 10, the amount of his stealings. A vessel eluded the authorities* at Baltimore and entered *h<‘ with four cases of yPlfcrtV’ fuVer on board and with a I bg showing four deaths at sea. The vessel was at once towed out of the Barber. A panic succeeded the discovery... .Ex Treasure Polk, of Tenn ssee. wa- sentenced at Nfißhvtlle to twenty years in the peniten'ti ary and to pav a fine'of 8 9’•0,1 (xt Theo «o was appealed to the Supreme Court under bupd of Bi;*o.Coi», a motion for a hbw tariti being overruled. . A posse iu Arkansas pursuing thA outlaws from Monte orrtery.. YhH and Cratland cofintfeft, cAme up with the Daniclß i brothers in the mountains of Berry countv. In the fight which ensiu d, two of the > uxsuers were kihed and the desperadoes escaped. POLITIC Alm The Georgia Honyp nf tlve« ha» P. e . Iructor (white) from. CtiSildv ii couuty ami seated Authony Wilson (colored) in ht< place by a vote of 87 to 61. Wilson has been in two previous Legi laturea Inhere are two other negroes in the House. - WHILE in the Easts Terentiy*. Gov. Fosh-r. nf Wa? interviewed to tlxe ; feftect that Judge-Hon (Iley's nomination for Govei nor had cost him $5 ',OOO, and on this subject quite a correqiondende has s nee been catried on. Judge Hoadhw addressed a note to Gov. Foster, asking -him to gve his authpiKy for the etateme Foster raffled that jfp stud it wds alleged that Headley had so admitted, half the sufu being J slid dm in the convention. Foster addea thiW.the debates from Cinoinnad open y told ti eu votes, and it would be well for HOadiey to state what the nun ua i n : cost h ifi Hoalley then te'egraphed to Foster: u I repeat "tlie statement is false on al! its parie. Now- produce your informant and let me confront him. * The Massachusetts Senate Accepted the report of the majority of the committee on the Tewksbury Almshou.se affairs without a word of debite, by a strong party vote. It rrfffffpd. a so, by’ a party vote, to admit the House bill to regul te he disposal iof bodies of paupera This finishes all the Tewksi ury business as far as the Legislature is .Coiicetnea, , . . , z Tin? t) ‘inocrat« of Minnehalfti emm* : ty, D. T, have passed resolutions opposing a division of the Territory, but favoring its admission a a State at <he earliest da eit , can be legally accomplished... .The Massachusetts Legislature has adj uiu .’d sine die, after the longest session on recoid—2o6 days. A special correspondent of the Chicago sent out to New Mexico tp ir> teriiew Stephen W?Dorsey, telegraphs from Chico Springs, that Dorsey denies that he wrote or inspired th-- recent long s atom ent wh ch appeared in the New Yoik ■>'///, and attributes the authorship of the statement to Dana’s Washington correhpondent Dorsey told the < ofiespaudcht that if he were to' ejfpbbe the campaign of 1880 something more subs.antial than the allegations which aj peartd in the Sun wou d be tur ishedt e pu. lie. He avowed that was carried i by the lavish use of money, that Senator 1 Platt and Whitelaw Reid know aft about i the matter, and expressed the drluibn that l Garfield was more t <e fool of his fears than the knave of his desirea WASHINGTON. Secretary Folger has called in the remainder of the bonds, the am unt being about 831,000,000, Interest will cease Now. 1 next. Secretary Folger has issued stringent regulations, addressed to the Collectors 1 of Ports, showing that be, at least, is awake ■ to the responsibilities now devolving on officers of the (iOvemment in the hour of the i c untry s danger from outside infection, j C irgoes which are consider'*! dangerous to the public health are to be Pb'pt away from i American whan es at all hazards... .Col. O. M Poe an aid to Gen. Sherman, has been j ordered to Detroit to succeed the late Maj. Far .uhar, in charge of harbor improvements.. •_ l x the investigation into the acts of Supervising Architect Hill, at Washington, R. T. Crane, of Chicago, testified that his | companv was given no opportunity to bd on hvdraulic'elevators f-r the Chicago < usi tom House, and that Mr. Hill paid for those furnished twice what those used in the Court Houae cpst GENERAL. The Grand Aimy reunion, at Denver, was largely attended, and the veterans had an enjoyable time. Reports showed fha lire organi; ation had gained 55,766 members. emb acing Ibl posts during the last year. The Soldiers' and Sailors’ reunion at to umbus Ohio, attracted over 3<’,cou strangers to the city. Speeches were made bv R. B. Hayes, Charles Foster, Gen. Noyes, und Judges Hoad’ey and Foraker. Over !20 000 w r ere present at a public reception in front of the Capitol building. Several hundred of John Mbrg’rn's Confederate raiders held a reunion on the estate ot Henry (lay, near Lexington. Kv.. In tents furnished by the War Depar ment. Morgan's daughter was present. Gens. Preston and Duke delivered addresses. The situation of the great telegraph operators’ strike was about as follows on the 2th of July: The American Rapid Telegraph Companv agreed w'tli the Brotherhood of Telegraphers to advance salaries 10 per cent., make eight hours in the da’, time or seven hours at night a days work, and pay extra for Sunday service; The Board of Dii’ectors of toe Mer- ; chan s' Exchange of St. Louis i asst d resolutions request i g the tel eg r- ph c unpanies to provide be ter facilities for the transaction of burimsa Emile Hertz, of London, brought suit in Chicago against the Western Union Company, claiming SIO,OOO damages for a refusal to accept a cable message without conditions as te de ay. Jhe s rikers at Boston rei sohedteask the Executive OommLtee to order out the operators employed by the i Assoclaftd Press At Philadelphia, C. E. Ful cr began five ch il suits against the Western Union Te’egraph Company for refusing to transmit me saxes for him under the ordinary printed conditions Simrlar suit w ore brought in several cities against . the same company. I Another army futandal, it is said, i will soon be uncovered to the public view’. A Mr Norton, of Wheeling, W. Va., claims I uha’ an officer high in ratak has dipii a ed I Is ecc unt- to the e.\Unt(O* S4'.» 0, and ti at lie ho d. »3.v< oof the paper, fie has tried to get something at the drpar ment 1 for his papers, but will probably get nothlug. The spectacle of the daughter of a I former Vice President of the United States and wife of a Minister to Russia begging assistance of strangers in an enuea.orto I reach the National capital with a view to I entering a charitable institution, is a somewhat unusual one, but such au event occurred in Wheeling, Va, the other day. There were tiW/niluresiutiie 1 nfed I S ates reported i< Jfta*tree»s during 'he week . ml tug July 28, six more than the pre- ■ ceeding week, and forty-six more than the . cone-pending week of 1882.... H n Montgomery Biair died last week at Silver I Springs MA. aied TOyears. He grail; aed a West Point, but soon resigned to practice law in S . Louis, where he roe to a Judgeship He removed to Maryland in is.* 2, and and was Postmaster General under Lineoiic Pbesident Akjulh, in coiupauy with ; Secretaries I o'ger and Uncola and I’oetr mS ter Genera! Grr-ftam. left WasMng’on ' for Louisville on the morning of the <>th in-ti After partici) ating m the opening cor- monies of the Louisville Exhibition, the gat. visaed Chicago. T< E disputed boundary ground at the Lake of the Woods is culminating into a war between the provinces of Ontario and ManUola. and Lot work is expected unless the iijuffrTm Government interle-es 1 owai L. Haitian, vl the. StUiOJ- class of We t To:nt Xcademv. has been summarily ' dismissed, by order of the Secretary of War, i for -taring 1 ’ Martigan was appointed to i M'O't Point by Davta.'Oi tlao TL’ d di-trict of Hffiiois. C. W- Copeland & Co., shoe man»I faotcusrs, of Boston, with liabilities otliJO,.

bOO. suspended. They had factories to Brocton. Natick, .Medway and North Abington. I’ln ir 1 ranch house in New York, ufider the namfe of Stedman A Co., has also closed its door-. Hoflhejmer A Son, of Norfolk. Va., a id W N. Toiler A Ca. *>f Baltimore, both engaged iu ihe shoe trade, were in,oived with G were forced to suspena Next came the boll pse of F. Shaw A Brothers, th< heavier tannnersin the world, owning ado. n r moi e leather factories and umHionh f;ur•< of land. Co. eiand A Co., owed them $ 10,C00. The lift! ilitiea of the flhaws are s 3/0 , f 0\ Jo nuh Pratt, a whole ale dea wr in leather at Chicago, wa? also caught in the wreck, and whnt down, owing sno,100. Dr. Zuputlitz, Professor of Political Economy in the Berlin University, committed suicide... .Cetewavo, it is reported, has been killed in Zululand Advices from Durban telatiyG to th<s death bf Cetewavo state that all bis ahd fdary oz his chiefs were also killed.... Information has been received at the Vau- < an tl.at the Catholic clergy of America will fellow the recent instruc ions of the Pope in regard to Parnell and his followers. It is rppoTfod by telegraph from Cdn ; fcUndiiQpib that Gji.toady, has refused to noficluHe H L-p lfy admitting Turkey to the triple alliance, but has promised assistance should the Porte appeal for aid or protectionlt is stated in a disoatch from Zanzibar that the RaylU Geographical Society’s expedition to Lake Victoria was compelled to retreat whep in ig.itude 3;U5 north, lohgltttde. 3H epst, in. Up hostile demonstrations ot natives The expediiiou is now making another attempt to continue explorations... bir Charles Lilke stated in the British lb • use of Commons that there is no Asiat c cholera in Europe, and that three suspicious cases in England proved to be simple cholera, of which this year there had not been the ordinary average... .In the Jewish trial at Nyueghyha/a? Hungari/. the publie Prose* cutor said there was no irrbond fdr further biiminal proceeding against the prisoners An appalling catastrophe occurred at Caaamaccia. a town in the Island of Ischia, in the Bay of Naples, on the night of July 98. The town was almost wholly de-tro* ed by an earth ;tiafce; and 3;0(X)-people killed on fight an i 8 " ini red. The place is noted lor its thermal springs, and is visited by people from all parts of the world. Neighboring towns were also much damaged Tflie island of Ischia is of volcanic origin. The population is about 2*,000..., A dispatch to tne French Ministry of Marine says i hat Col. Badens with a orce of .’OO French troops made a sortie from Hanoi, capturing seven pieces of artillery and kl 1 - ingl.OO, of the enemy. The French Jost but eleven mtn... .Three thousand caib.nes hi erecently been sent from Liverpool to Hemy M. Stanley, the explorer, who is now in the western portion of Africa... A man named Terry crossed the English cliannel cn a floating tricycle, going fio n Dover to Calais in eight hoars.... .Considerable ill-feeling e ists between England and Fi ance growing out of the Suez canal and other fore gn afiairs in wh ch both oo intries ae interested... Chris ian Krueger, the Austrian Consul at Lima, is dead. Miss Ellen Baker, daughter of Sir Samuel Baker, the exp’orer, committed sui* cide at her fath< r s residence at Devon<hire, England The young lady had joined the Order of Sisters of Mercy, and so overtaxed her strength in minister!, g to the po r in London that her health broke d wn and her mind gave way. She first attempted io destroy her life by open ng the veins of her arm with the blade of a pair of scissors. Failing in this she bting-led across the floor dripping with b oo i to the mirror, and there with a penknite cut her throat from ear to ear. Impatient at the slow aj proach of dea h, she d.sembowe ed herself with a Japanese sword.... China, it is said, made the fiist piopo al to negot:a e for a formal treaty with I ran e, and Fra’ice a-sented readily. This at least defer; ed hos ilities which were then threatening an ouiiieak at any moment.... dames ( arev. the Ir.sh informer, was shot d.e.:d while landing from a steamer at Port F. i al eth. South Africa, by a fellow passenger named O’Donnell... .Protracted w> t ve.th r in Great Brta n has had an unfavorable effect on the cro} s. The Director of the Meteorological Observatory on Mount Vesuvius states that the api ailing disaster on the Island of Lc ia was not caused by an earthquake, but by the caving in of the ground A Naples dsj.atch ( f the lst t inst says the scenes sion d by the aciident were'hear.rending. The hospitals were crowded with the wounded sur i.ors, and the dead-houses wer ■ filled with the bodies of the vict ms. Cries for he p could be heard com n • fiom tie i urns, and stppers were hard at work e .<ie ivi r ng to rescue hepers ns still alive. ?.’o t of the coi p es recovered were to discolored bv dirt that e en after they had been washed the were unrec gmzable. A 1 the membeis of the police force at Casamicciola- were kided. Only five houses in the citv were left standing. The s.eiich from the dead bodies of human be.iiiu and animals was almost unbeaiab e. and a pestilence was feared The loss of lite by the accident ft was believed would not fall short of 4.00(1 Tire dead at Forio num 1 er 3( 0; at I aocoi nmen -, 50 ; at FontanaSerran a,' 00. Twentyfour ehildi- n ) eiished iu the Mi erlcoxdia Asvlum. Th • Fing and Queen of Italy have subscribed b o,'o Ire and the Tope 25,000 lire for the redef of the suffer* ra. THE MARKET. NEW YORK. Beeves t 100 6.25 Ho iS iw (5.3 d Fllour—Superfine 3.55 4.4 ( > Wheat— No. 1 White l.OSJfcyji 1,0!) No. 2 Red 1.14*4(4 Li* Corn—No. 2 61 -621 y Oats—No. 2@ .41 2 Pork —Mess 15.87 00 Lard » -914 CHICAGO. Beeves —Good to Fanny Steers., fi.oo («. 6.25 Cows and Harters 4.00 (£{. 6.15 Medium to Fair 5.20 <!i 5.5 j HOGS 5.80 (<56.35 Flour —Fancy White Winter Ex. 5.W @5.75 Good to Choice bor’g Ex. 5.50 I*9 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1.02 (<sl 1.02*4 No. 2 Red Winter 1.07 (*t l.<B COR!» —No. 2 52>s(*$ .52’6 Oats No. 2 Hye—No. 2 .57 Barley—No. 263 .65 Butter—Choice Creamery.l9 t*r) .20 Eggs—Freshls .16 Pork—Mess IkOO ©14.02'2 Lard • 9 @ • MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Corn—No. 2. 52 Oats—No. 2 32 (<4 .3254 RYE—Nt). 2 Barley—Na 2 52 .» Pork —Mess 14.0 n («14.03 Lard -9 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red L 06140 1.06% Cobn—Mixed 46 ig- .46% OATS—No. 237 (*$ .37% RYE 46>4<r£ .47 Pork—Mess 14.50 <**14.75 Lard CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Corn 51 .sis OAFS Rye 555 4 d .56 Po ak —Mess 15.90 <**l6.oo TOLEDO. WtfEAT—No. 2 Red 1.11 Corn s 4‘«OATS—No. 2 84j>4<d .34! 2 DETROIT. FIX) UR 5.50 @5.75 Wheat — o. 1 White 1. 1 8 @ l.oßhi Corn—Na 2 .52 Oats—M xed. 41 @ .41 Sj Pork—Messl3.7s @18.85 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat -No. 2 Rea LOSJ4@ 1.05' 2 Corn—No. 2 48 7 ij@ .4.9 Oats—Mixed 31 ® .Sl| B EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTLE~Best 5.65 @ 5.85 Fair 5.15 @ 5.50 Common 4.70 un 5.n0 Hogs. 5.75 6«>o Sheep 8.50 t<4 5.50 In th° s v< n. tn it ce.imry London th the Tower of London, -where the mint the i w.b, for safe keeping. They (abandoned the habit, however, after Cbarleo I. had helped h mself to *l,000.000, which he found there,although Ke corin-’d*.rat»lv explained that he “would take it as a tom. ’ The Kingdom of the Netherlands and its dependencies contain 4ft,000,000 pe p.e and Amsterdam is one of the dozen wealthiest places to the world.

CARNAGE. Whole Towns in the Island of Ischia, Italy. Annihilated by i Earthquake. Appalling Slaughter of Human Beings at Casamicciola, a Famous Resort. ->-18-,- »■* Thousand« of Persons Finished to Death Beneath the Falling Buildings. [Cable Dispatch July 30) from Naples,ltaly,] Three thousand inhabitants of the island of Ischia were killed by an e .rbhquake The, productive fear* of thfi island wa« nl« hied, and vineyards, farms, mines, balhU and summer resid nces by the hundred Were destroyed About ft:3o o’c’ock Saturday night, soon after the majority of the inhabitants of the town of Casatoicctola, a watering plaoe of about :>.suo tohhbi:aftts. had retired,to test; t hocks of earth juake began to be felt. Many of the’citizens of the upper classes wefre at the theater at the time The fir«t trembling of the buildin s awoke those who were sleeping, and cause-1 the the iter-goers’ to be filled with,alarm iu an instant a more vioient sh efi Bame. Th© neoplfl in thfl theater rushed wildly out of doors. The so rtii shock leveled most of the houses of the town Manv of the citizens w re rest ng in their bed* These were buried und r the toppling walls. The H" • 1 Piccola Sentinella sank into the eart i and burned with many of its inmates. Some of th inhabitants est aped to the sea at the first shock, and male their wa to Naples wah the news of the calamity. Tne ground opened in many places while m other pLces ,h te was no movement. Water gushed 6ut df the snrihtfs Several boilers in the baihing-honses btirst The theater, a wo den Biracture, was Jitera.iy Urn open allowing the aud e ce to e caoe. A gen leman who was staying at the Hotel Piccola 8 ntinella, and whoe caped with his li c, that he oflly had t me to secure some cand es for u e in the darkness and r< ins befoie the collapse < t the bui ding occurred. A person who lived near the now ruined bathing establishment sa\ s he e caped from the p.a eam d fairing walls and balconies, terrified people snouting, “to the sea.” 1 he shock came with irresistible vio’ence, and was accompanied b\ a deafening no sa The c nfusion in the’ti eater aas f- arluL L ghtswereo erthrown and set the to the bu 1 ii- g. and a dense c.oud of dust tilled t e air Cr.es of pain and tern r we: e heard on a’l ides, ( n hear ng shouts of “to the. tea,” a general ru>h was m de toward the shui o. Ev r, boat and floating teing was taken by assault. Tue whole island is in a condition of intense terror. Battlering and helpless mss. Although all the steim vessel-* vritnin reach ha e been endeavoring t> aid the people, and have removed many thuusai.ds ot the injured to the main land, he thousands of iniured c nnot be estimated The destructi n was m »st complete at Cas unic- io a the fam ms plea ure re ort, with its hoc springs and baths, the Sarau ga of Italy. Os its popu ace of 4,0 0, and its summer v si ers to an equal number, lew esca ed death or in urv, and the ios ea deeply affect every i ortion ot Italy, as t e guests were d awn from the w. al hy and aris o -ratic districts of the entire hinrriom. Seve al m mber- of toe N’u.ioual Assembly anu t ie Senate a emiss ng and unact oun ed for, wi i e the earth opened an I burled forever a number of Roman families who had visited the island on a pl < sure excur-.ion. M n v hundreds were killed at Ischia, the capital of the island and the sea, ort m a est to the mainland, among them being the prefect. F o enti .e. As soon as the news reached R< me and Naples, assistance of every available sort w s forwarded Among the first t > leave for the scene was Adin ral Acton, the Minister of Marine, and signor Berti, t e Minister of Trade, who were not co- tent to issue their command* from Rome. Details of several hundred soldiers and marines, whose servic 8 could be utilized us sapper , or in the temporary hospital, or kindred work, were also taken to thei-Jand. They improvised stretche sand carried hundreds of the wounded to ti.e steam rs, w ich took them as well as numbers of the homeless, to Naples.

OBITI ARI. Death of Montgomery Blair, Lin> coin’s Postmaster General. fils Career as a Politician and The Later Years of His Life. The Hon Montgomery Blair, of Maryland, died recently at his residence near Silver Springs, Montgomery County, Md. He was a son of Francis Preston Blair, Sr., and a brother of Gen. Frank P. Biair, who ran on the Democratic National ticket with Seymour in 1468. His father was t>orn at Abingdon, Ya, iu 1790. He resided for some years in Kentucky, and in 1810 beg nto edit the Washington Gldbey and became he friend and confidential adv set of Jajkson. His mother was the daughter of Nathaniel Gst a companion of Washington on the Du xiesne expedition Montgom ry Blar was born in nankin county, Ky., Mav 10, 181.:, an 1 was educated at West Point, gr d fating in 1435. He served in the wellie y ii Morida during the Se irinole war, an t resigned tis commis ion in the army May 20, 1836., He began the practice of law at St. Louis, and soon attained jr min nee there In I s 9 he was app inttd United States District Att-ruey for Mis-'o ri and from Im. tolMOhe was a Judge of the St. I ouis Court of Common Pleas. In 18'2 he removed to Mon gomerv county, Md. In L>she was appointed Solicitor of the United States in the Court of Claims. Previous to the report of ilie Mis ouri Compromise he acted with the Democrat c party. Afterward he became a Republican, and was, in consequence, removed from his office bv President Buchat an in 18 5. In 1851 be acted as counsel f< r the plaintiff in the celebrated Dred Scott ca«e. In I'6o he pre ided over the Republican Convention of Maryland Appoint d i>v Lin oln as Postm ster General in iSbl, B air remained in office until l'">4, when he resigne I, having become dis 1 atisfied with th? policy of the party in po >er. His prominence in the effo t mad to set aide as fraudulent the election of Mr. Hayes br uvht him c n e picu usly be ore the public in IS|B. His father, Francis Presten Blair, was a we 1-known politician, at one time a friend of Henry C ay, and one of the rganizers of the Re übl can party. The P stmastet-G nen 1 ordered, as a mark of re ppct to the deceased, that the Postoffice Department building be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days; that the flag on the building in Washington be p'aeed at. half-m<st until as er the burial, and that the dep.irtment be < losed Monday. They Were Going Ont. A wife of a member of Congress went to the bluff, bold Bright, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, just before Congress adjourned and begged for one of the Senator’s desks. Bright sent her to the “property man,” who has a perfect furniture store down in the cellar somewhere. To him said the persistent “Mrs. Representative:” • “I want a Senator’s desk; I want to send it home and have it put in the library to surprise my husband when he goes back. You see,” she added in a burst of confidence, seeing that the furniture man didn’t look particularly cross, “we go out on the 4th of March, and we want to get as much out of it as possible. ” She didn’t get that desk.— Washirigton Correspondence. Mexico Ahead in One Thing. Among the studies taught in the public schools there is one that deserves to be introduced in those of other civilized countries; it is the knowledge of pleasant, courteous social deportment. I <deed, in this direction Mexico i.- in tle van of all nations, aud even the pxrest. and by fortune the least favorfl I, use the language aud have the pc*

Jfte liesides this, a catechism oi’Civil law.' ny a prominent laxn er, is to be introduced in the higlier classes of the public s -hoobi in order that every future . citizen of tlie State may know what is in Avhh wlint is contrary to law. —< u; HURLED TO DEATH. Twenty-Two Dashed Into Eternity at Carly on, New York* Shocking Accident on irie Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railway. [Atb#n (N V.! Tfftegrarti J Ex-Mayor Thomas Hoyne, of Chictigo, «nd nineteen other peieons were killed in a railway wreck near Carl yon station. A freight- I car had keen blown upon the main track of the Rome, Wnteitown and Ogdensburg railtvay by the tierce wind. At ‘Jrift o clock the ste.iinbbaf exj» ! tesff. rufining io the Thousand Isle*, dashed at fuff car. The train w»> goiug twenty miles an huur. Tne. head engineer saw the obstruction as it passed the station, whistled for brakes, und jumped from the train. The forAiM engiM jumped the track to the south, and the 6ec*nd to the north. Both turned over on the r sides, aud were broken to pieces. The two baggage tus, da. -coaches, und four sleepers 'ere dit-hed and u ( arrison jumped and saved himsCl* I'he | passengers wj.re thrown headlong into a heap (-r < rushed timbers. From the wreck ! moans aud gru^us wenb up, mingled vnth I cries for elp. As s on as lights could be procure I, work was begun removing the debris and rescuing the dead and , ivoiiitd*id. From the ruin< Os ih 3 cars j wni e h inds of atl.es and lim) s es ch idiefi I I rotruded in such a ma.iiicr ai to make ■ the bi a/est turd pule: 1 Crtuna eiy, , none of Uie ems catgut file. Fireman ; Fran es, of the sec* nd engine, was found ' c. t shed I enfeath he heavy Inn Bis engineer, Mut;aithy, wai norr.bly sea ded but lived until noon yesterd. y. As fast as the i bod es of -he dfiad und th w un led were recovered from the debits, they w« re l&ken t - tne ■'Ud.ou, from whence a i but eleven dead bodies v ere taken to their homes. It ■ in impossible t> determine the numb r of the wounded, ior several who were alight.y hurt left for tueir to nes or to continue the r journey. Tho eof the de d who have 1 een idendried are: Hon. 1 homas Hoyne. of Chi ago; Mis. Jane C'riil, of Lansing, Mich.; Prof C. W. Stone. Barile Creek, M ch.; Lute J r ran es, Oswego, N. Y.; Wil le L fevre, Bay ( ity. Mi h.; Abu ley Tf’er, Camden N. Y.. Thomas Stalls, Wa eitewti, N. Y.. MrsLefevre, Bay Citv. Mich.; J. R. Schenck, Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas Dixon, Cleveland, Ohio two ladies, one of them thought to be Mrs Booth, of Bay City, Mich.; J. J. W< rthey. Saline Mioh ; Hemy McCormick, B mou, Mich.; L J Booth, Bay City. Mich.; Elizabeth J. C re. Meriden, Mich ; Mrs. Louis J. 80-8 Philadelphia Louis J. Boob, Philadelphia, Mrs Brooks, Philadelphia; the c< loied porter, flame unknown; Archibald T-ylor, baggage-man, Watertown, N. Y. Mi-s Troop aid tnat she w.s on her way to Montreal with her g andiather, who whs killed. They w ere in a sleeper. She w .*s thrown int - the aisle, and escaped from the wreck q my ar tiyely uninjured Alexander T« wer said that he was sitting in a coach facing his sister. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Corl, who wa crushed under a seat. As soon as he recos ered from the shock of the accident he undertook to extricate her, but found her lifeless. The wife of the Rev. E. S. Gould, of Carthage, Mo., thus describes her impr< bsions of the casualty: ‘ The litst I knew 1 felt a sudden shock that shivered the g obes of the lumps. Tue lights went out, leaving the car in -tot d darkness. I l> rasped the seat with both hands and lowered my head to avoid flying missiles, some of which had already h t me. I did not lose consciousness, and when the crash end< cl found myself in the middle ot a heap of rubbish. As soon as I could get Out I found that my husband had been thrown hah through a broken window. He was uncoDscioua I pulled h m out and had him carried to a neighboring house. Four ladies opposite me escaped comparatively unhurt Os tue others in the coach I know nothinX* Made by a Silk Worm. Most of the many boys and girls who already own or who intend to own silkworms will be glad to know of away by ; which its silk-spinning powers may be ' made to produce immediate results, and I the silk-worm will itself save you the time of its own house- building aud spare ! you the trouble of reeling aud weaving. It can, in fact, be made to produce for you, under your own supervision, a piece of beautiful, golden silk. Noris this all: it will even shape the silk and fasten it to a fan, a tambourine, or to any other similar frame; provided, of course, that the silk-yielding capacity of the worm be not overtaxed. The method of accomplishing this result is a very simply one, though, like many other simple tilings, it is not commonly known. Very many Chinese ladies, however, know it, and make use of it to divert the weary hours they usually spend in idleness. When the worm is full-grown, and has filled its reservoir with the silkmaking material, it is ready to build its house or cocoon. This you must not permit it to do. It must instead be placed on a common Japanese fan, of the battledore or lawn-tennis bat shape. Nature tells the worm that it must spin-—spin a cocoon if possible, but spin anyhow. If permitted to have its own way, it will build on the flat surface of the fan; but if prevented, it will wander from side to side of the little platform, spinning all the while its wonderful silken thread, fastening it at the edges, and in the end covering the whole surface with a close’y woven golden web almost as tough as parchment. In relating this fact, however, we must, Rt the same time, impn ss upon the young s Ik-culturist that, if be tries this experiment, it l ad l etter be with only two or three worms, and that it would be wrong and cruel to divert ma »y of the little creatu es from their proper work of cocoon-making, for the sake of the ornamental fan-covers they might be made to supply. Though the i result is, of course, interesting, it is i decidedly not for this purpose that you are supposed to keep silk-worms. — J. li. Coryell, in St. Nicholas An Ex-Broker. An ex-broker, of this city, who rei moved to a town in Indiana, received a call from a local pastor with a view ot ; having him join a certain church. “I take it that yon are a professed Chri'-fian?” queried the pastor. “W> 11, no,” was the reply. “Indeed? What business have you followed in life?” “I have Ixien a broker.” “Ah! 1 see,” said the clergyman, as he reached for his hat. “But they cleaned me out of every dollar I had!” piotested the broker. “Oh, they did, eh? Well, that makes a difference, of course 1” was the reply, as the good man resumed his seat to continue the con variation.— Wall Street News. Ahi Chi ago runife Iler who permitted a burglar to leave his tools unde.- the bar for the night, and ia the morning found that Lis safe bad been opened, doubts Uut there is honor among thieve*.

INDIANA STATE Ng.WS. . -ihekqnjia! ftf of (nterfiil he h» T f(irr> the lut of September. The f(X>tio?S tft AollectfonS by < States have been made, however, Sit!** <*orrespondent Is able to furnish a recapitulation <*f ( ftolleetions by districts in Indiana for the fiscal • |ear ending June 30j as follows: —- - ■; .. -y -/ ■’ -t j

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State Board of Health Discusses the Situation and Orders a General Preparation for Probable Epidemics. The State Board of Health met at its office ; last Thursday, with all members present, in special session for the purpose of taking steps to place the cities and towns of this State in first-claps sanitary condition in view of the possible invasion and spread of cholera. After an interchange of opinions | the following circular was prepared and issued: Tndtanapolis, July 26, 1883. To County ahd City Health Offteers: In view of the possible Visitation of cholera to the United States the present summef iliotiths, the State Board of Health deem it a duty to place the several cities and towns in the best possible sanitary condition, in order to prevent, if possible, the invasion and Spread of this scourge. Disinfection and cleanliness tho Board recognizes as the best measure to prevent the invasion, as well as the best remedy to prevent the spread of the disease. Therefore, officers of the several counties of the State, and the Health Boards of all cities and towns, are hereby directed to take immediate Mtiwß for the removal of accumulations of filth, Mich as decaying animal and vegetable matter from the streets, alleys and lots of their respective municipalities. It is important that the gutters and drains be flushed frequently and kept cleaned. All privy vaults, sinks and cesspools should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, as provided in Rules 1,2, 3 and 4 of Rules and Regulations of State Board of Health. All rafik vegetation near occupied dwellings should be cut and promptly removed and destroyed, and nut be left to rot un * r the influence of rains and the hot sun of the summer. Hog pens, foul stables, Unwholesome cellars, and all other places suspected of being or becoming injurious to public healtlq should be promptly cleaned and kept cleafi. If any resistance should be made to the execution of this order the health officer in the city, town or county is directed to take immediate steps or the punishment oft" e offenders, as provided in the Ilevised StatuL- s -f 1881 for the punishment of “offenders against public health.” (See section 2,065 to 2,075 inclusive.) In the event of the appearance of cholera m any county, city or town the health officer should at once cause the isolation of cases and attend at once the use of disinfectants by burning coal tar and the free application of lime or copperas on the streets, alleys and quarters in or about infected premises. Especial care should be taken to disinfect and destroy discharges from the bodies of the persons sick of this disease. Too much attention cannot be given to the source of water supply in order to prevent it from becoming contaminated by imperfect drainage and surface water. All suspicions wells should be closed at once. 'See Rules and Regulations of State Board of Health for specific instructions.) Health officers of all incorporated cities and towns throughout the State are instructed to cause frequent and thorough inspection'*, as directed in Rule 12 of State Beard of Health, of all vegetable and other articles offered for sale as food, since vegetable in a state of fermentation or decay are a common cause of diseases of this class. Tlie Secretary submitted a report showing a balance cf $2,428.60. There was allowed by the Board on account of printing blanks and other tncidenlal expenses, 1712.35, leaving a balance of tl, 716.25 on hand. Dr. Lomax, at the request of the Board, submitted the following: HINTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. To maintaia a healthy conditioa of the system o i the part of indivi luals is the surest pro--1 tection against the spread of epidemics. A ' plain, wholesome diet, not indulged to excess, i is of the greatest importance iu maintaining this condition. Such articles of food as readily disturb the functions of the stomach by their indigestible qualities should be avoided. Crude vegetal 1 s, unripe fruits, melons, partially spoiled meats, ami partially decayed vegetables be’ong to this class. Beverages that readily ferment when taken into the stomach, as cider, beer, ale and the like, should be indulged sparingly or entirely rejected. They tend to light up disturbance of the stomach and bowI els. A scrupulous temperance in regard to all intoxicating Deverages is au invaluable hygienic rule. Regular action of the bowels is an important element of prevention where cholera is threatened. Constipation should be avoided. It is liable to induce diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, when occurring, should be promptly arrested by a properly-regulated diet and drinks, and should these fail other mild measures that may control it should lie resorted to. These tailing, me<iical aid should be sought. Loss of sleep, overtaxing the physical energies. everything that depresses the vital energies, impairs the powers of resisting disease and prepares the way for the wide-spread prevalence of epidemics. We would, therefore, earnestly recommend th; t temperance in all things be observed, and that such habits of lif in all matters affecting the health of the people as the common experience teaches are best suited te stave off dis- ' eases and promote the most vigorous health should be strictly observed. A due observance Os tire f< regoing health hints, coupled with the policy promulgated to the health officers of the j different localities in the State for the purpose of abating and destrying the sources of cholera ' infections, tue Board fondly hopes and believes would Ire of incalculable benefit to the health interests of the people. The Secretary was ordered to inspect the several institutions of the State, the Northern and Southern prisons, and the benevolent institutions and to ascertain their sanitary condition, and that the same ; be submitted in the forthcoming report. The Secretary reported that from reports received from various counties, the sanitary condition of many cities and towns in this ' State is very bad. Mr. Mukphy is the name cf a gentleman i who came from Shelbyville last Monday, having in his possession $2,000 or more. He j visited several resorts about the city and I finally struck the Capital Theater, where he 1 got “stuck” on the “ghost show.” which formed a principal part of the performance at that place of amusement He immediately clewed a bargain with Mr. Flagg for the purchase of the equipment necessary to perform the “ghost act” for S6OO. He also engagedthe service of three men to travel with the show, after which he came up to'W'u and ran against una oi tha mamhari ot the

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spdi'ifflw fraternity who, on ftoffitor h* ‘•flush,” asked him to loan him the remaining $1,400, to which hfltery readily assented, taking a worthless note sos tetoirlty. After M while he tumbled to the fact that he had been plucked, so he unfolded his sa’4 tale to gfip4W??toWde - ftt Robbins, who called the “turn” oil tfte toafi who had “done” him immediately. The Huptfrifrtewdent then went over to Illinois street, afitf iw Very st«x* tone told the sporting man to deliver up, ’Which he did without a dissenting WGtd Mr Flagg 1 then seen, and agreed to giv*f*up the $ 'IM providing he be allowed to retain the show. Such the adventure of an individual from Shelby wunty. who went home immediately, a wiser bwisaddet filan. —■ Indianapolis Sentinel. jfflNlloff Wfls made last week that the" Board of State Hofise Commissioners had formally notified the sureties on the bonds of Howard Deliig. contractors, that they would be held Ifafrte for damages on account of the neglect or failure of the contractors to prosecute the work [ and according to the contract. fte*pf>nse» fiaVe been received from the bondsmen, and they einnhatieall y declare that neither themselves nor emitiefrt <tounsel whom they hav« consulted, consider *hey can be held legally liable, inasmuch aS there have beeu so many changes in the origin/!! am, ordered by the Commissioners without either consulting with or gaining the consent c* th* sureties, A suit for damages for nonfultillniCßt cf contract against the contractors and their bondsmen will probably be the next thing in ordc*. and long-cuntinned litigation maybe expected. The contractors have *»»ade a formal demand fo* 6122,000, which they claim is due them for extra work done, and for monej' owing to them wbieb has been retained over and above the percentage provided for in the original contract. Thsy also threaten immediate suit unless this money i« paid, and an interesting time all around is expected. Meanwhile, that solitary man is working <m the building, but he won’t have it complete*! for a few days yet— lndianapolis Journal. The wheat yield of Bartholomew county Will be considerably better than the best estimates. Eight hundre 1 and fifty three acre® just threshed in Sand Creek township yielded 11,800, which is an average of a fraction over thirteen and three-foui ths bushels per acre. One hundred and twelve acres in Flatrock township yielded 1,450 bushels, an average of twelve and two-' thirds bushels per acre. It is thought that the average yield of the county will be about thirteen bushels per acres. The grain is of good quality and has been taken care of without injury from rain. J i A Franklin correspondent writes the Indiaflapolis Sentinel-. The work of threshing the new crop of wheat has been in prPffrew* for the past ten days, and the most encoaraging reports are comnflng in from all quarters of the county. Threshers assert that the crop throughout the county will average nearly fifteen bushels, and maey pieces will reach thirty bushels to the acre.' One party in this vicinity threshed 481 btßfo*'!* from sixteen acres. As a consequence of the unexpected yield, business in every department is beginning to wear a better aspect. The question 'as to what we shall do with otir girlfl has never been fully settled. But last night a Bloomingdale father made up his mind what he would do, when he waited up until after midnight before his girls came home. They they came they were accompanied by two dudes, and the old man immediately fired upon them with an old army musket. The dudes ran, and the girl* screamed. The joke of the whole thing wai that when the fellows scampered off, two men near the Muncie depot hearing the shots tired and thinking tiie dude* wer« burglars, blazed away at them. The fathei shot to miss; the other men shot to kill. The dudes escaped.— Fort Wayne Journal. While returning in a buggy from Still well to La Porte the other evening, Dr. C. K Young attacked his wife with a pocket Knire, cutting her in forty-two different places and afterwards cutting his own throat, partially severing the wimi-pipe He then escaped, but was afterward* cap tured and jailed. The woman was picket up by residents in the vicinity of the crime aud taken tp La Porte, where she now lies in a critical condition from the loss of blood and the effect of the cute. Family difficul ties caused by the drunkenness of the Doc tor and too much mother-in-law are sup posed to have caused the trouble. They often quarreled before. He will recover. J. H. Barrett died at the residence of his brother-in-law, H. C. Allison, at Franklin, Mr. Barrett, ten days ago, returned from California, where he had go’.e some months ago in hopes of regaining his health, but without avail. Mr. Barrett for a number of years held an important clerkship in the Treasury Department at Washington, and was widely known throughout Indiana. The Ohio Power and Light Company, of Dayton, Ohio, has transferred to Herman H. Fulteon. of Indianapolis; George N. Wheeler. President of the National Bank of Denver, Col., and others, the right to manufacture and introduce in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Kentucky and all territory west the Wooley electric headlight, claimed to be the most successful electric light for locomotives yet introduced. A massconvention of colored citizens was he’d at Indianapolis last week. Letters were read from many distinguished people, expressing sympathy with the objects of the convention, among them J. B. Foraker and Hon. George Hoadly, of Ohio. Delegates were appointed to the Louisville convention and an address issued setting forth the objects and asperations of the association. A very large and enthusiastic meeting of ■J.e citizens of Greenfield was held last week to take some step to secure the building of the Cincinnati, Wabash A Michigan railroad to that city and to Shelbyville. A live committee was appointed to confer with the officers of the route. ■ Frank T. Roots, President of the Conners- , ville Hydraulic Company, has been placed ) under arrest by the City MarslftU for endan- ! gering the public health by turning the i water out of the hydraulic aud scraping the sediment into alleys. The diain-gang at the Indianapolis dockpile” made a desperate attempt to escape last week. The keeper in charge was knoek--1 ed down, and a break for liberty made, but ’ it failed of success Frank Mohr, of the firm of Mohr A Dietrich, contractors and builders, fell from a scaffold at Evansville, and received probaa bly fatal injuries. } Development ofthe littest. A German writer has recently shown 3 that the “first-born of the tirst-lKirn” i reach maturity at an earlier age than , those of subsequent birth. That is, j the first calf, colt and lamb develop a 3 little more rapidly than did t-heir ? parents, or than will their own brothers and sisters. If the separation be kept ' up for a number of generations, the difference often becomes quite marked, 1 After his blood, that which a man j can next give out of a toar. i