Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1890 — Page 6

©he democrat DECATUR, IND. N. - Publisher. CAUGHT FROM THEWIRE AN ALL NIGHT’S EXPERIENCE ON CAKES OF ICE. . ■ •_ ' .. . . ' G A Woman's Perilous Ride—Mr. Parnell to Wed Mrs. O’Sliea—No ChlneselNeed Ap- ■ ply—Schaefer Wins Hie Billiard Championship—Five Men Drowned at Kvansville—Free Mall Delivery—Three Train Men Killed. SIX DROWNED. — The Survivors Pass the Night on a Cako of Ice. While a boat load of twelve men, employed at Miller, Signorr & Co.’s logging camp near Rice Lake, Minn., were returning home across Devil's Lake after their day's work, the boat was bverr turned through the men shifting positions in it, and all were precipitated into the water, four being immediately drowned. Eight climbed upon a cake ice, and after a s life and death struggle among them one. was lost and the other seven left on the ice. They passed’alljnight upon the tossing cakes of ice. Their cries reached their comrades on the shore and at daybreak a boat was procured and all rescued except John Crotto, who. unable to longer hold on. released his grip as the rescuing party came in sight. The victims are: Frank Fournier,- John Crotto, Arthur Page, Win. Knight, Chas. Stykes, and A. D. Clark. A Frightful Position. Mr. Caldwell, wife and two children, <jf Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Ind., were in Logansport, and walked out to the as\lum. Upon returning they started to cross the Vandalia bridge, ana when about half across were surprised at" the approach behind them of the Wabash passenger. Mr. Caldwell took the two children in his arms and stepped aside oil the track, but Mrs. Caldwell apparently lost her head and started to run up the track ahead of the train, thinking to cross the bridge ■ ere the train reached her! The engineer, seeing her frightful position, reversed his engine, .but could not stopin time.and the'lady was struck and carried on the pilot to the end of the bridge, where she was thrown off onto the ground. It was found that her left thigh was broken and her head seriously injured. The doctors axe fearful that the lady’s skull is fractured. If so, her case is hopeless. She was conveyed to her home in Deer (' reekTo wnsh ip. Mr. Parnell to Wed Mrs. O’Shea. Mr. Parnell, it is said, has already appointed the wedding day, aj>out six months hence, for himself and Mrs. O’Shea. Those who have met the pair say they are passionately devoted to each other and that-Mrs. O'Shea’s one ambi•tion for years has been to be come Mrs. Parnell: that while she deplores the political effect of the exposure, she is more than compensated by the prospect of union to the man of her choice. Mrs. O'Shea is about four years older than Parnell. It is said that she had evidence amply sufficient to have defeated the suit for divorce, by proving, not ' her own innocence, but her husband’s guilt; but that she desired nothing to stand in the wav of gaining Parnell for a husband. Free Mail (Delivery. The Postpiaster General has ordered the establishment of the free delivery system at the following postoftices on the Ist of January, 1891: Astoria, Ore.; Lincoln, Ill.; Kenton, Ohio; Towanda, Pa.: Milford. Mass,; Athens, Ga.t Moberly. Mich.: Alpena, Mich.; Carbondab 1 . Pa.: Columbia, Pa.; Mahanoy City. Pa.: Pottstown, Pa.: Rochester. Minn.; Gainesville, Texas; Canandaigua, N. ¥.; Bowling Green, Ky.. and Washington Court House, Ohio. Five Men Drowned at Evansville. While seven men were crossing the river in a skiff at their boat was struck by a high wind and overturned. The of the unfortunate men were, brief, and in a few seconds live of them disappeared, the other two clinging to the skiff's bottom. Two boats put out to the rescue and each rcM-ucd one of the men at the last moment. 'The five men drowned were colored. 5o Chinese. The snb-Congressional Committe on Immigration and Naturalization. of wliich Senator Shire, of Washington, is Chairman, held a meeting at Tacoma. Wash., at which the Mayor and officials of the ('hamber of Commerce, labor organizations. and business citizens were examined in relation to Chinese immigration. All Were unanimous for the exclusion of the Chinese. Three Trai nyicn Killed. Near Haystack. Ore., a freight train on the Spokane branch of the Union I Pacific was wrecked and the engineer and iiVeman and "Brakenian J. E. Lecker weri' killed, and .Q E, Cameron, another ' brakeman, was fatally injured. The names of the engineer and fireman could not be learned. *.■ Powderly Goes to Florida. Gram! Master Workman Powderly left for Florida l<» attend the Farmers’ Alliance Convention. He hinted that a new party will not restilt from the Florida convention, and thereafter the Alliance members and knights will vote, as well as work, for their principles. Fatally Hurt. Samuel Hinton, an old citizen of Fort Wayne, was run - over by an express wagon and so badly injured that he cannot recover. • s Schaefer Wins. In the biliard match for the championship of the. world. Schtefer defeated Slosson SOO to 609. Miller Executed. Ellis Miller, the Union County murderer. was executed in the Ohio prison annex. Farmer Versus Merchant. The Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association held a meeting in Martinsville, Ind., and appointed a committee to canvas for stock to establish a store in that city to be run according to their plans. The merchants would not be subject to their dictation, and are working against the committee. They declare they -will tight the farmers until they will be glad to come to terms. Horse Flesh for Food. Chicago special: Officer IJevinc, meat inspector of the health office, reported t lie existence of a horse rendering estab- i lishment, two blocks west of Western Avenue, on the north side of the canal, and kept by a man named Henry Brackman. Ina vault in the preqnses were found four barrels of corned ohpickled horseflesh. In Brackman’s house near by two hind quarters were found, nicely dressed and hung up, and on the table were found portions of horseflesh cooked and ready to be served. Brackman says that the animals are sold for food for hogs, but the care used in dressing

She meat, and the fact that Brackman’s family use it, gives strong coloring to the supposition that Brackman is carrying on an active trade in horseflesh with the lower class of restaurants. All the meat found was condemned and kerosened, and Brackman summoned to appear for examination. SAUCY SIOUX. Fhe Indian War Starts Along the Line.—A A Fierce Battle Raging at Ft. Keogh. A fierce battle is in progress bfetween the military and the Indians near Fort Keogh, Mont. The department has ordered three companies of Fort Missoula troops to the scene of the trouble. Advices from various points say that lively skirmishing is in pregress all along the line. General McCook has ordered the Sixth Cavalry, now stationed-at Fort Union, to be prepared with light baggage, to join the troops that leave for Fort Wingate and proceed with the utmost haste to Fort Meade, Dakota. General Meznet, commander at Fort Russell, expressed his opinion on the threatened outlook to the effect that if fighting began it would require 100.000 troops to conquer the Indians, and the result would be the total annihilation of the tribes waging the war. Little Wound and the Rosebud Indians have begun depredations by burning the houses of friendly Indians on Medicine and Porcupine Creeks. Governor Mellette sent arms to the Black Hills people. The troops will start at once after Little Wound. . Gen. Miles has received the following telegram from Gov. Mellette, of South Dakota, and immediately after perusing the same, said that Generals Auger and Brooke were making all preparations possible to protect lives and property. The dispatch has been repeated to the War Department at Washington, and also to Pine Ridge Agency and St. Paul, Minnesota. A special from Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak., says, unless the Indians are frightened or driven into a tight during the next week there is every probability that the Indian troubles on Pine Ridge Agency will be settled without difficulty. No hostile Indians can be found among the 4,000 gathered here. The authorities look mysterious, but talk much more pacifically than they have at any time before. Every Indian that can be found unites with Jack Red Cloud and Big Road in the that they don't want to light and never did. It is claimed that enough troops have been posted to the north and west of the reservation to prevent the Indians from leaving provided tljey should get away from the force here at the agency. The authorities are reticent about their plans, but there can be little doubt that an effort will be made to disarm the Pine Ridge Indians, if not the whole Sioux nation. This effort will include Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River and Standing Rock. In connection with this, Red Cloud. No Water, Jack Red Cloud and Big Road are in danger of beng arrested. Bristol (S. D.) special: The Indians are reported to have broken loose at Pierepont and Lansford. Several men have just arrived on- horseback from these places. One boy says the redskins have burned Pierepont, and when he started to leave on his horse he was shot at about twenty times. The men who came with the boy credit his statement. Several settlers came running into a village near Pierepont, giving the alarm; and nearly paralyzing every one in the village. People were running about the streets half scared to death. No one has arrived since the first’ alarm Wils given. Guards have been stationed about this place near the ridges to keep watch, and if anything more is seen they are to give a signal. The Southern Minnesota Railroad has given Conductor Colman the right of way from Bristol to Madison, providing it comes neceseary to move the people from here. WICKED WHITE. The Bold Barrister Who Ran a Bogus Divorce Mill and How He Fleeced People. A special from Hartford. Conn., says: Robert M. White, the lawyer, of New York, who ran a bogus divorce mill at 145 Broadway and fled to avoid arrest, recently succeeded in swindling three Hartford women, one man, and probably others yet to hear from. His victims also include New Haven people. About a year ago a woman in Nebraska who supposed that she had been divorced by a decree at Newington, Conn., found, when 1 she was about to marry another man. there was cause to fear that she had been duped by this same lawyer and was not divorced! Slieiwrote a letter addressed to the “Clerk of the Superior Court of Newington. Newington County. Conn.'’ She learned in time that she had ibeen defrauded. In one case, which recently came to light, White from a woman a total of 835. She s«*. a,n advertisement in a New York paper of divorces granted without publicity and wrote to-secure his services. The result was she paid him $5 advance and later 833 for alleged decree of divorce which came to her C. O. D. through the United States Express. It I was dated at Hebron, a small village in Northern Indiana not far from Chicago. The great" red seal bears the Words, ■•Supreme Court,“ and it’s signed W. W. Ball. Judge. The purchaser of this (iieer document showed it to a policeman she other day who informed her that it was bogus. She rushed off to a femalg friend who had a decree in progress through White’s divorce mill. The woman had paid one or two installments and immediately left for New York to recover her money. It is understood that one Hartford client of While, "believing the divorce ' granted was nil right, has married again. Driven Ashore and Dashed to Pieces, Additional advices have been received of the disaster to the fishing fleet off Ofoten. on the Norwegian coast. Out of one hundred and eighty smacks, all >f which were compelled to cut away their rigging, seventy were driven ashore and battered to pieces on the rocks. .Many smaller boats were also wrecked. It is feared that hundreds of lives were lost. The bodies of victims are constantly being washed ashore. The coast is’intensely bleak, and is sparsely settled, and the survivors are suffering greatly from exposure and starvation. Communication with the interior is cut off, the roads being blockaded with snow. A steamer has left Christiana to assist the wrecked fishermen. Appalling Accident. The nest of boilers in Ed. Jewett’s mill, at South Bay, N. 8., exploded with terrific force, instantly killing five persons and seriously injuring several others. One of the boilers hurled a hundred feet from the mill. The following is a list of the names of the killed: Henry Baird, head severed from the body; James Baird, son of Henry; Burt Curry, aged 8 years; Andrew Wark, I aged 24; Mihhael Lynch. Those thought to be fatally injured are Patrick Lynch, R. Hayes, and Peter Harrington. The boilers were old and badly worn. Many Killed and Wounded. A courier arrived at Las Vegas, N. M,, from Anton Chico, a small Mexican place twenty-five miles distant, having made the ride in a little over an hour. His hoi*se fell dead from exhaustion just on the outskirts of the city. The courier hastened to the Sheriff’* office and gave

the plarm that a running fight had just taken place between fifteen and twenty cowboys and double as many Mexicans, in which over five hundred shots were exchanged resulting in the death and wounding of several on both sides. PARNELL MUST RETIRE From the Leadership of the Irish Party Is the Verdict of the Catholic Hierachy of Ireland. London Special: Intense excitement was created in the political circles generally, but more particularly in the ranks of the Irish National Party, when the announcenKnt was made that the Roman Catholic hierarchy,of;lreland,hadreached the unanimous conclusion that the position was such as to render absolutely necessary the retirememt from the leadership of Mr. Parnell. The announcement of the conclusion was accompanied by the statemeni that, while there is no desire to eoered the Parlimentary Representatives of the Irish party, the decision of the hierarchy would be publicly announced, if at the proposed Parnelite meeting, aqy attempt was made to whitewash Mr. Parnell. It was also intimated that should the manifesto to the Irish people, fail to deny and disprove the grave charges that stand against that gentleman, as a consequence of the verdict in the recent divorce suit, action would be taken without waiting for, or regarding the results of the meeting. Mr. Parnell’s manifesto, which has just made its appearance, is a document of great length. In it the Irish leader boldly defies his enemies and appeals to the people of Ireland to sustain him in no ■. half-hearted way in the great emergency which confronts them and him. HARMONIOUSLY SETLLED. The Differences of the World’s Fair Commissioners Adjusted. The differences between the National Commissioners and the Word's Fair Directory were harmoniously settled by the adoption of a conference report, the joint work of representatives and members of both bodies. The report determines the management of the fair by amalgamating the powers of the commissioners and the directory into a system of fifteen departments under the supervision of the Director General. All differences that mav hereafter come up will be referred to a board of control, consisting of eight members of the commissioners and eight members of the directory," the action of which thall be conclusive. The site, the plans, and the specifications for the grounds and buildings have been adopted, and President Harrison will now be advised to issue his proclamation. Feople in Ireland on the Verge of Starvation* The people of Swineford, County Mayo, Ireland, are greatly disappointed over the refusal of the grand jury to guarantee even one penny to assist in carrying out Mr. Belfour’s plan to build a railroad from Colloone to Claramorris. Crowds of people throughodt the district are demanding work from the priests and poor law guardians. It is by the authorities that within three/ weeks many of the people in the Swifieford district will be without food of any kind. Delegates have started for London to urge upon the Government the necessity of taking steps for the alleviation of the distress. The Man Found Murdered at Fostoria Inde tiffed. The man found murdered at Fostoria, Ohio, a week ago has been identified as William L. Campau, of Monroe, Mich., a horse trader, who has been operating at Prospect, Ohio, for some time with a man named Aaron Kuhns, from Green Center, Noble County, Ind. Campau and Kuhns sold their horses ten days ago and went to Fostoria together. Kuhns then went to Indiana, and soon returned to Prospect. He went to Fostoria and helped identify the body of Campau, but soon disappeared. The police think Kuhns is the murderer and arp looking for him. Grand Stand Falls. Eastern Park (N. Y) special: One of the stands erected for the accommodation of spectators of the Yale-Princeton foot ball match fell. It was an open stand and was crowded with men, women, and young girls. The lowest estimate puts the number of those who are hurt at fifty. This does not take account of those who were merely bruised, but includes those who had limbs broken and who were wounded internally. A room under the grand stand was turned into a temporary hospital, where the injured ' were taken and attended by doctors who happened to be on the grounds. Have Bought the “World.’’ It has been’reported and the report verified that the New York World has been sold to a syndicate of Philadelphians for 54.000.000. The-purchasers are in reality George W. Childs, editor and owner of the Public Ledger, and A. J. Drexel, the millionaire banker of the Quaker city. The purchase price ini eludes the magnificent fourteen story building just completed, and into which the World moved last Sunday. The building itself is valued at 81.000,000, leaving a valuation of 83,000,000 for the good will and plant of the newspaper with its evening edition. Mourned as Dead. James Stockton met his wife at Memphis, recently, for the first time since the Johnstown flood. They had mourned eacli other as dead: that they had been bereaved by the awful disaster. Stockton had gone to California, and Mrs./ Stockton was in Massachusetts. They were discovered to each other by a mutual friend in Memphis, and a most joyful,meeting took place at the first station on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad on the incoming train. They had only been married a few days and will go to their new home in California to complete their rudely interrupted honeymoon. A Whole Car Load of Passengers Down With the Small-Pox. Considerable Incitement was created at Denver, by the receipt of a telegram from Cheyenne,announcing the departure of a train for Denver, containing a car load of small-pox patients. It is learned that when the Union Pacific express left Rawlins the conductor discovered two severe eases of small-pox on board. Shortly afterward others complained and before night thirteen were taken sick. The car was immediately locked and sent by special train to Denver where the patients are now quarantined. Four Killed, Three Wounded. The boiler of John Haekers & Co.’s steam saw-mill at Scotland, Worth County, Ga., exploded, killing three men mid injuring four others. The killed are: Augustus Stinson, of Angelica, Wis.; Thomas Sammons, Adolphus McMillan. The wounded are: John H. McPhail, of Atlanta; Andrew Cox, William Tompkins, James Daniels (colored). The boiler was blown a distance of seventy-five yards. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The Commercial Gazette. Richard Smith says the telegraph is wrong in announcing any change of policy of the Commercial Gazette. The stockholders have elected me President, in place of Mr. Halstead. lam running thopaper; that is all. There will bs no change, and our present staff will be re-

tained. Mr. Halstead has sold some es his stock to solid business men. None to politicians. Eighteen Lives Lost. The British steamer Westbourne, from Feodoso, Russia, for Hull, has been wrecked in the Black Sea. Six of her crew were diowned, twelve died from exposure and five landed at Feodoso. The British ship Sudbournte, Capt. McGie, from Hamburg November 8, for Rangoon, has been sunk in collision off Dungeness. Eleven of her crew are missing. Tragedy at Van Vl'ert. J Ham Prooit was shot through tCe heart and Oliver Ramsey in the jaw by William Stewart at a colored dance at Van Wert, Ohio. TherZwas no quarrel, but Stewart, who luuz been drinking, wanted to get even with Prooit on an old grudge. Ramsey was shot for interfering. Stewart was immediately arrested and locked up in the county jail. A Town Inundated. The town of Schmalkalden, at the confluence of the Schmalkalde and Stille, near Meiningen, Austria, is inundated and the damage done is very great. Two houses were broken down by the force of the water, and as the WernshansenSchmalkalden dam has burst it is possible that many lives have been lost. Mangled by a Train. Anthony Versoor. aged 65 years, a laborer at the Grand Rapids and Indiana shops, at Grand Rapids, walketl upon the tracks on the way to work, and he was struck by a passenger train. He was hurled into the air and instantly killed, his head and chest being crushed. He left a widow and two married daughters. Struck by a Whale. The whaling bark Ocean has arrived at San Francisco. The Captain furnishes the following particulars of the loss of six They had mortally wounded a approached too close in their boat. The whale struck the boat and the men were thrown out and drowned or killed. ■ • Missionary Schools Reopened. The Secretary of .State is informed that under’instruetion from the porte, the Vali of Damascus has issued orders for the reopening of the missionary schools at Meydel Scheins, Ain Kunjab, Barrias and Hamath, which schools have been closed during the last six years. Powder Explosion. Three kegs of powder were left in the house of James Thomas, a miner at Winifred, W. Va., over night. His son. aged twelve, ignited the explosive, the house was blown to pieces, the boy killed. Several people were wounded by flying fragments. 137 Indictments for Gambling. The Cook County (Hl.) grand jury returned 137 indictments for violation of the anti-gambling laws. Nearly every prominent bookmaker, poolseller and gambling house keeper in Chicago is named. Killed By the Cars. Trainmen from Fort Wayne found lynear the Nickel Plate at Hartzburg, Ohio, the frightfully mangled remains of an unknown man. It is thought that the dead man was struck by one of the fast freight trains. The Miners Quit Work. The miners at Pine Forest colliery, near Pottsville, Pa., quit work on demand for advance in wages. They were paid 81 per car for coal mined, but they claim that its impossible to make fair wages at that price. Lottery Lotters. Since the passage of the lottery bill the business of the lottery company which constituted more than one-third of the entire business of thefiNew O; leans postoffice, has fallen off to almost nothing. A History of Bismarck. Ludwig Hahn’s fiftieth and last volume has just been printed at Berlin. It contains all of ex-Chancellor Bismarck’s utterances from 1885 to the time of his retirement from office. Child Poisoned by Candy. Jennie B. Allen, a child 5 years old, died from eating poisoned candy sold in Ironton, Ohio. Fears are entertained that others have eaten of the same candy. Found Dead! in a Barn'. The body of George Pearson, aged 67 years, was found in a barn at Saginaw, Mich. He disappeared five weeks ago, and his death was the result of exposure. Hutchins Harnessed. Jesse Hutchins, .the notorious Indiana counterfeiter, was arrested at Oakland City, Ind. He was surprised by the United States deputy marshals Death of “Mrs. Partington.” Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, “Mrs. Partington,’’died of heart disease at his residence in Chelsea, Mass., aged 76 years. r After Sunday Concerts. The Baltimore police authorities have determined to breakup Sunday concerts where an admission is charged. Crazed on Christian Science. Lester Carr, a brilliant musician of Springfield, Ohio, has become crazy on Christian science. Oil Works Burned. The Press Works and Queen City Oil Works’at Blissville, L. 1., burned. The loss was 875,000. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime....? 3.25 @ 5.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 4.25 Sheep..... 3.00 @5 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red .93 Corn—No. 2 52 @ .02’3 Oats—No. 2 45 @ .43' 9 Rye—No. 269 @ .70 Butter—Choice Creamery2s @ .28 Cheese—Full Cream flatsoßJs@ .10 Eggs—Fresh.....'23 @ .24 Potatoes—Western, per buß7 & .92 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.50 @ 4.50 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 @ 4.00 Sheep—Common to Prime.. 3.00 @4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93)a@ .94>4 Corn—No. 1 White Oats—No. 2 White4B @ .49 ST. LOUIS. Cattle. 4.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.50 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red9l @ .92 Corn—No. 253 @ .54 Oats—No. 244 @ .45 Barley—lowa69 @ .71 CINCINNATI. Cattle 2.00 @ 4.50 Hogs3.oo @ 4.00 Sheepi 3.00 @5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red .95 @ .95*6 Corn—No. 2 .53 @ .53*3 Oats-—No. 2 Mixed .47‘a® .48?3 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring9o @ Corn —No. 354 @ .55 Oats—No. 2 White 46 & .47 Rye—No. 1...69 @ .71 Barley—No, 2...-. 69 @ .70 DETROIT. Cattle... 3.00 @ 4.25 Hess3.oo @3.25 5heep............. .?..... 3.00 @4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red.9l @ .92 Corn—No. 2 Ye110w,53 @ .54 Oats—No. 2 White. 48’6@ .49J6 TOLEDO. Wheat 95>$@ Corn—Cash Oats—No. 2 White. BXJITF aTjO Cattle—Good to Prime. 4.00 @ 4.75 Hods—Medium and Heavy" 3.50 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.07 @ 1.08 Corn—No. 2 .55 @ .56 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Common Io Prime 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs—Light 3.75 @ 4.25 Sheep—Medium to Good. 4.00 @5.25 Lambs..... 4.50 @6.25 NEW YORK. Cattle; 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs 3.50 @ 4.25 Sheep..... 4.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 1.04 @1.06 Corn—No. 2 62 @ .63 OAW-MiMd.WMt«n 48 @ .52

THE HOOSIER STATE. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS THE PAST WEEK. The Corn Crop of Southern Indiana— Diphtheria at Xenia—Patents for Indiana Inventors—Suicides —Accidents— Criminal Record—Deaths. Old Mystery Explained by the Revelation ot a Murder. , In September, 1863, John Isenhart, a thrifty farmer living south of Portland, started from home, telling his wife that he was going to Dr. Watson’s to pay a bill he owed him. On his way it was known that he stopped at the house of John Hindman, a man of unsavory reputation. Isenhart never reached Watson’s, and his disappearance was a great mystery. Searching parties were organized and the best detectives were employed, but the efforts of all futile, and it remained a mystery until recently. Soon after Isenhart’s disappearance Hindman enlisted and returned at the close of the war. Before his death, in 1871, he confessed to his son-in-law, James Lanning, that he killed Isenhart and buried him under his stable. Lanning carried the secret as long as he could, but lately disclosed to John Hearn where the body, could be found. Hearn, with others, went to the 'spot indicated by Lanning, dug up the body and brought it to Portland. The skull was badly shattered, showing the effects of the fatal blow dealt by Hindman. This considerable excitement, as it was believed by most of the people that Isenhart had' simply deserted his family and was still alive. Minor State Items. —LaPorte is to have an electric railway. —Michigan City has a new chair factory. —At Elkhart, Jacob Michael blew his brains out. —Coal and kaolin had been discovered near Huron.—The Atlantic Hotel, at White Pigeon, was destroyed by fire. Loss, 83,000. —Adam Perkins was seriously injured by a tree falling on him near Tipton. —Mrs. Fannie McCullum, of Seymour, aged 70, was seriously injured by a fall. —Edward Trusler, hardware merchant at Greensburg, died of blood poisoning. —Unknown persons tried to assassinate PatricK Ruddle, who lives near Crawfordsville. —The Knights of Maccabees will hold their annual State reunion in Lebanon, Jan. 13, next. —The Farmers’ Alliance of Boone County will hold an institute in Lebanon, Dec. 26 and 27. —Miss Nettie Davis, of Seymour, was fatally burned, her clothing taking fire from a bonfire. —F. Bimel has 'commenced work on his handle factory at Portland. He will employ sixty mep. —James W. Hamrick, a merchant of Danville, was seriously injured by falling from the loft of his store. —Joseph Seacock, a small boy of Benton, was shot through the neck while playing with a Flobert rifle. « —The Johnson. Circuit Court has awarded Mrs. Sarah Humphries $5,000 against Charles Dolen, for slander. —The Methodist churches at Moore’s Hill and Plainfield have voted in favor of admitting women as lay delegates. —Thieves went to the stock pen of Henry Stone, who resides at Taylorsville, and drove away five fait hogs. —At Huron, James Terrell and John Feltner quarreled over politics, and the former was stabbed by the latter and killed. —The bondsmen of James Fitzpatrick, the defaulting Treasurer of Terre Haute, have agreed to pay up his shortage of 814,500. —Will Hopkins, while hunting near Summitville, was accidentally shot in the face b^ - George Morris and blinded in both eyes. —Reports of a rather vague character continue to come in concerning the existence of small-pox in Dubois County, near Huntingburg. —Seven mail pouches have been stolen during the past seven weeks between Richmond and Winchester on the G. R. & I. Railway. —The large barn of NoJan Thomas, at Spencer, was consumed by fire, together with its contents. It was the work of an incendiary. —Louis Darnell, a yard brakeman at Richmond, was struck while coupling cars, and his neck was broken, causing instant death. —Snodgrass & Murphy, Crawfordsville tailors, have failed, and Joe West has been appointed assignee. Assets, 82,500; liabilities, 83,200. —Herman Tripp, operator at Lima, while scuffling with a companion, fell across a rail. Paralysis of the stomach ensued, resulting in death. —The general store of H. Bowman, at Putnamville, was burglarized. Five hundred dollars’ worth of clothing and other merchandise was stolen. —Nettie, aged 8, the daughter of W. W. Davis, of'Seymour, was dangerously burned from feet to hips by her clothing igniting from a pile of burning leaves. —The corn crop of Southern Indiana is harvested in excellent condition, and the yield exceeds all expectations. The average runs from twenty-five bushels on uplands to sixty per acre on the best bottom lands, and the quality is prime. —A year ago, at Brazil, Tom Williams shot dead one Thrasher, a brother-in-law. By a justice of the peace he was acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. The grand jury recently indicted him for murder, and he was re-arrested and placed in jail. —After twenty years' confinement in the prison at Jeffersonville, James S. Storey returns to Johnston County, his J old home, gray-haired and bent with age. On reaching the spot where his happy boyhood days were spent he fell upon his knees and wept bitterly. Failing to find any of his old acquaintances he expressed a desire to die. Storey is 64 years of age, and was at one time worth 850,000. Gambling ruined him. He planned the robbery of a bank, was cauffht in the act, and with a knife killed one of his pursuers, for which he was sent to State Prison in 1870.

—The residence of John Kissh, at Spraytown, waSt. burned with contents, fire originating from a defective flue. Loss, $1,200; insurance, 8450. —Mrs. Charles Wykoff, at Mt. Jitna, gave birth to a pound and a quarter infant. After two weeks the child weighs a pound and a half, and seems quite healthy. —Elijah * Mallott, a dairyman, of Petersburg, in a fit of jealousy, shot his wife, inflicting only a flesh wound. He then committed suicide by shooting himself through the breast. —The Wabash Board of Trade is discussing the advisability of bringing suit for bjeach of contract against the Pittsburgh capitalists who did not establish the Indiana steel-works there. —The La Gro Cement Company, with a capitaloof 85,000, has been organized. It is the purpose of the corporation to develop the limestone and cement industry in the vicinity of that village. —Diphtheria, in a very malignant form, is raging in Shoals ahd Ironton. Helen, youngest daughter of N. H. Motsinger, cashier of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank, died of the dread disease. There are other serious cases. —At Xenia diphtheria rages to such an alarming extent that the public schools are closed, church services suspended, and public gatherings prohibited for ten days. Stringent sanitary methods are also being employed. —Marion Robertson, a well-known farmer, was fatally shot near Bloomington, by the premature discharge of .a gun, while hunting.•' > One hand was shpt off, and the load lodged in his face, one of his eyes falling Out. He will die. —Messrs. Thompson & Sharp brought in a gas well for the Greenfield Iron and Nail Company in the north part of their addition. Os ail the wells that have been drilled in Hancock County this is said to be the best. It a wonderful gusher. —Henry O’Neil, living about two miles north of Canaan, was found dead in his field, having fallen out of his wagon. The old gentleman was crippled, having lost one foot in a threshing-machine gearing some thirty odd years ago. He was 70 years of age. —Reports from winter wheat throughout the State-are encouraging. The early sown wheat looks well, and that sown more recently is in medium -condition. The acreage this year is considerably increased over last year. Its average condition is estimated at 93 per cent. —Waldo E. Hills, who is under indictment at Fort Wayne for alleged criminal practices in defrauding farmers on lightning rod contracts, and whose third trial for this offence was called recently, has fled, and his bond has been declared forfeited by the court. On his former trial Hills was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. —Morris F. Edwards, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Knightstown, died suddenly at his home. He was 84 years old, and had for many years been one of the most prominent members of the First M. E. Church and one of the most influential citizens. He has held many positions of honor and trust. —ln the suit of Nicholas Merl against the Citizen’s Street Railway Company, of Indianapolis, tried in the Hendricks Circuit Court on a charge of venue from Marion County, the jury returned a verdict for 84,000 for Merl. This is the case where Merl’s legs were crushed by being caught between the platform of the transfer car and the platform of a_passing open car. —Dr. Williamson, practicing physician at Lebanon for the past thirty-five years, and 80 years of age, was run over by a buggy while returning home from church. Three of his ribs were broken and he was hurt internally. It is thought the accident will prove fatal. A warrant was issued for the arest of John Cooney, who was driving the buggy. —Prompted by reported information to the effect that the State law cf 1881, imposing a fine of from $lO to SIOO for each offense in killing quail aod pheasant for markets outside the State, is being violated, State Fish Commissioner Dennis has cited the law to the express companies, who are carrying such game in large quantities to Chicago and Cincinnati, and warned them to desist.* £ —Another factory has been added to the long list of manufactories for Anderson—a new keg factory that will employ fifty men and turn out two thousand nail-kegs per day. This is the tenth factory now in course of construction in that city, including two wire-hail factories, a nut and bolt factory, a carriage hardware,factory, a cathedral-glass factory, a window-glass factory,Ja brick and tile machine factory, a pulp and paper factory, a box factory and a keg factory. —The large breeding barn of Joseph Kleiper, near Cambridge, was consumed by fire entailing a loss of about S7OO on the building, with only a small insurance in a New York company. One valuable stallion and eight brood mares likewise perished. Sundown, the stallion, was owned by John T. Manlove, of Milton, and had a great trotting record. Ho won a race at the fall meeting in which there were three competitors, and was undoubtedly the finest two-year-old in the State. He was valued at 81,000. The total loss is $4,000. —H. R. Tinsley, of Crawfordsville, has been busily engaged for some time in collecting old-fashioned farming ments, until now he has a large number of these bygone articles. His latest addition to the collection is a flail which was used once for threshing grain. —The business men and farmers about Martinsville have subscribed the requisite amount of stock for the purpose of starting a creamery plant there in the early spring. Work will be commenced on the erection of it in a few days.' —Patents have been issued to Indiana ‘nventors as follows: Upton E. Brumbaugh, Marion, lumber drier; Charles W. Cotton, Indianapolis, assignor to American Wheel Company, Chicago, method of preparing spokes; James Dnshane, South Bend, curry comb; Wesley T. Finney, Bentonville, stove; George C. Muessel, South Bend, suspending device for pails; William E. Murbarger, Indianapolis, pipe wrench; Riley D. Snyder, Avon, cultivator* attachment for double-shovel plows; David D. Weisel, Fort Wayne, washing machine; George J. A. Zimmer, Elkhart, signal lantern.

■*, A Telegraph to the Bt*le From the stomach is the great sympathette nerve in the epigastrium. Let digestion become seriously disordered, and that disorder is sure to find a reflection in symptoms which react disadvantageoualy upon the organ of thought. Insomnia, nervousness, causeless depression and anxiety are all manifestations of dyspepsia. The best means of remedying and restoring tranquillity to brain and stomach, and of regulating, it may be added, bilious secretion, is to take a wineglassful of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters before meals during the day and before retiring. This course begun, reform in the direotion of complete bodily well-being has begun with it. Constipation,sick headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, and malarial complaints are among the troubles in which the Bitters is. speedily and thoroughly beneficial. Don’t delay. but take the sure course at once. An American Clara Vere De Vere. Miss Van Wirt—No, Lord Northbury, I could never marry?. You are not my equal. Lord Northbury—Not your equal! Why, blood of the Plantagenets courses in my veins! When your great grandfather was a petty Dutch trader, mine was sitting in the House of Lords. Miss Van Wirt —Yes, bat wiien your great grandfather was fitting in tha House of Lords, mine was buying up town lots on Broadway.— Life. Bkyore the itw of Prickly Ash Bitters became general throughout the South and "West, it was a fearful dose of "Blue Mass,” and daily doses of quinine, that was forced down the throats of suffers from all malarial troubles. In place of such obnoxious, harrowing cura.tr'es. Prickly Ash Bitters, with its mild, soothing action, now holds supreme sway, and after one trial, its use when necessary, is forever established. You who have sick-headaches, sour stomachs, diseased liver or kidneys, can do no better than to give it a trial. Grammar Nut Necessary. * “That young Miss Newdle to whom you was paying so much attention last evening'; Leon.'’ said his mother, “talks very ungrammatically.” “Thunder!” exclaimed the young man. “She don’t need to know anything about grammar, mother. She owns,a gas well.” Not a Local Disease Because catarrh affects your head. it is not there* ■ fore a local disease. If it did not exist in your blood it could not manifest itself in your nose. The blood now in your brain is, before you finish reading this article, back in your heart again, and soon distrib* uted to your liver, stomach, kidneys, and so on. Whatever impurities the blood does not carry away, cause .what we call diseases. Therefore when you have catarrh of the head a snuff or other inhalent can at most give only temporary relief. The only way to effect a cure is to attack the disease in the blood by taking a constitutional remedy like Hood*s Sarsaparilla, which eliminates all impurities and thus permanently cures catarrh. The success of Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for catarrh m vouched for by many people it has cured. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Fold by all druggists. 51; six for 65.- Prepared only by C. I. HOOD i CO. Lowell. Maas. 100 Doses Ono Dollar

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