Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1891 — Page 6

democrat decatub?ind. 3 M. B'LACKBURN, - - - Publ'xSHES, WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. RESULT OF CITY ELECTIONS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE. Eleven Persona Burned to Death—Confessed Hie Crime—Fightinc in Simla— Good News for Hunters—Germany Withdraws the Embargo. RESULT OJ’CITY ELECTIONS Throughout the Buckeye State. Cincinnati —The entire Republican city ticket has been elected as follows: Mayor, John B. Mosby; City Auditor, Dan W. Brown; Corporation Counsel, Theodore Horstman; City Treasurer, Henry Ziegler; Justice of the Peace, Edward Tyrrell; Police Court Judge, Ellis B. Gregg; Judge Superior Court, Rufus B. Smith. The ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 100 to 5,000, Mosby having the smallest majority on the ticket, a little over 100. Out of thirty members of the Board of Legislation, the Republicans have elected , twenty-one, leaving nine for the Democrats. . Cleveland.—lion. William G. Rose, Republican candidate for Mayor of Cleveland, was elected by a majority of about 3,000. The entire Republican ticket with the exception of the candi-datb-fojytity Treasurer was also elected. Major W. W. Armstrong, ex-postmaster, was the successful candidate for treasurer. Columbus. — Th® Democrats have elected their city ticket by majorities ranging from five to 1,200, Avith one exception, a member of the Board of Public Works. The Republican majority in the city last fall was about 500. Returns from various cities of Northwestern Ohio indicate that the Democrats have carried the cities of Findlay, Napoleon, Defiance, Wapakoneta, Lima, s and Upper Sandusky, while the Republicans have been successful in Toledo, Fostoria, Bowling Greeny North Baltimore, and Bluffton. Eleven Persons Burned to Death • Eleven lives were lost in a fire at Rochester, Pa. The fire broke out in a large frame building on New York street, which was used as a residence and several stores. Four members of an Italian family, who lived over one of the stores, lost their lives; one daughter, aged 27, saved herself, by jumping. The names of the others are not yet known. The building wgs owned by John F. Smith. The stores were occupied by George Edwards, tea and coffee; Mrs. Hall, millinery, and E. J. Keen, shoe shop. , Maria Tickio, who escaped by‘ jumping from the second story, although not seriously injured, is. prostrated. She talks incoherently, and seems to remember but little of the frightful struggles of her kinsmen. She says that who®she awoke the fire was burning 1 below and their rooms were filled with smoko. She slept in the back room, her mother and the-children in the middle room and JrUfxfather and his brother, Vittoria Tickibxand Josef Raema, both visitors, occupied the front room. Maria tried to arouse they were already asphyxiated. She stayed until the fire burned her and she was compelled to jump for her life from a window. Confessed His Crime. One of the tramps arrested at Goshen, Ind., charged with the murder of Alexander Snyder, has confessed. He says be knew'Ssnyder's wife in New York and she told him that the old man kept a large amount of money about the house. Acting upon this information he and a < partner came West with tire intention of ' getting hold of the cash. They awakened the old man. and, to quiet him,gave him a blow over the head, but did not intend to kill him. They failed to get the money and were returning East when arrested. A Terrible Explosion. Advices from Montevideo state that a terrible explosion occurred at the Government Powder Mills at Buqeo, near Montevideo. There were about 4,000 pounds of powder and 550 pounds of dynarftite in the mills at the time, and every house within a radius of' twenty « • blocks were completely wrecked, and the workmen iikthe mill were prostrated by the shock. The ex'plosion was heard for miles. It originated in the store ream wheje four men were working. They were blown to atoms. Will Ascertain Their Nationality. The. department of justice has been A charged to ascertain the nationality, character and life of each one of the Italians executed by the New Orleans people, and the facts developed, it is thought, will materially modify the inIternational view that has been taken .of that affair. The matter of indemnity must, of course, remain in abeyance until congress assembles. Want to Follow the United States. & The governments of England, France, and Germany have instructed their agents in Brazil to’apply to the Government at Rio De Janeiro for such commercial advantages as have already been granted to the United States through the ..exertions of Secretary Blaifie. - _—<.—-c— ■ Beebe Burned Beebe, a small town thirty miles north of Little Rock, Ark., was almost swept away by flames. The loss is $55,000; partially insured. The origin of the fire is unknown. Germany Withdraws the Embargo. The German Government has resolved to withdraw the embargo on American pork. The official announcement of this decision will, however, be delayed. Barnum Dying. P. T. Barnum is seriously ill at his home in Bridgeport, Coqn. lie cannot recover. Good lot- the Hunters, Assistant Secretary Spaulding has decided that certain guns imported into by men who are in the habit o’s going north in the fall of the year to engage in hunting and trapping as an occupation, are exempt from duty under the provisions of the free list for tools of trade. Fighting In Simla. Simla special: Sharp fighting with the rebellious natives continues. The Miranzais rising is extending. The 29th regiment lost nine men killed and four wounded. , Tupper’s Report, Ottawa, Ont., special: The annual re- • port of Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian high commissioner at London. was presented recently. Sir Charles says that there is a marked feelinc growing in England, particularly since the passage of the McKinley bill, in favor of dealing in colonial products In preference to those of foreign countries. He urges the government to make a special effort to enable Canadian trade to avail itself of this sentiment. Canada could . greatly increase her trade with Great Britain with grain, poultry, hides, leather, horses and

wooden ware, a®d urges the government to inaugurate « Ynore aggressive immigration policy at once. Sir Charles says that he has succeeded in making arrangements for the study of the economic geography of Canada in the schools of the United Kingdom. THE ITALIAN SITUATION. Italy was Merely Protesting Against Delay. A special from Rome quotes the Marquis Di Rudini as saying that he had no intention of pushing any demands, and was content with having taken one positive step as a protest against what he was led to believe, at the time, was a neglect on the part of the United States Government to protect the lives of Italian citizens in America under the provisions of the treaty. He expressed himself as aware that to do anything more at this juncture would be a grave error on his part, as he has perfect confidence in the sincerity and justice of the United States Government. Finally he said: “I shall now simply wait for further details of the New Orleans affair, of the character of the slain men, of the action of the Louisiana authorities, and of the intentions of the United States Government; but whatever these may be, I am sure a settlement thoroughly satisfactory to both parties will be found,and that the friendship which binds the two nations will remain unalterable and secure.” It is now also intimated that the recall of Baron Fava is virtually nothing more than a leave of absence. Italians employed in a quarry at Lefevre Falls, N. Y., emphasized their indignation by hoisting the American flag and riddling it with bullets. All of them were discharged. Much excitement prevails. O’Malley Surrenders. D. C. O’Malley has surrendered before the Criminal Court at New Orleans. He was indicted for perjury, and accessory before the fact in an attempt to bribe a juror. He was accompanied by Colonel Adams, his attorney, and James Barry, a prominent local politician. O’Malley was released on $3,000 bond, which was signed by Barrjfe After his release, O’Maliy walked the streets alone as if he had never beelMn danger from the fury of a mob. He declines to talk. The feeling against Detective O'Malley is intense, and threats against him have been made by many since his arrival in town. The news that he had surrendered to the officers of the law spread rapidly, .ancKa call for a meeting wars issued. Tirtrnieetiiig was held in a saloon on Common street, and at it the question’of hanging O'Malley was taken up. and some favored stringing him up to. the nearest lamp-post. Sober judgment prevailed, however, and after a spirited discussion it was resolved to allow the law to take its course, and if the outcome of the trial was not what the people expected then summary vengeance would be meted out. . A Woman Living in a Tree. St. Louis special: A strange woman, who lives in the hollow of a tree, has been discovered*!n tlie swamps about a mile and a half from Madison, 111. She is described as a blonde, about 35 years old, with some traces of beauty still visible in her face. The discovery of her whereabouts was made by some employes bf the Merchant Terminal Company, who, approaching an old dead tree, were surprised to see the woman come forth, look ( at them in a scared way atid start to walk hastily away. When spoken to she maintained a dogged silence and then walked off. She seemed to be familiar with the ground and soon distanced her pursuers. The authorities of Madison County were notified and have, commenced an investigation. The woman will be taken in hand and an effort made to establish her identity. There have been several disappearances this winter from St. Louis and vicinity that have not been accounted for, and this strange woman may be one of the missing parties. < Gen, Sherman's Body. Louis special: The remains of Gen. W. T. Sherman are to be removed and the detachment of United States troops that have been detailed to do guard duty at the grave will watch over the remains in their new temporary resting place. Before his death, Gen. Sherman gave directions as to his last resting placft, and it is in order that his wishes may be complied with that the remains will be temporarily transferred from the Sherman lot in Calvary to the receiving vault of the cemetery. It was the wish of the General that his remains -should not be interred in. an ordinary vrave in the earth, but. that they be placed in an apartment under ground w hich should be built of stone and concrete and covered with a heavy-' marble slab. The sepulchre will be built large enough to receive the remains' of the General and his wife and two children that now rest beside him in Calvary. Quite a Scrimmage. ‘Jesse Newman, a colored policemen, with two negro waiters, went into the Keystone Chop-house at Omaha, Neb., and ordered dinner. The proprietor refused to serve them and Newman attempted to arrest him. The waiters came to the rescue and a riot ensued. Newman was hit on the forehead by a heavy bottle. He pulled a revolver and tired two shots. One hit Jimmy O’Neill, the prize fighter, in the right arm. George Matthews, a cook, hit Officer Romser on the head with a meat cleaver, splitting his nose and probably fatally injuring him. Newman is not dangerously hurt. All are under arrest. Went to the Bottom. ' The tug Tempest, owned by the Cleveland Saw-mill and Lumber Company, went to the bottom of Lake Erie, near the entrance to the Cleveland harbor. Howard Loomis, engineer; William Hughes, fireman, and Harry Hershey, raftsman, were in the engine room, and went down with the tug. Capt. John, Murray and a raftsman escaped. The tug was towing a raft of logs from the lake shore west of the city, and as she turned to enter the river was caught in a trough of the sea and overturned. She went to the bottom like a stone. A Thrilling Speech. When Chas. Clifford, the pugilist who killed Stockman David Oreever, at Kansas City, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, he made a thrilling speech in court. • “The fatal shot was fired” he said “in defense of the honor of his wife and the purity of his child. In following Greever in his flight, he acted on the instincts of the prize ripg.” He became angry on the stand, he said, because he saw two men laughing at the tears of his wife. A petition for Clifford’s pardon was immediately put in circulation. Eleven of the jurymen who convicted him signed it. Indictments Against Jury Bribers. The grand jury at New Orleans found three indictments in blank, two against Seligman and Barsen for bribery and three against O’Mally for conspiracy to bribe, Seligman is in Cincinnati, 0., Barsen is in New Orleans and O’Mally’s whereabouts arc a mystery, though it is understood he is on Christiana Lake surrounded by a heavy guard which he has had since the killing of the prisoners. McCarthy Faction Win. The election to fill the* seat in parliament for the northern division of Sligo, made vacant by the death of the late member, Mr. Peter McDonald, re-

; salted in the selection ®f Mr. Boynard • Collery, of Sligo, the McCarthyite cani didate, who received a majority of 400 over his opponent, Valentine B. Dillon, - Jr., of Dublin, the candidate of the Par* 1 nellites - - Railroad Miners May Bo Called Oat. Pittsburgh special: It was decided by the American Federation of Labor and : United Mine Workers to support the coke region strikers financially and in- • augurate the eight-hour movement in the i coke region from now on. Great inter- [ est is being centered on next week’s con- • ference between the miners’ representai tives and the coal operators, for on this , decision will depend whether or not thousands of railroad miners will quit work. Reservoir Breaks, A break is reported in one of the embankments of the Mercer County, Ohio, reservoir situated just above Celina, and the people in the immediate neighborhood have abandoned their homes in alarm. The reservoir contains 3,000 acres of water, and is located at a considerable elevation above the surrounding country. The heavy rains have brought the surface of the water to the top of the embankment and a serous inundation is threatened. Threaten to shell the Town. ..News received at Paris from Valparaiso stated that a French cruiser, which has just arrived there, has threatened to shell the town unless the Frenchmen, who are in prison charged jwith being rebels, are set free. The attempt to murder Balmaceda has been confirmed by soldiers who saw the guard level his gun at the president. The ball passed through his hat, barely missing his head. Admiral Latone has deserted the government cause. Failed to Lynch Them. A mob of thirty men attacked the jail at Mount Sterling, Ky., in an effort t<F lynch the two Wiggintons, father and son, charged with poisoning William Ferguson and B. C. Watts on March 3, last. The jailer had been apprised of their coming, and with a guard showed fight. The mob was repulsed. A number of shots were fired but no one was killed. Big Ske’eton Unearthed. The large frame of a human skeleton was exhumed in the eastern part of Noblesville, Ind., by workmen engaged in digging a cellar.-' It is of an unusual large size and remarkably well preserved. Men who have examined it pronounce it the frame of an Indian buried about a century ago. When found it was in a sitting position with its face towards the south. State Board of Agriculture. The old Indiana State Board of Agriculture has brought suit against the new board appointed by the State officers, to restrain them from taking possession of the property and exercising the rights of a State Board of Agriculture. The complaint claims that the plaintiffs constituted a private perpetual corporation which can not legally be abolished by the Legislature. — v America and Germany on Pork. Berlin special: Negotiations have been resumed between Mr. }Villiam Walter Phelps, the United States Minister, and Chancellor Von Caprivi oh the question of the withdrawal of the prohibition against American pork products, and there are more hopeful prospects of an early and successful issue than recent reports have led the public to believe. Rad Levee Break. The large levee two miles below Longwood, on the Mississippi side, about thirty miles south of Greenville, Miss., broke. The crevice is 200 feet wide. Efforts to tie the ends will be made at once. Most of the lowlands will be flooded. The main line of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad will probably be seriously affected. Town Lots Washed Away. The rapid rising of the Missouri River has caused several blocks of Elwood, Kan., to fall into the stream. Elwood is a suburb of St. Joseph, “ and every year loses a few blocks of town lots into the rapidly widening Missouri. Government boats are now engaged in repiyring the banks in front of that rapidly disappearing town. Anothor Revolution. A revolution has broken out in the province of Pilcomayo, Bolivia. The rebels are commanded by Mayor Arba, and have defeated the governmentfprees sent out to suppress them. They!have possession of the city of Santa Cruz, and the revolt is spreading. The rebels . are well armed, and assisted by the people. Miss Anns Dickinson. Miss Anna Dickinson was taken to Goshen, Ind., and is now a patient of Dr. Seward’s private sanitarium. The doctor is not prepared to give an opinion in tho case. Miss Dickinson’s sister is with her. Washington Printers Win. In the strike of the job printers of Washington for less hours and increased wages, the printers won, the employers having yielded to their demands with the exception of two firms. Big Fortune for a Butcher. H. H. Lewis, a butcher of Florence, Ala., has received official word that he has fallen heir to one fifth of $28,000,000, left by his grandmother, at Portsmouth, England. Natural Gas Explosion. Barney Knoemoeller was badly injured by a natural gas explosion at Fort Wayne. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. / Cattle—Common to Primes3.2s @ 6.50 - Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.00 @ 5.50 Sheep 3.00 @ 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Rad 1.04 @ 1.05 Corn—No. 2 .67 .68)6 Oats—No. 254 @ .55 ■ Bye—No. 286 @ .88 Butter—Choice Creamery 24 @ .28 Cheese-Full Cream, Hats 11>6@ JI2J4 Eggs—Fresh .16 .17 : Potatoes—Western, per bu. .. 1.10 @1.20 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping." 3.50 *@ 5.50 ' Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 @ 5.25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.25 . Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.04 @1.05 Corn—No. 1 White 69 @ .71 Oats—No. 2 Whites7 @ ,53 ' ST. LOUIS. , Cattle 4.00 @ 5.75 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red Corn—No. 2.... .66}si9 ,67>a Oats—No. 256 @ ,57 1 Babley—Minnesota 74 ga .76 ; CINCINNATI. r . Cattle s.OQ @ 5.50 . Hogs ....xfl.o(X @ 5.00 ■ Sheep 3.00 @ 6.00 ; Wheat—No. 2 Red.. 5...... 1.06 @ 1.07 . Corn—No. 273 @ .74 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 57)6® ,58U DETROIT. ! Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 ' Hogs 3.00 ® 4.35 Sheep 3.00®@ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.07 ® 1.08 > Corn—No. 2 YellowZ2 @ ,73 Oats—No. 2 Whites 6 @ .57 TOLEDO. 1 Wheat..... 1.07 @I.OB > Corn—cash - Oats—No. 2 White 54)a@ .55)6 Clover Seed 4.35. @ 4.45 EAST LIBERTY. I Cattle—Common to Prime 4.00 @ 6,00 Hogs—Light 8.25 @ 5.50 I Sheep—Medium 4.00 @ 6.50 [ Lambs. 6.00 @7.00 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1.00 @ LO2 Cobn- No. 370 @ .71 5 Oats—No. 2 Whitess @ .56 . Rye—No. 1 88 @ .82 Barley—No. 273 @ .75 > Fobs—Mess..... 12.50 @12.75 ) NEW YORK. CATTLB 4.00 @ 6.50 Hogs 3.35 @ 5.50 Smbp..... 5.00 @ 6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red Ll7 @1.19 ■ Corn—No. 2 .78 A .80 f Oats—Mixed Westernsß 0 .61 Buttbb—Creamery2l 0 .27 ’ Eggs—Western2l @ .22 - Fobk—New Mees... 18.75 014.25 . ■ ’■ ■' ’ . A

THE APRIL SHOWERS — BRING BRIGHT FLOWERS AND INDIANA NEWS. Extensive Sheep Banchin Jackson Cownty —Oaktown Balded by Thieves —Greencastle Attorney Victimised—Found Dead In the Woods—White Caps at Fairland. —Rockville will soon be able to see by electric light. —lndiana has 7,000 young men in the saloon business. —Martinsville has a new kindergarten training school. —Another splendid gas well was developed near Knightstown. —Mrs. John Fillion, one of the oldest citizens of Bedford, is dead. —Evansville painters strike for 30 cents an hour and eight-hour days. —Herman Gottlage, Dubois County, suicided by jumping into a well. —City of Delphi brings action’ against the Bowen estate for unpaid taxes. —Terre Haute has secured a place in the Northwestern Base Ball League. —Wm. Songer, Attica, teamster, found dead under a wagon in. his stable yard. —Northern Indiana Editorial Association meets in South Bend June 11 and 12. —Fort Wayne will erect two new school buildings this summer, to cost $20,000. —South Bend attaches the barbarous ball and chain to prisoners while cleaning the streets. —Ephraim Hearshley, his wife and child, all died in less than two weeks at Greensburg. —South Bend thinks of establishing a sanitarium after the plan of that at Mt. Clemmens, Mich. —Francis Lawrence died at Wabash fr?m injuries received in an accident in car shops thore.A —F. A. Helene, of Hobart, was instantly killed in a clay pit, by the bank caving in on him. —Alex. McPheeters, aged 76, one of the oldest and wealthiest farmers in Vigo County, is dead. —Tipton is to have a Prohibition and Alliance papet. It will be edited by Mr. Rose, of Minneapolis. —Several prominent citizens of Boone County have been indicted for returning false lists for taxation. —Mrs. Osborne, wife of Judge A. L. Osborne, is dead. She was one of the pioneer residents ot LaPorte. —A man at Crawfordsville applied to the township trustee for enough money to procure a marriage license. —Thirty girls employed in Redelsheim’s overall factory at Fort Wayne struck for an increase in wages. , —Two tramps called at the homeMaf George Krug, at Crawfordsville, and made his wife prepare them a meal. —An old landmark, in the shape of a log house, one of the first built in the city of Jeffersonville, is being torn down. —Anijrew Masser, Fort Wayne; sues Nickel Plate Railroad for §IO,OOO damages—injured in a wreck at South Whitley. —As the Pennsylvania Central express was passirig through’ Memphis a number of stones were thrown through the windows. —lndiana railroads, it is said, will operate on a lower per cent, of their gross earnings this year than in any year of their history. —The trustees of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, at Knightstown, are makarrangements to drill another gas well -at that institution. —At New Albany, P. J. Roberts, a switchman on the J., M. & 1., was fatally crushed between the bumpers while coupling cars. —Recently the 5-year-old son of John Delacroix, living" near Logan’s Corner, was bitten by a strange dog. The child died of hydrophobia. —The body of Lewis McElfresh, a wood-chopper, 65 years old, was found in the woods south of Marion. The cause of death is unknown. ' —The prosecution of W. E. Grant and Dr. James Blackburn for alleged attempted grave robbery at Jeffersenville closed with an acquittal. —Fred Wensel, Fort Wayne shoemaker, missing with lots of money in his pockets. Two toughs, with him when last seen, also missing. —The City Council of Crawfordsville has closed a contract for the machinery with which to opei ate the new electric light they are putting in. —The Orange County Bank, at Paoli, has been incorporated, with a capital of $25,000. John T. Stout is president and William T. Hicks cashier. *’ —Minnie Russel, 19, Terre Haute, sues Wesley Brown, 55, Caroll ' ; County farmer, for breach of promise, interesting developments looked for. —W. L. Caldwell, a traveling salesman for Schofield, Schurman & Teagle, of Indianapolis, in stepping from a car at Terre Haute, fell-and brokfc his leg. —A prominent fruit raiser of Montgomery County says that the fruit buds are safe, and prospects for an abundant crop were never more favorable. —There is a hydrophobia scare in Clark County. A flock of sheep belonging to George Brown became with the malady and had to be killed. —The general store which has been doing business in tho interest of the Farmers’ Mutual Beneijt Association, at Monrovia, for some time, has closed out. —Wabash College has received $5,000 from William S. Hubbard, of Indianapolis, to be invested and the proceeds to be used in endowing the James Thompson professorship for the chair of botany, and SIO,OOO has been received from the Jones estate in Chicago, to be used in purchasing books for the Daniel A. Jones alcove in the library. —Chas. Maddox was recently awarded a verdict of $9,000 against the Evansville and Richmond Railroad for tho loss of a leg. He has been unable to collect it, and has applied to the court at Bedford for the appointment of a receiver for the road. —Reports from Greene County say that nover before, in the history of the county, were there such flattering prospects for a good wheat crop as at the present time; and nover was there a better show for all kinds of fruit Buds are beginning to show their color already.

—A new anion railway station will be erected at Terre Haute this spring. —-John and Eliza Allen, of aged 78 and 76, respectively, are seeking divorce —SaralTTsizdom, of Windfall, unmarried, and fifty years of found dead in her bed. Heart trouble is supposed to have been the cause of her death. —The straw-board works, at Noblesville, has beaten the world’s record by turning out an average of over a ton an hour during a continuous run g* thirtysix hours. —The New Castle Creamery Company is the name of a new manufacturing industry at New Castle, with a capital stock of $60,000, which will be put in operation at once. —Marshall Boring, 42 years of age, was found dead in his room in Rushville. He had been subject to epileptic fits since his childhood, and it is believed that during a fit he strangled to death. —Peter Endris, a Floyd Countyaarmer, lost SB,OOO in the Schwartz bank failure Louisville. His loss caused him anxiety, which resulted in a stroke of paralysis, and theYe is little hope of his recovery. —A son of Edward Dew, living near Greencastle, was in the act of shooting a squirrel, when a distressing accident befell him. The barrel of his gun bursted, and a pipce of it struck him, in the eye, destroying the sight. —Madison County township assessors can’t find competent men willing to assist in assessing property under the new tax law. Say $2 per day isn’t enough pay considering the amount of abuse they’ll have to take. —Coroner Zimmermaiiii held an inquest on one Charles Cotton, of Winchester. who died suddenly while at supper, in the Eastern Insane Hospital at Richmond, and found that he was choked to death by his food. —White Caps ate alleged to have whipped a man named Baker at Fairland. He had just returned from serving a two years’ term in the penitentiary, and was following certain business men and seeking to do them bodilyharm for the part they took in the ease when he was tried for murder. After the whipping he was released on con- j dition that he leave the county and 1 never return. —Thomas Kennedy, of Martinsville, has invented and patented a mail sack that does away with the strap and sta- ■ pies. The manner ot fastening the sack | is much simpler than any device known, j and the goverifment officials have asked I Mr. Kennedy for, a'lntMlel of it that they i may consider the advisability of sub- ! stituting itforjfhe sack now in use. Mr. j Kennedy postal clerk for sev- I errft oit tTie Big Four railway, be- j tween Martinsville and Fairland. J —A year, ago on. the 19th of last ; October, the east-bound express on the : Wabash Railroad was thrown from t.he j track and badly wrecked at Kellers, I Wabash County, a switch having been ■ thrown by a lad named Willie Marquis, who was put off the train and thus sought revenge. The engineer and fireman were badly hurt, but their injuries were not considered dangerous. Tho ■ engineer recovered, but the fireman, ' Charles Dickson, of Andrews, whose spine was hurt, grew worse, and, after ■ lingering over a year, died. Young Marquis was tried for train-wrecking in ; March, 1890, and sentenced to one year in the Wabash County jail. He was re- i leased only last week, his term having expired. —The State Agricultural and Industrial board has been appointed by Secretary of State Matthews and Auditor Henderson. The members of the new board.are as follows, one being appointed from each Congressional district, and two for the State at large: At large—Michael A. Downing and Daniel P. Erwin. Fijst District—Samuel Hargrove. Second—John L. Green. Third—Warder W. Stevens. Fourtfy—David L. Thomas. Fifth-s-Aaron V. Pendleton. Sixth—lsham Sedgwick. Seventh—Henry C. G. Bals Eighth—Thomas J. Mann. Ninth —David A. Coulter. Tenth—Lebbeus B. Custer. Eleventh —James B. Connor, Jr. Twelfth—lsaiah B. McDonald. ' Thirteenth—John C. KnoblocK, —Mr. Charles Smith, an extensive wool-grower of Hamilton County, Ohio, has bought nine farms near Sparksville, Carr Township, in the western part of ' Jackson County, aggregating over seven hundred acres of hill land, which he designates as the New Oklahoma sheep ranch.. He has contracted for the e'rection of a large two-story frame dwelling • and a large barn. He has 7,500 highgrade wbol sheep, whjch he will bring to i this State. His brother, John Smith, : also a rich sheep-grower, will buy and ; stock a large ranch in the same vicinity. This is the beginning of sheep husbandry ■ on a large scale in Jackson County, the i hilly portions of which are worth but • little for raising grain. These men are Republicans, have faith in the American i protective tariff, and are assured of a ■ ready market for their clip of wool, as « the Seymour woolen-mills use the wool from 100,000 sheep annually. i —Frank Pearce, farmer near Now i Castle, swindled out of a $350 horse by ; Bailey & Parr, Greenfield. They gave him a note secured by morgage on real ( estate to which they had no title. —The One-hundred and twenty-third > Indiana Volunteer Infantry will hold > their first reunion at Rushville on Tues--1 day, Aug. 25. All comrades are rel quested to send name, company and post- » office address of thetaselves and all surl viving comrades of whom they know to William S. Kaier, Andersonville, I —George Arnold, living near Danville, • had an exciting experience with a mad- ; dog. Ho was viciously attacked, and t after a terrible strugale with tho rabid - dog, succeeded in choking it and escapr ing with but slight scratches. —The other night thieves, apparently b professionals, raided Oaktown, twelve. 5 miles north ot Vincennes. They entered - every store in the place, except two. 5 They were evidently after money, as they b took nothing but money and jewelry. At j the drug and jewelry store of Peifer & - Reed they cracked the safe and secured money and jewelry to the amount ot 4500.

Ciay, Webster and Calhoin. Clay, Webster and Calhoun, says a "Writer in the Louisville Cowrier-Jottr-ncl, stood together for six long years in opposition to the administration of Gen. Jaekson. The public supposed that they were warm personal friends. I do not believe that sudh was the fact. They were jealous of each other, and why ? Because they were all aspirants for the Presidency. When Mr. Calhoun separated from the tripartite alliance, at the extra session of Congress in 1837, Mr. Clay smothered his resentment until February, 1838. Then it was that he arose in the Senate—Mr. Calhoun having just finished a speech in behalf of the Sub-Treasury bill—and poured out his indignation with an eloquence which delighted his Whig friends. He charged Mr. Calhoun with all sorts of political inconsistencies. It was evidently a well-matured oration. At the close Mr. Calhoun took the floor, but it was only to say that Ke would reply at his leisure to the Senator from Kentucky. In the course of fifteen or twenty days the reply came, and it was a masterly production. He repelled the onset that Mr. Clay had made on his political character with transcendant ability—not forgetting to dissect, with cutting sarcasm, the public record of Mr.. Clay. When he finished, a succession of brief and rapid rejoinders took place between them. It only remains for me to add that the partisans of each champion were well satisfied with the day’s work. Great excitement was produced-dur-ing this session by the presentation of petitions praying Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. John Quincy Adams figured largely on the question. He Idenied that he was an Abolitionist, but he denounced in violent terms the resolution which was adopted in regard to the abolition petitions. That resolution was in theso words: Ttesolved. That all petitions, memorials and papers touching the abolition of slavery, or the buying, selling or transferring of slaves in any District or Territory of the United States be laid upon the table 'without being debated, printed, read or referred, and that no farther action whatever shall be had thereon. The intent of this resolution was to allay all excitement on the subject of slavery. It had precisely the opposite effect. Mr. Adams declared and continued to declare that it was a denial of the right of petition secured to all citii zens by the constitution of the United I States. This was the cry of the AboliI tionists and anti-slavery men all over the North, and greatly swelled their ranks. When I look back to those times, I am now satisfied that it would ; have been a wiser policy to refer these ’ petitions to the Committee ’ on the Dis- ; trict of Columbia. This course would i have deprived the Abolitionists of a j verv important part of their thunder. ; How Animals Help Each Other. I Darwin in his “Descent of Man” has I many kind things to say about animals. i Social animals, he tells us, perform j many little services for each other, i Horses nibble and cows lick each other. ; Monkeys pick from each other thorns and burrs and parasites. Wolves and i some other beasts bf prey hunt in j packs, and aid each other in attacking their victims. Felicans fish in concert. The Hamadryas baboons turn over stones to find insects, etc.; and, when they come to a large one, as many as can stand round turn it over together I and share the booty. Social animals i mutually defend each other. Brehm ’ encountered in Abyssinia a troop of , baboons which were crossing a valley; I they were attacked by the dogs, but the i old males immediately hurried down ; from the rocks, and, with mouths widely opened, roared so fearfully that the dogs precipitately retreated. They were again encouraged to tire attack; but by this time all the baboons had re-as-cended the heights, excepting a young one about six months old, which, loudly calling for aid, climbed on a block of rock and was surrounded. One of the largest males, a true hero, came down again from the mountain, slowly went to the young one, coaxed triumphantly led him away, the dogs being too much astonished to make an attack. On another occasion an eagle seized a young monkey, which, by clinging to a branch, was not at once carried off - . It cried loudly for assistance; upon which the other members of the troop, with much uproar, rushed to the rescue, surrounded the eagle, and pulled out so many feathers that he no longer thought of his prey, but only how to escape. To go into statistics, it is estimated that during the year the average man has said: ’ “How are yer?” 3,743 times; “Is this hot enough for you?” and “Is this cold enough for you?” each 471 times; ‘‘Pleasant day,” 10,748 times; “Looks like rain,” 12,3254 times; other metereological remarks, not classified, 786,421,107,365;792,001 times.

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The importance of taking a good Spring Medicine, cannot be overestimated. The changing weather aflects the human system in such away that it is now in great need of. and especially susceptible to, the benefit to be derived from a reliable preparation like Hood’s SarsapariUa. To make your blood pure, give you „ a good appetite, and make you strong, take Hood’s Sarsaparilla •In the spring of 1890 I expSenced that tired, dull feeling. Dyspepsia and each, morning I had vomiting sp>Us. I was much discouraged. My physician suggested Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which I took, and am happy to say-it made me a new man, and I never was better than now.” John Mack, foreman Springer & Willard’s stock farm, Oskaloosa, lowa. The Spring Medicine Hood’s SarsapariUa is sold by druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar

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The dwelling, with few i consists of a single story, usually con- IRb taining two roomsqone on each side. On» i is used as a bakery and kitchen, and also as a sleeping-room; at one corner is the fire-place, a strange structure, six or eight feet square, made of solid flat slabs of stone, generally-plastered over. W ood is placed in these ovens, and, when it is consumed and only charcoal remains, a sliding iron trap-door prevents the heat from escaping, warming the walls. In one section of the structure there is an open fire-place used cooking Beds are placed along the 'v walls, in number according to the size of the family. These are a kind of slicing box, so that they can be made of different widths, according to the requirements ; they are filled with hay or* straw, furnished with home-made blankets or sheepskins, and sometimes with eider-down covers and pillows. In the morning the box is drawn in, and, when covered with a board, answers for a sofa, upon which people rest during the day. The whole including servants, males and females, sleep in this room. On, which is also used as a sleeping apartment. One or two bedsteads, the beds filled with the down of the eider-duck, the blankets made of the same material, form the chief part of the furniture.— Land of the Midnight Sun. Dangers of Idiomatic French. The mistakes of tyros in the use of foreign idioms will never cease to be amusing. The following actually occurred in the cabin of an ocean steamer. A young American gentleman engaged hi serious conversation with, a French lady, thinking to pay h&r a complimentbecause of the wisdom she was displaying, exclaimed: vouzetes une sage femme." Instead of smiling an acknowledgment as was her custom on such occasions, Madame marched away in high dudgeon. No wonder. The unfortunate young man had called her a midwife. Had he said ye/rime sage, Madame would probably have understood him correctly, though even then sage thus applied to a woman more often means virtuous than > ; wise.— Epoch. ’ Nearly Frantic. Has it ever been your misfortune to be brought into frequent contact with a person excessively nervous. If so, you must be aware that trivial causes, unnoticed by the vigorous, drive a nervous invalid to the verge of distraction. It is a» unnecessary to particularize these as it is impossible to guard against them. The root of theevil is usually imperfect digestion and assimilation. . To assist these functions, and through their renewed, complete discharge to reenforce weak nerves, in conjunction with other portions of the physical organism, is within tha power of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, systamati ically and continuously used. There is no dis- . appointment here, no matter what or how grievous the failures of other so-called tonics. No sedative or opiate—avoid both I-can comnara with this invigorating nerve tranquilizer. Constipation, biliousness, malaria, rheumatism, kidney troubles are cured by it. Unloading Freight by Electricity. Electricity is no\v being much used for the unloading of lumber and other freight g from vessels in conjunction 4 with a whip a hoisting-drum. The power used is an electric motor, which is connected by a belt with the shaft which operates the drums. Each drum is operated by a lever and can be stopped in an instant. When the lumber is drawn from the vessel a large hook from the wharf derrick is attached and the sticks are transferred to any part of the yard. The entire pulling, twisting, and transferring are done by electric power. Catarrh Can’t- Pe Cured , With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they eannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you have to take internal remedies. Hail’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, an® acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in thii country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting di. rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces Buch wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Chased by Wolves in Nebraska. a Miss Mary Neville of Leeport, Neb., was returning in a wagon from a visit to her brothei in Cheyenne County, when her horse gave a vicious plunge and snort and was away like the wind, pursued by S&ven hungry wolves, which succeeded in getting up close enough to snap their gleaming white teeth on the rear of the cart seat. Thq perilous chase was kept up for a distance of five miles, until the ■ frightened lady arrived within a few rods of her home. Fob a disordered ltvbb try Beecham’s Pills. Laughing Gas. Aunty—Did the dentist give yo» laughing gas? - — Little Girl—Y'es’m. “Didn’t it make you feel like laughing’ “Yes’m —after th’ tooth was out.— Street and Smith’s Good Netos. Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses of Plso’s Cure for Consumption. Why is a lady’s foot lik-3 a locomotive? Because it moves in advance of a t ain.

The joy of people cured of Dyspepsia by Hood** Sarsaparilla is Otten beyond expres-ion. To be relieved from the tortures of Indigestion, heart* burn, nausea, and other distressing symptoms, is sufficient cause for the grateful letters we receive. If you suffer from any trouble of dyspeptic nature, from sick headache, or that all gone, tired feeling, take Hood’s Sarsaparilla 1 "I have for the last two or three years, during th* ! spring months, taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla to purify * my blood, and I find it invaluable as a spring medi- ■ cine.- It seems as if I could not do without it. I 1 would reoommend it to all.” Mbs. Dona Hawns www, Negaunee, Mich. N. B, If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to buy any other. A The Spring J Medicine ■ ' Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by druggists. »1; six fee $5. Prepared by C. 1. HOOD ft CO., Lowell, Maas. 1 100 Doses One Dollar