Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1891 — Page 6

©he democrat DECATUR, IND. N. BLACKBURN, - - - Pmiren. SHOT ON THE WING, WERE THE FLEETING ITEMS IN THESE COLUMNS. A Train nitchert on the Central Pacific— Earthquake in California—Child Burned to Death—Held for Alurtler. WRECKED. A Central Pacific Train Ditched. , The fast west-bound express on the Central Pacific, was wrecked when midway between Colfax and New England Mills, Cal. The train passed through a deep cut and over an embankment which was thrown up to receive the grade. The Pullman and caboose wept over but the baggage car and day coach remained on the track. The sleeper Santa Cruz, turned on its side and rolled down the embankment for fifty feet before it stopped. In the sleeper were ten passengers at the time of the accident. They all received a lively shaking up, but the only person injured in the ear, was the colored porter. An investigation showed that spikes had been drawn from the outer edge of the track, where it makes a curve and there is no 1 doubt that an attempt was made to wieck the train. The Dalton gang is supposed to have had a hand in the attempted wrecking. Among those injured were Mrs. Schenec.K, of Denver, who had her forehead cut; George Pritchard, of Missouri, contusion over the eye and C. Coggosweli, Newark, N. J., contusion of the back. The Southern Pacific Company has offered $5,000 for the conviction of those causing the derailment. Another Revolution. Montevideo special: There was another serious attetnpt at revolution. The members of the Revolutionary Club in tbe suburbs of the city fired upon the troops stationed near at. band. The latter retunned the volley with deadly effect Several persons were killed outright and many wounded. Many of the ring-leaders of the assault, including a priest, have been appre- < hendbd. Attempts were made to assassinate President Obez, and to capture the members of the Junta, but they were unsuccessful. Subsequently the insurgents were dispersed and the city became quiet. The troops in the neighborhood number about 8,600. Later information is to the effect that the outbreak originated with the Blanco party. The rising seems to have extended everywhere throughout the country districts. Earthquake in California. The heaviest earthquake shock ever felt in California was experienced at Napa, the other night. People rushed into the streets in their night clothes in great excitement, chimneys toppled over and several buildings were shattered and badly shaken up. \Drug store fixtures suffered greatly. Bottles were thrown from the shelves to the iloop-sind other damage done. 'Die- Jlqsjjiiic T’etnple, a fine building, was smrScred. At the State Insane Asylum grt-at excitement prevailed. The patients Were almost uncontrollable. It is reported that the building is cracked and other damage done. A 840,000 Fire, Fire at Brooklyn, N. Y.. partly destroyed the three-story brick building, Nos. 832 and 834 Kent, occupied by J. W. Lyons Co., dealers in rags and paper stock. Eight Women were at work in the third story of the building, and four of them were injured by jumping from a window. The names of the injured are Rosa Kelly, 42 years old, Nora O’Connell, thirty-seven, Sarah Butler, 40, and Kato Manning. 54. Loss on building and stock $40,000. Terrible Deva«tatir>n. Grand Rapids special: County Surveyor E. 1L Lewis, who was supposed to have been last in the tornado in the upper woods,has returned safe and sound. He says the townships devastated cover about 400 square miles, 25 percent, ot the timber in this area being down. - Mr. Lewis thinks that if this timber could be cut before fire gets into it, the loss will not exceed 70,000,000,000 feet. Otherwise it will be double that amount. Chpcl Burned to Dentil. Mrs. Fernandez, a Mexican woman, loft her three younger children in the upper room of ft building at San Francisco, in charge of the eldest daughter, Mercy, aged 10. Mercy locked them in the room and went out to play. The children knocked over a lamp and set fire to the room. Two of them were rescued, but Grace, the youngest, aged 4, was burned to death. Freight Trains Wrecked. A disastrous wreck- of freight trains occurred on the Mine Hill road near Pottsville, Pa. Engineer PeteV Loder was pinnedin his cab and fatally injured, and Levi ilummell and Harry Zimmerman were severely bruised. The road was blocked for twelve hours. The collision resulted from confusion of signals by the tower man on the top of the mountain. 1 Ten Lyncher* In .fall. Omaha special: Ten men, leaders of the lynching mob, are in jail. A reward will be offered for the apprehension of others, and the county attorney announces his intention of sending many of them to the penitentiary. Fell Ip Ills Death. Allen Sams, 19 years old. while out nutting near Fort Wayne, Ind., fell from a tree and broke his neck. He died instantly. Sam'l o’ Fortin Uel<t tor Mnnler. In the Supreme Court at San Francisco, Maurice B. Strellinger, (M. B. Curtis) was held for the grand jury to answer the charge of murder in killing Policeman Grant. Henry* Gardner, a former employe of Strellinger,. testified that the latter habitually carried a pistol. » Flood Victim*. The official statistics of the recent floods show that the number of victims of tho terrible floods in Consuegra does not exceed S(X). An Oregon Bank Looted. A daring robbery was perpetrated upon the National Bank ot Enterprise, in Wallawalla County, Oregon. The cashier, Mr. Holmes, was in the bank alone when a jtnan entered and asked how much money John Smith, of Portland, had deposited. Upon the cashier’s saying that no such man had any deposit, the visitor presented a pistol and covering the cashier said, “yon’re a liar.” At this juncture -two confederates came up on horseback. One of them sitting on his horse, with revolver in either hand, warned the people back. The other entered the bank and poured into a sa:k all tbe

money on the counter, about $35,000. The three men .then escaped to the mountains. DWIGHT, ILL., IN FLAMES. The Enitre Town Almost Wiped Opt of Existence. » Dwight (Hl.) special: This town, famed in connection with the Keeley Institute for Inebriates, was almost wiped out of existence by fire. The flames originated in the Keefling Hotel and consumed fourteen buildings, including two newspaper offices and one of the finest hotels in the State. Buldings were blown up with dynainite in order to check the flames, and as the town has no Fire Department, the surrounding towns of Pontiac, Joliet, and Bloomington, sent engines on special trains. The effort to prevent the spread ot the flames by blowing up buildings proved successful and the fire was got under control. Dr. Keeley’s hotel, the Pennsylvania, was saved by blowing up a Building adjoining it. The losses by fire are: Perry’s Hotel; H. H. Cutting, cigars; Kepplinger Opera House; a machine shop; Dwight Star und Herald newspaper and printing office; Dwight Steam Laundry; two small frame buildings; C. E. Koehnlein, furniture; Reinhardt’s restaurant and the Stuffe Hotel, which sheltered 150 of Dr. Keeley’s patients. It is not possible to estimate the loss. George Kepplinger is the heaviest loser by the tire. He owned the hall and several other buildings. His loss was full $10,000; insured for SSOO. Tho Stuffe House, which was built this summer for the accommodation of Keeley patients, was entirely destroyed, loss $4,500. The Perry House, was also destroyed, loss, $4,000. The other are: C. A. Stuck, owner of the North Star; J. Crocker, W. Rinehart, Mrs. Koehnlein. The streets presented a queer sight Dunkards from all over the United States assisted the town people in saving goods. The Bicholoride of Gold Club was to hold an entertainment in Kepplinger’s Hall at night Had the fire occurred during the entertainment great loss of life would doubtless have resulted. The fire is supposed to have started from overheating boards over an engine. HIGH WAX MEN CAPTURED. One of Them Turns Out to Be a Wealthy Girl. Helena (Mont) special: Anaconda, Helena, and Butte, have been treated to a series of bold highway robberies during the past week. The other night Policeman John Grogan,in attempting to arrest Henry Clark on suspicion of being implicated in the thefts, was shot through the right breast. Although mortally wounded, Grogan continued firing at the fleeing man until he disappeared. Next morning Policemen Beck and Gibson saw a boy walking down the Northern Pacific track toward East Helena, and his actions being queer the officers decided to search him. They found on his person a watch stolen from Conductor Richardson. The prisoner was lodged in jail when it was discovered that the supposed boy was a 4 woman. She asked to send a note to a friend. This note was addressed to Clark, and the police, following up the messenger, found their man, and lodged him in jail. He was taken to the bedside of the dying policeman and identified. The Mayor has sworn a large force of extra policemen to guard the jail. The woman is 20 years old and declares she is Birdie Miller. Her parents are well-to-do people in Oregon. FOUND AT LAST, But Death Had Preceded the Rescuing Party. Pottsville (Pa.) special: After days and nights of unceasing labor and some hundreds of tons of coal had been removed by tbe rescuing party, the bodies of four of the unfortunate miners imprisoned by running pillars at Richardson Colliery, near Carbon, were found. There was great rejoicing when the news was sent to the surface that the imprisoned miners had been reached, but it soon turned to sadness and grief when it became known that the men were dead and that the bodies of only four of the six bad been found, badly mutilated, but recognizable, as those of John Pupcell, John Lawter, Jjos. Shields and James Salmon. The rescuing party are working with renewed vigor for the recovery of the bodies of Thomas Clancy arid Michael Welsh and there is every prospect of reaching them soon. The Alaska Expedition. Victoria (B. C.) special: Lieutenant Schwatkas has just returned from Alaska and in the account ot the trip says: “We opened about 500 or 600 miles of totally unknown country and, of course, a good deal on each side. We have secured a thorough map, which was taken by Dr. Hayes, of the geological survey at Washington.” A large collection of botanical specimens were made and photographs taken of everything of interest. The most important feature of the whole trip was the successful breaking through St. Elias Range, a feat never before accom- . plished by man. All the party are well. The jouriley was hazardous in the extreme, and full bf great-danger at times. The Deadly Elevator. A terrible accident occurred at the fin-ishing-rooms of the Shelby Cabinet Company at Shelbyville, Ind. Joseph Scott, foreman, Clint Neely and Henry Thayer were transferring furniture from the upper story when the elevator cable broke, precipitating the men and cargo thirtyfive feet below. The unfortunate men were removed from the debris and physicians called. They are in a very critical condition, and it is feared their injuries will prove fatal. William Steineckor and Matthew Dewaid, employes in Severin &Ostermyer’s wholesale grocery, were crushed in a descending elevator at Indianapolis. Steineckor will die and Dewaid is dangerously injured. Hishop Dubs Expelled from the Evangelical Church. The committee of the German Evangelical conference, which has been investigating tho case of Bishop Dubs for the past week at Indianapolis, has submitted its report. “Not only his suspension be ratified, but he is hereby deposed from his office as bishop and preacher in the EvangelicaLAssociation and expelled from the church.” Concurrence in the report of the committee was then put to a vote and the Bishop was unanimously deposed and expelled from the church. The Grant Statue Unveiled at Chicago. Chicago special: The superb equestrian statue erected by the citizens o-f Chicago to the honor of the late General U. S. Grant was unveiled in the presence of an immense concourse of people. The ceremonies were at once impressive and inspiring. -Business in the city had been almost wholly suspended. The banks, exchanges, govermneiit and municipal offices were closed and the employed classes generally were given a holiday. The result was an outpouring of the people from the heart of the city, such as has been seldom witnessed here. A Congressman Gets 8800 Damages. Congressman George W. Cooper, of the Fifth Indiana District, attended the corner-stone laying of the Soldiers’ Monument in Indianapolis in August, 1889. and In the afternoon he attempted to take a train at the Union Depo. for his home. There

ywsiW' i" ■ nrinniinti.iiitiyiiiii.tiim ,mi was a great crowd, and, although the Congressman pointed out his train, the gateman struck him when he persisted in passing, and closed the passageway. Mr. Cooper then sued the. Union Depot . Company for $5,000 damages, and recently a jury awarded him SBOO. Starving by Thousand*. D. P. Newcomer, United States Immigrant Inspector, has just returned from a visit to Plodras Negras, Mexico, and states that there is great destitution among the lower classes of Mexicans in the Status of Chihuahua and Durango. There are about 4,000 people seeking employment on the railroad extension between Tarreon and Durango. There are hundreds of tbe unfortunates who live entirely on the Maguay plant The drought, however, has been broken, and there are indications of better times. An Alliance Elevator. It is announced that the Farmers’ Alliance of Minnesota will build a million - bushel wheat elevator at West Superior, , Wis., commencing this fall and having ; it ready for next season's. crop. The , elevator will be built by a stock com- . pany, composed wholly of grain growers. The capital stock, $1,006,000, is to be divided in shares of $lO each. A committee appointed by the Grain Growers’ , Association is uow there, it is said, to select a site. A Queer Receptacle tur Smuggled Diamonds. The New York police are looking for a ' Mrs. Yancey, who is accused by a Chicago diamond importing firm of absconding with $30,000 worth of diamonds which ' she smuggled into the country for them. It is said that iu her career as a smuggler she has defrauded the Government of duties on $1,000,000 worth of diamonds. The diamonds are said to have been concealed iu the mouth or pouch of 1 a pelican which the woman always had with her, ostensibly as a pet. Boynton Retires’ from the Commerciali Gasntte. i A special from Washington says: The • announcement on newspaper. row that ; Gen. H. V. Boynton is about to sever his connection with the Commercial-Gazette, of Cincinnati, created quite a commotion in newspaper circles. In answer to inquiries, Gen. 0 Boynton said: “My connection with the Commercial-Gazette will end next week. Os course I shall remain in Washington, where all my in- > terests center, and continue in journal- : ism at the old stand on newspaper row. Found in the Old Men’s Home. Cincinnati special: Fifteen years ago i Charles Cist, a leading attorney, disappeared, leaving about $30,000 of unsettled claims. Not a trace of him was . found until recently, when he was found in the Old Men’s Home,here. He went from here to Chicago,’ remained thfere . until recently, when, through the good offices of ex-Presldent Hayes and exi Governor Hoadley, his liabilities were ■ squared and he was given a place in the Home here. He was once a leading real estate attorney of this city. Hanging on the Kocks. The United States steamer Dispatch went ashore in a heavy gale on the Assa- . teague shoals on the cast coast of Virginia, about sixty miles northeast of Cape Charles. It is impossible to reach i the ship from the shore at present. Tho Dispatch was on her way to Washington. The Yantic will be hurried down to tho scene ot the accident from the Brooklyn Navy Yard as soon as she can be got under way. A Spider’s Bite Killed Her. Several davs ago the infant daughter of Thomas Davidson, tbe stove merchant of Madison, Ind., was bitten upon the linger by a spider. Tho mother brushed tho insect away, and no evil effects were noticed for several hours, when the hand began to swell and a physician was called. The member continued to swell, and blood poisoning set in, from the effects of which the child died. A Burning Cat. At North Birmingham, Ala., some boys saturated a cat with coal oil, set fire to it and turned it loose. The cat ran into the residence of a man named Lindsey and set lire to tho house, burning it to the ground. Mr. A. M. Rydell’s house also caught, and that was burned, too. Total loss between $3,000 and $5,000. Carter Harrison Buys the Times. It is rumored that ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison has completed a deal by Which he will come into control of the Chicago Times. It is understood that the paper i will become a Democratic sheet and that Carter himself will be at the helm. Dubbing the Dub’s Followers. The General Conference of the Evangelical Association, in session at Indianapolis, has adopted resolutions which i will effectually expel from membership > in the church the followers of Bishop i Dubs. . Black Diphtheria Raging. A scorge of black diphtheria is raging at Fairview, 111., and the schools arc closed. Many children are dangerously ill. The epidemic is said to be due to impure drinking water. Child Cremated. The house of William Mosley, at Elk- • hart, Ind., colored, was burned to the . ground. The family had gone off, leaving throe children in charge. Two es- . eaped but a 2-year-old child was cremated. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 53.51 ©6.50 ■ Hogs—Shipping Grades.. 4.10 @ 5.25 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 <3 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Redos @ .96 ’ Cohn—No. 252 (0 .58 l Oats—No. 2 28 (at .26*6 . Rye—No. 2 83 <3 .85’ Butter—Choice Creamery 24 (3 .26 Chef.be—Full Cream, flatsoo <3 .<934 Eggs— Fresh 18 <0 .20' Potatoes—New, per ba........ .32 M .38 INDIANAPOLIS. . Cattle—Shipping 3.50 @ 5.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 <0 5.25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.50 <<« 4.00 • Wheat—No. 2 Red. 94 <3 .96 Cohn—No. 1 Whites 4 <0 .55 Oats—No. 2 White 30 .34 ST. LuUIS. Catile..., 3.50 0 6.00 . Hogs. „ 3.50 <3 5.(0 Wheat—No. 2 Rod .90 (.<« .97 C< hn— No, 2.. 32*4(3 .535 i I Oats- No. 2. 26*4(3 ,27h , Rye—No. 281 <0 .83 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.50 (3 5.25 : Hogs 4.00 (3 5.00 . Sheep 3.00 (3 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red.. 97 <3 .08 Coun-No. 2 .56 «3 .58 Oats—No. 2 Mixed;3l (3 .32 DETROIT. Cattle. 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.03 <3 4.75 ’ Sheep 3.00 & 5.00 ’ Wheat—No. 2 Red 96 <3 .27 1 Cohn—No. 2 Yellowsß (3 .60 Oat s- No. 2 White .31 (3 .31*4 1 TOLEDO. 1 Wheat—New so @ LOl Corn—No. 2 Yellowss (3 .57 OA it>—No. 2 White 29 (3 .80 Ryhß7 ® .83 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle 5.00 @ 7.00 Live Hogs 425 <0 5.50 Wheat—No. t Hord «... 1.02 @l.Ol Corn—No. 2 .64 <3 .66 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No, 2 Springol & .02 , 1 Corn-No. 3 54 <3 ,m O th—No. 2 Whiteßo @ .31 Rye-No. 1 85 @ .88 Barley—No. 2 61 @> .62 Pork—Mess 12.50 <312.75 il • NEW YORK. , Cattle 3.50 M 5,78 Hogs 4.00 | 4.71 ' Sheep 3.50 3 5.2 S Wheat—No. 2 Red I.OS 3 1.08 . Cokn-No. 2 <lO <3 .M Oats— Mixed Western... 32 <3 .35 1 Buttir Creamery ,16 <0 .Ml P xx -New Meas .11,75 012.25

nr, , TRIBUTE TO GEN. GRANT THE STATUE OF THE DEAD COMMANDER UNVEILED. The Ceremonies Preceded by an Imposing Street Parade— Oltlaens and Soldiery Unite In Doing Honor to the Hero of the Rebellion—Great Naval Display. Grant Day In Chicago. Sunshine and rain warred fiercely and unremittingly with each other in Chicago to determine which would have the mastery when it came to unveil' the Grant statue. And Phoebus won a dazzling victory, and all the people rejoiced. It would have been a bitter disappointment had it been ordered otherwise. The silken cord was gently pulled by the fair hands of the daughter of Gen. William E. Strong, and responsive to her timid action the white drapery was loosed from the figure beneath it, fluttered a moment in tho breeze and fell, disclosing in all the majestic calm of a heroic man sculptured In bronze by a master hand. For a m nt admiration held tho multitude spellbound, incapable of uttering an exclamat on. Then, glowing with pride and patriotis n, from a hundred thousand throats went up such a mighty shout as is rarely heard. It was the apothtbsls of their admiration—they were aflame with enthusiasm. One miunte before the unveiling a signal gun was fired to warn the gabbling, excited and expectant throng that everything was in readiness for the ceremony. Slowly the seconds ticked by and there was a vast hush. Scarcely a sound was heard save from the far distant center of the city, from where the roar of commerce was plainly audible. The statue was bared to the eye and the tumu tuous murmur of ap proval had hardly subsided when from the United States steamer Michigan there blazed forth a salute of twenty-one guns. Bishop Newman patiently waited for the reverberation of the last gun before he delivered the invocation, and Emil S. Dryer had to'be correspondingly patient before he could introduce the Bishop. Reverently the last syllable was heard, and, released from the first strain of i

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eagerness, the spectators leisurely awaited what was yet to come—the speeches of presentation and acceptance and Judge Gresham’s oration. Twenty thousand men marched from tho heart of tho city to Lincoln Park. Twenty thousand more were willing to do so but that it would have made the parade too cumbersome. Soldiers and civilians, old warriors and young ones, knights witho it end and societies without number, all anxious to do honor to the memory x>f the greatest military chieftain of his age, marched in-solemn procession. Many an old comrade of Grant was there: many a one who, though knowing him b t slightly, had magnified that trivial acquaintance until it seemed to blossom forth to intimate relationship and friendship. Memory knit those sturdy fellows with their god. It. was nothing to thorn that at auy moment the heavens threatened to open and deluge them and transform their sober parade into mincing steps for dry ground. They had splashed through many a country road and not felt half so proud. And when they drew up in front of the monument thqy were the admired of all admirers. From the time the signal gun was fired until the ceremony was ended there was much to chain the attention. There were many distinguished men on | tho platform.

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Once the statue was unveiled the exercises were hurried tu completion, for the fear that rain wonld mar the occasion haunted the Executive Committee. Mayor Washburne accepted the monument on behalf of the city after Edward 8. Taylor, tor the Park Commissioners and the Monument Association, had presented it Lawyer William C. Goudy followed in the wake of the Mayor,

■' 1 ‘ accepting the monument for the Park Trustees. And then came the turn of Judge Walter Q. Gresham, who In his oration honored Grant, honored the people and honored h mself. The Judge was a

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close, friend of the dead hero in his lifetlme,had his confidence and respect, and was charged with much more of either than many of those who vaingloriously make capital out of their acquaintanceI ship with the General. Gresham was a

soldier, therefore he knows the value to put upon Grant’s services to the nation; he is a Judge, therefore he WALTER Q. GRESHAM, ORATOR OF THE DAY. is just; he seldom talks in public, and therefore his utterances had an extra touch of. worth. More

than all, he is an admirer of the mill- < tary genius and human qualities of ] Grant and he was fired to eloquence in < speaking of him. When ho ended his ( speech a scene was witnessed like unto , that which was observed in the summer when Chauncey Depew thundered out the closing sentence of h's oration on the occasion of the unveiling of the ' Grant monument at Galena Approval 1 -a; :

* ) - of the spoken words took form tea hun* drod wild verities, and for the moment the grea nessof the orator seeded to overshadow the memory of the man that quickened his tongue to wards of eloquence. T

Much moved as were the people, there was yet one who was influenced more than all. A figure in moiuning; an old lady with silvered hair and a glance of melancholy that dimmed her m en of stately pride. She was Grant’s widow,

uncertain whether to mourn anew or show her gratitude. Surrounded by her friends, she calmly surveyed the scene and resolutely stifled her thoughts as best sue could. And the moment of bitterness which may have flashed across her sou) must also have been felt by her son, who sat by her side. It was a bad day for the naval parade. During the night a heavy sea washed the shores of th* lake, and a stiff northeaster did not help to mend matters, and for a time it looked as if the naval display must be abandoned. About 10 o’clock, however, the wind had changed, and the outlook was much more favorable. The Michigan steamed slowly out of the basin and head d for Lincoln Park. She was followed by the Fi ssenden and Andy Johnson, with several excursion st ainers and the two fireboats covering the rear. On board the cutters were many invited gu< sts, mainly wives of army officers in the parad *. When the Michigan came abreast of the monument, 1,500 feet from tlje s a wall, the order to drop anchor was given. The cutters formed the Hue, with a fireboat to north and south. The steamers fell Into line outside the warships, and their anchors were dropped on the sandv bottom. The tugs, which had been hurrying to and from the harbor with tows, found places between the larger boats. The lifeboat of the live-saving crew, rowed by sturdy hands, next camo, and lay at rest near the Michigan. “ The scene from shore was one of striking beauty. The monument was in a noble setting. The lake, always Lincoln Park’s greatest beauty, was never half so beautiful before. As the veil wac pulled from the monument the guns on the warships joined with the battery on shore in the Presidential salute of twenty one guns. For the moment there was silence. Then the flag at the Michigan’s foremast was run down. It was the signal for a hundred whistles. The fireboats gent heavenward a score of streams. The flag reappeared at the Michigan’s foremast and the noisy salute ceased. The Michigan then weighed anchor and bore to the northward The revenue cutters followed her and the steamers < followed In their wake. Off the Marine Hospital the fleet turned backward and formed a processton down the lake shore past the monument Two Good Scheme*. Two farmers recently laid a wager that one could hold a wasp longer in 1 his hand than the other. The man who rubbed chloroform on his hand expected to win, but the other happened to know that the male wasps do hot sting, and accordingly got one of that sex. They sat and smiled at each other, while the crowd wondered, until the chloroform evaporated, and > then the man who used it suddenly 1 let go his wasp. The other man got the money. < ‘

FROM LAKE TO RIVER. A 810 BATCH Ol* INTERESTING INDIANA NEWS. Fiwh Intel ligenoe from Every Part et the State—Nothing ®f Interest te Our Headers Left Out. —After an illness of seven years, Miss Ella Watson died at her homo near Central, Harrison County. —Rev. J. A. Haynes, of Vevay, has been called to occupy the pulpit in the Baptist Church at Montpelier. —Mrs. Rachel Wilson, "6 years old, fell Into her cellar at Brazil and received injuries from which she may die. —The DePauw plate glass works will not locate at Alexandria but have made all arrangements for Jonesboro. —B. A. Rice, of Scottsburg, waathrown "from his buggy and dragged seventy-eight yards. He is not ex- - pected to live. —Hiram Leiter, of Brazil, has been appointed State Bank Examiner. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Harry Francis. —M. A. Sheets, near Madison, has an orchard of English walnuts and almonds which is yielding handsome returns on the Investment. —“Rinderpest” has attacked the cattle in Montgomery County, and many are dying. This is the first appearance of the disease in years. —Adolphus Ochletree and Miss Mary Prudy, twoCrawfordsvillelovers, played “seven-up” during ohurch hours, and were fined for their sport. —Mrs. Wm. Bush and her sister Mrs. John Bush, both living with their husbands, eloped from Georgetown with John Kinney and George Rein- \ hart. —James Serber, of Waynetown, has been fined sl, disfranchised for two years and given a jail sentence of five days, for stealing one pound ot butter. —Nearly three hundred men in the blacksmith department of the Ohio Falls Car Works, at Jeffersonville, have been laid off, owing to slackness of work. —Amos M. Hiatt has sued Joseph Hewitt, both of Delaware County, for SIO,OOO damages, the price of Mrs. 51 Hiatt’s affections, whicli Hewitt is charged with having alienated. —Michael Koflin, a young Volish Jew, arrested at North Manchester, has been identified by Mrs. Alexander Tenty, of Fort Wayne, as the man who assaulted her in Columbia City two weeks ago. —Alvis Maxwell, an employe of the United States snag-boat at the mouth of Deer Creek, near Evansville, was killed by being struck on tho head with a log that was being placed in the forcastle to be sawed ujj. —John Davenport and William A. Donley, two trapese performers of Barnum’s circus, who were arrested in Crawfordsville for robbing a saloon, have been sent to the penitentiary for one year, fined and disfranchised. —One week ago John Herron, a well-to-tlo farmer, resiling in the eastern part of Bartholomew County, was accidentally thrown from his horse. In the fall he was injured internally, from the effects of which death followed. —The farmers’ institutes in the southern part of the State will meet as follows: Lexington, Scott County, Nov. 6 and 7; Chrisney, Spencer County, Nov. 11 and 12: Marengo. Crawford County, Nov. 9 and 10; Corydon, Harrison, County, Nov. It and 12: Charlestown, Clark County. Nov. 13 and 14. - —A cavalcade of masked men rod® up in front of the houses of John Weexs and James Proctor, at Pao.l. and, calling out Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. Proctor, warned them to mend their gad-about ways or take a coat of tar and feathers. The two wives are said to be young and preti y and are in the habit of going to fairs and picnics with “sporty” men, while, their husbands are hard at work earning a living. —A natural-gas explosion at the new residence of John Summerland, County Treasurer of Wabash County, stripped the plastering off the walls and lifted the floor of the dining-room up two or three feet, smashing a heavy dining table. The explosion was caused by a plumber, who hunted around for a leak, in a pipe with a lighted match jmtil he found it, and touched off the' gas that tilled the basement. The building was quite badly damaged, but the plumber and Mr. Summerland’s family escaped injury. —The little 4-year-old son of Robert Kirk, who lives seven miles south of Vincennes, was almost literally eaten up by hogs. The mother chanced t* hear the screams of her child, and rushed to And it in the hog lot, down on the ground, surrounded by vicious hogs tearing out its life. She drove off the furious beasts, snatched tier boy to her breast and carried him to the house. The child was horribly torn and bruised. Its scalp was torn completely loose, its cheeks were eaten away, and it was lacerated and gashed all over its little body, from the tusks of the swine. It is in a terrible condition, and may not recover. —Jacob Williams, of Blue River PostotHce, Washington County, is aged 24, and he stands seven feet two and one-half inches in his stockings. His foot is fifteen inches in length. —“Blacktongue” has developed among the cattle in Parker County, and hundreds of animals have succumbed to its ravages. The tongues become black and rot away. State veterinary surgeon has been summoned to investigate and the strictest quarantine measures will be enforced. —Farmers in the territory northwest of Goshen are said to be losing their swine by the hundreds on account of a malignant disease which it seems impossible to check. —Seth Coffman, a wealthy dairyman near New Albany, was attacked by a vicious bull while crossing s pasture on his farm and gored so badly that his recovery is uncertain. —Trustees of the Trinity ML B. Ohurch of Elkhart have brought salt against John Guepe for his proportion of 130,000 whiph he agreed ta jßf toward the erection of a chweh building.