Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 27 November 1891 — Page 6

Jemorrat UJEOATUBUJINIX NtaAODWOBN, - - - PCTMmu. WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. DEATH OF GOV. A. P. HOVEY, OF INDIANA. Three Servant* and a Child Perish in a , Hotel Fire— Snow Storm Save* a Town-— An Agent Gon* Wrong. INDIANA MOURNS, Governor Alvin P. Hovey Dead. Indianapolis special: Gen. Alvin .P. Hovey, Governor of Indiana, died at 1:20 b. m. Monday. He has been ill for some time, but it was believed he was improving. His death is a shock to the whole State. Gov. Hovey and staff recently returned from a trip to the City of Mexico, upon which they were received with marked fcourtesy by President Diaz and other llgh officials of the Southern Republic. Gov. Hovey, when he reached Indianapolis, was suffering from a severe Cold which soon developed into acute pneumonia and lesulted in the Governor’s death. <■ * Alvin Peterson Hovey was born in, Posey County, Ind., September 6, 1821, and, like thousands of others who have attained prominence in American history, his lot in youth was one of hardship, and giving no hint of the honors that a strong intellect, fairly used, coupled with unwearying industry, were to bring him. He studied law and having been admitted to the bar in 1843 when only 22 years of age, entered at once upon what, his youth and surroundings considered, was a successful and lucrative practice as an attorney. For seven years he devoted hhnself to his ■ profession, but in 1850 he was elected a delegate to the convention by which the constitution of Indiana was revised and so greatly did he distinguish himself in that body that in the next year he was chosen Circuit Judge for the Third Judicial District of his State, and after three years’ service upon that bench was in 1854 made one of the judges oi the Supreme Conrt of Indiana. When the war broke out he instantly cast aside his judicial robes and enlisted in the volunteer service. He served with distinction until its close, coming out as a major general. The war being ended, be resigned his commission in the army in October, 1865, and soon afterward was appointed United States Minister to Peru. Holding that post for five years he resigned it in 1870, when he returned to Indiana and»resumed the practice of the law to which he confined himself for the next six'teen years, but all the time having a keen interest in public affairs, both National and State, always being an active Republican, and putting Iris ability as a public speaker at the service of the fiarty. In 1886 he was a candidate of his party for Congress and was elected in a close district. In the House of Representatives he showed so much more of civic ability than he had been thought to possess that in 1888 he was made the nominee of his party for Governor of his State and entered at once upon the hottest political campaign the State has ever known. He was elected by a plurality of 2,200 votes. BURNED TO DEATH. Three Servant* and One Child Perish in a Hotel Fire at Jamestown. A fatal fire in which four persons lost their lives occurred at Jamestown, N. y. Flames were discovered in the kitchen Os the Old Homestead, a hotel at Third and Pine streets. The building was entirely destroyed, with nothing but the walls remaining standing. It was not known for an hour butthat all the occupants had escaped. A fireman,in making his wav into the building, stumbled over the charred body or Maggie Wilson, a waiter girl, twenty years of age. It is said her escape was cut off by a bolted door. The bodies of the other three victims were found in one room, where they slept None of them were burned, but they had been suffocated. They were Mrs. Buchanan, the pastry cook, her little boy, who came to visit his mother and remained over night, and Mrs. Marsh, a dish-washer. Mrs. Buchanan and her boy were locked in each other’s .Arms near the door of the room. Mrs. ( Marsh Was in bed. \ A Snow Storm Save* a Town. — 7 Fire started in the Bertig Block at Paragould, Ark, destroying Bertig Brothers' dry goods store, Hick’s drug store, Newcome’s grocery, Goldman’s dry goods store, and several saloons. A heavy snow storm probably saved*the town from destruction. The loss is estimated at 8100,000. •400,000 Fire at Minneapolis. The North Star boot and shoe building at Minneapolis caught fire by some unknown means, and was totally destroyed. Gone Wrong. Wm. Deering & Co., of Omaha,’ has capsed a wai rant to be issued for the arrest of Charles W. Keith, manager and genera) agent for lowa and Michigan, Charging him with embezzlement Keith c&nnot be found, and the amount of his shortage is unknown. Minneapolis Gets It, The National Republican Committee hare decided that the next Republican Convention will be held in Minneapolis. Minn. \ A Victim of Drink. Cincinnati special: Another sad picture of the effect of drunkenness was in ' the Police Court recently. The victim I was Kate Bugchamp, widow of the un- • fortunate George Busphamp, who, with I poor Jerry Bray, lost his life in the Stroble fire at Elm and Canal two years ag<£ After Buschamp's death his wife on the pension list of the Fire Department, and she was in a fairway I . to live and care for her children. She | . was a model wife and mother, but the | death of her husband upset her. She ' began to drink to drown her trouble and the habit grew on her until she became | • confirmed drunkard. She was in the.

PoHoeCburt clad only In a thia calico wrapper. She was without hat or wrap, and was stiff with cold when- the officer arrested her. Judge Gregg sent her to the work-house for thirty days and fined her $25 and costs. ENGINES QOM.InE. Passengers Burled D*w» an Embankment. Philadelphia special: At Augensbaugh Station on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad, two men were killed outright, and one sustained injuries that are likely to prove fatal. Twelve or fifteen of the passengers were badly shaken up and bruised. Two engines were demolished and half a dozen coaches badly damaged. Two express trains running at a high rate of speed collided, and the crew of one of them jumped from their engine and were hurled down an embankment. They are all badly hurt, although none fatally. Lum Ray. one of the train hands, and /a passenger named Harry Bard, were killed outright The engineer was hurled into the air and both of his legs broken, and he received other injuries from which he cannot recover. The tracks were torn up lor a considerable distance and debris scattered in all directions. The two ponderous machines were locked together in an iron grasp, and almost totally destroyed. The tenders were thrown around and reversed from their respective engines, and either side of the track was strewn with pieces of machinery and broken cars. . KANSAS CITX GOLD. The Unrated Boom Town’s Strang* Freak. Kansas City special: A shaft will probably be sunk on the land owned by George R. Nelson, across the river, for the purpose of testing the value of the discovery of gold made by Mr. Wentrock. City Engineer Butts and Mr. Nelson held a conference, and Mr. Butts said that his confidence in the discovery is such that if reasonable terms can be made he is willing to bear the expense of sinking the shaft. am satisfied that the bed of gold-bearing sand lies below the shale. The boring was so carefully done as to warrant that opinion. I don’t know how thick the auriferous stratum is, but it probably extends twenty or thirty feet down. You know we went into it only four feet. Comments on this discovery are based on the experience of all the Missouri Valley towns where gold has been found In the sands, but not in paying quantities. Note this important distinction, this gold , was deposited here before there was any Missouri River. It is beneath the shale. In my opinion the deposit covers 2,000 or 3,000 acres. Os course it the goldbearing sands extend under it, there is at least 81,000,000 in it. Roasted Alive, Columbus (Ohio) special: Louis, the 16-year-old son of David Miller, who resides about six miles northeast of this city, has met wijh a neculiarly horrible death.’ Mr. Miller is a well-to-do farmer. As he has an extensive farm there is need for considerable repair work about the place, and a blacksmith forge is located about fifty yards from the house. Young Louis frequently worked about the forge, and assisted his father in makingrepairs. He was subject to epileptic fits. The other morning he was working in the blacksmith shop by himself. His father, with a farm hand, was working in a field near the shop. About 11 o’clock they had not seen Louis for some time, and noticing the odor of burning cloth, they hastened ’to the shop. The father entered first and was horrified at the sight presented. His son lay upon the live coals and the fire was literally cooking him alive. As he had had a fit he was unable to call for assistance or help himselt. Mr. Miller pulled the boy out of the fire and quenched the flames as soon ,as possible. He was roasted irom head to foot, but remained conscious until ho died. Mr. Miller was quite badly burned in attempting to save the boy. Overcome by Gas. At La Pelle, Ind., a family of three persons was asphyxiated by natural gas. Mrs. Harry Hoffman and her two grown sons were the victims. There seems to have been a defect in the draft cansing lighted gas to become extinguished, and tilling the hbnse soon stupified the inmates. Thia, lateness in rising in the morning was a subject of comment among the neighbors, who proceeded to investigate. Finding all the doors locked they broke in a window and discovered Newton Hoffman, the younger son, lying in an unnatural and lifeless manner on his bed. Immediately the rooms of Mr» Hoffman, the mother, and the older son were entered and they were found in the throes ot death and were brought out into the open air and every effort made to revive them. The attending physicians say, however, that the chances are against their recovery. Coming to Her Senses. Valparaiso special: Chili has at length conceded anoint to the United States in her treatment of the case of assault upon the Baltimore’s sailors. Capt. Schley has received a notice granting his request that the United States representatives be furnished by the Court of Inquiry with copies of all depositions made before its investigations. It will be remembered that this same request had been absolutely refused on all previous occasions. It is supposed .that the Chilian authorities, finding that our’Governmentwas maintaining a fair, but firm attitude, has determined to meet it half way. It has become known in Santiago that the United States was despatching a large number of war ships to the Pacific squadron, and there is qo doubt, that this news had a good effect on Chili. No Foreign Cardinal*. Rome special: The statement is made on good ecclesiastical authority that no foreign cardinals will be appointed at the consistory, on Dec. 14. The Pope is said to be desirous of keeping the college thoroughly Italian, and only Italians well trusted by His Holiness will be named as princes of the church. Most of the present cardinals are creations of Pope Leo, and if he lives a few years longer the whole will probaoly be his creation. It is said that the Popo hesitates about the appointment of foreign cardinals for fear of showing a preference that might occasion ill-feeling toward the papacy. Recent events in France and Germany have, it is asserted, made the Pope especially cautious. A Terrific Explosion, Paris special: A dastardly attempt to destroy valuable property was made at Decazevllle, a village In Aveyron, nine-, teen miles north. In the neighborhood of Decazevllle there Is situated a silver lead mine, which Is worked by a syndicate dT English capitalists. Had the explosion occurred while the men employed in the mine were at work it Is doubtful if one of them would have escaped with his life. So great is the damage that it will take a month to put the mine in a condition that will allow of its again being worked. There is no clew to the perpetrators of the deed, and no reason is known for the heinous act. Started to Hud Tnaoott, I Winnipeg (Man.) special: Mr. Shoeni gen. Special Chinese Agent ot the United i Slates Treasurer, has gone to Chicago. Mr. Sboengen beltevca that Tascott la ! living with the Indians in the Turtle

— — 4 1 ai 1 > _AI MeUDtaillßa SHu« IMpIMKI WM fNONMNI reward of $50,000 for the capture, set out last week from Kllloraoy for the mountains. He had notgoM many miles when he found traveling very difficult owing to the depth of snow on the ground. He determined, however, to push on until evening. However, the unexpected appearance of a pack of wolves caused him to decide that Tascott could wait, and he returned withall speed* * ■ Lost at fie*. The White Star Line steamer Britannic has arrived at New York after one of the roughest voyages the vessel has experienced in her seventeen years of buffeting the waves of the Atlantic. She left Liverpool on the 11th Inst., when a terrific gale was sweeping around the British coast and playing havoc with shipping. She immediately ran Into a boiling sea, that sent mighty volumes of water over the vessel. The crew were compelled to cling to ropes to keep from being swept overboard. One tremendous sea boarded the vessel, swept over the deck, and carried with it Quartermaster Thomas McKenzie, who In going over the rail gave a piercing shriek of despair. He disappeared in the angry waters, and was seen no more, as in such a sea nothing could be done for him. Almost a Calamity. Lester’s boot and shoe factory, at Lesters hire, N. Y., employing 700 hands, was partly demolished by the high gale. The north wall went down with a terrific crash, and the hands, panic stricken, rushed for the doors and windows. Men trampled on each other in their mad flight. Fortunately no one was fatally Injured. Large posts used in the construction of the building kept the floor with its tons of machinery from sinking. The plant Is valued at over $1,000,000. Daniel Lamont and ex-Secretary of Treasury Fairchild are the principal stockholders. The Switchmen Win. Twenty-eight Wheeling and Lake Erie switchmen at Toledo, who went on a strike on the 11th Inst., have reached an agreement with the road. By the agreement Superintendent Woodford concedes everything excepting the reinstatement of R. L. Denzig, whose discharge caused the strike. The wages will henceforth be the same as paid on the Lake Shore. The agreement is considered a victory for the men. All Drowned. London special: A telegram has been received here from the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India, stating that no doubts are entertained that the pilot brig Culdoon foundered during a terrific hurricane which recently passed over the Andaman Islands and the Bay of Bengal. The Culdoon had a crew of six British officers and thirty-five natives, and It la believed that all were drowned. The Comical Sockaree. While out coon-hunting, Ab Smith, his son Clark and a neighbor, Press Jones, all living four mites north of Lynchburg, Ohio, treed a panther or wildcat The latter came down the tree to act on the offensive, and the hunters were compelled to fly for their lives, as they had no weapons, except an ax. The panther tore one dog into shreds and badly lacerated another. Masked Female*. A masked body of females made a raid upon a disreputable house in Coldwater, Ohio, the other night The Inmates were horribly beaten and the house literally torn to pieces. TWo of them were taken to a small stream run-ning-through the place and treated to a cold bath. The participants In the affair proved to be some of the best women in the A Revengeful Murder. W. D. Bracewell was murdered by D. W. Smith at the latter’s saw-mill In Laurens County, Ga. Smith has disappeared. It is said the murder was committed out of revenge, Smith believing that Bracewell killed his father,who was murdered in a very mysterious manner some years ago. A Leg** Journey. Mr. Sigel Dearth met a horrible death near Hamden, Ohio, by being litterally ground to pieces by a fast flying passenger train. One leg was found four miles distant from where the accident occurred. The unfortunate man was married some months ago. Lord Stanley Will Resign. Ottawa (Ont) special: A report is current that Lord Stanley will resign the Governor Generalship next mouth. It is understood that ho and .Lady Stanley find their position here very Irksome and would be glad to leave. Fatally Injured. A tenement at New York was damaged to the extent of 83,000 by fire. All the inmates escaped with the exception of Mrs. Barbara Krueger, who was burned so horribly that she died in a few hours. Under a Train. William Throne, 20 years old, brakeman on the E. &T. H. railroad, fell beneath a moving train at Evansville, Ind., and was literally ground to pieces. He was hew at the business. An Immoral Show. The manager of May Davenport’s female aggregation was fined at Massillon, Ohio, for giving a lewd, vulgar and lascivious show. THE MARKETS, CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.,., s.’’•so ® 6.50 Hugs—Shipping Grade* 3,50 ® 4.00 Shkef—Fair to Choice. 8.00 ® 5.85 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 a ,94 Cohn—No. 2 5J & .58 Oats—No. 232 & .34 Rye—No. 293 ® ,94 Butt kb—Choice Creamery 26 & .28 Cheese—Full Cream, flat* 12 ® .13 Eggs—Fresh23 @ .24 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu3l M .40 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 1.91 a 5.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.40 a 4,00 Bhkkp— Common to Prime j.ou a 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red .92 a .94 Coba—No. 1 White 49 a .51 Oats—No. 2 White 34 a .85 „ ST. LOl’lJ. * CUttle... 3.50 ,8 5.59 . Hogs... 3.59 ® 4.C0 • Wh at—No. 2 Red .91 a .98 Cobn—No. 2 .41 .<* .48 Oais-No. 9 89 a .81 Rye—No. 9 88 ® .90 , CINCINNATI, ' ATTXJ* 3,50 • 8.00 ? OQB 3.99 ® 4.00 WHfAT No. 9«ea. .97 5 .98 Cube - No. 9, SBH «t .09)4 Oats-No. 9 Mixed ..... .85*5 to „ DETROIT. Cattle 8.00 • 4.78 Hua*. 8,00 A 4.00 Shkmp 3*a au.« Wheat—No. 2 Red 96 3Km Cohn—No. 2 Ye110w.. 49 STK Oats—No. 2 White 7. .88)4 TOLEDO. Wheat— New .90 to .87 ' CeaN—No. 9 Yellow .55 3 Oats—No. 2 White3l **B .88 Hye .04 • .95 BUFFALO. BewCattle 4.08 M. 75 Live Hogs 3.75 S r 4.95 Wheat-No. 2 Red i,(H a LUI Cohn-No. 8 to 3 .05 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 9 Spring 9l .94 c«aN-No. .4 r.rr............ .45C « Oath-No. 9 Whiteßß S 84 Ryr-No.l ;08 3 ,S Bablky—No.9 j. ....... .09 a .60 Pohe—lies* 11.00 AU.SO „ NEW TORE. Cattle a<m a 5,98 Hogs 4.00 a 4.50 Wheat—No. 9 Red 1.05 3 1.07 Corn—No.9 .70 a .79 Oat*— Mixed Western .88 a .41 BUTTEB-Cwamery, .90 3 to Pome— New Mess 10.50 tfU.OO : ’t'r'V.Ju*JK-v <

A Yltf fl A WWR 17 NORTHWBSTBRN ROADS ALL SHORT OF CARB. Although New Rolling fitoekWa* largely Bought. There Are Still Thousand* of Care Needed—Locomotive* Never laid Up—Sufitering Will Ensue. Grave Cause for Alarm. “We could use 2,000 more cars to great advantage did we have them and the locomotives to pull them, 1 * said Assistant General Freight Agent Keeley, of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad Company. “In the far West and Northwest every available cubic inch of space under cover is filled to overflowing with grain. We are striving to the utmost to give the necessary aid. We give the remote sections the preference, and to demonstrate how earnest our efforts let me say our locomotives are worked as they never were before. The moment one crew leaves another takes the engine in hand. Seventeen crews to six engines is the present record, ahe farmers, nearly every one of them, are behind in their payments and must have money. Should the snow prevent the movement of grain starvation will in many localities end the suffering of struggling families. They must have coal and food. To obtain these they must secure a market for their crops, and If the country buyers cannot move the grain then no money can be paid for It.” The Chicago and Northwestern tells the same story. An official'says: The lines connecting with the seaboard are crowded to their greatest capacity. There are no cars for rental. Even the Southern lines are without extra “empties.” The Northwestern Is doing its utmost to break the blockade. Every available car is sent to the Northwestern grain belts. But traffic Is unusually heavy In all commodities and the cars must go out loaded. There are few empty cars in the country at tho present time, lhe farmers, owing to their need of ready money, are striving to deliver to the buyers at least 50 per cent, of their crops. There is elevator room for only a small portion of this vast amount of grain. George H. Ross, superintendent of car and special freight service of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, said the company could use 1,000 cars more than it now had to good advantage. Corn would soon begin to pour in, and then a greater shortage in cars would t* made apparent. The new crop would be In active movement during December, and a grain blockade would be almost certain. The Eastern lines were now unable to meet the demands made upon them. What would be the situation In December he dared not predict. “God help the farmers of the Northwest should there be a snow blockade this winter. ” This is the sentiment expressed by the officials of every railroad over whose lines the products of the great grain belts are to be moved. By reason of the anxiety of the farmers to convert their crops into cash at the earliest possible moment the carrying capacity of each company is far too limited to meet the’ clamorous demand. How long this, freight-car famine will continue Is solely a matter of conjecture. The enormous yield of all cereals, estimated at more than 700,000,000 bushels in excess of the crop of 1890, and the greatly increased demand for commodities of every kind are the reasons why the railways are short from 500 to 2,500 cars each. All employes, all locomotives and all cars are being worked to the utmost limit. The poor crops of the last two years reduced the tillers of the soil in the Northwest to extreme poverty. Money th y must have. The lavish kindness of nature in the wheat tie.ds of 1891 has again filled with hope the hearts of these farmers, lhe interest on their mortgages may now be paid. Seed for next year’s sow ng is assured. But their surplus grain must be converted into cash. These are the principal rea ons why the people of the Northwest are clamoring for cars. Their elevators—of limited capacity—are filled. Blns, bed rooms, barns, and even tents are bursting with grain. Five hundred million bushels not yet thrashed are stacked upon the prairies. The buyers can take no more. They have no place to store It To give relief tho railway companies are doing all that is possible. Every railway through the great Northwestern wheat belt has made special preparation for hauling to market the phenomenal wheat crop. More freight cars were purchased than in any other year in the railroad history of this section, in addition the cars were enlarged and 700 bushels of wheat has become a standard car Instea I of 500 as heretofore, but all preparations are inadequate, and every road reports a car famine. Tho crop is moving even more rapidly than was expected and cars cannot be supplied to meet the demand. The Railway Commission has received and investigate;! a score of complaints and In every case it has been shown that it was . sheer inability on the part ot the comF panles to furnish sufficient cars. The roads having the longest hauls are suffering the most severely, with the exception of tho Northern lines, from whose territory little complaint comes. The greatest apprehension is now felt for the coal supply. Through that great section of Western country supplied with coal via the lakes and Duluth the demand for cars is now the greatest for the crops and tho pre-ent cold snap has so stimulated tho demand for coal as to excite the fear that the car famine will be intensified later on. So great is the shortage of freight cars on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe that the farmers of Kansas aqd the Southwest are terribly depressed over the poor prospect of an early movement of their crops The company is everting every effort to move tho corn and wheat and would willingly pay a premium over and above the mileage for empty cars. The farmers of the Southwest, while they need money, quite as badly as their brethren of the Northwest, do not face starvation as do thejattar by reason of lhe inability of the railroads to handle lhe gra'n “ uahed to our limit,” and “Not cars enough by the hundreds” are the replies of the inanugers of the Eastern lines. So heavy, Indeed, is the demand for cars that many shipments of grain go across the ocean via New Orleans. So it is that tho railroads running into Dixie are lu but itt e better shape than those of the North, West and East. The Flint and Pere Marquette Raik road, which by r« ason of its differential rate was able to carry grain to the seab ard cheaper than the all-rail lines, is, it is sa’d, In as bad shap.e as its Western connections lhe Northwestern has issued to Its agents in the Northwest orders not to accept any freight for delivery to the Flint and Pere Marquette. XI is said the letter’s inability to handle 'the cereal is the cause of the prohibitive order. AlhAtong th* Gamut. The receipts of the Bayreuth festival were $165,00d Hans von Bulow has been called the Boulanger of the piano. A sacred music congress will be held at Milan early in November. Gounod said recently to a friend: “My career as a composer ts ended. “ The Crown Prince of Germany Is tak-! iag .tiolln lessons of De Aina of Berlin, i

IF YOU ARE IN QUEST OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS, FB« RUBB THB FOLLOWING; tapevtaat Bappealag* *f th* WeekCrimea and Casualties .. SeieideaDeath*— Weddiaa*. Lt*. Diphtheria rampant at Linden. Valparaiso has a new $50,000 Luthera church. The pie-eating contest at Shelbyville was hoggish. Muncie will have » labor paper called the Tribune. Two more good oil wells have been drilled at Portland. Crawfordsville schools closed because of diphtheria. There are a great many wild ducks in the river at Evansville. Terre Haute street workers continue to unearth graveyard treasures. John Hiles, at Logansdort, was sent up for a year tor stealing a coat. Judge St. John, Marlon, has decided that liquor may be sold on Labor Day. A Lake Erie and Western freight broke in two and was wrecked at Albany. Anton Ernst, of Danville, lost his mind because of the death of three of his children. Independent Order of Foresters, of the State, have made Valparaiso State headquarters. Gkorge Eden, a young farmer on the pike near Lawrenceburg, was kicked to death by a vicious mule. After four weeks’ work on the Frank Dice lynching case, at Spencer, the grand jury found no indictments. Mrs. Caroline Katzmar was found dead in a lane, near her home, west of Osgood, from heart disease. Mary A. Beecher, of Logansport, has,sued the T. H & I. Railroad Company for killing her busband. Hon. Richard Huffman, prominent Republican of Green County, is dead. Once In the State Legislature. Christopher Stuck .escaped from County Infirmary at Laporte and was found dead In Kankakee River. Thieves burglarized O’Bonnell’s store at New Albany, and overlooked a box containing a large quantity of coin. Edward Loudon, of Waldron, while intoxfcated, was dragged from the Big Four tracks just lu time to save his life. Mrs. Hulda Hackleman had to be dragged from her burning residence at Elwood. She was sick and refused to be taken. Joseph Hudson, of Brownsburg, who was caught burglarizing Prof. Wisehart’s residence, was sentenced to six years In the penitentiary. Martin Wade, a retired merchant, died suddenly of rheumatism of the heart at Madison. He came to Madison from County Galway, Ireland, in the early days ot pork-packing, and amassed considerable means. At the Jeffersonville penitentiary, 1,200 feet of timber are used dailv In making bird-cages, rat-traps and brushes. In making saddle-trees, 4,000 feet are used, 100 convicts being employed in that work. Samuel Mason Atwood, a highly respected farmer, living in«, the Jollity neighborhood, Shelby County, committed suicide by hanging himself with a small twine, which he tied around his own neck and to the bed-post. He had been in feeble health for some time, but the act was a great surprise to his family aud neighbors. Tns/body of Willie Harmon, the 12-year-oM boy who was drowned in the PatokaJßlver at Princeton last spring, was found recently several miles down the river. The flesh had nearly all left the body. The little fellow was drowned while bathing. The water being high and the current strong bls body could not be found. Miscreants made an attempt to wreck one of the trains on the Muncie street railway. Boulders were wedged between the guard and track rail on a sharp curve on East Main street The steam motor car was derailed, but the unusually slow rate of speed saved the twenty or more passengers. The car was badly smashed up. The Y. P. S. C. E. State officers elected to serve the ensuing year are: President W. J. Lewis, of Evansville; First Vice President Rev. A. C. Hathaway, Richmond; Second Vice President Rev. C. E. Morgan. Wabash; Third Vice President, C, E. Stanton, Madison; Secretary, Miss E. M. Wishard, Indianapolis, Treasurer, V. C. Kendal), Indianapolis, g Several days ago the Cltv School' JBoard of Wabash purchased flags, and Jbhey were tormally presented to the public schools and raised over each building. The presentation exercises were held in the High School Building, where all the pupils and a large number of patrons were assembled. Superintendent Harrison made the presentation on behalf of the School Board, and speeches w*ere made by Rev., Lamport B. F. Williams and others. Tfce school children sang several songs, and all the exercises were of a most patriotic and feeling nature. Michael McDonald, al las Wm. Shaw, died In the Hospital of the Michigan City Penitentiary, in ignorance of a fortune left to him over eight years ago, McDonald was a noted crook. At the age of 15 he ran away from home and commenced a wild career of crime. When but 18 years old he was an Inmate of the Penitentiary at Colqmbus, Ohio, afterward serving terms of tmSnsonment In other penal institutions. Ira. Shaw died at Valparaiso mourning her wayward boy as dead, but, with the faint hope that young Shaw might be living, she provided in her will that he should become the heir of her fortune. AU those long years Shaw, under the alias of McDonald, was. in prison In complete ignorance of the death ot his mother and of the good fortune that had befallen him. On a rude bunk in a felon’s ©all, be ended a misspent life, the victim of a fatal disease. John Hatfield, a Knightstown merchant, dropped dead on the street Bunker Hill, a small town in the southern part of Miami County, is much elated from the fact of having in its midst the parents of four children, all bora tae other night Mrs. Edgar George, the mother who gave birth to this quartet of little ones, is progressing nicely. The children are all girls and weigh on an average of four pounds each. With the exception of one that died three hours after birth, all are doing well and give promise of living.. Mr. George is a prosperous farmer living near the town mentioned. A gifted young writer ot Hanover notes that catfish were found on tho streets there after the rain the other night* and it is his opinion that they were drawn from the Ohio River by the gun’s rays. TheY. P. S C. B. State Convention was held in Kokomo. The officers electee? to serve the ensuing year are: President, W. J. Lewis, of Bvansvißt) First Vice President, Bev. A. C. Hathaway, Richmond; Second Vice President, Bev. C. E. Morgan, Wabash; Third Vice President. Bev. 0. B. Stanton, Madison; Secretary, Miss E. M. Wishard, Indianapolis; Treasurer, V. 0. Kendall, Indianapolis, The convention neit year will be at For Wayne.

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