Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1892 — Page 2

The Democrat DECATUR, IND. >. BLACKBURN, ■ - - I’TTBLtimwK PLEASURE AND PROFIT WILL BE FOUND IN READING OUR NEWS SUMMARY. Three Men Killed by the Fall ot an Elevator—A Mierlflr Shot and His Prisoner Ranged — MaebinlMs Restrained—Dietl on Duty. (THE ELEVATOR FELL. And Three Men Were Crushed Into Shapeless .Masses. IF A frightful accident bv which throe men were instantly killed and two others fatally injured, occurred at the boiler factory of Rohan Bros., at the corner of Second and Collins streets, St. Louis. Frank Conn, Hugh Duffy and Foreman Henry Kaiser stood directly beneath an immense elevator used for hoisting heavy machinery. The elevator was qt the second story of the building and Thomas Flaherty and Michael Sweeny were engaged in loading it with sheet iron plates. The men sounded the warning bell as a signal that the elevator was about to descend. They then started the huge machine and it had scarcely moved when the rope broke and it fell with a crash on the men standing beneath it, crushing them into a shapeless mass of flesh and bones. Following is a list of killed and injured: KilledHenry Kaiser, foreman; Frank Conn, boilermaker, and Hugh Duffy, tackle rigger. Injured — Thomas Flaherty, deep cuts on head and shoulders; Michael Sweeney, injured internally. Several other workmen were slightly hurt by flying timbers. The bodies of the three dead men were removed to the morgue and the injured men taken to the City Hospital, where their injuries were pronounced serious and perhaps fatal. The elevator had been recently repaired and the rope was comparatively new. The apparatus was inspected a few weeks ago and pronounced in good condition. Wait No Longer. There has been no change in the Behring Bea situation. Lord Salisbury has not yet replied to the President's communication. Attorney General Miller, Senator Sherman, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, General Foster and ex-Minister Phelps, had conferences with the President on this subject With the poachers already actively at work it is believed that the administration must soon take some definite action, without any reference to a reply from the British Premier. It is believed that the conference was for the purpose of determining a line of policy to be followed pending action bv the English authorities. A Sheriff Shut and Hie Prisoner Hanged. Springfield (Ma) special: Nows has just reached this city of the lynching of John Westlfljr Bright in Forsythe, Taney County, who Was charged with murdering his wife. Bright Was being examined when the mob demanded his surrender. Deputy Sheriff Williams refused to give him up and was shot dead. The mob hanged Bright and escaped. Forsythe is twenty-seven miles from a railroad and few particulars can be obtained. The Indianapolis Sentinel. Samuel E. Morss has bought the interest in the Indianapolis Sentinel held for several months by A. Beliord, of Chicago. By this purchase Mr. Morss becomes the owner of all the stock in the paper except one share, owned by an aunt of Mr. Morss, Mrs. Loag, who lives at Fort Wayne. Mr. Morss owned a controlling interest before he made this last purchase. Grover In tbe Knee. Grover Cleveland will be a candidate for the Presidential nomination before the Chicago Convention. This fact is shown beyond aooubt byaietter written by the ex-President to Gen. Edward S. Bragg, of Wisconsin. Mr. Cleveland’s letter was brought out by one written by Gen. Bragg urging him to define his position. * Burled Under a Hundred Tong or Coal. Arthur McKinney, while at work trying to start frozen coal in a chute at the yards of G. W. Newton, coal dealers of Hartford, Conn., was canght by the coal when it commenced to run and was buried by over a hundred tons of it He was dead when his body was dug out two hours later. Socialists U ill Celebrate. New York special: At a meeting of the leaders of the socialistic labor party to take preliminary action for the celebration of Labor Day; next fall, it was detenijined to make the demonstration this year the grandest one the socialists of this city have ever had. Cut the House In Two. Mrs. Freeman, a colored woman of Bridgeport, Conn., left a house by will to her daughter. Mrs. Brown, and a relative named Stevens. They could not agree and the house was cut in two, half of it being moved to one corner of the Jot Douglass Will Represent Hayti. Fred Douglass has accepted the position offered him by the Government of Hayti as its representative at the World's Columbian Exposition. The Government of Hayti has appropriated §25,000 to be spent on its exhibit Machinists Restrained, The P., C., C. & St L. (Pan Handle) Railway Company filed a suit to restrain the striking machinists from interfering with the operation of its shops at Indianapolis. Judge Brown granted a temporary restraining order. Killed by a Train. J. N. Bayner, of Piqua, Ohio, was run over and killed six miles irom Columbus. Belated Advices irom Bolivia. The Department of State lias been officially advised of the execution at PcJechuco, Bolivia, on November 11 last of Marianat Flores, convicted of the murder of David Rodman, an American cititen. Died on Duty. Fred J. Hamilton, the reporter of the New York ConTmercial who c.ontractec typhus foyer while investigating infectei houses, in execution of his journalists labors, died at Riverside Hospital.

j' ' . A BELGIUM HOKKOR, Three Hundred Miner* Entombed and Supposed to Be Dead. * \ Brussel!* special: A frightful colliery disaster has occurred at Andorleus. Three hundred minors are entombed in the pit and a series Os explosions has apparently cut off' all access to - the mon. An attempt haS been made to reach the imprisoned miners, but so far without success. The explorers have been beaten back by the foul fumes. The shafting end ventilation are destroyed. Three female miners have been rescued, and it seems almost certain that all the rest are dead, Intense I

excitement prevails, and thousands are thronging to tho place, which is one of the leading mining centers of Belgium. The scenes at the pit mouth are most pathetic, a multitude of people bewailing their relatives, supposed to have perished In the mine." SCUDDER'S MAD ACT. He Murderously Attacks His Aged Father. Chicago special: There was a sensational scene in the county jail when Mr. Scudder attacked his venerable father, Rev. H. M. Scudder. Tho prisoner’s father, wife, and a cousin called to see him. Dr. Noble was in the prisoner's cell at the time attending to his needs. The three visitors were admitted to the corridor and the venerable Mr. Scudder entered the cell and spoke to his son. Dr. Scudder seemed to recognize his father and greeted him with a kiss. His father told him his wife was in waiting and asked if he would see her. Like a maniac that he apparently is, he sprang at his father and grabbed him by the throat. But for the assistance of Dr. Noble and the attendant it is likely that the old gentleman would have been strangled. In the meantime his wife, a witness of the scene, was in hysterics in the corridor. When forced back upon his cot, the doctor apparently, sank into a stupor, and refuses to reply to questions as to his comforts or needs. He still refuses to eat, and Dr. Noble says whether sane or insane his physical condition is a very bad one. Scudder is under arrest for murdering his mother-in-law. A Street-Car Driver Shoots His Wife, Then Kills Himself. Milwaukee special: Charles Meissing, a Cream City street-car driver, shot and probably fatally wounded his wife and then killed himself, at their home, 587-1/2 Tenth street Meissing and his wife have not been living together for some time. He entered the house from the rear and stealthily going to the room in which his wife and son lay sleeping, put a 32-caliber revolver to the woman's head and fired, and then turned the weapon upon himself, the bullet entering his right temple, killing him instantly. Jealousy is the cause. Mrs. Meissing has regained consciousness and is resting easier. A Mormon's Arrest Salt Lake City special: James P. Frees, High Councilor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who sits side by side in the High Council of State of Zion with delegate to Congress John T. Cain, has been arrested by United States Marshals lor nnlawful cohabitation, and held to await the grand jury’s action in the sum of $1,000. Jane Stone, his plural wife and co-respondent, was held in a bond of $500. The arrest of such an exalted ruler of the church has created consternation in church circles, and when the news was brought to President Woodruff he is said to have yielded to intense passion. A New Railroad. A company has been organized and filed articles of incorporation with the Secretaries of State of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, which proposes to build another road from Detroit to Hammond, Ind., which is the ending road of nearly all Eastern lines into Chicago. The company has a capital stock of $9,000,000. The road, as surveyed, will be 258 miles long—fifty-two miles in Michigan, sixtyone in Ohio and 146 in Indiana. An impression prevails that the Canadian Pacific is behind the movement, although the leading spirits in the enterprise, as it now appears, are the Ohio and Michigan people. Want Relief. Ottawa (Ont.) special: Laura Louisa and Mary Augusta Smith, elderly maiden daughters of Laura Secor, who won fame at Queenstown during the war of 1812 by oyerhearing the discussion of the plan for the par pose and capture of a detachment of British troops, and revealing it after a laborious journey through an unbroken country, which resulted in the capture of the American party, have petitioned the Dominion Parliament for relief, being destitute. The grounds* for a petition .are Laura Secor’s services to her country. Made a Cardinal. St Paul special: ReV; Father Hifferon, who has charge of Catholic affairs during the absence in Rome of Archbishop Ireland, has at last received definite advices from the Holy City that the Archbishop is to be made the second Cardinal of the United States, and that the ceremony of conferring the red hat will occur In Rome, April 20. The statement has been made several times that this action had been taken but the official statement has never been made. It is now stated that the official paper of the Pope, The Observatorie Romani, will publish the above facts. Indiana Republicans. The Indiana Republican State Convention met at Indianapolis.and elected the following delegates-at-lafge to the Minneapolis Convention: Richard W. Thompson of Terre Haute. Newland T. DePauw of New Albany. Stanton J. Peelle of Indianapolis. Charles F. Griffin of Hammond. Alternates: George W. Knox of Indianapolis. J. H. McNeeley of Evansville. Calvin Cowgill of Wabash. William E.iiott of New Castle. A Mob of 200 Determined Colored Women Seize a Church. Memphissnecial: The Central Baptist Church, the largest and finest church building belonging to colored people, is in tho hands of a mob of over 200 women, under tffimmand of the pastor, Rev. Taylor Nightengale. They vow they will die ifi their tracks rather than surrender the building to a certain taction of the congregation who have been tryjng for a long time to oust Nightengale. The colored amazons are intrenched in the church and parsonage, and bid defiance to the combined forces of the taction and the law. Apalnst O’Brien's Bondsmen. The Catholic Knights of America, through the officers of the various State jurisdictions, have instructed Supreme President J. D. Coleman to begin legal action against the bondsmen of the late Supreme Treasurer, M. J. O’Brien; who took the funds of the order, to the extent of §75,000, some time ago, and it is sup* posed that suits will be instituted withoutdelay. It is understood that thematter will be presented in tbe courts of - Cliattanooga. the former home of tbe dpfn.nlt.inff Troasun r

Thirty-six Killed. A special from Riachuela, Brazil; says: ! Traffic on the Brazilian Central Railroad line is paralyzed owing to an immense strike, extending from conductors and engineers down to yard and track men. The local police were < ailed In to preserve order, but this only Influenced the passion sos the railway men and brought oti a bloody -conflict, in which six policemen were killed and more than thirty of the strikers either killed or seriously wounded, Buffalo Hill's i, alt shot. ' At Springfic.d, Ohio, Cleveland Lcttel, a7-yeajp-old lad, was fatally wounde.. by Clarence Rhino, aged 15 years. They were playing Buffalo Bill, and Rhine, who had stolen his father’s 32-callber rifle from the house, pointed it at Leffel and bred, , The bullet entered his back / '

and lodged in tho bowels. He cannot cover. Rhine did not know the gun wim loaded. Both boya reside on West Euclid avenue. A Sham Duel. At Mt. Vernon, Ohio, two printer apprentices, Eddie Singer and Alva Reed, undertook to engage in a sham duel with 22-caliber revolvers, supposed to be free of cartridges. One chamber in Singer's weapon proved to be loaded, and the bullet entered Reed's neck, narrowly escaping the jugular, and still remains imbedded in the muscles. The wound is a very serious one, and may yet prove fatal. Big Pacific Steamer Lost. A private dispatch says that the Pacific mall steamer Colima, bound from Panama to San Francisco, has been lost at La Union on the coast of San Salvador. The steamer ran on the rocks when under a full head of steam and had her bottom torn out. The passengers and crew were saved. The vessel is leaking badly and will be a total loss. Tho company valued her at $25,000. She Lost an Oar. Miss Annie Bello Meddley, her uncle, J. A Meddley, and Felix Burdette were drowned in the Kanawha River a Peerless, about twenty miles above Charleston, W. Va. They were in a boat crossing the river. Miss Meddley was rowing and she lost an oar. They all got excited, the boat floated to the head of a coal barge, the current took them under and all were drowned. Mr. Frenzel’s Reply. President Frenzel has sent his reply to the demands of the Street Car Brotherhood of Indianapolis. He makes important concessions in the matter of wages, and takes back two of the discharged employes—Smith and O’Maley —but refuses to change matters as to free riding, and declines to discharge new men employed during the strike. Noted Base Ball Pitcher Dead. John O’Brien, the base ball pitcher, died at West Troy, N. Y., agea 28 years, after an illness of two weeks from pneumonia. O’Brien was considered one of the best twirlers in the country. In 1890 he was a member of the Cleveland League team, and last he was a winning pitcher for the Boston Association team. He had signed to play the coming season with the St. Louis club. Postal Convention with Austria A convention has been concluded between the Postmaster General of the United States on the one hand and the authorities of the Austro-Hungary monarchy on the other, for the exchange of money orders between the latter country and the United States. This convention was signed by the Postmaster General, and will go into effect on the 1st of April next. Scudder Not Crazy. Dr. Henry Martin Scudder was, by order of Judge Scales, released from the detention hospital at Chicago and turned over to the police to stand trial for the murder of his mother in-law, Mrs. Dunton. This will end Scudder’s examination in the court for insane, and his mental condition will figure only in the defense before the Criminal Court. A Bloody Battle. A dispatch from La Paz, Bolivia, says that the Government troops which were sent to quell an Indian outbreak which occurred a few days ago, encountered the redskins and completely routed them. The advices state that 1,000 Indians were killed in the engagement and thirty of the Government troops were badly wounded. Twenty-four Seamen Drowned. A telegram has been received from the German consulate at Port Said stating that the cook of the German steamer Messina has been landed there. The cook reports that the Messina foundered off the Scilly Islands during a gale on February 19. It is believed that the rest of the crew, twenty-four in number, were lost. Glass Plant Burned. — Fire destroyed George B. Duncan & Son’s extensive tableware glass plant on Tenth street, Pittsburgh. The plant and its contents were valued at 5250.000, on which §105,000 insurance was carried. Murder and Suicide. Joe Kreivar, an Italian living with his wife in tbe rear of 82 Ewing street Chicago, shot his wife dead and finished his own existence by cutting his throat and then shooting himself. Instantly Killed. Jacob Yader, a laborer employed on the new double track of the Fort Wayne railroad, three miles east of Salem, Ohio, was run over by a tram-car and instantly killed. Wife Murder and Suicide. At Atlantic, lowa, Lindsay A. Bennett killed his wife and committed suicide because she refused to again live with him. They have been separated. Emperor William’s Condition. Berlin special: Fmperor William Is again confined to his bed. He has, however, received in person the usual daily reports of his ministers. Mine Disaster tn Prussia. A fatal mine accident is reported from Saarbruck, Rheinlsh Prussia. The Reden pit collapsed and two miners were killed and seven injured. THte markets, CHICAGO. Cattle—Common toPrime..... §3.50 @5.25 H Shipping Grades J..SO 0 5.00 Shop—Fair to Choice. 4.00 @5.00 Wi Bi -No. 2 Bed .87 @ .88 Cons— No. 2 .40 0 .41 Oats—No. 2 .29140 JBIJ4 I Bra-No. 2.84 @ .65 ! Buiteb— hoice Creamery2B 0 .29 ; Cheese Full cream, flatsl2)4o .131$ | Egos—Freshl2 0 .13 Foiaioes—Car-loads, per ba... .30 @ .40 INDIANAPOLIS. '-Cattle—Shipping...; 3.25 @4.75 Hoos—Choice Llg t 3.5) @ 5.00 hHEEP—Common to Prime 3.01 @ 525 Wheat—No. 28ed........ 91 «* .9214 Cobn—No. 1 Waite 40*$@ .41 10.21- No. 2 White 32 0 .33 BT. LOUIS.

Cattle 3.50 0 4.75 H '<■« 3.50 0 5.00 Wleat'-No 2 Bed 90 0 .92 Cobb-No. 2 37 @ .34 O*t»,-No. 230 0 .31 Bra-N0.2...W @ .89 CINCINNATI. Cattle 350 0 4.50 Hogs 3.00 t.vp ,Bmkkp 3.00 @ fi.iX) Wmcat-No. 2 Bed. 94 0 .96 Corn,- No. 2 .41 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 Mixed..... 32 0 .33. — DETROIT. Catt1e...,.,...;... 3.07 0 5.25 Hoch 3,00 M 5.00 Khebp 3.00 @5.50 WHtAi-No. 2 Bed 96 @ .97 O na-So. 2 Yellow4l 0 .42 Oan-No. 2 White: J3MO .34 „ WiiZAT-New 95 0 .95 Cote-No. 2 Yellow Al 0 .42 Oath-No. 2 White 31>40 .32)4 .W 0 .88, , buffalo. BKtrC.TTLE 4.00..0 5.75 lovz Boon 3.75 0 5.25 Wheat—-No. 1 Hardl.*© 0 LO2 \ MH, WAUKEE. . WMZAT- N0,,L^84 u g.,.,.,,,.j S 0 ,g7 CtaM-No. 3 .40)4 Bye—3le r 4,,. , ak _——u—77;, te .rc Bablet-No. 2 .48 ct .60 Pons—Meas U.OO 01L5O „ NEW YORK. CarrLß.... g.M 0 5.00 Hb05....,,.4 3,00 0 5,50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 0 LOT Cobb-No. 2 .49 0 .51 Oats—Mixed Western...... 84J4-4 .81)4 Bvttzk-creamery .21 @ ,30 Pou-Mess 9,75 01O.W

HOLDING THEIR GRAIN. - MANY BUSHELS OF WHEAT IN GROWERS’ HANDS. Information Regarding the Distribution of Wheat and Corn—Biggest Reserve on Record - 860,000,000 Bushels of Corn Held by Farmers. Government Crop Report. The March report of distribution of the wheat and corn by the statistician of the Department of Agriculture makes the stock of wheat in growers' hands 171,000,000 bushels, or 28 per cent, of tho crop; 63,000,000 of spring wheat, and 108,000,000 of winter wheat, much of the latter in States which have practically no commercial distribution, but entering into local consumption for bread and seed. This is the largest reserve ever reported, that of the largest previous crop, in 1884, being 169,000,000 bushels. The exports from July 1 to March 1 were 164,000,000 bushels, the fall seed 26,000,000 bushels, the consumption apparently 200,000,000 bushels, but a large proportion is taken for consumption in the, fall and winter, and the actual consumption is disproportionately greater than in the spring and summer. The assumed consumption from March 1, 1891, to March 1, 1892, is 300,000,000 bushels for a population of 64,300,000; the exports, 206,000,000 bushels; the seed, 56,000,000 bushels; a distribution of 562,000,000 bushels, with 41,000,000 visible and 171,000,000 invisible stocks. There are 27,000,000 bushels not accounted for previously, which came in the unprecedented squeezing of all sorts of reserves, mainly from the always uncounted stocks of flour between mill and mouth and from small uncounted stocks between the farmers’ granaries and the visible supplies. The average weight of wheat is 58.5 pounds per measured bushel, which is the estimated weight of the erop of 1887, and is 9-10 of a pound above the average of eight previous years. The estimated quantity of corn in farmers’ hands is 860,000,000 bushels, or 41.8 per cent, of the crop. This is the largest proportion ever reported, that of 1889 excepted, which was 45.9 per cent., or 970,000,000 bushels. The seven principal States have a surplus of 546,000,000 bushels, or 41.5 per cent, of their product, against 66.7 of the great crop of 1889. The proportion merchantable is the largest ever reported, 88.5 per cent., against 85.7 two years ago. The average of eight previous crops is 82 per cent., and the lowest average 60 for the frosted crop of 1883. The present average farm price of merchantable corn is 39.2 cents per bushel; of unmerchantable, 25.7 cents. PURE FOOD AND DRUGS. Salient Points of the Bill Which Has

Passed the Senate.

The Paddock pure food bill has been passed by the Senate. Its object is to secure along the lines of interstate commerce the guarantees against fraudulent adulterations which are now furnished by some of the States and which It is in the power of all the other States to provide for their citizens. Its most salient terms are in substance that every person who manufactures and delivers for shipment to any point outside the State or Territory any drug or article of food, and every person who exposes for sale or delivers such drug or article of food outside the State or Territory in which it is manufactured, shall, on demand, furnish a sample of the same for examination or analysis under the direction of the Agricultural Department. Such articles as are found to be adulterated, within the meaning of the act, and are transported or being transported from one State to another for sale and are still in the original or unbroken packages, shalhbe liable to be proceeded against in the District Court of the , United States and seized for confiscation or condemnation. If condemned as being adulterated they shall be sold, and the proceeds, minus the costs and charges, shall be paid into the United States Treasury. A trial by jury may be demanded. . It is believed by the advocates of the measure that if it become a law this provision, which can be enforced against ■ the article Itself, will effectually prevent the transportation of fraudulent adulterations across State lines. They say that with such a rod hanging over him a man who is conscious of having In his possession adulterated food within the meaning of the statute never will venture to send those goods across a State line for sale and disposal. It was explained by Mr. Paddock that in framing the measure sufficient care had been taken in regard to the publication of analyses so as to prohibit the mention of the name of the person or corporation that Is under suspicion. There is to be no publication of such analysis until after the trial and conviction of the person. There will thus be no iiivitatlon to competitors in trade or individuals who might ’ through spite work feel like entering complaints against others who are manufacturing different commodities to inform against them without sufficient / reason.

The measure was strongly objected to as tending to interfere with the consumption of cotton-seed oil and some other substances which are used in compound food products on a large scale and are widely claimed to be equally healthful as the material for which they are complete or partial substitutes. But if such claim be a correct one the products ought to be offered for sale on their merits, and no honest manufacturer should objeef to being obliged to label or otherwise designate his goods in accordance with fact. The rights of consumers of food and drugs ought to be considered, and they constitute a much more numerous class than tho manufacturers and venders put together. The person who pays out his money for an article has the right to know what he is buying, to choose for himself whether he or she will take the genuine thing or another thing which is guaranteed to be. “just as good." Especially should this right be jealously guarded in the case of material to be taken into the system. Thia and That. The Blarney stone is not a sham rock. Carries everything before him— A waiter. - A happy “tight” spoils a toper’s appetite. Any chef should be able to carve a name for himself. On the war-path—Pedestrians on a dilapidated board-walk. Don’t trifle with the barber; he is. generally able to. hold his hone. A poor apology Is about as unsatisfactory as a plate of limber ice cream. Why should pawnbrokers be reviled? Do they not keep all their pledges? In the matter of “laying out,” the undertaker isn?t,„ “Ui .It”.. with the It Is quite natural that the man who gives away advice can’t use it himself. The man who has Jived for himself has privilege of being his only mourner. „

IT IS RIGHT INLINE, IS THIS COLUMN OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS. A Largo Number of Accidents—A Few Suicides aud Death ■ -And Other Important NtWh Minor State Item* * Thk Middletown News has boon told to ex-Postmaster H. J Brown of Anderson. Muncie people are entering a great big kick on street ear service in that city. An epidemic of a peculiar form of mumps is raging in the vicinity of Evansville. The beautiful country residence of D. M. Monger, about six miles from South Bond, was destroyed by fire. The painters and paper hangers at Crawfordsville have organized a union, and will fix a schedule of rates. Mrs. Charles Stout of Noblesville, committed suicide because of a bad real estate deal made by her husband. Burglars ransacked the Postofflce, a drug store, and a butcher shop at Windfall without obtaining anything of value. Dr. Grey of Chesterton, who has been unrelenting in his prosecution of saloonkeepers, is now threatened with tho loss of his mind. Two people have died of spotted fever at Boyleston, and two at Hyatt, near Frankfort, within a week, and an epidemic is feared. Mrs. Sai.lik Enos of Morgantown, shed a needle at her knee which the women of the neighborhood believe she swallowed in her youth. William Marcum and wife aged 87 and 83 respectively, died within fortyeight hours of each other, last week, at their home near Morgantown. Officers are in search of a naked man roaming the woods between South Bend and Valparaisa He is supposed to bo an escaped lunatic from the Logansport Asylum. Georoe Kessler, a country bruiser, who tried to clean out the town of Silver Lake. Kosciusko County, precipitated a riot and thirty-one arrests were made before peace was restored. Geo. C. Stolt, editor Muncie Trjbune, was assaulted and severely hurt by John. Leva The paper had published an attack on Love's two sisters, and tho brother was seeking revenge. Ex-President Cleveland has promised, conditionally, to be present at the formal opening of the new college chapel of tbe Indiana State Normal School and deliver an address. The dedicatory exercises will be held about May 1. John Love of Monefe, who assaulted Editor Stoll of the Tribune, was bound over to the Circuit Court in bonds of §I,OOO. Mr. Stoll is still confined at the hospital and public sympathy is said to be with him on account of the manner in which he was attacked.

While John Davern, Lem Vaughn and Charles Broker were at work raising a sunken barge at tbe “Pumpkin Patch,” about a mile above Jeffersonville, one of the plugs in the steam-pipe on the Dodler blew out, and the escaping steam struck Davern and Vaughn in the face, seriously scalding them. Miss Ida Matthews, a pretty blonde, the daughter of Elder Thomas Mat.thews, pastor of the Christain Church of Marysville, Clark County, eloped with George Darrington, of Murray, Ky., because her parents refused their consent to the match. Accordingly there is much excitement in that locality, as Miss Matthews war the acknowledged belle of the village. The 4-year-o)d daughter of Joseph Diehl, a section hand on the Michigan division of the Big Four at Urbana. Wabash County, was fatally burned recently. During the absence of her mother in the yard the child’s clothing took fire from the stove, and before the mother could reach her she was enveloped in flames. Part of her body was burned to a crisp, and the little victim will not live. The prospect for a large yield of fruit in Southern Indiana was never better than at present, with the exception of the peach crop. The yield will probably be heavier than in many years past Frank Dean, the noted peach-grower of Bethlehem, on the river, is quoted as saying that on account of the large number of buds on the peach trees last season, the .nuqjber this year will be much smaller, but the fruit will be larger and of finer quality, and the tedious work of thinning avoided. A great temperance revival is now in progress at Osgood. William Murphy, the temperance evangelist, has been laboring since March 1 with unprecedented success. The walls of the citadel of intemperance have been shaken and nearly nine hundred have signed the pledge, Tbe whole country round is aroused by the fiery eloquence of this apostle of temperance reform. The village has four saloons, but since Murphy’s arrival thev have lost their best patrons, as the revival has been especially among tbe class of drinking men. Lease hunters are now hovering around what Is supposed to be a rich sine deposit along Rock Creek, in Carroll County." Several weeks ago a young man from tho Kock-creek neighborhood went to Logansport, and in an office there saw some ztne-ore from Joplin, Ma Asking what It was he was told, and replied that there was lots of it along ROck Creek, and wfaen he went home sent several pounds Os the deposit to Logansport The result was that several capitalists, headed by Senator A. R. Shroyer, hastened to the place, and leased about one thousand acres before any one else knew what was going on. Now that the secret is out, scores of people are trying to get a lease. The Shroyer syndicate has arranged to sink a shaft, apd work will be commenced in a few dayk The excitement in the neighborhood is up to fever-heat, and there are many prospective millionaires. The Parker Commercial Club of Parker, Randolph County, wishes to correspond with manufacturers wishing to locate In the gas belt. Free fuel will be furnished to anyone who will manufacture corn-planters, hay-rakes, harrows, and cultivators. In tho northern part of Bartholomew County, In an old Baptist Church that has not been used for twenty years, a young man has begun preaching, and now the building Will not hold all who desire to hoar. Services are held each night, and people are said to begin arriving as early as 4 o’clock in the afternoon, so as to get sqqts. At Seymour, while engaged in tearing down the old Q. & M. round-house, a Montgomery and Granville Deputy of Paris Crossing, were injured by a portion of the brick wall falling on them. A singular and unfortunate accident occurred at the car-works, Jeffersonville. B. F. Lagel, one of the employes, together with some others, was engaged in placing a large sill In a car, wlwm It slipped, and striking Lagel, threw hitq a distance of thirty feet. He was picked up bleeding and unconscious, and taken to his home, where Dr. Teyton, the c6mpany’s surgeon, attended him. It is feared his injuries will prove fatal, as he

THE NATIONAL SOLONS. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE--BENTATy/EB. Our National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good of tho Coun ry— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings ot Congress. In the Senate, on tho Sth, the Behring Bea controversy aud the pure food bill were subjects of discussion, though final action was had upon neither. Tho following Senate bills were passed: To prohibit the sale ot flre-arms aud ammunition to Indians residing upon reservations; referring to the Court ot Claims tho “Tice Meter" claim: appropriating 3300.000 for a public building at Bpokane Falls. Wash.; appropriating 3275,000 tor tho construction of two United States revenue cutlers for service on the Great Lakes; appro' rlatlng 350,000 for a public building at Alameda, Oak; appropriating (200,003 for a public buildinc at Boise City. Idaho; to amend tho act ot Aug. 28, 1800, to reorganize and establish the customs collection district of Puget Sound; to authorize the construction of jo ties, piers and breakwaters at private expehso in tho Gulf of Mexico at tho mouth of the Ropes Pass, Tex.; authorizing the construction ot a bridge across the Kootenai River, In the town of Fry, Idaho To establish a military post near Little Rock. Ark. Both houses adjourned upon tho announcement of the death bt Mr. Kendall, Representative from Kentucky. ■

In tho Boise, tbe Sth, tho tariff debate began, and will continue for some time. In the Senate, Mr. Hale from the Naval Committee, reported back his bill to further Increase the naval department, with an amendment approprtatlrfg 3500,000 for experiments In the development of torpedoes in the procurement of torpedoes. Placed on tbe calendar. Mr. Squire moved to reconsider the vote by .which the Senate passed the bill In relation to the collection district of Puget Sound. Tbe motion was entered. Mr. Morgan iritroduced a bill In the Senate declaring that all laws and parts of laws are Inoperative, which exempt from the payment of duties all articles of commerce which are not on the free list, entered In the custom houses of the United States, for transportation through the United States, to or from any British possession. Among the bills introduced and referred was one with the following curious title, presented by Mr. Cullom (by request): “To test and try the science of spelling, and to provide for establishing 100 schools for that purpole: and to establish a spelling school in the World's Columbian Exposition, to bo held in Chicago in 1803." Tho pure food Will was then taken up. and after the adoption of several slight amendments It was passed without division. After an executive session of nearly three hours the Senate adjourned. On the lOth.Hhe time of the House was entirely occupied by the tariff discussion. In the Senate several bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar. The agricultural meat inspection deficiency bill was taken up and passed. The following bills were passed: To survey and mark tho boundary between the Sates of Nebraska and South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian reservations Making Laredo, Texas, a sub-post of entry. The “unfinished business" was taken up. being the Senate bin to provide for the erection of public buildings for postofilces in towns and cities where the postoffice receipts for three years preceding have exceeded 33,000 annually. No action was taken on the bill, and after a brief executive session the Senate adjourned. Id the House on tbe 11th. Mr. O'Neill of Pennsylvania presented for reference a petition of citizens of the Second Congressional Dlstrictof Pennsylvania urging Congress to pas, a law to prevent tbe landing of criminal and pauper Immigrants, to ye v,9e ’be naturalization laws, and submit a constitutional amendment providing that no State shall grant the right of suffrage to any person not a citizen of the United States. The balance ot the session was devoted to tariff talk; Among the- bills Introduced and referred to committees of tho Senate was one by Mr. Stewart proposing a constitutional amendment that after 1897 no person who has held the office of President shall be eligible to that office within four years after the expiration of his term of office. The urgent deficiency bill was then taken up and passed and tho Senate adjourned till the 14th. Facts and Fancies. Thebe are bo many reformeis who never want to do any work at home. ■ Cotton soaped in olive-oil and turpentine, and put in the ear, often stops earache of the most painful kind. An old clipper ship has just made the fastest time on record between Japan and this country, being out but twentytwo days. The Bank of Scotland issued onepound notes as early as 1704, and their issue has since been continued without interruption. A distinguished Egyptologist has recently unearthed, with a lot of his mummies, a will probably made 4,450 years ago, but, curiously, quite modern in form. In Eastern New Mexico nearly 600,000 acres of fruit and farm lands have been reclaimed By the construction of storage reservoirs and Irrigating canals during the past two years. Don’t expect a man to do anything for you on account of anything you have already done for him, but if you intend doing more for him, toil him and get what you want in The father of eleven sons has applied for a salaried position in a base-ball club. He says he never played a game In his life, but he has had twenty years’ experience in making base-hits. A Gainesville (Texas) girl has probably the longest hair in the world. It is ten feet six Inches long. The present growth is of the past seven years, as in 1884 her head was shaved during a spell of brain fever. It is asserted that the idea of the slot machine is very old. In an inn in one of the rural districts of England the tobacco for the guests was kept in a box which was opened by an English penny; this box was certainly, so the landlord averred, 150 years old. Or Passing Interest. There are about 10,000 bee colonies in Ventura County, California.« Sixteen tons of steel pens are exported from Birmingham weekly. A conductor on a street railroad in Philadelphia speaks tout languages. Brooklyn city officials took dlnnei In q newly finished sewer the other day, Some Watches now made are guaranteed to keep time to within ten secondi a month, ’ Thebe are 487 schools in Irkutsk, Siberia. The population of Siberia H nearly 900,000. The hen so common in ; these dayr ■originated in the Bankiva jungle, where wild chickens are still to be found. A Frenchman has invented an improved method of telegraphing, so that it is practicable to transmit 150 words per minute on a single wire. The message when delivered from the machine is typewritten. At Gooseberry Ravine, Nevada County, Cal., some boys recently found four pieces of flofit quartz containing gold to the value of SO, and $32, respectively. Prospectors have been thick in the ravine ever since, and one of them found a ledge which is believed to be the source of the float. A MAN in Vermont who neglected his wife finds himself confronted by a petition signed by over 100 of the best known women in the town and addressed to the court, asking for his dismissal from the office of county olerk. This kind of -feinale suffrage made Mm sick, and the judges have postponed action until hi geta well.

Lost Hor Tem»»r. . 1 j The conductor of a Boston street oar tbe other day tried to explain to a lady that his car wouldn’t take her where site wished to go, but tho more bo explained the madder she grew. “You too, ma'am, this Is a cross-towa car." remarked tho conductor iu tlie touo J of a inau who feels that ho is acknowledging hlmiuif to boa deep-dyed criminal "Cross-town fudge," scornfully retorted tho lady lu true Boston hauteur; , J "cross conductor, more likely,” and "he got out threatening to report him to tbe ; ( J company. A Smart Boy. Little Dick—There goes Johnny smart on a safely. He’s the brightest boy fa town. Father—How so? “He got hlmsolf a rich tather. "Humph! 1 don’t understand.” ® I "Why, his real father died, an’ ‘hen an orful rich man got 'quaintod with his mother, but ho dldu't like Johnny; so Johnny ho protended he was sick an goin' to die; and then, after tho rich man married his mother, he got well — Street & Smith's Good News. . I A Plain Precaution. Either to adopt a plain precaution, one sanctioned by experience and approved by medical men, or to incur the risk of a malady obdurate and destructive in its various forms of intermittent or blllode remittent fever, or dumb ague, which of the two? For every type, for every phase or malaria, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a specific. It acta promptly — doos its work thoroughly. As a defense against the malarial taint it la most effective. Emigrants to and denizens of regions in the Vest where miasmatic co planta are periodical visitants, should be mindful ot thin aud use (he Bitters as a safeguard. For constl- p pation, biliousness, rheumatism “la grippe," kidney and bladder troubles the Bitters will be found no less useful than in oases ot malaria. Against the injurious effects of exposure, bodily or mental fatigue, it is also a valuable protection. ‘ Got Even with Iter. ClemonceGensacof Perpignan, wearied of her husband and departed with a partner more congenial and set up a wine shop elsewhere. Tho husband went after her and asked her to return, but she refused on account of greater happiness with her new friend, so tho husband yielded and retired. Five years afterward, being desirous of marrying again, he wrote to Clemenco for her consent, but she refused flatly to become a party to any scheme that was certain to make another woman unhappy. Thereupon Gensac went duly to court and got a legal divorce, and In addition got bls wife and her lover fined 75 francs. How's This! Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot bo cured by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo, Ohio. V e, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business trausaotiona, end financially able to carry out any obligations made by their fir n. West A Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WaLdino, Kikxan A Mabvix, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- t > Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur- ' faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Prloe 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. The Venezuela, belonging to the Red D Line, is the first vessel built under the provisions of tho postal subsidy -act of the last Congress. She has been tested under tho supervision of a naval board and made knots average on a four hour trip. Tbe board reports that she complies with the Government requirements. To THE Kasctni with Hals’s Hoxht or Hobkhovhd amd Tab before tho baby strangles with croup. Pikx’i Toothache DBOPBCnreln one Minute. Sam Badges, of Topeka, paid the Western doctors $3,000 to be told that his eyes would not last long and that he soon would be stone blind. He then went to New York, where Dr. Agnew Informed him that they would last all his life and to go home and be happy. For the later information ho paid SSOO. One dote ot Beecham’s Pills relieves rick headache In twenty minutes. For sale by all druggists 25 cents a box. "Doss position effect sleep?” asked .a medical writer. It does not when the man holds the position of night-watchman. Mr. S. G. Derry Os Providence, B. I. Widely known as proprietor of Derry’s Waterproof Harness Oil, tells of his terrible sufferings from Eczema aud his wonderful cure by Hood's Sarsaparilla. •Gentlemeh: Fifteen years ago I had an attack of Inflammatory rheumatism, which was followed by Salt Rheum breaking out on my right leg. The humor spread all over my legs, back and arms, a foul mass of sore., swollen and Iteliffig terribly, causing Intense pain if the skin was broken by scratching, and discharging iy.nst.ntly It Is impossible to describe my thirteen’' years of agony and torture. I spent Thousands of Dollars In futile efforts to get well, and waa discouraged and ready to die. At this time I waa unable to lie down in bed, had to sit up all the time, and was unable to walk Without crutches, I had to hold my arms away from my body, and had to have my amis, back and legs bandaged by my faithful wife twice a day. Finally a friend tirged mo to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla; I began by taking half a teaapoonful. My Stomach Was All Out of Order but the medicine soon corrected this, and in six weeks I could see a change in the condition of the humor which nearly covered my body. It was driven to the surface by tbe Sarsaparilla, tbe sores soon healed, and the scales fell off. I was soon able to give up bandages and crutches, and a happy man I waa. I had been taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla for seven months; and since that time, 2 years, I have worn no bandages whatever, aud my legs and arms are souud and well. The Delight # of myself sad wife at my recovery It Is impossible ' ■ to tell. To all my business friends in Boston, and over tlie country, I recommend O Hood’s Sarsaparilla from personal experience." S.G.Dzubt, 45 Bradford Street, Providence, B. I. If you are Bilious take Hood’s Pills. “ Mothers’ Friend” . MIKES CHim BIRTH EAST. Colvin, La., Deo. 2,1886.-My wife used MOTHER’S FHIEND before her third confinement, and Bays she would not be without it for hundreds of dollars. DOCK MILLS. BMDriKLD KKQULATOn OO„ r ’