Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1896 — Page 3

HORRIBLE BUTCHERY Masked Man’s Attempt to Extermi" nate an Ohio Family, TWO KILLED, THREE INJURED. Fiend Guin* Eiit.ni !»<•<}. to the House by Alviiiis ot a Laddei* IliiHbniid him! W ife Horribly Mutilated ? — Brave llaiifthter Leaps From a Window ami Summons Aid—Object of the Deed I nknown. Akron, 0., March 30.—At a late hour Saturday night u masked man entered lite farmhouse of Alvin M. Stone, near Tallmadge, a few miles from this city, and in the brief space of half an hour committed a horrible butchery. When he took his departure Stone and his wife, both aged people, Were dead, horribly mutilated, and Ira Stillson, the hired man, and Emma Stone, the eldest of three daughters, were unconscious from blows dealt by the murderer. The murderer entered the house by means of a ladder, which he raised to an upstairs window. He first passed through the room in which Hattie and Flora Stone were sleeping without awakening them. Going quietlydown-' stairs to the room in which Mr. and Mis. Stone slept, he attacked them with a blunt weapon of some sort, hitting both upon the head. They were probably rendered unconscious and possibly killed by the blows, but the fiend, not satisfied with that, proceeded to mutilate • their bodies with a knife. He cut off one of Stone's ears, slashed him across the face and stubbed him in the bank. Then lie laid Mrs. Stone's cheek open with the knife. Hired Mini ami Daughters Attacked. After satisfying his fiendish desires downstairs, he proceeded to the room of Stillson upstairs. The hired man heard tin) intruder apparently, for he had arisen, when lie was dealt a stunning blow on thy head. Next the murderer turned his attention to Emma Stone, who slept iTT’.-t ttsom by herself. That awakened the two other girls who slept across the hall. Hattie Slone arose tp goto her sister's assistance, but as she entered the latter's room she was felled to the floor by a blow on the head, but fortunately was not rendered unconscious. 5 Regaining her feet, she. ran to her own room and locked the door. Throyjng a bed quilt about her, she leaped from ' he window and ran through the ram and mud to the nearest neighbors, a quarter of a mile away. After he had struck Hattie down the murderer returned to Emma’s room and struck her on the head, leaving her unconscious. Then lie tried the door to tin* room in w hich Hattie had left her younger sister Flora when she jumped from the window. Finding the door locked he battered it down. Finding only Flora in the room he asked where the other girl was. When told that she had gone for help he hastily left the house and made his escape. Neighbors (■<» to the House. Hattie, with the bl ind streaming from the wound in i;--r head, managed to reach the neigh ‘o: house, told -her story and then faint 'd, After, she had been put to bed, the neighbor, calling for help, went to the Stone, house. There the evidences of the butchery Were discovered. Tin' only pursdii in the house who wt'is able ro speak, was Flora Stone, aged Hi, and siie was so badly frighten ’it that sh'“emild tell nothing al oat the murder, except t hat the nian'who committed it wore a mask over his face. . , » .. Object Not Robbery. r The crime is a mystery. There is no possible motive for tile murder, so tar as. can be learned. Certainly the murderer r was nor b('nC on - robbery, for in the. .bureau drawer in Mr. Stone's room Were two gold watches and some money and nothing Itaif been taken apparently. Tb.e sheriff of Summit eii.uity was called |i> the scene of the murder yesterday fhoiping, and with a posse of men he searched till day for clews to the murderer. has been discovered. One man hasHieen found who says he saw a buggy pass hjs house late Saturday night going in the direction of the Stone house.and the same horse is believed to have been found in the streets of Kent, a tew miles east of Tallmadge', yesterday morning. Ira Stillson, theiiired man. and Emmaand Hattie Stone have not yet recovered consciousness ami it. is feared that Stillson id least will die. while the chances for the recovery of the two girls are very ' small. IOWA LAUNCHED. - I — A. J. ~ . America’s Most Powerful Fighting Vessel Now Alloatl Phu,\PEF.rni \. March 30. —The battleship lowa was launched from Cramp’s shipyard Satnaday afternoon. When she slipped from her cradle and-dipped her keel ill the waters of the Delaware, Uncle S;pn ; s new navy received the most ..powerful lighting vessel afloat. Federal, state and municipal governments were represented by high dignitaries. Miss Mary Lord Drake, daughter of the governor of lowa, named the big naval baby. The hot tie she broke on its great lion prow contained champagne, and, not water from either the Des Moifies or the Schuylkill rivers, which some Hawkeye state .ProhiCitiomsls. wanted used. Alabiuna Journalist Dead. Huntsville,<?Ala., March 30. —J. Withers Clay, Sr the nestor of Alabama journalism, Tied ye-terilay a a_ • long iilip-s iiom a stroke id paralysis recci xcdsimti al 11 r I ’residcirf; Cleveland's first elect ion while addressing a public meefim, cel-bratipn. Mr. Claywtts about >ti jem-s o:d, a .graduate ot Yale mid a brother of the late Senator C. U. Clay. Pies While on a I’lensiire Trip. Nkw York. March 30.-The steamship Madiana arrived yesterday froiiytpi excursion trip to the \Vest_ln«ii«;s. < *tf 9 March 24 B Smith, a saloon passenger, _ -flied. of pneumonia. ' lie was 48 years of igo and 4i xvMl known druggist of Monmouth, Tils. The body was brought to port in a sealed casket.

Postponed t’nt 11 Tomonnw. New York, March 31. —'Die trial of the alleged Cuban filibusters, Bernardo J. Bueno, Captain Samuel llugben, John D. Hart, Captain Lawrence Brabazon and Benjamin Guerra, accused of violating the neutrality laws in eonnectioti with thesteamshipßi rmiida, which was set down for yesterday in t he criminal bruni-h of the United States circuit court, was adjourned until tomorrox4by consent of counsel. Serious (<• mp I i<al ion. GrtTitßiE, O. T., March 31. —The supreme court yesterday refused to recognize Greer county, just added to Oklahoma by the U.nited States supreme court as a county and attached it to Oklahoma county, Ml) miles away, for judicial purposes. This leaves the new. enmity as rm organized imritory with 20 murderers applying for writs of habeas corpus. \ isilrd Franklin College, Fr anklin. Ind.. March 31 .—President Andrews of Brown University, Providence. R. 1.,, was a visitor at the chapel exercises at Franklin college yesterday and spoke to the students at some length. President Andrews will be cbnni'eted with the summer school of Chicago University during the coming Session. Death of .Mrs. Elizabeth (harles. London. March 31.—The Times announces the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Charles, author of many historical novels, characterized by a deep religious feeling, among them being the “Draytons and Davantees,” and ‘•Chronicles of the Schombergh-Cotta Family.” Weather. Indiana—Fair, followed by increasing tloudiiiiss. Illinois—Cloudy and threatening. JACKSON'S DEFENSE Alleged Murderer Will Endeavor to Prove an Alibi. * SHERIFF SECURING EVIDENCE. Large Number of Witnesses to Be Summoned For the Trial, Which Is to Be Failed One Week From Today -Both Sides Are Busy- Visitors al the Jail Were Numerous. . Newport. Ky., March 31. —Just one week from today Smit Jackson's trial will begin and 12 good men will determine whether he is guilty of the murder of Pearl Bryan. Thy real hard work of Sheriff Jule Plummer in the case is .now on. He is busy with tile attorneys'for the prosecution, working out a line of prosecution. He will put in several days selecting the witnesses whom he will call in the Jackson case. This requires- line discrimination, for when the- ease was being worked up the witnesses examined were all asked tp tell their stories with reference to both of the men. They were not asked to coniine the r testimony to either, and as a Consequence:., their statements will now have to be sifted. SherilV I’l uniinrr’a Task. The sheriff will-ha\ e to go ea"efn!ly over all the statements and note these w hir > he considers valuable. Must of this ivstimotiy was taken eitlw/r in tire office of Chief Dcitseh or. Mayor Caldwell .it Cincinnati by a stetmgWHiher. It took the stenographer over ;t week to transeiibe and arrair..e the. evidence given. . ■ ('oiyiiel Deitseh has turned one of his eopii - ever to Plntimier and he ;s, working with tilis. As siii in Its lie campletes this work the summonses for the witnes- • v. 'll be served.. f \\ lii'i'the proseeution is at weaken this'll'' attorneys for (ip'itefi eseare m.if idl . Attorney Crawford, tor .lack.'in, .isgi r i'ig up his deft rtsi■. :jnd it is hinted that vvliile the pros >eutiini may spi’iie: a’ surprise or txvo, the defense max the same thing. < r<»*.v<ls al (he Jail. ft i- expected that ati alibi nx ill bC-tn order and to all appe-af;tn<'’es .lack-on willl.’ x to prove that by -the'lady who l;ec; .- 'ln. Ninth street bonsai where the tWiqmen roomed. If Ibis is •attempted the Tirosecntion may set up a elnini that Ihe prc.-i ttee of Jackson ,ifii his to in part ot the t.Hal Friday nigid xyas a preliminary t.i an alibi' ii-■ xx as prepari'ng in ait tie! pat ion of arrest. iti: cyowds called at the jail yesterdav. tit very few got. in tosie the men, however. \ll xx ho did get so see them Were ereotoil cordialix' by the prisoners, who seemed to be yla'i todiave ca il rs to relievs' the dreary uiptiotohy of jail life. q lust'd Io Give I•» Their Money. J) . . i c'tx. Ills., M:riTTTTTwi i!.n*tn - ers. named Cliarles Ecklemtiin and Frank Dennis, xvero held up about four miles cast of here. They had been to toxyiini'h so-tne hoes, for .\\ h ie.u they Rad ri'ceiyeit considrvabte money., When, th 'x re us"d rogive up th ir nmney the hi.'.ili'vaymeii shut l.cklemain and he will likely dlio. Tn ■ robbers escaped wit :■"it.get tins' any i.'i.uiiex'- and there, is, no view to t heir iileiilit V. I< nlgbls of Ph (Ii ias’ M ret jug. ' . ('i, \ i xno; Mtwell til.— Tm■ officers pf (lie Ohio bfigadc FcnTglit ' " I yt hitis, met heri' yesterday xx t h Supreme ( ’hanceliiir Riehii'and Major General t'ay.uah.in id Im-Il napnlis and <b c-.ied to hohl th-' animal meet ing of I ho < >;i io brigade ~Tti_i !’ii- «-i:.n ■it 'Aug. 21 in 31. .An inyt tafio ; was : e JitTuTTrui'•■ rtTiea te<“ in ; . He-- ■; Irai .• ..■ . '■> ■ same t iuh-. t i :Il ‘I t.i I lie jilaiH) of the. attmial o.;, iayo. lii vexi ig i; iug 4'.*rC* llxVana, March 31. —The tiuthoritics of I lie xx ar courts are invi -figa’ mg and gat hei Hi; ■ ..11 the facts in the ease of 'Waiter Grant l)yi;ert. . the Aineriean has beeii in'iprisonetl for xvorking ■yyiLlT’tJw. iiiw.WLi nts and whose'ease has been't he siftji'ct of represenlafibiTs by the United States government. The authorities are striving to clear the lyaffer up in order to determine whether to iiiuiut JDygert ur uul,

THE GIANTS OF Ohl).' _ — ■■ - I PREVIOUS AGES SUPPLY US WITH ENORMOUS FOSSIL Lizard* Three Tlinen the Size of the LarKe*t. Klephant and a Turtle Wiione Shell Looked Like a Hut -Marine Giant* and the Remarkable Plated Lizard. The belief in a race- of giants wan once almost universal and held until recent years. Even today large skeletons when found are sometimes reported as being those of giant human beings. This was especially true of the period about the tenth and eleventh centuries,-and in the latter a most amazing discov ty was reported, which threw the sewn title world of the time into great, excite meet. It was said that the body of I'al I las, the son of Evander, bad been dis- j covered beneath the tomb of the emper i or Henry 111. The bones. werp enormous, and it is unnecessary to stat , priived to have belonged to a hugefo-- 1 elephant. As late as the fifteenth i. n fury a war of words was waged over a find of large boftes, one party claiming that they beh ng"d to the giant Teut's , bochus. In 1K57 a giant was discovered | in Switzerland. The council of .Lucerne ; requested a learned scientific man, Pro , fessqr Felix Plater of Basel, to repbrr upon it, and he not only announced the bones as part of a human giant, blit made a complete restoration, showing the man 20 feet high, which the proud city adopted as an ancestor in the arms of the coinmonwealti). The design and some of the bones can still be seen in the college of Jesuits at Lucerne. Uiii fortunately for the theory and much to the discomfiture of fife people who bad raised to a high pinnacle thismighty ancestor, it was found to be the remains of an elephant. Nearly all the mastodon finds in this country were attributed to giants, but there is no evidence that a human giant ever existed over b feet in height, and it is extremely doubtful if this height was ever attained. Giants other than human are very n mi--1 mon in all branches of the animal kingdom —'giants in every sense when compared to their pygmy representatives iit today. Some years ago some laborers m the Senalik hills of India were eng.tged upon a government work when they came upon the remains of a turtle that proved beyond question that these animals had their giants in the days of old. The'shell which the men exposed might have been used as a shelter for several i men, and at litijj, before its bonv nature was observed, it was thought by theTta- . fives to be a hut of some kind. Fortunately the hones were unii they were taken out and removed to the I British museum, where a complete res tqration of the animal may be seen. The length of the turtle was 10 feet,--Rs ' horizontal circumference 25 feet, and its girth 15 feet, but it was estimated by scientists that this was not an adult, 1 and that fully grown this huge I creature would display d domelike hack ' 8 or 9 t>et high, giving a total length of I 20 feet. : One of the common animals in equatorial South America and in Central America is the lizard, iguana, which at- • tains a ietigth of 4 or 5 feet and is con-' , Sidered a large lizard, but it was a pygI my when compared to an ancestor that oneo-waiH-lered. over England and various portions vis the world. A number of, years ago some workingmen were excavating’and blasting in a quarry near Maidstone, England, when •some bones • were uncovered that caused- profound astonishment on the part of.the iindcr-s. The skeleton was -perfect, and as it was lifted out; bolle by boiie, their amtize nieiif in-'reti-ed, and thenesvs was sy. o;;d„ all over, .the- crniritry,. attracting'' large numbers i f people. When the 1 .ie.v. i-re pine. <1 in their proper position', th<-v. were fouriii iu be the skeleton of a giyniriie lizard that when alive must havi’-bron i.itw e times as bulky as tlie large-1 lie itg elephant, and stood upoii its him! legs like a kangaroo, teaisng down btanehes from the-highest trees. Such an animal was a sluxv mevi'r and sluggish and must have fallen an easy prey to the liunmu liuntei's, if they exislyd. -The marine ~sants were even more Bizarre and remarkable than the land forms. If xvecau imagine the little iguana lengthen d out. to 30 feet, its liaek spines changed to broad Unlike obji'i'ts,, we form some idea of the appearaffee of one of the small dinosaurs, Stegosaurus ungulatus, one of the most uncanny and remarkable creatures ever found. It is called the .plated lizard, and the best skeleton xv-as found on the eastern dank of the Rocky Mtiuiifaihs. Some of the. plates xvith which this armored lizard were protected were two or three feet in diameter and the spines over txvo ■ feet -lit -lengfihj;—Fri-mi--t4w-faet--Lhm-Uw--i hind limbs were the.-largest, it is,evi- ' ■ dent -that this strange creature could lift , itself up and sit like a kangaroo, -resting upon its poxverful tail, which, xvith its eimi'imius spines, must have been a terrible weatsnt. A giant trom America had a. skull that- m< atired eight, feet in length, Almost oyerlhe eyes were txvo Jarge horns, a third -placed overj,he Hose. The y;eat length of the skull Was given by a huge ; crest that xx as protected by a ridge of Ling plates. The yiouth of fhe.trieera- i tops was protected-by a horny lieak. In life ikTi-iusi have presented a furtnidably appearance., with a body clumsy mid loxx like that of a hippopotamus, a ' ...fiALig..__tat.l like tui alligator's, its head j calling" tp~ nTffiTtwThe rhinoceros. Tiris ! monster was 25 feet in length ami m.mt havi* been one of the s; r.pn.est. an-mmis-of it s t Press. CoHji’g.il FeUcitiFß ‘•Mabel, J sometimes think ymiouly married uie for my money.” '•Tfiose Ijteid iiftervals are efib'ui'ag ; lug, Haflem LifeF q - A fesi-il dragon Uy 27 ineliOs long, armed with big jaws and teeth, has been found in the coal measures of Com- | nigntry, in the department of the Allier, I J-’ranixN . —— — • «

No Hope For Higher \Vngr*. Danville, ills., Mareii 27. — President i O’Conner, of the Illinois miners, and President Purcell, of the Indiana minI ers, arrived here and held a conference with President Kelly, of the Kellyville Coal company and th- superintendent of the Consolidated U al coinpany in reference to a raise hi wage-. Mr. Kelly informed them wages were mure likely to drop. Messrs. O'UonmT Purred xvill probably remain here for t ivo weeks and xvill form a cofiqilete organization of all the miners m this locality <1 iml it nth* For >p<*;ikrr Rrrd. Ciik ag<>, March 27. —The general offlees of the National W. C. T. I ~ have -adiLmssi'-iLa.. letter, .tu.. Sp .akeju lb -. itLal ■Washington, expressing gratitude fur the speaker's action in enfuri-ing tiw rule against smoking in th-- huitsi' of « j rcpl'esl'lltat ix os. The lette.r also <■?.- j jiri-ssed the hope that it -no-distant day the sale of liquor xvill also be banished I from ,the national capitol. i Here is a very large attendtmee at t hrNorth Indian.-i M. E. WH-lerein.e, nowiu -i-ssion ii’ Rielmiond. BODY IN THE TRUNK : ! j Decomposed Remains Found In an Auction Purchase. . ___ __ ... ■ POLICEMEN TAKE UP THE MATTER On the Top of the Box Was W ritten “G. M. Morgan. 166 Jeflrixm < onrt, ( hicago” — Member <>f the W’arehouse Firm Tells What He Knows of the Baggage. Very Poor Chance of Identification. Chicago, March 27.—The badly decomposed body of an unknown man was found yesterday in a trunk Iwuight at an auction in Waken & Mi-Langhlin's warehouse at 504 North Water street. The auction was the regular dispusgj of unredeemed property and maiiy .curious purchasers were otr hand. The sale xvas almost over when a laTge rough’box xva dragged out Bids were made and the box was knocked doxvn .'i two .nil'll from the suburb of Austin—Philip Grief ami Charles Haas. Inside xvas a square trunk, which was broken open and a grexvsome sight was disclosed. The trunk contained the badly decomp' sed body of a man, without any dew of identification. As soon as the discovery xvas made • the men commenced to search for something that xvould indicate xvhere the bilk bad come from or by whom it had been owned. On the top xvas xvritteif “G. M. Mofgan. Ititi Jefferson Court. Chicago. - ’ Nothing else was found to establish former oxvnership. J. Wallace Wakem. the senior meiiA her of the warehouse firm, said last night: - "“The goods we handle—are_secured from railroads in the luajoritj* of cases. Uncalled for baggage is sent to us and we keep it as long as the law requires. Then after proper ,‘tdvertisemeiit we sell it. I think this box wits seqt to us by the Michigan Central Railroad company. They sent us a lot of baggage a year'ago and the box. if I remember correctly, was included.” The iio'liee .have taken up the matter, but there seems io belittle chancy of i their doing anything with the case,. The 1 undertaker xvho took charge of the I>dy ; said that some material intended to has- . ten de< oinp'.jsition had been thruxvn upon the hoity when it xvas placed in the Jiox and it had dune'its xvotk xvell. As far as e:;n be judgvd the body is that of;: nmn betxvei’iT 40 and 5o year- i i.f age ami of medium hight. This | opiiiion the - iin’dertakeT - ■ ing at the hones, in the.condition of * the hotly it is impossjlilc 1 ; form an | opinion of the man s personal appear- j ance. At the address given on the box a sirs. MeMui;<m ,r - u - at tin-’.r**.—-nt . ttmq ■ Siie said last night ' that sire * km xx’ nothing of rlic b i.x or-nf il. M. ' Morgan to whom it was addri ssed. She , si:'-d sum ■ day in tile eatlx part of the : present week an expressman came ,to I Iht hous" asking for Morgan. He had I a large box 111 the wagon ami sail! that | In- had. bi oil hunting for Morgan alii day, Uut had been unable to Hiid him. I The police are mixv looking for the ex- 1 pressm,.: l ,!! in order to. get hold of they second box if possible. DISPENSED KILLING WHISKY. Coroner’* Jury Hold* 'l'wo Mimi Kt sponsihlc Sudden Dual li. Lincoln. Ills.. .March 27. —The '’coroner's jury has'held William J.-Pettift anil John Miller responsible for the giving of xvhis.ky to .William Hoagland Saturday. March 21. at a primary in West Lincoln, which caused Hohglaml s death I Sunday. At the same place w’m-'re free ’ whisky was dispensed txvo othei - young ; I mi'ii ’xvero fiiaue cyazy t.iqji txvo boys re- ■ 1.11111 •e 11 to -suel> a-state of drn iiiomiiess . i that for several liffitrs thoir cundirious 1 were alarming. Hoagland leaves a xvid- : oxx ami >tx small cffiliireu. inhuman Father. Little !’<».' Gimms- He li t'- Been Cliainc.ul. Io ;< u For Tno Your*.Lu,l J-', nll . March;';. Yesterday fit-o| ■ 1 ii- 11 year-old Emerl Hemiroit of Jel'fer-.l i sumoxx 11 came into tin- eit.x xx it.h a chain I j two feet long attached to his ankle. He . Twns taken io a hariixvare slore and the • i chainjvinoxed.—-ii« -says that for txxio j yems his fartter. William i b m,l oti. had him chained to.a peg. -H,e xvas-itaken in-i I charge m thiis city bj tlnUiumaue socie-,1 • ' *. *" ** ! ty and t ie eider Hendron will be proaei culed to the full extent of the law.

o - Si-iHtit-anirri -f il-c rot VtUTtfiiLm M xi:io\. 100 . M ' t.'o a Ttex--1•) I.' •tu ploy cd in tile 1.1 .nix <>l- Lexvis ; Mark.- of th;- city, lie- :ii< ,1 .".' I in 'he "Circuit "o. t a-'-,:ti- "l‘H': ■■ i-or ".' s .'from till W. Gum;- ■' : 1: ('. Kimball serious chare .-. Air. Guilder is.a mei’il<'rpi'otu oi ihe.iHo-t prom- : incut in-i aoivfls f r its 'ff t‘U< erty ?rmi lolonel of tile Founlr'ixgiiilent. •tibii.iua National Guatds. 'Dr. Kimball t-.-nr-g,i'OU;..nl .the I'oiirlil.i'.cgimciit. linliaita National Guards, and i- nite of (tie mo-r ] prominent, physickins in tin- part of roe 1 ttate. Both eiaim that the suit is blaekftßiD- -

WANT LAWS OBEYED Women Go Before a Convention and Ask Nominees to Make Piedges. REFUSES TO REMOVE THE PRIEST < harm's Aitainst rattu i th-inp-ry Not su-taiiwil sinking Wi-lts lor oil Han Doing Ni lotic Work—< ■ 11 « i noi- Matt lie ws InijirovlQg --tMetlioilisl Coirl'eleni'e at • Rivliiuonil Notes ol in,liana. L'l’ottTE, Ind., Mar h' .'s. —The new woman was in evidence jt Rochester, T’ulton county, hist nig; . xx hen a large numlii r of aetixe chi. 1 and society worker- appeared befor. Di'inoi'ratiC convention and present' -I petition asking that candidates I'm :. iinination be pledged to an honest am "imscientious effort to perform the dur • - necessary to abolish gambling and control the liquor traffic. The xvomen amii' -sed the ednyetition, and, as it is a new uepaitiu'e, much interest is being axvakened. METHODIST CONI I.KI N( E. Large Number of Ministers From Other 1 ndiana Conference?*. Rn tiMoNb, Ind., March 28, —This is the fourth day 'of the North Indiana couferejice, and the croxvd. of visitors from surrounding towns and cities is the largest since the opening. The roll of visitors shows that there are a number of ministers present from the other Indiana conferences, while several are from Ohio. Church members from outside the city came yesterday iirorder to be present at Dr. John's lecture last evening, which was held at the First church. Itefuses to Remove the I’riest. Valparaiso, Ind., Mari h 2s.—Two weeks ago a number of the member.- of St. Paul's church of this city visited Fort Wayne and tiled a number of sensational charges with Bishop Rademacher against Rev. Father Dempsey and asked for his removal. Yesterday Bishop Radeiiiacher came here ami after making a full iirvi -tigation held there were no grounds for the statement made ami refused to remove the. pastor. Man Doing Needle Work. Ohio Ext.l.-. Ind., March 28.—Two years ago Dow White, an employe of .the Ohio Falls ear Works, was caught between txvo cars and., his back was broken. Since then he has befell unable to work at any of the u-ual vocations, and realizing that hemu-t mi something for support, he began to learh to embroider. He is now one of the most expert embroiderers in the County'. Sinking Wells For Oil. Washington, Ind., .March 28.—The’ Cable Coal company has begun prospecting for oil, with a diamond coal drill, in Pike county. Last fall, while drilling for coal, at a depth of about 400 feet, gas was discovered, to the extent of about 85 pounds pressure per inch. Prospecting for oil has also been begun in Martin county, and also near Washington. Struck a Vein of Lead Ore. _ Brazil, Ind., March 28. —John Revi Holds brought to this city some spect--1 men? ot lead ore, xx liich have been tested I amt found to 1 oirtain 97 p, rd nt of pure I lead. Reynolds claim.- to have iii-cov-’ yrcil a large vein near rhi- .etty. t": ■ xvllefral,u;lts ffi xvhich he xvill l.oi x,..--Cio.-c unless i-ompensnt- 1. 1 .m id a < an . : Gold. J itt’.'i’.ii-ox i'ii.i.'-:. 1ti.,.. Fr;i‘.i k. L'. m h ye.-ier, ,:y •d:-p:: y-.i on tl.'-.-.l’. ot- an old sill gold ]..ece’. xviiieji be feiim*. "xi ith a la;ge timid-';;ol goid ■e.-ins,. iiiuit- ti in a -I.;i< 'i .' a.. in the yard back of Jo.-euh I.'.r :m - a10e,.;-.. Lynch wasou.gtng up a -m-.0l tree xx „ 11 his spam- -tfm d tile can. T Mcce < luld Imlieied. Munciil Iml.. March —Th? young--est pei .-nt» ever arresi.-1 hereun a grand jury iniiietrn-nt xva.- ’aken in by sheriff Sherry ycsterilay. 1- :-\'irgil Rollins. !t years oht-,. charged with assaulting Will’i*.ium -. 11 year-o’d.- Thex luugitt over a game of marbb’s. Governor Matthew* Improving. Iniu xx aplh.is, March —Governor .Matthews begins to sjuixx su4>-taiiti:;l signs of improvement. He has been 'ri'gaTiting strengr-li rrtpirtty :or two (lay -. audit is noxv believed' that iuile>s Im should suuur a iwlapse.’hi- recovery will he speedv. . . . . . it . , Gain a Suit Again*! a SalooncJ. MvnVIE, Lal.. Mar<"h 257 — Melvihii Doxyl’ing. sued Saloonlo eper. Aiieimi-i Reardon 1\ r A;’,000 on td charge of-,-lb ing intoxicants to her husband after shi oi’Heren him. not to a n w-i.nlp ig 2\yas_A‘Lo■ *!'• i'i”' jurv aisieii her s,. INDIANA DA 111 N 1 NGS, A new 1 lenjoci atic papei' xvill soon be established al Clay City. T. 11. i'on'itl ot liiqiei ial, IM, xva-s fatally in Hied by sassing limn a Pan liardii train near l\;iigli:-toxv H. Dr. \\ . E. Work and W .iPit Dedr'.i'k of Cbirkdlmity are. repi r, ■; ■' I.axe ..aide a gri.d strike in the Crtiiple Ureck gold liiJd. , ' . It issu’d that tint xx immxt gm—*wrtnTt« fact the .gas o<- t are preparing to jni-et ihr cut made by rt.c t’Ti’nm -:aa:iu-l.-n tnters.. -Mt -. "E. Mitchell of Maw in-'ville, supposed to l>e Lo|>< i- --Iv ill ot coa- .mp;t :ou. claims to have ■ ■; -..iiu . 0.. load to permanent reyqx ery in fai.u

I- ■ __ - •: A 1 oloiiy i- orgtmiz..:i in M-tdi-on 144:111 ■ ’ tv lor niier.it ion to S -...i i 'i.ii 4 rdluc ;., ; s t' 1;.;. ■! uia. w.h'ix'liit is proposed toil.; .y i ■ i. r.-, y aan Eden foi ;'opnii-:.- and ."-pi 1S iwiaii-t.-. th,.nc- Malone Os I'.n,- \lud -. <ML. arid , ,1,1-,-pu Collis aiid I’r.ir.., Al.-i: .v,..:iiiiing I'i.li; uap.’lis as home, are under a: 1.-' al .X : itrni'l. His., 1 L'„ ■■-i V uiirMary ■ ( a: Uetersbni'g,.l i I i'- damage clahii_' Mr'*?''A a tari ; , rof Elkliar: ",-ir > a i;u.-l W fiiLnn , r r-aiTG'. foFalleged d-. ;-|>ii •t■ on • ffi-yffijr-rr* ' . ter. li.ro resulted - iu a i;irroO_ < o>-l:i'ti re- . 4'.ui'iiinX a verdict in ian<i *1 p'.Tiiititl for f.i.joo:

' . ’X. LOVE AND, ROSES. . ' I A wilil rose ilrunlc of tin' inoniinp dew, ■ A wild rose sriileil at tin- morning sun, H A wilil rose ilre.iini d the warm tiny through, ;♦ A wild rose died when tlio day was doua. ' I And ever th" rose was fair, was sweot, H And ever the rose win shy, ■ But a rose's life, like a dream, is lliieK ■ And 11 rose in a day xvill die. H It fell on a day that love once grew H In tlw I'iipii of4 no heart like a rose, ■ Like a ro-e it .smiled in the morning dew. M 1 Lik’o a rose it died at the sweetday'sclosa, ■ And ever the love xvas fair, was sweet, H And rt he love was shy, ’ ■ But the .life <»f I'lVi't like a rose, is fleet, ■ Aud-a IvVw in a-d»y w ill ide - —S —Job'll N, Hiili .rd in Vanity. H SOME SIGNS OF APPROACHING AGE. I How a Man Showed That He Was Growing Olil Without Knowing It. A man, auptifeutly slightly past mid- I die life, whose hair was tinged with gray anil liotii-eabiy thm on top, sat near I me at a tie titer. As tire curtain ruse for I the first time a spectacled man of about I the same ape entered and occupied the vacant scat between us. He looked at. „■ the other fixedly.'* The look was ex- I changed, and-in a second each had the 1 other cordially by the hand. The con- - versation told that they hail been school- I . mates who had not met tn many yeays. I ‘‘By Jove, Charlie,” exclaimed tire first, ‘‘it does me good to see you. You ! haven't changed much more than I have, I 1 and I am not a day older than when we got uur diplomas. ” ‘‘l can’t quite agree xvith you, Tom,” answered the other, ‘‘but I ilon't feel very old yet. I see you still enjoy the theater, and I suppose you have kept up your literary tastes for the past 30 years. ”' ‘‘Thirty years !” repeated Tom. ‘‘How the years fly ! Do you remember how -tlreyused to drag? Theaters! Well, I do I g now and then, but the plays and acting ar ■ not what they used to be. As to b 'M.", I still read them, but none of the modern.trash. There hasn't been a good j! book v.'i"tren for a quarter of a century. . 1 The new ones give me the dyspepsia worse tnan what I eat. Do you remem- J ber the meals we had on the old Vermont farm? Those were happy days. Thirty years and mure ago! Strange, but I don t show a sign of age I wonder xvhere this confounded draft is coming from. I feel neuralgia Ob top of niy head noxv. ” z >1 ‘•Tom, old boy,” replied tire other, ‘‘you are deceiving yourself, for you have shoxvn marked sighs of approaching age xviHiiu three minutes'. Your belief that theaters and actors have degenerated, that new books are below the standard, that childhood cooking xvas e perfection ami that time flies so very fast are all indications that you are on the doxvn hill side of life. The slight draft that you say brings a tinge of neuralgia to the top of your head, where, I notiee, t he hair is rather thin, xvouldn’t have been thought of 30 years ago. Then here you are in the very front seat of a theater. No use denying the signs, Tom. We are getting along and must admit xxhat others plainly see. ” —New York Herald. THE CRACKED COIN GAME. Hoxv the Shrewd Xian Wins Bets With a “Hocused” Bit of Silver. Two blithe ami confident young men entered the >ui.treasury one day last week, and on;? ot them dropped a silver half ib ic".-.- or .- e.,i taoig which lo >kpil like it, - .i •'’" .I -ill u" one of Uncle .'■r.ti's . o-y slq: ns. Il fell xvith a dull au.d 1 :tdl:k" s i:'; 1. • ' tio- 11 r b.M?” asked the first blithe yuuru ,:i . Xh." eh ;,k inve.-tiga'ted. ‘■Go, I.i, '.- i d lie.'. ' , ' : 1 tire first blithe young mac., '.•‘rive <1 .la:-, please.” 'i i.i- - .'. q”-tte so ! I'i.:: ;. 1-- 'i civic a . ii,' apparently . a:i: I : a l-i:. at:. 1 t xetiier they ' ir.- roe p ‘co« ' . id -. I ,-ilver. The ■* iiii'lieasury t kul; s:uik-,i ami closed one ■ eye. “It’s a go.id one,” he sMti. ‘‘l have hero'll of it l:e.''.re. Giro-s some of thq snaii; ‘tins”uio making a yood thing out . 6f it. ;. .. .. ’ ' " ’ ' , - “You ? ". if yon takfe a silver coin ro.'i ro.? k it S I ? 'roU'.ir iroa r, 011 all anvß sax . ton e.m take -all the ring cut of- it without in any way spoiling the •lO',ks4-f the 1 .'in. Then all you have to ini is to g,-t a ci '-fee late and xvork the .-ali’ions and croi-s for suekerS. Bang your < oin -i..it'd e.’j thetiiah gaily. The h;i. k'.-i-;- r j--',-ks ;.t it with suspicion. You l.usii y -üb-tii .ne an slier coin for it n :iat rnis.s 'like.Ohl"Trinity’s cliini.es, bn: grii: .... iroly 1., .ro nr yofir belief ■ thatro 1; ? - i'..,ii is ail 1 igat. Your con- „ f. :ii :ro - ciii: - li.i a Iro ■ *vi rbal fuirong back and f. ■. 14. i; lie -sir.'k■ i' comes forxvard, as he always liccs,"l"'' fiiv'yMJ'e born every ; —~ i.roiute. Tin ci nie.lcrate backs him >p with a slap on t/e back aiiif a confident -as-ci 1:0.1 t.: :t tile coin is lead. A bet is made. Tbo utuni yjs put up. All adjourn to a bank in the vicinity todest theanatter. Tiiei coin is proiioffiiHeed. O. K., . and the sucker pueketsTiis los.-. ” —Nexv York World. The rig’s Grunt. --- -T-l:e continued gruuring of -the pig is’ 1 of inti'i'est as revealing-soiir.'thing of .the c aiti'.r i..'i< of life of hts xx ild ancestors. . A 'il l'll of sxv’i!-. se.itti red in the -long I gi.i-s or among the brackens of a Euroj roti fore.-; xx mid s n lose sight of one I i anotic-r." But tin _ nits ft each xvould _t: lusadverll.se u; ■ ; ;i< .1. Insjneigh-

TrrFTTnni-so' tire rrnttvitftiSl -members of Jim herd would not lose touch with the mam indy. Tin n there are grunts and 7 grunt*. If cue of wy leaders will imi* ~ t di/flie ■ t -irs Me.- Garner and take ... a pl ■. -i j igsty, he .-might get maim tai th ii-ake, tip-a book ■ vtvtpe •.-' a-.d ■gtummafbf the h-. : .;-t •■ > jungle, the 1 \>Jd ■ .cv >.' !, IhTLikiiig note' cf the I pttrh-rorri—ruffohn-o.s . 1 ; i.o gi lints to .. .v’ i s -p- --v-4-i *>+htte +ell-;peet-ty nnich v Hat his io.i h uc idragv.hs were thiiiking. ujjuui. — 1 rth American Review. _ -------- ■ “