Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1896 — Page 2

Heart Trouble Quickly Cre. A Convincing Testimonial, A. ■-&>{.' /{■ v' : * F I ft/ £ ' Ss ' I ■ s Miss Ella Kurtz, “For 19 years I suffered from heart trouble. During that time I was treated by five different physicians. All of them claimed that I could not be cured. I was greatly troubled with shortness of breath, palpitation and pain in the side. If I became excited, or exerted myself in the least, the pain in my side Became very severe. At times it seemed as though nmilcs ucre shooting through mg side. Sometime in the month of November last, I commenced taking DR. MILES’ HEART CURE and since then I have improved steadily. I can now sleep on my left side, something I had never been able to do before. I can ■walk without being fatigued, and am in much better health than ever before, I would recommend all sufferers from heart trouble to try Dr. Miles’ invaluable ramedy without delay " MISS .ELLA KURTZ, 51S Wright St., Milwaukee, Wis. Ur. Miles Heart Cure Is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle w ill benefit. All druggists sell it attfl, 6 bottles forts’, or it will be sent, prenaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure Re Xa s ith Sold by ai) Drufcg’st-, No moroi.ine ■ .-r opium in Dr. Miles’ Palm Fills. <••■;:.• \1! I'::::., -s >n-i< en; .. dose."

Sailor*. Blessed by the Pope. Rome, Julie lu.—Three hundred and fifty Roman Catholic sailors of the British Mediterranean squanron made a special visit to the Vatican yesterdav. They attended inasS in the Sistine chapel in the presence of the pope, why blessed them as he v> as parried out on the seclia eestator'ia. The scene was ,a striking o’e, the sailors giving prolonged cheers and waving their hats. --Xt-st Is Greatly Overworked. Laporte, Ind., June 16.—Rev. Julius Becks, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church, this city, has been taken to a church hospital for treatment. It is feared that Father Becks, who is one of the best known Catholic priests in the State, will not be able to again resume pastoral work. i • ■ ■ .. ... Did Yon Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for- your troubles? if mil. get a bottle now and. get relief. This medicine’ has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the -relief and* enre of all Female Camplaints, exerting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength"and tone to the organs. If you have loss of appetite, constipation, headache, fainting spells or are nervous, sleepless. excitable, melancholy or troubled with diz/y speWs,.Electric Bitters is the medicine.you .need. Health ami strength are guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only fifty,cents at Blackburn & Miller’s drug store. Jail Is In a Bad Condition. Indianapolis, June 16. — Secretary Bicknell of rhe state board of charities and corrections has written a letter to. the district judge of Monroe c< unty, calling his attention to the condition of the county jail. Mr. Bicknell found it in a very unsanitary condition, unfit for the habitation of prisoners. The state board has no power to correct these evils; all that can be done is to call the attention of the judge of the district to the condition. vuarles firehnan, a boy of Bedfora, lost a leg while .trying to steal a ride on a moving train. Strong opposition is showing in Madison county to the . proposed pardoning of the so called Seatteriield gang of whitecaps, now serving terms in prison. Reports now .on tile at the Terre Haute repair shop of the Vandalia road show Ihabthe company had 406 cars badly damaged'in the t-t. Louis tornado. Lawrence. Eschback of Vincennes,- while burning warms on an apple tree, was thrown to the ground by rhe breaking of a lind). suffering concussion of the brain. Relief 9n Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Biadder diseases ■relieved in six hours' by the "New Great South American Kidney UcitE.'' This new remedy is a surprise, on-account of its exceeding promptness in relieving t •■■!) in the bladder, kidneys, back and e vert p ,rt of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention qf water and pain in passing it almost. immedißtf'ly. 44-you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold bv Holthouse J£ Smith, Druggists, r.eeot-ur, Ind Notice to Teacher*. Notice is hereby given that tlie,r>- will be a public examination of teachers at the •County Superintendent's office In Decatur Indiana, on.the-last Saturday of each month. Manuscripts made in other counties Wil)-riot be ree&ived. Applicants must be seventeenyears of age'before they will b<* licensed. Applicants for license must present the proper trustee’s certificate or other evidence of good moral character—see section 4.497, It. S.—and pass a creditable examination in orthography, reading, writing arithmetic, geography, physiology, English grammar, History of the United States, science of education, “Scientific Temperance” and satisfactorily answer a list of questions on a literary production designated by the State Board of Education. Tlie literary work will be given in examination in the following order: February, History, 1 ntroduction, etc.. aiidAets II and III —Chapter Hi. . March—History:. Introductpm.setr.. and Acts'lV and V—Chapters 111. IV and V. ” April—History. Introduction and all'the Acts—Chapter IV. May—Shakespeare Vs—” The Tempest- ’’ Examinations begin promptly at 8:30 a. m. llespectiUiiyU J. F. Snow. Co. Supt. Stf

LINTNER IS RELEASED Evidence Not Sbdic't iit to Hold Him For Hirtirs Murder. MURDER REMAINS A MYSTERY. (ilb-g. student I'le- Iron. Hi.' I hccts of Being struck ■' »!•»• Genii l>j a Baseball- Prisoner NG lire to 111. Bc.l- . lothes I ..tai Iluiiann.v Accident— Indiana Brief Notes. Ixm\XAPtn.is. .Itiim. 12. —The Marion comity grand jury failed to return an indictment against Albert Lintt’er. who has been held in jail for several weeks on suspicion of having murdered Leo Ilirth, a West Washington street saloonkeeper. The grand jury found that there was not sufficient evidence on which to hold Lintner, and recommended that he lie discharged. _ He has been released from the custody of the sheriff. Last spring two masked men robbed the saloon and house where H>rth lived. They were discovered by Ilirth and his wife,and beat a retreat, firing revolvers as they went out. Just a- they passed out of the sleepingroom one o! them made a remark and shot Hirth through the heart. Lintner is an ex-convict, and was suspected of the murder, as he had been seen hanging around the neighborhood for some days. He was arrested a few days later, anil Mrs. Ilirth said he re-emhled the man who did the shooting. Later she was not so positive as to his rest inliiance, and the grand jury did not think her .-vidence -ulticii nt to hold the man. i n pike i '.l all v Hint, Llooiitington Student struck In tj.e Temple by a Lhiovvii Bail. Bloomingtiix. ImJ,.. June 12.— The athletic season in Indiana University ended sadly ye.-terday in the death of John K. Sheridan of concussion of till? brain, the result of being struek with a .ball from the hands of the third baseman. He was umpiring a game between the seniors and faculty on Tuesday afternoon, and was accidently struck in "the temple by a ball. He fell senseless to the ground mid was carried to the home of Dr. Harris, where-he roomed. He seemed to improve until about noon yesterday, when lie began sinking and <m d in less than one hour. He was the shortstop of the Indiana University ball team, a member of the junior class, and his home is near Lebanon. The.lioirie folks knew nothing of the accident until his death was announced. <?

Set Fire to His Beilelothing. Orleans, Ind., June 12. —Alexander Breedlow Was arrested at French Lick, i accused of criminally assaulting the Il-year-old. daughter of Mrs. William Peacher, the girl being employed in a hotel at West Baden. After his arrest and identification by his victimMie was hurried to Paoli to avoid threhTened violence on the part of tne enraged friends ■of the Peacher family. After being > placed in jail he set tire to the mattress I in his ('ell, hopeful of escaping in the confusion, but the scheme failed. Will Commence Getting- Out Coal. Sullivan, Ind., June- I?.—The firm operating mines at Jackson Hill has issued notice saying it was their purpose to start the rnines and that all miners making application, would lie given work, while those occupying company houses, and not making application, were ordered to vacate the company property to make room for miners who would take their places. This shows thaPthe operators are determined to recommence getting out coal. Two Large Barns Burned. Avrora, Ind., June 12. —Two large barns belonging to W. B. Beckett, eight miles west of here, were burned yesterday by inee.ndia.ries. The loss includes 1,500 bushels of eorn, 195 tons of hay, t wp cows, one horse and ether property. The Seymour blood hounds.have been sent for to Bail persons under suspicion. Yeung Presbyterians In Session. Green'SHCHG, ; Ind., June 12.—The Presbytorial eonWiTipn of the Y. P. C. U. of the Indiana State Presbytery, met yesterday at Milroy for a two days’ session. The attendance is quite large. Many noted Presbyterian- workers are present.’" ■_ ■» Fatal Kunaway Accident. Darlington, ind., June 12. —William F. Butcher, an.old and prominent resident of this place, was killed yesterday in" a runaway accident, being caught between his wagon and a fence, and literally ground to pieces. INDIANA BRHZF NOTES. The Argos Hoop company of Kokomo, "capital stock was incorporated yesterday. Miss Tails Farnham of Richmond has graduated from the. Harlem Hights seminary, New York. Jeremiah Harrison, ex-county t rpasj.irer iff Boone county,- died yesterday at his home in’Lebauon.

Burglars visited -the farmhouse of Mr, and Mrs, William Sniimake, -near Farmland, niiA stole S9OO. which Mrs. Shumake Had concealed in an old dress. William Bullard of Hope was yesterday sentence .1 at Greensburg to serve five years in the prison south for aseault-iug Afiss Minnie Miller, a highly respected youngdady. A sale of short-horn cattle by Senator Lockridge, near Greencastle, resulted in 42 head changing hands at prices rjmging train sOrKTdown. The average was ■’’about S7O per head. . oFort Wayne International Building and Loan association has brought foreclosure proceedings for $5.(100 against Henry H. ' Moats, the Indianopolis real estate’ dealer who has disappeared. Following Indiana postmasters were apt pointed yesterday. T. B. flhattey, .\l kiti-\ sonv-ill", Owen cp.uut.v; Modum. .Smith,, f Fern. Futnani county; A. J. Marcus, N’eail. M ia mi count y. Rev. TTil n k (fDH -• ill a rd. pastor of Mem o. rial .Presbyteijan' 1 church, 1 ndiamtpol’s, Jias been not died -that the council of Nev York University .has conferred upon him j the degree of doctor ofdiviplty. i

DELICATE *’«* 33H.-A.XJ3j*XIsSI-iU’O FEMALE I REGULATOR. I " IT 18 A SUPERB TONIG and 1 exerts a w.ondcriul influence in i irengtlienino her system by Nlriviitg through the proper channel all impurities. Health and strength are guaranteed to result from its use. My wife was 11 ilriilden for eighteen months, after using BILiDFI ELD S FEMALE REGULATOR for two months, is getting well.— J. M. JOHNSON, Malvern, Ark. BRADFIELD REGH.ATOR CO.. ATLANTA, GA. Sold by all Druggiata at SI.OO per bottle, J INDIANA BRIEF NOTES. Theodore Warrick. Jr., of Hartford City, ' drank tly poison and died. | The Kelly Ax company's Alexandria plant will soon be running again in all its I departments. | (las was struck at the InniS brickyard at ; Tipton, within four blocks of the courthouse. The pressure is 2SO pounds at a > depth of 900 feet. • As the result of a natural gas war at Lapel, cooking stoves cost 25 cents per i month, furnaces $4 per year, while jets are I scarcely counted. As a result of a single bee sting at Fort Wavin' Peter Schoaf's body has swollen to | nearly double it< normal size ami his tii ath is expected at any tune. Jade Laming and Elijah Gregg are tin dvr at rest a' Shoals charged with arson, e-rowing out of the burning of the farm- : house of tiie latter last month. I* Charles Wilhelms of Hartford City. nn- ‘ der arrest at Marion, is reported imam' because of nicotine 'p.osOning. tile result of excessive cigarette smoking.

< oniien-id r< stimony. Chas. B. Hood., broker anti manufacturer's ament. Colutftbus. Ohio, certiiies that Dr. King's New Disioverv has no equal as a cough remedy. .1. D. Brown, proprietor St. James Hotel.'Ft. Wayne. Ind., testifies that lie was cured of a cough of two years standing, caused by la grippe, by Dr. Klim's New Niseovery. B. F. Merrill. Baldwinsville. Mass., says that he has used and recommended it and never knew it t>> fail ami would rather have it than any doctor. because it always cures. Mrs. Hemming. 222 E 25th St. Chicago, always keeps i‘. at hand and ha- np fear of cr.ottp, because it instantly relieves. Free trial bot? ties at Blackburn.'s drugstore. Charles Schlegel, a Saloonkeeper of Evansville, tianded his pistol to Samuel Peck, a iriend, to examine, and wnile the latter was looking at it the weapon- was discharged. The bullet struck Schie; “1 below »the last rib on the right side and passed clear through his body, inflicting a mortal wound. A Great I aiiflidmiFor your favor is Otto'* Cure for »he throat ami lungs. ami we can coutidetrtly , - ■ s . re.eo.rpmeiid.it to all as a superior yemedy for coughs.'cohis. pjtfinia'. branchitis and aii hum affection*. It will stop a cough' quicker than any Known remedv. We eiiaraiiteg it to cure y yu. Instant relief jn all cases-of crony ami whooping cough. If you are suffering, don't delay, but call on us and net a .-ample bottle of this great guaranteed remedy and be’one irf the great party on the road to health. Samples free. Large bottles 50c. at Ilolthouse & Smith's sole agents. , Lew Frow of Raleigh, Rush county, an old pensioner, dropped dead of apoplexy as he was stooping over to fasten his shoe. Philman Phillips was shot by John Snider during a tight at Star City, the ball entering his right breast and passing through his lung. .Hand We would be pleased to have you call at our drug store for a package of Bacon’s Celery King for the nerves, which we are ■distributing to all afflicted with dyspepsia and all blood, liver and kidney diseases. King is simply doing wonders in building up worn out con st itu t i oils, and is the grand specific for nervousness, sleeplessness, headache and all 'derangements of the stomach, liver and kidneys. Samples free. Large packages 50c. at Holthouse A Smith's sole agents.

James B. Crffsby of Marion has made application in the Rush circuit court b r the appointtrftmt or a receiver for the Car-thage-'stfawboard works on the ground of mismanagement. Btieklen’* Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, stilt, rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chi’blains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay' required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.' For sale by Blackburn A Miller. Belief In One Ini y. South A.mi ilican ...Nervine relieves the worst eas»-s of Nervous Prostration, Nervous ness and Nervous Dyspepsia in a single day. No such reliel.aml filessipglias ever come to the invalids of this Country. Its powers to cure the stomach jire wonderful in the extreme. It always cures; it cannot fail. It radically cures all weakness of the stomach and never disappoints. Its effects are marvelous and surprising. It gladdens the hearts ot the suffering and firings immediate relief It is a luxury to take and always safe. Trial bottles 15 cents, Sold by Holthouse Ac Smith. Druggists, Decatur Ind. FARMERS Wanting shingles for Shed Roof will do well to call on Jno. W. Vail, at his factory, and see bis cull staves. They are very cheap, ami make as good a roof as any shingle. Call and see them. wlt.f FATPEOPLE Prtrk Obesity Pilis will reduce your weight I’-KKAIANKIM-i L¥ from 12 to 15 pounds It month NO STARVING sickness off inju rv ; NO I’tltl.K ITY. They build op the health and beautify the complexion leaving •'N4O WRINKLE* or flabbiness. STOLT ABIM, lIF.NS and difficult breathing surely relieved,- SIO UXPER I.IIUNT hut a scientific and positive - relief, adopted only after v-'ars of experience. All orders supplied direct from onr pllii-e. Price $2. per package or t hree packages fpr ss.l)i> by mall, postpaid. Test+morials and particulars (sealed' Jots, All eorrcMpOiirleiX'c strictly eoti- | lidentlaL PARK RFIIKIIY <<»., I Boston, Hass.

DELPHI STIRRED UP Suit Against Miss Carrie West Causes a Sensation, AFTER A FORTUNE IN ENGLAND. Stout Heirs of Scott (oiiidy Will Scud iui \Horii<> Arrow the Wntei* \ Johni4oii < »mnl\ Bank to the Wall. Women to Hiiimgr a Fourth' of July I'rlrbral ion Indtaiui Brief Noirs. Dm rm. Iml,, June 13. —A sensation that lias kept the city ma firm "lit came to a head last evening when Judge Davidson of Lafayette filed a complaint to set aside valuable conveyances of real estate made by the late Julia Al. Stewart to Miss Carrie West, a young woman, who, from early childhood, made her home at the Stewart mansion. Judge James H. Stewart, who died several years ago. was one of the most prominent citizens of liorthern Indiana. He Was a .Mason of high degree and served several teriris in the legislatureAlthough never formally adopted, Miss ■Wist was in everyNvay their daughter, and before Mrs. Stewart died, two months ago, she deeded Miss West her property, valued at about $20,000. The suit is to set aside the real estate conveyance, it being alleged that Mrs. Stewart was in feeble health and that Miss \\ est exercised undue influence over her ami fraudulently secured, the conveyances. AFTER AN ENGLISH ESTATE. Attorney Harrod of Scottsburg Will Cross the Atlantic in Search of a Fortune. S'ot ism RG..lnd.. June 13. — Hon. C. B. Harrod, the oldest attorney at the Scott bar, will leave in a few w 'eks fi r England. Mr. Harrod will be accompanied by his family, but his t?ip will be of a business nature. His mission is to look after the interest of of the Stout heirs living in this county. By a recent decision handed down from the Queen's bench court of England, the Stouts Wpre made heirs to a large land estate in the county of Cornwall. The estate is said to be worth over SIOO,(■oo. A majority of the heirs live in “this county. WOMEN MANAGERS. Ladle* of Hobart Will Arrange For the Fourth of July Celebration. Hobart. Ind., June 13.—Celebration of. July 4 in Hobart this year will be something new and novel. Members of the \\ omen's Reading club will make all arrangements.- They, have already raised sufficient money to carry out their ideas of a celebration. The sa-l-mis. for.the first time m the history of tim town, wilt be closed on the Fourth. For one day the town will be in chtfrge . of the women, and, although the celebration will be a dry one, it will present •tuaiiv new and attractive features.

Bank Goes to the Wall. Edinhckg. Ind.. Jume-13. —The John A. Thompson ba.uk oft this place has <•;■ srM its ’floors and Martin Cutsinger has been ar pointed receiver. The receivership includes a large flouring mill and a clothing store owned by the estate. The assets are rated at $175,000, which will meet all liabilities. W. P. Breeding, county treasurer, loses several thousand dollars of county funds, which will be replaced by his bondsmen. Saloons Are Not Wanted, Lewisville, Ind., June 13. —The people of Franklin townsnip, Henry county, are earnest in their opposition to the'retail liquor traffic. For the third time a successful remonstrance Ims been filer! against a licensed saloon in flits place, and all of these remonstrances went before the county commissioners with an average of 244 signatures out of a total of 300 voters. Even a quart shop is no longer tolerated in Lewisville. Jumped to His Death. (Ireknsbi'RG, Ind., June 13. —John Garrett of Holton met witn a fatal accident yesteraay. He jumped from a moving passenger train, falling down a steep enibaiLcmeut. Several bones were broken and he lived but a short while-. Awarded a World's Fair DTedal. Jas'>er, Ind., June 13. —(.’ounty Superintendent George R, Wilson has re- , reived a'world’s fair diploma and medal for the exhibits of the-HDubois county schools at the Chicago exposition. Shouldn’t Fool With a Gun. Farkabee, Ind., June JJ. —Richard Sands was accidentally shot through the body and dangerously wounded by Albert Elliott, who was fooling with a loaded rifle.. INDIANA BRIEF NOTES. li-r. . ' Three applicants, to retail intoxicating, liquors at Salem were defeated by remonstrances. The Christian Eudeavorers have con•elmled to hold their ampial meeting at Spring Luke park on July 4. No-trace has been reported yet of Emma Hittie. I'4 years old., who so mysteriously (lisappeared from Hartford City 10 days ago. Emanuel Myers of Bloomington committed- suicide by hanging himself to a bedpost. He was 7s years old and in feeble health. It is estimated that 3:000 people attended the reunion of the Maecabees -at Winona Assembly park. Several of the supreme ol’jcers were in atten<|.a.nce. Dr. J. 11. Spurrier of Rushville expresses the opinion that the late Benjamin Frazee quay have been poisoned with nicotine, as he was an inveterate smoker. An old mail, aged probably 75 yeaiji ami" suffering from (-.•nicer, applied for shelter al the jail at Shelbyviller He died during 'the night u il hout giving his name. Ai'lipu iin’der inst rue!ions from Hie city coiineil.' ; l lie electric light committee <d l.e" : le-porl emphiyed men Io (bit-' dfiwn Io- job's and-wires.of the Jenney Eievicfff Light company. The city lias a plant -of Ils own, wjii'e it efaiins that I lie Jeniuv comptlny ha- been blockading- the-streets since IbSB, having no eliai ter.

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OIL WELL AT DUNDEE After BMug Shot the Well Is Making Five Hundred Barrels a Day.' SAYS THE POLICE ROBBED HIM. Oncer Action# of >i >1 ranger Arrested In the Capital < Wi ll known Artist F\|»ircs at Who boiler Bralu’inan Killed In a Elailua.v \\ re< k incident Washington Indiana Briel Notes. Di xiiee, linl,, June 15. -The Standard Oil company has just drilled one of the best wells in the field on the David Cole farm, one mile east of here. The well was shot and is making 500 barrels a day. The territory is what is known as "wildcat” and thus far has been developed very little. The Standard people have faith in the new field and a great amount of material is on the ground for more wells. The E. C. Storm big weli on the Dick ffirm is just, east of this city, and is still making HO barrels. FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY'. Highly ('iiniii'cte’l Young Man Given-Two \<*ars lu ihe Prison North. Moxticeli.o, Ind., June 1".- Emory Reynolds, nephew of Judge Reyno.’!... of this place was convicted of highway robbery at Kokomo Saturday and given two years' imprisonment. Feb. '29 last Ross Ellis, a prominent resident, was sandbagged while going home from his store ami robbed of his week's collections. He wits frightfully beaten by two men. but recovereil. Reynolds and Frederick Hawley were arf'esleit for I lie Ciime. The latter's trial will occur this week. EVIDENTY INSANE. Strange M . Says He Was Bobbed by an I .himipolis rtilicFiiiaij, Ixt’t'.x cot.is, June 15. —Patrolman Smith 'ound a man at the corner of Illinois and Washington street Saturday n.gilt who claimed that lie had been rollbed by a policeman, who took his hat amt ail the money he had. The man said he was a poet from Goldsmith, Iml. Letters in his pocket were adi.r< . sett to AViliiam H. Magpett. He is ; opposed to be insane.

Deputy Postmaster Killed. Cloverkai.e, Ind., June 15.—August Horn, aged 12. son of W. E. Horn, post- - master, was accidentally shot while watching a ball game. A man sauntered into the crowd, carrying a loaded gun. Some boys were fooling with jt when it was discharged and Horn was killed. Though but 12 years old, the boy was deputy postmaster, and was onu„ of The best-kno\Vn lads in the . county. Killed In a Railroad Wrdi-k. Lkuinieh, 1m1... Jinn 15. —John Eliot, a .brakeman, • together with a tramp, yvhese name is vtilkiipwn, were killed .Saturday in a wreck on the Lake Shore ami Michigan Soul hern, live miles from this place. One engine was demolished and several cars turned over. Well Known Artist Expires. WlNciiEsrEß, Ind.; June 15.—William Ballard died here Saturday afternoon after a lingering illness of consumption, aged 46. Mr. Ballard was a gifted Ijaiijter of,portraits in oil. — — Lainp Chimney Works to Close. Elwood, Ind., June 15.—Roti e has t been given SIX) employes of the Lamp Chimney company that the big plant will close for the hot season next Saturday. Has the Appearance of Silicide. Washington, Ind., June 15.—The B. and O. Southwestern flyer killed Alexander Mattingly here Saturday. It is believed to have been a case of suicide. INDIANA BRIEF NOTES. Shelbyville Is overrun by a gang of tramps. Dr. Dougan Clark of Richmond has gone to Newport, R. 1., hopeful of bettering his he.altli. Mrs. J. C. Hewitt, w'dow Os the late editor of the Lagrange Register, is,dead of consumpt ion. Bishop Bowman occupied the z j>ulpit at the Fletcher Place M. E. church, Indianapolis, yesterday. John Anderson was fatally cut during a light live miles south of Greencastle, by Thomas Morgan, a ID-year-old boy. A bain belonging to Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, near Hone, was burned by incendiaries. Loss, $2,000, including four horses. Forty families of Anderson have organized a Cuiverstdist church, and Rev. J. B. Fasher of Chicago will minister to'them. The assessor : s report of taxable property in Elwood shows a total amount 0f'5.1,201',00,'J. There are 2.0110 polls in I tie city which shows a population of 12,01)0. -The Star Exploring mid Mining company of Terre Haute, capital SS,(MU, and the Ccmiliination Bicycle and Lock company ot Anderson, capital $10,00(1, have been incorporated. ' Mr. and Mrs, Charles Perkins of Goodland, visiting friends-at Mishawaka, lost ' th'feir little, d nighter Nellie, an old dray bottom tipped up against- a liarret falling Upon her and breaking her neck and jaws. YOUTHFUL HEROISM.- .. Lad Eii<leav«i'li>K Siiive a Companion Loses His-Life. Decatur, Ills., June 15.—A case of youthful heroism was demonstrated Saturday afternoon near the water works (lam in the Sangamon river. Bert .Rliillips, aged 7 y(g:rs, and Edward Reinlieimer, aged 9, were at the river fishing, botji sitting on a log. Bert fell off the log into the deep water, quickly sank and was carried dovvii the stream by the swift curi-ent. Young Reinheimer threw off Ills coat and plunged in to save its companion and friend. He was too weak to battle witli. the current alum, and, as. the courageous boy sank for tl .last time, his cries attracted attenl io. aftll his dead body was .recovered. T>e body of the Phillips boy was Carried a>wn the river.