Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1895 — Page 6

Democratic Press. DECATUR, IND. Democratic rt-e-*-* Co., - Publisher*. THE NEWS EECOIW. SUMMARY OF A WEEK’S HAP PENINGS. I The Latest News as Flashed Over the Wires from All Tarts of the World— Ke warding Politics, Religion, Casualties, Commerce, and Industry. THE CROPS. Reports as to Their Condition in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. OhiO —Raiufall light iH SOUthcFD and western counties but nearly average elsewhere. Wheat and rye seeding and corn and tobacco cutting progressed. Abnormal warmth ripened late corn rapidly. Some wheat and rye up and crops made some improvement where rainfall was sufficient. Indiana—Hot. sunnv. dry weather all the week. Corn matured rapidly, most is now in shock and nearly all safe from frost. Tobacco is being housed rapidly. Wheat and rye coming up nicely. Michigan — Week has K'en generally favorable. Corn is aliout all secured and out of the way of frost. Potatoes are being dug and are of a good quality, but few in a hill. Rains have improved the ground for plowing and seeding which has been pushed. A Duel to the Death. A duel to the death was fought near ■ Camilla, Ga., recently. Beverly Ragan and William D. Shaw are prominent young men living in the southern part of the county. Both have been in love with Miss Nettie Carter, the bell of the community. They were at a bachelors’ dinner given by a friend, and the wine flowed freely. Just how the two men got into a discussion over the young lady does not apear, but it soon became a quarrel, and then Ragan dared Shaw to shoot it out. Without any unnecessary preliminaries ’ they walked out into the road, took their I positions about 30 paces apart and at a signal agreed upon began tiring. Ragan was instantly killed. Shaw was so badly wounded that he has since died. The affair has created great excitement. Yacht Men Rejoice. r New York special: There is great rejoicing among the members of the NewYork Yacht club over the receipt by cable of a challenge from the secretary of the Royal Victoria Yacht club, of Ryde, Isle of Wright, for a series of matches for the America’s cup, which was sent in the ' name of Charles D. Rose. Those persons ' who had held that the ending of the 1 matches between the Valkyrie 111. and I the Defender would not put an end to the international races are jubilant. The length of the challenge boat will be about the same as that of the Defender. Bold Intruders. At 9 o’clock the other night three masked | men entered the house of Michael Bechtoi, 1 in Woodbury townsnip, Bedford county. Pennsylvania. The family were seated in the parlor, a daughter playing sacred music on the organ. The intruders demanded that she play dance music. This she could not do. The men then drew revolvers and demanded money. Bechtoi gave them $lO, which did not satisfy them. They then ransacked the house with deliberation, taking money, gold and silver watches and other valuable articles. There is tio clue to the identity ot the robbers. Killed by the Cars. Arthur Peable, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was riding with two companions ;in a box car on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad, and was sitting in the open door with his feet hanging out. Two miles east of Newton Falls his feet caught on a brace o." a bridge, and he was hurled out of the car with terrific force. He fell on the girder of the bridge, crushing his skull, and then fell into the river. The body was recovered. Peable was 21 years old, and was night [telegraph operator at Cuyahoga Falls. Fatal Accident. Long Branch special: A wagonette containing four colored women was struck by a special passenger train on the New York Central railroad at Little Silver. In the vehicle were Mrs. Annie Belle, Miss Banks, Mrs. Holmes, a cousin of the latter. Mrs. Bell was instantly killed and Miss Banks and Mrs. Holmes had their legs broken. The fourth woman and the driver escaped injury. The horses were ground to pieces with the vehicle. Mrs. Bell owned big property interests at Red Bank. Cost Him His Life. While Robert Gilpin, aged 18, son of John Gilpin, living in Green County, Kentucky, was out hunting squirrels his dog got into a fight with another dog. and young Gilpin had some difficulty in separating the warring brutes. He a; last grasped his gun by the barrel, and struck at the dogs with the butt of the weapon, w hen it was discharged, and he received the contents of both barrels in his breast. Death was instantaneous. Perished in the Snow. Frank Nevins of Raw-lins, Wyo., sent his two sons into the gulch, a mile away from home, to drive cows. Twenty horsemen who went to search for them have returned without finding any trace of them. They have probably perished in the snow, which is two feet deep. The Snake River stage picked up a sheep herder nine miles from Rawlins. He was completely exhausted and almost frozen. Watermelon and Rattler. Cecil, the 12-year-oldson of John Carson of Logansport, Ind., was bitten by a rattlesnake while gathering watermelons, and may not recover. Hotel Burned. During a terrific storm on Lake Buelah, the Hotel Beulah, at East Troy, Wis., was destroyed by fire, causing a less of $30,000. The guests made their escape safely, but lost their valuables. The origin of the fire is unknown. Lost His Life. At Washington Ind., William Walker, an estimable young man, was drowned in White River. Some fellows stole his skiff and left it on the opposite side of the river, and in attempting to swim for It he lost ins life.

PEARY AND PARTY Return From Greenland After the Usual Artic Experience. A special from St. John. N. F.. says: The Peary relief steamer has arrived here with Lieutenant Peary and his companions from Greenland on board. When the Kite reached Whale Sound, on August 8, Lieutenant Peary. Hugh J. Lee and their colored servant, Matt Henson, were found waiting for it. The party had only ten days previously returned from their great overland expedition, which had proved a comparative failure. Lieutenant Peary and the others started late in March and made their way to Independence Bay, which is the most northerly point of Greenland, which he had reached on his previous expedition. Independence 'Bay was reached early in June, but tiiere were not enough men in the party to accomplish any bold ventures. They were further deterred from any great undertakings by the insufficiency of their food supply, an obstacle which was foreseen last year. CThe Kite experienced splendid weather in the North, and attempted to explore the west end of Smith Sound, after picking up Lieutenant Peary and his companions, ’ and discovered many new harbors. She traversed the whole coast, visiting Jones Sound, Cape Sabine and Littleton Island. Perhaps the most improtant discot ery of this trip was two meteorites. Os large size and almost of pure iron, which were taken on board the Kite. Another meteorite weighing al>out 40 tons was found, but it was impossible to bring it home. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. Insurgents and Spaniards Both Claim — Victories. News of a battle in which the Spanish were defeated by the Cubans and lost 4'JO men, was received at New York by President Palma. It came in a letter written August 14. by Pedro Rovira, a Cuban private, who deserted the Spanish ranks at Pera Lego, when Campos was defeated. Havana special: Official reports have been received here of an important engagement which is said to have resulted disastrously to the insurgents. The column commanded by Lieut. Col. Teruel and Maj. Zubia. numliering 300. by a sceries of combined movements, penetrated into a thick forest and fought the insurgents’ band congregated there. The report says that they captured their field hospital and medicines, while the insurgents took flight, leaving behind eighty-live with twentyfour killed. As a result of the three days’ operations, the insurgents are said to have lost thirty-seven killed, fifty horses captured, forty-five saddled horses and three prisoners. The loss of the government troops is reported as two killed and seven wouned. two captains and two lieutenants being hurt. • SPANISH WARSHIP Sinks in a Collision and Many Officers Drowned. Havana special: The Spanish warship Sanchez Barcaiztegui, with Admiral Del Gado Parejo on board, was struck by the incoming coasting Steamer Mortera, in fro.it of Morro Castle, and sank almost instantly. Admiral Parejo and four of the crew of the war ship, including Capt. Ybanez, and three others officers were drowned. The remainder of the crew, 116 in number, were saved. The bodies of Parejo and Captain Ybanez were recovered. The body of the captain was horribly mutilated, the head and arms having been eaten away by sharks. The Sanchez Barcaiztegui was an iron bark-rigged cruiser of 920 tons displacement ami 1,100 nominal horse-power. She was built at LaSeyne in 1876. She was 208 feet long, 20 feet wide and had a draught of 12 feet, she carried seven guns. Trouble in the East. A special from Tokio, Japan, per steamer Gaelic, via San Francisco, says: Tai Wan Ju. the. old capital of Formosa, and Chang Hwa, an adjacent fortified town, were captured by a body of 2,000 Japanese on August 26, after a short contest in which twenty-four assailants were killed or wounded. Os the Chinese garrisons numbering 10,000, 650 were either killed or wounded, the remainder dispersed in various directions. Fifty thousand Mohammedans are in active rebellion in the northwest of China. They are lighting w ith arms said to be supplied by Russian sympathizers, and their avowed purpose is to set up an independent government in the territory taken from Kansu Allier and Thibet. The authorities at Pekin are dispatching all the troops that can be collected to the scene. Fatal Boiler Explosion. The large saw mill of Frank Weekly, ■ocated four miles back of Proctorville, in Lawrence County, Ohio, was blown to atoms by the boiler exploding. Frank Weekly, the proprietor, was blown to pieces, some parts of his body being found 100 yards away. 2 George Matthews, an employe, was blown a distance of fifty yards away, and his mangled remains were lodged on top of a rail fence. William Turner, the engineer, was badly cut about the head and rendered unconscious. He cannot live. Several others were Slightly injured. The cause'of the explosion is unknown. Mr. Weekly and Mr. Matthews are both prominent and wealthy men and leave large families. Turner is single. A Selimitler Seized. Key West (Fla.) special: The United States Revenue Cutter McLane arrived I here from Pine Key, having in tow the I schooner Antoinette, with ten Cubans and three Americans on board. The Antoinette was seized under suspicious circumstances. When sighted the schooner attempted to get away, setting all sails, but ran aground on the banks and was easily captured. The men on board were heavily armed. The Cubans and Americans were taken before Commissioners Otto, charged with violating the neutrality laws, and released on bonds. It is thought the Cubans have large supplies of arms secure;! on Pine Key and that the Antoinette intended to get a cargo and sail for Cuba. Cyclone tn Wisconsin. Green Bay ( Wis.) special: Thirty buildings were destroyed by a cyclone which iweptover Door County peninsula Friday Bight. Farmers were the principal losers. The large Shiloh Church at Clay Banks •gas torn from its foundation and borne through the air several rods and dumped bottom up m a mass of debris. The cyalone swept a path for twenty miles through forest and farms, leveling all in its way. Only two persons are reported to havejbeen hurt. Fearfully Gored. Mrs. Julia Backus, of Riverside, a tttburb of Parkersburg, W. Va., while I crossing a pasture field above town, was ! ittacked and badly injured by a cow. i The woman was knocked down and • rored, but held to the animal’s horns and I Itruggled with it for half an hour, and be--1 ore Help arrived her clothes were torn to

[ shreds. A piece of her scalp was torn off I and she was trampled and bruised *4 fearfully that she maj die. Ran for His Life. A riot was nearly caused at Toledo, bj the killing of 19-months-old Eva Weenstein by an electric street car on Cantor avenue. There have been numerous killings on that crowded thoroughfare, whict is largely peopled by Hebrews and negroes The little one ran to its death from th< curbstone with so much swiftness that th, motorman was unable to avert the accident. Nevertheless, an infuriated mob assembled as if by magic, and Motorman Lecklider was forced to literally run sot his life. A patrol wagon load of police- : men dashed up in time to prevent tin ' crowd from wreaking its vengeance ou tin ‘ conductor of the car. Gold in Kentucky. News has been received from Pembroke. ' a station seven miles south of Hopkinsville. I Ky., on the Louisville and Nashville . Railroad, that the most intense excitement ' prevails there over the discovery of gold in I pajiug quantity at a depth of 300 feet. The i find was made by J. C. Hollis, who was boring for a well. A stock company it being formed to operate the vein, and the * needed machinery has been ordered. “Lineman Fatally Injured. Eugene Denby, a telegraph lineman. 1 started out to look for a broken wire along i the G. R. &1. tracks. He was riding a . railway velocipede, and, while going : through the yards, south of Grand Rapids, he was run down by a freight engine and i had bothJJlegs cut off. He was taken tc ! the hospital, where he lies in a critical con- I dition. It is thought that he cannot re- : cover. Overcome by Gas in a Well. diaries Janies and John Jones, while cleaning a well for O. B. Chickering, at Winchester, Ohio, were overcome by gas. John Gillion and Samuel Hughes were sent down after them, ami were also overcome. AU four lay there unconscious for ; over nn hour. They were drawn up by lassoing them. They cannot recover. A Fatal Collision. A railway train with 1,200 soldiers on board, came into collision with a freight train standing at the station at Oederan, Saxony, demolishing a number of ears oi both trains. Twelve soldiers were instantly killed and sixty were injured. Many others are missing and the debris is being searched for their bodies. Supplies for Cubans Seized. A vast quantity of rifles and military stores designed for the Cuban insurgents, is reported to have been seized on the little island of Andros, the largest of the West Indies, between the Bahamas and Cuba, and about 150 miles from the latter. They were said to have been shipped thither from New York. A Steamer Lost. Escanaba (Mich.) special: The schooner E. R. Williamson, iron ore laden, from this port toiToledo, sank in a big gale on Green Bay, with all on board. Os the crew only the names of Capt. Hutton and Maggie Bennett, the stewardess, are known; the crew, five men, have been strangers here. Rev. Talmage Accepts. Rev. Dr. T: Image has decided to accept the call from the First Presbyterian Church at Washington. He has written to Rev. Byron Sunderland saying he will accept the associate pastorate of that reverend gentleman's church. It is understood that lie will be installed about October 10 Village Burns. The town of Tiosa, ten miles south of Plymouth, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Saw mill, lumber yards, five stores, elevator and a number of shops are in ashes. The fire started in a burning pile of sawdust and was fanned info life by the storm. Forest Fires. A Santa Cruz, Cal., special says: Forest fires are sweeping through hundreds of acres of forest in this vicinity. Railroad traffic is interfered with by trees fallen across the tracks. The fire is the worst that has ever visited Santa Cruz County. Strike Declared Off. Marquette i Mich.) special: The strike of the Ishpeming and Negaunee miners has been declared off by a vote of the men. They will go back to work under the scale submitted by the company. It affects 1,300 men. Broke His Leg. Gov. Upham of Wisconsin, fell as he was going up Lookout Mountain Friday, and broke his leg. The Hay Crop. The hay crop prospects of our northwest coast are not good, and the market is uninviting. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.75 to 1 $6.00: hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75: sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 56c to 5Se; corn. No. 2,31 cto 33c; oats. No. 2. 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2. 37c to 39c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 25c to 35c; broom corn, common growth to fine brush. 2%c to 4U,<- per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light S3.(MI to $4.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,57 cto 59c; corn. No. 1 white, 33c to 34c: ..ats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26e. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs. $3.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 58e to 59e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 30c to 31c; oats. No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye. No. 2, 37e to 39c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $6.00: hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2. 62c to 63c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 32e to 33c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 22c to 23c; rye. No. 2,41 cto 43c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.00: hogs, $3 00 to $4 75; sheep, sl'oii to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. ,: lc io 62c; coru, No. 2 yellow. 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye. 41c to 43c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red. 63c to 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white. 20c to 21c; rye. No. 2. 41c to 43c. Buffalo —Cattle. $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 62c to 63e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 36c to 38c; oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 57c to 58c; corn, No. 2. 31c to 32c; oats. No. 2 white. 22c to 23c; barley. No. 2. 40c to 43c; rye. No. 1.39 cto 41c; pork, mess, $8.75 to $9.25. New York-Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00: hogs. $3.00 to $5.25: sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 61c to 62c; corn. No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 15c to 17c.

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I —IENEMIES OF COMMERCE. On the stump, in Congress and in the press, the MeKinleyites insist that their policy is just the reverse of free trade. They claim that all the foreign goods imported moan the loss of employment for American workmen, and that in order to increase prosperity the products of other countries should be shut out by a practically prohibitive tariff. Thfe strongest objection that they can bring against the Wilson tariff is that under its operations imports have increased, ami they promise that if restored to power they will enact a tariff law which will effectually prevent foreign trade iu many lines which are now profitable. But when the protectionists drop out of their role as political partisans who depend on the high tariff as an issue on which they can get office, they argue for increased commerce as strongly as though they were free traders. For instance, in an editorial on New York city as a commercial port, the New York Tribune boasts of that city's growing importance as a center of commerce, predicts yet greater growth, and urges a costly system of harbor and terminal improvements in order that foreign trade may be attracted to New York. From a business standpoint the Tribune is doing good work in favoring improved facilities for American commercial relations with foreign countries, but it is very inconsistent for a tradehating organ to encourage commerce.

j 'lx I fc * K h, v - ; ~ Old Forge -N. Y.) dispatch: Ex-President Harrison had removed to-day a large molar which had caused him great pain. It was a wisdom tooth.

If the protection swindle is a sound public policy, as the Tribune asserts, it must require the least possible amount of foreign trade. This applies as well to exports as imports, for if protection were to be carried out logically by every country, all international commerce would cease. The result of the strict enforcement of such a policy ■would be that instead of being a great I and wealthy city New York would rap- [ idly fall away until it reached tne posi- ’ tion of a small seaport town. It will be denied some high tariffites that their doctrines are inconsist- ! out with the extensive development of foreign trade. What. then. becomes of • their claim that they wish to preserve the home market for Americans by the exclusion of foreign goods? They are either trying to delude American workmen with false pretenses of shutting out all foreign competition, or they are sincere enemies of commerce. In either case they are unworthy the confidence of the people, of whom a great majority are heartily m favor of the greatest possible volume of foreign trade. Republican National Convention. The Republican convention at Minneapolis in 1592 authorized the national ■ comjnittee of that party to establish a new ratio of representation in future national conventions. The present ratio is two delegates for each member j of Congress in both houses and two for i each territory. The Democrats have I the same representation in national conventions. The proposed new rule will provide that there shall be one delegate from each congressional district in all the States and two delegates at large for each State. One additional delegate shall be chosen for each 7,000 Republican voters in any district. This would make a convention for the Republicans of about 1,000 delegates. Probably under a similar rule a Democratic national convention would contain a greater number of members. There is equity in this proposition—too much equity for its acceptance by the aspiring, greedy, trading gang of politicians of the Republican party. It is only fair that the body of the voters in any party shall select its candidates. The men who are to cast the majorities should nominate the man for whom they are to vote. It is the height of injustice for the minority States to nominate a candidate whom the majority States are to elect. The frauds perpetrated on the Republican national conventions In the past by bodies of delegates wlthoutevu»tliu*neies have been the scandal of the

country for at least two decades. A few cunning and tricky political organizers could pack conventions in the Southern States and semi eighty or a hundred irresponsible and venal delegates to the convention, whose votes were to be had by the highest bidder offered through the rascally middlemen controlling the “trust” This class ot delegate*. nearly nominated Arthur for President in 1884. They were subsidized for Sherman in 1888, but “the kind gentleman from .Michigan,’ j bought them out from under him and he lost the presidential nomination which he might have secured it his delegates had not abandoned him on receiving a new bid. He had bis revenge In keeping Alger out of President Harrison’s cabinet. In most of the States and smaller po litical bodies the delegates to the loca. conventions are proportioned on the basis of votes. This gives the strong counties and precincts their proportionate weight, while weak counties and precincts have all the weight to which they are entitled. It often happens that a man of strong character, great popularity. wide influence and skill in political management, representing a minority constituency, produces more important results in shaping political action than Is effected by mere unorganized numbers. This is the triumph of brains over inert force, and it serves to equalize any difference which tends unfairly against the few for the benefit of the many.

There are good reasons why the nils which the Republican national committee is to consider should be adopted by both parties. The Democratic national committee cannot determine the question without instructions from the national Democratic convention, which is the fountain of authority.—Chicago Chronicle. Party Lines and Extravagance. The era of lavish appropriations with no thought as to where the money was to come from began with the billion dollar Congress and has lasted ever since. The party line has not appeared in the spending of the money and it should not in fixing the responsibility for it. As to administrations, while each administration is responsible, a i comparison as far as that quoted is furnished by the fact that the first CleveI land administration paid off debt ami left a surplus in the treasury. The Harrison administration paid off debt, but wiped out the surplus and laid hands on such trust funds as the national bank redemption funds.—PittsDispatch. Evils of Political Dictatorship. Personal dictatorships are incompatii ble with true Democratic Government. One-man power is absolutism, and when it fastens itself upon a State or a ■ city the substance of political freedom I is gone, though the forms may remain. I It makes no essential difference to the I mass of the people under what party name a personal dictatorship is estab- ■ lished over them. The autocrat who | cheats them of their American birth- ’ right of self-government may decorate his band wagon With the Democratic I or Republican colors, but in either case their political liberties are gone and the autocrat does with them as he pleases.—Baltimore Sun. In Favor of the Democrats. The logic of the business revival is all on the side of Democracy. Business men are coming more and more to realize that staple conditions in trade can best be assured by keeping out of political power the men who are demanding tariff upheavals and uncertainties. It was said in times of old that “the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.” And it is equally true that every harbinger of returning prosperity militates against the party whose dependence for success in the past, the calamity howl can no longer be relied on to arouse anything except public derision ruiiigs are coming the Democracy's ■ way once more.—Boston Globe.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH. FULLY RECORDED. An laterwting Se»im»<7 of «•>« More Im, portant Doing* of Neighbor,- Wed, dings and Deaths—t’rlmee. Casuallie. Ml ,d General New. Note*. Condensed State News. Goshen is to have another bicycle factory. Columbus is entertaining a diptheria epidemic. Richmond schools have an enrollment of 2,602 pupils. Typhoid fever is becoming serious at New Albany. Fire bugs arc still operating in St. Jose .h County. Watchman Blair, of the C. & E. 1., was killed by a train at Clinton. A poisoi er has destroyed thirty-five pct dogs at Greer sburg recently. The Radiator Factory resumed operations at Elwood, with 800 men. Jacob Eckman of Rockport, a baggageman. lost a hand while making a coupling at Rockpat. The total amount given away to the poor by Indiana township trustees during 1891 was $586,232.27. Postmaster Harbit’s residence, at Elwood, was robbed of three fine gold watches and SIOO in cash. Anderson is to have a market building 100x209 feet in dimensions, with a twostory annex 50x100 feet. Knightstown is enjoying an oil boom. Major Doxey of Anderson, is said to have made a rich strike there. The old Masonic Temple at Logansport was torn down, and several old coms were found in the corner stone. August Rosencranz. a Laporte carpenter. hanged himself. He bad been married three times, and leaves two children. Terre Haute coal dealers have raise-1 the prices of anthracite 25 cents a ton. and it is expected that they will advance the rate of soft coal. The American Plate Glass Works at Alexandria, the largest plant outside the trust, has resumed operations with 600 hands. Elsworth DeWitt’s wife and two children wen- thrown out of a buggy at North Salem. The younger child was killed and the mother seriously injured. t The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Judge Hackney, held that the statute under which the humane societies oi the State kill horses and other animals is invalid. By a surgical operation 14-year-old Blanche Bigham of Laporte, was relieved of a hair-pin that had found lodgment in her body, causing her acute suffering for ten years. A small child of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bishop, of Elwood, while playing around a tub half filled with scalding water, tumbled in, aud was blistered in a horriblo manner.

Mrs. Fonts, the first female white child born in Wayne comity, still lives on the old Fonts farm, five miles from Richmond. She is eighty-eight years old and in very good health. The corner-stone of the new Court-house at Rochester has been laid. An oration was delivered by the Hon. It. I. Shively, of South Bend. The new structure is to cost SIOO,OOO. The City Council of Elwood passed an ordinance eomjielling the railroad companies to maintain flagmen at all crossings, and limiting speed of trains within the corporate limits. In the mines of Clinton a lamp fell from the cap of James Richards, a miner, igniting a 25-pound keg of powder. Richards was frightfully burned. Florence Whittl'd, another miner, was also badly burned. There has been a fair strike of petroleum near Upland by the Upland Gas and Oil Company. Two wells have been drilled in there within the last week. ea< h yielding about fifty barrels of high-grade oil daily. One hundred and forty-five girl operators in the Goshen shirt factory struck for the third time within the past nine months, walking out in a body. The introduction of labor-saving machinery with but a small advance in wages caused the troui'e. The entire family of Charles S. Krueger, of Michigan City, father, mother and five children, now lie buried in the cemetery. The family was poisoned by eatiug diseased pork, and one after another they succumbed, the last one dying this week. A curious accident occurred at the Marion fruit jar works. The bottom dropped out of a large tank, spelling and rendering wci-nless a mass of molten glass weighing 120 tons. It will be necessary for the factory to shut down two weeks for repairs A well-to-do farmer near Eminence.was run over by a wagon and almost instantly killed. He was hauling his winter coal home, and in going down a hill his h.< I slipped from the brake, throwing him under the wheels. He leaves a large (family. A man by the name of Anderson and two young women were probably fatally injured in a runaway at Williamstown. The team dashed down a bill, throwing the party out and injuring all three. 1 horses were ruined and the vehicle wrecked. Henry Shaffer, employed on a farm near Milroy, attempted to climb into a high wagon bed, stepping behind the team and on the doubletree. As lie did so. thehor-'S started to run. and before he could get into the bed the team ran against a tree, catching the unfortunate driver and managling him in a horrible manner, killing him instantly. Thomas Barrett, a young married man, teased Vanßuren Vance, aged 70, who was selling medicine at Muncie. Vanoe started after Barrett with a knife, but Barrett knocked him down with a chair. Vam e then offered to shake hands, and. while clutching Barrett’s hand, lie plunged a knife into his breast. Barrett is in a critical condition. Vance was jailed. Roscoe Kimble, receiver of the Citizens' Bank, of Converse, which went to the " all In June. 1898, has declared a dividend of fifteen per cent, to depositors, payable Sept. 21. This will make a total of <52 1-2 per cent, paid thus far, and there are enough assets to pay all claims in full. The corn crop in Wabash county is now gathered and is one of the largest yields > the county has ever known. 'The grain i has ripened without frost, is well develI oped and is drying so rapidly that it can I be cribbed; with safety next 'mouth. In j wriuer years much corn has been shipi-'® | tn for feeding purposes, but this year there ' will be a great doa; of shipped out _