Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1885 — Page 6

0l)c BemocraticScntincl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. I YV. McEWEN, - - - Publisher

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. A decree ordering the sale of the West Shore Hoad for not less that than $:.’2,000,000 was entered at Newt urgh, X. V., by Judge Brown. Abram 8. Cassidy was appointed referee for the sale of the property. Ex-Governor Moses, of South Carolina, was sentenced to three years in the Massachusetts Penitentiary for obtaining money under talse pretenses. The firm of Wm. Heath it Co., prominent New York brokers, has made an asBignment. The collapse is said to have resulted chiefly from the failure of Mr. Henry Smith, a heavy b»ar operator, to makegood his m rgins with the firm. Mr. Smith Has also made an assignment. Pittsburgh dispatch : “A battery of boilers m Clarke’s tolar.lron Works, at the corner of £ mailman and Thirty-sixth streets, expioled with fearful force, seventeen men being scalded, four of them fatally. The day force had just come on, the night turn having been relieved, when the explosion occurred. The mud-drum of the boilers giving way was the cause of the accident. The injured men were both burned and scalded, while some of them were injured, in addition, by flying pieces of iron and bricks. The large number of boys among the injured is accounted for from the fact that they were the hoopiron handlers, who work irtir the boilers, where the iron Is rolled.” The late census gives Massachusetts a population of 1,011,405, an inereaso of 158,380 since 1880. Boston is given 593,400 inhabitants, against 362,536 live years ago. Seven veterans who were discharged from tho Brooklyn Navy-Yard last spring on account of the depletion of the appropriation . have been reinstated under tho civil-service rule.

WESTERN.

The Wisconsin State Convention of the Woman Suffrage Association, in session at Whitewater, elected tho Rev. Olympia Brown, of Racine, President; Mrs. N. James, of Richland Center, Vice President.; Mrs. W. J. Tripp, of Whitewater, Sfcrotary; and Miss I eMunro, of Milwaukee, Treasure?. Tho convention listened to papers by Alvra Collins on school suffrage, and by Dr. Munroon the dress question, and to an address by Prof. H. B. Maxon, of the State Normal School at Stillwater, on the obstacles in the way of woman suffrage. The Rev. Mrs. Brown also mode an address on the prospects of the movement. At a crossing near Brightwood, Ind., a collision of trains occurred, ono man being killed and foUYtecn cars demolished. The financial loss approximates $10,00). Seven hundred coal miners in tho service of the Union Pacific Company at Carbon, Wyoming, and Louisville, Colorado, have struck on account of Chinese labor by the company. Street-car drivers and conductors in St. Louis have demanded a reduction of working hours from fifteen to twelve daily.

•The eminent comedian, Mr. Joseph Jefferson, in his unrivaled character of Kip Van Winkle, is the attraction this week at McVicker's Theater, Chicago. The Chicago Journal says “the new system of ventilation introduced into McVicker's Theater works charmingly. The upper circles receive the full benefit, the air there being as pure as in the lower part of the house. Tho 50 and 25 cents seats at this theater should and will become very popular, when all their advantages become known.” The prairie fires in Dakota have burned over a solid stretch of 0.-. e hundred miles along the line of tho Northern Pacific Kail road. At Salt Lake City, Edward Brain, a prominent Saint, after an unsuccessful attempt to convince Judge Zano, of ihe truth of the Mormon gospel, was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $.09 for i,legal cohabitation.

The trot at Cleveland between Harry Wilkes anil Pha las for a purse of $3,090 and tho gate receipts was won by Wilkes, which took three successive heats in 2:17*4, 3:3OJi, 2:19*4. Mr. Case announces Phallas’ withdrawal from tho turf, aud he will go into tho stud. A large amount of stock has died from hydrophobia in Guthrie County, lowa. Hog cholera is thinning out the herds of farmers in Moultrie County, Illinois. State Veterinarian Holcomb, of Kansas, reports that hog cholera prevails in between thirty and forty counties in Kansas. William Bookwnltcr, of Circleville, Ohio, threatened “to kill tho first nigger who passed.” Samuel T.bbs was the victim. Mr. llookwa ter was drunk. Four cars broke away from , the first section of a circus train near Fetgus Falls, Minn., and running backward on a heavy grade struck the engine of the second section. Five men were killed and many others seriously wounded. Nearly two hundroJ men were asleep in the wrecked cars at the time.

SOUTHERN.

Charles Taylor, tho 21-year-old Mayor of Van Buren, Ark., shot and kiiled Alexander Aaron, of that place, in a quarrel ever a woman. Aaron is described as a rut' flan, and his killing is said to havo been in sclf-delense. Taylor was admitted to tail. Four negroes, one of them a woman, Who wjpro accused of several murders, were taken from jail and hanged by a mob, in Chatham County, North Carolina. The cell

doors were broken dewn and tbe four negroes were each put on a horse with a disgused man astride behind. The men made no outcry, save to protest -their innocence, but tho moans of tho woman were heartrending. A mge was quickly traveled, and tho cavalcade stopped in a grove. The negroes were tied hands und feet and made to stand upon their horses. They were given five minutes to make confessions and to pray. They protested their innocence to the last, and as they prayed the horses were driven out from under them, and they were left hanging to the tre?. At Gallatin, Tenn., a livery stable was fired, suppo-ably by an incendiary, and all its contents, including twenty-one horses, burned. T. W. Hooper, late Judge at Helena, Ark., is charged with having issued bogus bonds to the amount oi $",000. The street-car drivers at Wheeling, W. Va., who are on a strike, threw stones and dynamite cartridges into the cars, and badly injured a working driver. The negro Mehane, who outraged and killed Mrs. Walker near Milton, North Carolina, a L-w days ago, was taken from the officers who were conveying him to Yanceyville and lynched.

WASHINGTON.

Capt. Fred M. Crandall has been directed by the War Department to carry out tho instructions of the Secretary of the Interior lor tlie removal of unauthorized persons on the Cherokee lands in tho Indian Ten itory west of the Arkansas Uiver. It is reported that the President has secured a successor to Mr. Baton, of the Civil Servicj Commission, but that his name will not bo announced until the latter retires, Nov. J. It is also reported that the selection has the approval of George William Curtis and other prominent reformers. The Postmaster General has decided that no special deliveries of mail shall be made on Sunday. The Navy Department will experience some dilficulty in getting detailed designs for the engines of the new cruisers, and tho Secretary may have to go abroad for them. Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, will reintroduce his educational bill in the Senate early in the session, and expresses confidence in its passage.

The following is a recapitulation ol the dolt statement issued on tho Ist instant: Interest bearing debt — Bonus at 4c. per cent $250,000,000.03 Roads at 4 per cent 737,736.450.00 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,190,600.00 Keiund.ng certificates at 4 per cent . 227,000.00 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.. 14,000,030.00 Pacific Railroad bonds at 6 per cent 64,623,512.00 Priucil al 1,200,177,462.00 Interest 12,214, ib8.83 Total $1,272,992,250.83 Debt on which interest hao ceased since maturity— Principal $3,871,385.20 Interest 221,333.30 Total $4,092,717.50 Debt bearing no interest— Old demand and legal-tender notes $346,738,886.00 Certificates of deposit 23,183.000.00 Gold certificates 118,137,730. 0 Silver certificates 93,056,716.00 Fractional currency (less $8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed) 6,961,162.88 Principal $588,079,554.88 Total debt— Principal $1,853,328,402.14 Interest 12,436,121.13 Total $1,865,764,523.27 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt $240,927,974.70 Less leserve held for redemption of United States notes 300,000,000,00 Total $34",927.074.70 Total debt less available cash items $1,524,837 4ia57 Net cash in the Treasury 63,903,106.30 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Oct. 1.1885 $1,460,934,342.27 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Sept. 1, 1885. 1,473.692,307.52

Decreaseof debt during the month us shown by this statement $12,757,965.-*. lash in the treasury available for reduction i f the debt — Geld held ior gold certificates actually outstanding . $118,137,790.00 Silver held lor silver certificates actually outstanding 93,656,718.00 United States notes held lor certificates of depcs.t actually outstanding. .. j| 23,185,000.00 Cash held lor matured debt and in . ri st unpaid 6,915,066.71 Fractional currency 2,501.99 Total available for reduction of th- debt $240,927,074.70 Eeserve fund held for redemption ot United States notes,acts Jan. 14,1876, and July l.», 1832.. 100,000,000.00 In vailabie tor reduction of tb 3 debt — Fractional silver coin. $23,641,893.79 Minor coin 796,852.26 Total $24,4' 8,146.05 Certificates held as cash 54,667,230.00 Net cash balance on hand 63,903,106.30 Total cash In Treasury, ns shown by Treasurer's general account $483,930,157.05 The payments on account of interest duo on bonds amounted to about $7,509,000, which wIK reduce the decrease of tho debt to about $5.250,091. Commodore Queen has been appointed to the command of tho Washington Navy Yard, to succeed the lato Commodore Se mines.

POLITICAL.

The Massachusetts Republican Convention, in session at Springfield, placed tho following ticket in the lie.d:* Governor, George I). Kobinson; Lieutenant Governor, Oliver Amos; Secretary of State, Henry B. 1 ierce; State Treasurer and Receiver Genera 1 , A. W. Beard; Auditor, Chas. It. Ladd; Attorney General, Id gar L. Sherman. Senator Hoar, who presided over the convention, made a lengthy speech, in which he said i siat hi - party, although in favor of restoring penco and harmony between the sections, would insist upon the right of ail loyal citizens to free discussion, unobstructed suffrago, and an honest counting of their votes. Tho platform in lorses tho civilservice laws and urges the extension of their principles to all the business olßces of tho Government: demands tho suspension of silver coinage; the enactment of a general

bankrupt law, and the vigorous enforcement of the Edmunds bill in Utah; favors reductions or reforms in the tariff which may not be inconsistent with the doctrine of protection, and appeals to an “aroused public conscience” to prevent further suppression of the negro vote in the South. A convention of colored men of Virginia met at Lynchburg. M. V. Beckley, of Richmond, delivered an address, saying the convention had not assembled as Republicans or Democrats, but as citizens of Virginia, claiming the right of freemen. Tie hoped their deliberations would demonstrate that they were worthy the citizenship. Tne convention adopted resolutions renouncing allegiance to the Republican organization, and proclaiming absolute independence henceforth in political matters. The “straight Greenbackers” of lowa held a convention at Marshalltown, and nominated the following ticket: Governor, Elias Doty, of Cedar Rapids: Lieutenant Governor, .1. K. Clark, of Mount Pleasant: Suprome Judge, M. H. Farnsworth, *of Crcsco; State Superintendent, J. D. Guthrie, of Oskaloosa. J. K. Eckert was chosen a member of the National Committee, and a full State Central Committee was appointed. Resolutions approving the Indianapolis national platform of 1884 and denouncing fusion witti the Democrats were adopted. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is of the opinion that there will bo no legislation on the silver question this winter. The Democrats of Colorado nominated Wilbur F. Stone for Supremo Judge and adopted resolutions favoring the free coinage of silver and tho enforcement of the preemption and homestead laws against corporations and syndicates.

MISCELLANEOUS. The business failures in tho United States and Canada during tho week numbered 221, as against 193 during tho corresponding period of last year. Brad-street’ s Journal, in its commercial summary, says: The check to the activity in business circles at the East, noted last week, has become more pronounced. In New England the distribution of boots and shoes is as heavy as ever, but the demand for woolen and cotton goods has fallen off. Both staples are quieter. Raw wool is fairly active, and the advance in prices previously noted is sustained, but the tendency to an advance in quotations is less marked. Late sales are less than during weeks in the latter part of August and in the earlier portion of B’eptember. There is a diminished activity in dry goods. Prices are no more than sustained. The request for iron East and West is ot fair proportions, with no indication*of an advance in prices. Less is heard of Southern iron at the East than formerly. Anthracite coal is firmer and in moderately 1 setter demand. Grain is dull and low. The export demand is not sped lly improved, and stocks in sight in this country are heavier than ever. F’lour stocks throughout the country are about 88 per cent, less than on July 1, but the stap e has been in relatively light export demand at current quotations. Cotton has advanced, owing to reports of damage to the growing plant, and mercantile failures are unexpectedly but little in excess of the total lor nine months of 1884. Grocery staples are without improvement. In dairy products butter is dull and cheese higher. The Papal See has approved the edicts of the Plenary Council held at Baltimore, and gi-ants to the Catholic Church of tho United States practical independence in many respects. It has enlarged the scope of clerical and lay education, dispensed with benefices and parochial livings, and grants to the hlrearchy here the practical control of all matters, secular and spiritual, affecting the church. Over four hundred deaths from smallpox occurred in Montreal during the week. Rioters gathered around the Exposition Building, which had been turned into a small-pox hospital, intending to destroy the building. They shot and severely wounded the sentry, when the Victoria Rifles, which occupied tho grounds, appeared, and the rioters took to the r heels. Bains, drought, and worms have done much damage to cotton and corn in the South. Heavy rains prevailed South and East. In Virginia wind and rain did considerable damage to persons and property. Heavy frosts visited port ons of tho West on Saturday, but no damage is reported, corn "being out of the way. The Straits of Mackinac and vicinity were treated on Sunday to a severe snowstorm. The engine of a train on the Canadian Pacific Railroad was thrown from tho track near Kamloops, killing one American and five Chinamen.

FOREIGN.

Advices from False Point, India, say that the recent cyclone destroyed 50J villages. Veissel Pasha, the Turkish commander in Albania, telegraphs tho Constantinople authorities that ho has completely defeated the insurgents and captured and promptly hanged the most prominent of their leaders. Spain’s claims to the occupancy of Yap have been acknowledged, and in return Spam has granted Germany free navigation of the waters in and around the Caroline Is ands. The number of emigrants from Germany during the first eight months of 1885 was 31,0)0 less than for the corresponding; period of last year. The death occurred in Paris, France, of the Hon. Fred Ha?saurek, of Cincinnati. Mr. Hassaurek was one of tho best known German citizens of tho West, a newspaperi publ sher of prominence, and a suceesslu author. The social purity movement founded on the revelations made by tho Pa' M ill Ga zztlc is steadily increasing in strength, and is now headed by the Methodist Church. Meetings are being held to organize a general system of boycotting tradesmen and commercial houses managed by men of repu ed immorality. The President of the Hungarian Council, itt answer to the charge that t e Boumeliau rising had been arranged, at the recent meeting of the Emperors, says that no matter was discussed at either of tho imperial meetings that had any bearing whatever on tho Bulgarian union. Ho says, also, that Austria has no Intention of increasing complication by occupying Turkish territory.

EATER NEWS ITEMS.

The President has appointed the following-named Presidential Postmasters: Renjamin F. Devore, at Independence. Kan., vice Uilliam T. Yoe, resieneu; Thomas A. A,eCleary, at Medicine Lodge, Kan., vice W. 1). \ ausiyke, lesigneu; Samuel T. Carrico, at Ha - ver, Kan . vice James O. Graham, ri signed; 1 hoir.as R. Love, at Wellington. Kan., vice J. Y. Coffman, resinned; Colin Campbell, at Horence, Kan., vice William A. Stanford, resigned: Mariiu Binnelt. at Arkansas City, knn., vice James C. Topiitt, resigned; Edward. T. Lesh, at Ntligu, Neb., vice J. Jones M-lick, resigned, Forrest L. Wheden. at York, Neb., vice L. J. Gandy, resigned: Charles t. i a thaw ay. at Del Norte, Colo., vice W. H. I o bran, resigned; Lyman Thompson, at Louth i ueblo, Colo., vice G. B. Stiff;pson, resigned; C. 8. Clark, at T .mbstone, Arizona, vice J. P. C;Tim, resigned; ch tries W. Hugg.ns, •• t Lamar, .Mo., vice J. li. Emery, resigned; Thomas 11. l raine. at Liberty, Mo., vice W. H. Rob nson, res lined: Henry S. Dean, at Stockbridge, Mass., vice it, L. Plumb, resigned; A bert A. haggett, at Lowell, Mass., v ce Edward T. Rowell, resigned; A ii. Dudley, at Princeton. Ky., vie - Robert M Cravens, resigned; William I). hwail, at Belvidere, 111., vice Charles B. Loop, resigned; John O. Johnson, at Austin, Tex., vice J. C. Degress, commission expiied; Peter Mc’Jamley, at Grand Ra.iids, Wis , vice G. T. Witter, commission expired; Thomas Bowman, at Connc 1 Bluffs, vice Philip Armour, suspended; James W. B attle at Marsatield, Ma>s., vice Edward S. Henne, suspended; Chas. G. Hagnauer, at Highlan i, ill., vice Louis Kinne, suspended; John H. Hill, at Golds Doro, N. C., vice Hiram Grant, suspended; Wm. H. Hensley, Columbus, Neb., vice H. J. Hudson, suspended; Henry P. Howard, at Sail Antonio, Tex., vice J. P. Newcomb, suspended; Lewis Lowry, at Cameron, Mo., vice F. M. Kimba 1, suspended; B. F. Eilsbury, at Ironton, 0., vice 8. B. Steece suspended; John D. Waterman, at Rockford, 111., vice Thomas G. Lawler, suspended; J. H. Drinker, at West Point, Miss , vtceH. H. Harrington, suspended: Walter W. McGrew, at Eureka, Kan., vice James W. Nicholas, resigned: John C. Friend, at Rawlings, Wy. T., vice H. T. Snively, suspended; Isaiah Garrett, at Monroe, 1.a., vice Julius Ennemoser, suspended; Arthur D. Glover, at Olympia, W. T., vice James W. Gale, suspended. Elections in France for members of the Chamber of Deputies resulted in large gains for ttie Conservatives, which will necessitate changes in tho Cabinet. Two members of the ministry have lost their seats. Among the deputies chosen are MM. Floquet, Clemenceau, Paul Bert, and De Cassagnac. The fire losses for September in the United States and Canada are computed at $6,525,000 —$3,700,000 less than during the corresponding month of 1384. The Dominion Commissioners appoiute 1 to settle the half-breed claims in the Northwest have concluded their labors, after making allowances of $2,000,000. Russian newspapers advocate the sending of a force of Cossacks into Turkish territory on account of the frequent raids of Turkish marauders into the Transcaucasia. Mr. Gladstone suggests as a settlement of the Eastern trouble that Austria, Greece, and Turkeydivide Macedonia. Lord Salisbury, It is said, has decided toco-operato with Austria in order to facilitate Sir Henry Drummond Wolff’s mission to tho Porte and thwart Russia. The courts have refused to set aside the assignment of Rindskopf Brothers, clothing manufacturers, of New Y'ork, who failed for $1,800,010. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has made perpetual the injunction recently granted restraining the sale to a syudicate of $6,000,000 of Pittsburgh municipal bonds at par with 1 per cent, commission. Miss Emma Faulkner, of State Bridge, N. Y r ., poured the contents of a lamp over her head and shoulders, then set fire to. hers; If, and ran shrieking around tho house. The tire was not extinguished until nearly all her clothing had been burned from her body. She died shortly after. She had attempted suicide be lore. Washington telegram: “Information which has been received here privately shows beyond question that the Apache scouts employed by Gen. Crook were leading the soldiers on a wild-goose chase, affording Geronimo every opportunity to visit the reservation he deserted to supply himself with women, bucks, and ammunition. A sentiment is rapidly working up in the Interior and War Departments which it is believed will eventually lead to tho removal of Gen. Crook to another command and tho substitution of an Indian-flghter with less faith in Indian truthfulness.”

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK Beeves. $4.00 @ 6.00 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 1 White. 97 @ .98 No. 2 Red 96 (a) .97*4 Coen—No. 2 . 48 @ .50 OAts—White.....* ”.36 @ .41 Poke—Mess 9.00 @16.09 * CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 @6.23 Good Shipping 5.00 @5.50 Common .'. 3.50 @4.50 Hogs 4.c0 @4.50 FLOUR—Extra Spring 5.00 @ 6.50 Choice Winter.. 4.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 90 @ .91 Cohn—No. 2..... 41 @ 4i>4 Oats—No. 2 25 @ .26 Rye—No. 2 68 @ .60 Barley—No. 2 69 @ .71 Butter—Choice Creamery 19 & .20 Fine Dairy.. 15 @ .18 Cheese—Full Cream, new 09%@ .fii46 Skimmed Flats 05’4@ .1614 Eggs—Fresh 17 @ .18 Potatoes—Car-lots, per bn 32 @ .37 Pork—Mess .... 8.25 @8.50 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 .85 @ .8314 COliN—No. 2 41 @ .41*6 Oats—No. 2 25 @ .26 Rye—No. 1 58 @ .60 PORK—Mess 8.00 @ 8.50 _ TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 90 @ .91 Corn—No. 2 44 ,§ .45 Oats—No. 2 26 @ .28 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ .94 Corn—Mixed 39 @ .41 Oats—Mixed 25 @ .2516 Pork—Mess... 8.75 @ 9.25 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 95 & .‘.’6 Corn—No 2 44 @ .4416 Oats—Mixed .26 @ .28 Rye—No. 2 62 @ .64 PoßK—Mess 8.75 s 9.23 DETROIT. Beef Cattle 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.50 @4.50 Sheep 3.25 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 1 White 91 @ .92 COHN—No. 2 43 @ .45 Oats— No. 2 White 29 @ .30 INDIANAPOLIS Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 @ .94 Corn—Mixed 40 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 25 & .2516 EAST LIBERTY Cattle—E'est 5.2.3 <3 6.75 Fair 4.75 @ 6.23 Common 3.73 @ 4.25 HOGS.. 4.'5 @ 4.50 Sheep 8.75 @ 4.25 BUFFALO. Cattle 4.50 @ 6.00 Hogs j 4.23 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.50 & 4.75

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Frank Kelley, of Francesville, 14 years old. died f.om a horse’s kick. —Two school teachers of Morgan County have had their licenses revoke! because of immorality. —A woman residing at Beacon has attained the age of nineteen and is the widow of four husbands, and now expresses a desire to enter a convent. —A mammoth gray eagle six feet seven inches across the wings was shot and disabled just east of Connersvilc. It is the fi st one seen there for many years. —The Indiana monument on tbe field of Gettysburg will be unveiled about the 25th of October prox. The ex vet data has not been settled, but it will be near that time. Georgo.YV. Sanks died at Greansburg of heart disease. He was a member of the Thirty-seventh and One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regimems of Indiana Volunteers during the war. —ln a dwelling in Honey Creek Township, near Lafayette, three couples were married Thursday, three clergymen, of the Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian faith, performe .1 the ceremonies. —A farmer living two miles a»d a half from Mancie has a pumpkin-vine which, if stretched out, would measure almost a fifth of a mile, and which has borne over 1,5J0 pounds of pumpkins. —Lee Urmstone and wife, of Frankton, about a month ago paid a visi: to his wife’s parents, who reside six miles distant, and remained a day or two, when they took their buggy to return, and have not been heard from since. —The Jeffersonville Plate Glass Company has made an Assignment of its property, and will go Out of business, being unable to compete with Pennsylvania manufacturers. The indebtedness is $160,000, and the assets are estimated to be worth SBO,OOO. —While Bishop Scott, charged, in connection with his brother and Frank Poor, with the murder of W'illiam Haynes, was testifying in court at Muncie he became violent y insane, and was removed to the jail, where a number of men were required to hold him. —At Russellville, Putnam County, Thomas and George Wi’son, cousins, met in a public road, and an old feud was settled ly Thomas shooting and kill ng George. The trouble dates back some years, and a woman figures as the chief cause. The murderer escaped. —Henry N. Spaan, a promi ent lawyer, and ex-Judge James E. Heller, got into a fight in an Indianapolis court. Spaan charging the ex-Judge with mitrnthfulness. Aimed with chairs, both men came in collision, and intense excitement followed. Spaan was uninjured, Heller had an eye discolored, and both were fined $lO for contempt. —Karl Kessler, 15 years old, living at Lafayette, was shoo ing at a glass tumbler the other day with a rifle. The ball rebounded and struck him in the eye. Fearing to tel; his parents how the accident occurred, he said that he had fallen against tho point of a nail. The wound healed over and no more attention was paid to it until a day or two ago, when a playm to struck him on the s vine spot. The boy fainted, and an examination showed tho bullet flattened against his skull.

—The County Commissioners might utilize the Fa’.l Creek mansion as a summer resort for tramps. For such purpose it is well situated, being on the banks of Fall Creek, where the fishing is fair to middling. In addition it may be said that the building is not surpassed by any of the hotels in modern improvements aud conveniences. It contains hot and cold water, luxurious bath-rooms, elegant diningrooms, fine wash-rooms and do ets, elevators and furnaces. It would, no doubt, be well patronized. —lndianapolis Senfine l. —An Indian, styling himself “The Star of the Cheyenne Tribe. ” has been delivering lectures in Corydon for some time past. He formed the acquainta ice of a very pretty young lady at Biadford last spring, and has ever since paid her marked attention, at different times giving her valuable presents of jewily, etc. It is now annoi noed that they are engaged to be married, but the laws of the State are such that they cannot secure a license. The young lady’s parents seem to offer no objectii n to the marriage, but on the contrary, rather encourage it. It is reported that they are m tkiug arrangements to go west to bo united in wed ock. —The mag strates of Jeffersonville reap a rich harvest from the clop ng couples, says the Louisville Courier-Journal. Tln re is omsidotnblo competition i 1 the business. Eieh magistrate has bis “runner” or agent, who waits at the ferry-boat, and who, by long experience and close observation, can tell au eloping couple at a glance. One agent more enterprising tb«tn the rest, has stitioned himself at the Short Line depot in Lou svi.le, and catches them before they come over. Those fe lows usually sta id in With the magistrates for half the fee. Sometimes, however, the “happy man” gives the guide a fee for showing them the ropes. Ho procures the license, finds a magistrate, swears to the girl’s age, and, in fact, does everything but marry the girl himself.