Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1887 — Page 2

SljelhmocraticSentinei RENSSELAER, INDIANA. ). W McEWEN, ... Publisher

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. Eliza Weathersbv, wife of Xat Goodwin, the comedian, died at New York from the effects of a surgical operation for the removal of a tumor. u The pork-padking establishment of John Taylor k cdf, at '1 renton, N. J., was deFire broke out in the shaving house of W. S. Weed A Co.’s planing mill at IJinghamton, N. Y., and the mill was soon a mass of flames. From the mill the flames spread to the immense lumber yard. The loss amounts to SIIO,OCO. A large number of workmen are ttirown out of employment James Kearney, a New York attorney, is missing, and so is about SBO,OOO in cash belonging to the firm with which he was connected. The Government tried a dynamite gun in New York, and it threw a conical shell, weighing 15) pounds, over miles. Gambling implements to the value of $25,0 0 were, on Saturday, burned by the New York police authorities. Ira Shafer, the counsel for Alderman Cleary of New York, who made such an irate and inconsiderate tirade against the press, has made a qualified apology for the same to John A. Greene, President of the Press Club of New York, who had sent him a very pointed remonstrance on the subject.

WESTERN.

Dispatches from the West report that great suffering and considerable loss of life have been entailed by the flood in the Upper Missouri River. A Rismarck special says: Report! from remote districts intensity the stories of suffering and loss of life. A man was seen riding down the river on a cake of ice, frantically calling for help, but it was impossible to assist him. Twelve families near Livonia, after being on the roofs of their housos for twenty-four hours, walked two miles to the shore on a thin crust of ice that had formed during their imprisonment. Fort Lincoln officers here believe that the people on tne lowlands opposite the post perished in the flood. It is believed at Bowdle, above Bismarck, that several Indians have been drowned The family of Garrett Barry barely escaped with their lives, and lost cattle and household effects. The steamer Gen. Tompkins iB in the ice, a total wreck. A Coroner’s jury exonerated every one connected with the Bessemer (Mich.) boarding-house, by the burning of which twelve human lives were sacrificed. Frank Miller, the manager, was the only one of the persons who escaped from the building that was examined. He explained the arrangements of rooms, stoves, lamps, etc. A fire was kept in the front sitting-room until after midnight, when he retired. Two boarders had just come in and were preparing to retire. Both of them wero drunk. One of them was a newcomer, who perished. Mr. Miller had no notion how the fire originated, but thought that it started in the front part of the building, as his room in the back of the building was the last to be entered by the flames. Ho thought that those who perished must have been suffocated in their beds. They could have escaped through the windows. A Bowdle (D. T.) dispatch says: “Last reports from Legrace and Laßeau say that great damage has been done by the high waters of the Missouri River. At Leßoau people from the bottoms wero compelled to flee to the high bluffs. Barthel Olson was on the roof of his building all night, and was roscued next day. Jacob McCarthy, Mr. Kirkland, and three others wero drowned on the bottoms south of Legrace. Wilkins & Skinners ranch near Legrace is under several feet of water. ” Jackson Marion, for the murder of John Cameron, fifteen years ago, was haugod last week at Beatrice, Neb. Near Leetonia, Ohio, a freight train dashed into the rear of the Chicago express, which had been stopped for the purpose of repairing the air-brake hose. The sleeper and one c:ach were wrecked, the engineer of the express killed, and seven persons wounded, two of whom may not recover. The court-house and jail at Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, was destroyed by fire. The public records were saved and the prisoners safely removed. At New York Mills, Minn., Mrs. Joseph Mattson murdered her litilo girl, 1 year old, by severing the jugular vein with a pair of sharp shears. Then she committed suicide in the same manner. .Thomas H. Harding was hanged at Dillon, Mont Ter., for the murder of William Ferguson, a young stage-driver, committed while Ferguson was driving his stage from Melrose to Glendale on May 2!t, 1886. The Grand Jury at Chicago on Saturday returned indictment* against the following persons for malfeasance in office and conspiracy to defraud, the county: Daniel J. Wren, County Commissioner; Adam Ochs, ex-County Commissioner, Chairman of the board in 1884-’BS; John E. Yan Pelt, exCounty Commissioner; Harry Varnell, Warden of the Insane Asylum; William J. McGangle, Warden of the County Hospital; Charles Frey. Warden of the Infirmary; Elisha A. Robinson, grocer, furnisher of county supplies. The parties were arrested and pave bail. Mr. John McGovern has been called to Omaha to conduct the editorial columns of the Evening Bee in that city. He has been identified for many years with the newspapers of Chicago, having held and filled with fine ability responsible positions on tho daily press, but it was perhaps as editor of the Current and as the autflor of several popular books that he became best known to the literary world The Chicago Daily News says: “We doubt not that Mr. McGovern will be cordially welcomed by his professional brethren in Omaha—he certainly carries with him to his

new field of labor the best wishes of the many Chicagoans who recognize his personal worth no less than his intellectual attainments and abilities.” The steamer Chesapeake, valued at was burned at New Ma Irid, Mo. The horse Oliver K., which was to have trotted Harry Wiikes for $10,005, April 2, strained a tendon at Los Angeles, and the race is off. Oliver K. pays a forfeit of $2,5(i0. The Hon. Samuel H. Treat, Judge of the United S.afea District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, died last week at Springfidd, IIL, aged 75. He had for some years suffered with Bright’s disease, and his death was the result of complications growing out of that disease. He had been confined to liis room but a few days. Judge Treat was born in Otsego County, New York, in 1«1 2, and was admitted to the bar in that State. In IS Hhe came to Illinois, and settled in Springfield. He lormei a law partnership witu ooorge Forquer, a half-brother of Thomas Ford, who became Governor of the State in 1-iiA. Mr. Forquer had been Attorney General of Illinois during the term of Governor Edwards, and was subsequently Kegister of the Land Office at Springfield. The death of Mr. Forquer left judge Treat in sole jKissession of a good law practice. In 1539 a new State Judicial Circuit was formed and Stephen T. Logan was put on the bench. Alter serving abou: three mouths he resigned, and Judge Treat was appointed by Gov. Carlin to fill the vacancy. Ha was afterward elected to the same bench, serving till 18 il, when lu was transferred to the Supreme bench of the State, serving continuously until March 3, 1855, when, the old United States District of Illinois having been divided inti tho Northern and Southern Districts, he was appointed Judge of the Southern District by President Pierce.

SOUTHERN.

A dispatch from Richmond, Va., says that a train went ibrough a bridgo nine miles from Liberty, on the Norfolk and Western Ttoad. The bridge was iu process of repair. Eight or nine workmen were killed and several others wounded. The Governor of Virginia has been advised by cable that the London holders of State bonds are to appoint commissioners to proceed to Virginia and arrange with representatives of the State for a settlement of tho debt In consequence, a joint resolution for the creation of a commission has been introduced m the Senate at Richmond. Owing to scarcity of grass in the Rio Grande districts in Texas, thousands of sheep have perished of hunger. One firm lost 80,00J bead Trouble with the cotton-handlers in New Orleans is seriously interfering with the trade. A colored man named Johnson was executed at Marion, Arkansas, m presence of fifteen hundred persons, for an outrage on a young white girl loft in his charge. Veterans of the Union and Confederate armies in Virginia aro contributing liberally toward the erection of a monument to Gen. John Sedgwick, killed near Spottsylvania.

WASHINGTON.

It is stated that Commissioner of Patents Montgomery will be appointed Judge of tho District Court of the District of Columbia. Col. Lamont says that the fears recently expressed by Dr. Sowers as to the President’s health are not shared by Mr. Cleveland’s family and intimate friends. The contract to erect the new r aqueduct bridge across the Potomac at Washington has been awarded to tho Mount Vernon (Ohio) Bridgo Company a’ $80,905. Oscar S. Strauss, a prominent importer of New York, has been appointed Minister to Turkey. J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, is likely to be appointed a member of the Pacific Railway Commiss on. The Treasury Department reports (534 distilleries in operation throughout the country, Kentucky leading with 15(5. J. R. Doolittle, Jr., of Chicago, has applied to President Cleveland for tho vacaut Judgeship of the District Court at Washington. Instructions have been issued to department commanders to exercise strict economy in (he matter of orders involving travel of army officers. The President has appointed James F. Benedict to be Collector of I denial Revenue for the District of Colorado. The new extradition treaty between Great Brita n and tho United states has been submitted by President Cleveland to the Senate. It calls for extradition for such crimes as manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement or larceny of tho value of SSO or upward, and malicious injury to property, but make i a decided exemption in favor of merely political offenders.

RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE.

The New York Herald publishes a number of interviews regarding the effect of the interstate commerce act. The general opinion seems to be that express companies are exempt from its operation, also that the great railway systems will consolidate and make such tariffs as will crush out the lesser lines. It is said that the Pennsylvania, St Paul, and Northern Pacific systems will consolidate; that the Vanderbilt roads will bo put uuder one management, and that the Baltimore and Ohio deal is the first outcomo of the bill. Commissioner Fink said that while some sections of the bill were admirable, the greater portion of it was impracticab'e. He thought he effect of the bill would be to drive producers in the far West to the wall or to the slow export via the lakes. He believed the law would ruin a great mafiy ralways, and the many branches of industry that have thrived on competing rates. Vies President Thompson of the Pennsylvania Road expresses great confidence in the Interstate Commission, and thinks the members will consider the best interests of the country in applying tho law. The Pennsylvania Company will advance the rate for quarterly commutation tickets 2J per cent A contract has been made at Mexico, Mo., for boring a Well three thousand feet, in search of oiL Agents of l California roads have announced that in future rates on wool to Boston

will be $5.40 per 100 pounds, an advance of $4 This, it is said, will make it impossible for Boston dealers to handle California wool. The Railroad Commissioners of New York have presented to the Legislature a report against the heating of cars by stoves. A mass meeting of commercial travelers held at tffe Palmer House in Chicago, decided to adopt no agressive or boycotting tactics toward the railroads on the mileage ticket and baggage question, but appointed a committee to co-operate with the sim lar committee of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association in bringing their mutual grievances before the railroad managers.

POLITICAL.

The Republicans of Cincinnati have nominated Amor Smith, Jr., for Mayor, and Gen. F. W. Moore for Judge of the Superior Court The Democrats of Ch’cago have nominated Carter H. Harrison for Mayor, John H. McAvoy for Treasurer, C. F. M. Allen for At torney, and Henry Stuckert for Clerk. The New Jersey House unanimously passed the bill giving women the right to vote for school trustees in school districts. A bill has passed the Wisconsin Legislature awarding life imprisonment to persons who shall have carnal knowledge of girls under 14 years of age Senator John Sherman of Ohio delivered a political speech at Nashville, Toon., before a very large audience, speaking on tho invitation of the Republican members of the Tennessee Legislature. A bill to punish murder by hanging failed of passage in the Michigan House by one vote. Mayor Carter H. Harrison positively declined the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Chicago. New York te’egram: “James G. Blaine’s Western trip is entirely for business and recreation. He wiil visit his daughter, Mrs. Lieut. Col. Coppinger, at Fort Wichita, L T., and will put in a day at least in Chicago. ”

MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Lawrence Barrett, the actor, has instructed liis counsel, Colonel Ingersoll, to bring suit for $50,00J damages for malicious prosecution against the President of the American Exchange, its Directors, and General Manager. Col. Isaac Warmoth, a veteran of two wars, died at Salem, 111. Among his eleven surviving children is Henry C. Warmoth, exGovernor of Louisiana. Philip O’Brien ded at Chicago at the extreme ago of 103 years. He was born in Waterford, Ireland, in 1784 Ho had been a resident of Illinois fifty-three years. Mrs. John Farnham died at Utica, N. Y., at llio age of ICB. The Scotia, from Marseilles to New York, went ashore on Long Island The 1,2 JO passengers, however, were rescued without tho loss of a single life. A tempestuous voyage is reported President Fitzgerald of the Irish National League in America has issued along address calling upon the Irish people to rally once more to the support of the cause of Irish nationality and asking the American people and the American press to lend the Irish their moral support by denouncing the proposal of the British Government to re-enact coercive legislation. In his address Mr. Fitzgerald says: There is no law, human or divine, that com--1 Is a nation to passively accept annihilation, and if these British Tories are permitted to heap additional wrongs on the Irish people despair will nerve tho Irish to active resistance and wild retaliation. The very deer turn on their pursuers when driven to bay, and if nothing will satisfy the British Government but the do-traction of the Irish people Ireland will be justified before God and man in selling her life at the heaviest price she can obtain, and in using every weapon the ingenuity of man can place within her reach.

FOREIGN.

An official in the French War Office has been dismissed on suspicion that he has been supplying secrets to foreigners. Father Keller writes from prison that he does not regret his loss of liberty and will not do the infamous thing the Judge asked of him if ho is kept in jail until he dies. Tho Chine e have an effectual way of dealing with tramps. Three hundred of the wanderers invaded a village. The inhabitants lured them into a temple, fired it, and only forty escaped. The Cambridge crew defeated the Oxfords by three lenglhs in (ha annual rowing match on the Thames. The great ocean yacht race between Coronet and Dauntless was ended at 12:50 noon, Sunday, March 27, when the former boat passed the winning point off Queenstown, tlio run from New York having been made in fourteen days, ni cteen hours, three minutes, and fourteen seconds. The Dauntless had not been sighted when its rival reached the goal. The whole number of nautical miles sailed was 2,949. The longest day’s run was 291.5 miles, made on Saturday, March 26, and tbe shortest 38.8 miles, made on Tuesday, March 22. The weather was uncommonly stormy. No less than seven heavy gales contrived to keep the sea in a foment for eleven days of the trip, and for two days the weather was so severe a-S to make tho question of tho yacht’s living iliroiigh-oljem somewhat doubtful. She behaved splfinduTty, however, in all sorts of weather, and proved herself one of the stanchest, if not one of the fastest, vessels of her size afloat. Mgr. Eampolla del Tinduro, Papal Nuncio at Madrid, has been invested with the Cardinal’s hat. Fears of a revolution in Spain have caused the issuance of orders to keep tha garrisons at Madrid and the other chief cities in readme-s for imme iiate action. A convention has been signed between the Portuguese and Chinese Guvernmenis, in which China recognizes Portugal’s right to the possession of Macao. Orders have been given at St. Petersburg to place in a state of readiness for service eighty-seven torpedo vessels belonging to tho Baltic fleet and the Fifteenth, Division of the army.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Governor of Missouri ha 3 signed a bill which places St Louis under the operation of the Downing law. This statute demands the closing of beer gardens and saloons, and prohibits the running of streetcars, the publication of newspapers, and all kinds of traffic on Sunday. - The differences between the old and new Cotton Men’s Councils at New Orleans, resulting in a strike, have paralyzed the trade, and no cotton can be shipped or sold. The old counoil of workers refuses t j disband and join the new organization. Paul Tulane, the philanthropist, died at Princeton, N., J. aged 07. Mrs. Mary Manning, who was born in Ireland in 1782, died last week at Wakefield, Mass. Hon. John H. Reagan met with a severe accident at bis reanonce, near Palestine, Texas. The Senator is in the habit of taking horseback exerc.se every morning before breakfast. One morning, in mounting liis horse for his customary ride, the saddle, being insecurely fastened, turned with his weight, throwing him violently tj tha gro-und, inflicting a severe injury to bis spine. While his injuries are serious, no fatal results are anticipated. The first application ou the files of the interstate commerej commission i 3 from the associated roads of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, asking exemption from the short-haul clause of tho law, because of river competition. it is stated that the Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad will go before the interstate commission with a d.stinct and definite proposal for the readjustment of the road's financial relations. Emperor William received 1,048 cougratu.atory telegrams on bis recent birthday. Sixty of the number were sent from tha United States. Mr. Parnell, considers the Irish criminal law amendment bill one of the strongest coercive measures ever proposed in Parliament. Father Ryan, of the Herbertstown brauon of the Irish National League, has been arrestad and taken to Dublin for refusing to testify in relation to the plan of campaign. The yacht Dauntless passed the finishing line at Queenstown at (5:45 o’clock Monday evening, March 28, her actual time on passage being 16 days, 1 hour, 45 minutes, 13 seconds. All on board were well, and the yacht was in as good shape as when she left New York. A London dispatch says: “The officers of the Coronet and other yachtsmen are greatly pleased with the result of the race, and say it has served to show admirable qualities in both yaclit3. Considering the difference in the tonnage, tha length of the two yachts, and the extraordinarily heavy weather which prevailed during the voyage, the Dauntless is thought to have done as well as her competitor. ” Sentences of imprisonment for from one 10 twenty years have been impose! upon thirteen anarchists at Vienna who plotted to lire the city and blow up the imperial palac3 with dynamite. Inquiries set on foot by the Navy Department a year ago allow that the railroads can tran-port boats 110 feet in length, and by way of the Erie Canal torpedo boats 100 feet long can be taken from the Atlantic Ocean to ibe upper lakes. Last week there were 432,387 standard s.lver dollars issued.

Experiments tried with a new electrical device for use in feeding sheets of paper to printing presses prove quJe successful. It is automatic, and notice of any trouble is sigualed at once by ringing a bell. Corneille, tlie great French dramatist, was born at lioueu in 1606, and died iu 1084. Tlie tragedy of “The Cid” is his most famous work.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $ 4.50 @ 6.00 Hogs 5.75 @ 6.25 Wheat—No. 1 White 90}A@ .91)4 No. 2 Red 91" @ .92 Corn—No. 2 48 54® .50 Oats—White 38 @ .42 Pork—New Mess 16.25 @16.75 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers 5.25 @ 5.75 Good Shipping 4.50 @5.00 Common 4.00 @4.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 5.50 @ 6.00 Flour—Red Winter 3.75 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 78 @ .79 Corn—No. 2 36)4@ .37)4 Oats—No. 2 25*4 8 .26% Butter—Choice Creamery 28 ”@ .30 ” Fhne Dairy -22 @ .25 Cheese—Full Cream. Cheddar., .1314® .13% Full Cream, new 13% <- .13% Eggs—Fresh .11 @ 11% Potatoes—Choice, per bu 50 @ .55 Pork—Mess 20.50 @20.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 74 @ .74)4 Corn—No. 3 37 @ ,37)4 Oats—No. 2 White 31 @ .31)4 Rye—No. 1 55 @ .56 Pork—Mess 16.25 (n 16.75 TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash 81 @ .82 Corn—Cash 39 @ -.40 Oats—No. 2 .' .30 @ .31 DETROIT. Beef Cattle 4.03 @5.25 Hogs 4.25 @ 5.75 Sheep 4.25 @ 5.50 Wheat—Michigan Red 82 @ .83 Corn—No. 2 39 © .40 Oats—White .32 @ .32)4 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2...' 79 @ .79% Corn—Mixed ......’ .35 all .36” Oats—Mixed 27)4® .28)4 Pork—Mess 17.25 @17.75 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 82 @ .82)4 Corn—No. 2 .39 @ .40 “ Oats—No. 2 .29 >4® .30)4 Pork—Mess" 17.25 '@17.75 ' Live Hogs 5.25 @ 5.75 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 91 @ .92 Corn—No. 2 Yellow .45 @ .46 Cattle 4.00 @4.75 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.75 @5.25 Hogs 4.75 @ 6.09 Sheep 1 3.25 @4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 80 « .81 Cv BN —No. 2 .37 @ .37% Oats 28 @ .28% EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best 5.00 @ 5.25 Fair 4.50 @ 4.75 Common 4.00 @ 4.25 Hogs 1. 600 @6.50 Speep 5.00 @ 5.50

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Emannel Rosenbarger, an aged and respected fanner, of Harrison County, died of cancer, after long and most intense suffering. Mr. Rosenbarger has been one of the most unfortunate men in that county. About twenty years ago he became almost totally deaf, so much so that it was painful to try to converse with him. A few years later he had his right arm ground off in a molasses factory, of which be was owner. About seventeen years ago a cancer made its appearance on his face, and steadily grew' worse until it ate almost bis whole face away. For the last five years be has been blind, his eyes both being destroyed, and the lower part of his skull left bare. About the only thing he possessed which resembled a human face was his chin, his nose, cheeks, and upper lip all being eaten away by the’ cancer. During all these misfortunes he never complained. He was an honorable man, and the father of fourteen children. For the last two years it was necessary for his family to keep him in the cellar during the summer months; and to keep constant watch over him. Blind, deaf, and speechless, his wants could be known only by signals which he could make with his only hand. —Patents have been issued to Indianians as follows: Beilis, William K., Indianapolis, coin packet; Dodge, Wallace H. t Mishawaka, devise for transmitting power; Fauber, W. H. Harry, Marshfield, fencebuilding machine; Fulton, Harmon 11., Indianapolis, cultivator attachment; Hamilton, James J. and D. Bearly, New Castle, fire extension ladder and truck; Leonard, Charles N., Indianapolis, pillow-holder; Patee, Theodoras N. and S. R. Lawshe, Greencpstle, lightning-rod standard and brace; Reed, Hugh T., Richmond, shelving; Shewmaker, John W., Terre Haute, barrel carrier; Solenberger, John T. and H. G. W oody, Kokomo, gas pressure regulator and cut-off; Seschech, Gustave H., Indianapolis, band-saw wheel. —At a meeting held at Logaußport for the purpose of making arrangements for unveiling the monument erected by Cass County to the soldiers and sailors of the war, it was decided to hold the celebration on July 13, that day being the centennial anniversary of the adoption of the ordinance of 1787, which dedicated Indiana and the Northwest to freedom. The commute on invitation were instructed to invite Col. William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, and Gen. William H. Gibbon, of Ohio, as special orators of the day. The monument will be seventy-five feet high, and will be the first one in Indiana erected under the provisions of the State law. —The first natural gas company formed at Crawfordsville has ceased digging, and the well will probably be abandoned. A depth of about 1,200 feet had beenrfeached. There is a light flow of water from the well which strongly resembles artesian. The workmen on this well have been transferred to the other company, and the digging of their well has been commenced. The first company expects to sink another well soon. —Mrs. John Collins, who lives near Marietta, w r as standing near the fireplace when her clothing caught fire, and there being no aid near she was burned nearly to death before any one was alarmed by her cries. Her infant child was in the cradle, and the fire was rapidly making its way toward it when it was snatched from its couch by Charles Keath, who was the first' 1 * to appear on the scene. —De Pauw University has just closed an unusually pleasant and prosperous winter term. The aggregate enrollment so far this year is almost 700. The best of order has prevailed and thorough work has been done in all departments. The large Sophomore class had to be divided into four sections for their orations, and their entire performance was highly creditable and satisfactory. —A horrible accident happened at a sawmill near Cassville. While playing under one of the saw tables the 11-year-old son of T. M. Daniels was caught by a swinging circular saw, splitting his little body lengthways down the spine, penetrating the lungs nnd exposing other vital organs. The little fellow still clings to fife, but there is no possible chance of his recovery. —While Mr. J. Winslow, a farmer who lives near Millport, a few miles southwest of Seymour, was harrowing in oats with a drag, his team ran away, and dragged him across the field and into a ditch, where his dead and badly mangled body was found a little later by neighbors who witnessed the accident. He leaves a family. —Gifts to Hanover College during the past year aggregate almost $20,000. This does not include handsome sums given by Mr. F. M. Roots, of Comersville; W. M. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne; Cyrus H. McCormick, of Chicago, and others, to enable Hanover to extend aid to young men studying for the ministry. —The new farm residence owned by Thomas Ireland, nine miles north of Delphi, burned to the ground while the family was away from home. All the household furniture was lost. Loss between $3,000 and $4,000. Only slight insurance. —Elmore Kickley and John Barrett, of Fort Wayne, warm personal friends, went out in the country to shoot at a target. During the shooting Barrett accidentally shot Kickley through the heart, causing instant death. Barrett is wild with grief. —John W. Harper, President of the Wabash County Agricultural Society, and ono of the leading stock-breeders and farmers, was nearly killed while felling a tree. Hisleg was Broken in three places. —Joseph Christian, a white barber of Madison, was President Lincoln’s coachman for one year, beginning in 1862.