Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1887 — Page 3

LEGGETTS LIFE.

The Wild Ride of a Lawyer to Save the Neck of His Client. He Reaches the Gallows Just as the Sheriff Is About to Cut the Hope. [Savannah (Ga.) special] The following are the exciting details of the saving of Leggett’s life, for his death has not yet been compassed, though his neck has been in the hangman's noose. William Clifton, his faithful attorney, received on Wednesday night—or rather Thursday morning—telegrams from Governor Gordon infoiming him of Leggett’s respite for thirty days. These he started with for Tatn.dl County on Thursday afternoon. It was generally understood thronghout the county that the execution would take place in the forenoon of the next day. The sun was not two hours high when people began arriving in the town, some on foot, others on horseback, and many in the cracker carts. The scaffold had been erected in a field a quarter of a mile from the village. Thither the crowd moved, and steadily grew in numbers. Leggett was given breakfast at 7 o’clock, and shortly afterward a minister of the gospel was admitted to his cell. The condemned man talked-of the murder of his wife, said that he was sorry for it, and expressed a hope for forgiveness. He had not received any intimation that a reprieve would be granted in his case, and he went about preparing to pay the penalty of his crime. At 10:30 he was handcuffed, and, surrounded by Deputy Sheriffs, was driven to the scaffold. Fully 1,500 people had collected there, and an immense crowd followed Leggett and his guards from the town. Dozens of men and boys bad climbed up into the trees to get a better view. Hundreds more swarmed over the carts, stand ng up on the wheels, seats, anywhere and everywhere that a foothold offered. THE BLACK CAP. The jesting lulled as the prisoner ascended the scaffold, but still a low buzz of excited comment arose from the throng. After a few minutes of prayer and a short confession from the murderer the sheriff slipped the noose over Leggett’s head, carefully tightened the rope around bis neck, and adjusted the knot. Then the black cap was put on and pulled down over the prisoner’s face. He had walked up on the gallows with a firm step, and showed little sign of nervousness in his voice as he sang and prayed. He dd not falter when placed on the fatal trap, and held hi? hands quietly behind his back to have them tied together. His ankles were next bound tightly with a stout rope. Mr. Clifton was in his bed ’n Savannah when he received a telegram from Governor Gordon granting a respite. When the attorney left the train at Johnston’s station, on the Savannah, Florida and Western Kailway, he had forty-five miles to drive through a country not noted for its good roads. The breaking of a trace or an axle or anything happening to either of the horses, or any one of a hundred accidents, was liable to delay him and prevent his reaching Riedsville before the trap was sprung. While Leggett was watching through his cell window the first gleams of dawn his faithful lawyer was urging a swift pair of horses across the country at a gait that covered them with foam. The hours sped by with equal rapidity to the prisoner and to the man who w r as hastening to save his life. IN TIME. The Sheriff had just turned to step down off the scaffold, preparatory to cutting the rope which held the trap in the floor, when Mr. Clifton pushed his’ way into the crowd and shouted: “Mr. Sheriff, I have here a message from Gov. Gordon, directed to you. ” “Come this way and let me see it immediately,” answered back the Sheriff. For a moment not a whisper was uttered. Every one held his breath. The crowd divided and made way for the lawyer to pass to the foot of the gallows. The Sheriff glanced hastily at the telegram, and dropped the hatchet which he held in his hand. “Go up on the scaffold, Clifton, and read to us!” cried a thousand voices. Tatnall is the attorney’s native county. Everybody down there knows him, and there was not a man in the crowd who did not recognize his tall, broad.form as he elbowed his way to the Sheriff. Many a time in his life had the lawyer heard the cry, “Take the stage,” but never before under such circumstances. MB. CLIFTON EXPLAINS. Taking ex-Senator Mattox by the arm, Mr. Clifton stepped briskly upon the platform, and without waiting for Leggett to be unbound read the dispatch from Governor Gordon granting a respite for thirty 4 days. “Tnis is authentic,” the speaker added, and he read another telegram addressed to himself, to the effect that a reprieve had been granted. He then read a third dispatch, inquiring if the first and second had been received. The telegrams had a magical effect upon the crowd. They yelled and shouted for Gordon and Clifton and pressed up close to the scaffold to congratulate him. Leggett stood at first as though.paralyzed, being unable to believe what his ears heard. Then when it dawned upon him that he was not to die, he made frantic efforts to be released. The cap and noose were quickly removed, and he fell down on his knees and poured out thanks to God and his attorney. His bonds were cut and he was led away, declaring that he loved his lawyer more than any one in the world. The scene was one not witnessed twice in a lifetime, except in the last act of some dramas on the mimic strage where a courier rushes on breathless from the wings and hands the heavy man in the play a pardon for the hero. The crowd was disappointed, but it seemed perfectly well satisfied that the affair had taken the turn it did. Mr. Clifton was a sort of hero, and in less than an hour petitions were being signed asking the Governor to commute Leggett’s sentence to imprisonment for life.

Labor and Industrial Nates.

The Knights in Tennessee are taking active steps to form a Labor party, and Richard Trevelick has been engaged to stump the State. Jesse Harper and some other Labor leaders have been working Kansas. In Missouri the Labor party is organized in several large towns. In Michigan a large Labor party vote will be polled at the" next election, if activity in organization means anything. Robert Schilling and

a score of active leaders are working Wisconsin. In lowa General Wearer has taken the field. A State convent on will be held in Ohio oo July 4 to nominate State officers. Columbus is the point. The Henry George wing of the Labor party will bold a convention in Cincinnati on the same day. The leading officers of the Farmers’ National Alliance are in correspondence with the leaders of the labor political movement. Several of the Western barbed wire fence manufacturers are having a hard time of it. Two or three have failed, and seven or eight are in a tight place. Manufacturing capacity has been too greatly extended. A good many New England woolen-mills have been flooded with high water. Some Eastern textile-mills are running three to four hours overtime. New yarn-mi Ils are being built at Fall Kiver. A number of small strikes are constantly occurring among the spinners and weavers of the East. Quite a number of New England manufacturers are putting money into small houses for their employes.

POWDERLY TO THE KNIGHTS.

Patriotic and Timely Advice in Regard to Celebrating Independence Day. To the Order wherever found, Greeting: For several years the practice of ho’ding demonstrat one and celebrations on the Fourth of July has been dying out. The old and the middle-aged are forgetting that on the fourth day of July, 1776, a nation was born and a government was inaugurated which differed from the governments and nations of the earth, inasmuch as it was to be a nation and a government to be composed of the whole people, to be managed and controlled by the whole people; and the intention was that those who served the people aspublic officers wore to act ferthe whole people. Even while the Declaration of Independence was being read, the struggle for liberty—for free speech, for a free people and a free country—was going on, and it continued until liberty throughout the length and breadth of the United Colonies was an established fact. For years the citizens of the republic were accustomed to meet on each succeeding Fourth of July and celebiate the event which proclaimed a nation born. For years the doings of those who erected the proud structure on which our Government rests were told and retold in song and story. Each Fourth of July saw the citizens of the republic gathered together under one—and only one—fla?, cn the village green or the city square, and, amid the booming of cannon and beating of drums, awakened memories of the “days that tried men’s souls. ’’ The speaker of the day told how the power of a king gave way at the command of the people. Or, if no speaker could be had, one of the celebrants rend to the assembled multitude the Declaration of Independence. Uld men among us can recall such incidents as these, but they are fast forgetting how it was done or what it was for. and the young people ore not taught to respect or celebrate the day. Such a condition of affairs is wrong and unpatriotic. There is one portion of our country's population that should never cease to remember that they, above all others, should celebrate the fourth day of July and keep alive the memories which it recalls. Those who gain large fortunes, those who acquire large tracts of land in the country, and who own blocks of buildings in our cities, are not the ones who celebrate, or care to celebrate, that day which gave to the world a nation whose strength lay in her common people. It belongs, therefore, to the ones who have not gained the most and fared the best under our Government, to the common people, to kindle once more and keep forever alive the memories of the struggle which dethroned the king in royal robes and enthroned the sovereign in homespun—which discarded and spat upon the scepter of a monarch and honored and exalted the hammer and plowhandle of the man of toil. Two classes, representing diverse feelings and interests, would have the common people forget that we have a country or a flag. The monopolist and the anarchist care nothing for American liberty or institutions. The former, having accumulated an immense fortune, would hail with delight a king and a strong government, and] is hopeful of a change in that direction. The latter has either lost hope in our institutions or else knows nothing about them or their history, and would destroy both the good and the bad in them .to make way for the rule of nobody and nothing. Monopoly and anarchy are twin evils. The latter, by attempting to overturn all law and order because Some of our laws are not properly administered, would give to the former the pretext for the establishment of a strong 'Government. Monarchy before anarchy! would then be the cry. The watchword of the people should be : Neither monopoly nor anarchy shall rule in this country—both must go. Men who labor by baud or brain make up two-thirds of our voting population. Two-thirds of the voters can, if they are honest, patriotic, and vigilant, vote good men into office, and good men, if properly watched and assisted by the people, will make and enforqe good laws. It follows that, if there is anything wrong in the affairs of State or nation, we, the people, are to blame, and v e have no right to grumble or threaten to break up the Government because of our own neglect. What, then, is our duty ? What is the duty of the Knights of Labor in particular? It is to study the principles an which our Government is based and teach others what we have learned. I therefore recommend that on next Fourth of July the members of the order, where there is an assembly in existence, bold 'demonstrations and celebration# in honor of the birth of a people’s government. If other societies intend to celebrate, the Knights can join in; if no other society,will celebrate, then the Knights should celebrate by all means. In localities where a puplic demonstration would cause some liberty-hating employer to discharge his workmen, I would advise that no risks be taken. Join in with other citizens in getting up Celebrations. Secure a speaker to deliver a short address. If no speaker can be had, secure a good reader to read the Declaration of American Independence. In the line of march and on your stands and public places use only one flag—the stars and stripes. Snow to the world that no matter where the Labor citizen was born he respects and honors the United States flag. Show to the world that we are determined to find out what is wrong in our system of government, and that we are equally as determined to right such wrongs as may exist, by peaceful, legitimate means. I desire,.also, that the question of the restoration of the people’s lands to the care of the people be discussed. Pass resolutions declaring that the holding of from fifty to sixty millions of acres of the public domain by aliens is sinful and un-American. Go further, and demand that the alien landlord shall let go his hold. Pass resolutions declaring that every acre of land acquired by fraud, perjury, or chicanery, is an acre stolen, and demand that the thief be required to make restitution to the people. Pass.resolutions never to take your eyes off the land until one good, plain, simple, honest law shall govern the holding of land, whether the holder be rich or poor, individual or corporation- Make the land for the people, under the people’s lawft, the question of the day. It was not for air, sunshine or water alone that our fathers fought; it was for the land, and we must hold this land free from the shark and speculator, whether native or alien. This is n» political question; it is a national, a patriotic question, and must be understood. Do not fear the taunts or ridicule of any man or set of men. Let those who feel so disposed call our demonstrations “spread-eogleisju” or “Yankee-Doodleism,'" if they choose. Give them to understand that we are in earnest, and that we prefer spread-eagleism to indifference. Let it be understood that we are determined that the wings of the eagle shall hereafter spread over a nation of free men and women, who own the land we live in; that the wings of the eagle shall no longer spread over a single acre of land owned or controlled by an alien landlord or native rogue. Do not forget to celebrate in a becoming, dignifted manner the one hundred and eleventh birthday of American independence, especially as this year is the centennial anniversary oT the formation of the Constitution under which we now live. T. V. Powderly, General Master Workmajj.

THE PRESIDENCY.

Views of Senator McPherson—Ro Considers the President Certain of Re-election. IWashington special.] Senator McPherson is in the city, anl says he is very much dissatisfied with tne operations of the Pacific Kail way Investigating Commission. He does not think the men encaged in the work are fit for it, and that their investigations so far are childish and unimportant. The commission, he says, is simply skimming the surface for information tuat is new to everybody but themselves, and he feared that after they have finished and made their report the entire work would have to be done over again by Congress. When asked if Cleveland would get the support of New Jersey for renomination, he replied: » “Certainly. He will get the delegation from New Jersey aud from every other State, I think. Mr. Cleveland will have no opposition in the convention. He will be nominated; he is already nominated. I know of no man who will put himself up in convention against him. I know of no man in either party who could stand against him with the people. Ho will get the delegation from New York and New Jersey and every other State in the convention. Mr. Cleveland is gaining strength. His popularity is growing all the while. He has an immense following. He is drawing from all parties, and the great mass of the people will go with him. The best possible thing tor the Democratic party to do is to renominate him; the best possible thing for the people of the United States to do is to elect him. There is no other man who occupies the position he does. The party will renominate him and the people will re-elect him. If the labor party put in an independent ticket in the field it will probably be as it was with Mr. Hewitt in the election of Mayor. Men regardless of party will turn in and vote for Cleveland and elect him. There is no man in public life to-day who is as popular throughout the country. As I said before, the best thing the party can do is to renominate him, and the best thing for the country is for the people to elect him.”

DEPENDENT PENSION BILL.

President Cleveland’s Reply to a Grand Army Post Which Indorsed His Action in Vetoing It. [Wilmington (Del.) special.) The Every Evening prints the following autograph letter from President Cleveland: Executive Mansion, i Washington, May 18, 1887. ( Mr. William G. Robelin, Quartermaster, Wilmington, Del.: Deak Sir —l am in receipt of your letter of the 7th inst., transmitting handsomely engrossed resolutions of Gen. U. S. Grant Post No. 18, approving my executive action in vetoing the dependent pension bill. I beg to express through you to the members of the post my appreciation of their indorsement aud my thanks for the courtesy manifested in the form of their approval. It sometimes happens that official conduct clearly demanded by an imperative obligation of public duty is made difficult by counter influences aud inclinations which grow out of sympathy or by a disposition to follow with ease and comfort the apparent current of popular opinion. Those of our citizens not holding office, and thus entirely free from the solemn obligation of protecting the interests of the people, often fail to realize tnat their public servants are to a large extent debarred in official action from the indulgence of those charitable impulses which in private life is not only harmless but commendable. While the deprivation should be regarded as one of the stern incidents of a faithful performance of official duty, and while it should be endured with the resignation arising from an unfaltering faith in the ultimate .justice of the American people, it is, nevertheless, gratifying to receive such expressions as are contained in the resolutions now before me. Yours very truly,

GROVER CLEVELAND.

Blaine’s Pilgrimage to Ireland.

It seems that all Mr, James G. Blaine’#, health needs is a voyage across the Atlantic. It is expected that the salt ocean breezes will tone up his system to endure the political squalls of the next eighteen months, and that the boom he will get by cable will be more efficacious wi(h politicians and voters than any manipulation possible from Bar Harbor. ’ To this end it is given out that Mr. Blaine and his factotum, Joe Manley, ex-Postmaster of Augusta, Me., will sail for England early in June. The only health-seeking part of the trip will be that on shipboard. When the party lands at Liverpool the managers of the circus will have arranged a spontaneous outpouring of the people to welcome the only genuine plumed knight of American dubbing who ever sought those monarchist shores. His journey from Liverpool to London will be a voluntary ovation all along the line. In the metropolis Mr. Blaine will be invited to eat at Democratic dinners and to speak at home ru'e meetings. Of course the matter of his public utterances will be made as offensive (o English ears as possible in order to arouse the bitterest criticism, which will be promptly cabled to the New York Tribune to show the brutal manner in which the “bloody Britons” handle a favorite son of Maine. When the indignation of the English publ c has been sufficiently aroused and this country has been harrowed with the reports of frequent attempts to mob Mr. Bia ne he will shake the dust of London from his feet and cross the channel to Ireland. Before doing so, however, Mr. Blaine will meet Gladstone, and, having fallen on his neck, the grand old man w.ll be chained to the plumed knight’s chariot wheel for a triumphial tour of tbe green isle. No effort will be spared to induce Mr. Painell to accompany Mr. Blaine on his tour. Should this combination be effected it is expected that the aggregation will produce nothing short of a convulsion in Ireland, the mere vibration of which will awaken the wildest enthusiasm for Mr. Blaine among IrishAmericans. This is a very delighful programme, to be sure. And there can be no doubt that it will land Mr. Blaine in the White House if all the Irish voters in America turn Republicans and all who are Republicans now vote for Mr. Blaine. But there is an ominous shadow of a doubt in that “if.”— Chicago News. When an undertaker makes love he should never hint that he will be glad to Sve the object of his affections an elegant neral free of charge.

Bill Nye’s Residence.

If yon will excuse me for introducing a purely personal matter, saya Bill Nve in the New York World, I would like to make nn explanation at this time which concerns me, of course, more than anvbody else, and yet it ought to be made in the interest of general justice, also. I refer to n recent article published in a Western paper and handsomely illustrated, in which, among others, I find the following picture of my residence:

The description which accompanies the cut, among other things, goes on to state as follows: “The structure is elaborate, massive, and beautiful. It consists of three stories, basement, and attic, and covers a large area on the ground. Il contains un elevator, electric bells, steamheating arrangements, baths, hot and cold, in every room; electric lights, laundry, fire-escapes, etc. The grounds consist of at least live acres, overlooking the river for several miles up and down, with fine boating and a private fish-pond, two acres in extent, containing every known variety of pame fish. The grounds are finely laid*out m handsome drives and walks, and when finished the establishment will be one of the most complete and beautiful in the Northwest.” No one realizes more fully than I the great power of the press for good or evil. Itightly used, the newspaper can make or unmake men, and wrongly used it can be even more sinister. I might say, knowing this as I do, I want to be placed* right before the people. The above is not a correct illustration or description of my house, for several reasons. In the first place, it is larger and more robust in appearance, and, in the second place, it has not the same tout ensemble as my residence. My house is less obtrusive and less arrogant in its than the foregoing, and it has no elevator in it. My house is not the kind that seems to crave an elevator. An elevator in my house would lose money. There is no popular clamor for one, and if I were to put one in I would have to abolish the dining-room. It would also interfere with the parlor. I have learned recently that the correspondent who came here to write up this matter visited the town while I was in the South, and as he could not find me he was at the mercy of strangers. A young man who lives here and who is just in the heyday of life gleefully consented to show the correspondent my new residence, not yet completed. • So they went over and examined the new Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital, which will be completedin June, and which is, of course, a handsome structure, but quite different from my house in many particulars. For instance, my residence is of a different school of architecture, being rather on the Scandinavian order, while the foregoing has a tendency toward the Ironic. The hospital belongs to a very recent school, as I may say, while my residence, in its architectural methods and conception, goes back to the time of the mound-ouilders, a time when a Gothic hole in the ground was considered the maguum Lonum and the scrumptuous thing in art. If the reader will go around behind the above building and notice it carefully on the east side, he will not discover a dried coonskin nailed to the rear breadths of the wood-shed. That alone ought to convince an observing man that the house is not mine. The coonskin regardant will always be found emblazoned on my arms, together with a blue goddess of Liberty and my name in green India ink.

Above I give a rough sketch of my house. Of course, I have idealized it somewhat, but only in order to please the eye of the keenly observant reader. The front part of the bouse runs back to the time of Polypus the First, while the L, which does not show in the drawing, runs back as far as the cistern. In closing, let me say that I am not finding fault with any one because the above error has crept into tbe public prints, for it is really a pardonable error, after all. Neither do I wish to be considered as striving to eliminate my name from the columns of the press, for no one could be more tickled than I am over a friendly notice of my arrival in town or a timely reference to my courteous bearing and youthful appearance, but I want to see the Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital succeed, and so I come out in this way over my own signature and admit that the building does not belong to me, and that, so far as I am concerned, the man who files a lien on it will simply fritter away his time.

Artesian Wells in Tunis.

Southern Tunis is being transformed by Capt. Landais, -who is continuing the scheme of the late Capt. Roudaire for an inland sea. The artesian wells now being sunk by him yield a large quantity of water, which is utilised m agriculture by the natives who collect round these new oases. Gardens are being created where till recently there was nothing but sand, and avenues of trees are growing which will one day be bordered by houses. In a few years, if the operations are continued, the whole region will have been converted from a desert into a garden.—London Times. Ingratitude and misfortune make mon imperious.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—The people of Republican Township, in the southern part of Jefferson County, are greatly excited over the prospect of finding gas and oil. Recently an explosion occurred in the bed ot a small stream running through the farm of J. Henley, the report being heard for several miles, and frightened cattle until they ran about like wild. A large opening was made in the creek bottom, and the strong odor of gas per mealed the air. The general supposition is that the explosion was caused by natural gas, as shale taken from the same spot several years since was found combustible, and it is thought gas and oil can be found. —A singular incident is reported from Roann, Wabash County. A lady passenger bound for Detroit boarded a Wabash and Western passenger train, and, by mistake, went into the smoker and sat down. In a moment she jumped up exclaiming,. “I am on fire,” and the flames were seen enveloping her body. Several passengers rushed to the rescue and the fire was smothered, though the fair passenger was considerably injured. Investigation showed that her celluloid bustle had ignited from a buring cigar- stump which had been left on the seat. —The Governor is about ready to proclaim the laws passed by the last Legislature to be in force, but the absence of the State’s financial exhibit from the volume of laws, as published, has caused him to ask the Attorney General if that fact rendered the publication illegal. The Attorney General advised him that such failure did not have that effect, as the constitutional provision requiring (he publication of the statement was only directory. The essence of the thing to be done was the publication and circulation of the laws. —Patents have been issued to Indianinns as follows: Cline, George J., assignor of one-half to W. B. Lehman, Goshen, roadcart; Crossman, John A., and N. C. Buch, assignors to E. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis, saw-swaging machine; Hand,Townson, assignor of one-half to 0. Hand, Shelbyville, washing-machine; Line, W. F., Andrews, fumigator; McGriff. John N., Anderson, corn-planter; McKinney, Wm. H., Evansville, non-conducting jacket; Wilcox, Charles D., Indianapolis, boilercleaner. —A recent shipment of twenty tons of ore from Warrick County, sent to a Newport, Ky., smelter for test treatment, yielded $255 per ton of bullion in silver and gold. The average assays of the twenty-ton lot run 9.7 ounces in silver per ton; .3 ounces gold; 7 per cent, lead; 70 per cent, silicate; 8 per cent, iron and manganese; 12 per cent, lime; value, sl2 per ton. It carries almost its own fluxing, and is n desirable smelting ore. —Near Danville, Hendricks County, the 14-year-old son of Thomas Hewlitt, while attempting to mount a mare hitched to a harrow, for the purpose of riding, fell beside the animal and got entangled in the harness. The horse became frightened and dragged the boy a distance of a hundred yards, continually kicking him until he was dead. —The State Homoepathic Society in session at Indianapolis, elected the following officers: President, Dr. T. D. Lewis, Evansville; First Vice President, Dr. J. T. Boyd, Indianapolis; Second Vice President, Dr. J. A. Thompson, New Castle; Treasurer, Dr. J. S. Martin, Muncie; Secretary, Dr. William B. Clark, Indianapolis. —The Treasurer of State asked the Attorney General if a County Treasurer could levy on notes and money to satisfy a claim for delinquent taxes. The Attorney General’s opinion is that no exemption pertains to this class of personal property, and that a levy for the purpose named can be made on them. —The body of Elias Cutler, ot Terre Haute, was found on the I. & St. L. track, badly mangled. There was a report at first that he had been murdered, but investigation indicates that he committed suicide. He was engaged as a wood-chop-per. He leaves a wife and three children. —The case of William Carroll vs. The Ohio and Mississippi Railway, for SIO,OOO damages for the killing of his brother in the Muscatatuck bridge wreck, near North Vernon, two years ago, on trial at Versailles, has been decided in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of SI,OOO damages. —J. M. Trester, a brakeman on the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, whose home is in North Madison, was probably fatally injured at Shelbyville, while making a coupling, a brake-wheel falling on his head. He was taken to Columbus. —John S. Edwards was fatally injured in a runaway accident near Plainville. Edwards, his wife and child, started to church in a buggy, and the horse became frightened and unmanageable. Mrs. Edwards and the child were not dangerously injured. —The appointed to fix a value on the Noble County property, at Albion, from which point it is proposed to remove the county seat to Kendallville, have reported to the Governor that the buildings and real estate are worth $24,600. —The large bam owned by Mrs. Mary Gunning, in Union Township, Shelby County, burned with all its contents, consisting of four horses valued at $750, two binders, one buggy, 1,000 bushes of com, etc. Loss, $3,000. —John Lockhart, a brakeman on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, had his left foot cut off at Monon, by getting it caught in a switch frog. He resides at Spencer, and was making his second trip. —At Flora, Carroll County, a gas company has been organized, and a Lima, 0., firm engaged to do the work. The derrick is now under way.