Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1887 — Page 2

®l’t JivmocrtficSetrtttiel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - ~ . PUBLISHER

A DAY’S DOINGS.

Eventful Happenings in Every Hemisphere, as Transmitted by Telegraph. Political. Social, Financial, Commercial, Industrial, Criminal and Other News. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. MASONIC MONSTERS. A IxMlge of Colored Free Masons Evidently Organized for Murder. A special dispatch from Greenwood, Mies., reports that Eight negro Masons charged with the killing of Henry 'laylor and wife, after a hearing before Justice Harks, have been, with the exception of one who gave bonds, committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury, and have been taken to New Orleans for safe keeping. There is clear evidence against them and they will no doubt be-convicted. During the preliminary trial it was discovered that a resolution to kill Mr. Kowey, a white man, who in u fight hud broken the arm of one of their brothers, was passed during one of their meetings, but the time appointed for the deed has not yet come. Two days were consumed in taking testimony, and many other negroes have been implicated. There is ho doubt that a colored man, a mom-ber-of the Dry Bayou Lodge of negro Masons, was killed by Harry Taylor, and that both Harry Taylor and his wife have disappeared, a .body answering to Taylor’s having been found in the river with marks of violence upon it. The lodges in this county were organized by a negro who claims to be ■working under the authority of the Grand Orie .t of France. Several other lodg s have been founded iu this sec don. The comred Masons are not recognized by the white Masons at.all. and their order is not under autho. tty of the old York Onder of Masonry. It is hard t > say whether they have an obligation that teaches them to avenge, slay, etc., or whether they oonstiue the oblig .tlona they take to suit themselves. The white people of the county are determined to break up their lodges and to punish the guilty members of the death dealing order.

IN MINNESOTA. A aCor.lial Reception Tendered the Chief Magistrate by the People of St. Paul. President Cleveland and party left tho capital of Wisconsin on Monday morning at 9 delock. A stop of twenty minutes was made at La Crosse, where the party was oscortedithroughtho streets by the Governor’s Guard. St Paul, was reached at 5:30 p. m., and the crowd of 15,000 people assembled at the depot gave the distinguished visitors a hearty welcome. Mayor Smith made' a brief speech of welcome. The President in his response said, among .other things: My visit, to you-being a social one, and trusting that we have a sort of iriendly feeling for each other, I want to suggest to you a reason why 1 am particularly and personally interested in Mt. Paul and its people. Some years ago a youngjgirl dwelt among you and went to school. She has grown up to be a woman and is now my wife. If any one thinks a President ought not to mention things of this sort In public I hope Jho or she doos not live in St. Paul, for 1 dealt.want to shock anybody when I thank the good people of this city because they neither married nor spoiled my wife daughter and applause I, and when I tell them that they wre related to that.in my life bettor than all earthly honors and distinction. Hereafter you may be euro that her.pleasant recollection of schooldays will bo re-ouforcod by the no less pleasant memory-of our present visit, and thus will our present interest in St. Paul and its kind citixzuiß.be increased and perpetuated. A largely attended public reception was held at nigiht in the Hotel Ryan.

iFJBLD sEIiODUCTS. Crop UulfcwtAn.of the National A-gricultural Department. The statistical report, of the Department of Agriculture, says a .Washington dispatch, makes an increase of only half of 1 per cent in the condition of corn. The past month has been very generally favorable, but the status of a large part .of the crop was fixed.,at the date of the previous report. The general average condition is 1Z2.8 instead of 72.;!. 'J ho Average of the seven surplus States is. 64.9, instead of 64.2 in September. This is .a lower .condition than has ever been reported, -except in 1881, when the average .was .nearly seven points lower, and tho average yield 18.6 bushels. The indication :« now for a yield of a small fraction ever twenty bushels per acre. The test of threshing has not materially .enlarged the average rate of the wheat yield, which appears to be abo»i ,11.8 bushels, <or about four-tenths of a bissbel less than teat year. The yield of oats is slightly below an average, about twenty-five bushels per acre. The product is fully 610,000,000 bushels. The barley yield is nearly 20 per «ent less than a medium yield, or about twenty-five bushels per acre. The yield of rye is ih>.s bushels per acre, and the product about bushels. There has been a drop in the condition of buckwheat from 89 to nearly .7.7. The condition of potatoes has declined from 67.3 to 61.5. The condition of cotton Im further declined.

Mormon Affaire. WH.FOBD Woodruff was continaed as the President of the Twelve Apostles by the Mormon Conference that has just concluded its labors at Salt Lake City. George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. iSmith were continued as Apostles. No President of the chuneh was elected. John A McClernand and A. B. Carlion, of the Utah Commission, have submitted a minority report to the Secretary of the Interior, in which they express their dissent from some of the views advanced in the majority report recently submitted. They are of the opinion that the anti-polygamy movement in Utah has the support of the majority of the monogamous Mormons, who constitute more than three-fourths of the Mormon population. Heavy Bobbery. Publicity is given to the fact that several days ago the Pacific Express safe, on the Iron Mountain Hoad, was robbed between Little Rock Mid the Texas line of about $6 ',OOO. Au old and trusted messenger, J. B. Owens, is reported missing, and detectives, it is said, are unable to trace him. The peculiar combination of the safe was known only to agents at principal stations ...

WEEKLY BUDGET.

THE EASTERN STATES. Ex-Gov. William B Washbubn, of Massachusetts, dropped dead at Springfield, in that State. Thebe were four deaths from Asiatic cholera Tuesday among the patients on Swinebourne Island, New York harbor. The sixth annual convention of the Funeral Directors’ Association of America has been in session at Pittsburg. Ogden, Coldeb A Co., bankers of Troy, N. Y„ have failed for half a million dollars. A company composed of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chattanooga capitalists has just closed-a trade for 100,000 acres of land in Tennessee. The property is mining property, and the purchasers propose to build several blast-furnaces, rolling-mills, and founderies at Chattanooga.

THE WESTERN STATES.

But two of the Peoria distillers remain outside of the whisky trust President Cleveland made a flying visit to the International Military Encampment in the western end of Chicago, on Thursday morning, after which he hurried to the Northwestern Depot, and was whirled away in the direction-®! Milwaukee. The scenes along the way from Chicago were of the usual character. At .Evanston there was a braSs band serenade and a triumphal arch of evergrpens. At Racine flags could bo seen flying over the town a mile away. At smaller stations all tho country population roundabout was in waiting, and even the .plowmen in the fields had their horses bedecked with flags and ribbons. At Milwaukee an elaborate reception .programme had been arranged, and was duly carried out. An immense crowd was waiting at the depot, and tho streets along the line of the procession 'wore packed closely with people. Mayor Wallber delivered an address of welcome and the President replied as follows: I am very glad to have an opportunity, though tho time allowed is very brier, to meet the people of Wisconsin’s chief city. Since we left home, and.in passing through different States on our way, there has been presented to us u variety of physical features characteristic of their diversity in soil and conformatioij. But the people we have met at all points have been the same in their energy and activity, in their local pride, and in that .peculiar trait of American character which produces the belief, tirmly adhered to by every individual, that his particular place of residence is the chosen and most favored which the world contains. This condition creates an aggregate of sentiment invincible in operation, furnishing the motive power which has brought about tho stupendous growth and development of our country. But there has been another element of character displayed among the r people everywhere on our travels which has been universal, and not disturbed or changed by any difference iu place or circumstance. No State lines have circumscribed, ano local pride has distiuguiehed, and no business activity has in the.least stifled the kindness and cordiality of the people's welcome. There; is bitterness enough in the partisan feeling which seems inseparable 'from our political methods; but the good people of the United States have, I believe, decreed that there are occasions when this shall have no place. This is well manifested today in our hearty greeting by the people of Wisconsin .and this active, stirring city. Municipal enterprise has added muoh to the natural beauty of your metropolis, as is attested by your pleasant streets and handsome homes, with their surroundings. But its great increase in population, its manufaeturos, and its trade demonstrate that its citizens have not been content with.beauty alone. I cannot forget my interest in municipal affairs, arising from an active experience at one time in city government; and I find myself very much inclined to scrutinize such statements as fall under.mv eye demonstrating their financial condition. With all its exten.Bi.vo public improvements, .unless I am much at fault, the city of Milwaukee hae.less of public debt than any city of its population in the United States, excepting one. In these days, when the temptation to local public-extravaganoe is not often enough withstood, you may well be proud of this exhibit; and besides .the satisfaction which this financial condition produces, it has a practical side to it. Large enterprises are often much influenced in their location by such considerations, and they ore apt to be -established where the burden of taxation is the least, and where the share of public Indebtedness to be borne by them is the smallest.

A dispatch from Hurley, Wis., says' “The discovery has been made that seven men have been foully murdered here. Hurley is filled with dives of the lowest character. One of these haunts of infamy was situated on the brink of a deep ravine just off the main street of the village. It was burned in the big fire and was not rebuilt, and it was near the ruins that the terrible secret was disclosed. Behind the ruins of the old dance-house, under some rotten logs and a slight covering of earth, lay seven decomposed corpses, evidently of murdered men. Some had gaping wounds and distorted limbs. Others lay huddled up, as if their murderers had done their work while their victims lay in a drunken stupor. The corpses were so decomposed as to be beyond recognition, and the persons who had placed them there had taken good care to rob them of ■everything. The remains of the seven men ■were buried in one grave. ” President Cleveland and party drove to tthe Soldiers’ Home, near Milwaukee, on Friday morning, and at 10:30 left for Madison. A rapid run was made, and at 1 o’clock the capital of Wisconsin was reached. An enthusiastic crowd of people met them at the depot, and in their eagerness quite overwhelmed the police force stationed to preserve order. Tho inevitable procession followed soon after the arrival of the distinguished guests. Chief Justice Cole delivered an address of welcome, and the President responded briefly. Saturday the President went on a fishing excursion with Mr. Vilas. Sunday was spent quietly at the home of the Postmaster General in Madison. The dead bodies of thirteen infants have been found in an old cistern at Toledo, Ohio, on premises once occupied by a midwife, who is now under arrest

Peesident Cleveiand Postmaster General Vilas, Colonel Dan Lamont, Dr. J. D. Bryant, and M. A Bissell went fishing in Mendota Lake, near Madison, Wis. But a few moments passed till beautiful yellow bass were one after another brought out wriggling and twisting in a vain endeavor to free themselves from the hook. The President was not without his share of luck. With a light trout rod in hand he deftly guided the line as the fish began to bite, and his patience was soon rewarded by the safe landing of a magnificent specimen of yellow bass. This was quickly followed by others, until seven as fine fish as ever bit had succumbed to his skill. Two of these were large, weighing fully five pounds each. The President was delighted. He said the fishing far excelled anything he ever had in the St Law-

renoe country. One particularly fine specimen required fully twenty minutes to land, so large was he and savage in his plunges after he took ths hook. The President and Mrs. Cleveland spent Sunday quietly at the home of Postmaster General Vilas. They had expected to attend church, but were deterred by the inclemency of the weather. They left Madison on Monday morning at 9 o’clock for 8t Paul From a paper read before the Mormon conference at Salt Lake, it is concluded that the Saints do not propose at their present meeting to elect a President

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Gen. Pitcairn Morrison, United States Army, retired, aged 92, diedin Baltimore. Sam Branch, a colored man, was found guilty of grand larceny at Chattanooga. As soon as the verdict was announced he cut his throat A heavy decrease of the average yield of cotton in Texas, as compared with last year, is reported. A Richmond (Va-.) dispatch says that “United States Judge Bond fined Attorney General Ayers SSOO and also State's Attorney John M. Scott of Farquhar County and the State’s Attorney of Loudoun County for bringing suits under the '“coupon-crusher” law in disobedience of the injunction issued by Judge Bond. The fined officers were committed to jail to remain until the fines are paid. They will apply to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. ”

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

GF the $14,000,000 of bonds which the Government .offered on Sept 22d to buy for the sinking fund, $8,000,000 had been already purchased up to the 28 th. During the month of September there was a net increase of $32,350,375 in circulation, and a net increase of $7,261,136 in cash in the Treasury. The Postoffice Department at Washington has just issued a statement showing the sales of postage stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes at seventy-six of the principal pos toffices of the country for the month of August, 1887, as' compared with the same mouth in 1886. The returns for the Northwestern cities are as follows: In- Per City. 1886. 1887. crease, cent. Burlington .2,928 3,407 479 16.35 Chicag0...173,996 199,940 25,944 14.91 Dee Moinse 8,606 6,032 *2,574 *29.91 Dubuque ... 3,397 3,775 378 11.13 Elgin 2,090 2,235 145 6.93 Kansas Citv 24,505 29,233 4,729 19.30 Milwaukee 20,130 21,631 1,501 7.46 Minneapolis 19,274 22,954 3,679 19.09 Peoria 5,426 6,261 835 15.39 Quincy. 3,042 8,802 759 24.97 St. Paul 17,153 22,772 5,619 32.76 ♦Decrease.

A Washington special says: The General Land Office is in receipt of information that a British syndicate, which is eaid to have purchased a largo tract of land in lowa from the McGregor Western Railroad Company, is mercilessly evicting settlers, the title to the land being in dispute in the State courts. A circular from the Treasury Department to customs officers enjoins the strictest-econ-omy in collecting the revenue, as the appropriation is running short Captain Mobder, special examiner of the Pension 'Office, says that his investigations have convinced him that one-rthird or more of the pension.applications are fraudulent. In a report to the Agricultural Department at Washington on the relation of railroads to forest supplies and forestry, Mr. M. G. Kern computes that the maintenance of existing railroad and telegraph lines requires the extinction of about 250,000 acres of timber land annually, and that nearly 50,000 acres as timber must be out annually to provide for the additional'Construction of 5,0u0 miles of track and telegraph lines.

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

The National Greenback party of New York State assembled in convention at Albany and nominated a full State ticket, headed by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher for Secretary of State. This makes seven tickets in the field — those of tho Republican, Democratic, Prohibition, George or United Labor, Socialist, and Union Labor parties. The National Reformers propose also to run a ticket. The platform calls for the issue of paper currency to the amount ‘of $59 per capita on the whole population of the country, and warns owners of Government bonds that unless this is done “the American people’s banks will be broken, as there are more chips on the table than there is money in the box to redeem them with. ” It denounces the Republican, Democratic, and George parties, although it sympathizes with ex-Father McGlynn in his struggle against the Pope. Boards of trade are denounced as gamblinghells that subvert the morals of society and business. The Nebraska Republicans had a lively two days’ session at Lincoln. The issue was between the railroads of the State and the people. The railroads attempted to defeat the renomination of Judge Maxwell for the Supreme bench, and to squelch all attempts to adopt resolutions favoring an extra session of the Legislature for the enactment of additional railway legislation. Five hundred and fifty delegates were present George D. Micklejohn, of Nance County, preside! Judge Maxwell was renominated for Supreme Judge with a hurrah, only one ballot being required to settle the matter. The platform condemns a system of revenue that compels the farmers of tho West to pay tr.bute to the manufacturers of the East, favors pensioning Union soldiers, sympathizes with Ireland, commends tho efforts of Parnell and Gladstone, pledges the party to submit a prohibitory amendment, condemns the President for his attempt to return tho fl igs, favors the admission of Dakota, views with alarm the abuse of the veto power of tho President, and sustains tho Board of Transportation in its efforts to secure reasonable freight and passenger rates.

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

Tiiirty-tw'o railway projects have been started in Japan during the past six months. Cairo dispatches'report that King John of Abyssinia has ordered his Generals to attack the Italians as soon as they emerge from Massowah. The King is bent upon war, it is

said—just as an illustrious predecessor of his was some years ago. King John is likely to have an experience of the sort which overtook the other Abyssinian monarch if he is not guide! by wiser counsels. Mb. Hatfield, the United States Consul at Batavia, has been arrested by the Dutch authorities there. He became insane soon after his arrest The Consul has been engaged in private business, and it is supposed the ar. rest was made on account of business transactions. As a merchant Mr. Hatfield is iu jail, and, owing to circumstances beyond his control, he has taken the Consul with him. The visit of Signor Crispi to Prince Bismarck is the cause of much gossip among European politicians. The significant remark of the Italian that Russia shall not make “a Russian lake” of the Mediterranean shows that the meeting of the two statesmen bodes little good to the Czar, and it is evident that that potentate has lost the friendship of Germany. The illness of the Sultan of Morocco becomes a matter of some importance because of its possible effect upon European politics. The heir to the throne is a boy of 16, and he has numerous interested relatives who would be glad to relieve him of the cares of Government An internal disturbance in the country might call for interference on the part of England, France, Italy, and Spain, all of which nations have interests there.

THE WORLD AT LARGE.

A Montreal telegram says: “Tho Grand Jury here has found a tine bill against ‘Boodler’ McGarigle, Detective Pinkerton, and Col. Hickey, of Chicago, for conspiracy. The only witness examined was James Baxter, who made the charge. Baxter was examined at great length, and after ten minutes’ deliberation a unanimous bill was returned.’’ Sawed square pine timber imported from Canada is dutiable at the rate of $2 per thousand feet At the National Farmers’ Alliance Convention, which has just closed its sessions at Minneapolis, General T. H. Barrett, President of the Minnesota Alliance, presented a long address, which was adopted as tho sentiment of tho Alliance. It was devoted chiefly to denunciation of tho present railway system as producing monopolistic power to the detriment of the people. Regarding tho interstate law, he says: If the law proves defective, make it efficient —in no case let it be repealed. Take no step backward, either in State or national legislation. The Government must control railways as far as such control is necessary to protect the people. It ought to go no further. Dividends upon watered stocks are a continuous and a continued fraud upon the public, which no lapse of time can condone. Every act of every public railway corporation should be open to public scrutiny. If honestly conducted no private interest can be injured ; and if dishonestly managed, the public has a right to know it. Every expenditure, including salaries paid to railway officials, is a proper object for public consideration. The public will be reasonable; the people pay the bills—they have a right to know where the money goes. Railway property must be taxed as other property is taxed. It should pay its just share of State, county, school, and all other local taxes. There must be freedom of traffic throughout the country. It is not the business of a corporation to direct the course of traffic intrusted to it as a common carrier; it is its business to transport it in such direction as the shipper may direct at reasonable rates and for all alike. Facilities at the lowest reasonable cost for interchange of traffic between intersecting or contiguous roads must be provided. Car-load lots should be transferred without unloading. The following were elected officers of the Alliance, which adjourned to meet next year at Das Moines, Iowa: President, John Burrows, of Nebraska; Vice President, ex-Sen-ator L. D. Whiting, of Illinois; Secretary, August Post, of Iowa; Treasurer, J. J. Furlong, of Minnesota; Lecturer, A. D. Chase, of Dakota. Owing to the prevalence of cholera in Europe an order prohibiting the importation of rags into Canada has been issued. Robert Garrett was reported as very angry over the absorption of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company by tho Western Union, and was threatening dire vengeance. He claims to have been fooled by a conspiracy, and promises to make the fur fly. The revenue cutter Richard Rush, which arrived in San Francisco the other day from the Arctic regions, reported that during the season she had seized twelve sealing schooners with a total of nearly 7,000 skins.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Cattle 94.00 @5.50 Hogs 5.00 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 1 White .87V. No. 2 Redß3 pi A .84 s, Conx—No. 2 52 @ .54 Oats—White 35 @ .40 Poke—New Messls.oo (a 15.50 CHICAGO. Cattle—Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 @ 5.50 Good 4.00 @ 4.75 Common 3.00 @ 3.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 @ 5.00 Flour—Winter Wheat 3.75 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red Winter 72 @ .'73 Corn—No. 242 @ 43 Oats -No. 2 v Butter—Choice Creamery...... .24 @ .26 ~ Fino Dairyl6 @ .19 Cheese—Full Cream, newll @ .11 si Eggs—Fresh 17 & .13 Potatoes—Choice, per bu 70 .80 Pork—Mess 14.00 15 00 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 70 @ 70 u Corn—No. 3 43 @ .431.; Oats—No. 2 White 29}£(<J .30 J..', Ri’E—No. 148 .49 Pork—Mess 14. oj 14 50 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 70 @ .71 Corn—Mixed ”” .40 @ .41 Oats—Mixed 24 'gjv. Pork—New Messl4.2s (814 75 * TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash 75 @ 76 Corn—No. 2 ’..... .45 & \ G Oats 28 @ .30 DETROIT. Beef Cattle.... '.. 3.75 a -"o Hous 3.50 m 4>J5 Wheat—No 2 Red 74 @ 7.5 Corn—No. 2 .4514 , s jg Oats—No. 2 White 30 31 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ .70Corn—No. 2.... 4MAdI 45 Oats—No. 2 27 J 4 $ ’2B 4 Pork—Mess 14.00 14 ’0 ’ Live Hogs 4.25 @ L 75 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard, newß3 @ .83'.$ Corn. 48M ■« 49 Cattle 4.00 @ 5.00 Hogs ••• 3.75 (sl> 5.25 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 (315.00 £ OGS 4.25 @ 5.0 J Wheat—No. 2 Red 72 <4 .73 Corn. 41}.;@ ’42'a Oats—Mixed 2j',>@ ..7' „ EAST LIBERTY. ' " Cattle—Prime 4.50 @ scq Fairi.’.’.’.'.... 4.01 w 4.75 Common 3.00 @3 75 Hogs....j 475 @525 Sheep 3,75 @4.25

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—The following patents have been issued’ to Indiana inventers: William P. Bollenbacher, Bloomington, cigar box: Thomas B. Carroll, Indianapolis, apparatus for regulating pressure; John P. Dodds and E. Dawson, assignors to L. Shultz, Terre Haute, piston or valve rod packing: John A. Evans and L. A. Teagle, Richmond, sash operator for green-houses; Rufus B. Gillespie, Fort Wayne, garment adjuster; George W. Hays, Goshen, back rest; Andrew E. Hoffman, Fort Wayne, feed mechanism for saw-mill carriage; Lewis McNutt, Brazil, shade exhibitor; Ora M. Miller, Greensburg, extensible seat; Lucian R. Oakes, Valparaiso, milk cooler; George W. Smith, assignor of one-half to C. H. Cadwallader, Union City, box; Levi Sutherland, Indianapolis, thill coupling; John A. Witmer, Wakarusa, road cart; Theophilus A. and S. B. Wylie, Bloomington, instrument for describing circles; Harvey B. Yarvan, assignor of two-thirds to J, H. Watson and C. N. Vancleave*. Crawfordsville, reach coupling. —One evening recently, as Wilber Hadley, the son of a prominent farmer living seven miles north of Plainfield, returned home from school, he found all the members of the family away from home. Entering the house quietly, he was startled by a burglar rushing past him. He had barely recovered from his astonishment when a second thief appeared at the head of the stairs. Wilbur produced a revolver and commanded the burglar to surrender, when the thief bounded down the stairway and attempted to escape. At this moment Wilbur fired, the ball taking effect in the burglar’s thigh, but only disabled him for a second, when he continued his way. Several minor articles were found missing by the young man, who then proceeded totrack the thieves. Following the blood drops a short distance, the burglar was found lying in some high weeds. He was taken in charge, and is unknown. —The dreaded hog cholera appears tobe spreading in the north part of Wabash County. A gentleman from a point five miles northwest of Wabash states that during the past three weeks fully 460 hogs have died in his neighborhood alone, the value of the animals being from §7 to $B- - The finest and healthiest hogs seem to be attacked first, those from seven to eight months old and weighing about 150 pounds being most susceptible to the malady. The symptoms are drowsiness,, bleeding at tho nose and a deaf and dumbcondition. If the scourge continues, very little pork will be marketed from the noith part of the county. Nothing has been found to check the cholera.

—The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Kokomo District, North Indiana Conference M. E. Church, have elected the following officers: President, Mrs. J. E. Ervin, of Kokomo; Recording Secretary, Mrs. W. H. D. Daniels, of Logansport; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. C. G. Miller, of Peru; Treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Mowbray, of Peru. Mrs. J. E. Ervin, <f this city, was chosen a delegate to ile annual convention of the northwest branch of the W. F. M. S., which convenes in Milwaukee Oct. 12. The next district annual meeting will be held at Pera in September, 1888.

—The telephone crisis at Logansport has at last come. All contracts which the telephone company made with its subscribers when it introduced its extortionate toll-system some three months ago has expired, and with their expiration a large number abandoned its service. At onetime there was about 200 instruments in use in the city, while at present there are only about one-fourth that number. The indictment and arrest of Manager Dunseth will unquestionably be the means of a similar move being inaugurated throughout the State.

—A fine-blooded bull, belonging to Mr. Conden, a farmer of Cass County, was bitten by a dog. A few days ago it became suddenly mad, and tearing across the field, gored about a dozen fine heifers, valued at over $2,500. It then jumped a high fence and started for Logansport. Two of Conden’s hired hands, who witnessed the unusual actions of the animal, mounted horses and pursued him to within a mile of the city, when they shot him, just as hewas making for a party of children who were out nutting.

—Shortly after the war a wagon loaded with barreled cement was upset on the levee, at Jeffersonville, and a greater portion of the load rolled into the river. Recently, while a number of men were at work repairing the wharf-logs, the contents of one barrel was found lying in the water. The cooperage had long since rotted away, but the cement had remained together and had become as hard as stone. —The lifeless body of Michael Ryan was found by the side of the Panhandle track, a mile and a half east of Upland. Ryan was a farm hand employed by James Palmer. The day previous he bad gone on a big spree, and when he started home was scarcely able to walk. It is presumed he lay down on the track and was killed by the cars. He was 45 years old, and so far as known has no living relatives. —The Randolph County Board of Education has resolved upon measures to have representative work of tHe schools of the county exhibited at the next county institute, and also at the county fair. At least 150 of the teachers of the county’ will take up the reading-circle work. The average lengtji of school terms in the county will be six months. —A hired man, working for Joseph Dant, a farmer near Vincennes, after cleaning a revolver, laid it down on a table. Mr. Dani’s 8-year-old daughter picked it up and it went off, wounding the child—probablv fatally.