Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1888 — Page 3

THE OLD ROMAN.

Ex- Senator Thurman Formally Notified of Hu Nomination for the Vic* Presidency. He Accepts the High Honor More as a Duty Than as a Gratification of Ambition. Mr. Cleveland He Considers a Great and Good Man Who Should Be Chosen for Another Term. [Columbus (0.) special.] The members of the Democratic committee ■appointed to notify ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman of his nomination to the office of Vice President arrived in this city Thursday morning on a special train. At 1 o’clock the committee started for Judge 'Thurman’s residence, and it was announced that the meeting would be in that portion occupied by his son. The party was received in the north reception-room of Mr. A. W. Thurman’s residence, which had been bedecked with flowers and plants. Gen. .Collins and Mayor Jacobs of Louisville stationed themselves at the head of the room in front of the window, the other members of the committee, and the various gentlemen present, having arranged themselves in a semi-circle, awaited the entrance of Judge Thurman, who speedily made his appearance from the drawing-room on the south. Judge Thurman was greeted with a burst of applause as he came forward leaning on the arm of his son, Mr. A. W. Thurman. As soon as Judge Thurman had taken his seat and bowed to the gentlemen standing ready to receive him, Gen. Collins advanced and, after shaking him by the band, spoke as follows : “Judge Thurman, we bear a message from the great council of your party. It is but a formal notice of your nomination by that body for the high office of Vice President of the United States. Rich as our language is jin power and expression, it contains no word to adequately convey the sentiment of that convention as its heart went out to you. I present my friend, Hon. Charles D. Jacobs, Mayor Of Louisville.” Mr. Jacobs, who is a gentleman of exceedingly handsome appearance, stepped forward, and in an earnest voice read the following formal letter of notification: “ Columbus, 0., June 28,1888. ■“To Hon. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio: “Sir—lt has become the highly agreeable duty of this committee to inform you that upon the first ballot of the National Democratic Convention, held recently in the city of St. Louis, and representing every State and Territory of our Union, for the purpose of selecting candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, you were unanimously chosen as the nominee of that great party for the eminent and responsible office of Vice President of the United States. In thusl spontaneously and emphatically demanding a return to that political arena which you graced with so much wisdom, dignity, and vigor, the Democracy of this country have honored themselves by relieving their party from the charge of ingratitude, and we believe that in November next the people will off ice such a taint from the republic by electing you to preside over the most august deliberative body in the world —the Senate of the United States. [Applause.] Should so desirable a consummation be achieved, then, indeed, could every lover of his country, regardless of partv or creed, rejoice that in you is embraced the highest type of the enlightened and refined American citizen, and that, no matter what the crisis might be, this Government would be safe in your hands. [Applause.] “An engrossed copy of the platform of principles, couched in language that admits of no doubt and adopted without a dessenting vote, is herewith presented. In discharging their trust this committee desire to convey to you assurances of the most profound esteem and admiration, and to express their sincerest good wishes for your happiuess and prosperity. ” (The letter was signed by the entire committee.) Judge Thurman replied as follows: “Mb. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: I pray you to accent my very sincere thanks for the kind and courteous manuer in which you have communicated to me he official iulormatiou o my nomination b the St. Louis convention. You know without my saying it that I am profoundly grateful to the convention and to the Demo:ratic party lor he honor conferred upon me a d the more so that it was who ly unsought and undesired by me—not that I un erva ued a distinction which any man of our part y, however eminent, migh highly prize, but simply because I had ceased to be ambitious of public life. But when I am told in so earnest and impressive a manner that I can still render service to Ihe good cause to which I have ever been devoted—a cause to which lam bound by the ties of affection, by the dictates of judgment, by a sense of obligation for favors so often conferred upon me, and by a fervent hope that the party may long continue to be able to serve the republic, what can I, under such circumstances, do but yield my private wishes to the demand of those whose opinion I am bound to respect? [Applause.] “Gentlemen, with an unfeigned diffidence in my ability to fulfill the expectations that led to my nomination, I yet feel it to be my duty to accept it, and do all that it may be in my power to merit so marked a distinction. “Gentlemen, the country is blessed by an able and honest administration of the General Government. [Applause.] We have a President who wisely, bravely, diligently, and patriotically discharges the duties of his high office. [Applause.] I fully believe that the best interests of the country require his re-election, aud the hope that I may be able to contribute somewhat to bring about the result is one of my motives for accepting a place on our ticket, and I also feel it my duty to labor for a reduction of taxes and to put a stop to that accumulation of a. surplus in the Treasury that, in my judgment, is not only prejudicial to our financial welfare but is, in a high degree, dangerous to honest and constitutional government. [Applause.] “I suppose, gentlemen, that I need say no more to-day. In due time and in accordance with established usage I will transmit to your chairman a written acceptance of my nomination, with such observations upon public questions as may seem to me to be proper." [Applause.] A reception and elegant collation then followed. Every one remarked that Judge Thurman appeared so vigorous and earnest, and old friends say that they have not seen him so vivacious and happy for months. It was a grand sight to see the old Roman surrounded by hiß admirers, and nothing would satisfy the committee but that a photographer should take a group picture of the gathering, which was done, and the committee then departed.

RATIFYING AT GOTHAM.

An Immense and Enthusiastic Meeting Held at the Academy of Music. Housing Speeches Made by Speaker Carlisle and Governor Hill. [New York special.] The County Democracy held a rousing ratification meeting in the Academy of Music and Nilsson Hall Thursday night. 'Every seat was •occupied, and standing-room was hard to obtain. The appearance of Speaker John G. Carlisle and Gov. David B. Hill on the platform, escorted by D. Willis James, ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, and Senator Michael C. Murphy, -was the signal for an outburst of applause and the waving of bandanas. D. Willis James presided at the meeting. Letters of regret from Congressman Perry Belmont and Mayor Hewitt were read. Tne former, in his letter, said: “The decline of our merchant marine and the loss of our proper trade relations—outstripped in foreign markets as we are by our great commercial rival, England—are in themselves sufficient reason for Congress to make a change in •our tariff laws. The Mills bUI simply lowers

the rate at tariff taxation from about <7 pea cent, to about 42 per cent. It U not a free-trade measure, but it is a step directly in accord with the growing needs of our fiscal and commercial system—namely, a reduction of the surplus and md increase in our foreign trade." Mayor Hewitt, in his letter, said that what might be termed “the personal equation of the candidates’ had been eliminated from the contest, inasmuch as either of the gentlemen who are put in nomination for President will fill the office with credit aud success. Both parties had promised to reduce revenue by revision of the tariff, bnt Democrats had not dime so because the Republicans, had successfully tried to thwart their efforts to do so. The Democracy had renewed its pledge this year; but the Republicans, having resisted all efforts to reduce revenue by reducing taxes, have been forced by the inexorable logic of the situation to declare in favor of reducing the revenue by increasing the taxes. In the coming election the issue is not between free trada and protection, but the burning question is, Shall the revenue be reduced by the reduction of the tariff taxes, or shall it be reduced by an increase of these taxes ? Both plans are feasible, but both cannot be right. Speaker Carlisle was introduced and received with great enthusiasm. He said : “Four years ago it was said that the election of a Democratic President would be immediately followed by the prostration of our manufacturing industries, the derangement of our finances, the debasement of our currency, and the destruction of the public credit, and that even the civil and political rights of the people would not be secure. According to these partisan prophets the Supreme Court of the United States was to he reorganized and the constitutional amendments annulled ; the Confederate debt was to be paid and the Confederate soldiers pensioned; the colored race was to be re-enslaved in the South; the doctrine of secession was to be reasserted; the soldiers and sailors of the Union were to be deprived of the pensions and bounties heretofore granted to them, and all the terms and conditions of the adjustment which succeeded the late civil war were to be entirely disregarded. These preposterous predictions were based upon the assumption that the Democratic party possessed neither patriotism nor common sense. They were founded upon the absurd supposition that five million American citizens, with all their interests as individuals and members of the community, dependent upon the stability of cur social and political institutions, would deliberately proceed, as soon as they were intrusted with power, to destroy the foundations of their own safety and prosperity. Incredible as it may appear, there were undoubtedly some people in the country who really believed these extravagant assertions and allowed their suffrages to he controlled by them ; but they cannot be deceived again. The Democratic party has not only demonstrated its capacity to administer the executive deportment of the Government in strict accordance with the Constitution and the laws, but it has set an example of fidelity to the interests of all the people and integrity in the discharge of official duties which will be of infinite value to the country through all time to come. ” Mr. Carlisle eulogized the Democratic candidates, and added: “That grand old man [Thurman], the leader in many a fierce contest for the principles of his party, has been called once more from his retirement to participate in its last great struggle and to witness its final and permanent triumph over its old antagonist. I say final and permanent triumph, because, unless all the signs of the times are deceptive, the Republican party cannot survive another defeat in a national contest. Its cohesive power will be destroyed and it will fall to pieces as all its predecessors have done. Its dismembered parts will be converted into warring factions or form themselves into a new party under a new name. Fifteen years it has had no mission except to foment strife and discord among the people and no ambition except to hold the offices and control the expenditure of the public moneys ; and yet during all that time it has ostentatiously paraded itsel. as the special guardian and sole custodian of the public interest and as the only political organization having the patriot!-m and wisdom to govern the country.' We have as much interest as our opponents can possibly have in the continued prosperity of all our varied industries. We recognize the fact that the complete development of the marvelous resources of such a country as this requires the investment of immense amounts of money, and the employment o manual labor and mechanical appliances to an extent unknown in the history of the world heretofore, and we are, therefore, in favor of that policy wh'ch will most certainly and permanently encourage such investments aud secure the highest rewards for the labor necessary to make them profitable. The Democracy makes no war upon capital, but it denounces monopolies and comb nations as gross ana dangerous violations of the law of trade and tne lights of the people. It is and always has been the friend of labor and it will continue to stand for the rights of th) m lli ms who toil for their daily bread in every conflict with those who seek to depress or degrade them. “Why should the Republican party he restored to the position from which the people drove it by their votes four years ago ? It is the same political organization now that it was then, and has the same purposes and objects in view. If we examine its promises, what are they? Read its platform adopted at Chicago a few days ago. Read it in the light of our political history during the twentyfour years that the party had control of the Government, and what does it mean? Every abuse it now denounces or complains of was inaugurated by itself when it had absolute control in all the departments of the government. Every reform it now promises was made necessary by its own legislative and executive action. The country is now called upon to turn the Democrats out and put the Republicans in simply for the purpose of affording them an opportunity to make a partial atonement for their crimes against the people while they were in. It professes now to be in favor of a free ballot and a fair count, and yet scarcely a decade has passed since it deliberately perpetrated the grossest outrage upon the electoral rights of the people that ever disgraced the annals of this or any other country ; and it still boasts of that achievement..- It declares its hostility to the introduction into this country of foreign-contract labor, and yet it is the only political party that ever enacted a statute to encourage and legalize the importation of foreign labor under contract to servo the importers. I allude to the Congressional statute of 1804, which was passed at a time when there were scarcely dhougli Democrats in either House to call the yeas and nays.” As to the Mills bill the speaker said: “I think it is safe to say that nine-tentlis of the people who are daily denouncing it in the public press and otherwise as a free-trade measure have never read it, and perhaps they would not understand it if they had. ” He then proceeded to explain the salient points of the bill, particularly the sections regarding wool, tobacco, and whisky. He declared that the Democratic party does not advocate free trade, but it believes that the interests of all our manufacturing and other industries would be advanced, that the wages of all our laborers would be increased, and the general welfare of the whole country would be greatly promoted by repealing, as far as possible, the taxes upon raw materials and reducing or repealing the taxes upon the actual necessaries of life; and upon these simple propositions it proposes ■ to stand or fall in the great contest before it. The audience listened with interested attention to Speaker Carlisle, frequently applauding his sentences. At the conclusion of bis speech a storm of applause broke out. Speaker Carlisle was followed by Gov. Hill, who was warmly received with cheers and applause.

DON’T LIKE THE TICKET.

Board of Trade Merchants Think the Nominations Are Weak. [Chicago dispatch.] On the Board of Trade the dissatisfaction over the nomination of Harrison was very general. Many Republicans who have been with the party since its organization come out openly in the presence of both their Republican and Democratic friends and declare their intention of bolting the ticket. No attempts were made to disguise their opinions. Little knots of members gathered in all parts of the Exchange Hall and openly discussed the situation, while everywhere the general opinion was the same. Some declared their intention of voting the Prohibition ticket, white others said openly that they should vote for Cleveland. Mr. Harrison could point with more pride to his grandfather’s grave if he had gone to the trouble and expense of providing a monument for it some years ago when his attention wus first called to its neglected condition.

THE LEADERS NAMED.

The Republican Convention Adjonmi After Nominating Harrison and Morton. Just Before Separating the Delegates Rush Through a Temper* anee Plank. Chicago, June 26,1888. The Republican National Convention of 1888 is a thing of the past. It completed its work yesterday, after a session covering an entire week, by placing in the field as candidates for President and Vice President Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, and Levi P. Morton, of New York. The convention was called to order yesterday morning at 11 :U o'clock by Chairman Estee, and after a brief prayer by Rev. Dr. Edwards of Chicago, proceeded to wrestle with the problem of selecting a Presidental candidate. Delegate loutelle, of Maine, obtained the floor and proceeded to read the following dispatches : “Edinburgh, June 24, 1889.—T0 Bon telle and Manley, Maine Delegation, Chicago: Earnestly request all friends to respect my Paris letter. “Blaine.’ ‘•Edinburgh, June 25, 1888.—To Boutelle and Manley, Maine Delegation, Chicago: 1 think I have the right to ask my friends to respect my

BENJAMIN HARRISON.

wishes, and refrain from voting for me. Please make this and former dispatches publio promptly. James G. Blaine.” There was a buzz after the reading of each telegram, and when Boutelle had ended there was a faint clapping and a stir, as almost every man leaned over to whisper to his neighbor and ask what it really meant. The wording of the dispatches was turned and twisted in every direction, and no one could find in it a statement that Mr. Blaine would not run if named. While the discussion was still going on the roll-call for the sixth ballot began and proceeded amid great excitement and confusion. It resulted as follows : Sherman 244 Blaine.. 44 Harrison 231 McKinley 12 Alger 137 Grant I Gresham 91 Foraker 1 Allison 73 The convention immediately proceeded to ballot again. The.seventh ballot showed the following result : Harrison 278 McKinley 16 Sherman 231 Blaine 15 Alger 120 Lincoln 2 Gresham 91 Foraker 1 Allison 76 Haymond 1 The convention entered upon the eighth ballot with little apprehension that it was to be the last on the question of the Presidency. Gen. Henderson, of lowa, created a stir by withdrawing the name of Allison. A long period of confusion followed. There was a rushing about from seat to seat and delegation to delegation, and the call of the roll proceeded amid unusual disorder. A stampede to the growing favorite was at once begun, and when the call was ended it was found that the Indiana man had captured the prize by a good round majority. The result ' of the ballot is appended: Harrison 544!Greshaml 59 Sherman 118|Blaine 5 Alger 100|McKinley 4 There was loud and prolonged cheering, the waving of flags, fans, and handkerchiefs. The nomination was at once made unanimous. The convention then proceeded to nominate a candidate for Vice President. Griggs, of New Jersey, proposed William Walter Phelps. Messrs. Gibson of Ohio, Henderson and Dolliver of lowa, and Egan of Nebraska, Rosen-

LEVI P. MORTON.

thal of Texas, Fuller of North Carolina, and Boutelle of Maine, seconded the nomination of Mr. Phelps. Senate r Warner Miller of New York placed in nomination Levi P. Morton ; Mr. Gage of California, ex-Gov. Foster of Ohio, Mr. Ballowell of Kansas, Mr. Hastirn s of Pennsylvania, Mr. Olive of South Carolina, Mr. Sims of Virginia, Benjamin F. Marsh of Illinois, Gen. Chalmers of Mississippi, and Charles H. Treat of Delaware seconded Mr. Morton’s nomination. Mr. Denny of Kentucky placed before the convention the name of William O. Bradley of Kentucky. The nomination was seconded by Messrs. Griffin of Kansas, Warper pf Alabama, Houck of Tennessee, and Locke of Georgia. Mr. McElwee of Tennessee nominated William R. Moore of Tennessee. The balloting then proceeded, with the following result: Levi P. Morton 591 Blanche K. 8ruce....11 William W. Phelps. .119 Walter F. Thomas.... 1 W. 0. Bradley 103 Great applause greeted the announcement of Mr. Morton’s selection. On motion of Mr. Bradley of Kentucky, the nomination was made unanimous. All routine matters having been disposed of, Mr. Boutelle of Maine arose and offered the following, accompanied by a motion that the rules be suspended and the resolution added to the Republican platform: “The first concern of all good government is the virtue and sobriety of the people and the purity of the home. The Republican 'party cordially sympathizes with all wise and welldirected efforts for the promotion of temperance and morality." When put on its passage the resolution was carried almost unanimously amid great cheering, the only negalive vote being from George 8. Wellington of Maryland, who was hooted back into his seat. Senator Hiscock, of New York, then moved 'that the convention adjourn without day. The motion was carried, and the Republican National Convention of 1888, after a session of one week, was no more.

DOCTOR INGERSOLL.

The Amiable Skeptic Gives His Views ss Medical Treatment. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll lias his ideas on doctors, and physios, and medical treatment as well as on some other subjects. “There is altogether too much gloom about most sick chambers,” said he. “People tip-toe in and out, and wear long faces, and act generally in a way that would make even a well man sick, and is bound to make a sick man worse. I believe many a man has been hurried across the dark river by his horrible, soul-depressing treatment who might have beoome well, and strong, and useful, if he had more sunshine and fresh air in his room, or the odor of flowers to offset the smell of the drugs, and smiling, hopeful countenances about, instead of woe-begone visages, whose every "glance betoken the loss of hope and the belief in the speedy dissolution of the pain-racked patient. “I had a friend once named Haley, a royal good fellow, of whom I thought a great deal. On one occasion I received word that my old friend was dying and wanted to see me, so I went over to his house. I met his wife and she had a face as long as the moral law and ten times more uncomfortable. Well, I went to see Haley, and there he lay counting the moments in a bitter fear that each would be the last. I don’t know what particular disease he was troubled with, but either that or the medicine had turned him a vivid saffron color. ‘Haley,’said I, ‘l’ll be hanged if I’d want to die with such a complexion as that. You would lie in a pretty plight to go mooning about the other world looking like a Chinaman.’ I went on for a few minutes -when • the poor fellow began to enter into the, spirit of the subject himself, and I showed him his face in a looking-glass, and that brought a smile. Then I turned to his weeping wife and told her to cheer up, that Haley was not going to die; that he was good for twenty years to come. “ ‘The trouble with your husband is that he is scared to death,’ I said. ‘ You all come in looking so downcast and sorrowful that you give him the impression that he is done for and take away all his courage to fight against his sickness.’ “Well, the result of all this was that Haley commenced to mend, and time and again since then he has said that my visit saved his life. “On another occasion there was a Major in the army, whom I knew very well. He was taken ill and believed he was going to die. I believed he was merely homesick, or something of that sort. Well, I wrote his obituary and went to see him in his tent. “‘Major,’ I said, ‘you are so sure of dying that I have written your obituary and want tcJ read it to you.’ He protested, but I kept on with the reading and detailed every pleasant incident of his life. Before I finished a Bmile flitted across his face. After the obituary I read him a story of something that was supposed to have taken place a year after his funeral. It was a description of his widow’s second marriage. There were a good many more people at the wedding than at the funeral. Well, this treatment had the effect to change the current of the Major’s thoughts. It broke up hie hallucinations, and he recovered and did good service during the war, and lived a happy life for years after. “Then there was a man from our town named Marcy. He got it into his head that he was going to die. At that time no one was allowed to leave the army for a visit to the North, ex* cept on sick leave, or occasionally to accompany the remains of a dead comrade. I saw Marcy and said to him: ‘Now, Marcy, you say you are going to die. If that is so I don’t suppose that a few days one way or the other will make much difference to you. I want to go home for a day or two about the 15th, but cannot get leave of absence. Now, if you want to do me a very great favor and quit this life, say on the 12th, I can get my coveted leave of absence to take you home—see ?’ But I knew my man and he didn’t die. He got very angry instead, and recovered, but he declares to this day that it was my proposition that brought him back his old stubbornness and gave him grit to fight for his life. Ho always did object to being mode a mere convenience of.”

A Dog Party.

The little daughter of an Albany lawyer gave a dog party in honor of her dog Dandy. Her parents tried to dissuade her when she unfolded her plan, but it was of no avail. She said “her doggy” knew as much as a person and must have a party. So the invitations were written to ten other doggies in this manner; “Miss or Mrs. Bessie “Mr. Jack or Toby .” The dogs arrived in the afternoon, accompanied by their little mistresses. The fact that one of the canine guests pitched upon and whipped his “hostess” simply lent excitement to the event. The dogs were parted, cuffed soundly by their little owners, and made to behave thereafter. After a good time of romping about, the eleven canines were set about the table in high chairs, each with a napkin tied about his or her throat. They ate off plates and went through the courses with a gusto. They all ate their dessert, for what little girl owns a dog that doesn’t “love candy?” The party broke up at dusk. —Albany Journal. In the monastery of St. Alexander Newski at St. Petersburg is a massive shrine of pure silver that weighs two tons. It is decorated with beautiful chased work.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Fort Wayne Lodge oi Perfection Northern Muoulo Jurisdiction. Fort Wayne Lodge of Perfection U. D. held a special summer convocation for the conferring of the Ineffable grades of Scottish Rite Masonry, 4® to 14® inclusive, on Thursday, June 28, at the Masonic Temple. The new rooms of the Rite were opened for the first time for the inspection of the Scottish Rite brethren, and found to be elaborate and complete for the conferring of the degrees, whioh work was under the personal supervision of Col. N. R. Ruckle, 33® 111. Deputy for Indiana. The class numbered thirty-two, and was composed of representative Masons from Logansport, Peru, Wabash, Bluffton, Auburn, Kendallville, and Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne Lodge of Perfection, yet under Dispensation, has now conferred the grade on 106 Master Masons, which record is nnprecedented, when it is considered that the Lodge was organized less than a year ago. Another class will be ready early in September. Steps are now being taken to organize a Council of Princes of Jerusalem 15“ and 16“ . Minor State Items. —John Moncrief, night watchman for the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, at North Vernon, while assisting in transferring the baggage, caught hold of a grip-satchel and tossed it into the baggage car. At the same moment a loffid report was heard and Moncrief reeled to the platform wounded in the left breast from a ball which was discharged from a pistol in the gripsatchel. He is seriously wounded. —While a number of boys were bathing in the river, at Winamac, Johnson Weyandwas drownod. --Peter Willman, of Hartford City, lost his right hand by a buzz-saw. —John Polk, the 16-year-old son of Thomas Polk, of Jeffersonville* was drowned in the Ohio River, at Bnrmore’s ship-yard. —Patents have been grantod Indiana inventors as follows: Charles Adkins, Terre Haute, combined rule, level, and plumb; Charles A. Bluhm, Michigan City, refrigerator; William E. Carr, Carbon, apparatus to facilitate the teaching of notation and numeration; James Dushane, South Bend, educational apparatus; George Faulkner, Indianapolis, gas pressure regulator and cut-off; Dexter, N. Hurd, Kokomo, circular saw; Eli Murry, assignor to Rushville Schoolfurniture Company, Rushville, school desk; Walter 8. Nicholas, Hobron, hayloader; Joseph Pequinot, Fort Wayne, scraper; Reuben M. Bine, Columbia City, machine for sharpening saws; William S. Ralya, assignor to the E. C. Atkins Company, Indianapolis, combined sawjointer and gauge; George W. Sharer, Terre Haute, (two) drier and brick kiln; Alexander Staub, Fort Wayne, stovepipe thimble; James J. Turner, assignor to himself and J. F. Miller, Richmond, signal compensator. —Mrs. Rose of Barr Township, Daviess County, died at the residence of her father, Maurice Keefe, of blood poisoning, caused by a spider bite on her face three weeks ago. —Willidm Rodgers, of Franklin, was fatally injured by the premature discharge of a cannon, while ratifying the nomination of Harrison and Morton. The ramrod struck him in the face, literally tearing it to pieces. All the flesh from one arm was also torn off. —A terrible boiler explosion at Rogers’ coal mine, twenty miles east of Vincennes, occurred, killing outright the fireman, William Burnett, and slightly scalding Engineer James Kimlo. The brick engine walls were completely swept away. The accident will close down the mines for a time. —Complaint comes to the State Board of Health of the prevalence of disease among the cattle in the vicinity of Richmond. Whole herds are afflicted. One of the State veterinary surgeons is now examining the nature of the disease. —Passenger train No. 5, on the O. to M. road struck Jerry Fleetwood and a young man named Jones at Medora, while they were sitting on the track. They were hurled a considerable distance. Fleetwood has several ribs broken beside severe internal injuries, and his condition is critical. Jones was fortunately but little hurt. The train was making forty-five miles an hour. —George W. Smith, Jeff Kersey, and Sam Hoover were badly burned at Lebanon by the premature explosion of a can of power while firing anvils over Harrison’s nomination. Smith was horribly burned about the arms, face and chest, and he will lose one eye, even if he is not totally blinded. —Arthur Erskine, 19 years old, died ten miles east of Marion from the effects of a gun-shot wound. Erskine had been hunting. While standing on the side of a building in course of erection, his gun at his side, the gun slipped off, the hammer striking the sill, the charge was exploded and entered Erskine’s abdomen, almost disemboweling him. —The excitement in Brown County over the discovery of gold in large quantities along Bean Blossom Creek remains unabated. The people have nearly all left their homes and crops and are searching for nuggets and washing the black sand, which is mixed with dnst found along the stream. One man accumulated $350 of gold in three weeks’ labor. There can be no doubt but that the find is a valuable one*