Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1888 — Page 7

'With the ■ways of industrious and successful farmers will perhaps add a healthy emulation which will both instruct and stimulate. But no agency for ths amelioration of this people appears to me so promising as the extension, urged by the Secretary, of such complete facilities of education as shall, at the earliest posei ole day, embrace all teachable In dan youths, of both sexes, and restrain them with, a kindly and beneficent hold until their characters are formed and their faculties <-ni disposittvns trained to the sure pursuits of useful industry. The average at tendance of Indian pupils in the schools increased by otter 9 per cent, during the year and the total enrollment reached 15,212. Th a cost of maintenance was not materially raised. 'I he number of teachable Indian youth is now estimated at 40, 0), or nearly three times the enrollment of the schools. It is believed the obstacle-i in the way of ins ructing all are surmountable and that tho necessary expenditure wou d b> a measure of ejonomy. The tioux tribe on the great reservation of Dakota refused to assent to the act passed by the Congress at its ast session for opening a portion of their lands to settlement, notwithstanding modification of the was suggested wh ch met most of their objections. Tneir demand is for immediate payment of the full price es ?1.25 per acre for the entire Lotty of land the occupancy of which they are asked to relinquish. THE PENSION BUREAU. The number of pensioners added to the rolls during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888. is 60,252, and increase of pensions was granted in 45,716 cases. The names of 15,730 ‘pension- rs were dropped from the rolls during the year for various causes, and at the close of the year the number of persons of all classes receiving pensions was 452,559. Of these there were B>y survivors of the war of 1312; 10,787 wid•ows of those who -erved in that war; 1>,060 sol- • diers of the Mexican war; and 5,114 widows of said so diers. One hundred and two differen rates of pensions are paid to these b. nefisiaries, ranging from 82 to 8416.66 per month. The amount paid for pensions during the fiscal year was $78,715,4:61,92, being an increasebver the preceding year of $5. 03,280.22. Tho expenses attending the i maintenance and operation of the Pension Bureau during that period was 83,262,524.67, making the entire expenses of the bureau $82,- ■ 038.38 >.57, being 21bj tier cent, of the total exVendituros of the Government during the year. am thoroughly convinced that our general '.pension laws should be revised and adjusted to meet as far as possible in the light of our experience all me itorious cases. The fact that one hundred and two different rates of pensions are p» ! d can not in my opinion be made consistent ■ with justice to the pensioners or to the Government. and the numerous private pension bills that are passed predicated upon the imperfection of general laws, while they increase in many cases existing inequality and injustice, lend additional force to the recommendation for a revision of the general laws on this subject. The laxity of ideas prevailing among a large number of our people repirling pensions is be«coming every day more marked. The principles upon which they should be granted are in danger of being altogether ignored, and already pensions are often claimed because the applicants are as much entitled as other suc- ' cessful applicants, rather than upon any disability reasonably attributable to military service. If the establishment of vicious precedents be continued, i. e., the granting of pen- ' sions be not divorced from partisan and other unworthy and irrelevant considerations, and if the honorable name of veteran unfairly becomes by these means but anoth r term for one who constantly clamors far the aid of the Government, there iis danger that injury will be done to the fame and patriotism of many whom our citizens all ■ delight to honor, and that a prejudice will be aroused unjust to meritorious application for pensions. The Department of Agriculture has continued, with a good measure of success, its efforts to develop the processes, enlarge the results and augment tho profits of Ameri•can husbandry. It has collected and distributed practical information, introduced and tested naw plants, checked the spread of contagious disease of farm animals, the advance of noxious insects and destructive fun<us growths and sought to secure to agricultural labor the highest reward of effort, and the fullest immunity from loss. Its rec- - ords of the year show that the season of 1888 has been one of medium production. A generous supply of the demands of consumption has been assured, and a surplus for exportation, > moderate in certain products and bountiful in others, will prove a benefaction alike to buyer and grower. Four years ago it was found that the great cattle industry of the country was endangered, and those engaged in it were alarmed at the rapid extension of the European-Lima plague of pleuro-pneumonia. Serious outbreaks existed in Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky, and in Tennessee animals af’fected were held in quarantine. Five counties in New York, and from one to four counties in - each of the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland were almost equally affected. With this great danger upon us, and with the ■ contagion already in the channels of commerce, with the enormous direct and indirect losses already being caused by it, and when onlyprompt and energetic rction could be successful, there were in none of these States any laws authorizing this department to eradicate the malady, or giving the State officials power to co-operate with it for this purpose. The • department even lacked both the requisite appropria ion and authority. By securing State co-operation in connection with authority from Cou’ress, the work of eradication has bjen pressed successfully, and this dreaded disease has been extirpated from the Western States, and also from the Eastern States, with the exception of a few restricted areas which are still under supervision. The danger has thus been remov t ?d, and trade and • commerce have been freed from the vexatious State restrictions which were deemed necessary for a time. During the past four years the process of-dif-fusion as applied to the manufacture of sugar from sorghum and sugar-cane has been introduced into this country, and fully perfected by the experiments carried on by the Department of Agriculture This process is now universaly considered to be the bsst economical one, and it is through it that the sorghum sugar industry has been established upon a firm basis and the road to its future success opened. The adoption of this diffusion process is also extended in Louisiana and other sugar-producing parts of the country and will doubtless soon be the only method employed for the extraction of sugar from the cane. An exhaustive study has also within the same . period been undertaken of the subject of food adulteration and the best analytical methods of detecting it. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The report of the Commissioners of the D>trict of Columbia, with its accompanying documents, gives in detail the operations of the several departments of the District Government and furnishes evidence that the financial affairs of the District are at present in such satisfactory condition as to justify the Commissioners in submitting to the Congress estimates for desirable and needed improvements. The Commissioners recommend certain legislation which, in their opinion, is necessary t'o advance the interests of the Dis riot. I invite your special attention to their re--quest for such 1 gi'slation as will enable the Commissioners without delay to collect, digest, and prop.-rly arrange the laws by which the District is governp l and which are now embraced in several collections, making th< m available only with great ■ difficulty and labor. The suggestions they make touching desirable amendments to the >aws relating to licenses granted for carrying on the retail traffic in spirituous liquors, to the observance of Sunday, to the proper assessment nnd collection of taxes, to the speedy punishment of minor offenders and to the m'a ;agem<nt and •control of the re ormatory and charitable institutions supported bv Congressional appropriations, are commended to your care ana consideration. I again call attention to the present inconvenience and the danger to life and property attending the operation of steam railroads through and across the public streets and roads •of the District. The p ropriety of such legislation as will properly guara the use of these railroads and better secure the convenience and safety of citizens is manifest. CONCLUSION. The ccnsciousn’ss that I have presented but ■an imperfect statement of the condition of our country and its wants occasions no fear that anything omitted is not known and appreciated by the Congress upon whom rests the responsibility of intelligent legislation in behalf of a great nation and a confiding people As public servants we shall do our unty well if we constantly guard tffe rectitude of our intentions, maintain unsullied our love of country, and, with unselfish purpose, strive for the public .good. Groveb Cleveland, Washington, Dec. 3,1888.

GEN. HARRISON TALKS.

AN OPEN LETTER TO A SOUTH CAROLINA EDITOR. The President-Elect Not Yet Ready to Make Public Statements as to His Future Policy—Mrs. Gen. Sherman’s Death—A New G. A. R. Organization. [Greenville (S. C.) special.] The Greenville Daily News has printed a letter recently received by its editor from General Harrison, and published by his permission. It was written in reply to a letter urging that Southern commercial interests would be relieved from obstruction caused by doubts and fears regarding the Southern policy of the coming administration if Mr. Harrison would make some general assurances of his purpose to follow a conservative course toward the South. It is as follows: Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 27. A. B. 'Williams, Esq., Greenville, S. C.: My Deab Sir —Your letter of Nov. 10 has been received. I am not ready to make any public utterances upon any public question. Every day I am solicited by special correspondents of the press to speak upon this subject or that, but I have invariably declined, and to your appeal for some expression upon the question that interests you I must for the present make the same answer. I understand that you have yourself been satisfied with the expressions made by me in my public utterances to visiting delegations during the campaign. When the surprise and disappointment which some of your people have felt over the result has passed away, and they give some calm thought to the situation, I think they will be as much surprised as I am that they should, in thought or speech, impute to me unfriendliness toward the South. The policies in legislation advised by the Republican party I believe are wholesome for the whole country, and- if those who in their hearts believe with us upon these questions would act with us,, some other questions that give you local concern would settle themselves. Very truly yours, Benjamin Harrison. MRS. GEN. SHERMAN DEAD. The Wife of the Hero of “ Atlanta to the Sea ” Expires Suddenly at New York. [New York telegram.] Mrs. Gen. William T. Sherman is dead. She expired at her residence in this city. For nearly five years Mrs. Sherman had been suffering from heart trouble, and a few weeks ago her malady assumed a serious aspect. Eminent medical men were summoned, but their skill was unavailing. The malady increased, and the patient sank rapidly from heart trouble. Gen. Sherman and the children who live at home—Rachel, Lizzie, and Tecumseh — were at the bedside when Mrs. Sherman breathed her last. Mrs. Sherman’s maiden name was Ellen Ewing. She was born in Lancaster, Ohio, sixty-four years ago, and was the daughter of the Hon. Thomas and Maria Boyle Ewing, the remains of both of whom are interred in the old Catholic cemetery in the eastern part of that city. Mr. Ewing served two terms in the United States Senate and two in the Cabinet. Upon the death of President Harrison President Tyler invited him with the rest of the Cabinet to remain, but he resigned. Mrs. Sherman and her illustrious husband were schoolmates, the old residences of the two families in Lancaster having but one other house between them. Gen. Sherman was born on Feb. 8, 1820. His father dying, he was adopted by the Hon. Thomas Ewing, one of his father’s intimate friends, as a member of his own family, when about 9 years old. He was sent to school until 1836 by the old statesman and by him obtained entrance to Wdst Point in that year and was graduated in 1840. In 1843 he visited Lancaster and became engaged to Miss Ewing. Mrs. Sherman, like her mother and°many of her relatives, was a devout Catholic and incessantly engaged in work for the church. One of her sons became a priest of that faith some years ago. She was the first American lady to be decorated with the Golden Bose by the Pope in 1882, a very High Catholic honor. Of the mourners left by the deceased are her brothers, Judge Philemon B. and Gen. Hugh Boyle Ewing and their families, of Lancaster; Gen. Thomas Ewing, of New York; and her sitter, Mrs. CoL Clement F. Steele, of Columbus. Ellen Boyle, the eldest daughter of the Hon. Thomas Ewing and Marla Boyle Ewing, was born at Lancaster, Oct. 4, 1824, and married to Geu. W. T. Sherman at the residence of her father in Washington, D. C., May 1, 1850. She resided successively at St. Lo.uis, New Orleans. San Francisco, Leavenworth, Washington, D. C., and New York. She leaves surviving her two sons and four daug ters, having lost two sons in their early years, who are buried in the Catholic Calvary Cemetery at St. Louis. The eldest daughter is married to Capt. Fitch, now of Pittsburg, and the third daughter to Lieut. Thackara, now of Philapelphia, both formerly of the United States navy. Each of these married daughters has a family of several children. i The remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery at St. Lonis, which adjoins Bellefontaine. The services were of a simple nature.

THE NEW GRAND ABMY. An Organization Effected at Indianapolis by Democratic Veterans. [lndianapolis (Ind.) dispatch.] A meeting of about threescore Democratic Grand Army of the Republic veterans was held in this city, at which an organization was perfected known as the Democratic Soldiers and Sailors’ Veteran Association of Indiana. This organization is the result of what has been termed the revolt against the G. A. R. The object of the new association is set forth in the following preamble to their constitution and by-laws: The purpose of this association shall be to inculcate the true principles of patriotism, love of country, and to foster and maintain true democratic principles in the administration of the Government, both state and national, and secure a pure, simple, and efficient administration of the same, and to resist with all our might any and every encroachment upon the constitutional righ s and liberties of the people. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together those who, as soldhrs, sailors, and marines, united to suppress the rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead. To aid in every possible way all persons who have been honorably discharged from the military and naval service of the United States. To secure for them preferment and promotion in the civil service, etc. After the adoption of the constitution, the following officers were elected: President, R. A. Taylor; Secretary, W. C. Larkington; Treasurer, L. C. Daniels; Vice President, Samuel C. Green. Under the constitution the entire management of the association is placed in the hands of an executive board. George W. Koontz was elected Chairman, and was given power to appoint the other members of the board, which he will do by naming one man from each Congressional district and two from the State-at-large at the next meeting. ..

The Vote in Virginia.

The following is the official vote of Virginia: Cleveland, 151,977; Harrison, 150,438; First District, Browne (Rep.); Second Bowden (Rep.); Third, "Wise (Dem.); Fourth, Venable (Dfem.); Fifth, Lester. (Dem.); Sixth, Edmunds (Dem.); Seventh, O’Fcrrall JDejn.); Eighth, Lee (Dem.); Ninth, Buchanan (Dem.); Tenth, Tucker (Dem.).

ACCOMMODATION’S SAKE.

BY DART ELTON.

>OR acc om m o dation’s sake.” What a world of meaning in those few words, and how proud we as a people are because foreigners have an impression in their minds that we are “an accommodating set of people.” Weil, it depends. If

the man who applies to us for accommodation is well known in the circle to which we all seme day or other have aspirations—the circle of bon-tonism—-then we are ready to be accommodating; but if it is a poor man who wishes to be accommodated with the loan of a few hundred dollars, and his only security is his honest face and words, then we are “very sorry; but all our available funds are out at present, but probably Messrs. So-and-so can accommodate you. ” Perhaps we are a fashionable uptown lady, and our next-door neighbor wishes the loan of our pony and phaeton to air herself down town. We consider; Mrs. --- always visits the most fashionable portion of town, and folks will know the turnout is ours, and so we are accommodating. Perhaps it is only “an upstart of an acquaintance,” who used to know us when we were not so rich as we now are, who wants the rig to take a sick child out in the country for an airing, and nine times out of ten “we are truly sorry, but we have just promised the turnout to Mrs. ---." or, “the pony is lame, and James positively forbids it being driven. ” “A white lie,” we think, but then “one can’t be expected to accommodate every one. ” A sturdy young man calls on a merchant for a situation, urging that “it will be a big accommodation,” etc We scan him over and mentally conclude that we can get about three times as much work out of him as we propose to pay him for his servicee, and so we are accommodating. Perhaps w r e are a merchant who wishes to dispose of a lot of shop-worn goods, so we resolve that, “owing to the fact that w’e bought our goods for cash and secured great bargains, we will accommodate our customers and sell the lot off at cost. ” Of course the country buyer thinks, as he departs with his “bargains,” that we are very accommodating indeed, while we figure up our profit and gleefully rub our hands as we realize that these tricks of the trade are very accommodating indeed. Oh, yes, we are “an accommodating people.” But the great question nowadays seems to be, “Will it pay to be accommodating ?”

In the Deep Sea.

As plants do not live in the deep sea, the deep-sea animals either prey on one another or get their food from dead organism and plants which sink down to them. Thus Maury says: “The sea, like the snow-cloud with its flakes in a calm, is always letting fall upon its bed showers of microscopic shells.” And experiment proves that a tiny shell would take about a week to fail from the surface to the deepest depths. Since sunlight does not penetrate much farther than the littoral zone, there would be beyond this perpetual darkness except for phosphorescence. Many of the animals inhabiting the continent il and abyssal zones have merely rudimentary eyes. But theje blind creatures have very long feelers, which help them to grope their way along the bottom. Other deep sea animals, on the contrary, have enormous eyes, and these very likely congregate around such of their number as are phosphorescent, and may perhaps follow the moving lamp-pcsts about wherever they go. And so bright is this light on many of the fish brought up by the dredge that during the brief s ace the animals survive it is not difficult to read by it. The reason why fishes and mollusks living more than three miles under water are able to bear a pressure of several tons is that they have exceedingly loose tissues, which allow the water t > flow equally through every interstice and thus to equalize the weight. When the pressure is removed they perish. In the Challefnger expeditions, sent iJtot by the British Government, all the sharks brought up from a depth of a little less than three-quarters of a mile were dead when they got to the surface. —Catholic Magazine.

A Bright Idea.

Misther O’Booney (entering hardware store) —The boss sint me down afther a pane av glass, tin be foorteen. Wagggish clerk—Well, Pat, I don’t think I can give you a ten-by-fourteen, but I can let you have a lourteen-by-ten, if you think you can make that do. Pat (struck with a bright idea) —Be hivvens just gimme wan av thim, an’ Oi’ll just turn th’ sideways av it upside down, an’ Oi don’t belave the boss himself ud ever know th’ difference.—Toronto Grip. An Austin clergyman, whose, name we suppress on account of his sacred calling, was absorbed in thought a few Sundays ago, just before divine service began, when he was approached by the organist, who asked, referring to the opening hymn: - “What shall I play?” - “What kind of a hand have you got?” responded the absent-minded clergyman.—Texas Siftings. A patent has been finally issued for an electrical typewriter.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A CHRONICLE OF HAPPENINGS IN HOOSIKRDOM. Shocking Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrible Crimes. Proceedings of Courts, Secret Societies, and, in fact, Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. A very peculiar legal ease has just been decided in the Knox Circuit Court by Judge Franklin, Judge pro tem. He divined the money at issue equally between the claimants. This singular case was as to the heirship of a S3.(KM) insurance policy, held by Joel B. King at the time of his death in the order of the Royal Arcanum. The widow, a divorced wife, laid claim to tho money, and the guardian of the only sou also insisted on receiving the money for his ward. King had the policy made payable to his wife on his death. He afterward was divorced from the woman, but the policy was never changed, it being still payable to his wife at the time of his death last January. Now, the courts had previously decided by the divorce suit that he had no wife, and yet at his death the divorced wife claimed the insurance money, as the policy made it payable to her, Laura King. Of course the son was an immediate heir, and the claim of the guardian could not be ignored. The order of the Royal Arcanum was ready to pay the money as soon as it was legally decided who should receive tho ■ame. As already stated, the court gave an equal part to each of the claimants.

Fatal Work of a Worthless Shotgun. Wesley Middleton and his son, William Arnandale and his son, and an unknown cooper, all of Sellersburg, went coon hunting recently. They had but one shotgun between them. On treeing the coon the cooper took the gun and shot. It exploded, driving the breechpin through his eye into the brain, and almost scalping young Middleton. The elder Arnandale was knocked down by the gun-barrel, and his son’s face was horribly lacerated. The injured men were compelled to walk seven miles for medical treatment. Young Arnandale will probably die. Taken from the Fields. The following figures, furnished by the State Statistician, will show the grain products of Indiana for 1887 and 1888, and give the opportunity for a comparison of the crops of the two years: Bushels, 1887. Bushels, 1888. Wheat 39,093.057 28,750,764 Com 70,017,6’4 128,4’6,281 Oats 24,378,981 27,493,8 >1 Barley 340,663 403,515 Rye 460,750 515,425 Irish potatoes 2,216,131 5,48',960 Sweet potatoes 167,387 234,812 Buckwheat 69,375 91,405 Flaxseed 1(7,208 101,693 Clover-seed, 261,284 295,50.5 Timothy-seed 43,515 41,881 Tons, 1887. Tons, 1888. Clover hay 1,728,776 1,311,4 50 Timothy hay 1,543,556 1,548,888 Serious Accident to an Ohl Citizen. William Stewart, an old resident and a prominent citizen of Pendleton, recently met with a serious, if not fatal, accident. While crossing the railroad bridge he heard a train approaching and stepped aside on one of the abutments of the bridge. Becoming confused he lost his balance and fell into the shallow water of the creek below, breaking an arm and receiving several bad cuts about the head. This is the third accident which has occurred at Pendleton within a few weeks to people walking on the railroad track.

Physician# Will Black-List Delinquent*. The physicians of Crawfordsville have formed an organization for their mutual benefit and protection. It is proposed to black-list persons who will not pay their doctor bills, when able to do so, and will also tend toward bringing other delinquent persons to time. The new organization includes all the physicians of the city. The President is Dr. May, Secretary, Dr. Rankin, and Treasurer, Dr. Keegan. They have adopted a constitution and by-laws, and will bind themselves to stand firmly together. Fatally Injured by a Freight Train. While returning from Elwood to Curville, Charles Brown was knocked from the railroad track by a Panhandle train and received injuries from which he will die. His head was badly crushed and his left shoulder and bip were seriously injured. Brown makes the third man that has been struck by trains in that locality during the past year. Richard Moon and James Tyner were the other two victims, and all were intoxicated at the time of the accidents. Minor State Items. —Young Richter, a boy 16 years old. working at the wholesale grocery house of W. H. Hood, Pertland, was fatally injured, by a hogshead of prunes rolling over him. He will not live. His mother is a widow. —lsaac B. Friend, a prominent business man of New Albany, fell from the roof Of a building and fractured his shoulder. —Claude, the 14-year-old son of Joseph B. Kinder, of Cleveland, Hancock County, fell down a stairway while visiting an uncle near Anderson, and broke his neck. —George Rottger, an ( employe of the tight-stave factory at Seymour, met ■with a serious, if not fatal, accident, a piece of timber from a planer striking his head and entering the brain. —An explosion of powder occurred in the office of Dr. Kell, at Liberty. The result was, a mass of broken medicine bottles, shattered windows and several ■i ■ / ' *rious wounds and burns to the doctor.

—Jacob and John Fowler, living at Rolling Prairie, Laporte County, have just discovered the whereabouts of their father, whom they have not seen since 1861, when they enlisted in the army. They were living in Wisconsin when the war broke out. and during their absence their father and mother moved to Missouri. On their return they were unable to find any trace of their whereabouts, and they moved to Indiana. Last September the Fowler boys attended the Columbus encampment of the G. A. R., and from a comrade there, chanced to learn of their residence and postoffice. A correspondence was entered into, and the family finally re-united. —ln the annual report of the notherm prison at Michigan City the whole num-/.’ ber of convicts in the prison at thejirat' of this month is given at 702. During the year 364 had been received and 296 discharged. The treasury shows $105,718.76 receipts aud $99,417.36 disbursements, with a balance on hand of $9,• 042.64. The cost of feeding each con-» vict has been 12J cents per day. —The Fort Wayne Medical College is making a fight for the body of James Jemison, the man who choked to death there a few days ago. He had no friends or relatives, but the man who employed him insists on the privilege of burying till' body. —Patents have been granted to Indiana inventors as follows: Benedict F. Alvey and F. Leseure, Marshall, whiffletree coupling; Seymour S. Cole, Aurora, blotting device or pad; John Cornelius, Evansville, stump-extractor; William A Preston, Fort Branch, refrigerator; Griffith W. Williams, Greensburg, wire-stretcher. —Charles Reynolds, of New Albany, 10 years of age, attempted to jump on a moving street car and was thrown under the wheels. He will have one hand less, if he survives the amputation operation. —Tom Warren and John R. Berry, miners employed in the Triplett slope on Otter Creek, a mile north of Brazil, were crushed under falling slate. They were both at work in the same room. Warren was dead when found and Berry was so badly bruised and broken up that ho will doubtless die. Both were men of families.

—Ben Holton, who killed George Emery, at Jeffersonville, last May, was sentenced to twenty-one years in Jeffersonville prison. —Robert Steele was caught between the bumpers while coupling cars on the Wm. Scott & Co. switch of the Vandalia road, in Frankfort, and instantly killed. The deceased was a bright lad of 16 years. —The boiler in the chair factory, at Cochran, exploded, killing William Bencke, John Starke, and William Matthew, jr., and severely injuring Fred Bruce, the engineer, besides wrecking the factory. —A few weeks ago Isaac Sauer, of Plymouth, aged 10, died from the effects of a dose of arsenic, and his 12-year-old sister was arrested on suspicion of having mixed the poison with the food. The grand jury has ordered the arrest of the child’s father on suspicion of being an accomplice. —A special school for the study of veterinary science will be opened at Purdue Univrsity Jan. 9, 1889. About three exercises will be given each day, and persons of good moral character, not under eighteen years of age, will bo admitted without examination. The instruction will be chiefly by lectures and by practical demonstrations, including dissections andclinics.

—While eating supper, at Fort Wayne, James Jameson, a laborer, chocked to death on a piece of meat. A doctor was summoned, the meat extracted, and air pumped into bis lungs, but without avail. Jameson had no family. —Charles Dawson, of New Albany, was accidently shot and killed by Frank Polan. They were out hunting three miles from the city, and careless handling of the gun is attributed as to the cause. Dawson was but 17 years old. —The following-named gentlemen have been chosen directors of the Wabash County Agricultural Society: Samuel Gamble, William Hazen, Joseph Busic, Tobias Miller, John Summerland, John B. Latchum, Enos Powell, J. M. Harter, Thos, R. Porter, Henry Smeyers, and Ben Wolf. The finances of the society are in good shape. —Mrs. Aaron Price, of Plymouth, returning recently from the field with a pail of milk, jumped from the fence to the ground. She soon complained of severe pain and in a short time died. A post-mortem revealed a rupture of the stomach two inches long. —John Stevens, of Martinsville, has been fatally injured by being thrown from a buggy. —lt is estimated that the farmers of the bottom lands adjoining Lawrenceburg have lost fully 10,000 bushels of corn on account of the recent rise in the Ohio and Big Miami rivers. —John H. Frank, of Lebanon, was very severely scalded while butchering. In the dark his helper threw a bucketful of boiling water on him, scalding his lower limbs from the hip down. —J. Pence, engaged in the saw-mill business at Fairmount, was struck with a flying bar, and sustained a probable fatal fracture of the skull. —Moses Smith, a miner living at Brazil, has become heir to a fortune of SIOO,OOO by the death of a relative ia Wales. •