Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1889 — Page 3

CHEEKS FOR THE CHIEF.

HARRISON’S TRIP TO WASHINGTON—SCENES ALONG THE ROUTE. Immense CroitrA* Follow the Carriage* to the Station Farewell to ludUnapolh Citizen*—Members of the Party—Reception in Washington—The First Caller. [lndianapolis (Ind.) special.] Many of the business houses of this city were elaborately decorated in honor of Gen. Harrison on the 25th ult., the day be departed for Washington. A.host of friends called at his home to pay their respects and say good-by. T. 8. Quincey, of Chicago, was among the early visitors, and he presented to the General the traveling sachel procured for him by the Chicago Traveling Men's Political Club. The valise is of extraordinary beauty and richness. It is made of black seal leather, with frame of triple-plated gold, lined with the finest calfskin, and the ten toilet articles accompanying the valise are of solid silver. It is said 10 be the finest article of the kind ever manufactured in this country. Alter Mr. Quincey left, Gen. Harrison, with a few members of his family, gathered about the valise to examine it. As the articles were removed, one by one, and admired, a flask was found. It was a beautiful piece of workmanship, with a screw top. The General looked at. it quizzically and smiled. “I guess that is large enough," he said. But the practical eye of Mrs. McKee no sooner beheld the flask than, with true motherly instinct, she had a plan for it s use. “Oh, that will be just the thing to hold baby’s milk," ww her decisive declaration, and sho carried it away. Early in the afternoon the streets of the city were thronged with thousands anxious to participate in the farewell demonstration to the President-elect. A hundred or more people stood before the Harris on home when the Presi-dent-elect and his family left the house, escorted by Gov. Hovey and Mayor Benny. The General, the Governor, and the Mayor entered a carriage drawn by two white horses, Mrs. Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. McKee entered a second carriage, and the Presidential party started on the journey to the station. A siring of carriages and a thousand or more people followed them. Th 6 greatest enthusiasm prevailed along the route. In front of every residence were groups of people who cheered enthusiastically as the carriages drove by, the General constantly tipping his hat and waving his hand in farewell to some old friend whom he recognized.

Cheer after cheer went up as the General passed. When Ohio street was reached the throng was innumerable. Here the veterans of George H. Thomas Post were in line, among them being Gen. lew Wallace and many other well-known men. They were accompanied by a military band, and as the General's carriage drove up they opened ranks and a cheer went up from the thousands of people that was heard for many squares and notified the other thousands that the General had reached the city. From this point to the stntiou it was an impenetrable throng. The buildings were black with people. At the intersection of Market and Pennsylvania streets the members of the Legislature were drawn up in line, and the carriages passed through the open files, the law-makers cheering lustily. They thin fell in line and escorted the General to the station. It was three oclock when the party reached the Union Station, where a crowd of fully 10,000 awaited them. The General and his partv were escorted to their car. The great throng continued cheering, and the President-elect presently appeared on the rear platform, accompanied by Governor Hovey, who Introduced him to th 9 crowd and called for order, which being partially secured General Harrison said: “My good friends and neighbors, I cannot trust myself to put in words what I feel at this time. Every kind thought that is in your minds, and every good wish that is in your hearts for me finds its responsive wish and thought in my mind and heart for each of you. I love this city. It has been my own cherished home. Twice belore I have left it to discharge public duties and returned to it with gladness, as I hope to do again. It is a city on whose streets the pompous displays of wealth are not seen. It is full of pleasant homes, and in these homes there is an unusual store of contentment. The memory of your favor and kindness will abide with me, ana my strong desire to hold your respect aud confidence will strengthen me in the discharge of my new and responsible duties. Let me say farewell to all my Indiana friends. For the public honors that have come to me I am their grateful debtor. They have made the debt so large that I can never discharge it. There is a great sense of loneliness in the discha-ge of high public duties. The moment of decision is one ot isolation. But there is One whose help comes even into the quiet chamber of judgment, and to His wise and unfailing guidance will I look for direction and safety. My family unites with me in grateful thanks for this cordial good-by, and with me wish that these years of separation may be full of peace and happiness for each of you." The speech was received with cheers. At its conclusion the General re-entered his car, and the train at once proceeded. The Presidential party was assigned by cars as follows: In President Kobarts'private car were Gen. and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Mctheir two children (Benjamin and Mary), and'the nurse, and Mrs. Lord (Mrs. Harrison’s sister); in the car Maywood were Bussell B. Harrison, wife, child, and nurse, Senator Saunders am wife, the Hon. J. N. Huston, W. H. H. Miller, Mrs. Eaton (Gen. Harrison’s half-sister), Private Secretary Halford, and Josephine, Mrs. Harrison’s maid.

GREETED WITH CHEERS. Crowds Assembled at the Stations Along the Clue. The train pulled out of the Union station at 3:19 p. m., chetred by thousands of people. As it passed the grounds’ of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, just east of the city, the fences and freight cars on an adjoining track were covered by the hundreds of pupils of the school, to whom Gen. Harrison waved his hand. Irvington, the seat of Butler University, turned out several hundred spectators, as did also the small towns of Cumberland, Philadelphia, Greenfield and Charlottesville. When Knightstown was reached/ where is located the So.diers Orphans’ Home, the train stopped for a moment. A crowd of five or six hundred gathered about the rear platform and gave three cheers for Harrison. As the cheers died away Gen. Harrison said: “My friends, I thank you for this cordial gathering and demonstration. I can detain the train but a moment, and I only stopped at the request of the Superintendent of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home so that the children might have an opportunity to see me, and that I might wish them the bright and prosperous future which the sacrifices of their fathers won for them. I bid you farewell. ” A halt was made at Dunreith, the crossing of the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad, and there congratulatory messages from the Postal Telegraph employes and the citizens of Henry County were received. Cambridge ■City was reached at 4:45 p. m. Here a crowd of about 500 cheered lustily as the train stopped for a moment. The boom»of cannon echoed through the train. Richmond was reached at 5:02 p. m. Fully four thousand people cheered at the top of their voices, while cannon boomed and the -whistles blew, making a din that was deafening. Gen. -and Mrs. HaVrison appeared on the rear platform of the car, and when the tumult had partly subsided Gen. Harrison spoke as follows : •“My friends, I have so long had my borne among you that I cannot but leel a sense of regret in leaving the soil of Indiana. Igo with a deep sense of inadequacy, but I am sure yon will be patient with my mistakes and that yon will all give me your help as citizens [cheers and cries of “We will"] in my efforts to promote the ■best interests of our people and the honor of the nation we love. [Cheers. I I thank you for this cordial greeting.” [Cheers.] Among the crowd at Richmond was a delegation of worn men from the Hoosier drill works, at the head of which, following the band, was borne their oampaign banner, inscribed: “Hoosier Drill Protection Club." Ab the train passe 1 along the track out of the city it was accompanied by the screeching of whistles of factories and the boom of cannon. While the train hahed, a profusion of flowers were carried into > the car and presented to Mrs. Harrison in the mame of the Republicans of Richmond. On the way from Richmond to Columbus the entire (party, from Gen. Harrison to the colored porter who accompanies him to the Whitt House,

bought tickets for the trip at the regular rat- ■ of fare. THE Rtcr -TION IN OHIO. Few Stops Were Made Before Reaching Piqua —Paying for Tickets. [Denison tOhio) dispatch.] The first stop iu Ohio was at Greenville, which was reached at 5:43. Here another large crowd greeted the President-elect, who stepped to the rear of the car. but the stop was too short for speech-making. Bradford Junction was reached at Gp. m. The next stopping place, Piqua, was reached at 6: A) p. m. About five thousand people, gatnered there, kept up a continual cheering. Gov. J. B. Foraker and his wife boarded the (’residential train, and found the General and his party just sitting down to supper. Gov. Foraker rushed back to the General s car aud brought the latter to the platform of the Maywood just as the train pulled out. The Governor called out. "This is our next President,” and Gen. Harrison, bareheaded, bowed his acknowledgment to the cheering thousands as the train moved on It was 6aOp. m. when Urbana was reached. Here another large crowd welcomed the Presidential party, but tue stop was short. Between Piqua and Urbana, twenty-six miles, there were no stops, but at all the stations, Jordon, Fletchsr, Conover, St. Paris, and Westvilie, the passage of tbe train was greeted by the cheers of hundreds. From Piqua on, dense darkness prevented the occupants of the train from judging the size of the crowds. At Westvilie the glsre of a number of pine-knot torches was flashed into the car windows as the train dashed by. Gov. Foraker introduced the President-elect to about two thousand people at Urbana. Columbus was reached at 8:15 p. m. At least 20,000 people bad gathered at the station, and the crush was terrible. The booming of cannon and the din of brass music, drum corps, and , yells greeted the Presidential train as it moved into the depot. It required a large force of policemen to open the way lor* the engine. The scramble then began. The crowd pushed, jammed, and swayed in a solid mass. The train pulled pretty well through the depot before stopping, and the people were trying to keep up and rushed madly over each other. A large number of women were in the crowd, and many of them were injuroa. Nearly tbe entire membership of the Legislature went down to the station with the Foraker Club, but they were all lost sight of in the general crush There was no definite programme carried out. It was the intention to have several songs from the Harrison and Morton Glee Club, and also listen to a speech from Gen. Harrison. The former was almost entirely eliminated from the programme, and less than fifty persons heard anything the President-elect had to say. People within ten feet of him could see his lips move as if in the act of making a speech and that was all. The cheering, firing of cannon, beating of drums, and general confusion lost none of its force. The General talked less than five minutes. Mrs. Harrison, Bussell Harrison, and as many of the women of the Presidential party as could crowded out to the platform where tbe General was speaking. Mrs. Harrison watched the crowd fairly crawling over each other, aud stopped the General in his speech as she called his attention to the manner in which the women were being pushed, uuable to help themselves. The train was wedged about by people until it pulled out. After the L ain left Columbus, preparations were made lor retiring. The day had been a very fatiguing one to the President-elect. Before Columbus was reached two of the grandchildren were fast asleep, but Baby Mary McKee was bright and alert to all that was going on, and great y enjoyed the sights and sounds. In the station there was a demand for a sight of the favorite grandchild by many persons in the crowd, and she was held up to the car window in the strong glare of an eloetric light, and gleefully waved a bunch of roses in h3r baud. Fully a thousand people met the train at Newark with a brass baud and torches, as the train passed the station, running about fifteen miles an hour, the crowd cheered and fired off roman candles. Just as the station was reached everv steam-whistle in the city screeched its loudest. Pandemonium seemed to have broken loose. The fifty locomotives in the Baltimore and Ohio yards took up the medley and the Jesuit was simply indescribable. The sleepers oh the train were all awakened. There was a good array of people on the platform at Newcomerstown, and as the train slowly drew up at the crossing there a perfect blaze or light surrounded it from scores of roman candies, in which manner alone the enthusiasm of the crowd foun l vent. The run was made from Newark to this c'ty in an hour and a half, the train then being thirty minutes late.

ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON. Gen. Harrison and . Party Domiciled at the Arlington Annex. [Washington (D. C.) dispatch.] President-elect Harrison, his family and immediate friends are comfortably housed in the Johnson Annex to the Arlington Hotel, the journey hither having been made without accident. Everything is homelike. No one intrudes on their privacy and there are no unbidden guests. For the few days that elapse before the General becomes the White House tenant he is assured as much freedom from annoyance as was possible in his Indianapolis home. The arrival of the Presidential party in Washington was marked by no public demonstration. This was in accordance with the wishes of Gen. Harrison. The special train came in about 2:3J. The Inaugural Committee arranged to have tho train stopped at the comer of Maryland avenue and Ninth street. Consequently the party avoided the crowd of people who were in waiting at the Pennsylvania Railway Station. In the evening, an informal general reception took place, and nearly all the leaders of the Republican party called. The family are delighted with their rooms, which were arranged for their reception. They were not only newly decorated but were filled with the most beautiful flowers. Mr. Elliot F. Shepard sent a large basket of roses to each of the ladies in the party—Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Harrison, Jr„ and Mrs. Saunders, her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Adams, of Chicago, left a beautiful cluster upon the center-table, and Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Hiscock, Mr. Roselle, the proprietor of the hotel; Congressman IfeUien and wife, of Rochester, and several others remembered them in a similar manner, until the room looked as If it had been adorned for a ball. James G. Blaine was the first caller, and was accorded a ready welcome. Next was Sloan B. basset, soon followed by Gen. Powetl Clayton, of Arkansas. Alter supper and until midnight the calls of prominent people were frequent. It is claimed'that there were no detectives on the Harrißon train, and that he willjiot have any oroqnd him at the hotel. He has no fear of cranks or assassins, but, on the other hand, has a dread of detectives, which Mrs. Harrison shares with him.

A Poet’s Pay.

Friend—How long did it take you to write this poem, “Ode to Darkness,” Fred? Poet —A day. Friend —A whole day? Poet—Yes; but I was well paid. Friend—Were you? how much did you get? Poet—A dollar. —Yankee Blade.

Decided Not to Bust.

Maud—And you are really engaged to Mr. Hawkins, Ethel. Ethel—Yes; I hardly know whether I love him or rot, but he was so earnest that somehow I could not refuse him. Maud—Yes, I know. When I refused him last summer he told me he was going to marry somebody or bust before Christmas. —Terre Haute Express. The judicious advertising of a meritorious article always results m success. A good article now-a-days will not be widely known during an ordinary life time, while, with judicious advertising, one can enjoy the benefit and pleasure that his discovery and labor have oeen to others, and in a reasonably short time reap his reward. A cabby-net— A hack-driver’s scheme to capture fares. ,

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crime, Casualties and Geueral News Notes. The State Debt. In response to an inquiry from the House, the Governor has transmitted to Speaker Niblack a statement showing the financial condition of the State. Estimating the tax levy of 12 cents on each SIOO remaining as now, the revenue is placed at $1,100,000 for each of «the years 1889 and 1890, while the actual expenses for the year ending October 31, 1889, including $125,000 for General Assembly, will be $1,804,970. To this should be added undrawn amounts on appropriation for soldiers’ mouument, Soldiers’ Home, etc., making the whole aggregate $2,240,070. To this must be still further added appropriation for Feeble-minded Institute, Reform School and such other items as may be determined by the General Assembly, esti•mated at $1,280,970. Inquiry shows that there will be a deficit over all receipts for the fiscal years 1889, 1890, and 1891, of $2,052,410, and that a loan of $2,200,000 will be necessary. There is now in the general fund embraced in the accounts to which the Governor alludes but $25,000. The Governor recommeded a long loan, rfs one could be placed more advantageously than a short one. His suggestions were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Minor State Items. —Oliver Man, a school-boy, was drowned while skating on a pond near Mitchell. —Foxes were never known to be so numerous as they are at present in the vicinity of Martinsville. —A permanent Horticultural Society has been organized at Mitchell, with Joseph A. Burton as President. —Henry Johnson, 60 years old, while picking up coal in a railroad yard at New Albany, was run over and killed. —A patent car-brake and starter company, with a capital of SIOO,OOO, will shortly erect large buildings at Columbus. —At Lafayette, John Snyder’s 4-year-old daughter was playing with matches when her dress caught fire and she was burned to death. —Mrs. Isaac Sipe fell down stairs at her home in Deerfield, Rudolph County, breaking her arm and otherwise seriously injuring herself. —Patoka has an epidemic of measles, fifty-five new cases developing there. Two deaths have occurred, and a greater fatality is feared. —The literary people of Shawnee Mound have erected a neat chapel, which will be used for lectures and musical entertainments. —Daniel Case, postmaster at Cass, was instantly killed here by a team running away with him. He was alone at the time of the accident. —Thomas Mahlen and Augustine Roach, of Goshen, are claimants to sev-enty-five building lots within a mile of the Washington Capitol. \ —Mormon missionaries, who have been operating in Dubois County, were given fifty lashes last week, by indignant citizens and compelled to leave. —William C. Pitner, one of LaPorte’s most prominent citizens and proprietor of Pitner & Son’s carriage works, died suddenly, of congestion of the stomach. —Henry Reach, a citizen of Logansport, fell from a second-story window, while in an intoxicated condition, and received injuries that will cause his death. —Mr. Lucius Gates, a wealthy moneylender of Metamora. has been adjudged insane, and W. E. Jones appointed guardian. Mr. Jones found $3,000 secreted in a barrel of rags in an outhouse.

—The citizens of Fort Wayne have raised a bonus of $30,000 to assist in rebuilding the Jenny Electric Light Works, which was destroyed by fire recently. This insures the enterprise for that city. —A box of matches ignited and set fire to a wagon-load of household goods, which Henry Owens, of Sellersburg, was moving to New Albany. The wagon and contents were destroyed, and the horses barely saved. The father of Judge John G. Berkshire, of the Supreme Court, died at his home, in North Vernon, after an illness of several wee Ks. Mr. Berkshire was an old man and highly respected citizen of the county. —At Franklin, James Scoffield was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for burglary. Scoffield claimed to be a United States detective, and is also charged with almost every known crime, including murder. —The Morgan County Commissioners have appointed Robert McPheeters, minister of the Christian Church at Monrovia, to fill the unexpired term of George W. Pearce, lately deceased, as Surveyor of Morgan County. —C. C. Smith, a workman of Goshen, was recently attacked with fits, in one of which his raging was so fierce that seven men were required to hold him. Some years ago Smith was bitten by a mad dog, and it is thought that hydrophobia is developing.

—A shooting scrape occurred at Bnena Vista, thirteen miles northwest of Princeton. An insaue man, James Howell, shot a yonng fellow named Cunningham. Howell took to the woods soon after the shooting, and Sheriff Key, with a posse, is in pursuit. Cunningham will probably die. —Bessie Davis, the 8-year-old daughter of William Davis, engineer at the Cerealine Mill, Columbus, was ran over by a horse and buggy while attempting to cross a street, and seriously injured. She received severe bruises and cuts, which may cause her death. The accident was the result of reckless driving. —A revival at Shiloh Church, near Spencer, is having a wonderful effect on the people who attend. Whole families have laid aside their household duties and spend their time in worshiping. When they enter the cliuroh they are immediately overcome by a strange excitement that prostrates tbbrn and causes piteous pleas for divine mercy. —Mrs. Margaret Dick, of Vincennes, is the- possessor of four chairs that belonged to William Henry Harrison when ho was a resident of that city. The chairs were secured by his grandfather from Harrison, son of “Old Tippecanoe,” many years ago, and are of the plainest make, being common stool bottoms, with five uprights and three cross pieces for the back. —George and Timothy Miles, known as the Miles brothers, were sentenced by Judge Noyes, at La Porte, to seven and six years, respectively, in the Northern Indiana prison, for breaking into and robbing school-houses in LaPorte County early this winter. They have made a specialty in this kind of robbery, and are wanted in Ohio, Illinois, and lowa for the same offense.

—A boiler exploded on a farm near Millersburg, Warrick County, and killed Charles Skeels, a young man who was running the engine. The boiler flew in every direction, one piece striking a house 300 yards away, tearing a great hole in the roof, and falling into the yard on the other Bifle, almost striking a lady. Young Skeels'bad onearni broken, and the back of his head torn off. —The large l farm-house' of - James Penn, three miles west of Portland, was destroyed by tire at an yearly hour the other morning.; Penn’s family, together with several oil-drillers whp were boarding at.ih,e boijise, escapecf jn, safety, but one McCune, who; returned td the house to save his moneyj VAs overcome with heat and perished in the flames, ‘'He; lived at LiinA, Ohio, and has a'family. —Silas Brumbapk, a saloon-keeper, 45 years of age, had a difficulty v/ith his wife -.and’left his home in the suburbs, hoping the house would burn down with his wife and niece in it before he got back. On his way to town Brumback took the Panhandle Ruilroad track. The east-bound passenger train was nearly due, and as it approached he stood up in front of the engine, and was struck and instantly killed. Nearly every bone in his body was broken.

—At the annual election of officers of the Decatur County Farmers’ and StockBreeders’ Association, L. S, Donnell was chosen President; F. A. Applegate, Vice President; Thomas J. Mount, Secretary, and Charles L. Miller, Treasurer. “Will It Pay to Raise Sheep in Indiana?’’ was treated in papers read by Woodson, Hamilton, and Thomas Kitchen. A lively discussion followed, and the conclusion was reached that the industry would increase and prove profitable. —John Schmidt, a 14-year-old boy living near Jeffersonville, has entered the gospel field, and is looked upon by the people who have-heard him expound the Scriptures as a kind of biblical wonder. His eloquence, considering the fact that he has had little or no opportunities of acquiring an education and thorough knowledge of the teachings of the good book, are said to be truly remarkable. He is now conducting a revival meeting at a school-house in Ohio Falls, a suburb of Jeffersonville, and every night the building is packed with people attracted there by the eloquence of the youthful divine. —The people residing in the vicinity of Moore’s Hill are considerably excited over the appearance of several genuine Indians in the neighborhood, who announce that their mission is to find a grove of beech trees, upon which are carved figures of turtles, which mark the spot where there is an immense treasure in the way of money and valuables buried, according to the traditions of the tribe to which they are members. They have been searching diligently ever since their arrival in the neighborhood, and express a firm belief that their efforts are soon to be rewarded with success in finding the secreted treasure. —Thomas Calumne, a negro, and Annie Abbott, a white girl, from Trimble County, Kentucky, were married in Jeffersonville by Ezra Miller, a colored minister. Calumne and Joe Morton, another colored man, went to the Court House and procured tho license, representing to the clerk that the girl was colored. William Abbott, father of the girl, came to the city and filed a complaint against Calumne, charging him with miscegenation, and he wae arrested. Complaints were filed against the girl and Morton and Miller, and all were arrested. Tho four were taken before Justice Keigwiu, and Calumne, the girl, and Morton held in the sufn of SSOO each to answer in the Circuit Court.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

A WEEK’S DOINGS OF OUR STATE LAW-MAKERS. Resolutions Offered —Bills Introduced— Some Passed and Others Defeated—A Summary of the Proceeding*. Feb. 21.—1 n the House the Foster fe* *nd salary bill was defeated. A bill was passed relating to cemetery In the Senate bills were passed to refund the State debt at a lower rate of interest; to exempt from examination teachers who have taught for teu years consecutively, and appropriating money to complete and furnish the additional hospital for the insane. Feb. 22.—The bill providing for the creation of a Supreme Court Commission was passed over Gov. Hovey’s veto, in both branches. t i The Senate passed the bill depriving the Governor of the right ,to appoint a State Geologist; also, a Mine aud Oil Inspector. A bill was passed regulating the manufacture and sale of dynamite in Indiana. In tho House, Cullen’s temperance bill was indefinitely postponed. Bills passed: To puuish “White Capism;’’ authorizing the appointment of a Humane Inspector at Indianapolis aud Evansville. Thirty-throe persons, to fill offices recently created, were selected by caucus. Feb. 23.—A resolution was adopted in the Senate requiring the Committee on Railroads to report the bill referred tc it, providing, substantially, that the long and short haul clause of the interstate Commerce act should apply to railroad traffic in Indiana. Tho following bills were pnssod; The school textbook; to prohibit the explosion of dynamite within 1,200 yards of any ledge of rock suitable for building purposes, without the consent of the ownei thereof.

House Bills passed: To build a sower for the Prison North; to exempt honorably discharged soldiers and pailors from paying poll tax. Feb. -15.—There was a red flag fluttering in the House to-day, and for several seconds there was danger of “bloodj gore” so much so that a lady fainted. A bill wa6 under providing for the purchase of tan acres ofi land fronting tho Logansportlnsane Asylum, and Mr. Foster urged the purohaße, and Mr. Adams, who opposed it, got into » heated diseuesiohy in which the, “lie’ wap exchanged frequently. The ordered the words of both gentlemen taken down. The bill failed 'tb phss by a vote of 34 nays to 33 ayes. The House took up the Election bill, passing it bj a vote of 03 to 21. All who voted in the negative were Republicans. The Senate held a brief morning session, passing a bill creating the office oi State Houso Custodian, and engrossing the Kankakee Land bill. Thon it adjourned to see Harrison off. In the afternoon it passed a bill making separate Judicial Circuits out of Marion and Hendricks Counties, and also the on* reorganizing the Fire and Police Departments of the city and placing then: under one control. The Republican* opposed this bill with might and main. Feb. 26.—A ‘bill depriving the Governor of the right to appoint a State Mine Inspector and an Oil Inspectoi was passed over Gov. Hovey's veto. In the Senate a bill was passed repealing the law limiting the rutes oi rents allowed for the use of telephones* A bill was also passed appropriating $50,000 for cutting a channel for th< Kankakee River at Momence, 111. In the House a compulsory school bill .was passed to engrossment. ’ Feb. 27.—A bill providing for liv* stock inspectors in certain cities wai passed. While prohibition was under discussion in the Legislature, Representative Willard accused the Republicans of Pharisaism, and told them they were ir their anti-liquor attitudes. Representative Stanley (Republican) made som* reply and Willard responded acrimoniously reflecting on Stanley. Representative Linck (Republican) asked th« Speaker if Willard had not called Stanley a liar. Willard took up the questios and said he had not. “Yes, you did,’ said Linck; “you called him a liar, bnf you can’t call me one.’’ He then advanced to Willard in a passion an & struck him in the face. 'Willard wai seated at the time. There was great excitement and a rush toward the contestants, resulting in their separation Linck’s language was taken down, and after cooling down ho humbly apologized. He said Williard had greatly exasperated him and he had struck him while smarting under Willard’s supposed reflection on his colleague. In the Senate, the bill taking fee* from the Supremo Court Reporter, an<k making his salary $4,000, was discussed and engrossed. A bill providing for s board of public works in Indianapoli* was also engrossed. A local candidate in the last election, who had to set ’em up for the bovs very frequently, says, “a public oflice is a" publia thirst.’’ The grumbler who occasionally finds himself at a loss for something to kick ' about is advised to purchaso a foot-ball. ! “Love is a beautiful blossom,” affirms a j line from a rejected contribution. Sort of | • ve suppose.. r