Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1892 — Page 2

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SCORES ARE DROWNED.

LOSS OF THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP BOKHARA. Michigan's Electoral Vote Will Be Divided -lows Cattle Snfltertng from a Strange and Fatal Disease—Race War in a Mining Town. ! Death of a Valuable Stallion. The valuable stallion Alamont Star, the property of Fred Elms, of Washington County, New York, died. Alamont Star was foaled in 1891, by Alamont, dam Blanche Star, He was bred by W. T. Withers, of Lexington. Ky., of whom he was bought by E. D. Vaughn, of Washington County. He was sold to Mr. Elms last spring for (3.800. although Mr. Vaughn was at one time offered 810.000 for him. Alamont Star was the sire of many fast horses. BATTLE TO THE DEATH. Italians and Hungarians Engage In a Conflict of Extermination. The little mining town of Milnesvllle, Ba., was. Sunday, the scene of a race war, and as a result one man lies dead, three fatally injured, and there are thought to be about twenty seriously wounded. Milnesvllle is situated on the mountain to the north of Hazleton and Is surrounded by numerous mining patches, mostly populated by Hungarians and Italians. For years trouble has existed between these two factions. Numerous fights have taken place from time to time and a number of deaths resulted, but never before did they rise in a body to face each other. Sunday the mines were idle and the men were all at home or lounging about the woods. To enjoy this rest they usually provide themselves with beer and whisky. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon while a party of Hungarians were chatting among themselves they were approached by several Italians. All were feeling hilarious and exchanged greetings with the Hungarians. A short discussion ensued, when It is alleged one of the Italians stabbed a Hungarian. This was the signal for hostilities to begin, and Immediately there followed a short but furious battle.

MINER LAW IS UPHELD. Pronounced Valid by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the so-called Miner law. The court decided that the act dividing the Wolverine State intj districts for the election of Presidential electors Is not obnoxious to the provisions of the Constitution conferring upon the State Legislature the power to fix the manner of choosing electors. nor of the fourteenth amendment, and the judgment of the Michigan Supreme Court upholding the law Is affirmed. The act is held to be invalid, however, in one unimportant detail—so far as it conflicts with the act of Congress of 1887 relating to the time of meeting of the electors. The opinion was rendered by Chief Justice Fuller. The Miner law provides for the election of Presidential electors by Congressional districts Instead of by the State at large. Instead of securing fourteen electors from Michigan, as they naturally expected, the Republicans will, as a result, get only ten. and possibly not more than nine votes. The Democrats are certain of four, and they claim they will get five of them. The decision is one of the most Important delivered by the Supreme Court BUT TWENTY-THREE SAVED. Bears Regarding the Fate of the Steamship Bokhara Confirmed. Intelligence has been received confirming the worst feats entertained regarding the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Bokhara, reported as being several days overdue at Hong Kong from Shanghai. The Bokhara sailed from Shanghai for Hong Kong, and should bare arrived seme time ago. It was known that a typhoon had swept over the China Sea, and the agents of the steamer thought £t>at her machinery had become disabled In the gale and that she was proceeding under salt The steamer Bombay and the British cruiser Porpoise wore sent to search ‘■for ter, and news has been received that the Bokhara was fcunl a total wrack on Sand Island, eno of the Phong- Hoc or Pescadores group, lying In the channel of FoKlen. between the Island of Formosa and the Chinese mainland. Only twenty-three persons on board were saved, the lost including the commander of the steamer and the greater part of her officers and crew. The number of passengers she had on board Is not yet known. Fho carried the mails, and these, without doubt, are lost.

OMASA'S PROGRESS IN TEN YEARS. The City Shows a Marked Advance in Bosiness and Population. The Census Bureau Issued preliminary reports on the manufacturing Industries of Omaha, Neb. The average wages for each worker Increased from 9431 in 1880 to $646 In 1890, or 40.88 per cent In 1800 the number of industries reported was seventy-seven and establishments 626, With a capital of $15,625,000; 7,707 workers were employed, receiving 84,707,000 In wages- The cost of materials need was 827,779,000. The products reached 835,961,000 tn value. Population, 140,455, an Increase of 109,934 during the last decade. The assessed valuation was $19,#89,000, and the municipal debt $1,816,000. QUEER DISEASE AMONG HERDS. Cattle in lowa Aet Queerly and They Die in a Short Time. News has been received in Council Bluffs, la., that there are large herds of cattle in Garner township afflicted with some strange, unknown disease, which is taking them off quite rapidly. The cattle appeared to be mad, frothed at the mouth, pawed the earth and dashed at persons who came near them. A number have died. Sheriff Hazen sent an officer to Garner township and several of the animals were killed. A telegram was sent to the State veterinary surgeon, and he is expected to make an examination. Horae Thieves Lynched. Outlaws who had stolen several hundred horses In Upper Idaho had a battle with a pursuing posse the other day. Three of the thieves were wounded and many horses were shot. Then the posse set tho prairie afire. Six others of the gang were shotdown while trying toescape. Enloe Used His Fist. Congressman Enloe knocked down John McDowell, candidate for United States Senator, at a meeting In Paris, Tenn., and a duel may grow out of the fracas, which arose out of the lie being passed in a joint debate. Want Judge Scott Removed. ’ A. committee of Burt County, Neb., lawyers ask the removal of Judge Scott from the bench of the judicial district on the ground of insanity. The trouble between Mm and the members of the bar at Tekamah, the county seat, culminated when the Jadge fined*a lawyer for contempt A wasplaint of insanity was filed, and warIkMiMoed for Scott’s apprehension. Jadge Botkin Resigns. Jadge Tboodius Botkin, who was promfa the recent ctrnnty seat war fa MeWMe OMUty. Kansas, has resigned.

CORN AND POTATO CROPS. The Farmers’ Review Reports Their Condition Generally Poor. The corn crop is in poor shape quite generally throughout the eleven States covered by our report, says the Farmers' Review for this weelf. In Illinois more than one-half of the correspondents report that the crop will, in their counties, fall below three-fourths of an average; the rest report from three-fourths to an average In Indiana and Michigan the condition is about the sama In Ohio half of the correspondents say that the crop will be a full average, while most of the others report two-thirds or three-fourths crop. Tn Kentucky half report a full average, while most of the others report above threefourths. In Missouri, lowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota the outlook is good for nearly a full crop In Kansas the condition is decidedly poor, and will fall a good deal below a three-fourths crop. The general condition in Nebraska is fair, and in Dakota the crop will bo nearl/ an average one. The potato crops, early and late, taken together, are very poor. In not one county in five of the States mentioned will there be an average crop In Illinois 90 percent of the correspondents report that the crop is very poor, in many cases almost a complete failure. A nearly similar state Of affairs exists in Indiana, Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska. lowa, and Wisconsin. In Ohio and Michigan the crops are slightly better, about two-thirds of the counties reporting from a three-fourtbs to a full crop Kentucky reports a full average prop In at out half of the countie l In Minnesota about one-third of the counties will yield an average crop, but in most of the others It is decidedly poor. More than half of the correspondents in Dakota report a full crop NIGHT EXPRESS HELD CP.

Two Masked Robbers Loot the Express Car Near Caney, Kan. The night express on the Denver branch of the Missouri Pacific Railway was held up and the express car robbed between Caney and Tyro, Kan., at midnight by two masked men. When the train stopped at Caney at 11 o’clock one of the robbers secreted himself on the forward platform of the combination express and baggage car. Shortly after leaving Caney the robber climbed over the tender, and, presenting a heavy revolver, ordered the engineer to stop the train. The engineer brought the train to a standstill, and the robber cut the combination car from the train and compelled the engineer to draw the car to a deep cut about half a mile farther east. Here the other robber made his appearance and both began firing their revolvers. The express messenger was ordered to open the door of the car and after several shots were fired through the panels he complied. One of the robbers entered the car while the other remained on guard outside. The messenger opened the safe, and the robber, hastily grabbing the packages and envelopes which it contained, placed them in a small sack and jumped from the car. They then ordered the engineer to back the car to where the train was left standing, and after firing a few more shots as a warning, disappeared in the darkness. Both robbers wore heavy black masks and their clothing was spattered with mud. indicating that they were mounted and bad rlddea hard.

MUST READ TO BE CITIZENS. A New York Judge Refuses to Naturalize Illiterate Applicants. Justice Stover, bolding the Circuit Court in Ballston, N. Y., refuses naturalization to aliens who cannot read aad write the English language, and has rejected six applicants. One of the applicants, a native Of County Kent, England, is more than 66 years of age, and has been a resident of this country twenty-five years. In denying the application of John Crlres for naturalization, the sixth deuied this term. Justice Stover said: “It’s no use to make such applications I will not admit to citizenship in courts at which I preside applicants who cannot read and write the English language Every citizen should be able to read and write. An alien asking naturalization must have these qualifications before I will grant to him a certificate of citizenship. He should be able to read the Constitution of the United States before he is asked or allowed to take the oath of citizenship, and I Intend to adhere to this rule, whether, as In this case, the applicant speaks the English language as his mother tongue or whether he is a subject of one of the continental nations, ignorant of our language, our customs or our Constitution and our laws’*

QUADRUPLE LYNCHING. Negro Fiends Are Hanged and Burned One Roasted Alive. Alabama reports the quadruple lynching, shooting and burning of four negroes who had confessed to the crime of murdering Blchard L. Johnston and his daughter. Miss Jeannette, after having assaulted the latter at their country home, near Davis Ferry, In Monroe County, on the Alabama Biver. A gentleman from Monroeville, the county seat, says that ever since the commission of the crime the people, both white and black, in that section, have not left a stone unturned to ferret out the perpetrators of the murders. Ten negroes were arrested and closely examined. The rage of the people was so Intense that those of the ten who were innocent, fearing lest their lives should be lost, began to talk. This resulted in a confession of four, Mose Johnson, Jim and John Packer, and Burrell Johnston. 7 hey were all boys between 18 and 23 and lived near the home of their victims.

RUMORED TRAIN ROBBERY. It Is Said to Have Taken Place Near Coffeyville, Kan. A dispatch from Wichita to the Pacific Express Company officials at Kansas City says that train 482 was held up between Tyro and Caney. Kan., Wednesday night No details as to the robbery are given, nor is the name of the road, which is probably the Missouri Pacific. Caney is the next station to Coffeyville, the scene of the recent battle in which the Dalton gang was partially exterminated. William and Ben Dalton and many of their sympathizers are known to be in the neighborhood, however. Estimated at *4,000,000. The committee of one hundred on the New York Columbus celebration have, as was to have been expected, exceeded the appropriations made by the city and State of $50,000 and $10,900 respectively, butthey have now on hand almost enough money to cover the expenses of the celebration to the city without counting the money coining from tne sale of programmes and of seats in the stands. The city expended in the celebration not less than $4,000,000. Gas Explodes In a Mine. Shamokin. Pa., dispatch: An explosion of gas at the Sterling mine probably killed nine men and Injured a number of others. Those dead and supposed to be dead are; Samuel Collins, Isaac Doney, Joe Ketchie, Joseph Mllnstock. Thomas O'Gara, Benjamin Thomas. Mike Wetcheck. The Injured are: Wm. Mack, Horace Price. Samuel Rogers, and Daniel Seed, who will likely die. To Blow Up the Czar. The Paris Dix-Neevfame Siecle alleges that an attempt has been made to assassinate the Czar by blowing up his train with a dynamite bomb, and that five people were killed and fourteen injured by the explosion. Gone Bask to the Pulpit. Bev. J. W. Arney, the Michigan parson who has won $5,000 fa racing premiums this season, has sold the laet horse fa his string of t rotten except a 2:20 roadster and baa *om back topfaaohlng. A cfauoh lame

of Minneapolis* suburbs has given him a call and he is now there candidatlng. The ■alary is SI,OOO, but the racing parson says be believes he likes the pulpit better than the sulky. The Michigan Methodist conference did not assign him work, not being able to reconcile his horse proclivities with the rituaL It Is said he will drive in no more meets.

WILL BE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. Next Place of Meeting of the Congregation allSts. The Congregatlonallst council at Minneapolis relieved the soberer parts of its work by allowing the advocates of the different cities who wanted the next meeting to speak in favor of their respective cities The matter came up on the report of the committee on place and time of next meeting, which was in favor of the next meeting being held on the Pacific coast, either at fan Francisco or Tacoma. Dr. Brown, of San Francisco, took occasion ta say that the city of San Francisco had long waited for the z holding of this or some other body of tbe church, and he hoped now that the council would decide on his city. They had done well to come to this Eastern city of Minneapolis, falsely called a West-, ern city. It was 500 miles east of the center of the country. Die. Hallock, of Tacoma, made a speech In favor of his city, which, he said, would give SIO,OOO to entertain the council Grand Rapids, Mich., was represented by Rev. James E. Smith, but the council voted by a large majority to meet on the Pacific coast ata point to be decided upon by the Provisional Committee after further consideration. FIVE LIVES WERE LOST. All the Bodies Recovered at the Sterling Run Colliery. Late dispatches say the number of men killed and Injured by the explosion of gas at the Philadelphia and Reading Company's Sterling Run colliery at Shamokin Is now known to be eleven. Of these five are dead and the remaining six so badly burned and mutilated that small hopes for their recovery are entertained. When the explosion occurred it was accompanied by a very heavy fall of coal, rock and debris, which entombed five of the miners. A rescuing band was at once organized; but owing to the unsafe condition of that part of the mine In which the explosion occurred and the presence of black damp, their progress was necessarily slow. Relief parties were formed and early In the morning the last body was reached and brought to the surface. Many narrow escapes were made by miners working in parts of the mine near where the explosion occurred, but all the men are now out.

SEVENTEEN MEN KILLED. Chins, Concealed In Ambush, Firs on a Party of Native Officers. A special dispatch from Calcutta says that trouble has again broken out with the Chins in the Northern Chin hills. A body of Chins ameushed themselves at a point six miles from Fort White and fired upon the escort of a number of native officers, killing seventeen of them. A small force under command of Capt. Caulfield was sent to search for the bodies for the purpose of burying them. This force found that the Chins had deserted their village and were lying In ambush only two miles from Fort White. The knowledge prevented another massacre. The British force advanced cautiously with a skirmish line and succeeded in routing the Chins from their biding place. They made a stand further on. and a skirmish was In progress at the time of sending this dispatch. Reinforcements for the British have been dispatched from Mandalay. Big Strike Threatened. It Is expected that within the next few days a biz strike of switchmen will be Inaugurated at the Big Four yards at St. Louis. The officials of the road are aware that trouble Is brewing and have taken the necessary steps to prevent a strike, but so far their efforts to conciliate the men have teen of no avail The men will demand higher wages and shorter hours. The lodges of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Society at numerous points along the Big Four system have held meetings during tho last few days, and. It Is said, hage decided to Inaugurate a general strike If the company refuses to concede their demands

Life Lost fa the Storm. Between Colorado Springs and the Kansas line, near Falcon, the track-walker was frozen to death. Near Mattison a flock of 300 sheep were found dead, and the dead body of the herder was a hundred yards away. Engineer Leeman, running a snow plow, was seriously Injured by a piece of the plow crashing through the cab, striking him la the breast It Is reported that 300 head of cattle were frozen to death between Colorado Springs and Lindon. The Bock Island had two snow plows, one of them a rotary, disabled In the storm. Inauguration in Argentine. Dispatches from Buenos Ayres say that Senor Luis Saenz-Pena took the oath of bffice as President of the Republic. Everything was quiet fa the city, despite the fears of trouble. Police and soldiers were on guard about the halls of Congress, and the whole city was well guarded and preparations were taken to prevent any rioting. President Pena announces that the rights of local self-government In the provinces will not be Interfered with except in cases where grave troubles arise. Collision in a Fog. Near Anibcrtsburg, Ont, in a dense fog an unknown schooner collided with and sunk the steambarge Richard Martini at Bar Point. The Martini was bound up light. The crew were uninjured.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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GAY TIMES IN GOTHAM.

GRANDEST CELEBRATION EVER SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY. Thousands of Kntbasisstlo Visitors Bloek the Streets of the Eastern MetropolisImposing Parade o r School Children— Great Spectacular Pageant—Gorgeous Fireworks, Etc. In Colombo.' Honor. The city of New York did the handsome thing by the memory of Columbus, and did it right well. The Jews inaugurated the celebration on Saturday. their Sabbath, with song and sermon in their synagogues, of both which the subject-matter was Columbus and the discovery of America. On Sunday Protestants and Catholics followed it up in their churches and cathedrals with religious services, interspersed with the singing and playing of National hymns —and where can the “Star Spangled Banner" be heard more appropriately than in the church. Monday was the schools* day, and school children of the public, private, and parochial schools marched by thousands through the gayly decorated streets. In the evening Mr. S. G. Pratt’s innocent cantata, “The Triumph of Columbus,” was song at one hall. There were concerts in other halls, a loan exhibition, and a display of fireworks at the East River bridge. Tuesday the great naval parade took place, in which American, French, Spanish, and Italian war vessels, the naval militia of the State of New York, municipal

NEW YORK’S COLUMBUS MONUMENT.

boats, yachts, steamboats, ferryboats, tugs, and revenue cutters all took part, proceeding from the lower bay up through the narrows amid the salutes of the forts, and thence up the North River to a point opposite Gen. Grant’s tomb. In the evening there was a parade of the Roman Catholic societies, the German singing societies gave a concert, the Catholic societies had memorial celebration, and there were displays of fireworks on Ihe grepklyn bridge and in the parks. Wednesday was the culmination of the pageant. In the morning there was a military parade with 20,C00 men in line, including troops of the regular army, the naval brigade, State guards, the Grand Army of the Republic, volunteer firemen, German-American societies, and Italian military organizations. In the afternoon the Columbus monument, of which an illustration is given, was dedicated and in the evening there was an historical parade, during which the city was splendidly illuminated. Thursday the ceremonies closed with a banquet at the Lenox Lyceum, at which the orators did their part towards the apotheosis of Christopher Columbus, notwithstanding the declaration of Mr. Ward McAllister, arbiter of New York “sassiety,” that Christopher was not a gentleman because he did not wear a swal-low-tail coat, play polo, go coaching, chase the anise-seed bag, ipnd guzzle champagne. The Eastern metropolis rose to the

THE PREHISTORIC CAB.

occasion. The arrangements seem to have been perfect. The decorations of the city were magnificent and the crowds in attendance immense. It is estimated by the press that not less than 500,000 strangers were in the city during the three days of actual celebration. This is a hint to Chicago of the number it may be called to provide for at the actual opening of the Columbian Exposition. Parade of School Children. The great parade of school children in which, according to telegraphic reports, nearly 20,000 participated, served to demonstrate the patriotism of the rising generation. As an object lesson showing the tremendous interest centered in the schools it was a phenomenal success. From the wee tot in his first knickerbockers who came first to the college student in mortar board and gown who closed the spectacle, it was a series of climaxes driving home the value of the schools to the city, the State, and the nation. The Catholic pupils alone, with their significant banner, “The Defender of the Faith and the Constitution;” the Indian students from Carlisle, Pa., magnificently disciplined and drilled; colored pupils touching elbows with white boys; Italians, Japanese, Chinese, Irish —all marched shoulder to shoulder in the enormous educational columns, and all marched under the stars and stripes. In the minds of the beholders the impressiveness of the occasion centered upon the union of these diverse forces in the one patriotic purpose—honor to Columbus and the Goverment his discovery made possible. The column took more than three hours to pass a given point While the line of march of the parade was banked on either side by crowded masses from the starting point to the disbanding point, the greatest numbers congregated in Madison square, Union square and Washington square. The west side of Fifth avenue at Madison square was occupied by an immense stand with 3,200 seats. Of these 200 seats were reserved for reporters and each seat was furnished with a writing d sk. Opposite was a stand that seated 6,000 persons. Among those seated there were Vice President Morton, Secretary of the Treasury Foster, Gov. B. P. Flower and his staff, Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, United Marshal Jacobus and many local officials. The Naval Duplay. New York has had three big naval parades in recent years, b«t neither one of these as a maritime demonstration could compare in splendor and magnifl-

ceaoe with the great pageant which took place in the harbor in connection with the Columbian exercises. From dawn the waters of the harbor, the bay and the broad channel of the Hudson were literally alive with craft of all sorts and sites, from the small yachts trimmed and draped with gay flags and bunting, forming ever-changing pictures as they darted to and fro in confusing maze, to the big steamers with their gorgeous

TBS MEMORIAL ARCH.

decorations of flags and steamers that slowly threaded their way among the swarms of little boats that surrounded them on all sides. Commodore Erben gave the signal to start. A stir of preparation followed in the squadron, a puff of smoke came from Fort Hamilton, then a crash and the firing began. Boom! Boom! Boom! The peaceful bombardment sounded like a naval combat, with all creation as contestants. The Italian, French and Spanish vessels joined in the fun. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius added its crashing detonation; even the revenue cutters with their toy cannons took a hand. Steaming steadily up-stream the myriad fleet came in view of the Battery. If the people ashore were surprised at the size of the naval demonstration, the voyagers of the fleet were astounded at the multitudes gathered along the water’s edge. The park at the Battery, Brooklyn bridge, the housetops, business blocks, even the very steeples, were black with spectators. Moving up the stream the same feature presented itself. Every pier had its swarm of sight-seers; every warehouse roof was a vantage point. Cross-trees of vessels at their moorings. telegraph poles, ferryboats, drays, abandoned hulks, ail were pressed into the public st rvlce. Incredible as it may seem in the statement, not less than a million people ■must have seen the parade from both shores between its start at the forts and the grand review at Riverside. Old New-Yorkers declared that no such popular interest in any demonstration has ever been seen in the history of the city. When the squadron of the naval reserve formed in line about the Grant tomb it was a signal for the final review. The flag-ship dropped her anchor and

CAR OF LIBERTY.

swung round in the tide. Her followers did likewise, and the merchant fleet steamed past in review up the river, saluting with dipped flags. Forming in parallel lines the parade then dropped down the stream, the battleships pealed forth a farewell salute, while a regiment of regulars ashore answered with a land battery and the national hymn was played by a regiment band. The last shot marked the close of the parade. The greatest naval spectacle of the great city had ended and the journey home begau. Tugs whistled, steamers joined in, railroad whistles answered from the shore and the orderly lines broke up, making for the piers down the river. Vice President Morton, Chauncy M. Depew, ex-President Hayes, Governor Flower, Mayor Grant, and other notables, were cn the Howard Carroll, which led the way. Ex-President Cleveland and his wisp were the guests of E. C. Benedict on his private yacht, the Corsair. Fine Display of Firework*. The fireworks display on the Brooklyn Bridge began at 10:30 and lasted until midnight. The display was gorgeous! There were illuminations from the towers in the shape of Chinese suns six feet in circumference, and of an illumnating power which enabled them to be seen at a distance Of twenty-five miles. There were groups of bouquets and thousands of rockets fired simultaneously from the towers, crossing and intersecting in their flight Millions of

TOLTEC SUN WORSHIPERS.

magnesium stars of the spreading variety and of the largest ca'iber were fired skyward from mortars a distance •of 800 feet. Hundreds of thousands of men and women were out to see the wonders. The celebration culminated in the night pageant, which was the spectacular event of the week. Eighteen thousand people, costumed to represent the various types to be illustrated, were in line. The boats shown in this parade were the finest ever seen, and altogether the affair was the greatest of the kind ever attempted in this country.

The New, Aftermath.

Omaha, Neb., is suffering from a flood of bogus dollars. John Tolliver was killed by a shock from a “live” wire at Indianapolis. Bothwell Bros.’ shingle mill, at Seattle, Wash., burned. Loss, $30,000. Myriads of grasshoppers have appeared in Kansas and are destroying the winter wheat. Charles g. Seymour, 80 years of age, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Aurora, 111., died from injuries sustained in an accidental fall a year or more ago. Dr. and Mrs. Dudley, the venerable parents of Col. W. W. Dudley, narrowly escaped suffocation in the Strathmore Arms, a Washington boarding place. The fire did little damage.

THESE ACTUAL FACTS

ALt found within the borders OF INDIANA. An Interesting Summary of the More Im. portent Doing* of. Our Neighbor* - Crimea, Casualties, Deaths, Eta. Minor State Items. The postoffice at Shielas, Jackson County, has been discontinued. W. G. Daily, 17 years old. fell from a trapeze at Memphis and broke his neck. Wabash has placed 88,000 worth of 6 per cent, school bonds at a slight premium. Amos Doan, aged 64, a lite-long member of the Friend’s Church atPlalnsfield, is dead. The Goshen Jail is crowded with the most notorious gang ot thieves that was ever in that city. The Brooklyn schools are closed on account of a scarlet fever epidemic. One death has resulted. S. K. Gascho, a wealthy farmer near Noblesville, fell from the top of his windmill, and was killed.

George Pike, an old man, fell from his wagon near Martinsville and was perhaps fatally injured. Clark County is suffering for water. Cottie have to be driven for miles to reach a watering place. Anna Kennedy of Jeffersonville, predicted that she should die at a certain hour, and kept her word. Max Ametekson, of Scottsburg, was bitten by a rat a few days since, and died from the effects of the wound. Howard Atkinson, Wabash, has sued the Wabash Railroad for $5,000 damages for failing to move a carload of horses. Mrs. Alvin Dunn of Posey County, presented her husband with the first set of triplets ever born in thatcounty. All boys. Richmond is '‘red-headed” at Gas City, claiming that the latter tried to take the ’cycle factory away from the quaker town. Robert Lindblom, a farmer living near Valparaiso, had both legs broken in a runaway. His wife also was severely bruised. The stock company-organized in New Albany io bring Nancy Hanks to that city for a trotting exhibition lost $2,000 on the venture. The barn of William Keck, near Wilkinson, was burned. Loss about $1,200, including three horses. Insurance, S4OO, In the Phoenix of Brooklyn. The store of Lindsey Ludwick, at Lickskillet, four miles northeast of Farmland, was burned, causing a loss of $1,500 with $540 insurance.

J. E. Toner of Martinsville, rented a hotel building of Samuel Tucker. The building ieakiM, and Toner recovered SBOO for damages to his furnltura A South Bend Water Works Inspector has found 475 users of water who tapped the mains without paying for it, and which costs the city $1,310 a year. At Crawfordsville, Lee Benson, aged 10 years, was thrown from a horse and killed, the anfmal smashing his head with its feet. The boy’s father lives in Chicago. Vicious hogs attacked two little children of George Kroger, near Greensburg, and bit and lacerated one of them, a girl of 4 years, to such an extent that she may dia Rochester Hobbs, living near Bowling Green and one of the wealthiest farmers and best-known citizens in Clay County, was fatally injured by being kicked by a mula Martin Peterson of Goshen, a minor, has sued the Lake Shore Railroad Company for 850,000 damages. He claims that he was pushed off a moving train, thereby losing both arms. An enterprising Hoosier at Doolittle’s mills, St Croix and West Fork has been turning an honest penny by selling rings and watch chains made of hair from Nancy Hank’s mane and tail for from $5 to 825.

The store of Nussbaum, Mayer & Co., at Marmont, Dake Maxinkuckee, was broken into and robbed. The safe ot Henry Speyer, the postmaster was blown open and $125 in postage stamps and a couple of watches taken. The engine of extra train Na 22, on the Peoria and Eastern, broke the connecting rods on the drivers just east of Roachdale, smashing the cab, knocking the engineer, Dean Purcell, out and injuring him internally. He died shortly after the accident. The fireman escaped unhurt. Scarlet fever is ragifig In some parts of Morgan County to an alarming degree, as is also diphtheria. The public schools of Brooklyn nave closed on this account, and several of the district schools are being greatly interferred with. Several deaths have occurred at Morgan town from diphtheria. At Vincennes,in a fire which destroyed the home of Mrs. Mary Holscher,an aged German, she was badly burned about the head and face while endeavoring to save valuable papers. The fire finally compelled her to abandon the attempt, and the papers were recovered by the firemen. The woman died!

The thirty-eighth annual State Convention of Good Templars held its opening session in Logansport last week. The proceedings were secret, the only public matters being the report of the Secretary, showing 106 active lodges, with a membership of 5,015, a gain of 27 lodges and 2,090 members in the past year. The report also showed 36 juvenile temples, with a membership of 1,006. Charles Murray, Thomas Sheehan, Arthur Bishop, Frank Arnold, Charles Willard, William Bennett and Frank Smith, seven conscienceless tramps arrested at Evansville last spring after a desperate fight with the police, have each been sentenced to the Penitentiary for two years, for criminally assaulting Mrs. Annie Rigsby. Their trial was in progress, but they suddenly terminated it by pleading guilty and throwing themselves upon the mercy of the Court. B. L. Ornbaum, a wealthy resident of Crawfordsville, was driving into an elevator, and as the team entered the building his head struck the sharp corner of the beam abov'e, taking the sclap entirely ofi. The flap was sewed on and he may recover. Numerous cases of sickness among the farmers in Jefferson County, who have been using bone-dust fertilizers are reported. Severe colds, sore throats and fevers have been caused by the use of certain brands of hone-dust. The death of a young man not long since, was thought to have been caused by the handling of bone fertilizer. Search is being made on the Broderich farm, near Waynetown, Montgomery County, for a box of buried treasure, the plunder of an ancient gang of robbers who one time infested that secticn. In the eastern part of Bartholomew County, on the farm of Newton Hanks, where a short time ago a heavy forest grew, a new gravel pit was opened. A square space was struck, which was not over four feet on each side and about eleven feet deep, and from this eight human skeletons closely wedged together were taken The skeletons were in an erect position, but no evidence of any coffin or inclosure could be found. The skull bones do not indicate that they art those of Indians.

EUROPEAN CHOP ESTIM

Great Britain and Italy the Only Coun-

tries with a Decreased Yield. Figures obtained frqm official reportsmade to the government in every wheatproducing country in Europe show that, excepting Great Britain and Italy, the crop prospect averages nearly 15 per cent, better than last year. France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, Roumania, and Russia show improved conditions over 1891. Italy’swheat crop, however, is 12 per cent, below last year’s, while England’s is 17 per cent, below the normal yield. In fact, the condition of affairs throughout Great Britain is the worst ever experienced. Last year was thought to be bad, but this is worse. Wheat will yield only 82.7 per cent.; barley, 97; oats, 93; potatoes, 95; beans, 81 In France the wheat crops Have turned out satisfactorily. The official statisticspublished by the Agricultural Department estimated the yield at 300,471 157 bushels, against 214,558,312 bushels in 1889. The average weight of this year’s wheat is 62J pounds to the bushel, against 61| pounds in 1891. The yield has been about 16f bushels per acre The rye crop is officially computed at 67,075,269 bushels, as compared with 59,369,513 bushels in 1891. In Germany the wheat crop is estimated at 101,750,000 bushels, against 85,000,000 bushels in 1891. The empire will require supplies from abroad of only about 12,375,000 bushels. The German rye crop is satisfactory and seems tohave reache 1 245,000,000 bushels. Austria’s wheat crop, according to the returns published by the Secretary of the International Grain Congress held in Vienna, has yielded 49,551,250 bushels, against 49,50(»,000 in 1891. To cover the deficit 33,000,-000 to 41,000,000 bushels will be required from abroad. The rye crop is estimated at 74,000,000 bushels.

In Hungary the annual report of the Minister of Agriculture states that the wheat crop may be considered an average one, with regard to quantity. As to the quality, it varies considerably in different areas. The yield is given approximately at 137,000,000 bushels against 124,000,000 in 1891, a surplus of 49J. Fifty-five million bushels are available for exportation. The greater part of this will be taken up by Austria. That whole monarchy will export 14 - 000,000 to 16,000,000 bushels. The wheat crops of Bulgaria and Roumelia reach a grand total of 49,000,000 busheis, against 46,000,000 bushels in 1891, The surplus available for exportation will be 19,000,000 to 22,000,000 bushels. Roumania’s wheat crop is 51,000,000 bushels, against 49,000,090 bushels last year. There will be about 26,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels for export. Servin’s wheat crop is estimated at 11,000,000 bushels, leaving 2,750,000 bushels forexport. In Greece the wheat yielded 4,000,000 bushels. The kingdom will have to import about 4,500,000 bushels. Italy’s returns, published by the Minister of Agriculture, estimates the wheat crop at about 110,850,000 bushels,against 124,000,000 bushels in 1891. The deficit to be covered by importation will be from 30,000,000 to 33,000,000 bushels. Russia, according to the latest official statistics, has a wheat crop which may be estimated at 21-5,600,1)00 bushels, against 187,000,000 bushels in 1891. The quantity available for exportation will be 60,000,000 to 69,000,000 bushels. The Russian rye crop appears, according tc figures given by the Economiste Francais, to have yielded 596,000,000 bushels.

COST OF SEEINGTHE FAIR.

Necessary Expenses for Viewing the Great Columbian Exposition. A great question with intending visitors to the World’s Fair next year ie the expense. It has been calculated that it will take at least a month, 2fe days, to get any sort of an Impression, and on that basis a Chicago correspondent, suggests a practicable scale ol prices. Railroad rates will probably be one full fare to Chicago from any point for bbth ways. Rooms in Chicago can be rented at $1 per day, which price will insure cleanliness and comfort. This will be S2B. Car-fare to the grounds will be about 20 cents a day, and, supposing the fair is closed on Sunday, will amount to $4.80. As for table board, it can be secured for from $3 to $7 foi breakfast and dinner. The last figure will certainly insure excellent board. Therefore S2B will cover the item. Lunch will be served on the fair grounds for a small sum—say 50 cents a day—adding another sl2. Admission to Jackson Park is 50 cents, and for the 24 exhibition days will amount to sl2. Two dollars, however, should be subtracted from that, for the visitor may well spend four days on the Midway Plaisance, where admission is free. Admission, however, to the 29 concessions on the Plaissance will be 25 cents apiece, and, adding the Eskimo concession within the grounds, the whole can be seen for $7.50. The cost of catalogues, which will be necessary to see the exhibition intelligently, will be $13.75. Car fare within the park may be reckoned. at $2. No estimate can be made for sightseeing in Chicago nor for evening entertainments, which may be made to reach any figure. As for Sunday expenses $2 a week is not too mu. h to put down under this head. Adding a few dollars for incidental and unseen expenses the total runs up to $l2O. It does not seem over confident to believe that this sum embraces all necessary expenses and that the judicious visitor need not expend more than that on essentials.

Inventions and Their Dates.

Stem-winding watches were Invented by Noel. 1851. Aerometers were first described by Baame in 1768. English books were first printed by Caxton in >174. The first plaster cast was made by Verrochio, 1470. Alcohol was discovered in the thirteenth century. The thermometer was the Invention of Galileo, 1596. The first cast-iron plow was made by Newbold in 1797. The first iron wire was drawn at Nuremberg in 1351. Covered carriages were first used in England in 1580. The torpedo was the invention of Dr. Bushnell in 1777. The steam fire engine was the work of Ericsson, 1830. Roller skates were invented by Plympton in 1863. Gun caps were first used in 1822, in the English army. Aniline dyes were discovered by Unverdorhen in 1826. The knitting machine was invented by Hooton in 1776. The Armstrong gun was planned by Armstrong in 1855. Flints for gun locks were used in the French army, 1630. Bayonets were first made at Bayonne, France, 1647. The iron blast furnace was the work of Detmold in 1842. Cobn-shellebs were the invention of Phinney in 1815. The planing machine wm the work of Woodworth in 1828. The mariner's compass was a Chinese invention, 1200 B. C.—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.

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