Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1895 — Page 6

PAPERS OF CHICAGO.

GREAT NEWS JOURNALS OF A GREAT CITY. AH Been* to Be Built After the Same ■•tel* Affecting the Same Typographical Style and Striving After the Same Features. They Cover the Field. The Review of Reviews contains an neellent article by Willis J. Abbott on •'Chicago Newspapers and Their Makers.** The history of Chicago journalism, he says, is a short chapter. The «ity has no very old newspapers nor—paradoxical as it may seem—any very young ones. The oldest newspaper in Che great lake city celebrated its semicentennial only a year ago. The youngest of the very limited circle of morning daiHes published when this article is being written is fourteen years old. That there should be no such venerable organ of public opinion as the New York Commercial Advertiser or the Journal of Commerce in a city the site of which was a marsh and a red man’s hunting ground when those ancient ■beets had already attained respectable

age, of course goes without saying. For the dearth of such young newspapers as have sprung up of late years in New York, appealing each to a special and peculiar clientele of its own, reason is to be found in the peculiarities of the Chl-

WM. PENN NIXON. (Inter Ocean.)

•ago field. When the new Democratic daily, designed to fill the place left vacant by the political transformation of the Times-Herald, shall be established there will be five morning English ■ewspapers in Chicago as against ten In New York. Yet, when the number •f morning dailies was but four, immediately after the consolidation of the Times and Herald, the owner and active publisher of the two most widely circulated newspapers in Chicago declared that were he without a paper ■nd seeking to establish one he would

INTER OCEAN BUILDING.

prefer to enter the seemingly overcrowded field of New York rather than to attempt to overcome the difficulties that hedge about the path to journalistic success in Chicago. These difficulties

are partly artificial, created by the strong combination of the established dailies for the purpose of restricting competition, but mainly arise from the peculiar tastes of the' Chicago reading public. Mr. Bryce’s criticism

upon the dreadful monotony of American life might be repeated in little with reference to Chicago newspapers. It is indeed the criticism always first expressed upon them by observant Jour-

TIMES-HEBALD BUILDING.

aalists from other cities. All seem to he built upon the same model, affecting the same typographical style and striving; after the same features. Their makers assert with justifiable pride that they are the handsomest newspapers in the world, but their beauty is obtained at the expense of individuallThe newspapers of Chicago are ex-

cellent in that they are well cleanly edited and dignified. They are pre-eminently news papers. The range , of their telegraphic reportsls vastly greater than that of any other newspapers in America. They “cover" New

JOSEPH MEDILL. (Tribune.)

Totk news as the New York dallies •wrer” the happenings in Jersey City —ar better—but their managing editors kw* a shrewd eye on Manitoba, Mexl•Mipa “the slope” as well, and let noth«f note in those distant parts escape

them. They are more distinctly national than the payers o<«any other city In the Union. If they are weak at all it is In their lack «f-tailviduklity and, in a degree, differing according to the paper under consideration, in their editorial pages. No editorial in Chicago has the liberal quality Which attaches to the editorial page of the New York Sun. None shows thepatient and timeconsuming research which characterizes so&e tse editorials In the New York Times. No editorial page in the Western metropolfs/Jd conducted with

NIGHT EDITOR'S ROOM, TIMES-HERALD.

the courage of that of the New York World or gives evidence of such painstaking effort for cleanliness of expression, terseness and thought Editorial writers there are on the Chicago press who bring to their art the attainments essential to its highest development, but as a rule the Importance of the editorial page has been underestimated by newspaper proprietors, and Its writers are denied that leisure through which alone the best literary results may be attained. Something of the monotony in the Chicago papers is due to their too great reliance upon a co-eperative news-gath-ering agency called the City Press Association. By utilizing the reports of this concern money is saved in the city room, but at the expense of individuality. It is not unusual to find the reports of a news event given in precisely the ■ame verbiage in every Chicago newspaper; and if the reporter for the press association has been careless his blunders will be repeated in every morning daily. The City Press Association is but one manifestation of the spirit of co-operation among Chicago publishers, for which the late James W. Scott, more than any other man, was responsible. There is financial profit In this co-opera-tion, but one cannot but feel that the fullest development of the newspapers has been checked by the limitation which it has put upon free competition. The Publishers’ Association, made up of the chief dailies, makes regulations for the guidance of its members. It prescribes what class of news shall not be printed—for example, putting the court record under the ban. It limits the Inducements in the way of signs, bulletins, etc., which Its members may offer to newsdealers. There is co-opera-tlon, too, among the morning dailies in their delivery system. A general combination which would include all five morning dallies was planned but failed and now two co-operative groups are formed. In the special trains for out-of-town delivery all the papers join. The afternoon papers, however, are compelled to maintain their Individual delivery system.. Three of the morning newspapers are sold at 2 cents a copy, the Tribune, Inter Ocean and Times-Gerald. Two—the Record and Chronicle—are 1-cent papers. All Sunday editions—the Record publishes none—are sold for 5 cents. A very heavy additional charge is imposed upon the Sunday papers by the use of colored pupplements, which In th case of the Tribune probably cost over >1,500 a week. There Is some probability of all the papers dropping their price to 1 cent, as the tremendous gain in the circulation of the Record has alarmed rival publishers, and transferred to the columns of that paper most of the week-day advertising. Of the afternoon newspapers the Evening Journal and the Post Are sold for 2 cents. / 1 •

H. H. KOHLSAAT. (Times-Herald.)

The circulation of newspapers is a perilous theme. Only two of the Chicago newspapers—the feecord and Daily News—publish sworn statements of their circulation. Two other dailies keep standing at the head of their editorial columns the boast, “Largest morning circulation in Chicago.” The claim is obviously unfounded in the case of one of them. A shrewd and practical observer would probably rank the papers in order of circulation thus: Daily News, Record, Tribune, Times-Herald, Inter Ocean, Post, Dispatch, Journal, Mail. The Chronicle is too new a comer to be fairly judged. In point of prosperity the Tribune and Daily News rank first, with net profits probably about the same. Mr. Medill recently refused $4,000,000 Ms paper, saying it was earning 10 per cent, upon that sum. The gross receipts of the Tribune : are of course vastly greater than those of the News, which is run inexpensively even for an afternoon paper. The Times-Herald prior to Mr. Kohlsaat’s purchase was earning money *t the rate of $150,000 a year. What, if any. effect Its amazing political flop and the establishment of a Democratic rival will hard upon its fortunes it is too early to say. Of all. the morning dailies the Intet'Oceah is the only one to maintain a weekly edition of any prominence, and as for its subscribers, it is a common saying'tH Chicago that the Weekly Inter Ocean might as well have its mailing lists stereotyped, as the only thing which leads a subscriber to discontinue his subscription is death.

A Know-Nothing Jury.

The difficulty of impanelling a jury in the early courts of Wisconsin may be seen from an incident related in “The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin.” Judge Irvin was on the bench, and a murder trial ws lading. G. T. Long, familiarly kndwp Long, was undersheriff. There was difficulty in getting a jury which knew nothing about the facta of the case. The regular panel had been exhausted, and a special venire had been issued, and was finally returned. “Well, Mr. Long,” asked the judge, “have you at last secured a sufficient number pf jurymen who know nothing about this case?” “Yes, sir,” replied the. polite officer. “Six of them know nothing about this case, and the other six know nothing at aU.”

THE new chief secretary for Ireland, Gerald Balfour, is a brother of Arthur Balfour who held the ■ame post a few years ago and who gained the distinction of being the most cordial-

TROLLEY IS DOOMED.

New Underground Plan of Propelling Electric Cara. The new wheelless underground system of electrical propulsion, as applied to street railways and hauling for terminal freight, which has been introduced by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, is being watched with Interest by the mechanical world. A perfect storage battery car has been the dream of electricians for years, and that Is just what the Westinghouse Company professes to Lave made. The Westinghouse system is certainly a novel one, but at a test which was made at the company’s works, at Pittsburg, Pa., it was considered highly satisfactory in every way. There were a number of practical men present at the time the test was made, and -they expressed the opinion that the system was a good one. No unsightly stringing of

CAR AS IN MOTION.

wires overhead is required, and that is certainly something in its favor. Another is the comparatively small expense connected with the laying of tracks on any road on which it may be worked. Instead of a deep excavation requiring to be made, as in the case of a road worked by cable or an underground electric road, a number of “studs" are inserted in the ground at certain distances along the track. Each car is fitted with a “shoe" extending the entire length of the car bottom, and also with a small but powerful storage battery. The battery supplies the electricity to the shoe, the shoe to the studs as it passes over them, and by this means the car is propelled forward or backward, as the motorman wishes. The studs are placed two abreast in the road or street, and no two sets of studs are further apart than the length of a car. These studs are perfectly harmless until the shoe touches them; then they receive the full force of the generator from the shoe.

RELIGION STAMPED ON HIM.

A Text Was Tattooed on This Young Frenchman’s Forehead. A man upon whom religion had left its mark ineffaceably was observed at Ellis Island recently, says the New York World. He was one of a number

MAN WITH A MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD.

of French immigrants brought before the commissioner for examination. He was a tall, handsome young man, a

J,:Bull realizes that there will be little room for anybody, else on that side of the car.

IRELAND’S NEW SECRETARY.

ly hated man in Ireland. Gerald was born In 1853 and entered Parliament in 1885 as a representative from the central division of Leeds. The post which he holds is one that involves a vast amount of labor and a great dep.l of responsibility.

skilled iron worker. Attention was drawn to his personal appearance by the fact that he wore his thick hair brushed down over his forehead to his very eyebrows. When he was asked by the commissioner the reason for this extraordinary coiffure, the French youth looked embarrassed ( for a moment, and then replied that he wore his hair in this manner to hide a mark on his brow. “What is the mark?” was asked. He tossed his hair back and exhibited a skillfully executed piece of tattooing, which, on examination, proved to be a text from the Bible, done in minute, but perfect letters. It was in French and read: “Dleu est mon Berger je n’aurals besoln de rein.” (“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want”) He stated that the tattooing was done at the request of a cranky aunt when he was a 12-year-old boy.

Wheelman Can Now Ride Over the .Country on Railroads. There are times daily when a railroad company is not actually using its tracks for the passage of trains, and it is everywhere conceded that the right of way at such times unquestionably belongs to the tramping thespian, wending his way back to New York from some profitless tour. No one heretofore has ever questioned his right to the track at such times. His is a second mortgage that recognizes only the superior power of the locomotive, which is deaf to all argument But Hamlet will have to fight for his rights, for they may be encroached upon by the bicycler. George E. Heaton, of Kalamazoo,

Mich., has patented a device by which an ordinary safety bicycle can be fitted to railroad tracks of any gauge. The attachment is very light and in case the company needs the track for their own purposes the bicycler can readily lift his machine off the tracks to a place of safety.

Of all the quaint and curious customs of the House of Commons, none is more amusing thaq the strange ceremony which marks the termination of its every sitting. The moment the House is adjourned, stentorian-voiced messengers and policemen cry out in the lobbies and corridors, “Who goes home?” These mysterious words have sounded every night for centuries through the Palace of Westminster. The performance originated at a time when it was necessary for members to go home in parties for common protection against the footpads who Infested the streets of London. But, though that danger has long since passed away, the cry of “Who goes home?” is still heard night after night, receiving no reply, and expecting none.

THE BIG SLEEVE DIFFICULTY.

CYCLES ON THE TRACKS.

THE BAILROAD BICYCLE.

Centuries Old.

New Telephone Appliance.

A small electric lamp is being used Instead of a bell in some telephone exchanges in England. The call for connection lights the lamp.

HUMOR OF THE WEEK

STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, Carious and Laughable Phase* of Human Nature Graphically Portrayed by Eminent Word Artiata of Our Own Day—A Budget of Fun. Sprinkle* of Spice. It’s the summer fly that bustles, TiU within the spider’s gates. And the spider never hustles, But he gets there while he waits. ■-Truth. “They say Cholly has more monejr than brains.” “Then why don't you set your cap for him?”—Life. Mrs. Peastraw—“How on earth did you get yourself so dirty?” Johnnie—“l was in swimmin’.”—Truth. “So your papa is willing to trust me with you, is he?” “Yes. He seemed sure you’d fetch me back to him."— Life. She—“ Yes, I am very fond of pets.” He —“Indeed. What, may I ask, is your favorite animal?” She (frankly) —“Man.”—Fashion Review. Mack—“My wife made me a present of a SSO bill yesterday." Wyld—“You’re in luck.” Mack—“l don’t think so. I have to pay it”—Brooklyn Life. Bachelor—“l am told that a married man can live on half the income that a single man requires.” Married man—- “ Yes. He has to.”—New York Weekly. Winks (who keeps house)—“We had an old-fashioned potpie for dinner today.” Minks (who boards) —“We had an old-fashioned chicken.”—New York Weekly. Boy—“I want to buy some paper.” Dealer—“ What kind of paper?” “I guess you better give me fly-paper. I want to make a kite.”—Philadelphia Record.

“Bingle’s wife says she thinks heaven muss be something like Boston.” “■What does Bingle say?” “He says he is tempted to become an agnostic.”— Washington Star. “Villain!” she hissed, “Deep-dyed villain!” The jattooed man looked hurt “Indeed, ma’am," said he, “I hasten to assure you that it is only skin deep.”— Indianapolis Journal. The grocer's grown so very cute That, measuring out some plums, He fills the vessel with the fruit And counts in both his thumbs. —Chicago Record. Wiggles—“ What’s the matter with you, old man?” Waggles—“Oh, several things.” Wiggles—“ Well, get engaged to one of them, and then let the rest alone.”—Somerville Journal. Ellis—“ Miss Ballad has a remarkably sweet voice.” Warburton —“She ought to have; it has cost me about sixty pounds of chocolates in the last six weeks.”—Boston Courier. Bolton—“ What is the difference between a specialist and an ordinary physician?” Colton “You’ll know quick enough when the specialist sends in his bill.”—Somerville Journal. Guest (pushing them away from him) —I don’t like the way you cook eggs at this restaurant Walter—What’s the trouble, sir? Guest—You don’t cook them soon enough.—Chicago Tribunb. Clerk—That gentleman you sold a bottle of hair dye to three weeks ago was here again to-day. Druggist—Was he after another bottle? “No, sir. He wanted to know if we kept wigs.”— Life.

Old lady (to motorman on trolly car) —“Ain’t you afraid of the electricity, Mr. Motorman?” Motorman “No, ma’am, I ain’t go no call to be afraid. I ain’t a conductor.” Philadelphia Record. “Well,” said the camel in the circus parade, “there’s some comfort for me after all.” “What do you mean?” “My hump is pretty bad, but It might be worse. I don’t ride a bicycle.”—Washington Star. Guest (angrily)—What has become of that waiter I gave my order to ’most an hour ago? Head Waiter—l don’t know, eah, but most likely he’s waitin’ on some gent wot tipped him, sah.—New York Weekly. Bellefleld—l understand that Mrs. Spiffins claims to be a self-made woman. Bloomfield—lt isn’t quite true. My wife has seen her add the finishing touch—put on her complexion.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Hoax—That horse of mine sets a good example that some men would do well to follow. Joax—Why, the nag Is no good. He Interferes. Hoax —That’s just it. He interferes, but only with himself.—Philadelphia Record. Cobble—l don’t think the landlord of the Ocean Bar House liked what I said to him before I went in bathing. Stone —What was that? Cobble—l asked him If there were any other sharks around. —Harper’s Bazar. Sally—An’ after we are married, will you keep on lovin’ me? Rube —I’ll love you till—till the cows come home, as the feller says. Sally—Y-a-a-s, an’ then go Sown to the grocery an’ let me do all the milkin’.—lndianapolis Journal. The reason none can understand, But examples there are plenty— One pound is the weight of the fish you land— And the fish that escaped weighed twenty. —Chicago Record. “Say,” said the city editor, “it seems to me that this expression of yours about showing a clean pair of heels is not just the thing In me report of a bicycle race.” “All right,” answered the lazy reporter. “Just stick In a ‘w’ and make it a clean pair of wheels.”— Cincinnati Tribune.

Recently Discovered.

It Is said that a new material has been discovered In one of the Western States—which one will not be told for a while yet—that may make Its finder fabulously rich. The material answers the purpose of graphite in every way. Outside of the imported graphite, the mines at Ticonderoga have supplied a great part of the stuff from which the leads of pencils are made. The discovery has been kept very quiet, but the stuff is said to answer all the requirements, and can be sold for one-half the price of the present material

DONT OVER-EXERCISE.

The Dinger Which Confront* the Novice of the Wheel. When Corbett always rugged far beyond his fellows, goes into training, no exacting exercise is undertaken at the outset so greatly do his mentors fear the evil consequences of over-ex-ertion. The young men of the Yale and Harvard crew, exercise gently aH winter in the gymnasium before undertaking any severe work upon the water, and even then the solicitous “coach” permits no man to reach the limit of his endurance. Zimmerman, king of the bicycle, as Hanlon Was emperor of oarsmen for so many years, trains in precisely the same manner. When out of form in consequence of a long period of inactivity, he resumes work with the utmost care, avoiding all fatigue and over-exertion. Every few days his task is slightly increased and in the course of time he is ready for the starter with every muscle trained to its utmost capacity, and a reserve of strength up his sleeve, to use the expressive words coined by the great cycler himself. What a contrast there is between all this and the reckless expenditure of energy by the young woman and the young man who have just become enamored of the bicycle. With no previous training of any kind, and no attention to diet beyond that involved In consuming as much ice water, cake and ice cream as possible, reeling off miles by tens and twenties, and then go home overstrained and almost in a state of collapse to recuperate slowly and repeat the folly when they have sufficiently recovered to drive nature to another dangerous test

Just Found the Door Open.

In front of the Tombs the other day was a little crowd in which the central figure was a woman about 60 years old whose son had just been sentenced to two years in prison for robbery. “Did any one ever hear of such monstrous injustice!” she exclaimed. “The judge was agin him from the start, as was plain to all. Robbery! Why, how could they call it robbery? Billy found the door of a tobacco store open and went in to see what was wrong.” “And while he was looking around he smoked a cigar,” said one of the crowd. “He owned up that he did, but if the man had been there wouldn’t he have paid for it?” “But he took away two boxes,” said another. “Of course he did, but wasn’t he intending to go back and ask the price of them?” “But they said he took all the money out of the till!” put in the third man. “He may have done that,” said the mother, ,f but wasn’t it to keep the money safe for him as owns the place? My Billy a robber! Never! It’s not in the blood. Think of two years in prison for that innocent boy!” “That’s a pretty severe sentence,” said a man in an effort to show his sympathies. “Severe! I should say it was!” shouted the woman. “Why, when his father robbed a grocery store of S2OO worth of stuff they didn’t give him but a yeaj and a half in the jug!”—Free Press.

The Lincoln Monument.

Erected at Edinburgh to commemorate deeds of Scottish soldiers in the American rebellion.

A Historic Calaboose.

The famous old prison known as the Ludlow street jail entertains, a different class of prisoners than that found at the Tombs, says the New York Advertiser. There is not very much real vice in Ludlow, and rarely poverty and filth. Before imprisonment there for debt was abolished men went willingly to jail to escape liabilities, and lived in luxurious seclusion until things squared themselves—unless they ran out of means to square the jailer, when luxuries departed and jail life became a reality. Boss Tweed and Jacob Sharp ire two of the most distinguished names which have adorned the guest roll at the Ludlow street institution. Tweed was finely treated, but turned Ingrate and escaped from jail after only a brief period of incarceration. Being subsequently captured in Spain, he returned reluctantly and ended his days in Ludlow street.

Why She Couldn’t Use Them.

This is what was heard In a theater the other night. They were in a private box, and she was both pretty and well dressed. But she was in a bad temper because she could not see the stage. “Why,” said he, trying to mollify her, “did you not bring your opera glass?” “I did, but I can’t use it” “Is it broken?” “No, but I forgot to put on my brace-lets.”—Tit-Bits.

Statistics of Farms.

Ohio has the greatest number of farms, 251,430, having 23,352,408 acres; Illinois Is second with 240,081 farms and 30,498,277 acres; Missouri being third, with 238,043 farms and 30,780,290 acres.

Simply Follow Custom.

Farmers in Mexico use oxen of one color in the morning and of another color in the afternoon. They have no reason for doing so beyond the fact that their i forefathers did it, and they conclude it must be the right thing to do. The presents a man makes his wife are usually as apologies for something he has done he is ashamed of. Wealth is the nimbus of the mean and the radiance of the good. |

HUSTLING HOOSIERS.

ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAn Interesting Summary of the More Important Dorngs of Our Neighbors—Wed. dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties, and General Indiana News Notes. Minor State News. A company of men are digging silver near Richmond. The divorce business at Fort Wayne is on an alarming increase. Spiceland is to have a new bank headed by Murray Wildman. A wind-storm unroofed houses ar.d damaged crops at Brazil. Samuel Dood, an aged veteran, was found dead at Logansport. Thirty valuable hunting dogs have been poisoned at English, recently. Brown, the only connty in the state without a railroad, has 2,303 voters. Mrs. Archibald Th acheb of Martinsville, said to be 104 years of age, is dead. A company has been organized at Lafontaine to develop the oil territory in that vicinity. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, said to be 104 years old, is dead at the Delaware County Infirmary. Wm. McQueary attempted to board an electric car at Evansville, recently, and was killed. The little son of Perry McDonald was caught in the machinery at Schimmer’s cooper shop, at Columbus, and may die. Prosecutor Baldwin of Noblesville, says he will stop the sale of the Indianapolis People, and other obscene papers, in that city.

A “gas belt” brigade of G. A. R. men is being formed at Anderson to attend the national encampment at Lousville in a body. The closing of saloons at Hobart, on Sunday, has resulted in the shutting up of all candy and cigar stores, barber shops, stables, etc. Frank Tuttle’s barn was burned, south of Muncie, recently. A self-binder, wheat, corn, and fifty tons of hay burned, with no insurance. Judge Francis T. Hord is making a collection of pictures of the Judges of Bartholomew County who have served on the bench, going back to 1823. Valparaiso is getting rather sporty judging from the number of sporting societies it now supports. The latest feature is the “Pointing Gun Club.” The One hundred and twenty-fourth Indiana Regiment and the Fifteenth Indiana Battery will hold their annual joint reunion at Lynn, Sept. 4 and 5. Richard Wilhite of Fountain County, was a drummer boy during the war. He is now insane over the delusion that he is again plying the sticks on the battlefield. Harvey Lawson, son of a wealthy farmer living near Lapel, while stealing a ride on a freight train over the Big Four, at Anderson, fell between the cars and was fatally injured. Convict John Smith in the prison south, set fire to the bed in his cell, hoping to cause a stampede among the prisoners and thus gain his liberty. He was nearly suffocated by the smoke. Wm. Huber, and employe of tlj§ Regves foundry, at Columbus, walked but of a second-story window at Mrs. Bell’s board-ing-house, and was very sariduSfy about the feet and back. ' For a week Ben Ross, who jesides near Coburg, Porter County, had been suffering excruciating pain in the ear. A physician was called and a large, healthy bed-bug was taken out of the drum. David Martin, aged 15, an&rAl. Ruskin of Greentown, aged 11, were on a bed playing with a revolver, when the weapon was discharged, tearing away the jaw of Ruskin. The injury is probably fatal. Walter, the 17-year-old son of A. J. McPike of Paragon, was stealing a ride on an I. & V. passenger train recently. In jumping from the tram, his head struck against a car on the side track and he died from the effects.

One farmer in St. Joseph County reports three kinds of potato bugs, the last variety being to all appearances poison-proof. These, with cabbage worms, grasshoppers, chinch bugs, Hessian flies, the early drouth and the late frost, made things quite interesting for that farmer, and he is philosophically wondering, “What next?” James M. Sankey of Terre Haute, Geo. W. Hall of Raleigh, and Samuel Bowan of South Bend, • representing the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission, have just completed an investigation of the extent of the Texas cattle fever in Putnam County., They report that the disease has spread and now appears in four counties—Putnam, Hendricks, Park, and Morgan, and that 250 head of cattle have been quarantined. Fifteen deaths have occurred so far, and every effort is being made to suppress the disease. Dr. F. A. Bolsar of New Castle, State Veterinary, was present during the investigation. Patents have been issued to the following residents of Indiana: Charles H. Anspach, Cedar Grove,thill coupling and support; William K. Bellis, assignor to Bellis Cycle Company, Indianapolis, bicycle frame; James Bennett, Greencastle, running gear fur wagons; Cecilia A. Brewer, LaPorte, washing machine; Peter Deville, Huntington, frame for barns or other building; Lewis Fetch, Van Buren, potato digger; Charles Helm, Indianapolis, electric alarm lock for tills; Leon J. Housee, Hartford City, hose coupler; John J. Kirkham, Terre Haute, process of and apparatus for manufacture of gas; Herman Lauter, Indianapolis, desk for typewriter machine; William M. Leads, Walnut, land marker; Edward Miller, jr., Evansville^rail -chair and nut lock; William Nutt, Crawfordsville, circuit closer; Jacob V. Rowlett, Richmond, hand wheel plow; Gottlieb Schnasse, jr., and T. Paffratfc, Elwood, pneumatic press; Jesse Warrington, assignor of one-ha If to Nordyke & Marmon Company, Indianapolis, hominy mill; Henry Westphal, Indianapolis, plow. Oliver Newcomb, son of John Newcomb, of Howard County, died recently from a peculiar cause. Nine years ago the boy was buried by a cave-in at -a gravel pit, but apparently recovered from his injuries. A short time ago he complained of his head hurting him and death followed. The regimental reunion of the Ninetyninth Indiana will be held at Logansport, beginning on the 27th inst. Business sessions will be held both oh the 27th a(nd 28th, and th&e will be a campfire on Tuesday evening. Orlando Powell, Ds M.Vannice, J. A. Miller, G. W. Julian and J. C. McGregor of Logonsport, will welcome visiting delegations. The three weeks revival of all religious denominations of Anderson has closed. Forty-seven conversions were made during the meeting, and 1,256 pledges signed by men to abstain from the use of tobacco and liquors. The Average nightly attendance was from three to five thousand. An effort is being made to exchange the guns now in use by the Indiana Guard for arms of la later pattern. Thdse now in use are of the pattern of 1873. In recent years the government has exchanged theajms of the regular army and equipped iv with the latest model. The old arms, which are much newer than those used by the National Guard, are now stored in the arsenals and it is these that are wanted fm the Guard.