Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1896 — Page 6

ONE VALENTINE. ' ~ ~tta . | remember bow lovely she was, I roro ember It clearly, because ' There are some things one cannot forget. I swore by the -blue of her eyes, t measured her lore by my sighs And I might have been doing It yet. Bad It not been for Saint A alentine Aa expressed In her wisher and mine. Ia a manner 1 did not expect. I sent her the best 1 could buy; A twenty Jt cost—they come high—--1 mean fine'ones, Imported direct I seat her the dear valentine, “To one dearer, A hoped to be mine.** Then I waited to get one from her. And I got one—no fate could prevent—■he sent' back the one that 1 sent With an unkind and emphatic .“No, alrl” I remember how costly It wag, J member it clearly, because There are some things forget

SOME JOLLY VALENTINES.

These Will Occasion Much Pleasure, Especially ta Little Folks, Though the old-time sentimental observance of St. Valentine’s Day has lapsed Into “innocuous desuetude,” it is still the •cession of much pleasure and mirth. Little people, especially, enjoy the mystery as the season and the pleasant mystification of their playfellows, and if the fcamor indulged in,is of a kindly nature, tnd not so personal as to wound, happy earts can eDjoy a very gay time. An evening can be very merrily passed

NO. 1.

In making the humorous valentines which are here illustrated. The materials are Tery simple; some rough water color paper ar thin cardbo? crepe tissue paper of tow ribbon, a of cellnloid and some* clothes .pins, pewter spoons, a little nar-' tow ribbon ,a sheet of celluloid and some

NO. 2.

pieces of red cloth or flannel arc all that is needed. For No. 1 a piece of cardboard or water color paper, a little unore'than twice the length of a pipe stem inches wide, ia folded double, and a hole large enough to thrust the pipe stem through is cut in the center of the fold. The stem is held in filace by a strip of white paper pasted over t on the 'front fold. Paint as grotesque • face on The pipe as you please; may have full play here. Gather an inchwide strip of red tissue paper into the form of a hat brim and paste on the top of the hcad; r the trimming and crown are

ON. 3.

made of a very narrow strip of the paper put on in loops. ' A frill of the tissue paper forms a collar round the neck, and a tiny bow finishes it in front. The lettering on all the valentines, may be done in carmine Ink, in water *bolors or with gold paint. For No. 2, “a ease of spoons,” a card 7 Inches squared needed. Paint the “old

NO. 4.

man in the moon” »with a thin wash of yellow ''ochre pn a pale, cloudy blue ground; two bright .pewter spoons have grotesque faces painted in the bowls, and are tied on the card with'bows of bright

NO. 5.

ribbon. Paste a narrow strip of the same oard board on the back of the carato support It Wee an easel. The heart-shaped cards (Nos. 3 and 4) may be from 5 to 7 inches long, and •honld have a atrip of card pasted on,the

PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN AS A RAIL-SPLITTER.

The portrait of Abraham Lincoln given herewith has a State reputation in In-, di&na. It is called the “Justice” picture, from the name of Its owner, James M. Justice. Mr. Justice died at his home in Logansport, Ind., in 1889, and the portrait was left by will to his daughters, Mrs. A. C. Patterson and Miss Maibelle Justice, who now reside in Chicago. Mr. Justice's death was sudden and he left no written record of the history of the picture. Its present owners say it was painted in 1860 and was carried as a banner through the campaign of that year, it is about oxlo feet, and the figure of Lincoln is a little larger than life siuL It was attached to a pole and not stretched. The name of the artist is supposed to be

back to support them. Cut a small heartshaped piece of red flannel, and the shoe sole from a bit of kid, and pasts on No. 3, doing the lettering with gold paint or carmine ink. No. 4 is decorated entirely with*the pen or a brush, though a piece of a pasteboard measure could be pasted on instead of drawing it. No. 5, the clothes pin card, is one of the most amusing. A face must be painted upon the head of the pin. and a bit of grayish wool Is pasted on the top for hair; make a hat of pink crepe paper, and wrap a piece of the paper around the pin for a gown. The arms are cut from a strip of paper or cardboard like the card upon which it Is to be mounted. Paste the strip on the back, and cut tiny hearts out of red cloth or flannel and fasten with paste on the ends of the arms. The card

NO. 6.

should be .about 5 inches by 7; and when the lettering is done the clothes pin doll is fastened on the card, with a bit of white ribbou tied as a sash ip front. No. 6, the card with the inscription. “A token of sentiment,” is made pf a piece of celluloid 3% inches long, by wide. A' bright, new cent is fastened on near (he center with glue, and a wreath of purple violets is painted around it. The lettering is done with gold paint, and the edge of the card is cut in fine saw teeth. To any ingenious, young folk carrying out tft>se suggestions an infinite number of ways for varying, changing and expanding them will occur; and the results of an evening’s work will very probably he quite a plensant surprise to the workers.— Demorest’s Monthly.

A Valentine. I’ll build a house of lollypops Just suited. Sweetheart, to your taste; The Windows shall be lemon-drops— The doors shall be of jujube paste— Helgh-ho, If you’ll be mine I With peppermints I’ll pave the walks; A little garden, too. I’ll sow With Becds that s#ml up sugared stalks On which the candled violets grow— Heigh ho, my Valentine! Some seats of sassafras I’ll make Because 1 kuow you think It’s nice; The cushions shall be jelly cake, Laced all around with lemon Ice— Heigh ho. If you r U be mine! We’ll have a party every day, And feast on cream and honeydew; And though you're only six, we'U play That I am Just as young as you— Heigh ho, my Valenttnel —St. Nicholas.

FAREWELL TO HIS FRIENDS.

Lincoln's Last Words to His Neigh' bora Before Departing. When Abraham Lincoln left Springfield Feb. 11, 1861, to assume his duties and responsibilities as President of the nation, a great crowd of people assembled at the railway station to bid him good-by. He was overcome with emotion find he proceeded to say a few words to the people who. stood closely packed around. It was the last utterance of this grand man to his neighbors and friends. He said: > “My Friends: No one, not in my tion, can appreciate the sadness I feel an this parting. To this people I owe all luut I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children' were born, and here.one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me whicty is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the ■ days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except by the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that 1 cannot succeed without the same divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support; and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may that divine' assistance, without which'l cannot succeed, but with which success is certain. Again I bid you an affectionate farewell.”

A Horrible Superstition.

About a month ago, while the natives of Kleln-Batanga, in the German possessions In Africa, were assembled at a dance, two (negroes sneaked Into one of the huts, stole a small child, carried her into the bush and there murdered her that they might prepare from her skin a charm against attack from leopards. The mother did not rest until she had ferreted out the murderers, and they are now very dead men. Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which sap Is stagnant remains fruitless.

(jnauibers, and he is said to have been Lincoln’s personal friend. James M. Justice first saw it during the war, when it was carried by a regiment of Indiana volunteers ip which he had enlisted. It was twice captured and recaptured. It was captured a third time, and Mr. Justice lost track of it for several years. He was determined to get it, however, and finally found it after the war in an old warehouse in Georgia among the effects of a man who had been killed in battle. Mr. Justice restored if, -1 had it framed, and gave it the place of honor in his law office in Monticello. Ind. Later he moved to Logausport, Ind., where the picture remained until recently. It has been in the Justice family for twenty-six years.

AT THE LINCOLN MONUMENT.

(Itemlnlscences of the Hon. James Pettlof Calhoun County, Illinois.) Abe Lincoln? Wull, I reckon! not a mile f’om where we be. Right here In. Sprlngflel’, Illinois, Abe used to room with me. He represented Sangamon, I tried It for Calhoun, An' mo an’ Abe was cronies then; I’ll not ferglt It soon. I’ll uot forget them happy days we used to sort o’ batch Together In a little room that didn’ have no latch To keep the other fellers out that liked to come aud stay. An’ hear them dusted funny things Abe Lincoln used to say. Them days Abe Lincoln an’ iuysclf was pore as anything. Job’s turkey wusn’ porer; but we used to luff aud sing, An’ Abe was clean shnek full of fun; but he was sharp as tacks, Fer that there comic face o’ hls’u was fortified wltb fae’s.

Some fellers used to laugh- at Abe because his boots uud pants Appeared to bo on dtstuut terms, but when he’d git a chauce He’d give ’em sech a drubblu’ that they’d eleau ferglt his looks, Fer Abe made up In common sense the things he lacked In books. Wull, uex’ election I got beat, an’ Abe come back alone; I kep’ tt-cllnkla’ on the farm, pervidla’ fer my own. You see, I had a woman an’ two twins that called me paw. An’ Abe he kep’ a-cllnkln’ too, at politics uu’ law I didn’t hear much more of Abe out there la ole Calhoun, Fer I was out of polities an’ kind o' out of tune ’ltli things that happened, but way back I’d named my two twin boys One Abraham, one Lincoln; finest team In Illlnoise 1 Wull, here one day I read that Abe’s among the candidates (My old friend Abe) fer President o' these United' States; An’ though I had the rheumattz an’ felt run down aud blue I entered politics again an’ helped to pull him through. An’ when uex’ spring he called fer men to fetch their grit an' guns An' keep the Ship o’ State afloat, I sent him both my sons. An’ would 'a' gone myself an’ loved to make the bullets whiz 'F It hadn’ been I couldn’ walk account o’ rheumatlz. Wull. Abe, my little Abe, I mean, he start- , ed out with Grant; They burled him at Shiloh. Excuse me, but 1 can’t Help feelln' father-like, you know, fer them was likely boys; The' wasn't two another sech that wont f’om Illlnoise. An' Lincoln, my son Lincoln, he went on by hlsself A-grievin’ fer his brother Abe they’ laid upon the shelf.

LINCOLN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

An’ when he come to iVlcksburg he was all thrashed out an’ sick; An’ ylt, when there was Qghtln’, Link fit right In the thick. One night 'afore them rebel' guns my pore fioy Vent to sleep On picket dooty; no, sir, ’tain’t the shame that makes me weep; It’s bow Abe Lincoln, President, at Washington, D. C., Had time to ricolleck the days he used to room 'lth me.

don’t yon k*ow I wrote to him they'd ' mfnxA need to be shot HU a(jcsMke. Lincoln Pettigrew, In shame to rot; The eon o’ hie ole crony, an’ the last o’ the twin boys He used to plague me so about at Spring flej', illlnoise. Did he) did Abe? wull, now, he sent a telegraph so quick It burnt them bottles on the poles an’ made the lightntn' sick U "Pardon for Lincoln Pettigrew. A. Lincoln, President.” The boy bag got that paper ylt, the telegraph Abe sent. I guess I knowed Abe Lincoln! an' now I’ve come down here. Firs' time I’ve been in Sprlngflel' for nearly slaty year, To see his grave an’ tombstones, because—because, yon see. We legislated In cahoots, Abe Lincoln did, an' me. —Robertus D. Love, in New York Sun.

House Where Lincoln Lived.

The Lincoln homestead stands on the northeast corner of Eighth and Jackson streets, Springfield, 111. Mr. Lincoln bought it in 1846. It was then a story and a half house, but subsequently raised to two stories. It is a plain frame structure and contains twelve rooms. Mr. Lincoln lived thpre fifteen years; in fact, until he departed for Washington on tHa 12th of February, 1861, to take the Presidential chair. Ariamily by the name of Tilton occupied the house during thp war, and in those four years 60,000 people visited the_ house. Since then hundreds of thousands have passed iq- and out of its door. These included nien gnd women representing every civilized nation of the earth, and some of the barbarous ones, too, for That matter. Soriie years ago John Philip Sousa, then the leader of the Marine Band, gave a matinee in Springfield. At the conclusion of the performance he took his band, sixty-five pieces in all, over to the Lincoln mansion. After appropriate music every member of this famous body of musicians made his signature on the register book. The occasion attracted an immense crowd, and numerous and prominent speeches were made fly citizens of note. Sousa held n special train two hours to accomplish this, he and his men regarding it a slight testimonial

THE LINCOLN HOME, SPUING FIELD.

of the respect' in which they held Mr. Lincoln’s memory.

Lincoln’s First Speech.

A citizen of Buffalo has found among j.is papers an account of the circumstances under which Abraham Lincoln made his maiden speech. It was originally printed in the Springfield (Ill.) Republican, and is as follows: “The President of the United States made his maiden speech in Sangamon County, at Pappsville (or Richland), in the year 1832. He was then a Whig and a candidate for the Legislature of this

LINCOLN MAKES HIS MAIDEN SPEECH.

State. The speech is sharp and sensible. Tp understand why it was so short the following facts will show: 1. Mr. Lincoln was a young man, say 22 years of age, and timid. 2. His friends and opponents in the joint discussion had rolled the sun nearly down. Lincoln saw it was not the proper time then to discuss the question fully, and hence he cut his remarks short. Probably the other candidates had exhausted the subjects under discussion. The time, according to W. H. Herndon’s informant —who has kindly furnished this valuable reminiscence for us—was 1832; it may have been 1831. The President lived at the time with James A. Herncion, at Salem, Sangamon County, who heard the speech, talked about it, and knows the report to be correct. The speech, which was characteristic of the man, was as follows: “ ‘Gentlemen, Fellow-Citizens: I presume you all know who I am. I am hum-

ble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my ffjpnds to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like an “old woman’s dance.” lam in favor of a national bank. am in favor of the international improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentimeuts and political principles. If elected, I will be thankful. If defeated, it will be all the same.’ ”

DISGRACED AND DEAD

TRAGIC FATE OF A YOUNG INDIANA GIRL. Three Men Are Held for the Murder of Pearl Bryaa-Maze of Contradictory Confessions - Her Headless Corpse Found and Identified. Story of a Dark Crime. The funeral of I’earl Bryan was held atGreencaatle, Jnd.. and the services were spoken over a headless'corpse. While

the relatives were in the vault there was a meeting of the young and middleaged meu of the city, 'and it was said later that some tweniyffve or thirty of these pledged themselves to eaeb other to [avenge the girl's death if the murderers were not hanged by the law. The org a n i z a t i o n thus

WILL WOOD.

formed is said to be regarded simply as the nucleus of a larger one which will take Ahb liw into its own hands if Scott Jackson. Alonzo Walling and Win. Wood escape the extreme (icnalty in the Cincinnati courts. > The morning of Saturday, Feb. 1, there was found at Fort Thomas, Ky„ the headless corpse of a young woman. For a time, identification was impossible. ■ But inquiry was being made for I’earl Bryan, a Greencaatle girl, who had left her home with" the avowed purpose of visiting a friend at Indianapolis. She w«> accompanied to tho train by Win. Wood, son of a Methodist minister, and went to Indianapolis. stopping there only between trains. She then went on to Cincinnati. Nothing was thought of her temporary absence from home; but when the time came for her return, and she came not, the family began to wonder. Then came the account of finding the headless body of a woman near Cincinnati, and the announcement that the corpse wore shoes that had been purchased from Louis & Hays, of Greencastle. After that identification was quick and certain, and investigation led to the arrest of the three men named. Jackson and Walling were students at the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati. They and Wood are said -to have been intimate with the girl. But a maze of contradictory confessions by all of them lias made impossible I lie fixing of direct responsibility; and this confusion is complicated by the assertion of Lulu May Hollingsworth, of Indianapolis, a friend of Pearl's, In tho series of confessions Jackson says AValling carried the woman’s head

PEARL BRYAN.

in a valise to the Covington suspension bridge, and he believes Walling threw it into the river, or he may have taken it to his home at Hamilton and thrown it from the Miami bridge at that place. Jackson says he did not go with Walling on the trips. On the contrary Walling says Jackson buried the head in a sandbar in the Ohio river opposite Dayton. Ky., or dropped it in the sewer on Richmond street. Cincinnati. Each affirms the belief that the other administered a fatal drug to produce a criminal operation, and neither confesses knowledge of time or place of decapitation of the corpse. Each charges young \\ ood. of Orcencastle, with responsibility for the girl's condition, and Jackson says he was the medium through whom Wood was to remit SSO to Walling for performing the operation. On the other hand, young Wood denies his responsibility, but admits knowledge of the girl’s predicament, because Jackson, who was responsible for it. told him of it. He says the only part he took in the matter was to advise Pearl to undergo an operation. To make the matter more unintelligible, Lulu May Hollingsworth, of Indianapolis, who was arrested, suspected of complicity in the murder, said: “I shall be able to clear Jackson. He is responsible for Miss Bryan's condition.

SCOTT JACKSON. ALONZO WALLING.

but bo'was not responsible for her death. I don’t think, either, that Wood had anything to do with this case. I became interested in the girl because I had once known her and chanced to meet her ar the Union station. She told me what had happened, and said Jackson was to blame. When 1 told her what drugs to get she said she would take them in Jackson’s presence and die there and then so as to throw suspicion upon Jackson ami get him info difficulty.” Miss Hollingsworth afterward said she administered the fatal drugs at the request of' Miss Bryan. The police discredit this. Miss Hollingsworth is regarded as a notoriety seeker. She once figured in an elopement from Terre Haute. Cincinnati police found Jackson’s bloody coat in a sewer. Jackson claims that Walling wore his clothing on the night of the murder. Israel- Cohen &- Co., wholesale .clothiers of Boston, have failed. Their liabilities will be large; assets, $132,000.

HONOR FOR UHL.

He Succeeds Kunyon as Ambassador * to the German Capital. The President gent to the Senate Mon day the nomination of Edwin F. Uhl, ol Michigan, now assistant Secretary of State, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United Slates to Germany. The Senate in executive session confirmed the nomination. Mr. Ih! was appointed assistant Secretary of State Nov. 1. 1893. He is best known as the uuthor of the dispatch to Spain calling upon that country in a peremptory manner to account for the firing on the Allianea by the gunboat Conde Ue Vonadito off Cape Mayst, on the coast of Cuba. The new ambassador is a man of considerable wealth, and was once Mayor of Grand Rapids. his former home. I’lie Grand Itapids Common Council adopted a,-resolution eongratulating Edwin F. Uhl upon his upisontuient and prompt confirmation as ambassador to

EDWIN F. U[?]L.

Germany. * ihv. Dili will return home before going abroad. and numerous banquets and reception* are already planned for him. Mr. Uhl is a prominent Democrat of Michigan, lie is widely known as an able lawyer, a brilliant orator, and a keen politician of tin* stalwart type. He was very active in the last presidential campaign. giving not only his time to speechmaking for Cleveland and Stevenson, but he gave largely of his private purse to the campaign fund. 11 is appointment to an assistant secretaryship gave great satis! action to Michigan Democracy. Mr. ( 11l was born in New York State fifty-five years ago. but lias lived in Michigan since IKK!, when his parents moved AVest. He was “brought up” on a farm near Ypsilauti. in which city lie attended school. He also was a student in the State University, and in 1SG(! lie entered tißpn the practice of law. Two years later he made Grand Itapids his home, and his ability soon made, him ajeader at the- bar of that city. It is estimated tiiat now his law practice is worth from $20,000 to $30,000 a year. lie has twice been Mayor of Grand Rapids, and the Democratic congressional nomination from his district was a standing offer on a silver plate te him for ten years before Mr. Cleveland called him to Washington. It was an offer, however, which lie never accepted.

WEYLER IN COMMAND.

At Once Reviews Troops and Issues a Proclamation. \ aleriano Weylor, new captain general of Cuba, arrived at Havana Monday, and was tendered an ovation by the loyal Spanish. Alter taking the oath of office, lie reviewed the troups, ami issued a proclamation declaring that, backed as he was by all Spain’s resources, he should never give up Cuba to the insurgents. He appealed to the gallantry of the army and navy, and especially to the loyal inhabitants, native or Spanish born. He announced his purpose to be generous to the subdued, and to all who render service to the Spanish cause. The plan of campaign of Gen. Weyler is not known. He is likely to call in all the small detachments of troops which have from the first had such a weakening effect upon the Spanish operations, and he will try to drive the insurgents into a position from which they cannot escape without a pitched battle. He will endeavor to protect property to the utmost, but in so doing lie anticipates being able to call in several thousand men who are doing small garrison duty in places where apparently there is no necessity for their presence now. Gen. Weyler will also do everything jiossible to muster as strong a force of cavalry as lie can. Considerable rc-euforcoinents of this branch of the service have already arrived, and more are expected. In short, his first efforts will be directed to concentrating his forces and restoring public confidence. Later he will try to engage the insurgents, who are understood to be concentrating their forces in anticipation of having a much more difficult task before them than they have had up to the present. In fact, some reports credit the insurgents with desiring to concentrate all their scattered detachments and columns into one body, and so bring the insurrection to a direct issue. If so, there seems to be no doubt that the Spanish generals will uot put any obstacles in, the way of, the .insurgent conmmtdcrs. But Spaniards who are well posted on the situation say that there4s no.truth in thq report that the insurgents wilt make effort to risk a .pitched battle.

Venezuela Advised to Settle.

A dfej|||ijy from Washington to the London Tmtes 'says: “The United States Government'has strongly and repeatedly advised tfife- Venezuelan Government to settle England’s demand for an indemnity for tho Yurunn affair. Further, although America insists upon the arbitration oi the boundary question, she has no interest whatever in the result of the arbitration nnd would he quite satisfied if all England’s claims were confirmed.” Tin Times lias an editorial which aims to justify England’s refusal to assent to the arbitration of -the whole of the disputed territory between Venezuela and Guiana on -the ground of her previous unfortunate experiences in arbitration.

Pine Ridge Pow-Wow Opened.

-v'J’hti great .Pine Ridge powwow convened at Pine Ridge, Neb., Monday. Foi some months a private subscription has been circulated soliciting aid among th« Indians to send delegates to Washington to confer With the authorities in referenct to matters pertaining to the Pine Ridgt agency. . It was said 7,000 Indians would be present at the powwow, hut there is no probability that so large a number will attend. Not 700 got in Monday. At this season zero weather is probable any day, and the Indians for this reason will not travel much. The scene of the meetipg is Wounded Knee, twenty miles distant. The Roman Catholic Church in the province of Quebec lias always beer against the Liberal party and so emphatically has its strength been thrown into recent political contests in that province in favor of conservative members of Par liament that steps are now being taker to lay the matter before the Vatican ir the hope that his holiness will send a papal delegate to Canada to bring the bishops into line and forbid the pulpit being made the hustings for favorite political candidates.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Damages Asked Because of Discharge l>y a Railroad Company—Successful Hoosier Bidders for U. 8. Bond»To Outwit a Telephone Company. Dismissed Employes Will tae. Robert Melrose. William Green and Janies Moore will begin damage suits at Wabash against the Big Four Railroad Company, based on their recent dismissal from the service of the company. They were resi*ectively roadmaster, supervi- >i of bridges and buildings, and chief clerk on the Michigan division, and it is charged they conspired to secure the discharge ol Superintendent Blizzard and Engineer of Maintenance of Way Moore by rejs>rting information to the general office ol irregularities on the division. The superintendent and engineer asked an invest igarton and demanded the discharge of the roadmaster, supervisor and clerk, and this was done. The men claim they were innocent and have been injured in reputation by the allegations and dismissal.

Indiana’s Share,

Indiana gets about $500,000 of the recent issue of bonds, divided among the following bidders: Award. Price. National Bank of Aurora 53,000 ni.s First National Bank of Vovay 5.000 112 Park Bank. Rockville.. 5,000 112. National Branch Bank, Madison 25,000 111.531 C. S. Eaglesfield, In- * dianapolis 120,000 111 Indiana National Baq£J Indianapolis . .100,000 111.006 Merchants’ National Bank. Indianapolis.. .100,000 111.06 Mary Florence Gorter, Evansville 1,000 114.050€ (’laud Smallwood, Harrodsburg 100,000 110 Central National Bank, Greeneastle 25,000 111

Will Build Their Own 101 l Lines.

There is a scheme on foot the managers of the telephone lines in the cities of northern Indiana to getTogethpi for the purpose of building aAspt&enCoi toll lines which shall ( reach all the points in this part of the State a<:q*;s«ij>lc by the Central Union. As it, uow patrons ot the exchanges of the home companies are unable to get other.towns except by using the lines of the Central Union, and, as it is expected that efforts to get through a bill in the next Legislature compelling me telepho-ne company to accept for trails mission messages from another will fail, the only remedy is to build toll lanes for the accommodation of patrons of the local companies.

All Over the State,

George W. Houze’s life was saved by a Knights of Pythias watch charm Monday night. Ilouze was held up in a lonely sj»ot near Muncie by a footpad and in the struggle that followed three shots were fired. One ball would have penetrated Houze’s stomach, but it struck his watch charm, glancing off. He finally secured the revolver and nearly beat the life out of his- assailant with it. Charles Bacon, of ’ Summitville, was granted a divorce from his wife Thursday. .She did not appear in court, and it was found Saturday that she was not aware of the, proceedings and did not know of the divorce until he came home with it. She told her story to Judge Ellison and produced proof, and ho revoked bhe decree. Mr. Bacon announces that he will test tho law on the point of revoking a decree after it has stood three days. Twelve hundred Indianapolis school children were turned out of two unsafe buildings. Temporary facilities for accommodating the children have not yet been provided. The building inspector condemned buildings Nos. 10 and 11, and refused to allow the children to enter them. The insjicctor found seventeen cracks in building No. 10, and almost as many in building No. 11. Both buildings shook as the pupils passed in anil out. The buildings are comparatively new. Between First and Second streets, in the north end of Decatur, runs a deep ravine. Along the banks of this, in a secluded spot, hidden by brush and trees, an entrance to a cave has been found. It is a novelty and almost a wonder, since it was built by boys whose ages run from 12 to 16 years. In this cave were found eighteen small rifles, with several hundred rouhds of cartridges, provisions, various kinds of tobacco and a large supply of cheap novels. As far as can be ascertained there are about twenty members of the gang, and they seem to be bound in secrecy to reveal nothing. No one knows what their object Is or how they built the cave. Some surmise that it is an old Indian cave. The discovery has occasioned lunch comment. The failure of ex-United States Treasurer .1. N. Huston came in the nature of a surprise to citizens of Connersville. When the time for opening the Citizens’ Bank arrived Wednesday the curtains were tightly drawn, and a notice was posted to the effect that owing to the severe illness of Mr. Huston, the proprietor, an assignment had been made in favor of the bona fide creditors, and that every dollar of the indebtedness would be paid in full. The assignee, James M. Mclntosh, states that the indebtedness will amount to about $105,000, while the assets will reach more than $200,000. Mr. Huston’s health has been failing for some time post, and at this time his condition is quite critical. A reporter was met by Mrs. Huston, who refused to allow any one to see her husband, The ex-United States Treasurer has been badly treated by politicians where he had reason to expect favors. More than two years ago mortgages were recorded against Mr. Huston’p property, aggregating $26,000. These have- never been satisfied. said insurance to the amount of SftCBJJOftO.

S. P. Vanwipeace ißiCrown Point, was notified thifl he was probably one of four jiflagle who are heirs to an estate in NewYoSj valued at $4,000,000. The estate, it is claimed, was first owned by Mr. Vanwinkle's grandfather, who died about 1790. The familymoved from the State and aU became separated or died Indore -they /tivuld be located. The next generation shortly after the estate was settled was lost sight of, leaving the estate without claimants for many years. All this time attorneys have searched the country, and have finally found some of the present generation. Frank, Esterbrook, of Wabash, tells a strange story. He says while out hunting in the fields north of the city Saturday ho ran into a crowd of lively insects, which lie found to be grasshoppers. They had settled down in the stubble aud seemed to be as chipper as though it were midsummer. He caught a large number. It is said Mrs. Sarah Wright, a wcalthy widow of Elkhart, is being swindled by Dr. Elmer, a clairvoyant. It is said she has paid him $214 for a few treatments. «s.d that he had-induced her to take S3OO in gold from miffer a sofa uud place it in a box in her woodshed. If it were not so placed he told Ivor his clairvoyance would be ineffectual.