Daily News, Franklin, Johnson County, 7 September 1889 — Page 1

FlRST YEAR:

THE SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS.

LIKTOFTIIOSK WHO WILI, TEACH INTIIKMTY IIOOI.STIMS VEAIi.

Miss AUQE DCMPSEV

APPOINTEO CRITIC TEACHER

THE MEW BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED FOR DISTRIBUTION,

Tim regular «eanioii of the Board of School Trustees was held last evening, Messrs. Hoff, Roland and Wiley being present. The assignment of city teachers was made and arrangements made to distribute the school books next Monday through the principals of the schools. Hit* principals will make up their lists, collect the money from the pupils and »report to Superintendent Wiley at his office. The new geographies have arrived iuid give general satisfaction. They contain a full history of Indiana, with illustrations of the new Normal school, the new suite house, the .Soldiers' monument and are much fjetter than the old ones.

These can \xi had for 75 cents, whereas the old ones cost $1.40. The teachers were assigned their different grades for the year and Miss Alice Dempsey appointed to the position of critic made vacant by the resignation of Miss Katherme 1-amh. There has as yet been no one assigned to the vacancy in the sixth grade of the Third ward caused hy Miss Dempsey's appointment. The superintendent said thattheappointment would necessitate several changes. Miss Dempsey has been a t«*acher in the public schools for ten yean* and the hoard could not have made a letter selection. The school lxoks arrived this morning.

The following is a list of the teachers and heir grades: High School—A. L. Wyeth, principal assistants, Marietta (trover, Adelaide Futon, Emily W. Peakes, Sarah Scott, Hclecca Turner, W. S. Rlatehley. Mary G. Taylor, AI let- C, Graf!, Klizalwth Messmore," Laura Kesler, Iconise Harbour, Cornelia Palmer.

First district—John Danaldson, principal, eighth year grade: Ma Ensev, He veil tli year grade Anna Katxenbach, seventh year grade Kllen II. McClaiu, sixth year grade Kli/a F. ales, fifth and sixth year grade Anna Wren, fifth year grade TilHe Klsebach, fourth year grade Mary N. OKrien, third and fourth year trrade Grace Rogers, third year grade Mattie Glick, second year grade Alice Boore, first and second year grade Annie Thomas, first year grade.

Second District.— Jennie Farnham, principal, eighth year imuie Jane Herwy, seventh year grade Katherine Walsh, sixth yeisr grade May diver, fifth year grade Sarah A, Ward, fifth and sjxth yearn grade Mary ('. U'wis, fourth year grade

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year grade Kliza-

heth M. Wright, third and fourth years grade Wine (red Connelly, second year grade TilHe B. Stranse.

grade Mary A. Flunnegjtn, fourth and fifth year grade Agnes* Poshin, fourth year gmde Km ma B, Morris, third year grade Anna Hnehl, neei»nd year gtiule, I Alary B. Wilkins, first year grade Anna i, Walwr, seventh year ifrade,

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Seventh Dintrit't.— Win. Ward, principal, year gra»le Mary 1«\ 1UH VW, seventTi year grade Clova A. l^awremv, yeiir Jennie K. Bell, fifth year grade iiose B. tJrifHth, fourth and fifth gmde Jessie KrtHh fourth year gmde Lilian Siuiison, thisxl year gmde Maggie Wesley, third year gmde Helen Scheuman, wnonvl war grade Fmnh liannis'er, fii'st ami seeond y«»ar grade Kate W. Kbhitt, first year gmde.

Eighth District—Ovid Lawrence, prin-

Adorn I*. Knight, first and "second year ihgtrtttUw*

Eleventh Distriet—Ionise, liters, principle, seventh and eighth year grades I Flora l^ove, fifth and sixth War grades

iSarah K. Tarney, third and fourth year /grades Klixuloth NaUyt first ami seratid

jpvear grade*. f* Twelfth District—S- W. Stewart, prin *tnpal. fourth to eighth year grade® Jos.

uirratles Mary ... i^lai-vraret B. Pattem», weond war ferade Us N. Planett, firs! \-ears. I FourtetuUi dialriet—A. ILJlleflfickt ftriiunpal all g»ade«.

fftruicipai au graoe*. I Fifteenth district— Man* Redeler, principal. second and third year grades "jaura Itay. ttrat aud fourth year grades,

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Thfrn Utetrfet ^/ohn L. Gordon, prihci|«d, eighth year grade Helen lyler, seventh year grade Alice J. Dempsey, sixth year grade Agnes Brennan, fifth vear grade Jennie Ward, fourth year grade Kllen G. lJnrns, third year grade l.ney Brokaw, second vear grade lxniora pound, first year grade Emma I.. Merring, first year grade.

Fourth District.—-! larvev W.Curry, principal, seventh year grade Mattie lo» gan, sixth year grade Maxin F. Sanders, fifth year grade: Letlie liongtnan, fourth \«ar gnutc Ula Young, third year gmde Ihittie Rolltsehlld, second year grade lit Hornet F„ Brown, first and second years |L grade Fannie M. Beach, first year grade.

Fifth Distriefc.-rRae K, Wilkins, prineipal, seventh year grade Bessie K. I' Moore, sixth year gmde Julia Woodruff, fifth itud sixth year grade Margret B.

Thompson, fifth" year grade .Nannie M. 0 lluuter, fourth "year grade Nellie B. Harris, third year gmde Annie H. Howton, second year grade Delia Bromelette, "~F wcond and third year grade Alice M. 1 lehh, first year grade Sallie K. Davis, 1 lii-st year grooe. 4fs Sixth District.—Kate Punlv, principnl, second year gmd(» Margret Preston, «evenlh year gnide Margret KenneVj sixth 1 year gmde Klixaln'th Soloinan, filth year

"eipal, seventh and eighth year grades: juut. In Europe the people live in Marv Duncan, fifth and sixth veftrgradwi villages that are as imperishable as the Chester Fidlar, third and fourth year I hills. The houses are of stone roofed grades Liwtie NViw'inan, second vear hffith tile, and generation after generation grade Margaret Price, first year grade, occupy I hem. They do not require

Ninth District -Katharine A. Fischer, jt*pa»rit except at long Intervals,and those princij»al, fifth and sixth year grades I frightful fire loswc*, the accounts of which Gertrude M. Bomy, third and fourth occupy so much of our newspaper space, var grades Addle Sparks, »*eoud year I

German department—C." IVoust. prifir ipsd, and seventh diattiet Francw^ R. inhwedisa. and fourth dfettrict i.-,7 r—

THE PROSPECT IMPROVING. ito ..... OUN'S WEEKLY

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STATES THAT TMKRE IS

INCREASIHO ACTIVITY.

NKW YORK, Septemlier 7.—[Special.] I'. Cf. Dun & Co.'a weekly re\iew of trade says: Improvement is seen in most every department of business. With each week it becomes more certain that the crops of the vear will be large, and of late, the news from abroad has clearly indicated a large foreign demand, while such speculation as might arrest the outward movement of grain and provisions has^thus far been prevented. The prevailing opinion in tne street is that all danger oi monetary stringency is over for the year. The reports from other cities are unusually satisfactory. indicating at every point either improvement or continuance of previous activity where the expansion of trade had been greatest. At Chicago, August live stock receipts Were larger than for anv other month, and grain receipts increase, though receipts of provisions fall off. Sales and collections are tip to the average, and the supply of money is ample for the demand, though there is a slight tendency to hold off for tetter rates. "At Omaha and St. Paul heavy business continues, and at Kansas City there is increase, with monev at all these points in fair supply and collections fair. The demand is brisk at Milwaukee, but the supply ample. At Detroit collections are better and business increasing with the close of the long drought. At Cleveland there is great activity, especially in ore and pig iron, and the demand for ore seems to have actually exhausted the supply for the season. At Pittsburg and Philadelphia improvementcontinues in the iron business. The improvement in iron and steel is general at Philadelphia and Pittsburg, but large buyers hesitate here, and No. 1 pig is still quoted at $17 to $10, with rails at $28 to $28.50. The demand for liar iron is heavy and prices are advanced. Though the production is enormous, it is realized that theVost of making iron is advancing almost everywhere, and meanwhile the remarkable raise in prices abroad shuts all foreign competetition to an unusual extent. The coal trade does not improve, however, and the vote to restrict September production has failed as vet to bring the desired iucrease of orders.

OBITUARY. YR.-$4Y£:H

OR, J- N. BURR.

Dr. J. N. Burr died suddenly this morning at 8:10 at the residence of Mr. Frank Crawford, on north Seventh street. He had been complaining of feeling ill for several weeks past and had several attacks of heart trouble. Yesterday and last night, however, he was feeling much better and much encouragement was felt that the danger hud passed for the present. This morning Ife arose and dressed himself and was apparently better than usual. When Mrs. Crawford, who is a daughter of the deceased, went to his room she found her father again attacked with heart failure. It was but a short time until he had passed away.

Dr. Burr was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on November 15, 1800. He attended college at U'xington, Ky., and afterwards practiced medicine for over sixty years at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. About two years ago Mrs. Burr died and since that time the doctor has resided with Mr. and Mrs. Crawford. Dr. Burr was the oldest Knight Templar iu the United States and was generalissimo of the first grand eommandery of Ohio. He attended sixty annual elections of the grand lodge and was of the most prominent members of the K.T. in the country. He was the first Episcopalian in Knox countv, Ohio, and was a vestryman for many'years. He was well-known in this city and his death will IHJ learned with the (leepest regret. Mrs. Crawford and a son who result® at Mt. Vernon were the only children. Several of Dr. Burr's brothers are still living.

The remains will be taken to Mt. Vernon Sunday night and the funeral services will lie conducted Monday afternoon*

EUROPE'S IMPCRISHABLK VILLAOKS. A saving that counts is made hy not taking up the land and wearing out labor and destroying forests in the maintenance of fences. Has any one reflected how many millions the people of Ohio squander every year in tne reconstruction of the fences that divide the fields ami the farms of the state. Calculate the tens of millions that jwrish in the rotting rails. Why, our fences are costly war and* this is a gigantic usefulness that the Europeans avoid. We are constantly reconstructing our houses, tearing dowu and building up and doing temporary work instead of that which shall endure. Here is a triple waste of material, money and skilled labor. It is due' to the fact that we are characteristically improvident, but that this is comparatively a new country and we must to a great extent rebuild aud reconstruct. We shall find compensation if at ail in asoil not worn

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rude. Udia Whitaker, first vear grade,' year would nnvintain the German armvt Tenth District—John W. Suns, princi- and our fence and hmiso building would nil, fifth to eighth year grades C. T. fe^toke*, third and fourth year grades

rare. Our property burned every

do it over again, mercial Oaxette.

-M. Halstoad, Com

THE UMTT PAIR.

a half. (The clerk seiwa a pair of alip}H»rs ant) a blue pencil and retires lo the

.Jiirkson, iir«t to third year grades. "Here vou aie, Misa I wo and a halt, Thirteenth di*trkH~~0ra Moner, prsn-!

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Iripal, seventh and eighth v^r grades B. tries* on the slippers and to (Theresa Feidler, fifth aud sixUi year ,|M,m After her exit, the clerk rv E. (VMara,thinl ami fourth

M'm BluiHns -I wants pair of slippm. Two and a half In tny ?i*e. ttterk—W hat! Two ami a half? part of the government are delighted.

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mys to the proprietor

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order sonxe of ttKMe Ko. 5 Bs. the last pair,*"—America.

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itat*. second and fifth district Anna may alout thesantc lime mme men who the** to U» hundredtliotttnrtung, Ihinl andssixth dwtrieW

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MAWIS, (la., September t.-{8pecial.jj! —II. H. Rouse, J. W.Shivers and JohnI ShIn-rewmkilW by M.u.io*YwUr- .4A"!e: ,|«r. Thrv h»l takia (mm U» ant nnl.q.uteM h«i\T 0tonn under a ttw. X«r Iliuvh- oUtto dimagfd Ike mihlary liMdqiiuWn

had scmgiit siieHeir umK»r a raitn*d brvl^e aami dollar*. Slixfit ahocks still continue, were also killed by lightning. fAll the tlanger ia relieve*! to be over.

DYNAMITE, OIL AND DEATH.

aoo LIVES LOST BY A TERIilBIwE CATASTROPHE AT ANTWERP.

AM EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY A FIRE WMICH DOES

SY»R«'AN

INCALCULABLE AMOUNT OF

damage.

ANTWERP, September 7.—[Special.]— A terrible catastrophe occurred here yesterday and last night. Two or three hundred were killed by a dynamite explosion. The explosion occurred in a workshop where old cartridges were being taken to pieces. Men and women were actively at work breaking them up and 23,000,000 had been partly broken up. The fire covered two acres. The flames shot to an immense height. Amid the roar of the flames there is a continuous succession of loud reports, supposed to be from the explosion of packets of cartridges. Beyond the Russian tanks and noble sheds there were numerous houses burning.

S OIL FIRLD NOTKS. ~'VI. Work is slowlv progressing at the West Tcrre Haute weft, but there are no indications to report.

The casing is down at the Ellsworth well and a new jMicker is in use, but the water is not entirely shut off.

Fret! Cobham, the oil man who came here when the boom was on, is now at Paris, 111., running the Paris Hotel.

THE PHILADELPHIA LAUNCHED. THK BOAT IS CHRISTKNKD BY MISS WANAMAXER. Piui.ADKi.i'Hia, September 7.-—(Spe-cial.]—The cruiser Philadelphia was launched this morning at Cramp's shipyard at Port Richmond. She was christened by Miss Wanaiuaker, daughter of the postmaster general. Among those present were Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Wanamaker ami a mnnter of prominent naval officers who came by special train from Washington.

ffERRE HAUTE DAILY NEWS.

The latest estimate is that there are 300 dead and 1,000 injured. At the American docks all the ships were saved owing to the favorable direction of the wind. The stained windows of the cathedral are smashed, and it is feared that the steeple will collapse. The whole vi cinity is strewn with debris. The dock shells and hydraulic cranes are greatly damaged. The flames in the vicinity of the Cawoline bridge shop, where the first explosion occurred, nave at last leen gotten under control with great difficulty. Firemen did not dare to go near nough to reach the burning buildings with water owing to the incessant discharge of the explosives. The petroleum overspread the wharves, docks and streets with streams of fire and the firemen could only give attentien to buildings threatened by the approach of the names. Even these efforts were insufficient and the military had to be employed to blow up buildings, the igniting of which threatened to extend the conflagration. These explosions, mingled with thos$ of the cartridge factory and petroleum tutiks^the Police Gazette, stood by and vouched for this statement.

pulsed great trepidation in the city. To-day the scene of the conflagration looks as if the city had been under a siege and that that quarter of it hat! been carried by storm. The loss of life could not lie correctly estimated. Estimates say between 200 and 300. All the workmen in Corvilaine's factory have disappeared. Not a recognisable fragment even of the corpse of a single one has been found. They numbered 175. The injured fill the hospital and men and women are still being brought in as from a battle field. The national loss is incalculable. Hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum are known to have been destroyed. A number of large warehouses, with their contents, are in ruins. The docks are badly damaged. Shipping narrowly escaped. The p0jnted viewers oil poured out upon the water of*the ^mases of Scheldt and the river was a sheet of

all round the docks and far out hi the stream. The flames continue to rise from the petroleum warehouses at noon to-day. They were burning fiercely, soaring to a great height. An unfavorable turn In the wind blows them toward the city and there is some danger of the fire extending again. The numberof persons known to have perished is 125 and as many more are missing.

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ANEW OIL COMPANY.- I

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A MOVI MENT ON FOOT TO ORGANIZE A COMPANY WITH $50,000 OAPITAL.

An effort is now being made to organize an oil comjianv with $50,000 capital to be styled "The Citizens' Consolidated Oil Company," and the purpose of which is to drill as near the Diall and Phtenix wells as possible and from thence to spread out with the view of discovering in which direction the oil reservoir trends. Mr. Dialj is at the head of the concern and he sAys that unless $10,000 in ready cash is obtainable the scheme will be abandoned. He is not competent to make a statement as to when drilling will le commenced, assuming that the stipulated aipount of money is forthcoming.

PLACARD* Posrrm

PARIS, Septemler 7,~[Sjieeial.}—The government has permitted the posting of electoral placards of (Jen. Boui anger and M. Roehefort in Mont Martree and Belleville district*, and ttonlangtste wl»o reganl this as an indication of indecision on the

I Wlieve I spoke distinctly, two and typortnnist«, on the other hand, are

fwrk»us at tills concession. President Oamot returns to Paris Monday to preside over tlte ministerial conndt

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Eiiw^xl liambling, a tnunp hailing from St. Louis, with gool personal ap* I pearanoe was nvn over hy a freight train 1 and had afoot crushed at Reelsville lnd., last night and was brought to St. Antlioney hospital thb morning.

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$F§ THE ORONIN CASE TO-OAY.

SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1889. TWO CENTS.

BROOIE BRAVED THE FALLS.

THE FOOL FELLOW IN A RUBBER 8UIT QOES OVER NIAGARA FALLS.

NIAGARA FALLS, September 7.—[Special.}—Steve Brodie accomplished the feat today of going over Niagara falls, and outside of many braises and a sprain ed back and ankle was uninjured. Brodie wore a rubber suit which he put on at a point two hundred feet above the Canadian falls. His body was padded with cotton batting, his rubber suit inflated 52 inches around the waist and 75 Inches around the chest. The headgear was also greatly inflated and two steel bands were placed around the body for protection. At 5:50 Brodie entered the water with his paddle and a few moments later caught the current and waving the paddle to friends on shore was shot over the center of Horse Shoe Falls, passing with lightning rapidity over the outside of one of the volumes of water. He was quickly lost tgeview in the mist and fog and quite two minutes passed before he appeared below like a black speck bobbing and jumping about in the seething cauldron of water. Brddie was quickly caught in the rushing current, carried swiftly toward the American shore and then Mas swept toward the Canadian shore, where ac, attendant swam out 200 feet with a rope, which he fastened to Brodie's waist. The attendant made many attempts to reach Brodie before succeeding, but after fastening the rope he swam to shore with iJrodie who was quickly lifted out. Brandy waspoured on his temples and he was rubbed and chafed, out he remained unconscious for fully twenty minutes, blood oozing from his mouth, nose and ears, probably from the Shock or concussion. Finally ammonia was used and Brodie gradually came to himself. He is not injured in any way seriously and says he hopes to return to New York to-morrow.

Brodie's doctor says he is in a bad condition, having his senses only at intervals and then talking as if in a dazed state. When Brodie recovered consciousness at noon and was asked why he attempted the feat. He said he would have gone crazy had he not tried it as lie had overworked his brain thinking of it. W. H. Harding, of

ARRANGING ROAD MATTERS.

COMMISSIONERS PERHAPS FIND RELIEF FROM THE FKRRY QUESTION.

In the Commissioners, Court W. H. Farrell, S. S. Ripley and S. Cottrim were appointed viewers for road proposed to be changed, which will run from a point twenty-eight rods west of the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 13, town 13, range 8 in northwest part of Harrison township west. The road was ordered and viewers instructed to assess benefits and damages for J. H. Craff, Charles II. Moore, W. D. Summerville and Tighlman High's heirs. E. S. Erney, Fred Fischer and J. V. Cary were apto assess benefits and the following road ordered. East and west along the section line between sections 13, 18, 19 and 24, laying in Harrison and Lost Creek townships and intersecting the gravel road running into the city. The lands intersected by the road belong to Esther Whitesel, H. Ktrole, George Ferguson, Catherine Whitesel, W. H. Whitesel, Daniel Barbour, James Bolton, Francis Pickerell, Amanda Swinford, Benjamin Hale, Susan Whitesel and Mary l«oltz.

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To-dav the board was occupied with liquor license and granted the following: Frank McHugh, D. H. Housman and Charles Wernz.

The following-bills were allowed:

K. W. Campbell, Bridge Co. fund Albert D. Weeks, roads i.. Moore & Langen, public printing Hess A* Wisely, public stationery Ilcsf Wisely,

Hrttvorth, poor

Win. Lowe, Jr.. et al., roads Samuel Crandell et al., roads John McFall et al., roatls Marion McQuilkiti et air., roads.... Mnrtfn K. Leeetal., roads.. John V. Carr, etal., road» Kit jab P. Trench, roads Jcftnie MoComb et al.. roads EL M. Walmslev, public buildings W. E. Price Malone & Son, po«jr.....

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Oils A. Conr.inan, courthouse interest. 2.S06 .'So Ous A. Conzman, M. and S. M. O. roads ISO 45 Joseph Krisz, j:«M»r .'... 44

C«rl KretensteJn, sjwciHc Wrf r« C. W. Br«wn, bocks and stationery.fl Vt Fred Feidler, poor -^21 00

LOCAL BREVITIES. gf JTF,

Candidates for free scholarship in Coates collegti will le examined at 9 a. m. on Monday at the college.

The Dirigo dancing club have elected the following officers: Otto Horaung,

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resident Adolph langen, vice president Strause, secretary and president. John Webber yesterday sold to Joseph L. Pierson lots l'l, 14 and 15 in J. H. Berry's subdivision for $2,550. The lots are east of the city limits above Main street.

CHICAGO, September .7.—Special.]— Work in the Cronin trial was continued this morning. Considerable talk is stirring about- the state challenging Gross, the only juror, who was thought to have been accepted by both sides. The judge announced that the reasons for the challenge of Gross did not in any way reflect «n the counsel for the defendant, after which tlie panel was called ami examination of jurore proceeded.

POSTMASTER PAROOMCQ.

WASIHSHITOX, September 7.—[Special.] —The President has pardoned Dave Graham, Deputy Postmaster at Edwin, Ills., convicted of selling stamps for other than cash.

SuQAft RsriMKNV FWE.

NEW YORK, September 7.—[Special.]— The sugar refinery of Deck A Meyer, Willian»butK is burning ami will pitiably W totally tk*troved. It is nimored two mil to 4 men have but death.

OPP PCMI &UMPPC.

Saw YORK, September 7.—*[%ecittl.}— Among the Eoropoan paaaen»ets sail* ing Uwlay were ex-President Ie^time, of Hayti, aad Minister Wm. Walter Phelps*

NO fcCHM MWOII.

WARwrjfGTO^, September 7.-H^pecial.] ittcabinet meeting Unlay It was dedtled that no extsa anaon be caikdL

MORE FACTS AND FIGURES.

SOME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE FERRY Clf AlttSES*

THE STUBBORN COMMISSIONERS PROVIDED 8OFT 8NAP FOR THE FJCRRYMAN —THE TRAVEL.

The following is placed in the possession of the NEWS by a well known gentleman, who took occasion some time since to ascertain the amount of travel over the river grade. Here are the figures. "Record of traflie over river brides on September 4,1887, between the hours of 7:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. city: (hie-horse buggies 49. a. m.

One-hor^e buggies 17. p. m. -z. One-ho»^e wagons 25. a. m. 7 One-horse wagons 4, p. m. 4 Two-horst wagons 141, a. m. Two-horse wagons 21, p. m. Horseback riders 20, a. m. Horseback riders 19, p. nu Women on foot 13, a. in. .? Women on foot 5, p. m. Men on fxit 14, a. m. Men on foot 10, p. m. Four hundred and thirty-four people came to town in two-horse wagons, 133 in buggies, 52 iif one-horse wagonsand 40 on foot.

This record was kept at the trestle between Macksville and Terre Haute and hence does not include the many wagons that came by the river bottom road from the north.

Applying ferry rates to the above it will be found that tlie ferryman would have received'for transporting the above: One-horse buggies eiOc round trip) ,Si: 20 One-hoive wagons (20c round trip)..... '80 Two-horse wagons 'Sc round trip) Horseback riders (20c round trip( Foot passengers (10c round trip).

40 7 so 4 20

Total ......$71 September 4, '87, was a day selected at random. There was no esjeeial occasion for coming to the citv. It is just two years ago this month. I t. would not have cost the county over $10 per day to operate the ferry, yet Levi Dickenson, the wise man from Lost Creek township, never figured the cost of maintaining the ferry, number of persons crossing the bridge or anything else—simply let the contract to (iosnell an\l was too stubborn to materially changic his decision when the NEWS conclusively showed the enormity of the mistake that hail been made. Stint Henderson sustained Dickerson in his decision.

To say that the public is dissatisfied does not half express it. The kick is as great as before. The idea of placing a ferryman in charge who can tax the farmers rates by which he can not fail to make a big profit. Ildd (iosnell operated the ferry on September 4, '87 he would have figured the day's profits at $(50, provided he could have transported all the teams, carriages, wagons and passengers. What tlie public can not understand is why the over the river farmers should be made to pay a big amount to a ferryman for the privilege of coming to the city.

AIN'T GOT NUTHIN TO SAY»

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Isaac Ball, poor 8 82 40

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JOHNSTINO PROMISKS AN INTERVIEW WHKN HE "COMES TO TOWN AGAIN."

"Silenceis vocal if we listen" well, says Holland but, though a reporter listened with all his might for several hours, he couldn't possibly detect that the silence last night about the Columbia club building was vocal with any of the polical dogmas of ex-Congressman Johnson. That gentleman was seen by a NEWS man early in the evening at the Filbeck house and he promised very decidedly that, after lie had eaten his supper, he would favor the reporter with his views an political questions. It was thought that the gentleman had some knowledge of vital interest to the people concerning certain little matters of local political significance, and it was the reporter's misison to obtain and publish that knowledge. The latter was at the Filbeck house at the appointed hour and was there several times afterward, but the ex-congressman did not show up. He was finally found at the Columbia Club rooms, where he remained closeted with friends until a late hour—it is impossible to say how late. He sent word out to tlie nress representative stating that, he could be seen "the next time he came down.'! It was unquestionably the gentleman's intention to talk when first seen by the reporter, but his friends probably convinced-him that "discretion is the. letter part of valor."

STILL RIOTING IN THE SOUTH.

A STOREKEEPER BURNEO OUT FOR RECUSING TO SELL POWDER. W GHF.ENSWOOD, Miss., September 7.-^

[Special.]—The worst outrage since the beginning of the troubles in the upper part of this county was perpetrated by George Allen and his squad of negroes in burning Mr. Jamison's store at Shady Grove, on the Tallahatchie river, lecause Jamison refused to let them have powder and shot Jamison got away anu went toSunnyside, informing the people of what had happened. About the same time a negro deserter from Allen's band came up and offered to pilot the whites to Allen's camp, at Lone Star besid, if they would spare him and his two brothera, who were among Allen's men. About two hundted men at onfte started for the hostile camp, which is about six miles Above Snnnyside. It is not likely that he will be taken alive, as he is a very desperate negro. It now transpires that the negro whom he killed last Monday nigh? for refusing to take up arms against the whites was his own brother.

WTSKLY BANK STATKMCNT.

NEW YORK, September 7.—[Special.]— The bank statement shows again of $33,320,(fOO. The banks now hold *7,83£g&> in excess of legal requirements.

IN THAT FOMMOMLAND.

HIAWATHA, Kan., September 7.—{Spe-cial.}-—Albert Zobniuer, of Reserve^ has returned from Oklahoma with a disease which local physicians pfonotince yellow lever.

ft SAL C«TATK T*A*«PKKS.

Edward Watocm et ax. to Alice Horn, kit 71. Wm. H. Anderson ct ax. to W. fi*rdfrier, lot 135 Jewvtt'ii «ab„ tl.an.

Willi* Wade et nx.. to W. Gardiner, lot

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NEWS OF TO-DAY*

Professor Ruskin is said to beseriotisly Hi.

The Prince of Monaco is reported to be dying. Paris nolice arrest bill postere for putting up Boulangist pla»ms^S^ :t?f

Sir Charles Dilke is the guest ofJPrince Bismarck at Friedrielisruhe. Mr. Gladstone yesterday replied to an address of welcome at tfje Paris exposition. v'%! It

The base liall umpire. Marshall, who was struck by a bat, is not dead but will recover.

Vigorous measures are*being taken in

tne nours or parjs to prevent the clergv from takim? ., entering the part Jn tne elections

The law school of tlie Indiana Vniversity after being closed ten years will be re-opened Sept. 12.

A female bicyclist created quite a panic at the Rockford, Ills., fair by the scantiness of her attire.

John L. Sullivan will hold a big reception in New York to-night and give a, sparring exhibition.

Excavations at Sidney, O., discovered some wonderful remains of the work of the mound builders.

The German government has discontinued the fast trains notwithstanding tlie protests of the public.

Secretary Proctor is making ah 'investigation into the causes of the numerous desertions from the army.

Ohio and Indiana are said to ledd in the applicants for clerkships before tlie civil sen-ice commissioners.

Blackbirds have almost taken possession of Washington, lnd., and the citizens are making war upon them,

The Cardiff-Con ley light, which was to have taken place in Ashland is declared off on account of the governor's orders.

Indications are that the lalior question will occupy a great deal of time at the coming session of the German Reichstag.

Fifteen hundred dollars have been subscribed by the people of Johnstown to prosecute the South Fork Fishiug Club,

Denison D. Dana, treasurer of the Douglas Ax Company, of Boston, has defaulted in a large amount and ruined the company.

Mississippi farmers are said to be anxious to secure the services of Sullivan and Kilrain when they come down to work out their line.

THE STRIKE ENDED.

A DECISION REACHED THIS AFTERNOON--THE LORD MAYOR 8UCCESSFU^.

LONDON, September 7.—[Special.]—The strike is ended. The directors of the United Dock Company have agreed to the Lord Mayor's terms" of the compromise 4iurns and Til left have accepted the same on behalf of the dock laborers.

IiONDON, September 7.—[Special.]—The directors of the dock companies have favorably entertained the proposals of l^onl Mayor Whiteheath for a settlement of the strike, but will take it under consideration and have proposed in return certain terms conditional on their acceptance. The lord mayor's proposition had previously been rejected by the mass meeting ou Tower Hill at .which liurag presided.

GAMES WITH EVANSVILLE.

A 8KRIE8 TO BE PLAYEO FOR THK CHAMPIONSHIP.

Manager Schmidt, of the ball team, has made a contract with the Evansvilie management for a series of five games for the championship. The first two games will be played in Kvansville on September 28 anu 29. The Evansvi lies play two games in return on October 5 ami }. The fifth inline is lobe played on neutral ground. Terre Haute is determined to win and there will no doubt be great interest iu the games.

DEATH CAUSED BY SUFFOCATION.

IT APPEARS FROM THK CORONER'S INQUEST THAT TRENTON DIO NOT SUICIDE.

The evidence deduced from the coroner's investigation in the Cavil Trenton case indicates very clearly that the carpenter did not commit suicide, buf, being intoxicated, fell in such a manner that respiration was prevented and he died from suffocation.. No verdict, however, has yet been rendered. It will no doubt be in accordance

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NEWS FROM OHINA. 'J4.

SAN FKAXCIWO, Sepfemlier 7.—{Special.]Advices from China Unlay state that a memorial presented to the Kmjeror by the Governor of Kiangsu urged the construction of a railroad to tlie Russian frontier on tlie north, for the trans]Krtation of troops in case of an invasion from Russia, also advocates a railroad to Kesh gar to protect tlie western frontier and one to develop the copper mines.

The Singa|»ore Free Press states an encounter lietween Chinese and Dutch took place July 2fith at Koto Pohamah in Aseheen in which the Dutch troo|s were victorious. The Chinese lost thirty killed, the Dutch twenty killed and a larger number wounded."

BURNEO BY OASI.

XBW YOKK, September 7.—[Special]-— One man was burned to death and another prol»ably [permanently injtlml this afternoon by ihe ignition of gas in the street where they were working with a candle. Hie flames sjwuted sixteen feet high, enveloping the men. The others saved themselves by lying face downward in the bottom of the sewer.

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WASHIKGTOX, September ".—{Special.] It is understood here that friends of silver currency will make a vigorous ftgh to bring \*nUmt next session of Congres a bill for an increase of coinage of «ilve dollaia to the limit of 4,000,000,000 pe month.

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