Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 November 1889 — Page 2

DAILY EXPRESS.

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The city council this evening haa one more great opportunity to distinguish

i-yself.

The great and original Democratic rainbow chaser, Calvin S. Briee.can reed in the election gossip this morning the frightful effects of his example. When Brica came out into the northwest last year iD search of Democratic majorities in Illinois, Wisconsin and .Minnesota he did uot realize tfrnt this year the always sanguine Democracy would be clniming Iowa and Ohio, but they are. llapubiican majorities may not be eo big as a mountain this day, but they will be all

suflicient.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Is'ewe, was enlarged in si/9 yesterday and felicitates itself on its prosperity, not, however,without a sad reflection that the field tstarted to fill would not consent to be filled, yet rejoicing that there were found other fields were nothing was expected and much secured. It is sad, but still when a newspaper "is under no party or personal lash." thero is no telling how many additional columns of plate stull' it may need in grasping at a straw, paradoxical aa the remark may be. The News also says it will not be n'-igged into the discussion of any subject. Still we would like to know where this fearless champion of the people and the boiler type factories stands oo the tarifr question, which it says is of great interest to

the people.

O. 1).

Up All Night.

Hramley What is the chief expense of keeping a baliy Noodad—1The gas 1)111.

A "Furrc Comedy."

Watts-What are you doing with that dried alligator Playwright--He takes the title-role In my new comedy. •Sli! Wasn't in II. .Mrs. X. I'eck Here Is something J'oti ought to read, Nathan: "A plea lor the Mother-in-law." .Mr. X. I'eck-I'd like to see one who wasn't fully able to plead for herself. Mine I*. I'm sure.

A Man of Scruplos

One-legged Dorsey-Say, you chump, w'y dont ye put dac "I am Blind" sign on the front or ye/, instead of your back?

Conscientious Biggs—'Cos de front side o' me ain't blind. I don't want to git run In fer no false pretences.

An 1 niiiteiiiii'il Truth

Yabsley—Do ou belong to the society for the promotion of decorative art'.' Miss I.aura—Beg your pardon, Mr. Yabsley, but It Is decorative-accented on the second syllable It Is not decorative at all.

Yabsley- So I have observed.

Wou'il (Jt'Hce the Shelves.

Editor— Look here, can't you give young Biggars' new novel a more favorable notice'.' His father holds a mortgage of in'tie.

Crttlc—M-m-m. lemme see. I'll just say that the book is lit to grace the shelves ol anyone's library. And so It Is, lor a better piece of binding I never saw.

EXCflANltK KClIoKS.

Atchison (ilobe: The way to get rich with a rush Is to go slow. Chicago News: The Democrats ot the country havegotan edge on lheir hunting knives that would cut a hair. They are waiting lor (fovernor 11111. Maybe some day he'll learn a little sense, and not have so much to say about encyclopaedias and till gs.

Indianapolis Journal: The visit of the South American delegates Is IlkMv to prove as great an education to the people of tlds country as to them. It has set people to thinking and talking about South America in a way that is-pretty sure to lead to a better knowledge ol those countries than has prevailed heretofore. Maps, globes, encyclopedias and books of travel on South America will belli demand.

Pittsburg Dispatch: For the convenience of American parents and heiresses who desire to pro-, cure royal connections It Is desirable some expert on the subject should compile and publish a pilcellst of eligible European princes at once. I.lttle space need be given to SJCII matters as the charac: ter or financial standing of the royaltlds. but plenty of room necessarily must be set aside for the selling figures.

Helena Herald: We do not, as some Republicans, say that we are glad tli-it President-Elliott lias come out a full-lledged and Hat footed Demo crat. We regard It as a serious misfortune. Men o! trained Intellects ought to be able to break through the meshes of sophistry. The tendency is to make our most ambitious young men despise the learnlhg ot the schools when they see how lit tie It can do to keep men sound and level-headed.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Ptttslmrg Is In dead earnest in her scheme for a ship cana! between the dilo river and the lakes and is going to work svs-tem-ulcally to accomplish it. The latest step is the discover ot a supply ot water for reservoir purposes at an elevation high enough to supply the entire canal, and In unantlty abundant enough to meet all possible rt'nilrements.. It will be a greit day lor Pittsburg when this scheme Is consummated. for It will give her an outlet to Hie great North-west that site can get In no other way And if a good tiling for Pittsburg it will ba a good thing for Pennsylvania. tilobe-Democrat: The Bourbon tale that (ietieral Mahone would count himseli In as governor ami then appeal for feileral aid la about the silliest of the campaign yarns which that party lias thus far circulated this year. With the whole political machinery of the state in the hands of the Bourbons. and with all the bulldozers, thugs and ballot box stutters against hint, he would llnd some dllli cutty In carrying out such a programme, even In its preliminary stages, it he should attempt It. The iact. ol course, is that the Bourbons are far more Tightened than they dare acknowledge even lo themselves.

Pittsburg Dispatch: Miss May (iwendoilne Caldwell, the Washington heiress, has been reprieved. Her marriage to Prince Mural has been postponed. because of som° hitch with regard to the IKVimlary settlements, it Is said. The announcement of the reprieve will not surprise those who have read what Miss Ca'.dwell sala the other day on the question of pocket money for his royal highness. Th'se were her words: "I always Intend to be my own ilnancler. I am willing to allow any husband I .y have a suflicient Income to dress well and pay his club dues, but he will never have the management ota cent of my prlnctpal." This wa.enough to alarm any timid, lovesick prince. What does a sprig or royalty ally itself with a republican blossom for If there Is to be a limit to the princely allowance? No. If Miss Caldwell wants a husband who is not more eager to embrace her bank account than herself she must not expect to find him In the courts of the old world. No wonder Prince Murat displays most Intense irritation about the matter. He Is another royal beauty, and his tender spot Is Ills pocket-book. Treat that well and he cares not what happens. If the reprieve can be made permanent national congratulations to Miss Gildweil will be in order.

FUEL GAS.

Along with the talk of a diminished supply of natural gaa comes an important question to all consumers. "Could an adequate supply of fuel gas be delivered to workshops and homesas cheaply as natural gas?"

If, i3 well known that scientists and experts have for years worked energetically to solve tbe question. Here in Pittsburg where the failure of natural gas without an adequate substitute means a greater loss than in any other city, the question is proDably the most important of the day.

At the recent meeting of the American gaslight association this question was treated at length, and Mr. John Voung, of the Allegheny heating company, read a comprehensive and exceedingly lucid paper on the subject. He says:

The most formidable difficulty in the way of distributing fuel gas is that of producing it at a price at which people will buy. Moreover, the erratic and varying "demand and the great disproportion between the maximum and minimum demand is a further obstacle.

In order to make this matter as clear to you as possible, I shall deal with the whole of our domestic consumption in Allegheny City. This city is supposed to contain a population of from UO.OOO to 100,000. The number of houses is probably about 15,000. Of that number we supply 7,."00 therefore, ns an illustration of the quantity of fuel gas required for a given population, we can learn something of the capacity of a fuel gas plant required for its supply. The average consumption per house per dBy, Trom November 1 to April 1, was 2.000 feet, but as at least 75 per cent, of that quantity is used between the hours of 7 a. m. to 10 p. in., it would be necessary to provide for an average consumption of 100 feet per hour for each house, or at the rate of 750,000 feet per hour, iking for the fifteen hours a total of 11.250,000 feet. Add to this the additional 500 feet required for each house for the balance of the twenty-four hours, and we get a total of 15,000,000 feet as the quantify necessary to supply 7,500 consumers on an average winter day.

In providing for the supply of fuel gas to any community it will be necessary to provide manufacturing and distributing plants adequate to supp'y the greatest consumption. The greatest consumption will of course occur on the coldest days. Aa the temperature rises or falls, so in a regular proportion will the consumption be greater or leES. With a given consumption at:t'2 deg. temperature, it will increase 50 or 10 per cent, if the temperature falls to zero. In our changeable climate, such a fall often occurs within 21 hours. Within that period the consumption may rise from 750. 000 feet per hour to 1,125,000 feet per hour, requiring 10.S75/J00 feet in the 15 hours, instead of 11,250,000 feet, an increase of 5,025,000 feet in fifteen hours. Vou can appreciate the difliculy of being suddenly called .upon to increase your production by over 5,500,000 feet. Therefore, to avoid intermittent work and provide against failure of supply, it will be necessary, in order to supply even the comparatively small number of 7,500 consumers, to have an enormous storage capacity.

Tffe dilliculties that have to be met in erecting a fuel gas plant are, first: The necessity of providing a manufacturing aud distributing plant equal to the greatest demand (which demand may only exist for two or three weeks in the year), involving great outlay and comparatively small returns. The providing for erratic demand necessitating great storage capacity or else intermittent and expensive working. It may not be unintetesting if I try aud give you an idea of the capacity and cost of a fuel gas plant neccessary to supply 7,500 consumers. 1 shall assume the possibility of distilling the volatile matter from a bituminous coal and converting the residual coke into water gas at one operation in the same vessel. I shall assume that the process will produce IJO.OOO feet per ton of coal of the mixed gaeee. giving -100 heat units per cubic feet. 1 shall also assume (which is considerable of nu BSsumption) that by improved appliances for using the gas, one foot of the fuel gaa containing -100 heat units per foot can be made to perform the same amount of work than one foot of natural gas is now doing with its 1,000 heat units per foot.

I shall further assume that coal will cost £2 per ton, and that each stoker (1 do not know any better term) will produce 75,000 feet per day. To get at tbe maximum quantity required, it will be necessary to get the average temperature for the five months on which our figures are based, then allow for the extra quantity required at a zero temperature. The average temperature for the live months was deg, and, as the average daily consumption of gas was 15,000,000 feet, we must add at least 50 per cent, to that quantity, making 22,500,000 feet, the maximum daily quantity that must be provided for. The yearly capacity of a plant providing 22,500,000 feet per day is 8,212,500,000 feet, but as during (we shall say) eeven monthB of the year the average daily consumption is only 15,000,000 feet, aud during the other five months only one fifth of that quantity, the total amount required for the year la only otflV.),000,000 feet, equal to only 11 par cent.-of the actual producing capacity of the plant-. am not eulliciently conversant with the cost of fuel gas plants to give a very correct estimate of the cost of a plant capable of producing and distributing 22,500.000 feet per day, but if I place it at 830.000,000 I think I shall rather underestimate than overestimate it. With these data we shall try to show at what figure fuel gas can be produced.

Cents er 1.(«I0 feet.

ltH.&U tons '.'il. at i'JI.'.trt! or O.UtMjO 18.520 days, one man. 'J7.0HI or (l.OvMW Management and oBice expenses LHUXJ0 or 0.0034'.' Distribution, repairs and maintenance (streets) iSi.OiK) or 0.00714 Wear and tear and yard expenses 3t»,yjn or (Uilono Kiglu per cent, on f3.OGO.OOJ.... or (I.OtiD'Jo

IF ITS

It will be seen that in providing for the wants of even a comparatively small community we have to deal with large quantities, aud if the use of a fuel gas were to bscotue anything like genera! in our lartce cities the consumption of raw ma ertal would be enormous. At this point it is pertinent to inquire what material can be had in sufficient quantity to supply such a large demand, and I think we can reply unhesitatingly coal, aud coal only. It is also safe to make the assertion that the whole of the coal must, be converted into the gaseous form. If the volatile portion of the coal alone were used, no suflicient market could be found for the immense amounts of secondary products, such as coke, tar, ammonical liquor, etc. While petroleum mBy be a factor in the production of fuel gas. so far as my knowledge extends, its quantity is too limited to be depended upon as a universal fuel.

You will observe there is nothiDg included for purification or leakage. If the above figures are anything near

correct, they indicate that a fuel gas, containing 400 heat units per foot, can be produced and sold at 20 cents per 1,000, when the quantity produced is large. The problem to be solved is: Can this gaa be made to perform the work of heating and cooking in a house at a cost not to exceed 25 par csnt. more than the cost of coal? I believe it must do this in order to become a popular fuel. One ton of coal will develop 27,000,000 heat units. :i0,000 min of gas at 400 heat units per foot will develop 12,000,000 heat units. By perfect combustion and greater utilization of the developed heat, it may be possible to make 30,000 min of gas perform the work of a ton of coal, but even then the 30,000 min will equal coal at $0 per ton.

THE DEADLY WIRE.

K!«»ctrlcitjr .Again Plays Havoc in the Streets of New York City. NKW YORK, November 4.—An electric

light current this morning roasted a horse to death, threw the driver to the ground and knocked a police sergeant senseless.

As in the Peeks case, the deadly current reached its victims through a telephone wire. A big pole, carrying many wires, stands on Fourth avenue, near the corner of Twenty-eighth street. About 4 o'clock this morning a telephone line fell to the street and formed a loop across the down track of the Fourth avenue' railroad. Soon afterward Thomas Whelan, driver of :i newspaper delivery wagon, came along. His horse stepped on the apparently harmless wire, came to a halt and then sprung aside and fell. The jolt to the vehicle threw Whelan to the street, and when he arose to hia feet he received a shock which threw him prostrate into the gutter. Regaining his feet again the driver undertook to" raise the horse, but as soon as he touchid the animal he received another shock. He then comprehended the situation and lay still. Citizens attracted to the scene noticed Hashes of blue flame darling from the prostrate horse. The flashes came from all parfs of the animal's body, and the smell of burning flesh was perceptible half a block away.

Whelan was assisted to his feet, but the horse was given a wide berth. Oae man ran to the Thirty-fifth street police station and reported the accident, and Sergeant Albert MacDonald nod lluindsman Thomas Cassidy hurried to the scene. The horse was still emitting sparks of lire. Calling out all the reserves,a guard was established at points sufficiently far from the roasting animal to keep all wayfarers from the fatal spot. Sergeant MacDonald undertook to find the deadly wire, and, in making a turn around, the wagon came in contact with it. Tbe wire struck him on the forehead, and he fell senseless to tho pavemont.

Roundsman Cassidv went to the rescue of his stricken commander, but when he caught hold ot the sergeant's leg he received a shock which compelled him to release his hold. A second effort was more successful, and, after being carried to the sidewalk, the sergeant slowly recovered his senses. His head was covered with blood, and above hie brow was the imprint of the wire, while near it was gash, evidently caused by the fall. He was dazed and almost helpless, and was taken home.

Ab^ut 5 o'clock, up to which time the horse continued.,,to roast, it occurred to some one to send word to the Manhattan electric light company's shop in west Twenty lifth street. Foreman Knight and two linemen visited the 6cene with rubber boots and gloves, and found the deadly wire, on the end of which the horse's body lay. They pulled it down from the pole, and after the horse had been dragged from the track, travel was resumed. A deep furrow was burned in the animal's back. Efforts to find the point where the wire crossed the electric transmitter were of no avail.

DK. TALMAGE'S SCHEME FAILED.

Offer in to iimn His N«\v Tabernacle After Any One Tor $100,000. The Kiv. T. DaWitt Talmage has left a

bad impression upon hisSt.Louis friends. H. Culver, of the Wrought-iron range company, who has given as much money to churches as any man in the West, feels very much aggrieved over the course Brother Talmaize recently took to secure £100,000. Mr. Culver is very wealthy and very much of a christian gentleman. He r-cently lost by death a son in whom all his afTections were centered. He built a tabernacle in honor of his son's memory, and when Dr. TaliuBge was West paid him S1.000 for a lecture and sermon delivered in the tabernacle, providing him with a special railway train. This great liberality muBt have astonished Dr. Talmage, aud he made note of it. When the Brooklyn tabernacle burned Dr. Talmage sent Mr. Culver a modest request for $100,000. He informed Mr. Culver that if the latter would give the money th=* tabernacle would be named after his dead son. Talmage worked on the father in every way, but Mr. Culver refused to give the money, which ihe doctor said would be "an expression of Westeru liberality." Dr. Talmage sent Mr. Culver over four hundred words by telegraph urging him to give up after the gentleman had refused. Then it WBS found that he wae working men in Kansas City and Omaha in tho same way, offering to name his tabernacle after dead relatives on condition that $100,000 be subscribed.

The American Horse Show. CHICAGO, November 1.—The Ameri­

can horse show continues to be one of the attractions of the city. Up to this evening over 618,000 had been received for the admission of spectators to the show at the exposition buildipg. To day was the second regular day, though the doors h'.ve been open altogether four days. Actual figures compiled this afternoon record 12,010 paid admissions on Saturday night alone. Estimates of the value of the horseflesh at present under th3 roof of the exposition building, put the total, according to some judges, at $2,500,000. Among the 1,500 equine aristocrats on exhibition are the $105,000 trotter Axtell and the fastest pacer in the world, Johnston. One stable alone, that of the Hamlin'p, of Buffalo, is insured for $100,000. Tfce exhibit of the Dunham stock farm has an insurance of $'250,W. and that of the Elwood farm an equal amount. Among others particularly notable is the exhibit of John A. Logan, jr., insured for $100,000.

A Fi lit With Indians,

TV«-so*, A. T., November 4.—News was received here this morning of a fight

between a detachment of troops from Fort Huachsca under Sergeant Pickets and Indians, ten miles from Crittenden. A number of shots were exchanged, but none of the soldiers] was hit. Corporal Griffin 4s missing. Signal fires are seen in the Whetstone mountains to the south and Salt River Pinal mountains to the northwest. From this it would 6eem there were more Indians out than the fugatives who murdered Sheriff Reynolds and guBrd Saturday.

THE TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1889.

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RAILROAD NEWS NOTES.

General and Personal Mention ol' General and Local Interest.

No. 185 is being doctored in tbe round house. Al. Ragan, of the Vandalia, is visiting his family at Vincennes.

A new six-foot grind-stone wae Eet up in the machine shop yesterday. The men in the P., D. it E. shops at Mattoon were cut to nine hours Friday.

A daughter arrived Bt tbe home of Fireman George Lauderbach Sunday morning.

Edward Smith, train dispatcher on the Logan division ot the Van, is visiting at his old home in Darlington.

Curt Weiser, of the machine shop, is carrying a thumb bound in a rag. He was bitten by a dog with which he was playing.

In addition to his duties as master of transportation, Mr. G. A. Hurd, of the E & T. H., has been appointed superintendent of telegraph.

George WatBon, of the car builder's office, cut the right fiuger on his left hand to the bone yesterday afternoon, while sharpening a lead pencil.

Foreman Fritz, of the C. Sc E. I. round house at Danville, is in the city with his son, whom he has placed in tbe care of an oculist to have his eyes treated.

Henry Mclntyre, formerly of the paint shop but now the proprietor of a urishing grocery store at Merom, was around renewing old acquaintances yesterday.

The many friends of Jacob Peters, of the erecting shop, treated him to a pleasant surprise Saturday evening at his home, on north Tenth street, the occasion being the 50 anniversary of his birth. In addition to making the evening a pleasant one socially, they presented him with many handsome presents.

The Locomotive EuBiueers. DENVER, Col., November 4—The loco

motive engineers to-day considered Bnd adopted the report of the committee on constitution and by-laws. A very important amendment to the constitution was then adopted. Heretofore when a fireman was promoted to an engineer he could not joiu the Brotherhood of Engineers without first resigning from the Brotherhood of Firemen. The amendment adopted to-day allows a new engineer to join the engineers and at the same time retain his membership with the firemen's brotherhood. After some routine business the convention adjourned to meet at Pittsburg one year laence. _____

lMfOKTAST RAILWAY DSAL.-'

The Big Four I'eople Capture the Line of the Chicago Eastern Illinois,

President H. H. Porter and others interested in the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway company and the Indiana coal company have bad conferences in New York for the last week or two with President Ingalla of the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio, and other parties connected with the Vanderbilt interests, says the Chicago Herald. Rumors have been current for several days that negotiations were in progress by which the "Big Four" or rather the Vanderbilt people were to secure control of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road. It is now stated that negotiations for the acquisition of that company by the "Big Four" have been concluded and that its management will be turned over to the latter at an early day. The acquisition of the Chicago & Eastern linoia will give the "Big Four" and Chesapeake & Ohio what they have long desired—-namely, an independent inlet to Chicago with excellent terminal facilities in the heart of the city. The Big Four at preEent terminates at Kankakee, and from that point comes into this city over the tracks of the Illinois Central, with which it has a traffic agreement, and the Illinois Central affords it but poor terminal facilities for the handling of freight or the accommodation of passengers. By the new purchase it acquires a part interest in the Polk street passenger station, and in the Western Indiana A- Belt line railroads, and obtains possession of the commodious freight houses of the E.istern Illinois at Twelfth street.

BOSTON, November 1.—Officials of tbe Chicago A- Eastern Illinois have not as yet been advised of the consummation of the consolidation of the road with the Big Four. The report of a consolidation is not only possible but probable.

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

The following resolutions of respect were adopted at a meeting of Terre Haute Typographical union, No. 70, on the death of S. K. Chri3tv, who departed this life on Monday, October 21:

Whereas. It has pleased the Almighty Hod. the Supreme Antohr of the universe, to call "time"' on the oldest inelnb-r of our organization, S. K. Christy, and

Whereas, That In the death of BrotherCtirlsty, Typographical Union No. 76 has lost a faithful and attentive member, whose wise council, sound judgment and SHfje advice will be olten missed In guiding the deliberations ot our meetings. Therefore, bj it

Resolved, That we deplore the loss of a useful member, and his family a loving and Indulgent lather.

Resolved. That we sympathize with the bereaved family of the deceased in their sad atliictlon. Resolv d, That the charter of our union be draped In mourning tor the space of thirty days, and these solutions lie Inserted in tbe minutes of our meeting In respect for our departed brother.

Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be sent for publication to THK Kxruiws, News and Mall, of this city, and to the Craftsman, of Washington, D. C.. and Typographical Journal, of Indianapolis, and also a copy placed In the bauds of the family of our deceased brother.

J. I'. MACDOSAI.II. A. C. SHArrui'K, A. W. MAI:ON.

Commit tee.

SOME COOKLNU KEl'lPES.

How to Prepare Some of tli:? Kiiuiri of Fooil Now in Season. Swiss Stew—Four pounds of bref, four quarts of cold water, one tablespoonful of salt, ono salt-spoonful of cayenne, one pint of potatoes, one pint of cabbage, one pint of sweet potatoes, two cupsful of celery, two tablespoonful6 of chopped parsley, one pint of chestnuts. Cut the beef in small pieces and put on to cool in cold water: remove the scum, add the salt and cook slowly for three hours: then add the vegetables cut the potatoes and ce'ery into small pieces and chop the cabbage remove the sheila from the cheetnuts aud parboil them before adding the soup, and remove all the brown skin boil until the che3tnui-s and vegetables are tender add boiling water as the liquor boils away.

Roa3t Quail—Pluck, draw and wipe dry, cut off the head, leaving sufficient skin on the neck to skewer back, rub with salt and pepper and sprinkle a little sage inside, oring the legs close to the breast, pass skewer through the thick part of tbe thighs, roast thirty minutes, baste with butter frequently, and serve with gravy and fried balls of dressing.

Chicken Potpie—One pair of chickens, joint them and boi'. in three quarts of water, with a few slices of 6alt pork added season with salt and pepper. When they are nearly done add a crust made of one quart of Hour, one salt-

spoonful of salt, four teaepoonBf uls ot baking powder mix with water or milk to a stiff batter and drop into the kettle while the chicken is boiling cover very close and cook half an hour.

THE i)KATH OF MR. NIPPEBT.

The Funeral Arrangements—Resolutions of Respect. Vesterday morning Mr. John Theo-

bold, traveling auditor of the Vandalia road, examined the private papers of the late Firmin Nippert, his uncle. Among them was a certificate bv the mayor of Guingiange, in the department of Moselle of the birth of Mr. Nippert on September 25tb, 1819. These certificates were necessary because they fixed the years o? service in the French army. According to this Mr. Nippert was 70 years, 1 month and days of age at the time of his death, a definite fact unknown to his most intimate friends. Mr. Nip pert leaves one brother in this country, August, now on the Pacific coaet, and two brothers in Europe. There were several sisters, including Mrs. Theobold, who are now dead. In the hasty gathering together of his private papers yesterday no will was found, but it is thought that one will yet be discovered. While Mr. Nippert had no close confidences about hie own affairs, those best informed fix his wealth at $250,000.

The funeral services will be held at the Hemiuway residence to morrow at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rsv. F. S. Duuham, of Auburn, N. V., formerly of St. Stephen's Church here, assisted by the Kav. J. D. Stanley.

At a meeting of the board of managers of the Rose Polytechnic institute held on Monday morning, November 4',h, the following resolutions were passed:

Whereas, By tbe atli of our fellow member, Kirniln Nippert, this boaid has lost a valuable coadjutor the cause of education a liberal, but unpretending friend and this community a public spirited and upright citizen therefore it is proper that we put upon record our sincere regret for the loss we have sustained, our appreciation of his services In the management of the trust In which he took such a lively Interest, and our acknowledgment of Ills uniform courtesy and deference to the opinions ot Ills associates—tne unfailing mark of a true gentleman.

Resolved. That together with the faculty we will attend the tuneral In a body, and invite the tcustees of the Rose orphans' home and the Rose dispensary to join with us and that these proceedings be spread upon the minutes ol the board, and that a copy of same be furnished to the dally press for publication, together with the resolutions adopted by the faculty hereunto apoended.

At a meeting of the faculty of the Rjse Polytechnic institute the following resolutions wore adopted:

Resolved. That we, the faculty of the Rose Polytechnic Institute, recognize that In the death of Firmin Nippert, an esteemed member or our board of managers, the institute and all connected therewith have suffered the loss of a most active and eiticlent officer and friend He was a man of few words, but of resolute action and acknowledged ability. His charities were many but unostentatious.

In all his relations with the Rose Polytechnic Institute this principle or uulet giving was carried out.

Any enterprise to Increase its efficiency met from him with a hearty support. He was ever ready to interest himself in and help a deserving student. He will be missed In many ways and we shall mourn for him as for a true friend, we shall recall his deeds and revere his memory as that of a noble man.

To Ills friends and relatives anil to all who mourn with us as a friend departed, we extend our sincere sympathy.

At a meeting of the board of directors of the Terre Haute iron and nail company tbe following was ordered to b6 spread upon the records of this company.

The death of Mr. Kirniln Nippert, which occurred on Sunday, the 3rd Inst., removes from our midst an honored associate on this board, and Its most valued m'mber. Kor a number of years the efficient prcskient who brought success and character to this company by his untiring energy and unblemished Integrity. A good cltlzen-with a tender heart and op^n hand-his work extended to the whole community. This board sincerely deplored his death, and tenders the earnest sympathy of Its members to Ills Immediate relatives and friends.

SUPREME COUltT.

Abstracts of Opinions Rendered Saturday, November 'J 1889. COUSTV THKASl'KKH KMIIKZZI.EM KST IND1IT1ENT.

H.lil'J. Kdwln R. Stropes vs. the State, (ireene C. C. Reversed. Coffey, j. Where a criminal statute Is not to receive a construction as broad as the language used would seem to warrant, but Is to be narrowed by construction. an Indictment drawn in the language ol the statute will not be sufficient. The act of March 5, ltfiS (Elliott's supplement, sec. 3-10), makes it embezzlement for a county treasurer to fall to pay over the money in his hands at the end ol his term to his successor, but as there mav be circumstances under which the failure of lie trensurer to pay over money will not render him liable to prosecution, the Indictment must allege that Ills failure to account was felonious or It will not be good. mi.L OK EXCEPTIONS—'TIME OK I'KKSENTIMi AND

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14,455. Elizabeth Rigler vs. Mary Rlgler et al. Vigo C. C. Reversed. Mitchell, J. Under section ft! ). R. S. 18S1. a bill of exceptions does not become a part of the record until It has been presented to the judge within the time limited, aud the date of its presentation stated in the bill. It is not proper for an appellate tribunal to Institute an Inquiry or investigation outside of the record its,elf for the purpose of ascertaining what the record contains, or to determine whether excuses exist for not Jiiakinu a complete record. The proper practice of signing or presenting bills of exceptions. alter the time limited therefor has expired, Is to have It done by an order or the presiding judge nunc pro tunc An affidavit stating that the presiding judge was absent when the time for presenting the bill expl'ed. c-uuiot be considered a sufficient excuse falling to get the bill in the record.

HUSIiAS!) AND WIFE—.MIIKTiA(iK-SOKETV»UIP. li),7K!. Samuel Stewart et al. vs. Noah Babbs et al. Switzerland C. Reversed. Berkshire, J.

MM. Stewart and Mrs. Summers owned jointly a tract of land. The latter conveyed her Interest In the land to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, who took as tenants by entireties, and for the purchase money to 'k Mr. Stewart's Individual note, which was secured by a mortgage executed by both the Stewart's upon Mrs. Stewart's Individual interest and also upon the land received rrom Mrs. Summers, in a suit to foreclose the mortgage, Mrs. Stewart set up coverture and suretyship, under section 5.Ill), R. S. 1831, as to her Individual Interest In the land. Held: That the plea Is good.

CONVEYANCE—SETTISii ASIDE —FRAW. 13,1102. Joseph Rollet et al. vs Louis Helman. Vanderburgh C. C. Affirmed. Elliott C. J. 111 A deed made by an Insane person can only be avoided by the grantor or his privies in estate or blood, hence a judgment creditor can not have a conveyance made by Ills debtor set aside on the ground that by the excessive use of intoxicating liquor the debtor had bee me mentally Incapacitated to convey. i2i A complaint must be judged by Its general scope and tenor, and where a complaint to set aside a conveyance, when thus judged, Is Mitliclent on the theory that the conveyance was made to defraud creditors and accepted by the grat'tee with knowledge of the fraudulent purpose attd as a volunteer, paying no consideration. It will be so held, and averments of other matters will be treated as surplusage. .lUIKiMENT -Nl'NC I'lt" TI NT INTKltVENlNO III"1 KNT-i. 13 211. Wellington Y. Leonard et al. vs. Samuel Broughton et al. Noble C. C. Affirmed. Olds..I.

In this case It appears that on .January 10,'isa. the circuit court entered a judgment, nunc pro tunc, as of the date ot March 10. 1875. Between the date when the judgment should have been entered and the iN.te or the nunc pro tunc entry the appellants obtained judgments against the same party and levied upon and sold real estate. The Judgments obtained by appellants were upon obligations existing prior to .March 10. 1875. Upon a stile under an execution Issued on the nunc pro tunc Judgment the appellees became purchasers of the real estate. Held: That the appellants, having parted with nothing on the faith that the land was unincumbered. help It under their pui chase subject to tbe prior Hen of the nunc pro tunc judgment.

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15,(101. The state vs. Henry French. Sullivan C. C. Rehearing denied. Elliott, C.J. An affidavit charging trespass, under section l.:»41. S. 18-31. must contain some description Identifying the premises upon which it Is alleged the accused trespassed.

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A thir^Pof the deaths irr the. French army are due to typhoid fever. An official estimate of the population of Greece places it at '2,1ST,208.

Maria de Ayala, now living in Florence, A. T., is reported to be*l l- years old.

The new Chinese consul nt Now Yoik C:ty rejoices in the name of Shame Fun. Eighty-five thousand tulip bulbs will be planted in the New York parks this fall.

An Ohio girl hns a photograph album containing the pictures of fourteen men to whom she Bays she has been engaged.

In a colony numbering seventy fire in Tulare county, California, no church or saloon is tolerated,, board of trustees governs the whole.

Charles Dickens' house at flad'd hill, London, is for oaie. The cherished home of the ereat novelist can be purchased for S3:?,000.

A yellow book issued at Pekin gives tbe population of China proper in 1S37 as :03,241,S)G0, which was gain of 1,1(54,8S2 over the year before.

The people of Florida flatter themselves that their 6tate is on the eve of a long-continued prosperity from the overflow of Northern immigrants and capital.

A York county, Pennsylvania, schoolmistress has got into trouble through fastening sticking plasters over the mouths of pupils to keep them from talking.

A man in a Milwaukee court, when asked if he could testify to the veracity of a neighbor, replied, "Well, I would believe him if I kuew what he was saying to be true."

A wealthy citizen of Alameda. Cal, who died a week or two ago, provided in his will that if any of his children marry first cousins they shall forfeit their share of the property.

In transmitting a message from San Francisco, Col., to Hong Kong, China, via New York, Canso, Penzance, Aden, Bombay, Madras, Penang and Singapore, about fifteen minutes are consumed.

In 1839 there were about, 00,000 acres of fruit trees growing in England now there are 21-1,000 acre?. Yet last year 3,800,000 bushels of apples were imported by the mother country at cost of .t'800,000.

There are less than half a million Jews in France, yet the prefects of sixty-two out of the eighty-four departments are of the Jewish faith. The fact was recently made public and created a grave sensation.

The imperial party which was staying at Fredensborg, last week, comprised an emneror, two empresses, three kings, two queens, for heirs-apparent to thrones and twenty-nine princes and princessee.

On Sunday last two wild partridges was -seen walking through the public square at Kooxville, (ia. They were not in the least excited, and waited -lietly while a prominent resident ran for his gun and shot them dead.

S. W. Kendig, of Barbour county, West Virginia, while out squirrel hunt ing, stepped on the butt of a tree. The log rolled down the hill, wrecked the kitchen attached to J. W. Haller's residence and smashed up the furniture.

The Russian ukase forbidding female telegraphers from marrying any persons except male telegraphers has been revoked, and now they may marry "any man of respectability" after having obtained oflicial permission.

An entirely new rose, called the "rainbow rose," was exhibited at a recent flower show in San Francisco and received first prize. It is small, of a delicate shade of rose-pink, with darker bars running lengthwise of the petals.

Montreal is beginning to .attract the gamblers. Every day sees the departure of some of the crack knights of the green cloth, and at least six of the well known gambling houses in New York will be represented in Montreal this winter.

While prow ing round a cornfield near Deep Creek, Norfolk county. Vn., on Wednesday, a gypsy woman got caught in a bear trap. The gun exploded and wounded her mortally. Her dead body was found lying inside the trap on Thursday morning.

Thebridgeof the Pennsylvania. Potighkeepsie & Boston railroad at Portland, Pa., recently completed, is one of the largest in the United States. It is 0i feetti'i inches, and the viaduct is 0'.)3 feet 7 inches, making a total cf 1,021 feet and an inch.

What is known as the "tree of life" is growing in the United Brethren Church at Falmouth, Lancaster county, Pa. The plant is of the epice-wood variety. It has now attained the height of three feet, and shot from the earth through a knothole in the pulpit floor.

The longest distance over which telephoning can be maintained is uncertain 7 10 miles is a common daily occurrence, but two gentlemen quite recently carried on a protracted conversation between Charleston, S. C., and Omaha, a distance of about 1,500 miles.

George Fredericks, who lives near Leetonie, was scared nearly out of his wits the other night by something he thought was a ghost at bis bed-room window. Investigation showed, however, that the intruder was only his old white mare, who seemed to want to take a peep into her master's sleeping apartment.

Lstel) two gentlemen from Danvillp, Pa., returned home on the express from a hunting trip near Driftwood, on the low-grade railroad, after a two days' hunt, with ISO squirrels, which moat folks would say is a mighty good result. Detective Weetbrook, who wns on the train, says it was the largest pile of squirrels he ever saw at HUB time, and that they would till a two-bushel bag.

Hyppolite being inaugurated by hia generals and colonels (the privates were picking coffee and couldn't go to the ceremonies), the gold dollar has come down in premium from $1.80 to SI 2-S, and every one says that the government will ba a success. Tbe coffee crop is so good that everybody is happy. But who attended to the growing of this crop while Hyppolite and his soldiers were away at the wars?

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