Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 23 January 1891 — Page 3

THE REPUBLICAN.

P«MI*h«rt by

W. S. MONTGOMERY.

GREENFIELD. INDIANA

THE impression is general that money will be plenty after the middle ,of this month. cThis will make stocks advauee all along the line. Stocks 'just now are the only weak property on the market.

All

well sustained.

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other values are

THE appropriations for the benefit of the Sioux last year aggregated $1,523,000, and the present troubles will entail a large additional expense ©n their jaccourit. That is to say, they are costinsr far more than they are worth for any purpose.

FOE four years, from 1877 to 183\, Tihe Sioux \vere under military control, and during that time they made more progress in civilization than is to b« cr "'ted to them for all the rest oJ '•^'ie'r career. Is not this a lesson that should be heeded irutthe work of solving the Indian problem?

THE bonded debt of the country, which is the only part at all burdensome, will probably be cut considerably below the $600,000,000 mark long before the close of the li seal year ot June 30 next. It now amounts to $618.000,000, and it was reduced to the ex* tent of $7,000,000 in December. Of this sum $59,000,000 is in 4Js, which mature next September, and $559,000,000 is in 4s, which run to 1908. ,APS

are told that the Indians

attacked

r'apt.

Wallace's party would

hive surrendered if they had been alMowed to retain

their

arms, and that

tfr'J ti-ouble would all be over, leihaps this particular party would, but that ^-ould not have affected the course of the other roving bands, or ol •this band on the following day. But supposing that this party should have given up in good faith if its members had been permitted to keep their arms! What did they want with arms? Arms could have been used for but one purpose—to kill the soldiers and the .settlers. Garao is extinct in their locality, and the government furnishes them wit hi food. Arms should p-o^er have been allowed them in tb- Z.v*t place. The fact that such large

bers of savages should have been allowed to retain them ih -.a section Where the settlers were so numerous and helpless, and the soldiers so fewt is one of the amazing features of our ^jjxlfaordiaary. a#d infamous Indian policy.

infer from some recent pieces o, East African news, says the JSew York Sun, that the German Government does pot yet fully understand the business of niandging foreign territorial posses*, fiious. Of all the Nations of thewoild, England is the most dextrous operatof in that line. She holds vast domin* ions in many parts of the globe she establishes great and powerful colonies In landb faraway from her own shores, and she keeps under her svrov hundreds of millions of people belonging to many races. She maintains the peace throughout an empire far surpassing that of ancient Rome in populousness and magnitude. English statesmen have learned by long experience how to govern foreign colonies and other possessions. Some of them have their own Parliaments and enjoy Quasi-independence others aro under the direct rule of a Governor and Council, and others are governed under an authoritative system from the Foreign'Offlce. Instead of laying down a uniform system of government for all her foreign dominions, she seeks to adapt the political institutions of any given country to the character and condition of its people. She blunders at times, but ordinarily meets with notable success.

Now that Germany has become a

Te landholder in Eastern Africa, the would do well to take notice of „ho way in which

England

administers

the affairs of the region now under her flag in that part of the continent.

The Methodists of Germany are almost unanimous in their opposition to the proposal to adra women to 'ohe General Conference. A correspondent of the Zion's Herald, writing from Berlin, says that when the vote wr-s taken in, the First Methodist Church in that, was found to be 44 against to 1. 'favor of th) women. Whereupon' t'rlA pastor cried out "Oh, children, I ashamed!" Many of them regard woman movement as one led by leists ana anarchists.

The German Empress Augusta Victoria, who has already given her Emperor husband five fine sons, is now in her thirty-first year, but her fair, fresh complexion makes hi* look younger. She has an oval face, soft blue eyes, beautiful teeth 'and an abundanoe of blond hair, an ensemble which is pleasing and attractive, if not decidedly pretty.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

The Senate on the 14th accepted the Hendricks monument on behalf of the State. A resolution providing for a committee to investigate the cost of producing binding twine in the prisons was adopted. A petition from 3,500 miners was presented asking that they be relieved from the present mine inspector whom they claimed knew nothing of mining. Among the bi.ls introduced was one to prevent usury. The incorporation of Westport, Pinevillage and Patoka were legalized. The committee on mileage reported on allowing each member 20 cents mileage, each -way,from and to his home. A joint resolution providing for a committee to inquire into the advisability of taxing incorporations and inheritances was adopted. Also a resolution asking Congress to provide for the election of Senators by direct vote of the people. Also a joint resolution asking Congress tocreatoan additional Cabinet position to be known as the Secretary of Labor. Among the bills introduced were: Relate ing to the location of county seats to amend drainage act.

Among the bills introduced in the House were: Relative to public health and practice of medicine fees and salaries relative to mortgages: providing for free schools a resolution authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee of three confer with the legislatures of other agricultural States. This conference is to be in reference to the creation of a co operative committee of tho several agris cultural States for the purpose of reporting to their several general assemblies a satiss factory bill for the taxation of money loaned within such States by non*resis dents. Adopted.

The Senate reconsidered and voted down its concurent resolution for the appointment of a special committee on taxing corporations. Numerous bills were introduced among which were: To regulate sale of liquors ^authorizing cities and towns to railroads: to establish courts to .e illegitimate children to inherit property the same as though legitimate. A bill to legalize certain acts of Trustees of Fowler, passed both houses. A resolu-* tion to investigate the Richmond Insane Hospital was tne cause of very warm donate.

The House passed a bill legalizing collec

tion of

taxes by town of Knightsville. A resolution was adopted authorizing an ims mediate loan toreiieve the financial strics gency, Senate bill lixing time of holding court in Gt.li district was passed. Bills introduced: Providing for employment of counsel for indisrent prisoners regarding highways providing that illegitimate children shall bear the names of their fathers: prohibiting public officials from receiving railroad passes (2) amending drainage laws fees and salaries to protect sheep husbandry from ravages of dogs for compulsory education,and others. The Speaker announced the committees as follows:

Ways and Means—Oppenheim. Curtis, Harrell, Bcasley, Nolan, Work, Hess, Cli.ypool, Haggard.

Judiciary—Beasley, Oppenheim, Ader, Harrell, Voight. Fippen, Adams, Glessner, Morris, uf Henry, Hess, Haggard.

Printing-Piokhardt, Short, Kern, Bowman, GiJi, Smith, of Owen, Parker, of Hendricks, Movsis. of Henry, McDowell.

Reiormatory Institutions—Short. Higgins, Hench, T'neines. Kobbins, Triinblo, Heathman, Morris, of Parke, Guthrie.

Labor—Kelley, Ebert, Carroll. Kobbins, Ininan, Theines, McDowell, Latta, Haggard fctate Modicine, Health and Vital Statist tics—Teal. Osterman, Fulton, Kyle. Troy, Tr.table, Parker, of Hendricks, Hougham, Stone. 1 nspections of the Journal—Mr. Speaker, Beasley, Work, Haggard, Lindemuth.

Cit es and Towns—Voight, Nolan, Ebert, Gray, Eernethy, Branstetter, Lindemuth. Paruer. of HendricKs, [laggard.

Engrossed Bills—Higgins, Ervvin. Byrkit, Hay, Zoercher, Fulkner Morris, ot Henry, Harlan. Officer.

Roads—Bowman, Carroll, Beauehamp, Peters, BeiL'hlcr, Osterman, Brown, of Morgan, Sleeper, Morris, of Parke.

Statistics and Immigration—Fulton, Calvoit, Wright. Peters, Watson, Sleeper, Ebert, Aikman. Dol).

Insurance -Stnll, McCloskey. Johnson, of Car oil, Erwin, Cuilop, Farlow, Sleeper, Gutherie, Wilson.

Elections—Fippen, Kerns, Mack, Kyle, Kilgore, Johnson, of Dearbou, Aikman Organization of Courts—Hench, McCullough, Glessner, Zoercher, Lee, Bernethy, Claypool, Brown of Steuben, Bryant.

Educat.on Leyden, Higgens, Teale, Oppenheim, Lee, Heathman, Short, Wells, LinUeinuth.

Banks- Glessner, Moss. Gent, Leyden, Fowler, Patten, Troy, Parker of Newton and Jasper, Houghain.

Affairs of State Prison South—Faulkner Osborn, Stall. Lee. Johnson of Carroll, Beauehamp. McDowell, Brown, of Morgan Oldham.

Affairs of State Prison North—Nolan, Erwin, Moon. Carroll, Farlow, Smith, of Perry, Officer, Sleeper, Huffman.

Swamp Lands- Kerns, Faulkner, Baker, Timmons. Bowman, Roscoe, Bryant,-Huff-man. Wilson.

Military Affairs—Robhins. Curtis, I-Iigs gins. Teal, Leyden, Calvert, Officer, Ptone, Doll.

Claims—Ader, Cullen, Osborn. Wright, Baker. Hay, Officer, Brown, of Morgan, Harlan.

Trust Lands: Osterman, Thompson, Voight. Bran

Blotter,

Rights and Privileges of Inhabitants ot the State: Adams, McCullough, Farlow, Kester. Leyden, Zoercher, Beigler, Brown of Steuben, Claypool.

Railroads—Beructhy, Bowman, Lee, In* man, Byrkit, Adams, Lindemuth, Wells, Guthrie.

Manu Tacturos and Commeree- Timmona, BaVer, Rude. Calient, Branstetter, Kelly, Oldhairn, Latta, Whittenberger.

County and Township Business—Work, Matthews. Teal, Thompson, Smith of Po-ey. Smith of Owen, Harlan, Doll, Whittenbergt v.

Agrlculturo—Kester, Byrkit, Cuilop, Beighier, Gray, Wright, Kilgore, Latta, Aikman.

Benevolent and Scientific Institutions— Moon. Adam?, Kyle, Calvert. Kilgore, Gent. Lindemuth, JOII, McDowell.

Temperance Gent, Peters, Kern, McCloskey, Hench, Ebert, Aikman, Bryant, Harlan.

Mileagoand Accounts—Thompson, Gray, Baker. Culi-jut, Gill. Johnson of Dearborn, Parkerof Newton and Jasper, Houghman, Parl:erof Hendricks.

Corporations—Zoercher, Patton, Heathman, Mattuews, Hench, Hay. Brown of Steuben, Stoll. Parker of Hendricks.

Canals Patton, Wright, McClosky, Osborn. Kelleher, Watson, Brown of Morgan, Wells, Harlan.

Public Expenditures—Cuilop, Johnson

11 --11

against

Kyle, Kelleher, 01d«» I

ham, Whittenberger, Brown of Morgan. Fees and salaries: Harrell, Ivester, Ader, Mr.on, Moss, Pickhardt, Morris of I-Ienrv, Clavpool. Wilson.

Sinking Fund Hay, Thompson, Inman Glessner. lioscoe, Beauehamp, McDowell, Wilson. Hutlman.

lo, Smith

ner, Johnson of Dearborn,^*! of Posey, Hess, Latta, Wei Affairs of the City of Ind McCullough, Curtis, Matthew McCloskey, Mack, Hess, Wells.,

napolis— Thienes, uthrie. Stull, Fip«

National Resources—Fowler,^ pen, Timmons, Fulton, Kilgore, Wilson, Hougham, Huffman.

Phraseology of Bills—Ervvin, Farlow, Fulton, Gill, Gent, Kester, Cldtam,Moms of Parke, Hess.

Apportionment—Curtis, Seventh district Nolan, First district: Piokardt, Second district Calicutt, Third district Johnson, of Dearborn, Fourth district Short, Fifth district Guthrie. Sixth diss trict Morris, of Parke, Eighth district Sleeper, Ninth district Parker,of Newton and Jasper, Tenth district Branstetter. Eleventh district Adams, Twelfth diss trict Fowler, Thirteenth district.

Drains and Dykes—Smith, of Owens, Byrkit, Kelleher, Beauehamp, lloscoo, Osterman, Latta, Brown, of Steuben, Mors ris, of Heni'y.

Mines and Mining-Carroll, Thienes, Moss, Timmons, Rude, Biegler, Parker of Newton aud Jaoper, Officer and Whittenberger. ..

JOtXT COMMITTEE:?.

Enrolled Bills—Inman, Callicutt, Work, Parker of Newton and Jasper, Morris of Parke.

Public Buildings-Mack, Kelley, Watson, Bryant, State. State Library—Johnson, of Carroll, Rude, Brown, of Steuben.

In the Senate on the 16th a message was ceived from the Governor making charges against Warden Murdoclc. (See House proceedings.) Mr. Shockney offered a x*esolution that a committee composed of two members of the majority and two of the minority of tho Senate be appointed to co-operate with a committee from the House to investigate the chargesThis was followed by vigorous debate. Mr. Burke objected to any investigation of the charge made by the Governor. "Why hasn't the Governor himself investigated thechargeand compelled the Warden to obey the law, if he has violated it!" Mr. Burke demanded. Mr. Shockney: "I desire to ask the Senator a question. Is there any way in which the Governor can take the action you suggest?" Mr. Burke: "I refuse to answer any question which the Senator may ask." After further discussion Sens ator Howard ofYered a resolution that the Governor's charges be referred to the regular Committee on Prisons, and a substN tuto very similar to the original was offered by Mr. Brush and finally adopted. Tho substitute instructod the committee to inquire and report why the State officers have not attended to this matter before A resolution asking Congress to improve the Calumet river was adopted. Also a resolution relating to reports of express^ telegraph and telephone companies. A resolution to investigate whether the State Treasurer had x'ecoivcd interest on any public funds during tho past four years was adopted. Many bills introduced.

The House, with certain amendments, passed the bill appropriating $110,000 for the expenses of the Legislature. A resolu. tion was adopted offering the use of the hall for the meeting of the F. M. B. A. in November next. The Speaker said the House when not in session had nothing to do with the hall. A special messenger from the Governor declared tjjp,t James Murdoclc declined and refused to pay into the Treasury the casV balance in his hands as Warden, according to law, and has uus lawfully converted to h:3 own use the slops of said prison, and asking'tSata special non-partisan committee be appoint ed to investigate the accounts and conduct of the said Warden. Mr. Curtis, Dcm., offered a resolution providing for a committe of investigation in line with ithe Governor's message. The resolution ivas laid on tho table. Lindemuth then offered a resolution for a committee equally divids ed politically to investigate pri .on. Also this was laid on tho table, tho Democrats declaring that the sommitteo on prisons was competent to conduct any investigation that may ba necessary. Messrs Curtis and Gent, Dems., formed a small, but special committee. Eight Democrats voted

laying the resolution cn the table,

the vote being cayes53, nays 34, At the afternoon session of the House Zoercher offered a resolution instructing the Com mittee on Prisons to fully investigate the affairs of the northern prison. Curtis of fered a substitute giving the Committee on Prisons definite instructions and full and complete authoritty to examine persons and papers in male ing the investigation. In support of his substitute, he made an appeal that everything possible should be done to make the inquiry as thorough and searching as possible. He asked the members to lay aside their prejudices, political or otherwise, in this matter, and to vote in the interests of tho entire people. Extracts were read from the printed report of the Board of State Charit.tB showing what great abuses bad crept into the administration of the Northern Prison, and without asserting whether or not the charge? made were true, he urged that lliey bo full*,' investigated he did not want a resolution adopted that meant nothing ane aye the committee no power Mr, Oppenheim led the opposition to the resolution, and there was along and acri" mouious discussion of it. He insisted that it would be unfair to put a stigma upon t&a character of Warden Murdoch by ordering an investigation without definite charges being made. A dozen members were on their feet in a minute, asking if the charges made by the Governor and the

Board of Charities woro not definite charges. Mr. Oppenheim maintained that the much discussed slop contract was made with Murdoclc by a Republican official, exGovernor Porter, The matter was disposed in like manner as the formor resolutionsMany bills were introduced. The House adjourned until Monday.

In the Senate, on the 19th, Mr. Mount, Rep., offered a resolution asking Congress to enact a law against the dressed beef trust. Mr. Magce, Dein., offered as an amendment that they also be requested to

vote

for tho repeal of tho McKmley law. The Republicans claimed that the purpose

of the amendment was to place them in a

falso light and the filibustered, which con« I

tinued from early in the afternoon until 7

o'clock in the evening, when the resolution

the committees might consider matters referred to them. TBGSILATIVE NOTES.

Mr. Patten's bill providing for the inspection of meats, would, if passed, make a very fat office fcr some people. It pro* vides that the inspector shall get 3 cents a pound for inspecting all meats offered for sale that such meats shall always bo ac companied by the hides, and that he shall get 25 cents for inspecting each hide.

SenaWr Hays has introduced a bill to re move the disability of married women to act as sureties. This bill is a direct step toward elevating women to a level with men in matter# of business. At present a married woman cannot legally become surety, no matter how much propsrty shj may possess i^i her own right. This law with its implications, places horat a disadvantage in almost every transaction in which she is interested.

The liquor license bill of Mr. Claypool. of Fayette and Henry, introduced in the House on the 14th, amends the present lawiy making the annual license for retail dealers in npirituous, vinous and malt liquors $'03, and for such dealers in vinous and malt liquors $200. One-fourth of these amounts is to go into the school fund, so that the act does not reduce that revenue. The other three-fourths will go into the sreneral fund of thecounties in which such licenses are taken out.

Senator Harlan's bill, which aims at tha retirement of the natural gas flambeau as an illuminant of streets and public highways, will be heartily approved all over the gas belt. The bill sets forth that as the supply of gas may not be unlimited it should be used sparingly* that theburniug of gas in flambeaux is not only wasteful, but that the lights are blinding and dan«. gerous to travelers. The act therefore des clares such use of gas unlawful, provides a fine of not over $25 for tho first violation, of not over §200 for tho second, and not over thirty day3 in jail for the third. It is provided that this act is not to apply to outside iumbo burners in glass globes, but these lights must be turned off atS o'clock in tho morning.

HOTEL WRECKED.

•strange and Fatal Natural Gas Arcidcat ai I'indlay, Ohio,

The first disaster Findlay, Ohio, has ex-1 perienced from the use of natural gas oc« curred shortly before 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, while tho guests of the Hotel Marvin were waiting to be summoned to dinner. Sunday morning it was discovered that gas was escaping from a leaking pipe somewhere into the dining room, and Marvin, the owner of the building, with the plumbers, scent the entiro forenoon trying to locate tho leak. At about 10 o'clock they entered a chamber under* neath the dining room, and found such an accumulation of gas that they could no breathe, and it was suggested that a hole be sawed through the floor into tho dining room in order to obtain fresh air. This was done, and just, as the hole was made, one of the dining* room girls, who was sweeping the floor, stepped upon a match, and in an instant an explosion occurred that not only wrecked the building, but killed two girls and maimed and injured a dozen other em* ployes. The force of the explosion was so great that it blew out the flame of the ignited gas, and no fire followed the awful

ruin

which tho shock caused. The whole city was rocked, as if by an earthquake by the conclusion, and ali the windows on the square were demolished. The wreck of the hotel building was all but complete the only rooms in the house escaping destruction being the parlors and the office. Had the explosion occurred ten minute later tho loss of life would have boen frightful, as nearly a hundred people were waiting in the rooms to be called to dinner As a matter of fact, one of the clerks' Frank Poundstone, was on his way to make this announcement when the oxplosion occurred, and he was caught in the falling debris, being one of the painfully injured.

When the work of removing the dead and rescuing the injured was begun it wa? found that Katie Wa'ters, a waitress, had been killed outright. Ella Jolin*on. a diningsroom girl, was found alive under a mass of brick and mortar, but sne died shortly after being carried to a place of safety. Kate Rocney, another diuing-rooui girl, was also fatally injured, but is alive. 'Che loss will aTgregatr? syr.0'J().

TOWN SNOW BOUND IN MORROCCO.

It would soern that unless something remarkable happens or tho weather changes radically within a very short time,that the inhabitants of Sebdon, a small town in the Tiemeen district of the Province ot Oran will starve to death. About a week ago information reached Algiers to the eSteel tliat the inhabitants of Sebdon were snowed up beyond escape and that they wero slowly starving to death. Their stock of provisions had run out before the bearer of the alarming news had reacheu Tiemeen and it was said that tho horse.1-, mules, and even the few camels at Sebdon wero being killed for food. As in the majority of small Algeriii'i towns, tho inhabitants of Sebdon depended almost entirely upon tho regular or irregular convoys ol provisions which reach them from the larger towns, and the stock kept on hand is always comparatively small.

When the nows of the dangerous position in which tho inhabitants of Sebdon were placed reached the military authorities of Tiemeen they immediately sent a quantity of provisions, under the escort ol a detachment of troops from the garrison of Tiemeen, to the relief of the sufferers at Sebdon. Unhappily the convoy, aday or so later,was snowed up in the Talterney pasS, and it was some time before the authorities at Tiemeen became aware of the

danger

to which the convoy was exposed

An additional force was sent, out, with in

tructions to push on at all hazards to

Wards,

ment

as amended was adopted, tho Republicans pU8st and on Jan. 15 it was announced that l'efusing to vote. Several bills were in- I

the

liof of the snowed up troops, and aft.oi-

if possib'e, to aasist tho convoy in

pushing

on to Sebdon. The second detach-

of troops managed to reach Talterne,

troduced In tho morning session. perilous position. On the ISti, in lorma-

Oldham 1eter8'| in the House several bills were intro* tion was received to the effect that tho ats

Federal Kelaiioas—Troy, Patten, Faulk-»duoed and adjournment was then bad that tempt to provision Sebdon had failed.

nvo.v had been extricated from its

fev-i'.

THE NEWS OF THE WnEn.

An oatmeal trust has been formed. Tho baseball war has come to an end. The Indian war is over and tho Indians are surrendering.

St. Louis importers have brought suits to test tho validity of the McKinlev law. Tho American National Bank at Kansas City failed on tb.'j 19th. Liabilities §2,500,. 000.

A negro has co lfessed that Mrs. Sheedy wife of an Omaha gamblerv hired him to kill her husband,

One hundred Chicago Knights Templar had pieces of their cuticle transplanted to the thigh of a fellow knight.

Mrs. Geo. W. Steele, wife of Governor Steele, of Oklahoma, was seriously injur-, ed by a fall at Marion on the 16th.

The temperature at Lydonville, Vt., on the 9th, was 30 degrees below zero. Ice on the Kennebec at Augusta, Me., is from to 8inches thick.

Judge J. A. Warder, of Chattanooga, shot and killed S. M. Fugette, his sonsin-% law, wounded his daughter, and was him* self wounded by Fugette.

Three earthquakes occurred Thnrsday at Parral, in the State of Chihuahua. The gallery at the convent of the Sacred Hear gave way, killing six persons and wound ing nine.

A prizefight between Jack Dempsey, of America, aud Fitz Simmons, of Australia, at New Orleans, on the 14th, for the middle weight championship of Australia and America, was witnessed by 4,500 people. Dempsey was knocked out in tho thirteenth round.

Ceorge Bancroft, the historian, died suddenly at Washington on the evening of the 17 th. He was born in 1800 at W'orcests er, Mass. Few men of letters were more profound or better known. He had many opportunities of attaining eminence in the political world. At cne time he was elected to Congress, but declined the election declaring that it was without his knowledge or consent. Politically he was a Democrat.

Great uneasiness is felt along the lower Mississippi owing to the unfinished and unsafe condition o? the levees, and heavy snows North with prospects of a thaw. A repetition of tho horrors of last spring's overflow is greatly feared. Many thousands of dollars have been expended in tho last year on levee work, and it is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible by the contractors, who hone to complete the work before the spring rise, as that would prove destructive to the entire system if caught in an uncompleted condition.

A. dispatch from Dubuque, la., says: "Thirty Dubuque saIo» keepers have oclced up their places of business and left the city. Writs of attachment against them, running for three days, have been issued under the prohibitory law, and they talco this method of evading service. They will return Monday next. Wednesday another squad of saloon men will leave, and Thursday still another. Sheriff Phillips and his deputies were out Wednesday ats tempting to serve writs, but could find no open saloons, aud will so report to tho court. Next week the storm will have blown over and everything will be running as usual.

FOREIGN.

Minister Lincoln has arrived inLondon. A revolution has broken out in Buenos Ayres.

Dillon declares that tho Irish troubles haye been amicably arranged. The sugar crop of lS90-t)l is expected to be one of the largest, if not tbo largest, ever gathered on the island of Cuba. Only a small quantity of tobacco leaf has boen cut so far in the Remedios district. If the weather is favorable the growers will set out new plants in their fields in the place of those destroyed by drought.

A dispatch from Tobolsk says that the terriblo scourga known as "black death" has reached the city of Tobolsk, the capital of West Siberia. The whole of Asiatic Russia from Samarkand to tho mouth of the Obi is suffering from the scourge. Thousands are dying at Obdorsk, near the mou^h of the Obi, owing to the lack of physicians. It seems almost hopeless t0 yy to check tho spread of the fearful dis-» ease.

A visitor to Galway paint3 an appalling picture of the destitution in some of the districts. In Carraroe and other places many hundreds of the children are obliged to remain from school because they are ah* solutely without clothing—even a single garment, much less caps, shoes and coats. They remain in their cabins hungry and naked, crouching over a wretched fire. Clothing is as urgently needed in these dis tricts as food.

LEGISLATURES.

Governor Took of Wisconsin, was inau* gurated on the 15th. Cameron may bo defeated for Senato from Pennsylvania.

Gov. Thayer of Nebraska, has finally vacated the Governor's office to Governor Boyd.

Tho Speaker of the Kansas Legislature has appointed a farmer chaii-man of tho judiciary committee.

A Washington special says it is not unlikely that Mr. Perry Belmont will succeed Mr. Evarts iu the United States Senate.

Another Senatorial surprise was the defeat of Blair, in tho New Hampshire Re* publican caucus, by electing Gallinger by a big majority.

New York Democratic Legislative caucus. Monday evening, nominated Governor Hill for United States Senator by acclamation. Tho Republicans nominated Seuat Evarts.

Senator Farwell wasdefoated for re-elec-tion in the Illinois Republican caucus on the l"th by "Uncle" Dick Ogiesby, the vote standing: Roos 6, Gersham 4,1-Iauser 1, FaiwolU'O, Ogelsby (i4. The result was a great surprise to ar well,but he accepted defeat with good grace.

Indiana Democrats met in Legislative caucus on the 19th and unanimously nom* inated Senator Voorhees for re-election, In the Republican caucus Gov. Hovey. Wm. Fairbanks, W. W. Owen and W. R. McKeen received votes, Gov. Hovey be* Ing nominated on tbe 3rd ballot. The ads ministration of President Harrison was endorsed.

•1

Anderson The Akron cation.

Greenwood well. Anderson cov l*aper. "Jack the Kisser, ladies at Ft. Wayne.

There are 70 gas well one mile squar of Marie Wm. Russell, of Wab' father-in law tor $j,C00 for

Kdiiiin of fine quality has beOii ed un several farms in Scott county, Frank Huntsman's saw mill, at Rolling Prairie, burned Wednesday, loss.$-1,000.

Ehvood claims to have been stirred by two slight shocks of earthquako on the. evening of the Kd.

Tho farmers in Jay county bitterly op. pose a liberal appropriation by the State in aid of the World's Fair.

Failure to win the affections of a young lady at Kirklin was the cause of the sui* cide of Charles Heiny, of Noblesville.

The Warrick county jail is without nn inmate, and it is claimed that fear o' "white caps" deters crime in that county.

A case of smallpox has developed at Otwell, and it is malignant in its typo. A man named Bolin contracted the disease at Cannelton.

Miss Hattie Fountain, aged 16. living near Brownstown, committed suicide by snooting hetself. Disappointment iu love is assigned,

A cbilu was born near Monrovia on tho ICth with but one hand, and where the other should be there is a perfect mole'? head and foot.

Dearborn county ha9 a twelve year old boy with feet fifteen inches in length. Ho is called "Prolessor" because of the

Lewis Phillips, a carpenter,*of Pendlen ton, went to Anderson to purchase build* ing material, taking with him K). Reaching Anderson he drank to excess aud was robbed of the money.

The schools of Montpclior wero closed yesterday on account of scarlet fever. A great many of the scholars are down with tho fever, and fears aro entertained that there will bo an epidemic.

Two men of cultivated appearaace cans, vassed Tipton county iu the organization of mathematical night schools, charginggl advance for each pupil. After the field had been well worked they disappeared, leaving a number of unpaid debtsand untaught pupils.

Levi Clipp, neai C.rcenville, was treas urer of the

Greenv^lo

and

are tho scene of hat historical event, thcPegeor. Roost massacre. Ted Connors, a policeman at Crawfords* ville, has brought suit lor COO against the Monon railway. He alleges that,

while

standing on tbo depot platform, a mail clerk threw from tho train a heavy mail sack, which struck his foot, causing permanent iu ury. This is a novel case, as It will be attempted to saow that the railroad company is responsible for tho action of the mail clerks, who are employed by the government.

Monday night, during a rfiligious meet* ing at West Fork, Crawford county, a. riot started among the members of three large families—the Lowes, Wisemans and Baggerlys. Pistols, knives, stones, cudg* els and fists were used with a vengeanceFive men are lying at tho point of death as a result of the conflict, aud others are very seriously injured. Wm. Lowe, Wm Wises man, John Wiseman, Robert Baggerly and Ed Jones are the worst injured.

The

drill in the oil well, struck a few days ago, southeast of Marion, was dr.lied a few feet further in tho rock on tho 19th. The result is a gusher estimated at at least 3)0 barrels aday. The drill was stopped and will be sent down no further. It is the intention of the operators to cover that region with derricks and develop the fio.d te tho fullest possible extent. Tho oil is snid to be equal in quality to tho best q-rility oE Lima oil. It is believed that tho field is extensive and oil plentiful. Tho operators are not proclaiming these facts from, tho liousc-tops, howover.

Two or thrco months ago a twelve-year-old boy made his appearance at the home of Henry Weikel, a farmer near Elkhart, and stated that lie had ]ust escaped from a

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of gypsies, WHO had stolon him from his homo, and had had possession of linn six years. Mr. Weikel gave tho Doy a home, finding him perfectly trustworthy-^ aud notified Marshal Coleman of the affair. The boy said ho thought his father lived at Marion, Ind., and that his name was Hale, wnereupon tho oillcor wrote a letter which bo requested the Marion postmaster to hand to somebody named Hale. This was done, and Wednesday, after the letter had made an extensive round, tho officer received a reply from tho boy's father, who expressed great joy over the recovery of his son, and sent a tickotfor his immediate return. Tho letter contained no particu* lars of the stealing of the boy.

The London Daily Newssaysj Itisun* likely that so great and luudaraentally houbst a commercial nation as tho United Suites will permit its credit in the mercan* tile and stock markets of the world to be injured by-so shady a trick us the free coin, age of silver.

Tho Colorado Legislature is having an exciting time. Tho seat of the Speaker was declared vacant on the 15th, apd an* other member was elected thereto. Blood* shed is feared.

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ity of his understand.ng. "White caps" raided Ellsworth, giving Wm. Coffey a whipping, audthesamcnight James Burton, threo miles south of this place, was treated to a rough dose of brush.

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and kept his collections secreted about his house. Last week he .discoveicd that ho had been robbed of $-432, ana calling a meet ing of the lod::o, ho made good tne deficit and resigned his position,

Gold, in paying quantities, is claimed\tc have been found on the Sides,

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Stewart and Richey farms in S«V and a Louisville ',K.y. sy'hdicatt ^een organized to search for this and ier valuable mineiais. The farms lio on the region known in pioneer times as the Silver Mills

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