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attained in the government A floral lop house, three by five feet, ha been ordered by citizens of Shelbyville of Mrs. F. H. Palmer, florist, of this city, for Mr. Hendricks's funeral. Across the roof of the front side are the words: “Home of my boyhood.” in immortelles. It is a most beautiful piece of work in flowers, and must attract attention and be highly appreciated. It was shipped this morning. Citizens* Meeting at South Itend. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. South Bend, Ind., Nor. 30.—A citizens' memorial meeting was held in the rink, this evening, in honor of the memory of the dead Vice-presi-dent. The rink was crowded to its fullest capacity, by citizens of all shades of political opinion. The programme consisted of speeches, with sacred music interspersed. The meeting was opened with prayer hy the Rev. W. C. Leonard, pastor of the Baptist Church, and closed with prayer by Rev. W. IL Hickman, pastor of the M. E. Church. Among the speakers of the evening were Prof, Wm Haynes, of Notre Dame University: Hon. John B. Stoll, Hon. Lucius Hubbard, Mr. John Lyons, formerly of Indianapolis, and an intimate friend of tho deceased, and Prof. T. E. Howard. All paid eloquent tributes to the distinguished dead. The pinging was done by the South Bend Maennerchor. the South Bend Turnverein and tho l ovett-Huchings quartet Memorial Services at Columbus., Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Ind., Nov. 20.—Memorial services ere held afternoon in honor of the dead Vice-president, which were participated in by all the city pastors and the people generally. Short addresses were made by Judge Keyes. Col. S. Stansifer, George W. Cooper and others, and resolutions suitable to the occasion adopted. Few places in the State have more personal friends and ardent admirers of the honored dead than this, and they are correspondingly depressed at his sudden taking off. Meeting at Lafayette, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Nov. 30. —A large number of citizens took part in a meeting called for to-night, in memory of Vico-president Hendricks, Resolutions of condolence and sympathy were passed, and speeches were made by prominent citizens. The Purdue faculty met this afternoon and passed appropriate resolutions on the death of Mr. Hendricks. Company C, G. A. R., will '.ttond the funeral in a body. At Washington. Washington, Nov. 30.—1n tho United States Supreme Court, to day, on motion of Attorneygeneral Garland, who pronounced a few words of eulogy, the Chief justice declared the court adjourned until Thursday as a mark of respect to the late \ ice president. The Court of Claims adjourned until next Monday. Commodore Harmony, Acting Secretary of the Navy, has issued an order closing all the navyyards to morrow, out of respect to the memory of Vico president Hendricks. ' At Greensburg. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Greensbukg, Ind., -Nov. 30.—At a meeting of the bar this morning an appropriate memorial in regard to Vice-president Hendricks was reported by the committee, unanimously adopted, amt afterward spread upon the records of the court. A committee composed of Col. J. S. Scobey, J. K. Ewing, M. D. Tackett, F. E. Gavin and D, A. Myers was selected to represent the Decatur county bar at the funeral to-morrow.

Action of the Chicago Authorities. Chicago, 111., Nov. 30.—The City Council held a special meeting this afternoon to take action on the death of Vice president Hendricks. The Council passed appropriate resolutions, and will attend the funeral in a body. All the city offices will be closed here to-morrow. Asa further mark of respect to the dead, the mayor was directed to appoint twenty-fivo citizens to attend the funeral in a body. At St. Louis. St. Louis, Nov. 30.—The custom-houso and postoffice was draped in mourning this afternoon, and various other buildings bear the insignia of mourning. The United States Court and the State courts will be closed to-morrow. There will be no afternoon board at the Merchants’ Exchauge, all public offices will be closed, and due and fitting respect will be rendered to the illustrious dead. At Greensburg. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Greknsburg, Ind., Nov. 30.—Giles E. White, mayor, has issued a proclamation, requesting a cessation from husines during the burial of Vicepresident Hendricks, from 12 to 2 o’clock tomorrow. At London, England. London, Dec. I.—The United States legation here will be closed to-day, out of respect to the memory of Vice-president Hendricks. Postofbces To Be Closed. , Washington, Nov. 30.—Tho First Assistant Postmaster-general to-day issued the following order: By direction of the Postmaster-general, postmasters will close their respective offices between the hours of I*2 o'clock noon, and 5 o’clock p. M. , on Tuesday, Dec. 1, outof repect to the memory of Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-president of the United States. NOTES AND MINOR MATTERS. A Song Requested b y Governor Hendricks Years Ago—A Monster Delegation. It is announced that a delegation of over one thousand will be up from Shelbyville this morning. ' The Busch Zouaves, of St. Louis, will be the military guard of tho remains and the funeral to-day. Mrs. John A. Holman and Mrs. Chislett will superintend the decorations of the tomb at Crown Hill Cemetery this morning. The aids and orderlies of the chief marshal will report mounted and fully equipped at tho postoffice, on Market street, at 10 o’clock this morning. The Catholic society, with 150 members; the Swiss, 50 members, and the Athon Guards, of •he Insane Hospital, 50, will join in the funeral procession this morning. Tho impression having gone abroad that no invitation had beeu extended to the colored societies to join in the parade, it is announced, that the invitation is general and applies equally to all. Among the military companies which will arrive this morning are tho Busch Zouaves, of St. Louis; the Tippecanoe Veterans, of Lafayette; the DePattw (.’a lots, two companies, of Green- ■ castle, and the Chase Guards, of Logansport. All persons having carriages that are to join in the procession are requested to report to the marshal of that division, who will be stationed at the corner of Washington and Illinois streets, and they will bo assigned to a place in the line. The official delegations from distant cities will be given seats at the church first, and only those holding invitations will be admitted afterwards. This is made necessary by the limited seating capacity of the church, which can accommodate only about 850 persons. *■ At the meeting of Presbyterian ministers, yesterday morning, the regular order of business was postponed, and expressions of deep sympathy with Mrs. Hendricks in the hour of her bereavement were given. It was ordered that they be placed in the form of a letter and conveyed to the widow. A‘i the workingmen’s meeting held at Union Hall, last evening, it was decided to change the hour of meeting to 9 o’clock this morning, at which time Deputy Marshal Mitchell will assign them a position. It is earnestly requested that a large attendance bo present at No. KJ9£ East Washington street at the appointed time. A delegation from the Ohio Club, of Cincinnati, arrived at the Bates House last night, Bringing with them a handsome floral tribute, pt is a column of white flowers, about six feet tall, surmounted by two white doves. Leaning against the tower is a ladder made of vines and

flowers. A silk ribbon bearing tho name of the club and the dates of the Vice-president’s birth and death is attached to the design. Mrs. Hendricks passed the day in the company of Mr and Mrs. Niles, of Washington, old and intimate frieuds, who called during the morning, and at the request of the bereaved widow, remained at the house. She obtained little rest during the night, and appeared much wearied. The customary devotional service was held at 8 o’clock. During tho day a number of telegrams were received, but none were of public interest. At the funeral of the first wife of Senator McDonald, several years ago, Miss Annie Gale was the leading soprano of St. Paul's, at which church the funeral took piace. Asa part of the service Miss Gale rendered a solo, “Rock of Aees,” in a peculiarly touching manner, and Mr. Hendricks, who was present, was greatly affected. At the close of the ceremony he approached Miss Gale, and placing his hand upon her shoulder, raid, “Miss Annie, I want to express to you my appreciation of the very beautiful music you have just rendered. It was strikingly touching. When I die I want you to sing that song at my funeral.” Miss Gale afterward married, becoming Mrs. Doner, and' returned to Chicago, but, remembering the request of years ago, she came down from that city, Monday night, reaching here yesterday morning. Making herself known to the vestrymen of St. Paul’s, she requested to be assigned a place on the musical programme, but permission was at first refused, a? the programme bad been completed. The matter reached the ears of Mrs. Hendricks, however, who, recalling the incident referred to, sent a request that Mrs. Doner be placed on the programme; and she will sing the solo at the service this morning. PERSONAL AND ANECDOTAL. The Time When He Was Not Accessible—lie Had No Fear of Death. Washington Special to Philadelphia Press. Vice president Hendricks was one of the most accessible men in Washington. He was seen on the streets or about the hotel lobbies as often as any man of prominence in town, and would reply just as pleasantly, and take up a conversation just as easily in one of these public places as when he had the opportunity in his room to say yes or no when a visitor's card was presented. 4The only walk when he could not be interrupted was his first promenade in the morning. Then he took his wife with him, and walked for half an hour np and down tho avenue. She did all the talking, evidently, and probably gave him advice enough to last for the day, for his face carried an expression of receptive meekness then that never was noticeable at other times. Seated in his favorite place in the hotel lobby in the evenings, he always was a noticeable figure. His old-fash-ioned low-cut vest and big expanse of white shirt front and collar contrasted strikingly with his ruddy face and brown, rumpled hair, and is bright eyes and broad high forehead showing out from under his flat-brimmed silk hat gave him every appearance of mental strength. No man in the crowd about the lobbies of an evening seemed in better health than he, and none seemed more likely to have a long and honored life before them. “His looks,” said his secretary, Mr. East, speaking of him to-day, “had no indication of his real weakness, and nothing of his manner in public told of the dread that was always upon him. I remember very well the first time tho symptoms of a sudden death showed themselves. It was at the Hot Springs, Ark., where we had been visiting several days. We were playing whist one evening in the parlor—a game of which he was particularly sond —and he was playing his cards with his usual carefulness, when he tried to raise his left hand from the table. He could not do it, and his face became ashy-white in a moment I saw something was the matter, but said nothing, and he went on playing, saying only a few words until his hand was out. Then he excused himself and went to his room. The doctors told him that it was a slightattack of paralysis, and that he would soon be all right again, but he never recovered from the terror that came with that attack. Every day he dreaded that it would return to him. He had no fear of sudde.. death, and often said he would rather die in that way, without pain and without the consciousness of coming dissolution, but he did fear bcir.g left helpless and paralytic, or lying among strangers or alone. Except that his wife was in another room, I think he would have been satisfied with the manner of his death. Last summer he used to put his hand to his head, and complain of the pain. He knew what it meant, and it troubled him. He felt, also, as every man of brains must when he finds his thoughts, that.used to flow easily, .flogged, and heavy, and hard to hold.”

His Appreciation of Political Humor. New York Tribune. When the Vice-president was here to attend General Grant’s funeral an incident occurred that illustrated his keen appreciation of the humor of political life. He was assigned to a four-horse carriage in the procession immediately behind the six horse carriage of the President, lie entered it with his private secretary. There was a long delay, and he grew lonesome. I stood by the carriage and began chatting with him, when he said that ho would like someone of the senators to come and occupy the carriage with him. I volunteed to carry an invitation to any one that he might designate, and started off with this injunction: “Ask some ono who is not a member of the Senate committee and is a Democrat.” I went down the line of senatorial carriages and could find only one gentleman who answered to the direction. It was Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, who had just been quoted in an interview in a savage assault ou the President, with whose views on certain questions the Vice-president was known also to differ. It struck me that their presence in a carriage together might excite comment, and I was not willing to bring them together without first consulting Mr. Hendricks. I went back and told him that Senator Eustis was the only Democrat I could find who was not on the committee and asked if I should invite him to come into the Vice-president’s company. Hendricks replied affirmatively in an absent minded manner, but as he caught sight of the smile that was spreading over my face he roused up and said hastily: “Who? Eustis? No, for heaven’s sake, no. Anybody but Eustis. The newspapers would never let us hear the last of it.” Senator Blair got the invitation and accompanied Mr. Hendricks to Riverside. Mr. Hendricks’s Domestic Life. New York World. Vice-president Hendricks leaves a widow who has almost as many personal acquaintances as he had. Their married life was oue of unbroken happiness, and they were as near inseparable as husband and wife can be. He was anxious that she should not leave him a moment during the last hours of his illness, and it must be a cause of regret to her as long as she lives that she happened to be absent from his bedside the moment he expired. Mrs. Hendricks was the constant companion of her husband in nearly all his laborious political campaigns. Sho lived at Washington during his service there as United States senator in the time of the war, and became widely and most favorably known in the society of the national capital. She reappeared thcro last spring at the White House receptions when Mr. Cleveland had become the occupant of the presidential chair, and reestablished many old-time friendships. In tho hotly-contested national campaign that preceded the election of 1884 she traveled with Mr. Hendricks all over Ohio, Indiana and other States where he spoke. She came with him to New York on bis first visit here after the election and when he was being congratulated on every hand by his enthusiastic admirers. They took rooms at the Fifth avenue Hotel, and it was my pleasure to make them a visit, an honr or two after they arrived. She sat over in one corner of the room, talking to a prominent politician of the city. 1 had never seen either Mr. Hendricks or his wife before, and I was struck with the beautiful companionship between them. It was not a case of husband and wife simply, but of good friends who found constant enjoyment in each other’s society and who could show they thought more of each other than anybody else in the world without making it offensive. She is a lady of small stature, has a round face and wears glasses. She has the politics of the country at her fingers’ends, with a directness and incisiveness tbit at ouce show her to have a very

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alert mind. Mr. Hendricks was sixty-six. but Mrs. Hendricks looks to be twenty years young er. The loss of her husband is a terrible blow. All her wifely sympathy was aroused in the struggle of 1876, when she believed, like nine tenths of the other people of the United States, that Mr. Hendricks was defrauded most outrageously out of the office to which he had been elected, and she, more than he. per haps, was ambitious that he should be vindicated by an election to tho Presidency. That never came, and never would have come, but he was elected Vice-president and inaugurated; yet tho hand of fate fell upon him before ho was allowed to exercise the functions of his office. In a few weeks he would have been presiding over the Senate. The honor and the peculiar satisfaction of doing so were snatched away just as he stood on the threshold waiting for the door to be opened. Another door has opened, and he who stood and waited for his reward on earth has passed in forever to a reward in a higher sphere. The survival of Mrs. Hendricks suggests the fact that nearly all tho prominent actors in the late war, whether soldiers or statesmen, have died before their wives. Mr. Hendricks was one of the members of the Senate from 18G3 to 1869. His two great Democratic compeers during tho latter part of his term, Messrs. Thurman and Bayard, are both living, and so are their wives. Mr. Lincoln’s wife lived twelve or fifteen years after his dramatic death in April, 1865, and died at her old home in Springfield, 111., the more unfortunate, perhaps, for being so long a widow. The wife of Mr. Lincoln’s great Democratic opponent in Illinois, and competitor for the presidency in 1860, Stephen A. Douglas, is living with her second husband. Mr. Douglas died at the opening of the war. The wife of John C. Breckinridge, another candidate for the presidency in 1860, and still later a leadine general in the confederate army, is still living at the old family home in Lexington, Ky. General Breckinridge himself died twelve years ago. Generals McClellan and Grant, the first and last commanders of the Army of the Potomac, have but recently died, both leaving widows. General Lee's wife, though a confirmed invalid during the entire war, survived her husband a short time. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson is still living. So is Mrs. General Thomas and Mrs. General Custer. Mrs. Andrew Johnson was [confined to her bed during most of the time her husband was President, and was for several years after; but sho was the last to die. The tragic story of Garfield, who was a leader in the House of Representatives during the war, is still fresh in the minds of everybody. His widow is a comparatively young woman and lives in Ohio. Generals Sherman and Hancock married before the war and their wives are still with them. General Sheridan was the last of the war heroes to marry. He looks to be sixty and is not far from that, but his wife is both a young and beautiful woman. Jefferson Davis is still living, but-his wife, who is a daughter of Gen. Zachary Taylor, is far more robust than he. Os all tiie great men of the war that I now call to mind. General Beauregard is the ouly one who has survived his wife. lie has been a widower for several years, but yet wears mourning out of respect to her memory.

Mr. Hendricks's Love lor Little Children. Washington Special. One distinguishing characteristic of Mr. Hendricks was his passionate love for children. He lost his own little one at the age of three years, and ever since he has always been attracted to children wherever ho met them. When passing along the street a party of children always arrested his attention, and no matter how great was his hurry, he would slop and watch their gambols, talking kindly with them, and making them feel that he was their friend. He always got along remarkably well with children, as the little things intuitively recognized his sympathy with them. Whenever ho stumped the State, and was obliged in the course of the campaign to stop at private houses, he always selected those families where there were two or three children. These he would soon have upon his-knee, and keep them interested by story-telling until it was time for them to retire. They always begged to be left a little longer, and Mr. Hendricks always seemed loathfto let them go. No friend of his ever lost a child that he did not receive a sympathetic letter of condolence from Mr. Hendricks, which showed his warm interest in the welfare of tho little ones. Last summer, when General Black, the Commissioner of Pensions, lost his daughter in Elmira, N. Y., by diphtheria, Mr. Hendricks, though pressed with business engagements, found time to write the General beautiful letter of condolence, which was highly prized at the time of its receipt, and is of course doubly valued now that the one whose kindly sympathy mitigated to 6orae extent tho poignancy of his grief is no more. It was this sympathetic quality in his nature that enabled Mr. Hendricks to attract and gather about him the young men of his party. They felt that he appreciated their inexperience and their ambitions. They knew that if they confided their troubles and fears and hopes to him he would listen attentively to their stories and then in the most gentle manner point out what was to be done. He always made the young men feel that they were necessary to the success of the party, that their energy and hopefulness would inspire courage and vigor in those who had passed the sanguine period of life. They were always encouraged by his treatment and made heroic efforts to win. It was the earnest work of the young meu throughout the country in the last campaign that contributed largely to the victory that was secured, and this class was attracted as much by the magnetism of Mr. Hendricks, by his known kindness of heart and purity of character, as by his wide reputation and his great abilities as a public man.

THE SUCCESSION. Precedent Found To Be Against the Selection of Sonator Logan. Washington Special. It looks as though General Logan would not be temporary President of the Senate after all. Ho is not now a senator, and cannot be sworn in until after the Senate is organized. The Revised Statutes (Section 28) provide that the President of the Senate shall administer tho oath to newly-elected senators. There is no other officer of the Senate to perform that duty. In 1881, when the Senate was without a presiding officer, ViTarner Miller, Lapham and Aldrich were senators-elect, waiting to be sworn in. The Senate, by 36 to 34, tabled Mr. Edmunds's resolution that the oath be administered to them before n temporary President was elected. The whole uubject was then discussed, and the precedent was established that a senator must be sworn in by tho temporary President, according to the statute. Unless the Senate upsets the precedent, General Logan will not be a senator until a presiding officer of the Senate is chosen. What Senator Logan Says. Chicago, Nov. 30.—Senator Logan arrived this morning. “All 1 can say is, that the death of Mr. Hendricks is regretted by everybody,” said he, when asked concerning the situation relative to the death of tho Vice-president. “It is a matter of mere speculation as to who will fill the vacancy.” “Your name has been prominently mentioned for the position.” was suggested. “But that was newspaper talk. I have not asked, nor have I made any effort to obtain the position.” “But you would take it if elected?” added a friend, to which the Senator made no reply. “There will probably be nothing done until after the holidays,” said the General. “We have a caucus Friday, and the matter will be talked of. That is all I can say.” No Trouble at Coal Valley. Pittsburg, Nov. 30.—Contrary to expectations, there was no trouble at Coal valley to-day. The strikers assembled about the Pine run mines in large numbers this morning, but no attempt at violence was offered when the non-unionists went to work. All is quiet now, and as the strikers say they will not disturb the men working, no serious trouble is appre hooded. The Lynn mines, at Pine run, are the only ones in operation, and thes e is a dispute as to the number of men at work. The operators claim that fifty men went in this morning, but the strikers declare there were not more than fifteen. All throat troubles are at once removed by the new remedy—Red Star Cough Cure.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Tho Daily Chronicle of Happenings of all Kinds in the Two States. Severed His Jißrnlar Vein with a Pen-Knife— The Case Against Pat McGuire— Burglary at Rolling Prairie—Gleanings. INDIANA. A Montgomery County Man Severs His Jugular with a Fen-Knife. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Nov. 30.—This morning about 4:30 o’clock, Wm. Skaggs arose and went out to the stable, as his family supposed, to feed the horses. A short time afterwards James Shelton, his son-in-law, went to the stable and found him dead. Skaggs had taken a large pocket-knife and had severed his right jugular vein, and had bled to deeth. The knife was found about ten feet from the body of Skagg3, with the blade sticking in the ground, it having undoubtedly been thrown by him after he cut himself. Coroner S. L. Ensminger, held an inquest, and the above stataement was about all that was ascertained. Skaggs was about fifty-six years of age, and leaves a small family in poor circumstances. He was a teamster, and had been sick, and was troubled over his finances, which is supposed to be the cause of the deed. Sunday it was noticed he seemed to be worried about something, but nothing unusual was expected to occur. Mysterious and Unexplained Death. Special to the ludianapolis Journal. Wabash, Nov. 30. — Miss Louise Naber, the twenty-year-old daughter of Frederick Naber, of Chester township, one of the wealthiest farmers in this section, died at a late hour last night under mysterious circumstances. She had attended church at North Manchester during the day, and had not. complained of illness. Shortly after retiring, in perfect health, a noise was heard in her room, and Miss Naber was found in the throes of death. The body took on a distressing appearance and swelled to unnatural proportions. The cause of death has not yet been ascertained. The Case Against Pat McGuire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' Rochester, Nov. 30.— Patrick McGuire, the alleged murderer of Michael Kain. was brought into court this morning and a continuance of his case was granted, until the February term. There is much speculation as to what the outcome of his trial will divulge, as one of the principal witnesses against him has died since the tragedy. Major Blackburn, of Cincinnati, has been retained by the defendant, and a vigorous defense will doubtless be made.

Furniture Store Damaged. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, Nov. 30.—Early this morning the furniture store of Yoris & Lagrange, in Clark’s Block, was discovered to be on fire. By the prompt action of the citizens and fire department the flames were extinguished. The furniture, to the amount of S6OO, was destroyed, and the building was slightly damaged. Tho stock was fully insured in the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company. Hoy Fatally Injured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Nov. 30.—This evening a ten-year-old boy, named Reprogle, fell under a moving locomotive at the Salem-street crossing of the Wabash railroad, while trying to climb on it. Both legs were severed just below the trunk, and the right hand was badly mashed. He will die. _ Burglary at Rolling Prairie. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Laporte. Nov. 30.—The store and safe of John A. Noble, at Rolling Prairie, in this county, were burglarized Saturdav night of goods and money to a considerable amount. The safe was completely demolished, but nobody was aroused. Minor Notes. Moses P. Challie, aged seventy-eight years, died at his residence, near Sardinia, this county, yesterday. Aunt Jennie Taylor, an old colored citizen of Crawfordsvi'de, died hist Sunday. She was well known for her untiring industry, and had earned a cozy home by washing. A syndicate will to-day commence, at Decatur, to bore for gas. Strong indications have been discovered that natural gas exists there, and the company are quite sanguine as to their success. Mrs. Eve Trumbull, widow of the late Adam Trumbull. of Centreville, and mother of James Trumbull, of the government service, was found dead in her bed on Sunday morning. She had evidently died suddenly, about midnight, of heart disease. William Burns, a young man about twenty-two years old, while gathering corn near Alert, a village in the southwest part of Decatur county, was observed by a man on the opposite side of the wagon to bo lying on the ground. Investigation revealed that he was dead. The cause is unknown. The criminal libel suit against Dr. J. H. Leatherman, of Greensburg, in which bo was charged with circulating an anonymous circular reflecting on the character of several prominent citizens, was finally disposed of yesterday, tho defendant not appearing, but suffering a default to be had against him. Michael McMahon, a section hand, came in to Peoria, from Hanna City, on Sunday night, to have a spree. He bought a gallon of whisky, and, after having emptied the dimijohu, staggered into a saloon and took possession of a chair. He fell asleep, and when an effort was made to arouse him, hours later, he was found to be dead and cold. The police of Crawfordsville on Sunday night made a raid on a room down town where a well-known man and a wayward girl were enjoying themselves. The police kicked the' door down and tho man fled past t hem and escaped, leaving all his clothes behind. The officers gathered up the clothes and carried them to the may r’s office, where they now are. As soon as the own* r thereof can be found he will be fined. The girl was fined and the man who rented the room is in danger of being fined also. The escaping man was taken to be the ghost of Coffey by several pei'sons whom he passed, and tho entii - e neighborhood was aroused.

ILLINOIS. Culling* from Correspondence and Gleanings from Exchanges. Melanchthon Starr, Vice-president of the Winnebago National Bank, died at Rockford, on Saturday evening. Farmers report that cholera has tak-m nearly all the hogs in Bourbon. Douglas county, and in the township of South Wittenden, Champaign county. The new coal shaft at Bloomington has got down 150 feet and is still going. The work so far has cost $12,000, and the pay-roll averages SBOO per month. Anew organization, styled the M. B. of J. (Mystic Brothers of Justice), has been organized at La Harpe. purporting to have for its objoct the suppression of all violation of moral and civil law. A gas company has been formed at Drbana to utilize the natural gas product there, (las was discovered two years ag<> by F. M. Merriott. who used it to light liis house. Other wells have been dug since, and-the flow is steady from all. The pressure is twenty pounds. Seth W. Freeman, of Peoria, assignee, reports that Judge\ates s assets are $34,665.05, and advertises for creditors. The debts are probably $60,000. The judge is still confined to bed. Another widow, Mrs. Budd, has preferred charges against him for alleged embezzlement. He has given $1,200 bonds. Mrs. Mary A. Davis, who lived with her husband near Cowan. Da awaro county, was found dead in her bed near 12 o'clock Sunday night. She had been an invalid for some time, but her friends had observed no indications of early dissolution, and retired for the night unalarmed. The husband awakened near the hour named, and, going to the bed of his wife, found her dead. As she was afflicted with asthma it is thought she died from suffocation. A Bad Failure. Detroit. Mich., Nov. 30.— The Journal's Allegan special savs: The failure of Norton. Wolff & Go., of Otsego. is a bad looking mess. Since Sept. 1 they bought over $60,000 worth of goods, but both the stores at Otsego and Plainwell fail to show more than $20,000 on hand. Ihey are said to have carted off much of their stock. A fresh lot of creditors appeared this morning with chattel rr ortgages, replevins and attachments. Norton has been virtually bankrupt for two years and Wolff never lad much capital. Notes by Wire. William Johnson and his twelve-year-old boy, residing near Cedar •'■prings, A. TANARUS., were on Sunday murdered by Indians. John J. Robinson, of Buffalo, was arrested at Boston yesterday, on a charge of grand larceny, and taken back to Buffalo. The charge is that ho victimized Dr. Phillips out of $1,700 in money, and $-11,000 in stock: T. Smith out of $40,000. ;id Dr. Lipp. all

of Buffalo, out of $3,000 on a process for manufacturing oil. It is thought that a number of people have been caught, also. George H. Koch, who was in custody of Umatilla county, Oregon, officers on charge of horse-stealing, was taken from the officers by the vigilantes and hanged. An informal ballot at a meeting of the Dartmouth 6enior class for a comrpencement orator, resulted; Hon. James G. Blaine, 18; Gen. B. P. Butler, 3; and James Russell Lowell, 3. THE FIRE RECOUP. Hotel Burned—A Number of Guesle Severely Injured. Emporium, Pa., Nov. 30.—The Warner House, a new and elegant hotel, was destroyed by fire this morning. The fire was discovered about 2 o’clock, and burned so rapidly that the guests had much difficulty in escaping from the burning building. Three of them were dangerously, and many others slightly, injured by jumoing to the pavement. The loss is $25,000; insured for SIO,OOO. Brown & Hyman’s clothing store is damaged to the extent of $4,000 and Hogan’s grocery store SBOO. No insurance. Among the most severely wounded are Edward Schultz, a cigar-maker, severelv burned: John B. Wilson, tinsmith, injured internally; David Hayes, both arras broken and face terribly cut, and Mrs. Norman Warner, leg broken. Firo in a Newspaper Office. Special to the Indiaoaoolis Journal VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. 30.—Fire broke out in the Daily Commercial building to-night, at 9 o’clock, in the drying-room of the troy steam laundry, of Smith & Snepard, causing a loss of about $2,500 to the building and the property of occupants; insured. Onehalf hour after the fire was put out the Commercial force went to work on the regular morning edition, and in spite of the smoke and dirt the paper was published uninterrupted. The loss on Smith Bros’, building was $1,500; on laundry. SBOO. Tuietmyer, dealer in groceries, and the Commercial office, were damaged by smoke and water. Barn Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, Ind., Nov. 30.—At a late honr last night the barn of Oliver Burket, of Tipton ■ m-nship, was destroyed by fire, together with all its contents, including 600 bushels of wheat, eight tons of hay three horses, and a lot of wagons, harness and ‘farming implements. The loss is $3,000, and the insurance $1,700. Seiious I.oss by Fire at Savannah, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 30.—A large portion of the business part of Savannah, Wayne county, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is estimated at $30,000. Steamship News. Havre. Nov. 30. —Arrived: St. Germain, from New York. • Queenstown, Nov. 30. —Arrived: Cephalonia, from Boston.

Curing: Hams, Etc. Baltimore Sun. Tho following is the famous receipt used by Mrs. Henry Clay for curing hams, several hogsheads of which were annually sent to Boston, where, under the name of “Ashland haras,” they commanded the highest price, especially among the wealthy Whigs of that city: For every ten hams of moderate size she took three and onehalf pounds of fine salt, one pound of saltpetre and two pounds x>f brown sugar, and after mixing them thoroughly together, rubbed tho hams therewith on either side. They were then packed in a tight box and placed in a cool out-house for about three weeks, when the hams were taken out and put in a pickling tub or hogshead and covered with a brine strong enough to swim an egg. After remaining in the pickle for about three weeks, they were taken out, thoroughly rubbed with fresh salt, and hung up in*a wellventilated house for a few days to dry, after which they were transferred to the smokehouse, where they were hung up and smoked with green hickory or walnut wood until they had acquired the color of bright mahogany, when each ham was sewed up in canvas, the coverings whitewashed and hungup to dry, after which they were whitewashed again and packed away in hogsheads, with hickory ashes, until wanted either for home use or sending to Boston. The Germantown Telegraph basalso a famous receipt for curing bacon, beef or mutton, which it publishes annually for the benefit of its readers, and it is as follows: To one gallon of water add 1| pounds of salt, | pound of sugar, I ounce saltpetre and I pound of potash—increasing ihe rates to any quantity desired —and boil these together until all tho impurities have risen to the top and been skimmed off. Pour the same into a tub, and when cold uour it over tho meat, covering the meat completely with the mixture, taking care not to thus put down the meat for at least two days after killing. Some omit boiling tho pickle and find it to answer equally as well, although it must bo admitted that tho boiling purifies the pickle by throwing off any impurities that may bo contained in both the salt and sugar. It is said that if this receipt is strictly followed it only requires a trial to convince anyone of its superi ioritv over tho common method of putting down, and the meat will be found unsurpassed for and delicacy of flavor. The potash, Unless of the purest kind, may be omitted.

Winter Rations* of Dairy Cows. ft. Louis Planter and Stockman. Cows used for winter dairying should be put on full feed in November. It is more easy to keep up a full product than to restore it after it has been reduced. It should not be forgotten that milk and butter are made only from the surplus of food after the other vital functions—those which relate to the mere living and moving—have been supplied. It is then almost a necessity—it is certainly desirable —that a cow should be kept in good condition, full fleshed, at least, and in the very best health. Abundant food, of course, is necessary, but mere abundance comes second to digestibility and nutritiveness. The dairyman must therefore select the best of feed and fodder, and supply it abundantly. As a rule, when the capacity of a cow is not precisely known, it is well to gradually increase the food until the cow is fully satisfied and no longer completely empties the trough. The exact point is then Known. And this point should be made the standard for the feedineof the herd, to be varied for each more or less, as the digestive capacity of the cows will differ. Several years’ accurate measuring and observation in feeding highlyproductive cows, averaging ten to fourteen pounds of butter weekly, have shown us that the following rations and feeding substances have produced the best yields, viz.: Early-cut clover hay, fifteen pounds per day: mangels orsngar beets, fifteen pounds, and finely ground yellow corn-meal and fine wheat bran, or coarse middlings, both ground together, twelve pouuds per day. The hay is divided into three rations, that is: five pounds of hay cut into chaff, and wetted, is given with four pounds of the mixed meal and bran in the morning, and the same in the evening. At 11 o’clock a peck of sliced roots, with four pounds of the ground feed, is given, and when this is eaten, five pounds of long hay is given. This feed is well digested, and while some of the cows will not eat the ra tion up close at night, it is all gone in the morning, and the troughs are licked quite clean. Some of the cows will ask for more, and they always get what they ask for; an extra shovelful for some is needed. Tbe Causes of llog; Cholera. Southern Home and Farm. As to the causes of hog cholera, it is now recognized by intelligent and observing farmers that it is as much the result of an almost exclu tive feeding of corn as the old-fashioned disease scurvy was the result of a too salt diet. But hogs have become so weakened in constitution and vital force, breeding animals perpetuate their own weaknesses in their progeny, with the result that this progeny, no matter if deprived of a corn diet and given a proper one, are nearly as liable to hog disease as their corn-fed parents. YV hen it was made plain to ship-owners and navigators that salt-meat stores alone were not sufficient to maintain the health of sailors during a long sea voyage, and vegetables, canned meat and acids were added to the ship’s store of rations, scurvy disappeared, as hog cholera will just n3 soon as there is a healthy substitution for the everlasting corn and nothing but corn feeding. Squashes keep best in a dry. rather warm place: a cellar, with a furnace, is a good place, or a shelf in the kitchen closet, near tbe chimney. Upon a fair trial, I find Salvation Oil tho best cure for rheumatism I have ever known. It gives relief more quickly, and always does its work. Joshua Zimmerman, Wetheredville, Aid. 1

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