Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1887 — Page 2

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THJS IKDIAKAPOL.1S JOUBXAJU MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1SS7.

tniaaed ittinjr in Cleveland's place.,- A Mr. Burchard is United State consul In Hondnra. lie is an appointee of tbis administration. He ha written a report which comments with great disfavor and severity upon what he calls the immoral habits of the people of Honduras, and, worse than that, the State Department has given official sanction to this arraignment of the people of Honduras by printing this report. And now the government of Honduras wishes to have Uurehard removed. Failing in that, it is svident that his influence is pone and the United States will be prejudiced in Honduras as long as be shall stay there."

Amusing Scene Over a Telegrapher's Error. Washington Epecial. A rather amusing scene occurred yesterday at the meeting of the local committee on arrange ments for the International Medical Congress. The chairman of the committee on ball. Dr. Patterson, holding a dispatch in his hand from a prominent business house in the North, exclaimed: "See here, gentlemen, this is an out rage, nere is a man applying for space to ex hibit piles and eranite.' as epecimens for tom stones. I suppose." The chairman. Dr. Garnett. In an excited manner, replied: "31y God, gen tlemen, this will never do. We shall next have an undertaker asking for space to exhibit cofJni TTnon r.ioEAr AiAmin Ation of the disDatch it was found that the teleeraph man bad the mistake of writing "riles and granite" .'or "pills and granules," and that the dispatch came from the largest manuiactunne nouse mo North. . LABOR INTERESTS. The Canadian Knict Arranging to Secure Homo Rule Across the Morder. Toronto, Ont, Ane.' 2S. Rumors have been surrent for some time past that the Canadian Knights of Labor intended to secede from the General Assembly, chiefly because of dissatisfaction at the payment of levies for legislation in the United States, which is of no benefit to them. Besides, they have oo representation in the executive board of the General Assembly. Another reason is that in case of strikes the General Assembly has not been as willing to aid them as they would desire. These rumors have at last taken shape, and district 'assembly No. 115, will . call a convention of the order in Canada to consider the advisability of takine steps to secure the autonomv of the order in Canada, without in any way impairing the connection with the General Assembly, and a committee has been appointed to make arrangements for the convention. The convention will be held, probably, at the end of the next month, at the same time as the trades demonstration here. , Boycott Indorsed. New York. Aug. 28. -The Central Labor Union to-day indorsed the boycott on the Fuller & Warren Company, stove moldera, and that on Kennons, Kieinie & Co., brush-makers, of Baltimore, Md. A resolution from Section 10 of miscellaneous trades, protesting against the action of the United Labor party in expelling Socialists, was to have been read, but waa tabled on motion of a Socialist, on the ground that political matters should not be introduced during the comine three months, and "in order to restore peace and harmony among the trade organizations." The picnic committee reported that only the American flag and those of tradesunions will be allowed in the parade of Sept. 5. No mottoes relating to politics will be tolerated. Ilenry George, Dr. McOlynn, John Swinton, S. P. Shevitch. A. Jonas, Edward Kine, T. V. Powderly, Adolpb Stra3ser and Samuel Gompers are among those invited to the reviewing stand. Plod-Carriers Ordered to Strike. Chicago, Aug. 29. All hod-carriers in Chicago working for less than standard wages were to-day, under pain of expulsion, ordered by the union to strike to-morrow unless accorded full prices. Since the confusion in the building trades caused by the brick-layers' strike about twelve hundred or fifteen hundred of the 5.000 hod-carriers here have, as a matter of policy, been submitting to a cut of 3 cents an hour. The leaders of the hod-carriers now believe that this submission is no longer necessary. Compositors Want More Pay. New York, Aug. 28. Typographical Union No. 6 had a largely attended meeting in Everett Hall to-day. and discussed the practicability of demanding fifty cents a thousand ems for settine type, besides fifty cents an hour extra for work after 2 A. m. The general sentimtnt waa in favor of demanding the advance. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A alight shock of earthquake was felt at Augusta, Ga., about 10:30 last night. Jennie Knieht and Annie Raymond, two soiled doves, quarreled and fought in a St. Louis saloon Saturday night, and Annie killed Jennie with a dagger. The Cunarder Umbria yesterday landed at New York 621 first class cabin passengers, the largest number ever brought over on a transatlantic steamer. The record of yellow fever cases up to date, according to th. reports of the Key West board of health, is as follows: New cases, 1; deaths, 60; discharged cured, 171; still sick. 39. Rodney D. Wells, proprietor of the oldest queensware and glass house in St. Louis, made an assignment. Saturday, to F. A. Wind. The assets consist of stock valued at $20,000; the liabilities are not stated. A passenger train on the West Shore railroad collided with a freight train near Port Byron, N. Y., yesterday. The express messenger was killed and engineers Miller, of the passenger train, and Ludwig, of the freight train, were injured. Burglars rifled the safe of Lorenz & Ek, jewelers, of Milwaukee. Saturday night, ana secured diamonds and watches valued at $1,200. When Mr. Ek awoke yesterday morning he found that burglars bad entered his residence and stolen hid clothes, thus securing the keys to bis store. The disorder in Decatur, Ga., on Saturday, was Dot in any sense a conflict between the races. A drunken negro disturbed a religious meeting and several colored toughs resisted arrest. In the melee pistol shots were fired and the whites became very much excited, but so far as yet appears without cause. Professor Brooks, of the Red House Observatory, at Phillips, N. Y., yesterday morning obtained a good observation of the new comet rerently discovered by him in the eastern heavens. The comet is now in constellation Cancer, one degree east of the star lota. It is moving less than one degree daily towards the sun, and becoming brighter. Saturday, in Kansas City, Kan., Pat Shea, aged twenty-one, shot and killed his step-brother, John Collins, aged eighteen. Later in the night Shea, while being pursued by Officer Fleming, in Kansas City, Mo., shot him in the left shoulder. Shea claims that the shooting of Collins was accidental and that he did not fire at Officer Fleming. He had been drinking. Nine years ago yardmaster Ellander Col well, of Detroit, employed by the Michigan Central railroad, was censured by a coroner's jury in connection with a wreck involving considerable loss of life. Col well has never ceased to brood over the circumstance, and yesterday made a desperate effort to commit suicide by cutting his throat. He is expected to recover. James Feeney and Patrick McDermott quarreled at a dance in Ashtabuia, 0.t Saturday night. While Feeney was on his way home with tvo ladies McDermott stole up behind and shot him in the back with a revolver. The ball penetrated one of Feeney'a lungs, and he will die. McDermott is under arrest, as is also a man named Bushnell, to whom the revolver belonged. John B. Lake, a young married man of good family, was killed at Whitesville, Ky., on Saturday, by Frank Sparks, a barkeeper. Lake was drunk, and became very violent upon Spark's refusal to sell him any liquor. He cleaned out the saloon, and was making for the proprietor when the latter drew a shotgun from behind the bar and fired, killing him instantly. Soarks had to be removed from the county jail, owing the excitement. Obituary. Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 23. -Judge Samuel Hall, of the State Supreme Court, who has been at the point of death for several weeks, died at, midnight last night, at his summer residence at Mount Airy. He was surrounded by his familr. . Chicago. Aug. 2a Hon. George Gardner, late one of the judges in the Superior Court of this city, died tbis morning, aged sixty one years. Judge Gardner was an old and esteomeri member of the bar, and waa prominent ia Masonic circles. Private Watchmen Charged with Arson. Plainfield, N. J., Aug. 28. Seven night watchmen employed by private property-owners have been arrested, charged with having caused several of the numerous fires which have occurred lately. It is alleged that these men formed a combination to cause tires in order to make the necessity for their own employment apparent. Other watch mea are said to be implicated. . V

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Boy Badly Burned and Another Shot Matrimony at an Illinois County Fair Eloped with a Married Man Gleanings. INDIANA. Boy Badly Burned, Another Shot Work of Sneak-Thieves. Epecial to the Indianapolis JonrnalMaktixsville, Aug. 27. A twelve year-old boy named Foutz was badly burned, yesterday afternoon, while applying a lighted match to about a handful of powder. The explosion burned his face badly, and ignited bis clothing about bis chest and arms, which burned those portions of his person very badly. The opportune arrival of some of the neighbors saved him from being burned to death. His injuries are very serious, but are, probably, not fatal. A ten-year-old boy, Preston by name, was shot in the thigh, last Thursday afternoon, while hurriedly making his way out of Henry Harryman's watermelon paten. Only a flesh wound was inflicted. Sneak-thieves did some effective work in Martinsville last night. Early in the evening the money-drawer of A. A. King, restaurant man, was relieved of about $10. During the night the residences of Sylvanus Barnard and Capt Davis Wilson, county clerk, were entered and successfully investigated. Mr. Wilson's pocketbook, containing $5.75 and notes and checks to the value of about $1,000 was taken. They were less successful at Mr. Barnard's, where they obtained his son's watch. Mr. Barnard's pantaloons had been dragged from the place he had left them, but his pocket-book containing $30 slipped from the pocket and lay where the panta loons had been left. Pythlans In Camp. Epecial to the Indiaaapolia Journal. Crawfordsville, Aug. 28. The review of the several Pythian divisions was made by Gen. Carnahan at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The regi mental roster is as follows: Colonel, L E. Kirk, Kokomo; lieutenant-colonel, B. A. Richardson, Indianapolis; major, R. E. Graves, Evansville; surgeon, W. T. Golt, Crawfordsville; adjutant, C. S. Batterfield, Indianapolis; sergeant-major, Dr. F. M. Ferre, Indianapolis; quartermaster, James Nichols, Terre Haute: Q. M. sergeant, Theo. McMercban, Crawfordsville; chaplain, Rev. J. W.Greene, Crawfordsville. The fol lowing is the complete list of the divisions in camp: Lafayete, No. 1; Indianapolis, No. 2; Terre Haute, No. 3; Evansville, No. 4; Many, No. 18. Indianapolis; Frankfort, No. 19;. Crawfordsville, No. 32; Cransdale, No. 38. Brazil. Among those in attendance from Indianapolis not mentioned heretofore are Mayor Denny and Dr. Henry Ridpath. of Division No. 2. On Sunday afernoon devotional exercises were under charge of Rev. J. W. Greene, of this city. Tbis evening the several divisions marched in a body to the First Presbyterian Church and listened to a discourse by the pastor, Rev. F. H. Hays. On Monday, at 4 o'clock, the encampment will be declared ended. Minor Notes. Persons entirely trustworthy, who are in a position to know the whole truth, deny emphatically the statement that Dr. A. L. Carter, of Charlottesville, was driven from home on accoun t of domestic troubles. FrancisIarion Davis died at 11 o'clock yesterday at North Salem. The funeral, with Masonic ceremonies, will occur at 1 o'olock Monday by North Salem Lodge, No. 142, F. & A. M. Adjacent lodges are invited. Wm. Carter, an Irishman, was run over and killed on Saturday by a Louisville, New Albany & Chicago passenger train, his body being cut to pieces. He leaves a widow and three children. He waa a section nana on trie road. The Sixth, Twenty-second and Eighty-third regiments, Indiana Volunteers, will bold their annual reunion at Columbus, Oct. 6, 7 and 8. Several other regiments are expected to participate. All old soldiers are cordially invited. Sylvester Kirk, of Mount Vernon, a painter. fell from a scaffold Saturday, receiving what is believed to be fatal injuries, He fell a distance of over fifty feet. He leaves a large family, who were entirely dependent upon him for support. Thomas Lewis, while engaged in blowing up stumps with dynamite, on the farm of Mr. Zergeible. near Mount Vernon, was seriously in jured by a premature explosion. His body is terribly bruised, ana it is iearea mas ne will lose the sight of both eyes. Jennie S. Allen, a descendent of Ethan Allen. has been engaged by Prof. Howe to take charge of the voice-culture department of the school of music at DePauw University. Miss Allen will arrive in time to attend the conference to be held in Greencastle in September. Confirmation services were held yesterday in the Catholic Church at Peru, under the supervision of Bishop Dwenger, assisted by Father John G.uendiing, of Lafayette, and Father Meisher, of Peru. One hundred and eighteen were confirmed. The church was beautifully decorated. The funeral of C. J. Conn, held at Elkhart yesterday afternoon, was one of the largest ever seen in that city. The combined bauds of the city, numbering about fitty pieces; the employes of the C G. Conn Manufacturing Company, G." A. R. men, and a long line of carriages were in the procession. By the fall of a portion of a heavy derrick at the bridge being erected over Silver creek near New Albany for the O. & M. railroad extension to New Albany, Harry Connelly was struck over the heart by a piece of timber and died in an hour. Thos. Stancer was very badly injured, but will recover. Both men were employed by the contractor for the bridge piers. A message from New Orleans announces the marriage of Mr. Samuel W. Williams, of Vincennes, and Mrs. Mary Compton, of Brazil. Principals in the recent scandal at the St. George lotel in Evansville. The ceremony occurred at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the St. Charles Hotel. New Orleans, wnere Ms. Compton has been ill for several days. It is stated on good authority that they had teen engaged for some months. ILLINOIS. A Publio Marriage An no an ceil as an Attrac tion of a County l-"alr. Woodstock. Aug. 28. The McHenry county agricultural board has issued an announcement to the effect that the offer to the couple who would unite in holy wedlock on the fair grounds during the coming fair has been taken, and the ceremouy will take place in the amphitheater on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The county fair officials have issued many notices which read as follows: "You are invited to be present, and should you desire to give the couple any present, please no tify the secretary what it will be, that your name may appear among the donors to be published." Eloped with a Married Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Aug. 28. Quite a sensation was caused yesterday when it was learned that I F. Harris, a young lawyer of this city, had eloped with Sarah Nightengaler, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Reuben Xightengaler, a Wabash township farmer. Harris is a married man, but has been very attentive to the young girl for several months past, these attentions being the cause of a severe castigation received by Harris from the girl's brother a few weeks ago. Harris, during the fight, fired twice at his antagonist, but fortunately missed bis aim. The young gir' seems to be completely infatuated with Harris, who could do as he pleased with her. The eloping couple Trent west on a wagon probablv boarding a train at some near-by station. They are supposed to have gone to Nebraska. Harris's deserted tvife is a refined and well connected lady. She will secure a divorce. ias Explosion Near Moiveaqna. Mowkaqua, Aug. 27. A terrific gas explosion occurred on the farm of Thos. Lindley, about eight miles northeast of here, yesterday. An old well, twenty-five feet deep, was being bored deeper. James Good brat 9 was in the well attending the twelve-inch anger that was being driven into the earth. A depth of ninety-eight feet had been reached when gas was found and the explosion occurred. Sand, earth and stone were forced heavenward into the air to a height of thirty feet. Ooodbrake was miraculously rescued in an insensible condition, and only with, great peril to those about the ground. The gas

is still flowing, though not so vo'uminouslv. It

will be used for beating and lighting purposes. and is thought to be inexhaustible. Crowds of people flocked to the Bcene. Brief Mention. Max Draper and Logan Aldrich. the two men implicated with Dr. A. Bruce in the abduction of two young girls from Rome, were arrested at lairo and taken to Centralis. They will be de livered to the Jefferson county officers Monday. George Dunning and Alex. Joyner were arrest ed at Elizabethtown at the instance of the sher iff of Lexington county, Kentucky, where they are wanted for burglarv. They were heavily armed and prepared to resist arrest, but were taken by surprise. THE FIRE RECORD. Burning: of Morse Brothers' Tlrl'lge-Works, at Yoangstown. O Loss, $i 1OO.O00. Cleveland, O., Aug. 28. The extensive bridge-works of Morse Brothers, at Hazelton, a suburb of Yonngstown, O., were totally de stroyed by fire at an early hour thin morning. The fire started in the engine-room and spread very rapidly. The city fire department responded to a call, but were unable to do any thing on account of defective apparatus. The works were running night and day and employ ing 300 men. All the machinery, tools and stock on hand were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $100,000. with insurance of $98,000. as follows: Commercial Union, of England, $10,000; Continental, of New York. $7,500: Queen, of England. $7,500; Insurance Company or rsortn America, $o.U()U; Pennsylvania Fire In surance Company. $5,000; Connecticut: of Hart ford. $o,000; German-American, of New York, $.,UU0; Lancashire, of England. $o,000; Phoenix, of England, $5,000; Norwich Union, of England. $5,000; London and Lancashire, $5,000; Royal, of England, So.000: Fire Association of Philadel phia, $o.000; National, of Hartford. $3,000; Tranastlactic, of Germany, $2,500; American, of Philadelphia, $2,500: Fire Insurance Associa tion, of England, $2,500: Orient, of Hartford. $2,500; London Assurance, of England, $2,500; Home, of New York, $2,500: American, of New Jersey, $2,000. Snringfield Fire and Marine, $2,wu; city or r lttsburg. $l,uuu. The works will be rebuilt at once. Other Fires. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 28. The Connecti cut river lumber mill, at Holyoke, with its ma chinery and contents, was burned this morning. Loss from $10,000 to $50,000. About one hun dred and forty men were employed in the mill. Ihe mill and machinery were owned bv the Holyoke Water-power Company, the value be ing $oUU0. Temple, Tex., Aug. 23. About 2 o'clock yes terday morning fire broke out in the dry-gooda and clothing establishment of G. Rosenthal & Co. The fire spread to the brick store of J. B. Nunnelly fc Co.. adjoining, and to the building of McElvey & Wortham. Total loss, $48,000; in surance, $J1,000. Evansville, Minn, Ang. 28. Fire started in L. II. Johnson's dry goods store at six o'clock this morninr( consuming his store, the town hall, Fred Lane's saloon, Swenston Bros.' gro eery store, and C. K. Johnsons restaurant. Loss, $10,000; insurance, 4,500. Long Island City. N. Y., Aug. 28. A block of three-story frame buildings, on Vernon avenue, owned by John C. Provost, and several coal sheds, stables, etc., were burned to-night. Pro vosts loss is about $20,000; total loss, $30,0C0. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Aug. 29, 1 a. m. For Indiana and Illinois Warmer; local showers in the northern portion; fair weather in the southern portion; winds shifting to south erly. For Ohio Warmer, fair weather; variable winds, generally shifting to southerlv. For Lower Michigan Fair weather, followed by local rains in the northwest portion: slightly warmer: variable winds, shifting to southerly. For Wisconsin Local rains; warmer southerly winds. Local Weather Record. Indianapolis. Aug. 28. 1887.

Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind.! Weather 6 A. M... 30.1S 52 84 XeastiClear. 2 P. M... 30.14 73 37 Neast 'Fair. 9 P. si. 30.15 63 57 Xeast,' Clear.

Maximum ture. 50. temperature, 74: minimum, temperaFollowing is a comparative statement of the condition o temperature and rain-fall for Aug. 28, 1887. Tern. Rain. Normal. 72 0.1 1 Mean "3 .OO Departure from normal 09 0. 1 1 Total excess or deficiency since Aug. 1. 2 O.Ol Total excess or deficiency since Jau. 1.. 133 9.48 Plus. General Observations. Washington, Aug. 28, 9 p. m. Stations. Bar. Therl Wind. ! R.F. (Weather New York citv...... Philadelphia, "Pa... Washington City... Charleston. S. 0 Jacksonville, Fla... Atlanta. Ga Pensacola. Fla..... Montgomery Ala Vicksburjj, Miss.... New Orleans. La. . . Shreveport, La..... Fort Smith. Ark.... Little Rock. Ark.... Galveston. Tex. . . ... Palestine. Tex . . Brownsville. Tex.. Memphis, Tenn.... Nashville, Tenn.... Louisville. Ky. .. Indianapolis. Ind Cincinnati, O. ....... Pittsburg Pa Oswego, N. Y....... Toledo. O Escanaba. Mich Chicago. Ill Milwaukee. Wis Duluth. Minn St. Paul. Minn...... La Crosse. Wis .. Iiavenport, Ia...... I )es Moines. Ia. . . Dubuque. Ia... Keokuk. Ia ...... Cairo 111 Springfield. III...... St. Louis. Mo ... Lamar, Mo Leavenworth, Kan. . Omaha. Neb Valentine Yankton. D. T...... Moorhead, Minn Menedosa . .. Bismarck. D. T. Fort Buford, D. T. Ft.Assinaboine.M. .. Montrose Dead wood, 1. T Chevenne, Wv. T.. North Platte, Neb.. Denver, Col ... W. LasAnimas, Col. Dodge City, Kan... Fort Elliot. Tex Fort Sill. I. T Fort Davis, Tex El Paso, Tex 30.06 30.06 30. lO 64 i North Cloudv. 62!N'wst Clear. 58 Calm. 72 Neast 74 'Neast 30.02 29.94 30.O0 29.92 29.98 29.98 29.94 ...Cloudy. .96 Cloudy. 70 S'east 80;North 74 North T, r air. Clear. Clear. Fair. Clear. Clear. 74 North 801 Neast 29.96 29.98 30.02 29.92 29.94 29.86 39.02 30.04 30.12 39.16 30.14 30.14 30.10 30.18 30.16 30.14 30.16 30.08 30.06 78 S'east 72 1 S'east 72 Neast Clear. I Clear. 82; East. 76 East. 80 S'east 72'N'wst Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. 72 Neast 68 1 Neast 64 1 Neast 66 East. 60; West. 62N'wst 58Calm. 51Swest 62;Neast 62 S'east 62 ! Neast 60, S'east 62 South 66 East. 68 S'east 72 S'east 66 East. 72 East. 68 East. 74 S'east 68South 70 1 South 72! South 84lSouth 70 South 62 S'east Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Fair. Cloudr. T.i Cloudv. 30.14 30.10 30.U0 30. 20 30.06 30.06 30.10 3O.0S 30.04 3O.0O 3O.O0 29.70 29.78 29.82 29.62 29.62 29. 50 .08: Cloudy. 'Clear. Fair. Clear. Clear. Fair. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. 62; S'east 72, S'east 74 East. fc air. Clear. 29.62 6S!X'wst Clear. 29.86 52: South 68 S west 54 1 South 70 S'east 62 North 66. South 72 S'east 70 S'east 72 East. 72 East. 74 East. 64 S'east 68 j South 58S'eastl .20 .08 Fair. 29.66 29.74 29.76 29.68 Clear. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. I29 62 T. r air. 29.84 29.84 29.94 29.84 29.78 CM) T Clear. Clear. .01! Rain. ... j Cloudy. ...jFair. Clear. ...IClea?. T.! Clear. Salt Lake City Concordia, Kan Santa Fe. N. M 29 881 29.80j T Traces of rain. Reception to Hon. P. A. Collins. Boston, Aug. 23. A reception under the aus pices of the municipal council of the Irish National League was tendered Hod. Patrick A. Collins, in the Boston Theatre, to-nieht The theatre was well filled. Mayor O'Brien presid ed, and in brief complimentary remarks intro duced Mr. Collins, who made n lengthy address upon the Irish situation. He predicted a triumph for home rule and a change in government in Ireland within two years. Referring to the present condition of Ireland, he said that he fou 1 it much improved since his previous visit. Other speakers were Hon. John F. Fitzeerald, collector of internal revenue; Eliot Lord, editor of the Advertiser; lion. p. O. Prince, and Hon. L. .Morse. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the proclaiming of the League by the English government, pledging the meeting to the support of the home-rule movement, and declaring firm faith in the coming overthrow of the "shiftless, ehuffline, shaky Tory government." During the evenine President Brady, of the Municipal Council. announced the starting of ano her popular onedollar fund to be known as t ie "Anti-coercion Fund." Result of a Drunken Carouse. Special to the Indianasolis Journau Greenville. O., Aug. 23. As a result of a spree, last night, Henry Seerup was terribly beaten by John Howard and Mike Hannan. and he has been unconscious to-day. His injuries are about the head and face, and probablv fatal. In a quarrel, this evenine, between two small boys, Uicic ueers was terribly cut over the eye. Jesse Pomeroy Confesses to Another Murder. Boston, Aug. 23. Jesse Pomeroy. the boy murderer, who has been in prison several rears as the result of a series of horrible murders, has just confessed to a crime of which he was not suspected, lie admits bavmg decoyed a little boy named Horace Miller out on the'Soutb, Bos-

ton marshes and cut him almost to pieces. Pomeroy had a mania for cutting people up. He was only fourteen years old at the time A number of women have been trying to get the young fieud pardoned, but it is thought this confession will put a quietus on their efforts.

Result of a Practical Joke. Marquette. Mich.. Aug. 28. A mischievous workman, named Pols, in the big mill at Ontonagon, placed a small gartersnake upon the shoulder of a fellow-workman named Hollis, yesterday. The man was busy, and the reptiie made the circuit of bis neck before he noticed that something was wrong. Then he craned his neck and met the Sashing eyes and vibrating tongue of the snake within two inches of his nose, and, with a yell or horror, threw ud his hands and rolled on the floor in a dead faint. He is very low from the effect of the shock. LINCOLN'S OLD HOUSE. Efforts to Preserve It Intact Changes In It Have Been Comparatively Few. Sprincfield, III.. .Special to the Chicago Herald. The board of trustees of the Lincoln homestead consisting of the Governor, the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor and Superintendent of Public Instruction, and made so by an act of the last Legislature met last Tuesday and organized bv electine Gover nor Oelesby president of the board and Auditor Swieert, secretary. The business of the board 13 to carry out the provisions of the Dill, which provides for some repairs upon the old home stead and the appointment of a custodian. Robert Lincoln has sent a deed to the property ana tne fetate wia formally take possession at once. The house stands on the northeast corner of Jackson and South Eighth streets, upon an elevation several feet above the street and walled up with brick. The bouse in outward appearance is much as Lincoln left it when called to the White House in 13G0. It has been painted several times, but always of the same color as when occupied by Lincoln the desire being to preserve it as it was when it gave shelter to the great Emancipator. It was purchased by Mr. Lincoln in 1846 from Rev. Dr. Dresser, an Episcopalian minister. It wag then only a one-story dwelling, but another story wag added to it by Lincoln. Robert Lincoln has owned it since the assassination. Many efforts have been made by speculators and adventurers to purchase the property, but Mr. Lincoln has repeatedly refused all offers, having in bis mind probably that he would ultimately deed it to the State and save it from the rapacious grasp of money-makers. The house is a plain, two-story structure, well built and containing about ten rooms, which are of ordinary size. The two lower north rooms are occupied with the relics and memorials of Lincoln, about two thousand in all, consisting of several old pieces of furniture used by the family; the old cooking-stove, which cooked the last meal eaten by the President and his family before leaving for Washington; law books and office furniture; the old family cradle, in which Robert heard the lullaby of sleep from his mother's lips; numerous small articles of small actual value, but valuable as the relics of one of America's historic characters; copies of ail the memorials, addresses and resolutions of condolence sent to Mrs. Lincoln from all parts of the world; all the biographies of Lincoln; copies of the comic and serious pictures of the war period and Mr. Lincoln; a stand made of wood taken from Lincoln's boarding-bouse at Old Salem; campaien badges and devices of all sorts: 250 medals, of every conceivable desicn: busts. both small and large; letters from Grant. Han cock, Morton, Wade, and hundreds of other illustrious men, testifying to the greatness of Lincoln; bits of Lincoln's garments, and other things too numerous to mention. The furniture in these two rooms is arranged as near as possioie as it was when the delegation from the Re publican national convention came to formally acquaint iir. Lincoln with the fact of his nomi nation. Mr. Lincoln stood m the double doorway leading from the front to the back room, leaning his hand upon a common stand and looking to the west, the committee having arranged itself about the room in front of him. After the formal address had been made and Mr. Lincoln had signified his acceptance of the trust the committeemen congratulated him. and the public were admitted, coming in the front door, passing to the south side of the table and going out the back door. It is related of Mr. Lincoln that he was playing ball ou North Sixth steeet, between two brick business houses when the message announcing his nomination by the Chicago Republican convention was handed him. After reading it be walked awav. saving: "This bit of news must go to my wife." The old Lincoln homestead is ever an object of interest, not only to people of Springfield, but to thousands or strangers who annually come here. No visit to the Flower City is deemed complete until the Lincoln house is seen both in and out. All societies and conventions holding sessions here are sure to go in a body to the house and view its relics. The house is now occupied by O. H. Oldroyd, a local merchant. He moved into the house about two years ago. Dr. Wendlandt lived in it previous to Mr. Oldrovd. and previous to Dr. Wendlandt, Colonel Harlow, formerly Secretary of State, occupied it for many years. Mr. Oldroyd was originally from Ohio, coming to Springfield about sixteen years ago. He served his country in Company E of the Twentieth Ohio Regiment in the late rebellion. lie ms always had a predisposition to collecting relics, and began to humor this characteristic away back m the sixties bv collecting old fire-arms. swords and battle mementoes. When Lincoln died he began the work of getting together any and everything pertaining to the martyred President. He has steadily gone on adding until to-day be has a large and valuable collec tion, lie understood some time before the meeting of the last Legislature what Robert Liucoln's intentions were in reference to the final disposition of the property, and went to work to bring it about. A resolution was of fered by Representative Bogardns at the suggestioa of Mr. Oldroyd, for the purpose of ascertaining upon what terms the State could acquire possession of the old Lincoln homestead and also of the memorial collection now in the house. A committee was appointed. with Representative Bogardns as chairman, to se Mr. Lincoln and ascertain bis wishes and also what terms could be made with Mr. Oldroyd for keeping his collection in the house. Mr. Lincoln agreed to deed the property to the State upon the condition that the property would be preserved, kept in order and free of access to all who wished to visit it. Mr. Oldroyd made a proposition to the committee that if he were appointed custodian he would keep his collection in the house and deed the property to the State at his death. He also said to the committee that he would expect a salary of $1,800 a year. The committee's report was accepted, and a resolution was prepared ana introduced accepting Mr. Lincoln's proposition and providing for the retention of the Oldroyd collection in the house, although not naming Mr. Oldroyd as custodian. Tha resolution had reached a second reading in the Senate when Senator Curtis offered a substitute, which provided that the custodian should be a crippled Illinois soldier. This failed, and the bill passed as originally introduced. The trustees have been of the opinion that a salary of $1,800 a year was too large, and that the amount of $3,800, provided for by the bill, would not allow them to pay the custodian $1,800 a year, and it is upon this point that the trustees have hesitated to make the appointment of custodian. Crops on Tiled Land. Correspondence Chicago Tirne3. The Times of Saturday, Aug. C. contained an interesting article upon the subject of tile drain age as having something to do with the long-continued and terrible drought. Other papers in the West and some of our Eastern agricultural journals have been printing similar statements. From my own experience the present season I know that is not the case. My oats on tiled land have yielded ten bushels per acre more than up on the untiled land. While I have acres of corn destroyed by the excessive beat and drought, the corn on the tiled land may yet make a little feed. I send you some valuable facts from men of prominence, and whose testimony on this sub ject ought to have considerable weight. air. tsronson aiurray, now residing m JNew York city, but for many years a resident of this State, has a very large tract of land containing nearly two thousand acres at Odell, Livingston county. He says: "Have just parted from my most trustworthy source of information as to the effects of tile in drying up the corn crop this year. The man is on a farm of mine a mile north of Odell. on which I put my first tile eight years ago. It has also been tiled frequently later, uutil now it is well drained. His inter ests, were he aisposea to vary from truth. would influence him to depreciate the service of tiles this year, since his lease requires him to pay an increased rent for increased number of tiles. His testimony is that in every natural runway, draining the surface of a field, if there be not a tile beneath it the corn would be terribly burnt and wilted. whereas, if a tile be beneath it the corn above is more vigorous than elsewhere, although the ground along it, as he asserts, does have large cracks. He says his best corn is on his low, tiled gronnd, and, if he gets rain within a week. will have no cause for complaint Note: No rain yet. He compared the situation with an adjoining farm not tiled, where the soil is sim ilar, and finds the latter comparatively wilted and a worthless load." One of the best farmers in the State is Mr. George P. Weber, of Pawnee, Sangamon county, the very heart of the corn, cattle and wheat belt of the State. Mr. Weber says a similar charge was made some years ago ' against the wholesale destruction of timber. He also remembers reading au article copied from some Lnchsh journal, the production of some savant, wmcn greatly bewailed the de

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charged the then existing great drought to that fact. It was full of what purported to be theoretical science. The very next year saw th statement in print of 365V days. It rained 330. more or less. At least there were but thirty five days of tne Ju that were bright and sun shiny. Some people are celebrated for their no toriety, aud I think Mr. Johnson, of the Country Gentleman, bad better take in his clothes, as we will have a shower some day. tile or no tile, Much of the country about here is tiled; a deal of it thoroughly. The only reason why it is not all so is because the land-owners have not the money. Our people, especially those who have tiled most and longest, to a man say that no in vestment will pay a higher rate of interest, and it will take a deal of well-demonstrated theory to satisfv the farmers of Sangamon county who have had exnerience and observation in tile draining that it is not good in both wet and dry seasons. If this Illinois correspondent will take his spade and go into the thoroughly tiled fields of central Illinois and those not tiled and also look at the wells and streams and get their history, he would. I think, change his mind. Can you tell me whv the corn is kent so fresh and green all through this drought as never before perhaps? My answer is that the soil was never so triable, nor more thoroughly cultivated. We did not know a clod: vou cannot find them in our corn fields, and whoever knows anything about it knows that tile drained lands are always more friable than undrained, particularly so of a wet season. Of course, I refer to the soils of light character. Now. if tile-draining produces this condition in the otherwise heavy packed or clammy soil, and loose friable land will stand drought better than soil baked and bard, as every observer must admit, tiling instead of producing drought, will enable the soil to withstand it. When it rains we may keep dry under shelter, when it comes in floods you may conduct it away in the natural drains by artificial ones, thus hurrying off the surplus water. We know that too much water is not good; that enough is very desirable. If any man can suggest a better way of disposing of the surplus water than tile-draining he will be received as a benefactor. And if he had something better than tiling to enable the soil to withstand great drought when it came more severely than now, long before tiling was ever thought of, let him come to the front. All tilers I have ever seen are well pleased with tile-draining, believing it the best means known of rendering the soil friable, thereby enabling it to withstand such droughts as always have come and will always be likely to come. Our observation says, give us more money, Mr. Jonsing, and we will put in more tile. A STRANGE DETERMINATION. A Husband and Wife Separatev One to Become A Priest and the Other a Nun. Milwaukee sentinel. A dispatch to the Sentinel from Appleton says: "Albert Verhoven, formerly of Milwaukee, and more recently a student in Lawrence University, has decided to become a priest and h as gone to St Meinrad, Ind.. for preparation. His wife will become a nun. Verhoven is a man of means, owning valuable property both here and in Milwaukee." A search through the city directories of the past three years fails to locate any person of the name of Verhoven; nor do any of the Methodist ministers who were applied to for information seem to know such a family as is described in the dispatch. They were rather inclined to discredit the story. They said that such a determination on the part of a student would unquestionably reach their ears as soon as it was made public, owing to its extraordinary character. The Rev. Mr. Updifce, of Summerfield Church, said he could not see how the Catholic Church, as now constituted, could receive into its ministry or its nunneries persons who had been married, to say nothing of receiving a man in one branch of its church and a woman in the other, who were married. If they were received man and wife the churcb if it lived up to its tenets, would have to divorce the persons, or at least separate them. The Rev. Mr. Updike was therefore unwilling to believe the story to be true, and preferred to wait until be bad heard the facts from Mr. Verhoven himself, or President Raymond, of Lawrence University. One of the priests of an East-side parish, who preferred not to be quoted, said: "It is a rather unusual case, but not one entirely unheard of. If Mr. Verhoven and his wife determined of their own free will, and without encouragement or the solicitation of anyone else, to join the Catholic Church and en gage in church work as priest and sister, they would be received, if properly qualified. Such u thing could cot occur, however, if the parties had children dependent upon them. If they joined the priesthood or sisterhood they would be obliged to give up their marriage relations. Tbe only parallel case I can recall, occurred in iltimorec 1 thinK it was fifteen or sixteen years agoP A.t that time a husband and his wire, two daughters and two sons became converted to the Catholic faith, and all of them engaged in church work, the father and sons as priests and the mother and daughters as 6isters. They had all been Protestants before. I have also heard of a father and son who preach in the same parish in Centra. Illinois." St Meinrad College, to which, the dispatch states, Mr. Verhoven has gone to prepare himself for the priesthood, is a Benedictine institu tion. A STREET ARAB'S CHARITY. How a Small By with a Bijr Heart Gave His Mite to a Poor Cripple. New York Commercial Advertiser. A poor little crippled lad, who, with great dif ficulty, supported himself on crutches while he played a lute in notes scarcely audible amid the din and clatter of the street, stood yesterday afternoon praying for charity on the sidewalk of Fourteenth street, near Sixth avenue. No one seemed to notice him, and bis face was wan and pinched. He evidently was suffering from hunger, and the wearied, hopeless express ion of bis face showed that he had lost all hope. pot one of the endless stream of shoppers and other passers-by seemed so much as to look at him. A few feet behind, in the middle of the street. a little ragged boy was dodging in and out among the cabs and caits, playing with a ball. He looked the typical street Arab. Suddenly he stopped short and stood watching the poor little musician. For a few moments he hesitated. theo, with a smile, he put his hand in his pocket and took something out, and again began throw ing his ball up in the air and catching it as before. Once he missed the ball and it rolled over to where the little cripple was standing. The street Arab ran after it, but when he reached it, in stead of picking up the ball, he looked furtively around to see that he was unobserved. Then he whispered to the little cripple, and hurriedly dropped something into his pocket. In another moment he had picked up his ball, and was off around the cornor as fast as his legs could carry him. The cripple put his hand in his pocket, and drew from it three pennies. Had the lad who was running away to escape being thanked seen the look of amazed gratitude which spread over the cripple's pinched face, , he would have been more than rewarded. Preserving Egrgs for Winter. American Agriculturist. Many various methods are recommended for preserving eggs, yet very few manage to keeD them in large numbers. Limited supplies are stored away for family use, and others are kept in cold storage, at the great commercial centers, but the business of preserving them for the market has never become general. There are many obstacles to success, which are not always considered. First, only fresh eggs are suitable, yet it is difficult to secure them unmixed with older ones. A single stale egg may cause the loss of all in the same package. Second, eggs from bens which run by themselves will keen much longer than those from hens which are kept in company with males. A fertilized egg will keen only one-third a3 long as one which is sterile. This should be kept in view, and the males separated from the hens at least tendays before beginning to save eggs for storage. An egg which is unfertilized when placed in an incubator, and kept at a temperature of 103 degrees, will remain unchanged and fit fcr the table at the end of two weeks, while a fertilized egg under similar conditions would either be two thirds incubated or rotten. The difference in keeping qualities of the two kind3 of eggs is equally great in a cool room, though not so rapidly manifested. A third important point i3 to turn the eggs half over at least twice a week to keep yolk from adhering to shell. If kept in a room where the air is cool, pure and dry, no salt, lime or chemicals are needed. The eggs may be placed upon racks, to which access ia had for turning. But the difficulty with most cellars, and even icecooled rooms, is that eggs kept in them through hot weather are liable to acquire a musty flavor. If packed in boxes with oats or corn the boxes may be turned every few days, as indicated above. Pore Water for Stock Illinois Correspondent New England Farmer. In these days of general drought and scarcity of stock water on many farms, there is heard occasionally a longing for stock ponds as a means of water supply. Good stock ponds, however, are almost entirely things of imagination rather than of fact Could they be kept throughout the summer in a good condition as they usually are earlier in the season before the tile drains that feed them, have quit running, or while the spring aud eumtne r showers help keep them fresh and living, they might be worth having. Usually stock ponds in times of severe drought are worse than useless. If not completely dried

up they are either miserable mud-holes or basins of warm stagnant water; fit places only for the breeding of disease germs that have been carried into tbera by the surface drainage from surrounding pastures. To have the surface water from the pastures go into stock ponds is bad enough, but what of the ponds so located as to receive the drainage fnvn the stable and feed lots also Such ponds particularly are a positive damage to the country and a nuisance on farms where any pretensions are made to the proper keeping of domestic animals. Good wells are always to be preferred to either stock ponds or streams. The latter are too often, in dry seasons, only mudded sloughs, or n better than ponds of stagnant water. There if no insurance against the loss of farm animali from disease more economical or more safe than may be had by the sinking of wells from which good supplies of pure water can be drawn as needed. Whatever the farmers and feeders may be prompted by the experience of the present season to do for securing better supplies of water, may they not reBort to the building of any more of the miserable stock ponds that always bring disappointment, disease or death whenever depended on for stock water in lrj weather. THE FAIR SEASON OF 18S7. Following ia a list of county and district fairs to be held in Indiana this year, with th location, date and secretary's name of each: COUNTT FAIRS. Cass JiOgansport, Aug. 29 to Sep. 2, D. W. Tomlinson. Daviess Washington, Sep. 26 to Oct 1, Austin F. Cabel. Decatur Greensburg, Aug. SO to Sep. 3, Ed. Kessing. Elkhart Goshen, Sep. 20 to 23, John W. Irwiu. Fulton Rochester, Sep. 28 to Oct 1, J. A. McClang. Gibson Princeton, Soo. 12 to 17. S. Vet Strain. Grant Marion, Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, J. A. Gauntt Greene Linton, Oct. 3 to 7, Peter Schultze. Harrison Corydon, Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. H. F. Hurst Howard Kokonio. Sept 12 to 16. .lohnT. Stringer. Huntington Huntington, Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, Leon T. Bagley. Jackson Brownstown, Aug. 2D to Sept. 2, J. H. Matlock. Jasper Rensselaer, Aug. 30 to Sept 2, Horace E. James. Jay Portland, Sept 27 to 30. L. L. Gilpin. Knox Vincennea, Oct 10 to 15, Gerarii Heiter. Lagrange Lagrange, Sept. 27to30, H. if. Kromer. Lake Crown Point. Sept. 13 to 16, Jno. E. Luther. LaPorte LaPorte. Sept 27 to 30, Geo. C. DorlandLawrence Bedford. Sept 13 to 17. N. E. Stront Madison Anderson. Sept. 5 to y. C. K. McCoilou?h. -Monroe Bloorulngton, Sept 27 to 30, W. H. Seward. Montgomery Crawfordsville, Sept 5 to 9, F. L. Snyder. Newton Morocco, Sent 20 to 23, a M. Hanger. Noble Ligonier. Oct. 11 to 14. Tohn H. Hoifmau. Orange Paoli, Sept 7 to lO, John T. Stout Perrv Rome. Perry Tell City, Sept. 13 to 18. H. D. Stuchrk. Pike Petersburg, Sept. 5 to 10, E. P. Richardson. Porter Valparaiso, Sept. 20 to 23. E. S. Heach. Posey New Harmony, Sept 19 to 23, E. V. John, son. Randolph Winchester, Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, J. W. Macy. Rush Rushville. Sopt 13 to 16. J. S. Lalcin. Shelby Shelbyville, Sept. 7 to 10, L. J. Hacknev. Spencer Chrisney, Oct 3 to 8, S. D. Groves. Spencer Iiockpoat, Sept 19 to 21, A. D. Gaiiinghouse. Steuben Angola, Oct 11 to 14. F. Macartney. Sullivan Sullivan. Sept. 5 to 10. U. Coulson. Tippecanoe Lafayette, Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, Mortimer Levering. Vigo Terre Haute, Aug. 29 to Sept 2, Chas. C. Oakev. Wabash Wabash. Sept 13 to 16, John R. Rose. Warrick Boonville, Aug. 29 to Sept 3, Wm. L. Barker. DISTRICT FAIRS. Acton Fair Association Acton. Aug 30 to Sept 3, W. C, Hutchison, secretary. Arcadia Fair Association Arcadia, Aug. 29 to Sept 2, James F. Tudor. Eastern Indiana Agricultural -Kendaliville, Oct 3 to 7. J. S. ConloRue, Fairmount Union Fairmouut, Sept 12 to 16, E, Deals. Fountain. Warren and Vermillion Covington. Sept 20 to 23, R. W. Miles. Francisville Agricultural Francisville, Sept 27 to 30, W. A. Brewer. Interstate Fore Wayne, Sept. 27 to 30, W. W. Rockhill. Knightstown Union Knightstown, Aug. 30 to Sept 2, T. li. Deem. Lawrence District Lawrence. Sept 12 to 15. W. B. Flick. Loogootee District Loogootee, Aug. 30 to Sept 3. C. S. Wood. Miami aud Fulton Macy Sept. 21 to 24, J. Coffing. Northeastern Indiana Waterloo, Sep. 26 to 30. W. H. Leas. North Manchester. Tri-county North Manchester. Oct. 4 to 7. B. F. Clemans. North Indiana and Southern Michicran Smifb

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