Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 November 1897 — Page 9

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1897.

B0I6LARS ROB A BARI

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t Work* thU mom-

and rewv

» under which

I for the eweeptn* ef w* - - ■ in the dty

The board ex-

wit h the world n« of

for thle year, loeenber 2L Un-

now In force the board

the improved

rail thet It ie an erU« to reach the ot-

,t the cleoalms. edopted few Upon failure

of the contractor to .prtnMle cr.r«ied •treat car ireclw. or to eweep bowlder^ track*, a deducUon can be made of « cents a wtuar* a day. There are now about efsty-aeven mile* of improved etreete In the etty. and If the board can secure a bid ae Mw as Is In effect noth, which Is IS cents for the deanin* of every M,0» saoare feet, the oieanln* can be done next year t within the appropriation made, which ie

KIIIBMBNMI rBhSIOh LIST. « ■ Added and Mwm* Action of Board of Safety. At a meeting to-day of the Board of Public Safety, Chief Fire Ka&n*er Burnt reported the case of John A. P«rIdas, of engine No. ». whtwe eyesight was Injured In the service. He le unfit for farther fire duty, and the board ordered that he be retired to the pendon list. His disability wlll entlUe him to a pension of *60 a month. Three firemen now on tho pension list wsss rsoomo mended for restoration to the service. These are Prank Sloan, injured at the Schnull fire. In South Meridian street; Henry Cook, injured at the wheel-works firs, several years ago. and Warren Rice, who was thrown from a truck and injured in the back. It was suggested by Chief Barrett that Sloan can be employed ai a stoker. Cook upon the watch tower and Rice as a driver. The chief fire engineer reported a total sf seventy-three fire alarms In October, MT 4-10 miles traveled by the department and 33,660 feat of hose laid out. He recommended the promotion of John Woodruff, stoker on engine No. 7. to hs engineer on engine No. (, In the piece If Cicero Seibert, who retires on a penaffcer thirty-two years of service. m Pease will be transferred from ie No. • to engine No. 6 as stoker. Dial police powers were granted to ksl Laughlin, assistant street foretan: Abner Newiand. custodian of the t House basement; W. Allison Bwee- ... custodian of Tomllsfion Hail, and DttUeb Goatling, watchman at the Home

Company.

last Market master reported as fees received for the month of

^ Manning, license In*4,7®> fee* collected In _jh *4,600 was from *a-

| O. Harrold. weigh mneat the hay market, reported *63 col-

* for October.

aa reea recall r, John F. r, reported R ». of which

! CITY HEALTH AND WATER. )aaltarfaw tape the Water Supply le la Bsaalleab Condition. Clip Sanitarian Clark says the city is lively free from contagious disand that no epidemic of any kind ads. During the past three weeks, says, there has been a larger r.umthan usual of acartet fever case#, ut these have been in a light form and hers have been few deaths. There haa en little diphtheria, and a smaller taumber of oases of typhoid fever than p usual at this time In the year. Speaking of the city water, he mays: ^Analyses of the water furnished the dty are made almost every day for mrttee chloride and for InteatlnaJ bacsria. The water has bean very free rom nltritM for a number of month*. There la a minimum of chlorides In It. find It Is •ntlrwly free from intastlmU UMterla. I have but one obJecUon w t<> tt, aid that IS its hardness. In every other Mpsct It !■ ill excellent drinking water. TWo weeks ago 1 got word that the river lvas badly - polluted, loaded with litrites and filled with bacteria. 'hat makes ms osrtatn that ths V eter Company Is not fooling us about ts source of supply, and that the water lew undoubtedly cornea from He wella. If tny witsr gets in from ths river it would U by seepage, and could be only little Inder present conditions. In fact, the hater in tbe river haa long been lower |him It Is In ths Water Company's galery. In cans of high water there might be a good deal of seepage from the river Into the gallery. If the company had a tement-llned reservoir, we would have bne of the finest water supplies that this tountry affords." Deaconesses and Tomlinson Unit. A communication wan received by the Board of Public Works from the board H trustees of tho Protestant Deaconess asking the board to take favorMe action on the request to have Tom»n Hall on December 1. 3 and 3 free of largo, for the purpose of holding a fair, is letter sets out that the Deaconeaa Hospital is non-sectarian in regard to tho work that It Is doing. -The deacouIt says, "are Protestants of many lifferent denominations, who do not Work for gain, but for God and humanity, and are at liberty to remain in oonpet with their families, their churches, ind. if they desire, can leave their cailrtg and take care of their parents, mary, or whatever their Intentions may be. >ur hospital haa been.open to ail, wtthHit reference to religion or nationality * * and all are treated as humane an possible." , The requeat Was granted. x Cltr'B Own Wire* Still Vp. The Central Union Telephone Company. in -a communication to the board, tailed attention to the fact that It could set remove certain of its poles within one-mile limit by December 81. as r poles carried \he city’s fire alarm s and wires of the Indianapolis Ufht and Power Company for electric lighting. A month's Ume was granted from December 3i. and In the meantime the wires are to he removed, so that the poles may be taken down. Petlttana Referred. Petitions were referred by the Board pf Public Works to the city engineer retarding the laying water mains in Michigan street from Agnes street to Hlufcatha street; for paving with brick the east sidewalk of Missouri street, from Maryland street to McCarty street; for : lights at the corner of Thirtymad Meridian streets and Thlrtyand Pennsylvania streets: to open extend the first alley south of Cy- " street. City-** Share for Asphalt. Treasurer Schmidt was authorised M.704.27 to the Warrvn-Scharf Company as the city’s half for the roadway of Kentucky avet Missouri street to River ave- >, along Greenlawn cemetery.

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Recomntenrtat Ion*.

Adolph Schemer, architect, recomto tho Board of Public Works appropriation of *1.230 for additional ' of the new station-house, board, for lack of funds, decided

the recommendation.

$ for Joha T- Woodard, postal authonfies are looking for T. Woodard, the lottery aoent. on of misusing the mails. The

from tt young woman who says that Woodher by writing letters to her. Some of the

vWation# of tho postal Uws,

r Chat he la 1

A gUOTON 0? SAWTT.

THEY RRBAK INTO A PRIVATE BASK AT MBIPWKEWAXA.

The t alteg States Dtstrtet Attoroey j Coed oa the VawK — The

l<|r*f <• Interfere. t t United States District Attorney Wi*b- [ ard this aftamo— received a tfmnAie of ! typewritten manuscript from Ernest D. Thompson. O Boot Forty-ninth street. New York. In it Thompson says that be was eeateed in the Indiana Hospital for \ tbe Insane at Indianapolis from February 15, 304, until November 15 of the same year. He says that he was the victim of a conspiracy, and that his incarceration was for the purpose of ruining him. He gives the names of some of the so-called conspirators. He also furnishes tho names of persons at Waldron. Manilla, Mfiroy, RusbriOe. Greensburg. Shelbyvflls and Indianapolis who will testify that he was sane at the time he was committed. He asks the district at torney to take up the question. Investigate it and punish the conspirators. Mr. Wishard say* he does not know how the court can have any Jurisdiction in such ‘ThTk«*IUl recort. .ho* th»t »t am the commitment papers were rejected, hut that they were afterward reconsidered, and Thompson was admitted as a patient. He was discharged as •Improved.'’ \ ■ICHIlKy MUTUAL UTOATMW. Allegatlsna Coneemtog Aas^latlons jn Assignee’s Hands. An Intervening pstitlon. setting out addltionaJ alleged unUwful acts In the BUtnagemeot of the Mechanics Mutual Savings and Loon Association and the Mechanics Mutual Savings and Loan Association No. t was heard today in the Circuit Court. Peter Nuts, Jr., and M*ty other stockboiders in the assodaUons filed the petition. They aver that the by-laws had been grossly violated. In that monthly and quarterly meetings were not held and that *6.<*0 had been set apart from tha loan fund for the payment of expenses. It is also Charged that the associations paid the officer* exortttant salaries; that the assignee ie not willing to bring action against the directors for the, recovery of money diverted from the loan fund, and asks that the petitioners receive permission from tbe Court to take the matter Into their own hand*. The petition asks that the Court refuse to permit the assignee to accept the contpreailse offered by Robert N. Lamb and William H. Dye, and that the petitioners be allowed to use the name of the oseignee In bringing suit against the

directors.

■ '■« '■■■■— THE PASSING SBOW.

Saak Room Found Wrecked !■-

Thieves Escape.

Special to Ths Twdisitspoti* Nans.

Lagrange. Ind., November L—The SMpsbewana Bonk, a private institution at Sktpohewana owned by the heirs of the late H. Davis, with R. 8. Davis as president and H. Davis as cashier, was burglarized during the night. Nothing was known of the loss until this morning when the doors of tha bank were found open and tbe inside wrecked and in great confusion. The vault and safe had been forced with dynamite. The amount of money carried away is not distinctly known, but it is reported to be IMM. It Is believed that the burglars came from Sturgis on a handcar, and after the robbery they need it to reaching MJddlebury. where It waa toesed into the river. The town U In a fever of excitement consequent upon the robbery, and tbe authorities are in pursuit. The managers of the bank have sent for Noodbounds. Shlpshewana is a thriving town in the northwestern part of the county. The hank is sound financially and it

not he crippled by the loss of iaat

5S,;

Hiding fa a Swaasp. flprciai to Tbe ladiaaapoiU Neva Goshen. Ind., November 1—After robbing the Davis bank at 8hipsbews*ta last night, the burglars stopped at Middlebury tong enough to plunder the Lake Shore railway depot of several hundred dollars. The burglar* are supposed to be to hiding in the swamps north of here, and a posse of men are searching for them. PEtSOtil m SOCIAL.

Jie Fooled the Conductor.

•‘Commodore" John Higgins, councilman, went Into police headquarter# slapping his sldss with his hand* and running over the edges with laughter. He

asked ths patrolmen to clear a apace ^ _ on the fldor that he might roll and have ^SrhSmm In Meridian street

his laugh out. It was five minutes be*

WilS

for* he could make known what It F*s all about. "Do you know.” the "commodore” said, "a* long as I have, lived in Indianapolis I never was able to beat the stret-car > company until to-day. When I got on a car a while ago I had a five-dotlar gold piece and a nickie In my pocket. Instead of giving him the nlckle I slipped the gold piece into his hand and he dropped It into his ride pocket, only glancing at the coin. When the car—’’ "Then you ar* out Just $4.*6.” said a patrolman. The "commodore's" smile straightened Itself Into a serious expression In much lees than a second. He ’grabbed his hat and aa he went out the. door and down the stair* to report the loss to tha street car company, he said: "Thunderatlon: I never thought of that before!" Had Seat Poaaes Already, Charter B. Harris, the new consul to Nagasaki, Japan, being president of the Stole Board of Agriculture, wa* chairman of the pree* committee for the State Fair. Up to the opening day he had been busy sending compltmentary tickets to tvery ntjw*|>dper In the 8Ut* In return for such notice* of the State Fair aa the liberal publlahera had been Kivlnn It. Perhaps some had asked for additional ticket*. *nd other* who m«y have been overlooked wrote for ticket*. A reporter went to the ground* the opening day and visited the different heada of departrnont* and officers to learn how thing* were showing up. He finally reached Mr. Harris, who is hard of hearing. "Mr. Harris, I represent the —:— newspaper." "Huh*'* •T say I represent the —— newspaper." Mr. Harris clapped his hand to his ear and shouted: "Why, boy, 1 sent them two posses already." **Aah«r Nit." Henry Slade, who assisted at the cashier's window during the rush of the taxpayers at the county treasurer's office, waa calling- the names from the receipts aa they came from the office. Dave Wallace had a receipt in hla hand. Tbe owner was called, but did not respond. Ou* Schmidt, who was standing by. turned to Wailaee and said. “Nit.” "Auber Nit?" asked Wallace. Then Slade began. "Auber Nit! Auber Nit! 1* Auber Nit out there?" The crowd In front caught on, and Slade was driven from the window by the shout which went up from the people who were waiting for their names to be called. Christmas IHretry Orders. A newspaper telegraphed to Jame* Whitcomb Riley’s publlaben* asking If It were possible to secure a Christina* poem from tbe Uooritr poet "Tell ’em." Mr. Riley said, when the case was preaemed. "that I have Just finished my sixth Christmas poem, and that l haven't material In me for another—no, even If 1 had to be banged for lack of It-’’

Rraevaleat Society OAeers. The Rev. M. L. Haines has been elected president of the Indianapolis Benevolent Society; the Rt. Rev. August Beswonles. first vice-president; George Merrttt. chairman of tha. executive committee; John H. Holliday, chairman of the finance committee; Volney T. Malott. treasurer, and Charles W. Moores, secretary. o • A New Flat Balldtag. B. F. Nyswander Is building a flat In Vermont street, between Meridian and Illinois. It will be six stories, with pressed brick front and stone trimming*. It will be modem in every way, and will coat J38.W. o Odd Fellows’ Balldtag Ptaas. The Odd Fellows’ building committee met to-day and discussed minor change* in the plans of the new Grand Lodge building. The award of contracts and the time for beginning work will be passed upon Inter. - o CITY PARAGRAPHS.

Mis* Florence Day will give a luncheon to-morrow. Ex-Governor Matthews was in the city on business to-day. Mr. J. E. Turner is very ill at his home. 1114 Park aven ie. Miss Morrison, of Madison. Wls.. is visiting Mrs. Joseph G. Kitcheil. Mrs. Iglehart. of Evansville, returned to her borne to-day. after a visit with Mrs. Chauncey Turner. Mrs. HOgh McGibeny and Miss Holman will assist Mrs. M. H Spades at her booth at the Flower Mission Fair. The Naomi Auxiliary will be entertained at the home of Mrs. E. J. Brattain. 66 Huron street, Thursday after-

noon.

Miss Nellie Weser, of Kokomo, who has been visiting her cousin, Miss Lillian Weser. in East Vermont street, has

returned home. •

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Fletcher have issued Invitations for an entertainment Wednesday evening. November 17, at

A supper will be given this evening at St. Paul’a parish house. Laura Struby ha* filed a complaint for divorce against Henry Struby. in which •he alleges failure to provide. A festival will be given at the First Baptist church to-night and to-morrow night, with music and recitations. Andrew' Busey lost three fingers this morning x^hen his hand came in contact with tt band-saw In the wood-work- ; ihg department of the Big Four shops ai Bright wood. ® A musical and literary entertainment will be given this evening tt Broadway M. E. church, under the direction of T. R. Swan, the chorister. • The proceeds will be devoted to the music fund of the church. .

Mis* Nellie Stmmonds haa been engaged to give reading* in palmistry at the library booth at the Flower Mission Fair Tuesday evening from 8 to 10

o'clock.

The marriage of Miss Evangeline Hyland. daughter of Mrs. Kate Hyland, to Mr. Maurice O’Connor, will take place Wednesday morning, November 24, at 88. Peter and Paul chapel. Miss Williamson, of Terre Haute, has contributed several pieces of embroidery to the art booth of the Flower Mission Fair. MIsh Williamson's work has taken several prizes at art displays. Mr*. Philip Mitchell and Mrs. M. H. Wadsworth, of Rock Island. III., who came to attend the Fraser ball last night, returned to-day to their homes. Ml** Wadsworth wlll remain a week. Mr. Kiiey’s contribution to the magaslne. Once a Year, published by the Flower Misrion, is a poem, entitled "An Old Home Song." Miss Merrill wlll contribute a character sketch, called “The General.’’ Mrs, C. C. Udell and W. C. Benny and family, who have been resident* of North Indiana).oil* for many years, left yesterday for Lo* Angeles, Cai,. where they have purchased fruit fasins t and will make their future homes. s Mrs. William Beck, of North Meridian street, entertained the German Card Club yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Beck and Mrs. John

Owing

man, the cluh win by Miss Agnre Birk. Mr. Tweedle. of thfi Exmoor Country Club ai Highland Park, III, will come to-morrow to instruct the members of the Country Club Golf Links Club in golf. On Saturday afwnoon the Country Club will be thrown open to Its member* interested in golf for an entertainment similar to the one held last Saturday. No Invitation* will be Iseued. The Fraser Ball. 8iX hundred Invitations wer* sent out for the bell given last night at the Propylaeum by Mr. and Mr*. Henry Scot Fraser and Mr. Philemon M. Watson, and there were few regrets. The reception hour* were from 8 to 11. those participating in the boll coming at later hours. The hails, reception rooms, supper rooms and dancing hall were beautifully decorated. The stairway was bordered with row* of palms, and the mantels banked in green, which formed an effective contrast with the white covering of the ceiling* In the hail and ball-room. Around this room there ran an evergreen friese in the form of a lattice, from which there were festoons and garlands of green, coming together at the celling In a center piece set off by garlands of pink ribbon. Tiny electric lights from beneath pink tulip shades gavq a brilliant

effect.

Mr. and Mr*. Fraser and Mr. Watson received, and their assistants were Major and Mr*. Varney, Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. C. Golt. Mr. and Mrs. Oran Perry and Mr, and Mrs, Otto Hasselman. At the favor table were Mrs. Philip Mitchell and Mrs. M. H. Wadsworth, of Rock island. III.; Mrs. Fraser's sisters, and Mrs. Beniamin Harrison. Mrs. Millard, Mr*. Holman. Mrs. Augustus Coburn. Mrs. W. P, Herod. Supper was served to fifty guests at a time in the two lower floor rooms. American beauties with candles displaying the same color were used tn the decorations of tbe one, while chrysanthemums of many shades and candles of blue were used in the other. The Turkish room In the gallery was an attractive smoking-room for the gentle-

men.

At 12 o’clock came the full cotillon figures, led by Mr. Augustus Coburn, dancing alone. The first was a plain favor figure, the second, a basket figure, where the ladies, after being favored, form a circle with the men at the back Joining hands to produce the effect of the interwoven basket. In the canopy figure which followed, a tarleton-covered pole was used with long streamers which were held to form the canopy underneath which the odd couples danced. A quadrille figure came next, and the Oriental figure last. In this the lights were turned low to bring out the color effect of the gay chrysanthemum hats worn by the young ladles, and the lanterns of Oriental paper which were carried by the men. The collection of favors was unusually large, ami consisted of opera fans, quaint tobacco pouches and numerous dainty little articles for the dressing table and personal adornment. Tho dancer* in ths cotillon were Miss Laycock. Miss Krag. Miss Mary Foster. Miss JCnippenberg. Miss Gaston. Miss Hasselman. Miss Wilson. Mias Hyde. MUs Bassell. Mis* Holman. Miss Josephine Holman. Miss Townsend. Miss Holltdav, Miss Hawthorne, Miss Henley. Miss Winter. Miss Van Camp. Miss Walcott. Miss Kate Walcott. Miss Edith , Wallick. Mis* Wilson of Evanston, Mis* Wasson. Miss Fraser. Miss Wadsworth. Xttss Armstrong. Mtss Atkins. Miss M&rttndale. Miss Bradshaw, Miss Jessie MllItr, Mis* Carey. Miss Deborah Moore, Miss Coburn, Miss Mary Ranadell. Mis* Taj lor. Miss Duncan. Miss Julia Fletcher and Messrs. W. B- Poland. Lynn Mar undalt, Harmon Bradshaw, BamuM Vaa

Camp. Ray Van Camp. Henry

J- . George Roekwood, Samuel Morrison. William Morrison. Robert Marttodmle. Las Noble. Wallace Krag. George Hume [ Thaddeus Baker, Otto Haasetmaa, Owen f Motkershe&d. Robert McQuat. John Woffick. Thomas KacMey, Booth Tark-

Ingtou. Mr. Foote and Mr. Nebeker. Mrs. Fraser store a gown of pink sarin,

cut decotlette. and embroidered In sttw. Mr*. Wadsworth was to vtoiet moire xctkrue. and Miss Wadsworth in white chiffon over white silk. Mrs. MltcbeU wore a violet gown of pineapple ttssxae, trimmed with violets. There were a number of out-of-town guests who came for

tbe Oceanian.

'the wspectiqh of seed

IMPORTANT WORK DONE BY DKP ART ME ST OF AGMXCTLTIMR.

to The XadianssoSs Sews. lad.. November A—This afternoon Prof. J. Newton Roe and Hiss Harriet Bruce, members of tbe faculty of tbe Northern Indiana Normal School of this city, were married at Woodlawn. III.. tbe wedding occurring at the home of the.bride's father. Tbe Rev. J. H. O. Smith, of Chicago, officiated. The bridal pair will visit Indianapolis and other points. DAILY (m STATISTICS.

Edvard 0. Scudder and latmbeth Jsst OP0I43I. TSrral R. P. Cwwtsn and Bertha G. Alien. Joseph B. McNamara and Csthmas -V. Jacob H Oriesser and Elizabeth Virtlag. fidwd r>. HUkeshack mod Jimr Clara Sdxxxsidt. Calvin W. Petty snd Leora B. LlpseyJohn A. Van Sickle snd Josephine Schenk Servant W. Dtcktoson and Harriet C. Bailey. Arthur Elliott and Hattie Dari*. John L McEnary and Blanche Moore. Jesse Bell Cum and Rachel Louisa Anna

Lafayette

Birth Return*. and Jennie Lockwood, ilia

Robert and Mary Phillips. Bluff road. gtri. Frank and Mary Griffith. *M Buchanan, girlL. M. and Caro Hoghbanks, Three Notch

road. boy. flume! and

Sarah Larkea, 1M# Prospect,

llseouri.

Max and Ellm Kiefer. 833 Indian*..girt. OUs Boyer and wife. 158 8. William*, boy. Janies and Julia Barnett. 1M King. girl. Paul and Minnie HU1, IS Linn. ari. Mathew snd Ann* Donahue. 715 M John and Anna Conway, 383 McCauly, girl. Joe and Katie A saner, 1133 Maple, hoy. iliarle* and Dorm Gibson. 1123 8 West. boy. William and Josle Clfnkert, 7H Cottage. and Joete Lucid, 5*8 Norwood, rirl. and Amelia Seyfried. 1131 Chadwick, " joaeph and Catherine Busch, Beeler street,

boy.

ISK

Death Returns.

Mabel Day, 2 month*.

534 Leon,

Lula

enteritis. Infant Whallon. 1W> E. Ohio, stillborn. Henry Heine. 71 year*. 54 Elm. Nellie Wasner. JO month*. < Depot street. Brlghtwcod. cholera Infantum. A J Poole, *4 years, 3001 X. Illinois, dilation of heart. .. Fannie R. Richardson, 51 yeans, .’ , 315 V Meridian, blood poison. Frank I'ebelacker, 51 years. 25K5 S. Meridian. intestinal obstruction. infant Kiefer, glH. M* Indiana, stillborn. Henry Lange, 36 years. Rural, fracture ot

skull.

Infant Parke*. 8 days. City Hospital, heredi-

tary disease.

Infant Lewis, girt (rear) 324 St. Mary, premature birth. _ _ Infant Thompson. 1 month, bqy. 1413 Eng

Huh. septicemia.

Lena Duelsser, 16 year*, Lexington, typhoid

fever.

Laura A. Hart. 17 year*. 1401 Woodlawn, acute phthisis. Mores Davts. 26 years, 1304 Masaachusetts, aantle exhau«tk>n. Lottie Klelnsmlth, 21 years, 832 Maple, pulmonary consumption. Fred Taude. 11 months, 509 W. Wilkins, catarrhal pneumonia John Bumgardner, 67 years, 714 Chestnut, pulmonary consumption. Balldtag Permits. Samuel P. Owens, frame house. Twentysecond street, 8300. J. O. and L. Frenk, frame addition, 130 Agnes, M80. M. A. Rubush, frame ehed. 445 Indiana avenue, 335. E. M. Johnson, frame barn, 1617 North Meridian. $425,

Real Estate Transfer*.

Sheriff to Albert Rabb. trustee, lot 23. block 24, North Indianapolis $400 Union Trust Co., guardian, to WUUnmM Stoeflfer. Jr., lots 4 and 5* Bryan s heirs' subdivision, part of VaJen's north addition 500 Walter J. Hubbard to Barah Holland, lot 18, Webb'* subdivision of part of Oak Hill Christian Roessler, trustee, to William Wencke et ux.. lot 66, Fletcher's subdivision, part of Oak Hill.............. William Wencke to Christian Roessler, trustee, name Herman E. Vance to Clara V. Bowlu*. lot 17. square 12. second section Lin-

coln Park

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R. R. Men a B. and -L. AsKocfiftion to Mary B. Burger, lot 8. Dennison Park. 2,300 Robert R. Bennett to Henry W. Bennett, lot 73 Woodruff’s subdivision of part of Morris’s addition 1,000 YFYatUk B. Heath to Albert Hoekersmith. lot 12, block 11, North Indtanapotts,... 730 Msry E. Krumrine to Edwgid F. Krsmer, lot 66, Steven’s subdivision of part of outlot 103 1.800 Amos r>. Krewson to J. B. Roberson, lots 78 and 79, Clark's third addition to West Indianapolis 1,900 John A. Quion to James M. Bowers et ^ a!., lot to. block 2. Armstrong’s first addition to North Indianapolis 600 James M. Bowers to John A. Oulon, lot 19, block 7, same addition 2,000 Marie A.'GlIlett to Thomas F. Griffin, lot tt4. Alien and others second Woodlawn addition 850 Pauline Schutte to Daniel B. Capllnger et al„ lot 84 McCarty’s third West

Side addition

Frederick Stitt to Cornelius Frledgon et ux., lot 2. Vail's East Washtlngton street addition Robert L. Klum to Edward C. Fletcher, lot 29 and part of 28. Talbott’s addition Richard M. Coleman to William B. Milan, lot 12, MInker's Wilmoth Place Anna B. Wilhite to AUle L. Grubb, lot L Eitel’s North Meridian street ad-

dition

Laura E. Capllnger to Marlon Schulte, lots 18 and 11. Chenoweth’s subdivision. part of Blrkemeyer's addition Stephen J. Ward to Frederick Hergt et ux , part of lot 24. square 8, Hubbard and others southeast addition

2,900

1.400

8,000

Total transfers 21,

L673

consideration $12,725 —o

W. H. Ballard’s Balldtag. The contract has been let for W. H. Ballard's five-story brick building at Delaware and Ohio streets. It will be of iron construction, with dark mottled pressed brick and stone and ornamental trimmings. The first floor will be used for store-rooms and the others for apartments.* It will have a ten-foot basement and will be fitted with baths, elevators and all modern conveniences.

It will cost $25,000.

Flaetnatlon la Hojps. Denver Republican. "People are sometimes impressed by the fluctuations of the stock and wheat market, but they are not a circumstance when compared with the hop market." remarked L. D. Jacks, of San Francisco. "To give you an idea how hops fluctuate it’s but necessary for me to state that in 1874 October hops sold at 44 cents per pound, the highest, and » cents tlje lowest. Last year they sold for 11 cents high and 10 cents low. During those twentytwo year* hops went to $LU per pound and also dropped as low aa 4 cent*. Can the stock and wheat market equal that’ I think not. The hop crop this year in the United States will ba about 210.0*) bales, or 4J0.0iM.OO0 pounds, a bale containing M) pounds. Oregon will yield 55 - istu balee; California, 46,080; Washington. 25.008: New York, 75,000. Oregon will be short ou hops this year, owing to mould caused by lice. Early in the season the crop to that State was estimated at 80.000 bales. New York and Washington are also troubled with hop lice, but. strange to say, they do not exist in California. Washington at one tune provided more hops than any other Pacific State, but the lice have so infested that country that it has dropped tost in the list. o Death Statistics for the Globe. It has been estimated by a competent foreign authority that only 9*> person* out of every 1.008,000 die from old age while 1,809 succumb to gout. 18.*k) to measles, 2.TOO to apoplexy, 7,«M to erysipelas. 7,500 to consumption. 48,000 to scarlet fever. 25.000 to whooping cough. to typhoid mod typhus and 7,«» to rheumatism. The averages vary according to locality, but these are considered accurate as regards the population ol the globe as a whole. Hoped Be Would.

Chicago News.

He—tHd you tell your father would Mil myself if I couldn

you?

She—Yea. He—What did he say? She—He said that settled It. Oflutdn t have me.

Meager of Dtssemiaatiag Ylcioas Wee4o -How tbe Rasstaa Thistle waa Introduced Into This Country.

Special Correspondeoss of Indtaaspolls New* Washington, D. C- Novesnbor 2.-"Tbo most important thing to agriculture is tbe seed which the farmers plant," says Me. Gilbert H. Hicks, in charge of the seed inspection of the Department of Agriculture. •Success to agriculture depends upon the seed which is planted more than anything else, even the weather. No matter bow good tho soil may be or how favorable tho weather, if the farmers plant poor seed they will haTe poor crops. "The work of seed Inspection is based largely on similar work, which has been carried on for about thirty years in Europe, where there Is at the present time tn the neighborhood of one hundred seed-testing stations- The object of these stations is to secure to the farmers some means by which they can bo assured of getting first-class seed. Nearly aU of the had weeds in this, country are introduced into fields through seed which is bought for sowing. ‘The farmers are at a disadvantage in this matter of buying seed, because they can not tell by the looks of the seeds whether they are fresh or not, or if they are exactly what the purchasers desire. In case they are not what they are recommended to be, each farmer not only loses the price of the seed, but also the time and labor expended on them, as it is often too late to start another crop. Thus, you will see. that it is exceedingly Important to the farmer to know that the purchased seed is true to its name. On the tests of this department, many of the seed dealers throughout the country have voluntarily guaranteed their seeds. They are tested to show their purity, vitality and genuineness. Dissemination of ’Weeds. "There has been great agitation In this country about the Russian thistle, which spreads over a good shh^-e of the Northwest, and Congress was Asked to appropriate $1,000,000 for the purpose ot exterminating that agricultural pest. It has been proved that the obnoxious weed came here in flax seed. The wild onion, which grows around the national capital and get* in the milk and butter, waA spread through winter oats. In fact, nearly all weeds are developed by being mixed with good seed, and thus are planted by the farmers themselves. "The work of this division has as its first object the creation of a sentiment among the farmers and those planting seed, in favor of good seed, so that they wlll know the difference between bad and good seed, and be willing to pay a reasonably larger price in order to obtain that which is the best. "A second object of this division is to place a check on seed dealers so that they can not sell poor seed to farmers, as is done In & great many cases at the present time. For example, we have Just received a lot of samples to be examined. One is seed and fruit of the German coffee berry, which is sold as a novelty at 13 cents for a sjnall package. When tested we found the seed to be In reality the soga bean, which costs only about IB cents a pound. Tbe above is a fair sample of the way Some seedmen impose upon the public. Their catalogues are full of advertisements of new and rare ami wonderful varieties which turn out to be

fraudulent.

“Another is a sample of Kentucky bluegrass, which was sold as flrst-class seed and should have sprouted from 50 to 60 per cent., whereas only 10 per cent, sprouted. It Is thus seen that unscrupu lous scedimn do not hesitate to palm off old stock, which has become worthless, on the unsuspecting farmers. -The prevention of this injustice is another of the branches of work of this division. Another late eample Is that of alfalfa clover seed, which is most extensively grown in the West, particularly In the Rocky mountain regions. It was sent to this country from Turkestan, and on being tested was found to contain nearly nine thousand seeds of dodder to a pound. Dodder is a little plant that looks like silk, and lives entirely by wrapping Itself -Around the sprouting clover and sucking away its vitality. It Is one of the very worst weeds introduced Into this country. This seed is very small and resembles pieces of dirt, so that only experts can detect its presence. It is our duty to warn the people against It. “Another of the lot is a sample of Ted clover tailings’ from Germany, which Is "to American dealers at 2ft cents a

RRJon ot moisture and atmosphere, snd a careful record ts kept of the seeds which sprout. In this way this percentage of genelaatfcm or vitality of the of the seed which Is dtstribmed bar the Department ot Agriculture. It Is a weU-koown fact that la previous years, some soodmen imposed upon the deportment snd as * result poor seed has been distributed by the da partment unwittingly. At the present time all seed purchased by us most come up to the high standard of purity which has been fixed by the deportment, and the percentage of purity is determined b> tests by this division. "We hove also devised a standard apparatus or germinating chamber for sprouting seed, which has been adopted by the American Association of Experiment Station*, and Is being used at the different stations throughout the country at the preeestt time. In addition to this matter of wed testing, the -seed laboratory is carrying on interesting experiments on tt»e effect of the treatment of seed with various chemicals to hasten germination. It to well known that some seeds require one or two years from the time of maturity before they will sprout. Many formulas have been given from time to time by experts to hasten germination. We are also experimenting on the value of selecting only the heavy and large seeds from a given lot for planting, and have obtained some very interesting results. We have found that in the matter of early pease that not only did the heavy seed produce a heavier crop, but also produced a crop which matured from two to six days earlier than the crop from smaller seed. This work was done to green-houses, and also carried on In soli with the important result. From the above fact the farmers could easily produce earlier and better crops by simply selecting their seeds. A Serious Drawback. "A serious drawback results from the fact that many weak plants perish in the seeding stage. If any seeds are lacking in vigor, even though they may germinate, a sudden change of temperature, or a prolonged drought, or a slight frost. Is apt to destroy plants while they are in their young and tender condition. "Insufficient attention has been paid to the fact that different seeds, even of the same variety and lot. possess an unequal vigor, which shows itself in the plants produced. It should therefore be the aim of planters to select their seed that both vigor and uniformity may be

secured.

“Owing to the lack of facilities these i experiments have not been conducted on a field scale. But numerous investigator* have found that heavy seed wheat, oats, etc., produced heavier crops in the field than light seed of the same variety sown under similar conditions, and there seems no room for doubt that tn the majority of instances at least, the selection of large heavy seed will amply repay the planter for all the extra time, labor an J

money expended.

"For a number of years there has been great agitation among the farmers and others toward securing national legislation which would require seedmen to guarantee the purity and vitality of their seed, especially to guarantee that certain bad weed-like dodder, etc., are not to be found in the goods they sell. A bill was before Congress last winter to that effect, but nothing came of it. A similar bill, however, was passed by the Legislature of the State of Maine, and seedmen of the Pine Tree State are -therefore compelled by law to guarantee their “Our collection of seeds in this division numbers over 15.UOO different varieties and is probably the largest seed collection In America, if not in the entire world, and we are making addition# to it almost daily. We are at the present time putting up packages of the different weed seed to be distributed to the different agricultural experiment stations throughout the country, to our agricultural colleges, and we also sell some lor their actual cost to leading seedmen. "Another thing which is interesting this division of the Department of Agriculture at the present time is the treat

‘ ‘ • ‘»on D!

sold

pound, to use in adulterating clover seed. This sample contained but 4 per cent, of clover seed, and the balance was bad

weed seed.

"There is a plant which belongs to the - clover family, resembling the clover very much, but which is of very little use as a forage plant, called the ’yellow trefoil.’ The seeds of this plant closely resemble in site, shape and color those of the alfalfa and other clover. The seed Is shipped into this country in large quantities, at the present time, for the sole purpose of adulterating clover seed. Trefoil Is very much cheaper than clover, and the dealers do not seem to have any trouble in selling it for clover seed. Will Test Seed Free. "The Secretary of Agriculture offers to test seed free for anybody who sends here. Farmers or seedmen can avail themselves of this opportunity, and tha department makes report to them of the result of the tests. We teat the sample** as soon as they are received. We select a small portion of the seed sent in, having first thoroughly mixed the whole/ ro as to obtain the average condition of the seed, and, after selecting this small portion, we carefully examine It to obtain the poor seed and the impurities. We separate all of the weed seed, and thus obtain the percentage of poor seed. After this is done the seed is put to the sprout-

are carepartment

green-nouses, ana a iso in me germinating chamber, and receive the proper con-

ment of bt

uggy seed with carbon blsulphld

to kill the insects. Seeds of the common pea are often badly Infested with weavels. and in fact, nearly all seed grain is subject to their ravages. The common method of seedmen is to treat such seed with a chemical called carbon blsulphid. which te a very powerful gas. which kills all insect life which may come In contact with it. We have been making expertmen is to ascertain the effect of this gas upon the various varieties of seeds. We found that there was not the least dim inution In the vitality of wheat, corn, barley, or rye, resulting from leaving the seeds In contact with the gas for twentyfour hours at the usual rate of one pound of the chemical to one hundred bushels of grain. We also found that In general, the seeds of beans, cotton, buckwheat,

bisuiphid, witnout snaienally jurlng their germinating power. On the other hand, seeds of corn, wheat, rye and other products of the gras* family should be treated with caution when exposed to the fumes of this chemical." A Special Report on Wheat. In view of the exceptional interest that is at the present time being manifested to the production of wheat In the United States, and the relation of such production with the wheat crop of the world at large, the division of statistics has decided to call upon their correspondents throughout the country to make a special report to the department, based not upon the percentage system used by the department. but upon careful and conservative estimates of actual production, In

bushels.

It la the Intention of the Secretary of Agriculture that the work of the department shall be made of greater utility to the farmers of the country than has ever been the case in the past, and therefore this circular letter has been sent to the correspondents of the division of Statistics to investigate the subject as thor-

==r

oughly as possible.

Each Investigator I# requested to ascertain the exact production to bushels ot all wheat grown in the county In which he is located, and also to ascertain the

average yield per acre.

In this way the department will not only know the exact number of bushels produced In this country during the year 1887, but will also be able to tell where

wheat is the most profitable.

Mr. Hyde, the statistician of the Department, says that the result of this Important special investigation will be ready in abouj ten days or two week*, and wlll be immediately published and distributed to all who care to have It. and will send their names to the department.

SMITH

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FOUND HADES IN INDIANA

RIVER STYX AND KLYSIAX FIELDS ALONG THE KANKAKEE.

Aw Old Official Report by Jeremiah

Smith Inearthed In the State Auditor*# Office — Charon'# Boat Paddle Al#o Found.

He—I am (rein* to kina

She—Them 1 .will set oat at oaee.

yom toetere row leave tWta boat.

The official record# of the State bear testimony that the territory tributary to the Kankakee river was much sung by the ancient poets; that Virgil some time In his career ascended the Kankakee, explored the surrounding country, and was rowed across the English lake by the surly Charon: "Grim, equalld, foul, with aspect dirt. Hie eyes wen each a globe of fin!." Unless the official record I# untrue, Homer must have been acquainted with the territory. Sixty-three years ago, when nearly all northern Indiana was a howling wilderness, the general Government sent Jeremiah Smith, a surveyor, from Washington, to explore that part of the Kankakee which to in Indiana. He spent the summer of 1&34 in the work, and late In the faJI'of that year filed with the land department of tbe Auditor of State an official report in which he declared that be had discovered the former abode of Charon, the ancient Acheron, the river Styx, the Stygian pool, the Elyston Fields, He declared in that report that he had made himself immortal by that discovery, and went away, the official records do not *ay where. The Old Report Inearthed. Recently an employe of the Auditor's office, to rummaging through some of the books, brown with age, ran acrose the report filed by Mr. Smith. It is as fol-

lows:

That the river Styx to a fabled stream, and that It never existed except in the brain of ancient poets and priests, is a proposition I am fully prepared to deny and disapprove; that Charon ever existed. never kept a boat and ferry landing. tbat tbe dreary region* of which ancient poeti speak and through which the souls of unburied carcasses wandered for a. hundred rears before his majesty ot the frail bark would give them a passage; and, that the Elyston Fields, re tbe souls of tbe Just reveled to never-ending scenes of pleasure and deiight, are Imaginary regions, to equally false. The Kankakee to tbe ancient Acheron, and English Lake Is the Stygian pool, at the head of which, near tbe line between range* throe and four, at 111 remain undispu table evidences of Charon’s existence, of the Identic*! spot where he 00 often landed bis boat and took on board the souls of the departed; and last, but most of all. as a precious relic of antiquity, which would make

I even an ordinary antiquarian —,.. _. ecstacy of joy, tha very paddle of fchfl old

sentleman Is In existence.

Place of Dreamy Wanderlags. "The dreamy regions from the of Markum # creek to the head of Hsh lake, and particularly about mouth ot Yellow river, to theptoo* v*—~ no many poor soul* have wandered their hundred years; and, In foot, a* ths use of 1 the magnetic needle was not known Ml that age of the world, I am not at alt surprised at Its taking a poor man so long to get out of that place whan he was once fairly set Into It without compass, chart, grog or tobacco. Tha 'Door Prairie’ and the other * mailer one* about I take It to be what remains of ths Klynlan Fields. What hsa bsooms sf Us undent occupants, and why the order of things has been changed, boM» lb tho Klynlan Fields and about the Stygian pool, neither the present natives along the Kankakee, nor the owner*, pre-emp-tloner* and occupants of 'Door Prairie’ could tell me. I leave this to be ferreted out by historical societies and future antiquarian*. having myself done sufficient to render me Immortal by finding the prototype of the long loet Styx. Char«*»’s fe rry landing, etc,, without telling What has become of the old geaUsfflau. : » •To have a correct Idea of this township, the ancient poets should be well studied. F/verythtog said tny them r»spectlny the nether regions, and tho abode of the wicked should be applied to It, and the whole will make a correct. j faithful and true description thereof. f The very thought of It makss toy blood run cold." -?

It ts Near Chicago.

This place, so much sung hf *nrlent poets, according to the represent*tive of the Government of the United States, i* about fifty mllss southeast of Chicago. English lake forma a pari of the boundary line between ths counts* of Laporte and Starke. Its still, deep water* make It a favorite fishing resort for men from Indlanapolfc. v ’ Wayne and Lafayette. Tho —m—gowwii which is formed farther up toward thq Michigan line, pursues a sluggish course

to th* scuthwest. and flruUl

into Illinois. The country

It makes Us way has been described Ume and again by the poet* of norther* *«- dtena, and even James Whitcomb has put It Into verse, but not old official report of Mr. T covered wa* It known that ferring to the little Draft river when he told of bow turned their steps toward

Field*, and after duly ' golden bough at the ~

»urse

1 described time

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