Indiana Oasis, Volume 1, Number 5, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 3 October 1878 — Page 2

tcj f F. WALDO, PrBi.:nsi'.-. RISING SUN, INDIANA: UJi AM) ii?v Thi-: g -id yield in North C your amounted to $::-i,tti . NeT :. Cl.inamaa iu has taken the veliow fever. uth Ihe teeth have been .0 c a Sr T.I:t d,a' i- ' :. . N s deft its of vision. of Edinburgh's .it' .by rii's t'icrj v-sixth mand -Faapre a r. Y '.ik. C.-pta o soeiethe de le" now ; nTr : shui . ."no i-.' i i VU'. !U't? .vers mu-t make o gather oni e-t is the one u-i ti.kes the iiia ii :oi;a'i is year, i . her hfe. of Turkey ad hvthe'l : a 2am he; has ir, h'S ;ht of sin of water. . a: the Achate lawyers, twentythirteen p':ysi::ea are ten crapb in i. taey i nr. ,.. ipeal "f t'-vt ;. -e:ghi. silver bells in the towtroi the char-el aae'rO to his seat of E arc Hall Cos!, il."(MJ0t). -Tt !.;; Co,.k, who has recently fku.-bed n.iaiing hi;a.-lf a beautifu' home ai lie-.-.;-: d :oga, tain? Vi-.tweer. s--22,''9 ami i'-j' ' a yi .ir i y Irs ;-.-ct urine. rr. i. : :- , h: s IT'i churches, oi which .-2 .:: ',thoiio, 2-3 Prt sbyteriau, 2' MethBapti'i, !'.: Episc: pal. VI Lath:..;o :. ' ':, and :3 Unitarian 'oleic tiic a; prehensions e-f a us people t learn that theie is C ran , It e.iea us.:.ute oi iie i:o -' spread thi-.ughtht : IN sh 's o Lanaaa are varieties ot y fi.m salt water which can .' i o Vvinents from the bot- ' oi a sheet of falling witall 1 Pacific televi-ph :i t xUtenoe -f ten u'-is, :l..t tiividvad, being r e-re per cent. or its a ; i s 13,: bn is; watenmaKei a i wai h his been Oevi-ed, oh will lie phosph-. u escent , u a. a ill i; -a ii is best shon by . '. o- th it the s-iles t x:e -oar. -ate tile ;- ' .a.-i tl.e '..';.. 1 -m tv, at low tme, caa sail Ik : t k el the Natalia, the ship, - t le: n escaped to C-.lafornia ii trai L.ba. ::11, trom :ht . ny of Unas. r.egrta s of Baieigh, 'Noith declared to be gradually alack colt r, and this curious i- ;; .'rlbuted to the peculi-.-d- inkla water in a cert -tin os,L: 1 . . . : heu- in-jtio'i

IF P I A N A O ASIS . ! .hr

Captain David Porte Mount Vesuvius is in a state of erupted dress at a Newport t oa.

a p;; Th. tic.';1 aid -aha v a' trial was wirtesiik, '.n-.i-wt.trk the captain had ; ij.veis and bir bri-ht ! i can show a Jersey cow four sound, well -tie veT pea caiv' a ei a months- brae is .i - a ft ur yc, is i'ti three months .!.. am aas iU'.o. ii ve e es. Tin: ol-h-st nr. a in the world has been f auna ia the B- public of Columbia, S. A. . lis n ail'; is Miguel Sobs, and he lays haii i to being only yean old, alibi a :h his neighbors declare he has pa-sed his sectud century. TiiiKi-s was st small a baby that he -i t'tald have been put into a wo...en shoe. He was baptbed in a cellar, for the reign of teiforliad only just come to a close, nm for priests were still afraid to perm.v c remony in tne churches. Thk town i f htaglien, Italy, has been -ri.t i i ..by sinking until it is some fifteen lo t belt v ) s f.a nit r level, and the houses are idl tippt d from their perpendicular. I he p.- pie have taken to the fields while aa investigation is made into this e.xt.ra-oidir-.s-ry bthavi-r. Mmk. Binui ai'.t, a lion tamer, rime near being filitti while she was performing in a cage of wild animals at Marlboro, Massachusetts, hii infuriated panther aiting hi r on the aim and hip. Her coolness saved Lt r, and she covt e l t he beast with a w lap. Candida! its f. .r office groan under monarchial despotism in Canaila. The law rrohiftits the , f urnishing of vehicles to

bring voters to the pulls. Tbey are fined

h-.i! dre-i dollars if it is proved that ; the- i r-.)!r.ie( flice toconsrituect?, whetb-t-r they ui-.mu to keep the promise -r not Aral a s-uiikir fine is imposed for "treat- , ing"' doun ful voters, i Mis. C. I). Saxdkus, of Parkershun:, i W. Va., is a tali, straight, robust ra-.n. i between fifty and sixty. He has m i siept j for tifteeu years; he fee's tiied some; hues ; but never sleepy, though he has tried working eoatinuously f or ten or eaven I days ana nigtits. Heavy opiates nave no efi-.ct upon him. At night he goes to bed i "so as to be out of the way,'' and lies I thcae and thinks, but not sleep. ; I Last year in Massachusetts 12,707 j j couples were joined in the bond of wedi lock. Of those tlaae were 9 'ho bach- i j eiors who close maidens to b 1 1 e i r wives ; an ! (j S who chose widows: Li'e l.:j'. i 1 widowers married maidens a .1 Sl- mar- j ' r'.ed widows. Fiona this it ..rears that : ; Tr more widowers than - i.iows weie i married again, and that !,:..;: maidens ! married widowers, when only Ot- bash- ; ' t-lois n; .iried widows. An artesian well o 2 ') feet deep h;'.. ' ! been bered in Pest'u, Hungary. It is the i deepest in the world, being nearly tw ice I the depth ot that in fans. It seuos vai a i jet of nearly boiling water forty-tw o feet I high. A Swiss engineer, e-f Zurich, has iuven- ' ted a roau locomotive by which h" can travel over ordinal y roads. He has arI rived at Basle. It has an engine of j twenty-f.ve horse power; it can tow a train of vehicles, and it can be converted i'o a steam ci.aine catable of throw im: a s,-e.an t 1 . 17 UV lUl J i l' 1 C 1. I . I After a short delay at Basle, the inventor resumed his journey to Palis amid the aooi.tusutious of a crowd of enthusiastic spectab rs. A C -Kl.hslV INDENT of the Lexington. Ky., Press has a found a specific for the cure of consumption. It is simply t: strong decoction of mul'ein leaves, cither iiretn or dry, sweetened with sugar. I! it is desired to can the plants for winter use, they should be dried m the shade. The dec-iction should be us. -d freely and continuously for from three to six mouths. Tiie w riter its use will arrest hemorrha , s'reng-hen the system and enrich ! tje oioou, wnxuat lavs aa ten 'tiey to ; ! inflammatioa of the lane isoMEyears ago itnaiu eraun l-ryant - rcceiveo a letter as editor of the Evt niug ; Post, which was wiittea by a servan; iiri. vet so sunn v and : heaut: u v pressed that he had some of Lis 1 teral'V friends who were in a she had acquired such an admirable stale. On ipiestiouing her she told him she hao a great d.ead of opening wor wrong; iie anya i when she undertook to wr th.ng, if a word suggested itself to her which she couid not spell, she selected another which she was sure she could s,iell right. This was the secret of her pure anu simple style. Tin: vendetta, according to a Frenchman who has lately visited the island, has lest none of its strength or fcioeity ia Corsica, owing no doubt, to its is.ilntiu posit'ou and r moval from the direct iatlavnces of civilization. Tne wiitcr says Corsica is substantially wh-it ir was two uuu oied years ago, and ,1 VI -OS :m-0 :!!-.! t h -i the people in the interit r are little less than savages, heinsi deplorably hneraut, indilfeient to lav, incapable of self restraint and governed tradit.ons. The Fieaehman mentions that, two or three m'Uiths ago, the last member of three once large families., ten miles from Larteme, fell a victim to a vende'ta that had continued near a century. SEVVft Or Till Tuz'.a has surrendered to the Austrian. 1 he ceansus ot Japan shows a n; ;e mcrease. The nancitH at Paris, Madrid and Lisbon are to be made cardinals. There is a fear at London that Beaconsfield's Indian policy wall cause war. It is not thought the llussians wall evacuate I3ugaria according to stipulations. Gaiubetta's sneeehou Church and State at B-tuen, has create a profound sensatii.u. Bussia proposes a collective demand for the surrender of the territory ceded to j Montenegro. A two-year old filly from Cynthiana, Ky., trotted a (piarter at Milwaukee iu seconds. i Suppervisers of the Concressional elec tion under, the United States law, have bea u appointed in Ohio. The recent Ohio State Fair is reported to have been a financial failure. The loss is about $1,000. Bain has fallen in great quantity m the northern provinces of China, and good harvests are cxpectC''. Building peimits to the amount of $1.000,000 were issued in Washington, D. C. during July and August. The Liberals have control f the German Parliament unless the Conservatives unite with the Ultramontanes. The reciprocal treaty between the United States and Japan produites a sensation at the British legation in Yokohama.

It is said that 7,900,000 people of China soon reduces the horse, rendering it una- J Richmond Tei.kckam: Tuesday. four have uie-.l of st&ivation within the past ! bie to work for a long time. Considera- i farmers who had driven from I uion few months, and the famine still con- ble ground will be left unsown in tonse- ! county to this city, to purchase maotiint'huts. j cpjence. cry, were at res fit for not payia ia.1 The reports at Vicrua are to "he effect ' The opium product of China is in- i toll at the respective g.-.t through vb ch Lit the army in Northeast B. suia has j creasing so rapidly that fears are enter- ; they passed. Their lines iuv..k: ..-1 it:

hai a series of successes against the inSU'.gl L'tS. A 'novetv.ent is on foot ouiu Waskirgt to -eeuie a thorough investgat ion f the yui'e.w-fever epipe mic, and means to provent :t. (- 'aal Nino is sounding the Uenuau i-u. .etO foHv)W to see whether thev are inclined ".ity leaders or ordeis frem the Vatican. Tbis years crn yield in Iowa averag' nboat s:tv bushels to the acre, ;-nd the ac-.-;.g.' is much larger than ever her -t.-.P re. Ti e eitov of the Am- rican bark La- ' vui wicch was teamed at Dankirr. d for mutiuv r r.. i n-ive o.e arieste and uicenuturisnx. Another shockinsr resurrection t reported from Cleveland. A son found the body of hrs father in the pickling vat of tbe Homeopathic College. The New York Herald's prediction of a sto'-n. centre on the English coast on the iSih, was literally snd completely fulfilled. A furious gale was experienced. Five thousand of the Smith family had a little reunion at the Peapatch, in New Jersey, last week. The gathering was a little sli u on account of bad wcatht r. Orders h.ive been issued by the he;:ds of departments at Washington that eight hours are to constitute a elay's work, and v t i ,-. , ;o paid tor two uottrs extra Bhx.raingt-an, Ulia-as. has i scandal which the Leader says is "revolting to the List degree " 'The patties imj Heated have heretofore occupied the highest po-siilo"--'f respectability. A blacksmith "at K deign,. N rth : Car -1 hi a, 'shell on commenced nuit. in i orge, the other diy. IPs ao that coa'tl be found of small cilia, as oniy a fevi WlOoW his too ! ragav the proprietor could be found. ' Gctu-T" ai Howard has been c.. bands of surrendered Indians MeDonnitt, ia Oregon, and the wh-de of them, ajLTegatimi about l.Mt. are beioe trail eicd to Camv 1 larney. rf war to rtimeut. liey v ait are the held as prisoners pleasure of the gov Tliere hi'S been a very destructive hurricane ia the West ladies recently. The cotl'cc anl cocoa cror-s of llavti and San Homiugo, ate entirely destroyed. Severa! sea-coast towns of llavti suilered terria.! , in the and lev 1 Intel e of ltotist s a ib iv s. is aie a. so lieav v l)i. .la) G nea, ot rori uyne, incl.,

died atMcmphi-, after three weeks' stay, t npl,k.s iu hs ,,,chard, this fall, treating yell.) w lever patients. He had! Laoii-is who want busbaiids and irencliaree of a hospital at that city during a i tlcn.cn who want wives are the subjects former yellow fever epidemic, and had ; ,,f CMHcial invitations to church socials

the disease ban -elf. He had geon ia the Union aimy, and .-een a survas a brave and humane man. At, a school district election at New Haven, Conn., recently, the issue being the. re-establishment of devotional exer cises ai ti "Ulilic schoo the ticket favoring the re-establishmeat was elected by 2.!' majority. Catholics united with Protestants to firing about the suecess of the bible ticket. A patent was recently issued to Archbishop Graham, administrator of Willi-on A Graham, late of L- xington, Va., for a i tire extinguisher, which perpetuates the ; I monopoly in manufacturing lire extin- ! , guishe for thirty years. This is due to 1 tin act of Congress fsir the benefit of the j Graham heirs, passed without debate, and , doubtless without the knowledge of most Connie-sint n. i The tender susceptibilities of the average Chicago stonnioh are just now ua- ! pleasantly disturbed. Keecut invest iga- , tions prove conclusively that the "weak ! and wounded, sick and sore" hogs which are received at the stock yards, are i slaughtered and sent to the retail markets i daily, and form a part of the daily meat j consumption of that nice moral town. ! Bah! ; Cbiis- 1r,-hn. of Cincinnati, broke up j his family Saturday night by killing his ! wife and uimstlf iu lho crdinary apP- '"-'nner. a protracted ramiiy quarrel was ended by Chris shooting his wife through the head, killing her instantly, and in the next moment he fell to the tloor by a shot from his own hand, taking effect almost exactly where the fatal shot struck his wife. The clerks in the treasury at "Washington have been armed with pistols, and a supply of breech-loading lilies and fixed ammunition has been placed in the building ready for use if the Communis ts'carry out their threat of making an attack. The treasury is also connected by telegraph with police headquarters and the arsenal. The mob will not find an undisputed passage to the cash-room. A singular disease has broken out among the horses in the vicinity of Flint, Mich., which is delaying farmers greatly iu putting in crops. The animal is (iiken with a severe chili, which leaves it in a weak condition. Severe catarrhal iutl .uimatlou of the head follows, which

taiued by the English that the Indian article will be supplanted in the Chinese maakets. la the opium producing ois-

tncts comt of China, suii'kei: ,io estimated to re-teutiis 01 the native male; population, ana ;u '.! China thrce-te nths of it. There have been rublic edicts ut the cultivation of opium, bat they avail little, as the pr-vlucr siien oil'.cial wiih a fee. the The United States Surneon C caera! at Washington, announces the ravines of real Asiatic chmera at Jlcquinez and i Ft z, cities of Morocco, in Northern Africa. In the fornr-r place the epi oemic, at. last accounts, was carry m cal from twenty to thirty victims daily. :;oth , towns have been exceedingly filthy. Ft r $ the week ending July 2, at Calcutta, India, nine deaths from Asiatic cholera j ' w r.-ported, aa-1 for the week ending , July '-y- at Bombay, thirty deaths. The political progamme of the Left j ' the Iiidieal Kepublicnn faction of the ; French Chambers as enunciated in a re- ! cent speech by Gambetta, inciuies the dismissal of the auti-Kepuhliean functionaries; the reorganizntion of the army, from which politics should be excluded, but where liie law must be respected even by those in the highest commands; the abolition of the favoritism now shown to Ultramontaaes, and exclusion of all citizens from tbe priesthood until they have performed military duty. There are about 120,W0 unsatisfied mortgages on property in Philadelphia, of which nearly two-thirds are held ry : Building and L'au Associations. Firstclass mortgages at t he present time are as scarce as snotv ia July. This shows, according to Mr. Craig P. Richie, of the 11.' a! Estate Title ii surancc con-puny, a well known expert in real estate mattt rs, that nearly seven-eights of all the pr pel ty in the city is mortgtge.l. There are about io h'!J or PhMVk) lots of gi ound built upon in the city, including the suburbs. I.MS A . A 'I II .' K W i cun:y inOwhn foua'y is to have tirmary costmii -. ,t'-oo. I Sm-.i.iiY county paid over seven thous I and dollars for pay fees last year. Tin-; m uiey order busines bash post t fiice averages f the Wa sfl.PUO !!)'.fh. Tin; SlU'lebakcr wagon, of South B.-ml, r -ceived the highest awnird at t! Imposition a silver tatdal. A kakmkk in Scott to'wnship, Steuin-n ,-mntv. er.rects to have l.(MH) bu-hels of in Pe' ti Som K rai no new a traction engine for fields or common roads will be exhibited at the State Fair, drawing a train of V. -, ills. KaXNEAI HI.H A DhNIO, of Columbus, i)., ihe contractors for tie new btale home, have filed their bond of ij-'-.o.OUO with the Sinte House Commissioiicis. Oscar F. Iba .men K, of Vv'arsatv, recently died with a disease which strongly resembled cholera. The physicians promainced it a species of lb at d ease . Tin-; first case of seduction in the epeiience oi uie i r ana . Udge, oi tne naGrange Circuit Court, was trietl a few .1 o :.. . : .. l .. : . r ! ua-a "su,UI,!-; laV cuuv :e u vl me accuseu. The Hanover cheese factory fs scatterj ing it great deal of money amongst the j farmers in Jefferson county. During I July $731 !'S was paid out for milk, and iu ! August Sd2 71). Plymouth's big peach, this year, measured 11 :l-4 inches ia circumference one way, 1114 the other and tyemhad ounces. It was gathered the yard of Kev.G. A. Lit' Danville Union: Surnl Isaac Banta was watchii patch, some burglar enter dived into his trunk and g about $S0 in cash, includin piece. L NDiaiTAivKKs of Indiami ptJ3MTmplaiu that trie past summer has been uhusu ally healthy. The burials have been fewer than during the summer of 1877, and the trappings of woe plainer and less profitable than heretofore. The Wabash County Fair was a grand success, the receipts being nearly $d, 100. The Plain Dealer is encouraged by the improvement in morals shown by the fact that there was only one light in Wabash during fair week. Amikhsiin Hkkai.D: George Aldred, the bee king of Madison county, at Fishersbunr, will remove from his hives for market, in a few days, about seveu hundred pounds of One honey. George has been bery successful with his bees this season. At an old settlers' meeting at Salem, the other day, among the articles of note exhibited was the identical trowel used by Daniel Boone, of Kentucky, in daubing his first cabin and making hia first stick chimney. It is in the possession of Samuel S. Duuu.

kLt a tree in A Vf.'MIe

,4 1 melon

Has 'room.

A w ith gAoO gold

ae to .f i'.i. I) pALI.APU'V. pgtou Hotel A serv.-nt ta: received a not tit' n an interval ' ok. She - ii"Wi- ; troui y uttg man i que? i Friday evening at D o'ch. fie note l- a frUnd, and at iu.-i Sill:: : tiuu concluded to l:x law 1 time b fore the hour dt s; jC I;dticed him passing the boiei, aii'l sr.i That sriate done 1 sweetly upon him business, lie and wbea near up; roacla-d conli ten e i o iu::h o r her to lher work t iT'-ctually, she three u h .ie ot pi piier iti las t .tce, 'li,oi Kincieo a.u ci'uii'ietely, tenijiorai'iiy, and set him sneezing, eouguing and cav-ning a' ' llV( 0' rata. .-vera! I irties on tae out, witnessed the transaction, an 1 verdict is, ' served him right." The LaGr tnje St ir in up the proceedings of the S-.'ptember t i in of 'ircua Court, says that "tLi term f court has been au unlucky one for the accused. "William M. Sawer has !.,-u- nsj signed two years in the i enitentiaiy f. : bigamy; (Jeotge Miller, two year- a;:-' : k fine for steuVnga ho-se; U inva CalLiL-n one year and x3-i! iaie d r dac'iora ! William Cam;o!eil, ten da s in tic- cinity jail and 4-10 tine for stealing a btva; ! Harvey "Wood. fine for vi-la'.irg license law. The family scrimma.ie in "..e 1 sou hern part of town, resulted m a ;.ir. ; of so against one of the women, i-ud ; 1 tine of against the other. The w.ii.-.a : who whipped the chiblreu that nnr.'iyt d her, got the smaller fine, and the w : i o j who whipped tht wo.iu: n who ic L'la-a'.ei lire.' '. ir. hiidien cot. i 1 he patent me.Pcme swii.or-r , 1 1 ou the wit! path. JoLm Heck a:i-i L- ; -Daum, weii-to-fio farmers of p..mht-.':-ini-w county, were taken in in the iisu a. way for about J.iuo e o-h, a few days ag... Vai-iash Plain Ibi.uai;: As .ur sch o is are reopening througa the c-air'ry, an i some tioulile occasiou .liy fiuiul- fr :.. real or fain ied over- .-.'vere ani.-hment of pupils, we uive the f. liowing e'r;.rt from a decision of our Supreme C"ii:r. for the consi lei a' i.-n of such te-iclo i s : - : sometimes forget to keep their tempt-. . ' It is the case of Coper vs. M,-Ju::k i. . 1'il Lid., pa-e -i.O. .p;,;:.c S!,--,v.-r.t in giving the opinion of the Court, sal.: "Teachers should, tli-ret'oi e, 'iml-r.-t -i 1 that whenever c-riecti- u is ::d.i;ini.-tt in anger or iiisohnee, or ia ai.v o'h. r la-.n- , ner tL a-i iu mouei atiou ;l'id k: j ciuip.iuitd with that nib cir ra.. lie su.t.sa at lot ally due I r- at , . r oy tae. UlV hi it -co paleiitts m ILe of the parent tae couit impt cn.-i-o.-them guilty of assault and battel. " Chaw f uivii ua-t .! u i n ai.: M M a v Kel.o-, Mgcd lit, wii i il ls b-i ti v, ia ..- Mr. Bohlitsou's family for -he pa t th o -yeais, ami who was !',. a by a", w ho knew her for her many of kiu b ' -- and uniformly che'!fui na'aic, :-r a-u-ual last W e-lia s,I .y at aa;r lo ! i:--.; the kitchen lire preparatory to c 'kabreakfv.si. She had loua 1 i in ; habit of usic- co-d t- !art tots ait! . i and in spite of the contiuu .! w-.rtiir.L's t' i Mr. Ih'binsoa and others in at the pi-tcth"' ; was dangerous in the extrem-, she lo pt it ! '-IP, sayinc that she was always et ry ca'e- ; ful, and wasn't a bit atiaid of its ever j .setting fire to her clothing. Alas! h. .w t often it is that we refuse to takchai liy j prtill'eied advice until it is too l ac. On I this particular morning it :.e.a:r- that there were some live coals h It ia hie

the aggn j Picum at li.e Ar

sto e ! rom the night bt fore, which Maty did not notice. No wont r had tne oil been poured tin, and a lighted match applied, than there came a terrillic puff, and, almost before Mary knew it, she ha-i a glorious, roaring, crackling lire, ami breakfast was on the table in a very short time, thus enabling Mr. Kohinson to reach his place of business much sooner than his neighbor, Mr. McFaddcn, whose hired trirl kiudles her lues with old newspapers and a turkey w ing bellows. PnYMofTII DltMOCKAT: A beautiful incident occi rred recently, worthy of special mention. Mrs. Bat he! Tabi r, w h . died last spring, ami Mrs. Phcbe McDonald were among the curliest pioneers of the county, ami became acini-tinted and very much attached to each other, which continued uuintt rruptedly unit! the death of Mrs. Taber severed the silver cord of friendship that existed bettveen them for a period of forty-two years. Mrs. McDonald visited Mrs. Tabor on her death bed ear'y last spring whin the peach trees were in bloom, and after recounting the scenes through which they had passed during their long acquaintance Mrs. Taber willed her the peaches on a certain choice tree with the tiyinc request that when they ripened she should gather thorn am! eat them in remembrance of her. Last MandayMrs. McDonald fulfilled her promise, gatlitrit.g the peaches from the tree with tier own hands, ami eating as it quired. In these days of crimination and rceiiminatioii. it is pleasant to recount these evnlencts of true friendship, ami if the recounting of this little incident w ill be tl.e mean-1 of inlluenciug others to go and do l.ke tise, our object in writing ties paragraph ill have been accomplished.