Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1874 — Page 6
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1874.
THE OLD JANOE. TVher the roekn are gray and the höre is steep, ji.uA the wter below look dark nd dwp; "Where the rugged pine la iU lonely pride, ,Lmdi gloonihy over themurky tide; Where the reed and rushes are long and rank. And Ih-t weeds grow thick on the windln Where the shadow la heavy the whole day through, There lies at lia moorings an old canoe.
his
The useless paddles are idly drooped -tit . PA.btrd'a wlnir that the storm
lopped. And crossed the railing one o er one. Like the folded hands when the work Is done, "While busy back and forth between The adder streiche hl nllvery soreen. And the solemn owl, with his dull "too-hoo, Settle down on the side of the old canoe.The stern, half unk In the slimy wave, Kots slowly away in its livti grave. And the green mow creeps oVr its dull decay. Hiding the mouldering dual away, like the hand that plants o'er the tomb a flower. Or the iy that mantles the falling tower; "While many a blossom ot lovllfcwt hne Springs up o'er the stern of the old tauoe. The currentleHs waters are dead and still Hut the Hsht wind plavs with the boat at will, And lazily in and out again It floats the length of therusty chain. Like the weary march of the hands if time That meet and part at the noontide chime; And the shore is kissed at each turn auew, Uy the dripping bow of the old canoe. Oh, many a time, with a careless hand, J have pushed it away from the pebbly strand, And paddled it down whtre the stream runs quick, Where the whirls are wild and the eddies are thick, And laughed as I leaned o'er the rocking side, And looked below in the broken tide. To see that the boat and faces were two That were m.rrored biwrk from the old canoe. Hut now, as I lean o'er the crumbling side And look below In th i sluggish tide, The face that 1 see in the graver grown, 1, Ko loncrh that I hear llMH A SOmbtT tODf,
tl.a txinrt that lent lO tne lizllt Skitl
Have grown familUr-with th.-t-rner things.
Rut I love to 1 wr ioe nuui iuki pm ..eu where the wave their white tpray
shed.
-re the blossom waved or the green gras? grew
u ct the mouldering stern of the old canoe NEWS AND GOSSIP.
There are now fifty students at the Ohio
Agricultural College.
Cincinnati's city debt is 1(5,143,500, and the
mayor recommends tbe sale of its water
works to a private corporation.
The deaths by accident in the streets of
London are increasing at an enormua rate, the almost incredible average being reported
vi jurvv-uve a wteh.
The Seventh Day Baptists in this country
report 'JO churches, 110 ministers, and 8,509
communicants, iney are nearly all close
communion.
A statistical journal records that "the 're-
fierve' of unmarried women in England between the ages of iilteen and twentv-one is
down by the last census at 1,246,000."
A shipment was made the other day from Portland, Oregon, of a ship load of Chinese corpses for a superstitious interment in the
Jiower7 kingdom. fa, t
at. Xioms ciaims 10 nave bum suo new
buildings since Jauuary 1, and the greater part of these are two story brick, costing
The Iisv. Thomas Binney left a provision
in his will in which he solemnly declares
that he wishes no one to write a memoir of
uia life, lie desires to be "remembered onl v by God." J
At a late meeting in the First Baptist
church, Chicago, there were received as candidates for baptism at the same time an Episcopalian, a Jew, a Luthern and a Unitarian. Daniel McFarland, who killed Richardson, has commenced a libel suit against the United States Publishing Company, of Hartford, claimrag $50.000 damages for statements in a book entitled "Ilistory of the New York Tombs."
St. John's Protestant Evangelical church hasjust been dedicated in Columbus, Ohio., as an off-shoot from the regular Lutheran ?f urS auDd was organized by members of tbe old church who were members of secret aoc ieties. The roc.';!1? ?f too Baptist Publication Society during the past year nave been 5430,854. The list of publications number over 1,135, the society at prentpublishinc five periodicals, one each for the nutfTi
the Sunday school, for Sunday school workers, for the family, and a theological review. The lollowing payments were made from the treasury by warrants during April: Civil and miscellaneous, f7.540.232; war, 2,8S1,315; navy, $2,228,057; interior, Indians and pensions, 521,457; total, $13,171,163. This Joes not include payments made on account of principal or interest of the public debt. Vasquez, tbe California bandit, for whom a reward of $15,000 is offered, and five of his men went to the ranch of a Mexican, within five miles ol Loss Angeles, a city of 10,000 inhabitants, on the 16th ot April, robbed the bouse and everyone in it,and then compelled the owner to draw a check for fSOO on a Los Angeles bank and aent his boy to collect it. The bank of France has issued an exhibit of its finance, from which it is seen that ita net profits for 1873 were tl2.072.398. The number of deposit for the past year were $388.205, representing the sum of f 1,038,348,378. The number of employes consisting of book keepers, correspondents, tellers, messengers, etc., is 811. At other branches there are 707, making a total of 1,515, besides about Bix hundred auxiliaries. The late J. W. Gerard, of Norfolk, has made a bequest in his will that the interest of f 1,500 shall be expended in plain silver medals, which are to be distributed annually by the principals of five of the public schools of New York to some of the most amiable boys and girls in the highest class in their schools. The medals are to be inscribed
with, the name of the recipient and donor.
and the reason for which they are given. Can amiability be manufactured?
The order of "Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd" is to meet at Augers.depart-
xnent of Maine et Noire, in France on the
25th inst., to elect a chief officer for tbe order. The order baa for its object tbe reclamation
and reformation of fallen women and girls
'who either voluntarily present themselves for admission or are committed to its custody by competent authority. There will be repre
sented at this meeting about 14') monast
eries located in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Ocean ica. Ol ihote there are about
SO in North and South America, and tbe
whole number of nuns in them all is 30,000.
Tbe Eev. Robert Laird Collier, writng from London, under date of May 12' b, saya in regard to the charges of Profesor Patton :
"When he says "Mrs. Collier died a devout
Methodist," he says what is not true. Mrs.
Collier died a Unitarian. In her views she tv as a very radical and extreme thinker, even more so than her husband. The joy of ier life was her religious change from Methodism to Unitarianism. The most sacred inspiration of my life to-day is her
cjlng charge to go on to my vork, -'Way
beg apace to add that she admired David Swing most of all for bis grtat tolerance that, being a Presbyterian, he could see srood in thoe who beld other views. Sbe loved David Swing lor his true and noble character. . Clark EvaDs, a youth ot twenty-one years, who is s onto be execated at Carrollton, IlL.hasi- ade a confession, in which be admits that e did tbe deed for money. lie conclude? by the following strange request: "I know I have been guilty of a ternUo crime, and have no doubt that I will hs hung. If ao, I do not want to be huug it. jail, but in public, where everybody can witness it, especially tbe little boys. I have a little brother at home that I want to see me hung, and I want toy lather to bring him. I think it would be an advantage to boys to Ree such a sigbt." New York has appropriated föO.OOO lor a monument in commemoration ol the surrender of General Burgoyne to General Gates, October 17, 1S77. It ia to be of granite, 250 feet high, the plinth 75 feet sqoare.while tbe base of tbe shaft is to be 40 feet, and its apex eight feet square. The gable niches are to have representations of Generals Schuyler, Gatesand Morgan, tbe fourth being vacant, with the word Arnold Inscribed underneath. Within the base if the monument will have historical tablets, memorials, etc., while on the lour corners are to be mounted four bronze guns taken from the English at tbe surrender. Tbe program for the college regatta at Saratoga is arranged and is thus: On J uly 13, 14, and 15, the Yale and Harvard base-ball clubs play a series of three games at Glen Mitchell. Interspersed with these games will be a number of running races, oien to collegians only. On the afternoon of the 15th there will be single scull races at the lake.open to collegians only, for two elegant prizes, to b driven bv the ladies of Saratoga. On tbe
afternoon of the loth there will be a race fori
six-oared freshmen crews, and immediately
thereafter the university race will take plac In the evenlog. a grand" b.tll will be given t
tne town nail, or one of tbe leading notes.
The following colleges will enter the unir
sity race: Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Corteli, Princeton, Trin'.ty, Wesleyan, yilJlams,
Dartmouth, and possibly Bowdoia.
A man to-day is generally regsrded as in
sane who is found opposed to tie hfgher ed
ucation of American voutl. Yet tbe
Dunkards lately in convention ia Illinois havu placed some objections on record which are equally remarkabd for their simplicity and their novelty, he question oi collegiate education leing iP for discussion, it was decided that it wasnot advisable to give their children sue education, as it would have a tendency t lead them astray from christian siraplicitv-and primitive doc
trines, and thereby crte discord in the
church. They considered it a diflicult mat
ter for a man of a finished education to take
up his cross and folio' Christ in christian
humility, and did notPprove of the mem
bers establisbin&r birlchools in the name
of the brethren, but hey might do so as individuals. The coll 8 at Salem, in(j t u8(j cost the northern ditrict oftbat state 7,500, by permitting the ue of their name in connection therewith aQd they wanted no more high schoolsntroUed by the church.
A JUNE GARDEN. BT R0BEBT BCC3A5AX.
'It is et by fields of clover And sentineled with trees, . HoMts of sunbeams range It over; Tis owned by birds and bees. Friendly morns awake its flowers, Htlll noon-times bring It gold, Patron twilights grant its a-wers Ol dews, when days are old. Purple phlox and sunflowers trusty Guard all Its fair estates; Dandelions, proud and lusty. Like peasants, crowd its gates ; Violets bloom in corners shady ; Upon the borders gay . Sits the stock, a crimson lady, And pinks have holiday, tarkspars, leaning oat of places Where baahtul myrtles creep, Feto at monk-flowers' hooded faces Afcd poppies gone to sleep. There re wild and headstrong briers And thistle knighuand dames. Bloomler weeds, like jovial friars. Grasses with aacient nmes. Vagrant hops that court the clovers, Prim lilacs in a row. Gaudy beans grow wilful rovers. Grand hollyhocks for show ; Quaint, Wight pansles, foxgloves stately, Lilies rith petals wide, Jasmtix tinted delicately And alses, msrry-eyed. 1 am iue-sn and lady in it, Quen over leaf and flower; Oroned with sprays of purple spinnet, 1 wn no higher power. jrfma the world with fear and sorrows; For me, I have no care ! t' good realm exclude to-morrows And all 1 want is there. , Winds of heaven, ah. touch it lightly, , This garden that I love! Cover its dead blooms, unsightly. And waft its seeds above!
DOMESTIC PES EIME Ii. TUE MlsSINQ STOREHOUSE HE BEGINS UFK ANEW. Some monthssincea great excitement was
caused in Tippcanoe county by the sudden disappearanceof one Ben aminjMoo rehouse, an old and rpected citizen. His saddled
horse went tome riderless and his mutilated clothing wjs found on the river bank, but the body was not found. The Lafayette
Courier gives light on the subject and the
story ha both a romance and a moral, if
not t wc or three of each. 1 be tour Ier savs :
The whereabouts of Benjamin Moorehouae.
a well-known citizens of this county, who mTSferlou9ly disappeared some months since
have not b9en definitely ascertained. It is kno'o, however, beyond all question that his lifeless remains were not destined for a free lunch for the catfish of the Wabash. That tearfully mangled coat and mortally wounded bat were but thin expedients to cover his flight. Moigaa Mocrcbouse,a brother of the missing man, returned from Missouri on Friday last with the first authentic intelligence of the missing man. It appears that on the night of his departure from Lafayette, he boarded the train for Chicago, and from thenco went direct to some ppint in Missouri, where he fell in with a couple of men bound for the far West with a large
drove oi sneep. lie joined them, ana came
on loot to tne resilience oi Lew Jones, a
brother of his first wife and a brother of Calvin Jones, of this county. lie confided to
Mr. Jonesthe secret or his aerartnre from Lafayette; that he was going to begin life anew in the far West; that bis domestic infelicities were heavier than he could bear; that
his young wife and the children by his first wife were in a continuous wrangle, and that
he had turned his back upon a handsome
Eroperty and left them to fight it out. lie ad but little money with him, but was going eight hundred miles nothwest of Salt Lake to begin anew; that he presumed tbe court would appoint Morgan Moorehouse his in-
dorser and principal creditor to settle up his
business; that be Jett personal property
ample to pay off all hia debts and leave his
family
FIVE HUNDRED ACRES
of good farm land, unencumbered. He did
not mean to wrong any man out of a cent, lie did not feel called upon to crucify him
self at home, and had pushed out into the
world to begin life again. Mr. Jones had not Intended to say anything about the
matter, but on the arrival of Morgan Moorhouse he concluded to make a complete rev
elation of all the facts in his possession.
Before leaving Missouri Ben Moorhouse in
dicated some point near Salt Lake where a
letter could reach him, and an. effort will
be made to secure a power of attorney
to enable Morgan to close up bis business.
lie left on foot in company with tbe two men driving the flock ot sheep. The payment of the note in bank on the day before his departure would indicate tbe unsullied honor ol his intention, so far as finance is concerned. Other circumstances go to show that he had but little money with him. Those who know him best need not be told that Benjsmin Moorehouse was in no sense a bad man. He had been financially embarrassed for some years. He was solvent, but "hard up." It is the old story. He had indorsed lor a friend and, losing $6000 or 8,000, had sought to make it up in a desperate venture with the grain gamblers of Chicago, Tbe cards were stocked, of course and he found himself deeper in tbe mire than before. But he filodded along, and was working himself out n good shape when tha ingratitude or thoughtlessness of those for whom be was toiling like a slave broke his spirit and sent him adrift. "Put yourself in his place" and judge him kindly. Every heart has Us own history and knows its own sorrow Mr. Moorehouse may have greatly exaggerated bis family difficulties. Festive widowers who marry playmates for their oldest daughters may expect "the girls" to make mouths at each other ; but the lesson of his life and his shipwreck is full of admonition against the old fashioned method of losing a fortune by "going security" for a friend, and that other and far more reprehensible practice of gambling in grain at Chicago.
A MAItVELLOUS MAMMOTH.
THE SIZE AND APPEARANCE OF THE BONES
THE SPECIES OF MAMMALIA TO WHICH IT
BELONGS THE MANNER OF ITS DISCOVERY AND THE EXCITSMENT. A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier, writing from Dansville, X. Y., gives the following description of the recent discovery in that vicinity of a most interesting deposit of some monster bones: The work of searching for the remains of the mastodon found near this village has been pushed iorward with great vigor aud care under the superintendence of Dr. F. M. Perine. Had tbo?e who first conducted the search exercised the prudence and skill of Dr. Ferine, the fossil remains of the monster would have been more perfectly preserved. As it
Is, however, enough have already been ex
humed to indubitably prove that they belonged to tbe largest animal ot Ihe terres
trial mammalia class ever before known cr
fouud. Some idea of its lmmer.ea size can be formed when it is known that one of its
tusks measures nine feet and two inches in
length, while it is eight and a quarter inches in diameter at its base. As the large end of this immense tusk wasdecajed when lound, there is no doubt that it was much longer probably twelve-feet in length. By a carefully made estimate of the probable length
of the creature, it is believed that from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail he
MEASURED OVER TORTY-FIVK FEET,
and was from eighteen to twenty feet high. A bushel basket full of small bones, believed, from their position, to be the bones of one of
the animal's feet, have been recovered. The anatomical structure of these bones is singu
larly interesting. Tbe head ot the creature
was found under the roots of a pine stumD.
The diameter of the stump above the surface of tbe ground is between to and three feet. Though the pine is the slowestgrowing timber known to our American forests, yet a large-sized pine tree had grown over the head of tbe
animal, which had probably rested there
thousands of years before tbe commencement of its growth. Unfortunately this
stamp was allowed to lall back upon tbe immense fossilized head, thus crashing It
out of shape. A large bone which, as several eminent surgeons have decided, is the tibia, or that part of the leg belonging below the
knee, la another proof of tne immense size
of the animaL This bone weighs 28 pounds.
is four feet two inches long, moasurine in diameter at the smallest part eight inches. A part of the veriebrre and one or two rib bobüS alsö prove the unprecedented size of the creature.
THE MONSTER TEETH. The most striking and interesting remains
that have been found are four or five teeth, excelling in size, anything of tbe kind ever
before discovered. The lower part, or the
prongs of these teeth, show the effect of time
and decay, but the tops of them, that part whi;h extended above the gums, are in perfect preservation.' Beautifully enameled por dons ol the cortex area are of a light greenish color, other parts a 80ft, delicate pink, while still others area pearly white.
Each tooth is divided into two rows of fang
like projections resembling in some respects
tbe teeth of a shark, though larger, more
round and not so sharp; the tops of them
measuring from a quarter - to a half
inch in diameter. They have deep Inden
tu res made by the action of the jaws in
masticating food ; this, and other marks on
the teeth prove tbe great age ol tbe animal
when it died. These teeth were admirably constructed for cutting twigs of trees and
other vegetable sulistances. There can be
no doubt that this colossal animal belonged to that species leund In many parts of the United States as the Maximus mastodon. Some who have examined these remains.
however, insist that they de not indicate tbe
mastodon a much as they dathe fossilized animal known in natural history as Dinotberium giganteum, whose remains have been
found in tertiary strata in the south of
France, Austria, Bavaria, and especially in
Hesse Darmstadt. These skeletons were OF GREAT LENGTH,
some of them over twenty feet, with enormous tusks at the anterior extremity of the
lower jaw, which curved downwards like
those of a walrus. But as this animal lived
principally in the water, like the hippota
mus. feeding on aquatic vegetables, it is
plain that the remains of the animal found
at Dansville Bo not belong to this species of
extinct animals, as there is no body of water
in that region sumcient lor his existence. This objection, however, has been answered
by tbe suggestion that the remains are
really those of a Dinotherium that might have lived in and about Hemlock lake.
which is only ten miles distant from the filace where his remains were found; that n one of his excursions from his aquatic home he sought this swan py place near Danville, which doubtless produced food like that found on tbe marshy shores of the lake, and by accident sank in the mud or boggy soil and died. Others believe that tbe remains are those of a megalonyx, an immense creature, the remains of which have been found in the nitre caves of Virginia and Kentucky, but the interesting description of these fossilized remains given by Mr. Jefferson, proves that the Dansville monster did not belong to that class. Besides the teeth of the latter prove conclusively that they were those of tbe mastodon, and, as has already been said, there is every indication that these animals were once the natural inhabitants of the northern and middle states. In the year 1845 the skeleton of a
I mailodon was found almost entire in New
I Jersey, ar IV were also found Iheekulla
f of four or five others. Tbe same year
A OIQANTIO SKELETON
of a mastodon was found in a peat bog near
Newburg, in Orange county. N. Y. When
found It stood in an erect position, as If tbe animal lost its lile by sinking in the mire while searching for food. This skeleton is now in Bonton. Its weight is something oyer 2.000 pounds, and yet it is greatly in
ferior in size to tbe Dansville mastodon. It
is a curious fact that in unearthing the latter, as the men removed the soil from that part of the animal where bis stomach and
intestines must have been, a large mass of
fossilized twigs and grass were found
probably the contents of bis stomach
Portions of this mass, when subjected to a powerful magnifying glass, strongly sustained the position that tbe substance
was really the contents of the animal's
stomach at the time of its death. It is
fact that where the stomach and Intestines of the Newburg monster lay. there was
found a large mass of fragments of twigs and other vegetable substance but trifLnply fossilized. Dr. John C. Warren, of Boston, who purchased this skeleton, after a very thorough analytic examination of this mass,
unhesitatingly pronounced it tbe content
of the animal's stomach. It is contended by
the geologists who have examined these re
mains that the creature must have lived at least six thousand years ago, as there is no record in profane or sacred history, and no
traditionlhat even refers to tbe existence of
an animal like this.
THE DISCOVERY.
The remains we have described were found
two and a half miles southeast of this village,
on the Wayland road. Mr. Whiteman, on
whose land they were found, was engaged last fall In digging a ditch through a marshy
piece of ground. In doing this two great
teeth and some other bones were thrown out ty the men. No attention, however, was
paid to them until this spring, when a gen
tleman who was walking aloDg tbe ditch
discovered the teeth. Their immense size, great weight and peculiar construction
struck him with astonishment, and he obtained tbe consent of Mr. Whiteman to bring them to the village. Here
their appearance created great excitement. Dr. Perine, believing that the remaining part ot the skeleton was buried where the teeth were found, imme
diately entered Into a contract with White-
man, which gave nim tbe privilege of dig-
King for tbe other remains, ana also giving him the eontrol of whatever be might find. The result thus far is tbe discovery of the bones we have already described. They are
attracting visitors from distant towns and cities. It is, perhaps, safe to say that no event ever occurred in Western New York that has created in tbe world of learning, among tbe curious and enlightened portion
of our community, so much Interest as has
the discovery of these remains of an extinct
colossal animal, who once roamed about the country where these ruins of his tremendous
frame have been found. Ihe work of searching for the other remains will continue until
all of the giant form which was imbedded
there, surviving the work of decay, is found.
THE OLD AND tiKW.
V1I1TTI1E.
o,
uiciuun iiiinpwioD my sign, Through present wrong, the eternal right:
uv ijj ujr onrj, siuce nine organ, - We see the steady gain ot man ; . That all of good the past has had Remains to make onr own time glad. Our common daily life dlvloe. And every land a Palestine. We lack but open eye and ear To find the Orient's marvels here. The still, amall voice In autumn's hesh, ion maple wood the burning bush. For still the new transends the old In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise np men; the olive waves With roots deep set In battle gra es. Through the harsh noises of our day A low, sweet, prelude finds Its way ; Through clouds or doubt and creeds of fear A light is breaking, calm and clear. Henceforth my heart shall sigh no more For olden time and holler shore; God's love and blessing, then and there, And now and here, and everywhere.
A FANCY.
EDGAR FAWCETT. From the Atlantic How falls it. Oriole, thou hast come to fly In tropic splendor through our northern sky T At some blithe moment was Its nntn
rr - j . . r - w
ao auwer a scrap oi sunset witn a voice? Or did some orange tulip, flacked with black, In some forgotten garden, ages back. Yearning toward Heaven, until Ita wish was heard Desire unspeakably to be a bird.
TIIE IMMUTABLE.
They
of the ministry
ARTHUR HUGH CLOCGH.
It fortifies my soul to know
That, though I perish, truth is so; That howsoe'er I stray and range.
naie er i uo. i nou dost not
. rh.-i.ncr
, 1 v O
j mrauitrrBitrp wuen i recall That, If I slip, Thou dost not fall. THE DUNKARDS.
A COLORED FORTUNE.
THE ROMANCE OK A T0ÜXQ NEGRO GIRL HOW
FORTUNE FOUND HER, AND WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO WITH TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. The Chicago Times contains the following
bit of romance "taken from real life:" An
Anglo-African girl, who had a white father
aid a black mother, has been cooking at the St. Denis Hotel foe a long time past, and to
the entire satisfaction of tbe proprietors and guests. Here is a romantic career, which,
if properly "written up," would constitute her a herino of the first rank. Her name is Lizzie Sharp. When she was young her mother left home, taking Lizzie with her, and for some time wandered about where her fancy dictated, until, a little over five years ago, they came to Chicago, where they have since resided. A short time after the departure of Lizzie and her mother lor the West the father died in Brooklyn, their native city, leaving a bouse and lot, then valued at $3,000, and about $3,000 in cash, to Lizzie; but, by tbe terms of the will, it the srirl did not apper to claim the property within five years, it should revert to thn
other heirs of Mr. Sharp. Since tbe time ot
the father's death strenuous efforts have been made by tbe relatives and friends f
Lizzie's mother to find the girl, but
. ALL EFFORTS HAVE FAILED.
Quite lately the pastor of the colored church
to which Lizzie belongs saw a handbill which bad been sent out in tbe country as a last means of advertising, and knew that it referred to a lamb of his flock in this citv. Tbe good brother was, at the time of reading the coster, out in the country, but he hastened in, told the astonished girl of her good fortune, and yesterday parties arrived from Brooklyn who identified Lizzie as the favored one, and informed her that the property bad grown in value until it was now worth the magnificent sum of 20,000. It came in good time, for by the provisions of tbe will her time would have been up the 5th dayo' next June, when other and lees pretentious heirs would have come in for a whack at the wealth. Lizzie, it is said, is a good cook, is - a bright-looking "yaller gal," and would make a poor contraband a valuable acquisition as a wife. It would be folly to suppose that Lizzie will continue to cater to the sensitive appetites of the St. Denis for a period, at least. It is more in accordance with the time to think that a transfer of real estate, situated somewhere in Fourth avenue, with a brown-stone front as an imorovement. will soon be made, and
that Lizzie's name will be signed at the bot
tom of the document.
John Southern, of Cleveland, a moulder, was found dead at bis house Wednesday
morning. The body was found lying on tbe bed, face downward with the left arm hanging from the bed. A gash about an inch in length was found on tbe arm, just below the elbow. A large pool ot blood stood beside the bed, but no traces of blood could be found in any other part ot the room. The razor with which the deed was committed was on the mantle piece with blood on it corresponding to the size of the wound, Southern's wire ' died on last Friday from effects of burns received a few days previous, while in a state of intoxication, since which he has been much disheartened, and considerable of the time under tbe influence of liquor. Tbe signal office has, for some time past, been compelled to omit Mount Washington reports lrotn its published tables. An electric flash, which made everybody think of a conflagration, "burnt out" the telegraph offices on tbe summit and at the base of tbe mountain, and also at Littleton., A Cincinnati Gazette special from Massilon says tbe Youngstown coal strike difficulty has been settled by satisfactory arrangements between the mmers and company and that the negro miners have been sent away and the late strikers have returned to their work.
THEIR CONFERANCE.
THE
NO
Vasquez, the robber chief and murderer arrived at San Erancisco from Los Angelos, Wednesday morning, and will be taken to the Monterey county for trial under a strong guard to prevent lynching.
MINUTES NOT TO BE PRINTED MOUSTACHES ALLOW ED COLLEGES
SNUBBED.
uibard, ill, May -ja. ine national con
ference of Dunkards went into business
session this morning with H. T. Davey as moderator, J. Ruinter, clerk, and D. B.
Sailor reading clerk. The first question considered was the propriety of
having a full report ol the con
ference published, giving the nature of
the discussions and the names of the dis
putants. This was warmly discussed, some
contending for the liberty of the Dress.
whilst others were opposed to anythinz more
than a synopsis without the names bein?
2 1 1 . . . . . "
given, ueiievine it wouia De calculated to
create discord fcraong the brotherhood and
exniDH a degree or pride on the part of the conference that would be nn-
scriptural and dangerous. A majority
were no in lavor oi aep.irung irom their primitive customs and only a synoptical report will be published. It" was then decided to send out ministers of missionary work to preach the doctrine of peace to the nations. A request was presented to have the old minutes of the previous conference compiled and published, which was granted and a special committee appointed on the subject. A long discussion then took place on the proper manner of wearing the beard and it was decided that while it has ever been a rule of the church to wear a full
beard, it I not permitted to wear moustaches only. The question ol. allowing members to engage in banking business was discussed and decided In tbe negative, as it would lead to covetousness, litigation and usury, all of which are forbidden by the sect. On the question of collegiate education it was decided to be'inadvisable to send children to college. The standing committee was authorized to appoint a sub committee to visit California to reeoncile the inharmonious churches there, after which tbe conference adjourned till tomorrow. SKETCH OF A CURIOUS EEOPLE.
THEIR ORIGIN, HISTORY AXD TENETS HOW
THEY DRESS ASD SOME OF THEIR PECULIAR CUSTOMS. - ... The present national conference ot the relieions sect, commonly known as dunkards at Girard, 111., renders their history and traditions a matter of some interest. A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean gives the following brief account of this strange sect: The German Baptist or Dunkard Society was organized at Schwarzenau, in Germany, in 171)8, by Alexander Mack and others. The principal originators of this sect were Presbyterians. Alexander Mack and his neighbors consorted together to read tbe bible, and edify one another in the way they bad been brought up, for at this time they did not know there were any Baptists in ' tbe world. In tbe few years after the organization, the mother church voluntarily removed ' to Serustervin, in Fiiezeland, and from thenco emigrated, to America in 1729. and soon after all the other churches ot this creed followed their example. One word may be said here in reference tolbeir name. Like many other bodies of christians, tbey have received their leading name from their enemies. "Tunken," or as it is pronounced in England, "Dunkers," is a term which means "dippers." The word really comes from Tunken, to put a morsel in sauce; derisively thus calling them "sops." They have also received the name ot Tumblers, from the manner in which tbey perform baptism, which is by putting the person, while kneeling head under tbe water, face foremost, thus
resembling tbe motion of the body wh'le in the act of tumbling. For themselves they have adopted the name of "Brethren," founded on tbe text "One is your master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren " It is a matter of regret that tbe German Baptist brethren altogether neglect any records of their proceedings, and are opposed to even publishing their members, lest it should seem to savor of pride, and on this account it is very difficult to give tbe information which might be desired. In regard to THEIR THEOLOGICAL TENETS, they never have in this country published any confession of faith and practice, and though they have but little intercourse with the Mennonites, they mutually agree in appealing to the confession of faith published in Holland over two centuries ago. It has been testified that they hold this doctrine ot general redemption; yet it is not preached among tbem in general as an article of faith. They have some peculiarities
of manners which may not form a part of
their relieion. but which the mutually agree
to Dractice. They use great plainness of
speech and dress, like the Quakers. Their täaebers and bishops wear their beards loner, and do not shave. They will not go to law, and but seldom take interest far money loaned their poorer brethren. They do not vote and take no part in political affairs. They are not permitted to owe debts to those outside of the church, nor will assist in arresting horse thieves or fugitives from justice. They are opposed to war from religious principles, and will not be soldiers. They make goood law-abiding citizens, living, so far as possible, within their own church Organization The teachers and
deacon, are all chosen by vote, and their bUhor are selected om. among th w teachers, after tbey have ten fully tried and found faithful. An elder among rte .ldLhteS 18 iD enera1' the firs" nd thJeldest chosen teacher in the congregation -when then, is no bishop. Tbey are Gained by prayer and laying on of hands, which is Ver-w8lemn Dd Oeding ceremony. In -,i,,fOT"n,me, thJ mct in rdance Z iSÜ rfa,lar .P"818- Every brother is allowed to stand np in their meetings aad !-Ky wyof'P3ltion or exhortation and when by these means they find a man Lm S?h ?h knowJeJ?e. Possessing aptness to teach they elect him aa their minister, and ordain hfm wiih fasting, prayer, and LAYING ON OK HANDS. They also require their deacons and aged women, whom they appoint as deaconess.
ii f
ase ineir gina on these occasions.
V m '
discharge all tha duties
- t J icnanii Lvery year about Whitsuntide. Mav i
tbey hold an annual national . meeting, which is attended by tbe bishops snd teachers as wsll aa by the other members whomay be sent irom their congregations as rf?!1.1- ,The möet,n t rard will be that annual eonfprnnfA nm,.,i
delegates rrora all partaof the United State. At this meeting, aa nsnal each year, there will lie a general committee of tiye mt the oldest bishops chosen from those present
" "v' "m icure hi Bome convenient place to receive and bear such cases as may be referred to them by the teachers, and representatives from the various congregations, for it is one as their creeds to adjust all matters among themselves without recourse to law. These are besrd, discussed, and decided upon, and their decisions and reasons are furnished all the churches in the United States, and they thus preserve a unity of opinion through tho whole body. During this meeting on Sunday, Mav 21 th they observe their feast of love, and the Lord s Supper, with all its
ants of washing the feet, and the kiss ol chanty, and also many other, interesting hAOJ1llA nf thai I- ruumll.. .
12 7 . . pviuiiai umrc, itjremonies of their religious creed.
FACTS AND FIGURES. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S SHOWING. APPORTIONMENT OF COMMON SCHOOL REVENUE FOR TUITION, MADE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OP PUBLIC INSTBVCTION ON THE FOURTH MONDAY IX MAY, 1S74. The following tables show the enumeration of the children in each county, the amount of school revenue ready for apportionment in each county, and the source whence &aid revenue was derived : the total amount of school revenue for distribution, including the Interest paid by the state, the balance left in the treasury at the last apportionment, and the amount of sc hool revenue collected by the attorney general, and tbe distributive share thereof apportioned to each county, as required by thellOth section, of the School Law, also, the amount deducted for the Normal School Fund, in accordance with section 15 of an act to create a Normal School, approved December 20tb, 1875, as amended by an act approved March 5th, 1S73. No. children Total v17w. Am on.
No. Co.' bet. V 21 ed & readv for Dortirmfd
y'rsof age. apportionm't. each Uo.
1. Atlams On
2. Allen 19,4: 3. Bartholomew, .4T5 4. Ken ton ........... 2,670 5. Blackford 2,bitt . lioone ,uurj 7. Urown 3,471 8. Carroll 6,045 9. Cass S.KSfl
10. narlr . ,. fl.OCT - 11. Clay ,043 12. Clinton 6,9.5 Vi. Crawford..... 4,0ö7 14. Iavle8 73 2
15. Dearborn.. . lu,171
16. leoatur 17. DeKalb IS. Delaware. 19. iHiboiu. ...
20. Elhart-....
21. Fayette..
22. Floyd 'ii. Fountain.
24. Franklin,
2-i. Fulton. 26. Gibson.
27. Cirant..... tireen 2y. Hamilton. . 30. Hanesck
81. Harrison .!. Hendricks...
33. Henry . 34. Howard ..... Xi. Hontlugton...
3. Jackson.
37. J as per.... ,.....
3K. Jay 39. Jefferson 40. Jennings ..
41. Johnson
42. Knox
43. Kosciusko
41. LaGrange.
4ö. Lake46. LaPorte.... 47. Lawrence . 4S. Madison...
41. Marion. .... 50. Marshall 51. Martin-... 62. Miami 53. Monroe...54. Montgomery. 55. Morgan. 5rj. Newton. 67. Noble
58. Ohio 69. Orange
so. wen
Iii. Parke.
62. Perry 63. Mke 64. Porter 65. Poney. . 66. Pulakl 67. Putnam. OS. Randolph 69. Ripley 70. KUNh
71. Scott 72. Shelby 73. Spencer.
4. Marke......
75. Steuben....
. St. Joseph..
77. Sullivan ,
8. Switzerland .
79. Tippecanoe. 60. Tipton .. 81. Union
82. Vanderburgh. 16,49
83. Vermillion 3,8 84. Vigo 13.3S5
6.370 7.042 10,478 3,591 ,177 6.417 7,444 4,945 7,422 7.ÖÖU 7,fC3. 77' 7,717 7,519 7,761 6.673 7,317 7,401 2,792 6,00 8,926 5,s;u 6,121 8,50 9,021 4,817 5,863 1,029 6,075 8,824 27,10 7,759 4,34 7.871 5.Ä9 8,4) 6,444 2JÖ3 7,o93 1,907 -4,995 6a ,823 6,661 5,310 5,024 7,528 &,2ö3 7,616 8,514 7,8! 6,122 2,739 8,101 M-i'A 1.6S6 4.K?7 9,816 7.5 4,542 13,29
4,9ti 29
5 5,740 J
27,192 51 12.810 6,1 4S 3-ttJ ? 11,24 7 5 2,:j7 29 ,'J2tf 53 IH. 2NU 25 S,W7 5 y.674 V6 9,333 SO 2.2S7 8.85:1 78 1,428 82 i Ö ',163 iä II, 312 4 5,5;W Ä5 20,320 42 9,701 'H 8.9 9 64 9,616 09 12,2)8 32 6,124 27 11,901 34 . 10,1S ft8,120 NJ 12,4.16 U 8,7 6 OS 6,790 Ü5 '11, 77 63 13,005 71 7.706 57 8,852 4 10,653 41 5.030 37 7,073 50 10,371 2.N 6,412 97
85. Wabash..86. "Warren. 87. Wairick
88. Washington
89. Wayne
90. Weils
81. White..
92. Whitley.
formal I
12,014 H5 13,394 12 8.423 11 9,6.(8 40 17,126 H8 8tf7 94 13,331 64 94,626 0 10,427 43 2,984 2 10.9U6 68 7,828 81 14,49 27 10,771 11 8.SÖ2 27 474815 5,047 01 6,3: 54 13,241 38 3,862 73 6,423 81 12ii4"l3 4,076 43 13,988 47 14,145 89 7,935 55 15.0S 00 2.013 70 15,675 49 7,263 52 1,445 28 7,773 06 14,613 4 7,718 80 5,597 68 6,164 23 28.167 69 8.:2 38 50,023 80 12,117 39 8.857 09 7.014 43 8,613 00 22,768 55 7,414 36 7,354 85 8,501 30
8,6tf2
3,899 7,173 6,772 12,812 6,633 4.048
Sch'L.
Total collected for apportionment.. States interest paid. .
Balance In treasury last apportion-
lHCDte mMM i
Counties delinquent estimated to
pay Total collected........... Deduct overestimate of Park aud Vigo counties..
S 8.64Ü 54
;ay 64 13.0U5 02 4,61) Ml 4.470 ti 15,655 22 6,0M9 54 10,518 30 15,456 86 15,79 2 13,4 82 ri,10l 70 7,U 18 12.581 4 17,61(7 54 12,105 18 11.083 80 12,254 08 9,849 70 18.231 72 6.248 34 15,i67 93 11,304 7S 1252 96 8,604 30 12 914 2$ 13,328 40 13.786 02 13,S7ti 00 9.272 46 M,427 58 13,083 06 13,501 14 11,611 02 12,731 58 12.877 74 4,858 C8 10.582 68 17,271 24 lO.lol 16 10,650 54 14.803 S2 15,696 54 S.3H 58 8,4 46 16.450 46 10,670 50 15,353 79 47,119 20 13,500 66 7,562 04 13.695 64 9.759 66 14,755 20 11,2)2 56 4,268 22 13,215 30 3,318 18 8,691 30 10,453 Vi 11,80 72 1130 14 8,239 40 8,741 76 13,098 Ti 5,660 22 13,251 M 14,909 14 13,733 82 10,652 28 4,70 80 14,095 74 16.070 64 2,933 64 8,416 38 17,079 84 13,053 48 7,9ii3 08 23,122 86 8.64i K 3,982 28,6-W 86 6,765 12 23,19 15.071 88 5,784 26 13,481 02 11.73 2S 22,292 88 9,801 42 7,043 52 9,606 54. 7,500 00 $992,293 07 117,143 50 38,607 51 55,000 00 51,151,469 62 211 22
Total ready for apportionment !I,152,258 40
Amount apportioned..... 1,145,993 36
Balance In treasury F,25 04 One hundred dollars baa been deducted
from tbe apportionment to tbe county of Vigo, tbe auditor having failed to report in
time for last apportionment. Ihe auditor
of Parke having produced the proper evi
dence that bis report was mailed iu time for tbe last apportionment, is released from the
penalty, no reports nave been received
from the auditors of tbe counties of Decatur, Johnson, Noble, Porter and Tippecanoe. Tbe superintendents of Jasper, Scott and"White counties have failed to report their enumeration. Those of May, 1S73, have been used. Pro rata, 1.74.
Miltox B. HoPKiys, Superintendent Public Icatraction.