Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1876 — Page 7

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.THE INDIANA -STATE . SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1876.

VKor the Sentinel. E053 OF TIIE FARM. BT C. r. ALBtKT. M'llh bands all b!ltered and torn, With face all sunburnt and tanned, A larmer'clad in time-worn gaib Came forth to till the land, .Flow! sow! reap! Ia weather both co!J a:d warm, And still with a voice so hollo x and de?p He sang the ' Song cf the Farm." "Toll! toll! toll! "When the day Is dawning afar, And toll! toil! toll! Uy the glimmering evenlDg star! But work is the source of life To the rich, who gr sd what I earn, And they never guess that It takes a sirlfe ' An honest penny to turn. "Toll! toll! toll! Though the fingers are tired and sore; Toil! toil! toil! Till the hard day 'a work Is o'er! Sowing and turning the soil, Flowing and sowing the seed. Till wearied with ceaseless toil I take rest that I so much need. wO merchants and men of case, O men of honor and wealth ! Your strength brings me to disease. Your vigor destroys my health. Plow! sow! rapl In the summer' torrid breath, Bowing the seeds of lite for you. Heaping my own sure deaih. Work! work! work! My footsteps never lag; In winter's wind and summer's rain My labors never flag; A hovel of woe where the grim fiend Despair Hovers around the hearth ; A crust of bread, the rags I wear, My wages, O what are they worth T Toll! tolll toil! My labors shall never end, Till from this cheerless desolate earth My spirit its flight shall wend. That day Is near; the time Is brief; Soon will I cease to plod; Then I shall be plucked like a ripened sheaf From the path I so long have trod."

With hands 11 blistered and tore, With face all sunburnt and tanned, A farmer clad la time-worn gaib Labored to till the land. Plow! sew! reap! In weather both co d and warm, And still with a voice so hollow and deep He sang this "dong of the Farm." NEWS AND GOSSIP. . The first water wtri-a in Texas are being established it Austin. ' Galveston has a Venetian floating boardlog: bouse and beer garden. . A hundred pounds of flour cost twentyeight dollars in the Black Ullis. California eapoitsd 538,000 tons of coal last year, which brought from fS to f 14 per ton. Portland, OregcD, bta shipped directly to Liverpool in one caro 99,000 bushels ol wheat. The grand jury of Col umbo?, Ga., have Indicted the cLief cf police for grand larceny. George Smith expects to start for NlneTeb in the middle ot the month to resume excavations. The museum of Bremen, founded by a private society of merchant?, is to be preaented to the city. For teyeral years Iowa was the banner granger state, but it lost seveLty-flve local granges last year. The recent dramatic permlorance in London for ths benefit ol the centennial cleared over $3,500. Sacramento is bo well pleased with her Holly water works tbat she proposes selling out her steam fire engines. Mi3s Hobert, a Massachusetts girl, La purchased twenty acres of land in West minster, Ca!., and is devoting half ol it to onions. JL seam of fine hrrd coal, nine feet four Inches In thic'ines?, 1 as been struck at a depth of 6C0 feet at Nanalmo, British Co lumbla. A sister-in-law of TLomasacn, tbo dy namite fiend, has been dissharged from a dry goods itore in St. Louis cn account ol the relationship. - Adirondack Murray has secured a limb ol the "Old Eica" ol Boston Common, and purposes having twa pu'plt chairs made ol it ior nut new ccurcn. Time ia one colored ecbolar in tie public school In StiEti Rosa, California, and Le is taught teparat6ly at recess, and la not allowed a seat In the buildirjg. ' William College has decided to withdraw from the Rowing Association, hfeaesa of the expense and tbe prospect of a poor craw, only two of last year's men belog wuung to pan again. An Kastern paper makes ths following correction; "In our obituary notice of Mr yesterday, lor the phrase 'He wan a noble and pig-headed man,' read 'He was a noDie ana Dig-neartea man.' " The recent discoveries öf gel 1 at Pike's Peak were really marvelous. A man who pounded up an old brown Jug and carriel the powder to an assayist becance deliriou when inf ironed that his specimens would .yield $18 to the too. The Rev. Mr. Mann, an Oregon clergyman of the Presbyterian churoh, has" met with snch success as a ' missionary among tbe Indians at the Pugvallop reservation, Washington territory, that he proposes to settle there permanently. .Thirty-three mines In Colorado have been opened to a depth of from 100 to 900 feet ainoe 18Ö9. Five of them were idle last year, but the rast j roduced ore valued at nearly 12,000,000. Since their discovery they have yielded f2tt,9SO,000. .,!.,.. In 2sugatuck valley, Conn.,' last week the Ice accumulated so thickly cn the tree that the bending branches Interfered with tbe railroad trains. One train was stoppacfw-utlmber of times' while the brakemen cutofftbs ice laden branches.) There Is an ancient maiden of 82 living In Taunton, Mass., who has never seen a train of cars, dresses in Centennial fashion, barns tallow dip, and has net called upon Jiernelghbor for five years If she , noes oot make tbe meat of tbe pre seat year and Its peculiar privileges, there Is fear that be will die an old maid.

THAT CASE OP GR2MA.TION

The Burnings of Alberto Kellers Body in tho New Temple of Cremation. A MILANESE SEN3ATION. TUB B3DT I3CI3ERATKD WH1LB SPEECHBS IN FAVOR CV CREMATION WERK BEING DKL1VKRED. The Milan com spocdent of the New York Herald gives this gossip concerning cremation: The latest eensatlon here la a genuine case of cremation, which occurred at one of tbe principal cemeteries in Milan lat week. It appears that a wealthy German gentleman named Alberto Keller, who resided here many years previous to bis death, was a atric. believer in the theory cf cremation, and in his will provided that a temple of cremation should be built in tbe Ceaiettrio Monumentale (wtere he had previously erected a bandpome family tomb), and presented to the city ot Milan; and that wnen it sbould be ready tor us) bis remains were to be crema'.ed therein, and his ahes deposited In the family tomb. Aboct two yfars ago Mr. Keller bade adieu to things terrestrial, and his body was embalmed and consigned to tbe vault enderneatb the tomb. Shoitly aft?rward experiments were commenced by Messrs. Clericetti and PolH, a system was Invented which was perfected, and a temple of cremation was built In taecem6tery. Ths building is a miniature mod6l ol the ancient Roman tinp:e4, and stands on a piece of ground about 50 feet square. Fifteen solid stone pillars, about IA Iflet In height and two in thlcanes, placed In a circle, sarport a dome-shaped roof, which is in turn aar mouLtdd by tbe figure of an urn. In the center, reached by lour or five ttcp, is A LA ROB KTONB BARCOPHAOTJ", some seven or eight leet long and about three in width. On each side are three round black marble slabe, on the center one of which is a whits cross. The slab at oneend acts as door, being moved up and down bv invisible machinery. In tbe In terior ol the sarcophagus are a large num ber cf Iron ribs extending from one side to tbe other, and uniformly curved downward slightly in the center. Underneath this gridiron arrangement is a plat form of Iron, from wbicb projects a forest ol eaa-burners. Along tbe sides ot the receptacle, just above the iron bars, are rows of round, knob-like tutton?, with a noie in me center; tbfs? are also used for tbe issue ot ea-iets tbe total number of which In tbe sarcophagus amounts to 217. The force of gas employed, as well as the machinery which opens and shuts the ponderous door, is controlled irom a email rjricn building some ten or fifeeen leet in the rear ot the edifice, the connecting mach in erv beine undtr round. Oa tae Jront of the temple, under the dome, is a tibl6t with an inscription, of wbisb the following is a translation: Ciomatlon temple do nated, at t oe df sire ot the noble Alberto Keller, to the city of Milan." After tue completion of the edifice the Inventors ex peiienced upon the caresses ol dogs and otb.tr anluial?, for the purpose of deter mining how great a degree of hea; and wba; time were cecesary to CONSUME A HUMAN BODY. Everything being in readice:s, la-t Saur day, tbe second anniversary of Mr. Kel ler's death, wa3 fisod upon to practically test upon the remains of the founder the purpose for whic'i the templa was eracted. Oa that day at 2 o'clock, the inventors oi the system, accompanied bv some of the relatives ot tbe ueceased, tbe prlacJpil munlcioal officers and a lare number ol seien tiüe raeu od iournaiixto, represent ing tbe principal cities of Europ. as;mbled at the Keller tomb. At 2 o'clock the body was taken from its casket in tbe vault and placea ia a tbin wooden case wblcb was covered with a black cloth. Tbe features ol tbe corpse were as ratcnl as oa tho dy on which it was entombed, two years ago. Preceded by the clerzy man oi the Evangelical church, of wbicb Keller bad been a member, the body, followed by the assemblage who bad gtnered to witness tbe ceremony, was taken to the temple of crematioD, which is situated teur me rear wan oi tna uemtterv in a coDspicuiccs po&liion, and can ba Beeil from any plntof tho grounds, which are periecuy Hat and unadorned with shrubbery or tree, the waat of which is maae up, nowever, ty some fine tpec - mena ci sculpture Brrountlngtombt and grave-. Oj rriviug at the mausoleum the clergyman inattondance made a few remarks, during which the body was de pesited in front of the saiccphagus. In nia anaraas ta reverend gentleman s d i that the carcmony of cremation was not agalmt th'i üccep.oü lrr-.sot burial; In tnat iorm it onerea an example oi THE FXEKflNQ EXISTENCE OT MATTER, and in tbe action of .bo destroying flames might be seen the symbol of the soul tbat, liberating itsolf from the body, flits to heaven, purified and IramoiUl. At the clcse of his remarks a s'gnal waa given, the pondfrous door cf tbe farcopbagus disappeared downward, revealing toegss DurniDg iainuy in tne interior : ma s ol fire. The romalts ot Alberto Keller wcra raised and slid Into tLesarco phagua, reeling on the grid Iron. The heavy door roBe up again, as if by magic, ana seined into us position. The gas was turned on to its full force, and the body was submitted to a fooopera'ure of over l COOgradl, or something more tbai 2,000 degrees iatirnbeit. Walle the Biortal remains of Alberto Keller were' be ing subjected to tbe process of cremation. Prof. F. Colletti, of Padua, to whom be longs the honor ot tbe victory of tbe cre mation reform in Italy. addre-s?d those present. He began byeulogiums upm aime. ueorga eana, mue 1)9 uirardln and other eminent writers, who in 1S53 strenuoasly urged, through the columns of la I'xesse and other Journals, tbe adon tion of cremation. Tbe overcrowding of cemeteries was tnen beginning to eive pernicious result?, and the attention of scientific men had been drawn to tue necessity of overcoming tbe evils resulting inerezrom. uui ia t p.te of t aeir efforts THR WORMS WO.1 IHB DAT and general abhorenca was expressed a the Idea of cremation. In 1857 the speaker had agitated the question in Padua, but tbe public Were opposed to it, and not until 1866 were any farther efforts made in favor of tbe theory, wbicb, however, met with no better success tbau the previous one?. Tda city of Milan had - realen to be proud; It was tbe first in ' tne world which had erected Ju t i s principal" cemetery a crematorial alter, on which any one who bo desired could, aitar death, deiv the work of the worm, and leave to the care . of his or her relatives remartns of mortality wblcb would offer nothing repuguant to their

senses. He held that the day was not rar dlstart when cremation would bs uni

versally adopted, if not from choice, at least from necessity. If ro, the dead would drive tbe living into the desert, and great cities would become tbe abodes ot plague end pestilence. Dr. Paul, cf Milan, followed In a few remarks in favor of tbe cremation theory, and referred to the completeness of tbe invention in wnicn tbe remains ot tbe founder were then be ing consumed. Of tbo terrific beat which raged tberain, the solid Verona none oi which tbe satcopbagua was built, gave no outward Indication. He referred to a case of CREMATION 02f THI BANKS OF THB ARNO, near Florence, one night in 1370, when tbe body of an Indian prince was burned. A pyre of wood waa erected, and the'eorpse, covered with pari umei of all kinds, laid thereon and consumed before a large concorns? of people. Tbe disagreeable features of such a ceremony were sot to be found in the present invention. A few remarks on tbe system, as being then prac tically demonetrated, were made Dy rrcleesors Poll! and Clericetti, the Inventors. At tbe end of three-quarters of an hour the gas was extinguished, the inventor remarking tbat tbe remains of Mr. Keller were then reduced to ashes, lie added tbat thev would remsinuntil the folio lug day in the aircopba2Uc, at wbicb timo tbey would be transferred to his tomD. une b emblaze thereupon slowly dispersed, and tbe temple ol cremation was left iu solitude and silence. Next day tbs sar cophagus was opened in the presence ot one or two relatives of the deceased, snd bis ashes collected and placed in a whits marble casket about tbe slzi of a lady's work-basket, and placed on a small altar facing tbe door of tbe tomD. un a tarnet underneath tbe casket is tbe inscription. "Cenerl dl Alberto Keller." ("Aanes ol Albert Keller.") Tbe grated iron door ol the tomb offers a full view of tbe Interior, wbicb is handsomely decorated with flowers, (to , and tbe tomb, wbicb is in tbe Protestant portion of tbe cemetery, is daily visited by numbers of curious Milanes?, who are desirous of looking upon tbe receptacle of the ashes of one who had been tbe originator oi an epocn in tne civilized world. A SUNDAY EVENING- SIMOOM. One-Third of the Town of Princelon Entirely Swept Away by ' the TerrifloWind. THE SCENE OF THE STORM. HOUSES FLATTENED TO THB EARTH AND WHOLLY REMOVED EIGHT PERSONS INJURED, AND TWO SUPPOSED TO BS MORTALLYA PEN PICICRE OF THE GREAT STORM AND A LIST OF THB DAM AO B TO PERSONS AND THINGS. The Evacsville Journal of Tuesday morning says: Tbe few particulars given in yesterday's Journal of tbe terrible tornado at Princeton Sunday evening, although the fullest tbat could possibly be given at that time, did net comprise onetenth part of the description of tbe terrible disss'er. Indeed, the whole exte&t of tbe damage was not even known in Princeton ULtil yesterday morning, when day dawned, and a third of tbe beaatllul town was found utterly oblitarated and tbe entire place more or less damaged. A Journal reporter was dispatched to tbe scene ol the disaster yanterday morning, and although be wa amid the ruins all day, be feela tbe failure of time and space to par mit a faithful descripil n ot tbe ttrmandits eflects to be presented at this time. No conception rf the glgantia power of tbe tcraado can be had ex3pt by a persinalview of tbe immense, malve building, which it se!z:d and whirled into shreds. ON THE WISQS OF DESTRUCTION. Entering the town on tbe morning train tbe scene wus appalling. All the southwest portion of the place in s ghtwesa ma8 of ruins and debris. A few twisted posts where stately houseB had stood, a tottering chimney place; a pile of broken lumber and a mars of plastsr, brick and lumber, confused and Inextricable, covered tbe earth as far as tbe eye could reach. Every btreet was fall ot tbe wrclc ot matter, and it was ofto i the case that where a small, light house stood, not a vistige of it not a brick Irom tbe chimney remained to mark tbe spct. On tbe side track ofi.be railroad, t-o heavy fre!gLt cars wera whirled over with tbelr vhdels uppermost, at d one was unroofed and tbe roof carried off as far as the elevator, six hundred yards away. Mr. II. W. Lagow was about tt ft only person in Prlncttonwho was looking f.r a dreadful storm and therefore watched its appearance and progress and at last its final swoop . upon tbe devoted village. lie itttes that ho was sitting iu tne eecond story of his dwelling bouse, watching the coming storm. THB CLOUDS FLEW WILD AND BLACK, the night fell dead and still, like an ominous warning of tbe coming destruction. Livid flasheaof lightning ribbed tbe sky, serving to light up momentarily the scone. Through a'f pot ia tbe clouds, where they thinned, the moon peeped out for a few moments blood red. He threw opn the window to listen for tbe approaching rumble of the wind. Suddenly the wind freshened and wondrous'y freshened. It bad been blowing from the west, and Increased to a high gale, which now growing mighty and mightier, asnt tbe clouds whirling, shivering beiora it. Suddenly low roar, a new sound, came from tbe south-south-wts", and a new current of hurricane came rusbing along. The sound was, like tbe low rumbling, singing noise of a hundred trains, as It came galloping wildly along, and on the top or Hurricane Hill, just west of Princeton, the two mighty forces met fairly. Whirling Into a hurricane with one loud crash and bang of bowling wind, crushing bouses, moaning trees, tearing root, and tbe fell commotion of the chaos, tbe united whirlwind swept down upon tbe MASSIVS DWELLINGS THAT DISAPPEARED like chaff before- it. The whole commotion did not last three minutes, and when the dread sound had ceased rose the wail of the distressed above even the whistling musio of the slower gale that crept behind like a jackal to prey upon tbe destruction the tornado had Worked. Tbe hall began to fall with furious Jorce, and for several minutes windows were pounded in by the Immense particles whin shot down like cannon balls and bounded ong in a course of destruction. The lightning, thar continued to flash fitfully and savagely, lit op tbe scene, and it seemed like a bombardment from heaven. Hall

Propafen larger than hen eggs, and ore gentleman gathered a - large dish fall, about a half dozen, which he said wera as largw as a paper match box. In all the crash of chaoa hundreds ot terror-stricken paople were groveling cr gr. p'ng amid the ruins of their own fcorms, or lay moaning in agony, crumbed by the very timbers tbey had reared for protection. Into this scene the unharmed citizens sillied for.h to rescue and relieve, with nothing to guide them bat the feeble rays of a lantern, OROPISO AMONG THB HELLISH BLACKNESS tbat rose like a wall, contrasting tbe vivid day-like illumination of tbe lightning, tbey worked with superhuman energy. Many persons were traced by their cries of distress, and found . imprisoned under timbers and tbe masses of masonry tbat In many instances arched over tbem in fortunate prou-clion. In Mr. Thomas button's residence were six or seven persons, who were found imprisoned within a rptce six fett square, and not more thaa two teet and a half in height. All bad fallen flat on the floor, and tbe crumbling fall of the building . had in mercy arched timbers over their bodies, and tbey were taken out, every one unhurt. Tbe cries of persons on the site of tbe residence ot Mrs. Drucllla Drey. postmistress, draw asalstancs thither, and the family of three or four were found under tbe ruins. Tbe lower story had been swept off Mke a leaf,nd tbe second floor bad fallt n flat upon tbe foundations. A bureau was in tbe room, and tbe timbers, being supported ty this were prevented Irom crushing the inmates ot the bouss. Only one was Injured Mlaa Sue Blancbard, a hired glr), had ber h'.p broken.

THE COAL ROAD. Meeting at Exchange Hall Night: Last WHAT WAS DONE. THE SPEECHES A COMMITTEE ON OROANIZA1IOM MEETINGS APPOINTED THB ROAD TO BE BUILT. The coal road meeting . called for last night was composed almost of persons living along the proposed line of road, not more than a dozen citizens ol Indianapolis being present. Every town on the line was well repre s3nted, and tbe hall waa quite well nlled. At about 8 o'clock Mr. Christ. Thompson, ot Bowling Green, called tbs meeting to order and said: I am somewhat surprised tbat ve have come all tbe way to Indianapolis to get a hall to meet In, True, tais meeting was called to organize a meeting of residents along the line ot tbe proposed roao, but I am surrjrissd thar tlere are not Indiananolia men nere to run if. Bat since such is not the case, I move that Gen. Frank Whits, of Terreliaute, be ailed to tie chair. Ite motion prevailed, and Gen. White tooK the chair. Hiram Teter, of Bowlicg Greer, was made secretary, lhe cbalrmin, Iu explanation of tbe obj9cts of the meeting, ssid: We are here to organ 1Z9 a company to nuim a narrow Ranee road to the mineral wealth of Indl ana. There are two lines proposed, one direct to Bowling Green and one do an the river through Morgan county to Spencer, in Owen county. I want to say that tbe advantages of tho Cut route are, the coal couctry through which it runs and tbe Kliortufcsa cf tbe route. THB OTHER BOUTS only croEscs a neck of the coal fields, while this one tnsscs tbe entire field. There is no railroad through tte country proposed to be. tapped. It ia central between two great lines. It has the limber and rock. It is ur derstood that we are to raisa $."0,000. Ibis line wa firf-t talked about on Saturday, and Me have already raised 40,000. We will ralss the balance without trouble. There Is no deep cuts or high hills, and a!ter you leave Wblte river there Is no lorg bridzts, This route has already been surveyed three times, and the surveyors bear out all I have said. Now, we would like to hear from the citizens of Indianapolis. In response to repeated calls Mr J. M. Ridenour stepped to tbe front. He baa long been In some way identified with the railroad interests of the state. This narrow gauge road wes no new project. He was one among the first, with General Martin, Judge Rsache and others, tjgo into an organization of a company to build a road on the line about which tbe chairman bad spoken. The sections through wbicb this read ia to pass are the creamy acres, the great gold mines of tbe West. If we ever reach SPECIE PAYMENTS it must be by digging the wealth out of these bills or tilling it ont of these valleys. I will not only give this project a moral support, but I want to give it a material support. Indianapolis la sensitively alive to thlsprcjeit, ss she ha3 been to all other rca3s. The roads running into tbe city are cow generally controlled by par. If s outside ol the state, although Indianians have been tbe poiceersin building tbem. Indianapolis has given it rgely to railroads in tbe past, and it is not tbe temper of our people to have any more paid to roads out of tbe public treasury, but tbe individual sub scriptions will be liberal. I understand there ia another line proposed by General Morris and others. There is room for both, and I hope both will be built. Mr. Thompson moved that when tbe meeting adjourn It be to meet at Exchange Hall again in one week, and in the meantime that a - committee ot two from each town on tbe Hoe to perfect tbe subscriptions so that an organization may be completed. Tbe motion prevailed and the appointments were made as follows: Charles Ballard, Wm. B. Thompson, Monrovia; Jefferson Worden, Alfred Pruitt, Hall; J. W. Ray, W. H. Ryan, E. Scligar, Eminence; Dr. McDonald, James L. Smith, Qulncy; Wm. Spangler, Enoch W. Rlcnardson, Cataract; M. Thompson, Hiram Teter, Bowling Gre9n; J. M. Todd, J. C Burton, Joseph Shelton, Indianapolis; John A. Taylor, A. K. . Harrymao, Mooresvllle. . Gen. White, tbe chairman, . said, .tbat as the meetiog was about to adfoum, he wanted to make a few suggestions. Forty thousand dollars In stock is already raised. It behooves every man along tbe line ol this road to work. We can raise all the capital neceseary. . In dianapoll will take hold of it, and If she don't we can get somebody else to. -We can perfect tbe organization and sell our bonds. Mr. Ridenour had been through tbe bond mill two or three times In an official way, and be did not want any more bonds. Popularize this thlog. Do it exclusively by stock. It a man can't give but f 25 give him stock. Col. Hurlburt thought there was a feeling that this road would not pay as an investment. He undertook to a bow tbat it would be a grand paying investment. Meetings were

appointed for Monrovia, at 1 o'clock

rriaat; Eminence. Friday nubt: Hall. Saturday night: Qainr v. Star Jav. If.m: Catarac', Monday, lr.M.; Bowling Green, Saturday, 1 p. k. On motion of Mr. Clint Thompson, ol Bowling Green, it waa c rdered tbat the articlts of association yet to ue agreed upon t y me committee be printed and sent along the P.ce :or the de nature of tbe stockholders. After tbe adjournment of tbe meeting tbe committee on organization met in tbe cfü?e ot J. E. Johnson, E-q , and azresd upon articles of association and a plan for working ud subscriptions. RAILROAD MEETING AT CATARACT, v uuuxs II. THEY WANT THE ROAD THROUGH CAT iRACT, ABU wiLl, wo JkYJCKYTHINd TO OKT IT. According to a previons arrangement tbe citizens of tbe vicinity were called to gether, on the 2G:b ot February, to consider the propriety of encouraging a line or railway irom tne capital of tbe state through to tne point of destination. F. M. Brown was che S9n president and H. Miller secretary, fcpsecnes were made bv N. Spangler, sr., T. Agee. S. Raper. W. S. ptngler and others, alter which tbe fol lowing preamble and rasolutions were unanimously adopted: -THB RESOLUTIONS. Wherea?, The people of thla ptrtof tbe country feel tbe necessity of a direct line ot railway from tbe capital ot tbe state, tnerecy mating it convenient for tbe transfer of local freight and tbe traveling public, to further tbe development ot the vast resources ot this part of tbe country, wnicn, in its present condition, la rendered comparatively valnelCBs, therefore Resolved, That inasmuch aa this is a straight and dlrtct line to the coal fields on tbe southwest, and as numerous surveys heretofore made abow tbe route to be a practicable one, we believe it would be to tbe interest of the company to adopt this routs at once, and we solicit the commi ts, or any ot them, to communicate with us at Cataract and Inform us aa to what they will expect of as in case tbe route la adopted . . Resolved, Tbat in our estimation tbe advantages to be gained by this route far surpass tbesa of aoy other, being at least twenty-five miles shorter to the point of destination, and passing through some as good agricultural regiocs as are to be lonnd in the s'ate, having timber in abundance, building stone un surpassed, being ricli in iron ore, cement, coal, etc., and having a local trade with which no other rontecan comptte, and we believe we can make it to tbe Interest of said company to build tte road. Resolved, Tbat we earnestly solicit a thorough examination of this route by the projectors et the road, as we believe it of ess er grade. The formidable hairier supposed to exist will be easily overcome when property understood, besides we can boast of the finest water power in the state, and only need an outlet to develop avast amount of W6alt. Tbe beautiful natural scenery which attracts many in the summer ReaFon would return a fcandsome income to tbe company. Resolved, Tfcai we sincerely believe thera is no section ot country through which a railway could be built that would be a greater source of wealth, both to tbe capital and tbo country through which it would p s, than a road on this line. Resolved, That tbe proceedings ot the meeting be forwarded to tbe Sentinel and Journal for publication. The meeting tbec adjourned to meet on Monday evening, tebruaiy 2S. THE KUBSI.QÜEXT MEETING. M on dat, Feb. 28, 1876. Parsut: t io adjournment tbe citizens met to further consider the prospects ol the proposed railway. The former president btirg absett G. Ovens, E?q-., was calJel to the chair. Alter itstructioua by Messrs. Llndley and Waters aa to tbe proper courss to pursue, on motion of J. M. Sir pie a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions to aid in tbe construction of the road, and report at Indianapolis, March 1st, 1S76. Adjourned. U. Miller, S3c TERRE HAUTE HEIRS. UP IN THJB MILLIONS AN ESTATE WORTH ONB HUNDRED AND FI FIT MILLIONS HAS SEVERAL HEIRS IN VIQO COUNTY. The Terre Haute Express elevates Its horn because a number ot heirs to a castle in tho air reside in tlat vicinity: About four yeas ago a meeting of all tbe Diakts in the United f'ates wa held In New York to consiaar tbe claims of tbe family to tbe estate of Sir Francis Drake, who diad In Eogiand years ago, leaving a large eetht, wbicb in tbe absence of claimants ravened to the crown. Sir Francis was in his lire time an admiral in H. M. H, and was of course the recipient of lare sums of prizs mocey. Tbic, cf course, the government bad no right to. and as it 1 drawing a high rate of Interact tbe prefect sum ia something over one buudred and filty millions. At the New York meeting nothing was accomplished, and two years later a general meeting was held in Nashville. At tbls mett ng Mr. Virgin a Sraw, of Marshall, wes present as a representative oi this branch of th9 founding, her maiden name having been Drake, as was also that of Mrs. Mary Sbaw, mother of Mr. Alfonso Sbaw, clerk of tbe Terre Haute house. The agent SENT OUT BT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, after having examined each and all ot tbem, bnally told Mrs, Shaw tbat ber claim was the only plausible one of the whole. The meeting adjourned, and Mrs. Shaw ncr any of the faml'y said cor thought no more about It until a few days ago, when tbey received a letter atatlng tbat an agent would be in Marshall In a few dajs to see them and make further examination Icto tbe matter. This branch of the family is cks3ly descended from Sir Frances, there being some of the old portraits of the family now. Tbe father of the two ladies, Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Virginia Sbaw, was a Drake who came to Virginia at a very early day and engaged in mercantile parsui;s. 'ibe descent is direct. Th a etaate la larger than tbe Anneke Jans poes- ssions, and even a portion ot it will make many ol tbe heirs rieb. - So Jar now, how ever, none but tbe Sbaw family have any apparent right, no others having so far been able to stabliah any claim what ever. Tbe Paris police, while searching lately a very old house in the Rue Saint Honore for some stolen property, came upon a doer which apparently had not been opened for many years. Tne door opened on to a staircase, at tbe fo t of which was found an emp y coffin, which had almott crumbled to dust, t torn inquiries wnica have slcce been made, it has been ascertained that this secret chamber waa a hiding place for several Huiruenota darlnz the massacre of Sr. Bartholomew, and tbat Henry IV. took refuge during tbat terrible night In tbe house, wbtch Is close to t ie entrano to the old Liouvre.

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