Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1877 — Page 4

THJß IKDIAXA STA'E SEXTIXEL, WEDNESDAY MOIIXIXG EEBRUA11Y 7, 1877

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. RADICALISM IX AlTOKTIOAMESiT ACTS. It is the trick of the burglar when, after hiding away the swag, and the officers of the law are drawing dangerously near to it, to distract attention by 6hrewd devices of various kinds. The Journal, in discussing the apportionment act, is adopting the same tactics. In yesterday's paper it skipped " away among the southern states to show that some of them had not given the radicals a fair proportion of representation in the southern state legislatures. It did not seem to have much to say about the Indiana apportionment act except to ceaflirm its fairness, or, as it put it, "its substantial justice." If this is true, we again ask the question. Why did not Governor Bater sign the bill? We think we demonstrated btyond any doubt that the bill was unfair.infamaus in ib attempt to disfranchise large bodies of citizens, and is part and parcel of the same rascally class of legislation which the Louisiana returning board is a specimen of. The Journal makes r.9 attempt to answer our arguments, simply because they are unan- , swerable, Neither doe? it preiend to give any rea.oh why Governor Baker refused to sign the bill. The radical party leaders and all who are conversant with the facta know why he refused to affix his signature. It was a miserable, jxirtMin, rascally apjortioninent, and we have the reason why the bill was pocketed. Morton would have signed it, and his only excuse would have been " it gives 'us a sure thing," and not having any conscience, it would not have interfered with his eating or sleeping a moment, nor his standing with the party, and thia sort of appreciation it is that makes a man like him more popular among the radicals than Mr. Baker. If Baker would have signed the bill and aided Will Cum back in his frantic bulldozing efforts to reach the United States senate, he probably would have been representing our government at the court of St. James in place of Pierrepont. Instead, however, lie has retired to private life with the approval of his own conscience and the respect of the better element of his party, - but we have little doubt that the JournalMorton wing of the concern have a profound pity for his want of foresight and what they would call "prudence" of the simple, busi-nrss-like kind. As we remarked, the Journal, in attempting to draw attention from this bill, arraigns eight or ten southern states for not giving the radicals a fair representation in the state legislatures, the southern state gov ernments are for the most part still laboring under the effects of radicalism which was composed of equal parts of northern re publicanism, carpet-baggery and what we might call hellery or diabol ism. The radicals sowed there the wind, and it looks now as if they would sow the whirlwind. We have no means of ascertaining when the apportionments were made, but probably when the carpet-bag radicals were in full feather and the white element disfranchised, and now, matters hav ing changed, the two classes have about ex changed places. The Journal gives the ratio of repreenta tion in Alabama as one to every 1 2 demo crats and one to every 2,412 radicals, which is a good example of the Journal's style of argument In 1S74 the democratic majority was just twenty-seven and the ratio of representation then was one representative to every 1,500 radicals and one to every 1,700 democrats. Since which time there has been a democratic tidal wave in Alabama. In Connecticut the Journal is more brilliant still. Here it scintillates with the irlittor of the polished diamond. We wonder it ever went near Connecticut, for in this state the apportionment shows as clear out a piece of rascality as our own state or the Louisiana returning boards. The Journal says, in relation to Connecticut, that the legislature contains l.Hl democrats and 85 radicals, and then figures its ratio of representation as 342 democrats to a repre sentative auU V92 radicals to a representa live. Instead of this being so, we have the following brilliant illustration of the effects of radicalism: In a total vote of 120,3öS the democrats Lave a clear majority of 2,000, and instead of having any majority in the legislature, the radicals have a majority of 37 on joint ballot, aisd it takes 4 V) democrats to get one representative in the Connecticut legislature, while 39 radicals get one a very differeat state of affairs from what the Journal endeavors U set before its readers. It is worse than our own state. Here, with a democratic majority of over .1,000, 4t... - . . .. uc- iB'iit4s nave six majority on joint ballot, while in the Nutmeg state, with a majority of only 2,!0o, they have secured a legislative majority of 37 We will have t give the red ribbon premi um for rawalitj to the Connecticut radicals. We had hoped to have .-secured it for our home radicals. The Journal exhausts itself and its ener gies in figuring wut the exact ratio of representation in many democratic states, barring the blunders it makes, but it is too much in a hurry when it comes to the radical states to give the ratio of representation. There for we kindly offer our services. It is al of a kind. The frame masterly genius of radiealism thai presided over the birth of our apiortionment act is found in a greater or less degree wherever the party obtains control. In the Xew England staU-s the very would-be fountain head of morals, cul ture and propriety, and in some western states. wboe people pride themselves on their large Yankee emigration, we find that wherever the radical party is in power that they have in force apportionment acts fully as unjust as the cue forced on the people of Indiana. We

willUke first the old Bay state, and find thr,t this radical party gives one representa

tive to every 010 radicals, while it requires 1,754 democrats to match him. In Maine, where thev raise Jim Blaines, they think 508 radicals equal to 1,837 democrats. In Massachusetts two years ago the democratic governor was elected by over seven thousand votes, yet the radicals maintained their ascendancy in the legislature. In New Hampshire with a bare majority of 172 the radicals managed to secure a majority of seven in the legislature of 1370, and now with a popular majority of something over three thousand they have secured a legislative majority of 37. Here it takes 215 democrats to equal 188 radicals. In Vermont, where a man had better be dead thsn be a democrat, it takes 700 democrats to get a representative, while it only takes 150 radicals. Wonder what a Vermont radical is made of? The democrats with their 20,000 votes in the state hare no repretenlathc in the Vermont senate. In Rhode Island 07 radicals are equal to S-'W democrats. In Iowa 1,031 radicals equal 3,000 democrats. In Wisconsin the radicals have 0,00) majority, and this gives them thirty more legisla tive representatives than the democrats. Thev have a returning board in Wisconsin I also of the same kind as we have here. In Ohio the radical majority is only about 5,000 In a vote of nearly 0,000, and yet this rifling majority gives a radical' majority in . , i 1 . i t 4 i . in tlie t-UilO iegis?.iure ui iwciiiytwo. In Michigan radicalism flourishes ike a green-bay tree. The ratio of representation is one representative to every ,677 radicals and one to every 4,100 democrats. How is that Ur neaitny political at mosphere? Thus we have followed the Journal away from our own state to trace radicalism in others, and we find the same old overbearing, swindling ü'nd intolerant spirit wherever it is in power. Perhaps soon it will tell ws why Governor Baiter did not sign the apportionment act, and why it takes so many more Indiana democrats to secure legislative representative than it does radi cals. WHAT WILL Tili; KM BE? In the opinion of many persons whose views upon matters of public interest command attention and respect, it was thought that the plan devised to determine who was elected president and vice president on the 7tu uay oi ovemoer last, had brought the question within the narrowest possible limits: that irrelevent matters would be eliminated from the controversy; that the light of truth would be so luminous that the. pilots could see the returning board frauds, like reefs and rocks on a lee shore, and have little difficulty in steering the ship safely into port. It i sate to saw however, in view of subsequent developments, that these hoi.es have lost much of their rosy tint; that nn both sides saneuine individuals have counted chickens before they were hatched, and that instead of narrowing down the con troversy there are indications of breadth, depth and height of such portentous measurement that no one is warranted in prog nosticating what will be the end of the mat ter. Just now the purpose on the'one side seems to be to get behind the certified returns, and on the other side to prevent such a proceed ing, if jossible. Upon the result of this struggle hangs important issues, and as a consequence the lawyers engaged are ex hausting their knowledge of the law If success attends the efforts of those who desire to go behind the returns for funda mental facts, it is held that the testimony will prove so voluminous that the commis sion will be unable to arrive at a decision before the 1th of March, when the country would be in the perplexing dilemma of being without a president, a circumstance that would make another presidential election necessary. In view o the facts that in the previous contest a vie tory had been changed to defeat, fraud and perjury made as 'potential as honesty and truth, and that the ballot box had been bulldozed by returning boards. it would be difficult, it is be lieved, to arouse the enthusiasm of the people unless some additional guarantees were afforded, giving assurances that the votes deposited would 4;e honestly counted and that the array would not be used to aid conspirators. We are of the opinion that the commission will settle the question, but at this writing we regard the tina action as exceedingly problematical So far we have been unable to discover, in any ruling or .declaration, a deep andabid ing abhorrence of tke damning frauds and perjuries by which the radical party hopes finally to succeed. The conspirators drag into court three stales out of which tuey have almost stabbed and stamped the breath of life, and point to them as trophies of of their devilish purposes with an exult tion as grim and ghastly as a Sioux chief would point to so many scalps just torn from the heftdri of the bloody victims of his savagery, and demand, by virtue of their success, a verdict for Hayes, and Evarts, the great America barrister, the man who res cued Beecher from the 7enalties due his lechery, girds hiuself anew to achieve success in a case infinitely more in famous. Still we hope the commission wil deal justly, and since it is sitting and act ing in obedience to law, we shall, if a decision is arrived at, admit its authority and obey Um mandate. The Louisiana frauds were well conceived and artistically carried out, but the congres sional committee are uncovering them to the country, and how the radical ogans do squirm. The contortions of the Cincinnati Gazette, Commercial and Times, and our own Journal are overpowering.. Hold or boys, it is the making pf the "purp," as the boy told his daddy when the dog gathered him around the nose.

A CHICAGO EXTERPRISE. If Washington is a city of magnificent distances, Chicago may be set down as a young metropolis of daring enterprises and doubtful extremes. Amidst its virtues and vices, which spring spontaneously from the same soil, and bud and bloom in the same rank and malarious atmosphere, there are produced crops of crime that annially compel those who are endeavoring to solve the social problem to review their conclusions and reconstruct their tables, and there are at the same time garnered harvests of virtue and good deeds, so abundant that the best authenticated facts have the Havor of fiction, and what elsewhere would be set down as the creations of a diseased fancy are every day occurrences in Chicago. Nothing in Chicago life and incidents is more consistent than contradictions and nothing more certain than doubts. The supreme law of Chicago is habit, and the prevailing idea of today may be obsolete to-morrow. Subjected to the refining influences of fire, the dross was not eliminated, and if the waters of the Michigan sea were to baptize the city, the necessity for a reimmersion would reappear

in twenty-four hours. Evidently Chicago is & nice place for a journal devoted to 'Love, courtship and marriage," and the Matrimonial News, after eight years of trial, finds fools enough in Chicago and elsewhere to warrant its publishers, Messrs. C. G. Horton & 'o., to spread their sails for another voyage, and they weigh anchor with words of cheer betokening success. The mission of the Matrimonial News is, if we may believe its eaitor, to am moe who pine in single blessedness and mourn for a mate to realize the fruition Of matrimony by" placing within the reach of the wrrowing single facilities for choosing from the beauty and worth of the entire country to look beyond domestic fields to the gardens beyond the reach of vision and select, .by the nid of the Nws, the fairest sun flowers that bloom under other skies, Then the News says that "to choose wisely, 'it is indispensable to choose widely, for a 'the ideal standard of merit and tempera 'ment, as well as of personal appearance. means and social position, varies with al'most every individual, it is obvious that 'the field for selection should extend beyond 'the limited sphere of family acquaintance 'and for the attainment of that object this 'organ furnishes unsurpassed advantages. 'The thousands of marriageable persons in this great country residing in locations 'wide apart, and who, by reason of the con 'ventionalities of society and other difficul'ties, are practically debarred from all social 'and possible intercourse with each other, 'will find in the Matrimonial News a faithful 'organ and ready exponent for the consum'mation of their desires." The News furnishes no statistics by which we can judge of its success or measure its usefulness, but we conclude, since it 'has flourished eight years, that Cupid, if it were practicable to interview the heartpiercing and frolicksotne little god could give revelations that would for a while make unmarried people forget returning boards and presidential muddles and rush into print in search of happiness, 1'oets would tune anew their harps, and maneuvering mammas and designing papas, instead of European tours in hunt of counts, titles and fortunes, would take a fifty cent risk in the News plan and trust to provi dence and a photograph for a prize in Hy men's grand lottery, where there are no blanks and precious few capital prizes. .We should hardly be able to give our readers a fair idea of the Chicago matrimonial brokerage business without going somewhat more into detail. Ladies or gentlemen can, for fifty cents, send out a bait of fifty words for nibbling minnows w hales and sharks, ana that they may see how the hooks arc concealed, we give a specimen or two. A widow, registered No. "905, sets forth her claim as follows: A WIIK)W, ace. 47, desire correspondence li. with some reiitlemanfit-tween the aires of 4. al IM. Object, a true -companion ami a nappy home, liest or references given arui require. Photo exchanged, tf praetlcabk'. Ed ltor fens address. At 47 a woman who advertises for a beau we conclude means business, and if for the investment cf fifty cents anything uiore re spectable then a donkey is caught she ought to be satisfied with the investment. We conclude tfiat 904 wüows have -keen provided with companions and homes, and that Ö95 will at an early day be less forlorn. Cut No. J1 conies forward with more buovancv. She eiters the list of pilgrims to Hymen's altar in die bloom of young woman hood. end dial lenges attention in a queenly 6ort of way that shows confidence in the Chicago meth od of match making. She says: Now ent. wl r. cnt lernen. Ii you want a correspond rith a view to matrimony, here is where you wilt find one; so Co not look any farther but .iniwer this at once. I am 2t years of aire, and liot. very tall, blue eyes and dark halr,and what yen would can tuner pi u nip. jn luci, l think lam the very lady you are Irx-king for to tuuke you happy. Jls to pood looks, I can not a.y,lut If you answer this, and 1 like the Btytofyour letter, l'K send you my photo rraptatfyou will send yours. Kditor has adares. We ekould be pleasAl to add one or two from tbe masculine of the matrimonial tournament, but the foregoing must suffice. The Chicaga plan Is a new departure in American matriaisnial affairs, and shows that tfae country is rabidly outgrowing the old metiods of arrivig at domestic felicity, and i irtroduciug the ideas prevailing in the great centers of population in Kurope. The argument is offered that as "marriage is the great event 'of our lives," it is of so much importance that the press ought to be harnessed for the work, and that since "la'bor, politics, religion, and other commu'nities, each find it conducive to their wel'fare to be represented by an organ of their 'own, it is but . plausible to suppose that 'martrimony is not exempt from these laws."- All of which may be admitted by iron clad utilitarians, but the great mass of

the single ones will be loath to give up their pleasant walks and the ecstacy of courtship, though finally the result proves of no more value than a mitten.

THE WEEKLY SEXTIXEE. With this issue, the subscribers to the Weekly Sentinel will receive a supplkmext ok twknty-kocr coLCMxs, containing a large amount of important reading,! congressional anu legislative proceedings, besides well selected miscellany, which we are confident gives the Weekly Sentinel a value possessed by no other weekly newspaper circulated in the strte. This large supplement is a feature which we are persuaded will greatly extend the circulation of the Sentinel as it will be permanent, and without additional cost to Subscribers, though of large additional cost to the publishers. The purpose is to make the Sentinel in all regards the best paper in Indiana, and our new departure TfnTdi gic5 cn-inv vuiumus vi reading mteadof forty-eight is conclusive that we mean business. THENTATfc JtOllSK iCr-STIOX. bill is now pending before tjhe legisla ture providing tor the erectiou of a new state house. Our purpose, however, is not, at this writing, so much to dweuss the merits of the bill as to indicate as best we may the necessity of prompt k-gislation upon the subject and the early -commence ment of the work. The, eminent propriety of the measure before the legislature s almost universally conceded, and the necessity for a new state house is very cnerallv admitted. The fact that tle htate has vastly outgrown the state lipase requires no effort to make it self-evi dent, as all that is demanded in that regard is to looK ana De convinced. W mie we are earnest in our advocacy of a prudential ex penuiture ot money, we are nevertneiess in favor of having our noble state keep fully abreast of the progressive spirit of the a.e, ana to enact sucn laws and encourage such public enterprises as will indicate to the country that Indiana's interests and destiny, as subjects of enlightened statesmanship, are in the hands of those who are capable of grasping them in all of their details, and of making such provisions for advancement and development as are re quired. From an economical standpoint we are clearly of the opinion that the present state house is not a paying institution; it answers few of the purposes of a state house, and these only a3 a make snut. As a tiling to loolc upon it is simply repulsive. It can hardly be said to be useful, and its beauty has long since disappeared. It has answered its pur pose and fulfilled its mission. The years in their flight have written decay from foundation to flag-staff, and the verdict is, let it disappear. In all of this there is something more than state pride. As at present situated the archives of the state, already of incalculable value, are badly provided for and are insecure. For this there is no remedy, but in the building of a state house provided with such securi ties against fire as science and skill may devise. It is not necessary to elaborate this branch of the subject, as the average mind will readily comprehend the imperative necessities of the situation, which in our judgment ought to result in entire unanimity and inmre the needed legislation. We are clearly of the opinion that the fact that the state bouse must be built in Indianapolis should not create opposition to the bill now pending in tiie house of representatives. It is pre-eminently a measure removed as far as possible fr-oro. local jealousies a building when co.ipletöd 'that will belong to the state, bitdt by the people and for the people and we are not willing s believe that any very formidable opposition can be created to the measure by local prejudices. The n!r3t important feature in tfce discussion, we on elude, will be the cost of the building, and in tkis connection we desire to say that we do not kalieve the people will tolerate xtravagance. Whet is wanted is a -state house of ample cooveniences to transact the business of a great and growir.g commonwealth, not merely for the present, but for many years to come. Such a building we are per suaded can be erected for the sum $'2,000,000, or an amount nearly approxi.niating this estimate, and it should be borne in mind that two nül ltans now is a sum that will acci plish nearly, if Kot quite, as much as -double that amount would have secured two or three years ago. The question of architect ural style and adornments we do not naw care to discuss, nor the methods that may be devised for providing the necessary funds, reserving for future articles such retlectiens au the subject may require at our ham. Maddox was a treasury clerk, but afier that testimony against old Wells there was notooreMomfur Maddox in that departmeet. He was kicked out just like Yaryacv, and Pratt, and Bristow, when they got too hot for the whisky ring . What, try to injure the president of a southern returning board? For shame, Maddox! You could not have touched the radical party in a more tender spot Prince Gortschakoff's circular to Ruafiian representatives probably declares as much of his master's policy as is likely to be avowed at present. It seems to be to hold back from actual hostile operations and in the meantime to carefully feel the pulse of Europe on the Turkish question. It contains a hit at England in the reference to the rejection" of the Berlin meraih rand urn, which points to no softening of the ancient enmity.

COXGBESSIOXAL SCMMAltT. XLIV. Congress Second Semlon. TffÄDAY, Jan. 30. Sin ate. Mr. "Wright offered a resolution to appoint by a tt'ra iwe vote five senators to be members of the commission on the electoral count. Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution directing the president of the senate to appoint two tellers, as provided for by the electoral bill. Petitions were presented asking the adoption of the 16th amendment to the constitution of the United Ktates, prohibiting the states .from disfranchising persons on account of sex. The bill to provide a sluklng fund for the Pacific railroad indebtedness was taken up and discussed at length. The senate proceeded to the election of the members of the electoral commission, and choHj Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghaysen, Thür man and Bayard. A concurrent resolution was adopted to appoint 50 men to serve aa special IoIicemen at the capitol during the canvass of the vote for president and vice president. After an executive session the senate adjourned. HousK.-The Appropriating Sooo.000 to be paid. to captain Kads passed. The bil1 iioollshing the board of commissioner of

tlie metropolitan police of the District Of Columbia was pased over the president's veto. The house proceeded to elect Messrs. Payne, Ilunton, Abbott, Garfield and Hoar as members of the electoral commission. The bill in relation to damages for infringements on patents was passed. Mr. Cox offered a res.olution instructing the judiciary comJttee toinqnire into the propriety of & constitu tional amendment providing for the decisions of 'questions arising In a presidential election. Washington, Jan. 31. Hksatk. The lport of the four justices who compose the electoral conimlssiou was received, saying that they had selected Judge Bradley as the fifth member. The credentials of John R. Mcrherson, the senator elect from New Jersey, were placed on file. Frank Hereford, elected senator from West Virginia, took the oath of office; 200 copies of the message of the president on the electoral count bill were ordered printed. A resolution was passed excluding all members from that part of the building in which the count ing f the vote for president was going on ex cept ou tickets Issued ly the president of the VMiate and the speaker of the house. After the passage of the above resolution the senate adjourned. House. It was announced In the house that Judge Bradley had been selected as the fifth judge iu the commission. A large number of bills were offered and disposed of and the house took a recess until 7:30 p. in. At the night sessiou Mr. Thorn ptnm offered the report of the committee who invest igated the Florida election case, and a vote on the report was at tempted, but the republican members made such confusion that the house ad journed. Thckhdav, Feb. 1. Sknate. In the senate some petitions were presented, and a joint resolution adopted for" printing the proceedings of the electoral tribunal. I lot's e. The house held a brief session be fore and after the meeting with the senate In joint convention, but no business of Im portance was transacted. In the Joint convention for counting the vote. the prefldent of the senate presided and the 1 electoral votes of Alabama, Arkansas, Cali fornia, Connecticut and Delaware were counted. Florida was then reached, and there being two sets of certificates, it went to the tribunal sitting in the supreme court room. Friday, Feb. 2. KESAik. ; A bill was passed providing for the punishment of persons making counterfeit coin. A bill was passed which provides that all claims against the United States which the accounting officer of the treasury or heads of any department or bureau are authorized to examine and decide shall be barred unless presented within six years irom the time 'he same occurred. The MR for the relief rf the Union National bank of Ixmisiana, successor to the ITnfou bank of Louisiana, authorlzet he crotary of the treasury to pay said bank $.'(,$73, the swill ou -deposit in the Union bank -of Louisiana belonging to thenanters' lvMik of Tennessee, and seized by order of General Baaks in 1WS, it was called cp, butf.no act lew wastakeu ou it. After several bills of a private nature were passed, the senate took a recess tIÄ to-morrow morning t 10 o'clock. HorsB Alarge-nsimberof unimportant bills were Introduced, and after quite a number had beeu acted on the house took n recess until 10 cjlock to-morrow. Saturday, Feb. 3. Hksatk. The-oredentials of Senators Davis and Saunders, fnom West Virginia and Xe braska, were presented and filed. A resolu tion from the Minnesota legislature for an approf riatioiv'for the destruction of grasshop pers arid their -eggs-wax introduced and re referred. Several bills of no Importance were introduced and ucted upon, atter which the senate took reces until Monday morning. Hoche. Most of the day was spent in trying to tlx up the legislative, judicial and executive appropriation 'Vill. The salary of members wusmised from f 1,500 to S.000. An amendment to raise the. president's salary Irom 12-v 000 to $öO,XX) was rejected by a vote of 17 to 126, A:inwssage was.iwcelved from the president ou the fiaunclal question, which was referred to the -committee of ways and means, and the house tk a rttc.ss until Monday morning. Washington, Feb. 5. 8 ate. The senate did not commence business until neon, and then nothing of special importance to the general render was transacted. The J'aciflc railroad bill was callediup and dismissed at length, and without taking any action on it the senate took recess until to morrow morning. I lor:. Several kills were discussed in the house k-duyt but nothing of any importance was done, and at 10 o'clock it took rccesss until to morrtw. THE STATE. Spencer county employs 400 men in the tobacco trade. Muncie is to have gas at about $4. Welcome to it at that price. An excursion party leaves Fort Wayne for Teias on the ib'th inst. The Bartholomew county fair grounds have been sold by the sheriff. A farmer near Greenfield had 31 sheep killed one night last week by dogs. The French Lick Springs of this state, the Saratoga of the west,are for sale. ' . A party of gold hunters will leave Winamac in a few days for the Black Hills. The peach buds in Martin county are reported killed by the past cold weather.

Oreencastle is to have a military department in her Asbury college. A powerful revival is In progress among the Iriends in Hamilton county. Regular trains will begin running on the Bedford narrow gauge this week. A horse was sold at Bedford the other day by weight, bringing U cents per pound. James L. Morrison is the heaviest tax payer in Wayne county. He pays $2,232.80. The Indiana North and South railroad will be completed to Brazil during the present year. The old settlers of eastern Wavne county will have a meeting at Richmond in a few days. Four prisoners, whose sentences eypire Sunday, have been released from the. r.ri south. 1 " The expenses for the poor f or the city of $176.Gö lbSny townshii' in January" was The clerk of Clinton county presents every applicant for, a. mftrriage license with a chromot Tvalt NoVes, of Edwardsburp. has quite a rnenagerie, consisting of a six-legged sheep and two wolves.

The Aayne agricultural works are running with a full complement of hands. They expect to do more work this vear than last. One year ago this time the farmers were able to plow their ground for spring crops. DeKalb tounty has 120 school houses,with an estimated value of school property of" $liyrl5. The capital stock of the national bank at Koblesville is going to be raised from $80,000 to $100,000. Noblesville experienced quite a blaze last week. The property owners lost several thousand dollars. Several burglars have been at work in Madison during the past week, but nothing of much value has been stolen. South Bend is going to have a variety show. It is to be a permanent thing, andwill be opened on next Thursday night. Ferdinand Hendricks, who lives near Greenville, while chopping wood Thursday, cut off Iiis left loot. Ilia injuries may prove fatal. Ix)gansport Fharos: Work on the new bridge of the Wabash road is progressing favorably. Twelve car loads of iron have already been received. Centerville Chronicle: The hog colera is in the land. Several hogs in this township have died. The disease appears to be spreading throughout the state. A The railroad election in Mill Creek township, Fountain county, resulted in favor of appropriating $13,100 for the construction of the X. and S. road by a majority of GO. Monticello Herald: Two new pot offices have been established on the mail route between here and Pulaski both in this county. They are named Headlee and Sitka. iiicneii commercial: An election was held in Snice Valley townshiD last Satnrdar. and a tax was voted in aid of the Indian apolis narrow gauge railroad. Majority, Franklin Democrat: The farmers brine? us bad tidings of the prospects of the coming wheat crop. We trust however, that like a singed cat, it may prove better tl a-i it looks. Brazil Miner; The death of Auditor James Shaw cast a gloom over our entire city on Monday last. Probably no man who ever lived in Brazil had more earnest ;.nd warm-heartrd friends. Tile city of Warsaw is very economically managed j ust now. The marshal's salary is butn'nety cents per day, and in order to keop himself and family from starving he works at the shoemaker's trade. A colonization association consisting of one hundred families has been organized in the east end of Wayne county. The colony will locate in Kansas. Shelby county has only 168 tracts of land advertised for sale for delinquent taxes, while Johnson has over 300, and Hancock, upon the other side of Shelby, has over 500 delinouent tracts X. B. Freeman and A. .1 Bamett, proprietors of the Fort Wayne paper mills, tiled their volnnt ry petition in bankruptcy Wednesday. Their liabilities are $01,000; assets estimated at $40,000. The Northern Indiana agricultural association of Fort Wayne, it is said, is hopelessly busted. The indebtedness is about $14,000, while the assets will not reach onetenth part of that sum. Martinsville Republican: Uptodatetwa linns in town, Branch & Bro. and Small fc Pitman, have bought and received front the farmers of this vicinity $125,000 bushels of corn the present season, at prices from 33 to .V cents. The ladies employed by the quartermaster's department at Jeffersonville will be paid by the government for such services next Monday, commencing at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The sum of $7,13S.J0 will be disbursed on this occasion. Extraordinary triumph of science. This new principle, new way, to cure a cough and consumption, Dr. J. II. McLean's Cough and Ixing Healing Globules. As rapidly as the Globule dissolves in the mouth a healing gas is formed and inhaled, which cures throat and lung diseases. Trial boxes, 25 cents, by mail. Dr. J. H. McLean, Si 4. Chestnut street, St. Louis. What a smell you have in your nose, it is all stopped up; get some of Dr. J. H. McLean's Catarrh Snuff. It soothes, heals and will cure any disease in your nor or throat. Trial boxes, 50 cents, by mail. Dr. J. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut street, iL Louis. That nasal twang, it is catarrh; cure it at once, before it shows on your face, by Dr. J. II. McLean's Catarrh Snuff. It soothes irritation, cures sores in the nose, face or skin. Trial boxes, 50 cents, by mail. Dr. J. II. McLean, 314 Chestnut street, St. Louis. Ladies! If you want the gentlemen to admire you, take Dr. J. II. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It will give you health, strength, vitality and pure, rich blood. Dr. J. H. Megan's office, 314 Chestnut street, St. Louis, Mo. A beautiful woman must be healthy, and to continue healthy and beautiful you must take Dr.J.H.McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It imparts tone and Hush to the skin, strength, vigor and pure blood. Dr. J. H. McLean's office. 314 Chestnut fctreet, St. Louis, Mo. That languid, helpless, sallow coniplexioneit woman must use Dr J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It is exactly what you want to vitalize, purify and enrich your blood .and give you back the bloom of health again. Dr. J. H. McLean's office, 3U Chestnut etreet, St. Louis.