Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1877 — Page 4

THE INlvxA STATE SENTIXEL, WEDNESDAY MOKSTESTG " APHIE 25,187

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Subscribers whose time ha expired will please remit at onoe, or we shall be compelled to drop their name from our subscripts INDIANAPOLIS SEN"1JNEL CO. One Subscy yeftv, g 50 DDB ibort'Bers, oiM year, to oh e P.O. 5 00 W 12 00 20 00 Wfeere ten or more names are sent In, an extra copy is grven to the ge tier-up of the club JLgents sending over four names and 11 25 fo each name will be allowed a commission of wenty per cent, on the cross amount of their nbscrtrtlons WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. Packard is said to be a native of Main. -Pity the state can't blush. The rottenness in the New York eastern 'fcouse is said to be fathomless. The money took Packard's field hands over to the Nicholls legislature. Commodore Dick Thompson proposes to go for the scalp of his predecessor in a way that the average thief will despise. Hates, according to late aceoumte, is dis gusted with Fred Douglas. Fred wants to be president, and has as much right to the office as Ilayes. Old Be5 Wade, of Ohio, gives Ilayes a blast from bis bugle that will be likely to attract the attention of the colored man, north and south. Ir Fackard and his coconspiritors will now tell half the truth, there will be be tween twenty-five and forty millions of easy swinging legs to kick Ilayes out of office. "Wade Hampton tells the colored people of Charleston that he was the first white man in South Carolina or the south who ad vocated the granting of the right to vote to the colored man. It is quite pleasant to see the Chicago Inter-Ocean going for the true inwardness of Hayes with beak and claw. Nothing is more shipshape tt.au to see the radical party de vouring itself. Proceed. The Cincinnati Gazette is of the opinion that the carpet-baggers have a majority of twenty thousand in Louisiana. They have a thousand times that majority in a warmer locality, and what is better, the majority is increasing. Massachusetts has concluded to kill , the prohibition liquor law as dead as a nit and permit the people to be tenipeate or otherwise, as they sway elect, and take the consequences of their choice. It is pos aible that Massachusetts may yet rise to 1 democratic common sense plane before niaay years are gone by. The radicals 01 boutn Carolina are perfecting a thorough organisation for the purpose, it is presumed, of making it necessary to reinaugurate bayonet rule. Ilayes has already indicated that the withdrawal of the troope is an "experiment,'" and maf change his mind at any moment if some carpet bag th'ef requires assistance. Thxrc seems to be an idea abroad that Hayes is entitled to a very great aiuount of credit for doing six weeks after his inaugur ation what he ought to have done within six days after that event, viz.: Ordering the troops out of a sovereign state, where they had no more business than they would have had in the state house of Indiana, bolstering ..up Ben Harrison's claims to the governor-hip- " "Will Ccmback seized five hundred bar rels of whisky belonging to John H. Gaff A Co. of Lawrenceburg on Saturday. The firm violated section 38 of the' act of July 20, 18G8, by -creating fictitious proof. That reads very piuch as if Messrs. Gaff fc Co. were trying to run a distillery in a returning board fashion. "lnakiag- fraudulent whisky-instead of fraudulent president . " " ' . Z Moon is lneetintf with wonderful uipppw 'in Boston: It has grown far beyond his abilitv to control it. Religious meetirurs are being held all over the city io halls,' lofts, , bosinen Buildings, and in all aorta of out of . a, . - , . . v. 1 1 1 . . , . me war juices, riny inoasana families, it AB estinialad.Tiave Teen personal if visited, and meetL!" have hen nrfünir.A.1 imnnv r,ali classes -of, the trades and 'professions i backers, dry oods merchants, piano manii"lacnrers, myketmerC! etc. At first Mr. Mojy was reoeived in. Dos ton jo much the same .way in iich Paul jwaa received in Atheaa. , j . ,J"gT cajjhat JÜIXJ!ain(U4.waxing. hot and angry as he eei he southern radical - party dissolving; ly what he thinks is the resuit of Hays's policy aod a sort of a bargain between-1 he pretender and, southern , politicians. , Ht 'claims to have ? a Utter IThicb Hayes wrote him last pummer Buring

campaign, in wh' he invited "TT ' ould lift full high the bloody shirt ana finandal probiem the "go yj te ya be will publish that letter, J" . maybe he will. He is mad. He Is imahÄYe and lacks discretion wofully for one

In his pwttion. Let us have the letter Dy au raeaT. tlsüLS and the Lafayette post office con tinue to worry some of the radical organs. They do not understand why he should have received the appointment That is the con undrum which the patriot editor of the Lafayette Journal is continually asking him self.' He nrust remember that Lingle telegraphs Morton on all occasions whenever it is necessary to have a dispatch from Indiana in the senate chamber, just as Bill Holloway does from this portion of the vineyard. BAYONETS IViTII DRAWN. There ought to be rejoicings in the land to, day. Bonfires should blaze, cannons roardrums rattle, 'and the liveliest demonstrations of joy should be manifested everywhere in this ocean girt republic. And why all these expressions of satisfaction, of pleasure and gratitude? Simply because bayonets, that fitly represent the envenomed fangs of radicalism, are to be withdrawn from the heart of Louisiana to-day at 12 m. Vor this the democratic party north., south, east and west has labored and toiled since 18G5, with n untiring devotion and with an ever increasing zeal. It has been the watchword and the battle cry of the democratic party in every contest for the past twelve years. Defeated but not dismayed, ever maintaining an Tinbroken front and a defiant attitude, trusting in principles us immutable as truth, and with unwavering confidence in the sober judgment of the people when time should 1 Al J have allayed passion and prejudice, the denv ocratic party 'battled for the emancipation of the south and the restoration of constitutional government In the darkest days of the republic the democratic party did not lose faith. Radicalism raised its barriers of sectional hate, and introduced its policy of bayonet rule. It rioted in' stolen wealth, and as best it could obscured its slimy track by falsehood and treachery. But the democratic party followed it like a nemesis, uncovered its crimes, exposed its villainies, mapped out its pits of rotteness, located its dens of thieves, dragged its bloated scoundrels before the world, gibbeted them on every highway of justice, until the .indignation of the people was aroused and the sentence of retribution proclaimed. The victory achieved by the democratic party in 187G was in the interest of an emancipated south and 'constitutional government, as against despotism of bayonet rule. The verdict of the people, in tones more distinct than the roar of a thousand Niagaras of the combined artillery of heaven, was take the bayonets out of the hearts of southern states. The people conferred upon Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks the exalted duty of obeying the order. But perj-ury triumphed over the ballot-box, and onoe again darkness shrouded the land. R. B. Hayes, with such credentials as pirates take possession of ships, entered the office of president, and by a strange fatality which his cutthroat crew least expected, and in direct antagonism to the policy that plajed him in power, concluded in one regard at least to obey the voice of the people, and t-day by his order the bayonets are to be withdrawn from the heart of Louisiana. He 'has done this after weeks of hesitancy, and with manifest reluctance; but he has done it That the "order was issued by a high sense of patriotic duty , we do not believe, nor is there 'anything connected with the transaction to warrant such a conclusion. The public entiment that made it impossible for him to shirk the duty was created by the democratic party. It is a democratic triumph. It affords one instance, at least, in testimony of th truth of the maxim that the voice of the people is the voice-of God. It is the re-enthronement of right and justice, a policy against which the radical party fought with the desperation of fiends. Less thaa a .year ago here In'.Indiana, where democrats an 4 radicals met euch other on more than a thousand battle fields,-the contest was narrowed down to the question of southern emancipation, and from Morton down to the lowest bummer, above whose beetle brow fashed a torch symbolizing the ires .of hate that burned his soul, the cry was 'HBtab the south." Morton, the incarnation of hate, in his participation in the canvass, rode the hot waves of passion, Hying his "bloody shirt," and demanded the further subjugation of the south, and when defeated by the people, the conspirators resorted to frauds and falsehoods with purposes as infamous as ever nerved an assassin's arm, chief of which was to maintain radicalism in the south by bayonet rule. That Hayes, who profited by bayonet rule, has ickered at the critical moment is well. His lack of nerve to fuHill his part of the infamous contract is owing to that Providence which shapes events though planned for different results, and demonstrates that the best laid plans of conspirators as well as "mice and auen gang aft aglee." ' . , . The removal of the bayonets from tb heart of Louisiana to-day is, therefore, in all regards a democratic (victory.' The picture that will be presented, and that ought to be painted ' will ' be historical. - The infernal iastrunents of radicalism that have grown rusty in the vitals of Louisiana are tobe' withdrawn. Bee' them as tLe soldiers, in obedienc to orders, draw them forth and. wipe away the bloodstains. Great God, look at the woundsdumb mouths agape. They do speak they; are1 eloquent with cursings of radical rule, and they do testify t' at but for the labors of democrats they would have remained there cut an evidence of the deep and damning crimes1 inflicted . upon the south by the radical party. "

RADICAL EXPERIMENTS. Radical statesmanship, from the first, has been little else than a Beries of villainous experiments going steadily from bad to worse, until they have culminated in crimes of the most fearful magnitude, violations of law and constitution, a disregard of the

most sacred rights of the people, the over throw of state governments by military des potistn and wide-spread demoralization. To such an extent have these inroads upon the structure of the government been carried that almost every land-mark erected by the founders of the republic has been swept away, and to-day the ship of state, with a damning fraud at the helm, is drift ing, God only knows whither. In this hour of peril it behooves every well wishe of his country to pause and take a calm survey of the situation, a pa tient retrospect of the policy ot the radical party, and note carefully the results that have followed. The earliest utterances of the radical party demonstrated its inherent wickedness and foreshadowed the fact that, with opportunities, it would reduce order to chaos. It saw a constitution in its provis ions embodying almost infinite wisdom. This it proclaimed "a league with hell," and at once the experiment was commenced to change it The work has gone forward until, with patches and amendments, decisions and constructions by courts made to order, the old document has been so transformed that it means anything or nothing, as best suits the venal creatures who make it sub serve their criminal purposes. The rad ical party coming into power found a mnited country states like stars in t bright constellation, each in its orbit mov ing in sublime beauty. With order there were few opportunities for plunder the cenJ tral idea of radicalism, and hence the ex I periment to produce confusion, which, when J . t 1 A Ml tx A A 11enthroned, brought with it unutterable woes to the people, but as it filled the pockets of the thieving conspirators was pronounced a success. The radical experiment of "recon struction" was in all regards representative of the ignorance, malice and dishonesty of the party, and in every instance proved a failure.except in so far as those who planned and executed it have been able to rob the people subjected to its blighting effects. The history of the south the past 12 years bears irrefragible testimony of the truth that the experiment of radical reconstruction Is continuous history of cruelty, rapin, s archy and fraud, steadily pursued for these objects and none other. Every profession of honesty a lie; every law enacted with sounding devotion to order concealed be neath its artful phrase, the "bloody shirt,'" the symbol of its hellish purpose; the lippin pleadings of childhood and the trembling prayers of age were alike disregarded, plun der being the purpose of radical recon struct ion; the hot breath of hate forever fanned the fires of discord, and the south, under the experiment, was made the charnel house of liberty and a' broad theater where the whole vulture crew fattened upon its resources. The radical party has also experimented with the finances of the country, and what is the result? Confidence gone, business prostrated, fail ures and bankruptcy increasing, the land full of idleness and the outlook boding t till greater business depression. F.very ex peri ment in finances made by the radical party has had reference to increasing the oppor tunities of sharpers to pray upon their vie tims, and the result is before the country widespread dissatisfaction and uncertainty; a condition of things eminently popular with those who play the part of wreckers and live off the misfortunes ot others. The country has heard much, very much, in re gara to the radical civu service reform experiment, and if it is not in keeping with every other fraud practiced by the party, then the sturdiest facts ever written are of no more force than childish fancies or the chimeras of a diseased brain. Of all the one hundred thousand officeholders appointed by Grant, who made the country, by their peculations and frauds, a hissing and by word among the nations of the earth, those who have been dis missed the service give evidence of no purpose to reform the serwee. The thieves are still in office. Custom houses and post offices, and every other of ficial retreat, are still the dens of thieves, ana the plundering goes on as of old. Nor is this all, but even the man Key, who controls the post office department (?), informs the country in advance that In the future, as in the past, only radicals, if they ran be found, will receive recognition.' The experiment in civil service, as in other, matters will continue to be a mass of professions, covering crimes and protecting thieves. There has been an unusual amount of gush over the order of Ilayes to remove the troops from the ßouth Carolina state house, where they had been - placed to aid the experiment of counting in a president by fraud. This act incensed Patterson, the oarpet-bag senator of that state, who visited Ilayes to obtain an explanation, and was told that his policy in South Carolina was Imply an "experiment," and the New York Times chimes in and pronounces the entire southern policy of the presidential fraud an experiment," Blaine declares it an "experiment," and Ben Butler, the beast, is of the same opinion." Upon this subject the New York Express remarks that 'it 'now appears that, after all, the 'famous letter of acceptance as well 'as the inaugural ' address, meant only an 'experiment. There was neither policy 'or 'statesmanship contemplated in either docu-'ment-i-only "experiment" The character 'of this experiment is now well understood The experiment consists in dividing the 'southern people into hostile party factions 'through the degrading influence of execu'tive patronage,.-If this 'experiment' fails 'we are then to have a new cry" of 'Give ,'the south the bayonet'T'hus.if southern "statesmen will hot sell themtelves or their principles or their people, - then, noder the

'new 'experiment policy,' Butler, Blaine 'and the like are to come to the front as ad 'ministration leaders." But the experiment of electing a president by fraud is the climax of radical experimenting in national affairs. It was successful. The country, though nol prepared for

such a coup d'etat, sees in it nothing contrary to the policy of the party since the day it obtained power, which has been a steady ad vance in crime from the paltry transgressions of sneak thieves to stealing the office of president The declaration of Hayes that his southern policy is simply an "experiment," tells the whole story and dis closes the fact that the policy is a plot, the purpose of which is doubtless first to obscure as far as possible the fact that he is in office bv fraud as infamous as ever black ened the record of man, and if the experiment succeeds return to the schemes of the conspirators like a dog to its vomit, or a sow that has been washed to its filth. MYItA CLARK GAINS TRIUMPHANT. For more than a generation Myra Clark Gains, widow of the late Major General Ed mund Pendleton Gains, has been engaged in a legal contest with numerous parties, in eluding the city of New Orleans, to obtain possession of property claimed under a will made by .ier father, Daniel Clark. Her history is one of romantic interest Her father, Daniel Clark, a native of Ireland, emigrated to New Orleans, where in 1799 he inherited a large estate of his uncle. He died in 1813, after making a will bequeathing his property to his mother. While in New Orleans Clark was reported a bachelor, but was known to have bad a.TmUon with a woman,asarsultof which two daughters were born.oneof whom (Myra) Mrs. General Gaines still survives. Subsequent to the settlement of tke estate under the will mentioned, Myra, who hav ins been brought up in the farafty of Colo nel Davis, a friend of Clark's, was ignorant of her relationship to Clark until the fact was accidentally discovered wkile looking over8ome old papers in the possession of Colonel Davis. In 1832 she zaarried a Mr. Whitney, , and then began the preparations for the suit to establish her legitimacy -and Main possession of the property of her father, a -contest which in very many re gards is the most celebrated in American law reports. A braver woman never lived Her first husband entered enthusiastically into all of ber plans to remove all doubt as to her legitimacy, and Gen erai ua;nes, her secoad husband, was equally determined to achieve success in' the same direction. For ten years the gallan old gentleman contributed largely of . his means to carry forward the prosecution, and since his death, the widow, now 72 years of age, has fought the battle single handed against terrible odds. The case was taken to the supreme court of the United States in 1859. Mrs. Gaines always appeared in Wash ington to superintend her interests, and in 18G7 she achieved a triumph which substan tiauy ended the case. It became necessary however, for a rehearing in New Orleans and "on Monday, the 16th instant," says the New Orleans Times, "Judge Billings, 0 'the United States district court, ren uerea a lengthy decision in the case 'of Myra Clark Gaines vs. the city 'of New Orleans and others, in which 'the court sustains the claims of the plaintiff 'and recognizes the probate of the will of 'Daniel Clark, of 1813. The decree of the 'court commands the defendants to accoun 'to a master in chancery lor all the income 'from this property during their long posses 'sion. They are ousted from their titles and 'from all the accumulation therefrom. This 'decision involves also heavy claims against 'the city, which has sold a large amount o 'the property in question with a full warran ty of title." The value of the properly claimed was estimated in 1861 at $35,000,000, of which up to 1864, Mrs. Gains had received $6,000, 000. It is safe to say that of all the women in the world there are not a dozen who would have held on to their rights with the tenacity that has distinguished Mrs. Gains' s career, and it is fair to assume that she has believed that a good name was better than great riches, and has fought harder to estab lish her legitimacy and the good name 0 her mother than for the wealth which has at last fallen into her possession. VESE I. ARMSTRONG. The telegraph announces the death Of Vene P. Armstrong, a retired merchant and prominent citizen of Louisville, Kentucky. Few men were more generally or generously popular. As a merchant successful, as a friend' faithful, and as a citizen distinguished lor enterprise and public spirit, Mr. Armstrong had a host of friends, and his death will be sincerely lamented by the people 'of Louisville.' Having amassed an ample fortune, the deceased retired sorue time since from active business pursuits,and was living a life of : elegant leisure, fairly earned by years '6f unremitting toil. He was a prince of good fellows', joyful and generous, whose heart seemed always to be throbbing with kind iiupuhies, and whose pleasant smile of recognition evidenced a life of sunshine: Vene P. Armstrong will be nii&sed from the business and social circles of Louisville, and a host of friends in other places, who have known him in the days of lang syne, will regard it- as a privilege to express their sympathy for sorrowing relatives, and to place upon his-coffin tokens- of - their friendship and esteemv nir.i !, 1 The radical organs continue to call Dudley Field choice names, as his name has been again proposed as a candidate for congress. We hope they do not forget that he cast his vote for Mr. Hayes for tho ' presidency, although when Mr. Tilden was honestly elected he was among the, first to acknowledge it, and aided all he could in resisting the villainous proceedings of seating thd pretender in ths presidential chair. v ' ' ; j

NOTES AND OPINIONS,

Spvrobok has the gout. Charity suggests it is inherited. 4 Mrs- Swap edit a Kentucky paper. She Is great for. exchange. "A church debt paying epidemic" is the latest from California. May the disease spread. For Wendell Phillips to marry Anna Dickinson Is the latest idea of retributive Justice. Caleb Cushiko is 77 years old, but on his return from Spain will resume the practice of law. An encyclopedia of Methodism" is the title of the bjok which Bishop Simpson is pre paring. Louisville has a musical prodigy In a girl of ten years, the daughter of Basil Duk, Morgan's celebrated lieutenant, TALMAGK says three-fourths of the inhabi tants of heaven will be women. He neednx Judge heaven by the census of Massachusetts. Daniel Deroxda again. It is now claimed that the picture of that person's mother is a graphic description of Disraell'B grandmother. Tweed's confession, with supplementary declarations and remarks, is tobe republished with some official marks of reliability and truth. L0MBA8BY. Italy, has just suffered great loss by a terrific storm which injured all the crop, especially silk. The loss is calculated at several millions. Lauka D. Fair nas filed a petition in bank ruptcy with liabilities of 1,331 and assets less than a thousand. Her creditors will no longer claim her fair. All fruit, excepting peaches, will thrs year be abundant and cheap. It is an off season with the peach crop and we shall have to constle ourselves with berries and applec. the Chinese are rarely ever received as guests-of a social equal, and yet the Japs' are treated everywhere with the most marked at tention. Uby is the distinction made? t Strawberries are to be worn on bonnets this summer, and suueers of ice cream will rest on the chignon, and lemonade and straws decorate the polonaise drapery. Is that it? The star mill of Valejo, California, Is thought to be the largest flour mill In the world. It turns out 1,400 barrels of flour a day, much of which Ik taken to China, Japan and Australia. Mary Klemmer says the members of the cabinet are noted for immense ears, mouths and nones. These are more noticeable when the amount of brains and conscience Is con sidered. Bolixenk's name In respectable private life Is Mrs. Powell. Really, Mrs. Powell ought to be ashamed of Soldene. It is no wonder she does not allow tier to use her name on her programmes. Bob Ingeilsoll wants a foreign appoint ment. Probably Hayes could use him as an envoy to Satan's kingdom, as he Is eminently fitted both by nature and education for' the place and climate. "Ljlme sa Rabble,' was what a western lady sent for to a New York publishing houne, supplementing her request by the informs Hon that she had heard "that Victor Hugo 'was a good writer." There is nothing as sensitive as bakers' loaves of bread. Let the price of flour rise a penny to a thousand barrels, and every loaf baked in the land will shrink down, down, lull two ounces. Singular. Now 3frs. Uaines has won her suit she will probably die and the fight will begin again her heirs engaged in an internecine war. That Is generally the way. The excitement of the contest over, death ends the scene. a Mr. akd Mrs. Hay em are for total abstinence as long as only common folks are around, but when a grand duke or a prince happens to drop in to dinner the bottle and glasses are set out, Just as if they were always used. Nothing like toadyism. The Cincinnati colored baby show went out in utter darkness, and the Indignation of fond papas and mammas gave a deeper tlutt cheek and brow. The babies, oh I they ought to thank their 6tars for the trial from' which they have been preserved. Dr. Crouse, one of the most eminent physicians of Syracuse, New York, last week In a fit of temporary insanity threw himself from a window and was dashed to pieces on the pavement. He had been subject to epileptic fits, the result of an injury to his head some years ago. t , George Francis Train writes that his "Phychology hasevolved Into Demonology, and that once more he is going "to say good 'by to Journalism and the public stage forever." If he could only evolve demonolgy Into truth telling, and stay out of public sight and hearing it would be a blessed thingor the country. Tile St. Louis fire depart had loaned some of their ladders to a painter, consequently the night of the Soutnern hotel fire they were minus part of the Skinner truck. Now the people are blaming the chief for this act of foolishness and have instructed him hereafter to keep all necessary ladders, buckets, ropes, etc., ready for uso at a moment's notice. Cardinal Manning is one of the most rigorous disciplinarians in all Europe, and during lent was bo abstemious In his living that he Is still suffering the effects of the protracted fast. He never allows anything to be urged as an excuse for his taking more rest, or having more Indulgence than any member of his diocese, although his health is far from good. TUE STATE. Kokomo has a base ball club. Blue glass lamp chimneys are all the rage in Uoonvilie. . Vincennes is going to have a lodge of the Knights of Honor. It cost Spencer county $114 for fox scalps during the past year.: .j The new jail yard at Boonvllle is being decorated with shrubbery, t'vScully's one hundred mile walk at Boonvllle was not a financial success. " ",It costs $250 for voung widowers to go back on the girls in Warrick county.,, ! Twenty-five. houses' have been robbed in. Princeton during the past few weeks. ' , ' There ; was a serious stabbing affray , in Petersburg on Saturday over a game of cards. The enumeration of school children in the town of Mitchell shows the number to be 553.' ' 1 ' ' ". ' , ' ' ' ' ," Kbkoniq Dispatch:, 'The,, largest flax crop ever known , in this county has just been put in. , " ;., "y '. . ' , ,:- ; , ; Clinton county farmers are' preparing to filant the largest crop of corn ever planted a that county. ' - ( Harrison township, Spencer county, has

496 male inhabitants over the age of 21 years. Not a colored man lives in the township. The Rockport Democrat says there are twa thousand republicans in Spencer county.and they have no paper to defend their fraodulency. Pike county has an indebtedness of $80,000' and it is not a very large county either, but her population has a powerful amount of eaj terprise. Covington Friend: Of the 300 children in Williamsport between the ages of 6 and 21 years, there are but two 'between tlie ages of 10 and 21 that are unable to read or write. The odd fellows at Kewanna, Fulton county, will celebrate on the 26th instant. An Oration, followed by music, marching and a public dinner will constitute the programme. The Constable of Montgomery. Daviess

county, attempted to arrest a rough a few days since, when he was attacked by the latter. Shots were exchanged, and the rough received a fatal wound. Lieonier Banner: Th in this town who sport! a heavy beard, fully 21 inches in length Ha nim., s,iit' health, and, considered from a bearded standpoint, beats any Arab in America. New Albany Ledger-Standard: There is a rumor to the effect that the Ohio Falls car company will resume operations in the passenger car department within a few days,, having sold the four stock coaches on hand. Kokomo Dispatch: Ten thousand dollars' worth of city bonds, the last issue, 20 years, six per cent., were yesterday delivered toeastern capitalists at par. 'This shows a cheery city credit equal to that of any municipality in the state. Lagrange Journal: . Li gonier claims a population of 2,160, and that there were only Iff deaths in the town during the past year. This is a remarkably healthy showing. At this rate it would take 135 years to inter them all. Some slip in these statistics. O. P. Davis, of Vermillion county, has 30,000 bushels of corn. He was offered 44 cents a bushel for it once, but wanted 45Corn is now only 30 cents a bushel in that market, which would be a shrinkage in. price of $1,200 on that amocr.t of grainA barn belonging to Robert T. Clihe near Ashby's mills, Montgomery county, with contents, consisting of hay, oats, corn, farming implements and harness,, was totally consumed by fire last Monday night- I-s about $000. The work of an Incendiary. Sullivan Democrat: Mr. Joseph W. Braun, has been compelled to make an assignment of his property for the bene6t of his creditors. We learn that he has sufficient means to pay his debts, provided he could collect what is due him, but that is out of the question. I IHancock Democrat: Between 3,500 and 4,000 bushels of flax seed have been loaned by our merchants. A fair crop will yield nearly 50,000 bushels, worth about as manv dollars. Push on the column, ye husbandmen. We are behind you, and only rise as you raise the crops. Frankfort Crescent: We hear it stated that if farmers would plant more yellow cornin-tead of white it would make the market here better. For some reason yellow brings more in the market than white. And if more farmers would plant yellow the corn shipped from this market would pass for "high mixed." New Albany correspondent Louisville News: Within the past week we have advices from Flovd, Clark, Harrison, Washington, Orange, bcott, Jackson and Laurence counties, this state, to the effect that the growing wheat crop never looked more promising than at present, at this season of the year. Wabash Courier: There is a young lady in this city, and a very pretty and accomplished one, too, who never ventures upon the streets after nightfall without being armed with a revolver, in the use of which weapon she is said to be very expert. When returning from church after night she laughs to scorn all offers from Wabash s young garlants to "see her safe home.' Sullivan Democrat: Last Thursday a little 12 year old son of Mr. Linns' Clayton, who lives about two miles north of Linton, was accidentally killed. He had been harrowing in oats, and had unhitched his team to start for home after the day's work, when it is supposed that he slipped from the horse that he was upon, and became entangled in the harness, frightened the animal, which ran off, dragging the boy to the groumd. When his father came up to him life was extinct. William Mabley attempted suicide at Logansport Wednesday night. The druggist of whom he attempted to procure morphine suspicioned something wrong, and substituted quinine, which powder was swallowed by Mabley upon leaving the store. . When taken in charge by officers for personal safety, he stated that continued failure to procure employment had disheartened him. He expressed his determination to kill himself. Thursday morning Daniel Vollmer, a prominent druggist of Fort Wayne, wast found in his cellar under the store in an unconscious condition from the effects of morphine. Despite all efforts ;to resuscitate him, he died Thursday afternoon. Speculation is rife t-s to whether it was suicidal or accidental. The majority believe the former. Deceased was an old citizen of this city, with hosts of friends. Danville Indianian: In Penn township Parke county, at an election held to vote pecuniary aid to the Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield railroad, which line is surveyed by way of North Salem, the proposition was defeated by a majority of three votes last week.' Another election was instantly ordered to try it once more. The election was held in the interest of Hammond's road. Taken in connection with the temporary injunction obtained by Hammond to restrain Lee from building on the old line through Danville, it would seem to indicate that Hammond intends to build the road as soon as possible four miles north of Danville. A Terrlfe Tornado. fNashville Special to Cincinnati Gazette, 30th .1. A tornado swept over Lavergne, 15 miles from ' Nashville, last night. Four cabins, two dwellings, two stores and one livery stable were blown to atoms, even their foundations being swept away. A little girl lying in bed with her brother had her brains dashed out, while , he escaped with a few bruises. A negro ' man and a negro boy had their thighs broken, while an old lady, whowas carried ,40 yards amidst the timbers, deeply gashed the back of her head and hadi her arm. twice broken,, while a piece of someunknown substance went entirely through . her wrist making a ghastly wound. She can not recover, , Others were rescued, from underneath logs which lay heavily upon their -bodies. -Sticks of timber were thrown threequarters of a mile. ' .Rails from . fences were blown, four feet into the ground, while the tornado, accompanied by terrific whirlwinds, played jackstraws with the timber. . , . 1 i - m The New York temperance associations' efforts to indict the excise board and liquor dealers haye failed, . 1 ' ' '