Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1878 — Page 1

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VOL. XXVII NO 21. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUAJIT 0, 1878. WHOLE NO. 212.

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bt rxct. n. 11 AYS B. "While fciuntertnt through the crowded street Soma haif-r6tnem.bered laea 1 meet. AtlWt upon no mortal shore. That face, meUilaks, uata smiled before. Lost In a gay apd fstal throntr, I tremble at soma tender song et to an air whose golden bars 1 must have hoard in otluT star3. In sacred aisles I pause to share The blessing of a priestly prayer When the whole scene which greets mine eye In aoiue strange mode I recognize As one whoss every raystlo part I fiI prefljjurtd In ray heart. At sunKt, a.s 1 calmly stand, A stranger on an alien strandFamiliar a my clilMhood'a home fewi the long stretch of wave and loam. One sails toward me o'er the luv. And what ha coineH to do and say 1 can foretell. A prescient lore fcpnug from some Ufa oallived of yore. Oh ! swift. Instinctive, stnrtllnst glem. Oil! deep soul knowledge! not m dreams! For ave ye vaguely dawn and die, Rut oh with lihtulug certainty Pierce through the dark, oblivious brsln. To make ola thoughts and memories plain Thou?ht.s which, perchan-e, must travel back Across the wdd, bewildering ircn Of countless reons; memories Tar, High reaching as you pallid star, ITnknovn. scarce seen, whose flickering grace Faints on the outmost ring or space. For the Sentinel." WOMANLY AID. BY MRS. SALLIE A. KAMAOE. If I could talk this morning lo every husband and wife in Indianapolis I would urge upon tbem one precept, "Be kindly affec tionate. one to another," and I would repeat and reiterate the message. I would like to tell them somewhat of what I have seen, and plead with them to be warned. The vear just beginning will in all probability be a time of anxiety and pain for many families, fand it will require strength of mind and purpose to keep hundreds of poor human lives from stranding on tli3 barren beach of desecration and despair. It will be finan cially a hard year. Men will have to econo. mize and calculate as never before, and many of them will go down in the struggle. They will fall in business; will lose the savings cf years, and find themselves poor and im poverished when they expected wealth and pleasure. They will feel like giving up the ship, and letting it drift as fate's adverse windj may direct. They will be numbed and bruised by the shock, and they will stretch out their hands for support. Happy may they count th?melres if tliey find it in their families. There will be scores of men who will have to work on smaller salaries will have to be content with less money, and they dread not the change for themselves so much a? for their loved ones. They think with pain of the innocent children, the trusting wife, the aged mother, and they are anxious for their welfare. Thev are in doub how the trouble will affect the home, know the old reproaches that are hurle against women by the world, that they are careless of their husbands and fathers; that they fret and upbraid them for any trouble of this.kind, bat I do not propose to indulge in any such talk. It is neither agreeable nor profitable. It may be true, but there i no need for its repetition. I would on the contrary rather aid them in turning over a new leaf, and I want to do this as far as I can to-day. I take it for granted that every wife loves her husband, and every girl her father and brothers, and I insist on the presumption, as well, that these are In turn loved by the men of the family. I think any other state of things is so rare that it must come within the province of some one else to talk about. Then would it not be wel for these husbands and wives to frankly and freely and lovingly review the past, and be assured of the present? Let there be some understanding about business affairs, some idea at home of finances, of the profit and loss of the past year, and a four understand ins of the present one. If expenses have been too great, let there be no reproaching, but the very knowledge of this to the loving woman will be her guard in the future. She will be more prudent and careful if she knows that her husband needs her aid. Let him tell her just as how stands from what quarter he expects trouble, and she will with willing hands help him to build a barrier against the foe. Let her fchare In the sorrows; she will be stronger for it, and she trill not be so utterly pro3 trate when the storm of aiverjity breaks upon her head. Let her know how far she can go with safety, and she will advance only as her husband leads the way. I have Been wives so Ignorant of their husband' affairs that the common gossip of the street in relation to them would have been strange news. And I have heard the blame the world has given these women, when finan nancial ruin and disgrace overtook the men and the wives shared the sorrow that was the more terrible because it was so unexpected I have wanted to defend them, but of what avail would it have been. That great critic, society, would not heed the truth There hare been women who listened to no warning, but dragged their husbands, down This 1 admit; bat they are not the great majority; they are the exceptions. Now, for 1S73 I would have this frea talk, and then would make full calculation for the future, Retrench here and there, lop off luxuries

rather than Mint the family in the necessi-

ies. Buy cheaper clothing, but let it be good, seasonable and neatly made. Be econ omical with the fuel, but don't burn cigars and let wife and children shiver with cold. Be as hospitable as ever, but do not run in debt to make a show for guests. Ba honest in all the home expenditures, spend nothing for sham, not one cent for show, lut buyt'ae'best you possibly can for your money. Keep out of debt, though you are sorely pinched to do it. When the troubles are too great to meet single handed, Lave another consultation. Do not talk "hard times" till everybody is dispirited, but so unite the family that all will pull together in one grand effort to better thern. Keep home as cheery as you can, and make the men of the circ'.e seek it every possible moment. Let it be the one place whew they are sure of lovo and confidence and sympathy. You need not, becausa you are poor, go untiJy and ragged, but as far ns possible be as dainty and fresh about your personal apparel as you can. Let the food, though coarse, b9 nicely cooked and served; le; the hearth be bright, and, better than all made the place a veritable home. In richer homes there will be trouble of which the poor have no conception the anxiety of the father, the fashionable ideas of the women, the struggle between pride and financial embarrassment. In just these homes the wife and daughter can do much. Let the new dresses go; let the latest style in ornament or trinket remain in the jeweler's window, and be rewarded in the look of relief that will come to thi face of the business man when he realizes that he is sure of home aid. Forego a fashionable ball and have a pleasant home evening. Giveup an erpensive dissipation for the sake of him who, for your welfare and happiness, is sorely grieved. Be anxious to talk with him about his business, lead him to tell you of his affairs, and make him know that he has a confidant who will do all in her power to aid him. Let there be no fetters of mar riage let them be the bonds of love. Be proud enough of your husband or your father to be willing to economize for his sake to work and think and, if need be, suffer that he may lean upon you, that he may be sure of your aid and love. THE DKAWIXU ROOM. Frfiicli Utile for the Arrangement of Gie Furniture. The Comtcsse de Bassanville has written a book on housekeeping, and in it she gives advice concerning the proper modes ot furnishing all the rooms in a house. Ot the drawing room she says: "It? organization ought to be divided into two distinct parts moral and physical.' And first for the choice of the furniture There must be n complete harmony betwten your style in this and your style in other things; line lurtature requires lino domes tics: o do not waste your money in taues tries and gilding only to fchow that you can not altord a Jncuuy t keep tuem in order. If you can afford it furnish with tapestry by all means, cover the walls with it, and have it in curtains before the windows and doors. If your means are limited, adopt a com promise damask for your hangings, and mere panels of tapestry for your walls. But take care to have evcrytmng in keep:n?; don't mix up the style, say ot Louis M. and Louis XVI., in the same room. Covered mantelpieces are an abomination; the sculotured marble which they hide is genera'. ly far more sightly. Never use lamps, even the tmest, as part ot the permanent ornamentation of a salon. They should be brought in only when they are wanted, and taken out the moment tbey are Gone wita. Ueware of green and red in a drawing room: tbey make the piace look like a cafe. Vary the pattern of your so fas and chairs as much as possible, both in form and color, and never bang engraving, even the best, in this room. Crowd the El ace with knick-knacks; you can hardly ave to many of tbem if you Belect with taste. And never have jur furniture in rectangular order the chairs in line, etc. it is od:ous "By t ie m iterial arrangement of a salon the spintuelle Mme. imule de uirar din (Delphine Gay) understood the artistic disarrangement of all the seats. An amusing conversation, she was wont to say, can never begin in a place in which the lurni tura is symmetencally placed. This tends to throw the ladies together in one part of the room and to prevent the men from sit ting with them for fear of spoiling the line of chairs. The men, therefore, stand apart and, though they may discuss, they never converse; people talk only when they are sitting down. But this tasteful disorder ought not to be left to chance; it must be determined in advance by the mistress of the house, and.it requires infinite art, I r it must be a result of the happiest couibtna tions. Go into a symmetrically furnisue drawing room, and from the first you are overcome by a mortal ennui. Evry one is gaping on the quiet; the talk is languishing, icy. W hat must the hostess do whose ignor ance or inadvertence has made her respond ble for all this sutfering? The moment her guests are gone study the natural disorder in which they have left her room and take it as a hint for future combinations in the same style. As to the knick-knackt, goo talkers have simply a horror of perfect inac Hon, and they can not get on without some thing to touch sirao pretence of having an occupation for idle ringers. Apairot scis sors, an album, a crayon, a paper knife, any thing will do; bar, on peril of a dull even in?, do not leave them empty handed. The more niaiieries there are among j ujr furni ture the less there will be in your conversa tion' said Mine, de Uirar din. From I Irs. Swisiheim: "Again, you are equally mistaken if you think pantaloons tne ultimatum of creis reform. Women would not be as healthy in tbem as iu short loose skirts; and I doubt if men are. If we could have a perfect dres, both sexes would wear drapery more or less flawing, and no one would be stuffed into his clothes like a frog or a crab. The body wants more light and air than it gets in the present costume oi either men or women, and the one is lit tie, if any, better than the other. I sajg-st for school girls the German peasant dres-, in which there Is no bifurcated garment: and if one be added it should bo of very liht material."

WJIITTIERV KESPOSSE.

llelde that milestone where the level sun, .Niii'i unto settiiiK, sheds his l:ist, low rays On word and work irrevocably done, 1 l l:....l.w k MiI t .rrkj-.l ami ill nntcnnn J neur, j iridium: wutua piaNo, llnlf unubtful if myself or otherwise. v ... ' . . .1 . f . n . . 1 m . f mVi v nil j,iko mm who, in me oiu anuiu juivo, A bi'Sgar slept and crowned Calliih woke. Thanks not the less. With not unsrlad fiurprie 1 see lliy Il:e WOi'K mrouil jour pari mi eyea; Aiiiinil In plvhiirln iiiv liniiii t!iirrht Knii s A hi',' her value than of rlsht helonv-i, !(. lint. re:id Utwci;i t.'ie written lints The liner grac of unfulfilled designs. ino uierary y oriu. T1IK liAST NIXl'EMC It was a chill, bleak morninc in November that Charles Aubrey emerged from an old shed "where he had pissed the last part cf the night under a pile of sheep skins. As young Aubrey atojd there now his lips ' . . ... L t l .l 1. were parched, audnis nnios shook as inougn with the palsy, lie mechanically placed his hand in his pocket and took thereirom a sixpence, lie searched uiruier icii in every pocket but he cjuld find no more. rhat Minjle sixpence was the last ot his for tune. "All. Charley, Charley," he murmured to himself, 'you've tun your race. Where now are the fnetids who have so long hung about Vflll ' One poor sixpence! It will buy me one glass of grog to allay my burn ing thir.-t. Ox would to God it would buy me one true friend !' lie raised his eyes and beheld an old wo man with bended back, who came totteriug on slowly and tremblingly. Her garments were torn and tattered, and the thin gray hair hung matted and uncombed. .She stopped when she came to where the youth stool, and leaned beaviiyupon ner stall. "Charity, good sir, she uttered in hoarse. tremulous tones. "Give me wherewith to purchase a single meal, and I'll ask God to bless thee. ' "By my life, good woman you are the very one'l have been wishing for. Here, it is all I have it is my last sixpence! Take it. I have only wished that it could buy me one true friend." "But what good would cowe of that while you continued to curse y&urself?" The youth started, but he spoke not "If you would have me for a Liend, will you listen to nie as a friend?' "Listen? Yes." "Then let this be your lowest vale or life," said the woman with startling solemnity. "Turn now and go up hill. Go up, up, until you nave resicbed ihe suushine once more. I knew your mother, Charles Aubrey, and I remember well how kind she was. Oh, did she ever think that her well beloved son would sink so lo" "rfiop, stop," groaned the unhappy youth. "Oh. whoshail give me the first lift to regain ail I have lost." "I will." "You? who are you? You say j'ou knew my mother. ho are you? ""Never mind. Sut'ice it for you to know that I suflVred as deeply as you ever did. I know what it is to sutf;r. I say I can give you the first lift. I mean by that I can show you the way. Follow my counsel, and you luav yet recover all that yon have lost "No, no, not at all. Oh, there is one loss I can never make up: ' and as he spoke be bowed liis head and covered his face with his hands. Lst not such feelings be with you now. First resolve that you will turn from the evil which has brought you down. You know what it is as well as I do. Can you do this?" 'Ay. I had done it ere you came up." Then take the next step. Ho and mike a friend who can help you further. Go to Anion Williams and " "No, no, not there. O, not there," inter rupted Charles. "Go to his store and freely confess to him all your faults," resumed the woman, with out seeming to notice the interruption 'Tell him all, and then at him to trust you on(n more. "No, no, I dare not go to him." "Uut listen. I heard Mr. Williams say with his own lips that he would help you if he could; that he would give you his hand if you would"only help yourself. "Did he say that?" uttered Charles, eager"He did. And now, Charles Aubrey, be assured that you have not lost everything. Let people know that you mean to arise and be a man, and all whose friendship is worth Laving will give yon their hands. Go to Amos Williams first!" "I will go." "Then give me the sixpence." Amos Williams stood at the great desk in his counting roam and he was alone. While be thus stood, cisting up a column of figures upon a page of one of the ledgers, the door was opened, and Charles Aubrey entered, He was yet pale and haggard, and looked a3 he did when we saw him two hours aeo. The merchant started back with an utterance of. pain and surprise as be recognized in the miserable form before him the once happy and beloved youth whom he had delighted to honor. ' Charles," he uttered, as soon as he could command his speech, "why have yoa come here?' ".air. vt imams," spoke tne youta in a choking voice, "I have come to to tell you that my course of wickedness is run, and from this moment I am Here he stopped. He hesitated a momant, and then his feelings overcame him, and bowing his hrad, he burst into tears, and sobs, Joud and daep, broke from his lip3. The merchant was deeply afected, and with the warm tears gathering quickly in his tvn eyes he started forward and placed hi3 hand upon the youth a head. "Charles," lie uttered, In a tremulous, eager voue, "nave you resolved to be a man?' "With God's helrrl will be a man again!" was the youth 3.reply. "Is your money all gone?" Yes, sir. This morning I had one solitary nx pence ietr. ana mat i gave to a poor old urouian wno Dide me come here, "Ay, I know her. She is an unfortunate ;reature, and has suffered much. I bade hf r if s!;e s t you, and yoa were cast down and re'eniunt, to send yoa here, for I heard yes terJay thityou were at the foot of thepreci' pice. Now if you are determined, you shall noi waut lor help " In taier broken, sobbing sentences. Charles poured out his thanks and stated the resolution he had taken. "Andnow,'" said Mr. Williams, after the matter na'i neen talked over some, "we must bod a p!ac where you can recruit your strength a little bafore you try to work. 1 here is my brother who owns a faun a M . lie would be e 'ad to have you t orn there and stop awhile; and when yon wholly reoover your wasted strength you thall nav a place here."

At first the youth refused to accept so

much, for he knew his unworthiness, but the merchant simply answered him: "You can pay me for all this if you choose, so you need not be delicate about it: and as for your unworthiness when the lost ones of earth are not worth redeeming, then some other standard of worth must be regarded than that simple one which Jesusof Nazareth gave to His followers." bo it was settled tbatCharies should go out into the country and remain a while, lie found Mr. Williams, the brother, ready and happy to receive him, and there he soon be gan to regain his health and spirits. In two weeks he was as strong as ever, and at the end of a month the marks of dissipation had all left his face. Then he returned to town and entered the store. Amos Williams gave him a lucrative station, and bade him re member nothing of the past save the one great lesson he had learnei. 'Charles," he eaid, "you know the widow &warT "Yes, sir." "Well, I have engaged board for ycu there. I hrtie tho arrangement will suit you." J es, sir, returned the youth, with emo tion. From that time Charles Aubrey went on nobby and truly in the path he had marked out. LUtJe did Charles Anbrev know how closelv he hsd been watched. Mr. Williams knew his every movement, even to his prayers which he p iured forth in the priva--cy of his own apartment. Thus passed away three months, and at the end of that tune Mr. Williams called the young man into the counting room one evening, after the rest of the people had gone. "Well, Charles," the merchant com menced "how would you like to change your boarding place?" There was something in the look and tone of the man as he spoke these words that made the youth start. The blood rushed to his face, and anon be turned pale. "If you would like," the merchant resumed, in the same low, strange tone, "you, may come an! board with me. I will not deceive you. Charles. Until I could know that you would entirely reform. I dared not cirry you to my house. But I am satisfied now. I have not doubted you. but I would prove you. And now, if you please, you may inform Mrs. Swan that you shall board with her no more. She will not be disappointed, for I have spoken wita heron the suMvct." With these words Mr. Williams lef t tiv s oro, and as soon as Charles could recover from the strange emotions that had aim j: overpowered him, he called for the porter to come and lock op, and then having l;cktd up the great safe, he took his departure. On the next morning he came to the stwe, and when his employer came, he informed him that he hal given his notice to Mrs. Swan. "Very well," returned the merchant; "this eveping, then, you will go home with me." Evening came, and Charles Aubrey accompanied his old friend home. Tea was ready, the rest of the family having eaten an hou? before. After tea Charles was ronduc&rd to the sitting room, where lamps were burning, and where Mr. Williams infonked him he coald amuse himself by reading. Charles sat down there and his employer went out, but he could not read. Taere he sat, when the door was slowly opened, and a female appeared within the apartment With a quick step he sprang forward, and without a word he caught the fair girl to his basoni. "Mary," he uttered, as he gazed into the sparkling eyes of the fair being who still clung fondiy to him, "you still love me you forgive mo all and trust me once morj?" "Yes," the murmured; and ere she could speak further her father entered the room. "A h so you've found him, have you, Marv'.'" hrt cried, in a happy, joyous tone. "Mr. Williams," uttered Charles, still holding Mary by the hand and speaking with difficulty, "I hope I'm not deceived. O, you have not brought me here to kill me! You can not have passed this cup to my lip3 only to dah it away again!" "Of course not," returned the merchant. "But you must know the whole truth, and for fear my child may not tell you all, I'll tell you myself. This noble girl has never ceased to love you, and when you were the lowest down she loved you the most. She came to me and asked ma if she might save you if she could. I could not tell her nay, and she went at the work. She has suffered much, and, Charles, it remains with you to decide whether her future shall be one of happiness or not. She knew that you were down, that your money was all gone, and that your false' friends had forsaken you. Then her love for yoa grew bold and strong. She wondered if you would repube her. She knew not what might be your feelings, an l to save hersflf the pain of n direct repulse from you, she assumed a dipguite, so that she might approach you without being known, and yet gain some idea of your feelings and save you if she could. I think she has done well. At any ra she has regained you to herself, and it must now be your own fault if the tilkeu t.e is loosed again." With thtse words the father left the apartrhent. "You, Mary? You in disguise?" he queried, ns soon as he could speak. "Ay, dear Charles; and you know why I did it. Here do you not remember it? And as she spoke she drew irotn her bo.som a small silken purse and took therefrom a sixpence. The youth recognized it in an instant "Oh!" he cried, as he strained the noble girl to his bosom, "What can I say? Mary Mary my own heart's truest love let my life iu the years to come tell my gntitude. O. my all of life Is yours, and raj' last breath shall bear your name in gratitude to God!" And Charles Aubrey never forgot his promise. With this noble companion by his side he traveled up the-hill, and in bis path the llowers of life grew thick arid fragrant. Upon the wall of his sitting room hangs a picture. It is a splendid painting of the prodigal son's return. Upon the face of a heavy gilt frame visitors notice a small blemish, but which upon closer examination proves to be a small silver coin. Our readera need not be told why that bit of metal is thus carefully preserved. Will Ktnplojr No More Boji. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad company has promulgated an order that no beys undef It years of aee, except apprentices in skilled lahjr. Bhall bo permitted to remain in its employ. This is said to be general, and is regarded as the result of the loss of a suit brought against the company recently by a boy in its employ, who was hurt and gainpd $20,000 damages. It is understood that 3d or 40 boys have been discharged during the past few days in accordance with the order from headquarters.

"ItKINU HICK MY CHILD."

BY WILL S. n.OS. This Is not inert ly wife pleading to busbaud, but heart to heart and soul to soul." Cakrjf, Bring bu?k my child again, bring her to me; Lite is but weary pain hrk 1 to inv plea. Let me but fold her form in iny embrace, Let me but smil on my poor Edith's face. Ah, 1 am tyius! How culliy 1 feel. Husband! uli, pity me! bear my appeal. Come, darliug come, I am faint, I hiu weak; Hear me Implore you l haidiy can speak. Britis: bsca. my child again, har me f piay; bee, I am dying! Don't take her away 1 Bring back my child again, buck to my breast; I-i-n her bo mur me when, si u king to rest. Bring dith back to me, hero lei ner stay. Till I have kissed her Hps, pas-log away"; Then will I leave ber, my hiihand, with you. Teacb her the Journey in life to pursue Corne, darliiiK, come: kindly beed me I pray. Have you no pity? ion 't late her away. Oh, bring back, my child at;ala God, how I grieve! If I could see FxlllU, I'd live, I believe. Xrlng back my child again! See, I must die; F.Jith.coine back to me" ditrllcg, doa't cry, For I am sinking now. Clod, hear my prayer! Kdith, ray child, try aod meet me "up there." Oil, I'm so weury ; 1 8iruggl J'or breath ; Noon will I silent be, folded in death. ome, 'I forjilve you;" lvJitU. c;ood by! If I could see you. how hippy I'd die. Bring back my child again; iiear me, I pray. I'm uying oh, why will you take her away! Item em ber, I ooUed up to God and I smiled; And when dying I prayed Uiat you'd bring hack my child. January 5, 1S7S. Sunday Courier-Journal. H fATE XEWN. City of Attica expenses amount to $2,000 a year. Fort Wayne Sentinel: A fine new Baptist cb arch is being erected in Eel river township. It will be completed about the 1st of May. Hush county has 0,117 school children. It pays into the state treasury $11,253.10 for school purooses, and receives back only Indiana has 120 distilleries, 9" breweries'. ."u'kv) licsn'-ed saloons. In the number of her saloons Indiana stands eighth in the list of states. Seymour Democrat: Five prisoners were taken to .Icflrsonville, through this citv yesterday, from Shelby vilie. They were ail in irons, and about '21 years of age. A committee of charitatly inclined citizens of Rochester collected $72 17 on Christmas morning, and distributed the amount to 1 families of Rochester's woithy poor. Frankfort Crescent: A bout 30 years ago. the older inhabitants say, that we experi enced just such a winter as this. Corn was planted in February and was ripe in June An idea prevails throughout the country th-.t wild turkeys are included in the provimct:is of the game law, but such is not the cat;e. J t is not unlawful to kill them at any time. T. S. Bull, of Liberty township, I'orter county, shipped last week nine barrels of honey from Valparaiso weighing pounds, to New York. How is that for lec" business? Plymouth Democrat: The following form for resolutions of "condolence" is respect fully referred to whom it may concern: Resolved (1), That Brother is dead. Keaolved (2i, That we are sorry lor it. Columbus Democrat: The growing crop of wheat in this county promises well at this time. ith favorable weather during th remain ler of the winter, the wheat crop of 1S7S wilt bo the largest for many years. Huntington Djnaocrat: Huntington concty h:u two bovs in the Indiana house of refuse for juvenile oiTendjrs, Jerry Desmond and Samuel Beal. It costs the count' $75 annually lor each ot theso parties. Salem Democrat: Many of our farmers now find it impossible to get their produce to market because of the b ii roads. And yet many of these same farmers would oppose any movement which would look towards giving our county good gravel or macadam i zed roads. Franklin Democrat: The colored M. E church of this city has 30 communicants. They also own a church building and par sooace, valued at $2,000, on which there is an indebtedness of only about $100. They employ a pasor and havd regular preaching every third bunday. Frankfort Crescent: beveral persons in this county complain that their pork, put up during the recent warm weatner, bas spoiled. The temperature was too high for the meat to properly cure, and though salt was used copiously, yet the bacon "soured," especial ly pieces in wnich the bone as leiu Mitchell Times: The Mitchell post office for the year enduie December, lb 7, has in creased its business so us to give the post master a salary of $1,000.19,' which makes it a third class othce, under the appointment of the president. I be money order business the past year foots up $30,837.87. Orders paid, f G,i09.4j. Stamps, cirds.etc, ?l,0ob Zi. Seymour Democrat: There are several men in Seymour worth from $2,000 to $10,000, or more, who allow mud puddles to stand in frout of their tenement houses, no matter on how prominent a street they are located. .Such penunousness is despicable, and all should approve the action of any councilman who would vote to force such persons to put down detent sidewalks. Franklin Democrat: Judge Kanna gave judgment in ravor of the mechanics liens in the town hall case, to tte amount of $2,723, nnd an order of sale to enforce the payment. He decides that the ground upon which the building stands bemir d.sputed as to ownership, the judgment covers only the building above the foundation. The authorities must now make some arrangement to pa v off these liens, or the building will be apt to pass into other hands at no very distant day. Columbia City Post: Columbia City did not make a very big show in the improve mentline during the year 1S77. Beyond the erection of the town council and hre de partment building, and new school house, there have been no large buildings erected. Colonel McDonald, with his usual energy and public spirit, baa made more improvements than any other individual in the town. -The Post hopes to have a more grat ifying exhibit to make for the year F. Tipton Times: One evening some two weeks ago, after the family of M. S. Cox.whq resides near isnarpsviiie. bad retired to bed some unknown person fired two shots at the house, one passing through the window and fortunately striking the sewing machine. which was standing between the window and the bed in which Mrs. Cox was lying, thereby saving her from the shot. The other ball

passed into the roof of the house. No clue

has cs yet been had of the perpetrators of this insolent deed. Tlortatrip omvrot A trm ml Kon!r Avon feet in depth has been found not far from a road, about to be graveled, near Huntington. T . 1 , r i , i - wuuj'-i pay larnier anu tana owners in is county to make search for gravel banks, it will be a little fortune to the finder ctt a good gravel bank or banks, especially near to or in Decatur. A new trial was granted in the case of El bert W. Shirk vs. the city of Logansport on the grounds that some of the answers to in terrogatories were inconsistent with the general finding of the inrv, and errors of the court also assigned as a reason therefor. Tho case will be tried at some time in the future before some circuit judge remote from the line of the Wabash and Erie canal. Tbo Indianian gives an account of t!i3 at tempted abduction of a vounc Iadl0orl2 years of age, a son of Dr. Foster, of Warsaw. As he w.s returning home late in t tie even ing be was overtaken bv a stramre man who. clapping his band over bis mouth, told him he inii3t go with him. A strutrele ensued. ami but for the timely assistance cf the father, Warsaw might have had another Charley Rosa affair. Laporte Argus: It is a matter of congratulation that the defalcation in the countr treasurer's ofrice has bt'en settled and ended so soon. The people have not lost a cent in the matter. The bondsmen and the oiheers) who had the business to look after it are all entitled to great credit for their promptitude in having the matter Eijuard up and ended. It was due to the county, and it is better for all parties to have it closed up and finally settled. The Greemburg Standard is talking somewhat of narrow gauge railroads, to-wit: "Probably a narrow gauge road could be built from North Vernon, through Greensburg and linshville to New Castle, and equipped for half a million dollars. It would pass through a very rich and thickly settled country, and doubtless local business and travel would be good. Besides it would make excellent connections north, south, east and west. The subject is one worthy of inveitigation. Madiioa Courier: Mr. Charles Mullen, of this city, was a street car driver for fouryears in Indianapolis, and for several months of that time was acquainted.with John Beavers as a driver. Mr. Mullen speaks of Beavers as one who was always, prompt and faithfnl to duty, and was quiet and gentlemanly in his bcering Chailio has visited tho doomed man and offered him all the consolation a friend could give another under such circumstances, and expressed a desire to do all Le could to avert the awful edict of the law. She-lbyville Volunteer: A case of forgery, which attracted considerable interest, was tried in the circuit court Friday. The defendant was Theodore E. Gregs, son of John T. Gregg, of Rnsh county, who wa charged with hiving forged the name of Thaddeua Lewis, of Waldron, as indorser on a note for $20, drawn on the national Lauk of Ruehville the 11th of September last, and casheJ. at the First Tatrrmarbank orthisCftyrAfrer hearing tho evidence and brief arguments; pro and con, the jury last night brought in a . verdict of guilty against Gregg, and lixed his punishment at confinement in the peni-ejr-tiary for two years. Brownstov.n Pinner: The cass cf Lor.c it Long against Martha A. Rodman and William P. Butler, appealed fro'n the circuit court of Jcckaon county, his b?en deckled by the supreme court in favor of Long i Iing. Tbii w.ts an action fcr services rendered by Long A; Long as attorneys for 1V Jman and Batier, s a'lmiriistraior.s of tho estate of Thomas J. ll j.inian against the heirs of Walker B. Rod-nan, wherein judgment wes rendered in favor of the a-!;niniV trators for $33,000 in the circuit court. Theadministrators refused to pay their attorneys and were sued. The supreme court holds. that the administrators are liable tor the attorney fees to Ling fc Long. Lafayetlo Courier: James Murdock, oneof the directors of the suspended German Savings bank, is not so hopeful about getting out of tho woods bj' the 1st of February The statement authorized by Director Tinkler that tho small depositors would be paid in full in cash on or before that time is characterized by Mr. Murdouk as premature, and he requests ns to say that unless the bank has cutsido aasistance the small depc-s itors can not be paid for some time. "We owe them $12,000 or $13,000," remarked Mr. Murdock, "which is amply secured by two or three large mortgages." There was tio difficulty in providing for the larger depositors, who, in several instances, combined and selected paper for large amounts, but there are a great number of perroni whesa deposits range from $100 upwards, and wo must be paid in cash. Where is the rucnej to come from? He, for one, does not see. Laporte Argus: A. E. Barney, wiiotehouse was demolished and several or the inmates killed by tho cyclone that passed, throueh this county lastsummer, recently found'a feather bed and sjuie wearing apparel belonging to membcrsof the family, on Turkey creek, in St. Joseph county, 24 miles from the scene ot the disaster. Ma:;y pieces of boards, shingles, etc., takei froia the demolished houses, were found in the same locality. It seems that the storm had about spent its force when it reached that oint, and the debris fell to the ground. Ihe feather bed was found lodged in a trce about forty feet from the ground, and vba readily recognized by some peculiirity in the making. It was 'but slightly damaged, and unlike the other things found, wis not covered with mud. It is supposed that the whirling wind lifted it ahjve the heavy debris, and this accounts for its escape frou the shower of mud that seemed to accomEany the cyclone and plaster itself a alf inch thick over everything in its way. Mind and If eMltli. If our temperament does not mike uj naturally cheerful, we must cultivate those habits of mind and body that teem most fa voiable tJ the growth of this happy stat of feeling. We must keep our min is, open to cheerful impressions, and close It. ' to those that are gloomy. We must avoid solitudeand keep with our kind and he sociable. We must not give ourselves uptogt x'my thoughts of the future and draw picture of want and misery in our oh! sg, but pluck up heart of grace and eo about our ilaiiy task rejoicing. Burton gives iH p' o'd fable: '"fhe bares once, tired of living ever in fear of the huntsman and hounds, wnt in a. body to a, pond to drown themselves, but a. host of frogs showid such letror a", thesight of these novel visitors, tint the i.arc seeing there were creature more t: mid r wretched than themselves, felt their spirits revive and wept home rejoicing,'1