Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1889 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SEISTIINEL. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEM. UEll 13. ISöU.

VERY HIGH HANDED ACTION.

OLD SCHOOL EOOK RING DYING HARD. tTnblushius; Law Breaker At FrankfortOther State ws Dath of Harrey J, Shirk and 1. C. Elliott Burglar Captured Notes, Etc. Fraxkfort. Sept. 12. Special. There is a good deal of indignation and excitement in this city owir g to the action of the city school board in regard to the new text book. The law allowed thirty days from the issuing of the jtOTernor's proclamation for th making of requisitions. The school board deferred making its requisition until the thirtieth day, evidently supposin? that there would not then be time enough for the requisition to be filled before the schools opened. In this they were disappointed. The books arrived on Thursday, the 5ih, and the schools did not open until Monday, the 9th. Upon the arrival of the books the county superintendent, Mr. Hyde, who has done his duty faithfully in the matter, notified the school board that they were here. The board declined to take the books on the ground that they had no place to put them this in the face of the fact that responsible dealers here had asked the privilege of handling them, oflering to do so without charge. Saturday cveninethe board met and resolved, in defiance of the law, to continue the old. high-priced trust books. They notified the city superintendent. Prof. Griffith, and the teachers accordingly. Many patrons of the schools, however, refused to purchase the old books, and a number of them made a formal demand upon the board for the new books. One gentleman made a written demand for one complete srotrraphy, one second reader, one copy book No. 1 and one copy book No. -I, tendering at the same time the amount of money which these books hould cost at contract prices. The trustees first denied having the books, and afterward refused to sell them. This high-handed action is generally condemned. The old book ring, of course, stands at the back of the board. Jt is believed that the rinsr has given the trustees a bond to indemnify them against any damages or costs that may be recovered from them in the courts. The people feel this matter keenly because the trust has bad specially fat pickings in Clinton county in years past. For instance, our people have teen compelled to pay 20 cents for McGuffey's firt reader, ZÖ cents for his second reader, 45 cents for his third reader, (JO cents for his fourth reader, and S5 cents for his fifth reader. In the adjoining county of Tipton this series v, as sold as follows: First reader, 17 cents; second reader, 30 cents; third reader, 42 cents; fourth reader, 60 cents, and fifth reader, 72 cents. In many other counties the same books havo been sold for even less. The ring has been charging t0 cents for a practical arithmetic in Clinton connty when it was selling the same book for 50 cents in many connties, and as low as 42 cents in some. It has charged CO cents for an elementary geography, when it was getting only 46 cents for the fame book in sorae other counties. Now that the people have a chance to get books at about lalf the old prices, and books which are indorsed by the highest educational authority of the state, the school board, defying the law, refuges to let them avail themselves of iL Tiie Crttrent is pouring hot shot into the board. Proceedings for a writ of mandate upon the board to compel them to sell the new books to patrons hare been instituted. At the office of the Indiana school book company last evening it was stated that the Frankfort board were the only school officials in the state who had refused to sell books to pupils. The board had to certify in its requisition that these boon were needed in the schools of Frankfort, in order to get the books. FORT WAYNE SENSATION. The Mysterious Planppesrsnr ot Kobb Mackla and Its Sequel. Fort Wayne, Sept 13. iSpecial. The strange dhappearance of Supt Robb Mackieof the Fort Wayne electric light works cannot be fathomed by his Fort Wayne friends and business associates. The officers of the electric light company are greatly distressed over the matter and have telegraphed assurances from members of Mr. Maekie's family in the Taut that they are making every effort to learn of his whereabouts. He was to have been married Wcdr.esday evening last to an estimable young hviy of Cooperstown, X. Y., and bad rone to that place and secured lodging at a hotel then. After he had failed to keep his engagement at the marriage ceremony his wedding suit was found at his hotel apartment. He is one of the mot brilliant electricians in the land, and a man incapable of any dishonorable act. Gen. Manager McDonald of the electric liht company is inclined to believe that Mr. Mackie went from C'ooperstowu to one of the fragile resorts for an ocean bath and was a victim of the great storm that recently raged on the At'antio coast. Fort Wayne, Sept. is. Special. The latest devjlopments in the matter of the disnp-pearan-e of Mr. Robert Mat kie, the clectricbn, are astounding, and involve the reputation of a married tioman of thU city. The two are reported to have been seen in Montreal very reeritly. Mackir'a business entrnpements in Fort Wayne have been snHenly brought to a clow by his employers. Infatuation or & temporary aberration o' mind are the only theories .Ivmcfil hy his friends to account for the stran? alHtir. Mackie had engape elegantly furnishei! nMirtmcnU in a fashionable rcnidenre and many costly presents awaited the coining of his New York brtde. Fort Way.nf, Sept. lG.r5pfcial. Frank Talker hhs arrrived from Chicago, and the cossip that has councctrtl the nam and reputation of his wife with the flight of Robb Mackie has clianccJ toorrowful admission! upon his part and to peneral expression of sympathy for hirn. Mr. Falker was formerly the city marshal of Fort Wayne and held one of the subordinate plai'es in the last legislature. Thus he has become widely known. For much of the time last year business has called him out of the city. The rest is a itory of. broken vowi and infidelity npon the part of his wife, ending with her llinhs with ber paramour upon the very eve of bis marriage to Miss Steere of Cooperstown, N. Y. Jlarkie had roomed at Fa'.ker's house, and therw he tell sick. The young wife nured hirn, lovid him and fell with him. It appears that aftr he left to fill his marriairo engagement he wired him to meet her at Albany, making 1.11 sorts of threats If he did not comply. He was weak enough to leave Cooperitown and the gathering wedding guests and keep thatcnpseement From Albany they went to Montreal. Mr. Falker sal 1 to-day that he thought they were now en route to Europe. As for himself be had not decided upon his course. Mrs. Falker's mother is well nigh distracted with grief. The Cloven l oot at Itrnz 1. Brazil, Sept 11. Special. The new school looks for the city have been received, within less than thirty days from the time of being ordered. The schools had started, and wants hid been supplied by the purchase of the forrr er books. The city school board is now "oo the rack." They do not want to put in the new hooks, but are fearful that they must do it One member has expressed himself ngs.nat their use and has j ronosed to the others that they make an order continuing the use cf fie old books for the school year. It is generally understood that this would be done, if the board could feel persuaded of the safety of their position. But one of the seventeen, teachers, it is said, is avowedly in favor of introducing the books received. The feeling is, that the Indiana educational series will be placed in when the local authorities are compelled to recogn'.e them. It is needless to add that the board and the corps of teachers arc solidly republican. There is music- in the air. Knights of the Maeenbees. Danville, Sept 15. IFpecial The lodge of the knights of the Maccabees elected and installel the following officers: Past sir knight commander, M. W. Hopkins; sir knight comma ider, Thad S.Adams; lieutenant comrrander, E. M. Wilhight; record keeper, J. C OehUtrs; finance keeper, L. A. Barneft; prelate, R. W. Wde- sergeant A. N. Towles; physicians, A. '. Towle and W. T. Lawson; M. of A., J. M. Barker; first M. of G., ILL. Adams; second M. of G., John Kowe; ben., T. 11. KinnafljPic, W. A. King. Death of Harvey J. Ahlrk. rr.r.r, Jept 12. Special. Harvey J. Shi -k, the oldest member of the Miami county bar, and a brother of the late E. H. Shirk, died this mornin? at 3 o'clock. He had been In feebie health come year having had three attack

of paralysis. He was reputed to be one of the ! ...1 .t 1 .. J tk. itülA an1 thl

Lfcsfc I rni csibic J.i n J CI B i 11 luv s.o.v, cum iuw best pleader at this bar, thoroughly versed in all the nice distinctions and technicalities of the old common law system of plead. ng. The deceased will be interred at the cemetery of this city Sunday afternoon. Indiana Fustinastera. Gilman, Madison county, Thomas Baker, vice J. M. Williams, resigned. Leo, Allen county, Joseph B. Haifley, vice Victor II. Miller, resigned. Fellersburg. Clark county, L. C. McCormick, rice George W. Swengle, removed. Howard, Putnam county, E. Mercer, vice Noah II. Ilartletf, removed. Dudleytown, Jackson county, Rudolph Stille, vice John F. Niewedde, removed. Fredericksbure, Washington coun'.y, William II. Hunter, vice J. Iw Drayer, res'uned. Freetown, Jackson county, Ueubcr. W. Hudson, vice G. Manuel, resigned. Fricndswood, Hendricks county, William S. Jessup, rice F. V. Beeler, removed. Germany. Fulton county, II. II. Wynn, Tice James Ii. Nafe, resinned. Grayri le, Ssillivan county, Simeon II. Yeairer, vice K. G. Carrither. removed. Houston, Jacksnn county, Benjamin T. Foster, vice Charles W. Thompson, removed. Mooney, Jackson county, Joshua England, vii-e John I). Payne, removed. Pilot Knob, Crawford county, Daniel Haycock, vice T. J. Bowman, removed. Siuirpsville, Tipton county, John E. Bollinger, vice Louis Mehlig, removed. Tapice, Jackson county. James T. Keach, vice L. J. Griffith, removed. Annapolis, i'nrke county, Henry Snyder, vice II. C. Lamb, removed. Burton, Tippecanoe connty, Joseph Allen, vice Albert Adunis, resigned. Guion, I'arke county. Ab ram, L. Smock, vice Robert T. Bruin, removed. Indiana Mineral Springs, Warren county, William F. liuby, vice Harry L. Kramer, resigned. Royalton, Boone connty, William II. Wilson, rice S. Stromeyer, deceased. I.rklge Troubles In Jiokson. SEYMOUR, Sept 13. rSpecial.J The commissioners having refused to build a bridge across White river, two miles west of this city, the live and wealthy citizens of this Jackson and Hamilton townships raised $20,000 Wednesday and went to Brownstown yesterday afternoon, where the board was in extra sev sion, and asked them for the privilege of building the bridge at their expense, and the commissioners by a vote of two to one peremptorily refused the, proposition. They then asked that they might build above or below the point, which they also flatly refused. The courts will now be resorted to and a mandamus will be asked for, and the bridge that is absolutely indispensable will be built These two commissioners, Dodds and Fassold, of the central and western Mtortion of the county, are governed by sei'ional feeling, and ignoring the wish ot an honest people will be retired to private life at the next election, as tbey deserve to be. A Correct Account of a Fight. Clayton, Sept. M. Special. This is a correct account of the affair that occurred here recently between the Bev. B. W. Harmon, the supply pastor of the baptist church, and Smith Jones: Jones accosted Harmon by asking him why he was staring at him. Harmon said he was not caring at him. It was repeated, and Jones called Harmon a liar, at the same time striking him with an unusually sharp knife, inflicting a very ugly wound on the left arm near the shoulder, severing a large vein and just missed the artery. Then Harmon knocked him down. Jones came at him again, cutting at him. Harmon then caught him, held him and hit him a few blows with his fist. Jones begged like a whipped boy, and then Harmon let him go, and started out of the postoffice. Jones ran up behind hirn and stabbed him twice, cutting him in the right side and shoulder. A Druggist and a Treacher Fight. Clayton, .Sept. 13. Great excitement prevails at this place over a fight here to-day between the Bev. B. W. H.nrmon, the missionary baptist minister at this place, and mith Jones, a druggist, who also resides here and is a member of the baptist church. The affray was the result of trouble which has been brewing in the church for several months, and this morning while waiting for the Tonil to be distributed, the Bev. Mr. Harmon and Mr. Jones met in the postofhee and immediately engaged in a quarrel. After pacing a few words, Jones cslled Harmon a liar and Harmon struck him a heavy blow in the face with hi tist. Jones then drew a knife and stabbed Harmon severely several times in the breast and arsis. The wounds are very severe, but not necessarily fatal. Jones also received a slight cut in the thigh. Til Kftllwny litilletln Cnsea. (iitEKNCASTi.n, Sept. 13. Special. The celebrated "blackboard'' cases filed against the different railway companies operating in this county came up to-day and the validity of the act of the last legislature was discussed before Judge 8. M. McGregor. The Vandalia was represented by the IIotM. I). K. Williamson and George A. Knight. The I., I. & W. was also represented by Mr. Williamson; the L., N. A. t C, Col. C. C. Matson and Messrs. Smilv and N'eil of this city, and the ('., C, C. A .t.'L. by T. C. Grooms. The state was represented by Prosecuting Atty. I. O. ("nlliver and Mr. F. I. Ader. At the hour of adjournmeut the court had the matter under advisement. ITc.bTt.rtnn In Seaalon. PVUIVAX, fpt. 13,-fj)ccial.-The presbytery of Vineennea has closed a very interesting session at Carlisle. The Kev. Mr. Scott of Vlncennes preached the opening, sermon. The Bev. John Fox was elected moderator, and the Bev. Ir. Tierce of Terre Haute ani the Rev. W. A. I'ntton of Spencer temporary clerks. The Bev, W. A. Pat ton was received from th presbytery of Indianapolis, and the Kev. Mr. Itartlett from the presbytery of Pes Moines. All the grent cans i of the church were given proper consideration. Large congregations attended the meetings. A stirring address was made on "Home Missions," by Hr. l isk, atM another by Dr. (iilliland on foreign Missions." September Orange Flowers. Bi.uffton, Sept. 11. Special. Mr. John H. Gilleland, bookkeeper in the bank of John fctndubaker & Co., and Miss Leah Freeman were united in matrimony thii evening" nt 7 o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents by the Bev. J. 11. Jackson, in the presence of a large number of Invited guests. The presents were numerous and handsome. They will reside on 8. Main-st., where their home is already furnished and ready for occupancy. Almost Hcalilol To Death, rr.nr, Rcpt 12. Special. The three-year-old son of William aucerman an employe of the Iudiana manufacturing company, met with a very pulnful and probably fatal accident yesterday. The mother of the child had set a bucket of scalding water on the iloor which she The Chief ZXeaeon for the tnsrvenoos sn CSil ot Hood's Sarsspsrtlla Is found tn the fact tUt this medicine actually accomplishes all that U claimed tot It Its real msrlt has won mm !. for Hood's aarsaparlUa merit WinS a popularity and sMt grtstsr than ,iat of any othsr blood purlflsr it cores SerofuU, all Humors. Djtpsi'ita, eta rxtjweJ only by 0. L Eood Co., LowsU, iUt.

was scrubbing and the little fellow backed into it and was so badly scalded that he was immediately seized with convulsions from which he has not yet recovered. Looks Like Crookedness. Ckawfordsville, Sept 16. Special. On

rsept. 3 the firm of Doherty & ons, buggy manufacturers of this city, made an assignment, notice of which was made in The Testis el. It was thought that there was some crookedness in the scheme and the court is now investigating the affair. The business was run by the sons. Mat and Marsh Doherty, both respectable business men. Mat Doherty to-day testified that on the 2d of Sfeptember, before the assignment Marsh, his brother, sent $10,-00 to O. I. Street a Kansas City banker and the nephew of the Dohertys, The money was wrapved in blankets, placed in a box and sent as ordinary express matter. Marsh Doherty, it is claimed, is sick, and the court is awaiting his appearance. A New Church At Connersvllle, Conxeksville, Sept 13. Special. The exercise connected with the laying of the corner-stone of the new thirty-thousand-dollar church in this city was very interesting. The little city was thronged with people. The sermon by the Rev. J. V. Meliender was full of excellent thoughts. The main ceremony attendant upon placing the corner-stone in position took place at 2 p. m. Anthems were rendered by the church choir, after which the llev. Mr. Chatfe read the memorial roll of the church. The principal feature of the occasion was the address of the Bev. John D. Walsh of Newport ay. lne exercises were perfect in every particular and the new structure will be rapidly reared toward the sky. On Its Last Legs. BxsilYlLLK, Sept 13. Special. The book trust dies hard in Bush county. Mr. Isaac Beese, an agent of Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., was on the fair grounds to-day exhibiting one of the books of the Indiana series. It was a geography, showing that the book had been re-covered, and that the publication had been made for another state. It was a trick too transparent to be of effect, and although our county superintendent showed a disposition to avoid the law if possible in the interest of the octopus, prominent citizens and intelligent school children completely routed the enmy and gained a substantial victory. Frnllty of Illood-Vessels. Sorcri Bent, Sept 13. Special. Henry Wienderlich, a lad of eight years, died here under peculiar circumstances. He has been a sutlcrer from that rare disease commonly called thinness of blood-vessels. The slightest blow npon the boy's nose would cause the blood to flow, which with great diüiculty could be stopped. If the blood was stopped at one place it would flow from the cars, mouth and other parts of the body. He slightly cut his cheek with the tip of an umbrella. 8ince then the llow of blood from the wound has been continuous, baf.ling the attempts of the doctors to stop it, and resulting iu his bleeding to death. Johnson's Ohl Settlers. FRANKLIN', Sept 15. Special. The old settlers of Johnson county held their annual meeting at Bay's grove yesterday. There were 5,000 people on the grounds. A brass band and a glee club furnished good music. The greater part of the day was tnken up by the old settlers relating their experiences, trials and tribulations during the early history of the county and parts of the state, some of which were quite thrilling and amusing. The candidates were out in force, getting in their work in great sh.ipe. A game of base ball was played, which added to the enjoyment of the occasion. These meetings are becoming quite popular here. The Striking Miners. BRAZIL, Sept 15. Special. The striking miners' executive board has adopted the following resolution : Rc.'lvel, Th.it all companies he a'l'iwe 1 to work who wdl par last year's prices, viz: R'sndOO cents per ", with scale on low coal ; hut no day men shall ho allowed tij work st anr prico until a 'settlement with all men in the employment of such companies is made. All n solutious to the contrary are hereby rep"ali:d. Tlits action is understood to mean that Ehrlich it Co., Wasson fc Co., and a number of tho smaller mines will open up and pay last year's scale, but not ou contract for any length of time. Chosen Friends Klection. Minneapolis, Sept 11. The chosen friends elected: II. H. Morse, supreme councilor, New York; W. G. Morris, supreme assistant councilor, Chicago; Edward E. E'l wards, supreme vice-cmincilor, Fremont, Mich.; T. B. Binn, supreme recorder, Indianapolis; W. J. Newton, supreme treasurer, Washinstou; Henry Jameson, M. D., medical examiner. Indianaiolis; V. S. Seahnry, supremo prelate, l' tcrsbtirg, Va. ; J. 1'. Van Neata, supreme marshal, Wooster, . ; W. M. Bimhersrer, supreme warden, Houston, Tex.: T. B. I'ayton, supreme guard, Louisville, Ky.; James Cowanlock, supreme guard, Ontario. Organizing Farmer Alliances. Anderson, Pept. 1.1. Special. A farmers' alliance was organized in this township lat night, it being the first one organized in the county. W. W. Wilson, the stato organizer of the national farmer' alliance association, is here, ami proposes to organize from one to three nllianccs in each township in the county. The attempt to incraft the plan of trading at one atore into the alliance lias f!lel so fur, mid it ll not likely that the farmers of Madison county ill carry the alliance fco fur an that. A nnng-eroua I'lnr. t.iSL.p. CKAwroRDsvuxr, Kept. U.-Fpccial.-Marion Reynolds of I-ndoga, aged twenty-two and unmarried, came up to the fair yesterday on the evening- train. lie drank freely and started home last nii;ht on a freisht. pretty well loaded up. At Whilfsville, six miles south of here, he left the freight train and started to walk home but was run down by the excursion and horribly mangled. The man probably cot sleepy and sat down on the truck. He died in a few minutes after being found. Congressman Owen's Fenres Down, LoOANsronT, Pcpt 12. Special. 1. W. Tomllnson, received his commission as postmaster at Loiransport yesterday. The appointment of Tomlinson knocks the clmncei of W. D. Owen being returned to the next congress. The soldiers have sworn vengeance aeaiust him. Daniel Mull, a soldier who laid in üb by prison almost two years, was nu applicant for the place, and bad the bucking. of all the soldier element here. But Dan Touilinson, a civilian, was given the place. Freight Wreck at Newton Junction. Waiumi, Sept. Id. Special. The track of the Detroit division of the Wabash railway is blockaded near Newton Junction, this county, by the special meat train, which was ditched to-day by the breaking of an axle on one of the cars. Several cars of merchandise loaded with potatoes, pulp and beer were piled up in great oonfusion and their contents destroyed. The engine was also thrown from the track. Kotie of the train's crew were Injured. Oambllng Wrecked Him. Tlymoctii, Sept l(i. Special Al McDonald, a young man about twenty-six years old, committed suicide here this morning by shooting himself through the heart He was a barber. He left a note addressed to his wife raying that gambling had got such a hold on him that he could not abandon it He leaves two young , boys. The note admonishes his wife to take care of, educate and make good boys of them. A Had Girl Comes to Her Senses. SilELKYVILLE, fiept. Id. Special The ease of the state vs. Abner Bo$.s, charged by bis fifteen-year-old daughter Ella, with outrage and incest was dismisced by Justice Ellis today, the girl testifying that there was no truth in the aflidavit she made to that ellect a week ago, and that she had been "put up" to make it by Mrs. Merinda Boss, her ancle's wife. Killing the retted Calf. Seymocr, Sept 13. Special Freddie Hodapp, aged fifteen, who mysteriously disappeared from bis home one year ago, returned last night, and tho fatted calf was killed and all is well, lie has been over most of the South and says that his wild oats are sown. , Crashed Hy is Wagon. PilELBYVILLE, Sept. 15. Special. Jamei Hill, the sixteen-year-old son of George Hill, a oromiacot &ud trialthr (armer of Ui!i couatx

was, it is feared, fatally iniured yesterday evening, by being run overand crushed by a wagon loaded with gravel. A Farm Kesidence Burned. Greexv-ood, Ind., Sept 13. Special The farm residence, four and one-half miles of .here, of Jacob 8. Comingore was consumed by fire this morning, and also ull the furniture except a few articles. This is quite a loss. It was a large two-story frame. Insurance on building and contents, $2,000, which will not cover the total loss. Mr. Comingore was absent. He is the foreman at the packing-house of Vancamp & Sons, Indianapolis. Gored By an Ox Fire. Co LC MB us, Sept 15. Special Thomas

Fry, who resides near Hope, in this county, was gored by a vicious ox yesterday, in the lower part of the abdomen. The physician who attended the wounded man took fifty-two stitches to close the wound. The residence of Wash Polorff, near Elizabethtown, was burned last night Loss, 500; no insurance. The family had not been at home for a week, A High Jlegree Mason Dead. IlirxTiNGTnx, Sept. 15. Special. Henry F. Draver. a druggist of this city, and one of the most prominent men in the county, died suddenly last night of neuralgia of the heart He was prominent in the masonic order in this state, being a thirty-second decree mason. He was serving as master of Amity lode of thii city at the time of his death. The funeral arrangements will be under the direction of the order. St. Meinrad's Comtuerclat "Department. Jasper, Sept. 12. Special. The commercial department of St Meinrad's college, now located here, was formally opened to-day. Addresses were delivered by the Bevs. Luke, Athanasias, Prof. A. M. Sweeney and the county superintendent A larjre gathering witnessed the opening exercises. Twenty-seven students reported and a large number are yet expected. The college is quite an addition to Jasper. Two Boya I'robitbly Kilted. MrNCIE, Sent. 13. The boiler of the sawmill belonging to Benjamin Welch, near New Corner, this county, exploded yesterday, killing one son named Tom, who was ruuning the engine, and so badly injuring a younger son that his death is hourly expected. Mr. Lee, who was working at the mill, escaped uninjured, and the father was absent at the time. The cause of the explosion is unkuown. To Cover l'p The Crime. Locansport, Sept 15. Special Sorae startling developments are being made regarding the death of Win. Mclntyre who was run" over and cut to pieces by a train of cars last Sunday morning. Evidence before Coroner Ballard show that Mclntyre was knocked down by three tramps and killed and then thrown on the track to cover up the crime. Will I so the New Books. Noblesville, Ind., Sept. 15. Special After once declaring tbey would not use the new text books, the county board of education decided to-day to abide by the law. The schools commence here Monday under the superintendency of Prof. Haines, with the new books. The trust made a brave battle, but was finally knocked out Where la Sir. Nichols Winchester, Sept 11 Special II. B. Nichols, recently one of the parties in an escapade at Fort Wayne, and an employe of P. II. Dean, the most proniineut photographer here, has skipped out under an assumed name, taking with him Dean's gold watch. He is supposed to be in Ohio and detectives are on his track. Bluffton's Business Boom. Bli-fftox, Sept 11. Special. The Bluffton light and fuel company is laying pipes within a half mile of the city, and claims that it will turn on the gas on Oct. 1. Three new business blocks are under construction; also a new court-house, besides a large number of new residences in all parts of the city. The Shelby Shortage Made Good. SiiELBYVii.LE, Sept. 14. Special. The amount of County Treasurer Michael Tosz's shortage was ascertained to-day to be $1.1,060.11, which amount was at once made good by his bondsmen, to whom he had turned over property valued at $7,.VW, on which there was a fif-teen-hundred-do!lar mortgage. Two Suicides by Women. CkawfoKPRVILLE. Sept 16. Special. Mrs. Thomas Go(l', widow, aged forty-five years, living ten miles south of this city, committed suicide Saturday night by hanginsr. Also, Mrs. James Kinke.id, nn old lady residing at Ladoga, shuttled oil' this mortal coil to-day by cutting her throat No cause is assigned for the act. His Body Cut In Twain. Laportk, Sept. 10. Special.1 Henry Hackclman, a brakeman on the Lake Shore read, fell from his train Ht Burdick this morning and wns instantly killed. The wheels passed over his abdomen and his body was almost entirely severed. The deceased was a young married man and lived at lilkhart. New Hrhuol Hooks, Ktc. Cos.nf.ksvii.le, Si-pt. 1.1. Special. The new school books have arrived and the work of distributing them will be rapidly pushed by the county hoard. The city hoard has made no chnni-e an yet but will in the near future. The typhoid (ever scare is over and business booms again. Irn(l of n. Thousand-Hollar Mare. Cn.w torpsvii.t f., Sept 1,X "Baby C," a valuable mare belonging to Crouch A Travis, Iifayette, died at the fair grounds this morning of colic. Mie was four years old with a record of 2:"') and was considered worth $1,000. No insurance. Crushed To Heath in the DIcTntnr, Lafayette, cpt 12. rFpecial. Richard Mner, porter in the employ of O. V. Pierce & Co., was caught in the elevator this evening and crushed to death. He came here recently from Albion, UU where be was once iu bust niss. A fSood Cltlieit Dead. GrtKF.NTVOOP, Sept. 13. Special.! James II. Carter, aged seventy, and who resided near Whiteland, died last night of Bright'a disease. Ho was a much respected citicu, a good neighbor and a reliable democrat of the old school. The Hook Trust Hurled. Greenwood, Fept 13. Special. The public schools commence here next Monday under the superintend) nee of Trof. Patterson. They wiil use the uew books. The book trust is buried in this place. Killed Hy a Falling 1.1 in b. IIl'NTIsoTOX, Sept 15. Special. John Longnecker of Marion, O., while cutting- timber in tho southern part of this county, was fctrucit by a falling limb and instantly killed. Hungarians Go To Jail, Usiostowm, Pa., Sept 11. Twenty-threo Hungarians, convic ted to-day of rioting during the late strike in the coke regions, were sentenced to one year each in the work house. A Tonng Mother Aged Seventy-Sis. Gosh ex, Sept 10. Special. John Praughaged eighty-four, living here, hat become the father of a bouncing baby boy, preiented to him by his wife, aged seventy-six. Heath In a i'otato Field. RrsiiviLLK. Pept 11. Special J Teter Ilobbs, an old man aged seveniy-two years, livingat Glenwood, this county, dropped dead while digging potatoes. Minor State Items. 1 Fire bugs are active In Anderson. Several attempts to burn property were madajast week. John France's barn burned, near Rusfrville, Friday. Vive horses were lost in the flames, several tons of hay, etc. The adventlsts of Indiana are hi earan at Kokomo. Tents for the accommodation of 800 delegates and guests are pitched. Fred Meyer, for attenpted burglary at Huntingbnrg a few weeks ago, has been sentenced to two years' Imprisonment The fair last week was the most successful fair Montgomery county ever held. The attsndanoe ou Thursday was treat, not lu than

twenty-five thousand tickets being sold. The show of live stock was especially large and fine. Judge McGregory rendered a decision on the railway bulletin suits at Greeneastle, sustaining the demurrer to the complaint in each ease. The Jackson county fair will open Sept 24 and close on the 27th. Extensive arrangements have been made for a successful exposition of the resources of the county. The sale of the Valparaiso iftsttiioff, which was announced as having been made a few weeks ago, is now declared "olf." Editor Zimmerman announces that he will hereafter be

found at the old stand. ( M. t. lieu ot .Mauiron townsnip, Ai.en county, writes the Fort Wayne ixutintl that he is burning natural gas from a well on hU farm. He had apparatus put in his residence and surrounding buildings and has twentyseven burners. William Brown of Harrison county was recently taken from his bed, tied to a tree in the yard and given fifty lashes on the bare flesdi in the presence of his family. Keepingcompany with bad women is the charge against him. The board of directors of the Marion & Indianapolis railroad elected the following otlicers at Marion, Tuesday: President, George N. Winehell; vice-president, David Overman; secretary, James Bromaiee; treasurer, David B. Sweetzer. The country people of Harrison and Craw, ford counties are now doing a prosperous business collecting May apple roots for shipment to an eastern patent medicine establishment. One dealer of New Albany purchased ten bags of the commodity Monday evening. The Terre Haute iron and nail works have been sold to the Terre Haute iron and htcel company, which hiis been recently organized, with a capital of jtJO.OOO. The incorporators of the new company are Messrs. Andrew J. Crawford, James P. Crawford, William It. McKeen, Alex Crawford and Frank Kidder. The annual state conference of seventh day adventists is to be held at Kokomo, Sept. 17-24. Besides a generul attendance from all parts of thin state, there will be speakers of prominence present lroin other states; consequently the interest in the meeting is likely to be considerable. This sect held their conference in Logansport a few years ago, meeting in a large tent Last Tuesday the city marshal of Clay City started for Brazil in charge of Ed Boberts, whom he was transferring to jail, but near that point Boberts le.lt the train and returned to Clay City, and went to work again in the mines. The marshal has made no attempt to again arrest Boberts, and he is the same oiliccr who failed to report when notified of the trouble which led to the killing of McClueky, although the murder was not committed for several hours after he was apprised of the mischief brewing Last Saturday night there was an ailray in which iliram Boyer seriously cut Thomas Jones, nearly killing him. So far, the marshal has made no efJort to arrest either of the parties. There seems to be a kind of free-for-all race, & general scramble, for the democratic nomination for congress in the second district The Hon. John II. O'Xeil, the present member, has announced that he would not a,'ain be a candidate, and this early in the rjjiht, fourteen months before the election, the following are spoken of, and many of them are avowed candidates for the place: Col. Samuel Taylor, Daviess county; the Hon. Cutler S. Dobbins, Martin; the Hon. James M. Andrews, Orange; the Hon. J. II. Willard and the Hon. Curg. Dalton, Lawrence; the Hon. W. A. Traylor, Dubois: the Hon. John Benz, Crawford; the Hon. Thomas B. Cobb and the Hon. Mason J. NiWack of Knox. There is some good congressional timber in that list PIONEER LIFE IN INDIANA. Political Campaigning tn the "Good Old Times." The Hon. James O. Clarke of Kansas has been interviewed by the St. Louis G'olc-Drmh erat to the following eflect: I have now reached the advanced age of ninety-two years, and when I look back over the last three-quarters of a century many inferesting reminiscences of pioneer life are recalled. One thing I particularly notice is that tho whisky traffic now exerts its inlluence in politics in a manner entirely diiVerent from that of half a century ago. The most escitinj political cawpaicn I ever witnessed was won by the use a barrel of old peach brandy. Tho year before Indiana was admitted into the l'nion I was living with my parents in Franklin county, that state, near the present site of Connersville. The chief political leaders in the county wpre Lawyer Brown and Col. Jarnea Brownlee, and the voters were divided into two nearly equnl factions, known respectively as the Brownites and the Brownleeites. At all elections the randidatei were expected to provide plenty of free whit-ky for the voters, and it was a rare occurrence for an election day to juiss by without corn juice in politics causing a bloody lij'ht. In the fall of 115 an election was called to elect delegate to a convention which wis to meet in Corydon (then the capital) the followinjr Jun for the purpose of adopting a constitution preparatory to admission of the state, l'.row n and I'.rownlee announced themselves ni candidates, and tho hottest campaign I ever experienced was inaugurated. Churches were broken up and neighborhoods and family feeling became so bitter that years were required to etlacc the elleet of the quarrel. A few weeks before the election Col. Brownlee sent his two young sons and myself with a team and wagon to Cincinnati to pet ft barrel of peach brandy for election purposes. The trip occupied ahout a wot le, but we returned home ami secreted the bnrrel in a cave on the Brownlee farm without I he object of our trip beinir learned outside. The old colonel threatened to horsewhip us if we opened our mouths on the subject. Uf course we kept the secret Col. Browidec knew that his rival had provided a bnrrel of common whisky for the Hrovrnites, and, anticipating the etiect the sudden tapping of a Imrrci of 'Vld peach" would have on tho voters, ho smiled contentedly ns he thought of the certain discomfiture of Lawyer Brown. On election day Brown opened bis barrel first anJ started a regular boom, and for a time it appeared that he would win the victory. But later the Brownlee boys brought the harrel of old peach brandy to the polls. The head was knocked in. a couple of gourds were hung on the side and tho crowd invited to go for it The news that Brownlee had opened a barrel of real "old peach" spread like wildfire, and the way the lloosiers swallowed that delicious nectar would put to shame old JUiCchut himself. The Brownites gathered around the Brownlee bnrrel, and the faction following Ilrown, who hud furnished only common whisky, went to pieces. Col. I'rownlee was easily elected. The following year, when the colonel left homo to attend the convention, he shouldered his gun and made the trip to Corydon on foot, the only highway to the territory capital in those days, being an Indian trail blazed out through the vast forest which oovered the intervening country. rim pies, boils ami other humors are liable to appear when the blood gets heated. To cure them, take nood'anrtaparilla. l'lve. Harvest F.curstons. The Burlington route, C, B. & Q. railroad, will sell, on Tuesdays. 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