Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 July 1893 — Page 8

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TUE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, JULY 19, 1893-TWELYE PAGES

TIPTON TREASURY GUTTED.

LOOKS LIKE A CLEAR CASE OF HEARTLESS STEALING. Boys of the Treasurer Ran the Office One of Them in Jail and the Other Ran Away-Much Indignation and No Sympathy Other State News A Mother and Her Children Drowned -Another Murder in Parke County. TIPTON. July 13. Special. There was quite a sensation in Tipton today over the shortage of J. K. Armstrong, treasurer of Tipton county. The auditor's statement to the Tipton Times today shows that the treasurer is $45,000 short, as there should be that amount on hand. At present there is not to exceed $300 in the treasury. The bondsmen, however, are good for the amount of the defalcation and the county will not lose a penny. Mr. Armstrong has permitted his boys to run the office during the past two years and it is believed and widely circulated that they gambled, live extravagantly, were dissipated and had appropriated the money to their own use. The treasurer claims that he has considerable money loaned out, but this is not believed by the bondsmen, who realize the fact that they will have to pay $1,000 or $1,500 each, there being twenty-six good men on the bond. The treasurer and his boys have no sympathy here-especially is this true of the latter-and democrats will aid in their prosecution. It is a clear case of embezzlement as it stands today and the guilty parties will no doubt be sent to the penitentiary. It is the first defalcation in Tipton county for many years and it will no doubt inconvenience the county for several months, and It may be the means of stopping the work on the new court house for a few weeks. The bondsmen are very bitter and will aid in the prosecution. The party paper here and the democratic party have no defense for Treasurer Armstrong and the gross conduct of his boys. Cal Armstrong, the deputy treasurer, who is responsible in a great measure for the defalcation, was arrested this afternoon on the charge of embezzling $18,000 of the court house fund, which is positively known to have been taken by him. His downfall is due to his sporting proclivities, as he has been a heavy plunger at the race tracks at Chicago and St. Louis. He is the owner of a very respectable string of horses, which he bought lately with money stolen from the county. His bond was placed at $20,000 which he was unable to give and he was remanded to jail. Another one of the treasurer's sons, Mont Armstrong, who also filled a position in the office, left town and cannot now be located. He is also implicated in the steaL A VKKV SA1 ACCIDENT. Mrs. A. J. Alles nnd Her Tvro Chtlren. Are Drowned. MT. VERNON, July 13. Special. The saddest accident that ever happened In this city was the drowning of Mrs. A. J. Alles and her two children, "Willie, aged four, and Annie, aged six, this morning. Mill creek runs through the center of ML Vernon and is a very quiet stream. This morning, however, a heavy rain fell and as the stream Is the natural outlet to the Ohio river of about ten miles of country, the usually placid creek was converted into a raging torrent. Willie Alles, "Willie Boyce and several other small boys were playing on its banhs when in some unknown manner Alles fell into the water. Ills cries attracted his mother from her house near by and with great haste she hurried to the bank and on seeing her child struggling in the water she rushed into the creek, which was about five feet deep. Her daughter Annie on seeing her mother go Into the stream caught hold of her dress and followed her. The strong current threw Mrs. Alles off her feet and before assistance could be rendered all three were drowned and their bodies swept by the strong stream into the river. The Boyce boy, It is thought, also fell Into the stream and was drowned. His hat was found in the creek, but no trace has been discovered of him. The news spread rapidly and soon great crowds were on the scene looking for the bodies. After an hour's dragging the body of "Willie Alles was found, but as yet none of the others have been discovered. Mrs. Alles was the wife of Prof. A. J. Alles, a leading furniture dealer, who is also a teacher of the catholic school here. He and six small children survive the mother and little ones who met euch an untimely death. A PAHKE COIXTY MCROKR. The Outcome of a Series of Quarrels Between Ilrothers. ROCKYILLE, July 15. Special. Another murder occurred In this county at Swalm's cross roads, five miles east of here, on the Bellmore gravel road, this morning, and another man was shot at the same time, but will probably recover. There are two brothers, Lafayette and Moses Swaim, living at the above named place, and for years they have quarreled about their land and other property. They have had numerous . Eghts In the past and the court record Is full of various law suits between them This morning Lafe went into a field on Moses' land and began to cut wheat. He was driving the reaper and an old man by the name of Gabe Bryant was with him. The latter has been about here for some time. . He formerly lived near Danville, III., is a half brother of David Bryant of Howard, in this county. He has a full brother near JIULäboro, Fountain county. Mose made his appearance and, without warning, began firing at the two men with a 28 revolver. The first shot truck Bryant in the forehead, killing him Instantly. The second shot struck Lafe Swain about four Inches from the nipple, ranged around and lodged near th spine. The other shot flew wide of the mark. It is thought Swain will recover. Bryant, "who was killed, was an Inoffensive man about seventy years old. In baking, to get to the top, "Take the Elevator." Cleveland's baking powder saves time, saves labor, Giver fails.

He has been married a couple of times, but leaves no family. Mose Swain, who did the shooting, came to town and gave himself up and Is now languishing In the Jones bastile awaiting a hearing. The trouble was about the ownership Of the wheat In the field. No one Is surprised at the shooting, as the brothers have been fighting for fifteen years. SAM JO.MSS AT WIXAMAC.

A Storm Cornea and Illows A war the Treacher's Tent. WINAMAC, July 16. Special. Today 13.000 people attended the second day's Sam Jones meetings at this place. While Jones was preaching his second sermon of the day a sudden and terrific wind storm came up and lifted the huge tent that covered the congregation high into the air, snapping the large ropes which anchored the canvas, as was supposed securely to the ground, as if they were made of sand and landed the tent against a large tree at least one hundred feet from which it originally stood. This brought the meeting to a sudden ending and the people sought refuge from the rain-storm that followed in the more substantial frame building which stood near by. The storm was soon over and was followed by a calm when I'rof. Long who so narrowly escaped death the day before, made his second balloon ascension with a successful and magnificent parachute drop. The meetings have been a success from a fianacial and populous standpoint and were only marred by an attempted assault and robbery. An unknown thug with a stone in his hand aimed a blow at the ticket-seller, "W. S. Puddleston, but" fortunately Fred Hequembourg. standing behind the thief, caught his hand and thus prevented a bold and daring robbery. The thief was arrested and jailed. Spirit In Hnrnest. HUNTINGTON'. July 11. Special. The town of Andrews, this county, i3 much disturbed over the result of several spiritualistic seances, which have been held there by a medium named Johnson, of Toledo, O. There are a number of spiritualists at Andrews, and Just now spiritualism is almost the sole topic of conversation. The first seance was held last Saturday night. At this meeting the terrible wreck at Keller's station some years ago was called up. The five men killed in that wreck. Including Trainmaster "Wilcox, were talked to, and the noise made by the fated train, the puffing of the engine and the crash of the wreck were plainly reproduced. Those who were present in the room were terrlgly frightened. Seized with Cm nip a nnd Drowns. PETERSBURG, July 16. Special. Prince Keith, the son of Clayton Keith, was drowned this afternoon while bathing in White river. He, with two others, had been in the water about an hour, and while attempting to swim to shore he was taken with cramps and before his two companions could go to his rescue he was drowned. "Word of the accident was immediately brought to town and a large posse of citizens went to the scene of the drowning. The dead body was recovered by Horace Church, who exhibited much skill in diving. The deceased was single and about twentyfive years old. His father Is an old soldier and a prominent former. John "Weaver Killed. BRAZIL, July 11. Special. John "Weaver, aged eighty-two years, the oldest and best known citizen of Brazil, was killed at 8 o'clock this morning on the Vandalla railroad track near Knightsville by the morning passenger and mail going east. To get out of the way of an approaching freight train he stepped aside and onto the main track, not seeing that the passenger train was so close in the rear. His leg was broken and the back part of the skull broken in. "Weaver had lived here since 1S45, and is credited with having shipped to Indianapolis the first load of coal that ever went over the Terre Haute & Richmond railroad. Xenrly Killed Ills Sister. NOBLES VILLE, July 12. Special. Today, near Dernnig, ten miles northwest of this city, two small children a boy and a girl of Mr. and Mrs. M. "White were gleefully playing in the parlor. The daughter was practicing upon the organ when her brother asked her to assist him in doing something. The command was not heeded and the little fellow becoming angry slipped up behind his sister and struck her a powerful blow on the neck with his hand edgewise. It came near breaknig her neck. For hours she was unconscious and at a late hour this evening her condition is precarious. Receiver of the Dulnncy Clock Co. VALPARISO, July 14. Special. Today Frank S. "Wench, one of the large stockholders and a director in the Dulaney clock company made application to Judge Glllett for the appointment of a receiver. EU M. Morris was named as receiver and he closed the factory this afternoon. This company was organized under the laws of Illinois. The general offices being located at Chicago. A disagreement among the officers is the cause of the receivership. The liabilities are about $35,000 and the assets about the same. They manufacture the Synchronizing clock. The Drowned Hod lea Recovered. MT. VERNON, July 16. Special. The body of Mrs. A. J. Alles, who, with her two ch'ldren, were drowned here Saturday, was recovered today; also that of "Willie Boyce, who was drowned at the same place and time. One distressing feature was that Mrs. Alles would have become a mother In a short time. The Boyce boy was the only son of the Hon. William Boyce, chairman of the republican central committee of Posey county, who is at present in Colorado for his health. The funerals of the victims of this horrible drowning will occur Monday afternoon. A Silent Gold Miner. COLUMBUS, July 15. Special. Two years ago a man named II. P. Blevins, of Custer, S. D., came here, inquiring the way to the Brown county gold fields. He said he was a miner, and, having heard of BroWn county, he was going out there on a prospecting tour. Today he came back and his appearance showed that he had been roughing it in the woods. He refused to talk about his success, but he seemed to be satisfied with his search for gold. He intimated that he had considerable of gold and would return after a trip to his home in the far West. Remains Strewn Along the Traelc THORNTOWN. July 15. Special. This morning the remains of an unknown man were found strewn along the Big Four railroad track about a quarter of a mile north of this place. The remains were an unrecognizable mass of human flesh. It is thought to be the remains of an Italian umbrella repairer, who was seen on the streets yesterday. When the section hands of the road came to the scene, a woman came walking down the track from toward Colfax and claimed to be the wife of the unfortunate man. The McDonald Mill Transcript. NODLESVILLE. July ll.-Speoial.-To-day E. E. Neal, onV-ial reporter for the Hamilton county circuit court, completed a transcript of the testimony in he celebrated McDonald will case, tried in this city last January. There are 1,950 pages of type-written copy and counting an average of 300 words to the (age, which Is A fair estimate, the voluminous Uycu-

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The Official Facts and Figures. The official report shows the Royal a pure cream of tartar powder superior to all others, and gives its leavening strength and that of each of the other cream of tartar powders tested as follows:

Royal Baking: Powder Leads All. Highest in leavening strength, pur est in quality, uniform in its work and perfect in keeping properties. "The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public."

Late United Government ment contains DS.,000 words, the largest transcript that was ever made in this county. It required fifty days of hard work to finish the task and will net Mr. Neal $700. Tired of Life. NOBLESVILLF. July 11. Special. Charlie Quear's attempt at pelf-destruction at Arcadia yesterday afternoon proved successful. He died within a few hours after swallowing a large dose of bed-bug poison. Several days ago he said to an Intimate acquaintance that he was tired of life, and beyond that assertion no cause is assigned for the deed. He was eighteen years of age and was a much respected and honored young man with a large circle of friends. Horrible- Fate of n Child. BOSTON, July 14. Special. During the absence of her parents yesterday CarHe, the two-year-old daughter of Thomas Flynn of near Saint Croix, fell into an open furnace where her mother had been heating smoothing Irons In the yard and burned both legs so that amputation at the knees was necessary. Fears are entertained, of a fatal termination. The mother had been called away with water to harvest hands and returned to find her babe roasted. Twenty Head Live Stock Ilurned. SHELBY VILL.E, July 14. Special. A barn belonging to August Vandever, a farmer near Brookvllle, Ind., a small station near here on the Big Four, was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday night. Ten horses were burned to death, and ten head of cattle met death in a similar way. In the loft of the structure 400 bushels of corn and forty tons of hay were stored, and these were destroyed. Two horses escaped from the burning building. Wubuih DroaKlit llroken. WADASII. July 15.-Special.The four weeks' drought in this section was broken with a vengeance at noon today. North of the city there was a fearful thunder storm accompanied with heavy winds. Corn, fences and trees were blown down and one house at least was struck by lightning, the house of Marks Crume. Mrs. Crume was alone at the time and was badly stunned. The heavy rain put out the fire or she would have been burned alive. To Succeed Judge Daily. BLUFFTON. July 14. Special. The Hon. A. N. Martin this morning received a letter from Governor Matthews notifying him that he had appointed E. C. Vaughn judge of the Twenty-eighth Judicial district, to succeed Judge Dailey, and would issue his commission at the same time that he issued Judge Dailey's, which will be one week from Monday. The Hon. J. II. C. Smith, the only other opposing candidate, withdrew early in 'the race. Deatb Trtlh III Dinner. ROCKPORT, July 11. Special. F. Well, one of the most successful business men of this city, died yesterday afternoon at Degonla Springs of heart trouble. lie was fifty years old- and leaves a wife. For many years he has been at the head of the well-known firm of F. Weil & Co. of this city. His wife was with him when he died. He had finished his dinner and was In the office of the hotel when he suddenly expired. Cattle Thlevea Arrested. BRAZIL, July 11. Special. William Lutes and eon John and John Hicks were arrested last night at Mrs. Craig's near Hooslerville, by Sheriff Stout of Vigo and Sheriff Rlngo of Clay, and taken to Terre Haute, where they are wanted for stealing several head of cattle and Belling them to a city butcher. Hicks Is said to live at Indianapolis, where he Is wanted for the same offense, having sold stolen cattle on that market. Tearlnff Off a Foot. THORNTOWN, July IS. Special. Ellas Plew, a feeder with Barney Stewart's threshing machine, met with a fearful accident this morning. He was climbing back over the machine when his ftot slipped Into the cylinder almost tearing It off. The foot will have to be amputated. rity Thousand Dollar Involved. VALPARAISO. July 11. SpeciaL-Mrs. fVimella Cornell has brought suit aerainst 1 Mrs. J. D. HoUett and, the Uoine rUs-

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Per cent 13.06 12.58 11.13 10.26 9.53 0.29 8.03 7.28 States Chemist. i sionary society of this city to set aside j ! Inn will fir Airs Amnrii r hrppm.in. Mip ! made a will leaving her property with. the execution of s.i.000. which was be queathed to the Womans' home society,. u ner uauRnter, Airs, uoueit, cuiung off the other daughter. Mrs. Cornell. The amount is about $50,000. Mnrlon Postmaster Fined. MARION, July 14. Special. Postmaster Clarence M. Hawkins of this city was arrested yesterday for riding a bicycle upon the sidewalk of North Marion. The dignified servant of Uncle Sam resides several miles from the city and has recently taken to the wheel for making his daily trips to the postolliee. He tried to avoid the rough riding by using the sidewalks and paid $12.0' to the mayor yesterday for this privilege. Another Gas Cosher. FRANKTON, July 14. Special. One of the most remarkable gas wells was drilled into this morning here. When the drill reached fifty feet into trer.ton the gas rushed out with such tremendous force that it blew 800 feet of the tubing skyward, and scattered It over an adjoining held. The men who were packing the well had a narrow escape, one of them beir? hurled twenty feet into the air. Itarnn nnd Homes Ilnrned Up. RUSHVILLE, July 13. Special. The large barn of Judge W. A. Cullen was struck by lightning this evening and burned together with a large amount of grain and hay, also a mare and a colt were killed; loss, $1,000. At about the same time the barn of Larry Harris, north of town, was also struck, burning the barn and killing two horses and destroying a large amount of grain and hay. J ii nie E. Toner Dead. MARTINSVILLE, July lS.-Special. James E. Toner, a prominent citizen here, died last night, aged fifty-three years. He enjoyed the best of health until a year ago, when a complication' of disorders seized him baffling the physicians' skill. He was a prominent hotel man for many years and served in city offices. Ills wife is widely known because of her activity in religious circles. Preacher anil Doctor' Dane Hall. ELWOOD, July 14. Special. The exciting game of base ball of the season was played at the ball park this afternoon between the ministers and doctors of this city. The ministers won with the score of 23 to 6. The proceeds were donated to the poor of the city. The game was interesting from start to finish, and abounded in many brilliant plays. Train Wrecker Thwarted. ROCKVILLE. July 14. Special. An attempt was made to wreck the passenger train on the T. II. & L. south today, a mile below town, by placing ties on the track. A man discovered the obstruction and flagged the train just in time to prevent the wreck. Two obstructions, half a mile apart, were found. ThroTvn from Ilia Horse. PAOLI, July 13. Special. A horse ridden by Mr. James Poison, a well known citizen of Stampers' creek township and son of Capt. H. H. Poison, ex-treasurer of this county, became frightened at a threshing machine yesterday and ran away, throwing his rider and inflicting Injuries which it is feared will prove fatal. nanklHgr Firm Asnlgrns. PLYMOUTH, July 14. Special. The private banking firm of Buck & Town has today made art assignment to It. B. Oglesbee, together with their hardware stock, the lägest In the city. The bank was a small one and the step was taken to protect their depositors, whom they say will be paid in full. A "Wealthy Fanner MlaalnK. ROCKPORT. July 12. Special. John Sea cat. a wealthy farmer and highly reflected citizen of tills county, has mysteriously disappeared. He wag last seen near his home about one week aro. No trace whatever can be learnpd of his whereabouts. It is believed that he has been' murdered. Worked the Shell Game. COLUMBUS. July 15. SpeciaL Willlam Ardre.y, a, faxtuar or Cl'fiy tawn-

tests, made in the Gov't Laboratory,

by impartial and unprejudiced official chemists, furnish the highest testimony

as to which is the best baking powder.

LEAVENING GAS.

Cubic i.i. per ox. 160.6 . 151.1 . 133.6 . 123.2 . 114. . 111.6 . 96.5 . 87.4 ship, thought he could locate the ball, but lost 1 before he found out that he was beins buncoed out of his hard cash. A prominent butcher of this city dropped $135 at the driving park in the same way. Look Out for It, I) ufT. PAOLI, July 12. Special. While hunting near French Lick yesterday John W. Felkner of this place killed a rattlesnake that measured four feet and eight inches in length and was as large around as a man's arm. It had nine rattles and a button. The skin has been stuffed and will be presented to Duff Callihan of the Marion county clerk's office as a sample of one of the productions of this section of the state. Old People Jlarrr, GREENSBURG, July 15. Special. Elisha S. Gleason, a baptist minister of Hancock county, seventy-four years old, and Malinda Bridges, sixty-five, of this county, were united In marriage In this city, the ceremony occurring in the court house. Justice Creath officiating. A Steam Tliretslier 11 u rued. MARTINSVILLE, July 14. Special. Fire destroyed the threshing machine, stacker and other machinery of Wheeler Bros, while they were thrashing wheat for Jap Duckworth yesterday. The wheat was saved. A spark from the engine was the cause. Loss, $1,800. Kew IJii ii U at Ftilrniount. MARION, July 14. Special. A new bank has been organized at Fairmount by Nixon and Jonathan WInslow, with Will Winslow cashier. The Farmers, and Merchants' bank, which recently suspended at that place, will not resume business for some time. An Old Soldier Dead. WINCHESTER, July 13. Special. Henry Carter died this morning. He was an old citizen and one of the foremost business men of Winchester. He was a captain in the Fifty-sixth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry. Change at the Southern Prison. JEFFERSON VILLE, July 11. Special. The prison directors this morning appointed the Rev. W. II. II. Strause of Washington, chaplain, and Dr. D. C. Teyton of this city, physician. nijy Fire nt Madlaon. MADISON. July 11. Special. Schofield's woolen mills burned this afternoon. The building and stock Is valued at $70,000, and the loss Is probably $50,000. There is partial insurance. Threnlitns; at Kennnrd. KENNARD, July 15. Special. Threshing began here Friday. Showalter & Bouslog received about 200 bushels that day which weighed sixty to sixty-one pounds to the bushel. Princeton PI re Loan. PRINCETON, July 14. Special. The following is the total loss by the recent fire: On buildings, $116,300; on stock, 134.000; total loss, 250,000; Insurance, $113,975; net loss, $134,923. J. II. Loner Dead. MADISON, July 15. Special. J. II. Losey, one of the oldest merchants of North Madison," died this morning of dropsy. Minor State I tent a. Jackson county fair Sept 26-29. The gas war continues at Logansport. Tippecanoe county will have no fair this year. George Russell of Crawfordsvllle has a colt with only one fore leg. Jackson county teachers' institute will be held at Seymour Jul?, 31. William McCoy of Jeffersonville died Wednesday, aged forty-eight. William Buse threshed 800 bushels of wheat off 30 acres near Seymour. Jacob Bottorff of Cortland had 1,040 bushels of wheat from fifty acres. J. B. Able of Jackson county threshed 2,000 bushels of wheat off 90 acres. Calvin Karnes has seventy acres of very fine corn In Jackson county. The Farker News is the latest newspaper venture In Randolph county. James Kllllans Is the name of the man killed by the cars Thursday night. Thirty Italians refused Wednesday to work any louser on the Richmond street

railway unless they were paid money due them. H. C. Beyer of Seymour sent the first nutmeg melons north Thursday night. Patrick Hamilton of the East Haven asylum, near Richmond, has escaped. Blaze Robertson near Honeytown harvested 23 bushels of wheat to the acre. John Lorance of Surprise sold seventytwo dozens of eggs at Seymour Thursday. Ripe home-grown peaches have made their appearance in the Seymour market. Henry Topic of Dudley town sold 4'JO dozens of eggs at Seymour Wednesday. James Robertson, near Honeytown. lost fifty-eight shocks of wheat by fire Monday. Robinson & Wallace, booksellers of Crawfordsvllle, have made an assignment. tire building free. All union painters in the city will donate the time and work. George H. Hunter near Rockford threshed 2,000 bushels of wheat off SO acres. The Lafayette opera house is undergoing a thorough remodeling and renovation. A buzz planer chipped off four fingers from the hand of üus Bartels at Michigan City. Mary E. Swain was appointed postmistress at Pike's Peak, Brown county, Thursday. Richard Stewart caught a catfish weighing forty-five pounds at Rockford Thursday. James Justice, a Cass county pioneer, died Tueslay, aged eighty-four. He left ten children. A small child was killed near Walesboro by the crush of persons falling from a wagon. The Hon. O. A. Robefston of Jackson county threshed 1,300 bushels of wheat off sixty acres. There is complaint from every county In southern Indiana that apples are falling off the trees. Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Swem of Greensburg have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. O. W. Tuell brought sixty gallons of cultivated blackberries to the Seymour market Thursday. The Spencer Democrat says the wheat crop just harvested in Owen county is the best for years. R. E. Cofield of Rising Sun harvested 3.000 bushels of wheat, which he sold for 56 cents per bushel. The Blish milling company received 3,500 bushels of new wheat from wagons Tuesday at Seymour. W. N. McDonald of near Seymour threshed marly seven thousand bushels of wheat off SiX) acres. Robin Porter died at West Bluffton recently, lacking only eighteen months of being a century old. Henry Strohm. billing clerk for the Lake Shore at Goshen, lost his right hand while coupling cars. A granitoid pavement Is being laid in front of the cathedral and around the priest's home at Vlncennes.

A Locke township (Elkhart county) man made his first visit at Goshen the other day in fifty-live years. New Tippecanoe county wheat arrived Wednesday at Lafayette, weighing sixty-one pounds to the bushel. A turnip weighing six and one-half pounds, this year's growth, is on exhibition in the New Albany Ledger office. William S. Tuttle and Sarah E. Hilton of Duncan, Boyle county, Kentucky, were married in Jeffersonville Wednesday. Wheat threshing Is in progress all over the Seymour neighborhood and everywhere the yield Is very satisfactory. James and George Owens, twin brothers of Johnson county, recently celebrated their sixtieth birthday anniversary. P. H. Callahan, a farmer, while going home from Borden Monday eveningjyas stopped by four masked men and robbed of $127. And now it Is claimed th.t the Dallin road from Nappanee to Benton Harbor will touch at both South Bend and Mishawaka. Mrs. Elizabeth Foos, one of the most noted fortune tellers in southern Indiana, died in the Vanderburg county asylum. Lee Buroaker, the champion billiard player of Elwood, has gone to parts unknown, leaving behind a loving wife and a darling child. James Sherwood fell off a load of hay at Bourbon Wednesday, breaking his nose, mashing his face into a Jelly and dislocating his arm. The fifth and last child at home of Mr. and Mrs. George Allison died at Richmond of diphtheria Monday and was buried Tuesday. Mrs. Barbara Haag of North Vernon, after being totally blind for the last eight years, has regained her eyesight. She Is eighty years old. Trof. William Rady of Floyd county claims an average wheat yielLof thirty bushels to the acre. One field of four acres yielded 168 bushels. Past Great Sachem Judge Suit of Frankfort will address the Red Men at their picnic at Elwood Aug. 2. Judge Suit is an eloquent talker. Omri W. Tuell of Jackson county has Fold over $100 worth of raspberries raised on less than three-quarters of an acre, and his crop is not yet exhausted. James Kindrlcks of Forest was seriously burned trying to rescue his horses from a burning barn. Two of the horses were burned up and a third will die. W. A. Miller of near Seymour threshed 1,507 bushels of wheat off sixty- six acres, and Richard Madden threshed 425 bushels of wheat off seventeen acres. A fine blue lick spring has been discovered near Charlestown, whose water Is as full of medicinal virtues as the famous springs at French Lick and West Baden. James Murray, single, aged thirty-five, shot himself to death in the depot at Sturgis Sunday afternoon. He was a Keely graduate and was temporarily deranged. The first load of Clinton county wheat this year was sold in Frankfort Tuesday. It weighed sixty-two pounds to the bushel and was of an excellent quality. The Kokomo papers are authority for the statement that 2,000 laboring men are out of employment at that place. The shut-down is not permanent, they declare. George Browning, aged nine years, re siding on W. N. McDonald's farm, near Seymour, had-a stick run through his Jaw by the buckboard turning over Tuesday. From a forty-acre field near Cortlanü Elias D. Brown harvested a yield of twenty-eight bushels to the acre of wheat, weighing sixty-three pounds to the bushel. Miss Jennie Cummins died Monday near Memphis of consumption after six months'. Illness. She was in her nineteenth year, and possessed many charms of character. Farmers around Elwood are getting a little discouraged because it don't rain. They say if we don't have rain this week there will not be a half crop of corn raised. Peter Cooper having served his sen tence in the penitentiary has returned to his home in Kokomo. Mr. Cooper is said to be a good lawyer and will re sume his practice. While the eleven-year-old son of Leonard Hardman at Marlon unconsciously approached too near the heels of a mule the aniinal kicked him a terrible blow over the left eye, laying bare the skull. H. B. Strawn, who resides in Orinoco, exhibited a fine specimen of wheat in Columbus Tuesday. It is of the Poll varletv and from one grain he said forty stalks arose Fhowlng the variety to be wonderfully prolific. While swimming in the river last Sunday some of the boys on Shelby C Puett's farm near Lodi brought out one Drone of the antlers that once graced the head of a eUantic elk. The horn ! at th lue is ten lnchea la circuuilar-

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icrmce (Ms Rflffli Ost in a Sol-Stream! Tbe Crowds GettleBariaisis. We Get tic Room ! Everything Cut to Co ! Remnants of Silks, Dress Goods, Lawns, Batistes, Challies, Caicoes, Ginghams, Mus fins and Linens, Laces and Embroideries, Odds and Ends in Gloves, Hosiery, Muslin, Underwear, Corsets Odd Napkins and Toyels. The Accumulation of Veeks of the CREA1 RUSH. They Must Be Sold. ALL MARKED AT PRICES TO SELL. ence and so well pret-erved that the gloss Is still noticeable. It has been at least 100 years since elk were known to frequent the Wabash valley, thouph this frapment may have been in the bottom of the river for a thousand years. While Fred Badg, a farmer, was driv ing h'-me Thursday from Bourbon hi team became frightened and ran away. throwing him out and hurting him in ternally. He remained unconscious for several hours, and his recovery is doubtful. Joseph Duncan has brought suit aga!nst the Diamond plate-glass company of El wood, asking judgment for $3.100 on account of street assessments and attorney fees. The company has suits aggre gating $40,100 pending in the circuit court. Juhn Ferguson, Billy Foster and Dr. Morris of Columbus were fishing rear Jonesvi'.le Monday. Three large softshell turtles, an eight-pound shovelheaded catfish, a four-foot eel and a white perch were numbered among their catch. The four-year-old son of Dr. John Bowser was drowned in the race at Syracuse last Saturday. The little fellow went out to play in the afternoon and failed to return. After several hours' search the body was found in the water. Anderson has a man who never misses voting at any election, but it may be said that he his not voted for a president of the United States for over twelve years. In 18S4 he voted for Blaine, in 'feS for Cleveland and in 'l2 for Harrison. Mrs. Julius Hoff stadt of Madison is in receipt of a letter from her sister, Mme. Lambert, detailing the fearful famine at Forbach, in the province of Lorraine, Fiance. Wheat is cut and fed to the starving cattle, and butter costs 57 cents a pound. John Donovan, who shot and tried to kill his brother at Wabash Sunday, has been discharged by Judge Brewer. Donovan admitted that he carried the revolver to use in case his brother attacked him, but denied any intention of killing him. The court held that he acted in self-defense. A son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. White of Waterford, Master Glenn, about eight years old, narrowly escaped a horrible death Friday night. Mr. White was awakened by a curious noise In the children's room: he sprang up and taking a light went in and found the little fellow hanging by the head, caught bet..een the chair and the bed, and almost strangled; his tongue protruded from his mouth and he was black in the face. It was thirty minutes or more before they could revive him. Cambridge lodge. No. 5, F. and A. M., met Wednesday and began the work of conferring the degree of Master Mason on five candidates, viz: W. 11. Sands, W. A. Both, Charles Miller, William Hull and William Ulrich. The attendance of visiting Masons from Ilichmond, Xew Castle, Milton. Knightstown. Connersville, Centreville, Dublin and Hagerstown was large. Tbe work was well done and reflects credit on the lodge. The exercises closed with a banquet. Cambridge City Tribune. James Craig died in Crawfordsvllle Thursday. He was born in Adams county, Ohio, seventy-eight years ago and came to this state when he was a young man of twenty. He settled on a farm in Tippecanoe county. Here he was married and lived until about seven years ago when he removed to Crawfordsville. Since 1876 he has been an invalid. For many years he has been a leading and zealous member of the methodist church and was active in all church work until he was disabled physically. A couple of young women, who are undertaking the task of walking to the world's fair, may be expected through the city within the next few days, since Michigan City is in thi course of the shortest and best route. The names of the daring pedestrians are Misses Carrie and Emma Plant, and they reside In Muskegon. They will start from that city at 9 o'clock, Tuesday sharp, coming down the C. & W. M. to New Buffalo, if their courage keeps up, and thence, presumably, through this city. Michigan City Dispatch. The press generally is asked to give description of Ray Elliot, a little four-year-old boy, supposed to have been abducted from his parents at Marengo. Ia., on the 12th of last May by a band of gypsies or other roving people. 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