Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1893 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1893-TWELYE PAGES.

A TRYST AND A SHOTGUN.

JEFFKHSOX V I LI. II K X VZH I U CE3 UlITK A SKSSATIOX. The Alert 3Ir. Kirchbnnm Makes Malier I.l-1- for s I'rlüon (inanl "Wind Out of the Sail A Strang Cnae A Minister in Trouble Miss UnniiKr Demanded Other State Items. JEFFERSONVILLE, Aug. 6. Special. Fur several months past Mrs. Adam Klrchbaum and a supposed guard at the Indiana prison south have been devotedly attached to each other. Adam Klrchbaum, the husband, began to smell a mouse and laid his plan to catch his wayward spouse and the wily guard, tist niKht the time was set. Kirchbaum resides on Illinois-ave., a hört distance from the prison. He and .'lis wife decld?d to retire for the night and. they did. Mrs. Kirchbaum remained in Led until she thought her husband asletp, when she arose, dressed and left the hou.se, but instead Mr. 7 rchbaum was wide-awake, and with one eye watched his wife's maneuvers. On reaching the sidewalk Mrs. Kirchbaurr . who is described as thirty and quite handsome, was met by the guard, and the twain started out the street. The.- were soon pursued by Kirchbauna, with a gun, who, without ceremony nnd not caring who he hit, fired. Forturately the ball did not take effect, but it caused loud screaming and tagging or the part of Mrs. Kirchbaum, who ' nnlored Mr. Kirchbauna not to shoot a'ain. At this stage of the proceedings Kirchbaum became much exasperated and he gave vent to his feelings in words better imnglned than described, lie wanted to shoot again, but something told him "no," and he put up his gun. Mrs. Kirchbaum returned to her home and her escort left for a more congenial part of the city. The matter has caused a sensatiii in the neighborhood ami the episode related, It is said, will culminate in a divorce. 1VI.D Ol T OK TIIK SAILS. An A feed Pensioner Teil 111 Own Story In Detail. KOKOMO, Aug. 5.-Special. The "suspended politicians" have been neatly hoisted on their own petard In the case of Simon P., Stonerock, an aged pensioner of Miami county, which Is Just finding Its way into the state press. Stonerock's claim came under the act of 1S50. He was recently suspended and straightway a great howl went up from the republican press. An Investigation developed that Stonerock's attorney had caused him to be examined for "partial deafness, rheumatism, and Indigestion," and his claim showed only these disabilities. As a matter of truth, he had a valid case of total disability in an aggravated case of chorea. He was ordered to report before the Howard county board of examining surgeons, then republican, at once for re-examination. This he did, got his proper rating and will, of course, be promptly restored to the. rolls. In an Interview published In the Kokomo Dispatch he says: "There is no justice and no common sense In seeking to make politics of my suspension from then pension rolls. I suppose I am the one most nearly affected by this act, and I have made no complaint about it. and authorized nobody to complin for me. I have read the article In the Dispatch of Friday answering certain strictures on the action of the department, and I heartily approve and indorse It. It puts the case In Its proper light, though there are many details that are not understood by the public. "I was a member of the Fiftieth Ohio, company 11. I enlisted Aug. 13, lsGl. and was mustered out at Raleigh. North Carolina, June 23. 1S03. Though I had a hospital, record I could nut find witnesses, neither could I find comrades who could testify that I had contracted my disabilities in line of duty. For this reason I applied under the act of June 27. 1M0. "My attorney was T. W. Walmage of Washington. I was lirst examined for Indigestion, loss of hearing and nervous trouble. I know now that this Is all wrong. My specific disability should have been St. Vitus' dance (chorea). Immediately after my notice of suspension I received a letter from the Washington solicitor of claims with an order for my Immediate re-cxamlnatiotj." A STH4Oi: CASK Why Some People Thon fit It Iletter Change Their mnra. MARION", Au. 3. Special. A dispute which ha been In progress for some tiniH and whPh haa a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyd; flavor to It, has at lust been settled. The Incidents which led to the controversy containing the, clement of strangeness are these: Several month igo the vim", lamp und novelty works f Converge burned. The owners, Thomas Walt cm and family, got th lnlurance and left town going to Grhnth near Chi ago. The Converse Journal rharged that after leaving Converse the family name was changed to Rlcktt for fraudulent purpose. j( fiUnlly next went to White Hall. Mich., thence to Gas City, where kevrml witkx ngo their factory was again burned, with Th controversy w reopened, the Journal claiming that the family constats of Thomas Walters, nr., Thomas Walters, Jr., Richard Walter and Dirk Walters; and that Rl hard H. Ul kett of (Ja City H Richard II. Walter, formerly of ConRicketts, nil is Walters, was placed undtr oath toduy and In th statement nays: "I w-tit under tin t.atne of Richard Erm-at Walter at Converse, for the reason that wlun I went there my father Which I longer? r To tie ne the lower rf the höre, No. 9, irenu to lc the longer, but actual meaiurrmrnt prove it Vj be precisely the tame length ts No. I. ' jib the eye, bread, cake or biscuit made with an Alum or Ammonia taking powder my Lok very nice, but made with Cleveland's Baking Powder it will Ic finer grained, will keep moist an J fresh longer, and will net have a bitter cr unpleasant taste; And above all, it will be perfectly wholesome. Cofyristo.ji

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was living there under the name of Walters. His right name was Thomas Walters Ricketts. or Thomas Walter Ilicketts; and while at Converse he went by the name of Thomas Walters, or Thomas Ricketts Walters, and I assumed the name of Walters to correspond with that of my father's assumed name." He said he made the statement as the truth under oath that his claims against the insurance company for damages might not be void. A MIMSTLIl I THOIIILE. Iii Wife 9urn for Divorce and Mutes Serton Olinrsrca. RICHMOND, Aug. 3. Special. The Rev. C. C. Goodrich of Detroit, Mich., arrived here. today. He is pastor of one of the leading congregational churches thee, and this Is his first appearance here for several years. Pome months ago he filed suit for divorce from his wife, Mrs. Hattie Goodrich, of this city, formerly Miss Brown, and a few weeks ago Mrs. Goodrich filed a suit here for divorce from her husband. The fact became known to the reverend gentleman but recently, and brought him almost immediately to this city. Some time ago he became involved In some trouble in 'lis church, a member charging him with undue intimacy with one of the lady members. During a meeting held to investigate the facts the Rev. Mr. Goodrich assaulted one of his accusers, and the incident produced quite a sensation. He has finally managed to clear himself with his consrreKation, and Is, therefore, very naturally, extremely anxious to square himself in the divorce case, as Mrs. Goodrich in her complaint charges her husband with committing adultery with various persons while they were living as man and wife In Eoston, Mass. Should Mrs. Goodrich be granted a divorce it would be a severe blow to the Rev. Mr. Goodrich, and his determination to fight the case to the end is evident. Mrs. Goodrich has employed lawyer John P. Robbins to manage her affairs In the case, and when it comes up for trial next month some sensational developments are expected. ASSAl'LT W ITH ITET TO KILL. John rVrrl nnd Willlnni John ton In m Sertoli Predicament. PORTLAND. Aug. 3. Special. John Ferris and William Johnson. the. assailants of William Elder, were taken before Squire West yesterday afternoon for preliminary examination. Both men pleaded not guilty and were remanded to jail. The bond of each was fixed at $4.600. The crime of which they stand accused is that of assault with Intent to kill. Iate Monday night young Elder was driving home and was stopped by Annie Gray and Ellen Crabtree, who asked to ride. Rider gave them permission, and after going a short distance the horse was stopped by Johnson. Ferris jumped at Klder and struck him over the head with a beer bottle. The injured boy fell out on the ground and his assailant then dragged the edge of the then broken bottle across his neck. The blood spurted In torrents, and some one who witnessed the trouble called for help. Klder was t;iken home and u surgeon summoned. He Is still living and has a small chance of recovery. Johnson, Annie Gray and Annie limning, who were standing near, were arrested, but Ferris escaped and was raptured this afternoon at Dunkirk. The two women have been taken to the Decatur jail. For a time public feeling ran very high, and had Klder died his murderers would have been lynched. iKTTIX HID Ol' "imit;" STOHI'S. curly All the Women in Ml. Commit 311a In the Itoom. NEW CASTLE. Aug. 1. Special. The little town of Mt. Summit, five miles north of here, has been shaken from center to circumference. Robert Hewitt has had a drug store there for ievt-ral months, but It was usually called a "saloon" by the Summit people. Last Thursday night Hewitt, with reverul men and women, went Into the back yard and proceeded to dance a cun-can In true Parkhurst style. This so enraged the citizens that they got together and rocked the principals In the disgraceful affair out of town. They returned Friday, but did not long remain In peace. Saturday evening the citizen again drove tliem out, nil the women excepting four In Ihe town, participating. Hewitt and two women am now living in a farm house three mile from h'-re. The drug store adjoining the Hewitt tore was next made the object of attack, It ling charged that the proprietor, W. L. Brown, wold whisky In violatlon of th law. No violence was used In his rase. The citizens offered to buy the More fr to move the t W away free of com. Brown would accept none of the propositions and was given until ft o'dorfc lo leave. On the Hrown more the remdents are divided, tunny believing him to be Innocent of any wrong-doing. Threats to hum the place hail no effect either than to collect a b timber of Brown's friends, who guarded th prop, frty during the nUht and he la still holding the fort. Much feeling lias been engendered and the end Is not yet. iik; niMAr.r. demanded. . Orrr Seventy Thousand Dollnr for Locomotive ftpnrU. MITNCin. Aug. 4. Special. Juno IS. 1S'.)2, the C. J I. Over window glass works and tho Hemlngray glea works in this city were destroyed by fire. It wa alleged that a, wpark from a Lake Erie A Weutern railway ewltch engine started the fire. Papers have 1 een prepared to file at th September term of tho Delaware circuit court, asking damages from the Lake Erie A Western company In the sum of J71.::.'.05, the cntlro amount of the los. Tho plaintiffs are C. II. Over, British-American assurance company, Kvansvllle Insurance company, Fireman's Insurance company, IlamlurgBretnen Insurance company. Imperial fire Insurance company, Indiana Insurance company, Indiana underwriters' Insurance company. Lancashire insurance company, Marchenter fire assurance company, Michigan fire and marine insurance company, Nlagra fire Insurance company. North Prlttnh and Mercantile Insurance company, Norwich Union fire Insurance society, St. 1'aul fire and marine insurance company, Scottish Unjon and National Insurance company, Springfield fire and marine insurance company. State Investment and insurance company. Sun insurance company. Traders' insurance company and the Westt-rn assurance company. The companies paid nearly J3n,no0, the amount of their policies. The attorneys fur the plaintiffs are

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Bates & Harding and R. W. Barger, Chicago, and Ryan & Thompson, Muncie. A SAD IIOl'SKIIOLI). Particular of the Iteeent Suicide of Minn Sallle Perry. MONTEZUMA, Aug. 4.-Speclal. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Tolllver Terry, a farmer who lives about three and a half miles from town, was trying to paint the town red, and while at work he got Into a difficulty with one Britton over a game of cards, who at once slapped him and, not having the required amount of courage to resent it, he went home and vented his anger on his wife by beating her. The wife came to town at once and swore out a warrant for his arrest, while his daughter Sallie, overcome with shame and grief, decided to put an end to her existance ard swallowed a dose of rough on rats, and now lies a corpse. Perry was brought before Squire Dunlap by Marshal Hunter and lined $10 and costs. Perry is a man of about sixty years of age and does not deserve much pity. While his wife has the sympathy of the neighborhood it does not restore the daughter to life nor bring happiness to a once happy home. FOR AN OLD CHIME. C'nMiilaa White Stole a Cnr Load of Cat tie. PORTLAND, Aug. 4. Special. Casslus White, wanted for grand larceny, was captured near Nottingham, Wells county, last night by a posse of officers from this city. White stole a car load of cattle over five years ago and disposed of them to Cincinnati parties. He was indicted for the offense and arrested at Fort Wayne, but the judge held the Indictment not good and he was released. Afterward the supreme court reversed the decision of the lower court, but White could not be found. Yesterday the officers got wind of him at Nottingham, and Marshal Winters. Policeman Stewart, Lew Craig and Joe Wilt started after him. The two latter found him In a store and placed him under arrest. White tried to use his gun, but was not quick enough. He was then taken home and allowed to change clothes. Instead of doing so, he jumped from a second story window and tried to escape. Ela'ht or ten shots were fired at hl:n an I he wa' finally run down and recaptured. Vflhlte had boasted that he would never le arrested, and the posse who went after him were armed with heavy revolvers and Winchester rifles. Tipton Again Agitated. TIPTON". Aug. 3. Special Another big sensation in connection with the Armstrong defalcation was sprung on the people of this place last night in the arrest ami incarceration of J. K. Armstrong for taking a leading part In the attempt to sandbag the watchman at the Jail, drug the sheriff and do other violent things in order to release Cal Armstrong from prison. Watson Pitzer and Joe Pressler, who were arrested yesterday for participating In the crime after being told of the enormity of their offense were Induced to make a confession. They said that Treasurer Armstrong was the Instigator of the crime and Induced them to take hold of the thing and help liberate Cal Armstrong, for which they were to receive a large money consideration. Blufe Fartenberry, who was to do the sandbugRing and who subsequently weakened and Informed the officer, will not be arrested. C. Goodknlght. n servant of the Armstrongs, was also arrested, but was released as It Is thought that he Is not guilty of nny crime other than carrying notes and money between the Armstrongs and Fartenberry, who was to receive $4W) for the successful termination of the Job. Pltr.er and Pressler were released today on a email bond. Much sympathy is expressed for the young men as they have born a good reputation und the Armstrongs are the sob cause of their downfall, (ireat Indignation Is felt for the Armstrongs and they will probably both be sent to the penitentiary. It Is reported that th Armstrongs have 21.0'io of the stolen money hid away, ami had Calvin been successful In escaping they would both leuve the country. A preliminary hearing will bo given Jkvi Armstrong Aug. 17. A lllatreaalnir Accident, SELLERSIUJRG, Aug. l.-Speclal. A sorrowful tragedy occurred at an early hour this morning at Henry Hold's, who lives at h little distance from this town. His near neighbors tire the Cuddy, a family composed of Michael Cuddy, his wife and several children. Yesterday Mr. Cuddy went to Jefferwonvllle, and It Is stated that he drank considerably there during" the day. He arrived here on the 2 o'clock train this morning and proceeded, as ho thought, to his own home, but h made a mistake and tried to get Into Hold's house. Dold was awakeucil by the noise ond, he ways, ha thought that a burglar whs trying to gain mix entrance to his home. After making several Inquiries of the man he could gt no answer, lie then took his shotgun and banged away through the door. Upon opening the door Cuddy was found dead on the steps. He was filled with rhot and had evidently died Instantly. Dold, upon recognizing the dead as Cuddy, was very much surprised, and soon after explained the matter and announced that he whi ready to give himself up to the proper authorities. Tell My Wife Cooil-bye." JEFFERSONY'lLLE. Aug. 2.-Spec!al. Jesse Crook, ex-superlntendent of the City railway and collector of the fcrr Jumped from the steamer Jeffersonvllle at 5 o'clock this morning and drowned himself. He was forty-five years old. The steamer was lying at her wharf. As he Jumped Into the water he called out to ltoy Haines, tho watchman: "Tell my wife and child good-by." Boards, llfe-preservera and tables were thrown to him. but he failed to graep them, aTel sank out of sight. He was a prosperous farmer at ono time, and It Is believed that his misfortunes end reverse caused him to commit suicide. The deceased was a Tythlan and an odd fellow, and ho wa impularly and widely known. He leaves a wife and daughter. Kaln Needed llailly. ANDERSON, Aug. 2. Special. There has been no rain In the vicinity of Anderson, and, In fact, throughout the county, since May 30. As a consequence the corn crop, which bid fair some weeks ago to be unusually large, will be almost a total failure. Much damage has

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ways, miles of fences have been dei -S -m m .1 - m Biroyea ana nunureas ui acres ui i meadow and nasture land have been i burned over. The fact that the corn crop has been destroyed will cause many farmers to keep their wheat to feed horses and cattle. DELPHI. Aug. 2. Special. The long continued drouth has completely ruined upland clay ground corn. It is beyond resuscitation. Early potatoes are gone. Pastures dried up and the people are feeding their stock. But one rain in six weeks. In addition to other conditions, the outlook is gloomy. Indicted for Marder. WINCHESTER, Aug. 5.-SpecIal. Samuel Price and Lizzie Storms have both been Indicted for the murder of Kent Brown. The details of the crime were told In The Sentinel of Tuesday morning. Brown was found dead In the woods within two miles of this city and the evidence all pointed In the same direction, and that was that Price had killed Brown and that Lizzie Storms was more or .'ess Implicated. The Jury also found an Indictment against John Lee of Union City, who Is charged with murdering his daughter's child, and the worst feature about the crime is that he is also charged with being the father of the child. The Jury Indicted him also with murder In the first degree. The Story of a Xeedle. NOBLESVILLE, Aug. 4. Special. Some six or seven years ago Mrs. W. W. Ritchie of this city accidentally swallowed a needle. As it was the source of no pain, but little was thought of the occurrence until a few days ago, when Mrs. Ritchie felt a sharp pricking in her left side. Upon Investigation it was found that the steel needle which she had swallowed so long ago had lodged beneath the skin and that it was Just then forcing Its way out. It was extracted with the aid of a pair of tweezers and was as highly polished as the day when it was made in the factory. Although It had been in her body for at leat six years, Fhe never experienced a particle of pain from it. I.I 1 1 le Cora Fntnlf I) Inn. BRAZIL. Aug. 4. Special. Little Cora Fugate. the twelve-year-old daughter of John Fugate, living at Iladleytown, a suburb of Brazil, who voluntarily persisted In a fast of more than two months' duration In early spring, for the reason that she wanted to die and Join her little brother In the spirit land, is reported now to be dying. Though the fast was partially broken and the girl took some nourishment at intervals, she has never rallied, but continued to decline and weaken, having never recuperated enough to be out of bed. It is a most pathetic case of starvation from self-volition. Her record of total abstinence from food discounts Tanner's by many days. Accidentally Killed II Im elf. WABASH, Aug. 2. Special. Last evening Henry Kestler, thirty-five years old, a farmer of Waltz township, this county, was accidentally shot and killed. Kestler was at work thrashing, when a party of hunters drove up. Kestler noticed a fine gun laying in the vehicle, which he picked up to examine. In doing so the weapon was accidentally discharged, the load taking effect In Kestler's abdomen, tearing the intestines to shreds. He lived In awful agony but a few minutes. Kestler was a man of family, leaving a wife and six children in straitened circumstances. New l'oatiuuatera. The following postmasters were appointed In Indiana Wednesday: Dillsborough, Dearborn county, Frederick Ginter; Farmer's Retreat, Dearborn county, F. II. Schuette; Green's Fork, Wayne county, U. K. Dougherty; Klrklln, Clinton county, J. M. Purdwln; Lost River, Martin county, J. H. Seerwick; Packerton, Kosciusko county, Josephine Scott: Plercevllle, Ripley county, Alexander Collins; Silas, Blackford county, L. D. Templeion; Tangier, Parke county, C. H. Wimmer; Wakeland, Morgan county, H. A. Ground. Ilnln Wanted Badly. NOBLKSVILLE. Aug. 4. Special. . Crops In Hamilton county, especially potatoes and corn, are being damaged to the amount of thousands of dollars every day by the continued drouth. In the northern part of the county scarcely any rain at all has fallen since the middle of June and but a small quantity since May ÖC. The torrid rays of the unshielded sun are literally horning up the vegetation of nil kinds and at the present time It Is feared that the corn crop will be a total failure. Other crops are bring uffectid by the drouth equally as bad. Another Mrnterlon lit nppenrnnce. ÖGD EN, Aug. 4. Special. James Roak last Tuesday evening, Just after dark, walked out of his house In the south part of the town and shortly afterwards a search was made for him. Neighbors and friend. hunted that night, also Wednesday ami Thursday for miles In every nofk and corner, but he has not been found yet. What Is so strange about this cane Is that Mr. Roak has wasted away by discs? and Is so very weak that It seems almost Impossible that he should have so effectually disappeared. Wheat llnrned I'p. MARTINSVILLE. Aug. 2.-Spcclal Fire destroyed three large ricks of wheat for Ed Rain yesterday afternoon, containing about a thousand buNhela. W. (I. Rain, In attempting to save tho wheat neatly hmt his life by his horses running away with a plow. W. CI. Rain iiImo had n lug meadow destroyed by the fire and several hundred yards of fence. Sunday he lot two fine broixl nows, a mulo and a young heifer. The fire Is thouaht to have been caused by a passing freight engine. A Tonn Man Drowned. WARASH, Aug. 2. Special. In the MtMhslnews. river nt Red Bridge, this county, last night Clark Lamm of Amboy, a graduate of the publlo school thcra last spring, was drownM In an cnendeavor to swim across the river. Ho be. came exhausted and went down In midstream. The body was recovered three hours after the accident. Young Lamm was a very bright lad and tho only son of a widow, Mrs. Martha Lamm. I'mmlnent Farmer Dead. SIIKLHYVILLE, Aug.. 2. Special Joel Crum, a prominent farmer, died at his home near London yesterday afternoon of typhoid fever. Mr. Crum was born In Pennsylvania, May 30, 1S1, and camo to this county when a young man. By hard labor he accumulated quite an estate, which several years ago he divided between his four children. The wife of. the Hon. Bellamy S. Sutton Is his dugntr. A Change of Date. FLORA, Aug. 2. Special. The twelfth annual fair of . the Carroll county Harvest home asaoclatlon, to be held at Camden, Ind., has been changed to Oct. 3-. t Feed I not Wheat to )tna. WABASH, Aug. Special. Farmer In this vlclnty have begun to feed their new wheat to nogs. They claim that with corn at RO cents a buahel It Is cheaper to fatten swine on the wheat, which la worth lvss. taking the chances

of a possible advance in wheat in the future. Oats and pasturages are short, and In consequence, the dairymen have advanced the price of milk, while the creameries of the county are receiving scarcely enough to keep them In operation.

State Minor Item. Muncle has a Knights of Rest club. There will be no fair at Salem this year. Field and forest fires are raging near Franklin. Columbia City tax payers have voted for water works. The Richmond hod carriers have organized a union. Wheat sold at 50 cents per bushel at Seymour Thursday. The new Odd Fellows' hall at LewisVllle has been completed John Donhost has twenty-five acres of fine corn In Jackson. Madison defeated the Columbus hall club Wednesday by 20 to 14. An old settlers' picnic will be held at Hall, Morgan county. Tuesday, Aug. 15. The Osgood fair is in progress with a large attendance and a creditable show. Commissioner Hunsucker of Vallonia 1 has fifteen acres of very fine watermelons. Richard Madden of Jackson county has harvested sixty tons of fine timothy hay. The upland corn in southern Indiana Is beginning to suffer from the want of rain. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Ricoie, a resident of New Albany for sixty-one years, is dead. A hairless calf and spotted like a leopard was born recently in Floyd county. Mrs. Henry Shroyer, widow of the late Henry Shroyer, died at Cambridge City recently. Samuel and Simon Fox left Richmond Monday for permanent residence in Cincinnati. James W. Robertson, an old and esteemed citizen of South Bend, died Tuesday. John O. Hardesty of Anderson is talking about starting a daily paper in Logansport. The steamboat John F. Fowler was burned near New Albany Monday night. Loss. $10.000. A scourge of old-fashioned black potato bugs is reported In some parts of Parke county. Maxwell Stanley and his wife, of Jefferson county, have Just celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Christian II. Miller celebrated their silver wedding Thursday, at Fort Wayne. The wheat of T. S. Nugen on sixteen acres, near Lewlsville, averaged fortytwo bumel to the acre. Terah Scott, ninety-eight years old, ex-trustea of Oregon township, Clarke county, died Wednesday. Hibner & Able of Seymour sent a large consignment of live stock to Cincinnati Thursday night. James Whltson and Austin Downs were the first to deliver home grown watermelons at Seymour. Jacob G. Woolly, acred fifty-five, formmerly a J. M. & I. railway engineer, died at Dundee, Ky., Thursday. Mrs. L. L. Shields ha-s Just finished harvesting 175 tons of timothy hay on her Jennings county farm. Wilson Bros', shirt factory of Logansport has closed down temporarily. Two hundred girls were employed. Bud Hazzard has sent 130 crates of nutmeg lemons to Anderson in the past two nights. Seymour Democrat. A cow on the farm of John Mullen near New Albany has for the second ; time given birth to twin calves. Joshua Burris of Johnson county has Just closed the threshing season, havinj threshed 14,000 bushels of wheat. 1 Richard Cornell, an old and well known citizen of Cambridge City, was burled Wednesday. He was eighty years old. Princeton and Patoka played ball Sun day at the latter place and the game stood 15 to 4 In favor of the Princeton club. Twenty cases have been sent to Van derburg county on a change of venue from Posey county within the past three years. Henry C. Beyer of the Seymour melon section claims the belt this season as I usual as the champion nutmeg melon raiser. John Fox and Braxton Foist of Red ding township, Jackson county, are grinding 1,400 bushels of wheat for Stock feed. The checker match, played by postal cards, between Greensburg and Kdln burg resulted In the former winning six games straight. The Huntington branch of the Broth crhood of locomotive engineers has re elected C. M. Keller master of the order for the fifth time William Ensmlnger of Shelbyville threshed 357 bushels of wheat from fif teen acres of ground; about twenty-four bushels to the acre. Wednesday night a freight car was robbed at Huntington. The door was broken open and twenty pairs of men's and boys' shoes taken out. Percy Morgan of Wale arrived in Gas Cltv Friday for the mi rouse of con 1 ferrlng with L. C. Boyd concerning the establishment of a brewery. Mike Flnke's wheat yield, in Jackson county, was twenty-seven and one-half bushels, and Henry Perslngers had a yield of twenty-four bushels to the acre. The Holiness camp meeting that has been so successfully conducted at the grounds on the Knobs west of New Al bany for the past twelve days, closed Monday. Miss Hnrrlctt Rutterficld of Goahen and Harry Muthtot Patton of Cairo. III.. woie married Thursday night at the resi dence of Mr. aud Mrs. Dwlght H. Hawks In tjoshrn. The Rockport Democrat says there Is an old colored lady living In Rockport wlio tlulms to bo 118 years old. Her name Is Mrs. Minnie Harmon. She has outlived five generation. Iae Hunt of Harrison township, Wayne county, rmployfd to watch Joseph Moore' farm, ahot a man named Grimes ft Richmond, who persisted In picking blackberries. Wednesday evening st the residence of Cyrus Trees In Manilla. John D. Green of Arlington and' Miss Lavanche Trees were united In marriage by the Rev. McNeeley of Rushvtlle. The threshing outfit of Lympus, Amos &. Co of Shelbyville threshed wheat on nineteen dlffernt farm, made twentynine settings, and In twelve and threequsrter days hulled out U,7t)0 bushels. Jame Graff of Grayvllle and Mis Llllle Wells of Poseyvllle eloped to Mount Vernon Thursday and were married. The qulre said she wa the prettiest bride that he had ever married. A BhelhyvlUs man went home the other nifcJit and thought lie saw a big snake In the yard. He got a hatchet, chorped it Into small pieces and the next morning discovered that It was a piece of hose. George Shultx, one of the most prominent and best known business men, of Cambridge City, was overcome by the heat last Monday and Is lying In a critical condition, with the chances against his recovery. Mr. Mary McClure died In AiOganport Wednesday aged weventySlx. Tho deceased went with her husband to Logansport from Madison In 1S29. and had resided there ever since, or for a period of more than sixty years. Tho young lady clerks of a certain dry good etore are greatly Incensed at the conduct of a male companion who Invited the crowd In for Ice cream and then took a hurried departure through a rear door. Kouth Bend Time. Logansport seems proud to have a man eighty-two years old who is able , to run. Daniel Reeder of this city Is , eighty-five, and can without doubt distance him, even though handicapped

with three years. Mr. Reeder has never ceased active work and exercise and keeps up better than men of sixty years. He is the most agile man in the state. Peru Journal.

The force of clerks In the Wabash freight office at Huntington Is to be cut down to reduce expenses. One man will be laid off. Every office on the line is being served in the same way. Mrs. Ehria Robertson died Wednesday at New Albany one month after her husband's decease. She was seventyseven years old and had lived in New Albany for over half a century. The boy who set fire to a bumble bee's nest last week near Rainstown was quite a large boy. and besides the wheat destroyed, three tons of hay were burn ed and eight acres of meadow killed. Railroad Detective Needham captured three thieves at Chesterton Friday evening. They had been pilfering cars of merchandise for some time, and had Quite a lot of goods in their possession. John E. Bobbins, a wealUjy citizen of Greensburg and interested in the Citi zens' bank of Hope, has been stricken with paralysis so that he can neither walk nor speak. His condition is critical. A shooting contest between the shot gun experts of Greencastle and Brazil will take place at Greencastle Thursday afternoon of next week. There is good shade and seats will be provided for the ladies, who are especially invited. Judge Gibson will bring quo warranto proceedings against Judge Friedley and Prosecutor Howard against Prosecutors Bear and Vanosdol, to test the constitutionality of the law consolidating Clarke and Jefferson judicial districts. Thirty-five miles of public ditches are in progress of construction in Daviess county at a cost of about $90.000. They will redeem thousands of acres of wet lands and will make of them some of the most productive farm land In the state. One of our banks was paid a claim of J2.0U0 by a Toledo b.ink in silver one day this week. Th money weighed alout tho same as a two bushel sack of wheat, and the handling of it was anything but satisfactory. It came by express. Laporte Argus. The Rev. W. H. Price, who has been pastor of the Lancaster Lutheran church for the past ten years, has resigned and will move to Waynesburg, O. The Rev. H. L. Ridenour of West Clinton. O., will probably be employed by the Lancaster congregation. Walter B. Pershing of South Bend has began a suit for libel against Mrs. Addie Sehrier of the same city for JlO.OuO. Mr. Pershing charges that Mrs. Sehrier circulated a report that he had been an inmate of the Jeftersonville penitentiary for forgery. J. M. Keller of Nappanee, who was so seriously injured at the bicycle races at South Bend Friday, is cared for at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boone of Goshen. It is thought that it will be at least a month before Mr. Keller will be abl3 to walk. On the Chicago division of the Pennsylvania lines twenty freight brakemen were laid off at Logansport Tuesday and that number of freight conductors reduced to the grade of brakemen. The force of train dispatchers was reduced from six to four. George W. Diffenderfer has just fin ished threshing the wheat from a hfty acre field belonging to ex-U. S. Treas urer E. H. Nebeker, near Covington, and realized 1,553 bushels of wheat there from an average of a little over thirtyone bushels per acre. A South Bend barber has commenced suit against the Times and Tribune of his town and asks $5.000 damages in each case. He claims the papers damag ed his business that much by a recent publication concerning a poisonous face lotion he had used. Mrs. J. M. Peters of Goshen met with a serious accident Saturday. She arose early, and before she was fully awake strolled into the hall, stepped off the landing anl fell the entire length of the stairs. She received injuries In her spine which paralyzed the lower limbs. The Rev. Hayden Rayburn of Kokomo disputes the claim advanced on behalf of an aged divine at Crawfordsvllle as the champion otficiator In marriage cere monies. He solemnized his first marriage in 1S4S, and altogether he has Joined 1,162 couples. Mt. Vernon is no better than the rest of cities in the. United States, for its people have gone crazy over the latest popular song, "After the Ball is Over. It bids fair to outdo "Annie Roony, "Maggie Murphy" or "White Wings." Mt. Vernon Democrat. The following is a list of teachers for the Geneva schools the coming winter: Prof. W. M. Parks, Amelia Adams, Flor once Whltcomb, E. F. White, John Hülse, Jeanne Rennett, Ed Tlerney. Roy Draper, A. M. T. James. Alah Green, F. A May and II. B. Hewitt. The large barn and adjoining buildings, with their contents, of S. V. Coosa rd, near South Mllford, were burned Sunday Origin of the fire unknown, but was probably caused by some lingering spark from the steam thresher which was used there the day before. The loss is $::,000, with $1.500 insurance. Wheat Is 4. cents today. Have not the farmers great reason to question the fihecrltv of republican slump speakers of this titv last fall who promised "phenomenal price for wheat If the McKinley tatirr stays there?" The farmers ought, to bring suit for breach of promise. Huntington Democrat. John Fa tied te of Springfield, Franklin county, threshed nine acres of wheat yielding thlrty-fivo bushels, three peeks per aer and Jacob Whlteman of Bath had one field of Cleveland wheat which produced thlrty-slx bushel. The average for Franklin county will run about twenty bushels to the acre. William Brlsscnden ha received $3,0i0 In gold from the Order of railway conductor. It being the amount carried by him In the bove order. Brlsscnden Is tho well-known Motion conductor who wn Injured In a wreck on the routh end last winter by reason of widt h It was necessary to amputate one of his limbs. The amount Is paid him on account of hi lofj. It Is scarcely one month until the national encampment of the (1. A. R. will be hi Id at Indianapolis, and but little hn been done toward cncourirlng the soldiers of Tipton county to attend. This I a matter which should be given attention. Iet the woMbry of our coounty preparu to go to Indianapolis and witness the great military gathering. Tipton Times. W. E. Heal was sworn In Wednesday ns treasurer of Grant county for the corning two year. Clerk Addington administered the oath, after which the names of Heal' two deputies were announced. Theee are W. D. Steele of Marlon and Elsworth Harvey of Franklltl township. Ex-Treasurer Joseph I'arker and Treasurer Heal made a wettlement Wednesday night. About 10 o'clock Sunday morning a fire occurred at S. F. Coosa rd'n farm about one mile southwewt of South Mllford. which destroyed his largo barn and sheds, carriage house, scales and scale house, poultry house, windmill and tower, several stack of wheat and straw beside about 1,000 bushel of wheat and grain, hay and many valuable farming implements. The loss will amount to $3.ooo or over with an Insurance of 11.500. Lagrange Democrat. The solo tonic of conversation at the spiritual camp grounds is the seances of Joseph King of Benton Harbor, Mich., and Mrs. Aber of Kansas City, two of the best materializing mediums ever seen In Madison county. It Is clamed their weance are wonderful, a many a fifteen forms materializing In one of them. Unlike other mediums, they give their tets In a llghtd room, and this, together with the materializations, has won over many disbelievers. Anderson Democrat. Mr. Minerva A. Tryon died Wednesday after nn Illness of a few days at the residence of her son, A. U. Tryon, at Switz City, Ind., and wa burled at Oak Hill cemetery, near Riley, by the side of her husband, "who died five years ago. Deceued was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, May 22, 1813. and wa married to James T. Tryon Oct, 18. 1531. In 137

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H s. The balance of our stock of Summer Wash Dress Goods we place on sale at prices that will dispose of them quicklycomprising LAMS, BATISTES, ORGAHDIES, CBALUES, GINGHAMS, SAIEESS, ETC. These goods are conveniently arranged on tables with prices attached so that selections can easily be made. Come early. they moved to Indiana, near Terre Haute, where they lived for a number of years, after which they moved ti Riley, where they lived until death, claimed th husband. Since that tima she has lived with her children, of whom there are seven, is follows: Mrs. M. F. Carter of Hunt Ciiy, Hi.; Mrs. E. J. Robinson of Ft. Smith. Ark.; J. R, Tryon of Riley; X. W. Tryon of Mt. Vernon, Ind.; Mrs. J. R. Napper of Springtield. Mo.; A. R. Tryon of SwitZ City, and Mrs. J. C. Brown of this city. Terre Haute Express. Farmers throughout Johnson county are much discouraged over the condition of corn. For weeks past there has teen little or no rain, and the loaves are rapidly shriveling. A half crop is all that is expected, if indeed th? yield will be so great. Tomatoes, which are cultivated extensively fur surrounding canning factories. are also suffering from the drought. As to fruit, the outlook is favorable to a dismal failure. The tenth annual Sunday school celebration at Ibmeytown was a grand success. Fully 3,0iX) ieople were present, and the little grove of eight acres was one solid mass of human beings. The schools represented w-re: Cortland, Surprise, Houston, Brownstown methodist episcopal, White Chapel and Acme. Elders Cross, Jones and Shutts made excellent si-eches, while stand men did a big business, and all was peace and quietude, not a bad work being sioken. Theron Jacks of Kokomo, a lad who is visiting at the home of his grandfather, W. W. Stewart, had an experience Wednesday that might have cost him his life and has convinced him that there is something besides Joy In the country. Theron was turning sum mersaults in the barn, and, instead of alighting on the hay as he had planned, his head came in contact with a joist with such force as to nearly scalp him, and most thoroughly scare his grandparents. It required five large and elegant stitches to sew up the wound. Wabash Plain Dealer. Recently, in the recitation of a Sunday-school lesson, the lady in charge of the class of boys said: "Now, which of you boys can give an account In your own language of the combat between David and Goliath?" Permission having been given the first !' who had signalized his readiness to proceed, th urchin said with a great measure of assuranco and satisfaction: "Gollar, he came out and talked awhile through his hat. David, he chinned him a little, an then he upped and pegged hint in the eokernut with a brick, and Goliar croaked." Brazil Democrat. Th. Sullivan county board of review concluded its work last Saturday. It Is made the duty of the b iard to assess the capital stock of corporations, and the result of their labor on this line was .an assessment of $r.4.('"'J. The county assessor found mortgages, etc., which had been returned by the assessor of the township amounting tt $ir,?.-,.'?. As many of these had been running for years past the auditor has assessed on sneh claims for former years $.".;, ;sso. The total additions to the duplicate for IS'.M resulting from the action of the board amounts to JJ'.",CI2. Monday while County Commissioner Kyte was driving along tho highway near the banks of White river he observed two field sparrows that were acting very strangely, and he stopped bis horse and watched them for a couple minutes when he observed that they were hipping about, and chirping to a large snake that was hlowly moving toward them. Mr. Kyte got out of his buggy and with a club struck the snake and kill. m1 It. The two birds appeared to be completely tinder the snake's control, and after It was killed fl-w down upon It and made considerable noise over and around lt. Columbus Republican. A letter to the Madison Herald from Hanover says: "J. 1 Craig on contest for premium of $:s had thirty bushels per acre. His wheat I'll early In the spring and did not fill, or he would have had forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He had thirteen litres on contest, 23.487 pounds of wheat, or thirty bushel per acre, and be bad fourteen acre sown with the same dust, and .t:r.s9 pounds of wheat, or thlrty-slx bushels per lore on fourteen acres, or on twenty-seven acres nn average of thirty-three bushels per acre. Joseph Pender, In Saluda, had on contest thirty-four bushel per acre. John Schrtber bad twenty-eight bushel on contest, nnd Georg Trtnkle thirty bushel. H. H. Tull. on the Mine contest, raised 1K.77 pounds of wheat on nine ncres, or thirty-four bushel and forty-six iound per aire, which Is fortynix pound more than any other man raised on tho contest." nlnre Ilentend it Tniile. We oucht never to forget, even those of n who posse vigorous health, that ere wenrinK out-tit the vital clock wr.rk. no to fteik, nuiM rveiituiilly run down. This, of courwe, wo cannot prevent. 1c.iuKtj It is In the ordinary course of nature, but we msy retard the too speedy nrrlvul of derny by tli ue of n iivliornnt which tnke mnk of every other namely. Hosteller' Stomach Bitters. This century h not witnee l a parallel In suece to this fatnovi medicine, which not only sustain heulth by prmottnir vlKr, but overcome .constipation, dysprpnia, chill and fever, nervuusne. rheumatism und other disordered conditions of the system fostered by weakness nd n Impoverished condition of the blood. 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