Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1894 — Page 8

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THE tiffilANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1694-TWELYE PAGES.

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Mrs. Archibald Pennlston of North Vernon died at her home there Sunday of typhoid-pneumonia at the age of eljfhty yeara. She was one of the oldest ladldfi In that city. The following are the offlcera-elect of the Farmland masonic lodge for the ensuing year: Fred P. Shaw. "W. M.; R. D. Xorveil. S. W.; J. K. P. Gray. J. W.; P. O. Hewitt, treasurer; George W. Worl, secretary. They will be installed this evening. Jefferson lodge. I. O. O. F.. Jeffersonville, elected the following officers Christmas night: N. G.. Ii. W. Maxwell: V. CI., A. E. Mahaffy; R. S.. Charles Adolph; P. S.. A. H. Camber: T.. Floyd Parks; trustees. William K. Rose. H. K. Ileaton, Herman Preefer. St. John s lodge. No. 20. F. & A. M.. Columbus, elected the following: officers Tuesday night: Henry Cook. W. M.; W. T. Davis. S. YV.; E. O. Wlnterrowd. J. W.; Albert Trotter, treasurer; Dr. R. E. Holder. secretary; trustees. William F. Coats. William F. Kendall. James Devore died Wednesday morning at his home at Shawnee Mound. The d-oeasel wa3 eighty-two y:-ars of age and was one of the pioneers in this section cf the state. He grew up with the commonwealth and contributed not a little to the public welfare. Crawfordsvllle Journal. The following o fliers were elected by Winchester chapter No. 60. O. E. S., last hrjday evenings: Mrs. Mary Wright. W. 51.: a. u. uuineil. W. P.: Mrs. Emma Williams, A. M.; Mrs. Ida Eastman, con ductvess; Miss Marie Bales, assistant conductress?; Miss Bessie Smith, secretary. Jirc. Mary Hlatt, treasurer. The returns of Christmas sales seem to show that in the -way of cheap toys for children, the purchases were nearly up to the averag?. Ia some costly gifts there was a falling off. In the line of clothing, dn-ss goods and similar necessary articles there was an increase in sales in many quarters. New Albany Ledger. New Albany commandery, No. 5. Knijrhts Templar has elected the following ofticers: Charles Day. K. C; J. H. Harrison, generalissimo; W. C. Nunemaciier. C. 1.; John A. Ilutton. prelate; :;. A. Nt-wh"Ue. S. W.; Charles T. Knoefel. I. W.; R. W. Morris. T.; M. D. Cor.: iff, R.; Jo.eph Kemper, S. B. ; C. C. Brown, sword bearer. Geree Chapn an. the young man who hinxl a horse and buggy at Jonesboro pm- time at- and forgot to return it until he had driven over into Ohio and the owner f the rig overtook him, entered a plea of jjuilty Tuesday, and JiJ'tK- Custer fined hftn S"0 and sentenrcd him to one year in the state's prUor.. I ri on Cli r on i el - Ridtrely encampment at Columbus Tuesday nif.ht elected its oillcors for the coming term as fellows: Oscar Penr ibausrh. C. I.: Cummins NichoJ. H. P.; rhil Knarr. S. W.; Isaac IV-atty, J. ; Herman Carr. F. S.; James Silley. C. S.; Howard Yomnkins, trasufr; trustee. Howard Tompkins, Joe Cruris, John Ron ham. The flectim rf officers of Georgetown lndire N. 4vj I and A. M.: Charles I. Walts. W. M. ; William T. Martin, S. W.; William M. I'.urkhardt. J. W.; Jesse Summers, treasurer: Charle3 Duncan, secretary; Thomas W. Teafor. tyler; M. V. Hang-r, chaplain; A. A. Burkhardt, S. D.; W. J. Tapgart. J. D.: Thomas J. Burkhard:, Georg-a X. Roehime. stewards. Among the usual number of funny thinsrs that happened on Christmas, here is the best: A young man and lady friend exchanged prtsnts. and when thtse wvn opened they found each had Kiven the other the same thing. We agreed r.'t to say anything about it. and if the reader will only keep still, they will never know we told you. Winchester Journal. Uncle Richard McGriflT of Deerfltld, Randolph county, was visiting his brother. Uncle Johnnie, of this place last Monday. They are undoubtedly the oldest pair of twins in the United States, being now in their ninetieth year. Neither of them ever u?ed a cane or pair of spectacles and can read ordinary print with ease, and their minds are clear and memories are as good as fifty years ago. Geneva Herald. Pastor David Walk received a letter Sunday from Russell Errett of the Christian church at Cincinnati saying that he had heard with profound sorrow of the death of Judge Klrkpatrlck. The letter also asked for a photograph of our popular Judge, to whom the letter was givea for an answer. The Judge proposes to reply that he is the liveliest corpse in "th?se hyar dlggins." Kokomo Times. Ml?3 Maggie Bowyer of Solon. Ind., and Robert Gillespie of Nebraska were married at the residence of the bride's brother, Z. T. Buwyer, Wednesday night, Dec. 13. after a courtship of thirtyfour years. Mr. Gillspie waa born and raised near Oregon, this county, but has resided in Nebraska for over twenty years, where ha expects tr return with his bride shortly after the holidays. May Joy, peace and happiness attend them. JetTereonville New?. Last week one day Mrs. Charles Miller, who lives a few miles west of Waterford, cam near meeting with a fatal accident. Mr. Miller, who is away from home a pood part of the time, left a loaded rifle at the house so that his wife could protect henelf from vlclou3 tramps. The g-un stood behind a door and while Mrs. Miller ascended a. stairway the rifle fell to the floor and was discharged, the ball missing the lady's head only by a. few inches. The Hon. and Mrs. O. F. Dewey went to Leesfcurg to eat Christmas dinner with relatives. Mr. Dewey took pleasure in exhibiting a; ChriiJtmas gift received by him at the train, which was nothing but a small pleie of wood, but Its value was in the fact that It was carved out I of the famous apple tree at Appomac- , tox. It was prwenred to him by Joseph Dick, who was a member of the dllchiga-n sharp shooters and present at the time- of the surrender. Goshen , News. Morrison's "Faust" with Morrison I left out is as great a fraud as "Hamlet" with the Dan omitted fmm the ' cast. Mr. White makes a fair "Mephisto" in some of the parts. But when he puts the slang of a Chicago drummer Into the demon's mouth he mutilates the unities. Imagine the prince pf imps saying. "I fell like a tm-cat on a I A Rich Man U can be made poor by his wife s extravagance. It is extravagant to buy cheap baking powder, and is injurious to health as well. t I (r J l, 'l l a t ir k BakinjffPcrffüer if c g costs more than some, Ö but it is not made of u P cheap and harmful ß p things. Besides, it is U more powerful. A little R does the work. I Pure & Sure.

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back fence!" Shades of Dante and Homer, may you be preserved from the styles of the modern adapter! Marion Chronicle. John F.Igler, administrator of the estate of George W. Biglr. deceased, has filed In the circuit court for $10.000 damages against the New Albany & Vincnnes turnpike company. The complaint alleges that on the 13th day of September. 18D3. John Blgler was killed by his wagon running upon a rile of broken stone and being turned over upon him, and that said accident and death were the result of the gross carelessness of said turnpike company. New Albany Ledger. From a late report it seems that Bob Wilklns, colored, and who will be remembered by many in this city, was the other day lynched in Alabama. Wilklns spent a number of months in this city, and during last season was employed on the Case stock farm and also drove and traveled with speed horses. He left here a short time ago for Alabama and the other day the daily press rave an account of Bob Wilklns and a companion being lynched for robbing a store and murdering the clerk. Goshen News. A mechanic, whose mind had Wome unbalanced, oalkd at the oflice of Mayor Tyler in Louisville yesterday afternoon and seatfd himself at th city executive's defrk, laying a revolver beside him. Then he began to go over the official papers. When the mayor came in and saw the man, he quietly walked up, took the weapon away and called a detective. It was then ascertained that the man's name was Philip Jacob Swarz and that his mind had become unbalanced from some cause or another. He made no attempt at violence until he was arrested, when he fought the officers. Jeffersonville News. The secret society business in this country is being overdone, and is being run into the ground. Entirely too much time and money is spent by many men on the sHrret Focietis. Many men neglect their own pecuniary interests in dancing attendance at the stvret society, and mjjney there spent would be better employed in attenning the needs cf thdr families. There are several men right here in Crawfonlsville wh belong to as many as three or four secret organizations. How som of them mannare to pay their du?s. attend regularly and support thir family in rv"1 styl? is a mystery. Crawfordsvilie Ilcvlew. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. F:wn of North Anderson received a unique Christmas gift from United States Shipping Commissioner Uandk-tt of Bockbir.d. Me., in the shape of a pair of thoroughbred Angora kittens. These cats differ from the ordinary felino in many m'pects. They are very intelligent, and when matured have a silver coat abnijt two and onehalf inches long, and large, bushy talis. The male often tips the scales at fiftotn pounds. The little fellows stood their trip cf some l,i0 milts pretty well and are a decided curi-.ity. being the only ones in this section of the country as far as known. Anderson Democrat. The family of Samuel McKinley, residing in the north part of the city, is an unfortunate one. Several weck. ago McKinley got out of work here and started out in search of emploj mont. leaving his wife and children to get along the bst they could. Since that day hl5 family has heard nothing from him and his whereabouts are unknown. Thursday of last week his fifteen-ypn r-old daughter died with diphtheria and the poor mother was forced to b-Tir lv-r srn w alone. Then her son, the only support of the family, and who has been earning a small amount at MrcBeth's factory, was also stricken with the disease and Is yet in a serious condition. 121 wood Call. Last night there was war in camp at the house of Patrick Gill on Indlanaave. Gill had imbibed too liberally and when he came home he demanded money from his wife, so it is stated, and when she refused to give it to him he assaulted her in a terrible manner. H knocked her down and beat her until it almost looked as if he would kill her and some of the neighbors had to interfere. The police were calki and Gill was arrested and lodged In Jail. When Dr. O. P. Graham was called to attend the injured woman it was found that her knee was dislocated, her body terribly bruised and her face almost unrecognizable from the kicks she reoelved. Jeifersonville News. The following 13 a list of the recent hcliday mating? in Randolph county: Alden J. Edwards and Carrie II. Adamson. Crlss Livingston and Neva Hinberger, Thomas A. Morrison and Pertha Botkin, Justin H. Sarff and Luella M. Lollar, Samuel L. Loutz and Laura M. Henly, Frank A. Harter and Orpha Bookout, Irvln L. Morrison and Anna C. Card, Joseph Thornburg and Sarah K. Hodson, William H. Clevenger and Kosa E. Paul. Alva Adams and Ollie M. Anders, William II. Calhum and Hattie V. Cayior. Charley E. Mangas and Nettle M. Simmons, Smith Lee and Charlotte V. Gaines, William E. Tharp and Myrtle L. Jerret Three bashful couples who don't want to see their names in print. One feature of the Christmas celebration at the methodlst church was the offerings for the poor. The members of the school were asked to bring offerings of clothing, food, material and monoy to the Sunday-school room Sunday evening. At 6 o'clock they began to arrive each with a bundle or basket. Thee offerings were piled up on a larg platform until the room looked more like a country store than a church. One class of twenty young men came in a body each carrying a sack of Hour which they deposited in the common heap. There were bushels of potatoes, packages of coffee, sugar and rice, canned fruit, dozens of pairs of shoes mostly new, and a large pile of clothing. Bluffton Banner. The Purdue university experiment station has recently rendered a service to the people of the state generally and the farmers particularly in testing and publishing broadcast the good results of sheltering ;ailch cows in winter. Not only has a great service been rendered in a material point of view, but every lover of animal life has occasion to b thankful In that the experiment will lead to the betterment of the treatment of these dumb servants. Of course intelligent people knew substantially the 6anv facts presented In the report referred to, but it is there set down In a direct, positive and authoritative manner and claims the attention of even the Ignorant and Indifferent. It will work a lasting reform. New Albany Ledger. Christmas -was the last day that the Marion street railway company had to complete Its road Into Jonesboro. Many predicted that it would not be done, and said if th people of Jonesboro had their road built by next fall they would do well. But as a member of the company paid, "they always aim to be Just on time." Work was pushed all last week, and the trolley wire was hung up the last thing yesterday. About 5 o'clock a car that had come from Marion waa run up Into Jonesboro, never stopping until It had reached the presbyterian church. The car was crowded and the people came to the doors to see the car as it made Its first trip Into the city. The track will have to be ballasted and put in order before cars will run regularly, but from now on patrons of the road can go from Marion to Jonesboro. Marlon Chronicle. Matt Mooro of the Pan-Handle detective servic has been casting1 his grappling hooka for many weeks in ordr to capture a, gang of tar thieves that have been plying their vocation between Richmond and Logans port for a year or more. The thieving ha been done in such a thoroughly systematic manner that the guilty parties have been hard to locate. John and Shelby Clapper were arrestel at Anderson some time ago, where moat of the robbing of cars haa been committed, and Saturday last William Fields was captured at Yorkshire, O., and lodged in the county Jail at Anderson. Ttw Pen-Hajidle has long uffered from the fruit of these lnynslMis uixn tbtir xrcperty &ad tiie

losses in hls petty thieving will amount to thousands of dollars. The entire detective service is now endeavoring to break up the thieving and are very successful so far. Richmond Item. Sheriff Davis relates that Paquet, the bank crook, was promptly identified by the other bankers of Kalamazoo, Mich., upon his arrival there. His bond was placed away up in the thousands and he will be given a severe dose. While there the sheriff met "Col. LaFrance." the famous crook whose gigantic swindling scheme so startled Chicago and other cities. LaFrance is under $15.000 bond in Kalamazoo and Is about as smooth a rascal as ever lived. To the surprise of Sheriff Davis he stated that he had visited Crawfordsvllle several times with a view to "doing" the place, but had been obliged to give up as matters here were a little too systematic for him. He expressed his opinion that Paquet was a most ridiculous fool for trying to work such a place as Crawfordsvllle. "I've been there and I know," said he. "To be sure they have me here, but they didn't get me until some time after I was $7.000 ahead of them. Crawfordsvllle Journal. The Jeffersonville News says It will be remembered that on Dec. 15. when

the great bridge collapsed. Dr. D. C. Peyton had a very narrow escape for his life and wps drawn drowning from ! the river by two young men. whom at j the time he did not know. After some I inquiry he ascertained that they were I Messrs. W. Lafever and W. H. Ellerman. The doctor did not say anything, but kept his counsel until Christmas day. Meanwhile he had gone to O. F. Zimmerman's, the well-known Jeweler, and or- : dered two handsome gold watches together with the chains. Christmas day he invited the two young gentlemen ! to his office, telling them that he wished ! to meet them there. When the boys appeared upon the scene there was quite ; a crowd of friends, among them a number of prominent citizens, present. The ' doctor, accompanied by his wife and O. ! F. Zimmerman, had the watches in j charge and at 5 o'clock precisely, by request of Dr. Peyton, Herman Rave of i the News presented the watches to the two young life-savers. A j'oung man from Winchester has been spending a few days with an uncle on S. Twelfth-st. Sunday evening he visited a lady friend and his uncle gave him a key to the door so that he could return without waking the family. Now it happens that there are two houses very much alike, standing side by side n that street. The south one of these houses is occupied by the aforesaid uncle. When the young: man returned about 2 o'clock a. in. Monday he went to the north house, put the key in the look and was fretting and freezing beeause h could not turn it. He had been vainly trying to get In for about ten minutes, working as silently as possible to keep from waking the family, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around only to loek directly in the muzzle (t a revolver, held by a shivering, barefooted flgur- in white whkh strrrly said, "throw up your hands." He lost no time In doing so. ani then explained that he was not a burglar. HI3 story was believed and he took his key from the deor and found the right house. Richmond Palladium. The commissioners were in special session last Friday and Saturday and Wednesday of this week looking Into a charge that ex-Treasurer Vurpillat had taxed too much Interest on county ore ers paid by him. It was shown that Mr. Vurpillat used his own money in paying orders at times when the county funds were exhausted, and that he charged interest on his money so used. The board declared this proceeding iriegular. however, and made an order that the ex-treasurer should refund to the county $041.50. Mr. Vurpillat naturally considers this a little rough. The money of his own that he used would have brought him interest if invested elsewhere, and he understood that he wa.s using it at the direction of the commissioners and was to receive intetest, and he can't quite understand the technicality that prevents him receiving reasonable pay from the county for the use of It. There Is no charge that he was dishonest in the matter Joe Vurpillat is too well known for that; no man with any reputation to lose will for an Instant accuse him of Intentional crookedness In the premises. Pulaski Democrat. Louis Doscher, alias L. L. Kahn and S. H. Hart, the former Richmond grocery man who shipped from Buckley, Wash., with $30,000 of the funds of a be.nk in which he was employed, was arrested in Baltimore. It Is thought that his real name is Hart at least he went under that name years ago when living near Baltimore and before his swindling games begaji. A dlsjatch from Baltimore states that he will be taken back to Tacoma, the county seat of Pierre county, Washington, as soon äs requisition papers can be obtained from the governor of Maryland. The dispatch further states that Mrs. Hart Is seriously 111 In Baltimore from nervous prostration brought about by the news of her husband's arrest. To people who were acquainted with the Doecher "bust up" in Richmond It will be remen.bered that Mrs. Doecher was taken 111 with nervous prostration at the discovery of her husband's departure for parts unknown. After hovering (supposedly) between life and death for a fortnight, friendly neighbors who went to the home to make a call one morning found that she too was mysteriously missing. Doscher's schemes have worked for more than ten years successfully and now he will "pay the fiddler." Richmond Item. Fred, the newspaper dog, president of the famous Canine swell club, has received an application for membership from "Daisy, the '.ire department dog." She thinks she Is entitled to membership in the swell organization, and Justly asks for her name to be voted upon. "Daisy, the fire department dog," holds forth at fire department No. 2, and is a favorite all over Hazelwood. She is a beautiful water spaniel and is as pretty as a picture. She has become acquainted with the rules of the department and is as faithful to them as the boys themselves. When on alarm comes in she goes to the nearest table and sits pearched upon It, keeping a vigilant watch until the boys return. She is now being trained to board the wagon as soon as the alarm comes In and go to the fire. She took her first spin Christmas day and seemed to enjoy It. She understands all of the strokes and can readily disoern a practice alarm from a genuine one. She is seven months old and promises to develop into one of the dog freaks of the city. The canine club at present Is composed of a dozen members, with "Fred, the newspaper dog," president; "Sancho, the street dog," vice-president: "Fred Walt, the Long dog," secretary, and "Bruno, the elephant dog," treasurer. Anderson Democrat. Saturday Wes Pursee of Sugar Creek township wa arraigned in the mayor's court for provoking Mrs. William Coleman. Mrs. Coleman is the divorced wife of the WHMam Coleman who lives just over the line In Boone county and who is now suelng his wife for damage alleged to have been done by her malicious trespass. He accuses her of burning his house and barns, poisoning his hogs and committing other depredations. Mrs. Coleman until recently lived with the Pursee family and their relations ended in a great big row. Pursee came upon her land to gather some corn he claimed and this Coleman appearing ordered him off. He cursed her terribly and this led to his arrest. At the trial this morning he went after her In a roughshod manner. II coolly stated that sh had often Importuned him to purchase arsenio in order that she might poison her divorced husband's hogs. He declared that he had refused and that ah had finally mad9 a trip to Illinois In order to purchase the poison. She came back and exhibited the same to him. Mrs. Coleman entered a denial to the story. Purgee was found guilty of provoke and was duly fined $3 and costs. In regard to the poisoning of hogs by arsenic it might b of interest to the parties concerned to learn that hogs are not affected by the drug known as arsenic. They appear, on the contrary, to thrive on it. Crawfordsvllle Journal. We expect to read thla year of the usual cumber of farmers and others be-

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ing swindled by patent right men, by venders of wonderful secrets, by traveling agents, by men selling goods by Bample. etc. Simply learning how to avoid one trick is unimportant. There are, however, general principles which will, if borne in mind and acted upon, almost always protect one from loss. They may be briefly stated thus: Never listen to any proposition which is commended to you as giving opportunities for making money dishonestly or selling an article for much more than It is worth. The man who proposes to have you defraud others will cheat you if he has a good opportunity. As a rule, when a stranger proposes to sell you an article at very much less than its value, it is safe to decline buying, unless you are a good Judge of the article. Never sign a paper presented by a stranger without reading it and being sure you understand its character. Never make a purchase or contract with a stranger when his assurance is the only evidence you have of value. As a rulo, avoid engaging in enterprises, however attractive they may appear, if entirely outside jour usual business. Buy of and sell to men whom you know personally, or who are engaged in regular, permanent business, whenever this can be done. Other things being equal, buy and sell In the market nearest home. Bluffton Banner. The solemnity of the scene in the court house Thursday when the murderer. Brown, was sentenced to hang has probably never been surpassed In our court house. The low. clear words of the Judge as he delivered the death sentence Impressed everyone with an awe that is seldom felt Probably not one in ten present hod ever before heard a death sentence spoken. The previous proceedings of the denial of a new trial and the overruling of the motion in arrest of Judgment had prepared the minds of all for the serious conclusion of the matter then imminent. All knew what was to follow, and all minds were stilled to a serious mood by the knowledge that a human being, however criminal he may have been, was standing in the shadow of an ignoble death. There was but one stolid man in the whole assemblage but one man who did not seem to appreciate the full imixrt of the scene this was the prisoner at he bar. Though the voice of the Judge was as firm as usual there were tears of pity in his tone, and his whole manner indicated the struggle In his mind that his stern duty had call, d upon Mm to undergo. That duty he discharged as became a man and as became a judge. For sixty years previous no Judge on the bench he now occupies had be-en called upon to perform a like trying duty, and this fact must have brought the regret that he should, by a stern fate, have been chosen to break the iong lnterregum of immunity from the dread ordeal. It was indeed a most impressive moment, and people? breathed easier when it had passed and they had moved away from the scene. Columbus Herald. AX AUVK.VTI HKSS II HCIvMATKD. Mr. IIotT of Minnen pol I Comes to Grief nt lalIon. MADISON, Dec. 27. Special. Last night a tall, dark, well dressed woman arrived in the city and registered at the Madison hotel as Mrs. Howe of Minneapolis, Minn. She inquired for several prominent citizens, all graduates of college. She sent for Dr. George E. Trow, who responded to her call. In her conversation she said her husband, now dead, had attended the same college that he had; that she had just arrived from Louisville where she had the misfortune to lose her purse and its contents of several hundred dollars, all she had. She asked Dr. Trow for assistance to get to her sister in Washix.gton, but the doctor woul! no, bite. She next telephcned to Mr. Blackmore, a prominent citizen of North Madison. On his calling this morning she told her tale of sorrow, but slightly changed. Mr. Blackmore left without contributing. At noon the Louisville Commercial appeared with a two-column expose of her brief career in that city and her attempt and failure to get money from college graduates. Commercial in hand. The Sentinel correspondent interviewed the woman. She nervously denied having been In Louisville, and disclaimed all knowledge of the affair there. She hurriedly packed her baggage and left on the afternoon train, purchasing a ticket for North Vernon, her hotel bill unpaid, but leaving a portion of her baggage. To The Sentinel correspondent she appeared bright and well educated, but exceedingly nervous and unbalanced. About a year ago Mr. Blackmore met her and a iran said to be her husband at a hotel in Kokomo. where they were endeavoring t get up a spectacular performance. TMn DAIHYMEX. Indiana Angocin! Ion Meets at Crown Point Elect Oflleer. CROWN POINT, Dec. 23. Special. The following officers were elected at the fourth annual meeting of the Indiana dalrymen-'8 association, held at this place today, for the ensuing year: President Bartlett W. Woods, Crown Point. Vlce-Presid5nt Charles Van Wyce, Noblesvllle. Secretary and Treasurer W. S. Commons. Centrevllle. C. B. Harris, Goshen, committeeman. Prof. C. S. Plumb, Lafayette, committeeman. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting at Centrevllle, Wayne county, Indiana, The meeting was very successful and about forty new members were taken In. A Horse .Thief Arretted. WABASH. Dec. 29. Special. J. C. Laser, a merchant of Mansfield, O., a few weeks ago had a horse and buggy stolen from & street corner. Persons saw a drunken man appropriate the property and suspicion at once rested upon Otto Fink, a professional horse thief, who lives near North Manchester. The officers traced Fink to this county and he was arrested today and locked up in Jail and will be taken to Ohio tomorrow. Fink only , a short time ago was discharged frm tho Columbus penitentiary, having beei sentenced to four years' lraprlsorrcent ln Hardin county, one year from Crawford and one year from Allen county. O., all for his uncontrollable fondnew for other pople's horse fleh. He denies his gruilt and fays he has not been In Mansfield for years. Asthma Sufferers Who have in vain tried every other means of relief should try Schlffmann's German Asthma Cure. No waiting for results. Its action Is immediate, direct and certain, as a single trial will prove. Send for trial package to Dr. R. Schiffmann. St Paul, Minn., but osk your druggist firt.

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JOKERS AS GHOSTS. Chrlslmnn Holiday Pnlmes Along: the Indiana, and Ohio Ilorder. REDKET. Dec. 29. Special. Ft. Recovery, a small town near here in Ohio, is excited over ghostly occurrences at a farm about a mile and a half west of the fort. The ghostly manifestations and noises occur at the barn. Hideous noises are heard as of some one In great agony accompanied by mysterious rattlings, and the sounds are always in the part of the barn farthest from those who seek to investigate. Sometimes the noises appear to come from above and sometimes from below, and cannot be located. Each night all the horses and live stock left in the barn are turned loose, and harness and animals are each morning found sprinkled with fresh blood. All is quiet around the barn during the day, but when night sets In these spirits of darkness begin their pranks. The clt'zens of the fort decided to investigate fully and last night, led byEdwin Arthur, editor of the Ft. Recovery Journal, the party stationed themselves on a platform in the barn and awaited developments. Promptly at the hour of midnight the strange noises began, and a dim phosphorescent light appeared and made things partially visible in the barn. The horses and cows became frightened and began plunging and kicking, and in their struggles they kocked down the platform on which the watchers were stationed, who were thrown into the midst of the struggling brutes. The watchers broke for the open air, and beyond a few kicks and bruises they were uninjured. They did not venture back into the barn, but will endeavor to solve the mystery again in a few nights. They now feel certain that sofne practical Joker Is at the bottom of the ghostly occurrences. ROIGH OX HIM IF IXXOCEXT. Icinc 11 jut on of Wabash Hooked for the Penitentiary. WABASH. Dec. 26. Special. Unless a new trial is granted Isiac Dawson, a well-known young man of this city, against whose good name nothing has ever been uttered, will spend a year In the northern penitentiary for burning tho barn of his father-in-law, William Ka'ds. Two years or more ago the big barn of Eads, ten miles east of this city, was destroyed by fire at midnight. The flames were of mysterious origin, and as Dawson, whose wife was Eads's daughter, had left him and gone home, Eads openly accused Dawson of firing the barn out of revenge. Dawson began suit for $10,000 for slander, but the jury found for Eads. Then the latter caused Dawson's arrest for arson and the jury at Marion, after a hotly-contested trial of a week, found him guilty and gave him one year. It is understood that on the first ballot the jurors stood seven to five for acquittal. The sentiment here !s unanimously in favor of Dawson. TWO MKS KILLED. A I)lntron Holler Explosion In Miami County. PERU, Dec. 28. Special. Word was received here tonight of a terrible explosion which occurred today at a sawmill located about four or five miles to the north of Peru. The mill was the property of Alexander McDonald and among the victims of the sad affair was his son, a lad aged about fifteen years. It seems that for some unknown cause the boiler exploded, blowing the wreckage of the building and Its own debris many hundreds of feet. The noise of the blow-up was heard by people on their farms many miles away. The McDonald lad was frightfully mangled and his body was found at least three hundred feet away from the will. The killed are: GEORGE M'DONALD. rged thirtyfive. RICHARD M'DONALD. aged fifteen, the son of the owner of the mill. AGOG WITH EXCITEMENT. Grain Dealer Mxon of Fnirmonnt Sklpn for Other Field. MARION, Dec 28. Special. Fairmount, twelve miles south of here, is agog with excitement over the conduct of Thomas J. Nixon, one of its best known and most prominent citizens. Nixon has been a grain dealer and has been in the habit of securing money m bills of lading presented at the banks. He Is charged now with having forged a number of these and receiving the money for several car loads of wheat which had no existence. He. has left the town and his whereabouts are unknown. Lagro PontmMtrr In Trouble. WABASH. Dec. 29. Special. Postoffice Inspector Fletcher of Cincinnati arrived at Lagro, this county, early this morning for the purpose of investigating the affairs of the office which since June has been in charge of Conrad O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien runs a grocery store in connection with the office and it seem had not kept his account as merchant and postofflce separate. Later he paid some bills which encroached on the postofflce funds to the amount of $600, and failing to make good the inspector was sent on and checked the office over to O'Brien's bondsmen. O'Brien, it Is not thought. Is dishonest and says he will adjust the discrepancy as soon as he 13 able to leave his sick bed. Death at 103. RICHMOND, Dec, 27. Special. The death of Britten Smith, a colored man, aged 102 years, was reported today. He was the oldest man In the county and was a native of Virginia, In Torment. Surely If there are unhappy sufferers on earth upon whom the angels look down in pity It is people agonised with rheumatism. They are In torment the year round with little or no respite. Now. there is no evidence to which publicity has been given In behalf of Hostetter" Stomach Bitters more concurrent and convincing than that In behaif of its efficacy in incipient rheumatism. And Bince rheumatism and rheu matic and simple gout axe among the most obstinate complaints to which this admirable remedy 1 adapted, and since thpv all have a fatal tendency to attack the vital organs, the advisability of an early use of the Bitters, when they manifest themselves, must be apparent. Kmcadous, and most signally ao, are the Bitters, too. in malarial diseases, kidney and bladder Inactivity, constipation, dyspepsia, liver complaint and nervous ailments.

A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.

'GOOD-I1Y, MOTHER, HERE IT GOES, EXCLAIMED MISS XOLtlX. And She Sent n Itnllet Thront;! Her Heart Other State ew Ten Eloping Kentucky Couples Marrfed In Jeffersonville nnaln.es Block Burned Sullivan Tragedy and the Coroner's Verdict A ELKHART. Dec. 8. Special. IV startling suicide occurred. here this morning when Miss Hattie Nolan, aged eighteen, a well known young lady or the North Side, sent a bullet through her heart. The tragedy was the result of disappointed love in which Lewis Smith of Goshen, Ind., aped twenty-two, was the other party. He had been paying the young lady special attentions for some time, but today he wrote her a letter from which the following is an extract: I can't burn your letters so I return them except the last on. which permit me to keep, for I know that by reading it occasionally I can harden my heart against all of your sex." The letter reached her this morning about 8:15 o'clock. She handed It to her mother and at the same time stepped to the bureau and picked up a 32-calibcr revolver exclaiming: "Good-by. mother, here it goes." She then pulled the trigger and sent a bullet through her heart. She died five minutes later. Her parents are well to do and much respected citizens. FIRE AT LADOGA. Dangberty Brother' Fine Flouring Mill Destroyed. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Dc-e. :s. Spe cial. The most disastrous fire which has been visited upon the county for a long time occurred this morning at about 4 o'clock at Ladoga. The large ' flouring mill of A. W. Daugherty & Bro. took fire and was totally destroyed. The fire was under good headway when discovered and, even had the town had adequate fire protection, could hardly have been saved. The mill was consumed with all Its contents, including two car loads of Hour ready for shipment and 2,000 bushels of wheat. The mill had recently been refitted and the loss Is estimated to be about $20,000, with $10,000 insurance. The mill was a valuable piece of property and was doing a big business. It was the only flouring mill of consequence in the neighborhood and was liberally patronized. The origin of the fire is not known. Mr. Daugherty went all over the mill last night as usual, but everything was then thought to be all right. The f.re is not thought to have been Incendiary. In addition to the mill, a barn on the George Deisher property was destroyed and it was only by the createt efforts that the W. F. Epperson heading factory was saved, a high wind blowing brands all over the place, which required a force of men to extinguish. A. W. Daugherty Is at present in Florida and it is not known whether the mill will be rebuilt. DISAPPEARED IV CHICAGO. Charles Schroeder of Elkhart Myslerionaly Mllnf. LAPORTE, Dec. 2S. Special. Last September a young barber named Charles Schroeder, hailing from Denver, Col., arrived in this city and obtained employment at his trade. Shortly afterward he made the acquaintance of Leonora Halter, a 3-oung country maiden, who was in the possession of a fine farm, and married hr. She provided her husband plentifully with money and he decided to open a barber shop at Elkhart. Thursday of last week Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder went to Chicago to purch tse the furniture for the new shop ani stopped with a friend of the bride's. Schroeder left his wife, stating that he would go down to a barber supply dealer's to select his outfit and that on the next day they would go together and purchase it. Since that time Schroeder has not been seen. The disappeared man was in the habit of carrying quite a roll with a fifty-dollar bill on the outside and whenever he bad occasion produced and displayed the roll. It Is thought that he might have entered a saloon In Chicago and showing1 hla money has been slujrg-ed and robbed. ELOPEMENTS GALORE. Ten Kentucky Couples Croaed the Ohio to Jeffersonville to Marry. JEFFERSONVILLE, Dec. 28. Special. Never in the history of this famous Gretna Green were there so many elopements as those which landed here from Kentucky today. There were ten couples. One magistrate caught eight of the number and it Is said that his marriage fees aggregated $30. Those that eloped are: Charles Hopewell and Nannie M. Hollis, Thomas Simpson and Edna Bucely, George Landerson and I-Mith Austertor of Jefferson county, Robert L. Glasscock and Sallie E. Miller. Ellzabethtown, Ky.; Charles Metcalf and Annie E. Devere, Marion county; John H. O'Neil and Laura Belle Ames, Henry county: Leonard Doherty and Gracie Wise, Bullitt county; Joseph Cooper and Sallle Coleman, George Obert and Mary E. Grant, Louisville; William Smith and Josephine Lampert, Oldham county. Each couple came over in style. THE S ILL! VAX TRAG EDV. Coroner's Verdict Will Hold Lent Willis for the Murder. SULLIVAN, Dec. 28. Special. After five days of the coroner's inquest and tracing the steps of L H. Willis from the time he had so cowardly sneaked out of the hallway leading to the offices over the Sullivan county bank and shot Mr. Hultz. the coroner gave his voice today, that William Hultz came to his death from gun wound3 shot by Lem II. Willis. The murderer sits in his cell all daylong and still continues silent and Immovable as If nothing was bearing down upon his guilty conscience. Several reporters have called to interview him and they get the same answer: "Nothing to say to you." His father and brothers have been with him constantly since Sunday awaiting the infuriated mob that the papers spoke so freely about In several Issues. The citizens of Sullivan are generally law-abiding people and no mob violenc e has been threatened or expected. The entire story originated in Terre Haute, and there is no truth in it. A BAD GANG ABROAD. Tramna Terrorise Cltlaena In a Portion of Hartford City. HARTFORD CITY. Dec. 28. A band of tramps armed with revolvers had been having things all their own way among the citizens of the South Side until this afternoon, when six of the band "were captured after an exchange of several volleys, during which one of the citizens was shot through the leg and a tramp shot In the arm. At the points of revolvers the gang

RECIPROCITY What is good for the nation is good for individuals. If Uncle Sam can strike up a good trade with South America we will in our humble fashion whoop it up on the broad basis of mutual benefit around here. Come, now, you've got money and we want it. We've got goods and you need 'em. Suppose we trade. THE ANNUAL REMNANT SALB Offers the best value for the Least money. Waist Lengths. Skirt Lengths. .Dress Lengths in silk or wool, any or all for less than half price. Odds and ends in ever)' department. They must be sold. The price will do it. Come see. L S. Afi k k

held up a num in thai locality about noon uday in 'me of the saloons. Thoy eiilcred tiies 'laces, called fr drinks, laid th ir revolvers by them an i intimidated by-stund' vs. Th-y met the command of the .''arte r.d -rs by leveling their guns on them. They exoit-d grrat suspicion by exhibitini? a v.il-fill'-d iiion y sac k, which was variously estimate,' t contain from $."oo to $1,0'A The n..ney was in silver. Cold and paper currency. The leader of the .sran-j escaped today, and it is supposed that he carried the money with him. JiniMl II OK PROMISE. Itnther a Allied t- to lie Derided hy 11 ('iiu)'t. BRAZIL. Dec. 2S. Spcs ial. A breach of promise suit having several sensational pha?es is set for trial in the circuit court of Ow.'n county the second week in January. Miss Navini Reatty, living eight miles east of Clay City, has .ued Kd Miller, a farmer near Patriesburg for failure to consummate the marriage contract with her. asking judgment for $10,"00 in consideration of wounded affections. The. complainant i a young lady if decided talent and culture. alxut thirty years of ace. Some time back she went to Montana, Miller having agreed to meet her at Chicasro at a priven tlm during the world's fair and coiuummate the encaemont. Jlefore her return he notified her that he had changed hla mind and had married another woman. The marritg proved an unhappy one, ami the cupie itp;. rated, the wife polng to Terre Haute. On her reiurn Miss? Ileatty brought the suit, employing Judge Franklin and ex-Senator Fowler to prosecute, while the defendant is represented by "Willis Hickam, so the best talent of the Spencer bar is thrown into the cape. Miller is reputed to be worth from flO.ooo to $L'0.(hi. When Miss BeaUy suit shall have been disposed of the discarded wife will bring suit, it is said, fur divorce and allmory. A great d :al of interest is manifested by a larpe circle of neighbors and friends who are familiar with the merits cf the case. Denounced pn Lie. NOBLESVlM.i:. lec. 2S. Special. Dr. Samuel Herrn tl, who wa.s lately appointed a member of the Xoblesville pension board and who is charged with, being an enemy to union soldiers by denouncing them publicly, stoutly denied, all allegations broutrht aerainst him in. that respect to a .-"entinel reporter today. Yesterday the Led per published two afTidivits of republicans, in which they allege thr.t they heard Dr. Herrall denounce the uni n veteran in strongterms while en route to the world's fair last October. N"t only does he say these charges are false, but he publishes the affidavit of Samuel Dale of Cicero in today's Democrat, which assorts that he (Dale) wa.s in the crowd when the remarks wore said to have been made, and he swears that nothing of the sort ever esca:ed the doctor's Up. Dr. Herrall's appointment has developed a political fijrht, and the republican ring is endeavoring to down the rising young physician. Chrlwtmn 1 5. -ix Fifthlng. COLUMBUS. Dec. S. Special. Fishermen here are having fine sport catching black bass in the streams near this' place during- the past few days. Elder Z. T. Sweeney and a friend caught eight in Clifty creek on Christmis day. the jarest weiehins three and one-haif pounds. Today they vifited Clifty creek and caught another line string. The fish take minnow bait readily. This la the first instance in many years that boss have bt-en caught legitimately so late la the winter. L The Motlern Invalid Has tristes medicinally, in keeping with other luxuries. A remedy must be pleasantly acceptable in form, purely wholesome in composition, truly beneficial in effect and entirely free from every objectionable quality. If really ill he consults a physician: if constipated he uses the gentle family laxative, tyrup of Figs. ELY'S f CatarrH CREAM BALM &eanse3 ihe Nasal Passages. Allays Pa n and Inflammation, HEALS THESOHES. Res ores ih Senses of Taste and Smtll. TRY THE CURE. hACl HAY-FEVER A xrt;o' :a appl d into cS ntril n4 it a re bla. Price SOrrnts mf drnirf'tU or bj malL ELT BkOTUF.KB, 6 Wrra fctreet, ?ew York. WALL PAPER If you contemplate repapenug a 10c for my any part of your house, sen Illustrated, l'ortiolio, witn of latest coloring and des 100 samples gns. rapers retaued at ü? ALBERT GALL wholesal prices. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. POLITICAL. AWOISCKMEXTS. FOIl CUMMlSIOEH. SAMUEL PFENDLER, CAtiflldate for Oountv Commissioner, Flrtt District, subject to th Democratic County Convention.