Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1894 — Page 6

THE INDIANA- STATE SENTINEL, AVEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21. 1694-TWELYE PAGES'.

A REPUBLICAN'S OPINION.

WHAT COI. PT O-BRIF. TtlIKS OF TIIK A. T. .. ORfiM2ATIO. Tbc Letter Thnt Cnntfd a Sfinatlon in Kit-rood Kucan of Armstrong: from the hoknmn Jail It rrivnl of Boslar Chaplain Mrone f the Jtltprinnvillr Prison limp Dead Other State e;.. AN'PBRSON. . Feb. p;. Special.- VI. Patrick T. O'Brien, a prominent republican politician of Elwoo.l and a candidate for the nomination of county treasurer. has rausod a biff sensation by the publication of an open letter. Recently an A. P. A. organizaf ion was established there, and as Mr. O'Brien Is a catholic he lost no time in denouncing the order in the foi lowing l.4tter terms: "I am reliably informed that there is an A. P. A. organization in our midst and that a prominent Andersoii-st. merchant is at the head of th" same. Now. the -writer is very srry to think that the good peoele of Klwood, yrho have always been noted for th-ir spirit of liberality, would allow such a damnably c. rnipt society to exist here. 1 will here ate to the n-ail'T tat th aim or object, or. in short, th" whole constitution and by-laws of thi un-American set of Fcnundml.i a-r : That i athoMe. shall hold pnMi? off -e or public trust of any kind. The writer f this arik! is not a very good onthoHc, practically, but it is my fiixx oeiiof. re ert heless. "Now I am a ':i::c;i of HI wood for thirteen years, and have Mlwa taken an a dive Pit er. st in the welfare of t"e town and watched it grow P a city, ai.l hav given employment to sf veral lr.mdred men, and I herewith challenge any nan to show where toy r lisri 'ii ever entered into my business, politically or otherwise, i w:ii go further aal state here that the most li'-ral denomination in KIweod today is tic -at hold I mske this statement without fear of contradiction. "In con.-lu.'ion T will say thnt I will b-- a candidate fur a ui ty Hi , :nd if nominated, v.hi h I vi'.l b and elected, too. 'And J h'-rev. i'!: slat" tli.it I do rot want the assistance of any puppy's vote who is a member f the Aucrican protective association. "The object of tin-; card is to get the enmity of this organization I do so much dispi-e. Why? Because it i catholic to hate a devil. PATRICK O'BRll'.X." The Tipton County Ks:liezler tNcapr front the Kwkomo J nit. KOKOMO, Feb. 1:5. Special. Ca 1 ArmUrong. T5poi -ur.ty's pivacher-plangor. and treasury thi"f. has mad" a "grandstand finish" in his sensational career. At t o'clock last night, while waiting t b taken to Liga? City to entr on his thre j ears" sentence for loo tin.-? the treasury of Tipton -ounty 'i' $ t'.." .' , he walked from th Howard county jail. His flight was not discovered until o'clock this morning, and with twelve hours' start cf his putsuers. his reeapttre is at the best pr -bler.iatie. He has money, $100 or so, furnished him by a Tipton friend last Saturday r.isht. This Is Watson Pitzer. one of the young men implicated in the conspiracy that failed to release Armstrong from, the Tipton county jail last August. Pltr-.T has been arrested. The plan of oscape was carefully planned and successfully executd. Armstrong', top-.'ther with a tra;np. waiting trial for assault with intent to kill, was confined in a cage on tli second ih-or of th jail, wh'ch is an unusually strong w. Thy sawed a bir from the casreroom. whUdi gave th"ni access to th" corri.l r. up stairs and down. They reachei the lower floor sr.d c'nealed themselves Ivhind a steam radiator. When Sheriff Simmons cam to feed the prisoners at puj'j"r time last night he left th" diubl- main do..rs of steel ojn, jruj..sir.j; t! jiri: on, is wer. safc ly housel in th' rll-roorn. When he went to the upper ti-- t two men sianIy wa!kd through the main door?, through th o;Tic and out into the street. A hoy, who was -on!ined ': the upper tier, told the shriff that Armstrong or.d tli tram; wer in t?TMr cells ask-ep. and h hlieved him. He diseferd that b" hal 1een d-H-ivrd only on the usual round-up this in- rning, v. h-n Ai m-trong was aü'xl to make his tiip to thv state's prison. The wires were put to work, portraits nd desTiptins of the man sort out. and the thief-takers all iv-r the country put on the lookout. lb- is a foxy youth, is Mr. Armstn-r.g. however, and with the assistance of friends, who have proven their loyalty and d icr,itjori in two previous pl-'ts. in whfch murder w;:s cuo'i;. contemplated, it is MHevd that h will be able to give the ofH- ers the slip. When fl,b Iate Ptarti.-d hia ra -ir.g enterprise in 3I?xico it is said that Jrf" and ilont Armstnng. Cai's brother., who are wanted tor complicity in 1-witing 'he Tipton treasury, followed the horses to the la:d of the cS'-tus. It th arc raoe-trne-k tout.s. and among the "s- uritifs" Cal fhowed for the mi-sins? m;iey wa.s th personal ti'ite of o-io rf them for a large rim. It is believed that the boy.-- remained In Mexico afrer the e? '.lapse of Pate's institution last Decpvr.ber and that Cat i- now on his way to join them. The following is the rroeia.mMt i.m issued today by the sheriiY of this ounty: "Eaped: Reward: Hroke jail on the evening of the t:th of February Calvin Arrn.trrr.g. un lT sentenc of three years in the penitentiary. "Calvin Armstrong a man about twenty-four o- twenty-tive years of age. ä feet 10 inc hes tail, well shaped and would weigh about lio or 10 pounds. Hair dark, almost, black: wore heavy mustache of Lghter shade than hair, and if beard is allowed to grow It shows black against the pallor of th face. Teeth white and even, kpt well cleaned. Kyes rf a light grey, ffpeiy arid hifting.' arrie himself erect he wal head well up. Chews tobacco and tmoke. When he left he Vf. a white shirt with standing collar; dark ti-; black utaway coat, vest of same material; pantakonst of light color, ridged or fctriped; black derby hat; front-lace F V WM A A A w A A MM A MW4 FlhMB : CURE ICissrdarsd Lis?, etsJ s laej Act Liie tUic en the Vital Cr-xas, ReguU'.inj; the SetTcticr.i, r-itorir. $ lent Comp'.cr.ion. briaKi-g bak V.:t Ken 2 f. E.ci" of Arpetitr. ami sr(ras.nj ith?ljc$ r::3joc7 hiaith ww phywais J cneiy 'A the !:umn fr.-ir.ie. These Fattsji are ü! .nute J by t-ou-nds. in a'.l t':;;c5 of JSocxty. Ijirgtst SV.o in the VoriJ. , i Ccrjred viiii a 1i Jhn & SoltV. Cc?.tis. LCi ait rfruists. Price 2S cere? a Box. J N'v VofW P-Tt. fjial Si.

shoe. He were a, heavy ulster, reaching to hl:r knee, wide collar: ulster of dark brown Irish frieze cloth. "A !ileral reward will be. paid for his capture. a. SIMMONS, "Sheriff How ard County, Kokomo. Ind." LAFAYKTTI-:. Feb. 13. Special. A tramp applied to the polk-.? authorities thia evening for lodging and. on being questioned as to his home, said that hwas thw man who Wt the Kokomo jail in company with Calvin Armstrong, who looted th treasury- of Tipton c ounty ami wa.s und?r sentence for the crime. The tramp is named Samuel Young, and was known, at Kokomo as John Smith. He was awaiting trial for the charge cf assaulting with intent to murder a freight conductor on the Toledo, Sr. Louis & Kansas City railway. H aid that the bar that made their escape possible had been sawed a week before and he attributes their escape to the negligence of the deputy sheriff, who left the corridor door open. He Kays Armstrong asked him to accompany him because he did not have nerve enough to go alone, and that he had not seen Armstrong since they left the Jail d'"Hr together.

onm:Rin ms ow n cokfiv. Mr. Drake It rook h hi re Oettine ltemly for Ills Lttt Jimrnr). IAIHM ;a. Feb. 1. Special. .Mr. Drake Krookshirc, the fath-r of the lion. H. V. Brook shire, lives on his large farm near I.ad"g:4 and is one of the most influential democrats in tho county. He is of "ld North Carolina stock, having been born and reared in that state. II is of man of strong personality and has many Peculiarities cf siweh and action. Mr. llrookshlre is a very large man. and has the ruggednes r-ha ra tei lst ; if th" pioneer farmer. He has all his clothing made l erd"r. and is able to have the best th country affords. Hut the most peeulalr thing ho h.s done lately Is to send for a carpenter. Mr. II. S. Hunting of this place, on sj i;1l business. When Mr. Hunth.g arrived at the country home he foau 1 Mr. Itrookshire in his usual gvid hr.rtn-r ami in th- best of health. He w;-s n.t a littl surprised wh.cn the hale old man tali to him: "I was in at the undertaker's store the other day, and I don't believe he has a oothn to t;t me. What he has are flimsy things, just trimmed up to look l.Iee. I hae always had a comfortable and secure home, and I want my coffin to be th same; so take my measure and make me one out of two-inch oak. Nail it together so that if the devil gets me he will have to work for it. I have no i.dtion of dying at present, but I want to have i iy t-dlin ready for the occasion." Mr. Huntington is now making the strong b... and Mr. I'.rookshire will j keep it until he needs it. He has said before that he wants no !iii hearse to haul his remains to the graveyard, but prefers to have the coiün placed in one of his own farm wagons, and then he wants his fav rite team of mules to draw him to l is lest resting place. TIIK OVIvS TRIM. COM'M'DKn. Defeudnnt Declared ot Ciiillv of the Murilor of James Pitt. LKDANÜX, Feb. lo. Special. The jury in the Oaks-Pitts murder case retired 13 consider its verdict at 12:.',') today. There was very little doubt :? to tho result. The defense had nc t every allegation of the state in a satisfactory manner. At 2:13 the jury returned its verdict, rinding the .lefendam rot giiilty The jury room was crowded in live minutes after the ringing r' the bell and supreme sile.i. e reigned as the verdict was read. That it was u popular verdict is evident from the fact that a very large number of the an lience awaited an opportunity to congratulate Mr. Oaks. The state depended for conviction upon an overwhelming amount of ouestionable evidence, which was easily explained away when th facts were made known. The jury r.eeded but one ballot to aeouit the defendant and Lad it been left to a popular cote the rfsult would have been almost as decisive. John D. Oaks --aid to The Sentinel correspondent thU he had n -v -r had ;n;y doubts that a .iury of reputa'jl- and honest men would deal injusMy with him and that h" has a warm tWling lor all who have sh ovn nim friendship He will remain :n Lfbcvi toniyht and attend hi v if who is si k. msiM:ss m: n it;. -evr Kitrtorim Uimlrd al Porter nnil Others i:eetel. VALPARAISO, Feb. lij. Special. The Porter land and manufacturing company during the iast two weeks has purchased 7''') a'-res of land adjoining th'. .".v acres is recently secui-ed from the Chicago Porter home company surrounding the town of Porter, in the north p;:rt of this county. T!i" company has a capital of S.Vto.noo. P. D. Pik" of P.oston is the president, and other capitalists interested in the syndicate ;ir" II. P.. r-r'inr of Boston. Mass.. Pald.vin & Hanck and M. Clover of Chicago. A new brass factory employing thirty ni'-n has just starte! up, and yesterday a contract was made for the removal of the American brass works of Cambridge, Mass.. which is to employ I'OO men on th" start. A contract was let for the erection of the huildini?: also a contract fur the erection of thirty houses for the employes. Within the next two we-ks arrangements will be completed for bx-atiug two more large manufacturing plants. JOIIWY ca.uk mimkim; HtniE. Young I.ahr of linn t ington Thoncht .eiiioxi Was After Hint. 1 1 1 N T I Nt TON, Fol. 1.1. Special. John Iabr has returned from his exile in Canada. Several months ago Iahr, who is a ynuns matt owning some proin-rty. was told by hjs friend William A. Shirley that a young woman intended to send him to prison for betrayal and that he had better flee to Canada. Lahr did so. but before leaving lie deeded his property to Hhirley to prevent the girl front obtaining damages. Iahr remained in Canada until about a week ao when he drifted into Ohio and wrote to his parents. They immediately wtote telling him to come home. When he returned he found that there had been r.o girl on his track at all and he claims that Shirley worked the scheme to get his property. Shirley was nop -tiating some loans on the property whn Lahr returned. Ithr immediately took the matter in hand and today succeeded in regaining1 p"s.-H.'Psioii of his -wealth. WAU.oi'iMi mi: iiossr.s. Ilefent of the Reunltlicnn iinng; nt Mndiso. MAH1SON. Feb. 1.1. Special. The council tonight elected John W. Llnck maycr on th- seventh ballot. Five demiKTats and two republicans, Hishop and Smith, voted for Llnck. Pishop cast the deciding vote, deserting Hinds, the republican caucus nominee. Linck was ti member of the legislature ia ivst, is a lawyer and a man of character. His election is a bitter pill to the bosses. The chamber was crowded and the audience applauded again and again. llnrneoHlnav I p n i usher. ML'NCIK. V?b. 1T.-Thc l..ple rcsidItig within a radius of threv mites frum York town, a small city, five mile west of .Muncie. were fUrtled Thursday rdg'it by a. mighty mar that could b distinctly hard in the city. This was accompanied by a slight, tremble nf the cnrlh, which greatly excited the people. This was all caused by th evplosion of a m;r.:;i.r x-.w -.veil to vhLh ios;:c rui.--

creant had applied a match. .The well is owned by the Indiana iron ompany of this city, and when drilled, a year ago, had a capacity of 4.oott,rt00 cubic fet p?r day. Sinc then th- pressure has greatly increased. A mimher of expert gas well men were immediately dw- , patched to reanchor the well, but they found it was then impossible. Flames I were shooting eighty feet in the air. lightin? the country for a great distance and the- roar was deafening. After fiftyhours work they succeeded in getting i the well under control today.

A CHICAGO WIDOW. She Marrien n ItantiuKton Ibrlrlan and Ski pa for the Old Home. HUNTINGTON. Feb. 13. Srcial Dr. J. D. Sea rief, one of this citv's leading physicians, is Just . now wondering what to do about his recent marriage. Mrs. Martha M. Hartley, a Chicago i widow, came here a short time ago and was married to the doctor upon her arrival. They had corresponded, but had never seen each other before. A few days later Mrs. Searles went to Chicago for a visit, and wrote back to Dr. Searles that he would never hear of i or see her again. She said that she had been insane at one tlnve an'1 felt a spell of insanity coming uxn her again. She said she intended to go to her sisters and then go to an asylum, because she did not want to remain here and become insane. Or Searles knows nothing of her present whereabouts. iiitoi'Pt;!! m:n. Chnplniti S(rop of the .leffersrmvllle Prison Suddenly Called. .1 F'F HRSON Vi hLK, Feb. 13. Special. The Key. William N. H. St rouse, ha plain cf the Indiana prison south, dropp-d dead In the guard hall at thaiInstitution tonight at 7 o'clock tf heart disease. He was seventy years old, was a government scout during the- war, a::d for thirty years he was a steamboat mate on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Chaplain Stroits? was a mender cf the Christian church denomination, and prior to his entnirg the ministry was a physician. He was appointed chaplain ? th prison last July and succeeded Peter Jollip. Chaplain Struses home was in Washington, I)a icss county. s cki:tt him ii k;i:i. One of the KlUhart F.Ioper It a Wis Ills Liberty sit I'opeUa. TÖPF.KA. Kai, Feb. 13 A. If. Sacket t. held here to stand trial fur eloping with Miss Davenport of Indiana, was lischarge! today. Nobody apeared to prosecute him. The friends of Miss Davenport gave as a reason fr not prosecuting Sackett that they wanted no more notoriety. They had fully intended to take him back to Indiana for trial, and they went so far as t obtain a requisition from the governor of Indiana for that purpose. Armed with the requisition a sheriff was st-nt here to get him. but the lady's friends afterward reconsidered it and ordered the sheriff to abandon it. Two Years Sentence for dnrler. ROCK VILLH. Feb. lS.-Speoial. 1Mward Opdenhoff, a boy seventeen years old. was convicted of complicity in tin murder of Cus Kline at. Lyford City, this county, in November last. Aft?r being out about twenty-six hours the jury returned a verdict of two years in the penitentiary. The verdict was something of a surprise considering the recent leniency of Parke county juries in cases of this nature. The principal in the murder is one Hohsman, who will be granted a change of venue, but the place has not yet been determined. Young Opdenhoff took his sentence coolly. He is a hardened young sinner and testified that he had always t?en allowed to visit saloons and drink. Kline's house was attacked and rocked, and when he -ame out to defend it he was. foully murdered. A Nnrroiv lOsciipe. PROOKVILLI-:, Feb. 1 1. Special. Monday's storm resulted in a eenliar accident. Frank Fogel and his wife, both old people, live in a small housnorth of town. The lady is totally blind and has been for years, yet she attends to all her household duties and keeps her homo as neat as a pin. She neeL-d some water and went to the well to draw it. The storm had blown the curb away, and she walked plump into the owning. The well was twenty-three feet deep, with fourteen fet of water. Fortunately she w tit down ft et first w ithout striking her head and on oming to the surface managed to snatch a projection f the rough stone wall. P.y great care she -on t rived to feel for footing until, almost exhausted, she got cut and into the house. . Xew Hnrlns Circuit. WIN A MAC, Feb. 13. Special. Today representatives from the counties of Cass, Pulaski, Starke, Fulton and Marshal formed themselves into an association to le known as th Pan-Handle fair and n-cing circuit of the state of Indiana and elected R. S. Magno of Winamac and Oeorge N. Dawson of Rochester as president and secretary, respectively. At th" meeting dates were fixed for th- fairs to le held at Logansxri, Winamae, Francfsvill?, Plymouth. Knox. Houston and Ito hester. The present year It Is proposed to form a permanent circuit under the above name ti avoid a conflict of lates and advance the interests of places within the ircuit by the union and co-operative of each. A evr Srorintenlent. RICHMOND. Feb. 15. Special. The exetitive board cf the Werule rphans' home, composed of the Rev. Henry Wickemeyer. Henry Cutter and John Schultz of this city; the Rev. ;. H. Tiebel and John Schmidt of Hamilton, o.; tho Itev. F. W. Hello of Up:er Sandusky, O.: EH Hughes of Hartford City, Ind., and the Rev. O. H. Mayer of Oreenville, O.. have accepted the resignation of the Rev. J. Dingledey as sup?t intendent of the home, and he was today succeeded by th0 Rev. Henry Wickemeyer, who will fill the ixisition temporarily until a permanent successor can bo setured. The Rev. Mr. Dingledey's re-, moval wus due to his U-ing proven guilty of cruelty to the inmates. SriiKullonal Divorce Suit. ANDERSON, Fco. l'J. Soecial. A sensational divorco suit wis tiled with the county cl-M'k today, In which .Mrs. tlcorgü Robinson asks for legal separation from her husband end $Uto alimony. About one year ago Robinson Ingratiated himself into thi aff.'ctiotri of the woman who waü then the wife of Jten Angleton. Their attachment waa too public and a sensational div rc suit was the result. The two were marri-d ai the 23d day cf December. Since then he has treated her cruelly, she claims, and she :.:;s for a divorce with u one-thousand-dollar package attach :d. Itevtorntion of Old Well. ANDERSON, Feb. 16. Special. Rolla Staiey, foreman of the Sheridan brick yards, has applied for a patent on a machine for the restoration of old. worn out pas wells.-which will doubtless bring the young man a large income when the importance of his invention is fully known. Ever sdn- gas va discovered in Indiana some of the largrt wells have been decreasing in press u re, which in time were finally abandoned. In many instances tf thiis kind there has !een an abundance of gxs, but Its flow was stopped by water drowning out (he volatile substance. Mr. Slaley's lnvn-li-.n conii-ts c two pip?, which extend

to the. holtom. cf the well and on top of which i a peculiar pumping machine. The apparatus is so operated that the water Is forced jp one iron tube and the ga.s th" other, thus sej-aratlng them. Mr. Staiey has put. his machine to a. test on several weak wells around Sheridan. He nW w ith remarkable success. One or two eld wclis whieh had virtually been abandoned were restored to as goxl a condition and to flow of g,?s is as strong as when they were first drilled.

Marder WIM Out. H 1 N T I NCt TON , Feb. 1$. Special. Several days ago workmen while tearing down an old log house on the Hite farm south of tbts ity discovers! the skeleton of a man under the door. An empty poekethook was also near by. Now it hss been learned by identification that the skeleton is that of John McAllister, who Uved in that neighborhood ten years ago. McAllister starte! to Texas with a large amount of money to buy land, an' lie was never heard of again. HU wife and two children still reside in Rock Creek township, this county. It is now supposed that McAllister ws munlered for his money and Iiis body secr u-d in th" old log house. A tarl Conked Alive. MCNCIE, Feb. 17. Special. Last evening th" eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. deorge Richmond was horribly hurrvd and cannot i'ivfr. The child get too near a red-hol stove and its clothes i-auRht lire. The mother was isiting at VemersviUe and the father at work. Thi child ran into the yard and tried to extinguish Cue Haines in the snow. An older sifter came to her rescue and she, was badly burnel. Near'.;.- every stitch of clothing was burned 'from the child's back; her hair was burned off and the scalp ts a solid blirhr. Every part of her body was burned, and in some places the tender tles'i was fai.lv cooked. i IiMllauinn Killed in Illinois. KEOKl'K, la.. Feb. 1. John Sullivan met a horrible death on the farm of .1. T. Nelson, near Warsaw, HI., yesterday. He slipped and fell against a portable saw, his head striking first. The saw ran into the skull, reaching the brain. In an effort to free himself Sullivan fell a second time, the saw striking the right shoulder, running down the back, tearing the ribs from the backbone and cutting into the body. Sullivan was taken to Cantor. Mo., where surgeons removed part of the skull and amputated the ria!t arm at the shoulder. The man died in a few hours. Sullivan formerly lived at Petersburg. Tnd. Ilidwell Indicted Acvaiii. FT. WAYNH. Feb. 13. Special. Editor R-id well f the American Eagle, the A. 1. A. organ here, gave himself up to the sheriff this afternoon and furnished bail for his appeai-anc in the circuit court next Monday. He did this because the grand jury yesterday indicted him for the criminal libel of Father F.org and th catholic orphan asylum of this city. This is the second charge of criminal librl against Ridwell. The oth?r is f r criminal liiel against the mother suj?rior of the orphan asylum. Resides these cases there is one against him for libeling Rishp Rademaeher, which has been appealed to the supremo court. A llorite hs a Tie-Wnlker. WAIIAS1I. Feb. 11. Special. A horse belonging to William MeCon.e, this city, walked half way across the "Wabash railroad bridge ov-r Charley creek this morning and became, fasten d in the ties, its legs sdpping through. While it was in this position the fast east-bound express, running rapidly, approached and was stopped just before the locomotive struck the animal. The railroad employes tied the legs of the animal -which fought savagely, pla-ed it on a plank and slid it 100 feet to the bank. The horse was uninjured and ran away when released. The train was ilelayed half an hour. .n Important Arrest. EVANSVILLE. Feb. IC Special. E. W. Kent was arrested hre tonight on a charge of obtaining money on a forged check. It was drawn on the Louisville bank of commerce and signed by J. S. Kent. Karl Zeidler. manager of the Sherwood house indorsed it and is the victim. ln estimation showd ihat Kent worked the same scheme at Cynthiana, Kv.. and Washington. Ind. He is Ixidly wanted at Richmond, Va.. and was run out of Covington. ()., July '21. by a viarilance committee. He rad checks for JlD.pV) in his possession. He does not want his past record investigated. ' A Ik Comity Farmers' Instltnte. TF.RRE HAFTE". IVb. 13. -Special. The opening ses-con of the A "io farmers' institute was held today. Col. R. W. Thompson delivered an address of welcom and pave many interesting reminis'.cnces of the early days in Indiana. J. 0- A. Sieg of Coryvlon made an address mi institute work. James A. Riley of Thorntown read a. puper or. "1mprovcmT.t of Wheat and the Protwibility of Its Running Out." A spirilz-d discission followed as a result of the paper. Ex-Senator Mount spoke tonight tn "County Fairs." She Is After Him. HlTNTINOTfVN. Feb. 17. Special. A pretty little woivan was in this city last right looking for her husband. She was Mrs. Harry t'opcVnd of Detroit. Sh married Vpeijnd there and they w-nt to Jackson, v.-nero lv lesertcd her. Th woman followed him 'o Ft. Wayne, where she learned that he lvd a wife and two yi'.-t. v V KNOWLEDGE Hrinsrs comfort and jrcdi'ovemeat and! tends to per.-utal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more proroptly adapting the world's lcst products to the needs cf physical being, will attest, the value to health of the pure liquid laxativa principles embraced in tho remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is cl'ie to its presenting in the form most acceptable ami pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial proporties of a perfect laxative; ofic'cttully cleansing the pystem. dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has piven satisfaction tc millions and rr.et with the approval of the medical profession, been um it acts on th? Kidneys, Liver and 1-iowcls, without weakening them nnd it i perfectly free from every object ionablo ubstante. Svrup of Fjs is for saie by all druggists in 5Ue and $1 bottles, but it ia manufactured by the California Fig" C?yrup Uo. only, whose name ii printed on every package, also the name, Sfyrup of Figs, and beim yell informed, you will not jiccept any substitute if oflsred.

(hildretc in Omalia. She caus-sd Iiis ax-, rest for bigamy and the trial was set for Tlr.Tsr'ay, but tho Omaha wife arrived, ga-oe bond and took t'opeland away, leaving wife No. 2 tteiv. The latter worn in ifcine here, having heard that her bigamist, husband had -ome to this city, but sfce failctl to lind him and left for Indiara,TK?is. She sayx Jier only ambition now is to punish htev

A eiv Hotel for Elivool. EL, WOOD, l-'eb. 17. Special. Elwood is to have a new hotel, the ost of w hiih wilt be $'20,m. The braiding will be threv sto-iea high, constructed, of li j k and .story. A site has been selei'ted for it at th junction of Anderson and South -sts.. a jKiint passed by ton street cV-s and within twenty yartis of both depi'ts. The building Will Ih erected by a flock nrniDany, and one-half of the required airouni has ail ready been subscribel. El wood has tw hotels already, but neither f them js ondueted on metropcJKan style. 4 bllrf lliirneü to !)- h. JIARTINSVILLE. Feb. i:.. Special. Little Jamjs Crawford, the ihrpe-ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Crawford, living mar Cope, was left alone a few minutes Tuesday. He got some matches from a s.'jelf ;iud began lighting paper in a stove. wh n hi-. lothin.f: ai(?cht lire. He ran fn.ni t'- hise into the yird and nulled owe in th3 enow. His screams attracte! h's mother's atvention and she ran from the barn and carried him into the house. He Uved until yestcrdsy af-tertK-Mai, sifertng intense pain until his death. The iirniiT .Iury IIk-Ih rj;eI. Ä.TT. VERNC4V. 1'cb. 14. S,ri4l. The trial d the sc.te vs. liwrcucc A'arnr w:t concluded today by tho jury failing to agree. VariHT is a 'lebrated sjhirt. known throughout tlv country as the "Harmony Kith" 11 was charged w ith murd Ming (rorge Franklin at tlie New Harmony fa;f last .September and rami from 'alif -rtiia tt stand trial. The jury Mood ten to two fir acquittal and after rjcuig ut ti irty hours was lLsndssed. It is now thought that tlie case will Jiolliod. ItcuujiiiiitM of J. Unit Itobbery. TER1-.E HAUTE, Feb. 10. SKcial. A cailoc.d d -orn that ame iti from Chicago Ihiss morning wtis found to contain in one corner a large heap of mail that had beet:, opened ;and rirVd from a mail pouch. The mail war. turned over by the roli i to the tvicital authrities. It is believml to be the mail stolen from a pouch a.t Danville Junction a few days ago. for which Wü'iam Kunze of Terre Haute a.;d Daniel Close of Philadelphia are under arrot-t at Danville. A A-iiriI of ::t..".00. AXiCiZZllFfrx. I'M). 34. Sr-cial. The jury in the Vcrmüüon estate litigation tothty retiirne! a verdict in behalf of the plaintiffs, awarding them J4,:;oo. The aitse is one wherein the administrator of the cstaU of Jess VerrnJllion brought suit :vgainsi Crsih C. VennillUm for a division of the estate f the deceased, now in the lattc-'s hands. The plr.intiffa are Samuel and Ohauncey Vcnnillion. The Kihth Incendisiry I'ire. PERT. Feb. 16. Special. A large hay 'barn belonging to D. S. Shesuer was dfdroyed by ore last niglit together with contents. I.ss, f.". 000; no insurance. This makes eight tires, all ? which were of incendiary origin. The peopio are greatly alarnl and have put on extra policemen and many private watchmen in hopes of capturing the tire fiends, who will be severely dealt with if caught. Killed hy tlie Ciirn, LOGANSPORT. Feb. 17. Siecial. Edward Moore, night operator at the office of the Pan-Handle local yards, was run over 3ast night by a switch engine and killed. This mMkes the sujond fatality on the Pan-Handle in as many days. James Meredith, who was run over Thursday, lied yesterday in the hospital. He fornucrly lived at Indianapolis Another- Jli iji IVell. C,RI:EXFIKLD. Feb. lS.-Spcci;tJ.-Mutual gas company, commonly the Diamond rlili, of this city b in a three-million well yesterday, the strongest olio within two mil' this eitv. ami as the ci moauv is -The ailed ught It is s f only orr.posed of twenty members it fee Is as if it would rave free fuel for the twenty years. next An Enormous I.cr-. SHELltY VI LLE. Feb. IS. SV ial. Herman Tormi't'. a painter, some. twenty years ago. when a boy, had his leg bruised and injund stightly. In the lnt few years it has boon increasing in size and weighs now proiiably eighty rounds. It will probably be removed at the hip in a few lajs on the chance of saving Ids life. SoHety in u Flutter. CONn:RSA'ILLK. Feb. 17. Society was thrown into a flutter by a mock wedding last night, in which, as a joke, Frank Arnold, a wealthy mervhajit, and Miss Jcs.ä; Ora Freeberger were married by Mayor Downs. It is now churned, that the ceremony is binding. Steps will b taken to annul it by mutual agreement. A Vouthful Thiof. ANDERSON, Feb. 17. S;eoiaJ. Johnnie Ma'ione. a thirteen-year-old lad, was indicted yesterday by the grand jury for robbing the L. E. & W. deiptd at Orestes. The robbery was a daring one, commit ted in 'broad day light by force. He secured tickets ami money which were afterward found uion his person. ltny Moore .Icqnit I -ri. NASHVILLE. Feb. 34. Special. In the murder trial of Day Moo-e for the klllii g of William Moore the jury returned a verdict f not guilty. The lion. Anderson Protield. who defended the boy, maxle a powerful apjieal to the jury for acquittal, his plea being that of self defense. Outcome tf n liilIr-n' aVoitil I us. 1IUXTJXGTOX, lb. 37. Special. Mrs. Luther Smith has suvl her husbaad for support ;md $.".00 a year. This is the outoomc of the marriage of the two, who are children aged fifteen and seventeen respectively. Smith deserted his child bride a week after their marriage. A It am llumrd. WABASH. Feb. 16. Special. Fire last night destroyed the barn of William .Brady near Lafontaine, this county, together with all of its contents. The loss JV $La0D with insurance of C700 in the (iernian f Freeport, III. The flames are UPposed 'to be of incendiary origin. Siiic-lflt- by HnuKinir. rPRC. J'Yb. 14. Special. Henry Crawford, tl prominent farmer south of this city, fit,'y years of agf". committed suicide toda'y h y hanging. He had been despondenft for some time. i'le Fell and Il-l. (IREENr-UIUJ. lb. 14. Adam Stegmler, a prorvinent buslners man, while coming dVrc Ktairs this morning fell and struck Js head on a stone Ftep, causing Instati t death. In 4ilen Tltar Teople overlook d he Importance of permanently berv"ftMal effe-ts and were satisfied wltl transient action; but now that it is laterally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently cure habitual const Ipatlo.'a.-, tvell-informed people will not buy ot.bfV la::atlves. which act for a time, but RMVy injure the system.

HEWS OF THE WEEK.

The emperor will visit Prince Bismarck on Monday. Admissions to. th" midwinter fair Tuvday were H.441. There were 4,966 admissions to the midwinter Thursday. There were 7.70il admissions to Ihs midwinter fair Friday. Prince Colonna has left Naples and his whereabouts is unknown. Ex-attorney-general of Maryland, Charles J. Uwynn. died at Baltimore. The coming Indian budget e-timates the deficit ut S3.0'.)0.00') lakhs of rupees. John S. Johnson skated a quarter of a mile in 2H, seconds with flying -tart recently. The I'niteil States steamer F.e.irdngton has arrived at lonoa and is awaiting further orders. John Monday was murdered near Yellow Springs. Tonn., for his mony amounting to J7)'). Mrs. A. Washington, mother of Congressman Joseph E. Washington, died at Nashville, Tenn. Thomas Q. Seabrooke. the popular opera singer, has secured the rights of tlie now opera "Tabarco." At Louisville William Alford. a notorious charactr about town, was shot and killed by Iiis step-son. The drug house of Farvard, Williams Ä. Clark at V.'v it was damaged by lire. Loss, $140.000; well insurel. At Sareoxie. ok. T.. (lr ilestroyed the entire West side of the city square. Loss, ?;n,0'a. with Iii tie insurance. Rob FitJtsimmons and Ian Creed-.n will probably tight for a purse and P,000 in Jacksonvil'e March S. Thomas .lopling. on of the two managing directors of the Otis hon and steel company of 'le eland. did. At Frederick. Md., William Le,inarl was hansel for tho murder of Jess Anderson, a railroad trakmun on Sept. IM". The statue if Napol'-nn. which was crecP'd at Iioulojiii'- in .v Enffltshltion. has been blown down apd broken to pieces. The funeral of May Brooklyn, the actress, of A. M. Palmers's ompany. who amniute! suicide, was held at San Francisc. The recent blizzard totally destroyed the peach and plum crop of southern Illinois. Currents and cherries are badly damaged. The oflU-ers and crew of the wrecked T'nited States steamship Kearsarge are expected to arrive at New York about the 23d inst. By a confession of judgment for ?10.fiOQ the Excelsior furniture company of Rock ford. 111., was taken i Obsession of by the sheriff. The Chicago ice yacht be Xing recently saih'd twelve miles in eighteen minutes, defeating the Rough and Ready by naif a length. Aftr recent races at the Mp.dison, TIL, track the jockeys were so cold that they could not dismount, but were lifted out of the saddle. The next boxing and wrestling exhibition of the Amateur athletic, union will le held in Maoison Square garden. New York, March 1S-22. At Columbus. O., James Witters & Co.'s dry goods and notion store was destroyed by lire. Loss vcr $200,000 on stock; well insured. The Colorado senate passed tk eighthour bill, the first measure that has gone through both branches 'f the legislature at the extra session. At Newark. N. J., fire at the oil warehouse of P. H. Preston & 'Co. caused a loss of two hundred thousand dollars' worth of linseed oil. At Chicago the federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Lieut. Maney with the murder of Capt. lledberg at Ft. Sheridan. At Galliopolis, O.. Robert Perry cad his little sister were poisoned from eating wild parsnip root and died in greet agony live minutes apart. Joseph Wiggin. the new captain of tlie Harvard base ball nine, is a pitcher. Last year in one game Princeton failed to get a run oft his delivery. Charles M. Murphy of the Kings county wheelmen has ridden more than l,0f0 miles since March 1. J S0:i. He hopes to win tlie club's mileage medil. Reports from many points jn Colorado and New- Mexico disprove the news that range stock is dying off by thousands on account of the severe weather. The wedding of the graiul duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg-Ootha has been finally arranged for April 22 at Coburg. No news has yet leen received at the navy detriment concerning the return of the City of Para with the shipwrecked crew from the Kearsarge. E. B. Hathway, assistant cashier' of tlie Exchange bank of Ottawa, O., which a few days ago closed Its loors. has been arrested charged with embezzling $5.000. At Lancaster, O.. D. T. Eftinger. agent Adams express company, committed suicide in his office by shooting. He had been a great sufferer from rheumatism. There is a possibility that Mrs. Arthur Duestrow. who with her two-year-ll son I-fOwls was shot by her husband, Arthur Duestrow, at St. Louis, may recover. Guy tlary. the Boston crack wheelman, has decided to go on the path again next season. He is now at college, but will begin training as soon as it closes. At Millersbero, Ky.. lire destroyed all the houses at mine No. 2 of th Mingo mountain -oal and coke company. The loss is $o,Puo, partially covered by insurance. The Duplex improved air-brake cjmpany of East St. Louis, III., was formally incorporated by the Illinois secretary of state, the authorized capital stock being $2,500,000. A ranchman r.ametl Frank Rande!, together with his wife and three children, were drowned in the Ku. Grande river at a ioint near Presidio San Vincinto, Mexico. A -ommercinl -onvention between France and Bolivia was sijrneil by which Rolivia concedes the most favored treatment to France and France concedes the minimum to Bolivia. It is announced the liabdities of the Cass county bank at Atlantic, la., are $'.15,000. and the assets l-s than lioo.ono, with preferred claims of a)out twentyfive thousand dollars. The prince of Wales will lio'd a levee Monday at St. James palace on Inhalt of the queen. Another levee will lie held on her behalf in the beginning of March by the duke of York. A railroad accident- ovurred n the Samara-Zlatoosk railroad near Jt'.an. Two engines and twel-.e carriagts were destryet, thirteen people killed and a large number wounded. At Pittsburg a monster republican mass meeting was held, at which G. A. Grow, candidate for -ongrcsiman-at-large, and Governor McKinley of Ohio were the principal speakers. At Prescott. Ariz.. Constable L. C. Miller who shot Chief of Police Archibald a month ago. added to his record by shooting John Wallace fatally. Miller attempted to arrest Wallace. At Lawrence. Mass.. the 1Vk) employes in the Washington mills sj-v out on a strike against the prtposed "eduction in wages and propose to stay out until the-ir demands are granted. Mrs. Andrew Foy. who has been tlie principal witness against Daniel Coughlin, ha3 sued her husband for divorce. Fhe claims he had deserted her ever since she testified in the trial. The steamer City of P.idueah ran into the Tennessee iron bridge at Paducah, Ky.. throwing It out of gear and preventing trains on the Crvsr-pcake, Ohio Sc Southwestern from cross. ng. The long delayed tria' of J-eph V. Blaut, the rdne times Indicted president of the defunct Madlson-sruare bank on the ppe lfl; charge of perjury, began before Judge Barret in New York. Near garrison, Col., a tfew of natural gas was tapped on a ranch, at a depth of

700 feet when lrii g an artesian jcllThe gas came up w th such force as to throw a flam forty -et in the air. The steamship Australia, for Honolulu, carried a onsignmcni 'f fifty cases of riile cartridges f.ddr vr-ed only by a abalistic mat-K. Each of thr fifty i-ase weighed from sixty to- eighty iound. The indet; enden t order -f the S,ps )f Benjamin convened in' eleventh annual convention at Baltimore. Three hur.dre I d. legates were present f rten all over, the l'niti State a id Canada. After finding it impossro! -i to sell ih Cleveland club Ar $;..uii or to dip-sa of any -of Iiis p.yers to oth-r P ag; clubs. President Koi -,on ij.w declare that he will rea'aln a( th- lei I of the KnoxvilD college at Knxville, Tenn.. one of the best kiwn of the institutions for the higher edm-ation of negr .-s. was badly ainage.i- Th- 1V doniatoiw was d-stroel w.th a l ss of $"'jni9. Wilhelm Werner. loiuD )f the Pctlia r.narchists, after beiag sr-i'c.ncd to six. months' imprisonment, has sact cedd in escaping to Holland ;itd s said to have '.he intention of proceeding t the I'l.itefl Hates. Frederi -k Martin. ex-eas5iier of the Third national bavk of Detroit, wanted in the fedora 1 oijrt to answer to the charge -f embezzlement of tipw;:rd of flOo.co t in notes, voluntarily appeared for arraignment. The plate noil of the Riverside i -on works. Wheeling. bdd a meeting to taksnie acti.'ii on the i-rotor:-. d ut i:i wages, which will average about 1" p.r cent. Tlv ut wi'.l fiffe. t ab..,i' time hundred men. 'apt. George M. AMcn ..f the. steam j-ropeiler Batilah of the B-'rwLks i;r;y .u?h and oyster company was sh- t and kfllc.' on board bis b-.ai oo Buyon Shane, La., b- M. Yerret. The men had a row about a woman. At Sax sc. Tex.. Jim Ri hard and 'i'otn Haw kins, farni'-rs, quarrcl.-d o .-r ihe :ettlenent ;f an a''ecnt. il.iwkius shot Richard three linws and Richards slashed Havt kins five times with a bowia' kr.ife. Both n i -ii will die. n tie- Freu h i hanP'.-r ef a pali.-s th minister of husbandry cxpics.-e i il - opinion that the tariff commissi. ei's projiosed increase f tie1 iti duties t 8 francs is p.o much. i'l,e mlni.-tu" thought that an in.-rease iu the duties to 7 francs was suth. i nt.

BACK FROM THE GRAVE. The Wnnilerful Ren rreel lu f an I uili nun linn. It remained for an Indiana man t - fust tell the world how it really feels to die. Levin P. Otis of Hammond, Ind. was stricken with pneumonia a few days; ago in Chicago and was taken to a hospital. After a pr l onged illness h was; pror.oun-ed dead and in due time buried. He had been iiermit U-d to rest for but one day and part cd" a night, when several medical students dug him up. They shipped him back to Chicago and pla-ed him in the dissecting-room, in the college of which they were students, and after getting out their knives and rollingup their sleeves were about to pro. e. j to cut him tip after the most sei ntif.e: mode, when he opened Ids eyes and asked them for a drink of water. Thestudents in spile of their calloused nerves, were horror-si ruck and fie. from thei room, leaving Mr. Otis in full possession. He in a moment sank again into insen-sibility-uiid would no doubt have Med in artiest in-1, short time had the frightened students'-ri 't recovered themselves and returned t apply restoratives. In shaking of his ih.rt'ible -xporiences and sensations while sinking into thgrave ami from theme to the dissecting table, where he so narrowly aad miraculously escajied the ken and eager knives of the students, Mr. Otis said: V "I was sick and in great pain. One T thought that I might die, and then fearing to invite death. I dismissed tbe idea But my suffering increascl and 1 knew that I was becoming weaker and weaker day by day. oh. tlie dreariness of th long nights! I lay sketching plans for future work, and I looked baik-upon th skeletons of good resolutions. But my life, my misdeeds, did not pass T-fore m in review. I simply pronounced myself a failure in the aggregate and regretted it. and I am now ivnstrain.il t think that no matter how much a man mayhave accomplished be must as i!ith draws nigh regard himself as a failure. "One night all pain sudd'-nly -eased. This was hopeful. an,1 I th.-tight I'd tell my attendant about it. but when I attempted to speak I found that I could not. This, however, did not worry n-. any. But why should so heavy a weight be placed upon my breast? J M.kei down to see what it was. but could see. nothing. Oh, how tired I was. but I suffered nopain. It was the rest that must come after so long ar.d exhaustive a light. 1 attempted to raise my hand and couldn't. I couldn't even raise a linger. This was strange, but not alarming. What was that I heard? Th- doctor had said that I could last but a f-w moments longer. That was nonsense. I would show him. How quiet were my nerves. and I had been so nervous! What, a relief! The heaviness was gopo, j.ut I couldn't move"Why had they put out the light?.' What was that? Some- ne said: "Pull down the shade, the sun is shining in my face. Sun shining in my face! Why. the sun had gone down hours ago. Oh. how the human family persisted in lying! What was that drop? Thy bad lakni the pillow' from under my head. What was that faint sound away off yonder? A voice that said. 'How he niut suffer" Suffer! I wasn't suffering at all. But I couldn't remain much longer in this condition. And I mused that if I .could only turn oyer I would go to sleep. I couldn't move, though, and I lay there thinking. "Suddenly I thought: 'This is death. Why didn't I think .f it In-fore? When did I begin dying? Oh. it must have Ken years ago! Why. I have leeu dying all my life.' Well, was glad it was all ov r. Then 1 mused: "I wonder if I am b ad now. lh.v am I to know when I am ( dead? I will put it all aside. 1 will Sleep.' 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