Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1900 — Page 7

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Exercise the Hoge-Peet Size of Flock - Breeding Draft Horses-Quality As Well as Quantity Counts—Don’t Forget Good Water—Etc., Etc. Exercise For Hogs. Hogs do not need as mnch exercise as some believe, yet they do not want _ confinement in a small pen except during the last few weeks of finishing for market. A breeding boar can hardly have too much exercise, neither can the brood too much. Pigs which are growing for the market should have only enough to keep them growing and healthy. A small pasture of a few acres will afford them all they need. Best Size of Flock. _ At the Maine station, flocks of fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and thirty hens respectively, were tested for comparative profits. The lots containing twenty bens gave a greater net profit per lot than any other number. Lots of twenty-five hens gave a slightly greater net returns than did the fifteen hen lots, and those with thirty hens gave much less net returns than any of the others. The general result Indicates that the best profits will be obtained by allowing each hen from eight to ten square feet of floor space.

Breeding Draft Horses. It is not many years ago that the very heavy draft horse was not in popular favor? and It cannot be said that it is in anything like universal favor yet. It was once said that the feet of the animal would not stand its weight. There is not anything in that, however. The Percheron’s feet are quite as good as the feet of other horses. But the large horse is an inconvenient horse to handle, and is not required on the average farm. It is not pleasant to harness a horse when it is necessary to use a step ladder to reach the top of its neck. The horse that weighs from 1,200 to 1.500 pounds' is quite as large as can be conveniently used In farming. Germany buys a considerable numlter of our very heavy horses, even horses that have a weight of 2.000 pounds. Good sound horses of the draft type bring from S2OO to SOOO per pair, according to . weight. The heavier the horse, the higher the price generally, and hence the farmer who buys a heavier horse than he needs, throws away his money. Breeding draft horses, however, is profitable, ■whatever their size and weight may be.—Tire Epitomist. Qua'ity As Well As Quantity Counts. The ideal cow for the dairy is the one that gives a large quantity of milk that is of g<d quality. A large amount of milk must not be obtained at the .expense of the butter fat. Too often we heard farmers tell how mneh a certain cow belonging to them is giving, and we sometimes think he has a gold mine in the shape of cow’ flesh. The next time you hear a man telling how much milk his cow gives, let his account be accompanied by a statement of what his cow is capable of doing in the way of furnishing butterfat, and if her milk will not test a good percentage of butter-fat the cow is not above tho average, no matter how much milk she gives.—New York Weekly Witness. Don't Forget Good Water. Plenty of good water for the team is good economy in hot weather. Drawing the binder is the heaviest sort of work. It is excellent practice to take water to the fields and water the horses two or three times in the course of a half day. This Is little trouble and is of wonderful help to the team, besides being humane. This is often done by placing a barrel on a low sled, drawing it to a convenient point In the field and wrapping the barrel with wet gunny sacks. The water can thus be kept reasonably cool. What Is refreshing to man Is. also, to his faithful, hard-working animals. Belgian HaresIn the last year or two a very great and wide-spread interest has licen developed in this country In Belgian hares. Recently In some sections It has become an actual craze, and fabulous prices have been paid for Imported bucks and does. At Los Angeles. Cal., the craze has become most violent, and some breeders have paid as high as $1,500 for a pair of hares. It Is said, too, that they are being sent from there to all parts of the country, actually In car loads, to be used for breeding purposes. At Kansas City the craze seems to be worse than at any other point of the Middle West, and they are making a great stir about the hares there. This will no doubt prove to be such a fad as has occasionally broken out in this country before, with one thing or another, and will In time settle down to reasonable methods and probably eventuate In a profitable and commendable Industry. This, we believe, will be Its proper destiny. There is nothing about the Belgian hnre to run wild over. Even the most extravagant claims of their wildest champions are not extremely strong. They are prolific; they seem to bear confine-

ment well; they make a very desirable dish for the table, and probably they prodace as large an amount of flesh food for the cost as any animal we can raise. So the Belgian hare is no doubt a good thing, and will become an article of staple production and salable at a fair price in all the markets', and when that is said, it is about all that commerce will admit as possible. But we do not doubt that the breeders who are acting the wildest, will make money out of the business for a while. Craziness is catching. The only thing that Is necessary to know Is when to sell out and quit—Journal of Commerce. Blackleg in Cattle. Blackleg In cattle also goes under the names of symptomatic anthrax and black quarter. The disease was for many years confounded with anthrax, and- it was only found after careful research that it differed in a great many ways from that dist>ase. Especially in its contagious nature Is the distinction marked, for of animals other than cattle only sheep and goats are susceptible and these slightly. The symptoms of the disease are familiar to all stockmen. These are lameness in a front or hind leg, accompanied by the development of a tumor on that limb. This tumor IS filled with gas and upon pressure a peculiar crackling sound is produced. The meat which this tumor effects is black and the tumor itself contains a dark fluid. Blackleg is caused by the introduction into the system of a germ known as the blackleg bacillus. The usual manner of infection is through a wound of the skin or mucous membrane. The germa do not pass out with the excretions, hence the disease is not communicable from animal to animal. But if a blackleg carcass be skinned and the blood and juices be allowed to enter the soil or if such carcass be allowed to decompose without being buried, the germs form spores, or “go to seed - ’ and in this form may live in the soil for many years, ready to begin life anew as conditions are favorable. Thus the pasture may be a constant source of Infection. To prevent~thls the carcass must be burned Immediately, or buried at least six feet under the ground. There have been many treatments advocated for this disease. The most common are rowelllng and the use of setons. These are alike utterly worthless. Within the last five yeSre there has been introduced a vaccine prepared from the dried meat of the muscles of the tumor of an animal that has succumbed to the disease. This Is the only practical method at command at present for combating the disease if the animal is exposed to Infection.— A. T. Peters, Nebraska Experiment Station.

Danger in the Crimson Clover. As a cover or catch crop crimson clover is justly popular with tho orchardist who tries to keep his ground pnq>erly protected during the winter and to save available plant food In the soil. Under proper management that is, plowed under in early spring or fed to stock before blossoming—no trouble need be expected from its use. But if permitted to produce seed and the straw then fed to horses there is considerable danger to the animal’s health. The minute hairs of she flower head, though soft before seed production. become lumped together in the animal’s stomach and Intestines and set up inflammation, which, unless relieved by the removal of the obstruction, may result in mortification and death. The writer has seen some of these hair balls that were five inches in diameter. To save an animal with such an obstruction in his intestiuus Is wellnlglit impossible by means ordinarily at hand upon the farm or in Its vicinity. The hairs are usually about an eighth of an Inch long and provided with little barbs which In mature hairs are stiff. When immature the barbs and hairs are pliable and do not congregate in masses. Hence it is important that when plnns are made to feed crimson clover the crop should be cut prior to full blossoming, and when seed Is the object the straw should be used for other purposes than for feeding. The practice of feeding the straw after thrashing is murderous, since the hairs are then at their very stiffest, hence most likely to form balls. The writer recently passed through Maryland nnd Delaware! where crimson clover is grown very extensively, nnd found that the farmers suffer loss of their horses In Just about the proportion that they employ crimson clover that has matured seed. Some cast's that were seen revealed the most Intense suffering, nnd could not be relieved even by the best veterinarians in the vicinity. The proportion of recoveries is very small.—M. G. Kains, In National Rural.

Short and Useful Pointers- . Start the calf right. It pays to crush or grind feed. Be careful bow you keep the cream. Too many cows are as bad as too few. Never allow the hens to eat sour feed. A farmer cannot raise too mucß clover.

Have the trees lean • trifle to the southwest. Don’t allow the milk to be placed in dirty receptacles. A water fountain for the chickens is an excellent idea. Geese do not thrive very well when kept in confinement When you neglect the poultry you pay for the privilege. The real value of lime is its mechanical action upon the soil. When marketing your eggs try to have them of uniform size. Breeding without liberal feeding Js sure to bring disappointment. To secure good milk the cows must have good water and good food. The poultry ought, to come in for a share of the second crop clover. Handle the frtilt carefully. Every bruise takes so much off its value. When buying a fertilizer make it your business to find out what it contalns. .... _—-----——— The farmerx who practice a rotation are generally the ones who get the best crops. Tiie breeding and feeding of beef cattle ought to interest more farmers than it does. To prevent poultry having the gapes put a little turpentine in their water and feed onions. Bran contains muscle, bone and strength material. This proves its value as a food. It is said that skim-milk gives better returns when fed to poultry than when fed to pigs. A little cane bestowed upon the meadows and grazing lands will be a great help to them. The stock breeder who understands his business breeds only from animals that have been carefully selected. It is said that the expense of cutting, hauling aud putting a ton of corn into the silo amounts to about sixty cents. In order to obtain the best prices for eggs they should be gathered at least once a day iu summer and twice a day in winter.

THE PALACE OF THE DANCE.

One es the Most Attractive Features of the Paris Exposition. One of the unique features of the World’s Fair at Paris is the Palace of the Dance, which is described and pictured by Jean and A. Castaigne in the Century, in the first of a series of papers on amusements at the. Exposition. It represents a sight which all, without regard to nationality, can enjoy. But as interesting as the idea itself is the manner of carrying it out. We are not given a reptition of the great chorographic spectacles that we can see in London or New York, nor a duplicate, necessarily inferior, of the artistic ballets of the Paris operahouse. with their quadrilles of dancers trained to the dance from the age of twelve, and their stars of princely income. No; at the Palace of the Dance the rare opportunity offered by the advent es an exposition has been seized upon to put before the public the dances of different countries and epochs. In the P;ilace of the Dance the Orient is revived in the bayaderes of India. Here the dances possess only a spectacular merit, and. like most of the Oriental dances, can be admitted on a European stage only after having been greatly modified. Clothed iu wide silken trousers of striped pattern that reach to the ankles, which are encircled by golden bracelets, and with the bodies cpvered with a mantle of soft and transparent texture that is drain'd alKiut them with great art, the bayaderes mimic, to the strains of slow and monotonous music, lovescenes, avowals, coquetry and refusals. The characteristic charm of the Hindu dances lies in the fact that the body alone has part In them, the head, arms and lower limbs having no share. England shows her well-known clowns and her adroit, quick jigs. Bussin, flat-faced dancers, who leap and pirouette, strike the floor with their heels, and, crouching run across ’the stage, while the rest of the troupe slug, utter screams, and, at times, raise their shoulders in a curious movement. Italy appears with the Tarantella of the happy borders of the Gulf of Naples, and with a rural dance, the l’ecoree, wherein figure shepherds stepping to the sound of.rustic pipes. Spain comes and triumphs. The crowd is never tired of gazing at Its well-known dances. The Fandango is shown with nil Its seductive grace; the Bolero is more noble, more reserved; a woman dances a Cachucha on a table; and there is given a Guarncha, to be seen now only on the stage. If America has not sent her negro dangers, at least she triumphs in Loie Fuller, with her inimitable Fire Dance. This is the boldest and most marvellous invention that has ever appeared iu spectacular dancing In any epoch. The splendor of tire “Arabian Nights’’ pales before the sumptuous magic of lids body about which beat innumerable waves of flame, unceasingly renewed. Between tho dreamworld nnd the reality, Loie Fuller peoples the darkness with never-to-be-forgotten apparitions.

China Invented gun powder, but the other people know how to ust It. There are nearly 80,000 more women than men In Russia.

TW[?] BANDITS ARE KILLED.

Union Pacific Train Bobbers Blain bjr • Posse in Kansas.'-' The two men who robbed a Union Pacific train in Colorado and killed a passenger were surounded by oftcers Friday morning three miles east of Goodland. Kan. In the battle which ensued one of the robbers was shot to pieces. The other was burned to death in the house. J. B. Riggs, owner of the Commercial Hotel of Goodland, and George Cullins, members of the. posse, were severely wounded, and another of the pursuing party, name unknown, was wounded slightly. The Union Pacific Kansas City-Denver train was robbed between Limon Junction and Hugo, Colo., ninety miles east of Denver, the previous Sunday morning, and W. J. Fay. an aged man, who resisted, was killed by one of the robbers. The robbers dropped off. the train at Hugo and escaped. They went on to the ranch of D. E. Bartholomew, three miles out from Goodland, and 100 miles overland from Hugo, and asked for food and lodging for a few days. A boy, whom they sent to Goodland to get the Denver papers, reported the circumstances. A posse, consisting of Sheriff Walker, J. B. Riggs, George Cullins, E. C. Biddison, and several others, all heavily armed with rifles and revolvers, went over to the Bartholomew place. Walker and Riggs were the first to dismount, and proceeded to the house. One of the robbers caught sight of them and gave the alarm. Walker a moment later began kicking on the door, and then came a volley of shots from inside. The remaining members of the i »ss» quickly lined up around the house, and for ten minutes bullets whirred at a lively rate. The robbers returned the fire strongly, and Riggs soon fell, hit in the breast and back. One of the robbers then jumped through a window and made off in the smoke. Before he had gone half a dozen steps be fell in his tracks shot to death. Cullins was shot in the back and seriously wounded. While the posse were removing Cullins the lone robber made his way to an old kitchen near by and barricaded the door. Meanwhile some men, by crawling through a cornfield, got to a shed near the house nnd threw two railroad fuses into the kitchen setting it on fire.

CROP REPORT FOR AUGUST.

Agricultural Department Issues Its Monthly Statement. The August report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows the following averages of condition upon Aug, li Corn, 87.5; spring wheat, 56.4; oats, 85.0; barley, 71.6; spring rye, 76.0; buckwheat, 87.9; potatoes, 88.2; timothy hay, 79.9. The average condition of corn declined 2 points during July and on Aug. 1 it was 2.4 points lower than at the corresponding date last year, but .5 point higher than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 1.3 points above the mean of August averages for the last ten years. The conditions in the principal States are as follows: Ohio and Indiana, 98; Illinois, 96; fowa. 105; Missouri, 99: Kansas, 71: and Nebraska, 85. During July there was an improvement of 8 points in Ohio, 9 in Indiana. 4 in Illinois and 3 In lowa. On the other hand there was a decline of 2 points in Missouri, 8 in Nebraska and 22 in Kansas, The average condition of spring wheat improved 1.2 points during July, but on Aug. 1 it was 27.2 points lower than at the corresponding date last year. 40.1 points lower than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 27.8 points below the mean of tho August averages for the last ten years. The conditions in the principal States are as follows: Minnesota, 58; North Dakota, 25; South Dakota. 49; Nebraska, 64; lowa, 91. During July there was an improvement of 10 points in Minnesota, 5 points in South Dakota and 1 point in lowa. On the other hand there was a decline of 5 points in North Dakota and 2 points in Nebraska. The average condition of oats declined .5 point during July atnl on Aug. 1 it was 5.8 points lower than at the corresponding time last year, but .8 point higher than on Aug. 1, 1898. and 2.7 points atiove the mean of the August averages for the last ten years. Tho average condition of cotton on Aug. 1 wns 76. ns compared with 75.8 on Julv 1, 1900. 84 on Aug. 1, 1899, 91.2 on Aug. 1, 1898, and 85.3 the moan of the August averages of tho last ten years. The average condition of potatoes declined 3.1 points during July. On Aug. 1 it was 4.8 points than at the corresponding date last year, but 4.3 points higher than on Aug. 1. 1898. and 2.2 points nbove the mean of the August averages for the last two years. The average conditions of barley declined 4.7 points during July and on Aug. 1 was 22 points lower than nt the corresponding date last year, 7.7 points lower than on Aug. 1, 1898, and 13.7 points below the mean of the August averages of the last ten years.

BOER PLOT IS FOUND.

Discovery of n Fcheme to Make Lord Roberts a Prisoner. A plot to seize General Roberts and to shoot as many as possible of the British officers in Pretoria wns discovered, and ten men charged with complicity arrested. Everything was prepared in the plot to make Lord Roberts a prisoner and shoot the British officers and the conspiracy was only discovered at the last moment. The conspirators numbered about fifteen. They had planned to set tire to the houses in the extreme western part of the city, hoping that the troops would be concentrated there. The plan was that then the conspirators were forcibly to enter all houses occupied by British officers, these having been previously marked, and to kill the occupants. All the Boer sympathizers were acquainted with the plot and several had been told off to secure the person of Lord Roberts and to hurry with him to ths nearest commando. Horses had been obtained for fhis purpose. Then the British learned the names of the who were put under arrest. This plot is rtMCnrdcd as pnrt of ths conspiracy, of which the recent Johannesburg rising wns the first indication. The plot included a number of the to winpeople, who were in communication with the enemy. General De Wet, the Boer commander, who, according to the English correspondents, was certain to l»o captured by tha British, who had thrown nn unbreakable cordon around him, has succeeded la crossing the Vaal River, and, according to the report? a large part of his force have made good their escape and reached Bnffel's If iek.

MUST STOP ATTACKS.

China Warns! to Pat Immediate Bad to Fit-Inc on Legations. The State Department Thursday morning made public the text of the note addressed to the Chinese government through Minister Wu. The dispatch is not in the form or nature of an ultimatum. It insists, however, that the firing on the legations cease and that the imperial governniient, if it desires to show its friendliness, shall co-operate with the relieving column. Following is the text of note: We are availing ourselves of the opportunity offered by the tuiperhil edict of Aug. 5 allowing to the fo.e gu ministers free communication with their respective goveinmehts In cipher, and have sent a communication to Mtuisier Conger, to which we await an answer. We axe already advlsbd by him, In a brief dispatch received Aug. 7, that imperial . troops are firing daily upon the mlnlsiers In I'cklug. We demand the immediate cessation of hostile attacks by Imperial troops ujfen the legations, and urge the exercise of every power and energy of the imperial government for the protect on of the leg.it.ous and all foreigners therein. We are also advised by the same dispatch from Minister Conger that, In ills opinion, for the foreign ministers to leave Peking, as proposed In the edict of Aug, 2, v.ould bo certain death. In view ot ths fact that the Imperial troops are now bring rp >u the legations, and In view of the doubt expressed by the Imperial government In Its edlet of Aug. 2 as to Its power to restore order nnd secure absolute safety In Peking, It Is evident that this apprehension Is well founded, for if your government cannot protect our minister In Peking, it wHi, presumptively, be unable to protect him upon a journey from Pekjn to the const. We therefore urge upon the imperial government that it shall adopt the course suggested In the third clause of the letter of the President to Ills Majesty the Euip“ror of China, of July 23, 1900. and enter Into communication with the relief expedition so that co-operation may be secured between them for the liberation of the legations, the protection of foreigners and the restoration of order. Such action on the part of the Imperial government would be a satisfactory demonstration of its friendliness and desire to attain these ends. ALVEY A. A DEE, Acting Secretary Department of State. Washrigton, Aug. 9, 1900.

CANDIDATES ARE NOTIFIED.

Bryan and Stevenson Officially Informed of Their Nominations. At Military Park in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon William J. Bryan was notified that for the second time he had been chosen Democracy's candidate for President. And, for the second tints in his life, Adlai E. Stevenson learned officially that his party had chosen him as its candidate for the second highest office within the gift of the people. The crowd at the park was so dense that it was tedious progress for the procession that escorted the nominees. Along the line of march the throng surged forward and backward as they cheered for Bryan nnd Stevenson. Various estimates make the number of visitors in the city 20,000 to 30,000. In addition to these strangers all Indianapolis seemed to be on foot. It was a sweltering but good-natured Crovrti. Clouds that obscured the sun early in the day were scattered by noon nnd the sun beat pitilessly upon the hosts. The thermometer registered over 90 degrees in the shade nnd in the sun, where the majority of sight-seers stood for hours, the temperature was over 100. Military park was gay - with flags and streamers; the walls of the Grand hotel, from where the parade stnrtch, were almost hidden by bunting and nearly every building along the line of march was decorated. With the day’s exercises the campaign of 1900 may be said to have opened. The addresses of Col. Bryan and Mr. Stevenson, iu reply to the chairmen of the notification committees, sounded the keynote for the party that is seeking to secure the reins of government. It is antiimperialism. A thousand words are devoted to this subject where ten are used for any other.

MOW DOWN CHINESE.

Russians Seize and Burn NewChwang After Slaughter. The Russians, after a terrific battle with the Chinese at New Chwang, captured the city. The Russians carried the forts by storm and fought the Chinese in their trenches, which were constructed with great ingenuity. The defensive works of the Chinese were very formidable. They were also greatly superior in numbers to the attacking foyce, but were badly led aud gathered in great masses, which were torn to pieces by the Russians’ shells and mowed down by their rifle fire. After capturing the defensive works the Russians took possession of the native city and destroyed it by fire.

CHINA WAR NEWS.

The claim is made that the Chinese are using dum-dum bullets. A large body of Boxers is gathering south of Tien tsin. Gen. Miles applied for sevice in China, but was turned down. CUefti dispatch says the river is full of lend Chinamen, some decapitated. Senator Teller declares the Chinese situation demands an extra session of Congress. Cossacks are occupying the residence in Tien-tsin where Li Hung Chang received Gen. Grant. . The Governor of MukVn, Manchuria, in a proclamation, has urged his people to massacre Christians. Americans and Japanese in Tlen-tsin are said to have in their poseessica about 1,500,000 ounces each ot Chinese bar silver. Japs don’t like British Admiral Seymour’s visit to the Viceroy of Nanking, because he didn't advise them beforehand. There Is talk at Shanghai of an alliance between the United States and Russia to prevent the dismemberment of China. Li Ping Heng is general of the troops In the north of the empire- He Is Intensely hostile to foreigners. Again has again been taken by the Russians, after a stubborn fight. Chinese are being pursued in the direction ot Tsitsikar. , The arrival of TA Ping Heng and Kang Yu prevented the Chinese at Tlen-tsla from agreeing to peace after the city was taken. A Berlin paper quotes Li-Hnng Chang as aaying that under po circumstances muat China cede any more territory to aey power.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY . TOLD. Many Trolley Road* Are Planned, bat None Are Built—A Tornado Strikes Marion—Frenzied Farmer Threatens Wife’s Life—Drown in White River. Of nearly 1,000 miles of electric railways connecting points in Northern Indiana, projected since last fall, not a mile has been built, notwithstanding capital" is cheap and abundant. The most important line of all, and the one which more nbarly approached success, is the Logansport, Rochester and Northern, from Logansport to Kendallville, 101 miles. It has been announced almost monthly since last winter that the funds were all provided for this road ami that work would commence at once, and though the surveys were long ago completed not a shovel of earth has been turned and there is no probability that work will commence this year. Dozens of trolley schemes have been hatched in the last two years in the northern half of the State and some of them will materialize later, but promoters say. that no roads will be built this year, owing to the unsettling influences ot the election, and that it is doubtful whether they will be built next season, if iron prices are high. Most of the projectors of lines have franchises running five years nnd right-of-way options for a similar period so they can be revived later. Tornado Hits Marion. A tornado passed over the southern part of Marion aud wrecked everything in its path. It covered only a narrow track, but the suction caused a great deal of damage far on each side of it. The residence of Raynard Floyde was wrecked and the family slightly injured? The residence and buildings of Francis T. Mills were wrecked and Mrs. Mills seriously injured. The State Normal College was unroofed nnd badly wrecked. The Methodist Church and Fifth ward school building were partly unroofed and the windows broken. The new amphitheater of the Marion Driving Association was wrecked and a half-mile of fence blown away. Dinner Bill Stops Murder. Ed Haines, aged 60, living in Waltz township, attempted to kill his wife and would perhaps have succeeded had he not been crippled with rhenmatisin so. that he failed to overtake her. He became angry with the woman-over a-4ri v—iai matter and chased her about the premises with a knife. Her screams and the cries of the children were not heard, but she finally seized hold of the rope of the dinner bell and rang it so wildly that the neighbors rallied and suppressed the frenzied man. Rescuer Gives Up Hie Life. Miss Alma Osborne and Melville M. Wood, a school teacher, were drowned in White river southeast of Washington. They wore with a party of campers. Miss •Osburtui, vlw W in wad+ng,—stepped into a sink hole and went under. Mr. Wood jumped into the water to rescue her, and in the struggle both were drowned. Ftart Glass Factory Fires. The fires were placed under the tanks of the American Window Glass Company’s No. 3 factory at Hartford City, preparatory to a start Sept. 1. The order is a general one. and fires were started in all the tank factories belonging to this corporation, and thousands of workmen will return to work. State News iu Brief. John Tolle, 15, living near Windfall, struck in the eye by foul ball and may die. Bob Mansfield, consul to Zanzibar, Is at his home iu Marion, on leave of absence. New Albany council granted the street railway company a 30-year franchise. City gets S2OO a year. r Joseph A. Wollaw, living near Owensburg. among tax receipts, years ago, and forgotten. Charley Loss, a Swiss bell ringer, wns probably fatally stabl>ed by Dr. Masters while giving an entertainment at Stilesville. Cattle in the northern part of the State are afflicted with specific npthalma, one of the most contagious diseases stock raisers have to deal with. » .Seven-months-old son of Earl It. Churchill. Rushville, fell from his led, catching his head la-tween the side rail and guard and choked to death. Elkhart railroad man nearly swallowed a large, decayed tooth, but it stuck in his throat for several days, causing no end of worry for hitn nnd the physicinns. Little Tommie Scott, Greenfield, tumbled into a rainbarrel head first, but managed to turn over, nnd wh'-n his parents found him. lie was standing neck deep inVvater. Ella Sage, 16 and Roy Gordon, 17 years old, eloped from Elkhart and are l»elieved to be in Chicago. The youngsters had been lovers for over a year, but gave no sign of their intent to wed. Fires will be started in the three win-dow-glnss factories in Muncie of the American Window Glass Company preparatory to the early resumption in September. The Yorktown nnd Matthews plants will also be started earlier than usual. Logansport police were startled when Mary Albright, a 14-year-obi girl, appeared nt headquarters nnd said that while bcrry-pleking she found the body of a Ind, probably 9 years old, in n field. She told two men who wore near and they took the body and placed it in their buggy nnd drove away toward the country. The officers believe that a murder has been committed. Rev. Samuel L. Hamilton died tn Buffalo. N. Y., and was buried nt Lebanon. He was Lebanon's first mayor. Luther Phllllppt, Bicknell, wants $50,000 damages from 'Morten Ruble who stabbed him in a dispute over nn oats crop. McMurty & Butler, commission merchants, estimate that 1,333.ga110ns of berries were consumed at Rockville in two weeks. The Goshen milling company ground 740,000 bushels of wheat last year, mors than 300,000 bushels being purchased, from farmers nearby.