Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1901 — Page 3

Chicago, fiUif&iiiib&is and Louisvilleßy. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. Ko. 31—Fast Mail 4:49 a. m No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No. 33 Indianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46 p.m. No. 39—Milk aoconam., (daily) 6:15 p.m. No. 3—LouisvilleExpress, (daily).. 11 :05p. m. •No. 45—Local freight 2:40 p.m. North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (daily) 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomin., (daily) 7:31a.m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. •No. 30—Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. iNo. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p.m. ♦No. 46 Local freight 9:55 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily) 9®p. m. •Daily except Sunday. tSunday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon and Lowell. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. _ Fbank J. Rkkd, G. P. A., W. H. McDobl, Presidetit and Gen. M’g’r, Chab. H. Rockwell, Traffic M g’r, CHIMOO, W. H. Beam, Agent, Rensselaer.

CUT. TOWMSHiP AND com DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Gramble Fire Chief Elder: R. Hopkins COUNCILMEN. ' Ist ward Chas. Dean, H. J. Kannal 2d ward I. J. Porter, C. G. Spitler 3d ward J. F. McColly, J.C. Chiicote COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart... Hanging Grove John Ryan Gillam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. Wileox Newton Bert W. Sigler Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Steplieu D. Clark Wheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter Wiiliam F. Smith... Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer G. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer J.D. Allman Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfield COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk .John F. Major Sheriff Abram G. Hardy Auditor W. C. Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison. Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner TruittP. Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District .Abraham Halleck 2nd District Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Waymire Commissioner's court-First Monday of each month. JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge ..Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February. April, September and November. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES’ CURDS. _ Milroy Township. Wm.T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. / Wm. T. Smith. Trustee.

Hanging Grove Township. Joseph Stewart, tr istee of Hanging Grove township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on Friday of each week for the purpose < f transacting township business: and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Joseph Stewart. Trustee. Jordan Township. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. John Bill. Trustee. 1 ’Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-i 1 j ,ent business conducted for Moderate Fee*. 1 > 1 [Ovr Orrict is opposite U.S. Patent Office ■ ’ | and we can secure patent in less time than those l ’ ; 1 remote from Washington. ~ 1 ’ Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-1 ’ | tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of 1 * ; .charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured, ’> 1 A Pamphlet, “ How to Obtain Patents," with, ’ ] cost of same in the U.S. arid foreign countries l [ J sent free. Address, ’, C.A.SNOW&CO. b Opp. Patent Office. Washington, O. C. Ii REVIVO few restores vitality Made a vveH Man the * ’ of Me. GHTLA.T »mjEaiKrojac tuetmudt produces the above results In 30 days. It acts Sowcrt ally and quickly. Cures when all others tall. oungmeu will regain their lost manhood, sod old men will recover their youthful vigor by using REVIVO. It quickly and surely restores Nervousoeea. Loot Vitality, Imi>otoncy, Nightly Emissions. Lozt Power, Falling Memory, Wasting Diseases, and all effects of self-abuse or excess and indiscretion, which unfits one tor study, business or marriage. It not only cures by starting at tho seat of disease, but is a great nervo tonio and blood builder, bringing back the pink glow to pale cheeks and restoring the Are of youth. It wards off Insanity end Consumption. InslstonhavlngßEVlVO.no Other. It can be carried In vest pocket. By mall, SIXX) per package, or six tor SSXIO, with a pool Mvn written guarantee to cure or rotund the money. Advice and circular free. Address MOYAL MEDICINE CO.. For sale in Rensselaer by J, A. Larsh druggist. DITCiiTQ TA I tN 1 0 , " i> ora" Ts i ’ ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY FBFF ■ Notice in “Inventive Age ’’ fa M BB fa ( ■ Book "How to obtain Patents" | ] Chargt moderate. No fee UU patent is secured, j Letters strictly confidential. Address, G. JIGGERS, Patent Lawyer, Washington, D.C. J Subscribe for The Democrat Wells’ Hoosier Poultry Powder Mekm Hens Lay, cares Cbolsra. Oapse and Soap, and keeps hy ' psMks*W Sold by A. F. Long,

Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office first stairs east of Postoffice. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, Low, msiracis, loons and M Me. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Vanßensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The L. N. A. AC.Ry, and Rensselaer W. L. A P. Co. Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer, Indiana. MASK FOLTZ. O. O. SriTLSS. MASSY «. KUSSIS. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate. Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chiicote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chiicote & Parkison, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law. Real Estate. Insurance, Abstracts and Loans. Attorneysfor the Chicago, Indianapolis A Louisville Railway Co. Will practice in all of the courts. Office over Farmers’ Bank, on Washington street. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA. J. F. Irwin S.C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office iu Odd Fellow's Block. RENSSELAER. INDIANA.

Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, - - - Indiana. Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. H. O. Harris. E. T. Harris, J. C. Harris, President. Vtce-Pres. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. Deposits received on call. Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time, Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities. Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. - We Solicit a Share of Your Business. Addison Parkinson. John M. Wasson. President. Vice President. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Cashier. Commercial State Bank, (North Side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, IND. The Only State Bankin Jasper Co. DIBBCTOBS. Addison Parkison, G. E. Murray. Jas.T. Randle, John M. Wasson and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This bank is prepared to transact a general banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought at current rates of interest. A share of your patronage is solicited. Farm Loans at 5 per Cent Drs. I. B. & I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will givespecial attention to Diseases of the Eye. Ear. Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eyes for glasses. Ornes Tzlzchoms No. *B. Riiioinci Phoms No. 87. Rensselaer, - - Indiana.

E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Postoffice. Rensselaer. Indiana Offick Phons, 177. Rksiocncb Pmonij lie.

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GARDEN AND FARM

THE YIELD OF POTATOES. The average yield of potatoes in the United States seldom reaches 100 bushels per acre, yet 300 bushels would not be a large average if farmers would select their varieties and use sufficient fertilizer for producing large crops. THE IMPORTANCE OF BREED. Experienced dairymen declare that it costs no more for the food consumed by a cow that produces 300 pounds of butter per year than for one producing 150 pounds. The two kinds of cows will eat about the same quantity of food, but one will convert more food into milk and butter than the other. This fact demonstrates the importance of the breed. The cost of butter from the better cow is consequently one-half less than that from the other, and gives a profit, while other cows in the herd may entail loss. OBTAINING GOOD GARDEN CROPS. Two things are absolutely’ necessary in order to obtain good garden crops, one being the use of good seed, and the other a thorough preparation of the soil. When there is a failure in either of these, neither liberal manuring nor cultivation while growing will enable the gardener to get a good crop, while under these conditions we have seen very fair crops grown on land that was not very heavily manured, or cultivated very carefully after planting. Of course it is better that the four requisites should go together, yet the two we deem most important cost the least and are the most frequently neglected. MIXING CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. Chemicals can be mixed together and used without any material for dilution. In years of their use for all crops and under all conditions, I have in no case used any dilutant. It is not advisable to use them in large amounts in the hill unless they are thinly spread. The practice of using large quantities in the hill in any event is one not to be commended, so that little danger exists in their use alone when wisely or lightly used. Nitrate of soda and muriate of potash are not safe materials to use in the hill, as it is found that these, materials in the early stages of plant growth, when in execess, tend to retard growth. It is my custom to use half and half quantities of yard manure and chemicals and for corn to spread the chemicals broadcast when used to the amount of 500 pounds to the acre. This system may not give the corn so quick a start, but it calls the roots out and feds them well for the final crop and succeeds.—J. W. Sanborn, in New England Homestead. TO MAKE A GARDEN.

The first thing to be decided is the contour and size of the beds. Often this is predetermined by the shape of the lot; still, beds should follow 7 the curves of paths, as plants rarely look well if grown in straight lines. Curves are not always possible to secure, and. after all. shape is merely a question of taste. Consider the garden and lawn as a whole, trying with fine eye of imagination to see the garden in all its summer luxuriance. An uninterrupted lawn vista is one of the beautiful things in nature; though if one desires a brilliant bit of color to break it with a becTof golden-leaved salvia or one of Madam Bruatit geraniums would lie striking. A decidedly tropical effect can be secured by using the bronze fohaged ricimts in mass, surrounded by glowing scarlet cannas. If one is fortunate enough to have lilacs, syringas, or the pretty barberry-brushes grouped near the edge of the garden or lawn, here will be the very nook for the fragrant lilv-of-the-valley and the lovely amaryllis. Poppies and delicate larkspur all thrive admirably among the hardy shrubs. In planning borders, place tall-growing varieties in the background-^:>r this, cannas with their orchidlike “oom, or the amaranthus may be used. I'be double dahlia is particularly effective in this way. As soon as the ground can be worked, the soil must be spaded and turned, that the spring sunshine may warm it sufficiently before seed-sowing.— Harper's Bazaar.

HOUSING THE FARM IMPLEMENTS. There are many fanners throughout the country who should have better shelter for fanning tools. In passing a farm recently 1 noticed a mowing machine, rake and two cultivators standing outdoors. How long they had been exposed I do not know, but it was probably since last used. Allowing good farm implements to stand out in this way is bad management, and the time is not far distant when they will have to be replaced with new. There are some tools that would be almost mined by being exposed in this way for only one winter, and none □f the things would be in as good shape for use next spring as they would had they been properly homed since they were last used. At present there are many tools that the farmer, cultivating one hundred acres should have, but many of these tools will be short lived unless protected from the elements. I would advise the purchasing of these improved implements if the farmer can afford them and has a suitable place for them when not in use, if not he would better hire from his neighbors for a time. A good substantial building, to shelter all the tools needed on any odinary farm can he built ior a moderate sum, say SSO to $75 according to location. Ihe damage done tools left outside all the year through, would amount to enough h* four years to erect a good building and then it is so much better to have the tools free from rust and in good order for tiling. From a business standpoint the interest on cost of and wear on such a building is far less than the wear on the tools when exposed Therefore build a tool house. If you cannot afford to put up shelter of some kind for the tools, you certainly cannot afford to own them. Shelter your tools. Again in many instances farmers who have no tool house are obliged to run their binders and rakes into the barn or stable, where they are much in the way and unhandy to get at, the result is they are often left out until long after done using. Years ago there were not so

many tools in use, but that they could be stored without an extra building. There are more used now and some of them cost a great deal of money. Some farmers have put up a kind of shelter for these tools, but not what it should be. A shed is better than nothing, in fact a shelter made of poles and straw or swale hay is better than leaving them out in the comer of the fence.—V. M. Couch, in The Agricultural Epitomist. TO CHECK THE SQUASH VINE BORER. A handful of tobacco stems placed around a hill of squashes is said to do much to keep away the fly that is the parent of the squash borer. It is also a good fertilizer, particularly if ground fine. But it is said that even more effective remedy is the use of bisulphide of carbon. Make a hole about an inch deep in the soil of the hill, among the vines, and put in a few drops of the liquid and cover it up.- The fumes will find their way up to the plants, and if the moth is there it means instant death to her. If she has been there it destroys the eggs of the young borers. If she has not come she will detect the odor and keep away. The fly usually appears in the latter part of July, and the borer begins its work about August 1, and the vines begin to wilt and turn yellow about the first of August, but they are sometimes earliers When they are seen in a single vine it is quite time to make the application if it has not been done before. It may not be necessary to cauton any one of the poisonous or explosive character of this compound, or the danger of inhaling the fumes or carrying fire near it, but better a few unnecessary words than the trouble that might result if these precautions were neglected. We have known gardeners to give up growing squashes because of these squash borers, or bccauSP of the abundance of the large squash bug, yet the latter is easily disposed of by spraying with the Bordeaux mixture, a single spraying being usually enough if the vines are well coated with it. They live by sucking the sap, and do not like the lime and copper flavor.— Massachusetts Ploughman.

FERTILIZERS FOR GARDENS. Before the fanner applies bis fertilizer he should determine the kind of crops to grow. At this season the garden will receive much attention, and, as the different vegetables require different proportions of foods, a knowledge of what to use for each crop may save for the farmer many dollars. Of course, when the farmer buys fertilizers the cost is increased, and it is a direct cash investment, the returns for which depend upon future conditions of weather and treatment given, but experiments published in Farmers’ Bulletin, No. 124, by the United States Department of Agriculture, demonstrate that, while the medium amounts of fertilizers may give profitable yields with staple crops, the profit from the garden may be greatly increased by heavy applications of expensive fertilizers. Nitrogen, however, should be used with a view to its probable loss, as an excess may not remain in the soil, while any excess of phosphoric acid ’will remain over for use during the succeeding season. At the New Jersey station experiments were made on rich sail to furnish information as to the relative usefulness of nitrate, ammonia and organic form of nitrogen for crops belonging to that class in which rapid and continuous growfih are important factors in determining the profits to be obtained. The crops grown were tabl^ 1 beets, tomatoes, muskmelons, sweet corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and certain forage crops. The plots were well fertilized with phosphoric acid and potash before the nitrogen was applied. VV ith table beets, on very rich soil, nitrate of soda was applied in various amounts, heavy applications of fertilizer having been also given the previous year. Ihe earliness of the crop was greatly hastened by the use of the nitrate. For every dollar invested in nitrate of soda for beets there was sufficient earliness and increase to return three dollars. With tomatoes a comparison was made with nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia and dried blood as sources of nitrogen. Nitrate of soda was used at. the rate of 150 pounds, sulphate of ammonia, 120 pounds, and dried blood, 200 pounds- per acre. The yield of tomatoes was 12 per cent, greater from nitrate of soda than from sulphate of ammonia, and 68 per cent, greater than that from dried blood. The net gain front the nitrate of soda was $53-33 f° r every dollar expended, while sulphate of ammonia returned $44.26 and dried blood $22.50 for every dollar expended. The plants that received nitrate also produced the best fruit and but little that was inferior. It is, therefore, established that in growing tomatoes, even on the richest soil, progressive farmers will use nitrogen in some form, but the best results from the use of nitrogen arc obtained when the very soluble nitrate of soda is used. With muskmelons the best results were also obtained from the use of nitrate of soda as a source of nitrogen, though dried blood proved superior to sulphate of ammonia for muskmelons, the sulphate having a tendency to produce more vine at the expense of fruit. In regard to ‘culls’ it is stated that the percentage of them on the nitrate plots were lower than on plots treated with other forms of nitrogen. Dried blood gave the best results with sweet corn, the nitrate being more liable to be carried beyond the reach of the plants early in the season owing to its solubility. It has been demonstrated in a great many experiments that plants have their preferences of food, and that for a farmer to attempt to feed all kinds of crops with only one kind of food would be to incur a loss. Plants also utilize certain foods at different stages of growth. Nitrogen promotes rapid leaf growth, but at maturity. when the seed is forming, phosphoric acid is essential. When the land is lacking in any particular element the farmer must supply it or the crop will be deficient, according to the deficiency of the desired element. With garden crops the farmer undertakes to grow early plants and as rapidly as possible. To succeed he must not J>e too economical with nitrogen, no matter HTIw rijh his soil may be, for the experiments mentioned above, with some crops, show that not only is the cost of the nitrogen returned, but a profit over the expense as well, with the advantage of larger yields, better product and earlier use, which points of excellence arc vary important with all garden crops.

MAD ANTICS OF STOCK.

Wall Street Has a Terrible Day with Northern Pacific. , The mad rage tor speculation that holds the country in its clutch had its climax in Wall street Wednesday. Five minutes after the New York Stock Exchange opened millions of dollars were gambled and great fortunes made and lost in one of the most sensational scrambles ever seen in the money center. It centered round the Northern Pacific comer. As soon ns the gong rang for the opening of business there was a roar ns of the fury-lashed ocean and in the din of it all bid* ranging from 150 to 180 were offered simultaneously for the stock of Northern Pacific. Men went frantic with excitement and rushed madly about the floor of the exchange yelling their bids iu the desperation of their greed to buy some of the coveted stock. This lasted for nearly five minutes, the price in the meantime having elimbed by leaps and bounds to 180. Then with equal celerity down it came to 155. Not in years has there been such a scene of excitement on the floor of the exchange. A surging crowd of seemingly frenzied brokers fought for points of vantage to execute orders for their customers whose losses in the big ‘’corner" have run up into millions of dollars. The mad rush when' business began was almost beyond description. All that the brokers knew was that their customers had paid from SSOO to SI,OOO for the use of Northern Pacific stock over night. The “corner” was absolute. The fact was patent that .lames It. Keene had executed one of the greatest coups of his life, and his power in the market wrts held in greater dread by the speculators and their brokers than the combined billions of the brokers. Interests credited with forcing the advance in the stock: E. 11. Harriman; Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Standard Oil owners of Union Pacific. Interests against whom a retaliatory campaign has been directed: J. J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and other Northern Pacific shareholders, who are thought to have parted with the bulk of their stock at less than prevailing figures. Cause of the fight: Recent attempt to wrest control of .the Union Pacific road from the Harriman syndicate.

PAY FOR MAINE VICTIMS.

Claims Filed Will Lead to a Thorough Investigation. The filing of two claims before the Spanish claims commission on account of damage incurred by the blowing up of the Maine in Havana harbor may result in a more complete investigation of that disaster and a judicial decision determining how the battleship was destroyed and 200 members of her crew killed by explosion and drowning. Ex-Senator Chandler, chairman of the commission, says that the manner in which the Maine was blown up will constitute an important feature of the trial of claim cases. It will be recalled that the naval board of inquiry which investigated the disaster found in a general way that the explosion occurred from the outside. The general assumption based upon that finding and upon suspicion was that the Maine was destroyed by treachery. This convictionwas responsible largely for the declaration of war against Spain. The naval board did not attempt to fix upon Spain responsibility for the disaster. It will not necessarily follow that complicity in a crime will have to be proved against Spain in order to reaffirm the validity of the claims for indemnity, since responsibility through lack of proper care in assigning the ship an anchorage, without any criminal idea on the part of the Spanish officials, might be deemed sufficient to warrant indemnity. A novel feature of the case is that the United Stalos, by assumption of the indemnity clause under the Spanish treaty became the defendant in these claims. A decision adverse to the claimant would stand as a vindication of Spain and remove one of the popular motives for the war upon that country, which lias already proved so disastrous to Spain.

ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT

Torn Cooper lias made, nnil likewise saved, bis money from the cyclitis game. Eddie Bald, the old bicycle champion, once more makes the announcement that he will return to the bicycle racing circuit. Among the foreign bicycle riders who are expected in this country shortly is "French” ’tyiylor, the hour champion of Europe. Marvin Hart, the promising Louisville tighter, is not a bruiser, but an exceedingly clever mid a clean-cut man of the "Kid" McCoy style. If their curves are anything like their names, Comiskey's two new twirlevs ought to puzzle the American I«caguo batters. They are Revoyr and Skopec. The majority of college teams are against any change in the baseball playing rules and will probably follow the lead of the American League in using the old regulations. No man in the featherweight class hns done better work of late than Jack McClelland, the clever Pittsburger who by his own efforts has worked himself to the top of the ladder. He has lieen in the fighting game four years and has but one knockout against him. American bicycle riders do not seem to have very good luck In Europe. Of all the speed merchants who have been sent from this side to meet the cracks of foreign countries Zimmerman • fared the best. Harry Elkes also did well, but Tom Cooper nnd many other good flyers w’ere obliged to bow to the superior prowess of European cyclists. Advices from Australia are to the effect that Peter Jackson, the once famous colored heavyweight, is fast nearing the end of his days. Jackson is now nt his home in Sydney struggling with consumption and is said to be a wreck of hla former self. William C. Whitney, the New York multi-millionaire, has an entire farm of 500 acres given up to his horses, near Lexington, Ky. In this establishment be has about $350,000 invested In horseflesh. For three of the stallions alone Mr. Whitney gave $114,000. Hamburg comes flrat in price, with SOO,OOO.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Law Ha* Been Tampered With—A Bad Sequel to Matrimonial Agency Marriage—New Trolley Line Company at Richmond—Starke County Stabbing. The discovery was made the other day when the first volumes of the acts of recent legislation were distributed, that some one had cut out some important ■parts of the Wood medical law, and it is believed that the same methods were used as those which nullified the bitartrate of potassium bill, though the effect on the medical bill does not wholly vitiate the measure. When the bill was under consideration in the House Representative Minturn secured an amendment which exempted those who practice electropathy, hydropathy or massage from having to undergo an examination at the hands the State Board of Medical Registration before being allowed to practice in the state. Another amendment, which, however, succeeded in getting into the act, as it appears in the acts, exempts osteopaths from compulsory examination, providing a special permit, distinct, however, from a medical license, for graduates of regularly constituted osteopathic schools. These amendments were duly incorporated iu the bill, but the printed law does not contain them, ami an investigation has been started to learn by whom they were cut out of the bill. Husband and Money Gone. Mrs. Ida Clark, living near the village of Culver, answered the advertisement of Vernon Lyles in a Chicago matrimonial publication. Letters were exchanged for two weeks, when Lyles visited Mrs. Clark, and the engagement and marriage of the couple followed. Lyles professed great devotion for his newly found bride and the couple planned to leave Culver and go to Chicago, where Lyles represented that he was a prosperous business man. The confiding bride intrusted S7OO of her money to her husband, who is now missing.

Plan a Big Indiana Line.' The Richmond Street Railway and Interurban Railway Company has been organized in Richmond. The company recently purchased the local street railway property from the Union Trust Company of St. Louis and will build from Richmond to Cambridge City and thence to Greenfield to connect with the Indianapolis and Greenfield electric line. The capital stock is $500,000. Stabbed in Fight Over Girl. William Suit of Starke County quarreled with a man named Florence over a young woman named Belle Gates, to whom both were paying attention, and in the affray Sult Was seriously if not fatally wounded. A general riot then took place, in which Florence was stabbed six times in the heart and back. There is but little hope of his recovery. His assailant fled. Fire at Union Mills. Six store buildings, one residence, the Masonic and Odd Fellows' halls and the postoffice in the Town of Union Mills were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $25,000. The town has a population of 500 and is without fire protection. State News in Brief. Poland has seventeen smallpox cases. Indiana fruit prospects the best for years. L'nion City farmers report large numbers of locusts. Shelby gets a $500,000 beet sugar plant. Switches are being put in. Government will send 1,000.000 fish to be placed in Shelby County streams. Stephen Banks, 29, fatally hurt by falling slate in Big Four mine near Brazil. Evansville grand jury returned ninetyeight indictments. Some big sensations. The rural free delivery service will be established at Julietta and Oakland on June 1. "While kindling fire, Mrs. Job Smith, Spencerville, was so terribly burned that she died. Esther Costello, who is employed as a 1 nurse In South Bend, is heir to a fortune of $500,000. John Bader. Williamsport, ate forty fried eggs in twenty-six minutes 11ml won $5 on a wager. At the house on Schermerhorn farm, near Attica, mysterious tappings are heard every night. Eaton fruit jar and bottle factory closed.because of accident to the continuous tank; 100 persons idle. Elizabeth J. Kemper. 77, of Muncie, fell down stalls, three months ago, ami broke her liip. She is dead. The Richmond street railway property has been sold to James Murdock of Lafayette and his associates. The two G. A. R. p >sts of Terre Haute have issued a circular protesting against making a sporting holiday of Memorial day. Muncie carpenters have agreed to 29 cents for nine hours instead of 30 cents for eight. Anderson will probably follow. Greensport dealers are shipping a carload, 12,000 dozen of eggs, each week to New York, Boston and Pittsburg, to go into cold storage. House of Mrs. Mary Fields, near Hazelton, burned. When she saw it must go she threw herself on the bed and asked to be burned, too. Henry Hill, a steel worker living at Peru, dreamed of being killed by heavy castings falling upon him. While at work the other day he was knocked down by n falling casting, and his body was burned iu a bed of hot sand. Willie Surber, aged 3, Logansport, threw a half flask of powder into the stove. The explosion threw him into the next room and burned him badly. Jonas Dipert, wealthy farmer near Hamlet, gored to death by a bull. Third victim iu that county iu two years. A widow and five children survive. W. J. Dawson, 20, a farm hnnd, had both legs cut off below the knees at Lebanon by n Big Four freight train. He was walking nlong the side of the track and the suction es the train threw him off his feet and under the wheels, He Will live.