Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 4, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 May 1879 — Page 2

- The Ligonier Banmer, i 3. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. ‘ . LIGONIER, : : : INDIANA.

THE OLD WORLD. : A SENSATION was created in the British House of Lords, on the 6th, by the introduction, by the Prince of Wales, of a petition favoring the passage of a bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife’s sister. Sus-LIEUT. COYTE, the author of the story about the pirate ship off the Fastnett Light, on the 16th of January last, has been convicted of ‘the offense and dismissed the naval service. - ! : . A Cavrcurra dispatch of the 7th says Gen. Grant had returned to Singapore, to embark on his homeward voyage. Tue American horse, Parole, won, on the Bth; the Newgate Cheshire handicap. THE bank of Swan, Clough & Co., of ‘Cork, Ireland, failed, on the Bth. The failure was a bad one, © ‘ '- THE British Privy Coeuncil had, it was aunounced in the House of Parliament on the evening of the Bth, issued au‘qerder that. all swine arriving from the United Btates be slaughtered at the place of landing. - 7 - THE sections of the French Chamber ‘have unanimously declared that the Archbishop of Aix is guilty of violating the law in having issued a pastoral, attacking Jules Ferry’s Educational bill. - A ConsTANTINOPLE dispatch of the Bth says the difficulties between the Khedive -of Egypt and France and England had beer ‘compromised. b A Carcurra dispatch, received on the Bth, says there had been further murders of Zative Princes at Mandalay. ‘ - A NrgILIsT printing ’%e'ss has been discovered at the office of the Ministry of Public Communications, in St. Petersburg, and eight officials have been arrested. - | On.account of the high price of provisions in Madrid, the octroi duties on corn and flour have been abolished. The City Government have opened depots for the sale of . bread below bakers’ prices.

A Lavore (India) dispatch of the 9th says Yakoob Khan had accepted all the British propositions. These advance- the frontier line so as to give the latter control of most of the passes, and the right to keep an agent at Cindahar and Cabul. i THE Czar has issued a proclamation to the Bulgarians, in which he advises a strict adherence tc the provisions of the Treaty of Berline 0 _ ' . ON the 11th, anonymous letters were sent to the heir apparent of the Russian Empire advising him to go abroad if he wished to maintain a position in the impending revolution. . 6 . : A CoNSTANTINOPLE dispat¢h of the 11th says the Sultan had promised to grant autonomy. to the Albanians, It was also stated that the Mohammedans in Adrianople were suffering from the lack of food and were plundering the shops of that eity, = - THE French Minister of the Interior has authorized the organization of a lottery to raése a fund for the compléeétion of the statue of *Liberty” to be presented to the United States. : A LonNpON telegram of the 12th says a conference of the representatiyes of the Great Powers had been called, to meet at . Paris, to consider the question of the rectifi‘cation of the frontier between Greece and Turkey,! D s : A St. PETERSBURG telegram of the 12th announces the destruction the day before, by tire, of the Town of Erbit, at the confluence of the Erbit and Neiva Rivers, THE plague has made its appearance in-the Caucasus, - = ' At a Consistory held in Rome on the 12th, the Pope appointed five Cardinals and numerous Bishops. Among the former was Rev. Dr. Newman, of England. - /.

" THE NEW. WORLD. In the Miles polygamy case; at Salt Lake, on the 6th, the jury found a'verdict of guilty. Defendant appealed and was held to bail in the sum of $5,000. I~ Philadelphia, on the 6th, Edward Parr, a graduate of the [llinois State Penitentiary, butchered his daughter, Mrs. Susan Erwin, by stabbing her in the breast with a huge knife, - : : ‘ ALEX. COHEN, the fugacious Milwaukee insurangb agent and forger, was arrested at Richmond, Va., on the 6th. JonN Doßss, alias Kerrigan, a notorious bank robber, attempted to sell some of the bonds stolen from the Manhattan Savings Bank, of New York, some months ago, in Philadelphia, on the sth. They were recognized and Kerrigan was arrested and taken to New York.on the 6th. THE National Colored Conference met at Naghville, Tenn., on the 6th, and organized by the election of J. R. Lynch, of Mississippi, as Chairman; Robert Nichols, of Indiana, as Vice Chairman, and the usual number of Secretaries. :

A MississipP VALLEY Labor Convention—comprised of planters, leading colored men and others, was held at Vicksburg, Miss., on the 6th. A series of resolutions was adopted, to the effect that the interests of planiers, laborers, landlords and tenants are identical ; that the colored race are, by the '‘Constitution and laws of the land, ‘placed on an absolute legal equality with the whites, and shall be accorded the practical enjoyment of their civil and political rights; that it is the Constitutional right of the colored people to emigrate when and to what Btate they please, but that the Convention urges them to proceed in their movement toward emigration as reasonable human beings, provided in advance with the necessary means for the successful carrying out of their efforts to secure homes elsewhere, etc., etc. Only the white members of the Convention voted on the adoption of the resolution, the negroes, underinstructions from their leaders, refraining.from giving an ‘expression €ither pro or com, - ,

A St. Lovuis dispatch cf the 6th says about 140 Bouthern refugees—men, women -and children—arrived there that day and left on a steamer for their former homes in Warren County, Migs, They gave an unfavorable account of their reception and treatment in Kansas, and expressed much pleasure in being able to return to the South. They were abundantly supyplied, by parties in St. Louis, with all necessaries for their trip down the river.

WHITTEMORE, PEET, Postr & Co., woolen and dry-goods commission merchants,

of New York, one of the largest inthe line, failed on the 7th. Liabilities variously estimated at from $500,000 to $750,000. O~ the 7th, the Secretary of War instructed Gen. Sherman to remove the trespassers in' the Indian Territory, by force if necessary. The proper instructions were forwarded to Gen. SBheridan. ” . AN explosion of gas in the Stanton Shaft of a coal mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the night of the 6th, fatally burned from six to eight of the miners.. : & THE National Woman’s Suffrage Association met in Bt. Louis, on the 7th, and. organized by the election of the following officers: President, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Secretary, Mrs. 8. A. Spencer; Treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Spofford. IN the Cox-Alston murder case at Atlanta, Ga., on the 7th, Cox, the prisoner, was found guilty, and sentenced to {mprisonment for life.

THE Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention is to te held on the 16th of July. - THE American Tract Society held its annual meeting in New York, on the7th. The available resources during 1878 were $410,000, and’'the expenditures during the .same time, $£407,000. On the same 'day, in the same city, the American Home Missionary Society held its annual meeting. The Treasurer’s report shows the receipts to have been $273,691 and the expenditures $260,330, with $6,766 still due to missionaries. A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy, named Alfred H. Alberger, who was bitten by a savage dog, a few weeks ago, died in Des Moines, Towa, on the morning of the 6th, in great agony, and with every symptom of hydrophobia. B : THE Pennsylvania Senate, on' the Bth, by a party vote, adopted the House' resolution to appoint a committee tol receive exPresident Grant at Ban Francisco, upon his return home. o S ’ In the National Colored Convention, at Nashville, on the Bth, a resolution was adopted declaring that the migration of colored people to those States and Territories where they can all enjoy all the rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States should be encouraged, and asking Congress for an appropriation of $500,000 to aid in the removal of colored people from the South. ‘

"IN the Brooklyn Presbytery, on the Bth, a final vote was taken on the charges against Dr. Talmage, and he was acquitted. T_ie'Secretary‘announced that forty-five votes had been cast, twenty-five of which were against the charges and specifications, and sixteen in favor of sustaining them as they stood, and four for sustaining them in part. The lay elders voted nine to four for convietion. After the announcement of the result, Mr. Talmage made some characteristic remarks, reflecting severely upon the action of his prosecutors. Dr. Van Dyke presented a motion of appeal tothe Synod of Long Island, signed by eight members of the minority. ‘ADVICES received 'at the Indian Bureau, in Washington, on the Bth, indicated that the threatened raid into the Indian Territory had come nearly to an end. }

THE number of immigrants arriving at the port of New York during the month of April of this year, was 11,601; during the same month last year the number was 8,529. During the year ending on the 30th ult. there were 86,905 immjgrants landed at said port; during the previous year the number was 68,994. / RETURNS, reéceived up to the morning of the 9th, indicated the.adoption of the new Constitution in California by from 6,000 to 10,000 majority. : : THE Pope has named Very Rev. Lawrenceé 8. McMahon, V. G. of Providence, R. 1., to be Bishop of Hartford, Conn., and Rev. John Vertin, of Negaunee, Mich., to be Bishop of Marquette. s THE fifty-fifth anniversary of the American Sunday-School Union was celebrated in New York City, a few evenings ago. The annuai report shows that there had been organized in 1878 1,067 new schools, with 4;915 teachers and 89,769 scholars, and there had been 8,505 Bibles and Testaments distributed, and 14,140 families visited. ATt Argola, N. Y., on the 9th, the house of Di>Delos W. Southworth was consumed by fire. The doctor perished in the flames, and his wife was fatally burned.

THE sixty-third anniversary of the American Bible Society was held in. New York City, on the night of the §th. The annual report shows that the society’s receipts last year were $462,274—an excess of $15,320 over those of thef previous year. ' During the year there were 1,266,958 Bibles made, of which 949,814 were issued at home, and 238,040 abroad; e j

A PRrIZE-FIGHT was fought on Long Point, a portion of the Canadian Dominion, opposite Erie, Pa., on the Bth, between Dwyer and Elliott. The ficht lasted about fourteen minutes, and resulted in victory for Dwyer. AT the session in St. Louis, on the 9th, of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association a platform was adopted, which declares, among other things, that it is the duty of Congress to adopt the Sixteénth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote, and that all State Legislatures should request ‘Congress to submit such|an amendment to them; that the lower Houig of Congress should pass a resolution authorizing the appointment of a Committee on the Rights of Women Citizens; that it is the duty of every woman to demand registration as a voter; and present her ballot at elections, and to sue every official who refuses them the citizen’s right to vote; that while women are not permitted to vote, the legislation of the country is defrauded of one-half of the intelligence, vitrue and practical wisdom of the Nation; requests Congress to provide for the appointment of a fair proportion of intelligent women to gather vital statistics concerning women and children for the next census, etc, ete, %R 0

THE United States Senate, on the 9th, passed the House bill prohibiting military interference at elections,’by a vote of thirty-three yeas to twenty-three nays. Nine ;L.irs were announced, and two Senatorswere absent. : % i

HENRY MCSEED, & white man, and Tom Jones, colored, were hung for murder, at Appling, Ga., orrthe 9th. Richard Henry Lee, colored, was also hung at Fayetteville, ‘N. C., for burglary. : A LARGE and brilliant meteor ex-ploded-near Washington, Minn., on the afternoon of the 11th, with.a report equal toa 800-pounder. The concussion v.::)ggok the town. The meteor was plainly le during its passage through the, air, and was apparently about the size of an ordinary football. £ i ; Sesly

A PARTY of men crossing the’ Mississippl at St. Louis, in a skiff, on the 11th, were drawn under the bow of ‘g steamer, and four of them were drowned. :

Ex-CoNGREssMAN JOHN ROGERS, of Moreau, N. Y., died on the morning of the Lith, ) :

At Sidney, Neb., on the 10th, a man named Henry Loomis was mortally wounded vy Charles Reed. Loomis died in the afternoon, and Reed —escaped to the bluffs north of the town, where he was captured by a posse of officers and put in Jail. " About-elev-en o’clock at night a crowd of about 400 people surrounded the Jail, overpowered the guards, and compelled the Sheriff to give up the keys. Reed was then taken and hanged to a telegraph pole. The lynching is said to have been generally commended by the citizens of Sydney, Reed having been guilty of a former murder in Texas.

ON the afternoon of the 10th, a special trafa conta/ning the Directors of the Credit Valley (Can.) Railroad and their friends, which was standing on a side track at Carlton Station, was run into by an engine under headway, and the tender of the engine was driven deeply into the body of the. passenger coach. Eleven of the occupants were more or less seriously injured. The engineer says he was proceeding over the road under orders, when, the switch being open, he ran into the train. The switchman sa¥s the engineer gave the signal for him to open the switch, and, thinking the engine to be in tended for the waiting cars, he did so. : - MARK GRrAY, who recently attempted the assassination of the tragedian, Edwin Booth, while the Jatter was acting Richard 11. on the stage of McVicker’s Theatre, Chicago, has been adjudged insane and sent to the Asylum at Elgin. ; A rIRE in Chicago, on the afternoon and evening of the 10th, destroyed the drying kilns of Palmer, Fuller & Co.’s planingmills and several adjacent dwellings. About three acres of territory were burned over. Loss, about $150,000. , | THE Treasury Department, on the 12th, issued a statement of funding operations since March 1, 1877, showing that since that sime theve had been sold. for refunding purpoges, bonds amounting to $803,095,700, with an annual interest saving of $13,638,651. THE President, on the 12th, vetoed the bill to prevent military interference at elections. :

CONGRESSIONAL., . ; SENATE.—The bill making it unlawful to use any part of the army or navy at the polls, etc., was reported from the Judiciary Committee, on the 6th....The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was also reported, with amendments.... A lengthy debate was had on the resolution authorizing the taking of testimony in relation to the claim of Mr. Spotford to the seat of Set"xator EKellogg. . House.—Among the bills introduced was one for the admission of Utah as a State. ... A preamble and joint resolution were introduced requesting the President to insist on the emancipation of slaves in Cuba, and to ‘take such measures, in co-operation with other Governments. as will most speedily and humanely effectuate -'so_ civilizing an object....The bill to prohibit military interference at elections was reported back without amendment. and a substitute, offered by Mi. Robeson, making it unlawful to bring to, or emvloy at, any place where a general or special election is being held in a State any part of the army or navy, unless such employment shall be necessary to ‘carry out the provisions of the Constitution, or overcome a forcible obstruction to the execution of the laws made in pursuance thereof, and makuf any violation of thisact a penal offense, was defeated—92 to 121—only one Greenbacker (Ford) voting aye and eight voting no. After some filfl}))_ustenng on the part of the Republicans, the bill was passed—-‘—(feas. 124; nays, 90. Eleven Greenbackers voted aye, ‘and two (Barlowand Russell) did not vote gt all.

SENATE.—The resolution asking for authority to take testimony in the contested case of Spofford vs. Kellogg was further considered, on the 7th, and several amendments were offered by Republican Senators, and, after debate, were rejected. An amendment, offered by Mr. Hoar, further instructing the committee to 'inquire and report whether bribery or other corrupt or unlawful measures were used to secure the alleged election of Spofford, the memorialist, was accepted by the committee, and the resolution as thus amended was finally adopted—26 to 17. ....The House bill to prohibit military interference in elections was read twice, and a motion, made by Mr. Fdmunds, to refer ! it to the Coramittee’ on Judiciary was: defeated-: 24 to 81. Mr. Blaine ther | submitted an amendment providing that ‘“any person who shall carry a concealed deadly weapon at any place, or within amile of any }%)la.ce, where a general or special election for Representatives to Congress is being held, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished with a fine of not-less than $5OO nor more than $5,000, or with imprisonment for & period of not ltess than. six months normore than five years, or with both gne :tn’(’i imprisonment, at the discretion of the ourt.

House.—Mr. Chalmers called up a ¢ :solution, offered by him, calling for an investigation into his conduct at Fort Pillow, and after a speech in his own defense, and remarks by other members, the whole subject was laid on the table....The bill relating to coinage and bullion certificates was taken up and debated. SENATE.—On the Bth, the House bill to duthorize the annual enlistment of 750 bovs in the Nayy was passed....At his own request, Mr. Hoar was excused from service onthe Committee to Investigate Election Frauds, and Mr, Platt was appointed in his place....The bill prohibiting military interference at elections was further considered, Mr. Morgan advocating Its passage. House.—The bill to enforce the Eight'Hour law was takén up, and, after :considerable debate, was laid on the table by a vote of 103 to 52. ... The Silver bill was then taken up, and an amendment was offered fixing the weight of the silver dollar at 460 instead of 412% grains. A lengthfi debate followed, bat no action was had on the bill. . SENATE.—The bill to prohibit military interference at elections was further debated, on the 9tk, by Messrs. Edmurds, Blaine and Chandler, after which it was ‘passed, in the grecise form in which it came from the House, y a vole of 33 yeas to 28 nays, as follows: Yeas —Bayard, Beck, Butler. Call, Cockrell, Coke, Davis (W. Va.), Eaton, Garla,m'i, Groome, Hampton, Harris, Hereford, Houston, Johnston, Jonas, Jones (Fla.), Kernan, Lamar, McDomld. Maxey, Morgan. Pendleton, Randolph. Ransom, Sauldburf. Slater, Thurmanp, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker, Withers—33. Nays—Allison, Anthony, Bsoth, Bruce, Burnside, Cameron (I;‘%. Cameron _SWxs.). Chandler, Conkling, - .munds, Hill (Col.), Hoar, Ingalls, KelloFg, Logla.n. McNhllnn'r Mornll, . Platt, i’[ umb.Oßo lints‘é &Bgdem, 3 eller,(fiWin)doi‘n—'%. essrs. nter. ones (Nev.), Ferry, Paddock. Bell, Hamlin, Blaine and Kirkwood were paired with Messrs, Davis, Hill, Farley, Bailey, Gorlon, Williams, : McPherson, Wallace a.ndt.Whyte; Mesars. Grover and Sharon were abgen

HouseE.—Consideration of the Warner Silver bill was resumed, and Mr, Weaver advocated its passage in a lengthy speech, and announced that he would demand the previous uestion on the 20th. Mr. Heilman spoke against axe bill. Mr. Kelley obtained the fl%(()»r just before_ adjournment. 7 SENATE.—A bill ‘'was introduced, on the 10th, relative to telegraphic communication botween the United States and foreign countries. ....The Legislative bill was further considered, and speeches were made by Messrs. Hill, Chandler and Windom. : House.—A resolution was offered and referred for the appointment of a select committee to take into consideration such measures as might tend to promote the agricultural interests of the country....Beveral bills were introduced and referred, including the following: Relating to Pub}lc. lands; for tie appointment of a Mississippi River Commisson; for the reduction and reorganization of the Army....The Warner Bilver bill was further debated, Messrs. Kelley, Reed, Haskell and Bowman taking part in the discussion....The bill prohibiting the presence of the mxhtari at places of election was signed by the Speaker and sent to the Sen~ ste for the signature of the President pro tem. |

SENATE.—Consideration wasresumed, on' the 12th, of the Legislative bill, and Mr.

Windom spoke against the political legislation contained therein, and Mr, Coke replied. : - House.—Mr. Cox called attention to a petition presented on the 10th and printed in the Record, to the effect that ** the longer continuance of the session is fraught with danger to peace and with disaster to the financial, commercial and other interests of the country; that the measures inaugurated by Congress threaten arevolution and to strike down all the safeguards to a free and unintimidated ballot, and thzi chis unprofitable session should b 5 speedily terminated.” Mr. Cox said this petition was an insult to, Congress and should not have been printed, |aB ke objected to it atthe time it was presented. After debate, the Speaker submitted the question as to whnether the Record should be corrected by the insertion of the objection and the consequent exclusion of the petition, and it was so ordered. ....Bulls were introduced and referred—abolishing the jurors test oath; authorizing the coinage of a silver dollar and fractions thereof of full standard value, following the metric system; making approtfma.tmns for the s.u‘?port of the army for the fiscal year endmf une 30, 1880; providing for the issue of legal-tender notes and the retirement of National Bank notes, and the equalization of the tax on Btate and -National Banks, and the equalization of the rights of property industry; proposing a Constitutional Amendment fixing the Presidential térm at six years; amending the law providing for confi)e_nsa.tion of the President . ..The Presi.dent’s Message vetoing the Military Interference bilk.was read. ...A motion to suspend the rules ‘and pass the bill making appropriations for the support of the army was defeated-101 to_ 109— eight Greenbackers voting with the Republicans in the affirmative, and one with the Demeoczats in the negative.

~ Lickshingle’s Story of Shylock.: GRANDFATHER LICKSHINGLE scmetimes calls the little children around his knee, and says that, since they insist upon it, he wil] tell them a story, when, at the same time, the children have not been saying a word about a story. This was the case yesterday evening, when he beckoned them from their books, and said: <« Well, since you won’t give me any peace, I'll improve your young minds with the story of one of Shakespeare's characters. I will take Shylock,’ continued the old gentleman, ‘“which I regard as one of the most interesting of all the great master’'s creations. Shylock was a bald-headed man, who kept a clothing-store in Venice, or Vincennes—anyhow, it was some place in Indiana. He kept a family of seventeen children on ten cents a day. an’ laid up many ducats. Whenever a friend came along who was in a tight ‘place for spondulicks, Shylock was always happy to lend him money an’ help him out, chargin’ him 50 to 60 per ‘cent. interest, an’ takin’ a mortgage on his friend's property as security. One day Antonio came along, tired and footsore, where Shylock was sittin’ in front of his store, an’ said: <« ¢ LLend me fifteen cents till Saturday night.’ ‘ ¢ ¢« Give me amortgage on your house and lot, an’ you can have it.’ 4 ¢« Alas! my friend,’ replied Antonio, ¢I sold my house and lot before I went to Leadyville.’ : : ;

¢« «Haven’t you got a mule? asked Shylock. e ¢¢¢ Alas! no mule.’

¢ < But surely you've got a dog?’ ¢« ¢« ] had a good dog once; but oh! woe isme! he starved to death when I was strivin’ to build up a mornin’ newspaper to fill a long-felt want.’ : ¢¢Shylock scratched his old bald head for a moment, an’ then said: o ¢« ¢«Well, my friend, I'm sorry for you, an’ I’ll tell you what I'll do: Business is business, an’ so I'll let you have the fifteen cents till Saturday night; an’ take a -mortgage on your liver. ;

<« Antonio wanted the rhino very badly, not having had anything to drink since he left Omaha, and so he took the money an’ gave Shylock the mortgage as aforesaid. Antonio did pot show up on Saturday night, not having the ready-John-Davis in his pocket to fix things, and Shylock swore by the bird with the broad and sweepin’ wing that he would foreclose the mort(fage. Antonio was in a great stew, and told his story to Portia, a female Justice of the Yeace, who, with all the native cunnin’ of her sex, succeeded in gettin’ Antonio out of Shylock’s clutches, on the ground that, while Shylock could, according to the contract, take Antonio’s liver, he had no right to gshed one drop of blood, and, if he did so, all his large stock of clothing and gents’ furnishing goods was confiscated. ¢¢ T think I can recall a line or !two of the famous dialogue on thisparticular point,”’ said Grandfather, as he tapped his forehead with his hickory stick. ¢ Let me see; it begins with Portia’s speech thus: :

‘¢ We give thee leave to cut the flesh, So canst thou sha.r(g thy pruning-hock And slash away. sweetl?'-scented shrub! ‘Buthold! Bhed thou no blood Nor take no more than just his liver, - It bi' any mischance thou takest his heart, His lights, hig‘fa.ll. his gizzard, Or any little odds or ends that thou mayst Run against while fishmfi in his diaphragm, . Thy goods are confiscated unto the gfabe, And thou get'st kicked all over town to boot.’ st ¢ Shylock—ls that the law?’ , ¢¢« Portia—Thyself shall see the act.’ & :

¢¢ ¢« Shylock—-Why, then, Satan give him good of it! He’s got nothin’ but a white liver, anyhow! o . ¢« And this, my little dears,” said Grandfather, ¢ is the beautiful story of Shylock—there bein’ just this to add: Although the matter seemed to sit lightly upor him, the loss of fifteen cents so preyed upon Shylock that he died soon after with a broken heart. ¢ln the midst of life we are in death.’ "—Cincinnais Enquirer.

—A goung woman who had never learned the gentle art of cookery; being desirous -of impressing her husband with her knowledge and diligence, manages t 6 have her kitchen door ajar on the day after their return from the bridal trip, and just as her lord comes in from the office exclaims loudly: ¢ Hurry up, Eliza, do! . Haven't you washed the lettuce yet? Here, give itto me; where’s the soap?’

—Hobart Pasha, the English Turk, is very fond :of boasting of his success in running the blockade on the American coast durin% the ecivil war, and telling of the perils he encountered and the profitable cargoes of arms and ammunition that he carried into Southern ports, and how he ran out to sea between the Union blockades, loaded down with cotton bales. ¢‘Those were times,”’ he says, *‘ for making money."’

—The hard times in,Exagland are reflected in the Register-General’s returns. In 1873 there were 205,615 marriages; in 1878, 189,647,

INDIANA STATE NEWS. A CarsoLic CHURCH, costing $50,000, was dedicated at Evansville, on the 4th, by Bishop Chatard, with appropriate and impressive eeremonies. @ , WHILE & nuwmber of boys in ‘the neighborhood of Sand Cligek'were ‘determining who could jump the greatest distance, Charley Wilcox, a bright; little lad, and one of the number, ruptured a blood vessel, and bled so profusely that the physicians were unable to stay its course,and he died soon afterward. | ~ Boys playing in an Tndianapolis stable, on the afternoon of the sth, set fire to it, and tha flames destroyed seven othersbefore they were extinguished. Loss, $3,500. { A LARGE barn belonging to James McCray, at Liberty, was burned on the morning of the 4th. Loss, $2,500. The fire started in the hay-mow and is supposed to have been started by tramps. e e o

MARTIN DONAHOE was instantly killed, on the sth, in a stone quarry near St{ Paul, Decatur County, by a falling derrick. His head was mashed to a jelly. : GEORGE C. HARDING, editorof the Indianapolis Saturday Herald, was arrestéd in that city, on the 4th, for assault with intent to kill C. A. Light, publisher of the Indianapolis Democrat. Mr. H. was bound aver for trial, and next day again assaulted Mr. Light in the Democrat office. This time he distributed his bullets with great» impartiality. Mr. Light dodged behind an imposiné stone and was unhurt, but Richard Walters and another man. were hit and badly injured. Mr. Harding was afterward taken in custody, and three charges of assault with intent to, murder. preferred againgt him. Upon two tf _these he was admitted to bail, but on the third he was held without bail to await the result of the injuries he inflicted. . :

. WiLLIAM JONES, seventy years old, com-. mitted suicide at Cardonia, Clay County, on the sth. No cause for the act is assigned. - TaE body of ‘Nathan Frank was found, on the 6th, about one mile below the wharfboat at Mount Vernon. Frank disappeared on the2d of March, while on a business trip to Mount Vernon. It was supposed that he had been foully dealt with. - i THE Indianapolis physicians indulge in a ‘“black list,”” and keep the prqfess”ion in other cities informed of the advent into their midst of medical dead-beats. : ’ A GENTLEMAN named Reeves and his wife, passengers on the steamer Silver Cloud, from Florence, Ala., to Evansville, gave: théir little child a dose of morphine, by mistake for quinine, on the boat, the other night, and the child died from the effects. . A vERDICT of 3,500 damages has been awarded to Mr.'M. J. Timberlake, of Lafayette, for injuries sustained in a coasting accident last winter. /As numerous other. parties were injurediby coasters, there is a prospect that'the city will have its hands full of casesof the same sort. An_appeal will be takerf to the Supreme Court. ] THE body of & boy named Newman was found in a well at Mount Vernon, on the 6th. JUuBGE ApAMS, of the Marion Circuit Court, on the Bth, sustained defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint in the case of the State ex rel. Att’y-Gen. Woollen »s. James C. Denny, ex-Attorney-General. Thisis a decision against the State, and the case will go to the Supreme Court. The issueis upon the.construction of the law upon which Denny made certain collections from counties and retained commission thereon. Suit was brought in pursuance of a resolution of the. Legislature at the late session. :

: »THE freight train from the south on the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Road had twelve cars overturned into 4 ditch near Montpelier, on the 7th, caused by running over four cows. Three of the cars were loaded with merchandise, which was badly damaged., Charles Karns was thrown from the top of a car and seriously injured. - The track was blocked eight hours. o THE residence of James Taylor, near ‘Anderson, was burned, ¢n the Bth. Loss, $3,000. THE store occupied by. Mr. Shellock, boot and shoe dealer, at Shelbyville, was burned, on the evening of the 7th. Loss, $2.500. ' GEN. GEORGE K. STEELE, for many years a prominent factor in Indiana polities, and who represented Parke County. a long time in the Legislature, died, on the morning of the 7th. -He was seventy years old. e M

ON the morning of the Bth, Mr. Henderlong found the dead body of his wife lying in the road at a patch of woods near his residence, five miles south of Valparaiso. It was discovered upon examination that death was caused by heart Visease. She had been visiting a neighbor the previous evening, and was on hér way home, and probably became irightened, which caused the attack. . . AT Terre Haute, on the 7th, Josh Davis attempted to kill William Nelson for calling him a DPemocrat. Both are well-known colored men. ° . . : > ;

TrE Indianapolis physicians indulge in a ¢ .plack list,”” and keep .the profession in other cities informed of the advent into their midst of people who don’t pay. A BAG of Mexican dollars was found in a cellar at Indianapolis, by the workmen who were cleaning it out. They were of various dates, some as far back as. 1702, but they were bogus. : . SoarLET FEVER of a malignant type is prevailing as an epidemic among the children of Evansville. Thereare 250 cases. | C. A. LicHT, editor of the Ihdianapolis Democrat, whom Harding attempted to shoot a few days before, brought suit against the latter, on the 9th, torecover $lO,OOO damages. Richard -Winters, who was shot in the leg by Harding, has also sued him for $5,000. Harding. has given'bail in the sum of $4,000 upon the criminal charge preferred by Light, and has been released from custody. THE infant child of William Otte, of Indianapolis, fell into a tub of hot water, on the evening of the 9th, and was fatally scalded. : Ko Mgs. JaMes McELROY, of Elkhart, was fatally injured on the morning of the 9th, Her team became frightened and ran into a lumber wagon. . 1 THE latest reports from Indianapolis give the following as current prices for leading staples: Flour, Family and Fancy; $4.00@ 6.00; Wheat, No. 2 Red, [email protected]; Corn, 34@8414c; Oats, 26@28c; Rye, 50@50%c; Pork, [email protected]; Lard — Steam, 5@ 6c; Hogs, [email protected]. _ L

—A gang of pickpockets who were attending a fair at Bernay, France, recently, raised a cry of fire in a theater, and at the same moment turned ‘the as out. In the panic and confusion fiey plundered the ‘audience and the box-office, and escaped under cover of the darkness. T

—A bright boy was walking along the street' with -his mother, and, observing a mau with a peculiar hitch in his gait apiroaching, he droll;7 exclaimed: ‘“Look.there, mamma! See ?ow! fihat'poor man stutters with his eet : . i 3

~ THE POCASSET TRAGEDY. The Killing of Little Edith Freemam ' ‘" by Her Father. . | The whole of the Village of Pocasset is one blaze df exeitement over the horrible death of Edith Freeman. It appears that the crime is much more horrible than was at first supposed, and it was with the consent of the wife of the murderer that the crime was committed. On Wednesday night or Thursda¥ morning Charles F. Freeman brutally murdered his youngest child. On Thursday night Seth Redding, a. Constable of the town, called on the family of A.P. Davis, who was one of the principal members of the Adventists, and he thought that a daughter of Mr. Davis, a young lady of sixteen years, was particularly : serious. The young lady and Mr. Redding, who is a jyoun%- man, were left alone, and she soon began to cry. 'Mr. Redding asked her what was the matter, and she, after ‘some. persuasion, told him that at = meeting at Freeman’s house that afternoon, Freeman had confessed to ‘having killed his youngest child. Redding: then went -to one of the Selectmen, David Nye, and related what he knew about the case. Mr. Nye doubted the story and said that he had better investigate further. Redding then went to Foster Howard, a man who was in sympathy with, and a!convert to, the ' Advent faith, and asked him (Howard) if he knew about Kreeman’s killing his daughter? . Howard said it was so, and then Redding waited around Freeman’s house - until ~morning. Socn after daylight, v'it{eddfig, according to his own statement, went into the house and asked for Freeman. At the same time, seeing him on a bed in an ad--joining room, he said to Mrs. Freeman that she need not digturb her husband, as all he wanted to know was that he . was in the house.i Soon Freeman: . came out of his room, gnd, after shaking hands with Redding, asked him how he felt, at the same time stating: that he (Freeman) did not feel well. Redding said he did not wonder after what had occurred. Freeman said, ¢« It is horrible,”” and told Redding the whole story, which the latter repeats, "agfollowss - e r i ‘You know,” said Freeman, ¢ that T had a revelation about a week ago in. “which the Lord appeared to -me and told me to kill one of my family and. woffer it as a sacrifice. - Well, He did. . not say what ‘one, but on Thursday morning, on -awaking from a sound sleep, some time about two o’clock, the Lord appeared to me and informed me that the victim of the sacrifice was my pet, my idol, my baby Edith. 1 awoke my wife and we talked the matter over and prayed to the Lord ‘for guidance and directions, and if it was God’s will that the cup might pass from me, and ended by saying, God's will be done. The Lord said that it was necessary, and so I arose, went out of doors to my shop and got a.sheath knife. I then ‘came in, and placing the lamp on the ‘chair near the bed, I drew back the clothes and raised my hand to strike the 'blow, fully believing the:Lord would stay my hand, but He did not, and the knife descended. My darling turned as the knife struck her, and lifting her hands and opening her eyes said, ‘O, papa!’ ° My’ oldest child " became | awakened, and was taken by my | wife to our bed, and I took the little - victim of . the Lord into my arms and held her until she died. I then went-to bed with my dead darling, and in the morninig 1 sent several:notes _to the neighbors for them to come to a meeting that afternoon. When the company arrived I told them the whole story, and they agreed that I did right. ‘¥Vhab 1 did was at God’s direction, and I am content to leave the matter in His hands, confident that He will guide and direct me.”’ i ' ‘ ~ Redding then waited around the house until the arrival of the Deputy Sheriff. ~¢When he arrived,” said Redding; - «] of course. left the whole matter in his hands.”’ It appears that as soon as the Deputy Sheriff arrived | at Pocasset, he at once took Freeman and his wife into custody, and-started with them for Barnstable. The nearest place to take the train was at Monument, and when on the train your correspondent interviewed Freeman. He told : substantially the same story as above reported. The towspeople are very 'much excited .over the deed, and would like to wipe out the entire | community of Adventists. There is | talk of arresting all who were at the meeting as being accessory to the ‘crime.— Cohasset Narrows (Mass.) Cor. Boston Globe, . !

. 'THE MARKETS. ; - NEW YORK, May 13, 1879. E STOCK—Cattle....... $9 256 @slo 50 L,1V5heep........’_.'.—........;. 450 @ 660 - . HOgE e e . 970 @ 290 FLOU K- Good to Choice.... 395 @ 450 WHEAT.—N‘O.’Z‘ChiCz(xlgp.’... 104 @! 105 CORN-=Western'Mixed...... 46 @ 46% OATS—Western Mixed:..... 34%@ | 34%. gYE——Westem;,.,........—_... H 8 @ ~ bBY%. ORK—MesB. .., v ove 900 @lO 12%. LARD-—Bteam. ... so.ozoeuins 8 17%@ 620 CHERSE- S 0 o cidil e 0200 0 07 WOOL—Domestic Fleece.:..: 26 @ 38 : U SGHIOAGO : 'BEEVES—Extra......c......« $5OO @ $5 25 L Choleeivvinsiidiniiviy: 266 @485 GO st 480 @ 460 Lob Meddume Sl n s 890 @ 426 - “Butehers™Stock: i, s oi.. 1;65 @ 400 Stock Cattles 0i.iv0.i..0 . 240 @ 365 HOGS—Live—GoodtoChoice. 310 @ 3€o SHEEP—Common to Choice 350 @ 550 BUTTER—Fancy Creamery.. 16 @ 18 Good to Choeice.... ...... 13 @ 16 EGG5—Fre5h.....0........... 09 @ _ (9% FLOUR—Choice Wintérs..:.' 525 @ 550 Fairto Good d 0."......... 375 @ 425 . Fair to Good Springs...... 350 % 375 Patents: oo i sed iy Siod iy 68() 8(O GRAlN—Wheat, No.-2 Spr'g 6L.@ 7% Cornt, Now @5 ctlbin i 3% @ 35% siia Oate NoV B e s LT 4@ 27%. Rye, No.B.iioaisiniir. . 40%@ - B 0 Barleg, NOFE oo 691/,% 70 BROOM CORN—Green Hurl. 03% ~044%. Red-Tipped Hur1.....:i.. 03L%@ 03% * Fine Green, ...l i. 0 04 @ 04% Chol&e(e Carpet Brush..:.. 4@ |O5 Orgolked E eRI e DL 02 {2%%——4&086 98(5) % 8?3 LUMBER—Ist and 2d Clear. 38 00 @ 32 OU Third C1ear............... 27 00 % 28.00 _Clear Dressed Siding..... ;{5 80 &-5 50 : Common-=Sldigrxg...'...,:;.}.-.;"' 2 00 % 850 - Common-=80ard5......... 10 CO 11.00 | , Fencing:, ... ivvee i itis” 8. 650 @lO 500 Tatll 0o e wiaioin s 1 80 % 160 *, AShingles......c;.in.vo - 220 @ 226 ¢ coal o BALTIMORE. i ATTLE—Best..:. ... bevin. $5 00 75 Hochiggigmd desesiiedaiaie ggg % s%%g 5HEEP—G00d............... 400 @ b 5 50" whiy L EASTLIBERTY. & = CATTLE—Best.... .......... $5 25 @ $5.60 Modiul i TBB sgo{} HOGS—Yorkers.... ......... 850 @ 860 ~__Philadelphias............ 8370 @ 385 SHEEP—Best.......... ...c. 450 @, 485 i JOOMIMON 54k i avaning s 800 435