Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1882 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

I< Fbes canals’ ’ is the prominent issue in New York. Carl Schurz will be an attraction of the lecture platform next season. Water is so scarce in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, that it costs more than beer. - The new telescope nearly completed for the Russian royal observatory, will be forty-five feet long, and the diameter of the object glasses thirty inches. This is the largest ever constructid, and will practically bring the moon within 114 miles of the earth. Barnum’s latest enterprise is an ethnological exhibition in which will be brought together men and women of every nation, tribe and race on the face of the earth, so that the civilized world can see what manner of people inhabit every part of the globe. A man who sought in vain for employment in New York tried anew tack recently. He shipped before the mast to Europe and came V ack on a return steamer as a poor emigrant. The charitable associations gave him plenty of worjt at good wages as soon as he lapded. Mb. Wentworth, a prosperous termer living near Charlotte, N. C., comes to the front with a wheat crop which yielded forty-one and a half bushels to the acre, whilst his yield of eats was 108 bushels to the acre. This Is eqal to the rich grain lands of the west or Pacific coast, and shows what intelligent farming can accomplish in the south.

The report of the census shows that, in the whole United States, 14,462,481 acres of land are devoted to the cultivation of cotton, and that the total product of the country is 6,176,414 bales, or 40-100 of a bale per acre; Georgia gives the largest extent of land to the cultivation of the staple, 2,617,188 acres; Mississippi produces the largest quantity, 956.808 bales; and Louisiana gives the largest return per acre, 0.59 bale. A lady who once, in girlhood, sat on Dr. Johnson’s knee, has died in England, aged 97 years. If the mere fact of sitting on a gentleman’s knee is conducive to female longevity, and our young girls wish to prolong their lives, we hereby announce that we have resolved to enter this inviting field of philanthropy,and it will not|be our fault if every pretty girl in the country does not exceed the years of Mathuselah. Do young people know what is the matter with them when they are in love ? Hardly. Therefore Dr. H. K. Jones, in a lecture before the Concord school of philosophy, has settled the whole matter most lucidly. He puts it: “When the youth becomes enamored of the beautiful maiden, do we think that he is merely impressed with the material form, the external beauty ? Not at all; he is acquainted with the psychical censonum ” Now this we claim is pretty hard. Just think of a fellow getting the mitten from his girl and being pointed at as having lost “the psychical censorium.” It would be entirely too rough. The Concord school of philosophy must cease dissiminating such wicked theories.

Col. Abe Buford, the noted Kentucky turfman, who was converted recently by Evangelist Barnes, lectured in Chicago on the "Church and the Turf.?’ The speaker claimed that there was no necessary or logical conflict between the church and the turf, and that the opposition to racing on the part of ministers arose from the force of tradition and prejudice rather than from any substantial reason. He admitted that racing was surrounded by the evils of gambling aud fraudulent devices, but insisted that a good thing should not be abandoned simply because it was liable to abuse. Legislative enactment, he thought, would go far towards suppressing the evils mentioned and elevating the turf to its true position. Colopel Buford described himself as a "Christian turfman,” and eulogised the horse as one of nature’s noblest creations, reinforcing his position by quotations from the Bible. In enumerating the evils surrounding racing Colonel Buford was especially severe on the practice of "scratching,” which he denounced With the hearty vigor of a genuine turfman. . ptßwL *w; iyv

The State fair promises to be a good one. Indiana ranks the sixth state in population. The salary of the governor of Indiana is (6,000. Goshen is about to organize a Post of the G. A. R. As acorn producing state, Indiana ranks as tbe fifth. The number of acres of land in Indiana is 21,687,760. Indiana ranks as the fourth state in the raising of wheat. Waterloo is talking about organizing a national bank. The Elkhart Journal finished a contract recently for eight hundred thousand starch wrappers for the starch mills of that city. Professor E. T. Cox, State geologist a few years since, is back from California, spending a few weeks with friends in central Indiana. The number of persons killed on the railroads of Indiana, as reported by the bureau of statistics in tne report for 1881, is 98. The number injured is 268. A resident of Indianapolis claims that he was the youngest soldier in the war of the rebellion, being only eleven years old at the time of nis enlistment. George Carpenter, of Spiceland, has been pronounced insane by a commission and ordered to te taken to the Hospital for the Insane. He is sevenyears old. Joseph Woodgate was run over and killed by a freight train, on the Logansport Division of the Vandalia Road. He was intoxicated at the time. Bis home was at Guion. Peggy Crone, of Kokomo, got drunk at Wabash one day last week, the day of Forepaugh’s show, and being arrested, took morphine after her release, and ended her miserable existence. Handsome, and only twenty years old! Asad end! Last Wednesday, Thomas N. Stevens was crushed under a falling stairway in a building he was remodeling, at Bedford, and so badly injured that he died on Sunday evening. He was buried at Salem. Mr. Stevens was well known throughout Southern Indiana.

Peter Sappenfleld, an old citizen residing near Fredericksburg, Washington County, was taken from his house and severely lynched by being whipped with switches, a few nights ago. It is the general belief that the lynchers were instigated to the act by the old man’s wife, whom he had not treated very well. His injuries are serious. Bam Able shot at a man at a picnic five mile north of Seymour, Saturday evening with intent to kill. The ball failed to hit the one intended and struok Eddie Tally, a harmless boy. Able skipped out and has not since been heard from. It is said he has gone to Colorado. He has the name of being a hard bat. A warrant is in the hands of the officers for his arrest. The soldiers reunion, given under the auspices of Post 67, G. A. R. t at Denver, Indiana, last Saturday, was a grand success in all its details. The reunion was held in a large woods, and it gave the boys an excellent opportunity for bushwhacking. It was said by visitors that it was the best affair of the kind ever held in Miami county. No games of any sort, and no intoxicating liquor were allowed on the grounds, nor within a distance of two miles. There was a collision between two freight trains on the Lake Shore road, just west of South Bbnd, by which about sixty cars and both engines were wrecked. The broken cars took fire and were totally destroyed. The engineers of both engines were buried under the debris, and narrowly escaped burning. The loss is estimated at $150,000. There were a number of tramps stealing rides on the trains, and those that escaped assert ihat seven of their comrades were killed and burned.

The internal revenue receipts in the Indiana districts, for the year ending June 30, were as follows: First distiiot, $268,745; fourth district, $3,459,801; sixth district, $1,164,648; seventh district, $1,806,664; tenth district, $196,885; eleventh district, $104,111. The annual session of the White River Conference of the Church so the U nited Brethren In Christ, which has been in session at Washington, under the presidency of Bishop M. B. Kephart, of Tahoo, la., made the following appointments for the. year: Indianapolis District—M. Wright, presiding elder, Indianapolis, A. C. Wilmore; Fall Creek, M. L. Bailey; Kokomo, T. Evans; Perkinsville, A. C. Rice; Middletown, W. A. Oler; Warriugton, F. M. Demunbrun; Blue River, Z. McNew: Honey Creek, I. M. Tharp; Clifty, W. Hail. W. Fix, professor in Hartsville College. Dublin District—H. Floyd, presiding elder. Dublin, L. N. Jones; New Castle, J. M. Kabrich; Williamsburg, A. Rust; Bloomingsport, F.M.Moore; Stony Creek, C. B. Small; Abington: O L. Wilson; Franklin, J. Cranor; White Water, A. J. Bolen. J. T. Vaidaman, conference evangelist. Marion District—W. C. Day, presiding elder. Marion, D. E. Myers; Linoolnville, T. J. Halsted; Antioch, M. M. Thomas; Salamonie, J. Y. Demunbrun; Montpelier, Wm. Gossett; Mississinewa, G. L. Mattox; Munole, M. R. Harris; Fairmouut, C. W. Rector; Xenia, C. Smith; Tipton, H. Huffman.