Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1886 — Page 7

The Republican. f RENSSELAER. INDIANA. E. MARSHALL. - - PubuShxv

A negro named Hines, accused of murder in C&cinnati, was taken to tlie side of the murdered map’s coffin and the lights suddenly turned up. To the remark of “that is a horrible sight, Hines,” by the police captain, he coolly repl icd 1 ’Deed it i|?, sah. ” late Mr. J. B. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, is said to have been worth $20,000,000. He was one of the richest men in Philadelphia, and probably one of the fifty richest men in the United States, as it is doubtful if there are fifty men in the United States worth more than $20,000,000 each. His two sons succeed him in his publishing business. A party of Indians were hunting in Humboldt County, California, when a severe storm came on, and an aged Indian named Bob became exhausted. As is the custom of Indians in such cases, Bob was left to take care of himself. He picked a clear spot near the trail, stuck a stick in the ground, hung his hat on it* and lay down and died. t . j • “Huxley and Tyndall,” say'Sythe manager of a literary syndicate, “will never write anything for publication unless they have something to say. I have tried them many a time, and with goAd offers of money, too, but always unsuccessfully. They care too much for their fame. But when they have anything to say, they are ready to say it, and to charge for it, too.

An Arizona editor thus begins a leader: “We really don’t want the post-office, but we understand a few influential friends are working for us. Wo have only to say that our conception of our duty to our country will not allow us to decline any office, especially a post-office. Now, let the skunk who runs the opposition paper put that in liis pipe and smoke it.” President Seelye, of Amherst College, recently received from the North American Review, in payment for an article, a check which rather staggered him by its munificence. He told one of his classes that liis labor had been so small and the recompense was so large that lie had concluded to make a present of the latter. Then he gave each member of the class, which numbered 100, a handsome copy of Bacon’s Essays. Writing from Paris a correspondent relates the following curious story: “Two French women entered into a contest to determine which of them could talk fastest. A common friend was appointed umpire, and the sum of 1,000 francs was- to go to the victor. For three hours they read fropi Eugene Sue’s feuilleton, and during that time the victor succeeded in pronouncing 226,311 words. Her adversary came in a bad second with 203,560 words.” The Senators of the nation sit at desks older than the honorable graybeards themselveA The desks are made of mahogany, and though made seventy-five years ago, they are as sound as a dollar—a great deal sounder than a Bland dollar. Once a statesman from Colorado “made his mark in the Senate” by scraping his desk with a solitaire diamond. Captain Bassett outwitted Mr. Tabor, however, by plugging up the holes so deftly that no trace of them remains.

An unrepealed law of New Jersey, passed while the State was a British colony, reads as follows: “That all women, of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether virgins, maids, or widows, who shall after this adt' impuse upon, seduce, and betray into matrimony any of his Majesty’s subjects by virtue of seehts, cosmetics, washes, paints, artificial teeth, false hair, or high-heeled - shoes, shall incur the ’ penalty. of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors. ” General Stonesian, the once famous cavalry leader, who is now Governor of California, has lived for most of the time since the war at the San Gabriel Mission, near Los Angeles. His health was completely undermined, and it has taken almost twenty years to overcome his severe dyspepsia. His equanimity of temper suffered correspondingly, and there were few people who would bravo his remarks by a visit to the huge orange plantation which he cultivated. It is almost unnecessary to add that his restored health' has completely altered his disposition, and that there Ore few more genial men than he to-day in California. Queen Victoria is seriously angry at the treachery of some member of the royal household, who, it seems, has been for some time communicating to the gossip columns of the London Truth those paragraphs which disclose for the first tipae to the gaze of the subject multitude the inner life of the court. So much has the breach of trust been taken to heart by her Majesty that it appears several inspectors of the detective police have been temporarily added to the household, and some of them were received as distinguished visitors from the German court. These agents are employed tq discover the' purveyor of illicit intelligence; but the secret has ; „ a .

been so well kept that their effort and intelligence have been baffled. , Representative Heard, of Missouri, is a new man in Congress (says the New York Tribune),, but ho has read the papers and learned that “cold tea” means grog, po the other day he went into the HoUse restaurant for a lunch, and ordered a cup of that cheering beverage. Surely enough, the .waiter did bring veritable tea. Whereupon, “See here, my man,” whispered Heard, in deep disgust, “don’t you know that when a gentleman orders ‘cold tea’ he means whisky?” “0,,., yes, sah,” said the waiter ; “yes, sah! I’ll make it all right, sah!” And removing the tea he walked up to the counter and demanded in tones audible half-way across the Potomac, “Whisky for one!” On Highbrook Road, Mount Desert, “Mossley Hall,” the new cottage of Mr. Blaine, is being erected. The site is a very pretty one, being well elevated, •and commanding an excelleqf view of Frenchman’s Bay, with its numerous islands, the villas on the other shore, and the lovely grounds of several shorecottages located near by. At the western side, from the upper windows, a good view is had of Green Mountain and other points of interest. The main building is 61x28 feet, with a wing 32x 21' feet. The main entrance is on the west side, and to the left of the vestibule is the reception room, 11x14 feet. The hall is 18x25 feet, and to the right, on the east side, is located the diningroom, whicli is 17x22 feet, wli|lo on the left is the parlor, of the same dimensions.

Tiie Colorado Beacon says: “Miss Mellie Connors, of Lake City, and Oscar Olsen, of Animas* Forks, were married on the summit of the divide, at an altitude of over 13,000 feet, the party being on snow-shoes. Miss Connors agreed to meet Mr. Olsen on the summit, bringing her friends with her; and Mr. Olsen was to ajjproach the summit with his friends, coming up on the opposite side of the mountain. The bride left Lake City, accompanied by her two brothers; and Olsen left Animas Forks at the same hour, accompanied by the Rev. Fr. Lev, of Silverton, and a few friends. The only way of scaling the snow-covered mountain was oh snow-shoes, and the climbing-was fatiguing. The groom and the minister arrived first at the designated meetingpoint ; but they did not have long to wait, for the bride and her brothers were soon observed nearing the spot, trudging along cheerily. Miss Connors seemed leSs fatigued, than any other member of the party. After a short rest, Fr. Ley performed the wedding ceremony with as much impressiveness as if it had taken place in a church. The minister, the bride, the groom, and .the witnesses of the marriage grouped themselves together as close as the Canadian snow-shoes would permit. ”

At a reception given to Lajvrence Barr'ett by the Penn Club, in Philadelphia, the other night, an American who had just returned from Europe after a long residence there .said: “Marriage abroad is a business. Just before I left Marseilles a great trouble grew out of the circumstance that an American naval officer then there did not know, or forgot, that fact. A beautiful French girl was singing at a musical party at a nobleman’s house. The naval officer, who was present, was so smitten with her that he burst into tears at the song before all the company. He afterward called on the girl’s mother, and was accepted as a suitor, before lie knew it. When the first feeling had worn off he saw tlie situation he had got himself into with mamma, and went to Nice to get out of it. The mother, however, followed him there, and insisted on his carrying out the promise that she contended lie had made. He declared that he had hever offered himself as a candidate for the girl’s hand. The mother, all the same, threatened him, with a suit. Before there had been any questions of intention, however, she had, like the prudent mamma she was, written to Washington inquiry ing as to the officer’s financial condition. She received a reply informing her that he had nothing beyond his good looks and his pay. She dropped him without more ado.”

He Completely Crushed.

A Frankfort gentleman was called to Washington on business which kept him there for a week of two, during which he stopped at.one of the principal hotels and mingled with the best society. His friends observed on his return a marked change in his bearing, the greater particularity of his dress, the higher polish of- his silk hat and boots and other evidences of his better keep while on his visit to the capital city. A change was also noticed by liis family in his more fastidious ta&e "in hatting, etc. The next day at dinner, 4 upon being asked if he would take soup, fingering his eyeglasses as if he were adout to read a bill of fare, he inquired : > “Is it St. Julienne, or Mnllgatawny ?” “It’s bean soup, sir, and plenty good enough for you at that, sir,”. Has the response frqm the other end of the table. Since the’n he has resumed his home airs and is metaphorically roosting lower. — Ken wh y Yeoman. j_ *v The Fortlp, bridge, near Edinburg, Scotland, is one aud 'one-half mile in length, and consists of two spans of, 1700 feet, two of 675 feet, fifteen of 168 feet, and site small scans of twenty-five feet each. Tennyson's . fortune is estimated at $406,000. S

MORRISON’S TARIFF BILL

An Aggregrate Reduction to the Free List of ,35,500,000. [Washington telegram.] Mr. Morrison’s tariff bill was introduced in the House on Tuesday, the 15th inst. Mr. Morrison says that the bill will effect an estimated reduction of in the revenues from customs, based on the revenues of last year. The greatest reduction on any 1 one article is in the case of sugar, where the new duty will result in a decrease of $10,000,000 in the receipts. The additions to the iree fist will involve a loss of $5,500,000, and'the reductions made bv the bill on other articles about $5,000,000. Added to the free list are lumber, timber, unmanufactured wood, lath, shingles, salt, hemp, jute, iron, sulphur; lead and copper ores, and coal. Besides these there are many articles of less consequence to the revenue, such as potatoes, hay, com, bristles, beeswax, dye-woods, unmanufactured earths, undressed stone for building purposes, acoms, and dandelion. The bill provides that from and after July 1. 188 G, the following fates of duty shall take effect: Wood (manufactured), for each side planed or finished, 50 cents per 1,000 feet, board measure. Cotton thread, yam warps, or warp yam, valued at fj-orri 25 cents to $1 per pound, 8 cents to 36 cents per pound, according to quality. When valued at more than $1 per pound, 40 per cent, ad valorem. The principal reductions on cotton cloths are in the coarser material. Metals—lron in pigs, iron kentledge, spiegel-iron, wrought and cast scrap-iron, and scrap-steel, i cent per pound. Iron railway bars, weighing more than twentyfive pounds to t! the yard, $12.50 per ton. Steel railway bars and railway bars made in part of steel, weighing more than twehtyJ five pounds to the yard, $12.50 perton. Iron or steel L rails weighing not over twentyfive pounds to the yard, and iron or steel flat rails, punched, sls per ton. There is a slight reduction on bar and rolled iron, iron beams, girders, etc. There is also some reduction in lead and copper. Sugar—On all sugar, JsO per centum of the several duties and rates of duties now imposed on said sugar, inoperative as to sugars from countries laying export duties. Wools and Woolens—Wools of the third class, such as Donskol, native South American, Cordova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna, and including all such wools of like character as have been heretofore usually imported into the United States from Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Smyrna, and elsewhere, 2.8 cents per pound. Woolen cloths, woolen shawls, and all manufactures ■of wool of every description, or wholly or in part of wool, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not exceeding 80 cents per pound, 25 cents per pound and 30 per centum ad valorem. Flannels, blankets, hats of wool, knit goods, and all goods made on knitting-frames, balmorals, woolen and worsted yarns, and all manufactures of every description composed wholly or in part of worsted, the hail of alpaca, the goat, or other animals (except such as are composed iu part of wool), not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, valued at not exceeding 30 cents per pound, 8 cents per pound; above 30 and not exceeding 40 cents, 10 cents per pound; above 40 and not. exceeding 60 cents, 16 cents per pound; above 60 and not exceeding 80 cents, 20 cents per pound; and 3 in addition thereto, upon all the abovenamed articles, 35 per centum ad valorem. Woolens and children’s dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloths, and goods of like description, composed in part off wool, worsted, the hair of alpaca, goat, or other animals, valued at not exceeding 20 cents per square yard, 5 cents per square yard, and in addition thereto 30 per centum ad valorem; valued at above 20 cents per square yard. 7 cents per square yard and 35 per centum ad valorem; if composed wholly of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca, goat, or other animals, or a mixture of them 8 cents per square yard and 35 per centnni ad valorem: but all such goods with selvedges made wholly or iu pail of other materials, or with threads of other materials iutioduced for the purpose of changing the classification, shall be dutiable at 8 cents per square yard and 35 per centum ad valorem; provided tbatall such goods weighing over 4 ounces per square yard shall pay a duty of 35 cents per pound and 35 per cent, ad valorem.

Slight but general reductions ran through the wool schedule, and have also been made in the cases of flax, linen, and hemp,’ window glass, plate glass of high quality, earthenware, glassware, and china where the duty is believed to be excessive. The duty on rice, marble, castor beans, and a few chemicals is also slightly reduced. (Opposition to tlio Kill. [Washington special.! The Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee met Monday evening at the residence of one of their number, with a few other prominent Republicans, to review the general tariff bill and consult as to the policy to be pursued in regard to it. Iu outline, their policy will be to delay the bill as much as possible in committee, both by amendment and.by insisting upon hearing oral argument from the interests that would be affected by the proposed change in the existing law. The real object of this is to’ keep the bill from being reported to the House until late iu the session. They j will also insist upon having full discussion in the House, which means that they will kill as much time as possible, so that the bill may reach the Senate too late for cofisideration this session, if it reaches that body at alb The general idea approved by the Republican leaders is that a policy of orderly obstruction should bepursued. The Democratic members of the committee have already "decided that it is not necessary to grant an audience to persons who desire to make arguments against the bill, but but that in exceptional cases it may be only fair to hear oral statements. Printed statements cau be laid before the committee at anytime.

KILLED BY MEXICAN BANDITS.

Two Citizen* of Council Klnflfa, lowa. Attacked , ami One Is Slain. [EI Paso (Texas) telegram,] J. T. Preston and Captain G. H. Howsef, while cn route from Sinslou, Mexico, to this oily, were attacked by two. Mexican bandits near Phrral, Mexico. Howser was killed, aud Preston was wounded in the arm. Both men were from Council Bluffs, lowa. They were heavily interested in mines in Mexico.' The defense made by Preston caused the bandits to flee. The Bell Telephone Company cleared $1,009,442 last year, Their newspaper printing bills will cut down their profits a good deal from that sum this year, however. At Salzburg, Switzerland, the Diet has passed a law against the sale of the bonnie edelweiss plant with roots. * . Mr. Parnell, some unrepnblic&n genealogist has found out, is a lineal descendant of old King-maker Warwick. Elevated roads encounter such prejudices in Boston that remedies for existing evils are chiefly sought in cable roads.

JUDGE LYNCH.

A Negro Murderer Eaugid by a Mob at Monroe, La.—A Lynching at Beaaieraxd, La. * • [New Orleans epee'al.J George Robinson, colored, who killed Millard F. Parker on the 11th of December last, was taken to-night from the parish jail at Monroe, in this State, by a mob of 100 men, carried to the scene of the killing, and lynched. Robinson became involved some months ago in a quarrel with two white men, one of them Parker by name. In this quarrel he was Lnrt, but succeeded in hitting Parker with a brass knuckle, injuring him. The next day a party of Parker’s friends, sixteen in number, went out to give Robinson a whipping. He locked himself within the house, whereupon they broke iu the doojr. He escaped by the back door, which Millard Parker was guarding, and in the struggle which ensued shot Parker through the breast, killing him, and making good his escape to Bolivar County, Mississippi. He was arrested there Saturday by the Sheriff of Ouachita Parish and brought back to the Monroe Jail, whence he was taken to-night apd lynched. [Beauregard (La.) dißpatcb.] A nptqrious colored desperado named James, who had twice escaped from jail, was discovered in his old neighborhood'on Bahala Creek on the night of the 15th inst., and surrounded by a posse of citizens. James refused to snrrencler, and he was shot, seven duck-shot taking effect, but he made his escape in the dark. Next day the entire community renewed the search. They tracked him to Ruffinton Briant’s house. He surrendered, and was taken to Rockport bridge, where he was hanged to a tree. James confessed to having killed a negro named Levi Brown last year; also to having burned Dr. Alford’s gin, B. F. Norman’s dwelling, and other houses in that section. He stated that his intention was to kill Dr. Alford, Mr. Catching, arid one or two other persous, before he left the country.

A MANIAC MURDERER.

He Kills a Brother-in-Law with an Ax— No Motive Known for the Deed. [Des Moines (la.) special.l A shocking tragedy occurred at Runnells, a small town seventeen miles east of Des Moines, at 4 o’clock this morning. Floyd West, a respectable miner, was discovered murdered in his bed, with the probable assassin, the brother-in-law, standing over him with an uplifted ax. West’s two brothers-in-law, William and Henry Furry, have been living with him. The latter has occasionally manifested indications of mental unsoundness, threatening bis relatives, and particularly his brotber-ib law. Tuesday night it was noticed that Henry Furry seemed more restless than usual, dgedining to go to bed. Hrs brother kept watch of him, but did not anticipate serious trouble. During the night Henry went frequently to the bedside of his brother to see if he was asleep. The latter was awakened by a slight noise about 4 o’clock, and rushed into the room of his brother-in-law’, Mr. West, where he saw his brother Henry with an ax raised as if to strike the prostrate man. He grabbed bis brother and took away the weapon, but found his brother-in-law already had his skull smashed. The assassin ran to a neighbor’s, where he was soon captured. Later in the day he was lodged in jail in this city. When' seen to-night he feigned insanity, or was insane, saying that he had been charged by the Lord for several years to do this deed, and had only done it by divine request. His preliminary examination will take place next Friday. The murdered man leaves a wife and four children.

ROTTING ON THE PRAIRIES.

The Number of Cattle That Perished on the Ranges Duiing the Recent Cold Weather Said to Be Far in Excess of All Estimates. [Emporia (Kan.) special.] The loss of cattle in the ranges in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado by the terrible cold weather is beyond almost any comparison heretofore made. A report receiveed here a few days ago makes au estimate of 25,000 head as being large enough to cover the losses. In a trip from Emporia to Syracuse, sixteen miles this side of the Colorado line, your correspondent is positive that he saw dead bodies apd hides enough from the car windows to almost make that amount. In one place a bunch of one hundred were found together, all dead, while from the railroad track in the hollows passed, where the snow has been heavily drifted, hundreds of horns, heads, and parts of bodies could be seen protruding from the snow as it was being rapidly melted away from the carcasses. And this is not all, for thousands of animals may be seen tottering along, partly frozen, and so thin and gaunt that it seemed the wind could almost blow through them. Cattlemen are evidently desirous of making as hghtpf the matter as possible, but, in the language of a citizen of Western Kansas, “there will be a big stench when warm weather comes.” *

FATAL EXPLOSION.

Four Little Children, Left Alone til the House, Attempt to Rekindle the Fire with Coal Oil—Two Were Killed and the Others Seriously Injured. [Wilmington'Del.) telegram.] A special from Tangier, Vat, says: 'Sunday afternoon Capt. W. L. Truitt’s wife went to Sunday-school, leaving four little children in the house. Three little girls named Cooper, from a neighboring honse . came in, and while they were playing the fire went out. Capt. Truitt’s daughter, aged seven years, put some kindliug in the stove, while another child struck a match and put it to an oil-can by accident. A terrible explosion .followed. The child who held the can was instantly killed, and a two-year old boy was so badly injured that he died in three hours. The other Truitt children and the three visitors were terribly burned, but may possibly recover. The honse was badly damaged, but the neighbors saved it from being burned. Captain Truitt, who is away on his vessel, Has not heard of the accident. Mr. Tilden has a large variety of Maltese cats, png and St. Bernard dogs at his Yonkers home. MkS. T. Df.Witt Talmaoe has a Sun-day-school class numbering 4QO in the Brooklyn Tabernacle. • 1 r "Deacon Richard Sjmith, of Cincinnati, is said to anticipate starting a new evening paper in that cifjr. » James Madison Wells, who was prominent during the reconstruction era in Louisiana, is. now old, poor, and blind.

DIED IN THE EMBERS.

Seven Persons Burned to Death in JTheir Home, Near Greenbush, Wis, •v , r [Pljmouth (Wis.) special.] Before the citizens of Greenbnsh bad awakened to a realization of (the calamity this morning the rein riant dt the old Ehle hostelry lay iu a smoldering fire. The house had burned like a paper box, and beneath the thin sheet of ashes and charred timbers in the basement were the remains of «even p ople. This fact soon"circulated through the neighborhood, attracting people to the scene from miles around. There was nobody to account for the tragedy or explain its origin except the hired man. who was the only member of the household to escape. He was regarded in the community ns a vicious character, and when he related that he knew nothing about the holocaust, more .than that he was awakened by the smoke and contrived to make his way into the yard from his room m the second «tory, crime was suspected, and he was placed under surveillance as the probable perpetrator. The smoking mins were hurriedly searched by the crowd, and about noon what were supposed to be the remains of all the victims had been recovered. The dead were: Abraham Ehle, aged 80; James Ehle, aged 42; Ellen Ehle. aged 40; Mrs. Kinney, a guest; three children of James and Ellen Ehle. The remains were almost impossible of identification, being mere cinders of bodies and calcined bones. What are supposed to be the remains of Mrs! Ehle and her children were found in an intricate maRS, as if they had died hnddled together. Those of Mr. Elhe, the younger, were discovered in a position indicating that he had fallen in another room. Fragments of Mrs. Kinney and the elder Ehle were found as they would have naturally fallen in their beds. There is a wide diversity of theory and belief as to whether the fire concealed a crime. Many are inclined to regard v the finding of the bodies as related sufficient evidence that the fire was accidental and so swift that the inmates were unable to escape from it. It is thought that Mrs. Kinney and old man Ehle were suffocated, but that they might have been assassinated in bed nobody attempts to deny. Mr. Rhle, too, might have made his way to an adjoining room in the endeavor to escape, leaving his wife and children to perish, but it is more likely that they would have clung to him closely instead of grouping together inactively in the smoke. The relative positions of the remains are made to justify the suspicion of foul play by those who are demanding an inquiry. It is possible that the seven people were killed, the premises soaked with kerosene, and then set fire. That the house should have burned as quick as it did without the application of some infiammable liquid would be as Vnysterions as is at present the death of its occupants. Two motives for crime are advanced. Ehle is supposed to have kept considerable money in the house, and the hired man is said to have for some time entertained a deep feeling of hatred against him, because of some abuse, real or fancied.' The Ehles were pioneers of the county and were highly respected. Mrs. Ehle was the daughter of J. W. Taylor, of Sheboygan, The two eldest children • had only returned home from boarding-school Saturday.

CANNONS FLYING LEAP.

The Famous Mormon Tries to Escape from His Gaptora by Leaping from a Eailroad Train. [Salt Lake special.] The city has been in a state of great excitement and deep anxiety all day. The United States Marshal, with his prisoner, George Q. Cannon, was expected on the train at 11 o’clock. Many hundred people gathered at the depot, and some were apprehensive that an attempt would be made at rescue. Shortly before the arrival of the train dispatches were received saying that at daylight this morning at Promontory, at the north end of Great Salt' Lake, .Cannon jumped from the train and escaped. Those were followed by other telegrams announcing his recapture, since which the town has been flooded with rumors and improbable stories that Cannon fell from the train; that he jumped through a closet window and broke a leg; that on a second attempt to escape he was shot dead by the Marshal; that he made good his escape, a party with horses having been in readiness to carry him away. All these stories tended to increase anxiety and intensify excitement, the affair being almost the sole topic of conversation. The facts are that Cannon either jumped from the tiain with intention to escape or fell accidentally and was slightly hurt. He was missed in a few minutes. The train stooped and the officers returned, finding Cannon at the station house. They then decided to keep the prisoner there till more force arrived, and he has been guarded all day. several friends and members of his family being with him. This evening -a special train took a company of United States troops and deputies to Promontory, a hundred miles from here, and will bring Cannon in. Bail will be given immediately, a bond having been made out for $50,000. Tt was the intention of the District Attorney to put Cannon on trial to-night, but the prisoner’s lawyers interposed an objection. taking the f statutory time to plead. All danger of trouble is over.

Mrs. Hendricks Annoyed by Mediums.

[lndianapolis dispatch.] Mrs. Hendricks has been much annoyed by mediums and spiritualists claiming to have received messages from Mr. Hendricks. Prominent amoDg them is a Washington medium named West, who has sent her several batches of spirit poetry, with the explanation that they came to her in the dead of night, forced her out of bed to write them down, etc. Another communication comes from a New York medium, who inclosed a letter which he said he had received from Mr. Hendricks, claiming that it was undoubtedly the handwriting of the late Vice President, but Mrs. Hendricks characterized it as a clever piece of ' imitation and easily detected the difference, “Of course, I do not believe in such things,” she said, “and do not'see that any good can come from encouraging them.” The first binocular opera glasses were made hy an optician of Paris named Chorez, and presented to King Louis XU. in 1600. t —f r—* < * ' Oscar Wilde threatens to come to America again. . But he’s married now, and wears the clothes that belong to civilization. The Legislature of Connecticut has appropriated SIO,OOO to bnild a monument to General Israel Putnam. Mr. Church, the artist, and Charles Dudley Warner have gone to Mexico. -

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—The of the Chicago and Atlantic Railroad at Newton has been bhrned. —The house of Christian Bnckelman, in Perry County, was destroyed by fire. —The residence of William Sears. Jr., near Greenfield, was destroyed by fire. —E. 7S. Stona, general merchandise dealer of Lngro, six miles east of Wabash, has made an assignment. The coopers at Crandall struck for a reduction in the rates of boarding bouse keepers, and threaten a boycott. —John Herb, of Mooresville, has two very old violins, one of them 228 years old and the other ninety-five years old. A disastrous tire in the town of Sharpsburg destroyed the postoffice, a livery stable, and several of the best business bouses. —Tfie State Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of the law regulating the rent to be charged for use of telephones. —Prof. Charles Harris, principal of the West Middleton public schools, has been suspended by the Township School Board. —The dry-goods and grocery store of N.~C. Coffin and the saloon of C. M. Grave, with all their contents, were burned at Burr Oak. Cannelton, by an almost unanimous vote of its citizens, is to be incorporated. Tell City is soon to vote on a similar proposition. Steps are now beiDg taken to organize a law and order club in Jeffersonville, and it is stated that $230 has been raised by subscription. The jury in the murder trial of George Fullerton, at Columbia City, for tbp killing of Chas. Gasßchatte, returned a verdict of involuntary manslaughter with eighteen years in the penitentiary. —A tabular, statement of New Albany's city debt, bonded and floating, shows the entire debt to be $462,000, with $15,000,000 of assessable property for taxation and a population of over 24,000. ODe hundred thousand dollars of floating debt is to be funded in bonds at not to exceed 5 per cent, interest. New Albany, it is claimed, is better off financially than any incorporated city in Indiana.

—The Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Indianapolis, adjourned on the 17th of February for two years, after electing the following officers: Grand Master Workman, N. J. York, of Rensselaer; Grand Foreman, J. N. Taylor, of Crawfordsville; Grand Orderly, L. H. Carr, of Rusbville; Grand Secretary, A. B. Salsicb, of Terre Haute; Grand Receiver, N. S. Byram, of Indianapolis: Grand Guide, T. D. Neal, of Cicero; Grand Watch, J. A. Thompson, of Remington; Trustees, C. Wnnderlych of Evansville, and J. R. Duucan of Crawfordsvi!!.;; Supreme Representatives, C. C. Gennng and J. W. Spain of Evansville, and A. B. Salsicb of Terre Haute. The graded system of assessment was adopted. The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of lndiaua, opened its annual reunion at Indianapolis with the largest attendance ever known. The report of the Adjutant General shows a total of 393 posts and 18,OSS members; a net gain for the year of 1,097. Resolutions were adopted denouncing honors paid to the memory of Jacob Thompson by the Interior Department. Reports were received showing that $14,324 had already been accumulated in aid of thC soldiers’ monument, aud that circular letters had been addressed to each county, asking" an appropriation *of SIOO from each, to place a stone in the base of the monument with such inscriptions as the country may direct. The following resolution was adopted: “ Resolved , That it is the sense of this department that the Grand Army of the Republic, being in no seujie a political organization, and being in favor of free speech, a free press, and a free country, we are l/eartily opposed to the practice of using our corporative power, as posts, for the pupose of boycotting any person, paper, or party who may differ with us in opinions on any subject.” A resolution was also passed in favor of a State Soldiers’ Home. The suggestion that the meeting of the national encampment be held at Nashville iu 1887 was unanimously approved. Officers were elected as follows: Thos.W. Bennett, of Richmond. Department Commander; Andrew Fite, of New Albany, ' Senior Vice Commander; W. F. Daily, of Pern, Junior Vice Commander; A. R. Tucker, of Cicero, Medical Director; Ira Chase, of Danville, Chaplain; Ben D. House. Indianapolis, Assistant Adjutant General; Thomas Hanna, Greencastle, Judge Advocate; Council of Administration, JtV Fee, O. F.Walker, William E. Brown, John Runyan, W. L. Dougall; Representatives at Large to the National Encampment, C. F. Mosier, J. D. Mnlkey, William M. Cochran; W. H. Holabird, J. R. McDonald, Ji F. Story. The encampment also indorsed the nnivernal-service pension bill, all opposition to it being overridden, abcl thi| indorsement was rushed through with a yell. The Woman's Relief Corps also held a rerrtaiotf, with Mrs. Alice Griffin,; of Elkhart, Department President; Mrs. Beck, of Elkhart, Department Secretary, aud Mrs. Titus, of Elkhart. Department Treasurer. The'lndiana Department was reorganized a year ago, mid now has twenty-five corps and a membership of about one thousand. The department held two big camp-fires at which mimeious speeches were made. 4 * —Benjamin Knoop, nu old farmer of Wabash County, who was some fifty years ago bitten by a rattlesnake, is reported very' ill from the effects of the bite, the virns of the reptile yet lingering in his system. The leg which the snake struck pains him severely odpe every year at a period edrresj oadiug to that when be was bitten. This winter he has been conAnefi to bis bed al-> most continually; nlcers have appeared below the knee, and amputation may have to be resorted to to save his life.