Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1886 — Page 7

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Bull fighting for the expert must be very profitable. The chief espada of Madrid, Laftijo, is employed during the summer season for £6,000, and last winter in the provinces he made £IO,OOO. He killed 340 bulls without a single accident to himself. Cast. Tom Grigory, of Winchester. Tennessee, has a unique pair of gloves. They were made by Miss Nannie Phillips, who snared a lot pf rabbits, carded and spun their fur as if it were wool, and from the yarn knit the gloves. She decorated the back of each glove with the ear of a full-grown rabbit. Doorkeeper Date, of the Connecticut House of Representatives, has ten cartridges that Were carried by Jude B. Gage in the retreat from New London in the war of 1812. They are handmade, the wrappers being pieces of newspapers, and the round balls are kept in place by tow strings. Mr. Gage, when 90 years old, gave the relics to Mr. Date.

A young man of Guyton. Georgia, hired a horse and buggy to take a young lady to a party, telling the livery-stable man he was only going three miles in the country, when in reality it was nineteen. This the owner pf the horse And buggy learned after they had left, and jumping on a horse, he followed. Arriving at the house he took possession of his property and returned, leaving the pair to get back the best they could.

A gentleman of international fame, whose word is as unquestionable as liis genius is great, said a lew days ago: “I was sitting beside Bryant at a dinner one day.. Turning to him, I said: ‘Mr. Bryant, will you kindly set my mind at rest on the widely agitated question as to your age when you wrote Thanatopsis?’ Mr-. Bryant answered: ‘I had finished every line and word of that poem before I was 16 years of age.’ ” There is no doubt as to the truth of this.

A Georgia girl who is anxious tp write a “continued storie” for the Atlanta Constitution enforces her proposition by this clincher: “It would be the greatest tiling ever done for the Constitution, for we would first put in a month’s notice that a real and true life of several of our girls, for ’tis a true storie that I wish to write. By saying ’tis by a Twigs County girl, everybody would be crazed to see it. I stayed at home one time a ' year ago tirftf wrote for a certain paper and had it in a perfect boom: ”

John G. Saxe, according to the Albany Journal, once found himself traveling on a railroad over which—* strange to say, for he was phenomenally endowed in that respect —he had no pass. But when the conductor came along the genial poet, taking from his pocket five other passes and holding them like playing s cards, inquired: “Conductor, do you play euchre?” “Yes; sometimes.” “Well, if you had a hand like this”—showing the five passes—/‘what would yon do?” “Pass!” said the guardian of the company’s interests; and he passed.

It is reported that the Czar intends in 1887 to assume a title equivalent to that of Emperor over the whole of Central Asia. It is said that his Imperial Majesty will make a state entry into Samarcand, and there formally assume the sovereignty jpyer Central Asia in the presence of all the Ameers and Khans who are under the sway of Imperial Russia. This is no new design on the part of Russia, for this scheme was for a long time under consideration by the late Czar Alexander 11., and has only come to light now through the indiscretion of a high official.

The last Parisian publication which has been seized by order of the prefect of police is neither a naturalist novel nor an Anarchist pamphlet, but a simple directory. It is one of a very special kind, and it only gives the names of .those of the inhabitants of the city •who are noted for tlieir philanthropic disposition and their readiness to relieve distress. The compiler turns out to be a well-known street beggar, who thus puts into methodical shape, for the benefit pf the younger members of the profession, the information which he has ■massed in the course of his long career. ■ ' A literary Englishman has just found in the old South Street Cemetery in Calcutta the tomb of the Hon. Rose Whitworth Aylmer, who died in that city in 1800, aged 20. It was the news cf this English girl’s death which led Lander to write a little poem so exquisite that it can never be printed too often: ' . ’ == “Ah, what avails the ocaptered race, Ah, what the form divine I Rose Aylmer, all werfcxhine, ‘ •Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes . May weep, by t never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee.” ——• The Bishop of Melbourne, during the dry weather, was asked to pray for rain. He explained to those who made the request that the presence or absence of tain depended on certain natural causes which prayer would not affect -He told

the people that they were well aware ot the fact that in that country the dry season regularly came every year. It was, therefore, their duty to prepare for it by the storing of water sent them in the rainy season. * He could not take it upon himsejf to ask the Almighty, to disturb the course of the seasons in Order that their neglect might be remedied. >

Lord Crew must rank among the most liberal and progressive of British landlords. He is steadily increasing the number of holdings on his Cheshire estate and decreasing the rentals. A good cottage and garden cost a laborer $22.50 a year. Plots of from two to three acres of good farm land, with excellent cottages and barns, rent for from S4O to SSO a year. Lord Crew at present has 195 tenants holding half an acre and under three, acres, 144 with three and under ten acres, thirty with ten and under twenty acres, thirty-one with twenty and under fifty acres, forty with fifty and under 100 acres, forty-one with 100 and under 200 acres, and fourteen with 200 and under 500 acres.

By the new process of toughening timber it is claimed that the effect produced upon whitewood is such that a cold chisel is required in order to split it. This result is accomplished by a special method of steaming the timber and submitting it to end pressure, technically “upsetting it." By this means the cells and fibers are compressed into one compact mass; and it is the opinion of those w-ho have experimented with the process that wood can bo compressed to the extent of some 75 per cent., and that some of the timber now considered unfit for use in such work as carriage building, for instance, can be made valuable by this means as a substitute for ash, hickory, etc.

The late Wendell Phillips appeared to be the only member of the John Phillips family who was particularly distinguished for talent. The father, who was the first Mayor of Boston, was a public-spirited citizen who creditably filled that position. A brother of Wendell, George W. Phillips, was a welleducated lawyer, but little known to the bulk of our citizens. He was, like his distinguished brother, a handsome man, of tall, elegant figure and dignified presence. It seems a little singular that these gentlemen, so healthy and well developed, should not have attained very old age. Wendell Phillips possessed the figure of an athlete, and he was noted for the springing elasticity of his step and general motions.

The following anecdotes, apropos of Sam Jones’ well-known habit of tobac-co-chewing, are related, and their truthfulness is affirmed upon the authority of the evangelist him Self: During his recent stay in Cincinnati he was approached one day, after a very fervent meeting at the Music Hall, by an elderly lady, who had taken a great interest in the services. “Mr. Jones,” said the lady, “I want to ask you why you chew tobacco. A great many people have asked me that question, and they have-all thought that such a habit materially interfered with your work as a Christian worker.” “I don’t like to tell my reason for chewing, ” replied the preacher. “I have a little delicacy on that subject. ” The lady insisted, however, and the.-evangelist that if she only knew why she could tell her friends, and that would save him a great deal of ungenerous remarks. “Well,” said Sam, after a long pause, “if you must know why I chew tobacco, it is to get the juice out of it and to spit red.” The lady fainted, but was fully satisfied. He was riding in a street-car shortly after this, and was seated beside a lady—a very devout Christian—who was elegantly attired. “Why don’t you preach against the use of tobacco, Mr. Jones?” said she. “It would do a power of good.” “There is too much sin and wickedness in the world to preach against, ” said Sam, “and F haven’t got down to tobacco yet. ” “I think you ought to do so, however,” said she, “and your words would have a great effect upon the young men.” “When I get so low' down as to have to preach against tobacco and ear bobs I will quit preaching altogether,” said Sam, somewhat petulantly. The lady, who sported a pair of SI,OOO solitaire earrings, rose hurriedly, and, with a flushed face and flashing eyes, left the car.

Taming Horses in New Zealand.

As everybody knows, Mr. Rarey’s system of taming vicious horses consisted mainly in throwing them down on the ground and keeping them there by means of straps. The Nejv Zealanders have a much simpler and more effective method. They simply decoy a wild horse into a swamp until all his legs are securely imbedded in it. Thev then proceed to “gentle” him. W T efl may the author say: “Rarey’s plan is nothing to this. There Were no legs swinging about to hurt anyone; the Cplt Could not batter his head on the ground; the very babies could jump on his back with perfect safety* and they 'were; not slaw to avail themselves of the opportunity. ” The women sat on him, the men got astride him, and then put a little log under his tail. “The women shook their dresses in his face.” Best of tall, when the horse was dug out he was quite tame. The word “environment” now so popular, was introduced into our language by Thomas Carlyle, who borrowed it from the French, they having used it for two centuries.

A DESPERATE DEED.

A Tough Citizen of Nebraska Murders in Cold Blood Hii Em* p.oyer. The Murderer Takes Refuge In a Barn, and Is Hunted to Death by 300 Men. A terrible tragedy is reported from Burt County, Neb. H. A. Steadman, proprietor of a creamery near the village of Lyons, paid off and discharged one of his employes, Edward Johnson, who thereupon became angry, and after a few words, and without provocation, drew a revolver and shot Steadman in the stomach, the wounded man dying shortly afterward. Johnson mounted a horse and fled, but was followed by a small party of men in charge of Constable Parker, who pursued him twelve miles south, and were rapidly gaining on him. During the chase the murderer turned in his saddle, and with a repeating rifle shot one of his pursuers, C. P. Johnson, in the/ head, killing him ah most instantly. He then shot another man in the hip, inflicting a fatal wound. Constable Parker’s horse was shot from under him. The pursuing party, however, kept up the chase, and continued to gain on him, being re-enforced by others along the way. Finally Johnson, seeing that capture- was inevitable if he continued on horseback, jumped from his horse and ran into a barn, where he held the fort against the entire party. 'lt was thought he was wounded before he sought retreat in the barn, as he had been fired at by his pursuers, who were armed only with revolvers. The bam was surrounded by the party, which by this time had increased to 100 men. A deadly fusillade was commenced. All day the great cjowd surged and circled around the barn, but kept out of range of the besieged man. A wagon load of provisions was for warded to the camp of the besiegers. The murderer was armed with a revolver and a Winchester rifle, and'the cracks between the boards of the structure gave him an opportunity to shoot with an accurate aim. All efforts to dislodge him proved futile. The crowd surrounding his retreat hourly increased, until at least three hundred men were pouring missiles of death into the bam from as many Winchesters, revolvers, and shotguns. Failing to dislodge him by this method, it was decided to bum him out. During the darkness of the night some one in the crowd crept up to a shed, adjoining the bam and set fire to it. The caged murderer; seeing that he was doomed, fired twenty shots into the crowd in rapid succession, but hitting no one. The crowd returned the fire from Winchester rifles from all sides of the barn, and the supposition is that the murderer was killed before he could attempt to make his escape. After the fire bad subsided his dead body was found in a pile of oats. Both arms and a part of both legs were burned off. Part of his head had been shot away* iand his body was completely riddled with bullets. The supposition is that he was wounded in the leg before he ran into the bam, and hence he did not. attempt to escape. The desperado’s right name was Allen Wright,aged about 28 years. His remains were buried in a cornfield. His revolver had a Texas cow head engraved on it. He had also a Winchester rifle. Eight mules, three horses, three cows, and a large quantity of grain were destroyed with the barn. The total loss is $5,000, which the county will probably pay. Wright killed H. C. Stedman and Charles P. John«on, and fatally wounded Edgar Everett, whose death will make three killed. Several are slightly wounded; all doing well.

INDUSTRIAL SITUATION.

Commissioner Wright, of the Labor Bureau, Reports One Million Men Idle. [Washington telegram.] The first annual report of the Bureau of Labor is completed. It will cover five hundred pages. Under the head “The Industrial Depression in the United States,” Commissioner Wright says’: From the observations of the agents of the bureau, and from other sources from which it has Been possible to form conclusions, it is undoubtedly true that out of the total number of establishments—such as factories, mines, etc. — existlng in the country, about 5 per cent, were absolutely idle during 1885, and that perhaps 5 per cent, more were idle a part of the time, or, tor a just estimate, 7JA per cent, of the whole number of such establishments were idle, or equivalent to idle, during the past year. Applyingthe percentage arrived at (7J4 per cent.), we obtain a total of 998,839 as constituting the best statement of the unemployed in the United States during 1885—meaning by the unemployed those who, under prosperous times, would be employed, and who in 1885 were seeking employment—that it has been possible for the bureau to make. It is probably true that this total, as representing the unemployed at any one time in the United States, is fairly representative, even if the laborers thrown out of work through the Ovssation of railroad building be included. A million of men out of employment meins a loss to the consumptive power of the country of at least 81,000,000 per day, or a crippling ot the trade ofjthe country of over $300,0C0.000 per year. The earnings of the people involved iutllie classes named above would not be far from 8000 each per annum, representing total earnings of $7,990,716,000. The wage earnings of the million that should be erhplqyed are crippled to the extent of over 8300*000,000 per annum, a sum sufficient to cause a reaction in business and a general cur-' tailment of expenses, from which result apprehension and timidity among all classes. It is curious to observe, however, that while the severity of the depression causes a crippling to the extent of several hundred millions Of dollars per year of the coneuniing power of the p|dple, the volume of business transacted is not' crippled comparatively to any such extent. It is shown that just previous to the, financial panics of 1857, 1873, and 1882 there was mi imwirswrincreiwe in the mileage of railroads constructed in the United States, * The results of this in throwing men out of employment have great bearing in producing depressions through the stoppage of consumptive powers. The Commissioner says: Tables are given indicating two things, viz.: That while, as shown, the extent of the existing industrial depression involves a crippling of the wage recovers Of the country and a consequent crippling of the consuming power of the people, the volume of business has been fairly well preserved—at least not crippled to any such extent as indicated by the crippling of the consuming power— and the prices have constantly fallen. Along with these two features there has been a constant diminishing of profits until many industries have been conducted with little or no margin to those engaged and a great lowering of wages in general. State University, receives a salary of sß,ooo as President and S3,OQ<) aw-Director of the Lick Observatory. ' ~ IM—- ' i *■ jl l t H1U1..1 >■ J jl| Il ■—' '• . The Prince of Wales suffers much from dyspepsia and confines his diet largely to lean mutton and stale bread. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, has averaged ten hours of work and study daily throughout his professional career. Ben: Perley Poore's collection of autographs copt iins the writing of 16,000 prominent men. r* ; '2- '

Secretary Lniimr’s Antedate of Tom fekuuretary Lamar is -one of tii-i-lwst story-tellers in life, ami in this in-HDwt is fully the equal, uxL-tlni.s 1 two delightful raeontenrrt, Seiuißcrs nnd Vest. At a Calin t iiti’cting mini ■ allusion was made bv th ■ l?r<-si«l *nt to Toni Marshall, of Kentucky. “I once had a funny- experience with Marshall,” said Mr. Lapiar, breaking into the conversation. “It happened at Oxford, Mississippi, a few months pfier to the. attack on Fort' The Secession movement was growing rapidly in my State and formed the staple subject of conversation. One night I delivered a strong disunion B]>eeeh in the lecture-room of the college. The house was packed, and my radical Views, by the younger men at least, wore applauded to the echo. At the conclusion of my speech a tall, dis-tinguished-looking gentleman arose and said: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I have reason to believe that I am not unknown to many ot those present. I have listened to the remarks of our brilliant young friend with mingled feelings of pain and pleasure. Secession is wrong. You will make a mistake if you attempt to carry this grand old commonwealth out of the Union. You don't know the people pf the North. I do. I have lived among them. I know their strength and their forbearance. They are not to be trifled with. If you will meet me in this hall to-morrow night I will do my (uttermost to convince you of that fact.' “The speaker, who, as he said, was personally known to most of those present, was Tom Marshall, the celebrated Kentucky orator. The next night the hall was jammed. Marshall spoke for two hours. No one but a man of Southern birth and training would have dared express such sentiments as he expressed on that occasion. He took up my arguments seriatim and demolished them one after the other. Before the close of his speech hardly a convert to secession could be found within “the sound of his voice. Although I had been crushed and sat upon, ” continued Mr. Lamar, “I could not fail to be impressed with Mr. Marshall’s matchless oratory and the soundness of his logic. I admired him more than ever. A few drys subsequent I started out for a drive. Marshall stood in the door of the village tavern as I drove past. With a view of showing him that I entertained no malice, I invited him to accompany me. He replied that he would if I would excuse him until he had made a few changes in his linen. In a few minutes he reappeared and away we went. Marshall immediately began talking. He dwelt for 4 time upon the impending political crisis. He talked of books, the arts, and the sciences, and when, at the conclusion of our ride, he '"alighted from the buggy, I felt that I had never been so delightfully entertained in my life, for, mind you, during all this time I had not uttered a word. Marshall left Oxford the next day, and died, if you remember, within the next twelvemonths. A few weeks later a friend of mine, a Louisville gentleman, called at my house. I spoke of Marshall’s visit to Oxford. ‘Yes,’ said he, ‘Marshall told me about it. He said you were very-angry at him for replying to your disunion speech. He knew you were watching an opportunity to force him into a quarrel. He thought you had found it when you invited him to go riding one day. I dare say you remember that he excused himself a few moments on the plea of changing his linen. He went to his room and armed himself, instead. He determined not to fight if possible, and for that reason decided to employ- the art of eloquence, w ith a view to curbing your murderous intent. He told me he must have succeeded, for you never uttered a belligerent word during the whole ride or afterward.’ ”

Planting Forests.

The establishment of an arbor day in wise proyision, for the time has come when the farming community should be aroused to the fptal consequence attending a con; tinuance of the wholesale destruction ol trees without a corresponding effort to make good this loss. Great inducements are held out in Europe for the planting of forests, and anything like the indiscriminate felling of trees that is practiced in this country would never be tolerated. There much attention ia given to the preservation and attractiveness of the forest growths, foresten being employed who devote their whole time to this purpose. The royal foresta of Englond include 125,000 acres ol white oak alone, and this does not include the great timber found among the parks. Within fifty years the English Government has paid for the planting of 40,000 acres to timber. In planting forests we must consider the use to <v‘hich we shall wish to put the trees. If the object be fuel, then we should grow only those trees whose combustion gives the most heat. In comparing the different kinds of fuel, hickory has been regarded as the standard and placed at 100; elm falls 12 points below; white oak is placed at 84, yellow oak at 60 and red oak at 69; w hite ash ranks 77, beech 65, black birclT62, whitq birch 43, yellow pins 54, white pine 40 and chestnut 52. Il we want building material and are anxious to secure it as soon as possible, chestnut and pine will fill the bill. It is well, however; to take into consideration soil adaptation before commencing operations. The soil for hickory and oaks is clay, for elm and willow alluvial deposits, for wdiite birch and fir sand and sandy loams. Birches, larches, spruces, and firs will thrive in elevated positions and northern exposures. If w e have not soils especially adapted to the particular varieties we wish to grow, there are those large stretches ol country called “pin© plains” which may well be utilized for thus purpose; and in New. England there is a great deal of _ land that was once with forest, which is now “exhausted"pastures, that h4d best lie returned to the forests.— American Cultivator. , -. .. —>w» Prof. Langley’s recent researches' have led, him to conclusions -whieh imply that in the absence of the absorbing atmosphere, the earth would receive siiilicient'heat from the sun to melt an ice-ahelL about 180 feet deep oyer tha globe’s entire surface.

AN ENTERPRISING CITY.

The Metropolis'of Western lowa. Its Surroundings and Prospects. Wonderful Increase in Population and Bnsineu. , Sioux City, the motfopblis of Western lowa, which, on account of its rapid., growth, is at present attracting widespread attention, is situated on the Missouri River, about; 500 miies west of Chicago. Behind it are the fertile rolling prairies, 50,000 square miles in extent* whose great cornfields are the wonder ot the world, and whose rapidly growing population is as intelligent, energetic, and thrifty as any race of men the world ever produced. West and south, Nebraska stretches 400 miles away to the romantic valleys and foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Commencing within three miles of the city, the great and luxprinnt rolling prairies of Dakota, stretching hundreds of miles toward the Pacific Slope, are rapidly developing into a great empire of wealth and population that exceeds the wildest dreams of human speculation. Here, what was once supposed to be a great desert of sand, sage brush and,,bad lands is being made to “bloom and blossom as the rose,” the richest country that the sun shines on. Dakota’s 90,000,000 of acres are covered with luxuriant cornfields, inexhaustible pasturage, pine forests, ranges of rich mineral mountains, with a net-work of great rivers and railroads, immense wheat fields, great herds of cattle, and a population as wonderful in enterprise, thrift and intelligence as it is in rapid growth. Then to the north, less than 100 miles distant, lies Minnesota, whose wheat fields have long been the preeminent wheatTegions of the world. Besides being located on the Missouri River, where it first touches our western border, and is navigable for large-sized steamboats for a distance of 1,900 miles above, it is located near the mouth of two of its large tributaries. The Big Sioux, which forms about seventy miles of the western boundary of lowa, empties into the Missouri River about two miles above the city. It drains and waters 1,000 square miles of lowa territory, and its valleys are wonderfully rich and productive. Just below, and forming the eastern boundary of the city, the Floyd River empties into the Missouri. It is a small stream, but flows through a rich and beautiful valley. It is about 100 miles long and drains about 1,500 square miles of territory. There are many mills erected on its banks, and its waterpower is valuable. Perry Creek, which also drains a lovely territory, and whose valleys are filled with beautiful farms, flows through the city and empties into the Missouri.

Less than a generation ago the land upon which Sioux City is located, and the territory for hundreds- of miles north, south, east and west, lay in its primeval beauty, with no sign of civilization. Ths red man of the prairie was unmolested in his rich hunting grounds. The buffalo roamed at will over the beautiful natural lawns of vivid green, upon the rolling prairies, beautiful plateaus and lovely valleys. The rich carpet of nature made his home beautiful, and famished him with an easy, luxuriant living.' The solemn stillness was broken only by the war-whoop of the Indian, the lowing of the buffalo, and the hungry cry of The wolf. The population of Sioux Citv in 1876 was 6,000; in 1880, 7,308; in 1883, 14,000; in June, 1885, 19,074; in January, 1886, 23,382 —a gain of 4,308 from June, 1885, to January, 1886. Probably no city of its size in the country shows more activity in building operations than does this bright little Western metropolis at the present day. Buildings of all classes are being Greeted as fast as men and material can put them in shape, and the demand seems to exceed the supply. There are no vacant stores in the city, and owners of residence property have no difficulty in finding tenants as soon as houses are ready for occupancy, that are willing to pay good rents. Among the building improvements that are now under way are several large blocks of stores, a $200,000 hotel, several, factories and scores of residences varying in size and style, from the quiet little cottage to the’stately mansion.

The demand for carpenters, bricklayers, and other mechanics is much greater than_ the supply, and all find work at good wages as soon as they reach the city. It is reported that a number of contractors have been delayed upon their work quite seriously on account of the scarcity of good help. One reason for this scarcity is the demand made by outside towns for assistance. When mechanics of any kind are needed in the small towns (of which there are many) lying in the vicinity of Sioux City they send there forthem, and, as a consequence, every one that desires work can have it. A good mechanic has no reason to be idle there. Few. cities ofritosize in this or any other country can boast of better improvements, better manufactories, .larger wholesale houses,! or more energetic people. The city has a perfect police, fire, water, and sewerage system, under the magagement of competent directors and superintendents, and before another winter seta in-several miles of the best pavement that can be idj> vented *iwilf cover some of its most prominent thoroughfares. Several of the most important railroads in the West center there, and'more will soon seek admission to its limits. It is expected that a large Union Passenger Depot will be erected at this season for the accommodation of business of the Chicago and Northwestern, Sioux City and Pacific, Chicago, Mflwaukee~and St/ Paul, IlHndis Central, and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroads, all ot which run trains to and from Sioux City daily at the present

An unrgpealed law of New Jersey, passed while the State was a British colony, reads as follows: “That all women of whatever age, rank, profession or decree, whether virgins, maids or widows, who shall after this act impose upon, seduce and betray into matrimony any of his Majesty’s subjects by virtue of scents, cosmetics, washes, Jainta, artificial teeth, false hair or higheeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors.” - Dr. Campbell says that American teachers are preferred to English in his ■school for the blind. An English girl of sufficient refinement for the position is not' aecrtstomed to practical work. When the little blind child with a dirty-face enters the room the English teacher rings for the servant to wash the child's face, while the American girl of equal refinement would ■go for” the child with vigor. One of Dr. Campbell s pmpose- in tbis country ii to v ltain a kiudcigarten teacher.' A Philadelphia belledias been paralyzed by the use of cosmetics. '

INDIANA MATTERS.

A Dccloon on the Term of ».•TowaUUp Trustee— No w Swindling -Scheme In Boone County—A Decision on the Last of the Telephone Casos-Minor State State, Auditor Rice submitted to' Attorney General Hord for an official opinion the question,“Suppose a Township Trustee dies and the vacancy is filled by appointment, and the appointee bolds by virtne of •such appointment for the period of five months, ami lie is elected Trustee at lhe 8110060(1108 April election and bolds for the term of two years. Is he again eligible to the same office?" In answer to tho question the Attorney General says: “The statute provides hereafter no person shall be eli jible to tho office of Township Trustee more than four yenrein any period of six years.’ If the statuto was susae]>tible of the construction that a Trustee cannot under any circumstances hold the office for more than four years in any period of six years, and that the time during which tho officer held under appointment should be estimated da a part of such time, yet the fact of tho officer holding the office for five months under appointment and two years by election would not render him eligible t> a second election as .Trustee, but his time as such officer woulct terminate when the four years of continuous office would expire. But this statute must be construed in connection with the Constitution es Indiana, which provides, Tn all cases in which it la provided that an office shall riot bo filled by the same person more than a certaifi nurnlier of years continuously, an appointment pro tempore shall not be reckoned a part of that term.’ Tho statute must bend to the Constitution, aud Dpt. tiip Constitution to the statute. It is my opinion that the time of five months held under an appointment iftnot to be recta as any part of the fouryean during which a Trustee may hold hi* office, but that he is eligible to the office for two terms by election, and that he can hold by virtue of such elections f< r four years, and the time held under an Appt intmeat pro tempore is not to be counted as any part of stub four years.” —A well-dressed, smooth tongued swindler has been defrauding, the unsuspecting farmers in Boone and adjoining counties. This time it is the paint trick. The First National Bank of Lebanon is in receipt of several notes on farmers, who claim that they weje misled into signing the notes under the impression that they were receipts for paint, to be used by them in painting the roofs of their buildings. A couple of nice-appearing strangers, during the month of December last, went to the houses of farmers and represented that they were agents for roof-paint, and proposed to give ten dollars’ worth of the article to the honest tiller of the soil, and he was to recommend it to his neighbors. It looked very nice, and they took in the bait; some gave receipts, and others notes, which would never be collected, but were to show to others of the neighborhood, jnst for the influence it would have. —The Supreme Court of Indiana has decided the last of the telephone cases. The decision was given by Chief Justice Niblack. It covers the constitutionality of the two laws passed by the last Legislature for the regulation of telephone affairs, the points involved in the law reducing rentals having previously been decided in the cases of Hockett against the State, and in this the Court reaffirmed its former opinion by simply calling attention to it. Regarding the non-discrimination act, the Court holds at length that the telephone company is a common carrier, and as such is subject to all the regulations which the law imposes upon common carriers.- It cannot, therefore, refuse service to any person who demands it and fulfills the legal requirements. —The children of Frank Klee, a farmer living in the vicinity of Huntingburg, went fishing, and on their return brought home several small fish, "which they carelessly laid down. One of the smaller children, aged 2 years, picked up one of the fish and attempted to put it in its mouth. As the fish was still alive it flounced out of the child's hand and got fast in its throat. The father, in attempting to pull the fish out, pulled the tail off, aud the child was choked to death in a few minutes. —Some time ago a New Albany photographer received a copy of a picture from the Sheriff of Orange County, being that of three- toughs sitting on the same seat in a spring wagon, one driving, one flourishing a revolver, and the other holding a bottle of whisky. He was instructed to make 500 photographs of the man sitting in the middle, which was the notorious Archer. As soon-as the Sheriff of Fountain. County received a photograph he at once went and put his hand on the man. —An attempt was made to poison the family of Henry Sanders, of Stone's Crossing. A quantity of “Rofigh on Bats” was placed in the coffee the family had for breakfast. Four members of the family were made violently sick, but by prompt treatment are recovering. A son-in-lgiyjftL. named Champfinwasarrested on suspicion and lodged in jail under $20,000 bond. He protests his innocence. —Someof the best corn lands in Indiana are the bottoms of ponds which have been drained, but in certain of these the working of the soil on warm days causes an intolerable itching, followed by burning pain in the skin for some days. The cause of this is found to be the minute spicules of sponges Which once grew in tjje pond and remain in enormous abundance in the dust. —A few days since, two patent deeds were recorded in the Recorder's office, at Goshen, one, dated 1836 and signed by President Andrew Jackson, for forty acres in Jefferson Township, to Ede Davison, and the other dated 1837, for 160 acres in - same Township, signed by Martin Van Buren, to John S. Wilson. —lsrael Noal, the oldest resident of Logansport, is dead. Mr. Noal came to Cass Coun'y sixty-five years ago, when there were but a dozen log cabins in the county. —Christian Failor. agedAfl years, at ona time a prosperous merchant of Centerville, tried to blowout his brainsl by shootin himself through the right temple. He cannot reoover. Disease and financial troubles are the causes that led to the rash act. —The ninth annual meeting of the Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association was held at Vincennes recently. The attendance was unusually large, aud great interest was manifest. —Cyrus Dockard’s Office safe at Canaan was blown” open by burglars, and sl2f/in cash and $25,000 in notes and bonds stolen.