Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — Page 2

The jßcjmblicatt. Gro. E. Makshau,, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA

Hon. Simon Cameron, eighty-six years of age, has just returned fronT* an extended European tour, well and hea rtv He is one of the most remarkable men of the period, physically and mentally. Coi.. Fred Grant has been nominated j for Secretary of State by the Republicans of New York. Coh Grant has little j personal popularity, though regarded as a straightforward and sensible young man, and his nomination is largely due ! to sentiment. If he should be successful would it not really be a.boom for' Bob Lincoln for President? Thf. large increase >0 the volume of j imports into the United/hates in the past seven or eight months is very fairly | shown hv the cu’stoms duties received j at New York, the country’s chief seaport. The duties at that port between January 1 and the close of August aggregated $101,657,522, as compared with '503,883 561 in the same period in 1886, and $85,669,090 in 1885. This reveals an increase in customs of eight months. There has been a slight falling off re- j cently in imports, indicating that the ! great flow of foreign merchandise to this | country has reached its maximum, forj the time being, at least. The export movement, however, seems to be well maintained, while therejs a probability that it will be largely increased on account of wheat, corn and cotton shipmenU. T*e extent to, which the Interstate Commerce law has benefitted the railroads of the country has been great. While the public has been permitted to know that railroads have been in a general way benefitted, the figures have been generally withheld, and will only come out in the reports at the end of the year. Probably in no direction has the advantage been so great as in the cutting off of free passes. The Interstate law operated as an excuse for cutting off great numbers of “deadheads,” and on some of the leading lines of railroad it is said that the difference will amount to from $500,000 to $1,000,000 a year. An officer of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad remarked the other day that their former daily reports from conductors would average abouk 275 passes a day. Their present reports ran from 40 to 45 passes a day. One result of the cutting off of free passes has been to diminish Uiereveiraeßof the palace car service. Men who ride on free passes almost invariably indulge in palace cars, but on being compelled to pay their fares many of them ride in the ordinary passenger coaches.

McGlynn Makes Confusion.

Rev. Dr. McGlynn made an address before the New York Association of Methodist Preachers Monday morning, which lasted an hour and a half, and was listened to by 500 ministers and others. Dr. McGlynn referred to his excommunication ‘dor preaching the Christianity T was brought up in,’’ and after referring to the peculiar position in which he found himself in facing a body so distfnctivelv representative of the Protestant religion, he presented the Henry George land t heories, and defined them as representing the cause of humanity. When the speaker had concluded gentleman offered a resolution of thanks to Dr. McGlynn for his “able, eloquent and instructive address,” and “wishing him God speed in his efforts to diffuse the doctrine of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.” This created great confusion, and after ♦ turbulent scene, which- one clergy man 1 characterized as resembling a beer garden, the resolution was amended by a clause that allowed the members to reserve the right of an individual opinion concerning land theories, and then adopted. A

Woman's Wages.

St. lyouis Gl6be Pt moerat. The best/ririces now paid to the sewing women >s $1 per dozen for white shirts, from 12 j to lie for men’s pants and 7c for boys’ summer waists. Probably the best paying on the common class of work is shirts, and that keeps one at work from early dawn to late at night to maky 50 or 75c per day. The fact is the most active sewers can not realize more than sls per month by' the most diligent application to work. These figures are much reduced to what they were in former years, yet the retail prices of clothing are reallv just the same as they formerly were.

Lessons of Experience.

Omaha World. Onujha Editor—Anything startling to-day? •*. News Editor—No,.not a single railroad catastrophe since yesterday. “Humph!” “Yes, things are dull now. You see it’s between seasons.’' * • “Between seasons?” ‘‘Yes, the summer excursion season is about over and the car-stove season hasn’t opened vet.”

Order, Order, Mr. Jenkins.

Hawesville (Ks.) Plaindealer.t If Jim Jenkinß don’t stop shooting our windows out there’ll be trouble; this is no,.rented house and windows cost money.—ls he wants ttrshoot at mr ie must come inside. ' A

CANNOT BE KEPT DOWN

Christian Character Compels the World to Honor It, Anil n Religious l.lt* is Not to Ur PrsplsrU and Retain Respect. Rev. Dr. Talfnage preached'at Brooklyn last Sunday. Subject: “The Prime Minister.” Text: Gen. xii., 41. He said: ••••--"- -■ - -- -- There are those who affect to despise a religious life. They speak of it as a system of phlebotomy by which a man is bleu of ail his courage and nobility. They say he has bemeaned himaelf. They pretend to have, rip more confidence i,n him since his conversion than nefore his conversion. But all that is hypocrisy. It is impoisibh* lor any man uot to admire and confide in a Christian who shows that he has really become achild Of God, arid is what he prrifcSPes'to'lwV Yo.i can not despise a son or a daughter of the Lord God Almighty. Of course half-and-half religious character wins no approbation. Redwaid, the King of the Saxons, after Christian baptism, had two altars, one for the service of God, and the other for tbe sacrifice of devils. You may have a contempt for such men for mere pretension of religion, hut when yon behold the excellency of Jesus Christ come out in the life of one of His Disciples, all that there is good and noble in your soul rises up into admiration. Though that Christian be as far beneath you in estate as the Egyptian slave of whom we are discussing, by an irrevocable law of our nature Potiphar and Pharaoh will always esteem Joseph. Chrysostom, when threatened with death by Eudoxia, the Empress, sent Word to her, saying: “Go tell her that I fear nothing but sin.” Such nobility of character will always be applauded. There was something in Agrippa and Felix which demanded their respect for Paul, the rebel against government. I doubt not they would willingly have yielded their office and dignity for the thousandth pari of that true heroism which beamed in the eye and beat in the heart of the unconquerable Apostle. The infidel and worldling are compelled to honor in their hearts, though they may not eulogize with their lips, a Christian, firm in persecution, cheerful in poverty, trustful in losses, triumphant in death. I find Christian men in all professions and occupations, and I find them respected, honored and successful. A man in the cars said: “I would like to become a Christian if I only knew what religion is. But if this lying and cheating and bad behavior among men who profess to be good is religion I want none of it.” But. my friends, if I am an artist in Rome atuLa mam, comes to me and asks what the art of painting is, I niust not show hint the daub of some mere pretender. I will take him to the Raphaels arid the MichaM Angelos. It is most unfair and dishohest to take the ignominious failures in Christian profession instead of the glorious successes. The Bibb* and the Church are great ’picture galleries filled with masterpieces. Furthermore, we learn from this story of Joseph that the result of persecution is alleviation. Had if not been for his being sold into Egyptian bondage by malicious brothers and his false imprisonment, Joseph would never have become Prime Minister. Every body accepts the promise, “Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness’ saxe, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,” hut they do not realize the fact that this principle applies to worldly as well as spiritual success- -It is true in all departments. Had it not been for .Machines, who brought, impeachment against , Demosthenes, the immortal oration De Corona would never have been delivered. Men rise to high political position through misrepresentation and the insult of the public. Public abuse is all that some of our public men have had to rely upon for their elevation. It has brought to them what talent and executive force rould never have achieved. Many of those who are making great effort for place and power will never succeed just because they are not of enough importance to be abused. I go into another department. and I find that those great denominations of Christians which have been most abused have spread the most rapidly. No good man was ever more’ vilely maltreated than John Wesley. His followers were hooted at and maltreated, and called by every detestable name that infernal ingenuity could invent, but the hotter the persecution the more rapid the spread of that denomination, until you knew what, a great host they have become, and what a tremendous forcetor God and the truth they are wielding all the world over. It was persecution that gave Scotland to Presbyterianism. It was persecution that gave onr own land first to civil liberty, and afterward to -religious freedom. Yea, I may go further back and say it was persecution that gave the world' the great salvation of the Gospel. The State hassometimes said to the Church: “Come, let me take your hand and I will help von.”. What has been the result? The Ihurch has gone back and has lost its esta e of holiness and has become ineffective. At other times the State has Said to the Church: “I will crush you.” W oat has been the result? After the storms have spent their fury, the Church, so far from having lost any of its force, has increased and is worth infinitely more after the assault than before it. The Church is far more indebted to the opposition of civil government than to its \ approval. The fires of the «';<Ke have . only been the torches which Christ held in His hand by the light which the | Church has marched to her present, position. In the sound of and .implements of torture I hear tffe rum- j bring of the wheels of the Gospel chariot. I Scaffolds of martyrdom have been the j stairs by which the Church has ascend- j ed. Aqua fortis is the best test.of pure j gold. Aye, my hearers, you can r.ot keep an \ iniquity quiet. At just the wrong time’ the sheep will bleat and the oxen will • beriow. Achan can not steal thb Baby-1 lonish garment without getting stoned j to death, nor Benedict Arnold betray * his country without having his neck stretched. Look over the police arrests,! these thieves, these burglars, these { adulterers, these assassins. They all! Thought they could bury their iniquity i so deep down that it would never come to WufrrSitlon. "~But there was some 6hoe that answered to the print in the

isand, some false keys fpurni in. ! sion, some bloody knife' that whispered I of the deed; and the puhlic indignation and the anathema of outraged law j hurled him into the Tombs; or 'hoisted : him on the gallows. At the close nf the battly between the Dauphin of Prince and the Helvetians, BnrcharO Monk was so elated with the victory that he lifted his helmet to look off' upon the field, when a wounded soldi-r hurled ti ! atone that etrnck his uncovered forhead and befell. Sin will always leave point exposed, and there is no safety in iniquity. Francis*!.. King of France, was discussing how it was best to get his army into Italy. Amaril, „the court j fool, sprang out from the fcojner and 'said to the King and his staff v officers: ! “You had better .be thinking how you ! will get your army back out of Italy as- • ter oriee you have entered.” In other I words it is eksier for us to get into sin ! than to get out of it. Whitqfield was riding on horseback in : a lonely way with some missionary I money in a sack fastened to the sadrilei bags. A highwayman sprang out from j the thicket and put hia haad.out taward j the gold, when Whitefield turned upon j him and said, “That belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ; touch it if you dare,” and the villain fell back empty handed into the thicket, Ob, the power of canscience. If offended it. becomes God’s avenging minister. Do not think that I you can hide any great and protracted sin in your hearts. In an unguarded moment it will slip off of the lip, or some slight occasion may for a moment set ajar this door of hell that you wanted to keep closed. But suppose that in this life you hide if, and vou get along with that transgression burning in your heart as a ship oh fire within for days may hinder the flame from bursting out by keeping down the hatchways, yet at last in the judgment that iniquity will blaze out before the throne of God and the universe. Furthermore, learn from this subject the inseparable connection between all events, however remote. Lord Hastings was beheaded one year after he had caused the death of the Queen’s children, in the very month, the very day, the very hour, the very moment, There is wonderful decision in' the Divine judgments. The universe is only one thought of God. Those things which seenf fragmentary and isolated are 'only different parts of that one great thought. How far apart seemed these Two events—Joseph sold to the Arabian merchants and the rulership of Egypt. Yet you see in what a mysterious way God connected ttrg ivy pin, one plan. No all events are linked together. You who are aged can look back and group -together a thousand tilings in your life that once seeme.l isolated. God can trace a direct ancestral line from the blue jay that last year built his nest in a tree behind ‘the house to some one of that flock of birds which, when Noah hoisted tire Ark-’s window, with a whirl and dash of bright wings went out to sing over Mount Ararat. The tulips that bloomed this summer in the flower-bed were nursed of last winter’s snow-flakes. The furthest star on one side of the universe could not look to the furthest, star on the other side and say: “You are no. relation to me;” for from that bright orb a voice of light would ring across the heavens responding: “Yes, yes, we'are sisters.” Sir Robert Peel, from a pattern he drew on the back of a pewtfer din-ner-plate, got suggestions of that which led to the important invention by which calico is printed. Nothing in God’s universe swings at loose ends. Accidents are only God’s way of turning a leaf in the book of His eternal decrees. 'From our cradle to our grave there is a path all marked out. Each event in our rife is connected with every other event in onr life. Our loss may be the most direct road to our gain. Our defeats and victories are twin brothers. The whole direction of your life was changed by something which at the time seeuied to you a trifle, while some occurrence which seemed tremendous affected you but little. That one great thought of God goes on through the centuries, and nations rise and fall, and years pass, and the world itself changes, but God still keeps the undivided mastery, linking event to event and century to century. To God they are a’l one Oven:, one history, one plan, oue development, one system. Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty! Furthermore: We learn from this story the propriety of laying up for the future! During seven years of plenty Joseph prepared for thefamine,a >d when it came he had a crowded store-house. The life of most men in a lyortdly' respect is divided into years of plenty and famine. It is seldom that any man passes through rife without at least seven years of plenty. During these seven prosperous years your business "bears a rich harvest.- Youhardly know where all the money comes from, it comes so fast. Every bargain you moke seethe to turn into gold. You contract few bad debts. Y"ou are astounded with large dividends. You invest more and more capital. You wonder how men can be content with a small business, gathering in only a hundred dollars where you reap your thousands. These are the seven years of plenty. Now, Joseph, is the time to prepare for famine, for to almost every man there do come seven years of famine. You will be sick; you will be unfortunate; you will be disappointed; you will be old, and if you have no store house upon which to fall back;you may be faminestruck. We have no admiration for this denying one’s self of all present comfort and luxury for.the mere pleasure of hoarding up, this grasping for the mere pleasure of seeing how large a pile you can get, this always being poor and cramped, because as soon as a dollar comes in it is sent out to see if it can’t find another dollar to carry home on its back; but there is an intelligent and noble minded forecast which we love to see in men who have families and kin--<dred dependent upon them for the bless-' ings of education and home. ' God sends us to the insects for a lesson, which, while they do not stint themselves in the present, do not forget their I duty to forestall the futures “Go to the I ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways i and be wise, which having no gtide, overseer or rulfer, provideth her meit in the summer and gathereth her f ood.fii the ; harvest.” Now, there are two wave of ! laying up money; the one by investing !it in stock and depositing -it in tanks l and loaning it on bond and mortgage. The other way of laying up monsy is giving it away. He is the safest who makes both investments. Bat the man

f who devotes none of his gain to the ! cause Of Christ? and thinks only of his ! own comfort and luxury, is not ease, I j don’t care how his money iB invested. ' Bat aboye »11 lay up treasuresjn heaven. ! They, never depreciate in value. They never are at a discount. They are always available. Yoa may'feel safe now ‘ with your present yearly income, hut j what will such an income be worth after ■ you are dead? Others will get it. # Par* ! Imps some’of them will quarrel ahout it, | before you are buried. They will be ! right glad that you are dead. They a^f* ! only waiting for y.u to die. What then will all your accumulation be worth it. | you could gather it all into your bosom I and walk lip with it to heaven’s gate? It would not purchase your admission; 1 or, if allowed to enter, it could not buy | ybu a crown or a robe and the poorest • saint in heaven would look down and say: “Where did that pauper come I from” ' ” p Finally, learn from hjssubject that in ! every famine there is a Up i the long row of building, piled to .he ; very roof with corn, copies the hungry j multitudes, and Joseplecommanded that their sacks and their wagons be filled. The world has been blasted. Every green thing has withered under the | tbrch of sin. From all continents and, islands and zones dome up the groans of dying millions. Over tropical spicegrove, and .Siberian ice-hut and Hindoo jungle, the bright has fallen. The famine is universal. But, glory be to God! there ds a great store-house. Jesus Christ, our elder brother, this day bids us come in from our hunger and beggary, and obtain infinite supplies of grace enough to make us rich forever. Many pi you have for along time been smitten of the famine. The world has not stilled the throbbing of your spirit. I Your conscience sometimes rouses you up with some suddenness and strength that it requires the most gigantic determination to quel' the disturbance. Your courage quakes at the thought of the future. Oh, why will you tarry amid the blastings of the famine when such a glorious store-house is open in God’s mercy?

PENDING POLITICS.

New York Republicans Nominate Col. Fred Grant For Secretary of St »te Unanimously, and a Full State Ticket—The Platform Verj | llrief—The Proceedings. The New York Republican State convention was heid at Saratoga, Wednesday. Hon. Seih Low was elected temporary chairman and Hon. Warren. Miller permanent chairman. For Secretary of State Hon, Wm. M. Evaits nominated Col. Fred. B. Grant. No other name was presented and Cob Grant was unanimously nominated t by acclamation. A full list of the State officers to be elected was then nominated. _ j.’ The platform begins by stating that the Republican party seeks restoration to power in the Nation and State, and rehearses its record and that of the Democratic party since its accession to power as reasons therefore; claiming for the former “success in war, in pacification and restoration, and in executive legislative and financial achievements,” and charging upon the latter “incapaefty and inefficiency in administration and legislation,” and “the egregious blunders of the executive and the Denrhcratic branch of Congress.” It says on, the tariff and revenue question: We adhere firmly to the American policy, under whose operation unexampled prosperity and thrift have blessed the land, and hold that any changes to be made in the tariff laws should be made by the friends of those laws and in the interest of protection of labor oil our own soil and of home markets, not by or in the interest of free-trade propagandists, nor for the benefit of foreign producers and foreign labor. National taxation should he:so adjust ed as to raise revenue sufficient for an 'economic and wise administration of the government, for the payment of the puhlic debt, for the development of natural resources, an d for national defense; but any /reduction should be so made as not to impair the prosperity of home industries. American markets must be preserved to the products of American labor and capital and protected from foreign encroachments. ‘ It eharg-s President Cleveland andGovernor Hill with hypocrisy and “systematic perversion of the law to partisan .purposes,” and says the “political rights of all persons throughout the land must be established firmly and beyond controversy.” It charges “persecution "Of the workingman in the South aridlffife deniat oi his civil rights,” and declares that “a fair hearing on all public questions, a free ballot in e very citizen’s hand, and an honest count of the vote are just prerogatives of citizenship, to which full respect must be paid to insure the enjoyment of the freeman’s birthright, and the maintenance of Republican Government on a stable foundation.” The veterans of the Union army and navy are entitled to the consideration of the people for all public preferment, and should receive generous care and adequate pensions. The flip- j pant, sneering language of President Cleveland’s votes oh pension bills was insulting to the veterans and degrading to the executive. The “subervierit spirit displayed in My. Cleveland’s illegal order to return rebel battle-flags, the precious triophies of the Union troops, deserves only reprobation and justly excites the resentment of! all loyal peo’ple,” On the question of immigration it says: “Anarchists, dommuqists, Polygamists, paupers, fugitives from justice, and insane, vicious and criminal persons, as also contract labm, should be rigously excluded; but honest, industrious, wellintentioned persons escaping the opresr sions and degradation of Ofd World despotisrris, and the crushing force of free-trade politics are welcome as a

1 desirable element of onr population.” On the liquor question in the State, it says: *“ We heartily Artiom; the purpose of the Republican majority of the ; I.eg’Blaturo in passing the bills to limit ..mi restrict the liquor traffic, and we comb nap the vetoes of the Governor as hostile to that purpose. We recommend comprehensive and efficient legislation 1 fotygoverning local option-bv counties, | towns and cities,and restriction by taxaI tioh in such localities os do not exclude absolutely the traffic.” It arraigns Gov- | ernor Hill for vetoing the State i census I registration and constitutional conven- ; tion bills. It further says: “We ap- ; prove the laws, S ate and National, projhibiting the manufacture and sale of ar- | tides of food made in simulation of bnt- ! ter and cheese, and earnestly favor stub j further legislation as may he necessary for the protection of genuine dairy products.” The last-section-.-reader “The cause of Ireland and the efforts in its behalf by Gladstone, Parnell and their j associates have the earnest sympathy of Republicans and command their cooperation by all peaceful methods to promote an earl} and complete triumph.” A minority report on the liquor question was .defeated by a vote of 515 to 136. It said: “That while the Republican party of the State of New York unalterably opposes and legislation which attempts to prohibit individual freedom of choice of beverages, as well as of food or raiment, it recognizes the right of the people of this State to repress and punish intemperance in any form prejudicial to the welfare of society. It also recognizes the right of the people to compel all traffic in any artides which may tend to produce or increase pauperism or crime to bear the burdens of taxation which, through them,are apposed upon the people. It further said that as the counties containing the large cities paid 80 per cent, of the tax the question of what proportion tlie liquor traffic should bear should be submitted to a popular vote in those counties. If also recognizes local option and advocates itsfextension to cities.”

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Gas in considerable quantities has been found at Union City. Fully 17,000 people attended the Howard county fair, Thursday. The corner stone of a new M. E. •ehurch was laid at Elwood, Friday. Mrs. Will Wright, of New Castle, gave premature birth to four children, Saturday. Thirty thousand dollars worth of sidewalks have been put down in Muncie this year. The first load of new corn was taken to Indianapolis Monday, and sold at 40 cents per bushel. Joseph Ballinger, of Huntington, has been convicted of attempted rape on an old lady and sentenced to ten years itnprisonment. All the coal miners in and around Evansville are on a strike. Cause: Want higher wages. Probably 10,000 men arff involved. Wabash Canton P. M., I. O. O. F. and and a Rock River U. R , K. of P. held a competitive drili at the Wabash fair, Thursday'. The Canton look first money. Mrs. Sarford Talmage, of Marion, has eloped with a fellow calling himself J. W. Blanton, a machinist. The woman took one of her children—a girl—with her, deserting the others. The L., N. A. & C. R. R. round house and. shops -at. Michigan City burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Twq engines w T ere in the building and _were destroyed, . The loss exceeds $25,000. In October, 1882, George Taylor was injured in a Monon w;reck near Cedar Lake. He accepted $75 in settlement for his injuries. Later he brought suit for SIO,OOO, and has got a verdict for $5,000. Sheriff Samuel S. McCiun, of Knox county, died Monday last of flux. He was a republican carried into the office on the tidal wave of last fall and had served ten months. Auditor Dick,"of the same county, is on bi 6 death bed from consumption.' Mr. and Mrs. Walker Kerr, of New Lawrenceburg, celebrated, on Tuesday evening, the sixty sixth Anniversary of their "marriage. During the whole of this period they have resided in Dearborn county and are believed to be the oldest married couple in the State. Charles Ferry, son of James Ferry,the deputy revenue collector at Evansville, and employed in his fa'her’s office, is a defaulter to the amount of $4,800. Gen. Manson says he will make the amount good to the government immediately. Ferry was appointed by Hanlon. Deputy Revenue Collector James Ferry, of Evansville, whose son defaulte4 and then fled, on Friday night, reoffice Monday, a ruined man financially, and Frank Garin, of Terre Haute, was appointed to succeed him. Young Ferry has not been apprehended. The Chicago Farmers’ Review gives the following condensed summary of crop reports in this Sta f e: Reports from fourteen counties show corn condition, 50i per ceDt. Oats, average yield per acre. 30 bushels; potatoes 25j bushels. Two counties report potatoes a failure. Per cent of old corn on hand, 5.9. The information has been, generally desseminated, particularly through the Southern part* of the State, and by means of Washington specials,that Con-' gressman Bynum had determined to try

i ' j hia chances for the Democratic noinina-•-tion for Governor, and is training for ’ the race. Friday Mr Bynum gave this 1 !an unequivocal denial, saying that he was not and w ould not be a candidate. 4- • •• •- ; V 81 ate Treasurer Lenicke, at the rej quest of Governor Gray,, has prepared a | statement showing the condition of the ! State Treasury. He reports a present | balance of $409,80450. Of this but ! $184,170.56 is in the general fund, and j of it SIBB 733 51 is held lor, the specific (purpose of paying interest on the public ! debt, 1 >aving a Very small W.ance in | the general fund for ordinary, expenses. '■ The new State House fund i 55126,418 42,, ! and the balances in the other funds are j small, the largest being on the sales of J land account, which is $22,182 42.' ■ The Board of Commissioners of Cass ! county refused to allow the fifteen-hun-i dred-dollar claim tiled by Deputv, Shcr-. -iffij, B. Stanley for serviccs iirthe cap-" j ture of Amor Green, abductor and rmirl.derer of Luella Mabbit, and his brother, | Wm. Green, murderer of Enos Brumbaugh. Cass county has already, paid, out. $3,800 for the capture of these notorious outlaws. A similar claim ( of $2,500 is pending before the commissioners of Corroll county, and they refuse to make the allowance. They will unquestionably be compelled to resort to legal proceedings to ob-ain custody of Amor Green. There was no reward offered by either county. Charles Plank, aged 19, son of W. H. Plank, a prominent citizen, and Jerrv McCarthy, aged *2, son of John McCarthy, were both killed by David Hallatn at Logansport, Thursday. The boys were out riding and stopped at the saloon of Hallarn, where they were Soon engaged in a quarrel with him. The boys retreated and threw stones through the window, striking Hallarn on the head with one of them. He was also struck with a club and with the butt of a revolver. Hallarn secured a 42-caliber self acting bull dog pistol and pursued the young men into the street, where they, had succeeded in entering their buggy. Another hand-to-hand combat occurred, during which Hallatn fired two shots, both with deadly effect. One struck Plank one inch above the left eye and lodged at the base of the brain; the other lodged in th« left side oj ' McCarty’s neck. Plank died at fr gm. Hallarn is locked up. The Indiana Republican Editorial' Association?held its annual meeting at Warsaw, Sept. 14th. The attendance was not large. Tire papers 'read were non-partisan, but very inter- sting. The programme included, “What I know about country newspapers,” by W. H, Smith, correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette; “Country journalism,” by C. W. Stivers, of the Liberty Herald; “The cartoon in politics,” by Ben. R. Hyman, of the Indianapolis Herald; “The advertising department,” by Major W. J. Richards, of the Indianapolis Ne.ws; a poem, by Mrs. D. M. Jordan, of Richmond, and much free discussion of interest to journalists. But it was not alone the. programme exercises that made the occasion enjoyable.Warsaw is situated on the banks of three beautiful lakes, which are becoming noted for their cooling breezes during the warm months of summer. f > n Monday evening citizens conveyed thevisitors over the city in carriages! Tuesday morning they enjoyed a ride on Pike Lake in the pleasure steamer “Estelle.”. The Warsaw Summer Resort Association provided them a most elegant dinner on the lake banks. In the evening they were the guests of Byers Brothers, at their Spring .Fountain Park, at Eagle Lake. Here they visited the carp ponds, the springs, partook of lunch on board steamer, and in other ways enjoyed themselves. The editors and their ladies Jook the citizens of Warsaw at their word, and city,wood and lake contributed to the enjoymentof the visit. The C., W. & M. raiiroad, through Mr. G. A. Cartwright, General Passenger Agent, extended the courtesies and comforts of the road to the excursionists.

Fall of Immense Meteors.

An immense meteor fell on the line of the New Brunswick railway within six miles of Vanceboro, Maine,Friday night. It is'sunk deep in the earth and yet projects ten and one half feet above the surface. It is of the color of burnt rock. When it felL it was very hot. The falling of the meteor could be seen 200 miles away. It is undoubtedly of immense size. - r ■ • . . A dispatch from Barrington, N. S., Saturday, also reports the fall of a “meteor as large as an elephant. Friday night. It went into the ocean. Its fall was accompanied by a most vivid illumination of the whole city. There was a sudden and almost dazzling flash.lasting for a couple of moments, then all jras over. At Barrington darkness prevented the prosecution of any search, as the appearance was not followed by any unusual phenomenon. Th; meteor was also seen at Lockport, Shelburne, Yarmouth, Amhers and other towns in different parts of the Province. A Bridgewater dispatch says that when first seen it appeared to be a large falling star,but before it reached the earth it burst into small Btars of exceeding brilliancy,w«ich illuminated the heavens in a truly grand style. A hissing sort of noise was plainly heard there during the meteor’B fall. A Lockport' dispatch says the meteor was followed, a few minutes after its disappeaiance,"by ssou ud resembling that of distant thunder.