Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1889 — Page 6

—— A , she Republican. .... Qwo. E. Marshall. Publisher, I, BENRSELVKR: INDIANA

It is abroad statement, but the authority of Hugh McCul’och is good, that no bank in the United States the capital es which was a cash recl.ty, and whose managers were not thieves, or the borrowers of its money, has ever failed*. AU bank failures, he asserts, are fraudulent; and all who are responsible for such futures are betrayers of trusts, and should be punished as criminals. It is a good fact to bear in mind, and to use as a test in all possible future collapses. Banking on a sound basis is absolutely secure; it is not a venture in which depositors may be or may not be swollow&T •p in failure. It is not a failure, but a rascality, when the bank breaks Wiu-babbbd fencing has proved to be a godsend to English farmers. They are using it around their fields quietly, to annoy and prevent fox-hunters .from trampling their crops. They say nothing of the sort, of course, only keep on putting up the barb as a convenient and cheap fence. The homes and hounds are so often injured that the masters of hounds say they must give up hunting altogether unless the fences are removed. There is no law to prevent the use of the wire, and not likely to be. Bo a revolution is wrought in the manner of English barristers and gentlemen by the bits of twisted wire invented for us on our Western prairies, where timber is scarce.

Sir John Macdonald, with a Parliament chosen less than two years ago, and a working majority that has been steadily increased by special elections, is threatening to appeal, to the country on the question of th- status quo against annexation and reciprocity. As the term of Parliament will not expire until 1893, this premature dissolution will astonish Canadians. From an American point of view this appeal against annexation will betoken a perturbed state of mind in the Dominion highly favorable to a future policy of expansion. If the Canadian Premier, with a Parliament which has still a three year’s lease of office, finds it necessarry to go to the country on the issue of the maintenance of the British connection, annexation must be risking rapid strides.

Th« National Geographical Society is making a special study of tornadoes. The hoars of frequency are said to be 130 to 4a. m. and 4:30 to sp. m. During records covering eighty-eight years, , 4*ooo persons have been killed and 6, 0 0 injured. The mumber of casualties greatly is increasing, because these storms once swept over wild lands, which are now dotted with cities and vil ages. Missouri alone has lost nearly $100,000,000 of property thereby in ■ half a century, On the average 146 tornadoes will occur each year in the United States. They never occur west of the 100 meridian. The width of their tracks varies from 10 feet to 10,00<>, the length from 300 yards to 209 miles. May leads all the months in the frequency of such storms. A Philadklphia judge has just rendered a decision which is interesting to all who ride in street-cars. A passengei tendered a five-dollar bill in payment of his fare. The conductor could not change it, and after an altercation put the passenger off the car. The" passenger brought a suit for assault and battery against the cenductor. In his charge to the jury the judge said: “When a oassenger gMs on a street-car it is his duty to pay his five cents fare, and if he cannot pay it, it is his duty to get off and if he does not get off, the

conductor has a right to use as much force as is necessary to put him off. Any man who has a SIOO bill, if the rule were otherwise, might ride Ground in street-cars for the ba'ance of his life without paying fare.” Under instructions the jury acquitted the conductor. The railroad companies of Philadelphia are said to be great y pleased with the result of the suit They say that they have lost a large number of fares simply because passengers persisted in handing conductors bills of so large an amount that they were unable to break them. The president of one of the roads stated tl at he knew of a man who succeeded in riding free twice a day for six months simplv by playing the large bill racket on aonductois.

Living on a Penny a Day.

London Hoapitel. .♦ Dr. T. R. Allison has been trying the experiment of living on meal and water for a month. Hia dailv allowance is one pound of whole meal, made into a cake with distilled water, and one quart of water.! His account of his condition after a week is cheering. In the first tew days he felt hungry, but about the fourthday this disappeared, and be had no longer any craving for other food His brain was clear, his lung capacity had increased five inches, and both his sight and his hearing had improved. He had lost seven pounds Weight, but seems to regard this as rather an advantage. Altogether he feels * thoroughly satisfied with his experiment. It is a very economical one, the wheat for seven days having cost only eight pence. “This,” he says, ‘is living on almost a penny a day and enjoying it.” J

THE STATE LEGISLATURE

1 In iho-Ben«t« rtn the 11th blitz vrere Introduced petitions were presented and committee reports were read. Foley introduced a bill which authorises School Commissioner* to levy a tax aaretementof five cents on the SIOO for library purpoeoa. A bill by MnllinlX '- provides lor the election of a SnpeniHCndent of the State House by the General Assembly, whoM salary shall be $1,500 a year. A petition from 325 eitisens of Henry I county, asking lor the enactment of a law nro hibiting the sale of tobacco to persons under eighteen years of age/was presented by Grose. The majority of the Judiciary Committee recommended the indefinite -postponement of Senator Johnson's bill authorising the Supreme Court Judges to employ secretaries; and the minority reported favorably upon i|. Two’ | reports from the Judiciary Committee were presented on Cronk’s bill to M repeal section 5,317 of the Revised Statutes, the majority being adverse and the minority being favorable. Crmston Introduced a kill authorising the sale of the old State building at the dornerof AVaahlngton and Tennessee streets. Senator Barrett ureaeuted a petition from the Young Men's Democratic Club of Franklin, aakingthat the pro nosed new lawahould be made to Apply to nil there was so much corruption in the Elections in that county that there was no etmnce for a poor man to-get an office. The ejection bill was again taken up, and as amended was read through.’The minority substitute for the bill waa rejected bv a party vote. The bill- was then engrosed by ■ayes :W. nays 9'(R'»). In tnc House the bill to amend the bill which makes it a criminal jod'ense to intimidate men from working to interfere with the working of I trains was engrossed. A bill legalizing the acts I of J. It. Hutch.n justice of the peace, was passed. Beasley's bill limiting the power of township trustees was passed. The bill requires that trustees, 'before making contracts for the purchase of supplies of any • kind or for the cohstrm tion of buil lings, shall tile with the county auditor at least let) days befqre tue first session at the Board*of County Com-inia-iouers, a statement of what may l>e needed; to which any tax-payer may have the right, to file objections, which must Jtlveu cunaiderattoii bv the county commisaidners. Whenever a tiustoc issues a note, warrant or other evidence of indebted hept he shall regisiefit in a book to be kept for that purpose. Carroll's bill amending the road law, reducing the toll, was considered and defeated. The bill appropriating $190,000 for buildings for feeble tnin ed children wns engrossed. The bill’ relating to the. police boards of cities of '.9,000 inhabitants was engrossed without d< bate under the rule of the prey oils question. The Republicans attempted to break n quorum by leaving the hall, but before they all could do' so the doors were locked find twenty-four of them were compelled to remain nnd vote. The .senate on the 12th passed the bill legalizing the acts of the Trustees, of Boonevil'e. The bill appropr litlng HMI.OQO for rhe home for Feeble Minded Children occupied nearly all of the forenoon session but it W-rt* finally passed, but one vote being recorded against t, that of ID ys. The Senate devoted the afternoon to the discussion of the House bill for the appropriation of tlQO.fNn to pay for the completion or the newly-erected Slate Normal School buildings at Terre Haute. The bill-pass <1 by ayes 38, nays 4. The bill toleghlize the < lection of the Board of ’Directors of.the Cl nton Drawbridge Cpmpiiny. Hills engrossed: For the release of liens in deeds of real estate; to amend Section-2202 R. S: to

emjiower comity ulierill's to appoint bnilills. Bi Is In'rodnceil: Appropriating $45,000 for I’nnhte; to incorporate live itock companies: tq provide for public printing by county officers, and others. In the House, on the 12th, among the bills inteod.nced: giving women right of suffrage at municipal nnd school elections, and one prohibiting candidates from being assessed for campaign nnrposes. The drainage bills of Adams and Fierce were discussed. The bill of Adams was referred lan k to committee and that of Pierce indefinitely postponed. The bill legalizing the incorporation of Bedford was passed. The bill appropriating $27,000 for the Plainfield Reform School wns considered nnd passed. It is the only institution in the State not heated by steam. The bill proposing an appropriation of $t;0.000 for the erection of a new library building for the State University was under consideration in the House as n special order. Ordered engrossed. The bill fixing pay of State prison wardens failed to rww for want of a constitutional majority. The bill to prevent the spread of hog cholera f-itlod topass for want of a constitutional majority.

I ~e senate devoted the forenoon of the 13th to considering Byrd's bill to create a department of geology and natural resources. It proposes to take from the Governor the jxiwer Jo appoint the Geologist, the Mine Inspector arid the Oil Inspector. It provides that the Geologist shall be elected by the General Assembly, ami the Mine andfOil Inspectors shall be appoinu-il 4>y him. yhc Mine Inspector is given authority to einnloy all a s slant, The expenses of the departHiynt lire limited to SKl.ooi) annually.. The i ill was opposed by De.Motte and Sears because the change was unnecessary, was merely for tlie • purpose of placing Democrats in the positions, and Would Own a>e the expenses of the office about ,-year. Sell 'tor Sears said that- if it« could he shown Jliat there was any demand, from miners for such legislation he would' vote for the bill. Opposed it Ix'eausc the appointees would. I,e responsible to no one, and it would be mpossible forthe tto.vernor.il' incompetent or dishonest men should he placeil in the positions, to remove them. Byrd and Ixigsdon -poke in favor of the bill, the latter asserting tliaj the responsibility of the l egislature was enough,rend that iTo rciis'MTwliy" the Gov< rnor should have morce ntr.d over Die .Mine, and Ojl Inspectors tliiuj over the Sate Treasurer and State Auditor. Byrd said the ’■ill would„not increase the expon.se of the service more tlian $1 .:Sibn year. John-on denounced I toe lull as nothing more than u perils n I measure, which ought to be entitl’ d "an act I for tiic prCpetnat on of the Ih-mocnitie party." Itirasn subt ytug’ 'for the purpose of pnttingjn office i:ien who hid liven rei udiatvd by tlie people. The principle was-had. It deprived the Governor absolutely of power to correct nbuws that, may’develop, lie referred a so to tlie dishonesty and outrageous abns s in,the prison under the management of trusted elected by the Ix'gislature. The same iH'rnieioiis Av-em had filled the Insane Hospital with thieves and wonn ; rels. who, up to this hour, eontnined in voinro! of the institution because the Governor ha<i no power to remove them, as he had paiiliy vndeav.r.'d to do. Why r was the s<du>ol-book bill, the clv< tion-reform bill, tlie mecKanies’-lieu bill, the buil ling-nssociation bill, and other equally important measures, held ack., while the political bills were being r.-pi-dy advanced? He appcals'd to the fairness of inc majority to defeat the bill, whi, h it i-ould not Ik- denied proi>o«od a contin-ii.-uiix-of a most pernicious system, from which the public had 'already suil'ered piuvh.. Tiic iTFs-

■ .:-si in continue.! in the >:ft nioou. Burke. replying to Johns'.n.s,iy>ke in ilefeiisifref the Peniogtytiep My's ml ministration of the public inMitUiiot's of the State. The i,lehiite took a wide range politically. Ifubtiell. went- into the rc< < nls of the t'.i o f'nriiii- generally, .-iti'l made i.o reference to the pen-ijiigTiill. Ihe bill after. furti.er <!:s ussion was re <1 the second timynml e:.^:os,e,'. Flight new bills were i»troOu,ee<l. In the House the bill appropriating .'KM for the ti>e of Purdue 1 irersity and the bill fbr.an a> t supplementary to the voluntary assm-iation law were engrossed. The bill giving cities and towns authority to construct and operate natural gas-wells was passed, Committee reports were presented favorable to the hill relating to the pulilie ition of legal advertising, fixing the eo:npei>:Hion of the- Reporter of the Supreme Court nt 51.0pi.,-5 voarand ytepriving him of -Il fees: empowering the City Ito ird'bf Education to esiabijsh nraiiuaT training schools: giving nnttird gas and oil ebmpanies power to condemn reai estate.’ The indefinite postponement of the following bills was reeoiunieuded. Relating to printing: regulating fees And salaries: ! concerning -g n. tjil election: coucernitig the galaties of tvounty An liters: concerning the fees of Justices of the I'eiw: relating tfl the government of the State University: coniS’Hiiug County Sutwrintendenfe. Reynold’s local option bill w.-m indefinitely }M»t;x»icd, the l.temocrata and Covert arid Nugent, Reps’., voting aye. and If Republicans vo i'e no. The Senate bill making separate judicial yircuits of Hamilton and Madison counties was pissed: also, the Senate bill appro’.-intinj 1 * .Ci.sT.XM.for the const ruction- of new buildings' for the Home for Feeble Minded Children. The bills to apppropri.de nioncy for the expenses of the State government for tlie fi.wal year ending Opt I. JW; to antanrize the Governor. Auditor’ tend Treasurer of st ite to borrow money; defining the 24th i hd creating the 50th judicial cireu, ts: and the bill to divide the 1 State into judicial circuits were paused. ° T e Senate on the 1 tth passed the Andrews election ill. or rather the substitute.. Its provisions have been given in this - columns a»d ahouldibe House pass it lhe bill will be published in full. SeVe- tl of the Senators explained ti.eir votes. The principal objection lo the bill seems to lie theiencnirous < xi cnse it may entail on the counties, in '.'s. it was : >said it would reach from SgO.OOu to S o.' og- " The vote resulted in 35 avert to 12 nays, the nays bej.’itj •Alfr.nl. goyd. liiehonski. Carver. Casters, Crouk, IMnotte, Grose. K- nn-dy. Shoekney and Thompson, of Jasper. K pnnlicsns, amt Hurke, Beinoi-rat. The House bill creating a Supreme court commission was called up, with a faw>ru !e inin irity.report. Johnson opposed the bill txitseit wus'uneonstitutiouiil and 'ox advo -nted the bill bee-H*e it wsts ne«.v!ssary the supreme Court should hare some reli-.-L lays opposed tUe bill and Barret demanded the prevfoiis question. A political snsrl resulted. ilSfii tHdl raised a point of order Chair sustained i’. Barrett appealed’ from tl isdecision ofChair. mi -mined. The bill was ordered cnrussedz The B*>ive- 1,-ke i illjmis taken, up and ili-ifot iiassnge for grant of a constitutional ma-wity-S-ayws 26, liars 1 . ,! :i the House, the bill to make eight hours con■titute u day's wort was yasaed. The bill ap

.lies to except agricultural nr domestic ahor. The Hon«e spent iotny hours in an attempt, to repeal the tele none law, which* it finally succeeded in doing by a vote of 59 to 26. Other bills passed by the House were: To amend lln-eharier of Evansville; to abolish the office of water works, trustees in towns of over 12.W1U inhabitants; to create the r>2d judicial circuit; concerning the purchasv of toll road l *: to define the word “mining" in it. 8.; concerning the spread of hog cholera, i The Senate on the 15th wasted much gas on Boyd’s natural gas bill. The bill was reported upon favorably by the committee, together with an amendment which makes it unlawful to pipe gas out of the State. The original bill Diakes it unlawful to abandon gas wells without first plugging them; one section makes it unlawful to consurndmore gas than is contracted for; another,section defines the methods by which lands may be obtained andMigfid--by gas companies. Shnckney in opposing the amendment making it unlawful to pipe gas out of the State said that it would be absurd to take a stand over the Indiana gas holes and say that nobody but Indianians should enjoy the benefit o( the product. If reminded him of the opposition to railroads down in Jackson conbtv, where it was maintained that railroads should not be permitted to p m through because the trains wojjld scare the cows and turn the milk sour. The amendment was adopted. The bill together with a bill relating to the protection of land against gas companies was eventually made the special order for Tuesday. Dresser’s bill to appropriate $75,000 for the use of Pnruue University was passed. Thirty thousand dollars of this amount is for the current expenses of 1890. sls.oo<> is for a new dairy house, an implement house, an ad dition to the experimentstation, aWeterinary department and improvements on Ihe farm; $15,000 is for additions to the shops and chemical labrafory and $15.000 for building and equi ping the school of electrical engineers. Many bills were advanced on the calender. Adjourned until Monday,

lu the nouse the bill authorizing the school commissioners of Indianapolis to issue bonds for $250,000 to raise money for the. construction of new buildings was passed. A long debate followed the report of the committee favorable to the Pleasants bill relating to text books for the public schools. All the bills on this subject were referred to a special committee of seven to report next Tuesday. The Bigham bill to control the police force of Indianapolis was passed. Nd discussion was allowed and the doors were locked that Republicans might not escape. Other bills passed were: To a board of State charities; foT the encouragement of agriculture and making an appropriation; to index certain bond records; to change the name of the Female Reformatory to “Reform School for Girls and Prison for Women” and making an appropriation; to provide for the appointment cd a Supreme Court sheriff; concerning Ihe adulteration of vinegar, relating to the care and custody of orphan children; relating to gravel roads: to provide for the incorporation of associations without pecuniary benefit; to provide for the examination of teachers in cities of 5,0i)0 or over; relating to dnliing'pf natural gas and condemning real Mtlffi.

The Senate was not in session on the 16th. The House was Without a quorum but the fact was not”discovered. Mendenhall, R., offered a resolution to the effect “that Governor Hovey be permitted to retain his Private Secretary, and that this Democratic General Assembly did not force Green Smith upon him as his Private Secretary.” The resolution was ordered returned to its author. ‘Bills were- engrossed as follows: Fixing the salaries of certain county and township officers; authorizing the purchase of ten actes of land for the use of the Insane Hospital in Cass county; providing for the appointment of a humane inspector in cities of 29,000 and over; for the organization of an interstate fair, appropriating money for the payment of tt>e claim of the National Vuicanite Company for paving Washington street in front of the State-House; 1 amending the law relating to the regula- . tiqn of Life Insurance Companies; creating a lien for labor performed; concerning elections; relating to trespassing and partition fences; authorizing County Commissioners te pay rewards for the apprehension or detention df any person guilty of felony; appropriating ss''O to (jJ Dye and Fiahback; concerning taxation; declaring that twenty-five years shall constitute a life sentence; concerning the duties of County Clerks; relating to the institution for Feeble Mindejd Children. Hot words passed between Bigham and Foster, called,forth by an unfavorable report on the bill to reduce the pay of county officers. The biltewent over. I ■ the Senate, on the 18th, numerous bills were introduced. The bill reducing the legal rate of interest from 8 to 6 per Cenb waß indefinitely postponed. The House on the 18th, working without a quorum, engrossed many bills, among which were: Against treating tn saloons; regulating deposit and trust companies; concerning legal advertising; increasing the tax on dogs; concerning gravel roads; concerning the building of switches, arid a host of otliOra. Among the bdis introduced was one providing for a State boilerinspector, board of examining.engineera and the licensing of stationary engineers. The general appropriation bill was introduced and referred without reading. White’s bill regulating the practice of medicine was reported unfavorably, and after long debate report was approved. A oill to reinburse Rep. J. T. Beasly, of Sullivan, in the sum of SSOO, the cost of his contest two years ago, was introduced. The b:ll prohibiting the use of'screens in saloons was indefinitely postponed. The bill Creating a sinking fund in cities of 10,000 population, and in outstanding indebtedness of $lOO,l CO was passed.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The House has nassed and sent to the Senate fifty-nine bills, and the Governor has signed' six House and eight Senate bills. ■ ■ A bill b as been introduced in both the Senate and House directing the County Commissioners to levy and collect a tax of one-fifth of a mill on each dollar of pr petty tor the support of Township Libraries, which shall be kept open at least one day in each week. The purchase of new books from lime to time is required. ■ i The legislature acted favorably on bills calling for an expenditure of $354,50 t Of this $187,500 was for the co®stmetion of the new buildings for Feeble Minded Cnildren; SIOO,OOI for the Normal School buildings at Te/re Haute; $6 •,< OO for a library Building at Bloomington;' and $27,000 for the Reform School at Plainfield-

r- ' A. petition, signed by 3.0 0 citizens of Wayne county, praying for the enactment of a law prohibiting the selling of tobacco and cigars to hoys uner sixteen years of age, was presented to the House Tuesday. M,r. Cullen’s bill to prevent the spread »1 bog cholera failed to pass the House, Wednesday. By not receiving a con“liiutionai majority.- The bill prohibits the transportation over public bights ays of dead hogs which have died of cholera, and provides that ali bogs that die of the disease shall be immediately buried fotir feet under ground. The Temperance Union, of Indiana, oafticularly the “department of na coti •» "’of which Mrs. L. Loftin is the Suprrintendent, is urg ng the Legislator to pass the bill forbidding the sale o: tobacco to boys under sixteen years o age. Sta’istics are supplied members showing the harmful effects of tonaeco on mind and body. It is claimed t hat a cigar contains enough poison to kill two men not accustomed to its use. There are twenty thousand lunatics in the country and of these fifteen thousand w tKeir insanity to the use of tobacco. Tebtcco has no food value, and seventy ■«M’f-rent diseases, the W. C. T. U. claims are traceable to the use of the week; Mr. Langstaff’s bill to make eight nours constitute a legal day’s work for all classes of mechanics and laborers, excepting those engaged in agricultural anil domestic labor, was passed *by the House, Thursday morning. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions df the act may be fined SSOO. iixtra compensation for overwork, by agreement between employer and employe, is permitted. ±ut where more than eight hours of labor is exacted oi received without such agreement the penally may be imposed. There was no discussion of the bill. Mr. Langstaff made a speech on eight-hour labor a few (lavs ago. He is credited with having said, in advocating the eight-hour limit as necessary for the protection of overworked laborers: “Why, gentlemen, I know hundreds of workingmen in this citv who have never seen their wives nnd children.”

Repr. sentative Bigham’s bill to place the Ind anapolis Police and Fire Departments under the control of a Board of Commissioners to be chosen by the General Assembly was engrossed in the House, Monday afternoon. No opportunity for discussion of the measure was allowed.. Mr. Curtis effectually demanded the previous Question dn every proposition affecting the bill, and the Speaker would not permit the Republicans to give utterance to protests. While the roll was in progress they began leaving their seats, tMjo and three together, and before the Speaker discovered the purpose of the movement all except three or four were out of the room. He at once stopped the proceedings, and said no doubt members who left the House for the purpose oi breaking a quorum knew the penalty. The Doorkeeper was ordered to at once lock the doors and to bring back all members who could be found. About half of them were caught in the cloak room and brought back. There were enough to make a quorum,and,in consequence, the bill was engrossed. A rumor is in circulation, said the Indianapolis News Saturday, that the Republican members of the House intend

to resign on next Saturday to prevent die enactment of the pending political bi Is. It.is calculated that more of them can be finally passed before the middle of next week, and as the Governor .is allowed three days for consideration of a bi 1 before determining whether or not he will sign it, the return of the vetoed measures to the the Legislature could be delayed until the end of the week, the time fixed for putting into execution the rumored scheme. The Republicans, however say that they know nothing of dny such purpose. Representative Brownlee was asked by a News reporter about the mutter. “There is absolutely no truth in the report,” he said. “I don’t know but that I may have jokingly said something about such a matter, but there has been no serious thought of it. lam sure that I shall not resign myself, and J do not knowthat any member intends to do so. I here until the close of the session, doing the best I can, and on that record I am willing to go hack to my constituents. I believe that it is the only course that it is advisable to pursue.” V % The Pleasants bilk requires the State Board of Education to “compile or cause to be compiled” a series of text books, embracing the branches of study that are now pursued in the common schools of the State. The Board is given authority to fix the remuneration of the persons employed to compile the books, t’he work on the books relating to at least two subjects shall be completed within a year from the time the bill bt • comes a Jaw and the text books on at least two additional subjects shall be completed each year thereafter? The Board is to have power, in all cases, tp designate what cuts and. maps shall be used. The mechanical execution shall be equal to that of the books now in use. The copyrights shall be secured by the Board. The printing of the books shall be done under the supervision of the Commissioners es Phblic Pi inting and Binding, who shall advertise for pro osals and let the contract for a period of ten years to the lo » est responsinle bidder. The contractor must furnish a bond for $50,000 for the satisfac tory execution of the work. When the new books have been compiled ther State Board of Education shall issue an order requiring their uniform use in the schools, but the order shall not take effect until the expiration of a year. In defining the method of distribution es the books the bill requires that the School Trustees shall certify to the County Superintendents the number of copies required, and the County Superintendent shall then make a requisition for them upon the Superintendent of Public Instruction at the same time filing with the County Auditor a duplicate of the requisition, upon which the latter shall issue a warrant upon the County Treasurer in favor, of the County Superintendent, for the 1 amount, paytbl ? out of a revolving fund to be created by the County Commie- : sioners. The State Superintendent will make month y reports to the State Audi- ‘ tor of the number of books sold by him and pay into the State Treasury the 1 money received. The bill provides for the appropriatian of $20,000 to be used for defraying the expenses of compiling the books, and $50,000 for a revolving ' fund. The books are to be furnished to school children at cost- In a brief speech Mr. Pleesants explained the bill and answered some of the objections to it

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Goshen wants a normal. Plenty of ice at Michigan Qity. Hog cholera rages near Alfordsville. The mad dog scare has reached Brooklyn. New Liaison wants new school buildings. Anderson is having great temperance' revival. There are 150 cases of measles in and near Broad Ripple. The P. Ik M. depot at Moore’s Hill burned, Tuesday night. < Marion claims to be the best lighted county seat in America. j'he Goshen Fire Department is growing rusty from inactivity. A most successful Methodist revival is progressing at Rockville. Allen county will have sixty-five precincts under the Andrews election law. Cory Lee, Emma Motley's adopted did not commit suicide as reported.', Thomas B. Helm, tlje historian, died at Logansport Tuesday. He had a wide reputation as a etude nt. * The shipyards at Jeffersonville have work enough ahead to keep them busy for several months. Four hundred men are employed. The Mutchner-Higgius elevator "D” at Indianapolis was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning causing a supposed loss of .about $60,000. Fort Wayne Buffered from a $100,009 fire Saturday morning. The buildings occupied by Louis Fox & Co., Wm. Henning and Skelton, Watt and Witt, were destroyed. The miners at Blackburn, in Pike county, have been on a strike for several weeks, due to a reduction in wages, and their brethren at other points are supporting them in the “walk-out.” Laporte produce dealers complain of the stagnation of the butter market,and attribute the cause to the vast quantities

of oleomargarine which are manufactured and sent out as genuine butter. Thursday, at Roanoke, John Schoeff’s team indulged in a runaway and dashed into a Wabash passenger train which was passing at the time. Both horses were killed and Schoeff was fatally injured. ; j The railway atation at Adams, whichis the intersection of the Cincinnati Richmond & Fort Wayne and the Pittsburg. Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railways: was destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss $2,000. The Mormon Missionaries who have been proselyting in Dubois county, had the audacity to claim that they " could work miracles similar to those of the early apostate, but when put to the test they failed to respond. Medarysville fishermen were electrified this week, by discovering that great numbers of fish had taken refuge in a small creek near that place. Wagon loads were taken out, the fish weighing from one to ten pounds. John Callagan, of Hammerle’s Station, track-walker for the Big Four Railway company, was killed a few days ago while at his task, and it is said that this is the seventh death of a similar character in

that neighborhood during the winter. There is a “tramp camp” on Mill Run, near the Patterson place, ip Clark County,Jfend nightly from one score to many more can be found catnping there They are usually too strong to be molested, and the farmers are affrighted. In the special election Tuesday in the district of Shelby snd Decatur counties, to fill the vacancy caused by the unseating of Senator Carpenter, Cortez Ewing of Greensburg was elected over Carpenter by a majority of .125 votes. Ray had withdrawn. Ex-Governor Leon Abbott, of New Jersey, headinga syndicate of New York capitalists, has organized a company at Muncie with abundant capital, and has purchased a large tract of land, the purpose being to boom Muncie on account of its wonderful natural gas advantages. Saturday night,near Waterloo, “White Caps” undertook to execute threats which bad been made against James Burke, but upon attempting to break into his house they were met with a fusilade of musketry, and one man, named “Skip” Barnhart, was shot in the jaw. This stopped the racket. . The Federal Grand Jury adjourned Friday. No indictment was returned against Dudley. The Indianapolis says that out of the hundred or so who have been indicted there are a numcer who are anxious to save ; and will turn on Dudley. It is believed ■ now thatjt can be shown that several ! persons have acted on the advice of the alleged Dudley letter.

C. H. Lyman, of Fort Wayne, has been declared insane. Two years ago, whileemployed by the Nickel Plate -Railway Company, hh engine collided ! with a train on the Grand Rapids & ; Indiana Railway crossing, and several ' passenger were injured, one of whom died. Mr; Lyman could never divest his mind of the fear that he was inore .■ or less responsible for the accident, and it finally drove him i Truett & Scott, grocers, of Crawfordsi ville, having been annoyed by petty ' thievery, fixed a thread in such a «ay as to show when an attempt was made to steal the hams exhibited on‘the outside. ! Soon there was a “bite,” one of the firm I gave chase with tbs revolver, and on the second shot stoppt d George Borst, a well-known citizen, with the ham in his possession, Mr. Borst claimed he was taking it as a joke, and he readily gave bond. The Fort Wayne Democracy are disposed to resent the removal of Civil Service Commissioner Edgertoa by President Cleveland, they attributing it to spite because of a published interview in one of the Fort Wayne papers, in which , Edgerton said that Harrison w as as stubborn as Cleveland, and had more sense. Fort Wayne is also confident that President Harrison will reappoint Mr. Ed- - gerton to the ©lace from which he was removed by Cleveland. j Patents were granted to Indiana in- ■ venters. Tuesday, as follows: John C. • Alien, Brookston, mole plow; Henry C. • Handler, Thorntewn, portable oil oath for wheels; Sylvester Headley, Gosport, drafting instrument; Frank and M. .Nicolai, Beuton, fence machine; Dayi > M. Parry, Indianapolis, hub-boring machine. Trade marks were patented for Asa M. Fitch, cheving gum, Seymour, and Booth Canning Company, Indianapolis, canned oysters. The Kokomo “Kids” the crack Py-

thian division has been suspended by the Supreme Chancellor for its failure to obey orders. The commander reiterates the charge that the division was not fairly treated, and that no apology will he made to the judges in consequence. The division will appeal to the Supreme Lodge, and the commander claims that at the proper time evidence will be forthcoming showing that the division was robbed of first honors at - the Cincinnati contest Charles Goburn, of Anderson, is a constant attendent upon tne Church of God revival, and he joins in the singing with vehemence, but - for tome cause he always starts in about “two jumps” as it were, behind the leader. This precipitated a crisis in the church Saturdav night, and Neal Dougherty, the official bouncer, attempted to throw him out Coburn made such a tremendous resist ance that the congregation was forced to accept a compromise, but it was finally eonditioped that Cobum should either sing in tune or not at al 1. The Lincoln League of Indiana held its annual session of Indianapolis, Tuesday. Over two hundred delegates were present.. Among the spetrehmakers »ere Gov. Porter H. Clay Evans, the Republican contestee for Congress in the Chattanoogo district, William S. Taylor, President of the League and W. H. Smith, the Secretary. The latter stated that ther» were 8 9 Lincoln League clubs in the State at the time of the election and the membership was about 80/00. The following officers were elected* president, William L Taylor, re-elected; Secretary. Granville 8. Wright; Treasurer, N. 8. Byram, reelected. Gov. Porter was elected Vice President ©! the National organization aqd J. N. Huston, member of the National executive committee. The delegates to,the National convention of the League, to be held at 'Baltimore Feb. 18, are: William Kursely, Columbia City, Marcus R. Sulger, Madison; Winfield F. Silver, Bluffton; George W. Patched, Union City. The alternates are John B. Winter, Cass county, B, W. Sholty, Decatur county, Charles -M. Rook, Knightstown, and John C. Wingate, of Montgomery. In the matter of selecting district managers the first district was not proi ided for. The other twelve managers in the order of the districts they represent are T. J. Brooks, C. H Always, Albert Davis W R. Mc< leland. Paul Leebhardt Caleb 8. Denny, Nick Filbtck, C. C. Sbirlev, D. 0. Justice, Win. S. Silver, P. V. Hoffman and Aaron Jones. A series of resolutions adopted congratulates everybody on the result of the November election and condemns the Demqcrats of the Indiana 55 Legislature for preventing Lieut. Gov. Robinson from taking his seat, for appointing an unnecessary number of doorkeepers at great expense, for unseating Carpenter, for squandering, the public funds, for failure to investigate the Insane Hospital. The resolutions included one to the memory of Abiaham Lincoln. The sensational murder trial which has been occupying the attention of a jury at Marion for several days closed Thursday night with a verdict of guilty against John Sage,and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ibis see is an exceedingly peculiar one. His divorced wife is a life prisoner in the Reformatory. Previous to ner marriage with Sage she was the mother of a child and her name was Eliza Cunningham, Saje paid her att' ntions, and according to her story proffered marriage, conditioned that the child was put out of ths way. Several times he urged her to kill the little one, to which she naturally objected, but finally her ecru pies were overcome and she pushed her son into the a running stream of water, and saw the little one drown while she stood looking on. Her marriage with Sage folldwed that »vening. In time suspicions were aroused concerning the fate of the child,and eventually she was tried and convicted of the murder, she taking the blame entirely upon herself and making no effort to inculpate ler husband. The child was drowned in June, 1882. Ah long hb Sage remained single she endure d her imprisonment passively, but last September, upon receiving notice that he had brought suit for divorce—which was granted—he having become enamored of another woman in Blackford county, she confessed his connection with the crime to the Matron of the Reformatory, and in this way it reach d the attention of the authorities. Last Tuesday she was taken to Majion to give her testimony, which she did in a manner which seemed to convince the jury. The defendant did not make a good impression. His memory was singularlv defective relative to the testimony he had given in the inquiry made by the Coroner of Blackford countv, and when qu< ationed about having advised the woman to kill the little one, he couid only answer, “Not to my recollection.” Tne woman has been returned to the Reformatory, and Sage will be removed to the Prison North.

With Your Fingers.

Philndelphia Press. Tho list of things that can be eaten with the fingers is on the increase, says a Washington woman. It includes all bread, toast, tarts and smal cakes, celery and aspaiagus, when served whole, as it should be either hot or cold; lettuce, which must be crumbled in tbe fingers and dipped in the salt" or sauce; olives, to which a fork should never be nut any more than a knife should be used on raw oysters, and strawberries, when served with the stems on. as they should be, are touched to pulverized sugar. In the use of the fingers greater indulgence is being shown, and you cannot; if you are well bred, make any very bad mistake in this direction, especially when the finger-bowl stands by you and the napkin is handy.

The Home Field.

Drake'* Magacin*. There are 2,400 unmarried women in the missionary field. This field won d seem to be exbellent ground for a matrimonial harvest. But, come; to think of it, the woman who goes out to convert the heathen would not make a wife who would help a man ofi with his boots "When he came home late, overcome by a political caucus. No matter how much of a heathen he might appear in her eves, instead of praying-for him, and employing moral suasion, she would make uncomplimentary remarks that would wr and his feelings and keep him awake tv o hours after he tuinbled into bed. ,