Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1889 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

DOMESTIC. St Louis will have an elevated nis* roacL The death rate is increasiug wonderfully at Johnstown. > Reports of Republican dissatisfaction in Tennessee are denied. The Wisconsin beef-inspection law is pronounced unconstitutional. James R. Garfield, son of the late President, is talked of for Congress. The oats crop of the country is very large—estimated at 763,160,432 bnshels. Gambling houses, of which therqgiue more than twenty, go on unmolested at Saratoga. Two of Wisconsin’s counties report their tobacco crop irreparably ruined by a storm. 0. A Herbert, wife beater, was dnly whipoed by Hagerstown, Md., by regulators Tuesday. John Emmons, of Gaylord, Kan., was tarred and feathered Tnesday for whipping his wife. E. & A. H. Batchellor, shoe dealers, of Boston, failed, Tuesday, with liabilities of 11,250,000. The leading school book publishers deny that there is, or that there is to be, a school book trust. Kilrain says he will challenge Sullivan again. Sullivan will be tried for prize fighting at Paris, La., Aug. 12. The United States’ new cluiser, Yorktown, has been thoroughly tested and found to be first-class in all respects. Mrs. Mary 8. Baker, of Sidney, 0., has been arrested and held to the grand jury for using profane language. Postmaster Paul, of Milwaukee, who, by the report of the Commissioners,had violated the civil service law, has resigned. Stewart Newell has brought suit against the Reading Railroad Company for possession of $20,000,000 worth of coal lands to which he claims the title. Ex-Governor Crawford is charged with illegally receiving $223,000 in connection with the sale of Oklahoma by the Creeks. An investigation is under way. The Smiths and Slashers (may their names never be forgotten), hying near Runeville, Kv., are at outs over a $2 hog, and are laying for each other with Winchesters. Horse stealing in Nebraska has increased to such an extent that those most interested have issued a call to revive the old Vigilance Committee, which ceased to exist over twenty years ago. The large grain elevator and warehouse of Bushnell & Co., at Sidell, 111., burned, Wednesday night, together with many thousands of bushels of corn. The loss is $25,000. The building was fully insured. A syndicate of either English or Eastern capitalists is trying to get control of the recently consolidated elevators at St Louis. The property involved comprises a dozen elevators, capitalized at $2,500,000. The Dow liquor tax reports for the first half of 1889, which have been received by the Auditor of State, show 9,602 saloons in Ohio, an increase of 115. The receipts of the revenue fund are $232,000, an increase of $6,000. A fight for $1,890 between Frank Murphy, the featherweight champion of England, and Billy Murphy, the Australian champion, was closed try the referee at Ban Francisco Tuesday night, the men refusing to fight alter the twentieth round. The postmuter of Ridgeport, la., was aroused Monday night by burglars trying to enter the postoffice. The postmaster fired and a young man, subsequently recognized as Frank Adamson, dropped to the ground dead. The youth had lived with his parents, and always borne a good reputation. A dispatch from St. Louis: The exehampion oarsman, Ed Hanlon, reached St Louis Thursday. ‘‘l have no execute to make for my defeats in Australia,” said he. “I suppose if I were not beaten there I would have been here. lam going to Toronto, and after a short zest I will be ready to meet any man, Chicago was visited, Saturday night, by the worst storm ever known in that city. A vacant building, comer 21st and Leavitt streets, was blown down onto a residence adjoining. The residence was crashed and eight of the inmates, consisting of two families, were killed outright. Damage done otherwise was very great. The death is announced at San Francisco of John Lee, a young Englishman, who formerly resided at Topeka, Kansas. He was the son of a wealthy English brewer who bequeathed him $95,000 about four years ago. The entire amount was quickly squandered and Lee died in a hospital and was buried in a pauper’s grave. There are many friends of the single tax idea among the North Dakota constitutional delegates, who are desirous of adopting some plan to reach the speculators who hold unimproved land and check the development of the country. In the Montana convention the woman's suffrage amendment was defeatod by a tie vote. Deaths Tuesday: E. H. Rollins, exU. S. Senator from New Hampshire: Dr. W. B. Roberts, originator of nitroglycerine torpedoes for blasting in oil wella, and a man of much wealth and political prominence, at Titusville, Pa.; Prof. KendrickjOf Marietta(o.)college; Dr, W. H. Wooley. President of Bethany college, at Wheeling, W. Va. Texas fever is playing havoc among the cattle in the Indian Territory. Over forty head were seen dead in one pasture alone, and in others numbers varying from seven to twenty-five. Cattle are dying in large numbers, also, in Oklahoma, and it is predicted that there will not be a living head of the cattle imported into that country in two months. - Amongfpersons of a scientific turn of mind a certain project of international importance has neon quietly discussed, and it only needs publicity to place the subject in the fore front of a class of topics always of interest to the people of this country. It is nothing more nor less than the transplantation of the entire population of Iceland (75,000 persons) to the most habitable part or A big sensation was caused at Wheeling w. Va, Thursday by the diaoovery that Harry 8* y bold, a popular young man of the town, the confidential bookkeeper of the Bank of Wheeling had ■ M ' ' *i

embezzled $27,000 of the funds of the bulk. He delioeratelj purloined a package containing the amount. Bey» bold was arrested, oonfeesoA and made goodthethafk His father is cashier of the bank.; A Minneapolis Journal special from Woonsocket, 8. D., says: Mrs. Fred Phifneking, a German woman living on a farm sixteen miles northwest of Minneapolis, committed suicide by taking two tea spoonfuls of paris green. Bhej was twenty-six years old, and her first babe was only four days old. She thought the child was dead, and in her grief swallowed the poison. This makes the third suicide in this county this summer, all foreigners. The babe is still alive. Mrs. Mary Johnson arrived at Cleveland Tuesday with four children, one fifteen, one an infant and the two others quite young. She made the trip on foot poshing two of the children, assisted by the oldest girl, in a hand cart, and carrying the infant in her arms. Mrs. Johnson lost her husband and all her worldly possessions in the Johnstown disaster, and was on her way to Lansing, Micb. In Cleveland she met an acquaintance from Jackson, Mich., who advanced money enough to pay the way of the party to its destination. A dispatch from San Francisco says: Through the efforts of President Harrison’s wife a convict in San Qainten Prison, who was serving a seven-year sentence for forgery, waz pardoned this week by Governor Waterman. The man had been convicted of forgery committed while intoxicated. Soon after Harrison’s nomination he wrote a poem entitled “The Old Soldiers,” which was published in an evening paper. The poem described General Harrison’s bravery at the battle of Resacca in the Rebellion. The poem was copied widely on this coast, and soon after Harrison’s election one of the prisoner’s friends sent it to Mrs. Harrissh, with a brief account of the convict author’s good life in prison. She took an interest in him and he has been pardoned. The released convict expressed great gratitude to Mrs. Harrison, and declares that her sympathy has made a man of him. Bis name is withheld, as he had the promise of a good position. : FOREIGN. -Two Mexican soldiers who had deserted were tied to horses and compelled to walk till they died. Two new English trusts are announced: One of ballet girls, the other enameled and patent leather. James River at Richmond, Va., is seventeen feet above ordinary low water mark, and rain is still falling. At Carthage, N. Y., Thursday night, Fred Parr, an engineer, shot his wife and himself, both dying instantly. Albanian Christians are being persecuted by the Turks, and the English Government will investigate the matter. Lord Salisbury says Britain is for peace, but will not sacrifice her honor. He thinks the vast preparations for war now going on throughout Europe are only measures of greater security for peace. Michael J. Fenton, sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and forty lashes for an assault on a little girl at St. Thomas, Ontario, received the first half of his punishment at the Central Prison in Toronto Tuesday. Fenton took the flogging quietly, exclaiming at the end of each stroke, “Oh, Lord, have mercy op me.” ____________

ENGLISH VESSEL SEIZED.

An Illegal Sealer Captured In Behring Sea: by a United State* Revenue Cutter. The steamer Dora arrived at San Francisco from Behring Sea, Tuesday night, and brings the first detailed news of the capture of the British sealer Black Diamond, by the United Stateq revenue cutter Richard Rush. July 11 the Rush overtook the Black Diamond and ordered her to heave to. The captain of the Black Diamond refused to do this. Thereupon the commanaer of the Rush ordered a lowering of ports and running out of guns, which caused the schooner to heave to. Captain Shepard and Lieutenant Tuttle boarded the English craft and asked for her papers. The officers of the Black Diamond offered them no armed resistance, but refused to deliver the ship’s papers. Captain Shepard at once broke open the cabin and forced the hinges off the strong box and the captain’s chest, thereby securing the papers. A search of the vessel disclosed 103 sealskins, which had been taking in Behring sea. Captain Shepard placed a non-commissioned officer from the Rush in charge of the Black Diamond, and ordered the vessel to be taken to Bitka to await further instructions. The captain of the Black Diamond made the statement that, when in Victoria, he had been ordered to pay no attention in case he was overtaken by the Rush and requested to heave to. He said he would not have surrendered if the Rush had had an inferior force to that of his own. A dispatch from Ottawa, says: The latest account of piracy by the United States authorities in Behring Sea continues to be much discussed in official circles. A dispatch has been received atlthe fisheries department from Mr. Baker, M. P., giving additional particulars of the seizure of the Black Diamond, It appears that the vessel was seized when seventy miles from land. Mr. Baker says that a strong feeling of resentment and indignation has been engendered among the inhabitants of British Columbia by this wanton outrage and that a meeting of citizens of Victoria is to be held to express their indignation. A dispatch from Victoria says: Indignation is felt here over the seizure of the schooner Black Diamond in Behring Sea by the United States revenue cutter Richard Rush. A public meeting will probably be held and resolutions passed for transmission to the Imperial Parliament, asking that the Imperial Government interfere in behalf of British vessels engaged in the sealing trade. It is believed here that if but one man has been placed aboard the Black Diamond her captain will not obey the Rush’s orders, and will sail for Victoria instead of Sitka. This seizure will be made the basis of action for arriving at some definite understanding with the United States as regards the Behnng Sea difficulty. The government here and the British .gov-, eminent have only been waiting for of the tom nj to formal protest will be entered and a

lemand made <m the United States lor C explanation of the attitude they ve taken and the grounds and evidence upon which they bese their claim !o exclusive jurisdiction on Behring Sea. A special to the New York Herald from Montreal says: The city is in a perfect furore of excitement over the leisure of the schooner Black Diamond. < (Expressions are heard on every hand that unless the vessels are released and full indemnity paid by the United: States that the Government must stand the consequences of what may follow. There is almost as much disgust expressed at the action of England in this business, and if she will not help Canada to uphold her honor it is openly hinted that the sooner Canada takes the defense of that honor in her own hands the better. Both the morning papers publish strong leaders demanding, immediate action on the part of England or our own Government to prevent these seizures or else break off relations with the United States until a final settlement of the trouble is arrived at. In a lengthy article, the Herald (Liberal organ) says: “Canadian vessels have been seized, confiscated, sold and their owners ruined, but the years slip by and chance of redress fades with departing time. The Government of Canada is far more concerned in securing office for ministerial relations than in protecting the vessels of Canadians or caring for the honor of that flag to which is added the armorial bearings of the Dominion. There is neither profit noi honor to be gained by allowing the emblem of the nation to remain the plaything of irresponsible people in the Pacific. There is, however, a certain amount of danger to the peace of the two great nations, Great Britain and the United States, in these continued seizures of Bkippers. Despairing of protection from their government, they may take it upon themselveis to defend themselves, and thus bring about a state of things which no Government, Canada perhaps excepted, could quietly ignore. It would be the part of wisdom to come to an understanding on this Behring Sea matter and if necessary protect the Beals by international agreement. Anything would be bettor than pontinued winking at the buccaneering which is now going on in the Northern pacific.” The Government orapn also Publishes a strong protest against the Seizures. A special from Washington Bays Although the Black Diamond, aftei first disobeying Captain Shepard’s orders to heave to, changed her mind when she saw the guns of his vessel run out, yet it is Baid in British Columbia that other sailing vessels will not be so tractable. Several of them went north this year with the expressed determination to fire on the Rush if she attempted to board them. Captain Rodd, of the Maggie, was one of those understood to be ready for hostilities, and the Maggie is known to have entered Behring Sea. The Sapphire which left Victoria last March with s hunting crew of sixty Indians fully armed, was reported to be another ol the belligerents, and Captain Petit ii credited with declaring that he would shoot any American official who should cross his rail. There is some curiosity to know whether these and similai threats will be carried out. But then peed be no anxiety on this score. Some Irritation and a sense of grievance have been caused in the Dominion by the renewal of the policy of arresting sealers but that is a different matter from a private craft undertaking to carry on war with a government vessel acting under definite instructions and com polled to obey them. Besides, these sailing vessels might not find resistant* expedient. With all the arrests of oui Gloucheeter and Portland fishermen during the last three years, there hai never been a shot fired or a blow struck Bghinst the Dominion authority, unjust as these have sometimes seemed. Tht same way the owners and captains ol the sealing vessels recognize that ifbtu Government is wrong iff the present controversy it will have to pay, whil< in opening fire on American Govern ment officers they would risk evenmon than having their vessels sent to the bottom. —~ A dispatch from Victoria, B. O. M* day saye: Victoria is in a great state i excitement, the cause being the arrival of the Black Diamond. She came into port Sunday evening and dropped anchor. She had one American seaman on board, John Hawkins. He was appointed special officer by the captain of the Rush and ordered to take the Diamond to Sitka. Captain Owens, of the Diamond, told Lieut Tuttle he would not sail for Sitka, bnt would bring his vessel to Victoria. If they wanted the Diamond to go to Sitka they would have to put a stronger crew than the schooner’s aboard. The Rush steamed away and Owens sailed toward Ounalaska, thinking that there were British warships in that vicinity, intending to demand protection. He sailed into Ounalaaka harbor and boarded a schooner from Port Townsend. He was told there were no men-of-war in the vicinity. Owens told the American seaman he would sail for Victoria, which he did. He landed his Indians on the east coast of Vancouver. The Rusk took the Diamond’s seal-skins, about eighty, but left everything else. The American seaman has made an official report to Vice-American Consul Marvin, who has telegraphed the facts to Consul Stevens, of Ban Francisco. Hawkins says he was well treated by the crew of ne schooner. The greatest satisfaction is felt here at the escape of the DiamQnd. It is thought that the United Btates will certainly demand the return of the schooner, which the British government dare not give ffp- It will bring the matter to a speedy conclusion. After the capture, and as soon as the Rush was loet sight of, a southwest course was steered by the Black Diamond right for Victoria. Hawkins from the start saw it was impossible to attempt to take charge of affairs in his own hands, and consequently lay in his bunk nearly the whole time, not attempting to interfere John Hawkins, the American seaman, mtu when he was put aboard the steamer, he said to his officers: “Instead of taking her to Sitka they may go to Victoria.*’ They did not answer him. Mr. Hommley, collector of customs here, says he is of the opinion that when Hawkins was put aboard the Black Diamond the people on the Rush did not care whether the to Victoria or not, as long as she gat out ol the sea and stopped destroying n«b, Hawkins left everything to the American consul here * who has wired the Washington authorities about the matter. A Government officers named Bunting strived at Winnipeg, Sunday, from Esquimault. B. C. He says that

and two torpedo boats, of the British Pacific squadron, have gone north to Behring sea, with open orders. Tuff more ships were ordered to Victoria, and are now on the way. Banting says She captain of the ship Who first brought he news of .the seizure of the sealer. Black Diamond, by the United States sutter Rush, made s statement to Admiral Heneage, after which telegrams sere sent to Ottawa, and cablegrams to London, the answers to which were received the same diy, and the next lay the squadron left for the north, Breat excitement prevails in Victoria, red the people are clamoring for the \ government to take active measures to irevent any further interference with iritish ships in the open sea. Bunting itates that Some of the sealers will fight sefore they will submit to seizure, they seing well armed for such an emergency. American Schooner Seized. Halifax, Aug. 5.— A dispatch to the Lmerican Consul-General announces the seizure, at Guysboro. of the American schooner Vidette. No further paruculars are given.

IN THE WOOLLY WEST.

tiro Cobber* Despoil the Passengers of a Train at Kansas City. Two men, evidently novices, went through the St Paul car on the Wabash Srain at Harlem, across the river from Kansas City, Sunday night Their faces were concealed benina handkerchiefs. There were seven people in the coach—fix men and a woman—and all quietly lubmitted and handed over $175 in money and two gold watches. The robbers then advanced toward the next car in front, but on the platform met the conductor. They ordered him to hold up his hands. He supposed they were train hands disposed to practical joking. He soon changed ffis opinion, however, and hit one of the robbers over the head with his lantern, breaking the glass and putting out the light. The robbers then lired upon him, hut neither of the three shots took effect. As they jumped from the train, which they did immediately, although it was running at a speed of twenty-five miles an hoar,the conductor fired the remains of his lantern after .hem with the same effect their shooting had upon him. The conductor, therefore, had “the last tag,” showing that his early education has not come amiss. Thu train was soon stopped, and an effort made to capture’the bandits, but without success.

A Texas Bobbery. A special from Fort Worth, Texas, says: At 2 o’clock Sunday morning six masked men stopped the Fort Worth & Denver mail express south-bound between the Cheyenne water tank and Tuscosa. Three men got on the locomotive, compelled the engineer to pull away from the passenger coaches, which had been detached by the robbers and left under guard of three other men. After going half a mile they compelled the engineer to get off the engine and bring a pick to force open the door of the express car. Express Messenger Marsh closed the door and put out the lights in the car, first secreting til the express packages but three. The robbers, coming to his car, ordered hiin to open it and fired into it The engineer hammered away with his pick until he got the door partly open, when a torch was pushed into the opening and a revolver poked in and pointed at Marsh, who was told to open up or be killed. Marsh opened the door and three packages were stolen, but the Pacific Express jpeople say very little money was secured. Tne robbers then went to the mail car and compelled Route Agent Wolcott to open his car. He had hidden all his registered matter but one letter, under a sack, and turned his lights out. The robbers got the one package and then opened the mail pouches and scattered the contents over the fioor. After doing the worn they then ordered the engineer to put out the torch and tmll out. When they left, authorities in the neighboring counties were notified and are in pursuitr It is said that the total amount stolen is less than $2,000. The passengers were badly frightened, but not one was molested in any way. Cheyenne is 375 miles northwest from Fort Worth.

Doesn't Want to be President.

The appended dispatch from ex-Sec-retary Wm. C. Whitney was received at New York Wednesday. It explains itself. Lenox, Mass., July 31. To the Editor of the .Vew York Times: An item is going the rounds of the press to the effect that a new weekly newspaper is about to be established in Washington in my interest as a candidate for the Presidency. Be kind enough to publish that it is absolutely without foundation. lam not, and shall not be a candidate for the nomination to that office or any other. There are men in the Democratic party much better entitled to its honors than T am, and I expect to help the best men to win. The item is absurd on its face, and I object to being thought capable of such non-

genre.

Sullivan Will Travel South Again.

Sullivan, the slugger, was arrested in New York, Wednesday, on a reqnisition from the Governor of Mianasippi. John L. Sullivan, was taken before Judge O’Brien in the Supreme Court Chambers, New York, Thursday noon, and through his councel, Delaney Nichols, admitted his identity as the person called for in the writ of extradition. He said he was willing to go South, and Judge O.Brien ordered that he be turned over at once to Deputy Sheriff Child, of Jackson, Miss. Jake Kilrain was arrested, Tuesday morning, on the beach at Ocean View by Detective Norris. He was taken back to Hampton where he has been staying for several days.

Frosts in Illinois.

Ad<ri«M from Galena, DL, states that tbe low ground* In that section war* tUiled by * Croat la* Ihumday morn. g=3£S Tba daeraaaa in the public debt Cm the month of July la lem than $1,000,0001 Thiala aaid to be doe to the unoanally heavy disbursements daring the month, aggregating -$83,008,000, the payments on account of penataaa •lona amounting to over ft

Anderson owns its water works. Fairmount will have glass works. Fort Wayne’s bucket shop has closed. Goshen Is seized With a military Pay oil, has been found at Royal Center. A tariff reform dub has bear formed it Salem. Crawfordsville is talking of having itreet cars. ' Wm. Curtin, of Michigan City, is dead from lock-jaw. The American starch works at Colam>us may be removed to Kokomo. CapL Darling, of Evansville, was langeroudy in j urea in a runaway. The Huntington court house was bady damaged by lightning in a recent itorm. President Harrison will attend the corner stone laying of the State Seiners’ Monument William Ennis, a Xenia cigarmaker, lied from drinking concentrated lye, which he mistook for soda. The Andeison Btraw Board Works, with a daily manufacturing capacity of ihirty tons, have begun operations. John R. Davis, of Bartholomew county,bad ten acres of wheatwhich threshed >ut an average of fifty bushels per acre. Jonathan Nixon, of Springport, is lead, aged ninety. He cast his first Presidential vote for Jackson and his last for Cleveland. A black bam weighing a fraction under ten pounds was recently caught Bear Laporte, on a small hook and line, while the fisherman was playing for mnfish. Calvin Beck, of Crawfordsville, whipped a man for refusing to pay a iebt of SLSO, and he was fined $9.50 for (he assault and was knocked down for resisting arrest William Gardner and John Briggs, of Sreensburg, quarreled, and Gardner •tabbed Blips in the arm, rendering it useless. Briggs already had one withsred arm, and the injury renders him permanently helpless.— While Colonel Ward Blotcher and Martin Stacker were catting timber in Clarke county, one tree was felled *on which thirtv-five squirrels had taken refuge, while sixty-five pounds of honey was found in another.

Captain M. M. Hurley, efNew Albany, appointed Third Auditor of the Treasury by President Harrisen, declined the office, because the Pennsylvania railway company offered him superior inducements to remain in its service. The Jones twin-freak at Tipton has been classified by Proiessor George Jackson Fisher, of Sing Sing, N. Y.. as belonging to what is known as the “Ischiopagus,” which means, joined by the Beat bones. There are but eight similar cases on record. A Fort Wayne officer had occasion to arrest Miss Rosie Down, of Coessee, but the girl saw him and fled to the neighboring swamp, and she was only captured after a chase lasting for four hours. She is accused of sending improper letters through the mails. A terrible state of affairs Is said to exist in the big huckleberry marsh near Walkerton, where fully 600 people are engaged in gathering the crop. Saloons' and vile resorts abound and vice in its most disgusting form exists nnchecked. A prize fight and races were among the attractions, Sunday. The Wabash river has had more water this season than in any previous year within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, and the cause is attributed to the splendid drainage system of Northern Indiana, and more particularly to the drainage of the large area of marsh land between Fort Wayne and Huntington. The yield of wheat in Olay conntyis surprising the farmers. The Stwalley brothers realized 1,910 bushels from ninety acres; W. D. Black threshed nineteen acres, getting 638 bushels; Reuben Schiele got 564 bushels from fifteen acres, and Thomas Rusk reports an average of thirty-three bushels, and one acre showing fifty bushels.

Annie Berry, aged sixteen, daughter of Simeon Berry, of Jeffersonville, committed suicide Tuesday by taking laudanum. Bhe was desirous of marrying John Veeley, to whom the was betrothed. but her parents insisted she wed James Bowman, who is aged sixtv, and rather than accept the aged bridegroom in preference to the younger, she killed herself. Constable Johnson, living near the White Sulphur wells, was sent to Leavenworth for a marriage license, and under the belief that he had power to officiate, he afterward joined the coaple in wedlock and they went to housekeeping, Two days later the mistake was discovered, and a minister of the Gospel was called in. Eight Btate Commanders of the Grand Army, including Commander Travis, oi Indiana, met at Chicago Tuesday, and agreed to oppose a general attendance at the Milwaukee Encampment Commander Travis said the Indiana posts were indignant because of the refusal« the railroads to give cheap fuss, and that General Maneon and Wallace, the Governor and other prominent old soldiers would not attend. Robert A. Craig, of Crawfordsville, who committed suicide by hanging, left a note which reads: “My conscience is clear. I choose death rather than life under existing circumstance*. I have never knowingly or intentionally wronged man. woman or child, although I have sinned mountains high. Yet I believe God will take ease of my poor soul. Dear children, forgive your father’s rash act, for God knows I love

W. C. WHITNEY.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

yon. I forgive everybody and wiah them Tnomas Garey, of Colombo*, the eon of a highly respected widow, went home Friday night, and attempted to tahe a keg of beer into the hooee. His mother refused to allow him to enter with the liqnor, which ao angered him that he gave her a horrible oat one of her eyee and inflicting serious in* juries. Hie two sisters, who came to their mother's rescue, were also badly injured. He wa* arrested a few hours later and is now in jaiL Patents were issued to Indiana fa. ▼enters, Tuesday, as follows: Eugene Bretney, Indianapolis, dust collector; James UsTblacksmith's manditJ; Henry % mis, Richmond, yawl —ratchet HL Haberkorn,Ft> Wayne,

rash beneb^ a<l^**",^ The last Legislature passed slaw requiring railroad companies to post bulletins at every station announcing the time of arrival of each train. The railroads have not been very prompt in obeying the law, and the consequence is that In Putman county suits have now been brought against toe Vandal!a, I. &St L., the Monon and 1,1). AW. roads to compel the payment of damages as provided in the statute for noncompliance, ’Squire Samuel Holdeman, Wakaruss, some years ago secured a pension fora widow, his relative, mad for pushing the claim at his own expense he was promised one-half. The recipient pressed the reward upon him, and then her son-in-law caused him to be prosecuted in the Federal Court and Judge Woods fined him SIOO. The defendant admitted he had violated the letter of the law, but claimed he had done nothing morally wrong, and he declined to pay the fine, A few days ago a warrant for hia commitment was sent to him, and taking this, the ’Squire presented himself to the Sheriff of Elkhart county and was locked up. Warden Patten, of the Prison South* is now working 130 men in the shoe department, and has no trouble in finding a market for all the stoek turned out. The receipts from the factory last month amounted to SIO,OOO. He says. “If I am permitted to continue the plan I can easily make the * prison selfsupporting. Besides, the convicts like the plans better than the old one by which they were hired out to contractors.” Mr. Fatten also aa/a that he has completed the preparations for tbs hanging of William Benson, the Clark county murderer, in the prison on the 16th inst. Benson is already confined in the prison, and Mr. Patten says is anxious for the day of the hanging to come. ~ A cam of frightful cruelty is reported from Broad Ripple. John Morguson, John Ferguson and William Day were running a thrashing machine and used amule to haul the engine. The mule was of a balky kind, and being more stubborn than usual on Saturday, the horrible expedient was tried of tying a rope to the male’s tongue and pulling at it in order to make it move forward. The result was that the animal’s tongue was jerked out, it is alleged by Morguson. There was the greatest indignation when the matter became known in too neighborhood, and to save prosecution Morguson ana Ferguson went before 'Squire Wright and pleaded guilty ana were fined.

Congressman Browne, of the Sixth district, it is announced, will probably retire st the end of his present term, The district has a Republican majority of 9,000, and a warm contest will ensue among these who desire to succeed him Hon. W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, is in training for the Republican nomination irom the Seventh (Bynum’s) district. lon. W. E. Niblack, recently Judge of the Supreme Court, has a desire, It is said, to get back on the Supreme Bench again. He has moved to Indianapolis, ion. John W. Bnskirk, of Bloomington, has announced himself ss a Democratic candidate for Attorney General Hon. Haaon J. Niblack would like to go to Congress from the Second district The agents of the standard Oil Company have been operating in the vicinity of Summitville for some time, and have leased many acres of land. Commissioner Peters, of Madison county, has made public the terms under which tbs company leased his farm of 403 acre* the latter pairing an annual rental of 1200 for each well, it being stipulated that not less than ten wells shall be put down, besides which his house and grounds are to be piped free of charge. It is farther conditioned that not more than one well shall be put down on every forty acres, so as not to interfere with his farming. This insane Mr. Peters an annual income of $2,000, and he reports that it inthe purpose of the company to attempt to pipe gas to Chicago. e

Sam Jones concluded his series of sermons at Maxinkoekee by one on the liquor traffic, daring which he skid: “We have messed prohibition on them so hard that nine out of ten of the liquor dealers are crying out for high licensee Some preachers are for high license. A little high license preacher won’t be in hell fifteen minutes till the devil will bridle and saddle him and ride him all over the place to show him off, for ha’s proud of such a fellow. Soma are for nigh license because it is an easy way to raise revenue. I don’t want no liquor man this side of hell to pay my taxes. I’m worth about $40,000. When I get too hard up or too mean to pay taxes on it I’ll sell it off and give the proceeds to the orphans. This movement against the saloons in Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago and other cities is only the beginning of a great battle with the liquor power. May the Lord help the good people to win it I hope it will come on quick before the liqnor anarchists grow too strong or we’ll lose our courage to fight them!” Reports show that the whipping ad. ministered by agang of ruffians to Ms Az noth Street and daughter, in Grant county, is one of the most brutal happenings placed on record for a long time. -There had been some ill-feeling engendered, and on Sunday night, whew the daughter accepted the escort of a young man, who attended her to chureh. she wss jeered by some of her mil acquaintances, who were reprimanded by the mother as guilty of ill-mannered and undignified oondncL The following night their house was stoned, every window being broken, after which the women were dragged from their beds, and the whipping was administered, the lash catting into the flesh of Mrs. Street until her night robe was stained with blood. The Chronicle has been investigating the matter, and finds that the outrage wss committed by “as worthless and characterless a company of loafers as ever disgraced any locality.” Knives were flourished while the assault was being committed, and there was s disposition to cat out the tangoes of the women; besides which, me ruffians stuffed na in the month of the elder woman, that her outcries might net be heard. A number of assailants were recognized, but the women Ufa alone and are afraid to prosecute for fear their property will be destroyed sad themselves subjected to further humiliation and torture, there dees not fertiLrafcvnu «<W» ■•«««>