Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1891 — Page 6

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The impression is genera} that money will be plenty after the middle of this month. { This will make stocks advance all along the line. Stocks ljust now are the only weak property on the market. All other values are well sustained. Th* appropriations for the benefit of the Sioux last year aggregated $1,523,000, and the present troubles will entail a large additional expense on their account. That is to say, tfiey are costing far more than they ate worth for any purpose. For four years, from 1877 to 183 V. the Sioux wore under military control, and during that time they made more progress in civilization than" is to be credited to thorn for all the rest of their career. Is not this a lesson thaj should be heeded in the work of sqlv; ing the Indian problem? The bonded debt of the country, which is the only part at till burdensome, will probably be cut considerably below the $600.000,000 mark long before the close of the fi seal year ot June 30 next. It now amounts to $618.000.000, and it was reduced to the exs tent of $7,000,000 ! in December. Of this sum $59,000.000 is in 4Js, which mature next September, and $559,000,000 is in 4s. which run to 1908.

- Wk are told that the Indians who attacked Qapt. Wallace’s party would hive surrendered if they had been ab lowed to retain their arms, and that the trouble would all be over. Perhaps this particular party would, but that would not have affected the course of the other roving bands, or o! •this band on the following day. But supposing that this party should have given up In good faith if its members had been permitted to keep their arms! What did they want with arms? Arms could have been used for butone purpose—to kill the soldiers and the settlers. Game is extinct in their locality, and the government furnishes them with food. Arms should never have been allowed them in tb place. The fact that such large r- M# bera of savages should have been allowed to rotain them in a section where tho settlers were so numerous and helpless, and the soldiers so few, is one of the amazing features of our extraordinary and infamous Indian

policy.

We infer from some recent pieces o! East African news, says the New York Sun, that the German Government does not yet fully understand the business of managing foreign territorial possess •ions. Of all the Nations of the world, England is the most dextrous operator In that line. She holds vast dominions in many parts of the globe; she establishes great and powerful colonies In lands faraway from her own shores, and she keeps under her sway hundreds of millions of people belonging to many races. She maintains the peace throughout an empire far surpassing that of ancient Rome i,h populousness and magnitude. English statesmen have learned by long experience how to govern foreign colonies and other possessions. Somo of them have their own Parliaments and enjoy Quasi-Independence; others are under

the direct rule of a Governor and Council, and othere are governed under an authoritative system from the Foreign Office. Instead of laying down a uniform system of government for all her foreign dominions, she seeks to adapt the political institutions of any given country to the character and condition of its people. Sb 6 blunders at times, but ordinarily meets with notable success. Now that Germany has become a large landholder in Eastern Africa, the Kaiser would do well to take notice of the way in which England administers the affairs of the region now under her flag in that part of the continent. ' The Methodists of Germany are almost unanimous in their opposition to the proposal to ad art women to the General Conference. A correspondent of the Zion's Herald, writing from Berlin, says that when the vote w»s taken, in the First Methodist Church in that city it was found to be 44 against to 1. In favor of the women. Whereupon' the pastor cried out; “Oh, children, I am ashamed!" Many of them regard the woman movement as ond led by atheists ana anarchists. The German Empress Augusta Vic. toria, who has already given her Emperor husband five fine sons, is now in her thirty-first year, but her fair, fresh complexion makes her look younger. She has an oval face, soft blue eyes, beautiful teeth and an abundance of blond hair, an ensemble which is pleasing and attractive, If not decidedly prfMf.

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

An ostmeal trust has been formed. The baseball war basoome to an end. Senator Ingalls has no chance to be reelected. The Indian war is over and tho Indians are snrremrerlng. - . The Nebraska Supreme Court recognizes |. Boyd as Governor, A negro has confessed that Mrs Sheedy, wife of an Omaha gambler, hired him to kill her husband, 9 " 1 One hundred Chicago Knights Templar j had pieces of their entici* transplanted to ! the thigh of a fellow knight. Four farmers driving across the railroad track near Clyde, 0., on the 13th, werestruck by a traiii and all billed. Mrs. Geo. W. Steele, wife of Governor Steele, of Oklahoma, was seriously injured by a fall at Mari on on tho 16th. The temperature at Lydonvilie, Vt, on the 9th, was 30 degrees below zero. Ice on the Kennebec at Augusta, Me,, is from 6 to Pinches thick. Judge J. A. Warder, of Chattanodge, •hot and killed S. M. Fugette, his son-in-law, wounded his daughter, and was himself wounded by Papeete. Three earthquakes occurred Thursday at Parral, In the State of Chihuahua. The gallery at the convent of the Sacred Hear gave way, killing six persons and wound

"lng ninii; “ —.7—- —= —-—:-v~vProfessor Koch’s report, published Thursday, describing the composition of his lymph, is comparativelybrief. lt says thelymph consists of a glycerine extract derived from the pure cultivation of the tubercle bacilli. A prize fight between Jack Dempsey, of America, and Fitz Simmons, of Australia, at New Orleans, on the 14th, for the middle weight championship of Australia and America, was witnessed by 4,500 people. Dempsey was knocked out in the thirteenth round. The Cincinnati ballot box case was reported by the House'Committee of Investigation- Tuesday— All whose names were on the forged paper are declared to have had no connection whatever with any ballot box schema. Governor Foraker and Mr. Halstead are declared to have had no knowledge that the paper was fqrged until after Mr, Halstead had printed it, and it is set forth that the moment he discovered it to be fraudulent heat once exposed its chai acter. • Great uneasiness is felt along the lower Mississippi owing to the unfinished and unsafe condition of the levees, and heavy snows North with prospects of a thaw. A repetition of the horrors of last spring’s overflow is greatly feared. Many thousands of dollars have been expended in the last year on levee work, and it is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible by the contractors, who hope to complete the work before the spring rise, as that would prove destructive to the entire Bystem if caught in an uncompleted condition.

A dispatch from Dubuque, la., says: “Thirty Dubuque saloon Keepers have locked up their places of business and left the city. Writs of attachment against them, running for three days, have been issued underthe prohibitory law, and they take this method of evading service. They will return Monday next. Wednesday another squad of 6aloon men will leave, and 'Thursday still another. Sheriff Phillips and his deputies were out Wednesday attempting to serve writSj but could find no open saloons, aud will so report to the court. Next week the storm will have Mown over and everything will be running as usual.” Delegates from 300 towns, villages and cities met in Topeka, Kan., on tho 13th in secret session to form a permanent organization of the Citizens’ Alliance, President Zercher, of Olathe, Kan., says the or ganizaticn is very similar to that of tho Farmers’ Alliance; iff fact, is a sort of supplementary organization. It will work in harmony with the Alliance, and for the same ends. No farmers, however, will be admitted to membership. The new organization will bear tho same relations to towns and cities as the Farmers’ Alliance bears t o the country. A joint executive committee . will decide upon matters in which both organizations Will take action Tho proceedings of the convention to day were strictly secret.

FOREIGN.

Minister Lincoln has arrived in London. A revolution has broken out In Buenos Ayres. Nine skaters were drowned at Paris on the 14th. The sugar crop of 1890-91 is expected to be one of the largest, if not the largest, ever gathered on the Island of Cuba. Only a small quantity of tobacco leaf has been Out so far in the Remedios district. If tho weather is favorable the growers will set out new plants In their fields in the place of those destroyed by drought. A dispatch from Tobolsk says that the terrible scourge known as “black death” has reached the city of Tobolsk, the capital of West Siberia. The whole of Asiatic Russia from Samarkand to the mouth of the Obi is suffering from the scourge. Thousands are dying at Obdorsk, near the of the Obi, owing to the lack of physicians. It seems almost hopeless t 0 try to check the spread of the fearful dis-

A visitor to Galway paints an appalling picture of the destitution in some of the districts. In Carraroe and other places many hundreds of the children are obliged to remain from school because they are absolutely without clothing-even a single garment, much less caps, shoes and coats. They remain In their cabins hungry and naked, crouching over a wretched fire. Clothing isas urgently needed in these dis tricta as food.

HOTEL WRECKED.

Strange and Fetal Natural tiaa Accident mt Findlay, Ohio, Tbo first disaster Findlay, Ohio, has ex* perienced from the use of natural gas occurred shortly before 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, while the guests of the Hotel Mar*’.n were w aiting to be summoned to dinner. Bunday morning it was discovered that gas was escaping from a leaking

pipe somewhere into the dinins room, and Marvin, the owner of the building, with ■ the plumbers, spent the entire forenoon trying to locate the leak. At about 10 o’clock they entered a chamber underneath the dining room, and found such an accumulation of gas that they could no breathe, and it was suggested that a bole be sawed through the floor Into the dining room in order to obtain fresh air. This was done, and just as the hole was made, one of the diningroom girls, who was sweeping the floor,, stepped upon a match, and hi an instant an explosion occurred that not only wrecked the building, but killed two girls and maimed and injured a dozen other employes. The force of the explosion was so great that itblew out the flame of the ignited gas, and no fire followed the awful ruin which the shock caused. The whole city was rocked, as if by. an earthquake, by the coneussidn, and all the windows on the square were demolished. The Wreck of the hotel building was all but complete

the ouly rooms iD the house escaping destruction being the parlors and the office. Had the explosion occurred ten minutes later the loss of life would have been frightful, as nearly a hundred people were waiting in the rooms to be called to dinner As a matter of fact, one of the clerks Frank Poundstooe, was on his way to make this announcement when the explosion occurred, and he was caught in the falling debris, being one of the painfully injured. When the work of removing the dead and rescuing the injured was begun it was found that Katie Walters, a waitress, had been killed outright. Ella Johnson, a dining-room girl, was found alive under a mass of brick and mortar, but she died shortly after being carried to a place of safety. Kate Rooney, another dining-room girl, was also fatally injured, but is alive. The loss will aggregate $25,030.

TOWN SNOW BOUND IN MORROCCO.

It would seem that unless something remarkabie happens or the weather changes radically within a very short time,that the inhabitants of Sebdon, a small town in the Tiemeen district of the Province of Oran will starve to death. About a week ago information reached Algiers to the effect that the inhabitants of Sebdon were snowed up beyond escape and that' they were slowly starving to death. Their stock of provisions had run out before the bearer of the alarming news had reached Tiemeen and it was said that the horses, mules, and even thefew camels at Sebdon ■were being killed for food. As in the mas jorit.v of small Algerine towns, the inhabitants of Sebdon depended almost entirely upon the regular or irregular convoys of provisions which reach them from the larger towns, and the stock kept on hand is always comparatively small. When the news of tho dangerous position in which the inhabitants of 5 Sebdon were placed reached tho military authorities of Tlemoeu they immediately sent a quantity of provisions, under the escort of a detachment of troops from the garrison of Tiemeen, to the relief of the sufferers at Sebdou. Unhappily the convoy, a day or so later, was snowed up in the Talteruey pass, and it was some time before tbe aus thorities at Tiemeen became hware of the danger to which the convoy was exposed- 1 An additional force was sent, out, with in- : structions to push on at .all hazards to the relief of the snowed up troops, and afterwards, if possible, to ausist the convoy in pushing on to Sebdon. The second detachment of troops managed to reach Tal terney pass, and on jan. 15 it was announced that the convoy had been extricated from its perilous position. On the 13th, information was received to the effect that the attempt to provision Sebdon had failed.

LEGISLATURES.

Governor Peck of Wisconsin, was inaugurated on the 15th. Cameron may be defeated for Senato from Pennsyiyjtnja.-=---~-r-— -— : -y ;V ; y Senator Stanford has been reelected by the California Legislature. Ex-Postmaster-generijl Yilas will be -elected Senator from Wisconsin, The Kansas Legislature eonverietLon-the-13th with the Farmer’s Alliance in charge* Gov, Thayer of Nebraska, has finally vacated the Goveruoi’s office to Governor Boyd. The Speaker of the Kansas Legislature has appointed a farmer chairman of the judiciary committee. A Washington special says It is not unlikely that Mr. Perry Belmont will succeed Mr. Evarts in the United States Senate. Another Senatorial surprise was tho defeat of Blair, in the New Hampshire Republican caucus, by electing Gallinger by a big majority. The Colorado legislature is having an exciting time. Tho seat of the Speaker was declared vacant on. the 15th, and another member was elected thereto. Bloodshedis feared. Senator Farwell wasdefeated for re-elec-tion in the Illinois Republican caucus on the 15th by “Uncle” Dick Oglpsby, the vote standing: Roos 6, Gersham 4, Hauser 1, Faiwell 30, Ogelsby M. The result was a great surprise to Farwell,but he accepted defeat with good grace.

The Senate of Connecticut on the 13th caused all tho Democratic contestees for State offices to be sworn in. The present officers refuse to recognize them. The con test is not ended. The House is Republic an and the Senate Democratic. An effort was being made to amicably adjust the matter, but this action of the Senate will probably change the situation to some extent r"» . ■ . ’~.- Representative Taubeneck, one of the F. M. B. A. men in the Illinois Legislature rose to a question of personal privilege and read from a St. Louis paper a statement to the effect that ho would probaoly be unseated, and hinted that certain things in his life would justify it Taubeneck demanded an investigation, and denied that there was any blemish on his character On motion a committee of investigation was appointed. The members of it are all Alliance men and all Democrats. Though the charge against Taubeneck was not mentioned it is generally known to be a frequently reiterated assertion that Taub- | eneck had once been to the ‘‘pen" for counterfeiting.

PEACE WITH THE INDIANS.

■ Hostile* Preparing to 96/rendertheirGn ■ a —■They Talk Wltfi General Milts, Peace with the Indians was on the 14th considered exceedingly probable. talking to general miles. _ Wednesday morn ing Littld Wound, Lite tie Hawk, Crow Dog and Old Calico came in from the hostiles to talk vrith General Miles under the escort cf Young-Man-Afraid sos-His-Horses. The council, whipbris now (T :30) In session, is progressing satisfactorily. Colonel Corbin has announced thattbat the chiefs have assented to the surrender of their arms, and the latter will probably be brought in to-night or to-morrow and be tagged-. / - * The press correspondent has just returned from General Brook’s camp, one mile south of the DreXel mission and five miles from the agency. The General is encamp, ed on the ground on which General Forsythe was engaged when Colonel Henry, of the Ninth Cavalry, came to his relief. The General has united all bis commands save those. under General Carr. His force comprises eight companies of the Second Infantry under Major Butler; seven companies of the Seventeenth under Colonel Offley; four troops of the Mi nth Cavalry, Colonel Henry; two troops of the Eighth Cavalry, Major Wells : four troops Leavenworth battalion, Col. Sanford ; Cheyenne scout*, Lieutenant. .G el tv. •. ■■. - ■ - ~V"

This force was placed under the command of Colonel Wheaton, of the Second Infantry. General Carr, with three troops of the Sixth, is nineteen miles from the mouth of Wounded Kvcecrcek. He has three other commands, one under Lieutenant Colonel Morrow, fifteen miles,another under Major Adam-, twenty-five miles, and the third under Captain Whitney, thirty miles from the mouth of the same creel:. This, together with thirty wagons under Major Egbert, came through forsupplies, marching about half a mile from the hostile camp. It was agreed that the hostiles would leave their present camp and pitch their tepees on tho west side of the White Clay creek, opposite, and less than half a mile from tho agency buildings. It was also docided that the Indians would surrender their arms to their respective chiefs, and that the arms would he turned over to Agent Pierce. The latter would receipt for them, placing the name of each man upon his gun. The weapons would then oe sold and tne proceeds returned to the Indians. It was also docidcd that their chiefs would attempt to control their young men, and, failing in this, they would diemsolves arrest those who refused toact I is good Indians, and turn them over to the » D ent. General Miles was pleased with the friendly disposition manifested by the chiefs, and proposed to allow them several lays ! n which to redeem their promises. As an evidence of his good will the Geners il has sent to tho hostiles several thousand pounds of flour and several hundred pounds of coffeo and sugar. The General ilso considered with them several of the important contracts which tho Indians slaim have been violated, and guaranteed ; ihat in future those contracts would be :omplied with to the letter. The chiefs were equally pleased with the kindly vestment they had received at the hands >f the General and left immediately for •amp. Gen. Miles demanded the surrenlerof the slayeVsof Lieut. Casey, and tho :hiefs promised to accede to the demand

WASHINGTON.

Senator Hurst is fatally ill. Blaine has asked for a reciprocity with Canada. Secretary Noblo thinks the Indians thou Id be disarmed and put to work. Some of the House Republicans consider the Senate silver bill too radical and will oppose it in its present form. The silver bill, as passed by the Senate is a free coinage measure.pure and simple, and free from all the national bank and bond legislation contained in the financial oill. -With the exception of slight technical amendments, and the omission of the provisions for converting into the treasury the national bank redemption fund, the bill is like that passed by the Senate last year, which was the basis of the compromise embodied in the present law. One of the most notable weddings from a social point of view, that has taken place in Washington since thatof Nellie Grant at the White House, was celebrated at St. Matthews church Wednesday with all the pompand impressiveness of the Catholic ritual and in the presence of Washington's most distingnised people. The brical couple were Miss Florence Audeareid, daughter of the late Co). Audenreid, of the army, one of the most beautiful girls in Washington society and Count De La Forest Devonne of Paris, an attache of the French legation In this city-

Referring to Mr. Choate’s motion in the United States Supreme Court on Monday, regarding the condemnation of the Canadian sealer, Say ward, in Alaska, the London Times says it is surprised that any Americans are found to object to the jurisdiction of the tribunal which, since th days of Chief Justloe Marshall, they have held up to the admiration of the world. It iddti “Here, the judgment of the court will be received with respect. Its decision in fs73r of Mr. Blaine’s contentions would ia no sense be binding upon us; and an adverse decision would put an end to Mr. Rial .e’s policy at a stroke " Thsre continues to be much interest felt in aoncrestienel circles u to wbat course asaboSy, the Allianoe members of the ne\t <<o-*o will take on pi-opoasd legislation generally; whethe* they will vote oftner w ith the Republicans « tbo Democrats , wnetfcor the/ will hold caucuses mako separator stsads upon leading topics of discussion, *tc. It. appears to be the prevailing opinion that they will not atv»rjpt to lead either party, but create thei V'■ • 4

own measures and vote independently e. all parties. The Alliance members will b too far below a plurality oontrol toattemp to achieve anything by caucus action ii the way of organization, and it will naturally be their bent to antagonize the ma ority, the Democrats. They can unquestionably accomplish some of their purpose.if they mane reasonable propositions. When the Senate adjourned Saturday evening at 6 o’clock it> terminated one ol the most- taxing sessions it hak held ir many years. It was continuous from 1C o’cjock Friday mornirg. The purpose ol the Republicans was to “sit opt” the elections bill, and bad an opportunity presented itself a vote upon that measure would have resulted. Ths Democrats were aware that it would not do for them to b; caught napping and they attempted to re main in their seats during all of Friday night and Saturday. The secondary proposition of Senator Hoar was to prove to those Senators who have hitherto opposed a closure rultthat nothing can be accomplished without a closure rule; that one is absolutely necessary if the elections bill or anything else is passed. He believes he has succeeded in doing this, and for this reason he consented to adjournment Saturday evening. The Democrats are also aware that the continuous session was an object lesson, and for that reason they studiously retrained from anything tha 1 could be construed as filibustering. Thus, though throughout the session the Republicans at no time had a_quorum, the Democrats remained in their seats and refrained from calling for a quorum, which they could have, done at any moment Again, on several amendments, they re trained from demanding the yeas and nays and on two of Mr. Hour's amendments they consented without oojeetion, thus carefully preserving the appea.^in o*. 0 *. ol parliamentary decorum.

FREE COINAGE.

The free-coinage bill was passed by the Senate on the 14th by the following vote: Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Barbour, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Butler, Cameron, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel, Eustis, Faulkner, Gibson, Gormans Hampton, Ingalls, Jones (Ark.), Jone, (Nev.), Kenna, McConpafi, Manderson, Mitchell, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco, Power, Pugh, Reagan, Sandftrs, Shoupe, Stanford, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorbees, Walthall, Walcott —39. Nays—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Carey, Casey, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Halo, Hawley, Higgins, HiscoCk, Hoar, McMillan, Platt, Quay, Sawyer, Sherman,- Spooner, Stockbridge. Warred, Washburn, Wilson (la.)‘ Wilson (Md.)—27. The bill as adopted is a substitute offered by Mr. Vest, a purely free coinage bill, which providos that the unit of value in the United States shall be the dollar, to be coined of 412% grains of standard silver,or 25 8-10 graihs of standard gold. Mr. Vest stated that his substitute was similar to the free coinage bill that passed the Senat zst session.

A Dodge of His Own.

During a crowd the other day on Fourteenth street, near Fifth avenue, a very solid man was rushing his way through tho mass of humanity, when he encountered a Dale,thin young man with the look of a consumptive, • The big man did not swerve a hair, and the thin young man’s elbow, which .was held out At an angle, tookjjhim in the left side. The big man gave a gasp, followed by a curse, and nearly lo6t bisballance, while the other passed on as cool as ice. He had turned aside to gaze into a window when the big man came up and said: •‘Friend, I want to feel of your right elbow, the oqe you gave me a dig yvith back there.” • •Oh, certainly,” was the reply as the elbow was extended. “Why—why—it’s hard as iron. “Yog, it is iron. That is I have an iron cap made for it. Just a fit you see, and padded with flannel! It’s an invention of my own. Haven’t long to live, and don't want to surrender any of my rights and privileges. You are number 22 to-day—all big men. American hogs vs. iron elbow, you Bee. Elbow always comes out ahead. Goodday.

The Mouse.

Anna Belinda sat quietly thinking, And Sally Hypatia sat reading a boek, When out from a corner, with little eyes blinking, A viaitor crept with s wonderful look; And though be was timid in manner, and shrinking, Yet Anna Belinda cried, “Mercy, I pray!" While t-ally Hypatia, not even once winking, Jumped over the sofa and fainted away. —Good Housekeeping.

THE MARKETS.

Indianapolis, January I©, 1891, ~ GRAIN. | Wheat Com. Oats, j Bye Indianapolis.. * $ “X I » Chlca«o —. 2 r'd »0 j 4a 43 —... Cincinnati * r><l 97 53 48X gLLouIA...L. av , d »X 48 43 “ New York.—. 2 r’dlW 69 60 80 Baltimore 97 **>4 50 Philadelphia. * r’dlOO 62 50 Clover Toledo... 99 51 44 4 42 Detroit . .—. Iwh 95 51 4oj', , Minneapolis: 91 .... ...... I Louisville ——•— LIVS STOCK Cattl* -Export grades $L40,g4.70 Good to cnoioe shippers ! common to medium shippers.... atoCkers, 500 to 850 ft.i.70<gi..45 Good to choice heifers J.tkkgjiUio Common to medium heifers 3.00(qt.'.-,o Good to choice cows.... Fair to medium c0tv5............ 1.50(®a.05 Hogs—Heavy...., 3. .«$ . u Light.... «K«3. 5 Mixed ;i. <5 . y Heavy r0ugh*....... y SnsßP-Good to choice 4. <xs4.M Pnirto medium. . a.65<8 .80 ♦. ■■ . " * V.l . v

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Anderson owns its own water works. I The Akron Eagle has suspended publiC cation. K Greenwood will put down an artesiaiE well. - . . ■ ■-•'■■■ ' : ' ' ' ■ f Anderson covers eight square miles, ow paper. Natural gas has been turned off at Co* lambus. Too weak. I Wm. B. Russell, of Wabash has sued hi* father-in-law for $5,000 for slander. ■ Kaolin of fine quality has been discover* ed on several farms in Scott county. -.. ■ Frank Huntsman’s saw mill, at Rolling* Prairie, burned Wednesday, loss, $4,000. I E. Queen & Co., near Portland, havel struck an oil well, tho flow being 150 bar I rels per day. I Elwood claims to have been stirred by* two slight shocks of earthquake on the! evening of the 3d. 1 Rev. Frederick Pettit is now in the! Northern prison serving his life sentence! for tho murder of his wife. 1 The farmers in Jay county bitterly op.l pose a liberal appropriation by the Statel in aid of the World’B Fair, Failure to win the affections of a young I lady at Kirklin was the cause of the sui«l cide of Charles Heiny, of Noblesvflle, 1 The Warrick county jail is without an I inmate, and it is claimed that fear o*| “white caps” deters crime in that county.! The Jeffersonville News calls upon th«| Legislature to establish a whipping post! for habitual drunkards who abuse their! families. ' I A case of Bmallpox has developed at I Otwell, and it is malignant in its type. AI man named Bolin contracted the disease at I Cannelton. A child was born near Monrovia on the I 16th with but one hand, and where tbe I other should bo there is a perfect mole’» I head and foot^ Dearborn county has a twelve year old I boy with feet fifteen inches in length. He I is called “Professor” because of the solid- I ity of his understanding. “White caps” raided Ellsworth, giving I Wm. Coffey a whipping, and the same night I James Burton, three miles south of this I place, was treated to a rough dose 0/ I brush. |

Lewis Phillips, a carpenter, of Pendles ton, went to Anderson to purchase building material, taking with him Ss>o. Reaching Anderson he drank to excess and was robbed of the money. Tho schools of Montpelier wore closed yesterday on account of scarlet fever. A great many of the scholars are down with tho fever, and fears are entertained that there will be an epidemic. Jacob Whetstine, of Martinsville, who lost his leg in an accident near Cincinnati has compromised his claim against the Big Four railway company for $3,600, be sides which he is given employment as a freight clerk at Shelby ville. Two men of cultivated appearance canvassed Tipton county in the organization of mathematical night schools, charging $1 n advance for each pupil. After the field had been well worked they disappeared, leaving a number of unpaid debts and untaught pupils. Ted Connors, a policeman at Crawfordsville, has brought suit for $5,000 against the Monon railway. He alleges that, while standing on the depot platform, a mail clerk threw'from the train a heavy mail sack, which struck his foot, causing permanent injury. This is a novel case, as it will be attempted to show that the rail- , roa<l company is responsible for the action of the mail clerks, who aro employed by the government. Monday night, during a religious meeting at West Fork, in Crawford county, a riot started among the members of three large families—the Lowes, Wisemans and Baggorlys. Pistols, knives, stones, cudgels and fists were used with a vengeanceFive men are lying at the point of death as a result of the conflict, and others are very seriously injured. Wm. Lowe, Wm Wise* man, John Wiseman, Robert Baggorly and Ed Jones are the worst injured. Two or three months ago a twelve-year-old boy made his appearance at the home of Henry Weikel, a farmer near Elkhart, and stated that he had just escaped from a baud of gypsies, who had stolen him from his home, and had had possession of him six years. Mr. Weikel gave the boy a home, finding him perfectly trustworthy and notified Marshal Coleman of the affair. The boy said he thought his father lived at Marion, Inch, and that his namo was Hale, wnereupon the officer wrote a letter which (ie requested the Marion postmaster to hand to somebody named Hale. This was done, and Wednesday, after the letter had made au extensive round, the officer received a reply from the boy’s father, who expressed great joy over the recovery of his son, and sent a ticket for his immediate return. The letter contained no particulars of the stealing of the boy.

CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the 13th Senator Sherman delivered a speech on the silver question. He opposed the free coinage amendment He sees no reason why the bullion producers of the West should be paid a bounty any more than wheat • raisers. Senator Allison and others spoke in th<f same vein. Congressman Stone, of Missouri, jumped an the elections bill Tuesday. Governor of Ohio replying, asked why conspicuous confederates had never been given prominence in Southern politics. He said the Republicans had treated ex-rebels better than the Democrats. Half a dozen membars participated in the debate, whloh grew out of nothing and led to nothing. Representative Enloe, of Tennessee, on tne 14th, introduced in the'House a resolution declaring that the conduct of Great Britain in filing a suggestion for determination of the fisheries controversy "by the U. S. Supreme Courtis withoutprecedent, prejudicial to the comity of nations and to the amicable conduct of international relations and in derogation of the dignity of. the government and people of the tJnited States. It also requests the President to communicate a copy of the resolution to the British government, if not in his Judgv sent against the public interests.