Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1891 — Page 2

: THE REPUBLICAN. Gross E. Makmiau- Publisher. RENSSELAER - INDIANA

FASHION NOTES.

Figured silks are very fashionable, •hot silks areem ployed.but not for complete dresses, only for sleeves, plastrons, chemisettes, and so on, and also for the front width of adress The juxtaposition of fur with dainty evening silks and laces is a new Parisian departure. Narrow borders of mink and sable surround the bot tom of skirts and edge the bodices of ball dresses. The smartest thing to wear ata theater party is a cape of Irish point lace, which reaches to just below the shoulders. It is found, like many of the styles of to-day, is a bit primlooking, but decidedly effective. Very' pale gray gloves are" worn with en t ire white cost times. The effect is a little odd, inasmuch as the hands look a shade darker than does the upper part of the arm, and consequently have what might be called a dustgpiOok. Black lace dresses will also be very popular during the fall and winter and reception. The Chantilly is the best, but many of the dotted and figured nets will be worn over silk slips, sometimes colored, but more often black. The zigzag pattern in dress mater; ial is decidedly the thing. The pattern is in all sides and shades, and fashionable whether in woollen, silk, satin, or velvet. The. long waist continues to be liked both for cqs.i turnes and jackets except in the case of young women who preses round waists and plain skirts. Crape has never been worn,tosuch an extent as now. Mourning gowns are nearly covered with it, and even the smallest children will wear it "when bereaved. Veils reach quite to the hem of the dress in the back, and are hemmed half a yard deep. Capes are made with a faJl of erape, with an inset of Henrietta covered in turn with crape. A beautiful costume at a recent afternoon reception was worn by a well-known leader of society. She was attired in a black velvet sleeveless jacket, heavily beaded, over a black poplin gown spotted with velvet. The small bonnet worn with this costume was of a pale blue crepe flecked with gold and black and adorned with yellow wings, the strings being of black velvet fastened with amber pins. The George Washington jabots are the latest fancy accessories to tho wardrobe. Jhey are made of crepe and chiffon, and form loose-flowing fronts from the neck to the waist. A high standing collar fits snugly around the throat and fastens at tho neck with a bow. They are, of course, adjustable, and any dress, whether new or old. can be easily adapted to them. Long cuffs of the same fall well over the hands.

NEEDED LEGISLATION.

Baking Powder Bill by the - Minnesota Senate. From the St. Paul Dispatch. The recent newspaper discussion of the dangerous qualities of ammonia comes from the alarming increase of its use in baking powders. People who absorb it in small quantities from day to day suffer from slow ammonia poisoning. Taken internally in sufficient qnaptities it eats away the coating of the stomach and intestines and causes death. Slow ammonia poisoning produces various forms of stomach trouble. Not one woman in ten thousand would use an ammonia baking powder if she knew it. Such powders would not only undermine the health, but Ammonia imparts a sallow and blotched complexion. Following is the bill recently passed by the Minnesota senate? Its the danger signal which the law throws out for the protection of the people: A BUI for an Act to Regulate the Traffic In Baking Powder. Section I.—Any person who shall knowingly sell or procure the sale, or offer for sale of any package or can of Baking Powder, containing any Ammonia, in it. not distinctly, legibly and durably branded stamped or marked in a conspicuous place with the words in the English-language “This Ba king Powder contains Ammonia ’ in letters of groat pica, or any letters equivalent thereto 'in length, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not less than S2O nor more than SSO; shatf be confined in the County Jail not less than ten or more than twenty days or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Section 2.—The sale or offer for sale of the substance mentioned in the foregoing section in packages not stamped, marked, branded or labelled as therein required, shall be prima-facieevidence of knowledge of the character of said substance, on the part of the person selling or offering for tale and his employer. • Sections, —This Act shall be in force on and after its passage. Note.— An Incident occurred in the house when the senate bill came up for passage, in reference to an amendment proposed by Mr. Diment This was opposed by several members. Mr. Feig said that if the bill as It came from the senate was alright then the amendment wt.s all wrong. The amendment compelling the printing of the %rord “Ammon a” on the label only affected tho Royal Baking Powder, and no wmsder they felt the senate bill blow at them. Kerosene applications to the skin of animals, are remedied for lice and skin ailments, are too severe. One gill of kerosene added to a quart of cottoo* Mod oil it hatter. _

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Fire did <200.000 damage at Beverly, Mass.. Sunday. “Ex-Congressman H. F. I’agc died at Circleville, 0.. on the 28th. A powder mill at Youngstown. Ohio, e r v ploded on the 28th killing two men. Elliott King, tho noted leader of thf greenback movement in Maine, is dead. A court martial is busy at theAnhapo. ers.” •♦ ~ . ■ It has been decided to hold a national military encampment in Chicago during the World's fair. The prairie fires in Oklahoma are destroying much property, and several lives are reported lost. Burglars chloroformed Mrs. Mary E. J. Dow, of Dover. N. H„ and took 85,T0C Worth of diamondsand <2,020 in securities. “Rain King'’_Afelbourne denies that he has sold his invention and says that, he will furnish Kansas with rain aXJO cents per acre. Gohl in paying quantities was struckby men drilling for the water-works tunnel under the Missouri river at Kan--'sas Clt y. ’ At Raleigh, N.C., Anthony Jordan, colored, was canght-in theropes of a balloon and carried he was killed. y Senator Quay has brought suit againsl the Pittsburg Post and otherpapers for Jn Bardsiey's crooked financial! ransact ions. The schooner L. B. Hatch, bound- for Boston from Newfoundland, has been abandoned at sea. The crew was rescued by a passing steamer. "Dr. Stolinski, on entering his office at Ottinnwa. la., found L. A. Stevens, a stair dent, dead. Investigation showed that he had been killed bv burglars and a valuable diamond pin stolen. Representatives from colleges of seven Southern States met at Charleston. S. C., on the3oth, for the purpose of organizing a Southern Monumental College to erect a monument to Jefferson Davis. ■ It is not believed that any resident of Oklahoma will be appointed to the governorship of that Territory, all residents having more or less prejudice on the location of the Capital question. At the meeting of the trades and labor ■assembly at Chicago a committee was an pointed to co-operate with other organized labor bodies to circulate petitions and agitate for the release of Oscar Neebe. the Anarchist. Mrs. Maria Kailburg, of Boston, bus sued Father O'Donnell, a Catholic priest, for boycotting her business. She would not send her children to Hie parochial school. She says he ruined her trade, and wants 85,000 damages. A New-Brunswick prodigy in the per son of a six-year-old boy, four feet highblonde mustache, weighing 142 pouude and capable of easily lifting 2(X) pounds' was recently sent to the reform school on account of incorrigibility. The Adjutant-General has decided that all military colleges receiving arms and amuhition from the national government for the purposes of instruction,. and to which an officer of the United States Army has been detailed as professor of military tactics, must display the national flag on all occasions when, under army regulations. the use of the flag is called for. Adispatch. from—l )<• n is*m, Te\.. reports the singular death of a little girl in the Choctaw nation on Bltfi? River. Saturday last a Mrs. Deeding carried her child into the front yard, placed her on the ground and returned to. the house. Some time later the mother went for the child and found a large snake coiled around he r neck. After uncoiling the snake and killing it. Mrs Deering found that the child had been strangled to death. Superintendent of Immigration Gwen has decided to proceed against, the Buffalo Brass and Iron Bedstead Company, of Hufl^lo,A- Y„ for what is regarded as one of the most flagrant violations of the alien contract labor laivdliat has-eome under the. observation of the Treasury Department. Inspector Barry, of Buffalocon t ract la borers who were brought over from BirminghamEngland. to work for this firm. The Bureau of Immigration is in possession of the written contracts entered into bet ween the firm and the laborers, by which the company paid the men's fares across the ocean, and there is a stipulation in the contract that the laborers were to contribute <2 each out ,of their wages until half the amount paid for their passage over was liquidated. The firm will be promptly prosecuted by the federal authorities.

FOREIGN.

Riots occurred at Cork. Ireland, again Sunday. Emperor William’s efforts at social reform form the leading topic at Berlin. It is now feared that 10.000 lives were lost in The recent earthquake in Japan. Sandingham hall, the residence in London of the Prince of Wales, was damaged SIOO,OOO by fire Sunday. England has been flooded with false and sensational reports cabled from America about the Chilian imbroglio. Mr. Patrick McDermott, the McCarthyite candidate, has been elected without opposition to the seat in the House of Commons for North Kilkenny, left vacant by the death of Sir John Pone Hennessey, The nomination was given to Mr. McDermott after it had been declined by Mr. Michael Davitt. ” ■ ■ . Advjcesfrom Melbourne state that the epidemic of influenza shows no signs ol abating. Nearly every family in thecity is afflicted. In one, large establishment fifty employes were attacked, and one physician reports five hundred eases. Serious reports come from country districts, and deaths arc becoming alarmingly numerous. Naval authorities at Plymouth do not express much sympathy for the fishermen who claim to have had their boats damaged by the firing practice of her Majesty’® ships. They daim tbatThe flshchhen are in the habit of sneaking their boat* into some locality in range of the firing so that the boats may be sunk by a sfray ■hot and the fishermen be enriched by a liberal recompense. It pays, the navy people say, better than fishing.

EARTHQUAKED.

Three Thousand Lives Lost by an Upheaval in Japan. Entire Towns of Nagoya, Gifu, and Ogakl I-aid in Ruins—Number of Europeans Perished—Meagre Details. Dispatches received at London on the 3tst from Iliogan, Japan, say that the t rrible earthquake, which occurred in that country on Wednesday last destroyed tht towns of Nagoya, fxlTu and Ogaki. All the public buildings and most ofthe smaller struct tires in these places w ere thrown down. A fire, which, started among ths wrecked buildings- in- Nagoya, completed t he Work of destruction in the most crowded quarter of the place. It is estimated that the total number of persons who lost their lives by the disaster exceeded three thousand. Many vessels arc reported to have been wrecked in the vicinity ol II logo, and during the seismic disturbance’ the waters in the lakes in the surrounding country were violently agitated. A few portions of Niphon island escaped tha earthquake^and Kobe suffered compara-tiveiy-UUte ttamage. y-—-<■ u - The number of Europeans who lost theft lives by the terrible visitation is small. r Ehe various-wagon roads arc blockaded by the immense heaps of debris. Traffic on the different railroads is suspended, and all the telegraphlJjpes_jare- entirely pros(■rated, thus shutting off almost all communication with the devastated placesIn consequence full details of the awful catastrophe cannot be learned for several days! to come.

ANNEXATION.

The Feeling for It. Rapidly Growing in Canada - -Recent (.'lterances. A strong feeling in favor of independence is growing in Quebec, and it can safely be said that at least two-thirdsotth« people are favorable to it, There was a time when such sentiments as are being openly expressed at present would have been met with the cry of “traitor,” 'That time is past. Not only the French press advocates it. but a respectable portion of the English press have lately come otrt.in support of it. The peopleare getting dis satisfied with the existing state of affairs, which Is by no means encouraging. Agaifl in Ontario, annexation meetings are being held in different parts weekly, and Colonel White,-Conservative member of Par--liainetrt,:isaboirt si starttng an annexatTdn organ, l.e National, a Quebec government organ, come out with astrong article in favor of independence. It says the efforts of Sir Charles Tupper to sell the French-Cana Bans to tho English people, with the only object of forcing trade te the Canadian Pacific railroad, and tho adjournment of the reciprocity conference, are sure indications that Canada is- no more a country, but, a field of operation for all the monopolists and organizers of English plunderings. The article gets in a slap at the Govcrnor.General, and goes on to say that the only reason for forcing ns to exchange our products with Australia js to justify the Canadian Pacific in opening new lines of steamships- and obtaining contracts at exhorbitant prices for the carriage of mails and British troops.

EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.

Said to Have Thrown Down a City and Killed 300 Inhabitants. ’ "*■ • A private telegram dated Hiogo. received at London on the 28th contain:' the report conveyed in former teiqgrams that a disastiWs,earthqnake shock lias occurred in Japan. This telegram says that a severe shock was experienced at Osaka, and that the destruction of both life and property was very great. So severe was the shock that a number of houses were thrown to the ground, and many of thw occupants werecanghtin the falling buildings and crushed to <1 eat h. A large number of persons succeeded ill escaping from their tot tering homes only to meet death in th si eels, to which they had fled for safety from the falling debris. There ts no means at present of estimating the total loss ol life. In fact the details of tho catastrophe are very meager, as all the telegraph wires are broken in the districts affected by the falling of the polos, which wer thrown down by the seismic disturbance. The above mentioned private dispatch, however, states, that it is known tjiat in Osaka alone the- 1 death list contains the names of three hundred of the residents ol that city.

THE MARKETS.

InOianapolis. Nov. 2, 13Jt. Wheat. j Corn. 1 Oats, j Kje. luulanupoha.. y r *d 94 1w 57 2w30 Ulnciuuati..,.. yrd 97 58 31 94 •SI. 1.0ui5... .. 2 r’d U 3 51. 27 85 New York ... 2 r’d 1 03: 63 W Baltimore.... 102' 6t> 36 96‘j Philadelphia. 2 r’d 102 65 36> s Clovei Toledo. 98i 58 29-4 Detroit 1 wh 91> t 55 2v ' Minneapolis.. S:i ’’ ’’ CATTLE. Fancy. 1.450t0 1.650 Good, 1,300 to 1.450 tbs 4 7(u<s U) Good to choice shippers 4 ojqt>4 50 Fair to medium shippers 3 so Common shippers.. 2-75(03 o;i Stockers, common to gb0d...... 225 00 Good to choice heifers., 2 65(53 oi Fair tomedium heifers 2 2553 qj Common, thin heifers....... ... 1 65(52 16 Good to choice cows .1..,.. 2 65M3 00 Fair to medium cows 2 0632 4) Veals, cofflmcn to dhoice. 3 6035 00 Bulls, edmmon to choice 1 so®2 75 Milkers, medium to g00d......25 0o'»?5 0.) Milkers, common to fair ,1) 00.|20 00 HOUb Heavy packing and shiopens....sl 25<ii 55 Mixeu..... ; ’. 4 20,04 44 Best common light 4 20,04 w Heavy roughs... 3 1 SHEEP. Good to choice.,.. .44 6o@l 3-, ■ Fair to medium 3 4J: Common to medium..- .1....... 3 QOfai 5, Lamos, good to choice 4'tM*s Or Lambs, common to medium 3 5054 3-. Bucks, V head 2 50@3 *» MISCELLANEOUS. Eggs, 18c; butter, creamery, 22<g2 lc dairy, 20c: good country 12c; feathers, 35cbeeswax, 35ql<0c; wool 30«32c unwashed* 82c; hens, tOc; turkeys Ic clover seel 86®4.50.

DOES IT MEAN TROUBLE?

Chili’s Unsatisiactory Answer May Cause War. Mach Ado Created by the Chilian Reply— What Naval Officers Say and Think of the Affislr. The President and members of the Cabinet were in secret consultation for several hours on the 29th over a cipher dispatch from Minister Egan, in which he gave the reply of the Chilian government to the of October 23, asking reparation for the recent murderof American sailors in the streets of Valparaiso. Late on the night of the 29th a translation of Minister Egan’s dispatch was made public. It is as follows: The Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs replied that the government of the United States formulates demands and advances threats that.without being cast back With acrimony, are not acceptable, nor could they be accepted in the present case, or in any other of like nature. He does not doubtthe sincerity, rectitude or expertness of investigation on board the Baltimore, but will recognize only the jurisdiction and authority of his own country to judge and punish the guilty in Chilian territory. He says the administrative and judicial authorities have been investigatring affairs; that judicial investigation tin der Chiliaulaw is secret, and the time has not arrived to know tho result. When that time does arrive he will communicate the result, although he does.uot recognize any other authority competent ta judge criminal cases than that established by the Chilian people. Until the time arrives to disclose the result of the investigation he can not admit that the disorders in Valparaiso or the silence of his department should appear as an expression of unfriendliness toward the government of the United States which might put in peril the friendly relations between the two countries. According to such information as can be obtained the course urged by the more moderate members of the Cabinet was to Take no decisive action until the permanent goverment which has just been chosen in Chili shall take the place of the present provisional government. The Cabinet meeting last week and the meeting held since, at which the subject has been discussed, decided that Chili should be allowed a reasonable time to investigate the bloody work in the streets of Valparaiso and tender reparation for it. If the demand is not promptly met by a suitabl o apology, the punishment of the criminals and an indemnity in money, American vessels will begin to concentrate on the Chilian coast and every preparation made for the bombardment of Valparaiso, if such a course be deemed necessary. The President and Secretary Blaine are very much in earnest in the feeling that we should allow no trifling in so serious a matter, and that we should not allow it to appear that we are indifferent to, the sufferings which have been inflicted on the families of our sailors by their causeless murder,.,nor to the dignity of dur uniform by the outrage put uppn it. The Chilians believe that the English would come to their assistance in order to protect the hitrate beds, in which English capital I s ■heavily, invested. They aginc that, the openlng of Aiiferlcan guns on the defenses of Valparaiso would be. the signal for counter fire from English ironclads.

Naval officers are confident that the dispute with Chill can only be settled by a display of force by this government. The talk about available vessels and the possibility of assembling a sufficient fleet before. Valparaiso to compel Chilian respect is animated among naval meh, and officers are beginning to think of active duty on board ship Secretary Tracy will, no doubt, in a few days, if the dispatches from Chili are not more courteous and reassnrlng. send the Chicago and the Nestatk after the Yorktown and the Boston, which have started for Valparaiso, and later on will support the vessels already under orders for Chili by others, including, if necessary, the ships of the North Atlantic squadron, now almost ready to sail. Admiral Gherhardi has unofficially suggested to the Navy Department thathe be ordered to sail for Valparaiso at once with the Philadelphia and Concord. It seems probable that his suggestion will be acted upon, though no orders have yet been issued. But the presence of the U. S. fleet would probably bring to Valparaiso a large fleet of British war vessels*. British interests in Chili are large, and it is assumed that any demonstration by th 0 United States would be watched with concern by the British fleet, and that if a determination to shell the city was' reached by this Government, the lives and property of the subjects of Great Britain would have to be considered. The suggestion of British intervention is not likely, however to deter the United States from following a course that will compell respect for our flag, and an expression of respect for taking the lives of menwearing the uniform of the United States. If Great Britain is influential in Chili, it is believed that its power could be exercised beneficially to btflng the Chilian authorities to their senses. The Government can not take any immediate action at Valparaiso to'enforce its demand. The Baltimore alone would not be equal to the task of compelling Chili to make a speedy and satisfactory answer. Several weeks must pass before the fleet can be greatly increased. The interim may be used to reach an amicable settlement, and it is possible that it will be employed by Chili in preparation for sustaining its attitude of defiance and apparent hostility. The greatest ferment exists in the South American trade in London, over the news from South America. The general impression is that Chili will light and that the United States is now in a position' where It must light or retreat with dis--ftonor. Nd person of responsibility has yet been found who doubts that America will come out foremost in the end, but the general impression is that Chili will have for the present a decided advantage. The sentiment of the merchant!le houses trading -with Chili is strongly against war, and

the nitrate interests are opposed to it on the grounds that the United States mighty through an arrangement with Peru, get possession of the nitrate beds. The change of feeling since Wednesday is most significant Then the idea of war was poohpoohed. Thursday the South American opinion in London was exactly the reverse and war is regarded as almost inevitableDispatches of Saturday, from Santiago, say: ‘An official account of the fight closes as follows: “Of the combatants, thirty Americans and eleven Chilians were committed before the judicial authorities. They fought with knives, stones and everything they could lay their hands bn. There was one killed and several wounded. It is estimated that there were 160 American sailors froth the Baltimore on shore at the time of the tumult.” It is suggested by a Chilian, friend of Senor Montt that the disparity between the numbers of the arrests of Americans and Chilians was, perhaps, due to the readiness with which the latter would find concealment, whereas the American sailors, wearing uniforms and beingstrangers, were readily apprehended. United States Minister Egan, Captain Schley, of the Baltimore, and William B. McCreery. United States consul afValparaiso, were in close consultation throughout the day, and though it is not possible to obtain any definite statement from them for publication regarding the nature of the result of their long deliberations, it can be said that they all consider the reply of the Junta to Minister Egan’s note asking for proper explanation of the Valparaiso collision as decidedly insulting to the United States government. It is also known they regard the situation at present as serious. The reply of the Junta they think means that Chili is indignant at the demands of the United States; that she will take her own time to consider the matter, and that when the Junta reaches a conclusion that government will settle the matter without reference to the views of the United States on the subject. It is generally admitted here by thtf supporters of the government and by the Americans and those in sympathy with them, that the situation of affairs as regards the dispute between the United States and Chili has not yet improved. In fact, the anti-American feeling is growing in bitterness, and all the American officials in Chill are apprehensive that further trouble is brewing. The exact nature of this trouble they are unable to define, but they see little prospect that an amicable settlement of the Valparaiso incident will soon be reached, and the signs of increasing popular animosity toward the United States Government give ground for apprehension and indignation.

CONVICTS RELEASED.

Sensational Culmination of the Tennessee Mining Troubles, Two Thousand Five Hundred Men Heavily Armed Enforce Their Demand for the Release of the Convicts. The convicts in the Briceville mining regions (Tennnessee) were released by miners Friday night. Particulars are given as follows: The citizens in Briceville began to hear squads of men passing through the place on their way to the stockades between 8 and 9 o’clock Friday night. This was kept up for nearly an hour. It was about 9;30 when two hundred men descended Walden's ridge, approaching the, stockade from the oast. They called upon Tvarden Cross to deliver them the keys of the prison. While this was going on the magazine was blowed up and the stockade surrounded by 2,500 men. Cress gave up the keys, and when the 141 convicts were released they assisted in burning and destroying the property. The attacking party then moved on the Chumley or Coal Creek stockade, and a halt was made near there. Twenty-five men were sent forward to demand the surrender of the conyicts. The men kept up continuous volleys from their Winchesters. Only one guard was on duty, and he los 1 no time in obeying. The convicts were told to go, and many bf themfs§TtWiW- = ville, were given citizens’ clothes. When the convicts were liberated they plundered Chumley’s store and destroyed the stockade furniture. The office building was set on fine by the overturning of a stove. The mob then descended to the valley, where they set off several dynamite bombs and fired a small cannon they had with them. The racket occasioned by these discharges, together with the explosion of the ammunition stored at Briceville stockade, which the fire touched off. created the impression among non-partici-pants that a small war was in progress. This, however, was not the case, as, there was not a single shot fired nt any man, br any personal violence. The woods, fields and railroad tracks around the two stockades were generously strewn with the striped suits of the released convicts. Convicts in gangs of tens and twenties were wanderingall over tho surrounding country. Ono convict arrived at a small settlement near .Coal Creek who was still in his stripes, and he was quickly sent on his way rejoicing. Several gangs were seen at various points along the K. & O. railroad. Whenever they asked for help it was freely given them by the natives. A citizen of Coal Creek pointed out a group of men to the reporter, remarKing: ‘'Those men are not of this place,” but when asked where they came from the citizen shut up like a clam. At another time they wereto'd that one of the group he had been conversing with was an escaped conylct, but further information was refused. A large number of convicts who could not obtain citizen’s clothes returned to Coal Creek during the day and surrendered to the guard. Dispatches on the 2d say: The convicts are hiding in the mountains of Kentucky. The prison officials rejiort that about 350 convicts have been released Governor Buchanan has order -d the militia to be ready for duty at a moment’s notice. There is much uneasiness nt Briceville, and atpliver Springs, Tracy City and Inman, where convicts are employed, over the rumors that the niners there have organized with a vicw„>l'l> j erating all convicts working at tje-A places. The Governor has.offered a rewa d. for the capture of the convicts.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Frailkfort is boring for gas. Typhoid fever Is epidemic near Wilkinson. Jamestown has subscribed <1,700 to bor» for natural gas. Weather signals are to be sounded from the mill at Brownsburg. Contracts have been let for the proposed tin-plate works at Elwood. „ ■ Princeton has a new fire-bell, and it isrung on the slightest provocation Hogs are dying with cholera In the Streets and alleys of Jeffersonville. An electric car linp from Columbus to Nashville, Brown county, is talked of. The fourth-class postmasters of Hamilton county are clamoring for more pay. Seventy-two mules were cremated in the burning of the Evansville street car tables. A seven foot vein of coal has been found at Sandborn, Knox county, at a depth of 60 feet.

The daughter of Henry Sprenger, o? Seymour, was permanently disfigured by a kick from a colt. The little daughter of Jack Payne, nea r Morganton, was burned to death while playing with matches. The contents of one keg of beer injudiciously distributed at Ft. Wayne resulted in fines aggregating <lls. Footpads met D. R. Hinder on the street at Anderson, and after binding and gagging him, robbed him of <26.50. A second growth of apples, large as walnuts, was picked from a tree at Elkhart. The tree blossomed in August. Ethel Haxton, a domestic in a Richmond family, fell heir to $3,000 cash, and she will utilize it in securing an education. It is again rumored that the DePauw glass works may pcmbve from New Albany to the gas field, probably Alexandria. A turn-buckle factory, at Brazil, was destroyed by lire on the 30th. Loss SIOO,000. Fifty workmen are thrown oiit of i employment. Horse thieves are becoming bold and adroit in their operations in Porter county, and the organization of vigilance committees is threatened by plundered farmers. The County Commissioners at Washington have ordered $1,892 to be paid to John B. Billheimer, to pay expenses in hunting down the alledged court house incendiariesA mysterious animal, supposed to be a wild-cat or panther, has been devouring sheep, hogs and small stock near the Loblolly swamp, which extends through a portion of Jay and Adams counties. Mr. J. Morton, a prominent citizen oi Evansville, is a defaulter for <IO,OOO, divied between insurance companies for which he was agent and a building association, of which he was secretary. Ten miles above Vincennes where the Mariah creek debauches into the Wabash, i§ called fishermen’s paradise. Some men recently with hook and line caught more than 200 beautiful bass from that place. Frank Melton, of Romney, ordered a barrel of coal oil.but gasoline was shipped to him, and a quantity was retailed to patrons before the error was discovered John Westfall filled his lamps, and he used a portion to start a fire in his stove, both cdhtributing to a general wreck. George Mattlock, aged sixty, living iu the northern part of Brown county, was seized by masked men and severely whipped. He also claims that, after administering the punishment, they went to his house and stole <IOO. Several of his assailants were recognized and warrants have been issued. David L. Okes, of English, is tho.pwner of the only “winged frog” known to have ever been caught in this State. The curiosity is eighteen inches long and weighs little loss than five pounds. Mr. Okes has refused <25, offered by the Crawford County Fair Association, and he will have the reptile stuffed and mounted for future preservation.

A trial for SIOO,OOO damages began Noy. 5, at Princeton. Marshall Lafeity was’a conductor on the O. &M. road, and was charged with embezzling tickets. He was indicted by a grand jury, but acquitted oh trial. He brought suit for damage and obtained a verdict for $3,000. The court gave the defendant a new trial, and it is now again on. .Senator Voorhees and other brilliant legal talent are conducting the course. At Belknap, a station on the Big Four> a man named Hartline killed a Miss Thurman on the evening of the 30th, and then shot himself. He had been keeping conn panv with her, and became jealous because she had accepted attention from another man. Meeting her on the road he shot hey, inflicting a wound that caused her to fall but did not kill her. He t,hen placed his Winchester to her head and blew out her brains. Before he could be prevented he placed the weapon to his own head and fired, falling dead beside his victim.

POLITICS AND MURDER.

A Combination of the two at an Alliance Meeting-Five Men Killed. News reached Little Rock, Ark., on the 29th, of a terrible hand to hand encounter at Bucksport, twenty miles from Eldorado, Union county, at a Farmers Alliance mass-meeting. State Lecturer Bryan, of the Alliance, was the principal speaker of the evening. Shortly after he had concluded his speech, a quarrel took place among several of the spectators, which was soon taken up by many others in the > audience. Winchester rifles, shot guns and pistols were used with deadly effect. Burt Manning, J. H, Town and th re® others whose names could not be learned were killed, and several slightly woundedSheriff Goodwin, of Union county, left Eldorado for the scene of trouble. Redhot politics was the solo causp of the trouble. The Prohibition National Committee wIP meet InJCnicago at the Sherman House on December 17. Sylvester Johnson, of Indianapolis, member of the committee for -Indiana, has been notified and will attend The meeting will determine where the next national Prohibition'conference for :the nomination of a candidate for PresD dent will be held. The last convention was held in Indianapolis.' -