Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1874 — Page 7

INDIANA NEWS ITEMS.

Allen County. ' •' Joseph Glade, an old resident of Areola, was recently, attacked by drunken Philip Holland. Glade was severely injured, his le;: * being broken. Joseph Trove! a farmer living near Fort Wayne, the other day fell to the floor of his house, and instantly expired. Organic disease of the heart was what killed him. A sickening monstrosity was left in- the barnyard of a farmer near Huntertown the other night. It was wrapped in a coarse coffee-sack, and was about the height of a year-old child. Its head was of a pale lead color, the body appearing cut and bruised. The nose was inverted, and under the neck. In.-tead of two arms, a crooked limb, similar to an arm, projected from the back. This could be moved backward and forward, but not sideways. Where the feet and legs should be was a long, round, tube-like member, apparently hollow. The body was ribbed and grooved at regular intervalsCast* County. In an altercation at Logausport, the other morning, between Charles Kerns and David Schumach, Kerns stabbed Schumach, inflict, ng a fatal wound. Clarke County. Two negroes, named Chapman and Gravcropt, got into a dispute at a Jeffersonville ork-house the other day, which resulted in he shooting of Dan Carter, a negro who was andingby.and who was not concerned in lie fracas. Clinton County. The corn crop in the county is immense. It is estimated that there will be $300,000 worth of corn, $200,000 worth of wheat, and $350,000 worth of hogs sold in the county during the present year. Elkhart County. Five gamblers were recently arrested in Goshen and locked lip. They came from Elkhart. A few evenings ago a man paired” Aaron Cromiing, in the employ of Thomas & Stafford, millers at GUshen, started with a lighted candle from the first to the third story of the building, for the purpose of oiling the machinery. He had been gone but a few minutes when Mr. Stafford, who was in the office on the first floor, felt an unusual jarring of the machinery. lie hastened to the second floor, but, discovering nothing wrong, repaired at once to the third story, when an awful sigiit niet liis. vic'v. On a cog-wheel two feet in diameter was the lifeless remains of Cromiing. Wrapped around a shaft which connected a small cog-wheel was every strip of clothing worn by the unfortunate man before he was caught in the jaws of death. Mr. Stafford stopped the machinery by shutting off the water, and sounded the alarm. It required the united efforts of several men to extricate the body, which was horribly mutilated. The right leg was completely torn off, a portion of the body and his skull truffled. He must have been killed instantly, as the wheels make sixty revolutions a minute.

Fayette County. Eli Shephenrd & Son, extensive millers and grocers at Connersville, failed recently. Franklin County. Mrs. Win. Bresbe, of Brookville, recently gave birth to a child weighing only two pounds, and having two perfectly formed teeth. At last accounts the babe was doing well and promised to live. Johnson County. The court-louse at Franklin was totally destroyed by lire the other night. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Kosciusko Comity« Jerome B. Carpenter, the bigamist who had been confined in the County Jail at Warsaw, was recently tried, found guilty, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary. La Orange County. The La Grange Standard says there is a school district in the- county which refused last year and again refuses this year to have more than three months’ school, though the Trustees offered it eight nr ontlis each year. Shortly after leaving Lima, the other evening, the passengers on the train noticed an emigrant fall from his seat, as was supposed, in a fit. Upon going to his assistance it was found that he had stabbed himself six or eight times in the region of the heart with a common pocket-knife. Nothing is known of his name’ or nationality or what caused the deed. The car was full of passengers at the time, but so quietly was the act accomplished that nothing wrong- was—suspected until befell from his seat covered with blood. Madison County. Passenger train No. 10, bound north on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati <fe St. Louis Railroad, recently struck a hand-car a short distance north of Anderson. Engineer C. D. Luce, who was on the frontof the engine fixing the head-light at the time, was .badly hurt about the feet and legs, and received a gash on the head. The hand-car was taken from Ander. son by unknown parties, who deserted it when they heard the train approaching. Marion County. 8. Joseph, an Italian, recently had SBO stolen from him by one of his countrymen residing In Indianapolis. George Baker, who lost a leg while on duty ♦or the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad, some time since, has sued the road for SIO,OOO.

A few days ago Abraham Clark, an employe of the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad, while engaged in switching a train caught his foot in a frog of the track and fell under the train, which cut off both legs above the knees, producing death within two hours. He was a single man about twenty-one years of age. The total value of property in Indianapolis is valued for purposes of taxation at $7-1,029,-690—an ingrease of $5,500,000 over last year. Martin Burke, a section-hand on the Vandalia Railroad, was knocked under'the wheels of a freight train, at Indianapolis, ( the other morning. Both legs were, cut off close to the hips. In the Indianapolis Criminal Court the other morning Judge Jordan ruled that no penalty can be attached, under the Baxter law, for sales Of liquor after midnight, in violation of the nine o'clock section, The grave of Ji.hu Spear, an o!d resident of the county, was recently discovered to have been opened and the remains removed. Posey County. • The ot: er night, hs a young man named Reynolds was returning frofn chugch with a young lady, near the 'lllinois line, be w as waylaid by a rival named Morton, who shot him three times, from the effect of which he .died tic next day. Morton tied. IV- •. Bush County. , . . . '~ " ■ As a party of young men, consisting of two brothers named Stephens and one named ... . - T . ... , .

; leaving a spelling-match at Fay- ! ettevjile,* recently, three miles south of Vienna, theip horses, from some cause unknown, became throwing their riders, breaking the arm of one of the parly and severely bruising the others. The most curious part of the affair is that two of the horses ridden by the party were found dead a few minutes after the accident. Tippecanoe County. Mr. H B. Cochrane, who lives near Lafayette, has lately lost a half a dozen head of valuable cattle in a rather mysterious manner. The animals were apparently as well as ever until within a few moments of their death. In some eases they dropped down dead without any premonitory symptom. The only explanation which has been suggested ia that there may have been leeches in the mud at the bottom of the pond at which the animals drink, and the water being low they mav have been drawn into the mouth and swallowed by the animals. The tin store of Beunewitz & Co., of Lafayette, was . recently entered by burglars and goods worth $250 carried off. Jacob Huber, of Lafayette, lias died from the effect of the injuries received by falling over the railing at the side of the Heath Bunk building sfome days since. Vigo County. —v— — The Terre Haute Bank, which made an assignment some ;weeks ago, has been thrown into bankruptcy. The liabilities are $40,000, including $20,000 to depositors. Wayne County. A son of James Miller, while coming to Richmond the other morning, had a loaded gun in the bottom of his wagon. The moving of his foot accidentally raised the hammer, and the content., of the gun inflicted a serious wound in his arm, the ball glancing and entering the right eye, making a wound which will probably prove fatal.

The Postage on Newspapers, Etc.

Washington, Dee. t> The following instructions have been approved by Postmaster-Gen. Jewell in relation to the prepayment of postage on papers and other printed matter on and after Jan. 1, 1875, under the act of June 23,1874: Section 5 of said act divides the matter therein described into two classes and-lives the rate of postage on each as follows: On all newspapers and periodicals issued weekly or oftener two cents per pound or a fraction thereof; and on all those issued less frequently three cents per pound or a fraction thereof. Under See. 6, upon the receipt of such matter at the mailing office, properly assorted into the two classes, it musUbe prepaid (after deducting the weight of the sack) by special adhesive stamps furnished by the department for this purpose. Ordinary postage stamps canffot be used for this purpose, . nor can these stamps be med for any other purpose. Postmasters will make the following deductions for the weight of sacks, viz.: No. 1 jute sack, two and a half pounds; No. 2 jute sack, two pounds; No. I cotton sack, three and a quarter pounds; No. 2 cotton sack, three and a half pounds. On receipt of the postage the Postmaster will give a receipt from a" book of blank forms furnished by tire department. The stamps will then be affixed to the stub of the receipt and canceled by perforating them with a punch, and the blank spaces in the stub be filled to correspond with the receipt. Tiie stub-books are to be kept permanently in the office, to be ready to be produced -whenever demanded by the department. The Postmaster will render promptly at the end of each quarter, in blank forms furnished for the purpose, a statement of the postage collected from each publisher or news agent during the qunrte>\ These special stamps will be charged to Postmasters, and accounted for in the samemanner as ordinary postagestamps. ... Newspapers, periodicals and circulars deposited in a letter-carrier office for delivery by the office or its carriers are subject to postage at the following rates: On newspapers, regular or transient , not exceeding two ounces in weight, one. cent each; on periodicals, regular of transient, not exceed! og two ounces in weight, one cent each; oii periodicals, regular or transient, exceeding two ounces in weight, two cents each; circulars unsealed, one' cent; weekly newspapers 1o transient parties, one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. These rates must be prepaid by postage stamps affixed. Weekly newspapers to regular subscribers will be five cents per quarter. Under tiffs section county papers pass by mail free to subscribers actually residing within the county, but when delivered at let-ter-carrier offices, or by a letter-carrier, they are subject to the rates of postage fixed iri the laws and regulations, page 67, Sec. 158, namely: On publications not exceeding-four ounces in weight, issued less frequently than once a week, one cent, for each copy, and when issued once a week five cents additional per quarter, and five cents additional per quarter for each issue more frequent than once a week; An additional rate shall be charged for each additional four ounces or fraction thereof. These rates must be paid quarterly before delivery of such matter, either at the office of mailing or delivery. When not so paid, postage must be collected on delivery of each copy at transient rates, viz.: One cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. The foregoing instructions are to take effect the Ist day df January, 1875, and to continue in force until modified or superseded by the department. In regard to the question where newspapers and other printed matter must be weighed for prepayment of postage under the new law on and after 1 Jan. 1, 1875, it may be stated, by authority of the Postoffiee Department, that the general rule requiring the weighing to take place at the Postoffiee where the matter is mailed w-ill be modified foi convenience of publishers in any locality where it is shown to be desirable that weighing should be permitted elsewhere than at the Postoffiee. It is understood that New- York newspaper publishers prefer the •weighing to be done at the Postoffiee, while at Chicago and other cities it is desired to have printed matter received and weighed at the railway depot. Each application for a modification of the rule will be decided on its individual merits.

Sit and Set, Lay and Lie.

The two words “ sit” and “ get” are too often mistaken for each other. When a' grammar-class is asked, for the first time, if it is right to say “ hens set,” the “ court sets,” one-half of them, perhaps, will vote one way and the other half the other. The court means the Judge or Judges; the Judge sits, court sits, the jury sits, hens sit, birds sit. ‘'Setting hen” is.wrong: hens are riot “setters 15 or pointers. Set requires an objective case; we set a chair, but we sit in it. There is«A similar difliculty in the use of “ lie” and “ lay.” In families whose hens “ set” everything “lays,” and all “lay abed.” The quoted words are wrong. Lav means to place, and requires an objective, as “ the hen lays eggs.” “ Mow I jay me.” We should say the book Jupt <>n the table ; he lies abdd; lies low.; everybody lies, if you please, but, nobody lays unless he has something: to lay. —— .‘-r-' - —The length oft railways throughout the world exceeds 2,000.000 miles, and the capital invested in them in the lasi thirty years i#>about $4,1X10,000,000. —Pretty stiff—a Maine factory has turned out 175 tons of starch this year.

HAPS AND MISHAPS.

—A recent serenade so frightened a girl resident in Oberlin, Ohio, that she jumped out of bed and broke her leg. —Hans Hoeding, a farmer fifty-six years old, living near Omaha, recently dropped dead while dancing at a country baH. —Hillery Diubaugh, a much respected citizen of Danville, ©bio, was killed the other night by falling from a tree, a distance of fifty feet, to the ground. He was cutting oil a limb to get at a coon. —The banks of a sewer at Providence, R. 1., caved in upon a workman, the other day, and, as no one saw the accident, he would %ha£ been jkilled had not four seen the occurrence, and commenced to dig and howl for help. They were driven away, but returned, and, their persistence leading some men to dig at the spot, the man was rescued unharmed. —A Pittsburgh shopwoman has been sued by her landlord for libel,,, because when he seized her household goods for arrears of rent she hung in the window of her store the following conspicuous notice: “ Attention All—A widow woman to be sold out for the mere sum of twenty-two dollars, being one month’s rent and cost of suit. My child being sick caused me to be in arrears. I appeal to the public to help me. My ruthles* landlord, Jerry Sullivan, will sell me out and make me destitute. ‘ Vengeance is mine and I will repay/ saith the Lord.” —The mneteen-year-old son of Dr. W. H. Eldridge, of Charlestown, Mass., who bad suddenly disappeared from his home, returned recently, after an absence of about five weeks, and tells a remarkable story of his escape fr»m murder. On the night of his disappearance, when coming out of a store where he was employed, he was met by a man who informed him that there was a large fire raging in the vicinity of Chelsea Bridge. He accompanied the man, and upon their arrival at the bridge his companion seized him by the throat, choked him till he was unconscious, and threw him into the Mystic River. His sudden plunge into the water revived him, and, .being a good swimmer, he floated down stream and was fortunate enough to strike a floating spar, on which he floated out to sea. He subsequently became unconscious, and when he rallied again he was out of sight of land, still clinging to the log. After remaining in the water nineteen hours he was rescued by a brig bound for Greenland, and was afterward placed on board an English steamer and carried to Liverpool. He improved the first opportunity to return home.

Remarkable Discoveries.

W. F. Putnam, Jr., of Salem, Mass., director of the Peabody Academy and a Vice-President of Essex Institute, has been making a scientific exploration of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. He took home with him several specimens Of the eyeless fish which abound in the rivers of the cave, and a few fish hitherto unknown to exist there. These latter have eyes and are of a blackish colorthe blind fish being nearly white. Microscopic examination of the blind fish showed, where the eyes should be, a number of delicate threads which would seem to float above their heads. These are nervous filaments by which the sense of touch is made to replace that of sight. The fish that have eyes swim close to the bottom of the water instead of near the surface, as the blind fish do. A correspondent of the New York Mail , who gives that paper an account of . the dis—coveries, considers this fact a staggerer to the theory of Mr. Darwin. “If,” he says, “ as the Darwinians claim, the blind fish had lost the sense of sight from lack of need of it, and had been bleached out by the darkness in which they lived, these other fishes living still below, and. if possible, in a darker place than their eyeless brethren, should be quite asLlind and even more colorless.” Mr. Putnam found a strange variety of flora, which was pretty much all root. But the most remarkable discovery of all was that of human remains. Says the Mail correspondent : “ Mr. Putnam has brought home several skeletons found imbedded in the soil miles within these other caves. Some few miles in, also, they noticed curious piles of stone, which had in the center a round hole, and seemed to be blackened by a charred substance. Further in they came upon Bundles oT fagots tied with ropes of grass, which were evidently the tapers set to burn in these cairn candlesticks. They also found moccasins of . woven grass, here one and there another, in the soil, as though they had been cast off by their probably prehistoric owners; and in one place a pair tied up together by the same twine of woven grass. It is impossible at first sight to say whether these remains are hundreds or thousands of years old; but they are at any rate prehistoric, and there are indications to show that theyreach far back to the antiquity of tlrk Hbman cave-dwellers. Implements and,.utensils are also found in abundance, such as have’been discovered in European caves as well.” —According to the new military survey of the Russian Empire, the monarchy extends over 400,000 geographical square milesir ",

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CALLING CARDS -pos--1875! NOBBY DESIGNS. Itvfi, AGENTS WANTED. Send aPfty -j stamp for Circular. Wedding and Party orders a speNB eialtyat low prices. Vanderrook it Go., Designers and Engravers, I «' state and Ma(Ußon su ” FOR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS THE, RICHMOND PRINTS Have been held in high esteem by those who use a Calico. They are produced in all the novelties of changing fashions, and in conservative styles suited to the wants of many persons. Among the latter are the “STANDARD GRAY STYLES," Proper for the house or street—beautiful In designs and pleasing in coloring. “ Chocolate Standard Styles, ,T In great varietv, and widely known as most serviceable prints. Nothing berteF for daily wear. These goods bear ticket* an yuoied above. Your retailer should have thennandyour examinat ion and approval will coincide. THE “FAMILY FAVORITE.** simple. DURABLE. RELIABLE. Made of the best materials, parts Interchangeable and few in number, easily learned, doing a great variety of work without extraattacbments. We emphatically deny the statefncntS’madehy agents of other machines concerning our goods and our business standing. - m Mi line Co., 151$ State St., Chicago, 111. THEPIAI-HAEP Cabinet Organ. Patented December, 1874. A new and beautiful musical instrument—or improvement upon the Cabinet Organ—being a combination of the pianoforte and organ. To a complete FiveOctave Double Heed Organ is added a Piano-Harp, the tones of which are between those of the pianoforte and harp. It has a pianoforte action; Is played by the same keys with the organ, and may be ueed separately or with one or all the stops of the organ. It Is not llai ble to get out of order and does not require tuning. I Having thoroughly tested this beautiful improvement, we offer it with great confidence to the public. ! Price of PIANO-HABP CABINET ORGAN, being a Five-Octavk Double Reed Obqax, Six Stops; with Vox Humana, Automatic Swell, Knee Swell and Piano-Hakp, three and a half octaves; in Elegant Upright Resonant Case, S2OO. Circulars free. MASON & HAMLIN OBGAN CO., !$5 Union Square, New York;' 154 Tremont St., Boston; X SO Si 8/$ Adams St., Chicago TRYING ON THE BOOTS! , lo irj? On mb bool* before J Soon ai:, rv,-ut a came another letter, as follows: " bear Sir —My little boy lias .examined the specimen numbers which yon sent him, h . tried the boote on, and likes the fit. So please send him the i ouxs Folks’ News for one yeas. Fkkxuhe's Father. Send a three-cent stamp for a Specimen Cony. Try on. the bootejtret. They are Sure to tit. Price, only 81.‘-45, and warranted to last for one year, with a : handsome Chroino given “ to boot.” The paper for one year, postage paid, and the choice of four Chromos, tl.tl Or the paper, with either Chromo mounted, 1.50; or wUh Geo Chromos. mounted. *1.7r»5 or •| vithfour Chromos, mounted, $2.£5. Mounted Chromos are ready for framing. . ■ Send a three-cent stamp for a specimen number. ALFRED MARTIES, Pnblisher, 81 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.

g Dr" 3. Walker’s Californta YiiiBitters. are a purely Vegetabl® preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on toe lower ranges n the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the us® of Alcohol. The question ia almoC daily asked, "What is the cause of th® unparalleled success of Vinegar BreTERBt’ , Our answer is, that they remove the canse of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, ® perfect Renovator and Invigoratot of the system. Never before in th® history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the reicarkabl* qualities of Vinegar Bitters in hcaiingth* sick of every disease mania heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well a 3 a Tonio, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver ana Visceral Organs, m Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vihegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative. Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative. and Anti-Bilio**' Grateftil Thousands proclaim Vinegar Bitters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roanoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily remove the darkcolored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, - and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitters. No epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Pam in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitatation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsias One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. Scrofula, or King’s Evil, Whito Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, 014 Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc. In these, &3 in all other constitutional Diseases, Walker’s Vinegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intractable cases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. - - . Mechanical Diseases.—Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of Walker’s Vinegar Bittilrs occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors §pd Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Fin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are elleetuaHy destroyed and remoVed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelminitics will free the system from worms like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, ia young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonio Bitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it ia foul; yonr feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system 1 will follow. it. h. McDonald * co„ t Brat-gists an'l Gen. Arts.. Sun Francisco. California, 1 and cor. of Washington urn! Charlton Sts., N. V. ! Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. | Optic’s Magazine, 1875. Now is the time to Subscribe! The NewVoL : nine v. il!eonUin New Stories by Oliver Optic, Elijah ! Kellogg and others, besides many new features, all of ' w hlch are duly set forth in our Prospectus. Terms. , Auo per year, in advance. Specimen numbers mailed ‘ free on application. LEE Si SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston. j f • ' , fff , A. N K. * *S7—G, K% ! i m j pH is PAPER Unrated with INK. a. w.-.nurture* A by G. B. KANKA CO.. I*l Desrtorn St-.CMeage j For sale by AN. 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