Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1901 — Page 3

LINCOLN. TBe hour was on ns; where the man? The fateful sands unfaltering ran. And np the way of tears He came Into the years, i Our pastoral captain. Forth he cam* ~~ As ond 1 that answers to his name; Nor dreamed how high his charge, His work how fair and large— To set the stones back In the wail Lest the divided house should fall. And peace from men depart, Hope and the childlike heart. * We looked on him; “ ’Tis he,” we aaid, “Come crownless and unheralded, The shepherd who will keep The flocks, will fold the sheep.” Unknlghtly, yes: yet ’twas the mien Presaging the immortal scene, Some battle of his wars Who sealeth up the stars. Not he would take the past between His hands, wipe valor’s tablets clean, Commanding greatuess walt Till he stand at the-gate; Not he would cramp to one small head The awful laurels of the dead. Time’s mighty vintage cup, And drink all honor tip. No flutter of the banners bold Borne by the lusty sons of old, The haughty conquerors Set forward to their wars; Not his their blare, their pageantries, Their goal, their glory was not his; Humbly he came to keep The flocks, to fold the sheep. * The need comes not without the man; The prescient hours unceasing ran, And up the way of tears He came into the years. Our pastoral captain, skilled to crook ? The spear Into the pruning hook. The simple, kindly man, Lincoln, American. —John Vance Cheney, In the Independent.

LOTTIE'S INVESTMENT

Lottie wished so much to do something to help the little boy across the way who had been ill all the winter. As soon as he was able to sit up he had been put In a large chair with pillows all around him and drawn up in front of the window. Lottie did not know this little boy; that is one of the ways of city life, not to know one’s neighbors—a very hard way, too, for strangers, who miss the old friends of the old home, and long for words of sympathy and a friendly call now and then. The sight of the boy’s thin, pale face touched Lottie’s loving heart. When the snow was on the ground she got her young friends to help her build a snow man where the little fellow could look at their work from his window. There were some very cold days when Lottie’s mother would not let her

play out-of-doors; then she would hold her pet pigeon up to the glass where the little boy could see it. She wished many times she knew that little boy and her mamma knew his mamma; she would like to lend him her picture books. Lottie had some money given her for valentines. She was a great favorite with her young friends, and she thought to divide that money into sums that would buy a valentine for six of her dearest friends. “It was such lovely fun to send valentines,” she said, and still more fun to hear those who received them guessing and guessing again who sent them. The day before Valentine’s Day Lottie stood in the store selecting her valentines, and as she looked over them all she was attracted to one which was a handsomer one than she had ever seeti in her lif&_ She asked the price, and found that it would take all the money she had in her ' little purse. Oh, if she were only rich! she thought. A great many people older than Lottie have wished just as she did, when they have seen things they wanted very much and had not enough money to get them. It would be such a lovely valentine to send-to that little boy across the way who fc» d been in the house all winter and lost all the outdoor winter fun. But if she bought it, her other friends would not get nny valentines from her. She stood thinking it all over in her mind. “I know this one will make that sick boy very happy,” she thought, “and the other girls and boys will have some valentines sent them, I am sure. Besides, they are all well and have lots of fun every day, and they really don’t need valentines, That little sick boy does need a large, pretty one to cheer him up, and he does not know me nnd he will wonder who sent it; it will be lots of fun for him and lots of fun for me. I'll take this one,” Lottie said, as she counted out all her money. She skipped and hopped along the street on her homeward way as happy children often do. ' But when she reached home she remembered that she did not even know the little boy’s nnme. How should she address it? Somehow where there is a will there is always a wuy. When she talked the mutter over with mamma, she told her to nddress it in these words: “For tlio boy who is ill,” nnd take it over after dark the* night before St. Valentine’s Day, ring the bell, and leave it right oil the mat before the door. This Lottie did. running dpwn the steps ns fast as she could after pulling the bell. The next dny what was her delight to see the large chair drawn up before the window, the little invalid in it, und in his hands the valentine. He took It out of the envelope and looked at it for a long time; then his mother came and leaned over the bgck of the chair and looked at it, too. They smiled and talked about it, but of course Lottie could not hear what they snid, but she knew by their looks that thyy were very much pleased with it. Lottie had made the child very happy. A few days afterward Lottie saw a carriage standing in front of the house, and soon a gentleman came down the steps with the little boy all wrapped up in furs in his arms. They got in the carriage, and then a lady came 'down the steps with bags and bundles; she got in, too, and the driver stnrted his horses and off they went out of sight. Then moving wagons 'came, and men carried out all the furniture. The house was shut up after that, and the sign, “To Rent,” was put up on the door. , Lottie never knew the little boy’s name,

REMEMBERED BY ST. VALENTINE

but she speaks of him as her “No name valentine,” and hopes some time to meet him somewhere in this great world and get really acquainted with him. She says it will be just like a story book if she does.—The Evangelist. ' *-» ABE LINCOLN IN HIS HOME. One of Hia First Servants Tells Some . 'Nice Things About Him. In a modest Chicago cottage lives Mrs. Mary Gaughan, a washerwoman, who is proud of the fact that she was a domestic in the Lincoln household while the martyr President was yet a struggling lawyer at Springfield. Mrs. Gaughan tells some interesting things about Lincoln’s home life. “Mr. Lincoln was very regular in his habits,” she says. “He was a great reader and would be generally found at home nights with his books and papers. He used to like music, too, and was very fond of listening to his wife while she played the piano. The family was popular with all classes of people. When the Catholics were trying to raise funds to build their church at Springfield, Mrs. Lincoln baked a cake, which brought $5 at a church fair. She was a famous cook, and would prefer to prepare her own pastry rather than patronise the bakeries.

“Mr. Lincoln was kind to everybody. Just the winter after his election to the Presidency and before his inauguration he used to keep a cow. In the extremely cold weather he used to insist on milking the animal himself, because he did not think I ought to expose myself. His wife, however, used to object to his doing the milking. She was a good woman, too —a smarter woman than he was a man. She would often help me wash, iron or bake, so that I could get off and play with little Tad. He used to love to play blind man’s buff, and Mr. Lincoln often shared in the game. We used to tie a handkerchief around his eyes. Many a time while he was playing blind man he would tumble over a chair in order to give Tad an opportunity to escape capture. “When -Mr. Lincoln went to Washington he used to write back to Mrs. Dr. Todd, his wife’s sister, for whom I was working, that since he had been at the capital he was not able to have his laundry work done as neatly as Mary used to do it, and the cook at the White House was far different from Mary, and he did not enjoy the latter’s dinners as much as the famous meals that Mary used to prepare.”

Lincoln's Proverbs.

An autograph letter that I would like to own was shown me a few days ago. ”A. Lincoln” was bqldly signed at the end of it, and this wisdom was there,

paragraphed in this wise: “Do not worry.” “Eat three square meals a day.” “Say your prayers.” “Think of your wife.” “Be courteous to your creditors.” “Keep your digestion good.” “Steer clear of biliousness.” “Exercise.” “Go slow and easy.” “Maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but, my friend, these, I reckon, will give you a good lift.” —New York Times.

Late Story of Lincoln.

Among the reminiscences of the Lin-coln-'Douglns debates is one by Gen. Clark E. Carr, formerly minister to Denmark. It emphasizes the wonderful tact of Mr. Lincoln. Gen. Carr said: “Mr. Douglas had the opening and conclusion, and he got in one shot on Mr. Lincoln that was so pat that even the adherents of that gentleman had to join in the laughter. Mr. Lincoln, in the course of his remarks, twitted his opponent with making only one speech; a set oration which he delivered to each new audience, the suggestion being that he was incapable of changing his stock address. In reply Mr. Douglas said that he admitted the charge, and conceded that his rival knew in advance what he was going to say. He wished that he could foretell with the same exactness what Mr. Lincoln, was going to say, but alas! that was impossible, since he changed his argument to suit his audiences, making a fierce abolition talk in communities where that sentiment was strongly entertained, as at Galesburg, but in southern Illinois ignoring abolition and standing up squarely as an old-time Whig.”

A Bachelor’s Valentine.

If I were younger, Mary Jane Would not so guyly flout me. Of if she did I’d make It plain She could not do without me. She will not be my vuleutlne. Forsooth, the maids are plenty— I’ll venture that she would be mine If I were oue-aud-twenty. Wtfy, forty years ago there were A score I could have married. And every one outfavored her; But then, of course, I tarried Till Ann and Lou and Susie, too, And all the rest I mind me. Dropped me because, they said, they knew They knew not where to And me. But as It Is the Widow Black, Thank heaven, has some reason, And knows that meu, like fruit, don't lack In worth If out of season. To her’l'll send a billet doux And state my fortune clearly— Some thousands. I'll admit to yotr— And she will lore me dearly!

No Funds.

“You promised to be my valentine, you know.” “Yea, but your valentine came with a ‘postace due' stamp.”

FARMS AND FARMERS

New Farming Implement. Benjamin F, Brown, of Wedington, Ark., has designed the- apparatus shown in the picture for use in destroying insects and noxious weeds and also for burning stumps of trees. It consists of a firebox, which burns either coal or wood, with a rotary fan to create intense heat by forcing the draught The furnace is mounted on a twowheeled carriage, which makes it easy to transport it from place to place, and arrangement is made for adjusting the size of the mouth through which the fiery draught is emitted and also for revolving the fan by band when the machine is standing still, as when burning a stump. When utilized for destroying weeds or burning stubble the hood Is adjusted close to the ground and the machine propelled at a rapid rate, when the gearing puts the fan in motion and drives a fierce heat through the opening in front, which cuts a

INSECT AND WEED DESTROYER.

swath of ashes through the field. By providing for the substitution of a fer-tilizer-spreading apparatus or seeder in place of the firebox the machine’s utility can be greatly increased, and it will be found a valuable addition to the stock of farm machinery.

About the Horse. To the ordinary mind the hair of the horse would seem to be strongly “conducive to healthy skin.” Other writers say that “horse-clipping is a sanitary measure, as a long, heavy coat of shaggy hair cannot be conducive to healthy skin.” It is beyond doubt that horses regularly clipped are subject to a number of ills that do not affect undipped horses so generally or so seriously. Nature may be trusted in the matter of fitting to each animal its covering. The horse’s coat is his entire wardrobe. His hair protects him in both summer and winter. If the hair should be clipped from horses, why should uot the feathers be stripped or clipped from birds, the shells from turtles, and the hair and wool from,all animals? What did nature intend, then, when she developed the horse and put updn him his hair, tail and mane? Who ever saw or heard of a diseased or unhealthy skin In a herd of wild horses? Removal of the natural coat must necessarily affect the horse’s power to stand sudden chills when heated, or quick heating when he finds himself out in the hot sun, $r radiation of warmth, or evaporation of perspiration. Queer ideas are the order of the day in the horse world. For example, some horse writers insist that the working horse should go unshod. In soft and stoneless dirt a horse might go unshod and do considerable work, but in stony localities the hoofs of unshod horses would simply be broken and splintered up to the quick.—The Farmer’g Voice.

Stile for Wire Fences. A wire fence is an ugly affair to cross either by climbing over or crawling under ox between the strands. The accompanying illustration shows a handy

WIRE FENCE STILE.

arrangement where one must cross a wire fence occasionally and does not wish to lose the tension on the wires by cutting a gateway. This double Bteplndder can be put together In a few moments and will prove a very convenient affair.—American Agriculturist Oleo and Process Batter. It is asesrted that the renovated or process butter can be readily and surely detected by plncing a small piece on a glass plate and pressing It to a thin film with a cover glass. It gives out a mottled appearance of blue and yellow under a microscope with a selenite plate, while with butter freshly made there was only a plain blue appearance. The yellow appearance was due to fat crystals formed by heating and cooling during the renovating process. Normal butter has no crystals. Oleomargarine shows the crystallized appearance even more plainly than the renovated butter, which is due to the lard and tallow in it, as those substances crystallize easily. Out of over 250 samples of alleged butter tested in this way 58 showed signs by crystallization of having been melted and cooled again, and most of these they were able to trace back to the renovating factorial

While other tests were used on some of the samples this seems to be the most reliable.—American Cultivator. How to Hang a Gate. I opened a gate to-day which was a back-breaker. It was sixteen feet long and six-board high,.with braces. The owner is abundantly able to have gates on hinges. Every gate on my farm, used to any extent, swings on hinges. The post to which the gate is hung should be large. At the bottom should be spiked two pieces of scantling two feet long. The hole should be four feet deep. The dirt should be tamped in thoroughly from the bottom to top. A gate hung to such a post will never sag. The post will not yield a particle. It Is a pleasure to go in and out at such a gate. A child can open and shut it with ease, nor will it break the matron’s back to open and shut it when she finds it necessary, as all farmers’ matrons will find it once in a while; at least, mine has and doubtless will more than once in the future. Hinges do not cost much and a little extra labor won’t kill.—Twentieth Century Farmer.

Among the Poultry. Air out that henhouse. A comfortable ben is generally a profitable ben. Remember thata thoroughbred male is half the flock. Before saying that poultry on the farm doesn’t pay, think twice. A fat hen will cover eggs some better than a poor one, probably because she will produce more feverish heat. At a recent convention held in the Interest of poultry it was decided that 55 per cent id about an average hatch of an incubator. The fowl that is “stunted” at any time while young never becomes the, fowl that it would have been under proper treatment. People, like trees, are known by their fruit In one form or another, and he who knowingly sells poor eggs will also he judged by his fruit.—Farmers’ Voice.

Cabbage for Cows. A report received at the Department of Agriculture discusses the feeding of cabbages “and cabbage leaves to milch cows. Cabbages are usually condemned as cow feed owing to their alleged effect on the flavor bf the milk. A test made showed that the milk of cows fed on cabbages directly after milking was untainted. In a report of the New Zealand Department of Agriculture it is stated that forty tons to fifty tons of cabbages per acre have been grown at the experimental farm and fed to cows with most satisfactory results. Up to twenty pounds was given to each cow night and morning, with the result that the increase of butter averaged one pound per cow. Where Creameries Prosper. Creameries cannot prosper unless in a community where good cows abound, and good dairymen are as necessary as good cows, says the Texas Farm and Ranch. None but good dairymen have good cows, and good cows have none but good dairymen. There is another necessity without which creameries cannot prosper, but it is rarely Included in “good dairymen”—this is good farm or dairy papers. Where creameries exist, it is good policy for each contributing dairyman, as well as the creamery management, to encourage by every legitimate means the circulation of such papers in the community. It requires intelligence to make the butter factories go. Wee I Out Cow Boarder**. There are two varieties of cows, says the American Agriculturist, the cow that gives more than she eats and the cow that eats more than she gives. Which variety would you prefer in making up a dairy herd? Which variety do you actually have? Now there is no difficulty about telling the cow of one class from the cow of the other. There used to be, but there isn’t now. The Babcock test does it. The apparatus consists of a small scale, a Babcock test, and a little gumption. By testing each cow separately a man can soon tell which ones are paying a profit and which are merely boarders.

Keep Up with the Procession. ' In the chicken business, as in every other, the knowledge of yesterday is not sufficient for to-day, says Poultry Success. With the new day come new ideas, new experiments, new lessons. We are constantly learning something, and the man who reaches a point where he is so sure he knows it all that he ceases making any attempt to learn becomes a back number in Just about twenty-four hours.

Six Hours Afloat.

A London paper relates the trying experience of an English sailor. He could not swim, and was six hours in the water during a storm. He hod a life-preserver, but was in constant terror lest it should slip from his grasp. If it did he knew he could never regain it He had fallen off the bow-chains of the veaeeL and from midnight to daylight the life-boat was searching for him while the ship lay to. Many captains would have desisted in au hour or two, but this one persevered, and the men were finally rewarded with a sight of their comrade a mile away. A day’s rest restored his strength, and be resumed bis dangerous duties. In Austria, mushrooms are grown in coal-pits.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTB TERSELY TOLD. i - Tale of Double Life Bared—Fatal Result of Quarrel Over a Girl—Fire Destroy* Opera House at Peru—Coin la Not Found. The recent reunion of the Sipe family in Kokomo brought to light a romantic story of double life. In 1805 S. T. Montgomery, who married into the Sipe family, was editor of the Kokomo Tribune. In 3870 he went to Mishawaka and published the Mishawaka Enterprise. Soon afterward he was reported to have been burned to death in the fire which destroyed the Studebaker wagon works. Mrs. Montgomery returned to Kokomo. Five years later William Montgomery, the oldest of the children, found his father at La Grange, Ohio, where he had married again and was serving as Mayor of the village under the name of “Maj. Wright S. Clarke.” Young Montgomery did not disclose his discovery to his mother. Mrs. Montgomery died several years later without knowing that her husband was alive. Ten years later young Montgomery met "Maj. Clarke” at Manistiqne, Mich., where “Clarke” was publishing the Manistique Pioneer. 'This time he introduced himself and the father acknowledged his identity, but the secret went no further. Young Montgomery obtained control of the Manistique Sun, a rival publication, and ran it in opposition to his father’s paper, a bitter newspaper war being kept up for years. Eight years ago the son moved his paper to Republic, where he was burned to death in trying to rescue his family. “Maj. Clarke” died at Manistique a short time ago. . He was a Mexican and Civil War veteran.

Slain with a Knife. Lee Walker, a farmer lad 20 years old, stabbed to death Edward Brown, a lifelong friend, at a church in Point township. The young men had for several months past sought the company of the same young lady. Walker took her to prayer meeting on a recent night, and after the meeting Brown met them on the outside. A few words followed and Walker drew a barlow knife and* began cutting Brown. “Don’t kill me,” he cried, as he fell at the feet of the young woman. After he fell Walker stabbed him several times. He then walked up to the girl and wiped the knife on her apron with this remark: “I guess you are now satisfied. You chose him in preference to me.” Walker escaped. Opera House Is Destroyed. «The Miller opera house in Peru was destroyed by fire, together with its contents. The plant of the Daily Chronicle, the job printing plant of Miller & Wallick, the confectionery store of Charles Griswold and the farming implements store of D. E. Inkenbury were also damaged. The loss on the opera house is $20,000, covered by insurance; loss on Daily Chronicle plant, $2,500, and to Miller & Wallick, $2,000, both insured. A defective light in the dressing room of the theater caused the fire. . Operation Without Results. Surgeons cut into the trachea of the little son of William Purdy of Pawpaw township, to remove the gold coin which the boy swallowed six months ago, and which with the aid of the X-ray, was found lodged in the trachea. The surgeons failed to discover the coin where it had been located. They say the gold piece must have slipped down into the bronchial tube and that another operation will be necessary to save the boy’s life. Within Our Borders. Oscar E. Lewis will be Shelbyville’s next postmaster. South Bend will celebrate its seventieth anniversary. Marion United Brethren Church reports a revival with 134 accessions. Anderson business inen are trying to secure the Hoffman automobile factory from Cleveland. Gus Theobald of Shelbyville, by mistake moved his goods into a house which he had not rented. Delaware County Prohibitionists endorsed the actions of Mrs. Carrie Nation at Wichita, Kan. Anderson people believe that burnedout carbon ends of electric lights are good for rheumatism. North Lincoln citizens have their guns loaded for a “peeping Thomas” who has been annoying them lately. Elizabeth Parigin of Clinton County has lived under every President of the United States. Her age is 104. El wood has ordered up all board sidewalks because of the large number of damage suits caused by “trips.” A country boy who clerks in a Knightstown store walks to and from bis home, three miles, and is always on time. Montgomery County Commissioners granted two franchises for electric roads from Crawfordsvilie to Indianapolis. New Castle has a club called “The Western Star.” Its motto is “Pnrlty,” and its aim to do uli the god possible. The proposed election to choose a postmaster for Kokomo has fallen through, as all the candidates have withdrawn. Walter Cason, Lebanon, plead*! gu'lty at Frankfort to assault and battery on Miss Minnie Kern, and was fined $25. and costs. A worm tub in a Lawrenceburg distillery burst, flooding everything in reach. Several workmen narrowly escaped drowning. John Lockridgo killed an eagle near Versailles which weighed fifteen pounds and measured seven feet two inches from tip to tip. James Harris, West Terre Haute, was killed instantly by falling down the shaft of his father’s coal mine, with a coal car. A stranger giving the name of L. W. Ashley was arrested in Sullivan County. It is said he has been terrorizing people of Riverton by entering their homes and holding them up in the highway. 'The Standard Oil Company has purchased the Indiana production of the Manhattan Oil Company and the Cndahy company. Price was almost a million dollars. Biggest deal in the history of the Indiana field.

INDIANA LAWMAKERS

The Senate committee on the judiciary reported favorably Monday on the bill making the taking of a prisoner from the sheriff and lynching him prima facie evidence of neglect of duty and at onee vacating the office. The bill waa amended so that the sheriff, before he can be reinstated, mnst show to the satisfaction of the Governor that he was not to blame. The same body amended the railroad subsidy bill so that no road can secure a subsidy in excess of $4,000’ per mile through the township voting the aid. The bill providing for a canal from Lake Michigan to the Calumet river was advanced to second reading. The House passed by a practically unanimous vote the bill to encourage the borrowing of the school fund, so much of which is now unloaned. The bill takes all the expense of appraisement and recording mortgages from the borrower, and also provides that counties may borrow from the fond, but not for a longer period than five years. The bill to prevent the desecration of the soldiers’ monument was also passed. In the Senate on Tuesday the Lieutenant Governor held that the resolution offered by Senator Stillwell instructing the Governor to recognize requisition for Taylor and Finley, should Gov. Beckham present one, was out of order. Senator Stillwell appealed, bat the Senate sustained its presiding officer by a vote of 28 to 9; Senator Agnew’s bill providing for the construction of a ship canal from Lake Michigan, at East Chicago, to the Cainmet River, a distance of about three miles, was. passed by the State Senate on Wednesday. The project which the bill authorizes will take $2,009,000 or $3,000,000 and will provide for the entrance of large lake freight steamers into the canal, making the ground along its bor ders of immense value for the location of factories. The proposed waterway is to be as large as the Chicago drainage canal,' and Senator Agnew says there is a great demand in Chicago for good factory warehouse sites, and if the canal project is Carried out the result will be that a large of factories will come into Indiana territory. The Cainmet River at Hammond will have to be dredged. The conrt, under the provisions of the bill, is to appoint a commission of three disinterested persons, who shall make report to the court as to the benefits and damages resulting from the construction of the canal. If the damages exceed the benefits the conrt may discharge the commission and the work will not have to be carried on, unless by petition. If the canal is constructed, the anthor of the bill says, the land along its course will be worth $3,000 an acre. At no point along the proposed waterway is the land more than seven feet above the level of the lake, which fact will make the canat easy of construction. Interest in the Legislature centered mainly Thursday in proposed investigations of State institutions. Senator Inman of the minority offered a resolution for inquiry into the management of the reformatory at Jeffersonville, the reform school at Plainfield and the northern prison at Michigan City. The resolution was tabled by a party vote, but later a resolution to Investigate the management of the Jeffersonville reformatory was adopted unanimously. The main charges against the institution are that they are extravagantly managed, and that there are deficits at each. Charges of cruelty J:o girls at the reform school for girls in Indianapolis led to a resolution author izing the appointment of a committee to make an investigation and report to the Senate. This committee consists of Senators Agnew, Goodwine, Binkley, Lambert, Corr and Purcell. THo House on Friday passed the bill which provides that a natural gas company failing to supply the amount of gas required by ordinance of the city or town in which it has a franchise, shall give rebates proportioned to the failure. The James bill, requiring every institution in the State to make an itemized report of expenses for 1900 within ten days .after the passage of, the bill, was also passed; also a bill making the minimum wage on all public works 20 cents an hour. A resolution was introduced declaring that the United States Constitution provides that persons charged with crime shall be extradited; that failure on the part of public officers to do their duty leads to lynching, and that it is the duty of Gov. Durbin to honor a requisition for the return to Kentucky of W. S. Taylor and Charles Finley if Gov. Beckham requests it. Speaker Artman said he would decide Monday whether or not this resolution is out of order. The Sen ate passed the anti-lynching bill, which causes the sheriff from whose custody aprisoner is taken and lynched, to vacate his office instanter, and makes his reinstatement dependent upon his ability to satisfy the Governor that he was not at fault. Bills have been prepared for the removal of the blind and deaf and dumb institutions from Indianapolis, and their location at points where ground is less valuable. Both branches appointed committees to investigate the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersouville.

Short State Items.

Another case of smallpox at Harrodsbnrg. ‘ Three cases of smallpox in one family at Cicero. Lee Corder, Merom, had his arm torn off by corn crusher. ' A herd of twelve fine cattle was killed by three dogs near Kokomo. John Wybum, a peddler, has been missing from Richmond eight weeks. Richard Probasco, Anderson, prominent merchant, died at Knightstown. Auburn Ims an epidemic of mumps, the victims being mostly grown persona. Commercial Club at Terre Haute is soliciting subscriptions to secure a rolling mill. At Franklin the jury in the Baker murder ease returned a verdict of guilty, fixing punishment at life imprisonment. The recent opening of two saloons lit Windfall when the town has been without wet goods for several years, is causing a lot of trouble. ,’j9| Qne hundred and thirty-nine negroes at Rock port were indicted by the Spencer County grand jury on the charge of »*% ing their votes last election day. . John C. Lawler, Salem, was elected joint Senator from Jackson and WaalH kigton counties, to succeed Senator Gar-, riott, who died in Indianapolis. *-