Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1901 — Page 3

FARM AND GARDEN

Barn Conveniences. There should be In every stable a closet large enough to allow the hanging up of all harnesses, whether for carriage or work teams, and so snugly made that when the doors are shut the closet will be nearly air-tight. The cost of such a closet will be more than repaid by the saving of leather from the fumes of ammonia, if there is a cellar for manure under the building, and from the dampness caused by the breath of animals or in other ways. Another and smaller closet, or box with shelves, near the animals, or two —one for the horses and one for the cattle—in which to keep currycombs, brushes, cattle cards, sponges, hammer and nails, often needed, and little bottles or packages of simple remedies that may be needed for a sick animal, to save calling a veterinarian, or to save the animal until he can be brought there. We usually had tincture of aconite, saltpetre, powdered charcoal and a bottle of some liniment on hand always. Then a rack in the stables to hold forks, shovel, hoes and brooms for cleaning them out, and another in some other place for forks, rakes and broom, as well as other things used in feeding. When there is but one place for each article, and that is always in its place, no time Is lost in hunting for it, and there is less breakage from their being thrown down, stepped on or run over. The field tools should have a room or place separate from those that are used at the barn nearly every day.—American Cultivator. A Sap Boiler. The device for boiling maple sugar consists of coils of one-inch pipe, bent or cut and connected with L’s to set top of the arch under the sap pan, as shown. Dotted lines A A A A show where it may be bent, B union to connect with feeder, C throttle to regulate feed, D delivery pipe can be turned down, as shown by dotted lines, to allow the pan to be drawn off. „ I find this device a great saving of

DEVICE FOR SAP BOILING.

fuel, says a correspondent in Rural New Yorker. Tile sap running the whole length of pipe comes out boiling hot, frothing and sputtering like a scolding woman, but do not be alarmed at the noise it makes, for it will do no harm if you keep sufficient sap running in so it will not all evaporate In the pipe and consequently burn. Tenant Farmins. Why should not the American system of tenant farming be abolished? asks a correspondent of the Prairie Farmer. It is already a fruitful source of wrong and a menace to free Institutions, dethroning the goddess of justice and supplanting her with the goddess of greed, keeping in a state of servility our disinherited fellow-farmers, many of whom were robbed of their birthright before they were born, when their rightful heritage was given to the railroad magnates, who in turn have robbed and now continue to rob their beneficiaries, the people, by exorbitant rates. We, the surplus landowners, both rural and urban, hold in our grasp the destiny of this republic for weal of woe. Then why not heal the mortal disease that is gnawing at her vitals? My twenty-five years, under monarchy convinces me that the landlord and the renter system is the blight and deathknell of republics and the bulwark of monarchies. The Kansas landlord paid only $1.25 an acre forty years ago for the land that now brings him an annual rental of from $2 to $5 and upward. The system begets an impoverished soil, impoverished peasantry, and poorhouse and penitentiary candidates. Cotton Crop Ten Million Bales. The statistician of the department of agriculture reports 10,100,000 bales as the probable cotton production of the United States for 1900-1. The estimated yield In pounds of lint cotton per acre Is as follows: Virglbin 180 Louisiana 234 North Carolina. 189 Texus 226 South Carolina. 167 Arkansas 223 Georgia 172 Tennessee 177 Florida 133 Missouri 275 Alabama 191 Oklahoma 318 Mississippi ... .159 Indian Territory.2B9 The acreage after eliminating all land from froth which no crop will be gathered is estimated at 25,034,734. Old Apple Trees Need Food. When you clean up the henhouse wheel the guano out among the small fruit and young trees. There Is no better fertilizer under the sun. If you have any left over wheel It into the orchard. The old apple trees are as greedy for food, and more so, than young trees. It Is folly of the biggest kind to expect trees to go on and on bearing heavy loads of good fruit and starve them. They need food Just as much As you do. Profits In Bmall Thlnns. That farmer Is fully up to his prlv* lieges when he and the matron can make enough from the poultry, the •mall fruits, tbs truck patch «*d ths

orchard to defray expenses of the table, clothing and other necessities and luxuries of a personal nature. 4 If he does this the staples, cattle, sheep and hogs which may be sold can be used in buying a son and daughter a few acres, etc., to commence life with, or perchance to build a bam or mansion. Such farming is profitable, andywithin the capabilities of the majority of farmers. Kicking Hones. Many years ago we were run away with by an old horse, because sbfue older person would not trust us to harness him to the sleigh, and hitched him so close that he hit his heels. Some horses would have kicked the sleigh to pieces, but we were able to guide him for two or three miles without any greater damage than bruising the horse’s legs a little. Since then we have seen a colt that would allow the whiflletree to hit his heels without any protest excepting to come down to a walk and step carefully, while another horse we owned would stop so short as to almost throw us over the dasher whenever a strap gave way. It was all a matter of early training, and while every one should see before starting out that the harness is in good condition, those who raise- the colts can easily train them so they will neither run away nor kick in case of an accident Perhaps some colts inherit the kicking instinct, but more get it by bad management, while care should break the others of it.—American Cultivator. Whole Corn In the Silo. It is claimed that when the ensilage corn is good enough to yield from 70 to 90 bushels of ears to the acre that it is as mtich corn as needs to be fed with it, and the grain ration should be bran, middlings or oats. When it is less than this, coi-nmeal should be added. But something depends upon the dry fodder used with it. With corn stover or timothy hay use more of the gluten or middlings than when clover hay is used. With clover hay to furnish protein, more corn may t>e used to supply the carbonaceous or heating food, while timothy and corn stover lack the protein that is found in the middlings, bran or gluten meal. If the bran is cold or the cattle are much out of. doors, more corn is required to keep up the heat in the Astern and prevent it consuming its own fat or the butter fat.—Exchange.

Hay and Stock Scales. A correspondent tells of a farmer who decided to put in stock scales. While waiting for them he had an offer for a lot of cattle at a certain price for the lot, or at so much per pound. He asked for time to-decide, and when the scales came he hustled them into place and weighed the cattle, with result that they brought sl2 more when weighed than they would have brought at the lump price offered by the buyer. All large farmers should have such scales, not only in buying and selling, but they need them when fattening stock, that they may see whether the gain each week is paying for the food. Alfalfa and Cream. The cream from cows that have been fed on alfalfa will average about 10 per cent of the milk. A sample of every contribution is taken in a little glass jar by Western creameries, hermetically sealed and marked with the date and the farmer's number an<\ put away on a shelf until the attendant has time to analyze it and record the value of the contribution it represents. The farmer is paid from 2 to 4 cents a quart, according to the richness of the milk and the local demand. Books on the Farmstead. Lots of books should be about the farmstead, so that the boys and girls will grow up to be Intelligent men and accomplished women. If they early acquire a taste for good reading it will save them from much foolishness and the parents often from anxiety. Books are cheap, and there can be uo legal excuse for a farm home not being the home of useful intelligence. Feeding Value of Roots. An exchange says: “In estimating the feeding value of such crops as beets, turnips, etc., the value of 100 pounds of beets Is placed at 19 cents, rutabagas at 15 cents and the ordinary turnips at 11 cents. This makes these foods cheap compared with some kinds, and they are also beneficial outside of their actual food value.”

Dairy Cows In Winter. Keep the cows In good, warm stables, give plenty es feed rich in protein, such ns alfalfa, clover, soy beans, bran and the like, and when the weather Is fine turn tUfe cows out In the yard for exercise.

The Trolley in Siberia.

Electricity is conquering the world with greater rapidity than did Its mighty predecessor in mechanical achievement—steam. The gradual opening of the Trans-Siberian Railroad has led io the Introduction of electric light and electric machinery Into the towns of Siberia. Recently the municipality of Vladivostok decided that electric trolleys were Indispensable to the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of that remote city, and It was resolved to build at once about twenty mlee of electric tramways and to light the town with electricity, besides introducing other modeni conveniences. Most of the machinery will be of American manufacture.

The Old Man's Place.

New Woman—l’m going to lecture on Woman's Rights. ' Husband (plaintively)—And what will I do? New Woman—Well, I suppose I might take you along as a frightful example.

An electric plow, operated by movable trolley wires, has been Invented la JtoUtt. PruMi*.

CUBANS THREATEN.

ISLAND SEEMS RIPE FOR ANOTHER WAR. * Natives Demand Withdrawal pf Troops and Refuse Guarantees Eelief in Washington that a Crisis in Our Relations Cannot Loni Be Deferred. The most serious question now before Congress and the President, although the people at large seem to have little appreciation of its real gravity, is rapidly coming to a.head, says a Washington correspondent. It would be impossible to exaggerate the serious concern with which the cabinet at recent meetings has discussed the Cuban situation, both as to the relations of the Cubans toward each other and of the future relations between the United States, and Cuba. There has been such an official decrying of “sensationalism” that most of the Washington •orrespondents have'refrafned from using exact words in referring to the outlook, hence the masses of the people have not appreciated how critical it really is. One word describes both the fear and the anticipation of official Washington concerning the question: War. Those who have given serious attention to the subject will regard it as almost a miracle if open ruptures between the two peoples concerned and a resort to arms by misguided Cubans is avoided. A year ago the Cubans were apparently grateful to Americans for -what 4iad been and was being done for them. Today they say that they had about attained their independence before the United States stepped in, and their charges that the United States was an interloper with sinister purposes are accompanied by covert threats of war. Not only are the Cuban factions at swords’ points with each other, but the dominant radical element has shown itself wholly unamena-, ble to the wholesome intiuences of the United States, and in the preparation of a constitution they have adopted a highhanded and insulting attitude toward this country. So far as it goes, the proposed constitution, apparently with intent, completely ignores this country, makes no provision for a naval base for us, gives uS no specific rights over Cuba’s policies, which we will assuredly demand, and reserves the right to expel any foreigner “as pernicious to the government,” and this last provision is doubtless aimed at any Americans who may become troublesome to the Cuban authorities. Cubans Talking; of War.To show that the air of Cuba is full of serious talk of war against the United States it is only necessary to quote the following extract from an editorial from one of the conservative journals of the island, El Vigilancia: “It must not be forgotten,” says El Vigilancia, “that the first cry of armed rebellion, the first shot that echoes through our fields, will be the signature—written by Cubans themselves —to the death sentence of the independence of the country. The courage, tenacity and willingness to suffer demonstrated by the greater part of the Cubans who fought against the Spanish army were magnificent. But the American army is twenty times more numerous, and American resources twenty times greater. “We would lack the suppox-t of a great nation such as we had yesterday against Spain. We would lack a refuge to which to fly; we would lack arms, ammunition, even a field in which to operate; in fact, we would have nothing with which to carry on a war except men, whom we assuredly could find among the former revolutionists. - That our ultimate victory would be impossible is indubitable. “Our long-sustained ideal would be everlastingly placed beyond our reach by the brute force of a potent race. To prevent this, to preclude the possibilities of any opening shot being fired, is a work of humanity and worthy labor for intelligent patriots.”

APPEALS TO WAR VETERANS.

Commander Rasaienr Urges Them to Join the G. A. K. Commander-in-chief Leo Rassieur of the Grand Army of the Republic has issued an address to veterans, in which he urges those who fought in the Civil War but who are nt present outside the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic to join the organization. The address reads as follows: “The nineteenth century is a thing of the past, and of all the agencies which have been effective in giving it prominence and character in the world’s history none will stand superior to the Grand Army of the Union, out of which the Grand Army of the Republic was recruited, which triumphed in the greatest war of all times, preserved this government and nation with the principle of perpetuity indelibly impressed upon it for all future time by the costly sacrifices of the army, and then manifested the greatest civic qualities of the American citizen in the teaching of patriotism and in the industrious pursuit of all honorable activities which could possibly aid in the advancement of our great country. “The record of the past is as nearly perfect as fallible humanity could make it. The twentieth century, which so many have beeu spared to witness, requires from us as a foundation for its success and greatness the same unselfish services, the same faithful conduct and the same unstinted devotion to duty and country. The responsibility rests with us, and must be cheerfully borne by us. Organization is as necessary now as it ever was to accomplish the best results. Each comrade must be in our organization if he desires to do his full duty. The burden ceases to be a burden when borne by all. Those entitled to membership who remain outside otour ranks are untrue to their past history. “Let the comrades bring these facts home to those who are not with us in the doing of the great work assumed by us in taking care of the needy veteran and of the dependent widow.”

The thread on the cocoon of the silkworm is not wound around and around, as might be supposed, but irregularly here and there, as the norm moved his head to and rro, within his self-made house. Mur.y yards of thread may sometimes be unwound from the cocoon without turning it ove* at all. The other day Justice Everett of Chicago fined a bird denier of that city SIOC and costs for having live native birds in his possession. The songster* found in the dealer’s shop were for the most pari mocking bird* and cardinal grosbeak*.

RAID BY MRS. NATION.

Bhe Smashes Two Topeka Places Where _’LL-1L jj. L qnor Is Sold. Accompanied by five hundred of her home defenders, Mrs. Carrie Nation raided joints in Topeka Sunday. Just after the deep tones of a church bell at t 5 o’clock had resounded through the city Withe morning, the army; a fifth of whom, were women, with Mrs. Nation as their leader, marched from their place of assembly at the State House and wrecked a joint at 117 East Sixth street. The crowd was armed with various kinds of weapons, from clubs to axes. The police arrested Mrs. Nation, and her followers marched back to the State House and partially dispersed. Mrs. Nation was released by the police and, gathering anew, about a hundred men and women, raided a livery barn on East Sixth street and smashed three bars which had been stored there. , Still at the head of her followers, she attempted to gain entrance to Moeser’s cold stoi-age warehouse, where the jointists have stored their liquors and bars until the teiuperance crusade subsides. The place was guarded by a large force of police in command of Chief Stahl. Sheriff Cook was also there. Mrs. Nation was ari-ested and taken to jail in the patrol wagon. Mrs. Nation and Dr. Eva Hai-ding, another raider, were, charged with malicious destruction of private property and placed under -bond of SSOO. Mrs. Carrie Nation in a letter to the editor of Leslie’s Weekly suys: “A saloon has no i-ight*in any place. I will smash the saloons ip New York, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Chicago, just as in Kansas. But I must clean up my own home fii-st. The time for the saloon to go has come. We are organizing an army of home defenders, which demands that the murder shop close, or be closed by 1 law. Otherwise we destroy this destroysr by means of anything that will smash.” Miss Susan B. Anthony condemns Mrs. Nation, saying: “The hatchet is the weapon of barbarism; the ballot is the one weapon of civilization.”

Few-Line Interviews.

William A. Pinkerton, Chief of the Pinkerton Detective Agency—The most serious criminal question we will have to deal with in the future is how to prevent the robbing of country banks and how to capture country bank robbers. This class of criminals is constantly increasing, as may be seen by the immense number of small bank burglaries that are being committed in all parts of the country. The offenses are not limited to any particular locality, but occur in almost every State in the Union. The large city banks are no longer in much danger from robbery, but the country banks, with capitals of $2,000 to SIO,OOO, are suffering. We keep capturing the criminals who do this work, but it seems the number goes right on increasing just the same. A. A. Alsbury of Houston, Texas —The people of Beaumont are daffy. They have gone oil crazy. The people act like mad. The city is packed to suffocation. There is oil over everything. You can smell it from the train. One can scarcely bear to have the ear window raised, the odor is so strong. The air is saturated with oil until it will almost burn. I would be almost afraid to sleep in Beaumont for fear of fire. The hotels are not only crowded, but the private residences are filled with cots. Folks who have no prospective oil lands are getting rich feeding and bedding those who do have or those who have a hope of "possessing some of thp treasured soil. And it’s no exaggeration to say the people are wild, are crazy. John Goodnow, United States Consul General at Shanghai—What a people the Chinese are! The viceroy at Nankin, who controls 100,000,000 of his people, supplies his wants with 10 cents a day. His wealth is great, but his appetite is appeased with that small amount of food. They understand the secret of contentment. I met the descendants of Confucius living in the same place where their forefathers had lived for 2,500 yearg. Their conversation is beyond anything we dan imagine. Has a Chinaman his wife, children and business in a town? Then what should induce him to go beyond its walls? He is content.

Daniel J. Wood of Salt Lake City— What would England do if we should tell her we were going to build the Nicaragua canal in our own way, and she could ngree or disagree as suited her best. I know some over-nice Americans contend that we should not thus take advantage of England's present plight, but does any sane man suppose England would overlook a bet like that if it came her way? The history of the world’s diplomacy is a story of one nation taking advantage of another’s distress, and if we want to keep up with the proeessiou, we will have to transact business on the doctrine of doing unto others as others would do unto us if they got the chance. J. O. Brown of the City of Mexico— There is a steady increase of American energy, enterprise and capital in Mexico. And the heft of this at present appears to be moving south of the national capital for investment in coffee, sugar, mining, manufacturing, etc. Eight years ago there were twenty-three textile rubric factories in Mexico; uow there are over 180. It is a wonderfully growing country. Lieut. 11. C. Young, Twenty-eighth Infantry, U. S. V.—Aguinaldo is dead. I have no doubt about it. There isn’t a head of department in the Philippines who does not think the Filipino chieftain is no more. One of Col. Funston’s men killed him. Nobody knows which one, but all feel confident that Aguinaldo was dispatched by a member of that invading force during its operations. Capt. John T. Myers of the Marine Corps—The notion' that the Chinese are cowards and will not fight is an erroneous one. On the contrary, there are no people in the world who have so little fear of death. It is a part of their religion, I believe, thet death is only a transformation Into a more blissful state. The trouble has been that the Chine** soltjiers are not well officered. If the Chinese army was well officered and Snipped it would be a formidable fighti power.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Miaer’s Condition Indicates Commission of Grave Crime—Fairs for Eastern Circuit—Woman Beaten by a Bulgier—Sexton Fails Dead in Cemetery. Newton McCormick, well known throughout the northern part of Madison County as a miser, with wealth of unknown figures, is dying at the home of one of his neighbors. He was rescued from his shanty, which was almost enveloped in flames when neighbors arrived. The old man was lying on the floor apparently in a deep sleep, but when carried into the fresh air he became delirious, and it required a great effort to restrain him from dashing back into the burning building. He said he had $7,000 in the burning house. He was not believed at first. Investigation proved that he went to Hartford City and drew $7,000 from a bank with which to buy a farm. He took the money home with him. It is the general belief that McCormick was robbed of the entii-e sum, and given a blow by robbers that rendered him insensible, after which the house was set afire to cover the work.

Arrange Fairs in Eastern Circuit. The annual meeting of the members of the Eastern Indiana fair circuit was held at New' Castle. M. S. Claypool of Muncie was re-elected President and Frank A. Wisehait of Middletown re-elected Secretary, The dates for holding fairs this year and the secretaries were set as follows: Middletown, July 30 to Aug. 2, Frank A. Wisehart; Hagerstown, Aug. 6 to 10, L. S. Bowman; New Castle, Aug. 13 to 17, William Risk ; = EI wood, Aug. 20 to 23, Frank De Harity; Greenfield, Aug. 20 to 22, Charles Downing; Rushville, Aug. 27 to 30, Mnncie, Sept. 2 to (5, M. S. Claypool; Anderson, Sept. 10 to 13, McCullom; Indianapolis, Cept. 1G to 22, Charles Downing; "Richmond, Sept. 24 to 27, Joseph Stephenson; Poi’tland, Oct. 4 to 8, C. O. Hardy. Anderson district fair wus udmitted into the cii - cuit. Woman Attacks a Burglar. A masked burglar entered the home of J. E. Hollowell at Marion and Mrs. Hollowell, who was alone, attacked the man. She attempted to tear the mask from his face. The man struck her on the head with some instrument, rendering her unconscious. He then bound her and searched the house. He secured only $2 and a gold watch. Mrs. Hollowell was found unconscious when her husband returned from his lodge meeting. She will recover. Falla Dead by Open Grave. While engaged in filling a grave from which the mourning party had just departed Basil Rhodes, sexton of the Fayetteville cemetery, fell dead. Rhodes was at work with his helpers when suddenly he paused from his labors, put his hand to his heart, uttered a half inarticulate cry and sank on the pile of eai-th beside the grave. His associates endeavored to resuscitate him, but all their efforts failed. Leases a Vast Oil Tract. A syndicate of capitalists has consummated the lease of 10,000 acres of land in two townships in La Porte county which are embraced in the Kankakee marsh distinct. It is the purpose of the syndicate to secure leases to cover 15,000 additional acres and to begin the sinking of wells at once. Oil experts claim that the largest and most productive fields in the State wtll be developed in the Kankakee region.

State Newt in Brief. Boss carpenters of the gas belt have organized. Franklin Coil-Hoop Company plant burned. Loss $4,500. Northern part of Laporte County said to be overrun by wolves. Mrs. William Baker, wife of a wellknown business man of Frankfort, began a suit for divorce. Engineer Harry Muster was seriously injured in a collision between a B. & O. S. W. mail train and a switch engine at Aurora. Dr. Deeter, prominent physician of Union City, will be married to Miss Lucy Havens, Laporte, Indiana’s champion’ fat girl. She weighs 500 pounds. James M. Reynolds, 74, Lafayette, died suddenly of heart disease. At one tiriie he was vice-president and general manager of the Monon Railroad. Patrick Duffy and Paul Showner were fatally injured at the Clover Leaf Railroad shops, Frankfort, while assisting in moving a coal car across a turntable. The trustees of the University of Indianapolis have chosen as dean of the law school James A. Rollback, who for seven years was professor of law in the University of lowa. Charles Evans, sentenced for burglary a few months ngo at Muncie, but who escaped from the officers, has written from South Africa that he has joined the English cavalry. The storeroom and stock of general merchandise belonging to Benjamin Simpson ut Carlion was destroyed by fire. The loss will reach $24,000, mostly covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is believed to be incendiary. Six freshmen of Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, were suspended for hazing. Final action will be taken by the faculty. The class, as a body, declined to stop hazing, but said it would not take the initiative ip the practice. At the annual intercollegiate oratorical contest at Indianapolis between Indiana institutions, W. O. Tyler, a colored man from Indiana University, took the first honors with his oratiop on "The Middle West.” Earl was second and Depauw third. Seven colleges contested. Lee Virgil, 26, Evansvifc. prominent In society, killed himself, lie was worried over the death of Ids mother. The Bank of Ellettsville was closed upon attachment by I>. L. Woodall, a depositor. About $3,000 is due to small depositors. The bank is owned by Edmond Palmer, who says all claims will be paid in fall. Frank F. Loomis, who says he is wanted at Warsaw, N. Y„ on six indictments for forgery and that SI,OOO is offered for his capture, surrendered at Loganaport, giving as a reason homesickness and • desire to see bis mother.

INDIANA LAW MAKEES

The two houses of the Indiana General Assembly devoted much time on Tuesday to eulogies of Abraham Lincoln. Neither house adjourned in honor of the anniversary of his birth. The Senate passed the bill to enable railroads to consolidate, but the bill was so amended as to exclude parallel and competing lines from its provisions. The amendment waa offered to prevent the Wabash from consolidating with the‘Eel River line, which it once leased, but which the Supreme Court de* dared contrary to public policy because the Eel River was a competing line and subsidized by the people to be a competitor of the Wabash. The bill for a reorganization of the State militia carrying an appropriation of $75,000 was also passed. The bill redistricting the State for congressional purposes was engrossed. The House spent the day on second reading. Among the bills advanced was one compelling railroad companies -to sell 500mile books for sl# the same good for use by any member of the purchaser’s family. The Senate on Wednesday killed the bill of Senator Layman prohibiting the voting of subsidies to railroads by townships or counties and passed the bill appropriating $120,000 to pay the claim of the Vincennes University against the State lands of the university sold by the State many years ago. In the House the report of the committee recommending a sentence of from ten to thirty-one years was adopted. The bill of Senator Agnew providing for the construction of a ship canal from Lake Michigan at East Chicago to the Calumet river is attracting a great deal of notice at this time. The railroads are -up in arms against the measure, and have some of their best attorneys here to defeat it. The bill pas passed the Senate, where it met no opposition. The House on Thursday killed Mr. Slack’s anti-trust bill and the Senate bill to limit subsidies in aid of railroads. The lower house of the General Assembly on Friday killed the $50,000 appropriation for the pan-American exposition. A favorable report had been made to the House by the committee. The House also passed a bill compelling all railroads to issue mileage books containing 500 miles of transportation for $lO. Any member of the purchaser’s family may use the book.

State Items of Interest.

Daniel S. Loehr, 89, died at Noblesville. Isaac Milburn, 80, Anderson pioneer, is dead. Anderson has 3,800 children in the public schools. James Beard, 75, wealthy farmer near Frankfort, dropped dead. Henry Newby, 93, Greenfield, oldest man in Hancock County, died. Stephen Hamilton, 75, and Catherine Record, 75, died of grip at Muncie. James Murphy, Crawfordsville, who fell under a caboose, died of his injuries. Charles Ruge, 93, Lake County, has entered the State soldiers’ home, Lafayette. A man in Odon beat his baby till it could not cry and then left for parts unknown. It is said that Henry Giles, who killed himself at Elnora, the day before election, had nine wives living. Workmen on the Jeffersonville reformatory have struck. They demand that two non-union men from Louisville be discharged. Lieut. Wm. McLeod of the 157th Indiana is suffering from a ruptured blood vessel at Fort Wayne. He fell at a skating rink. Bonds have been sold for the extension of the Greenfield electric line to Kaightstown. The extension will be completed by May 1. Organization of the new Citizens' National Bank, Hope, has been completed, with Joseph Burney president and Frank Stapp cashier. W. A. Gourley, 65, who died at Hartford City of Bright’s disease, selected his coffin and made funeral arrangements three mouths ago. A Peru team ran away with a bobsled filled with children. In turning a corner a number of the children were thrown out. None seriously injured. George D. Partington, Evansville, overjoyed at his election as precinct chairman at a Republican primary, fell dead while telling his wife of his victory. A pious detective employed by the Crawfordsville ministers traded canned peas for drinks of whisky. It now develops that the peas were stolen. Application for a receiver for the Chicago and Southeastern Railroad has been made at Brazil by fifteen creditors with claims aggregating about SI,OOO. An oil prospecting company that wants leases on 25,000 acres of land in the southern part of Laporte County, has already secured leases on 10,000 acres. A Rochester young lady called up her “fellow” to make a date. His father answered the girl and jollied her for fifteen minutes, finally arranging to meet her at 7:30. James Reilly, Corning, carried off the honors in a school contest by forming the greatest number of words from the letters in “investigation.” He found 231 words. Florence Yates, 16, Elkhart, rushed into the burning home of Harry Steffiu and rescued his baby, which was asleep. Miss Yates was nearly suffocated. Thehouse was destroyed. Thieves robbed two saloons at Waldron. A 1 Peak, a bartender, was compelled to get out of bed at one of the places, and march a mile from town. Then they told hirn to return. Frank Wall, accused of safe-blowing at Andrews, testified that the nitroglycerin found in his possession l was usedp as a heart stimulant. In a preliminary trial he said it was cough medicine. | ' Edward Buchanan of Butlerville disappeared mysteriously last November, leav%ing his wife and six children destitnUf ' Foul ,piay was suspected,! but Bnehnnaijfc was found in Muncie in buainess *mr, says he will not return. E. P. Baker, a fanner, near has received a letter, purporting to b» written by one of a gang that had plan-' ned to rob his house. He give* the warning, he says, because he quarreled with other member* of the band. The writer;! says theghng once tried to rob the house* but was frightened away by the crying es the baby. , • -