St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 21 September 1889 — Page 1

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MY CEOICE. BT JEFPIE FOHMUBH-HANXFORD. No bftby iii the house I How sad Che words sound ! Not a chair out of place, Or a toy lyi»*K round. Not a spot on the carpet, So scrupulously neat. No ch ar, riurting’laughter, * 'Or patter of feet. Couhl I be happy, ■ Y'And live in that house, With things in such ouier, As still as a mouse? No! Give me my children, With all of their noise— Mv darlings, my tn as urea, Mv two little boys 1 Chicago, 111. MfflOttEY. 4 Rom an ce of the Ci vil War. BY MAJ. JAMES F. FITTS. CHAI’TKR VII -Continued. Before mid-day, forty-seven men were assembled outside the cabin. The story of the new Captain had been carried about with the neMe of the expected raid, so that when Smedley came out with his gword buckled on, accompanied by Brandon, he was received with attention and respect. There were no cheers, no noisy welcomes; they saw in his face that he was both courageous and earnest, and they gave him the approval of silence. Without preliminaries, he formed them into a company, opened ranks, and ingpected arms. The whole together ma le • queer lot; but he was glad to find that there was ammunition enough, not a firearm but was ca]>able of some service, and that the rides outnumbered the shotguns. Closing the ranks, he then counted off by fours and instructed them in the facings. Some difficulty was caused by the great space occupied by Ithuriel Maney; which the Captain observing, and correctly “sizing-up” this recruit, he transferred him to the left, where he made a tile by himself. The Captain hud no time to devote to the “manual.” He commanded “attention'’ and spoke a few words. “You know why you ore here; you know what is before you. I know something of what kind of men you are; I believe you will not flinch. 1 um no braver, no better than you; I am to command yon because you thiuk I can direct jou how to fight. I believe I can. I am willing to try. You. for your part, must obey my orders. You will fight better if you do, and with better hope of success. Now we understand each other, aud we will march to our position.” A murmur of approval ran along the ranks. The leader was instantly recognized. The men who had thirste<l for his blood a few hours before were now ready to peril life at his command. “Those are the sentiments!” a squeaky voice at the left uttered. “Let us march upon the insolent invader, and assert our constitutional rights, secure t a bloodbought heritage that our fathers waded neck-deep in the gore of Hessian mercenaries to obtain for us, their future ancestors, and ” “Silence!” thundered Captain Smedley. “Right—face! Forward—march!" CHAPTER VIII. A NEW THERMOPYLAE. The topography of the Little Blue Pass and its vicinity we have heard described in a few expressive words by Captain Smedley. Daylight still prevailed among these heights when the mountaineers and their leader marched down the road to this point, climbed the detached rocks that had during centuries past been falling from above, and then tediously scaled the steep face of the thirty-foot rampart, holding on by bushes aud vines, and at last gained the summit. Captain Smedley's orders were quickly issued. “Rest yourselves,” he said, “but do not leave this place without permission. Hankins, go down to the bend of the road and watch for the approach of the enemy. You can see them a mile off as they come up. Come back and report at once when they appear.” The man obeyed. He was but just out of sight when another man appeared coming up the road, followed by a woman and several children. Each carried some article of household furniture or bedding, and a cow was driven at the head of the procession. “It's Baird,” said one of the men. “He’s coining in with his folks and things they can bring along.” As the melancholy party passed below the rocks, the Captain leaned over and hailed them. “I’m sorry I can’t send the men down and get everything away for you. We must stay here and be ready; 1 don’t dare let the men go.” “Ail right, Captain. I'm taking them back here half-a-miie, and then I’ll join yon.” “I'm coming, too,” said Dan. “No, no!” exclaimed the mother. “You’re only fourteen; you're not old enough for such dreadful work.” “I can load and shoot the gun just as good as father,” the boy sturdily replied. “It won’t do, Dan,” said the father. ’You’ve got to go long with your mother aud the children, and take care of ’em till the sight’s over.” The Captain and Graham Brandon leaned over the natural rampart. As far as they could hear the voices of the family, the boy protested that it was not fair to send him away when there was a fight coming on. “Some revelation comes to me each day of the unconquerable spirit of this people,” Smedley remarked. “No bolder, more independent souls animated William Tell and his followers than dwell among these fastnesses. 1 have learned much since I left the Mississippi and its lowlying lands. The mountain regions are the strongholds of the Union. The cause could survive here if crushed everywhere else.” “True; and you have only begun to learn what these simple people aie prepared to suffer for that cause. ” Wallace Baird presently returned and climbed the height. His comrades greeted him, but he drew aside by himself, moody and silent, and carefully examined his gun. The men lay at ease, most of them looking intently down the road, silent and propartd. Only the thin voice of Ithuriel Maney broke the silence. “We are perfectly safe here,” he remarked. “O, no,” returned one of the men, willing to excite his fears. “Bullets search out people anywhere. Besides, you are so big that none'of these rocks will entirely cover vou.' “Dear, dear—is that so? Perhaps the enemy won’t advance to-night."

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Yes, they will. A scent came in a while ago with the report that there were fifteen thousand of them." Maney was speechless. His great bulk trembled and his fat cheeks hung livid. Hankins was now seen coming in. Ho Climbed up and reported that tho cavalry were in sight. “A good lot of ’em,” ho added. 1 ho sun was, but now set; there would still be almost an hour's strong twilight, save where the shadows fell. Quietly the < aptain ranged his men along the edge of the rnmpiut, bidding each one shelter himself as much ns possible. "Whatever happens,” bo said, “let no man fir© a shot till 1 give the word. Thon let each tire, and loud and fire again as fast as ho o in. But be cool aim well, and don't throw away your bullets.” Silence again, and suspense. Soon, faint in the distance, but sounding nearer and nearer, the thump of hoofs on the hard road was heard. Brandon was strangely excited. He turned to the Captain, who lay with his eyes fixed upon the bend of the highway. । < aptain Smedley,” ho said, “would yon object to a flag of truce, to warn them away?” The Captain looked surprised. His lins slightly curled. "Os what use would it be? They are not coming up here for child's play.”' "It might be of use." “I thought you were eager to tight.” For God s sake, Captain, don’t misunderstaud me. If there must bo bloodshed here, you’ll have no reason to complain of me. But I suppose that in the hostile column we Lear coming up there uro old acquaintances, not to say friends, of mine. I thought T hud realized in its whole length and breadth what this war means; but the truth never edme homa to me as at this moment. Is it not worth the effort to save the blood of men I have once taken by the hand?”. “You may try,” replied tho Captain, “Go down with your flag as soon ns they come in sight.” The tramping grew loud and near. By fours the head of the column camo round the bend. Graham Brandon, with his white handkerchief tied to a ramrod, clambered over the < dge and descended almost to the to id. Forty horsemen had now appeared in view. “Halt!” Brandon shouted, waving his flag. The lending tiles pulled up; there was a brief conference, and then a man in the Confederate uniform, with the wreathed collar and insignia of u field officer, rode forward to within twenty f« < t of the flag-bearer. Captain Smedley, looking down upon them, heard every word of the colloquy that followed. “Brandon—is that yon?” “Yes, Webber, and I'm sorry to seo you here.” “I reciprocate the sentiment, old fellow! So it is true, as the report went around Knoxville two days ago, that you've come out a traitor to tho Confederacy, aud fled to these mountains to hide?” “We've no time for epithets, Jack. I am with my friends, who are tho friends of the I'liion. They are m ar by and well armed. Look up there!” The Colonel followed Brandon's outstretched finger with his eve and saw the ledge above lined with heads peering over. “We are in a position where it will be folly to attack us. If you try to lead your men further on this road, we shall fire on you. Be warned and go back. I came down here to make an effort to save you. Heed my advice and go back.” The Colonel laughed. “Brandon, you're n fool! I’ve got men enough behind me to swallow you all up alive. Do you suppose tbpse boors up there are going to stand a Oharge? Are you in command?” "No.” “Who is?” Brandon hesitated an instant, but saw no reason for withholding the truth. “Captain Smedley.” “ Where is he from?" “Mississippi.” “The devil! What—Charley Smedley, who served with the volunteers from that State in Mexico?” “The same." Colonel Webber gave a loud whistle. “This is more serious than I expected. Does he know that I've got live hundred men with me?” “Yes; I told him of it.” The Colonel s tone became more angry. “You’ll see the day you'll repent of this work, Brandon.” “I think not.” “I’d advise you not to show yourself in Knoxville in a hurry.” “I'm comiug back there with the Union army.” Colonel Webber swore a very savage oath. “We might as well stop this parley,"he said. “I’ve got the men to clear this road, and I’m going to do it. Look out for ydnrsclves! I can’t answer for my men when you surrender, if there’s blood shed first.” “Your blood be upon your own heads,” replied Brandon, as he clambered back to his comrades; and the other wheeled aud gdloped to the head of the column. Three minutes passed. There was a stir and movement; full an hundred dismounted men filled the road, scattering like skirmishers as they came, firing their muskets and shouting. The balls whistled overhead, or glance d against th • rocks. Foremost was a slender young officer, waving his sword and calling to his men to come on. They were among the rocks at. the foot of the ascent when Captain Smedley gave the command to lire. An irregular volley burst forth all along the natural parapet. Full a dozen dropped dead, as many more fell severely wounded; others went to the rear with slight wounds. The twilight air was hideously vocal with shouts, yells, aud groans. The whole attacking party, save the young officer, fell back in confusion. “Come on!” tho leader shouted. “Charge them before they can load again. Give them the steel!” He was climbing the ascent, with twenty of his men trying to follow, dragging their muskets after them, when a bullet struck him fair in the breast and tumbled him backward. A scattering fire of ball and buckshot struck down every man who tried to gain that ascent The" assailants were brave, but flesh and blood could not stand against this hopeless slaughter. The survivors broke and fled. Wallace Baird jumped up in full view, waved his hat, and cheered. A single shot was beard from below; the mountaineer fell dead among his comrades. They fired down the road as fast as they could load their guns, expecting another charge. “Cease firing!” the Captain commanded. “Save your ammunition.” Another horseman now rode forward with a white flag. “Colonel Webber wants a suspension of hostilities for half an hour, to remove his wounded,” he called out. Captain Smedley stood up and ani swered; , “I want those poor fellows cared for," r he said; “but if there is any truce it must be till an hour after sunrise.” ) । “Yes,” said the officer. “I am author--1 ized to consent to that.”

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A largs party came up to remove the wounded. The mountaineers, incensed by the full of Baird, anil several slight wounds received, would not, as the Captain requested them to do, go below mid render assistance. Some of them began to gibe and taunt their enemies; but this was instantly stopped by Smedley. It was quite dark when tho discomfited cavalry withdrew. As the reliefparty retired, leaving tho dead behind and carrying off the wounded, one of tho party culled out: “I say, above there! The Major is hurt too bad to move. lio won’t last long. Will you make him uh comfortable as you cun?” "Yes,"replied Brandon. Tho thoughtfulness of one of tho men hud provided some pine knots; tho oust was cloudy, and there would be no certain moonlight, lb' lighted ono of these, and with the Captain made his w’ay down to the spot where the heroic but unfortunate young officer lay in the last pangs of death. His breast was crimson with blood, his face was ghastly pale, his breath was almost gone. With an exclamation of anguish, Bmndon was on his knees beside him. “Tommy, Tommy—don’t you know me?” he cried. Tho dying youth opened his eyes and smiled. Feebly he pressed tho other’s hand- and thus ho died. "Who is it?” tli<' Captain asked. “Alice’s brother,” was the choked reply. Brandon went off a little way by himself; he wanted no man to seo or hear him then! Above this scene, by tho light of another flaring pine torch, tho mountaineers gathered sadly about the body of their slain comrade. Few words were spoken; their faces showed their heavy hearts. “Who’ll bo the mini to take this nows to his wife and babes?” one asked. Thore was no answer. “Look there!” another cried, pointing off to the southwest. Bright tongues of flame were ascending, disclosing volumes of smoke. Tiny will knew what it meant; some of tho stragglers and marauders of tho column hid flrod poor Wallace Baird's house and shed. They watched the night away, talking but little, wondering what tho morrow would bring. Smedley and Brandon, covered by tho same blanket, lay sleepless half the night, revolving plans for the future. Tho Captain had taken tho precaution to post pickets well down tho road; but the true was kept, tho night passed, and the morning sun looked blandly down alike upon tho living and tho dead. A strong reconnoitering party was sent out, and returned tn two hours with tho intollig neo that tho raiders hud di-np-;eared. “We shall be ar of them idsewhoie in these mountains,” said the Captain. The hostile dead ah, now no longer hostile—were buried, and the corp o of Baird was borne on the shonlders of two I of his comrades to his widow and orphans. Let that scene bo veiled. It was just after these occurrences that Ithuriel Maney, who had not been seen since the firing begun, was discovered furtively returning to tho scone of the battle. His ns* nm<d appearance of lofty satisfaction exasperated t he mountaineers, who were now in no mood for trifling. "Ah, good morning, comrades and gentienn-n,” he b< gnu. "How we did whip them, to be sure! The dastuidiv invader i ould not stand before our collective and individual prowess. We rolled him back in snneninnry and disgraceful disorder, and " "You cowardly whelp!" shouted wrathful Burt Hankins, “Stop your noise, or I'll ” "Now, really, Mr. Hankins! —it is unkind in you to indulge in such personalities. It pains me to hear such insinuations. If I did exhibit some little perturbation, it was quite natural, under the circumstances. You must know that my sense of hearing is abnormally developed, and 1 hud no reason to suppose that all those guns were going oil’ together. It would have been kind, at least to caution me ” A shower of indignation and efnphatio kicks l. 11 upon Ithuriel's inviting person. He took his departure in perfect goodhumor, repenting, ns far as he could be heard, that he expected to see a great deal more of the war. Captain Smedley was right in his prediction that tiiis raiding party would bo heard of elsewhere in that region. Other strong detachments, both cavalry and infantry, appearod;the mountains % ore overrun; the scattered Unionists of the Clinch could not cope with the numbers sent against them. In that fail the whole of East Tennessee came under Confederate domination; tho Union men with their fnmibs sought safety in the recesses of the nnut Cumberland Runge. Here Charles Smedley recruited an infantry battalion of four companies among the mountaineers, of which he became Lieuteiiaut Colonel and Graham Brandon Major. Their first service in this organization was at the battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky, nt the opening of the following year, where they behaved gallantly. Wo may expect to meet them again. [TO HE CONVINCED.) litiiiiorof Irish Blttitders. An Irishman, testii'.ing in a police court, was asked to explain why ho had “shown the white feather” on a certain occasion.” “ ’Tis better to be a coward for five minutes than dead all your life,” lie replied. Another Irishman, while accompanying a fishing party. Had a bad fall down a steep mountain slope. Picking himself up he devoutly exclaimed: “Glory be to God that I wasn’t walking back over the mountains a dead man.” The humor of these blunders lies in the inability of the speaker to regard life as excluding death, ami death as excluding life. But neither of them is a nonsensical expression; on the contrary each illustrates what an Irish writer says of Irish blunders: “They are frequently humorous hyperboles, ami present very often the most energetic mode of expressing the speaker’s opinion.” An Irish peasant talks of a “sfhrong weakness,” ami says that “the water is dry in the river,” and tells you that “tlie only way to prevint what’s past is j to put a stoj> to it before it happens.” I He will confess, “I can always remember things in advance,” or, “There I sat, expecting that every moment would be my next,” and describe drops of rain as varying in size “from a shilling to eighteen pence.” These expressions are “bulls,” but they are also picturesque blunders, such as could be mad<? only by a peas- , antry gifted with wit, metaphor and ingenuity. “Even the cutters of turf and drawers of whisky are orators,” wrote Martin Edgeworth of the Irish peassmts mors than eighty years ago.

INDIANA HAPPENINGS. EVENTS ANI» INCIDENTS THAT HAVE ’ LATELY OCCVKKEIL An Ttifmtwtlng Summary of tho Moro Importimt of Our Nrlirhboi'H- WeddlinjM and Deaths ()rime, Casuultlus aud GnuenM Nawa Nutefe Colored Millionaires Discovered. The descendants of Benjamin Talbott, colored, lay claim to about six hundred and forty acres, covering the central portion of Logansport. Talbott, while a slave, settled at Logansport fifty-throe years ago, with Mr. MoBa.no and family, from Yellow Springs, Ky. Hy boU;uiy from the Government tibl acred of ITfl^ nd lived on it until the passage id' the fugitive slave law, when ho abandoned his property and flefl to Canada. He never returned to claim it. but often spoke of it to his children. Not long ago, one of them put the matter into tho hand < of attorneys, who, upon examination, found ! Talbott's title indisputable. It is said i the Wabash end Eel River railroads, with valuable buildings on the Talbott grounds, have already compromised. Tho entire property is estimated to be worth several millions. There are four sous and two daughters who are the heirs. Ono of tho sons, Usury Talbott, Ims not been heard of for several years. Ho wuh last heard from nt Banville, Ky. Attacked by u GorUhu Billy Stewart, of Fort Wayno, proprietor of the Dime Museum, is tho owner of a gorilla 7 years old and about half grown. The animal is kept in an iron cage in Stewart's barn when tho show is not on the road. The other day a farmer, Isaiah Slade, of Akron, Ohio, intent upon a free look nt the curiosity, entered the burn and pgked up tho gorilla with a stick. A loose bar in tho front of the cage had been,raised to admit of a panful of victuals, and tho enraged animal sprang at the opening ' with such force that he squeezed his way through. Tho astonished farmer was ferociously attacked and knocked ; down. Hall of bis bushy beard was torn out, his face Ineerated, and tho beast hud begun to crunch his arm when his outcries attracted Showman Stewart, I who beat tho gorilla with a billet of wood until he consented to re-enter his enge. Dr. A. Boswell, who dressed | Slade's wounds, pronounced them very serious. rutentH Ihmic I t<> liulinnn Inventoi-*. I’ntents have been granted Hoosier nventors as follows; John S. Adams, j assignor to Jenney Electric Company, ; Indianapolis, structure for supporting! lumps above streets; Thomas M. Bates, ' Dublin, fanning-mill; lurk in V. El- j liott, Mooresville, acoustic, telephone; James P. Ecrrenburg, Stage, churn; I’remout J. Fry, Indianapolis, backing compound for stereotype matrices; j William M. Gray and W. M. White, Crawfordsville, register for slat-fence looms; Chui les D. Jenney, Indianapolis, assignor to the Thompson-Houston Electric Company, of Connecticut, j brush-holder for dynamo electric mn- ' chine; Rudolph MeMnkin, assignor to himself and E. T. Ogle, New Albany, baby carriage; Jerome A. Shock, I Goshen, band garden cultivator. Minor Mute 1 tern*. - Pearson Etris, a well-known pioneer of Brownsburg, dropped dead of j beast disease. Teddy Connors, of I nion City, fell from a freight train at Muncie, aud was seriously hurt. Fred Scholl was killed by a passen- ' ger engine on the Fort M uyne railway, near Wheeler. —A small flow of gas was struck id Fremont recently, where an expori- I mental well is being sunk. - A Inited Brethren church is to be! established in New Albany, the outcome of their last General Conference. —A. T. Swift recovered 5275 from the town of Angola ns dumaigeß for injuries received from a defective sidewalk. —Frank Bernard and Jay Carter, of South Kokomo, were bitten by a mastiff affected with rabies. I'he beast escaped — Sweeney Bros., of Jeffersonville, have just finished a steel survey boat for the United States Government, which will be stationed at Keokuk, lowa. —A fall of slate in the old Thistle mine, near Rosedale, instantly killed! William Richard, aged 18, aud seriously injured Richard Rossier, a bank i j boss. - Richard Jlnucr, a former merchant! I of Albion, 111., employed as porter by I O. AV. Pierce A- Co., of Lafayette, was caught in an elevator and crushed to death. —Thomas McGraw was run over and instantly killed by the Wabash limited express train at Port Wayne. He was nearly eighty years old, and a laborer by occupation. — In a playful tussel over a shotgun between Morris Cottingham and a boy, I near Spencer, the gun was discharged । into Cottingham’s abdomen. He lived but a few hours. —Mrs. Jennie Hillen dropped dead at New Albany while attending to her domestic duties at her home in tho East End, her death being tho result of a sudden heart seizure. —John Burk attempted to start a saloon in Lockport in the teeth of adverse public opinion. A midnight explosion । of dynamite reduced his establishment to a hole m the ground. | —Ferry MiHiou, of Jefferson Towni ship, Carroll County, died recently. He was an enterprising and prosperous farmer, and his funeral was one of the largest ever held in the county. He died of typhoid fever. —Mrs. J. C. Whittridgo, of Richmond, has made the statement that young Platt Robinson, recently drowned on Lake Pepin, Minn., made a call upon her the night before he left for Minnesota. He told her he was loath to go, because he had three times dreamed of falling out of a boat and being drowned

—At Connersville typhoid fever has almost entirely disappeared, and business is rallying. No new cases are reported. -Charles Brease, aged 23, was sentenced to tho penitentiary for ten years, at Richmond, for attempting to assault a’child of 10 years. -John Wolf, a farmer living near Colburn, was fatally injured by being speared with the tine of a pitchfork, which slipped from a load of hay near which he was standing. James Elliott, of Goshon, known as tho doaf poet, while walking along tho | railroad track was struck by an engine and thrown about twenty foot, receiving ‘ severe internal injuries. —Jarnos K. Philips, of Hunt City, 111., [ is very desirous of learning tho address of James Doan, of tho Second Indiana Buttery. Any one knowing it will confer a favor by addressing him. — Howard Park, who resides near Scottsburg, is claimed not to have spoken to any one in tho lust two years. AH efforts to make him answer questions ; have boon futile, and he refuse sto *an- ■ swer any questions. Alexander Coquillard, a well-known | manufacturer of South Bend, has do- , nfttod to that city seventy acres of ! ground for a public park, and tho citiKons have already raised $2,5(10 with which to improve tho gift. — Marion Reynolds was run over by an excursion train coming south from tho Crawfordsville fair, aud instantly killed. Ho was observed by tho engin- j eer sitting on the track, a mile or two north of Ladoga, where he lived. Hoimburger A Wilson’s grocery store ! ".I Martinsville was entered by burglars, ; who broke a glass in n rear window and crawled in at a holo about eighteen ' inches square. Several dollars left in j tho money drawer is all that was taken. ; A white oak tree recently felled near Scottsburg measured twenty-seven foot in circiimCereneo. When tho timber was sawed a slab ten inches thick, five feet two and one-half inches wide, I and thirty-two feet long was gotten out and carted away. Daniel Cootes, who resided near New Providoneo, and who was 78 years of age, was kicked to death by a vicious horse recently. Ho had gone into the annual's stall, when it attacked him. Mr. (’notes was a prominent citizen of i the community in which ho resided, and had In cd there nearly all his life. John Wolf, living throe miles west i of Delphi, died, his death being caused in a peculiar manner. He was in tho net of handing a jug of water to a work- । man on a throHhing machine, when a I fork slipped off the machine and fell, ' Ain of th< prongs entering Wulf’s right j eye. Alter suffering intense agony lio , died. Two large kennels of fox hounds, consisting of forty animals, arc now being successful ly comiuetod in Clark ; County. One is owned by Alois Bastian, of Chnrbstown lowmdiip, while tho Clark County Kennel Club is owned by sevetiil gentlemen. This full ami winter ii number of fox-chases will be I given. Louis Superior, a Russian tailor of Terre Haute, who had frequently ox--1 torted money from Ins wife by pretending to commit suicide, did take his life the other day. His wife refused to give I him 10 cents, when he stopped into an- ! other room and hanged himself from ! the top of the door, not five feet from I bis wife. —William Neal met with a frightful death east of I’rankfort. With ti few I other men the was engaged in blowing | stumps with dynamite, and a falling j piece struck him on ‘no head, crushing I ins skull. He was over one hundred ■ and fifty yards from the explosion when struck, an 1 was running to escape. Ho : leaves a wife and four children in poor ! circumstiinces. —At u meeting of a committee of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry boys, at Winchester, Saturday, Gen. Brown said the boys of the regiment attending the reunion, to be held there on tho 2d of October, should be entertained free of charge, if he hud to take cure of fifty of them. Tho regiment having been enlisted from the State at large, tho number attending a reunion cannot be very la. 'e. —The Grand Lodge of Indiana Colored Masons elected tho following offiI cers: Grund Master, J. H. M alker, of Terre Haute; Deputy Grand Master, T. !F. Stewart, of Indianapolis; Grund I Senior Warden, S. P. Harrison, of ! Evansville; Grand Junior Warden, Philip Pettiford, of Marion; Grand Treasurer, E. A. Goons, of Seymour; Grand Secretary, S. Brackson. of Terre Haute; Grand Chaplain, J. H. Roberts, of Fort Wayne; Grand Lecturer, H. A. Rogan, of Indianapolis. —A serious accident occurred about three miles northwest of New Corner, at the saw-milljowned and run by Benjamin Welsh. Welsh’s two boys and a Mr. Leo had been left to run the mill while Mr. Welsh went to Farmland. From some cause, at present unknown, the engine leaped about eighty feet, bursting tho crown sheet and otherwise crippling the machinery, while the two boys were knocked senseless with little hope of recovery. Tom, the older boy, who was running tho engine, was badly bruised and blackened up, and has since died. The younger boy was cut up severely and hurt internally. The doctors unite in having no hopes of his recovery. Mr. Loe was uninjured. —James Zoller, a citizen of Groonsburg, went to France n few months ago, and in crossing tho English channel bo wrote a note, sealed it in a bottle, and threw it into tho water. The note said: “The tinder will please return to the writer, Junies M. Zoller, Greensburg, Ind., U. S. A.” The mother of Mr. 'Zoller, who wrote the note, has just received a letter, written by a Frenchman, who lives on the const of Holland, which states that ho picked up the bottle in which was inclosed tho note on the morniug of July 15.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.! AN INTEKESTINO AND INSTWUCTIVE LESSON CONSIDERED. Reflections of an Elevating Character — Wholesome Food for Thought—Studying tho Scriptural Lossons Intelligently and ITofltably. The lesson for Sunday, Sept. 22, may bo found in I Sam. 31: 1-13. INTRODUCTORY. Saul has now been king forty years, and In the Providence of God Ids reign Is ended. The noono of his taking off is a Utting one. I It Is tho historic battle-ground of tho Is- | I raelltes, the plain of Esdraoion. It was । hero, besides other great, engagements, ; i that the struggle between Gideon and the j । Midianites oeourred. The place of won- । drous victory is to he turned into the place lof wretched defeat. The cause of tho I altered denouement is not far to seek, j Gideon was lighting in the strength of tho Lord and nt the Lord’s call. Saul is contending in his own t ength and fighting, i not only against I'hilisiia, hut nt iiu hume with Jehovah. The outcome might be anticipated. “Tho beauty <>f Israel,” as David patriotically sings, ‘ is slain upmitny high places." And there is deep sigidli- j ounce In tho words that come presently ut- ; ter. "For there tho shield 01 the mighty is ; । vilely oust away, the shield of Sutil (and let i > uh road it without tho translator’s uddi- ! | tlonsj.not anointed with oil.” Saul hud gone Into battle in tils easi‘, had ho not, : ! with an ununointed Hhiold. And Saul bH. j WHAT Tin: LESSON HAYS. Now. In the meantime Saul has been I eousultiiig the witch of Endor to the north ! of the I’hillstino cump, and David has found ; himself, fortunately, indeed, on many lie- ; counts, sent buck from the field of battle to | Zlkhig. T.in PhllMinos fought. They wore a belllgorent people.evor vexing Ihi ip 1 during tho days of the Judges and tho eadv days of the Kings. Fell down slain. The I last word ineunH litoriilly hollowed out, j I worn out, worsted. Henco, more properly, smitten, or, us in margin, "wounded.*— I i Mount. Gilboa. To tho east of tho plain of ! Esdraoion, Isriml hud pitched, us we read ut 2‘J: I, "( y ii fountain which is in Jezroel. ' Followed hard. The word signifies to 1 cleavo to, us tn the chase. The Douay version says, fell upon. Ablnudal>. In 14: 49 > he seems to bo called Ishui. Ishbosheth j was left, in 2 Sum. 2: 8 we road of his । pseudo-coronation. Os tho panic which ) occurred in the royal household nt Giboah wo have eomo int mation in the story of -MophibOshetU'S maiming (2 Sum. 4: 4), Doud. MiiiWiry Huleile.——Ho 101 l likewise. Yet seo tiie jiu postal" who niter ward eliilmod to liHve slain Saul. (2 Sam. 1: W.) WHAT THE I.KHKON TEACHES. The I‘hilistlneH followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons. The enomb's of Israel wore shrewd mid sagacious in thin olden day. 'I hoy are no loss so now. ‘Fell upon Bmd“ is tho way tlie Donny version puts it. Followed up. we might .say. Tim wily wurI riots of the soip'oust turned their weapons । upon the crested bonds oi Israel's hosts and held them there until Saul mid his sons were brought low. The adversary is not slow to take a slnillm" advantage still. Ho trains his guns upon tho Generals; his Hhmpshootm s try to pick them off. li«<>ut Hut an can destroy the great leading doetl ines. th<> master principles in tho struggle, he knows that tho buttle is ids. Watch him, (’hriatimi soldier. Ho is mmitig ut the cross. Think what Israid might have done had sho rallied about .Mt. Gilboa, stouthearted for tim ri-ht. Stand firm about tlie hill Golgotha, whore u better than Suu! bus phinted his royal ensign. And lio whs ho > wounded of tho archers. ; It was suporloi' 1 h llstino archery Hint seoniH to have been one of tho nonrer causes o Saul's overthrow. Israel was proonbly m>t as skiihul with tho bow us her neighbor. Joniithun Inin used It, but wo rend oi no blind of disciplined archers. Tim swoid ami spear, of which also the Philistines hud a shrewd monopoly, are uftenor spoken of, up to this ditto, us tlie accepted weapons oi the tribes prior to Dhvlu'h earner. There, in that solemn dirge over the death o Haul and Jonathan, recorded in the opening chapter of tlie succeeding book of llm bible, right in tho midst, of tho ma.iestic poetry of grief, is thrust this prosaic pm-enthetienl sentence: "Also ho hade them teach the children of Judah tho use of the bow: behold it is written in tho book of JuHtier.” We find tho sufficient e.xplamitioii of it in this brief chronicle of the disastrous buttle at Mt. Gilboa. Tim trained Philistine archers wore too much for the Israelites, So, while David lamented deeply over tlie discomllturo of Saul mid his sons, ho took euro that such u catusti opho should not again occur; "he bnilo them teach the children of Judah tho use of tho bow.” Suppose we do the same. While wo lament our shortcomings mid defects In tuneful hymn or In humble prayer, let us at the sumo time wisely guard agidnst n repetition of such overthrow. Leurn to "quench all the fiery darts of tho wieued," and to so "resist tho devil" that ho will "ihm from you." But his armor-bearer would not. That proved him a true armor-bearer; faithful and obedient in Haul's defense, Im would not lay hands upon him to do him hurt. For Saul was king, and, erring though he was, the king's person was sacred. To touch that lio was sore iifruid." So also was David. That Ainulekite who camo to him after the buttle found it out to his sorrow. "So I stood upon him mid slew him." he sai l. That falsehood did not pay. Nover did willful lie receive more summary reward. "How Avast, thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed ?" And one of David’s loyal young rnen “smote him that ho died." David hud mi exalted conception of the kingship. Leadership in Israel was no trilling thing, to bo assumed or slighted us u personal whim. A high mid holy vocation demands sentiments In keeping. "Touch not mine anointed.” Publish it in the house of their idols. Satan litis a proclamation, too. Tho devil preaches. Give him lor a text the downfall of any leader in Israel mid he will publish it from every housetop in the city. “Glad tidings” for him is tlie good news that a saint has been brought to tho dust and humiliated through Philistia’s sharp arrows. Out "among the people" goes the swift-winged word. Newspaper, interview, gossip, by every ceannol it is sent on its way, till nil the world knows it. Alas, that there should ever bo given ground for evil report. But this let us see to, that wo are as wise mid ddigont to spread good news as the adversary is to scatter tho bad. “Go home to thy friends and tell them how great things the Lord hath done tor thee and hath had compassion on thee." And mark you, when he “began to publish” such news—"all men did marvel." So will they to-day. The inhabitants of Jabosh-Gilead. It must have been an honor over alter to hall from that city. There it lay away across the Jordan, out of the region of piety and loyalty it would seem; but the men of that town d,id as daring and gallant n deed ns is recorded anywhere on the pages of history. That all night inarch to seize and curry away to decent burial t he dishonored bodies of Saul and his unfortunate sons belongs well up in tho annals of tho heroic. Saul missed it not in that early day of ids career when in 11m name ofthe I.ord Im befriended the helpless and affrighted people of Jabesh- I Gilead. Tboy were of a kind not to forgot I u kind deliverer. It is to bo feared that many to-day come from some other city beyond Jordan than Jabesh-Gilead. Next Lesson—Hovicw. 'remporance Lesson.' 1 Sam. 25: 23-31: 35-38. Missionary Lesson. Ps> 67:1-7. The average girl is not afraid of danger, and nil tlie reports of exploding ! soda-water fountains and poisonous ice | cream do not interrupt the delightful , placidity of her appetite. -HaltonuTC American. Contentment is a pearl of great j price, and whoever procures it at tho j expense of ten thousand desires makes i : a wise and happy purchase. | ' Smartness is knowing how to “catch j ‘ ©n”; wisdom, how to let go. I ।

NUMBER 13.

[RAVAGES OF FLAMES. DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT LOUISVILLE, KY. Over Two Million Dollnr Loss in the W holesiilo District—-Uix e Fireman Meet Their Death in tin. Flame - Chicago unit St. Joe Expositions in a Blaze. A Louisville (Ky.) di .pinch says: Six lives were lost and over $2,000,0’10 worth of property destroyed by a fire which reduced the large wholesale dry goods and notion house of Hamburger, | Bloom & Co. to ashes. The biggest house j of any character in the city is that of Hamburger, Bloom & Co., wholesale dry goods and notions. Their immense store j stood on the south side of Main street, between Si .tii aud Seventh, and was six stories high. Frii ate Watchman < harles McGrath dis- ! covered fire in the cellar of tlie building. 1 The watchman gave tlie alarm quickly, calling out tlie entire fire department. In i the meantime tho fire had gained great ■ headway. Hamburger, Bloom A Co. wore stocked from basement to roof with dry goods of every description and thus furnished material for tho flames. It was evident at once that the big building was doomed and i •> efforts of the firemen could save it, in ■ i hour it was a complete wreck, carrying | with it a loss of $150,000 in stock and i $200,00'1 in building anil fixtures. Next ‘ door to Bambni'ger, Bloom A Co. | was the wholesale boot and shoe house ; of William ( oye A" Co,, with a ; stock of $50,000, This was burned j out from cellar to roof, but tho front walls . stood. South of this, on the corner of Main aud Seventh, the St. Charles saloon ! and restaurant was gutted at a loss of $<5,00(1. Immediately east of Bainburger, ! Bloom & Co. was the wholesale hut house of L. Bretzfelder A Co. Their building was a four story brick. The Humes made , quick work of the hats ami caps, and left nothing of the building but a skeleton. The saloon of Isaac Bier and the wholesale cigar store of Virgil Wright, immediately north of Bretzfelder A; Co., were gutted. Their loss was comppratively small and was covered by insurance. The sensational feature of the firn was the tragic death of live firemen. They were: Capt. Ed Early, Samuel Stark* lighte", John Onahan, Ed Wheeler, and Put Foley. In tlie face of iinminent peril they had run a ladder up the Seventh street wall of Bamum r'er, Bloom A Co.’s building and had boldly scaled it for the purpose of getting a stream on at the rear. The wall shook as they ascended, the long ladder trembled ominously, aud the crowd in the street shouted a bourse warning, but it was too late. Just as the first ladderman was about to leap upon the roof with a line of hose the wall fell with a great crash and the three brave men went down with it to their death. An hour later their mangled and blackened corpses were gotten out of the debris and sent to the central police station for the inquest. Firemen Denny McGrath, Frank Best, and Edward Wheeler were caught by a failing wall in the rear and are believed to be lutully wounded, I'he scene of destruction wa» ghastly and nppailinir. Hamburger, Bloom A Do. did ft business of $5,0 Hi,ODD a year, ami were in the midst of a big lull trade. Their loss of sl,< (I 1,000 Is covered by insurance in local and foreign companies, and they will loss nothing except their fall business. The total loss is about $1,5 )0,000, aud tho insurance companies will stand the biggist part of it. Chicago dispatch: A red flake of carbon sputtered from an electric light in the booth containing Gossage’s Co.’s exhibit in tho exposition building. The spurt: lit on a napkin, and a feeble flicker soon appeared. In u moment the blaze ignited I oilier fabrics itud in less than a minute $50,(h)0 worth of the finest linens, silks, and embroideries was utilize. The booths in this part cf tho building contained the exhibits of Marshall Field A. Co., Gossage A Co., James H. Walker & Co., Schlesinger A: Meyer, tho leading dry goods ! houses of Chicago. Many pieces of costly fabrics imported, and having no duplicates in this country, were on exhibition. Costumes from Worth’s furniture of the most exquisite make, pianos and frail stained glass pieces, were near by. In the building was $500,000 worth of valuable goods and machinery, ami within 200 feet more than $500,000 worth of paintings uni statuary. Rarely was so exquisite and costly a spread laid before a fire. Tin thousand people were in the building, and 5,i)00 lost their wits. The big doors in the center were wide open, and the people near them stopped to watch the tire. Those nt either end of the building and farthest away w<>nt wild. 1 hey smashed windows, climbud over each other, ami burst open doors. Several; ladies fainted and were bruised in the crush, but no one was reported us seri- ( ously hurt. The fire was quickly put out. 'lbu janitor of the art gallery closed its doors - before the alarm was sounded, and not the slightest damage was done the works on exhibition. Except the booths in the immediate vicinity no damage was done either by water or smoke. Ihe tarpaulins and the care of the fireman prevented the usual destruction by water and tho smoke drew out of tho skylights uke chimneys. St. Joseph (Mo.) dispatch: The main building at the New Era exposition, containing all the fine exhibits, burned Sunday night. About 10:30 o’clock in the evening, just as the ^vln mment in the great ampitheato ml ; closed, a tire broke out m the main la . a magnificent building, I,l<’o ' en ^‘ ‘ and filled with all manner of *" entire building and contents vein con sumed in spite of the most hero c effoits on t part of the Are department, it is’ understood that nothing was saved but the carriage which was t^Rto imiveyGem ^aye^^ Visit to this country in 184.. lh> exposi tion grounds uro located two miles, fl m the city, ami at this hour details of the fire lime not been received, ihooiig ~.„h ,«I™ lichts I'he exposition will continue bu^ K!, or ii. <„»r «b<u. 1.. ‘J; I The loss will exceed a quarter of a million dollars. Hundreds of people will be o^ ae everything belongs to d.fferent indiviau^ I There were 2(>,0d0 people on the gro ads Sunday all of whom v^t d the Rlace When the lire started the. people on the grounus, am ‘ one has any idea how Hie fire c. ig..mted. 77^, in , Amomi™’"'Washington dispatch: S~re ta ^ Join has issued a mil 90S of officers amending articles ■ J * • the regulations so as to provide that consular certificates will not be required for invoices of goods passing through the territory of the I nited States from on» foreign port to another, provided that the manirest invoice or bill of lading shall show such foreign destination and shall contain a general description of the goods in each package, together with their aggregate value.” ।