St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 August 1891 — Page 7

DOUBLE DICK AND JOE; [— =■—on: —_ 1 - The Poorhouse Waifs. BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER XlV—Continued. At the same time Jenks was driving at his nephew in his savage way. “Now, whatever you know, or have learned, be sure you do not waste any more time than, you can help bringing this old man and this girl together, or in taking him where he can seo her. I •don’t want him to speak to her. Above all. they must not be permitted to speak. I only want him to identify the girl—you ■understand?” “I know what you mean—yes. And if I can get word before I go to bed, I’ll do it —for I want that money, uncle. ” “I’ll double it, Ike,” said his uncle, in a spasm of generosity. “I’ll try to earn it —you’ll see,” sa.d the nephew. “It all depends on how you manage now. ” “Oh, I’ll manage, uncle; you’ll be surprised how well I’ll manage this business. ” It was well 4> r Ike his unc’e did not detect the double meaning in his neph- i ew’s speech. But as often happens with double dealers, the elder deemed the younger man entirely his tool for the time. That same evening, as Joe was walking home from the dyer's, the man with the hang-dog face pushed suddenly against her. leered in her face, and laughed in ah insulting manner as she hastened on, endeavoring to avoid him. “What’s th j matter, miss? Ain’t you the gal I met ” At that instant a hand was laid on the loafer’s shoulder, the loafer was whirled around^' and a pair of hands caught and shook him. Joe observed all that occurred, but she moved quickly on, then paused and looked back in time to overhear what followed. “See here, you scoundrel, I'll give you over to the police if ever you speak to her again. ” “You will?” “Yes, and I’ll break every bone in your body, too, before I turn you over.” • You will?” “If you don't clear out, and promise never to insult any one again ” “I’ll promise. ” “See you don't, then. I’ve got my eye on you. ” “Don t make a fuss—there's a Bobby.” “You git, then. ” The loafer hastened away, and the man overtook Joe quickly, saying: “Don't be alarmed, miss. ” Then Joe recalled the voice, and looking up at the hero of the hour, discovered it was the young man who had called at M. Dufaur's to warn her.

“O! thank you, sir.” “What for?” said Ike, loftily, as he swung his light cane. “ They're a bad lot around here—but you'll not be bothered again. That capper wili know better. ” Joe wondered what a “capper” meant, but she refrained from inquiring. Ike walked beside her proudly, like the val- _ jant protector he had proved. Joe felt very grateful to him. of course. “I'm ever so much obliged to you, sir. ” “O! don't mention it—it’s nothing,” said Ike, as if he had rescued a young miss from a rutiian every day in the year. “Im gad I came a ong. Besides, now you know what I told you is true—you've got to keep a sharp lookout for yourself. And if you’ll al.ow me, I’ll do all I kin to throw folks off the scent — yes, and arrest whoever comes near you. ” “You are very kind, indeed,” said Joe. “Well, miss, it's not all disinterested either. I'd like to number you among my friends, if you'd allow me to.” “I am suio I would be glad to have more friends. I know so few. ” “Maybe that’s because you’re particular who you make friends with.” “O, no! Not at all! I mean—l mean I am not the least bit stuck up.” “That’s the sort of a young lady I like,” answered Ike. “If you’ll not be offended, I’ll walk home with you. ” “O, my, no! Y’ou needn't trouble yourself. ” “It ain’t any trouble. ” “I couldn’t think of it.” “It would be a pleasure, miss. ” “Well —but it’s only a little waysnow.” But he walked beside her, and as he walked he talked—talked so wise and smart—he seemed to know so much. Joe thought he was the smartest young man she had ever met. At last they were at Monsieur Dufaur’s. “So, this is where you live?” Joe waited for him to say good-night, but Master Ike was conning a plan in his mind. “I often come past this way.” ”Do you?” “Yes. But I never see you. Maybe you ain't home always ” “Why, I’m never out —o»ly to go an errand for Madame Dufaur.” “Wen, then, you don't look out of the windows or come near the door?” “Me!” Joe laughed merrily. “Me! Why I’m at the windows half the time. ” “Oh, then maybe I can see you tomorrow when I’m going past?” “Os course; there’s nothing to prevent that I know of. All you’ve got to do is to look right up. ” Joe blushed, and the blush made her very pretty. *When are you likely to be at the window?” “Oh, why, along about eight, and I’m always there just before lunch.” “When's lunch here?” “At half-past ten — never later; Monsieur Dufaur has a regular warm meal, with meats, at one: then we have another at six, and always a cup of coffee at ten.” Joe gave this information with an air of pride. The sumptuous living at Dufaur's quite overpowered her. It was not as lavish as Job Wonder's, but there ■was more style about it. Everything was fine, and such dainties as Joe did .not dream were in the wide world. “Well, I may pass to morrow at half- ■ past ten ” “There's nothing to hinder you passing all day,” Joe replied, with a merry laugh. “I guess I’ll see you once; but I’ll tell Madame Dufaur. It wouldn’t be proper for me, she says, ever to speak to a young gentleman without telling my friends. ’’ “Os course, of course. That’s all

right, too,” said Ike, uneasily. “But I say, don’t make any more of my—of that fellow sku.king off than you can help. ” “Won’t I? I’ll tell her just how he was glad to be let off, and slunk away.” “Os course—but really it wasn't so much to talk about. Glad I have made your acquaintance—and may be Madame Dufaur—but I'll maybe see her some day myself. Good evening, miss.” Ike oowed grandly, and walked away. Joe looked after him, then entered the house, saying to herself, thoughtfully, “He seems like a nice young man.” The nice young man was ready now for the farmer.' He smiled to himself “What a greeny she is—O! green’s no name for her. Now, I’ll get the old one to walk a good wavs behind me, and when he sees inc touch my hat, and laok up, he can look at her, and then turn back like as if he'd forgot something. It's as easy. ” Ike sucked the head of his cane, and grinned at the success which had crowned his endeavors thus far. “Won t I surprise my uncle one of these days! Won't I, though?” CHAPTER XV. BLACK BBSS. “You look charming, ” said Mrs. Brown to Dick, as he entered the green roam and dismounted. “Oli, Ben's a clown,” exclaimed Dick “I never thought of Ben being the clown. ” Mrs. Brown laughed heartily. “Would you like to be a clown, Dick?” “Me! Oh, if I only could.” “You are ever so much prettier as you are. And you 11 make more money as a —a lady. ” Dick blushed through his powder. “I’d rather not. ” “Oh, but think how you’ll be admired by everybody. ” “I—l don’t like to be admired.” “Y'es, you do. Everybody does. ” At that moment Mr. Buckett entered the greenroom, and approaching Dick looked at him curiously. Dick reddened under his inspection. Buckett walked away coolly, and Mr. Mitchell glanced in. Then Buckett and the master of equestrians walked away together. Directly Ben came in and addressed his wife without noticing Dick. “You’ll have to ch'ange your act, Kate; put it back fifteen minutes. I see the brown mare’s lame—you’ll ride the gray. ” Then turning to Dick. “Oh, why you did tirst-rate. Ain’t he a beauty, Kate. The people say he’s the prettiest girl in the lot.” “Am I to wear these all the rest of the performance?” Dick asked ruefully, as he look at his attire. “We 11 talk about that again. You ain’t afraid, anyhow.” “No, sir. ” “I suppose you'd best remain here until we see if you are needed again. Best be ready. You never know what’s uy in the ring. ” As if to verify his assertion, Mitchell hastened in with a frown on his face. “What s up now?” Ben turned to the ringmaster as he ho spoke. “Curly is down. ” “What! Not hurt I hope.” “Can't tell—he was infernally awkward. His own fault,” growled Mitchell. “That isn’t true, Mitchell, and you know it. Curly is as careful as any man in the company. But I warned you not to try that devil until some of us took her in hand. She has a bad reputation. ” “You are always kicking. Biown.” “And I’ve good cause to.” “Y’Ou’d do more nearly right if you’d help straighten the ring up.” “I can do that. too. * “I wish you’d do it then,” Mitchell sneered. “Certainly. Why, of course. Here!” shouted the clown to a man who was handling a spirited black mare. “Bring Bess here quick.” “What are you going to do, Brown ?” “Keep the ring full ” “With Black Boss?” “With this mare. ” Mitchell laughed. “Why—every woman is getting ready to go on in the gypsy race. ” “I know that.” “Then who ”

But Mitchell paused as Bon turned quickly to DicK, and catching his foot as the black mare was brought to his side, uttered the single word, “Mount!” Dick felt himself shaken, but the man and Ben held the mare firmly. Mitchell stared with all his might “Go on: I’ll see the gap is tilled; have the band play lively, and I’ll keep them occupied with Dick till the next act is ready. ” Mitchell ran into the ring, and Dick smiled down at the clown, saying: “Don’t think I’m afraid. ” “If you are she’ll throw you. Here.” Tho clown put a whip in Dick’s hand. “I know her. Hit her with all your might If she throws her heels up; give it to her on her rump—anywhere, and I’ll be there, you bet. Don’t be alarmed Now, get ready to rush in—ready—there they come off. Now!” Dick never forgot that short, sharp “Now!” The ring was clear when he dashed in, witli th^? clown bawling at his heels. The band played lively, the black mare flew once round the ring, then, holding down her head, was preparing io raise her bee's, when whish! whish! the whip cut her flank. Tho blaxlt mare stretched out her neck Instantly, and gave a terrific bound. The crowd loo'-^d on in fear; a murmur ran around the multitude as Dick flew round the ring. He held his place firmly, and eut the mare again. Once, twice—aye, ten or twelve times she flew around the ring, shaking her beautiful head, and still the whip descended. Men. women, and children —all there saw it was a contest for supremacy, but the rider won. The mare slackened her pace ot her own record, ambled gently around the ring t ce, then deflected to the center, and st, 4 trembling. “Double Dick, you’re a brick!” The clown’s eyes sparkle I with pleasure as he patted Dick’s l and “I didn t think there was so much stuff in you, little one. This is a clincher on Mitehell. Buckett will be too glad to take you on my terms—and they'll be high enough, you bet ” The crowd cheered and cheered, until Dick blushed. To be the hero of the hour, to hear the plaudits of ten thousand people was enough to thrill—to turn ihe head of men who had fought great battles. As he was led out of tire ring, the clown at his heels, Buckett followed both Into the green-room. “That was fine —fine—fine.” “Yes, it was,” said Ben. “Now, Dick, skip over to my trunk and get your own toggery on, then you can cotne into tho tent sad see the remainder of tbe show. ”

Then Buckett anu tbe clown talked apart a few mlputeS: when Dick looked again the clown and owner had disappeared—he heard a peal of laughter, then a tremendous clapping of hands, and he knew Ben was in the ring again. Before he entered the tent, two of the female riders passed him. One glanced at him scornfully—the other took his hand and said with a smile: “However did you da it—why you are just wonderful!” And a little later, the clown’s wife tapped h m on the arm as ho sat near the entrance to the green-room, ali eyes and ears. “Dick, you arc a dear boy.” That was g:ory enough for one day—• glory eneugh for a year—Di k said to himself as he looked at the antics of the clown, who excelled in grace, supp’oness, and strength all the other men in the ring. What they did he clumsily imitated —then excelled with an ease that excited great wonder, which was expressed in ioud laughter and much c apping ot hands. CHAPTER XVL DOCILE DICK’S DOUBLE CONQUEST —MAN AND MAW ACKNOWLEDGE HIM SUBIIEME. Much more thrilling sensations wra in stere for Dick That night, when the vast tent was dark and gloomy, and the riders weielounging and talkbig in groups in their drossing room, Ben Brown led Dick out and into the city, where he found the c.own’s wife at her sister’s house. Tiie sister was a lady in a prominent position, but she d d not hesitate to invite the clown and her sister to her house. Indeed s(ie made much of both. Beu Brown had shown the world he vouldMk several things well—be was a manly, Independent fellow. Dick was made muck of,too —so much that he blushed contiunaLy. Ben was called away half an hour, and when he returned, he looked rery much p eased. “What’s it Ben—some good news:" inquired Mrs. Brown. “Y es. it is. I’ve got ahead of Birkett —l’ve made him agree to give twice as much as he expected to pay Dick kere. ” “I'm glad you did,” said his wifeheartily. “How much?” “What do you think of forty dollars a month and found,” said Ben to Dick. “I don’t know —it’s a lot of money, Mr. Brown, and ” “O, don’t Brown me—call me Ben, Double Dick. “I’m ever so much obliged to yon.” Dick was going to say more, but the husband and wife stopped him. “What must I do?" “You are to ride Black Bess to begin with. You will be billed as ‘ldi.ia, the Arabian Queen ’ ” Dick started to his feet “Me! A Queen!” “Yes. Fancv you see yourself on the bills.” Here the clown assumed a striking attitude, and pretended to read from a bill. “Idalia, the greatest fema’e rider in the world (or the universe for that matter), the Queen of Arabia, who was for two years the reigning star in London, queened it for three years in Paris, and who is known in every < apital in the old world as the most fearless and aeroniplished equestrienne the world ever saw. How’ll that do, Kate; eh?” “But,” Dick stammered. “I don’t want to be a woman. ” “Bless my soul!” said Ben, laughin Jt. “Most boys would break their necks for the job—and find lots of fun in it—whole oceans of fun. Why, just imagine the love-letters you'll be getting Ail the young men—ves, and the * • • q, will admire you. And forty dollars a month; whew! No work—nothing but to ride. I’ve fixed all that with Buckett. You are either a boy or girl—always to be regai deu as such on the pay-roll—and tbe public to be none the wiser, and whoever blabs, or gives the secret Sway to bo discharged and lose three months’ pay," “O!” said Mrs. Brown, “theses no danger of any one tolling who the quean is—nobody will care to 10-o their place and all their earnings, for Buckett lias away of making it Aery hard for people who try to collect more than he chooses to pay. The onlv man he ; ays on the nail is Ben here—and he knows better than to quarrel with Ben ” “That lie does. Well, Double Dick—it's all Settled. And Buckett is to find you new drosses—or. rather • Here Ben took out a roll of bank notes and handed them to his wife “there's what he thinks you ought to be able tn get up something tine for Dick for. ” [TO BE CONTtNUKD.j In packing Alligators. The author of the “Recollections of a Lion Tamer,” relates how, after being for some years employed as an animal trainer, he and his wife had, by great economy, saved enough to ’buy a modest menagerie, and received their stock of crocodiles, serpents and monkeys at an inn near Lyons, France. One evening several alligators came, and were placed in a store room which opened from the courtyard. Maria and I, with several persons to bold lamps, set to work to unpack them. You can imagine how agreeable that unpacking was. The alligator is wholly lacking in grace and gentleness. Each of his jaws is ornamented with seventy-five teeth, his body is covered with armor that defies attack, and his tail is an invincible weapon that can overthrow, cripple, or destroy i i adversary. Our alligators had had a long voyag4. Never of an amiable disposition, alligators are in particularly bad humor after a journey, and become the most ferocious of creatures if they escape. Ours escaped! What confusion there was' Every one rushed to the door, the lights went out, and my wife and I were left in the darkness, face to face with this horrible, invisible danger. We had climbed on a table. At one blow from live tail of one of the saurians the legs gave way. Terrified, we rushed from one side of the room to the other, hunting the door. The frightful grumbling of the angry beasts, mingled with the sound of their kails and jaws striking against the furniture, the flag-stones and the walls. At last I found the door. W e were free; but that was not the end of the matter. Not to be injured by a stroke of the tail of one of the alligators was one point, and not to lx' ruined was another, for these delightful companions had cost us onr little fortune. I went bark, carrying a torch. I threw myself re.-olntely into that melee, and finally succeeded in getting the saurians into safe quarters. It is indeed a wait of woe to sit an hour in a dentist’s outer office.

' ^LE ABOUT $150,000. ' EXTENT of the latest loan SWINDLE. D SUII‘ ~ A ” FB ‘ lß ° r the * tw,- In Bt tee Rate of 81,000 Mortlivpr I s Still Ahead ot the ( J '""Cers. tb^fc y ® xam ^ nat i° n of the booksol ’ ind I t On ? tapital Savings, Building which n A / S ,° ciation of Nortb America, States in hand by the United L, * * authorities at Chicago, gives a "raudd 0 ^I*'' 1 *'' ,dea of tho exten^of th? ' tion P 1 ?® 110 ®* 1 b y the “close” corpora- • XuL sh(,ws , in detab the plan by > defrans^^n^P e woro systematically recX ded ‘ lhe amount of the firm's ’ the «:\ Wa9 ^“owhat exaggerated by ' holdt tn , re P° r ^’ but Inspector Stuari - the L m ea " l 515 °.000 for which 'in h& kholder3 got not a was taken “"y the company. and l Preater part of thl s amount, ovei anu above the association’s expenses h > the I* Possession of Louis F. Mortimer, Pfomoter of the project, who is now , ,y c hased by detectives in the . hpv t Ex-Judge S. A. Page and Attor mid J ' den Evans > f or the cheated stock- > torn T and D, strict Attorney Milchrist nmr > ra P id! y through the dozen or nor?*- Rers and books k °pt by the cori a,ld tho rosult ’ roughly estithe following figures: ToJ^unt received, $86,000. Os this ) ■-ai,w( h a 9 been paid to the agents r tnrongjout the country. There are $13,o°o assets in sight, s<»,ioo of which is the I sepurjijbs upon which small loans to give to stockholders were made, ■ randthe balance in the bank and now subject to the court’s order. Then the books show $19,C00 paid to Lewis F. Mortimer as commissions, and of this $19,000 Mortimer must account to tbe indignant stockholders. There is yet $23,000 to be accounted for, and Mortimer is supposed to have tho amount with him. At least ho did have it in hand when he left the city on “pressing .Eastern business.” Since July 30 this year $13,000 has been taken in and is deposited as a trust fund, sublect to the order of the Superior Court, in which the case is now pending. Mortimer is being closely followed in the East, and word was received at the Government building which, it is said, will lead to his arrest. The officials look upon him as the important man and care nothing about the little catch, for Mortimer got the money and the others were used as his tools. Alfred Downing, president of the bogus building association, is still in the hands of the Government authorities, but his bail has been fixed at S2,O(M), which is looked upon as an absurd bond for a man under the charge made against him if tho officials cared to hold him. N. 11. Tollman has also been reb ased on the same bond. In view of the fact that both men have told all they know about tho management of the National Capital Savings, Building and Loan Association of North America and are working hand-in-hand with the authorities for the capture of Mortimer, it can easily be surmised that neither of these men will be prosecuted, but will be used as witnesses against Mortimer, who, according to Mr. Downing, is “one man in a thousand.” and as smooth as the best. Attorney Lyden Evans has been drawn into this case by circumstances. He was at first called upon by Mortimer to defesd certain little suits and knew nothing of the association's standing. Ho more and more of the firm's legal »- until one day he conceived tjie i tlTat all was not straight Mr. Mor- >. timer was in New York at the time and Evans demanded at tho association's of- । flee in the Rookery Building to have I ] access to the company's books if he was ■ I tube Its legal adviser. It was then ho j met Tollman, one of tho directors, and In*told him what he thought. Tollman, 11 he says, became frigntened, and asked . what lie could do to protect himself, as i he did not know tlfe association was not 11 straight. This started the ball rol ing, and a receiver would have been asked Torby Mr. Evans had not I ncle Sam got there first. ■ •Mortimer runs things with a high haad," said Mr. Evans, alter he had looked over tbe books of the bogus company, “and it's a wonder he did not sma-h things and get in the hands of the law before. He put his father in us Secretary and treasurer, his brother-in- . law (F. O. Wentworth) a* president, and had a man in Canada named Choate whose proxy he voted regularly. It was a sort of family affair between them, and Mr. Downing, the president, whom Mortimer claimed to have ousted by the recent election, was made a tool of, as was also the vice president, Mr. Tollman. These men, 1 believe, got nothing. We are going now to see what we can do for the stockho ders. There is $3,909 left in bank and $9,109 out on loans, the real estate security for which we believe is perfectly good. That is about 20 per cent, any how. We will next make an application for a receiver, and 1 believe the association ought not to be allowed to go to pieces, as there is a heap of money coming in all the time. Since the money now in bank was tied up over $13.00.1 has been received. which the court will take charge of as a trust fund, and I believe that aj association that is in receipt of such large amounts shouldn't be allbwed to go to pieces.” « While the figures got from the firm's - ^<>oks >' owed that $86,090 had been re- > leiveu^his does not cover the entire sope of Mortimer's business. He ran a . fran' h house for three months at Phila- , telphia, and of the proceeds it is said no i :coiint was made. ‘ I The company operated in nearly every ■ J,,ate in the Union and its agents were ’ to nearly every town. The plan was - ;be regular system adopted by building • ind loan associations, only they failed > make the usual loans when called upon, and the stockholders’ money can only be । accounted for the one way. Inspector Stuart said that h<‘ does not , think a record of half the money re- ( coived by the association was kept, and s stated that more than fifty letters containing checks, money orders, etc., ranging in amount from $5 to SSO, and ad--1 dressed to the association, were received by one morning's mail. ^•issing Linka. i London theater-going is said to have i declined to a remarkable extents. । Beefsteak aivd black coffee are said to have reduced a Lady of 18? pounds to HO. One of tbe most eminent English physicians recently said that, every modern house ought to be destroyed after it had 1 been built for sixty years. I Whatever be t?ie state of colored photography, a process of photographing in colors has been patented in London. and the company is about to begin business.

FROM LAKE TO RIVER. A BIG BATCH OF INTERESTING INDIANA NEWS. Fresh Intelligence from Every Part of the State— Nothing of Interest to Our Readers Kelt Out. —The melon crop about Vincennes is unprecedentedly large. —A lead mine is reported to have been discovered in the hills near English. —Henry Johnson, an O. & M. conductor, was crushed between two cars at Shoals. Ihe Indiana Bankers’ Association will meet at West Baden Springs, August 23. —George Graham, 22, fell down a coal shaft at Chandler station, head first and was killed. —Walter Stevens, of Lafayette, accidentally shot himself while tinkering with an old revolver. Ihe house of James W. T'atterson, near New Ross, was burned. The 1^ is $1,000; no insurance. - Jno. Layman and Chas. Kranz were sunstruck while threshing wheat near Columbus, and can't recover. — l Thomas Butcher, a miner, was seriously injured by falling between some loaded cars near Knightstown. —The supply of natural gas at Vernon has been exhausted, and the pipes and mains laid two years ago are being dug up. —Frightened horses ran away with Geo. Culp's two boys at Valparaiso, and they were badly bruised by being thrown out. —Simon Gundeck, 75, near Michigan City, fell under a mower while cutting hay and was killed. A well-to-do farmer. —Oliver Brown, who was bumming from Philadelphia to Indianapolis, fell under the cars at Richmond and had a leg cut off. —The 12-yoar-old son of Bass Thatcher was given whisky by Chas. Riffer at Frankfort. The boy got drunk and Riffer got in jail. —Charles Kahler, a railway employe at Brazil, fell from his train and one leg was dismembered. His widowed mother resides in Greencastle. —Oliver Barker, a tramp, stealing a ride from Richmond to Indianapolis, fell under the wheels and was ground to pieces at the former place. —lndiana farmers who sold their farms and went West.are now wishing themselves back again. They have heard of the crops raised this year. —Frank Lubb, a Scott County horsethief, doing a six years' sentence at Jeffersonville, had his head torn to pieces by a saw in the prison factory. —Dean's peach orchard, of Jefferson County, contains 4,000 acres, on which are 150,000 trees and from which 75,000 bushels oi fruit will be shipped this year.

—William Built, who recently died at tho City Hospital, Columbus, belonged to the Soul Sleepers, and on account of Ins religion never ent bis hair or beard. He was worth $19,000. —Coone Brown, one of the workmen engaged in putting on the iron siding of B. F. Aiman's new elevator at Pendleton. fell from the roof to the ground. He is not fatally hurt. —During a heavy rain and wind-storm at Montpelier all of the tents and buildings on the fair grou-nds wore blown down. Two miles west of the town a brick school-house was leveled. —A letter received here from J. F. Tillman, Secretary of the Farmers’ Aliiance, states that Indianapolis has been fully decided upon as the meeting place of the next National Convention, to be held during the week commencing November 17. —A peculiar accident befell William A. Vanarsdah, a Crawfordville councilman. He had been working on his farm, and !n starting to the house, had put an ax and hoe on his shoulder. In climbing over a fence, the ax slid down against his neck, the blade cutting through fora space of six inches, exposing the jugular vein. —Mr. B. T. Smith, a leading business man of Brownsburg, went into the loading bin of his new elevator to remove an obstruction that was in the chute. In •'June manner one of his legs was drawn *ito the chute and broken. The wheat, which was pouring into the bin at a fast rate, soon had him covered, aud he was smothered. Mr. Smith was proprietor of the flouring mill and elevator. The elevator had been in operation only one month. —A band ?of genuine Rommanies halted in Bergerdine's woods, east of Hanovqr. and soon the chant of a halfwild wedding song echoed through the grove. The, nuptials were those of the queen of the band, Miss Jennie Van Sicklen, a young woman of 19, who was crowned at Elyria, 0., recently, and a tall, American-looking fellow named John Lynch. He was in truth an American until last fall, and sold steaks and chops in Philadelphia. But he was a ealthy butcher and lost his heart to the sWarthy gypsy maiden, whom he followed, and was later taken into the band as one of them. The queen travels in a car-like wagon hung in velvets and silk. A Hanover preacher was called to perform the Christian ceremony. —Warren Chipman, aged about 25, was drowned at Goshen while bathing. He attempted to swim across the hydraulic eansl When in deep water he was seized with cramps, drowning before aid could reach him. —The next show that pitches its tent at Charleston will have a hard time getting a crowd since the last circus there had a following of crooks who buncoed a number of promineni but gullible citizens out of several large rolls of greenbacks.

BY POST AND WIRES COMES THIS BATCH OF INDIANA NEWS. A Catalogue of the Week’s Important Occurreuces Throughout the State — Fires. Accidents. Crimes, Suicides, Etc. —James Bright has been raked in at Madison for horse stealing. —Elmer Price fell from a bicycle at Brazil and split his nose open. —Burglars cracked the safe of Jacob Strach, at New Albany, securing SIOO. —Eli Lampheare was drown, while bathing in the mill-race at Jeffersonville. —A 10-year-old boy had his leg badly lacerated in a mowing-machine near Mooresville. —Christian Swaim, a wealthy farmer, was robbed of SI,OOO while attending a circus at Muncie. —A man named Thompson, Clinton County Poor Farm, was badly horned by a bull, and will die. —Two barns were struck by lightning and destroyed by tire at Crawfordsville, two horses being burned. —. An epidemic of hog cholera is said to be prevailing in Lynn Township, two miles north of Mount Vernon. —lsaac Pesch, of Evansville, drove his family out of his room and took a dose of Rough on Rots, from which he died. —The frog farmers alcng the Kankakee River have a big business this year. One man recently shipped 1,300 dozen in a day. —The Montgomery County Board of Review has raised the amount of taxable property from 815,000,000 to $20,000,000. —Little son of Frank Davis overturned a kettle of boiling water on itself at Anderson and was so badly scalded that it will die.

—The DePauws deny that any arrangements have been made to transfer their plate-glass works from New Albany to Anderson. —The State Association of Bankers will meet at West Baden Springs, Aug. 26. Reduced railroad and hotel rates have been secured. —Robert Young, of Cross Roads, near Muncie, lost a SI,OOO barn irom spontaneous combustion, caused by the mow being filled with new hay. —The Huntingburg bank, which was compelled to close its doors a few months ago on account of the cashier carelessly allowing overdrafts, has reopened. —Harry Johnson, a freight conductor on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, had his right thigh badly crushed while making a coupling at West Shoals. —The threshing-machine and straw from about fifty acres of wheat, belonging to Edward K. Stratton, near Spiceland, burned. Loss probably 8700. —Seymour is in the throes of a maddog scare. A number of men chased a supposed brute all over town, and finally dispatched it with revolvers and shotguns. —Mr. Hunter, a miner living at Knightstown, was seriously injured by falling slate at the Jumbo mine. The stone caught him on the back. He is paralyzed in the limbs. —A swinder has been taking subscriptions in the neighborhood of Seymour for magazines and books at reduced rates. He gets the money and people w ho subscribe get the rates. —Noah A. Breedlo”e was instantly killed while attempt! to couple an engine to the separator a thresher at Sullivan. His head w.. crushed. He was 25 years old and a single man. —The onion crop raised by the farmers residing on the river bottom west of New Albany is said to be very large and fine this season. Four hundred barrels have already been shipped to Northern points. —Mrs. Salvina Shipley and her son Isaac, who reside in Brown County, near Nashville, were scuffling for possession of a chair, when a little grandchild of Mrs. Shipley was accidently struck upon the head and knocked down. The little one was picked up by its mother in an unconscious condition, and has been in spasms since. Mrs. Shipley and son are almost crazed with grief on account of the accident. No hope is entertained for the recovery of the child. —Jacob Heaton, residing five miles oast of Muncie, turned a large drove of fat hogs in a wheat stubble-field, and, with his family, went to the citv to see Barnum’s show. When the family returned home at night Mr. Heaton found seventeen of the hogs dead from suffocation, and as many more would have died only for careful nursing. He had forgotten to provide water for the stock. —Jefferson street, the main thoroughfare of Huntington, was the scene of a dreadful and heart-rending accident. Mrs. Frank Collins, with three children, was on the street, the youngest, a daughter aged 6 months, in a baby cab. The mother stopped at one of the public wells to give her children a drink, when the baby cab rolled noiselessly away from where it was standing, falling off the curb at the feet of a team of horses. The infant was rolled in the gutter, and one of the horses kicked it in the head, killing it instantly. The agonizing shrieks of the mother were the first intimation of the occurrence, and the scene was one which made the faces of the strongest men turn pale. —ln climbing cn a freight train in the Vandalia yards, at Greencastle, Albert Bowman, aged 14 years, fell, and the wheels severed his head irom his body. —At Terre Haute the parents of little Tommy Hayes, aged 6, missed him about home, and thinking he had strayed away, they reported his disappearance to the police. A search was made and four hours later Tommy's body was found in a big barrel of rainwater back of the house.- He had fallen in and was drowned..