St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 September 1891 — Page 3

OUR RURAL READERS WILL BE PLEASED WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. Reason far Leaving the FarmFarmers Should Attend Their County Fairs—Shocking Grain in Sheaves—How tQ Make WliHfletrees—Live Stock—Dairy and Household Hints* Attend the Fairs. T>LAN the work so A IzJ as t 0 save time to I attend the fair ® I one day at least,

ter than that is tne plan of taking the best at home to the fair and placing it on exhibition. If it takes a premium, there will be some satisfaction in that. If it does not, there will be a chance to jret the opinion of others in regard to its faults, and the merits of the bettor kinds, which will prove a useful lesson. Meet farmers from other neighborhoods and exchange the news about farm crops and the most improved methods of cultivation. Learn something from them and teach them something. It is generally easy to do both if one has time enough. Those who have breeding stock of any kind to exhibit should begin in good sea- j ■son to get it ready. Have it in good I breedings condition, which is, perhaps, a ! little thinner in flesh than wlwit is called working condition, but not lean and not fat. Too much fat spoils an animal as a prolific breeder, and injures the constitution of his or her progeny. This rule is applicable to both male and female. The managers of fairs should look to this matter, and see that premiums for breeding stock do not get awarded to those which are too fat, but they should be sleek, healthy and vigorous looking, "well groomed, and well cared for. They also have something to look after in tho matter of premiums on vegetables. Monstrosities are not desirable. Good growth of marketable size, and well as- j sorted, and displayed as if for sale upon ; the market, should be encouraged. Premiums should go by the merit of the object upon which they are given, and not be given for tne services of the ■exhibitor to the society, be they ever so great. If one exhibitor has for several I years taken so large a proportion of the ■ premiums as to discourage every one | ■else from competing, offer him an inducement to enter his stock “for exhibition only,” and give the second best man a chance. A society seldom loses by granting free admission to exhibitors. Without them there would be no show, and if no show, or a slim one, there will be soon a slim attendance of sight-seers. It is very well to provide a little amusement for visitors, a horse trot, a few athletic •' sports, or something of the sort, but do mot try to run a circus. An agricultural and at school there is and should be an intermission foi playtime, but do not make all playday. The work of study-, ing up the exhibits of others is as good as play for the farmer, and yet it is instructive. — Ariicrla!n Cultivator. Shocking Grain In Sheaves. To shock wheat so it will stand hard ; rains and keep in good order until j threshed, writes E. G. Packard, in the | Practical Farmer. cut as soon as ripe and ’ ■before heads crinkle down, bind and set' ten bundles, as shown in Fig. 2, be- i ing careful to place every bundle firmly Fig. 1. Fig. 11. and have all lean toward the center. T’hen take one good-sized bundle, spread tops and butts like a letter X on top of : shock, as shown in Fig. 1, with heads on •center. Spread out another and place opposite, with heads overlapping the -other. Fig. 1 shows a side view of completed shock. Carefully and firmly set wheat in this way and it will stand a wonderful amount of rain and keep in I •good order. How to Make Vthiffletrees. To make good whiffletrees, take tough timber 2 by 4 and 3 by 4 inches, cut the proper length, and taper a little as shown in cut. Have blacksmith make square backed links to straddle the wood and ■connect them together with a center link. ‘To obtain all the strength of ti*e timber, the links arp held to their place by ■driving a short stapio across them in B A A ol j — I v Z O 6 £—J f V * * q A—staples. B—clevis. i the center of the singletree and far ' ■enouah from the ends of the doubletree ' so that the link will not work over, i 1 ‘Take ferrules with hooks on for the ends of the singletree. Have holes drilled in ; them if they are not in and drive a i ■wrought nail through the wood and you I have something that is cheap, durable, I lasting and unprovoking.— J. C. Mossford, in Practical Farmer. LIVE STOCK. Let Thein Have Time. Don’t hurry your horses and cattle .About drinking in the winter. Give ; them plenty of time. Very cold water is ( not relished by live stock any more than i •a child not educated to that modern ' abomination, ice water. Often a cow's or horse’s teeth are sensitive to the . cold and so they are unwilling to drink ; all that they ought to drink when given ' the opportunity. What they want are frequent opportunities. An old farmer writes: “Some horses act as if they do not care for a thimbleful of water, but'if you will be a little patient with them they will drink a goodly allowance, which is very essential to their well-being. Don’t give them water which has stood for several hours in a : -cold place as it becomes colder than I

fresh water from the well and is not a9 healthful. If your cattle can run to ; water at will so much tho better, pro- | viding they can get down easily to the i water and not slip on ice or slide down a j steep bank, both of which are danger- j ous and injurious to heavy cattle, es- | pecially breeders. My own belief is ; there Is nothing mu’h better than a ■ good tank if kept in good order. Those । cattle which are watered from tho pail sheuld be.given time to drink and not have it snatched away from them before they have hardly time to look at it. Let them have time to put their mouths in it and sip a little and most likely tho pail will become empty.”— Toledo lice. Thu Foot of a Horse. The foot of a horse is one of the most ingenious and unexampled pieces of mei chanism in animal structure. The hoof i contains a series of vertical and thin j lamin® Jof horn, amounting to about • 500, and forming a complete lining to it. I In this are fitted as many lamin® beI longing to the coffin-bone, while both ! sets are elastic and adherent. The edge j of a quire of paper, inserted leaf by leaf i into another, will convoy a sufficient | idea of the arrangement. Thus, tho I j weight of the animal is supported by as i ; many elastic springs as there are lamin® in all the feet, amounting to about 4,000, distributed in tho most secure manizer, since t ary spring is acted on in an oblique direction. THE DAIRY. Water thn Cows. In hot weather more than ordinary care should be taken in making it easy for the farm stock to get water frequently. This is especially necessary for cows giving milk. A man who has pure running water in his pastures is tho exception generally, and the trouble of driving cows to water often leads to neglecting them until from tho want of it i they will run violently the moment they are let out and heat themselves and then I drink to excess. Milch cows in summer should have accesfe to water at least J j three times a day, no matter how much , time it may take, and oftener than this j would be still bettor. I believe a farmer ' can neglect almost anything else better than to let his cows suffer for want of water. — E. B. Overfeeding for Fairs. It must be unfortunately recognized as a fact that show stock must be fat, { very fat. But is it not time we got over • that sort of nonsense? At the fat stock i shows it is part of the plan that tho ani- I mal be fat. The theory is that it shall ; carry all the fat it can, and that then we ; shall be told how the fat was created! । and what it cost to make it. Tho fat j J stock show Is to show us the comparative I value of animals as meat producers, and j the comparative cost of production’. But I the fair has no such purpose. If it had, ■ the fat stock show would not be needed. I A lean animal will give us as good an idea of the breed as a fat one, and a | mighty sight better idea. Tho objection I to this stuffing process by which animak I are fatted for the fairs is that many anrmals are greatly injured by iL —B’esfcm Rural. Dairy Notes, There Is one advantage in having the ’ cows “come in” in the winter and that is that the calves are apt’ to have better j handling. A creamery properly constructed and properly managed, with intelligent pa'trons behind it, will always prove a benefit to the community in which It is, located. There are great quantities of feeding no commercial value in their crude state, i that can be sold at a profit if reduced to j marketable produce through the medium > of the cow. That first-class milk and butter can : be made from ensilage Is now settled be- ; yond dispute. Perhaps all farmers are ; not sufficiently familiar with the best methods of handling ensilage to accomplish this result, but it is done by many. ; “It’s genuine cow butter. Is it?” asked ■ the customer. “It is, sir,” replied the ' dealer, as he turned the oleomargarine • label around out of sight and slapped a two-pound chunk of the golden massinto ’ a wooden dish. “It comes from a genuine cow.” A Janesville, Wis., druggist recently ; sent to Chicago and secured a supply of j oleomargarine. This was made into pats i and numbered No. 1. He then procured । a supply of fine dairy butter, which was : also made into pats and numbered No. 2 ; It was displayed in bis store and a largo ; number of Janesville ladies voted on it. The votes stood as follows: No. 1 had 141 votes as butter; No. 2 had 156 votes, No. 2 being the butter. Ten voted both oleomargarine and fifteen both butter. Fifty dollars should be the minimum earnings of a dairy cow, and great excellence Is easily attained that will increase it to 8100 apiece. Farmers can io this with high-grade rattle, such as each of you can raise from native cows upon the farm. I find that the use of pure- I bred Guernsey bulls on our common | cows, and raising the heifer calves, will j soon bring about the kind of a dairy j every farmer should own who Intends to | make the butter dairy hisffarm business. ? —H. Talaott. THE POULTRY-YARD. — Tho llHrn-lHrd Refuse. The pickings of the voidings of horses j and cattle, with the waste grains, hay ; seed and broken leaves of clover hay j which the hens secure, amount to a largo ' ' quantity, and also afford a variety. That ; * is the reason why the common hen some- j 1 times lays more eggs than tho pure breeds. The latter are over-fed, get but. ' little exorcise, and as all writers teach ; “feed heavily,” the common hen is com- ; pelled to work wfiil’e the pure-bred hen I has nothing to do but patiently wait. । But nearly all farmers feed corn, and ! the supposition is that the common hen I receives only ,pofn, yet no estimate Is I made of the varied food she picks up in j the barn-yard. Tile fact is that the i common hen is better fed, so far as ; variety is concerned, than the pure-bred, ! but she must seek it, which she does, I and in an industrious manner, her very i industry keeping her in excellent laying i ; condition. It pays to keep a few hen's ; i in the barn-yard in order to* utilize the j ; waste that occurs. The farmer may not ; notice the loss from waste, but the alert ; । hen, with her keen eyes, does not let a j I single grain escape her. — Farm and, Fire- ; side. — THE HOUSEHOLD. — Things to Remember. That salt fish are quickest and best ; freshened by soaking in sour milk. That kerosene will soften boots or ; shoes which have been hardened by i j water and render them as pliable as I when new.

MWJ MV and more if tho state of the farm work and tho' finances will ali low. Take tho i \vife and children i ' along too. Look | over the farm j stock and the j vegetables, and | see wherein tho I best on exhibition ,1 is better than | your own, and find out if possible how it is produced. Even bet-

BACKED BY MILLIONS, | BUT SQUELCHED BY YANKEE SHREWDNESS. Blooming Britisher, nml M lly Brarlllons Learn a Losson from American Rubbe- ' Men—The Sams Gsme Tried Once, Too Otten —Tho Promoters L. so Heavily. The Rubber Syndicate CollapsesThe great rubber syndicate of Para, New York, and 1 ondon has collapsed, and John G Gonalev Vianna, al as tho Baron do Gomderlz, the b: gbe-ar of the Hade, has once more been defeated in an attempt t> corner the world’s supply of < rude rubber. 3 his time the loss will fall chief.y on bankers of Kfo and London, who were Inveigled into tho Baron’s latest scho.i o The syndicate represented by Mr. Alanna wa-i organized under the title ( ompania du Gran Para, w.th tho Baron as manager. The headquarters of tho concern aro in I’ara, with branch offices in London, I’ar s, and New York Although the syndicate, during the last nine months, obtained possession of V 0 per tent, of tho availaWo supply of tho world: the capital—■ said to bo 825,000,000—under its control Js not sufficient to hold this and also to buy up the new crop now coming into Para from the forests of Bra dL The result is that the syndicate cou d not ’hover iti margins with the London hpuscs with which the Baron macle his deal two months ago. Singlehurst & Co. and the Baring Bros, were mentioned as the principals tn the deal, but there were other firms also that held stock on margin for the syndicate, and it is they who first began to sell Tbe unloading of 100 tons on tho market was followed by a general break, and rubber, which had been forced up to 85 cents by the syndicate, fell to cents, or 32 pence British money. It was a severe blow t« tho Brazilian bankers and Londo i capitalists. When tho rubb r merchants of the United States noted tho large qn anti ties of rubber coming into Para ihey prepared for a break. They had previously kept out of the iharket and sold all the rubber they had in stock. Only three weeks ago 300 tons wore shipped to Livrrpoal from the syndicate, the shippers acting on the policy of giving Baro.n de Gomderiz ropo enough to hang himself. Rubber manufacturers hero curtailed their requirements in every possible I way, and some of them temporarily [ closed their establishments. Thus they ; pricked tho second great rubber bubble ■ of a decade. The manufacturers of the United | States were caught by the Baron In 1883, i ‘but they crushed him by closing down I their factories after rubber had been forced up from 40 cents tq. 81.25 per pound. They do not suffer now by the collapse of tho wily Brazilian, but the English and Brazilians do When the Baron’s bankers saw tho policy being pursued by tho United Stat* s importers and manufactureis they calle! on him to cover h n niarg ns. Had the syndicate been ab'e to carry out Its plans it woufd ; have made many mil ions of dollars, 1 ut as soon as its backers refused to carry stock any longer the market v as broken and they began to sell. One small firm In London that held fifty tons called on tho Baron to ewer his margins, and ho failed to do so Then another small holder unloaded alike quantity. This was followed.by Baring Bros, end Singlehurst & Co.,,and then the run on tho market became general. Rubier fell from 81 cents to 64 cons tons Iwing ~v mv luuer Oguro. At tho opening of tho year’s business tho outlook of the United Mates rubber manufacturers was not bright, as tho Baron’s spoon atlon’ had forced.rubber up so high that there was no profit to be • made. Even tbe druggists’ supplies and surgical Instrument trades felt the effect of tho Baron's manipulations of tho market The rubber-shoe trade suffered most severely, as more than half tho crude rubber Imported hero Is used by> rubber shoe men. Tho presejit decline is a gain tor the entire trade, and the Baron’s scheme, w ilch was dire'tod chiefly against our manufacturers, inures to their advantage. TWO MEN OFSAME NAME DIB. Singular Coincidence nt » Detroit Hotel — Nehher Mai Known to the Other. A most extraordinary coincidence happened nt tho Russell House, Detroit, Mich., within twenty-four hours? A. H. Whitney, of Toronto, a consumptive, arrived in .the city byway of tiA Canadian Pacific Railway at 0:45 o’clock, accompanied by his wife and C. K. Thomas, a relative. They at once proceeded ta the Russell House and Mr. M hitncy was taken to a room, where ho died in the act of lying down He had been an Invalid for about three years. The next morning at 10:30 o’clo k another Mr. and Mrs. A. II Mhltney arrived at tho Russell House. They were from Quincy, 111. After registering they wont to their room. Lore Inside of ten minutes after entering Mr Whitney was seized w.th hea t disease and was soon dead. Q k. Thomas, the gentleman who accompanied the Toronto party, was appalled by the strange coinesden e. These brothers in death were neither relativi s n-or known to each other. A. Fl. Whitney of Toronto had been < ne of the best known accountants in that city. Tho gentleman from ' Quin y. 111., was the manager and principal stockholder of the A. IL Whitney Organ Company. He was In Detro ton bns ness and partly on a visit. Ho had boon subject t > heart disease, so tho dkxfl tors were informed by Mrs. Whitney, He was 53 years old. Ta k About the Fair. Tira lady managers of the World’s Fair have asked the women of tho country (o so: d in sketches for sn official seal. This opportunity will doubtless be taken advantage of by designing females. — (dmaha I Vorld-HeralcL. Chicago is going to have a railroad on : skates during tho World s Fair rush. ! There is somethin’ ap; ropr ate in tho idea. A great many railroad companies in the West halve been “on skates’" for i years.— Kan-sae City Journal. Oxe of the eoul-sitlrrlng schemes for the World’s Fair is a mammoth pyramid of pianos of all makes, to be run by I electricity from one key board. It should i be set out where it can be used for an arti.lory target— Bimjhalnton Bcpuljlia Tim Egyptian exhibit at tho Worldjs Fair will be a reproduction of a street tn : Cairo. The attendants in the booths a-nd I shops will bo dark-skinned beauties of ; tho Orient, sent by approval of tho Khedive. V ill it do to say that they, cannot be Tewfik to p'ease the Chicagoans?— I Detroit F'lre Press.

I THE ALMY TRAGEDY.! ■—- — SENSATIONAL CRIME WORTHY O? COMMENT. New Bnffland Likely to TnterlerewHh Ju»tlc # ^ The Criminal P e . O1 tne S.v orMt Pe nal tv_Hi. Deed lliat of a Wend- Sane, but DeUlisb. Revenga or a Coward. The staid old State of New Hampshire has added a chapter to tho records of crime in this country which Lardy eftn be surpassed or the grim background of the murder Itself and the extraordinary details Which have followed its commission. The crime of which Frank C. Almy is guhty w as b tho most revolting cruelty and barbarity as well ns by rank cowardice. Six wee»s ago tho wretch, angered because his sweetheart, Christie Warden recctcd his advances, sprang from his place of concealment on a.lonely road,dragged her away from her mother and sister into the woods, and noton y shot herdown in cold blood but oven mutilated I or alter d-ath. He escaped, boasting to h r terrified companions that now he had had revongo. Iho horror of the crime aroused the nitre county. Largo rewatds, aggiegating,§4,ooo, were ottered, and hundreds of peop’o as well as police and detectives from various cities hunted for him lot only all over the New Hampshire hi.ls but th oughout New England. Other parts of the country were ransacked, but to no purpose, and at last tho theory was a ccpted that ho had gone to Europe, and al) hope of his capture was lo t. - / "— —- - It now anp^idrs, however, that ho never left the farm of tho Warden family. With that fascination which sometimes seizes upon criminals to remain upon the scene of their crimes he concealed himself in tho barn. From his hlding-placo he saw tho funeral of his victim. In dark nights he stole up to tho house and watched what was going un within. He saw detectives and reporters within a few feet of him and neard them discuss plans and probabilities for his capture. He evon took food from the house In the night and vis led Christie’s grave in the cemetery near by. All these weeks it never occurred to the astute detectives to search tho Warden premises, and had it not been for the accidental disc ,v ry of some cans taken from the house, which raised a su-picion in the mother’s mind that he was somewhere on tho premises, !he might still have been at liberty. Sho mentioned her suspl ions to tlio Sheriff, I and that functionary with a companion kept a nightly vigil about tho barn. At last they were r warded by a sight ol tho loan and haggard murderer emerging frem his hiding-pl&db to obtain food. Ho was entirely unprepared for leTtance, but for some mysterious reason flic two armed m hi mode no at on pt t> arrest him. Instead of that they raised a hue and cry and the next day the barn was besieged by no less than 1,500 poop e, who preece nd to bombard their victim. ' When he had be n wounded twoor thr« e times anl it be< a ue apparent to him that fur her attempt was useless ho agr e I to surrender and eve.i dictated Utins so far as je r oual s curity was coneernod. Wb-n the terms were accepted he added cilme to crime by shooting one of hl capto.a That ho was not ki.led oi ths spot speaks wed of iho New Eng and souse of Justice. Tho Sheriff who had be. n so reluctant to perform his dut v promptly and o;.crgetit aly saiod him frqm ly ch'ng by appealin r to tbo .row i t-ojkit tho law take its to re. 1u t a.. id,A to go so and the brutal wro'i li ove I to jail If tho I court■ are ®S'car|<»s« a- d tho law is as perfe tas tly • ...i be long befoß.' Almy will expiate his her , r» K< er m ■ ol the gallows. It is not sd ceria n, however, that this wretch wl 1 moat the fate he doerves A ready there is a certain halo of romanco gathrt ing about him His visits to bls victim's grave, his nr s nation of lett r? and souv« nlrs she h^d glsen h in, his d ciarati. n that ho loved her all tho time, and that he shot In r by accident and then shot her over and over again because bo could not bear to s o her suffer, have bad a certain effect upon j the maudlin and morbid c a-ses of society wherar? ready to deciare that he was Insane with love. People of this kind ar.o ma'lng a Hon of him, and there is danger that they may brim: sufficiently strong pressure to bear to save him from hangrng. With all Its eons, rvatism and love for Justice, sentlm ntaiity Is a strong element in the New England composition, as has been shown even n the Jesse Pomeroy case' and in many another tonally brutal and revolting. The prosecuting officials, therefore, will have a hard tusk before them, though every circumstance of the murder can be easily established. Should any contingency, however, save this mon-ter from the gallows it will b A a public calamity. The practice of girl killing Ivas become alarmingly common, and it Is time that tho courts should adopt heroic measures to suppress it T here is no better < aso to begin with than that of Almy. If all reports are true this is not the first girl he has killed. There is no" romance about his crime. There was no love In his feelings toward Christie Warden. Ills act was dictated by revenge, either because Christie Warden had wounded his prldo by hei , rejection of his suit or because of lower and more revolting motives. In either j caso he richly deserves death, and I.as barred himself from t’:e sympathy of any right-minded per-on Crimes like bls are becoming alarming y frequent, and it Is time that th- law should step in and protect helpless women from be- i i Ing slaughtered merely because they ex- 1 , erclse tho right of rejecting the advances of men who may have conceived a sudden and revolting passion for them .s'llllon-« for the rurinern. Imports Indicate that the government experiments in Texas for produeit g rain by the discharge of explosives were suc- | cessfui. Further tria s are to lo made ; ai d the question as to whether rain can । be artificially produced will be definitely settled. A decision In the affirmative will mean millions of dollars yearly In the pockets of American farmers. — Sciv Pork Pre^s. A. Vl**oron« udon. Emperor of Germany, for a man who Is suffering from cancer, hydro- | phobia, a broken knee-cap, Bright's discase, the opium habit, and delirium tremems, seems to be doing very well He must have a most vigorous oonstitu11on. —Boston Traveller. A Great Success. The number of people who know just how the World’s Fair ought to be manis steadily In' rcasfng. If they will । ah vldt It when it is onenea, the Fa r is I ; certain to boa magnificent sucoe. s in i point of attendance.— Boston Traveller.

IF YOU ARE IN QUEST j OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS,' PERUSE THE FOLLOWING: Important Uapponings of tbe WeeK— Crimes and Casualties — suicides Deatlis—Wedliini;*, Ltc» —George Bowen's store at Mattsville, near Carmel, was burned down by incendiaries. —Hiram Simpson, Morgan County, fell under a large fly-wheel and was fatally crushed. —Montgomery County boasts of a wild Mexican pony which roams about in its. own independent manner. —Burglars at Greensburg looted the ' residence of George 11. Dunn, jr., carry- I ing off jewelry and money. —The Corydon Bank’s stock has been j increased 85,400 on the assessment sheets by the State Board of Equalization. —Mrs. William Snyder, of Clarksville, Clark County, was gored in the abdomen by a cow. Her injuries are serious. —Lewis Davis, of Lafayette, aged IS, I accidentally killed himself by shooting hhnseif with a load of shot in the abdomdn. —Alice Percy, of New Washington, fell from a load of hay some weeks ago and has been paralyzed from the hips down ever since. —lsaac Lamb, aged 14, was killed al Elnora by lightning while taking shelter in a barn. A horse standing near the boy was also instantly killed. —A gun breech-screw was removed from the skull of George Steyens at Logansport. It had been imbedded in the • ! frontal bone by the bursting of a rifle. , —The directors of tho Owen County : Agricultural Society say that, notwith- ■ standing the unfavorable weather; the ! society cleared several hundred dollars ; on its recent exhibition. —Thousands of martins are gathering in Clark County. The birds roost on tbe islands in the Ohio falls and in the I trees near the river. In the evening, as! they return to roost from tho north, i ; their flight fairly darkens the sky. —Milo Spencer, of Napanee. was lean- ' fng with his arm upon the muzzle of a I loaded gun. His dog, while playing about him, caught its foot in the hammer and discharged the gun. The load I of shot went in at the armpit and came ' out above, lacerating him in a terrible ni'Uiner. His recovery is doubtful. •—A fatal accident occurred on the ; Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad about a mile west of Wingate. The I west-bound passenger train was running %t a high rate at speed, when one of the connecting rods on the engine broke, and crashing through the cab, killed the engineer. The engine was stopped by the on-man without further accident. — Mary Harter, daughter of George Harter, of Franklin, committed suicide by swallowing about two ounces of carbolic acid. She lived for thirty minutes after swallowing the burning acid. She was about 22 years old. A letter to her brother assigned no reason for her taking her own life except that she would rather be d"a<l than alive. She also in the letter that no one was to blame for the act but herself. - Albert Wochrill wa< killed at Sellersburg, about eight miles from Jeffersonville. I'he harness of his team got out. of order and Woehrili stepped on the ■* agon-tongue to mend it. Tho horses started to run and he was thrown off, falling under the animals' feet. ID' was kicked several times on the head, breaking his skull, and one of the wagon- -• heels ran over his neck. Before the jy-standers could get *to him he was dead. The mangled body was taken to the undertaker's establishment and Coroner Boss sent for. He was 35 years old. —A remarkable relic has been found at Brown Hill, Clark County, imbedded in a large tree. It is a sandstone tablet three by six by eight inches. Upon it are carved the names of L. Wetzel), Jacob Shelby, John Wetzeil, Daniel Boone and the date 1812. The first and fourth names are in Roman characters; the other two in script. The tablet had grown deeply into the butt of the tree. The Wetzells, like Boone, were celebrated Indian fighters, and ’ Shelby was one of Indiana’s iirst pioneers. Professor IV. W. Borden pronounces the relic genuine. —At Richmond. Walter Guyer was assisting Andrew Phillips, lineman for the ; Central Union Telephone Company, in putting up a new wire along Main street, ' when it came in contact with a wire running from the troll}’ wire of the electric street railway to a motor which propels the fans in a saloon. In an instant Guyer was flat in the gutter, giving utterance :to the most inhuman cries. People ran , to his assistance, but so thoroughly was : he charged by the electric fluid that was i fast burning out his life that they could ' not hold him. He had to lay and take ' the current with a coil of wire on his left arm. Phillips, the lineman, hurried ; down one pole and no another, cut the telephone wire, thus destroying the con- ; nection. When Guyer was taken to an undertaking establishment it was sup- ! posed tljat he was dead, but the doctors brought him to in the course of two hours. There is grave doubt of his re- ■ covery. —The Montgomery County Board of i Review reduced the assessment of the Crawfordsville fair grounds from 817,- . 000 to 82,000, holding that it was more lof a beneficial .affair than to make money. — Edward Carter, of Martinsville, has brought suit against the Big Four Railway for 815,000. Carter lost a foot last fall while voluntarily helping to switch, |by getting his foot fast in a frog. He was not in the employ of the road, being under age.

IT IS RIGHT INLINE^ IS THIS COLUMN OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS. A Large Number of Acchlenti*—A Few Sul. cides and Deaths—And Other Important News. —Sixteen eloping couples wore married in New Albany last week. —At Milton, Oliver John shot and killed Thomas Dodd ii, i saloon fight —Clark Davis, Noblesville, was run over by a heavy wagon, and received fatal injuries. —ln a runaway accident at Covington, M. 11. Miles and Jesse Haupt were dan- ; gerously hurt. I —A wood pulp factory to cost 870,000 | will be built at Marion. One hundred, i men will be employed. —Heaps of cattle are dying near Shoals from some very mysterious disease which affects their throats and legs. —Farmer Krithlino, near LaPorte, while beating a farm-hand, was seriously stabbed near the heart by the latter. —Many fine dogs have been poisoned of late at Salem, and the owners are making a quiet limit for the guilty parties. —Quails are unusually plentiful throughout the State this season. Many are breaking the record by hatching second broods. —Hiram May, a teacher, fell out of the third story of the Trumbo mill, in Jefferson County, and broke one arm I and a leg. —Guy McPherson, an employe at the ■ Structural Iron-works, at New Albany, I had both eyes nearly burned out by a | flash from the rolls. —Charles Fidler, a well-known and ' wealthy citizen of Cass County, residing ; in Washington Township, was killed by | a tree falling upon him. I —A bottle of ale exploded at the bottl- ’ ing works at New Albany and broke the ; bottle, one of the fragments cutting the : eyeball of James Finzerin two. —A change in the executive depart- ! ment of the New Albany Public Library > will be made, a woman having been i selected to succeed Librarian AshabranI ner. —The 'swinging scaffold in use at the • Presbyterian church in Shelbyville fell ; and precipitated to the street Nile Thrasher and Will Williams, two paintI ers. Williams was dangerously injured. —As the west-bound fast train on the ; Wabash thundered through Burrow’s I Station, a lad about twelye years of age i jumped off tbe train. He was instantly killed. There was nothing on his person by which to identify him. He is thought ; to have hailed from Royal Center, Cass j County. —During a soldiers' reunion at Turkey Lake, the premature discharge of a can- : non In a sham battle took off Elijah Forbes’ right arm and Adam Shellstall’s ■ thumb, besides otherwise injuring them. 1 The men served together for three years in the late war in the same capacity which they assumed at th lime of tho 1 • accident. • j —lsaac Rodgers, residing near Emi- ’ iience, Morgan County, was sitting down and loading a a gun. He was just ram- : miiig the load down, when his dog endeavored to scramble into his lap. Tho ling's foot threw the hammer back enough to discharge the gun. Rogers lost his index finger, and was terribly ! powder-burned about the face, —The claim adjuster for the Wabash Vailway Company has settled with tho officers of the Wabash County Agricultural Society for the loss occasioned by the burning ot the buildings of the fair 1 grounds several weeks ago. The rail- । road company paid 82.800, which tho • society thought best to accept rather than engage in long and costly litigation. The society has a large force engaged on new buildings, which will be finishedfn plenty of time for the fair, beginning ■ Sept. 22. —While digging a well on the farm of John Wenrich, a few miles southwest of Martinsville, the 15-year-old son of Thomas Fulford, a neighbor, died from ' i what is supposed to have been asphyxiation. Stone was encountered at some depth, which it was necessary to blast. I After the charge was exploded young Fulford was lowered to see what effect • j the blast had. He reported a large hole । torn in the stone. The rope was with- • : drawn to lower an assistant, when he ! called, "Let the rope down quick.” i ' This was done and the boy grasped it vith a firm death grip. After being - bauled to the surface he gasped for ‘ kreath and was dead. > I —Mr. Geo. Dixon, a well-to-do farmer »ast of Seymour, has a hen that is now ’ : several years old, which, up to last i ’pring, was lad in a coat of feathers > ifter the fashion of other hens, and ! <iyed an abundance of eggs each season I jp to the present. Early last spring the 5 nen shed her feathers almost to nudeaess, and when the feathers grew out 1 again the first to appear were the long ’ : and beautiful tail feathers, common to the barnyard rooster, and in a short 1 ume the body was fully feathered in a brilliant coat of male attire, giving tho 1 hen every appearance of a rooster ex- ' cept the large comb and head-dress of red. She now crows in good style, but ; continues to lay eggs. —The onion crop raised by the farmers residing on the river bo tom west of New Albany is said to be very large and fine this season. Four hundred barrels have already been shipped to Northern points. —A beautiful owl of an unknown species was captured by D. P. Enoch, near Crawfordsville. The bird had a back of a gold and silver color and a white breast covered with bright spots. The bird was exhausted when captured tmd soon died, but it has been sent to a taxidermist for mounting.