St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 March 1893 — Page 7

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! ' ,\ iWS A. /IMt G&p POl r^o r\d yt? € k CHAI’TEK VII —Continued. They hud gone but a few yards from the house, when a slender, well-clad, elderly man. with piercing gray eyes, , touched his hat and motioned to them to stop. This man had a military bear- , ing, and was ac; ompanied by a young bla k man, Avho carried a large double va’ise, slung over his shoulders like a ! pair of huge saddle bags. “Would you please to tell me where ! one Squire Condit resides?" asked the ! stranger, in well-bred tones, his keen eyes fixed the while on Ralph's Ince. The Captain pointed out the house, and said: "You can see the squire from here, working in his garden." "Many thanks; I see you are both ■officers in her Majesty’s service. Per- j mit me to introduce myself as Col. Gra- ■ ham of Gen. Churchill’s staff.” The young officers gave their own i names and shook hands with the Colo- : nel, who, taking two steps in the direc- ; t;on of Squire Condit’s hou e, stopped, j turned and asked: “Is the Wanderer in port?’’ " apt. Fox’s ship?” “Yes, Colonel.” "There she is,” said Capt. Denham, ' "and a liner ship never entered this I ay. By the way, sir, if you are to make any stay at tills end pt,the island, it rv 11 afford me pleasure to receive you ■on loard of the Sea Hawk, a colonial cruiser, which I have the honor to command.” Col. Graham raised his hat, said he would be honored and delighted to visit the Cap’aui, and then resumed ids journey, followed by the sturdy black man. <ll MTEK A 111. <•<>:, GRAHAM VKITS ( APT. IOC, Squire Condit was out in his garden looking over his fine array of roses, now showing their rare colors through the Lu 1 tips, and filling the air with their first delie ous odor, when he saw the gray-htrired, soldierly looking man upp:caching, with his servant just behind ) him, as was the custom of gentlemen ■ making a journey on footer horseback in those days. t 01. Graham and his servant had come to the place on horseback, and left their horses and all the burden of u pack animal, the big saddle-bags excepted, a! • the " King's Arms,” the principal inn of ' the pl ice.. Squire Condit, seeing the stranger entering at the front gate, took off his I mj ~. a j hero?" asked Colonel Graham, touching his ha', and letting his hand drop in the direction of the cosy, rambling oi l hcu«e. "He docs, sir," replied th • Squire. “Would xou please tell me if he is home? ” He is home, Colonel Graham," said t: e squire, his voice tremulous, for he recognized in the stranger the man who, tw-nty one years before had brought a little toy to him. and, after giving him into his care, suddenly took his departure. Ha! you re ognlze me then?" • aid the tol nei, extending his hand, a m<>t.on which the Squire could not have seen, for he made no effort to meet the salutation in like manner. "I do. your hair has Locome white, but your eyes an i voice have not changed. Will y u walk to the house ami be seated for a bit?” said the S juire. loading the Avay. like a man xvho finds duty compelling him to a disagreeable

task. “I have Mllcial business with Captain Fox, of the cruiser Wanderer, m>w in your harbor, and as my time is limited, I cannot make you a very long visit. Would you do me the favor of a few minutes’ private con ersatlon' I hope to giro you more time hereafter.” ■‘Certainly,” replied the S ju re, and motioning to the black man to remain Seated Oil the wide porch, he led Colonel Graham to the apartment where he presided as magistrate when the differen es of the settlers were submitted to his judgment. "Can we-peak here without fear of being overheard-'” asked Colonel Graham, glancing about him before taking the chair on which his white right han t re-ed. "We can. sir," was the answer. S iting down, with the air of a man I much fatigued. Cob n d Graham said: "Y< u have often heard from me, but I : presume you never expected to see me | j pan ■ ” “I have heard from you, and I have at interest every dollar you ever sent j to me for the care of ihe boy. who-.- • n.imk you t I I im- was Ralph i >mihsun; but as to expecting to see you again. I must < onfess I did not, for we do not lolunUriy expect what we do not w.sh for. ” Wi'hout appearing to notice the bluntness of the Squire’s speech, Colonel Graham went on, and there was in his voice and manner something that told lie was conscious of his own superiority, an 1 eoul 1 not permit himself to be an- j noyed by an inferior. “I do not come to trouble you now; I i desire to compensate you further, if what I hav * given is not enough.” “ Stop, Colonel Graham; I will return ' Mi vou have given, and the interest also, if you never show your face here again,” said the Squire, with much . spirit. I can assure you, Mr. Condit, it is j her Majesty’s business and not my own inclination that brings me to America. Strangely enough, the arrival of th • Wanderer, or rather her being ordered here, is the reason for my coming. My i real object is to see Captain Fox and I give him further instructions; hut, being | here, I felt prompt'd to call on you lirst, and 1 arned how it fared with the boy I left in your hands twenty-one j years ago.” “And you have learned?" “I heard that he was now cap!a n of । the volunteer cruiser Sea Hawk, lift'd out by the province of New York lor the i suppression of piracy."

“You were rightly informed; there is not a more able or gallant officer on the ocean than Ralph Denham, if I do say it. But do you propose to tell him all about the past?” “ What have you told him ” “Nothing?” “Has he never inquired about his ' 1 arents?” “Never; he seems to dread the su >- j ject. If there is anything that you can tell him to increase Ids happiness, do so; if not, keep away from him,” said the Squ re, with much force. "I could tell him that that might make him miserable all his life, and if you do not aid me in a certain matter it will be I necessary for me to do so," "What is the certain matter?" asked the Squire, rising from his chair and confronting his visitor. “The certain something xvhichyoucan do for me, and to save Ralph Denham from a knowledge tnat may embitter his life, I cannot explain now, but 1 shall do so before I take my departure,” said Colonel Graham. “Suit yourself about that. Will you ; answer me one question?" asked Squire Condit. “What is the question?” “Are you Ralph Denham’s father?” The S ,uire shot this out with a force that nearly upset <<>l. Graham, for he gasped, turne 1 pale, and lor the in- ; stunt lost his seif-control, the very power in which he felt he was vastly , the superior of th ■ more natural man I before him "Did 1 ever say or write aught that j would leal yo t to—to infer ” stammere 1 the ( olonel. i " That is the mischief of it; you never said or wrote a w. rd from which ! cou d infer anything," said the Squire, n >w master of the situation. “But you have ju-t toid me that Ralph cared to know nothing “So 1 did. but I am me i'alp - Denham: if 1 were, 1 might feel u-t as he Wes. one more question before yo i leave," said the Squire, as Co.. Graham rose to take his departure. “ What is it?” “Are the parent -of Ralph D- nh im living'’ "One of them is.” replied Grihtm, now on his guard. " Whi h o e ' • “I am not a’ lib rly to t dl." ; “Why not?” | “ I cannot explain, ” “Another question,” -aid the S piiro. coming be.we. n hS xis.tor an i the door. “Well?” Again, are you Ralph Denham's father.'" "1 am not," xvith anothei start. "Are xou of his blool?" “N no. "Is he legitimate " asked the Squire, bringing down his arm. as ;f to imply that this xvas his la t question. | "What mn’ters that to yon why j should you wish to know 'l or one goo 1 leason th • happim sos Ralph nay de; end on his Re n g ~f I, legitimate birth.' t Be g<> 'I enough to <■ ;la ■ ^he cloud Were lift. I ' Aunts, so f.e as ,o shox\ t ■ ■! ponest parents, that h. • - - t "■ uM no: be rejected. ” ’ "Is the y. ung lady your daughter, Squire Condit?" asked Cd. Graham, with a smile, that had in it -ometbing sutanim "I cannot answer tbit till v u Lax answered mo," "Then you will nev-r answ r, nor shall I suffer anxiety 'or the ] a o t knowing Who Ralph Deuba s iady.^v, is. ” Col. Graham took ;.n ther str.q,. the d:rt.etion of the door, and .m ce p> a sudden stop. W.thoit ,o m al :h. Squire, ho continu' d “You ar<- a man of s-n-e. am! -o 1 need not impr. ss on yi u the impo "am .■ of keeping our con i er-at .on to y ur-el If you have Ralph Denh im’s imppmoss a* heart, you will not tell h.m av.. 1 called. We shall m- et r.eain an I •. r\ soon.”

With a frigid bow. ( ohmm urah.im leifth" t'm.m, and, add es-iag the gro as "Othello,' ba 1 • h::., tel .>w him tithedo threw his I urden across ids shoulders, with an ea^e that showed wonderful -trength, an i followed, with the long, swinging sttide that manifest al endurance equal to his strength. When Colonel Graham reached the town of Sag Hari or. an hour or two befor< hi-appearance at Squire Condit s he dispatched a messenger to fir tain Fox. asking him to send a boat f >/him. This boat, under the command of Lieutenant Frenauld. was now waiting on the beach. In a minute more, the Colonel and his servant would have been on board, and on their way to the ship, but an incident that astonished the Colonel pievented his i rogress for some time. Old Dinah, who had been talking, in her disjointed way, to Ellen Condit and Lea Hedges, left the group, with the intention of going to her home, some milt'S away. , She caught s'ght of CnGnu! Arniiam nppri adiing, ap'l ^li>‘ camo to a sudden halt, raised her lean, bla> k hands, and shouted " Lod Paliton! 1.0 l l’aliton, or de dead! Where hev you come from, wanderin' back en foth ” "Hist, Dinah'" said Colonel Graham, rushing toward the old woman, and speaking in a whisper, indicative of alarm. “Do not speak now; do not know me yet awhile, and voushall have , gold——” “Blood-red gold! b!ood-red gold. But who's dis? 'Who am de black boy? She ran at Othello, and took oil' his cap revealing a circular scar on his forehead. i "Hello! hello! de son of my darter!” The old woman caught the young i black man in her arms, and kis-ed hinq and cried and laughed alternately, while he, still supporting his burden” asked ! in a perplexed way: “Is you my granny ez ran away from Bermuda nigh outer twenty yeah agone, \ and all said was drownded?” “Izeyer granny, ’Thello. Har lis in Ide flesh, or wat’s left of me. I’m the i ; mudder of yer mudder. But tell me, is ! you de sarvint of dut man?” she asked, ' pointing a skinny, black linger at the j perplexed Colonel, wiio was now biting his gray mustache, and looking anxiously from Din .h to the waiting i boat. “Ye-yas, he bought me foh foive [ ’unerd,” replied Othello, his face showi ing that the unexpected discovery of ।

hfs grandmother did not afford him any an, °nnt of pleasure., • l i , L~ en . Yer both a-gAvine to dat ship.” said Dinah, pointing to the av anderer. i ' e-yas, ” responded the still astounded fieri ant. ’ oming . lose to Colonel Graham, the old woman whispored: i “ Biit* wV. V' B, ‘ e 1110 soon agin. w ' p i j R ’ l0 1 10 yt,u live?” asked the rid o!' the erone hl " Way t 0 g ° tUng I w??n’hi ?rn’ Ha, ha, ha! ize i Ilin di,? " on,a, ‘ in Bermooda; hea 1 Jn I ,r estesß-esß.” । 1 you a «a n,”said the Colonel, motioning f or his Bervant to fo n ow ' bni ve got to see me agin. Ye’ll bo b.eedged o see nm. Now go to sea <ap n Wolt, <'ood-by o ,'Then,, come en see yer granny, honey ” Chuckling to herself, as if she thought She had said something humorous Dinah grasped her staff and hobbled away in the direction of the land of the Moutauks. Colonel Graham and Othello hastened on board the bo it, Avhere I renuuld, Avho Avas in charge, saluted the former with a deference that amounted to obsequiousness. "The Captain is anxiously awaiting you," said Frenauhi, as the oarsmen pulled for the ship. You have been here eight .lays,"said the . 010 iel, as it he were quite indiffeiq ent to the i eply. "Nine .lays, 1.t.1 . " You mistake, sir," sail the other tnj a stern \ahisper. “I am Col n d Gr«-| ha m." "Beg your pardon, sir; I forgot for tho instant, ' stammered Frenaukl. "Such so gef ulness proves the ruin of many men," responded the < olonel, the line between h - eyes deepening, as if 1 renauld s apologv had increa-ed rath -r than les.-cm d h a displeasure. "It is hard, sir, for one accustomed to .a'ling an tie r the name by which the worhl knows him. to change to a dike ent name at he order < f the indix idua , and t-> be een-ured for a slip of the tongue," sai l Frenauhi, evidently bu‘ > (tie ph s d by the Colonel's manner. ' 1 ‘ully npprecia'e Avdat you ay," replied the Co o' el, c m i sc n lingly, but st il w.'h tha' manner >; ostentatious suer or ty whi ■!■ m rked everything he , d ' i lid. “But Graham is my family n une, and I 1 old the commission of co on I In her Ma .'sty's »oraa e. You I.uOAA’ ihe res'. and, ns I, ay yo . t ■ use till - kno . ledge for my benefit, it hold -, sir. Iha' I should not beannoyed at ti'iy breach of the eonhiv 1 ! on vour part, or « n that of your ■ upycrmr o tiecr. ” This was said in a loav tone, but the noise of the oars j । the cmtn*y mwlo'ksjn us > nt that time would have prevent, q the -a h i Iro n overhearing, - t<> hk i osnxvsn. | \ !»♦ «|» t »»• oh. 'n my y r g t days, -ays an Oriental tr.rx br. 1 n pure ! a ta-tc for country sp >;t- and when I went to In iia where tie d reer< ati<m - were of a more serious kind. 1 soon became expert at hunt ng the a kal, leopard, ami tiger, but it wa« not for a ye ir hut I tried my hand eleplmht hunt: g. When the eventful dny arrived 1 »as as« gned to an elephant, an i w en the • party reached Vi Tagore Jan «xiUTl'i, ^uio 4 !■ •, »Uent «>n to a tremen.io's lellowwhvhwe nt on-.' a'!cmt»!. d to capture. Al owii g our tin lie | ei.-t'h m - ncni. t • < wild v < phrint's not -■ Tagore-k; Ifu ly fn-t tied a lope around his leg and to n large t <e. and then we repeated to the rear ami waited for him to tiiw him-olf on. inste.vl of that he broke the rope ;,n : n q,. r or ftn ,p R) y <• ■ ph nut -t w»d sto- k still as if paralyzed from fright, I promp’l dim! ed into the im ir- si ti. u. while 1 ag re and th" others r« tor th. ;r lives 1 Imagined that 1 av is se ure for tho tim being; but, to i.:y h > »". th" "bq han' I'ogan to batter th" roe with hi' head, and with ~uch a :.'!, i e 'lint I « H s m arly shaken from my perch, binding tha* I still vooVs ", . • e anui 1 'li nked his ta - t; - an : began tearing up the tree Ly the roots. 1 ~iiw til" tr e Would SOOS fall, ami could [ er. . ,ve im po- d'dlity of e-. n e. 1 ' ' . .a. _■ ; . e 1 lie >ot -. the ba-:,igal' began ;■ pm h aga nxv th hi- h ad, an i 1 fed. Q.e tr,. ■ yielding to the pres-uie Isa :Iv shrieked in despair ns I felt ,t la ing, but to my in-expres.-ib e joy, th" tree toll against a n uch larger ouc, and the topmost I ranches be ome entangled. I quickly scramble I into the new p.aee of refuge, ami then I think my nerves must have given w, y, a- I rem-nil er nothing more until I heard the sound of 1 ring Bel av, and foun 1 that 1 agore and his mt n had return ••! to my resc ;e and driven away my besieger. But I have not cared to hunt elephants since that day. smut I rrigatHn. , No doubt the recent famine in Russia xvas principally due To want of irrigation. The usual pro ess o:' carrying irrigation works from neighi oring streams is too costly and slow, and besides i s quite im; ra livable in South Russia, on m count of excessive small falls in all the rivers in this part of the country. The streams, moreover, have very little water during tl." summer months, win n th" irrigation is principally want" I. Now in several parts of SiOeiia lhe water obtained from melting snow is used tv r irrigation. The climate of these paits is quite continental, with very hot, dry summer, a severe winter, with plentilul falls of snoxv. The snow irrigation is managed in the following manner: At the first warm winter day alter a plentiful snowfall, the whole village, not excepting women and youngsters, meet at a previously appo nted spot in the field situated on a slope of a hill. One portion, ct nsistlng of strong men, e licet an I carry the snow to form a large bank, Avhile others press the snoxv down and spread it evenly. This operation is rep ’ated several times during the winter, and by spring a large bank of compressed siioav is forum I, a dozen feet deep and weighing s >veral hundred t: ns. With the first approach of spring, the snow bank is cox "red Avith pine branehes, straw ami dung; if such material is not at ' hand, earth and sand are used as cov- I ering, but in the latter case the layer , has to be about eighteen inches thick. The same plan of irrigation Avould be quite applicable to Russia, and for countries where snow falls in abundance. For regulating the flow of water from melting snow in the bank, a ditch is managed on thr lower side of the bank with two openings, one to be used as an overflow, in case the water is net wanted for irrigation, the other leads to the irrigation ditch distributing the water cn the fields.

high walls go down c °Llai>se nr * BUI LDING Of IN CHICAGO of Prick Are Crus, “''l I nder a Mass "th® HX!\ e r S l’ r, ‘‘ s Ire Adds to ^rror or r hr <4e«nHio H , Eieht ’ * Rht Outright. ^irour®! CWc ' ro crushed to death o’clock Tm>Ji seriously injure lat 1:15 of ^o st. m , mo r n ‘ n « by the falling nt 781 S^uthM* ? h " ^ ork ’ 8 budd- ' ork’s Halsted street, Chicago. l^ re \ as ;«utted by fire a few walls w R , 1 n, ‘ l ! ho h^ckened stone supposed 6tan<ll og. It was not thcir HU im « '‘u-e was any danger of Monday after 12 o’clock wind was i t ’ ^over, a brisk gale of caused th« ?. W q 18 Hntl a BU(,den gust burying two S to lT le and fa H I just n<>rth ,\ tl,no bouses which stood 1 was oecuni ' / The flrst bouse , K '>nz a ~O“ r by ” n ' children J n ’ U '" l b ‘ B wife and f”mfamily of i > n !?' fl^or lived tho Ihreeohu . hn b ' nlt, ‘ w,th bis wife and I keep..- ~ "” i- . S,nlth was a saloon- ' tend >r 1 " ‘ th bim roomed his batnutiq who reieutly .ame from Hyn.- 1 G l ^’' K, Y. Hi» tlr-t name was Georg ?, nimbi.. ... le J n hiH BIS^ an "‘. KinUh and his family and the ^gßander were all buried beneath tho ns. «‘ho York building xvas five stories Wrh and the walls were made of large Bones. The fo.ee of the wind which wppled tho walls nuiU have been terrilic, ns many of the large stones Avere hurled clear across the street. Shortly after the crash the ruins t< ok tire an 1 the bodb s of the mangled vi tims were badly bmnel. An alarm avus turned in nt 1:45 o'clock; this Avas quickly followed by a second and th rd alarm. Tho ire department promptly re-ponled. and went to Avork extinguishing tho flames and ; ttenq ting to rescue tho victims. A great crow) so. n congregated. and it was Avith difficulty the police an 1 fire > en cou d keep I m-k the citizens xx ho seemed anxious to assist in the xvork o' rescue. The front xvalls of ihe building xvere threatening to fall nt any n omeir, an 1 th * eiowd was re- ■ peiitedly warned to ke p at safe <Ls\ tance fiom the ruins.

I The 'a', en Luiiding was cn •of th.' i S uth Halsteil sireet Lindina: ks. X year ago last summer it xvas r ■■ < nstru 1 d ^tnd changed rmn th" old style fninie structure tha’ had for \ eai - ! een known ns a general store n’o a nobrnfixestory brick and -totse, it wa- then an impo«.;ng strueluie in that b>alit\. The new -tote ha 1 ’vn in operation l ut a few months, when last fa I it win Giut"d Ly a tire that xvas probably tho direct eau-eof iin> calamity. The tire which, xvt". k. 1 thy building «a< n fieri-" one, and after -• v. tai hours the side wall's of the large structure fell in. Within a shi rt time xvork was begun up n the ruins. Tw । weeks ago a falling 'enf old k. M i e v in uri d txvo men at work upon the va; - but the xvork of repair \x ent f<.i wad, and a week ater 5 ork obtained a building permit for a tiexv i’M -st. ry brie; I u.hung to cost io. * riiis had Lecn begun some time ago, and the side walls xvere already in place. Dia? of these cn ised th" catastrophe. 4j<» with thi neruBLiCANS. K 1 ropull t. I>. • , ■ t , <1,,. I P 110 ir <>rg h>n. Top ka, Kas , special After a heated rnuvus <il-cuss on. the I’opuli -t inem! ers of the Kansas Lt gisintule decide I to go into the Repub puni house, which the Suptome Court ha I de Lire I to be the legal b dv. The i o ,u nor visit " I th" P emloT- of th" i a ivtls and pb dge I himself I- a’ de ly th" eaueus dec shm, lb a p- a a; i ns! th" decLion of the Mi. D■. • "U:•: xx i . be made at the g> nem' •l. ct on : w . y, nr- h m l *. In go ng ,nto th house the I’opuHsts have ask. Ino .< n ■ -ions and the Repu Henns have granted none. T here is talk union ; the Republican members of th" I • g. slat ur.* of filing articles of inipvaehmo it against Go . Lew dling. Should the Ho< <• prefer th-' charges it is i,o' •oiiterai a'e : t at the Sena'o would convict. Th- G> x in r will b" charge! with high crimes an 1 mis’emeanors in office by the usurpation of posers that be onge 1 to the peae ■ officers of the co nty uni xvith the unlawful use of troops.

l^•hgr«^•bic Bri-xi'ict. Ar.< hpishop Ki xitn e, of St. Louis, Is improved in health. Bi i.Gias fort es in Congo Bree State def":.ted a party ot Arab slave traders, taking 50 i t r.soners. Tex persons belonging to a pea-ant xveddlng party at Ekaterinosla . Russia, were drowned by a sledge breaking through the ice. Nem Yoke asks an ap] ropriation of Congress to be use 1 in entertaining foreigners xvho will visit the city during th* XX'orld’o Fair. The Minnesota Shoe Company's plant, at St. Paul, xvas destroyed by tire. The loss is no.ihiu, ,»f which -_sjni;i fa is QmXiihles A Stock, cigar dealers. P'kesii'ext Gixxiix, of the Irish National Teague, repudiates the antiHome Fule circular recently issued over the signatures of the officers of the League. 1 111 Cofrode A- Taylor Company, operating the Reading roller mi Is, is in . p ) ha,l ' i “ a receiver. The company, a hiladelphia concern, has a capital of 0(1(1.

• atiiei: Flaheii.v. a Mount Morris, * ’ , ■? priest, is accuse I of embezzling SB i’ju:o from the estate of Dr. G. A. Bartholiek, of whose estate the priest was executor. tA I A< K ''' E consigned lo the Tyler, ^ a Honal Bank fr .m XX* I. . 1 * Dallas, Texas* purporting to contain S'kOoo. when opened was foun I to contain only paper. Woyi n, 18 years old. murd^ed her mother and 5-year-old cousin at < oilingwood. Ont., using an ax. The lonian opposed her daughter’s marIl,n ge, and xvas “removed." ’in h deposit of Bessemer ore has discovered in St. Louis c< unty, er| lUl ' " • Hurt, owner of the p opv aa s leased the lands to Hibbengs ‘ fetnble for $309,D00 per annum. ■H.i r Masten, of Gainesville, Tex., made unpleasant remarks about Mrs. r ? .Dewart. XVhile her husband -ove ef * Masten xvith a gun, the woman adm '”ste ed 100 lashes to her traducer. P rov isional government of Haail."as ordered a large number of mil- ’ ai Y uniforms from a Columbus, 0., The .Y will be similar to tha iatigue uniform of the United Slates army. i

। JUST GLANCE OVER THIS and ASCERTAIN ALL the late INDIANA NEWS. A Cata'ocoe ot ths Week', Important Occurrencea Thron B b<mt the states *be». Accidents, ( rime*. Suicides, Ktc. Minor State News. nw"™' I "'' " ot » nnii! *?' r’ ' 1 1 bas I roken out in an ep,di inic forni at. Pendleton. Ihe diy goods and clothing houses at Laporte now close am p. m. I ur. revival at Thorntown has just Closed with 297 conversions. The nexx- bicycle factory it Cambridge i ity will soon begin operations. I Benjamin ID ffman. aged 74 years, died near Mahalasville, of heart disease. | Jake Hohbs, aged 28, xvas sentenced ,to State’s prison for his third time at Muncie. | Davip M. RomiEi-.s, aged Go, of Roch- , ester, was caught under a falling tre u and instantly killed. St. Josci-h Cot xr\ has lost one of its earliest settlers in the death of David Bowman, residing near South Bend l komo, has r.^lsm o. m. s. u.,i„ ltku . J U( . n ( his place. j John Whiti.ock. 18 years old, was ; probably fatally injured at Noblesville by his horse Slipping on the ice and falling on him. 'lwo si i; angeiis, wearing rubber boots, are wading around in tho streams in Brown County looking for gold. They , claim to be from Maine. I I iiaki.es Chasteen of Anderson, who a few days ago had a leg cut off while in the employ of the L. E A \V. railroad companv, has sued for quo damages. E, F. II xxvkins, a notorious Indian doctor of Cannelton, was sentenced to live years in the penitentiary for criminally assaulting a little colored girl at Toll (ity. i Ax A i tkai <as stove carelessly left burning over night in the two-story brick o hooihimso at Blountville, Henry (minty, destroyed the building by lire: loss, S|,ooo. \\ abash has -ex. ral citizens aho claim to be 'ogal heirs to the estate of Henry Yesler of Seattle, Wash., valued at -I. Aop,ouo, and they ar' clamoring to ' get a lice of it.

Ila kid Jonis, an employe of tho Mum ie I'ulp Company, who sued the ompanv -to.ooo 1 eraus*' of injuries received by a fall in their pulp mill, was allowed si.uso ey the i curt. XX it t.i ixi ( <ii Ei.mg a brakeman on the Hi-' l our, whii-■ parents reside at Lagro. XX aba'h County, was iatally in.r d whke i u'lpLii-' ears at Niles. He vas i jiight between the buffers. ’I nr farmers of Cass Countv have been ■ wimßed bv the lightning rod agent who । ’iintrnets tu put the rods on their houses or 57.50. bit the bill turns out to be •7’>u at.d they have to fork it over. A few days ago a dispatch stated that : man named Gulley had just died in . al.ferula, leaving an estate of $1,500,on. John Gulley, a farm hand near |: ■ lumbus. Is the only heir to this vast ’ ••sf'l’p. .X im. ib al between Anderson people ’ml ( Im auo and Eastern capitalists was "USiimmat d in the former city recently, i’hey -old .’OU acres of land near the city be ■ i.i im to the syndu ate, which will r< et factories on the site. ‘ Jame' Nxnnek, the well-known old is well driller, wh > was reported as lying very suddenly of heart trouble a tiw xi > vks ago in Summitville, is in Xlun .", and savs he knew the item was a lie w hen In rea 1 it in the papers. J. M. ITxbi k'' team ran away at Liberty, ami struck a buggy in which Al rt Conklin was going to town. After ~ be i o!lision voitng Conklin xvas fished ■ t from umier the horses more dead than alive. He is very seriously hurt. Henry D. Laxx she of Somerset, Wabash County, father of A. L. Law*he, editor of the Converse Journal, died )f old age, he being over 77. He had lived in Somerset m arly forty years.and was one of the prominent citizens of the . conn ty. Dt ring tin- funeral of Joseph XVeaver it the- ( bristian Church in Noblesville, ’ the building was discovered to be on fire, land the alarm came near causing a ani". The fire department xvas called >ut ami the fire xvas extinguished withmt material loss. Robert Lenfestex.living about three j miles east of Marion, undertook to repair a natural-gas regulator. He entered the building with a lantern, when an explosion occurred, throwing him out d the building. He was seriously burned and the building wrecked. Citizens of Fortville are agitating a scheme whereby a strip of territory one i mile wide would be taken off of Hancock County and annexed to Madison County, thereby straightening the north line of Hancock, xvhich would locate the toxvn if Fortville within Madison County.

W. E. Hll i>i:ii>lll, conductor on a passenger train wiiich runs between Brazil and Momence, 111., on the Chicago and Indiana Coal Road, was killed north of | Brazil. In attempting to cross from one ' coach to another. Mr. liildridth's foot slipped, and he fell between the coaches, : and was ground to pieces. He leaves a wife and family at Chicago. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: John H. Beck and 'E. E. Reilly, Peril, milk cooler; Frank P. Brewer, Angola, pruning saw: Frank E. Herdman, Indianapolis, electric elei vator: Asa It. Hoy. Indianapolis, lubricator: Mary E. Minor, Colfax, dust pan: : Marion Powers, Lexington, garden tools; 1 rank M. Reed, assignor of one-half tc । E. Shaw, Anderson, generator: Elwood . F. Stephenson, Cartersburg, brick or tile Kiln: John L. Ulsh, assignor of one-hall to W. I’. Jones. Wabash, belt tightener: j Albert M. Vaught, Portland, feed roller; ' David Wheat, Kent, incubator; George W. Zigler, Anderson, burner for lighting or heating with natural or artificial gas. The dwelling of Flein McCray, neai Brick Chapel, burned with nearly all its contents. The wife of Ellsbury (> Hair, in running to the tire, fell upon the icc and broke her leg. The jurv in the case of the Stati against John Donavan, who, a montl: ago, assaulted and brutally beat Fishei Ferry, city editor of the Wabash Times, who had ‘written him up," rendered t verdict of gniltv, and fined Donavai §55 and costs, amounting to SIOO. Judgf Cowgill increased the bond to Sl5O, and. in default, Donavan went to jail. John Ivory, wtio assisted in whipping th< editor, got §2O and costs. _

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. The following bills parsed tho Senate Mon-lav: Authorizing the Governor to spend as much as SAO.tMW for the suppression or prevention of the coming or the spread of the cholera during his term ■ ’ office; providing that the County Commissioners shall open to eompedtion all bridge - - contracts; for the incorporation of )>=^n liin.l and savings associations; pjyarttf ig vnies to take stock in xvater cowpanies es■tublished by private"lmJirMuals. with the poxver to issue bonds to fund their indebtedness; eonipel/fng gravel-road superintendents to make quarterly reports to the 'Board of County Commissioners; esta* fishing boards of childrens’ guardians ia the Counties of \ igo, Allen, and Vanderburg; eoneerning the duties of clerks of the Circuit Courts 01 the State in regard to reg.settng fees, etc., paid out and taken in; to allow xvat hers, appointed by the campaign commitees of Populists and Prohibitionists on election boards. The House got into a wrangle over tho patronage bill and s r ent most of the dav deH flaall N pa-ed bv a vote of 43 to 37. she bill to legalize Ashlev. DeKalb County, passed. Th.-joint convention of the House and »onatc went through the formality of electing Miss Ahern State Librarian. During the House session. Tuesday a number of minor bills were passed, an i some progress wa- made in considering tho ■ arious appropriations as reported bv tha mis” ai "' ,' I ' aas Committee. Amon<» the \ l»«>r tit. ttmw •.»?» cent** j Vbllnu tor tho ino.ry .roti, 'D,' t’ok'o . SRkl S I «nd eatoty deposit companies, and xW.en so , incorporated, with a capital of not less than HOO.UOO. permitting them to act as guardians of minor-, lunatics, habitual" h'unkards, and the estates of deceased persons. The Speaker sprung the Patronage bill. 1 which has caused so many heartaches, on the House XX ednesday. Representative Adler. who has opposed it from the start, moved the previous questior on the passage and the roil call resulted in sixtytxvo afllrmative and txventy-nine negatixes. The Democratic members divided evenly, and Republicans voted solidly for the measure. The lull will go back to the Senate for eoneurrem-e in an immaterial amendment which has beer. made, and it will then become a law. Thia bill gives the Governor the appointment of the boards ■ f pena land benevolent institutions, each board consisting of three me tn Gers. The house voted doxvn the Erxvin amendment to the general tax laxx' and ordered the bill engrossed as recommended by the State tax commissioners. Much time was spent in consideration of the general appropriation bin. The Senate accomplished a good deal of routine work, and rt shed through a number of Hou»c bills. At 4 o’clock both houses adjourned in recognition of XX'ashington’s birthday. The Erwin anti-insurance bill to prohibit the employes’ in-urance operated by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroad companies was handed doxvn on third reading in th" House. Thursday, and passed witln tv debate. The bill by .Johnson of Dearborn, limiting the number of days county assessors mav be employed and grading them according to population, passed. Dailey’s Lill to put a Democrat on the Monument Commission to succeed Gen. Benuett xva< read the third time and passed without debate by a party vote. Ader's celebrated bill for licensing drummers, brokers, circuses, and ■ wire dancers xvas read the third time and passed. Dr. Passageroa 1 Lill, requiring oxvners of toll roads to have eight inches of gravel on ; them came up on third reading and passed without debate. The House legalized the incorporations of Cayuga. Crothersville, and XVest Shoals in a bunch. ^The following bills passed the House. Fri lav: The administrative tax bill: rr •- I Kling forth" taxation of sl"cpin<x-car. telegraph. telephone, express, and freight aispat h companies: for handling school supplies just as school books are now handled umler t he iaxv of 18*9; prohibiting the colleetion of pi cents premium on cash railway faros; providing forth" incorporation of voluntary live-stock insurance companies. I’lie balance of the day was consumed in ■onsidering the appropriation bills. Senate—Bills passed: Providing a nexv ■barter L>r Evansville: changing the name of Cir de Park io "Monumental Place.” providing for the punishment of trespassers ordemoEshments of the property, and' to alloxv the completion of the monument without any additional appropriations; abolishing the printing of sample ballots, providing for a metropolitan police force system in all cities between 10,000 and 35,000 inhabitants: to amend an act .concerning the xveight of ■oal: alloxving people xvho have an open ditch to convert the same into a tile drain; authorizing the unty commissioners of the different counties to increase the salaries of circuit and superior judges to as much as S4,IKX), including their salaries received from the State.

Minor State Items. Franklin citizens are protesting against street paving with brick. Joseph Abbott.a retired business man and prominent Freemason, died at Elkhart, aged 67. Dan Mise, aged 30, caught between two logs at Maley's sawmill at Sullivan and was crushed to death. Owen I’. Scarff of Madison City, has been appointed Government Guager and assigned to duty at Hammond, Ind. Mrs. Havens, a Montpelier woman, aged 70 years, fell on the ice breaking both legs and fracturing her shoulder. The gardeners and fanners around Seymour are preparing to engage much more extensively than usual in the raising of strawberries this year. William Moore of Nashville, Brown County, who was shot by his nephew a few days ago, has died, and young Joe Moore, the murderer, has been arrested.

An Innocent Little Cherub. Ju a certain aristocratic famiiy in Austin there is a young lady, and she has a beau, and the presumption is he is not particularly bashful xvhen he and the apple-barrel of his affections are alone, or think they are. What strengthens this view of the case is the fact that the young lady has a small brother named Jimmy, and the other night there xvas a tea-piarty at the family mansion, and the supper-table i xvas very much crowded —so much so I that Jimmy’s younger sister xvas crowded up very close to him, xvhereupon he made the remark out loud: “Alamma, sis trowds me so close I can’t breeve. I ain't her beau, am I?” If Jimm? should become unxvell, that beau would not be the proper person to send for a doctor in a hurry. — Tea’Cts Sifri.igs. The Testimony o f aH Expert. In discharging a boy who was acquitted of shooting a companion, on the ground that, though he handled a loaded revolver carelessly, the shooting was accidental. Judge Gildersleeve, ex-Cap-tain of the American rifle-team, said: “You should not have a leaded pistol upon vour person or about you. I may claim that I have had an extensive experience in handling fire-arms, yet I xvcnld as soon have a rattlesnake near me as a loaded gun, and one is likely ta be as dangerous as the other.”