St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 September 1893 — Page 7

DOMESTIC ECONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Why Some liens Hatch but Few Chicks— Growing Corn After Corn-The Farmer's Cow—Wheat After Hoed Crops—General Farm Matters. An Experiment with Sitting liens. Why is it that some hens hatch but a few chicks while other hens bring , off full broods? It has teen supposed ' that the fault is with the hens, but a hen that may fall at one time may . do well at another. We must look j for the cause beyond the hens, and { for that purpose we conducted some j experiments, at different periods of i last year. Taking eggs from an in- ; cubator that had been tested, after four days incubation, we placed a dozen fertile eggs under one hen and a dozen infertile eggs under another. The one with the fertile eggs, alter the fourth day, began to come off frequently, due to the animal heat of the which raised the temoyorature so high that the hen was com-

pelled to cool them, while the other hen, having eggs that must be heated , by herself only, remained closely on ' her nest. We then changed the eggs, ' giving the first hen the eggs that! had been given to the second hen, ■ and to the second hen the rggs that: were in the nest of the other. The conditions being reversed, the first, hen remained closely on the nest 1 while the other was compelled to cool her eggs. This experiment was ! made with several lots of liens. The conclusions are that the hen is gov- i erned entirely by the temperature of : the eggs, and that she will not expose her eggs unless compelled to do so by hunger if there is insufficient warmth, but that if every egg contains a chick, or a majority of them are fertile, the animal heat of the bodies of the chicks in the egg will cause the heat to rise above that required for incubation, just as happens with an incubator. Os course, their are some hens that are contrary, and Others that are driven from the nest by thirst, hunger, vermine, fright, or some other unfavorable condition, but the chicks assist to hatch themselves after the tenth day, and the hen regulates her conduct as much by the conditions affecting the eggs as by her individual inclinations.— Mirror and Farmer. Tlie Farmer's Cow. From many sources the statement Is made that the thing that operates against the dairyman is that the cow he milks is, taking an average, a poor one, and high yields are impossible. Put then the other question eomemp, collies tin's Ha try man milking Such a poor cw? As has been pointed ..,.o V,u»u again in uns paper, the dairyman has it in his power to elect the kind of a dairy he wants. The cow,her breeding,her yield.and costof feeding, the farmer has all in his own power of betterment, and the farmer’s dairy, breeding, feeding, and yield are reflections of his dairy intelligence. That a man s dairy only makes 125 pounds of indifferent butter and a neighbor over the fence has a dairy, and a farm of no better producing soil, that makes 250 and often better of butter, is the proof that the man must first be improved before great results can be looked for from his herd. There 5 no danger of overproduction in dairy produce until there is a general upheave! of the dairy world in general. The Gospel is being accept'd in greater proportion than new dairy truth, and it has been centuries even since Luther’s reforms were promulgated. The average dairyman must in some way be roused from the state that quietly accepts a cow that only gives an annual yield of 3,000 pounds. Ry the time the dairy would be fully awake the demand for tine dairy goods will be a long way in advance of thesupply. Preach, teach, and hope all the time for dairy reform. —Practical Farmer. Growing' Corn After Corn. As usually practiced, successive corn growing is very wasteful. It leaves the land naked through the winter, to be blown by winds and i washed away by floods. The grain, too, is usually sold in the places where I corn is the main money crop, and as j for the stalks, they are left iu the field to be plowed under in the spring, j when dried and likely to do more '

harm than good. ButtJiere are other and better ways of growing corn, and under certain circumstances it may ; be profitably grown for two or three years on the same land. These are where the farmer has good stock to eat the corn, and where both grain and fodder are made the most of. If corn is to succeed corn the following year, it should be sown with rye in the fall, and the rye top dressed in winter or soring with all the manure the corn and stalks will make. This makes the land light and rich on the surface, but after a year or two the subsoil will become too compact, and a two years’ growth of clover will best renovate that. Wheat After Hoed Crops. It is not because wheat is so profitable, but rather because it is desirable to have short rotations, that the practice is growing of sowing wheat the same fall that corn and potatoes are got oil the land. The field is thus kept with some sort of a covering continuously. The wheat in the fall uses up fertility that would otherwise be washed away in winter. In this way, too, the land is seeded with clover the spring after a clover sod has been plowed under and when the soil is full of the fertility that the decaying clover has left. If wheat is to be sown after hoed crops no plowing is necessary. Cut the corn । very low and the stubs can be turned J

under with a cultivator. The tops of potatoes should be drawn off the field and burned. They are not sate to use as manure, because such tops in their last stages are usually affected by blight and will perpetuate the disease. Fear Orchards. The pear is one of the finest fruits that we have and when picked at the proper time and well ripened is a delicious morsel. Were it not for the blight to which many varieties are subject it would be planted more largely than it is. The pear should j never be allowed to ripen on the tree, I but should be picked several days be- . fore ripening and sent immediately jto market. If retained a few days they soon begin to soften and arc liable to bruise in carrying to market, i marring their appearance and iniur- । ing their sale. In order to obtain the top price for pears send them in ' nice clean crates of oue bushel in each ' crate, wrap each pear in thin, clean white paper and pack close together. —National Stockman. No Stunted Sows for Breeding. Fall-hred pitr* do not make wood breeders. The reason is that, Hi

। northern climates it is almost imposj sible to get a fall pig through the 1 winter without having it stunted in 1 growth. This injures digestion, and 1 if the pig be a sow, it will never be a i good mother or have vigorous, healthy ■ pig-. Yet fall pigs are the ones most - often set to breeding when they are j a year old. If spring pigs are desired 1 from a sow, which is it-elf a spring pig, it cannot be very well bred until ! it is sixteen or twenty months old. • By this time it should have made a I large growth and be fit to give at I least two litters of pigs per year. Currants on Transplanted Vines. ; Currants and goose! erries arc read' 1 ily propagated from cuttings, and j will make a large growth when even I a small piece of root is attached. I With plenty of root we have known a few bunches of currants to be rlp1 I ened on plants set out the previous j fall or early in the spring. But if the plant is to be layered and new ' I wood made it is not best to leave any ' fruit on it. Time to Purchase Steck. The fall is an excellent time for i I purchasing pure-bred stock, as the t ■ prices are then lower than at any - i other season, for the reason that the I breeders are reducing stock before j the winter sets in, and are willing to. ; make a reduction in price. The ' j money expended for pure-bred aniL mills is one of the best investments I that can be made, and gains com- ’ j pound interest in a short time. I'nrm Fart m, I ATbly land plaster at tin- r«to ot I gon to aim pounds to vlic avrv. Le aun the chai a ter of your foods and combine your own rations. Aik-slacked lime absorbs cari onic acid gas and becomes insoluble. Save all the manure possible: you will have loss need to purchase. Raixa days may be profitably emloyed in putting tools in repa r. Roads should be pr pared under the direction of trained engineers. Ix whatever you do, see that the proper conditions are maintained. Cortonseed meal with too large a portion of hulls is being sent out. The hot-water treatment of oats to prevent smut meets with favor. For meadows, never sow together grasses that do not ripen together. 1n some cases the grasses for hay are best when cut near or at bloom. Foor or wet wood is an unnecessary trial of the patience of the housewife. Ventilate the cellar into a chimney that has a tire connected with it. A cellar under a house is an advantage, if Kept dry, clean and sweet. Ix cutting potatoes for seed, remember the eye runs toward the stem end. The preparation of the soil goes j far toward determining the yield of crop. Chestnut trees should be set in groups for the purpose of fertilization. i Do not depend on the moon to correct any delay, neglect or bad piece of | work. 1 Hoeing early in the morning works well in the garden, except with beans. , । Forty to sfxtv bushels of lime to 1

tlic acre is sullicient for one application. Clocks That Need Little Winding. Herr Noll, a mechanician of Berlangen, Germany, lias constructed a clock warranted to run for 9,000 years without winding. D. L. Goff, in this country, has in his hall an old fashioned clock which, so long as the house is occupied, never runs down. \\ henever the front door is opened or closed the winding arrangements of the clock, which are connected with the door by a rod with gearing attachments, are given a turn, so that persons entering and leaving the house keep the clock constantly wound up. T. G. Farrer of Fresno, Cal., invented a clock, the only motive power of which, he alleges, is the gravitation of the earth, which keeps the clock running forever without winding. This clock consists of a plate glass dial suspended from the ceiling, and all the parts of it that are visible are the two hands, the pivot on which they swing and the dial. In 1840 J. Smith, Leeds, England, constructed a clock, the sole motor of which was electricity. He lived to see this clock go for fifty years. Clocks are now made to run live years with one winding up. There is a clock in the church of St. Quentin, Mayence, which is said to have stopped only once during a period of 500 years.—Brooklyn Eagle.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Bo Found— A Learned and Concise Review of the Same. Fourth Quarter —Studies in the Epistles. The lesson for Sunday, Oct. 1, may be found in Rom. 1:8-17. INTRODUCTORY. We take up now a series of carefully selected studies in the epistles. The unanimity which prevailed in the recent session of the World’s Sundayschool Convention, regarding the course of studies to be recommended to the schools is very gratifying indeed. Whatever modifications of method may seem desirable may be made in the local and private treatment of tho lessons: tho course, as wisely outlined for the years, remains undisturbed. These lessons seem to us adapted to all, b th young and old. We have not been able to bring ourselves to the conviction that a partition of Scriptures, the yonngoi’ children studying one series. Ine oiuer uiiutner, wouio Bo wise or in j

accordance with that first principle I that all Scripture is inspired and prof- i itable for all. A little more pains- ' taking study, both of human nature and of the word, will make us able to bring hi ney out of the rock for every one. POINTS IN THE LESSON. First, thanks. "First, I thank my God,” says Paul. It is a good way to begin. And appreciation, courtesy. Paul •spoke the best word lie could for those lie mt t. At Athens it was so. The Christian "1 eareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endmeth a 1 things'' for Christ’s sake. But I e does not stop with kind words. He goes on t > speak the truthful word, which L always the kindest, though n.>t always the most complimentary. Caul lets it b • heard in this epistle before he is through. Paul strikes at once the key-note. It is faith, which is the cure of sin, tho way to righteousness. "Your faith.” 1 ’aul says is every where spoken of. and for that he thanks Cod. Gocd reason this for thanksgiving to the minister of Cod. What ver e!si church or Sun-<l:iv-.-ehool ha'. uh tulh s, organization, life, zest, if it lack this, there is cause, rather, for grief. Verse nine is one of the several word photographs that l’aul gives of hilus' 5 f. The “This one thing I." of Phil. >3 is another. Here Paul lets himself be seen in servant garb: "Whom J . ioe with my spirit in the gospel." The word "uoqi'd" means good tidings. Paul i the servant of Christ, who goes about with a bundle of good tidings from his Lord, good tidings for all. Is that, you:- picture, min •? HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. We present an illustration or two of some <>r the salient points in the le> " " \* O' •■lose, by vi'jiK'Ht. w<> rc . some the i hm-tlon I b-n« .■ •• ~ ... ii n the place of the briefer “QuOlff?^’’ we have been for s< me t ime puistling. iWe ee no reason why the Sundaysehool should not be made a time for 1 a v. tier searching of the word than the mere peru-al of the lesson text. In th>< be J icuehiti '. indeed, wo always j see a <■ mparison of Scripture with Scripture. Some viasres may push this ; liioye than others. In the company which the prepau r of these notes humbly an.-mpts t> lead tho room separate from the rest of the school the lit-: in inents the half-hour fur "'miv a-c- given to a -crial outline of the vari us I. >. k- -f th. Bible. So littio time is b mid cl-ewhcre for Script ire ir.doetrinat . n and instruction that it sems exp dient, that with the growth i f tlie Sundav-school idea the scope of clas-work b.■ tbus gradually enlarged. Sitting lu're at the stiidv table in a casual but happv hi u" with Prof. Van ।1 ? Use 11 et ii. ou ;• << n books o|>,'n before us. he ca’ls 01 r coion to that word rendered thunk e icharisteo . It originally nioant, on heathen lips, to boast, and seeoiidarily. t > requite. It was tlieir idea of prayer: we see it in the Iliad, "Zeus, help me. 1 have largo possessions: help me and you shall have a hecatomb.' See how Paul rescues the term, and tills it with new and hoiy meaning, how Christianity regenerates the very vocabulary 'of tho nations, saving everywhere. ‘ Has Paul any boast.'' It is in a Savior crucified. Does he proffer requital? It is a broken and a contrite spirit, a living .sacrifice. I.hanksgii ing anil prayer with the Christian is the’humble presentation of a helped but still needy I soul to Alnrghty (J d. “ What shall I 1 render unto the Lord for all his bene- i fits toward me ? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of I the Lord.” Here is power—where the Spirit of Christ resides. Arthur’s words ought i to be learned by heart: “Suppose we ,

v J . saw an army sitting down before a granite fortress. and thrv told , ls thev i intended to batter it down, we might i , ask them how? They point us to a c7tn- ' non ball: well, but there is no power in j that! It is heavy, but not more than a ■ hundred-weight, or half a hundred i 1 weight. If all the men in the army were to throw it. it would make no im- . J pression. They say no, but look at the ‘ ; cannon; well, but there is no power in | that. It is a machine and nothing more. ' ) But look at the powder! Well, there is j . ; no power in that: a child may spill it; । a sparrow may pick it up. ' Yet this 1 powerless powder and this powerless ball are put into this powerless cannon; one spark of lire enters it, and thou, in the twinkling of an eye. that powder I becomes a flash of lightning, and that cannon ball is a thunderbolt which smites as if it had been sent from heaven." Next Lesson — “Redemption in Christ.” Rom. 3: 19-26. French in the Telephone. The French language, it appears, is better adapted to the purpose of the telephone than the English. It Qs stated that the large number of sftilant or hiss syllables in English renders it a less easy and accurate means of communication. Some English words are especially difficult of transmission । by telephone. The word “soldier” is cited as one of these. Proper names frequently occur in the midst of an । otherwise perfectly audible and intelligent conversation which the ear cannot possibly catch. Those must be spelled 1 out, involving delay.—Electricity. I

his mother s influence ( Molded the Entl re Course of Lincoln's Life Action. “All that I am or hope to be 1 owe to my mother,” sa j ( i 1 resident Lincoln. “ie was a forest beauty, who at the age of 23 had learned to read and wu e fiom the instruction ot an old itenerant preacher. Her husband was strong, resolute, rough in speech, and ignorant. Th e W j fe taught him how to read and write, and by her gentleness—she had also a musical voice and her Christian spirit relined his course nature. About her log-cabin flowers blossomed and vines climbed. Neighboring wives resorted to it to learn how to nurse the sick and make their homes attractive. As soon as her boy was old enough she taught him by daily lessons to read aM write. The “Reader” was the Bil^ WhenTfcbraham was 9 years old. he wrote hiOrst letter. It was to the old itineßnt preacher who had instructed mother, begging him to ! come anF preach a sermon at her IcT IVC Wr re 8,10 been laid at i rest wit£D ut P r «ver or hymn. jl e ~7TMf weeks afterward, riding a hum.’^K miles through the pathless wooys, picking his way by the 1 biazeA trfe. $ The ICMpn of his mother’s pure, ' gentle, «l helpful life taught the son symjithy with man and beast, < i love of Justice, and hatred for op- : pression and cruelty. Once he came j upon six boys who were drowning a! j kitten. The youngest boy was older than Abe: but he sprung upon them j like a panther, and one after the other went down under the bh ws of his long arms He then released the kitten, fondled it. and cried over it like a girl. Literary men confuse acquaintance with books with intel! geuce and efficiency. It is a serious mistake. Books may widen and deepen a man’s intelligence, if he is originally intelligent; but no amount of reading will of itself make a man intelligent. On the contrary, excessive reading 1 may injure him by weakening his .; power of thinking. i Lincoln in his bovhood had access ,i to four Ixioks, the Bible, “1 ilgrim's Progress,” “Burns’ Poems” and : ‘-Weems’ Life of Washington.” He 1 so memorized many of the chapters of the Bible, that subsequently he seldom made on the bar or on the • ! “stump” a speech from which he did ' not quote from it. He early earned in the professional life that to a 1 public speaker the Bible is the most useful of books. 1 Burns developed his fancy and imagination; Bunyan taught him how to use figurative 'language: and I I Weems inspired him with the noble [spirit of Washington. Foreign readi r^rs of his Gettysburg speech and his ' ’ a -milre-s asked, “Whence got this man his .... ing he knows nothing of literature?” , He got it from the English Bible : and from Bun.xan's Pilgrim's Progress —two books which represent the ' rhythm, the idiom, tlie majesty and , j the power of the English langu ige. A Time for All Things. j It became the so emn duty of a judge to pass sentence on an aged man named George Ifliss for .stealing a piz. I “It is a shame that a man of your aue should be giving up his mind to stealing. Do you know any reason why sentence should not be pro- । nounced on you according to law?” “Now, your lordship,” was the re- ' ply of tlie ancient sinner, “this is ' getting to be a trifle monotonous. I 1 should like to know how a fellow can j manage to please you judges. When I was only 17 years old I got three - years, and the judge said I ought to I be ashamed of myself to be stealing i at my age. When 1 was -10 I got five I years, ar” that judge said it was a; shame that a man in his very best years should steal. And n iw, when lam 70 years of age, here you come with the same old story. Now, I would like to know what year of a man’s life is the best one, according I tc your notion, no begin stealing?” j The judge told Bliss that if he wanted legal advice he had better consult some lawyer, and then passed । the usual sentence of live years. Business Met hods of the Great Worth M. Worth has a staff of fifty emj ployes of various kinds, besides all the..n<> -nnol of the dressmaking desc> D - The bus y times are from the midule of February to July and from the middle of August to December. During this time the weekly average of work turned out is 200 gowns and 150 cloaks There are a good many fitting rooms, each called according i to the color in which it is furnished, j Generally a week is required to make | a dre-s, but if necessary it can be 1 done in twenty-four-hours, and, on j one occasion, a (gown was made forthe Empress Eugenie in three hours ’ and a half. ( k ueen \ ictoria hag never patronized Worth—New York Sun. Points About Needles. The great sail needle, which hjis to be pushed with a steel palm, would puzzle most people; so, too, the broommaker’s needle, which must also be pushed with a steel palm, writes L. G. Vance in the Ladie-’ Home Journal. The curious knitting-machine needle, with its latchet; the arasene and crewel needles, and the needle for shirring machines: the weaver’s Din for pi. king up broken threads, with an open eye in the hook. The needle, as we see it to-day, is the evolved product of centuries of invention. In its primitive form it was made of bone, ivory or wood. The making of Spanish needles was introduced into England during the । reign of qjueen Elizaoeth. Point by Point the manufacture has improved.

ODD FELLOWS IN LINE AN IMPOSING PARADE AT THE WORLD’S FAIR. I Nearly 5,000 Members of the Benevolent Fraternal Order Turn Out in Full Regalia—Music, Speeches, and Competitive i Drills Occupied the Time.

Captured the White City. Bright, polished swords glistened in the sun at Jackson Park Tuesday: pure white feathers, resting on purple velvet hats, waved and fluttered in the gCntle breeze and proud-looking men with military costume ai d bearing i tramped hither and thither over the ' avenues and plazas < f the White City. It was Odd Fellows Day at the World's Fair, which was easy enough to tell from the thousands of members of that great order who strobed about the park. The members of ti e Supreme Grand Ledge, the uniform 'd chevaliers, Patriarchs Militant, in their gorgeous costume's were there and so were thousands of holders of the minor decrees of the order. The Daughters of

Itobekah, til.' t-istor > rgnniz»lion. had j an independent celebration at Music ’ Hall and joined with the brothers later ! in the day. Never since the day of dedication has there been more gold lace in Jacksifn Park, never was there a prettier September day. and never was there a prouder gathering of the Odd Fol- • lows’organization. All degrees of the ; I order and all sections of the country i j were fepre ented. Members of the I I different lodges wore their desig- 11 | nating badges, and they indiea- j I ted that there were men and i ■ women present from about every I . Slate in the Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the great . lakes to the Gulf. There were over 5,000 members if the order in the big parade, after which music, speeches, and competitive drills occupied the time. ARMED TO THE TEETH. । Trains Go Out oF ( liir^go with a Regular Arsenal Aboard. Armed men will accompany every : , ttain hauling express or mail ears from I . Chicago to any point east, west or j | south in the future. The Michigan ■ . Conti al initiated this practice. Begin? . ning Monday, all its trains carrying ' American Express eais are under the i ; protection es at least ten armed men. [' The Atlantic expr< s-, which left the I Twelfth't «-et depot at 9:10 that night, ; was a veritable moving arsenal. In the ‘ engineer's cab. out of sight, but where they could be got at right handy, were a couple of Winches qr repeating shotguns loaded with buckshot. They were there to b - med. too. if the the need arose. The conductor and brakeman were each armed with a revolver car- j ried in the mua! p< cket, and. besides j that, they knew exactly where in the j smoking ear there were a couple more j of these Wincliote- shotguns. The baggageman was likewise armed and so I was the Pullman eondueb r. In addi-! lion to this, three men. whose sole I ut.v it is t ■ Ie k out for train robbers | . and shoot them . n sight, were sent I I along with tiie train to help the crew jin their business. Every train on the j ' road which can ies express n atter will i i hereafter at least for some time—go i out simi 'mrly protected. The suggest i<m that trains -m uld b • thus protected came from the American Express Co., and has b. n made to all the roads ; running out of Chicago and carrying; their cars. Am< ng these are the MoI non. the Northwest- :n. the Illinois - Central, and the Chicago. Milwaukee I ar.d St. Paul. The Michigan Central I was the first t > adopt the suggestion, ; tin ugh in a few days others will follow Its example. Tiie .Michigan Central, , through its general passenger depart- j meut. made the following statement : concerning the action it had taker in ; ; this legard: “The Michigan Central j trainmen upon all trains carrying i American Expre-'s ears have been I armed with • Winchester repeating ; shot-guns, loaded with buckshot, and ‘ additional men -oarmed have been put I on. so that there will be at leas: ten I armed men on each < f such trains. En- j | gineers and firemen are also provided I : with similar weapons.” WILL SHUT WITH A BANG. Directors Decide, to Close tlie Fair Gates on Oct. 31. The World’s Fair will close on the night of Oct. 31, and the next morning will see workmen laying railroad tracks to the different buildings to carry away J tho exhibits. There will be no extension beyond the time fixed by Congress, and the man who expects to see the great show will have to do it soon. The removal of buildings could be confined at first to the State headquarters, the live stock, dairy, and other buildings in the outer portions of the grounds, preserving the court of honor and main buildings for the enjoyment cf the is ii.u-c .-. owa. The direct >rs accepted the views of their chiui executive Mud agreed, without the formality of a vote, that the Fair should close' finally and without further p issibility of extension.

Dixon Champion Still. George Dixon, the champion f atherweight i ugilist of the w a-ld. met and defeated Solly Smith, of ( alifornia, a: the Coney Island At detie Club the other night, winning a purse of $lO,(■ 0 and i etaining the title of champion of | the world. The fight ended in the | seventh round. Before this in a preliminary bout Fred Morris defeated Jim Burge. Hundreds in Need of Food in Kansas. The pe< pie of Western Kansas are confronted with a very serious situation. It is not misstating the facts to say that suffei uig b rdering on starvation will come to tlie j eople unlecs they secure help. There aie thousands of people now who ne <1 bread.

Sending Letters to the Moon. A church picnic at Salem. Ma-s., wound up with the ascension of a balloon containing several hundred love letters frem the young ladies of the parish, addressed to the man in the moon. 111-Fated Irish Kings. Out of ceventy-six Irish kings who ruled between A. D. 4 and 1172 no fewer t-han liftu-two died violent deaths either in battle, by murder, or by thunderbolts (by the latter three were slain).

HUSTLING HOOSIERS. ITEMS FATHERED FRO?d OVER THE STATEI ■ An Intertstins Summary of the More Im. । portant Doings of Our Neighbors—Wed- ; dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties. and General Indian i N ews Notos.

Minor Mention. iROWNSTOV.'N wants a waterworks system. Scarlet fever and diphtheria in Columbus. The Vincennes spoke factory has re- ! sinned work. I The Feeble-minded Institute at Fort Wayne is full. Muncie physicians think they have the small-pox under control. Jackson County farmers have already sown a quantity of wheat. ALL gamblers and fakirs were denied admittance to the Bedford fair. i The three masted schooner, Hattie । Earle, was wrecked near Michigan Citv.

i The report of small-pox at Redkey is । indignantly denied by citize-ns_2f_that-town. President Fisher, Hanover College, fell from a ladder and was seriously injured. James Laywell, Dublin's mail carrier, aged CB. died of dropsy of the heart. The Indiana W. C. T. U. will convene at Richmond, Oct. G, for a five days’ session. On account of the scarcity of corn, the Edinburg starch works will not start up soon. Prisoners in the Terre Haute jail attempted to break out, but were caught in the act. William Voght. publisher and proprietor of Spence’s People’s paper. Covington, is dead. David Buchanan, an old resident of Clay County, and a Union veteran, was found dead in his bed. Finch Sharp’s residence, near Seymour. was raided, and a pocketbook containing 840 was stolen. Samuel Harter. William and Frank Kirk were seriously injured in a runaway accident at Pittsboro. Burt Swearingen and his sister Mary, were seriously injured in a runaway accident at < 'rawfordsville. Rev. Charles Little of Wabash, has declined to accept the call from the Presbyterian Church at Lafayette. August A. Neumann, an old miller, tried to cross in front of a Pennsylvania passenger train, at Fort Wayne. He was killed, It is said that a Valparaiso clergyman keeps a Kodak on the pulpit when he preaches and takes snap shots of the sleeping members of his congregation. In a cave in Harrison County several dozens of chickens in coops, about forty । bushels of wheat, some clothing and ! other articles were foend that had i been stolen in that neighborhood. I SOME one flooded the Shelbyville ! Cabinet Comiany factory the other I night, by turning on the water in the ■ fire hose. The damage amounts to several thousand dollars. COUNTER.FEIT half dollars dated 1887 have made their appearance in Elwood. It is thought that some one there has secured a supply, and is taking advantage ol the present hard times to "shove t.he ueer.” Miss Viola Daniels, the girl outlaw who led the gang of young desperadoes in the wholesale footpadding at Kokomo, with her accomplices, Theodore RoTlman. Gus ' reeman, and Charles Bowman, was bound over to court. The suit to set aside the will of Sally Donnell of Greensburg, was compromised by the executors allowing an invalid relative the use of SI,OOO during her lifetime. Mrs. Donnell gave about $20,00 ito benevo'ent societies of the Presbyterian Church. At Shipshewana. Hud Harris accidentally shot and killed Harry Nelson. It was the old story. They were cleaning their guns after a hunting trip, and Harris "didn’t know it j was loaded.” Nelson died twenty : minutes a/ter he was shot. The determination of the Muncie officials to make all alike abide by the strict quarantine rules, and thereby stamp out the smallpox and protect others, '-as fully proved the other evening by the officials in their effort to move a new case to the hospital. The 12-year-old son of Randolph Trissell,on Suilivs-n street, was taken with the disease. The officers went after the boy, and the father threatened to shoot the jrst man who entered the house. As the men forced open a door and entered. Trissell lived. The ball penetrated the coat sleeve of Joe Daily, but did not injure him. The b>y was removed and the father taken to the guard house, but later on he agreed to go to tlie hosjiital, and is now with his son. The Grand Jury for the present term of the Lake Circuit Court, which has

been in session at Crown Point for the past two weeks, has adjourned after re- . fuming twenty-nine indictments. Two of this number are against Martin Costello and Billy Woods, for prize fighting, and twenty are against officers of the Columbian Athletic Club. the principals and referees of the five fights that have taken place at Roby, and are found under the riot and conspiracy act of 1889, for which penalty, on conviction. is imprisonment not less than two or more than ten years in the State s Prison and a tine of not more than $2,090. The court has set aside the last week of the present term for j the purpose of hearing the cases against the Roby gang. Requisitions will be issued immediately, and if the parties can be arrested they will be tried at that time.

While carelessly handling a shotgun Joseph Reeves, a coal miner of near Alfordsville, accidentally shot himself, the load tearing away his face in a fearful manner. Ho is not expected to live. Burglars entered the jewelry store of Edward Starke, at Newpoint, and blew open a large safe. They got about SSOO worth of jewelry. No one heard the explosion, but a horse and buggy was seen at the store after midnight. There was blood on the safe and floor as evidence that some one had been injured while ^crackino - ” the box.