St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 November 1893 — Page 7

BEAL RURAL HEADING' WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPART WENT. Harvesting: Corn by Machinery — 'Winter Butter;Makins-Failures in Hatching Eggs —Beautifying Waste Places —Odds and Ends. I BonvdWv'ng the Waste Places. It is said that few farmers have uny great taste for gardening, tliat farming is suuply a mere question of getting the most out of the giound j

that is possible;'in other words, it is -a business in which money-making rules supreme. This is a very good principle to take as the basis of suc■cessful farming, yet beauty never does any harm, even in connection with the solid facts and figures of business, especially when it can be accomp!ished without the expenditure of much cash. Pennsylvania is a State famous for its number of springs—there is scarcely a farm in the whole of its wide territory but has a spring of water somewhere •about it, and the original settlers endeavored, as far as possible, to build their houses near these springs, over the outlets of which they erected what are known as spring-houses, in which ' .• . . L

ine various operations of the dairy «re conducted. In p&aairi K enrou^n u the portion of Pennsylvania, recently, writer was interested in noting that dn a case where the pathway ha 1 to be cut several yards through the surrounding earth to get to the sp ing, ■on account of its being some feet below the surface of the earth, the lit- ! tie embankment formed by this cut l was thickly studded with large stones ■ or rocks, and in among these rocks ' were set native ferns, evidently collected from the woods in the locality. T.O prepare this could scarcely have occupied more than a day, yet the result was, as the poet would say, “a ! thing of beauty,” which was cer- I tainly “a joy forever.” There is no Foil in n wh v tlm ’n 1; 4- 4-1 ~ „.. • i„ „ .. . . «

reason wny tuese little evidences of superior taste in the owner of a farm might not be more extensively excited than they exidently are.—Meehan’s Monthly. The Corn Harvester. The corn harvester seems to have at last made a sue ess. There are several kinds now at work that cut eight acres a day with two men and one horse. The work done is equivalent to the labor of live men working by hand. Two rows are cut at once and with ease when the stalks stand upright. This lessens the work : of cutting the heavy crop one half. | With a useful corn thrasher, by which the corn is shelled and the stalks torn to shreds, so that the fodder may be stacked or put into the barn, the : housing of this greatest of our great crops will be done at about one-third of the former cost. I^oo4 in the hnsking of an average crop of and every Worurnt' hay An .... years t > husk this crop That every I single ear of the crop, in number equal , to 200,000,000,000, which, if placed end to end, would reach 30,000,000 miles, 1,240 times around the world at the equator, oi from tne earth to the planet Venus, and 5,000,003 mlies on the way back again should be passed through the hands ot the gieau armv ot buskers every year isanamaz-

insf fact, going to show in a remaik- । able manner the bigness of the crop j and what may be performed, even by s hand, when the number of hands is ( equal to the great task, but. at the । ( same time, it shows the wasteol hand labor as compared with the work of machinery.—New Tork Times. Failures in Hatching the Eggs. It is often the case that when a hen has faithfully been on her nest for three weeks, and done all that is possible to enable the eggs to produce chicks, that her efforts are fruitless, the eggs being worthless and infer- । tile. Now what many would wish to know is, why the eggs did not hatch, especially as the hen did all she was -competent to do. There are a number of causes that may be mentioned as likely to be in the way, but when the weather is cold the difficulty is often due to the males being frosted on the combs. It may appgar as an insignificant matter to have the tips of the combs frozen, but to the bird it is very painful as the tips treGuently “rot” off. This debilitates the male, and he will keep away from the hens until the injured member is healed and he recovers his strength. If the hens are frosted, ^^^ey will cease to lay until the combs

are healed. Sometimes the cause of infertility may be that the male is not in full condition, or the hens may be very fat. hen hens lay soft-shell eggs the chances are that the eggs with hard shells will not, hatch, as the occasional soft-shell eggs denote the flock is out of condition. Do not put too many nens with the males; and do not rely on two males wit h a large flock, as they will quarrel and interfere with each other at every opportunity.—Poultry Keeper.

Winter Butter Making. Here we are to-day with the prices of butter and cheese way up, and not one dairy farmer in a thousand in tiie United States is in any shape whatever to take advantage of the situation. It has been running just this ■way for thirty years, yet what have these men learned from it? Comparatively nothing. Here they stand facing one way, and the market facing the other. Preacn to them,labor with them, try to stir them out of their unthinking ruts, and get them to see that they ought to make their farm practice act in conjunction with tUc market; in fact, do anything we

J, t II can, still there they are, ha idling their cows just as they did thirty years ago. It is simply amazing that farmers who call snemselves really intelligent should continue in such wasteful and unprofitable ways. We never heard of a man who was engaged in winter butter making put what was earnestly in favor of it as the most profitable way of making cows pay. This has been told and retold for years and years. Still these men are unconvinced, or if they are convinced, they haven't energy enough to put their judgment into execution.—Hoard’s Dairyman.

The Quality of Eggs. Has it occurred to any of our poul-try-keeping 1 riends that there are such things as gilt-edged eggs? It is a tact that some men are able to get 5 eents or more above the market price tor their eggs right along. The way that they do it is by having, first, the right kind of eggs, and, sec- ' ond, by jutting them on the market in the right way. The best buyers prefer a pure white shell, same as those of the Black Spanish. Thon the eggs must be absolutely clean, and put up in small, neat packages. Every package must have the name of the producerand the date at which it was put up, and contain a guaranty that the eggs are fresh. Put a few

T packages^ this- sort on ttre^nrarket, will por.n Hnd that th&rry nm t people who appreciate your efforts, and, what is more, they are willing to pay for such carefulness Odds and Ends. Stains caused by whitewash will disappear if vinegar is applied to the discolorations. Glycerine and lemon juice soften and whiten the skin. Mixed in equal proportions, it is an excellent remedy for chapped hands. Scars may be removed or made les? conspicuous by a daily application of hot olive oil, rubbing the oil into the skin with the tips of the lingers. To clean the broom din it several

. 7 uip ip ocvciai times into a pail of water in which ammonia has been poured, rinse in i clean water, shake well and dry in the sun. i lr is well to remember for use in । cases of illness where the burning thirst of the patient cannot be assuaged by cracked ice or water, that a teaspoonful of glycerine will afford piompt and comparatively lon ir relief. A simple process for removing fresh ink stains from a garment is to ’ cover them immediately with paste made of starch and cold water, if' i the stains are noticeable when the dried starch is rubbed off, repeat the operation. A cover of doubled-faced canton I flannel or table felt is considered indispensable now between the table and linen cloths, and this is one rea1 9()a 2.^1? ma ^ s are 110 longer in i vogue. They are not needed, for the I .^eavy ,cover protects tße table com- ■ made as the cotton can be purchased ( in sheets of even thickness. The i edges are turned in, run together and I buttonhole stitched to match the i tufting. To CURE a sty take the white of an egg on a saucer and rub into it a small pinch of powdered alum. It will become a curd. Put lit between two pieces of tine muslin lawn and

bind it over the eye bet-re retiring for the night. In the morning the sty will be gone or much better. One more application will be sufficient, and no more sties will come. Carrying on the Work. Mme. Schliemann has caused excavations to be carried on for some time past at Ilissarlik, and they have been attended by encouraging result?. Ilissarlik is the supposed site of the ancient Troy, and the late Dr. Schliemann believed that below the great artificial mound at this place six super imposed cities were buried and that the second of these would prove to be the Homeric Troy. Dr. Dorpfeld, the director of the German Archaeological School at Athens, aftercareful researches has come to the conclusion that the city of the poet must be identified with the sixth city ot the mound. In it have been found courses of masonry of such beautiful and careful workmanship as fully indorse Homer’s desc iption of them, and specimens of pottery ! have also been discovered distinctly ' 1 analogous to and synchronous with 1 those from Mycenm. The neighbor--1 ing tumuli have also furnished the gray.colcred pottery, which is an ad- ’ ditional evidence.

Kock-a-by Baby. During one of his trips to the coast Range Mountains, Joe Cohen, a peddler, came to a lonely cabin, and found the floor wide open, says the Newman Banner. In the center of the floor stood a cradle, in which was an infant fast asleep. The cradle was rocking with surprising regularity, but no sign of what propelled it could be seen. Joe’s curiosity was aroused. He went to the cradle and found a stout

cord attached to a nail driven in the side of it. The cord passed through an auger-hole in the side ot the house, lie took up the trail, which soon led him into a ravine where a donkey, or burro, was standing and switching its tail. The mystery was explained. The other end of the cord was tied to the jack’s tail, and the constant switching of its caudal appendage furnished motive power sufficient to ' rock the cradle. No man offers his word as sufficient ! proof except when he is proving > something to a woman.

state mm All Seemed to Go Pretty Much One Way. THE REPUBLICANS WIN,

M’KINLEY CLAIMS QWIO BY FIFTY THOUSAND. lowa, Massachusetts, and New York Lost to tlie Democrats—Populists Claim One Supreme Court Judge in South Dakota —McKinley’s Contest Ignored State Issues and Was Conducted on the Tariff—lowa Republicans Claim a Clean Sweep —Returns from Many States. McKinley Wins. With a plurality claimed to bo 75,000 and two-thirds of bjth b. anches of the Legislature McKinley has won the mest decisive victory recorded in Ohio since the civil war'. It liui Uvoo „

on national issues. Although McKin- , Jo.v was running for re-election as Governor he made State affairs secondary to protection and hone t money in all his speeches, numbering 110. it would not have been a surpri-e two weeks ago, but after the action < f Congress there seemed to have b en such a i eaction that tie overwhelming vote is a surprise. The Democrats did not allow the co te t to go by default, but made a most vigorous fight with harmonious working forces. The voters were out all ever the State, and ' McKinley has a majority over all. with 1 Democratic,'JTahibition and Populist tickets opposed to him. This is the first majority ov< all any State candi- < date has had since fester’s electii n, 1 just after Garfield's death in 1881’ । Blaine had a majority in 1884. but the I *

Republican State ticket then had only a plurality. Last year the Democrats e ected one Presidential elector, and the Republican plurality was then 1.072. McKinley's plurality in 1891 was 21,a11. In Isto the Republicans had 10.000 plurality, and in 1889 the Democrats elected Gov. Campbell bv 10,872. when there was a small vote. Jackso i in lowa. A Des Moines dispatch says: The election of the entire Republican ticket is beyond any hope of recall. The Republican gains that Jackson made over -ast year s vote for Harrison averaged six to the precinct. Thore are 2,003 precincts in the State. The Republican plurality last year was 21,000, so at this rate Jackson will have 35,000 to 40,000 plurality, and the rest of the Republican ticket will run ahead a few thousand. How much cannot be stated with any degree of exactness yet. The Reports are very slow 'to come in. and have been incomplete on J everything below Jackson and Boies. Gut the general i epart is that the Pro- : hibition vote has been far below what was evnectAd ovon hn thn noniiUiawj 1 ticket, too, as they i u to do. The populist vote / J fallen somewhat below what was e#-L pected. The Legislature will be strongly Republican in both branches, insuring the election of a Republican Vnitcd”states Senator. The vote has fallen off probably 10. to 15 per cent., but the Democrats have lost more than the Republican-. Hay State Slides Rack. , .. • .... C -U 4

A short and sharp campaign, fought almost entirely on national issues, the tariff and the currency, has resulted in a very decisive Republican majority in Massachusetts. Gov. Russell s declination of a fourth term removed from the front rank of the Democracy the most popular man and the strongest vote getter in New England, and though the standard b arer, the Hon. John y Russell, is a man of great cultivation, wide experi nee in diplomacy and statesmanship and. moreover, a man of great strength with the agricultural population, the verdict at the polls has shown that Massachusetts cannot yet bo accounted a Democratic State on national issues. Iho city of Boston has given the Democracy only 79, <OO plurality, against 13,010 last year, while in the country the Republicans have made gains proportionate to this loss. The entire Republican State ticket is elected by substantially 7 the same figure ; as Mr. Greenhalge. A conservative estimate founded upon the returns from small cities and towns gives the following result: lor Gover- ' nor, Greenhalge (Bep.) over Russell (Dem.) 18,090: for Lieutenant Governor. ’ Walcott (Rep.) over Carroll (Dem.) 7 23 000; for Secretary of State, Olin . (Rep.) over McDonald (Dem.) 20,000; for Treasurer, Kimball (Rep.) over ' Hall (Dem.) 24,000: for Attorney Gen- ' eral. Knowlton (Rep.) over Lilley ‘ (Dem.) 17.000. The Konare and TTuuse will both be Republican by slightly in-

creased majorities. New York Not Democratic. A year ago the Democrats made a clean sweep in New York. Tuesday the Republicans had their day 7 and it wus another runaway race.. I^ichaid Croker said' *lt looks as if .the R-e---publicans had caa ied the. entire State ticket, including the Legislature.” In the contest for B e most important office, Judge of tne Court of Appeals, Bartlett, is elected over Maynaid, the Democratic candidate, by at least 30,000. Maynard was cut all over the State. He" ran behind Bartlett in

King's County by 12,0( 0. Tn Brooklyn, for tlie first time in years, the Republicans elected their mayor. Kansas Beturns. Returns from Kansas admit a great falling off in the Populist vote. Cherokee County, which gave 1,700 majority for the Populist in 1892, and Sumner County, another Populist stronghold, have been carried by the Republicans. Crowley County, in which the vote was very close in 1892, has also gone Republican. Ihe Republicans will probably 7 have a pluiaD ity of the votes cast. They have carried Miami, Harvey and Montgomery Counties. The Democrats carried Leaven- ' worth County.

( - - - ... ’ ..... [CHE SUNDAY SCHOOL THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. ■ I A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive tesson, and Where It May Ho Found— A Learned and Concise Review of the lame. Tho Grace of Liberality. The lesson for Sunday, Nov. 12, may do found in 2 Cor. 8:1-12. L . INTRODUCTORY. Liberality is truly a grace, a gift from the Lord. It is so in two ways. 1 irst of u 1. it is learned from God. We love him because he first loved us, and we _ love others, taught of the same divine source. That One. who for our sakes became poor, has taught us the sweet and wholesome lesson of disinterested giving. For charity is not an earthly virtue. The man of the world, however repeatedly generous, knows nothing about it save as he glimpses the lessen from Christian lives. “Learn of me, ’ says Christ, and one of his first lessons is Christian liberality. In the ■ it is rightly a grace in t and S-. ul-satisfying reIn this it proves its hnivenly origin. There r . hospit dity for Christ’s a ; its own peculiar reht of angels unawares, i recent years, the latter the past few weeks, has pc<F\ l 'ite ' b ron called upon to lead his ati P !e in the entertainment of associing >ha! or conventional annual mcethoi \ The old-fashioned method of the pitality has been resorted to (is cas re anything better? , and in each inc 3 a bles.-ing has ben left wholly ha^mmensurato with the outlay. It the been again delightfully proven ( >d t- in Christ's name, it is m >re bless-* seel° give than to rec ive Try it, and «< POINTS IN THE LESSON. sioi^° you to wit.” Archaic expreswe 1: don't know w nat it mean-. Yes, tho^ o - You and I cannot hide behind stai hedge here. The horse under-

the Us the remind r of the spur and hor ox the goad. Be better than the se or the ox. is t Ehe’graee of (lod be dowed,” given gi^ he word. Grave to give is it elf a tha ■ The church or the in iividual the t does n- t give has misled, perhaps, to g greatest oi gifts. Not to know how Hot i ve i s itsell a ground for suspicion. Chi v can one kn iw Christ and not know V ist’s giving? was r hat these people did. however, Pat to give beyond their me ins, or as In t 1 says here, “beyond their power.” or his they showed their liberality, had ®ore literally, simplicity. Tr ey had ve y little ( f Lieir own. but they g av read y access to God. And so they ing e beyond measure, and this, accordphii to the word, is : implic.ty, unso tow >ticatedness. But they were wise ird God, wise and rich. too. gj H T <TS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, in n art a discussion, of a practic: 1 -ort, you lethods of benevolence. What do Lqil® ’find the best way to aCminister the is bounty in your hands? What DiYr mr plf-n of 4-iving to the Lord? linife A- T. Pierson scntentiously < utthe various methods of charity, saei-k'alls them the “Seven ways of givFirst, the careless way. giving shaw’ er ything that comes asking: s.-.--^evnL:'! 1 1 limning ex- I ven^pure To a stated -u n and giving | all the Yest After all. is not the most । practical way the plan of systematic i beneficericß? And oy that we are ac- । customed to mean ben‘licence worked j into the system. Aon understand. I

•‘Give and it shall be given unt . you. Pastor, try it. Give yourself to your , people, wholly, unreservedly, shepherd- । like: tee if they will not give themselves, in like manner, to you. It was Baxter’s secret, W esley s. Spurgeon s. Teacher, trv the same plan with your class. Practical liberality, ; elf-giving. “I keep Washington in my heart, said the stingy man, asked to give for I a monument to be erected to the r at her lof his Country. Some one remarked that Washington never got into so , tioht a place before. The old lady in the pew then was in quite a convenient sort of religious ecstasy when she cried out as the contribution box came her wav, "Roll on, great and glorious gospel?’’ and the collector passed on. Gur friend, the Evanston pastor, used to hear, when a lad, the good deacon, who nevei’ gave anything, singing lustily: Thev are fittins up my mansion Which eternally shall stand. And the boy kept wisely wondering whether the gocd deacon wouldn't scon be sending on some lumber to help in the fitting up. Yes, lay up treasure in heaven. jsthy cruse of comfort falling? I rise and share it with a friend, 4 nd through ail the years of famine Il shall serve thee t > the end. love divine will till thy storehouse, 7 Ifr thy handful wi.l renew. , luuiy fare for on ■ will often Mako a royal feast for two.

^or the heart grows rich in giving All Its wealth is living grain; Seeds, which mildew in the garner, Scattered, fill with gold the plain. Is thy burden hard and heavy? ]>o thy steps drag wearily? Help to lift thy brother’s burden, God will bear both it and thee. Is thy heart a well left empty? None but God its void can till: Nothing but a ceaseless fountain Can its ceaseless longing still. Is thy heart a living power? Self-entwined, its strength sinks low; It can only live by loving. And by serving, love will grow.

Next Lesson—“lmitation of Christ.” Eph. 4: 20-32. DiLw McSikker—Aweel, in the fairsCplace, ma guid man, ye matin soup Tess whuskey. Patient —I net er drink any whisky at all, Doctor. Dr. McSikker—Weel, then, ye fechless gommeril, ye ought tae. —Judy. Groom from Curraii —-I fed him, sur, I groomed him. sur, and I docked the end of his tail, which is a great addition to the baste. — Boston Transcriut. I i

, TESTING A RIFLE GUN. How the Thing Is Done by Our National । Orcin nice Department. Gunshaving been made, a test of their efl ciency is next in order. Ihese tests take (lace at the “prov- > inggrounds” at Annapolis. .Md., and , at Indian Head, cn the Potomac, ( some thirty miles or so below Washington, and to the Litter joint it was my privilege to accompany the chief of o dnance. says a writer in Harper s Bazar. The rain was pouring down as our boat made fast to the wooden pier. A bomb proof to our right: in our front a high bluff, tree-crowned, down the scarred sides of which the yellow soil is sluggishly creeping to the level space, where stand the monster guns. Negro laborers in mud-bespattered clothes and a few seamen—gunners probably — stand about in groups. No time is lost in p eparation lor the test. To one side, opposite the guns, a large nickel-steel pL.te, fourteen inches thick, backed and secured by heavy pieces of timber, behind which the earth is thrown up in a st ong embankment, is the target for the huge ten-inch rifle. A hasty inspection is made of the plate, and we watch the loading or the great piece of ordnance and note the ease with which the hydraulic rammer pushes the heavy steel projectile into the bore of the gun. Two colored men turn the crank of the breech mechanism, shutting the breech firmly; hastily we ciam little bunches of tow into our ears. The young offi er in charge makes his last inspection, glancing over the sights, turning a wheel here, adjusting a screw there. “Seek shelter!” is the cry, and a l hands scatter to the cover ot the bomb proofs, only the ensign in charge of the Uring remaining outside, crouching down, lanyard in hand, under the mount of the eight-ln h rifle.

An easy pull on the lanyard, a lightning-I.ke flash, a deafening roar, a cloud, a gunpowder smoke, and the gun recoils gently back, sliding as easily an 1 -moothlv on the hydraulic mount as a child’s boat on the waters of a duck pond. There is a moment's pause, an 1 then all hasten to examine the target. The projectile has struck it full in the center, leaving a perfect impression of its sharpened point in the hard steel several inches deep and glowing hot as a furnace from tne terrific force of the impact, but not penetrating through it or cracking it in the slightest degree. The shell lies in the mud several feet away, where it has rebounded. Master on Board. If all the stories of kings and emperors are to be believed, the inference must Ue that they respect no one so much as the man who has the courage of his own opinions. Admiral Greig joined the Russian navy when a boy. and rose to the command of the Black Sea fleet, which the Czar wmu was contrary, and the Admiral could attempt nothing of the sort The Emperor then succomted utterly to seasickness, and peremptorily ordered a return. “I acknowledge that his Majesty is . ..r ..11 thn I?iic«i:i ns. ” said the

ruler O1 311 vnC vww Admiral, “but I am master on board. You may tell his Majesty that his commands cannot be obeyed. The -hip was actually driven within sight of the Asiatic coast, but only when the storm abated could his autocratic Majesty’s orders be obeyed. On finding himself safe on land,the Czar begged the Admiral s pardon for li>s impatience, and presented him । with the usual geld snuff-box, set ! with diamonds, and suitably inscribed. . Pretty Faces in India. In India the women of the higher classes are kept pretty well secluded and the young and pretty ones are not on exhil ition. Still, on.< occasionally catches a glimpse of a pretty face. Their costumes are simple and invariably becoming. A skirt reaching to the ankles, a closefitting jacket, and a mantle covering the whole is the usual o itflt. Sandals or low shoes are often worn, but are frequently dispensed with. The mantle serves for head covering. It may be of white or light-colored mudin, silk, linen, or lace, from three, to four yards square, and the Indian lady knows how to adjust her head-dress as effectively as her Spanish sis*er. The clothing is usually all white, but

the skirts of red, yellow, pink, or fancifully figured silks arc worn. Ad, from the highest to the lowest, are fond of jewelry. Bracelets almost covering the lower arm from the wrist to the elbow, rings without number, anklets and heavy chains are seen in prolusion. The field women aspire to all the jeweleiy they can carry, even of the commonest and cheapest kind. .Many of the young ladies stain their eyelids black and their lips and teeth a bright red, tn and to the brilliancy of their ap-

Lt> cltlti u ’ Liiv-' *** *** '. - pearance. In spite ot overuetoration some of them are pretty and attractive. None Too Large. A good appetite is sometimes a help to clear vision and effective statement. “Tommy,” said Mr. Waters, “isn t that a pretty big buckwheat cak ■ lor a 1 oy of your size?” “It looks b g.” said Tommy, “but really it isn’t. It’s got lot’s of po- ; rouses in it.” Every man with a bright sou believes in heredity

INDIANA INCIDENTS. I , SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interesting Summary of the More Im. portant DoLigs of Our Neighbors-Wed-dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News NotesCondensed State News. The postoffice at Shideler Station has been robbed for the second time. In Hamilton County the stars and stripes float above 116 school-houses. Cook& Snyder’s store, near Columd<U^vas robbcd ancl then burned. Loss H,(XXX John Reeder was thrown from his horse near Windfall and fatally- injured. J Burglars have been making rich hauls at New Paris and Syracuse recently. An 1. &V. train ran into a Monon freight at the Gosport junction and demolished several cars. Fred Perry of .Marion, fell from his bicycle and suffered concussion of tha brain. His injury may result fatally. P. O. Colliver, ex-Prosecuting At’ torney, Greencastle, fell out of n i llg urouanTe ratal injuries. A cement maker in Southern Indiana advertises that his cement is strong enough to mend the break of ddy. The large pulp plant of the Indiana Paper ( ompany, at South Bend, was destroyed by tire of incendiary origin. Loss $20,000. David Dillon, a farmer near Anderson. took 25 cents’ worth of morphine with suicidal intent, but the doctors may save him. The 11-year-old son of Joshua Rinier of Delphi, fell from a hickory tree and sustained injuries from which he died in a few hours. Mrs. Mary O’Connell of Bedford, was stricken with paralysis and became unable to swallow. Her death is mo-

mentarily expected. People in Morgan County are going wild over the gold find along the streams in that vicinity. Land is selling at a high figure. Frank Jorick was struck and instantly killed by a fast Lake Shore passenger train, near South Bond. He leaves a widow and ten children. Assignee Baker of the Terre Haute car works, has declared a dividend of 25 per cent, on the claims of creditors, which will make a payment of $59,000. < 'hales H. Smith, a Terre Haute rolling mill employe, died from injuries caused by being run over by an Evansvill and Terre Haute passenger tuain. Judge Friedly, Madison, has temporarily enjoined the Madison Council from purchasing a fire alarm system owing to the large indebtedness of that city. De Wane vV. Downer, Fairmont, was fatally burned by a gas explosion. He left the gas turned on in the kitchen and entered with a lighted piece of paper. AVhile the family of Tete Lighter, living in the northern part of Owen County, were absent from ^he house AUk'diU-UounLyOvnich for thirty j o ’ was in one building, was moved ine other day and within an hour afterward the building took fire and burned to the ground. The finding of gold in Morgan and Brown Counties is no longer doubted. Winfield S. Richards was in Martinsville. recently, exhibiting gold valued

at $55 that he washed out in Sycamore Creek, Morgan County. Mayor Denny appointed George W. Powell, a well-known real estate man, as Chief of Police of Indianapolis, to succeed Thomas F. Colbert. Powell is a successful business man but never had experience as a police officer. Philip Line, who brutally murdered Levan Poynter, at North Liberty, St. Joseph County. July 18. has been sentenced to prison for life. A vigorous effort, was made to hang him. and the jury stood 9 to 3 for hanging on the first ballot. The Evansville Tribune wants the Indiana Legislature to pass a law making it practically impossible for a man of dangerous disposition, or one who drinks intoxicants to excess, to carry a pistol, dirk, or bowie knife, without being guilty of a penitentiary offense. Henry W. Grieve, teamster, was caught by a cave-in at Gervel's sand bank, north of Richmond, and buried under several feet of sand. Before he could be rescued he suffocated. He ! was unmarried and about 45 years o±d. John and Jackson Huey, brothers, regarded as two of the most desperate criminals that have infested Southern Indiana, are again behind Hie bars o! the Indiana Prison South. Both have heretofore served, long terms in prison. John is now confined for manslaughter and Jackson for counterfeiting. J Mrs. G. B. Seavers, an old resident

of Kokomo, met death in a singular manner. In cleaning rubbish from a woodshed she picked up an old noot from which fell a rusty revolver. Ihe weapon, in striking the floor, was discharged. sending a bullet through her brain She was 60 years old. H. S. Wright, who has been Constable at Goshen for 42 years, was enticed awav from his home the other night, bv Dr. Smithland and David Early and taken to an old mill, where th-Iwo men beat him, saying they would kill him. Wright got away, but. was seriously injured. His assail-

ants fled. The records in the office of Dr. F. G. Jackson, eitv health officer of Muncie, sho . the following facts concerning the .-mallpox epidemic in Muncie: total - mnber of cases to date. 146: total nums frer of infect d houses. 70; total numb r of deaths. 20: total number of i ntients discharged as cured, Bb. well, • Ul not yeKiis u rged. “ total number ( , r ( . a „es now . nder treatment . total ru^b.-r o: convalesc nts, all m h ' St-1 3u: number of houses under ’ ■ u irimtine, !: number of houses disinf< <- d and discharged. 69. The indi-C-tir -■ non- a e that the quarantine wbl be raised by the first of next week.