St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 April 1894 — Page 7

if HOME AND THE FARM. fA DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Directions for Planting Trees Properly— Bulletins Treating on Injurious Insects —To Cure Stumbling In Horses—lmproved Machinery on the Farm. Machinery on the Farm. This season the farmers will have a larger number of implements with - whi h to reduce the expense of cul- * dvating the corn crop. The harvester and binder made it possible to devote more land to wheat, and for | many years after the harve ter appeared inventors made repeated at- / trip pts to construct an implement < for harvesting corn. At last this has ; been accomplished, and not only by one individual, but by several. Corn is now planted, the rows checked and the seed covered at one operation, ^while at harvest time the stalks are | - anil tied in bundles with i twine^yfftal. us a^Xeam can walk down . the rows. What is more, the corn is I now husked and cut up fine at one j Operation, thus rendering every portion of the plant available for food or making it more suitable ior any other purpose desired. There are now implements for •planting potatoes, and diggers for harvesting the cron, while the tedious operation of cutting the seed is also done rapidly by a little machine for that purpose. The old method of opening the furrows, dropping the ! • seed (after handling each potato to ■ cut to the eyes', and the covering of I the seed in the rows will soon be 1 Bomethiug belonging to the past, and | the slow harvesting of the crop with the plow and hoe will be forgotten, improved implements will new enable the farmer tc cultivate five times as much land in potatoes as he formerly did, which win no doubt reduce the receipts, but vill not affect the protlts, as potatoes can be more easily grown and at less cost It may also be added thet strawberry plants, tobacco plants, cabbage plants, etc , can now be set out and watered at the same time, by simply driving a horse, hitched to a machine, along the rows. This is a great advantage, especially the watering of plants, as the work can be done during moderately drv sea ons, instead of being compelled always to wait for rain. If the farmer does not 'ncrease his profits by machinery, owing to the greater production, he will be relieved from some of the hardships of farm life. Mr'jy of them have not grown cro s that cause such “back-break-ing” kxbor as transplanting cabbage strawberries, etc. It is slow, tedious and tiresome work, and but little progress is made in a day by one man. „ The hours of labor are now reduced, impiemen ts that will perform ihe work thoroughly and speedily’. Invention has elevated the farmer to a higher plane, and-is rapidly making iarm life the most pleasant of all occupations instead of the most disagreeable. It is almost wonderful when a comparison is made of the farms of to-day with those of half a century ■ago. Better stock, a knowledge of plants and their requ rements, varieties superior to any before seen, and less labor, are advancing the farmers constantly. —Philadelphia Record. Injurious Insects. The Agricultural Experiment Station of Maryland has commenced a work that commends itself to the j -agricultural portion of the State. It ! has issued the first of a series of bulletins that are to appear from time to time, treating upon the injurious insects of Maryland. As a rule the average farmer fails to realize the full extent of the injury that he sustains f.om the noxious insects that atta k his crops. The bulletins describe in language that can lie comprehended by anyone, the life history of the insects, gives the various remedial measures that may be employed, describes natural enemies, and thus puts the farmer in a way to combat and overcome these natural enemies if he is so disposed. This is a step in the right direction as it is rarely the case that farmers are so familiar with economic entomology as to be able to understand fully what the insect visitors arc all •doing, whether they are working for hs good or his injury. The primary ■object of these bulletins is to treat of those insects which affect most seriously the farmer and fruit grower. The first series contains twenty full pages and describes the codling moth, green June beetle, cabbage worms, harlequin cabbage-bug. apple-tree borer, with mention of several in- ' ■sects partially studied. The more and closer Experiment Stations can keep themselves in touch with the mass of farmers the. greater will be the benefit exerted, and the more hearty the support they will receive. —Exchange. To Cure Stumbling. There are two causes which produce stumbling in horses that are addicted to this habit. One is a general weakness of the muscular system. such as will be noticed in a tired horse, and the other is a weakness of the exterior muscles of the leg, brought about by carrying too much we ght on the toe. To effect a cure, when stumbling is induced by the latter cause, lighten the weight • cf each front shoe about four ounces, and have the two made of hard steel instead of iron. Have them made rounding, like the shoe when it is about one-third worn. Give the horse a week's rest, and have the legs showered with a cold spray two or three times a day. Rub them briskly from the chest down to the foot, and walk the horse for an hour twice a day. When you begin driving do not jog him slowly, but let him walk, or •else drive sharply for a mile or two I

and then walk. To not speed him for several weeks. Many farmers’ horses stumble because they wear such heavy shoes and are driven so slowly that they partially fall asleep. When you have a light load or a buggy, keep the horses going at six or seven miles an hour, or at a pace at which they won’t fall asleep, and hold up their heads so they won’t go down.—Farm and Home. Distance Between Trees. Dwarf cherries, pears, and apples, should be set ten feet apart each way upon good garden soil. Don’t use animal manure, it will cause blight; use, instead, one peck of woodashes, spread over the surface of ground early in spring, and just dig under the soil. Put this quantity to each tree: spread in a circle as far out as i the branches extend. In the fall i apply one quart of ground bone to • each tree in the same manner. | Quince trees should be set 15 feet each wav. If the soil is very dry, j and of rotten rock formation, mulch ' the bearing trees, as jwell as the । young ones, with rotten straw or ; leaves, six inches in depth as far out : as the branches. This mulch will cause the fruit to adhere to the stem and grow large, and to ripen fully. Standard pears should be set 20 feet apart each way. The same treatment as followed with the dwarf pears will suit the standard pear. Standard apple trees should be set 35 feet each way. Grapes should be set in rows six feet apart and eight feet apart lo the row. This is for trellises; if grown upon stakes set six leet each way. : Currents, raspberries, and gooseberj ries should be planted four feet each way; they can then be worked entire'y by horse-cultivation, and save ■ all hand hoing. Where only a tew cf ea; h are wanted, set in rows four feet apart and three feet in the row. | Give shallow,culture, not more than two inches in depth. Blackberries j should be planted 5 feet each way, and worked both ways. Shallow culture must be practiced or the roots 1 will be cut, injuring the parent plant and causing a lot cf suckers to spring up all over the bed. which are useless and only exhaust the main 1 lants and diminish the yield of fruit. —Baltimore American. Farm Notes. An Ohio dairyman has a dairy that pays him $2,500 annually for the cow feed from less than 100 acres of clay land. Even if you know your eggs are fresh do not take them to a cu-tomer with the shells dirty. It does not help inspire confidence in their quality. The breeder of stock can do himself good service by dling out the inferior animals. If he will do this every year he will improve his stock rapidly. No sou. will produce a maximum yield unless it is drained. A dry soil is warm, while a damp soil is kept cold by constant evaporation of moisture from the surface. A smooth meadow makes easy mowing. It is a good plan to roll the land as early as possible in the spring, using a heavy roller ami earrying a box on it in wh ch to put all surface stones. It pays better to I pick these up than lo leave them to ‘ break your mower knives on. Fok the table sow be< t seed ai early as it can be done. Also par- ; snips and radishes. Leets are a lux- j ury if the early and ten ler varieties are used. The ground should be very । rich. Beets that are grown for stock ' are unsuitable for the tab e, though they are frejuently used for such j purpose. The branch of agriculture which i has the very least of a speculative nature about it is to produce such things as can be consumed on the land and marketed on the hoof. Even if a man has not mu h business talent, he cannot go very far wrong if he sticks to this course right through. Ir has been suggested that the country roads could be improved with iron rails, similar to those onstreet ra Iways. It would not make travel easier for the horses, but wou.d lessen the draught. It is better, however, to make the entire oad good and use rails if desired, to avo d cutting up the roads with wheels. The following foods contain all the elements which exist in eggs: Oats, wheat, barley, corn, bran, linseed, hemp seed, rape seed, crushed fresh bones, mustard seed, green cabbage, and clover, and a reasonable supply of all these varied more or less, with the aid ofc ushed limestone and gypsum, would afb rd every element I called for to produce a constant sup- ! ply of eggs. A large quantity of • broken fresh bones is one of the most j important aids. If good ashes can be easily and , cheaply procured, sow a mixture of fifteen bushels of ashes and 100 pounds of ground bone upon your pasture now. It will make an early pasture in the spring, and its effect ' । will be seen for many years. Such an ' application is best adapted to high ■ lands, as it assists in attracting ' j moisture from the atmosphere in dry L I weather. If the ashes cannot begot ’ ।or are likely to contain much lime, ; 100 pounds of muriate of potash may i be used instead to quite as good advantage. To double the amount ' j given in the foregoing would do no J i harm, an 1 might double the feeding j ' capacity of an acre. j It Would Be Punishment. 3 When General Sherman was travel--3 ing through New Mexico after the r Civil War, he remarked to a company of friends: “I always thought the } Mexican War was an unholy war, but x now I would like to tight Mexico b again.” When asked why,he replied: r “To make her take back New j Mexico.”

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLf CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson— Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection — Half an Hour's Study of the Scriptures— Time WeU Spent. Joseph Sold Inti Egypt. The lesson for Sunday, April 15, may be foun I iu Gen. 37: 23-c6. INTRODUCTORY. We go on with the story of Joseph. This time we stand by a pits mouth. Who would have thought that the way to the world’s refreshing and deliverance was to be by so dismal a passage way ? Yea, and who wo :ld have thought that by wav of the tomb in the garden in duo time life and immortality should be brought to light? So God makes the wrath of man to pra so him. Jacob mourned for his son, and well ho might. Yet "joy cometh in the morning.” Said Jesus: "Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall bo sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.” Have faith in God. POINTS IN THE LESSON. It was a most unnatural deed—the thrusting of .Joseph into that pit. It Hew in the f.co of all tenderness and charity: it b -oko down all brotherly regards. What could have led to if? Sin. Sin oily. With sin it was natural, legitimate. The wages of sin is d ath. Here is just a taste of it. Sin puts everything that is good out of sight and into the < pit. When you see a vile, unnatural ‘ act, look behind—sin. Teat infidelity in the Kentucky statesman's homesin in the heart. That atrocious murder of the Baker family in the North. Sin. The love of moimy, yes. and the i whisky bottle in the pocket of the fend • who wielde I the axe. sin means death, murder always. This deed was all the more wretch- ! ediy bad because it was premeditated. ' “See, here comes this ma t>r of t dreams,” they said, and they watched him coming from ‘afar off,” their tin- j gers working the while to lav hold upon him; uni they his brothers. No, ! right there, they were brethren of the prince of darkness. ‘Tiie pit wa; empty, n > wa'er in it." “P'.t" means grave, and a g.ave they meant it to b \ No water, no food, in an empty p t: in spite of his entreaties, tl.o 'e they left him. Pos-ibly they might thus have said that they had 1 not shed innocent blood. Bit the in- ! i tent tosla; was there, and the condi- ; i tions of death were imposed upon him: they were virtually murde!ers. And then “they sat down to eat bread.” <> the inhumanity of it! Their brother in the empty pit, they out upon the wealthy soil. Their own souls refieh 'd, as for their brother, “no water ihrro." How could thov eat with the thought of their mi-deed? How can any man sin against God and God’s Son, and calmly go on eating God’s bread.'' The Ishmnolites had set out for , things precious; their camels were ”b ing splc rv an I balm an 1 myrrh," going to carry it down to Egypt. Here w something much more valuable. They do mt know it. perhaps, but n > lading could compar > with inis out of tho pit’s mouth. Never did richer gain go Egyntward than when th w ■ bargainors of the de-ert paid their . petty twenty piece< of stiver and | Drought a savior into the aid of the ‘ But the brothers then they go ba k ; | to tho r father. l>«Toft of a I rather. D> j they realize what th -v have done.' Do ; they appreciate what they have bar- ! I tore I away.'' Perhaps •'Oine ipiulms of ' । troubled conscience come to them, the ] bi'gin iing of long yea; s o! inward tor- ; i turc. But just now it is a lie they have ion their lip-. Mi chief in th ■ hand, I i evil in the heart, a fa— h<<Kl < n the ’ tongue they al. go toe d her. <>i >■ sin ' loads to another. So g< e- the dismal ! | way of the evil one. It was the 1>: others, not Joseph who ha l gone down i into the pit. HINTS VXD U.I.USTHATIOX’S Bring God into the st >ry. <>r rather : lot the face of God in all the affair- of ; Joseph s marvel u- life be br. ught ; into view. Man's h ind was here put- ’ ' ting the lad into the pit, selling the ' brother into slavery. God’s hand was ! here lifting up his e vant out o' the i dungeon, iiiising him up to sit with kings. Which is stronger, earth or heaven, Satan or God.' “Where sin abounded, grace did much more a'omul.” Thank God. Look out for the .Josephs; they are the hope of the future. I ‘crimp- you i have several in that class of yours. When tire Spartans m re asked to send fifty c lildren for hostage- they asked the privilege instead of sending a hundred <>f their prominent men. The shrewd Spartans knew wherein their strength lay. Do we? Jacob was somewhat to blame. His own chicanery in the days when “supplanter” was his name had ben inherited by his s-ns. “The villainy thou teachest 1 will execute.'’ The seeds of the father's evil example had been planted, and as we sow we reap. Be careful.’fathers. You are under sentry. T.ittle eyes are watching, anCT 1 dispositions are being ct. William Fllery Channing took his evil tendency toward liberalism a long way l a 'k. Dr. i Hopkins prea bed a powerful and truthful sermon on the judgment. Young Channing was deeply stirred bv it. If these, things wore so. it was high time he was fleeing from the wrath to come. Going home, he watched his father to see what he w uld do in view of the great and graie declaration just made. What did lie seo? His father unconcernedly and without a word or apparent thought concerning the sermon. drew off his boots, asked for his paper and -at down to read. The son concluded that the father did not believe what was said and he need not concern himself about it. Nor did he. Next Besson—“Joseph Hu er in Egypt.” Gen. 41: 3^-48. Witty anti Hum foih. To get rid of a bad friend, ask him i for what you most need. A MAN can never suc. eed at pocket- ; picking until he gets his hand in. | A West End girl wants to die. but she prefers to be “smothered with kisses.” ! i Why should Arabs not be subject to 1 insanity’? —Because they are a nomad ! (no mad) race, j | A butcher may be a good marksman, yet in killing cattle he seldom hits the bull’s eye.

MEDICAL INSTINCTS IN ANIMALS. Dogs. Cats, and Cows nave Been OLserved with Advantage by Physkians. Animals get rid of their parasites V/r n, m e Ud ’ Ciay ' etC ’ Th °^ suffering from fe\er restrict tbeir diet, keep quiets seek dar . p aces, drink water and sometimes plunge into it When a dog has lost its appetite, says the Philadelphia Record, it eats that species of grass known as dog’s grass, which acts as an emetic and a purgative. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and cows when ill seek out <ertain herbs. An animal suffering from chronic rheumatism always keeps as far as possible in the sun. The warrior ants have , regularly organized ambulances. I Latrclle cut the antenna* of an ant and other ants came and covered the 1 wounded j art with a transparent ‘ Huid secreted In their mouths. When ; an animal has a wounded leg or an • arm hanging on it completes the am- I putation by means of its teeth, a 1 dog be ng stung ,on the muzzle by a viper was I^ser> c Ito plunge its head reneatCfMv fo»* severa l days into run- j ntny This animal eventually ■ A terrier hurt its right eye. fWrcmalned under a counter, ' avoiding light and heat, although it habitually kept close to the tire. It adopted a general treatment —rest and abstinence from food. The local treatment consisted in licking the upper surface of the paw, which it applied to the wounded eye. Anl- 1 mals suffer ng from traumatic fever treat themselves by the continued ap; 1 cation of cold water which M. Delanney com ders to be more certain than any of the other methods. In view of these interesting facts we are. bethinks, lorced to almit that ; hygiene and therapeut cs as practiced I by animals may, in the interests ol I physiology, be studied with advantage. Many physic ans have been keen observers of animals, their diseases and the methods adopted by them in the r instinct to cure them- ! selves, and have availed themselves ( of the knowledge so brought under their observation n their practice. WSiat Are New Stars? Nfcw stars have never ceased to perplex astronomers, from the blazing , wonder which burst out in the constellation of Ua-siopeia in Tycho ; Brahe’s time lo the strange little ; twinklcr that Mrx Fleming discovered la-t < ctober In a photograph ot the spectra of the stars m the constellation Norma Are they due to con agrations caused by the collision of mighty t y- 1 ing tfxiies? I o they indicate the outburst ot long pent-up forces shat- ' tering the envelopes that smother dying suns’? Or are they the result , of the violent meeting of swarms ol meteors, or the rushing ot some solid orb through the midst of such a swariu? Th4-e are some o! the question! that £a v eTe e IT” -U J g» ™ FT b> the a;> pcarajirc of new star*. And It h 5 p ■aefmc that the late*! of these curl ou.h phenomena to be discovered, the ' one jbst mentioned, in Norma, may serve to throw mi -h light on the mystery H their origin. The spectrum of this star is almost exactly ihe same as that of the new t star which appeared in the c mstella- I tion Auriga in l- cJ, and which has n>w apparently income a nebula. ' Indeed, it was the similarity of the s (c’rum of the star in N rma to ' ! that ot Hs predecessor In Auriga which led to the ncogn tion of the former a- a new mcmi crof the starry host H it sho hl turn out that sueli stars posse-s peculiarities wide i place ' | them in a clavs by thcm-Eves, a step will have txen taken t< ward a knowledge ot what new -tars are, and how they orig nate. She Stopped WOrk for (HtoiL It was nearly . 0 years ago that 8 woman living in an eastern Somerset ; town bung up herdisheioth me morn- i ing alter washing the bnaktast dishes, with the emphatic deciara | 1 tion: • There. I’m not going tn de ! anymore work.’’ She was the wife j ot a farmer in very m »dest clrcum- I stan es, was middle-aged and the ' mother of a large family of children. • Before that time she had been very , industrious. She was as good as hei ! word, ynd from that day ai l nothing I more ^>an to dress herself and ati tend her own toilet. Her daugh- ; tcWurst, and later her sons’ wives, । ^pok the burden upon them of providing for her wants, and so she has 1 lived ever since. Her days spent j I J-wn morning till night in idlem ss >eem to w-ar upon her with ; they would upon tn seldom seemI Hn^hingbu^neerTur she is now ’ near 90, and appears to be, as she has ever been, in the best of health.—• Lewiston Journal. Seeing the World. Several counties n Southern Illinols contain no railroads, and the natives have in consequence very limited opportunities for travel and observation. A young man, who bad never been away from h s own neighborhood, finally concluded that he would explore what lay beyond the horizon, lie sallied forth on foot, and soon found himself among total strangers. The ways of hotel life were past finding out; but the greatest attractions were a tram of cars and a river steamer. At the end of a week the young man returned home, covered with dust and glory. “Well, my son,” said the father, proudly, “I reckon you seen right smart of the world; what do you think of it. ” •■Yes, pap,” was the reply, “I was down as fur as the old Ohio; and, if the world is as big up yan way as it ' is down t’other way, this is a powerful big world.”—Boston True Flag.

MET A FIERyTeATH? TEN FIREMEN KILLED IN A MILWAUKEE FIRE. Davidson Theater the Scene of a Frightful Holocaust—Many Fire Fighters Roasted —Awful Death of Those Who Could Not lie Rescued. On the Roof When It Fell. The Davidson Thea’er, ths finest playhouse in Milwaukee and one of the handsomest and co tiiest theaters in the country’, was destroyed by fire which broke out between 4 and 5 o’clock Monday morning. Ten firemon lost their lives in the fire, nineef them going down to a living death by the fall of a roof, and the tenth hsing killed by the fa lof a ladder. Several others were also injured, some of them it is feared fatally. The valuable scenery and property of the LLliputians, whose ten days' engagement at the theater was to close <n \X ednesday, is a 1 gone. Manager Rosenthal of the company says it was worth $50,000. Shortly after 5 o’clcck, when the fire was seemingly under control, the theater roof, on which a score or more firemen stood as they fought the flames, went down, and the brave men were carried with it to the floor of the auditorium below. Some were extricated frem the furnato of flames, in which the whole interior was now enveloped, by their brave and more fortunate comrades, who risked their lives to drag out the prostrate forms of the dead and injured men. Six or eight men were soon brought out, and those who were able to speak said there wore ten or more in the ruins, where living death awaited them. For these poor fellows there, was no chance. The burning roof had fallen on them, and they were roasted to death, if they’ had not been killed outright in that terrible plunge from the roof. A cry of horror went up from tho firemen who saw the awful catastroi he. The memb rs of the insurance pat ol were covering up the eats in the parquet of the theater, when suddenly a light was seen through the roof above. The men in the th. a er ran back just in time, and the next nu ment the roof fell into the parquet of the theater. Several of the men in the theater were caught by the falling timbers. The scene that followed is never to l»e forgotten by those who witnessed it. For a moment all was dark, th *n suddenly a tremendous sheet of flame shot up and with it camo th* cries of tho firemen who had fa len through tho roof to the th -ater below. One m u was heard to cry : *My God, help me. 1 am roasting' to death." The men were bnrkd under the blazing roof, and there seemed to l>o little hope that any would con e cut alive, if indeed they had not teen killed by the terrible falL Severn! Firemen Rescued. There was troub’e in getting water on tho fire, which now rapidly made its way through the thuutur anti The water was finally turned on. and several of the firemen who had fallen ' nearest tho front d or of the lobby wore dragged from the burning deb ds ’ nn<i carried out mor.- or le s injured. The men were removed to th- saloon 1 acres* th * street and their wounds I dr -se l, while the other firemen bravely kept at work ih ur ng a deluge of t water on tho debris and trying to res- : cue oilier, of the unfortunates. But , s on no more er os were lizard, and it ' was evident that all who h id not 1 een brought out must now b* past hop >. The interior of the auditorium scon l>e-ame a s 'ething ma— of flames, which tho firemen vainly enleavored ■ to -uhlue in order to ave their doomed ' c m ades. While the frantic men | we e nt work amid-t the ruins on tho floor of the j aripiet, the gallery l>e- , gan to burn, an i while directing their 1 attention to this bla e another porti n ! of the roof fell, making the rescue of I the huprisoned men impossible and । ad i g more fuel t > th * tire. I The tie t fatalityof the fire happened \ before the more awf ' tragedy on the .roof. Ollie Reis, a fireman, lost his life while trying to reach the roof of i the theater leforo tic to f fell. Ho I had put a ladder from the northern ' wing of the h tel building, which is I two stories lower than the theater i proper, when the ladder swayed, and i he fell with it to the roof of the wing. । He was carried away and died in the i arms of his comrades. He was a mem- । ber of Engine Company No. 3, Hotel Guests All Escape. ; The guests of the Davidson Hotel, I which oecup oia part of the building, , fled panie-stricken from th dr rooms when t'.e alarm of tire ran throeghthe corridors. They really were in no danger and iiad ample tim ■ to get out. Noone was injured. John A. Bavidsi n. solo own *r of tho theater and hotel, lives in Chicago, I and wa- n >tificd of the fire in t me to j leave on the " o'clock train tor Milwau- . kee. riio Davidson hotel anl theater wore erected in i''9O and opened the following year. Tho building was one of the handsomest and most substantial in Milwaukee. Overflow of News. The Southern Pacific officers were re-elected. The President ha- signed the Behring Sea bill. The New York building trades strike is at an end. Small-pox is spreading in S’. Haul, and vaccination is becoming general. CROPS in Ohio are shown to be in fair condition by the official report just issued. FOUR fishermen were drowned at Columbus, Ga., by the capsizing of their boat. IKE DI’ER, a desperate character at Montrose, Col., was fatally shot while officers were trying to disarm him. Kalil Sirkabeeni, the Syrian deal- ■ er in Turkish coins and curios, who had his stand near Berris’ big wheel in the Midway Plaisance at the World's Fair, committed suicide at New York by shooting. • Attorney General Olney has sustained the recent opinion of Assistant Attorney General Thomas, of the Postoffice Department, holding that the Savings Company, of Minneapolis, is a lottery concern.

NEWS OF OUR STATE. A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. What Our Neighbors Are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths — Accidents and Crimes— Pointers About Our Own People. Minor State Items. A Davlv County husband wants a diveree from his wife because she threatened to pour melted lead in his ears. James Winter, the farmer who deliberately shot a girl near Muncie several monthsago, has been captured, near Jonesboro. JOHN Hickey, Anderson, has deeded a valuable tract of land near that place to the Sisters of Mercy for the erection of a hospital to be maintained for the benefit of that city. Burglars secured over S3OO worth of goods from the general store of H. Devores at Denver, Miami County, also, a cpiantixy of stamps and money from the postotlice. \T Wabash the residence of Thomas Clary burned, including SS(O, which Miss Nan Clary, sister of the owner, some months ago withdrew from a bank and concealed under the carpet. COLUMBUS citizens have secured the services of a detective to run down the author of a number of annonymous letters that have recently been received by many of the leading men ol that city. A BtfRGLAR, supposed to be a tramp, was shot and instantly killed at Palestine. George Werrick. a Palestine merchant, surprised the robber in the act of burglarizing his store, and opened fire on him. with fatal effect. Mrs. \\ illiam Jamison of Peru, died of lockjaw, caused by an ulcerated tooth. The case is unusual, from the fact that she lived seven days after the jaws had set. Medical evidence shows that four days is the usual course of this ailment. Mes. Elizabeth Addington, aged 56, for several years a devotee to the morphine habit, died at the county infirmary at Muncie. They would not furnish her with the drug, and she died a horrible death three days after entering the place. The corner-stone of the first brick school building erected in Wabash was removed the other day, and the tin box which had been placed therein May 12. 1858. was opened. The Bible and written lists of the professional and business men in the city at that time were in good condition. The following institutions drew their March maintenance from the State Trea-ury, as follows: Feeble-minded, $6.553.9:i; Soldiers’ Oruhans’ Home at Knightstown. $9,480.'■‘4; Blind, ■i2.s>*.3*. The Reform School for Boys drew $5.2i 0 for this month, and the Indiana University its quarterly ; appropriation of SIO,OOO. Four children of Frank Bilski, a farmer, who lives on Chimney Pierro hills, ten miles south of Yincennes, were poisoned. The father in plowing. idowed up some poke root. ’.P105 1 * children ate the roots, thinking they were parsnips. All took violently sick, and a little boy died, and the three Others are lying in a critical condition. The United States Fish Commissioner lias beed asked to place 5C0,000 black bass minnows in the three streams of Wayne County—Whitewater River. Nolan’s Fork, and Green's Fork, and William i Iliff of Richmond, Indiana Secretary of the National Bird, Game and Fish Protective Association, says hat the prospect of securing them is good. Ar. Iliff is preparing to send out circulars to every township trustee in the State touching the work of the National Association, the aim being to secure their aid in reporting violations of the game laws. W. H. McDoel, General Manager of the Louisville. New Albarn- and Chiago Railroad has atta -hed his name : to the contract which binds the rail- * road company to build, maintain, and operate its machine and ear shops in Lafayette. The shops and improvements are to cost ¥300,000, and the township has already voted a donation of SIOO,OOO. the contract being that the ' railway company shall put in two dollars for each dollar donated by the township. The payments are to be : made in two years, and the work to be ! completed within that period. I Albert Williams, aged 23, ami his young wife attended church at New Corner, ana drove to their home, a mile distant. They drove a spirited horse, hitched to a cart. When they reached home Williams got out to help his wife out: the horse I frightened and started to run. Will- > । lams grabbed for his wife and suci ' ceeded in pulling her out, but in doing > ’ so he was caught by the vehicle and • dragged to death. The horse ran a ; iuarter of a mile. When found the > young man was lifeless. His head had , struck a rock, causing a fatal fracture > of. the skull. Mis. Williams fell • ) violently to the ground, but was only ■ slightly injured. 1 i Patents have been issued to the ‘ ) following citizens of Indiana: Mary L’. । Garr. Indianapolis, baby carriage; | Walter G. Burns. Fort Wayne, game appanus: Isaac L. Carman, North Sa- ’ lem, assignor of one-half to J. H. Mc- * Gee, Max. tire tightener: Robert S. ' Carr, Hamilton. Ohio, assignor to F. C. ■ ■ Ball, Muncie, jar fastener: Frank E. ’ Davis. Columbus, assignor of one-half i' J. McCoy, Indianapolis, piano truck: i Columbus Mills, Gas City, device for heating and ventilating rooms: Joseph : W. Nethery. assignor to Indiana Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, pneui J matic straw stacker; T. Reeves, as- < ; signor to Reeves N Co.. Columbus, i straw-stacking machine: William H. j Rickabaek, assignor of one-half to W. IL. Huston, MisnawaKa, elevator; Ali bert E. Whitaker. LaPort, motor' Thomas Cook, aged 13, was bitten by a dog at Fort Wayne. Soon afterwards he fell to the ground and frothed at the mouth. He was taken to his ■ home and the attending physicians 1 pronounced it a case of hydrophobia ■ caused by fright. At times it took 1 four men to hold the youth in bed. i William Bennett says that he has made a thorough investigation as to i the damage fruit has received in Delaware County, by the recent severe i weather, and he finds that the buds on ; apple, peach, pear, and cherry trees , have been killed. The loss is much more serious than was at first believe^.