St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 June 1894 — Page 8

OUR RURAL READERS. SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL INTEREST THEM. Tolnts on Corn Cultivation - The Decadence of the Pumpkin—Controlling the chinch BuR-Advantages of a Three-Horse Team —Agricultural N< tes Corn Talk. By common consent corn seems to have been given the r ght of way to the sod lands. There is only one difference of opinion—shall this sod be fall or spring-turned? The best answer given was, it depends. Corn is a gross vegetable mold feeder, and the best growth of corn is attained in the most active decomposition ot this sod. If fall plowing decomposes this sod before planting, the active principle of corn planting is lost, and the increase of soil temperature with it. it was shown that corn must be given, as closely as possible, a condition of tropical growth, and the •decomposing of a sod increases this soil-heat several degrees and so benefits the corn. Sod-plowing where the furrows remain frozen through the winter is all right: otherwise spring-turned sod was best. How deep to plow. Since the experiment stations have shown that on average soil the corn roots completely fill the ground three and often more feet below the surface, the matter of an inch or two in the furrow’s depth is inconsequential, and more it now seems that very shallow culture, keeping a tine earth mulch on the surface, conserves the moisture as well or better than a very deep plowing. The 41 or 51-inch furrow seems to have the favor of a great majority of those who p actice what is kno.wn as shallow plowing, on its side. Another feature seems rapidly growing in favor—-that of making the soil very tine and somewhat compact before planting, and not disturbing more than the immediate top-soil in after-cultivation, thus allowing the corn roots undisputed possession of the ground after they have begun to send out their branches, which is very soon after •sprouting. Corn cultivation is simply weedkilling—often including the corn as well—and the repeated experiments at the Ohm station and elsewhere that, other conditions being equal, coin without any culture gave best j results both in stalk and grain, and that mulching with straw in the rows was preferable to any plan of cultivation, have set men to wondering if ft is not a fact that all corn needs is ' to keep the weed growth down, and this is best done at the germinating stage of the weed, not after it has taken root. To this end, corn is be- ■ ing drilled in more each year, and a ( greater number of stalks planted i>er ; acre. If weeds can be killed at the 1 germinating stage, then corn, ! as a plant, need no culture < MMpn - 'keeping the soil clear weeds and a surface mulch, there is no valid reason why it i should be rowed out both ways, doubling the labor of culture and getting no return for it. — Ohio ! Farmer. Gjowlng Pumpkins. The decadence of the pumpkin in the land of pumpkin pies is rather remarkable. Not very many years ago it was a common sight to se the corn and potato fields covered with big, yellow pumpkins in the fall. , Now it is uncommon and almost unknown. Is this a mistake of farmers? It may be. Fashions in all ' things’ change, and farmer- as well as other folks change with them, , without always having a good reason, perhaps. Some argue that pumpkins should not be grown with other crops, because no land should be expected to support two crops at the same time. It is also claimed that they should not be planted with corn, because they need ail the sunshine, and the foliage of the corn keeps it from them. Also, that the pumpkin is a plant that needs a great deal of moisture, which, in an ord nary season, it must either steal from the corn or be deprived of But old farmers used to insist that they got just as much corn when they raised tons of pumpkins with it as when the corn grew alone. If it is the best way to grow pumpkins by themselves, and probably it is, there is nothing to prevent. The great improvement in winter squashes is, no doubt, one .great reason why the pumpkin has lost much of its former popularity for cooking pumpkins. But if the cattle ■ ana pigs could have their say they j would vote for the great old-time j

■pumpkins that can be raised in such . abundance even if they are not quite so sweet and tine-grained as their > modern rivals. They come at the time when pastures and other crops । fail, and will help to keep up the flow of milk at a t me when it is at t to fall off. They may he kept, if the 1 arn iloor is slightly covered with hay, and led until midwinter. Home farmers don’t like pumpkins in the cornfield because the vines grow rapidly across the rows and make the later cultivation of the crops somewhat difficult. Belter give them a field to run riot in exclusively, A light, sandy soil will do, if liberally fertili ed. It will give farmers pleasure to see them cover the ground and defy the weeds. —Hartford Times. Controlling the Chinch Bug.” The chinch bug has been the means ■of destroying millions of dollars in -crops of corn and wheat, and serious as this loss hL-^en, it was made still greater by the fact that whereever one of these crops was grown it necessarily precluded the other. The ■crop of wheat furnished early feed for the first set of bugs which propagated, and were then ready to fall upon the corn. Or if corn was grown Que year it left a brood of chinch

bug eggs in the fall, ready to be hatched out and destroy the wheat crop the following spring. The Stat a Experimental Stations of Nebraska and Kansas now provide better ways of keeping the chinch bug in check. This is by propagating a disease e among them. There are three seph arate and distinct diseases, but the ; one most fatal is a fungous mould which attacks the bugs, and in a i week’s time converts them into a l white, cottony substance. The more , ! numerous the chinch the better does j this remedy work. It is not likely » that hay, wheat, and corn crops will । ever again sutler from this enemy as they have done. After it is once well I disseminated, some of the disease germs will be likely to live through the winter in each locality,and check j the increase of the chinch bug from I the beginning. Mxnure in the Gronn I. ts there were more forethought as to what the result would be there would be less drawing of manure late in spring and immediately turning it under a deep furrow. The manure is drawn and spread while the sunshine and spring winds dry it i thoroughly before being plowed. ' Ip the great majority ot instances • manure thus plowed under dry in I May never gets thoroughly wet until fall rains come. It takes a good rain- । fall to wet down to saturation six | inches of cultivated soil. If below this there is a mass of dry, coarse manure, what chance does it have of becoming moistened? One-half of this manure left on the surface and cultivated into the so 1 during the summer will do more good. But it will be urged that coarse manure will be in the way of cultivating the crops. The manure ought to be coarse. Four or five days a ter it is piled it will begin t • heat, and in twice that time if forked over once its coarser । arts will le dissoßedand the mass will ne reduced to one-half its former bulk. Then it can be spread on the surface, and even the slightest rains will carry its fertilizing elements into the soil.—Ex. I’rotcctinK Newly-Set Giaftc It often happens that it takes some time for the newly-set graft to , effect a union with the slock. The , grafting wax around its base serves as a protection against drying winds jof that portion of the graft, but when the bud starts there L a rapid evaporat on from the opening leavts, and it is not uncommon to see them fade away and die after one leaf has put forth. As good a remedy against this as can be wished is the’ plan of fitting a paper cap loosely over the graft, and tying it below where graft and stock come together. if this is carefully done the graft need not be disturbed, and it w Ii make sure that ’ every graft will live. Thecap should 1 be removed as soon as the graft has fa rly begun to grow, as it is important that the lea es should get all ' the sunlight there is. bur in Note*. Pi t pine tar on the sheep’s noses if you see them running with head near the ground and stamping. The fiy which produces the grub in the head , is about. S>w millet, buckwheat, or Hun- 1 gar an grass on wheat land as sum as the crop is harvested (if the land is not also in clover* and plow the green crop under, using lime in connection with the green manure. Bee-- never make an attack while in quest of hone) or on their return • until they have entered the hive, s ivs । a writer. It is only in the hive and ' in its vicinity that we may expect * j them to manliest this irascible dis- ' position. No manure is necessary around i young trees the first year. They will have better and more roots the second year, and will then make faster growth, while manure that is applied the first year will lesson the inducement to increase the root capac-

ity. I) > not forget to give the poultry house a thorough whitewashing, and also to spade up the yards so as to make them clean. Apply the whitewash hot, if jossible, so as to destroy any lice that may be in the poultry house, and repeat the application frequently. If the house is kept clean of lice the hens can keen themselves clean with the dust bath. Too many farmers fail to have their manure well decompo-ed or “rotted.” The manure cannot be serviceable until it is completely deer inposed, and the process of decomposition must take place in the field decomposition is slow, but in the heap it is rapid. It will pay to decompose the materials in the heap,as

they will then be fine and in better ci edition for spreading, while the hauling will be easier and manure handled to better advantage. The farmer who is fattening cattle can usually make the most money by feeding only such crops us he grows on the farm. That is. supposing he grows a good variety. Hood hay, corn, ensilage, corn, oats, wheat. . bran, and oil meal make up such a variety, but if he cannot grow all or nearly all of these he may find it more profitable to purchase such as are lacking from the list rather than ।to restrict them in variety. No kind j of stock will ever do its best on a i single item of food. The cattle need shade in the pas- . ture in summer, and if there are n^t i convenient trees a rough shed should i be bu.lt into which they can goto ' escape the burning sun at midday, i If the horn fly comes around, or if other flies are troublesome, eithei keep them in the stable during the day or put on something to keep away the flies. Almost any kind of grease will do this, but it will be better if a little carbolic acid is put with it. Bub around the base of the horns, along the backbone and on the brisket and flank, and nmew the application once a week.

: THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the LessonThoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection— Half an Hour's Study of the Scripture*— Timo Well Spent. I.o«son for .lune 17. PHOV. 23: 29-3 5. Golden Text. —“Look not thou on the wine when it Is red.”—V. 31. 29. Who hath woe? Who bath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath wounds without Cause? Who hath redness of eyes? 30. They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wino. 31. Look not upon the wine when it is rod, when It glveth Its color in the Cup, when ft goeth down smoothly. 32 At ti e last It biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. 3a i hine eyes shall see strange things, and tbv heart shall utter forward things. 31. You. thou shall bo as be that Huth clown In the midst of the sea, < r as he that Heth upon the to,> of a must. 3& They have stricken me, shall thou, say, and I was not hurt; they have beaten me. and I felt It not: When shall I awake? I will seek It yet again. We have given hero the temperance lesson suggested in the Peloauet. Series. It is accor. ing to the more accurate and luminous rendition of the Kovision, the special change, being seen at verses thirty-one and thirty-five. The Homy Bible rends thus at the thirty-first verse: "Who hath wo? Whose father l ath wo? Who hath content o is? Who falls into pits? Who hath w< unds without cause? Who hath redness of ey< s ” The variation, “whose father,” occurs through the simil irity in the Hebrew In-tween the word for " ather" ai d “sorr.w," as in the King James translation. The second variation, "who falls into pits." is likewise into eding in its sup|H>suble derivation. The woid is originally to sink d< wn. hence int >‘a pit” Uouay or into depression o spirits, i. o.,“complaining ' or "Dabbing" as in King Janies. An ther noteworthy variation in the Vulgat • is at verse thirty-four “And as a pilot f ust a-le p wln n the stern is lost." This 1 i-t reading also occurs through the re emblanc > in the < riginal, between the noun mast ami the verb 10-o or destroy. It illustrates the necessity of < cessicnal revision. The rendition i f verse thirty-first. "W1 on it goeth down smoothly," is justified by the Heb « w, which reads litera h. giideth or rm veth with ev.'tiness. bouay; “goeth in ’down pleasantly." Ihe whole is ast ikingly realistic account of a drinking l>o st and its attendant feature^ and results. Who is so f.x lish as to put him elf to such voluntary debasement and shame? -nary I r«a<»n The A nofulrd K n<. us. 1-1:’. .R-e Quarterly f< r text.) The scene sketched here is r o less moving; it is thorough!} realistic. Th-’ heathen tumultuously assemb iug.” the pc qx.o meditat ng' margin now but .die n-ea-ur-s laving weak hands on iron cords and adamantine land a--is a strong pieturo tl i-nm- < ...» wrath ( f : ..ui, --u th- -ahor hsnd there K in the verses that follow, a no less stirring glimp-e of the might of the l amb. How sudden theannouncoment ‘Yet have I set my King " It Is like a trumpet note. Now let lighte 'iisness take heart there is something fixed and certain. In holy Zion a King is set, and thereby our “lipping, sliding feet are set up n a rock. Goi.nix Tnr. -A»k of mo. uti l 1 »hsll ctvo ih- e the lu atben fur thine luh-rlt-nnc ^ — J’s -' ” “A-k of me." -a - the “decree.” It comes r ;l.t aft. r th-’ deci n ation, “Thou art m S -n." Now, t > whomsoever this w,’> d of kinship is spoken, the prvin -• o' k u h<p in a-kiug is aso gixmi. <u miopt -n as-onsgiv-vs | sure basis for < !'e t :al proy -r. Be “lOib;" ’hen "ask." 1! int* tin i IHn«t rat ona. The missionary io - mwill give many the opportunity desired for the rehearsal of these facts and incidents which have come before us regarding world-wid - evangelism through the recent meeting of the great denominational soeietio-. The fact most impressive. perhaps, is that some seventy aj> pUcat ons for foreign service are now in the hands of the Mi—ionary Union: and yet, in view of the stringency of the times and the lOuseqiient povery of resources, the society was not able to j resent one accepted candidate for the work abroad. We have asked sic open gates, and they are ours: we have asked for workers, and 10, they com?. Now let prayer arise for means with which to send the workers through the open doors and to strength n their hands while they labor. It is a time for much of prayer and sacrifice. Either lesson is timely. The lessons of temperance cannot be too often inculcated in these days, and our main bo, e now is in the young. A generation, we trust, is growing up, who will not 1 e subservient t > the rum power in political paths, and whose solid indoctrination as to the vice of st: ong drink will nerve them to withstand encroachment in social and commercial ways. Next Lesso.i-—-Iteview. M. The An into 1 King. - Missionary.) T. The Heathen Shall Fear. Ps. 102: 13-22. AN’. Whosoever. Acts 10: 31-13. T. Salvation for the Gentiles. Acts 13: 44-P>. F. The King Cometh. Zech. 9:9-11. S. A Scepter of Righteousness. Heb. 1: €-11. S. Crowned with Glory. Heb. 2: 6-13. Breakfast or Pillow Verses. M. “Why do we sit -till?” Jeremiah. T. “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged. ’’-—Solomon. NX . “O, Lord Go I, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me.”—Samson. Facts in Few Words. The best pearls are perfectly round. The stem side of the orange is not usually so sweet and juicy as the other half. The cabbage is the development of a common seaweed which grows wild on every coast of Europe. There is at present a colored prisoner in the Alabama mines who speaks twelve different languages. It is a rare thing to find in any part of China a man over 20 years of age who cannot read and write.

SUGAR TRUST WINS. The Compromise Schedule Is Passed by the Senate. The compromise amendments to tha sugar schedule were all adopted in the Senate Tuesday and the pivotal schedule on which the fate of the tariff measure depended went through without change. On the vital amendment to place all sugars on the free list the Democratic li. e was drawn, Mr. Hill voting in favor of it and Mr. Irby being paired the same way. But the Ke publicans were unable to hold their own forces intact, Messrs. Manderson and 1 erkins voting against the amendment and Mr. Quay being paired against it, while Mr. Sherman, wno was pre-sent, did not vote at an. Only one of tho Populists, Mr. 1 elier, voted for free sugar. Messrs. •th i n the final issue joined witn the majority against it. If all the republicans, with tho three Populists and the two disaffected Democrats, had joined hand i sugar, raw and relined, w ^uld have gone on the free list. On all the other amend i ets offered by the Kepubl cans the majority against them ranged from three to ten. .. ■ Y Abington corre4pondent says tHat the adoption of the sugar schedule practically insures the passage of the bill at an early date, although it is Intimated that tho Kepublieans will make a II a*.! Btami on this sche lulc when the biijgp roported and considered in the SeußeAa adopted, the schedule imposes a dutw>f 4o por cent, ad valorem on all aug^s raw and refined, with a differential of one eighth of a cent a pound on sugars above 16 Dutch standard and an additional one tenth of a cent against sugars imported from countries paying an export bounty. It continues tho Hawaiian tn aty admitting sugars from tho Sandwich islands free of duty, and plat o-a duty of 2 cents a gallon on molasses testing ub >vo 4<» degrees by the pola -iscope. The schedule goes into effect Jan. I, 1” >5, and the bounty is continued up to that date. Comproml>« A mrnilmrnt I’nM.d. Mr. Jonoi offered tho “eompn in’se” amendment fixing tho duty on raw and refined sugar at 40 ] er cent, ad valorem, with a differential - { < no-eighth of 1 cent on sugars above l<i Dutch standard and an a Iditi-mal one-tenth on sugars imp u ted from countries giving an exp- rt bounty, continuing the Hawaiian treaty in force and imposing a duty of 2 cent- a gallon < n molasses. It was carried. 35—27. Tho vote in detail wa- as follows: xtAa Alles, Gr»r. ru<h. Ilbwkbsm. Harris. Quay. Blarv-harxl, Hunton. Ransom, Duller, Joaea iArk.), Roaeh. Cattery, K»le. Hnilth. Camdtn. Lin-Hay, Turple, CooMr.il Martin. Vest, Colra. Mlle. Vila*. Faulkner. Mitchell iW fs.),V< rhees. George, Morgan, Walsh. Gtbsoti. Murphy, White is. Gordon, Waoo. NAT*. Aldrleh. Frje Manderson. Allison. Gallln<<-r, Mitchell ;Ora.k Cameron. Hale. lesser, Carey. Hawley, Pettigrew. Chandler, Hlcg'na. Platt, (a Jaco. HiTT Power, ba.la. Hoar, bhoup, i'olph. Teller, Vubvlja. McMillan. Waahburn TT. FaUa-Date for. with Procior arainsti »tth Wllaon again-t; Brtc« for, fall for. w ith Morrlllji^^Binst; !>*»!•! tor. Wit* Gorman foe. with Jonos, of Me*ada« XePbersou for. with Irby; Jarrls for. wi ^yhortuan McLaurin for, with Dixoat PaflKr for, with Ransbr u.-'> IBwart wna and m>t pnlred Pemin- wart present, but is not rcro. d ©d Ai either voting or paired. The Jones amendment- :n-T- a-lng t:.e duty on sugar candy from JO t ■ 35 j- r cent., and making tho duty on sac harine 25 per cent, were agreed to. This completed tho sugar schedule and the Senate went into executive ^e-sion. MOVING ON BULL HILL. Armed Bepoties Advance on the Crippls Creek Strikers. Every hour aids to the gravity of i tho situation at Cripple ( reek. and. a I dis’jiatch savs, a terrible conflict is imI pending. Vanier Sheriff Mullins and County Commissioner Boynton are in charge of tho army i f 1,20 • deputies canned within sight of Bull Hill. Mullins declares it is their intention to storm Bull Hill regaidless of consequences. Commisioner Boynton is even m >ie emphatic. He de nares that Gov. Waite nor any other man had no right to arbitrate out of the law. There were men < n Bull Hill guilty of grave crimes for whose arrest tney had warrants. These men would be arrested at all hazards. He allowed that in doing this many lives would be placed in jeopardy. Nevertheless, the county had'gone to gre it expense in massing a great force to vindicate the law. and this is not the time for hesitation. This declaration is called out by the fact that Governor Waite has instructed Genera! Brooks to use the troops to prevent wholesale arrests of strikers. He says that Sheriff Bowers may pass through the lines to serve papers, but can not take a posse with him. The situation is extremely critical. Brisk Skirmish at Shelburn. AY special from Shelbu-n, Ind., says: "A jsut 1 o'clock this morning several driWken men approached the picket lino around the ninety militiamen stationed at Farmersburg and taunted the guards. One man attempted to pass through the line ai d was brought to a halt. The intruder hurled a brick at the guard and the latter o; ened fire. This was the signal for a general fusillade of stones and firing by tho guards. Forty er fifty slo ts were fired in quick succession. Colonel Ebel, of Terre Haute, in command of the threo companies, called to arms all his men. but they were unable to run down the attacking partv, not one being found. The firing caused great excitement. A general alarm was sounded, and Companies D of Washington, A of Indianapolis, and tho Sec >nd Regiment of Independence, under Col. Rose, were ordered to Farme i sburg on the doublequick. ” Brieflet*. The St. Louis carpenters have won their strike. Sixteen now cases of small-pox wera reported in New York in two days. Dr. Henry Van Aernum, pension commissioner under Gen. Grant, died at Franklinville, N. Y. The remains of Ferdinand Loutks, a ; laborer, were found near Adrian, MSch. He had apparently been murdered. The Brooks Locomotive Works of 1 Dunkirk, N. Y., will make sixty locomotives for a Brazilian railway,

MILITIA STOPS RIOTS. THREATENED TROUBLE AT PAN A, ILL., AVERTED BY SOLDIERS. The Presence of Nearly 700 State Troops Awes tho Strikers Into Quieter Ways— Golden Jubilee of the Y. M. C. A. Closes in London* Srlkers Calming Down. The presence at Pana, 111., of the 1 irst Regiment from Chicago has undoubtedly accomplished good. There has been no attempt on the part of the invading strikers to attack tho few men working in the neighboring mines and Sheriff H. W. Johnson is firmly convinced that the splendid showing of military order and the grim appearance of the rifles, cartridge belts and Gatling gun has had its effect and the gathering mobs of Springfield minors lounging about on Pope's farm and that vicinity will soon disperse. Thore are over 657 men in camp. The authorities have abandon© I tho idea that the invading strikers will attack either Cam > OroudortY or tho outer lines, says a Pana dispatch. The mobs, however, are growing Urg r, and a lounger who strolled into tho Big Four depot from Popo's farm says the mon are de.ermined to c -mpel any minors who begin work to stop immediately. The ringlead rs of the mobs who a feet indifference over the wellestablished military post within easy call say they' will close tho Pana mines if they have to stay six months. That, they are largely braggarts was shown by their non-in-t-rferem e with a large party of minors who re-enforced the small number at work in the Penwell mine. Col. Hugh E. Bayle, Assistant Adjutant General, made a tour of the mines in the immediate vicinity of the city an i reported that seventy men out of a possible eight hundred are at work. A conference of the mine ope ators held in a hotel near the Illinois Central depot decided that an attempt should bj made to resume operations in all tho mine< Sh rill Johns n thinks that i: the sheriff of Peoria County can quell any uprising in his aistri< t 'with a force of deputies armed by the thirty stands of small arms that General Orendorff sent from Springfield, his men can < ertamly take care of the mol s in Pana. STRIKERS SHOT DEAD. Mob of Cokr-Workers nt hunont, Fa., Fight wi’h Deputies The bloody and riotous scones of a few weeks ago are being repeated thr- ugho.it the coke region, and terr>r reigns on every hand. A fierce battle occurred Sumiav forenoon bc- . tween deputies and strikers at tho I emont mines of tho Met'lut e Coke Comt any, located three miles north ol Uni mown. Pa , in which one man was shot । end and threo others fatally injure 1, twoof whom have died since and another will die within the next twenty four hours. All at e Slavs and strikers from the I^em nt plant, whore the c millet occurred. Tho l>a*tlo was on© of the fiercest in tho history of tho strike, ab. nt fifty volleys i oing fired. Th 1 st ikers had a—emb od, nearly ’Do in number, and I hiei in their -s-Lm four workmen fr nt th • Valley plant of tho li. C i t !• k-> < ->ko < otnpa- y, whom they had captured -n Saturday afternoon, and were holding ] r s-mers at the company houses. A posse of deputy sheriffs und- r Matt Allen attempted to rescue th-' Aifkin- n and W"re tired on by the strikers, who were well armed with revolver^, chibs, and s'onea. This precioimte I the battle, which la-t ed fifteen minutes. Volley after volley was fuel at a range of only seventy-five feet, and the shots wr© fired to kill. The deputies were al! armed with Winchesters and rev >lv- rs while the strikers were equipped with nearly fifty revolvers. In addition to those killed and wounded by l- illet- from the Winchesters tho ciothe; of ti e deputies were shot full of holes and several of them weie badly injured with stones and clubs. COL. RICHARD W. THOMPSON. Indiana Recently Ce'cbrated His Rirthday. The citizens of Terre Haute, Ind., recently celebrated the Ssth birthday of one of t he most distinguished of their

U. XV. THOMPSON.

nunib er, Ho n. Rich ar d AA’. Thompson. Hon. R. AV. Thompson has played quite a part in the history of the country and has known all tho । public men in the • land for year s. i The only two Pres-^ , idents he has not > seen are AVashing- ' ; ton and John Ad- > ams, but fro m

Monroe down he has personally known them all. He was a friend of Lafayette and met him many times. Col. Thompson began his political [ career in IS4O, when he was e’ected to ' Congress. He served that term and again in 1846, at which time Abra- । ham Lincoln was in that body. Though not oppo. ed to slavery as an i insti ution. after Fort Sumter was fired c on Col. Thi mpson devoted all his energies in nutting down disaffection in ’ the south and used hi- eloquence in st " successfully to urge Northern m n to । enlist. He is known as Col. Thompson i from l aving held that rank on tho [ staff of Gov. Noble, of Indiana. When ’ Rutherford B. Hayes became Presi- ' dent Col. Thompson was made Seere- * tary of the . y. He finally resigned ’ that office to accept the Presidency of 1 the American branch of the Panama Canal Company, which he held for six l years. Col. Thompson occupies his time in writing and studying and, ’ th. ugh retired from active life, his influence is still strong and is exercise! over a wide sphere. j Overflow of News. Kansas Populists are arranging for 20,000 farmers to attend the State com ’ vention at Topeka. The national convention of the Con- ■ gregational Home Missionary Society has opened at Omaha^Neb. At Mankato, Minn., William Conway was acquitted of the charge of ’ murdering Harry M. Wal raven. , The Maine Third District Republican Congressional convention has re- ■ nominated Seth L. Milliken for Congress.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Wed. dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes of the State. . Hoosier Happenings The postottice at Wilkinson was burglarized. Dogs have killed many sheep near Crothersville. AX abash is talking electric street rai way again. H. E. Doolittle, veteran W. U. telegrapher, dead at Lafayette. Mbs. J. A. Brown of Lebanon, was severely burned in a gas explosion. Tipton has let the contract for a water works system to cost $22,307.60. Geo. AV. Hvmphrey. an old soldier, killed by a freight train at Princeton. John AA’ilson, 14, Anderson, was drowned in White River, while fishing. MrS. AX m. Bhavkkx. 70, Greensburg, fell down stairs, and was seriously injured. John Harkel, Richmond, fell down stairs, and broke his neck; died instantly. Frankfort is congratulating her self on the scarcity of burglaries in that city. CoLUMBL’S, Edingburg, and Franklin talk of combining to secure natural gas by piping. The count at the northern prison is 936. the largest in the history of the institution. Connersville business men are urging that sewers and paved streets i be put down. I Counterfeit dollars, halves, and , quarters have made their appearance at Summitville. Franklin says she will soon have the finest streets of any town of her size in the State. Tebhune citizens will organize a ‘•AVhite Cap" band to stop family quarrels in that vicinity. The second trial of Cyrus Brown, the Columbus wife murderer, has been postjKmed until September. AV. ft. Roberts, employed in a saw mill at Summitville, was caught ’r a belt, and probably fatally injured. Bread is now selling at 2 cents a loaf at Co'umbus. owing to the Oread war, and it will probably go down to 1 cent. The work of the assessor in AVayne Township. AVayne County, shows a shortage in values of more than sl,UDtI.DOO. AA’hile Miss Bess Kersey was driving in a buggy near Lebanon, she was struck on the head by a limb and seriously injured. J ames CoiLE, Lebanon, realizes that he is insane, >ays he has a desire to kill some one and has requested that he be restrained. Estimates made by wheat growers , of Spencer. AVarrick, and Perry Counties show that, th© crop has been cut j short at least 30 per cent, by the re- ] cent freezes. i At Shelbvxiile. Joseph Williams, Heed 04 years, retired in hi.- usual-rood health and was found dead next morninir. Rheumatism of the heart was pronounced the cause. Mrs. May Pollock, formerly of a xvea thy and prominent Ohio family, attempted suicide in the Muncie jail by taking laudanum. She had been lined and was despondent. Two grandchildren ot James Morrison, Richmond, who died recently leaving a s6o<ijo*> estate, have filed suit to set aside the will, claiming that his own child should not get all the wealth. A horrible accident occurred at Milroy. Frank Rice was riding on the beam of a plow being guided by his oiJer brother, and. slipping off, the plow point entered his bowels in such, a manner as to cause death shortly afterward.

AllenT. DeWitt, aged 40, died at the home of his mother east of Shelbyville. The cause of death is said to have been inanition. He was afflicted with some trouble of the throat and unable to swallow food for several days. He leaves a widow and an estate valued at SIO,OOO. R. T. McDonald, general manager and a heavy stockholder in the Fort Wayne Electric Company, applied to the court at Fort Wayne for a receiver for the plant, which is valued at $500,COO. H. J. Miller of Fort Wayne, and L. T. Hawthorne of Boston, were appointed receivers. Articles of incorporation of the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, with a capital of $1,500,000. were immediately tiled, with McDonald as President. * This is the culmination of the contest between the Fort Wayne Company and the General Electric Company of New York, and the move is believed to have been made bv McDonald to prevent the electric trust from getting control of the original company. John Wilhelm, sent to the Prison North in May. 1893. for stealing some tools out of the Big Four shops in Haughvllle, has been paroled bv Governor Mutt hews. Wilhelm is nearly 60 years old and has been a ‘-trusty'’ I in the Northern prison, where he attracted the attention of the Governor <n the occasion of the last visit of the executive to the prison. He was formerlv employed by the Big tour, and while intoxicated committed the theft for which he was sent up. His I family in Haughville has been in a distressing condition. The wife is now sick at the City Hcspital. and the : children are a charge on the county, i Wilhelm’s time would have been out I in a few mt nths more, and it was deemed a case wcrthy of executive clemency. ONE of the largest deals of the State has just come to light, in which a Mr. | H. Norton Beach of Raleigh, is coni cerned. It has been known for some j time that Mr. Beach had invented a I hydrocarbonate gas generator, but un- | til lately nothing has been known of j it. It is now learned that Mr. Beach ; sold one-half interest to Eastern inen i for SIOO,OOO. Mr. Beach is a bright । but poor young man. not more than St I years old. and one of Rush County 3 I promising men. He has spent most of his life on a farm and teaching schoo.. Wm. 'HUFF, next to the oldest mania Clay County, Jsjiead.