St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 January 1895 — Page 7

REAL BUR AL READING WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. *Uuck Knot, a Fungus Disease to Which Fruit Growers Should Give Attention — Clean and Secure Well House—Winter Bread-Raisins Box. Diseases in Gardens. The past season has been particularly favorable to the existence and spread of the lower forms of fungous parasites,

and also for these still lower forms which now go under the general name of bacterial diseases. Underthis latter expression we are now to class a twig blight in the apple and quince. In tire blight in the pear and some of its allies, and. we believe, in similar eases connected other fruit trees, the peculiar organism effects an entrance into a portion of the tissue

IM X w »u BLACK KNOT.

and then sends its influence in the form of a ferment throughout the whole structure above the point attacked. Black knot is a fungous disease that is spreading rapidly throughout the country, and fruit growers should begin to take active measures toward eradicating it. All twigs .and branches of cherry and plum trees which are affected should bo cut off and burned as soon as these knots are discovered. Trees that have been neglected until frailly infested should be cut down and ' burned at once. Feeding~Corn Fodder. In a recent bulletin of the Maryland Experiment Station attention is called to the fact that the butts of the corn fodder are very.nearly as digestible as the tops and leaves. The waste in feeding long fodder is considerable, but the idea tha- only the tops and leaves were valuable has been exploded by the experiments at this ami other stations. At this time of the year when fodder is valuable, it is quite important that farmers should realize the real value of every part of the cornstalks. The cutting of fodder is intended to save waste more than to make it more digestible, although the latter process may also be somewhat helped by the operation. In bulletin 104. of the North Carolina Station, the loss occasioned by pulling corn fodder and leaving the stalks to rot in th" field is treated at considerable length. The simplest way. it says, to get the most food out of the corn plant, is to cut close to the ground. As far back as March. 1893, the Maryland Station published a bulletin on the same sub- ! jeet, in which it says that “an ordinarv corn crop produces more dry matter and more digestible matter from an . acre than a good crop of clover or tim- j othy hay, the digestible matter in the fodder alone being found to be equ? to the digestible matter in two tons of either clover or timothy hay. The corn fodder from one acre is worth more for feeding purposes, when properly prepared, than the corn ears from one acre.” Clean and Secure Well H*:ise. The advantages of a tight, well-made well house are so many that it is a wonder that so few are seen upon the farms of the land. They shelter the l»ump and make its period of usefulness much longer than where it is exposed to the weather, and they especially aid In keeping the pump from freezing in 1 ft’ i MSb PM & I fe JL “ iU ■ A WELL-PROTECTED PUMP. winter. Moreover, where cattle or horses are watered at such a pump, they oftentimes set their noses into such contact with the spout that one's 1 pleasure in drawing drinking water from the same channel is lessoned. to’| say the least. Such a U.SW ,R ill the Illustration. wM'S 11 ' o-.X” tue American Agriculturist, is in- | expensive, but capable of serving its purpose admirably. It is just large enough to inclose the platform of the pump, and is constructed of matched boarding, nailed upon a light fran e, two-by-two stuff being sufficiently stout for this purpose. A trough is located outside, which keeps the pump, and the ' platform of the pump, entirely out of reach of cattle or horses. Spraying Apple Trees. The so-called apple-scab is one of the serious pests of American orchards, not only because it causes misshapen and undeveloped fruit, but because the affected trees suffer from defective foliage. When it is remembered that the fruit-buds of one year are all startl'd the year before, the necessity for healthy foliage every year is apparent, and it is plain that the fungus should be kept from trees on the off years, as well as on the bearing years. We have often given accounts of the effectiveness of the Bordeaux mixture against this disease, but it is a matter which ever}’ one ought to understand. Some late experiments made at the Agricultural College of Missouri seem to show that the weaker solutions were about

as effective as the stronger ones, and that the first, spraying should be given very earl} - , and be followed by at least three others. The second crop of scab, which appears on late apples, like the Jennetings, seems in this ease to have been entirely prevented by spraying.— , Garden and Forest. To Mako Beeswax. After the combs have been pu, through an extractor or crushed and strained through a thin cloth, the wax is put in a copper or porcelain-lined kettle with cold water enough to cover it, and boiled for half an hour or longer. if it seems necessary. When the wax is taken from the stove it is strained and poured in a vessel previously dipped in cold water. To make a round cake of beeswax, pour the melted wax in a bowl that has been dipped in cold water. When cold it may be easily removed if the bowl was dipped in cold water. To make wax sheets, use a board three-eighths of an inch thick, dampened with warm water, then dipped in the melted wax two or three times. The board is next put in water to cool a little while, after which it is taken out, the edges trimmed with it sharp knife and two sheets of wax peeled off. To make these wax she is the wax must not be too hot, or it will crack. Ladies’ Home Journal. For Winter Brcnd-Knlstug. There are few housekeepers in the colder latitudes who have not experienced much trouble in securing a proper rising in yeast bread on cold nights. The usual resource is a place for the dough behind the sitting room stove. If the tire is quite warm the raising process is either unduly hastened or a tough crust is formed over the dough, while if the tire goes out, as it frequently does, the dough is found in the morning entirely unrisen. A device for securing a constant and even heat about the dough is shown in the illustration, which represents a box, one side of which is a closely titling door, within which is a shelf and a perpendicular partition, with an open space both above and below it. In one side are placed the dishes containing dough B ! ■ ■ BREAD-LAISIXG Box. and in the other a stone jug of hot water, the heat from which will rise and pass over the partition down around the dough, under the partition and so around the circuit agaiw. A heavy blanket thrown over the box will aid in keeping the heat in. Wintering Idle Horses. Thore are a great many horses that have little to do this winter. With । most men who keep a horse this will j be regarded as a condition when poor. , innutritions food licit will barvlx so - . tain life may be given without loss. | This is a double mistake. The idle 1 horse ought to be exercised tinily. if he is brought out and drh m a mile or two and back for nothing else than the ■ exercise. Then lie must have the kind |of feed that will make muscle. Il is impossible to save muscle through the winter. Inaction makes it not merely flabby, but also wastes some of its substance. Two or three weeks' feeding and exercise after a winter of lazi ness will not lit either horse or man t< do good work in the spring. At Least One Found a Day. A good butter cow should produce .’t । least one pound of butter per day. There are hundr-’ds of cows which pro duce double the quantity, but where a farmer has a herd lie can just as easily ' procure a pound ot butter from each I cow as not. provided he will raise his calves and breed for butter producing qualities. Breeders of pure bred stock would not keep a cow in the herd that even produced so small a quantity ot butter as a pound a day. J. D. Hazen, of Leona, Doniphan County, is said to be the largest grower of apples in Northern Kansas. From an orchard of eighty acres he sold 10,520 bushels of apples this year for $0,940. In keeping apples the thermometer should be used. Heat destroys more than does cold. The cellar should be kept as near 30 degrees as possible. The object should be to avoi 1 a'terI nate freezing and thawing, as changes cause more damage than anything I else. . . ♦ . x- ..r the can usually be i felt where it crosses the curve of the lower jaw. or in the bony ridge above j the eye. It should beat forty times a minute. If more rapid, hard ami tub. it indicates fever or inflammation; i# slow, brain disease; if irregular, heart trouble. There is a wide range between go-id dairy cows and the average. The aver ago cows in the United States mak I 130 pounds of butter per year, while 5 the good dairy cow yields from 330 to । 400 pounds. There are whole dairy j herds that make -100 pounds per cow | annually. The horse trots faster with a pneu ' matis tire, not only because he has less . weight to draw, but because there is lost that vibration which is usually I carried along the shafts to the horse’s : body, These vibrations weary his ! muscles and hamper his movements to I I a considerable extent. > The Government of the United j States took a hand in road building for i the first forty years of its existence. i 5 The Cumberland pike, crossing the ■ States of Maryland, Virginia. I’ennsyl- ' vania, Ohio, Indiana, and extending । to Illinois, costing over $6,000,000. was : i the work of the general Government.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, nnd Where It May Bo Found— A Learned and Concise R relew of the Same. Lesson for Jan. 27. Golden Text—" Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matt. 16; 16. The Great Confession is the subject for this week, found in Matt. 16: 13-23. A lesson of confession and a lesson, too, of trust: for to acknowledge Christs divine Saviorliood is to throw ourselies, In । our own undoneness, upon the one who saves. We are weak but he is mighty, | and for the sinner there is a Savior. 1 tike him for yourself. “The child leans on its parent's breast Leaves there its cares, and is nt rest; The bird sits singing by its nest. And tells aloud His trust in God. and he is blest 'Neath every cloud. • * lie has no store, lio sows no seed; I Yet slugs aloud, and doth not heed.’ By flowery stream or grassy mead 1 Ie sings to shame 1 Men who forget, in fear of need, B A Father's name. The heart that trusts forever sings. Ami feels as light as it had wings; z w| A well id' peace 'vithin it springs; Come good or ill. What'er to-day. to-morrow brings It is his will.” “Whom do men say that I the Son of man inn?” It is the great questicn still. Al tin center of men's thinking stands Christ. “But whom say ye?” The word ‘*J e” stands first and in the emphatic position in the original. Ye, what do ye say about me! It is not so much what others think as w hat we ourselves think. “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 1 here are four capitals in this sentence of ten words. It is all capitals in the height and depth of its significance. Try to think ot these words as they wen* first uttered, and let the marvelous weight of them come down upon you. They came from beyo nl and above I‘eter anil must have well nigh taken his breath away iw he uttered them. If anything more is nerded to prove to us that I’eter was nut the rock, his own errant and words ami the atern rebuke of Ilie Savior at the close of the lesson nro enough. “Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art nn offense unto me for thon aavorest not the things that be of God but tin se that be of men." Hints and 1 Hunt rut ions. A good time this n> ask the personal question, “What think ye of Christ?" I here is no one that has not some thought regarding him. some conception of his nature and mission, nnd also sonic idea of his own individual relations to this wonderful Being. Being these vague thoughts to expression, b will do the soul good. Indeed all creation may be looked upon, in । ne nsp, , t. ns gmaiiing nnd trm ailing to utter it . thoughts of that which is above and whi Is gave it existence. “There is no tree th i' teats it . > i. -• N • fern • ■fl ixi. rti t • i\, tlie sod. No bird that sings nliove its nest. t But tries to -peak the name ol God. * And dies when it has done its best.” There tire many famous eonfesions in Scripture and without. The nineteenth I‘sahn, “ rite heavens ,3 hire." is nature’s confession. Here in the lesson we have Peter’s confession. Banl, John. James and others each make confession of Christ, a isinle-sion marked by their own individuality in thought nnd perception, but in each ease true to the divine hunan nature of the Christ. The Apostles’ freed phrases itself as follows; “I believe in Jesus Christ our Lord, wh i was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of tin \ irgiii Mary.” The Nicene ereed reads: “I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only bii -tten Son of God, who for us men and our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary nnd was made man.” The Augustana says; “It is also taught that God the Son became nnd was born of the blessed \’it“in Mary, and that the two natures, human and divine. insep:i ; ably united in one person, lire one t’hrist, who is true God mid man.” Here is a confession of Napideon: "The gospel possesses a secret virtue —a something which works powerfully, a warmth which both influences the understanding mid penetrates the heart. The gospel is no mere bock, but a living creature with an agency, a power which conquers all that opposes it. Here lies this book on the table. I do not tire of reading it, mid do so daily with equal pleasure.” It is worth remembering that Daniel M ebster. who one time said that the greatest thought that had ever come to him was that of his individual responsibility to God, mid who on a visit to an old friend converted late in life, personally assured him of his own conviction of the divinity of Christ mid of the power oi his s.-dvation, made a plain mid explicit confession on his death b. d, the same being record- 4 on his tombstone at xl:> i I, mb l. ini Un- ilny before Ilie great stalesnia u's ileeease he sni.t to his friend. George 1 iehnor t'urtis, “1 hail intended to prepare a work for the press to bear my testimony to Christianity, but it is now too Imo. Still, I should like to bear witness to the gospel before I die.” lie thereupon dictated the following, which stands, as above noted, over his place of sepulture: “ ‘Lord. I believe, help thou my unbelief.’ Philosophical objections have sometimes shaken my reason with regard to Christimiity, especially’ the objection drawn from the magnitude of the universe contrasted witli the littleness of this planet, but my heart has always assured me, and reassured me, that the gospel of Jesus Christ is a divine reality.” Confess Christ. Even at the eleventh hour confess him. It is our only’ salvation. Next Losson—“The Transfiguration.” Luke 9: 28-36. PLACE NAMES, Housatonic is a corruption of Wassatunic, “Bright Stream Flowing through Rocks.” ° Mount Desert Island was thus named by Champlain, on account of its barren appearance, Delaware River and Bay were named after Lord de la War, who came to this country with Capt. Samuel Argal, on a voyage of discovery about 1610.

■ ANTIQUARIAN TREASURER. Original Treaties with Indians Preserved iu MaasachitsettH. I Ono ot the most curioun collections In the archives of (he State house is that of original treaties made with the liuliaiis, signed by the commissioners on the pm tof the colonists and Indian 1 cHefs. The signatures of the hitter are , often Interesting and grotesque, reI Membling nothing In the heavens above 'or the earth beneath or the waters under the earth. It might naturally be supposed that in the majority of instances those old manuscripts would bl' illegible, but, according to the Boston Transcript, the reverse is true. Some of the docuinents are faint and indistinct, but most of them are as ' clear as if written yesterday. This j collection is particularly rich in manuscript papers pertaining to the revolutionary war that serve to furnish much concerning the history of that eventful period that is not found in the text books. One hears much in these days about the degeneracy into which we have fallen; how vastly inferior j morally we arc compared with the i stern and virtuous men who fell at । Acton and Lexington, or who figured in tlie events of thoso days, from the Boston massacre to Hie inauguiation of Washington. But these papers, written in the hands of these immortal figures, dispel the illusion and reveal hjhe fact that those men were made of nTurh-the same clay as that of which ! the tin de siecle man is molded. There । is nothing that detracts from tlie glory of any of these figures; the documents only prove that they possessed the same weaknesses that have ever been I Inspnrable from human kind. There are several letters signed by j i the father of his country bearing ids signature as he always wrote it. “G. Washington." <me of these letters was wriiten shortly after Washington as sinned command of the troops at Cambridge and is replete with interest. I One of the most interesting letters in J the collection Is that bearing tlie bold, handsome signature of Benedict Ar- | imld. It was when Arnold was in "Unm.nnd of tin? Crown Point expedi- - (ion. and at a time when he was deem- j cd one of the most patriotic, as I e cer- , taluly w;ts oit'' of the bravest, officers j in the service. Alluding to Ethan Al- : len. the hero of Fort 1 i. imderoga. Arnold says that he has too long endured > Allen’s insolence and prays the lime j may soon come when, be w ill be reIhwod of his command. Other letters tell of th“ suffering the soldiers of the revolution bme, of all their troubles and privations, some patlivticaily describing tim absolute mikedness of the troops. One letter may be cited in which are reported the pt edings ot a । oiu t martial against a colonel who wn* i hargod w ith having his five children. the eldest of whom was lit years of age. mi Cue regimental pay roll A Ki ln Te-ted S wietHideally. A holy coat of Argmitcuil. in France ; is one of several venerable relies which nr.- ib .lm d mid 'pioM-d'' l > b • th' letitienl se;imh’ --« i "l"' tLat < hrist w or< jwhen he was led Io Golgotha to be ertl i eifled. It Inis nunn'tous stains upon it which the faithful believe and declar. j ! to be the stains of Christ’s l»lood. Thori - are, however, many in the chuieh win doubt the genuineness of the relic; ami j t<> satisfy them the Bishop of Ver dailies recently dei ided to submit tin stains in the coat to seieutifie tests, j lobe made by MM Lafon and Roussel | two eminent chemists of Paris. ’I heii ; r. oort, which has just published ; cmu-ludcs as follows: “I'o sum up ! From the portion of the coat marked ■ x’ith rust-colored spots we obtained j Hi A faint green coloration, with tin tincture o* guaiacum and the essenct j ' of turpentine; (2) the revival of the rei' globules of blood, with the at tiffi ial se ; : rum; (3) the formation of crystals of i liacmin or of chlorohydrate of haema i tin. These indications ar? sufficient b : enable us to affirm that the spots exam 1 Imd are actually due to blood and t< human blood. Judging by the whok ; of our analysis we presume that this blood is very old.” They Know Each Other. j “The other day,” says a man. “1 j bought an apple on the street, and. as ! ti r taking a bite, discovered that I did , no, want it. A horse attached to a ! truck stood at the curb at the moment. I ami in passing, I tossed ’lie apple tc ! him. lie was only able to seize it side : ways and get a small bile, the most of । the fruit dropping in- the gutter at his flfeet. His driver, standing not far from -K'"'- head, noticed this. and. stooping, ipicked up tbo apple. He held it up on fa ’evel with the horse's eyes, so that he . could see it fully, and then lowering it, Vried: ‘(ipen';instautly t h - hm s ■ si n tch : i’d hia jaws wido upm-i. displaying a W-avern of a throat, and the driver skill Sully shot tlie apple hl the horse catch-, ing it between his teeth and jiroceeding to munch contentedly. The little incident was chiefly significant because it showed a thoroughly good understand ijig between the man and qnimal, which in these days when a society for the . prevention of cruelty to animals is neeessary seems worth quoting. -New York '1 imes. No Further Use I’or Luna. A little girl in Gotham, on first discovering the electric lights, and seeing tlie moon at the same time, propounded this conundrum: “Mamina, does God know that ,ve have got electric lights?" “Yes,” replied the mother. “He must know it, because he knows everything.” “Then, mamma, why don’t he take in the moon?”—Fort la nd (Me.) Press. Tall Trees, Tall Siory. I Professor F.' G. Plummer, of Ta- > coma. Wash., is authority for the statement that, there are scores of trees [ in that corner of the United States that are oxer GUI) feet high.

WAR ON IN HAWAII. ROYALISTS START A REVOLUTION AND BLOOD IS SHED. At Least Twelve Natives Killed and Several Hundred Revolutionists Under Arrest-Carter, One of the Annexation Conunissioners, Killed. — Lil’s Side Is Loser. 1 lio steamer Alameda which arrived in San Fraueiseo from Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu Friday afternoon brought news of a revolution and bloodshed at Honolulu. Charles L. Carter, who was one of the annexation commissioners, was killed ami other government supporters were wounded. There lias Leon much fighting, and at least twelve natives have been killed. Nearly two hundred revolutionists are under arrest. Robert Wilcox is the leader of the rebels. '1 lie fighting was still in progress when the Alameda left Honolulu Jan 11, but the government forces had practically overcome the revolutionists. The following Honolulu correspondence has been received : Thfie wwc no I'ii-sli il< vi-lopmcutH in the threatened uprising until last Sunday, the (ith hist., when the marslial’s detectives brought in news for that officer immediately to summon the cabinet and lending officers of the military and citizens’ guard for consultation. In a few minutes after their arrival Deputy Marshal Brown and a squad of police under Captain Parker left for the beach at Waikiki w?h orders to search the premi ises of Henry Bertlemann, a prominent ' royalist, fur arms and ammunition. Just I previous to reaching tlie place the posse was joined by ('lmries L. Carter. Alfred Carter, and J. B. Castle, who lived near by, all members of the Citizens’ guard. Oh approaching the house the deputy ’ marshal left the squad on the lawn while he entered the house and, finding Bertle- | mann and a st range white mini there, pro--1 ceeded to road his warrant. When half way I through shots were heard from the rear i of the house. The officers asked quickly: “Wlmt does that mean?" Bertlemann replied: "I know nothing : about it; there are m> arms here." Brown ru’lied out to join the squad just as Charles (’after shouted: “There they । are vmler the boat shed." pointing to a ; sltetl in the tear of the lot and rushing I forward, fallowed by his cousin, Castle, | ami the others. Fired On b? NativcH. At tbi t in t int a xo'ley was tired by a crowd of natives under the shed and Charles Carter and Lieutenant Holi fell wounded. The police charged and drove the natives out on the beach, when the latter retreated to the brush, keeping up a desultory tiring. As the police only numbered eight, ami there were three or four times ns many natives, they returned to the house, taking with them three of the rebels whom they had captured in the j melee, during which some sixty shots were tired. Coring for the wounded men as well as possible, they searched the prisot:crs. pin. a.g Berth-matin under arrest, khe first ol:e was recognized as John I nue. ilc had a heavy revolver, a belt of errtrid ;es and a rifle. The second hail a p.i.-ket pistol and a bi ll of cartridges. The other was unarmi d. but a short rifle was found behind the door, which evidcntl.v belong'-d to him, ns Holi says he . was the mat, who shot him. There is no ' doubt that Carter’s three wounds came from Lam 's pistol, it having three empty chambers. Citizens I nder Arms. As soon as it was known in Honolulu on Sunday afternoon that there was organ- ■ ized resistance to the government no time i i was lost in communicating the fact to its ) 1 supporters both by telephone and messen- ; ! ger. No general alarm was given, it not ! j being deemed necessary. In response fdur j I companies of militia donned their uni- I forms and repaired to their armories, the ' members of the Citizens’ guard reported i al their respective rendezvous, and yet so I quickly was everything done that many i in the city wore unaware that tiny thing j : unusual bad happened. The news of the death of Carter, who \ xv as a pop ularyoun g 1 a w ye r and xva s rccent- | ly elected a member oLthe legislature, intensified the genorid feeling and the assassins would have been lynched hail they 1 not been strongly guarded. All Arms Seized by the Government. I By noon Monday all the stores were ! closed and there were few persons on the i streets. The street cars and busses were ; ’ stopped, and the only excitement was at I the marshal's office, xvhere arms were be- I ing distributed. The announcement that | tlie writ of habeas corpus was suspended ' xvas quickly followed by one requiring all j persons not engaged in the military or ; I police forces to deliver all arms or am- | munition in their possession to the mar- ' shal xvithin twenty-four hours. After ■ conferring by telephone with Capt. Mur- ' ray at noon on Monday Capt. Ziegler and , a company of regulars were dispatched ' to his aid, taking w ith them one Austrian , fieldpiece. The ten-pound shells from this gun scattered the natives in every direction, lint did not seem to hurt any of them. At 2 o'clock the troops advanced and forced the rebels into the brush. Lieut. Ludwig ami ten men were then detailed for a flank movement. As soon as Lud- j wig got into position tlie natives were beaten and scattered into the dense brush, followed by the troops. It is certain that many were wounded, as blood, shreds of clothing, etc., xvere seen everywhere. The only man xvounded on the government side xvas Ludxvig, who received a flesh wound in the thigh. Then the first prisoners xvere taken, seven in number, and from them it was learned that the leaders of the rebels xvere . Sam Nowlin, former colonel of the Queen's household guard, and Robert Wilcox, w ho . was the leader of the revolution in ISS7. The prisoners claimed they had <»«J0 rilles, ' but only 500 men were arrested. Captain Fred A. Brock, his xvife, and two children, of Galveston, Texas, xvith several members of the crew on the ■ dredgeboat from Mount Waldo, which Captain Brock xvas bringing from Taui- ; pico to Velasco, were drowned in the life- ‘ boat xvhich they took to escape from the dredgeboat in a storm a few hours out from Tampico. William Tarbox has been taken to Osh- ' kosh, Wis., from Indianapolis, Ind., ; charged with stealing several hundred j dollars’ xvorth of jewelry and some mon- j ey during the Seymour House fire. 1

INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interesting Summary of the More Im. portant Doings of Onr Neighbors -Wed. dings and U^atlis—Crimes, Casualties and General News NotesCondensed State News. Lapobte ('oi xty has a hamlet knoxvn as Squat Ram. Mbs. Mah.xla Lexvis, aged 78, near Martinss ille, is dead. The American wire nail works at Antiersoil, has resumed operations. I bank lx'. Ki'.xdrichi, Northern Indiana pioneer, died at Rochester. OvEii 50!) marriage licenses xvere issued in Madison County during 34. It is said that there are 4,000 cases of measles in the State at present. Mrs. John Sullix'an, 72, dropped dead of heart disease at Martinsville. Capt. Sam J. Hall’s residence, near Westport, is in ashes. I.oss, $4,000. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Princeton is in embers. Loss, $2,500. Plvmoi th citizens have sent over four tons of Hour to Nebraska famine sufferers. William O’C'onnou. insane, xvasburned to ileath at Fowler, by setting his bed on fire. He was reduced to a crisp. George Hinds, a fanner neArMoriistown, was fatally kicked in the stomach by a horse, while feeding theanimal. Frank A. B ild, Anderson, will build his new opera house after the plan of the Moorish palace at the World’s Fair. ' Joseph Self, farmer near French Lick, xvas found dead in a field near his house. Supposed that he accidentally shot himself while hunting. Con nersville is having a good deal of trouble for want of gas. The gas is piped from the Carthage field, a distance of twenty-six miles. William P. Thompson, an insurance agent, had a foot crushed at Marion xvhile attempting to board a moving train on the Big Four Railroad. Joseph B. Cloud, aged 72, living^iorth of Gosl.en. died from tlie effects of a terrible beating given him Nexv Year's by his youngest son. a lunatic. George A. McClung xvas arrested at Eaton, for refusing to sh it dow n his straxv board works, election day. in order to give his employes a chance to vote. 11 \x Eiiw.uax.n youngman of Greensburg xvho wears his hair very long, was caught on the street by several masked men, and s beautiful tresses wereelipped short. Joii.x M< Cl a xx ahax and Ed. Williams, prisoners in the Wabash jail, engaged in a quarrel, and Williams seriously cut McClannahan on the face and neck xvith a knife. lx a I? ad-end collision on the L. E. & W. road near Tipion. between txvo freight trains, both engim s were wrecked and fifteen cars demolished. One engineer xvas slightly Inut in jumping. The Richmond Gas Company has announced to its consumers using mixers that I it w ill reduce gas bills for January when paid next month, on account of the feeble ' supply of gas during the cold xveather. John Mintox, aged 65,xvasstrickenxvith apoplexy xvhi'le in O'Hirra’s blacksmith shop at Muncie. He fell to the floor as if dead, but rallied and may recover. Mr. Minion is a popular Delaware County farmer. A sex i.x-ve xi:-old son of 11. IL Leathors of Brooklyn, was in tlie wagon sitting on a scoop board with his feet hanging inside. The horses moved up under a shed, the boy was eaught between cross pieces in t he shed and the scoop board, being injured internally so that he died. Mil J. B. Holmes one of the prominent men of Jeffersonville, died recently ofconl sumption. Tie had been ill for fifteen i years, but several years since gave himself i into the cure of a faith cure man. Rev. ; Buckley, and it xvas claimed he was cured. ! At that time the faith cure xvas being agi- : tated and a great many of the citizens xvere i much exercised over it. After a few years ' the condition of .Mr. Holmes again became I critical, and he suffered greatly until his | death, lie xvas 65 years old, and for years , was in the grocery business. Ex-Commissioner Pa< kxvood of Clark ; County, states that tlie cold snap has killed ! all the peaches in that vicinity. Cherries • and other fruits are also damaged considerably. This is very discouraging to the fruit growers, as this is one of the principal industries of that section, and for several years past the weather has interfered to a great extent xvith the fruit'crop. This j opinion is endorsed by several authorities jon the subject. Hon. 11. C. Poindexter, I Representative from Clarke County, is one ■ of the principal fruit growers fn Southern i Indiana. Real estate men of Alexandria and : Elwood are projecting a scheme to unite : the two cities and thus control absolutely the gas territory of tw o of the best town- ! ships in the field. It is reported that the i primary Object is to shut out the Fort i Wayne Gas Company, better known as the I New York syndicate, xvhivh recently pur- ; chased many of the Indiana plants. .Monroe . Township is live by six miles, and lies in ' the center of tlie best producing gas belt in , the blale. Nearly Over} farmer in the I toxvnship has been import lined to join the । enterprise, being promised exemption from j city taxes for several years. There was a tragic occurrence at ' Charlestown, twelve miles north of Jeffer- : sonville. Dr. Charles M. Bottorf is the ■ proprietor of a drugstore at that place. He ■ lives in apartments in the rear of his establishment. and his little boy and daughter spent a great deal of time in the store. Tlie lai ter xvas sick, and her brother played “doctor," administering a deadly poison to the child. At the time the children were alone, and shortly afterward Dr. Bottorf found the little one in convulsions. It was readily ascertained That the child was suffering from the effects of some drug, but the boy, after replacing the bottle in the | prescription case, xvas unable to again find it. The father xvas thus placed at a disad- | vantage in not know ing what emetic to ad- ; minister. The child lingered in intense ; agony for several hours before death rei lieved if. Cari, C. Beardsley, son of ex-Senator : Charles Beardsley of Elkhart, xvho mys- ' teriously disappeared, some time since, lias I been located in Australia, w here he is en- ' gaged in missionary w ork. A distressing accident occurred at the I home of James Swanson, Anderson. Swanson is an employe in the American wire nail mill and worked till midnight. I When he arrived home he found an infant. I two days old. smothered to death. The : mother had fallen asleep xvith the babe in her bed. The bed clothes, in some manner, had fallen over the little one in such a j manner that it suffocated. The mother’s 1 life is in danger because of the shock.