St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 37, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 April 1895 — Page 7

UNCLE SAM IS FIRM. NO EUROPEAN ENCROACHMENT ON THIS CONTINENT. The United States Government Will See that Justice Is Done in LatinAmerica—Many Republics May Unite to Oppose Europe. Russia Our Ally. Washington correspondence: Os the numerous foreign complications in which the United States finds herself embroiled those with Great Britain over Nicaragua and Venezuela are by far the most serious. Few think that at present there is any danger of a war between us and Great Britain, but there are not wanting statesmen ci considerable knowledge and acumen who predict that in a few years war will come. The present attitude of Great Britain in bullying the independent republics of South and Central America must be cheeked soon or else tho all-grabbing European monarchy will be making Asia or Africa out of this continent. This government will go to war before permitting Great Britain to occupy any portion of Nicaragua, thereby curtailing the autonomous powers of the republic. If England is allowed now to encroach upon any independent Latin-American nation, a precedent will have been established for future encroachments elsewhere and the force of the Monroe doctrine, which has been the safeguard of Latin-America for more than seventy years, will be undermined. In this connection it may be noted that the rebel admiral, Da Gama, was supported by tho combined monarchies of Europe in his attempt to overthrow the Brazilian republic and it is with just pride that we can point the fact that it was the shot fired by Admiral Benham in Rio Janeiro harbor that broke the back of the rebellion and served notice on European monarchies that they must keep their hands off this continent. In gratitude for that act the Fourth of July, our national holiday, has been declared a national holiday by Brazil and a monument to President Monroe, the author of the doctrine that bears his name, is now being erected in tho Brazilian capital. Yet not all of Europe's monarchies are hostile to our republican institutions and to-day, just as during our civil war, we have a steadfast friend in the great Russian empire. It is now known that a couple of weeks ago France and Germany, under the influence of England, were going to join in a debt-collecting expedition to South America. Guatemala, Nicaragua and X enezuela have defaulted in the payment of interest on bonds to Gorman, French and English creditors. England sought to form a combination of the creditors to compel the debtors to pay. Tho plan was to make a demonstration of force, and place agents of the creditors in control of the revenues of the debtor countries until such time as the obligations were satisfied. This was tho policy that England adopted in Egypt. The result is practical British absorption of that ancient country, as the sovereignty of the Sultan or Khedive is now scarcely a formality. Our ambassador to Paris was instructed to remonstrate with France that such an act on her part would be considered unfriendly to the United States. France felt disposed to yield to our remonstrance; but soon a stronger pressure was brought to bear. Our ambassador at the court of St. Petersburg urged the government of the Czar to use its influence with France to abstain. Russia, ever the friend ami ally of the United States, promptly informed Franco that any action by that country unfriendly to tho United States would be deemed an unfriendly act to Russia. As an alii ance with Russia is the hope and ambition of French statesmen, the French government promptly took the cue and served notice on Great Britain that she would ' not join in the debt-collecting expedition. i In the Venezuelan ’’boundary dispute [ with Great Britain and in which the . United States has a deep interest, there are no new developments, save a disposi- ' tion of Great Britain under certain conditions to submit the difficulty to arbitration. A continuation of American firmness in this matter will force Great Britain to consent to arbitration without any conditions —an act of justice which England has been refusing for over half a century. These later Instances of European intervention in American affairs have already caused a powerful sentiment in Central and South America for a Latin-Amer-ican union, and many prominent statesmen in Latin-America are anxious that I the United States enter the union and thus make it a continental league. Such a union would more than anything else, except a good thrashing, teach Great Britain to confine her traditional policy as bully, blood-spiller and land-grabber to Asia or Africa. Meantime another complication has arisen in the east between France and the United States, due to the action of France in having tried an American citizen and an ex-consul to Tamatave, Madagascar, and sentencing him to 5 eai the ground that 110 was in correspondence with the Hovas, the ruling class in Madagascar, with whom France is at war. No official correspondence from Madagascar has yet reached the State Department and no action will be taken until the government is in possession of all the facts in the case. Should France be in the wrong, as now seems likely, a protest will be made in the matter. At present a United States gunboat is on her way to Madagascar. In the Allianca affair no official reply i has yet been received from the Spanish ; Government and ample time will be ac- i corded that country, owing to her unsettled political conditions, before this government will press for action. Should an apology be delayed unnecessarily long, however, a further demand for reparation will be made. FARMERS WANT RAIN. An Alarming Drouth in All Northwestern States-No Relief in Sight. Were it not for the snow, a residue of which has lingered where it was accumulated by the plentiful storms of winter, severe drought would now be confronting our Western husbandmen at the very outset of the season of agricultural activity. Since the snowfall of February there has been no precipitation of moisture in the entire region from the eastern slope of the Mississippi Valley to the base of the Rocky Mountains. The melting of the snow, which tho foresight of winter provided in such abundance, has supplied a gradual source of moisture to the earth, which has made possible the development of early spring vegetation. Now the snow is gone, except in some sections of the Northwest, aud still the

longed-for rain does not appear. Many • communities in Illinois are lamenting and predicting disaster unless relief comes in the shape of rain. Cisterns and wells are - dried up, and streams usually overflowing with the spring floods, run within their banks far below the usual level. The unsoftened ground offers no prospect of the speedy sprouting of tho seeds on whose development depends the yield of the autumn crops. The situation among the tillers of the soil in Illinois and adjacent States is not particularly alarming, but is sufficient to cause apprehensions if the dry spell is prolonged. In small urban centers, where the water supply is derived from neighboring natural reservoirs, the danger of uncontrollable fires is not only menacing, but in some cases has actually been experienced. A Chicago correspondent says: The comparatively great heat of the past few days, although probably only temporary, tends to intensify the anxiety of farmers and others who have an interest in the water supply. Thursday was a very warm day, uncomfortably so in some places for the time of year. In Chicago the air was mild and inviting, the temperature reaching a maximum point of 73 degrees, and standing at 64 degrees at the hour of the evening observation, both figures about 35 degrees above the normal for the third decade of the month of March. Springfield just touched fourscore, St. Louis reached 82, Kansas City came two ahead with 84, and in Dodge City anti Wichita, Kas., tho inhabitants fanned themselves and kept off the flies, with the mercury at 88 and 90 degrees respectively. Throughout tho central region as far south as the southern line of Kansas the temperature ranged from 20 to 35 degrees above the normal. Prof. Moore, the officer in charge of the government weather station at Chicago, with regard to the drought, said: “It Is very general and something unusual for this time of year, which is usually favored with March gusts and squalls, if nothing more. There is nothing very serious in the prospect, however. Vegetation is not far enough advanced to be much injured, unless the drouth is long continued. I think that the month of April will have Its share of rainfall. I cannot believe that another dry year is corning on. 1 anners have suffered from drouth now for three years in succession, and it is to be expected that the law of chance will cause a little variation the coming year,” SOME CROP FIGURES. Report of the Statistician for the Department of Agriciiltnre. According to a report of the Statistician for the Department of Agriculture the corn crop of 1894 was the smallest reported in twenty years, and not since 1874 has the aggregate yield been so meager. From an area of 76,000,000 acres planted only 62,500,000 acres were harvested, the remainder having been cut for fodder or abandoned in consequence of drought and devastating winds. March 1, 1895, the merchantable corn crop of Illinois on hand aggregated 152,209,500 bushels, valued at $54,795,528, while the unmerchantable footed up 16,912,200 bushels, with a , valuation of $4,397,172. Notwithstanding the short crop farmers have not marketed their corn freely, believing it will command a higher price during tho summer. Since Jan. 1 the weather has boon severe, and stock required more feed than during the corresponding months of tho throe previous years. Wheat in fanners' hands nt the same time was estimated at 75,000,600 bushels, or 39,(XM),000 bushels less than last year at tho same time. This exhaustion of farm reserve is found in a largo measure to be due to the fact that great quantities have been fed to hogs and other stock. Returns from North and South Dakota indicate unprecedented exhaustion of last year's crop, correspondents in many conn ties reporting not enough on hand f >r spring seed and necessary food supply. From Nebraska comes a demand from 30,(XX) families for an average of 1.31 bushels a family for set-ding purposes this , spring. March 1. 1595, the stock on hand i in Illinois aggregated 5,663,040 bushels, | In nearly every county throughout Uen- ■ tral and Southern Illinois some wheat has | been feed to stock, yet tho results were I not sufficiently satisfactory to make it a general practice even among those who had wheat. Tho greater portion, if not all, of what is now on hand will be consumed within the Stale. During 1894 the total production of wheat in North America was 515.188,000 bushels, an increase of G9,(KX),000 bushels over that of 1893. South America produced 104,000,(XXI bushels in the same year, the increasing product being due to the large extension of tho wheat area in Argentina and Uruguay. Europe produced nearly 70,000,000 bushels more wheat in ! 1594 than it did the preceding year. Asia showed a decrease of 13,<>00,000 bushels, i and in Africa and Australia tho crop of : 1894 was the largest in four years. U the last four years the world's crop wheat has been as follows: 1594, esti mated at 2,590,000.000 bushels against 2,427,000,000 in l&B, 2.414.000.000 in 1592, and 2,370,000,000 in 1891. I - The Li Hung Chang is certainly entitled to a life membership in the Hard Luck Club. Gold has disappeared mysteriously from the United States mint at Carson, Nev. | Come, John Bull, we'll have to draw the I line somewhere. A contemporary says Spain’s chief of- • f- use lay in sending a solid shot after the Allianca. If she'd sent a liquid ball if would have been all right. He's been putting it off for a long time, but it looks as if Uncle Sam will now have to pull off his coat, roll up his shirt sleeves and wallop the rest of the world. Japan, after conquering Corea, lends money to the Coreans. There are a good many parts of this glorious Union which would be eager to be conquered on those terms. If Phoebe Couzins was really betrothed to Senator Fair during the Coumbian Exposition, why is it that she made such a spirited fight for that salary of hers? Chief of Police Brennan, of Chicago, calls the late strike an “unimportant affair.” He would probably have reported the battle of Bunker Hill as “a local disturbance.” Buckeye State authorities propose to make Ohio’s imbeciles self-supporting. Should some towns propose such an innovation their citizens would declare that class legislation was an outrage.

[[TOPICS FOR FARMERS i — — j C A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR ' OUR RURAL FRIENDS. » > Directions for Making a Hot Bed — How to Care for the House Dog — . Value of Wheat us Feed for Hogs—t Farm Notes. 1 How to Make a Hotbed. ' The cost, of a hotbed is but little con--1 sidering its advantages, and once . made it requires but slight repairing each year. With the hotbed should । be constructed a few cold frames. The difference is that the hotbed requires glass, while the cold frame, which serves for large plants transplanted from the hotbed later In the season, may be covered with boards only, especially if intended for such hardy plants as early cabbage or lettuce. The frame of the hotbed may be sixteen inches high at the rear ami fourteen inches in front from the level of the ground, and covered with sash of any desired size. The boards may be simply nailed together at the corners. fastened to two by three Inch scantling, but gardeners first make a; pit and use a frame twenty-four inches at the rear and twenty-two inches at the front, according to the kinds of plants to be grown. The height at the front, however, depends on the Width of the bed. Fresh horse immure, free from litter, Is generally used. It is the fermentation of the manure which creates the heat. If the manure is too loose it nmy create heat more rapidly than Is required. It is better to mix the ma- 1 nure in a pile, allow it to heat some. I and then turn it over and mix It well ! again before using it in the hotbed. ' Having trampled the manure firmly, ! now cover It with rich dirt, to which has been added one fourth its bulk of fine, well rotted manure. There should be no lumps, stones, or pebbles in the ' hotbed. If necessary sift the dirt. The i thickness of the dirt should be about six inches. As there wilPthen be about a foot of space between the dirt and the sash, the hotbed being twenty- 1 i four inches at the rear, ample air space will thus be provided. It the manure does not heat up quickly and is too slow, sprinkle the bed well with hot water, first adding a small quantity !of air slaked limp to the water. If I too much heat is generated, use cold , water alone. When the heat reaches about Go degrees plant tin- seed in rows, but more warmth will be re quired for the young plants later on. I- Os course, the frame should be well banked up with din to prevent the j effects of frost. The object should bo ! to .maintain as even a temperature as possible. < m ,I, ar, warm days the sash may be raised slightly in order | to admit air during the middle of the (lay, but this will depend on many ^circumstances, 'rhe better plan Is to hang a thermometer in the hotbed, and Ito visit it frequently. As the heat from the manure decreases the weather will me warmer. Gradually j accustom the plants to the temperature { ; of the outside atmosphere as much as ' i possible aiid transplant to the cold i frame such as may be suitable for that purpose Some sot •of covering should . be used over the sash at night, such as ; an old earpet, with a few loose boards over tins carpet. The tetiqn'rature of- - atmosphere must be the guide in , management, as the plants must not : I be kept too warm or allowed to become ; chilled. Field and Farm. Cure of the House Ilog, If you own a good dog. do not kick < him outdoors when you go to bed and tell him to shift lor himself. He can not be expected to remain a good dog long. Get a tight, huge dry goods bo - ;. ’ cut a circular hole just big enough for : the dog to pass through, ill one side of the box near the end. Nail a loose flap । of carpet above the hole to keep out the wind. Put on a sloping rtK»f of : matched boards and set the house in : an open shed or on the south side of ; a building. A dog with such a res! ( deuce, although it is cheap, will learn 1 self respect. Now get several rods of i heavy wire and fasten it near the dog’s | house, a little higher than your head. so it will not be an obstacle, and carry i it out to a tall post and fasten it taut, . about six feet high. String the ring of the dog’s chain on it before fasfi^g । Ing it. It is then but a second’s wonßr ’ to snap or unsuap the chain from the . dug s collar. The animal can hate a i - Hue run out to the post ami back, in ur- j lug health aud cleanliness, and the I way he will make tu<.. m. in jhlK , e ah) that wire will make you am. contrivance. Give the dug an occasion-^ al bath with ilea soap, or a rubbing ; with bagging. Insect powder, also, will kill fleas if dusted dry into the ! hair. A dog's food should bo varied, with not too much meat, though a i bone is always a boon to him; table ! scraps, johnnycake made of meal and I tine middlings, with a little bone meal ! in it, ami dried beet root; stale bread ; from the baker's will piece out the dog's menu. Remember, also, that pure water is as important as food. For all purposes of the farmer the Scotch collie is the choice dog. He will not only drive stock by instinct, but is a good watcher, fund of children, and often a game hunter of vermin, squirrels, etc. Terriers-Scotch, Irish, fox, bull and other sorts—are valuable animals, not only for hunting rats, but as house dogs to detect robbers they are unequaled. They are a generally safe and a gamy, amusing pet. Fox hounds render an excellent service to poultry raisers, but setters, pointers and such pets of hunters cannot be trusted around poultry. They are better kept on the chain, being often snappy in disposition. Beware of Spitz dogs and degenerate “Newfoundlands,” as they are prone to bite, and seem especially liable to hydrophobia. A pure New-

malics a noble protector, es8 y for children when near the jner. A thoroughbred St. Bernard ? ob,est and safest of canine n , Pi . l r° nS ' but they are too highpriced for the average farmer. Feeding Wheat to Hoga. ‘ 0 animal does well when fed on ? io e giain in quantities large enough >t to eat a full mouthful at once. " ben corn is fed on the ear the difficulty in shelling it from the cob causes Hto be chewed pretty thoroughly. If ? >ci grain is fed it is certain to be m bulk, and is very often ground and wot, making it easy to fill the mouth with and swallow without chewing. It Is not surprising that thus fed the meal is not so well digested as when it is chewed by the animal, and thus is mixed with the saliva from the mouth. Whole wheat being fed in bulk to hogs Is swallowed without much chewing, Oud as the gluten of wheat will swell 4nore and ferment more quickly than \ill the starchy constituents of corn, e wheat thus fed is pretty sure to c use serious injury. Swelling the o » I-'-—< n-H.r i. a a tlunger. Even young pigs ” w,thout '“Jury. We <1 ■Hlc<n^(*' v hoat once In a field u nere some sWil pigs got to the grain tWy’k'h a hole hi the fence. They must hße eaten considerable, rooting up In tIP line of the drill mark and eating tlfe grain as they went, and the pigs wvre never any the worse for what they got, though to save a bare patch on that side of the field two or three quarts of seed wheat was sown and harrowed into the soil. Peach Trees and Salt. The unusual floods of last year, xt hich - resulted in great destruction of wharves and other property contiguous toXhe water courses of Kent County, have resulted in a very important j question being forced upon the attention of the Kent County peach growers. During these floods, says the Baltimore Sun, hundreds of acres of farming lands wore flomled, and many peach orchards stood with their roots covered with the salt waters of the overflowing streams. M iih scarce an exception, or at least in very many cases, the trees which were flooded by the unusual tides are the , only trees in the county which this year have any fruit on them. A gentleman said that a portion of his orchard was under the tide, and that to the very tree which stood under water there is fruit. Any one, he said, could mark the exact -semi circular outline of the water In his orchard by the absence of fruit nn the trees wldcli the waters did not touch. Similar results are reported, and these circumstam es force the question upon peach growers, Do the trees m-cd salt? An extensive peach grower propos- s to try the covering of as much orfhlH pen< li orchard ns possiide with tJk-grass and vegetation which aceuni ulltcs along the river shores in immense quantities during the late summer and I fail, and soy that he is confident of most satisfactory results. Farm Notes. To make liens lay keep them in she! tered quarters, and do not feed too heavily on grain. A laying hen should not be excessively fat. Lean neat, (hopped fine, alwtlt 1 pound to 16 hens, will make hens lay when everything else fails. Land plaster, kainite and charcoal arc good absorbents for use in the stable. poultry house or elsewh we, tc save the ammonia that would otherwise be lost by evaporation. When immonlasoaked. they arc all quick acting fer- । tilizers. 'Che use of pure bred cattle has greatly increased the interest in farming. Farmers who care but little for their eat’le find more pleasure in raising pure breeds With the adv-mt of good stock on a farm comes great *r interest in farming, a greater diversity of cnq»s and better ciillivation of the soil. The Bartlett is a valuable pear, because of the fact that the fruit can bn gathered a month in advance of its natural time of ripening and ripened in a closet indoors, in this way, by picking a portion of the crop at a time, the fruit lasts a long time, and indoor fruit is generally superior to that : ri[>ened on the tree. 1 Sprinkle a little stone lime in your R stock tank and not a particle of green i-um will form in the water. When iie lime loses its strength and the scum ygins to form. ■whiiHi ma? be twice W* The season, wash out the tank Ind repeat the dose. It is 'heap, not «iulv harmless, but wholesome, xeops trie water sweet ami saves work. i T lie increased acreage of wheat In ' the Argentine Republic is estimated . at from 10 to 50 per cent, over that of last year, the acreage being probably above six millions—a not. remarkable acreage and one that will give but a small surplus for exportation over home consumption if such consumption assumes the proportion it does here. The farmer would not care to patronize a merchant whose goods were not of the best quality, and he would seek the one whose goods were known to be fully up to requirements. This should prompt the farmer to have a standard for his own articles to secure better prices and greater increase by using improved stock and the best variety of plants. Cheap animal foods are the best substances for inducing the hens to lay. Beef, hog or sheep liver will pay well for the purpose. Hens require food rich in albumen when they are laying, and if fed exclusively on grain will fail to produce sufficient eggs to give the owner a profit. Clover hay, chopped fine and scalded, is also an excellent food, and assisu In providing a variety.

THE SUNDA Y SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson -Thoushta Worthy of Calm Reflec-tion-Half an Hour's Study of tho Scriptures—Time Well Spent. Lesson for April 7. Golden Text—“ Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord Mark 11: 9. This lesson is found in Mark 11: 1-11, and has for its subject, “The Triumphal Entry.” been one “Triumphal Entrj . There shall be another. In the first the cry went up, amid waving palms: “Hosanna! Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, I hat cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!” And in the next, when lie cometh with clouds: , r '' at "r<‘ Which is in heaven. Ami on the earth, and „„de V the earth And such as are in the sea. And all that are in them Heard I saying—• Blessing, and honor, and glory and powei Be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, And unto tho Lamb, forever and ever.” And the sure promise of it al): “J Jft up your heads, O ye gates, Even lift them up ye everlasting door. And this King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? Ihe Lord of hosts —he is the King of glory.” Amen. Even so. come, Lord Jesus! Have you garments to cast before the ( hrist? Remember that blind man in the chapter just preceding who first “casting away his garment rose and came to Jesus. ’ Have you done it? Drop everything and come. “They came nigh to Jerusalem and to the cross. Everything is close now. How much was packed into that; last week! Approximately, we quote from our penciled margins, then was given by inspiration to this last week: A fifth of Matthew, a fourth of Luke, a third of Mark, and the half of John’s Gospel. Mount of Olives, east of the Holy City, from which Christ looked upon the city and wept. At the foot then, the Garden of Gethsemane whore Christ wept not for a city but for a world. Wine-prest, indeed, oil well refined was here expressed. And Jesus knew it all. Beyond was Calvary, and on it even now to our Savior's eye the outlines of a cross. Beyond the shouting multitude he saw it all. saw it and yet permitted himself thus to be led. If was more than knowledge; it was love. Even the details he knew, and with prophetic eye. "Ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat.” God who had prepared the manger for the "heaven-born Child” has ready this meek beast of burden. The whole creation stood awaiting, as it were, thia speela<le. It waiteth and groaneth still in expectation of another great event. "Say ye that the Lord hath need of Ym." Say it again. What are the world's means of conveyance as one by one they i .'merge ami stand, tied as it were and i uniting, but '•teed ami vehicle for the transfer of the divine blessing and the brmxiiig in < ’’"Kingdom. "And many spread their garments in the way.” It must have been a beautiful and exhilarating sight as the jubilating procession, growing as it eame, wound its way down the slope ami across the valley. It is but a faint anticipation of the time when every eve shall see him. every knee bow, ami every tongue confers. Be ready for it. "And now the eventide was come he v > nt unto Bclhany with the twelve, such his preference with men of low estate. It is eventide still, ami he is with the twelve. Ami other evenings will come, and a black, blank night. Aft«T that a glorious morning. But Jesus alway! "Abide with me. Uns: falls the eventide; The darkness deepens. Lord with me abide.” Hints and Illustrations. An appeal from the heart: “Let the Savior in." For once the people got beyond the control of the staid and watchful Pharisees. They broke loose, as it were, and for one brief hour spoke the instinctive homage of their souls. That glad welcome to Jesus al the city s gates was the true and proper tribute of nature to nature's < Jod. It was the way all earth should have received the Savior, the way ii would have received him but for its hard sin and selfishness. But just for a moment, a glorious moment, the deeper .sentiment, of the human heart spoke out. For doubtless it was in part this same multitude which cried “Hosanna,” that a day or two later were howling, with clinched hands. “Crucify him. crucify him!" Fickle, changeful multitude. "Thon many-headed hydra thing, (> who would choose to be thy king." What was tho trouble? Matthew hints it in the answer that was given of the people t<> tho entrer cmerv tWoV' And the multitude said. “This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.” That and nothing more. Not Lord and Savior, simply teacher, prophet. And Stiff-necked, they wore always slaying the prophets. Peter's confession is the real triumphant mtry. the heartgates thrown wide: "Thou are the Christ, tho Son of the living God." Make it. yourself. It is the office of the Holy Spirit to give us this apprehension of Jesus and to open the heart's doors to receive him. To the carnal heart Jesus is not coming; we hide as it were our faces from him. but to the spirit-moved to is the chief among ten thousands and the one altogether lovely. If only the Sunday schools of the land would onee go out to the gates and greet Ilie King! Why not to-day? "There’s a stranger at the door, Let the Savior in. lle has be n there oft before, Let the Savior in.” The Joy of God. As the flowers follow the sun and Mlentl.v hold up their petals to be tinted and enlarged by its shining, so must we. if we would know the joy of God, hold our souls, wills, hearts and minds still before Him whose voice commands, whose love warms, whose truth makes fair our whole being. God speaks for most part in silence only. If the soul be full of tumult and jangling voices, His voice is little likely ta be heard.--Alexander Maclaren.

AROUND A BIG STATE. BRlf.r COMPILATION OF INDU ANA NEWS. What Oar ruighbors Are Doing—Matters of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Deaths—Accidents and Crimes—Personal Pointers About Indlaniaus. Minor State Sews. Comiuus is to have a market house. Vincexnes is enforcing the Sunday liquor law. Electric railway is to be built from Laporte to Michigan City. Infant child of Michael Kremn waa found dead in bed at Brookville. Thomas Conners of Muncie, was thrown from his buggy and fatally injured. The contract has been signed for a fourmill tin-plate plant south of Elwood, near Frankton. llarp.y Harris, a A'andalia brakeman, fell under the cars at South Bend, and lost both legs. Otto Bond, a Farmland carpenter, fell thirty feet from a building and is probably fatally hurt. A Fait, from the second story of a buildcr?llßV' eU the oi Char'.es HUiss Lt Bloomington. “Rot OH on rates’’ caused the death of Mrs. Thomas Catron, Clinton comity. Grip ’’ made her insane. Ax eagle, measuring seven feet ten in "lies from tip to tip, was killed by H. 8. Marks, Marion, recently. Maxwell, a small town near Greenfield, wants the Globe tin-plate plant. It will , employ 250 hands. A vat t art.e bed of clay for the manufacture c f crockery and fire brick has been discovered near Bourbon. Chart f.s Herron of Crawfordsville, has lieen named as a cadet to West Point, and is to report there June 15. Mi xci e fruit-jar manufactures have over 2.000,000 fruit jars ready for shipment, and are still working day and night. Lung disease contracted from a horse afflicted with the disease caused the death of Robert Craig, farmer near Anderson. While boiling some beef in a covered vessel the top blew off and the steam badly scalded Mrs. M. W. Harkins of Anderson. Bockvli.i.e horsemen have organised the Park County Trotting Association. The association will enter the Eastern Illinois circuit. Bloomington Saturday Courier and Bloomington World have consolidated and will be published under the name of the former. A lighted cigars thrown into a box filled witli sawdust caused a fire at Hillsburg and all the business part of the town is in ashes. The dead fish in the Mississinewa river, killed by the poisonous refuse of the paper mills, have begun to come to the surface near Marion. Runmo.vd is to have a new canning factory. A company composed of Dayton, O-, capitalists has incorporated, with a capital stock of $2(11,000. Frederick Briggs, a young Greensburg * man, jumped on a fright train for a free ride, but fell and had his foot crushed., । necessitating amjuitation. A hog measuring eight feet around the body and weighing 830 pounds was killed near Eminence, recently. It produced 43 gallons of lard and 17 gallons of sausage. Ji dge Kirkpatrick, Kokomo, has ordered the prosecuting attorney to appear in all divorce cases where the defendant does not appear, and make the plaintiff show good cause for action. The Fort Wayne police have arrested the gang of safe-crackers and house-break-ers that have been working that city and surrounding towns for months past. A whole carload of plunder was recovered. Hon. Joseph Jackson, a prominent politician and ex-member of the Indiana Legislature, committed suicide at Laporte, by shooting himself m the head with a revolver. Despondency over defeat at the last election is the cause assigned. Gas exploded in one of the buildings at the Frankfort Brick Company's works. The explosion was followed by fire, which consumed the entire plant. Ezra Cartr.ght was in charge and was badly burned, but his injur es are not necessarily fatal. Mrs. Wiit.iam Dili.man ofLogansport was so badly burned that it is feared she will not reco er A piece of burning paper with which she lighted a fire and threw on the floor, lighted her dress. Mrs. Hosmer, a neighbor, extinguished the flames and was also badly burned. Mrs. Dillman was burned badly Xyom her hips to her shoulders. Diphtheria is raging at. the Indiana Feeble-minded Institution near Fort Wayne. Since the disease made its appearance there have been thirty-nine cases, and i t the present time twentythree children are in the quarantine hospital. It is feared the entire 5l» inmates have been exposed to the contagion. Antitoxine is being freely used, and through its_^ agency the death rate has l>een very^B^M I’ atents have been granted to th? f ol ' ' Wwinu; residents of Indian: George Bou > enberger. Evansville, mine trap door: Asa IL Brumfield. .Anderson, window shade: Willian IL Fox. Bluffton, and Charles F. . Jenkins, Richmond, pantoscope; William IL Northall, Evansville, bottle cap: Oliver B. Pickett. Liberty, drill tooth sprin"; । Britton Poulson. Fort Wayne. road-worK-ing machine: Janies J. Wood, Fort Wayne, fusible cut-off. The strong wind lifted a new two-story frame business house at Muncie from its foundation and blew it over, totally demolishing the structure. Five carpenters who were at work on the inside were caught in the ruins and seriously injured. W. IL Snell was caught by the building as it fell and partially crushed. The other ■ men succeeded in escaping through the open windows as the building was lifted from the ground and escaped fatal but no’ serious injuries. The other injured men are Will George. Win. Small. John and Joseph Williams. For some time past there has been a fight made in the churches at Columbus against gambling and! the unlawful sale of liquor, and some pretty hard words have passed between Mayor Beck and some who have accused him of not enforcing the law. The Mayor has ascerted publicly that he was in favor of enforcing the law, and has called on some of his accusers to aid him in si doing by furnishing evidence of violations. This has not yet been done, and a court, of Inquiry has been ordered, and a thorough investigation of the charges made against the officials will be had, when the Mayor’s accusers will lie given an opportunity to tell what they know.