St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 April 1895 — Page 7

TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL. FRIENDS. The Need of Irrigated Fields on Many Small Farms —Some Agricultural Branches that Are Not Overdone— The Fruit Crop—Farm Notcsl Irrigation on the Farm. The need of irrigated fields on many small farms is felt by the owner every dry season, but where there is no regular organized system it is sometimes expensive, and in other cases out of the question to attempt irrigation. But where ponds or streams of water are located on the place, or even some distance off on another property, the water can be led to the fields by means of pipes, and then distributed over the land to suit the needs of the crops. The cost of this wotdd be very little. A pipe, or even a weoden water-trough, could be constructed so that the water would flow in a series of ditches or receiving ponds. Brooks and streams of water can be Ripped very easily in this way, so that the running water will -trot be entirely wasted while the farm crops are dying for thirst. In each instance, however, the farmer must use his judgment as to the best method of getting his water to the fields. Then the water can be spread over the fields by some of the approved methods of irrigation. On fields that are nearly level the greatest difficulty will be experienced in getting the water to run equally throughout the field. One way to do this is to construct ditches on cither side of the field, and bank them up a foot higher than the field. At right angles from these ditches parallel rows for the vegetables should bo made. The water should then be run into the banked-up ditches until it overflows. At every row the water will run down in a stream, and secure force enough to carry part of it at least to the middle of the garden. Similar streams coming from the opposite direction will meet in the middle, and in this way the whole ground will be flooded with water when needed. To obtain water in this way it may be necessary to construct receiving ponds higher than the level of the field. These must be tilled before the drought and when the spring floods are high. If the pond is naturally several feet higher than the field, the slope will be sufficient to dispense with any such artificial reservoirs.—Germantown Telegraph. Crops Profitable to Raise. There are a few branches of farming not overdone. There is so little buckwheat raised that the flour sells at 5 cents a pound. Then there is a greater demand for good sorghum than there is a supply. Flax is very high when you want to buy; why not raise some to feed? It will improve the stock. Fruit raising is not overdone and potatoes will bring a paying price if the crop is well tended. Grass seeds and cloverseed bring living prices. Cabbage is hard to raise, but it pays to raise for | market. There is money In cheese at 15 to 20 cents per pound. Stock your farms with cows, build a creamery and ' sell milk. There is more money In It 1 than making butter. It pays to raise sweet potatoes. The navy bean sells at 5 cents per pound and is scarce. , Seed down your farms and pasture stock at 75 cents per month. Farm better what you do farm, raising the best. Read the papers and raise the crops that are scarce, for they always command a good price. Vote for the party that will set the manufactories going, and my word for it, when all the people get to working they will take to eating ami they will make way with much of the surplus and at better prices than now.—Farm and Home. Our Fruit Crop. The fruit crops of this country increase with every year's planting, and yet the supply is unequal to the demand. The quality of the fruit determines the latter. If it is good, not only is the demand for home consumption greater than in any other country in the world, but so also is the foreign demand. The reasons for this are apparent. The farms of the Unted States . are in the main owned by those who i occupy them, and they plant for all time, without any fear of being dispossessed of their improvements. The growth of an orchard is a work of time, and only the owners can afford to plant large orchards. When their fruits are gathered and placed on the market they present attractions to the people, I tlie consnmers, of such a character as to be perfectly irresistible, heuce more fruits are purchased for home consumption and more consumed every year. But then the same qualities that commend and make them popular here at home, that is to say size, quality, beauty and cheapness, commend them to people abroad, make them popular, j and increase the demand. In Great Britain alone the call for our fruit increases every year, and this ' year, if the crop is only what the producers expect, it will be greater than over, and many ship loads of apples and other fruits will go there. The great thing to be looked to, however, Is the prevention of injury by insects and fungi. Too many have neglected this in the past, and hence had only small, disfigured and wormy fruit, lacking in character, attractiveness and appetizing qualities, for which there is no’ demand at home or abroad.—Colman’s Rural World. Goats Paying Better than Sheep. A Missouri farmer writes in the St. Louis Journal of Agriculture that he finds goats profitable for rough laud filled with weeds and bushes. He has had goats for four years, and they have destroyed the bushes, sumach and small persimmon trees. His hogs have been free from disease, while all around him farmers who did not keep goats lost most of theis hogs by cholera.

[ The writer says that the meat of young goats is better than mutton. The wool of sheep is now worth so little that the question is worth thinking of whether a few goats may not be kept with profit on rough land unsuited to cultivation in some of the Eastern States. Cows Going Dry too Long, It pays to take extra pains to get all the milk from cows. They need plenty of good food, too. A little carelessness in milking or in feeding has doomed the owner of a young cow thus treated to the penalty of keeping her three or four months for nothing every year all the remainder of her life. The young heifer’s teats are not large, and it is young heife”s that are most apt to be neglected. The careless milker says that their milk does not amount to enough to pay for clean milking. That is where such a man makes a mistake. It always pays to do the best work. The Horse’s Foot. Rev. W. 11. 11. Murray once laid down a rule in regard to trimming a horse's foot that every horseman in the world should cut out and paste in his hat. ‘'Never,” he says, “allow the knife to touch the sole of a horse’s . foot, nor the least bit of it to be pared away, because nature needs the full bulk of it and has amply provided for its removal at the proper time. Secondly, never allow a knife to bo put to the frog, because nature never provides too much of it to answer the purpose for which the Creator designed it, and the larger it is the more swiftly, easily and safely will the horse go.” Best Soil for Cherries. Cherry tree riots naturally go very deeply, and the trees need a soil that is thoroughly underdrained to at least three feet in depth. If planted where they come in contact with stagnant water the fruit will mildew or rot. Many cherry orchards planted on low ground suffer from too much wet The high and dry ground where the trees thrive best is apt to be deficient in mineral fertility. There is no kind of fruit that is more benefited by a plentiful supply of potash than is the cherry. It should be given every winter, and will then be ready for the cherry tree roots to take up the following season. Insects in Pens. To destroy bugs in seed peas put tho ! peas in water, and the bugs ami injur- > ed peas will rise to the surface. Skim | them off and destroy them Four oIT j the water and spread the peas to dry. : I’eas that have been attacked by weevil should not be used for seed, not j only because such seed may not germi- j nate, but also because more weevil will I be produced to attack the enq Keeping Hens Laying. No hen will lay an egg every day In the year. Even those that are non sitters will not do it at sea-ms when they are moulting, and there is usually a rest of a day or two, if not longer, between the different hatch's, when the natural time comes for the hen to sit. The time of moulting may bo ' shortened by care and good feeding. : giving tho hens the kind of food, meat, etc., that is required to make their new coat of feathers. Warm Water for Young Stock. It may be disputed whether it 1s mvessary to warm water for older animals, but all young stock should have water with the chill taken off of It to drink in winter. The digestion of young animals is weak, and drinking ice-cold water makes it worse. It is this cold water that makes rough, staring coats on calves and colts, no mat ter how well they may be fed. Roots in Transplanting. We had occasion some years ago to remove a thrifty barberry bush. It has never recovered from the shock. ; It was too old and we destroyed too I many of the roots, in proportion to ; the top that was left, and it has merely j lived without making growth of any consequence ever since. It is a lesson to be more careful of the roots than the top in transplanting.—Epitcmist. Farm Notes. When blackberrying, many a largefruited sort is met with, which, if transplanted to the garden, would be as good as any of the cultivated sorts. Some of the best known ones were introduced in this way. It will now delight the Western farmers to learn that a worm has appeared to attack the Ruslan thistle. The worm appears in large numbers and suddenly disappears. Its habits will be studied । at the experiment stations. Unless the surface is very uneven | and the soil light and porous but little I fertility is wasted from manure drawn ' upon tlie field when fresh, even when | the ground is frozen or heavy rains intervene. Thus on many farms, where i the surface is level or only slightly roll- ' I ing, manure may be spread at almost I | any time of the year. A horseman advises to never allow a horse to stand on hot, fermenting manure, as this will soften the hoofs and bring on diseases of the feet; nor permit the old litter to lie under the manger, as the gases will taint his food and irritate his lungs, as well as his eyes. If a horse balks, do not whip him, but let him stop and think it over. After a little reflection and a few tosses of the head he will often start of his own volition. Talk to him kindly, pet him, loosen a strap or a buckle, and he snay forget his obstinate spell. An apple or a bunch of grass from the roadside may win him. Reducing the amount of food is not economy in feeding, as the product may ; be reduced correspondingly. The true way to economize in feeding Is to have animals that will yield the greatest • quantity on a certain allowance of food, and to give them all the food they will - consume aa long as they are giving a profit

PEACE IN THE EAST. ORIENTAL NEWS CONFIRMED OFFICIALLY. Diplomatic Advices Received at AVgbliington Make It Certain that the Negot iat loiih Between China and Japan Have Ended Happily. Terms Agreed Upon. Official confirmation of the report of the signing of the treaty of peace between the plenipotentiaries of Japan and China bus been received by Secretary Gresham. It came from Minister Dun at Tokio, was very brief and merely stated that a treaty of peace had been finally concluded. The minister’s cablegram gave no information respecting the conditions on which the terms of the agreement between the powers had been arrived at. The Chinese Legation also received advices from Japan announcing the signature of terms of peace between China and Japan. It is understood in Washington that the terms agreed upon are in conformity with those already published, saving the amount of the Uulemnity. which was subsequently reduced, probably to an amount estimated to be sufficient to cover all of Japan's war expenses. It is doubted, though, whether it has been brought down ns low as $100,090,000 in gold. In respeeU of the territory which Japan is to possess it is understood in Washington that aside! from Formosa, which is absolutely ceded.’ the rest will be subject only to temporary occupation, probably until all of the indemnity htts been paid. This would leave Japan in temporary possession of the entire Lnotung peninsula from Port Arthur. at the southern extremity, clear up to Mookden, the capital of Manchuria, on the north, and from the Liao river, on which New Chang is situated, on the west to the Corean border on the cast. This amounts to about 3,000 square miles and is populated by about 2,000,000 people. The report of n condition that there should be nn alliance offensive ami defensive between Japan ami China is not credited in Japanese circles, where it is not believed to have been even suggested. On the other hand,some of the diplomatic body are inclined to believe that the alliance has really been made with an earnest purpose to execute it. '1 hey see in it the realization of the prophecy of an emt nent scholar recently made that these two nations would eventually combine against occidental methods and commerce, and their watchword would be Ihe orient for I the orientals.” Li Hung Chang is s.-.id to be convinced i of the wisdom of such n combination. bej lieving that by a close alliance with Japan. I China would secure in return practical control of the commerce of the greatest trading people of the Last. Such a consummation ns this would mean the destruction of European commercial intereats in the orient and it may be that strong opponition w ill soon develop on tho part of some of the powers to this 0 ature of tho agreement. It is to be noted that this agreement la i not final in all respects, but is tempi? a preliminary agreement. indicating on broad lines tho ultimate term* of a definite In aty of pi ace w hit h maj uol be (wrfected for months to <-ome. TO FOUND A STATE. Michigan, Minnesota nod Wi»con«lt» Would Contribut: to Its Territory. It is seriously pre.;*' <-d to create a new State by taking a j . rt < f the thr< ■■ States of Minnesota. Wn, nsm and Michigan, which will be known ti- the State of “Su- : perior.” or "the mineral State. Ibis idea is a modifo .item of tho new State plan SO often repeated, a d its creator is Captain Alex. McD igail. the inventor of the whaleback. Captain McDougall would cut out a terrib ry bounded on tho north by Canada, on the west by the Mis , s.ssippi river. on the s< uth by a line drawn from tho Mi~-.ssippi river along the : southern boundary of tho northern tier of Wis '-csin com.' • * and terminating nt i the extreme tip of the upper peninsula. | Os course, the eastern boundary hue. would lie in the hikes, but that is imiua- ■ ■ terial to the plan. What is aimed at particularly is to place the three great iron ranges, (he Vcnnib j lion, the Mesaba and the Gogebic, in one ! State, so that the interests of none of ' them could bo injured by conflicting legislation and nil might be treated from the same bas s. Should the new State, which would be the forty fifth of the Union, be considered at all, it would have the additional advantage, the captain thinks, of solving the difficulties of long standing I between Duluth and Superior, for. both j cities being in the same State, their interests would be in the main almost identi- । cal. At least there would be no State line to vex and complicate their relations. A West Superior correspondent, in writing of the matter, says Duluth and the northern part of Minnesota have no interests in common with the rest of the State. Wisconsin, it can truthfully be said, Lears tho relation toward Superior and the northern portion of the State, and as for the upper peninsula, it is not, either from a commercial or geographical point of view, a part of the State of Michigan. The new State would be one of the richest in wealth in the Union; it would have more than 500 miles ■ of water front and contain “the head of i the lakes” harbor, which is the gateway | for the trade and commerce of the entire I northwestern country. “Superior,” or j “the mineual State,” would at once be- ! come one of the greatest States of the | Union, it is firmly believed by its advocates. G. A. R. DEPARTMENTS REPORT. They Show a Net Loss of About 3,500 Members in 1894. The national headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic in Rockford, Hl., has received reports from forty-one departments, all except those of Arkansas Kentucky, (iklalioma and Utah. They show the following figures: Members in good standing June 1594-.... 365,442 Gain by muster in 6 906 Transfers 2548 Reinstatements 21 624 Total 387,066 Loss by death 3 418 Honorable discharges 721 Transfers 2,738 Suspensions 16 280 Dishonorable discharges o~ Delinquent reports 1,902 Number remaining in good standing Dec. 31, IS9I 361,940 Net loss 3,502

CLEVELAND ANSWERED. Chairman Harvey of the Bimetallic League Replica to the President. Harvey, chairman of the exe<utivo committee of the Bimetallic -eague, has prepared a reply to the President s letter to the Chicago committee of usiness men. It says in part: In reply to your letter addressed to le committee of business men of this 'iV' that the committee that waited on you. and the persons who attached their names to the invitation did not represent the majority of business men and citizens in this city who take a doy>p interest in the welfare of the republic. '1 hey represented that class that owns money and securities payable in fixed incomes. We respectfully submit that your letter does not present the true merits of the controversy. You call the attention of the farmers anil the wage earners to tho fact that the rising prices, while enabling them to sell their products and labor at higher prices, will also cause them to pay equally more for what they may purchase, but you neglect to say that your statement is not applicable to debts. \\ ith prices coming down regularly and steadily since tho demonetization of silver, our merchants, manufacturers and people generally have been doing business on n falling market, so that tho time : <iJervening between their purchase of their (merchandise or raw material anil placing it months after on the market, removing pie margin they would have had otherwise. This shrinkage in values ndded to the ordinary risk and expense in business, has led to the ever increasing volume of nebt to the money lending period until it has increased al! told, public and private, to about forty billions of dollars, or about two-thirds tho total value of all the property in the United States. Money, and those debts payable in money have been steadily increasing in exchangeable ; value with tho property of the people. Taxes have increased ns expressed in dollars and hnve doubled nnd quadrupled I an measured in the property people surrender with which to pny it since 1^73. We have constantly pointed the people to the ever-increasing exchangeable value of tho creditors' dollar, nnd to the reason why it was incronscd, but the influences of these creditors have dominated your : administration nnd you insist on such currency as they have established ns n sound currency. Wo respects. Hy submit ’ that it wns tho intention of the founders . of this Government that it wns safer that I i pH people should do the thinking for it । than that nny one class should do it for | them. We but express your own opinion ns I*resldent of the people when wo sny that nil people should have nn opportunity to intestignto nnd intelligently pass upon this question.” TALK FREE SILVER. Advocate* of t nlioiilc.l Coinage I're■ent Their Views. The Denver op« n air meeting addressed Tuesday afternoon by the silver champions wns the largest over nssembled in | that city. < 'ongr- ssman Sibley was tho । first speaker, nnd plunged deeply into the I subject at the wry beginning. Ho ndI vised the debam merit of partisanship nnd i tho elevation of patriotism. Frantic aphnve been mode tn educate the pettW‘o In rognnl to “s.-und money." but h* rfhought them wore s-» manv people who Jlrdlcl .dm al that e i that the I gohlitcs hnd a hopeless task ar.d one that was daily Weotnlng more «>. The speak j cr told many amusing stories illustrating i the points made, but the bunion of the I entire speech was that it was nec t -«ary I to unite if hope was to b“ enter! a ined j for the ultimate’ redemption of silver. “Shake off p.rty sp. iK' h-- - cd, 'and I unite’ under the free- - Iver batm-r, icd as i Republicans, tc :n-I » :,: • r s. nor yet ns Populists, but ns fr. e Lorn American citi- | tens." General Warner was the next introduci ed. "We are face to fa c.’ he-aid, “w ith ' the question what is to be our momy ! how is it to be supplied > He undertook to show how the money i I question is the dominant one in politics j to-day. “The line of battle is drawn, 1 monometallism on one side anil bimetal- ! hsm on the other. He proceeded t<> nnaj lyze the ehan.-. s of the restoration of silver within party lines and attempted to I show its iuqtoss'bii’ty. He warm-d his , hearers against putting their trust in an | j international conference. “As well,” he : | said, “for our protection friends to pro- ! pose an international conference on tho ■ tariff. America must and will take care of itself." Both speakers were frequently interrupted with bursts of applause. HAVOC ALONG THE MERRIMAC. I New England Rivers Overflow and Spread Destruction. I The most terrible flood since that of j 1569 has inundated the valleys of Connecticut nnd the reports that have begun ito come in show that it has been particuBarly disastrous. More than fifty families Kn t'oncord alone are practically home- , Miss. The waters that have overflowed Ue banks of the Merrimac are eddying Wbrnugh their homes and they have been Whnndoned. A score of buildings have %>een washed away and carried down the kiver cn the flood. More than 300 persons (were taken from upper floor windows in Hboatn and carried to the uplands. Along tho line of the Concord and Montreal Railroad enormous damage has been done by the washing away of tracks and rolling stock. Twenty-five houses in the village o* Huntonville have been washed away and the Merrimac at that point is six miles wide and sixty feet deep. Much stock has been drowned. The Granite Railroad Company has lost all its tracks and rolling stock. The twin bridges at Boscawen are gone ami at Seawall's Falls the water is thirty feet deep. Haverhill, Mass., whicii is on tho banks of the Merrimac, has suffered severely from the flood, the foundations of at least twenty of the largest business blocks having been washed out and the whole business section of the city being inundated. Many of the shoe factories are closed and fully If),WO operators arc out of work. At Nashua, N. 11., tho water is twelve feet deep over the darn and all business is suspended. The railroads are all tied up and telegraph and telephone service is suspended; the river, running through the center of the city, is twentyfive feet above high water mark. Every bridge over the river at Manchester Is under water and several have gone out. Millions of feet of logs are piled up against those still in place. Not a spindle or loom is working along the whole length of the Merrimac river from its source in northern New Hampshire to Newburyport, Mass.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson —Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection—Half an Hour's Study of tho Scriptures—Timo Well Spent. Lesson for April 28. (tolden I ext. —‘”1 his do in remembrance of me."— Luke 22: 19. As the text given would indicate, the subject of this lesson is "The Lord's Supper,’’ Mark 11: 12-26. The Lord’s supper in its true conception emphasizes the < hrist rnllier than the meal. It is not tho elements that are to fix our attention but the person suggested by the elements. "This do in remembrance of me.” Mimi and heart must be clear and active, or wo will miss the blessing. "Take, eat, this is my body not in substance but in shadow. For when Christ spoke the word he was still in the body. And so. just ns the disciples at the first looked beyond nnd above the bread nt the renl Christ, so will we in humble trust "till he come." "And as they did oat Jesus took bread and blessed and brake it." He brings his own nnd our provision with him. Or rather ho takes our poor providing and turns it into heavenly substance. The passover is changed into the Lord's supper. The bitter is turned to sweet: in other words, he takes the bitter nnd leaves us the sweet. Right in the midst of the old supper he institutes the now. And how happy we are that in our pain and penury we let him in! <> believe it: । “Behold I stand at the door, nnd knock, \ if nny man hear my voice, and open the do< r. I will come in to him. and will sup ; with him, nnd he witli me." "Take, ent, this is my body." Christ : says it. Fix the eye upon him. How j could Luther have made the mistake of supposing that Christ then nnd there, or ; nt nny time after, since he even liveth 1 to make intercession, transferred himself ! into the midst of the material bread and - wine? The disciples understood him and ; reverenced not the bread but tho Lord. And forward to. "Until that day." says Jesus. This lifts the heart away from the damps nnd fogs of earth to the | glorious light of the throne. Christ is ; coming ngnim The Supper looks forward ■to it. It is m>t a funeral occasion; it is a glad •'■■.•'st of niith ipntiou. So take it. ent it "till lie comes." “Amen. Even ■ s<> ( em< Lord Jesus." 11. tit- imd 11 lust rat imiH. Wir t is the proper demeanor for the oh rvii’eo of the Lord's Supper? Not ; gl >m, neither mirth; but a kind of glad i s demn-ty or solemn joy. That blessed | old hymn puts it well: ; "Father, what'er of earthly bliss Thy sovereign « ill denies. | A< ■ ept> d at a throne <>f grace, t Let ties (ict it ion rise. > “Give me n enlm and thankful heart. From every murmur free; I he I>l< ss.itgs of thy grace impart, Ami make me Hv. to thee. “L' t tlo- so ret that thou art mine M; life nml death attend; T' , ;.r. through my journey shine, \t. I < t"« u my .journey's end." • tin Lord ttmk- ito mistake in his preidutmns The <lis< ipl« s found it "ns he ! u'l - -I tmto them." Ditl thej ever find ■' < than so. ami shall we ever find it I'l ■ re be those who are enm -titig lo convince us that our Lord's ; Io imitation included much of human ig- : •t - and liability to error. <)ur lack q cot^i. t oq here may be die- to dull- ; p< rhnps. yet we have never been :tb!>’ to think comfortably, and ns wo beI 1 -ve rightly, of our Utrd. in such a con;'a n ~f his tin-anthropic nature. His i I 'ttmiUitv took not ar. ay from his deity. * I s deity did not thwart or submerge his 1 imaiiiry. lie was always everywhere ! wholly i L il. wholly iiian. Deal with tho ' mystery ns you will, but leave us our ( hiist, i • rfe< t God, [terfeet man. able i !•> save unto the uttermost. Says John Reid, "We sometimes compare one man with another, but Christ can bo compared with no one. He cannot even be th- - There are some who decline to come to 'bo Lord's table because there arc those* present whom they cannot fellowship. But Christ ate with his betrayer. “One of you which enteth with mo,” lie says, “shall betray me.” Whether we understand Judas to have gone out before the institution of the Lord's supper or n^r. the fact remains the same that so far as fellow ship wns concerned. Christ was i not withheld from tho feast by the pres- | once of an unworthy guest. The mistake । hero is plain. It is putting the empha- ! sis at tin- table on man rather than in his ; Lord. “Our sins will not save you,” was ; a right answer to the one who was stay- | ing away from Christ because of the in- | consistencies of Christians. So also to I 'he man or woman who stays away from i the table because of undeserving partaki ers we may say, "Our want will not refresh you, or our deficiencies make up for i your lack.” The Lord's supper was both a fulfilment and an advance upon the passover. The । significance and worth of each depended on this, that there should be a distinct stop of progress here. Dr. Trumbull, when a soldier, took his boy to one of the great saviours of our country and said: “I want my boy to meet you, general, so that in after years lie may feel, when he knows of your fame, that lie has taken you by the hand.” The officer's pregnant response, as he took the boy's hand was, "I hope you will make a better man than your father.'’ Quick came Dr. Trumbull's rejoinder, “Unless he is, general, both our lives are a failure.” “A large upper room furnished and prepared.” How have we let the Lord into our lives? Has he come in at the rear door to be overlooked and forgotten, like a wayfaring man that tarries f^r the I night; or have we let him in at the front , door and given him the choice upper ' room, an honored guest? According as we let him in and welcome him does he uplift and bless us. He glorifies us as wo glorify him. Dr. D. M. Stearns has aptly said. “Just as the Lord asked Simon for i the loan of his boat that he might speak I from it to the people, so lie is asking us for these bodies of ours —earthen vessels j (Rom. xii., 1-2. 2 Cor. iv., 7), that out of (hem he may continually preach his word through us in the [lower of the Spirit. It is ours to yield to him, be filled with the word and the Spirit, and let him work in us “both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Next Lesson —“The Agony in GethsemJtn/x.” —Mark 14: 32-42

— INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH. FULLY RECORDED. An Intere.tm^ Summary of the More Im. portant Dolans of Onr Neighbors-Wed dln Bsan <l Deaths-Crlmcs, Cavities and General News Notes. Condensed State News. /M **.mi (ot xTY s talking about buying the toll roads. Ei.wood gas company will lay an entire new system, costing $50,030. Three towns in Miami County are named Chili, Ebenezer and Gilead. Frankfort has decided to put down brick pavement on its principal streets. The residence of John Freiisheimer, a pioneer of Delaware county, was destroyed by fire. Mn«. S?<ai!e, near Loogootee, accidentally fell in a barrel of water and was drowned. Richard Hart, a Panhandle brakeman, was crushed to death by a switch engine at Richmond. J. E. Wolfe, editor of the Terre Haute Journal, was found dead in a bath tub. Heart disease. Gforoe W. Kioar, in Warren County, was almost instantly killed in an accident at his saw-mill. Henry Berning, an Allen County fanner, was fatally injured in a runaway near Fort Wayne. Oscar H am, laborer, fell from a wagon at Lebanon, and was impaled on an iron rod, fatally injuring him. Stephen Gregory, a farmer east of Brooklyn, was found insane wandering over the streets at Brooklyn. Addison Albertson, a farmer near Muncie, fell under a wagon loaded with tiling, and was instantly killed. Thomas Hi rt, a prominent Miami county farmer, committed suicide by hanging himself in the barn with a log chain. A < hii.d of the late widow Spoonmoore, of Star City, fell from the hotel porch, a distance of fourteen feet, and suffered injuries which proved fatal. The third gas company has just been organized at Farmland with James K. P. Gray, president; IL L. Wilson, secretary; A. W. Conyers, treasurer. ITiof. T. O. Mott, of Richmond, superintendent of the Wayne County Schools, has been elected to the superintendency of the .Madison. Ind., schools (or next year. The farmers of Wayne and Henry counties, near Dalton, are making an at- ; tempt t<> head off robbers and thieves, i Bloodhounds will be purchased by popular I subscription. r Score Stivers, insane. Liberty, imagined God had ordered him to torture himself, and he gouged 150 wounds into his body with a knife. It took several people to overpower him. May die. Mu. D. A. Cm (.ter. cashier of tho fanners' Bank, of Frankfort, has contracted with an Indianapolis firm for a ten-thousand-dollar mausoleum to be erected on his lot at Greenlawn Cemetery. John Albomson, fifty years old, while hauling tile to his farm new Farmland, his । team ran away and the loaded wagon ; passed over his body, breaking his back and otherwise injuring him. lie cai not I recover. I r is announced from Ingalls that there are more families in town than there are j houses, and some people are living in woodsheds until houses can be completed. Ingalls promises to have a relapse of the boom fever. “Beck" Stani.ey, of Logansport, Ind., is conducting a temperance campaign in Boonville. The meetings have fairly legun and oxer two hundred have signedthe total al stanence pledge. -V good citizens’ club will be organized. Dr. Thos. B. Redding of New Castle, widely know in inethodist circles, fell into a cistern, and was downed. He was 54 years of age and had attained considerable prominence as a scientist. Was formerly j a newspaper man and later a lawyer. Department Commander Shiveley, ct the G. A. R., has made known the following appointments made by him: Senicr aid-de-canq>, Henry C. Tinney, of Lafayette; department inspector, Joseph Gill, of Washington: judge advocate, B. F. Williams, of Wabash; chief mustering officer, A. F. Spaulding, of Wabash; colorbearer, C. M. Sailers, of Wabash. Baptism very much out of the ordinary was conferred on four babes at the First Presbyterian Church, Muncie, by Rev. Hays. A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. John iI. Hartley returned from a twelve months’ trip to foreign lands, and while gone visited the River Jordan. Mr. Hartley secured a quantity of water from the stream, and this was used by Rev. Hays in administering the sacred rites. In a gas explosion, three miles north of. Elwood, three men. Tom Disler, Frank .McGuire and "William Gates, were badly burned. It is thought all will recover. The explosion occurred at a newly-drilled gas well and the men were engaged in packing it. The explosion wrecked the i derrick and the well continued to buui.^, i long after the derrick was in ashes. The I foreman of the gang of drillers, whose 1 names is Claver, then rigged up some pipes and connected the steam pipes with the gas well and succeeded in deluging the escaping gas with steam, extinguishing the flame. Patents have been issued to the following persons in Indiana: Melvillß. Boudiijot, Vincennes, Wagon: Philip G. Decker, Anderson, means for separating gas and water or gas and oil; Winfield Dunckel, Terre Haute, lilting hoist: Asa R. Hoy and H. I). Harris, said Hoy assignor to A'. 11. Lockwood, Indianapolis, valve lock; AValter A. Scott, Evansville, gig saddle; Charles N. Teetor, Aluncie railway velocipede: Martin Wanner, Yorklown, process and apparatus for refrigeration; Dwight W. Williamson, F. J. Milholland and C. A. Kessler, assignors to D. IV. M illiamson & i Co. and Adams Ji Williamson.lndianapolis, pressure plate for veneer cutting machines; James J. Wood, Fort IVayne, electric switch. John Smith of Kokomo, went insane, and, after burning his clothing and furniture, tried to kill his wife and children, but tiie pronqit arrival of the police prevented the tragedy. John Reed, a young man of Union City was killed by an electric light wire. Just how the accident happened will probably always remain a mystery, but it is supposed that he took hold of the cable which holds the street lamp, forming a short circuit. His screams attracted attention of people passing on the street, who say his body was thrown a distance of fifteen feet. The accident happened only a few yards from b’s home.