St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 March 1897 — Page 7

CULTURE OF GRASS. ORCHARD GRASS THE BEST FOR PARKS AND ORCHARDS. It Requires a Deep, Finely Pulverized Soil—For a Pasture, Well Drained, Moist Land Is Necessary—Notice* able Art in Agriculture. Grass. For parks and orchards, and upon dry soils, orchard grass is one of our most profitable grasses, says the Baltimore American. The soil must be made fertile, deep and mellow. The roots run down a long distance into the ground. It therefore requires a deep, finely pulverized soil. The seed is very light, feeling like chaff, and weighing but fifteen pounds to the bushel. It usually sells for $1.75 to SI.BO per bushel. Two bushels of fresh seed should be sown to the acre, and one peck of clover seed. These seeds should be sown over the soiling rye ground early in March, so as to get fully rooted before hot weather. The rye will be fit to cut by the middle of April, and by the 10th of May, being all cut off, the ground should be heavily rolled, and dressed with twenty bushels of lime to the acre. By the middle of July a half crop of excellent grass can be cut, ami by the middle of September another crop. Manure the ground in the fall, and if it is wanted for hay, do not pasture the ground. This grass delights in a deep, rich, clay loam; upon poor, thin, sandy or gravelly soils, it would prove a failure. The seeding should be done early in the season, and thirty pounds, or two bushels, of seed should be sown to the acre. For a pasture grass it is very valuable, as, when once set, it will continue to spring up and grow after every graziug. For pasture, sow it on deep, welldrained, moist land. The ground must be heavily dressed with rich, finely rotted manure. Any one carefully following these directions will find that it is a most valuable grass, either for feeding at the barn or for pasture. On poorly prepared, thin soils, using but little seed, it will not give satisfaction. With slipshod methods the grass would prove a failure, and should not be sown. Barn Ventilation. If the barn is not ventilated enough to give the cows a sufficiency of oxygen, then all the carbon is not burned up and dead matter-soil—ls left in the system, and this tits it to be a fertile place for the tuberculous germs io make a lodgment, and the cows will have tuberculosis just in the order they are predisposed to the disease from weak lungs or any other cause. I have been in quite a number of stables where the commissioners had applied the test—in one they had taken fourfifths of the cows where there was no chance for air o get in. yet the owners told me that the officers never said a word to them about ventilation. The horse and ox seldom have tuberculosis, as they have a chance to get outdoors aud fill their lungs with fresh air and get rid of the dead carbon which has been accumulating in me system. I will stake my reputation that many herds tested last year will show the same, or nearly the same, ratio of suspected cases this year. If again subjected to the tuberculin test. Ventilation should be looked after, and when that is done we shall seldom hear much about tuberculosis. Farmers should look well after ventilation and thus avoid disease. Open your ventilators wide, particularly warm nights. Now is the time cattle take the disease. — Agriculturist. Grinding Corn on the Cob. The cob possesses some nutrition, though when fed whole it is hard to digest. But if ground fine with the corn on it the mixture makes a feed on which cattle will thrive better than on corn meal not thus distended in bulk. It is well known to stock feeders that the chief difficulty with them is ‘‘getting off their feed” if even a slight excess of food is given. In carefully conducted experiments it was found that more corn could be eaten without injury when ground with the cob than if shelled and ground separately. So whether the corn cob contributed to the result directly or did not, there can be no question that at least for fattening stock there is an advantage In grinding them together over that of feeding the corn separately. To Prevent Milk Fever. After having a twenty-cow dairy for the past twenty years, and having them come fresh at all times in the year, a writer in the Country Gentleman says he has never had a case of milk fever in summer, and only two in cold weather, and the reason is simply “exercise.” He is a strong advocate of exercise for a dairy cow, although he would not give it in the same manner that he would do a trotting horse. While a cow may live and keep fat by being tied by the neck, from fall till spring, as a pig will being confined in a pen, yet this is not the proper thing to do.—Country Gentleman. Art in Agriculttire. Art in agriculture is coming to be more and more noticeable every day. With the advent of new methods, improved implements and a wider knowledge of the field, the agriculturist is rising higher and higher in the field of useful or ornamental art as the years go by. We may say that sharp competition is no small factor in this progressive movement, says the American Student. Take, for example, the manner in which certain products are prepared for the open market. The improvement in the condition of certain dairy products and fruit on the market in the last few years is truly wonderful. The reason, of course, is that people always buy that article which is put up in the most

[ tasty and attractive style, and are will* ' ing to pay a little more for it. With this change comes a more wholesome effect upon the article Itself, and dls- ' ease is much less disseminated through food at the present time than formerly. Greater precautions are taken now than ever before in preventing the spread of contagious diseases In this manner, and, with the increase in the size of the cities and the greater liability to ill-health, these precautions cannot be observed too carefully. Thus, the agriculutrist, to be successful, must keep right up to date in his readings and methods.—Wisconsin Farmer. Hints to Fruit Growers. Blackberries are a profitable fruit and may be grown with little labor on almost every farm. Never crowd the orchard. Trees should have room to grow; they need plenty of ground and free sun. In setting out an orchard confine yourself to a few, well selected varieties of each fruit; as you become experienced you can add new ones. It pays to set out shade trees around the orchard to protect the trece from storms; they also assist greatly In beautifying the premises. It is poor policy to depend on a single crop, failure is apt to come, and It is most disastrous to the man who has placed all his hopes on one crop. Don't imagine that to have a profitable orchard all you have to do is to buy trees, plant them and afterwards allow them to take their own chances. Thore are two dangerous extremes in •the selection of varieties for the orchard. The one Is the liability of selecting too few. aud the other too many. You can strike the medium If you observe carefully the success of other people. Every horticulturist ought by this time to know all about the copper solution for fungus diseases. The usual mixture is six pounds of copper sulphate and four pounds of lime to twen-ty-two gallons of water. Sprayers are so numerous that it is difficult to name any one that Is better than another. Poultry Notes. Cleanliness is the best disinfectant. Exercise is good medicine and cheap. Dry, warm quarters are a joy to poultry Just now. If you desire strong eggs for early Incubation you should mate up your hens at once. In saving the droppings, mix them with dry earth before they have a chance to freeze. Clover, by displacing grain, supplies the hens with substances which are lacking in grain, aud also bulky food for heating. Don’t forget to keep the grit-box well : filled. This Is especially important when the ground is frozen hard, or covered with snow. Boiling of brine, as strong ns It can be made, is an effective remedy for I white mites. Apply to the roosts and dropping boards with a whitewash brush. Be always on the watch against i draughts la the roosting house. A cold at this time of the year is very apt to run into roup aud ruin your Hoek. He who would keep poultry successfully in Dills northern country, must know that the house must be warm and free from draughts; It Is the warmth which brings the eggs. Be sure that the water fountains are not allowed to freeze up. The best thing to do is to turn out the water as soon as all the fowls have had a good drink. They should be watered at least twice a day, if you wish a full egg basket. What Hats Weigh. “Do you know the actual weight of a hat’.'" queried the .spruce salesman, as he handed out several "new styles." "People don’t generally. 1 asked a man that question yesterday and he guessed fourteen ounces on that hat, which weigh exactly four and a half. An ordinary silk hat weighs only seven. "I looked up the matter recently, and so I know precisely. A ‘silker’ Is almost the heaviest hat made, though hunting hats weigh more for their having an inner lining of great stiffness and strength to save a man if he should be thrown on his head. The hunting top hats weigh ten ounces, and the hunting derbys nine. A winter derby weighs five and a quarter ounces, varying a quarter ounce either way for 1 size, and a summer soft felt three and three-quarter ounces. "When it comes to women's headgear there-are all sorts of weights, though seldom does a woman's hat of any kind run more than seven ounces. It depends on the kind of trimming and fallals. Some ribbons are heavy, and so are some artificial flowers. Jet is heavy, too. The average little boneut ! weighs two ounces to two and a half, a ] trimmed ‘sailor’ three and a half, and a | ‘Sennett’ (the kind that have brims stiffened with glue), four and three-quar-ters. “Tl.e French ‘creations’ are heavier, but they are not so weighty as you might suppose. Six and a half to seven oune?s means a big hat, and one you would need X rays to see through, If you happened to sit behind it.”—New York Herald. The Silver Lining. The palsied old man sat by the fire, his head shaking from side to side in 1 the manner peculiar to his complaint. “It must be awful to be afflicted that way,’’ said the sympathetic young man. “Oli,” said the old gentleman, “I find it right handy in the summer when I want to look at a two-ring circus.” A widower is saved from a second marriage by his daughters as often as the wheat is saved by the snow. The crown octavo page Is 7^ by 4% Inches.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson —Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection—Half an Hour’s Study oi the Scriptures—Time Well Spent. Review Lesson for March 28. 1. Christ’s Ascension. Acts 1: 1-14 2. The Holy Spirit Given. . .Acts 2: 1-13 3. A Multitude Converted.. Acts 2:32-47 4. The Laine Man Healed. .Acts 3: 1-K5 5. The Boldness of Peter and John, Acts 4: 1-14 6. True and False Giving, Acts 4: 32; 5: 11 7. The Prison Opened Acts 5: 17-32 8. The First Christian Martyr, Acts 6: 8-15; 7: 54-00 9. The Disciples Dispersed. .Acts 8: 1-17 10. The Ethiopian Convert. Acts 8: 20-40 11. Saul, the Persecutor, Converted, Acts 9:1-12; 17-20 12. Christian Self-Restraint, 1 Historical The lessons of the—WLiart^^^g the last, coyer the period ns-j cension of Christ to the Saul; from A. D. 30 to (pi^ ‘ 37. This is the flrat of the into which the history of th&ni OrfTnl the first century naturally falls: (1) 30-37; (2) 37-08. from Saul's conversion to his death—characterized by his missionary activity and work of training churches; (3) 68-100, the spread of the church throughout the known world; persecutions; writing of the gospels. Perhaps the first period, characterized by the supremacy of the church at Jerusalem, should be extended to Paul's first missionary journey, some eight years after Saul’s conversion. The lessons may be placed in three groups, as follows: (1) The church enters on its divine mission. (al With the parting command of Christ (Lesson li. (b) With the endowment of the Spirit (Lesson 2). (e) With signs of redeeming power manlfest4Lesson 3). (2) The church continues to grow.wnotwithstanding the opposition of the rulers. (a) A typical miracle (Lesson 4c (b) The leading apostles attacked but unsilenced (Lesson 5). (c) Internal blessings and difficulties (Lesson G). (d) The apostles divinely restored to work ( Lesson 7>. (3) Storm and stress. The church via lently attack d and scattered, ami the beginnings of a larger future are seen. (ni The first martyr (Lesson si. (b) The church scattered (Lessen 'Ji. (c) A typical conversion of a foreigner (Lesson 1(1). (dl The chprch's greatest enemy becomes her greatest leader the apo<qle oi world wide evangelization (Le-- m 11 >. The characteristics of the- three gr ains are fairly well marked. The first, which includes the ascension and Pentv' "St, is | the time of spiritual • saltation and ex überame, a m wly found jsiwer, the beauty of beginnings. The second. uhi« h eov m nearly the whole of tlie -even years, is n period of steady growth within the narrow limits of Jcni-a)em; I met ami held ha< k: the Im giimiim- of »r gatiizatioii in the church, «r,h :>j ■ in’ ment of demon'* and a semi ommmi:stic holding of property. The third, t oermg a few months in pal ~r 37. is tl.- p. r of the first violent shock whi« h the < bins h had to meet, in which it lost a young and more eloquent lender So phon, amj gmo cd a young and mon- eloqm nt lender Saul. The latter i- the dominant ; , r> •■ .a the history of th.- following thirty years, which we are to study during the next eight months. How to Tt'ach the Lcwioni One suggestion how to make the review interesting i- to make effective use of the two appearances of Christ in the quarter’s lesson, nt the beginning and at the end: the ascension, and the lippenranee to Saul on the road to Dam:.-, ns. Rei ailing the circumstances of the first ami of the second, group the rest of the events under some such head ns "What the Lord saw during his seven years in heaven." For a previous period of three years he had been journeying up and down the land preaching and working wonders, but chiefly training disciple-. Now he had left the world for seven years, though still present in his Spirit. During those years his followers achieved a first wonderful success, then settled do\\ n to steady work, disfiirbed but not frustrated by opposition without, the treachery within; finally, they were thrown into temporary confusion by violent persecution, mid scattered abroad to begin the execution of tlie Great Commission entrusted to them seven years before. At this point, the end of the firs^ act of the great drama, a mw figure i.<to appear, to work out divine plans of unimagined magnitude; and to summon him into the action the Lord once more becomes visible to mortal eyes, looking upon the earth for which so little, comparative1 ly, had been done during his absence. Il is words were a reproach to a typical .Jew of the best sort for the blindness and rebellion which he and those he represented displayed towards their natural Lord ind Master. The net result of those seven years, then, had been a little leavening of the lump, a small harvest from a small soiling. The events of the last months had startled the disciples from their comfortable enterprise of municipal evangelization. mid the beginning of a new era was at hand. Next Lesson -“Peter Working Miracles.”—Acts 9: 32-43. Hospitality. Hospitality is a Christian virtue, and it is one of the most effective modes of evangelization. Few' efforts for the good of others are more fitted to be effective than when Christian men and women of standing invite to their tables the young ami the humble, who see there the culture and the charm of a Christian home.—J. 11. Stalker. I’eace with God is impossible without pardon. No child can feel comfortable under the roof of its father with the sting of guilt in its conscience and the sense of sin, not as yet forgiven. An unforgiven sin is like a thorn in the flesh—a sonstant source of irritation and a menace to the health of the body. It must be removed, and the sooner the better. The longer it remains the more grievous the mischief and the more difficult the task of removing it.

by storm and flood. TREMENDOUS damage over a WIDE AREA. ^i«consin, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska, lowa, Tennessee, Arkan■as, Mississippi and A labania Suffer from the Greatest Visitation in Years _ And the Floods Came. 0 . . e P ccu ’* ar meteorological conditions L thepast few weeks culminated Friday »d Saturday in floods which for vasttss ot volume and extent excel anything tion. A i K t ° ry . J 0f the «mntry. All secSomi ° f * lO M est. Northwest and int» ' report tremendous damage by riswL aUd u ”eontrolled streams. Bridges f rom highways and railways; den / Wer ° fl - 00ded t 0 " navigable far ’ Plantations ami cities which ... , -'ears had suffered immunity from of* i ,; lns er, became submerged; millions 1 dollars of damage to buildings and l' e atoek resulted. In Missouri there ■■|j^rt‘d great loss of life; while in TenMHMlW^rkaiisas, Mississippi, Wisconsin ^»ud lowntliousailds of people were driven ofrom their homes in imminent peril, to Jyatch the destruction of everything they 3ad-in the world. wOf Northern cities, Milwaukee was the worst sufferer. The district of the city I'll own as the Menominee Valley, was grWbmerged to a depth of over ten feet, mid a large number of people were imprisoned in their homes for hours until boats were sent to rescue them. Fully fifty houses had water up to the second story, and hundreds were made untenable. The West Milwaukee shops were flooded, and the bridge nt the Monarch stone quarry was carried out. Basements in the business district were filled, as was also the condition at Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. Elroy lost her great iron bridge, and at Port Washington the railway bridge and a freight train were wrecked. At Kenosha and Richland streams were out of banks. At Luverne, Minn., the Little Rock River was a mile wide, pouring a vast volume into the Sioux. A dozen bridges in Southwestern Minnesota went down, and all traffic on several brunches of the Great Northern, Northwestern and Milwaukee lines running Northwest lowa j and Eastern South Dakota was bus- j pended. Advices from Omaha say: "With every ; stream inI*Nebraska 1 *Nebraska and Western lowa : pouring a flood of unusual projiortions ; into the Missouri River ami the enormous volume of water coining down ’ from the tu-^h from Jhe tributaries of ; that stream, the indications are that one of the most disastrous floods in this re- I gion of the Missouri valley is certain. From the north to the south State line of Nebraska the Missouri is full of heavy 1 ice, and in some places, the channel is ! solidly'blocked with enor-nons gorges of b-e. The frequency with which these gorges are forming mid giving way in the Mi-s.oiri ami its N- ernska tributaries Is causing the volume of water to fluctuate in the most remarkable manner. Thus far the damage in the interior of the State ns n result of the swollen streams is mmh lunvo r than along the Mi-souri where the l< ill for, e of the flood h’.s scarcely yet be, u felt. The damage ) n mg tl - Mboeari .. < nin.-d very large ly to the lowa sale, ulere the lam! is mu It Io J. r than • t . the rn -hore." l ai:. <1 Sia’es W< ither < tbserver Welsh of Omaha said Friday night: "I do not desire to j.osc s.s an alarmist, but I can not see how the Xf -- ;ri l a • in this locality can js>s.dbly .s. ape a most dis astnms flood. Perhaps tl • e • may mote out before the greater of water Is rej,ased from the i i’ll. Jmt the indicationa now are most nlnrming- M> ad vice is to those on the lowlands in town and Nebraska to pnq • re to see some ex ceedingly high water Th® i< e is sohd in the Mi- oqri nt Sioux City, and the river is rising rapidly. Gorges nre f ruling ami the p> ■ pie living along the lowlands nre vacating their h»m< s a ml moving thmr property to highe4_^rounds. At scores of points large forces of men nre nt work with dynauiite bnmking up ’>* ice gojg At Sioux City the Sioux City and Northern bridge Went out. ns did all 'Cie - - :arcs over tlie Floyd from Le Mars down. The Big Sioux passed all previous marks, entirely flooding the village of Westfield and making a clean swo p of Milwaukee and St. Paul luidges and culverts. In the Minnesota South Dakota affecteddistricts, many towns were submerged, and all rail traffic stopped. Luverne, Spring Valley, Faribault aud Preston, in Minnesota, and Centerville. X ermilion. Pembina, and Jamestown, in the Dakotas. all suffered severely. In Tennessee, Memphis was high and yet surrounded by water; awl the cjA’ was overrun by thousands of refugees, brought in by steamers which had navigated over what is ordinarily fertile territory. These wTugces wore in the nowit abject destitution, nearly all colon?d. and very unruly. Belief from outaije will ourely be needed. For several dtns six regular steam craft were engined in penetrating the flooded country to the uttermost possible limit, and beyond that limit almost innumerable smaller vessels have been pushed to the remotest corners., Chicago's particular portion of these remarkable conditions took the form of enormous precipitation of water, and a Stygian darkness at mid-afternoon Friday. Business stopped with a jolt. Blackness and an impenetrable pall of fog made electric headlights of motor cars invisible across the street. Sixteen-story buildings were hidden from sight. In all districts a semi-panic prevailed, for remembrance of the St. Louis cyclone was vividly awakened. People scurried like frightened rabbits into any burrow that promised protection. This condition lasted but a few minutes, but was repeated several times, when ensued a down-pour resembling a cloudburst, followed later by violent electric storms, raising dire con fusion in tire alarm and electric light stations. Aside from flooded basements no damage is reported. Representative hall at Lansing. Mich., was closely packed by members'of the Legislature and citizens of Michigan who participated in a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the State eapital at Lansing and.the sixtieth anniversary of the admission of Michigan to the Union. Mrs. Mollie. Grady died at Knoxville, Tenn., from a peculiar trouble. She had been unconscious for ten days. One hour before her death her skull burst open. Then her feet and hands turned, reversing their natural position.

both are executed SCOTT JACKSON AND WALLING DIE ON ONE SCAFFOLD. Former Made Another Confession De* •taring His Companion Innocent, But Took It Back—Justice Avenged *he Murder of the Hoosier Girl. Were Strangled to Death. Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were hanged in Newport, Ky., Saturday for the murder of Pearl Bryan, of Greencastle, Ind. Both were strangled and died in gievt agony. Both declared their innocenc® after the death warrant was read. On arriving at the scaffold the prisoners stpod with bowed heads while a prayer was said. At its conchu-ion they bid farewell to those’grouped about them. Pastor Lee was overcome after his prayer at the final scene on the scaffold and had to be carried away. Jackson kept up his reputation by making another alleged confession in the morning and succeeded 'in delaying tho execution. He said Walling was not guilty of murder. Jackson had Pastor Leo, the death watch, Walling, and all stand up as ho repeated that Walling is ■ I wwiWv i WS J SCOTT JACK SOX—ALONZO XVA BEING. not guilty. This proceeding stopped the | march to the gallows. Sheriff Plummer i called in Walling’s attorneys ami they wired Gov. Bradley. Jackson broke completely down just as the march to the gallows was ordered to start, ami wept like a child ns he cried out that Walling was not guilty. Gov. Bradley, on receipt of the dispntch, called up Circuit Judge Helm*by telephone ami had an extemb-d conference with him. The Gov »rtior expressed the to'licf that Jackson's confession was only intended to gain time; ilia: it meant nothing, ns it simply stated that Walling , was not guilty of murder. The Governor decided to let th® execution proceed, and wired the Sheriff that if Jackson made a stateim-ut on th>« galhevs exonerating Walling to -iispeml Walling's execution until further directions. Would Not Clear Wnllinc:. After coming front the consultntiot with the Gov< ruor Judge Helm told Jackson that he must hang ami if he allowed Walling to hang with hitc he would have to nnswer to his M uk< r for a double crime. He also inipr, --oil Jackson with the fact that if he went before his Maker with a lie on his lips he would be doing a double wrong. He then gave Jackson five minutes in w!d< li to make up his mind leaving him unattended except by th- death wat h. At the expiration of the time Jm ksott -aid that he could not say that z - JI c ; ' (I •! v FEARr. BRYAN. Walling was innocent. This settled the fate of both prisoners. Just before leaving the cell Walling said: “I will tell you now at the last moment of my life that I was not there and I am innocent of the whole crime. Jackson has said as much, but it seems it will not save me. I cannot say any more. I will say no more on the scaffold.” An immense crowd was present, but was not allowed to see the bodies after they were taken down. The funeral of Jackson was held at Newport, and that of Walling at Hamilton. Jackson's remains were buried at Wiscasset, Me. The directors of the cemetery^at Greencastle, Ind., where the remains of Pearl Bryan rest, refused to let Jackson's body be buried there. The first session of the annual convention of the Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit and Benevolent Association was held at San Francisco, the delegates and guests numbering 200, while as many more members and friends of the local organization were present. Throe farmers driving across the tracks at Zeeland, Mich., were struck by a northbound Chicago and West Michigan passenger train. Martin De Haan and Simon Boerize were killed and Henry Driesings probably fatally injured. The Sultan of Turkey is declared to be a domestic man, intensely fond of his children, for whom he has a tiny theater, wherein they play small parts for the delectation of their papa. About half a man's time is taken up signing petitions and protests.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Starving Workmen on the Chicago and Southeastern Go on a Strike and Tie Up the Road—Clarkshu g Has a Domestic Sensation. Ties Up the Line. 1 he employes of the < 'hieago and South* eastern (the old Indiana Midland) at the Anderson end of the line went out on a strike Saturday night and tied tho road up tight. There were forty-nine men at work. Forty-seven of these went out and have taken an oath not to return to xxjork until the company pays them the six months’ wages now in arrears. The company and the whole thing is a capitalist of Chicago and New York. The entire road was tied up three months ago and the men got one month's pay. It is likely the present strike will extend all along the line. The condition of the workmen is pitiable. They have had but one pay day in six months. Their wages tn begin with are very low. qq,,.^. p av ,.. . been given due bills, but these to sell at 75 cents on the dollar. Three months ago brokers absolutely refused to touch them nt 35 cents on the dollar. The workmen’s homes are bare and starvation is at hand. A month ago the men appointed a committee to demand nay. They were told tho company was in u bad way financially; that it had just acquired a road in Florida and was spending all the money it could get hold of improving the property. This angered the starving men and they met Saturday and asked for payThe demand was refused and forty-seven of the forty-nine took an oath over a Bible not to return to work or release trains until they were paid in full. They say every man on the line xvill go out this time. The line runs from Brazil to Anderson and does a very good-business. Wife XX hips Her Hueband. Clarksburg, a village of I,(W inhabitants a few miles from Greensburg, was thrown into a state of excitement Saturday morning by a family skirmish. A resident of the town left his wife a few weeks ago. He returned home early Saturday morning and attempted to gain an entrance into the house, but was beaten off with a club held by his wife. He secured re-enforcements from among his friends and made a second attempt, which was more disastrous. The window lights were broken and two of the children severely injured. The husband was badly bruised, as were several of the neighbors who tock sides in the affair. All Over the State. At Richmond. Albert Sporten committed suicide by shooting. Albert A. Small, will be the next postmaster nt Anderson, succeeding I). J. Crittenberger. <'ongrei sman Henry made the announcement. A natural gas explosion wrecked a house at Muncie, badly injuring R. O. Mull V As N T <*« nml fntnlly burning Mrs. MuH. - - - The 5-cent cut in the block coal miners' scale in the Brazil dis rict is in effect, i he miners claim it is impossible to make a living nt the reduced scale. Near Cincinnati. Ohio. Postoffice In-sp-i tor Lawrence L. Leiherman, of Valparaiso, was held up ly two footpads and robbed of considerable money and jewelry. The men stabbed him tw^e in the face. His injuries are very painful. < >liier Cousins, of Middletown, Ohio, says lie is engaged to Jennie Doty, who attempted to commit snicNle at the Grand Hotel at Imiianapolis. He declares he never mistreated the git I. and is unable to offer any explanation f-r her act. Miss Doty recovered consciousness, but refused to answer questions. Mrs. Catherine Tingley, the theosopbic leader. w:is stunned Friday night on the train which took her to Fort Wayne, but not otherwise hurt. The air brake on her train broke and the sudden stop threw her against a seat. She was able to attend the meeting of theosophists in Standard Hall, but being in bad voice did not participate in the exercise?. For several weeks a Mian has been assaulting women in ths eastern part of Terre Haute. He worjd grab them and after attempting to carets them run away. It so litqqx-ned that a p.dieenian was near enough to hear the screams of the last one assaulted ami caught the fellow. He is a eelored man named David Braxton. A number of the women who have been assaulted have identified him. For the third time Mrs. Jane Burke of J luntiiigton lias obtaii^d a verdict against the city of Huntington for injuries received from being thrown down by a defective sidewalk in that place. A jury in the Wabash Circuit <: >urt. after a hotlycontested trial, fixed r i r damages at $2.ooil. (in the former {rials she lias given $3.5(10 and $3,000. T*je accident occurred three years ago. Th«i city will appeal. John Parshall, an <ud soldier, died very suddenly at Indianapolis of heart failure. Ho was one of the (flx soldiers intrusted with the final disposition of Ihe remains of John Wilkes Bcvth, the assassin of Lincoln, all of who ; n registered an oath liever to reveal Booth’s last resting place. Five of these soldiers are now dead and the secret, so far, has been religiously kept. Parshall also was a member of the Alexander expedition, sent to Utah to compel Brigham Young to vacate his office. Reports from all actions of the State to the bureau of statistics ami State Board of Agriculture agr-' that the wheat crop will be from 25 to 3p per cent short of the average for normal years, assuming that it passes through tre present month without further damage. The loss will be greatest in souther* Indiana, where there was little snow. In many counties in that section the loss will reach 50 per cent, and some may be id excess of that figure. During most of ti e severe weather the ground in central and northern Indiana was covered with snow. The divorce suit of Mrs. James Baxter was called in Ibe Superior Court at Anderson. It was found, however, that a settleim nt had been effected regarding division. Baxter gave his wife $15,000 and got the decree. Judge E. R. Wilson, one of the leading attorneys of Bluffton, senior member of the law firm of Wilson & Todd, died, aged 70. He read law with ex-Gov. Joseph A. Wright and was a classmate of Senator Daniel Voorhees. He served as circuit judge for six years, two years as State bank examiner, and four years as State Senator.