St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 April 1897 — Page 7

ON the first day of May will commence the centennial exposition of the admission of Tennessee as a State. The preparations which have been made for this*exhibition are on a scale much larger than was expected when the first proposition of such a means of celebration was made two years ago. The exposition, which, as before stated, will open May 1, will continue until Oct. 30. Its main object is, of course, to show the wealth and resources of Tennessee, but there will be exhibits from the other States in the Union'and from other countries. Fifteen exposition buildings, with several others, have been erected and are nearly completed. They will be in readiness in ample time for the placing of the exhibits. As at the World’s Fair in Chicago these buildings are of staff. They are built after plans by most skillful architects, and exhibit great beauty. The central building on the exposition ground is the Parthenon, which is ah exact copy, of the Parthenon at Athens. Here will be the exhibit of fine arts. There are no windows in the building, the entire roof being of glass and admitting light and air.' The commerce building, in which will be the liberal arts exposition, is the largest on the ground^. Its dimensions are 500x315 feet. It has a central dome 175 feet nigh. The agricultural building is^nearly as large. It has a great central dome and six smaller ones surrounding it. Nest in size and importance come the machinery building, the transportation building, the forestry building and the wom«ns building. The latter is on the ed eof a beautiful grove nnd is n close copy of the famous Hermitage, the home of Gen. Andrew Jackson. It was designed by a woman and its appointments are most complete. One of the most attractive buildings on the grounds, and one of the most interesting, is the negro building. Here will be exhibits showing the progress of the negro in America since plantation days. The children’s building will be another interesting structure. One of the most handsome structures on the grounds is the auditorium, in which the various congresses and conventions of the exposition will be held. The seating capacity is G.OOO. The United States exhibit will be quite complete, in a building of its own. Other structures are the history building, administration building, horticultural hall, the live stock arena, and fourteen State buildings. That of Illinois is an exact copy, one-sixth the size, of the administration building at the World’s Fair.

v - MAY LOSE ITS RIVER. Evansville, Ind.» Confronted with a Grave Danger. The city of Evansville, Ind., is threatened with a grave danger and perhaps when the present high Hoods in the Ohio river subside its prosperity may be forever crushed. The Ohio river, which has been one of the great sources of the city’s commercial and industrial activity, has scooped out for itself a new channel, and Evansville may soon stand six miles from water. Three miles up the river from Henderson is what is known as the “cutoff." At this point the Ohio river makes a sharp curve, forming almost a perfect horseshoe. The bend derives its name from this peculiarity. for it is known as Horseshoe Bend. Evansville is in the big end of the. horseshov *nd Henderson is on the southwestern point. The peninsula formed by the bend is of that rich river bottom land that produces ihe finest corn in the world, but little else. Six miles up the river from Evansville is the entrance to Mound Slough. Here Is the beginning of the “cutoff.” In high water the river runs through the slough, emptying into the Ohio again at the point three miles from Henderson already named. For years with each succeeding flood Mound Slough has been gradually widening. The water has eaten away ton after ton of the soft river bottom land, until to-day there is hardly a place where the passage is not 200 feet wide. It ranges from this-width to nearly half a mile. As the slough grew in width it also grew in depth. Last year for the first time the people of Evansville realized the danger to their city. They noticed that in high w MILES XX i y Os MILE 5 AN INTERESTING MAP. (Showing how Evansville, Ind., n ay be left six miles from the Ohio rivo,.] water the current in front of their town was more sluggish than it should have been, and one day an actual movement of the water as though the Ohio was “running upstream,” was noticed. I’etitions were hastily drawn up asking Congress for an appropriation to build a levee along Horseshoe Bend, but nothing came of them. A few days ago a river captain ran a passenger steamer through the “cutoff.” nnd the trip was made securely. It is now probable that the new channel will widen sufficiently this season to change the course of the river and leave Evansville high and dry six miles inland. That Henderson will be benefited as muc h as Evansville is damaged goes without saying. The change means that all the boat’supply houses in the latter city would be moved at once within the gates of the former. It would mean a larger | volume of business for Evansville's rival, i because many shoppers who have gone to Evansville by, river will not g > by rail. The Evansville water works would be ruined nnd the saw mill industries could not survive. These saw mills’ are located on the river bank. They se-mre their raw material from log rafts which are floated down Green river in Kentucky and thence into the Ohio and to Evans ville.

DIDN’T DINE WITH M’KINLEY. AU Because Congressman Bailey Doesn’t Dike Dress Suits. All Washington has been talking about Congressman Bailey's awful breach of etiquette in sending regrets to the President, who had invited him to attend a White House dinner. When Congressman Bailey gave his excuse for not attending that lie did not like to wear a dress suit, people were more than shocked. After he had sent his regrets Mr. Bailey went to see the President'to explain his reason for not attending. Mr. McKinley told him not to mind about the dress suit, but to come in any old thing, or words to that effect. To have done

that wouldn’t have been so terribly out of place. When A. 11. Garland was Attorney General under the first Cleveland administration he refused to put on a dress suit, but he did not stay away from the White House on that account. Jerry Simpson of Kansas has alsd avoided the \ M, wKaifcxh josF.pn w. r.Aii nv. dress suit habit, but he has not missed anything that camo his way on account. Mr. Bailey says he has no grounded prejudice to a “claw hammer" coat, but he is afraid to put on his first dress suit because it might be taking a very dangerous step. He says he has not the time to be a society man or a regular diner out, and resisted the temptation to order a suit of evening clothes when he received his invitation to the White House, fearing that if he should once get into the dangerous things the temptation to do so again would be too strong to be resisted, and he would in time become an habitual diner । out, thereby frittering aWay much valua- । ble time, which could better be devoted to study and to answering the letters of his constituents. Joseph W. Bailey, representative to Cong^ss from Texas, may be considered beyond a doubt as the leader of the Democratic minority in the House. His home is in Gainesville. There he went in ISSS. He hm boundless political ambition, and selected that locality as a good one to grow up with. Mr. Bailey made rapid progress in his political career. Within two years he became known as the “young Demosthenes of the Texas Democracy,” and in 181)0 he was sent to Congress by a plurality of nearly23,ooo votes. A FARMER POLITICIAN. “Jack” Gowdy, the New Consul General to Paris, John K. Gowdy—“Oom Jack” some of the papers call him—who has been appointed consul general t& Paris, is one of the leading Republicans in Indiana. He was chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. He is rather old to take up the study of the French language, but says he will manage it. The Indiana leader is a native of his State, and lives on a farm in the fertile bottoms of Rush County. He is now in the neighborhood of GOyears of age, and his youthful face and dear eye are tokens of the method nnd the care he has practiced during his entire life. Mr. Gowdy's eareer has not been eventful. He entered the war as a private, and was captain be-

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fore it was over. He never talks of the war, and believes it should not bo recalled. When lie goes abroad he will take with him his wife and his charming daughter. A beet sugar company has been organized at Minneapolis with a capital of $2,000,000. A State association has also been formed to educate the farmers as to the product.

CURE FOR SNORING. How the Advice of a Newspaper Paragraph Was Used, When the landlady asked the bookkeeper in the second story front room if he would object to a room-mate, he said “he didn't think he'd mind it. just so the other fellow didn’t snore.” Tho landlady promised to be very careful and question all callers closely on that point. It was two weeks before she found any one whom she considered nice enough to share the room with the bookkeeper. The new-comer was a dapper little* follow, who had his trousers creased every other day, and who was in all respects the qiPntessence of cleanliness. The two young men got pretty w-rll acquainted the first evening and the bookkeeper thought he should like his companion immensely. Before morning he changed his mind and knew he should despise him. The room-mate snored. It was not an infant snore, but a fully developed, mighty snore, such as he had never heard in all Ills varied experience, lie spoke about it the next day. “Snored, did I?" said the room-mateS “That's funny. Nobody ever told nng about it before.” f “Maybe you never slept In Ihe Hame^ room with anybody.” “Oh, yes, I have, lots of times. 1 tell you, 1 don’t think it's natural for me to do that. I think I did it last night because I’ve got such a bail cold." Tlie bookkeeper accepted that explanation and both men set to work to cure the cold. At the end of a week there wasn’t a trace of it, but the snoring continued at a more lively rate than ever. The bookkeeper complained again. Tho room mate was very nice about it. He said be was sorry and if anybody would recommend anything that was good for snoring he'd be willing to take it, no difference what It was. That night the bookkeeper brought home a newspai>er clipping which he had run across in the course of the day. “If people who snore will take a fablespoonful of cayenne pepper and a taldespoonfnl of olive oil before retiring, they will find the mixture a positive cun' of snoring." That was the gist of the paragraph. After dinner the bookkeeper went to tin* drug store and bought a plentiful supply of both ingredients. “I tell you what it is." he said, when he came back, "if a little of anything Is good, a good d< al ought to be still better. Instead of taking two tablespoonsful of this stuff you ought to double the dose." The roommale d tnurred a little, but Ihe other persisted. and after much gasping ami weepr g the fiery mixture was swallowed. 'nc roommate ha<l taken to the sofa several nights before that and tho bookkeeper went t<> bed and slept peacefully the whole night through without being disturbed by a single snore. The next morning ho arose, am! looked at the silent form on tho bed. “Hello, old man." ho said. “That stuff worked like a top, didn't it? Nary a snore, eh?’ No answer. "Say," he went on, "are y< u still asleep?" The figure sat up then Its fme was flushed, its eyes blodshot ami Its hair rumpled. "Don’t speak to mo." it bellowed. “1 hate you. Um burning up. If the furnace of the Hebrew children wore in my stomach I couldn’t be any hotter titan I am now. No. I'm not asleep. 1 haven't been asleep al! night. 1 never expect to sleep again. No wonder I didn’t snore." Dogs and Woodcluivks. To show that dogs have tho power to intercommunicate ideas the power of conversation—allow me to tell a story which came to me from a Mr. Woodruff, of this State. There were two dogs at a summer hotel iu the Catskill Mountains. They were ouce noticed to chase a woodchuck into a hole. To this hole Utere were two openings -one on each side of a j tone fence. The dogs saw the two openings, and e.u h of them bHik one ami began digging. Because the day was het and the work hard, because they saw that the stony character of the ground would not alhwv the sufficient enlarging of his opening to iet the larger dog in, or for some other reason, the dogs simultaneously quit digging and met iu consultation on the wall. When their plan was completed tihe smaller dog, who had sufficiently enlarged the opening at which he had been working for the .admission of his body, entered, while ihe larger dog took his station at 'be other opening. What took place in the hole I do not know. All that 1 knew (on the very best evidence) is that the woodchuck swn appeared at the larger dog's opening. was nabbed, dispatched, and the two dogs had a great: feast. As to how these dogs carried on their eon ver.s.i t ion I can not say, but that they did so there can be no doul.l. 'I hey formulated a plan. Their knowledge cf the plan was mutual. Their snouts were together as they talked on the wall. Their interchange of ideas may have been telepathic, if there be simh a thing ns telepathy, cf whi< h 1 am not sun*.

An Island and a Peninsula. At a school the cither day a teacher having asked most of his pupils the difference between an island and a penin sola, without receiving a satisfactory answer, came to the last hoy. "I can plain it, Fir,” said the bright youth. I* irst, get two glasses; tin with water and the other with milk. Then catch a fly and place it l n the glass of water. That fly is an island, because 0 is entirely surrounded by water But now place the fly in the glass Os milk, and it will be a, peninsula, because it is nearly surrounded by water.” The boy went to the top of the class.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating Character Wholesome Food for ThoughtStudying Ihe Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Frolitably. Lesson for April 25. Golden Text.—“ The angel of the Lord Hieampeth round about them that fear nun. and delivered) them.”—Pa. 34: 7. 'This leason has for its subject, Peter ehvered from Prison, ami is found in Acts 12: 5-17. Ihe narrative passes again from Antipeh to Jerusalem, on account of the connection afforded by the aid sent by the Slitioch church to famine-stricken Judea ■Ce Acts 11: 28-30). This famine seems y be represented as widespread ■‘throughout all the world") in Acts, but ■a record is found of a universal famine in Ke reign jof Claudius. Josephus men■ons a famine which prevailed in Judea At this time about A. D. 44. The ChrisMpaiis of Antioch sent relief to their brt'th Mu* il in Judea by Barnnbna and Saul, who Kimi been working with them. The stay I pf these messmtgers was but brief, and Apparently Saul bad no important official tommnnicatioii with the other npostlen, lor he does not mention the visit in Gal. ■ where he is enumerating those trips to Krusalem which showed his independent • itude lowards the leaders there. But Jiile he and Barnabas were in the city, ■ “about that time,” occurred the rewirkablc deliverance of Peter which is ■corded in Acts 12. N erses I lof chap. 2 should be included in the lesson Herod . grippa 1., grandson of Herod the Great, ' as king, ami persecuted the church, beI ending Jnmes. the brother of John, nnd < Pairing to do the same with Peter. This. 1 owever. was just before the passover of 5, and so Peter was imprisoned until I te close of the festival (12:4). iE» plnutitory. The prayers of the chttrch in such an tuergency must have been earnest and fohuiged. Tho tragic death of James. ie brother of John, has tilled them with itismay A similar fate seemed to await : t|ieir Other leaders James, the brother ojf Jesus, head of the church, and others i wpially prominent. Peter, the eloquent, I tin" godly, whose charm ter had been so ■ finely developed by the experience-, of the fifteen nears since hi- Master’s departure, now sceim-d to be verj near Ills end; for i the inexorable erueity of this Herod equal- j ed that of his grandfather, who killed tho children at Bethlehem, nnd his uncle, who beheaded John the Itipli-t. Doubtless prayer meetings w ere held in private houses al! over Jcru-alcm for it w -ild la l neither conn client nor safe for the i whole church to me» t together at such a time. Peter wa- so strongly guarded that < * cape seemed imp> <-:Lle. Bound to tuo t soldiers in a prison watched by several men. he must have expected death on tho nmrrou : though, rememliering his former experience (5; RD he may hare womler,d ebether God would see ht again to deliver ,Al from hi« jailers for future service. mights of w under and -ob nim v must through P< • tlotie on the .lark street, i ■ I upward^ here the ang< | had d:-<aj>p. an d. and trying to ■ ompreh. nd Hie gr< atm -of bis resrionsibility in view ot ■ ...at n ileiivcruiicc, His first thought w as of his brethren in Christ. He knew where to look for them at prayer. Mary, the mother of Mark, had made her liouse a center of the “cottage prayer meetings” that were going on most of the lime, and it was there that ’ Peter expected to find the welt >me that he eraie<i. “A damsel named Rhoda”: This little incident - one of the many touches that witness irresistibly Io the trnthfnlnc.-s of the narrator. The picture of this girl, Rose her name means “a rose” in her natural feminine excitement and lack of liresence of mind, could hardly have been invented by a writer of that time. It • bears the stamp of truth. The joy of those within the house was so tumultuous when thej beheld Peter that he could not get a chance to speak. It was a glad I home-coming, almost like a return from ' the dead. It is probable that lie withdrew for a time to some neighboring town and lived quietly for a few months before venturing to return. Meanwhile the cruel king had died. Tearliing Hints. With this lesson close- the first main division of the history of the apostolic church; dining that period, covered by the first twelve chapters of Acts, the church at Jerusalem is the center and Peter the leader. The early church flourished in adversity. It survived the first persecution which arose about Stephen, and was much enlarged by the preaching of the exiles who left Jerusalem at that time; it survived the perils of famine, those ill the)north helping those in the south in tru^ Christian fashion; and it could not be >rnrhed by the persecution of Herod Agjippa and the death ot one ot its leadini'4io,' !1 - Janies. Opposition ilevefops tile finest qualities of men, by strengthening ilieix instincts of self-denial and co-opern-tio* The decline of the church begins to if; apparent just as soon as it was recogj*ieed by the Stale and protected from persecution—in the fourth century. The personal affection of the early Christians for their leaders is most striking Peter, witli all his faults, was much beloved by those men in Jerusalem. It was one great family, and all wore interested in each other’s joys and sorrows. •Much united prayer was perhaps the most important single cause of this beautiful spirit among early Christians, ft would not be loss effective to-day. When God delivers a man from danger, it is for service, How many of us there are who pray fervently for relief when in danger or sickness, and forget al* about it as soon as the danger is past. '1 he lesson is an easy one to teach because of its picturesque details; and it really points its own moral. Next Losson— “Paul’s First Missionary Journey.”—Acts 13: 1-13. Looking Upwar I. One who accustoms himself to think of pure ami holy things, who sets his affections on things above, ami strives to reach whatsoever things are lovely, will grow upward toward the things he loves ami thinks upon; but one who lets his mind turn habitually to debasing tilings, tilings unholy, unclean, sensual, will And Ids whole soul bending downward and growing toward the earth. — J. R. Miller, D. D.

REPORT ON CROPS. Floods in Valley Regions Prevent Farming Operations. The reports an to the condition of the crops throughout the country and the general effect of the weather on the progress of the farm work and the growth and cultivation of the crops made by the directors of the several climate and crop sections indicate that over the greater part of the country the week was not favorable for farming operations, being too wet in the States of the central valleys nnd from the Ohio river southward to the gulf const. In portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Wisconsin and Michigan the conditions were more favorable. In the northern portion of the middle Atlantic States, Ohio and Texas the week was upon the whole very favorably Winter wheat has been killed to a greater or less extent over a considerable portion of the winter wheat States. Some improvement has, however, been noted in Indiana. Michigan and Missouri; in the last named State much of the winter wheat killed will be plowed up for other crops. In Kansas the crop is making rapid growth, and In Oklahoma It is reported in fine condition, while very favorable reports nre received from Kentucky nnd Tennessee. Cotton planting is in ri>.gress over the southern portions of ' hr cotton belt. The outlook for fruit Is reported as fair in Illinois, good in Maryland, Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Alabama nnd excellent in Missouri. Peaches have been badly injured in northern "Georgia, nnd frosts have caused injury to fruit in North Carolina. Virginia, Ohio, New Mexico and Arizona. The reports by States’follow: Illinois Temperature above norma), with cx.osslxe rainfall over most of the State; little work done, but few oats and little spring wheat sown, witli little gardening and plowing In south. Rye. clover, grasses and remaining winter wheat starting well; fruits uninjured except peaches, and peaches and pbims are blooming In extreme south. Wisconsin The snow Ims nearly disappeared except In the northern counties. The frost is rapidly coming out of tho ground and the high winds am! warm weather of the l>i<t week have greatly assisted in placing the so!) In good condition for spring work. Plowing begun In soiuhcrn counties. Winter grain Is badly winter killed, wheat ('specially. Minnesota Much of pod River Valley Is flooded, though It Is encouraging that it Is ten to fifteen days earlier than former great ftomls Snow Is about all gone and frost la ; eotidDg out rapidly. Soil Is too wot for seed- ■ 1 ig except for small patches on uplands. Ali j loivlands nre overflowed. > ' dll Dal. itn Seasonable temperature I nnd rainy weather have melted the remaining snow ami flooded the already full streams and tin- lowlands. The season Is ■ nnnsnally lan and no seeding begun, but with drying weath< r will coiumetice tills ! week. Nebraska Week > Imidy. with excessive rainfir!. Ground ' •" wet to work nnd prnetb illy no farm work done during week. Grass and fall sown grain starting nicely, I but .onslderuble wheat was winter killed. Knnsis Warm week, with abundant rains, ri' epi m । xlr. ii ■■ southwest, bus been benctb Li! to wheat, grass ami fruits, tmt lias relat led ’ irm w.irk Winter ami curly spring i win-lit mil.lug rapid growth. Some corn planting 1 oats sowing south, too wet mirth low ’ 11 ■ season Is late and the soil !j gener । ■ o wet for field work. Severn dai s .>f . a diinc nnd drying winds are need ■ d to pr. ; ce groin. 4 for plow ing and seeding Gt ix- ; t । made a good start. I" I c Wheat ami grasses are Improving and turning green. Tobacco bods are sown In Ohio (■onuty. Ryo Io g ">d condition. < !■ -ring Rain delayed plowing nnd "iii - edlng In southern portion, but In oth. ns farm work progress* - oi ! w. -L.r floored crops . d farm «■ k I ■' . rye. pastures, timothy and ' clo. ■■ g nl. fly. Conslderatde low and j wio c .l. -itovcd or Injured by floods — er Io । -during March. Plowing for oats and f i i v general. A fe.w gardens ml- on ~ 4ow Ing ami potato planting begin !-o .liable sugar season. Pe:o lies and clicrrb s.latmig' dby winter cold; other fruits probably safe. Michigan l>iy. sunshiny weather has dr cd the soil very rapidly, putting lb Ids In sic < m Htlon for working, and made w int r heat am! rye and meadows look more promising. Snow in upper and frost in low- ; er peton.siila tire rapidly disappearing. I'ridt beds beginning to start. In southern counties plowing Ims begun and .some oats and barley lime been sown. WEBB M’NALL. Kansan Who Is Making War on Eastern Insurance Companies, The man most discussed in Kansas just no v is Webb McNall, State Suporinteml- ; cii' iif Insurance. McNali’s offending is the unceremonious dismissal from the State of the New York Life, tho Mutual New York and tile Connecticut Mutual j insurance Companies because they havenot settled the famous Hilhnon claim, which has been pending in the State and Federal courts for more than fifteen years. For this McNall was summoned to appear before United States District Judge Fester ami show cause why he should not be fined for contempt for thus passing upon a question unsettled in that court. Just what right the United States court lias to interfere with McNall, who is acting under a State law and in conformity therewith, the Superintendent has not yet been able to determine. McNali is firmly convinced that John \V. Hillnion was killed in Barber County eighteen years ago, and that the three insurane' companies honestl.v owe Mrs. Hillmon about ^Gfl.llOO. That's why Me- ( w SI PERINTEXPENT m’NA 1.1.. Nall made his order barring the companies named from the State. Telegraphic Brevities. Milltown. N. J., is excited over the prospects of finding oil in that immediate vicinity. There is a greater epidemic of influenza in London than for two years past, with many fatal cases. Amos Keenan, a farmer of Hicksville, Ind., has become a raving maniac as the result of hypnotism. An Austrian artisan has just perfected a lace making machine, the product of which cannot be distinguished from hand woik ami which bids fair to revolutionize the Industry.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. RECORD OF EVENTS CF THE PAST WEEK. Students at Terre Haute Normal School in Need of Restraint— Mysterioiiß Disappearance of Rev. A. L. Case from Tekonsha. Voting Woman Expel'ctl for Theft. A young woman student at the 'State Normal School at Terre Haute has been exprU-d for stealing. For some weeks there have been complaints of thefts from the women students' cloak rooms. This young woman was caught in the act, but it is not thought she is the only one who has been guilty, and orders have been issued that no one is to enter the cloak rooms during recitation hours unless accompanied by some of the school authorities. The faculty also promulgated a rule Vhat cheating in examinations, visiting saloons, card playing for money, or drinking intoxicating liquor will result in expulsion. The recent disei|>linary action in regard to a little game of draw five young — men indulged in nt the room of one of/' their number was ihe occasion for the siw-* 3 rial warning about gambling or drinking. 13 It is also ordered that tobacco is not to be used on tho school premises. There are 1.317 students in attendance on the present term, the largest number in the history of the school, and President Parsons says it would be remarkable if there should not be in that number some who need such discipline as proposed in the rules just promulgated Hat unit Handkc '•sL» Found. Tlie first tangible clew"’; the wherealsiuts of Rev. A. L. Case, who disappeared from his home in Tekonsha a few days ago. was discovered Saturday, when two hunters found in the woods near Tekonsha a hut and two handkerchiefs belonging to the missing man. Both of the handkerchiefs are apparently stained with blood ami will be subjected to a microscopical examination. The finding of the hat and the hendkerchiefs have strengthened the theory of foul play and startling developments are cxpectetE— 14—pas reported that the relations between Air. t'asc nnd iiis f.imil.v were not of a peaceful nature, but these rejMirts are denied Dy' those directly interested, who refuse tn believe the missing man is remaining away voluntarily. All Over the State. Tho 3-cent rate is now in force on Indianapolis' street railways. William Laybourn, a farmer of Laporte, was digging a well, when the walks caved in, smothering him to death. Mrs. Prudence Morrison, aged SS years, n resident of Porter County for fifty years, died suddenly nt Valparaiso. Mrs. Eve McCombs, aged 81, one of the pioneers of St. Joseph County, died at South Bend. Sho leaves nine children. Burglars nt Terre Haute attempted to rob the Paddock flour mill am! Robertson’s drug store, but in each case were discovered and tired upon. Survivors of the battle of Shiloh in tho vicinity of Kokomo have formed an association and ii ill observe the anniversary of the notable engagement each year. At Mum ie, Georgie Thrope, a messenger boy on a bicycle, stopped a runaway horse at the iieril of his life. He is 15 years old. i’hfoe years ago he ran away to Chicago, and was found by his mother selling popcorn. A letter just received at Anderson from the Franklin sisters, dated Damoh. India, in the famine district, states that their orphanage and tents have been destroyed by tire. They lost everything but the clothes they wore, and tho prevailing famne m ik> < their situation especially hazardous. They have also been sick. They are Christian missionaries, and the property belonged to that church. In ISGO Luke Bush left his family in Campbell County, Ky„ and went to Texas, where he located, without the knowledge of Nis family. He aeeumulated a large fortune, and about INBO was murdered by Mexicans. His property has lain unclaimed ever since. Friday Mrs. Mary Powers, wife of County Clerk Powers of Shelbyville, received a letter from Attorney IL T, Hendrii-ks of Dallas, stating that, she was the heir. Isaac Denny was arrested at Anderson for the sensational manner in which he had taken his wife to a dance. She had objected to going, and lie had, it seems by her affidavit, been most persistent. Tlie matter had been pushed to such an issue that iie got out a revolver and overruled her objections by forcing her along in front. She had her own way at last, however, and caused his arrest. It broke up the dance. Mrs. Denny says ho is dangerous. The revolver was loaded and her position was a perilous one. The condemnation of William 11. Brown to fourteen years in the penitentiary for subornation of p 'jury is a painful surprise to most pcojiic in I luntingtoii < ’ounty. .Mr. Brown, it seems, is a victim of a. new law which is not clearly understood. The result is a surprise even to his bitterest enemies. Tho ease is an old one, and involves a story of loans to dead men and evidence which goes to show that Brown induced some one to swear falsely. Brown's attorneys have moved for a new trial and will probably get it. A great legal liattle occurred it Butler over the attempt to impeach and remove from office County Commissioners Hague and Bateman ami Auditor Boost. The case is the first, one to come up under tlie new impeachment law. passed by tile last Legislature. For fifteen flours the lawyers fought, and then Judge Marsh of Winchester, who was frying ihe case, decided in favor of the defense, as the acts under which the impeaihment proceedings were commenced had been committed prior to the time the law went into effect. The bill of impeachment filed by the grand jury charged the commissioners with responsibility for a great deal of fraudulent work in the county, whereby nearly SfiO.OOO has been stolen. An Indiana man took a dose of some mysterious medicine several days ago and has been in a trance ever since. Before investigating this case further it would be interesting to know whether that man ever has bad any previous experience with Peoria whisky. Wednesday in the United States District Court at Indianapolis Attorney Genera] Ketcham filed a petition asking permission to sue the receiver of the Vandalia road in the local courts for the $2,000,000 alleged to be due the State's school fund from the road. The last Legislature authorized such a suit.