Bloomington Courier, Volume 10, Number 1, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 November 1883 — Page 2
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It has been calculated that to make the
950,000 tons of paper annually required for the supply of the world,430 daya medinm flow of water down the4 Biyer Themes would be needed f j Fbom the latest reports regarding the cholera in Egypt which became epidemic Inst 8nmmer4fc appears that the germs of the disease are al ways present in the Nile oVJta and only wait the circumstances "whfoh go to their development to 'make a pestilenoe at any time. The diaease does not seean to be imported. It has an abiding place in the country. Now that Egypt is so closely connected with the
distributm'g centres of the world the final report of the Scientific Commismoners
will be looked for with interest ami given Sn a ui attention worthy of the subject mlM' ,. ' ?.. A ,,. Tbb "draft rioV in New York oommen-
red July 11, 1863, and lasted a week, dur-
ng which it is estimated that over 1200
were killed and 5,000 wounded; It began
by hancinff, burning and shooting
the negroeejlo whom the ignorant wild beasts of Cherry and Baxter streets attributed the public wrongs. The infuri
ated mobs, which swelled hourly, were
K .T t mot m oll nnnrbm UTifl rfl finflrSAfl hv DO-
i V? ?r.uoemen s muo, so ineywero unaoita io ur-
3 - A witness in amoonshine,, !Bse,tried
ranizein masses,but theyrwerenct quell-
sisd untQ the arrival of the soldiers, who
;nnade short and bloody work ofjt. w
jft BC. in Louisville, told how the whisky trade
??P8 fa carried on down on Green river:
- - wanted a few gallons, and went to Iavis
SHI .16:-." 'Wit
and told him how much I wanted.' Did
Davie let you have the whisky ?" the
nmseontor inanired. "Oh. uo." the- wit
ness replied. "Did you takeit away from
the stfll yburselfr "No, indeed;' "WeO,
now did you get it?" "1 went away and
Tfnmed m aoout an nour. anaTCuoa me
tree kpn." "Who put it there?"
, "Who did you pay for it?"
s ,Dom,t know. Ail I know is that I; got
Tei cure any oouirti1 you ever heard
HH: Kquorina
H$a -Can't say
Hifidi of wid with one of the sunniest remedies
! you ever saw,wsaid.a lady ypcaUet of con-
mi
aiderable reputation on both aides of the
AtlmftvA : - aTfa mrainrA. .Tnnt nip in. sim-
wle every-day raw oysters, rve sung
IfSSr ItnTteen years here and in the old coun-
ggtiy, that the oh-
mate has often got the better otrny lungs
i but I rely on oysters, and they can be de-
- needed on. My husband told me of this
kind of medicine, and I don't know how
many years he had used them. They act
just as beneficially on my children and
the next time you have a cough go to the
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cyster bar instead of the drug store.
A.
Bbbomah, the Cleveland diver, tdls the following storj : nce I wentuptoTwir
juacee, near uneaa, micu., to aaveior w
body of a man who had gone in swim-
fiJ ' ming with two companions. I found
jBpj:I immense concourse of people on shore
SS1' The grief-stri3ken-motber had erected a
atand, and was doing an immerse baai
'0$ nesB m sand wiches and circus lemonade.
liSSWT A collection of $400 for her and her son's
. children had been taken up, ami-part of
i -t - b CUUl I H'l'll HIlHTb 111 IHV HHf BlH I' -
tne burial expenses, i searenetl several
$fi s terwards I met a man from that region
r r ana ne saia: oay, mister, ao vou mow
?JTti,-: 5 .....
ft np. iWlry, the fellow was up in the
'3 r nineriea of Itfichignn. - When he sunk he
&SSL'jJl?i wm to the other shore, where he had
another suit of clothes hid. He wanted
-to get away from his wife, and-that is the
gajay he did it
NEWS AND , INCIDENT.
Assistant Fostmast er- General rHatton
: .-3 'aa vases tae extension or tne losai aeiiv-
'2?';? ery service, in view of the large excess of
Sti $ the postageon local matter over the cost
' ofdehveav. Were the sutrffeation adon
3 ted ao far as concerns the Chicago post
office there would soon cease to be com-
plaints that the number of carriers is in-
J -5 ' adequate to the wants of the immunity. He grows quite eloquent over the defiedpf -vncy of the present system, which headMMi'' frequently defeat the objects for ?& I which letters that shoula be eieeifly de$5j' . livered are written, and recommends, l-.. thatia epecisl ttamp be issued' which t&5lH : whenrplaeed en a letter, which will insure
its immediate delivery up to 10 o'clock p. m. ; He proposes that this especial delivery shall be intrusted to boys, who will procure receit ts for them Another -ime ly suggestion, and one which, perhaps, only anticipates an already formed desiitmAn ittai'lnrakl nnoftBAMiHlMaltiYio kimoA
w hat is anown as -sianoara tune u likely to be adopted on the enti re railroad system of the country. The managers of
60,000 miles have already, adopted it. and
raWffif- tterehave'been practically no neaative
votes against the proposition. Tne whole
five vtivis-
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ions the Intercolonial, 90 degress west horn Greenwich; the Eastern, 75 degrees west from Greenwich; the Genial, 90 degrees west from Greenwich; the Mountain, 105 degrees west irom -Greenwich, and the Pacific, 120 degrees west from Greenwich. Each division, it will be observed, is fifteen degrees apart, which makes just
in time; At present there
of time in
use on the various roads in this country, which causes much annovance andtron-
felli ?y ne new; srrangement there will fM: ti hut five smndardBi each one hour apart
r.i-j nuwu wiu vrniuv buoduiv manHra. lor
adoption of the standard time does notf
mean necessarily the change of the dock dial from twelve 'hours to twenty-four. It is thought that Euggestion will meel with little favor. .
'mist
W$k 4 arefirty different standards
will.
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Machine guns in tne field are now entirely abandoned. The Jfrencfr mitrailleuse, from which such Wonders were exnocted, was as neavy- as a field gnu and
SSiS1 . " required'Six horses to draw it.- Its range
was practically the same as the infantry, end had its disadvantages. It the range was oorrecfc and the mark remained steady gi eat execution was done, bat the slightest error would throw every bullet out, unless st short VangCv Both French and Germans have given up; msxihine guns for the field, and have increased and developed their field artillery. They both admit that the machine gun icsnnot face field artillery'at artillery ranges; and that its projectiles have no power whatever against walls or buildings or earthworks; but they beKeve that when two hostile bodies of infantry are closing, the machine anna may be broueht - from cover.
Ifeft' II - In whioli they should be kep m then,
and may then eaccercise great infiuenee
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Oar Compilation of the Important Hap-
penings of tte Week, OTO PBN8IONBES. , . The reports of the various heads of de
partments which are to be presented to
congress at its next session, which opens
on the first Monday in December, are
made rnblic in advance of the convening of Congress. The report of the Commis
sioner of Pensions contains some figures
of very general interest to the country. The report shows that at the close of the fiscal year there were on the pension rolls
of the government 808.668 nensioners.
The average annual value of each pension
is $106. and the aggregate annual value
of all pensions is $32,245,103, being an in
crease of nearly $3,000,000 over last year.
The amount paid for pensions in 1863
was $60,63.000. whieb exceeds the snnual value by several millions. The bulk
of this excess was on account of arrears
of pent ions, covering the period prior to
the allowance of ti e claims. The num
ber of claims filed since 1861 is 887,187,
since which time $621,073,297 has been
paid for pensions and osts of disburse
ment. ..
; , THANKSOrVINO IAT. v The President hes. issued the following proclamation: By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation In furtherance of the custom of thispeople, at the closing of each y ear, to engage upon a
any sec apart ior tnat purpose, in a spe
cial festival of praise to the Giver of all
Good; I Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby set apart
Thursday, the 20th day of November
next, as a day of thankegiving. The year
which is drawing to an end has ben re
plete with evidences of divine goodness-
prevalence of health, fullness of harvests.
stability of peace and order, growth of
fraternal feeling, spread of intelligence 9 V " '' "' mm" ' ' mm
ana learmng ana tne continued enjoy
ment of civil and religions liberty. All these, and countless other blessings, are canee for reverent rejoicing. I do, there
fore, recommend that, on the day above
appointed, the people rest from their ac
customed labors, and, meeting in their
several places of worship, express their devout gratitude to God that He hath dealt so bountifully with this nation, and
pray that His grace and favor abide with it forever. Ohesxbb A. Abthub, By the President: . H; T. Fbiunhcysth, Becretry of State. Violent winds are doing much damage on both sides of the Atlantic. ,. The cash in the treasury now amounts to the enormous sum of-9165,000,000. The number of Americans who registered in Europe during the season just closed! was 18000. Water was drawn from one of the fish ponds at Washington, and a quarter million of carp were taken into tanks, some of the beauties weighing twenty pounia. In the year ended Jure 30, there were 9,278,882 money orders issued for a total $125,04738; 8,741,077 paid for il20,40746. The ratio of improper payments to to the total number of orders paid was eelisto2748fl A story is afloat that immediately after .the November elections the President will reorganize his cabinet Secretary ifolger and Attorney General Brewster are to retire. The treasury portfolio is to be given to Gen. Gresham, a New York man is to be made postmaster-general, and a Massachusetts man attcrney generaX,. ....... Indian Gommissioner Price says the aborigines are on the march of improvement. Dnring the year there was paid the Indians in ..cash, - as annuity and otherwise 745,000.- Less than $20,000 of this amount wa for the payment of annuities proper, many of which will expire in the near future by limitation of various treaties. Keligious societies have contributed 230,554 for educational gwork among the Indians. Pere HyaointUe arrived in New York, Monday. , A company has been formed at Erie, Pa to light the city with natural gas. New Hampshire and Vermont reported the first snow of the season, "Wednesday. Begistration in Boston exceeds that of a previous year, being 7,000 more than in 1880. . 'Longehoremen at Oswego, N, Y., have struck, and tkreaten violence no that the militia have been called out. A young man at Portland, Me., claims to be the missing Charlie Boss. He says he was kept in a dark room four years, and subsequently taken to Brazil An explosion occurred in an excelsior factory at Kingston, Pa, Tuesday, by a spark from a wood stove firing a keg of powder. Eight children employed in a factory were blown out of the building in every direction. Several of them were fatally injured or burned. The scene was terrible. THE WEST: '; " The United States geologic survey disceyered 600 geysers and 5,000hot spnngs in Yellowstone (park; The bicycle race at Chicago was won by Prince, of Bosten,the American champion. At Bloomington, Hi, a new . disease, pronounced incurable, has broken out am ong the horses. Illinois capitalists are inspecting the coast of South Carolina with a view to -purchasing cattle ranches. The burning, Wednesday, at St Louis, of Dr. J. H. McLane's Medical Xabratory caused a less of 9800,000. . The average wages of fifteen of the best miners in a start near , Laselle, 111., test year was 945 per month. An Illinois man calculates that for a farmer to put in and cultivate forty acres of corn he must walk 800 miles. Charles Lawrence, a young farmer, of Elgin, 111., died, Saturday, of glanders and his wife is not expected to live. A vein of coal has been found eighty feet below the surface at Manning, Iowa, considerably westward of the supposed imhV , Some of the students at Naperville insist on wearing knee breeches and colored silk hose in violation of the order of the faculty. v ' An organization of the leading citizens of St Louis has been had to fight corruption, political and gambling rings, bicn affect that municipality. At a fiie in Middleville, Barry county, iW ich., a brick wall toppled over, killing A B. Smith, Silas Geer, Charles Bnndy ind a boy named Welch.
T.mm ojsjparo sailing, Tues-
lay. from San Franoieco for Hong Kong will carry away 1,000 Chinamen and $750,000, which they have accumulated m this country. The husband of Mary A. Woodbridge, the great temperance advocate, claims that the second amendment was defeated in Ohio by outrageous frauds in Cincin
nati and Cleveland.
Daniel McMahon, of Ktmsas City, shot and killed his father while the latter was endeavoring to get the boy to leave a notorious dance house in Armonrdale, a suburb of Kansas City. A courier from Lieutenant Hunter's camp, Silver creek, brings advices that seventy-five hostile Apaches surrendered to Lieutenant Hunter last night; that eleven more were coming in. An accident occurred on the LouiBville k Nashville Air Line, Tuesday morning, near East St. Louis, caused by a broken rail. Over forty persons are reported injured, but only one fatally. . The bciler in the pump works at Belpre, Ohio, exploded, Wednesday 1 ast creating sad havoc in the vicinity of the building. One person was killed and ten injured,some of whom cannot recover. Patrick Egan, late treasurer of the Land League, has filed in the district court at Lincoln, Nebraska, his intention to become an American citizen, and will engage in the grain trade in that city. The Bunker Hill city council has pass
ed an ordinance fixing the license tax for dram-shons at S500 and for the sale of
beer at $200 per year. Ihe disorimina
tion is not generally approved of by the
citizens. .
Judge Anthony, at Chicago, Saturday, in the case of the Citizens League vs.
Jno. B. Drake, proprietor of the Grand
Pacific Hotelfixed the fine at $50, to test
the validity of the 108 liquor license.
Miss Anna Murray, of Cleveland,Ohio,
a petite blonde, with soft blue eyes.
charming figure ana winsome manner,
proposes to make it warm for the sinners of Fort Wayne, and will begin- revival
meetings there at once.
A terrible crime was committed ten
miles fiom Newcomshire, Ohio, Wednes
day. Albert Frizin, a farmer, murdered
his wife and three children and then terminated the fearful tragedy by putting
an end to his own miserable existence.
No cause assigned.
The apple crop in some portions of
southern Illinois .is Baid to be without
parallel in extent of yield and quality. A gentleman who has been in the vicinity
ef Salem says that there are orchards of
forty, acres in that section that have net ted $5,000 this year.
A serious accident occurred to a passenger train on the 0. & A. road, near Glendale, Mo., Saturday night, caused by a land slide. Several of the oars were derailed and the chair car . and sleeper were overturned. . Twenty persons were hurt, but, it is believed, none fatally. Zora Burns, the murdered girl of Lincoln, was almost a constant smoker of cigars and pipes, and the mother of theun fortunate girl thinks tobacco will be found in her satchel it it is ever recovered. While in Decatur Miss Barns laid in a supply of the weed, which she used on theslyl -A suit for libel against he Chicago Times was begin, Friday, by the Peo pie's Railway Company of America, the damages being placed at the enormous sunvof half a million of dollars. The action is based upon an article of an alleged libelous character, asserting that the company was a fraud. . kxi accident, near Lincoln HI, in the Citizens' Coal drifting Company's Bhaft Sunday morning, resulted in the serious injury of Peter St andacker, George Wen tin and George Ssatia The explosion of a blast fired a keg of powder in the room where the three men stood. Their clothing was ignited and the fle( h burned from off their faces. It is thought they may recover. Sixty other men in the mines were badly shaken up. The city of Havana commenced suit last Msnday -against the Wabash railroad for $1,500, a penalty for non-compliance with the State statute, by neglecting, to furnish a suitable depot and other public conveniences connected with said road in Havana. Thiy will sue the company before a justice of the peace every three days for $50 a day, until the statute is complied with. The depot is considered a disgrace and Havana is in earnest. Miss Emma Bond, the victim of the terrible outrage in Christian county, J1L, visited Springfield the other day in company with her father and sister,to consult with her physician. Although somewhat nervous yet, her, health is said to be practically restored, and she has not had one of those "paroxysms' or "spasms" for the past three months. The trial of her alleged assailants is set for the 15th of November at Hillsboro. She declares that she will be there, and expresses confidence in her ability to stand the ordeal she will have to undergo.. THE SOUTH: Missouri proliibitionists hve organiz ed for the next campaign. .... Near Paris, 111., much of the corn that has not matured is said to be sprouting. Kentucky makes claim against the government for . arriis furnished dnring the rebellion. . ... . , v In Banks County, G&, Kuklux case,
eight of the prisoners were found guilty on every indictment Judge McCoy, in lus charge, was very severe in his condemnation of the so-called Kuklux rim s., The Banks county (Georgia) ku-klux trial began at Atlanta, Wednesday. Calvin Bush testified that a mob stripped him and gave him one hundred and sev-ty-five lathes. The witness undressed and showed the scars. Ben Sanders tea tified that he was shot three times and left for dead. . ,
FOREIGN: t Cholera still exists near Alexandria. The Egyptians have defeated El Mahdi the False Prophet. A shook of earthquake was felt, Wednesday on the islacd of Chios. The Marquis of Lome and Princess have returned from Canada to England. " Forty-one thong and colliers at Yorkshire have resolved to insist upon an advance of wages. . Lord Iiandijowrie, the new Governorgeneral of Canada, was sworn in Tuesday, to suraeed Marquis of Lorne. Dr. Julius Bosanburg killed Count Stefan Batthyany io a duel at Temesvar, Hungary. He and the seconds have been The revival mission cf Moody and Saukey at Cork is over. They begin a mission at Wateford at once. Their labors in Cork were very successful. Work on the panada Pacific railroad
has been suspended for two years. The engineers could not agree as to the best
route across the Beckies.
Order has been completely restored at
Port au Piince. One thousand five hun
dred lives 'were lost and damage to the
extent of $:4JOOO,600 was done during the
late massacre.
A colored youth of Oarmi, 111,, snapped an old revolver at his brother and mother, and laughed at their fears of the
weapon. When ne tried it upon nunseli
he was successful, what little brains he had beinf scattered about carelessly. '1 wo Jews have been sentenced to four yeai s imprisonment for setting fire to the synagogue at Oaslin, Pomerania, to get the insurance. Tho crime was originally attributeel to Christians and the trial caused groat excitement. INDIANA ITEMS: At Greenfield, 517 ohildren are attending school-this year. Terre Haute young ladies are wearing a silver spoon ss a neck ornament. The Cores n Embassy bonowed money from the secretary of state to pay their way home . An intimate friend of Mr. Hoi man declares that he will not be a candidate for Governor nor for the Presidency, either. Work has been resumed tn the bottle department at DePauwe glass establishment, and 250 men have found employment. A bad1 freight wreck occurred on the C, I., St. L. & O. road near Stoqkwell, Momday. Two engines were badly wrecked and eight cars destroj ed. J oseph Bowers, a fireman, was killed.
Judge Nathan R Overman, a distinguished politician and jurist of this
State, died at his home in Tipton, Thurs
day. He was chairman of the Bepubli-
oan State Central Committee at one time
It is reported that the Ohio Palls Car
Works will suspend operations in a few
aavs inaenmtejy. necause ot iaoic or or
ders. Over 1,000 men will be thrown out
of employment.
The wife of Uriah Mock, living one
mile southwest of Bidgeville, during an
epileptic fit, fell into the fireplace, burning her clothing all off. Her hands and
body were burned almost to a crisp. It
was impossible for her to recover.
John lteister went home drunk from New Albany, Saturday night. He fell
with his horse and buggy over a sixty
foot oliff and was killed. The wagon was
broken to pieces but the horse escaped unhurt; Beister s body was found next
day. A . ;
There is an engineer on the New Al
bany road who is a musical genius, and
has such control over his locomotive
whistle that he can run the scale and
play a few simple strains. He serenades
nis sweetneart every nignt as ne passes
her house.
The morning west-bound freight train on the Wabash railroad was wrecked at
Delphi, Monday morning Thirteen
car 3 and the engine were destroyed. The
firemen, A. V. Powers, whose home is in
Fort Wayne, is, it is feared, fatally injur
ed.
J acob Bitter, Dan Ellis and Joseph
Sparks met with a fatal accident three
miles west of Dunkirk, Wednesday after
noon, by the bursting of a saw while in
motion. Bitter was killed outright, El
lis loses an arm, and Sparks suffered
from an ugly out in the head.
The second prize of $200, awarded to
the Terre Haute lodge of Knights of Py
thias, at the recent d rill in Hannibal,Mo.,
has been received by Commander J. W.
Eble. The lodge has decided to go to
New Orleans in April, and contest for the
$1,01)0 premium to be offered for the best
drilled knights.
A young lady of twelve years of age by
the name of Mrs. Mathers, who resides near Englieh,Orawi!ord county, came into
court at Leavenworth last week with a
petition asking Judge Ramsey to grant
her a divorce on the grounds that when
she married she had not arrived at the
of discretion. The divorce was granted.
She is now a young grass widow. Cory don Democrat, v Two children, sons of James Cramer, a laborer living in the outskirts of Port Wayne, ejianeled at supper, Saturday night, during the absence of the parents from the room. James, six years old, sensed a carving-knie and stabbed a four year-old brother three times in the neck and shoulder, inflicting probably fatal wounds. . . , A Bon of Frank Johnson threw his arms around an upright shaft which was malum? 180 revolutions per minute, in an elevator at Kirk's Station, intending to let it turn him awhile and then jump off as other boys had done. His coat got wrapped around the shaft so tightly that he could not release himself, and at each revolution his feet struck a be am, pounding them to a jelly. The engine had to be stopped before he ooulil be released. Ora Davie, a young lady of high stand-; ing, fourteen years of age, living thr;e
miles north of Washington, committed suicide, Monday night, by taking 4rough on rato." She was engaged to be married to a young man who was working for her father. She left a letter addressed to her lover, which her father got hold of, and the contents cannot be found out, as he refuses to give it up. Patents have been if sued to Indiana inventors as follows; D. 0. Bagham, Albion, lighting and extinguishing gaslights W. K. Bowers, New Haven, gate; J. B. Deeds, and W. Mack, slate and window eleane; J. L. Prankem, Indianapolis, tile hearth or vestibule floor; J, H, Hamlet, Indianapolis, saw table gauge; C. O. Hull, Port Wayne, pencil-holder; A. H Kennedy, Bookport, belt gearing; D. MiNeely and J. A. Bake, Princeton, rai way gate; J, Moore, Flat Book, saw mill dog --- --' Working the Turtle. Braxton Democrat. . A emart fish can be seen in the dear water on the Elk at Hulunan's dam He follows the turtle, keeping closely behind and when the turtle turns over a rock in search of a crawfish, the fish quickly darts in, grabs the craw and skips. The industrious but disappointed turtle moves eaward at his work, perhaps not knowing that the wily fish is slyly watching his movements, but his labor is without reward A Secial Difficulty in Chicago. Chicago Herald. "Why do you not invito Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith to yonr reception? They are very nice ladies." "See, but you see my husband don't wanii me. to associate with them." "Indeed, what have they done?" "Why, they got divonjes from him and such, actions, you know, are very insultiug to a sensitive mim., ' .
HO W'S YOUR TITLE
H ow to Secure a Perfect Title Beyond a
Doubt What an Abstract Sho Id Contain Manner of Investigation The Becords Nor Always Reliable Where Errors Creep in-r--Valuable Information for the Reader.
Delphi Timw,
Few persons are aware of the many
vulnerable titles to real estate. Often -times titles, which appear straight and
perfect on the records in the clerk's and
recorder's offices, are really defective and
unsafe. Becords are net reliable to show
that all grantors or mortgagors, etc , were not married women, infants, insane per
sons or idiots; or that real estate convey
ed by a second husband and wife was not
acquired by such wife by virtue of her marriage to a former liVraband." Neither
do they show that, where lands are sold at sheriffs sale, all parties having an interest in such lands were made parties in
the original suit and had thai; respective interests adjudicated by the court. Thece, and many more things, tho records never
show nor do the average abstracts show
them. The prudent purchaser, thereto re, who wishes to acquire an in defeasible title to. real estateone that is, in any and all respects, perfect and absolute, will require search more extensive and thorough
than is usually mide by the ab3braafcor,
before parting with his money, either when purchasing or loaoiog on mortgage. The variou3 laws effecting real property, in this as in other states, are so complex, and the interests therein, often
times, so complicated, that, as a gtneral proposition, it is unsafe to make any kind
ot purchase until a general history of the
laud has been obtained as regards each
successive owner, a. complete abstract of
title as appears of record, and an opinion
of a competent attorney on ail questions.
incidental an 1 otherwise, affecting such
title. And especially is this trae as our
country prrows older and the number of
of transfers increase. HOW TO OBTAIN A VALID TITTjB
to real estate, and the manner in which
investigation relative thereto should be
conducted in order to secure a perfect ti
tle is the aim of this article. The prop
er msthod in making such investigation
should be to examine, any, United States patents, conveyances, for over three years,
ohanios and iienit, ditch
in their order, if
and State entries,
mortgages, leases
tiue Donas, me-
employes' liens, venders
assessments, foreclosures,
partitions, etecatqrs, almlmstrators,
guardiaas, assigaees, sheriffs, tax, street
improvement and gravel road sales,
judgznants, exoufcions in sheriff's hands,
liens in Lis Pendens record,, suits pend
ing upon bonds payable to the State,
wills, taxes paid and unpaid, register of
tax sales, and in short, all claims requir
ed by law to bs filed in any of the coun
ty offices for record ana wnion m any
way affect the title to real estate.
In tracing title, the o oaten ts of each
oonvevanoe should bo carefully scrutin
ized, for ourohasers are bound to take
notice if all contents therein contained .
Note all dates, when acknowledged ana
when received for record. See that the
description corresponds with the land
sought to D3 dsscriosd.' If the deaorip
tion is erroneous, see that it has been rec
tified and that in a legal manner. Care
should be taken to observe the extent of
the grantor's title.
Ko one can convey a greater title than
ha or she nossesses. ifor example, one
holding a life interest in lans can no
oonvev in fee simple, a3 where a woman
who acquires laud by virtue of her mar
riage to her d3ceased husband, which husband has no ohildren by her, but
children bv a previous marriaflre: she
biVftt nnlv a life estate. Neither can a
woman married to a Becond husband
ooavay lauds acquired by virtue of her
marriajje to a former husband. In eith
er of these latter cases at her death the law casts the title on the children by
virtue of suoh previous marriage. Where
title is acquired by virtue of a will, the will should be examined and the extent
of thA fettle ascertained. laeds. and m
short all conveyances of land or any in
terest therein, should be signed by the
grantor, or person making theoonvev-
anoe, and acknowledge' P before a person
authorized by law to take acknowiodg-
meni?, and according to the law then in fo. If siflrned bv sihffle persons, the
ar..-.- 7 statements as to whether he or she, as
the caste may be, were married, should be
made.
When husband and wue ao not sign
the same deed, but sign separate f deeds,
the conveyance is not goo3, A deed from
husband to wife, no fraud! intervenin&
will perhaps be good. A purchaser is bound to know whither the officer before whom his deed is acknowledged, is duly qualified by the laws of the State to act. If he is not properly qualified the deed will bo invalid. Th officers usually qua 1ified to take aoknowls3gment of deads, etc, are notaries public, justices of the peace, clerks of the courts, Mayors of cit
ies, eta. Where the officer has a seal, suoh ueals should be attached to the deed and such seals, so attached, are usually sufficient to show that he has authority. Au ofiioer having no seal, as a justice of the peace, and taking an acknowledgment out of the county in which, the land lies, must have attached to such deedl a certificate from the clerk of the court of the county wherein such officer resides, showing that at the time of taking suoh acknowledgment the officer was lawfully acting in sush capacity, and that bis fignature to such conveyance is genuine. To this certificate the clerk must have his ovm seal affixed. Where a oonvevauce has ben made by a "po wer of attorney," care should be taken that such "power of attorn ey" has been duly acknowledged and rjjcorded. There should always be a CAPACITY TO CONVEY. In tracing a chain of title, it is highly ueoessrary that each successive grantor be able to make a legal and valid conveyance, otherwisethe purohaser buys at his peril. The Indiana statute enacts that "persons of unsound -mind and infants may not alien lands nor any interest therein." Therefore, care should be taken that each successive grantor was of the age of 21 years and of sound mind. Of course the conveyance of any interest
therein, by an infant (a person, under 21 years), or a person of unsound mind, is not absolutely void,for they have the privilege of ratifying and consenting to suoh acts after the removal of their disabilities, but it is not usually safe to purchase jposaible lawsuits, If atf infant or a person of unsound mind is under guar dianship, their convey aooe of land cannot be ratified. They are absolutely void. Likewise the deed or any conveyabce whatever by a habitual drunkard under
guardianship is worthless, and ot no ef-
sot. There are a few exceptions 'fco the
above quoted fcta?fcute. Since April 15,
866, a married woman, under the age of
21 years, but whose husband is of the age of 21, can join with him to convey any of
his lauds, but not hers. Also where the husband is of unsound mind, his interests in real estate can be convey el by a
a guardian properly qualified, and his wife making a separate deed, will make the conveyance- complete. Whore the
wife is of unsound mind the husband can,
by sho win a suoh fact to the proper court,
and giving bond with surety to maintain
her, , or in case she should recover, to aooeunt to her one-third of the purchase
money (and provided she shoulil desire
it) he can convey his laud and such con
veyance will rest a complete title in the
grantee.
It often occurs that land is sold by an
administrator, gnardian,or commissioner,
Where such is the case, care should be
taken that they wore legally and proper
ly qualified to act See t hat petition to
sell was sufficient, and that all parties having an interest in the land had their rights properly adjudicated by ttoe court,
that the laud was rightly appraised, that
bond was given, iihat sale was made according to law, aad that it was duly con firmed by the court.
B12COBOINO. Through a false economy, many per
sons pay dearly for laud not only - be
cause of a failure to seek competent legal
advice before purchasing, or by having
their deeds properly made, but by failing to have them recorded.
Prior to August 24, 1875, ninety days were allowed by statite to purchasers and mortgagees in which to have such instrument ; reoorded,and if not ao recorded within such prescribed time, "they would be fraudulent and void, as against any subsequent purohaser, lessse, or mortgagee in good faith and for a valuable consideration"; Since that time 45 davs only are sallowed. To illustrate
plainly the above law, suppose on January 1st A sells to B 40 acres of land, and executes and delivers to B a deed for the same. If afterwards A should sell to 0 the same land, and O not knowing of tae transfer te B but bought in good faith and paid his money, and B's deed should not be on recovd,it will be void! as against Cs deed. . V Besides examining the deed and mortgage records, it is also necessary to examine the misoeihineous records, and such other records as are required by law to be kept in the recorder's office, such as mechanics' and employes' liens, leases for over three years, title bonds, ditch assessments, etc. As regards mechanics' liens,noiia should be taken that the con? ditions whereby they are entitled to have liens are complied with. The statute enacts in substance that mechanics and all persons performing labor or furnishing material for the construction or repair of any building, etc., may have s. lien thereon, and on the interest of the land on which ths building is erected, belonging to the owner thereof, by filing notice tuereof in the recorder's office of the county where such property is 'situated, within sixty days after completion of work or materials furnished. Should the notice not be filed within such time the lien does not attach. If filed with recorder within such prescribed time, then an action to enforce the lien 'must be
brought in the proper courts, with
m one vear from tne tune o:
the completion, or credit given, or the right of action to enforce is lost,
When suoh lien attrtohes, it relates bscl:
to the time whed work upon such build
ing, repair or furnishing, began.
In the investigation of laud titles, a complete knowledge of all the clerk's redo ords are of great importands especially so in that they show all judicial action
taken in reference to the settlement of deoedente' esta tee,of all judgments which
are liens upon lands, of partitions made,
of all wills probated, eta, etc. .The statute enacts that all. VIHAXi JTJDG1TENTS
in the Oii'ouit Ctomrts for the recovery of
money or costs shall be a lien upon thia
real estate in the county where judgment, is rendered, for the space of ten
ysara after the rendition thereof and no
longer, exclusive of the time during
which the party, in whose favor the judg
ment is, may be restrained from proceeding thereon " It might have added that this lien ior ten years applies to all judg ¬
ments rendered by any court within thiB
State, except a judgment rendered by
justice of the peace, which only becomes
a lien from the time the transcript of such judgment is filed with the clerk of the county in which a judgment debtor's land Hes.
It musfc be borne in mind, however,tha,t
the judgments of a court are limited to
the extent of the jurisdiction of such
court Judgments rendered in any of the
United States Courts of this State are liens upon fethe lauds of .. any judgment debtor anywhere in the State. The judgements of the Oirou t, Common Pleas, Superior and Criminal Courts of the State are liens from the time of their reniition, upon the lands of any judgment debtor within the oou aty wherein the land lies. Where a judgment is rendered -in one county, it becomes a lien upon land of a judgment debtor in another county from the time a transcript of suoh judgment is
filed in such county, just m a judgment taken before a juatiss. Judgments rendere d on bondi payable to the State become liens on real estate from the commencement of the action. A recognizance bond becomes a lien upon land of the principal from the time it is given, and upon the land of .a surety from the time judgment of forfeiture is rendered; v .. An execution from another county becomes a lien from time of levy. Finis become liens from time of aissessment. An attachment becomes a lie a ifrom the time of its delivery to the sheriff. Judgment in a bastardy proceeding, originally commenced before a j us tice,beoomes a lien from the date ot filing the transcript of such judgment with the county clerk.
LeWioies are liens from the death of J
the testato r, A wido w has a lien upon the lands'Of her deceased husband, to the extent of any of the unpaid $500 allowed her by the statute, and such liens shall be superior to all judgments rendered against sush husband. Where suit is commenced to enforce an unrecorded lien, or claim, upon real estate, 'notion thereof previously filed in the Lis Pendens record, becomes a lieir frnm thftdatfl of filinflf. In examining the'
judgment looker, oire should w taKen thit .iv ju U nent has h eu appealed. ; A midsipH Uuk olui occurs while tryi
ng a change of title from the deed re
cord. This happens simaetimes by the death of an intermediate grantor without
making a conveyance. Where the chain
of title is interrupted by the death of an iotermediate owner, examination should be made as to whether letters of administration were taken out on his estate. See that cuoh estate was settled according te law, that all deb & of decedent were paid, or else the estate will be liable for them. If suoh decedent left any will or heirs at law, care should be taken to ascertain such facts; find out number of heirs and their respective interests. Heirs,it should be remembered, are those who can and do inherit, whether they be children or not. If any heirs were minors, see that they had guardians. If any suits for partition were brought, see that all parties entitled to any interest in the estate
were made parties in the original suit. Where administrator guardian have petitioned for partition, see that they were qualified to act, and that Buoh petition was legally sufficient, that land was appraised according to law, that bond was given, that notice of tune und place was given if sale was to have been made at public auotion, and lastly see that sale
was duly confirmed by the proper court. If such decedent left examine the record of wills and see that its conditions have been complied with, that it was properly executed, that is, signed in writing by the testatoror by
some cne'in his presence with his consent, and attested and subscribed in his presence by two or more competent witnesces and that it was properly probated and proven according to law.' A will can be contested within three years from the tune "after it has been offiered for probate." Any person under legal disabilities however, has two years after the removal of disabilities in which to contest snob wilL See that the will has been recorded within three years from death of
testator. ' ... . The statute enacts that an inucoeht purchaser, who purchases land front the heirs of anyone who is deceased and pays a valuable consideration therefor, he shall not have his title thereto impairedjif any will of sUii .i la V3 wsd pnou is not probated within' three years after the death of such deceased person. There are to this role, however, two exceptions: First; where anyone who be
ing a devisee, (one to whom something
is given by ; will), was a minor, a person of unsound mind, imprisoned,
or out of the State at the death of snoh
deceased person; and second, where it appears that the existence of suoh will,
etc, wa& concealed from such devisee. In
either of the two latter cases the limitation shall not commence until after one
. Wanted to Return '.His.
The Bockingham, Va; Rocket,
fed
Oar Register "of Deeds received the lowing postal card a few days ago :
. . - -, N. G., Sept; 12, 188BMb RMisctk Dear Sir: I write to find out if there is any :i.way ..to get my money back, y as I will have to Return these License as 'f , the girl has went back on me, and is run . away. JDet me know ion. Besctfol)y. -
A lad?, who suffered from
peculiar to her sex, in writing to a triendt said: "I tried various kidney medicines, . but only found mvself crowing woree. 11
friend told me to use Dr. Quysctt's 5 ellow Dock and Sarsapaiifla. Its efifect on f me was soon indicated by a clear;? and?t beautiful eemplexion. a freedom fromi i
aches and pains, a complete removal 'i'.'v 1 -.k nervous depression, painless regularity 0 in habits of digestion, and otherwise. f-tr..: cannot praise the remedy too highly as a r-'-&
true in en a w suuanng woman nooa ana
as a strengtheuing medicine.?
year from the removal ot such disabilities. ' v . . . , ; ' Title is of ten acquired by " , . a sbmkipf's DEED. ;' , ' Where land is sold at sherifiPs sale, care should betaken that all parties claim
ing or holding any interest in such land were made parties in the original suit and had their respective rights passed upon and determined by the court, and jurisdiction in such original suit See that the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years are offered, or that suoh lands were offered in parcels or lots, separately, if the same was susceptible of sale, (it an exoution), was advertised for twenty days, by posting up written or printed next before the day of sale, or that three weeks notice' was given in a newspaper published in the county in which the land lies. See that the description of the lands to be afieofed, and that the bidder or bidders were qualified. Sometimes there is what is known in legal langu age as a cloud upon one's title, that is, that the title is not absolutely dear, and suit is brought by the claimant making all other parties claim
ing an interest therein, defendants,1 and legal proceeding are had to determine the rightf ul owner, and to bar all other claimants from setting up or claiming any further title. This is calling quieting title and is quieted by judicial - action. As in other oases, pare should be taken- to ascertain that all claimants were made parties before judgment -for quieting title is rendered, or else such oiaiments will not be barred or? effected by such judgment. TAXJ . . .... s.. :: . for State, county, township, school and road purposes, are a lien upon real estate
from the first of April, annually. For city
taxes, the lien attaches on the first day of January of each year. In. abstracting it is necessary to examine the tax duplicates and the register of tax sales, to see that all taxes have been paid, that the lend has never been sold for taxes, and if sold, the same was reieemed within, two years from the date of sale, etc.. The statute of .1852 enacted that the owner of land,sold for taxe9,couid redeem the same within two years from the date of sale by paying to the holder of the tax oertifloate fifty per centumon the amount bid at such sale, This la w, however, was changed by Legislature, March 8, 1877, which gives certificate holders fifteen per centum if redeemed with six months from date of side, twenty-five per centum if redeemed after six months and within one year, and forty per centum if redeemed after one year and within two years. By an act of Legislature in 1881 such certificate holder is entitled to ten per centum interest, if redeemed within six months from date of sale; fifteen per centum after expiration of such six months and within one year, and twenty-five per centum alter expiration of one year and: within two years. , v .. '. ' That an attorney may be able to pass correctly upon the validity of a title,every
abstract of such title should give dates with the utmost precision, and an epitome of the history of such title, if possible.
This is necessary, because the law relating to real estate is constantly changing,
and what may be the law to-day may not
be the law to-morrow, ifi very transacxion,
therefore, in any way afleofang title to
real estate, must be in accord wun tne
existing laws. ; ' .... ;
A person who claims to be successful
n keeping eggs "the year round' gives
the following directions; To one pint of 6dt and one pint of fresh lime add four gallons of boiling water. When cold put
it in a stone jftr. Then with a dish let down your fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish after it fills with the liquid so that they will roll out without cracking the shell, for if the shell is cracked .the egg will spoili Put the eggs in whenever you have hem fresh. Keep them covered in a cool place, , -and they vyjmp'lreji sfor a year. . ' ' ; ., . " The Minneapolis mills fturrt ont daily from tifteen to twenty tho i$aid feri clsof
floor,
Estimating the Value of a Babe.
Testifying before the Senate snb-oom mittee of education and labor, i. Agrip-
pa M. Bell, a Brooklyn physician, said
that every mother is $12.50, on the nver-
age, better ofi when she has a child ti an
before. When a child is d years old
average value to the community is .SlBO-i -i
When it reaches 20 veara it is worth tfi00 a year, and so continues until 40 years of . age. In New lork city there are on ' anCll average 20,000 preventable deaths a year,?
over half of them infants; This, onT they 1 nrimnn tjiHnn nf t.hA hmi nfjiinntirniati a. miw: K-
resents a loss to the city of over Uifift
000. I ntcmpeiatcei diiectly or indirect ; ly, is the chief cause of there d-saths, and 'U'sl&j V-V'i
most of them ccnld te i Hi ei'tedvtew''
The best interests of humanity :dependT: on t .e good health of the women folks, ''rf and yet those with brightest intellects " 5 '- seem to suffer most with ailments peculir iar to female lite. Ic is well to remember v ' that the whole female system cati' be k :X-.
built up to a proper state of endurance, i rs :. X
pimples, sores, swollen limbs, monthly pains, and otb. i indications of female disease, made t disappear, and rob health of mind and t ody take the place of illness and distress, if a timely use is made of tt liuysot's Yellow Dock and yarsaparilla. It restores the blood to.
perfec health, it strengthens the muscu- 'I lar and nervous system. It gives tone to C; the digestive and urinary organs. It si- 4 '- lays all irritation of tUe : -.mucous membrane. in a word, it is a perfect female V medicine, and aids every function cf te?
male life. Ho. other remedy equals it. Have your druggist get it. Take no sub-
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General McOlellan and family -will spend most of the winter hem, in spito V nf th ttu4. tbnt tliftv dhv nn thpir hime-.
here, some time ago.
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The poor sufierer that has been dosins
himseb! with so-called It ociies and there- -f .V V-
by upset his stomach without curing tmf
tioublesome cough, should take our ad.v!4 vise and use at ence . Br Jiull's ,. ;Oougti.2g;
Syrap and get welt . .X Take aeelamb tothehouBeandmake
a pet of it. Use notoing but kindneae, and give ii a name, teaching it to come at the call Whenever the lamb obeysive
it Bomethmg-as a reward, sucn as a grain .
of corn, piece of bread, or anytning tnat
is acceptable, but never give ifea blow. When the lamb is grown, place-it .in the nook, and you will need only to call that one sheep, when all the others will .follow. As sheep folio .v their leader,, . the training of one is the training 3sM:,Si
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A New Yorker had a fine watch oleaned
and thoroughly repaired. A week later-. it atbppect He then inttrviewed -.iabOTi twenty jewelers. He learned from tneni'; ,
that , it had brokea jewav a-cgr : f$ -:rm was gone, he had opped: i - ;beDt t . pinions, etc. Thoroughly disgusted to ! ?
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took it to the jeweler who had-warrantee ; :
it for one year, and learnad that it wm i, 1. A U. 1. .. J '.vikoH- W'.".'
to 'wind it np the night before.;., V: r' $0$
Everyone should tell nis neignoor mat; the best remedy for curing cough . snlv.-1 v - T0 1
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sumption, is Dr. Wistars i5aisamoc wua Ohftrry. It is pleasant to take andf very
soothing, and heahng miteeflect- :
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