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tBESEWSOFTHEWEER Josiah Quincy, Assistant Secretary of State, has resigned. The price of wheat is again advancing In the central markets. The horse and cattle show at the World's Fair is growing in popular favor. The National banks at Louisville are getting ready to resume business. A heavy frost visited the cranberry region in Wisconsin and the crop Js considered a total loss. Marie Prescott, the well-known actress died at New York, Wednesday, from a surgical operation. Plans to blow up the Detroit waterworks and then fire the city have been discovered. Arrests will be made. Mrs. Ada M. Bittenbender, of Lincoln, has been nominated for the Supreme Bench by the Iowa Prohibitionists. Five hundred Arkansas convicts have leen leased to work on the Mississippi Jevees. This will make the prison selfsustaining. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was eightyfour years old, Tuesday. Owing to the .great storm he had but few callers and

passed the day quietly. It is estimated that the largest delegation of grand army men that ever left Washington for a national encampment will go' to Indianapolis. The department of agriculture has received cable advices that the French government has determined to admit American forage into France free of duty. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher celebrated her. eighty-second birthday at the residence of her son, Col. H. B. Beecher, in Yonkers,N. Y. She is becoming quite feeble. A mob of White Caps was routed and several wounded by a man whom it had gone to lynch, near Northneld, Minn. He had a pistol and a musket and used both with good effect. The treasury book shows 197,000,000 gold reserve and a net balance of f 11.003,030, this balance being composed entirely of subsidiary coin. The reserve is being used in paying the obligations of the Government. l Secretary Carlisle has recommended an immediate appropriation of $300,030 for continuing the recoinage of fractional silver coin and an appropriation of $44,303 for distinctive paper for printing treasury notes. Twenty-nine sailors are known to have been lost in the storm which did so much damage to New York and along the Atlantic coast, Thursday. Scores of vessels were wrecked and many others are missing. Fourteen persons were killed in a railroad collision near Long Island City. Sunday morning. ' It was one of the worst accidents of the year. Col. E. A. Buck, editor of the Spirit of the Times, New York, was among the killed. Commissioner of Health Reynolds, of Chicago, says that the country is indebted to Dr. Jenkins, of New York, for an al most perfect system of quarantine at that port. He thinks it practically impossible for cholera to enter this country at New Yonc or Boston. Old sotftiers at Arkansas 'City, Ran., will make a test case of their claijned rights under the United States Revised Statutes, and declare their intention of settling on any specified quarter of the Cherokee strip. The statutes say that a soldier may locate his homestead and have six months to file his declaratory statement. A large and disorderly mob gathered on the lake front at Chicago, Wednesday. A dangerous riot was feared. The toughs threw stones, coupling pins and other missiles at the police officers, but when a large force of police charged on the crowd it dispersed. Mayor Harrison has conferred with the Governor and U. S. army officers in order to secure State and national troops in case of an emergency. Controller Eckels, Wednesday, published a list of thirty-four national banks, with a combined capital of $6,030,000, that suspended since Jan. 1, 1893, and have been permitted to resume business, examination having proved them to be sound and solvent institutions. Fifty-seven are still in the hands of receivers, sixty-two in the hands of examiners, and one has gone into voluntary liquidation. England is wrought up over a reported case of cholera at Hull. Two new cases of cholera have been re- . ported at Rotterdam. The people of Toronto, Ont, by a majority of 1,000, have voted against running street can on Sunday. Great riots an Naples havecontinuedfoiseveral days. Twelve thousand troops have been trying to restore order, but have failed. One thousand arrests have heen made. The debate on the Home Rule bill in the House of Commons has closed. The final vote will le taken Wednesday, Aug. 30. The closin j scenes of the debate were remarkably tame. The bill will be debated in the House of lords in September. CLEVELAND IS SICK. A Serious Surgical Operation Performed In Joly. A New York special to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, gives what appears to be authentic ietails that give a color of truth to many rumors, that have been current foi some time, that the President is suffering front a serious disease that is feared to be of a cancerous nature. Dr. Hasbrouck, an eminent dentist of New York, talked for publication: "The President's disease is or was a growth fn the bones of his left upper Jaw. The operation as performed July 1, on board of Mr. Benedict's yacht. I do not think the disease is the same as Gen. Grant's. I administered the anaesthetic. The surgeons performed the operation, and while at work the President revived and I was obliged to administer it to him a second time. The operation, in which I took no part except to administer the nitrous oxide, was a success. The loss of blood was not great. I have no doubt the disease is curable." The operation was performed by Dr. Bryant and a third

surgeon. Dr. Brnt is still at Gray Gables. The truth seems to have been successfully concealed for nearly two months. "After all' murmured the artist, "perhaps the ideal figure has a dollar mark in front of it."

TYPICAL "INDIANA."

The Great Crowning Figure in Posit lot on the Soldiers Mouuiuent, The work of placing the great bronze crowning figure. "Indiana." in position or, the Soldiers' Monument at Indianapoli! is at last completed. The exact weight of the figure is: Head, 000 pounds; body, 8,000 pounds: ttlobu and feet. 3,000 pounds; arms, L'.OOO pounds; sword, 300 pounds; total, i'.iOO pounds,

TIIK OnOW.VIXG FIGURE. The crowning figure was cast by the American Bronze Company of Chicago, which cast the Montana silver statue on exhibition at the World's Fair. The statue is the largest bronze iiguro ever east. There was some bronze loft after the figure had been cast. -which the company is making into paper knives of pretty

design. The commission has ordered 6,000

medals hearing a likeness of the monument, which will be received by September 1.

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IIEY HAD SAND.

Two Officers Stop a Vrize Fight No "Ro byUni' Goes In Clark County. A drunken, howling mob of eight hundred to a thousand New Albany .oughs.

bent on seeing a light between Jack Tuell and John Alvis, at any hazard, surrounded Sheriff Will Davis, ef Clark county, and Chief of Police, William Cisco, of JofTersonville, Monday night. There was imminent danger of bloodshed and only the :oolness of the two brave officers probably saved their lives from the hands of the ?angof plug-uglies. But they prevented the fight, even though the gang quoted Robey. The fight had been announced for Monday and the initiated were to go to a certain saloon in New Albany to get directions to find the grounds. Sheriff Davis got wind of the matter and taking Jeffersonville's Chief of Police with him set out to find where the fight was to be. Several miles out they were recognized, and when they reached the neighborhood of the proposed battleground they were surrounded by a drunken mob. They were near tbe dividing line, but till in Floyd county, and therefore without authority. Threats were freely made, and finally some of the leaders of the gang offered to bribe the two officers, but it was no go. 'The Governor has decided that we can fight. They do it atRoby!" yelled one tough. But the Ciark county officers could not see it. "What are you going to do?" yelled some of the mob. 'Nothing in Floyd," was the sheriff's answer. 'What will you do in Clark?" 'Til arrest every one of you" was the rejoinder. The mob surged around the buggv and bloodshed was imminent, and had it not been for some cooler heads some qne would have been killed. Tho two officers were hemmed in by the howling mob; pistols were clicking, and at any moment a disgraceful riot was ready to start. Some calmer men interfered and a lane was opened for the plucky officers, who drove across the Silver Creek bridge, and, traversing a distance of a hundred vards, they were in Clark county. There they tied their horse, posted themselves at the bridge and awaited the coming of the inob, determined to stop the ght or die! But the gang did not come. After an hour's wrangling it dispersed. Sheriff Kelly, of Floyd, appeared upon the scene, ana buggies, hacks and other conveyances broke for New Albany, and itwas given out that the light would take place in Harrison county. From 8 to 11 o'clock Davis and Cisco held the fort against tho toughs, and broke up the fight. A CHICAGO RIOI

Tolice Endeavor to Stop a Parade and Meet With .Determined Resistance ' Saturday afternoon a crowd of alleged unemployed men held a meeting on the lake front at Chicago near the Columbus statue. Some one raised ;i black flag, but it was taken down and tfco Stars and Stripes raised. About SCO men formed in regular order, and the balance of the crowd followed in mass., and started west from Wabash avenue. At Clark street a cab tried to pass the line, and finally got through. Then a mail wagon was stopped, but was finally got through by the police using their clubs freely. Then the crowd got wild and noisy. A buggy tried to pass but was tipped over. Then serious trouble began. The police charged with their clubs and the crowd used stones. Men and women were knocked down and trampled on. The mob and spectators were driven headlong by the police. Inspector Rous was struck on the head with a stone and rendered senseless. The crowd made a rush for him but were beaten back. Several hundred officers by this time had arrived and as the crowd poured into Washington street a squad charged, driving three or four hundred men before thera. Another police officei fell at this point. A patrolman was al9C badly bruised, but the vigorous use ol clubs and prompt action on the part o! tho police soon dispersed the angry mob Two rioters were seriously injured Mayor Harrison issued an order that nt more parades of any character were to tx allowed for the present.

THE EXTRA SESSION. In the House, Saturday, the Speakerannounced theorderof theday's proceedings, stating that the time in favor of the bill would close with Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, the author of tho bill under consideration, and time in opposition with Mr. Bland, of Missouri. Numerous members occupied the time until 10:20, when the floor was yielded to Mr. Reed, of Maine. Mr. Reed expressed doubts as to the ability of the House to deal satisfactorily with the question. The crisis, ho said, was one of tho inseparable accompaniments of all human progress, which has been a series of upward starts and falls of almost proportionate length. Because of the drain of gold since the passage of the Sherman act in 1890, a season of depression has resulted, and we are today suffering all the calamities of a restricted circulation in the midst of an

abundant supply of money which is hoarded because of a lack of confidence. Mr. Reed disclaimed politics in his statements. But he averred that the system of manufactures in this country have been established on a basis of protection, and that the basis was threatened with a change. For his part he did not believe the Democratic party to be btterly bad. Nevertheless he would vote for repeal for two reasons. First, because, whether justly or not, the Sherman law is believed to be the cause of the unreasonable hoarding of currency throughout the country. The second reason was that only byrepeal could the nation hope to attract foreign capital, without which it were vain to hope for an upward turn of the country's business. "We must put ourselves he said, "in a position when the timo for that upward movement comes, to be able to command the capital of tho world, which shall assist us on the path to the next period of prosperity and progress.' In conclusion, Mr. Reed said: "What, then, is tho pathway of duty? The unconditional repeal. That will either give, relief or not. If not, then we must try something else, and the sooner the better. It is a matter of deep regret to all sensible men that we have delayed so long. Men are to-day struggling almost against fate and praying for relief. The banks are strained almost to the point of breaking. It is such a pity that we had to waste so much time in this weary welter of talk." Mr. Reed's speech was received with great enthusiasm by the Republican side of tho House. Mr, Allen, (Dem.) said, on taking the floor, after Mr. Reed, that unlike most of the gentlemen who had addressed the House who had disclaimed being cither financiers or partisans he was both. Laughter. But he was not responsible for the monetary stringency, as he had kept his money in circulation, and had done 95 per cent, of his business on credit. His creditors were now demanding that he do something to restore confidence. Laughter. The country was ill, but the remedy proposed was not the proper one. It reminded him of tho story of the darky who, being left in chargo of the farm, wrote to his employer: "Be cow has been sick. I think she is well of the disease now, but I think she will die of the remedy I done give her." Mr. Allen said he had no quarrel with tho administration, but was opposed to unconditional repeal. At 1 p. m. Bourke Cockran (Dem.), of New York, took the floor and addressed the House. Mr. Cockran said in opening that all who had listened to the gentleman who had just taken hiseat would admit that the arguments in favor of free cainage were picturesque rather than convincing. He could not agree with Mr. Reed that these periods of depression were inseperablefrora the advancement of civilization. They were due to a specific cause which might readily be discovered. Mr. Cockran devoted himself to an historical resume of financial legislation and asserted that there was no instance in the history of civilization where gold and silver ever circulated side by side at any ratio. Itwas impossible that they should do so, and he defied the gentleman from Missouri (Bland) to name an exception. The fluctuation of the values of the two coins were sufficient to constantly drive out the dearer metal and this, said Air. Cockran, was the inevitable result. France was compelled to import six hundred millions of ro!d to maintain the parity of the silver which she had coined. That was what the United States would have to do if itwas desired to maintain the parity of the silver we have coined. The present trouble, Mr. Cockran said, was not due to a lack of money, but to a lack of redundancy of money. Money was not wealth; it was simply the machinery with which trade is worked. Mr. Bland in reply to Mr. Cockran, said the gentleman should change his diet from thestock exchange by going to the country. All the dogmatic utterances of the gentleman from New York were made in the face of history and in the face of truth. Mr. Bland did not defend the Sherman act, ami if he could put in its place a provision for free coinage he would vote for its repeal. Ho denied that there was plenty of money. The Wilson bill for the repeal of the Sherman law was legislation in favor of England and Austraii a, and would add distress to the farmers and miners of America. To strike silver meant apolitical revolution and thudeath of both great political parties. For one he would stand by the people, even though the Democracy should goto the wall. Mr. AlcMillin.of Tennessee, and Mr. Kithhm, of Illinois, spoke against repeal. Thev would stand by silver. Mr. Wilson, author of tho bill for repeal, then closed the debate at the day session, lid denied that the passage of the bill would drive the country to a gold basis. Rather, he said, would it place it in an unassailable position on a parity with gold, from which it could never be driven. Tho first benefit would be the restoration of the confidence of the people in our own money that would release from hiding places $1,700,000,000 now in the country. Then would be no necessity to sell bonds abroad to ge; gold. There was an abundance of gold alreadv in tho country. At tho evening session Col. Fellows, of New York, spoke for repeal. Ho said the present condition of atTairs was due to the maladministration of the Republican party. Speaking of the city of New York Mr. Fellows declared that she had no interest separate from tho rest of the country. She demanded for the transaction of her own business and that of the whole country a sound monev currency. She cared nothing whether that currency was gold, silver or paper, provided every dollar was as good as ovorv other dollar. At 11:05 o'clock the II mse udjourned until Monday. Aug. js. at 1l' o1clock, when the first vote will he taken. In the Senate, Monday, but little of interest transpired. Mr. Sherman gave no tice that he would address the Senate on the silver question, Wednesday. Various amendments were offered to the Voorhees bill repealing the Sherman law. Mr.

Voorhees, chairman of the finance com mittee, advised that all amendments be voted down. A message from the House was received announcing tho passage of the bill repealing a part of the Sherman act. On motion of Mr. Voorhees it was immediately referred to the committee on finance. In tho House, Monday, every seat in the hall and galleries was filled at an early hour. The Speaker commanded order ftt 12 o'clock. The amendment to the Wilson bill favoring free coinage at the rate of 10 to 1 was called first on order of proce dent, and on a vote it was defeated yeas, 1-4: nays, o. Not nearly as much interest was taken on the second amendment,

which was in a ratio of 17 to 1, and tho vote resulted yeas, 100; nays, 240. The 18 to 1 standard was defeated yeas, 1GJ; nays, The 19 to 1 amendment was defeated yeas, 104; nays, 233. The 30 to 1 amendment was defeated yeas, 121; nays, 221. The proposition to re-enaci the Bland-Allison act was defeatedyeas, 13(; nays, 213. The vote was then taken on the final passage of the Wilson bill, repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman bill, and it was passed yeas, 240; nays, 110. In the Senate, Tuesday, Mr. Voorhees reported back the House bill repealing part of the Sherman act, with an amendment. He asked that it be placed on the calendar and desired the consideration of the Senate until final action. He explained the amendment, stating that itwas identical with tho House bill so far as the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law was concerned, but that it contained a substitute clause which in his judgment improved it. Mr. Teller objected, and under the rules the amendment went over. A resolution by Mr. Stewart was then laid before the Senate, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate whether there is danger of a deficiency in the revenues of the government. A long discussion ensued. Senators Sherman, Voorhees, Mills, McPhcrson and Harris opposed the resolution. A motion to refer to the finance committee was opposed by Hill and Stewart. Mr. Hill made a lengthy

speech in opposition to referring to the finance committee, but on a vote it was so referred yeas, 40; nays, 15. Mr. Gordon spoke in favor of unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. Mr. Teller addressed tho Senate in an argument to prove that the Sherman law is not responsible for the financial troubles of the country. In the House Mr. Aitken offered a resolution providing for the investigation of the Ford theater disaster. Referred. Mr. Reed twitted tho Democrats with having partially approved the rules of the Fiftylirst Congress, but said they had not gone far t hough. He spoke at length in favor of the adoption of rules to give the majority control and take away from the filibusterer the opportunity to stop the consideration of a measure. Speaker Crisp tool; the floor to reply to Mr. Reed. He said that Democrats would not refrain from the adoption of rules simply because they had been part of the code of Mr. Reed's Congress. He attacked Mr. Reed on his arrogant assumption of power, in the Fiftyfirst Congress, to count a quorum. The question had gone to the Supreme Court and the gentleman from Maine had never been justified. Ho felt that the Fiftyfirst Congress was a usurpation. Mr. Reed replied at length, stating that it was unusual for the presiding officer to partake in the discussion on the door. He regretted the action of the Speaker on general principles. To the personal criticism he would not reply. He believed that tbe policy of the Fifty-first Congress had received the approval of the Supreme Court, With that support he could do without the support of any individual, He hoped the Democratic pa;ty would be able to catch up with the Republican party in the next four years. The subject of rules was then dropped. Mr. Springer introduced a bill providing for the coinage of the seigniorage of silver in tho Treasury, Sub-committees on branches of the tariff bill were announced, and the House adjourned, In the Senate, Wednesday, Mr. Shcrflian vindicated the character of Ernest Seyd, the great English financier. He said the immediate question bofore the Senate was the repeal of tho act for the purchaso of silver bullion, passed in July, 1800. If that wefe the only reason for the extra

j session iw deemed it insufficient. The ! call was justified, however, by the exist- ' ing financial stringency. Mr. Sherman I went on to give a history of tho eircumstances which led up to the passage of the act of July, 1SU0. It was a far better law. he said, than the biU which the

House had then passed or the bill which the Senate had passed. There had been still another trouble. For the first time in manv years the balance df trade had turned against the United States last year. Hitherto the balance had been in favor of the United States to the amount of fifty, one hundred and sometimes two hundred million dollars. The last fiscal year the balance of trade was against tho United States to the amount of 818,735.0)0. 1 am not blind in regard to the operations of the law of 1890. Long before our Democratic friends ever thought of providing any measure of relief. I proposed relief in a bill which I introduced in almost the same wcrds as the bill of the Senator from Indiana Mr. Voorhees). Hut did our friends on the other side see the danger then and help us to suspend the operation of the law of WCO? They cannot answer that question. 1 did think, after two years' trial, that it was better to suspend it; and we, on this side of the chamber, tried to do it, but we had no support on the other side. Mr. Sherman said he hoped that Mr Vourheos would prepare a bill to em power the President and Secretary of the Treasury to sell bonds at their discretion in order to maintain tho parity of our currency. He then proceeded to reply to charges that had been made that his acts in reference to the iawof IrtOO had oeen stealthy and treacherous and alluded especially to some remarks that had been made by Mr. Yoorhoes, Mr. Voorhees Interrupted the speaker to say that nothing had been farther from his intention than to retiect upon Mr. Sherman when ho inadu tho remarks referred to. Proceeding Mr. Sherman said: "I am willing to trust to your executive officers. : I would give them power to protect the

credit of the lovernment against all enemies at hum and abroad. If the light must bo for the possession of gold, would use our cotton and our wheat, and I would protect our credit against all mankind. As to silver, I would say that we prefer to wait awhile, until the skied are clear, until we se.e the effects of tho suspension of silver coinage in India, and see what arrangements can 1)0 made for another international muui'liiry conference. 1 n the meantime let the United States stand on its strength and credit.' I think that soon all these clouds wilt be dissipated, and that we may go homo to our friends with the conviction that we have done a good work for our country at large.' Wednesday's session of the House was devoted to a discussion of rules.

IAWMA STATE HEWS.

Whiting has 3.r:) imputation, tiras:, hoppers have invaded (Mark county Fine peaches are abundant in New Albany. A prize baby show is imminent at Ft. Wayne. Pure white marble has been found in Wabash county. Kokomo will decorate in honor of tho national U, A. R. 3 The lifth attempt to strike natural gas al Delphi has failed. It is alleged that tho Muncie fire department is inefficient. Fourteen divorce suits are booked for trial in Wayne county. The Bracken hotel at Hammond was

destroyed by fire, Friday. Peaches in New Albany are bringing from $1.25 to $1.10 per bushel. The school trustees of Dana will erect a school-building costing $1,000. Marion police are overworking themselves trying to break ap profanity. Two honest, sober citizens of Marion have seen a wild man near that place. The Pan Handle proposes to run a branch line from Uas City to Frankton, via Falrmount. Handsome and well-appointed brick blocks are being erected in the burnt district at Cloverdale. The Salem G. A. R. has chartered a special car, in which to attend the National Encampment. It is said that a Washington county farmer sews his sheep's ears together to keep them from jumping. The Elkhart & Western is completed to Elkhart, and the iirst locomotive went

over the entire line Saturday. A team of horses driven by John Raab was struck and killed by a train and Raab seriously injured, west of Elkhart. The American strawboard-works at Noblesvllle, have closed down indefinitely, because of the general depression In business. The Carroll county teachers institute

passed resolutions demanding a change in the management of the State normal school. The well known Iiarnett Hotel at Lo gansport was turned, Wednesday morning. Many guests lost their luggage. Insured for $35,500. Petit, the wife-poisoner, confined for life in tho Prison North, is stated on what appears good authority to be hopelassly sick with consumption. 1 The determination of the Ministerial Association to prosecute Sunday ballplayers has resulted in breaking up Sunday ball at Muncie. The Greentown Reporter threatens to publish a list of patrons of the "quart shop" in that village, and there is a clamorous condition of affairs. The Miles Medical Company, of ElkHart, will resume work in their largo steam printing house and other departments, after a shut-down of thirty days, a Hon. Joseph K. Edgerton, of Ft. Wayne, died suddenly at Boston, Mass.. Saturday evening. Mr. Edgerton was born in Vermont in February, 1318, and has resided in Ft. Wayno since 1844. Messrs. Buck and Brown, the so-called "apostles of tent religion," are conducting a revival at Windfall. Dozens of converts nightly fall into a trance, and the excitement is said to be intense. A spectral figure is said to haunt the tracks of the old Peru railway near Atlanta, and the superstitious claim that it is the ghost of a laborer who was murdered by his companions tu 1855. James Field, an escaped convict of the Prison North, was recaptured at Hovell, lil. He met an ex-convlct at Decatur, 111., to whom ho boasted of his success, and the ex-convict gave him away. A North Judson News subscriber has ordered his paper stopped four tines this year, all because the News says he isn't competent to discharge his duties as township trustee while in a drunken stupor. A magnificent vein of ccnl has been struck at Belitown, near Linton, The specimen exhibited closely resembles the Pennsylvania variety. Tho vein lies six-ty-seven feet below the surface and is nearly six feet in thickness. 2 Jeter J. Clark, of Lafayette, under sentence to prison for his participation in the Rudolph riot, and who tied beyond jurisdiction of the court, returned to Lafayette one night last week to arrange his business and settle with his bondsmen. The village of Edwardsville, iivo miles west of New Albany, was badly swept by lire, Tuesday morning. Five residences and stores, with barns, etc., were consumed. The loss is about $15,0C0. with $4X0) insurance. The tire was of incendiary origin. The family of Robert Wood, a pensioner, living in Stamper creek township, Orange county, were annoyed by a nest of bumble bees which found lodgment behind the casing of a window. Mr. Wood at

tempted to dislodgo the insects and was stung to death. Peru is rejoicing over the prospect of becoming a winter rendezvous for circuses. Wallace's circus has for years made that city its winter headquarters, and tho Sells and Ren f row aggregations have announced their intention of going into shelter at that place the coming season.

In a wreck at Whiting, a big shipment of goid was spilled out. Twenty dollar gold pieces lay plentifully in the sand. Tramps in large numbers soon gathered, but the conductor sf the train covered them with a small revolver and all the money was secured. A huge robbery was narrowly averted by tho nerve of the railway men. A school supply swindle has been unearthed in Steuben county. A Chicago iirm has been selling relief maps to trustees for 07.50 that would be dear at $r. Several trustees are known to have been duped to the extent of $800 to $1,C00 each. The scheme is believed to be working in all parts of the State. According to the Crawt'ordsville Star, .John Robertson, of Green township, Parke county, borrowed $300 of Wash Spencer, township trustee, with which he went to the World's Fair, after which he returned home and made an assignment. His liabilities are placed at 90,000, with but $10,000 assets, of which I5.0.X) is pledged to secure the Waveland bank, Thir.vesstolo an iron safe weighing 800 pounds, containing $46 and va'uahie papers, from an Indianapolis saloon, Monday night. Tho robbery occurred within a hundred feet of tho house of Police Captain Quigley. Tho entire police department devoted its energies ail day Tuesday

in the city and surrounding country to searching for the property, but without avail. Theodore P. Haughey. Schuyler C. Haughey, Francis A, Coffin, Percival B. Collin and Albert S. Reed, under arrest for wrecking tbe Indianapolis National Bank, waived preliminary examination before the United States Commissioner, Mot lay afternoon, at Indianapolis, and were held under bond to await the action of fcb United States grand jury which meet inNovemv,nr. & As El wood Ha.tton was going to tbe water-works just as day was breaking on Monday morning, he ran across a pair of lovers in Washington Park who had evidently courted all night. They were fa a buggy, locked in each other's arms and sound asleep. When they were awakened there was a good deal of astonishment manifested all around. Attica Ledger. Greencastle is to furnish the material for the largest wine cask in the world. While in Europe Alfred Hirt secured the contract to furnish the staves and heading for this cask, Tho staves are t ba thirty feet long, ten inches thick, and from ten to twelve inches wide; the heading is to be twenty-five feet long, nine inches thick, and from twenty to twentyfive inches wide. Otto Brown, of Terro Haute, aged ten, was shot and killed by John Brown, his cousin, aged eleven, while "playing bear." Otto was the bear and was going from his cousin on his hands and knees, when the latter pulled the trigger of a shotgun which ho had aimed at the "bear" not knowing the gun was loaded. The children were alone in the house, the older people being absent at a funeral. A good story comes from the northern

part of Warren county. A young farmer residing there, who, by the way, was never considered a lady's man, suddenly developed a forty -horse power loving capacity and eloped with the wives of two brothers. It astonished the public to see the two brothers embrace each other over the affair. When asked what they intended to do they answered nothing. He would get punishment enough. Attica Democrat. There are twenty-four sureties on tho bond of J. K. Armstrong, the defaulting treasurer of Tipton county. The shortage has been figured down to $42,000, and and the notes due tha county and the Armstrong farm will reduce this amount to about 930,000. It is estimated thatoacb bondsman will be held fo fl,2sa It is intimated, however, that a few wil! tak advantage of the exemption law, which will increase the burden of those willing to stand by their responsibility. 2 John Wethercd, oi Manchester township, Dearborn county, while experimenting with seed wheat, soaked a quantity of it in alcohol and spread the grain, on h!s barn floor to dry. Soon after sparrows be" gan feeding on the softeped grain, and afterward when the alcohol began to s.how effects the premises surrounding the barn were fairly covered with flopping, fluttering birds, stupefied by liquor. Half a dozen of Mr. Wethered's cats then tore , hand, and in a short time over one hundred sparrows fell victims to their fury. Patents have been granted to Indiana inventors as follows: F. L. Bailey. Freeport, cash register and indicator; G.Baldwin, Indianapolis, plow; L. G. Cunnigham.Greensburg, pump; C. C. Durr, Plymouth, artificial tooth; H. Ghere. Frankfort, straw carrier; W, P. Granni Wolcottville, mowing machine; L.'B. Huddle ston, -.Winchester, corpse dressing table; C. Ingersoll, Indianapolis, oil burner; L. H, Sinclair, $witz C!ij OtOf; Pt B? niond, Indianapolis, lumber drying rack; R. 8. Rutter, Warsaw, submerged water heater; E. M. Rosenthal, Fort Wayne, display glove case; W. A. Scott, Evansville, folding bed; A. E.Whitney, Muncie, bracket for coffins; P. Zackreigel, Teii City, voting booth. Ex-Treasurer Huston, of Connersviile, will dispose '.)f his real estate holdings and personal property, or as much as wi!l per mlt an immediate settlement of the liabilities of the Citizens' Bank, of which he was the solo owner. He proposes to settle all of his affairs in that city and remove' elsewhere, and he will locate either at IndianapoliSi Cincinnati or Washington City, He reserves nothing from sale, not even the old home farm. Mr. Huston has been the most liberal business man Connersvillo ever had. His money and influence was always ready for anything beneficial to the city, his charities were kbundant, and no manufacturing enterprise was ever projected but that it had his financial backing. Mr. Huston owns stock in fiftysix companies, and he is an officer and director in thirty-six of them. The Indiana Odd Fellows are prepared to announce a definite rate for their grand excursions to Chicago Sept. 23, from all stations in tho State. The round-trip fare from Indianapolis will be 13.50, less than one cent a mile, with a corresponding rate from oiher stations. This is the lowest rate yet civen and makes the trip a very cheap one, as arrangements can be made by which tents may be occupied

for ten days at a cost of but U cents per day for each person. Reports are being received which indicate a large attendance from other StatesIowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, etc., and it is predicted the demonstration of the 23th will bo the greatest in th. history of the I. ().. F. All persons are invited to go to Chicago on this occasion. For particulars as to tents, hotels, etc., apply to C. H. Harwood, Indianapolis. A to rate from your town apply to the nearest railroad agent, BROKE A BAD HABIT. Also f ractured tH lllrmA Mac's Splaai Column. A peculiar accident to a fr.rm hand named Jordan, near Now Corner, la re ported, Itwas his habit on retiring at night to throw himself full length on the bed, thereby enjoying what bo called "a cradle-rocking," as the bed sagged and rocked under his sudden weight. The farmer tried to break Jordan of v.hia habit, and finally he concealed a stick of wood under the sheet. Jordan failed to see the stick, and he made the usual leap, striking o his back with such force as to fracture his spinal column. W ILL BE "ASSESSED.

The State Hoard of Tax Commissioners decided, Tuesday, that "paid-up" ah area in building associations must be assessed at their full value. The county auditors of the State will be instructed to make Inquiry and place all such shares on the duplicate. There are 4.0 building associations in the Suite and tho decition, it ia believed, will aifect every one of them. All have more or less shares fully paid ap.

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