VOL. XIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 9, 1878.
NO. 45.
FOB SALE.
-VrtRSALE—Partrtdee Cochins at |2 to $3pr. pair,
P   according to quality.   W. D. LATSHAtV, Oak-
g^Ti^nox county. Ind
,7»rsTlE—Whitney sewing machine needles, all
v tS.fvi at 30 cents per dozen. Send order to INDI-
vJTFAKMEK COMPANY.  tf
i^rVrTSALE—Pekin Drakes. |1 50 each. Can spare
V » few pairs at |3 50 per pair. JOSKPH L. BRliN-
f0yt Petersburg, Pike county, Ind.
F~~ 'TmsXLE-Thoroughbred unregistered Jersey bull
U months old; a superior   animal.   Price $40.
yryl i_ SMOCK, Indianapolis.	
FOR SALE—The   Farm Register and Account
Rook.   Complete method of keeping farm ac-
wjunts  Price *1 each.  Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPAN" Y, Indianapolis.
•T^ORSALE VERY CIIEAP-100 head of pure Po-
h land-China Pigs, bred from, first-class premium
atf\r\c Also two fine yearling boars. Send for prices.
A.jO*n>TSON, Clifton, Ohio.
I^OR_SALE^Three Short-horn Bulls, one two-year-
*    old and one yearling.  "Young Marys," red with
■n'me white. One yearling red of the Col. Sanders* imp.
DR. JAS. P. FORSYTH, Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind.
I"^OR SALE—150 Berkshires from ray imported herd.
^     Pigs weighing 40 to 100 pounds, f 10; young sows.
•lStoti1).   They are as fine as the finest pedigreed
etock.   WM. II. FALL, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Three yearling hogs, all bred by myself; two of them pigs of lloosier Prince, one a pig
of a full sister to my sow that took first premium at
our late State Fair. They are good breeders, and
price low. Choice males and females Tor sale My herd
never had any disease among them, and what I offer
is good. Two Devon calves from my bull that took
lirst premium at our late State Fair. WM. A. MACY,
Lewisville, Ind.
WANTED.
TIT"ANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and
>Y   lounges for country produce.   No. 45 Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis.	
-TTTANTED—Wood, potatoes, apples, butter and
>> other farm produce In exchange for dentistry.
C. C. BURGESS. No. 4 Vajen's Exchange Block, city.
-tttaNTED—Agents to take subscriptions through
W the country and in small towns fortheWEKKLY
News. Largest cash commission ever paid to canvassers.   Address Weekly News, Indianapolis.
XfrANTED—To find buyers for forty flne Poland-
» China pigs, from 60 to 100 lbs. weight, at flOUO
each, within thirty days; also O. L. S. Bantams and
P. Cochins at f2 60 per pair. Stock well bred. HENRY
COMSTOCK, Liberty Mills, Ind.
LOAN9I.
SIX PER CENT— Loans made on long time on real
estate security at 6 per cent int. Special arrangements for those wishing loans in from 6 to 12 months
at lower rates. E. A. WIIITCOMB a CO., State Acts.
Office 72 E. Market St. A. W. PRATHER, Att'y.,
Indianapolis, Ind.	
MISCEItXAXEOlTS.
c.
C. BUKGESS, Dentist.   Office In room 4 Va-
Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
TO LOAN—Money to loan   on  improved farms.
J. II. HARDEBECK, 36 East Market street, Indianapolis. •
I have some good farms for sale, and desire calls and
correspondence from parties in quest of thero.   U.
W. ALEXANDER, 36 East Market St.
MONEY TO LOAN-Sums of *300 to $3,C00 on improved    farms.     KUDDELL.   WALCOTT   &
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
Wlvt ^>iot\\.
Stock Notes.
On account of the increasing fatality
among swine from the cholera and the
consequent uncertainty of the business,
Mr. James Mustard, the well known Poland China breeder, of Broad Ripple, this
county, is turning his attention to other
stock. He has recently purchased the
four year old Short-horn bull, Forest Napier, of James Eller, of Hamilton county.
He intends soon to visit Canada, with
the purpose of purchasing a lot of thoroughbred sheep, for which class of stock
his farm is well adapted. We wish him
success in his new venture.
Whilst in the northern part of the State
last week, we had the opportunity of seeing some of the popular strains of Jersey
red swine. Mr. C. W. Davis, of Kent-
land, Newton county, had lately received
two shoats of this breed from Mr. Clark
Pettit, of Salem, New Jersey. They are
as fine in all points, and as promising as
that of any breed we have ever seen,
and are especially admired by all the
swine breeders and farmers in that region. Mr. Davis also has a fine lot of the
J. P. Luse & Son's (Montmorency, Ind.)
strains of the same breed that are also
very fine indeed. So much admired are
the latter that Mr. Davis, we understood,
had them all sold, to be delivered when
old enough. The Reds are coming rapidly into notice in that section.
Clinton, Vermillion Co., Oct. 30.
To the Editors Indiana Parmer:
My sale of Short-horns, on the 24th
ult., at Terre Haute, was fairly attended.
Bulls sold very well—the eight head,
mostly calves, averaging nearly $75. No
°ne, seemingly, wanting to purchase
females, although bulls were in good
demand. After selling seven cows at
extensively low prices—$45 to $155—1
asked permission to withdraw the remainder, which was kindly granted.
The sale was held in good faith, all led
into the ring being sold: and had there
wen one single objection offered, all
should have been sold, even at the ruinously low prices of the day.
Claude Matthews.
What Ails the Hog ?
Some ten days ago, my neighbor's hog
commenced moping about and refused to
eat. He Anally got down on the left
side. Finding her always on the same
s'de, he was induced to try turning her
over> but she positively refused to lie on
that side, throwing herself instantly back
°n the sameside. She drinks a few swallows, but refuses to eat anything. In-
lormation as to what ails her, or what to
ao will be thankfully received.
T Em Arnold.
Jackson Tp., Wells Co.
-As Ihe liver lies upon the right side, "
is possible that that organ is inflamed,
or, it may be the inflammation of the
membrane on that side of the body,
what the doctors call peritonitis. In
either case, the trouble was caused, most
likely, by the hog's taking cold, and
mild diet, mush and bran with milk, or
kitchen slops should be given, if she will
eat, and a warm, dry pen should be provided, by all means.
Cattle Breeding on the Island of Jersey.
Even the peculiarity indicated seems
hardly enough to explain the great difference existing between the cattle of St.
Ouen and St. Peter's, in the north-west,
and St. Clement's and Grouville, in the
south-east. Sii John Le Courteur ascribed
this to a difference of climate; but the
mouths of the valleys opening upon St.
Aubin's Bay are as sheltered as is the
plain of St. Clement's, and the hills about
Gorey on the east are almost as exposed
as those near Bouley Bay on the north.
The distinction is greater than any diller-
ence of physical condition can justify. It
is more like the difference between the
different races of cattle bred by different
races of men. Both, of course, belong to
the same type and have much in common—any individual specimen in either
would find its counterpart in the otiier;
but the pervading characteristics are
quite distinct. Toward tlie north-west
the grey and dark colors with little white
exist as a very general rule, and black
switches predominate. In the southwest the colors are much lighter, much
more fawn is to be seen, and a large
admixture of white prevails; black
switches are here an exception. Two
influences are at work to counteract this
original tendency: 1. The English demand for solid colors has led a
number of the larger breeders of the
south and east to breed only to solid-
colored bulls. 2. The larger and more
intelligent breeders of the nortli and
west, such as Le Gallais, the Arthurs,
and Lempriere, recognize tlie superiority
of the larger milking, pari-colored animals, and have many in,thoir,be,rds like
the best t6T5o" found on the farms of the
Labeys, Marrett and Billot.
Added to these influences is the fact
that every year at the Island show, tlie
chief breeders at all the parishes bring
their animals together for comparison
and competition, and to a certain extent
for exchange and distribution. In this
there has come to be much more assimilation between the herds of the large
breeders in different parts of tlie island
than between those of their smaller
neighbors. The foreign demand is largely
supplied by these larger breeders, who,
while frequently buying animals from
their neighbors, do not often sell to them.
As a consequence, their transactions do
not materially affect the general quality
of the local breed, which, as already
stated, varies far more than any one living in a country of greater distances
would believe possible. The general conclusion to be drawn from this is, that, so
far as the smaller farmers of Jerseys are
concerned, the class of animals sought
by English breeders is to be found chiefly
in the northern and western parishes,
and those which we in America prefer in
the southern and eastern.—Col. Waring,
in Monthly Bulletin of American Jersey
Cattle Club.
Pall Treatment of Calves.
The calf is father to the ox; and no cattle raiser will succeed who does not
attend closely to the wants of the calf.
Some stockmen, who deal liberally with
the young calf, think or act as if the calf,
six months old, could stand almost anything in the way of poor fare and exposure. We have often seen calves that
were promising at three months hopelessly spoiled at eight months for the
want of proper food and care during the
intervening time. It is said that a man
may lose his character in a day, that it
has taken a lifetime to establish. So it
takes but a comparatively short time for
a stock feeder to lose by neglect what he
had gained by early atttention to the
calf. A few days of neglect can scarcely
be atoned for by a month of after atten-
tention. The calf should be in fine flesh
to resist the cold soon to be upon it. We
have often illustrated the economy and
profit of the most liberal feeding of the
young animal. If it takes less food to
produee a hundred pounds' increase on a
calf than upon an older animal—as has
been abundantly proved by the most accurate experiments—then it would seem
that the feeder would desire to push the
calf all he could by supplying what food
it could assimilate.
We believe the calf should be early
taught to eat grass or hay, that
the flrst stomach may be developed, aiid
that it may be put in full possession of
all its machinery for growing beef. But
as the calf is quite capable of assimilating
more food than it can digest of grass
alone, it should have a small grain ration
in the fall, even on the best grass. We
know some good feeders disagree with us
on this point, and think the calf should
be taught to depend wholly upon grass
after some three months; but we think a
full examination of the facts on both
sides of this question, would convince
them of their error. This small grain
ration will produce a larger proportional
profit than any other part of its food.
The market gardener often observes that
his greatest profit comes from the last
load of manure, and it is even more evident that the largest profit comes from
the last tenth of thefood assimilated. The
feeder must study the capacity of his I
young stock, and give each calf all the!
The Big Giant Corn Mill.
The uses of a good corn-mill are apparent
Sfbrn^nr"'^'.,"50-   ^ <lUiXT^ f''in the -'..proved condition of all kinds of
w neat bran or middlings, or three pints t  ... .    ',.,., , ,   , .   , ,  .
of oats or corn, given tothe calf daily, stoek t0 whloh the erou»d tooA » fed; be-
on good pasture, will produee a very su- sWes> the judgment of those who make a
perior growth to that by grass alone, and I practice of reducing food to a pulverized
this extra flesh will have a value twice US') condition, is that it becomes more nutri
great as the grain required to produce it.' tious.   In the ease of corn that is ground
™b„*;f?aSMr.e KP001"' oiu; 1P?und,of °51"3 just as it is plucked from tho stalk-husks,
cake should be given, oradditional grain. ',, „„ , '. ... , ,. ... . „'
The oil-cake o? meal is so valuable for c",b',and g™ns-it»iiho claimed that the
putting on flesh, that our farmers should! alkau contained iu the cob, acts as a cor-
use all that is produced in this country, rective, and is a sure destroyer of bots
and not permit its exportation. The'
more farmers study the laws of animal!
growth, the more thev will see the economy of feeding tlie calf to its full capacity in the fall, that it may enter vigorously upon the cold season.—National
Live Stock Journal.
Preparing Stock for the Winter.
We commend the following from the
last number of the National Live Stock
Journal to the attention of all stock
growers:
"A stitch in time saves nine," is not
more true in mending torn clotlies than
in getting farm stoek through the winter.
'Die calf, the colt, the cow, or tho sheep
that enters upon the winter in a thrifty
condition and in good flesh, will give the
owner but little trouble, and can easily
be kept improving during the winter
months. On the other hand, animals
that the storms of winter And in a weak
and emaciated condition, will.require
cotetant care and attention, at a very
considerable expense, if they survive at
all. Nine-tenths of all the losses of
young stock that occur during the winter months, are animals that were in low
flesh at tlie beginning of cold weather.
The fat and hearty steer, cow, sheep, or
colt will toss its head in the exuberance
of health and strength, bidding defiance
to the coldest weather, while the lean
weakling stands with arched back and
drooping head, shivering in the fence
corner. Nothing affords a more perfect
protection from cold weather and hard
storms than robust health and a good
supply of fat; and when to these two
conditions we add artificial shelter and
abundance of good food and watei,:,w\i-'
have all that is required to insure the
economical wintering of farm stock. If
low condition as well as storms and cold
must be combated, the watchfulness as
well as the expense must be doubled.
Cleanliness of Stables.
We frequently come across remonstrances against keeping harness in stables, the reason given being that the
ammonia prevalent there rots the leather and soon destroys the harness. Now,
this is beginning at the wrong end to
remedy an evil. We may talk and advise
"year in and year out" about this matter, but harneas will be kept in the stable
in spite of all. Where else can the
majority of people who keep horses hang
these trappings? A rich man may have
a closet in which the harness may hang
safely from fear of ammonia and all
other dangers; but the average horse-
owner will have his peg behind the
beam, because he can have no other way
of disposing of the harness. But the
trouble would end if the production of
ammonia in the stables was prevented.
Enter an ordinary stable at any period,
but especially in the winter when every
cranny through which the wind can
come in is carefully stopped, and what a
pungent odor offends the nostrils and irritates the eyes! Is this odor of ammonia,
strongly alkaline and irritant, injurious
only to the harness? What of the horses
and the tender membranes of the eye,
the throat and the nasal passages? Do
you think they are less sensitive than
oak-tanned harness leather well greased
and preserved, as it is? By no means. If
the prevalent odors injuriously affect the
leather, you may be sure the eyes suffer;
the throat and lungs are irritated and the
nasal passages become inflamed. Then
occur the frequent moon blindness; ophthalmia; weeping ofthe eyes, followed
hy inflammation, white -specks, clouded
cornea, and Anally loss of sight; then
follow coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia,
heaves, catarrh, nasal gleet; and by and
by, when the blood has become poisoned
by the absorption of diseased matter from
inflamed and suppurating membranes,
farcy and glanders—dreadful and fatal to
beast and man, too—result. And while
we think of saving the harness and re-
sioving that to a purer place, the beast,
which is worth a dozen sets of it, is left
to rot from these pungent gases without
any help. Clean the stablesandthe harness may hang in them safely; and be
sure, if the stable is not a fit place for the
harness, it is no place for the horse. A
barrel of plaster can be procured for
about one dollar. It is wortli that as a
fertilizer. It is worth ten dollars as an
absorlient of ammonia, and a hundred as
a health preserver to tlie horses; not
counting tlie saving to the harness.
Sprinkle it every-where and be liberal
with it.—Rural >ew Yorker.
Commercially, when tlio price of grain
rules low, it is wise economy to bring your
corn-mill into active uso, and by fattening
slock more than secure an advance on the
price of corn in addition to producing mammal deposits that, of themselves, represent cash.
Since our trade with England in cattlo
has assumed Die shape of a steady industry,
it behooves its to keep and extend our advantage. Ono reason, it is said, why American beef is sought after, is because tho fats
aro more solid, and less oily in character
than nativo breeds that have boon gorged
on oil-cake; therefore, to avoid this defect
and keep up our standard, wo should feed
our corn liberally. To do this profitably
we must have a mill that will grind rapidly,
•v.ivliout waste, and with the smallest expenditure 6f power.
Tlio illustration of the Big CJiant Corn
Mill which is given in this issue seomsto fulfill tho conditions of success. It is warmly
commended by those who havo used it,
both as a feed grinder and for general family purposes, inasmuch as it will, when
necessary, grind fino enough to produce an
excellent quality of meal.
A western farmer wanted to borrow a
gun from a neighbor for the purpose of
"killing some yellow birds in his field of
wheat, which'were eating the grain. His
neighbor declined to loan the gun, for he
thought the birds useful. In order to
satisfy his curiosity he shot one of them,
opened its craw, and found in it twohun-
dred weevils and four grains of wheat,
and in these four grains the weevil had
burrowed.
Tlio improved mill is shown in the two
illustrations, and needs littlo description.
The subjoined cut shows the inside
grinder with cone and breaker-arm.
Tlie breaker-arm (No. 1.) keeps tho
corn from riding on tho arms of tho
mill, stirs it in the hopper, and secures a
sure self-feed. Thocono(No.2.)isvery steep
and contains crushing and cutting blades
The lower inside section (No. 4.) has blades
similar in shape to tho furrows- in a bhur
stone, which secures fineness and rapidity
of grinding. The second cut represents tho
outer grinding surface of tho mill, and corresponds with tho inner surface. Any wear
may lx> taken up, or adjusted by means of
set-screws, and tho mill may bo made to
grind fino or largo by tho samo appliances,
a feature peculiar to this mill it is claimed.
All parts subject to wear may bo renewed
at trifling cost and trouble, and tho knives
being self-sharpening, will work effectively
until ground fiat. Various sizes of tho
mills aro made, varying in grinding capacity. All who have used it seem to be agreed
that the mill does a large amount of work,
proportionately to its size, and that it is an
economical, durable mill, but details of this
nature may bo more satisfactorily acquired, by applying to tho manufacturers,
Messrs. J. A. Field, Son & Co., St. Louis,
Mo. 	
A Town of 250 Inhabitants Burned.
A Chicago dispatch says: Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas advices indicate that
the prairie fires are still raging in each
of those states, destroying grain, bridges,
barns, fences and other property. The
flames were most destructive twenty
| miles southeast of Sioux City, in Iowa,
along the North Platte, Niobrara, and
South Platte rivers in Western Nebraska,
and in Rush, Neosho, Ellis, Trego, Grove,
Wallace, Decatur, Graham and Rooks
counties, Kansas. Many persons perished in the flames, and an unconfirmed
report prevailed in Lincoln, Nebraska,
yesterday that Albeau, Boone county, a
town of 250 inhabitants, had been utterly
destroyed. It is supposed that the fires
in some cases had been lighted by the
Cheyennes.
For the Indiana Farmer.
"Just as Bad as We Are."
Under the above caption we notice
in the Indiana Farmer for October 20, a quotation from our report
of Holland County Fair, in which we
refer to petty gambling admitted upon
fair grounds, with the editorial suggestion, that they "supposed such demoralizing features were ruled out by the fair
managers in the land of steady habits."
We regret exceedingly to say that "they
all do it" very much to their discredit,
and as we fully believe, to their injury.
But thanks to an awakening moral sentiment, on the very day on which we
received the Farmer, we attended the
annual meeting of this same Holland
County Agricultural Society, at which
time tlie subject was introduced to the
consideration of the meeting, and it was
strongly advocated that the continuance
of such practices as existed at the fair
reported, would drive from the membership of the society, and from the annual
exhibitions, all of the better portion of
tlie community. A few courageous ones
attempted a feeble defense upon the
ground of aiding in a financial manner,
and comparing the whole system to the
system of church fairs which the most
intensely moral were willing to engage
in for the sake of discharging church
debts, etc., but to our infinite surprise,
when the vote upon excluding all games
of chance from the grounds was put, the
yeas were so manifestly in the majority
and powerfully in earnest, that not a
single vote was cast in opposition; so, in
one society in this land of steady habits,
a noble example has been furnished
which may well be followed by neighboring, and all kindred, societies.
Perhaps we might mention another
honorable exception to the general rule
of allowing demoralizing features. The
fanners of several towns organized-as
the Willimantie Farmers' Club, and one
year ago held an agricultural exhibition.
We were chairman of the executive
committee and had the exclusive management of tlie fair. It was the flrst effort of tlie club and much would depend
on the stand taken. We were solicited
to allow gambling on the grounds, and
hesitated not a moment upon an answer:
"If "a majority of the executive committee say you can come upon the
grounds, we have nothing to say, but up
to that time you cannot come; we have
no use for you upon these grounds;" and
that fair ground was free from this temptation to the young. The same rule was
maintained this fall, and the club occupied honorable ground.
In view of these facts at this later day
we think we should receive the enconium
of being not" as bad as these societies
which have taken no active measures
towards purging themselves of all the
vilencss or iniquity that comes from the
admission of games of chance upon
grounds to which the young and those
occupying the position of good moral
citizens are invited.
But few, if any, parents would think
of sending their children into the pits of
iniquity as found in our cities, and yet at
every agricultural exhibition where petty gambling, is allowed, an invitation is
extended to parents to stave their children in one of the avenues leading to infamy and crime. If agricultural fairs
cannot be conducted on a good, healthy,
moral basis, it were far better that they
be entirely abolished, and the youth of
 — -_n1      *1 I^iw «s.*i-n   sm^m^s, a-fc S st-\      i V*    re 11 ■ yisf-    /^KnAllsa
GENEBAL NEWS.
been
our rural districts remain in quiet obscurity and away from contaminating influences.
We are now firm in the hope that
there has been such an over-action in the
line of evil that it will result in better
days.   May that time speedily come.
William H. Yeomans.
Columbia, Conn.
 «    ss»    a, < •
Timely Precaution.—The time for
firing up for winter has arrived. See that
the flues are cleaned out; that stovepipes are in order and do not touchwood;
that bits of paper and material easily
burned are not left in unused Are places
where burning soot from other flues may
fall upon them. In short, make not only
a general but critical examination of
every place where fire might
possibly occur, and see that
everything is right. Do this in the day
time with all your clothes on and you
may save yourself the trouble of getting
out of bed at the hour of midnight, or
thereabouts, some severely cold night and
not be allowed time by the rushing flames
to put on your pants.—Cincinnati Price
Current.
The Lockport, N. Y., Union notes a
cider manufactory in that city and says:
"Some ideas of the business transacted
can be learned when we state that 80,000
bushels of apples will be used this season,
and 6,000 barrels of cider shipped. Niagara county cannot supply the demand
for apples, and agents of the mill are
now buying in Wayne and Monroe
counties; 20,000 bushels of apples from
around Clyde have just been received.
They are bought there at six cents a
bushel, so great is this year's yield; ten
cents is paid for Niagara county apples.
They are not bought by the bushel, but
by the 100 pounds; but the price per
bushel, however, averages about the price
stated.
The blue ribbon movement has
begun in England.
The Emperor of Japan has ordered a
portrait of President Hayes.
The President has proclaimed Thursday, November 28th, a day for thanksgiving.
Reports come in of serious damage to
the shipping during the past few days on
Lake Michigan.
The Rothchilds will next week offer
£8,500,000 Ave per cent. Egyptian bonds,
guaranteed, at from 70 to 75.
New York City will have an exposition
in 1880, the centennial anniversary of the
inauguration of George Washington.
Bullion in the bank of England increased £1,200,000 the past week. Proportion of reserve to liability 43 J per cent.
There is a heavy increase in southbound passenger trailic. The yellow fever
refugees are returning home in large
numbers.
The Berlin government has sent three
thousand marks for the relief of German
sufferers by yellow fever in the United
States.
Yellow fever has thus far carried off
fifty-six clergymen. Twenty-four were
Roman Catholics, thirty-one Protestants,
and one Jewish rabbi.
In the Kingston. Canada, poultry exhibition tlie judges had some of the game
fowls washed in a bucket of water, when
it was discovered that they were only com
mon fowls painted.
At Parkersburg, W. Va., diphtheria is
raging worse than was ever known.
Twelve children died in the last few days.
More than half the families have at least
one case, and in some of them half of the
children are down with it.
In Nebraska they are using the female
bison for breeding purposes with success.
After the crossings the bison's color and
its chief characteristics disappear. Half
and quarter breeds of the female yield an
abundant supply of rich milk.
An insane man named Buckman, living near Kankakee, 111., assaulted his'
mother and brother with a butcher-knife,
wounding them severely. Hethen slashed
a child in a horrible manner, causing its
instant death.
About 100 tramps boarded Conductor
S. P. Riggins' train at Como, Miss., on
the Mississippi Central. Riggins refused
to start the train unless they got off.
The tramps severely beat Riggins, and
at last accounts were running the train to
suit themsehes.
James H. Wheatley, proprietor of the
sugar refinery of Brooklyn, is missing
with nearly a million in trust funds belonging to several estates in that city.
Owing to the probable early improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river, and the approaching completion of
new railroads, the prospect for the rapid
growth of manufacturing in Pittsburg is
brighter than for many years.
On the night of the 1st inst., three men
entered the house of a cattle dealer
named Absolem Rutherford, who resides
three miles and a half from Mt. Pulaski,
HI., and after succeeding in chloroforming Mr. Rutherford, robbed him of over
$1,700.
Captain Pritt, of the regular army, detailed for the work, has taken forty-nine
Indian children gathered from the agencies to Hampton, Va., where they will be
placed at school at the government's expense. The children average about fifteen years of age.
Hog cholera is raging in DeWitt county, 111., to an extent greater than ever
before known. When the disease commences among a lot of hogs it seems not
to stop until the last animal is buried.
Many prominent breeders in that part of
the state have lost every hog. The disease is also spreading rapidly in McLean
and Logan counties.
During the absence of the owners,
thieves entered the house in Camden, N.
J., of Bulson brothers, old men, and as
each returned he was seized, bound and
thrown into a closet. The house was
then robbed of everything, including a
large amount of money.
In answer to a letter of inquiry Secretary Sherman states our present coin
balance available for resumption purposes to be $134,231,865. The per capita
of currency circulation in various countries is as follows: France, $12 48; Great
Britain, $G 39; Germany, $3 46; United
States, $14 65.
"Three car loads of cats recently passed
over the Canada Southern railroad, destined for the graneries of the West."
This is a remarkable statement, but not
more so than the statement that the
whole number of animals necessary to
fill this unprecedented order were procured in one town, and that the supply
is still unlimited.
Tlie people around Thompson, Pennsylvania, are earnestly searching for two
tramps who entered tlie village school
after the school had been dismissed, seized
the teacher, Alice Kennett, and grossly
assaulted her. Then to prevent her telling the story, cut out her tongue. The
young woman managed to reach the black
board and write the circumstances of the
terrible affair and description of the
scoundrels, and then died.
Our Scale Premium.
Stockwell, Ind., Nov. 2.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I received the Union Scales in due
time and in complete order, and am very
much pleased with them.
Thomas Bartholomew.
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