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VOL. XXXI.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MARCH 21, 1896.
NO. 12
gtixtkr Utews.
James Reynolds, an old soldier of
Peru was found dead in bed.
Jefferson Wright, near Brazil, had his
back broken by falling oft a horse.
John Wilhelm, of Osgood, walked in
his sleep one night last week, and falling
out of a second-story window, was killed
by Btriking his head on the stone paving.
Milton Dobell, fourteen years old, son
of Prof. J. T. Dobell, of Greencastle, accidentally shot and killed by a playmate,
while the boys were en route to a sugar
camp, carrying a shotgun supposed to
be unloaded.
Frank Frick, near Shelbyville, was assaulted and robbed by two men, who
beat him until he was unconscious, and
then laid his body across a railway track.
Frick recovered consciousness barely in
time to escape death.
Boone. Dixon, son of Joseph Dixon, a
farmer near Alton, while mixing sulphuric acid and other compounds with
water, preparing a fertilizer, was badly
burnedf by an explosion of the compound.
Besides other injuries he will lose his
eyeBight.
A Golden Wyandotte hen, belonging
to J. S. Overly, near North Manchester,
was buried in the hay mow early in February, where she remained for 28 days
without food or water, during which
times she laid three eggs. She was very
weak when released, out soon recovered
her vigor.
William Beal lies at his home, near
Huntington, with a badly shattered hip,
the result of wounds received last Saturday afternoon while out duck-hunting.
He was walking in front of hia brother,
when the gun in his brother's hands was
accidently discharged. ;    '-     '
^krizxixi <_zws.
England pays $70,000,000 yearly for foreign dairy produce.
"Brown's Bronchial Troches" are
an effectual remedy for all Bronchial Affections.
The ice business is booming on the upper Mississippi; (501 car-loads were recently handled in one day between Burlington and St. Louis.
Richard Chase, 11 years old, fell into
what his school-teacher thought was a
sound sleep, at Northampton, O. After
school, when the teacher undertook to
awaken him, the boy was found to be
dead.
Date vinegar, which is now being put
on the British market, is regarded as
something quite novel, and superior to
malt vinegar. It is noted that the Arabs
and Asiatics have prepared vinegar from
dates for ages past.
At Settin, in Prussia, near which there
is a peat moor, apples and pears have been
preserved successfully by being packed
in "mull" the dust from the dry litter of
the peat. It is very light, has no smell,
and can be used many times over.
A colt born sometime ago at Carmel,
Mass., was so small at birth that a man
took it up in the palms of his hands and
carried it into the house to show to a sick
child. Sometime after this a woman carried the colt around in her apron. It
thrived, despite its smallness, and is now
a promising animal.
Mrs. I. Oden, a farmer's wife, of Geneva,
Ala., was burning some trash last week,
when a spark ignited her skirt and burned
her so that she died. AVhile she lay suffering agonies, she was forced to witness
three large hogs devour her three-months'
old child, which she had laid on the
ground while she worked.
In Nevada, Mo., a young catalpa tree,
about 20 feet tall, is growing with a section of a coal stove grate firmly attached
near its roots. The tree has grown
through the bars of the grate from the
seed, and as it increases in diameter the
wood lapped over and under the bars,
holding it as in a vise. The grate was
lifted off the ground several inches as the
growth of the tree progressed.
The meaning of the expression "10 to 1,"
""applied to the discussion.of the silver
lQestion is asked for by a reader. It re-
'ers to the relative value of silver and
gold when both metals are used as currency on equal terms. Up to 1873 the law
"Pon the subject required that the gold
™Uar should be of the valuo of the silver
I-ioUar, which was then the standard of
*alue, and that it should weigh one-six-
f-nth of 371-r. grains, the amount of pure
silv
-t
er in a dollar, or 23.2 grains, 10 grains
silver was declared ec ual to one grain
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Query nml £..x$\\n,v.
The three fine  red   apples  sent us for
name are probably Bailey's sweet.
1. Where can one obtain artichokes?
2. When and how to plant?
3. What will they yield to an acre?
4. Are they good for stock? Sun.
1. Of any seedsman.
2. Very early—like potatoes.
3. From 200 to 400 bushels.
4. Yes, especially for hogs.
_nvu _\cpartittjeut.
W. H., Freedom: The answer to your
too lengthy query is: The person who
injured him is liable for damages.
A owes B on account. C goes B's security, and has the debt id-pay. B signs his
account over to G to makehim safe. Then
B sues this account to collect it for himself. Has 15 a right to colleiu the account?
What can be done with him?
Walkerton. ^Reader.
Yes.
OUR PREMIUM ORGAN, TO BE GIVEN TO ONE OP OUR AGENTS.
Will J. W. Raney please give us his address.
Had I better sow in spring oats or risk
sowing winter oats at this time of the
year?   Success to the Farmer.
Perry Co. N. B. P.
Sow spring oat3, by all means.
Please state the proper time and method
of sowing Alfalfa clover, and oblige.
W7A. G.
Sow as early in spring as ground can be
properly prepared, and in same manner
as common red clover. Use 10 pounds
of seed to the acre.
Would like to ask some of the readers
of the Indiana Farmer what.kind of
grass they would use for a lawn, how to
prepare the seed bed, and when to sow it.
Also ~?hen to sow alfalfa clover and how
much to sow to the acre? Would it do
well in eastern Indiana? Would it do to
sow it in wheat, same as little clover?
Randolph Co. C. T. M.
These queries are asked of some of our
readers and we trust that several of them
will reply.
Blue grass is our choice for our common
Indiana soils. There is nothing prettier
than a thickly set of this native grass,
that grows so readily everywhere. It
must be shaven to do its best and look its
best, but this is true of any lawn grass.
The seed bed must be enriched and
thoroughly pulverized. Sow early as
ground will work well. The same may
be said of alfalfa. Use 10 pounds of seed
to the acre.
If A has his land ditched, and B has
land just below and wants to ditch, would
B have to leave an open ditch for outlet
for A* Connersville.
Fayette Co.
No, but he ought to.
A has three children, two girls and one
son, and wills each an equal part of his
real estate. All of the children are married and one daughter dies, not having
any children, but a husband. Who will
be theVlegal heirs. A Subscriber.
Her Husband.
A farm is to be divided between A, B,
and C. Could A hold wood that is to be
cut previous to the dividing, if where the
wood is cut the land would fall to B or C.
A SUBSCRIBER.
If the wood is cut before the division A
could hold it, otherwise not.
1. A leases B a house, garden and truck
Eatch, as'long as it is for rent. How long
as A got to notify B before A can get
Jiossession? 2. Will personal notice be a
awful notice, or must it be in writing
same by authority.
1. Three months before end of year.   2.
Written notice must be given.
1. A man has children under 21 years.
The farmthey live on came from his first
wife, now dead. Can he sell the farm and
give clear title to it? 2. If not how can
he proceed to make a clear deed.
H. F. S.
1. No. 2. Only by having a guardian
appointed, and getting an order from the
Circuit Court.
A young married couple buy 40 acres of
land. Afterwards the husband's parents
deed in fee simple 20 acres to the husband. The parents are still living. If
husband dies, intestate and without children, who inherits the estate?
A Reader.
The wife inherits, unless the same is
worth over "1,000, in which case the
parents take one-fourth.
If A and B joins farms, can A build
fence of barb wire on the line without
B's consent? And if A builds can B make
A remove it on to his own land? If B's
stock are damaged can 15 make A stand
good for damages? A Subscriber.
A partition fence must be such as both
parties agree shall be made, but an owner
may make a wire fence without the assent of the other, if he puts it on his own
ground.
A, B and C are brothers. A, a bachelor
who lived in Kngland, willed his property to the heirs of the 4th and 5th generations of B and O who reside in the
United States.
What would  be  the proper course
tot the heirs to prove their heirship?
'.. NWould they be allowed to prove
the.r heirship in the Circuit Court of their
own co>J*ity?
3.   l_i there any specified time in which
the heirs h£we to prove their heirship?
  A Subscriber.
1. By proceedings in the English
Court. /\
2. No. .'^
3. Not later than SO years.
A is a widower, wHhN*.~veval children
and considerable property, which he
wiahes his childrsn-to i*ih( iii.	
1. If A marries again, wo'iii a marriage
contract between A and hit* wife be valid
in law, if she agree to ac* ept less than
one-third of the estate? '
2. Could she or her heii.s hold one-third
of estate in spite of such contract?
3. If A should make jt will, giving wife
less than one-third, could she hold more
than amount willed?   Old Subsciuber.
1. Such a contract could be made so as
to be valid.
2. No.
3. She could refuse the will and hold
one-third for life, but at her death, the
real estate would go back to the husband's
children.
A buys a farm from B. On the farm
are some cut stone in a pile, just as hauled
from quarry. B offers to sell stone to A,
but A does not buy. B has a public sale,
and the stone bid off by B's son. It has
been nearly a year since A bought the
farm. B nor his son have taken the stone
away, although A has asked them and
warned them to remove the stone.
1. Can A compel 15 or his son to remove
stone?
2. Can A get any pay from B or his son
for leaving stone on the farm?
3. Can A take such part of the stone as
he sees fit and use them for hisown?
4. Who does the stone really belong to?
New Subscriber.
1.   No.
2.
3,
4.
Yes.
Has no right to.
To B's son.
1. A owns 20 acres, he mortgages tho
undivided one-half to B. There being no
specification in same as to what undivided one-half it is. Can B close mortgage on either undivided one-half?
2. If said above statement be continued, can A deed the individual one-
half to C, stating in the deed that C
agrees to pay B's mortgage, without B's
consent?
3. Has A any right to designate what
undivided one-half B's mortgage is on
when not specified in mortgage, nor in
written or verbal contract with B in a
deed given to C?
4. Can A deed real estate to B, inserting incumbrance where there is none inserted in his, also giving B an affidavit
stating incumbrance and that he had put
none on it, while he owned it?
5. What is A's guilt, if any?
A S'ubsoriber.
1. He forecloses on the undivided half
mortgaged.
2. Yes.
3. An undivided half is a half interest
in the whole, and a divided or designated
half can be located only by agreement
of the parties or by order of court
4. Yes.
5. None.