VOL. XXI.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUG. 21,1886.
NO 34
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Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
Henry Co., Aug. 14.—Grapes ripening;
they are abundant; corn heavy and rank;
wheat and oats nearly all in. W. D.
Rush Co., Aug. 14.—The rain Is helping
late planted corn, which is looking well;
ground ln fine condition for plowing for
wheat. E. K.
Cbawford Co., Aug. 14.—Weather has
been hot and oppressive: some showers,
but only local; some are plowing for
wheat; health not bo good as usual.
J. M. J.
Hanoook Co., Aug. 14.—There is a prospect for a heavy corn crop in this county;
there wilt be a large acreage of wheat sown
this fall; hogs are dying in some localities.
S. S. B.
Greene Co., Auk. 14.—It has been too
dry for plowing fallow land; a good rain
last night however has moistened the land,
and farmers are plowing again.
W. B. S.
Washington Co., Aug. 24.—Wheat selling for 60 and 65 cts. per bu.; some plowing done; trees breaking under the load of
apples; plums plenty; plenty of tomatoes
also. O. M. M.
Cass Co., Aug. 14.—Heavy hail storm
three miles east on the night of the 11th,
some damage; oorn crop greatly improved
by the recent rains; prospect for a heavy
crop. T. B. H.
Jefferson Co., Aug. 14.—Abundant
rains; pastures in fine condition; a narrow
belt along the Ohio seems to have enjoyed
timely rains which can be said of only
small areas this season. F. L. M.
Warrick Co., Aug. 14.—Clover seed is
ripe and being cut; breaking for wheat is
in order now; a hail storm recently damaged tobacco considerably, and also used
some corn pretty rough. J. P. W.
Floyd Co., Aug. 16.—Threshing mostly
ever; yield above an average crop; hay and
oats a splendid crop; potatoe. prove to be
a good crop; as "tater" digging is on
hand; some have commenced plowing;
weather warm and cloudy. B. F. M.
Jasper Co., Aug. 16.—The past five or
six weeks very little rain fell; upon sandy
and clay land) the corn was badly damaged by drouth; most of the pastures were
Bhori, ar:-,^vJ-ylnK up; » copious shower
fell on the f3th, which will revive grass
and the oorn; prospects good for an average crop of oorn. I. B. W.
LaOranoe Co., Aug. 14.—Ground too
hard and dry to break; only a few light
showers since the 22d of June; no rain in
July; corn a small crop; pasture is dried
np; people have commenced feeding the
cattle; apples are plenty and not wormy;
wheat run from two to 15 bushels to the
acre; oats an average crop.        J. P. C.
Switzerland Co., Aug. 14—The hot
and dry weather has been relieved by
grateful showers and thunder storms on
the 12th and 13th; corn continues in good
condition notwithstanding the absence of
rain; tobacco is diversified, some good and
others bad, but the crop promises to be an
average; apiarists report the honey crop
short and of only moderate good quality.
C G. B.
Delaware Co.—As I see no correspondence from this corner of this county I
though 1 would write a card; wheat about
all threshed, with a bountiful yield; it is
making on an average of 21 bushels per
acre; corn looks fine but will not have a
full crop; oats makes about 35 bushels per
acre; the potato crop Is only tolerably good,
not as good as last year; not a great many
apples on account of bad trees.        J. H.
-flNNOI'RI.
Miller Co., Aug. 13.—The weather is entirely too dry for corn. We had the very
best prospects for corn up to the 1st of
of July, and since then we have had but
little rain, and in consequence the crop
will be short; we will have enough to feed
but none to sell. Wheat, oats and hay
gave us very good crops. The dry weather has cut down the feed in the pastures,
and quite a number are feeding, in order
to keep up a steady gain. Everything the
farmer has to sell is low, wheat 60 cents,
corn 50, oats 25, potatoes 25, hay $8 per ton
delivered. Stock, considering the season,
is in very good condition, and farmers
generally have feed sufficient to winter
what they have if necessary.        N. J. S.
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Tell your neighbors.
to-day commissioned William A. Banks,
of Laporte county, and Samuel Hargrove,
of Pike, trustees of Purdue university for
the term of three years from August 24,
1880.
On the night of the 9th John Morris, of
LaGro township Wabash oounty was attacked by three men, at the covered bridge
over the Salamonia river, who knocked
him down, and secured |35. They gave
him a severe beating, and left him senseless in the road, where he was picked up
several hours later.
Three valuable horses were stolen on
Monday night the 9th from the pasture of
Frank Deckert residing 15 mile, west of
Columbus. From the description given
by persons who saw them, and by Mr.
Deckert, they are almost positively known
to be DeBro, Bruno and Hatfield, three of
the notorious crooks who broke jail at
Columbus recently.
jllatje fjLeiYrs.
Grandmother Bethiah Hancock, of Richmond will be 100 years old If she lives until
Sept. 9.
Burglars entered the post-office at New
Paris, Elkhart county, and made off with
about #65 worth of goods, cash and stamps.
The annual reunion of the old brigade
composed of the Eighth, Eighteenth and
Twenty-second Indiana Infantry and
First Battery will be held at Wabash, Oct.
19.
Captain David Buskirk, the largest man
In Indiana, died at his home in the north
part of Monroe county last week. He was
seven feet tall in his stockings,and weighed
400 pounds.
The tobacco crop in the southern part of
the State was severely damaged by hail
last week. In some places the leaves were
torn to shreds.
A disease kown as pink-eye has broken
out in an aggravated form among horses
in Kokomo and vicinity. Twenty head
are afllicted with this malady in the livery
and feed stables of Sipe Bros.
A large roller tlouring-mill is to be
erected in I.'gonier, at a cost of $25,000.
The parties come from Wauseon, O. A
store-house, with a capacity of 80,000 bushels of wheat will also be erected.
Robert Thompson's steam elevating
grain warehouse, at Lima, LaGrange county, burned with its contents, consisting of
5,000 to 6,000 bushels of wheat owned by
individual farmers of that county.
The large barn of Westley Miller, near
Goshen, together with the entire crop of
wheat, farming implements, etc., was destroyed by fire, on Wednesday, making a
heavy loss.   No insurance.   Incendiary.
Upon the recommendation of the state
board of agriculture, in accordance with a
law approved March 9,1875, the governor
THE FAIRS.
THE HENRY COUNTY FAIR.
The managers of this fair, held last week
at Newcastle, congratulate themselves on
the best exhibition ever given by the society. The attendance throughout was
unusually large, and the entries in all departments were up to the full limit of the
capacity of space, pens and stalls. Although a large number of new stalls had
been made many horses were unprovided
for and were taken to livery stables till
called for In the show ring. The finest
animal ln this class we saw here, and one
of the handsomest general purpose animals
we have seen anywhere was Wild Wagoner,
a stallion recently purchased in Kentucky
by Messrs. Hyatt and Berry, of Knightstown. He will be shown at the State fair
and further mention will be made of him
in our columns at a future time.
Mr. Orville Boor, of New Castle, showed
a yearling grade Clydesdale stallion of
extra size and with many promising
points, and a filly but little inferior.
Among so many fine animals it Is impossible to go into particulars. Take it all in
all the horse display at this fair is seldom
surpassed.
Shorthorn herds from Messrs. Thos.
Wilhoit, of Middletown, 13 head, E. S.
Frazee, of Rush county, and W. Mason, of
Wabash, 11 head, comprised the stock in
this class. All the cattle were in fine condition, and many of them of superior excellence.
The hog and sheep pens were all filled,
and by animals that would be a credit to
any fair. R. H. Cooper, one of onr readers
at Cadiz, had just taken first premium on
a Shropshire buck, and some seconds on
Southdown yearlings and two year-olds,
when we passed his pens. Our agent, T.
C. Phelps, of Greensboro, showed us six
red ribbons, having taken that number of
first premiums on his Cetswelds at this
fair.
The fruit display was good, both in variety and quality. Vegetables and grains
were not largely represented but the quality was good in all varieties. An interesting display was made of the garden products grown by the orphan boys at the
Home in Spiceland. There was a large
collection, also, of relics and curiosities.
Several displays "of . machinery   were
made, the patent paling and wire fence
machines outnumbered all the rest, however, there being no less than eleven on
the ground. Among them was one called
the Tom Thumb, from its small size. It
seemed to have all the necessary strength,
however, and Is offered at the remarkably
low price of f3 complete. The proprietors,
Messrs. Williams <fc Jones, of Wayne Co.,
Ind., are not small in their boast, for they
challenge any of the higher priced machines to put up mere, and as durable
fence as they can. It is simplicity itself,
and can be worked by any one with five
minutes practice.
A novel churn called The King, made In
Ohio, seemed to us about as near the
thing, as any we had seen. It will probably be at the State fair. The same remarks will apply to a new self-operating
gate, and a combined fodder cutter, corn
sheller and feed mill, recently patented,
and made at Richmond.
There were 375 entries in the poultry department, and the exhibit was excellent.
The Ceurier of New Castle Issued a dally
edition daring the fair. The editor calls
the fair the largest connty fair in the State.
Well, it is one of them.
The New Ross fair last week enjoyed a
good attendance. All the departments
were full, which was largely due to the
fact that the managers of this association
have always paid every premium in full,
even if they had to take money from their
private means. Last year the receipts
were $500 short of the premiums, and the
deficit was at once made up. Such pluck
as this deserves to succeed.
The Clinton County fair at Frankfort
Aug. 30 to Sept. 3, promises to be one of
the largest and best exhibitions ever held
in that part of the state. The citizens of
surrounding counties are invited and expected.
Casualties from lightning are remarkably numerous just now. In the telegraphic columns of the Daily Journal of
Tuesday, the 17th, are nearly a dozen
items giving accounts of deaths and damage from electricity in this State, during
the storms of the preceding day and night.
Near Monon the barn of D. T. Detrick was
struck and destroyed with contents. At
same place the house of David IVeauchamp
was struck, and the bed on which he slept
was torn into splinters, but no one killed.
A tornado swept over a portion of Randolph oounty and the barn of Joseph Ruby
was torn to pieces and two horses killed.
Near LaPorte the large barn of John
Lowey was struck and burned with 1,000
bushels of grain and hay. Insured in
Ohio Farmers. Near Somerset, Wabash
oounty, the barn of William Harvey was
struck and burned. Loss $ 2,000, insured
for f 1,000. At LaGro the barn of Judge
Robert Lowry was struck and burned,
with horse, vehicles, grain and hay; $1,000
loss. The new jail in Kokomo was damaged by lightning to the amount of $300.
It had nine prisoners, bnt none were hurt.
Just over the line in Darke county, Ohio,
a tornado and thunder storm did great
damage to dwelling houses, barns, orchards, etc. The bad weather prophets who
said there would be heavy storms between
August 16th and 24th have hit it this time.