Vol xry:.
IOTIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MARCH 30,187a
No. 13.
FOR     BAa-aR.
TOUNG MARY BULL for sale cheap. Bred by
H. Clay Hutchcraft. Paris, Ky. Calved Sept
13,'76. Sired by Airdrie Geneva 4889, (Roeaof Sharon bred by Abe —enicK) out of Mary Shenault by
Geneva Challender 14306; gr. dam by Bone Stone
16S23; gr. gr. dam by Uncle Sam 2323; dam, Prince
Albert 2d 857. Paragon of the West (4649), Gold-
finder (2066) and Jupiter (2170} son of Imp. Young
Mary.  Address, CARLOS DICKSON, Indianapolis,
Ind.    	
OR BALE—White ProvidOTCe Seed Oats, new,
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  plendld, heavy, productive; 8 bushels produced 800 last year; took two premiums at Tipp. Co.
Fair. Price 75 cts. per bnshel; bags 25 cts. Also 500
bushels early. Yellow Dent Seed Corn (1st bushel
~ cost me So) It took the first premium for 3 yeara at
our fair, for "best variety of com;" averaged 83
bushels per acre in 1876 and 1877. Price 75 cents —
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25 cents.  Ah
 ,  o breed, on
A. C. HARVEY, Lafayette, Ind.
bushel (70 ponnds ln the ear;) bags
pore Berkshires; either jsexvre&dy_to breed^only $10
each, boxed.	
"1J.OR SALE—John N. Reed, Claypool Ind., has a
JC^ few bushels of Artlckokes for sale. ll-4t
stralnriilo |3each7 _GA-E8TES, Axio,
TTIOR  SAL—-Dark  Brahma
good
,T_d.
FOR SA LE—Lt. Brahma Eggs fbr hatching. See
Breeders'Directory.   6. A. PAULEY.
10 4t
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OR SALE-Baskets for
_    per dozen.  Send orders to
dlanapolls.	
i.  Only»l
BAGLEY,
10 tf
Wet
OR SALE—At a barealn, my herd of thoreugh-
" Berkshires. They must sell, I am going
C. COMSTOCK, Martinsville, 111.       11-St
EGGS for hatching from Norman French. The
greatest layers ln the world.  Send fl for 13.
Address C. WADE, Battle Creek, Mich.
IJ^OR SALE—Eggs for hatching ftom pure-bred
JD IJght Brahma and White Eeghora fowls.  3.
M. DYE,~Nor_field, Ind.
list
FORSALE—Eggs of eleven different kinds of
poultry at »l_5 for 13 or five dozen tor (5, in
same package. T. I. JOHKEON, Greencastle,Ind.
T7.0R8A—E—Pnre Gronnd Bone for Poultry, 2C0
JD lbs, J4.60; 100 lb«. $2,50. W. H. FRY.lndl
anapol—,
1h.ORSALE—Eggsfrom Pekin Ducks andPart-
JC ridge Cochin lowls, good stock 11,75 per dozen,
Joseph L. Brenton, Petersburg!^ Pike Co. Ind.
11-4-
DEC—JED BARGAI-8 to reduce onr choice
breeding Btock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; finest,
new breeder's manual, elegantly Illustrated and
giving full description of the different breeds. Price
25 cents. Beed Wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comftey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts H.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BURPEE A CO.,
223 Church street. Philadelphia. Pa. »8-ly
CAN HOG CHOLEEA.BE CURED?
EOR SAliE—Plymouth Rock and LightBrahma
cockerels, and eggs of the same breeds. Address FRANK WILLIAMSON, Nora, Marion Co.,
Ind.      '. 116t
; from pure bred
  _ orns, Plymouth
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, 31,5*0 per 13.
TTIOR SALE—Eggs for hatching
J3 White Cochins, White Leghi
Rocks and Golden Sebrigh* **—*-
E. ANDERSON, Hope, Ind.
  __ stock,
Toulouse, Embden, and White China or swan
— _ W,00 pr dozen. Address JNO. W. VAN-
ICYOC, Broad Ripple, Marion Co., Ind., 9-7t
FOR SALE—Geese eggs from premium
Timothy,  Blue
_      „.__ . eed Oats.   JOHN
O8TERMAN, cor. Washington and Tennessee Sts.,
Indianapolis.        S-13t
"TJtOR BALE—Light Brahmas bred from Felch A
_E Williams'-stock. Prices reasonable. Eggs Jl 50
per dozen. Address J. B. CONATY, Orchard _:ome,
Indianapolis.  Reference, Wm. H. Fry.        10 I3t
EOR SALE-SEEDS—Clover.
 Grass andalljfelnds; alsoBeedOats.
EOR SALE—Two boars and eight young sows to
farrow Apr      "' **_.... ____._.
from Imported
Brahma 1
R M. CLARK. _lyrla,_0.
farrow April and May, Tboroughbred Suffolks
Imported Stock; also a few Trios of Light
Brahma Fowls, aad Eggs S3 per setting.  Address
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"UIOR SALE—A few Chester White male Pigs 4
J2 months at $10 each, satisfaction guaranteed.
Also tggs from Buff Cochin Ch'.cks and Muscovy
Ducks at 51.50 for 13. J. A. Eckhart, Butler, DeKalb Co., Ind. 11-3
SEED Potatoes and Centennial Corn, Snowflake
and Brownell's Beauty Potatoes, 75 cents per
bnshel. Centennial or Crompton's Early Field-Corn,
75 cents per peck. Address W. G. MERRYMAN,
Lawrence, Marlon Co., Ind.	
"TJ.OR SALE—200 bushels Snowflake Potatoes.
J3 will send to any address, on receipt of price,
■53.00 per barrel, by freight or express, genuine
Snowflake Potatoes—none less than a hen's egg.
Address orders to J. V. VEACH, Springport, Henry
Co., Ind.
"TJIOR SALE—The art of propagation by J. Jen-
_E    kins, NursenTnan, Winona, Ohio.   Full and
complete
ents, etc.
        _    .Ohio.
instructions illustrated by    numeroa
Price 50 cents, postage prepaid.
INDIANA FARMER CO.,
 Indianapolis. Ind.
Q
EDA— HILL POULTRY YARDS—Jacob Ken
nedy, proprietor Toulouse Geese, Aylesbury
Ducks, White Holland Turkeys, Light Brahmas,
Buff and Partridge Cochins, B. B. R. Game Bantams,
ggs in season from all the above fowls at reasonable rates.  Llzton, Hendricks Co., Ind.	
EGGS fiom Premium Btock, D. Brahmas. White,
_.-■ .    *_.__.,_.,-.—__,,  „_—._'
Over
Black, Buff and Partridge Cochins, P. Rocks!
horns. Bronze Turkeys and Toulouse Geese,
.00 premiums ln 1877.   Eggs, except Gease
_. Leghorns, Bronze Turkeys and Toulouse Ueese.
: 100 premiums ln 1877.
and Turkeys, 12.00 per 13; 26 eggs. $3.50; Geese and
■    -8,13.50.  WEST _ WHICKER, Pecksburg,
Turkeys,!
Ind.
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GGS-For hatching. Plymouth Rocks, 13,00 per
 1   dozen; Mammotn Bronie Turkeys, 14,00 per
dozen; Pekln Ducks, 82,00 per dozen; all from my
well known prize winning strains, carefully packed
to go safely any distance and hatch. WM. H.
FRY, Indianapolis.
FORSALE—High Class Light Brahmas. My stock
is from the best strains in the country, and
will give satisfaction. I keep no other breeds, consequently no crossing. Eggs in season from the
above; also White China Uee*se and Pekln Duck
Eggs. Chester White Pigs and Italian Bees. Address
DELOS WOOD,NorthMadison,Ind.       6tf
BREEDING BULLS FOR SALE—Forest Napier
11973; six years; the great prize winner, London Duke 15th 20274, a surperior breeder, and Oakland Duke 2d, a promising 11 months calf, all red,
ln prime condition, and first-class Individuals; will
be Bold low. Inspection solicited. A few Berkshire
Pigs and South Down Bheep for sale. Address
HENRY C. MEREDITH, Camhridge City, Ind.   7-7t
WAKTBD.
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ANTED—The attention of all Saw Mill Men
to the advertisement of W. B. Bakby.   12 2t
ANTED—Good agent in each township ln the
-   *    -    -        - - - - ir-red. TAY-
. W    8tate. Good pay. Teachers prefe:
LOR A CO., Bates Block, Indianapolis.
R.
ANTED—A number of Cows; good milkers
only.  Address, with cash price,
PARKER, Indianapolis, Ind.
-\T7_.NTED-GOOD FARMS—Address M.  AR-
W    BUCKLE:, Real Estate Sealer, 74 E. Market
st, Indianapolis."
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"11TANTED—SOO Yonng Men ta learn relegraph-
VV ing, and take offices on the lines. Salary SOO
to 175 per month can be earned In ten to twelve
weeks. Address, with stamp for circulars, INDIANAPOLIS TEIaEGRaiPH INSTITUTE, Bates Block,
opposite Postofflce. 42tf
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
In the issue of your valuable paper for
March 16th, yoa state, editorially, that
"there is a general belief among fanners
that the disease (hog cholera) is incurable." You also state that you " do not
share in this belief, but feel confident that
the so-called hog cholera, will, at no distant day, be thoroughly understood, and
entirely under the control of competent
medical skill." Your convictions on the
subject are entertained by many leading
farmers and stock raisers in all parts of
the country. -
Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, and many contagious diseases, were for yeara
thought to be incurable, but now these
diseases are better understood, and largely under the control of scientific medical
men. 'Mis t   "
Hog cholera -SS-^-evailed in the land
for more then a decade of ^ears. Millions
of dollars worth of swine haver.been lost
during that time. During the past year,
in eleven States of the. Union, no less
than $24,500,000 of hogs,have been carried off by disease. Of this large loss,
nearly $2,000,000 have been sustained by
the farmers of Indiana alone. This year
the disease is more virulent and widespread than in past years, and the losses
to the conntry will be enormous, unless
the disease is controlled by competent
medical skill.
There are many worthless nostrums
before the public, all claiming to be " in"
fallible cures," and all, to a greater or
less extent, failures. Parties, without any
knowledge of drugs, have prepared, in a
hap-hazard way, "villainous compounds,'
which, instead of curing the disease, have
only hastened the death of the hog. Men
of professional standing, and -scientific
medical attainments, did not care to enter the lists with the innumerable self-
styled "hog doctors," to be found everywhere ; hence, until recently, the subject
of swine disease has received no competent medical investigation.
But, a new era has dawned, the subject has been scientifically probed to the
bottom, and the fact haa been demonstrated that the disease can be prevented and cured.
Last fall, the disease commonly known
as hog cholera, broke out in a virulent
form in Johnson county, Iowa. In the
Frank Pierce neighborhood, in that
county, no less than 1.400 hogs died in a
little less than five weeks. Dr. Albert
Dunlop, a prominent physician of that
State, determined to make a scientific
investigation ofthe disease, and, if possible, find a remedy for it. Dr. Dunlop
was thoroughly educated at Columbia
College, in the District of Columbia, and
in the Maryland Medical University. He
also has had extensive practice iu the city
hospitals of Baltimore. He was also a
surgeon in the army during the late war.
As far as medical ability and extensive
practice are concerned, he was amply
qualified to make the examinations ofthe
disease. The result of his investigations
may be briefly stated as follows:
1. The disease is not cholera, as is generally supposed; nor does the disease
always manifest itself in the same way/
2. The disease arises firom septic poison
in J_e blood, and is contagious.
When the disease developes about
THE WEIR SULKY PLOW, h-nufactured by the WEIR PLOW CO.. MONMOUTH, ILLS.
that he has found a scientific specific for
the hitherto fatal disease. -
Dr. Dunlop says there are certain stages
of the disease in which no remedy can
cure-the hog. When abceeses are formed
on the kidneys, which is the lart stage of
the typhoid form of the disease, the hog
must die; but, in other developments of
| ihe poison, a cure can be performed in
j from two to four days.   He has demon*
str&te*. ihe fact that ho well hog will take
_S
the a.* _*ae if treated—say, once
month—according to his directions,
.gives the facts and figures, in the "Essay"
he published, after he had demonstrated
his theory to be the correct one.
In a letter, bearing date of March 16th,
and addressed to us by Gov. Cullom, of
Illinois, who has been enquiring into the
matter, is the following statement:
" I/a eure. can be found, it will save millions
annually to the State." -   -   .    . . ;, ,
' Dr. Dunlap ha s signified fata wUUngwbu.
to go before any body of scientific men,
and give all the information in his power
on the subject, and a'sohave his fyecifie
tested in the severest manner.
As there are millions of dollars at stake,
and as the whole people are more or less
interested, the investigatiors of Dr. Dunlop will not be passed over lightly by
thinking men. Jesse H. Berry.
Fulton Co., 111., March 19th.
"Statesman."
HISCE-XAMEOUS.
LOOK OUT for my egg advertisement.
BAGLEY. 	
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C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office ln room 4, Va-
•   Jen's Exchange Block,-. Penn. Bt      7-tf.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms.
J. H. HABDEBECK,      "   '   " "   *   "
anapolis.
East Market St.Indi-
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CUT THIS OUT—Catarrh, Deafness, Consumption, all Chronic and Nervous Diseases positively cured, as proven by hundreds of leading
Ministers and others. Bend stamp for pamphlet,
testimonials, etc., to DR. J. P. KOON3E,
114t Lafayette, Ind.
YOUNG MAN 1   Do you want a lucrative situa-
..   ."9? in ouslnessT If so, attend the old reli-
-    - ..oaaavaaa,      a,    WL",    ■*»*,»—J
able Indianapolis Business College, _.
opposite the Postofflce, ln same bulldin
Bates Block,
.   - ling ln which
jpm, the Indiana Farmer is published. Address, with
•*-v3iF- ttamp for drculais, etc, KOERNER A GOODIER,
't^SPfi' Indianapolis, Ind. 42-tf
7*£&
3.
the head, throat and mouth of the hog,
it takes the form of diphtheria in the human patient; but,
4. When it terminates in the intestines
and kidneys, it then takes the form of
typhoid fever; but the disease, in either
development, arises from poison in the
blood.
The cure is reached by removing the
poison from the blood. For years Dr.
Dunlop has been successfully treating
diphtheria and typhoid fever, and, with a
knowledge of his control of those diseases
in the human patient, he prepared a reme
dy for thehog. He has been successful
in exterminating the disease largely from
eastern Iowa, and in all of those localities
outside of that State where his remedy is
being used.
We have "interviewed" the Doctor,
as well as many farmers who have been
using his preparation, and we are satisfied
At this sea-son when stallions become
quite prominent individuals, our attention
is called to many beautiful and fine animals.
We have seen no horse thut pleased us better than Statesman, the present property
of Calvin Fletcher, Esq., of Owen county.
Statesman is the result of a cross between
a thoroughbred Suffolk mare and a Hunter
horse of equal quality. -He was purchased
of Isaac Hoghson, Esq., of Sufiolk county,
England, and of several stallions imported
in 1873 by John D. Campbell, Esq., of
this city, is probably the one in which our
expectations of imported horses have been
most fully realized.
In color, Statesman is a dark chestnut
with beautiful mane and tail, is 16} hands
high, weighs 1700 pounds and is eight
years old. And, although a large and
powerful horse, he has wonderful ease and
gracefulness of movement. While he receives from the Suffolk stock weight and
Sower, indispensable elements in a heavy
raft horse, his noble Hunter blood
gives him also ambition, activity and endurance, which make him the desirable
type of horse for this country. The fact
that there has been almost no sale for light
and common horses, fine animals and especially the heavier class of horses have
continued to bring a high price. This fact
shoud convince reasoning farmers that
there is money in breeding to the best.
"Statesman" will be found during the
coming season at the farm of Calvin Fletcher, Esq., near Waverly, Morgan county,
and also at the farm of Wesley Pfaff, Esq.,
near West Newton, Marion county. For
any information address Mr. Pfaff, at West
Newton, or Horace Hines Fletcher, In
dianapolis.
■ ■ ■
Sheep in England and America.
The main object in breeding sheep I suppose to be for the purpose of growing wool
and mutton. As to the value of wool
whether in this country or-in England'
the difference, as I said in the February
number was not material; but there is a
slight difference, and that is in favor of
the combing wool. In the table of prices
which you quote from the Mark Lane Express, the highest quotation is for combing wool.
As to the weight of fleece from Merino
flocks, a day or two after my article was
written, I met one of the leading wool merchants of Chicago, as well as one of the
oldest, and asked him what was the average weight of Merino fleeces in the country, and he said 3} pounds. And when I
stated that ofthe Cotswold to be 10 lbs., I
spoke from my own experience—and was
under the mark.
I have been a breeder of sheep, to a
greater rr less extent, for 35 years, and
during that time I have had experience
with all the breeds in general use in this
country. My first experience was with
the American Merino—a large and roomy
sheep. At that time my flock numbered
about fifty head, and was kept primarily
to supply me with "mutton. I bought a
very choice _*icester ram to cross on these
ewes, and from the cross I obtained a very
good mutton sheep, and the wool sold at
top prices. This was in Ohio; and when
I removed from Ohio, in 1856,1 sold the
flock for about $7 per head.
In Illinois I stocked with sheep; and having with me a Vermont man at the time,
whose experience had been with Merinos,
"the more wrinkles the better," under his
influence- I became a Merino breeder—it
was not my choice^—and in feeding out my
older ewes and wethers, I could not get a
better average than 90 pounds, nor a better average than four pounds of wool.
Iitia-ie a cross with Southdowns, buying
n,'_£S-J* of ^"n. John Wentworth; and
theJTwere good ones." From this cross _
lost id weight of fleece and somewhat in
carcass. I then made a cross with Cotswolds, which gave me a larger carcass and
a heavier fleece, giving me, on the whole,
satisfaction. And this led me to adopt
the Cotswolds.
I made several purchases of what were
claimed to be thoroughbred Cotswold; but
the produce did not show that uniformity
which purity of breeding ought to give, so
that in 1876 I cleared them out and started
anew, with undoubted purity of blood and
a high standard of excellence. I find the
pure-bred Cotswold a hardy sbeep, with
large body and heavy fleece, and that they
carry their wool to a greater age than
some other breeds. While obtaining this
experience, I have endeavored to find what
others have done, and from this standpoint
~ speak.
I believe that due care will secure good
returns from either the Merino or Cotswold; the want of this will result in a loss
from either breed. Through negligence, I
think, it is, that three-fourth3 of all those
who have engaged in sheep breeding have
lost money. Sheep will not thrive with
slipshod management, they are dependant
on the shepherd more than any other stock
on their keepers. These propositions are
true of all breeds. The careful and experienced sheep breeder always makes money
with sheep; and the care necessary is not
burdensome. It is a care such as an invalid who is not able to attend to ordinary
farm work may give, and find recreation
and pleasure in giving. T. L. Miller, in
National Live Stock Journal.
The  Weir  Sulky Flow—Supremacy
- Achieved.
There should be a large attendance at
the Indiana Short-Horn Breeders'Convention in this city next week.
How to Qo West.
When you and "the boys want to go
west to buy that "other farm," take the
Indianapolis, Terre Haute & Vandalia
Railway. It is the shortest, quickest,
cheapest and safest line to Missouri,
Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Texas and
all points west and southwest. The managers and conductors on this line are
clever and accommodating men. They
will give you desired information, and do
everything in their power to make your
trip safe and pleasant.
 ■*■«■♦»-
We desire to call the special attention of
our readers to the advertisement of the
North Indianapolis Wagon Works Co., in
to-days paper. This company have recently added the sale of agricultural implements to their business and procured the
services of Mr. Alpheus Tyner, who will
have charge of their salesroom. They
are to be congratulated upon this acquisition to their business, as Mr. Tyner has had
large experience, and by his conscientiousness, energetic labor and sterling integrity
while acting as State agent for the Patrons,
enjoys a wide business and social acquaintance throughout the State.
a   am  a
Immense quantities of so«p are made from
the fat of cholera hogs, rratrid offal, and the
festering carcasses of dogirand horses gathered
about oar cities, aod Israel Homeland's $2.00
Washing Machine is a sure escape (as it appears) trom the deadly gases, sickening fames
and hot steam. A truly valuable invention.
Agent's sample, $1.00.
The superior advantages of sulky plows,
over   all  breaking and   stirring plows
which compel the operator to walk, have
been so  firmly established during the
past few years, that  we take pleasure in
presenting to the readers of the Farmer
this week! a cui of the most prominent aiid
successful sulky, plow ever put upon the
market. Though introduced in the spring
of 1877 for the first time upon the Indiana market, the/ Weir sales during that
year reached nearly two thousand. From
its first introduction it has met with success throughout the entire State, meeting
in field trial everything in the shape of a
sulky plow sold ih xfidtana,' and haa never yet Buffered ^defeat, li haa attained,
in the shortest time the most enviable
reputation ever awarded to any implement. Thirty-one competative trials
have given it thirty-one victories. With
this record before us, the intelligent farmer will be interested to know the cause
of such success, which is readily found
by investigating the construction of this
implement.  A serious objection to many
sulky plows has been their great weight
and cumbersomeness, causing heavy
draft to the team, and hard labor to the
ploughman, Thfs has been overcome in
the Weir, by abandoning cast iron almost
entirely, using in its place wrought and
malleable ironj thereby rendering the
plow more wieldy—giving it greater
strength and durability, and at the same
time reducing its weight. The common
method of raising and lowering sulky
plows, has been by means of crank axles,
which always change the position of the
wheels, and mere than double the friction between hubs and spindles. This
causes the owners of crank axlesulkys to
soon replace tbe worn out spindles, an
item of expense you will not incur in
using the Weir, as ita •wheels are always
directly opposite, the plow being raised
and lowered by means of a slide, which
entirely does away with the grinding in
the wheel, caused by the eccentric movement of a crank axle.
Another strong feature in the Weir is
the adjustable lever for leveling plow on
uneven ground, on hillsides, in finishing
uplands, and in securing a uniformity of
depth, width and turn of furrow not attained in any other sulky plow so easily,
simply and perfectly. By means of this
adjustment, the plow can be instantly
changed from a lock-lever to a locse-lev-
er. This advantage of having a loose-
lever at the will of the operator, is also a
mest desirable feature when plowing
croBS-furrows of old corn ground, or any
uneven surface, thus allowing the plow to
run independently ofthe sulky, and leaving a furrow of uniform depth at all tim es.
The feature of a sulky plow, however,
paramount to all others, is the question of
draft; and here the Weir stands absolutely without an equal. Its well-earned victories, on every held of trial, have proved
this by dynamometer tests beyond controversy. Space will not permit us to
enter fully into details. Suffice it to say,
that this celebrated implement is manufactured by the Weir Plow Co., of Monmouth, IU., who also have the reputation
of being the largest manufacturers of
walking and riding cultivators in America. Their sales of cultivators last year
reached nearly twenty thousand, an excess of nearly five thousand over any of
their vast competitors. They are also
large manufacturers of stirring and
breaking plows, harrows, equalizers, etc.
To accommodate their Eastern trade, this
company have opened a branch house at
Nos. 19, 21 and 23, North Tennessee St.,
Indianapolis, which is superintended by
gentlemen always glad to impart any
information in regard to these celebrated
implements that may be desired. Circulars, giving full information, wiil be sent
by addressing Weir Plow Co., Monmouth,
IIL; or, Indianapolis, Ind.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
State News.
Foot pads are numerous in Vincennes.
Luther Benson is writing another book.
Forty .car loads of  ice are shipped firom
Kankakee daily.
The temperance movement is gaining
gronnd in Princeton.
Newcastle is after afire engine and a hose
and ladder company.
Two glasses of beer can be bought for a
nickel at Madison.
A lady aged 83 years was baptized in the river at Spencer last week.
The Madison starch works are the largest in
America outside of New York.
Potatoes are selling at ten cents per bushel
at New Amsterdam, Harrison county.
The summer term of the Oentrsl Normal School, at Ladoga, will open April
23rd.
Estimates based upon the new city Directory, jnst isaned, give Indianapolis 100,750 inhabitants.
Fort Branch, Gibson oounty, will soon
have two extensive tile factories in running
order.
The entire absence of small-pox from thts
city during the winter, is regarded as something remarkable.
The wife of Gov. Williams, who has been
for five or six years an invalid, is reported to be
extremely ill at Wheatland.
The wheat never looked finer in Indiana
than it does now, and the prospect for an immense crop was never better.
Leo D. Olvey, a prominent farmer of
Hancctek connty, and a man worth some
twenty-five thousand dollars, has been arrested
foT horse-stealing.
i a_.1 Kingt-bury, a farmer living near
Crown. Point, was kicked on the head by a
horse ' on the 21st inst, and instantly
killed.
A yonng man of 26, employed as a farm
hand at tbe poor fcrm of Union connty, has
jnst led to the altar an inmate of the Institution, aged 70, ...,._..,. >' "•
"Thirteen thot__fd five hundred penal cfriei* ;
b»v»We_ paiff morirandred and five thobsand
dollars through the pension office in this city
)since March I.
Frank Myers, a brakeman on the railroad,
was instantly killed in attempting to couple a*
freight train in the switch yard at Terre Hsnte,
on the 18th inst
f A daughter of James Boss, living near
liSporte,.has died firom the effects of tri-
chin se. Four other members of the family
are also down with it. Their recovery is
hopeless.
While Harry Armantrout, a druggist of
Denver, Miami connty, was mixing some
horse medicine, the compound exploded,
burning him very severely. He now lies in
a critical condition.
The bam of Joseph Smith, fonr miles west
of Frankfort, was fired on the 22nd Inst., by
an incendiary. Four horses, a lot of grain
and farming implements, were burned. Loss,
$2,000.
Frederic Oxman, of "Vincennes, aged ten
years, while drawing a bucket of water firom
the well, lost his balance and fell to the bottom of the well, a distance of 03 feet, killing
him instantly,
Oscar, son of J. P. Blemer, of Marlon, was
seriously injured by a horse which he was
riding running nnder a tree and leaving him
hanging in a fork. He fell to the ground insensible, with his throat, face and one hip
badly hurt-
Joe Thomas, a dissipated bnt harmless man
living near Milroy, a Bmall town in Bush
county, was found dead in a bam near his
residence on the 20th inst. Two partially
empty bottles containing alcohol and hydrate
of chloral were fonnd by his side. •
In Harrison township, Cass coon-jy, fonr
schoolboys became poeseesed of a revolver.
A schoolmate, named James Blackburn, informed the teacher, wbich so enraged the fonr
that they caught Blackburn, tied him and
hung him to a sapling. He was rescued. The
case is now on trial.
On the 18th inBt., while the little children
of Mr. Matt. Geisler, on the Graham road,
about four miles from Madison, were playing
In the bam, it took fire and was burned to
the ground, along with several other outbuildings and a number of valuable head of
stock.
Jot. Comer, a pslnter, while working 6a ft
building known as the Farmere' Elevator, at
Martinsville, on the 22nd inst., fell from tho
topmost roof to the ground, a distance of 85 It.,
sustaining injuries which resulted in death
soon afterward.
George Knsb and Samuel Steel, both farmers, residing about seven miles from Worthington, got into an altercation on the 21st
inst., when the latter struck Bnsh on thehead
with a piece of scantling, crashing his skull,
from the effects of which he died. No arrests
have yet been made.
The other night eight teamsters of Logansport, with loads, re fused to pay toll on account
of the bad condition of the pike, consequently having the gate closed on them. In a
body they procured axes and demolished two
gates. Next morning the men wen arrested, •
giving bail. The beet legal talent has been
procured on both sides.