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Vol. xm.
INDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 7,187a
No. 36
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FOB  BAIiaB.
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OB 8ALE-Pure Essex pigs.   H. T. HOtKEN-
BMITH, New Angusta, Marlon county, Ind.
F 	
OB SALK-1 have a lot oi nice Clawson Wheat
_torsale,at»L25     -—-•--• — «—-——
A. 8HAPL,'Clcero,:
jr bushel; sacks 25 cents extra,
amilton county, Ind.	
' -flOfc 8___E—My entire stock of Partridge Coch-
JB   Ins.  If you want bargains, write immediately
"OHKf GO*J_. Bellmore, Ind.
to JOHN 005_. Bellmore.
EOR SALE—Jersey Bull "Sir Boderick" No
1732; s years old; sure breeder and from a good
butter family. Price J150.00. A. L. _ W. C. DAVIS,
Dublin, Ind.	
TT.OB SALE—The Farm Begister and Acconnt-
JD Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price, {1.00 each. Address INDIANA FABMEB CO., Indianapolis.	
-fT.OR SALE—The largest stock of salt, calcined
!• plaster, land plaster and cement. The only
house that keeps these goods always on hand, at
lowest prices. ANDBEW WALLACE, Indianapolis.
TilOB SALE—Seed wheat, Calcutta, sixty-eJght
Jj bushels per acre; heads seven to eight Inches
long; twenty-five cents per package, or at rate of
ts rer bnshel.  Address, C. WADE.
Battle Creek, Mich.
"17108 SALE—Thirty-five (35) acres of well lm-
JD   proved land, one mile southeast nf Franklin,
Johnson county, Indiana. For particulars, address
JOHN MOBBISON,
Franklin, Johnson county, Indiana.
FOK. SALE-CHICKENS—Having recce-fully
raised about 250 fine chickens, lam prepared
to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas, at prices to
suit the times. _. Q. BAGLEY. Sunny Hill Poul-
try Yards, Indianapolis.	
FOR SALK«-I have a flne lot of Poland-China
pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted purity,
representing the Black Tom of Bess families, at
reasonable pricea WILL T. EVANS, Bomney, Tlp-
pecanoe Co- In_.	
FOB SALE— Seven Imported Clydesdale Stallions
weighing from 1850 lbs, to 2loo lbs. Bome one
will get a bargain, as one o f tie herd mnst be aold
Foon. One % blood stallion 3 years old, extra fine
big heavy colt; 1 one year old fu!I bcod; also shep-
perd pups, by Watty <6 Me?. U entenntat prize winners. Address Wm. Meikle, Pendleton, Madison
Co- Indiana, formerly Pa.
WAMTID.
WANTED—One thousand breeders of fine hogs
an d ponltry to send for price list of Poland-
China hogs and fancy poultry. HENRY COM-
BTOCK. Liberty Mills, Ind.
WANTED-To trade new and second hand
farm and sprlrg wagons, buggies or carriages for a_pair of good work horses or mules.
O. H. SHOVES, 171 B. Market Btreet, Indianapolis.
~CT7 ANTED—300 men and women to learn tele-
W graphing and take offices on the lines paying
865 to 180 per month; can be learned in 3 months.
Address, with stamp, for particulars, IND1ANAP-
OLIH TELE-BAPHIN3TI ■ UTE, Indianapolls.Ind
HENDEBSON WINTEB OA"^ -.ED-CULTI-
VATED as a winter crfcp ior two generations
in the mountains of East Tennessee, 3,000 feet
above the level of the sea. They grow tall on poor
• {as&-have _xo rust or disease;. ma.ke superior oat-
™S2?; 1"1l produce more than double the spring
to the acre in Beptember or October. Price 75c per
bnshel. Also, packages by mail at 50c. Send
money by postal order. Caution against parties
wbo sell spring oats. Address
EDWIN HEUKY, Greenville, Tenn.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CO. BUBGE8S, Dentist.   Office in room i, Va-
s,   Jen's Exchange Block, N. Penn. St      7-tf.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms.
J. H. HABDKBECK, 36 East Market St, IndlanapoUs; tf
MONEY TO LOAN—Sumsof J30p_toJ!3.000 on
improved farms.  BU
VINTON, IndlanapoUs, Ind,
improved farms. _BUD*DELL, WALCOTT'&
XJ.OB TRADE—A number one farm of 80acres,
JD ln Marion county, Ind., first-class buildings,
orchard, etc., for a larger farm ln Illinois, Indiana
or Ohio. For particulars, address Is diana Fab-
ma Co.
GLAWSON WHEAT—I can famish a limited
amount of this popular wheat for seed, in
new bags, at $150 per bushel, delivered on errs at
Indianapolis, Special rates on ten bushel lots or
more. Cash with order. WM. H. FBY, Indian-
apolis. •	
YOUNG MEN thinking of attending a business
college, should send for circulars of the old
reliable INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE (established 1858.) The finest penman in America ls
employed in this college. Graduates receive situations paying .1,200 to $3,000 per annum. Addrees
with stamp, KOEBNEB&GOODIEB, Indianapolis.
DECIDED BAEGAINS to reduce om choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poulby; finest,
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated and
giving fall 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 aU seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mail.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON. BUBPEB A CO.,
2-3 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. 88-ly
For the Indiana Farmer.
Hydropathy for Horses.
For the benefit of those wbo have the
care of horses, and who desire to spare
them from eufiering pain, when accident
or disease sfflicts them, I will give my
experience in an aggravated case of fistula in a very valuable horse, and another of farcy, where but little else was used
than cold water. The case of fistula
alarmed me, first, because the victim was
my most valuable horse, and I had never
seen a case cured entirely. My first proceeding was to consult all the authorities
on this particular affliction, and settled
on a prescription of a horse dealer, whose
experience warranted some wisdom to
base his oure upoD. The remedy was
administered as prescribed but for no
good, on the'contrary, the poor brute
grew worse, suffering the most excruciating pain both during the application and
afterwards. This was more than I could
endure, and as a last resort, I took the
horse to a spring some distance away, and
with a watering pot, poured gallon after
► gallon of cold water on the afflicted part.
I This the horse eDJoyed beyond expression.
This was repeated four times a day for
two weeks, when supuration ceased, the
wound healed up and haired over as
nicely as before the sflliction. The case
of farcy was the worst I ever saw, and
never having had any experience in the
treatment of a case, I consalted our best
informed livery men, but finding no two
of them to agree, I resorted to cold water
by padding the s fllicted parts and pouring cold water down the sides of the
horse, keeping the pad and all the swollen parts soaking wet for eight hours.
This did the work of putting down the
inflammation and opening thesupurated
parts and started a rapid discharge, and in
four days the horse was fit to drive. In this
case I gave some purifying remedies for
the blood, but did not "bleed" as prescribed by the doctors.
These ar. the facts in the treat
ment of two severe cases of not an
uncommon eflltction among .horses,
and fiends of tbis noble animal may
find great satisfaction in applying hy-
dropa'hy in similar diserses, 'nsteid
of aggravating liniments and drugs.
Ripley, O. 8. D. Ingham.
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Hog Cholera Treatment.
It is evident that this disease is spreading and increasing in violence in many
parts of the state. An informant from
Bush Co. names several neighbors who
have lost almost their entire herds within
a few weeks. We have similar reports
from other sections. It seems almost
hopeless to attempt to cure a herd when
the disease has once established itself
among them, but the following plan of
treatment recommended by Prof. H. J.
Detmars, V. S.,of Champaign Ill.,who ia a
member of the Commission appointed
under a late act of Congress to investigate
the disease, may prove successful in some
cases, and give it to our readers, hoping
that its use may save some of them from
losses like those we have" alluded to. It
should always be remembered, however,
that one ounce pf prevention is woith
several pounds of-attempted cure in a
uug.    —.ii onouiu uegm at once to adopt
preventive measures:
After the sanitary measures recommended by him have been used, Prof. Detmars recommends the following as a rational treatment of the disease: Give
one to 15 grains of powdered white hellebore to each hog, that is, one grain for
each month the animal is old, provided
the latter is of good average size. Give
this on the surface of sweet milk, or in a
piece of boiled potato. After three hours
give the hog a few boiled potatoes and
milk. Then give two to three grains,
(according to the age of the animal) of
tartar-emetic or calomel. He says a sick
hog should never be drenched. The tartar-emetic has to be chosen if the disease
has its principal seat in the respiratory
organs or presents itself in its catarrhal-
rheumatic form, and the calomel deserves
the preference if the gastric or billions-
rheumatic form is prevailing, but especially if the liver is seriously affected.
Either medicine may be given in small
doses three times a day for several days
in succession, or until a change for the
better becomes apparent. It is aiso advisable, particularly if the disease exhibits a very typhoid character, to now and
then mix for each animal a few drops of
carbolic acid with the water for drii king,
or with the slops. Convalescent animals,
which have become very weak and emaciated, will be benefitted by giving them
once a day for a few days, half a drachm
of sulphate of iron (copperas) mixed with
their food, but the use of the iron must be
discontinued if the patient becomes constipated or the excrements turn black.
Those convalescents in which the lungs
have become bepatized to a considerable
extent may rective repeatedly small
doses of carbonate of potash, for the purpose of promoting the absorption of the
exudations deposited in the tissue of the
lungs. The size of the dose of carbonate
as well as of iron depends upon the size
and age of the animal.
A local external treatment is also of
considerable importance. A good counter-
irritant, or blister, composed of canthar-
ides, or Spanish flies, and oil made by
boiling one ounce ofthe former with four
ounces of the latter for half an hour over
a moderate fire, or. for one hour in a water bath—should be applied on both sides
of the chest in all such cases in which the
organs situated in that cavity are seriously affected.' Such a counter-irritant has
usually a very beneficial result. In most
cases one application will be sufficient to
relieve the animal to a considerable extent, provided the oil ia thoroughly rubbed in before the disease has made too
much headway, or before the vitality of
the organism has been destroyed. If the
effort of the fly blister proves insufficient
it may be applied the next day, but ifthe
same produces no effect at all, it may be
taken as an indication that the animal is
going to die, and that any further treatment will prove of no avail. Fontanels
and seatons have really the same effect
as fly-blister, but they act slower and are
less reliable, and may- otherwise cause
damage, especially ifthe typhoid character of the diseases is much developed, by
weakening unnecessarily the constitution
of the patient."
Wheat Culture.
[Address of David Gibson. Esq;, of Indianapolis,
before the Marlon county Horticultural and -4
A?".
ricnlturaT Society at Southport, Saturday Aug. j£]
[CONCLUDED FBOM LAST NUMBER.]
When the fact becomes generally un-|
derstood that' learning and scientific
knowledge is as necessary and valuable
in farming as in any of the so-called
learned professions, the sons ofthe present generation will not be so anxious to
become merchants, lawyers, physicians',
etc. These professions are necessary and
very usefnl.but they are be coming crowded, and when there is a surplus they are,
of no earthly use as far as I know. Be*
sides, I think farming a much more dignified and independent business than
any other. If necessary the daughters'
can learn the scientific part and the sons
the practical, or, if women's rights are to
prevail, I have no objection to the women taking to the plow and hoe and becoming the commanders in chief of
farmers. But I have digressed from the
main question. I will go a little further
and say that I think they can exert a
much greater influence by remaining
commanders in chief of the household.
Good cooking is much more important
to families and communities than good
doctoriDg, and quite as difficult to learn
thoroughly. Good housekeeping contains as many eloquent sermons as good
preaching, and exercises a much wider
influence because there is a great deal
more of it. The husbands, brothers and
lovers will always try to be good if properly trained, fed and managed by the
wives, sisters and sweet-hearts. I will
get back to the main question, wheat, I
need not tell you that flat, wet, undrained land will not produce good orops of
wheat, or anything else. The seed
should be frequently changed J-ojJtejgb-;"
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sand to loam, and vice versa, and lessf
frequently it should be changed to and
from different and more distant parts of
the country, and we should bring  our
seed from points south of us, say as far
south of us as good wheat will grow. The
reason for this is that, say in Tennessee,
the wheat ripens ten days earlier than
here, and seed brought from there and
grown here will attempt to ripen at the
same time  that it did  in Tennessee,
which it can not quite do, but will come
a few days earlier than if grown from
native seed, and early ripening wheat is
always safer from   disaster   than that
which ripens late.   As to the best kinds
of wheat for our soil and climate, I say
confidently, bearded red wheat—the best
and most important of which is the Mediterranean.   It comes through the freezing and thawing of weather, better than
any other known variety.   It thrives well
on all kinds of soil except that which is
too rich.   It resists the action of hot
weather, rains and insects, and ripens
early.   It has never yet deteriorated in
the quality of the grain, though it has
been the leading variety grown here for
at least twenty-five years.    Tne berry
contains more gluten in proportion to
starch than  any other  winter wheat
When properly manufactured into flour
it makes Btrocger and whiter flour than
any amljer or white wheat, and a given
quantity  ofthe flour will make more
pounds   of bread  of whiter color, and
containing more nutrition than that from
any other wheat.   The varieties called
Swamp and Lancaster I take to be Mediterranean wheat raised in some distant
part ofthe country for a few years ane
brought back under   new names,
know of no difference between the valut
of these and the Mediterranean.   Tht
amber or smooth red wheats often d(
well here for, say two or three years, ant
give a large yield of good grain per acre
after which they begin to deteriorate, ane
grow worse in quality and less in quanti
ty, from year to year, until they becom
utterly worthless and lose money for al
who put confidence in them,   The sam
may be said of the white wheats, wit;
the addition that they are still more del
cate and dangerous than the amber vai
ieties.   The average production of whea
per  acre in  this state is about twelv
bushels.   The average  of exceptional!
bad years, for instance, 1875, was abou|
eight bushels per acre.    The average
exceptionally good years, say 1864 anl
1878, is about fifteen, or may be sixteel
bushels per acre.   The range this year j
from forty bushels down to ten bushel
very few of either the highest or lowesj
Quite a number as high as thirty-five
bushels, more of thirty to thirty-two, and
still more between twenty-five and thirty,
and the great majority between sixteen
and twenty bushels per acre. The fact
that forty bushels, and even more, per
acre is produced without any unusual effort or outlay proves that more of it, and
even better, can be done with special and
well directed efforts and reasonable additional outlay for labor, and such manures
and fertilizers as prove to be needed, or
are the best for the purpose. If five
bushels per acre can be added to the
average production of our wheat -crop, it
ineans 10,000,000 of bushels per annum,
or about that many dollars added to our
wealth each year. Suppose that 25, or
even 50, per cent, of this is paid out for
fertilizers and additional labor, the
amount so expended is paid to our neigh*
bors, and we still have a net gain of
about $5,000,000, a sum not to be disregarded by even wealthier states than
ours. I think this a moderate estimate,
and that the average increase can be
made ten bushels per acre. If a farmer
can produce twenty-five to thirty bushels
of wheat per acre the price is never so low
but that he makes a large profit. If he
produces only ten to fifteen bushels per
abre the price is seldom' or never high
enough to make even a small profit Our
soil and climate are not excelled by any
in the world for the production of choice
Winter wheat, and all that is needed to
utilize tbem is a new departure in our
system of farming, and for the most intelligent farmers to put their heads to-1
gether and their brains at work to find
out by investigation and experiment the
best means of cultivation for the various
soils. If such manures and cultivation
are given as are needed to produce a perfect growth, the wheat will keep ahead of
all weather, and all insects, and always
give a good yield, and generally a large
ode.' The best authorities now say that
nse bushel per acre is ample for seed if
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
slate MfewB-.
e. ground is weJlj_repare4_.S0 Jthat.. all
the __'e_rwiia grow,    llthis proves to be
correct, that one bushel is better   than
one and one-half bushel per acre, it wiU
make an aggregate saving of 1,000,000
bushels, or about that many dollars per
annum.   I think that on an average 10
per cent, of all the wheat grown is destroyed by exposure to rain in the shock
for an unnecessary length of time and
bad stacking.   If wheat is badly stacked
it is damaged much worse by a heavy
rain than it could be if left standing in
the shock.   Then a large part  of the
wheat is depreciated in value, 5c to 10c
per bushel, by the growth of cockle and
rye with the wheat.    The annual loss
from these two causes can not be less in
the aggregate than $500,000 per annum.
Most of it could be saved by a little additional care and the employment of a
little  additional  labor.    Indiana  produces 30,000,000 bushels of wheat  per
annum, while ehe produces more than
tbree times that much corn, and hay
fruits, potatoes and vegetables in almost
unlimited quantities—so much ofthe latter articles that her wheat product is almost  unnoticed,    Minnesota produces
30,000,000,000 to  40,000,000 bushels of
spring wheat, and not much of anything
else, but here the wheat production is
heralded to the ends of the earth as a
marvelous and wonderful thing.    I find
no fault with this, but simply state it as
a remarkable fact.   There are now over
12,000,000 acres of land in the farms of
Indiana that are not cleared of the timber nor under cultivation.    Here is employment for more than all the unemployed.   Half or more of that which is
under cultivation  needs  draining and
other improvement. Labor is now cheap
and those of you who can should see
none who desire to  work  remain idle.
The towns and cities are sick.   We have
over-traded.    We have built too many
fine houses for which there is now no
use.   We have traded too much in corner lots, the value of which has  faded
out.   Many of those who did the labor
of building are out of work, and need
and  honestly  want employment.   We
can not give it to them except to a limited extent.   You can invit them to come
and improve your   farms, repair your
houses and fences, and make new ones
where tney are needed.   Let them become producers instead of consumers.
This would end the hard times, kill communism and stop the howl for more paper money.   Bat I have again wandered
far from  the main question.    I regret
that I have not had more leisure to prepare something  more deserving  your
consideration.   I will close by thanking
you for your kind attention.
Three thousand tbree hundred and -sixty
dollars have been raised in thia city for the
yellow fever sufferers in the south.
Blackford county will hold its first agricultural fair at Hartford City, commencing Tuesday, September 21th, and continue four days'
James Thackery, of Mill Shoals, HI., was
killed at Holton on the 30th, by the east
bound express. He was trying to board a
freight train and did not see the express till It
was too late.
Mr. Moore, a farmer living near Martinsville-
was descending a hill with a wagon load of
ties, on the 30th, when his horses became
frightened and ran away, throwing him off
and the wheels of the wagon passing over both
legs between the ankles and knees, breaking
the left leg in two places and the right leg in
one.   He is in a precarious condition.
As a ptsseDger train on the Pitttburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago railrcad, was passing where
a gang of section men were at work, near Ft.
Wayne, on the SOth, the pilot of the engine
struck one of the workmen, Christ. Onk; who
failed to get far enough from the track, hurting him fatally.   He cannot live.
Mr. Brennan, an extensive miller of New-
burg, had his arm badly mangled by a corn-
sheller, last week, from the effects of which he
has since died.
There is some talk of organizing a cojnpwqy
for lighting Frankfort with electric f'^ts,
which can be done at one-tenth the oost of
gas.
Mrs. Isaac Wilson, of Franklin, has a book
in her possession which was published in Scot-1
land, in 1747, and consequently is 131 years
old.   It is the life of Colonel James Gardiner.
—Ind. Journal.
An employee of this paper has one that was
printed in London in 1681 and is 197 years
old.   It is a work on chemistry.
Adam Knapke and wife, living near St.
Wendel's, Vanderburg county, were thrown
from their wagon by a runaway team, last
about it in the old-fashioned way, pouring oil
from a can on a bed of live coals. Bhe waa
burned in a horrible manner, dying from the
result of the injuries. Mrs. Westfall and her
eldest daughter were also -severely burned In
trying to help her.
Farmers of Stony creek township, Madison
county, are shipping their hogs to save them
from loss by cholera; -
Tomatoes are a failure in the vicinity of
Corydon, this season.
Every officer of Crawford oounty, with a
single exception has signed the blue ribbon
pledge.
Warsaw has overdrawn her eity school
fund $2,276, and has but $221 on hand to com.
mence the fall term of school.
GENERAL   NEWS.
A frightful nitro glycerine explosion occurr
ed at Negaune, Mich., on the 30th, by which
three men were instantly blown to pieces,
while a fourth was landed on a shelving rock,
almost uninjured. The killed are Andrew
Sullivan, Stephen Day, and Stephen Keohus.
The cause of the explosion is unexplained.
It has just come to light that Frank A,
George, Saperintendent of the money-order
department in the St. Louis post cilice, ab-
scounded about three weeks ago, being a defaulter in the sum of $7,000. His salary was
$2,100 per year.
j_*_s|r,,Mr.,__rapke was instantly iilled^his
neck being "broken, and hlST Wile Wflffimtfilly
it jured.
A new distillery was started in OarliElelast
week.
Peaches are selling at twenty cents per bushel in Sullivan oounty.
An eight year old son of James Barnett, of
Greenfield, on the 29th inst., while p'aying
with a horse, was kicked in the head and
stomach and his injuries will terminate fatally.
Dwight, Wheaton and Davidson were bound
over in the sum of $500 each to appear at the
next term of the Cass county court and tell the
Judge what they know abont a robbery arte
which rumor says they had a hand in.
The Terre Haute distillery is now producing
two hundred barrels of l'quor daily, and last
month paid $225,000 to the internal revenue
department.
William David, aged twenty-eight, and a
resident of Brown's Valley, committed Buicide
on the 27th inst, by shooting himself. Despondency as to his business is said to have
been the cause of the rash act.
Mrs. John Love, living on Shaker prairie,
above Vincennes, tripped and fell while calling her husband to .upper, on the 31st, and
was dead when her husband reached her.
James Barnett was shot by L D. Arnold, at
midnight, on the 31st at St Paul, and instantly killed. The difficulty arose through Arnold's accusing Bennett of enticing Arnold's
son Frank away from home.
A man named Carr used a boulder during a
political discussion with Watkins, at Terre
Haute, Saturday night Watkins was badly
hurt.
Liberty township, Wabash county, has voted
to raise $16,000 on the township tax in aid of
the narrow guage railroad running through
the township east and west
One day last week Berthold Kemp, a
farmer living near Evansville, left his
mules standing hitched while he and his
son went into a saloon to get a drink.
When they came out the mules were gone and
they have never been heard from since.
The Crawfordsville Journal says: Wm.
Seering, a twelve-by-fourteen man of that
place, got his arm fastened into a belt at
Straight's planing mill and was drawn through
a four-by-six hole in the wall.last Wednesday.
He had an arm broken and bruises planted
miscellaneously over him.
Among sixteen dirty miserable tramps, arrested at Fort Wayne, the other day a woman,
dressed in male attire, was discovered. She is
said to be not of unprepossessing appearance
when washed and dreseed in proper apparel.
Her name she gave as Ida Warren, and her age
as nineteen.
During the month ending at 12 m. Saturday,
August 31st, there were received and forward-'
ed at this point 60,918 care; of the number 49,-
807 were loaded. In the month of August,
1877, the total movement of cars was 65,742,
of this n umber 33,714 were loaded, showing
the increase in the month of Angust, 1878, to
have been loaded cars, 16,693.
Sophia Westfall, a little girl living with
her parents in this city .was the victim ofa fatal
coal oil explosion Saturday morning. The
girl, who waa only eight years of age, went
The London Times says England will never
again guarantee a Turkish loan or help raise
one.
During the absence of a Mrs. McKee, of
Wheeling, at church, on the lst inst, her
daughters, aged 12 and 10, in preparing for
dinner, started the fire with ooal oil. Result,
burned both children to death.
Forest fires are reported raging near Dnluth,
devastating the oountry for a distance of 160
miles.
Seven men were killed by an explosion o'
black damp In the new tunnel of the Station
mine, near Wilkesbarre, Pa,, on the 31st inst.
Councillor Schooner, of the ministry of
finance, Councellor Treg, of the customs department and Herr Ermder, will leave Germany soon for the United States, to examine
the American system of taxing manufactured
tobacco.
Marion Johnson a farmer living near Paris,
lit, was drowned, together with two horsee,
on the 1st inst, while attempting to cross a
stream. He had been drinking some before
he left town.
Frederick Phillips, sentenced for ninety-
nine years, for the crime of murder, was kill-
e d at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, by
the accidental raving ofa bank, on the 31st
while at work in the quarry npon the prison
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The total contributions in New York city
for the yellow fever sufferers amounted to $7*3,-
100,473. The contributions from all parts will
amount to several hundred thousand dollars.
After a thorough test of self-binding reapers
by the Rojal Agricultural Society of England,
the highest honor, a gold medal, was awarded
to an American machine.
Griswold Sogers, of Niantic, Conn., who has
recently married a womon he had been courting for fifty-five years, has just been granted a
pension for services in the war of 1812. He
might have got it sooner, but his time was too
much taken up with courting to admit of hia
giving it any attention.
Edison's latest invention is an ink for the
use of the blind.   When applied to paper it
causes the letters made by it to swell out, so   '
that their contcur may be readily traced by
the sensitive fingers of the blind.
Up to. August 30th, the amount of standard
silver dollars coined is $12,896,500; outstanding, $2,659,184; on hand, $10,237,310. The
demand for them increases.
The requisition of the Governor of South
Carolina upon the Governor of Massachusetts
for the surrender of the person of Hiram H.
Kimpton has been refused by Governor Bice.
The dead body of a man named Harrison
Kirkland, a farmer liveng near LaRosa, IU.,
was found lying a short distance from the
roadside, on the 30th inst,, at an early hour,
He was a man greatly given to drink, and it is
supposed, fell from his seat on the wagon and
b roke his neck while in a state of intoxication.
The Official Journal says the delegates to
the international money conference, not being
authorized to bind their governments, could
not affect international arrangements, but the
discussions will facilitate the study and solution of questions affecting the monetary
systems of the several countries.
A farmer at Eagle City, Iowa, declined suspending operations in his harvest field to attend the funeral of hia wife, remarking that
harvest came but once a year, while a wife
could be got at any time.
Reports from various parts of McClean Co.,
111., give accounts of wholesale horse stealing
which haa been carried on for some time past.
During the la.t ten days a nnmber of farmers
have had some of their most valuable stock
stolen.
David Gorman having just served a term in
the state prison of Joliet, 111., and while on
his way to Macoupin oonnty, stole a suit of
clothes and $150 in money.   He was arrested,
and is now on the way to his old home again.
The explosion ofthe boiler ofa steam thresher, at NiwL-swistown, Winona county, Minn.
on the 29th inst., killed Angust Schnelling,
Michael  Wimer, George Lawrence,  Charles
Schneider, and a boy named Otto Fritz Gwin-
derline, was mortally wounded.   Careleesnees
of the engineer was the cause.
The c ontiact for the completion of the Cincinnati Southern railroad has been signed and
the work already begun. It Is thought proba-'
ble that the people of Cincinnati may bave the
opportunity of enjoying an excursion to Chat-,
tanooga oyer the road, by the 4th of July
next.