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Vol. XL
INDIMAPOUS, INDIANA, JANUAEY 29th, 1876.
No. 4.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
We have concluded to admit brief business announcements in this column, from those who wish
to exchange or sell, or who may desire to purchase
any article. The charge will be 12>4 cents per line,
each week. About eight words make a line. No
notice admitted for less than twenty-five cents.
FOR  SALE.
FOR SALE—I have for sale a fine lot of Buff and
Partridge Cochin Fowls.      I. N. BARKER,
S-tt Thorntown, Indiana.
FOR SALE—Corncord Vines, best quality; cheap
for Cash.   Samples 10cents.   Lee&Son.Minpk,
Woodford County, Illinois. *-"
FOR SALE-PRINCE CLIMAX 2d, 15,176;   red;
a fine breeder, of good size.    Apply to
3-2t WM. KENNEY, M. P.. Paris, Ky.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.—A few pure-bred Cockerels
for sale at St each, to suit the times.    T.S.
CLOTJGH, Paw Paw Grove, Lee Co., Mich. 4-1
"TJWR SALE—Fresh Milch Cow; Grade Jersey: an
Jj extra rich milker; second calf; price reasonable.   C. Y. C. ALDEN, Sunman, Ripley Co., Ind.   4-?
FOR SALE—JERSEY BOLL—one year old, from
imp. Monarch and Magnet.   Or, will trade for
a good top buggy. . C. Y. C. ALDEN,
1-2 Sunman, Ripley County. Indiana.
O K FARMS, from 80 to 600 acres, for sale, at $25
^O   $50 per acre; well improved, and close to
markets.   Apply to                 A. E. HARMON,
1_4W ■   ^ Champaign, PI.
FOR SALE.—Six young Poland-China Sows that
have been bred to a flne Poland-China Boar.
Address F. MCKEEVER, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana.  2-13t.
~VXT"ANTED—Young men wishing to attend the
W best Business College in the West to send
stamp for circulars to the Indianapolis Business
College, Bates Block. Graduates assisted in getting
situations.  *-tf
FOR SALE—TILE FACTORY, situated 2K miles
southeast of Cleveland, Hancock county, Ind.,
with capacity of 150,000 tile in one season. Machinery
new.  Terms easy.    Address       W. S. LUSE,
3-2t WesOand, Hancock county, Ind.
10R SALE—Cotton Gin—Near Helena. Arkansas,
  a valuable cotton ein, with grist-mill and sawmill combined, and, if desired, some heavy timber
"I?
Jj   a valuable cotton
mill combined, and, 1. ,     .
land or a cotton farm adjoining; this is well located
and doing a profitable business; terms easy.   Apply
to J. Dickinson & Co., Real Estate Agents, Richmond,
Ind.  3-4w
FOR SALE—200 Farms—Splendid Soil and good
Buildings; can suit any one; no better country;
cheap transportation to Philadelphia, New York, or
Baltimore; all in Delaware and Maryland; finest
soil in the world for fruit. Geo. W. Ingraham, Real
Estate Agent, Middletown. New Castle Co.. Delaware.
"A fine young English draft stallion
has been bought by C. Y. C. Alden, and
William Ahrends, of Sunman, Ripley
county, and that section will doubtless be
much the gainer by it, in the improvement of their horses.
Messrs. T. Wilhoit & Son, of Middle-
town, Indiana, have lately sold quite a lot
of fine Berkshire pigs,—thirty-three head
in all,—the sales aggregating $561.00, or
an average of about seventeen dollars per
pig. They went to various counties in
the State.
FOR SALE—The Onarga Importing Company offer seven very fine imported Percharon stallions
at bottom prices, for cash, ot ** reasonable prices oi»,
ume, to Toopvmoiblo parties. Be sure and examine
our stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
I. McCourtie, Onarga, 111. 3-6w
EOR SALE—Choice Chester White and Berkshire
Swine of all ages at very reasonable prices for
the superior quality of stock. Also fancy poultry,
turkeys, geese, ducks, eggs fer hatching, pigeons,
ferrets, and thoroughbred dogs. Circulars free. Illustrated descriptive catalogue 10 cents. Write at
once to W. ATLEE BURPEE, No. 1332 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pa. 8-tf
D. W. Voyles, of New Albany, Indiana,
has sold to Hon. S. M. Taylor, of Tipton,
the extraordinary milking Jersey heifer,
"Bettie Speed," dam of Fannie, the Jersey
calf offered as our premium. Also sold
to Dr. M. Y. Young, of Gettysburg,
the four year old bronze colored cow,
Pet Schuler. Pet was one of the Doctor's
pet's in estimation, as well as name.
 •
Short-Horns in Tipton County.—The
farmers of Tipton county are taking
much interest. in improved breeds of
stock. Among those who have fine
Short-Horn cattle we note Harry Woodruff, Thomas Smith, W. A. Nash, Frank
Wheat, John J. Paul, and all these have
some very fine grades. W. A. Magee is a
breeder of thoroughbred Berkshire swine,
whose stock is highly valued_ by all who
know him. John Emerhiser is a breeder
of thoroughbred Poland China.
m
Messrs. Ayers & McClintock, of Mil-
lersburg, Bourbon county, Kentucky, have
lately bought some very fine ShQrt-Horn
cattle from Augustus Whitman, of Mass.,
and have just been received in fine condition. Among the animals bought are a
trio of the best Princesses in the United
States; two of the noted Roan Duchess
family-; two fine Massin tows; some of
A BARGAIN IN A FARM—241 acres, in Putnam
county, l}i miles from Greencastle, (seat of
Asbury University). All under fence; 65 acres in
cultivation; 60 acres of splendid timber; never failing water; buildings fair; orchard good. Price only $60 per acre. OrTI will divide the land and sell
either part at a bargain. M. W. H. WOODRUFF,
Greencastle, Indiana. 4-5t
FARM FOR SALE—140 acres, adjoining Shideler
Station, on the Muncie & Ft. Wayne railroad ;
110 acres cleared, 30 acres timber, all fenced; two
orchards: spring water all the year; frame house of
.six rooms, porch and milk-house; barn 32x40 feet;
hay and stock scales with house over them; other
buildings convenient. Price $60 per acre, one half
down, balance in three equal payments. JOHN S.'
SHIDELER, Shideler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-?
FARM FOR SALE—Containing 52 acres, in Morgan County, Indiana, on the gravel road, half
a mile east of Martinsville: good two story frame
house, several out buildings, 20 acres of woodland
pasture, balance under cultivation, apple and peach
orchard, several good springs, with plenty of never-
failing water for stock; splendid view of Martinsville from the verandah. A dairy, in good running
order, can be bought with the farm. Address MARY
MAINS, Martinsville, Indiana, or J. M. ST. JOHN,
Franklin, Indiana.  l^tt
Greasy Heels.
The treatment adapted to this attack
consists in internal as well as external
medication. Give your animal a drench
composed of raw linseed oil, twelve
ounces; calomel and tartar emetic, of
each one drachm; iodide of sulphur and
potassium, of each one drachm. Mix
these thoroughly together in a smooth-
necked bottle or drenching horn, and
give every fifth day for three times, and
stop for one week, and give again in the
same manner, and stop. Give one drachm
of powdered sulphur, blood root, and sulphate of iron in the food, slightly dampened, every night. Cleanse the heels
well twice a day with a strong ley, made
by dissolving sal-soda in boiling water.
This being done, if there is any proud
flesh perceptible, touch over it, by means
of a camel's hair brush, a caustic composed of nitrate of silver, one drachm,
cold water, one ounce. In fifteen minutes after, wash the heels over with sulphuric acid, two fluid drachms, mixed
into two quarts of cold water. When the
parts are thoroughly dried, which will be
in twenty minutes, dress the heels with
an ointment composed of oil of glycerine,
three ounces, crude carbolic acid and
iodide of sulphur, of • each two ounces,
well, mixed together. This, no doubt,
will, if properly applied, be found efficacious in removing this trouble you complain of, but will have to be followed for
some time in order to produce the desired effect. Feed on green and vegetable
food during treatment.—Turf, Field and
Farm.
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PREMIUM ON DOG SCALPS.
Hadley, Hendricks Co., Ind., 1
1st mo. 22d, 1876. J
Friend A. J. Pope:—I want to submit
for thy consideration, the propriety of
making the following offer: If the State
Grange, State Agricultural Society, or
Wool Growers' Association, separately
or collectively, will offer as a premium
for the < greatest number of- dog-.seal n?
WHY IS IT?
WANTED.
"TTTANTED—A Situation as Farmer or Gardener ;
W understands farming in all its branches,
stock, etc.; also gardening, care of greenhouse,
In or out of doors fruits and flowers of all kinds;
laying out grounds, etc. Good references. Samuel
Hannah, box 1,077, Terre Haute, Ind, 3-2
of their magnificent herd of seventy-five
animals stand the noted 17th Duke of
Airdrie, and the fine imported bull, Oxford Beau 2d, and two of Mr. Renick's
best Rose of Sharon bulls. _ This is now
one of the finest herds in this country.
 ■
Colonel George E. Waring, Secretary
of the American Jersey Club, Newport,
Rhode Island, sends us the following
transfers of Jersey stock as given in the
Club Record:
Minka 951, from L. S. Hardin to S. W. Hasselman,
Indianapolis. Ind.
Cowslip, 1773, from same to same.
Ever Bright, 3124. from R. C. Armstrong to same.
Zerlina, 1936, from Hartman Kuhn to Francis
Worth, Marshallton, Pa.
Zerlina, 1936, from Francis Worth to James Young,
Jr. Marshallton, Pa.
Truffle, 3582, from L. S. Hardin to J. P. Luse, Louisville, Ky.
Ella, 767, from W. B. Dinsmore to C. G. Tousey,
Clinton Corners, N. Y.
"Amanda, 3025, from same to same.
Hannah Duncan 3d. 4U26, from Asa Bartholomew
to J. W. Alsop, Middletown, Ct.
Phillis Strader, 1657, from D. W. Voyles to S. T.
Wells, Vallonia, Ind.
Munot, 1690, from Sam. Stratton to Irwin Z. Smith,
St. Louis, Mo.
Zarilda, 4604, from same to same.
Mite, 2751, from N. S. Bronson to Asa Bartholomew,
Bristol, Conn.
Mite, 2751, from Asa   Bartholomew  to   C. B.
Mite, 2751, from C. B. Brackett to Asa Bartholomew, same.   •
Mite, 2751, from Asa Bartholomew to Munson E.
Wilcox, same.'
Editors Indiana . Farmer :—The Patrons' Manufacturing Association (composed exclusively of members of the
Order, and headed by those who have
been true to every interest of the Order;
men who have rendered efficient service,
at their own expense in many instances),
are \ compelled to move step by step,
slowly making progress in laying the
foundation of an enterprise, which when
successful, will prove a source of power
to the Order, a regulating balance, to
protect us, and prevent the formation of
monopolies, to bleed the agricultural
masses. If I have learned fully the
objects of the Patrons' Association, it is
intended that, if at any time a valuable
implement, (upon which there is no
patent), is sold at an extortionate price,
this association will manufacture it, and
sell it at reasonable rates. At the same
tisoe, I am informed that they will make
a specialty of a few implements. If they
build a good reaper and sell it, at reasonable rates, will it not govern the prices
of all reapers, or if they manufacture a
good corn drill, or walking cultivator,
will not their implements control the
prices of others?
Again, if they manufacture farm implements here in our own state, out of
our own timber, coal, &c, will they not
create a market for our timber and for
our farm products, a market at home.
Beside all this, if the money we pay for
implements, is kept in our own state, it
will add to her wealth, be taxed, and
at;"pt us in bearing the expense of government. I have seen in a late issue of
yoiir valuable paper that it is estimated
that we have paid out in ten years to
<fc^/r states for manufactured implements
THE
NEW  COMBINATION
THE DANGER AHEAD.
AND
SiAO0r>.O0O^
WANTED—A good farm in Marion or adjoining
counties of from 300 to 400 acres, for a customer that will pay from $6,000 to $8,000 cash. House
and Lot in first class location in this city, valued at
$9,000 and balance time. L Behymer & Co., 91 E.
Market, Indianapolis. 3-3w
-1TTANTED-
VV    erty (anywhere In the States) for City Property and Western and Southern lands.   "'  '
Farms  and Country Town   Prop-
~ ">r City Prop-
We have ex-
iking exi"
WADSW
tra facilities for making exchanges.   Send full description.                   WADSWORTH & ELDER,
1-?        ~'   "   "
16% East Washington St., Indianapolis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HOG CHOLERA—Sure cure-Send 50 cents for
Receipt to W. H. Lester, Room 8 Bates Block,
Indianapolis. • 3-lw
<2*/~*f\ PER MONTH, and traveling expenses,
|p\)\J paid to salesmen who can sell our goods.
Better wages to experienced salesmen. ARGAND
KINDLEK CO., 36 LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.      4-4t
DO YOU want employment at home, in a new,
reliable business, paying large profits?
Address Excelsior Manufacturing Co., 151 Michigan Avenue. Chicago. Illinois. 2-8t
STOCK NOTES.
Dr. Wm. Kenney is importing Duke of
Brocton (1236) a pure Bates bull to go at
the head of his herd of Short-Horns.
Mr. L. G. Duncan, of Bloomington, 111.,
sold on the 19th inst., seventeen imported
Clydesdale stallions, which brought
$21,000 at prices ranging from $400 to
$2,500 each.       _____
f Mr. A. W. Roes, of Muncie, Ind., has
lately madesaleof some fine Poland China
' pigs, to  leading  farmers in  Randolph,
jjDelaware, Clinton, Hamilton, Grant and
jNoble counties this State.
TRICHINAE—ANSWERS   TO
RESPONDENTS.
COR-
Indianapolis, Jan. 19th.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—Having received a large number of letters since
my articles upon Trichinae in your issue
of the 8th inst., and 'having lost the address of many of these by accident, I beg
to answer them all through your col
umns:
(1) I do not know the cause of hog
cholera, (so-called), but only suggested it
might be Trichina? in transit from the intestinal to encysted form.
(2) There is no danger in eating well
cooked pork, even if Trichinose.
(3). There is no danger of getting tape
worm (of one kind) from eating raw or
badly cooked beef, and of liver flukes
from underdone mutton.
(4) I have no doubt but a careful investigation of hogs when sick with cholera by one capable of making the proper
pathalogjcal examination, that the cause
of the disease would be discovered.
(5) I have found no Trichina} in any
of the specimens of pork sent me, but of
course there might be Trichina? in other
parts than those sent.
Respectfully yours,
W. B. Fletcher.
ticket from Indianapolis to Greensboro,
North Carolina, and return, I will furnish
the ticket. It might be advertised in
this way:
"—;  will give a premium for the
largest number of dog scalps, killed by
any farmer, or stock raiser, one of A.
Coffin's excursion tickets from Indianapolis to Greensboro, North Carolina, and
return, in October next. The award to
be madev during the next State Fair, on a
day hereafter determined."
For information regarding the dog
killing excursion, &c, parties could be
referred to me; and I will take all the
trouble, for the sake of knowing that
dogs are being sent home.
The reason I want some organization
to make the offer, is to avoid individual
enmity from owners of dogs. The ticket
will be worth $30—that has been the price
for two years, and is sometimes more than
that. If any organization wants to help
me the thing can be done by making a
like offer for.second and third premiums.
First premium will be my full share.
Please consider and send me the result
of thy judgment. If this should suggest
a better plan, for the destruction of dogs,
and protection of sheep, I shall be glad
to assist in carrying it out.
Very respectfully,
[copy.] Addison Coffin.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—The above
meets my approbation and I suggest that
you publish the same in the Farmer, and
draw the attention of your many readers
to it Yours truly,
•      A. J. Pope, S. D. P. of H.
Indianapolis, January 25th, 1876.
the finely bred Bates cattle, and many  killed by^any ,/armer,j'jr stpck^aiser.ia. I  ȣ>coold not believe it, so out came lay
others of grea^excellence. ^At the head|tnjs gtate, during 1876, a free excursion j faithful pencil, and I began to estimate
by townships, the reapers, mowers,
threshing machines, feed cutters, plows,
harrows, wagons, &c, &c. I rubbed my
eyes, looked again—why the half had
not been told hardly. Why, I thought if
all this money had been expended for
implements of our own make, we would
ba rich, sir. Yes, Mr. Editor, rich.
What markets we would have at home!
Then I saw at a glance, how easily
solved was the question of co-operation.
I Jcould order myself any implement
that I might need, and pay only a wholesale price for it, and no agent or middle-
m in to pay—I said right out, " God bless
th; men who are so nobly striving to
organize this good work;" and more,
M •. Edilor, I wrote to the secretary of
th; association, (J. J. W. Billingsley,
Ir dianapolis), to send me a blank stock
si ascription and I would take one share.
T e blank came, and I subscribed two
si ares—for what is ten dollars every
tl ree months, until I have paid fifty, in
comparison to the benefits to be derived?
i ad more, I expect it to be one of the
b st investments, of money, I ever made,
"i es, sir, I expect in a year or two to
d raw a dividend on this stock; more,
s r, still, I am going to try the Patron's
i lower.
But, sir, I have forgotten my text, or
1 eading rather, "Why is It?"   Now to
le text—Why is it, that'an enterprise of
lis kind, headed by such men, has to be
kmmered into existence, forced upon
tir consideration, before we will listen to
t; yet, if one of these poppinjay agents,
nth a plug hat, and gold chain "(I ought
o say brass) fob, with perfumed cigar
ind piled hair, comes along, we give ear
o him: oh, yes, he is worthy of consideration;   these others are  home  folks,
riiose fathers, and mothers, we know.
Sfes, sir, our pocket books are opened in
i jiffy—we let them shear us, and away
with the fleece, to some other port, and
lurn a cold shoulder to those, who labor
to do us good.   But to my text, " Why is
It?"   I thought when we got to be members of our noble Order, we would do
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I spent a
part of Saturday last in your city to learn
what I could about tho new movement of
the manufacturers toward the Patrons of
Husbandry, and the farmers of the Stato
generally, and I must say that I learned
and heard and saw enough to alarm me,
and I ask your permission to insert it in
the Farmer. I talked with partieS/'vho
favor the new movement as well as others, not wishing to rely on one side, and
here is the plain truth as I gathered it as
carefully as I could :
1st. Articles of agreement are to be
signed pledging all the manufacturers to
turn their articles all over to this Supply
Depot; so far as possible all the. manufacturers of the country East and West, are to
be drawn into this combination. The
object in this is to drive the farmers of
Indiana to buy there alone.
2nd. They propose after they get the
manufacturers into this grand monopoly,
to send out traveling agents all over the
country to drum up business, paying them
large salaries or.commissions, all of which
they will add to the price of the goods
they hope by this combination to compel
farmers to buy, or do without.
3d. They propose to pay county and
other agents a commission qn the old
middle-man style of business, and this
will have to be added to the price of the
implements as they used to do.
Now farmers of Indiana, here is plainly laid down the plan of this great proposed combination and monopoly, and if
the movers in it succeed in getting all
the manufacturers of farm implements
into it, we will be almost in their power,
and even worse off than under the old
system, for then the manufacturers were
not thus combined in one great body, but
there was a sharp competition, and like
the trunk lines of railways they cut
against each other.
And they propose calling themselves
the Patrons Supply Depot. Can they
.hide..their, cunning purposes under that
kind of. a disguise.; Do they Ihink we
are fools and idiots,' and can't see what
they mean. This gigantic scheme to enslave us with a worse than the old system
of trade must be promptly met and
stamped to death, and we will do it if we
have the pluck and courage we boast of
having. For one, I will use my old plows
and cultivators and other farm tools till
they go to pieces by the inch and then
hire some blacksmith to make more for
me, before I will submit to this huge monopoly, paying the traveling expenses,
hotel bills and salaries of a legion of drummers, the commissions of local agents,
besides the fair legitimate prices of their
implements without this expense.
Why don't these combiners allow us to
send our orders by car load from neighborhoods and counties, to their factories,
and give us their implements without
adding the salaries, traveling and other expenses. Perhaps, if they stayed apart
and had no combination, they would cut
prices on each other, and the combination
will prevent this.
Morgan county will be represented in
the meeting called by the Patrons of Marion county on the 7th of February pnd
I hope that our councils may prove wise
and firm for the right. M. G. J.
Morgan Co., Ind., Jan. 24th.
Profitable Pigs.
The editor of the New England Farmer
has made an experiment in pig feeding
which is of interest to farmers, and which
he describes as follows:
The experiments   carefully conducted
Advantages of Sheep.
Sheep on a farm yield both wool and
mutton. They multiply with great rapidity. They are the best scavengers, "cleaning a field" as no other animal will.
They give back to the farm more in proportion to what they take from it than
any other animal, and distribute it better
with a view to the future fertility of the
soil. There is no need of proof to those
who have kept sheep and know their
habits and the profits they yield.
at the Michigan  agricultural college, a differently.   Some do, but others want to
few years ago, under the superintendence ^ke a11 tne pills in the box, at once. But
of Mr. Miles, showed conclusively that a 'Why is itj"   But a word of cheer to
bushel of meal made more pork when "«r noble workers, it shall  not be so
fed to young pigs than to old hogs.   This touch so in the future.   We know you,
being the case, it would appear that if
pork is to be made wholly from purchased
food, it would be the better way to force
the fattening process as fast as possible,
while the animals are young and griping, and that the practice of keeping
shoats in a "store" condition, cannot be
the true method of economizing the food
consumed.
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Stock as well as Grain.
and will welcome you.
Hendricks County.
Farms which are devoted to raising
stock that consume the crops grown upon
them are less rapidly exhausted than
thosefrom which the crops- of grain and
hay_ are sold. Upon farms where the
grain, hay, straw and offal are fed tc
stock, the farmer may realize a double
profit: First, by the profit arising frorr
the sale of the stock, and second fron
larger quantity of manure he makes an(
applies to the improvement of his field
and thereby increasing the quantity c
grain, and thus he is enabled to add t
the number of his stock.
R. S. Peale & Co., publishers of the Illustrated History of Indiana and other
Standard Works, have removed from
Chicago to this city, and will be located
it Room 57, Thorpe Block, on Market
street. They are desirous .of obtaining
good agents in every town in the State,
to whom liberal terms will be given. For
particulars see advertisement on the
seventh page. 4-lt
j J. D. Carter, an old and highly respected
Quaker citizen of Brown township, Morgan
ouunty, and a great temperance worker, proposes to in vite to his next birth-day celebration
(his sixty-fifth) every citizen in that township
over fifty years old, who now uses neither tobacco, whisky nor profanity in any form.
Upon a canvass of the sownship, it is supposed only about baker's dozen are eligible to
that honor.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE-
SUGGESTION.
-A
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I have
heard that there is an agricultural college
in this state; that it has no veterinary
department (which is more important to
the agricultural and commercial interests of this state than all the other departments put together). Neither have
they, I am informed, any experimental
department, scientifically conducted, for
teaching physiology of domestic animals.
Let the granges of (he state combine
with the agricultural societies and raise a
fund sufficient to pay a qualified person
to give some lectures on this subject, and
examine the cholera question, and other
domestic pests. When we peruse the
elegant and masterly reports upon diseases of domestic animals—that emanate
annually from the pen of Dr.' N. Cressy,
of the Massachusetts Agricultural College,
who is paid by the state, to examine, and
advise upon all matters of disease among
domestic animals, we feel that we are
far behind, in the matter of agricultural
education. A state officer of this kind
would do more good in five years, to put
money into the hands of the producer
and build up our trade, than a dozen
state geologists will in twenty.
Demand, will always cause the discovery and development of coal, iron,
and stone, without aid of a state official;
but hog cholera, rhinderpast, Texas cattle disease, foot and mouth disease, and
pleuro pneumonia, are the agents, that
sink as cumulated fortunes, cause disease and death to be dealt out by the
pound in our markets, and spread before
us upon our table.
Let our farmers demand a change in
this matter; instead of seeing lheir hogs,
hordes and cattle die by the tens of
thousands per year. Well organized
efforts will check the spread of disease if
not stop it out forever.
Respectfully your, pxx.
NEWS  OP  THE  WEEK.
State News.
Fruit is still uninjured.
The law of the land forbids quail-shooting
after the 31st inst.
Rockville sends a block of coal wcighim*
3,830 pounds to the Centennial.
Eight females are in attendaiueSt Purdue
University, the agricultural.institution of Indiana. Female farmers are the need of the
hour.
Henry Wolfensberg, a young man of Terre
Haute, while attempting to board a freight
train, Friday, fell under the train and was
killed.
Ben. Brown, the city clerk of Elkhart, is
missing, leaving his accounts badly mixed:
also defaulting to the St. Lonis Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
A bald eagle measuring over seven feet from
tip to tip of wing was killed by Al. Bash, of
Fort Wayne, on Eel river, a mile below
Mexico, last Thursday.
Henry Watson, of Logansport, a lad about
fourteen years of age pulled an aching tooth
for himself a few days ago, and in so doing
severed an artery and bled to death.
The body of Richard Herron, a former resident of Monticello, was found on Monday,
about four miles, from Idaville, with his head
terribly mangled, as though it had been done
with a hatchet.
A little girl of this city, named Donohue,
while crossing the tracks of the Cincinnati and
Indianapolis railroad at their intersection with
Meek street, was struck by a moving train,
and being thrown under the wheels was instantly killed.
A few days ago, while the colored errand
boy, at the telegraph office, Richmond, was
riding down the elevator, the rope broke, precipitating him from the second story into the
cellar. He was taken up apparently lifeless,
but afterward revived, and will no doubt
recover.
While fooling with revolvers Wednesday
evening evening, Fred. Gorsline, a carrier of
the Fort Wayne Sentinel, accidentally shot
and killed another boy named Timothy
Kelley. They didn't know the tiling was
loaded, but the ball sunk deep into Kelley's
bead.
On the 20th of this month, two strange men
came to the houte pf Dr. Orr, at Paxton, pn   ,
trie Ewan<iC. railway, arj,d calling him rip"
sh6t-hfm In rTre legs"w-ith a shot-prun-loild of   •'
slugs.   One of his legs will have to be amputated.   No cause for the outrage is  known.
The excitement is intense at Paxton over the
affair.
An evening or two ago, as a nine year old
son of Theodore Oliver, of Cory, Clay county,
on the C. and T. II. road, was fooling witli a
shotgun, he turned it toward the head of his
six months old sister and pulled the trigger,
blowing off the whole top of the little one's
head.
Congressional News.
A bill to establish a mint at Indianapolis
has been introduced into both Houses.
A bill to create a commission to inquire into the traffic in liquors is now before Congress.
The Senate has passed a resolution ordering
an investigation of the books and accounts of
the Treasury Department.
It is believed that the Centennial bill, appropriating one and a half millions of dollars, will pass Congress this week.
The Committee on Tensions in the House
have agreed to report a bill repealing the law
which struck from the pension rolls the pensioners of the war of 1812 and the Mexican
war, who took up arms against the government during the rebellion.
A great number of hills have been introduced in the House to appropriate money to reimburse men in the Southern States who lost
property by the armies during the late war,
the most remarkable of which is one asking
an appropriation of $300,000 to pay Frederick
City, Maryland, for a forced loan levied by the
rebel-general Jubal Early, during his invasion
of Maryland.
General News.
The Illinois Central and Great Jackson route
has made excursion rates from Chicago to New
Orleans and return for $35, good till April 1.
A gin-house and fifty bales of cotton, belonging to Enoch Ensley.nrar Memphis, were
burned last week. Loss $20,000; insured for
$0,000.
Senator Anderson, of the Louisiana Senate,
has information to tbe effect that Col. W. J.
Oflitt, ex-Senator for St. Landry Parish, lias
been assassinated.
There is not much prospect that the Minnesota Legislature will appropriate anything
for the purpose of making a display at the
Centennial Exhibition.
The Louisiana Senate has passed the apportionment bill reported by the joint committee
of the two houses. It makes but little change
from the present apportionment.
The Deputy United States Marshrl arrested
two Germans near Schuyler, Nebraska, last
week, who have for some time been manufacturing and passing counterfeit nickels. They
were taken to Omaha and bound over for
trial.
The railroads leading west from Chicago
yesterday reduced the rates for first-class
tickets to Denver from $57 to $52.20. A11 other points in Colarado are affected by this reduction. There was a small reduction mads
in rates for emigrants to Texas.
Last week a man was taken from the Jail
at Barbotirsville, and hung, for the murder of
Charlie F. Meeling. Meeling had been musing
for some time, and Fearch being made, his
body was found buried in a stable, with his
throat cut. His wife confessed that she and
Williams killed him. .
Last week a twelve-vear-oM ron of Mac. A. 1
Scott, residing near Londonderry, Ohio, w»« h
suddenly killed by being struck on the neck (1
with a ball. He was engaged in a game of 1
town ball, and while making a home run wan *
struck with a ball thrown by a young ma'i
named Peacher.   He died in a few minute.
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