Vol XI.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MARCH llfch, 1876.
No. 10.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
FOR SALE,
F
RUIT FARM FOR SALE—800 fine bearing trees.
L NICHOLSON, Salem, Washington Co., Ind.'
FOR SALE—«ggs from the very best Light Brahmas at $2.50 per doz.  Geo. vestal, Cambridge
City, Ind. 8-9w
FOR SALE—A few pairs of Light Brahmas and
Black and White Cochins.   Eggs for hatching.
T. E. ELLIS, Plainfleld, Indiana, 7-4t
FOR SALE—Comcord Vines, best quality; cheap
for Cash.   Samples 10 cents.    LEE & SON,
Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois. *-"
FOR SALE.-Str young Poland-China Sows that
have been bred to a flne Poland-China Boar.
Address F. McKEEVER, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana. ,.   - 2-131
TTiOR SALE. — EGGS. — Chice" Light Brahmas.
X? Felch and Bennett strains. One trio of young
fowls for sale. Address W. LCALYEA, Sunman,
Ridley County, Indiana. -• ■ 9-3t.
FOR SALE—FOWLS and EGGS^-AU bred from
first-class stock.    Turkeys,'Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.    Send for circular and price-list.
6-16
L. S. GOODWIN, Waterloo, Ind.
FOR SALE.—No. 1 Hedge plarils on cars at S2 per
1,000.   Club and Grange orders filled at reduced rates.   Order soon. S.M.GORDON,
9-3t.                         Hebron, Porter County, Ind.
FOR SALE—BERKSHIRES—I have several choice
Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices
there and five months old. W. A. Maze, Sharpsville,
Tipton county, Ind. . 6-tf
FOR SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, on reasonable
terms, or furnished to responsible parties to
sprout on shares of one-half; (Yellow Nansemond
variety.)  H. A. Wooley, Galveston, Cass Co.. Ind.
OR SALE—A thoroughbred Jersey Bull, in his
    prime, weighs a thousand lbs.; color white and
bronze.  Price 8200.   R. R. Mason, New Lebanon,
Sullivan Co., Incj.  8-4w
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FOR SALE — "STAR OT TBE WEST," the beet
Strawberry—100 acres in Small Fruits—Colossal
Asparagus Seed—Millions of Trees and Plants at
POMONA NURSERY. Send for Circular. WM.
PARRY, Cinnaminson, New Jersey. S-7
EOR SALE—Choice Jersey Cattle—two splendid
Bulls, solid color; eight cows, Imported and
their descendants; selected for butter qualities; all
registered, A. I. C. C. For catalogues and prices ap-
ply to Thomas S. Kennedy, Louisville, Ky.    8-4w
FOR SALE—Blooded Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry,
Pigeons, dogs, etc. Chester Mammoth Corn,
100 bushels per acre. 1 pound prepaid 60 cents.
Sample 10 cents. Circular free. Illustrated catalogue 10 cents. W. ATLEE BURPEE, Philadelphia,
Penn. 8-tf
"IJtOR SALE—200 Ftans—Splendid Soil, and good
Jj Buildings; cahsuitanyone; hobetter'country;
cheap transportation to Philadelphia, New York, or
Baltimore; allln Delaware and Maryland; finest
soil in the world for fruit Geo. W. Ingraham, Real
Estate Agent, Middletown, New Castle Co., Delaware.
FOR SALE.—I will sell, at very low price, a No. I
Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
by Castillion; 1st dam. Black Sampson; 2d dam, Pioneer, 3d dam, Black Warrior. This Jack is near 15
hand; high, large bone, good length of body, carries
himself up well, good aetloh. Has made one season
and proven a success. For further particulars call
upon or address M. W.ROBERTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville.
FARM FOR SALE—140 acres, adjoining Shldeler
Station, on the Muncie & Ft Wayne railroad;
110 acres cleared, SO acres timber, all fenced; two
orchards: spring water all the year; frame house of
px rooms, porch and milk-house; barn 32 x 40 feet;
hay and stock scales with house over them; other
buildings convenient Price J60 per acre, one-half
down, balance In three equal payments. JOHN S.
SHIDELER, Shldeler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-?
"TTIARM FOR SALE.—Containing 52 acres, in Mor-
Sz gan 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. Martinsvills, Indiana, or J. M. ST. JOHN,
Franklin, Indiana. 7.It
WANTED.
"YTT ANTED —To LOAN.—Can loan money in sums
W not less than 82000, on farms in this or adjoining counties, at 10 per cent Appraisement three
times the loan. R. S. DORSEY, No. 8 Bates Block,
Indianapolis. 104t
\\TANTED—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, 4-tf
"1 If'ANTED—Farms an* Country Town Prop-
TV erty (anywhere in the States) for City Property and Western and Southern lands. We have extra facilities for making exchanges. Send full des
cription. WADSWORTH A ELDER,
1-? 16>£ East Washington St, Indianapolis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BUY your wife a Success Washing Machine, and
save health, clothing and soap. It squeezes,
pounds, rubs and rinses clothing without damage to
clothing and buttons. Manufactured and sold by
ENGLISH & OVER, 240 to 246 South Pennsylvania
Street, Indianapolis, Indianapolis. 5-8
STOCK NOTES.
There is to be a grand show of stallions at State Fair Grounds on Wednesday the 5th day of April, under the supervision of Mr. Hanna, the Superintendent
of the State Board of Agriculture.
Stock Sale.—A. J. Dunlap will sell a
choice selection of Short-Horn cattle
from the Meadow Lawn Herd. The Miss
Wiley's, Young Mary's and many other
of the fashionable families will be sold.
The sale takes place at Galesburg, 111.,
April 12th. See particulars in the advertisement in our columns this week.
The 20th Duke of Airdrie, lately purchased by Messrs. S. Meredith & Son, of
Robert G. Dunn, of Ohio, is in exceeding
fine condition. This we believe is the
only Duke bull in tbe State, is red, and
a full brother to the 24th Duke, which was
bought by Mr. Fox, from Mr. Alexander,
and shipped to England, last year.
Capt. H. C. Meredith who has the
management, is fully maintaining the
splendid reputation of that well known
firm.
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Dr. D. W. Voyles, of New Albany, has
bought from Thomas S. Kennedy, Louisville, Jersey Prize, 1267, imported from
the Isle of Jersey in 1870, for which he
paid $500. This is probably the best
Jersey cow in the. United States. She
has taken seven prizes as a milk cow and
the best Jersey. Her calves have all been
superior. Dr. Voyles bought one of them
last year, Prize Maid, 3835, 'and it was
described in the Farmer^ of July las'Cby
Prof. Borden, as most beautiful in every
respect. Doctor Voyles is getting a superb
herd of Jerseys.
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STOCK LAWS.
Managing Swine.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—Answer to
a question asked by "L." of Montgomery
county in last week's Farmer : I never
fed charcoal to hogs. I always feed stone-
coal to hogs when fattening. I think it
has a tendency to keep them quiet and
gives them an appetite for feed. As to
keeping brood sows noses ringed, I think a
hog should always have a ring in the nose
from the time they are weaned until
they are slaughtered, for two reasons,
first, the hog will be more contented and
less liable to stroll over the farm; in the
second place it will save the pasture from
being rooted bottom upwards which is
quite an item. I think as to the breed of
hogs I consider the Poland China good
enough without any cross, with other
breeds. Surely a cross with the Berkshire would not be any improvement.
That is my experience.
D. C. Hayworth.
Clayton, Ind.
Protection of Sheep.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I see an
account in your issue of February 26, of
Mr. Wilkinson losing 19 out of 20 sheep,
being killed by dogs in one night. I also
had 14 killed last Sunday night three
weeks ago by two dogs. I followed one
of the dogs home and killed him. I am
in favor of our Hendricks county friend's
way of getting rid of the dogs. I forget
what his reward is, but if the thing can
be carried out I will give $50 in greenbacks, as my share of the reward. We
have lost from four to fifteen sheep every
year for the last five years by the dogs.
I say we must do something to protect
our sheep. Let every dog be taxed $5,
and every female dog $10, and every additional one double the above amounts.
W. D. C.
Greensburg, Ind.
Osage Orange Hhdge.—In your number of
February 19th, I read an article on Osage
Orange Hedge planting, by S. M. Gordon, of
Porter county. The gentleman says, not one
in a thousand can make a good job setting a
hedge the first time. Suppose we admit' it,
Mr. Gordon in his article has not told us
how it is done. Now we want to hear from
the gentleman, through your columns once
more on the subject, giving us his plan of
planting, cultivating and treating hedge plants,
so as to make a good job, also, the time required to make a fence. Now Mr. Gordon
will you be so kind as to favor us with your
way of raising Osage Orange Hedge fence, and
oblige the'readers of the Indiana Fabmeb.
Fountain county, Ind. J. J. S.
Enreka Sap Sponts.
Stowe, Vtl, March 20,1875.
I can truly say that your spouts will pay for
themselves in one se«son. They will run
nearly double the sap that any other spout in
use will. This I know to be a fact, for I
have taken pains to prove it.
Yours truly, D. C. Watts.
Me. Post, Dear Sir: The Eureka Sap Spouts
. I bought last season proved themselves a de-
' cided success, as I got nearly double the sap
tfrom them that I did from other kinds I had
I in use. N. W. Church, Fletcher, Vt. •
See advertisement on 7th page. 6-tf
v Editors Indiana Farmer :—In a recent
issue of your paper I read an article
written by Mr. John Morgan. He says
let us have a law to compel every man to
restrain his own stock, let him be made
responsible for the behavior of hla
neglected stock. Now that is our notion
exactly. In this part of Indiana there is
but very little land that is unfenced yet
there is quite an amount of stock running
up and down the lanes seeking what they
may devour; should a gate be left ajar
accidentally or otherwise, which is often
the case, you scarcely have turned around
until some old razor backed sow is in the
door, lot, barn yard or field as the case
may be measuring the length of her nose
in the grass, and breechy cows that
would scarcely make bologna are more
or less delving into the fields of farmers
and destroying their crops. There is a
suit now pending in court from our township as follows: One farmer keeps a lot
of bristle backed, hazel splitters running
at large capable of reaching far into the
interior of a cornfield and yet stand in
the road but on this occasion there being
no knots in their tails they made the entire entry. After helping themselves for
a few days a son of the owner of the corn
came across the porkers and it is said. by
the use of a little lead the hogs shuffled
ofF this mortal coil. The question is shall
these grunters be paid for or not. If we
understand what farmers donate public
highways for it is not for a range for
stock that a certain class of men make
use of, but for the public to travel on,'and
we claim that the public should have no
ether claim on them.
The Grange has scattered bread upon
the waters that will be gathered in due
time, even now they are reaping the harvest to some extent and are learning
to look to their own interests instead
ofthemonied power that has been controlling our country for some time.
A gentleman asked me through the
Farmer what I sold my hogs for. I got
seven dollars and fifteen cents per hundred. What the man did with them is
more than I know.    Howard Frazee.
Hamilton Co., Ind.
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Messrs. S. Meredith & Son, Cambridge City, Indiana, have made the following sales of stock resently:
Short Horn bull calf Crescent to J. Spice, for the
Poor Farm, of Allen County.
Berkshire pigs to the following parties:
Dr. O.Bush, Sheldon, Illinois; Samuel DeVaney
Arcadia, Indiana, aged boar: Upton Stansberry
Plymouth, Indiana, three pigs, one of them Imported; M. M. Ross, Arcadia, Indiana; W. H. Sparrow
Bourbon, Indiana; Solomon M. Locke, Monroe Ind'
Wm. C Bray, Noblesville, Indiana, imported sow
Slg; R. M. Morrell, Plymouth. Indiana; Francis
IcKeever, Antioch, Indiana; C. 8. Boggs, Kokomo
Indiana; J. Spice, Ft Wayne, Indiana; Wm. N.
Hunter, Lyman Corner, Ohio.
South Down ram and ewe and two cross-bred
ewes to Dr. N. K Gaddy, Lovett, Jennings county,
Indiana. l
Three South Down ewes to George W. Hobson,
Judson, Indiana.
A choice imported Cotswold ram lamb to C. L.
Lee, Sugar Branch, Switzerland county, Ind.
ADVANTAGE OF BREEDING.
An English exchange obtains the following from a statement of a trial in this
country, of feeding high bred along side
of scrub steers:
"Two years ago I purchased one hundred calves. They were of all grades.
At the same time I had a few refuse
thorough bred calves that were not such
as I desired to keep as breeders, and consequently turned them out and wintered
them with the lot I had purchased. They
were so kept until a few weeks since (all
together) when 51 choice stei rs were selected and sold. Two thoroughbred
Short-Horns were included. The lot
averaged 1370 lbs. The Short-Horns were
again weighed, to see how they compared. One weighed 1570 lbs., and the
other 1600 lbs., or about 14 per cent,
more than the average of the whole lot,
including themselves. One of the scrubs
was then re-weighed and made 1150 lbs.,
or about 28 per cent, less than the Short-
Horns. This lot were all three year old
steers, and had the same fare from
calves. The purchaser of these cattle
placed the value of the Short-Horns at
$1.50 above the value of these common
steers, which at least would be 30 per
cent. Now, 30 per cent, in value and 28
per cent, in size would make 58 per cent,
in favor of the Short-Horns. This advantage is due entirely to the superiority of
the Short-Horns as a breed, their keeping
being the same from calves. And this is
not quite all; for a part of the scrubs are
yet unsold, not being fit for market.
Will It Effect the Calves?
NEWS  OF THE  WEEK.
Clydesdale Stallion "Caledonian," imported by Powell Bros.,
Spring, Crawford County, Pa.
THE CLYDESDALES.
SHEEP AND D0QS.
Our illustration on this page is a very
accurate one of the imported Clydesdale stallion, Caledonian, brought to this
county along with nineteen others some
time ago, by the Powell Brothers, of
Spring, Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
The firm has long been known as breeders of fine horses. Some time ago a member of it spent many months in various
countries in Europe to satisfy himself as
to the best breed of farm and draft horse,
and finally settled the question upon
ample proof, and bought twenty pure
blood Clydesdales and brought them
home with him. The one shown in the
illustration is a dark chestnut, four years
old and sixteen hands three inches in
hight, weighing nearly 1,800> pounds.
His sire is the "Prince of Wales," a
great prize horse of Scotland. On the
arrival of these horses in this* country,
the Turf, Field *nd Farm, as also many
others who saw them, said that better specimens of pure blood Clydesdales had
never before been imported. The National Live Stock Journal spoke in like
praise of this importation at the time.
The Messrs. Powell have made sales of
stock to various stock men in this States
among others to W. W. Dunnington, and
to Goodbar & Co., of Greencastle. These
Clydesdales are becoming very popular farm horses wherever introduced, and are destined to take the place
of many others now in use at no distant
day. Those desiring further information
about this breed sf horses, can no doubt
obtain it by addressing the Powell Bros.,
as above.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—"J. W."
of Marion county wants to hear from
more farmers, on the sheep and dog
question; and as I have been a sufferer
by dogs in the loss of sheep I will write a
line. La the last three years my sheep
have been attacked by worthless dogs
seven times; and I, as well as others find
the law entirely insufficient to afford protection to this branch of husbandry. We
feel that we must have legislation on this
subject or let one of the best interests of
the State go to ruin. I think that in all
cases the owner's of dogs should be held
responsible for damages, especially where
the dogs are not registered. We should
levy a tax of not less than $3 on male,
and $5 on female dogs. I think if we
would raise the tax it would'put more
money in the treasury, consequently
those that are not put out of the way will
be_ assessed for taxation, and this will
raise a larger sum to pay for the dog-
slaughtered sheep. I have not had a dog
for years, of my own, on my farm, and
can do as well without them as with
them. We want legislation and must
have it, to save the wool growing interest
of the State. L. W. J.
Johnson, county, Ind.
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The Weather.
Editors Indiana ■ Farmer :—Having
purchased a herd of Jersey cattle of
John A. Poyntz, Maysville, Kentucky,
and wishing  to  test the   quantity and
Suality of the cream and butter, I had
lought of raising the calves on other
cows milk.
It is the opinion of some that so doing
would effect the blood, preventing it from
being perfectly pure. I would like to
have, the •opimonpf professional men and
breeders. A. Garretson,
Pendleton, Ind.
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It is asserted that Mr. Chisum, near
Santa Fe., N. M., owns 80,000 head of
cattle, roaming over 1,600 sections of
land—an extent of country greater than
the State of Rhode Island. He can fill
an order for 20,000, or even 40,000, beeves
upon 10 days' notice by telegraph from
the east, and to guard his immense herds
he employs 100 cow-boys and "as many
trained horsemen.
JohnG. Whittier.
State News.
The adopted daughter of Mr. John Colson,
of Union county, took a dose of arsenic by
mistake for soda the other day, and died.
On Saturday night a barn owned by James
Hassey, with forty tons of hay, was burned
by incendiaries, at North Vernon. Loss $2,000.
Mrs. Mathias Cooper was the victim of a
runaway accident, in New Albany, Friday, by
which she sustained serious and perhaps fatal
injuries.
Bonewitz and Secriest's at Asherville \i as
destroyed by fire last week. Loss $2,000; cause
unknown. The postoffice and all letters were
destroyed.
Early Saturday morning a large barn in
West Franklin, owned by Kobert Hamilton,
was destroyed by lire. Loss $2'000; supposed
to be the work of sn incendiary.
Evan and Hiram Friend, brothers, were
incarcerated in the county jail Saturday, in
default of $500 each, for robbing the post-office
and Bond's grocery, at Middleboro.
Hamilton P. Grider, who is thirty-five years
old, has not been heard from since 18G5. He
was then in Evansville, Ind. Any information concerning him, will be thankfully received by Sanford J. Grider, Bridgeton,   Ind.
The Wayne agricultural work, which have
been removed from Dublin to Richmond,
have greatly increased their capacity for man-
facturing all kinds of agricultural implements.
Their specialty will be the Indiana walking
cultivator, of which they expect to manufacture 6,000. They will also manufacture the
Planet reaper and mover.
A few nights since the engineer on the train
discovered a snoozing tramp stretched across
the track. The fierce glare of the approaching
headlight, together with the rumble and rattle of driving wheels, made the drowsy chap
think the evil one was just ready to gobble
him into his kingdom. He gwe ono unearth-
j ly yell and went headlong down the embankment into a pond of stagnant water. The
last seen of him he was crawling out of a mud
hole and probably ruminating over the instability of human life.—People's Friend,
(Covington.)
L. A. Burke, former Superintendent
of our State Agricultural College, writes
that they claim the name of University
Duchess for a fine heifer calf, dropped January 21,1876, by the fine Short-Horn cow
Lady Chesterford 8th, by the 4th Duke of
Windfield, now owned by B. B. Groom &
Son, of Kentucky. Mr. Burke writes
that the stock are doing well, and
that a few Jerseys have been added to
the stock department of the farm.
Another month (Feb.) has passed, with
but few days that would ordinarily seem
to belong to winter. The first was a
stormy day, accompanied by some rather
singular atmospheric phenomena, with
snow in the afternoon. The second, the
coldest day of the season, bright and
elear. Thijd, snow to the depth of five
inches, which remained for three days,
since which there has been no snow, but
frequent, and excessive rains. With
these exceptions, the month has been
beautiful and spring-like, closing with a
day of unusual splendor and brilliancy,
which terminates the winter, so far as the
calendar is concerned, of 1876, the one
hundredth of the Independence of the
United States, and perhaps the most remarkable for the almost entire absence
of all semblence of winter of any on
record. R.
Clayton, Feb. 29th, 1876.
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Hoo Cholera.—The following is considered a good remedy for what is known
as hog cholera: Powdered anthracite
coal, 4 lbs.; powdered ginger, 1 lb.; powdered sulpher _ lb.; salt, 7 oz.; phosphate
of lime, 1 lb.; mix. Each affected animal
may have one-half a handful of the above
mixed in the feed morning and evening.
A musing farmer's boy, working in the
fields, and ignorant of books, he early felt
the poetic instinct moving in his soul, but
thought his surroundings were essentially
prosaic, and could never be sung. At last
one afternoon, while he was gathering in
the hay, a peddler dropped a copy of Burns
into his hands. Instantly his eyes were
unsealed. There in the neighboring field
was "Highland Mary;" "The Cotter's
Saturday Night" occurred in his own
father's pious New England home; and
the birds which caroled over his head, the
flowers which grew under his feet, were
as poetic as those to which the Scottish
plowman had given perennial interest.
Burns taught him to detect the beautiful
in the common, but Burns could not corrupt the singularly pure soul of the lad
by his enticing suggestions of idealized
physical enjoyment and unregulated passion. The boy grew into a man, cultivating assidiously nis gift of song, though
shy of showing it. The anti-slavery storm
swept over the land, awakening consciences as well as stimulating intellects.
Whittier had always lived in a region of
moral ideas, and this anti-slavery inspiration inflamed his moral ideas into moral
passion and moral wrath. If Garrison
may be considered the prophet of anti-
slavery, and Phillips its orator, and Mrs.
Stowe its novelist, and Sumner its statesman, there can be no doubt that Whittier
was its poet. Quaker as he was, his martial lyrics had something of the energy
of a primitive bard urging on hosts to
battle. Every word was a blow, as uttered by this newly enrolled soldier of
the Lord. "The silent, shy, peace-loving
man" became a "fiery partisan," and held
his intrepid way
"against the public frown,
The ban of church and ftate, the fierce mob's hounding down."
He roused, condensed, and elevated the
public sentiment against slavery. The
poetry was as genuine as the wrath was
terrific, and many a political time-server,
who was proof against Garrison's hottest
denunciations and Phillip's most stinging
invectives, quailed before Whittier's smiting rhymes.—Edwin P. Whipple, in Harper's Magazine 'for March.
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Fertilizer for Strawberries.—A correspondent of the Lancaster Farmer procured half a hogshead, filled it with rain
water and put into it \ pound of amonia
(sulphate?) and \ pound common nitre.
When the strawberry plants are blossoming out, he gave them a sprinkling of the
solution at evening twice a week until the
fruit was nearly of size. The result was
double the amouutof fruiton those where
the liquid was applied, to what was obtained from those alongside, to which
none of the liqnid was applied.
General News.
Robert Winwmg, a farmer, living near Mat-
toon,*IU.^ wtveliilled by a railroad train a few
days since.     1
The postmaster and assistant postmaster at
Crooksville, Tenn., have been arrested forrob-
bing registered letters.
Sunday night the Platte river, at Fremont,
Nebraska, rose about eight feet in two hours,
carrying out both bridges.
Three young men were overtaken by a snow .
storm in the woods near St. Johns, N. B., recently, and perished.
A wood-chopper named Leopold Henel was
killed by a falling tree, near Hardin, Calhoun
county, 111., recently.
An inquest on the body of a frozen man in
Seneca, Cal., was interrupted by his . thawing
out and coming to life.
William B. Day, of Peru, 111., was killed on
Thursday morning, the 2d inst., by the accidental discbarge of a gun.
By an explosion in a quarry, at Bellview,
Delaware, Monday, Kobert Mealier and
R'bhard Andrews were killed.
A party of five men, with eight horses, left
for the woods near Quebec, about three weeks
ago, and have not been heard of since.
A man in Santa Clara, California, two years
ago bought $2,000 worth of hoes. He lias
since sold $12,000 worth, and has $8,000 worth
on hand.
Ed. Deal, said to be one of the robbers who
robbed the express car on the North Missouri
railway, was arrested at Foster's Station, near
Cincinnati on Saturday.
Quite a heavy rain, accompanied with,
thunder and lightning, occurred at Omaha on
last Sunday. It turned into a sleet-storm, and
i he wind blew a perfect gale.
August Schell, on Saturday night finished a
walk of 502 miles in 144 hours in Chicago. A
lady who walked with him failed to accomplish
her 350 miles in the same time.
Spencer Decker, 12 years old, has been held.
in $5,000 bonds, charged with causing the
death ofCharles H. Pressy, a playmate, nine
years old.   Both of Baston, Mass.
Deacon Noah Pease, of Ellington, Conn.,
and his wife, aged respectively 8i and 8!5 years,
died at the same moment on Wednesday of
last week, and were buried together the next
day.
The Nemaha county court-house one of the
finest in the state of Kansas, was burned last
Saturday. AU the records excepting those of
the schools, were burned. The building cost
$40,000.
Sir George Elliott, who purchased the Egyptian railways for English captaliists, was once
a pit boy in the mines. He is now the largest
coal proprietor in the world, and a member of
parliament.
The railroad from Malvern station on the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern railroad
to Hot Springs, Ark., is just completed, and
passenger trains are running regularly from
St Louis to the Springs.
Two passenger trains on tho Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton collided near Glendale
Saturday afternoon. The engineer, Chas.
Bigelow, was instantly killed. Several passengers were slightly injured.
Alfred Perry, switchman in the Vandalia
railroad freight-yard, East St. Loiiis, while
switching Saturday night, caught his foot in a
frog or track, was run down and pushed
several yards by a backing engine, and mortally injured, his stomach being ruptured and
his hips crushed.
A singular epidemic,   rcsemblin
and mouth disease in cattle, has
among the inhabitants of a villagi
Eng., and in some cases whole   fai
been prostrated by it.   The most p
planationofthe   matter   is   that
milk   supply   was    derived    fro
animals.
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