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IKDIANAPOLIS, MDIANA. DECEMBEB 2,1876.
No, 48.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
•  . PERSONALS.   •
Persona in any part of the state seeking the address or attention of parties In other portions of the
state or country should make inquiry in this department
Loot, Strayed or Stolen.
■ Ho better medium could be selected than this department of the Farmer for the recovery of stock.
Tell yonr neighbor of it when you hear of the loss
of his stock.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
jfOK   BALE.
FOR 8ALK—Chester White Pigs,
guaranteed    * "        " "       "
     „„    Satisfaction
J. Bennett, Suman, Ind.       iS-2t
TTtOR SALE—A few choice young Berkshire rows
Jt? klrPd by (Snell's- Lord Liverpool, dam Imp.
Bailie XI. For price, address, W, J. Esterline, Fort
Wayne, Ind. «-2w
OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A few pair prire
__ Bronje Turkeys; will exchange for either
Gent or Dark Brahma etiieks. Or fowls. Address
WM. F. KERR, Wilmington   ~  ""
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diana.
Dearborn county. In-
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*TJ>OR.8AI.E—Cots* eld Sheep,' Berkshire Swine;
J1 Whi!*HolliindTnrkejs Aylesbury Ducks, and
Partridge Ct-rhin Chicks. Address, Jacob Kenne-
dayj Listen, Hendricks Co., Ind...       y    .    40,tf
"Ti'OR SAIE—Male Poland-China Pigs,pure stock,
JtJ * weil-selected and of very early m <turity. Ad-
Ant,   ■     •    • T. M. REVEAL,     :
-'    *7-<w * - "Fisher's Station, Hamiitan Co., Ind;
Tj^ORSALE—Po'and-China pigs, male and fe-
'C male, ready for service-and breeding, bred
from premium scoot.   Warranted to give catisfao-
' tion. GKOrUig.F-PARENT, Farm and Residence,
Darke couuty,   Ohio,    postoffice address, Union
- City, Ran^olpo county, Ind, . (16 4t)
"TTtOR SALK-Puro,mammoth Bronze Turkey's.
a - ._£•   Young birds, early hatched, at J6 a pair, or *7
-   *'per trio.   A few old birds atjl »piec«.    All from
premium stock, true to coLir, or larire size. ' Ad>
.     Stress.     ..." „ T. M. REVEAL,
. Y- - 47-tw     '   Fisher's Station, Hamilton Co., Ind.,
V
FOR SVLE— At low price-^A few Chester White
and Short Fieed Lancashire Pigs. Also a few
pairs of Buff Pa'trMee and White cochin fowls
•a d Muscovy ducks—Todd A Peck's stock. Ail ot
fare bred Stock. J. A. ECKUABT,
47-2w Bntltr, Dekalb oounty, Ind.
OR BALK—Short-horn1*—I will' sell (prlvateiy'X
:*F
    at a low figure, my entire "Huzel Bluff Herd,"
.*—aow nu.mbenng.29 females and 9 males,- All in
*JS«odbrJ!/!diugtoh(rltlon. tfenj caa-jjrtsofthe'Easeot
Shjir rLw-w 11 m-et. J^raC.', H%5m**lm*1flhl!aa:-
other »jorf, well bred iamilies. The herd may be
examined at any time. Catalogues on application.
CnUUE MAlfHEWS, Clinton, Vermillion Co.,
Injj, , 45-4w
MONEY LOANS.
rpO LOVN—JB0O00O—in sums or '"1,000 and np-
""* JL ward, on well-improved Farms in any county
fivthe State. - Time, three -o five years. Interest ten
per Cen W payable tern i annually at the end of every
six months. Commission five per cent. Money
furnished in five days after examination of property, aud abstract and appraisement is made. In
tvrl Ing give number of acres cleared and in culti-
1 vation, kind of house and barn and value. Ad-
dreks W. A. Bradehaw, State Savings Bank, Ho. 56 N.
Pennf yivania st., Indianapolis. 34-tf
WAH«SD,
*\TT-ANTED^-Agents, ln every township in this
W   State to sell the New Illustrated History of
Indiana, and fine family Bibles.   J. W. Lanktree A
-.Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis Ind. 48-w
TtTT-ANTED—Henry Comstock, LibertvMills, Ind.,
W wants 1,000 men to send stamp for circulars
or pure Poland-China Hogs and Fancy Poultry at
hard pan prices. Safe arrival of stock and satisfaction guarrantced. - 47-3w
WANTED—AGENTa-iFor a staple article that
tells at near.y every house; one agent reports 17 sales from 100 house* a lady reports a profit
of J7 in/our hours. For full particulars address
with stamp. SMITH MANOFACXDRINO CO., Indianapolis, Ind. .    • (48-lt)
■ Announcement.
LESSONS IN PHONOGRAPHY Given by Mail
Any person with an ordinary common school
education can report with fifty lessons. Salary of
reporters BIO per day. For terms, etc., call at
College, or address, with stamp, C E. Joslin, Indianapolis Business College. 42 8w
STOCK JT0TE8
The AmericaiiShorthorn Association
meets at St. Louis next week,  the  6th
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Wb are told that Kosciusko county is
entirely free from the ravages of the hog
•   cholera.       :  , ,.'-,' '.'.* ■■
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Attkstion is called to a sale of import-
~"ed Long-Wool Sheep, belonging t6 A. D.
Kent <fe Co., Darlington, Ind., advertised
elaewhere in this paper, j^'.t,, ",'
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OHIO SWINE BEKEDEE8.Y
; The-rwine breeders of Ohio have agreed
to meet at .Coiumbus, Ohio, '^on the; 4th
day of January,- for the purpose of^organ-
izing a permanent association in this interest. The meeting takes place the day
^aiierthat'oftheStateBoard of Agriculture. Ohio numbers some of the most
distinguished swine breeders in the country, and this movement for association is
one that may well enlist the hearty cooperation of all. Such associations can
but be greatly beneficial in the development not only -of the interest* in good
Sff breeds, bat,.possibly may have; to; take
g* the lead in investigations into the pre-
and fatal swine diseases.   It will
bring'the breeders and best observers tor
gether, where an interchange of experience may reveal both the cause«Snd the
remedies. There are many and obvious
benefits to be derived in association. In-
drod, almost every interest now has an
organization, and this co-operative effort
is winning everywhere.  •
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Stock Sales.—Mr. Wm. Baker, of North
Madison, Ind., has this fall sold forty-five
fine Poland China pigs to parties in Jefferson, Jennings, Bartholomew and Switzerland counties this State, -and to stock
men in ths States of Arkansas, Kentucky
and Mississippi. He has also sold a large
number of Light and Dark Brahmas,
and Partridge and Buff.Coohin .fowls, in
pairs and trios, Elsewhere he offers a
fine Poland China pig to go on our premium list, for which we thank him.
Sheep Question in Bartholomew Connty, Indiana.
Editors Indiana Farmer.—In your issue you requested farmers to inform you
in regard to the amount of dog tax,
sheep killed, etc. I cannot give you the
exact figures, but as ours is a hog county,
and not many sheep kept, there is a surplus of money. Still the number of
sheep slaughtered by worthless curs is
awful. I think the present dog law will
do.if the assessors do their duty, and see
that every dog is taxed. And I would
say make the trustee find out if possible
whose dog killed the sheep, and collect
the value of the same from him.
r Inclosed find two samples of wool; one
is from a six month's lamb of Col Norman
of Kentucky.' The other is from a Spanish buck of my own; wool of a years'
growth,:,- .    v • John McClell4nd.
vYBartholomew county, Ind., Nov. 17th.
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j-, ^Editors YIndiana Farmer.—X received
"tn"e?i^"6n^6nP'usr-*'1SxJ:r26, 'from* '£. &
Stanton, of Southport, in due time last
summer, and wish to say that I am well
pleased with him and can recommend
Mr. Stanton as a good breeder. J[ wrote
you to this effect in Mky last, but for
Borne reason the letter did not appear in
your paper. C. M. Bridgford.
Clinton county, Iud.
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Pine Sheep and Wool.
Editors Indiana Farmer.—I read your
paper with interest, and especially the
stock notes. But I must confess that I am
a little surprised at friend S. R. Quiet
offering as a premium a lamb from a ram
weighing 2,500 pounds at 2 years old.
As he only sheared 16} pounds of wool, I
should like to know if his wool was not
rather thin on his carcass. I shall try
for that premium. Perhaps the typesetter: can explain. Nixon Henley.
' Monrovia, Ind. y
Our friend guessed the explanation.
The printers added one cypher too
many. In the above letter Mr. Henley encloses a most beautiful sample
of wool from a: Cotswold lamb, bred by
him from imported stook. In view of
such splendid samples of wool, we do not
wonder that our farmers breathe death
to sheep-killing dogs, so destructive of our
valuable fine sheep.—Editors.
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Red 'Jersey Pigs.—This breed is much
talked about in Kentucky. In answer to
some inquiry made by the Kentucky
Home Journal a correspondent writes to
it from Salem, New Jersey:—I believe
these hogs originated in this locality,
where they have been the leading breed
of swine for the past twenty-five or thirty
years, some of our breeders, in the meantime, having tried first one and then another ofthe newer breeds,—such as Berkshires, Essex, Sussex, Chester White, Poland Chinas, Yorkshires, etc.—only tore-
turn to the Beds, after finding by experiment that they were better adapted to the
wants of the general feeder than any of
the newer varieties they had experience
with. They are very hardy, great feeders, and remarkable breeders; fatten
readily at any age, yet, with time, attaining great weights. They have been fed
as high aa 1,300, and quite frequently attaining 1,000. I fed one four months two
years ago which weighed at twenty-one
months old.845 pounds, and was pronounced the finest hog ever shown by the
hundreds, who visited it while exhibited
in the city of Philadelphia. ' ■ • ;
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Editors Indiana Farmer.—For the
purpose pf increasing the circulation of
the Indiana Farmer, we offer as a premium to one of your successful agents, one
of Our Merino buck lambs, or if the agent
prefer, a Berkshire or Poland-china male
pig from one. of. our best sows. Our stock
is al} first^clags. We have' recently
sold toMri Harvey Sodowsky, Indianola,
111., ten head of Merino ewes at $25 per
head; also to same gentleman, our breeding Berkshire boar, Heber Humphrey,
for $300. T. Wilhoit & Sos.
Middletown, Ind. ,
The Sheep and Dog Question in Kosci- long afa one mile wide.   Its rivers are
.n»ko County.
Warsaw, Ind , Nov. 18th.
In accordance with the request ofthe
Indiana Farmer of the 4th inst., I send
you a statement of number of dogs and
sheep returned by the assessors of Kosciusko county, for 1875, with the amouat
of tax collected, and the amount paid
for sheep killed by dogs, for the same
year. -  '
By this statement the number of dogs
is shown to be 2,184, and the number of
sheep, 18,170, or. a little less than eight
and a third sheep to each dog in the
county." The amount 01* tax collected is
$1,997; the amount.paid for sheep killed,
was*$1,031.81; and, the amount paid to
the school fund, $825:98.
One township (Lake7 Jas enly 214
sheep and 122 dogs. The tax collected
in that township was $109.45; and the
amount.paid for sheep killed, $12451.
Which is the most profitable to raise in
that township, dogs or sheep? I leave it
to the owners to decide.
You will see by the statement that several of the townships have paid more for
damages to sheep than the tax collected
amounted to.
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY BY TOWNSHIPS.
TOWNSHIPS.
dolctf
Jsctson. - ..;.... 13*-
Monroe :..   7'
Washinglon- ; ,.. 197
Tip ecauoe -  10d
Turkey Creek  115
Vau Buren ,.  166
Plum  10
Wayne ;....;.:.. 25i
Clay....  1 (
Lake  122
Beward „  10
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Prairie '.  12*'
Jt ff rson„ „  1
Scott    95
Etna. „  10'
Total. 2181
148;50
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118
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24 50
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2490
1251
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1127
1678
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1785
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517
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82998
18170
The Tax collected above includes the
delinquent tax collected.
Can you estimate the amount of profits
realized by the farmers on the 2184 dogs,
so as to compare with the profits on
sheep? If you can, the farmer will have
some data to go by and so turn his attention to the crop that is most profitable.
A. Wilcox,
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The Best and Cheapest—Fine Premium.
North Madison. Ind., Nov. 27th.
To the Editors of Indiana Farmer :
Believing, as I do, that every farmer
ought to take at least one agricultural
paper, and having good reasons for believing the Indiana Farmer is the best
and cheapest paper for the money, therefore, in order to increase its circulation,
I offer to the agent that will get up the
largest club for Jefferson county, Indiana,
a No. 1 Poland China boar pig, to be delivered about the 20th of May next, the
pig to be from one of the following
named sows: Lady Bess, or Besie Jewell. These two sows are out of a niece
of Shepard & Alexander's famous "Black
Bess;" or "Mary, Queen of Butler," a
prize winner of Butler county, Ohio; or
" Lady Perfection," sired by James Mustard's hog, "Perfection," Lady Black
Beauty, or any other sow I haw. These
sows are bred to the following boars:
Ben Butler, Jr., Major Jewell or Young
Sweepstake. These boars are all number
one, and second to none. It will pay an
agent to work for this pig, for it will be a
good one. .    Respectfully yours,
William Baker.
LETTER FE0M LAKE C0TJJTTY.
Crown Point, Nov. 22,1876.
.crown point.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
This is the county seat and a smart
town of some 2,500 people. They have
an old wooden Court House which looks
like a church. The county offices are in
small bricks. Like most of the towns up
north, they have board sidewalks, while
the streets are made of native mud—sand
and gravel being too expensive as yet,
for modern improvements. The town,
however, is a pretty place, but behind in
school buildings, church and county edifices. There ar^ a number of fine business houses and a very large county trade.
They have three newspapers and an intelligent citizenship.' ■" :: ■ .•;
:'>;,-•-" north west. *-■*■.'.•,
-Lake is the northwest county of the
State..'-,' The waters of Lake Michigan
wash its northern shores and the creeping, everlasting, waters of the Kankakee
mark its southern boundary. The county is full of lakes, of which Lake George
ia the largest—l**"*"**-*some three miles
Calumet, Deep river, and Kankakee.
Much of the county is level and the land
swampy, which makes it look cold and
dreary,;-like the wild paths of the far
west prairies.
county population.
The population of the county in 1870,
was 12,829. Many of the farms are small,
yet they are rich in soil, and where they
are well tilled, are finely productive.
Corn arid grass are the main products.
Wheat only comes well when raised under deep snows through the winter.
.     land monopolies.
A. N^ Hart who is a resident at Dyer,
but doing business in Chicago, owns 15,-
000 acres, valued at $500,000. Dorsey &
Cline, who are now residents own 12,000.
C. M. Forsyth 8,000. G. W. Cass 10,000.
J. B. Niles 1,800; Dr. Hittle 1,200, and D.
C. Scofield 1,000. J. W. Dinwiddle, of
Orchaid-'Grove lays claim to 3,500, and
W. A. Clark, of Lowell, to 1,320 acres.
Ten families own one-sixth of the lands
of the county. The value of the real
estate Of the county is estimated at $10,-
000,000,.* Eighty-five thousand acres of
land in the hands of six or seven men
is enough to stultify the progress of settlement and agriculture in any county.
These parties should sell out to actual
cultivators if they desire the prosperity
of the county. Until this'is done Lake
will linger in the shades of her development. , \ i
-      ■       GERMAN POPUri. riON.
Many of the citizens of thia county are
of German origin. They are in many
instances full handed and well fixed to
live, because they are industrious, economical and intelligent as well.
Their farms look well, and quite a
number of them have large stocks of
cat*?.. which they feed for the Chicago
lUWAois. '•"■-»
"in tlie hands of such diligent cultivators of the soil as these Germans are,
these regions of cold and dismal, fl >t and
swampy lands would soon be garden
spots of wealth and health and life. The
coming years, no doubt will verify what
we here say, and the county will double
its actual wealth by the change.
school hou^e.
The 'progreesive intelligence of the
county is well indicated by the number
of its school houses, of which they have
eighty-four. With a good class of teachers, eight school edifices in a township,
will in a few years work an intellectual
revolution in any county. It is doing
this here, as we trust it is also in every
every other county in the state—hense,
we may hope for a healthy advance in
the general knowledge of our people in
science and agriculture as well- as in the
virtues of the age.
lake county agricultural society.
This society was organized in 1851 and
gave at its first Fair, $93.00 in premiums,
which at that time was thought to be
liberal. The next year they only gave
$61.75. Regular Fairs were held until
1860, when they were suspended until
1867, Their Fair organization is now in
good shape and each year is adding to its
interest and prosperity.
LAKE COUNTY HISTORY.
In 1872 the Rev. T. H. Balls published
a history of this county, the best we have
seen of any county in the State. It is
rich in incidents, general in facts and
thorough in every point of the county's
history. The eitizens of this county
owe him a large debt of gratitude.
railroad.
There are five railroads running thro'
this county, all centering in Chicago.
One becomes confused in their routes as
well as in their termini. None of them
are better managed than our Peru, whieh
has been so long under the Presidential
management of Judge Macy, of your
city.
THE INDIANA FARMER.
The farmers of this county read as a
State organ your Indiana Farmer. These
who have seen it like it much, and with
a little labor its circulation might be run
into the hundreds. It is what they should
have if they wish to know and profit by
the agricultural and stock progress of
the age. Jefferson.
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
We desire to have this department of The
Farmer made as interesting and profitable as
possible, and for this purp*ise suggest that it
be used, in part, as a question drawer. Let all
who have queries to propound upon any subject of Interest to farmers, stock' breeders,
fruit growers, dairymen, bee keepers, housekeepers, etc., address them to this department
and we will see that they are answered according to the best authorities and experience
available.—[Eds.
NEWTON COUNTY. Kas.- Ns». 24th.
The millions of grasshopper eggs, which
were deposited in this part of Kansas, are
hatching out, and it ia believed that the cold
weather coming on will entirely destroy them,
and leave us free of the pest next year.
O. R.
McLEOD COUNTr, Minn—No« 22d.
The average yield of wheat in this county
this season was -f nt ten bushels, and that of
oats forty. We ( ud some fine corn, and onr
potatoes rotted badly. We had onr first snowstorm on the 6th of November.
B. L. Johks.
SEDGWICK COUNTY. MS.-Nov. 23d.
There never was such a fine prospect for a
big crop of wheat next year as appears now
in this section of the State. The whole Arkansas Valley is presentiog such a growth of
wheat as was never before seen at this season
The ground is matted, and a large breadth is
sown. Randall.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY. Mo.-*Voy. 24th.
We have had a delightful autumn, and the
growing wheat crop is looking excellent in
this section of the State. The crop this year
averaged nearly 20 bushels per acre. Our corn
crop was never better, and generally we are
blessed wilh plenty. Wheat 80 cents, corn 25
cents, potatoes 30 cents.      . L. W. Cabxin.
CASS COUNTY—Noy. ZBV\.
Wheat looking well. Corn about all gathered; between i and J of a crop. Hay abundant. Apples plenty, and cheap. Potatoes
rotting badly; 50 cents per bushel. Some hog
cholera. Alternate snow and rain. Roads in
bad condition. Politics lying low. Grangers
rather supine, and lying on their ears, waiting a revival. Rob't. McMillan.
RIPLEf CCUNTY-No», 23d.
We are having winter weather just now.
The farmers are not all done gathering corn
yel,which was a light crop; now worth 30
cents per bushel. The growing wheat looks
fine, bnt not much sown. Fat hogs scarce,
and worth 5 cents per pound. Stock hogs
dying with cholera. Apples plenty, and the
potato crop light. H. R.
Poston, Ind.
JACKSON COUNTY.-Nor. 23d.
Com pretty well all gathered; in bottom land
a good crop, and in low land a failure. Corn
worth 31 cents. WheaW'«oks well. Stock in
good condition for Wru^ 'logs scarce;
worth 4i to 5 cents. Cattle pfenty, and low.
Mules and horses plenty, and no market.
Sheep scarce, and worth from $1 59 to $2.00
per bead. The farmers ln this part are op
posed to the present dog law, and think the
owners of dogs should be made responsible
for damage done. James Mabsh.
NEWTON COUNTY.-Nor. 23d-
Not much wheat sown, but what there is
looks well. Corn most all in the crib; went
from SO busheis per acre down to nothing.
At the railroad 30 cents, in the farmer's crib
35 cents. Oats 25 cents. Eggs 15 cents. Butter 25 cents. Ducks $2 00 per dozen. Chickens $2 00 to $2 50. Turkeys 8 cents. Hogs
$Y25 to $475. No cholera. Stock mostly
Berkshire and Poland China, Bome Chester
Whites &nd some thoroughbred scrubs. Cattle, scrubi and Short-horn grades, worth $4.00;
heifers, $2 OO; stock steers, $3.00; milch cows,
from $20.00 up; mule colts, $25.00 to $28.00.
Plenty of horses for sale, bnt no buyers. Very
few sheep, but plenty of dogs. Plenty of apples. Potatoes not very many, and worth 75
cents per bushel. Hoosiee Bot.
Morocco, Ind.
Coal Oil Barbels.—Tell the gentleman who
enqvflred about coal oil barrels being cleaned
for cider, to soak his barrels in water for two
or three months, changing the water occasionally, I have a vinegar barrel and elder
barrel that were cleaned in this way that have
been in use for three years.
Jakes Massb.
NEWS  OF  THE  WEEK.
State Hew ft.
The northern prison haa 600 convicts.
Fountain county paid $782 last year for dog-
killed sheep.
Lagrange county sent over three hundred
visitors tq the Centennial.
Clay county has just got a new po»r-houte
at Bowling Green that cost $11,000.
A local insurance company, with a capital
of $100,000, is being orsanixed in Jeffersonville.
A colony of a dozen or more citizens of Delaware county started for Florida last week to
settle there.
Daring the fiscal year ending June JOth,
1876, the amount of Internal Revenue coir,
lecttd by the government, was $5,579,1^6.27, /
The residence of Mr. Culver, at Rochester,
was destroyed by fire recently. The family
barely escaped with their lives.   Loss $1,500.
Jo. Hook, who shot and killed McShane at
Bloomington in a quarrel over a chew of tobacco, has been admitted to ball in the turn
of $10,000. This is the first step towards his
acquittal. -~
Thursday of last week Mary Perry, daughter of Nathaniel Perry, of Pleasantvllle,,Pike
county, while at school, fell and injured her
spine so that she died in two hours. She was
13 years old.
Prof. Cox estimates that there sre 6,800
square miles of coal in Indiana, or 33,280,000,-
0U0 tons, and that at the present rate of, j;on-
sumplion, 500,000 tons per anrfum, 'trie supply will last for 41,000 years. / '   y; t' i \
The marshal of Richmonailast week cap-\.
tnred Iwo counterfeiters, upon whose persons ^N.
$0,000 in base currency were found6. 'One of
them turns out to be the notorious Pater .McCartney, an old otftnder and one of the most   ■
Bkilful counterfeiters in the countrj;. ; *
The Presbyterian church of liebenon has
made arrangtments for entertaining the people of that city with a course oflectures this
winter. Dr. Heckman of Hanover College,
President White, of Purdue University, and
Hon. Will Cumback have already been engaged.
On Tuesday of la5t week two horses belonging to a farmer in Ferdinand township, Dubois county, ran away with him near the
town of Ferdinand, on the Troy road, turning the wagon overand him under it. When
he was found he was so badly injured that he
died in a short time.
Captain J. W. Waitman, of Evansville, as
special master in ch ancery of the United States
Di-trict Court, sold the Grigsby farm recently
for $12,795.74. The Rockport Banking Company was the purchaser. The farm comprises
about eight hundred acres in Clay and Jackson townships, and forms one of the finest
stock farms in the county. It is w-ell watered
and timbersd and has two hundred and fifty
acres in meadow. The 0., R. and 8. W. railway runs through it for about a mile and a
quarter.
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■ A Girl's Tobacco Crop.—The Rockport (Ind) Republican says: "A young
lady, the daughter of Mr. Charles G. Hill,
of this township, raised a crop of tobacco
on'a quarter of an acre of ground this
year, and has every reason to be proud
of it. It weighed 930 pounds and was of
the very beet quality and brought her a
high price. Sue did all of the work herself, from the setting out to the gathering,
and promises to be one of thebest tobacco growers in the country."
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OUR agents will please remember that all new
rabscri'jera for 1877 will receive the remaining
n* Vibers of this volume free.
FARM TALK AND INQUIRIES.
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Prodigal Son.—A correspondent from Logansport, Ind., asks us whether the company
advertising this are reliable. 80 far as we
know they are. Other offers they have made
we understand have been fulfilled—Eo.
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ByriEiB Hoos.—Please inform me throngh
the columns of your excellent paper, where
I may obtain some pure Byfield hogs, and
oblige, R. Ij. Tcxlis.
..Rockport, Ind.
If any one has any of this stock for sale,
they should advertise it.—Kd. ,-■''
Wihte Oil Cokn.—How did that white oil
corn do this season? Does any one know anything about the Chester County Mammoth
Corn, advertised hy parties ln Pennsylvania?
If they do, please answer iu the Fabmeb, and
oblige, B. F,
Newton county, Ind.
General Kews.
Tilden's majority is Georgia is 81,181.    •       t
Congress meets on Monday, the 4th inst.
The State of Delaware maintains the whir
ping post. Six criminals were whipped'
Neiv Castle, on the £5th ult.
Big Six, Boss Tweed, was landed in 'ow
York last week, and was at once cohsigifj *p
Ludlow street jail, until his numerou-'"*18
shall come.
The Younger brothers who, as bar its and
outlaws, were for many years the te-or°*the
West, and Missouri in particular, atast found
lodgment in the Minnesota penitn^ary for
life.
Last year 1,828,782,279 cigars -aid the government a revenue of $10,969,5-- Cigarettes
to the number of 77,401,106, ps-1 a revenue of
$135,463. The aggrerate recePta of Internal
Revenue were $117,236,625.
The amount of revenue t* collected by the
government for the year er-ling June 30,1876, .
on fermented liquors, sho*** the quantity of
these liquors to have Tested the enormous
sum of 400,000,000 gallo'S, which is equal to
about ten gallons for ev-ry man and child in
America. . .
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A Town Lo-' for Nothing.
We would call th> attention of onr readers
to the advertisemer' of the Ohio, Kentucky
and Texas Land Company, and to their very
liberal offer. The Company is only carrying
on, on a large scaie^what is done every day
in our large cities-^elitng alternate lots to induce settlers and increase tbe valne of the remaining lots—wttb this difference; that this
Company oiyis away their alternate lots.
Mineral City is a growing town, and will' nn-
cfcubtedly become a large city, when the lots
thatare now given away will be very valuable. The off-r is bona fide, and only open
for tMrty days, as tbe demand will/uceed the
supply, and-tbe Company will nor dispose of
aU their lots free. The Company ls cou-po-«d
of reliable gentlemen, and our readers can be ,-
assured that they will, by,complying with
their instructions, feceive^ty return mail, a
warranty deed to a tow/ lot, wbicb can be
held for farther use, or4/old, or sMtieri upon,
as the owner may plelse. ...
;   Wllifour/rlenaariileua inform their neighbor!,
audcthen that all n«iw tutucribeni f jr 1877 will receive tlu" remaining rrambers of this volume fr:«.