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VOL. XXVI. \^, i ci.i" ^       INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SEPT. 12,1891.
NO. 37
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Of the Indiana Weather Service in co-operation with the United States Weather Bureau
for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 5,
1891. ,'^
The precipitation during the week was
deficient and the temperature below normal, with average sunshine; under such
conditions, corn is maturing only slowly,
it is still green and milky in many fields;
it looks very well, promising a good crop,
but it needs more than 10 days of warm
and dry weather to make it safe from
frost; pasturage is in most excellent condition ; plowing for wheat still progresses
and a large acreage will be prepared, but
little has been sown as yet; the water
melon crop is large, but like the corn it
is ripening slowly.
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Worthington, Green Co.—The temperature during the past week has been too
low for the rapid maturing of the corn
crop, however corn is dpipg well and the
crop will be large; plowing for wheat is well
advanced but none has been sown yet;
pastures have improved wonderfully since
the recent rains.   Rainfall, 0.47.
Seymour, Jackson Co.—The weather
during the week has been abnormally dry
and cool, especially at night, with an
average amount of sunshine. Corn has
ripened slowly, but the bulk of the big
crops is nearly matured, and in ten days
of favorable weather, the latest will be out
of danger from frost. "Nutmeg" melon
season closed;—shipments, this year, 6,809
barrels;—watermelon crop large and fine,
but ripening slowly. Much ^ground is
broken,'for wheat and some is sown. Area
large*; than last season. Fruit of all kinds
abundant and good. Lite vegetables, fall
pastures and live stock in prime condition. Noxious insects "conspicuous by
their absence."   Rainfall, 0.57.
Marengo, Crawford Co.—The weather
during the past two weeks has been dry
but too cool for corn to mature rapidly.
On the 3d a gentle rain commenced which
put the ground in good order to be prepared for wheat.   Rainfall, 0.41.
Mount Vernon, Posey Co.—It rained ,for
48 hours on the 3d and 4ih. The corn crop
is safe from frost; pasturage very good.
The crop of red clover seed is first rate
selling at $4 per bushel. Stock is in fine
condition.   Rainfall, 1 51.
CENTRAL PORTION.
Indianapolis, Marion Co.—It has been
too coo) and wet to permit a rapid maturing of corn, being quite green in many
fields, it will need 10 days at least of
warm and dry weather to be in a condition which places it beyond injury from
frost. Plowing for wheat is nearly ended,
a great acreage has been prepared and
seeding will begin soon; pasturage is in
excellent condition.   Rainfall, 0.45.
Farmland, Randolph Co.—The weather
has been rather cool for a few days; plowing for wheat is progressing finely; the
rainfall has been light but there is no
complaint_so far; grasshoppers are abundant.   RainfaU, 0.20.
NORTHERN PORTION.
LaPorte, LaPorte Co.—The nights are
very cold, temperature near the frost line
each night; it will probably take from
three to four weeks for the corn not withered by drought to mature; a short crop of
corn is certain; wheat is lower than a year
*_o; much plowing for wheat is being
done.   Morerain isneeded.   Rainfall, 0.37.
Logansport, Cass Co.—The low temper-
ture and cloudy weather the past week has
not been very favorable to the corn crop,
although the crop will be greater than was
expected a few weeks ago. There was a
«_ht frost on the morning of the 4th.
Rainfall, 0.3L
■Point Isabel, Grant Co.—The rainfall for
the last few days has been above the average amount. The weather has been too
cool, especially at night. Corn needs less
rain and warmer weather. Pastures are
in fine condition. Farmers are rapidly
getting ready to sow wheat. A large acreage will be sown.   Rainfall, 1.52.
Angol«, Steuben Co—The weather during the past seven days has been very favorable to farm work; farmers commenced
sowing wheat as they now think that sowing early is better than doing it late. Corn
promises to be a good crop; the recent
rains have been of great benefit for late
corn, they also improved pasturage. Rainfall, 1.00.
Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co.—Corn and
pasturage look well; plowing for wheat
progresses rapidly, the acreage will be
large in "this county. If frost does not
occur for 10 days, the corn will be out of
danger.   Rainfall, 0 87.
H. A. Huston,
Director Indiana Weather Service.
Per C. F. R. Wappenhans,
U. S. Weather Bureau Assistant.
however, that under the new law, assessors are required to list lands at their true
cash value, instead of two-thirds or three-
fourths the value, as has been permitted
heretofore. The new law will place many
millions more of property on the tax
duplicate, than ever before in the State,
and the result it is hoped will be a rapid
reduction of the State debt. This in turn
will be followod by a reduction
of the rate of taxation after the
next legislature, no doubt, and thereafter
their should be less complaint of the burdens of taxation in Indiana.
There was adjudgment given in 1883
against a party, and one -*"of the lots was
given up and the other is still held by the
party but the judgment still stands.
Is that judgment still good, or will it
have to be renewed in any given time?
Is there any given time for a judgement
to run out? G. N. H.
Hancock Co.
A judgment ceases to become a lien in. 10
years.
There is a marble mine, recently located
at Providence, Cache'county, Utah, that
yields a marble so much like mottled onyx
that the difference can only be discovered
by the use of chemicals.
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The removal of the German restrictions
on American pork is  the  result of the action of our government in causing the in-
_ ection of meats for export.
LABOR SAY CELEBKATION.
Last Monday was Labor day in Indiana
and it was generally celebrated in all the
larger towns and cities. In this city some
5,000 men and boys marched in procession
and met together at the Fair grounds and
at Garfield park. The meeting at the first
named place was addressed in the afternoon by Senators Turpie and Peffer.
Those at Garfield park listened to Judge
Howe, Morris Ross and Kev. F. N. Dexter
and others. There were games and music
at both places, and as the day was remarkably pleasant there, was great enjoyment
by the thousands of laboring men and
theirfamilies, who too seldom are permitted to take a day off from their toilsome pursuits. Would that such occasions
might be made monthly or weekly instead of annual.
L rents T's farm for th ree years, T agrees
to payLfor clearing and building fence.
T has not paid L yet. Can L hold T for his pay
for work that was preformed ? T agrees to
furnish wire to make said fences and S's
stock broke over the line fence and destroyed L's grain, the line fence being a
lawlul fence. L keeps his stock on his
own ground, only when S's stock tears
the fence down.
1.   Can L. make T. pay the damage?
2nd. Can he make S. pay, as the stock
broke through his half of the line fence?
3rd. Will tbe evidence of H's hired
hand that the grain was damaged be sufficient? J. L.
St. Joseph Co.
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
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TAXABLE VALUES Of LARDS.
The re j ort ot the State tax commissioners on the taxable values of land and improvements in the several counties of the
State, is a very interesting document, especially when the present value are taken
in comparison with those last year. We
give a few examples:
In the county of Adams, the taxable
value of lands and improvements for 1891
averages 25.88 per acre, whereas last year
the value was rated at only 14.04.
In Allen county, the value this year is
28.38, last year 22 29; only a small increase
as compared with Adams. Bartholomew
in '90 was 21.04; in '91 it is 29.06; Boone,
22.07, and 31.40; Carroll, 21.26 and 31.17;
Clinton, 20.23 and 33.09; Delaware, 22,11
34.40; Fayette, 29.82 and 31.03; Gibson,
16 98 and 23.29; Grant 19,92 and 37.23;
Henry, 29.50 and 35.35; Johnson, 29.26 and
34 02; Marion, 48.16 and 52.76; Montgomery, 27.96 and 32.77; Tippecanoe, 28.20 and
28 71; Vigo, 26.50 and 29.95; Wayne 37.90
and 38.39: and so with others. In many
instances the Increase is from 30 to 40 per
cent, while in others it is less than ten. In
no case is there a decrease, which we
think will be a disappointment to many,
for the impression has prevailed to a considerable extent, that real estate» was declining in value.  It must be remembered
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BY VINSON CABTEB, _SQ., THIS CITY,
Questionsi _*uat Have General _.pplieation.
We mast decline hereafter to reply to queries by
mall. It was not our Intention to open -.free legal
bureau, as many seem to think, for tbe benefit of
private Individuals, although subscribers. All we
can consistently do is to give opinions on cases of a
general character, such as are Hlcely to occur to citizens in any part of the State at any time, and the
answers to which will be generally useful. These
questions should be stated as clearly and briefly as
possible.
A has a piece of propsrty leased of B for
a term of years, and A sub-leases a part of
of it to C. Finally A purchased the property. Does that terminate the sub-lease
made by A to C? A Reader.
No.
A-mail contractor having taken an
illegal bondsmen, a postmaster, threatens
suit for damages for non performance of
duty by said bondsman, who has been released by the Postmaster-General. Can he
collect said damages? J. C.
No.
Have the tax-payers any rec nurse when
the county board of review refuses to
make any change in the assessment of
property which was not assesed at more
than its cash value by the township
assess*.? A .cbsc'Riber.
Warren Co.
They have the remedy of appeal to the
State Board of Commissioners.
Uncle Sam supports 3,000 women doctors.
If you are billions take Beecham's Pills.
By a dynamite explosion at White Pigeon Mich., on the 4th., 16 men were blown
to atoms.
His gun failed to go off, and Col. Wilson
of Kentucky, was fatally tossed by a bull
he was intimidating.
Glen Lett, aged 16, was sent to the workhouse for 30 days for talking out loud in a
church at Hubbard, O.
It is said that ;the cotton pickers will
strike for ?1 a hundred pounds on Sept. 12.
The move is backed by the Colored Alliance.
There is a peach tree near Jefferson City
Mo., the fruit of which one man has
bought for 10 years, and during that time
paid $800 to the owner of the tree.
The police of Newark, N. J., have received orders to arrest girls under 16 years of
age found on the streets after 9 o'clock, or
•Bt. the regu_tr picnics without proper escorts.
The most destructive electrical and
rain storm everwitnessed there passed over
Alliance, O., on the 5th. No less than 12
houses and barns were struck, resulting in
total destruction. The electrical display
was bewildering in its intensity. It is also reported that a number of lives were
lost.
Good Words for the E conomy.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
After a thorough trial of the Economy
sewing machine bought of you last January, we are prepared to pronounce it equal
to the be.it. It has given perfect satisfaction. M. II. Anderson.
Rockville, Ind.
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. WHEAT.
The Yield in Minnesota and theDakotas.
As threshing progresses throughout the
Northwest, reports of large yields of wheat
increase in number. Fifty bushels to the
acre come from Devil's lake, North Dakota,
while Botineau county, in the same State,
Where the prize wheat of the Philadelphia
World's Fair was grown, claims that all of
its wheat this season is of the prize winning kind. The most conservative estimates places the wheat yield of Minnesota
and the Dakotas at 125,000,000 bushels a-
gainst90,000,000 last year. TheGreat Northern railroad people claim that the wheat
brop of the three S tates would fill a train 250
miles long.