YOL. XT I.
INDIANAPOLIS, LNTDIANA, SATURDAY. JULY 23, 1881.
NO. 30.
IOBSAUS,
taT^n SALE—At cost, 80 fine North Indianapolis
1? Fara Wagons. AddreiS, or caU on, JAS.
{■jIaIJK. Circle Park Hotel. .	
FnB SALE—Fonr registered Alderney bulls at
reasonable prices; ready for service.  My Jer-
.»,art second to none in the Btate.  B. 8. DOB-
gjjY, Indianapolis, Ind.    . "
•rioB SALE— Cotswold Sheep—JO head ol shearling
H bucks and SO head of shearling ewes, alllm-
i^rtaa from Canada last November, and a lot of
Kring lambs. Address E. J. BJ!EL, Vlncennes.Ind.
-rioB SALE-Scotch Cellle dog. 1 year old. black
P and un. fine dog. Also a few lull blood aad
Ci.herade Merino rams. Must be sold for want of
Hom? Address J. H. DES HAM. Bui 121 St. Clairs-
•rtlle.Ohlo. -              -'
FOB SALE—Improved Silver ChafT wheat. Extra
yields. No rust, tl per peck; |3 per bushel
vd money pays better than that Invested in good
Sid. Por description see Farmer of July «, page I.
TBl-O. LOUattlEB. Mt. Pleasant, Ind.
FOB SALE—M head of Cotswold .'sheep, bricks,
breeding ewes and lambs; all Imported except
limbs. I want to sell them to make room for another Importation before September; Price. reasonable. CAL. F. DARNELL, No 735 North Illinois
street, Iudianapolis, Ind.
FOB SALE-10 head of fancy bred Short*horns at
Fairview, 3}i miles southeast of Midway. Ky.:
(males, one I year old Rose of Sharon, oue 14
months, and 2 calves ot Therese family; « females of
Tberese. Pled and Young Mary families All under
ji years old. S. S. MAOEE, Midway. Woodford
county, Ky. * •
FOB SALE—I have eome splendid farms tor sale
on reasonable terms, from 40 acres in sire up to
l m acres, ranging ln price from 25 to 75 dollars per
iwe and most of them convenient to this city.
£rd address and get further particulars. State
what 5on want in price, size aud location and I will
rnsweryouat once. Address V. K. MORRIS. 5»
rut Market street, Indianapolis, Indiana, opposite
postofflce.
FOR SALE- Short-horns—I have 10 head of Short-
horn cattle on my farm near Richmond, Ind.,
embracing such families as Donha Bosas, Eiidoras,
Bright Promises, etc.. also pure Bates bull. I oner
an elegant chance to persons wishing to start a
berd as my animals are all flrst-class breeders and
fine Individuals. The majority of these cattle were
bred by the well-known* breeders, 8. Meredith dt
BON of Cambridge City, Ind. Address FRANCIS
A. COFFIN. Indianapolis, Ind. 	
WAHTEIJ.
TITAN TED— Horses—The Indianapolis Fire De-
VV partment wants six (6) horses from 5 to 7
rears old. spirited, of g< od action, good strong bone,
and warranted perfectly sound, to weigh about 14».
Bounds. Any one having a horse ol this description
to sen, address the undersigned. J. O. PlcNDER-
GA8T, Chief Fire Engineer, Indianapolis Ind.
Ia-OAKS.
MONET to loan on farms at 7 per .cent, interest.
My terms are fair and liberal. THOS. O. DAY
87 East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
MONET to loan on improved farm; atT per ceAt
Commissions reasonable.   WM. HENDEB
SON.74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
TO LOAN-Meney to loan on first mortgage ot
improved city and farm property, in Indiana
and Ohio, at very low interest, without commission.
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be ac
commodated without delay. All local securltles-
Clty, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated.  JOS. A. MOORE, 84 East Maiket street.
Uffo*  j|.0clu
Mb. A. J. Fish, Van Wert, Ohio, Ih*
sold Imported Jersey Pride of Wabash,
9,743, to B. H. Waldron, Lafayette, Ind.
m*
The catalogue of Short-horns ef Mr
Elijah Clore, Alamo, Ind., haa been received. He selects 46 head from his herd,
representing the best known families,
which he advertises to sell at Crawfords
ville on the 4th day of August. Everyoni
of these animals, 31 females and 15 males,
ought to be kept in this State for breeding
purposes. The interest is steadily advancing, and there Is money in this stock at any
figures it will sell at. Mr. Clore is an olc
and careful breeder, and his stock are recorded and well-known.
SHOBT-HOBH SALE.
The catalogue of sixty-five head ol Shorthorn cattle to be offered at public sale on tht
fair ground near Greencastle, on Wednes
day, Aug. 3, by Messrs. S. F. Lockridgf
and T. C. Hammond, has been received
This offering which includes only good
serviceable animals, many of which are oi
the choicest strains.gives ourreaders a rare
opportunity to improve their stock at rea
sonable prices. Col. J. W. Judy, the well-
known auctioneer, will conduct the sale.
Full particulars are contained inthecata
logue, copies of which will ba furnished on
application to either of the gentlemeL
named, at Greencastle. On the 4th, Mr
Elijah Clore, will sell a number of his.
Short-hom cattle at Crawfordsville.
but as the pigs increased in ripeness they
seemed to care less for the bran, finally refusing it altogether, when, about the eighth
and ninth weeks, the bran ration was discontinued. Records of the daily temperature were alBo kept.
The five pigs kept In warm pens gained
63.9 per pent, of original weight from November 1 to January 17 following; those in
open yard gained 62.2 per cent. In the first
case the average number of pounds of corn
per pound of increase was 5.05 to 5.31; or
4.78 to 4 84, with % to % pound of bran.
With the pigs in the yard it took 5.21 to
6.02 pounds of corn, 5.39 to 6.17 pounds of
corn with %bo% pound of bran, to make
a pound of grain. For the pigs fed exclusively on corn, it took an average of 5.15
pounds of corn to make a pound of Increase,
when kept in warm pen-?; for those in the
yard it took 5 48 pounds.
The total loss from feeding ln the open
yards was quite marked throughout, and
the variations In individual cases were considerable. It was noticeable that the quietest anlmalB, the best feeders of those fed
"outside,".endured the severe weather the
best, and gave the largest returns for the
food consumed. These, during the severe
weather which prevailed during the 6th,
9th and 10th weeks, passed much of the
time ln a condition closely resembling hibernation; they came to their feed during
severe weather with great apparent reluctance, and rarely oftener than once each
day, during the remainder of the time lying very still, the vital functions apparently moving at the slowest pace.
The very uniform increase in the amount
ot feed-required to produce one pound oi
increase, during each subsequent week of
the experiment, after the first and second
weeks had been passed, (a fact fully brought
out by the experiments of Mr. Miles and
others,) was plainly shown. The diminished amount of food consumed for each
100 pounds live weight during each subse
quent week of the experiment, after tht*
animals had become measurably "ripe,"
was also noticeable.
The importance of a. ration of bran or
other coarse food in connection with corn,
for fattening pigs, ls frequently urged by
writers, on theoretical grounds. It was
chit fly to test this question that bran was
used wlth.corn in two of the pens of each
of the two series. The value of the bran
fed in this experiment may be shown in b
brief summary and comparison ol the results obtained. In pens 1, 2,5,6, 7 and 10,
In which corn exclusively was fed, 901K
pounds of increase cost 4,778.5 pounds of
corn, and in pens 3, 4, 8 and 9, In which
corn and bran were fed, 570 pounds of increase cost 2,975 pounds, of corn
and 432 pounds of -bran. That is,
8.42 pounds of corn had in this experiment, a feeding value equal to that ol
75.78 pounds of bran—a fact which seems to
•show that corn alone can be more profitably used for fattening hogs than a mixed
feed consisting of corn and bran.
which makes the gross receipts J2.970. The
annual expense of the flock was f 1,026; so
there was an absolute net profit in the wool
of {1,664. Last year he sold in ■ the above
cities 92 wethers as mutton, for $342, mak-
iug a total of $2,289. B-sides this he has
fertilized the poor wire-grass land, so that
last year he cultivated 84 acres, and from
41 acres in corn he made an average of 31
bushel?; 10 In sugar cane that made 59 barrels of syrup; 15 in oats, that averaged 42
bushels to the acre; and on tbe remainder
all kinds oi truck farming, receiving for
his sale of vegetables In New York a net
profit of ?294.
\
FEEDIBG PIGS.
The late report of the Kansas B jard of Ag
riculture gives Borne valuable experiment*
in feedin£ pigs. Berkshires were selected,
10 In number, each in a different way.
They were all In equal condition when the
feeding begaD, and uniform in appearance
Bach pig was put in a pen to itself: "In
pens 1,2, 5, 6, 7 and 10 shelled corn exclu
aively was fed; In pens 3,4,8 and 9 a ration
of bran, In addition to the corn, was fed,
the amount varying but little from two
pounds per day. In all the pens all the
corn that the animals would eat was fed,
great care being taken that none was left
over In the troughs and wasted, or, on the
other hand, that the animals were insufficiently supplied. ■ The pigs were fed twice
daily, at 8 a. m. and at 4 p. m., the feed
being weighed out accurately to each pig
at every feeding. If at the the time of feed.
Ing the previous feed had not been consumed, the smrp.iw was removed, and a
proportionate reduction made in the
amount of the next feed. All the pigs received whatever water they required. The
bran was fed dry or mixed with water, to
suit the tastes of the different pigs. At
first this was eaten with apparent relish,
SHOBT-HOBH BANQUET ARD SALES.
We have received an invitation to attend
horn breeders at Winchester, Ky., July
26th. The banquet is given by the members of the American Short-horn Becord
the seoond annual banquet to the Short-
Association and other Short-horn breeders
oi Kentucky, and will no doubt be a pleasant and interesting occasion. On the fou£
following days several great sales will be
haid In the vicinity of Winchester, namely,
that of the Messrs. Hamilton, of Flat
Creek, on the 27th, at "Stoockplace," the
farm of Mr. "Vanm.ter, near Winchester,
Ky. This sale contains 66 animals. On
the 28th Vanmeter & Hamlltons hold their
annual sale at Stqckplace, which embraces
80 animals. On the 29-h J. V. Muir, J. C
Lary and L. Ed. Pearce sell at Ulintonville,
only a few miles from Winchester, some 50
Short-horns. On the 30th Messrs. Ware
md Berry sell at Cilntonvllle, 50 Short-
boras, all containing representatives of
many leading familes.
To Tell the Age of Sheep.
The books on sheep have seriously misled flock-masters on this subject. Almost
any sheep-owner will tell you that after a
year the sheep gets a pair of broad teeth
yearly, and If you show that his own three-
year-olds have four pairs of broad teeth,
be can only claim that they are exceptions,
and protest that they do not exceed three
years of age. Now these cases are no ex-:
ception, for all well-bred sheep have a full
m-iuthof front teeth at threo-years old.
Some old unimproved flocks may still be
found in which the mouth is not full until
near four-years-old, but fortunately these
are now the exceptions, and should not be
made standard, as they so constantly are.
In Cotswolds, Leicesters, Lincolns, South-
downs, Oxforddowns, Hampshlredowns,
and even ln the advanced Merinos, and in
the grades of all of those dentition Is completed from half a year to a year earlier.
The milk or lamb teeth are easily distinguished from the permanent or brood teeth,
by their smaller size, and by.the thickness
ofthe jaw-bone around their fangs where
the permanent teeth are still inclosed. As
the lamb approaches a year old, the broad
exposed part of the tooth becomes worn
away, and narrow fangs projecting above
the gums stand apart from each other, leaving wide Intervals. This la even more
marked after the first pair of permanent teeth have come up, overlapping each other at their edges,
and. from this time ..onward-the- number of small milk teeth, and of broad permanent teeth, can usually be mad a out
with ease. Another distinguishing feature
Is the yellow or dark coloration of the
fangs of the milk teeth, while the exposed
portions of the permanent teeth are white,
clear and pearly. The successive pairs ol
permanent teeth make their appearance
through the gums in advanced breeds at
about the following dates. The first pair
at one year; the seoond pair at one year
and a half; the third pair at two years and
three months, the fourth and last pair at
three years. It will be observed that between the'appearance of the first two pairs
there is an interval of six months, while
after this each pair comes up nine months
after Its predecessors. For backward
grades, and the unimproved breeds, the
eruption is about six months later for each
pairof teeth, but even with them the
mouth is full at three years and six
months.—Professor James Law, in New
York Tribune.
A Sheep Farm in Georgia.
A writer in the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution says that in 1871 he bought 400 acres of
reputed poor land In Glynn county, Georgia, and put upon lt 100 sheep. In 1873, by
natural increase, he had 376 ewes, and bad
sent to market 73 wethers. His sheep
were penned nightly, and every two nights
manured two and a half acres well. Since
that time he had brought into a high state
of cultivation 100 acres of land that seven
years ago was considered worthless. Since
1871 he has bought 200 sheep, ahd now owns
1,800 heajl. He keeps a shepherd who is
paid to attend to his business and keeps a
book account of every dollar and dime
spent on account of the sheep, and finds by
casting up a balance sheet, that it costs
him exactly 75 cents a head per annum to
keep his flock. They • average him about
three and a half pounds of wool each. Last
year he clipped in May, and again in September, and the clip amounted to five and
a half pounds per head. Last year he sold
in Savannah and Macon 8,000 pounds of
<irool, at an average of 30 cents per pound,
Tills department Is edited by Dr. John N. Marin,
Veterinary Surgeon, author ol Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rnles to be observed by those expecting correct
answers;
1. state tbe rate ot pulse.
2. Tbe breathing.
3. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance ol hair.
6. It cough, and secretion trom noee, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone,
•J. Il breathing is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time mnst oe lost in blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tengne alternately
every tv. o hours, for time Is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answer*.by mall mnst enclose a
stamp.
Catarrh Perer.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What alls the horses in this locality?
They can't swallow; the glands are not
swollen; pulse regular; run at the nose
some; cannot eat or drink; live three or
four days and die. B. F. W.
They must be afflicted with catarrh fever.
Glanders.
Editors Indiana farmer:
Will you please tell me what to do for
ny colts. They had the distemper last fall
and the ' epizootic last winter. Glands
uuder their jaws have been swollen and
hard and close to the j»wbone, but not attached to it. Otherwise apparently well.
Hair all right and In good flx; have been
working them all spring. Sub.
I suppose your colts have run Into glanders by this time. We would have to see
them to determine.
Heavy Horses.
T. W. R. writes on both sides of the
paper, and we cannot use his letter. There
are two breeds of heavy horses In England,
one called the Clydesdale, having his origin on the banks of the river Clyde, in
Scotland. He Is the heaviest horse known,
■weighing from 1,500 to 2,200 pounds, and
measuring from 16 to 21 hauds high. He
shows as much style as any horse. His
legs are very stout and thickly covered
with djarse hair. The color of this breed
Is generally bay, brown, etc. The old low
carriage black cart horse is almost extinct.
The Suffolk Perch, so-called, is generally
a sorrel, or chestnut, not so coarse as the
Clyde; is a heavy/quare-bullt horse.welgh-
lng from 1,200 to 1,600 pounds. Both breeds
are gentl**, and scarcely ever known to refuse pulling, except when badly treated.
We would prefer breeding to a Clydesdale, it judiciously bred on the dam's side.
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Editors Indiana Farmer:
-My sheep run at the nose some.and nose
and ey-4s look puffed. up or swollen, and
tliere is a soft water or sack under and between the Jaw—feels ' like lt was full of
water; are in poor condition. M. C.
It is a disease of the liver, and one which
generally terminates fatally. Open the
sack between the j \ws, and give three tablespoonfuls of castor oil and 20 drops of
spirits of turpentine. If the bowels are not
moved on the third day repeat until the
bowels respond, giving 15 drops of turpentine after the first dose; Inject burned alum
up their nostrils.
,',_   .       Poul Mouth.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My cow is ailing and I cannot tell what
the trouble Is. Her hair looks well enough,
and I cannot discover any fever. I examined her body all over for heat; examined
her forelegs for pulse but didn't find any.
She stands about with her head down and
nose extended. I never saw her chewing.
I guess its what people call losing her cud.
She seems Inclined to eat but little. Can
you tell me what to du? J. L. B.
If you feel upon the upper angle of the
jaw you would find the pulse more readily. It is difficult to tell your cow's ailment. You give no symptoms.. Her
mouth may be foul. Burn three ounces of
alum; pulverize and mix with one handful
of salt and a double kandful of meal; put
on a board or pie-pan. Make a swab from
a thin board; wrap with muslin; dip In
water; roll in the mixture and swab her
mouth, the cheeks, roof of mouth, tongue,
etc., twice dally. '
Editors Indiana Farmer
I have a mare that I traded for about one
month since. I worked her pretty steady
the first week that I had her, since that she
has been worked very lightly, but Bhe
began to fall away in flesh soon after I got
her, and still continues to do so, although
Bhe has good pasture and eats greedily,
until she looks as though six months in
foal. Has ten large ears of corn twice
dally; digests well; has no fever; hair looks
well; can't detect any visible disease, except that she discharges rather more than
is natural from the nose, of a watery fluid
Submaxillary glands not enlarged; swelled
some between the lower jaw Dones, from
the glands down to the union of the j*w
bones. She coughs once In a great while;
a dry cough. Sue is about 12 or 15 years
old. She is rather dnll and stupid; otherwise she looks and acts quite young.
Russell Co., Kan. D. G.
Try bloodroot, flour of sulphur, black
antimony, pulv. niter, sulphate of iron, of
each two ounce?; ginger, four; mix. Dose,
in cut feed, one teaspoonful three timet
drily.
Diseased Udder, Eto.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
Every few days my cow's udder swells,
but only a quarter of It at a time. At one
milking above the teat the udder ls swelled
hard, tnd at the next milking the milk is
in hard lumps and Btrings, so that I have
to pull It out ol the teat with my thumb
and finger. It Is first In one teat and then
ln another, and has been all around two or
three times. Sometimes the swelling
doesn't appear for three or four days. She
was fresh in April. She seems well in all
other respects. About two weeks before
she was lresh she fell and hurt or strained
herself so she. couldn't get up for about
ten days. I turned her two or three times.
Probably that hurt her udder, as It was
very full of milk.
I have got another cow that I doctored
for hollow-horn. I rubbed her head with
turpentine and poured some on her head.
Subscribes.
Rub your cow's udder with tincture ol
Iodine once or twice dally, and give her
the powders so often recommended In the
Farmer, one teaspoonful three times dally.
I hope your other cow Is the last one you
will doctor for the hollow-horn folly. I
know of people pronouncing hollow-horn
treatment for the Angus, or hornless-breed
of cattle. Give her the powders ordered
above.
St.fl.-d.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a very fine three-year-old filley
that ls very lame, supposed to be stifled.
Some say shoe her with a stifle shoe on the
lame foot; others advise that the well foot
is the one to shoe;' it will cause her to
Stand on the lame leg. She was running
ln a nugh, hilly pasture about a month
ago. I found she was lame and put her In
a smooth lot, When she got better. I put
her to work and she did very well until
about the 7th of June, when she show ed
some lameness; worked her two days longer,
when she became lame and has been getting worse ever since; from the stifle down
the limb appears' bruised. J. H.
Tell those who advised you tp put a stifle
shoe on your poor, efflictedbrute that such
cruelty is, thank God, a thing of the past.
How would these people like to bave a
sprained leg or ankle j >int and be compelled to stand or walk on it? If put on
the sore leg what result do they expect?
Why, of course, none. If you can find the
Injured part, and if hot and feverish, apply tincture of arnica and cold
water, one ounce to the pint of water; continue till all heat Is reduced; if no heat,
blister. See blister in previous numbers of
tbe Farmer.
Postal Card Correspondence.
XSasaAXA.
Posey Co.—Wheat ls not more than' one-
half crop, running from 8 to 20 bushels per
acre. New wheat has opened out ln our
market for $1 per bushel. Corn looks well
and a prospect for a larger yield. In the
the Ohio and Wabash bottoms especially
oats are about an average crop. Fruit of
all kinds,' save peaches and pears, are in
abundance. £. S. M.
Ja-jteb Co.—Wheat all cut, cannot yield
more than five bushels to the acre. Oats
and flax prospects good until the last few
days, and now whole pieces ol oats are
ruined by a worm, resembling the army
worm. Corn promises a good yield unless
destroyed by said worm, they are reported
to be making for the corn. H. M. W.
Wabash Co.—We are through with our
wheat harvest and most of it Is in the barn
or in the stack. Wheat Is very light in the
straw, owing to a late start last fall, severe
winter and drouth in May, bnt it ls well
filled and a good quality. We had a very
dry spell, but on the 12.h of July we had a
heavy rain and some since, so that corn is
now doing well, much of the corn ls late
and ln many sod fields the grub worm ls
working on the roots of the corn so it is
not doing well. Oats and flax are nearly
ripe and are both quite heavy. We had a
fair hay crop and good haying weather.
D. E. C.
Montgomerv Co.—Wheat threshing has
fairly commenced and much disappointment as to the yield and quality, both' being inferior to what was anticipated. I examined several specimens to-day, none of
which were equal to last year's crop.
Montgomery Co. will perhaps be about 50
per cent, of last year's crop. Clover meadows were excellent and harvested In flne
condition. Timothy meadows above an
average. Oats small acreage, but average
yield per acre. Corn has been well cultivated and. If rain comes soon promises a
good yield, but each day of the present dry
scorching weather will tend to shorten the
crop. Apple crop small. The present dry
heated term is rapidly developing the extent of drainage to fruit trees by the past
severe winter. Many trees that put forth
foliage in spring are now withering away.
Highly thrifty orchards have received the
greatest damage, all growing crops and
also pastures are being damag'ed by the
present drouth. J, A. M.
OIIIO.
Piqua Co.—Wheat is not threshing out
much over half per acre what it did last
j ear. Corn is progressing fine, and oats is
but a moderate crop. D. L. S
HX.LNOU.
Wayne Co.—Wheat is less than a half
crop in all this section of Illinois. Corn is
doing fine. Meadows are fair and oats
ditto. S. D. J.
WCUIGaJI.
Hillsdale Co.—Wheat here falls far below the average crop. It Is -the poorest
wheat crop grown In this part of Michigan
for years, other crops are fair, or promises a
good yield especially corn. S. J.
Ikqham Co.—Haying Is about over except
marsh hay, which is hardly ever cut until
after harvest.' Harvest will commence in
good earnest this week.* Corn, oats and
potatoes look fine. There will not be much
fruit. : The last two weeks have been terribly hot hay times, but better than was expected and the same also with wheat.
There is more building going on here this
season than there has been for many years.
The 4th was silently kept in respect for
our wounded President. Hogs and fat
cattle are scarce. A Sub.
STATE  MEWS.
lin county, ran a mile barefooted in flve--
minutes and forty five seconds, but die-i
immediately after.
Greensburg  is   troubled  with   rabid)
dogs.   A little son of Mace "Warthin was
bitten by one which was afterward pronounced mad and killed.
Wm. Thorpe, aged eighteen years,!!--*- -
ing near Huntington, was kicked by at.
horse on the 15th.   Two ribs were brok- -
en, and it is feared that there are internal injures.
Frank Kitchen, Richmond, aged teifc
years, died on the 17th of lockjaw, frora
the result of the accidental explosion of
a toy pistol on the 4th, which hurt one
of his hands.
James M. Clutter's steam ; stave  anti -
heading factory at Clay City, Clay county, burned on the   15th.   It  had  beers
closed down five  weeks.   Loss  $3,500.: .
No insurance.
Mrs. John Bowers, a lady living a fewr ■
miles north of Hagerstown, was attacked' -
by a vicious cow on the 15th, and frightfully gored.   The animal ran its   horns;
entirely through her body.
T. A. Ellinger, of Crothersville, Scott
county, was robbed of $800  on  the  returning Niagara Falls excursion train at
a point just across the Indiana state line •
near Union City, last week.
The Dodge manufacturing company'*,
building, at Mishawaka, was struck by.
lightning on the 16th, set on fire destroying 530,000 to $35,000 worth of property,.
on which there is no insurance.
The corn crop in the northern part of-'
Indiana is immense.   The contrast ia
the appearance of the fields between this
season and the last is wonderful  to see..
The oats ciop is also unusually fine*.
Squire Smith, his wife, a colored boy,.
and two children of M. C. Kleine, Crawfordsville, were poisoned the other day-
by eating canned corn beef. Mrs. Scsith ■
Came near dying, but all finally recovered. * •'''.*..
A violent explosion  took place  the*-
other day in the dry bed of Buck creek,,
near Elizabeth, Harrison ceunty,   cans**- ■
ing an immense upheavel of earth and
stone.   The cause of the explosion is unknown.
Frederick Stoner, aged some seventy-
years, committed suicide by hanging on.
the 16th. He was a well-known farmer,,
and a leading citizen. He lived some -
two and a half miles from Albany, a village of Delaware county.
Jacob Goodwin and William Heath,,
two boys aged about seventeen years,...
had a fight at Liberty church, ten miles
north of Bloomington, on Sunday night,,
when the latter was fatally stabbed. As
yet young Goodwin has not been arrested.
Mrs. David Faxton, of Camden, Jay >
county, a few mornings ago was found-
dead in her bed. Subsequently, bloodstained garments were found in a straw*-
stack. The husband has disappeared.
The sheriff with slxiy men are searching for him.
A fatal shooting affray occured on the -
16th, at Milford, eight miles west of
Greensburg, in which Charles Morgan
waa shot three times and Jim Kitchen,
once. Morgan died the same day;.
Kitchen is said to be seriously but aot*,
fatally injured. ,
Melon buyers from Iudianapolis, Cincinnati and other cities are in the different parts of Southern Indiana to negoti- -
ate with the raisers, who from the present appearances will realize one of the5
largest crops ever gathered. The buyers
are offering fair prices. •
A freight train ran over and killed,
Thomas R. Stansbury, near Carlisle, oil
the 16th. When discovered his body,
was lying on the track with his head,
severed and his arms folded, which leads
to the belief that he had laid down ona,
the track for self-destruction.
Robert Hendricks and his four sons*,,
living near Columbus, got into a family
row about watering some stock. Ffets,
clubs, stones and everything in reach
was used, and the battle raged until all
were disabled. The old man has a
broken head, one of the sons a fractured1
leg, and the others were variously injured.
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The Ohio Falls car company, at Jeffersonville, has 1,750 men at work.
The Clinton county commissioners
have decided to build a 1100,000 courthouse.
The army worm has made its appear-
ence in the vicinity of Goodland, Newton
county and  is  causing a great panic
&rTl!MTJa\      t    ',,,■,     t*- The  latest  bulletin of the Census
Hubbard Synder, Lovelydale,  Knox Bureau gives the population of the Uhi-
county, was injured on  the head and ted State!, classified by race, as follows-
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had one of his hands cut oil  in  a tai-v
mill on the Hth.
Joseph Case, of Andersonville, Frank-
Whites, 43,404,876; Colored, 6,577,161;
Aiiatics, all kinds, 105,717; Indians, 65.1
122. Total, 50,152,866.