Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-03-31


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Tr0ubie-Business.
CHIoAeo, March II, 1s70.-To-day we have
had the severest snow storm os the year. On
Friday last we had some two or three inches
of snow and sleet. On Saturday, late in the
afternoon, 1t began to snow very fast, and on
Sunday morning the snow WAS eight or ten
inches deep, the heaviest single snow fall of
the season. Monday was warm and pleasant,
but Tuesday morning there were three or
four inches Of fresh snow, aud it continued
showing through the forenoon, with a furious
| wind, which blew the snov- in great heaps,
and seriously impeded locemotlou. How deep
the snow now is no one can tell. To day the
snow is thawing, and sleighing is becoming
poor again.
COURT HOUSE ROOF FALLEN.
In the midst of the Saturdays storm we had
q catastrophe, which came near being a
| tragedy, which was repeated-not by request
late in the evening. For year and half
the city and county have been building two
| wings to the old Court House at cos.
of over 100000. AT quarter past one
O'Clock on Saturday afternoon the greater
portion of the roof of the west wing fell in,
! injuring eight workmen in the rooms below,
two Of them seriously. At Al p. IN. meet
ing of the Mayor, Common Council Building
Committee, and Board OF Public Works was
held, to investigate the cause ofthe accident,
st which meeting Mr.. Rose, the architect,
assured the meeting that the roof of ths
other (east) wing was perfectly safe. But at
| half-past eleven that night the east roof fell
| in with crash that was heard half q mile,
with rumlling sound like thunder. A COM
mittee of in vestigation has been appointed to
| examine and report on the matter, and,
| strange to ssy, four Of this committee are
architects who have professionally endorsed
the work as safe after examination, and some
rNF -
and newspapers for suggesting fears that the
! building was unsafe. One Of these, after cei-
tifying to the supervising architect that there
we're mo indications of instability in any part
OF the structure" added: Trusting that
pcpers uih he contempt ney dsserue, remain
truly yours, John n. Van Osdel" I name
Mr.. o. because not knowing his animus to-
ward newspaper men, have recently spoken
OF him as architect Of one of the f1nest blocks
OF Chicago.
Another architect concluded his certificate
| in this wise: II affirm thst the building will
stand lasting monument, pointing with
scorn to the bare falsificatione uttered so
hemently by few over-z6alous, bigoted in
dividuals, who report that it Is in danger OF
falling, long after their remains lay moulder-
ing in the dust and their uames have passed
into oblivion" Two other professionals give
similar testimony, one OF them declaring that
he couldn't see how the cracks in the inte-
ror walls (which had given rise to apprehen-
sion and criticism) could work any injury to
the building." He can now probably see hoto
Il ,oorked. At least the public can. The loss
rHE OLD COURT HOUSE
seems to have been endangered by the set-
ting Of the walls Of the new wings, and a
meeting of the judges and of the lawyers
practicing in the courts in this county has
been called to determine whether ii is safe to
transact business hereafter in the old court
house.
FARMISa-How TO INSURE GOOD CRoPs.
AZ the season Of seeding approaches the
most important question with farmers, is,
how to make their fields produce the best
crops at the least expense. The diminishing
yield per acre of cereals, roots and grasses,
consequent on the exhaustion of the soil by
continued cropping. has led all intelligent
farmers to the conviction that the only way to
restore their farms to their original fertility
is to return to them, in some shape, the ele-
ments of which they have been deprived.
Every crop Of wheat. or other grains, or
grasses taken from the soil diminishes it's
p.Gtuctiveness because it takes from il por-
lions of those elements essential to the
growth and msturity of q perfect crop. And
If this process is continued long enough, the
soil becomes worn out and worthless. Many
Of the early settlers of the west, especially
on prairie farms, thought the soil ipexhaust-
able, and were in the habit OF burning their |
straw, as q useless incumbrance. Manure
was not thought worth the trouble OF carting
to the fields; FOR whv should soil already rich |
enough be further enriched. But q few
years experience OF impoverished soil has |
taught them the great law that the only way
to make or keep the soil fertile is to return to
it, in some form, the constituent elements
drawn from it-that they must give bark to |
it what they take from it. The chief exports !
of the west are the cereals, beef and po-k, |
which rob the soil OF phosphates and other |
elements necessary to the growth OF coed |
crops. Wheat-the leading crop-is the |
belt is moving Westward; Western New York. !
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota, each in turn presenting !
the same spectacle of exhausted wheat fields, |
the yield per acre diminishing to twe-thirds, |
one-half, or one-third the original product, |
the process OF repeated cropping contin- |
ues. Change, rest and rotation Of crops will |
do something, but there Is only one method |
of making worn out or unproduciive lands |
fertile, and that is to impart 20 the soil the |
elements essential to the vigorous growth of |
plants. For you can no more make . plant |
than animal grow without it's appropriate |
food. There is one source OF manurial sup. |
ply greatly neglected by Western farmers
the bones and offsl of animals. England |
sends across the Atlantic and gathers mp the !
bones Of our animals and converts them into |
bone dust to enrich her fields. The East,
draws largely upon this supply, and if the ak |
or seven thousand tons Of
BAUGH's RAW BONE sUPER-PHosPHArE !
manufactured yearly by the Northwestern /
Fertilizing Company of tins city, from the |
bones and blood OF the slaughter -hOuses-the |
product of Western farmers-the greater part |
Is shipped East, at q high price, including
freight most unnatural direction, when it |
is 80 much needed at home. Five hundred
pounds of this Phosphate is worth thirty |
loads Of stable manure. ton costing SO
equals 100 loads and will suffice for
cost the frat yea.. used ton of II last
year ON an acre Of grapes and five acres of
wheat seeded to clover, and 1t wrought
wonders. The wheat crop was excellent,
the clover superb. The grape vines-just |
set-made q remarkably vigorous growth.
also used 100 he. on my garden of 20 square
rods, and the product was so unusual as to
excite the remarks of all the neighbors. 1t
is the cheapest fertilizer for its intrinsic
value, has q larger per cent. OF ammsnia, and
it's phosphate is all derived from the bones
of animals. Not . ton OF it should go east.
THE PRoGREss OF CIVILIZATION
is shown not mure by Inequality Of the gar
ments we wear than by the style and mate
rial of the dishes from which We eat. Wealth
and refinement create new uses and make
new demands. and supply always follow de-
mand. The improvements In convenience
and comfort O: household utensils, especially
Of those belonging to the culinary depart
ment, since my remembrance, is very great
An inspection OF the leading Wholesale crock
cry houses In Chicago would surprise one IN.
acquainted with the extent and character of
this trade-which keeps pace with the advanc-
ing prosperity of the country--and would sat-
isfy the most fastidious that there is no need
of going elsewhere for elegant and costly
wares; that the rich and the poor can here
meet and be satisfied, and th.s while COMMON
wares can be had in the greatest abundance
at the lowest prices, the richest and most
aristocrstic can here find a dish fit to set be-
fore a.king. The song OF the blaekbirds oc-
Cured to me while looking through the lead
ing Wholesale store Of
IRA P. BowEN co.,
importers and jobbers ofcrockery, glassware,
lamps, and kerosene goods, at LOT Wabash
avenue. Their new store Of six stories Is fill
ed with the largest stock of domestic and
foreign goods Of the latest styles and best
qualities. AS they import their own goods,
customers can purchase goods here in origi-
nal packages. Their lamp department is
very large. They have $50 different kinds
of lamps, many Of then, Of the most elegant