, 1874-06-24
general. Tho nasona yesterday ad,lroaaod ro-
and ntrlko 1aoxpooto1 10 follow.

Monday night, about o'clock, while N. Lar.
gon. who lives about milns wost OF Monroe
yllto wns filling large keroaone lamp, tho oil in
tho can took fro from the l,Rhtcd lamp, burning
Mr. Largen aevo1oly on tho arms aud brenut, and
alao burning three OF hts children, aged 8, Q, and
4 yeats, roapoottvoly, 40 aovoroly that they oil
died. Mr. Lnrgon ia an old zosidout, and .
well-to-1o tarinor.
Tho barn Of Alfred Gregory, roar Dayton,
about milos southeast OF Lafayette, burnod on
Monday night consuming all a agricultural In
p1onerta and oyor 100 busiisa OF gram. LOSS
about 1,blo. 1nslroa for $500. Supposed to
be tho work Of nn inconlary.
Tho cornor-stono Of tlo new oonrt-Honse
at Fowlor, Denton County, will be- laid July 10,
with appropriate Masonic ceremonies, by the
Grand Mastor Of Indiana. Tho ccremonicH will
ea1,sist Of laying tho cornor-Htono, d baskct-
cred mombor Of tho Order.
Adam Earl, Esq.,. Of Lafayette and ". n.
Cartor, President Of tho First National Bank OF
frankfort. Ind, wcrc thrown from buggy whle
horaoB took fright aud became unn,ana! cable,
Both Persons wore thrown ton or tiftcon feet,
falling heavily. They wsro. .soveroly praised but
ablo to get home.
Michael Carroll got into q dispute with Mrs.
Carey Keeper Of boarding. -house, which ro-
sultod iu Mrs. Caroy pushing Carroll hoadiong
down flight Of a.airs, breaking his spinal
column, causing doath in fow minutes. Mrs.
Carey has boen arreatod to await tho d8ctHion Of
tho C0ronoriH tnqfteBt,
"a report roaeled Fort Wayne yesterday Of q
aoliouH tiro raging III tho woods along the line Of
the Toledo, Nebraska i Western 1lailvoad, near
Napoleon, Q. All telegraph communication is
cut Of cant OF Napoleon, aud no particulars
could bo obtained.
Crop reports from nearly all townshpa In
Allen County, show that wheat looks veil; with
Tow exceptions, moat OF tho tislda will TO rsadv
to cut IN about ton dayB, md an average yiold OF
twolve busolH por aero Is expected; not no
much. wllcnt WAS Gown as In previous years.
Corn looks woli gonefally, and tho c1oyor crop
wtti be larger than oxpootod. ,Thero will DO
larBor crop Of peaches than for many years
past, but other fruits aro not 80 promising.
having done very little damage.
1t now comeB to light that tho name Of tho
man supposed to have bcen murdered at VAL
patafso, in December, 1879, was August Schott.
formor inmato Of the Dlooningdalo Now York;
1nsane Asylum. A detective haa boon theirs for
. week past in tito tutotoat Of tho Mutual Life
Insurance Company Of Now York. In which Com
pany tho deceaAed WAS insured, aud, aftor caro-
full investigation, came to the conclusion that
tho doceased camo to his death ut his own hands.
Sunday afternoon, at Poru, Sepp Oates. d
boy nbout 10 years Of age fell In front Of hand
car while In motion, and got his loft side 80 badly
torn that hfs eutralla wore visible. He Is not
expected to live.
- 10Y aal1eu 4eatMan, nVinE miles We6t
Of Goshen. was Instantly killed Yesterday After
noon by bolng kicked on the heRd By horse.
IA man named Floigol was seriously injured
In Goshen BY falling down flight OF ata,rs,
strit,ug lis heal on q aat-iron.
-sl,aa Shirley, Of qosleo. while, working
and ono or two fingers torn OF.
Matte Stephens. aged 49, daughter Of John
Stephens, Eeq., was d1ownod whl1o baLhing in
tho river Of Eikhats Moudny evening about dusk.
"a torrible runaway happened lear Wabash
yesterday morning, which viii probably result IN
tho death OF two railroad employees. A con-
Btructfon train engine, willie baoking up n1,d
pulling hor train, ran into COW, throwing tho
engino and ten cars iuto tho ditches on both sides
Of tho track. Tho track was alao torn up for
nearly 2o0 yards. Tho injured arc G. G.een, on
ginoer. whoao log was alnashod to pulp, with in
tornal injuries, from which he will die; the tira-
man, internally injured, condition prccarious;
and the conductor. g. Cain, injured lu tho head
mon woro also injured more or leHs, but not dun
gorously.
Tho City Of Dayton IL full Of delegatos to tho
International Convention Of tho Young Mems
Christian Association. Rooms at all tho pru-
tho friends Of visitors to tAo Convention, aud
tho citizens have hung out tho latch-string. The
delogates will bo quarIerod In private fatnilies
throughout tho city. Tho Secretaries Of nil tho
8ooletteH represented laVe u0en Ill BGEiet 99HAlQn
yesterday but business Of private character
only waH considered: The Convention proper
will mcot at Muslo-Hall this evening, aud tho
attendance will DO largo.
Tho Rovenne oilicora OF the Dayton District
made . descons upon tho prsmises Of Jacob
He1dsher, manufacturor Of vinegar in Dayton,
and seized stnall copper etlll aud worm which
ho has beon using III violation Of tho law. Tho
promises arc held by tho oAicorH. ThtB Ia tho
second aosznra ther0 iu the past two woeks.
- barn aud it's contouts, helonging to
Nathan Brown. ncar Lebanon. waB destroyed by
fire Monday morning. Two horses, now crop
Of barley, /. largo amount Of hay, tarming-nla-
chiuery, etc., Isero consumed. lt was supposed
to have boon the work Of Gil incendiary. LosH,
5000.
Tho negro employee OF the Baltimore
6hort~Line q road building In the southwestern
part Of Washington County, mot last Sunday
oveniug on tho line Of the road to dnnco aud
drink. While carousng a difficulty aroso boz
tween two Iival gangs and free fight enst,od,
u which knivea pistols, and clubs wore freely
used. -Four mon are reported killed. and several
wounded. The parties ongagod lied to Wost
Virginia, and no arrostH have boon made.
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