Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-18
FROM ADAMS COUNTY.
A Peculiar Damage Gaze, Growing
Out OF the Death of e. Child
somo Suggestions About
Mus.
O1rrespondenee Of TIE BEE.

CORNING, January lG That the
readers Of THE BEE may understand
the nature Of the Gaze, q brief state
ment Of the situation Ct the parties,
plaintiff aud defendant, might be
necessary. They are somewhat as fol
Iowa: There Is in Adams county c
community known as the 1carian Com.
munity, composed of French people.
They profess to own everything In
common and the members Of the com.
munlty are under obligations to per.
form whatever duty may DO assigned
to them by the overseer of the ebony
and the rearing Of the children cf
each family is q part OF the busiress OF
the entire Community, (whiia In other
respects the gacreduess Of the family
l. regarded as IL other socle!y or set.
t,ement }
Soma time during the latter portion
81 the year 1880 or early portion Of
1881 Mr. Cruise, one of the members
# tho colony, was ordered out to
work on eono portion of the
farm, while his wife was
rot to doing kitchen work.
These parents being by reason Of tho
colonial compact denied the rjght OF,
or Of least ridded OF the charge OF
them children, of coprBe paid no at.
tention to them; and while thus en-
ployed, a team known TO be unsafe
was LETT standing while some work
was b5ing done, and enc of MIR.
Cruises children was allowed to play
about the wagon. The team became
scared and ran away, killing the child
Ia their flight. Mr. Cruise now brings
suit to ecove of the community, Is
damages, the probable amount that
the ohild could have earned during
the years of his minority.
The case was heard before Judge
Gregory, of the circuit court for
Adams county, and went to the Jury
yesterday June 12th), and after an
absence of twelve or fifteen hours the
Jury agreed to disagree. The court
ruled that the community was re.
sponsible, while they try to prove con-
tributary negligence on the part of
the parents. The evidence seemed to
be confined to three propositions, to-
wit. /. In whose care was the child
at the time of the accident2 2. Who
vas the negligent party2 The Ease
will be heard aad determined at the
next term.
STEAM MILLS vs. WATER MILLS.
In the early settlement of the west,
one of the first enterprises which agi.
tates the people is the erection Of o
Touring mill. Aud, as tho country 10
new, and few if any of the actual set
tiers are able to go ahead, with their
own means, and build q mill, 1t is
rarely the case that an outside party,
but little acquainted with the q
Of the country, desires to risk all his
means in an enterprise the result tf
which he has not the proper facilities
to calculate. The people being anx'
ious for the mill, they ask themselves
if it would not be well to strike q me.
dunn between these two extremes, and
they furnish, In money and labor, Q
part of the means necessary for the
erection of the much needed mill
After deciding this In the affirmative
the dispute then srises as to which
kind of q power Is best suited fJl
their locality; apd there arr
always a score of Cd f,gies ready to
theorize on the subjtct, and withou'
any experience whatever they urge
their arguments and figures agains,
the figures of experienced mill men
with as much tenecity as though i
was q part of their actual knowledge
and by reason Of this difference o.
opinion the object of it all ia defeated
While as q matter of fact either kind
for oil practical purposes, would b.
good enough, and for better than nom
at all.
propose to state tho facts regard
ing this question, only as gathered
from an old mill man. MIR. Thoma
George, of Corning, Iowa, who ha'
had long experience in both kinds Of
mills, not only where water was scare,
but where /. was plenty, and the
power good. In the frat place h,
says that tn by water power 80,
must build your mill not where 20,
please, but where the power is, and ii
this case you are often at great ex
pense ia getting grain to the mill ans
the -four away from 1t.
2. Any water power is useless il
times of high water, breaking away {
dams, releveling wheel, repairing
fumes and other accidents. In suct
times as those named the water powe
mill has to lay atill a great length O
time and at great expense, wherea
with steam power the mill can be 10
catsd at a place best suited and near
est to depcts and elevators, and thu
the great expense Of handling of grail
and -four be avoided.
Tnen with steam power the only
trouble is in the natural wear and tea
of machinery, which is common t.
both kinds of mills; and that at an.
time he a make steam from COLI
water sutfi Client to run with in hftee,
minutes. That his experience ha
proven, that in the eest, where waite
power is good, that with steam he col
manufacture -four at at least 20 cent
per barrel less than with water; ant
in the west, where water powers ar
very unsafe, that a greater saving cal
be had with steam.
1t seems to me hat this subject
worthy of Investigation. and the ex
perience of mill men, if it is good 70
anything, should be given to tn