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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27

The object of this is TO rid the ground
thoroughly of weeds and grass before devot.
ing it to onions. The fall previous to sowing
the onion seed the ground should be deeply
plowed and left in the rough, unharrowe0
state for the frost to penetrate, Early in the
spring it should be either crossed-plowed, OF
passed over well with cultivator, following
with the harrow till not clod can be seen,
the object being to have the soil in the finest
possible condition. Sow the seed at the rate
OF four pounds to the acre and use none but
the very best, and do not use cheap OF
worthless seed under any circumstances
Sow in rows covering with half an
inch of earth, and watch carefully that not
blade of grass gets the start of the onions. In
fact so careful are good growers in this re-
spect that the first working of the onion
crop is done by hand, the operators being on
their knees. If the crop is large the hoe will
most probably come into use as soon as the
hand working is over, and this mode of cul-
tivation (hoing) must be continued until the
crop is we'll and safely under good Roadway;
but the ground must always be kept
clean and well worked Sets also require
good, thorough cultivation in order to pro-
duce well.
Onions can be grown on the same location
consecutively for many years, but only by
the use OF plenty of good, well-rotted, fine
manure; and the yield varies from 300 to 800
hand, and after they have been allowed to
sweat and dry i'll windows the onions are
stored in a dry location under shelter and in
such manner as to admit of circulation of
air among them. II they become frozen do
not disturb them when in that state, but
wait until they gradually thaw The young
plants are very hardy and endure the frosts
we'll. 1t requires quite severe degree of
cold to injure them. They are profitable
crop, but expensive to grow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
COMMENTS OF MRS COUGAR.
From Our Herald of Saturday.
Death of Major a. L. Robinson.
IL L..


EVANSVILLE, Feb. 26.-Major A. L. Robin
son, the senior member of the bar of this
city, and for more than thirty years a man
of prominence in Indiana, died at his resi-
dence here this morning, aged seventy-five
years.
Major Robinson came of stanch Puritan
stock, and traced his ancestry back to the
Mayiiower on both sides. A native of Yer
mont he came West when young man, and
has made his mark, He served with credit
in the Mexican war; was Cass elector in
1S4s, the abolition candidate for Governor in
1852, and was appointed surveyor OF
this port by President Lincoln in 1861.
In 1866 he was appointed judge of the Com
mon Pleas Court, and in 1872 was elected
judge OF the Criminal Court of this county.
At the time of his death he was representa-
tive in the City Council of the First ward.
Major Robinson was an active supporter of
all anti-slavery measures, and before the war
was accredited with being the agent at this
place for the underground railway that led
to Canada. Certain it is that at a great loss
of friends here and at personal risk, he made
himself one of the most active and sympa-
thetie friends of the slave on the border
The Circuit Court to-day, and the City Coun-
Gil tonight, adjourned out of respect to his
memory The funeral will take place on
Wednesday afternoon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Unexpected Visits.


There are vain mortals who believe that in
spending a few days at friends house the
charm of the visit is much increased to the
friend if no previous notice of the pleasure
has been given. But how well-bred per-
son can willingly run the risk of inconven-
fencing other persons passes the comprehen-
sion Of this writer Every housekeeper, if
she is frank, will admit that she much pre-
fers sufficient warning of a visitors coming
if for no other reason than to have the guest
chamber swept and garnished, and some lit
tie preparation made for the table Even if
the intimacy be of the closest kind one may
be a little put about by an unexpected guest.
Possibly ones accommodations may be linn
tied, and the one spare room already appro-
prated when the new visitor comes, thus
creating o general feeling OF discomfort
which ought to fall most heavily on the one
whose unlooked-for advent has caused tbs
awkward complication. However, the same
popularity of disposition which makes GER
tain persons enjoy giving these susprises gem
orally prevents their feeling any annoyance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Sorghum at the West.

Correspondence Country Gentleman.
The importance of this plant to the West
is just beginning to be realized. As fodder
plant it is hardly excelled, when cut in the
right stage and properly cared for. Stock of
all kinds relish and will thrive upon it. The
seed can be utilized for stock feed, and a
good cane field will turn out from twenty to
thirty bushels per acre, which is worth
more Of itself than the cost of sow
ing and cultivating. Mixed with
other grain it is a frst-class feed for
poultry. 1t need not be threshed off the
heads for this purpose, but tied in small
punches and hung up in their reach. They
will eat it clean, and at the same time give
themselves needed exercise in picking it off.
As change for horses or hogs, it serves the
purpose admirably. So that for feed alone,
either as a fodder plant or for seed, it is
worth cultivating. Especially is this the
case where there is the risk of a drought be-
ing far better to Withstand heat and drought
than corn. Maturing III less time, it can be
utilized as feed when there is partial failure
of the corn CROP and in this respect deserves
more attention than it has received in the
past.
The majority of Western farmers have
failed TO give it the attention necessary to
secure the best results. In many cases it has
not even been allowed q fair trial and then
|, because it failed to come up to the expecta-
lions of the farmers has been censured To
! until the ground is warm, being rasner a
tropical plant If sown when the ground is
wet and cold, the growth gets stunted, and
the crop is a partial failure in consequence
The same preparation as to raise good corn
crop is necessary. The ground should be
well plowed, and put in as fine a condition
as possible. The better this is done, the
easier will be the after cultivation, and the
more satisfactory the return
1t should be planted in drills from three to
four feet apart. The seed must be covered
very lightly, and should be sowed rather
thickly After it is well up it will pay to go
over and thin out, leaving the stalks not
over twelve miles apart. When young it is
necessary to cultivate often. Give it good
strong start to grow at first and it will soon
take care of itself. Unless the ground is
unusually clead hand hoeing will be found
necessary, as it is impossible to cultivate as
closely as it should be when the plants are
young and tender. After the plants get
three feet high good blowing, stirring the
soil and getting as clean as possible, will do
to lay it by. We always try, il possible, to
hoe twice and pillow twice, and this if done
in good workmanlike manner is all that
is necessary. After the plants are large
enough to well shade the ground, no farther
cultivation is necessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
An Old Mans Suicide.
aDOlis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAPoRTE Feb. pa. II. Rice, harness
maker of this city, and an old and respected
citizen, committed suicide about o'clock
this morning by hanging himself in his shop.
He was seventy-slx years old and was mar
ried last April to Mrs. Fildes, aged thirty
six years. who had one son who lived with
the couple, and it is said a fear that he
would not be able to support them so oper-
ated on his mind as to cause the rash act
He had made a fire in his shop and begun
the days work, but on being called to break
fast by his step-son, was found hanging by
the neck dead, having used clothes line,
his feet resting on the floor. lie has three
children by former marriage living one
here and two in Elkhart. A son, also a
harness maker, hung himself in the same
shop some years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
rnE nELGIAN ANARoa1srs.
Documents Seized Which Will Lead to I'll
Arrest of Louise Michel

Documents Seized Which Will Lead to the
Arrest of Louise Michel.
BRusEILs, Feb. 26-The house of an
Anarchist here who entertained Louise
Michel when she was in Brussels recently,
was searched by the police, who seized three
trunks. A majority of the documents con-
tanned therein written in Russian and Ital-
ian, refer to an international plot.
1t is rumored that disclosures were made
in connection with the dynamite explosion
at Ganshorten, and that the seizure of these
papers will lead to the arrest of Louise
Michel and several of her colleagues The
man who was not wounded by the explosion
(Cyvoet) is weaver from Lyons. 1t is said
that the French government has demanded
his extradition.
The explosion of dynamite mentioned oc-
Cured in the village of Ganshorten. 1t is
asserted that one of the two men who were
wounded named Messenger, has since died.
The prisoners belonged TO a committee OF
Anarchists They were experimenting with
a new kind of frework when the explosion
accidentally occurred The police have
seized numerous documents which are said
to reveal the existence OF a plot affecting
Belgium and several other European states
Cipher kilograms were sent yesterday to
Vienna, Paris, Berlin and st. Petersburg
Several arrests are expected to be made in
Brussels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
HOW DID HE KNOW?
A Strange Story from Marshall JewelIs
Death Chamber.

Death Chamber.
Hartford Conn. ) Times. Feb. %.
On Friday morning before his death, Mr.
Jewell awoke from a sound sleep aud in
quired what was the matter at the residence
of the Hon. William E. Dodge, (his daugh-
ter's father-in-law, the famous New York
merchant. Mr.. JEWELS family had just re-
ceived a telegram announcing the sudden and
unlooked-for death of Mr.. Dodge but it was
any such thing had happened, and he was
therefore told that all was we'll in Mr. Dodge's
family. He said no, that it could not posi-
bly, be; something serious had happened; the
family were in great trouble, if not actually
in affection; he knew it, in a way which, if
not applicable, was, nevertheless, as clear
and certain as if he saw it. Insisting upon
this, and refusing to accept his family's de-
mails, he at length induced them to telegraph
to New York to see what was the matter
But Mrs. Jewell so worded the telegram as to
instruct those who received it to answer that
everything was all right. When the answer
came they told it to Mr.. Jewell, who refused
to believe it, and at last asked them to
let him see the message itself This request
being granted, and having the ocular proof
before his eyes in the shape OF an unmistak-
able Western Union telegraph message, he
obviously remarked: "Well, it does seem to
be SO; but it is very strange; | know there is
something the matter-that something Sc
rious has happened in Mr.. Dodge's house in
New York" And that impression he re-
tanned until so soon afterward, he too, ended
his earthly life. He survived MIR. Dodge only
about thirty eight hours. His feeling that
something serious had happened" was APP
parently as clear and strong as it would have
been had he personally witnessed the death
Of his relative.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
A Pathetic and Remarkable Incident.

Chicago Letter in Courier-Journa
most pathetic and remarkable incident
in connection with the death this week in
Quincy, of Samuel ]. Medil, late managing
editor of the Chicago Tribune has been re-
lated to your correspondent by his brother
in-law, Mr. James d. Carson proprietor OF
Haverly's Theater mere, and at present gen
eral manager of the Union Depot Company
at Kansas City. Mr.. Medill had owned a
pet dog, OF which he was extremely fond,
but the care of which had been so great a
burden to him in his condition of health that
ne had given it TO friend near Quincy. The
animal had seemed at times restless, but
ordinarily we'll contented in his new home.
Of late it had apparently been especially well
1omiciled and happy. Early in the morning
of the day OF Mr.. MedilPs death, the dog
suddenly disappeared from its home. At
about o'clock the dog appeared at the resi-
dence of Mr.. John B. Carson, where Mr..
Medill was already dying. 1t howled pite-
ously about the place until admitted and
instantly, with some unexplainable and mar
velous instinct. dashed to Mr. Medills room
bounded upon the bed, and covered its dying
master with its loyal caresses. 1t is stated
that Mr.. Medill, although already almost
constadtly unconscious gave recognition of
She occurrence, and seemed to realize its sur
prising pressiveness
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
A Mosaic Portrait of Garfield.
London Times.

LONDON Times.
remarkable portrait of the late Ameri-
can President has just been executed by
Messrs. Salviati and Burke of Regent street,
the well-known artists in mosaic and Vene-
tan glass The portrait, which is an unde-
niably good likeness, is oval in form, with
dimensions of about three feet by TWO and
one-haf feet. 1t contains, in all. about 8 600
tessere, the largest of which are perhaps half
an inch square, while the smallest. which
have been used for the treatment of the hair
and beard cannot be more than one-tenth of
an inch in diameter. 1t should be mentioned
that in all mosaic work the size OF the tessere
is determined by the distailce at which the
picture is intended to be seen. In
the vast spaces of ST. Marks, this portrait
of General Garfield would be wholly lost and
ineffective; in the smaller compass of mod
ern chamber mosaic from st. Marks would
seem coarse and unrefned in color and tex
ture. Visitors to Westminster bbey will
notice that in the mosaic-also by Messrs
Salviati-over the altar, which, though seen
from distance, is approached and approacha-
BILE, this technical canon has resulted in the
use of medium-sized tesserae. In the com
paratiyely far-off nosaics of st. Paul's much
larger individual pieces of color have been
employed. The portrait of General Garfield
is a gift to the American nation, and will be
placed in the capitol at Washington. side bv
side with the mosaic likeness OF President
Lincoln, which was presented by Messrs Sal
Wait some years ago. The gift has been
officially accepted by the American govern
ment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
An Incredible Story of Garfield.

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
A pamphlet has recently been issued under
the authority of the Catholic Church in Chi.
cago, in which the following statement is
made: 1T is not too much to say that if
President Garfield had lived Father Hodnett
would be power with his administration.
This was generally believed by all the public
men Of illinois, When General Garfield
asked Mr.. Blaine if he was prayed
for by the Catholics Yes, said
he universally Then I will show
them tangible recognition if l ever get
out of this bed and we'll enough to do So
We think he would have joined the Catholic
church if spared. He would then be the first
Catholic President of the United States But
apart from this, we have it on reliable au-
thority that he intended, if he lived, to ask
Father Hodnett to name a representative
Catholic for his cabinet This would have
been only simple justice to the millions Of
Catholics in America. The kilograms from
the dying Presidents bedside to Father Hold
nett will show how much he thought OF him
even in the last agony and throes of death"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Brief Mention.

George F. BeauehamP, prominent druggist of
kankakee, died on Sunday.
William Young, a notion dealer at Milan, has
failed, with liabilities of 500 900.
John Fritz, OF Kankalee, took dose OF poison
on Friday night. from the effects of which he
died on Saturday.
Mrs. T. j. Drake, wife of the postmaster ut
Warrensburg, was imprisoned at Decatur, on
saturday night, being charged with defraudng
Peoria parties ont of So, 500.
The First National Bank of Kewanee has in
creased its capital 10 100000, and the added
S2o,0O0 has been quickly sold. This is the bank
which was robbed some time ago.
Rev. DR.. A. j. Baird. of Nashville is assisting
Rev. j. M. Hubert, pastor of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, at Lincoln, in IA series of
most interesting revival meetings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Miss Anthony'4 Trip to Europe.

Philadelphia Record.
This is Miss Anthony's first visit to Europe
although she is sixiy-three years old. She
expects to be met at Liverpool by a delega-
ton from the British National Woman's
Rights Society. She will proceed to Italy
after making short visits in London and
Paris, but will return to the former city in
May to attend the annual meeting of the
society, where she will speak upon the pro-
gress of the cause in America. Miss Anthony
expects to meet Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
while abroad, and will return with her in
September to write the third volume of THE
History of Woman Suffrage" She expects
to deliver several addresses in English cities,
and will combine work and pleasure on her
trip. In conversation on the steamer before
sailing Miss Anthony said, in speaking of
the election of women as school directors:
81 was delighted; though of course, I should
have been better pleased if all had been sue
cessful. Nature didn't make any mistake
when she made woman mother, and woman
alone is fit to be the teacher Of the child"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Suicide at sheibyviIle.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SHELBYvILLE, Feb. 26.-Harry Haehl, a
young man nineteen years old, ended his
life to-day about II o'clock by shooting him
self through the temple. The young man
had been in the employ of Mr.. Gardner, and
the terrible tragedy was committed in the
back part of the latter's shop.
But few minutes before this Haehl went
into the saloon OF Lou. Harvey, took four
drinks, bought a cigar, and after smoking
some two minutes in the saloon, walked out
the back door around into the rear of Gard
ner's shop and shot himself Various causes
are assigned for the rash act.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Death of Major A. L. Robinson, an Old and
WelI-Known Citizen and Lawyer
of Evansville.
The Ineffective System of Mine In
spection Prevailing in Illinois.
Annual Report of Illinois Industrial Uni
yersity-Mnor Notes of News and
Gossip in Two States.
INDIANA.
Continuation of the Cross Examination of
Mrs. Sherry in the Lafayette Slander

Continuation of the Characterization OF
Mrs. Sherry in the Lafayette SANDER
Case.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Feb. ga delayed Wabash
train prevented the arrival OF Judge Gould
from Delphi until $3.50 this afternoon and
the Gougar-M andler Islander suit was resumed
at that hour. In the cross examination of
Mrs. Sherry relative to the day when Mrs.
Cougar is said to have read the hot-box story,
she read the article while all sat and listened.
She was asked if there was not a keg of beer
in the cellar at Sherry's on that Sunday, and
witness said she could not say that
there was not Mrs. Cougar, while
at the house there, was i'll,
but this did not come of
not fact that she once said to Sam Ewry
that Captain Wallace and her sister Mrs.
Cougar were too intimate, and the question
was ruled out. She was asked if she did not
go to Captain Wallace and ask him if he
could not afford to swear to a little lie for
her sake, and say that she read the hot-box
story instead of Mrs. Cougar, and this ques-
lion WIS Tuleu out NltueSS dChlOMlSuSCO
that she had accepted two bottles of wine
from Sam Ewry, but SAID that she was sick.
J. o. Wright, city engineer, was next put
OH the stand, and swore as to the measure
ment he made of the Cougar residence for
plaintiff This was to show that the servant
MARY Sims) could not see a man on the front
steps from the upstairs windows
COMMENTS OF MRS COUGAR.
From Our Herald of Saturday.
No human being can form the least con-
ceprion of the outrageous farce that is being
perpetrated i'll the name of Justice" in the
conduct of this trial, unless he or she be pres
ent at least one day. We wish every woman
in the State could see for herself just once,
and that every father, brother husband and
son who honors the name OF woman could
witness what an attorney at our bar oharac-
terized on Wednesday evening, at the close
of the days proceedings, "as the most shame
full conduct that he had ever seen allowed at
a trial" Day by day We endure, and shall
unto the end, when we shall speak without
fear or favor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-27
Harrison's Revival Meetings.
Decatur Special.

Uocatur Special.
Mr.. Harrison, the phenomenal boy preoch-
err, held jubilee meeting on Sunday over
the l, 300 conversions in 100 days. The. re-
vival will be continued until April l. He
informed your correspondent yesterday that
he had decided not to go either to Chicago or
st. Louis from Decatur, but would go straight
to his home at Boston to rest for two
months before coming West in June to con-
duct the camp-meeting ut Jacksonville and
be present at the session of the Illinois Meth
odist conference at Danville.