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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-15
Brief Mention.

The residence of John Schlehnber, at Pekin,
was entered by burglars on Saturday night,
who found and escaped with $l3 in money and a
silver watch.
Victor W. Clough. of Geneseo, made one hun
dred miles on roller skates in five minutes less
than ten hours. When he left the track the
muscles of his legs were swollen and numb
All is excitement and animation around KEN
pas near Streator. They claim to have struck
coal at depth of 248 feet, the vein measuring
ten feet of very superior COAL with 100 feet of
stone roof.
was sentenced by Judge Upton at Waukegan, on
Saturday, to be hanged May %. Chris Rubbing,
for killing Albert Lucia, was sentenced at Ster
ling, to be executed May 16.
The water-works company, of Danville, have
accepted the ordinance releasing them from put
ting in filters, and instead to construct reser
voir with a capacity of 1000, 900 gallons to be
completed in six months from the date of said
ordinance
Mayor Deaderick, of Quincy, vetoed the ordi-
nance of the council of that city making a uni
form license fee of $780, for the very novel
reason, among others, that it would be an injus
tice to the laboring man. The council passed
the ordinance over his veto.
A large congregation at Virginia, on Sunday,
listened to the farewell sermon of Rev. ]. p.
Dawson, who, at his own request, was released
from the pastprate of the Presbyterian Church,
at that place, to accept a call at Dauville, KY,
for which place he and his family will leave at
once.
Coles county in which the Fleetwood double
murder took place, although the scene of many
tragedies has had but one man hanged within
its borders, and that was by mob twenty years
ago, Doph Monroe, of Charleston, being the
victim He had murdered his father-in-law in
cold blood.
Governor Hamilton, on Saturday appointed
C. G. Trusdell, of Chicago, a member of the
tat Of( Mari xyiaa Rnhi
son, of Sycamore, whose term has expired;
Der of the board of trustees of the Jacksonville
State Insane ASYLUM, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. D. r. Baou
Chester Bowman, farmer two miles northeast
of Tolono, was boring for water and struck gas.
He tubed it, and is now doing his cooking and
heating with it. Captain Joseph Davidson,
another farmer at Tolona, struck stream of gas
at eighty-fye feet. He thought he would I'M
prove it, and went down foot further, when a
stream of pure soft water took its place Henry
Smith drilled a well in Tolona, and struck gas
125 feet from the surface. Mr.. Smith is lighting
his house and doing his cooking with gas
On Saturday night, about o'clock, two men
assaulted the Rev. Dr. j. A. Reynolds, of Rock
Island at Monmouth. knocked him down with
pair of knuckles and robbed him of his watch
and chain and about $22 in money. He arrived
at Monmouth on Saturday, with the remains of
the Rev. DR.. S. B. Read, Il United Presbyterian
minister and was to have ohiciated at his
funeral on Sunday. There is no elew as yet to
the robbers. Physicians say they fear Mr.. Rey
nolds will lose the sight of one of his eyes.
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Sharon.
San Francisco Chronicle
Next H. G. Smith. clerk of the cemetery was
called to prove the burial of DIN, under whose
grave the socks and shirt were buried Olins
grave had never been disturbed, to the best of
the WITNESSES knowledge, from the the time of
the burial to the resurrection of Sharons relics
he was present on that occasion. Cross-eXam-
ined, Mr.. Smith declared. unreservedly, that
Sharon was not present at the elimination. He
had come In his carriage, but drove off before
his socks were recovered. The package was wet
when taken out, but no water was dripping from
it, although there was water in the grave. 1t
was done up in package in the cemetery Office
The original package was pinned up. 1t was
undone at the grave and then wrapped up again
The contents were a sock, a collar and piece
of a shirt-tail. The witness declared it to be
impossible that grave could be opened surrep-
titiously without DETECTION.
DR.. j. l.. Meares testified that he had directed
the opening of the grave Sharon was not pres
emit but Mr.. Barnes was in the cemetery. The
witness saw the package taken out of the grave
The grave was filled with dirty, black water,
which was baled out; two boards were removed
and then the package dug out with shovel.
The package was dirty and wet Its contents
were as described. The package was again pro-
duced in court
They don't smell as bad now" said DR..
Meares.
'.Well, L suppose you ought to know; / have
not been anxious to find OUT retorted Mr..
Tyler.
81 guess you have smelled worse things than
that, pleasantly, but meaningly, Dr. Meares
answered
The bundle was then unfolded. Mr.. Tyler
made careful examination of the relics, using
the clerks shears to pick them up. He held leach
article up in this manner in full view of the
court, each time addressing the question to DR..
Meares, 'Was this in the PACKAGE" DR.. Meares
identified them all, and then Mr. Tyler directed
him to take precious care of the goods Nam
my Pleasance, also took a look at the stuff, and,
being less dainty, probed them with her long,
brown fingers
''If that there is all, that isn't much, she ven
tured to remark. Them is common socks for a
senator to wear"
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INDIANA POLITICS.

Hon. j. y. Huston Nominated for Joint Sem
ator from Rush. Fayette and Union.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
CoNNERsvILLE, April l4.-The Republican
convention for the purpose of nominating can
didate for the senatorial district composed of the
counties of Rush Fayette and Union, met at
Connersville. Col. E. Ii. Wolfe, of Rush county,
was made president, and the Republican editors
of the three counties made secretaries. Hon. j.
n Huston, of Fayette being the only candi-
date, was declared the nominee by reclamation
Mr.. Huston accepted the nomination in an ad-
mirable speech, which elected rounds of ap-
plause. Short speeches were made by Colonel
Wolfe, ex-senator Spann, Capt. L. D. Cole, c.
W. Stivers and others A resolution indorsing
The course of Hon. j. j. Spann in the State Sen
ate was adopted.
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A Knitted Rug.
Country Gentleman.

country Gentieman
Procure piece of bed-ticking of the size you
desire the rug to be, with quantity of German
town yarn of agreeably harmonizing or contrast
ing colors, and a pair of coarse steel knitting
needles. Cast on stitches enough for a strip
from one and three-fourths to two inches wide.
a garter till you have strip. the
length Of the ticking Knit as many Of the
strips as there are stripes in the piece of tick
ing unless the ticking has very narrow stripes,
in which case knit strip for every other stripe.
1t gives good effect to begin the strips with
black, knitting fingers length, or more ae
cordng to size of rug, joining green and knitting
a little less distance, joining red and knitting
little less distance than of green, then other
colors at pleasure a little of this and little of
that, to form the middle of the stripe; then the
last end of the strip the same as the first
When all the strips have been knitted in this
way, fold one in the center, fold also the tick.
ing at the first stripe and sew with linen thread
the two together, Sewing the two edges, not
the center of the strip, to the cloth in an over
and-over seam Fold another of the knitted
strips and the ticking at the second stripe, and
sew the two together as before Continue in
this way till all the strips have been sewed to
the cloth. Line with piece of light carpet or
heavy CLOTH and finish the two ends with not
too deep fringe of the yarn. Now, with q sharp
pair of shears cut through the center of each
knitted strip, and pull and ravel the knitting
out till the top is a soft, fluffy mass, thickly
covering and entirely eoncealing the ticking
underneath The result will be very pleasing,
if the entire work has been carefully and accu-
rately done.
If the rug is required for a common living or
dining reom a cheaper grade of yarn than Ger
mantown may be made to serve. In households
where there are a good many east-off stockings
and socks the best of these may be raveled and
used though this renders the task somewhat
more tedious since the once knitted yarn is more
tender and likely to break
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In regard to size, plant as large trees as you
can afford to- remembering that small tree
carefully handled, well planted and cared for,
will give much better result than large one
with any one of these details left out. The
relative cost of large and small trees, includ-
ing handling planting and preparation of soil,
is about 1G0 per cent for each inch in dialnater
j. e.. If one-inch trees cost 80 cents, two-inch
trees would cost 81, three-inch 81, four-inch 49,
as the larger the tree, the greater is the cost
of handling and preparation of the ground.
A rich loan with slight admiXture of clay
and gravel will be found the best for nearly all
trees. If you have sand and gravel it should be
removed and the loan and clay substituted at
least one cubic yard for each tree. If heavy
clay, add onehalf Of sand and black dirt; if
peat or muck add one-half of clay and sand; for
deciduous trees dig with plenty of roots cut
away all that are bruised or broken, cutting
smoothly from the under side upward and out
ward: dip the roots in puddle of mortar made
with clay and water a little thicker than ordi-
nary whitewash; protect from wind and sun and
keep damp; if for any reason the clay becomes
dry and hard, soak in water for an hour or two
before planting; cut away all or nearly all of the
top wax all large cuts as soon as made. Never
use anything but sharp tools and make clean,
smooth cuts; have your holes dug much deeper
and wider than is necessary to hold the roots,
filling up with the loose soil until the tree will
stand only few inches deeper than in the nur-
sery, then, with the fingers work the dirt firmly
around the roots, being especially careful to
have the dirt press firmly against the under side
of the roots; the fine roots should be separated
and spread out, if possible, so they will not
touch each other. AS soon as the roots are all
covered commence stamping down firmly and
working in soil until the hole is full, leaving it
loose on the immediate surface If very dry and
windy use water around the roots sufficient to
make the earth pack firmly; with moist soil or
rainy weather water will be unnecessary.
Mulch freely with saw-dust, shavings, litter,
or anything that will retain the moisture. This
should not be packed up around the trunk of
twenty inches back from the tree, the quantity
depending very much on the material used and
the nature of the soil. If planted on the street,
protect in some way so that horses and boys
cannot peel the bark off. Examine the soil
around your tree occasionally, and if it gets dry
use water not sparingly but in abundance, then
don't water again until needed.
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Serious Fire at Pittsburg.

PITTsBuRG, April 4-Shortly after midnight
fire hrsalsa ont in Schutes s. Co. c box factory on
South Eighteenth street Frame houses sur
rounded the factory, and the fire spread rapidly,
a high wind aiding its progress. Three districts
of the fire department are at work, and fourth
has been called out.
, A M.-The fire is now believed to be under
control but is still burning iercely. Schultes'
box factory and planning mill, together with
the Offices, stables and lumber piles
and j. Richards two-story brick dwelling and
shoe store. are in ruins. The loss will reach
$4,000 The fire was first discovered in the
boier-room of the planning mill, and it is believed
to have caught from spark.
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alsike, you can plant rows of nectar-b bearing
trees along your farm, which, beside furnishing
food for the bees improves your farm 20 per
cent. You can plant the Linden, the Box Elder
and the Honey Locust; the latter being quite
late in towering makes it of especial value and
they all beautiful and excellent shade trees.
For a strictly bee pasturage we think melilot
very. good, as it flowers from June to August
and is rich in the quality and quantity of honey.
All of the things mentioned are necessary to
make a good bee pasture and we think that
when every beekeeper sees this matter in its
proper light, realizing how easily it can be &C
complished and the rich returns it will net him,
that bee pastures will become as common pro-
portionately as cattle and hog pastures.
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The rapid development of the country, the oc.
cupyng of open lands the turning under of the
native sod has so decreased the amount of acre
age over which the bees of our early settlers used
to roam, that it is not uncommon TO hear men
mark that bees are failure; that they can not
provide honey enough during the season to keep
them through the winter The reason appears
very obvious to most thinking apiarians, and
their bees generally come through the winter all
right. If you take away during the summer
the store the bees put up for winter and neglect
to provide late nectar bearing plants, you may
rest assured you will have to feed your bees or
they will starve. There is but one way to pre-
vent this, and that is to have bee pasturage
This may be made in many ways You may
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Charles Bell Takes His Own Life, While
Mr.. Amos Loses His by Accident.
An Unsatisfactory Verdict in an Illinois
Murder Casa Woman Fatally Burned
by RESPONSIBILITIES and GleaningS.
INDIANA.

A Successful Suicide-A Man Falls from
Hay-Mow and Is Instantly Killed.
Special to the 1ndianapo Journal.
RUsHvILLE April H-Charles Bell, the man
who shot himself with suicidal intent, Thursday
morning last, died on Sunday at 8 A. NJ. His
sixteen-year- old wife gave birth to al bouncing
boy on the previous evening-Saturday.
This morning Lyford K. Amos, residing near
New Salem, fell out of his hay-mow, and, light
ing on his head was instantly killed. He was
subject to epileptic fits, and it is supposed he
was stricken with one while descending from the
now He was about thirty years of age. grand
son of Joseph Amos, of the Oldest and
wealthiest farmers of Rush county, and was
universally respected and esteemed.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The schedules in the assignment of e. W.
Coleman & Co, of New York, show liabilities of
$41l, 900; actual assets, $ll,0O
At meeting yesterday of the New York
Presbytery, it was stated that wealthy woman
had presented the preshytery with 500, 900 for
needy churches,
Robert Stather, late of the Dominion Finance
Department, of Halifax, has been sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary for fraudulent en-
tries in his books.
The St Lawrence is rising at Montreal, and
along the bank just below the Victoria bridge
the water is up to the doors Of dwellings. The
people are using boats
John Mundell & Co. of Philadelphia, shoe
manufacturers have discharged all their hands,
$50 in number in consequence of refusal to ac-
cept reduction of wages.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned yesterday
morning till next January. A resolution was
adopted appointing committee to investigate
the election frauds at Cincinnati
AT St. Johns, N F.. on Sunday night while
the congregation Of an Episcopal Church were
coming out, they were furiously pelted with
stones and other missiles. The ARRAY causes
much excitement.
A floating paragraph about the sale of relics
from the scaffold on which Osawatomie Brown
was hanged calls out statement that the orig
inal structure was demolished and carried off
piecemeal by General Patterson's command in
the latter part of July, 1861
The Buffalo, N. y, historical Society appeals
for subscriptions for the burial of Red Jackets
bones in Forest Lawn cemetery. 1t is also pro
posed to erect monument to Indians friendly
to the cause of America and our allies in the
second great struggle for national existence.
On Sunday morning Humphrey Bunch and
Jesse Glover, farmers residing near Carrollton,
Mo- qual'reled because Bunch, who was an uncle
of Glover, refused to allow the atter's cattle to
feed on his pasture. Glover went away, but re-
turned shortly and shot the top of his uncle's
head off. The murderer fled, but is holly pur-
sued
Berry Johnson colored, of Shreveport, La.
choked his wife to death yesterday He filled
her mouth full of snuff and called in the neigh
bors, telling them she strangled to death from
going to sleep with snuff in hermouth johnson
is in Jail There is bitter feeling among the
colored people against him.. 1t is stated he muir
dered woman some time ago in Red River par
sh.
James Maher and his little child, Maggie, were
instantly killed, on Sunday night, by being run
down by suburban train on the Illinois Cen
trail at the Ninety -frst-street crossing, Chicago.
They were crossing the tracks at the time of the
accident Mrs. Maher being in advance of them.
She turned to await their approach on the
passing of the train, and failing to see them,
retraced her steps and fell over their mangled
remains.
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Sensational Murder at Wharton, Texas.

GALVESTON, April 14.-The News Wharton
special says; Yesterday c. S. Bythewood, an
esteemed young citizen, was shot and killed by
men met in a saloon. Madison invited a
renewal Of former difficulty by looking directly
at Bythewood, remarking II can whip any man
in Wharton county, Bythewood arose and asked
if he referred to him. Mattison opened fire with
a revolver, shooting him five times, twice
through the heart. Bythewood managed to fire
twice, Intellectually, before he dropped. Matti-
son ran to the railroad bridge across the Colo
RADIO river, about half mile distant, and es
capped, while his wife stood on the bridge with
drawn revolver holding the authorities at bay
shooting twice at the sheriff.
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Minor Notes.

Wheat along the Wabash is, generally speak
ing looking splendidly
-Four ice-houses belonging to the Eugene Ice
Company, and located near Sullivan, burned,
yesterday, involving loss of $40, 600.
Rev E. A. Bradley, of indianapolis. will lee
ture at Christ Church, Madison, on next Thurs
day evening; subject, Opium is Deadly
Drug"
John Stergwaldt committed suicide at his resi-
dence, at Aurora, on Sunday by hanging him
self with window shade cord tied to bedpost.
No cause is known for the act.
The work of leveeing against high water to
protect the bottom lands along the Wabash
river from Armiesburg south nine miles is pro-
crossing rapidly and will be completed by
June l.
Florence Rue, three-year-old daughter of
Catherine Rue, fell into cistern at Fort Wayne,
on Sunday and was drowned before her parents
knew where she was. She was feeding her kit
ten and the cistern cover turned over.
Monroe Milford, prominent attorney and ex7
mayor of Attica has had another stroke of
paralysis, and his death is a matter of but few
days at most He was a prominent candidate
for Congress. . Ninth dist-iet.
George Geflu .,lsLogansport, brakeman ON
the main line of the Wabash, ST. Louis & Pa
cifc railroad was caught by two cars at Peru,
Saturday night, while coupling them, and was
crushed. He was removed to his boarding
house, where he died on Sunday morning He
was twenty-one years of age.
Mr. /. Davis. who kept dry goods store in
Jacksonville twenty-five years ago corner of
Spring and Chestnut streets, and who has been
absent twenty years, arrived at that city last
night. Sour mash has made him total wreck,
and his friends that knew him in his earlier
days when he was wealthy know him no more.
The sanitary convention under the auspices of
the State and local boards of health will meet at
Anderson on the oath inst. The objects are to
convene persons who are interested in hygenic
reform and sanitary science, to allow them an
opportunity to compare their views and awaken
a new interest in these matters so vital to the
lives, health and prosperity of the people of the
State.
DR.. A. Z. Steele died at Waveland on Sunday
morning He had been riding day and night recent
ly attending to his practice, and on Saturday
morning between Sand o'clock he took dose
of opium for the purpose of preventing collie, of
which he was great sufferer. He ate his din
ner and shortly afterward went to sleep. At
o'clock his daughter attempted to waken him and
unable to do so. His death is attributed to
opium poisoning, an overdose having been taken
by mistake.