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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17
An Arkansas Tragedy.

Hot SPRINGS Ark, March 13-A terrible trag-
edy was enacted here this morning. George d.
Williams, clerk OF the Sumpter Hotel, shot and
killed Mrs. Norris, guest of the house. and at
tempted to kill himself. 1t is alleged that an I'M
due intimacy has for some time existed between
Williams and Mrs. Norris, who is quite young and
a very fascinating woman. Her alleged husband,
a sporting man, claims to have discovered Viii
liams last night in his wifes apartment, and the
matter became public through disturbance
which ensued. Williams is a young man, very
popular in society, and no stain upon his charae-
ter had ever before existed. He humili-
ated and crushed over the affair that he resorted
TO the rash act which ended the life of the unfor-
tunate woman and ruined his own. He used
II caliber revolver firing only two shots. one OF
which penetrated the heart of his victim, and
the other he fired into bis own head just above
the right temple, which, however, only fractured
wound. Williams is now in prison, and the sad
affair has created great excitement here.
The Gazette's Hot Springs special says: AT
noon to-day George Williams, clerk of the Stump
ter House. shot and instantly killed a handsome
young woman, known as the wife OF III. II. Norris,
a gambler, but now understood to be his mis-
tress, and tried TO kill himself. They boarded
there since last November, and an Illicit init
macy sprang up between Williams and the wo-
man, which Norris recently discovered. A few
nights ago Norris vas dissusded from shooting
stole 5000 from Norris and gave the money to
Williams for safe keeping, and they intended
using il to take them to Mexico, but were pre-
vented by Colonel Sumpter He then killei her,
intending also TO kin himself, but his wounds are
not dangerous. copy OF a telegram to rela-
tive in Little Rock, TO be forwarded after his
death, and found in his pocket, says: Your
morning. When you see the notice of this rash
deed you will naturally inquire who was the
cause of it. Enough is it that have lost all. and
Williams was a young man, very highly con-
nected and unmarried.
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oped a most extraordinary passion for put
ting polish on things. Indeed, her niece
declared that she had been discovered walk
ing in her sleep, pot and brush in hand, in
search of something TO varnish; and she
really feared that her own features would
glisten, some fine morning, with liberal
coat of the preparation.
The dining-room table was not new, either,
and that was another bargain; and the half
dozen chairs had been brought in in an IN
finished state and covered with crimson
stamped cloth. For the crimson idea was to
be carried out in the dining-room, too; and
that charming discovery of stamped cloth at
one-third the price of leather was thing to
be thankful for.
This was rather scant furnishing for the
dining-room; but the pantry held a pretty
service of French china, and breakfast and
tea-set of the finest plated ware, with a
goodly array of spoons, forks, and the nee
essaries of life generally. Aunt Melinda
had taken it upon herself to attend to the
napesy and the kitchen, and the result in
these departments was all that could be de-
sired.
All was done for the narrow hall that
could be done, and a screen, made of a
smooth pine frame, painted black, and COW
cred with the stamped crimson cloth, was
placed at the foot of the staircase. This
screen was ornamented with brass-headed
nails, and finished at the bottom with bull.
lion fringe. Rosalie called it her most ex.
travagant piece of furniture, but it was not
money thrown away, for it quite redeemed
the mean little hall from its natural ugli.
ness. A very simple wall hat-rack on one
side, and shallow stand for vines-some Of
which climbed up and twisted around ar
engraving, while others dropped gracefully
completed the hall furnishing. There was
to be sure, a hanging-lamp of simple, yet
pretty, design, and the shade of ruby-tinte6
glass made the light charming.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17
Horse and Man.

The following Happy Thoughts are pro-
dueed by Rev. j. q. Woods. IN rather a
facetious way, yet containing some good
criticisms:
The Creator has taken the greatest care to
make the whole hoof as light as possible.
Happy thought" says man. "Let US hang
a pound or so on each hoof and make the
horse waste his strength in lifting it,"
He has made the wall exceedingly strong.
Happy thought! Let us weaken il by
cutting i: away
iron. Happy thought Let US soften it by
stopping"
He bad furnished the hoof with an elastic
pad called the frog so as to prevent any
jar when the horse steps. Happy thought,
Let us cut away the pad and make the horses
weight come upon a ring of iron."
Again, tie sole of the hoof has been formed
archwIse of successive layers of exceedingly
hard horn. 1t bids defiance to hard and
sharp-edged objects.
So the sole inspires man with another hap
py thought. Let us pare it so thin that it
not only can not resist the pressure OF the
horses weight upon a stone, but that II
yields to the pressure of the human thumb. "
The coronary ring, from which the fbers
of the wall are secreted, is guarded by pent-
house of hair which causes wet to shoot of
as il does from the caves of a house. clap
ply thought Let us snip away the hair, and
let the water make its way into the coronary
ring"
So, after working his sweet will upon the
hoof, man wonders at its weakness and lays
down the stupid axiom that lone horse can
wear out four sets of legs" which is equiva
lent to saying that the Creator did not know
how to make horse.
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pen that the dog did not come in contact
dog in particular that ate "cracklingS" from
which the lard had bean rendered 1.-THE hog
having died of disease) conveyed il to the
herd of its owner.
Look out for bogus incubators. The edi-
tor and proprietor of the Farm Journal, pub
hshed at Philadelphia, sends us the follow
ing letter:
DEAR SIR-Word comes from several of our SUBJ
scribers that they have received from a concern
at Quincy, IL, worthless incubators, and they
denounce the maker in the most emphatic lam
guage as an unmitigatet fraud. They are extern
s1vely advertised in the agricultural papers. and
no doubt find many purchasers. We credit the
statements received so far that we deem it best to
notify the public through you so that caution
may be observed by those who buy incubators.
At meeting of Massachusetts, farmers,
Mr.. /. X. Fetch stated that incubators, so
far, could not be called a success, princi-
pally because of the inexperience of those
who operated them. In order to run one
successfully, person must make himself
master of the machine, and learn Just the
temperature that was necessary. With this
care, when one had become an expert, the
chickens could be Matched as well as under
the hen. But even when Matched il was but
the beginning of the work. Great care was
necessary in the further raising of the fowls
and the use of brooders was almost indispen
sable. When one had learned thoroughly
the use of the brooder, they might then at
tempt to use the incubator and expect salts
factory results.
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very handsome specimens. The pippin is a
frst.class tree to bear, and the apples second
to none for cooking, baking or cider. From
the sixth year up to the present time, we
have had from 100 to 400 bushels every year.
When the tops get large enough to shade the
trunks from the sun, the borers do not
trouble them much, especially on a north
slope. which is the best one to select. The
hot sun is very hard on young trees during
our dry August. No one need fear to set an
orchard in this region, as it seems to be the
natural home of the apple. | have no
doubt Norther Missouri could supply the
United States with apples, if as much atten-
ton was given them as the corn crop re-
ceives. Yet there are comparatively few
good orchards. for several reasons: ~ Be-
cause little or no cultivation is given the
trees. ~ Tress are not properly taken up
at the nursery; no small roots are left. (3)
Trees are set which are not acclimated. APP
pies that our fathers raised at the East will
not do well here, and Northern winter fruit
becomes fall fruit. For a commercial Or
chard, set half Ben Davis. They sold here
for twenty-five cents per bushel last winter.
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ACQUITTED of Murder.

BEDFORD, Ind, March 1S.-For a week past Will
liam welch has been on trial for his life for the
murder Of Louis Fodder, at bloomington, on the
night of January 4, 1856. Fodder, who was watch
man at the spoke factory, was found murdered
about daylight, and his watch and about sl4 in
money was missing the register showing that he
had registered the last time at O'Clock, and he
must have been murdered soon after Great ex-
citement prevailed, the murdered man was man
who had hosts of friends, be being member OF a
number of secret organizations About fifty per-
sons were brought before the Magistrate, exam
ined and discharged, among them WEIGH. Some
DAYS after this examination a disreputable scoun-
drel Matt Jones' who is now in jail for robbery,
and has served two years in the penltentisry;
claimed that he had got WEIGH drunk and he had
confessed the killing OF Fodder WEIGH was ar
rested and tried within period OF six weeks after
the murder, and, as the feeling was intense
against the murderer, whoever he might be, a
Jury convicted WEIGH and sentenced him for Lie.
His case was taken, by few friends and faithful
counsel, to the Supreme Court and reversed on a
mere technicality. change OF venue was grant
ed to this city. and after the arguments of coun-
sci and the instruction of Judge Pearson the jury
returned verdict Of not guilty in precisely TWEEN
ty minutes from the time of leaving their seats
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The Case Dismissed.

WINDSOR, H., March ga very large
crowd assembled in this town to-day to hear
the evidence in the case of William N. Price,
weeks, charged with perpetrating the out
rage upon Miss Georgia Aldridge. At p.
m. Judge thornton addressed Justice Bald
win, and stated that two resident physicians
had Just returned from making On examina-
ton of the physical condition of MISS
Georgia Aldridge, and that to bring her into
the courtroom, and present her to be SUBJ
jected to the ordeal of a severe examination,
would seriously endanger her health and
possibly her life; therefore he withdrew the
warrant upon which Price was arrested.
Attorney Il. ]. Hamlin made the same plea
for his client as on the first date set for trial
that of a wish that the evidence could be
heard and the case disposed of at once. The
Court could do nothing more than dismiss
the case. At once the friends of Price
crowded around him and congratulated him
in hearty manner, while the audience of
500 that had crowded into church of 800
seating capacity fled out disappointed a
second time. Miss Aldridge is now no bet
ter than she was the day after the commits
sion of the crime. A part of the citizens
incline TO the belief that she committed the
deed herself, but the others are Just as firm
in their belief that some one surely perpe-
trated the villainous outrage. Price friends
feel jubilant over the dismissal of the case
against him, forgetting that he is liable to
be arrested again, and that the Grand Jury
of Shelby County will surely sift the case to
the bottom at the next term of court, re-
gardless of decisions of Justices of the
Peace. The two factions are disposed TO get
angry at each oLher, and in some instances
it is difficult to prevent personal violence
between them. Two saloons also stimulate
their disposition TO fight. The outrage now
seems as much of a mystery as it was at the
start, but numerous detectives are yet dig
ging around the case, and the Circuit Court
will present new developments.
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bitches, all covered up; no open bitches
whatever in the meadows, The size and dig
ging Of the bitches is the same as for any
other but in place of buying tile we use
nothing but fiat stones of almost all sizes
and shapes by standing them up in the form
OF A. If there were any cracks left that
would let in dirt, an extra piece was placed
over them, and as the stone is placed fill in
carefully to the top of the stone. Place it
in that way until you are done thing, or fill
up full at once. havn seen miles upon
miles Of these bitches; never saw one that
did not work, and never saw one that had to
be taken up if properly put IN. am salts
he'd that they will work Just as well here as
any place, and the cost will be in procuring
these fiat stones-that depends on the loca-
ton of your farm. If / was located like
those people about Longmont would not
put in made tile if they would give them
to me. They have just what they want to
make lin my opinion) better drain for the
cost of hauling.
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The Progressive Farmer.
IConntrv Cautlaman


This man Is surrounded by nelghbors who
do not believe in improvements in farming,
and not one of them for some distance
around takes an agricultural paper. When
my friend built his new barn, they said:
What does the fool want of such a great
barn? He never will half fill it," But the
owner expressed regret to me that he did not
build it 90 per cent larger, as his crops had
already outgrown it, as the result of his I'M
derdraining, and better tillage. and better
farming generally, for which he feels largely
Indebted to your valuable paper.
listened for an hour, with interest, to
reports of successes when his ignorant neigh
bors made failures. Not ono of these neigh
bors attended the institute, which was only
two miles away. The old-fashioned straight
toothed harrow was good enough for them,
they said; they had no occasion to pay $50
Oh $40 for a new-fangled arrangement They
would work all day sowing grass seed by
hand, rather than pay S. for nice little
machine that would enable them 10 do as
much before breakfast and sow it better,e /
have only pity for such men. Why VIII
they not learn the full, broad meaning of
the law, "As a man sows, so shall he reap"
A certain rich, philanthropic gentleman,
living in Ohio, has been talking of holding
farmers institute in every township in
his county, for two days, to. try to get out
and influence for good the class that most
need it.
The county meetings only draw in, as a
rule, the few in each township that are most
interested IN improved agriculture. Those
with little interest will not take the trouble
to go far, but by little extra effort might
be got out to meeting in their own town.
ship. If such meeting could be held in
every town, and then followed up by some
organization, slch as grange or a farmers
club, and plenty of good papers were sub
scribed for, great good might thereby be &C
comm she'd.
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No Boon that Science Has Conferred

No Boon that Science Has Conferred
Has been fraught with greater blessings than that
which has accrued to the inhabitants of malarial
ridden portions of the United States and the
Tropics from the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. The experience OF many years has but too
clearly demonstrated the inefficiency of quinine
and other drugs to efectually combat the progress
OF intermittent, congestive and bilious remittent
fevers, while on the other hand, it has been no
less clearly shown that the use of the Bitters, a
medicine congenial to the fraest constitution and
derived from purely botanic sources, affords a re-
Liable safeguard against maarial disease, and ar
rest il when developed. For disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels for general debility
and renal inactivity, IL is also q most efficient
remedy. Appetite and sleep are improved by it,
n expels rheumatic humors from the blood, and
enriches circulation impoverished by mai-a1i-
wihtjOn
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Economical Drainage.
colorado Farmer.l

i see that drainage has come to be a vital
question TO many of the farmers of Colorado,
and well il may be so considered, for in
going to Longmont to the Farmers Insti.
tute, was surprised to see many of those
beautiful bottoms that had seen years ago
perfect eyesore and worthless. thank God
/ have no use for drainage, having slough
OF pure running water on the west side and
Platte river on the east. i have a natural
drainage, but if did have use for drain
age ] should most assuredly try the
only kind we had any good success
with where ! came from. Our bitches
there were what we called bind
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A Northern Missouri Orchard.
lPralrie Farmer

The site of the orchard on my home farm
is high prairie land, sloping to the north
east 1t has been in corn for a number of
years. We began preparations for the or
chard in the spring, as soon as the ground
was in condition to work, cut the stalks and
plowed and prepared the ground as for a
good corn crop. Then we went to a home
nursery near at hand. and. purchased 100
two-year-old trees, viz: ten Ben Davis, ten
Minkler, twenty-five Missouri pippin, thir-
ty geniting, ten winesap, five early June,
five willow twig, and five other kinds. The
ground between the rows we planted to
beans. 1t was ''grasshopper year." and the
devouring pests ate up the beans, digging
two or three inches to eat the roots. In
consequence of this visitation the trees made
very poor growth the first year. Next sea-
son and for the four succeeding years we
planted the orchard to potatoes, being care
full to keep down all weeds, especially dur
ing the early part of the season, and also to
keep a sharp eye on the borers, which are
the greatest orchard pest we have to contend
with in this region. We also MANFRED the
ground at least three times quite heavily,
being careful not TO pile the manure closely
about the trunks OF the trees, as nothing is
more favorable for the borers than decaying
matter about the trunks. We also put all
the leached ashes we had close up 10 the
trunk, as they are a good preventive of
borers.
We had to repIant about eight trees killed
the first year by the hoppers. The spring
of the sixth year we seeded to clover, as the
trees were so large they shaded the ground.
We had by this time learned our mistake in
setting the trees too close, Apple trees
should never be set less than two rods apart
each way, for the best results. These trees
were set twenty-five feet and the limbs inter
laced by the seventh or eighth year. The
/ fifth year we had q few apples; sixth about
forty bushels, mostly Missouri pippins, and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17

1t is curious fact that ont OF the millions
of people in Europe and America, who reg
ularly use Ponds Extract no one ever hears
it said that it is not a good medicine. On
the contrary, the people praise it constantly
and say 1t is one of the best remedies in the
world for piles. catarrh, rheumatism, neural
gia and all kinds of pam, infarmations and
hemorrhages. Avoid limitations.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-17
How to Run a Small Farm.


If the farm is at all tillable, 1 should di-
vide the sixteen acres into four sections of
four acres each but is is not necessary to
fence il, except the four acres where the
mouse and barn stand. This plat / should
divide up in the following way: Two acres
for house, small lawn, kitchen, garden, barn
yard. etc. This is rather large, l think, and
less would do if the house and barn are in the
right position, but call it two acres. Then
one acre for Observation-Disclosures raspberries,
currants and strawberries. One acre
for poultry; this acre should be
set to pear, ounce and peach
trees, and plum can be added if thought
best; this affords good shade for the fowls;
lind that the trees do much better where
the poultry run than those where they do
not. On this acre 1 would have four poultry
houses, with yards for runs of one-fourth
acre each. and should keep twenty-five in
each yard-One yard of either buff, white or
partridge COchins for sitters; one yard OF
Plymouth Rocks or Wyandotts and two of
Leghorns-the Cochins for sitters, the
Plymouth Rocks for early broilers and the
Leghorns for eggs. The remaining twelve
acres should use as follows: four acres for
clover, four acres for soiling crops and the
remaining four acres for corn and potatoes.
On so small a place wheat and oats do not
pay, as Mr.. Leonard has already shown.
The twelve acres should be rotated with
clover, II Al4lSt, lOuutI COIHi anu any
thing tn viii do for feed.
On the ace four COWS land they must be
good ones, not necessarily of long pedigrees,
but for individual merit) can be kept for the
first two or three years; after that more can
be added. The manure from the four COWS,
one horse and 100 hens will go far toward
en1iching the land. Apply the hen manure,
well saved, to the hill, as the best results are
obtained in this way; utilize every corner
with something that will either sell, make
fodder for the cows or food for the hens, and
my word for it the young man with the six
teen acres will have profitable business
enough at home with ''his little farm will
titled and his little wife well wllled," he will
| be as contented as those who roam their hun.
| dred acres over. One other thing will men
| ton, and that is this: Put N patch Of
| early potatoes. found that nearly every
| season half an acre or more of extra early pc
| tatoes are as profitable as any patch Of
| ground on the place. Study the wants Of
| your nearest village and town, and supply
the people with the choicest and earliest Of
| fruits and vegetables
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This is the best season in which to purify
the blood, and Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best
blood purifier. One hundred doses 81.
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Closed It's Doors.

BRUNSWICK Me-, March 13.-The Cabot Com
pany's cotton mill closed its doors last night oil
account of a strike, throwing 200 hands out o
EMPLOYMENT
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DR.. RAILWAYS
Sarsaparillian
RESOLVEET.
The Great Blood Purifier!
The Great Blood Purifier!

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone, ana
q clear skin. II you would have your flesh firm,
your bones sound, and your complexion fair, use
bR- RAILWAYS sARsAPAR1LLIAN RESoL-
VENT
A remedy composed Of Ingredients Of extraof-
binary medical properties essential 70 purify,
heal, repair and invigorate the broken down and
wasted body-Quick, Pleasant, Sale and Perma-
nant in its Treatment and Cure.
No matter by what name the complaint may
be designated, whether it be scrofula, consump-
ton syphilis, ulcers, Sores trmors, bols, erysip-
elas or salt rheum, diseases Of the lungs, Kidneys
bladder womb, skin, liver, stomach or bowels
either chronic or constitutional, the virus is in
the Blood. which supplies the waste and builds
and repairs these organs and wasted tissues OF the
system. If the blood is unhealthy the process 81
repair must be unsound
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Andrevs-Wheat was sown much later on
account of the many hoppers, hence did not
get a good start in the fall. Many fields look
bare, and the past ten days have been hard
on the crops. Prospects are for half a crop.
Buckeye-The condition is still favorable for
an average crop. Wheat has made very little
growth, as the ground has been frozen. Re-
ports of winter killing are no more than
usual. A small percentage of the old crop
IS on hand. Warran-Prospects hardly
promise an average crop. Some was winter
killed. little complaint is made of fly in
early sown. February and March have been
very trying.
JOHNSON COUNTY.
Edinburgh-The last ten days have been
oard on wheat, which looks dead and has
made NO growth yet Farmers are holding