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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Depth for Grass-Seed.

Country Gentleman.
Some discussion has recently taken place
on the proper depth for covering grass
seed. and a writer in a late exchange states
that he has had a free growth of timothy
from at least two inches depth of soil. and
clover-seed has come up when buried four
inches deep. This statement does not agree
with the results of the series of measured
experiments made some years ago by the
writer of this note. in q soil consisting OF
a strong. finely-pulverized loam. Grass
seed as small as that of timothy rarely
came up from q depth of an inch, and half
an inch was as great as ITS termination
could be relied Oh. One inch in depth was
sufficient for clover. and at q greater depth
1t rarely grew. These were the results of
counting mt accurate measuring. When
the covering was nearly all sand, instead OF
strong soil. the young plants would reach
tho surface from n greater depth; but for o
strong and finely pulverizsd loan the
aforementioned depths could not be ex-
ceeded.
Superficial observers. however, make the
mistake of not ascertaining what portion
OF the seed grow, and how many remain
dormant In the soil. The writer above re-
ferred to recommends the common square
harrow with large teeth for covering the
seed, on the supposition that all will grow
from four inches of soil. This opinion was
doubtless adopted from observing the small
portion of the seed near the surface and
supp0sing that it represented the whole.
Ii the heavy harrow buried them at all
depths. from the surface down to foUr
inches. ct least three-fourths would
be too far down to grow. Ii q peck
is sown to an acre, there will still be seed
enough near the surface for a fair repre-
sentation of the whole number. Ii the
heavy harrow sends them down to all
depths within tour inches. at least three
fourths will be too deep TO grow. But q
peck of clean t~imothy-seed contains no less
than ten million seeds; and over a million
growing seeds would not only give the APP
p%earance of q successful crop. but would
satisfy the superficial observer that all
were growing and none were buried too
deep. A crop of ten million plants TO the
acre would be over sixty thousand to the
square rod. and more than two hundred to
the square foot. and if q fifth part grew
there would still be more han forty plants
to the square foot. No wonder, then, that
his seed were actually growing from all the
way down 70 four inches in depth.
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Minor Notes.

Gibson county expects to export 1900 car
loads of wheat this season.
Onions are being shipped north from New
Albany ut the rate of one thousand barrels
per week.
The body of Robert Peak. drowned in the
Ohio 1T Madison, Sunday. has been recov-
cred at Hanover.
threshing engine DeaT Dana when the cart
overturned, crushing him to death.
The wheat crop In Vermillion county will
average nearly t~hiYty-tise bushels TO the
acre. being q great surprise TO the farmers.
The fifth district of Good Teinplars. in
session at r awfordsville. resolved to hold
the next convention at Linden, Oct. Z n d 8.
A fire I'm George Norman's drug store, at
Bloomington, Wednesday morning. resulted
in q loss of $1,000; fully covered with in
suranoe
George Tapp, who was bitten by n dog ar
Charlottesville, paid a sO-called maidstone
doctor &5 for applying his piece of rock to
the wound.
The Seymour Journal. a German news-
paper, has been purchased by a cor pany in
Columbus, and will be removed to the lat
ter place.
During the past year no less than seven
teen insane persons have been sent to the
asylum from Morgan county, caused mostly
BY religion.
Farmer Berk shire. OF CRAWFORD county,
lost his entire wheat crop of two hundred
bushels while threshing. Fire caught in
the sheaf-stack.
Edward Wolverine, q wealthy farmer
living five miles west of Montpelier, recent
IL drew 5000 and started to Hartford City.
Nothing has been heard of him by his
friends since.
Philip Stephens. q deaf old man of eighty
one years, was run down ana killed by q
Pennsylvania engine at Fort Wayne yes
terday. He leaves an aged widow and sew
eral children.
A party of six boat-riding on the Ohio,
opposite Jacksonville. was capsized in the
wake of a tOw-boat and narrowly escaped
drowning before q couple of rOw-boats
could reach the struggling lot.
Peter Krause and William Elmer, Of
Jeffersonville, have returned from Baton
Rouge. La. where they had a narrow es-
cape from death on the steamer Smoky
City, the Inflated boat that was wrecked
in the recent cyclone.
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ILLINOIS.

A Crazy Negro Brains Three Men with o
Club Before He II Caught.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CAIRO. July "a bloody butchery was
enacted rear the village of Olmstead. last
evening, by q crazy negro named Dan
Welch. Aiming himself with a club. and
under the impression that he was charged
with the task of killing the devil, he rushed
along the highway and struck down all he
met. His first victim was Harry Odell,
aged seventeen. whom he Drained. His
next victim was an old negro named Co.
lumbus. and the third another negro named
Ed Davis, all of whom he struck down and
then beat their heads into a Jelly. lie was
captured shortly afterward by the sheriff
and u posse and placed in Jail at Mound
CITY.
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Movements of Steamers.

LONDON, July 9.-Sighted: America. Egyp-
tian Monarch. Kaiser Wilhelm III, from
New York,
New YORK, July 9.-Arrived: Trave, from
Bremen: Rhineland, from Antwerp.
SCnLY. July a.-Passed: ~Normannia, from
New York, for Hamburg.
LIZARD, July a.-Passed: Russia, from
New York, for Hamburg.
HAMBURG. July 9.-Arrived: Gellert,
from New York.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCAsTLE, July 9-Mrs. Madge Har-
rls. daughter of Judge ID. G. Donahue. of
this city. has donated the library of her late
husband. Rev. James w. Harris. to the
Scnool of Theology of DePauw University.
This collection is large and valuable. and
will prove an important acquisition to the
theological library.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Secretary Rusk
will leave Washington carly next week TO
be absent four or five weeks. during which
time he will visit a number of Grand Army
post meetings, and attend some of the
State agricultural fairs. The remainder of
his time will be spent &C his home IN WIS.,
consin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
An Old Man Perhaps Murdered.

Special 20 the Indianapolis journal.
CASEY, July 9-"Uncle Jimmy" Streets.
aged seventy. while slightly under the in
fluence of liquor. Monday evening. quar-
relied with William Adkins, aged twenty
four, when the latter struck Streets with
his fist, knocking him down. In falling his
head struck the ground. stunning him SO
that be has not recognized any one nor
spoken since. He Is unconscious, and death
is m~omentarily expected. Adkins is under
pond for his appearance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10

ing the President to negotiate with Mexico
and Great Britain TO prevent the entry OF
into the United States. From the diplo
matte correspondence just published it ap-
pears that while Great Britain received the
proposition favorably. and referred it to
the Canadian government. the Mexican
government was nab to comply. for the
reason that an article in the Mexican Con-
stltution guarantees every man q right to
enter and go out of the republic without
%pasSportA.
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Voted Against the Railroad.

Specialize the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
UNION CITY. July 9.-The question OF vot.
ing a tax to assist the proposed Cincinnati.
Union City IL Chicago railroad was SUBJ
mitted TO the people of Wayne and jackson
townships. IN this county. yesterday. The
country people were almost unanimously
against IL. Wayne township. in which this
eight for the tax. while jackson township
gave o majority Of eighty-three against ID.
The su bsidy for Wayne will be about S25,-
OOO. while Jackson would have paid only
about $4,000. 1t 10 not thought that the ad-
verse vote OF the latter will prevent the
road being built.
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CADILLAC, Mich. July 9.-One Of the
most disastrous fires that ever occurred in
this section broke out last night in the ex-
tensive mill plant of Mitchell Brothers. at
Jennings, twelve miles from this city. The
firm operates q large plant at that place,
embracing q planing-mill. saw-mill and q
large lumber-yard. Before the flames had
died ont eighteen million feet of lumber.
the immense planning mill and eighteen
dwellings were reduced to ashes. The total
loss is placed at S2.0o0.0O o The insurance
amounted, it is reported. to only $40, 600. A
special train carrying three hundred men
was sent from Cadillac. They were unable
to be of assistance. The flames spread
rapidly in all directions. and many valu-
sble tracts of timber were added to the
loss.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July a.-Fire to-day
DESTROYED the plant of the Birmingham
sosp-works. Loss. $4,000; insurance, Sl4.-
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Mob of Lynchers Being Organized.

Mob Of Lynchers Being Organized.
Special to the Indianapolis Journsl.
COLUMBUS, July 9.-The excitement Gre
ated by the shooting, at Hope, i'll the east
ern part of this county. had somewhat
subsidized until to-day. At 6 o'clock this
evening a message was received from
Hope. saying that the wife of Roth
~ ing at the point of death. and that
Billiard had better be transferred to the
county Jail at once. as a band of men was
organizing to hang him. Officers went
down to the pOor-hOuse, which IL W
miles south of this city. tonight. but found
Billiards. condition too critical to permit OF
his being moved. The officers are power
less to prevent the attack of the mob if it
ehOuld cOme-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Wreck at ElizabethtowI

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. July "a wreck occurred on
the Pennsylvania road south of Elizabeth
town to-day. The engine and fourteen cars
left the track. Edward Fenton. engineer,
and John Boese are perhaps fatally injured.
An old blind horse had wandered on the
track, causing the smash.up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10

selling them to local jewelers.. To-day
John Collier brought in a piece of GOLD ore
weighing seven pounds. which fairly
sparkles with the precious metal. He
picked it up on his farm five miles north
west of here. THE neighbors are said to be
very much excited over the ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Electric MOTOR at Martinsyiiie.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTISsvILLE. July 9.-The City Couu-
Gil last night granted q thirty years
franchise to the Martinsville Rapid.transit
Company for the purpose of constructing
an electric street-railwsy line from the
depots to Forest Grove Park. to the sani-
tariums snd through the principal
t~horoughfares of the city. indianapolis
capitalists are backing the enterprise and
the road will be completed by fall. The In
candescent Electric-light Company will
soon have its plant In operation. and the
city will then be as well lighted a. any
city in the State.
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Springfield Republican.

The registration just closed in Mississippi
shows that for the first time since recon
struction there Is u majority of white vot-
ers. As usual the colosed man in that State
comes out second best.
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Mr.. Ransdeli's Trip to Europe.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. July 9.-United States
District Marshal Ransdell received from the
State Department. to-day. . circular letter
to all the officers of this government abroad.
He sails with mis- family on the Red Star
liner Friesland, on Aug. 5. and after visit
ing Antwerp, Brussels aud Cologne, will
finally settle in Dresden. There he will
establish his entire family and then return
alone Oh the City of Paris. sailing from
liverpool on the 30th of September. arriv-
ing here the first week in October. His
family will spend a year or more in Ores
den, where his children will be educated.
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Killed with Her Boz.

OLNEY. July 9.-Mrs. Rebecca Raymond
and her son Arnold were killed At noon to-
day by a passenger train on the Ohio *
Mississippi railroad. The boy, who is deaf
and dumb, Was on a bridge one mile west
of here. and his mother, seeing a train COM
ing. Attended to save hun, and both were
run over.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Pair of burglars Caught.

Special 70 the Indianapolis journal
RICHMOND. July 9.-This afternoon Mar
shall Ogborn left for Cardington, o.. to get
the wife of Edgar Lafayette. he having
been arrested here and she there, sus-
pected of burglariziBg James N1chOlson's
house in this city. Marshal Van Horn
telegraphs from Cardington that his pris-
oner has the stolen property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Good for Years TO Como.

DINKIRK, July Estate Supervisor of
Natural Gas L. T. Jordan has been in this
city inspecting the Eas wells, and in con.
versation with the Journal correspondent
expressed himself as follows: II find the
Dunkirk gas field among the best. both IN
quality and quantity. i have examined
No. I we'll and it showed q pressure of 293
pounds. besides furnishing the many pipe
lines attached to it. / do not hesitate TO
yen will find one as good or better you
will find fifty poorer ones" When ques-
toned regarding mis- report concerning tho
failing of gas in the Indiana field he most
emphatically denied it. He is of the opin-
ION that the Indiana field will produce gas
for many years TO come IN sufficient guam
titles for manufacturing and private use.
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Special To the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-Fourth-class post
masters have been appointed in Indiana as
follows: q. l.. Byrket. at Ogden. Henry
county. succeeding Nora j. Cox. resigned;
q. Belden, at Twin Lake. Marshall county,
succeeding III. York, resigned.
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fpeclal 20 the Indianapolis Journal
~GREENCAsTLE, July 9.-Tho citizens of
Clinton township were greatly alarmed
this week by the antics of William Bos-
we'll, o former inmate OF the insane hos
pitai. Upon a recurrence of his malady he
exhibited unusual violence. and. armed
with two guns, two pistols and q knife,
rOsmed through the woods. his friends not
daring to undertake his capture. Sheriff
Vestal took him by surprise and disarmed
him before be had time to offer the least
resistance. He is now in the off Gus
tody, and will be taken back to the State
hospital.
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The New Two-Per-Cent. Bonds.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing has begun the work
of preparing the new bonds bearing 2 per
cent. interest which are to be issued In con-
t%inuance of the four-and- a-half per cent.
loan. and il is intended that the first in
stallment of them shall be ready for
delivery on Thursday, the 23d inst. In the
meantime the few applications already re-
ceiyed are being recorded. and the first lots
of fo~ur-and-a-half per cent. bonds for con-
tary's office on Saturday OF this week.
The owners of the bonds may, therefore,
expect TO receive, In a very few days. their
checks III prepayment of interest to Sept. 9.
1891, while the delivery of the new bonds
will follow promptly upon their receipt
from the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing.
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Chance for Reciprocity.

Detroit Tribune.
The first book 10 be published in America
under the new copyright law is q life OF
Gladstone. The English should reciprocate
by publishing a life of Blaine on their side
of the water.
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Police INTERRUPTS q Prize-Fight.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
PERC. July 9.-The prize-fght for the
championship of Indiana and q purse of
500 occurred in the opera.bouse. this city.
this evening. under the auspices of the
Olympic Club. and between Elder William
Pitts, OF Peru. and Ed Corey. of Crawfords-
vile. Marquis of Q%ueensbury rules pre-
vailed. with the fight to q finish. Both
men entered the ring in ffst-elass condi-
ton. the advantage. if any, being in favor
of Corey. with his twenty-three pounds
heavier weight and three inches more in
height. However, Pitts had the longer
reach. The fact that both men were yet
un " hipped made the mill all the more ex-
citing. The attendance was one Thousand.
comprising sports from Chicago, Indianap-
oils aud Cincinnati. Betting ran high and
much money changed hands. Four-ounce
gloves were used.
Time was called at 1890 o'clock, and the
fight lasted only two rounds. From the
beginning both men forced the fight, and
fret knock-d0wn was accorded to Pitts.
In the second round the fighting was ter-
rife, both men making desperate efforts to
get in a Knockout blow. Within ten Sec
onds after the conclusion of the second
round the officers interfered and the fight
was declared q draw. 1t Is hardly possible
either could a stood up many rounds
more.
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Velvet Cake-One pound of sugar. one
cup of butter. four eggs. one cup of sweet
milk. one pound of Hour. one teaspoon OF
soda and two teaspoons of cream of tartar.
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Observation-Disclosures NEWS
Editor Henry Watterson Failed to Keep
His Date with the Western Writers.

David Starr Jordan Reads an Original Poem
Before the Association-The Cory Pitts
Prize-Fight Stopped by the Pslice.
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Valuable Public Document

Special to the Indianapolis journal. .
WASHINGTON, July 9.-One of the most
valuable public documents issued by the
government departments at Washington is
the Statistical Abstract of the United
States" The thirteenth number of this
snnual publication. and which has been
prepared with unusual care by the Bureau
of Statistics. Treasury Department. will be
issued this week. In addition to the usual
upon finance, coinage. COM
merce, immigration, national banks, public
debt, postal service. population. produc-
agriculture. new tables have been added
giving prices of leading articles for a
series of years, commercial failures and
liabilities, State and county Indebtedness.
money circulation OF the country and ex-
changes Of clearinghouse 1t contains
$40 pages this year, and is the most COM
plete number issued.
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WASHINGTON. July a.-During the last
Congress a resolution was passed instruct
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Shot and Fatally Wounded.
rie, 10 the Iudisuapous Journal

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTINsvILLE, July. 9.-Merville Brazel,
a wealthy farmer and prominent business
man of Perry county, was shot and fatally
wounded last night, OH the street at Can
Melton, by q raftsman from Leavenworth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Bishop Dwenger's Condition Unch

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. July 9.-The condition of
Bishop Dwenger. Bishop of Fort Wayne,
remains unchanged tonight. His pulse
continues extremely weak and feeble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-10
Patriarchs at a Banqnes

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND. July 9.-The Supreme Temple
Of the Patriarchal Circle will conclude it's
session tomorrow with an election of off,
GERS. The reports of the grand officers
Were of q very encouraging character.
The order has made q gratifying increase
In membership durlng the past year, and
new temples have been established In
twenty of the States of the Union. This
afternoon there was q street parade, end
ing with a dress parade in the Tenth-street
Park that collapsed any ever witnessed here
before. Tonight the Patriarchs are enjoy
ing a banquet.
Jefferson County's Enormous Pesch Crop.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. July 9.-Agent Sappington, of
this city. closed n contract with the Dean
Brothers to transport their peach crops to
the market over the T., c.. G.. & st. l.. rail-
road. The Deans will have from fifty TO
sixty thousand bushels to ship, John Il.
Ross will have fifteen thousand bushels.
and the shipments of other growers will
swell the aggregate 10 at least 100. OOO BUSH
els from this point alone. The fruit will be
conveyed in ventilated cars by special
trains, at night. to large Northern cities.
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Two Men Fatally Injured.
- o a. T.1x..Annfta Tour,ot

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
Brazil, July e.-Robert Dunbar met with
. serious accident st the spike-mill this
evening. He was cleaning ont the ashes
from under one of the furnaces. when the
escaping gas caught him, burning him SO
badly that no hope of his recovery is en-
tertained.
James Carpenter was caught by the apron
of the coal-shnte at the e.. ~ i. {. railroad
round-house to-day. breaking several bones
and severely injuring him internally. He
will not recover.
Found n seven-Pound Lump Of Gold Ore.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
MARTISsvILLE. July 9.-For many years
people residing On Sycamore creek hsvo
been picking MP small particles of gold and
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Both Henry wstterson snd Dr. Bourinet Dis
appoint the Western writers Association.

Both Henry wstterson snd Dr. Bourinet Dis
appoint the Western wfiters' Association.
WARSAW, July 9.-The first number on
the programme of the Western writer's. this
morning. was a poem by David Starr
Jordan. A papss on The Royal
Society of Canada, aud the Trend
of Canadian Thought and Literature" by
DE-. John George Bourinot. clerk of the
Domiaioh House of Parliament, was to
have been the next number. but the man
could not get away from Parliament. The
remainder of the programme was well pre-
sented. Possibly one of the best papers
was the one entitled THE Place of Litera-
ture in the Economy of Life" by George b.
Card will, of New Albany. The
Influence OF Climate and Natural
Scenery Upon the Evolution of
Thought" by DR.. III. w. Taylor, of
Anderson, was as novel and unique as it
was weIgbty and profound.
AT the evening exercises DR.. III. s. Taylor
and Mr.. I. w. Taylor read original poems.
Henry WatteTsOn was to lecture on Money
and Morals" but was unable to meet his
engagement. In lieu of this Col. Coates
Kinney, of XeBia, o., occupied the plat
form. A large audience was present and
entertaiUad-