The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25
AROUND THE STATE.

The oil fever continues to increase in the
northern part of this county. Several wells
are being sunk by different parties. and
thev expect to have important de-
velopments in the next few days.-Marion
Chronicle.
Mr.. Abe Lasher. of Anderson township
this county, has twenty-one children-nine-
teen boys and two girls and every one of
the boys, together with their father, voted
for Grover Cleveland at the last presidential
INSTRUMENTATION Telephone.
Henry Aldendorf, a farmer near Eel
river station, three miles south of Saline
City, produced the past year 1O3 bushels of
corn to the acre by actual measurement.
This is not the first time that 100 bushels
to the acre has been produced on Eel river
bottom lands.-Rushville Graphic.
A forty-thousand-dollar ditch will be con-
structed in Kosciusko county as soon as
the arrangements can be completed. 1t
will be twenty miles long, fifty feet wide
and ten feet deep. 1t will drain 10000 acres
of land and 500 property owners will be
sessed to pay for it.-Kendallville Standard.
William Burkhart informs us Of an Incl
dent which occurred at his residence one
day last week. Some chickens were under
apply tree among some pieces of plank
along came a chicken hawk and made a
dart down after one, when 1t accidentally
flew against Il sharp splinter on plank and
death.-Rockport Journal.
The famous Alexander we'll in Jackson will
in all probabilities be sold, the Standard be-
ing very anxious to add it to it's other pos
sessions in the Wells county field. The price
offered is $4,000, but the owners are holding
off for S3O,000 or will sell 1T the rate Oh 500
per barrel. AS the we'll is doing about 275
barrels daily the price paid will be about
$4,000. Commodore Alexander on whose
land the gusher is located is making s24
day.-Bluffton Chronicle.
Wa have tried IN accommodate a
of readers as could this winter by
taking wood on subscription. This has
stocked us up completely and we want to
suggest to others who would like to pay
their subscriptions in wood to set apart a
good cord for that purpose, sell it and turn
amount TO the same thing TO the subscriber
as giving us the wood and will suit us
better-Auburn Dispatch.
Glover seed took another rise Monday,
going to s. bushel. Bohnert Brothers
bought seventy-five bushels from one farm
er, paying him 1915 for it. 1t was raised
on thirty acres of ground, and he cut
good crop of clover hay, which more than
paid for the use Of the ground, from the
field before the seed crop. came on. 1t
brought him as much cash thirty-five
acres of wheat would have done at the
present ruling price of "a cents a bushel
he had a big crop of nutritious clover hay
extra - instead of dry straw. - Jasper
Courier.
One. thing the next Legislature ought to
do, if the counties Of the State intend to
always dump their condemned murderers
into the northern prison to await execu-
ton, is to amend the law so that these
prisoners be made subject to all the
rules of the institution. The Dispatch I'M
derstandS that not long since Parker and
McAfee, the cOons who are sentonced to
be hanged two weeks from to-day, became
IN a a n
and even to some Of the guards, that they
were' taken to headquarters and called
they have behaved themselves, but a. law is
needed on the subject-Michigan City Dis
patch.
BY next spring Mount Vernon will be the
greatest milling town on the Ohio river.
Hon. w C. Fuhrer has already commenced
the work of placing hominy crushers In the
Peerless mill, and when completed will have
one of the largest mills in the State with
a capacity of 600 barrels every twenty-four
hours. The Hudnut hominy mill WILL when
working on full time, have capacity of
1.560 barrels. Schnue * Schieber'S mill
turns out about 400 barrels i'm twenty-four
hours and frauds favorite mill does the
same This will make a total output of 1850
barrels of homny, flour, meal grits. ETC.
every day, or nearly 1850 per week. 1t will
take about 11,0O0 bushels of corn and 1000
bushels of wheat daily to supply the Mount
Vernon mills.-Mount Vernon Republican.
L.,
who teaches school i'm the DERRICK school
house. four miles east of the city. was the
victim of lockout. She was greatly sur
prised on arriving at the building to find
the doors barred. and was notified that she
would be locked out until she agreed to
treat her scholars, most of whom were
in the house. She did not agree, but came
back to town, leaving the rebellious schol-
airs in charge of the fort On Wednesday
Miss McAlinden went back to her school
to find the same state of affairs. The same
demand was made for treat but she
| needed ii not, and returned to the city,
this time hunting up Trustee James Steele,
| to whom she made a vigorous complaint.
Mr. Steele went back TO the country with
| her and finding the door locked. climbed
i'm the window and opened the house. The
| scholars had all gone home, but Mr.. Steele
| instructed Miss McAlnden to teach all
who came. On Thursday Miss McAlinden
went back to her place of duty, and this
| time the scholars were there, but were not
in the same turbulent mood. They were
submissive, and this time did not bar the
teacher out. They had written on the wall
| on the previous day in chalk. You can
get in when you agree to treat'-Green-
castle Banner-Times.