The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-15

as badly as Donohue. When he jumped
he was caught in the wreck and was held
near the fire-bOX Of the engine that col
lided with his engine, thus accounting
for mis- burns. Donohue. however, was in
the caboose at the rear of the train at the
time of the collision and was found some
distance TO the rear Of the cabOose. As
there was no fire in the caboose and no
engine near him. some other cause for his
burns must be found. Coroner Davidson
after considering the matter, believes that
Donohue had some matches in his pocket
and that after jumping OF falling from the
caboOse to the ground, the matches be-
came ignted by his body striking or roll
ing on the ground. thus setting fire to his
clothing. Such accidents are not at all
rare.-Lafayette Journal
The first frame schoOl-house ever
built in Upton stood on the ground now
occupied by the West-st Christian
church, and is now used as a residence
by George Bower. on s. Main-st. The
first bell ever brought to Upton county
was placed on this school-hOuse and is
now in the possession of Mrs A NJ
Nickrey. 1t is a brass bell and about
the size of locomotive bell. It is a
valuable relic and should be preserved.
There should be a historical society
formed in Upton and these old relics
gathered up and preserved. Martin
Kleyla still has in his possession the
brought TO the county. OIL Campbell has
the clasp and lock of the first log Jail,
and there are other old and interesting
relics that should be preserved and
placed where the people can see them.
one Of the rooms in the new court
house could be used for a historical
collection. Why not make move in
this direction Upton Advocate.
The price of wheat has gone so low
that many Indiana farmers are feeding
il to the hogs. 1t IS said 10 be the first
time in the history of the state that this
has been done. Farmers who are in the
habit of making careful examinations
say that so long as wheat remains at the
present price they can make more money
by feeding their wheat to hogs and sell
ing their corn than by feeding corn to
hogs, as is usually done 1t Is estimated
that one bushel Of wheat in feeding hogs
is equal to two bushels of corn. The
highest price paid for wheat at the coun-
try stations in Indiana now is 43 cents.
Corn is worth from A cents to 46 cents.
Hogs are bringing good price, and as
the crop seems to be small the farmers
expect them TO go higher when the fall
market opens. Hogs are now selling at
from $500 to 1856 Farmers estimate
that with hogs at that price they can
get about seventy-tive cents a bushel for
their wheat by putting ii into pork. II is
said that the wheat crop in the state
VIII De 1,OUU,UUU bushels more lndn the
estimate. The average yield throughout
the central part of the state is twenty
five bushels an acre.-Washington Dem
Ocrat.
The democratic joint representative
convention met at the new court room
Saturday afternoon and was called to
order by the Hon. Charles A. Cole chair
man Of the Miami county central COM
mittee who was made chairman of the
convention and b. +. LOuthain secretary,
and all the democratic editors assistants.
The call for the convention was read
after which the delegates proceeded to
the nomination Of candidate. The
Hon. Joseph Gray and the Hon Samuel
Maj. McFadin declined to be a candidate,
stating that he was friend Of Mr.. Gray,
who had been in the race longer than
he. He closed by moving that the Hon.
Joseph Gray be made the nominee of the
convention by reclamation, which was
unanimously approved. The nominee be-
ing called out, spoke briefly, thanking the
convention and promising to make a
thorough canvass of the district before
election. Maj. McFadin and Dr. Passage
each made brief. aggressive speeches, In
both of which the hypocritical pretenses
OF the republican party were vividly ex-
posed. The Hon. Joseph Gray, the NOM
inee Of the convention, is one of the most
progressive farmers in Cass county and
one Of the most industrious. He is just
in the prime Of life and is a man Of wide
and varied information. He has served
one term in the legislature and his
record throughout was good. He has al
ways been active in politics and will
challenge his opponent to a joint discus
sion Of state and national issues.-Lo-
gansport Pharos.