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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1874.
THE EGOTIST.
lie come Wore you with unbidden tread,
Yith fur-ire eyes, half-way he appears;
He nothing cart fur aught that may te said.
Demanding only that you be ail ears.
'Ind me your earl." he cries, and asks no more,
Though Ion? he vanU them (let this likeness
pass.)
Tke listener waits to hear the lion's roar,
Ana hears iutead the braying of an ass.
TVith brovr of brasand gutta-perc-ha tbroal,
I which a tongue, three-pronged. Is deftly
hung,
He Moids lilt bugle to a rtngle note
"A Mai" the key in which his song is sung.
Yon hear the thunder of his mighty tones,
' Itecoanlini; wondrous deeds that he ha done;
About almlKhty J, use eircuug aones.
The Trent of bis conversation run.
He knows oot if the day le bot or cola.
Ilia solarsystem centers In himnelf;
The robe of wisdom round himself la rolled,
And to bis porcelain soul all else is delf.
Jrelssus-llke, he worships his own form.
In Ann belief t hat he no grace can lack :
Jf toward ymi for a space he seems to warm,
Tis only when himself you mirror back.
He sees no glow of genius in your speech.
No shaft of wit can cut bis coat of mail.
Ko brilliant play of words his aenses reach.
And e'en the sword of sarcasm here aaust fail.
Wrapped In self-conseioasness, his presence lies
Like some dark inenbas upon your soul.
Till all the uuahlne from your nature flies
Us selfish hhad jw has obscured the whole.
HOME AND FARM NOTES.
The tanner should have something to sell
every week in the year.
To make men happy requires a great deal.
Dumb brutes require only bodily comfort.
Jive them warmth ar.il food, and they are
blest.
Western farmers are demoralized ly too
much good land. They hardly know the
pleasure there is in reclaiming and making
Iraitful sterile soils. Yet in this very thing
both enjoyment and profit may be found.
Farm stock is more likely to do badly in
an open than a severe winter, because the
farmer trusts too much to warm weather.
Wintering stock means waste with a great
many.
Because a man is a farmer it does not fol
low that he must necessarily ignore personal
decency, cleanliness, genteel habits, and a
regard lor good manners. Some part of his
werk requires a coarse and strong dress, out
be has as good a right to use soap and water
as the President of the United States.
Speaking of bees at the late con ention in
Louisville, Gen. Adair made some very in
structive remarks in regard to the wings of
bees. He shows that besides being organs
of llight, are in reality lungs. The blood in
the wings, however, is not confined to those
tubes, but circulates like the sap in the
leaves of plants to all parts ot them, and it
is likely, is thus also aerated. He argues
that the practice of some in clipping the
wings of queens, to prevent them from tiy
injr, away, is pernicious.
t'oNVF.usATio.v. The Springfield Republi
can laments the decline in the art of conver
sation, which, it urges, should I cultivated
in families. This would tend to develop at
tachment to the home which is sadly want
ing in many households, besides promoting
the education of children. Conversation, as
Ird Bacon says, makes a ready man, but
what we wanfisnotthe glib fluency of mere
t 1 . 1 a
tamers, out tne expression 01 Knowledge
and ideas. If intelligent and thoughtful
onversation were studied and practiced in
the domestic circle the effect would be
healthy upon all the family. Many good
rules of conversation are laid down, but two
are indispensable, viz: Do not monopolize
more than your share of the time to the ex
clusion of others, and, secondly, when views
differ, do not be offensive by impeaching the
motives, intelligence or character of your
opponent. .
COFKEKl' LA ROE QUANTITIES Mrs. Ly
man in th Trihunn has (riran a nlnuKU
- , - ..-., " f- . . w u u IUI MM ..
bint how to make good coffee for festivals
and large parties: Parch and grind the col
fee and put it into flannel bags, each holding
about half a pound, sew them up tightly all
round. When the festive time comes heat
in a clean wash boiler as much water as will
be required for the first making of coffee;
when it boils throw in one or two of the
bags and let them boil ten or fifteen minutes,
more or less, according to the strength de
sired. Then take them out. Add boiling
water when necessary and throw in another
bag of coffee, allowing it to remain ten or fif
teen minutes as before. In this way the
beverige will be kept aromatic as well as
trong, and the bitterness of leng boiled cof
f'ee be prevented.
Winter Orxamets. In Moore's Rural
ew Yorker this direction is given, which is
a nice experiment for children to try: A
. retty mantlepiece ornament may be ob
tained by suspending an acorn, by a piece of
thread tied around it. within half an inch of
the surface of some water confined in a vase,
tumbler or saueer, and allowing it to remain
undisturbed for several weeks. It will soon
burst open, and small roots will seek the
water: a straight and tapering stem, with
beautiful glassy green leaves, will shoot up
ward and present a very pleasing appearance.
Chestnut trees may be grown in the same
manner, but their leaves are not so beautiful
as those of the oak. The water should be
changed once a month, taking care to supply
wate of the same warmth ; bits of charcoal
added to it will prevent the ater from sour
ing. If the little leaves turn yellow, add one
drop ot ammonia into the utensil which holds
the water and they will renew their luxuri
ance. Butter Science. In a late discussion
David Moore, who has been a butter buyer
for twenty-flve years, in New York, said:
There are many essential rules to be ebserv
ed in making fine butter. We must have
Rood cows, good pastures, good clean water,
clean stables, clean milkers, clean dairy
room and utensils, milk kept at proper tem-
Cerature, skimmed and churned in time,
utter thoroughly washed so as to remove
all impurities, then salted with pure Ash'on
salt, and no other. Avoid slops about the
mil Ic room, either out doors or in.- Cream
is very auHceptible to foreign flavor. Cows
teal should washed, not with milk, bat
.leaa.wAter, ad allowed to dry before milk-
5 n 'r Tf r.rnrwirlr ftJi miTir ..-. v. I i . . ...
- ' T - j ..... r . w vij r
edtoataud tUir:3'-six hours iu dry weather,
and ,1 pure, but nut in wet weather. 'J o
keep" bdtrer through tLo sean, uuke a bag
large "enorigh XA o ver the top of tjje pa'.kag
till with sjlt, Ijy it over tho butter fjo asto
m'Mw inj air m'jr'jng.iry, moision whrjii
:putonand molten -ouej a weel a? long as
you keep the Lutte r. . - --. -
. IVtffil ItA rm r r, r r-. T .. -ITT ! - - 1 !
---- r . .lur.fc ll i I iai ' K , lit J
made numerous elpcrtmenii to determine
the point, slates that . :M rca aaj April arj
the bes; months in whieu to cnl timber for
building purposes, as it then contains its
'lowest p. r cent of m-nture,, wliiob, ho 'slates
.to 'forty-sevea per cent.'- Iurin the lltrre
; previous azzlb'i it .lias-.fir.y-nut.-perryfit,
andiut'e three following ino-nth-f forty
eight, lie farther. states th-ii. propsrly sea
soned timber should not cr.-.t;i.j m ro than
twentytotivijmy-fire'per ce.it' of nioi.Atare,
and never loss tl-an t'.'si jlkt cnt. if the
mois'uro U removed to a suil . vtr extent
thö wd its Krei --th n i -bnOrrK 3
. Jjriitlt. ., At K.iglU'a anthri;v v -c.es t.'iat if
. , . r 1 I .
rtc" ifj at'ttt-J aa foou u.-t ,ju are in iflij
l-:if an : allowed t remuiii u : -oturbÄd un
iil lhS 14v.w'dry trp and fjft off. the timber
y'i'd bo lyjud well aciidonc-f I, theleavcj hay-
ins exhansted all the moisture in the wood.
Closely related to this is the question of
wood for fuel, concerning which the frame
Farmer remarks: To make the most of
wood with the least expense, it should be
cut and split when green, thrown in a loose
heap, where the wind can pass through it,
and when tolerably drv, piled under cover.
It should not lie directly on the ground, for
the water will not only wet the lower sticks
but will extend upwards through severa
layers. It is not well to pile wood in a
building while in a ereen state, for it is al
most certain to pass into the condition of
rmrtial drv rot. In case there is no wood
house, it 6hould be closely piled on supports
and covered bv a temporary roof 01 boards.
Winter is the time to prepare wood, and
enough hhoald be prepared for an entire
year.
TRADE NOTES.
Virginia has forty blast furnaces.
The machine shops at Chillicothe, Ohio,
ave all they can de.
Ali the mills at Fall River, Massachusetts,
will, it is thought, be running on full time
by New Years'.
The Canton (Me.) toothpick factory haa
iust contracted for five hundred cord. of
wood for its business.
The Surveyor General's report of Maine
shows that 179,000,000 feet of lumber were
survejed there this year, against 246,000,000
last year.
In consequence of the heavy government
orders, the woolen mills at Lawrence, Mass.,
have started again on full time and with in
creased force.
Indianapolis. Ind.. congratulates itself
that it has almost entirely recovered from
the slight blow its business interests
suffered. St. Louis Times.
Savannah, Georgia, is to have a one-wheel
street railway, and passengers will be ex
pected to part their hair in the middle so as
to preserve an equilibrium.
In reducing the wages of employes to the
extent of ten per cent, the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company treated all alike, from
Superintendent down to the lowesfman.
It is said that quite a number of coal
miners, recently at work in the Pennsyl
vania coal regions, are returning to their na
tive land and collieries noidn'-Lngiana.
A company has been organized at Denver,
Col., to construct a canal from Platte River
Canon, in the Rocky Mountains, to the'east
em border of the State, at distance of 250
miles, at an estimated cost of 10,000,000.
As an evidence of the iil effects of "strike"
among laboring men, it is estimated by the
Trov, N. Y., Press that each of theeightv-
lour striking pmMiers at Burden s Iron
works have lost $553 through their idleness.
The tobacco crop of Connecticut of the pre
sent year, though los3 in quantity than in
previous years, owing to the smaller area
devoted to the cultivation of the plant, is
fully equal in quality to the famous crop of
1SI.
Newburyport, Massachusetts, employs a
large number of men to catch frogs for the
frog eaters. One man has taken 1,000 and
another tfOO this season. They are kept in
tubs and fatted with meal and shipped to
order.
The falling off of Northern orders for lum
ber, owing to the financial depression, has
led to an increase of foreign trade in Flor
ida. There are now six or seven vessels
loading at Jacksonville for West India and
South American ports.
The coasting trade in Alaska is rapidly in
creasing, and complaints are made that there
is no correct chart of the coast. As there are
upward of 20,000 miles of coast line, the
work of surveying, if undertaken, will neces
sarily last several years.
Cotton and woolen mills throughout New
England are very generally resuming opera
tions, and there is a brisk holiday trade.
Xhis revival is attended for the most part by
a reduction of wages of from ten to twenty
per cent. To this reductiou, however, there
are some exceptions.
The London Grocer reports a scarcity in
the market of cloves, caused by a hurricane
that swept over Zanzibar in April, 1S72, and
destroyed the whole ol that season's crop.
The clove plant requires several years to ma
ture, and it is not expected that the losses of
lo.'J can be met by new crops for some time
to come, bat fortunately the world can do
without cloves for a Beasen if speculation
should materially increase the cost of this
onejof many spices.
Among the thousands who wear alpaca
cloth, very few know what it is made of.
The alpaca goat is a species of the llama,
whose home is in the mountains of Peru.
It lives on the coarsest fare, the scanty
herbage of the rocks, and has a beautiful
wavy coat of light chestnut brown wool,
which is nearly a foot in length, very solt
and plastic, and nearly as fine as that of a
Cashmere goat. This is sheared off and sent
to England, where it is sorted, woven,
dyed, steamed, singed and turned into the
market.
THE GRANGERS' MEMORIAL.
THEY ARE TO PETITION CONGRESS FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OP RIVER TRANSIT.
The following memorial, says the Chicago
Times, is being sent out by the State Grange
of Wisconsin, in pursuance of resolutions
passed . at Watertown, Wisconsin, August
26, and at Keokuk, Iowa, last month. The
same form ot memorial will also be issued
by the execatlve committees of all the other
States in the Mississippi valley, in a few
days. Accompanying the memorial is a
circular addressed to the secretaries of subor
dinate Granges and county councils, urging
the immediate signing of the same, the
signed document to be returned to the sec
retary of the State Grange by February 1 :
To the Jfowrable Senate, apd.JZoitse of Ifrp
rextntrUives, in Cnrigres Ait.nrmbleil ;
The undersigned, citizens of the State of
Wi-consin, would .-respectfully represent
that ample means of transportation at a rate
so moderate as not to be a burden upon the
producers of the country has becom an im
terative nxtfonal necessity, ani lastly de
irtiirHfs BUCi'H'fpnlfon at' your fian-fsas will
afford adequate relief; that the.in7pi:oTrment
ol the n.uional water channels which'ha
turo has. provided.. would secure-such relief
to aVeri- tfrv'tft extent ; that the delay lb make
rivfrs of a national character available f jr
pubiie Us ha thus far .acted. -am! will con-ti-Hup.-..to..r
a:t ..notonly -.hs'---an- iOb-sw.-aii'-ion
. o .. commerce, .lut ,tn r the
natare of a subsidy to 'private
rT. . rt corporation,- at the expense of the
önl'lif ; that Ojingi-ess, having b?mp!btecdn
iroi of ihoso nuural thqrauV;4sKJu-rt..y
respou-iiuuti ii tlim.Hre n4.,iu,i;nditoa to
enable the-publie ist aail itn'4Tt'' tlieif en
tife uXnln" fait we 'deMf? to cortne
our retuysBtrtctJy' toMwhat we .believe
vuuM not oalji c Sftlribu'te" most - largely . to
thy? g-ihe-ral uonvenin"4 but which arecon
titittsA to be' tbt unquestioned right and
doty of ('onrrrevi to provi'-e. for. We there
ISrfi jrefpsetmlly.. perbi.oi ' that' iron will
pronipiiy -m .ike, ftub aJ quaJe'BpproprU
tioni will sfcuro th io lvwinK roulrs:
prv?d iTioroveift'-ntof -the Misl-vippj
v J:, rrvWfh arid dtvi h o'bsc poin'.a Own
it' tat work hjt tlro:dy b?f n oouimoocna at
by t?j general gi vejno?nt jutci also the
BppMyfni'ftrotouwritot the fox and Tia-,
3bln rirer. - - " -
A BLOODY EPISODE.
A DIREFUL HISTORY.
A BACKWOODS FAMILY OF THE OiIEN TIME
THE LEWISES OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY, KT.,
WORSE THAN THE BENDERS.
A writer to the Princeton (Ky.,) Ranner
gives the following wonderful history:
SomeÄrae between the years of 180.5 and
1S09, a gentleman by the name of Dr. Charles
Lewis, with his family, moved from Vir
ginia and settled on a military tract of land
on the Ohio river, some five or six miles
above the town of Smithland, in Living
ston county. His family consisted ot his
wife, three sons, Lilburne, Charles and
Isham, two daughters, and some ten or more
slaves. That part ol the county was then a
wild, and its population sparse. The Doctor
selected the place to build, cleared away the
forest, and erected log cabins for
the whites and blacks of the
family, opened up a farm, put it
in cultivation and gave his rosidenco the
name of Rocky Hill. Iiis eldest son, Lil
burne, was also a married man, he and his
wife residing in his father's family at Rocky
Hill. In 1807 the Doctor's lady died; soon
after her death Mrs. Lilburne Lewis also
died; they were buried at Rocky Hill; their
graves were inclosed by a post and rail
lence. The whole of the white family in
their intercourse with the inhabitants had
made the impression that, in pointof literary
attainments, elegance of manners and ac
complished demeanor, they had no equals in
the county, and had occupied as high a posi
tion and as great social advantages as any in
their native State. It was thought, however,
that the slaves were treated with cruel se
verity. In lsofl Lilburne wis married to a
young lady of the county. Miss Lettie Rut
ter, her family of high standing, and herself
reputed faultless in form and beauty and of
prepossessing accomplishments. The Doc
tor about that time left Rocky Hill with his
daughter, and went to Salem, or that neigh
borhood, leaving the farm and most of the
slaves with his three sons, Lilburne having
taken his bride there. It was soon reported
that the marriage turned out to be an un
happy one, Mrs. Lewis from some cause be
coming extremely unhappy; it was suppos
ed on recount of the barbarous treatment of
the slaves. In the year 1S11 she gave birth
to a son. On the loth of .December of that
year, she noticed unusual deportment and
private consultations between her husband
and his two brothers. George, a half-grown
boy, a waiter about the house, who
had repeatedly run away when whipped,
that evening was waiting on the tablu at
supper, and let some article of furniture fall
and break. Isham Lewis looked at the
other two brothers across the table with a
significant nod, and said, "That will do."
This was noticed by Mrs. Lewis. Immedi
ately after the meal was over, it being dark,
the brothers left the house, repaired to one
of the negro cabins, had
A LARGE HICKORY LO FIRE
Made, and summoned Goorge and all the
rest of the slaves to that cabin. When all
were in, the object was explained to them by
Lilburne Lewis, to the effect that their diso
bedient conduct had become such that it had
become necessary to kill one of them that the
rest might know their fate unless they acted
better in the future; told what George had
done, and that they were going to kill and
burn him up. An ax was brousht in,
George tied and laid on the floor and one of
the negro men directed and forced to chop
off each hand and each foot, then each arm
and leg half way to the elbow and knee, and
so on. until the body was reached. The
brothers stood around with pistols in hand
to shoot the negro with the ax if he failed to
obey. The horror commenced when the first
blow severed a hand, and the shrieks of the
victim reached the ears of Mrs. Lewis. She
became panic stricken with terror, until
her cries were heard by all in the house
where the murderous butchery was going
on. The amputation proceeded as directed ;
each piece as severed was caught up and
thrown on the fire. Before life was extin
guished the bead was chopped from the
body ; then it and body committed to the
flames. All remained in the cabin until the
entire mass appeared to be consumed effect
ually. The door was then opened, and the
servants admonished that if any of them
should ever whisper what had taken place
they would be served in the same way.
About two o'clock the three brothers left
the cabin and started to the dwelling. On
their way they were startled by what appear
ed to them to be the heavy sound of distant
thunder. In an instant the earth beneath
their feet heaved ' and swelled, and
shook with such violence that
the parties could with difficulty
keep from falling. Charles cried out, "Oh,
brothers, the judgment of God is upon us!''
This was the first shock of the great earth
quakes of 1811 and 1812 in the valley of the
Mississippi, ihey hurried to the bouse, and
lound Mrs. Lewis lying on the floor stupefied
with terror. Oeorire, leinz a house boy.was
soon missed by persons in the habit of visit
ing the family. Answers to inquiries about
him were not satisfactory, 'the other ser
vants when interrogated expressed by looks
that were interpreted to mean that they
knew something that they would not tell
Eventually, in a month or so after, a dotr
was louna gnawing
A HALF CONSUMED HUMAN FOOT
Near the premises. A gentleman by the
name of Josiah Hibbs, with others of the
neighbors, in the absence of the three broth
ers, searched the cabin where the tragedy
was committed and found the burnt bones
of a human frame. The Lewises were ar
rested and gave bail for their appearance at
the ensuing term of the March Circuit
Court, at which Lilburne and Isham were
indicted for the murder of George. In the
meantime the relations of Mrs. Lewis,
learning she was living.in great fear tor her
safety, went after her and took her and child
to her lather. The two Lewises indicted
wee- gi allowed bail by the Court. It
seems shortly alter X.ilburne-and Charles
agreed to commit suicide within the enclo
sure surrounding the graves of their mother
and LilDurne s nrst wife. On the !th of
April following, Lilburne made his will, and
after disposing of his property, be made at
the end ot it the two following requests:
.,':. Bockt Hill,! April 9, MA
I haveJal'eu a vlcUxntomy beloved but cruel.
Letliia. I die in the hope of beinx united .-.with
my oilier wife in heaven. Take care ot thia wM
aij.t Come here, that we inay be decently, burled.
Aaiep, ' G. B. 4L, L. J
Within this enclosure mypelf aud brother re
quest to be Interred in the oauie cotliu.
My Beloved but Crutl LetUia:
UeCcive ibis as a pledge or my forgiveness to
your connection. Tile -day of Judgment Is to
come. I owe you no malice; but dio on account
of your absence and. my dear little sun. Jaiues.
Adiödm love. LimuuNj; Lewis.
A servant was immediately dispatched
with this will to Smith Un J, and delivered it
to 'Squire MuCanfevi Wi'ö. on its receation
and reading the miuest to him hastened
with others of . his. friends to the placedesii;
nated. and found Liioume dead within the
enclosure, shot through the heart, suirouhd-
eu iyn pool or blooJ. uoü Cuaileon the
nuts:do . with two,r.ili. Ue Maied that
Ld'umo -Lad, accLliintally t,hot 'himself
wluie. making preparation 4 for the'fulfil-
ment of their cutdoo lor both to dio j,t the
struggling in death had deterred him from
his purpose. Lilburne' was buried boiide
bis wit?.- Charles ar.d laham flod from the
country." Isham wrs never heard of after;
Charles but once, then among the troops at
the battle of New Orleans.
THE SCHOOL REVENUE.
INTERESTING STATISTICS FROM THE OFFICE OF
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUC
TION THE APPORTIONMENT FOR 1873.
The apportionment of common school
revenue for tuition made by the Superin
tendent of Public Instruction on the 1st day
of January, 1S7, is given in the following
table, showing the enumeration of children
in each county, the total amount collected
and ready for apportionment, and 'the
amount appropriated to each county. The
amount apportioned to each child in 1869
was fifty-two cents, in 1870 it was fifty cents,
in 1871 it was fifty-two cents, in 1872 it was
fifty-two cents, in 1873 It was fifty-eight
cents.
no. of Total col
hlldien lectedand
Coutles. bet. and ready lor
years appor-
Amount
to
each
count
12,80 62
11,012 04
4,4)1 .TO
17 92
1,410 .-i6
5,041 )
1.960 40
3,42. 74
4, W7 94
312 4.1
4,414 96
3, !J dO
2,4 VI ÖÖ
4.041 41
5, ti9 76
4.129 60
3,543 80
4, 1M3 76
3:53 60
5,! CK) 5o
1, !i 81
6,076 08
3,816 98
4,5X2 58
2,7!ö 02
414 04
4.5.S9 83
4,427 48
4,4-jO !
3,170 2
4,492 10
4,193 98
4.4-vl 82
:i,743 90
3.961 2U
458 Vi
1.619 36
3w"72 12
5,51 96
3,469 56
3,606 10
4. H1S H)
514 78
2.8T) 62
2,710 92
,o.)4 1
3,5.0 10
5.118 50
1 1.1 4 :;o
4,K-i 2
2,451 56
4.5.V1 00
3,112 91
3,741 50
3,ii!tti 31
1..374 trj
4.25.S .'Hi
1.075 32
2, 71 fS
3,115 62
3, M7 5ti
3,719 12
:5,ir22 :is
2,7xi b'2
4,319 42
1.8.-56 28
J4.278 0
4.7tr7 28
4.527 48
3,5!ii 00
1.5KS 62
4, X27 92
p,14! 82
951 68
5.40 18
2,7ä (W
4.361 i0
2, tr22 76
7,526 66
2,7Xi 28
1,419 84
9,0:7 56
2,1.52 38
7,778 0
4,738 02
2,220 82
3.4.S5 02
3,872 08
7,424 58
3, ÜW 9
2,347 84
3,W2 5
7jOO 00
of see. tioument.
Adams
4,;
$i,lll 73
5,1m. S9
3,oso 14
l.böö 4-5
4!1 23
3,177 17
715 35
2,531 73
5X1 as
7,371 4;l
1,!CS 22
1,403
3.335 95
2,143 76
3,21 5i
1,61 3
2,317 2)
1.4S 12
3..W0 7
liHl 06
3,6 W 3S
2,4-m
2,076 13
1,21 13
3,731 2S
2,825 25
4,65s 42
'2.013 34
2 KM ttj
2,3.S3 2
2,018 2
3,219 69
3,1:57 10
2,563 37
1,925 70
2i5 09
1,43 H
XjZii K5
2,160 5
2,963 IS
55fi 24
3,41 23
1,189 32
2,111 51
3,1! 71
2,557 00
2,7k.) 31
11,558 98
2,855 2
mi 26
1,900 S3
2.237 90
4.32 -yii
3,211 S
1,243 18
2,659 61
613 7."i
2,671 .
1,972 61
2,671 "ns
2,2ii2 7
2,3"l 49
4,M2 10
9)6 13
2,312 27
4.273 M
2.2N 57
2WI 0
l.Otil 01
8.S!t 4S
1, t3J 2
m 3;
2,4U5 :W
lvlt 1KJ
'2,180 12
1.670 41
4,i 20
1.37Ö m
1,321 1
5,599 5ö
211 NS
2755"r
27fi 61
2, H4 :5S
2,315 M
61 69
1,257 61
3,22 :5M
l,s68 01
Allen
Hurt holomew......
lien ton
Blackford ...
Koone .
19,0:fc
7, ti7.T
8,7:i
5,!H
H,:m
5,U68
7,612
,7i
4,2fc!
6,11
H,t72
7,l:i)
,110
,972
V"-
10,225
8. 73
Brown -
Carroll ...
Cass
Clark
C1av
Clinton
Crawford -
bavless
Dearborn
1 K-catur...
DeKalb .
Delaware
Dubois
H Ithart.........
Kaveite
Floyd ,
10,47
Fountain vi
hTanklin ................. 7,572
Fulton 41
Gibson 7,4;W
Grant Tti
Green . 7,
Hamilton 7,t74
Hancock 5,4
llanison 7,7t)
Hendricks 7,211
Henry.
7.H7!
Howard
Huntington..
Jackson
Jasper
Jay
Jefferson
Jennings...........
Johnson
Knox
Kosciusko
Lagrange
Lake..
Importe
Iawrence
Madison ......
Marion
Marshall
Martin
1 i&rn i
Monroe.
Montgomery
Morgan
Newton
Noble
hio
Orantte
Owen
Parke
Ferry
0.4Ö.J
7, :m
'J,7W
5,H
,312
,Olo
,:)
8, tft'l
4,K4J
4. H74
10,:W
e.oyr
5, Ki"i
24,K1j
7,;aw
4, 12
7,tv")0
5,4 IS
,17
,:7;
2,.iti!t
7,312
1.S51
4.'-l
V:
(i,l'.4
Fike -V-Ml
Forter - 4,M
Fosey 7,1'fJ
1'ulasKl. 3.1
Futnam- 7.577
Randolph- llt
Kipley ,xi
Rush
i,2lNI
Scott
Shelby.
Spencer.....
Marxe
Steuben .......
St. Joseph....
Hullivau
Switzerland..
Tippecanoe...
Tipton......
Union
Vanderburgh
Vermillion
Vio
Wabash..
Warren
Warrick
2,7:81
M17
5, ?7!l
l.Wi
4,767
,25
7,"-0)
4,522
12.W77
4, tt
2,4 IS
152
3.7U
13,0"i2
S.1I
3.S23
6, KIÜ
,67
12.K01
5,512
.4,048
5, :S52
Washington.
Wayne
White-
Whitley .....
Normal School.,
Total 640,142
217.359 19 379,763 69
Total collected from the connties......247)9 19
State's interest paid ...7. 117,143 50
Balance in tht. Treasury at the last ap
portionment 414 36
Counties delinquent estimated to pay. Q2,W 00
Ureen and Orange counties, excess 932 59
Unclaimed fees collected by the Attor
ney Ueneral 4,715 90
Hirrlson county's excess in 1872 181 14
.
Total collected and ready for appor
tionment. .7T?),946 68
Amount apportioned...... 379,765 69
Balance in the Treasury. .? ISO 99
The following counties have had their ap
portionment increased to correct errors in
the last apportionment, arising from errors
in reporting their enumeration, viz: dark
county, StJti 99: Grant county, $111 27;. St.
Joseph county, $3tf 54; Vigo county, 225 33;
Franklin county,?190 82, andShelbycounty,
S93 5s. One hundred dollars nave Deen de
ducted from the apportionment to the county
of Green, the Auditor having fai led to re
port in time lor the last apportionment
The Auditor of Orange county having pro
duced the proper evidence that his report
was made in time for tne last apportion
meet is released from the penalty. Twenty
five dollars have been aeducted from the
apportionment of the county of Boone, the
examiner having failed to report the ex.
auiination by May 15th, 1873. One hundred
dollars have been added to the apportion
ment of Marshall county, tne Auditor hav
iner produced the proper evidence that his
report was mailed in time for the October
apportionment in 1872. No Auditor's reports
have been received from the counties ot
Park and Vico. The amount to each child
is fifty-eight cents. M. B. Hopkins,
Supt. of Pub. Instruction.
The boctiiekn kepcblicaxs. says a
Washington letter to the New York Herald:
There is a jrreat deal of indignation felt
among the leading Southern Republicans at
the course of the administration In the Vir-
ginius aflair. A movement will be organiz
ed among them looking to the combination
of their influence to take a stand by them
selves, and possibly to identify their action
with the party of the- future, perhaps the
Grangers, who nave shown sucti strength
and are fctill displaying great actiyity. It is
freely ald th'ac.-ou acodant of - thebuncrlinEr
of Une Itepublican party, and the discredit a
ble manner in whien they inave-iaqwited
themselves in , the .recent State campaigus
and 1 Contrress since ts mertine. not one
Strnthern Stum CTTrti9rcnr-iTjpofi tolie'car-
ried again: by the liepuclican jaity. Tiuy
feel that the silly working of : the Civil Ser
vice law has brought ruin on them rid
shorn them ot . the great-strength-.they had
had when patronage" could'lie most power
fully wielded to reward their favorites and
provide 'lor fh4 -Working rank arid fife: A
strong liepubllcan poiuwian from isorth
Carolina. wht has t beeiv able t carrv two
coiiuiies In that -St-aAe, Slaving become em
barrassed, J.ime to Washington to bek Gov
ernment e:nplov:llT WM--nxsoaiul!y
henrd.rhenthe vtli ial whose aid wmtfOuzU',
tHuiously handed rdm h copy of tno'-'C'iv-il
Service Instructions." ani told Mm how
toifocefd td undergo" the" toxaihtdntion pre
scribed. ' Ho leit the Treasury iii'ciust,
wyins that in iniure :he wouldr wotk for
ronieothtr party who would recognize Irs
services, l uo repeal of the Civil S"ri-o la '
is Lmdlv clantictred for y the rronest
wrkers in the Republican paTtv.whiPti.ha 1
in' bridsed over a PrebiacntLtl arn-iu,
can now be dispensed with.
THE ENGINEERS STATE THE CASE.
HOW THE STRIKE BEGAN AND WHY THE
BROTHERHOOD FEET, AGGRIEVED A CLEAR
STATEMENT OF FACTS.
To the rubUc;
Our people are fully aware that a misun
derstanding exists between the officers of
the r., C. & St. L. Railroad Company and
the locomotive engineers and firemen on
the leased lines of that road. Also that this
misunderstanding arose in consequence 01 a
reduction in the wages of the engineers and
firemen, in direct violation of a contract
previously entered into between these par
ties. We therefore deem it unnecessary at
this time to enter into a detailed statement
of the affair. Our object at present is to deal
with the calumny and misrepresentations
that have been set afloat against us with a
view to weaken our cause with the public
We are not unmindful of the fact,
that, in our country no cause can prosper,
however plausible, without that greatest
essentiality to the success of everynterprise,
"public opinion," and for this reason as
much as any other, we have always en
deavored whether on duty or at leisure, and
particularly since the commencement of our
unhappy relations with our employers to
so comport ourselves as to commend the
confidence and sympathy of our people
everywhere. We regret as much as anybody
theexistenceof the present complicated state
of affairs, and are willing to bear any blame
that an impartial public may attach to our
actions; but we are not wiiline longer to
stand idly by and see our good name and
standing in society vanish before the biassed
representations of those arrayed against us.
Many acts of violence have been
reported through the press which
acts we emphatically depreciate, no
matter by whom perpetrated. We are
aware that many reports of unlawful pro
ceedings are set afloat reports without the
least foundation in anything that even ap
proximates to the truth and attributed it to
the locomotive engineers and firemen con
nected with the controversy on the various
lines of the road in question.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE.
We hare taken particular pains to inquire
into thes9 matters, and made diligent search
to ascertain the truth. From our investiga
tion we are enabled to substantiate the state
ment, that whatever lawless acts have been
committed can be traced to parties not in
sympathy with us. We have it upon good
authority that there are at present
men in the city and elsewhere along the
line of road on which the trouble exists,
whose purpose it is to commit unlaw
mi depredations and cnarge the same
to the engineers and firemen, in the
hope of turning public opinion against us
andinlayorof the railroad company. Hut
we have no fear in this matter; we court the
most rigid investigation into all our pro
ceedings, and are ready to stand or fall by
the verdict of an impartial tribunal. We
thcretore respect lully ask for a suspension
01 public opinion in our behalf for a short
time, in order to enable us to cet the facts
fairly before our people. In the meantime,
we asure me puDiic mat we entertain no
hostile feelings toward our late employers
and should they need our services to jruarc
their property, we are at their command.
But we are not ready to sell our labor as
locomotive engineers and firemen for a price
which would virtually close the doors of our
educational institutions against our cjul
dreii and compel them to begin a life of
drudgery without the first rudiments of
common school education.
By order ol Division No. 11 of the B. of
L. E.
CAUSE AND JUSTIFICATION.
A WORD FROM THE ENGINEERS' SIDE REASON
AND CAUSE.
To the Editor of the Sentinel;
Sir I see in yesterday's issue of your pa
per a statement made by Mr. Frazer, General
Agent of the Jefferson ville, Madison and
Indianapolis Railroad, that the engineers
had no cause to strike; that all the employes
of the road had their wages reduced. How
does the public know that the officers pay
was reduced? It is very easy for them to
make the statement,but s it true, that is the
question, the men had a rigkt to strike? It is
a poor plea to put forth that owing to the
decrease in business they would have to re
duce expenses. Does it not look reasonable
that the men who are pulling the passengers
and Ireirrbt over the roads should know when
the companies are doing a good business or
not? The olhcers of the road have broken
their their word with the men, and it is just
in them to resent the wron? that has been
put upon them. It is not owing to a de
crease in business that this has been done.
The companies have taken advantage of the
panic to cut the waces down, and never put
them up again; and also to break u; the
engineers' organization. So long as they act
honorably they will have the sympathies of
the public. F. 13. Maxwell.
Indianapolis, Dec 30.
The aspect of the strike was more tranquil
Wednesday than it has been since its incep
tion. Vandalism and lawlessness are things
of the past, and no disturbances of any kind
have occurred since those already recorded.
There are no threats, intimidation?, or over
tures from either one side or the other so far,
A card has been written by Mr. W.
II. Cuvkendall. ensnneer. tne com
mitteeman who had the interview with Mr.
Miller, denying the vereion and misconstruc
tion of the conversation as puonsnea oy a
certain paper in the city. The misconstrue
tion was to the effect that he (Mr. Cuyken-
dall) approached Superintendent Miller in
behalf of the strikers, and stated that he was
authorized to sa v that they would resume
work upon the simple condition that the
members of the committee discharged for
leavin g their post of duty should be reinstated;
and furthermore, that he stated that it any
one else than himself (Superintendent Mil
ler) attempted to run out the engine of Sun
day afternoon passenger train, he never
would have left the place alive. Mr. C. says
in contradiction to this: "I can only say that
I approached Mr. Miller in behalf ot the en
gineers, and proffered their services to guard
the property of the Company, but not to run
their engines, as I had no authority what
ever to enter into any suth negotia
tions, andil emphatically deny that 1 ever
even thought of tne remarks eaui 10
have been male." MrC. further states
that the above a'ccdsatlon puts him in direct
hostility with Mr. Miller; forwhoui he has
ALWAYS HAD- TnrroOH1ISTpR5pARti
-Aiid hedöds not wiiV' tö reflect any dis
cfedit npon jim: In 'reference fö "the en-
einAta-aiow-rt4loyed onhe roadi the en-r
gineers statp that .Whenever tp.eygft up te ,
a ' " r-i . 1 : - J
them they do ro! In the . ;frihdll?'irs-ible
manner and tuate 10 mem' inrir inmtnud
turn, and' as a . ccnCiHl rule., if .'.ther "is the
proper pirit S manhood alout them; they
HCtjUlesco .'.lrfV..t:ty'if4uS , JVUny of
tutin.havi .'hqt'ifivietofor' fairly understood
what has Ik en mul is involved ." iri tliß.Jprike
ai?dnieIflfoJliLL understand it
thev usu:iilv act in,. an honorable manner.
It is alio fcUtvd thut when .the machinery of ;
the engines gr:t out. of order it is .aln;csl im
possible to t,- ' it it paired, as the machiaWts
of the P.iu IIai'.C:o have po?iueiy de
clined' to wom'Tor 'the -c.asT of men
Who are - AtnpIcvV these " irrai hinists and
blacksmiths having 'rf-.ufeed t& work in the
Pan-Handle 4i-pa.. The ensr.reas are era
p .utic in thuir expressions 01-iatention to do
all they can to paolxct tha company's prop-
erty, and bring to account any of their num
ber who may be detected in any act of van
dalism. THE GRANGERS.
THE INCREASING STRENGTH OF TUB ORGAN
IZATION. A correspondent writes to the Graphic
from Washington on December 16: The
Weekly Bulletin of the National Granges
gives the figures ol the past week a follow ;
Number of granges organized during the
past week (ending December 13), 243; the
total number being 9,297. The iacrse or
reported membership for the same period
has been 1 8,000. the total membership being
697,275. TTie total number of granges or
ganized so far during the present month is
517, the increase of membership in the eauie
time being over 27,000. .
This increase for the week is mainlv in the
Southern States, as will be seen ty'the fol
lowing list:
Total No. Total No.
Inc. granges. Inc. grauen
Alabama ........11 xx New Hamp I. 1 11
Arkansas 9 II. New Jer-y U4
California 4 IM New irk. -.M
Florida 1 20 N Carolina.. 4 l.N
Georgia .15 aJ Ohio ............ J 4
Illinois -IS W Oregon .. 6F
Indiana 7:2 Pensylvania. .. .S
Iowa 1 1,k K. Carolna I IV
Kansas ....14 TZl Tennessee. 1 2
Kentucky- i llrt Texas..... I 40
Louisiana. 2 41 Vermont. 4 SS
Maine 1 Virginia. 0 l'.
Maryland- 1 7 W. Virginia . 1 at
Massachusetts. 18 'W'lseoosln...12
-Michigan 5 117 Colorado i
Minnesota 7 :7 I hikoUi Z .V
Mississippi ...-10 . ÖH7 Washington. ..
Missouri JS 1,1 Canada - K
Nebraska 2 4til
Total ... iw a,-JOT
Of the above It will be seen that i:.
granges have been organized in the former
slave States, Missouri being the largest, hav
ing organized 3S granges in the paat week.
The central Western States have organized
58; the Northwestern have added while
the other additional fifty granges are scat
tered from the Atlantic to the Pacio.
No new cars have been built at the Fort
Wayne shops of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railway since July, and no work
is being done save repairs.
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