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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Tlie Union is again on top ! The 

 lawsuit at Canton, Ills., is ended ! The 

 enemies of the bees had no case, and the 

 Judge kicked it out of court. The facts 

 were detailed on pages 41 and 74: of this 

 volume. The attorneys for the Union 

 give these details of the case : 



At the request of Mr. Cole we write 

 you concerning the outcome of the most 

 wicked conspiracy against him, and the 

 great interest of bee-keeping in this part 

 of the country. 



At the commencement of the present 

 term in our Circuit Court, Mr. Shaffer 

 and his minions were on hand, ready to 

 annoy and perplex the defendant, and 

 by a great show of eagerness to reach 

 the case, and also to secure an indict- 

 ment by the grand jury, endeavor to 

 "bluff" him and induce him to abandon 

 his defense. 



Matters stood thus until the com- 

 mencement of the call of the criminal 

 docket, when a change of base was made 

 and different tactics were employed. 

 When the case was reached on the 

 docket, all that was necessary was to 

 call the attention of the court to the 

 statute under which the persecution was 

 commenced, together with the citation 

 of an authority or two, of which we had 

 a most comprehensive brief, and he at 

 once told the State's attorney that the 

 suit could not be maintained, and ordered 

 that it be dismissed. Even the attorneys 

 who appeared before the justice, ad- 

 mitted, in the face of these, that no 

 action could be maintained. And thus 

 ends the most miserable apology of a 

 prosecution with which Mr. Cole has 

 been inflicted. 



It may not be out of place to say that 

 had it not been for the persistent efforts 

 which were made, the result would have 

 been otherwise. We devoted a great 

 deal of time and attention to this mat- 

 ter, and were prepared to make a bitter 

 struggle. They also endeavored to get 

 an indictment against Mr. C, but in this 

 they also failed. With this farcial 

 ending, the celebrated bee case termi- 

 nated. 



Burr-Conitos.— The Missouri Bee- 

 Keeper says that thick top-bars are a 

 great improvement ; and although there 

 were a few brace-combs — or, as we now 

 distinguish them, burr-combs — there 

 were not enough to justify the use of a 

 honey-board. — Oleaninqs. 



Cliicas^o Kxposition. — The 



Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of the 

 Inter-State Industrial Exposition was 

 opened yesterday, Sept. 16, and will 

 close on Oct. 24. The great building 

 has been completely and fully decorated, 

 and all available space allotted to 

 intending exhibitors, for what promises 

 to be the most complete and magnificent 

 exhibition in its long history. 



The Cook County Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society, with a prize list 

 running into the thousands of dollars, 

 have undertaken, a floral display that 

 has never been equaled in this country. 



In the building will be also exhibited 

 an exact reproduction in miniature of 

 the Buildings and Grounds of the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, with magnificent 

 electric effects ; covering as it does a 

 space of 5,000 square feet, it is one of 

 the wonders of modern mechanical art, 

 and will be worth a journey to see. 



The Lincoln Log Cabin Association 

 will also be exhibitors. 



All railroads transport passengers at 

 excursion rates. 



"Winter Clamp.— Mr. A. Newland 

 thus describes his clamp for wintering 

 bees, in the Orange Jucld Farmer : 



Dig a trench in the ground deep 

 enough to allow the hives to be below 

 the surface of the ground, and wide 

 enough to receive two rows of hives. 

 Set the hives into the trench, making 

 the two rows face each other. Open the 

 tops a little, screening the openings to 

 keep out mice, etc. Lay timbers across 

 the trench, and cover it over with 

 boards. Place a ventilating tube at 

 either end of the trench, making one 

 taller than the other. These can be 

 made by nailing fence boards together. 

 They should be screened also. Pile 

 straw on the board cover of the trench, 

 and throw up dirt around this like a 

 potato pit. The bees will live upon half 

 the honey required to winter them when 

 unprotected, and very few will die, 

 therefore you will have early and large 

 swarms. This is the most successful 

 plan I have tried. In Iowa, when 75 

 per cent, of the bees died, I lost none. I 

 have kept bees thus four months without 

 lifting. 



