Bloomington Progress, Volume 18, Number 43, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 December 1884 — Page 2

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MISCONSTKIJEH.

BY AJ.MA M'KEE. "To-night will von hug the shore, Captain?" She asked, w.th bewildering smile. The clouds am of lnfcy-blacknss. And night-birds crying the while. Shall you hns the scaV" He cried, "Nay. nay! I uracil rather hu? the Cape of Hay." "Oh, fie!" cried she, with a toss of Iter curia. "Yon sorely raast bo daft! Should the billows your fairy-bark kiss tonight They would overturr the craft. But he cried, with laugh at hor dismay, -What caw I. white I Wsi the Hps of May? "Bat I thought that you loved too wide, rough sea, Shos-iid, with indignant tone. "Von have sunt its praises oft to me To me. and not me alone." "That I love the sea Is truth, I rr! Bat far dearer to me is myifterHSs ay. -Go wed your Gape of May!" sfe( said; "TwtU make a stormy bride. Her eyes were filled with unshed tears; Her words with wounded pride. "Ton misconstrue!" he cried. "Say, nay; lis not the Cape, but yon. my May!

BID'S ADYENTURE.

BY LILT M. CCKBV.

Gideon Foster had been three weeks a resident of the metropolis, and was shortly to "go into br.siness, under the supervision of bis uncle, Mr. Archibald Fuller, of the prosperous firm of Smith & Fuller. Gideon or Gid, in the language of his intimates was a healthy young Southerner who, during the past year or so, had penetrated Western fastnesses, investigated mines and ranches, attained his majority, and i succeeded in convincing his sturdy old, Tennessee father, a well-off farmer of advanced age, that the city was the correct place for voting men of push and talent, Gid was tall and strong; he had small, keen eyes, a beaky nose and a long upper lip. His complexion was an artistic mixture of tan azd sun- - burn. He had at times a nervous twitching of the long Tipper lip, accoinpanied by a slight sniff. He had an excellent opinion of himself, and was given to citing "what ire think down car way." For his age he was well informed on ceneral topics. Gid's uncle, a handsome, portly liachelcr, yet in his thirties, had thus far kept a kindly eye upon his relative, Jeeling measurably responsible for the vernier man's safety and wetl-lxring

vn the great and alluring city. But Gid was beginning to chafe under the friendly espionage, and mentally

longed to break from all accounta

bility. Particularly vexed was he one afternoon when bat this fc the way it i liar pened : Gid, being idle and unaconainted. was standing in the street

before Ins hotel, when a couple of handsome, well-dressed ladies chanced to pass. One of the ladies glancing up, caught his eye, blushed, and fluttered a little. Gid was alive in an instant; quite ready for a sly flirtation. At home, as in any small village, no harm was thought of such things, the best young ladies being given, at times, to little adventures of the sort He never

stopped to consider that city customs

might be dinerent, one stanea in pursuit of the blushing and mischievous dairsela. raising his hat at an auspicious

moment and meeting an unmistakable

walnniift. He thou "lit them verv nrettv :

! ' their complexions were rnarvelonsly liua, fine. The trio proceeded slowly down 1 -tbo-promensde, laughing aad chatting

, as they went. Gid was quite in his

element he was devoted to pretty

irxrls and awaited an invitation to call,

jhen. he 1'elt sure his credentials and

his own candor would win over the "old

folks."

Tliey had proceeded in this fashion

for some distance," when Gid looking

up, perceived his uncle approaching. As the latter came close, his counte

nance appeared to grow suddenly stern

with horror. Keally, Gid had never

before seen him look so, and wondered what could have happened. Mr. Fuller camo qrjckly on, and, as he stood

abreast the . trio, scarcely paused.

"Gid!" he said, in terrible tone, and motioned with his head toward the

hotel, then passed on.

Gid excused himself and followed

after, intending to rejoin the fair ones.

T- He caught up with his uncle at the

hotel entrance. "Well?" he said.

"Well!" fairly thundered the elder gentleman, pushing him into a corner of the hall. "What under heaven do

you mean by such conduct ? "Conduct? What have 1 done?"

"Do you mean to tell me yon didn't I know the character of those women?" I "Character? Why. they are very

nice irirls."

Air. Fuller regarded him in silence,

-then spoke compassionately: "Well, vou are simpler than

m thoueht. and for all your Western

" travel ! How did you meet them?" ts Gid hesitated. m "Whv whv. I met them "

M . "You flirted with them! Now, that

If might do in a village, but city folks

" don't make acquaintances that way.

And. if you're some to stay in the city.

you don't want to label yourself

Sucker ! With carer do your"

With this well-meant severity Mr.

Fuller tuned away.

Gid was deeply mortified, and hardly

knew what to do with himself. Hw

mortification lasted all he evening.

making him seem so low-spirited that Maclean, a young Southern friend,

chaffed liim sadly, and asked if he were lovesick. "IH take you to see a pretty girl tomorrow," Maclean said, consolingly, "at her studio; she is an artist." Gid roused a little, asking: "What's her name?" "Daisy Darrow; Miss Margaret Darrow, more correctly." "A fact?" "Yes, a fact." "Is she really pretty?" "I think youTl say so. She paints ' well; doesnt need to, eitf er. for she is an only child, and her father is well off. Htfs in Europe no-; Fie lives with her aunt; mother's dead." Maclean was really very flib with the

young 1 ada pedigree, coi sidering how I i slightly ho knew her. "S lie's just back)

from the country, end shell be off to W the seaside before long; so we must tsureiy go to-morrow." i "Suits me to a T," said Gid, forgetJing his woe. s, A little after eleven the next day, gkiss Darrow sat ia an easy chair at her

o. on the third floor of a buiitting

iven t.p to studios and tt e like. Miss

- had just arrived in company

i her boon companion, Miss Mamie

lett. a feminine faithfU Achates, a

ilinic blonde, as devoted to ner pen

I Daisy to her brush. Miss Hallett

red the studio with ner meoa, nava very literary-looki ag. paper-lit-

d table in one corner. The Btudio

charming, as are usually such

sb. Miss Uarrow w tis aarK-eyea lark-haired, with a clear, pale skin

i very pretty, crimson lips. She

a most becoming areas oi oui-goiu and ecru lace; a black hat with

I-gold scarf, and boots with old-

l tope. She was m truth a golden

ay. Miss Hallett wore wmie

green ribbons, and sat very erect

sola, while n-awy lonngea ian-

the easy-cnair.

Pearl, my darling?" asked

lett She alwarn called Daisy

the name was infinitely ffiW

Miss Darrow replied disconsolately: "My love, I am in despair. I am out of the mood for landscapes. I feel a

desperate longing to do a portrait. i 4-tA 11..' wvr, vit a ninr nirAl 9n

"Of what style, pray ?" "O, a strong face-; an odd face homely, rugged, uncouth! Anything! Only I want novelty." Miss Hallett shook her head. "I don't know where to look for it, mless down .in Mulberry street: and I'm in deadly fear of the cholera." . Daisy yawned.

Some one is coming up stairs, sue said, without troubling to move. "To see us, I suppose; there's nobody else home on this floor."

A moment later Maclean s well-

. . , . i. t T

meaning, snort-nosea visage uwruuuu

itself through the door.

"Wood-morning, ladies; may J. oring friend?" Miss Hallett arose with vivacity. "You are quite welcome; we are try

ing not to be dull."

Daisy had put out ner nana, ian-

Are you naving your vacation .- mio asked. "Then, as she perceived Gideon, she sat up, suddenly revivified, and became cordial

Gid looked admiringly about the

room.

It's very warm to-day, he said,

presently. "It is, indeed; we have some lemonade" and Miss Hallett proceeded to dole out thimblefnls in tiny, colored

The srentlemen made thus a pleasant

call, and went away delighted, exchang

ing, when they had readied tne street, the following impressions :

Maclean what do yon tmnK ot ner .-

Pretty, eh?

Gid-rYou just bet sue is; xau ana

slender. I used to like girls who were pay-teet; I like tall ones better now-a-days.

Maclean Sne Jtept ner eyes on yon

all the time. Think you made an impression, Gid. - .... . . -. T , - , . "I , '

Old Woultln t mina ii i ma. ones

good-looking; I wouldn't mind introducing her to my uncle. You sny her

father is well-on, too.

I am not Quite sure how Miss Darrow

would have felt had she heard herself thus patronized; she, accustomed evrvwhere to the most delicate flattery;

she, who was quoted as "rare, pale Idanraret" "pearl," and "queen of

women!" Perhaps she would have

frowned a little, then laughed ; tor sue was not a vain girl. She had good, eyesight and a fine French mirror at home; she knew herself thoroughly,

and was therein content Perhaps sue would have been otherwise affected by the young Southerners' allusions to

matrimony. For a moment I believe

she would have longed to box their

ears impudent, presnminff creatures!

Misff Ujrrow was devoted to art. sine

was not, however, strong-minded, nor was she a misogamist; on the contrary

she had her own select circle ol admirers, and there was one at present in Europe to whom she would probably, in due time, be more than fiancee; one who had the highest confidence, in her talents and wrote her the most encouraging letters. "Persevere," he wrote.

I look for great things irom you it yon

will but work. Be self-centered, and scorn outside allurements (only me) !"

But of course, poor Gid had noway

of knowing all this.

As for the voung ladies, they liatt

preserved a well-bred silence until

finite sure their guests were out ot the

building.

Then Miss Hallett interrogated ner

friend with a wicked wink and smile.

Daisy had relapsed into arm-chair and meditation.

"Eu . eu . What's that word.

Mame -that word beginning with U ?"

Eucher, euphony, .European, eu-

pepsy "

JNonsenfe! l mean t arena i x

have got a aiodel !"

"You mean the Tennessean, iovo t

saw you studied him closely."

"I could sketch him already. Take

his face just as it is ; erowr. the hair with a ragged straw hat; put a flannel shirt on Mm, opening carelessly from his long neek ; plenty of red and tan !"

" Will you ask. him to sit ? "I daresay; he'll probably call again

soon."

Nor was Daisy greatly surprised

when they received, some two hours later, by messenger, an invitation to join the young gentlemen that same

day for a ramble in the parK.

The assurance ! exclmneu Miss

Hallett "We and they! Ramble in the park, indeed! 3nub them, gor-

ices and cakes. Daisy observed that Gid drank with the gulps of a novitiate. She smiled, and let the beverage trickle hIowIv down her throat. "Down our way," said Gid, "if a lady drank beer, she'i bo ostracized." "Would she?" asked Daisy, thinking what a capital name for the portrait was "Down-our-way !" Gid couldn't help feeling a little surprised, when Maclean and himself had seen the ladies to the door of Miss Hallet's residence, that there had been no invitation to enter. But he forgot it presently in Maclean's congratulations. "Yon'ro making fine headway, Gid; bnt what about that little girl down home?" Gid replied iu a practical tone. Ho

was sorry, but the engagement could be broken with Mabel. Alas! poor Mabel, whose voluminous correspondence was no longer carried about next his heart! Poor Mabel, who crossed and recrossed her foolscap in flowing school-girl hand to such little purpose! Besides Mabel, Gid had also a little Indiana sweetheart, who wrote him pining epistles. So it will bo seen ho was something of a lady-killer in his own circle. The quartette made an excursion the following week to Coney Island, the onlv peculiar feature of which being.

in Daisy's mind, the dinnar order of Mr. Foster. She spoke of it next day to Mame. "He ordered roast turkey, dear, and only fancy ! boiled eggs ! I saw the waiter smile. Only to think of it eggs for dinner V Miss Hallett shrugged her shoulders : "I wouldn't care if lit had eaten shells and all." Daisy was pointing away at the portrait. Tm not satisfied," she said, pausing to regard it. "I'm going to ask him to sit to me." "Bnt what will he think of the costume you put upon him ?" "Oti, I'll work hat in afterward. I only want to catch the expression. Wait till he conies again. ' He happened to come that afternoon. Mame retired to the adjoining room, for fear she should smile. Daisy had covered up her ensel, and reclined picturesquely in the easy-chair. Gid came alone; he didn't know where Maclean was. "It's just as well," said Daisy, blandly, "becauso I have a confession to make, Mr. Foster." She lowered her eyelids, and displayed beautiful eyelashes. "I hope you will pardon me," she began. "There isn't anything I wouldn't pardon in yon," said Gid, very impressively. Daisy pansed and thought: "Was that outeageons Mame giggling aloud in the other room ?"

"Then, would yon be very much offended if I should ask you to allow me to make a sketch of your face? You know we art-studeats are constantly on the watch for countenances that are not insipid and common. A face like yours, for instance, indicative of strength of character and and ambition, perhaps." Gid was smiling broadly. "You don't know how complimented I'd feel," he said. "I'm glad to hear yo i say so. Will vou sit for me a little while to-day. To

tell the plain truth, I've began work already; but of course it don't look a bit like vou, yet" And she uncovered

the easel.

Gid sat for an hour, with eminent

satisfaction to both. He came every m anting now, and Daisy made hay. Mame Hallett was always present, but always deeply engrossed with her writings. Maclean could come no more, his vacation being at at end. Gid was becoming entangled in the nieahes. His remarks amused the fair artist. "What I can't understand is, how yen can paint so well, at your age," he said, one dav. "I, guess you ain't more than

and! wore

lawnl

myrtli

on u

Mini

"Pearl i

for the

ceouslv, dear!"

"Snub them!" repeated laisy. "iou forget, dear; I can't Bnub my model. On the contrary, wo must accept." And immediately she dispatched word to that effect by the messenger, asking Maclean and his friend to call for them at the studio. At the appointed hour Maclean arrived, alone. "It's all right, " he explained. "Gid was detained; he'll meet us at the elevated railroad station." They reached the station ahead of time, and sat down on a platform bench. Just then Miss Hallett discovered she was perishing with thirst, and Maclean insisted upoi an immediate adjournment to a neighboring drug-store, for soda-water. You two may go," said Daisy determinately, "and I will wait here. Mr. Foster may arrive at any monvant; and I am not at all thirsty." She fell into a reverie, as they hurried off, from which she was presently aroused by the excited voice of the

station door-keeper in loud remon

strance. "Thatfs no way to come up! You

want to come ap the other door, and

get your ticket "O, I'll buy my ticket," cried an impatient rather nasal voice, and Daisy,

looking up, saw Gideon Foster, crimson-faced with hurrying through tho heat (She, afterward, in describing his appearance to Miss Hallett, declared, "Do you know, he came up the ' exit' stairs, and really, I believe he must have vaulted theg.tte; for no train was passing, and of course the gate was shut! Yes, he must have scrambled over that high fence; he looked as red as a turkey, too !")

"Ah," said she, with half a smile. "You have come? Well, perhaps you'd best buy your ticket and deposit it The others wfil be here directly, ami we can catch the next train." It was not bad at all, at the park. They boated awhile, viewed the menagerie," promenaded the mall, and brought up at the restaurant It happening to be a concert-afternoon, the restaurant was very much crowded. The ladies

waited at the door with Maclean, and Gid went ahead to find seats. He

had no hesitation in asking a strange gentleman to relinquish his table in favor of tho "ladies in our party." The stranger looked injured and inquired, "Where innaughty word! do you want me to go? Out in the street?" Other seats were vacant at that moment, and Daisy and Mame came up smiling; they had caught the drift of the stranger's remark. The latter looked crestfallen. Daisy's beauty was of the serene sort that inspires admiration at the first glance. The ladies sat facing their escorts, Gid would have preferred to sit beside Miss Darrow. "Do yon drink beer, Miss Halle t?" asked Maclean. . "Everybody drinks beer, saidDaisy, w really was not fond of it, but to study all possible expresihe face of hor model. 'erefcre. sHered with the

"Not much more," s.aid Daisy. "Then I guess I'll be about two years older than you in September." Daisy Indeed ? Gid A fact Daisy (after a pause) Well, that's a good age to begin business. You ought to succeed. Gid Own fault if I don't. v Spits through his teeth and over his shoulder). I guess I've got money enough to back me." Daisy That's a bright lookout

" There ; how am I getting alo lg with the picture? Gid Well, I guess I'd be pretty fortunate to gel; as good a one again. What do you mear. to do with it, any way?' Daisy Do with it? O ah, whyput it on exhibition, I suppose. Gid You wouldn't sell it, I suppose

to me? Daisy (slowly) Well, frankly, Td rather keep it myself. Gid (suddenly) I wish I had one of you! Daisy (raising her voice) Mame, please come here and criticise. Gid was certainly in the net. When the sittings were at an end he summoned courage to asl; permission to call at Daisy's home. Daisy was very pleasant. "To call?" she said, smiling, "lieally, I should like to ask you; bui, you see, we are going to the seaside next week, and the house is closed. So, .much as I should like it, I cannot ask you to coll." Gid bore the disappointment like a hero. Had she not painted his portnit and refused to sell it even to liimV "My dear Pearl," said Miss Hallott, "your model is smitten, I fear." ""Nonsense, mv sweet But if lie were?" " "I'd be extremely sorry for him." ' So should I," saidDaisy, ingenuously. "Bnt he'd suffer in a noble cause

the cause of art. Gid continued to como to the studio. "I'll have to lock the door," said Daisy, one day, "or I'll never have a

chance to work up the costume. I must ! finish it this week, for Aunt Sarah is j complaining because I don't arrange about my wardrobe." -You'll never want any wardobe," said Mame, resignedly, "if you cloe the door such weather as this. You'll melt or stiHe in one short hour." "Then I'll risk his coming, and leave it open." Arriving late next morning, Miss Ballot found Daisy in her easy-char, studying over a letter. "What are you doing precious?" asked Mame, throwing down her coaching umbrella. "I'm considering a proposal." "Indeed? That's diversion. You must have gotten here at seven. How

funny the portrait looics; ltd 31; st killing! If he could only see it!" Daisy frowned at "Down-onr-waj." "I'd like to burn the old thing." "But you couldn't, dear; thank fortune there's no fire to tempt you." "Listen to this letter," said Dahy, and began to read aloud : "Mv Dearbst Daisy: (When 1 say deun;et, I mean it In tho full sense of tho word.) Though 1 have known you so short a time. 1 do not boliovo you will be wholly Hiirprltod to learn that I liavo como to regard jou as far moro than friend. In fact 1 Uavo grown to care lor you moro than I over thought. 1 could for any girl. I almost believe I can novor be happy without jou. I tblnk .vou have soon su Melon t of Die, ere this, to tool that 1 am 11 gentleman. 1 oven Matter mytt At that you like, mo some, already, and will grow to like mo still bottor. It only remain!", therefore, for me to say that I can offer you a namo upon whoso bonur no at.iin bus over fallen. Of course, wo are both too young as yet for marriage; but may 1 not hope that you return my feelings, and that some timo we may become all in A1 to each other) 1 will call to seeVyou this afternoon at two.

i and hop wfu will Tomi ifab answer, as

will render nv happiest of nil. Till then, nnl

always, your own, tu.

Daisy ended -.villi a high. "Can I help you, lovo?"' asked Mmne. "Suppose you take the cars to Koekaway, and let me tell him yon'ro gone to the seaside." "My own! With all my faults, I never shirk unpleasant duties." And Daisy covered the portrait and wi.iled for 'i o'clock. As 1 said 1 efore, Gid had no mean opinion of himself. Many a girl, at home, had an;;lcd for him, to his certain knowledge. And now he'd show liis uncle a thing or two. He had c.lcady told him a little about Daisy and his luatrimoni tl hopes. "A nice way to treat Mabel Clare!'' growled Mr. 'fuller. "I'd like to know what's become of your Southern sense of honor." "I've higher ambitions," said (lid. "Very well ; go ahead, and see where you'll bring up." tlid gavci his head a little toss. "I guess there ain't many girls but would be plad of a chance at me, he said, and started off to see Daisy and receive his answer. Of course aiie'd bo shy at tirsx, and deprecate the notion. But gradually she'd come around.

He bought a tine bunch of daisies and hurried to the studio, running briskly

up tho stairs, Daisv was alone ; she sat examining

a number of now flower studies. She smiled, and took his flowers gracefully.

She motioned to tho sofa. Pray sit down," she said; "you look heated." Gid drew up a chair, and opened the

ball.

"You received my note? "Your note? O, yes, of course!" Gid's confidence was unmistakable. "And what do vou think of tho idea?''

"What did I think? Why, of course, I thought you meant ic all as a joke.

I'm sure I hope you did, she said,

frankly, "because, you know, or. rather, you ought to know, though perhaps you don't know ; and I'm sure I'd feel dreadful if I thought you'd been led to suppose " she was perfectly calm, and smiling beside. "The truth of the matter is, Mr. Foster. I'm engaged to a gentleman who is now in Europe!" Gid turned pale. " Engaged ! " he cried, tragically. "Why. for that matter, so am I ! But I'd break any engagement for you '." Daisy rose, with a grave expression. "I am sorry to hear you say so. I have heard so much about Southern honor." "But you won't decide at once," he stammered. " Only promise me to thiult it over!" Daisy looked at him coldly. "I think you could not have understood me. 1 said that I was engaged. There is nothing further further to say, and will you pleaseexcnse me?" She turned to' enter the other room, and Gid had no choice but to retreat. He was in such a state of mind, uetween

disappointment and chagrin, that he left his hat lying upon the sofa, and bolted out bareheaded, and down into the street He ran almost a block before he discovered why people were staring at him. How lie hated to g back! But the hat was new, and Gid was just a little close over unnecessary expenditures. He therefore returned, and climbed the stairs softly, hoping that she might still be in the inner room and would not hear him enter. But, as he reached the threshold of the studio, he was greeted with a most startling little drama. Not only Daisy, but also Miss Hallett had emerged

from the inner roeni, apparently in the highest state of exhilaration. They stcod with their backs to the door, and wore convulsed, at moments, with laughter, over a picture upon the easel, which now stood in tho center of the room. a "Heavens!" cried Mame. "It is a splendid likeness !" "I might pity him," said Dfisy, "if he wasn't so capable of jutying himself." Just then they moved, and Gid caught sight of his own portrait, ragged-hatted, flannel-clad, and bearing a huge title placard, "Down Our Way !" For a moment ho was fairly stunned: then turning, he lied, hatloss a second time, and choking with gasps of rage and mortification, to tho street Ho ran several blocks in this condition, before he ever thought of a hat -store. He kept out of his uncle's sight that evening and for several days a ter. But gradually he came to himself, and wrote to the long-neglected Mabel.

Hl'MOR. A .Tusti. k's pantaloons can hardly be called breeches of tho pence. "Mrsic hath charms to soothe a savage breast." (!o West, you tooting bugler, go West. Vretzel'a Weekly. ((riMSK has not been so low in price for years, and a fellow can better afford to lin p his girl give him tho shake this year than at any oilier time. "The .K is no place like your home," s.tys tho poet. Bight! unlets it's the home of the voung woman you're, after. This is, of course, an exception. Future j.oeis will please note it. Said an astronomer to a bright-eyed girl, when talking of rainbows: "Did vou ever see a lunar bow, miss?"' "I have seen a beau by moonlight if that is what you mean," was the sly re

joinder.

THE NEW DEAL

Bayard, Garland ni.d Whitney Reasonably Sure to Be In Cleyeland' s Cabinet,

Preparations on an Extensive Scale Being Made for the Inauguration Ceremonies,

: Cabinet-Making. ! (Washtngtnn special to the Chicago Tribune. I ! It nmy not be accepted as a fact that Keni ator Uaviird can have a place in President Glovctiind s Cabinet if ho so desires, and it l is altogether probable that he will a.'ccpt 1 the otfer. It was at first supposed he would ! be given tho portfolio of Stato, but his ' tnsie-i mid experience run rathor in the line I of fihiuec, and he wil! thercforo in all : probability be the nex: Secretary of tho Treasury.

Nfvku judge a woman by tho clothes i Mr. William 0. Whitney will certainly be

she wears. Manv a fascinating woman,

covered with silks and flounces and furbelows, turns her toes in to such a distressing extent that when she, walks h r feet look like an isosceles triangle with tho base omitted. Carl 1're.zel's Weekly. "Xiv. i.n i'i.K lioy, what is the. moaning if the wird hypocrisy?" asked an Austin Sunday-school teacher of her favorite pupil. "I can't explain it, but I know it all the same." "Give me an example of hypocrisy." "When a follow says he loves his Sunday-school teacher. That's hypocrisy." Terns .Sifthi'js. Not what he intended : He (a crack

tennis-player 1 "It's a splendid game,

! tho New York representative in the Cabinet.

! Kumor has given h 111 the post of Attorney

CJcneiiil, for winch ho is thor jgUly htteii, but that will probably be given to Sonntor (rarland, mid Mr. Whitney will take tho Secretaryship of tho Interior instead. The Houth scorns to bo entirely united on Senator Garland as a member of the Cabinet and his appointment will be out of deference to the wishes of tunt section and becauso he is enrnoutly fitted for tho plane. Bayard, Whitney, and" Gai land are almost certain to bt come members of President Cleveland's Cabinet. Theyaro all I Democrats of the HtrieiMchool, and their high person il diameter will no doubt be accopt-

. able. I A New York lleg.nm says: It is understood here that Senator Bayard had consid- ' eniblc conespondeneo with Gov. Cleveland

before he vhutca Albany, and that Senator

POLITICAL TOPICS. THE OHIO KJiXSCTION.

INDIANA 8TAT& NBW&

Tyi hoid fever is "tuuHually prevalent

Inr.MtliratIr.il of Marlutl Wright. u JSew Albany and VMlIdty.

Tho special committee appointed by Congress ..Tb- American Sinrch Works, at Colnui-

to investigate the alleged mi'eondnct of Marshal

Lot Wrisht, in tho Ohio election, has been taking testimony at Washington. Ilr. IL 11. Bradfcrd, a resilient of Cincinnati bnt tenvoorarily living at Washington, text tiled that no was in Cincinnati the day ')f elf ci ion; saw the riot giim on In the Plum street disl riot.

but did not Know wno wro the asurestiors

bus, have reduced wages 10 percent j A lire at Isiwrent-ebnrg destroyed tho ' shot in of tln Bauer Cooperage Company, I vol 11 d at $50,000. - Miss Eva Eshani a schools istress oi

heard person pay that respectable people would , Modora. was fined $30 for whipping a boy not co Into that district to - otc: bad beard lhat j "

dupntv marrfmln took part in the riot. There wer-' n great many unemployed ncKroeH stnnd--

inc around til'.' firce.s, aim ne. wan iuiu incy

isn't it ? I really think that vour sex ! llayard was invitee, to tnKe a seat in me ought to get up a testimonial to the in- binot before h went there so that he ventor. It's the best game ever in- V that 110 tender jf 0met cie i. " e , posu,,,,, was nmda during the Albany mtervented m which ladies can join. She . .... ...,.,.,.. ,t itl r, i v,ib

(with a brother in his university eleven) Yes, that's what Jack says; "it's a splendid gamn for ladies and duffers."

They wer.- discussing politics. " If yon were marching in a procession and your torch went out you wouldn't have ' 'to call for a match," remarked Jones; ' vou could light it with your nose." , "Yon could do better than that," retorted Smith ; "you wouldn't need any : torch at all." "Indeed '."replied Jones. ".No. All yon would have to do would bo to light your breath." Areii' York (Viyi'hV. A i.ady in Ireland was asked by an elderly reverend gentleman whom she met in Dublin why it was that she was not married. "You wdnldn't ask that question," said tho lady, "if yon knew the state of affairs in the city where 1 live. Why, there are seven ladies to one gentleman in that place." "And why didn't you got thir ono gentleman ?" slyly asked' the questioner. Laicremv j American. "Don't you know," said a minister, addressing a little boy who was fishing, "that God doesn't lovo little boys who fish Sundays?" Just then a pull on the line occurred, and the boy lauded a two-pound trout. "Uon't He?" ex- ; claimed the boy. placing the fish in a ; basket that contained about a dozen : just like it. "Don't He? You look in that basket, mister, an' see if he don't. Detroit rout. FINALLY PROPPED AN'CHOB. Mv love was like'a broyant ship O'er snnnv wave at ea. And in the voyase of my heart She Hailed away from me! 1 followed in her flying wake - The waves urew strong and fleet ; 1 passed by shoalu vf ciroumstanco And ijuicksandN of defeat! Hut little winds of vouuetry Still kept e.ur live- apait. Till in mv cruise of love 1 reached The harbor of l.cr hoars ! 1 ' Why does the woman .tand at the

corner with her gaze i'asteued on a house iu tho center of the block V" "Because she sees a red sign on the house, and she thinks the place will slit her. Kow hIio is walking down. Yes, she likes the location. It is handy to the cars, and people on either side look as if they would lend their flat-irons and washluks." "Does she ring the hell?" "She doth. It is answered by a solid woman with k sort of nitricicid eye." "And after she has asked how much the rent is, and how many children the neighbors have, and what society can bo looked for, and whether tho landlord is willing to make repairs, what Imppens?" "Oh, nothing much. The solid woman draws herself up, shuts her teeth hard, and points to the sign and hisses: "Idiot! Can't you read !' " "And then?" "And the otlur backs down the steps, and reads: 'Scarlet fever hero!' "

view lust Sunday. It is also said upon high

Democratic authority that Senator Uayard personally pr.-fm-s tiie Treasury portfolio, and in his interview with Gov. Cleveland sud as much. It is also believed that the PresUlent-alect had originally iutended Mr. Bayard to have the position of Secretary of State. He is only embarrassed at present to find just

the uum for thtt place, and if he is successful in this direction Mr. Bayard will have the Treasury portfolio. It is said that Mr. Bayard docs net regard the post of Secretary of State as ono that would be as congenial as that of the Treasury. All his public experience ha been in the line of financial study. He has been upon a number of investigatm" committees to examiuc the Treasury and understands it verv fullv. Ho has but littlo taste fo:: for-

eitiii affairs. It is, however, understood

Krnnfc l. Morgan, uewiaper reporter, of Washington, testified to being in ('iminnati election dav: ho siw several men irom washington there, lietma as deputy marHhuis ami wear

ing metal bodges. 'Iliev were Moses Wright, John 'Wright and JKtnes Donnelly. Witness paid them a social call in the evening, and they produced bull-dog pistols, which were part of their eou'pu ont. They g"t th-Mr ins' ructions lrom Lot WrVht iirst. and were afterward drilled bv Pension Detective, luthhone. ISathbone, it was generally understood, had charge of tho Imported talent, gentlemen who had been summoned by the Republican National Committee, as they said, to see a lair count. Witness visited a voting pratiict in t!.o Fouith Ward, and saw a good deal of fhnti.r The dimr.fcv innrsluila appeared

to bo overbearing, insolent, and insulting. They were bard-looklns characters, and seemed to be selected tram the worst classes. Colored men wentaronnd swinglnif pi-tols as a policeman would swing hi "billy. The effort ot the Deputy Marshals tended rather to break the peace than to keep it. A week before election there had iKien a convention of colored Odd Fellows in Cincinnati, and the witness met a i romlncnt colored man named Pledger, who told him that, while bo was in the city ostensibly to attend the convention, his real object was to carry the election. Witness said he belivcd n'Dety-nine out of one hundred ol these Deputy Sfarshals were roughs. Thoy looked dissipated and capable of intimidating deeent people. Hiram T. I'oyle, who was in Cincinnati election day as correspondent ot the Washington titiiulnu Herald, testified to the bad appearance of the Deputy Marshals. He thought they kept u great many respectable men from the i oils, and their presence gave rise to a feeling Of insecurity. O. V. C. Clark, Commlssionerof Pensions, was called and sworo. but, as he had not had time to comply with the order of the committee to bring certain capers with him, hia examination was postponed. GEN. SHKK.UAN VJII IK'F DAVIS.

The Fornwi Mnkfs K'ubllc a letter Written by Aleek Stephens. Gen. Sherman iias made public a letter signed by Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the late Confederacy, addressed to H. V. Johnson, of Georgia, and dated Crawfordayille, Ga, April x, W4. (Jen. Ht erman says it was loaned to him by Dr. H. C. Bobbins, of Creston, IU., who obtauicd it oa Mr. John-on's premises in Georgia, iu lH, while surgeon of the Ono Hundred and l?irst Illinois Infantry. Mr. Btcphens letter Is it. reply to no in' which Mr. Johnson ro-nonstr&ted with him for his supposed antipathy to President Davis. Mr. Stephens denies such a fc;ling,and saya that m criticising the act suHpending habeas corpus he had been actuated by general principles. He

goes on to say tna. ms lecuags awwu

1

Bu au r. , "Ij Davis are "more iMr. to suspicion and jealousy that Mr. Bayard, while no was offered Ins tmm o( animosity or hate." "1 have regarded

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thcbol

A Country Singiug-Scliool. Did you ever attend a country singing-school in tho days of "culd lang syne?" If you never did, you have missed a rare treat. I remember when I used to walk a mile to when; my girl lived, and thou go two miles further to singing-school, full well. Tlnsre was the teacher (professors were scarce in those days), with two or threechartson which were the full notes, looking like boldly outlined goose-oggs, and tho halves the same, oxcepting that the ladles with which they wi?re being lifted from the pot wore visible ar,d the quarters were great, black balls, just

collidimr with loner, frail bats.

Wiibins" Star I'roverbs Idleness is crime's fertilij;er. Slander is the dynamite of thought. The real-estate miser is a ground-hog. A craft at the mercy of pirates iriond-ship. In this life whisky is one of the reel htugcra. The best society is not always the best educator. Keep your temper and your temper will keep you. After tho railroad tracks follow tho missionary tracts. In trviug to win respect have your

The 1 've branch well loaded.

teacher owned a tuning fork, and when he wished to find 'out the starting point for a song, he would tap it on the dusty, scarred dusk in the old framo meeting-house (churches wore as scarce tut professors then), and say "da, mi, sol, do, do-o-o," then gradually went up to "mi" again, and said "do" in the same key, and then we all tr:.ed to repeat it in the same way, and ringed nil the way from an octave, to above half an octavo below. After harder -Aork than it takes to saw a cord of wood, wo all agreed on the right kind of "do," and then the teacher kept us "do"iug until ho led ns up to tho note on which the song in hand lie.gan, and then we "fa" ed awhile, and then he began counting "one, two; one, two;" until we got to bobbing our heads up and down, and stamping with

our feet, when ho suddenly I iron o the monotonous style, of counting anil said "one, two; one, ready; sing," ami half of us started out all right, a q tarter

wrong, and the remainder not at all.

Then we had to begin again, anil in

duo time wo all were singing. To be sure, some of the tenors would hum

bass, and it was ciiihcult to keep the contraltos off tho soprauo clef", but we got there, all the 6ame, oven if there were two young f Hows, one of whom is writing about it at this moment, who never could keep the voices in line, and were usually siuging "air," as they called it, although assigned to the group of tenors. In about three weeks, wo began to siug "round" songt., when one-fourth of the class sang one-fourth of tho seng, and began on tho first, and took to their heels on tho third quarter, when the third fourth started in on the first, and were coming down the home stretch like a greaf-ed organette by tho time the last insta llment became due, and then started in again with all the rest hard after them in regular order. In due time, of course, wo began to pull up on the leaders, and before we let up, we would aU be coming in on tho home stretch together. When we had conquered this difficult branch of tho art, we regard ourselves as perfect, and were ready to challenge any other school in the universe. Oh, yes! Those were grant!, good old days, I tell you! 'Through Mail. "What is more awful to contemplate," said a lecturer, glaring about him, "than the -elentless power of a maelstrom?" And a hcnpeeked-hxiking man in the rear of the building softly replied, "the femalestrom."

The heels of human jackasses are not

as soft as their brains. Man's absence is often felt when his iii-esence fails to obtain recognition.

Tho wire that connects the tongue to the heart is controlled by the brain. The comedy of life is in tho cradle, the drama at the altar, and the tragedy at the grave. , Few men can build so solid but what Time will cause their btrnctuio tocrumblo to dust. If you have been prudent aud just in tho past, and are wise and charitable 1 now, yon can reap a crop of golden joys in tho future. ' He Didn't Slay. Just before ho reached the corner he : consulted his watch, and the bells at ; tho same time struck H. He gazed i;p and down, looked into a store window, and wore away live minutes. Then ho ' tun n d to a boy trving to play marbles nil alono in the grass, and cautiously naked : "Hub, have yiu seen a lady standing on this corner within a lew minutes?" "Vans." was the prompt reply. "She was here about ten miuits ago." "And where did she go?" I "Down that way. Man como along i and she went oil' with him." "Did. oh?" i "Vans, but yon needn't feel had. I 1 heard the man say he'd como back with j a shotgun and shoot blue blazes outer j

somo one. 11 you u w ait no n certainly como buck." A car was passing, and tho man made OHly three jumps to reach it, and, as ho sat 'down, the passengers noticed that ho appeared like a man suffering great

mental anxiety

choice of the Cabinet places, might be per

suaded to take tho Secretaryship of Stato if in the end Mr. Cle veland would be better satisfied with that arrangement. A dispatch from New York says: "Cabinet slates have been the general talk among Democrats around the hotels. Of Congressman Randall it is said that he is pressed to go iuto th9 Cabinet, especially by the TiUn-Payne influence. Congressman Paige of Ohio, who is Senator-elect Payne's nearest friend, said to-day that Mr. Randall could go iuto tho Cabinet if ho should so elect. It is Mr. Payne's opinion that, so far, 33avard for Secretary of State, Garland for Attorney General, and William C. Whitney are tho only appointments Mr. Cleveland has settled upon;"

Preparations for the Inauguration, I Washington telegram,! Col. James G. lierret, of this city, has received tho following letter from the.Nationtil Dcmccratic-Committee: New Youk, Deo. 14 Col James (1. Btrret, Wanliitialuu: My Deab Sib: Tho National Democratic Committee has scleoted a numlierof gentlomen residing in the District of Columbia as a general comn-i'.tee to make ail the arrangements for tiie inaugttation ceremonies March 4

next. We have selected you to act as Chairman of the committee, at: d bee that yon will a. KC.pt the appointment. It Is the desire of the National Committee that tho committee of which you are Cliainn-in shall li-vo entire charge ef all matters relatingtotheiiiaueurationcereminies. ' To that end vou arc authorised to api olnt such Kub-committets as yon may doim necessary. Yours truly. W . H. HAUSirai, Chalrmin. A. P. Go em AN, ' Chairman Executive Committee. Api-pinted are the names of the fifty gentlemen who compose tho general committec as follows: Col. James G. Ilerrot. Chairman; W. W. Corcoran, I.. ',. Leite.-. Gen. 1'fcllipH. Sheridan. U. S. A.: Admiral David D. Porter, U. S. N.; Thomas J. Kisher, Rear Admiral C. B. P. Kusen, V. H. X ; Gen. M. C. Meigs, U. S. A. ; Prof. Spencer F. lialrd, Will am M. Gait, Martin f. Morris, Dr. Joseph X. Tmer, Albert. A. Wilson, Hear Admiral John L Wordeu, U. S. X. ; Charles G. Glover, John K. Norris. Dr. I'. U. Clarke, James K. Harvey. GiM.rgc A. Mollheany, Gen. Cl.Huncev MoKcevcr, V. S. A.: James L. liar! our. Charlos . McCawlev, M. C. Walter, D. Mavii'.go. Hmrv AVillard, William Clugett, Hon. George Bancroft, Haruuel V. Niles, Wiliiam ' Gait. Thomas J. Luttrell, K. Francis liiggs, John W. Thompson. George W. Cochran, Curtis J. Hillver, Henrv H. Dodsre, Frank Hume, IL Grafton Dulanev, Samuel E. Wheatley, James P. Willctt. James C. W helling, luUD., Frcderiek 11. McGulre, Stilson Hutchins, George W. Adams, Lawrence Gardvir, Maj. . P. I.ydeckcr, 1". S. A., Gen. John G. Parke. U. S. A., Henry Wise Garnet. F. U Moore. Charles M. Matthtws,

John Sims, Dr. It. S. It Walsh. Mankruptey Measures. Washington dispa'ch. The Judiciary Committee expects to have a day fixed for tho consideration of the Lowell bankruptcy bill. Mr. Collins, who has the measure hi charge, is vesy much more confident that the measure will puss thin ho has b.-on. Tho stiougest opposition eonios from Kentucky. The objectiens which havo been made from some of the Southern and Western cities are not as , formidable as they were lost year, but the oppo-utiou which has been renewed in Chicago to the particular form of bankruptcy act known us tho Lowoll bill is, however, attracting considerable attention. The friends of tho bill, without considering in detail tho objections man : by tho Citizens' Association, say thiic, while some of the points may bo well taken, as n matter of practical legislation tho only

bi'l which can possibly bo enacted by this Congress is the modified Lowell bill, which has passed the Senate. . To amend the bill in the House, they say, would secure its defeat. All special' orders hereafter made must be subject to the condition that their execution shall not interfere with revonue or appropriation bills or prior special orders.

liim " he avn Mii a man of oood intentions,

weak and vacillating. I am now beginning to doubt his good Intentions. My reasons are these: Plnce hit Bret elevation to power he has changed manv of his former State-rights principles, at in the ease of conscription. His whole policy t he organization and discipline of the armv -Is perfectly consistent with the hypothesis that ho Is auntng at absolute power. Not a word has como from him showing disapproval of tbo military lasurpation In the orders for martial law by Bragg and Van Horn. Again, It is well known that the subject of a dictatorship hag been mooted, talked of, a.nd discussed in private and in the public journals, and that the most earnest advocates of suc h a course have b en editors near him. editors of journals recognized as organs of the administration. These are bad Bigns. Thcv should put the country on its guard." Mr. Stephens goes on to say that hia indignation is lor the policy, not to: the man. He again speaks of Mr. Davis' weakness and imbecility, and says be baa no more feeling of resentment toward him for these delcctB than toward his ooor, old, blind and deaf dog. He says not one-tenth ot the l.eoplc approve the actsol the administration. Geu. Sherman savs It was the Stephens letter he referred to when he said Davis was trying to establish a despotism instead of a confederacy of States. He said t lie letter was captured in the latter part o:! November, ll, by a rartyof foragers under I.ls immediate command. The foragers found the letter in a box with a num-Kvr-,c nther t hii i?s while m-oddlng tho grounds

of Johnson's resliencewith their bavoncta for buriod objects. Gen. Sherman said he had a down letters like Johnson's letter, but nowhere is proof presented in so substantial a form as in it Tho, other tetters are from great men in the South and cover a portion of tho ground mentioned in the Stcpliens letter.

American fork in Germany. tWashinston tilegram.l For some months past the subject of the admission of American pork into Germany has remained in statu quo, tho inhibition imposed by imperial decree of March 0, 1883, still existing, and the German market s meanwhile having been effectively closed to American producers. Hitherto the contest ngainst German disorimiiun ious has been urged alono in behalf of American j)rk interests, but hostile measures iu Germany having recently beeu threatened r.gainst American petroleum a rowerful combination of tho two interests is now being formed lookirg to a il visive and determined stnn l by the new administration and uew Congress in regard ti both these essentially important branches Of American exports.

COL.

1NGKHSULL.

Detroit Free Vresx,

Why Ho Didn't Stump The l'urly Had No Claims Upon liim, and He Didn't Want to Brlvo Away tbo Preachers. lYoungstown (Ohlol dispatch.1 Col. Robert G. lngersoll was found at tho

Tod House by your orrespoudent, and ! tho following interview extracted: 1 "The- question is often asked, Colonel, I why you did not take the stump for Blaine, ! ami it has beeu asserted that you wero not invited," I "I have been told that a letter was sent

lost his dog, perhaps. ! fwm the Republican .Notional Committee

SAM BANIULL. A Southern Attack on tho Pennsylvania Cungn'gsmiin. Tho Louisville Courier-Journal recently printed a special dispatch, from Washington i. douule-lcadpr, with editorial approval bitterly attacking ex-Sjicakcr Samuel .1. Randall, who was booked for speeches in Louisville and several other Southern i::t.:cs. It. hascreat;da genuine sensatii n i i certain political circles. The following is an extract from tho Couriei'-Jour-no? dispatch: ' The proposed visit of Sam Randall to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama is well understood here to bo a d .-elaratlou oi war by tile protectionists upon the revenue reformers o, the States iu question. Joe lirowu, of Georgia, is the Southern manager of this scheme. Mr. Randall's hope is to secure something like a demonstration i.t LonlsvUle, which the protection newspapers can claim as a rebuke of Beck. Blackburn, Car isle, aad Willis; and another at Nashville to rebuko Isliam 6. Harris: and I hen a great uprising of iron workers at Birmingham, Ala., to tell the w-irld tlu.t there Is a revolution ot opinion on the tariff In the South and a consuming lire for the Pennsylvania Idea. Mr. liandali is expected to start out with the black flag in both hands. His friends say ho hai nothing: to lose, and may make something by his expedition, while they hope to make a sensation. The general impression among politicians h;re is that Mr. Handall has lowered himself and shown his true colors, inputting himself in the hands of a few cranks and soreheads who wnnt to use him as a stick to beat hit colleagi.es. whese only crimes are that thoy ar honest revenue reformers who represent, their nconle and would reduce war taxes

The idea ol an ovation to a mat. who six moutlis ago was acting with the Republicans to defeat a Democratic measure fc. scouted. Mr. Randall is no': on speaking terms with the leader of his own par . y, though on cordial terms with the Republicans. The story that he is a favorite with the new President in flatly contradicted by thosj who know. It In even staved that the mention of Randall's namo in connection with the Cabinot is offensive to Mr. Cleveland, who understands and believes

that any suspicion of being Randan s mono

would wrecK threshold.

his administration on the

TUUKMAlf, OI' OHIO.

nskiuc me to make some speecheB. That

letter 1 never roceivea. i supposea mat A Hatch Fish Auction. I jflaine would be elected. Persou.dly, I

nnnHnn in Holland ia ono of 1 lmA 110 Breat interest in tho campaign. I auction in noiiana is one 01 , ... . t t Arivt, ... thfl n-,-..

HV TtMM " ' "J f

to

A fish

the oddest things in tho world: As

soon as a boatman reaches port with a load of fish the fact is announced by the sounding of a gong. Tups? desiring to make purchases repair to tho lieaoh, where the fish are piled up in little heaps. Tho owner then proceeds to auc tion them off. Instead of letting the purchaser do tho bidding, as is done in this country, he does it himself. He sings out a price at which lie will sell the lot. If no one takes it he comes down by easy stages till within what the purchasers are willing to pay. Troy Times. Tiik milk of human kindness is generally skimmed.

ere. 1 had business ox my own to attend to, and, feeling that there was no need of my taking part.il kept still. In a great number o! interviews I said what I could in favor of Mr. Blnine. I had no quarrol and no misunderslnndiug with either lllaine or Logan. I felt that I had made a great many speeches for tho Republican

Ho Is Said to Haw Declined a Place t'.i the Cabinet. (Columbus (Ohio) special. A prominent Ohio Democrat, who is on intimate terms with Judgo Thurman, and has bad his confidence i n ov ry respect, told a friend today that he had seer a letter which tho .l idgi had received from Hon. Daniel Mannlne tho past few days, i:i which Mr. Manning hdpareutly speak lor President-elect Cleveland, and asks Mr. Tlurman to consider the matter of an appointment in the Cabinet, as his services iu that connection would pronablv be Icslred. On beifg asked .-n to what the Ju Ige thought of the letter, he said he would not. i,ccopt a position in the Cabinet, as he cousidcicd it would create a hopulesit division iu the party in th s State. Judge Thurman, be said, thought Ohio should not bo ronognUed at all in the make-up of the Cabinet. The frii ml of Ju!ir Thnruian regarded tin letter as sincero, imil was of op.niou that it had not been wiitt .'n In furtherance of i ror ar rangement that he slu.uld decline, if the ap-pi-intment was tendered him. POLITICS AXO POLITICIANS. Ges. Geo. U. MrCbEbUAX is only 58. Col. Inhbusoi.l is said to have made $25,0011 from fifty lectures duriug til? las; two mouths. President Artiicr is said to bu enjoying more robust health mid looking better than for years. Tub official vote f Dakota, jusi tiedared, is: Republican, 70.40ii; Democratic, 15,07":, Republican majority, 55,334. Ben llrnnt bos repurchased his famous mansion just south of '.he Capitol ut Washington, which he sold to John CushoIIb the other day. Hen: Pkhi.ky Poose, the veteran correspondent, is credited with immgumliiuv the wheel-barrow bet for elections lboui. thirty yours ago. Iowa's Judiciaty is composed of man of both parties. In November there were, chosen in the Stato for full terms and v icaucies an aggregate of nineteen Circuit Judges, of whom foiutreu are Republicans mil five Democrats. Of District Judges bnt three were elected, autl these were all Republicans. The majorities for tho four amendiaents to the Iowa Constitution votod for ai the November election lauged as follows: First, ehumnn;' dnv of election from October to

November, 74. 402; second, in relation to the

until the blood came.

There ore now 700 inmates in the Northern Penitentiary, and of these over fifty ar,i serving life sentences.

P Charles Hale wa carried home at Li-

fayelte with a broken leg, which so fright-

iniod his wife that she foil ia a spoon, and died iu a short time.

J. Q. Mellvaine, Trustee of Jacksou Township. Marion County, has disappeared. His accounts aro short 4,00(1; which he lost in grain operations on the Chicago Board of Trade. Indianapolis seems to have a peeuYjir and aunoyiug affliction. Tho Journal of that city says: " 'The smoking hogs' have again tifcen possession of the late street cars. " Ted Carver, sou of Morgan Carver, residing near Florence, seriously wounded himself while placing a rocked revolver in his pocket. Tho ball entered the right thigh, and was extracted coax the knee. In 1867 the Fort Wayne Rood persisted in taking gravel from a pit iu Allen County, claimed by T. W Swhmey. After' prolonged litigation the railway company bos paid a judgment for $39,000 for the trespass. Florence White, charged with mfantieide, confessed at Logaaaport that five days

after her baby was born she held it while a woman named Mrs. Small poured poison down its throat. Both women are in prison

for the crime.

The Board of Commissioners of Monti

gomery County have effected s

with the bondsmen of J. G-. l)wif

defaulting Treasurer. As settled.

accepted two notes signed by tho

men one note for $7,000, pa'.-ablo on

before March 1, 1885, and one note for "" '. 8,000, payable on or before Dec 1, 1885, with 8 per cent, interest after maturity.

This sotUement fully and completely releases the sureties from further liability on the bond. Prof. John T. b'mith, a prominent Republican, of Sew Albany, was (.stonished a few days ago 'y leeeiving notsci! of his appointment to a 1,503 cterks-hip iu the War Department, w?iich ha had never asked for. It appears that he had ben asked to prepare an article for the Cesitiii'ff on civil service, aud in order to gather ilai for it he applied for examination when the com-. mission met in Louisville. Hs paiscd with so much eiredit that an appointment fol- : , lowed; but ho n il! probably not accept The best iron irc ar.tl the largest qnaotity that lias been fcuud in this part .of the Htute, soys tho New Albany ledger, is -on

the old Tubler farm, west of the city. The , iron is what is known as the kidaey ore, autl is found in a s'latnia of ironstone out

cropping from th? knobs. It exists ia large epiantities and the ore i i the be-t of its kind superior to th ore found in Perry County, and fully up to :ho staniuwd of the same ore f annd in Martin County. It is estimated to he 0(1 per cent in p'j:.ily. Gov Porter, of Indium, tells a very " fuuny story mi himself, acknowledging: that for once in his life ho w is floored. During ' the recent e.inipaign, he went iuto a iiwall town to make a sp ?ech. He began suaiething in this way: "My friends, I am glad tti most yon again. I always iie to come to Blank ville. and to see, as I do nou, so inmy old friends." .Tint here a lall, $nunt Hoo-r.o", in a eoou-slun cap, cried out inan inimitab'e voice: "Xawe 'cm. ?ovemol name enil And the Governor says he was so broken up by this untimely iuqairr for details that ho coal! not name a mutt. The Hoosiers laughed goi'.-natur idly, and the Governor joined in, too. "Name 'em, IJovr rnor. name "ein!" has become, a by-word in the Hoosie'r Shite, Er. The Stats Board of Health made its annual report. Of its annual appropriation of $5,000 the Board expended $4.!i9:i.6!). Every county in the Stafc has a loeil Board of Health, and each" has sent in quarterly reports with eommen Iabl , . Mutuality, In u few counties the Commissioners permit the positions of local health officers to be filled by tho lowest bidders, regardless of qualiiica' jous, thus niikwg .jsthe quality of cheapness the ruling, fWl;S'

possibly, the only cause for his selenttiw, 'tr j

Itefcrnng to tho survey or. county osyiunis for tho poor, the report says: "Although

they have no maniac patients, yet in Hipper cc nt of tho asylum restraints are used upoti these poor unf ortau ite . Many of tbcm are cribbed, many tied, others chained some in tlork cells, othe rs iu strong rooms; some fastened to the floor and wallowing in their own filth, othi-K in pens and stalls; many ure confined in strait-jackets, and in one asylum for the poor, situated iua conn ty adjoining tho capital of the State, an insane .woman sp.-mls her tibia in solidary confinement in a cell or cicp of iron. True, tho erection oC new iu.-aue asylntax will relievo this ilistiixs; but, under the Mre now receive 1. th- r diss must softer t-reitly during the .tme m mired for the erection of the new ho.-rdtaU. Considcra'd space is devoted to tha survey of e.mnly prisons and s-hool houses. Th.' i-ntire report will make a book of ovek- three hundred pa,e. and its information willb ' useful.

-1

party; hatt tiouo a goon tieai ui mini vupr-wmDir of -night ct Judges, 39.792; ;hird, andspeut o insiderablo money. It seijW ing tho number of giand jurors, 42,. to mo that I had earned tho rightto?, g, ,urtn Jlrovidiug for a County instead still. Certainly the party has no"& ,trict Attorney, 34,729.

me, audi have none on the pary "j,, -.

y ii . sr.

A - Cleveland lady pj

streets lor two nouis wii

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Thi thirly-fmirtli unui-.i.. report of the hospital for the insane hns Iwsn submitted to the aovemor. It she ws thai there were in tin hospital at the beginning of the fiscal year, (KK) men und 4iV. women; 403 men and 505 woman were admitted, making a total of 008; there werj discharged from the departiuont for men, and 89 from the department for women; 113 patients elied 81 of the men and 31 of tho womu; tho whole number under treatment during the year was 1,003 males aud 1 , COI females, making a total of 2. :)04; the average number daily was 1,207, f,nd the expanses pejr capita 177. A year ago restraints by cribs, straps, anklets, handcuffs, collars, chairs, camisoles, leather mittens, were generally discarded, and gradually toth patients and attendants have learned to do without tbetra, and "all parties," the report says, "agree that tho hospital is more homelike and comfortable in their absence." The report of tho Board of Tiustcos is brief, bat substantially the same as that of Superintend, tint, except the financial exhibit. The e limated value of tho real estate is $1,407,19. and of the personal p -operty $164,744.63, Of the $745,000 appropriated tor maintenance! $213,665.47 was used for that purpose, white $7,628.75 was expended for 'picm utout improvement. The total expenditure was $221,204.22, leaving a bahuto 4)1 $23,705.78. Of the repair fund, $7,e, tho sum of $10. 2-1 was unexpended; and of

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