Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1883 — Page 5

PHYSICIANS IN COUNCIL. Ninth Annual Convention of the TriState Medical Association. Addresses by the President and Governor Porter —Papers of Interest Read by Delegates from All Sections. THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Governor Porter’s Address of Welcome to the Delegates—A Good Attendance. The Tri-State Medical Society, the membership of which embraces many of the most eminent physicians in the West, began its ninth annual meeting in this city at English’s Meridian Hall, yesterday morning. There were about seventyfive members present at the opening of the session, and those in attendance represent tRe States of Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri and Indiana. It is expected that mauy more will reach the city in time to be present at the session to-day. Sir William McCormac, an eminent English surgeon and physician, will arrive this morning, and will address the sooiety this afternoon. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Dublin and London, and is a member of the Senate of the Queen’s University of Ireland. He is a man of moro than ordinary fame in England as a physician. He endeared himself to the American delegation at the International Medloai Congress at London, of which he was secretary in 1830, and his visit to the United States is largely induced by the fellowships formed on that occasion, as also from the fact that- he was with Dr. Marion Sims In charge of the American ambulance corps doing service at Sedan in the Pranco-Prus-sian war. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor of France and of other orders in different countries, and was specially cominisaloned by the society of the Red Cross to organise field hospitals m the Russo-Turkish war. His advent among the physicians of the Mississippi Valley is regarded with more than ordinary interest, aua his presence at the meeting In this city to-day will boa feature of some importance. The meeting began yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. Tue society was called to order by Df, J. Livingston Thompson, of this city, the chairman of the committee on programme, after which Dr. William Porter, of Bt. Louis, the president, took the chair. The address of welcome to the visiting members of the society was delivered by Governor Porter, who spoke as follows:

GOVERNOR PORTER’S ADDRESS. Gentlemen-Some wise mac lias said that one man with a will outnumbers fifty without one. In Wiat sense, at least, this is a large and animatlug convention. The salutation of the morning papers has assured you so well of the cordiality of your i welcome that further words oari hardly . strengthen the assurance. Nevertheless, as an official representative of the State, 1 desire to • extend to yon a most cordial greeting. You have your national, your State, yoiii county and • your neighborhood associations. This is not one of them. This might pr operly lie called your kinship convention. The inhabitants of Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana are allied l>y blood, by similar habits of life, and largely ’by like conditions affecting health and maladies. You have ootue here, thus allied, to interchange your freshest thought and observation and so to make what has been the sepa rate property of each the common property of all. I do not believe that any of the professions ; nro more progressive than the medical profession. An opposite opinion prevails among many vlio misinterpret some of your rules, honestly • designed, w hatever their effrot may be, to separate quackery and charlatanism from true medjiloal progress. No profession is more hospitable to new suggestions and to new aids, and none rsnhjeets them to fairer and luster testate prove [their efficacy. The great changes which in the last jllve-and-twenty years have taken place In niodiFloal opinions and practice shows the hospitality ; of your profession toward new discoveries and i new ideas. f In the earlier days, when interchange of j thought was more difficult and far less common, Jtbe physioian studied merely to cure the raalaidles that surrounded him and his field of vision, and effort rarely extended to the prevention of disease and to the removal of the conditions iu ! which diseases had their origin. Now, the best skill and study of the profession are devoted te investigation into tile pauses from which diseases spring and to the removal of the conditions by which they are supported. They seek often to remove the conditions which maintain .the disease rather than to attempt to eon;hat it. It a disease is limited to a single dwelling, the expert physician will explore to find if some .pu rely local cause, which may be removed, dias brought it on; if 1t prevails In a neighborhood, ho will strive to find the more extended influence which has given it origin; if It prevails over a widely-extended region, he will diligently explore tor the sources of the epidemic. The great sanitary movement*, embracing extensive regions of territory, file minuter ones limited to narrower districts, to cities, to streets, to buildings where offensive trades are parried oh, to private dwellings, receive their dmoulso from this spirit of investigation. It is this that demands that stagnant marshes shall ,be drained; that decaying vegetation, fermentting under a fervid sun, shall be destroyed; that 'offensive odors shall cease. It is tills that wages a warfare against, all uncleanliness which breeds epidemics. It is this that when pestilences which are sweeping over oonti'nents turn their* courses to us, strives to remove every cause that would give them sustenance or furnish thorn anchorage. Whilst with a spirit of disinterestedness and zeal your profession has so earnestly addressed • itself to the work of promoting health liy preventing diseases from taking root or from developing even into germ, you have oeeu sedulously seeking, through all the realms or nature, : for now remedies, which, upon full audfair experiment, will work restoration. You have been eager to employ all the resources of science and every form of mechanical device that can lie made availing. Microscopy, whioii has uncovered many secret enemies of life that lay in ambush, has been drawn Into service, and is achieving much. The microphone, which, by magnifying sounds, promises to give every organ, muscle and nerve a voice to indicate whatever is abnormal, and to tell Its tale of suffering, has already been employed, and is full of quiet promise. Other meichantcal devices, susceptible of great improve- • inentami development, and hardly less important, are being made serviceable, and their possi- • bilities are being watched by you with anxious 'eagerness. You are earnestly testing all and ]waitingto avail yourselves of all that seem to • furnish promise. You are not lagging behind, but you are going abreast with progress. Why should you not be welcomed here by a State! The progress aud glory of a State, depend upon the mental and physical vigor of Its citizens. Health invigorates, disease enfeebles. Whoever, in a large way. can prevent disease, or remove, hereditary taints, or show bow great cures can he wrought, performs a high service to the Slate, for which it may well ieel grateful. The, great physician, in nis own calling, may perform the service of a patriot, not less tbnu the warrior and the statesman. ADDRESSES AND LETTERS. Following tlio address of the Governor, Dr. J. L. Thompson welcomed the members or the society In a few pleasant remarks. He said that in Indianapolis the grandest object of interest was the street-car system. Its mules, he said, demonstrated their superiority as motive power (o the horse; Its liob-tailod cars were emblematic of the brevity of human life: the absence of conductors indicated the honesty Hnd orderly boaringot the people, and its fare-boxes were symbols of benevolence. Dr. G. W. Burton, of Mitcbel, Ind„ the secretary of thesooiety, submitted a brief annual roport, in which tue growth of the society and its library were particularly mentioned. The rule of the society in meeting ub a working body and refusing compliments aud courtesies in the way of banquets, receptions, etc., mot with the commendation of other medical associations. Tlio death of Dr. J. W. F' Gerrieh, one jgk Hie early members of the society, was alluded to. A letter from Dr. 8. D. Grose, the eminent surgeon, was read, in which ha expressed ills regrets at not being able to attend the meeting, aud tile attention of the society was direoted to the resolution he offered at the Cleveland meeting of the American Medical Association, encouraging the training of nurses in the smaller cities. It was deolded by the society to devote an hour before the close of the meeting to the consideration of

the matter. of regret from Dr. Austin Flint, president of the American Medical Association, was also read. The hist paper read was by Dr. H. C. Fairbrother, of East St. Louis, ou “Phlebitis,” in which the subject was ably discussed and was received with marked attention. VARIOUS PAPERS READ. In a paper on “The treatment of compound fractures,” Dr. Ap. Morgan Vance, of Louisville, said tbrft he had always been astonished by the diametrically opposing opinion held by different surgical authorities as to what is the best thing to do in cases of compound fracture. One makes a rule that all cases should be treated as opeu wounds. Another, that all should bo closed and the attempt made to bring about the condition of a simple fracture. A third, that the first should be supplemented by through draiuage. If we could know that every compound fracture that wo put up would be converted with a simple fracture there would he no foundation for the “open dressing”and “through drainage” theories, hut we can never know absolutely when the formation of pus will or will not occur, or what course each special fracture may take. Dr. Vance said that it is his practice to dress compound fractures as he would simple fractures in the same location, using the fixed dressing—plaster of Paris—entirely, and trusting to the thermometer to tell if the case will go through as a simple or compound fracture. He said that he used no anti-septio dressing, as he expected the blood to seal and protect the wound better than anything else. Some absorbent substance should he used about the wound —oakum, or, what is now better, absorbent cotton. Some hemorrhage will almost always occur when reaction is established. This purges the wound, and it heals under the soab, cotton and blood. Fever of 101 to that cannot be otherwise accounted for, Indicates investigation, but there should uot be too much baste in opening the dressing, especially if the rise of temperature occurs within the first forty-eight hours. In this case, mercurial should be given, followed by quiim. Should it occur suddenly, during the latter part of the third day and up to the fifth or sixth day, open the dressing and give good drainage to the pus. In very hot weather, when the wound is large, the use of ice-bags or icecoils, will increase the chances of success. In cases where the bone has made the compound, greater success may be expected, as the opening is almost necessarily valvular. The discussion of the subject closed the morning 0 ssion. At the afternoon sesson, Dr. H. J. B. Wright, of Gluey,* 111., read a report on the therapeutic value of nerve stretching, giving conclusions from data collected by writing 200 letters to physicians asking for their experience on nerve stretching. In sciatica, nerve stretching was productive of good results. Eight cases were reported, and of these five were cured; two died of cancer. Dr. Wright operated on a laborer, aged forty-eight years, who had beeu treated by intelligent physicians with the usual methods—drugs and electricity. He was on crutches, and was first subjected to a full line of treatment, which apparently completely cured him. The trouble returned; the nerve was stretched; pus formed; the inflammation was excessive; from tlie lime of the stretching to the present—eleven months—the patient has been completely cured of sciatica, and is now a vigorous laboring man. Dr. W. A Byrd, of Quincy, 111., reported a case of nerve-stretching, cutting just where the nerve emerges from the sciatic notch with result of perfect cure. Dr. R. Houghton, of Indianapolis, discussed the pathology of nerve-stre telling, holding that the molecular condition of the nerve-trunk was interfered with. Dr. Myers, of Fort Wayne, held that the nature of pain is the basis from which theories of cure by nervestretculng are developed. Dr. Wright closed the discussion, looking upon nerve-stretching as an empirical method of cure, but as long as it was a safe procedure for cure of soiaticn, and usually successful, the profession was justified in resorting to it. He did not agree with the theories proposed in the discussion as to the cause of solaiicau, and said: “The operation was productive of good in only two of fourteen acute cases. The nerves of the upper extremities were stretched in the acute cases, and of the lower extremities in the chronic. The procedure had no effect on a case of dvrasestliesia of fourteen years stauding, tins being the only one of eight chronic eases in which the operation was a complete failure. The result in the case of sciatica following spinal meningitis is set down as only a slight improvement. Five chronic cases cured were of sciatica. No unpleasant effects are reported as following the operation, except that performed bv ourselves. This is reassuring and takes away from the operation the phantom of danger that has caused anxious physicians to withhold the knife, a'.lowingtheir patient to suffer through months and even years. It adds another justifiable recourse to the way with which we have been fighting neuralgias, especially of the eolatic nr-rves.” RECOUNTING EXPERIENCES. “Suggestions as to the pathology and treatment of pneumonia” was the title of a paper written by Dr. E. F. Wells, of Minster, 0., and, in the absence of the author, it was read by Dr. W. A. Byrd, of Quincy, 111. Pneumonia, the writer stated, was a common disease—a congestion of the lungs. The tendency is to recovery, but many patients die who, with proper treatment, would get well. I)r. Fields found that the paper was at faulr, because it threw no light on cither the pathology or therapeutics of the disease. Dr. W. 8. Haymond, of Indianapolis, presented a well-written paper detailing the operation for removing portions of the frontal bone which had been fractured eighteen years before. The two tables of the skull were united by inflammation and the bones ulcerated nearly through to the brain. The decayed portions of the skull were removed, aud the patient rapidly recovered. This was regarded as a very rare and successful operat ion, as it relieved the patient from torture of eighteen years’ duration.' Following the remarks of I)r. Haymond, a number of the members of the association detailed their experiences in cases of some similarity, and tue discussion turned upon the effects of trepanning in epilepsy, which it was believed would, in most eases, be productive of good results. Dr. Fletcher, superintendent of the State Insane Hospital, invited the society to hold a session at the hospital, which was accepted for Thursday afternoon. A paper which aroused as much interest as any read during the afternoon session was one by l)r. J. E. Link, of Terre Haute, on “The use of tlie roller bandage” as a treatment to repress abscesses and erysipelas, and especially for tne dressing of stumps after amputation. Dr. Link used only several layers of old sheeting wrapped succeesively about the stump, which was left open for ample drainage. In 200 amputations by the Doctor, commencing as an army surgeon in the late war, not a patient had died from the amputation or had suffered pain after the operation. He used no antiseptics, pus never formed in the stumps, and there were no after pains. Dr. Link presented a young man whose arm he, had amputated on Sept. 5, and who is now nearly well. He said he had suffered no pain since the operation. Other patients were presented and the Doctor’s method, of bandaging was closely observed. The bandage, he said, is not to be. removed until the wound is healed. New bandages are put on over the old ones each day as the muscies shrink. Dr. Gross, of Philadelphia, speaks highly of Dr. Link’s method, which has proved painless, efficient aud original.

EVENING SESSION. Address of President Porter—The Papers of i>rs. llouglitou. Drayton and Others, Dr. Porter delivered his address, as president of the soc iety, last evening. One of the chief results of a regular attendance upon the sessions of any medical association, Dr. Porter said, is an extension of personal acquaintance. Many a man can, in the quiet of his own library, shut in from his fellows, write an attractive essay or compilation, and yet may be of little worth in the sessions of an active medical sooiety. It has been said that its success is inimical to the Interests of the different State societies and to the American Medical Association. This is In no sense true. The aim is to refer all complaints back to such societies. There is probably no large society iu the laud the members of which more uniformly respect and indorse the principles of the national association. The president congratulated the members of the society that there had been no “ethical” wrangle among them, and that the guiding lines laid down by Pereival eighty years ago are honored by the society to-day. The president urged the importance—the almost necessity—of more attention to notetaking and the reporting of cliuicui facts, while a few men write too much ami toe often, most men do not write enough. Lives are too valuable and knowledge too dearly bought, to be sealed up when the lips are closed forever. The president suggested that the interests of the organization are now so important that no one of them can be neglected. It is impossible, owiag to the extent of territory and rapid increase in memliecfthip, to have full knowledge of the whole work. The success of the society depends upon individual effort. Men should be chosen in each congressional district, or iu

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each local society, who shall use their personal influence for the advancement of the sooiety. The question of extension of territory must soon be considered. Originally including the three States, in a few years Cincinnati and St. Louis were added, which, with Chicago, Louisville and other cities, gave the association j a large following. Delegates from beyond these ; confines are now sent, and men from other States ask to join the society. What better structure, the president suggestively asked, ! could be built upon tlie solid foundation of the | Tri-State Medical Society than the stately walls ; of a Western Medical Association; . added territory and coming years bring the certainty of added work at the sessions. In auother year it will be necessary to extend the time to four days, or to divide into sections during some of the sessions. The latter should only he considered when it becomes unavoidable. If it should be that sections must be formed, let but the afternoon sessions b so changed, continuing general sessions both morning and evening. In concluding his remarks, the president asked a prompt attendance upon the order of business, that three days may be grand, good days for work—au epoch in the history of the society. Dr. A. W. Drayton reported a case of “Myelitis, due to arsenical poisoning.” The patient had taken an ounce of arsenic, ordinarily enough to have taken the life of sixty men, but still recovered, although given no antidotal treatment. Paralysis ensued, with temporary mental impairment. The question was raised as to whether arsenic and lead, which often cause paralysis of the extremities, do so by affecting the spinal cord directly, or by changing the structure and function of the peripheral nerves. Dr. H. M. Port, of St. Louis, read a paper on “Syphilitic lusterstitial Kerattis.” RESECTION AND AMPUTATION. Dr. R. E. Haughton, of this city, read a paper on “Resection and amputation,” in which he discussed at considerable length the relative value of the two systems. He argued that amputation is much the better and safer. “The mortality,” be said, “even under the best methods of disinfection, is not likely to be less than after amputation, and as the mortality is now shown to be seven tunes more in amputation, when considering all varieties pf resections, it must be regarded a question of consideration to the surgeon, aud especially to his patient, when about to be submitted to an ordeal which is so much the more dangerous than amputation Is now known to be.” In giving his conclusions Dr. Houghton said (1) no excision should be made in aged persons; (2) no excision should be madeiu very young persons; (3) no excision should be made if tliere is even u suspicion, much less evidence of the existence of phthisis or other constitutional diseases; (4) no excision should be made in acute disease or injur}*; (5) excision may be made in cases where it is the hand, or foot and limb to be saved and which is of more than common value to the patient, hence the elbow and knee-joints may be excised under proper considerations; ((>) the shoulder and hip-joints may be excised when it is a greater mutilation and a greater loss to lose the limb by amputation, aud the patient has equally good chances for recovery of the excision as after amputation, which is rarely possible; (7), excisions are not to be made in cases of malignant diseases of the orticuiar ends of bones or other parts of bones; (8) excisions shuold not he made for acute abscess iu the knee-joint, and most likely not in any case of acute abscess; (9) excisions of joints generally are seven tunes moro fatal than amputations under the same circumstances and iu the same class of cases; (10) no surgeon is justifiable in subjecting his patient to excision, in view of ali the facts made known, unless therq are good and substantial reasons for assuming the greater risks by seven Times over for his patient; and the extraneous circumstances which must overbalance in favor of au excision against, it is a moral and surgical responsibility that is anything but conservative. Dr. Haughton’a paper elicited a prolonged *and heated discussion, following which the society adjourned until this morning. To-day’s Programme. The programme for to-day’s session is as follows; Morning session—“ Physiology of the brain in its relation to insanity,” N. Field, M. D., Jeffersonville, lud.; “Diagnosis of epilepsy,” A. D. Moore, M. 1)., Oxford, O.; “General reflex neuroses,” J. P. Thomas, M. D., Pembroke, Ky.; “Heredity,” ,N. D. Gaddy, M. D., Lovett, lud.; “Chorea,” I). C. Hughes, M. D., St. Louis, Mo.; “Some mental problems in questions of mental jurisprudence,” C. G. Commegys, M. D., Cincinnati, O. Afternoon session—“ Observations on sponge grafting,” Edw. Bock, M. I)., Sr. Louis, Mo.; “Naso-pharyngeal catarrh,” A. B. Thrasher. M. D., Cincinnati, O.: “Laryngeal phthisis,” M. F. Counts, M. L>., Louisville, Ky.; “Tuberculsols as procured by inhalation of sprayed sputum, with fifteen cases (illustrative),” Louis I). Broze, M. 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BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS Are fast taking the place of all others m factories. Foundries. Machine Shops aud Mills. Parties having thoir owh power can procure an Electric Generator and obtain much more light at liiueh less cost than by any other mode. The incandescent and storage system has been perlevied, making small lights for houses and stores hung wherever needed, and lighted at will, day or night. Parties desiring Generators or to form companies for lighting cities and towns, can send to tlio Brush Electric Cos., Cleveland, 0., oi to the undersigned at Indianapolis. J. CAVEN. AYER’S Ague Cure Contains an antidote for all malarial disorders which, so far a known, is used in no other remedy. Tt contains no Quinine, nor any mineral nor deleterious substance whatever, and consequently produces no injurious effect upon the constitution, but leaves tiie system as healthy as it was before i lie attack. WE WARRANT AYER’S AGUE CURE to cure every case of Fever and Ague. Intermittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague. Bilious Fever ana Liver Complaint caused by malaria. In case of failure, after due trial, dealers are authorized by our circular, dated July 1, 1832, to refund the money. Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass. 0p“8old by ail Druggists. THE CHEAPEST NEWS PAP E R IN THE WEST. THE WEEKLY INDIANA STATE JOURNAL ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Ninety cents in clubs of ftve and over. AMUSEMENTS. DICKSONS’ PARK THEATER^ COR. TENNESSEE & W. WASHINGTON STS. The Finest Variety Theater in the United States. C. T. GILMORE Manager. ONE WEEK! Commencing Monday, Sept. 17. Matinees Wednesday and Friday. ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! WIN NETT & FAGEN’S FAMOUS TRIALTY CO. 20—All Star Artists—2o. In new Specialties, Novelties and Comedies. The very funniest of all after pieces, entitled, THE BANKER’S LUCK. Eight Great Comedians in the Cast. CFi Entire change of progiamiue Thursday night. Don’t fail to see this Company. CHEAP PRICES RULE. Night 25c, 35c, 50c Matinee 15c, 25c, 35c

AMUSEMENTS. 13 I C K S O IST S 5 Grand Opera-House. GEO. A. DICKSON Manager, The best located and MOST POPULAR Theater in the State. FAMILY MATINEE THIS AFTERNOON.' AGAIN TONIGHT. The freaks of Mounts outdone by the brilliant array of artists constituting TONY DENIER’S incomparably great consolidated TWO-CLOWN HUMPTY DUMPTY PANTOMIME AND SPECIALTY COMBINATION. OPERATIC ORCHESTRA! GRAND MILITARY BAND! Presenting to tne public RAVEL and MELVILLE 2—Clowns with a history— % Acknowledged without rivals. 33 ABSOLUTE ARTISTS 33 Prices as usual. Sale of reserve seats now going ou at the box office. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, aud Saturday Matinee, September 20, 21, and 22, Bpecia) Engagement of the Young American Artiste, MINNIE MADDERN, Supported by GEORGE MORTON and her own Specially-selected Company, in her late successes, ‘‘JUANITA” AND THE “PURITAN MAID.” BENEFIT OF INDIANAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. Thursday and Friday Nights and Saturday Matinfee, “JUANITA. 53 SATURDAY NIGHT, THE PURITAN MAID Prices. Sale of reserved seats now going on at the box office. Next Week—Bartley Campbell’s “WHITE SLAVE.” THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF School Satchels, SLATES, School Articles. WHOLESALE and RETAIL. * CHARLES MAYER & CO. Nos. 29 and 31 W. Washington Street,

FURNITU R E. We are now receiving some of the handsomest new pat terns of Chamber Suites in Walnut, Cherry and Mahogany ever brought to this city. We have an immense stock of every grade of Furniture, which we offer at as low prices as possible, consistent with reliable work. Call and see the new goods. KIN Gs & ELDER Nos. 43, and 4S S. Meridian Street. 188a 1883.' THE GRAND EVENT OF THE YEAR, ELEVENTH CINCINNATI INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION. Opens Sept. 5. Closes Oct. 0. A wonderful display of Manufactures, Arts, Inventions Products. Recognized everywhere as the National Exhibition of Industry and Art. Reduced rates on all railroads. Admission, 2S cents. W. W. Peabody, Prest. W. 11. Stewart, Sec’y. Leading Clothiers. Lead with First Stock. Lead First in Quality. Leading in Workmanship. Leaders in Low Prices. w a.m:outs EAG-LE, Nos. 5 and 7 W. Washington St. One Price.

AMUSEMENTS. ENGLISH’S OPERA-HOUSE. Wednesday Evening, Sept. 19, One Night Only, appearance of the popular Tragedian, THOS. W. KEENE, Supported by the favorite actor, J. NEWTON GOTTHOLD, And a well-selected company, under the management of Win. R. Hayden, presenting Shakspeare’s powerful tragedy, 55 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20, 21 and 22. Grand Saturday Matinee. Everybody’s Favorite, GUS WILLIAMS, As the Benevolent Germau Policeman, in hit lust year’s great success, “ONE OF THE FINEST.” FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Metropolitan Police Force. Usual prices. Seats on saie at the box office. ZOO THEATER ANI> Double Elevated Gardens. C. T. GILMORE Manager. One Week, coimneueing Monday, saeptel^lb® 1 ’ 1L 83. Matinees Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 2o’clock p. m. LOOK! LIST OF PERFORMERS. LOOK! ITefferuftti McDonald, Three Wertz Brothers, Flynn and O’Brien, Mealey aud Hague, Homer and Lingard, Mile. Zoe Zeouetil, Mons. Searles, Dolmore and Wilson, Ed. Morton, Miss Allie Aldeu, Miss Fannie Lucille. Messrs. He.ffernau and McDonald, in the production of “Muldoon’s Picnic,” will introduce their trained Spanish donkey, “Thuuder.” Popular Prices as follows: Evening 15c, 25c, 35c <fe 75c. Matinee 10c, 15c, 25c <fc 75c. We are showing a very nice line of new Birth-day and Congratulation Cards, Ladies’ Visitings Cards, and Stationery in large variety. BOWEN, STEWART & CO., No. 18 W. Washington St,

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