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for her to go to his office instead of coming here, where she had worked?” “No, I think not. When she worked with ns she went to the office to get her wages. That is the custom in our family, and previous servants have always done so. Her business on Saturday seemed to be to find out where her sister was.” On the outskirts of the town a woman named Mrs. Denglcr resides. Mrs. Dengler said, after being subjected to close interrogatories, that, prior to leaving here last August, Zora Burns confided to her that site was enceinte, and intimated that Carpenter was the cause. Zora had told her that she (Zora) had been presented a pair of shoes by Mr. Carpenter, and that Carpenter had told her that be loved her better than he did his wife. Mrs. Dengler is positive that Zora believed in the protestations of affection ma ie to her by her employer, and in talking upon the subject averred that Carpenter had enjoyed alt the favors she had to confer. A woman named Mrs. Carpenter, no relation of O. A. Carpenter, was a witness before tbe coroner’s jury. She hud been a confidante of the dead girl. Her evidence also tends to inculpate Carpenter. Mrs. Carpenter testified that she had correspondence between Zora and Carpenter, the letters referring to money and speaking of the undue intimacy between the two. BURNS AND DUKES. Mr. Burns said his daughter did not leave Lincoln until Aug. 17, when she went home, and one day in a conversation incidentally mentioned that one time, when about to leave the employ of Mr. Carpenter, on account of the smallness of the wages paid her ($2.50 a week). Carpenter approached and offered her $1 additional, admonishing the girl that she was to say nothing to his wifeorany member of his family about it. While in St. Elmo, at the home of her father, within the space of six weeks, three letters, he claimed, were received from Carpenter, postmarked Lincoln. In the first letter, Zora was importuned to come to Lincoln, as he had a place for her to sew. The last letter was the most importunate of the trio, as the girl seemed to be distracted over its receipt. She read portions of it to her step-mother, but not without the latter looking over her shoulder and beholding the signature, “O. A. C.” The contents were: “I have sent you money two different times. If you have not received it, someone is tampering with your mail.” The real contents of this letter were secured bv the mother taking it from Zora’s pocket when she left the room. While in St. Elmo the father mailed a letter from Zora to Mr. Carpenter. There is no signature to the letter brought here by her father. A reporter had an interview with Tom Dukes at Rochester, Ind., who was engaged to marry Miis Burns, and who has been spoken of as being her murderer. Dukes was found in hiding. He had his hand done up in a rag, and told.different stories about how he had hurt it. He said lie could not be hired to go over to Lincoln. He would not tell where lie was from Friday until Tuesday, although he acknowledged that he was away from home. He gave up two letters from Zora Burns. In one she says that, he must meet her in Lincoln bv Oct. 15, and accuses him of trying to go hack on her. Dukes said he knew Zora was enceinte, but said he had never sustained improper relations with her. Miss Frear, a young woman Dukes is engaged to in Keewaui.ee, Ind., said Tom told her he was in trouble out in Illinois, but would not tell her what it was. The people of Fulton county, Ind., became aroused to-day, and the sheriff started to arrest Tom Dukes but lie was not to be found. Prosecuting Attorney Forest and Coroner Boydeti took the 1 o’clock train for Chicago to-day, taking the whip and lines with them, where tbe blood spots will be critically examined and analyzed by a specialist. It is fair to state that the so-called blood stains are suppo>ed by a great many to be simply to>bacco stains, and that tlie hair-pins are accounted for by the fact that the buggy is used by the ladies of the family very frequently.

A Possible New Clew. Special to the Indianapolis Jou’naL Bloomington, 111., Oct. 21.—Considerable interest lias developed here in certain circles, occasioned by the impression that Dukes, who has figured in connection with the murder of Zora Burns at Lincoln, is believed to have been in and about Bloomington for several weeks, and disappeared last Monday. A man answering Dukes’s description, except that he had brown instead of red hair and mustache, came hdfe some time ago with a horse and buggy, ostensibly engaged in mending sewing machines in the country. He made several trips in the country, passing by the names of A. Drummond, Miller and Mason, in different places. He left here last Sunday, leaving his horse and buggy, and was seen no more until Monday morning, after the murder of Zora Burns. On that morning he reappeared in great haste, asked for his horse and buggy at the livery stable, and drove away. Since then nothing has been seen of him. The iivery and hotel men feel sure be knows something of the death of Zora Burns. When he first came here he had a young and comely woman with him and registered as Mason and lady, Farmer City, 111. They came late at night, roomed together and departed before breakfast. The woman was veiled so that only an occasional glimpse was had of her. On Thursday or Friday last he went to the incoming train from the east, ostensibly to meet his sister. He reported she did not come, but, on the same day. he was seen riding in his buggy with a young girl answering the description of Zora Burns. During his stay here he made frequent trips out of town, on one occasion going, as he said, to Decatur, and at another time to Indianapolis. Examining the Alleged Blood-Spots. Chicago, Oct. 21.—The chemist who has been given a buggy whip and harness, belonging to O. A. Carpenter, stained with what is supposed to be the blood of the murdered Zora Burns, says he has only given the spots a cursory examination under the microscope, and they appear to be blood. The analysis will not De completed until the middle of next week. "Wanting the Militia. Springfield, 111., Oct. 20.—Application was made to the Governor, this afternoon, by the sheriff of Logan county, for a company of militia to keep down a threatened mob at Lincoln, but he declined to grant the use of troops except in case of a sudden outbreak and to protect the jail. It is reorted that application has been made to the Governor for a requisition on the Governor of Indiana for the surrender of Thomas Dukes. Governor Hamilton declines to state whether or not such is the case. MILLIE WALKER’S CONFESSION. Site Committed Two Murders and Allowed an Innocent Man To He Flansreil. FIKMINOSBURG, Ky., Oct. 19. —On Thursday, Sept. 22, 1878, Ned Trumbo, an inoffensive colored man, was shot dead in bis own idoor in this city. The assassination created great excitement, and rewards aggregating $0,500 were offered for the arrest and conviction of tlie murderer. Charles Hopper was ft Trusted on suspicion, but the evidence before the grand jury was deemed insufficient, cud lie was released. James Monroe Emmons

was also arrested and indicted by the grand jury, but the evidence, which was altogether of a circumstantial character, was not strong enough to hold him. The reason of the arrest of the foregoing was that he had been paying a great deal of attention to a woman of ill-repute named Millie Walker, who was staying at Trumbo’s house. This girl was shot in Johnson county, this State, on Monday. Being told by her physicians that her wound was surely mortal, she made the following confession: "My name is Mary Ganole, but I have called myself Milly Walker. I am now in my thirty-eighth year, and have followed my present life since my fifteenth year, when I was seduced by George Radcliffe, whom I killed, as soon as X learned of his perfidy to me, and buried his body in a sawdust pile on Red river, in Menifee county, within three hundred yards of where his father’s house stood. When his body was found, Frank Tompkins, who had left the county about the time of Radcliffe’s disappearance, and had gone to Greenupsburg, Ky., was suspected, and an armed party went to capture him. He surrendered without any resistance. A mob hanged him in front of the Frenchburg jail before his trial could come on. My lips were sealed, as to make a noise was to accuse myself. I went to Flentingsburg, immediately following his lynching, and, having nothing to live lor, resolved to make life as burdensome and unpleasant as I could for the rest of mankind, “Hopper and Emmons both were steady company of mine while I was staying at the Trumbo House, and both were jealous of each other. Seeing Emmons pass one night I went to the door to call him, but he either did not hear me or did not want to hear me, and rode on. This made me mad, and, having a pistol in my pocket, I fired at old Ned. Why i did so Ido not know. Suspicion was immediately directed to Hopper, who was thrown in jail, and this suited me, but I would have been better pleased if they had hanged him. I could not appear against hint, because I was afraid I might myself get caught. My life since then has been the usual one of abandoned women until I met George Frankson here, to whom I represented myself as good and virtuous, and he, seeing me in company with Doc Martwell on Monday night, shot me.” The woman died last night, and by her confession solves a mystery which has for five years been unexplained. CRIME IN GENERAL. A Murderer Shot by a Brother-In-Law—A Cowardly Murder. Des Moines, la., Oct. 20.—News ha3 just reached Des Moines by a special courier that W, A. Kline, under indictment for the murder ot Mayor Stubbs, of Polk City, was shot at Clyde, in Joseph county, this morning, by his brother-in-law, John Cools. After Kline’s release on bail he went to his deceased father’s farm, near Clyde, which was occupied by Cools. The latter construed this as an intrusion, and the two had frequent quarrels, ending in Cools serving a notice of ejectment on Kline. This morning ing while Kline was sitting at the breakfast table Cools approached him from the rear and shot him with a revolver. He then tried to shoot two or three others in the room, but all escaped, when he fled to the woods and lias not yet been found. A physician summoned found Kline in a comatose state, and says he cannot live but a few days. Attempted Train-Wrecking. Dayton, 0., Oct. 20. —A bold but unsuccessful attempt was made, to-day, to wreck train No. 32, on tbe Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad, about two miles south of Xenia. The train was just coming down the grade, but luckily it was under control, and was stopped before it reached the point at which a large number of tics and huge stones had bean laid across the track. It is not known who the attempted train-wreckers were, but it is supposed that they are some discharged employes. Had the train been going at full speed it would have been impossibe to stop it on tbe dangerous grade, and there would have been a terrible loss of life.

Ten Years for Manslaughter. Lexington, Ivy., Oct. 20.—The trial of Hooker Steivers, who killed Bert Scully, the well-known turfman, with a shotgun, ended this evening, at Paris, in a verdict of involuntary manslaughter, carrying ten years’ imprisonment. Senator Voorhees appeared for the defense, and to bis effort this light punishment is mainly due. WASHINGTON. JConclndeil from First Page.f that while those affected may not be pleased with the order, he is satisfied that in after life there will be bat few who will not thank him for it. While he does not wish to interfere with the personal matters of employes, lie says he was impelled to issue the order for th 9 good of the employes and tlie office. When apprentices marry, the fact that tiieir compensation will not enable them to support a wife leads them to become more anxious to make big bills than to turn out good work and keep up its quality. Notes ami Personalities. Washington, Oct. 21.—A conscience contribution of S6OO lias been received at the Treasury Department, in a letter postmarked Allegheny, Pa., and signed “Clergyman.” The vacancy in the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury, caused by the resignation of J. Hill, will probably be filled on Monday. An answer is awaited from a gentleman to whom the position is tendered. Hon. Benjamin Betterwortli, of Ohio, the new Commissioner of Patents, made a short visit to the Interior Department, yesterday. Mr. Marble’s resignation takes effect Nov. 1, and Mr. Butterworlh will enter upon his duties about that time. He left for Philadelphia to-night. There is a large and growing demand for silver certificates, coming mainly from St. Louis, the Missippi valley, Georgia, and the cotton and sugar growing region general!}’. It is said that Sirs. Hayes's $1,500 portrait, which the temperance women paid for, migrates from room to room in the White House, and threatens to “bring up” in the garret. Secretary Folger lias granted permission to Sir. Rooks, a counterfeit detector, to carry counterfeit money on his person, provided it be stamped in plain letters witli the word “counterfeit.” Mr. Rooks was previously arrested in Buffalo for carrying spurious money, but was finally dismissed. Major Nickerson lias written another disrespectful letter to the adjutant-general, very similar to the one he recently sent. Steamship News. Baltimore, Oct. 20.—Arrived: Ohio, from Bremen. New York, Oct. 20—Arrived: Britannic, City of Montreal, from Liverpool; Elbe, from Bremen. Queenstown, Oct. 21.—Arrived: City of Richmond, Pallaiice, from New York; City of Quebec, Durham CitjK from Boston. Governor-Elect Iloadl.v. Cincinnati, Oct. 21. —Judfe Hoadly, Gov-ernor-elect of Oiiio, left for Philadelphia last night. Telegrams were in error which said yesterday that lie would, after spending a day witli Dr. Bartliolow, go to Europe. Such a course lias not yet been decided upon, though if Dr. Bartliolow recommends a sea voyage, as some expect, the distinguished patient will obey his medical adviser’s wishes. We notice that Tom, Dick and Harry are now appearing with their Grandfather's recipes for Coughs, etc., and seeking a fortune through advertising, hut the people know the value of Dr. Lull’s Cough Syrup and will take no other.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1883.

THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS General Pryor Says the Crime of O'Donnell Was Not Murder, The Grand Master of Orangemen Predicts Civil War in Ireland if Disloyal Moet- . ings Are Permitted. The Irish liea<rue Pleased with Rord Coleridge's Recent Speeches. Details of tlie Massacre by French Troops at Hue—Astonishing Revelations Concerning Pirates in the Black Sea. O'DONNELL’S COUNSEL. General Pryor’s Opinion of the Shooting of Carey, and Its Cause. London, Oct. 21. —Gen, Pryor, O’Donnell's American counsel, in an interview said he was satisfied O’Dcnnell killed Carer in - self-defense. It was proved beyond question that O'Donnell went to Africa with no design of killing Carey, and was unaware of the latter’s presence on the steamer when he embarked. Carey, according to Pryor's theory, finding himself discovered, provoked a quarrel in anticipation of a blow which he expected O'Donnell, as an Irishman, would strike. Manslaughter, in Pryor’s opinion, was the utmost O'Donnell could be found guilty of. Every effort is being made to bring witnesses from Capetown to England. “1 believe,” said Pryor, to-day, “O’Donnell will have a fair trial. There is no prejudice against him. I do not expect to take a public part in the trial, but simply to help other counsel by suggestion. 1 shall live in London until the trial is finished. I have seen O’Donnell. He impresses measa simpleminded ingenuous Irishman—anything but an assassin. The trial will occur the middle of November and last two or three days.” ROSEMORE’S PROPHECY. The Graml Master of the Orangemen Predicts Civil War in Ireland. London, Oct. 21. Lord Rosemore, as Grand Master of the Orangeman of Monaghan, has written to the newspapers calling attention to the serious state of affairs in Ulster. He says that henceforth the self-restraint of Orangemen cannot be reckoned upon; that only the utmost efforts of himself and other leaders prevented the Orangemen from storming the hill at Roslea during the recent Parnell meeting. If the government, lie adds, allows disloyal meetings to continue in Ulster, the result will be bloodshed and perhaps civil war. PLEASED WITH COLERIDGE. Irishmen in London Surprised at Hia Utterance—A Hanqtiet for Parnell. London, Oct. 20.—The Irish National League here passed a resolution expressing their surprise and pleasure at the teaor of the speech of Chief-justice Coleridge at his reception by the New York Bar Association. The resolution expresses hope that the principles enunciation in that address will be applied by the British government to Ireland; also, that the American tour of Coleridge will serve to enlarge his views and enable him to advocate self-government for Ireland, Parnell has accepted an invitation from the promoters of the Parnell testimonial fund to attend the banquet given in his honor on the 10th of December. Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant, and Lady Spencer have left Dublin for England, where they propose to remain a considerable time. They will go first to Hawarden Castle, the residence of Gladstone, to pay a visit to the Prime Minister.

BLACK-SEA PIRATES. Government Officials and Merchants Assisting the Freebooters, Paris, Oct. 20.—A correspondent at Insterburg, on the Russian frontier, telegraphs the following: “Night before last the Russian police at Ivertch made an attempt to arrest the chief of a band of pirates whose lucrative exploits have caused a sort of panic along the whole northern coast of the Black sea. The chief pirate escaped, but evidence ha3 fallen into the hands of the authorities disclosing the astonishing fact that not only the great bulk of the seafaring population on the Sea of Azof, including the government pilots, are in active complicity with the pirates, but that several of their boldest operations were directed by one of the highest functionaries of the Crimea, and suspicion even points to the complicity of one of the consuls resident at ICertcb. About twenty Crimean merchants are also compromised in the affair. The method usually adopted by the pirates was to exhibit false signals, so as to lure vessels straight on to the dangerous reefs of the Tauranian coast. The crews were then left to perish on tlie rocks or were murdered. After the vessels had been pillaged and the pirates had helped themselves to what they needed, the cargoes were transferred toother vessels placed at the disposal of the pirates by their silent partners at Kertch and elsewhere, and conveyed to Constantinople, Varna and Odessa, where they were sold in the open market.” THE FALL OF HUE. The Slaughter of Unarmed Natives—Not Less than a Thousand Slain. Cable Special. Pierre Lote, an officer of the French expeditionary force in Totiquin, sends to the Paris Figaro the following description of the fall of Hue: The beaten Annamites were cooped up in the burning village. The only road of escape from the flames lay under the guns of the fort, which was filled with sailors armed with Krapotehk repeating rifles, with sights carefully adjusted to the distance. Magazines of rifles were duly loaded. Tlie men looked on waiting until a flank movement of the other troops and the firing of the bamboo huts should drive the human quarry before them. We saw them halting at the end of the village with singed hair and garments. Then after a few moments’ hesitation, tucking up their flowing robes as high as they could and trying to protect their heads with planks against tlie impending shower of bullets, they rushed on. A great butchery then commenced; two volleys were fired. It was quite a treat (cetait un plaisure) to see these fan-like streams of bullets sweeping down upon the fugitives. They were poured in twice in one minute at the word of command. and in a sure, methodical manner. It was like a jet from a huge watering spout which mowed them down by dozens. In a

cloud of dust and gravel we could see some whoseemed to be driven mad, picking themselves up, limping one way now and another then, like wounded animals, gntheiring up theirrobes in a comical manner. Theirlong hair, unfastened and streaming down their backs, made them look like women. Others tried to escape by swimming a lagoon to try to reach the junks. These were killed in the water. Some good divers remained a long time under water. Our men continued to kill them all the same when they came up to breathe like seals. The men then amused themselves counting the dead—fifty on the left, eighty to the right. In the village were small heaps; with those killed in the southern forts, about 800 or a 1,000 must have been disposed of. The sailors laid bets as to the numbers destroyed. About 9 o’clock in the morning all was over, and the rout of the Annamites was complete. The heat was intense, and the sailors, maddened by the sun and the noise, and quivering with excitement, rushed out of the fort after the wounded. Some were crouching in holes, others were feigning death, while others, at the last gasp, were stretching out their hands pleading for mercy, and shouting “Han! Han!” in heart-rending accents. Our men slaughtered tnem with bayonets or brained them with the butt ends of their muskets. The Annamite servants, diminutive, effeminate lads, who had followed the infantry from Taigon, were hunted out. When one of tiie fugitives was unearthed, the sailors would call out, “Here’s another; come give him Leang, Leang!'’ These sailors were quite unreconcilable. They were absolutely madmen. The officers attempted to restrain them, and said to them, “You ought to be ashamed of such cowardly, dirty work.” They replied, “The Annamites are savages. They carried the head of Captain Riviere on the top of a pole, and if they carried the day they would cut the French to pieces or saw them into planks.” There was no reply possible to this. It was true, and so they were left to their grim work. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Frightful Ravages of Trichinlasis in a German Tillage. Berlin, Oct. 21.—Two hundred and sixtysix persons are suffering from tricliiniasis at Ermsieben to-day. Only fifty out of one hundred and thirty-four honses are free from the disease. This morning, up to 10 o’clock, twenty-three persons had died. There have been several fatal cases at Achen. An Address in a Silver Casket. Colombo, Ceylon, Oct. 20.—Wilfred Blunt, on arriving here with his wife, was presented with an address in a silver casket by Egyptian exiles, and the principal native Mohammedans of Colombo. Biunt was active in organizing the defense of Arabi Pasha, and other prominent Egyptian officers when tried for rebellion. The French Wheat Crop. Paris, Oct. 21.—Official returns relative to the French wheat 'crop estimate the yield at 100,646,216 hectolitres; area sown, 6,728,649 hectares; average yieTd per hectare, 1,498 hectolitres; average weight per hectolitre, 7,632 kilograms. [A hectolitre equals 2 5-6 Winchester bushels.] Expecting to Meet Stanley. Lisbon, Oct. 20.—1 tis reported that De Brazza, the French explorer, had arrived at Stanley Pool without sufficient appliances to enable him to proceed further tip the Congo river. De Brazza will probably meet Henry M. Stanley when the latter returns from Stanley Falls. He Retires Happy. Rome, Oct. 21. —Admiral Acton has resigned the office of Minister of Marine, because, having secured the adoption of his favorite type of ironclads in the Italian navy, and having reformed the naval administration, he now wishes to retire to private life. The Condition of the Catholic Church. Rome, Oct. 20.—The Pope is preparing an allocution upon the condition of the Catholic Church. He has summoned the' Archbishop of Vienna to Rome. The latter will probably be created a cardinal.

A Crisis in a Cabinet. Lisbon, Oct. 21.—A crisis exists in the Portuguese cabinet, owing to troubles connected with the approaching municipal elections. Tlie Minister of the Interior and Minister of Marine have resigned. Si Sliman's Feast. Algiers, Oct. 20. —The Algerian insurgent chief, Si Siirnan, was invited to a feast by two other chiefs, who slew him and sent his head to the Sultan of Morocco. Peace Between Chili anil Pern. London, Oct 21. —A dispatch announces that a treaty of peace lias been signed between Chili and Peru. Cable Notes. Shooks of earthquake tvere felt at Gibraltar on Saturday. Tlie Bishop of Peterborough, recently convalescent, has bad a serious relapse. All of the Liberal candidates have been elected members of the common council at Berlin. The widow of Carey, the informer, has been granted a pension of $25 a week by the British government. It is reported that tlie French embassador at Madrid has resigned. It is believed he will be succeeded by General Billot. The trichiniasis is spreadingin the vicinity of Ermsleben, Prussian Saxony. The doctors fear that 20 per cent, of tlie cases will prove fata!. A certificate of organization of the new American, British and Continental Cable Company, capital £1,500,000, has been registered in London. It is reported that the extreme Left will, in the Chamber of Deputies, at Paris, offer a motion demanding the expulsion of the Orleans princes from France. An interpellation regarding the affair of Shaw, the English missionary, imprisoned by the French in Madagascar, wiil be made in the Chamber of Deputies. Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, in reply to the Dublin poor law guardians, who asked that the Archbishop take under his protection a number of girls from the Dublin workhouse, says Canada is well supplied with help at present. Mr. John Bright has written a letter on the marriage lows, in which he says: “Convocation only talks and cannot act. The bishops can advise the clergy, but bishops and clergy cannot roll back the tide of opinion on the question now under discussion, and we must wait a little longer and the matter will be settled." Anthony Trollope's story, “The Landleaguers,” so far ns the author had carried it up to the time of his death, has been published. The following note from Mr. Henry M. Troilope is appended: “Here ends the story of ‘The Land-leaguers,’ as written by my father. He left no materials from which the tale could be completed, and no attempt at a completion will be made.” Hereford's Aoid Phosphate. UNKQL’ALKp. Dr. R. M Alexander, Fannettsbnrg, Pa„ says: “I think Horsfnrd'a Aotit Phosphate is not equaled iu uuy o.her preparation of phosphorus,”

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. A Blind and Paralyzed Girl Cured l)y Holy Water and Prayer. The Embarrassing Situation in which an Anderson Youth Is Placed—News Gleanings from Indiana and Illinois. INDIANA. Paralysis and Rlinduess Cared by Holy Water and* Prayer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Oct. 21.—The case of Agnes Balter, a young lady residing at 57 Spencer street, in this city, is most marvelous. Yesterday morning she was unable to move, and was blind; now she walks and can see. Eight years ago she was seized with the dreaded disease cerebro-spinal meningitis, which left her lower limbs paralj’zed. She had gone to Ogdensburg, Ind., to enter a convent, and was taken ill the second day after she had arrived. In a few weeks she was brought home, and for eight years she has been a constant sufferer. The best physicians of the city have treated her and pronounced her incurable. Dr. S. T. Yount has been her physician for three vears. She was in convulsions most of th a time, and these would continue as long as two and three weeks. Dr. Yount states that she presented a most horrible sight. For weeks at a time she had no nourishment whatever. Recently a young lady friend, Miss Kinsman, returned from Europe and brough her some water from the fountain of our Lady of Lourdes. This she has been applying and drinking, i A nine days’ season of prayer was inaugu- J rated by herself and other members of the church. This terminated yesterday morning, tvhen she was removed in an unconscious condition to the church. She at length was revived, took communion and instantly she could see and walk unaided. She believes that prayer did it. Dr. Yount and others pronounce it a most marvelous case. Last evening when the doctor and reporters called she walked across the room to show that she was indeed cured. Her case seems miraculous, and there are many more besides herself who, familiar with the case, attribute it to the power of prayer. Deplorable Situation of Mr. Frank Clarke. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Anderson, Oct. 21. —Frank Clarke, a young man of this city, who is of good family, but weak morally, is in a very peculiar predicament. Not long ago he was too intimate with Mamie Du Shane, of this city, and was forced to marry her, but shortly afterward procured a divorce. Yesterday a young woman living at Elwood, this county, had him arrested on a charge of bastardy, and to settle the matter he procured a marriage license and boarded the train for Elwood, with the intention of getting married. His •divorced wife also got on the train, armed with a revolver, and accompanied him to Elwood, where they are “waiting for something to turn up,” His divorced wife swears she will shoot him if he marries the girl he wronged, and he is anxious to marry her to avoid going to jail. The first woman he wronged, armed to the teeth, will not let him go out of her sight unless he returns to Anderson, and woman No. 2 and a constable will not let him leave Elwood. I. O. R. M. Lafayette, Oct. 20.—The next session of the order will be held at Indianapolis in 1884. The great chiefs elected for the year were: Great sachem, M. A. Marks, Madison; great senior sagamore, Thos. W. Lockhardt, Lebanon; great junior sagamore, Chris. McGregor, Indianapolis; great chief of records, Thomas J. Smith, of Frankfort; great keeper of wampum, John A. McGaw, Indianapolis; great prophet, George. F. David, of Indianapolis; great trustees, T. H. Sanberry, Bloomington; Eugene Thomas, New Albany; W. L. Ramsay, Indianapolis; representative to great council of United States, Joseph J. Suit, of Frankfort. After the great chiefs had been raised, the grand sachem made the following appointments: Great sennap, Parker A. Byers, Lafayette; great mishinawa, M. G. Mock; great guard of the wigwam, Harvey B. Foster, of Madison; great guard of the forest, Joseph Wilson, of Washington.

Kniglits of Pythias Fair, Special to tlio Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Oct. 21.—The Knights of Pythias of this city are going to hold a big exposition, or fair, at the Park Opera-house this week. The opening occurs on Monday evening, the 22d, but Wednesday will be the big day. There will be a drill, which will be participated in by the Pythian lodges of this city, Dayton, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton, Anderson, New Castle, Oonnersville, Cambridge City, Union City, Winchester, Decatur, Portland, Logansport and Indianapolis. The railroads will carry passengers to and from this city at half fare. Seriously Injured In a Fight. Special to tlio Indiauanolis Journal. Franklin, Oct. 19.—1n a drunken fight, which took place last evening at tlie depot of the J., M. & I. railroad, a young man named Martin Waggoner was seriously if not fatally injured by being struck on the head with a stone. Six of the participants were arrested and placed in jail. Minor Notes, Samuel Smith, a well-known ornamental painter, of South Bend, is dead, aged 47. The Terre Haute Courier will shortly issue a daily edition, ft will be an afternoon paper, and will be Republican in politics. John Rlfeer. of Cincinnati, died suddenly of hemorrhage of the lungs on Friday at the residence or Ilia mother, nearMontioello. Rev. D. M. Stewart, a Presbyterian minister of Rushvllle, has been in the ministry forty-seven years, and has officiated af 1153 weddings. Visitors who desire a look at Neliing, the murderer of Ada Atkinson, now confined In the Jail at Lafayette, are charged live cents each for the privilege. Mr. John H. Zeller, of Harmony, is perhaps the wealthiest coal operator in Clay county. Ho owns 1,400 acres of good coal land, and is worth $150,000. Postoffices have been established at Anthony, Delaware county, and Mays, Rush county, and G. \V Gibson and Henry Carter appointed postmasters respectively. The corn cron of Grant county is a fa’lnre, the yield being only one-half what It usually Is The grains arc soft, and only a small quantity will grade as mel'cliumable. The remains of John Fitzgerald were found on the track ot the Evansville & Terre Haute road, on Saturday morning, near Vincennes. It is thought he committed suicide. The Peru Republican reports that Judge Walker, of that place, has a peculiar cow. The Judge recently had an offer to purchase the animal, and the customer went to the stable to inspect the brute. The hoy who milks the row was asked how muoli milk she gave at a time. The uiohtu said he thought she gave about a gal.

lon and a half. “Is that nil?" said the Judge. The hoy thought he had made a mistake by putting it too low, and answered: “Yes, except when it rains—then she gives a whole bucket full.” The convention at Portland, Jay county, Indiana, to be held by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the Eleventh congressional distriot, has been postponed until November 6 and 7. An insane negro attempted to murder Mrs. Epb. Keigwm, the noted spiritualistic medium, oi Jeffersonville, with a huge butcher-knife. The negro was arrested, and will be put in the asylum or elsewhere in a safe place. Mrs. Lida Howe!!, of Jeffersonville, was found dead in her bed on Friday morning. Mrs. Howell, who was about twenty-nine years Cf age, had been complaining for several days of congestion of tile, stomach and bowels. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death Irotn congestion. William H. Armstrong, who formerly lived in Harrison county, near Corydon, was shot and killed in a family difficulty by bis son-in-law, near York, Neb., a couple of weeks ago. The murderer married Armstrong's daughter against the wishes of her parents, and out of this the trouble grew that ended in the father’s death. Edward Pifer and Oliver Kabte, two young men of Carlisle, Sullivan county, have been arrested, charged with kidnaping and seducing Miss Tillie Woortman, a young girl of that place. The young mteii are members of respected families, and their arrest causes much comment. The young girl was last; seen in Terre Haute, where she was greatly distressed. Hackleman Post, No. 250, G. A. R.. has been organized at Hagerstown, with tlie following officers: B. F. Jewett, post commandant; J. In. Hartley, senior vice-commandant; Wm. Conrad, junior vice-commandant; A. C. Walker, officer of the day; Thomas Hoover, officer of tlie. guard; R. G. Crinkle, chaplain; Dr. J. M. Thurston, surgeon; Wm. N. Thornburg, quartermaster. Not long since S7OO was stolen from the residence of Mr. Jarrett, of Green township, Hancock county during the absence of the family. Walter Alford aud Harry Hunuecut have turned. State's evidence, and admit that they, with George, Fort, stole the money. On their evidence the grand jury found indictments ag ainsc them, and they will be given a chance to do tbe State service in the penitentiary. ILLINOIS. Arrested for Counterfeiting and Forging Brass Checks. Clinton, Oct. 20.—A. U. Summers and L. Williams, of Weldon, 111., were arrested and placed in jail to-day for counterfeiting and forgery on the Weldon Canning Company. In the absence of banks and the scarcity of change at that place the company is compelled to issue a currency in the form of brass checks among its employes and patrons. These are redeemed upon tlieir presentation to the company. Summers and Williams had been counterfeiting these checks since about Sept. 1, Brief Mention. R. T. Dement, residing near Aledo, committed suicide on Friday, by taking laudanum. Ex Senator and Mrs. David Davis reached their home at Bloomington on Saturday. Rev. John Sindlinger, of Naperville, died on Friday at his home, at the age of seventy-seven years. He entered the ministry over fifty years ago, and labored in the Evaugolieal Association until a few years since. The new $4,000 scliool-lionse just erected by the thriving village of Colfax will be dedicated on the 26th with appropriate exercises. Addresses will be delivered by Dr. Adams, President Hewettand County Superintendent Miller. George Brown, a brakeman on tbe Rock Island road, climbed on top ot the cupola of the caboose just as the train was approaching the. Illinois Central bridge at La Salle. The bridge struck his bead, killing him instantly. It is thought the act was intentional. A shooting affray occurred among colored people Ht a dance in Shawneetown on Friday night. Henry Acres received two bullets in his body, and died on Saturday. William Johnson, Joseph Barger and Robert Norman were arrested, liuc it is not known who did the. shooting. Wallace Gregory, a well-known merchant of Moawequa,accidentally fell on the sidewalk on Saturday night. Iu his pocket was a lead pencil that penetrated the pit of his arm, the point of which protruded at the top of the shoulder. While the wound may not prove fatal, it is of a serious nature. On Friday night, Mr. Harrts, postmaster at Sheffield, was sand-bagged by two no n, and <• watch and chain valued at $l5O, S2OO in cash and a note for $7oO taken from him. In addition to his duties as postmaster, Harris was a telegraph operator and business manager for Shrdd Cos., Ice dealers at that point. Tlie Governor has made the following appolntmeuts of State inspectors of coal mines: First Inspection District—Alexander Ronald, or La Salle county. Second District—Thomas Hudson, of La Salic county. Third District—James P. Cumining, of Grundy county. Fourth District —Walter Rutledge, of Madison county. Fifth District—Robert Winning, of Williamson county. A large crowd of people boarded a south-bound train at Carrollton on Friday night, among whom was a liberal sprinkling of pickpockets. Among those who were victimized was Jacob Pope,who was seized by the whiskers and throat while Ins purse was taken, with S3OO inclosed. Hon. H. O. Goodrich, of Jerse3'ville, pai<l S7O and passes over the Chicago & Alton road for his ride from Carrollton to Jersey ville. Tlie sixteen-year-old daughter of Peter Baldo, residing near London City, made good use of a shotgun the other night. The girl’s parents were absent, and she and three younger children were the only occupants of the house. Suddenly tlie door was forced open and the children saw three tramps, two of them standing near the door and the third seated on the fence. They declined to deparr when requestd to do so. and the oldest girl seized a shotgun and fired at the man on the fence, who fell off backward and disappeared in the darkness, speedily followed by bis companions.

Charley Ross Once More. St. Louis, Oct. 21.—Christian K. Ross, the father of tlie long-lost boy, Charley Ross, accompanied by R. Morgan, a lawyer of Philadelphia, lias been in Edwardville, 111., and this city, the past two or three days, attempting to get at the truth of the story told by a young man named Donnelly, who is under sentence of one year to the penitentiary for some crime, but nothing has come of the investigation. It is believed both by Mr. Ross and Prosecuting Attorney Yeager, of Madison county, Illinois, to whom Donnelly first made a statement, that there is somebody behind Donnelly who may knowsomething of importance and possibly have knowledge of the whereabouts of tlie lost boy, or at least who lie was ababducted by, but Donnelly says positively lie will reveal nothing until he gets out of the penitentiary again, and Mr. Ross, having no hope of obtaining any further information, will leave for home to-morrow. Chicago Liquor Licenses. Chicago, Oct. 21. —After the passage of the Harper high-license bill, the City Council ofChicago, in the interest of the saloon-keep-ers, passed an ordinance changing the a\te at which saloon licenses were appointed to' be issued, with the object of evading, for one year, the payment of the SSOO license imposed by tlie Harper hill. Tlie legality of this action is now questioned, and Judge Anthony will to-morrow give a decision in the matter. It is understood tlie decision will declare tlie action of the Council illegal, and hold that tne saloons must pay tlie fee prescribed by tlie Harper bill. Under tlie ordinance passed by tlie Council, nearly all the saloons in tlio city took out licenses at $lO3, tlie rate formerly charged. Under the decision of Judge Anthony, these licenses are invalidated. Our Army and Navy. General Rufus Ingalls, Quartermaster-general U.3. A.; Gen. J. B. Steadman, U.S.A.; Commander ,7. B. Coghlan, U. S. N, indorse St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain cure. PI LES. A REVOLUTION IN THEIR TREATMENT. Dr. DEMING’3 New Disoovery tor tbeourent PILES is a radical change from Tlie old methods. The first application will prove its merits. It is an ENGLISH REMEDY, Discovered by Dr. JJEMING while stationed in the Indies as army surgeon. For sale by all Druggists. A. KIKFJ.K, Ueueral Agent for U. 8.