Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1884 — Page 3

THE FRENCH INVESTIGATION Evidence in Support of the Charge of trench’s Cruelty to His Men. Clerks Compelled to Work When Members of Their Families Were Sick or Dying —Some Damaging Testimony. The French investigating committee met again yesterday morning, and resumed the examination of witnesses. The first witness called was George W. Smith, of Lebanon, a painter by trade, who was in the railway mail service from October 21, 1873, until June 24, 1878. He testified that he was subjected to a number of petty annoyances and exactions, having tlieir origin in his carrying a pouch with a brass lock—for which he did not, have the key, and which should have been opened in this city—through to Cincinnati. The matter was reported to Washington by Chris. Werriek, who said it was no matter of his, but by Mr. French s order. There was quite a squabble about it, and Congressman Cason, who attempted to have the witness righted, finally said he could do nothing unless he had more support. Senator Morton was then informed of the facts, who said he would not see Indiana soldier'; imposed upon in such trifling matters. Ho did attend to it, and there was no further trouble about it. After that, French and witness met, and French said to witness: “You came out successful;* to which witness replied: “Yes. with the backing I had I got out all right.” "Witness told French “as long as Governor Morton is above ground l don't expect to be imposed upon.” He testified that in February, 1875 his wife was taken dangerously sick and he wrote to French, telling him that if she grew worse he would have to lay off a few days. French replied that he must continue his run until he relieved him. No answer was vouchsafed to this request and his wife growing worse he left the car in the middle of his run. When the witness was asked by the commission if lie was punished for doing so he said that he was dismissed the service in 1878. Previous to this dismissal his path was made rough in several ways. He was assigned to a run where he was further away from his family and received less salary. He said that eight to twelve men, all formerly solders, himself among them, were discharged, soon after Senator Morton's death, to make way for younger men, favorites of French. He was given no reason for his discharge, but was simply ordered by French to give up his keys. He was injured once by an accident at Chicago and his pay was deducted during the time lie was unable* to make his run. The witness was recalled in the afternoon and gave the following as the names of the soldiers whose discharge closely followed Senator Morton’s death: J. B. Gettes, Frank K. Jelletfe, Rice, on the C., L. A C.; Wicker. W. T. Foster. Conrad Geh ling, Louis Kern. John Baker, W. S. Young, Harry Phillips, Gee. W. Smith (himself) and Hooker, of the Vandalia. (Three of these have been reinstated —Jelleife, Baker and Kern.) MEN COMPELLED TO WORK. W. H. Phillips, of this city, testified that he was in the postal service four years, his first run being between Kankakee and Cincinnati. His children were sick with scarlet fever and asked French to allow him permission to leave his run. He was refused, as there was no one to relieve him. He made his run, and when he returned home liis little boy was dead. Afterwards his father-in-law died, and he was “docked” half a month’s pay for staying at home to bury him. At this came time Mr. Story, one of French’s favorites, who had been transferred from a southern routo to French’s division, and who had been hunting and fishing in Northern Michigan for tlire© months, drew full pay for all the time he was absent. Mr. Whetstone, the paymaster, expressed bis indignation and told witness that he thought it was an outrage. He corroborated Smith’s statement about the discharge of old soldiers after Senator Morton’s death. He was discharged without being given any reason therefor, and the men ’appointed to fill the vacancies were mostly young, some of them boys. In the afternoon I>r. Win. H. Wisbard, the well-known physician, formerly coroner, was examined. H said: 1 have practiced medicine for forty-four years. In June. 1882, I was called to see Wm. Glossbrenner. in this city. I asked him his occupation. Ho told me he was: in the mail service—run from Indianapolis to Jeffersonville. I found him very nervous and unable to sleep—a condition of nervous prostration. I tried to give him rest by bromides and hydrate of chloral, and partially succeeded. He was called out again on the road. On his coming back I was called to see him again. Found him worse. I tried to get him permission to lay over. He was so nearly insane that another physician called in by me decided with me that it was wot sass, to leave him with his family. We made out the case of insarfity, but did not send him. He improved, and gradually got better. After he gave me a history of the amount of labor he did and his loss of sleep, I advised him to have the authorities throw off at least one-third of his work. Mv conclusion at the time was that he was overworked, and that no man could safely do the amount of work that he did. Question by C. Jay French—Did he say that this work was imposed by my direct orders# Answer —I asked why he did it, and he said the authorities required it. By Mr. French—Did you say he was running on the day train or on the night? Answer—l think lie said he was running on both day and night, overlapping in some way. MR. BOYD’S GRIEVANCES.

D. M. Bradbury appeared as attorney for Win. L. Boyd and asked leavo to read a statement by that gentleman. As Mr. Boyd was present the court refused to allow Mr. Bradbury to read the paper, and the witness was sworn and put upon the stand. As the written statement embodies all the points of his testimony, and is more concise, the reporter reproduces it here: Gentlemen of the Commission: My first commission In the mail railway service was dated April 23. 1878, upon the receipt of which I entered the service at $1 ,- 800. The commission named S9OO as the salary with •ui accompanying order, however, increasing trie pay to the sum of SI,OOO. On this 1 ran six months. On October 23. 1878, X was again commissioned for a period of six months, art a salary of SI,OOO. On March 25, 1875). 1 was regularly commissioned. This commission Was sent to jur. French (see letter of Mr. Thomas M. Browne, dated April 14,1979). This commission was withheld, as hereinafter stated. April 21,1879,1 was again commissioned; this time for three months, at the same rate, SI,OOO. On July 17, 1879, I was commissioned for six months. Alibis period the department at Washington reported my examination satisfactory, as shown by the letter of Hon. Thomas M. Browne, dated Aug. 12. 1879. The complaint .1 make is this: That with a satisfactory cjise examination and car record, and with the report to my representative in Congress by the department officers, that I was entitled to a regular commission, at a ralary of $1,150. I was. by the withholding es my commission by Mr. French, kept on a salary of S9OO for a period of about eighteen months. 1 may add that, in common with about all the other men under Mr. Freneh, I regard his treatment of the men as harsh and tyrannical, imposing fines where unnecessary, and refusing to hear explanations from injured parties. p WM. L. Boyd, Pittsburg and St. Louis, East, Division. The two letters received from Congressman Browne wei'o filed with the commission. The letters are as follows: Winchester, Ind., Aug. 12, 1879. Dear Boyd—Yours received. 1 interviewed French on Saturday. He said you had been regularly commissioned. and was no longer on the temporary roll. He turned to the record and said your last commission, and the regular one, was issued July 20 (I think that is the date. He had no complaint to make of you Whatever, and said your case examinations were satisfactory. Certainly French has deceived me. and perhaps he is withholding your regular commission until your “three months” expires. Your friend, T. M. Browne. Washington, D. C., April 14,1879. Mv Dear Boyd—Have just seen Thompson. The record shows that you were regularly commissioned on

March 25. Your record is good. You arc in the regular service. If your commission haa not yet reached yon, it will, for Mr. French has it. Thos. M. Browne. Witness testified that tho commission was never received by him. W. 11. Phillips (recalled) said he was in the mail service when the Big Four was weighing mails. Thought the mails were weighed twice while he was in the service—once in 1875 and in 1877. Noticed when the weighing was going on the difference between the class and quantity of matter at that time compared with ordinary mail business. The mails were always weighed in the month when business was heaviest. The witness said nearly everything was carried, and a good deal of it was matter that the road had no business to handle. There were more empty pouches and tie-sacks than witness had ever seen before. It seemed as if all the offices in the country were emptying themselves. When we stopped weighing mails the light season set in. Witness spoke of losing four or five days’ pay due him, but which he could not get because French would not recommend his claim. Wm. Rutledge (recalled): Ten dollars and some cents had been retained from his pay for January, 1884. On the 2d of February talked to paymaster and postmaster at St. Louis .about this deduction of salary. Asked how it was made, and they said that it was withheld by order of French. They said that his authority went so far that they never would pay witness that money unless lie got au order from the Second Assistant Postmaster-general. The deduction was made for failure to take my trip. The reason I did not take it was because I had been notified that I had been suspended from service. Promotions are made by French’s direction. and thus salaries are controlled by him. Frank Wesbey, city, formerly in the service, was called, but his evidence was immaterial. He was overworked and while, for ten weeks, his wife lay ill with typhoid fever, lie was examined for anew scheme, failed, and was forced to send in his resignation. W. S. Young, township trustee at Franklin, testified that he had been a soldier, serving from April 12, 1801, to September, 1802, when discharged by reason of losing one of his feet. Appointed route agent July, 1874. and resigned April 17. 1882, when he tendered liis resignation, because he was worn out iu the service. First appointed to run from Cincinnati to Kankakee as route agent at SOOO a year. Run extended to Chicago, 310 miles, entitling witness to SI,OBO. Run on SOOO salary for several weeks. Wrote to Mr. French, asking about the additional salary. The letter was treated with silence and contempt. Congressman John Coburn got the increase for witness. French afterwards informed witness that since ho hud received additional pay he expected additional work out of him. The mail was heavy and clerks did best they could under the circumstances After postal care were placed on the line instead of witness and associates receiving the promotion they deserved and desired, new men were brought in, andafter a while most of the former clerks were removed. He thought the old clerks would certainly be recognized for pro motion, but in this was mistaken. Among the old clerks who were dismissed were W. T. Foster. P. H. McDowell, G. W. Smith. W. H. Phil lips and John Baker. Witness afterwards ran on the Jeffersonville road. Reported by letter to French that once when the bridge over the Museatatuck river had broken down passengers and baggage were transferred and taken on to Louisville, while iu violation of postal law. the mail and tho postal clerks were left behind for several hours. To this letter French made no reply whatever, and the railroad company was not in any ivay, that witness ever heard, called to account.

SOME DJRECT TESTIMONY. Lcmis Kern, of this city, gave the following testimony and submitted various letters, commissions, aad other papers in evidence: I was appointed in the mail service April 17. 1873, on the Chicago and Indianapolis railway oostoffice, and passed all examinations and gave satisfaction on my run for a period of years to 1879. Mr. French, for some cause, took a dislike to me, and I was kept on duty for seven consecutive weeks, and had no time to prepare myself for examination. I charge that Mr. French knew that I could not be prepared for examination. and that it was his object to have me examined when I was not or could not be prepared and then recommended, and did get me discharged from the service for not passing examination or not making the required per cent., which no man could do without he had an opportunity to prepare himself, which I did not have. These facts were made known to the Postmaster-general, and I was reappoint'd Jan. 31, 1875). 1 was only out of the service about thirty-one days. My reappointment placed me on the Cincinnati, Hamilton 6c Indianapolis, at a salary of S9OO per year. On the Chicago & Indianapolis li. P. O. I was getting $1.150 per year. I charge that it was French's object to oppress and subject me to ill-treatment because I felt the freedom that any raau should feel, hut which no one under French's administration can safely feel. After I was reappointed this persecution continued. I was ordered up lor examination when [ made my litst run on the C., 11. & 1. I passed that examination and made but one error, yet, next morning before taking my run. I received an order from French to appear for examination within thirty days after 1 had passed just the day before. In various ways he has thus taxed and oppressed me. yet I received from Mr. W. 15. Thompson, general superintendent of the railway mail service, a letter <4 thanks for the very good examination I passed. This letter is dated April 10, 1879. On Juno 28. 1879, I was taken from the CV, 11. & I. and assigned to the Cleveland & Indianapolis railway postoffice. I only got the pay of a route agent. S9OO. but did the duty of a postal clerk whose salary is $1.150. I did this for two years. Mr. French knew this, and yet repeatedly refused to allow me the rank and pay of a postal clerk, which duty I was performing. lie ignored all my applications until Post master-general James’s order was issued that the men who did the work should have the pay, which should have raised my salary to $1,150 per year. I charge that Mr. French, for malice and personal revenge, kept me at a salary of S9OO per year and compelled mo to do the duty of a $1.150 per year position for over two years. When Postmaster-general James issued that order. No. 47, Mr. French ordered me to go back to the route agency on the C., 11. & 1., at SSIOO a year. He was determined that I should not buvesl. 150 a year. This tyrannical treatment became so burdensome that I sppealcd to Senator Harrison for relief. The Senator had my case investigated and ho had justice done toward me. I received the $1,150 thereafter. Captain Kerns here turned to Mr. French, and pointing his linger at him, said that ho (Kerns) had made a calculation, and found that Mr. French had wrongfully deprived his wife and family of about SIOB in money that lie had earned. That might look very well as a showing of saving to the government. Mr. French wanted to make it appear that ho was running his department cheap, but it was an injustice. He asked the commission who ho ought to look to for that money. Some of the commission thought this serious and reasonable question from the ingenuous old soldier a matter lor trifling and jocularity, though it did uot so impress itself upon others than the commission. The investigation will continue this morning. A Stable Burned. A stable in the rear of the residence of George Bishop, on Broadway street, was destroyed by fire last night, about 12 o'clock. The loss is estimated at about S2OO. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Opposition to the tariff Bill. Pittsburg Feb 13.—A number of persons representing the manufacturers and laboring flleu of this section leave for Washington to-mor-row evening to appear before the ways and means committee to oppose the Morrison tariff bill. Jolip Jarrett will represent the United States Tin-plato Association, and President Weihe and Secretary Martin the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel-workers. The manufacturers of this city will bo represented by a special committee. They will he joined by other committees from different parts of the State, and a vigorous fight will bo made towards having the bill defeated. Challenge to Sullivan. Cleveland, Feb. 13.—The following formal challenge will he issued to-morrow to the cham pion pugilist, Sullivan; Cleveland, Fob. 14. I. Duncan 0. Ties*, will match Mervino Thompson of this city, to spar John L. Sullivan v.’th have! gloves to a finish for from SI.OOO to $5,000, ring rules to govern. I wilt deposit the monoy in the Ohio National Dank, or with any responsible party agreeable to Mr. Sullivan, as soon as notified of his acceptance. Any communication addressed to this city will be attended to. Duncan 0. Ross. Man and money are ready to meet Sullivan am time or place he may name. The news from the seat of war is constantly contradictory, but not so from Dr. Bull’s Cough -Syrup; evory report concerning it proves it to he the best Cough Syrup known. Only 25 coats & bottle.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1884.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. THK SENATE. Debate on the McPherson Bill for tlie Issuance of Circulating Notes. Washington, Feb. 13.—Mr. Voorhoes offered a resolution, which went over until to-morrow, directing the Secretary of the Interior to with hold, for the present, his approval of patents or certificates for lands selected by the Northern Pacific railroad, in lieu of others said to have been lost; by said company, under the act of July, 1804. A preamble to the resolution sets forth that tho rights of settlers might be injuriously affected by such an approval. Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill granting condemned cannon to be used in the construction of a statue to the memory of General William H. Lytle, of Ohio. The Senate took up tho special order of the day, Mr. McPherson’s bill, as reported by Mr. Bayard from the committee on finance, to pro vide for the issue of circulating notes to national banking associations, and Mr. Bayard addressed tho Senate in favor of the bill. He said the bill reported was entire Jy in the line of absolute security to holders of our currency. It went to assist, protect, and continue an absolutely safe currency. It was the business of Congress to maintain such scrupulous regard for the public credit that the fact that a bond is to be paid according to its face and its terms would never be doubted by any man. When Congress had done that, let private speculation take up the game of profit and loss that was to accrue from it Congress should have nothing to do with such schemes. Mr. Sherman offered an amendment providing that if any bonds deposited should bear a rate of annual interest higher than 3 per cent., additional circulating notes should be issued equal to an amount of one-lialf the interest accruing on such bonds before the maturity, in excess of 3 per <!ent. per annum, sucli amount to he ascertained ana stated by the Comptroller of the Currency on the Ist of July of each year hereafter. Mr. Sherman proceeded to address the Senate, and in the course of his remarks expressed the following views concerning the silver question: He saw no solution of it at present. The state of public opinion, fully represented in Congress, would not allow a suspension of the coinage of the silver dollar, nor tlio adoption by the United States of anew ratio for silver and gold, according to the market value of these two precious metals. All we could do was to drift along until the in evitable exportation of gold, its disappearance from circulation and its conversion into au article of merchandise, should reduce all the value to the silver standard, when, no doubt, the practical good sense of our people would lead them to coin both metals according to their tnen value, and not according to their value fifty years ago. He would not have alluded to the silver question except that it was inevitably connected with banks and banking. It was already casting its shadows upon the future. It was rapidly converting our railroad securities into bonds, expressly payable in gold coin; it was creating distrust in investments made upon a gold basis, which sagacious men knew would, by the failure of the crops or a banking house, or by some unforeseen event suddenly bring us to a silver standard. The doubt would then arise, it had already arisen, whether, in the adjustment of the new ratio between gold and silver, the quantity of silver in the dollar would be increased or the quai - tity of gold would be reduce* One or the other would have to be done. As this question was decided, so would the normal price and value of all lands, commodities, investment securities and currency rise or fall. A question so controlling as this, did and would affect banks and banking in all their phases and forms, but as Mr. Sherman believed it tc be utterly impossible at this session to change the existing law as to the ooinage of silver, we would have to go on with the coinage and piling up in the Treasury vaults silver that we have now bought at a discount, which we could not circulate, and which we must at some time sell at a discount or reduce all other money to the same standard. Until this standard is finally settled, coin certificates were dangerous forms of currency. While if all certificates were, as now. treated as gold certificates, they would be freely taken as an equivalent to each other; but with the first appearance of the difference iu the market value between | gold and silver coin, the same difference would J appear between gold and silver certificates, and I gold certificates would disappear from circulation and be hoarded. Mr. Sherman then went on to speak of the difficulty of maintaining the circulation of national banks, because of the rapid payment of United States bonds, and entered into particulars as to the nature of the bonds outstanding, their prices, etc. He said the national bank currency was thw best in the world and alluded to the fact that even in the darkest ho;.vs of the panic of 1873 ouv bonds never varied more than oor 7 per cent. In conclusion, Mr. Sherman advocated hi.s amendment. Mr. McPherson spoke in support of his bill. Then the Senate went into executive session, and soon adjourned.

TIIK HOUSE. Debate on the Mississippi Contested Election Case—Other Proceedings. Washington, Feb. 13.—Mr. Warner offered a resolution directing the committee to inquire why the joint resolution passed on Monday for the relief of sufferers by the Ohio floods was not sent to the Senate for the signature of the presiding officer uutil late yesterday afternoon. He desired to know why so much valuable time was lost. Mr. Cosgrove hoped the committee would also inquire why the House debated the joint resolution the entire day, when it could have been passed in ten minutes. The resolution was referred. The House proceeded to the consideration of the Mississippi contested election case of Chalmers vs. Manning. Mr. Turner,of Georgia,chairman of the committee on elections, spoke in support of the majority report, which declared that on the prima facie case neither of the contestants is entitled to the seat. Neither the majority nor the minority report is signed, but Turner and ton members of the elections committee are in favor of tho former, while only five supported the latter. Mr. ElHotfc moke in favor of the minority report, which declares that Manning is entitled to the seat on prima facie right. Mr. Curtin offered a resolution recommitting to the committee on elections the question of prima facie right to the seat, with instructions to ascertain and report whether a certificate of election was issued by the Governor of Mississippi to any one and. if so, to whom. Mr. Robertson, of Kentucky, spoke in favor of the minority report and against the action of the majority in going behind the Governor's cer tificate. He would say, in the florid language of his friend, Joe Blackburn—he meant the senator elect —that Manning's credentials were as legal as though borne by an angel from heaven itself. After debate the matter went over until tomorrow. Mr. Harmer presented petitions in favor of pensioning Union soldiers who suffered in An dersonville, Libby, Belle Isle or other confederate prisons. Referred. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting the amounts claimed by the contractors for the care of the double turretod monitors. They aggregate $278,645. Referred. Adjourned. POLITICAL Sheriff. TAMES R. ROSS WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR #1 Sheriff of Marion county, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. ANNOUNCEMENTS. /"I OTO THE LION SHOE STORE FOR SPRING V I styles and bottom prices. FOR TRADE. JjlOR TRADE-FUR, CHICAGO PROPERTY, A lot on Meridian street, near Tinker; also, four lots >n Delaware street, near the Exposition Building. Indianapolis, !><i. Address WM. D. GIBSON, 78 Randolph street, Chicago. 111. isirtr- ILWIIW - ■■■■ ■hwtmp—naßtim—M FOR RENT. I 1 'OR RENT—ROOM 40 BY SO FEET. WITH 1 U power. Inquire at No. 25 West Georgia street-

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY INDIA NAPOLIS. ABSTRACTS OF TITLES. ELLIOTT & BUTLER, NO. 3 2ETNA BUILDING. MISCELLANEOUS. PATENTS, MODELS AND PATTERNS. JOHNSON & CO., Corner of Georgia and Delaware Sts. BRYCE’S BAKERY. Only one quality of CRACKERS made, and that the best. Wholesale price G 1 *) cents, and retail 10 cents per pound. I EE 1 lAN SHAWNS j Windsor Restaurant and Lunch Rooms, 21 meals for $3.50. Open at all hours. No. 40 North Illinois (Street. Hercules powder, the safest and strongest powder iu the world. Powder, Caps, Fuse, and all the tools for Blasting Stumps kept by C. 11. JENNE. Sole Agent,, 29 Sout h Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis Oil Tank I_ine Cos., DEALERS IX PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Corner Pino and Lord Streets. W. B. BARRY, SAW MANUFACTURER, 13*2 aud 134 South Pennsylvania Street. Smith’s Chemical Dye-Works, No. 3 Martindale's Block, near Postoffice. Clean, uye and repair gentlemen’s clothing: also, ladies’ dresses, shawls, saccrues, aud silk and woolen goods of every description, dyed and refiuisheu: kid gloves neatly cleaned at 10 cents per pair. Will do more first-class work for less money than any hou.se of the kind in the State. JOHN B. SMITH. SKINHUMOR My baby six months old broke out with some kind of skin humor, and after being treated five months by my family physician, was given up to die. The druggists recommended Swift's Specific, ami the effect was ic- gratifying as it. was miraculous. My child soon gjt well, all traces of the disease is gone, and lie is as tat as a pig. J. J. KIRKLAND, Minden, Rusk county. Texas. I have suffered for many years from ulcers on my legs, often very large aud painful, during which time I used almost eveiytliing to effect a cure, but in vain. I took Swift’s Specific by advice of a friend, aud iu a short time was cured sound and well. EDWIN J. MILLER. Beaumont, Texas. I have been afflicted with .Scrofula for twelve years, and have bad sores on me us large as a man's hand for that length of time. Last summer I was so bad off that 1 could not wear clothing. I bad spent hundreds of dollars in the effort to be cured, but all to no purpose, and had injured myself with Mercury ond Potash. Your Swift’s Specific cured me promptly ai.d permanently, and I hope every like sufferer will take it. R. L. HIGH, Lakoni, Ark. PROMINENT BAPTIST PREACHER. T was laid low by an attack of Bronchitis and Minister's Sore Throat, and mv life was almost despaired of, when my physician said try 8. S. S. 1 hesitated for some time, but us I was afraid of being permanently laid aside from the active duties of my ministry. I derided to give the preparation a fair trial, aud after persevering in its use I found complete relief, and am enjoying excellent health. lam clearly of the opiuiou that Swift's Specific is one of the best Alteratives and Blood Purifiers in existence, and 1 take pleasui ein recommending its curative qualities to others afflicted as 1 was. H. C. HORN AD Y. FROM A WELL-KNOWN LAWYER. I have taken Swift’s Specific for Rheumatism, and found pei feci relief. It also relieved me of Dyspepsia. from which I suffered for years. 1 believe, when duly appreciated as a Tonic and Blood Purifier, that Swift’s Specific will become a household remedy. D. P. HILL, Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 18, 1882. Our treatise on Blood amt Skin Diseases mailed froo to applicants THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3. Atlanta, Gu. New York office. 159 West Twenty-third street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues.

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TIIE JOURNAL -1884 Daily ani> Weekly". The Leading Paper in Indiana. A t tlie opening of the presidential year the attention of ail intelligent people is directed to the newspaper. With the session of Congress the importance of an enterprising and reliable .daily and weekly newspaper becomes even greater. The Indianapolis Journal seeks to exeel, not only in the completeness and reliability of its news, but in the character and in the method of its presentation. The JOUKNAL has special correspondents at Washington, New York, Boston, Chicago, and at all other leading cities in the country, while its corps of correspondents cover all events of importance occurring in any of the towns and cities of Indiana, and of those portions of Illinois and Ohio which it naturally serves. It will be tho particular care of The Journal, during the year 18S4, that its readers shall be kept fully informed of matters connected with the great presidential struggle upon which the country is about to enter, and with the no less important canvass for the new Congress to he chosen next November, as well as of nil other important political movements. The financial and commercial deportment of T he Journal includes full and accurate reports of all movements affecting the interests of capitalists and business men that occur in Europe or America. Its daily record of the Chicago, New York and other markets will be found a trustworthy record and guide by all interested in such matters. In local matters The Journal prints all that is worth printing, and in which the public is interested. It pays particular attention to those events which affect tho best thought and social advancement of the people. The Weekly Journal gives, in a condensed but sufficiently ample form, all tho news of each week, made up to the latest hour, to-/ gether with a comprehensive view of all t Y markets in which the people are interested' TERMS. Per year, to subscribers by mail, / prepaid: Daily. One year, by mail. * Six mouths, by mail ? * /* Three mem tbs, by mail i . p. One month, by mail Per week, by carrier Weekly. One year SI.OO Less than one year and over three months, ten cents per month. No subscription taken for less than three months. Send for circulars for agents’ terms. Remittances may bo made by draft, monoy order or registered letter at tho risk of the publisher. In ordering papers, care should bo taken to give postoffice address in full, including State and county. Address JNO. C. NEW & SON, Corner Pennsylvania and Market, streets. ■^nsiwxMsigMMKgPM-i mmcrjj jMam ——i (ill 1J A I >l/C'r thocoun. ./11l Ji V I I ■ try is among the Wants, For Sales, cto.. of the INDIANA Pi bus DAILY JOURNAL, at only FIVE GENTS P F.K LINK each insertion. if you have any farms or property to dispose of this will afford you a very *asy and cheap agency. Try it. GRAND HOTEL, INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Passenger felovutor and all modern conveniences. Leading Hotel of the city, ami strictly first o Ratos. $2.50. $3 and $3.50 per day. Tho latter price including bath. GKO. F. PFINGST, Proprietor

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