Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1884 — Page 8

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OFFICE OF L. S. AYRES & GO. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. Indianapolis, Ind., Spring, 1884. We take pleasure in bringing to your notice the fact that we are prepared to make to order GENTS’ SUITS, OVERCOATS and PANTS in the best possible style. Our cutter, Mr. B. B. DELDTNE, we can recommend as being fully up with the times, and ns an artist second to none in the West. With the facilities we enjoy we can turn out the best work in the shortest possible time. Our Spring importation of Cloths and Suitings is now ready for your inspection, and you will find this stock the BEST SELECTED, as well as the LARGEST and FINEST in the city. A trial order will readily convince you that we can save you considerable money, and also give you as stylish a Suit, and as perfect a fit as you ever had. * Yours very respectfully. L. S. AYRES & CO., 33. 35 and 37 W. Washington St. BROWNING & SLOAN. DEALERS IN Fine Perfumes and Toilet Articles; Hair, Cloth, Tooth and Nail Brushes; Combs, Dressing Cases, Nail Sets, Fine Cologne Bottles, Fancy Goods, and all Articles Wanted for the Toilet. APOTHECARIES’ HALL, Nos. 7 and 9 E. Washington street.

SILK DEPARTMENT AT THESEWYORS STORE (ESTABLISHED 1853.) 20 PIECES Went duality! Elegant Styles! SI.OO per Yard. A BARGAIN. Pettis, Bassett & Cos. THE CITY IN BRIEF. The French investigation will be resumed thig fßoming. The third concert of the Lyra Society will be given at the society’s hall to-morrow evening. The Sydenham Medical Society of the Medical College of Indiana will hold their commencement at the college building this evening. All are invited. Jn Judge Howe’s court yesterday, John Hamilton got a judgment of SIOO against the Western Union Telegraph Company, for failure to deliver a message promptly. Hettie Cephas has applied for a divorce from George Cephas, to whom she was married in 1875, alleging gross immorality, failure to provide, and neglect. She asks for the custody of their child. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Thomas E. Ash and Mary T. Golden. William Hart and Mary A. Connell, Lorenzo D. Pavey and Flora A. Walker, Henry Schmidt and Ida B. Smith, Henry W. Hoffmeyer and Annie E. Heinbuch, Americus V. Greene and Orella Wheatley. William Murphy was arrested last evening by Patrolmen Meek aixl Hagedorn on the charge of assault and battery with intent to commit rape, and for rude conduct toward some ladies who were passing him out near the river. Murphy is a vagrant and was released from jail only a few days ago. The Amusement Review. “In the Ranks” drew another veiy large audidience at the Grand, last night, and the favorable improssion made by the play, scenery and acting grows with each performance. It is the best melodrama that has been seen here yet. It will be repeated during the remaining evenings of the week, with matinees to-day and Saturday. At English's, to-night, Haverly’s Spectacular Jtfinstrels will give a single performance, and tomorrow night the engagement of Miss Annie Pixley will begin with the benefit for the local lodge of Elks. Besides the regular performance of “Zara.” specialties will tie given by Miss Fannie Bernard, James Cummings and others. Will of John Clifford. The last will and testament of John Clifford has been admitted to probate. It bequeaths all his property to his sons. Amos, Vincent, Miles, Edward and Benjamin; all his real estate, which is considerable, excepting a life estate in certain property, to his wife and two sisters. Amos and Vincent Clifford are named as executors. Smallpox Matters. Mrs. Adam Stohlein died of smallpox at the pest house yesterday, just two weeks after her husband died of the same disease at the same place. Ou account of the smallpox, services at St. Mary* Church, on Maryland street, have been suspende 1 and the school closed. Trouble at "Woodruff I*l.myo. Upon petition of Mrs. Agnes Steiner, yesterday, Judge Walker issued a temporary restraining order to prevent Henry Geisel from driving over certain street© iti Woodruff Place, and tearing down gates and forces, as he has threatened k> do. The matter has created considerable in terest in that suburb. Buy useful presents at King & Elder's.

THE MJ3NNERCIIOR PAGEANT The Society’s Grand Carnival in Every Respect a Complete Success. A Gather] iig of Nobles and Courtiers, Warriors and Civilians—Who Were There and What They Impersonated. The annual masquerade and carnival of the Maennerchor Society, which took place at English’s Opera-house, last night, was the occasion for the display of many original and striking costumes, much merry-making and some brilliant spectacular effects. The committees having the arrangements in charge had exercised excellent judgment and discrimination, and the crowd in attendance was as comfortably disposed of as was possible under the circumstances. The attendance was about as large as in former years, but the masking was not so general, if anything, many members of the society prefer ring to be spectators rather than to go to the trouble of procuring and arranging costumes. However, there were probably 200 ladies and gentlemen in fancy dress, and much originality and taste were displayed in the designs. The parquette and stage of the theater were covered with a platform, and two bands were in attendance—one for the marching and one for dancing. No attempt had been made, however, in the way of decorating the building. The opening exercises began at 9:30 o’clock, and were in the form of a reception by the king of the carnival (Mr. Charles Schwartzc) to the Roman pageantry. This gave occasion for some fine costuming and marching. His majesty the Prince was accompanied by the royal jesters, Eiselanus (Mr. H. Eiselc) ami Sielkena (Louis Sielken) and the first guest was the royal herald Merzonias (Fred Merz), and after him the royal Drachaccio (Mr. Drach.) Following came the distinguished Romans, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Marcus Altitus Regulus, Marcus Antonious, and Marcus Junius Brutus, accompanied by the Roman Senate, warriors, gladiators, and the royal bands of soldiers, all appropriately costumed. The distinguished gentlemen named were personated by Joseph Barthcls, Oscar Frenzel, H. W. Probst, Rudolph Mueller, Prof. Emmerich, and Emil Steinhelber, and they commanded the separate divisions, who went through a veiy fine march without any blunders or mishaps. After this was the grand pageant and polonaise, in which all the maskers joined, which preceded the dancing. The floor committee, gorgeous in satin court costumes, which led the grand march, were H. C. G. Bale, Charles F. Mayer, W. E. Heinricks, John Fren zel, A. M. Kuhn and Frank Mummenhoff. The reception committee, who were arrayed in evening dress, and did tho honors gracefully in the upper parlors of the hotel when the guests first assembled, were Hon. J.H. Rice, Henry Jameson, Otto Frenzel, Paul Krauss, George F. Pfingst and Conrad Mueller. Masks were removed at 11:30 o’clock, and supper was served in the Hotel English at 12:30, after which dancing was kept up until nearly daylight. Among the maskers were the following:

Prince Carnival—C. L. Schwartze. Grand Drill Master—Oscar Sputh. The Prince’s Jesters—H. Eisele and Wm, Sielken. Heralds—Fred Merz and Carl Drach. Floor Committee —H. C. G. Bals, John P. Frenzel, A. M. Kukn, Wm. Heinrichs, C. F. Mever and Franz Mutmuenhoff. Seventeenth Century Courtiers—Oscar Frenzel, chevalier commanding, Geo. Frenzel, E. Dolmetsch, J. W. Ithoddhamel, Max Recker, Ed Crosley, Frank Diller, A. B. Cornelius, Ed Gausopohl. Landsknecht —Joseph Barthels, captain; Theo. Sanders, Otto Lewison, Arthur Rassman, C. Buckersfeldt, C. W. Kellogg, Hugo Schmitts, Charles Moore, Otto Sonuenschmidt. Roman Senators—Professor Emmerich. Conrad Mueller, Ed H. Meyer, Wm. Bertermann, Quitman Smith, Wm. Kipp, Oswald Thau, Jas. Goodnow, Wm. Kiemeyer. Roman Guards —Rudolph M. Mueller, captain; Charles Adams. Eugene Mueller. Frank Reisner, Alex Schmidt, George Niebergall, Charles Maas, Ons Neubacher, Wm. Grieb. Roman Guards, junior—W\ H. Probst, captain; Victor R. Jose, Ellsworth Heller, Roseeranz R. Sloan, Otto Ehrgott, George Maas, Rudolph H. Henning. Philip Frick. Arinin W. Recker. Hussars—Emil Steinhilber, captain; Albert Metzger, William Koehne, Loudan Carl, Herman Adams, Gus Recker, Ed Morris, Ed Hirschman, Emil Koehler. Pirates—J. E. Smith and L. M. Brown. Suabian Emigrants—Albert Gall and Andreas • Heckler; the best costumes on the floor. ~ Cupido—Julius Schuller, general manager of The Great International Marriage Bureau; office around the corner; office hours from 1-24 o’clock; branches in all large cities of the world. Chinese Mandarin of the Sapphire Button— Ernest Kitz. German Prince—George Powell. The Man from Manheim —P. H. Fitzgerald. Crazy Quilt —Adolph Schnaith. The Cosmopolitan Lyre—Albert Kopp. German Prince—Allen Doan. The King's Fool—Frank Ryan. Page—Paul Miller. St. Jacobs Oil Man —Wm. Bradshaw. Prince of Canino—Colonel E. W. McKenna. A Monk of St. Francis—Henry Sckwinge. A Spanish King—Joseph Becker. School Girl—Miss Laura Rentsch. Dewdrop—Mrs. Emma Rhodehamer. Barcola—Miss Murr. Fancy Dress—Mrs. Gertrude Bradshaw and Mrs. J. H. McHenry. Domino—Mrs. B. Beck. Fairy Queen —Miss Carrie Pursell. Jockey—Miss Jessie Barnett. Houri—Miss Ernestina Emmerich. Daughter of the Regiment—Miss Gertrude Frankmcelle. Fairy Queen —Miss Ilattie Hurd. Mother Hubbard —Miss Laura Lieber. Barcola—Miss Pauline Dietz. Fancy Dress—Miss L. Brown. Jewess of Siberia —Mrs. Barthels. Hunting Queen —Miss Bertha Reger Fairy—Miss Voegle. Fisher’s Maid—Miss Emma Reissner Scotch Lass —Miss Marion Pearson. Spanish Lady—Mrs. Beltz. Snow-flake—Miss Lizzie Palm. Ilussar—Miss Gretchen Frick. Margaret—Mrs. Robert Kipp. Fairy Queen —Miss Agnes Birk. Chinese Lady of the Northern Province of China—Tyra Mongion. French Lady—Miss Sophia White. Miller’s Girl —Miss Laura Ruschaupt. Gypsy Queen —Miss Minnie Kinklin. Fisherman’s Daughter—Mrs. A. B. Compton. Jockey —Miss Minnie Cunningham. Gypsy—Miss Dickson. Political Small Talk. There is considerable talk being indulged in over the result of the township (convention, and some of the more ardent of Captain Forbes’s friends are claiming that ho received the nomination on the third ballot, receiving 89 votes, when the result was announced as a tie—B6 for Forbes and 86 for Deßuiter. It is claimed that Leon Kahn. Dr. Jeffries, Ben. Lefevre, Robert Coffman. Al. Moore, Wm. Lockman, Cale Denny. Tim. Griffin, James H. Rice, Dora Johnson,Wm. Petty, Thomas Hood. Joseph Perry, Wm. Elliott, Wm. Jester, J. W. Hess, Robert Reese and Joseph Morris are positive in their statements to this r-ffect. Be all this as it may, there is no disposition on the part of Captain Forbes to have the convention recalled. Deßuiter will remain the nominee, unless lie withdraws of his own accord. The delegates from Lawrence township to the forthcoming convention were omitted from the

THE INDIANA POLLS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1884.

previously published lists. They are as follows: Convention of April 17. B. Frank Mcllvain: convention of April 10, M. E. Freeman and Edward Sargent; congressional, Pressly Silvev and llil lary Silvev: joint senatorial and joint representative, Henry Cruchfield and John J Johnson; judicial W. W. Henderson and George W. Polander. The Democratic State committee will meet today to fix the time for holding the State conventions of the party, and cousider other matters in relation to the opening of the campaign. KNIGHTS OF 110 NOR. The Grand Lodge in Animal Session—Encouraging Reports of Officers. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor began its ninth annual session yesterday morning, in the Baldwin Block. There is an attendance of 100 delegates, representing 108 subordinate lodges. Thomas H. Walker, the grand dictator, in his annual address to the lodge, stated that tho membership had not increased as largely as in previous years, but the growth had been steady, and success is assured by the generally healthful condition of the order. There are now only two secret organizations, he said, that ex ceed the Knights of Honor in number of members, and those two are the Masonic and Oddfellows' orders. The insurance in 1883 comprised nineteen assessments of one dollar each, and, with the annual dues, the amount collected equaled from sll to sl3 per SI,OOO of insurance. He recommended a change in the laws of the order making provision for each subordinate lodge to pay the assessments to the grand reporter, who should be required to account to the grand treasurer. The terms of the grand officers, he recommended, should be one year instead of six months, and the sessions should be held semi-ahnually, on the first Tuesday in January and the first Tuesday in July. The delegates to the Supreme Grand Lodge should be instructed to oppose any legislation relating to the question of suicide, ami they should be directed to endeavor to secure the passage of a law giving subordinate lodges the power to punish drunkenness among members. He also .advised the creation of a sinking fund by the Grand Lodge, and urged more united work in advancing the interests of the order. The grand reporter, James W. Jacobs, reported that sixty-seven members had died during the year, and the beneficiaries had received SIIO,OOO, while the amount which they had paid into tho fund prior to death aggregated only $3,907.50. The grand treasurer. Walter B. Godfrey, reported that the receipts during the year amounted to $3,093.02, which, added to the balance from last year, $3,312.60, made the fund in his hands $7,000.42, from which there had been disbursements to the amount of $5,462.89, leaving a balance on hand of $1,543.53. Following the hearing of the reports of the officers, the session was devoted to the transaction of regular business. Last evening the members of the Grand Lodge were given a reception by the subordinate lodges of the city, which was largely attended by members of the order. Addresses were delivered by Roberta. Breckenridge, supreme treasurer, and B. F. Nelson, supreme reporter, of Louisville.

PERSONAL MENTION. E. S. Porter, of Greensburg, is at the Denison. W. S. Bedford, of Newcastle, is at the Denison. J. Minnicke, of Terre Haute, is at the Grand Hotel. J. B. Pence, of Crawfordsville, is at the Grand Hotel. Prof. M. Graham, of Rushville, is at the Grand Hotel. Freeman Cooper, of Kokomo, is at the Grand Hotel. Edward Hawkins, of LaPorte, is at the Grand Hotel. Gen. Wm. Grose, of Newcastle, is at the Bates House. A. G. Smith, of North Vernon, is at the Bates House. W. J. Rogers, of New Albany, is at the Occidental. Wesley Coffey, of Spencer, is registered at the Denison. John G. Williams, of Terre Haute, is at the Denison. Thomas J. Terhune, of Lebanon, is at the Grand Hotel. W. J. Hilligass. of Huntington, is at the Grand Hotel. F. E. Scott and wife, of Seymour, are at the Grand Hotel. Hon. C. F. McNutt, of Terre Haute, is at the Bates House. Hon. D. F. Skinner, of Valparaiso, is pt ♦he Bates House. Hon. J. B. Byrnes, of Evansville, is at the Bates House. H. H. Metcalf and wife, of Denver, Col., are at the Bates House. S. F. Cook and T. J. Nichols, of Dana, Ind., are at the Occidental. Hon. John F. Wildmau, of the Muncie Times,' was in the city yesterday, General George B. Williams and wife, of Lafayette, are visiting friends in this city. Miss Ella O. Trimble, Mount Sterling, Ky., and Miss Annie Lee Adams, of Lexington, Ky., are at the Bates House. S. Stalcup, Bloomfield, Ind.: Thomas J. Mann, Sullivan, and Gerard Reiter Vincennes, are registered at the Bates House. Mr. Thomas E. Ash. one of the Journal’s compositors, was married yesterday morning, at St. Joseph's Church, to Miss Mollie T. Golden. The dramatic reader, Fannie Bernard, has been quite ill during the past week, hut may be sufficiently improved to appear at the Elks’ benefit Mr. J. G. Kingsbury, of the Indiana Farmer, starts, to-day, on a visit to the Pacific coast, with objective points at San Francisco and Los Angeles. Western Christian Advocate: Rev. J. H. Lozier. of Sioux City, la., has been threatened with a paralytic stroke, and his physician has prescribed absolute rest. “Chaplain’’ Lozier is well known in this city, where this announcement will he received with regret by his many friends. Rev. Myron W. Reed is expected to return from Denver on Friday. On Thursday night a congregational meeting of the First Church will be held to give an expression upon the possibility of the severance of the pastoral relation between Mr. Reed and the church, because of his call to Denver. A full attendance of the members is desired. Relief Committee Notes. W. P. Gallup, brevet commodore, arrived home yesterday, having completed the distribution of provisions left from the relief expedition down the Ohio river. He will meet with tbo committee this afternoon, and conclusive action will probably be reached in regard to tin? use to !*• made of the remainder of the relief fund. Masonic contributions were yesterday received by William H. Smythe, grand secretary, as follows: Galveston Lodge No. 2CI, Galveston, $10: Rilev|Lodge No. 390, Riley, $5; Remington Lodge No. 351, Remington, $5; Temple Lodge No. 47, Greencastle; $25; Rochester Lodge No. 79, Ro Chester, $47.50; the Masons of Elkhart, $39.25; Terre Coupee Lodge No. 204, New Carlisle, $10; Mervin Lodge No. 289. Mervin, $5: Edwardsport Lodge No. 429. Edwardsport, $6; Calumet Lodge No 379. Chesterton, S2B; Trafalgar Lodge No. 413, Trafalgar, $5; Huntsville Lodge No. 367,

Trenton. $10; Eminence Lodge No. 440, Eminence, sll. Receipts to-day, $206.75; to which add $3,232.96. making total receipts $3,439.71. The TANARUS., C. & fit. L. Foreclosure. The arguments in the foreclosure suits against the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company closed yesterday, .and ten days will be granted the attorneys in the case for consultation with their clients before any decree is entered. The trial of the case before the five judges was required, because the property in litigation extends into the different districts over which they have jurisdiction. The money obtained by the sale of the first and second mortgage bonds of the road, amounting to $20,000.000, was expended in the construction of the road, and the equipments were not owned by the company. The security of the bondholders is vested only in liens upon the equipments, which have been in the possession of the receiver since his appointment. The interests involved in the case are quite large, and the claims will aggregate many millions of dollars. The Evansville Insane Hospital. The Insane Hospital Commission met yesterday and appointed Orson Wilson to superintend the construction of the hospital to be built at Evansville. Advertisements for sealed proposals to construct the three buildings were authorized. and it was ordered that they should be filed with the commissioners not later than March 10. They will be opened and the contract will be .awarded on April 8. The work on the hospital buildings will then begin at once. The commission continues in session to-day.. DAILY WEATIIFR BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. 5 Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Feb 27. la. m. ) For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—Local rains, followed by colder, partly cloudy weather, winds generally northeast to northwest, nearly stationary, followed by rising barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Light snows, followed by colder, clearing weather, northerly winds and higher barometer. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Feb. 26. Time. [ Bar. ! Th. 7Hum. | Wind.; Weather R’s .1 fi:24 A. M.-129.i>1|31.8| 70 NW (Cloudy 10:24 A. M.. ’30.00 32.6 70 |KW (Cloudy 2:24 P. M.. ,30.02 33.7 56 INW (Cloudy 6:24 P. M.. 30.02135.5 62 N ‘Pair 10:24 P. M..[30.04)36 i 64 | E fCloudy. | Maximum temperature, 41.4; minimum temperature, 31. 8. General Observations. War Department, \ Washington. Feb. 26. 11:25 p. m. 5 Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. ? s iirrrir I ? r ri- s 3 3 P" If S* ? STATION. S 2 : g 3 3 I : 3 g . : ; £ : ; r ; Bismarck. Dak 130.551 111 N .02 Clear. Cairo. 11l .30.08; 48 S Cloudy. Chattanooga, Tenn. j Chicagt >, 111 30.00 35 W Cloudy. (Mneinnati, 0 30.08 35 N | .‘ Fair. Davenport, la 30.011 39 W [ Lt. rain. Deadwood, Dak.... 30.53 1 15 NE 1 .11 Lt. snow Denver. Col .30.44 29 NW ! .08 Fair. Des Moines, la |3O. lOj 29; N ! (Cloudy. Dodge City, Kan... 30.30. 37' N j .02Cloudy. Ft. Assiniboine.M'ta(3o.6B 22i< '-aim • (Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. |30.67j 2i NW j Clear. Fort Ouster, Mont.. 30.64; 23, N ; .01! Fair. Fort Elliott, Tex... 30.18 37 NE i (Cloudy. Fort Sill, Ind. Ter.. j > j Galveston. Tex 129.92 65 S Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... 130.04i 30 1 E ‘Cloudy. Indianola. Tex j j | Keokuk, la 30.08; 37 NW JCloudy. La Crosse, Wis 30.03 28 NW (Cloudy. Leavenworth. Kan. (30.211 411 N Clear. Little Rock. Ark...(30.01 54; NE ....•jCloudy, Louisville, Ky 30.03; 45 1 Calm J Cloudy. Memphis. Tenn (30.05; 53j NE (Cloudy. Morenead. Minn.... 30.44 —2j N .05 Clear. Nashville, Tenn 30.07 50) N (Cloudy. North Platte. Neb.. 130.41 31: N 'Fair. Omaha. Neb (30.32 25 N (Fair. Pittsburg, Pa f29.97 35 1 W .02 Lt. snow San Antonio. Tex j 1 Shreveport, Ijh 29.86 61 j SE (Clear. Springfield, 111 30.03 41: W Cloudy. St. Louis. Mo 30.05: 50! W Cloudy. Stockton, Tex 29.95! 59, N (Cloudy. St. Paul, Minn .... 30.09 28| NW .01 Cloudy. Vicksburg. Miss 129.98* 60: E kAat*. Yankton, I). T (30.42: 20 ! N ’Clear. New Orleans, La...130.00 72) SW (Clear.* Las Animas, C 01... .130.0dj 31 N .05-Cloudy. Fort Smith, Ark 30.05( 52- E |Lt. rain. Salt Lake City, U.T. 30.15 35 N .Clear. El Paso, Tex ,30.03; 63 W j (Fair.

Another Blizzard. Minneapolis, Feb. 26.—The worst blizzard of the season is raging at Crookston and vicinity. Fears are entertained for the safety of passengers who left on the stage for Red Lake Falls. ROSES OF EXQUISITE TINTS. Blossoms of the Hybrid Kind, as Well as the Pale Pink Rothschild. New York Evening Post. Among fashionable hybrid rases the Glorie de Paris and Anna de Diesbach are the two varieties that have been so successfully forced this season; but the severe forcing has taxed them so that after the first day they begin to lose their color and the high price charged at first-($1 each) cannot be procured for them after they have been cut twenty-four hours. When the more natural season of bloom approaches they may be depended upon to last longer. These long-stemmed hybrid roses have been used with magnificent effects by a Broadway florist, who is reckless in profusion, when adorning apartments for entertainments. On Tuesday last he decorated for twenty-one dinners and one large wedding. Hundreds of costly rases were used, and a marvelous quantity of spring flowers and rare vines. A Sixth-avenue florist, has succeeded in his conservatories at Woodside, L. 1., in forcing thus early the lovely rose Baroness de Rothschild. This pale pink rose is of “heroic” size, and the foliage close to its outside petals spreads broad and wide. It is a bouquet in itself. Only a few Baronesses arrive each day, and they bring fabulous prices. The straw-loop fan is one of the exquisite novelties of the season that has originated with a florist at Broadway and Fifth auenue. This fan is having a run for favors for the german and for dinner souvenirs. It is made of Italian straw, with a graceful loop for the handle. On the straw is laid a spray composed of lily-of-the-valley, three rosebuds and a cluster of vio lets. Sanitary Suggestions. Philadelphia Record. (1) A water closet should never be placed in a bath-room. (2) Every water-closet should have direct communication with the outer air. (3) A thoroughly ventilated lobby should always be interposed between the water-closet and the corridor from which it is accessible. *4) All pipes and fittings of every' description should be exposed to sight in every part, neither cased in wood nor hidden in the wall, so that any defect or leak may readily be detected. The first rule is perpetualy violated, ami those who go to a bath-room to cleanse the outside of the body usually take foulness into the inside while they do it. To place a water-closet in the interior of a house, away from the outer wall, in such a position that R ventilates itself by poisoning the air in the house, is an unpardonable sin. The best position for the closet is in a small addition built out at the side or back of the house and connected with the house by a lobby with ample windows. Between lobby and closets, and opening into each, should be a ventilating flue or shaft, made to work the right way by burning a lamp in it to create an upward current of air. With this and with cood plumbing a double safeguard against mqktria would be secured. $25 in Doctor’s visits, will do you less good than one bottle of llop Bittera.—J. billings.

MIJ. KER TO MR. GIBSON. A Letter to the Principal Assistant of Ex-Postmaster-General James. Washington, Pet. 25.—William W. Rer, one of the government’s attorneys in the starroute cases, lias written an open letter to the Attorney-general, of which the following is a copy: /‘Philadelphia, Feb. 21, 1884. “Hon. Benjamin Harris Brewster, Attorney-gen-eral: ® “Sir—l understand that the papers relating to the? prosecution in the star-route cases have been handed over to the House committee on expenditures in the Department of Justice, of which Mr. Springer is cli&irman. lam informed that for some time past A. M. Gibson has been permitted to have free and unrestrained access to those papers, to handle them, to copy them, to compare them and treat them in every way us if he were their custodian or regularly employed by the committee for that purpose. I am also informed that this A. M. Gibson has made extracts from accounts rendered by myself and others, and that as a ‘special correspondent’ lie has written communications to various newspapers, who have published them. In these communications extracts from the accounts have been falsified, distorted and interspersed with comments and criticisms of his own, so as to seriously reflect upon the honor and integrity of myself and others similarly criticised. lam further informed that A. M. Gibson publicly stated, in New York city, that, he had prepared a resolution to be offered in Congress to compel the Postmaster-general to produce before the committee of Congress the papers i*elating to the star-route cases in which civil suits were contemplated, and that he was prepared to sell to whoever needed them extracts from or copies of the papers, which would enable thi? defendants or persons interested, to heat the government in any trial that might be instituted. This is the same A. M. Gibson who was formerly employed as a special counsel for the government in these star-route cases, and w'ho either resigned or was dismissed by you shortly after I was employed by you. This is the same A. M. Gibson who. while employed and paid by the government, was also employed and paid by the defendants who were being prosecuted, as Colonel Bliss informed me that the books of James W. Rosier will show the amount paid by him to Gibson, and the date of its payment. This is the same A. M. Gibson who, while em ployed and paid by the government to prosecute the guilty parties, made an arrangement, as 1 am informed, by which he agreed, for the sum of SIO,OOO, to hand over to the defendants in one of the cases papers that were on file in the Postoffice Department that would be important as evidence on the part of the government, and that seriously criminated the defendants. He was prevented from carrying out his agreement by the faithful public officer who discovered it and changed the combination of the lock of the safe in which the papers wore placed. . I am certain he is not a proper person to be in the employ of a committee that may be called upon to examine into his official action, and probably recommend his punishment. lam sure he is not a proper person to be permitted to handle papers, vouchers and accounts, the abstraction of one of which, or the change of a figure, might bring innocent persons into disgrace and disrepute. These facts may all be known to you, and probably are. 1 have no right to communicate with the committee of Congress until called before it, but I feel that I have a right to bring these facts to your attention and apply to you, the head of the department to whicli I was attached, and ask that, to the extent of your power, you will protect myself and others who are interested against A. M. Gibson and persons of like character. 1 a in, very respectfully, your obedient servaut, Wm. W. Kkr.”

Wliy the Jersey Lily Refused a Seat. New York Corrospondouce Boston Herald. The observed of all observers at the tableaux vivants, at the Madison Square Theater, on the first occasion this entertainment was given in aid of the Bartholdi fund, was Mrs. Langtry, who made herself conspicuous by standing at the side of the house directly under the gas-light, so that the holders of lorgnettes that were leveled at her and kept there in preference to the beauties on the stage, had no difficulty in obtaining a full view of her famous features. Ushers approached the Jersey Lily and asked her to take a seat, but she persisted in standing, on the principle of the young man who wouldn’t dance, but posed in the doorway of the ballroom and “let ’em long for him.” Finally, Mrs. Langtry, who was accompanied by a gentleman whom all the ladies in the house pronounced “a queer man,” consented to take a seat, hut seemed uneasy and left after a few moments and went and stood at the back of the orchestra circle. Why would she, or could she, not sit down? The problem was solved when it was discovered that the back of her perfectlyfifing dark olive green cloth dress was garnished with a plumage of innumerable small feathers. The Idly had evidently no intention of fuming this sensitive decoration. Blaine as an Editor. Philadelphia Press. Mr. Blaine is very systematic in his literary work. His methods are those of a journalist rather than those of a professional bookmaker. He is, indeed, a born newspaper man, and it is a pity, some of us think, that he did not follow that calling instead of switching off from editing a country paper to run for Congress. I happen to know, by the way, that, when Speaker of the House of Representatives, he had a great temptation to put his feet on the very top round of the journalistic ladder. He was offered the editorship of one of the greatest New York newspapers at a salary larger than any editor now receives, and nearly as large as that of the President of the United States. Curiously enough, too, the offer came from a journal which has never been friendly toward Blaine from that day to this. As an illustration of Mr. Blaine’s careful writing, I recall that he once told me he had in his last reading of his Garfield memorial oration cut it down 1,180 words, simply with a view to the utmost conciseness of expression. Remarkable Unanimity. Philadelphia Press. The National Greenback Labor Anti-monopoly party of Indiana is in the field to stay. All three of its members are opposed to coalition with other organizations. Examine the $1 shirt at Parker’s. A New Confidence Dodge. A young countryman, while waiting in the Union Depot, yesterday, was accosted by a man who agreed to get him a job braking on a railroad if he would give' him $5, and just as the countryman was hauling out the money, he saw a friend who buys his hats of Ryan, the Hatter, who told the verdant youth that “all is vanity,” and that he was out $5. The Roller-Skate Fever. Is on. We are agents for the Henley Skate the best and most popular rink skate. Will sell them wholesale or retail or for rink use at manufacturers’ prices. Call and supply yourselves. Hildebrand <te Fugate. Hardware & Cutlery, Agents Howe Scales. 35 South Meridian st.

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