Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1884 — Page 7

AFFAIRS OF TILE RAILWAYS. Personal and Local. C, K. Henderson, general manager of the 1., B. & W., who has been in Now York some ton days, is expected home to-day. Jerry Cook, who years ago was general pasonger agent of the Michigan Central road, spent yesterday in the city with old-time friends. W. W. Peabody, general superintendent of the Ohio & Mississippi, passed through the city last night on route for Chicago, on a special car. Paymasters Sullivan, of tho C., 1., St L. & C. t and Irvin, of the J., M. 6c 1., pay to day on the Indianapolis divisions for February service. M. M. Landis, agent of the Nickel-plate fastfreight line, will, on April 1, remove his office from the Union Block to tho Bates House cornor, he taking a room with the Bee-line people. General Ticket Agent Donough, of the Union Railway Company, will favor the closing of the up town office, with the reopening of tho local offices for the sale of tickets, as an economical move. Tho C.. 1., St L. & C. have given notice that they will open their outside offices for tho 6ale of tickets on April 1. New ticket cases have been ordered, those stored at the Zoo being too badly used up. A J. Smith, passenger agent, and 1). B. Martin, Western agent, were in the city yesterday, arranging to open their new office in the Bates House, which is to be one of the finest offices, when ready for occupancy, in the West Edgar T. Smith, who was assistant superintendent of construction on the New York, Buffalo 6c West Shore, has been appointed superintendent of tho West Shore 6c Ontario Terminal company, with headquarters at Weehawken. In the year 1883 the C., 1., St. L. & C. and the Vandalia carried between Cincinnati and St. Louis 10,1120 passengers, or an average of 800 per month. The travel westward by this route was about 25 per cent, heavier than eastward. Two car-loads of emigrants from Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, passed through the city yes torday, ou route for Kansas. They were very intelligent, cleanly-looking people and locate as a colony at a town on tho Atchison, Topeka 6c Santa Fo ro&d. At the recent Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati 6c Indianapolis Railway Company’s election, J. K. Devereux east a vote of 90,000 shares. The honorable gentleman, it would seem, has quite a respectable hold on the property, notwithstanding reports to the contrary. George B. Lake has been appointed principal engineer of the Atchison, Topeka <fc Santa Fe road, and will assume tho duties heretofore performed by General Manager Robinson, though the latter will still retain his old title of chief engineer, which he has had for twelve years. C. J. Hepburn, superintendent of tho C., H. & D. lines, writes a friend h*re that he has so far recovered the use of his partially paralyzed limbs that he can walk ono-fourth of a mile with the assistance of a cane. It will be some days, however, before he will return from the East. Georgo L. Bellows, traveling passenger agent of tho New York. Buffalo Sc West Shore road, Ls in tho city. Mr. Bellows, who is a wide awake toilow, says he is satisfied there is some pas songor business for tho West Shore road here, and he will recommend that tho company locate a representative here Thcro is a bc*om in travel over the Vandalia. On all their through trains one or more extra roaches are hauled, and these are crowded to their full seating capacity. The fast express which went out yesterday noon consisted of a postal car, two express and one baggage car. five day coaches, a chair car and hotel car, or eleven cars Geo. Itech, in charge of the up town Union railway ticket office, it is understood, will look after tho sale of tickets in the new Bee lino office. General Passenger Agent Smith could not have made a better selection. 31r. Reeh has largo experience, a large personal acquaintance, i* a per feet gentleman, and could not well be improved i.s a passenger man. Should the Chicago 6c Atlantic succeed iu cariying out their programme to the effect that tho Louisville. New Albany 6c Chicago road shall not use their tracks to make a connection with the Chicago 6c Western Indiana road it is elated that the Chicago & Grand Trunk people have offered to lot the L., N. A. 6c C. use their t rack to get into Chicago. Omplaint is made that while tho 0., 1., St. L. & C. people advertise to reserve a certain num her or scats for Indianapolis passengers in the roclinng chair cars run between Cincinnati and Chicago, they are almost nightly occupied when the train reaches Indianapolis, and it is often difficult to get berths in either of tho Pullman cars at that hour of the night (u the strugglo for business between the northern and southern lines, rates to such points as Nashville and Memphis are being cut deeply. A largo lot of first class freight passed through Indianapolis yesterday, consigned to Memphis parties, un which a 90 cent per 100 pounds rate w;is given from New' York to Memphis. Within two years the tariff rate has been a.shigli as $1.50 per 100 pounds. Tho fast Boston & St. Louis express, run over the Vanderbilt lines, night before last, carried seventy-eight through passengers, either f*nm New England points or New York. This train, •wliich loaves Boston at 3 p. m.. reaches Indianap olis at 10:55 p. m. the aoxt night, and St Louis at 7:30 A. M. the second morning, in the year 18855 earned ninety-eight cents per mile run, which certainly is handsome earnings for a through train. John Egan, general passenger agent of the 0.. I’., St L. 6c C., was in the city yesterday. Ho r aid ho came in answer to a telegram from 11. M. Bronson, general passenger agent of tho 1., B. & W., reading as follows: ‘ Your passenger man Martin, is going crazy. If you don’t put a dieck upon him he will yet be selling tickets from Indianapolis to Kansas City at live cents.” Mr. Egan expresses some surprise at tho telegram, as, on investigation, he finds tho 1.. B. & W. has been cutting rates deeper on Kansas City than has his man Alartin. Only Fourteen New York Roads Paid a Dividend Last Year. The annual report of the Railroad Commissioners of New Y'ork, just published, shows that 1883 was not a specially prosperous year for the railroads of that State. The New York Mail and Express publishes a statement which will sustain the above remark. 1883. 1882. Increase <rn-3ti <*i•’gs,.. $1:53,980,625 $119.s. r t>.l.'7ft $14,786,185 OjMjr'g exp s 86,887.899 7H.200.440 8.687.259 Niynir.gs £47.092.926 $40,855,(338 $6,237,288 Fix til charges: .. $19,502,878 $15,098,49"* $3,814,837 BenUL 8,880,537 7,20f>.<>41 1,575.516 MLs. expenses 1,943.582 1.873.283 70.299 fixed charges. $30,327,018 $24,770,821 $3,551,105 Dividends 15.074.114 14.747,438 320,076 Surplu.; $1,691,793 $1,331,379 $300,415 The capital stock of the ninety six roads in clmtal in these returns is $628,718,596. Os the r.ir.ety six roads fourteen paid dividends of from • 2 to ISO per cent, during 1882. and 15 during 1883. This gives some idea of tho enormous amount of money invested in railroads which is not produc live of profit. Another point bearing upon rail n.-td operations during 1883 is tliat. in that .v ar net earnings amounted to 35.1 per cent. of gn>ss oamings. and the dividends to 32 per cent, of tho net earnings. In 188*2 34.3 only of tho gross earnings remained .after the deductions of operating expenses had been made, yet 36.1 per cent, of not earnings was paid in dividends. It would seem, from a comparison of the items included in the table, that operating expenses on New York roads were about 65 per cent. A Disgusted General I'assenger Agent. A general passenger agent, who .was in the ity yesterday, remarked that the manner pas businoss whs now conducted at Indian ujtolis was simply disgraceful. Scalping local passenger agents and-the regular ticket scalpers wore running matters to suit themselves. For lustanco, two men who were going ti► Kansas City were offered a $lO-per-ticket rate by a scalper. A local a gout learned the fact, and offered a sitf.so rate. Another local agent heard of it, button* holed the party. gvu them a $5 rate and

s>cured them. The regular rate is $15.25. He named two other cases where the cut was made on Dakota and Nebraska points. He then went on to say that the dilly-dallying policy of the Union Railway Company led to all this demoralization. They first gave the scalpers rope, and this led local agents, whose lines did not work through them, to meeting rates nnw.lo by the scalpers, then to underselling them. The road he represented was opposed to reopening its outside office, for tho sale of tickets. It bad been conservative f**r months past, but was now obliged to take tho aggressive, and would put on sale a full line of tickets on April 1; and tho understanding was that all outside offices would take similar action on that date, and selling tiekets at there offices would tend rather to further demoralize than to aid in the main ten anco of rates. As matters now stood ho could see but one way out of the disgraceful dilemma, and that was to form an association of the local ticket agents similar to the one in Kansas City (each agent depositing a sum of money which should be forfeited to twice tho amount of the rate of the ticket on which the rate was cut), and hold each passenger agent to the agreement. Then the Union Railway Company should at once tackle the scalpers. The Indiana law was a good one, and, if enforced, would clear the city of ticket scalpers within ninety days. Propose to Refund Tlieir Debt. The stockholders of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road, most of whom are Boston capitalists, are to meet in Chicago May 20 to consider a proposition to borrow tho sum of, and issue and dispose of its first consolidated 6 per cent, mortgage bonds for $6,000,000, for the purpose of retiring all the outstanding bonds of the company, paying its indebtedness, completing, finishing. improving, operating and extending its railway and pmperty, and mortgage all its property and franchises to secure said $6,000,000 first consolidated 6 per cent mortgage bonds. In rail road circles the Chicago 6c Eastern Illinois road is looked upon as being a valuable property, and is one that lias a bright future if advantage is taken of its locality and ability to draw traffic. There is 228 miles of main track, including tho fifty miles of branches, and the bonded debt proposed would make the debt some $25,000 per mile. Tho equipment of the road is one of the largest, and the best in the West in proportion to its mileage. On tho road are fifty-six locomotives, twenty-nine passenger cars. 3,359 freight cars, 2,473 coal cars. These represent the active useful equipment. The Overland Cotton Movement, In the six months ending March 1, the Jeffersonville, Madison 6c Indianapolis rood carried 37,408 bales of cotton, against 40,627 in the corresponding period one year ago, and 68,062 in the corresponding six months two years ago. The Ohio 6c Mississippi carried 38,619, against 50,777 one year ago, and 13,519 the corresponding six months two years ago. The Evansville & Terre Haute 13,956, against 13,766 last year, and 14,176 tho year preceding. The Cincinnati Southern brought north in the six months ending March 1, 61,376 bales, against 59,156 bales last year, and 105,681 in the six months ending March 1, 1382. The total amount of cotton moved by rail in the six months ending March 1. 1884, was 762,421 hales, ag?:inst 883,494 in the six months ending March I. 1883. and 822,369 bales in the six months ending March 1,1882. It will be noticed that the movement this year has been 121.073 halos less than in the six months ending March 1, 1883, and 59,948 bales less than in the half year ending March 1. 1882. Rapid Track-Laying. Boston papers are crowing considerably over what Boston capital has achieved in the building of the Mexican Central railway, and certainly they have a right so to do. The road is said to bo well built, and will admit of running trains over it rapidly. The final spike was driven by Mr. Buckner, master track-layer, ou Saturday last. The two locomotives—one from Mexico City and the other from the United States, decorated with tlie Mexican and American colors — approached until tho cow-catchers met. Great energy has been displayed in the track-laying. For tho last three days three and one-half miles were laid daily: seventy three miles were laid during the twenty-six working days in February, and 525 miles in the last three months. Made a Cool Million. S. V. White, who last week engineered tho corner in Delaware & Lackawanna, is credited with having made a cool million by the transaction, but the property is almost sure to suffer in the end by the reaction and the distrust created. Past experience shows this, Jersey Central, Northern Pacific and Michigan Central, used as subjects of former squeezes, being now apparently on the dead list. Rumors About tlie Trunk-Line Pool. New York. March 12. —A report received today from Chicago, to the effect that it was probable the Pennsylvania and tho Erie roads would withdraw from the trunk-line pool, in consequence of non-maintenance of rates by other me mixers of the pool, proves unfounded. Commissioner Fink stated there was no truth whatever in the rumor; the association was never in better condition or working more harmoniously than at present. It was true that rates w'ere frequently cut on east-bound traffic, but he did not think any of the trunk lines were responsible. Any charges that might be preferred would be considered at a meeting of tho presidents of the trunk lines, to be held at his office to-mor-row. which was called principally to consider the alleged non-maintenance of rates by tho B. & O. Railroad Company. General Freight Aeeut Toby, of the New York, Lake Erie & Western i*oad, said: “The report that any of the roads think of withdrawing from the pool is absurd, and is certainly not trvb in the least of tlie Erie. Os course, we are dissatisfied that other lines should be allowed to cut rates while we maintain them; this was especially felt when it was found the B. 6c O. been cutting again. On Monday last 200 car-loads of grain came to New York over tlie New Y’ork Central at cut rates, while tlie Erie and Pennsylvania received but about forty carloads each the’ same day at tariff rates. * I do not believe tho New Y'ork Central is responsible for this state of affairs, and it will probably be found the cutting was done by some of tlie fastfreight lines that ship over tho Central road. The matter will undoubtedly be brought up at tho meeting of presidents tomorrow. and tlie blame fixed where it belongs. Under the circumstances it is not strange there should be dissatisfaction among the roads which are obliged to maintain rates and see their business taken away from them in such a wholesalo manner. It is stated, however, that since the discovery of tho recent cutting of rates on grain, some of the Central irregularities have been stopped and tariff rates been maintained from all points in tho West.” O J. Geer, Western ageut of the Pennsylvania road, was equally emphatic in his denial that there was any intention on tho part of tho Pennsylvania railroad to withdraw from the pool. He said President Roberts has boon correctly roported as to his remarks at the stockholder’s meeting at Philadelphia, and that his report should not he in any way construed to mean tliat the Pennsylvania intended to break its contract with the Trunk line Association. Further than this, lie had nothing to say. except that tlie company was dissatisfied with tho manner in which irregularities in charges had prevailed. It is learned that the rate cutting has been met l>y private orders issuing from Commissioner Fink's office, and it remains for the meeting tomorrow to decide what course shall be pursued to maintain rates Miscellaneous Notes. Tho dining cars run on the Chicago, Burlington 6c Quincy road have become a self sustaining institution, and are ono of the best advertisements the road could have. The demand for good railway bonds for in vestment purposes is the only feature which saves tho market from utter stagnation, and for these prieos are fairly woM maintained. There are to be three important railroad mootings at Cincinnati witlhin tlie next thirty’ days, namely: March 17. the Western Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents; March 18,

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tho National Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents, and April 9, the general time convention. Following the example of the Boston Sz Albany. nearly all the New England roads are adopting the American steam locomotive brake, as a precautionary measure, in addition to their train air-brakes. The nmuerous conferences between the officials of tho Baltimore 6c OJiio and the Pennsylvania Railroad Companies have resulted in an adjustment of the (Inferences between the two companies on the bituminous coal rates. The Des Moines 6c Sioux City lias changed its title to Des Moines fe Dakota, to cover the lino through to Bismarck. The organizatiou of the company has been completed and articles of incorporation filed. Tho first surveying party started out over the proposed line on Monday. Tlie Chicago, Milwaukee 6c St. Paul s gross earnings in February, this year, were at tho rate of $276.31 per mile, against $287.10 in 1883 and $394.54 in 1882. The earnings of the Chicago 6c Northwestern, per mile. February, this vear. were $378.49, against $335.56 in 1888 and in 1882. THE COURT RECORD. Supremo Court—March 12, Hm. G©o. V. llowk. Chief Justice. MANDAMUS PRACTICE — APPROPRIATION OP MONEY BY THE LEGISLATURE. 11260. Jnmos 11. Rice, auditor, vs. ex vel. YY. H. Drapior. Marion 0. C. Niblack, J.—This was au action of mandate against appellant us auditor of State, to comp'd him to draw lu.s warrant on the State treasury in favor of appellee for some $13,000, alleged to be due him for furnishing Brevier 1 sogislativo uojxu-tsfor the Fifty-first Fiftysecond and Fifty-third General Assemblies, alleging that the lost General Assembly had appropriated money out of which the claim could bo lawfully paid. A motion to quash a writ of mandamus ia in tho nature of a demurrer, and in that way tho question of the Hufimoncy of the facts to sustain tho writ may be raised. (5 YVaito’s Prao.. 5&1; Wood Maud., *11; 7 How Pr. R., 290.) Whenever the money necessary to pay a particular claim against the State has been appropriated by the legislature, and the amount of the claim has been definitely ascertained in a manner proscribed by law, a refusal by the Auditor to draw his warrant will authorize a proceeding by mandamus. In general, however, since a Slate cannot be sued in its own courts without its legally expressed consent, the remedy by mandamus is not to be extended no as to become in effoet a process against the JStato for the establishment of demands of an unliquidated nature which properly fall within tlie oognizauco ot the legislature. (High Ex. Leg. Hem. sec,. 100.) It \a conceded that an appropriation by law in some form is neoesjiaiw for the payment of any claim against the Bttc and this action is prosecuted on tho theory that, by the act <>£ dan. 9, 1883, appropriating money to pay She expenses of the Fifty-third General As.semt y. an appropriation was made out of *hichthe * hums of appellee may be lawfully paid. Bu % careful examination of the act will disclose that the money appropriated by it was to be used exclusively in defray ing the expenses of the Legislature which enacted it. Tlie resolution of the beimte ordering the Auditor of State to draw his warrant iu favor of Drapior was but a simple resolution of that body. The order made by tho House for the distribution of a certain number of Brevier Reports was in no sense a concurrence with tho resolution of tho Senate. That motion made no reference to tho resolution of the Beuate, and had an essentially different object in view. The action taken upon that motiou was tike expression of tho will of the House, and by a method unlike that adopted by the Senate. The* two houses did not., therefore, by any concurrent action, order the allowance of Drapier’s clsini. Such concurrent action was an indispensable prerequisite to its payment out of the money appropriated by such act. Besides this, the greater part of tho claim was for reports furnished the two preceding Legislatures, and this could not have been properly certified to the Auditor as expenses of the last General Assembly. J udgment reversed. EQUITABLE TITLE TO LAND WIFE'S INTEREST. 10829. .Tames Shcltou vs. Millie F. Shelton. Howard C. C. Franklin, C.—Tlie statute (sections 2*491 and 2508) gives the wife the same interest in land held by the husband, by equitable title at the dale of the sheriffs sale, as though he had died of that date; therefore, tho wifo has an interest in such land, and is entitled to tho Eossession thereof, the same as if the husband had eld it by legal title. (73 InL, 137; 86 id., 2.) Judgwout affirmed. BILL OF EXCEPTIONS—COLLATERAL ATTACK. 10591. James A. Harbin vs. Jemima Ketson. Knox c. c. Blcknell, C. C.—A bill of exceptions, signed by the judge as a true bill, cannot be attacked by means of affidavits showing that, it is not a true bill. (58 Ind., 530.) As appellant has not made any assignment of errors his appeal must be dismissed. (50 Ind., 221.) Appeal dismissed. SURETIES —ORDER RELEASING —FAILURE TO RE CORD. 11219. William R. Harvey vs. ox roL Town of Monticello. Carroll C. C. Elliott, J.—This was a suit on the bond of appellant ns treasurer of Monticello. A town officer cannot take advantage of a judgment in favor of a creditor of the town, and make it available as an excuse for not paying over to his successor money belonging to the town. The third answer of the sureties allege* tliat at the June term, 1980, of the White Circuit Court, tho sureties on a former bond of Harvey, petitioned to be released ftom the bond, and that Judge pro tem. Applegate made an order releasing them, of which no record was made, oud that the bond sued on was made subsequent to said order, and was ineffective because the original bond was still in force. Tho failure to make the proper record did not render the order void. It had fully accomplished it-s purpose before the appellants executed the bond in suit. Tho judgo was at least an officer do facto, and his acts cannot be oollat orally impeached by persons who acquioscued in them without objection. (85 Ind., 471; 28 id.. 181; 38 id., 483.) Besides, the original bond might, by agreement of tho parties, have been superseded bj- anew one, ami where rhis was done tho sureties on the second bond could not be heard to say that the original was still in force. Use of public money by an officer does not con stitute a breach of the bond, but only the failure to ac-. count for the money as required ov law. (36 Ind.. 346; 53 id., 331; 72* id., 491; 79 id.,'270.) Judgment affirmed, The following cases were also decided, abstracts of which will appear to-morrow: Wm.’Flood vs. Ansel Jagner. LaPortc C. C. Affirmed. Franklin, C. Harrison Hogan vs. Jacob Robinson. Clark 0. 0. Reversed. Colorick, C. Isaac Davis va. Elizabeth Krug. Montgomery C. C. Reversed. Howk, 0. J. James Mathews vs. Eva Mack. Elkhart C. C. Reversed. Franklin, C. Henry Lauinan vs. Herman Crooker. Elkhart O. C. Reversed. Best. C. El wood Hadley vs. Thomas Hood. Wayne C. C. Affirmed. Bicknell, C. C. Thomafi Hackleman vs. Commissioners Honry county. Henry O. C. Affirmed. Hammond. J. M. E. Ingalls vs. Georgo Byers. Decatur 0. C. Rehearing denied. Vincent Quart vs. O. H. P. Abbott. Marion S. C. Rehearing granted. Superior Court. Perm No I—Hon. Nanoleon il. Pavlrtf. In tro. Elizabeth T. Burns vs. Thomas J. Burns; divorce. Dismissed by pl*intiif. Mary J- Allen vs. National Benefit Association; pelicy. On trial by jury. Room No 2—Hon. I>. W. Howe, Judge. Cassius H. Black vs. Carrie L. Black; divorce. Finding for defendant. Emma Putnam vs. Frederick Putnam; divorce. Finding lor plaintiff. Susan B. Schofield vr. John I). Lowden; argument on motion for the appointment of a receiver. Overruled. Arthur Jordan vs. Pennsylvania Company: damage suit. Judgment again nt defendants for $ 159.14. John B. Conner vs. Citizens’ Street Railroad Com pany; argument ou motion for judgment ou special finding. Finding for S6OO damages. Room No. 3 —Hon. Lewie C. Walker, Judge. Joseph Bentz vs. Kirael D. Shaw; suit for dAmagos. Dismissed at plaintiff's costs. Walter L. Granger vs. John 11. Wright; suit for money had and received. Dismissed at plaintiff tit costs. George K. Share vs. Fannie Forbes; suit on notes. J udgment for $ 1 80.16. Board of Commissioners of Marion County vs. Elijah B. Martindale et al.,- suit on bond. Dismissed at plaintiff’s costs. Rebecca Marshall vs. James T. Marshall; suit for divorce. A decree granted ou the grounds of failure to proride. James M. Watson vs. T. & St. L. Ry. Cos.; suit for damages. On trial by jury. Marlon Criminal Court, Hon Pierce Norton, .lu lars. State vs. Joseph Graham; grand larceny. Tried by court, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. State vs. Emmett Bishop; petit larceny. Plea of guilty, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Slate vs. William Harris; petit larceny. Un trial by jury. Real Estate Transfers, Instruments filed for record in the Recorder's office of Marion county, Indiana, for tho twenty-four hours ending at 5 o’clock P. M., March 11, 1884, as furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstractors of titles, room No. 3 /Etna building: Derk De Ruiter and wife to Susan B. Turner, part of the east half of the southwest quarter of section 35, township 16 north, range 3 east $1,100.00

John V. Martin and wife to Sarah Sullivan, lots k 5. 6,7, 8, 1 1 15, 16. 17, 18 19. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36, 37 and 38 in Frank’s Woodlawu addition to ladianapolis 100.00 Arthur G. Fosdyko and wife to John T. Dye, lots 9. 1R and 11 in Frank’s \\ oodlawn addll%n to the city of Indianapolis T 6 52.00 Edward B. Hutchinson and wife to John T. Dye. lot 4 in Frank’s YVoodlavfrn addition to ludiaimpolis 175.84 David B. Allen and wife to John W. Bowlus, lot 3 in Downey & Chambers’s southeast addition to the city of Indianapolis 250.00 John YV. Bowlus to Elizal>eth Alien, same real estate as in last above 1.00 Clara U. Wooileu and wife to Jutne* A. Miles, lot 21 in T. A. EL Johnson's subdivision of block 20 in Johnson’s heirs' addition to ludismamdis 3,500.00 James A. Miles and wife to Frank P. Wooileu, same real estate as in last above 3,500 00 Charles Soper and wife to Dr. William H. Kendrick, lot 13 in Crane’s addition to Indianapolis 150.00 Cyrus C. Heizer and wife to William H. E. Shank, lots 4 and 5 in Kittenbach et al.’s subdivision of lot 31, iu E. T. Fletcher's Brookside suburb 500.00 Joseph G. English et al. to Joseph E. McDonald, lots 1 to 13 inclusive in block 8, etc., till in the city of Indianapolis... 3,100.00 Willis W. Wright and wife to Jacob I*. Dunn et ah, sot 7 in the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Company’s addition to Indianapolis 500.00 Frank L. Gross et al. to John Stable, lot 3 in Cox A Kticklaiid's subdivision of lots 4, 5 and 6 in square J 1, in Indianuj*oHh 1,100.00 George R. Loomis and wife to George Hoidt, lot 8 in J. R. Routh’s subdivision of part of lot 21 in Johnson’s heirs' addition to Indianapolis 1,880.00 Conveyances, 14: consideration $15,358.84 Walking advertisements: Every man. woman and child who has one© tried Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup cannot say enough in its praise, and this is the roason why its sale is constantly increasing nimiiii We hare sprmtover mi 00,000.00 In defending our right to the Durham Bull as our trade-mark. Undoubtedly he is to-day the most valuable Bull in fit# world. Now it stands to reason that we eouldu’t afford to protect him so thoroughly if Siucmvisu’s un.i. uihhah 'r<>acco, of which he is the representative, wasn’t the BBMT Snuldug Tobacco ever made. The sales of Blackwell’s Bull Durham Sn*ckiffff Tobacco far exceed those of any other brand in the world, simply because it has l>een, is. and will be. the best that can be made. All dealers have it Look for trade-mark of the Bull on every packa^o. or PAIN RHEUMATISM and NEURALGIA have long enough run riot in the human system. They have tormented the human family and defied the medical faculty; from time out of memory they have corrupted the blood, demoralized the joints, vexed the nerves, agonized the muscles and racked the brain with wearying pain. 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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, Office of the Board of Commissioners for the Erection of Additional Hospitals for tlie Insane. * Indianapolis, March 3. 1984. Sealed proposals will he received by said Board of Commissioner*, at. the office of the Governor, at. Indianapolis, on the Bth day of April, 1884. between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 11 o'clock o. m., for the erection and construction of two additional hospitals for the insane, in conformity with plans and specifications agreed upon by said board, one of said hospitals to be erected iu Wayne county, near Richmond. tho other iu Yanderburg county, near Evansvilla. Bids will bo received for th work ;i* s whole or for any classified port ion as shown in tlie schedule ami speHlicalions. All bids will bo required to be made upon printed forms, prepared by the Board of Commissioners. which will be furnished upon application. All bids must be accompanied by a bond fur the faithful performance of the w-rk specified therein, as required by section four of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. passed in 1883. entitled “An act providing for the location and erection of additional hospitals for the insane and tlie management thereof under the authority of wliich said hospitals are to be erected. The Board reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Contractors will not Vie allowed to sublet any portion of tho work without, tlie written approval of said Board. Payments will be made monthly, as the work progresses, upon estimates made by the Superintendent of Construction, lO per cent of .such estimate to bo withheld until the final estimate, to lie made when the contract is completed and the work accepted by tlie Board. The Board will not be responsible for the payment of any estimate unless funds have been provided by appropriation by the Legislature. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER*. 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