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rate testimony, and is drawing upon bis Demoera tic brethren in Congress for almost tmlim ited favors in the way of advice and evidence. To night’s Critic says: “Fred W. Heath and wife, of Muncie, who have been spending their honeymoon at the Ebbitt for several days, will go to Baltimore to morrow night, and cm the following evening will start to Ohio for & week s visit Cartersbnrg will be omitted from service on the star mail route from Cartersburg to Monrovia, after the 10th inst, and on the railroad route from Terre Haute to South Bend. Linikville, Marshall county, will be fembraced hereafter. “I have received petitions from several bundred citizens in Wayne and Randolph counties, to-dty, asking for passage of the Mexican war pension bill,” said Gen. Browne to the Journal correspondent to-night; “but I don't believe the bill will erer become a law. It looks .like the action ox the House this afternoon had buried the measure beyond aTi hope of resurrection, at least br the present Congress.” Major Calkins went to Mew York to-night. On Thursday he intends starting from there to Indianapolis. In the House, to-day, Mr. Cox, of New York, introduced a bill creating the office of assistant chief signal officer with the rank and pay of a colonel of infantry. The purpose is to provide a position for Lieutenant Oreely. THE BILLIARD-PLAIERS Sdiaefer Wins the First of tie Series of Championship dailies with Slosso®. Chicago, Jan. s.—The first of a series of bill iard matches between Schaefer and Slosson was played to-night at Central Music Hall. The attendance numbered 1,500, including a large number of billiardists from St. Louis, Milwaukee, and other Western cities. The conditions were SSOO a side, 800 points, champion’s game, lines twenty by forty inches. It was the first public match ever played with lines of this length. Schaefer was the favorite at odds of 100 to 80. John Callahan, of Milwaukie, was chosen referee. Schaefer won the bank and selected the blackball, which was considerably lighter than the white. He made a close miss from the lay-off, and left the balls together for Slosson. The latter was playing rather nervously and did not profit much by the opening. Schaefer did good work in the fifth tuning, one feature of his run of fifty being a fine ‘Masse shot when the balls were frozen. The first call, at the fifth inning, was Schaeffer 129, Slosson 27. It was not until the twelfth inning that Slosson did any important playing, and oven then he neglected half a dozen chances to work the rail. Ho failed at G 2 on a hard drawshot. At the end of the nineteenth inning the .score stood: Schaefer 513, Slosson 188, with Schaefer playing a grand came of open style and Slosson doing almost nothing. Both sides now had hard breaks for several innings, but Slosson did the better work, aided by a scratch in the twenty-fifth and a foul in the twenty-ninth, which Schaefer did not notice. In the’ thirty-fifth Slosson, when he had made eleven, picked a spook of dirt off of the cloth in front of his ball. Schaefer claimed foul, and the referee sustained the claim. Great hissing arose from the audience. The rule was read showing that it is a foul if the striker removes an obstruction “when the balls are on the rail.” The referee ruled that the balls were on the rail, notwithstanding Sloason’s claim to the contrary. Again there were loud expressions of disapproval from the spectators. Schaefer was more “rattled” by the occurence and, in the next two innings made twe clean misses. Slosson, in tho fortieth, made bis best run. 97, by good and careful play. Tho score then stood: Schaefer, 663; Slosson, 464. Schaefer rallied on a run of 42 in the fortyfifth, making his total 742, against Slosson’s 503. In the next inning Slosson got the balls together and made a very plucky run of 57; Schaefer followed with 35, leaving himself within 15 of game. He ran it ont easily in the forty-eighth inning, at 11:40 t. m., Slosson’s total being 589. Schaefer’s average was 16 32-48; Slosson’s was 12 35 37.

THE LIBERTY BELL. Arrangements for Carrying the Piiiladelpiiia Relic to the World's Exposition. Philadelphia, Jan. s.—The date of departure of the Liberty Bell for New Orleans has been changed from Jan. 24 to the 23d, the day on which Mayor Smith has signified his intention of arriving in New Orleans. The departure of the bell will be accompanied with great pomp and ceromony. Tho hell will be escorted from Independence hall to a Pennsylvania railroad station by five hundred policemex and a councilmans committee. At tho depot it will be placed in a car which is now being built for its reception by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The bell will rest in the center of the car, under a red, white and blue canopy; the sides of ihe car will be open, and at one end of the compartment for the accommodation of tho throe officers who form the guard- On one side of the car will be emblazoned the word “Philadelphia,” and on the other New Orleans. ” Each side will bear the legend, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land.” The car will be run in the exhibition ground, and the bell will not be disturbed until its return to the city. The train will make thirteen stops, symbolical of the thirteen original States, during the trip between this city and New Orleans. Female Notaries In New York. New York, Jan. s. — Chief-justice McAdam, of the City Court, rendered a decision, to-day, in an action brought by Wm. C. Findlay against Leandsr H. Thomo et al., touching upon the question of female notaries. The Judge decides that a verification certified by a female notary is valid as to a third person, and furnishes no ground for returning the pleading. In this case a counter claim was put in in the defendant’s answer; a reply was made to tho counter claim, which was returned because the certificate to the jurat was signed by a female notary. The de fend ants interposed objection upon the ground that the notary public, being a female, was ineligible to a public office, and could not, therefore, legally perform the functions of a notary. This female notary was appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The court grants the motion to compel the defendants to accept the reply as a properly verified pleading. Fire Loises for tiie Year. New York, Jan. s.— The Daily Commercial Bulletin for Jan. 6, estimates the fire losses in the United States and Canada, for Dec., at sll.000,000, and for the year at $112,000,000. This is $15,500,000 more than the average annual loss for the nine years proceeding. In December there were 244 fires where the reported loss was SIO,OOO and upward. Os these there were twenty two fires of SIOO,OOO or more, aggregating $3,150,000, or nearly 30 percent, of the entire fire loss for the month. _ Fire at Holley, N. Y. Berr Jan. 5.—A special from Holly, Or Inaas county, says that village was visited bv a disastrous fire this morning. This is the third time this section of the town has been burned over. The loss will reaeh at least $40,005. The Hufley Standard newspaper office was completely burned out Mrm at hc-di utary habits, students and professional men, use and a tonic to invigorate their systems, that have become debilitated by too close application to business or from other causes. Rev. George W. Staley, of Sheibyrille, Ky., suffered ten years from dyspepsia, and at last was .compelled to adaadon nis vocation, lie was ad , vised to use Mishkr’s Herb Bitters. He did so, was cured.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Strong Feeling at Bloomington Over the Brutal Murder of Louis Fedder. Affaire of tire Suspeided Washington Bank— An Irish Woman Earned to DeathBroken Rail on the L, B. <& W. INDIANA. ..- 1 • * Excitement at Bloomington Over the Murder f Fodder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomrssvrcm, Jan. s.—lntense excitement prevailed all to day over the Fedder murder, crowds standing on every comer talking over the sad affair. Late last night feeling was so intense that there came near being a riot in front of the city building. Officer Smith made an attempt to arrest a suspicious character named John Reeves. He resisted, and Reeves ? s father attacked Smith, when the crowd rushed upon both the Reeveses, knocking them down and bruising both severely. The cause of this brtter feeling is a belief that the parties, whoever they are, arte connected, with the recent robberies and depredations. During the day a court of inquiry has been in session, examining such parties as it was supposed might throw light on the affair, but there is, as yet, no clew. So deep is the feeling that the certain guilt of the parties would be a signal for lynching. The funeral of the murdered man took place to-day from the Presbyterian Church. Avery large crowd was present. The ceremonies were conducted by the Knights of Pythias. If no clew can be found, a large Teward will likely be offered.

A Bank and Distillery Complication. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Jan. 15. —About five years ago the distillery of Snyder Bros, burned, at Walton, Ky., opposite this city, involving a loss of about SIOO,OOO. Subsequently James O. Snyder rebuilt the establishment, being assisted at the time by a cash loan of $30,000 from Levy Bros., a large whisky house of Cincinnati, the latter taking as security a mortgage on the distillery, warehouses, etc., and at the same time agreeing to take 10,000 barrels of whisky yearly from Snyder in payment of the money advanced. The National Banch Bank, of Madison, also holds Snyder's note for $8,700, payable in March next, the latter also being secured by a mortgage on the distillery. Snyders original note to Levy Bros, was afterwards reduced to $12,000, and he is said to believe bis indebtedness to them is about paid up, though they have had no settlement as yet The distillery has been shut down for some time, and owing to the state of the general market, at Levy Bros’, request, Snyder had made his shipments to them much less, though he could have forced them to accept the full 10.000 barrels a year as per contract. Having recently become satisfied of his inability to pay his note to the Mailison bank at maturity, Mr. Snyder, through his attorneys, was in the city to-day, perfecting arrangements by which the bank might be made safe as a preferred creditor. Mr, Snyder claims that his distillery and attachments are worth $73,000, and that this amount will more than liquidate his liabilities. If the government has any claims, of course they must first be met, but it is said that none exist The Suspended Watblugtou Bank. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, Jan. s.—The affairs of the broken Washington bank have at last assumed tangible shape. A committee of creditors was appointed to select assignees. William Hyatt and Lloyd Clark were selected, but could not serve because of the irregularity of the proceedings, as the law does not make any such action legal. Therefore, Judge Malott, of the Circuit Court, took the case in hand, and appointed William Hyatt, of Washington, and Hugh Barr, of Knox county, assignees of Elisha Hyatt. These gentlemen will have to file a bond of $400,000 each. Fifty seven suits have been entered against the bank in the Circuit Court. Heavy Damages Demanded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Jan. 5. —ln the Superior Court, to-day, Oscar Baldwin, eighteen years of age, brought suit for $20,000 against the Evansville & Terre Haute railway for injuries received by him on Sept 4. Baldwin was employed at the time as switchman, and, as he alleges, while in the performance of his duty and observing due caution, he was thrown beneath the cars and had his feet and legs so crushed and mashed by the wheels as to make it necessary to have part of one foot amputed and leaving the other foot and ankle so maimed and deformed as to render him a permanent and helpless cripple. Mortality Among County Papers. 1 i;, 1 Special to the lndiauupulis Journal. Vincennes, Jan. s.—The Washington Daily Jacksonian and the Weekly Advertiser have suspended publication, succumbing to the hard times. This makes five county newspapers, in this region, which have expired within the last six weeks, namely, the Jacksonian, the Advertiser, the Spencer Republican, the Owen County Journal and the Winston Herald. The “longfelt want” they seemed to fill did not support them in their dying moments. Escape of s Forger. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Jan. 5.-—Sheriff James Simpson, of Vevay, telephoned Sheriff Dimaree of the escape from the Vevay jail, last Saturday, of Joe Brown, awaiting trial oh a charge of forgery, who had been iu jail about three weeks. Brown is about five feet, eight inches in height, and is of slender build, and is well known in this city, having boarded with Mr. J. W. Horton while peddling books in this vicinity. Barn Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyvillu Jan. 5.—A barn owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins, in Van Buren township, was set on fire, last night, and totally destroyed, together with a large quantity of graiu, farming implements any other machinery. Loss, $1,000; insurance, SSOO, in the Continental, New York. ILLINOIS. Aged Irish Woman Burned to Death in Her Own House. Special to the ladianapolU Journal. Marshall, Jan. s.— The body of an old Irish woman, named Murphy, was found in her house, this evening, horribly burned. She lived all alone, aud not having been seen by the neighbors for some little time, an investigation was made with the above result It is not known whether her clothes caught fire by accident or she had been murdered for what little money she was known to have. When found the body was lying across a large hole burned in the floor. Her clothing was nearly all burned off. There was a large bruise on the right cheek. Thorough investigation will be made. Broken Rail on the 1., B. A W. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Jan. s.—Near Silby, Tazewell county, to-day, at Ca. m., a west-bound iadi-

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ana, Bloomington Jb Western passenger train encountered a broken rail, and the smoker and two coaches were ditched. -Jacob Smith, sr., of this city, an old and well-known commercial traveler, received very serious and possibly fatal injuries. Assignment at Rochester. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Rochester, Jan. s. —Joseph Levi, clothing dealer, made an assignment this evening, favorin e preferred creditors. Liabilities, $11,060; assets, $7,500. Death Rather than Exposure. Hakpenbcrg, Jan. 4. —Jacob Michaels, a -prominent church member, having been discovered in forging un order by which he got SIOO, shot himself dead in the presence of a constable sent to arrest him. BUSINESS AND WAGEB. Several Thousand Men Given Work by Resumption of Pittsburg Mills. Pittsburg, Jan. s —The iron trade is begin ning to show signs of recovering. Shoenbergerb old mill and nail factory started up today, after a suspension of several weeks. The finishing and puddling department of Zug & Cos. also resumed, and the bar-mill will start up on Wednesday. At the Keystone Rridgß Company's works there was a resumption in all departments at a slight reduction of wages of all employes, except those governed by the amalgamated scale. By these resumptions about 15,000 men are given employment The Westinghouse machine works, the Pittsburg locomotive works and Oliver Brothers & Phillips’s side mill are again in operation, after an idleness of several weeks. Other mills will resume in a few days. A marked change has come over the opinions of business men in Pittsburg within the past month. A few weeks ago they looked only at the dark side of the picture, and could see little if any hope for the future. Now they think they have seen the worst, and from now onward 1885 will show a gradual improvement until the volume of business is restored to its full proportions. The indications are that the iron mills and furnaces of the city will not be allowed to lie idle much longer, as orders are coming in more freely and the stocks in the mills and warehouses are very low. The Amalgamated Association men having accepted a reduction at the Homestead Bessemer Works, it is thought there will be a cut of wages at all the steel mills of the country. The works will resume in all departments to-morrow. Among the firms resuming to-day were the following: Westinghouse Machine Company, fifty men; Zug & Cos., 200 men; Cambria Iron Works at Johnstown, 5,000 men; Long & Cos., 300 men: National Rolling-mill, McKeesport, 5.000 men; Oliverr Bros. & Phillips, Tenth and Fifteenth streets, South-side mills, 600 men; Schorberger mill, 300 men.

Depression in the Lehigh Valley. Easton, Pa., Jan. s.—Owing to increased depression in the iron business, several trains on the Lehigh Valley road were discontinued this morning. Among the trains suspended wa3 an iron train which has been run during the past nineteen years. This train hauled all the iron shipped by Thomas Crane, at Parrville, and by the Bethlehem, Coraine and Glindon iron companies. Another train taken off carried coal to the furnaces along the road. The steel mill of the Bethlehem Iron Company, which has been idle for several weeks, resumed work this morning. , The Perndale Car Company, near Catasauqua, commenced a contract for 236 new pattern gondola cars, of thirty tons capacity each, for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. The works will be kept m operation all winter. Reducing the Scale of Wages. Pittsburg, Jan. s. —Secretary Martin, of the Amalgamated Association, states that the scale for this year at the Pittsburg Bessemer works, of Homestead, have been signed, with a reduction of 15 per cent in the blooming and 12 per cent in the converting department, and that, as the plant has not for some time been regarded as a rail mill, the 33 per cent reduction in the rail mill does not affect the wages of that class in the other Bessemer plants. He contradicts, emphatically, the report tha Bay View Iron mill lodge of the Amalgamated Association had accepted a reduction without consultation with the general officers in this city. The reduction of wages there applies only to non-union men. Failure of a Hat and Cap Firm. Cleveland, CX, Jan. G.—Butts & Smith, wholesale dealers in hats, caps and furs, 125 Water street, made an assignment to-day. The firm is one of the oldest in the city engaged in th s trade. No statement of assets and liabilit is made, but it is said the firm can pay dollar t v dollar and it is believed the suspension will be oji y temporary. Members of the firm place the li bilities at $40,000; the assets, principally in stock, are unknown. The failure is due to dullness in the hat trade. No other Cleveland ijrzn affected. Ohio Mills Resuming. Cleveland, 0., Jan. s.—The extensive iron works of Brown, Bonuell & Cos., at Youngstown, which have been idle for some time, will resume in all departments tomorrow. The receiver of the corporation to-day made his annual settlement, and says the men will be paid in full up to Jan. L Five departments of the Cleveland rolling-mill, closed three weeks ago, started to-day, and the entire works are running a single turn. The operators think the works will run through the winter.

Assignment of an Exposition Company. Pittsburg, Jan. 5.—A deed of involuntary assignment was filed with the recorder to-day, by the Pittsburg Exposition Society, by which they assigu to L. IL Matthews, for benefit of creditors. The assets and liabilities are not stated. This was done pursuant to a meeting of directors held two weeks ago. Closed by the Sheriff. Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. s.—Executionsaggregating over SII,OOO were issued this morning to the sheriff against Morris H. Danziger, dealer in fancy goods and notions, and the establishment is now in the hands of that officer. Danziger’s assets are estimated at $50,000, and his liabilities at about $35,000. Dull Times with a Railway. Pittsburg, Jan. s. —Light freight traffic has compelled a reduction in the freight force on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad. An order has been issued to discharge six crews. At present twenty-four crews are running on the road. The men will be taken back as soou as bu&iness improves. Knitting-Mills Resume. Trot, N. -Y., Jan. s. —Many knitting-mills about here resumed to-day. The knitters admit little encouragement in the prospect and much discouragement in the price of goods, but the help are taken into consideration, and for this reason many mills were put in operation to-day. Charged with Raising Postal Notes. Cincinnati, Jan. 5.—0. F. Henderson, repre sen ting himself as traveling for Gates & Cos., of Lowell, Mass., was bound over to the United States grand jury, to-day, by Commissioner Probasco, to answer the charge of presenting raised postal notes. He was arrested at Piqua, 0., and identified by two or three persons as the man who received payment on raised postal notes. Henderson denies that he was at the postoffices where the notes were presented. ■ ----- Stop coughing at once by the immediate use of Dr. Lull's Cough Syrup; 25 cents * battle. f

THE EYARTS-FOLGER LETTER. Mr. Eyarts Ready to Hare His Letter to Secretary Folger Made Pnbiic. New York Times, Jan. 5. The continued flow of stories from Washington in regard to correspondence that passed between Secretary Folger and the Hon. William M. Evarts during the gubernatorial campaign of 1882 disturbs no one less than it does Mr. Evarts. “We did exchange letters at that time,” Mr. Evarts said yesterday. “Mr. Folger, as my friend, wrote to me, and, as his Mend, I replied to him. I don’t often write letters, and am not as careful as I should be about keeping them, but I have found his letter and a copy of my reply to it The reply is quite long, but it will be found, I think, whenever the public get a chauoe to examine it, to have been pretty sound doctrine,” Mr. Evarts went on smilingly: “Now, if the act of making a friendly and honest reply, which subsequent events justified, to a private letter from a friend, for his personal inspection, furnishes an argument for the election of Mr. Morton as senator, perhaps I had better quit writing to any one. Would it have been right or polite for roe to ignore my friend’s letter? “It has been said, I see, that the existence of such .a letter shows that I was indisposed to speak at that time, because I was one of the disgruntled faction. It will be news to such as may have cared to follow or to look up what I have done in politics to hear that I ever sided with any faction; that I ever made a public speech, expecting that certain leaders would do this or that for me. Whenever I have made a speech I have had only in view that I might help the Republican party in a certain definite, specific way. I have made no speeches when I had nothing to say, or when I thought the party could not be helped. “In regal’d to Mr. Folger, I declared myself for him within three days after the nomination, and I never ceased to be for him. He had been my friend for years. I wished he might be elected Governor, for he would have filled the office well. T presume that very few persons, as the campaign advanced, expected his election. On the coni-ary, those who were his friends looked for his defeat from 40,000 to 60,000 votes, some putting th estimates as high as 100,000. He may Lave been hopeful to the last, but not on correct advices. Yet the fight was not on him. It was on a vindication of the campaign managers. John F. Smyth, if I remember, was more of an issue than Mr. Folger. From the day of the nomination, with its attendant charges of fraud, the fight was on the management. I notice that George William Curtis charges Mr. Blaine with having abetted the defeat of Mr. Folger. Was not Mr. Curtis one of those Republicans who exerted themselves to make Mr. Cleveland Governor? “In giving my opinion of the situation to Mr. Folger I did it as his friend. I didn’t take his letter and go around telling what it said or what I had replied; nor otherwise did I herald my opinions of what he had asked me. To him I stated the truth, as it seemed to me, for which he had asked. If I wrote to him freely it wae for his eyes that I wrote. It did not offend him, for our pleasant relations continued while he lived. Vi> ere he yet alive I do not believe he would try to injure me now for having given an honest answer to his friendly inquiry of me. Nor does his death relieve me, unless it may be necessary for my protection, of my original responsibilities in regard to our private and personal intercourse.

‘‘l assume, of course, that these stories of the purport of the letters have been given out to injure me. There is no othor explanation of their motive. Well, my opinion of the situation at the time the letters were written was confirmed by the election. I believe I might as Well have talked against a snow-storm, hoping to stop it, as to have mado a campaign speech at that time with the idea of ite helping Mr. Folger. “Sol have this to say: In reply to a letter from my friend, I wrote him a private letter explaining the situation as I viewed it. If the letter was what report has ascribed to it, I can expect only that those who are responsible for these rumors wall produce it, that people who care to read it may judge of it for themselves. As I didn't give notice in it of my intention to put it in print, I don’t feel called upon to make su&h use of it now; but if there is any disposition on the part of Mr. Folger’s relatives or representatives to give out the letter I have no objection.”

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Robert Maxwell, an express messenger on the Ohio Southern railroad, was shot last night, by William Johnson, colored, with whom he had a quarrel. While a number of workmen were engaged upon a sower excavating, in Kansas City, yesterday, a dynamite cartridge was accidentally exploded. shaking houses and breaking window panes in the vicinity. One man. Edward Stanton, received painful injuries. John C. Francis, of Augusta. Ga., committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. He was a great sufferer from neuralgia, and took morphine freely to deaden the pain. He is supposed to have been temporarily insane. Aftercutting his throat he said the pain drove him desperate,, and he could bear it no longer. Francos was a well known and respected citizen. Democratic Dominations at Albany. Albany, Jan. s.—Lieutenant-governor Hill will call the Senate to order to-morrow, and, after prayer, recess will be taken until the Assembly organizes. On the reassembling of the Senate a message from Governor Cleveland announcing his resignation, will be read, and a message from the incoming Governor, Mr. Hill, will follow, dealing with affairs of state. Governor Cleveland to-day filed several parddons, among them that of Mary Hoey, connected with the Mandel-Baum, New Yerk, “fence.” The Democratic caucus to-night chose assemblyman Peter McCann as chairman, and Wm. C. Ely was honored with the nomination for Speaker of the Assembly. A Short Little Street-Car Strike. St. Louis, Jan. s.—The drivers ontheßelle-fontaine-street car-line, which runs to the northwestern part of the city, held a meeting after midnight last night, and l-esolved to strike against a proposed reduction of twenty-five cents per day in their wages. They had been getting $1.85 per day, and President Chapman proposed to reduce this to sl. GO for week days and $1.40 for Sundays. The men all quit work this morning, and no cars were run until after 9 o’clock, when the management offered a compromise on a reduction of ten cents per day, which the men accepted and returned to work, thus ending the strike. Steamship News. Glasgow, Jan. s.—Arrived: State of Georgia, from New York. New York, Jan. s.—Arrived—England, Holland, from London; Wieland, from Hamburg. Qubkntown, Jan. s.—Arrived: City of Chicago, from New York; Cepbalonia, from Boston. Plymouth, Jan. s.—Arrived: Gellert, from New York, m ■ ■ I"'.' I, ■— Moral Suasion and a License Law. Kbokuk, Jan. s.—The city Council adopted a resolution to night declaring the prohibitory law a failure. The resolution asserts that moral suasion, with a rigid license law, is the only remedy. The city clerk was instructed to forward the resolution to Governor Sherman, asking that a special session of the Legislature be called for the pose of repealing the prohibitory law. __ Stocks of Goods Damaged. New York, Jan. s.—Fire this morning in Einstein, Hirsch & Co.’s, importers ot lace and embroideries, damaged their stock SB,-000. Converse, Stanton & Davis, woolen comoiission merchants, occupied a portion of the building. Their loss is The building was damaged $10,000; all fully insured. Death of the Oldest Knghtee*. Charleston, 8. C , Jan. s.—Johns D. Ps&seb. who died Sunday, aged seventy-eight, was the first railroad engineer in the United States, and

in 1830 drove the “Best Friend,” the first locomotive built in this country, on the South Carolina railway, then the longest railroad in the world. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. War Department, ) Optic* ot the Chief Signal Offices, > Washington, Jan. 6,1885, > For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee —Cloudy, rainy weather, followed in Tennessee by fair weather, winds shifting to westerly in western portion, and to southerly in eastern portion, generally warmer weather; barometer will fall, except in southwestern portion, where it will rise. For the Lower Lake Region—Wanner, rainy weather, southeasterly winds shifting to south; erly, falling barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Warmer, rainy weather, variable winds, generally shifting to westerly, followed in northwest portion by slight fall in temperature, falling barometer, followed in southern portions by decided rise. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Rainy weather, followed in southern portions by fair weather, variable winds, northerly in northern portion, westerly in southern, rising followed by slight fall in temperature, .rising barometer in south portion, rising followed by falling barometer in north. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan. 5. Time. Bar. Ther Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6a. M 30.1134.7 87 S Cloudy 10 a. M 30.06 39.0 79 SE Cloudy 2P. M 29.92 40.3 86 SE Lt. rain. * 6P. M 29.77 40.2 94 SE Lt. rain 10 p. M 29.61 43.0 96 SE Hy. rain. .20 Maximum temperature, 44.6; mit mum temperature. 31.0. too light to measure.

General Observations. War Department, I Washington, Jan. 5, 10:00 p. m. j Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. 5 * g; ®§• % 13 ?• I STATIONS. | | \ tZ ? • ST • • • • ® • • “ I Ip • • • • OD • • # • • cw • Bismarck, Dak 20.98 18 Calm ! Clear. Cairo. 11l 29.52 52 S 1.23 Lt. Rain. Chattanooga, Tenn. ! Chicago, 111 29.59 40 E .38 Lt. Rain. Cincinnati, 0 29.72 41 SE .45,HyRain Columbus, O . I Davenport, la 29.45 40 E .18!Lt,Rain. Dead wood, Dak 30.19 28 NW .21 (Clear. Denver, Col 30.26 32 W Clear. Des Moines, la 29.47 35 NE .19 Lt. rain. Dodge Citv, Kan.... 29.89 29 NW .11 Clear. Ft. Aesiniboine, Mta 30.08 33 SW Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. 30.01 20 NW Clear. Fort Custer, Mont.. 30.18 28 W Clear. Fort Elliot, Tex.... 29.96 35 NW .14 Clear. Fort Gibson, Ind. T Fort Sill, Ind. T Galveston. Tex 29.86 53 SW Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... 30.62 43 SE .20 Hyßain, Indianola, Tex Lt. Rain. Keokuk, la 29.39 36 E .21 LaCrosse, Wis 29.58 32 N .01 Sleet. Leavenworth, Kan.. 29.52 38 NW .21 Lt. Rain. Little Rock. Ark 29.66 48 SW .08 Cloudy. Louisville, Ky 29.67 44 NE .75 Hyßain. Memphis, Tenn 29.62 50 W .99 Cloudy, Moorehead, Minn 29.84 12 NW Clear. Nashville, Tenn 29.70 50 SE .92 Lt. Rain. North Platte, Neb.. 29.91 30 NW Lt. Rain. Omaha, Neb 29.62 28 N .08 Lt. snow Pittsburg, Pa 29.85 41 E .16 Lt. Rain. San Antonio. Tex Shreveport, La..... 29.76 45 S Clear. Springfield, 111 29.44 40 SE .59 Lt. Rain. St. Louis, Mo 29.44 40 SE .24 Hyßain. Stockton, Tex 30.10 42 NW Clear. St. Paul. Minn 29.68 33 NE .14 Lt. snow Vicksburg, Mi55....,29.81 56 S .87,Fair. Yankton, Dak 29.73 34 N .lliCloudv. New Orleans. La.... 29.86 58 SW .10,Th storm Las Animas, C 01.... 30.03 28 NW Clear. Fort Smith. Ark.... 29.65 40 SE .64;Lt.Rain, Salt Lake City.U. T. 29.39 27 NE CW. El Paso, Tex 30.17 43 W ....Clear,

THE CITY IN BRIEF. George H. Thomas Post G. A. R. Will install its newly-elected officers this evening. The officers of the Federal Court have gone to New Albany, where several cases will be tried this week. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Tom Oddy and Lizzie Jarvis, John L. Masters and Mary Alice Augustien. James A. Buchanan, late of this city, purchased a Polled Angus bull of the Blooded Stock Company, and to-day took him to Illinois. The vnnual meeting of the trustees and board of managers of the Home for Friendless will be held in romra No. 10, Fletcher & Sharae's building, on Jan. 15. Sarah A. Tevis, who was married to Thomas Tevis in Decatur county, 1889, now wants a divorce from him for the alleged reason that he treats her cruelly and inhumanly. Lafayette Allgaeier was arrested yesterday for stealing a watch from his mother. He gave as an excuse for the theft that a short time ago his mother had taken a watch from him. Haugh, Ketcham & Cos., of this city, have been awarded the cotnract for iron beams and columns of Pensacola court-house, and for iron roof for the custom-house and postoffice at Toledo, O. H. B. Sherman, of the Denison, is “all broke up” over the loss of two thoroughbred St. Bernard puppies, which disappeared from his place yesterday. Anyone returning those dogs can have the hotel. Injustice Smock’s court Berry Randall has been placed under SSOO bond on a charge of bastardy preferred by Mary J. Ulery, and similar proceedings instituted against William Clarke by Emma May Palmerton, are on trial. Bertha R Fishinger has applied for a divorce from Joseph H. Fishinger, to whom she was married in July, 1883, alleging failure to provide, habitual drunkenness, and that the defendant has been convicted of the crime of grand larceny. John A. Harter has begun suit against the Covert Fire-ladder and Stand-pipe Company for $15,000 damages. He claims that he was given 100 shares of stock for organizing the company, and that afterwards a reorganization was effected and he was left out in the cold. He asks that either the old company bo restored or he be reimbursed for his stock. Henry Murphv, a farmer living near Glenn’s Valley, reported to the police yesterday that during Sunday night, while he was attending religious services with his family, his house was broken open, and several hundred dollars were stolen from inside a clock where he had secreted it. As the hands of the clock had stopped at 8:30, it is supposed that the robbery was committed about that time. Death of a Well-Known Character. John Mcßride, formerly a well-known character. died on Sunday night in the city jail at Michigan City, in a fit of delirium tremens. McBride was at one time a saloon-keeper here, and was for a while quite prosperous, but he drank more whisky than he sold, and eventually became a helpless gutter drunkard, and his peculiarities made him one of the best-known characters of the town among people whoso business kept them out at night. Frank Ryan, the hat dealer, took an interest in Mcßride, who was really a very bright fellow, gave him a position and restored it to him time and time again, but be could not, or would not, let whisky alone, and finally, on a drunken spree, stale several articles and pawned them for drinks. For this he was sent to the penitentiary for two years. On Wednesday last his term expired, and he celebrated the event by going on a grand spree, with the result above stated. Mrs. Gresham Til. A Washington special of yesterday says: “A private letter was received from Judge Gresham, addressed to an official of the Postoffice Department, announcing the fast that Mr& Gresham is quite ilk”

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pBTMGHJ It Lcadsjo Death fit BOSTON COUGH BALM . f Positively Cures Jr BRONCHITIS ft And the worst V I 1 TS. COUGHS, | leadmil /Tv. f r ing to Consnmpf I \./ / jfrfyt tion, audit is so ' 1 / safe that double doses will not hurt a little ehild SOLD EVERY* WHERE ON GUARANTEE. WHITE’S NEURALGIA CURE Gives Quick Relief, and Effects a Permanent Cure of that most painful disease. tSTTry it, and Suffer no more. Price: Small Bottles. 25 cts. Large Bottles. 50 eta For sale by all Druggists. E. B, WHITE, Sole Prop., Lancaster. 0. t COLLARS CUFFS ■k pjlT BEAKfNQ THIS MASK o/*Fk arb the Fv FINEST goods UL EVER MADE, eeiNo All Ltnen, both m ■ o- Linings and Exteriors. Aak fbr them. - | _ II . rOB SAL* OB BENT. I COAL OIL ff^ENGINES In operation at 31 West Maryland, Driven Well Store—l and 2-horse power. Safer than coal oil lamps. R. R. ROUSE, State Agent. Administratrix’s Sale of Ed Estate. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of a decree of the Marion Circuit Court, on THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1885, At ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, at the law office of Baker, Hord & Hendricks, No. 23 South Pennsylvania street, in Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, the undersigned, as administratrix of the estate of William H. Morrison, late of said county of Marion, deceased, will sell at private sale, to make asset* to pay the debts of said estate, and for not less than tho appraised value thereof, the following described real estate, in Marion county and State of Indiana, to-wit: Lot number twelve (12), in square number sixtyfive (65), in the city of Indianapolis, the interest to be sold is the absolute title, including both the internet of said estate and the widow’s interest, and to be sold as free of incumbrance. The lot is situated at the northeast corner of Meridian and Maryland streets, and has upon it a substantial four-story brick building running from Meridian street east to the alley at the east end of the lot- Tiie building contains two large business rooms, one occupying the north half and the other the sonth half of the lot. The property can be sold as a whole or in two parcel?, each of the north and south halves constituting one parcel. The terms of sale are, in case of sale of the whole lot to one purchaser, not less than ten thousand (10.000) dollars cash, and, in case of sale in parcels, not less than five thousand (5,000) dollars cash, in in either case the residue to be paid in installments, the last maturing not later than eighteen (18) months from day of sale, the deferred payments to be evidenced by the purchasers’notes, bearing six (6) per cent, interest from date, and attorneys’ foes, and waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws, the deferred payments to be secured by mortgage upon the property purchased. If the property, or any part of it, is not sold on the day named, it will be for sale at the same place on the same terms, continuously from day to day till sold. An abstract of the title may be seen at the office of Baker, Hord & Hendricks at any time. Persons desiring to purchase all or any part of the property, or desiring further particulars, should call upon or address the attorneys above named. MARY MORRIBON, Administratrix.

ADMINISTRATOR S PUBUO SALE. Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 20th day of January, 18§5,1 will sell at public sale on the farm of James Nelson Huntington, late of Marioa county, Indiana, one mile south of Cumberland, in Warren township, in said county, a general assortment of farming tools and machinery, including horses, oolte, milch cows, harness, wagons, a carriage, plows, harrows, cider mill, mower, anew reaper and binder combined, and many other articles usually found on a farm. Terms of Sale—All sums nnder $5, cash in hardj on all sums over $5 a credit of nine months will be ?jven, the purchaser to give his note in the usual orm, waiving relief from valuation laws, bearing ft per cent, interest after maturity, and with sufficient sureties. BPENCEK HUNTINGTON, Administrator of James N. Huntington, deceased, Cumberland, Ind.