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( believe his nervous sensibilities are dead. Mr. Cleveland sleeps well, I have no doubt He would drop asleep Anywhere, on a moment's provocation. He makes me think of a man,who, were he to sit down to wait for someone or something for five minutes, would deliberately take out his watch, and say to himself, ‘I oan sleep here four minutes,' and fall into slumber for that length of time. I don’t mean that he Is stupid, but he Is especially constituted to withstand this strain of the office seekers.* KxecutHe Sowions To Be Abolished. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 25.—A dozen senators have this week expressed the belief that executive sessions will be done away with, abolished, within a short time, as relics of barbarism and the dark ages. In times of peace tliey cannot see any reason why laws should be made and proclamations issued in secret session. The people want to know why these things are promulgated and how they are brought about. The idea of considering commercial treaties behind closed doors is generally regarded as ridiculous. Why Brown Is Indispensable. WNahiugUa Letter. A gentleman who is very familiar with the fctato Department said tho other day to me; “You seem to share the general outside prejudice against Mr. Brown, the chief clerk of the department. Now, in order to show that yon really have nothing personal in it, I wish you would give Hie other side.” So here it is. This gentleman said: “The secret of Browns retention in the State Department under various administrations rests upon the fact that he is the best business man in it. It is true that he Is insolent to the general public, and at times acts very snobbishly when he is out of the Bnt all this is trifling in oomftatvr u with hts real merits as an official. Now 3 know as a matter of fact that when Blaine went into the State Department he had an enormous prejudice against Brown. He re-; solved to remove him within the first week, but he *ound Brown practically indispensable. Whxt j true of Blainb has proved true of ether ; secret . it-s. There is no system in the departmeat fur as papers are concerned. Bnt let any Secretary call for any paper, no matter of what period. Brown can lay his hands on it instantly. He never forgets anything. He is sieve c absent from his post. Whenever the Secretary touches the bell for his chief clerk he appears at the instant as if shot out of the floor, ready and alert to furnish in the least .possible time and in the clearest possible way the in fey mutton desired. He is unpopular in the department because he is a driver. Be ; olds the clerks rigidly up to their work and Maintains a severe discipline throughout the 'partment.” This is an inside view of the offioe te of one of the most unpopular officials in Washington. The Literary Hoonier and His Book. Washington Special. There is a literary fellow among the Hoosiero here who expressed an intention last fall to write n campaign manual in reply to George H. Bout'Wrifs book, ‘"Why I am a Republican.”’ The Hoosii r was going to call his production, “Why lam a Democrat.” The work did not appear. One of the Kentuckians mot the Hoosier tonight at the Willard bar. “Major,” he said, “what ever became of your book, ‘Wliv I am a Democrat?’ * 1 "Oh, I’m going to finish that book yet. Colonel; j but IVe changed the title. It is ‘Why am Ia Democrat?’ I’ll tell you frankly I give up the •onundrum myself.* Just then a Hendricks Hoosier dropped in, and i the Kentuckian and the first Hoosier, who is a McDonald man, began to chaff him over the fact that Cpngressman Bynum bad defeated ‘the Vtoe president in the Indianapolis pestofficc fight.' “Well, you can’t say anything,” said the Hendricks Booster to his Indiana brother. "I notice (that Uncle Joe’s haversack when he left here didn’t contain more than enough rations to last him back to Indianapolis.” “But Uncle Joe has an offer of something ut ion fit," said the other. “Ob, ye?,” replied the Hendricks man. “Glove-: land invited him up to the White House, and asked him whether he would rather have the Russian mission or a dinner, and he took the diauer.” Mr. Joslyn’6 Successor. Wftnhltigten Special. Henry L. M. Muldrow, of Mississippi, <wim succeeds Mr. Joslyn as Assistant Secretary of the Interior, is a lifelong -friend of Secretary Lamar. He is rather conspicious in Missis*ippi politics, was a colonel in the confederate army, and .served four consecutive terms in Oougrees. He is small in stature, and the expression of his face is rather boyish. He wears his hair long, after the conventional Southern style. His manners are quiet and unassuming. He was offered the place on Sunday last, after it became nown that Mr. Clark, who was nominated to he same position a fortnight ago, would not reaver from hi* brief but fatal illness. Mr. iuldrow has the refutation of being an excel - tit lawyer. He belongs to the tariff-reform tvooi of politic & ' General and Personal. 90*cU1 to thr# Indianapolis Jmo \ Washington, March 25.—Ex-Repreaentabiwe Stockslnger has given up his search for office and. left Washington for his home to-night He is considerably disgusted with the way things are being conducted here now. John B. Stoll returned here to-day from Philadelphia, end said he whs much surprised to doom that his public pidufcer&hip stock had faJSen so heavily. James M. Harrison, clerk of the court <f Whitley county, and Thomas R. Marshall, of Columbia City, arc here. It is said Marshall ib looking around for a position, but doesn’t know what to apply for. He ia indorsed by Representative Lowry and others;. When the nomination* were received at the •Senate this afternoon Bayless Hanna rushed in to see them, and, discovering that his aarao was ttyt among uttered a deep grunt and left the Capitol in a cold perspiration and with a long ■face. U. W. Thompson, H. F. Thompson and wife, ami T. D. Page and wife, of Indiana, are at the iiiggH Hon John G. Thompson, of Columbus, 0., who wart thrown into a critical condition last night by a hemorrhage in the head, and whose life was despaired of for a while, is beyond danger now, and may be oat within a few days. Norman J. Coleman, proprietor of Coleman’s Rural World, of Sk Louis, has arrived here. It is said he will be appointed Commissioner of Agriculture. Tha Commissioner of Pension* ha* issued an order directing that for the present, and until the mass of business before the lxmrd of review is die posed of, members of that division of the Penmen Office shall begin work at&JO a. and finish at 5 r. m. . Yhe minister from Japan has written a letter *o Berretary Bayard, expressing the warmest hanks of hi* government to Ltteius 0. Foote, foiled States Minister to Corea, for protecting * party of Japanese subjects during the recent Ist urbane es at Scoril. First Comptroller of tho Treasury Durham, HSURteJ the duties of his office to-d:iy. As to the Miserabhis. If you want to be miserable, get your stomach and digestive organs in bad condition, and let them stay so. Get your liver out of order, and be biikm* and sallow. But if you want to banish the miserable*, take Brown’s Irun Bitters, tor that will tone up your digestive apparatus, carted your liver and enrich your blood, and make you bright and hearty, Ths Rev. W. B. smith, of Grafton, Mass., say*, “I derived ttrogt benefit from using Brown’s Iron Bitters /w a low state of the blood.” * v

INDIANA A*>-53, ISNEWS ■* • ' ’ Little Brothers One Is Fatally Shot with Pistol. — A Practtesl Joke finds in A** tenth of One of the Jokers—A Figrh*' *he Death Between Two Farmers—Gleanings. INDIANA. A Boy Fatally Shot and a Man Killed—Sad Case* of Misuse of Firearms. Special to tbo Indianapolis Journal. Huncx*. March 95. Raton and New Corner, two email villages in the northern part of this county, are to-day in a state of great excitement over the bloody work done by two pistols, one at either place. At New Corner, Mr. W. W. Brown, a well to-do gentleman, resides. He has two sons named Richard and Sylvice, aged eleven and seven respectively. They were yesterday afternoon in an old ice-house playing “show,” and had secured their father’s revolver, a thirty-two-caliber self-cocking bulldog, and with this Richard, the elder, was impersonating the character of a brigand. They thought they had removed the cartridges from the pistol, but it seems that one had escaped their notice, and as he was snapping the ugly weapon, pointed towards his younger brother, that cartridge was exploded, and the little fellow fell to the ground, the blood gushing from the wound. The ball entered his oya, ranged downward and lodged in the bones of the face, bat several attempts at probing failed to find its exact location. Tha hoy was alive at ID o'clock this morning, but it is thought be cannot possibly recover. The older boy and has parents are almost wild with grief. At Raton the result has already proved fatal, and the affair is still more heart-rending, if possilde, than the New Corner case. At a late hour, lost night, CHnqy Scott end William Haynes went to the heme of the former’s brother, Mr. Bishop Scott, far the purpose of playing a joke na him. They had previously laid their plana to go to his hen-roast and. in fun, play the rote es chickan-thioves to get Bishop Scott 1© run after them. But the last-named gentleman had in some way become informed of their mischievous designs, and sought to turn the joke ou them by giving them a scare. He accordingly loaded au eld horse pistol with shot, and -secreted himself in .a hqy-tnow neinr where the boys must oome. He intended to discharge this weapon about tho time they entered the chieken-heoae, and then see them run. In course of time the boys came, And as they wens prowling about the chicken-coop, from his hiding place Bishop Attempted to discharge his weapon in tho air; but it snapped, •and Me, thinking it Bad failed to fire, lowered it, but when be tad dropped hi a hand <vha Se&A was disefcarped and took effect an the 'back -of young finyma’a Asad, inflicting a fatal wound, from the effect of which he deed et fi o’clock this 'morning, after much suffering. .Scott, what he bod Acme, became frantic with grief, hut did net so fair force* himself but that he assisted tin kindly oaring for .his 'victim. Hawns arrested this anerningand da now in the county jail here. While fed* oaTdlaßanefis sis >enverefly ©ensured by residents es that iooodity, it is not curobted Halt tha awful result was an accident. - A Fight to the Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kvanbvill*. In A., March 25.—A terrible double tragedy-took place this afternoon in the “barrens,* twenty-six miles from here. ChristumPleischmau and Goltleib Scharadiel, were neighbors in the old country, and cousins. Flftischnran having proved untrue to the friendship and debauched bis cousin's wife, SdharqdM and wife came to this country three years ago. Coming Wedt. they settled on a farm in the “barrens. *” ißy nringtriar eohmidence, Fleisch■man came to the same vicinity and rented a 'farm. At various time* the bitter enmity of the two men ban cropped out bnt never led %* anything serious. Te-day Mth were in Stewartsville, having farm ’implements sharpened, and the old trouble came up. Friends averted tin encotiritor At the time, and about 2i\ m. Sdharndlel started home. His harness became broken, and while .repairing it, Fleischman came up and remarked, tauntingly, ‘TTviu’d better buy new harness.'” Scharndiel retorted sharply, and, rushing at Fbeisckman with a large pruningkoife, out a deep gash in his check. Fieisehmaa -grabbed u ptow-epoint, and brought it down with crushing force upon Ids assailant's head, the weapon crushing through the skull. The wounded man grappled with his assailant, and fell, Scharndiel undermost. While in this .position he vised a knife vigorously, litorally cutting his enemy te pieces. About 1> o'clock a neighbor earn* along and found Fleisohtnan lying dead in . the road, nd Sohamdofl near him,* with his skull crushed and hts brains oozing out,. He was yet in a semiconscious condition. Both the bodies were taken to a farm-house, a half mile away, wliere .Scharndiel lingered long enough to tell his story, and then died. Mrs. Scharndiel is in a delicate condition, and the news has not been told her yet, her friends fearing fatal consequences. Both men were in a prosperous condition. Scharndiel was a quiet man, but unrelenting in his enmity. Fleischman was somewhat of a boaster, and, it is said, he delighted to boa&t of his influence ever the wife of his betrayed friend.

Greencastle'ft New Postmaster* ftpaoisl to the Indianapolis Journal. Gbxuwcastub. March 25.—Willis G. Neff was notified to night of his appointment as postmaster of this town. The appoinment has been daily expected, as the present incumbent had resigned just before the inauguration of Cleveland, and Neff had been the successful applicant in postoftke election held ft few weeks ago. Mr. Langsdale assigned as a reason for his resignation that, having been a soldier and a Republican, he could not become a subordinate of the Democratic party. Mr. Lanesdale was appointed postmaster Aug. 4, 1874, by General Grant, and wan reappointed by Hayes and! Arthur. He still had two years to serve, bat resigned for the reason mentioned above. His ad on uiat ration has been eminently successful. Mr. Neff has represented Putnam county four times in the Btato legislature, and was formerly a law pertner of Senator Voorhees. He ie well qualified to enter upon his new official duties, and does so with thebest wishes of all his fellow townsmon. _ A Singular Damage Suit. (Jerrtsl la the Imlraaaaoti* Jvarr.al. ViM'KNNRfI, Marsh 25.—Robert Barrett, one of the proprietors of the steamer Experiment, has sued the Evansville 6 * Terre Haute railroad for SIIXOOO damage*. The K*penmen t h:i been engaged to moving corn from the White river bottoms to the most marketable points, and, for a Uf time, the riverJtea been too high to aftow

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tho boat to pass under the railroad bridge at Hazelton, and too low to admit the vessel running on the side where the draw is situated, and the owners of the Experiment therefore claim that they have been materially damaged by tho rdilroad, and a suit has been entered for the above amount The railroad company was called upon to adjust the matter, but refused to listen to the oomplaint A Cripple Burned to Death. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Ghkexsbuwj. March 25.—At Enochsburg, twelve miles east of here, on the Franklin county line, a distressing accident occurred to day. Dr. Johnson, of that village, had a son twoatytwo years old who has always been a cripple, and could not move from the chair in which he was placed. He occupied a small room a few feet distant from the main building. This room, which was healed by a stove, was discovered to be on fire, and before assistance came was almost enveloped in flames, its unfortunate occu pout burning to death. Young Woman Fatally Burned* Special te the Indian*do!la Journal. Ev.ANsvn.Lß. March 25.—While Miss Sailie Harp, residing at Griffin, Indiana, was preparing for retiring, last night, her clothing caught fire, .and jumping into bad she attempted to smother the flames, but without eueoess. She then ran to tbs nearest neighbor, who stripped the remnants of the burning clothes from her. Her arms, face aud back are badly burned, and no hopes are entertained of her recovery. An Investigation Ordered. Jnc'lge Vinton, at Lafayette, has ordered the following put on has court record: Whereas, Direct and special eharrefl of corruption and bribery in office hare recently been made in a newspaper iu thia city against Walter C. Powell, prosecuting attorney -of this court, the court does now appoint B. P. Do Hart as apeeiri prosecuting attorney to do all things in the court and before the grand jury which he deems to a full and fair investiratio* of the matters herein referred to, and to briuir all parsons indicted, if any, to speedy final trial. The charges referred to related to a publication in the Courier, wherein tho paper alleged that Prosecutor Powell had combined with satoon mem to protect them from prosecution far one year. Powell has been absent from the city three or four weeks. His coming is anxiously looked for. Miner Notes. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Applegate, fifty-four years old. of New Albany, was found dead in her bed on Tuesday morning. Heart •disease. Jacob Kleeepies, about to be shot by Sol ftfewrert, a Jefftersenviitle sport, took the revolver away from iiis asoailant and shot him through the hand. A bridge carpenter, named Sims, was seriously hurt at Transitville, last evening, being crushed between a ear and a -coal-ten. He is a resident of Attica. This .paper was in error in saying that the ooutuact for building the new Methodist Episcopal Church at Kuightstown had been let. Bids will be received until April b. Walter Dean, <©f Indianapolis, a skater, made two miles in b minutes, seconds, Just evening, at Lafayebte. This is the best amateur time in a two-hundred lap rink ever made in the West At a meeting of Officers of the Second Regiment, uniformed rank, K. of P., hold lest night, at Fort Wayne, it was resolved to hold the next Annual encampment at Indianapolis, beginning June H, and lasting three days. A fashionable wedding was celebrated at the Hebrew Temple, Fort Wayne, last evening., The cotfctracling /parties were Leopold Leoser, of Ligonder, and Miss Carrie Weil, of Fort Wayne. A (brilliant reception followed at Standard Hall. Ebenezer Rodgers died at Maduon yesterday. He -was a Mason and Odd-fellow, and for many •years>city marshal. He was at one tipie sheriff ■of Jefferson county, and whs widely known and respected. He leaves a widow and three married ■children. The Northern Indiana Photographic Association was organized in Fort Wayne. liqAevening. a*id -adopted a constitution and bjr-la* for mu tual benefit and A resolution was adopted favoring the dkeontinuance of Sunday 'work, as a violation of the usages of good society. M. L. Jones, of Fort Wayne, waß made corresponding secretary. A colony of one 'hundred -emigrants left Sullivan yesterday, Jor Gordon, Ntte, tho point at which the former.Snllivnn county colonist* located a year ago. The location is in the Antelope valley, near the northwest corner of the State, one'hundred-miles from a railroad, though a grade forgone bas been made and a road is promised in a short time. They are in tho track of the Black Hills route. David Keley, a negro tnan, aged fifty-two years, who resides in CJIbtU county, was severely injured at Boston, on the Air-tine, Monday evening. He attempted to get on a -moving freight train at Boston to go te New Albany, when his feet slipped and he fell under the trucks. Half of the left foot wu*s cut off, the right big toe crushed and a piece of flesh was torn out of the right arm above the elbow. ’The eflitor -of the KWk'lin News wishes the Journal to stqy <to Iris anhseribere that, as all hook* were burned with tho office, they are desired to report their names, time of subscription arid amount paid, awd, to meet the emergency, (arrears and renewtds in cosh. Arrangements are already in progress to Improve the paper and enlarge the sphere of its usefulness, and new subscriptions are asked from its friends. Miss Susan Fnsseß, es Spiceland, is mentioned for trustee of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, at Kvrightstown. She fcnent the (dark days of the reto/llion in the army boepitals, tiurtritig the arick and wounded •soldiers. After 'the waT she raised and educated several eoldiers' orphans. For several j’ears she has been in charge of the Henrv Connty Ohllth , en’’s Home, which is the model institution of the kind in the State. She has given her time and means for the geod of humanity, and ie eminently qualified for the position. At -MedaryTiße, ftaoh Letterman, working in the brick-yawl of his brother ia-law, William Dolover, wh.lf. intoxicated, entered the residence of his employer and drove the women out of the house. Dolover coming home, ordered Letter®an out of the house. Letterman drew a knife, but before he cetdd use it Dolover struck him on the forehead, the force of the blow throwing him on the stove. He was dragged out in the yard, where be died before the physicians arrived. His neck was broken, either by the force of the blow or by the fall One day last week James Wilhite and Edna Vanover, of Seymour, were privately married at Broumstown. It now turns out that the young lady is not of ago, and that her parents were bitterly opposed to the match. As soon as her father, Andrew Vanover, heard of the marriage, Ise began investigating in what manner the license had been granted to Wilhite, as he had previously refused his assent to its issuance, and knew it could have been obtained only by fraudulent means. Henry England is wanted for perjury, swearing the girl to be of ago.

ILLINOIS. 'three Resident* of Quincy Drowned While on a Hunting Bxpedltien. Quinct, March 25.—John Shinn, Owen Riley and M. Longdecker crossed the river into Missouri, yesterday morning, to hunt. Last night their dog returned, and to-day their boat was found stranded below here. It is believed they have all been drowned. Only tire Republican* Vote. Spring viku>, March 25.—1n the joint assembly only the Republicans voted, although Haines answered the roll call. Sittig explained that hereafter be would, for a limited time, vote alternately for Logan and Washburn* and on the first ballot voted for Washburn*. Logan re ceived ninety-nine; on the second vote Logau received one hundred. McMillan not voting. firiaf Mention. There is great excitement at Decatur on the temperance question, and at night, while large

temperance meetings are held at the Tabernacle, the saloons are setting big, free lunches of oysters and turkeys. A city election is near at hand. The hog cholera prevail! in the neighborhood of Hillsboro. A Methodist revival at Streator in three weeks has made 300 professed converts. Augustus Henderson, of Honnepin, is missing; supposed to have been drowned. John F. Barkley, a wealthy resident of Owen county, aged seventy-one years, has died of heart disease. Ozias and Merritt Fletcher are on trial nt Wheaton for toe murder of Otto J. Hope, on June 1. The neerro Dawson, of Pulaski, the fiend who whipped bis step-son to death, has been captured at Doquoin. At Carrelton, Lewis Picket, fifty years old, committed suicide by poison on account of domestic troubles. The next annual meeting of the Southern Illinois Press Association will bo held at Carbondale April 25, 26 and 27. • At Vandalia, at an expense of SSO, a man has been convicted of gambling, the amount wagered being proved to have been but five oents. Herbert Te*ker, of Roekfoid, has been arrested, charged with setting on fire the barn of R. & Doolittle, at Harlem, which was destroyed with all is contents, including six valuable horses, five cattle, pigs, farm implements, and 1,300 bushels of oats, rye and corn. Loss, $3,500; no insurance. Near Utica, a man named Edward Dwyer, who lives at Ottawa, was found between the two tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, with one teg crushed an<l badly bruised, and cut about the head. Ha claims to have been assaulted and thrown out by the conductor while the train he was on was in full headway. THE WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, 1 Omo* of the Chief Biohal Officxs, > Washington, March 26, 1885. ) Per Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—Warmer, fair weather, followed by local rains, variable winds, generally southwesterly, falling barometer. For the Lower Lake Region—Warmer, partly cloudy weather, local rains or snows, westerly wind*, falling harometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Warmer, partly cloudy weather, local rains or snows, southwesterly winds, falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Fair, warmer weather, westerly winds in northern portion, oouthwesterly winds in southern portion, fulling barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Generally fair, warmer weather, northwesterly winds, falling barometer. Local Observations. Indianapolis, March 25. Time. Bar. Thor. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6A. 30.38 *25.3 83 NW Chmr7~ lOa. m.J30.35 35.3 63 8 Fair 2p. m.. 30.22 41.2 408 W Clear 6 p.m . 30.18 39.4 49 SW Clear. 10P.M-. 30.20 35.3 64 SW Clear Maximum temperature, 42.4; minimum temperature, 25.0. General Observation*. War Department, ? Washtngton. March 25. IOrOO P. M. 1 •Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. 9 *$ 33 ? % ' a ®s* ? 33 ?• g* g* §? STATIONS. | | j g ® ? *i ® ? S * • : 3 : ; g : New Orleans. La... 30.14 57 SE .28 Lt. rain. Vicksburg, Miss 30.23 48 NE .Ol Cloudy. Fort Hmith. Ark.... 30.23 46 SE jCloudy. Galveston, Tox '30.17 60 NE .19 Lt. rain. Little .Kook, Ark ... 30.23] 47 NE Cloudy. Shreveport, La— JjfW4 46 NE Lt. rain. ’Cincinnati, O W Clear. Indianapolis, tea 1 35kSW Jet.. Clear. Louisville, Ky 4rVj SW Clear. JShemphis, Tenn .... 30.24 48 E Cloudy. Nash villa, Teau.... 30.24 41 SW Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 30.14 33 S Cloudy. Chicago, 111 '29.OS' 38 S ....Cloudy. Cairo. IU 30.23 4 S Clear. Davenport, Ia 30.05 42 W [Clear. Ties Main os, Ia 30.05 41 W , Clear. Keokuk, la- 30.13 40 SW Clear. LaCrosse, VVis 29.95 35 W ..... Clear. Moorebead. Minn... 29.87 JI3 SE .... Cloudy. St. Louis, Mo 30.19 50 8 Clear. St. Paul, Miivn. .... 21).93 83 SW ..... Fair. Springfield. 11l 30.15 38 SW Clear. Leavenworth, Kan.. 30.14 42 S Clear. Omaha. Neb 30.04 43 SW Clear. Yankton. Dak 30.00 39 SW ; Clear. Bismarck, Dak 29.83 88 SE Cloudy. Flirt Buford, l>ak.. 29.85 41 W Cloudy. Ft. Assin.iboi.ue. Mta 30.08 50 NE .....Fair. Deadwooa, Dak ,‘Zse Fort Custer, Moot.. 30.04 45 SW Clear. Denver. Col 30.14 46 N Clear. Dodge City, Kan...' 30.18 34 S .... Clear. Frwt 'Elliott, Tex... 30.19 42 8 Cloudy. North Platte, Neb.. 30 08 38 SW Clear. Tias Animas, Col 30.08 43 NE .... Clear. FottSilL Ind. T. Fort Stockton, Tex. 30.18 52 E Clear. Paso, Tex 30.12 57 W Clear. West, F1a...../ jftftJtJlisvillo, Tex Salt Lake City, IT.T. 30.23 44 NIV Clear. Dul-ath. Min 29.94 26 NW Cloudy. ftkwreabvW. Tr.. 29.93 26 SW OlCloudy. Marquette. Mich... 29 94 25 NW ..... (.Hear. Milwaakfo. Wt 29.9'1 36 SW Cloudy. Oswego. N. 1T...... 30.13 35 S ..... Clear. Tole<lo, 0 30.14 16 SE Cloudy. Washington. D. C.. 30.23 31 Cklm ..... Clear. New York City 30.22 36 SE Clear. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. ’Squire Charles Larne, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Lincoln county, Missouri, committed suicide this morning, shooting himself through the head. Cause unknown. Theron Brown, colored, of Newark, N. J., cut his wife’s threat yesterday morning. He then blew his own brains out with a shotgun. The wife will recover. Jealousy was the cause. A1 Chapman, a sporting man well known in the South and West, committed suicide at Hot Springs, yesterday morning, by blowing his brains out. He was a confirmed opium eater. A telegram from Ex-mayor Otis, of Cleveland, 0., who was with Levi Kerr when the latter was drowned in the St. Johns river, Florida, says the body has been found, and will be sent north. Professor David Swing, formerly identified with the Alliance, and latterly with the Weekly Magazine, has withdrawn from the latter and become permanently connected with the Chicago Current in an editorial capacity.

Steamship New*. Nsw York, March 25.—Arrived: Wyoming, Bothnia, from Liverpool. London, March 25 Arrived: State of Indiana. Oregon, Pennland, Bohemia, from New York. The steamer City of Rome sailed from Liverpool to day for New York on her first voyage this season. She took about 700 passengers, the largest number embarked ou any trans-Atlantic steamer for several mouth*. The steamer Oregon, from New York, reports that on Sunday 6be passed the steamer Nessmore, from Baltimore, March 10, for Liverpool, with her engine disabled. She was proceeding slowly. Obituary. Utica, N. Y., Mai*ch 25. —General James McQuade died at his brother’s residence this morning, aged fifty-six. Louisville, Ky,, March 25.— Prof. Otto Scheuler. director of the Liederkranz singing society, ana a well known musician aad composer, died to-night, of blood-poisoning, caused by cutting a corn on bi* foot. Dissolution of tire Cracker-Bakers* Association. Currwb&o, March 25. —At a meeting of the Westera Cracker-bakers’Association, embracing 115 bakeries, distributed over the territory between Pitteburg and the Missouri river. New Orleans and St Paul, it was decided to dissolve that bsriy. Each bakery is now at liberty to make its own prices.

A GOOD DAY POE GRANT. The General Sleeps Well, and Takes a FireMile Drive in the Afternoon. N*w York, March 96. —Gensral Grant’s condition to day was one of improvement After a good night's rest he arose shortly after 7 o’clock and partook of liquid nourishment, which was continued at intervals throughout the day. About 3 o'clock ho went for a drive in Central Park in a close carriage. He was accompanied by Dr. Douglass. Late at night Dr. Douglass stated that the distinguished patient had remained up all day, retiring shortly after 10 o’clock. His general condition was excellent, it being his best day for a week. There were no wore* symptoms visible in the throat, and the drive of nearly five miles, being the longest yet taken, produced no visible signs of fatigue. The General’s Sufferings Described by a Companion-in' Aries. New York Special. One of the most frequent callers at General Grant’s is General Horace Porter. They were together in the war, and have been on terms of close and uninterrupted intimacy ever since. To-night General Porter saidi “X presume no man in this century has had the mental strain that was put on General Grant from 1861 to 1876. An important command developed npon him soon after the war begun, and he was always weighted with heavy military responsibilities. For four years he endured constant application in a climate to which he was unused, and which was highly malarious. After the war he was given no rest. He had to meet and overcome the difficulties attendant upon Johnson’s administration and the initial stages of reconstruction, and heaped upon that were eight exciting years of the presidency. Few men could have stood it. The effect of it on him did not appear, however, until his* physical sufferings began with his fall a year ago last December. Since then he has suffered terribly; no one knows how much, for he pever complains. “After that fall, when he injured his hip, pleurisy set in. It was a severe attack. Then he began to suffer from neuralgia with intense pains in the head. Asa means of relieving the neuralgia ho had several teeth drawu at one sitting. That exercise of his wonderful will in his then debilitated condition gave the system another shock, from which it could not rally. Then this terrible disease of the tongue appeared. It has been a steady drain upen him, reducing his flesh rapidly aifd weakening him beyond any former experience. But he has stood it all without a murmur, just as he has taken all the reverses and trials of his life. The thing from which he has suffered most of late has been insomnia. When I was with him ou Sunday I said it seemed strange that he should suffer from that, as he had always been a remarkably good sleeper. I reminded him that ou the field, no matter what the weather or how heavily charged he might be with responsibilities, sometimes with a battle on his hands for the next day, 1 have seen hint drop down in the mud and rain and be sound asleep in two minutes. He meant always to get eight hours’ sleep. He said it was a strange thing to him that he could not sleep, and that he regretted nothing so mueh. During my calls I have seen him more often in his sleeping-room than elsewhere. He usually sits in an easy-chair; another is rolled up to it, facing it On the second chair he stretenes his legs. As the neuralgia pains still trouble him, he wears a knit cap nearly all the time. When the pains are specially severe very hot cloths are applied to tho head. They oring relief quicker than anything else. “In talking he tries to speak without moving the tongue. This interferes with enunciation, but it saves him pain. He could enuuciate well enough if it were' not for his effort to keep the tongue motionless. Os course talking is tiresome. He tries to do a good deal of but is discouraged by the family and the physicians. The trouble on this account makes it impracticable for him to proceed with his book by dictation. I have seen him leave his chair and walk about on the second floor. He cannot waik without a cane. His crutches, hqwever, have not been brought into use again. “He has spoken to me, ns he has to others, about his great desire to finish his book. His work ©n tiie book, whenever lie can take it up, is performed with the assistance of his son, and sometimes another. He has voluminous notes and records which they have to look up for him. But his memory is often as good as his notes. I never knew so faithful nnd retentive a memory. He can fix his mind on a inarch, and describe just how the- lines were formed, and what corners he turned in proceeding from one point to another. Work on the book has proceeded as far as the ‘Crossing of the James in the Summer of 1664.’ It is the most important period of the war, and General Grant is naturally anxious to ■cover it, as he believes it should bo treated. No treatise on the war can possibly be so valuable a this, and, although his notes would enable another to complete the volume, he tools that no hand can do it as he can. “I have noticed the change in his appearance during these months of confinement. His face is much as it was, but he looks weak and his frame has lost its sturdy bearing. There has been no attempt by him or any of his family to i hide the physical change bv allowing the beard to grow long. The beard is kept closely trimmed and the hair short. In all his sickness ho has been careful, as he was in health, to avoid giving trouble to any one. His son and an attendant usually sleep in the room with hitn, but when be awakes at-Tight, wanting anything, he will rise and get it himself rather than disturb them. He stvys little about his condition, although I think he fully realizes its gravity. The action of the various legislatures, military organizations, church conferences and other bodies in their expressions of sympathy for him gave him great pleasure. I think that the goodwill of his countrymen thus uttered is his highest gratification. Although he has had trouble in nssimilatiag his light food nnd has suffered the usual mental and physical depression which follows the use of opiates—wnich have been discontinued on that account—and although he must endure terrible agony of which no one knows, I have not heard of bis uttering a syllable to indicate that it was becoming unendurable, or that he wished it was over. His enormous will power sustains him like a hero, as it ever did.”

Stubborn Contest Tor a Nomination. St. Locts, March 25.—Tho Democratic convention for nomination of a city ticket met at Mercantile Library Hall at 11:30 this morning, but did not complete its organization until about 3p. m. Since tlicn the convention has been balloting for a candidate for mayor, and at 10:30 to-night eighty ballots had been taken without result. The candidates in nomination are Edward A. Noonan, judge of the court of criminal correction; Charles C. Rainwater, a prominent merchant, ami Robert M. Parks, an old citizen 6ut of business. The ballots have varied but little since they commenced, and the prospect now is that the convention will sit most of the night. .lodge Noonan holds a slight lead, and Parks the balance of power. The contest is stubborn and persistent, with no signs of a break in the ranks of either candidate. Exposing; a Mediam. Kansas City, Mo., March 25.—J. Harvey Mott, a professed spiritualist and medium, who, during the past year, ha3 made converts of a number of prominent citizens, and been visited by persons from all parts of this country, and from Europe, was exposed to-night, through a ruse, by J. B. Lawrence, managing editor of the Journal. Mr. Lawrence obtained an interview, and when the medium appeared as a spirit threw a small jet of analyne solution in his face. Then' he had him arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses, officers being held in waiting for the purpose. Mott gave bond fur his appearanoe on Thursday. The Distress in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va, March 25.—50 great is the suffering of the people in the drought district of this and other counties adjoining that tho authorities and people of Kanawha county were appealed to, yesterday, and quantities of provisions were ordered sent by the county court for the sufferers. Tales of the suffering men, women, children and beasts have reinehvd here from portions of Jackson, (Jilraer, Calhoun and Roan counties The mountain farmers in these counties are unable to purchase feed or seed, and as the season for planting is near, every-

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RECEIVER’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Marion counfly, Indiana, entered in a canhc wherein dome* G. Douglas t aL are plaintiffs and the United States KncauhticTila Company is defendant, said cause being numbered 3201D of said court, I will, as receiver, offer for sale at pubUe auction to the highest and best bidder, on WEDNESDAY, THE 20th DAY OP MAY. 1885, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the south door of the Court-house, in the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, the following described roal estate, situate in Marion county, Indiana, to-wit: Lots number one hundred and Ihirty (130) and on* hundred and thirty-one (131) in Albert Orane’s sub* division of the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five (35), township sixteen (16) north, range three (3) oast, as recorded in Plat Book Number Two (2), at page six (6), in tho record* of tho recorder’s office of Marion county. Also, all that part of lot one (1) in square six (26), in Drake’s addition to the city of Indianapolis, lying west of the roadbed of the Indianapolis. Cincinnati & Lafayette, now the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louie A Chicago railway tracks, subject fcctlio right of way of said railway, if any it lias, west of said roadbed. Also, lots two (2) ami three (3) in square twentysix (20) of Drake’s addition to the city of Indianapolis. Also, lots one (1) and twelve (12) of Smith A Ketcham’s subdivision of lottf fonr (4). five (5) an* six (6l in square twenty-six (26) of Drake’s addition to the city of Indianapolis. Also, oae hundred (1 Ol) feet and six (6) inches off the east end of the south half of lot, two (2) in Charles St. John West’s addit ion to tho city of Indianapolis. Also, ninety-five (!)5) feet and six (6) inches off the east end of lot three (3) in said Charles St. Johg West’s addition. Also, seventy (70) feet off tho east end of lots (4), five (5) and six (6) in said Charles St. John West’s ad-, dition. Also, all the property and assets belonging to the said United States Encaustic Tile Company in the poa* session of the undersigned as receiver, and including all the personal and mixed property of every kind ana nature belonging to said company, together with all the appurtenances, machinery, fixtures, tools, applianoos.receipts and processes used in the manufacture of tile, and the bills and account* receivable and ©hoses in action due and to become due to said corporation and said receiver; all contracts for the sale and laying of tile, and the good-will of the business of sa-d company.* All of said property will be offered and sold together and in bulk and as an entirety, such sale to be subject to the approval aud confirmation of the court, and snbjwst to the lien of the mortgage of the Portsmouth Savings Bank aud the mechanic’s lien of Hiram Miller upon portions of said property, if any such lien thero be. The purchaser at such sale will bo required to assume, oarry out, and execute any Mid all outstanding and uncompleted contract* of the United States Kncaustic Tile Compnnv and the undersigned receiver, of sales of tile and or sale* and laying of tile, and to cxeoute his obligation to so carry oat ami execute such contracts with security to be approved by tho court. Said sale will be made upon the following terms: Onethird cash, one-third on or before three months, and one-third on or before six months from the date of aale. tho deferrod payments to be evidenced by promissory notes payable in bank with six j-er cent, interest from date, waiving valuation and appraisement laws, and providing for attorney’s fees, with personal security to be approved by the court, and the court reserving the right to take posi-c-sion of the property sold upon failure of the purchaser to pay any one of the deferred payment* at maturity. At such sale all bidders will be required to deposit with the undersigned in cash or it* equivalent” a sum equal to twenty per oout. of their bids, such sum to be forfeited in the event, the bidder shall become th purchaser and fail to perfect his purchase. JOHN L. MOTUKfISHKAD, Receiver U. Encaustic Tik Lvmpamfcg