Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1885 — Page 7

AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS. Personal and Local. M. E. Ingalls, president of the C., 1., St L. & tl. is to bo in the city to day. Shneon Carney, agent of tho J., M. & I. road aat Carney, has been relieved and the station dosed. The stock of the L., N. A. & C. railway has advanced eighteen points in the past week. The bulls are manipulating the stock for all there is An it O. Prescott, superintendent of power oT%he Vandalia lines, reports 692 men on his pay-rolls. T'he shops at the different points aro running on (full time. William M. Clements, recently resigned master of transportation on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, has been appointed president of the Mlrafton & Greenbrier railroad. The Edcar Thomson steel rail mill yesterday fcnade the first shipment on a contract to furnish 'some twenty-three miles of steel for the TANARUS., H. w L division of the Vandalia system. The "Wabash management has put on anew train for the accommodation of travel between Ijosransport and Denver. This train, Superintendent Stevens says, will be run on time. M. W. Goss has been appointed the representative of the freight departments of the Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis, and ‘Chicago, St Louis & Cincinnati roiuis at Peoria. President Ingalls, of the C., 1., St. L. & C. iroad, can now sleep pleasantly; the road bed and Equipments are in fine condition, and the bills .payable and floating debt of the company have been reduced to $4,300. Mr. J. H. Porter, formerly agent of the Great 'Western railway of Canada, in Chicago, has been (appointed chief clerk in the general passenger agerit’s office of the Lake Shore, in place of Mr. C. B. Foster, resigned. E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Beeline system, has changed his programme somewhat, and at the urgent solicitation of President Devereux he will remain in California two or three weeks longer, until the air of Cleveland, is more congenial to health. The territory of P. T. Hendry, district passenger agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa (Fe road, covers Indianapolis, southern Indiana End southern Illinois. In March, out of this srritory he seld tickets to 1,580 persons who ■emigrated to points on the A., T. &S. F. road. The new parlor-cars put on recently between [Chicago and Louisville over the C., St, L. & P. and khe J., M. & I. are catching on grandly with Hhe- traveling public. These cars are run by the [Pennsylvania Company, and the rates are lower •than when the Pullman parlor cars were iu service. Superintendent Whitcomb, of the Union rail■way and Belt road, yesterday received from iEmiy & Cos. five railroad crossings, which will *>• put in place of the same nmnber on the {Belt road which have become badly worn. They >*re made of the best of steel, and are of the iiuost approved pattern. W. C. Hobbs, assistant general freight agent )©f the C., 1., St. L. & C., who recently removed Ibis headquarters to Chicago, is reported to be catching on nicely with the shippers at that j>oint May 1 he will remove his offices to the <*i6w Traders’ Building, on Pacific avenue, opposite the new Board of Trade. The fast line No. 1 west over the Vandalia •yesterday noon was run iu two sections, the first 4iaalig nine the second eight cars. Four were laden with Pennsylvanians emigrating to Kansas. Yesterday the Vandalia hauled out of the Union Depot twenty-four passenger cars, all heavily laden with west bound Indianapolis has a ticket-scalper whose real and personal property is rated for assessment at pearly $30,000. Eight years ago the same man icame to Indianapolis almost penniless: comMnenced as clerk in a scalping office at $6 per •week. The scalper seems to have prospered >much more thau have some of the passenger ■agents who have fought him. s That it pays to keep locomotives in the best {possible condition is evidenced from the fact Hhat during the past severe winter not an engine on the Vandalia system has been so disabled las to make it necessary to ‘‘tow" her in to the ifchops. In fact, of the 105 engines in service but (two have broken down, and in both cases the Jpins connecting the parallel rods with the driving * wheels broke off. It will be remembered that in the year 1873 there was a bitter war on passenger rates between the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania road, and the former sold many thousand /unlimited tickets from Chicago, Cincinnati and [Columbus at $lO per ticket It is said officially that there arc still 1,100 or more of these tickets out, and the B. &O. has had the use of the emoney they sold for twelve years. General Passenger Agent Sliattuc, of the Ohio & Mississippi road, threatens to cut the crate from St. Louis to New York $1 for every {hour the Vandalia and Pennsylvania lines reduce their time between the cities named. Mr. tFord, of the Pennsylvania lines, is reported as saying, let him try it: we have as good a line between St. Louis aud Cincinnati as the O. & M., nd cutting rates is a game we can play at. LAn oncouraging feature in the situation is the mtinued favorable reports of earnhigs from ixnany sections of the country. It does not apSear that the trunk lines are doing well, but from he West ami South the returns, especially those W>f the larger system?, show improved results. And it should be remembered that the iraproveiinent, as a rule, is not confined to gross earnings ralone, but extends-to net earnings as well, and in more marked degree, even. Negotiations are pending which will doubtless [result in the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield rpeople establishing a fix-st-elass line between [lndianapolis and Kansas City, running over the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road between Decatur and Delevan, then the Chicago & Alton road from Delevan to Kansas City. The C. & *A. offers to put on a through coach between Del>evan and Kansas City, hauling it on one of their ■fastest trains, nnd the route will be as short as that Os any of its competitors, one excepted. The Barney & Smith car works on Monday delivered to President Ingalls, of the C., 1., St Jx & C., a view and elegant directors’ car. In its construction all modern conveniences havo been introduced. The coach is fifty-five feet long, and the ordinary width and height. In one end of the eoach is an observation room, in the center are two bed-rooms, anu in the other end a dining-room, a smoking room and a kitchen. The coach is numbered 100, painted yellow, sits ■open six-wheeled trucks, and, while not a gaudy Er expensive affair, is neat and attractive. February Accidents. In the month of February there were 2IG rail•road accidents iu this country, in which fortyffour persons were killed and 259 injured. As ■compared with February, 1884, there was an increase of 10G accidents, of 22 persons killed and 109 injured. The Railroad Gazette classifies them ns follows: Collis- Derailions, monts. Other. Total. (Defects of road 55 ... 55 •Defects of equipment 3 24 18 45 Negligence in operating... 48 6 54 TJnfor*een obstructions.. 10 2G 1 37 Maliciously caused 5 ... 5 •Unexplaiiaid 20 ... 20 Total 01 136 19 216 Negligence in operating is charged with 25 per wont, of all the accidents, defects of road with J2s}, and defects of equipment with 21 per cent. Os the total number of accidents 138 are recorded as happening in daylight and 78 at night. The number of accidents is the largest which we have recorded for many months, and is easily explained by the severe weather and the many tiow slorms, which made the month a more trying one to railroad men than any which they have experienced for several winters. The Steel liall Market. Most of the Western roads which aro purchas ing steel rails are paying $27.50 per ton. How■♦ver, the discrepancy in reports from various ■ markets has a tendency to unsettle values, so that definite quotations are hard to make. The 'usual rates, however, are about $27.50 at mill, e ° n * id ® ni hly lower figures are menN mTi, \,° rk The North Chicago itoiung Mil, Company and the Lackatwanna company, at Scpntou, arc said to have ibaudoned rad making for the present, as there

is not enough business to run their full capacity without cutting prices to figures that would leave very serious losses. The capacity for production is largely in excess of present requirements, and some of the mills must stop until the demand improves, otherwise prices will be more demoralized than ever. It is stated that the Albany & Rensselaer Iron and Steel Company has concluded a contract extending over many years for a supply of iron ores at six cents per unit of metallic iron, or $6 for sufficient ore to produce one ton of Bessemer pig-iron, delivered at furnaces at or near Troy, N. Y., to supply furnaces of -most modern type about to be erected at or near Troy. This should enable that company to produce Bessemer pig-iron at about sl4 per ton, which will admit of manufacturing 6teel rails at a profit evon at present prices. To Secure Reasonable Rates the Great Problem. Os the fifty or more annual reports for 1884 which have been published thus far none have excited so much comment as that of J. H. Deverux, of the C., C., C. & I. road, and none have so plainly indicated the inevitable result unless better rates are maintained than is shown in his statement of the business of the vear. Mr. Devereux’s report shows that in order to earn one cent toward paying interest on the cost of its railroad, this company last year had to haul a ton of through freight twenty miles; to earn a dollar it had to haul a ton nearly 2,000 miles! Does any one believe that this is a rational or healthful condition of things, and should not railroad managers everywhere be encouraged and assisted to mako efforts to remedy it? The Railroad Gazette says, in reviewing this report: ‘‘lf the Cleveland road made only $158,000 on all its through freight last year, including some which yielded l£eent per ton per mile, and with the lowest rates varying from \ to J cent at different times of the year, how much did it make in the three months from March 21 to June 21, on the grain and flour carried then, which yielded it probably not more than J cent gross per ton per mile? Doubtless a vast amount of the through freight last year yielded it no profit whatever. Very few railroads have as low working expenses as this one. and there is probably not one of the carriers of through trunk-line freight of which the same cannot be said —that they carry a large part of the traffic entirely without profit, and that the chief burden of supporting the roads, when they are supported, fails on tho local traffic. Those of them which make fair returns now (if there are any) might considerably reduce their passenger or local freight rates if they could secure a reasonable price for carrying through freight. Well may Mr. Devereux say in his report that ‘the board has dwelt upon and emphasized the question of just freight rates as the one thing vitally affecting your corporate investments.’ To secure a reasonable price for carrying through freight is the great problem which railroad managers have to meet. If they cannot solve it, many hundreds of millions that have been invested in railroads must continue to go without interest.*’ Will Remain a Vanderbilt Interest. In commenting on the statement a few mornings since in the Journal, to the effect that President Sloan, of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western road was manipulating matters to secure control of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis road, the Chicago Times says: “It is beyond dispute that the Lackawanna company is seeking to obtain control of the Nickel-plate, and the meeting of bondholders held at Broker Heath’s office, in New York, Monday, was understood to be its first move in .that direction. It is not credited in railroad circles here that any such programme as is outlined by the Lackawanna people can be carried through. The Lake Shore has now invested in the Nickel-plate over $6,000,000, and its management could, if it had so desired, prevented the road going into the hands of a receiver. It may have been a bad investment, but it would be well-nigh fatal to the Lake Shore to let it f 11 into the hands of an active rival opei*ating a through parallel road from Chicago to New York. There is too much at stake in the future, even if the Vanderbilt interest was willing to sacrifice what it has already cost it. to allow it to pursue such a suicidal policy. There may be a lively fight before the foreclosure and reorganization are completed, but the issue of the struggle is hardly a matter of doubt., and it is safe to predict that the Nickelplate will, in the future, as in the past, be run in the interest of the Lake-Shore.” The Pennsylvania’s New Trains. Nsw York, April B.—The local officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and its many attaches celebrated, to-night, the success of the new fast schedule. The trains West and East have been on time in every instance. The train via the Panhandle route which leaves New York at 9a. m. arrives in Cincinnati at 10:30 a. m. of the next day, and in St Louis at 7:30 p. m. The fast line via the Pittsburg, Ft, Wayne & Chicago railway, which leaves New York at 9 a. m., arrived in Chicago at 6 p. m. of the following day. The time over the Pennsylvania railroad waß declared to be the fastest made by any railroad in the world. C. W. & B. Stockholders. Cincinnati, April B.—The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore railroad was held hero to-day. The report of the president shows for 1884: Gross earnings, $1,854,307; expenses, $1,408,371; net earnings, $445,936. The fixed charges amounted to $G92,072, leaving a deficit .of $246,13G. The report of the master of transportation estimates the damage to the road by last year’s flood at $50,000. The old directors and officers were reelected. Election of Officers for the C., W. & ML Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Ind., April B.—The Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Company held their annual election of officers in this city today. J. H. Wade was elected president; Wm. Bingham, vice-president: W. S. Jones, secretary and treasurer: Norman Beckley, general manager; O. W. Lam part, superintendent; Owen Rice, general freight and ticket agent; J. H. Craig, auditor, and C. E. Cowgill, attorney. Real Estate Transfers. Instruments filed for record in the Recorder’s office of Marion county, Indiana, for the tweutv-four hours ending at 5 o'clock p. M„ April 8, 1885, as furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters of tides, room No. 3. iEtna Building: E. J. Leonard to Joseph W. Markle, lot 2 in Greeley G. Mauzy s subdivision of lot 5, etc., in A. D. & S. A. Butterfield's subdivision of part of block 28 in Johnson’s heirs’ addition to Indianapolis $1,500.00 E. J. Leonard to Joseph W. Markle, part of lot 20 in Fletcher ot al.’s subdivision of outlots, 94. 95, 96, 97, 98 and the south half of 91, in Indianapolis 1,600.00 Nicholas McCarty et al. to Frederick Kokemiller. lot 64 in McCarty’s subdivision of the west part of outlet 120, in Indianapolis 450.00 Narujpsus Sovillar Johnson and husband to Leander Cox. lot 8 and part of lot 16 iu the town of Augusta T 50.00 Sarah F. Atkins and husband to Louis Hollweg and Charles E. Reese, part of lot 5 in square 75. in Indianapolis 2,500.00 Charles Featherston and wife to John Cararan et al.. lot 50 in Hornaday’s addition to the town of Hosbrook 50.00 The trustees of Germania Lodge, No. 12J), I. (J. O. F., to Eliza Flannagau, lot .10 in Herrvey Bates’s subdivision of outiot 90, in Indianapolis 1,100.00 Charles E. Coffin, trustee, to William Gardner, part of the southwest quarter of section 33, township 16, range 3 east, containing 15 38-100 acres 2,200.00 Nicholas McCarty et al. to John O’Day, lot 13 in McCarty’s second West-side addition to Indianapolis 325.00 Addison L. Roaehe and wife to John W. Higgins, lots 21 ami 22 in block 41, in North Indianapolis 130.00 Heniy H. Guilin and wife to Andrew J. Guilin and wife, part of lot 37, in the town of Hanghville. * 200.00 Andrew J. Guffin and wife to William D. AOnffin, lot 37, in the town of Baughville 400.00 Horace R. Allen and wife to Jacob Firestone. lots 171 and 172 on Chicago street, in Alien a second addition to North Indianapolis 460.00 Conveyances, 13; consideration $11,055.00 Those Complaining Os sore throat or hoarseness should use Brown’s Bronchial Troehes. The effect is extraordinary, particularly when used by singers and speakers for clearing the voice.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1885.

THE COFRT RECORD. Supreme Court—April 8, 1885* POINTS OF DECISIONS. No. 11946. State ex rel. Edward Watson vs. Board of Commissioners of Knox County. Af firmed. Elliott, J.—There is no statute authorizing county commissioners to place tax. assessed in aid of a railroad, upon the tax duplicate, and a mandate will not lie against them to compel its performance. The eounty auditor is charged with this duty. No. 10247. Phoenix Insurance Company vs. Union Mutual Life Insurance Compauv. Marion S. C. Affirmed. Howk, J. —Where mortgagees paid th* ’ ,'emium on a policy of insurance issued to the mortgageor on the mortgaged property, and tae mortgage clause in such policy provided that ihe mortgagees should notify said insurer “of any change of ownership or increase of hazard, which should come to their knowledge,” the commencement of foreclosure proceedings by the mortgagees cannot be regarded as “a change of ownership” or be presumed to increase the hazard, and the policy will not be invalidated thereby. No. 11557. Samjni Coon vs. Alfred Elliott. Knox C. C. Affirmed. Colerick, C. —(1.) A plaintiff seeking to recover land upon a defect in the deed of the holder, and the same defect existed in the deed by which he had held, the burden of proof is on him to show his title. (2.) A sheriff need not return the appraisement of rents and profits, unless the property levied on remains unsold. (3.) A purchaser at a sheriff's sale is not affected by the sheriff's failure to make a correct return. No. 1203 G. Henry Robertson vs. Mary A. Huffman, et al. Washington C. C. Affirmed. Black, C. —Where it is agreed t hat a bill of excep tions, filed in a former appeal, is to be used as evidence; that other facts are to be used, and that a certain statement of a matter of fact is to be added to the testimony of a witness in the bill, and there is a trial of issues of fact upon whether certain testimony and documentary evidence in the former trial should be taken in this trial, questions arising on the overruling of a motion for judgment in tho plaintiff’s favor can be presented in this court only under a motion for a new trial. No. 11731. First National Bank of Indianapolis vs. John Armstrong. Marion S. C. Affirmed. Niblack, J. —Under section 392, R. S., 1881, the garnishee is accountable for the amount of money, property or credits in his hands, or due or owing from him to the defendant; so where a bank converts collaterals of tho defendant after garnishment notice, without a showing that it properly discharged its duties as custodian of the collaterals, it is liable to the plaintiff. No. 11614. Samuel S. Quick, et al vs. Catherine Brenner. Hamilton C. C. Affirmed. Bicknell C. —Where the evidence is not in the record this court will presume that all the facts proved on the trial were found by the court in its special finding. (2.) A joint assignment of errors presents no question upon any ruling against one only of the parties. (3.) W r here one-third in value of lands is to be set off to a widow, the value is to be taken at what it was at the time of the decree of partition. (4.) Where a widow had obtained a judgement for one-third interest in lands acquired by her husband during his coverture, against the grantees of his mortgagees, any claim for improvements by such grantees should be by cross-petition before the commissioners are appointed. A mere exception to the confirmation of the report of the commissioners presents no question. No. 11560. James W. Anderson et al. vs. James G. Endicutt et al. Decatur C. C. Reversed. Bicknell, C.—Commissioners of drainage have no authority under the statute to build a drain within the limits of a city. (R. S. 1881, sections 3106, 3151, 31G1; acts 1883. p. 173.) No. 12076, Lucy J. Mason vs. Hughes Mason. Brown C. C. Affirmed. Best, C. —(1.) Theevidence showed that the plaintiff had not keptau account of money received by the defendant except for four months, from the use of her property, and in evidence she sought to show the amount upon a basis of those months. The jury was instructed that it was necessary for her to trace the specific amounts in the plaintiff’s hands, also that evidence as to what was embraced in such settlement should be " excluded. Held: That if this was erroneous, as there was an undisputed claim against her exceeding the aggregate of the items offered by her, the error was harmless. (2.) A naked averment of a mistake in drawing' up an agreement, without seeking a reformafftir of the contract, cannot avoid the defense of the agreement. No. 11816. Hugh D. Dunnington vs. Isaac Elston. Montgomery C. C. Affirmed. Mitchell, J. —Where one brings an ejectment suit under a deed, but is defeated, and subsequently appeals to the Supreme Court and secures a reversal, his title cannot be defeated tinder section 699, R. S. 1881, by one who bought the land before the appeal, in good faith, and without actual notice of the appeal. (2) In such case the deed was constructive notice of the appellant’s rights, and a lis pendens notice was not required. No. 11685. James M. Dehority vs. John Wright et al. Madison C. C. Petition for rehearing overruled. a No. 11952. Audley M. Hannon et al. vs. Chas. Hilliard. Grant C. 0. Petition for rehearing overruled. No. 10709. Western Union Telegraph Company vs. J. S. Ferris. Shelby C. C. Rehearing granted. No. 11772. Manhattan Cloak and Suit Company vs. Henry C. Dodge et al. Elkhart C. C. Motion to dismiss overruled. No. 11478. 8., O. &C. Railroad Company vs. A. North et al. Marshall C. CT Rehearing granted. Superior Court. Room No. I.—Hon N. B. Taylor, Judge. Kate Koster, administratrix of the estate of Joseph Koster. vs. The City of Indianapolis; damages. On trial by jury. George W. Stout vs. Samuel M. Dingey; on contract. Judgment for defendant. Henry R. Bond, trustee, vs. Penelope G. Maner; foreclosure. Judgment for $4,814.75. Room No. 2—lion. D. W. Ilowe, Judge. George P. Bissell, trustee, vs. Jared R. Buell; suit to quiet title.- Cause dismissed. Phineas Pierce, et al., vs. Levi Herschman; suit on account. Cause dismissed. John R. Gibson vs. Jeremiah S. Hall; suit on account Cause dismissed. Henry Maar vs. George Weghom, et al.; suit for foreclose of mechanic's lien. On trial by court. Room No. S —Hon. Lewis C. Walker, Judge. Stephen K. Fletcher vs. Elmer E. Creesy, et al.; foreclosure. Judgment for nlaintiff for $405.40. William Kolp vs. Isaac H. Roll; damage. Dismissed. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. “The Telephone Bill.” To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The Sentinel of this morning contains an editorial on “The Telephone Bill” that is so full of erroneous statements concerning the telephone company that I am constrained to ask the use of your columns to correct a few of them. The Western Union Telegraph Company does nohown one dollar's worth of stock in the Central Union Telephone Company, and never has, nor does it receive 20 per cent., or any other portion, of its income. There is no connection or contract between the Western Union, or any other telegraph company, and the Central Union Telephone Company. No fair comparison of telegraph and telephone charges can be made, for the reason that the services rendered are not similar. The American Bell Telephone Company has no interest in the local telephone company, except that of a minority stockholder, and the owner of the patent under which royalty on instruments is exacted. At but one point in Indiana (Marion) does the same person act as agent for both the telephone and the Western Union Telegraph Company, and ho is also local agent for several newspapers, of which thfr Sentinel may be one. It does not necessarily follow that there is a community of interest The telephone company has never refused to furnish telephones to anyone on account of any relations or contracts with the Western Union. It has no relations or contracts with that company. The many suits brought in this State to obtain telephones materializes into one suit at Indianapolis, brought by the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company to compel the local telephone company to furnish a connection that, under its limited license from tho owners of the patent, it was not authorized to furnish, except under order of court. The Western Union Company is not taking

ny interest in the bill in question, to either promote or defeat it, that we are aware of. The “superintendent of the Western Union” did not say in an interview in the News that the capital stock of the telephone company was $40,000, or any other sum, and no such statement was published. If permitted, we would answer the last question in the article by saying that it is not right that local telephone companies should be legislated against because their licensor declines to permit his rights under United States patents to be invaded. The “facts should be seriously considered.” A Senate committee *did so consider them last night, having sworn statements as to the Central Union Telephone Company’s capital stock, earnings, expenses and terms of license, and its report this morning recommending that the bill lie on the table indicates the opinion of fairminded men who have cared to inform themselves on the subject. The Central Union Telephone Company stands ready to exhibit full records of its business, contracts and franchises to any proper committee of the Legislature that may desire to inspect them for its information, and it seems reasonable to suggest that arbitrary legislation would be Unfair in the absence of such investigation. J. E. Hockett, Superintendent. A Word of Thanks. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Permit an interested citizeness to thank you for the able article —“Jeff Davis-ism" —in this morning’s issue of your valuable paper. The Journal is an army, well equipped, bravely battling for the principles that triumphed over Jeff Davis ism, Jake Thsmpson-ism & Cos. twenty yeas ago—principles whose grave has been prepared, and systematic effort is being put forth, both by Northern and Southern enemies, to place them in that grave, and cover them from the sight of the people. Long may you live to stay the ruthless hand that attempts such sacrilege, and to teach the rising generation that the survival o? those principles gave them a country which has no peer. Indianapolis. j. b. Proposed Sanitary Convention. A sanitary convention, under the direction of the State, county and local hoards of health, will be held at New Castle, April 17. The following programme will be rendered: “Contagious Diseases not Considered Dangerous,” C. E. Divine, Anderson; “Local Sanitation,” W. A. Boor, New Castle; “Cholera, Its Causes, Character, and Dissemination,” J. F. Hibbard, Richmond; “C'holora, Individual Protection Against, Nursing and Home Treatment,” G. W. Burke, New Castle; “Disinfectants, What are Best and How to Use Them,” William A. Pugh, Rushville; “Preventable Diseases,” Wilson Hobbs, Knightstown; “Right as a Factor in Promoting Good Health and Longevity,” T. B. Redding; “State, County and Local Sanitation and Boards of Health," E. S. Elder, Indianapolis; “Why do Children Die? How Stall we Save Them?” G. W. H. Kemper, Muncie. * Suit Against an Estate. George K. Culbertson has filed a complaint against the heirs of Charles Soehner to recover property alleged to .have been got by fraud from him by the decedent. The complaint alleges that Charles Soehner, sr., in his lifetime, purchased of plaintiff twenty acres of land, valued at $3,000, but at that time plaintiff was insane, and incapable of transacting business. The land was then transferred to J. B. and L. A. McCurdy, who had been notified not to purchase. Demand is made for $3,000, and SSOO rents since December, 1831. Father Steigerwald’s Lecture. The fourth lecture of the series will be delivered at St. Joseph's Church to-night—subject, “The Holy Land” —by Rev. George Steigerwald, of Greensburg. Father Steigerwald has recently made a tour of the Holy Land, visiting in person all the most interesting points of biblical history. He was for a time assistant pastor of St. John’s Cathedral, in this city, and is well known to many of the citizens. His lecture will be both instructive and entertaining. Favorable to Colonel Denby. “The people at Evansville were very much disappointed over the non-appointment of Colonel Denby to the Russian mission," said a citizen of that city yesterday. “The citizens, reeardless of party, were anxious to have that honor fall to him. They regard the Colonel as the peer of any man in the Democratic party in the State, and hope to see him recognized yet in a substantial manner by the administration.” Wants the Facts Known. Mr. Editor: I and my neighbors have been led so many times into buying different things for the liver, kidneys and blood that have done us more harm than good, I feel it due your readers to advise them when an honest and good medicine like Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic can be had. Yours truly, An Old Subscriber. 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A SURPRISED MAN. In a pleasant cottage just on the outskirts of the city of Columbus, Ohio, lives Mr. S. G. Tracy, a gentleman of nearly seventy. Until about a year ago he had for a considerable time suffered acutely from rheumatism. The disease so entirely possessed him that he became unable even to feed himself or to turn himself in bed. He had to be lifted in bed with sheets, for to touch him caused intense agony. A correspondent, in quest of facts regarding rheumatism, spent part of a recent morning at Mr. Tracy’s home, No. 831 Oak street, and found him, and also Mrs. Tracy, quite communicative as to the disease and the relief which he had experienced. Mr. Tracy’s account of it was somewhat as follows: “Off and on I had suffered with rheumatism for years, but more particularly since September, 1883. I was treated by various doctors, who gave me a great deal of colchicum and other drugs. From these I had partial relief only. The colchicum did me as much harm, giving me, I think, chronic diarrhoea, from which I have not yet quite recovered. I wish they had not given me that. After I had been at my worst for some months I heard of this new remedy, Athlophoros. I sent for a bottle. Mrs. Tracy gave me a dose of it. I was in bed and suffering badly at the time. In less than two hours l was in a profuse perspiration. My pain had left me. You may know I was as much surprised as I was gratified. Did that one dose cure me entirely? No, of course not. The pain returned at intervals, but at no time as severely as at first. Eacli return seemed lighter. I kept on with the medicine and by the time I had taken ten bottles my cure was complete. Since that I have had only occasional returns of the old pains; when they come I take a little Athlophoros. “Formerly I could not walk, my pain was so great in all my joints. Now lam about like other men. It is two miles, or two and a half, to the centre of the city, and when I go there, I generally walk for the sake of the exercise. I could not have done tliis but for the Athlophoros. “ I have given this medicine to others with success and have recommended it to a great many. My son-in-law has received much benefit from it and so have others. I say freely I believe in this medicine and think it is the greatest thing I ever saw for rheumatism.” Said Mr. Hoffman, the enterprising Columbus druggist, “ Athlophoros is a wonderful medicine. There aro medicines which relieve rheumatism and neuralgia by deadening the pain for the time being, but this is not like them. This seems to go right to the source of trouble and to take it away. I hear of it not only here and in the vicinity of the city, hut from a distance. I sold four bottles to go to Colorado, for an old lady who had for a long time been troubled with rheumatic pains. Her sufferings had been so great that nothing but hypodermic injections of morphine would allay them. One bottle of Athlophoros gave her great relief, and the next completed her cure. Mrs. Ermlich, of this city, who is no,w in South Carolina, was suffering severe neuralgic pains, and was cured by Athlophoros in a day. My aunt, who lives a short distance out of town, was crippled up badly with rheumatism and neuralgia, and had pain in her heart whenever she took a long breath. Four or five weeks ago she took Athlophoros and found that the first bottle greatly relieved her of her pain. I sent her another bottle, which has done her more good and has driven nearly all the pain away. She had these pains for four or five years. Miss Cox, on Front street, was cured by Athlophoros, after having suffered with rheumatism for two or three years. Mr. Robert Nichols, the baker, on South Fourth street, had an obstinate case of rheumatism, which was cured by two bottles of At hlophoros. There are several ladies here who have been cured by it, but who will not allow the use of their names. There is Samuel A. Decker, car conductor on the Long street line. He had an attack of rheumatism from exposure in had weather. He suffered for several months, and when lie took Athlophoros a few doses carried the rheumatism away. I really never saw any other medicine do what Athlophoros has done. • JOSEPH ci LLom’ STEEL PENS Soi.dßy ALL DElALEßSThtoughoutThe WORLD COLD MEDAL PARIS EXPQSITIONHB7B., astTSmTcure This invaluable specific readily and permanently enreo all kinds of Asthma. The most obstinate and long-stand in? cases yield promptly to its wonderful curing properties. It is known throughout the world for its unrivaled efficacy, J. L. 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BUSINESS DIRECTORY INDIANAPOLIS. ABSTRACTS OF TITLES. ELLIOTT & BUTLER NO. 3 .ETNA BUILDING. PATENT SOLICITORS. _ TILKPiIOMB 32>. n Jl TPkTTn AMERICAS and FORKIGJf. rAlElm h.p. hood. Room 15 Journal Ruilding.coraer Market ani Circle streets, Indianapolis, ln<l. MISCELLANEOUS. _ JR RYAN & CO., Commission Merchants and Dealers In FLOUR, GRAIN, HAY AND FEED, 62 and 64 East Maryland Street. ■— - . i .———an Hercules powder, the safest and strongest powder in the world. Powder., Fuse. Augurs, and all the tools for Blasting Stump* and Rock blasting, at 29 South Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis Oil Tanii Line DEALERS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Corner Pine and Lord Street*. ntnrn w. bTbarry, ull V¥ U. SAW MANUFACTURER 132 and 134 South Pennsylvania Street. Smith’s Chemical Dye-Works, No. 3 Martiudale s Block, near Postoffice. Clean, dye and repair gentlemen’s clothing; also, ladled dresses, shawls, sacqnes, and silk and woolen goods of every description, dyed and retinished; kid gloves neatly cleaned ; ‘lO cents per pair. Will do more first-class work for less money than any house of th kind in the State. JOHN B. SMITH. RECEIVER’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Marion county, Indiana, entered in a cause wherein James G. Douglas et al. are plaintiffs and the United States Encaustic Tilo Company is defendant, said cause being numbered 32619 of said court, I will, as receiver, oiler for sale at publio auction to the highest and best bidder, on WEDNESDAY, THE 20th DAY OF 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 real estate, situate in Marion county, Indiana, to-wit: Lots number one hundred and thirty (130) and one hundred and thirty-one (131) in Albert Crane’s subdivision of the southwest corner o c the northeast quarter of section thirty-five (35), township sixteen (16) north, raiige three (3) east, as recorded in Plat Book Number Two (2), at page six (6), in the record* of the recorder’s office of Marion county. Also, all that part of lot one (1) in square twentysix (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. Louis & Chicago railway tracks, subject to the right of way of said railway, if any it has, west of said roadbed. Also, lots two (2) and three (3) in square twentysix (26) of Drake’s addition to the city of ludianap- | olis. Also, lots one (1) and twelve (12) of Smith (k Ketchanj’s subdivision of lots four (4), five (5) and j six (6> in square twenty-six (26) of Drake’s addition to the city of Indianapolis. Also, one hundred (100) feet and six (6) inches off j the east end of the south half of lot two (2) in Charles | St. John West’s addition to the city of Indianapolis. Also, ninety-five (95) feet and six (6) inches off the east end of lot three (3) in said Charles St. John j West’s addition. Also, seventy (70) feet off the oast end of lots (4), five (5) and six (6) in said Charles St. John West’s addition. Also, all the property and assets belonging to the said United States Encaustic Tile Company in the possession of the undersigned as receiver, and including all the personal and mixed property of every kind and nature belonging to said company, together with all the appurtenances, machinery, fixtures, tools, appliances, receipts and processes used in the manufacture of tile, and the bills and accounts receivable and choses in action due and to become due to said corpora* tion and said receiver; all contracts for the sale and laying of tile, and the good-will of the business of said company. All of said property will be offered and sold together and in bulk and" as an entirety, *ueh sale to be subject to the approval and confirmation of the court, and subject to the lien of the mortgage of the Portsmouth Savings Bank and the mechanic's lien of Hiram Miller upon portions of said property, if any such lien there be. The purchaser at sueh sale will be required to assume, carry ont, and execute any and all outstanding and uncompleted contracts of the United States Encaustic Tile Company and the undersigned receiver, of sales of tile and of sales and laying of tile, and to execute his obligation to so carry out and execute such contracts with socurity to be approved by the court. . Said sale will be made upon the following terms: One- j third cash, one-third on or before three months, and ! one-third on or before six months from the dato of sale, the deferred payments to be evidenced by prom- / issory notes payable in bank with six per cent, inter- i est from date, waiving valuation and appraisement 1 laws, and providing for attorney’s fees, with personal security to be approved by the court, and tlie court reserving the right to take possession of the property sold upon failure of the purchaser to pay any on* of the deferred payments at maturity. At such sale all bidders will be required to deposit with the undersigned in cash or its equivalent, a sum equal to twenty per cent, of their bids, such sum tp be forfeited in the event the bidder shall become tha purchaser and fail to perfect his purchase. JOHN L. MOTHERS HEAD, Receiver U. S. Encaxistic Tile Company. lam an old man. For 28 years I suffered with ulcers on my right leg as the result of typhoid fever. 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PERFECTION I HEADLIGHT! OIL. NON-EXPLOSIVE. I a This BELT or Regenera tor is tnadeexpressly for tha cure of deragements of the generative organs. The con- j tinuous stream of RLEO- 1 TRI CI T Y permeating through the parts must raster© them 1o healthy action: i Do not confound this with Eleotrio Belts advertised to cure all ills from head to toe. purpose. For circulars, giving full information, ad-' dress Ohoevor Hfcotrie Balt Cos., 103 Washington st, Chicago, 111

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