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and it is these complication* that have given trouble, rather than the steady progress of the disease. In this case those complications are swelling of the throat, increase of inflammations, • ■* herumorrhasre, and increases of flow of mucus. Six drops, or minims, of morphia are given each twenty-four hours—just enough to control the pain and induce sleep. Without morphia the pain would, at times, be unbearable. The General takes fcr food from one to two tumblerfuls of mixture of beef extract aud egg and milk, every two to four hours, night and day. He relished a little clam broth yesterday, as he relishes anything. The General usually reclines in his chair, attired in knitted underwear, on his feet knitted wool moccasins, wearing a darkbrown dressing-gown trimmed with ailk and belted with a heavy cord; over his lap is spread a silk and satin quilt filled with down, while upon his head he wears a silk cap which he has long worn to protect his head from attacks of neuralgia. l>r. Douglas will remain with the General tonight, and a consultation will be heid at 2 p. m. to morrow. At 11 p. M. Dr. Douglas issued the following bulletin: “General Grant has been very free from pam during the afternoon and evening. His condition has not materially changed since tho last report. He has coughed infrequently, and has not been troubled by any accumulation of mucus, llis pulse at 10 P. m. was 72, temperature normal. He is now sleeping quietly.” The Loyal Legion. Chicago, April 13. — The military order of the Loyal Legion, in session hero to-day, adopted a resolution offered by Gen. C. T. Manderson. extending to its companion, U. 8. Grant, its hearty sympathy, and expressing a hope that speedy restoration to health may be afforded him, and that his life may be spared for many years to the republic whose existence his eminent services did so much to secure. In the absence of Gen. W. S. Hancock, Gen. R. 13. llayes, of Ohio, was made temporary presiding officer. Tho congrees will resume its session to morrew morning. It was tendered a banquet this evening by Gen. George W. Smith, at his residence in this city. A Timely Letter. Ke\r York Tribune. This letter [the one dated July 19, 1861] comes in time to correct many impressions as to the career of the great soldier and ex-President. It has been commonly thought he entered the service as a soldier rather than as a patriot, with not very clearly defined political opinions, but with a clear idea that it was his duty ns a soldier to defend tho flag of his country, and that his political convictions were mainly formed by intercourse with others, and oy the progress of events in later life. His letter of 1861, on the contrary, proves that he had most clearly defined convictions in regard to the question of slavery, the right and wrong of the struggle, and the aggressive spirit of the slave power, even before he had offered his services to his country. He was mentally a larger and broader man, prior to the war, than tho nation has been prone to suppose, and it is easy to see how. begginning to ‘*work with the Republican party” only as a matter of duty, he soon found its convictions wholly in accord with his own. Shortly after this letter was written, ho began that active life which has resulted so grandly for his country, aud so gloriously for himself. Grant's Opinion of the Charleston Con vontion. Galena (111.; Letter. Among the ante-rebellion friends of General Grant in Galena was the Hon. M. T. Johnson, a prominent lawyer of the Jo Daviess county bar, and a partisan Democrat all through the war. The Grant leather store was a popular loafing place for professional men and eentlemeu of leisure, and it was here, while spending his spare hours, that he became intimate with the then Captain Grant. On one occasion Mr. Johnson. stepped into the establishment soon after the Charleston convention or 1860, to inform those present of the action of that, body. “The * South,” said Mr. Johnson, “in convention at Charleston, has resolved to secede, and has elected Jefferson Davis Provisional President.” “What’s that you say?"' asked Captain Grant, who was engaged at the time in stowing away goods on a top slielf. Johnson repeated what he had said, “reupon the former turned around, and addressing his Democratic friend, replied with characteristic vnliemence when wrought np in feeling, “Jeff Davis and the rest of the Charleston gang ought to be hung." That was all he said on the subject, but in those few words he proved conclusively that he was no Southern sympathizer. Despite the opposite views held by Grant and Johnson on political questions, the two were always friendly toward each other, and the latter to this day entertains the warmest of feelings for the great soldier, a sentiment which the General fully reciprocates. GRANT'S PROMOTION. How the Old Commauder Received His Commission as Lieutenant-General. Tu the Editor of liieSt. Loui* Globe-Democrat. There appeared in your paper of yesterday an article headed, “A Memorable Occasion." It purports to relate a conversation between your correspondent and myself, describing the delivery by President Lincoln to General Grant of the commission of lieutenant-general, in March. 1864. The article contains so many errors that I can not allow it to pass without correction?* I am represented as being the only surviving member of Lincoln's first Cabinet. That is not *o; Mr. Cameron is the only surviving member of his first Cabinet. I was appointed snccessor to Mr. Caleb B. Smith about the Ist of January, 1862. lam not in my seventy-seventh year by seven years. When the President delivered the commission of Lieutenant-general to General Grant the members of the Cabinent were Mr. Seward, Secretary of State: Mr. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury; Mr. Stanton, (successor to Mr. Cameron), Secretary of War; Mr. Welles, Secretary of the Nvy; Mr. Blair, Postmaster-general; Mr. Bates, Attorney-general, and myself, Secretary of the Interior. Os these and ali present upon that occasion, with the exception of General Grant, 1 am the sole survivor. Mr. Lincoln thought it fit and proner to convene the Cabinet to witness the ceremony. Upon my entering the room of the President all of the Cabinet were present with the exception of Mr. Stanton. Soon after I inquired of the President why we were summoned. He made no direct answer. Whether the other members present knew why they were called I do not know. The President seemed to be in good spirits, which made me wonder the more why we were there; but I supposed in due time I would find out, and listened to the conversations going on. Tho President had not much order in the arranging and keeping of his papers; his table was generally filled up with papers as long as they would lie on it. He did not seem to have any difficulty in finding any paper he wanted amongst the huge mass thrown promiscuously there. Presently Mr. Stanton, General Halleck and General Grant entered the room. Without accosting the President or any one present, they moved rapidly to the far side of this table, and stopped facing the table, with General Grant between General Halleck and Mr. Stanton. The President was on the opposite side. As they stopped and were in tbe position described, tbe President arose and took from the table a scroll tin case, opened it aud took out the parchment commission. He then took from tbe pile of papers upon the tab’e what soon proved to be his address to General Grant, the precise word* of wbich I cannot remember, neither have Ia copy. A* welt n* I can remember, it run ©early in these words: “General Grant—The Congress of the United States recently passed a law creating the office

of lieutenant-general. It seemed to be the will of Congress, as well as of the people, in which I heartily concur, that the office should be conferred on you. You were nominated to the Senate for the office and the nomination was confirmed. 1 now present you your commission." and then concluded: “The loyal people of the Nation look to you, under the providence of God, to lead their armies to victory.” After the lapse of twenty-one years it cannot be expected that any one could remember the Frecise words of the President, though I believe have given them quite accurately. Then Gen. Grant took from his vest pocket a paper containing the response to the President. Tbe substance of it I cannot recollect; I do not now remember a single sentence or phrase in it, and so I told your correspondent. But I do remember that the paper upon which it wag written was probably less than a quarter of a sheet; that he held the paper in his right hand and commenced reading it, and read probably half of it, when hia voice gave out. Evidently he had not contemplated the effort of reading, and had commenced without inflating his lungs. When Gen. Grant commenced reading he was standing most awkwardly, what in common pariance would be called “hip shot” When his voice failed he straightened himself up in his fullest and best form, threw his shoulders back, took tbe paper in both hands, one at each end, and drew the paper up within proper reading distance and commenced again at the beginning, and read it through in a full, strong voice. As he straightened himself up and took the paper in his hands it seemed to me that ho was thinking to himself, “I can read this paper without faltering, and I am going to do it.” And he did. After it was read, the members of the Cabinet were introduced to General Grant. I had never before seen him, neither do I think any other member of the Cabinet had seen him. Mr. Lincoln directly suid to General Grant, “I have never met you before." Grant replied. “Yes, you have: I heard you in your debate with Douglas at Freeport, and was there introduced to you; of course, I could not forget you, neither could I expect you to remember me, because multitudes were Introduced to you on that occasion.” Mr. Lincoln replied: “That is so, and Xdo not think I could be expected to remember all." It seemed then, as it seems to day, to be u remarkable fact that neither the President nor any member of his Cabinet, up to t hat time, had any personal acquaintance with General Grant None of us had, to our knowledge, ever seen him. We had heard of him. From the battle of Pittsburg Landing to the battle of luka and Corinth, the reports were as often disparaging as they were favorable. General Grant never sent anyone to propitiate or make favor with the President After the battle of Corinth, Judge Dickey, now of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and a personal friend of Mr. Lincoln, came to Washington from Grant’s camp aud gave such a favorable account of him as, I believe, gained from Lincoln his fullest confidence in Grant’s abilities, and this confidence was never broken, nor in tho least abated. T heard Mr. Lincoln say, on one occasion, “General Grant is the most extraordinary man in command that I know’ of." He said: “I heard nothing direct from him and wrote to him to know why, and whether I could do anything to promote his success, and Grant replied that he had tried to do the best he could with what he had; that he believed if he had more men and arms he could use them to good advantage and do more than he had done, but he supposed I had done and was doing all 1 could; that if I could more he felt that I would do it.” Lincoln said that Grant’s conduct was so different from other generals in common that he could scarcely comprehend it. It w’as not until after -the capture of Vicksburg that Grant sent any one to the President direct from his army. Then he sent General Rawdius. I met him at the White House and was introduced to him by the President. Evidently Rawlins knew more of the field than of the court. He was browned and sun-burned; he sat close to the corner of the fire-place and appeared embarrassed to know what to do with his hands. He had provided himself with anew military suit of blue which hung loose upon his emaciated limbs. He was free to answer questions when asked, but showed no disposition to enlarge his speech beyond the appropriate answer. He was modest, and it was plain that he was neither carpet kuight nor courtier. He did not come to ask for anything, but the time of his coming and his manner naturally led to the impression that Grant concluded that, after nearly three years of successful war, he might, without being charged with vanity, send his chief of staff to the President and Secretary of War to relate to them, if they wanted to know incidents of his conflicts which might not be embraced in his reports. And well he might. In the- language of John A. Logan, his army had with their swords hewn their way to the sea. But 1 digress. I was prompted to write so that the erroneous statement of your correspondent might not £ro abroad as coming from me; to relate, as far as I could remember, the occurrences when Mr. Lincoln delivered General Grant his commission. His address to Grant and Grant’s reply doubtless may be found published in the press of that time. I hope they may be found and published. Mr. Lincoin thought the occasion of sufficient moment to summon the Cabinet. There now remain none but General Grant and myself who were present on that interesting occasion, and it can hardly \>e expected that be will find time in the midst of his sufferings to describe it Perchance he may have described the scene in his writings, and it is quite probable that Messrs. Hay and Nicolay, who are preparing a biography of Mr. Lincoln, may have the originals. J. P. Usher, Lawuknck, Kan., .Aoril 13, 1885. SHERMAN AND MTHERSON. Grant’s Letter to the President Asking Their Promotion. Washington Special. The following letter from General Grant, recommending the promotions of Generals Sherman and McPherson, has not heretofore been published: IIKAPqPAKTKRS DSPARTMKNT TeN’XKSSER. / VICKSBITKO, July 22, 1863. > llis Rxeellencv, A Lircolu, President of the United Staten, WmOiington. H. C.: I would most respectfully, but urgently, recommend the promotion of Major-general W. T. Sherman, now commanding the Fifteenth Army Corps, and Major-general J. B. McPherson, commanding the Seventeenth Army Corps, to the position of Brigadier-general of the regular army. The first reason for this is their great fitness for any command that it may ever become necessary to intrust to them. Second —Their great purity of character and disinterestedness in anything except the faithful performance of their duty, and the success of every one engaged in the great battle for the preservation of the Union. Third —They have honorably won this distinction upon many well-fought battlefields. I will only mention some of their services while serving under my command. To General Sherman I was greatly indebted for his promptness in forwarding to me during the siege of Fort Donelson reinforcements and supplies from Paducah. At battle of Shiloh ou the first day he held with raw troops the keypoint to the landing. To his individual efforts I am indebted for the success of that battle. Twice hit, and several (I think three) horses shot under him on that day, he maintained his position with his raw troops. It is no disparagement to any other officer to say that I do not believe there was another division commander on the field who had the skill or experience to huve done it. His services as a division commander in the advance on Corinth, I will venture, were appreciated by the (now) general-in-chief beyond those of any other division commander. General Sherman’s management as commander of troops in the attack on Chickasaw Bluffs last December, was admirable. Seeing the ground from the opposite side of the attack, I saw the impossibility of making it successful. The conception of the attack on Arkansas Post wta General Sherman’s. His part of the execution, no one denies, was as good as could possibly have been. His demonstration on Haines’s Bluff, in April, to hold the enemy at Vicksburg whilst the army was securing a foothold e;ist of the Mississippi; his rapid marches to join the ariffy afterwards; his management at Jackson. Miss., in the first attack; his almost ueequalea march from Jackson to Bridgeport, p.nd passage of that stream, his securing Walnut Hills on the 18th of May, arid thus opening communications with our supplies, an attest his great merits as a soldier. The siege of Vicksburg and last capture of Jackson and dispersion of Johnston’s army, entitle General Sherman to more credit than it usually falls to the lot of one man to earn. Genera) McPherson has been with me in every battle since the commencement of the rebellion

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except Belmont At Henry, Donelson, Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, as staff officer and engineer, his services were conspiciuous and highly meritorious. At the second battle of Corinth his skill as a soldier was displayed in successfully carrying reinforcements to the besieged garrison when the enemy were between him and tbe point to be reached. In the advance through Central Mississippi last November and December General McPherson commanded one wing of the army with all the ability possible to show, he having the lead in the advance and the rear returning. In the campaign and siege terminating in the fall of Vicksburg, General McPherson has borne a conspicuous part. At the battle of Port Gibson it wa3 under his immediate direction that the enemy were driven late in the afternoon from a position they had succeeded in holding all day against an obstinate attack. His corps, the advance, always under his immediate eye, were the pioneers in the advance from Port Gibson to Hankerson’s Ferry. From the north fork of Bayou Pierre to Black river it was a constant skirmish, the whole skillfully managed. The enemy were so closely pressed as to be unable to destroy their bridge of boats after them. From Hankerson’s Ferry to Jackson the Seventeenth Corps marched upon roaus not traveled by other troops, fighting the battle ot Raymond alone, and the bulk of Johnston’s army at Jackson also was fought by this corps, entirely under the management of General McPherson. At Champion Hill the Seventeenth Army Corps and General McPherson wore conspicuous. All that could be termed a Pattle there was fought by two divisions of General McPherson’s corps, and Hovey’s division of the Thirteenth Corps. In the assault of the 22nd of May, on the fortifications of Vicksburg, and during the entire siege, General McPherson and his command won unfading laurels. He is one of our ablest engineers and most skillful generals. The promotion of such men as Sherman and McPherson always adds strength to our arms. U. S. Grant, Major General. — lll ■ ■ NO INDICATIONS OF PEACE. [Concluded from First Page.] entrance to the Black Sea. There is, however, this important difference between the two suitor's for Turkey’s favor; England could force the straits and Russia could not. No ordinary war vessels of either navy could pass the Dardanelles castles and the forts and batteries which line the straits from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmora, but the forts could be silenced by two or three of the British monster turret ships, such as the Inflexible, Devastation, Terror, Alexandra or Hercules. These floating steel forts could be stationed at either end of the straits to protect English or exclude Russian vessels. These facts are as well known to the Sultan as to the British admiralty. It is firmly believed here that his friendship will eventually be given to the side carrying the heaviest guns. THE EARL OF DUFF ERIN. An Official Conference with the Maharajah of Cashmere. Lahore, India, April 15. —Earl Dufferin, British Viceroy of India, has arrived herefrom Raw-ul-Pindee. lie comes officially to confer with the Maharajah of Cashmere. The Viceroy was mot by a great crowd and accorded a splendid reception. In reply to the address of welcome presented by the offeers of the municipality, the Earl of Dufferin spoke officially of the AngloRussian situation in significant words. Among other things ho said: “Coming from an important interview with the Ameer of Afghanistan, whoso dominions, so far as I have been able to ascertain, have been tho scene of an unprovoked attack, it is a great satisfaction to find the princes and people of India ready with one accord to rally around the standard of Great Britain, even at a distance from their own frontier. It is impossible to say how the present crisis will end. I? it ends in war, that result will be in spite of the earnest and anxious endeavors of the British government to avoid so dire a result, and in defiance of their most moderate and conciliatory conduct.” Fortunately for England, tho present Governor general of India is unquestionably her ablest diplomatist He seems to have succeeded in securing the alliance of Afghanistan, the Ameer of which country is a pensioner of the British government In the event of a war between the United Kingdom and Russia, the assistance given to the British armß of hardy, fighting men, natives of the country which constitutes and is neighboring to the disputed frontier, between the Russian possessions and Afghanistan, would be a great advantage to the power whose interests He in keeping the Russians as far as possible from her Indian frontier. This advantage has been gained to his country by the judicious diplomacy of Earl Dufferin, which manifested as its marked features a magnificent display of power and the agreeable and conciliatory assuraiice that that power was available in the protection and defense of Afghan frontier. Frederick Temple Blackwood, first Earl of Pufferm, was born in the year 1826. He was educated at Eton College. In 1841 he succeeded his father its fifth Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye. After having spent some years as lord-in-waiting on Queen Victoria, in 1846-47 he traveled in Ireland, and wrote an account of the famine which afflicted that unhappy country. His brilliant attainments in diplomacy were begun in 1855, when he was attached to the Austrian mission. He made a voyage to Iceland in a yacht in 1859, and subsequently published a very readable account of the trip. In 1860 he was sent as British commissioner to Syria to inquire into a then recent massacre of Christians resident in that country. He accepted office as Under-secre-tary lor India in 1864. In 1866 he became Undersecretary of War. Two years after he was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by Mr. Gladstone. His appointment as Governorgeneral of Canada, in 1872, resulted in a popular and able administration of government in the Dominion. The Marquis of Lome, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, succeeded him in 1878. Earl Dufferin, upon whom this title was conferred in 1871, was, immediately after his return to England, elected President of the Royal Geographical Society. His appointment 'as Governorgeneral of India, made quite recently, was well advised and opportune. Cheese This. Philadelphia Record. For the credit of American journalism it is to be hoped that some able news editor, charged with the confection of a display head for the war news, will not forget to allude to The Lion and The Bear. The public interest in these attractive and little known animals is universal and absorbing. We notice with pride and pleasure that, even as in 1878 they substituted “Ameer" for “Emir,” the able editors are now writing the word “Amir.” It would be a graceful thing to write Candahar with a “K" and spell “Oabui” “Kabool.” Mr. Frelinghnysen’s Condition. New York, April 15.—Ex Secretary Frelinghuysen’s condition is slightly improved since this afternoon. He is still very weak, but is able to take a littio nourishment To-night he is partially conscious, and understand? what is said to him. He has once or twice replied to remarks made to him by members of his family. lSogardas Beaten by Menders. Nashtili.k, April 15.—1n the shooting-match, to day, Captain Andy Meaders, of Nashville, defeated Captain A.* 11. Bogardus. by a score of 184 to 175. * The match was linn single clay pigeons each, at eighteen yarcD. s a side. Meaders beat ali previous records. Steamship News. Glasoow, April 13.—Arrived: Scandinavia from New York. Quxknstowh, April 15.—Arrived: City of Rome, Arizona, from New York. The Adams and Westlake Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, has shut down its works, throwing 350 men and boys ont of employment. The employes contend that the shut-down was ordered with a view to re-engaging the force at reduced wages. Deserving of Cesfldenoe. There is no article which so richly deserves the' entire confidence of tho community as Brown’s Bronchial Troches. Those suffering from Asthmatic and Bronchial diseases, Coughs and Colds, should try them Price 25 cents.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States, Two Persons Drowned By the Upsetting of a Boat—A Little Girl Fatally Burned— A Son Slanders His Father. INDIANA. Two Persons Drowned by the Capsizing of a Small Boat. Special to tue Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, April 15.—Last Friday a group of four people landed at the city wharf in a destitute and starving condition. The party was composed of Mary Draper and daughter, Mrs. Draper's uncle, James Carmichael, and his niece, Janie Davis. They were afloat upon a wretched contrivance formed of two canoes, over which was built a platform. They were cared for by the county authorities, but refused to stay, and on Sunday morning started on down the river in their miserable apology of a boat. They traveled slowly, and had only reached Dia- I mond Island, near West Franklin. The river at this point is very wide and deep. About 6 o’clock this morning a sudden squall arose, and in an instant the boat was overturned and all the occupants thrown into the water. Mrs. Davis and little Janie Davis sank at once and were drowned, but Carmichael succeeded in securing a hold upon the overturned wreck, and, as he clung there, Mrs. Draper’s little daughter arose to the surface and he seized her. The squall having subsided, he succeeded in reaching shore with his grandniece. He carried her in liis arms half a mile to a farm house, where every effort was made to restore her to consciousness, but without avail. Men have been busy all day searching for the bodies of Mrs. Draper and Miss Davis, but have been unsuccessful. Carmichael was at one time a well-to-do farmer residing in Paoli, Ind., but met with reverses, and was trying, he says, to get down the river to some point where he could rent a small farm. A Father Slandered by an Unworthy Son, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Hartford City, April 15.—A ripple of excitement was caused here to-day by the rumor that one William Jobes, an ex-postmaster and justice of the peace at Catawaba, Clarke county, 0., was wanted there to answer a charge of forgery. The foundation of the rumor is an article published in the Springfield, 0., Transcript, a copy of which paper had been mailed to Postmaster Itackmor, of this place. The article states that Jobes had a number of anxious creditors at Catawaba, and that a son of his, who is now in jail at Urbana for petit larceny, declares that the old man forged a note for SSOO, got the money on it, and eloped with Miss Emma Lehman, a young lady who formerly lived at Chicago; also, that liis wife is still living and is in an asylum for insane at Dayton. In an interview with 'Squire Jobes, to-day, he said to your correspondent that he came here from Catawaba, a few weeks ago; that he is not guilty of any forgery, and had nothing to do with the Lehman girl, as reported in the Springfield paper. Miss Emma Lehman, who also resides here, having removed here with her father’s family about the same time Mr. Jobes came, says that she knows nothing of the financial affairs of Mr. Jobes, and that there is nothing of the elopement business. She thinks that that part of the story gained credence from a bit of gossip started in the neighbornood of their old home last winter, when, accompanied by Mr. Jobes and his young daughter, she came to his place to pay a visit to the family of Mr. George Friars. The matter is involved in mystery, but it is probable that the charges of forgery and elopement are mere fabrications of Mr. Jobes’s son, who has been refused aid by his father in getting out of jail. _ Little Girl Fatally Burned. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Westfield, April 15.—A little ten-year-old daughter of Isaac Scott was horribly burned, about noon to-day. She was in the field where her'father was burning stalks and clearing up preparatory to plowing for corn, when, by some unknown means, her clothing was ignited, and before the flames could be extinguished she was terribly burned. Dr. Pettijohn was called, and did all that medical skill could devise for the little sufferer, but the opinion is that she can live but a few hours. A Forger Captured. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Madison, April 15.—A few days ago since a young man giving his name as C. J. Hartley, arrived in Vevay and organized a class in penmanship and book-keeping. This morning Sheriff A. M. Lewis, of Warren county, 0., accompanied by a detective, arrived, and arrested Hartley, and started for Lebanon, 0., where he is wanted for forgery. His real name is said to be Frank Corwin, and for the last five years he has been hunted all over the United States. New Chair at the State University. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal Logansport, April 15.—Rev. H. L. Stetson, a member of the board of trustees of the State University at Bloomington, returned from a meeting of the board to-night, and states that a chair of botany and geology was established, and Professor John M. Coulter, of Wabash College, invited to fill the new position. He states that the board has assurance Mr. Coulter will accept the chair. _ Minor Notes. U. Coulson has sold the Sullivan Union to W. A. Massie. Capt. David Newsom has been nominated by the Democrats for mayor of Columbus. Win. Mauck has been found dead in a public road, in Harrison county. His neck was broken. Cause of death unknown. Henry Burrell, who swore falsely to tbe age of Miss Yenover, of Seymour, to James Wilhoite, has been captured and put in jail in default of S7OO bail. The barn of Joseph Hardman, south of Huntington, burned, and a quantity of grain and a lot of farming implements were destroyed. Loss about $1,000; insured for SSOO. Tbe wife of Dr. W. F. Work, of Charlestown, meeting him with an unmarried woman whom he has been recently visiting, met tho twain with a cowhide, and after lashing the woman, laid the ready rawhide over the back of ber husband. The Democratic sheriff-elect, Charles Hay, also a married man, who was, pending the assault, with a sister of the other woman, finds himself in an extremely unenviable position, as divorce suits are likely to follow. ILLINOIS. The Democratic Members of Congress and the Public Patronage. Springfield, April 15. —At a meeting of Illinois congressmen to-day, called by Mr. Morrison, to discuss the question of federal appointments, all were present except Messrs. Springer, Townsend and Lawler. It was arranged that after the 20th of this month every person should go in 'and get what he could. The Legislature. Springfield, April 15.—1n the State Senate, to-day, tho bill introduced by Mr. Streeter to re*

duce railroad fares to 2| cents a mile, was defeated. In the joint assembly only one vote was cast for senator. Adjourned. Brief Mention. John Howell, near Jerseyville, while feeding his hogs, had an eye hooked out by a cow. F. C. Cross, brakeinan on the Chicago & Alton, was run over, at Chenoa, and instantly killed. Wm. A. Dilling, one of the best known and influential farmers of his section, died on Wedaesday at his home near Carbondale. John Taylor was in some mysterious but probably accidental manner killed near Seneca night before last. His body was found lying beside the railroad track. He bad been in Kankakee, and was probably coming home when he met with the accident Several creditors of N. C. Thompson, whose bank at Rockford failed about six months ago for $650,000, have commenced an action in the Circuit Court, to recover moneys which were de?osited in the bank at the time of the failure. he amount sued for is $4,000. Mr. Thompson is now in Kansas City. Although the sum for which he failed was so enormous, these are the first suits brought, the creditors being disposed to have great confidence in him, and accepting portions of their loss in stock and the rest in Thompson’s notes. ■ ii 'i DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington. April 16, 1885. ) For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee — Local showers, followed by fair weather, variable winds, generally easterly in Ohio valley, slight change in temperature. For the Upper Lake Region—Local showers, followed by fair weather, north to east winds, becoming variable, lower barometer, slight rise in temperature. For the Lower Lake Region—Clearing and fair weather, northeasterly winds shifting to easterly, slight changes in temperature, rising followed by falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Partly cloudy weather, southeasterly winds, becoming variable, nearly stationary, followed by a slight fall in temperature. For the Missouri Valley—Local showers, followed by fair weather, slightly colder winds, becoming variable and shifting to northwesterly in northern portion, generally higher barometer. Local Observations. Indianapolis, April 15. Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6a. M.. 29 87 43.0 88 S Cloudy. .40 10 a.m.. 29.81 49.0 82 8 Lt. rain 2 p.m.. 29.80 48.6 95 E Lt. rain. .19 6 p.m.. 29.79 49.8 98 NE Lt. rain 10 P. M.. 29.85 49.0 93 E Lt. rain. .32 Maximum temperature, 50.5; minimum temperature, 39.3. General Observations. War Department, ? Washington. April 15, 10 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. § f i: *§■ g. STATIONS. || j 1 = * * ** ® • 5® a • • rs ■ ! • © ' M • ! *5 * • p • • • ' * QD • • • • • and • New Orleans, La... 29.93 71 S Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 29.88 72 S Clear. Fort Smith, Ark.... 29.67 74 SW Clear. Galveston, Tex 29.90 73 S Fair. Little Rock, Ark ... 2.9.73 71 8 Clear. Shreveport, La 29.82 73 8 Clear. Cincinnati, 0 29.84 50i E .70 Lt, rain. Indianapolis, Ind.. 29.85 49 E .32 Lt. rain. Louisville. Ky 29.81 62 NE Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn .... 29.80 68 8 Clear. Nashville, Tenn 29.83 68 S Fair. Pittsburg. Pa. 29.90 46 E .36 Foggy. Chicago, IIL 29.92 41 E Cloudy. Cairo, 111 29.78 65 8 Cloudy. Davenport, la 29.91 45 E Cloudy. Des Moines, la 29.81 51 SE Cloudy. Keokuk, la 29.79 50 E Cloudy. LaCrosse, Wis 29.95 41 SE Cloudy. Moorehead, Minn... 29.83 46 SE Clear. St. Louis, Mo 29.79 61 E .02 Cloudy. St. Paul, Minn 29.90 48 SE Clear. Springfield, 111 29.79 50 NE .06 Thr’t’ng Leavenworth, Kan.. 29.69 69 E Clear. Omaha, Neb 29.75 56 SE Cloudy. Yankton, Dak 29.76 53 SE :.... Clear. Bismarck, Dak 29.68 55 E Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. 29.72 45 NW Cloudy. Ft. Assiniboine, Mta 29.84 37 W Clear. Deadwooa, Dak 29.74 55 NW .02 Clear. Fort Custer, Mont.. 29.83 45 N .Cloudy. Denver, Col 29.75 49 S .07 Fair. Dodge City, Kan... 29.62 62 NW Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex... 29.69 6-4 SW Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 29.68 54 SE .02 Fair. Las Animas, Col 29.63 53 N Clear. Fort Sill, Ind. T Fort Stockton, Tex. 29.87 62 W Cloudy. El Paso, Tex 29.86 03 W Clear. Key West, Fla. Brownsville, Tex Salt Lake City, U.T. 29,78 51 SW Clear. Duluth, Min 30.06 32 E Cloudy. Escanaba, Mich 30.07 34 N Cloudy. Marquette, Mich... 30.11 31 N Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis 30.00 34 N Cloudy. Toledo, 0 29.97 39 NE .01 Cloudy. Oswego. N. Y 30 00 30 NW Clear. New York City...!. 29.94 38 W Cloudy. Washington, D. 0.. 29.93 44 N .01 Lt. Rain. Flowers that Will Grow in the Shade. Farm and Garden. There are few plants that will flower in places from which sunshine is entirely excluded. Some plants will grow well enough, developing shoots and leaves, but flowers of nearly all kinds must have some sunshine. Os those that do well and flower when planted out in the open ground where the sunshine only comes for two or three hours during the day, may be named the following: Calceolarias, fuchsias, lobelias, herbaceous phloxes, pansies, forget-me-nots (myosotis), lily of the valley, and other herbaceous plants and shrubs whose native habitation is shady woods. Perhaps a better effect is produced in such situations by ornamental leaved plant?, such as colens of all kinds, achyranthes, ealadiums, cannas, aspidistra, and other plants with high colored leaves. With those may be combined the different styles of gray or white leaved plants, such as centaureas, cmnerarias, gnaphaliums, plants known under the general popular term of “dusty millers.’’ These are much more preferable for such shady situations than flowering plants. It may here be remarked that the cultivator of plants in rooms should understand the necessity of sunlight to plants that are to flower, and endeavor to get them as near as possible to a window, having an eastern or southern aspect The higher the temperature, the more plants suffer for want of light Many plants, such as geraniums, fuchsias, or roses might remain in a temperature of 40° in a cellar, for example, away from direct light for months without material injury, while if the cellar contained a furnace keeping up a temperature of 70° thev would all die before the winter was ended. If tropical species, they might stand it better, but all quickly become enfeebled when kept at a high temperature and away from the light His Edge Not Dulled. Chicago Tribune. We are glad to notice that even the labor and excitement of a political campaign have not altogether distracted Mr. Finerty’s attention from literature, and that he found time to dash off in the last issue of the Citizen a little Gaelic poem to El MahdL The concluding stanza rings like a trumpet, as follows: Boail leat, bu&il leat, El Mahdi! 'S na statl o’n troid go deo, Cbo shad a’s ta aon Hacsanach A d-tir do dhuthchals beo. Buail leat. boail leat, ’Our eongbhigh brat An Fhaidh go h-ui-d ’aan gaoith— Go m-beidh gach beul Ag glaoidh aii sgeil—•*Ta Egipt aor a ehoidhT* The Chief of Cipher Experts. Louisville Commercial. We will never have full confidence In Ignatius Donnelly’s Bacon-Shakspeare cipher until your Uncle Samuel Tilden expresses his expert opinion. _ About the Weather. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The spring this year resembles the English spring which Dickens describes as being not the spring of Thomson’s seasons, bat of Johnson’s,

and of Brown’s, and Jones’s, and Robinson’S seasons. It is one of thoso seasons its which all can appreciate the remade of Charles Lamb, when asked for almW>y a beggar who said hs had “seen better days," answered: “So have 1 —so have I. It’s a muerable day." Grant and Napoleon. Atlanta Constitution. It is the custom of all great soldiers to visit wie tomb of Napoleon when they visit Paris. General Grant was an exception to the rule. He regarded the mighty Emperor with horror, and during his stay in Paris could not be persuaded to visit the great conqueror’s last resting places Grant viewed the First Napoleon as a murderous monster, and felt no more interest in his emblazoned cenotaph than he would have felt ia the sepulchre of an ordinary brigand. Tha splendor of tho Corsican’s career failed to dazzle the plain republican soldier. He felt only abhorrence for the man who sacrificed millions ta his last of ambition and dominion. Grants opinion of Napoleon is significant, and throws a flood of light upon his own real character. If anew planting of rhubarb is needed, make it early. Cut up old roots, securing a bud to each piece, and plant in highly manured four feet apart each way. , The Duty of State Legislatures. Legislation in every State should regulate the ' sale and use of the many poisons resorted to Jby > women in their desperation to obtain beautiful' complexions. There exists in Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic every requisite to accomplish the object without injuring health or endangering life. TEST YOUR BAKINS POWDER TO-DAY! Brands advertised as absolutely pure COBTTAXIV AMMOTffTATMETESI Place a can top down on a hot stove until heated then remove the cover and smell. A chemist will not be re. qaired to detect the presence ot ammonia. Jp|lL DOES NOT CONTAIN AMMONIA. ITS UEALTHFOLKKSS HAS NEVER BKKX QCKSTIOim In a million homes for a quarter of a century it had, stood the consumers’ reliable test, THE TEST OF THE OVEH. PRICE BAKING POWDER C 0.,. MAKERS OF Dr. Price’s Special Flavoring Extracts,, Tho strongest,most delicious and natural flaror kntfwn.aad Dr. Price’* Lupuiin Yeast Gems For Light, Healthy Bread, The Best Dry Bop Yeast in tho World. FOR SALK BY GROCERS. CHICAGO. - ST. LOUIS. WHITE’S NEURALGIA CURE Gives Quick Relief, and Effects a*' Permanent Cure of that most painful disease. ISTTry it, and Suffer no more. Price: Small Bottles, 25 eta. Large Bottles. 50 cfcs, For sale by all Druggists. E. B. WHITE, Sole Prop., Lancaster, (X JTOP THAT CM! /A' It Leads to Deaft ML BOSTON - cough balm • - / Positively Cure* BRONCHITIS * ff / gV And the worst fir I k* I>\ COUGHS, load- | I J - I' ing to Consumpijtf/ fJTf tion, it i* so safe that double doses will not hnrt a little child SOLD .EVERY WHERE ON GUARANTEE. ■PSfIHBVHPIHBnnPVMi h B v M fak m jhwß /jr rs a B JB ■ Wi VEa n W E nB m_J[ lsL y® q w fjg® 1 WBITING iTiCHIWEIWTU^?O*t| I Hi for balm on Bstrr. H. T. OONDE, Gen’l Aq’T, Jim 76 fc <8 W.Waah.St., INDIANAPOLIS. | thegrandevehtT JOHN B. DORIS' NEW MONSTER SHOWS, united with the GREAT INTER OCEAN 3-RING CIRCUS! .‘SO-CAGK MENAGERIE, MARVELOUS MUSEUM OF WONDERS, DEEP-SEA AQUARIUM and ELEVATED THEATER STAGE. Indianapolis, Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 18. 50—Cage Colossal Menagerie—so KRAO! yiW', ‘J . yJUejfM . * JLJ 1 .fff BKSgMBBSf'vSSfc/, 1 4 tT if THE MISSING LIN K! The Wonder of the Century!* Only Specimen of This Race Ever in Civilization! 3 COMPLETE CIRCUSES 3 Embracing 100 All-Star Performers, In 3—Separate Kings—3. 50—Different Acts—so. 14—Bareback Riders—l 4. 20— Champion Deapers— 2o. 10-Comlcal Clown—lo. 14—Genuine Brawny Turks—l 4. 6—Siberian Boiler Skaters—o. O—French Blcyol® Killers—6. o—Celebrated Japanese Equilibrists—O. Tho Grand Free Spectacular Street Farads* 20—Often Dens of Wild Beasts—3o ItxhiMted free of charge on the public atreetHl Takes place daily at 10 a. m. DON’T MIAS IT! Cheap Excursion Rate* on all Railrocde. Doors open at l and 7p. m. Performancecc-nameacs* ons hour later. . , . , . _ MTUNE TICKET admits to all Advertised