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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Love. Pistols and Alleged Burglary at EtjuisTille—A Monster Meteor in Illinois—Rear Collision on the 0. & M.—Gleanings. nSDIANA. Love’s Yonng Dream Interrupted \vy Papa’s Pistol and a Charge of Itnrglariy. Special to th*> tudianaoetis Journal. Evansville, Juno 4.—Sensation uraa caused yesterday evening in the upper part of the city by the attempted shooting of an amorous young man by an irate father. The matter was kept very quiet for several hours, but the arrest of the young man on a charge of burglary caused the entire affair to leak out The partier concerned were Charles Weyerbacher and Charles Bauer, a well known young musician of the city. Both parties have different stories to tell of the affair. Bauer claims that he has been courting Miss Lena Weyerbacher for some time, to which her father objected, but, at Miss Lena’s request, he paid no attention to the father’s threats, but continued to visit her, generally choosing a time when the old gentleman was down town. Yesterday afternoon be called, and had been in the parlor perhaps an hour, when the door opened and Mr. Weyerbacher appeared. He made threatening demonstrations, and the young man jumped through an open window, Weyerbacher following. Perceiving a pistol in the latter’s hands, Bauer did not wait to pass leisurely through the gate, but went over the fence. Then the irate parent opened fire on him. Bauer dodged behind a passing street car and escaped injury, though five shots were fired at him. He went home and told his father of the facts, and by his advice came to the police station to prefer charges against his assailant, but, to his surprise, was arrested on a charge of burglary, and bail being refused, he spent the night behind the bars. On the other hand, Weyerbacher claims that Bauer entered the house with the evident intention of taking therefrom various articles of value, of which he knew the whereabouts. Bauer was arraigned before the mayor this morning, and placed under SI,OOO bond to appear to-morrow to answer the charges preferred. He pave bail and is at liberty. There are many ugly to-day regarding the matter, but as none of them are verified by positive facts, your correspondent does not feel at liberty to disclose them. Racy developments are, however, promised at the preliminary trial to morrow. Both parties are influential and substantial citizens, Bauer’s father being one of the wealthiest men in Pigeon township.

Family Reunion at Union City. Special to the ludianapolis Journal. Union City, June 4. — John S. Johnson, vicepresident of the Commercial Bank at Union City, gave the customary annual reunion ami dinner for his family, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. F. W. Stewart, in this place. Besides the daughter, there were present all of his five sons, representing large business interests in Cincinnati, Kansas,City and Portland, Ind. Father Johnson is a healthy and lively little gentleman, eighty-one years old. The aggregate weight of his five hoys is 1,028 pounds, and for a comfortable looking “bald-headed" set, they may safely challenge any other five that can he produced. Minor Notes. The Muncie water-works will be in operation by the middle of July. Rev. N. H. Phillips, of Hartford City, has become proprietor and editor of the New Castle Mercury. The prize exhibition of the preparatory department of Wabash College will take place this evening at the college chapel, in Crawfordsville. John B. Roberts, an old citizen of Versailles, died while sitting in his pew at the Bethel M. E. Church. lie was seventy-four years old. John Davis, bartender for Confare & Gilmore, saloon keepers at Terre Haute, has been arrested, charged by his employers with embezzling $240.50. It is said that those who are most bitter in denouncing the Corydon masqueraders are those most likely to be hurt by an examination of the county books. The Winchester town trustees and board of health ..re compelling citizens to clean up and renovate their premises. There is no little city n the State in a better sanitary condition than Winchester. A young man named Ira MeEndree, son of a vidow residing cn the farm of Nick Branegan, near Franklin, was instantly killed by lightning, t ouug MeEndree was the only support of his widowed mother. The destruction to crops in the neighborhood of Franklin, especially corn and wheat, by the recent storm, is very great. Quantities of tira ber and mites of fencing were blown down, and many buildings were totally wrecked. The Crawfordsville Broom Brigade will give an entertaiament next Monday afternoon, during commencement week of Wabash College. The brigade is going to challenge the Indianapolis Broom brigade for a competitive drill, to take yiace in September. Mrs. Coulter, living at New London, claims to be one bund red and sixteen years old. She is a native of Delaware, a member of the Methodist Church, and has a vivid recollection of Gen. George Washington, deceased. She is living with her son, Peter Coulter, who is eighty-one years old. D. Rising, of the jewelry firm of Cumberland, Kachlein & Rising, of Lafayette, has met with an accident that is likely to deprive him of the use of his right and only eye, his left having been sightless for years. The injury was caused by shooting a clay. pigeon, a fragment of the hard clay striking him in the eye. William Pickett, a highly-respected citizen residing near Winchester, died very suddenly last Sabbath morning. He retired the previous evening feeling almost as well as usual, but when his wife woke up in the early morning she found him a corpse. The deceased was eightyfour years of age, and a member of the Friends Churth. The Winchester City School Board reorganized last evening as follows: President, W. W. Canada: secretary, Daniel Leshley; treasurer. C. E Magee. They will elect teachers for the coming year nc/ct Saturday evening. Prof. C. 11. Wood, late principal of the high-school of that city, has been elected superintendent ot the New Harmony public schools, this State. Dr. P. U. Mayo, a Mexican veteran, nearly seventy years old, residing at Jeffersonville, has purchased a little home, where he will spend the balance of his days. Dr. Mayo has been granted a pension of $24 per month for services in the Mexican war and wounds received therein. The Doctor once lived on Salt river, in Kenucity, owned fifty slaves and had accumulated quite a fortune, which was sweDt away bv the ar. Courier-Journal Jeffersonville item: Richard re wilt, who was confined in the county jail in iis city for some time, charged with stealing udes, made his escape before his term expired and weut to Kentucky. He walked into the county clerk’s office yesterday morning with a young woman, and asked to procure marriage license. About this time the jailer entered, and recollecting that Prewitt had eecaped from jail, arrested him and lodged him in the county jail. The girl returned to Kentucky. Two weeks ago Muncie received a proposition from the bending works At Biufftoo to remove to the former place if a sufficient sura should be raised to erect a suitable factory building. No difficulty was bad in raising the amount aud

forming a joint stock company, with five directors—Jamee Boyce, Thad A. Neely, A. F. Patterson, John M. Kirby and J. H Smith. The company is to be known as th Muncie Business nnd Manufacturing Association. The stock is $1,0.000. By the terms of the contract the com pany which is to remove there agrees to furnish employ raent to seventy five hands every working day in the season, while the probabilities are that they will employ twice that number. Miss Flora Riley, daughter of Mrs. Juliet Riley, of Muncie, was married at that city, on Wednesday, to Mr. Will W. Johnson, Lafayette. Rev. Thomas Stabler performing the ceremony. The elite of the city were present, and the contracting parties received many valuable presents. The bride is the daughter of the late banker, Theo. J. Riley. The groom is the son of the auditor of Tmpeeanoe county. Among those present from Lafayette were Col. Cy Johnson and wife, Capt H.* C. Tinney and wife. FL B. Branson and wife, A. C. Johnson and wife. Mm. Robert Sample and daughter, S. C. Curtis aud wife, Walter Curtis, John R. Brown, John V. Johnson, Will Anderson and Mrs. John Anderson. _ ILLINOIS. The Inhabitants of New Burnsides Excited Over the Fall of a Huge Meteor. Special to the IndiauaDolis Journal. Vincennes, Ind., June 4.—Trainmen on the Chicago, Vincennes & Cairo road brought a wonderful story, to-day, concerning the falling of a gigantic meteor, in a field near that railroad, at Nevr Burnsides, Johnson county, 111., last night, about midnight The weight of the meteor is estimated at about a ton and a half, and it is imbedded in the ground several feet. The phenomenon excited the denizens of the village to a high degree, and created a great sensation. Hundreds of people visited the spot today. Bun Into from the Bear. Special to ttao Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, June 4.—No. 4 section ran into the rear of regular No. 4 passenger, east bound, on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad, near Flora, 111., last night at 11 o'clock, creating great alarm among the passengers, but fortunately no one was hurt except one of the mail clerks, who was injured slightly. Who is responsible for the accident cannot be learned. It was a narrow eseape for those on board the first train. One of the locomotives was badly damaged and the loss is considerable. Bights of Colored People* Springfield, June 4 —The Senate this morning passed the House civil-rights bill, which gives colored people the same rights as whites in hotels, restaurants, theaters and public places. It provides that for any violation the person offending shall pay not less than $25 nor more than SSOO to the person aggrieved, and shall also be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, aud upon conviction shall pay a fine of not more than SSOO, or shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Wind and Rain at Paris. Paris, June 4.—A tornado of wind and rain, accompanied by terrific lightning and thunder, lasting fifteen minutes, struck this town this afternoon. Half the Metropolitan Block was unroofed, leaving valuable stocks of goods exposed to the torrents of rain which fell. The Presbyterian Church aud a number of other buildings were almost totally demolished. The loss will aggregate several thousand dollars. Wages for Statesmen. Springfield, June 4.—ln the Senate, this afternoon, a bill was passed providing that after 1889 members of the Legislature shall be paid for the session $1,200, with ten-cent mileage, and for extra sessions $5 per day for the first thirty days and $3 per day thereafter. Any member absent from the House shall forfeit $lO per day.

Killed by Lightning;. Mkndota, June 4.—A Mr. McKinley and his son were both iustantly killed by lightning last night while standing in the door of their house, i Brief Mention. At Rockford, a voungman named Gregory fell upon an open clasp knife, the blade penetrating through his bowels and doubtless causing fatal injuries. At Aurora a lad named Lewis Wimers jumped from the way-car of a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight just in time to be struck by a west-bound passenger and instantly killed. John, alias “Doc” Evans, a convict from Jefferson county, sentenced for thirty-four years in September, 1875, on a charge of murder, was released from prison on a pardon granted by Governor Oglesby. Evans had served nine years and nine months on his sentence, and was a good convict. Mary Wilson, a young woman of Leaf River, yesterday dressed herself to attend the funeral of a friend, and, taking off her shoes and placing her money *in them, hastily left the house. Her friends followed her and found that she had thrown herself into a deep ci-tern. Before she could be rescued life was extinct Recently she visited a gypsy camp and had her fortune told. The old hag predicted some great trouble in her life, since which time she has been very low-spir-ited, and this doubtless caused her suicide. The absconding postmaster, I. N. Hibbs, of Lewiston, Idaho, attempted to make the Freeport National Bank one of his victims, but failed. He sent-to the bank nearly a month ago an order to the amount of SOOO, with instructions to have it collected of the Freeport postoffice and the money held on deposit for him and awaiting his order. The money was collected, but when another letter was received asking to have the money forwarded to Pierce City, Shoshone county, Idaho, the bank officials’ suspicions were aroused, and they notified the Postoffice Department, and Hibbs’s case was looked up. Conspiracy and Murder Confessed. St. Louis, June 4.—The Chinaman arrested* yesterday near Murphysboro. 111., for the murder of Lou Johnson, last Monday, turns out to bo Cong Seng, instead of Chyo Pock, as reported last night. He was brought here today, and when taken before the coroner gave all the details of the murder, admitting that he was one of the four men who committed the bloody deed. He said that about a month ago it was decided to kill Johnson, because he was believed to be giving information to the police, which led to the arrest of other Chinamen for gambling and keeping gambling-houses. Cong Seng Chip Pock and two other Chinamen agreed to murder Johnson for S6OO, and watched his house for six days before they got the chance. Cong Seng was assigned to watch outside and to remove traces of the crime, which he did. He did not see the murder committed, but plainly heard Johnson’s cries for help as he was being stabbed to death. John I. Davenport. New York, June 4.—The Telegram of yesterday published a sensational article charging that John I. Davenport, supervisor of elections, had been missing from the city for the past two months, and intimated that his disappearance was caused by his desire to avoid meeting charges that were to be preferred against him from Washington in regard to his official conduct Mr. Davenport was at the Union League Club last night, and denied that there was anything mysterious about his movements. Investigation shows that Mr. Davenport has not been absent from the city, and that he could have been found, if looked for, in his usual haunts. Moreover, he was appointed to the office he holds by the courts, and the authorities at Washington have no control over his office. ■ Protection to Canadian Fisheries. Halifax, N. F., June 4.—The Chamber of Commerce yesterday passed the following: Whereas, It does not appear that the Dominion goverr.inont have taken steps to secure a renewal of the reciprocity treaty; Resolved, That the Neva Scotia government be asked to bring the matter to the notice of the Dominion government, and for that government to call upon th® admiral to employ shins of the navy to efficiently protect the habere* until the treaty is renewed, or some other inter national business arrange moot is effected in terms fair to the previuoe.

THJS INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JUJSTJE 5, 1885

DIAMONDS RECOVERED. The lliding-riace of SB,OOO Worth of Stolen Jewels Finally Discovered. Chicago, June 4.—According to a story made public hero this morning, lawyer Frame C. Smith has at last been successful in discovering and digging up SB,OOO worth of diamonds that had been buried in Lincoln Park, this city, by a client, Andrew i. Anderson, who last November was sent to the penitentiary on a fifteen years’ sentence for burglary. The motive for hiding the jewels was fear on the part of Anderson that they would be taken from him should he fall in the bauds of the officers. Anderson described to his lawyer how he had lain down under a clump of bushes, wrapped the diamonds in a piece of brown paper, dug a hole with his hands in the earth at the roots, covered the gems, rings, etc., and half broke off three small twigs, so that vhey hang down and pointed directly to the spot where the package was buried. In spite of the failures on the part of the lawyor, Anderson persisted in declaring the diamonds were there, and he went down to Joliet, maintaining the troth of the story, with dogged pertinacity. The matter dropped, but a few days ago Mr. Smith was at the park, and from force of habit he wandered down to the clump of bushes. There were a number of lumps of earth, just as he had left them on a chill December morning, and as he glanced at them he carelessly kicked two or three of the lumps. They crumbled to pieces, and from one of them rolled a small piece of brown paper. Scarcely daring to hope that his long search had been at last successful, Mr. Smith stooped 4o pick up the packet. His hands trembled with excitement as he hastily unwrapped the paper and exposed four large diamonds and a monster emerald The jewels were still in their setting. There was a solitaire ring, a solitaire breastpin, a pair of solitaire ear-rimrs, and an emerald pin. The gems were all of the first water, handsomely cut, deep and pure. lu the month of June, 1884, L. IT. Walker, of Covington, Ky., left Milwaukee for Waukesha Springs, with Mrs. Walker. She placed her jewelry in a small hand-bag, and it was carelessly thrown on the seat beside her. When she was gathering up her belongings to leave the car the bag was missing. Anderson always maintained that he did not steal it, but that his gang, who was in the sleeper, saw Mrs. Walker’s careless act, and, taking advantage of her absence for a moment, filched the bag. Mr. Smith promptly communicated with Mr. Walker, who bad removed to Lexington, and then to Salt Lake City, and Mr. Walker has come on to Chicago to identify and claim bis property. Anderson is stated to be a member of a wealthy family in New York. The restoration of the diamonds is supposed to be a part of a movement to secure him a pardon.

LABOR AND WAGES. The Iron Strike May lie Terminated by the Action of the Sheet-Mill Men. Pittsburg, June 4.—lt is reported that the sheet mill men of the Amalgamated Association are in secret session here, considering the advisability of accepting the 10 per cent reduction proposed by the manufacturers. Nothing definite could be learned in regard to the meeting, as the amalgamated officials refused to either affirm or deny the report A prominent member of the manufacturers’association, speaking of the alleged meeting, said: “If the sheet mill men decide to Accept a 10 per cent reduction, the manufacturers are beaten; they will be compelled to make all other concessions, and the strike would be at an end.” The stand taken by the sheet-mill men has caused considerable dissatisfaction among other iron-workers. One of the latter, in conversation this morning, stated that the sheet men compose only 10 per cent, of the association, and to expect nine-tenths of the members to Submit to a long strike for their express benefit, was unreasonable. Secretary Weeks, of the manufacturers’association, reports no more signatures up to noon. A telegram from the Falcon Iron and Nail Company denies the report that they had signed the scale. The strike has not affected the coke trade to any great extent. The shipments by the Pittsburg syndicate during the past week have fallen off about twenty cars per day. The daily shipment this week has been 530 ears. The lake manufacturers are not alarmed over the efforts of the Hocking valley coal men to make coke. Their product, it is claimed, will be of an inferior quality. They say the coal near Nelsonviile is so full of sulphur, and the washing and cutting process so breaks up its cellular tissue that the coke is almost worthless. Os the 10.489 ovens in the region, this week, 2,994 are idle. Secretary Martin, of the Amalgamated Association, this afternoon admitted that the sheetmill rollers had been in secret session here. He stated that after a long discussion a resolution refusing to accept a 10 per cent, reduction was unanimously adopted. Mr. Martin further said that the association would stand by the sheetmill men. If it had not been the intention to do so, the action to exempt them from a reduction would not have been taken. It is rumored to-night that the South Side mills of Graff, Bennett & Cos., Oliver Brothers & Phillips, A. M. Byers & Cos., and the Sligo Iron Company! will start up their puddling and rolling departments next Monday, the workmen having signified a willingness to return to work iu these departments. It is also reported at Amalgamated headquarters that the scale has been signed by the Chartiers Iron and Steel Company, of Mansfield, Pa. At the sheet-rollers’ meeting to day a memorial was prepared asking Congress to increase the tariff on sheet-iron.

RELIGIOUS MATTERS. Closing Session of the Diocesan Convention of Indiana Episcopalians. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Waynk, June 4.—The diocesan convention of the Episcopal Church adjourned to-day, to meet next year at St. Paul’s Church, Indianapolis. At 7 o’clock this morning holy communion was celebrated. Rev. E. A. Bradley acting as celebrant. After the service the clergy sat down to an elaborate breakfast tendered by Bishop Knickerbacker, and an hour was pleasantly spent in social conversation and mutual congratulations on the results of the year’s work. Resolutions of thanks to Rector Webbe, of Trinity Church, and citizens of Fort Wayne, were passed. The reading of the reports of the deans concluded the work of the session. A number of the clergy held a temperance meeting this evening. Meetings at Saratoga. Saratoga, N. Y., June 4.— The American Congregational Union held its thirty-second anniversary meeting this morning, the Rev. Dr. Edwin Webb, of Boston, presiding. The Rev. Dr. Cobb, of Boston, the secretary, submitted his report, which showed receipts of $103,798.33; grants of $71,361.07 paid to ninety-one churches in twenty-five States and Territories, and loans of $6,435 paid to nineteen churches on completion of their parsonages. The American Home Missionary Society reconvened to-day. The roll committee reports 220 annual and life members present. The session was devoted to reports of committees on papers secretaries, etc. The afternoon session of the American Home Missionary Society was occupied with addresses by Rev. L. P. Rose, of Indiana; Rev. Stewart Sheldon, of Yankton, D. TANARUS.; Rev. John L. Malt, of Lincoln; Rev. R. P. Cross, of Colorado; Rev. T. B. Doe, of Missouri; Rev. Charles Sumner, of New Mexico, and others, on missioa work in the fields to which they are assigned. Storm Damage at Atolilaon, Kan. Atchison. Kan.. Jane 4—A terrific storm of wind and rain swept over this citv yesterday, destroying public aud private property to the

extent of about SBO,OOO. All the creeks overflowed their banks, and culverts, bridges and crossings were swept away or seriously damaged. The gutters and sewers could not carry off the water, and the streets on the lower levels became rivers. Cellars were flooded, mills stopped and business greatly interrupted. The mayor and city engineer, after careful inspection of public property, say the damage will reach $50,000 on city works alone, while almost every business man complains of more or less damage by water. The rain came down in a perfect deluge, and tbe thunder and lightning were worse than ever before known in this vicinity. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) Oitici of thr Chief Sign at. Officer, n Washington, Jane 6, 1885. ) For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Fair weather in Tennessee; local rains in the Ohio valley, generally followed by fair weather; westerly winds in the Ohio valley, and slightly cooler weather; southwesterly winds in Tennessee, with stationary temperature. For the Lower Lake Region—Local rains, with slight changes in temperature; barometer variable; falling, followed in the western portion by rising barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Local rains, generally followed by fair weather, variable winds, generally shifting to westerly; slight changes in temperature. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, except in the southern portion, slightly cooler; winds becoming variable. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather, followed during the night by local rains, variable winds, generally shifting to southeasterly, stationary, followed by slight rise in temperature Local Observations. Indianapous, June 4. Time. Bar. Thor. Ham. Wind. Weather Rain. 6A. M 29.86 67.4 98 S Cloudy. 1.64 10 a. m . 29.84 80.3 79 S Clear 2p.m.. 29.71 86.0 59 8W Clear 6P.M.. 29.64 83.0 69 SW Threat’s 10P.M-. 29.66 68.0 93 SW Thr’tng 1.23 Maximum temperature, 87.0. Minimum temperature, 64.2. Total rainfall since yesterday, June 3, 3.30 inches. General Observations. . War Department, ) Washington, June 4, 10 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. W 33 3 2 2 ? ®s- S 5 3 o po 0 STATIONS. £ 2 5 p ~ 3 ® 1 : * 3 : : ? : : S : • i . • New Orleans, La.... 29.85 83j NE Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 29.85 79 Calm . ... Clear. Fort Smith, Ark 29.80 77 Calm Clear. Galveston, Tex 29.88 82 S Clear. Little Rock, Ark... 29.78 81 S Clear. Shreveport, La 29.84 79 S Clear. Cincinnati. 0 29.69 79 SW Threat’? Indianapolis, Ind 29.67 68 SW 1.23 Threat’g Louisville, Ky 29.73 80 S Fair. Memphis, Tenn 29.80 82 SW Clear. Nashville, Tenn 29.801 80 S Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 29.65 71 E .07 Clear. Chicago, II! 29.65 57 N .21 Lt. rain. Cairo, 111 Davenport, la 29.75 64 NE .05 Clear. Des Moines, la 29.75 70 Calm Clear. Keokuk, la 29.72 70 NW .40 Clear. LaCrosse, Wis 29.72 66 W Clear. Moorehead. Minn... 29.81 61 NE Cloudy. St. Louis, Mo 29.75 83 W Fair. St. Paul. Minn 29.80 64 N Cloudy. Springfield. 11l 29.69 73 NW .02 Clear. Leavenworth, Kan.. 29.77 76 Cairn Clear. Omaha, Neb 29.79 73 Calm Clear. Yankton, Dak 29.80 67 N Clear. Bismarck, Dak 29.86 60 E Clearing. Fort Buford, Dak.. 29.81 59 E Cloudy. Ft. Assiniboine.M.T Deadwood, Dak 29.74 61 NE Cloudy. Fort Custer, Mont.. 29.64 66 E Fair. Denver, Col 29.65 71 SE Fair. Dodge City, Kan 29.71 7(5 SE Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex.. 29.75 77 SW Tbreat’g North Platte, Neb.. 29.71 70 E Clear. Las Animas, C 01.... 29.62 73 SE .02 Clear. Fort Sill, Ind Ter Fort Stockton, Tex. 29.69 76 SE Clear. El Paso, Tex 29.63 78 K .01 Fair. Lamar, Mo 29.79 74 S Clear. Brownsville, Tex Salt Lake City, U.T. 29.54 65 N ....Cloudy. Duluth, Minn 29.90 48 NE .03 Fair. Escanaba Mich 29.79 52 N ... Cloudy. Marquette, Mich.... 29.85 45 NW .02 Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis 29.68 59 N .J 7 Cloudy. Toledo, 0 29.57 66 Calm .21 Lt. rain. Oswego, N. Y 29.73 54 ME Cloudy. New York City 29.75 66 S Fair. Washington, D. C.. 29.79 70lCalm Clear.

Ferdinand Ward Again in Court. New York, June 4.—Ferdinand Ward, who has been indicted by the grand jury for larceny in the first degree, for stealing $1,500,000 worth of bonds and securities from the Marine Bank just prior to its failure, was brought down today from Ludlow-street jail, on the writ of habeas corpus granted by the court yesterday, and arraigned in the court of Oyer and Terminer. He pleaded not guilty, and his case was postponded until the 15th inst Ward, after the date was fixed for his trial, was remanded to the custody of the sheriff and taken back to jail. It is understood that other indictmeuts will be found against Ward to day, and that he will be again arraigned in court to-morrow to plead to them. Frightful Result of a Runaway. Erie, Pa., June 4. —A terrible accident occurred this evening, which will probably result in the death of three out of five persons injured. Deninan Orton was driving a spirited team, which ran away, colliding with a telegraph pole and breaking Orton’s skull. A lad named Kuhn was knocked down and trampled beneath the horses' feet, mangling him fearfully. Andrew Hinton, who was in a buggy with Mrs. Elizabeth Warden, was run down" Hinton’s ribs were broken and the lady cut and fractured beyond the hope of recovery. William Auraer was the next victim: his back was broken. All were removed to a hospital, but only Hinton is expected to live through the night. Surrender of Abe Buzzard. Lancaster, Pa., June 4.—Abe Buzzard, the noted outlaw, walked into the Lancaster county prison about midnight, and surrendered himself to the authorities. He was accompanied by his brothers, Mart and John. Before giving himself up he exacted a promise from his brothers and prison-keeper Burkholder, that they would not claim the reward of SI,OOO offered for his cap ture. Buzzard surrendered at the instigation of prominent citizens of the eastern end of the county, who will use their efforts to secure a commutation of nine years of his sentence, which, it is generally agreed, be unjustly received. The Liberty Bell Must Pay Its Way. New Orleans, June 4.—An injunction was asked in the federal court to-day to restrain the payment of the appropriation by the city council. of $3,000 to defray the expenses of the party to conduct the liberty bell from the exposition to Philadelphia Judge Pardee, in a lengthy opinion, says: “The illegality and nullity of the ordinance being clear, the question remaining for decision is a3 to jurisdiction and propriety of an injunction in this particular case.” In conclusion, he says: ‘‘Under the circumstances and law of this case, it seems the plain duty of the court to grant the injunction as prayed for.” Rapid Type-Setting. New York, June 4.—A type-setting contest between Joseph McCann, of the Herald, and Jra Somraere, of the World, for a purse of SSOO, was decided to-day. The men set for three hours, McCann putting up 6,325 ems of solid miuion without paragraphs, and Sommers 6,022. In the first hour McCann set 2.123 ems, beating the best previous record of 2.064, made by compositor Arensburg some years ago. Shoe Factory Burned. Peabody, Mass., June 4.— Mudge A Co.'s large shoe factory, at Danvers Centre, and three stores, together with $40,000 worth of stock, were burned early this moruing. The loss is $75,000; fnliy insured. Two hundred hands are thro n out of work.

THfi CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. Favorable Report on the Bill Proposing a Repeal of Its Charter. Chicago, Juno 4—The House committee of the Illinois legislature on corporations, at Springfield, to day, agreed to report on the bill to repeal the charter of the Chicago Board of Trade, when presented. Blake was informed of the action of the committee. He was considerably surprised. “It cannot be possible,” he said, “that the Legislature will concur in any such action. It is too preposterous for belief.” ‘ You knew that such a bill had been introduced?” “Yes, we were aware of it” “Did you send any commission to Springfield to fight it?” “No, the question was mooted, bnt the directors knew if that was done the cry would immediately be raised that we had sent men with money down there. I think the whole thing came from the friends of bucket-shops, who wish to injure us!” “Do you think the directors will now fight the measurer “I can hardly say whether they willoruot, for really there are some of our members who are in favor of doing away with the charter, for the reason that under it we can only hoid $200,000 of private property." Neither Wheat Nor Rye. New York, June 4. — The Rural New Yorker, two years ago, produced a hybrid between wheat and rye, the new grain being very distinct from either. Last year a farther cross was effected upon these hybrids by using the pollen of rye, so that the resulting grain is three quarters rye. The plants are remarkably vigorous, the heads being large and still very distinct from those of rya Shot Dead by His Brother. St. Louis, Mo., June 4. —A special to the Post Dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn., says a sensational fratricide occurred near Oak Dale yesterday. Talbert Scarborough, while under the influence of liquor, went to the house of his brother, Samuel, and swore he would kill him, whereupon Samnel dr6W a pistol and shot him through the heart The murderer was arrested. Steamship News. Southampton, June 4.—Arrived: Eider, for Bremen, from New York. Queenstown, June 4.—Arrived off Kinsale: England, from New York for Liverpool. New York. June 4. —Arrived: Spain, from Liverpool; Tower Hill, from London; Rhineland, from Antwerp; Bohemia, from Hamburg. Internatioual Typographical Union. New York, June 4.—At to-day’s session of the International Typographical Union the plan for the benefit of printers traveling in search of work by which they should receive mileage and per diem, was voted down. The proposition to to re establish the sub-list system was lost An SBO,OOO Buffalo. N. Y , June 4. Fire broke out at an early hour this morning in the shiuglo factory and yards of the North Buffalo planing mill, in the northern part of this city, causing a loss o t SBO,OOO. The Result of Religious Enthusiasm. Erie, Pa., Juno 4.—ln a fit of religious mania a recent convert to Adventism shot himself dead thinking his soul was irretrievably damned. Death of Robert Treat Paine. Boston, June 4. —Robert Treat Paine is dead. ■ - 1 ■—■ A man by the name of Blum is reported as committing suicide Wednesday night by jumping into the river at the foot of Jackson street, Louisvilie. The body has been dragged for but without success. John Dearine, an inmate of the lunatic asylum at Anchorage. Ky., met with a horrible death, yesterday morning. He jumped in a scalding bath and died almost instantly.

BERNHARDT IN “THEODORA.'* # m * A Look from an Actress that Is a Miracle of Tragedy and Unsurpassed by Rachel. Paris Correspondence Boston Traveler. Sarah Bernhardt in “Theodora,” is one of the events of the season. It. is a fine drama, by Victorien Se.rdou, in which we have the old story of the beautiful daughter of the beerkeeper, born —let us say, iu the year 500, aud destined to rise from the spangled slipper of the dancer to the imperial purple of the empress. The enigmatical character of Theodora, who held Justinian in her power all her life —this beautiful, clever, imperial, bad creature —was never so well illustrated as by Sarah Bernhardt, who goes from the empress to the daughter of the people, with a bound as impressive, and powerful in both, as was the original. She is a woman of remarkable reading ard intelligence, or she could never have mastered so completely this historic role. August Marrast says of Theodora in bis “Vie Byzantine au VI Siecle”: “The empress joined to a superior mind a rare culture, an audacious and indomitable character. She put au energy into the accomplishment of her purposa She divined the intentiou of her adversaries, while she remained impenetrable. No one was a more faithful friend, nor a more pitiless enemy. In the luxurious life which her invalid condition rendered necessary for she could only live by a sort of interminable hot bath she found still the time aud energy to interest herself in all the cares of state. She rallied the wits, disputed the doctors, laughed at fate, but compelled it, and immolated her victims with the superb calm with which Apollo flayed Marsyas. Justinian loved this vagabond Phryne with one of those overwhelming, absolute passions which are peculiar to laborious and concentrated men. Theology and the Pandects had their day, bt his love for Theodora endured forever." Such are the stormy couple and their more stormy history which Sardou has taken for the hero and heroine of one of the most striking of all modern dramas. “The inevitable Eros’’ found them out, aud Theodora, in the drama, is carrying on a secret intrigue with an old lover who is at the head of a conspiracy to kill the emperor. Andreas o >es not know that the beautiful widow of a &ilk merchant, whom he has rescued from an earthquake, is the hated and wicked emDress whom he denounces. The scene is in Constantinople, where women are always veiled. He has never seen the face of the empress nor that of his adored Myrta. Sarah Bernhardt has here a grand and unusual opportunity for her splendid dramatic talent. She first appears in a splendid salon, surrounded with Byzantine magnificence, receiving with haughty nonchalance the homage of the world. After the necessary time given to public duties she bounds off her couch, and is the dancer, the daughter of the people. It seems scarcely a moment before she appears in the most classic, simple, and perfectly artistic dress, ready to go veiled to the house of an old magician, who sells love philters. Here she finds some tigers and bears chained, and the daughter of the hear keeper plays with them through the bars, teasing her old play fellows. This is a wonderfully pretty scene. She gets her love philter, and goes to the young Greek, her Andreas, whom she loves. Her love making, her sinuosity, her creeping, insidious charm, recall the serpent of old Nile. ‘ The honest and pure passion” of Andreas for his unknown Myrta makes him forget his somber intentions, and Theodora forgets her greatness—all is exquisite like two young lovers of the golden age listening to the uightingales—when Andreas suddenly, after promising her that he will abandon conspiracies on general principles, mentions his horror of that infamous empress, that wretched Theodora, the worst and lowest of women! In his wrath he looks away from her, ulthongh she is lying with her head resting on his knees. She raises her veil for air—the audience sees the face that he does not see; and whAt a face! Rachel neversurpassed it] It is a miracle of tragedy. Then comes a superb scene between the emperor and empress. The crafty, cowardly Justinian, obedient to her light caprices, is troubled by the rumors of disaffection and revolt Theodora counsels patience and promises to save him. The part of Justiuian is played by a young actor, Phillippe Gamier, who has been trained for the part .from his extraordinary resemblauce

to the old Roman face, that of the young Augustus, of the many busts, which recall to us ths straight brows, the perfect nose, the retreating mouth, that formal and strong chin. He is perfectly classic, modeled after the antique. The costames, the simple crown, the ear-rings, the purple robe, and later on the Byzantine sow* tumes. make this actor a perfect picture. He plays the part sufficiently well. too. But the dramatic glories of the piece are all with S*r% whose incomparable talent one must acknowledge as the formidable events go on. She kills two men. She saves the life of the emperor. She is strangled on ttie dead body of her lover, to whom she gives poison in mistake for the lovs philter. She gives us a cup full of horrors, and she looks positively beautiful from the beginning to the end. It is a marvelous creation. The Funny Man. Over a joke that was crippled and worn The Funny Man leaned, with a look forlorn, His garments wore shabby, and soiled and patched. And b.ld was his head where he often scratched As he tried to evolve a chunk of wit, Or a verse or jest that would make a hit; And he slowly said, as she glanced about: “It’s a chestnut old, but I’ll grind it out!" “A column of jokes is my daily task, And who is the author 1 never ask: For source or credit. I care not at all — I call them my own. though it takes some gall— And £ twist them around, and change the names* And resort t.o a score of little iratries. Till my qualms of conscience are put to rout, As day afier day I grind the jokes out.” The Funny Man paused, his pencil to whet, When the boss yelied in: “Ain’t they ready yeti" And the F. M. turned, with a mocking grin, While a cold wind blew through his whiskers thin. And these were the words be in turn did shout: “I'm grinding them out! I’m grinding them out!" Pittsburg ('hrooicls. Jeff Davis on a Sour Apple Tree. Winchester Argus. A few days ago we saw in the Leavenworth Times a clipping from au Eastern paper giving the authorship of— We’ll hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree to a Leavenworth boy. Knowing that Georg* A. Huron, now a prominent attorney in Topeka, formerly probate judge of this county, was the author, we sent him the clipping, and received the following reply: Topeka, Kan., May 7,1885. Lon W. Robinson. Esq., Editor Argus: Dear Sir—ln answer to yours of the 30fch ultimo, enclosing clipping relating to authorship oi the lines of the “John Brown’s Body” song: We’ll hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree As we go marching on, I have to say that, while I do not regard ths authorship as important to the world as even that of “Beautiful Bnow,” yet, since you have asked me, I must contradict the statement that they originated with a Leavenworth or any other newsboy. The verse was first sung by myself, at the time a soldier in brave old Jimmy Shield’s division, in the Shenandoah Valley, near New Market, Va., in the spring of 1862. We were at the time pushing “Stonewall Jackson* up the valley to Harrisburg, and cheered tha weariness of an all night march through rain and mud by singing “John Brown’s Body,” until the words seemed as badly worn out as the tired troops. Our brigade had halted at the road side and were hastily boiling coffee for their scant breakfast, while in tho column still tramping by a tired soldier hero and there wearily continued the refrain — While liis soul goes marching on, when suddenly an old ditty I had heard when a boy about — • A sick monkey on a sour apple-tree came to my mind, and I remarked to my chum: “Let us give John Brown a rest,” he said “How will you do it?” 1 replied, singing, We’ll hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple-tree, when, rapidly as sound could travel, the words were caught up, and in a few moments Shield’s division were singing them. The Graphic is not the first to characterise the line as “coarse and half brutal,” for, after hid little .-pisode in skirts, while Jeff Davis and family were guests of the Nation at Foi tress Monroe, I remember to have seen the published copy of a letter from Mrs. Davis, iu which she complained bitterly of the Yankee soldiers, who had taught her youngest child, I think she called him “little Jeff,’’ to “eing the coarse words,” the little innocent never seemed so happy as when singing: “We’ll hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree,” in the neighborhood of his father’s cell. At this distance it is not surprising that the line grates harshly on fastidious ears, but then it was not constructed for use in a drawing-room. In there was no special thought in its construction; it was one of those things which simply drops into a niche that fits, and if the thousands of soldiers who on the weary march were invigorated by the impassioned words are not ashamed for having sung them, neither am I ashamed, for having originated them. Yours truly, G. A Huron.

Plants for Cemeteries. Correspondence Vick’s Monthly. For outdoor ornamental planting a first consideration is hardiness, and next good form and color unfading. Two woody plants that combine these merits in an especially high degree, and which both have a very distinct and attractive light colored foliage, bright and almost white, are Euonymus radicans variegatus, which is evergreen, and Kerria Japonica variegata, which, although not evergreen, exhibits graceful spray, pencilled with white and green, like the leaves after they have fallen. The euonymus has the very great merits of* enduring the sun and dryness well, and of nol being attacked by insects; this is the more remarkable, as several species suffer much from all three. It is on this account, as well as from its habit of growth and its color, an excellent cemetery plant, especially for mantling a grava With dark evergreen ivy round the base, and the silvery euonymus over the mound a grave looks so warmly sheltered as to supplant half the sorrow in mourners’ hearts. The white of the leaves become tinged with warm pink in winter. Both these plants have the habit of taking two or three years to get their root® established before showing much advance above ground: hut once so rooted they both push with luxuriant vigor, yet are easily kept within bounds, and very easily guided m any direction. Both climb aud adhere firmly to stone or brick walls, but the ivy, above the snow line, must be out of the sunshine in March to be safe. , On a windowless brick gable here, in full sunshine. a Japan creeper, ampelopsis veitchii, in the middle, with the pale, dwarter euonymus radicans on each side, looks fitting and handsome, and gives tho owner no trouble at all of training. The native habit of both plants is perfect neatness. The kerria variegata is also an excellent low bush for cemetery planting. It is branching, hut well erect, and takes care of itself as to figure. It prefers some shade, and good soil develops much beauty that otherwise does not appear. On this account it is not so safe a plant for setting in cemeteries on high, dry, exposed ground as in a house-vard, and especially in * bed of roses, with which it harmonizes in every wav. Neither of these plants is expensive, as | they are both easy of propagation. I will mention two herbaceous plants that are equally hardy, and also beautifully painted whh white and green, and equally eligible for planting on a grave. First, the variegated day lily (funkia alba margmata), which, like the kerria, prefers not to be exposed to the hottest sun, and is unexcelled by any plant in the lovely markings and the graceful acanthus like display of the leaves: and, second, the Star of Bethlehem (ornithogalum urabellatutn), also and common in gardens, with profusion of pure white star-shaped flowers, boldly held up to suit or wind from 11 o’clock till 3 It fears nothing, grows everywhere, and is always neat and tidy | the surnmsi’ through. Why Diamonds Are Taboo. New York Advocate. Nine tenths of the large diamonds we ses sparkling on “loud” women aud “flashy" men ars imitation. Hence, sow refined women and fewer gentlemanly men wear diamonds in publis places. Thaddrus and James Buchanan are notable names in the history of America. Both were citizens of Lancaster. Pa., and hero also it. was that Miahler's Ko> h Bitters was first offered to the public as an cure for indigestion. constipation, cholera morbus * * L"® 7 amt liver complaints. Its fined to the town where it gained fW* J tation, however; for the whole civilize* now acquainted with its virtues.