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'ing as a Lake Erie breeze, and it is possible that the father of the ‘ tads” may yet attain the object of kig ambition: **To Grover Cleveland: t u Sir r X taXte of asking a favor. Ldke thousands of others. I am a strangpr, but yo can give me a hearing. lam a ‘clod-hopper* of a farrier, have one hundred and eighty acres, and do a good deal of hard work. By trade I am a blacksmith. Six years I worked for and earned my farm. 1 also carry from them my recommendation as a good smith and so forth. I say with pleasure I have tried to be honest, but self praise is half scandal, 1 am aware. I am not old and not so young. Am not good and not so fearful bad. Now. sir, I have worked and paid taxes for many years as a farmer. Would it be out of reason that I could apply for the postoffice at , Kan.T I have been a Democrat all my life. I think a farmer bad ought to have the same privilege as a citizen of that <*:! who does not know how to work and Bwea* . ’ If I do not get it I car. make my living without it just as I always have, pounding iron and steel and hoeing. But if I get it I shall be thankful and pleased. I can get petitions and give bonds, and give good references —such as bankers, farmers and others, as you may wish. lam aware of the poem: “Wbat will be done With petitions by the ton That all go to Washington, All headed, each ai.d every one, ‘Postofficer “I would add I am married and have three litU* ‘ tads,’ and I would like to go to town and let them ‘have a little better education than their father. Believe me without false flattery an admirer of the first Democrat President for many years—yourself. “I remain your farmer friend, <• n HELP FOR THE INDIANS. Father Conrarty’s Plan for Making the Red Men Self-Supporting. Washington, Oct. I.—Father L. L. Conrady, who has been living among the Indian tribes in the West for fifteen years, in the capacity of a missionary, is in this city for the purpose of presenting to the administration, for its consideration, a plan which, he claims, from his many years of experience among them, will make the Indians self-supporting within a very few years, and will, at the same time, restore to the public domain millions of acres of land now lying idle. Mr Conrady says that the Indian tribes all through the country hold too much land. The plan which he proposes is to form on each of the reservations a number of .“colonies,” to De composed of at least fifteen young men, to each of whom should be allotted 160 acres of land. At the head of each colony a practical farmer should be placed, who, for the first year, could instruct the Indians in farm work. The following year, although the work is to be continued with another party of Indians, those of the first year could be encouraged and assisted in their training, so as to push them further ahead to become efficient and skillful farmers. Besides improving the land claims of the members of the colony, a large field will be fenced in, plowed and harrowed by the boys, where the old Indians, unable to do hard work, will have ample ground to raise garden stuff, hay and wheat, with the assistance of the young men.

THE LATE C. B. KETCHAM. His Funeral and a Meeting of Newspaper Men—The Resolutions. National Repo! lican, Wednesday. The funeral services over the remains of C. B. Ketcham, of the Associated Press, were held at No. 1309 L street, at 2 o’clock yesterday, a large number of newspaper men being present. Rev. Dr. Naylor, of the Foundry Church, officiated. Rev. Dr. Ketcham, the father of the deceased, arrived yesterday, and took the remains to Evansville, Ind., for interment A meeting of newspaper men was held at the rooms of the Associated Press before the funeral, at which several addresses eulogistic of Mr. Ketcham were delivered. A committee, consisting of P. V. DeGraw, W. E. Berrett, E. B. Wight, H. P. F. MacFarland, Rudolph Kaufinann, A. J. Clarke, W. E Ringwalt, and Andrew Devine, was appointed to draft suitable resolutions, and later reported the following: “The newspaper representatives and other friends resident in Washington came to know Charles B. Ketcham three years ago, when, a young man, strong in the of an honest ambition, he came to this city to enter upon a career which opened so finely before him, and has come to so suddden and regretted en end. “By daily association they soon learned to love him for his character and to admire the growing talents which he developed. “They found in him one of the sweetest of men, modest hut self-possessed, full of honorable motives, living a life of unsullied activity. They saw in him qualities which had already made him loved and respected by a large circle of friends and promised for him even a larger sphere of useful activity. To-day they mourn sincerely his sudden death, so unexpected and so sad. “Beit therefore resolved, That we sorrow at his Toss from our midst, and extend to his relatives and other friends our heartfelt sympathy in this time of their terrible affliction and bereavement.” MINOR MATTERS. Mx-Congressman Stockalager Sworn in as Assistant Land Commissioner. "pacial to the 1 ndianaeoiis Journal. Washington, Oct. I.—Ex-Congressman Stock-.-lager, who was to-day sworn in as Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, held quite a levee in Willard’s Hotel, to-night. Congressmen Matson, Ward and Cobb, and a dozen Indianians of lesser decree, were on hand to congratulate him. Mr. Stockslager appears to have had a load removed from his mind when he took the oath. There has been so much promising and prevaricating, and so much treachery about this place, that he could not feel sure of it until he took the oath of office. This is the which was given to General Meilley, of Ohio, some weeks ago, but he was defrauded out of it, and promised the Idaho Governorship, but ho got left on that, too, the day before yesterday.

Mr. Higgins Wants No Women. Washington Special. Appointment Clerk Higgins says it is true that he desires to secure the transfer of the seven female employes of his division to other offices, and get male clerks in their places as promptly after Oct las opportunity offers. He says the atmosphere of the appointment division is not suitable for ladies; that there are many things in the conversation and correspondence which must be offensive to them, and that, charges are daily made, verbally and in writing, which should not be forced upon their attention. Higgins adds that, while the ladies are good clerks, he -rants strong and energetic men, who can work rapidly and well. He says the appointment division did not have 6o ’muchtodo in the past, and its organization was good enough, but that now, “when the chances are commencing,” he will have to have the best force he can get Mr. Higeins says that the ladies are not reluctant to leave his division. Reasons for Prof. Agassiz's Declination. Washington, Oct I.—Professor Agassiz, in his letter declining the office of superintendent of the coast survey, says: “I must decline for several reasons, as I am neither a professional mathematican nor a physicist, neither would my health permit me to iceept the position. There are at least two geniernen in the service of the government and wo civilians who are eminent specialist', well .itted for the post. Under these circumstances I do not feel it my duty to take your proposition into consideration, even were the other reasons such as could be ignored." More Democratic Reform. Washington Special. It is understood that Fletcher, one of the exerts Secretary Whitney brought hereto help him overhaul the Navy Department for the ostensible purpose of introducing anew system of actouuU, but really to hunt for evidence of Repub-

lican irregularities, has been sent out as the confidential embassador of the Secretary to arrange for the opening of the navy-vards. Employment will be given to hundreds of Democrats who bring certificates of party membership and vouchers that they will do good work for the ticket in the November elections. Condition of the Public Debt. Washington, Oct. I.— The following is arecapitulation of the debt statement issued to-day from the Treasury Department: In terest-bearing debt $1,260,777,462.00 Debt bearing no interest 588,679.554.88 Debt on which interest has ceased 4,092,717.56 Interest 12,436,121.13 Total debt and interest $1,865,785,855.57 Debt, less available cash in the Treasury, Oct. 1 $1,524,837,448.57 Reduction in September 12,757,965.25 Cash in Treasury available for reduction of debt 240,927,074.70 Total cash in Treasury 483.936.157.05 The payments on account of interest due on bonds, amounting to about $7,500,000, will reduce the decrease of the debt to about $5,250,009. General and PersonaL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington Oct. I.—Col. J. B. Maynard, formerly editor of the Indianapolis’ Sentinel, is visiting his brother-in-law, Captain Archer, of Capitol Hill. The following Indiana postmasters were commissioned to-day: William T. Johnson, at Burlington; David O. French, at Frankton; George W. Roberts, at Ilion. The President to-day appointed the following named presidential postmasters: Richard J. Ashby, at Charleston, W. Va., vice A. F. Gibbons, suspended; James Delaney, at St. Peter, Minn., vice James K. Moore, resigned. The Postmaster-general to-day appointed the following named fourth-class postmasters: Ohio— At Port Jefferson, James Haney; Erastns, John Terwhiliger; Maplewood, Daniel S. Strayer; Independence, Daniel Gindlespergen; Johnson’s Corner, James Ourev; Kennard, James S. 51ahey; East Fairfield, Mrs. Phoebe Farr; Boston, George A. Botzum; Marengo, Ira Swartz. Illinois—At Richview, Lewis E. Preston. M. W. Wines, chief of the miscellaneous division of the coas*tand geodetic survey,has resigned, at the request of Secretary Manning. Upon the recommendation of Commissioner Sparks,of the General Laud Office,the Secretary of the Interior has approved the dismissal of Robert Berry, examiner of surveys in Colorado. On the 9th instant the Civil-service Commission will conduct an examination here, for the selection of persons to fill places in the new intelligence bureau of the War Department. This division will be similar to the one already in existence in the Navy Department The examination will test the knowledge of candidates in military affairs. The division will be under the direction of the Ajdjutant-general, and, in a general way, it will be for the purpose of collecting information in regard to strategic points near the coast of the United States—places, for instance, like Cuba, the West Indies etc. The coinage at the mints during the month of September amounted to $4,420,354, of which $2,500,000 was in standard silver dollars. General Sheridan has issued an order continuing Captains Gregory and Davis, of his staff, in their places until Oct 10. Charles Neal, who was yesterday removed from his position as chief of division in the office of Register of the Treasury, was to-day appointed to a $1,400 clerkship in the same office.

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, \ Washington, Oct. 2. la. m. ) Special indications for twenty-four hours from 7 A. M. for Indianapolis and vicinity—Local showers, followed by fair weather; stationary temperature. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Local showers, followed by fair weather, northeast winds, becoming variable, slight change in temperature, generally higher barometer. For the Lower Lake Region—Fair weather, stationary temperature, variable winds. For the Upper Lake Region—Fair weather, variable winds, slight rise in temperature, except near Lake Superior; stationary temperature, falling, followed in western portion by rising barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Fair weather, northerly winds in southern portion, higher barometer in southern portion, falling, followed by rising barometer in northern portion, slight changes in temperature. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, variable winds, generally from north to west, higher barometer. Local Ooservatiuns. Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Time. Bar. j Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6A. M.. 29.90, 64.1 90 East Lt. rain. 0.07 10 a. M.. 29.911 67.0 84 East Cloudy. * 2p.m.. 29.85 71.4 67 East Cloudv 6P. M-. 29.85 68.8 78 N’eastiThreat’g 10 P. M.. 29.86 65.6 89 N’east|Threat’g 0.07 Maximum temperature. 72.0: Minimum temperature. 61.6.—*Rain£all too small to measure, Meteorological Summary for September. Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Monthly mean barometer, 30.025; highest, 30.269, on the 17th; lowest, 29.540, Bth; monthly range, 0.729. Monthly mean temperature, 63.9°; highest 83.8°, 12th and 18th; lowest, 38.4°, 23d; monthly range, 45.4°; greatest daily range, 32.3 a nd, 24th; least daily range, 5.5°, 9th; monthly mean relative humidity, 72.9°; dew-point, 53.8°. Prevailing direction of wind, south; total movement, 3,144 miles; highest velocity. and direction, 21 miles, northwest, 22d. Number of clear days, 12; fair days, 7; cloudy days, 11. Number of days when rain fell, 8; total amount of rainfall, 3.50 inches. Thunder storm, 19th. Luuar halo, 17th. First hoar frost, 23d. The mean temperature for September in fourteen years is 66.2°. Mean temperature for September, 1885, is 2.3 and below the mean. Average rainfall for September in fourteen years is 281 inches. Rainfall for September, 1885, is 0.69 inch above the average. The Charter Oak Receivership. Hartford, Oct. I.—The hearing on the application for a receiver for the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company was begun this afternoon before Judge Granger, of the Supreme Court. The application was made by Ephraim Williams, Insurance Commusionor, on the alleged impairment of the assets of the company to the extent, as he believed, of more than 25 per cent. Counsel for the company said that they were entitled to a schedule of the property alleged to have been overrated, and to time for securing witnesses as to its value. They expected to show that no such impairment existed. Counsel for the Commissioner said they would be ready to furnish such specifications before the end of the present week. The hearing was then adjourned until three weeks from next Monday. A Salvation Army Sent to Jail. Wilf.sbakre, Pa., Oct. I.—Th > officers of the Salvation Army ofNantieoke, who were arrested on Tuesday last, had a hearing this afternoon. They were fined $2 each for obstructing the highway, and as they refused to pay their fines, were 6ent to jail for six hours. A howling mob surrounded the prison, and endeavored to tear it down. The whole police force was called out, and with difficulty saved the building and dispersed the crowd. The Salvationists were released this evening, and paraded the town with nearly a thousand followers. Close of the Reunion at Topeka. TopskA, Kan., Oct I.—This was the last and greatest day of the soldiers’ and sailors' reunion. In the parade this morning there ware 10,000 veterans and State militiamen in line. A sham battle took place this afternoon, and the reunion closed with a camp fire this evening.

THE INDIANAPOLJS JOURNAL* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1885,

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Another Sensational Lawsnit at Mnncie— Pollard Warrants in Morgan County—A Drunken Bully Shot by a Cripple. INDIANA. The Mancie Court-Room the Scene of Another Sensational Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Oct. I.—No sooner had the sensational divorce suit between Mr. and Mrs. Ginn closed, by compromise, than an equally sensational case was begun, this being a case wherein the State of Indiana is plaintiff and Stephen Hamilton, a wealthy farmer living north of this city, is defendant, he being charged with assault and battery with intent to commit rape. A Mrs. Hottinger, wife of a young farmer living on a farm adjoining Mr. Hamilton’s place, is the prosecuting witness. She related to the* court and jury the details of the manner in which the alleged crime was committed, and made some ugly statements for the defendant to disprove. Mr. Hamilton is about sixty-five years of age, and is one of the pioneer settlers or Delaware county. By economy and frugality he has accumulated a groat deal of wealth, and has always stood high in the community, and throughout the county was regarded as an honorable, upright citizen. Upon this reputation he will largely depend for his defense, and it will, no doubt, have great weight Mr. Hamilton’s household consists of an excellent wife and several children, who have shared his good name and found their associates in the best society. Asa matter of course they are greatly grieved because of the serious charges against their father. Under the laws of Indiana, a crime like that with which Mr. Hamilton is charged constitutes a felony, and is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary. To make a felony, however, in this case, it becomes neccessary to prove both the assault and battery and the attempt to commit rape. In the prosecution of this case Prosecutor C. L. Medsker has associated with him Messrs. Gregory and Silverburg. For the defense appear Messrs. Templer & Sanders, and Blount & Templer, all able attorneys. Owing to the promience of the defendant, and the sensational character of the testimony,

the court-room is crowded until standing room is at premium. Later. —Proceedings in the trial of Mr. Hamilton came to a halt when the attorneys for the defense moved that the indictment be qunshed. This action is based upon the ground that the name of the prosecuting witness does not properly appear in the indictment. In that instrument it appears as Lizzie Hottinger, while she gave her name to the court and jury as Elizabeth Hottinger, and the record of births in the old family Bible corroborates this statement. The motion to Quash was overruled, and the case will proceed. A “Tough” Shot by a Cripple. Bpecial to the Indiauapolia Journal. Greencastle, Oct. I.—lt was reported on the streets this morning that a murder had occurred at Baiubridge, but on investigation the following was ascertained to be the result of a saloon fight in that village last evening: Last night, at 8:30, in James Ragland’s saloon, Fred Ellis, a peaceable young man, was sitting qu?lvuy by the stove, when John Ragland, a notorious tough, came in the saloon in a drunken condition, and seeing Ellis, said, “There is the that plays pool on my money.” Ellis retaliated with some words, and Ragland picked up a heavy chair and started for him. James Ragland darted between the men just in time to partially ward off the shot fired by Ellis, which struck John Ragland near the left shoul-der-blade, the bullet ranging downward. The shot staggered him clear across the room and he fell against the bar. He was carried out and the bullet probed for, but not reached. He is now at home, for the first time in a month. The wound is considered very dangerous, though not necessarily fatal. Raglaud is a large man and a bully, and a short time ago ran off with a neighbor’s wife. Ellis is a small person and a cripple.

The Orthodox Friends. Special to the IndianapoUs Journal. Richmond, Oct. L —Thomas Kimber acT-* dressed the devotional meeting at the Friends’ Yearly Meeting, this morning. On behalf of the representatives Timothy Nicholson proposed Allen Jay for clerk, and Levi Mills and Evan C. Thornton for assistants, and Isaac M. Bargett for messenger, which the meeting concurred in. The clerk acknowledged his embarrassment in succeeding* Charles F. Coffin, and others spoke earnestly of his past efforts, one refering to him as having been the best clerk any yearly meeting ever had. The committee on Indian Affairs made its sixteenth annual report. The Indian pupils in White's Institute, six government schools and three day schools, number 714. There are three women and two men doing missionary work among the Indians, 108 of whom have joined the Society of Friends. Joseph Moon appeared in the interest of the New Garden, N. C.f boarding-school. In place of the one recently burned they proposed the erection of two new ones requiring SB,OOO. A subscription was taken that yielded $233.72. Pollard Warrants in Morgan County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Oct. L—The Commissioners this morning appointed Calvin Ely as successor of Trustee English, of Clay township. Mr. English seems determined to fight it out on the stubborn line, if it takes all summer. By his attorney, he this morning attempted to appeal from the order of the Commissioners declaring his office vacant, to the circuit judge. His proceedings were immediately stopped by the county attorney, who informed his attorneys that there was no appeal from the order of the Commissioners. The report of the two trustees, filed with the auditor, shows the indebtedness of the two townships to be as follows: Gregory township, J. A. Shipley, trustee, $7,835.85; Clay township. A L. English, trustee. $8.679 66. Thus it will be seen that the financial condition of Mr. Eneli3h’s township is worse by a thousand dollars than that of Gregg, although there is no doubt Mr. Shipley has issued the greatest amount of bogus orders. No steps are being taken yet to prosecute English. The Grotiguth Murder Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, Oct L—The trial of Frederick Grotiguth, for the murder of his wife, on June 4, 1885, was called to day. A jury was impaneled and the case begun. The case has excited a good deal of interest. Grotiguth quarreled with his wife over some chickens, and he cut her throat with a razor. It was a most horrible crime. Grotiguth, the prisoner, is sixty-six years of age. The jury is composed of twelve of the best men in the couuty, three-fourths of whom are business men. The Tri-County Fair at North Manchester. Special to the ludian&Dolia Journal. Wabash. OcL I.—The second annual exhibition of the Tri county Fair Association, held at North Manchester this week, has been a highly successful one. The attendance has been large, and to-night the association is in a flattering financial condition. Folly ten thousand persona were on the grounds to-day. The roads in every

direction were blocked with vehicles at an early hour. In the three-minute trot, for a purse of SIOO, the three heats were taken by Herald, owned by DePuy, Busick & Htzen. of this city. First money in the two-vear-old trot, for a purse of SSO, was taken by George Day: second by Wild American, jr., third by Wild American, and fourth by Lee Linn. Cn the four-year old trot, for a purse of SSO, Dexter King took first money. Brown Bob second. Nettie M. third, and Kittie C fourth. The exhibition closes to-mor-row night. Howard County Sunday-School Institute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Oct. I.—One of the most interesting Sunday-school institutes held in this county, is now in session in the Friends’ Church, this city. It commenced last night with a children's meeting, conducted by Rev. L. L. Carpenter, of W r abash. The house was crowded, and for an hour and a half Mr. Carpenter held the children, and the older ones, too, in close attention. To-day the institute proper is being held. Rev. E. L. Frazier, of the Christian Church, is president. Among the workers present are Hon. W. EL Levering, of Lafayette, president of the Union ’State Snnday-school Association. Mr. Lievering delivered a most excellent address on “Method of Conducting Sunday school or k-’’ Dr. A. S. Huston delivered an address on “Success: How to Secure Ik” The afternoon session was largely attended, and the workers present are giving much valuable instruction on Sunday-school work.

Reception to Bishop D wenger. Special to tu Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Oct I.— A brilliant reception was tendered Bishop Dwenger this evening, on his arrival from Rome, after an absence of eight months. He arrived here at 7 o'clock, by the Fort Wayne road. He left the regular train at Lima, where he was transferred to a special, following that train to this city. A stop of two hours was made at Deiphos, and the citizens there, regardless of creed, tendered him a reception, made up on the Spur of the moment. When the special train arrived here a large concourse of citizens, headed by Mayor Muhler, the Catholic Knights, bands, etc., escorted the eminent prelate to the Cathedral, where short services were held. The Bishop’s mission to the Holy City has been of great importance to the church. Two Fires at Huntington. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Huntington, Oct I.—About half past 6 o’clock this evening fire broke out in the stable of Ed Allman, caused by the upsetting of a lantern, and the building and part of its contents were consumed. The loss was about $400; insured. At the same hour an alai*m was sounded from the dwelling house of P. L. Paullus, in the Third ward, but before the department could leave the first fire and respond, the dwelling was destroyed. The cause of the latter fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have caueht from a cooking-stove,as none of the family were at home Bave Mr. Paullus, who had done his own cooking and then left the house. The loss is $1,500; insured.

A Female Saloon-Keeper Violates the Law. Special to tne Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Oct I.—Mrs. C. J. WoolBey, of Waveland, was found guilty of selling liquor to a minor and was fined S2O and costs by a jury in the Montgomery county court this week. It took fifteen ballots to get the jury to agree. The lady fainted while on trial, and created quite a stir among the legal fraternity. Her husband has government license and owns a flouring mill which is used as a saloon. Not a wheel has been turned in the mill for years. It was discovered after the jury had returned a verdict, that Judge Britton did not ask Mrs. Woolsey, when her case was called, whether she pleaded “guilty or not guilty.” and therefore the case will have to be tried again. Liabilities of the Jeffersonville Glass Works. Louisville, Oct I.— The liabilities of the Jeffersonville plate-glass works, which assigned on Tuesday, will reach $160,000. Mr. Stannard, the assignee, estimates the assets at $80,000.* First mortgage and real estate bonds are held to the amount of SIOO,OOO. The other indebtedness will be about $60,000. A Murderer Cooly Walks Out of Court. Mentor, Oct. 1. —Yesterday James Palmer had a preliminary examination upon the charge of muraer, he having during a saloon quarrel, the previous night, fatally wounded John Denton. After the trial Palmer walked out before the eyes of the officers and escaped. Denton died yesterday morning. Minor JSot.es. Isaac Windle, a farmer living near Shawnee Mound, Tippecanoe county, has just received a swarm of bees direct from Italy. The dry goods store of New & Johnson, at Westland, was entered and robbed of SIOO worth of goods. The proprietors are on the track of the thieves. Yesterday was the third day of the Jay county fair. The crowd on the ground was estimated at 15,000, beating the record of any fair in eastern Indiana, Fort Wayne excepted. The Commissioners of Monroe county called their trustees together and had reports filed of their indebtedness. They found no irregularities, no “bogus” or “extraordinary indebtedness” being carried by any of the township trustee. The Parke County Coal Company, whose mines are atMinshall, have begun making coke, and find that they can make it as good as it is made at Connellsville. This is the first successful instance of a trial to make coke in the Indiana block coal region. Dr. Peter, claiming to be from Rochester, was arrested in Kokomo for taking another man’s valise from the Panhandle depot in that city. The valise, which contained wearing apparel of considerable value, was found in his possession and proved by the owner. The military encampment to be held at Portland, Oct. 16 to 19, promises to be a grand affair. Governor Gray and staff, and six military companies, will be in attendance. Portland has grown from a village of 400 to 4,000 in ten years, and is the largest city between Richmond and Fort Wayne. The merchants report business improving. ILLINOIS. The Live-Stock Commission Reports No Vluero-Pneumunia in the State. Springfield, Oct. I.— The Illinois Live Stock Commission has prepared and laid before the Governor a report setting forth that the State fs absolutely and entirely free from pleuropneumonia in an acute and contagious form. The Governor is requested to inform the executives of such States as have quarantined against Illinois, with a view of having the restrictions removed. Sncide of an Editor. Quincy, Oct. 1. —M. M. Wood, city editor of the Sunday Topic, committed suicide last night by shooting himself with a revolver. Wood was a bright and popular young man, aged twenty-one, and a sen of wealthy and highly respected parents, living at Ellington, 111. The cause of the rash deed is not stated. Brief Mention. A brillant weddiug occurred at Marshall on Wednesday night. Philip Gress, of Evansville, Ind., and Mary C. Cbenoweth, of Marshall, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents. Guests were present from Evansville, Terre Haute and Perrysville, Ind.. and from Paris and Shelbyville, IIL Between two and three hundred invited guests witnessed the ceremony. Ed Davis, of Kirkwood, says that one day last week he was driving along a country road when there suddenly appeared before him a monstrous snake that frightened both his horses and himself. He declares that the snake was fully fifty feet long, and as it glided by it raised its head four or five feet in the air and thrust out a tongue as long as a man's arm. It made a noise

like a train of cars. Its body was the size of a beer-keg. and the track made in the dust was over a foot wide. Great spots, larger than a man's hand, covered the snake. Colonel Thompson. another Warren county mao. says he heard of the monster twenty-five years ago. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.' W. A. and C. A. NimocKs, of the Minneapolis Journal, have about completed negotiations for the purchase of the Detroit Post newspaper, and will take possession Nov. 1. Mr. William Montgomery, of New Orleans, step-son of Maj. E. A Burke, editor of the New Orleans Times-Deraocrat, was married at noon yesterday, at Christ Church. Louisville, to Miss Virginia L. Patrick, of the latter city.* At Cleveland, yesterday, while a gang of men were loading coal on a vessel near a railroad track a train backed down, killing Andrew Devir, sixty years old. fatally injuring Patrick Maraoni, and badly crushing James Guilty. About five hundred people, with the sheriffs of Andrain, Pike and Ralls county, Missouri, are now in hot pursuit of a negro, named Si King, who outraged a voting lady in Pike county and Mrs. Harols in Ralls county last week. King was seen at Ladonia yesterday, and there is good prospect that he will be lynched within twenty-four heurs. Mrs. Eliza Steele, a widow nearly seventy years old, living on a farm near Fort Recovery, 0., went to the barn on Wednesday, and climbing a ladder to a point thirty feet above the thrashing floor, threw herself down, causing instant death. In her hand was a note to her children saying her act was intentional; that she could not stay any longer. About midnight on Wednesday a handsome young woman took a room at the Morton Hotel. New York, and registered as “Auuie Bennet, New York,” after which she retired. Yesterday morning she was found dead iu her room, with the gas turned on and all the cracks in the windows stuffed with paper. She was an actress, and her mother resides in Philadelphia. William Foster and John McKillop, employes at the Leland Hotel, Chicago, placed a piece of furniture on the top of tho elevator cage yesterday. and startel for tho top floor. Before reaching their destination the furniture struck agaiust the top of the shaft, the cable parted, and tho cage dropped to the ground. McKillop died from his injuries, and Foster is in a precarious condition.

TURKISH DOCTORS. Business Done on a Casn Basis but “Regulars” Have Much to Contend With. Correspo!.deuce ban Francisco Chronicle. * The number of regular physicians in Constantinople is strictly limited, and many of them are foreigners. Every doctor has his own territory, into which professional etiquette allows ho otlur physician to intrude. Each one makes a daily round through his territory, beating up patients in the coffee houses and the streets. And woe to the well-to-do man found ailing on the route. He is taken in hand unceremoniously and subjectected to an examination that seldom fails to end in some sort of treatment or other. Besides the regulars, there are an innumerable number of specialists and quacks who cut in on prices and peddle all sorts of nostrums. They recognize no limitations as to territory and take practice wherever they can find it. I have seen the same vender practicing and crying his wares in Staraboul, Galata and Scutari. Modesty in Turkey leaving off where American modesty begins, it is agood thing that most foreigners in Constantinople do not understand Turkish. Otherwise they would hear things from these itinerant doctors on the street concerning their cures and their ability to cure that would bring the blush to the cheek of the most hardened. As it is, there is always a crowd about their stands, and the public seems as gullible in Turkey as in America. Wnat their remedies are compounded of is a matter to be taken on faith. The nastier the ingredients the more popular the medicine seems to be. Most of them cannot be spoken of with decency. Among those that are inentionable are the bodies of reptiies, dried and powdered, singed hair, chopped fine, dogs’ grease and the excrement of birds. Probably the regular profession has a harder time in Turkey than in any'uther part of the world. Aside from the cutting in of the quacks above mentioned, the regular field is overlapped by so many other branches of industry that the real physicians find their field of action alarmingly circumscribed. The most profitable class of cases—tne obstetrical—are entirely forbidden to them by the rigid law of the Koran. The “mothers of the harems” are universally midwives, and render all the assistance necessary at births. The Turkish mother would expect the blight of evil eye to follow her child all its life if a male doctor were present at its birth. All the common cases of blood-letting and headache go to the barbers, who also pull teeth; aud all classes indiscriminately patronize the dervishes and shrines. It is only in cases of fever, and colds and other standard troubles that the regular physician is called in at all. Perhaps, after all, it is as well that this is so, for the regular physician in Turkey is expected to exhibit a preternatural sagacity that would certainly fail him if the range over which it is exercised were wide. When he is called to see a sick person he is not allowed to diagnose the case as a Western physician would deem necessary. He is supposed to know as soon as he sets eyes on a patient what the matter is with him, and any hesitation would be deemed a confession of ignorance. A little Irish doctor told me with wrath in his breath of a case which he had attended, where from looking ai; the patient he seemed to have a fever and be suffering great pain. The usual remedies failing to give relief a closer examination showed that the sick man was chary of moving his left leg. This, being uncovered, proved to be broken and mangled and horribly swollen. The doctor’s indignant question, why they had not told him this at first, elicited the contemptuous answer that they supposed he knew his business, and thought, of course, be had been treating the patient for the trouble from the first. And before he could throw up the case and gracefully retire they discharged him for incompetency. All that is necessary to set up a foreigner as a doctor in Turkey is a little blue mass and quinine and an unlimited amount of cheek. If a man is a good guesser, and has the nerve to go right to work on a patient as if he knew all about the case, he can generally get near enough the truth before his first dose of medicine gets in its work to counteract the bad effects it might have if left to its own sweet will. Bleed a Turk and he will adore you; physic him and he will believe you divine. If a patient dies the doctor still has the best of it; for, life or death, tho result is the will of Allah, and the doctor is never held to blame. Regulating the Cellar. American Agriculturist. A great mistake is sometimes made m ventilating cellars and milk houses. The object of ventilation is to keep the cellars cool and dry. but this object often fails of being accomplished by a common mistake, and instead the cellar is made both warm and damp. A cool place should never be ventilated, unless the air admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as that, or a very little warmer. The warmer the air the more moisture it holds in suspension. Necessarily, the cooler the air the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When a cool cellar is aired on a warm day, the entering air, being in motion, appears cool; but as it fills the cellar the cooler air, with which it becomes mixed, chills it, the moisture is condensed, and dew is deposited on the cold walls, and may often be seen running down them in streams. Then the cellar isdarup, and soon becomes moldy. Toavoid this, the windows sbouid only be opened late at night—the last thing before retiring. There is no need to fear that the night air is unhealthful. as it is as pure as the air of midday, and is really drver. The cool air enters the apartment during the night and circulates through it The windows should be closed before sunrise in tho morning, and kept closed and shaded during the day. If the air of a cellar is damp it may be thoroughly dried by placing in it a pock of fresh lime in an open box. A peck of lime will absorb seven pounds, or more than three quarts, of water, and in this way a cellar or milk-room may soou be dried, even in the hottest weather. A bushel of lime absorbs twenty-seven pounds of water, and still appears a* a dry powder. In this condition it will bo very useful to spread over the garden or lawn, or urouud fruit trees, or it may be used for whitewash. This precaution is often necessary in the dairy, because of the prevalence, where air is damp, of mildews and the various forms of mold. The orange and red kinds of mold, especially, which sometimes form upon the cream, have a moat injurious effect upon the buttec.

GRAND ARM! OP TH& REPUBLIC. Circular from Commander Poster in Refer* ence to Funds for the Grant Monament. Hkadouarters Department or Indiana, i Grand Army of the Reppbmu, > Fort Wayn*. Sept. 30,1585. ) - [Circular No. 4.] Attention is hereby called to circular No. 1, from national headquarters, suggesting that a sum of money, equal to a contribution of fifteen cents for each member of the Grand Army of the Republic in good standing, be raised for the purpose of erecting a monument to our departed comrade, General [J. S. Grant., which will testify forever our affection for h n as a comrade, and fitly symbolize our appreci .tion of his great services to our country, in whose behalf we, with him, periled our lives and offered our all. Comrades, should we of Indiana fail to make a hearty and prompt response to th is suggestion of our eommander-in-chief we would not only be derelict in dutv. but apparently lacking in devotion to the memory of the great soldier recently laid to rest amidst the tears of a whole ration. Any failure on our part to do our full duty in this enterprise could not but unfavorably affect the standing of this department. In order to save time the department commander suggests that, at the same meeting at which this circular is read, each post of this department appropriate from its general fund for this purpose, a sum equal to fifteen cents for each member in good standing; this amount to be forwarded to the assistant adjutant general, Tom Sullivan, Fort Wayne, Ind.; but the draft or money-order to be made payable to Frank E. Benjamin, assistant quartermaster-general, Indianapolis, Ind. At the same meeting at 1 which ibis appropriation is made, let a commit- . tee be appointed to collect fifteen cents from each** comrade, that the general fund may be speedily reimbursed. It is further suggested that the amount appropriated can be in many instances put back into the post treasury by tho proceeds of a camp-fire, supper, lecture or some similar attraction or entertainment, and perhaps a nice sum be thus realized over and above the amount required. As rapidly as these contributions are received they will be acknowledged, and the names, numbers and locations of the posts making them will be published in the Veterans’ Review, of Indianapolis, and the National Tribune, of Washington City. Let there be a generous rivalry between the posts of this department as to which can respond with the greatest promptness to this appeal of oui commander in-chief. David N. Foster, Department Commander. Tom Sullivan, Assistant Adjutant-general. t BEECHER ON BUSINESS. The Comforts of Religion Better than Wealth amt Success. New York Special, 27th. Mr. Beeehet’s voice was weak to-cight when he preached in Plymouth pulpit, and he put as much vigor as possible into his trenchant remarks. which were devoted to ‘he relation of religion to business. Among other things he said: “Men who live righteously have all the secular things necessary to happiness. Obedience to divine law and secular prosperity go hand in hand. * There is no directory in the world like Solomon’s proverbs. Every man to be successful must have afoundation. He musthave health, strength and comraou sense, which is the most uncommon of all. He must also confine his work to his capabilities. A man six feet tall can reaoh higher than a man only five in height, no matter how hard the latter may try. A man of unthinking brain canuot be a philosopher, and a man without genius cannot produce poetry, of which we have ten thousand instances. “We are not here merely to enjoy ourselves. A. right Christian life limits mans desires for pleasure, wealth and preferment. It humbles a man before the Gospel. Half of the failures in commercial life are the result of the greediness of men. Seeking to do more than in them lies, they fall to the ground. Now, Christian life corrects ambition; it keeps it in a proper light. A true Christian temper keeps a man at peace with his feilow-men. It helps him to avoid conflicts and quarrels. Men say they will first amass fortunes by evasions and deceptions, and then they will join the church. They can’t do it while building up their properties. Oh, no! In what is called prosperity there is often not a particle of true enjoyment. There are thousands of men in dingy shops who are happier than others in palaces I don’t believe blood-suckers of gold are happy. So far as happiness goes' I would rather be a healthv, respected poor man than the richest man in the world whose name is only another for gold. What we want is endurable prosperity, and religion is the road to a sufficient success to make life happy.

An English Opinion of Equal Suffrage.** London Standard. There is nothing occult in the craft of politics, and when we consider how little is required in these daya to induce great statesmen to regard people as capable citizens, it would be difficult to find, a woman who would not speedily be equipped for so much of political life as is involved in voting for one man rather than for another. Nor is there so very much superhuman intelligence manifested by the average representative of the people that objection could be made to any woman of average intelligence and education for the post of legislator, on the score of personal incompetency. The argument drawn from personal qualification, therefore, is utterly irrelevant. The question is one of expediency, and expediency only. Every sensible person, in askine himself if he is in favor of female enfranchisement, or opposed to it, will simply inquire what effect is iikelv to be produced upon women themselves, upon men in their relations to women, upon women in their relations to men, and on the state and community by conceding it. Steamship News. New York, Oct 1. —Arrived: Main, from Bremen. Southampton, Oct I.—Arrived: Eider, from New York. Queenstown, Oct I.—Arrived: Wyoming, from New York. Obituary. New York, Oct 1. —William Page, the wellknown painter, and formerly president of the Academy of Design, died last night at his home, near Totteuville, Staten Island. Cheap Railway Fares in the South. Chattanooga. Oct 1. — In the Southern rate war, tickets to Atlanta have been reduced from* $1.20 to 25 cpnts. Ail the leading lines are becoming involved. - —' If you wish to extend your plantation of currants or gooseberries trim your bashes as‘soon as the leaves fall and plant the cuttings at once. Then they will usually make roots before the ground freezes, and the growth next year will astonish you. If the soil is clayey and liable to heave by frost, cover the rows with coarse litter i or straw on the approach of ccld weather. jliil !&.' ip fit Most perfect made . Pr epared by a physician with special regard to health. No Ammonia, Lime or Alum. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO. (SOLO O.\LI IE CAAAJ OT. LODI*