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then contrasted the work an individual performs with that tlie government employe docs. Adjutant general Drum requires a large corps of men to perform about the same duties this one man does, and i have uo doubt this officer looks more into details and takes more trouble to see to them than does General Drum. The work of one. however, is from patriotism and interest, that of tho other is from money.’’ -Is the organization of the National Guards anythii g like as good as that of tho regular army?" T inquired. ‘‘Vos.’’ replied Colonel Moore, “the general or ganir.atvon is very fine; however, the details and ornamental business are left off in a luree measure, while in the regular army they are kept up, as much to kill time as anything else.’’ • “If you were going into battle. Colonel, would you rather have a brigade of well-drilled State militiamen or regular soldiers?’’ "For actual service, I would prefer State militiamen, such as they h&ve in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. New York and some other States. The militiamen light from pure motives and an interest in what they contend for, while the regulars do it as a business and for money only.” AN OFFKNSIVK CONSUL. Why Germany Will Probably Demand the Recall of Mr. Mueller. Washington, Dec. 24.—The Evening Star has the following: “Consul-general Mueller, whoso report upon the feeling of the German government toward the United States is likely to lead to a diplomatic correspondence between the two countries, and probably to tho demand on the part of Germany for Mr. Mueller’s recall, comes from the same town as a representative of Ohio, who knows him very well. Mr. Foran says the report is very characteristic of the writer, who, he asserts, is a man of very advanced liberal views, and a believer in a republican form of government. He is what was known as ft ‘forty-eighteiy having been obliged to leave Germany on account of participation in the revolution of 1848, where the Liberal party strove for a constitutional form of government. In this country his republican ideas have had full growth, as ■well asihis antagonism to monarchical government. When he went back to his native land as a representative of this country, he carried with him all his American ideas. 31 r. Foran says, further, that he would not have been received by the German government when appointed by President Cleveland but for the fact that during the Franco Prussian war he visited the fatherland, and, although an ardent republican, his sympathies in that struggle were with his own people, and he rendered the German soldiers valuable service in the hospitals and elsewhere. On account of this, the German government extended to him a pardon for his previous offenses against the government, so that when appointed consul-general to represent the United States there was no objection offered. It is thought pretty certain that Germany will demand the recall of Mr. Mueljer, lud that this government will have to comply with the request. It is thought that this little episode will render our relations with Germany Uill more strained, and that she will be placed m our list with Austria.” MINOR MATTERS. Prospect of a Stublxvru Contest Over the Admission of Dakota, flpscial to the Indianspolis Journal. Washington, Doc. 24.—Undoubtedly there is going to be a big fight over this Dakota ques-‘ tion. The citizens of that Territory have presented an argument in favor of their claim and desire for statehood which cannot be turned aside by a mere political issue. It is true that to divide Dakota an! admit the southern half to statehood, as proposed, will bring to the Republican ranks two senators and two or three representatives; but it is also true that no Territory has ever presented itself with half the popular, or one tenth as many, arguments for admission into the Union as has Dakota. It is said by the most able Jfemocrats that it will be an injustice to refuse Dakota what she had asked, which the people will rebuke. The most ultra partisans in the Democratic party are growing very fierce in their denunciation of the proposition, because they fear that there are enough men with reasonable minds in their party to give the proposition success. There is nothing that makes a Democrat so f ran ticaliy exasperated as to see one of his own party sie/feil with a fit of desire to do justice. The little flurry on the subject which has taken place before in the Seuate and has attracted some attention is nothing to what will occur later.

Thanh* to the Chinese. Washington, Dec. 24. —Tho following is the reply oi Secretary Bayard to tlie letter of the Chinese minister inclosing a check for SSOO as a contribution to the proposed monument to the memory of General Grant: “Washington, Dec. 23. “Dear Mr. Minister—lt gives me great pleasure to acknowledge your note of tho 21st Inst., accompanied by a check for SSOO in aid of tho completion of the monument proposed to be erected in New York to the memory of General Grant. Let me, for myself, and for all ray countrymen—and not in a merely formal way. but with mneh feeling—express my own and their gratification at this evidence of widespread human sympathy for the American peoplo in aiding them to perpetuate the memory of one who was their chieftian in military and in civil government I beg you to convey to the illustrious Viceroy Li an expression of rov high appreciation of his gift of S3OO, and accept my equal thanks for your own contribution of S2OO. The total sum shall be transmitted to the custodians of tlie monument fund in New York, with a copy of your letter. And with renewed acknowledgments of your proof of sympathy and friendship to the peoplo of the I'uited Slates, and one of their most heroic represonta tives, lam, my dear Mr. Minister. “Very sincerely vours, “T. F. Bayard.” Cleveland Without a Champion. tViixhimn.iu Special. Visitors who have talked with the President to-day report him much disturbed over the silver epeech of Senator Beck. He is represented as expressing liis chagrin that there is no senator .m the Democratic side of the Senate to take tho floor and defend the financial policy of the administration. To one caller lie said that he wished that he had tho privilege of talking to the Senate for a day. Treasurer Jordan was asked, this afternoon, who was going to reply on behalf of the’ administration to Senator Beck's silver speech. “The Lord only knows," was his reply. “It is indeed a peculiar situation. The President and Secretary of the Treasury have no champion in the Senate for their financial views, and they ere not much better off as regards the House. There are some anti-silver Democrats in the Rouse, but they are not heavy weights when it comes to debate.” Ruling by the Pensions Commissioner. Washington, Dec. 24. —Commissioner Black, of the Pension Office, has made a ruling in the case of a pensioner who, with her husband, deeded a portion of their small estate to a second party in consideration of a life maintenance of claimant and her husband. The Commissioner says: “The question arises as to the right to a pension during the period for which maintenance was thus furnished, tho consideration therefor being held by some to have been insufficient. Tho Commissioner holds that tho insufficiency of the consideration does not enter into the question so long as the contract was complied with by the second party, it not appearing that he was bound by duty and affection to assist this claimant, but that the transaction was purely a business one, and the pension, if granted, should be withheld during the period of said non dependency” Secretary Bayard’s Misfortune. Washia#too Secretary Bayard is growing quite deaf. Those who have dealings with him in his office soon discover that a conversation carried ou in an ordinary tone is entirely lost upon tho Secretary. It requires an effort to make him hear. Mr. Bayard is loath to acknowledge Umt such infirm

ity is overtaking him, and when one raises his voice he is inclined to scowl. Hence it is that much is wasted by those who personally see the Premier. A gentleman who recently made a call said to-day: “I must have talked with the Secretary fiv9 minutes before I discovered he was deaf. 1 don't heard a word I said until 1 drew closer to him and talked with extra forco into his ear.” General ami Personal. £p‘rial la t!>- Tiiilianapoiia Journal Washington, Dec. 24.—J. W. Tlyatt, of New Harmony, Posey countv, recently appointed to a position in the Clerk’s document-room of the House, will Pave for his homo to morrow night, to spend the holidays. After Jan. 15, 31ooresville will he omitted from the star mail route extending from Moorosville to Quincy, and the route will be via Eminence. Gasburg will be embraced in tho route from Joppa to 3fooresville, and service on the route from Eminenceto Stainesville will be increased to six times a week. The Postmaster-general has appointed the following fourth-class postmasters in Indiana: At Aldinc, Stark county, E. 31. Ford, vice 31. N. 3.i115, resigned; Williamsport, Warren county, J. A. Ilatton. vice E. Hitchens, removed. John Jj. Graves, of Missouri, has been appointed special timber agent, in the General Land Office. Eov. Henry Ward Beecher, who arrived in Washington this morning, called at the executive mansion to-day before Cabinet meeting, and had a long talk with the President. After leaving the White House, he stated that he called to see about a little matter in which the general public has no interest, and to pay his respects to the President. ts CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. Letter from the Pope Which Is Not Complimentary to Oar Public Schools. Balttmork, Dec. 24.—A copy of a letter sent by Pope Leo XIII to the Roman Catholic hierarchy of England has just been received in Baltimore by Archbishop Gibbons, the primate of the church in America. The subject of the letter is Christian education. It has been translated, and will bo published in full in to-morrow's Catholic Mirror. The Holy Father commends the great vigilance of the clergy in looking after the Christian education of the children of England. He encourages and praises them, and assures them of his special commendation and good will in the prosecution of their meritorious work. The laity also comes in for a share of the Pope’s commendation for their readiness to Eupply what is needed for tho maintenance of the schools; not only the wealthy contributors, but those who aro of slender means and poor. The Pope then continues: “In these days, and in the present condition of the world, when the tender ago of childhood is tempted on every side by so many and various dangers, hardly anything can be imagined more fitting than the union with literary instruction of sound teaching in faith and morals. For this reason wo have more than onco said that wo strongly approved of the voluntary schools, which, by the work and liberality of private individuals, have been established in America and elsewhere. We desire their number increased as much as possible. We ourselves, seeing the condition of things in this city, con tinue with the greatest eflort, and at great cost, to provide an abundance of such schools for the children of Rome. For it is in and by these schools that the Catholic faith, our greatest and beat inheritance, is preserved whole and entire. In these schools the liberty of parents is respected: and what is most needed, especially in the prevailing license of opinion and of action, is taught the child: it is by these schools that good citizens are brought up for tho states: for there is no better citizen than the man who lias believed and practiced the Christian religion from his childhood. The future condition of the state depends upon the early training of the children: tho wisdom of our forefathers, and the very foundations of the state, are ruined by tbe destructive error of those who would have children brought up without religious education. You seo, therefore, venerable brethren, with what earnest forethought parents must beware of intrusting their children to schools in which tlioy caunot receive religious teaching.”

Heavy Speculation in Oil. Oil City, Pa., Dec. 24.—Frank Culbertson, a recent accession to the Oil Exchange, startled tho trade to-day by buying in, under numbers, three-quarters of a million barrels of oil, before he was headed off. He quickly satisfied demands, .and turned the tables on the other dealers by calling margins on them. Business was suspended touqiorarily in outside exchanges, as well as here, to await the result of the call for margins. Not until the announcement was made by President Foster that margins were being put up. and the trade knew that money was in the First National Bank for that purpose, was business resumed. There were rumors of various kinds afloat. One had Mr. Culbertson doing business for a Chicago syndicate: another had him making the purchase for tho Standard: others held that Culbertson, having been successful in a recent deal, had tried another on his own account, and that his money to handle the business was made in tho cattle business in tho West. Whoever this oil was bought for, it is remarkable that the market did not advance rnoro than 1 cent while the big purchases were being mads. A Toledo Bauk Swindle. Tolkdo. 0., Dec. 24.—Tho particulars of what is believed to boa swindling scheme of largo proportions are just coming to light hero. It seems that one day last week a smooth-faced young fellow, about twenty-five years of age, called at a local printing office and had printed some checks bearing the firm name of C. B. Bonnet Sc Cos., bankers, purporting to be of this city. On his note-heads ho gavo the names of his partners as K. l. Furbish and F. H. Sterling. These parties ai’a all fictitious, and the bankinghonse of C. B. Bennet A: Cos. does not and never did exist in Toledo. The First National Bank received one of these checks from the Falls City Bank, of Louisville, Ky.,yesterday, and another from the Farmers’ and Drovers' Bank, of the same place. The Second National Bank also received one of the checks from tho New Albany National Bank, New Albany, Ind. These throe cheeks were for S3OO each, and all were .signed by J. A. Denton, and were payable to him. It is thought that Denton, so-cailed, has an accomplice here, who in response to telegrams certifies as to the existence of the tirm. The affair is being investigated. Fatally Beaten by a School Teaclier. Watkkbikv, Conn., Dec. 24.—Richard N, Hotcb kiss is principal of the public school at Prospect, a small town about two miles from here. He is a man of quick temper, and weighs 200 pounds. On Friday last Albert Chandler, aged fifteen, whose father is a wealthy farmer, had some difficulty with the son of Mr. Hotchkiss. The latter took the Chandler boy in hand, flogged him, and then, in a fit of passion, threw him down and stamped upon him, it is alleged, breaking his ribs and seriously injuring him internally. Ho kept him at school until the close of the session. when the boy wont home to bed. A doctor was called, who declared bis recovery impossible. The greatest excitement prevails in the town, and talk of lynching is heard on every side. A 90,000 Shortage. Ha kb i*o NAURU, Ya. f Dec. 24. The sureties on the official bond of 8. R. .Sterling, treasurer of this county, held a meeting to-day, and closed tho offiee. The county court this morning gave Sterliug until Monday to give anew bond. His failure to do so will cause tho appointment of u new treasurer. Sterling has been sued by the Staie Auditor for .$37,000 buck taxes, and, after a partial investigation, the deficit in tho county funds was placed at $20,000, making a total of $50,000 to SOO,OOO. Sterling has been treasurer lor about fourteen years, and had the absolute confidence of the entire community. liis friends claim that he is insane. I've been suffering tho past three months with rheumatism of the knee, and tried a good many remedies without benefit. One bottle of Snlra tion Oil has given me entire relief. Frank U'lirian, 192 Uaborg street, Baltimore, Md.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, ISBS.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS. A Wabash County Farmer Takes His Sliotgnn by the Muzzle and Is Fatally Injured. Bjecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabasii, Dec. 24.—31 r. Henry Everheart, a well-known farmer, living in tho northsast portion of this county, was fatally injured a few days since. While endeavoring to pull his shotgun out from under a bed, muzzle foremost, tho weapon was accidently discharged by the hammer catching in the carpet Tho heavy load entered Mr. Everheart’s right leg, just below the knee, severing an artery. Gangrene set in, owing to a delay in amputation. The patient lingered in great agony several days until death relieved him. Hr was buried to-day, the funeral being very largely attended. Indiana Notes. Rev. Aaron Wood, of Yountsville, is probably the oldest 3lethodist minister in the United States. T. J. Hale has been re-employed to take charge of the 3lontgotnery county poor-farm, at a salary of S3OO a year. Rev. E. E Smith, pastor of the M. E. Church at North Manchester, has just fallen heir to a fortune of .$.500,000, owing to the death of a near relative. J. L. Stanton, of New York city, was in Jeffersonville, on Wednesday, and took $25,000 worth of the new issue of city bonds, which bear 5 per cent, interest. Tito other SIO,OOO worth of bonds have been taken up by parties in Jeffersonville. The proposition to surrender the bonds of the glass-works company of Jeffersonville to the syndicate represented by 3lessrs. Moss ami Lewis will doubtless he accepted by tho City Council. The new company expects to manufacture a superior quality of plate-glass, and also line mirrors. The officers recently elected In* the directors of the New Ross Fair Association are as follows: President. John Lockridge: vice-president, Jacob Kennedy; secretary, H. E. Hadley; treasurer, John Or.lovr; executive committee, John F. Byrd, George A. Wren and George Sandford; superintendent of grounds, William Y. Yelton. A negro tramp named Charles E. Goons delivered himself up to the chief of police of New Albany. on Wednesday, and asked to be returned to Frankfort, Ky. Nine years ago he was sent from Louisville to the Kentucky penitentiary for twenty years for arson and robbery. After five years’ service ho escaped, since which time ho has been wandering about the country. Chas. Spruntz, a young man wanted on several criminal indictments, put up at the house of his mother, in Liberty. Town Marshal Smith, hearing of his whereabouts, started to capture the fugitive. As Smith walked in the front door Spruntz leaned through a back entrance, barefooted and clothed only in his night shirt. The chase was an exciting one, joined in by several, but the fugitive stacceeded in making his escape. Mrs. Harriet Isabel Long, aged seventy-six years, died at the residence of her son, Alexander Bowling, of New Albany, on Wednesday. 3lrs. Long's first husband was Dr. H. M. Dowling, an eminent physician of New Albany. Mrs. Long was one of the small band of pioneers who organized the Presbvteiian Church in New Albany. and in her death another of the few remaining landmarks of the early days of that city has ; osied away. Terre Haute Express: 3lr. W. C- McCray, living at 1552 Liberty avenue, has a relic of Washington’s days. It is a little old style flatiron. suggestive of primitive forms. It was used by Mr. McCray's great-grandmother to iron Washington's shirts. It is small, high-handled, weighs two and a half or three pounds, and is pointed, to move in and out the ruffled wristbands and shirt fronts of those days, for then it was only fine linen that was ironed. It came to Mr. McCray through his maternal grandfather, William Conger, a revolutionary general. A suit for SIO,OOO against Elijah Ciore has been riled in the Fountain county court. The basis of the suit is in the following fact: On Sent. 11 3lr. Ciore attended the Montgomery county fair at Crawfordsvilie. and had a stallion hitched to his buggy. 31r. Ciore drove up close to the race track in order to sit in his buggy and see the racing. 3lr. Clove stopped alongside a spring wagon in which was seated Mrs. Rohda 3L 3lclntiro and three children. 3lr. Clore’s horse did not act just to please him anu he struck him with a whip, which caused the horse to rear up and come down in the spring wagon, throwing Mrs. 3fclntire and tho children out and breaking down the wagon. Mrs. 31clntire received injuries from which she died on Oct. 23. Mr. Ciore is a large stock raiser, and lives two miles west of Alamo, .Montgomery county.

Illinois Items. At Sullivan, George Kelly, from Chicago, was run over by a train and killed. A. J. Barn, forty-six years old, ex-treasurer of Edgar county, died at Paris ou Wednesday. Chicago creditors caused the closing, on Wednesday, of J. E. Harding's grocery store, at Dixon. William Cooney, a young man in charge of a switch engine in Braid wood, was instantly killed by being run over whilo his foot was caught in a frog. At Decatur, Mrs. Sarah Maiden has boen temporarily placed in jail. She is violently insane on religious topics. Ou Tuesday she made a desperate attempt to kill her two children, one of whom is so badly injured it will probably die. By a collision on the Illinois Central railroad, at LaSalle, Henry McGrath, engineer of a freight train, was instantly killed. He resided in Amboy. The accident was the result of his own carelessness in leaving the station ahead of time. The Wabash Yattey flouring mill at Mt. Carmel, burned on Wednesday. Loss, $10,000; no insurance. The losers are Young & Biddle, Mt. Carmel; Theodore Williams, Ohio: A. L. Gibson, Cairo, and Elkrbush & Cos., Indiana. Cause of lire unknown. Henry Lawson has confessed to tho robbery, Monday night, of William Graham, who resides in lUinais, near Clinton, Wis. Gold to the amount of $1,457 has been recovered, but $1,900 in greenbacks, which the robber concealed in a stovepipe, wa3 destroyed by fire. Lawson has been imprisoned at Belvidero. 111. The sheriff of Marion county, Ohio, and tho sheriff of LaPorte county, Indiana, both arrived at Springfield, on Wednesday, with requisitions on the Governor for the arrest of ono Wilfert, in jail at Bloomington, wanted in Ohio for horse stealing, and in Indiana for other thefts. The warrant was granted to the Ohio sheriff. William E. McLean, or Monticello, has been arrested for violating the postal law by taking a letter from the postofrice which did not belong to him. The letter contained a draft for $550, and was addressed to William E. McLean, but was intended for another person by that name. McLean is charged with retaining the letter and cashing the draft. The Uad of a Tragic Story. Louisville, Dec. 24.—Fourteen years ago Mrs. E. E. Riley's husband abandoned her when lie learned that she was not the real, but the adonted daughter of Mr. Pemberton, of Cincinnati. A year later, when she was in Louisville, with her mind half unbalanced by her husband's cruelty, the Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, came to this city, and a grand swell ball was given at the Galt House in his behalf. Every one talked of it. and the peculiar hallucination then seized Mrs. Riley that she was the betrothed of that royal personage, and that he would soou return and take her to his home; and she never abandoned the idea to the hour of her death, which occurred at New Castle last evening. Mrs. Riley made many long stories for the newspapers. It was her custom to appear at the theaters in fantastic dress, and always wearing a crown. Sh A was well known in both Indiana and Kentucky. A Brutal Policeman. Chicago, Dec. 24 —On recommendation of tho coroner’s jury, Police Officer Richard Cullen has been suspended from duty ar.d placed in jail to await the action of the grand jury in regard to the death of Herman Horenberg. Horenberg was arrested last Friday night, and on Saturday morning was found in Lis cell unconscious. lie was removed to the County Hospital, where he died on Monday. On the inquest it was developoed that at the time of the arrest Cullen struck him a serere blow, knocking him down, and, it is supposed, fracturing his skulL The officer claims that the man was drunk, and that he did not strike him, but several witnesses tea-

tified that deceased was sober and peaceable, and one man, nainc-d Dietrich, who was with him when arrested, said the officer also knocked him down and kicked him because he protested against the arrest of his friend. THE WOLF LAKE LAND CASES. Long-Pending Litigation Settled—Decision by Judge Gresham Affecting Large Interests. Chicago, Dec. 24. —Judge Gresham rendered a decision to day in the United States Circuit Court, in what is known as tho Wolf Lake cases, which have been in litigation for several years. The cases include three suits of ouster, brought against United States Treasurer Jordan, the same against Cleveland, and B. H. Mitchell against Small. In 183.5 3lrs. Hardin’s father, William Holbrooke, now deceased, purchased three tracts of land west of Hyde lake, a small basin of water situated near the Indiana line, the tracts being in tho northeast quarter of Section 30, and the southeast quarter of Section 10, their eastern boundary being the lake. Holbroofce occupied the land to a certain line. Between this line and the lake was an impassable swamp, purchased from the government by the defendant. Tho complainant claims that when the government deeded the land, it intended that the lake should be the permanent boundary line, and not the meander line, which was made on account of tbe inability of the surveyor to perfect his work in the swamp. Tho court affirmed this claim. Holbrooke also purchased two and a half acres Qf the highlands between Wolf lake and Hyde lake, the west boundary being the meander line, and tho daughter alleges that the reclaimed land between the line and the Hyde lake, now occupied by a man named Cleveland, was rightfully hers. Judge Gresham decides against her, on tho ground that it was impossible that the government would, in selling such a small piece as two and one-half acres, also cede away the extensive tract to tho west. The third case, 3litchell against Small, was decided in favor of the defendant. Mitchell bought four and one-half acres of Section 20, and he held that all the land to the south of the meander-line, bounding lis holding, belonged to him. The decision in the casis was the same ns that in Hardin against Cleveland, Avery material point in the case is that the government had no right tojsell swampland subsequent to 1850, when such land was ceded to tho several States by special act of Congress. The decisionis a very important one, affecting immense sums of money, and furnishing a precedent for the decision of such cases in the future. TIIE ENTOMBED MINERS. Work in tlie S!cj>e Abandoned—People "Who Think Some of the Men Are Yet Alive. Wilkksbarre, I*a., Dec. 24. —The situation at Nanticoke remains unchanged. As far as can he learned, the black damp has been cleared from the slope near where it is supposed the men are imprisoned. The rescuing party did no work in the slope to day, and Superintendent 3lorgan will not ask them to again face danger there. The only efforts now being made are in tho clearing of the main slope, which is solidly packed with sand and wreck. This debris cannot be removed very quickly. As soon as the mining engineers meet and devise some now plan for reaching the imprisoned men. the tuino company will begin to press tbe search. It is now considered a certainty that all tho imprisoned miners at Nanticoke are dead. A few people still profess to believe that there is life in the mine, and that if the men can he reached in a day or two some of them can be rescued. This belief is based on past experience. The Sugar Notch accident is cited as proving that men may live entombed a long period and still suffer but little. The hope that has been and is being entertained by the peoplo of Nanticoke is that the ipiuers who had been at work in the breasts at an elevation of forty-five feet from the gangway may, after the water subsided and the sand had become fastened solidly in the main opening, havo wandered to the gangway and come across a mule, from whose flesh they could obtain subsistence, and that in this way life might po.-sibly be preserved for two or three weeks.

A Threatened Beer and Whisky War. New York, Dec. 24.—An evomng paper says that, on account of a refusal on the part of the brewers of this State to oppose a bill pending in the State Legislature making the whisky license SI,OOO and beer license $250, war is about to be declared by the liquor men against beer; that they threaten to refuse to sell malt liquors in whisky saloons, and to call to their aid the distilling interests, cot only in this State, but elsewhere in the country. The paper predicts a very fierce war between these two branches of the liquor interest, and of vast proportions. It states that numerous attempts have been made to compromise their differences, but without success, and that a final meeting, concerning the outcome of which little hope is entertained, will ba held next week. Flight of a Missouri Cattleman. Sepalia, Mo., Doc. 24.—G. F. Williamson, until recently, has been regarded as one of the leading men of Yv'indsor, Henry county. Last Saturday he was in Sedalia and borrowed SOOO from his partner in the cattle business, Captain Albert Parker, to defray the expenses of feeding stock. He then secured SBOO bv giving a mortgage on forty head of cattle, owned bj r a citizen of Henry county, and after securing several other small loans, fled the country. His effects were seized by the sheriff, but they are valueless Williamson is highly connected, his father being one of the most prominent cattlemen in central Missouri, and much surprise is expressed over the alleged criminal conduct and sudden flight. Boring for Gas. Cleveland, Dec. 24.—Natural gas in paying quantities was struck in Berea, this county, yesterday, by Messrs. Laduke and Bishop, who have been at work about two months. Five wells were sunk and two are producing about (100 cubic feet every hour, with a slight increase. Two holes have as yet given no gas. The outlook for a plenteous supply is considered good, and tno work will be pushed at once. The big well that promised so well in the yards of the Cleveland Rolling-mill Company, and which was discovered by Engineer Latimer, of the New York, Pennsylvania fc Ohio, by means of a divining rod. has almost played out. It is being sunk lower, and already Las gone down 3,350 feet. The Mormuu Conspiracy. Salt Lake, U. TANARUS., Dec. 24.— The jury in the case of Brigham Young Hampton, charged with conspiracy with lewd women to compromise prominent anti-Mormons, after being out one hour, this evening, brought in a verdict of guilty. The gentiles are rejoicing to-night over a telegram from United .States Attorney Dickson to the Governor, stating he had withdrawn his resignation and would continue work here. Dickson had complaißcd that the increase in his work entitled him to a larger salary. The Fastnastors' Convention. Chicago. Dec. 24. —Tne preparations for the national convention of the third and fourth-class postmasters in this city, Feb. 15, 1886, are almost completed. The orgauizers are out in an elaborated circular to day, in which the importance of the convention iB urged and the needs of the postmasters outlined. The circular declares that the press of the country has generally pronounced in favor of the movement. Hotel Burned. PL attsburg, N. Y., Doc. 24.—The Stevens House, at Lake Placid, in the Adirondacks, to gether with most of its contents, was totally destroyed this morning by lire, which started in one of the chimneys. The loss is estimated at $15,000; insured. How {( olish are the endeavors of parties to introduce new remedies for couglis and kindred complaints when they should know that the people will have Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup aud nothing else.

MARRIED A JOCKEY. A Sensational Affair in New York—-The Mo-rosini-Hulskanip Affair Outdone. New York, Dec. 2i. —The announcement of the marriage of Miss Frida Unger, an heiress to millions, to “Joe" Merkle, an ex riding teacher and norse-trainer of this city, is likely to create a sensation in the fashionable world, in which she has Ion" been a reigning belle. Until yesterday the marriage was only known to the girl's immediate relatives. Miss Unger is possessed of the rarest accomplishments, being a linguist, artist and musician of the highest order. Her social circle was of the most refined and select character. Like Victoria Morosini, her income afforded tho fuilest scope for the gratification of her tastes. Her beauty, wealth and accomplishments made her the undisputed queen of her circle. Heiress to millions, she had countless suitors for her hand. Two years ago last June Miss Unger’s eldest sister was married. Prior to her marriage the two sisters, who were then taking lessons at Merkle's riding-school, were inseparable companions in their equestrian trips. Later on, when Miss Unger’s sister went South on her wedding tour, the equestrian lessons ceased, but were renewed during tho succeeding winter. Teacher and pupil were almost constantly alone in each other’s society. With the coming of the spring, to the astonishment of the family, she expressed her intention of accompanying a married relative to Europe. Her engagement to a gentleman in this city having long been rumored her sudden, determination astonished her friends and met at first with the decided opposition of her family. After" much importunity, strengthened by a plea of failing health, she finally overcame all opposition and departed. A few weeks prior to her departure Mr. Merkle disposed of his interest in the riding-school at Fifty-eighth street and Broadway. Miss Unger’s departure excited no very extended comment in her own immediate circle at the time, but among the "horsy fraternity” and stable loungers who had an opportunity of observing the flirtations of the fair horsewoman, Merkle's simultaneous departure furnished food for a rumor, which is now verified, that tho riding-master and his fair pupil had plotted their flight to Europe in order to avoid the outbreak which would result from u marriage at home. They are said to have been married when they reached Europe. Emil Unger and his family resided at No. 23 East Thirty-seventh street until a month ago. He is a retired millionaire, and tho father of the heroine of the elopement. The news of his daughter's marriage aroused such a storm of in dignation that tho Unger Mansion in this city was abandoned, and its wealth of treasures auctioned off two weeks ago to the highest bidders. The Ungers have a magnificent summer residence on Staten Island. Their social prominence being superior to that of tho Morosinis, the escapade of their daughter will bo more keenly felt and result in their temporary withdrawal from metropolitan societ}* and probable social retirement to their country retreat. Mr. Merkle is fifty years of age and his wife thirty years his junior, it is understood that, the couple will remain abroad, although rumor has it that Mr. Merkle has been in the city very recently. Ililk-Lliio Billiards. Chicago, Dec. 24.—The game to-night between Schaefer and Yignaux was won by tho former. Following is the score: * Schaefer—2o. O. 0. 20, 3. 30. 82. 1, f*. 7. 2. 51. 9. 0. 37. 10. 51, 2. 1. 3.1. 10.9. 51. 1, 15. 2. 58, 187, 77. 19—890. Average. 25: highest run. IS7. Yignaux—l. 50, 9, 30. 4, 13, 20. 20. 2. 7. 3. O, 0, 109, 60, 40, 2.- 2. 7. 27. 10. 30. si. 17, 24. O. 3, 28. 1. 2,25 —071. Average 21 20-30; highest run, 109. John Dowling, a C hicago sportingman, to-day offered to back Yignaux against Schaefer for from $2,500 to SIO,OOO a side, the game to bo played in New York, 3.000 points, 14 inch balkline. Richard Roche, of St. Louis, expressed a willingness to match Schaefer for $2,500. but at last accounts the Vignaux party had not come forward with their money.

Kougli Treatment ot a New Postmaster. Milwai'KEE, Dec. 24. Among President Cleveland's appointments before tho-convening of Congress was that of Dr. Everhard as postmaster at Ripon. The appointee received his commission, but failed to qualify before Congress convened. This morning he appeared at the office, presented his commission aud the discharge of the old postmaster, and demanded that the office be turned over to him. His demands were ignored, .and ho was kicked into the street by the postmaster who has been in possession for the past four years. The United States marshal has been telegraphed for, and will go to Ripon. Ought to I-’ut a Few in Her Coffin. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 24.—Miss May MacDonald, aged eighteen years, of Overton county, was taken ill about the Ist of the present month. On the 10th she appeared to have breathed her last. Shrouded for burial, sho was placed in a coffin. The seeond day after her supposed death, to the surprise of all, she arose and asked for an apple. She ate it with much relish, lying in hor bed. Afterward she drank some water. The following day she sunk into a stupor and remained in that state until Monday, when she died and was buried. Prohibition Victors* at Atlanta. Atlanta. Dec. 24 —This morning, in the Superior Court, Judge Marshall J. Clarke decided a contest growing out of the recent prohibition election, and held that he could not take action on a bill which is not yet a law, because the result of the election has not been declared. He also held that lie could not interfere with an election. He therefore dissolved the injunction, and the ordinary, who was in the court room, immediately declared the resuit to he a majority of 228 for prohibition. The case will be appealed, and other litigation is in prospect. l\stofiice Killed by Burglars. Chicago, Dec. 24.*—Three burglars entered the residence of Wm. Cronin, postmaster at Mount Forest, near this city. this morning, and after tying and gagging Cronin and his assistant rifled the postoffice and Cronin's residence of $1,500 worth of property. They then took the postmaster's horse and buggy, and cutting the telegraph wire to the city, drove off leisurely. Policemen intercepted them on the outskirts of the city and fired several shots at them, but the men escaped with the money and stamps. Ono arrest has been made on suspicion. Prize Fight i\t Buffalo. Buffalo, Dec. 24. —Prof. James Haley, of this city, and James M. Long, of New York, fought here at a late hour, Tuesday night, in an East side saloon, for SIOO a side and gate money. About two hundred persons were present. a good many being from New York and Chicago. Haley had the best of it all the way through. In the second round, Long's second picked him up, as ho was unable to rise after being knocked down, and the referee declared Haley winner on a foul. Ten dollars admission was charged. Business Embarrassments. Jacksonville, 111., Dec. 24.—Atwater Sc Pritt, dry goods, have failed. Liabilities, $25,000; assets, about $20,000. Biddefokb, Me., Dec. 2k— Joeeph Hobson Essons, the largest lumber-dealer here,who shut down his mills recently, offers to settle with his creditors in fuli, the amounts to be payable in one, two, three, four and five years. Dr. Hastings and three other creditors have put a $12,000 attachment on the property. Steamship News. Queenstown. Dec. 24.—Arrivod; Nevada, from New York. Southampton, Dec. 24.—Arrived: Eider, from New York. New York, Dec. 24 —Arrived: State of Georgia, from Glasgow; Lake Huron, from Liverpool; Folaria, from Hamburg; Waesland, from Antwerp; I'ersiAn Monarch, from Loudon. A “Corner” in tlio Tobacco Market. Louisville, Dec. 24.—The Louisville tobacco market is much excited over what appears to bo an attempt at a corner in a grade of tobacco known as ‘‘lugs.’’ Sawyer, Wallace & Cos., of Nevr York, the New York agents of the Regie contractors for the Spanish government, through

local agents, are opposing each other and buying, great quantities of lug tobacco, so that prices have adva-jed 25 per cent during tho past month. — Decline.-* to Resign. Boston*. Dec. 21.—N. W. Bingham, special agent of the Treason*, has written a letter to Supervising Agent Martin declining to resign, as requested by the latter. His grounds lor declining aro that this office is in no sense political or partisan, and that his long term of faithful service and freedom from active political partisanship entitles him to still continue to fill his position. o __—. Roofing Stock Damaged by Fire. Cincinnati, Dec. 24 — Fire, to night, in a building on Front street, occupied by the Weston l’aint and Roofing Company and M. Ft-hart Cos., patent roofers, caused a lo*3 of $40,000 on stock and $20,000 on building. The total insurance is about $40,000. FIRST IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION*. The Claims Made by Col. Kennedy, of Auburn. and Captain Bush, of Lockport. Klmira'N. Y.) Special. President Lincoln issued his first call for troops on April 15, 1861. W. W. Bush, of Lockport, had been constantly in the telegraph office at that place since the attack on Fort Sumter, in momentary anticipation of the call. His idea was to hear of the call the instant the news was teiegraphed in order that he might not miss the chance of having the honor of becoming the first volunteer. The news was received in Lockport at noon on April 15. Bush immediately signed an enlistment roll which lie had previously prepaid, and proceeded to the enlistment of others Ho soon raised a company, was made its captain, and went to the front with the first troops. Ho served through the war, and he made the claim that he had been the first volunteer in the war of the Rebellion on the Union side. The claim was generallj* admitted. The claim of another to having been the first Norther volunteer, seems to modify the Captain's, but it leaves him the having been the first person to enlist under President Lincoln’s call. Colonel T. J. Kennedy, of Auburn. as is shown by the records of the Adjutantgeneral's office, nm.de application to Governor Morgan in January, 18G1, for authority to enlist a company to be offered to the government “tho moment the inevitable armedstruggle between the North and the South began.” Kennedy, as early as November, 1860, urged the enlistment of men to bo drilled, in anticipation of a call for troops by th# national government. His application for authority to enlist a company was filed in the Adjutant-gen-eral's office at Albany, on Jan. 17, 1801. Ho did not wait to receive the authority, but drew up an enlistment roll, sigaed it, and was so sue cessful in enlisting others that when Fort Sumter was fired on, on April 12. he had 175 men under drill. He offered the services of himself and his company to the State on the same day, and on that day his enlistment roll was received and entered in the Adjutant-general's,office. There were too many men for one company, so a full company was selected from them, and became Company Cos the Nineteenth Regiment, N. Y. S. V., of which regiment Kennedy was made Colonel. The remainder of the men were distributed among other companies. Aquilla Jones’s ikiul of Reform. Philadelphia Press. Postmaster Aquilla Jones, of Indianapolis, who is cavorting around Washington like a twoyear old colt in a clover patch, declares that he is really anxious to carry out the civil-service law. In the interest of eternal truth it should bo explained, however, that ho wants to carry it out in his old fashioned Jacksonian style—in a pine coffin, with a certificate of death passed on the lid. Every day adds to the great amount of ovi dence as to the curative powers of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It Is unequaled for general debility, and as a blood purifier, expelling every trace of scrofula or other impurity. Now is the time to take it. Sold by all druggists.

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