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Kidd vs. Steele, Indiana; Pag;* vs. Pierce, Rhode Island, and Hurd vs. Romois, Ohio. Mr. Hurd Baid to your correspondent to-day: “I think I nave a good ease, and I believe that I can convince the committee that I was right* tally elected. I propose to do it within sixty days, and if I do not obtain the seat by the Ist of March T will withdraw from tlio contest, as I do not believe in these long-drawn-out controvernies over a <,nestion which should bo decid'ea within a mouth." I>l STING UI SUED EXCURSIONISTS. A I*arty of Congressmen and Journalists En Route to N'fcw Orleans. Washington, Dec. 25.—The congressmen and journalists who. with the ladies of their families, were invited some days ago to accept the courtesy of the Baltimore & Ohio lines for a trip to the New Orleans exposition. left Washington at 11:15 this evening in the elegant sleeping coaches provided by Major Pangborn, the assistant general passenger agent of the road, who will accompany the excursionists and have charge of the arrangements for their transportation and comfort. The party will reach Cincinnati cn Saturday afternoon, and remaining there about three hours, then go direct to New Orleans, via >din and the Illinois Central railroad, arriving early Monday morning. Returning, the train will leave New Orleans on Thursday night, and arrive in Washington Saturday evening 1 . Monday is congressional day, and Tuesday journalists’ day at the exposition. They will be met, upon arrival at the Crescent City, by President McCounico, of the exposition, the mayor of the city, and a special committee of the press. A most interesting and varied programme has been arranged, and the four days’ stay will be repleto with receptions, special excursions to the-jettics and the lake, with banquets at the Pickwick Club, the Spanish fort, etc. The following is a list of those who left hero to-night: Congressmen Townshend, of Illinois; Conger And ladies, of Michigan.: Ward, of Illinois; Kleiner and wife, of Indiana; Hahn, of Louisiana: Taylor, of Tennessee; LaFolette and wife, of Wisconsin; Brady and daughter, of Virginia; Joseph, of New Mexico; Wade, of Wisconsin; St. Martin, of Louisiana; Perkins, of Kansas, and Cole, of Maryland; Major Clarke, of the New York Tribune, and wife; Mr. Haberoorne, of the St. liouls Westiiche Post: Mr. Madd, of the Associated Press; Mr. Moore, of the Milwaukee Wisconsin; Mr. Shriver, of the Baltimore American; Mr. Martin, of the Philadelphia Press; Mr. Flinn. of the Baltimore Sun; Mr. Gibson, of the New York Tribune: Mr. Clarke and wife, of the Montgomery Dispatch: Mr. Jewell, of the New Orleans .States; Mr. Clarke, of the Associated Press: Mr. McCarthy, of the Hartford Times, and Mr. Burton, of the Brooklyn Eagle. THE SILVER DOLLAR. Party Lines Will Be Obliterated by the Com* ing Contest lu Congress. Washington Special. Congress is prepared for an animated contest over the silver question shortly after it reassembles in January. Both sides are deeply in earn est, and the struggle is expected to be one of the bitterest that has been seen in many years. Tho element of uncertainty is so great that the outcome cannot be predicted, for party lines will bo obliterated. It is apparent that the opposition to the Bland law has grown, but to what extent ho one can divine. Representative Reagan said to-day that he feared the Doraocratic party would be broken up by the silver question. The silver men will never agree to any legislation that tends to impair tho force of tho principle they defend, and while Mr. Reagan hopes that, no measuro embodying tho view of the anti silver men will pass, he confesses that it is impossible to foreshadow what may happen. j The fear that the party will go to pieces over this question is entertained by many other Dom ocrats of stitmg silver views. The National Republican gives. .13 the result of an exhaustive inquiry concerning future delusions in the House of Representatives in regard to. the unlimited suspension of silver coinage, a table showing that 143 Democrats and 52 Republicans are against suspension, and 30 Democrats and 91 Republicans in favor of it. The noticeable feature in connection with the matter is the division of the members upon sectional lines. The West and South are practically a unit for coinage, while the East and Middle States appear to be almost as solidly in favor of suspension. MINOR MATTERS. German Discrimination Against American Food Products—Retaliation Proposed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 25.—The report of our Consul-general iu Germany states that the feeling against American food products within the German empire is still as bitter in official circles os it ever was, and that in spite of tho fact that American grain and hog products can be sold in the retail markets of Wilhelm’s dominions at a price very much below the same article produced in Germany, Bismarck will attempt to place an inhibition upon everything in the way of food which this country products. This report has again created a hostile feeling toward the German empire among American congressmen who are in Washington at present, and it is likely that early in January we shall hear more of retaliatory legislation agaiust German wines and other German products. During the first session o? the Forty-eighth Congress, Ochiltree, of Texas: Guenther, ot Wisconsin: Thomas, of Illinois, and several other Western members took steps toward tho enactment of a law that would convince Bismark that tho American people could play his game as well as he could himself. Ochiltree is absent this year, but Guenther and Thomas remain, and the others who supported ♦hem aro nearly all here. It is more than likely that these gentlemou will again attempt to as sert the prerogatives of the United States, and it is quite likely that the Secretary of State will, in consequence, have an opportunity to assert himself, and to show that he can talk as savagely when the American hog is kicked out as when the doors of foreign courts are closed against American diplomates. The Exclusive Mr. Kmlicott, Washington Special. Secretary Endicott is the most exclusive of all the Cabinet officers. He 16 the least known to the public men, and judging by conversations with senators and members who have run against a rule lately issued by the Secretary, it is probable that he will continue to remain unknown to them. Senator Jones and Congressman Rogers, of Arkansas, in a call upon a member of the Cabinet, yesterday, said: “We don’t seem to have any trouble in getting in to see you at any time."’ Senator Jones then related an experience ho had just had at tho War Do- ? art men t: “I called there in tho neighborhood of o'clock to see the Secretary. I had been busy in the other departments, and could not get there before. A yellow man met me at tho door. He said: ‘You can't see the Secretary; ho has recently issued an oruer which says that nobody shaK he received after 12 o'clock.’ ‘Not even senators or members?’ *No. sir.’ was the reply. ‘Can’t I send in to him and find out whether he will see me or not?’ ‘No, sir: the orders are very strict.’ ‘Then I guess I will have to writ© to him, as I will not have the time to get up here before 12. Do you think ho would receive a letter written after 12 o'clock?’ The colored messenger pondered over the question for a moment and then said, as if he were not quite certain, ‘I think he would, sir.' ” Comptroller Cannon. Special to the Indianapulin Journal. Washington. Dee. 25.—A rumor was current a day or two ago to the effect that Comptroller of the Currency Cannon had tendered his resigoation to the President Mr. Cannon was appointed under a section of tho Revised Statutes which stipulates that tho term of the office of the Comptroller of tho Currency ehali bo for five years, unless he shall be removed for reasons which shall bw submitted to the Senate by the President. The best lawyers la Washington construe the law to mean that tho

Senate shall have the same right in confirming the removal of this officer as they have in confirming the appointment of his successor. Mr. Cannon's term has something like four years to run. He has made an excellent official. The President and Secretary Manning are fully satisfied with his conduct of affairs in the office, and he has no idea of resigning until he receives some intimation from bis superior officers that his course is uusatisfactory. It ie not likely that he will be asked to resign during tho life of the present Congress, and. in fact, there aro reasons to believe that the President has more than intimated to him that his stay in the office is desirable. Chairmanship of the Labor Committee. St. Louis, Doc. 25.—Congressman O'Neill, of this city, who is mentioned as the probable chairman of the committee on labor of the House of Representatives, arrived home to day, and was mot by various leaders of the labor interests to proffer their support to him. Mr. O'Neill deprecated any action on their part, not wishing to embarrass the Speaker in his selection of committees, and said: “If having created the committee on labor in the last Congress, introduced the bill to create a bureau of labor statistics and made a speech in the House on the importation of contract labor, which tho Democratic national committee made one of their principal campaign documents—all of which was done under tho eye of the Speaker—does not. entitle me to the chairmanship of tho committee, then mass meetings and resolutions will cot help me.” An Explorer's Residence Iturned. Washington, Dec. 23.—The residence of Dr. Emil Bessels, tho arctic explorer, at Glendale, was burned this morning. AH his books and charts, and other valuable documents relating to arctic matters were totally destroyed. 6a!L¥ weather bulletin. Indications. War Dep yutment, ) Office ov ths Chief Signal. Officer > Washington, Dec. 20, la. m. ) Special Indications fov Twenty four Hours from 7 a. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Fair weather, with slowly rising temperature. For tho Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Generally fair weather, winds shifting to east and south, slowly rising temperature, lower barometer. For the Lower Lake Region—Light local snows, but generally fair weather, winds shifting to east and south, slight rise in temperature, lower barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Slightly warmer, generally fair weather, followed in northern portion by local snows, winds shifting to southerly, lower barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Slightly warmer, fair weather, winds shifting to southerly; lower barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Warmer fair weather, winds generally southerly, lower barometer. Local OoserviMns. Indianapolis. Dec. 25. Time. ! Bar. J Thar. Hum. Wind;!Weather Rain. 6a. M.. fso.io! 30.2 91 North'Cloudy. IO a. M.. SO.-ifX 30.5 82 North!Cloudy 2p. M..!30.i9i 29. G 70 N oast ‘Cloudy tip. M.. 30.50 29.1 SO N'east Cloudy 19 p. M.. ;30.G0| 27. G 70 N'eastjCloudy ■■'Melted snow too small to measure. Maadmtun temperature, 32.0; minimum temperature, 26.0. General Observations. War Department, I Washington, Dec. 25, 9 p. m. i Observations taken at the same moment of time at id! stations. tS H 5! SOI 3S p a-p i r< I 1 t “§' : a B 3 ; Sf 5 o , jj ES 2 STATIONS. S 3 ; 2_. ? *1 ft , 3 • • ; I•• • w • N(w York City 30.35i 28 N’east! Clear. Washington City...|3o.3it 30,North! . Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 30.40 48 N’east .{Clear. New Orleans, La 130.30 53 North 'Clear. Shreveport, La 30.39 49 hast .....iClear. Fort Smith, Ark...,30.41 44 Hast ,Clear. Little Rock, Ark. . .{30.42 43 N’east 'Clear. Galveston, Tex 30.31 59 S'east .....'Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.-12, 39jNorth; Clear. Nashville. Teuu |30.46 33 N’east! jClondy. Louisville. Ky 30.53 31 North! < 'loudy. Indianapolis. lud... 30.02 28 N'east Cloudy. Cincinnati, O |30.55! 28'N’east' H.t snow. Pittsburg. Pa ..*30.45 28*Northi .04 Cloudy. Oswego, N. Y. )30.53 ! 16[N’easfci [Clear. Toledo O !30.631 22 j Nort h I Cloudy. Kscanaba, Mich.,..!30.59 1 20 8 west j I Fair. Marquette, Mich.. .'30.67! 15'South j Clear. Chicago, 111 Io 0.5 9: 32 East j iClear. Milwaukee, Wis [30.58 31 East [Clear. Duluth. Minn *30.53, 21(Calm 'Clear. St. Paul, Minn (30.49, 23 Fast Fair. LaCrosse, Wis 30.56! 30 South [Clear. Davenport, la ,30.62| 26 East Clear. Des Moines, la |30.50j 32 S’east Fair. Keokuk, fa 30.58 j 29 East j .[Clear. Cairo, 111 '30.52 34 N ; east (Clear. Springfield. 11l '30.58; 37 East !. [Cloudy. St, Louis, Mo 30.58 34 North 1 'Clear. Lamar. Mo [30.46 38'East i [Clear. Leavenworth, Kan. 30.49 36 N east' iCloar. Omaha. Neb .[30.47) 35|S’easti [Clear. Yankton, Dak 30.37 34 South 'Clear. Moorehead. Minn *3O lt>j 27 South [Cloudy. Bismarck, Dak 29.98! 35, S’east I 'Fair. Fort Buford. Dak.. | ! [ Ft. Assiuiboine.M.T, ! ; ■ [ Fort Custer. Mont.. ’ ; „ 1 : ’ Peadwood, Dak 30 14 54 Nwest Fair. North Platte, Neb..:39.29, 4.2 S’east | Fair. Denver, Col 30.24 j 32 South Clear. W. Las Animas, Col 30.18 38 Calm [ Cloudy. Dodge City, Kan... 30.35 50 East i .[Cloudy. Fort Elliott, Tex.. 48 South; [Clear. Fort .Sill, Tnd. Ter..} ! I [ | Fort Davis, Tex 30.201 60 Sweat! Clear. FI Paso, Tex 30.17, 56 East j ,Fair. Salt Lake City. U. T 30.08, 42[ Ea -t | Fair. Vignaux Deleata Slosson. Chicago, Dec. 25. —The game to-night, in the balk-line billiard tournament was botween Vignaux and Slosson, and was played before au assemblage of scarcely one hundred people. There was no betting to speak of, and offers of ton to seven on Vignaux found no takers. The play was very uniuteresting. and the game was not completed until 12:25. Following is the score: Vignaux—s, 0. 48. 18. 0, 0. 32, 46, 1. 6,3. 4,3, 1, 4,4, 27. 36, 13. 9. 3. I. 85. 10, O, 14, 2. 15. 4, 1, 0. 20, 14. 1. 27, 22. 0. 3,2, 1,2, 40,4, 6. 19. 26, O. 2. 14. 29. 3. 2. 2. 30, 86. 3, 0. 0. 3, 11, 0, 3—Boo. Average. 13 10-16: highest run, 86. Slosson—26. 1. 2, 7. 12, 9. 7, 45. 35. 4, 20, 0,3. 2. 15. 29, 2,1, O. 13, O. 5, O, 39, 15, 1. 73, 9. 1, 11. 18. 2, 11, 9. 7, 19. 0, O. 9. 53, 0,2, 56. 1. 28, 1,,10, 9,3, 0. 0. 1, 22 3,4, 1. 0. 28, 16, I—7lo. Average, 11 50-60; highest run; 73. Shot by a Policeman. Dktuoit, Dec. 25. —About 8:30 this evening Albert Davis, a widower with three chiklreu, was shot by Patrolman A. M. Bowden. Davis and some comrades were in Bc-ekels saloon, where they had a quarrel. One of tho party struck Davis in tho mouth. Davis ran aud the rest followed him. At the corner of Farrar street and Gratiot avenue, Patrolman Bowden was passing with some ladies going to White's Theater. He told tho men to stop, when they jumped upon him, and knocked him down. Tho ladies ran away. Bowden drew a revolver and fired three times. Davis was shot through the left temple, the buliet lodging in the brain. . He wr3 taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where he died at 11:15 p. m. Bowden was arrested and lodged in jail. Fatally Shot by Her Uushaml. Buffalo, Dec. 25. Hugh Sherman, a mechanic, residing in Gold street, quarreled with his wife last night. The woman, in order to es cape from her husband, ran into a closet, closing the door, and leaning against it to keep it shut This infuriated Shorman, who picked up a guu, loaded with buckshot, r.nd fired through the door, which was very thin. Mrs. Sherman was hit in the left side of the head, aud, it is thought, is fatally wounded. After the shooting Sherman fled, but was subseaucntly captured by the police. He states that he did not intend to shoot his wife, but only meant to frighten her. Thkije is not a case of neuralgia which cannot be at once relieved by the use of Salvation Oil. At all drug stores Price only 25 cents a bottle.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1886.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Washington's Missing Contractor Makes His Appearance in New York. Four-Tear-Old Cliild Burned to Death—Suicide of a Minister—Fountain County Bridge Troubles—Gleanings. INDIANA. Contractor Miller Comes to the Surface Long Enough to Denounce Ills Enemies. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vi'tcknxes, Doc. 25.—Jcsoph G. Miller, the absconding contractor, who left his bondsmen in this section heavily involved and fled to parts unknown, has been heard from. He has turned up in New York city, and writes a severe letter back home, denouncing his enemies. Milier says: “I notice that my bondsmen claim that I made a misrepresentation to them. This is false. If they had let me alone I would have finished my jobs, and they would not have lost a cent. I left $11,700, due for extra work, which I could, uuder any law3 in the United States, have got off the Commissioners if they had put it to the test, though I think they would have paid it without any litigation. The fact is I was harrassed to death. After staying for no other purpose than saving them, for seven months, then they used every means to take my property from me. leaving me destitute. It Wits more than I could stand, therefore I left it to their supervision. There are some of them I feel sorry for, aud if I am successful I will compensate every one of them for all of their losses, if they have any, and there aro others of them whom I hope will never see tho end. I have tried to bo honest, but was forced to do something I would not Lave done for five times the amouut of the Gibson county court houso.’’ Miiler left unfinished contracts aggregating $150,000. 110 was one of the most successful contractors in the State. It was rumored that he ran off with .a woman, leaving his wife without a word. It is reported that she lives in tho greatest distress concerning hi3 whereabouts, as she has not heard a word from him since he left, nearly a month ago. Miller’s failuro involves many people, and his disapperance creates much confusion among those with whom he had business dealings. It is a very unfortunate affair, and the settlement involves considerable money. Miller lived at Washington, but had large contracts in Washington, Vincennes and Princeton, besides the Gibson county court house. A Baptist Minister Commits Suicido. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Clayton, Dec. 25:—Rev. John R. Elmore, a Baptist minister of the “hard shell" persuasion, living four miles southwest of here, committed suicide last evening by drowning himself. Mr. Elmore was a man of prooabiy fifty-eight years of age, and was the minister for a Baptist Church known as Mount Moriah. Two months ago the church learned that Mr. Eitnoro was a bigamist, and upon conclusive evidence he was expelled from the pulpit. It was found that ho had a wife and three children livipg in Illinois, whom he had left about twenty-five rears ago. He has been living with his last wife in this State twenty-one years, but they havo no children. Mr. Elmore claimed that he thought he was divorced from his first wife tho moment he left the boundary of Illinois. He has shown symptoms of insanity for several days, and last night he went to a neighbor’s fish pood, and put his hat and coat on a stake, cut a .hole in the ice, and drowned himself. He left a note in his coat pocket, saying: “I am in this pond. Please take me out and bury me." The coroner’s inquest was held to-dav, and substantiated tho* abovo facts. Tlie Fountain County Bridge Troubles. Special to the ladianapofis Journal. Vekdersbukg, Dec. 25. —A meeting was held hero yesterday of committees from tho various townships of the county to concert a plan of action against the determination of the commissioners to purchase the toil-bridges at Covington and Attica. More than $509 nas been subscribed, aud W. E. Baker was employed to bring an injunction suit. John IV. Thompson, W. A. Wright, Albert Campbell and James Hesler will appear as plaintiffs for th 9 people. The sureties for the costs are eight of the richest men in the counts*. Excitement is at fever heat still. Cain Township passed resolution ; asking Commissioners Wilson and Snyder to resign: and Rich land township has a petition signed by 400 citizens demanding tiie same thing. Cliikl Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, Dec. 25.—Last night a fatal accident occurred at the home of Mr. Absalom Jordan, afarmer of Harrison township. Mrs. Jordan was called to a neighbor’s on some errand. She left her two young children at home. When she returned, little Dot, a four-year-old, was missing. The mother ran out into the road, and saw the smoking heap of the charred remains of her little daughter, disfigured beyond recognition and burnt to a crisp, the Uttle shoes sticking out from the blackened mass. The little child had evidently played with the fire, and, her clothing being set ablaze, in her agony she had run out into the road. Little Dot was a twin child. Two years ago the same kind of a misfortune occurred to the other twin. Knocked from a Train aiul Killed. Special to the Indianaoolis Journal. Wabash, Dec. 25.—A fatal accident occurred at the Wabash railway bridge over tho canal, just east of Lagro, at 9:30 to-night. L. G. Fox, the rear brakeman, was struck by th 9 guard post at the west end of tho bridge, and knocked from the traip. He was not missed until the train reached Andrews, when the engineer of tho west-bound passenger train was notified. On reaching the bridge the dead body of Fox, considerably bruised, was found. The body was taken to Andrews by the next train. Fox was thirty years old, and leaves a wife and two children at his home in Tilton, 111. Serious Charge Against a Physician. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New Castle, Dec. *2s.—Mrs. Hattie Hissem, by her attorneys, has brought suit against Dr. W. S. Murray, of Knightstown, demanding damages in the sum of $3,000. In her complaint sho allegos that on the 19th day August. 1885, she went to the dental rooms of Murray to have some teeth extracted, and that while under the influence of a drug or anaesthetic given her by defendant, Murray forcibly committed an outrage upon her. Dr. Murray's side of the case is not made public yet. Fatal Stabbing at Evansville. Special to the ImlianaaoUs Journal. Evansville, Dec. 25.—A cutting affray occurred in a saloon, this evening, in which Wm. Trantwin was fatally stabbed in the left side by a man named S. A. Brown. The knife penetrated the lung. Trantwin attempted to quiet a quarrel between Brown and a man namod Sherer. The latter man and Trantwin clinched, when Brown drew his knife and plunged it into Trautwin's side. Brown and Sherer were arrested. Tho Return of Hen Blanchard. Ben Blanchard, the land speculator, who so suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from Terre Haute, has as suddenly and mysteriously reappeared, arriving in that city on Thursday. To au Express reporter lie said: “I did not run off in woman's clothing. I left hero on the night train on the C. & E. 1., traveling on my pass, which showed my aame. At Danville that night

I took the train to St. Louis over the Wabash. At St Louis I remained one day, going thence over the Missouri Pacific to Kansas City. From there I went on the Santa Fe road to the connection with El Paso, arriving at the latter place a few days after my departure from here. I spent about three weeks in Chihuahua. On the way back I rode through some land in New Mexico which I had a deal in. I came back the same way I went. At Garden City and other places I mailed letters to my creditors here, which they will get to-morrow. I did this for fear I might bo arrested at Kansas City and charged with trying to escape to Canada. The letters said I would he in Terre Haute to-day, and they would be evidence against such a charge.” On arriving at Terre Haute, Blanchard took a hack and driving to police headquarters gave himself up. He was taken to Justice Goldman's office, where the warrant charging him with embezzlement was read to him. The bond was' placed at $2,500, and Messrs. Paris & Hamill were accepted as bondsmen. The news of Blanchard’s arrival spread rapidly among “the Prince of Finney county’s" creditors, and they flocked to tho office of Faris & Hamill, his attorneys. Blanchard appeared glad to seo them all. In tho evening he created another sensation. The good people of Asbury, the church where Ben formerly worshiped, had prepared a Christmas tree for the little folks. When old Santa Claus entered tho snow-house, crawled up the chimney and looked out to bow to the children, little and big, about the first individual his eye rested ou was Ben Blanchard, standing in the doorway. Ben was soon the center of attraction. Indeed, Santa Claus showed signs of jealousy. Ben remained at the church about, fifteen minutes. His appearance was like an earthquake shock to many. It was like a ghost coming back to join in the festivities. Minor Nates. At Liberty, seven boys, agod from ton to twelve years each, were arrested for stealing watermelons last summer. John W. Thompson, who has carried the mail between Scottsville and Galena for fifteen years, and who was widely known, died on Wednesday. Jacob Ileier. of Brookville, eixty-five years old, is missing. Ho is supposed to have fallen into the river while catching driftwood, and been drowned. In a fight at Warsaw between Frank Clark and Gus Myers, the former accusing the latter of insulting his, Clark’s wife, Myers was kuocked down aud his leg broken. Henry R, Farver, a successful merchant, at Bird’s-Eye, Dubois county, was married on Thursday, to Miss Kate, daughter of C'apt. Edward Baldwin, of New Albany. Ambrose Crist and son, farmors near Liberty, have been arrested and placed under bonds. Thoy were indicted for leaving their hogs that had died with cholera lying around unburied. Tho venerable Maj. Thomas McKinney, well known iu Jeffersonville, where he h:ui resided many years, died at Louisville ou Thursday. The remains were buried at Charleston yesterday. A pistol-bullet crashed through the show-win-dow of a grocery on Spring street, Jefiersouville, at 10 o'clock Thursday night As Mayor Preefer had at tho moment just moved from the spot, it was thought to be an attempt to assassinate him. Tho person who fired tho shot could not bo found. In excavating a ditch seven miles north of Hartford City, tho skeleton of a man has been found. Considerable excitement prevails over the discovery, as tho skeleton is believed to bo that of a shoemaker who left Montpelier, Blackford county, a few years ago, with several hun dred dollars in bis possession, and was nevor heard of afterward. At Evansville, while Robert Ruston was porsojialmg Santa Claus and taking presents from the treo for tho little ones somo cotton batting of which his disguise was made caught lire from the candies on rho tree, and lie was soon a sheet of flame. The lire was extinguished but not befoie Mr. Ruston was severely burned, the skin peeiiug off his face, hands and head. ILLINOIS. A Legal Contest at Springfield for tlie Control of the State Jouriial. Springfield, Dec. 25.— Mary J. Selbv, as one of the stockholders of the Illinois State Journal €,'ompany, yesterday filed a bill in chancery asking that she and Paul Selby be declared directors of the company and that a receiver bo appointed. The bill alleges that Messrs. Buchanan and Philips, who havo taken possession of the patier and crowded the Selbys out. and aro running the papor much to the ttetriment'Of the company. Brief Mention. Deacon Aldrich, a druggist at Polo, committed suicido by shooting, on Thursday. There are three workingmen’s social clubs in Galesburg, with a total membership of 800. The public schools Lav© been closed, at Hillsboro on account of tho prevalence of diphtheria. Two spans of the iron bridge, in uroeess of construction at Marseilles, have been carried away by the ice in the Illinois river. J. D. Bailey, u stranger, has been arrested at Streator, charged with sending counterfeit money and soliciting orders for tho same through the mails. Thomas Stand ring, of Hillsboro, is said to bo the possessor of a “mad-stone’' which has been used successfully by a number of persons who had been bitten by "dogs. At Savbrool;, Dr. Harris several months ago killed Dr. Burton. He was admitted to bail, and resumed his practice. Petitions requesting him to make his home elsewhere are in circulation. A meeting has been held at which committees were appointed to raise money for tho prosecution. At Decatur, Sprague McDonald. agedVighteen, was put in jail charged with attempting to kill his aged mother. Her screams brought three men to her assistance, and the yonng man was overpowered. The mother will prosecute her son. The cause of the attack was the attempt o? tlie mother to prevent Sprague from cutting his little brother. J. R. Kennedy, of Chicago, has been at Lena the past few days, and has created quite a furor among certain property-owners. Ho was a resident of the town at an early day, and about twenty years ago left for Chicago. He held considerable property at the time, and now claims that he never sold it. lie alleges that out plat of fourteen acres in the business portiou of the city belongs to him, and also another pLtt of forty acres in what i3 known as Kimball’s addition. The gentlemen who havo possession of the property at the present timo are a littlo alarmed, but express the opinion that Mr. Kennedy will have to settle with someone else. Nanticoke's Entombed Miners. Wilkesbaree, Pa., Dec. 25.—After further discussion and consultation by the engineers at Nanticoke, to day, the company finally decided to sink anew shaft from the surface at a point directly above where the bodies of tho buried miners are supposed to be. This shaft will be about 176 feet deep and w ill take from four to six weeks tocomplete, even tvitta the moat rapid work. The excavating of the blocked gangway from tho spot of the slope is being steadily carried on, day and night, but it is a very slow process, and months will elapse before the mino is cleared. Prayers were offered this morning in every church throughout the Wyoming valiey lor the unfortunate men. Senator Sherman's Money Talks. M-vN.-eield, 0., Dec. 25.—Senator Sherman, in declining the invitation of M. D. Harter, the lately defeated anti-Sherman candidate for St-ato Senator, to meet Professor Snmuer, the political economist and radical free-trader,of Connecticut, in a joint debate on the tariff question, at this place—donating the proceeds realized from the sale of seats to the poor of Mansfield, enclosed his check for $199, to be applied to charitable purposes. The Senator’s official duties rendered it impossible for him to leave Washington at the time set for the debate. Fire In an Oil Factory. New York. Dec. 25.—Between 11 and 12 o’clock to-night broke out at 421 Water street, in tho three-story building occupied by M. Fink as a factory of whale and fish oils. The fire caused an estimated damage of $40,090; partly insured. The farmor tired with overwork blesses the great pain cure, Si Jacobs Oil.

HORRIBLE CRIMES IN TEXAB. Women and Children Brntally >Tnnlred by aMjsterious and Unknown Assassin. Austin, Tex., Dec. 25. —Two terrible crimes were committed in this city last night, which undoubtedly will result in three deaths and no telling how many lyuchiugs. During the past year Austin has been horrified every few weeks by some dastardly attack on servant women, both white and colored. Fully a dozen servants havo been outraged and eight murdered within this period. The crimes all appeared to be committed and planned by the same persons. Every effort to apprehend the criminals proved unavailing. Many negroes have been arrested and put through rigid examination, but nothing came of the efforts. Many citizens and some officials held tp the theory that the crime was perpetrated by some insane individual, who cunningly devised how he eould shed women's blood without detection. About midnight last night W. H. Hancock, residing at No. 230 Ware street, was awakened by groans. Entering his wife s chamber, adjoining, he found the vacant bed covered with blood-spots. Ho followed the trail out of the front door, around the house, and into the back-yard, where he found his wife weltering in a pool of blood. She had been struck twice across the head and face, with a blunt ax, and her skull fractured. Although still alive, physicians say the lady will surely die from her wounds, Mrs. Hancock is forty years of age, and still a handsome womaji. She bore an unblemished character. In tho midst of the great excitement produced by this outrage, the citizens were appalled at learniug of a still greater crime perpetrated about tho same hour, several squares distant. At 1 o’clock Mrs. Philips, residing at No. 303 Hickory street, was awakened by the crios of her grandson. Entering her son James’s room, she found the infant on the bod, covered with blood, and .Philips lying senseless from a terrible blow across the head. Ella Philips, his wife was missing. A frightened neighbor followed tho bloody trail again and found her body lying in the back yard of tho adjoining house. Death had resuited from a blow on the forehead with an ax. Aci-oss tho body lay heavy rails. Her person had been outraged. There is no clue to either crime. Excitement on the streets during the day has been very great, and Christmas was forgotten. The mayor called a meeting of citizens at'the State house, and nearly 1,000 persons attended. A committee of public safety was organized. The feeling over these last outrages is intense. A house-to-house search for the bloody-handod murderers will probably be made. Mrifww lainnw mmrmi iw mi —— THE CONFEDERATE SEAL. What Became of the Relic—Disposed of at the lifutt Meeting of Davis's Cabinet. Abbeville (S- C. > Special. A Washington correspondent, after describing the elaborate seal made for the confederacy just before its fall, speaks of its disappearance as a mystery. It may be a mystery to the world at large, but it is no mystery in this town. As I recently wrote, here was held the last meeting of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet. The Confederate chief and two or three members—one of whom was Judah P. Benjamin, but the names of the others tradition does not give—arrived hero on a windy .March afternoon of 1565. Mr. Davis was making his way. it is supposed, to Mississippi or some point in the Southwest, where he had hopes of rallying new forces and continuing the war. The Cabinet consulted that night at the residence of Mr. Armostead Burt, who had been a senator from the klate before the war. It was determined then that there was no hope of prolonging the war, though Mr. Davis held out to the last. They agreed to separate as a measure of precaution, because the pursuit was becoming close,and they could better escape than if they remained in a party. Besides, there was no use in remaining together, since the game was up. No one living, except Mr. Davis or Mr. Benjamin, can tell exactly what was done at that last secret meeting. I can only give the tradition which exists in the town. It is said that they looked over the papers they had with them, and destroyed the most important, especially those of a compromising character. Next morning the open fireplace, where, as usual in the South, wood fuel was used, was found full of white ashes, such as burnt paper makes. The problem of destroying the seal remained. They could uot at that Late hour litre a blacksmith to de tnolish it. Besides, tho act would attract attention, which they wished to avoid, and time was pressing. They consulted Mr. Burt Ho told them that there was an old well in his yard, and that it had been given up and covered over for years: so long, in fact, that perhaps no one but himself knew of its existence. Into this well the seal was thrown. Shortly after the well caved in, was tilled up, and now "the last traces of it are lost Consequently, the present resting place of the seal is under fifty feet of earth at a spot the surface above which cannot be guessed. Such is the tradition. I know thore are many such rumors and tales in every small town, and they have little if any truth in them. Were the story merely to the effect that Jefferson Davis, in passing through here, had cast the seal into an old well, it would palpably rank among the doubtful traditions of village life. But the adjuncts must be considered. Certain it is that this meeting of the Cabinet took place. That it was the last is shown by tho fact that the members separated, Mr. Davis being captured in Georgia shortly afterward. The whip, ashes in the fireplace next morning were ocular proofs that p-apors bad been burned, and the inference naturally is that they were important: and important papers, which were known to be in existence, have disappeared—most probably in the fireplace. These facts being true, they argue strongly in favor of the alleged disposition of tho seal. Knowing that all was up, and foreseeing tho danger of capture, what was more natural than that they should have placed the seal where it never could be reached? Though absolute certainty cannot be claimed, yet there are nine points out of ton in favor of the tradition that the seal was thrown into the old well in Mr. Burt’s yard. RRILE lIOYD. The Famous Spy Adds Another Fight to Fler I,oug List of Battles. Kaunas City Journal. Belle Boyd, the oniy original female rebel spy, who lias figured in so many battles in the past, added auclher to the listen Wednesday evening last, lieile has been filling an engagement at the Museum, where she apeared between the acta of a drama and gave a recital of her experiences during the late war. She secured apartments near thd cable line, east of Main street Yesterday a reporter called at the place. Tho landlady said that on the Wednesday night deferred to she suggested to Belle that she would be very thankful to receive her rent. This seemed to offend her very much, and she began a war of words with her. Things progressed in this manner for a few minutes, when Belle’s daughter put in an appearance, caught hold of the landlady, who is a slight woman, and forced her back upon a bed, and proceeded to use her finger nails upon tho lady's face with telling effect. She also used her fist in.a highly scientific manner, and left the lady covered with blood and exhausted. She then took what things she had in the house, called for a carriage and left. Mr. Keiiler, of the Museum, having heard of her exploit, gave orders that she be not admitted to his place of amusement again. She appeared there yesterday afternoon, but was promptly refused admittance. Mr. Keillor was seen by a teporter last night, to whom he stated that she was the most disagreeable woman ho bad ever dealt with since he had been in the amusement business. He also showed the reporter a large number of Dills and letters in regard to board from St. Louis and elsewhere, which had been addressed to him. Inquiry at the Windsor Hotel, where she stopped when she first came to the city, developed "the fact that her baggage was being held there for board. A notice of garnishment was served on Mr. Keiiler yosterday for the balance of her salary still remaining in his hands. The Intelligent Clerk and Customer. Pittfcbure Chronicle. “( Jot any prose works?’’ asked a lady who had bought several books of poems of a girl at the book connter of a Sixth street store. “I don't know,” replied the girl; “I’ll see,” She went to another girl, and asked in audible tones- “Ilavo

wo any of prose works?” “Os course; all books not in poetry are prose.” Back went tho girl, and with a a smile to the customer and a toss of the head, she said: “Oh, yes; we've got nrosa works, but they ain't no poetry in them.” [This is a fact j HENRY KERCH AND THE POOR DfWSS. lie Expresses Same Vigorous Opinions on the Hydrophobia Scare. " Newark (N. .1.) Mvcinl, > ln a letter to the Doily Advertiser, Henry Bergh says: “In iny opinion, there is not, nor has there been since this mania was startod, a single dog half so ifaad as tho rabid people of vour city. If the reports that have been published are correct, a stranger arriving in yotfr town, and beholding your stolid police shooting at random at the terrified dogs, and only by a miracle avoiding the killing of pedestrians, or, observing the poisoned meat lying about the streets inviting death to dogs and . other creat v urea, he would conclude that ho alighted in a roofless lunatic asylum. “And whence arises these insane delusions? Why, a Frenchman in Paris, an obscure druggist. restless under his obscurity, profitß*bv the facility with which an unthinking public can bo made to lend itself to his hallucinations, set.B himself to work torturing and tormenting dumb 1 ' animals into natural madness, and then with the saliva or virus of the creatures he has thus rendered mad ho proposes to innoculateor vaccinate human beings for the prevention and cure of a disease with which they are not afflicted, rdf have any symptoms of. It is by no means a set tied fact that hydrophobia exists as a specific disease. That dogs and other animals are rendered mad by fright and outrageous treatment is conceded. Let a human being be pursued byi a howling mob through the streets, his blood - and saliva will become vitiated, and should ho bite, as he probably would do, and tho poisoned virus enter the wound, the victim, in all probability, would become frantic. • “You have sent some children from your city, alleged to have been bitten by a mad dog, to Paris to be cui'ed of a disorder they have not and never would have unless Pasteur inoculates,, them with the madness of his own creation. “The case of these children will provo nothing. Pasteur may succeed in imparting to then* a madness analogous to that of dogs, or in cas they should not become so it requires from two months to five years, by his own showing, to • develop the disease. The children will, therefore, come homo iu the same uncertainty they now are, and your confiding citizens will havo the assurance only of haying expended a vast amount of sympathy and money in giving Pasteur notoriety.’ Fine Writing, but Weak on Facts. Chicago Tribune. Asa sample of tho sentimentlal stuff which & served up to English readers, the following extract from a recent work. “Salad for the Solitary and the Social," which is all the rage in London, is a good illustration. The writer is speaking of Mozart’s last moments: “He had been employedfupon this exquiaito piece (the Requiem) for several weeks. After giving it it,s last touch, and breathing into it that undying spirit of song which was to consecrate it through all timo as his cygnean strain, he felt into a gentle and quiet slumber. At length tho light footsteps of his daughter Emilio awoke him. ‘Come hither.’ said he. ‘my Emilie, my task is done: the- Requiem—iny Requiem—i. 4 finished.’ ‘Say not so, dear father,’ said the! gentle girl, interrupting him, as tears “ ‘Do not deceive yourself, my love,’ said th* dying father; ‘this wasted form can never be ro stored by human aid. From Heaven’s merc;f alone do I look for aid in this my dying, hour. You spoke of refreshment, my Emilio*, tako these, my last notes, sit down by iny piano here, sing them with the hymn of thy sainted mother; let me once more hear thoso tones which have been eo long my solacement and delight.’ ” The idea of Mozart's daughter Emilie (Mozart had no daughter) singing the “Requiem” (ar ranged for four voices, chorus, and orchestra) Vn honor of the sainted mother (Constance Mozart outlived her husband many years and married, again) may be “sweetly English,” but hardly tallies with facts. The Usual Result. Pittsburg Chronicle. Indiana has been spending too much money on her now State house and other public buildings, , and now has to face a deficit of over one hundred ' and fifty thousand dollars in her treasury and a declining revenue. Indiana has been ruled by the Democratic reformers and economists, and with the usual result. Place over the tight spot on the boot a cloth wrung out of hot water. The moisture causes* the leather to stretch enough to make the boot fit easily. Catarkh is a constitutional disease. IloodVi Sarsaparilla is a constitutional remedy. It cures catarrh. Give it a trial.

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