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Alderman Herbert, of New Brunswick, N. J., and among them was the marriage certificate of Hannah Bourne and Richard Lawrence, at Flushing, I* 1.. in 1717. This is the long missing link, and another delegation will be scut to England to advocate their claims. Bat, weanwhilo, another long lost estate has come to light There is a Carpenter estate in England which is only prevented from dropping into the pockets of a number of Carpenters in America by four trustees, who have retired to private life so thoroughly as to leavo no trace of their whereabouts. The story of the estate is somewhat imperfect. William Carpenter, who died in 1700. was the only son of Richard of Wales, who was born Aug. 23. 1601. On Aug. 19, 1707, the estate, valued at £2,79G 8s lid, was turned over to the custody of the crown, and trustees appointed. In 1813 the Carpenter family, residing at Providence, R. 1., and heirs of one William Carpenter, who died in London about 1700, commenced proceedings to recover the above estate, which, in 138 years, had augmented to considerable value; but after a long litigation it was decided that they were not the heirs. Various subterfuges have been re.-orted to by the English lawyers, such as reporting that the claim was mythical, or that such an estate might have existed. but had been swallowed up in some mys terious manner: but in 1845 these same lawyers were compelled to admit that the estate not only existed, but was awaiting an owner. When the Carpenters of Rhode Island were defeated, the Carpenters now working tor the estate set about completing a chain of evidence that would prove them to bo the legal inheritors. The records do not show who the trustees are. They were not appointed in the legal way, but, after the adjournment of the court, by a special order. One of the trustees is said to bo known, but the others are scattered about in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. The estate in question does not compare with the Baker or Townley claim, nor wiil her Majesty be compelled to clap a mortgage on Westminster Abbey in the event of their success; but the claim will in volvo many millions, one-tenth of which would more than satisfy the parties interested. CONGRESSIONAL STATIONERY. lluw the llnsiness Is Managed—Unusually Heavy Purchases by Members. Ppeclsl to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 26.—-The stationery-room in the House of Representatives has been about the busiest place in Washington during the past two weeks. This stationery room, by the way, is a small, contracted cubby-hole in the basement on the House side, in which are stored the supplies of stationery for the use of members —thousands of pocket knives, hundreds of fans, scores of opera-glasses, and dozens of eeluloid sets which are purchased for the convenience of members. When the franking privilege wa6 abolished, some years ago, a resolution was adopted allowing each member of Congress $125 a year in lieu of this privilege. This $125 covers all the perquisites of a member in the way of stationery and postage. The amount is credited to tho uccounts of each individual, aud he can draw it in anything he clioo3es that can bo purchased by tho stationery department, or he may buy his supplies outside and draw the full amount in cash at the end of the session. Each summer the superintendent of the stationery department makes contracts with jobbers and manufacturers for a supply of stationery and fancy articles, which are supplied to members at actual cost. Many take advantage of this to lay in a stock of presents for thoir friends about Christmas timet It is quite customary for some local papers to take these accounts about the end of the year for the purposo of annoying members who have used thoir privileges ami have purchased whatever they desired from this stationery-room. It would be equally just to spy upon a man’s private affairs and find out what he buys with each dollar of his salary. The trade in the stationery-room this year has boon something enormous. The superintendent told your correspondent to-day that the amount Charged up to members since the Bth of December has been upwards of SIO,OOO. Some of the members have purchased as much as S3OO worth of stuff already, while soveral have exceeded the $125 allowed them. Os course, the excess comes out of the salary of the purchaser, and is charged to him in tho office of the Sergeant-at arms before his accounts are finally settled. In the old days this was not done, hut the members drew whatever they wanted without any limitations as to tho amount. Some of the old heads, who were the biggest purchasers when everything >as free, now draw out nine-tenths of their allowance in cash at the close of each session. BEDFORD STONE. The Fight Made in Its Behalf by Congressman Cobb and Olliers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Washington, Dec. 26. —The Indiana delegation to Congress, irrespective of politics, has made a gallant fight for Bedford’s limestone interests in their efforts to secure the adoption of this material for the superstructure of tho new public buildings at Pittsburg, which is to cost $1,500,000. Much credit in this work is due to Mr. Cobb, of the Vincennes district, and whether the contract is awarded to tho Bedford people or not, thatstone has been give a very good advertisement, and the quarries will profit by it. The Journal correspondent mot Mr. Cobb coming out of the office of Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Fairchild, this morning. Mr. Cobb, referring to his visit there, said: “I called the Assistant Secretary’s attention to the durability of the Bedford limestone. There are immense walls of that stone, and great knobs, too, about tho quarries which have been exposed to the elements for thousands of years, geologists 6ay, and the stone is as perfect as that which has never soon the light of day. Some of these perpendicular naturnl walls are hundreds of feet high and long, and the exposure and test is thorough. lam positive, from what I know of the stone, as I was raised about the quarries, that the Pittsburg building will stand for a tlioutand years or more, in perfect condition, if made of Bedford stone Then, it will much better withstand tho fire test than granite. lam con tident our stone will be adopted, for it is better in every way. The difference in the price, too, is SIIO,OOO in our favor, and that cannot be overlooked. The only interest I have, or any of my colleagues, is a State interest. It is a matter of pride, and a desire to help a worthy and honestly-conducted enterprise. Bedford limestono is bound to supersede granite for buildings in large cities, and if Pittsburg's building is made of it the people there will live to 6ee the wisdom of tho men who selected it. No one is paid to represent our etono. No money is being spent for lobbyists or anything. There are no rings, combinations, or anything of the sort, and insinuations to the contrary are slanderous,and are aspersions which will react against those who utter them.” Much encouragement is taken in the fact ths Blotz & Cos. have been awarded the contract for the general superstructure of the public building at Louisville, Ky., and the contractors being required to use Bedford limestone. The quarries are located near Louisville, and the peoDle there know what the stone is, and prefer it to any other material. The Indianiana are quoting Mr. Doyle, of the Bodwell Granite Company, of Maine, who was hero a few days ago, as having said that tho Bedford limestone was as good and durable as granite. They feel that they have made a good presentation of the merits of their material, and that they will secure the award. THU PRESIDENT'S RECEPTIONS. How the Callers Cook Itefore :in<l Affor—Absence of Friends from Buffalo. Special to tho In<lianaj>©liß Journal. Washington, Dec. 26.—From two to four hundred people call upon the President on each reception day, and it is amusing to uote the difference between the ingress and agrees of tho man who walks up the steps with a swaggering gait. In spito of the fact that there is no aristocracy in thiscouutry, there is something about the sir in the East lfooin in tho White llooto Which fills the visitor with awe, and, m 6pite,

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too. of the thorough approachablfeness to President Cleveland, there is something about him which makes the scoffer deferential and courteous. I have stood for a few moments in tho lobby and watched the crowds come in. Men whose hats were set sideways on their heads, and whose shoulders were raised from side to side as tbev entered the outer portals, lost all this air as they crossed tho threshold of the reception room, and were as meek as schoolboys sent to the pedagogue when their place in the line was opposite the President. Thousands of visitors from all parts of the country crowd in upon the President on these reception days. One class, however, is conspicuous by its absence. They are the President's former Buffalo friends. Somehow or other, these people persistently remain away, and it is rare to find a Buffalo man among the crowds waiting to shake the President’s hand. They come from Rochester, from Lockport, Jamestown, Albany, Elmira, New York, all over New York State in fact, but from Buffalo are none. It was expected that many of the wealthy families of Buffalo would spend a winter in Washington, and join in the festivities of the capital. VILAS’S RUDENESS. How the Postmaster-General Insulted a Prominent Illinois Congressman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 26. —1 t leaked out, to-day, that Postmaster-general Vilas has grossly in suited another public man, and added another combatant to his list of congressmen. When Representative Cannon, of the Danville, 111., district, came here this fall, he called at the Postoffice Department to transact somo business for his constituents. He had never met Mr. Vilas, so when he entered tho door leading to the latter’s office ho drew a card from his pocket and began looking about for a messenger. Not seeing one in the first room, he walked into the next room, that of the chiof clerk. No one was to be seen there, and he continued on into the noxt room. There he saw a man at a desk, writing. Mr.Cannon presumed the man was a clerk, and stood modestly in the center of the room waiting for him to look up. Finally the man did look up, and he jumped up, too, rushing to the door through which Mr. Cannon had come. The man who was found in the room siammed the door shut in an excited manner, and locked it. Then ho dashed up to his caller, and stormed out: “Who are you sir? How did yon get. in here, sir? What do you want, sir? Why don’t you speak, sir?” All so heatedly, and with such rapidity that Mr. Cannon’s breath was almost taken. It was a savage assault, a regular explosion. Finally, Mr. Cannon replied that he was seeking a messenger or clerk who would take his card to tho Postmaster-general. “I am the Postmaster-general,” shouted the excited occupant of tho room, adding: “Now, what do you want, and who are you? ’ Mr. Cannon coolly rejoined that he lmd come to do business, but as the Postmaster general did not seem to be in a frame of mind which would indicate a patient hearing of the case he would defer it until some future time. “As to how I came here,” he continued, “I came in through the door which you have just locked. Now, if you will unlock that door, or show me another way out of this room, I will leave you to yourself.” Vilas immediately rushed to another door, opened it, and his visitor passed out, and tho Postmaster general does not yet know that the gentlemen to whom ho was so excessively rude is one of the oldest and moat prominent members of Congress. ASSISTANT TREASURER BIGELOW. He Resigns the Office to Which He Was Appointed ami Confirmed. Washington, Dec. 26. —John Bigelow, who was recently appointed assistant United States treasurer at New York, and confirmed by the Senate, has resigned his office. A New York dispatch says: “Touching a report. from Washington of the declination by Mr. John Bigelow, of the sub-treasuryship at New York, to succed Mr. Acton, that gentleman was to-night asked for his reasons, and said: ‘While Ij appreciate and recognizo tho honor conferred upon mo by President Cleveland, I consider it would be indolicate for me to mako public through the press my resignation and the reasons for it. No doubt my action will seem inexplicable to many. The sub-treasuryship is a position wherein none die and few resign, but when, at the proper time, ipy reasons are made known, I believe they will prove satisfactory, not only to President Cleveland, to Secretary Manning ana to my personal friends, but also to the people generally.’ “ ‘Has your resignation aoy special significance?’ was asked. “ ‘I must seek cover under my first declaration, and must say that 1 think it indelicate to speak of the matter further at this time.’ was the response.’’

THIRD AUDITOR WILLIAMS. Objection Will He Blade to His Confirmation by the Senate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Washington, Dec. 26.—A Washington letter in to-day’s New York Tribune states that objection will be made to the confirmation of the nomination of Col. John S. Williams, of Lafayette, to be Third Auditor of the Treasury. His street rencontre with Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, it 6ays, is to be brought before the Seuate in tho most formidable form possible, and the confirmation fought upon that basis. No reflection is made in the correspondence against Colonel Williams’s private character, further than that he assailed Mrs. Gougar in tho columns of his newspaper, and then, when she assaulted him with a parasol, he replied with a walking cane, bruising her face. The affair is given in detail, is carefully written, and occupies more than half a column, being the work, evidently, of someone in Lafayette. Colonel Williams and wife are at their home now for the holidays. MINOR MATTERS. Efficient Work of Captain Donelson, DoorKeeper of the House of Representatives. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 26. —Captain Samuel Donelson, of Tennessee, is proving to be a most efficient Door-keeper. Up to date ho has not reorganized his force beyond the pages for service on tho floor. These little fellows are employed by the sessiou only, and have to be reappointed every time Congress reconvenes. There are between thirty-five and forty boys, and their ages range between ten and eighteen. Tho old practice which prevailed a few years ago of appointing the sons of members to these places has been abolished. But ono of the new Civil-service Commissioners, Mr. Treuholm, of South Carolina, has secured the appointment of ono of his sons to a page’s position at $75 per month, (while anothor son has a better position, in the Patent Office. ) Mr. Donelson has resisted the pressure of mein bers for the removal of tho old force of doorkeepers and messengers, and has rigidly adhered to his proposition of retaining all the employes of last session during tho present month. He argues that these men assumed their posts before the House was organized, and that they have performed their duties in a satisfactory manner up to the present time, and that while they iau3t give way to others 3ooner or later, there is no reason why they should not be retained at least for the month of December. The pressure for places iuthia department is simply tremendous, and it takes a man with the patience of .lob and the strength of a Samson to hear up against it, but Donelson is equal to tho occasion. Protection for ludiaus. Washington, Dec. 26.—A dispatch was received hereto day from Governor Gtiliek, of Arizona, stating that troops are required in the neighborhood of the San Carlos reservation to protect tho Indiaus on the frontier from *

threatened attack of the lawless white element. The dispatch was transmitted to the Secretary of War. and by hi3 direction two troops of cavalry and eight companies of infantry have been ordered to proceed at once from San Francisco to such positions in Arizona, as General Crook may direct. Additional transportation has also beer sent to Arizona. A Warning from Commissioner Sparks* Washington, Dec. 26. —Commissioner Sparks, of the General Land Office, has written a letter to a law firm in Kansas, in which he discusses the contents of a circular purporting to have been issued by parties addressed. The Commissioner says of the circular that “it contains false and misleading statements in reference to the rights of soldiers of the late war to public lauds,” and allows the alleged authors of the circular thirty days in which to make a satisfactory explanation, failing which they will be debarred from practicing before the department. Among the statements in this circular to which the Commissioner takes exceptions are: “The government owes each soldier and sailor a farm of 160 acres.” This, 6ays the Commissioner, is a statement that soldiers and sailors of the late war, as such, are entitled to 160 acres, which is not true. “Tho widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors can mako entries and secure 160 acres of choice land without residence.” The Commissioner considers this assertion inisloading. _ The Work oftlie Government Printing Office. Washington Special. Although there has been quite a heavy pressure for the removal of Public Printer Rounds, there is no likelihood of an immediate change in that office. Mr. Rounds has proved an oxcellept executive officer, and the business of the Government Printing Office was never so thoroughly and effectively administered as now. The rapidity with which the President's message and the reports of the various Cabinet officers were turned out this year, was remarkable and strongly commended Mr. Rounds’s administration of affairs to thoso officials. In the case of the report of the Postmaster-general, it is learned that the manuscript was received by tho Public Printer on a Saturday night, and that the whole book, coni taining some 600 pages, much of which was table work, was placed in Mr. Vilas's hands, completely bound, on the following Thursday morning. _ A Successful Probation. Washington, Dec. 26.— 0n tho Ist of July last the Postmaster-general made twenty-two appointments of postoflice inspectors, to serve during the remaining six months of tho year, with the understanding that if their services were satisfactory they were to receive permanent appointments at $1,600. It is said the whole number will be reappointed on Jan. 1. An examination will soon be held to fill the twenty vacancies now existing. An Alleged Majority of Sliver Men. Washington Special. The silver men say that they intend to circulate 30.U00 copies of Senator Beck’s recent finance speech. Teller, Beck and other radical silver men are said to have made a canvass of tho two houses, and to have convinced themselves that the silver men have a substantial majority. John L. Sullivan’s New Backer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 26. —To-day's New York Sun says that Gen. Thomas J. Brady is backing John L. Sullivan to fight Paddy Ryan, of Chicago, with bare knuckles, for $5,0(10 a sida Gen. Brady has but up $2,500 forfeit money. General und Personal. Special to tue ludianauditi Journal. Washington, Doc. 26.—Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Edith Foster, daughter of Gen. John W. Foster, ex-minister to Spain, formerly of Indiana, to Rev. Mr. Dallas, of Detroit, on tho 13th of January. The ceremony will l>e performed at the New York-avenue Presbyterian Church, by Dr. W. A. Bartlett. LieutcDant-eolonel Charles A. Rojjnolds, department quartermaster-general, now at Baltimore, is ordered to Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory, as chief quartermaster of tho Department of the Columbia, relieving Major A. ►S. Kimball. Major Kimball will remaiu temporarily on duty in tho department. The official programme for tho President’s re ceptiou, on New Year's day. does not differ from that of former years. The President will be assisted by Miss Cleveland and the ladies of the Cabinet. * Miss Cleveland’s weekly Saturday afternoon receptions, from 3 to 5 o’clock, will begin on Saturday, Jan. 9, and continue through the season. The President has approved the bills granting a pension to Mrs. Grant, and removing the political disabilities of General Lawton, of Georgia. Alfred Little, of J,*ckson, Ivy., has been disbarred from practicing as an attorney nefore the Interior Department. One-half of a SSOO legal-tender note was received at the Treasury Department, to-day, in an envelope post marked New York, with the following letter: “Restitution internal revenue. Publish receipt. Keep record of number of bili. More later.” R. S. Cowings, formerly of Rushville, a $1,400 clerk in the Treasury Department, has been promoted to $1,600. Homer M. Avery was to-day commissioned postmaster at Sycamore, Ind. Mail messenger service at Delphi. Carroll countj*, from the Wabash, St Louis A* Pacific railway, has been established.

Business Embarrassments. New York, Dec 26.—The firm of M. D. Dunbar. lumber dealers, made an assignment to-day, without preferences. Mr. Dunbar says the cause of the assignment was the suspension of M. C. Hyatt & Cos., Detroit. E. D. Fogg was a member of that firm, and was also associated with him in the firm of Fogg. Dunbar & Cos., of New Haven, and the Now York firm of M. P. Dunbar & Cos. had in this way become Involved. Mr. Dunbar could give no idea ot trie assets or liabilities, but said that the firm was able to meet all its liabilities. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 2G.— E. P. Kidder & Cos., dry goods merchants, made an assignment to-day to lion. Julius Houseman. The figures of assets and liabilities have not yet been learned. It has been ascertained that they owed the Michigan National Bank of Kalamazoo $7,000, and th 6 Fourth National of this city $7,000. The assignee states that the assets wiil probably aggregate $35,000 to $40,000. New York, Dec. 26, Kountz Bros., of this city, have secured an attachment against the proprietor of tho City Bank of Houston. N.Y., to recover $7,000 on two promissory notes made on the 28th of September last. Those notes came into the possession of Kountz Bros., and at maturity were not paid. Tho assets and liabilities of the bank are not known here. •Sensational Newspaper Suppressed. Detroit, Dec. 26.—Tho Sunday Sun is a weekly publication which has been issued in this city since last spring, being devoted chiefly to sensational and scandalous news. Threats have been made against it, and a scheme was on foot to mob the office during the coming week. Tonight the police awoke to a realizing sense of the eternal fitness of things, and seized the office. No resistance was offered by tho owners. Any person found selling or having for sale this paper will be arrested immediately therefor. Its last number was published last week. A facnerai Election To Be Had in Canada. New York. Dec. 26.—A Hamilton, Ont, special says: “A general election in the Dominion has been decided on. Bir John MacDonald fears, it is reported, to meet the House, owinc to the Hostility of the French in tho Riel case, and tho knowledge that when Parliament meets ugly rumors of misgovernment will be laid bare, and explanations asked for Much excitement prevails in the provinces." Bankrupt Roller Rinks. t’f.KVKi.AND, t>., Dec. 26.—Last week tho Casino Holier'Kink, one of the fanciest institutions of the kind tn the city, went into bankruptcy, and to day tho Rij.k, a $17,000 structure, followed suit

THE FI HE RECORD. Thirteen Business Rooms B rned—Two Firemen Killed and Others Injured. New York, Dec. 26.—Early this morning a fire broke out in Boardraan’s grocery, in Adams’s Block, Georgetown, and extended to the Masonic Block, Equitable Building, Tenay’s shoo factory and tho private residence of G. J Tenny, all of which were destroyed, causing a loss whicL will aggregate SBO,OOO, and which is partly covered by insurance. Thirteen business places were burned out, and 150 hands thrown out of employment. Engines were sent from Haverhill and Newburyport, and but for them the entire center of tho town would have been destroyed. During the fire, Joseph Illsley, a fireman, aged twenty-four year3, unmarried, and George A. Chase, aged twenty-five years, who leaves a widow and child, were both instantly killed by the falliug walls. Clarence M. Clark, a baggagemaster employed by the Boston & Maine railwav. had his left leg badly crushed. Fred Goldsmith. Arthur Tucker and Charles Williams, firemen of Haverhill, were also injured, Williams probably fatally. E. A. Yeaton and another Georgetown fireman, had arms broken. The lire is a severe blow to the business interests of the town. Tho losses a til insurance, so far as known, are aro follows: Georgo T. Tenny. house and factory, $30,000, insured for $15,000 or $20.000. Adams’s Block, • occupied by M. N. Boardman. grocer, and Charles Davis, billiard hall, $60,000: insurance unknown. Masonic building, $10,000; insurance. $6,000. This building was occupied by S. T. Poor, grocer, who loses $5,000; insurance, $2,000. Patrick Cole, clothing and furnishing goods, $3,000; no insnranco. &. Palmer, jeweler, $2,000, and the Masonic lodge, $2,000 or $3,000; insurance, $1,500. A small building between the two was occupied by C. E. Jewett, dealer in periodicals. who has SSOO insurance. The losses of the Georgetown National Bank and the Georgetown Savings Bank are not known. Five thousand dollars in gold and silver, which was in the national bank, is safe. Following is a list of thoso injured: C. H. Williams, of the steamer company, of Haverhill, skull fractured, and in a critical condition; Arthur Tuck, of the same company, scalp wounds; Clarence Clarke, bag-cage-master at the Boston Sc Maine depot, in Georgetown, leg crushed—in a critical condition. Ali the wounded wore from Haverhill, except Tuck and Williams, who aro doing well. Yeaton, tho other wounded man, may recover. Chase, who was killed, was a clerk in Boardman's store. He was a son of JieDresentative M. IJ. Chase, of the Seventh district. Illsley and ho were in the store at the time of tho explosion. Heavy Loss at Collinsville, Ala. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 26.—The Times ha3 details of a conltagration at Collinsville, Ala., last night. The fire originated in the postoffice, and was the.work of an incendiary, and no clew to his identity exists. Following are. the losers: 1C W. Kain, druggist; G. W. Reid, general store; W. D. McKey, general store; G. W. Roberts, store; T. J. Pullen, druggist; O. Hale <fc Cos., store; J. M. Weaver, livery stable; Petty & Miller's block of offices: J. H. Collins, store; F. P. Reed, postmaster, and the Alabama Sc Great Southern depot. Tho entire contents of all the burned buildings, including the postoflice. were destroyed. Tho total loss is about $25,000; insurance, $5,000. Business Portion of a Town Burned. Little Rock, Ark., Deo. 20. —Fire at Guerdon, Ark., Christmas morning, destroyed most of tho business part of the town. The chief losses are: S. Ertio, general merchant, two buildings and stock, loss $15,000; insurace, SB,OOO. Culp & Brown, saloon, loss $1,200. Newton Sc Cos., general merchants, loss $1,500. McAlpin 6c Moore, druggists, loss $800; no insurance.

Ollier Losses by Fire. Special to the IndianaDolia Jonrnai. Greenfield, Ind., Dec. 26.—A farm-house near Philadelphia, owned by Clara Louiso liottsford, burned last night. Loss, $1,200; insured in the Phenix, of Brooklyn, for S7OO. Pittsburg, Doc. 26.—The residence and saloon of William Ilollor, ou Butler street, near the Sharpsburg bridge, were destroyed by lire at 2 o’clock this morning. The flames spread so rapidly that the family barely escaped with their lives. Mr. Holler was compelled to jump from a second-story window, aud i3 thought to hare been fatally hurt by the fall. The damage was about $2,000. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 26.—Fire broke out at 11 o'clock to-night in the four-story brick building, No. 06 Market street, occupied by the Nichols paper-box factory, and owned by the Charter Oak Bank. The building was thoroughly burned out. The loss and insurance cannot yet be given. Little Rook, Ark., Dec. 26.—Late Thursday night, fire in Clarendon, Ark., consumed several wooden store houses and contents, including the office of the Monroe County Sun. Loss SIO,OOO, which was only partly insured. Minneapolis. Dec. 26. —The main building of the Minneapolis bottlo works was set on fire by the explosion of a gas fluo, yesterday, and burned to the ground. The total loss is about $8,000; insurance $6,000. Chattanooga, Tcnn., Dec. 26.— Fire destroyed eight stores, a large quantity of cotton and the depot, of the Alabama & Great Southern railroad, at Collinsville, Ala., to dny. The loss is heavy, but not estimated. Columbus, 0.. Dec. 26.—The livery stable of Campbell & Armstrong, at Logan, burned last night. The loss is estimated at $6,000; insured for $3,000.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Miss Alice Sampson, aged about, thirty, resident of Plymouth, Mass., was instantly killed by the falling of a large elm tree which was blown down by the fierce northeast gale yesterday. Martin O'Neill and C. Conner walked into a well at Weilsvilie, 0., Friday night, falling twenty-tivo feet. O'Neill, who lived at East Liverpool, was killed, and Conner badly injured. On Thursday night, while playing pool in Gos Mayer's saloon, at Elk Rapids, Mich., Goodley Peterson and Noel Guetnor got into an altercation, and Guetrior shot Peterson, inflicting a probably fatal wound. He is under arrest The schooner Nellio G. Thurston, from the Grand Hanks, reports the loss of three of the crow of the schooner Lizzie Griffin by the capsizing of their dory. Their names were William Cumnliugs, George Arnold and Louis Barnes. John llarnovine, who was in jail at St Paul on the charge of illegal liquor-selling, was found dead in his cell yesterday morning. Shrieks and groans were heard all night, but no attention was paid to him. He died from delirium tremens. At Pensacola, Fla., yesterday, the tow-boat Jumbo exploded her boiler, fatally injuring the engineer, Win. Touart, and the colored fireman, J. C. Patterson. A passenger threw the captain and a deck-hand overboard, and then jumped into the water and saved both, although badly scalded bimself. In a drunken brawl at Newcastle, Pa., on Friday, William Lungdon received wounds from a dirk-kuife which will probably result fatally. Another man. named Roxbury, was struck on the head with a cooble-stor.o and seriously injured, and a third, named Van Horn, was painfully cut. Ilis wounds, however, are not considered dangerous. The high ratea of freights on coal has tempted the Lehigh Valley line to send two more cargoes to Chicago, and the propellers H. E. Packer and Fred Me rear passed through ths straits on Friday night en route for that port. But little ice was encountered, and ttio vessel will probably make that port without trouble. This is the first time in the history of lake navigation that a trip has been attempted so late in the season, and will give the Mercur the honor of being the first and last boat through the straits in 1885. At 2:50 o’clock yesterday morning the third section of freight No. 51, on the Panhandle railroad, ran into the rear of the second section rear Philadelphia Cross-roads, seventy miles west of Pittsburg, wrecking both trains and slightly injuring fireman John Boats, a brakeman, whose name was not learned, and 11 Li.

Wartman, a tramp. Immediately after the collision the wreck took fire, and nineteen cars of coke and merchandise were destroyed. The loss will reach $30,000. Tko cause of the accident is not known. The New York Supreme Court vesterday denied the motion of Mrs. Mary Kittson, otherwise Minnie Clark, for alimony and counsel foes in the suit brought by her fora separation from H. L. Kittson, to whom she claims she was married in April last Kittson alleges that he has no knowledge of the marriage, and that it must have taken place when he was drunk. David J. Beggs, who was murderously assaulted by an unknown raau at Canton, 0., night before last, and found unconscious in his bed on Friday morning, will probably recover. He is delirious, but talks lucidly at intervals. Yesterday he said something about a negro striking him on the head. Geo. Green, the colored man under arrest, still protests his innocence of the crime. A dispatch from Escanaba states that the tug Owen returned to that port from her search for the Orphan Boy among the islauds north of Death’s Door. No traces of the vessel were found. The Saugatuck has also been unsuccessful in her search so far, aud left St Ignacelast night with anew crew to go over the old ground and search the vicinity of the Beavers thoroughly. She is equipped for a long cruise, and will follow up the slightest clew. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. ) Office of the Chief Signal, Officer S Washington, Dec. 28, la. m. ) Spocial Indications for Twenty four Hours from 7 a. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Warmer, fair weather. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessoe—Slightly warmer, fair weather, winds shifting to east and south, lower barometer. For the Lower Lake Region—Warmer, fair weather, winds shifting to south and west, lower barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Fair weather, followed by local snows, slight rise in temperature, except in tho extreme northwest portion, slighty colder winds, generally from south to west. For tho Upper Mississippi Valley—Fair weather in southern portions, local snows, followed by fair weather in northern portion; southerly winds, becoming variable in northern portion, slightly warmer, except in the extreme northern portion, slightly colder. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather in southern portion, local snows, followed by fair weather in northern portion, winds becoming variable, preceded in southern portion by southerly winds, slightly warmer except in northern portion, nearly stationary temperature.

Local Ouservationa. Jnimanapolir. Dec. 26. Time. | Bar. j Ther. Hum. Wind.j Weather Rain. 6a. m.. 130.601 21.0 70 N’ensfc Clear 10 a. M.. 130.65 25.2 67 N’east Fair. 2p. M.. : 10.571 31.6 C 1 East Fair 6p. M.. 30.50 30.0 72 (East Clear IO p. M.. 30.52! 26.8 78 [East Clear Maximum temperature, 32.2; minimum temperature, 20.2. I— '■ General Observations. War Department, \ Washington, Dec. 26, 9 p. m. S Observations taken at the sume moment of time at all stations. - ™ ~~~ gs -7~" B 8? s 3 ®fi. o 5 cL trg, SB B : c? g* 2. o , c p: 2 STATIONS. 3 : 2 ... 7 •i <t> • r £3 • ! (t ; ; ; • i ! tr* . • • 1 S# • : . • • (a • • • • * CT • New York City 30.20; 22(North‘ Clear. Washington City 130.31' 27 North 'Clear. Vicksburg, Miss *30.42 11 iN’east [Clear. Now Orleans. La...130.37 47|N'east Clear. Shreveport, La 30.40; 43!East j Clear. Fort Smith, Ark 30.36 30 East i [Clear. Little Rock, Ark... 30.40 30jEast I [Clear. Galveston, Tex [30.36; 55; East J Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.12 34 N'east: Clear. Nashville, Tenn....[30.48' 30|N’east' Clear. Louisville. Ky ;30.52! 32| N’east 1 Clear. Indianapolis. lud... 30.53 27jEast j Clear. Cincinnati, 0 130.56 2SjN'east! 'Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 130 52, 23 Xwest [Clear. Oswego, N. Y, '30.52! 36iNorth) Clear. Toledo O :30.57; 22 Calm j Clear. Escanaba, Mich 130.38) 31 Bwest; (Fair. Marquette. Mich... 30.211 20 South Cloudy. Chicago, 111 '30.50 33 B’east I [Clear. Milwaukee, Wis [30.44 27 South 1 Clear. Duluth, Minn 30.17 37 Sweat .. .i.'Cloudy. St. Paul, Minn (30.25 35 S’east jTlireat’g LaCrosse. Wis [30.28 37 South* Cloudy, Davenport, la 30.44 29 Southj (Clear. Des Moines, la 130.29 38;South .....;Cloudy. Keokuk. Ia |30.44 29 S’east Clear. Cairo, 111 ’30.49 32 East . Clear. Springfield. 11l (30.461 33!South [Clear. St. Louis. Mo 130.501 38 S’east Clear. Lamar. Mo. 30.36 38 S’east! Clear. Leavenworth, Kan. 30.33! 43[S’east 1 Cloudy. Omaha, Neb 130.241 441S’east! Cloudy. Yankton, Dak ’30.17' 43 South’. [Clear. Moorohead. Minn...'3o 09 31 South! Clear. Bismarck, Dak 30.23 37 South' 'Cloudy. Fort, Buford, Dak.. 50.27! 30!West Clear. Ft, Assiniboino.M.T 30.17, 33 South [Clear. Fort Custer. Mont.. 30.23 40 Swesth... (Cloudy. Deadwood. Dak 130.35! 11 N’eastj .02: Lt. rain, North Plat te, Neb.. 1 30.16 46 N'east Cloudy. Denver, Col 30.221 35 Southj Clear. W. Las Animas, Col 30.08 37 Nweat; iClear. Dodge City, Kan... 30.15 49 S’east ’Fair. Fort Elliott, Tex... 39.25 55 South iCloudy. Fort Sill. lud. Ter. . j 1. | j Fort Davis, Tex [30.12' 55 West I Clear. El Paso. Tex [30.07! 58 East ! Fair. Salt Lake City, U.T,30.06| 39,West ! Cloudy.

Chinese Suggestions Not Wanted. San Francisco, Dec. 20. —Governor Stonoman to day received a dispatch from Secretary Bayard, in which the writer states that his attention lias been called by the Chinese minister to the movements in different cities in this State for the expulsion of Chinese. The minister suggests that it is preferable to prevent violence than to repress it after it may have arisen. Iu reply to Secretary Bayard, Governor Stonoman telegraphed: “There has not been a single act of violence toward the Chinese in this State, nor do I anticipate any trouble which cannot be controlled by local authorities. There is a deep-seated and unanimous feeling on this coast against further immigration of Chinese ” to,ln conclusion he'says: “Referring to the suggestion of the Chinese minister to yourself, as to the proper method of preserving good order in this State, I may say wo are capable of performing that duty without gratuitous suggestions from that quarter.” The Balk-Line Billiard Tournament. Chicago, Dec. 26.—Schaefer and Slossou played in the balk-line billiard tournament tonight, in the presence of about three hundrod spectators. In the pools Schaefer was favorite at $lO to $7. Following is the score: Schaefer—l, 2, 14. 42. 0. 1, 0. O, 30, 1.0. O. 49, 17.35.21.4,1.54,7.7. 3. 15*. O, 110,42.53, 118—800. Average. 28 16-28; highest run, 158, Slosson—ls, 13, 10. O. 15. 24. 1. 20. 10. 31. O. O. 45. 0, 31. O. 18, 12. 23. 70. 55, 20, 22. 5,0, 0. 71—520. Avorago, 10 16-27: highest run, 70. Time of game, three hour.- and twenty minutos. Fight Between “Scai*s” and Strikers. Taunton, Mass., Dec. 20. A fight occurred to-night between “scabs” and striking raolders at North Dighton. (luring which Thomas Donahue was seriously hurt in the groin. James McKenna badly cut in the head, and Charles Van Valkenburg cut about the face. All the above are “scabs.” Os the stikers, Thomas Barry was shot in the eye, and Larry Hennessey, Robert Fiddler and Sumner Thompson were cut with stones. Conflicting stories' are told as to the causo of the row. No arrests havo been made. Migration of Cigar-Makers. New York, Dec. 20 —Nearly one hundred cigar-makers and packers started for Sau Francisco to-night on tho 0 o'clock New York limited express. The New Yorkers aro in chhrgo of President Wolff, of the San Francisco uuion, and their expenses aro paid by the International Cigarmakers’ Union. Along the road between here and OmAha about 400 others will join the party. Mnny of the New Yorkers aro takiug their wires and families

HORRIBLE CRIMES IX TEXAS. No Clew to the Murders in Austin—An Unnatural Mot iter Kills Her Children. Austin, Tex., Dec. 26. — N0 clow has yet found to the mysterious tragedy of Cbristarrtßi ©ve. Mrs. Philips, one of the victims, vras buried to-day. Mrs. Hancock is unconscious, And i* slowly dying. Janies Philips is also dying. Hi* wounds aro worse than was at first supposed. The community was h orrifled again to-day by the discovery of a series of crimes oven moro inhuman than the others. The remains of Claud* Lanes, a little eight-year-old white child, word found to day in the back-yard of his mother, in tho village of Clarksville, about two miles west of Austin. Swine were devouring the body. When discovered, they had eaten all tho flush from tho bones, but the features wore recognizable. Last August Hugh Eanes, the father, mysteriously disappeared. About the time of Eanes’* disappearance Charles Courtney became a boarder in tho family, which comprised Mrs. Eanes and two children. The unnatural mother tried to give the children away, pleading poverty. A couple of weeks ago she told her neighbors that she had given Dolly, one of hbr children, to a party down tho river. On Monday last Mrs. Eanos visited a neighboring family and asked tho privilego of spending the night She said she had given Claude away to a family in Lampasas, nnd Courtney being absent she was afraid to sleep in the house alone. The next morning the woman departed for Austin, saying she had received a telegram from Illinois asking her to attend tho funeral of a relative who had just died there, leaving her a legacy. Courtney returned 10-day. found tlvi house deserted, and discovered the body of Claude, which had been buried a foot doep and uprooted by the swine. Intense excitement prevailed when tho new* of the murder reached Austin. Courtney was arrested on suspicion. Search is being made tor Dolly, who, it is certain, has also been murdered. No one saw her leave the village. The police to-night traced the woman to San Au* tonio, and are lookiug for her. LOGAN A CRACK SIIOT. The Illinois Senator lias tlie Handsomest Duelling Pistols in Washington. Washington Correspondence Chicago News. General Logan is looking better than at any timo during the last twelve months. The manuscript of his book is in tho hands of his publishand he is now preparing himself for a long season of rest. The General is building a gymnasium in the rear of his house, where he proposes to spend an hour each dav exercising with the clubs and dumb-bolls. General Logan is very fond of out door sports. He is an admirable horseman and swordsman, and knows hour to handle a rifle. Ifo is ono of the best pistolshots in the country. Ho has the handsomest dueling pistols in Washington. But ho is th© last man to brag of his strength or skill. When down nt tho Hot Springs of Arkansas afew years ago, trying to throw off a peculiarly severe attack of rheumatism, he astonished the pistol experts of that pistoling country. On ono occasion a dozon young men were practicing from the piazza of the General’s hotel at a bottle laid on the broad crotch of a distant treo. Tho bottle was round. Unless it was hit plumply in the middle, it spun round and round like a top. The young men wore good shots, but now and then they would miss the somewhat difficult mark. Then the invalid senator would chaff them. Tho young men finally became irritated, and asked tho General if ho could improve upon their skill. After a little more chaffing, tho General said: “I’ll tell you fellows what I will do. There are twelve of you, but I’ll promise you each a box of cigars overy time you hit the bottle if you’ll promise me a box every time I hit it.’’ Tho boys accepted tho proposition instantly. “I’ll shoot first, and, if I hit, I'm to shoot again and again until 1 miss.” They had no objection, so the General fired twelve consecutive shots, each time breaking a different bottle, while the young men’s eyes opened wider and wider. “Do you want any more?” ho asked, after the twelfth shot. “No,” said tho young men hastily, “I gueag not." “You can send thoso twelve boxes to my room whenever you are ready, gentlemen,” said tho General, as he lounged away. “Some day wheu I havo more leisure I’ll give you au hour’* instruction in target-shooting." But the boys never held him to his promise. They paid their bets, however, and after that did their practicing when the General was not around. Clerical Denunciation of tlie Kiel Agitation. Montreal, Dee. 26.— 1n his mandate, which will bo read in all the Catholic churches in the city to-morrow, denouncing tho Riel agitation, Bishop Fabre takes occasion to publish the Pope’a encyclical letter, in which it is enjoined upon all Catholics to live in brotherly love with other religions, and to uphold tho law of the land. The Bishop says there never was a time when union between the priest and the people was so necessary as at the present. He laments the action of some young people in having indulged in demonstrations which brought good to neither church nor country, lie deprecates the action of certain newspapers, callinglthemselves Catholic, which had endeavored to use religion to satisfy their revolutionary ends, and concludes by “Tho past must be buried in oblivion. If injustice has been done, whoever tho guilty party may be, all must now be repaired by reciprocal charity, and all must be redeemed by a common effort of deference toward the Holy See."

Steamship News. Queenstown, Dec. 2G.— Arrived: Etruria and Re-public, from New York. Mrs. Wright, an aged lady of seventy, living a few miles from hero, who suffered with rheumatic pains for fifteen years, was entirely relieved of all her pain by three or four bottles of Athlophoros. W. D. Murphy, 310 Yandea street, Indianapolis Ind. BWMMBMBBBOMJWiaMKMWJeWJBW—MBB—— The Great Cwisnmptimißemedy biwwipls^ EXPECTORANT llan been ter.tr if In hundreds of rases, anti never failed to arrest and cure €.ON~ SUMPTION, If taken in time. It Cares Coughs. It Cures Asthma . it Cures Bronehit Is, Jt Cures Hoarseness. It Cures Tightness of the Chest • It Cures Difficulty of Breathing • Bf\owa 7 s ExpEcxo^Nj la Specially Pccoutmended for Wmqqpxng Couam. It wilt shorten the duration of the dineaM and alleviate the paroxyatn of roughing, no an to enable the rhild to pa** through It without leaving any serious oonsequences. THICK, r>Oc. and SI.OO. A. KIEFER, Indianapolis, Ind*