Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1886 — Page 7

aFFAIES OP THE RAILWAYS. k Resume of tbe Business of the Year 1885 a Favorable Exhibit. Tbe fear Opens Under Favorable Auspices —Railroad Men Take a Cheerful View of Matters. THE PULSE OF BUSINESS. Car Movements Over Indianapolis Hoads for Thirteen lean Past. The exhibit riven below shows the number of fears received and forwarded at Indianapolis, over £he fifteen roads centering here, in the year JLBBS, as compared with that of the twelve preceding years; also, the movement by months for six years past. These statements are prepared sritli much care, and are taken directly from the train sheets, weekly, and are an excellent ex £ibit of the pulse of business. An analysis of <£he business of the year shows that in February, April, October, November and Decemaber there was a larger movement than in 1884, iFrhU.9 in the other months a falling off is shown. In tbe early part of tbe year the improvement ras largely in through business east-bound, prben tbe rate-war was at its height, while in the last three months of the year a large per cent of the favorable exhibit is due to the excellent local traffic, which, taken in the has seldom, if ever, been exceeded in October, November and December. West-bound I) the entire year was the largest of any year in the history of the east and west lines. months of the year low west-bound rates prevailed, and the earnings from west-bound tonnage have not been so large as desirable, bat now rates are satisfactory to both the railroads And shippers, and the roads are realizing some profit on the business carried. On local business, however, rates have, without doubt, been better maintained than in any year since 1880. This fact is in some measure due to to the harmonious working of the Chicago & Ohio River pool, which directly or indirectly affects rates of nearly all the roads centering at Indianapolis. A study of the tables shows that there were 51,643 more loaded cars handled at this point in 1885 than in 1884, but 575 more than in 1383, and 59,410 less than in 1882, and 18,343 lees than in 1881. Going back to that period, the traffic of 1885 makes a much more favorable exhibit. Through the year the BeeJine and the 1., B. & W. have shown the handsomest increase in business, while the C., St. L. AP. has seemingly suffered the most. The following tables show the total movement for six past by months: LOADED CARS. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. January 44.188'59,393 76,277 74.842 67,323 63,578 February 47.988 54,787 68,841 56,615 55,165 60,283 March 58,968 63,973 69,296 77.901 59,912 82,584 April 49.667 67,124 61,771 67,199 43,751 67,268 May 45,648 60,094 67,918 60,546 56,320 67,770 JUDO 67,722 69,475 56.532 50.106 01,661 57,527 Jnly 75,336 79,495 70,521 60.744 65,201 56,451 Außuat 75,260 74.580 84,5;# 77,287 68,356 67,811 fieptenilter... 61.944 72,898 82.526 75.112 69,027 69,803 .October 57,732 69,868 75,089 67,098 68,957 76,596 November... 61,515 76,213 77,255 68.427 65.422 6.8,789 Decombw.... 71,215 6.3.867 77,309 62,662 64,016 70,UM Total 727,383 816,767 857.914 797,939 746,871 798,514 TOTAL MOVEMENTS. 1880. 1881. 1882.1883. 1884. 1885. Jan 66.580 73,030 97,575 87,530 79,781 79,470 Feb 61,807 70,’300 85,210 66,075 67.580 81,715 March.. 63,840 77,160 87.525 95,612 64.072 108,348 April .. 64.268 84,385 77,321 79.207 74,940 87,694 May 62,792 77,120 69,805 73,571 88,844 76,243 •Time..,. 74,576 80,156 57,398 62,489 84.077 75,873 July 91,772 82.466 81,898 78,904 80,900 75,726 Aug 89,253 93,792 100.290 91.704 88,803 81,373 Sept 74,196 91,576 116,878 90,997 86,602 88,876 Out 74,-'36 86,163 96.468 83,380 88.441 97,244 JfOV 69,025 93,276 96,219 89,397 85,073 88,255 J) 77.015 59.947 92,542 83,517 60,747 88,573

Xotal.. 859^3911,101,321-1,069,129 932, '<62 951,861 1,029,390 CAR MOVEMENT FOE, THIRTEEN YEARS. Totals*. Loaded! Totals. Loaded >873 503.840 875 91611880 859,381 727,383 1874 005,368 451,932 1881.....1,104,371 816,757 >875 591,538 387.250 1882 1,069,129 857,914 >B7B 708.620 606,272 1883 932,562 797.939 >1877 618.144 464.412 1884 951,861 746.871 1878 610,117 517,117 1885 1,029,390 798,514 1879 705,444 593,632 TRAFFIC OVER THE BEET ROAD. Below is given the number of cars transferred -over the Belt road, by mouths, in the years 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884 and 1885: 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. flanuarv 23.587 26,479 23,444 31.156 39,720 fosbrnary 20,032 21,483 20,806 28,000 38,050 □March 25,235 23,831 23,306 32,631 51,059 [April 25,366 22,621 20,811 28,752 37,411 Slfay 24,615 20,626 19,789 36,035 34.233 frane 25,188 20,787 22,774 35.680 34,158 ‘july 29,040 24,086 25.179 33,234 35.539 August 30.197 27.788 31.574 30,185 43,637 *#teptomber 25.402 24.989 32.181 38,391 43,875 October 24,795 25,186 30,670 40,587 44.090 Beoember 26,424 24,767 32,313 40,058 44,762 Total. 305.807 289,333 305,470 420,570 487,743 The monthly average was 40,645 cars. "Belt road engines handled during the year 48,934 car-loads of live stock, in months as' follows: January. 4,954; February, 3.632; March, 2,319; April. 3,231; May, 4,662: June, 4,264; July, 4,061; August, 3,OGG; September, 2,869; October, 4,011; November, 6.159; December, 5,905. Monthly average, 4,077 cars. Will Do Better This Tear. The Railway Age, in its article on the railroad construction of the year, shows the total length of main line, not including second track, sidings, or renewals, laid in the United States during TBBS was 3,112.8 miles. This is about 700 miles lees than the new mileage of 1884, and it is less than in any year since 1878, when the total was hut 2,687 miles, while in 1875 the record of new *©nstruoUou reached only 1,711 miles. Indiana \railt bnt sixty-one miles, which is, however, thirty-two miles more than was built in the State in 1884. The prospects are now good let 300 miles will be constructed in the present year. The Chicago & Great Southern is now the niOßt important enterprise in process of building. There are some 800 miles of new road laid out on paper—one the Indianapolis, Eol River & Western, an enterpriso which has hung fire some five years. It is quite probable that the McKeen syndicate will extend the iVandaUa northwest the present year from South mend to Benton Harbor, and prospects are good that the Fort Wayne. Peoria & Galesburg road Will be built. The following table, in which the sgores of Poor's Manual for the years previous ito 18&* are used, shows the COMPARATIVE RAILWAY MILEAGE FOR TEN YEARS. ? Miles Total Miles Total ear. built, mileage. Year. built. mileage. 87-...2,712 76,808 1881.... 9,789 103,242 877....2,281 79,089 1882... 11,596 114,838 1878....2,687 81.776 1883.... 6.870 121.592 £§79.... 4 721 86.49711884.... 3.825 125,379 ftßßo 7,1<4 93,454 1885 3,113 128^492 It will be seen that during the last ten years 4he railway mileage of the United States has f>een increased 54,768 miles, and now reaches, in round numbers, the grand total of 128.500 miles, a length of steel and iron lines sufficient to enwrap the entire globe more than five times. These figures, it should also be remembered, take do account of the immense expenditures for additional raaiu tracks, for sidings, and for renewals of old tracks. The renewals alone during the past year have been equivalent to the “yittg of thousands of miles of new track and have consumed a much greater quantity of rails tjmn the extensions of new road for the year. There is every indication that 1885 has marked ate lowest point in amount of railway extension for some years to come, and that 1886 will be Mgo&lited by a very large increase of coostruc6km. The Year 1880 Opens Favorably. The opinion prevails generally among railroad Bten that the year opens favorably for railroad deforests. A disposition is now shown to pay attention to agreements and maintain'

rates which will yield some revenue to roads above operating expenses and fixed chargee, or, at least, enough to maintain the property, pay employes and interest on bonds, which many roads have not done for some years past That we enter 1880 under more auspicious conditions than 1885, is admitted ev >nby ehronie grumblers. The country is full of grain, produce, live stock, etc., which will, within the next few months, be placed on the market at some figures, and the roads have this property to taauL The steady healthy movement of sixty days past promises to continue. At the present time the equipments of nearly all the roads are in service, and the volume of business now moving keeps the present Dower well in service, and a number of roads are now asking for bids for now engines. With the quite satisfactory tonnage the roads are now carrying the officials are feeling better, not only contracting for new locomotives, but cars of all descriptions, steel rails and, railway supples generally, and with this follows a general improvement with steel and iron works. Again, economy in railroad operation has readied its lowest limit; men have been dropped until all departments are operated with a minimum number of men. Railroad wages, as well, have doubtless touched the bottom tig ire, and from this on the number of employes will needs be increased, and wages, as well, in time. Road beds, almost without exception, are in excellent condition for heavy service. Such systems as tbe Vandalia, the Bee-line, the Pennsylvania lines and the C, L, St. & C., for some years to come, will need spend but little money above ordinary maintenance of way expenses. Equipments, however, have been allowed to deteriorate daring the depressed times considerably. In this direction more money must necessarily be spent the coming year. The numerous orders car works have received the last thirty days make it evident that railroad officials are fully aware of this deficiency. There are many reasons for congratulation over the favorable outlook, when compared with the outlook at the beginning of 1885. Not the least of these is the more harmonious relations now existing between officials of parallel lines and connecting roads. Tbo motto “Live and let live” has been more generally adopted. Competing lines enter pools and agree upon per cents, much more readily than they did but a few months ago. Then connecting lines show a willingness to prorate on business, which has never before been so apparent. Then a better feeling exists between railroad men and shippers. A shipper, as well as a railroad man, knows what is a fair rate, and a majority of them exhibit a willingness to pay such rates. A summing up of the favorable conditions gives ample ground for saying that the railroad interests of this country were never more promising than at the beginning of the year 1886. GENERAL NEWS. Reorganization and Election of Officers of the Cleveland, Akron & Coiambus. Cleveland, 0., Jan. I.—Receiver George D. Walker, of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus railroad, has issued a notice to its employes, stating that it would to-day pass into the hands of the C’eveland, Akron & Columbus Railway Compan y. The reorganization of the new company was completed yesterday. At the law office of Adams & Russell, on Wednesday evening, the purchasing trustee, J. M. Adams, of Cleveland, and J. A. Horsey, of New York, having received possession of the road from the master commissioner, Judge Upson, of Akron, appointed as incorporators of the new company, in accordance with judicial instructions, L. A Russell, C. L. Hotze, Geo. D. Walker, of Cleveland, and C. W. Schapp and N. Monsarrat, of Akron, who immediately prepared articles of incorporation, fixing the capital stock at $4,000,000 and locating the offices of the new company at Akron. The articles were filed at Columbus yesterday morning, and upon receipt of intelligence to that effect the company was organized. The stockholders met and elected the following board of directors: J. M. Adams, J. A. Horsey, C. W. Schapp,, N. Monsarrat, L. A. Russell, E. Norton and G- D. Walker. At the subsequent meeting of the board of directors N. Monsarrat was elected president and general manager of the road; J. A. Horsey, vice-president; George D. Walker, secretary, and C. W. Schapp auditor and cashier. No other changes in the general officers were made. E. C. Janes was elected general freight and passenger agent, R. S. Schapp superintendent of transportation, and Adams & Russell general counsel. The receiver of the road is not yet ready with his final report, and his discharge by the court will probably not occur before March 1.

Favor a National Commission. There are three bills before the committee on roads of the General Assembly of Virginia, which, if passed into law, will give Virginia a railroad commission invested with larger powers over the railroad management of the State lines than Georgia now has over its lines. Every detail of the system will be under the almost direct management of the State commission, which will be named by the Legislature, for a term of six years from March 1. Schedules and rates of fares and freights maybe changed by the commission. The Legislature is determined on extreme measures in this direction. So apt are State Legislatures to go to extremes in the matter of regulating rates, etc., that among railroad men there is a growing desire that a national commission should be established, or at least a majority of the Western roads are not hostile to the passage of a bill by Congress creating a national railroad commission. To the most of them a uniform system. not too radical in its provisions, would be a relief and a lesser evil than the constant tinkering with the laws indulged in by the State Legislatures in the West. Not that it would prevent the operations of State railroad commissions in governing State commerce in its coutact with the railroads, but it would prevent the constant tendency exhibited by some of these bodies to take up questions solely pertaining to interstate commerce. A just and equable system regulating the relations between the roads and their patrons, not on popular prejudices or abstract theories, but drawn from the testimony of both sides as collected by the interstate commission, would not meet with any factious opposition from the railroad companies. Belief that the B. A O. Is Catting Bates. Chicago, Jan. L—A morning paper says: “The enormous quantity of grain received by the Baltimore & Ohio road, at Chicago, during the week, for shipment to the seaboard, amounting to more than 5,000 tons, has raised suspicion that than road is employing surreptitious means, and that tbe transactions involve rate-cutting. The tonnage is out of all proportion to the percentage that it usually carries. This state of things not only obtains here, but also in the territory south and west, where the B. & O. is experiencing tho same .boom. The matter has been referred to the trunk line presidents.” Reception to Employes. At the residence of the senior partner of the firm, E. C. Atkins & Cos. gave a New Year’s reception to their workingmen. It was a time of great enjoyment, with music, speeches and an elegantly spread supper, with plates for two hundred. In the course of tbe evening E. C. Atkins was presented with a costly silver water set, the gift coming from his employes. A Prisoner Released. Edgar Hardin, the youth who was arrested by a deputy United States marshal and brought to this city on Thursday night, charged with having robbed the postoffice at Salem on Cbriatmas, was released from custody on bail last evening, his father, who is an exclerk of Washington county, becoming his surety. The Dead Burglar. All day yesterday the body of the supposed Charles Thompson, killed at Broad Ripple by Luther Cline, was exposed for further identic fixation. Hundreds looked at it and nearly every one said he or she had a dim recollection of having seen tbe deceased, but when or.where could not be stated. For Throat Diseases and Coughs, Brown's Bronobial Troches, like Mi really good things, are frequently imitated. The genuine ere sold only in boxes.

THE LNDLANAJMJIiXS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8. 1886.

TIE PUZZLE DEPARTMENT. [Everything relating to this department must be addressed to W. H. (rratfam, West Scarborough, Cumberland county, Maine. Original contributions and answers to each week’s puzzles are solicited from all.] Answers to Puzzles. Na 1800—He that risetb late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. Na 1801— C-0 B B L-E L—E S 1 O—N E-T Y M O-N R—U B B L—E • M—l & H N—A O—F F I N—G N—UNC I—O T—R I G O-N No. 1802—L Slot, plot, dot, lot, la 2. Mate, pate, fate, ate, at No. 1803- LAMA AJAR MARA ARAL No. 1804—Quan. No. 1805—1. Sa(a)in. 2. S(c)andal. 3. C(i)on. 4. Sba(s)h. 5. Li(m)e. G. Le(o)d. 7. Ho(m)e. 8. H(e)azy. 9. La(t)ter. 10. D(e)use. 11. D(Qib. —Seismometer. No. 1806—Caudelebrum. No. 1807— C S O E STUNS SAUNTER STUTTERER COUNTERVAIL ENTERLACE SERVANT REACT R I E L Na 1808—1. General U. S. Grant. 2. San Domingo. No. 1809—I propose to fight it out on thb line, if it takes all summer. No. 1810- INCA NEAP CAPE APEX No. 1811—Mother. Original Pozzies. NO. 1830— ENIGMA. He that in music takes delight. And he that keeps secure at night, And he who sails too near the land, And he that’s caught by law’s strong hand, He who his time in tavern spends, And he that courts of law attends, Are all acquainted well with me; My name you surely now must see. Indianapolis, lnd. c. h. l. NO. 1831 —CHARADE. My first makes all nature appear with one face, My second has music, and beauty and grace; My whole, when the winiar hangs dull o’er the earth, Is a source of much pleasure, of mischief and mirth. c. u. l. no. 1832— jumble. Where is she, my lady love, My fair one, angel, dove ? Is she gone ? Tell me 1 pray ! Where ¥ Then to her I’ll haste away. A sewing girl she is, I’m told, Though this be true, she is pure gold; Her hands are clean, her heart is pure, Day's work done well-earned rest insures.

So where at set of sun she rests, There conscious rectitude attests; Her honored place, though free to all, Yet the sewer at-tends the call. Salem, lnd. Uncle Theo. no. 1833— ENIGMA. I am composed of eighteen letters, My 9, 10, 11, 12 all should shun. My 3.4, 5,7 is what a villain is, My 15, 2, 13, 18 is compact, My 1, 16, 17, 14 is the heart, My 6,4, Bis a title, My whole is much talked about now-a-days. W. Scarboro, Mo. Uncle Will, no. 1834— double acostic. [Ten-letter words]. Primals and finals give the nom de plume of one of our best puzzlers in the United States. 1. Having long or large feet. 2. Byway of help. 3. Eternal. 4. A whitening [obs.]. Detroit, Mich. Nancy Lee. no. 1835— enigma. My whole is a fruit composed of six letters. My 1, 2 is a connective word. My 4,3, sis a small horse. My 6 is an abreviation. c. H. L. no. 1836— SQUARE. 1. A tree. 2. The native sesquicarbonate of soda. 3. A small tub or lading vessels. 4. A stone of fine grit. Dodo, no. 1837— SQUARE. 1. Is an arrival. 2. Is to rest. 3. Is smallheaded serpents. 4. That not Lily May. Detroit, Mich. [Answers in three weeks. ] Our Prizes. 1. First complete set of answers a game, or autograph album. 2. Next best list, a small, interesting book. _ Puzzles Answered. By Hoosier Girl. Evansville: Nos. 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810. 1811. By Dodo, Gallon: Nos. 1800, 1802, 1803 (answering all requirements), 1806, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811. Prize Winners. 1. No perfect list received. 2. Hoosier Girl —Fifty cards, or a small book. Hate lasts. The following lists came too late for last week: By Nancy Lee, Detroit. Mich.—Nos. 1791, 1793 [nearly), 1794, 1796, 1797. By Celeste, Pleasantville —Nos. 1791, 1792, 1793. 1794, 1795, 1798, 1799. We thank the above solvers for the answers, asking them to endeavor to come earlier henceforth. ? Foot Notes. Uncle Theo —Thank you for the puzzles. Nancy Lee gives us a hard double acrostic. C. H. L.—The last matter is acceptable. Thanks. Lily May. —We thank you for the good little square. Please visit us often, Hoosier Girl. —A very large list of answers. You must have studied hard. Dodo thinks Eagle Eye forgot to dofme his words in No. 1803. The following squares, answering all the requirements, have been furnished by Dodo: < PARA GALA GALA ADAW ADAW ARAB RAJA LAMA LAMA AWAY AWAY ABAS PERSONAL ANl> SOCIETY. Hon. D. S. Gooding speDthis New Year in the city. Maj. George W. Grubbs, of Martinsville, is at the Grand Hotel. Judge Thomas J. Kane, of Nobleaviile. is at the Grand Hotel. Hon. John Overmyer, of North Vernon, is at the Grand Hotel. Miss Ella Ogan will return to her home, at Anderson, this afternoon. Miss Nannie Newcomer is entertaining Miss Edwards, of Pittsburg, Pa. D. W. Starke and daughter, of Rockville, spent New Year’s.in the city. Mr. W. C. Raymond and wife, of Peru, spent yesterday with friends in this city. Miss Mary Olcott. of Greencastle, is spending thehoJidays with Miss Mary Maxwell, of North Meridian street. Mrs. Cooper is in the city, the guest of Hon. John W. Kern and bride, who are at present stopping at the Bates. Albert Gall, jr., and Professor Brenecke gave a dancing party at Pfafflin’s Hall last night, which was largely attended. Among the many charming women who assisted in receiving at Washington was Mrs. Jno. Beall, formerly Miss Moilie Landers. Charles Shepherd, of Chicago, entertained a Krtjr of friends at New Year’s dinner, at the ites. yesterday, including Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wiles. A New Year’s party was given last evening at the residence of Miss Fannie Taylor, ob North Illinois street The entertainment consiatedun

music, refreshments, dancing and card-playing. About fifty of this young lady’s friends were present, several of whom were from adjacent towns. The oyster supper given by the young ladies of the Third-street M. E. Church, last evening, was a success in every particular. There was a large attendance. A musical entertainment was given at the Female Reformatory last evening. The music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Lynn and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Williams. The reception given by Mr. and Mrs. N. S. By ram, yesterday, concluded in the evening with a dancing party, in honor of their daughter. The occasion was fraught with pleasure to all present. Miss Laura Lansbury, Miss Kate Malone, Mr. Elmer May, Mr. James Lansbury, Mr. Elmer Nichol and Mr. Charles Smith, of Anderson, comprised a theater party at the Grand Operahouse, last evening. Hotel Arrivals. Bates House: W. W. Daniel, R. D. McClure, Columbus; C. C. Gerrung, Evansville; W. C. Raymond and wife, Peru; D. W. Stark and daughter, Rockville; Thomas Hanna, Greeucastle. t Grand Hotel: J. E. Loughry, Monticello; H. N. Christian, Crawfordsville; Mrs. Bertha Moore, Kmghtstown; Miss Susie R. Wilson, Shelbyviile; John A. Williams and wife, Evansville; John J. Havens, Georee F- Stevens, Fort Wayne; C. E. Wilson, Evansville; C. W. Kilgore, Muncie; James S. Williams, Vincennes; S. M. Merchant, South Bend. Mysterious Fire. Ten or fifteen minutes before 1 o’clock this morning, Officer Bruce, of the South Illinois street beat, saw a man and woman talking at the entrance of the stairway of No. 56 on that street. After a while the man went up-stairs, and when on the second flight struck a light from matches. Within ten minutes the man returned to the walk, and he and the woman then went hurriedly down the street. Directly following this the officer saw smoke coming from the third-story windows of the house. The fire did not amount to more than a scare, but its origin was traced to the room occupied by Mrs. Dora Moore and child. She has recently been divorced from John T. Moore, a Virginia-avenue blacksmith. She says the light in her room was burning as she lay asleep with the child in the bed. Awakened suddenly by smoke, she found the room in darkness. She could give no intelligent account of the affair, but she thought the lamp had exploded. School Revenues Apportioned. The semi-annual apportionment of the Slate’s school revenue was made yesterday by State Superintendent Holcombe, in accordance with the last enumeration of school children, of whom there are 740,949. The total amount of the fund is $903,444.04, making the per capita apportionment $1.33. The amount which Marion county receives is $68,510.96. Last year the fund amounted to $866,082.54, and the per capita was sl. IS. Fighting Against Quarantine. New' York, Dec. 31.—A Montreal special to the Post, says: “The suburban municipality of St. Cunegonde having refused to comply with the regulations of the Central Board of Health, it has been quarantined, All its streets connecting with Montreal have been barricaded and policemen placed to cut off all intercourse. This morning the St Conegonde people showed fight, and commenced pulling down the barricades and assaulting the police. A strong detachment of officers has just been ordered out. and, as the quarantine people are very indignant, a free fight is anticipated.” Young or middle-aged men suffering from nervous debility, loss of memory, premature old age. as the result of bad habits, should send 10 cents in stamps for illustrated book offering sure means of cure. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y,

When Baby was rick, we gave her Castor!*, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she olang to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, oaHsanßaßnißaanangMaßßaaßaß MASTER’S SALE. In obedience to an order of sale issued out of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana, upon a decree rendered in a cause wherein H. Reiman Duval is plaintiff and The Western Equipment Company is defendant, the undersigned, Master in Chancery of said Court, will offer for sale at public auction to the h : ghest bidder, at the north door of the Postoff.ee Building, in the eity of Indianapolis, county of Marion and State of Indiana, ou TUESDAY, THE 12th DAY OF JANUARY, A. D. 1886, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 12 o’clock noon of said day. all of the following described property, to-wit,: All the property, goods, chattels, cars, rights, credits, effects and franchises of The Western Equipment Company as an entirety. Term* or Sale—The purchaser at such sale, by making such purchase, shall assume and undertake to pay the following indebtedness of said Western Equipment Company, to-wit: To the Bristol and South Wales Railway Wagon Company (Limited), of Bristol, England; the Union Rolliug Stock Company (Limited), of Birmingham, England, and William A. Adams, of Gains, England,the sum of six hundred and twenty-nine thousand and sixty dollars ($629,060), and to the United States Rolling Stock Company the sum of one hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and teu dollars ($159,510.) Said sale will be subject to all liens now existing in favor of the said creditors above named, and all rights held by the same are to ‘be preserved. Said property will pot be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value. WILLIAM P. FISHBACK, Master. Indianapolis, January 1,1886. Roache & Lamme, .Solicitors. GRATEFUL.—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural law which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine props ties or well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavored beverage, which may save us mar.y heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around ns, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves welL fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.” —Civil Service Gazete. Madb simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half pound tins by Grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, London, England. FOR 15 years I was annoyed OjIITA HQIJ with severe pain in my head and |_ A 6 A IT F| H discharges into my throat from catarrh.. My sense of smell was much impaired. By the use of flKpnfAM Ely’s Cream Balm I have overcome these troubles.—J.jß. Case, 68“Hfinl St. Denis Hotel, N. Y. BSrtVfDislfi My son, aged nine years, was tr tn jo A afflicted with catarrh. The use of E^. Ely’s Cream Balm effected a com- HT / v&fHj Siete cure.—W. E. Haiumau, Rfemgr' >ruggist, Easton, Pa. CREAM BALM has gained an enviable reputation, M L l/L |J displacing all other preparations. 1 i/|ll JLJbil Lia A particle is applied into each nostril: no pain; agreeable to use. Price 50 cent* by mail or at druggists. Send for circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. Cl? Arwrce CAUSES and CURE, Unf 11 II oO by one who waa deaf 28 years. Treated by most of the noted specialists of the day with no benefit Cured himself in months, and since then hundreds of others by same process. A plain, simple and successful home treatment Address T. a PAGE, 128 East 26th street, New Yotk City,

SPRING finds everybody feeling dull, languid, sluggish; exactly in the condition to be vastly benefited by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Lizzie W. DeVeau, 262 15th st., 6th ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., says: ‘‘Every spring, for years, I have had intolerable headaches, and have suffered from total loss of energy. I commenced using Ayer's Sarsaparilla last March, and have not since had a headache ; my appetite 19 excellent, and I aca strong and vigorous.” “Asa spring Medicine ■ Ayeris Sarsaparilla has no equal,” writes A. B. Nichols, Cambridge, Mass. Heury Baeon, Xenia, Ohio, says: “I have used Ayer’s Sarsaparilla in my family for years. I have found it invaluable as a cure for Lumbago and general nervous debility, caused by an inactive liver and a low state of the blood.” E. J. Krause, TVayville, Wis., writes: “ The use of ’ Sarsaparilla has cured me of Liver Complaint.” Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Cos., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. Sold by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. INDIANAPOLIS. __ ABSTRACTS OF TITLES. ELLIOTT & BUTLER, Na 3 iETNA BUILDING. MACHINERY, ETC. (N ALLUP & GLADDlNG—Manufacturers’ Aprents X and Jobbers in Mill and Machinists’ Supplies Os Every Variety. Special inducements to neavy buyers, Oorrespondertoe solicited. Office, 20 West Maryland street. Telephone 1064. MISCELLANEOUS. A Tl/TMC E. C. A CO., ManufaeturersandßeA. 1 I\llNO, nairers of CIRCULAR, CROSSCUT, BAND and all other kinds of g g Illinois street, one square south of Union Depot. jriL RYAJNr & CO7, Commission Merchants and Dealers in FLOUR, GRAIN, HAY AND FEED, 62 and 64 East Maryland Street. INDIANAPOLIS" OIL TANKTiNE CO., DEALKBs IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, Corner Pine and Lord Streets. rmnn w. B. BARRY’ UilVI U. SAW MANOTACTUREB, Nos. 132 and 134 South Pennsylvania Street. CRISTADO RO’S HAIR D\ E is the best; acts instantaueously, producing the l r&r s mof, t natural shades of Black or Urown; does not stain the pn %\Z~I 1 11 tJRfsTAPORO’K HAIR |JU / IS PRESERVATIVE AND Fil gE? BEAUTIFIKB is the best ■* I dressing for the hair, Try it. Hi J, Cristadoro, 95 William Street, N. Y. Interesting pamphlet sent free.

QiPpofir liNpijiPfi L E P^@E’S Sa t of on POUttPSTO A SO.,\UCW\ 1 MENDS EVERYTHING. B GLASS, CHINA LEATHER, BOOKS, FURNITURE, a STRONG as Iron. SOLID as a Rock. ■ SEND CARO OF DEALER WHO DOES NOT KEEP ■ IT & lOota. POSTAGE FOR SAMPLE TIN CAN PDPI? I Russia Cement Cos. f Gloucester, Mass.LSJj" CBCC PRESCRIPTIONS are i£ the 00 "* rllbC “SCIENCE of HEALTH,’* for thaapeedy cure of Nervous Debility, Lost Energy, Despondency, etc. A copy of this book will be sent Yee, sealed. Address SCIENCE of HEALTH* 130 Wert Sixth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. RAILWAY TIME-TABLE. Cincinnati, Wabash A Michigan Railway. (Over the Bee-line.) Depart —lndianapolis and Grand Rapids Ex. 4:00 am Michigan Express 11:05 am Louisville and Wabash Express... 3:50 pm Arrive —Wabash and Indianapolis Express.. 11:30 am Cincinnati A Louisville Express... 1:55 pm Indianapolis and St. Louis Express 10:25 pm Evansville A Terre Haute Railroad. (Via Vandalia Line.Lvelndpls. 7:3oam p*l2.oom tuOOpra s*lo:4spm Ar ludpls.- 3:soam tlO-OO&m 3:35nm 4:lspm (Via I. Sc St. L. Ry.) Lve Indpis.* 10:50pm ts:3ona *ll:ssam 7:loam Ar IndDls... 3:45am U0:00am 3:35pm 6:25pm * Daily, t daily except Sunday, p parlor car, s sleeping car-. These trains carry the magnificent Monarch parlor, sleeping and bullet cars, the finest* run in America, between Indianapolis and KvansvtUe. Oars am open ayjgjyj* B;3d p. m. Train doee net htave

RAILWAY TIME-TABLE. [TRAINS BON BT CENTRAL STANDARD TIUK.] Trains marked thn, r. e., reclining chair: thus.!., sleeper; thus, p,, parlor car; thus, L., hotel car. Bee-Line, C., C., C. A Indianapolis. Depart—New York and Boston Express daily, s 4:00 a* Dayton, Spri Agtield and New York Express ...10:10 a* Anderson and Michigan Express. .11:05 a* Limited Express, daily, c. c 3:50 p* New York and Boston Express, a... 7:10 p* BRIOHTWOOD DIVISION. Daily 4:00 am 2:00 o* Daily 10:10 am 3:50 p* Daily 11:05 am 7:10 pm Daily except Sunday ... 6:40 p*. Arrive -Louisville. New Orleans and St. Louis Express, s 6:40 a* Wabash, Port Wavue and Mnnoie New York Limited, daiiy.e. e 11:30 a* Benton Harbor and Anderson Express . 1:55 p* Boston, Indianapolis aud Southern Emress G:3op New York, Boston and St. Louis Express, daily, sand a. o 10:25pm BRIGHT WOOD DIVISION. Dally 0:40 am 6:30 p* Daily 10:45 am 4:40 p* Daily 11:35 am., 10:25 p* Daily 1:55 pm. Chicago, St. Louis A Pittsburg. Depart—-Eastern Mail and Express, daily.. 4:00 a* New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburg Express, daily, s.-s 4:30 a* Dayton and Colmubos Express, except Sunday 11:00 am Richmond Accommodation. 4:00 pm New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore ana Pittsburg Express. daily, s.. h. ; 4:55 p* Arrive—Richmond Accommodation, except Sunday 9:40 a* New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburg Express, daily .-...11:45 a* Columbus and Dayton Express, except Sunday 4:35 pm Western Mail and Express, daily... 9:40 p* New York. Philadelphia, Washington. Baltimore ana Pittsburg Express, daily 10:20 p* CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KOKOMO, P., C. A ST. L. R. 2. Depart—Louisville and Chicago Express, P - c 11:15 am Louisville and Chicago Fast Express, daily, s 11:00 p* Arrive—Chicago and Lonisville Fast Express, daily, s 4:00 a* Chicago ana Louisville Express, p. 6 3:35 p* Cincinnati, Indianapo.is, St. Louis A Chisago. CINCINNATI DIVISION. Depart—Cincinnati aud Florida Fast Idas, daily, s. and c. e 4:00 a* Cincinnati, Rushville and Columbus Accommodation 11:33 a* Cincinnati, Washingtem and Florida Mail. p. c 3:55 p* Cincinnati and Louisville Accommodation, daily 6:40 p* Arrive—lndianapolis Accommodation, daily 10:55 am Chicago and St. Louis Mail, p. c... 11:45 am Indianapolis and Lafayette Accom. 4:55 pm Chicago and St. Louis Fast Lino, daily, s. and c. 10:45 pa CHICAGO DIVISION. Depart—Lafayette and Wabash Ry. Accom. 7:10 a* Indianapolis and liogansport Ex.. 7:10 a* Chicago Mail, p. c 12:05 pm Lafayette Accommodation 5:10 nm Indianapolis and South Bend Ex.. s:lopm Chicago! Peoria and Burlington Fast Line, daily, s., r. c ._ —ll:10p* Arrive—Cincinnati and Florida Fast Line, daily, c. c. ands 3:30 a* Lafayette Accommodation.." 11:15 am South Bend and Indianapolis Ex..11:15 a* Cincinnati and Wasbing’n Mail, p. c 3:45 pm Cincinnati and Louisville Accom... 6:20 p* Logansport and Indianapolis Ex.. 6:20 p*

Vandalia Line. Depart—St. Louis Mail 7:30 am Fast Line Express, daily, p., h....12:00 * Terre Haute Accommodation 4:00 pm Western Fast Mail, daily -10:00 pin Western Express, daily, s 11:00 pm Arrive—Eastern Fast Mail, daily 3:45 am Eastern Expres*, daily 4:15 am Terre Haute Accommodation...... 10:00 am Cincinnati and Louisville Fast Line 3:35 pm Day Express, daily 4:40 pm Wabash, St. Loots A Pacific. Depart—Toledo, Ft. Wayne and Michigan ™ Express 1.... 7:15 a* Toledo, Fort Wayne. Grand Rapids, Detroit and Michigan Expres 2:15 pm Detroit Express, s, daily 7:10 pm Detroit and Toledo Express, s 11:30 pm Arrive—Michigan City and Fort Wayne, s.. 1:40 am Detroit Express, s. and .o c 8:05 am Pacific Express, daily 11:00 am Detroit and Chicago Mail 6:15 pm Cincinnati, Hamilton A Indianapolis. Depart-r-Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo, d’y. 4:00 am Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and New York 11.-00 am Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and New York Express 3:50 pm Connersville Accommodation 5:30 pm Arrive—Connersville Acoommodation 8:30 am Cincinnati, Peoria and St. Louis—ll:4B am Cincinnati Accommodation 5:00 pm Cincinnati, Peoria and St Louis, d’y. 10:45 pm Jeffersonville, Madison A Indianapolis. Depart—Southern Express daily, 5—...... 4:15 am Louisville and Madison Express.... 8:15 am Louisville and Madison ilail.p.c, dy 3:50 pm Louisville Express 6:45 pm Arrive —Indianapolis Express 9:45 am Indianapolis, St. Louir and Chicago Express, daily, p 10:45** New York aud Northern Fast Ex- . press 6:46 pm 81. Louis, Chicago and Detroit Fast Line, daily, s 10:45 pm Indiana, Bloomington A Western. PKORLA DIVISION. Depart—Pacific Express and Mail., daily... 7:60 am Kansas and Texas Fast Line, r. c... 5:10 pQL Burlington and Rock Island Express. daily, r. c. and 5.......... 10:50pm Kansas City Lightning Express 12:00 m Arrive—Eastern and Southern ‘Express, daily, r. c. ands 4:00 am Cincinnati Special 10:40am Atlantic Express and Mall, r. c 3:45 p* Express and Mail, dai1y........... 8:30 p* EASTERN DIVISION. Depart—Eastern Express Mad. dady s.. r.e. 4:20 am Atlantic Express, c. o 4:05 pm Night Express, daily, s. and r. c... 9:00 pm Arrive—Pacific Exnress. daily, s. and c. c. 7:20 am Western Express, r. c 4:45 pm Burlington and Rock Island Express, daily, s. and r. c 10:20 pm Indianapolis, Decatur A Springfield. Depart— Decatur and Peoria Through Mail.. 8:30 am Montezuma Accommodation, daily except Sunday 6:00 pm Fast Express, dailv, r. c. and 5....10:50pm Arrive—Fast EypressL daily, r,. ands ... 3:50 am Montezuma Accommodation, daily except Sunday 8:50 am Through Mail 5:30 pm Indianapolis A St. Louis. Depart—Day Exnress, daily, c. c 7:25 am Limited Express, daily 11:55 am Mattoon Express, daily, p New York and St. Louis Express, dailv. s. aud c. 10:50 p* Arrive—New York and Boston Express, dally, e. c 3:45 a* Local Passenger, p 10;00am Limited Express, daily 3:35 am Day Express, c. c., daily 6:25 pm Louisville, New Albany A Chicago. (Chicago Short Line.) Depart—Chicago and Michigan City Mail. ..12:10pm Frankfort Accommodation 4:45 pm Chicago Night Ex., daily, s 11:15 pm Arrive— Indianapolis Night Ex., daily, 5.... 3:10 am Indianapolis AccommoOatiou 10:00 am Indianapolis Mail 3:40 pm Indianapolis A Vincennes. Denart—Mail and Cairo ExDreaa 7:15 am Vincennes Accommodation 4:40 pm Arrive —Vincennes Accommodation ...10:45 am Mail and Cairo Exnress 6:30 pm Fort Wayne, Cincinnati A Louisville Railroad. (Leave Indianapolis via Bee-line.) SOUTHWARD. Leave Fort Wayne 11 00 am 5:50 pa Leave Bluff ton 12:03 am 6:sopm I Leave Hartford 12:58 pm 7:41 pm Leave Munoie 3:57 pm 9:23 pm • Arrive Indianapolis 6:00 pm 11:15 pm 1 NORTHWARD. Leave Indianapolis 4:00 am 10:10 a* Leave Muncie 6:00 am 1:15 s* Leave Hartford 6.37 am 2:00 pm Leave Biuffton 7:30 am 2:58 p* Arrive Fort Wayne MSMUMItaI 84101*1 4*oo p*

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