Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1886 — Page 2

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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS. Bartholomew County Excited Oxer m Murder of the Most Brutal Character. I JVn*i Our Second Edition of Sunday.) Oolcmbu.s Ind., Jan. 2.—Late yesterday afternoon a courier came to this city and reverted tpat the body of a murdered man had tMen found in the edge of the woods, near the gnke, five mile3 east of here. Esquire Kinny, acting coroner, at once proceeded to the spot and found the body a3 reported. The head wa3 horribly beaten, one eye and part of the nose £one, and there were five or six bullet holes .through different parts of the body. The man liad evidently been dead several days. His overcoat, a revolver with one chamber empty, suid a murderous-looking club, all bloody, Uy near the corpse. It was identified as the body of George A. Cooper, a young man of twenty, who lived with his father a few miles from where the remains were found. The coroner took some testimony on the spot, and then ordered the remains brought to this city, where <a post-mortem was held to-day. The inquest m&B continued, and is not yet complete. The .testimony showed that young Cooper worked, on Tuesday, for Widow Fix, a neighbor. Evan Affix, her son, being with him. That afternoon was the last time he was seen alive, though his family felt no uneasiness, as they thought he was still at Mrs. Fix’s. Investigation showed (that the body had probably been hauled to where ifound. as the tracks of a buggy were found that Lhad come that far, then turned about and gone 'baek east Suspicion pointed so strongly to young {Fix that he was placed under arrested, and is mow in jail. Two other young men are suspected also, and will probably be arrested. This is the most horrible crime that has been •committed in this community for many years, and creates great excitement If the guilty ■parties could be certainly identified there would fee great danger of violence. The absence of any •reasonable motive for the crime on the part of any one deepens the mystery and add* to its fiendishness in the eyes of the public. Indiana Notes. Abraham Harrington and wife, of Lafayette, celebrated their golden wedding on Jan. L Bishop Dwenger blessed the bell at St Vincent de Paul’s Church, at Logausoort, yesterday. The first number of the Inter Mountain, Warsaw's new literary journal, appeared on Saturday. For thirteen years the names of Fort Wayne postmasters have begun with K—Kamm, Kcil and Kaough. Rev. George Small is conducting a highly-suc-eessful season of revival meetings at the Evangelical Church in Wabash. The residence of Thomas Dooley, near English, Crawford county, burned a few nights ago. Low. $1,000; no insurance. William C. Fleming has leased the ReviewDemocrat, of Anderson, for a year, and for that time will be editor aud publisher. Several hundred head of hogs have died in the past few months, from cholera, in Wabash county, one farmer losing nearly 200 head. The wife of Mr. John Andrews, a well-known citizen of North Manchester, has been declared insane, and will bo taken to au asylum. Jonathan Cline, an old farmer who lives at Holman Station, fell from his hay loft and broke his back. He is thought to be fatally injured. Mrs. M. B. Woodworth, the evangelist, closed a successful series of revival meetings at Butler a few evenings since. There were over 150 conversions. Ten marriage licenses were issued at Jeffersonville last week to elopers from Kentucky. New Albany does fully as large a business in that line each week. George D. Taylor, the defaulting agent of the Wabash road, at Andrews, has departed for his old home in the East, having been relieved of his shortages by relatives. A man named Collins, while riding on a logtruck at Muncie, was thrown on his face, breaking his nose and causing bruises so severe that his condition is considered dangerous. During the past six years sixty-five criminals, indicted by the Knox county grand jury, have succeeded in escaping from the county and eluded trial. Os these seven are for murder. The Koontz Rifles, a military organization of Elkhart, was mustered into the State service Friday night by Adjutant-general Koontz, of Indianapolis. The captain of the company is James K. Gore. Bohemian oats swindlers are successfully operating at Pleasant View, in Wabash county. Several farmers have been taken in for large amounts. They refuse to believe the newspaper reports of the swindle. A baby, less than three years old, has arrived by express, from Cincinnati, at Vincennes. The child’s mother died at Cincinnati, and the child was forwarded to its grandmother, Mrs. John Solomon, at Vincennes. Next week there will be a change of ownership in the Fort Wayne Gazette, Mr. Charles M. Walker, of Indianapolis, and B. M. Holman, of Wabash, buying the paper. It will be reduced iu size and made into a seven-column folio. The barn of C. S. Rosenbaum, near Linden, Montgomery county, was burned on Thursday night, together with grain, hay and farming implements. Cause of the fire supposed to bo incendiarism. Insured in the Glens Falls company. John Mahar, of Jeffersonville, fired off a cannon on Christmas day, and has since become totally deaf, and cannot hear the loudest noise. It is supposed the drum of his ears was burst by the explosion. Another man who was standing near is also partially deaf. At Brazil, Saturday night, Tom Hayes, a pud dler in the Connell rolling null, while working a heat, suddenly threw up both arms, gave a loud cry and sank to the floor a corpse. He has friends in South Chicago. Heart disease is thought to have been the cause of his death. The case of the State vs. Stoinbremer, on change of venue from Huntington, has just been decided at Blullton. The defendant was discharged. Steinbremer was one of the trang of burglars who robbed the Huntington postoffice and killed Officer Baumgardner some months ago. The past year has been a highly successful one at White’s Manual Labor Institute, at Wabash. Improvements to the amount of $2,500 have been added. The friends of ludian education are much encouraged by the work done there. There are now sixty Indian and eleven white children at the institute. “Blind Joe,” for many years bell-ringer at St. Joseph’s Church, Terre Haute, a well-known character, died on Friday, aged sixty years. Although totally blind, he got about as well as most persons with eyesight He was in early life a sailor in the English navy, and was also a soldier in the late war. A singular freak of a creditor has just been exhibited is Lafayette. A physician was called in to summon into existence an illegitimate child. The mother, overwhelmed with disgrace, repudiated the infant She was unable to pay the physician’s bill, so the doctor has taken possession of the child, aud declares his intention to hold it until his fee is paid. Rev. J. H. Doddridge is having a remarkable revival at Connersville. The number of conversions at this time is near 250, the membership of tbe M. E. Church alone having increased over 200, while other churches are also feeling the effects. The new- conversions include some entire families, father, mother and children, while many of the new recruits are the solid business men and mechanics of tbe city. The meetings bid fair to continue all winter. A great number of thefts have occurred in Marion for some months past, under the direction of au organized gang. A family named Bano were suspected and watched, and on marching their cabin, officers found a wagonload of stolen goods. The family were preparing to more to Wabash, when arrested. Two of the boys escaped and went to Huntington countv, where they wore finally captured in the woods by the Marion officers, who were disguised as hunters. The entire gang were brought before Squire Wallace, at Marion, and on Saturday bound over to the next term of Circuit Court. Illinois Items. William the engineer of the Qartside coal mine, on the Cairo Short line, three miles west of Beiler ne, was shot by an unknown asatari early hoar on Saturday morning,

and died within a short time. Massey could give no ante mortem statement, and there is no elew to the cowardly assassin. John Schach, a well-known contractor and ex-alderman, is missing from Joliet. 'lt is feared he has fallen in the river and been drowned. Henry Martin, aged twenty-one, who was thrown from bis horse, near Suinner. last Saturday night, sustaining a compound dislocation of the ankle, is in a dangerous condition. A citizen of Oblong, David Heart, died very suddenly recently, immediately after leaving W. H. Duddleston’s saloon. Tne family of the deceased man havo instituted suit against the saloon-keeper for $5,000 damages. Herman Schmalhansen has filed suit for $5,000 in the Lawrence county Circuit Court against conductor Crump, of the O. & M., and his brother William, for alleged damages sustained by his son from a bull owned by the defendants. Tho plaintiff is a hardware man of Bridgeport. Last August his son, while on the county road, was attacked and struck in the eye and other places by a bull, and seriously wounded. DALLY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Wab Department, > Office of the Chief Signal, Officer > Washington, Jan. 4, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty four Hours from 7 a. m. , for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Colder clearing, weather. For tho Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Clearing, colder weather, followed in the western portion, by slowly rising temperature; winds generally shifting to westerly. For the Lower Lake Region—Cloudy weather and rains; southerly, shifting to slightly colder westerly winds. For the Upper Lake Region—Cloudy weather, with local rains and snows; colder in the southeastern portion, slowly rising temperature in the northern portion; variable winds, generally shifting to northwesterly. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Local rains and snow, generally followed by fair weather; winds shifting to northwesterly; slowly rising temperature in the southern portion, slightly colder in the northern portion, followed by wanner weather. For the Missouri Valley—Fair, slightly warmer weather, preceded in the early morning by local snows; northerly winds, and followed by slightly colder weather. _ Local ODservations. Indianapolis, Jac. 3. Time, j Bar. [Hum. Wind. | Weather Rain. 6a. 29.80 SLO ~97~ S’east LtTrain. 0.20 10 a. M.. 29.75! 51.3 99 S’east [Threat 'g 2 P. M.. 29.64! 54.0 93 S’east Cloudy. 0.12 6P. M.. '29.54! 54.4 92 S’eastjSprinklgr 10 P. m..|29.48| 53.7 93 S'w’st|Lt. rain. 0.09 Maximum temperature, 55.3; minimum temperature, 47.2. General Observations. War Department, 1 Washington, Jan. 3, 9 r. m. J Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. wa 3 w 3 £ S ode. g § 3 P* erg, g, 5 5 : o gj, STATIONS. jg 3 • 2 ~ ? • ST I * ! ; r* : : sr • • • ' rji • • i • ' C*- • New York City !30.29| 40 NVast! .03’Cloudy. Washington City... ;30.10; 51 S’east Cloudy Vicksburg, Mi55....'29.91; 38jWest j !Clear. New Orleans, La...j29.9l 45 Nwest 'Clear. Shreveport, La 29.92 j 37, West j jClear. Fort Smith, Ark... 29.80; 30,Nwest Cloudy. Little Rock, Ark... 29.76 32 Swest [Clear.’ Galveston, Tex 30.10* 43 Nwest J [Clear. Memphis, Tenn 29.76 33' West. I .04|('lear. Nashville, Tenn.— 29.65 46,West | .03‘Lt. rain. Louisville. Ky 29.56 58 S’east .03'Cloudy Indianapolis, 1nd...[29.49 SliS'enstj .08|Thret ng Cincinnati, 0 129.58 54 S’east iCloudy. Pittsburg, Pa ,29.84 5318'east; .05 Thret'ng Oswego. N. Y 30.03 39;S'east .15 Lt. rain. Toledo O |29.61 52 South 1 .12;Lt. rain. Escanaba, Mich.... 29.76 33'North .16 Lt. rain. Marquette, Mich... 29.82 31 JT’east .07 Lt. snow. Chicago, 111 29.40 45! East .28*Lt. rain. Milwaukee, Wis 29.48 40*North .14 Hyraiu. Duluth, Minn 29.95 19 Nwest .02 Cloudy. St. Paul. Minn 29.76 23;Nwest .09. Lt snow. LaCrosse, Wis 129.57 34 North .54. Lt. sleet. Davenport, la 29.48 35lSwest .51;Lt. rain. Des Moines, la 29.52 33 N’east .27 Lt, snow. Keokuk. la |29.54 29 Swest .15 Cloudy. Cairo, 111 29.68 34 West [ .20 Cloudy. Springfield. 11l 29.55 35IWest | .38 Threat'g St. Louis, Mo 29.64 38 I South j .06 .Cloudy. Lamar, Mo *29.70 21 Swest* jLtsnow. Leavenworth, Kan.'29.58 22 Nwest; .02 Lt snow. Omaha, Neb 129.69 20 North .03 Lt snow. Yankton, Dak [29.92 22jNwest ,03,Cloudy. Moorehead, Minn... ;30.17 e.N’east. IClear. Bismarck, Dak 30.19 14 Nwest [Clear. Fort Buford, Dak..[30.31 23 West 'Clear. Ft. Assimboine.M.T.3o.33 33 West ‘Clear. Fort Custer, Mont.. 30.39 28 * West j Clear. Deadwood, Dak [30.36 28 N’east *Fair. North Platte, Neb.. 30.06 26-Nwest ..... Clear. Denver, Col 30.28 27 N'east, Cloudy. W. Las Animas, 00l 30.14 20 Nwest Clear. Dodge City, Kan... 29.93 23 Nwest; Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex... 30.06 23 Nwest Clear. Fort Siil. Ind. Ter j j Fort Davis, Tex 30,15 28 South' Cloudy. El Paso, Tex 30.26 30'Nwest 1 . Clear. Salt Lake City, U. T 30.56 14. S’east * Clear. Meteorological Summary for December. Indianapolis. Jan. 2. Monthly mean barometer, 30.105; highest 30.G60,11th; lowest, 29.290, 9th; monthly range, 1.370. Monthly mean temperature, 32.0°; highest, 56.3 2 , 22d; lowest, 2.1° (below zero),7th; monthly range, 58.4'; greatest daily range, 33.7°, Bth; least daily range, 4.2°, 10th. Monthly mean dew point, 24.8°; monthlv mean relative humidity, 760 per cent. Prevailing direction of wind, southwest; total movement, 5,205 miles; highest velocity and direction. 28 miles, west, 24th. Number of clear days, 6; fair. 11; cloudy, 14. Number of days when rain and snow fell, 16; total amount of unmelted snowfall during the month, 5.3 inches; total amount of precipitation, 2 45. No snow on ground at end of month. Polar bands on the 26th; lightning on the Bth; lunar halo on the 22d; hoar frost on the 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th. 21st, 26th, 27th. Mean temperature for December in 14 years, 33.0 5 ; mean temperature for December, 1885, is 1 below tho mean. Average precipitation for December in 14 years, 3.48 inches: total precipitation for December, 1885, i31.03 inch below the average. Charged with Matricide. Detroit, Jan. 3.—At 1 o'clock Sunday morning Gustave and Herman Kuodk were arrested, at Springweils and brought to this city, charged with the murder of their mother. Elizabeth Knoch. who died on Friday morning from the effects of a heavy blow on the head. Later, four other members of the family were also arrested. Although it is not believed they were all implicated in the murder, it was thought best to take them into custody. Tho stomach of Mrs. Knoch has been retained for analysis. The inquest will be held to-morrow. Secret Meeting of Giass-Workers. Pittsburg. Jan. 3.—A secret meeting of the Eastern aud Western glass-workers’ leagues was held here yesterday, to consider the strike which has been going on in the West for the past four months, against a 10 per cent, reduction. After a thorough investigation the executive committee of the Eastern association decided to give the Western League ail the aid, financially and otherwise, possible. The strikers are hopeful of an early and favorable ending of the strike. Farmers Swindled by a Sharper. Kkyskk, W. Va., Jan. 3.—William Rafter, of this place, has succeeded in swindling a large number of farmers aud cattle-dealers out of considerable sums of money by buying stock and giving worthless checks ou the National Bank, of Piedmont, W. Va. John Day, of Grant county, ia out SI,OOO, Frederick Bond $1,200, and quite a number of others from $206 up. The stock was shipped East as fast as bought, and sold by a confederate. The total loss is quite large. A choice—whether to suffer, uninterruptedly with a cough or to invest docents for Or. Bull's Cough Syrup, and ours ii

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1886.

ECHOES ABOUT VANDERBILT. Short Stories and. Incidents from the Life of the Dead Money King, M. G. Humphreys, lu Chicago News. Vanderbilti&na is by no means exhausted. In addition to the general feeling that there is a particular irony in the fate which summarily carries so phenomenally a rich man off to a region where his vast wealth avails him nothing, to hundreds of people during the holidays his death will seem a particular grievance. Wardell, the family servant, who has been in the Vanderbilt service forty years, and to whom the Commodore left $20,000 and his son SIO,OOO, says that every Christmas Mr. Vanderbilt drew from the bank $50,000, which he himself put in envelopes in sums varying from SSO to SSOO, and that for two or three days War Jell was occupied in distributing these envelopes in this city and along tho Hudson. The old servant is the same authority for the statement that Mr. Vanderbilt supported twenty-five families, giving to each from SSOO to $2,300, according to the circumstances to which they were accustomed. There is no doubt that Mr. Vanderbilt greatly enjoyed the luxury of giving. Although he was a rich man before his father’s death, he was obliged, at least in appearance, to be economical, although many of these pensioners of whom I write received his benefits during that time. The Commodore kept a sharp eye over his expenditures, One morning, reading in an account of a picture sale that an Eastman Johnson had fallen to W. H. Vanderbilt for $2,500, he called his attention to it. “What’s this—what’s this, Bill?” “All a mistake, father,” said his son. “It should be $250. That’s my limit,” But while Mr. Vanderbilt was a generous man, and bis generosity was hampered by fear of appearing ostentatious, he resisted being imposed on with that heroism only a rich man can afford. In Paris, with his physician, son, valet, he was domiciled in a fine suite of apartments in the Hotel Splendide. To guard against imposition when there was such a fine chance for it and among people who know how to avail themselves of such opportunities, Mr. Vanderbilt determined to see and pay his bill every evening. So it came. The first thing that attracted his attention was 160 francs for bougies de receptions. This proved to refer to eight candelabra, each burning twenty pink candles, adorning the chimney-pieces of each room. Mr. Vanderbilt drew his pencil through this imposing item. “Didn't order them; won’t pay for them.” The next thing was 20 francs for brandy, which drew from him loud exclamations, “Didn’t order it; never drink it; what do they mean?” This was ascertained to be a small flask of cognac, sent up with the coffee, but which had not been touched. Mr. Vanderbilt drew his pencil through that Then he said: “Tell them I’ll pay the bill in that fashion, but I’ll §o to law before I’ll pay for the pink candles and randy.” Mr. Vanderbilt showed very nice feeling in many matters and a thoughtfulness that a man so occupied with affairs might not be expected to show. Coming home from Europe, he drove from the dock to the house of an acquaintance at 9 o’clock in the morning that be might tell her of the health of her husband, who had been with him, aDd whom he had left on the other side, and this before he had had his breakfast or met his own family. It is well known that Mr. Vanderbilt had made a previous will and that the bulk of the property was left to Cornelius, even as he (William) bad received it This change in Mr. Vauderbilt’s intention was occasioned by the speculation of his sons while he was in Europe. Mr. Vanderbilt told a friend of mine that he found that Wm. K. had lost $6,000,000 and Cornelius $1,000,000, and that he was obliecd to cable an order to sell $10,000,000 bonds to rescue them and their hypothecated homes. These, when freed, Mr. Vanderbilt retained in his own possession aud allotted to his erring sons an allowance of $75,000 a year each. The last will, it will be observed, makes a more oven disposition of the property and places the greater amount in trust. Mr. Vanderbilt’s health, as it is known, had been failing for some time. For a year be has not been able to close his hands, which prevented him from enjoying one of his greatest pleasures —driving. He had also been accustomed to sitting in a half-dazed stato, a condition that greatly disturbed his family. But his daughter had recently told a friend thiri her father” had greatly improved in that respSw: ‘ A physician tells mo that there was no doubt but that he was afflicted with softening of tho brain in its earlier stages, and that if he had been a poorer man he would probably have lived longer. There was not a week that his life was not threatened, and old Wardell says that in every instance he went to the place appointed, and never yet encountered any of the proposed assailants.

JERK BLACK’S ORATORY. Story of His Impassioned Speech in Defense of Lamden P. Milligan. Correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch. They tell a story of a friend of a Western congressman who happened to be at the capital, sight-seeing, at the time the historic Milligan case was on trial before the Supremo Court This congressman was to make a great speech on a certain day, on some question or other, and his friend went up to the Capitol to hear it. He somehow missed his way in the building, however, and wandered into the court room instead. There he saw a man of towering figure striding back and forth in the narrow space before the bench, arguing the case of the defendant, Milligan. Oratory is captivating to a Western man, and he stayed to listen a few minutes. Judge Black was denouncing trials by military commissions. and painting the iniquity of all the extrajudicial tribunals that ever in all history usurped the prerogatives of the dulyestablished courts. He instanced Herod, who, when unable to single out from the multitude of children the Christ child, who was to be King of the Jews, tried all the babies for prospective treason, convicted them, decreed their death, and had his sentence carried out with such alacrity and zeal that in one day the whole land was filled with mourning and lamentation. He cited Nero trying the whole Christian church in a body on the charge of setting fire to Rome, and sending them to the cross. He described Macbeth's hired murderers, “the commission organized in Banquo’s case, which sat upon him that very night at a convenient place beside the road, where it was known ho would bo traveling.” He pictured Lola Montez, minister and mistress to the King of Bavaria, and her “commission”—“a pack of British bull-dogs, trained to tear the flesh, and mangle the limbs, and lap the lifeblood”—and much more which I cannot accurately recall. The Westerner stood and drunk it in with eager ears and eyes, that hung on every gesture of the orator, until, at the climax of the Montez instance, Judge Black thundered out: “It gives me unspleakable pleasure to tell you the sequel. The people rose in their wrath, smashed down the whole machinery of oppression, and drove out into uttermost shame king, dog3 and strumpet—” Then the listener rushed out of the chamber, hurried across into the hall of the House, pushed past the Door-keeper, down the aisle to the desk where his friend was in the midst of his speech, and, plucking him by the coat-tail, exclaimed in a voice so loud as to to be heard a dozen seats around: “Wind her up. Bill! Wind her up, and come over here and listen to old Jerry Black givin’ 'em h—l.”. _ AY hat John Boyle O'Reilly Thinks of Newspapers, New York Letter. “I see by the papers this morning,” interrupted George Parsons Lathvop, “that President Cleveland thinks the newspapers are lying more now than usual." “Every public mau thinks that," said O’Reilly, “but I imagine it is not true. I rather think that the gossip of which we are apt to complain is the safety-valve of our security, after all—the balance wheel of humanity, as it wore. Formerly men were afraid of the devil and of the law; now they shun public opinion and temper their actions because of that irresponsible little cuss who goes about with note book in hand photographing the world as it runs. No; newspaper gossip, while it may be overdone, is the safety of our homes and institutions, and in time what evil there is will cure itself. lam a believer in the freedom of expression and in the mission of a well-tempered press.” Christmas at Windsor Castle. Girl*' Gossip in London Truth. I>o you soe that the Queen has a royal “baron” of beef, weighing 300 pounds, on Christmas day? This huge joint is roasted in the great kitchen at Windsor Castle, which is a vast and loftv apartment, well fitted to prepare for baronial leasts. The baron is to bo sont on Christmas

ove to Osborn®, and on Friday it will appear cold on the side board at hor Majesty's luncheon, flanked on one side by a woodcock pie, and on the other by a boar’s head. Ido not mean the sort of head which ooe sees at a ball supper. This is a genuine hure desanglier, which is sent over from Germany, and one might go from one end of England to the other and not find so delicious a dainty. Several heads are usually sent to the Queen from Germany every Christmas, and large supplies of confectionery and German cake and gingerbread also come over and also some Westphalian hams, from swine which have been specially fed on beech mast. Sometimes a smoked bear’s bam is sent as a present from Russia. George IV was particularly fond of the paws of a bear smoked and pickled, and Mme. Lieven always got a large supply from St. Petersburg every winter. SAM JONES'S EARLY HOME. His Ancestry and Some Points in His Environment. Southern Bivouac for January. While the man is yet living, with hia work incomplete, it is, perhaps, premature to attempt anything like a thorough analysis of what he is or wbat is to be the outcome of his work. The man and his work, however, challenge earnest thought One of the most cultured and thoughtful men of Georgia gives this vivid pioture of his early life: "I am quite familiar with some facts in hta biography. He was born in Chambers county, Alabama, and I have reasons to remember that section of Alabama with peculiar vividness. Its physical conformation, soil and climate early attracted attention, and the families that settled in and around Oak Bowery and Lafayette, brought with them the interblonded blood of Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky. Thirty-five or forty years ago I knew many of tho old population, and especially tho Methodist families. Tho pioneers had even then become the patriarchs, and a finer race of people I never saw. The pictures of their saintliness, their tender home life and kind neighborliness, the absence of city conventionalisms and the freedom of rural manliness were very beautiful to me in those days, and more attractive now in the mellowing light of later years. How far these homelike forms of loveliness and easy habits of Christian intercourse affected the young Sam I cannot say, but I can say that it was a fine and tonic atmosphere for a boy to breathe in his early days. Purity, fervor and bouyancy abounded in the -atmosphere of those hills, where the great oaks and hickories were symbols of the health and vigor of Mr. Jones’s ancestry; more definite words may be written. No doubt the roll and sweep of the uplands and their wooded forests were felt in his heredity blood, but the blood itself is unmistakable. The grandmother, the mother, the father of Sam, wore people of marked character, and we may well believe that in such instances hereditary is among the surest and best of providential laws. I have no doubt that Sam Jones is a large debtor to his ancestral blood. Blood dies, but blood manages somehow to get into character and never quite dies. “Sam Jones was reared in Georgia, where he has been surrounded by loving and devoted friends. The death of his father led to the conversion of Sam. Such a scene as was witnessed in that chamber of death is not often beheld. The hour was tragic. Palling on the floor the prodigal son cried out: Til quit! I’ll quit! God be merciful to me, a sinner!’ The great change came by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit; and think you that an ordinary life would, by the laws of nature and grace, follow such a conversion. Miracles aside, I find room in Saul of Tarsus, in Bunyau, in Ignatius Loyola and Wesley, to trace both the physiological and psychological effects of tragical circumstances in developing intensity of religious character. Beginning at once his ministry, Mr. Jones was received into the North Georgia Conference in 1872, but it was not until 1876, in Floyd county, Georgia, that the dormant preacher began to emerge into the specific forms of power since characteristic of his genius. So it was with Wordsworth in poetry, with Lord Beaconsfield in statesmanship, with James Watt in the art of invention, and with Chalmers in preaching. “In approaching a platform on which Sam Jones stands, surrounded by thousands of upturned faces, what arrests attention is his utter freedom from clericalism in any of its characteristics. His attitudes, his tones of voice, his forms of expression have all the naturalness and freshness of a Kentucky or Tennessee popular stump spoaker. The feeling produced in tho hearer is mixed. You approve the naturaluess, but find yourself putting an interrogation point before the abandon in manner and expression. It is hard to rid one’s self of the conviction that reverence is absent or there would be greater constraint in manner. While you are yet turning this question over he bursts upon you with a witticism, a slang phrase, or reckless abuse, such as oflends most deeply and makes you wish yourself safely out of the audience. Your politeness holds you until his words of application come, fierce with earnestness or brimming over with sympathy. You now want to hear more. “His wit is his first great power with the masses. How much his Georgia training and birth has to do with this it is difficult to say; it admits only of suggestion. What Georgia’s precise relation to generation of wit is may be an open question; this much is true, so far as published wit in the South in concerned, we are sure that Georgia has more than all the other States combined. We know of no Northern State, or half dozen States, which compare with her. May the reason not be that Georgia is one of four States in thr* South which are old enough to begin to give a distinct type to their people? The rest of them aro too young, as yet, to develop any particularly distinguishing traits." THE GIRARD ESTATE. An Institution of Which Philadelphians Feel Frond. Philadelphia Times. The annual statement of the Girard trust, which is published in accordance with Girard's will, is always interesting, and never more so than this year, when the income of so many estates has been reduced. The capital of the residuary fund is given at $10,549,917, which is about $200,000 more than the figures given last year, showing that tho estate itself has not suffered diminution, and the gross receipts, $960,229, are but $40,000 less than in 1884. Thi3 in itself is evidence of the. careful management of tho trust. The gross receipts are about 8*- per cent of the capital. Os this total $217,677 was expended in the maintenance of the estate, more than one-half of which was paid in taxes. The Girard estate contributed thus but a few dollars less than $70,000 to the general expenses of Philadelphia, besides its direct contribution in work performed, which must otherwise be done by the municipality. After deducting taxes and the cost of improvements, repairs and maintenance there remained a net income of about three-quarters of a million, or between 6 and 7 per cent upon the entire capital. Out of this $420,219 was devoted to the support of Girard College, and some two hundrod thousand reinvested. There are now 1,127 boys in the college, or nearly the same number as a year ago, the capacity of the present buildings having been reached. It is questionable whether the number can wisely be extended very much further. The trustees have been doing what is better than this—they have been extending the educational facilities of the college so as to provide a wider and more practical training for the boys, especially in manual industry. The average expenditure for each pupil last year was $372.86, which includes not only board and lodging, as well as instruction, but clothing and all other necessary expenses, upon a simple bnt generous scale. There is probably no institution of its kind in the world with a more satisfactory record in every way than that of Girard College. It is one of the institutions of which Philadelphians may reasonably feel proud. San Francisco Girls’ English* Galveston Daily News. “’Lo! Whereyergoin’?” “’Lo! Justdownear to the dressmaker’s.” “Dresafinishtf’ “Mm—mm! Not quite, ’sgointube lovely." “Howshimakinit?” “Oh! I dunno; little jaggers down the front and pleatsinroun the bottom—-sorter sprang!y effect. Musturry, Good-bye!" Easily Satisfied Socialists. Chicago, Jan. 3. —August Spies, an active member of the local Socialists delivered an address before the usual Sunday gathering of Anarchists to-day, whteh was unanimously adopted as the sentiments of the meeting. The address reminded those present that to-day was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession ot Emperor William, and that his reign, had been a

disgrace to civilisation. Historical incidents were cited with more or less accuracy in support of this accusation, and uncomplimentary epithets were not spared. The audience indorsed this opinion enthusiastically, and after similar remarks had been made by other well known Socialists on the> subject, adjourned in the best of humor. The Quarrelsome Poles. Cleveland, 0., Jan. 3. —Another outbreak was expected this morning among the members of St Prokop’s Polish Catholic Church, who were in rebellion last spring against an objectionable priest. Quite a number of rebellious members were excommunicated at that time. The loyal members had announced the election of church trusters this morning, and the excommunicated oues had threatened to interfere. A squad of police was sent to the church. About twenty five of the rebels put in an appearance, but they were awed by the presence of the officers, and no violence was attempted. They retired to a public hall and elected a separate board of trustees. Further trouble may soon occur. Belligerent Cadets To Be Court-Martialed. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 3. —lt has leaked out that four or five days ago Naval Cadets Welch, Waters, Gillespie and Stebe went into the room of Cadet|Lewia Driggs, for hazing whom Cadet Willey was recently dismissed, and gave him a thrashing. Driggs made a statement of the affair to Captain Ramsay, and the belligerent cadets will have to face a court-martial. In the meantime, a detail of cadets are guarding Cadet Uriggs. Six Lives Lost. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 3.—The steamer W. D. Cbipley sauk in the Charttahoohie river to-night, and two white male passengers, three negro deokhands and a negro child, names unknown, were drowned. The vessel ran into the bank on account of darkness. Steamship News. Queenstown, _ Jan. 3.—The Indiana, from Philadelphia, arrived here to day, and proceeded for Liverpool. The stoamer Nevada, from Liv erpool, sailed, hence to day for New York. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Nellie Wells is visiting in Chicago. Mr. Asa Balls returns to-day from a visit in Lafayette. Mrs. Frances Hendricks is entertaining some of her Madison friends. Mr. Charles J. W. Parker has been laid up for a week with lameness. Miss Josephine Robinson and Rose Foster return to Vassar College to-morrow. Miss Lottie. Lowe returns to the State University, at Bloomington, to-morrow. Miss Nellie New leaves for Florida to-morrow, where she will be the guest of friends. Miss Lottie Adams sang a beautiful offertory at St Paul’s Cathedral yesterday morning. Mr. Noah Cook has returned from Washington, Ind., where he has been visiting old friends. Mrs. H. A. Edson is recovering from an illness which has confined her to her house for some days. Rev. James McLeod and wife will entertain the members of the new Ministers’ Association to day at luncheon. The sewing circle of St. Paul’s Cathedral will meet this week at the residence of Mrs. Jennie Patterson, at No. 124 East Ohio street. Miss Addie Birch and Mis3 Ida May Davis have been elected superintendents of the infant department of Memmorial Suuday-school. Mr. Floyd Bone officiated as organist yesterday at Christ Church, the regular organist, Miss Jennie Cobb, having been incapacitated by a sprained wrist. G. W. Alexander will remove to Minneapolis this week, and go into business there with Mr. Dennis, fromerly of the Atlas engine works, this city. His family will remain here until spring. Miss Murray, who has been the guest of Misses Florence and Carrie Maloct, left on Saturday for Washington, D. C., where she will spend some time with friends before returning to her home, in'St Paul, Minn. Mr. J. M. Comstock, of Hornellsville, N. Y., assumes management of the New Occidental Hotel, to-day. His wife, a vivaciouS brunette, is highly cultivated, and will be an important acquisition to Indianapolis society. The Venetian scene in the first act of “Clio" was painted by Mr. H. C. Hughes, a brother of Mrs. Edward Kistner, of this city. Mr. Hughes was brought to this country from Paris by Mr. Kiralfy as his special scenic artist Rev, E. H. Williams, formerly of this city, has resigned his charge at Geneseo, 111., and will engage in evangelistic work. His first labors will be in Illinois, and they will begin next week. In the meantime Mr. Wiiliams will visit relatives in Indianapolis. The reception tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Newell this afternoon, by Mrs. John J. Cooper, at 619 North Pennsylvania street, is given in behalf of all the Christain ladies of Indianapolis. Mrs. Cooper desires it understood that ladies, irrespective of denominational affiliations or personal acquaintance, are invited to be present Hotel Arrivals. Bates House: W. G. McMains, Bloomington; W. P. Sheehan, Fort Wayne; W. T. Noyse, Newton; T. E. Goodrich, Shelbyville; C. B. Ward, Noblesville; F. W. Hatch, St. Louis; F. W. Hurty, L B. Bedford, Terre Haute. Grand Hotel: Robert W. Miers, Bloomington; W. A. McDonald, wife and son, Seymour; Henry A. Moore, Vincennes; Everett Griffith, South Bend; W. H. Henshaw, Portland; F. T. Greene, Elkhart; Albert Hubbard, Winchester; David Leonard, Michigan City; Col Wo. E. Gorton, Moline. Golden Wedding at Pern. Correspondence of the Indianapolis JournfA. Peru, Ind., Jan. 2.—William Ream and his estimable wife passed the fiftieth year of their wedded existence to-day, and celebrated it in a manner befitting the event. They were at home to their many friends from 2 until 9 p. m., and many were the congratulations, well wishes, and hearty “Godspeeds" given them. Besides substantial tokens in many and various forms, quito a number of relatives and friends from abroad testified to their non-ability to be present by elegant testimonials of their regard. Mesdames Thomas, Michael, John and “Al" Ream assisted in welcoming the guests. Mr. Ream has four brothers, two sisters and five sons living, and four of the sons are in business in this city. He came herein 1847 from Shanesville, 0., where he was married, and has resided here ever since. He is one of the most respected citizens, an active Odd fellow, anti is a hale and hearty man, bidding fair to live many years to come. THE RECORD OF TIIE COURTS. United States District Court. Hon. W. A. Woods, Judge. To day—No special call. Superior Court. To-day—ln general term. NEW SUITS. Room 2—34883. Frederick Rand, receiver, vs. CharlesF. Cleaveland et al.; notes; demandssoo. 34880, William Rice vs. Sampson Barbee et al.; to quiet title. Room 3—34881, Mary Nelson vs. William Nelson; divorce; abandonment. 34884, Alexander Cohen vs. T. H. &I. R. R. Cos.; conversion; demand S3OO. Circuit Court. Hon. A. C. Ayres, Judge. Saturday—Mary E. Piero vs. Lewis Piero. Divorce granted. Grounds, adultery and cruel treatment. Francis G. Carter vs. Martha S. Carter. Divorce granted. Coart adjourned until February. Criminal Court. Hon. Pierce Horton, Judge. To-day—No oalla. Bor in sled—falls off—badly bruised. 8t Jacobs Oil seta bUa on bis feet again.

THE OBSTREPEROUS TOOLE. A Land-Owner Defies the Government by Obstructing the Passage of Its Mails. Late last eight the officials of the New Albany & Chicago railway, in this city, received a telegram from their agent at Hammond, twenty miles from Chicago, thatjthe passage of trains over the Calumet river bridge had been obstructed. It is at this point the La* N. A & C. connects with the Western systemfl and the difficulty has arisen with one Marcos Hit Toole, a large landholder of that section of this State. General Freight Agont Brecount sayii Toole has land adjoining the company'll right-of-way, not far from the bridge, anil is anxious to have the company purchase it atii largo figure, but it is of no use to the railway and there is no future necessity to warrant the company’s buying the tract. Toole has been persistent in his efforts to sell, and as he has done more than anyone else to build up Hammond, and is looked unon as tne wealthiest man in that part of the State, he thinks, so the railway officials say, he has unlimited power and that what he wishes to hlprfe done mu3t be done. Last night he had draw of the bridge, opened on the pretense of having his scow pass through.! When he got his craft in thfl center of the span he anchored it, and to move it out of the way, thus preventing the draw' from being closed. Toole said he would maintain that position until the company purchased the land. “We don't owe him a cent nor do we want his land, ana farther, we will not buy it,” said Mr. Brecount; “we have no dealings with him.” This was said as United States Commissioner Martinaale, in the office of Duncan, Smith Sk Wilson, a few minutes after 12 o’clock this morning, was making an affidavit and warrant for the arrest of Toole. The affidavit chargee him with obstructing the United State* mails, as the train for Chicago and another from this city aro held at the bridge by the obstruction. Mr. Brecount swore to the, charges, and the necessary papers were then placed iu the hands of United States Marshal Hawkins and his deputy, Mr. Miller. These officers, a few minutes later, left by special train for the bridge. The place is about a five tours' rido from this city. Sensible Mr. Ewan. “The man who would have been appointed police commissioner to succeed Frank Mormon, if he would have accepted it, was never mentioned among the persons who were supposed to be mostly likely to get the place," said a State officer to a Journal roporter, in speaking of the appointment of Commissioner Schumann. “Who was he?" “John Ewan, the superintendent of the Bee-, line, was offered the position, but he declined to accept it” French Politeness with Variations. , New York Graphic. “Liar!” and “swindler!” were among the thets freely flung around the French Chamber" of Deputies last evening. But for these oocJP sional relaxations at Versailles, French politeness would be oppressive. The distressing disease salt rheum is readily cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. Sold by all druegists.

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