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Ist of August, excites great indignation among claimants and their attorneys, some of whom have been waiting in this city for weeks, in the daily expectation of receiving their drafts. The certified list of judgments, with the interestcarefolly computed by special experts appointed for that purpose, were filed at the State Department on the 30th of December last Within thirty days of that time they were certified over to the First Comptroller. He refused to act because he held that the expenditures of the court were illegal. Congress, by a unanimous yote in the House and by a nearly unanimous vote in the Senate, approved the expenditures of the court Still Mr. Durham hesitated because there were some old desks and other property belonging to the court to be sold, the proceeds of which would increase the aggregate amount of the fund, and be could not divide it pro rata until that amount was ascertained. The sale took place five days ago, and now Mr. Durham wants a whole month to distribute the proceeds (about $15,000> among the claimants. Two inferences are suggested: First, that if Mr. Durham, with his entire force available, requires seven months to verify coitions of figures already made to his hand, his criticism of the delays of the court was unwarranted; or, second, that he is retarding the payment of claims in revenge for the action of Congress in overruling his decisions. EXPENSIVE CONTESTS. What It Costs the Government When a Seat in the House Is Contested. Washington Special. The expense of contesting seats in the House was shown yesterday. A clause in the deficiency bill provides for an appropriation to reimburse those who have incurred expense for their seats in the present Congress. The law provides that $2,000 may be paid, provided vouchers are exhibited showing expenditures to that amount. An allowance is always made for the contestees who are compelled to meet their opponents. Similar allowances are made for the contestants if successful, and also when they are not, provided they had reasonable grounds to contest. If a contest is made on a frivolous pretext the contestant must foot his bills himself. It has been customary in some cases to go beyond the amount alotted by law, which does not say in express terms that no more than $2,000 shall be paid. In the case of Hurd against Romeis, of the Toledo, 0., district, the bill allows the contestant and contestee $3,000 each. Mr. Payne, of the committee on elections, said in his remarks that the bona fide cost of the contest to Mr. Romeis in cash was about $5,500, and Mr. Hurd's expenses were about the same. In the case of Morey against Campbell, also from Ohio, the cost to the parties was nearly as great. In one case cited more than 1,200 affidavits were taken. _ * MINOR MATTERS. Changes in Time Schedules on “Star” Mail Routes in Indiana. Bpecial to tho ludiauaDolis Journal. Washington, July 7.— Changes have been ordered as follows in the time schedules of , T lndiana star mail routes, to take effect at once: ' Warren to Hartford City—Leave Warren Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. m.; arrive at Rail by 5 p. in.; leave Rail on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.m.; arrive at Warren by 12 rn.; leave Rail on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8 a. m.; arrive at Hartford City by 10:30 a. m.; leave Hanford City on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 a. m.; arrive at Rail by B#m. Clyde to Gosport—Leave Clyde on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 0:30 a. m,; arrive at Gosport by 8:30 am.; leave Gosport on Tuesdays and Saturdays at at 9:30 am.; arrive at Clyde by 11:30 a m. Salt Creek to McCool—Leave Salt Creek daily, excopt Sundays, at 12 m.: arrive at McCool at 12:45 p. m.; leave McCool daily, except Sundays, at 1 p. m.; arrive at Salt Creek by 1:45 p. ra. Ample to West Chester —Leavo Ample on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 1:45 p. ra.; arrive at West Chester by 3:15 p. in.: leave West Chester on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 3:45 p. m.; arrive at Ample by 5 p. m.

McDonald for Attorney-General. Special to Louisville Courier-Journal. It is generally believed here in official circles that, during the summer. Attorney-general Garland will resign, and that he will be succeeded by ex Senator McDonald, of Indiana. The latter has frequently been mentioned of late in connection with the Treasury portfolio, but the best guessers designate Hon. W. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, for that important position. It is known that, while nearly all of the counties in Mr. Scott’s district have instructed for his renomination, still ho has not made up his mind to accept. He told your correspondent a few days since that ho was trying to got some good and true Democrat who believed in tariff reform to make the race. He gave as an excuse that he was uot fond of congressional life. Mr. Scott asserts that the man nominated in his district by the Democrats will bo elected. Everj’body is willing for Senator McDonald to take charge of the Department of Justice, with the understanding that he is to bo appointed to tho first vacancy on the Supreme bench. He is not too old, and his appointment would be an honor to the bench and an honor to the administration. Nominations by the President. Washington. July 7.—Tho President to day sent to the Senate the following nominations: Postmasters—A. H. Shoemaker, Decatur, Tex.; F. M. Sexton, Hazelhurst, Miss.; John A. Sample Knightstown, Ind.; Charles R. Gleason, Eau Claire. Wis.; Sylvanus S. Wilson, Colfax, Iowa; W. E. Ehyle, Mayville, Mo.; T. McKeen, Chelsea, Mich.; James B. Goff, Lincoln. Kan.; Patrick H. McCann. Stockton, Kan.; Blucher Rich, Pratt, Kan.; John B. Burbridge, Attica, Kan.;Chas. W. Stewart. Alma. Neb.; Thomas O’Shea, Medicine, Neb.; J. J. Hennessy, White Sulphur Springs, M. TANARUS.; Robert K. Vandiver, Ratton N. M.; John A. Harris. Cheney, W. TANARUS.; J. J. Mueller, Ellensburg, W. T. The President and His Pan-Electric AttorneyGeneral. Washington Special. Mr. Garland was especially honored by the President on the evening after the publication of the report of the telephone investigating committee, by being invited to spend the evening aocially at tho White House, and bring his aged mother with him. This he did, and the Attorneygeneral and his mother and President and 31rs. Cleveland spent the evening together, which don’t look much as though there was ar.y great coolness between the President and his A ttorneygeneral. Miscellaneous Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, July 7.—A favorable report has been agreed to by the Senate committee on postoffices and post-roads on the nomination of Postmaster Ruger, of Lafayette. To night the Journal correspondent inquired of General Browne when Congress would likely adjourn, and he replied: “We could adjouru by Monday, the 19th; but the Republicans are willing to give President Cleveland the time he demands for examination and veto of pension oills.” Chairman Allison, of tho Senate com mittee on appropriations, assured the Journal sorrespondent that adjournment would not be reached before the 25th inst. Representative Bynum will be detained here for some days after Congress adjourns, with work for his constituents in the departments. Mrs. Bynum and children started for Indianapolis this afternoon, and will not return here until aext winter. W. A. Ivrag, of Indianapolis, and E. D. Bannister, of Lawenceburg, arrived here this after--8008. x Capt. Thomas H. McKee, assistant superintendent of the Senate document room, wiii go to his home, at Loganspor j, at the end of this week, to attend the golden wedding of his parents. Suit Against a btretit-Railway Treasurer. Pitt- srno, July 7.—The attorney for the Oakland Street-railway Company entered a civil suit to-day against D. W. C. Bidwell, late treasurer of the company, to recover a shortage of $22,683 9G. The hooks of the company, it is claimed, show a shortage to the amount stated, but it is alleged 8 behalf of Mr. Bidwell that its deficiencies and

discrepancies are the work of a trusted clerk in his office, and that while the question of his financial responsibilities for them is a matter to be judicially determined, he had nothing to do with them in any other sense. The affidavit of the plaintiff that in a number of instances where debts were paid by Treasurer Bidwell. two checks were drawn in payment of the same item: also, that his books fail to show the correct amounts turned in by each car daily, and third, that the footings in his books are incorrect. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. J. H. Burns, of Holycke, Mass., accidentally smothered his five-months'-old child, on Tuesday, by throwing a quilt over it when he entered a dark bed-room for a nap. A freight train on the Grand Trunk railroad collided with a cow near Omemee, Tuesday night The engine and eight cars left the track. A brakeman named W. Powell was instantly killed and fireman Daniel Beard was fatally scalded. Timothy Mead and Fritz Max’neimer. aged, respectively ten and fourteen years, were drowned in the Allegheny river near Kittanning, Pa., yesterday morning. Mead was seized with cramps while bathing, and Maxheimer jumped in to rescue him. The steamer Oeontee, of the Northern Transportation Company line, struck a rock at Fisher's Landing, on the St. Lawrence river, about 7 p. m. Tuesday, and sunk at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. She was loaded with half a million feet of lumber. The passengers, numbering fifteen, and her crew of twenty-eight persons were taken off in life-boats, and will be cared for at Fisher's Landing. Louis Sennpr, a man of forty years, who looked like a miner, was arraigned in a New York court yesterday as being insane. He was found by a detective late the previous evening, distributing money to a crowd of people. The detectives recovered a two-hundred-doilar gold watch and $177 in cash, and locked the crazy philanthropist np, Senuer came from Falls City, Neb. He was sent to tho care of the city physician. A young man named Robinson was shot and instantly killed by Officer Hessler at Holden. Mo., on Tuesday. Robinson had been arrested for a slight misdemeanor, and was being taken to jail by the officer, when ho broke away and started on a run down the street. Hessler called upon him to halt, at the same time drawing his revolver and firing. The ball passed through Robinson's heart, killing him instantly. The officer was arrested. While P. J. Greger was riding through a lonely woods near Mt. Vernon, Ky., Tuesday afternoon, he was shot from ambush and almost instantly killed by unknown parties. Greger had sworn out warrants against several parties charging them with kukluxing. and it is thought that these are the murderer?, and that they are the same parties who whipped the man Ramsey and his wife, causing him to commit suicide last week. In Glendale, a village fifteen miles from Cincinnati, Jacob Alexander, who was extinguishing the lamps yesterday morning, was assailed by two men. He managed to throw them off and fire upon them, just as one was aiming at him. One of them fell and the other fled. Alexander went and gave himself up. It was found that he had killed Mute Fogarty, who had previously killed two men and served terms in the work-house and penitentiary.

THE DAILI WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Wab Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer. > Washington, July 8, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours, from 7 a. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Generally fair weather, stationary temperature. For Ohio and West Virginia—Slightly cooler, local rains, variable winds, generally northerly. For Indiana and Illinois Generally fair weather, variable winds, stationary temperature. For Michigan and Wisconsin—Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, variable winds, becomiug southerly. Local Observations. INDIANAPOLIS. July 7. 6a. m.. 30.06' 71 80 jeahn |CI ear lOa. M.. 30.06; 87 47 (West (Clear 2p. M-.130.00' 93 38 West Clear. 6P. M.. 29.95 90 47 I West Fair. 10 P. ai..;30.00 76 | 56 NwestjFair. Maximum temperature. 94; minimum temperature, 68. General Observations. War Department, ? Washington, July 7, 10 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations?i 3 3~~Tp i~ STATIONS. .1 ! 1 P ll! t ?11 ! ?3i ? !_| I I if.; New York City '29.86. 81 8 west I Fair. Washington City...'29.93; 77 S west Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 30.01 74 S'east Clear. New Orleans, La .. 30.00 76 S'east Clear. Shreveport, La 29.96. 78 S'east Clear. Fort Smith, Ark... 29.98' 74 Calm Fair. Little Rook. Ark -.. 29.96 80 Fast Clear. Galveston. Tex |29.97| 80 S'east, Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.02, 78 S'east Clear. Nashville, Tenn 30.01 84 Swest iClear. Louisville. Ky 30.01 j 80 West . Clear. Indianapolis. Ind... 30.02• 78 North' Fair. Cincinnati, 0 29.98 82 West j Fair. Pittsburg. Pa 29.95 82 North Cloudy. Oswego, N. Y 1 29.94 69 N'east Clear. Toledo. 0 30.00 71 N'east Clear. Escanaba, Mich 30.17 64 North Clear. Marquette, Mich— 30.21 56 Xwest Clear. Chicago, Til 30.09; 05 N’east Clear. Milwaukee, Wis.... 30.12, 64 North jClear. Duluth, Minn 30.20 62 Calm ‘Clear. St. Paul. Minn 30.16 74 North (Clear. LaCrosse. Wis 30.09 78 F.aat Clear. Davenport, la ,30.09 75 East Clear. Dos Moines. Ia 130.07 82 N'east! IClear. Keokuk. Ia 30.00 83 N'east ... .(Clear. Cairo. 11l 30.03 80 South ... . Clear. Springfield. 11l 30.00 78 East ; Cleter. St. Louis. Mo 30.01 87 S cast Clear. Lamar. Mo .30.04 70 East ! Fair. Leavenworth, Kan.. 30.00 78 North Clear. Omaha. Neb 30.20 80 Calm Cloudy. Yankton. Dak. 30.10, 78 East 1 Fair. Moorehead, Minn.. 30.12 72 S'east Fair. Bismarck. Dak 29.98: 85 East jCloudy. Fort Buford. Dak.. { , - Ft. Assiniboine. M. Tj j Deadwood. Dak.— 29.91 81 South Cloudy. North Platte, Neb. . 30.02 82 Easf Clear. Denver, Col 29.92 77 South iClear. W. Las Animas. Col. 29.97 1 TO S 'east Clear. Dodge City. Kan— 30.02 74;North .08; Fair. Fort Elliott, Tex...(29.901 77,North Fair. Fort Sill, Ind. Ter.. | 1 ! j j Fort Davis, Tex >29.88; 68 Calm j .12,Clear. El Paso, Tex |29.88| 84 East j Fair. Salt Lake City. U. T 29.50. 84 North' Clear.

A “Crazy” Canadian Steals s*'lo,ooo. London, Ont., July 7. —A profound sensation was caused here, particularly in financial and legal quarters, this morning, when a rumor got abroad that Edward Harris, of Harris, Magee & Cos., had become financially embarrassed and bad fled from, the city, taking a large sum of casli and leaving various funds in which he was interested in a serious stato of entanglement. He is supposed to have gone to Toronto on Friday, and from there toward Niagara. It is known that before going he drew $20,000 in cash, but the amount in his hands is thought to be larger than that. The firm was dissolved by tho other members to-day. Harris has beeu well known as a solicitor for many years, and was reputed to be worth from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO. The funds involved are those held in trust, chiefly for wealthy persons in Great Britain. The loss will be under $40,000. It is believed that Harris has become temporarily deranged. Business embarrassments. St. Louis, July 7.—J. K. Lewis & Cos., commission merchants, wero forced to suspend business to-day on account of the advance in wheat. The liabilities are not known, but are supposed to be light. New York, July 7.—The failure of W. H. Beede. a cotton broker, was announced this morning in the Cotton Exchange. He was said to be short at low prices. Chicago, July. 7.—John W. Rumsey, whose failure was announced to-day, will pay 100 cents on the dollar. He says George Ellison's liabilities are about $30,000.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1886.

A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. A Man Shockingly Injured by a lightning Stroke—A Case for the Scientists. Leadville, Col., July 7. —George L. Edwards, who was strnck by light Ding while crossing Iron Hill, on the 4th inst, is slowly recovering. His case is a most remarkable one, and is attracting considerable attention from scientific men. Edwards, after the flash, lay unconscious for fifteen minutes before receiving assistance. The lightnine struck him on the left cheek, knocking out a number of his teeth. It then passed diagonally across his breast to the right side, and thence to the feet, coming out at the right foot, having passed entirely through the foot, leaving a hole very similar to one made by & bullet. His clothing was torn into fragments, particles being found at a distance of 200 feet from the spot, and one of his boots, both of which were torn into shreds, was found sixty feet away. Immediately under where the man was standing the ground was torn up for a considerable distance. Its course along his body is shown by a black streak one a half inches wide, the worst effect being injury to the lungs, the immediate result being severe hemorrhage, by which a quart of blood was lost. In addition to these injuries, the surface of his body is almost completely covered with blisters, the result of severe burns. This is the first authontie record of a person being injured by a stroke of lightning at an altitude of over 10,500 feet, and where the person was affected internally, as Mr. Edwards was, and not instantly killed. Candidates Who Will Probably Be Beaten, Birmingham, Ala., July 7.—About 150 Prohibitionists met here in State convention yesterday, and, after a split in two factions, one against and the other for nominating a State ticket, the later named the following candidates: Governor, John T. Tanner, of Limestone; Secretary of State. George L. Thomas, of Jefferson; Treasurer. L. S. Stevens, of Elmore; Auditor, L. F. Whiting, of Jefferson; Attorney general. J. L. Cunningham, of Walker: Superintendent of Education, L. C. Coulson, of Jackson. The Republican State executive committee met here to-day, and, according to instructions of the recent State convention, nominated the following ticket: Governor. Arthur Bingham, of Talladega: Secretary of State. J. D. Hardes, of Shelby; Treasurer. Calvin Goodloe. of Culbert; Auditor, A. D. Wicksham, ot Mobile; At-torney-general. Lewis E. Parsons, of Coosa; Chief Justice, D. D. Shelby, of Madison. % A Check to Prohibition. Keokuk, la.. July 7.—Judge Love, of the United States Circuit Court, iu deciding motions to remand several saloon and brewery cases to the State court, extended the doctrine enunciated by Judge Brewer in the Kansas Walrus brewery case so as to cover saloon property owned before the prohibition law came into effect The written opinion filed in the case of McMahon vs. Pfeffer, of Muscatine, la., holds that the property designated in the petition for an injunction and for abatement of a nuisance was leased for a term of years yet unexpired, before the prohibition laws were adopted. The saloon was fitted up at great expense at a time when it was lawful to sell ale. wine and beer. The court held that saloon property could not be taken or rendered useless without compensation. The motion to remand was overruled. Partial Failure of tho Hop Crop. Canajoharie, X. Y., July 7.—By condensed reports from Montgomery, Otsego. Schoharie, Oneida and Madison counties, it is estimated the hop crop this fall will not be over' one-quarter of the average yield. Three weeks ago the prospects were never brighter, but now the yards are literally covered with lice, English flies and honey dew. Either appearing at this stage of the vine’s growth augurs a failure of the crop. Os eighteen yards near Sharon Sprines visited, none had escaped their ravages. The leaves are dry and curled up. Growers who depend wholly upon their crop are very despondebt. '♦"Where 4 and C cents were offered for last jmar's hops three weeks ago, now 15 and 18 cents are easily obtained. Very tew old hops are in the growers hands. Seven Fishermen Drowned. Astoria, Ore., July 7. During a heavy gale which prevailed off the Columbia river entrance night before last, seven salmon fishermen were drowned. The name of only ono of the unfortunates couid bo learned. M. G. Steaff. Four men were seen engulfed iu the breakers directly beneath the light house on Cape Hancock, which is a precipitous rock two hundred feet high. The storm was so violent that it was impossible to render aid. The fishing boats were smashed against the rocks.

Labor Troubles in Montana. St. Paul, Minn., July 7.—A Bozeman, M. TANARUS., special says: “At Timberline, the Knights of Labor, supported by all the non-union men, today decided to resist the coal company’s order that all Knights should leave the gulch. The company at once closed its stores and butchershop. A committee of Knights was sent to Bozeman for provisions. The situation is critical, and bloodshed is feared.” Gone to Canada with $25,000. Savannaa, Ga , July 7.—William Tilghman Owen, superintendent of the Planters’rice-mill, of this city, has absconded. By securing advances on bogus warehouse receipts, he swindled four of the city bames out of $25,000. The banks caught are the Southei’n, Merchants’ National, Savaunah Bank and Trust Deposit, and C. H. Olmstead’s barking house. Owen is believed to be in Canada. Three Brothers Slain. Henrietta, Tex.. July 7.— -Lewis, Elmer and James Smith, brothers, were killed this morning in Clay county. They attempted to stop the erection of a fence on property claimed by them. A fight ensued between them and the builders of the fence, in which the three'brothers were shot to death. The party of fence builders surrendered. Steamship News. New York, July 7.—Arrived: Nordland, from Antwerp; State of Indiana, from Glasgow. Plymouth. July 7. —Arrived: Suevia, from New York, for Hamburg. A Young Woman’s Adventure. Fort Keoah Letter in Philadelphia Times. One evening not long ago a herd of Angora goats that were being herded by Miss Teresa Tallert, on Lost wver, Idaho, came home in a hurrj T and rushed pell-mell for the coral, a log concern some eight feet high. They wero shut in by the young shepherdess, no male membersof the family being home at the time. In a search among the foothills no cause for alarm was developed. In the night Miss Tallert was aroused by her dog whining at her ear, and getting up she saw from the window, by the aid of a bright moonlight, some wild animals raising havoc in the corral. She stepped outside almost into the embrace of four mountain lions, and without a moment’s hesitation attacked them with an ax. Two of the lions jumped tho corral and fled. The other two rushed toward her and stampeded the goats, who nearly trampled their young mistress to death. She sprang to her feet just in time to deal a well-directed blow at one monster who was springing at her throat. She laid him out, cutting the rump open to the boao. Then both fled. The next morning fifty of the valnable goats were found dead and thirty wounded. Fourteen of the latter died afterward. Bartley Campbell’s Bud Approaching. Brooklyn Union. Bartley Campbell's end is approaching very fast. The fall is expected by his friends to see him in his grave. His memory u. fading exactly as John McCullough's did, and soon he will not be able to recognize anyone. His contentment at Bloomiugdale is something that has surprised people who knew him. It was anticipated that he would protest vehemently against his confinement, His egotism was always great, but never more so than now. He knows that the other inmates are lunatics. He considers himself perfectly sane, and believes himself in charge of the institution. One of his old friends went up to

see him on Thursday. He said: “Old fellow, I am sorry yon are off your balance, but I am sure we can bring you around all right in time: I'll see that you don’t want for a thing.’ Every visitor he took for a lunatic: in fact, every one except himself he thought insane, and looked upon them with the utmost commission. Ho is full of wild theatrical projects. The offices of the different manager? are flooded with letters from him. in which ho proposes showing in Iceland, Arabia, and every other impossible country. Dave Will Try Another Scheme. Pittsburg f'hronicle. “Dan.” said Grover this morning, as he adjusted his suspenders by means of a shingle-nail, “I notice a New England paper referring to Dave Hill as ‘great and brainy.’ ’’ “I saw it myself, sire,” replied Dan. “And I believe Dave has designs on the presidency.” “Don’t doubt it at all, sire.” * “But calling him brainy won’t help him. Between you and me Dan, it doesn’t take much brains to write vetoes.” A Fortunate Salvation Girl. Boston Gazette. The fines of one member of the Salvation Army have at least fallen in pleasant places. One of the brightest and prettiest having cone to Plymouth to convert the town, met with such success as a preacher that, at the suggestion of many prominent citizens, she has been induced to leave tho army and to establish herself as an independent minister in a church of her own. A gentleman who offered to escort her home was rather taken aback with the response: “I have come to Plymouth to catch souls, not beaux.” Booming the Circulation. Harper’s Bazar. Editor (measuredly)—“ln making up the list showing the steady increase in our circulation, you had better add a hundred to each of the small towns.” Clerk (obsequiously)—“As you say, sir; but I think the increase had better be given to the large cities. We already claim a circulation of three copies to each family in the small towns." Room for Both. Philadelphia Press. While the circulation of city papers in tho country was never so large as at this time, and it will continue to grow, the country paper grows ns well. It has come to have opinions of its own. too, and to be a valuable I’efiex of the thought and feeling of the community which it represents. There is plenty of room for tho country paper and the city paper, and they havo a natural pride in each other. ■ One Paper She Will Read. Chicago News. Miss Roso Elizabeth Cleveland is reported as saying that she does not read the newspapers. This leads us to remark that Miss Cleveland will read one newspaper after she gets fairly located in Chicago. That newspaper will be the Daily News. It is our intention, as the organ of that gifted lady, to keep close tabs on Miss Cleveland —tenderly and respectfully.but diligently withal.

A Longing Look Ahead. San Francisco Chronicle. When the cent becomes fairly naturalized here it will be curious to note how many things which now command a nickel can be sold for a cent or two. Who knows but the day may come when the ferry-boats will carry passengers across the bay for a couple of cents, while a couple more will buy a loaf of bread, and a fifth—the balance of the nickel-j-will purchase a glass of milk? That “Striped-Stocking” Letter. Chicago Tribune. The Rev. Dr. Withrow, of Boston, who has been invited to take the place made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Kittredge, of the Third EVesbyterian Church, of Chicago, lias at least a degree of journalistic ability—that is, if he is the same Dr. Withrow who once wrote entertaining seashore correspondence for an Indianapolis newspaper [the Journal]. The Tax was Heavy hut It was Paid. Lewiston (Me.) Journal. People who think a tax of 2 cents on a dollar is steep should allow their mines to go back to war times. The Pittsfield Advertiser recalls the fact that at the end of the war the town of l)e troit, with a population of but 700 and a valuation of but $130,000, was $15,000 in debt, p.nd the first tax thereafter assessed was 10i cents on the dollar. ('leaning Out the Anarchists. Chicago News. If it is necessary that there should be another great popular uprising iu the interest of law and order and the national life, the shrift will be shorter, the vengeance more summary than that which followed the shot fired at Sumter. Upon tho ministers of the law rests the responsibility of averting such a catastrophe. Our Immodest State Board. Bloomington Telephone. The State Fair advertising sheet this year looks like a cyclone had come along and half stripped a poor girl that was working in a harvest field. Unless her dress-waist is soon patched up the rough and uncouth heard from the wheat she is binding will soon get uncomfortably close to the human form divine. Fighting Shy of Hell. Denver Tribune. The more charity Brother Munhall preaches, and tho less he says about boll and the devil, the more converts he will make in Denver. We make this as a suggestion, for we know that Brother Munhall wants to Save his meeting here successful. A Giddy Paragraph from a Once Staid Paper. Boston Advertiser. “Oh. I do so dote on the sea!" she gurgled; “if you only had a yacht, Augustus, dear!” “I have no yacht, Wilhelmica,” he sigheu, “but I can give you a little smack!” And then it sounded as if a cork had flown out of a bottle. A Doubting Thomas. Chicago News. We will not believe that the Treasury portfolio has been offered to Joe McDonald until we behold Joe with it under his arm. The puffy old Hoosier has foolo'd us too often to catch us with chaff at this late hour. A New Gauge of Intelligence. Philadelphia Inquirer. We must give Chicago credit for more intelligence than has been suspected heretofore. Her courts are having desperately hard work to find enough stupid men to serve as jurors on tho Anarchist trials. The Reverend Joker Abroad. Philadelphia liumor. Henry Ward Beecher surprised his London audience on Sunday by the amount of fun he threw into his discourse. Those unprogressive English have no conception of comic sermons. Tho Provincial Press. Atlanta Constitution. Uncle Dana, of the New York Sun, and Uncle George Jones, of the Times, are attacking each other's reputation. This is altogether a pro vincial pastime. One Bill That Should Be Vetoed. Philadelphia Inquirer. Tho Senate has agreed to give New York $1,000,000 to pay for removing the dirt and ashes which New York has deposited in its harbor. A Paynefal Reflection. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ohio may never again be a doubtful State; but she makes up for it by having more doubtful men than any other State in the Union. The Democratic Need. Philadelphia Times. Wanted—an invention that will make the offices go round. The claims as to the curative powers of Hood’s Sarsaparilla are bused entirely on what, the people tay it has done for them. Send to I. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass., for a book containing statements of many remarkable cures by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.

ASA PACKER’S HEIRS. What Two Institutions Will Cain if His East Child Dies Cliildldess. South Bethlehem Letter in Philadelphia Press. The only contingency by which the Lehigh University can lose the six million to ten-million-doliar endowment, and St. Luke’s Hospital the one-million to two million-dollar legacy from the Packer estate is the birth of an heir. The possibility has been quietly talked about the past week. The whisper was that the late Asa Packer s only surving child, now Mrs. Charles H. Cum* minp, of Now York city, expects shortly to give birth to an heir to the erreat Packer estates. Such an event has been wholly unlooked for. The trustees of the university, with a copy of Judge Packer’s will locked up in their vaults, have possessed their souls with patience and looked forward to the day when their institution should be as rich as any seat of learning in the land, and free to all ambitious youths who should succeed in passing the necessary preliminary examination. When Asa Packer died, on May 17, 1879, his wife, his two sons, Robert A. and Harry E. Packer, and his daughter. Mary Hannah Packer. were still living. First Mrs. Packer died, and then the boys followed in quick succession, leaving Miss Packer to inherit the entire fortune, over one-half of which is entailed. Miss Packer was then on the shady side of forty years of age, and it was net deemed likely that she would ever marry, more especially as her brother Harry had strenuously opposed her wedding Mr. Cummings, a Lehigh Valley railroad employe, who had been paying her some attention. Even after her marriage the residuary legatees were not disturbed. The contingency of an heir was so remote as to receive little considerat ; on, and that the money would ultimately come to the university and the hospital was thought to be next to certain. The will of the late Judge Packer was a very voluminous document. The deceased had come to Pennsylvania from Connecticut on foot in 1823, and he had found here a fortune. It was no wonder, therefore, that, having acquired this wealth by hard labor, energy and perseverance, he should be careful in the disposition of it. He first named five trustees —his two sons. Elisha P. Wilson and Robert H. Sayre, of Bethlehem, and the president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, which road he built and of which ho was the largest stockholder. Every bit of his property was left to them in trust, t'noueh he stipulated that they should give to his wifo whatever amount she should select, to be hers absolutely. His Mauch Chunk mansion was left for the use of his children, but at their death and the death of their heirs it was to go back to the trustees. To the Philadelphia Divinity School he left $33,500. and to the St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church Mauch Chunk, a liko amount. To the Lehigh University he bequeathed $1,590,000; to the Lucy Packer Linderrnan Library, a memorial erected on the university grounds to his deceased daughter, $300,000, and to the St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, Penn., $300,000. To each of bis three children he left an income of $20,000 annually and a provision that the residue of his estate, after paying a number of private bequests, be divided equally between them. Each was permitted to dispose of one-half his or her share by will, but the other half was to be retained at the death of the last survivor by the trustees, who should divide the estate then in their hands into three equal parts, giving onethird to the children of Judge Packer’s daughter, the late Mrs. Linderrnan, one to his nephews and nieces, and the other to the Lehigh University and St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, in the proportion of his previous bequests to those institutions. It is estimated that this one-third, had Mary Packer Summings died childless, would have amounted to $8,000,000 or $9,000,000. Judge Packer’s son Robert was twice married but never had any children. Harry Packer, also, died childless, and if his sister had followed his advice she would never have married, and the university’s rich endowment would have been a certainty. Mr. Cummings, however, who was at one time a conductor on the Lehigh Valley railroad, and who worked his way up from that post to the position ho now occupies of general eastern passenger agent, with an office in New York, met with favor in Miss Packer's eyes, and about eighteen months ago she became his wife. An effort was made to oust, Mr. Cummings from his place some months before his engagement to Miss Packer was announced, but she asserted her authority, and, ns tho controlitig power in the Lehigh Valley Railrbad Company, her word was law. Mrs. Cummings is now erecting a handsome chapel in the university grounds as a memorial to the deceased members of her family.

THE MASTODON OF BOOKS. The Great English Dictionary in Preparation Near London. New York Mail and Express. “Just outside of Loudon they are at work on the biggest book in the world,’’ said a New York publisher yesterday, who has recently returned from a trip to England. “It will be more thrn four times as large as Webster's Dictionary, and will contain something like eight thousand pages. It is to be the ideal dictionary of the English language, and will supersede all pre-existing authorities. It has long been realized by scholars that the English language is deficient in this respect. The French have two dictionaries, that of M. Litre and of the Academy, that are far superior to our own. The Worterbuch, of tho German brothers. Grimms, is still more exhaustive and authoritative. Even the Portuguese dictionary, by Viera, decidedly surpasses anything in English. But the British Philological Society proposes to fill this yawning gap in our reference books. They hold that a dictionary should b 9 an inventory of the language, and that its doors should bo opened to all the words—good, bad and indifferent. This new work will not be confined to definitions and cross-references. The life history of each word will be given, with a quotation from some standard writer, showing its shades of meaning, and the variations in Us usage from one generation to another. Tho work was originally started in 1800. but the death of editors, financial embarrassments and changes in the plans have interrupted its progress. It is now hoped that the book may be pushed to its completion without unnecessary delay. The amount of research and reading yet to be accomplished is very great, and there are on hand some 0,000,000 or 4.000.000 slips which require patient classification. The next century will probably open before the dictionary can be placed in complete form upon tho library shelves. But the advance sheets, devoted to the first letters of the alphabet, which have already been issued, have met with the most favorable comment from scholars, and give promise that the English language is to have at least a lexicography worthy of its literature.” Presents that Como High. New York Hour. Presents from his Holiness the Pope are expensive. The Cardinal’s hat, for instance, which he has just sent to tho Archbishop of Baltimore, will, it is said, cost that distinguished prelate the trifle of from $20,000 to $25,000, part of which will go to dofray the expenses of the noble Count of the Holy Roman Empire who brought it over. The Count, when he presented it, was gorgeously arrayed in the uniform of the Papal Guard, which consists of a plumed gold and silver helmet, a scarlet coat, white breeches, boots and spurs, and a sword. The hat could have been sent by mail or express fora much smaller sum than the passage money and railway-fare of the Count, but counts of the Papal Guard have some rights which cannot be ignored, and among them is the privilege of toting cardinals’ hats around occasionally, and getting handsomely paid for the service. Four or five centuries ago counts made capital messengers, but they are a little out of date now everywhere except at the Vatican. It is fortunate for the cardinals that the style of their hats is always the same. It would be an awful tax if it changed every two or three years. The next American cardinal will probably bo Archbishop Corrigan. He had better begin saving up his money to pay for his hat Told to the Philadelphians. Philadelphia Call. I heard a good story of a Republican leader and a Democratic editor. It seems they both had accounts in a bank in Harrisburg, and they both drew upon them lareely. One day the leader sent up from Philadelphia a draft of unusual size, which the long-suffering cashier positively refused to honor. The leader hastened to Harrisburg and explained that the draft was for a debt of honor, and must be paid. The banker was obdurate, and the leader, in despair, came back to town, sought his friend, the editor, and explained matters. The editor heard the story,

and at once said that the draft mnst be cashed. ‘ if it is not,’’ he said, “we will withdraw our accounts.” ’*But,” replied the leader, “I have no money there. Have you!" “Not a cent,” answered the editor; “but we wiil withdraw them, anyway.” The next day the two stalked into the Harrisburg bank. The editor began: “Mr. Banker, I understand that you have refused to cash this draft” “Yes, sir.” “Well, sir. I am here to say that un do so we will both close our accounts bank at opce.” The cashier looked at tho two gentlemen in amazement for a moment and then paid the draft What to Do with Liquor Taxes. Philadelphia Record. The proposition to devote the income from certain specific taxes to certain specific objects has much to recommend it It could as well be carried into the methods of State and municipal affairs as to the payment of specific items of federal expenditure. For instance, a proper tax on licenses, paid into the city treasury as the license tax should be, would yield a yearly revenue of one million or one and a half million dollars. Suppv/so this new source of income should be applied for a term of years to the improvement of the streets of the city. What a change could be wrought by a tax which, in so far as it is a burden and a restraint upon the business on which it is laid, is also a benefit and a blessing. If the tipplers who pour beer and spirits down their throats could, unconsciously and undesignedly, by the same net pav for repaving tho streets with asphalt and Belgian blocks it would make even stalwart Prohibitionists hesitate to stop a habit which brought in its train so much incidental comfort for others. The Administration and Women. Cincinnati Commercial Gaeette. Cleveland’s chump administration is boycotting the women as well as the old soldiers. There are now fewer women in the departments at Washington than for many years. As fast aa the old female clerks go out their places are filled with stalwart males who voto the straight Democratic ticket. We certainly have a noble, plucky, and patriotic government now; it lets the Canucks seize oar fishing vessels, but makes war on defenseless women and old men who got crippled saving the country. The Difference. Philadelphia Press Colonel Henry Watterson estimates that “Mr. Cleveland is an honest man, but not a great one.” This shows the marked difference between Mr/Cleveland and his party—Democracy being a great party but not an honest one. INDIANA FAIR LIST. DISTRICT FAIRS. Acton Fair Ass’n.. .Acton Aug. 30 to Sant- 3. Arcadia Ag’lSoc tv. Arcadia Sept. 13 to 17. Bridgeton Union.. .Bridgeton Aug. 23 to 28. Dunkirk Union Dunkirk Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. East. Indiana Agr’l.Kendallville...Oct. 4 to 8. Edinburg Union... Edinburg Sept. 20 to 24, Fairmount Union.. Fail-mount Sept. 20 to 24. Fountain, Warren & Vermillion Covington Sept. 21 to 24. Francisville Agr'l.. .Francisville. ..Oct. 5 to 8. Henry, Madison & Delaware Middletown.. .Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. Interstate Fort Wayne.-Sept. 14to 1/. KnightstownUnion.Knightstown..Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. Lawrence District.. Lawrence Sept. 14 tolv. LoogooteeDistrict. .Loogootee.... Sept. 7 to 11. Miami and Fulton.. Macy Oct. 0 to 8. New Ross Agr’l New Ross Aug. 0 to 14. Northeastern Ind... Waterloo Oct. 4 to 9. N. Indiana & S.MichSouth Bend Sept. 20 to 2 L N. Manchester Tri--00. Agricultural. .N. ManchesterOct. 5 to 8. Orleans Agr’l Orleans Sept. 21 to 25. Patrons & Farmers.Kentlaud Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. Poplar Grove A. H. and M. A Poplar Grove.. Sept. 6 to 10. Southeast Indiana.. Aurora Aug. 17 to 20. Switzerland & Ohio.E. Enterprise.. Sept. 14 to 17. Union City A. and M. A Union City.... Sept. 20 to 24. Urney ville Agr’l Urnoyville Oct. 7 to 9. Warren Tri-county. Warren Sept. 7 to 10. Wayne, Henry and Randolph Dalton Sept. 7 to 10. Wells & Blackford..Montpelier Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 Xenia Union.. Xenia Sept. 7 to 12. COUNTY FAIRS. Boone County Lebanon Aug. 1G to 20. Cass Logansport.. .Sept. 14 to 18. Clark .Charlestown .. Sept. 27 to 30. Clinton Frankfort A.ug. 23 to 27. Daviess Washington . .Oct. 4 to 10. Dearborn Lawrenceburg.Ang. 24 to 28. Decatur Greensburg...Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. Delaware Muncio Aug. 17t02i. Elkhart Goshen Sept. 14 to 17. Fulton Rochester Sept. 22 to 25. Gibson Princeton Sept. 15 to 18. Grant Marion Aug. 31 to Sept, 3. Green Linton Oct. 4 to 8. Hamilton Noblesville Aug- 23 to 27. Hancock Greenfield Aug. 24 to 27. Harrison Corydon Sept. 0 to 10. Henry New Castle —Aug. 10 to 14. Howard Kokomo —Sept. 13 to 17. Huntington Huntington... Sept. 21 to 25. Jacksou Brbwnstown. .Sept. 7 to 11. Jasper Rensselaer Sept. 7to 11. Jay Portland Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. Jennings North Vernon. Aug. 10 to 13. Knox Vincennes Oct. 11 to 16. Lagrange Lagrange Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. Lake Crown Point .Sept. 14 to 17. LaPorte LaPorte Oct. 5 to 7. Lawrence Eedford Sept. 15 to 19. Madison Anderson Sept. 6 to 10. Monroe Bloomington .Sept. 21 to 25. Montgomery CrawfordsvilleSept. 6 to 10. Newton .. Morocco Sept. 7 to 11. Noble Ligonier Oct. 12 to 15. Orange Paoli Sept. 1 to 4. Parke Rockville Aug. 16 to 21. Perry ..Romo Oct 4 to 9. Perry Toll City Sept. 28 to Oct. 2. Pike Petersburg Aug. 30toSept.4. Porter Valparaiso Sept. 14 to 17. Posey New Harmony Sept. 14 to 17. Randolph Winchester.... Sept. 14 to 17. Ripley Osgood Aug. 17 to 20. . Rush Rushville Sept. 14 to 17. Shelby Shelby ville Sept. 7to 11. Steuben Angola Oct. 11 to 16. Snllivau Sullivan Sept. 6 to 11. Tippecanoe liafayette Aug. 30 to Sept. 4. Tipton Tipton ...Sept 20 to 24. Vigo Terre Haute..Sept 13 to 17. Wabash Wabash Sept. 14 to 17. Warren , West Lebanon. Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. Warrick Boonville Aug. 24 to 28. Washington Salem Sept. 14 to 17. The Fire at Muncle. The fire department received a telegram from Muncie last night, saying a fire was in progress there and asking for help. Two steamers and a hose wagon were sent at once to tho Bee-line freight depot, but before they could be loaded on tho train, another telegram announced that tho fire was under control.

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