Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1886 — Page 3

CURBSTONE CURRENCY. Yiews and Information Gathered by a Journal Man in Casual Conversations. If there is any one particular species of man who is a universal nuisance and who deserves to be sat down on real hard, it is the mysterious man —the cheerful idiot who pulls you into some secluded nook to inquire about your health, or with portentous mien, drags you around a block to ask you what o’clock it is, or to do something of no more importance. In competition with all other classes of cranks, the mysterious man is entitled to the belt and the gate money. The political variety of this class is probably the worst The air of mystery which marks his every action is simply appalling. He is loaded with it He is never known to accomplish anything, but he is all the time creating the impression that he is holding up the destinies of the Republic by the tail, and that the safety of the universe and the salvation of the race depends wholly upon his profound secretiveness and the tenacity of his grip. In not recognizine the demands of society by the prompt removal of the mysterious politician, the fool-killer is assuming a grave responsibility. # The frequent recurrence of the name of Orth Stein in the public prints makes him about as mueh of a public nuisance as Geronimo or an earthquake. The last heard of the eccentric genius he was in jail at San Jose, Cal., for some petty offense. A gentleman who knows Stein thoroughly and well, said yesterday: “Orth Stem is without question one of the brightest young fellows in the country, and I don’t believe he is altogether accountable for his outrageous conduct. The fellow is crazy. His mania for getting money by every disreputable means and getting away with it quite as dishonorably, is similar to the species of kleptomania that is common even among the better classes of society. Rich women are often detected in stealing small things, without any reason whatever except the mania for doing the act itself, and so it is with Stein. He is a clever artist, whose work has been accepted by Prang and other fine art publishers, and as an all-arouud newspaper writer he lias no superior. He is the only man I ever knew who could do good work without an effort. He can write an entertaining story at one sitting, dash off a readable sketch while you wait, and turn a pretty poem iu a jiffy. I happened to be with him at a time when he wrote on a business card, apparently without effort or previous consideration, a little poem which he called “The Skater.” It first appeared as it was originally written in the Current, and has since found a permanent place in literature by being printed in several different volumes of poetry. There isn’t much of it, but it is full of music, and is a sample of what the fellow can do when he wants to. This is what he says about “the skater.”

“Beneath her skirts the curved steel bars Seemed like two naked scimetars, That gleam about the sandals, in The sword danse of the Bedouin. And all about her flying feet The ice mist flew unceasingly. As free she was and full as fleet As sea-gulls skimming o’er the sea. (It was the sea in different gnise.) Like Mercury she wore her winrs, And deep within her foarless eyes There lived the soul of flying things.” Stein is only twenty-five years old, but he has had more experience of one kind and another than most men have Id a life-time. He can command a price for the product of hts pen and pencil that almost any man would be glad to get and his conduct can only be accounted for on the ground of inherent cussedness.” # * # “I’ll tell you what,” said a man with chestnut hair, the other day, “there ought to be a reform in the manner of conferring titles on everybody. In the matter of addressing letters it has got to’ be so that every fellow Is called ‘Hon./or ‘Prof., or something of that sort. The ordinary writer would never think of stopping at anything short of ‘Esq.’ It is well enoueh, perhaps, to bestow titles where they properly belong, but their indiscriminate use is making a good many people weary of life. It has come to be that whenever a man is elected a jusAiec aS the peace he is at once burdened With the title of ‘Hon.;’ a fellow who is called upon to act as referee at a dog fight is ever thereafter honored with the title of ‘Prof.,’ and one who is not an ‘Esq.’ cannot expect to maintain any standing in society. When one considers how shamefully this title business is abused, it Is real comforting to be addressed as plaid ‘Mr.’ In fact, it is now regarded as being the best form to address a gentleman as ‘Mr.,’ in order that he may be distinguished from the eminent sluefers and oheap statesmen who have succeeded n monopolizing the ‘Prof.’ and ‘Hon.’ idiocy, a “There used to be a lot of pretty girls in that bouse over there,” said George J. Langsdale, the veteran editor of the Greencastle Banner. He was on a J.. M. & I. train that was rushing through Franklin, and the remark was made to a traveling companion, as he pointed his long index finger toward a little cottage across the way. “What do you know about it?" was the sententious interrogation of his interested companion. “I know all about it,” he replied. “I was a brakeman on this road 'way baca in the fifties—more than thirty years ago. I served a reeular apprenticeship twisting brakes, and was promoted iu due season to the position of baggagemaster. You bet, I know all about it. After I save up railroading I went with Austin H. Brown to learn the printing business, in Indianapolis. By the way, I learned my handwriting from Austin Brown.” This last statement was accepted with some doubt. Anybody who has ever seen the nightmare which Mr. Langsdale alleges to be his signature will be overcome with a grave apprehension that he patterned his penmanship after the style of some man who was afflicted with a secondary case of delirium tremens. # # The impression that prevails among nearly all the politicians that the gerrymander will not cut any particular figure in this campaign is a great misappprehansion. A Lawrence county Democrat, with whom tho writer was talking on the subject the other day, expressed himself very freely. His name cannot honorably be given, which fact will doubtless lead the cynics to question the authenticity of his remarks. But he was a Democrat all the same, for he said so; and besides, he had the trade-mark branded on his breath. He said. “If the politicians think the people will suf' r themselves to be disfranchised without remonstrating, they *ekon not wisely. In my county, for example, do you suppose tho voters ar* going to submit to the outrage of being robbed of a representative without making a vigorous protest? Not much. Democrats, as well as Republicans, feel the injustice that has been done them by Democratic politicians in the Legislature, and they are in humor to resent it at the polls. Why, Lawrence couoty has had for twenty years a Representative. Her enumeration was 3.929. She is given only one-third of a vote In the House and one-half a vote in the Senate. Brown county, with an enumeration of only 2.2G0 has two-thirds of a vote in the Senate and one-half a vote in the House. It is not only thus unjust in this particular instnnee, but we find the same condition of affairs existing elsewhere. Wayne county has an enumeration of 10,274, or nearly four times au much as Browu, yet it is given only one-third more representation in the Senate. Vermillion county has an enumeration of 3,095, yet it is given but on'-third of a representative, while Scott county, with only 1,892, is given a halt vote. Wayne county has six times the population of Scott, and has only two-thirds more of a vote in the Senate. One thousand five hundred and forty-one votes in Brown county elect two Senators and one Representative, while 4,070 Democratic votes in Cass county can only elect one Senator and two Representatives. Thus Democrats ara disfranchised as well as Republicans. Morgan county polls more Republican votes than the total vote of Brown county, yet they can have bo representative in the Senate, while Brown has two. The Democratic vote in Johnson county i greater than the total vote of Brown, and more than double the Democratic vote of that eoonty, jrettbejr are given only one-half as mueh representation in the Senate. These." he con

eluded, “are only a few sample eases, but the people are getting their eyes open to the imposition of the infamons thing, and I believe they will resent it at the polls. If any of it was in the interest of the people there would be some excuse for it, but as it is simply and wholly in the interest of a lot of scheming politicians, it deserves the fate that is due all intrigues that come in conflict with healthy public policy aud the general welfare of the people.” * ‘•The earthquake is caused, I think,” said State Geologist Thompson yesterday, in reply to an inquiry, “by disturbances from or beyond the Atlantic. The theory that it is caused by a displacement of land in that section of the continent seems to me unreasonable. The crust of the earth alone the Atlantic coast is supposed to be rather thin, and I have no doubt that at some time the ocean covered all of the land reachiug to the rock line back of Charleston. A slow upheaval has doubtless been in process for thousands of years, and at some time there will be a mountainous range along the coast just as there is along the Pacific. Such an upheaval, however, is not going to take place in a minute, a month, or probably less than a million years. It is a slow process. It would be foolish, I think, for any scientist to make any prophecy as to what will develops from the earthquake, because there is no means of knowing just what its results will be. The shocks mav continue for some time. The earthquake of 1811 continued violently for more than a month, and lakes disappeared and appeared, some of those that may now be found in Tennessee and Missouri, having sprung into existence during that time. The great destruction of property at Charleston may be partly explained by the character of houses that they have thera Nearly all of the dwellings are stuccoed brick, and the walls are very weak. Many of the houses are built on high foundations, and, altogether, it takes but a slight quake to cause them to collapse.” MEETING OF MINERS. Good Results of the Federation Formed a Year Ago—Yesterday’s Unimportant Conference. The executive board of the National Federation of Miners had a brief consultation yesterday with several operators from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. At the adjournment of the last meeting, a few months ago, at Columbus, 0., where a scale of prices was adopted, the board agreed to meet the operators here on the event of the federation’s annual convention to take up such questions as might come before the body. However, there was nothing yesterday that the board and operators felt like acting on, so they gave an hour to au informal talk concerning uniform hours of work and a scale of prices for the next year. These questions will be submitted to the annual convention of miners in February next. John Mcßride, of Ohio, said that their federation formed here last September had been fruitful of good results. “The results have been much better," he continued, “than I expected. During the year we have had less trouble than for years past. Minor differences have occurred, but nothing to imperil the- increasing good feeling we 6onght to establish between miners and operators. When we began our organization some of the latter were hostile to it, and tried to get further and further away from the miners, but one after another showed a disposition to friendliness, until now the exceptions to this rule are few. The principal difficulty has been in western Pennsylvania, where, if any, the present scale of prices, adopted at Columbus, favors the miner at the expense of his co-worker in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. This slight difference will doubtless be rectified.” The convention meets at 2 o’clock this afternoon, at No. 15$ East Washington street, and will be in session three days.

SUING FOR THEIR INSURANCE. Kreitlein & Schrader Begin Legal Proceedings to Recover $36,200 Insurance. In the Superior Court, yesterday, Andrew G. Kreitlein and Christian Schrader brought suits against the Farmers’ Fire Insurance Company on policies issued in December and January last for $2,500 and $3,000, respectively; the United States Fire on a $2,200 policy; the Connecticut Fire on three policies for $3,000, $2,000 and $3,000, issued in July and October, 1885, and January this year: the Lancanshire on a $2,500 policy issued last December, and a $5,000 policy dated in January, 1886; the Citizens’ Insurance Company on four policies, three for SI,OOO each, dated in May and July, 1885, and in January the present year, and one for SSOO, dated March 12, just a year before the fire that destroyed their grocery house, No. 78 South Pennsylvania street; Hartford Fire, on three policies, one of an August date, 1885, for $550, the second of June for $2,500, and the third for $4,000, issued last October: Northwestern National, on a policy for $3,000, issued in June. 1885, and the German Fire of Peoria for $2,500, dated in June. 1885. The aggregate amount of insurance is $36,200, which the plaintiffs say covers their entire loss, as five thousand dollars' worth of goods was saved and turned over to the companies out of a total value of stock of $41,200. It is probable the matter will be compromised, as offers have been made and are under consideration to that end. A Johnson Connfjr Farmer's Discovery. A farmer by the came of Sheppard, residing near Knightstown, has been losing his hogs by a disease supposed to be cholera. Last Satur day one was taken sick with all the symptoms of this disease. It was feverish, refused to eat, and in a few hours was dead. Mr. Sheppard, who is of a practical turn of mind, and has long believed that the disease known among agriculturists as cholera is nothing more or less than parasites, or trichinae in the stomach of the hog, held a post-mortem examination, and his opinion was substantiated by the finding, with the naked eye, of many of those parasites in the second lining of the stomach. He was so elated that he came to the city yerterday and laid the matter of his discovery before Secretary Heron, of the State Board of Agriculture. He was advised to place the stomach in the hands of some physician for analysis, or at least closer examination under a microscope, and this he will probably do. Mr. Sheppard also thinks he has discovered a preventive of these parasites, and hopes, with the aid of the State Board of Agriculture, to be able, in the near future, to give his prescription to the swine-raisers of the country. A farmer from Hendricks county who was in the city yesterday reports that hog cholera is raging in that county, and that in some localities 75 per cent, of the hogs have died. Chorus of the Y. M. C. A. Concert. The chorus of the three hundred girls, to participate in the concert to be given for the purpose of raising funds with which to furnish the now Y. M. C. A. building, was formed yesterday afternoon. The members of the chorus represent the best young singers of the leading families in the city, and their preparation for the concert wiil be under the direction of Prof. Ora Pearson, an exceptionally capable musical instructor. As it is desired to make the concert as grand a musical event as possible, three hundred more members of the chorus are desired, and all girls willing to join are requested to be present at a meeting to be held this afternoon at Pfafflin’s HalL To thoroughly cure scrofula, it is necessary to •trike directly at the root of the evil. This is exactly what Hood’s Sarsaparilla does, by acting upon the blood, thoroughly cleansing it of all impurities, and leaving not even a taint of scrofula in the vital fluid.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 7, 1886.

BEFORE THE MAYOR Glimpses of Character in the Trial of Cases in the City Coart on Monday Morning. Harrison Campbell, colored, appeared in the Mayor’s court, yesterday morning, as the prosecuting witness against Mr. Johnson, also colored, in a case of assault and battery. Mr. Campbell introduced, in evidence, a badly contused eye. He hadn’t said anything to Mr. Johnson, who had, be testified, “fired away and cracked me, and said if he was ’rested for it next time he would spew his [Campbell’s] brains all over town.” Mr. Johnson acknowledged “cracking” him. He was very much provoked. Campbell kept a vicious dog. and the dog had bittmc his horse through the nose and ou the neclPdi'ter Campbell had been repeatedly told to keep the dog tied up. Mayor Denny—A man who persists in keeping a vicious dog ought to be cracked once in a while. Why do people who can hardly buv bread keep dogs? It’s a plea of guilty, but I’ll make the fiue reasonably light. * A middle-aged man named Bay and a young man named Mullane were placed In the box. Mr. Mullane’s face was an eloquent witness against Mr. Bay. He bad a bad cut over his right eye and various minor embellishments. The charge against Mullane made by Bay was that he had pushed or shoved Mrs. Bay. Mr. Mullane and wife roomed with the Bays, and, as it appeared in evidence, Mullane was 21 cents, one day, in arrears for room rent. The Mayor remarked that Mr. Bay appeared to have introduced anew system of petting possession of property. He said he didn’t approve of the use of stove lids in dispossessing tenants, and fined Mr. Bay $25 and costs—a total of $34.40. # * # Lucinda Davis, a neat-appearing colored woman, was brought in charged with disturbing the peace. A small leather sack filled with stones was introduced in evidence. It was a home-made slung-shot She had not used it, but had started out on the rampage with that intention. She said her husband spent his money on another woman, and at Charley Polster’s saloon, leaving her and her child without a crust of bread to eat On Sunday she had started out to find him, and he had struck her, but she had not struck him back. She had had an hysterical or angry fit on the North-street bridge over the canal, and the police had run her in. The poor woman cried. The Mayor wa3 lenient and fined her sl. * Wm. and Ellen Gaskell, husband and wife, who live in a block on the corner of Indiana avenue and Douglass street, were brought in. She wore a ragged sun-bonnet, and taking it off. showed the Mayor a face covered with bruises. Her husband had whipped her twice on Sunday, once in the forenoon and once in the afternoon. The brutal husband, a very tough looking citizen. appealing to the Mayor, said he had been greatly provoked, that, his wife was an opiumeater and got drunk on beer. She, too, was charged with assault and battery. Mayor Denny—You needn’t talk any more about her assault and battery on him. I would not find her guilty if she had struck him forty times. You can go home, madame. I’ll find him guilty of everything charged. Mr. Gaskell will retire to the work house for sixty days.

THE CITY IN BRIEF. The regular monthly meeting of the commissioners of the new insane hospitals will be held to-day at the Governor’s office. Oscar, the eight-year-old son of Capt. Thomas, of the merchant police, while rolling a hoop a day or two since, fell and broke his arm. A Siemans-Martin steel plant will be put up by the Indianapolis Rolling-mill Company, and will be ready for operation about the Ist of January. Chief Webster, of the fire department, yesterday transferred Jacob Petty from engine company No. 1 to No. 2as captain, to succeed Mr. Maxwell, and Abe Fridling was transferred from No. 2 to No. 1. Lizzie Scott, the colored girl arrested for stealing a watch, waived a preliminary examination. She was not, as erroneously stated, employed in the family of James Pierce, No. 244 College avenue. The County Commissioners yesterday approved the report of the trustee of Pike township, who showed his receipts to have been $3,559 18; expenditures, $2,473.34; balance, $1,843.18; overdrawn, $757.34. In the Circuit Court, yesterday, the contested will suit relating to the estate of Richard Sampson was compromised by the payment of a small sum to Susan Sampson, the plaintiff. The estate is valued at $2,500. The County Commissioners yesterday restored to Perry township a tract of land heretofore within the limits of the village of Southport. The land lies north of that place, and the Southport corporation has relinquished all claim to it. James Farrell, a helpless cripple, and until recently an inmate of the county poor-house, has been denied the privilege of longer remaining in that institution, and has been thrown out on the world, although wholly incapble of earning a living. The Commissioners and the poorhouse superintendent gave no reason for their action. The work of tearing down the old Y. M. C. A. building, on North Illinois street, was begun yesterday. Work will begin on the new building as soon as the old one can be removed, which will probably be iu a couple of weeks. The contract for the brick-work on the new building was yesterday let to Charles Wehking, and the stone-work to Ross & Fritz. Amusement Matters. There was a large matinee at the Museum yesterday afternoon, and the crowd last night was larger than the theater could well accommodate, to see Miss Jennie Lee and her company in “Mazeppa,” or “The Wild Horse of Tartary,” and the play was given in such a manner as to provoke the wildest enthusiasm* particularly the 6cene in which the horse runs down the mountain with “Mazeppa” strapped to his back. The exciting situations, strong sceues and fine effects contribute to make the performance a great succes. Miss Lee has the support of a uniformly capable company, including the four Schrode brothers, who do a most wonderful acrobatic act. The play will run all week, every afternoon and evening. The advance sale of seats for the engagement of Mr. Louis James and Miss Marie Wainwright, at the Grand Opera-house, beginning Thursday evening, is now iu progress at the box-office. Mr. Charles Van Sickien is in the city arranging for the appearance of Tony Pastor’s company, at the Grand, next Monday evening. Shooting with Intent to Kill. Jerre Collins and Morris Murphy became involved in a difficulty out on Pine street, on Sunday, which ended in a spirited fight, in which the latter was badly worsted. Yesterday morning they again met at the railroad crossing on Pine street, when Collins drew a revolver and fired two shots at Murphy, neither of them taking effect. Collins ran and eyaded the officers until roll-call last evening, when he appeared at the station-house and gave himself up, and was slated for assault and battery with intent to kill Capture of a Burglar. Shortly after 11 o’clock last night the nightwatchman at Van Camp’s canning factory telephoned to police headquarters that he had a burglar caged in the second story of the factory. When the officers arrived at the factory, the burglar was still prowling around in the rooms

of the girls, iu the upper story, and was arrested by Patroiman Brady. He proved to be Frank Powell, who, one year ago, iu company with Charles Davenport, robbed the same. factory, and both of whom served a term of six months in the work-house for the deed. The night watchman 6aw him enter the second story through a trap-door on the roof, and was careful not to disturb him until the police arrived. A WOMAN SHOT. Kate Robbins Found Unconscious from a Wound Received in an Unknown Way. Last night, at 11 o’clock, some passers-by discovered a woman, apparently dead, lying in the weeds on the vacant lot at the corner of California and Pearl streets. The patrol wagon was called and the woman, apparently only helplessly intoxicated, was taken to the Station house, where she was recognized as Kate Robbins, formerly Kate Tingle, a disreputable woman. She went into convulsions, and Dr. Hodges was called in to administer to her. He noticed blood on her dress, and on making further examination he found a bullet wound in her left side, just below the lower rib. The ball had passed upward, and on probing the wound he found it below the shoulder blade. The wound, he says, is not necessarily fatal. When she recovered from her convulsions the woman was still too drums to give any account of the affair, and professed to remember nothiug at all about it. She is eighteen years old, and was married to Felix Robbins last June. They have since lived on Kentucky avenue. Her husband says he came home about dark, and brought his wife anew pair of shoes. She was drinking some then, and he laid down to sleep an hour or so. On waking he found she was gone, and thinking she had got into some difficulty, went direct to the station-house. The police were unable to obtain any information as to how the woman received the wound. Aid for the Charleston Sufferers. The governors of the Board of Trade, at a meeting held last night, decided to send SI,OOO to Charleston for the assistance of the sufferers from the earthquake, and the relief committee was notified by telegraph that the contribution was at its disposal. Contributions of money or of any articles that anyone may desire to donate will be received at the Board of Trade rcom6, and promptly forwarded to the sufferers. Tho Fraudulent Township Warrant Cases. In the suits of Walter Stanton, the New York broker, against the bondsmen of the Indiana township trustees who issued fraudulent bonds, Judge Woods yesterday, after sustaining the demurrers to the amended complaints in the cases, rendered judgment for the defendants. It is understood that Stanton will appeal. Flection of an Artillery Officer. Harry C. Jacksou was elected lieutenant of the Light Artillery, last nieht, by a handsome majority. The battery is now officered as follows: Captain, J. B. Curtis; first lieutenants, John Bodemmller and Carroll De Witt, and second lieutenant, Harry C. Jackson.

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, i Office of the Chief Sion at. Officer. > Washington, Sept. 7, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours, from 7 a. m. , for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Fair, slightly cooler weather. For Ohio and Indiana—Fair, slightly cooler weather, southerly winds, becoming variable. For West Virginia—Fair weather, no decided change in temperature, variable winds. For Illinois and Missouri—Fair weather, slightly cooler southerly winds, becoming variable. For Eastern Michigan—Fair weather in the southern portions, local rains, followed by fair weather in the northern portion, southerly winds shifting to cooler westerly. For Western Michigan and Wisconsin—Local rains, followed by fair, cooler weather, westerly winds. Local Observations. Indianapolis. Sept. 6. Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6A. M.. 30.25 64 63 South Fair. 2P. M.. 30.21 85 70 S’east'Fair i° P. M. - {30.22 72 64 East |Clear Maximum temperature, 86; minimum temperature. 63. General Observations. War Department, > Washington. Sept. 6. 10 p. m. J Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. W £ 53 g 53 Z b g 2 3 o. trs, 5STATIONS. § I • c - ® si : 23* f :g: : s : • . • * cf • New York City 30.37 69 Calm Foggy. Washington City... 30.34 66 East Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 30.09 81 K’east Clear. New Orleans. La... 30.05 78 East Clear. Shreveport, La. 30.06 78 Calm Clear. Fort Smith, Ark... 30.04 77 S’east Clear. Little Rock, Ark... 30.08 75 East Clear. Galveston, Tex 30.05 82 S’east.... Fair. Memphis, Tenn 30.13 76 N’east Clear. Nashville, Tenn 30.17 74 East Clear. Louisville. Ky 30.20 77 Calm Clear. Indianapolis. Ind... 30.22 73 East Clear. Cincinnati, 0 30.23 75 ; S’east Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 30.27 72j North Clear. Oswego, N. Y 30.28 67 i South Ciear. Toledo. 0 30.24 76’S’east Clear. Escan&ba, Mich.... 30.10 68 Swest Fair. Marquette. Mich... 30.09 70 North Cloudy. Chicago, 111 30.18 79 S east Clear. Milwaukee, Wis 30.19 75/South Clear. Duluth, Minn 30.00 69 Swest .46 Lt. rain St. Paul, Minn : 30.02 70 Swest ,69,*Lt rain. LaCrosse. Wis 30.08 81 South .jFair. Davenport, la 30.14 77 South iClear. Des Moines, la 30.06 79'South Clear. Keokuk. Ia 30.11| 77lS’east Clear. Cairo. 11l 30.16 76i East Clear. Springfield. IU 30.17 76!S’east ..... Fair. St. Louis. Mo 30.14 80 S east ..... Clear. Lamar. Mo '30.14 73 ! S’east —:. Clear. Leavenworth, Kan.. 130.04 79‘South .Clear. Omaha. Neb 30.02 80 Swest .OllCloudy. Yankton. Dak 29.98 70 Nwest .04 Cloudy. Moorehead. Minn.. 30.09 57‘North Cloudy. Bismarck. Dak 30.14 54 North Clear. Fort Buford. Dak.. 30.10 49/West Clear. Ft.Assiniboine.M. T j Fort Custer, Mont.. 30.18 54 S’east Clear. Deadwood. Dak North Platte, Neb.. 29.98 65lNorth Clear. Denver, Col 29.99 59*8west Clear. W. Las Animas. Col 29.96 65'Calm .18;Cloudy. Dodge City, Kan— 30.05 76!Swest Clear. Fort Tex... 29.97 74 South Clear. FortSfiflnd. Ter.. 30.05 83,S’east Clear. Fort Davis. Tex 29.94 69 S’east Clear. El Paso, Tex 29.91 73 East Fair. Salt Lake City, U. T 130.01 56;North Clear. * Thunder-storm. Snow in Montana. Livingstone, M. TANARUS., Sept 6—The warm weather of the past week was succeeded by a cold wave. Scow has fallen on the mountains west of here. It also fell on the level, melting as fa6t as it fell. Spontaneous Combustion. Bough Notea Spontaneous combustion caused three losses in Indiana, amounting to SB,OOO, and one in Illinois. amounting to $3,000; total. SII,OOO. Lightning, incendiaries and spontaneous combustion appear to have caused nearly $1,000,000 losses in the United States during Augusts No Cause tor Alarm. New York World. Nervous Londoners are worried over the fact that there are enough German waiters in their city to seize Woolwich Arsenal bv a sudden movement. They needn’t worry. Waiters never make sudden movement*.

VICTORIA Ilf A CLOISTER. Pat on Probation by Her Father—Two Nans Said to Have Taken Her to Montreal. New York Sun. A lady who was on intimate terms with Victoria Schilling said yesterday that the arrangement her father, banker Moroeini, had made with her was that she should go to Montreal and spend a year in a convent there. She met two sisters from the convent in the Grand Central Depot at 6 o’clock last Wednesday evening, and took the 6:30 train on the New York Central road. The young man with the black mustache, who has got into the newspapers as an attendant upon her, cheeked her trunk through. She reached Montreal at 8:20 o’clock on Thursday morning, and went to the convent of the Sacred Heart. After one year spent there, she will return to her father’s house. The lady who told the Sun reporter this, said: “Mrs. Schilling’s health began to fail in the early part of last winter. She caught several severe colds, and she frequently went to the Casino and played her part when she was scarcely able to stand. The colds left her with & disagreeable cough that she could not get rid of. To add to her troubles, her yoice failed her, and she fell into the ranks of the chorus singers. Once Miss Marianne Manola, of the Casino company, found her in tears. She said then that she longed to see her father, and asked Miss Manola if she hadn’t better go home. “ ‘lndeed you had,’ was the reply, ‘and if your father will receive you, I should advise you to forsake everything for him.' “News of Mrs. Schilling’s failing health was sent to Mr. Morosini, and ho made an effort to communicate with her indirectly. It was at this time that the young man with the black mustache was seen in Mrs. Schilling’s company in Broadway and got into an evening newspaper. Mrs. Schelliner was very much distressed. “ ‘He is a gentleman from Yonkers, who has known my family for a long time,’ she told a friend. ‘He brings me news of my father, and that is the reason I see him occasionally.’ “About five months ago she fell ill again, and Mr. Morosini sent a friend to the Casino to make inquiries about her. Upon learning of her illness he requested one of the members of the company to meet him. The persou refused to do this, but said that if Mrs. Morosini would call at the Casino no information would be denied her. Mrs. Morosini did not call, hut Mr. Morosini’s friend did, and he was frequently thereafter seen talking with Victoria After each one of these visits Mrs. Schilling was always in high spirits, and was often heard to remark that she would soon be under the care of her father. One nieht, less than five weeks ago, she told Ernest that she thought of leaving him and going back home. In speaking of this afterward she said that Ernest hurst out crying and sobbed all night. As time passed Mrs. Schilling became so weak that she hardly had strength to dress herself for the performance. ‘lf this thing doesn’t end soon,’ she said, ‘I think I 6hall be tempted to kill myself.’ This remark was promptly conveyed to Mr. Morosini, who sent his friend up in haste the next day. He had a long talk with Victoria, who said after he had left her that she thought she and her father would not be separated long. Mr. Morosini had sent word to Victoria that if she was willing to leave her husband and live in obscurity for a year he would then take her home. She sent word back that she was perfectly willing to do this, and Mr. Morosini got a friend of his in Montreal to arrange for Victoria’s reception in the convent. He then sent word to Victoria to hold herself in readiness to leave the city at a moment’s notice, and to so arrange things that her absence from the Casino would not cause much comment. Victoria’s throat had been troubling her for some time, and so she got a certificate from Dr. Scudder and held it until Wednesday, when she received word to meet the nuns at the Grand Central Depot at 6:25 o’clock. She then showed the certificate to Mr. Edward Aronson, and on the strength of it got a leave of absence for six days. She had anew satchel with her, and wheu she went around into the greenroom to bid the ladies of the company good-by Miss Manola said to her: “ ‘Well, I believe you are going home at last.’ “ 'Oh, I shall be here to-night,’ said Victoria, lauehingly. “ ‘Oh, no, you won't either,’ retorted Miss Manola. “I once said to Victoria that she certainly never intended to pass her life with her husband because he was so far beneath her. She replied dubiously that she did not know whether she would or not I believe she had a real affection for him and would live with him again to-mor-row if she had plenty of money.”

REMARKABLE SURGERY. A Man with Six Bullets In His Head—Tracheotomy Performed’ iew York World. The surgeons at Bellevue Hospital are deeply interested in the case of Marshall J. Hillman, the merchant of Barre, Mass. , who fired six bullets into his head at the Grand Union Hotel on Friday. When taken to the hopital it was found that but two bullets had produced dangerous wounds, one having fractured the skull and the other having entered the throat at Adam’s apple. These required most delicate operations, including the trephinine of the skull, and after hours of careful work, remarkably successful results were obtained. The case will doubtless be carried down to prosterity in the history of surgery. Dr. Mitchell performed the operation, assisted by Drs. Howell, Clark, Charlton and Lambert The operation was effected as follows: The patient was placed upon a long, narrow operating table, and his head and shoulders were elevated by pillows and covered with a sheet anu piece of oil cloth. The scalp was shaved and the bone exposed by an incision. The bleeding of the small arteries of the scalp was stopped by compression. The crown of the trephine was planted upon a sound portion of the bone. The instruments were moved in semi-circular sweeps from right to left and left to right until it had formed a groove deep enough to maintain its place. The bone dust was then removed with a brush. Approach to the diplo was indicated by a greater freedom of motion, increasing flow of blood and a dimunition of the grating sound. The operator moved with more caution now, and the disk of the bone came away in the saw. All depressed pieces of bone were next elevated and all loose pieces removed. The bleeding vessels were then tied, and the wound in the scalp carefully drawn together by catent suture, a small interspace being left for drainage. The wound was dressed antiseptically, being dusted with iodiform and covered with gauze soaked in bichloride of mercury. Over this was placed some borated cotton, and over this a roller bandage. Tbe doctor then began the operation of tracheotomy, rendered hecessary by the wound in the throat. An incision was made in the skin|of the throat, below the glottis, and certain muscles were separated. An opening was then made in the trachea. Ordinarily after this operation the condition of the patient varies. He is quite well one minute, and then suddenly, from the swelling of tbe loose tissues around the glottis, suffocates, and is liable to die before relief can be attempted. In this case, the incision being made below the glottis, the danger of suffocation was avoided. Why Liszt Died. Chicago Mail. The cause of Liszt’s sudden death is probably found in a late letter from Henry Watterson. Henry says Liszt was the only man in Europe he would go out of his way to see. Probably the old man heard of this, and died to get out of the way. CHARLES E. KREGELO, FUNERAL DIRECTOR Asrp EMBALMER. Telephone 584. |jjp*Free Ambulance. ANNOUNCEMENTS.^ J J. GARVER, M. D., 32 EAST OHIO STREET. TMI if "ANNUAL MEETING OF THE YOUNG A Men’s Christian Association will be held Tuesday evening next, in the lecture room of the. lian street M. E. Church. The eleotiou of oflh sod trustees will be held, and other important i, .\ess transacted. All persons interested are request**. .o be present. THOS. C. DAY, President. MISCELLANEOUS. For babies teething and summer com. plaint or cholera infantum, use Blinker’s Carminative Balsam. One 25c bottle will convince you it is the champion of all remedies, equally infallible for adults for cholera morbus, dysentery or flux. For •ale by all druggists.

The Appetite May b© increased, the Digestive organs strengthened, and the bowels regulated, by taking Ayer’s Pills. These Pills are pnrely vegetable in their composition. They contain neither calomel nor any other dangerous drug, and may be taken t with perfect safety by persons of all ages. I was a great, sufferer from Dyspepsia and Constipation. I had no appetite, and was constantly afflicted with Headache and Dizziness. I consulted our family doctor, who prescribed for me, at various times, without affording more than temporary relief. I finally commenced taking Ayer’s Pills. In a short time my digestion and appetite IMPROVED my bowels were regulated, and, by the time I finished two boxes of these Pills my tendency to headaches had disappeared, and I became strong and well. Darius M. Logan, Wilmington, Del* I was troubled, for over a year, with Loss of Appetite, and General Debility. I commenced taking Ayer’s Pills, and, before finishing half a box of this medicine, my appetite and strength were restored. — C. O. Clark, Danbury, Conn. Ayer’s Pills are the best medicine known to me for regulating the bowels, and for all diseases caused by a disordered Stomach and Liver. I suffered for over three years with Headache, Indigestion, and Constipation. I had no appetite, and was weak and nervous most of the time. BY USING three boxes of Ayer’s Pills, and at the same time dieting myself, I was completely cured. My digestive organs are now in good order, and I am in perfect health.—P. Lockwood, Topeka, itans. Ayer’s Pills have benefited me wonderfully. For months I suffered from Indigestion and Headache, was restless at night, and had a bad taste in my mouth every morning. After taking one box of Ayer’s Pills, all these troubles disappeared, my food digested well, and my sleep was refreshing. Henry C. Hemmenway, Rockport, Mass. I was cured of the Piles by the use of Ayer’s Pills. They not only relieved me of that painful disorder, but give me increased vigor, and restored my health.— John Lazarus, St. John, N. B. ts Ayer’s Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. G. Ayer & Cos., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine. WROUGHT IRON PIPE fggggk FITTINGS. IPfSi Selling Agents for National ,4* jjfepapgggj Tube Works Cos. I'} WiM Globe Valves, Stop Cocks. Enlte]t§ gine Trimmings, PIPE TONGS, mm ¥r*jg CUTTERS, VISES. TAPS, V Stocks and Dies, Wrenches, feTaiSl fc SSfcti Steam Traps, Pumps. Sinks. HH feiH HOSE. BELTING, BABBIT IriM METALS (25-pound boxes), vjggi Cotton Wiping Waste, white I ® and colored (l()0-pound bales), yvg: and all other supplies used in connection with STEAM, WA* Tt£j iM|r TER and GAS, in JOB or RETAIL LOTS. Do a regular FM steam-fitting business. Estimate and contract to heat Mills, g|p Shops, Factories and Lumber fDry-houses with live or exhaust tj.'f Rf steam. Pipe cut. to order by fe steam power. f Knight & Jillson, 75 and 77 S. Penn. St

WANTED. WANTED— CARPENTERS IN THE BETTINGup shops of the Terre Haute Car-works. WA NTED-ACTIVE PARTN ErTn FINE PAYing manufacturing business. Address Z., care Journal office. \JL r ANTED-THReITgOOD~ MEN TO TRAVEL. Y ▼ Salary and expenses paid. Call at 159 Massachusetts avenue. ANTED'— FIRST-CLASS RELIABLE BAIL her; steady employment guaranteed to a sober, industrious man; none other need address ALFRED WILLIAMS. Shelbyville, 111. ANTED—AGENTS TO HANDLE THE NEW ink eraser. Removes ink in two, seconds. No abrasion of paper. Absolutely necessary wherever writing is done; best paying article in the market; 200 per cent, profit. One agent sold $32 worth in one day in LaCrosse. For particulars and terms address, vrth stamp. MONROE LIQUID ERASER COMPANY, LaCrosse, Wis. \\J ANTED—LADY AGENTS OUR AGENTS Vs have had such wonderful success selling Mrs. Campbell’s Combination Skirt and Bustle (some clearing $l5O a month) that we make this special request for all agents who want a steady, money-making business to send stamp for catalogue. Also full line of La* dies’ and Children’s Furnishing Goods. Address E. H. CAMPBELL & CO., 484 West Randolph st., Chicago. FOR SALE. J OOK! ENGINES. READ! Don’t buy an Engine until you have examined ours. A 20 11. P. Portable, ou wheels, $1,150; on skids, $950. A 30 H. P. Portable, on wheels, $1,575; on skids, $1,130. A 20 H. P. Stationary Automatic Engine, $427. A 50 H. P. Stationary Automatic Engine, SBOO. A 20 H. P. Slide-valve Engine, $325. A 40 H. P. Slide-valve Engine, $555. We have in stock Engines ready for immediate delivery, and can furnish Automatic and Slide-valve Stationary Engines from 0 to 500 H. P.; Vertical Automatic, and Slide-valve Stationary Engines from l to 25 H. P. Also, Saw Mills. Saws, Belting, Inspirators, Governors and Steam Fittings. W. B. DxPOY & CO., 100 Kentucky Avonue, Indianapolis. Ind. AUCTION SALE. L. HUNT, AUCTIONEER, 74 E. COURT ST. AUCTIONSALE— I WILL SELL. AT MY ROOMS] ’ No. 74 East Court street, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 10 o’clock, the entire outfit of the Tiroes office, furniture, etc., comprising 7 dgsks, many revolving offico chairs, tables, office stoves, wastebaskets, water coolers, letter prosg, stools, 1 platform scale, a lot of printers’ student lamps, 4 oftico clocks, etc., etc. A L. HUNT, Auctioneer. E~ EAL ESTATE—VALUABLE GROUND. THREE squares from court-house, No. 123 South New Jersey stroet; lot 45x202 feet; side and rear alley; best building site for large rental income in the city; two houses now on the lot renting for sl3: title perfect. Terms—Third cash, balance 1 and 2 years, 6 per cent. Sale takes place on the premises, Thursday, Sept. 9, at 2p. M. W. E. MICK & CO., Agents. L N. Perry, Auctioneer. FINANCIAL Money to loan-6 per cent. Horace McKAY, Room 11, Talbot & New’s Block. F~ INANCIAL—MONEY ON MORTGAGE—FARMS and city property. C. E. COFFIN & 00. S~ Ix~per~6int. on city property in INdiana. Isaac H. Kiersted, 13 Martindale Block. FOR RENT. For rent—nicely furnished rooms for gents only. No. 86 South Tennessee ForreniLon' S~LA.RGK AND ONE SMALL room with power. Apply at Bryce’s Bakery. POLITICAL JOHN E. SULLIVAN, DEMOCRATIC NOMlnee for Clerk of Marion oouutr. Election, Tuesday, Novemhr 2,1586.

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