Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 October 1886 — Page 7

AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS, Personal and Local. George Warfel has been appointed traveling passenger agent of the C., W. & B. road, vice D. C. Brady, resigned, with office at Louisville, Ky. It begins to look as .if the plaintiffs were playing a game of bluff in this talk of appealing the 1, D & S. subsidy case again to the Supreme Court. Now that the now heavy freight engines on theG, L, St L. & C. have got well limbered up, they haul over the western division forty loaded cars and make good time. Receiver Hammond, of the 1., I>. & S. road, and party arrived in the city yesterday. Mr. Hammond states that, under the reorganization scheme, the fixed charges will be $90,000 per annum, not $126,000 as bat recently stated. The foolish stockholders of the St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita railroad, an acquisition of the Gould system, want the courts to take the line out of the hands of the Missouri Pacific on the ground that, although the road is a gold mine, Gould has failed to pay a cent of overdue interest Hunters and others whose business compels them to await the night train at Thayer, on the .Air line, say that since the discontinuance of a Jtation agent there, part of the building is nighty occupied by a gang of young hoodlums, whose •ole ambition seems to be to play poker and •wear. During the summer months the Air line reduced the working force of its section gangs to four men for each six miles, and, as a consequence, the road became a little rough. Now they are putting on an additional force of workmen, with the intention of making this road-bed one of the smoothest that enters Chicago. A prominent railroad attorney who has Watched closely the foreclosure suit of the 1,, D. i§t & road says it is the cleanest and fairest foreclosure suit he had ever given his attention to. Sn this suit' a gays the interests of all parties ave been fully protected, and the various parties have acted in the most perfect harmony. Frank Newby, who has tendered his resignation as ticket agent of the Bee-line and the L., N. A. & C. offices on South Illinois street, has received very complimentary letters regarding the faithfulness with which he has represented the lines, from A. .T. Smith, general passenger •gent of the Bee-line, and Wm. Baldwin, of the Jj., N. A. & C. It is whispered that the opposition of some of she general passenger agents to the idea of gross thoney pools is not altogether from principle or disinterested motives. The successful operation •f that scheme would go far toward robbing the official of his present importance. The scalpers, liowover, are the parties who are the most anxious about the gross pool. It means “freeze out for them.” As fast as can be done with the force on hand, •11 the old-fashioned switches on the Wabash main track and in the sidings, in the yards and elsewhere, are being removed and the Missouri pacific standard split substituted. These switches possess many advantages over other kinds, the principal feature being the non-liabiiity of trains getting off the track, no matter whether the switch be open or shut. The hard-working section men on the C., St. Tj. & P. now breathe easier, the official inspection trip being over. The Panhandle inspection party have found th the habit of making an ,-annnal tour not only ves them an opportunity to determine the actu condition and needs of their property, but is * advantage to the road and encouragement w the men. Prizes are •warded to all the departments for excellence.

John Egan, general passenger and ticket •gent of the Kankakee Line, has addressed the following notice to ticket and passenger agents: “The general passenger and ticket agents of foreign roads have been notified of the desire of this company that no attention should be paid to requests of ticket or passenger agents for free or reduced rate transportation, unless such reauests shall have received proper indorsement at this iofflee. ” Th 6 Haskell Barker Car Company are arranging to increase the capacity of their electricftight plant The system in use is the ThomsonHuston, and the dynamo, which is now of twen-ty-two-light capacity, will be increased to a thir-ty-light one. The additional light will be placed •bout the factory, with one in the yards for lighting up the surroundings. The company is •rraneing to work nights as well as during the daytime. It takes a very competent financier to make toth ends meet on the Ohio Southern road, of yrhich C. E. Henderson is manager. The road has resting on it a total stock and bonded debt of $8,160,557.77; stock and debt per mile, $65,625.72; total single wain track in Ohio, 118.25 miles; passengers carried; through and local. 176,232: tons freight, 649,439; total earnings, $492,770.37; total operating expenses, $319,154.28; net earnings, $173,616.09. Harry Wetsell, general agi-nt of the Vandalla at this point, has been offered the position of general freight agent on one of New England’s best roads—-a road the stock of which is quoted above S2OO per share. The best feature of the offer is that it comes unsolicited. Mr. Wetsell has the matter under consideration. It will be hard work for him to leave the Vandaiia, as he commenced on it at the bottom round and has steadily advanced to his present important position. Manager Scott, of the 1., P. & G. states that b;' Nov. 1 this road and its equipments will be in better condition than at any time in the history of the road. The track between Indianapolis and Kokomo is now all steel rail, and much of the distance between Kokomo and Peru. Five hundred tons are now b eing laid between those points, and the bridges have all been rebuilt or generally repaired. The equipments as ■well, by that date, will have all been thoroughly overhauled. The company now has thirty-two locomotives, fifteen coaches and 1,150 freight cars—all in excellent condition. Tbß meeting of the general freight agents t the lines in Urn Chicago and Ohio fiver pool, held at Commissioner Richardson’s office on Tuesday, was not a very important one. The matter of rates on rice, rosin, turpentine and phosphite rock from coast points, which was laid over from last meeting, came up. The matter of rates between Chicago and Owensboro and Paducah, Ky., was Referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. YV. J. Young, 0. J. Graramer, and F. V. Da'is. There was some discussion about switching charges on cars sent to elevators to be loaded with grain, but no action was taken. • An adjournment was had until Tuesday, Nov. 2. Passenger men at points like Indianapolis, Vrho have in years past fattened on commissions, readily representing any road, which is an initial road, for the sake of the commissions paid by connecting lines without salary from such initial road, are now beginning to"*.alk about being placed on salaries, so sharply have their commissions been cut down. since the roads west of the river and the trunk-lines decline longer to fay any commissions on passenger business. >ne Indianapolis office which, in times past, has paid from S4OO to S7OO commissions per month, now pays only S2OO to S3OO per month, and. after expenses are deducted, there is little left for the agent Tnls is the reason that trie Bee-line and C., 1., St. L. & C. offices on South Illinois street are to be closed, And indications are that others will go the same way.

.The B. A O. and O. A M. Railroads. The annual meeting of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company occurs at Cincinnati to-day, when three now directors are to be elected, to take the places of Messrs. Peabody, Beecher and Miniern, all representatives of the B. & O. interests, and a gentleman well posted in Ohio & Mississippi matters informs the Journal that their successors will be representatives of the English party, and will more than likely be gentlemen at present directors of the Erie railroad. A gentleman not yet named publicly will be chosen president in place of Captain Peabody, and while some believe that the position of general manager may possibly be tendered Captain Peabody, he will not accept unless under certain circumstances. It is well known that the relations between Captain Peabody, who represents the B. & O. interests, and Cleneral Superintendent Beta the English, are Rot of the most harmonious character, and from the nature of the two interests it •annot be otherwise. The Journal's informeatstates that wheu the road was taken out of the Lands of Receiver Douglass, its physical aoadi-

tion was perfect, and ita financial in a healthy state, but the B. & O. policy, as carried out by Captain Peabody, has wrought a wonderful change in both. To make a good financial exhibit monthly, to be paraded before the public and its stockholders, the property has been allowed to depreciate fearfully, and a floating debt of nearly one million dollars allowed to accumulate, and all that was accomplished by Receiver Douglass, under his able management, has been lost The B. & O. having lost their grip, and seen the property©gradually passing from their control. have disposed of nearly all the O. & M. securities that they once held, but have in lien therefor claims against the O. &M. for nearly one million dollars for supplies and material furnished, use of cars, etc., and when the proper time arrives they will, oa these claims, again throw the road into the hands of a receiver, when they hope to have Captain Peabody appointed receiver, and thus retain the control of the property for another term of years. Should the opposition to the Captain be too much for them, thpy will then offer to compromise by having two receivers ap pointed, the Captain to represent the B. &0. and someone else the English interest. Our informant says, further, that the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore railroad is in pretty much the same shape to the B. & 0., and that before many months pass this road also will be thrown into the hands of a receiver, at the instance of the B. & 0., and an effort will be made to have Col. Orland Smith appointed receiver. He puts these predictions on record, and will wait to see how near they will be verified. Harmony Restored. In commenting on the compromise of the troubles between the I. B. & W. and the C., S. &C. people, the Boston Transcript says: “The contest for the control of the Sandusky, at the annual meeting this month, between the present management and Indiana, Bloomington & Western people, had reached such a stage that a bitter legal battle was in prospect. The actual control would have been secured by the party winning the election by a very small margin, and this fact is believed to have become so apparent to the Sandusky people as to make them ready to compromise. Moreover, the suit to compel the officers of the Sandusky to show the stock list to Director Childs was practically certain to be decided in favor of the plaintiff. With the cod test narrowed down to this point, President Farlow, of the . Sanducky, went to New York and met the representatives of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western. After consultation with President Corbin, of the latter road, and others, a plan was arranged and aereed upon, and as a result the suit above named has been withdrawn and harmony has been restored. The contest between the 1., B. & W. and the Sandusky has been ended. The plan, in brief, provides for the reorganization of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western, and when that is effected, the consolidation of the Sandusky with it. The basis of the agreement, so tar as the Sandusky is concerned, is that the present Btock of the latter shall be exchanged for anew preferred stock, covering all the lines of the consolidated road. That is, the Sandusky stockholders will receive anew security ahead of Indiana, Bloomington & Western common stock.

The “Boss” on Combinations. “It is somewhat sing ular,” says the Philadelphia Record, “that all authorities unite in support of Mr. Corbin for the presidency of the compitny, although he seems to have no special attributes for the position beyond alarge wealth and an ability for speculation that has rarely been surpassed. No one supposes that he understands the intricacies of the coal trade or the management of a railway, except what he learned from the experiences of the Long Island, but every one admits that he is a ‘boss’ on combinations. In olden times Mr. John Tucker was president of tho Reading, and he was deposed because it was thought that he speculated largely in the shares of the company, yet no one before or since understood the capacities of the road as he did. or could master the coal trad# as he could. The change in the current of opinion is noted merely to show one of thtf idiosyncrasies of the capitalists of to-day.” The Time Convention. New York, Oct 13.—The general railroad time convention met at the Hotel Brunswick today. There were 125 managers and general managers of the railroads throughout the United States and Canada present The association embraces 155 roads, operating over 125,000 miles of road. In October, 1884, the association met in Philadelphia, and a committee was appointed to draft a set of rules which should regulate the time and management of trains, and during the two years which have elapsed the committee have been perfecting their arduous task. To-day the association met for the purpose of discussing these rules, which number 125, covering every point relating to the time and management of trains, and if no objection is made to them, the convention will adopt them, and sign an agreement to put them into effect on the 15th of November. Geo. W. Potter, vice-president of the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute road, is chairman of the convention. and W. F. Allen, of the National Railway Publication Company, secretary.

learnings of the Ohio & Mississippi, Soecial to the Indianaoolis Journal. Cincinnati, Oct. 13.—The annual report of the Ohio & Mississippi railway, which will be presented to-morrow, will make the following showing for the year ending June 30: Gross earnings, $3,671,910 54: operating expenses, $2,577,708.39; net earnings, $1,074,211.15; increase in earnings, $26,452.30; decrease in expenses, $75,027.79; increase in net earnings, $99,480.09. The labor troubles at St Louis cost $150,000. A contract has been entered into with the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company for the use of the bridge across the Ohio at Sand island, just*below the falls, two miles below the present bridge. There will be a considerable saving in expense, though seven miles of new road must be built into New Albany. Considerable new rolling stock must be bought. learnings of the B. & O. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 13.—At the monthly meeting of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad directors, to day. President Garrett stated that during the past six months the earnihgS Os the tfi&tn stem and branches were $1,494,182 beyond those of the corresooudipg six months of tne last year. A 4 pm:cent. dividend on the stock of the main stem for the half year ended Sept. 30, 1886, and a 5 per cent, dividend for the same term on the stock of the Washington branch were recommended and adopted. I/. E. A W. Directors. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, 111., Oct 13.—The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lake Erie & Western Railway Company for the election of four directors to serve for the period ot three* years, was held at the general office of the company in this city this afternoon. The following were chosen: E. H. R. Lyman, Nelson Robinsy, Phillip K. Greene, of New York; Calvin S. Brice, of Lima, O. The 1., B. A XV. and the Peoria Pool. Chicago, Oct. 13.—A meeting of the Peoria committee of the Central Traffic Association was held to-day to consider the demand of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western for a rearbitration of percentages. The result of the meeting was the formulation of an agreement to continue to divide the business under the old award until Jan. 1, providing the October settlements were made. Damages Demanded by the Water Company. The Water-works Company has filed a complaint against Francis Nolte, asking SI,BOO in damages. It is alleged the defendant failed to cary out a contract in the construction of a levee, he agreeing to extend the company’s levee protecting its dam if the plaintiff would raise it two feet. The contract, it is charged, was made in 187JL Red Star Cough Cure—nurely vegetable, safo, prompt and efficacious. 25 cents.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1886.

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Hiram Brownlee, of Marion, was In the city yesterday. Gen. T. W. Bennett, of Richmond, was in the city yesterday. Mr. J. W. Bingham, late of the Chicago News, is making a visit to his father, Mr. J. J. Bingham and family. Miss Annie McClure, a young lady well known in society here, is lying dangerously ill at her home in Chicago. Mrs. Dr. Wagner has returned to her home in this city after a two months' stay with her parents, much improved in health. J. A. Lemcke. of Evansville, the Republican candidate for Treasurer of State, is in the city, stopping at the Denis >n House. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bookwalter, from Miamisare visitine Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dutton, No. 501 North Mississippi street. Mr. Bassett has lately added to his art collection the “Sherman Meadows," by Mr. Cox, and several fine, small marine views, one by R. Swain Gifford. Mr. D. B. Johnson, editor of the Kokomo Gaz-ette-Tribune, was in the city yesterday. In common with ail Kokomokes, Mr. Johnson tells great tales of their great strike of natural gas, and predicts that the city will be immeasurably benefited by it Joseph L Irwin, of Columbus; J. ML Bradford, Frankfort; O. A. Somers, Kokomo; H. L. Travis, Fowler; Geo. YV. Duncan. Greenfield; N. I. Throckmorton, Lafayette; Y\ r . L. Rabourn, Williamsport; John N. Loop, Kokomo, and Captain Thomas H. Martin, Lebanon, were among the prominent visitors to the city yesterday who called at Republican headquarters. Atlanta Constitution: The sermon of Rev. Z. T. Sweeny, at the Church of Christ, yesterday morning, was one of the most eloquent ever heard in Atlanta. It was a powerful presentation of the claims of Christianity, and produced an impression never to be effaced. Mr. Sweeny is a remarkable preacher. It is doubtful if the best pulpit orators of the country in any manner stand above him. The people of this city should hear him during his stay here. He will preach at the Church of Christ every night this week. Rev. Dr. Wm. M. Taylor, of the Tabernacle Church, New York city, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Kirkwood, of Edinburgh, Scotland, spe it the day in the city yesterday and dined with Rev. Dr. McLeod. They left here last nieht for Minneapolis, guest* of President Hammond, of the 1., D. & S., in his private car. They will go from there to other points in the YVest and Northwest. Dr. Taylor expressed himself as hale and hearty in his orthodoxy as ever, and without any sympathetic yearmng toward new theologies. His visit, as well as that of his distinguished friend, is purely one of pleasure and recreation. Visitors from this city to New York and to the St. Louis exposition this year sav that Mr. T. C. Steele’s pictures in those two places were among the best “The Boatman,” at the Metropolitan Museum. New York, is one of the most striking things there. Mr. Steele is busily improving this fine weather in putting “The glorious tipple of an October morning” on canvas, and is hoping that the rain will keep away until he can finish his work. His admirers are looking forward to seeing Ms October studies. They wili be publicly exhibited on Nov. 9. He is sketching near Vernon, where the landscapes are idyllic and pastoral, with wonderful long slopes of green and vast leafy oaks and sycamores. It is pleasant to have our Indiana landscapes appreciated. SOCIETY. Mrs. Biair, of North Delaware street, is visiting friends and relatives in Crawfordsville. Mrs. J. B. Dill has returned from a visit of two weeks to her sister, Mrs. Matlock, of Chicago. Mrs. Orpheus Everts, of College Hill, Cincinnati, is the guest of the family of Mr. Fred Bag gs. Miss Celia Gosdorfer, of Cincinnati, is spending several weeks with the family of Mr. Herman Bamherger. Mrs. Chas. Calkins, of Grand Rapids, will arrive, on Saturday, to visit her sister, Mrs. Chauncey Butler. Invitations have been issued by the Bon Ton Dancing Club for a dance at the Classical School Hall to-morrow night Mrs. James N. Bearnes, of Minneapolis, is visiting her parents, Colonel and Mrs. S. F. Gray, on North Delaware street Mrs. J. D. YVade, of Cleveland, is in the city visiting her parents, and will in a day or two leave with Mr. YVade for a trip to New Orleans. Mr. Joseph Moore and family, who have been spending the summer at their home, Tanglewood, will return to the city the last of this month. Miss Alma Martin, after spending a few davs very pleaeautly with Miss Bertha Cook, No. 450 North Alabama street, has returned to her home in Greenfield. Mr. John H. Vajen, Mr. J. B. Dill and other Maxinkuokee property-owners will go to that summer resort, to day, for the last visit and inspection of the season. Mrs. Era Steele-Oollins, who has been spending the past three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. YV. T. Steele, will return to her homo in Hartford, Conn., to day. Mrs. James E. Gilbert, Mrs. T. P. Haughey, Mrs. P. M. Gallahue and Mrs. Fred Bagga have gone to Terre Haute to attend the meeting of the Northwestern branch of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, which is in session there now.

“Our Social” will rneeet this afternoon with Mrs. Kiser, on East Market street. The ladies have not met for several weeks. They will begin preparations very soon for an entertainment to be given in December, to raise funds to carry on their charitable work. The social given by the young ladies of the Sixth Christian Church at the Virginia-avenue Rink last night was very liberally’patronized. The Rice Zouaves kindly gave an exhibition drill, which was highly complimented by those present. Mr. Frank Butts, of the company, pleased those present by a lightning Zouave drill. Refreshments were served after the drill The net proceeds of the evening were very satisfactory, and will go toward repairing the Sixth Church. Miss Rebbie Lee, daughter of Mrs. Jane Lee, was married very quietly at the residence of Mr. W. S. Lynn on East Michigan street, on Tuesday morning, to Mr. Dare, of Minneapolis. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Knickerbacker, in the presence of a few relatives and friends, among them the groom's mother, from Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Hills, of Cleveland, uncle and aunt of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Dare left at noon for their home in Minneapolis. Mr. John Lyle Clough and Miss Fannie C. Branham were married last evening at the residence of the bride's parents, No. 52 College avenue. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. Albert Rondthaler, and only a few of the relatives and immediate friends of the couple were present. Among the guests from a distance were Mr. J. S. Thurston, of Minneapolis; Mrs. Nash, of Salt Lake City, and Mr. R. B. Maffitt, of Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Clough loft last evening on a Northwestern trip. The Ladies Matinee Mnsicale, session 1886-87, opeued auspiciously yesterday afternoon at their room in Plymouth Chnrch. There are fifty active and forty-five associate members, and nearly all were present. A few words of welcome were addressed by the president, Mrs. A. M. Robertson, to the new members, and the programme arranged for tho meeting was given. It included a piano duet by Miss Bamberger and Miss Dietrichs, vocal solos by Mrs. D. DeWolf, Mrs. U. J. Hammond, Mrs. Grace D. Levering, piano solos by Miss Meigs and Miss Dietrichs, and a violin solo by Miss Bergenthal. Tho last number, by the St. Cecelia Quartet, had to be omitted on account of the indisposition of Mrs. C. R. Watson. After the dismissal of the association members, a business meeting was held, when several new names were proposed for membership. A brilliant reception was given by Mrs. Charles E. Coffin yesterday afternoon, at her home. No. 800 North Pennsylvania street, im compliment to her friend. Mrs. Chas. B. Coe, of Beaver, Col., and Mr. Coffin’s sister, Miss Nellie Coma, of Bloomington. Mrs. Coffin was assisted by her mother, Mrs. C. B. Holloway, Mrs. W. A. Krag, Mrs. H. P. Wasson, Mrs. W. J. Richards, Mrs. John Carey, Mrs. C. F. Sayles and Mrs. David Swaim. The parlors wero beautified with flowers and vines, and in the upper part of each door was a lattice of smilax and (lowers. Refreshments of ices were served in the sitting-rooms

up-stalrs. where each guest received a bunch of asters. Coffee and chocolate were served in the dining-room, whien was presided over by Mise Nellie Coffin, Mrs. Ferd Mayer, Miss Genevieve Elliott, Misses Minnie and Florence Coffin and Mi3s Edith Fountain. The room was entirely decorated in pink, and most complete in all appointments. A novel deviee was a slate and pencil trimmed with parti-colored ribbons, and bearing in gilt letters, “Mrs. Coe and Mrs. Coffin. Mondays, in Oetober, 1886.” Among the guasts were Mrs. Daniel Stewart, Mrs. T. B. Bassett, Mrs. C. N. Phillips, Mrs. W. P. Bingham. Mrs. Ovid Butler, Mrs. A. Kiefer, Mrs. N. S. Byram, Mrs. H. C. Levi and sister, Miss Wolf, Mrs. Harold Taylor, Mrs. A. 'B. Gates, Mrs. J. J. Cooper and daughter, Mrs. V. T. Malott and daughter, Mrs. C. Van Camp, Mra W. F. Mason, Mrs. A. L. Hunt and daughter, Mrs. James M. Winters, Mra B. F. Jones, Miss Caldwell, Miss Mary Dean. Mrs. W. G Lynn, Mrs. U. J. Hammond, Mrs. William Scott, Mra YVilliam Hughes, Miss Hughes. Mra Dora Johnson, Mrs. Will Gates, Miss Shuler, Mrs. Theo. Griffith, Mrs. Charles Mayer, jr., Mrs. 8. F. Gray and daughters, Mrs. J. N. Barnes, of Minneapolis, and Miss Linda Gray, Mra C. Turner, Mra O. Haugh, Miss Agnes Fletcher and guest, Miss Johnston, of Kansas, Miss Waite, and others.

KERNS-MANSON. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Oct. 13.— The society event of this year was the marriage of a daughter of Gen. M. D. Manson, collector of internal revenue of the Seventh district, to-day at tba-General's spacious home on West Market street. At 12 o’clock Rev. A. Kuramer, of the Methodist Church, united in marriage Mr. Arthur E. Kerns, of Tippecanoe, 0., and Miss Sallie C. Manson. The bridal party stood upon the front veranda, which had been made into a fairy house by flowers, ivy vines and evergreens. Mr. Kerns is Mayor of the city of Tippecanoe, and a prominent business man, and the bride was among Crawfordsville's most estimable yonng ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Kerns left this afternoon for a trip to Cincinnati. Among those in attendance from abroad were Kerk Kerns, Miss Mary Kerns, Miss Linda Merremaud. Mrs. Martha Guyer, Walter Statler and wife, all of Piqua, O.; John Barner. wife and daughter, of Frankfort; Herbert Madison and wife, Misses Sadie and Helen Gilbert, of Terre Haute; Dr. D. N. Morgan and wife, of Danville; Judge Raub and wife, of Chalmers, and Major McFaddeo, of Log&nsport Hotel Arrivals. Bates Honse: W. B. Lindsay, Steubenville; Ed Padgen; Hamilton; C. C. Shepard and wife, Columbus; W. A. Russen, Marshalltown; J. J. Griffiths, Towanda, Pa.; O. A. Somers, J. N. Loop, Kokomo; Harry Kurtz,- Princeton; M. M. Johnson, Henderson, Ky.; James YV. Ferry and wife, Chicago; W. M. Dyer, Troy, 0.;B. B. Johnson, Kokomo. Grand Hotel: A. L. Brooks, Boston; L. W. Coffin, Russiaville, Ind.; I. H. Dunlop, Louisville: Geo. E. Nolens, Boswell; Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Yeoman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Willard, Miss ville; C. S. Brooks, Boston; Jos. S. Thurston. Minneapolis; YV. I. Overstreet, Spencer; Dr. W. C. Banta, Martinsville; Jos. I, Irwin, Columbus. Grand Hotel: H. Hiatt and Charles Johnson, Crawfordsville; Wm. Rider, YVaynetown; H. F. Perry, Bloomington; T. H. Karnish, Kentland; A. O. Grimer, Madison; David Marks, YVabash; George Sugar, jr., Lafayette; Samuel Brown. Brownstown; T. J. Jones, Lebanon; Will A. Bray, Michiean City; Dr. J. W. Applegate, Franklin; W. E. McCord, Martinsville; A. J. Arnold, Y r alparaiso; J. V. Curtis, Jeffersonville; YVm. White, Connersville; YV. N. Showers, Bloomington; J. G. Cloud, Decatur; H. Harrison, Evansville. Occidental Hotel: J. J. Martin, North Manchester; Liberty Murphy, Terre Haute; John M. Eacok, Lafayette; James 11. Miller, Peru; W. J. Hutchinson, Rogersville; Moore Henry, Crawfordsville; F. YV. Abbott, NoblesviUe, I. N. Cotton, Trader's Point; W. A. Martin, YVinchester; S. R. Koher, YVrightsville; J. M. Conpley, Wins low; Charles H. Lamore, Lynchburg; John Wetson, Attica; Peter P. Jenkins, Newport; S. R. Lane, Lawrenceburg; Wm. Tucker, Brookston: A. J. Comstock, Kankakee; R.M. Bargess.Greensburg: John Watson, Bloomington; Robert Glenn, Madison. ■■■ Deserving of Confidence. There is no article which so richly deserves the entire confidence of the community as Brown’s Bronchial Troches. Those suffering from asthmatic and bronchial diseases, coughs and colds, should try them. Price 25 cents. When Baby wae siok, we gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she becamo Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gavo them Castoria,

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3ST OTIC E. Notice is hereby given to the unknown heirs of William Kocker, deceased; to the unknown heirs of William Knakke, deceased; to the unknown heirs of Ernst Knakke, deceased, and to Charles Lichtenberg and Engel Lichtenberg, his wife, that the Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of tne State of Indiana, did, upon the 13th day of October, 188®. file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Marion county, in the State of Indiana its instrument of appropriation, for the appropriation of certain lands in said Marion oounty, whicß said instrument of appropriation is in the words and figures following, to-wit. Description of lands, rights and interests intended to be appropriated by the Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company, a corporation duly organised and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana, in Marion county, in the State of Indiana, deemed necessary by the said oompany for its permanent right of way, and for the construction, maintenance, operation and repair of the said railroad. To appropriate from the lands of CHRISTOPHER WARWEG. and Warweg, his wife, and in which the unknown heirs of William Kocker, deceased, and the unknown heirs of William Knakke, deceased, and the unknown heirs of Ernst Knakke. deceased, and Charles Lichtenberg and ISnsrel Lichtenberg, his wife, claim some interest, to-wit: Being a part of the east half (hj) of the southwest quarter section thirteen (13), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east, in Marion county. Indiana. Situated in the southeastern angle of the crossing of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad, and the Belt railroad, and Stockyard Company’s railroad, asnow located. Bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the south fine of the right-of-way ot the Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company, three hundred and fifty-three (353) feet west of the west line of East street; thence, with a curved line, southwestwardly. curving with a radius of four hundred and seventy-four (474) feet to a point one hundred and forty-nine (149) feet east of the center of the main track of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad, as now located; thence west to a point in the east line of the right-of-way of said Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad; said point being distant three hundred and three and fivetenths i.303 5-10) feet from the center between the two main tracks of the Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company, measured along the east line of the right of way of said Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad; thence northwestwardly along the east line of the right of way of said Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, two hundred and sixty-two (262) feet, to a point in the south line of the right of wav of said Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company; said p int being forty (40) feet distant, at right angles, from the center between the two main tracks of said Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company; thence east along said south line of the right of way of said Belt Railroad and Stockyard Company to the place of beginning, containing an area of one and sixty-one onehundredths (1.61) acres, together with the right to make all necessary drains on said, lands. To appropriate from the lands of GEORGE THOMPSON-, Thompson, his wife, and in which the unknown heirs of William Kocker, deceased, anil the unknown heirs of William Knakke, deceased, and the unknown heirs of Ernst Knakke, deceased, and Charles Lichtenberg. and Engel Lichtenberg, his wife, and Charles Wishmeyer, and Mary Wishmeyer, and John Christian, each claim some interest, being a part of the east half ( J 2) of the southwest quarter (14.), section thirteen (13), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east, in Marion county, Indiana, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point six hundred and ninety-nine and three-tenths (699 3-10) feet west of a point in the west fine of East street; said point in the west line of East street being eight hundred and ninety-three (893) feet north of the south line of the east half (*3) of the southwest quarter (*4). section thirteen (13), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east: thence southerly on a curved line, curving with a radius of four hundred and seventy-four (474) feet, to a point twenty-five (25) feet distant from the center of the main track of the Jeffersonville, Madison &; Indianapolis railroad, as now located; thence westerly to a point in the east line of the right of way of said Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad; thence northwesterly along the east line of right of way of said Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad, one hundred and twentyone (121) feet; thence east to place of beginning, containing an area of five one-hundredths of an acre, together with the right to make all necessary drains on said lands. To appropriate from the lands of CHARLES RESENER and Reseller, his wife, and in which the unknown heirs of William Kocker, deceased, and the unknown heirs of William Knakke, deceased, and the unknown heirs of Ernst Knakke, deceased, and Charles Lichtenberg and Engel Lichtenberg, his wife, Alexander B. Conduitt, James G. McKnight, George Price, William F. Henley,-John V. Parker and George B. Everson, each claim some interest, being a part of the east half (*3) of the southwest quarter (*4), section thirteen (13), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) ea*t, in Marion county, Indiana, bounded and deseribod as follows: Beginning at a point six hundred and fifty-four and three-tenths (654 3-10) feet west of a point in the west line of East stroet, said point in the west line of East street being one thousand one hundred and twelve and one-tenth (1,112 1-10) feet north of south line of oast half (hj), southwest quarter (*4). section thirteen (13), township fifteen (15) north, range three (3) east; thence southwesterly, on a curved line, curving with a radius of four hundred and seventy-four (474) feet, to a point forty (40) feet east of the center of the main track of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad, as now locatod; thence west to east lino of the right of way of said Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad; thence northwesterly along the east line of said right of way of Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad, two hundred and twenty-eight and four-tenths (228 4-10) feet; thence east to place of beginning, containing an area of thirty-seven one hundredths (0.37) acres. Together with the right to make all necessary drains on the said lands. And the said The Belt Railroad and Stock Yard Company hereby certifies that the foregoing contains a truo description of the lands, rights and interests intended to be anpropriated by said company. In witness whereof it has caused this instrument to be signed by its president, and countersigned by its secretary, and the corporate seal to be affixed hereunto. upon this 12th day of October. 1886. THE BELT RAILROAD AND [SEAL.] STOCKYARD COMPANY, By W. R. McKeen, President, Attest, R. S. McKee, Secretary. Anil the parties are hereby notified that the said Bolt Railroad and Stockyard Company will, at 9 o’clock a. in., on the 6th day of November, 1886, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, apply to the Hon. Lewis 0. Walker, one of the judges of said Superior Court, for the appointment of appraisers to atipraise and assess the damages to each and all of the said parties which they may severally sustain by such appropriation. THE BELT RAILROAD AND STOCKYARD COMPANY, By Roach e & Lam MR, its Attorneys.

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THE REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM. The security of government rests upon an equal, intelligent and honest ballot, and we renew our declaration against crimes of fraud and violence, wherever practiced and under whatever form, whereby the right of every man to cast one vote, and have that vote counted and returned, is imperiled or abridged. . W e especially protest against the flagrant crime of the Democratic party of Indiana against free suffrage in the passage of an infamous gerrymander. We demand that, man for man, the votes of members of all parties shall be given equal force and effect. Freedom of labor is essential to the contentment and prosperity of the people. Workingman should be protected against the oppressions of corporate combinations and monopolies. We are opposed to the importation of contracted and ill-paid labor from abroad; the unfair competition of convict labor with free labor; the competition of “assisted'' emigrants and the vicious classes of Europe with American workingmen; the employment of young children in factories and mines; and we recommend to the next General Assembly the passage of such laws as will guarantee to workingmen the most favorable conditions for their labor—especially in the proper ventilation and safeguards for life and health in mines and factories—and the sure and prompt payment of wages. We favor the reduction of the legal number of working hours wherever practicable, and the submission of all matters of controversy between employe and employer, under just regulation, to impartial arbitration. The right of all men to associate for the promotion of their mutual good and protection without interfering with the rights of others, cannot be questioned. We favor the maintenance of the principle of protection, under which the resources of the State and Nation have been and are being developed, and whereby the wages of workingmen are from 15 to 30 per cent, higher than under the revenue tariff in force before the Republican party came into power. Favoring the reduction and readjustment of the tariff from time to time as circumstances may require, upon the basis of affording protection to the product* and results of American skill and industry, In our opinion the duties should b* reduced as low as will be allowed by a wise observance of the necessity to protect that portion of our manufacturers and labor whoso prosperity is essential to our national safety and independence. We at the same time condemn the declaration of the Democratic party of Indiana in favor of practical free trade as a menace to the prosperity of the State and to the welfare and advancement of workingmen. The wisdom and honesty of the Republicau party secured sound money to the people. Gold and silver should be maintained in friendly relation in the coin circulation of the country, and all the circulating medium—coin and paper alike —should be kept of equal and permanent value. The surplus in the Treasury should be steadily applied to the redemption of the national debt We favor a thorough and honest enforcement of the civil-servioe law, and the extension of Its principles to the State administration wherever it can be made practicable, to the end that the corruption and flagrant abuses that exist in the management of our public institutions may be done away with and they be liberated from partisan control. The Republican party carried Into effect the homestead policy, under which the Western States and Territories have been made populous and prosperous. We favor the reservation of public lands for small holdings by actual settlers, and are opposed to the acquisition of large traots of the public domain by corporations and nonresident aliens. American lands should be preserved for American settlers.

The watering of corporate stock should be prevented by law. Railway and other public corporations should be subjected to the control of the people, through the legislative power that created thorn, and their undue influence in legislation and in courts should be summarily prevented. We favor the creation of a bureau of labor and statistics, whereby the interests of both labor and capital may be protected and the welfare of the State promoted. The constitutional provision that all taxation shall bo equal and uniform should be made effective by such revision of the assessment and taxation laws as will remedy the injustice whereby certain localities have b<sen made to bear more than their due share of the public burdens. The strict and impartial enforcement of law is the only safeguard of society; and we demand of State and local authorities the vigorous execution of legal penalties against all criminals. W congratulate the people on the unanimous opposition of all classes to the imported crime of anarchism. which is the enemy of social order and an attack upon the safety of life and property. It is the special foe of honorable workingmen, and is justly condemned by intelligent and patriotic labor everywhere. Lapse of time does not weaken the gratitude due the soldiers and sailors of the Union. We favor such changes in the pension laws as will make proof of enlistment conclusive evidence of the physical soundness of the applicant; that will equalize allowances, and will simplify the methods by which just claims can be adjudicated in the Pension Office. We favor the granting of a pension to every honorably discharged Union soldier and sailor suffering from unavoidable disability. The Legislature should make a liberal appropriation for the erection of a soldiers' and sailors' monument at the capital of the State. We favor the granting of pensions to the survivors of the Mexican war who are not laboring under political disability. We favor the separation of the Soldiers’ Orphans' Home itom the Home for the Feeble-minded Children. We renew the pledge of our devotion to the free, unsectarian school system, and favor mi al- - tending to increase its practical value to the people. We are opposed to any movement, however insidious, whether local or State, whereby a sacred fund may be diverted from its legitimate use, or the administration of the schools made less impartial or efficient. <•*. The amendment to the Constitution of the State providing for the equalization of fees and salaries ought not to remain a dead letter; and we favor the enactment of a just law for the compensation of all public officials. Wo favor the pending constitutional amendment making the terms of county officers font years, and striking out the word “white” from Section 1, Articlo 12, of the Constitution, so that colored men may become a part of the regular militia force for the defense of the State. The attempted domination by the Liquor League of political parties and legislation is a menace to free institutions which must be met and defeated. The traffic in intoxicating liquors has always been under legislative restraint; and, believing that the evils resulting therefrom should be rigidly repressed, we favor such laws as will permit the people in their soveral localities to invoke such measures of restriction as they may deem wise, and to compel the traffic to compensate for the burdens it imposes on society and relieve the oppressions of local taxa< tion. The party of freedom to all. Irrespective of the accidents of birth or condition, the Reptiblican party welcomes every advance of the poo--pie to a higher standard of political rights. Ths peaceful revolution in Great Britain, wherSbjr Ireland is sure to receive the bonofits of local self-government after centuries of oppression, has our sympaty, and shonld command every proper and legitimate assistance. Hon. Benjamin Harrison. United States Senator for Indiana, has worthily won a front rank among the trusted and honored statesmen of the Nation, and, by his signal abilities and devotion to the highest public interests, has brought credit upon the State and country. His courst in the Senate of the United States meets with our warmest approval, and we commend him ta the esteem and confidence of all the people. The Republican Representatives in the jowei house of Congress also deserve the thanks of th Republicans of the State for their faithful and honorable service. In common with the Nation wo deeply mourn the death of Ulysses S. Grant, whose deeds in war and in peace secured for him the grateful admiration of his country and the honor of the world. We favor an appropriation by Congress of such an amount as may be necessary to erect, in the city of Washington, a monument bofit* ting the military achievements and civic virtues of one who shed imperishable luster upon tbs American name and character. Coupled will our great chieftain and leader in the country 1 ! history is the name of one of Indiana's most illustrious citizens, Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Hk death is sincerely lamented, and hts memory should be appropriately honored.

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