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SENATOR LOGAN’S FUNERAL. The Obsequies Will Be Held in the Senate Chamber on Friday of This Week, And the Remains Will Be Placed in a Vault in a Washington Cemetery Dntil a Place of Final Sepulture Shall Be Selected. Washington, Dec. 28.— Mrs. Logan received, this morning, a long telegram, 6igned officially by the city clerk of Chicago, embodying resolutions adopted by the City Council, last night The Council formally requests that the burialplace of the dead statesman be selected In the city upon which he has conferred so much honor, in a site to be dedicated by the city to the purpose. The Council appointed a committee to confer with committees of civic and military organizations in regard to the selection of a place of burial, and to make arrangements for the reception and interment of the remains. During the afternoon telegrams were received from Chicago throwing a measure of doubt upon the arrangements supposed to have been already practically concluded for the funeral. The park commissioners telegraphed that after consultation with their attorney they were reluctantly led tc the conclusion that they lacked authority to set apart a place for the burial in the public park, but that authority, they say, would doubtless be granted at once by the Legislature, which convenes next week. In the meantime, the citizens’ committee of Chicago suggested other arrangements which could be perfected without delay. Upon receipt of the above-mentioned telegrams it was decided that the remains be taken to the rotunda of the Capitol on Thursday, there to lie in state, watched over by its guards of honor from noon of that day until noon of Friday, during which time the public will be given opportunity to pay its last tribute of respect. At noon on Friday the funeral services will be held in the Senate chamber, after which the remains will be escorted to Rock Creek Cemetery. and temporarily placed in a vault to remain until the final resting-place shall be selected and the tomb prepared. Mrs. Logau having signified her assent, the congressional committee entered upon its duty. The committee is as follows: Senators Cullom, Stanford, Cockrell, Allison. Beck, Hawley, Voorhees, Hampton and Manderson. Its first formal meeting will take place at 10 o’clock to-morrow, at the room of the Senate committee on appropriations, but already a lew of the details have been informally decided upon. The following have been selected as pallbearers: Gen. Simon Cameron. Hon. Roscoe Conkling, Hon. Robt. T. Lincoln, Mb. C. H. Andrews, Col. Fred D. Grant, Gkn. Lucius Fairchild, Mb. M. L. Leggett, Gov. Jeremiah Rusk, Gkn. W. T. Sherman, Gen. W. F. Vilas, Gen. John C. Black, Dr. Chas. McMillan. The following dispatch was received here this eveuing:

[Special Order.] Madison, Wis., Dee. 28. The commander-in-chlef is informed that the remains of our comrade. General John A. Logan, will lie in state from next Thursday noon until Friday noon, when the funeral ceremonies will take place in the United States Senate chamber at Washington, D. C. It is expected and hoped that all comrades of the Grand Army who can do so will attend the funeral. By order. Lucius Fairchild, Com. -in-chief. Frank W. Oakley, Asst. Adjt.-gen. General Fairchild will arrive in Washington on Thursday evening. Rev. Dr. Newman is to be officiating clergyman, assisted by Dr. Butier, Chaplain of the Senate; Bishop Fowler and Rev. O. H. Tiffany. The transfer of the remains from Calumut Place to the Capitol, on Thursday morning, will take place with as little ceremonv as is consistent with the proprieties of an occasion of such gravity. The procession from the Capitol to the cemetery, on Friday, however, will afford an Opportunity for civic and military organizations, cdmmittees and citizens to testify their respect to the memory of the dead. The details of these arrangements have not been concluded, but will be announced in due time by the committee, through its executive officers. The Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate will have immediate charge of the entire proceedings. The family of General Logan extend invitations to the various societies, military, social and Masonic, of which General Logan "was a member, to attend the funeral, or to send delegations from their bodies for that purpose. Among such societies are the G. A. R., the Illinois Commandery of the Loyal Legion, the Veteran Union League, the Union Veteran Club, the Union League Club of Chicago, the Chevalier Bayard Commandery of Knights Teomlar, and the Oriental Consistory. The vault in which the remains will be deposited is that of Mrs. Hutchinson, whose kindly tender, this afternoon, was thankfully accepted by Mrs. Logan. Among the subjects to be discussed by the Senate committee to-morrow is the issuance of invitations to the President and Cabinet, the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives and the diplomatic corps. Were the Senate in session these would go out in its name, but being recess the precedents will have to be looked up. For the same reason the two bouses will probably not be formally called to order, hut the members will attend in their individual capacities. Mrs. Logan has expressed a wish that the place shall be one which will never suffer from the encroachments of commerce and population. She refers to the site of the Douglas monument, which, when selected, was remote from population, but is now surrounded by steam railroads and dwelliug-houses, as an example of what she wishes to avoid. A suitable spot, she thinks, will be found near the entrance to South Park. Col. Kennedy announces that, by request of Mrs. Logan, General Sheridan will be in charge of the procession which will escort the remains from Calumet Place to the CapitoL Among the hundreds of messages of condolence sent Mrs. Logan is the following: 'Washington, Dec. 27,1886. Mrs. John A. Logan: Dear Madame—The Milita- y Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States desires me to express to you its sincere sympathy and condolence in this hour of your great trouble. In the death of your illustrious husband the Loyal Legion has lost one of its most distinguished soldiers and a highly esteemed companion. P. H. Sheridan. Lieutenant-general, Commander-in-chief, M. O. L. L., U. S. The House funeral committee has not been made up. A lift of members now in the city was sent to Mrs. Logan for her to select from. It has not yet been returned to the Speaker. As soon as the list is returned he will make a formal announcement of the committee. The chairmanship of the Senate committee on military affairs, whieh General Logan has held for years, will probably go to Senator Sewell. The Senate chamber has been draped in mourning for Senator Logan, and the chair so long occupied by the latter is a mass of black. There is a movement on foot to have the exconfederate soldiers represented in the tuneral procession that will follow the remains ot Senator Logan. Many of the ex confederates have expressed a desire to participate, and it is probable that a place will be provided for them in the precession.

Relief for tlie Senator’s Widow. Washington, Dec. 28. Capt. Geo. E. Lemon, of the National Tribune, this morning started a subscription for the benefit of Mrs. Logan with SI,OOO, and sent invitations to huudreds of Gen, Logan’s friends and admirers throughout the country, asking them to contribute. The Western Union Telegraph Company tendered the free use of its wires for transmitting subscriptions. The responses are nowcominginrapidly, and SI,OOO subscriptions have been received from Senator Sawyer, Hon. William Walter Phelps, John B. Drake, Governor Alger, George M. Pullman and others. The receipts in five hours from the time the subscription was started amounted to SIO,OOO All persons desiring to contribute should telegraph Geo. E. Lemon, Citizens’ National Bank, Washington, D. C., stating the amount of their subscription, and

send checks or drafts at once to the order of J. A. J. Creswell, president Citizen's National Bank, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Logan is already receiving a great many suggestions as to her future, and among others is one that she write her reminiscences of the war. She has often thought of doing so and the book would have a very large sale. Her life has been full of adventure in war and politics that few other women have experienced, and she can relate them In a most graphic way, as all who know her are aware. The Evening Star 6ays: “Among members of the House who visited the Capitol yesterday and to-day, the suggestion was passed aronnd that a liberal pension should be granted to the widow of General Logan, and it met with hearty approval on every hand. Democrats manifested as much eagerness as Republicans to join in providing for the widow. The hearty manner in which the suggestion has been taken hold of, renders it quite certain that among the first acts of Congress, upon reassembling, will be to pass a pension biU for Mrs. Logan. It is agreed that there would be eminent propriety in granting a liberal pension, based upon General Logan’s military services. Some members are of the opinion that the pension sbonld be $5,000 per year. This is the sum granted to widows of Presidents, and, though General Logan did not occupy an office so exalted as that, he was the recognized head and representative of the volunteer soldiery. It is hardly probable that a pension of less than $2,500 will be voted, if the expressions of Congressmen upon that subject may be taken as a criterion. With regard to the pension, as there is no civil pension list, the proposition for the relief of Mrs. Logan considers only the military services ot her husband. Disclaimed that no violence will be done to the letter or the spirit of the law in granting her a pension, as General Logan was a sufferer up to his death from the effects of his army experience. In fact, it is asserted that the rheumatism, which was the primary cause of his death, was contracted by exposure in the army.” New York, Dec. 28. —The publishers of Gen. Logan’6 book, “The Great Conspiracy.” received a letter to day from W. B. Taylor, the private and confidential secretary of General Logan, in which he says that the receipts from the sale of that book will be about the only legacy left to Mrs. Logan, anu suggesting that if this fact could be made known to the public, “the patriotic impulses of a grateful people might, through this channel, place her beyond want. Kuowmg Mrs. Logan's circumstances as well as I do,” adds the secretary, “I beg of you to take immediate steps to place this matter before the public.”

Arrangements at Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 28.—The several committees appoiuted by the various Grand Array posts and veteran clubs throughout the city to make arrangements regarding the funeral of General Logan, to confer with the sub committee appointed at the citizens’ meeting yesterday, and to prepare a programme to present to the general committee of the latter, held a meeting today. Collector Stone read a message from Senator Cullom stating that the site at the entrance of South Park for General Logan’s last resting place would be acceptable, if Mrs. Logan would be permitted to be buried by his side. The committee on the South Park site, through Mr. Stone, reported that, after a conference with the South Park commissioners, it was deemed expedient to tender a burial place in Oakwood Cemetery, that a site for a monument be offered in South Park, and that the Dame of Grand boulevard he changed to Logan boulevard. The report was adopted. On motion of Alderman Manierre, a committee was appointed to urge the City Council to make a tender of a site for a monument to Gen. Logan on the lake front. At a meeting of the Union League Club, this afternoon, committees were appointed to cooperate with the citizens’ committee. Congressman Adams said his opinion was that the place of interment should be left to the wishes of Mrs. Logan, and he did not think that the wishes of the people of Illinois should stand in the way of her personal wishes in that regard. The wish that he should be buried in Washington, where she was going to reside, was entirely creditable to the feelings of the widow. Mr. Higginbotham said he had telegraphed the same opinion to Senator Cullom. Mr. Edwin Lee Brown said that the question of interment should be left to Mrs. Logan. He would be glad to see a monument iu any part of Chicago erected in honor of General Logan, but the great question before them was what was to become of Mrs. Logan. As he understood it, General Logan died poor. He was an exception to the average politician in that he took no advantage of his position to make money, and he understood Mrs. Logan would have very little property left on which to live. He thought it would be more important for the citizens of Chicago and Illinois to do something for Mrs. Logan. He thought a fund of at least $50,000 should be raised for Mrs. Logan, and while not wishing to head the list or be the one to start such a fund, he would subscribe SIOO toward it. Mr. Higginbotham said there was a private movement on loot of that character, but it was not proper to speak of it Tbe meeting adjourned till the same hour tomorrow afternoon. A choice of four different locations for the burial place of General Logan was this evening submitted to the dead General’s family by the citizens of Chicago. The offer of two of the sites will require ratification, one by the City Council, and the other by tbe State Legislature. Favorable action in either case is generally conceded to be beyond doubt. The remaining two propositions have already been presented. Lake Park, tbe South Park, Oakwood Cemetery and a tract between Jackson and Washington parks are the places tendered. The City Council special committee makes the offer of Lake Park. At a meeting of the committee, this afternoon, it was decided to recommend that the City Council to morrow set aside for the purpose a plot off the south end of tbe park, to iuciude all the land south of the south line of Harmon court and extending eastward to tbe Illinois Central tracks. The frontage on Michigan boulevard is about 320 feet, and the lot is four hundred feet deep.

A Beautiful Casket. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 28.— Chappell, Chase, Maxwell & Cos., of Oneida, received the order for General Logan’s casket late Monday evening from R. W. Baker, a funeral director, of Washington. The casket is of Florida cedar, inside of which is a copper casket, self-sealing, absolutely air-tight. The copper casket is upholstered with fine French satin, creem tinted in shade, and tufted throughout the body and top. A pillow made of the same material, handsomely embroidered, famishes a fitting final resting-place for the dead Senator. The casket is covered with the finest crepe broadcloth, handsomely draped and festooned, and the whole inclosed in a cedar outside box trimmed with copper mountings. The inside of the box is counterlined with black broadcloth and the top of the box rayed with the same. Taken as a whole, no finer piece of funeral furniture has ever been used in this country, surpassing, in some respects, the casket made by this firm, last spring, for the late Samuel J. Tilden. The casket was made and shipped within thirty hours from the receipt of the order from Washington The Grand/Army’s Tribute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 28.—Williams Post, G. A. R., lias adopted the following: Whereas, it has pleased the Supreme Commander to transfer from the field of labor to the department of rest our illustrious and beloved comrade, Gen. John A. Logan; and. Whereas, the surviving Union soldiers of the late war have lost their best friend, and sustained an irreparable loss; and the Nation has lost a sterling patriot, an upright citizen and an incorruptible statesman; therefore, Resolved, That Williams Post, No. 78, Department of Indiana, G. A. R., take such action as will suitably express the deep sorrow which every comrade feels at this sad bereavement. Danville, Ind., Dec. 28.—At a called meeting of Ogden Post, No. 164. Department of Indiana G. A. R., Dec. 27, the following resolutions were adopted: ‘•Resolved, That in the death of Gen. John A. Logan humanity has lost a man with the Almighty’s own stamp of sovereignty upon his being, America has lost a patriot true as steel; our Nation’s councils have lost an earnest, honest statesman, and one has passed away forever that was first in the hearts of his comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic. “Resolved, That while we deplore bis untimely death and deeply sympathize with those who are nearer to him, and upon whom the greater darkness of this shadow falls, yet we can take a new lesson from

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the story of his life that shall be strong in its incentives to right-being and right doing, that shall make stronger-hearted and stronger-nerved every American that has a care for country or for home.” Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—At a meeting of U. 8. Grant Post. No. 5, G. A. R., this evening, it was resolved to send the following telegram: “To Gen. Lucius Fairchild, Madison, Wis.: “General Grant Post. No. 5. Philadelphia, earnestly recommends your calling on the Grand Army of the Republic to pay off the mortgage on Comrade John A. Logan's homestead. Post No. 5 will cheerfully contribute its share. “J. Henry Gorcke, Commander.” Baltimore. Dec. 28.—A committee of the Logan Jn vincilles, of this city, has had prepared a floral tribute tor Senator Logan’s funeral. It is a representation of Logan's army corps badge, and is about five feet high, made of rare flowers. The Young Men's Republican Club have also procured a floral tribute for the same occasion. Wilson Post, G. A. R-, has sent a dispatch of condolence to Mrs. Logan. Sherman. Tex., Dec. 28.—C01. O. S. Lyon, deputy commander of the Department of Texas, G. A. R.. has issued a general order announcing the death of General Logan, and appointing a committee of eightteen post department commanders throughout Texas to attend the funeral. Relations oi Logan and Grant. "Washington, Dec. 28.— 1 ” he Critic to-day publishes the following lettex from George C. Gorham, of this city, testifying to the warm and un broken friendship that existed between General Grant and General Logan: A recent publication, purporting to be on extract from a private letter written by General Grant during his first presidential term, expressed apprehensions as to General Logan’s political intentions at that time, which subsequent events proved were unfounded. The explanation of this is simple, in 1871-2 Grant was so perplexed by the injustice of enemies that he knew not whom to trust and, naturally, at times, construed expressions of dissatisfaction with specific acts as tokens of sympathy with the revolt of Sumner, Trumbull and Sehurz. He was warmly supported by Logan in the campaign which followed, and, in 1880, had no warmer supporter for the nomination at Chicago. In 1884 Grant earnestly desired the nomination of Logan. In conversation with me in the spring of that year, General Grant introduced the name of General Logan, saying. ‘‘l w r ish John Logan would be nominated, but I suppose that it is impossible.” Hr then referred to the objections that were made to b financial record, and said, in substance, that in the panic of 1873 he had only voted, as did some others in the Senate whose soundness had never been called in question, and that since then he had never given a vote that could be questioned by the most orthodox. He spoke warmlv as the friend and comrade. “Logan was the best volunteer soldier in the war,” said he, “and at the end of the war, he was fit to command the entire army. I suppose he was mad at me more times than any general I had under me. but then ho was with me more than any other. He was often discontented and grumbling in camp, but he instantly became pleasant when the enemy was in sight. He was always happy when he could have something to do." By “something” Grant meant fighting. This was the opinion entertained of Logan by Grant. The Union veterans of the civil war, who so loved both these illustrious leaders, need not mingle with the grief at their loss the painful thought that they were not friends. The letter of Grant which was so recently thrust forward to speak for the dead hero against the then living one, was canceled, as all men know, by the subsequent support each gave the other for the highest honor the Republic can bestow.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Illinois Central railroad has purchased the Champaign & Havana road. The Central will assume its manage i.eat on Jan. 1. P. Henry Dugro, the grand sachem of Tammany Hall, has resigned. County Clerk James A. Flack has been elected to succeed him. At Shelbyvilie, Ky., yesterday morning, Steve Edwards. a colored employe at Brown, Beard & Hall's livery stable, struck Ned Smith, colored, with a pitchfork handle, instantly killing him. C. B. Seals, of East Lynn, 111.; who ran away with Miss Matthews, leaving his wife and five children behind. was arrested yesterday at London, Ont. The parties concerned consented to go back in charge of a detective. At Scranton. Pa., Monday evening. Mrs. Jno. Burk, while gains upstairs wiv.h a lighted lamp, fell to the bottom and was stunned. The lamp exploded and set her clothing on fire. Before she could be rescued she was burned almost to a crisp. Her husband, who is blind, was unable to render assistance, but his cries brought help to the house, which, however, unfortunately arrived too late. Harvard College receives some $400,000 from the will of John Q. A. Williams, which was filed in the Suffolk county (Massachusetts) Probate Court yesterday. The estate is left in trust and after the bequest of sever*! legacies, when the residue shall have reached $400,000, it is to be given to the president and fellows of Harvard College. The sum - 000 is to be set apart and known as the Abraham Williams fund, in memory of the testator’s father and grandfather, the latter being a member of the class of 1744. The fund of $400,000 is t.< be used in aiding needy and meritorious students who are to consider such aid as debts of honor, and also for the library of the college. Passenger Trains Wrecked. Washington, Dec. 28.—There was an accident on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to-day by which two colliding passenger trains were pretty badly wrecked. The collision was between No. 57, going west from Washington, and the second section of No. 12, coming from Chicago. The Chicago train was very late, and should have taken the siding at Rockville, but instead tried to make the siding at Silver Springs. It was within three mile3 of the latter when it collided with the Gaithersburg train from this city, that left at 9:30 o’clock. Tbe Gaithersburg train was also making for a switch when the collision occ arred, and each train was about equally distant from its respective siding at the time of the accident. The trains following the accident took the route by way of the Relay House. Conductor Ridenour, of the Gaithersburg train, was badly injured, and a number of passengers were cut and bruised, but none seriously hurt. Quarrel Among Beer-Sellers. New York, Dec. 28.—The Central Liquor-dealers’ Association of this city to-day decided to refer tbe question of a strike against the pool of the beer-brewers to the members of the local district organizations. If the locals back up the association they will order all members to stop buying beer from the seventy-seven breweries whicn form the pool, and to buy their beer from the six brewers who do not belong to the pool. The saloon-keepers say that if they wish to change their brewer they have to pay 10 per cent, more for beer, and that the brewers in the pool agree to forfeit $2 for every barrel of beer they sail to another brewer’s customer. They claim that the pool is determined to force the brewers who are not members to join the pool.

A Ghastly Joke. Danville, Ky., Dec. 28.—At Junction City, on Christmas day, W. T. Clarkson, a Prohibitionist, was a visitor at the house of a friend, Daniel Twaddle. Twaddle had some egg-r. jg. which he finally persuaded Clarkson to try. After filling him up, the twain adjourned to a neighboring saloon, where Clarkson was forced to drink until he fell on the floor in a stupor. A wagon was procured, and Clarkson’s lifeless form was E laced in it with the banner “Prohibitionist, Died >ec. 25.” This was intended as a joke but it proved true, for after the carousers had driven around the streets a short time they discovered that Clarkson was dead. The Unselfish Boston Woman. Boston, Dec. 28.—The following paper is being circulated among the ladies of Boston, and is receiving many signatures: “In view of the fact that the stage is partially, and oftentimes almost totally, concealed by the bonnets and hats of the present mode, we. the undersigned, at the request of the directors of the National Opera Company, have consented to wear, at the evening performances of the opera company in this city, neither bonnets nor hats.” ■■ —■ ■ ■ - Child Accidentally Rilled. Middletown. 0.. Dec. 28.—Mrs. Hendrickson, wife of ex-policeman Hendrickson, while showing a neighbor, last night, how she would treat tramps, if any molested her, took a revolver from a drawer and fired a shot in the air from the door. As she was returning it to the drawer, the weapon was in some way again discharged, and Mrs. Hendrickson’s daughter, Stella, five years old, was instantly killed. Steamship News. Hamburg, Dec. 28.—Arrived: Sievia, from New York. Havre, Dec. 28.—Arrived: Le Bourgogne, from New York. Queenstown. Dec. 27.—Arrived: City of Chester, Alaska, from New York; Virginian, from Boston. Sack Factory Burned. Detroit, Dec. 28.—Fire broke out, this afternoon, in the building occupied by the Detroit Alaska Sack Company, on Clinton street, and by hard work was confined to the building. Several girls in the third story narrowly escaped with their lives. Loss, $37,000; insurance, $17,500. by Falling on a Pavement. * Easton, Pa., Dec. 28.—Mrs. Marcus L. West, a well-known lady of this city, slipped upon an icy sidewalk, last night, falling heavily backward. Her neck was broken by the violence with which her head struck the pavement, and she died instantly.

INDI ANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. An Exciting: Chase After a Desperado—Warren County’s New Court-House—Left Uis Money to the School Fund—Notes. INDIANA. A Desperado Captured After Being Seriously Wounded During: an Exciting Chase. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Thorntown, Dec. 28. —0n Saturday last Charles Cason and Albert Hall, both colored, came to town, and in less than no time both were gloriously drunk. They then proceeded to take the town in true cowboy style. After shooting at three or four different individuals, without doing any serious damage, they concluded to try their hands at horse-stealing. They appropriated a hOrse and sleigh belonging to Mr. Charles Furgusson, but only got a short distance away when they were overhauled and the property recovered. The thieves escaped, only to be heard from shortly in a different locality, where they took possession of a fine horse and sleigh belonging to Hugh Woody, valued at $250. A warrant was sworn out. yesterday morning, and placed in the hands of an officer, who, with a number of deputies, went about five miles west, whore the thieves were sunposed to be. They were found without much difficulty, but on seeing the pof.se they took to the woods. After an exciting chase of three or four miles, during which a number of shots were exchanged, they threw up their hands and surrendered. Hall, alias “Bnll,” was shot twice, once through the arm and once through the body, the last shot passing entirely through his body. Cason received one ball in the calf of his leg. They were brought to town and their wounds dressed, after which they were given a preliminary examination and sent to jail to await the action of the grand jury. “Bull” is a wellknown desperado who has given the authorities of this and adjoining States considerable trouble. He has had a number of narrow escapes from death, and has served two or three terms in the penitentiary. He is suffering terribly from his wounds, and swears dire vengeance on tbe shooters.

Warren County’s New Court-House. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal Williamsport, Dec. 28.—The county officers of this county moved their offices into the new courthouse to-day. The building was finished and accepted by the Board, of Commissioners yesterday. R. P. Daggett, of Indianapolis, and J. O. Wright, of Lafayette, were the architects, and Charles Pearce & Cos., of Indianapolis, the builders. The cost of the removal, including the interest on the bonds, is about $48,000. The removal was begtin the first of last June, and was to be finished by Jan. 1, 1887. In the basement story sre the rotary jail, jailor's residence and furnace rooms. On the first floor are the clerk’s, auditor’s, treasurer’s recorder’s and sheriff’s offices and commissioners’ room; on the second floor the court-room, county superintendent’s office, jury and grand-jury-rooms, and the judges’ private rooms. The building is heated with not air. Warren county now has a court-house equal to any In the State, taking into consideration its cost and the size of the county. There was a great deal of dissatisfaction among the tax-payers at the time the order for the removal was made, but this has died out until scarcely anything is heard of it. Left Ills Property to the School Fond. Special to the IndianaDolis Journal. Richmond, Dec. 28.—Clark Moore died a bachelor, with as little love for the church as for women, but he thought more of schools and children. He leaves all his real and personal property, including about two hundred acres of land, to finally go to the sekool fund. After devising that his debts and funeral expenses shall be paid, and that no religious nor sectarian services should occur at his funeral, Mr. Moore thus disposes of his property: “He appoints Joseph Ratcliff and Clem W. Ferguson as trustees, and they are to hold his property for twenty years and so invest it that an annuity shall be received, this annuity shall bo paid to the deceased’s father while he lives. After that, the Income derived from the estate shall be used in educating the deserving poor children of Wayne county, the trustees to select the children as they may deem best. At the end of the twentv years the estate shall revert to the school fund of the State of Indiana.” Why Mrs. Beale Wants a Divorce. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette. Dec. 28.—Mrs Mattie Beale, a prepossessing young woman of eighteen, is plaintiff in a divorce suit filed to-day. Mrs. Beale wa9 engaged to John W. Beale, and the date was set for the ceremony. The feast was spread, the guests were assembled. the bride to be was dressed and the preacher in waiting, but the groom failed to appear. Two weeks later he turned up, made some plausible excuse, proposed marriage, and the two were united on Thanksgiving day last. They returned to the bride's home; where the groom excused himself for a little while, and has not since returned or been heard from. Mrs. Beale now sues for divorce on the ground of abandonment and cruel treatment, alleging that his conduct has “caused her to become a laughing stock for all her neighbors.” Beale was a school-teacher, and stood well His friends are unable to account for his strange conduct, but his wife of an hour wants to be well rid of him, even to the name.

Both Guilty of the Same Offense. Special to tha Indianaoolis Journal. Shoals, Dec. 28.—After hearing evidence for five consecutive days in the Stephens-Marley contest case for the office of county clerk, the commissioners rendered a decision that neither the contactor nor contestee wero eligible. R. C. Stephens the present incumbent, is a Democrat, and is also the contestor, he ehareing in his statement that Alexander Marley, the Republican clerk-elect, used money in controlling votes to secure his election. Several witnesses were examined who verified the statement of the contestor, thereby rendering Marley ineligible} but the contesting Democrat was also guilty of the same offense, * id admitted to the court that he, too, was ineligible; whereupon the court declared that there would be a vacancy in the office of county clerk at the expiration of the term of the present incumbent. An appeal will be taken to the Circuit Court. Organized Charity at Kokomo. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Deo. 28. — A new society, and one that is in every way worthy of the confidence aud support of the people was organized in this city last night. The society is to be known as the Associated Charities of Kokomo, and has for its object the relief of the unfortunates and poor of the city, and is composed of a committee from every church and secret order in the city. The executive committee is composed of the township trustee and clergymen of the city. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Hon. Milton Bell: vice presidents, Hon. A. P. Armstrong and Wm. Trueblood; secretary, W. H. Murphy; treasurer, J. C. McAlpin. Funeral of Samuel T. Butcher. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Dec. 28. —The funeral of the late Samuel T. Butcher, a gallant old veteran of the Thirtyfourth Indiana Volunteers, was largely attended today, and was conducted with imposing ceremonies by the T. J. Harrison Post, G. A. R. The serviees at the church were conducted by Elder E. L. Frazier, of the Christian Church, and Rev. Dr. McCune, of the Congregational Church. In connection with the serviees Elder Frazier paid a beautiful and touching tribute to the memory of Gen. John A. Logan, who died on the same day as Mr. Butcher, who was a comrade in General Logan’s command. More Natural Gas at Kokomo. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Dec. 28.— Kokomo is still on the natural gas boom ; The South Kokomo Natural Gas and Oil Company struck a strong vein of gas late this evening, at well No. 3, at a depth of 907 feet. Owing to the lateness of the hour, and desiting to profit by the sad experience of a few days ago at well No. 2, operations have been suspended until morning. From present indications the stockholders are sanguine of a rich find. Excitement is high, and nothing else is talked of to-night but natural gas and Kokomo’s bright future. _ Minor Notes. 001. J. E. Loveless died at Thorntown, on Mondayaged seventy-eight. Fred Erb, the eraek shot of Lafayette, has invented a glass ball for shooting matchos, the shell being filled

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A Barbarous Grime. Caibo, Dec. 28. —1n a saloon quarrel, on Sunday, Hening Thomas Spirer, colored, was thrown to the . floor by Henry Hayes and Thomas Meahan, who covered him with turpentine and set fire to his clothing. The victim died tonight. The perpetrators of the crime are in jail. Brief Mention. Josiah Kistle, a w-ealthy farmer of -To Daviess county, died on Sunday, tho result of being kicked by a horse on Christmas eve. John Bibbs, a drunken negro of Centralia. was shot and dangerously wounded Monday night, by Policeman Burge, whom he resisted. L. A. G. Shoaff & Cos., proprietors of the Paris Gazette, have purchased the Paris Times, and will consolidate the two papers, which are both. Democratic in politics. Paris now has three weekly papers and one daily—The Paris Beacon, Republican and Gazette. Business Embarrassments. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 28. —Sutter, Hemmingway & Cos., general merchants at Wheatley, Ark., suspended to-day. The liabilities are reported at $42, - 000. Fitchburg, Mass, Dec. 28. —In the Insolvency Court, to-day. on the petition of the creditors of Charles Winchester, of Ashburuham. who* recently became financially embarrassed to a large amount, Judge Tliayer ordered a warrant in insolvency against the Winchester estate, returnable Jan. 25. Baltimore, Dec. 28. —Jacob Castleberg, jewelry, made an assignment to-day to Thomas Hughes, for the benefit of his creditors. The liabilities aie placed at $60,000, and the assets at about ss>o,ooo. It is ?robable an arrangement will be mada with his New ork creditors by which he will continue business. New York. Dec. 28. —The schedules in the assignment of the Arm of K. M. Foster & Cos., upholsterers, show liabilities of $982,009; contingent, $88,964; nominal assets, $974,126. and actual assets, $822,856. The assignee states that the difference in the assets is due to bad debts and depreciation in the value of the stock. Richmond, Ind., Dec. 28. —Nordvke & Smith, furniture dealers, gava a SI,OOO chattel mortgage on their $1,200 stock, to-day, to secure two SSOO notes given to M. T. Nordyke and Philip Schneider, who are sureties on notes to that amount which the firm were unable to meet in bank. Thoy owe S6OO or S7OO to other creditors, and have book accounts aggregating S4OO to SSOO.

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