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set apart for the funeral aerrlee we will go to our respective nlaces of worship, there to join iu the metnorial service to our dead Kero. Boston, Dec. 29.—The following telefr-ai has been sent to Mrs. Logan by Mrs. E. Florence Barker, {past national president and W. li. C. chairman: Malden, Mass., Dec. 29. Map-Gen. Hiram G. Berry Relief Corps, No. 6, auxiliary to the G. A. R, learn with deep sorrow of tlie death of the great general, grand statesman, soldier. friend and champion of the cause in which we are laboring. The Grand Army Relief Corps, the Nation and humanity have suffered with yourself an irreparable loss, and 50.000 members of our order will sorrow with you in the loss of your soldier husband. E. Florkncb Barker. For Relief Corps, No. 6. The Fund for Mrs. Logan. Washington, Dec. 29. —The responses to the invitations sent out by telegraph, by Captain Lemon, asking a subscription to the fund for the benefit of Mrs. Logan are coming in rapidly, and at 10 o’clock the total amounted to $26,0001 Nothing baa been heard from the committee in Chioago engaged in soliciting funds, and similar committees are encaged iti other cities who have not reported results. Mrs. Logan's property is incumbered for nearly its full value, and the purpose is to raise a sufficient fund to clear it of incumbrance and leave her sufficient to enable her to live in the manner to which she has been accustomed. One-thousand-dollar subscriptions have been received from William Walter Phelps, George M. Pullman, John B. Drake, of Chicago; George W. Childs, A. J. Drexel, H. B Payne, It. A. Alger, Governor of Michigan: George E. Lehman, Hon. Philetns Sawyer, M. S. Smith, of Detroit; James McMillan, Detroit; Fred Billings, New York; SSOO subscriptions have been received from John Wanamaker, J. B. Henderson. W. D. Wasburn, Senator Spooner, Marshall Field. Senator John Sherman and George A. Halsey, of New Jersey. A $350 subscription from Hon. R. B. Hayes; $250 subscriptions from Senator Plumb, of Kansas; H. B Baldwin, of Detroit; cash, St. Paul; Hon. Charles Foster, Ohio, and Allen Sheldon, of Detroit S2OO subscriptions from ALA. Hanna, of Cleveland; John A. J. Creawell, of Maryland, and Win. P. Kelloeg, of Louisiana; SIOO subscriptions from G. W. Yan Schaack, of Milwaukee; L. M. Dayton, of Cincinnati; Welsh Post, G. A. R., of Ann Arbor, Mich., and many others, making an aggregate of $26,000. It is expected that the subscriptions will reach SIOO,OOO before the end of the week. New York. Dec. 29.—General Slocum and Major Tate, United States marshal for Brooklyn, who are acting as a committee of the G. A. R. to obtain subscriptions to the Airs. Logan fund, report that their arrangements are rapidly progressing. A committee of prominent men |ia been selected by them to receive subscriptions. From the disposition already shown on the part of the public, a large amount is expected to be realized. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, 111., Dec. 29.—Hon. J. G. Cannon, after spending part of the holiday season with his family in this city, left, to-day, for Washington, D. C., to extend his sympathies in person to Airs. Logan and to participate with the Illinois delegation in the obsequies of the late soldier, statesman and patriot. In speaking of the death of General Logan, Congressman Cannon said to your correspondent, “We have lost a great man, and his death is a sad blow, both to the Republican party and the Nation. I called on him just before leaving Washington, and bad not the remotest idea but that he would be up on my return.” In reply to a question as to General Logan's successor, Mr. Cannon said: “In view of the great calamity, I think that question should not be discussed until General Logan has been laid in his last resting place, and as the Legislature meets in January, I doubt not that it will choose a competent successor.” Senator George E. Bacon and Representatives B. P. Blackburn and Charles A. Allen, of the Thirty-first senatorial and Representative district, are unqualifiedly in favor of Air. Cannon as the successor to the late Senator Logan, and the tame is true of the members of the House and Senators from Coles, Douglas and Champaign counties, and, in fact, the Republicans throughout the Fifteenth congressional district favor Mr. Cannon for the Senate first, last, and all the time. The press of the district is equally united on Cannon as being the man to succeed Logan. All say, irrespective of party, that the long experience of Air.’ Cannon in Congresß, he having served fourteen consecutive years, his sterling worth as a man, his great common : sense and comprehensive grasp of business. ®mh*Titiy qnaiify him for the Senate. He is very popular, having been nominated almost every Dime by acclamation, and so nominated the last time, and elected by a largely-increased majority. He has the support of the old soldiers, because he has always stood firmly for their rights and rendered them many services. Logan and Andy Johnson. Philadelphia Press. “The death of Logan has sealed forever the lips of one man who might have told the whole story of the plans and Intentions of President Johnson against the government, as they were related in part by Grant to Chauncey M. Depew, and by the latter made public a year ago. The only remaining man who is now possessed of the secret is ex-Seeretary Boutwell, who has thus far remained silent, because he received his information in confidence from Grant. General Logan was with Grant and Stanton in Washington during their memorable contest with Johnson. He was in Stanton’s office through the pights of anxiety and doubts in that troublesome period. When Grant and Stanton went to their homes for rest. ‘Black Jack’ remained on duty in the War Department, ready for any emergency. i had a talk with him once about this matter, and asked him to remove the seal from bis lips. His renly was that he would not talk because of the differences that had existed between himself and Johnson, and his fear that he would he charged with speaking from revengeful motives. Before the war Logan was a Democrat. as Johnson was, and they naturally came together when Johnson was elevated to the Vicepresidency. “It was Johnson'B veto of the Freedman’s Bureau bill that severed their relations. Logan told me that on that occasion he went over to the White House to tell the President that their political t>es were forever to be dissolved. ‘I am going home, Air. President,’ he Bald, ‘and I shall make a speech, and I Intend to talk about that veto, and I intend to antagonize you in no uncertain language. I consider it an outraee upon the country, upon the Repnblican party, and upon the black man of the Sonth. We have been upon such terms of personal relationship, Air. President, that I have thought it only fair shat I should appiise you of my intentions.’ The President walked the floor for an hour as he talked and argued with Logan, but without purpose. The General declared that hi mind was mads up, and that nothing wonld change it He went home and made a speech that electrified the West, and did as much as any other one thing to bring abont the downfall of Johnson.”

Sent Home for His Health. Special. The following hitherto unpublished order well .li ustrates one element of General Logan’s miliary character: [Special Order No. 196.] Teadqttarters Department or the Tennessee, \ Vicksburg, Miss., July 20, 1863. ) Msjor-ireueral John A. Ijoku, commanding Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee. whose health was so much impaired at the beginning of the Vicksburg campaign that the general Boramandiug directed a leave of absence to be forwarded to him, which he declined to avail himself of pecause of the active operations of the army in which i# has borne so conspicuous a part, being still in enfeebled health, is, for the benefit of the same, hereby ordered to proceed to the State of Illinois. As soon ss he has sufficiently recovered he will rejoin his command at this place. By order of Major-general U. S. 3rant John A. Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant-geueral. Grant and Logan. Philadelphia Press. The friendship between Grant and Logan was *ry close and intimate. In talking about it, otephea B. Elkins, whose intimacy with both is well known, said: “On one occasion, when 1 *as at his house at Long Branch, I think in -HB.’l, General Grant told told me that the county owed to Logan a debt of gratitude probably

greater than to any other man now living for the influence he exerted at the beginning of the war in favor of the Union, which wa6 not only felt throughout the West, but especially contributed largely in saving to the cause of the Union the southern half of Illinois, honeycombed as it was with Southern sympathizers at that time. Grant was specially complimentary to Logan for having resigned from a seat in Congress to go to the war, probably the only case on record, and with 20,000 majority behind him, the largest ever given in a single district.” Logan in Battle. Chicago Herald. “I was with General Logan all through the wai*,'' said a miiitary-looking man on the rear end of a Aladison-street car last evening, “and in all that time I never saw him shrink in battle. I used to think Hancock led a charmed life, but Logan's contempt for singing and screeching lead was even more pronounced than that of the great West Point soldier. While the battle of Kenesaw mountain was in progress I saw Logan ride at full speed in front of our lines when the bullets seemed to be falling thicker than hail. Bareheaded, powder-stained, and his long, black hair fluttering in the breeze, the General looked like a mighty conqueror of mediaeval days. He did not know what’ danger was. Standing upright in the stirrups of his saddle, I have seen him plunge to the head of a charging column and bury himself in the smoke and flame of the enemy’s guns. A few minutes before the good McPherson fell at Atlanta a shell burst within twenty feet of General Logan. Turning to AlcPherson, who had been slightly stunned by the explosion, Logan coolly remarked: “ ‘General, they seem to be popping that corn for us.’ “Twenty minutes later AlcPherson lay bleeding on the field, while Logan, who had assumed command of the troops, was hurling his battalions against the enemy with the skill of a born soldier.” #

The General's Romantic Marriage, New York Sun. General Logan’s marriage was quite romantic, and the story is not generally known. Airs. Logan’s father was Captain CunniDgham, descended from an Irish family, and a Southerner by birth and education. He was born in Lincoln, Tenn., but reared in Alabama, and when of age went to Illinois. He brought some slaves with him, but, although slavery was still allowed in the Territories, he decided to liberate them, and did so. From Illinois he migrated to Missouri, and entered the employ of George P. Darris, at tbat time a great overland merchant, with headquarters in St. Louis. While in Petersburg, Boone county, he met and married a lady of French descent, Miss Fountaine, and it was on Missouri soil that their first child, Mary, was born. She was only a year old when the Captain returned to Illinois on account of his father's failing health, and settled in Williamson county. When the Alexican war broke out her father, who had served in the Black Hawk war when a mere boy, received a commission as captain of a company of the First Illinois Volunteers, and went to the front. In another company of the same regiment there happened to be a yonnd lieutenant by the name of John A. Logan, who had enlisted from Jackson county. His father had served in the sAtue Legislature with the Captain, and naturally a strong friendship sprang up between the two. In fact, it may be said that the marriage which afterward took place between the Lieutenant and the Captain’s eldest daughter was arranged during this campaign, since the Captain, about this time, received from the latter, still a mere child, the first letter she had ever written, and, showing it to toe Lieutenant, laughingly told him he might have her. After the war the Captain caught tho gold fever, and was one of the fortyniners who emierated to the Pacific coast. Upon his return Pierce had been installed as President, and the Captain received the appointment of land register, at Shawneetown, 111. In the meantime young Logan had bisen making good progress at the bar, and the Captain’s eldest daughter had been acquiring an education at the famous convent school of St. Vincent’s Academy, at Morganfield, Ky., where she passed three years. At that time it was one of the few academies for young ladies in the West and a branch of the famous institution at Nazareth, Ky. She graduated in July, 1855, and on her return entered her father’s office and acted as bis secretary, this being her first appearance in public affairs. At this time General Logan was prosecuting attorney for the district, nd lived in Benton. Franklin county. It was on going over to Shawneetown to attend court that he had the pleasure of meeting Alias Cunningham for the first time. He told her that he had called for the purpose of claiming the fulfilment of her father's promise, and prospered so well in his conrtsbip that in the following November they were married, she a young girl of seventeen and h a rising lawyer of thirty. Logan was at that time prosecuting attorney of the district, and in those days the circuit was composed of sixteen counties. ' He lived in Benton, and there the young couple began their married life. His rise was rapid and brilliant, and in 1858, After distinguished service iu the Legislature, he was elected to Congress as a Douglas Democrat Mrs. Logan has often described that famous campaign, daring which Stephen A. Douglas spoke at Benton and was entertained at General Logan’s house.

CLEVELAND’S HEALTH. The Presidential Succession—The Chief Executive's Cowditlpn Not Alsrmiug, Special t the Jndianaeoiu Journal. Washington, Dec. 29. —1n discussion of President Cleveland’s illness, a good many inquiries have been made to-day as to who would succeed him in event of his death, which is not likely to occur very soon, but which is a question of debate among many people in Washington just at this time. The presidential succession bill was approved and went into effect on January 19 last Under its provisions Secretary of State Bayard would succeed to the presidency, and after him the other members of the Cabinet in this order: Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney-general, Post-master-general, Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Interior. President Cleveland took considerable exercise in his room to-day, hobbling around, so as to gain strength for the ordeal of Saturday, when the great New Year’s recep tion in the White House will take place. Mrs. Cleveland told a lady friend this afternoon that she believed the President would be able to participate, and that if he was not strong enough to stand up he would occupy a chair and receive his friends sitting. She was very enthusiastic about the coming event, and the work of decoration and preparations for music are going ahead under the impression that the President will either be strong enough to receive or that his wife will do so. The physicians have warned the President against taking so much exercise at this time, and serious results if he should take a cold, which is easy under this damp, cold atmosphere. No one is yet admitted to Mr. Cleveland's room, and he is denying himself to all kinds of public and private business. He will, in all probability, Dull through this attack, and there is no need of fears concerning his condition; but he is in delicate health, and will require exceeding good care now and in future. He is ripe for apoplexy or any of the various rheumatic affections. MINOR MATTERS. Warning; to Soldiers Who Contemplate Applying for Pensions. Bpciul to the lndl&naoolia Journal Washington, Dec. 29.—Ex-Union soldiers throughout the country who are applying for pensions through the Pension Bureau, or Congress, or who hope to secure pensions by the passage of a universal pension bill, should be warned against certain “fraudulent" agents here. There are three or four persons in Washington now who claim to be acting with Congress with a view to securing pension legislation, and who are calling upon those who would be benefited by legislation for contributions “to pay expenses ” True they only ask for twenty-five or

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fifty cents each from the soldiers, ant these contributions are not only thrown aeay, but they do harm. All men who claim to te assisting in procoring legislation are frauds. More, their presence here is a detriment to the work, for they are disgusting dead-beats, and discourage and hinder those in Congress whs are the true friends of the soldiers. There is a common channel open to all to influence legislation. This is in wdting direct to the Senators and Representatives. It oosts nothing. They will do for their constituents a thousand times quicker and more enthusiastically than for the bores who lay arcund here and prey upon the soldiers. Very frequently the legislators, becoming disgusted with these alleged “representatives of the soldiers,” vote against measures for the sole purpose of rebuking the system of paying them moiey. It is said that two or three of tkese “agents.” or “representatives,” have collected many thousand dollars a year from soldiers, on the pretext that they are working for legislation before Congress. All money sent to these persons i6 money worse than wasted. General and Personal. Special to the ludi&naoolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 29.—Senator Jones, of Florida, has changed his mind abaut returning to the capital this winter. He says he won’t come back—just because someaody said he would. It is said Senator Manone will go into railroad building and management when he retires from public life on Alarch 4 next. Representative Holman, of Indiana, told a .friend, recently, that he would not run again for Congress; tbat he would retire at the end of this term. He made this statement two years ago, but it seemed no other Democrat in the districtwanted the place. If he comes back for another term, it will be because there is not among bis constituents a man who either aspires, or who is believed to have the proper fitness for the place. It seems that the office is going beggine. It is now said that the object of Mrs. Cleveland in making the prolonged trip to New York, recently, was to secure a number of elegant dresses to be worn at the White House dinners and receptions this season. She is reported to have some exceedingly handsome garments, General Aliles called at the War Department to-day, and had an extended interview with Secretary Kndicott. The General will leave Washington this evening for New York, to remain a day or two before proceeding to Prescott, A. TANARUS., where he will direct the removal of his headquarters to Los Aneeles, Cal. Airs. Aliles will accompany her husband West The Secretary of the Navy has given permission to all members of the G. A. R. and exsoldiers and sailors, employed in the Navy Department and navy-yard in this city, who deßire to participate in the procession next Friday, on the Occasion of General Logan’s funeral, to absent themselves from duty in the forenoon. The department will be closed in the afternoon, under the operation of the order issued just before Christmas. It is probable that the other executive departments will follow the same course. As an evidence of the carelessness of the public in addressing letters, officials of the Dead-letter Office to day exhibited a x list of sixty-four letters addressed to “Pittsburg, 0.,” all but nine of which were intended for and were subsequently delivered to parties in Pittsburg, Pa. Nearly all of these letters were to business firms, and many of the envelopes bore business cards. Another common error in addressing letters is said to be the substitution of “Chicago, N. Y.” for Chicago, 111. It is the intention of the Secretary of the Navy to appoint, at the Washington Navy-yard, by Feb. 1, a superintendent of the new gun manufactory at the yard, and he desires publicity to be giv m to the fact and applications to be sent to him oefore Jan. 15, stating the qualifications of the person making application. The matter of salary has been left open to secure the services of a proper person.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. United States Aiarshal Alaratta, of Dakota, has decided to resign Roon. It is rumored that he will be appointed Territorial Auditor by Gov. Church. Rev. Clayton Kelso, a Presbyterian minister of Alacon, Mo., committed suicide on Tuesday morning at his home by hanging himself by the neck from a beam in his barn. He had just returned from the funeral of his sister, and it is supposed that excessive grief over her death unbalanced his mind. - **> Capt. A. E. B. Sparrow, of Eng., committed suicide at Las Vegas, N. M., on Tuesday. He appeared in that town in June last, and invested $75,000 in a bogus cattle company. The investment proved an entire loss and left him without means of support. He ended his existence by a pistol shot. By a premature explosion of powder in Lawrence, Brown & Co.’s colliery, at Frackville, Pa.. Thomas Fisher was so badly burned that he died soon afterward. Richard Penn was badly burned, and Harry McCormack was burled quite a distance and had an arm broken. Three Italians, names unknown, were frightfully burned and scalded. The Alliance accommodation, on the Port Wayne railroad, jumped the track near Darlington, 0., forty miles West of Pittsburg, on Tuesday evening, wrecking two passenger coaches and the baggage car. Four passengers and two employes received painful but not serious injuries, and a number of others were slightly bruised and cut. The accident was caused by a broken frog. The executive committee of the Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Alethodist Episcopal Church, of which Bishop Walden is chairman, has bad under consideration, at a meeting at Cincinnati, charges against Professor Calkins, of the Chattanooga University, one of the schools under the charge of the Bociety. The committee found Professor Calkins guilty of a discourtesy, in a public store, to a Rev. Mr. Johnson, a colored minister of Chattanooga, and recommended the trustees of the university to request Professor Calkins to resign. Losses by Fire. Columbus, 0., Dec. 29.—Glenwood & Greenlawn street railroad stables burned to-night with six cars and other contents. The damage is about SII,OOO, with insurance o? $4,000. Johnstown, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Charles King’s glove-leather establishment was burned last night. Sixty men are thrown out of employment. The loss is estimated at about $50,000; insurance, $35,000. St. Louis. Dee. 29.—The wholesale fancy grocery and spice-house of Wm. Schotten & Cos., No. 11l South Second street, was totally destroyed by fire at 7 o’clock to-night Loss, $60,000; insurance not known. Galesburg, IIL, Dec. 29.—The Galesburg Opera-house, owned by a company of that name, consisting of C. Brechwaid & Cos., and Aaron Nash, was totally destroyed by fire this evening. The fire caneht in the scenery of the third 6tory, from a defective flue. The building cost $75,000; insured for $25,000. Other losses will aggregate SIO,OOO to $20,000. Pittsburg, Dec. 29.—A conflagration at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, this morning. destroyed one of the finest blocks in the city, and, for several hours, threatened destruction to the entire business portion of that thriving place. The fire was discovered at 2 o’clock, and is supposed to have originated in Temple’s hardware store. The fire apparatus was wholly inadequate, and the flames quickly spread to the adjoining buildings. The citizens worked heroically to stay the progress of the fiery element, but it was not until 6 o’clock this morning that the flames were under control Ten buildings were consumed, including the Laird House, Temple’s hardware store, old Press office, Caleb Stark’s dwelling, and four stores. The Laird House was the largest and finest hotel in Greensburg. It was a brick building, four stories in height, and finely furnished. The gueste were all sound asleep when the fire started, and many of them barely escaped from the building in their night clothes. The loss is estimated at $100,000; insurance, $65,000. No one was in jured. Conservative Defeat In Canada. Toronto. Out, Dec. 29.—With two constituencies remaining to be heard from, which are likely to balance each other, the result of yesterday’s election in Ontario is as follows: Liberals, 59, Conservatives. 28; Independent, I—a net Liberal gain of 8 members. Steamship News. London, Dec. 29.—Arrived: Grecian Monarch, from New York.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Tho Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Kokomo’s New Gas Well Promises Better Results Than Those Previously Opened—Having Pun with a Judge—Gleanings. INDIANA. Kokomo’s Latest Gas Well Proves the Most Valuable Yet Opened. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Dec. 29.—The V6in of natural gas at well No. 3 in South Kokomo, mention of which was made in to-day’s Journal, has developed into a “gusher” that exceeds either of the wells now burning, and far surpasses the most sanguine expectations of the stockholders. This well has a great advantage over either of the other wells, • from the fact that it is a dry well, and is constantly increasing in volume. While the other wells are a mine of wealth to their owners, and are the admiration of all who see them, yet they both emit a constant flow of bydrolene, or mineral water, which is said to possess sixty grains of mineral to every pint of water, and by experts is said to be a remedial agent more powerful than the famous waters of Lafayette, White Sulphur, Frencb Lick or Lodi. The waters from these wells are drunk by hundreds of our people, and already some remarkable cures have been reported. The mnch-talked-of gas field of Kokomo is no longer a theme of fancy, but a reality, which promises a substantial growth and a bright future for Kokomo. One can now stand on either of the bridges spanning Wildcat creek and see three famous gas wells within a quarter of a mile of each other, from each of which is leaping high into a crisp, midwinter atmosphere, a burning flame of natural eas, each of which is sufficient to furnish licrht and fuel for three cities the size of Kokomo. The officers of the company who are to-day developing the most valnaoie gas well west of Findlay, 0., are: President, Hon. J. F. Elliott; vice president. John E. Aloore; secretary, John W. Stringer; treasurer, John B. Carter. This is a strong company, and has already leased for gas and oil operations several hundred acres of land in the vicinity of Kokomo, Fairfield, Sharpsville and Tampico. The city authorities are already communicating with many manufacturing companies throughout the country, and are Pusy answering questions as to Kokomo’s advantages and the extent of the natural gas fields. Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Sullivan, Dec. 29. —lda Craig, a domestic in the employ of L. S. Eaton, attempted to commit suicide, last night, by taking poison. She probably got an overdose, and it is now thought she will live. No cause for the attempt is yet known. Minor Notes. Robert Bruner, an employe of the Peru woolen mills, is missing, and is supposed to have drowned himself in the Wabash river. The Peru Evening Journal, owned and published by Richard Kilgore, has changed hands. C. F. Crowder, of Kokomo, and Wm. Bren ton, of Peru, assumed.control yesterday. At Conneraville Thomas Welch's three-vear-old child played around the house all day, climbed upon her father's knee, coughed and died in a minute. She had been subject to worms, and it is supposed one got into her throat and choked her. Mr. T. W. Lawson, whose nAtne was mentioned in connection with that of Ferguson, a man who recently swindled Richmond people in photographs, explains that he was not a partner of Ferguson, but was merely emploved by the latter and received a salary. The Journal makes this statement in justice to Mr. Lawson. The ex-prisoners of war of Washington county, met for organization at G. A. R. Hall, at Salem, on Tuesday. Dr. A. Lanning. a former Andersonville prisoner, was elected president, and James B. Berkey, who also spent some time in the same prison, was elected secretary. Fifteen names are enrolled in this organization. Gosport Lodge, No. 160, K. of P., at Gosport, was instituted on Tuesday night by Eden Lodge, No. 99, K. of P., of Spencer, assisted by Anniversary Lodge, No. 89, of Martinsville. Representatives from Franklin Lodge, No. 22. of Bloomington, and Palestine, No. 137 n os Bedford, rendered Eden Lodge valuable assistance. Gosport Lodge starts with twenty two charter members. The members of the various lodges present were handsomely entertained by the Gosport brethren.

ILLINOIS. Macon Comity Lawyers Make Merry at the Expense of Judge Hashes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon, Dec. 29.—Members of the Macon county bar hare indulged in considerable merriment lately at the expense of Judge Hughes, of this city. While holding court in Decatur a burglar named Conley appeared before the Judge and pleaded guilty, at the same time making a stump speech about it having been his first offense, and a poor old grav-haired mother and three sisters being dependent upon him in Three Rivers. Mich.;" how he could not find work, took to tramping and finally to stealing to support them. The story touched a tender spot in the heart of all who heard him, and the Judge regretfully told him that, in compliance with the law in such cases, the best be could do for him was a sentence of two years. Conley thanked the Judge and returned to jail, and was heartily welcomed within the walls of Joliet prison a week later by the old-timers with whom he had served twelve years. The Judge now teils the lawyers that he put no faith in the fellow’s story, and would not have given him more than two years for the petty offense he was guilty of. Rrief Mention. Dr. J. C. Winslow, an old citizen and noted geologist, of Danville, expired on Tuesday. A farm of fifty-eight acres near Bloomington, belonging to Hiram Sibley, the seed millionaire, has been attached on a suit for security by a citizen of Massachusetts. The commissioners and warden of Joliet prison, in their biennial report to the Governor, have folly set forth their views on the question of convict labor under the present system. All the expenses of the penitentiary have been met by its earnings. Obituary. San Francisco, Dec. 29.— Pedar Sather, a well-known capitalist and sole owner of the bank of Sather & Cos., of this city, died at his residence at Oakland, yesterday, after a long illness. Peoria, 111, Dec. 29.—Charles B. Bacon, of the firm of Bills & Bacon, insurance agents, and one of the most prominent citizens of this city, dropped dead at the Board of Trade about 10:50 this morning. He leaves a wife. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 29.—James A. McMaster, the veteran editor of the New York Freeman’s Jonrn&l, and the leading Catholic journalist, died in St Mary’s Hospital to-day from disorders brought on by a fall some weeks ago. He was born in Duanesburg, N. Y., in 1820, and was the son of a Protestant minister. And Patti, Tool City of Mexico, Dec. 29. Mme. Patti arrived here to-day. It is reported that she will not be able to sing to morrow night, on account of feeling the rarity of the atmosphere. Senators as Presidential Candidates. Philadelphia Prens. In the Senate cloak-room ai Washington, one winter day. before the Republican national committee of 1884 had assembled, a group bad gathered around the swarthy Senator, who was then

afflicted with the first twinges of the rheumatic difficulty which finally carded him of!, and the conversation was turned on the subject of the coming presidential nomination at Chicago, when Logan said: “About every Republican member of this body expects to be nominated at Chicago; but none of us will be. There is one objection about a United States Senator as a presidential candidate that has always beeu fatal." “What is that?” inquired one of the group. “A Senator is too well known,” was the reply. Senator Hoar wanted to know what, in Logan’s opinion, were the requisites for a successful canvass for the nomination in the convention, and got the terse reply, “Obscurity and mediocrity.’* GOVERNOR AND JUDGE. Au Interesting W restling Match Which Resulted in a Draw, Jefferson City rMo.) Tribune. A most important and distinguished wrestle took place in the State Treasurers office Tuesday evening, the principals being Gov. Marmaduke and Judge E. H. Norton. It appears that Gov. Marmaduke made some remark to the effect that nothing would be easier than to place the spinal column of the Supreme Court Judge across a red stripe in the carpet. Judge Norton replied that the Constitution of Missouri gave no person the right to down the Snpreme Court, except justices of the peace, and that at all events he believed himself able to make any chief executive feel dizzy-headed. Tbis was enough. The room was cleared for action and Ed. T. Noland selected for referee, No rules were to be observed, but each was to do his best to down his opponent. Gov. Marmaduke opened by making a charge, and succeeded in capturing one of the Judge's coattails. The Judge filed a lien on the Governor’s vest, and thus they waltzed across the room several times. At first it seemed that the Supreme Court must suffer defeat, and then later on it looked bad for the administration. A chair finally got between them aud ended the first heat. After a brief rest the refere* called time, and both promptly responded. Each realized that tb-sy had undertaken a big job, and proceeded cautiously. The Governor issued a requisition for the Judge’s coat and the right side of his vest and secured service. In the meantime Judge Norton had commenced hebeas corpus proceedings to secure possession of the Governor’s collar and coat and proved successful BacK and forth they went over the room. Tho Governor applied all his military tactics, and the Judge had frequut recourse to legal strategy. The struggle was long and vigorous. Each exerted his strength in vain, and finally, at the end of five minutes, the referee called the match a draw.

THE ATTACK ON LINCOLN. A Gosslper Whose Unpleasant Recollections Are Very Untimely. Louisville Courier-Journal. By an unpleasant coincidence, just as the count*y has with one accord laid aside all unkindly feeling to do honor to the memory of General Logan, it comes to the public that Judge Nelson, of New York, knows many things not creditable to Mr. Lincoln, and is disposed to tell all lie knows. It was once told to Mr. Lincoln that General Grant drank too much whisky, whereupon the President, in his humorous way. suggested that it might be well to learn what brand of whisky he used and distribute a litte among the other generals of the army. So it might he well for Judge Nelson to inform the country what particular treatment rescued Mr. Lincoln from his insanity, so that the prescription might be distributed geueraily among our statesmen. Judge Nelson says that Lincoln avowed disbelief in God. and wrote a book ridiculing the idea of the existence of a Supreme Being. The almost sublime faith Mr Lincoln manifested in the eventual success of the Union cause did not evince a frame of mind compatible with the rejection of so common a belief. He may have thought that Mr. Seward was a little too fervid in his Thanksgiving proclamation, and may have reconstructed the doenment in accordance with his plainer taste, but there is no proclamation signed by him wherein tbo Deity is mentioned that has anything in the remotest degree suggesting a doubt of the Divine power over the affairs of men. Altogether Judee Nelson has not impaired the glory of Lincoln, nor added to bis own fame, and he just now stands in the attitude of a disturber of the harmonious grief of a people who are again illustrating thu national habit of laving aside all animosity, difference and especial scandal in the presence of death. Lincoln had his faults, and Logan had his. and so has every man his, but it is a good thing for us, and fair to them, when they are gone, to recall their virtues.

Two Who Were One. Cleveland Leader. It is hard to say what John A. Logan'i life would have been without his wife, but il certainly could not have attained anything like the fullness and nobility which history will record, ana the eulogists of the departed warrior and statesman must not forget the admirable sharer of his hopes, his labors and his rewards. Unusual Literary Ostentation. Boston Herald. A New York social light has had the check sent her for a magazine article handsomely framed and hung up in her boudoir. A better plan would be to have the amount cashed and send the money to some woman who is struggling to earn an honest livelihood. A Happy Thought. Pittsbnrsr Chronicle. Mr. Tanner, consul at Chemnitx, Saxony, says that where he is “children un weaned drink beer, and women could drink you under the table and not half try.” We recommend that a Chemnitzer be imported anc. naturalized for the Mexican mission. A Matter of Figures. Chicago Journal. Os a total of 825 divorces granted in Indiana, last year, 581 were granted on complaints of wives and 234 on complaints of husbands. This shows that the Indiana womeu are more than twice as good as the men. Bill Nye’s New Poem. Chicago Rambler. I am now preparing a poem entitled The Umbrella. It is a dainty little bit of verse, and ray hired man thinks it is a gem. I called it The Umbrella so that it would not be returned. The Season Is Here. Omaha Republican. This is the season of the year when a man spends $4 for a 65-ceut turkey at a raffle. Gedney House, New York, Broadway and Fortieth street, opposite Metropolitan Opera-house and Casino. Hotel en.itsly new. Desirable for business men or families. European plan. Rooms. $1 per day upwards. Excellent restaurant. Gen. Dan Macaulay & W. B. Bowers.

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