Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1887 — Page 2

THE IOTMAKAPOMS JOURNAL, TUESDAY. JANUAHr 4, 188T.

t save him too black, eyes in that same) encounter, andjhe carried them with him to the Senate. Senator Oelesby was a spectator ofthe boat, ind when it crew warm he tried to stop it lie couldn't, though the General stopped It himself. He certainly hit me hard. The stories about his -acility and strength have not been exaggerated in the least" 'Senator Voorhees says he has seen him, within a few years, turn a hand-spring in his

parlor," said the reporter. "So have I, hundreds o f timPB," said the Pro fessor. "I tell vou he was the best man in every respect that I ever saw, and that means a good deal, when you are speaking of fighting." LOGAN'S UOCTORS. Denial of the Story that the Dying Senator Was Dragged Into Unconsciousness. 8rcial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Jan. 3. A great deal has been said to-day about a statement made on Friday, and mentioned in these dispatches, to the effect that Senator Logan died while under the effect of aconite and other drugs. An intimate of Logan's family says that the stoy is without foundation, and that the family and friends are entirely satisfied with the medical treatment He saw two members of the family this morning, and they were greatly shocked that such a publication should be made and indignantly denied that there was the slightest suspicion or even dissatisfaction at the treatment at the hands of the medical attendants. He said that Mrs. Logan had not left the side of her husband for five minutes at a time during the critical staee of his illness, and she knew everything that was goine on. Had there been any suspicion of any maltreatment the public would have known it before now. " The story probably arose from the known aversion of the Senator to opiates in any form. One night, after an inTiroratmg alcoholic bath, he obtained some refreshing sleep. The next morning he remarked: "I think they roust have given me something last night I slept so well" THOMPSON II. MURCH. Facts About a Labor Politician of Whom Great Things Were Expected. ttockland (Mo. ) Opinton. When the late Thompson H. ' Murch, member of Congress from Maine in 1879, who recently died in an insane hospital, was but an infant he began his adventurous career by tarely escaping in bis mother's arms from a burning house. He went to sea when only twelve years of age, and followed it a boy, seaman and cook for several years. The i'.tnd of general information which served him so well (or so ill) in after life he picked ud by his habits of observation and by attending school between voyages. On one of his trips he cauzbt the yellow lever, and was Jbroueht to the point of death. The lite so stirringly begun was filled with exciting incidents up to its close. After leavinir the ocean Mur-.h went West In a railroad accident his ribs were broken and he was otherwise injured. Starting to walk 300 miles through the wilderness to Stillwater, Minn., after his recovery, he was robbed of his small stock of supplies by Indians, and lived for several days on such "things as he found growing wild. Before he arrived at bis destination he was hired by a settler to dig a cellar, and afterward a well. He then went into the woods of Michigan as cook for a party of lumbermen. Then he and his brother, whom he found at last, built a flatboat And took it down the Mississippi river to Dubuque, and, disposing of the boat, bought a farm in Illinois. Mb Murch there cast his first vote, in 18G0, for Stephen A. Donglas. Shortly after the close of the war Murch came to Portlaud, Me., and was employed iu repairing the government fortifications. Then he engaged in business for himself at Grnton Junction, Mass., but gave it up and returned to Maine, and found work i2 Dix island, where he remained from 1870 till 1877. During this time he began the work of political agitation which lifted him to the height from which he fell so ingloriously. Murch was just smart enouch to be dangerous dangerous to his employers, dangerous to his companions, and most dangerous to himself. MIXOK MATTERS. Condition of the Public Debt A Reduction of Over Nine Millions. Washington, Jan. 1. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued to-day from the Treasury Department: Interest-Searing debt $1,130,404,462 Interest. 11,838.720 Total $1,142.333. 1 82 Debt on which interest has ceased.... 9,086.191 Debt bearing no interest 574,601,318 Total debt and interest...... $1,726,083,62 Debt, less available cash in the Treasury 1,394.181,128 Decrease of debt during the month.. 9,358,202 Cash in the Treasury available for reduction of debt 24 1,902,563 Total cash in Treasury 441,915,783 Bank Examiner Scriba Removed. Washington, Jan. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury to day directed the removal of Mr. A. M. Scriba from the office of bank examiner at New York. He refused to res'.gn at the request of the Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. V. P. Snvder. the newlr-apnointed examiner, left Washington on Sunday with instructions to take charge of the office this morning. General and Personal. tiperisl to th Imllanaeoiis Journal. Washington, Jan. 3. Miss Hannah D. Lanham, of Indiana, a nine-hundred-dollar clerk in the General Land Office, has bean promoted to $1,000. Eb Henderson, newly appointed Deputy Com missioner of Internal Reveuue, ia not expected to report for duty until the last of the week. Mr. Hocers's term of duty as Deputy Commissioner expired with the year. Th third child of Lyeurgus Dalton, of Indiana. Postmaster of the House of Representatives, has been at the point of death for several days, but is in some better condition to night The child is a son, four years old. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints during the week ended Dec. 31, was 511,6G(: during the corresponding period of last year 476.084. The shipments of fractional silver coin during December amounted to $637,405. The coinage at the mints during December amounted to 44.814,252, of which $2,550,261 were standard dollars. The Commissioner of the General Land Office has notified local land agents in Kansas to advise all parties making applications to enter linds heretofore certified to the State of Kansas for the benefit of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, that such applications are . wholly useless, as ro preference or other rizht can thus be acquir ed. It is stated that a large number of applications for these lands have been A'.ed upon the unauthorized statement of attorneys that more land has been certified to this com any than it is legally entitled to. Mr. Joseph H. Reall, of New York, president of the American Aericultural and Dairy Association, who is in Washington for the purpose of promoting agricultural interests in Congress, Maid to a reporter, to day, that there are three bills now pending which the association desire to have pasted, namely, the department of agriculture bill, the animal industry bill and the agricultnral experiment-station bill. Colonel Lament said, to-day that the President was much improved and seemed to have been benefited by his New Year's day experience. He remained in bis private room to-day, however, and received no callers. He expects to be in his public ofllee tomorrow as usual. Cant George E. I-ieraon to-dav received from Mr. W. K. Vanderbilta subscription of $1,000 for the Logan fund; from C Vanderbilt, $1,000, and from Edwin Cowles, $200. Captain Lemon to-day purchased $20,000 4 per cent. United States bonds on account of the Logar-. fund. Captain Lemon received the following subscriptions to-day, in addition to those previously reported! Alexander Ilamsoy, St Paul, $100; Wrn. A. Kusiel. Lawrence. $200; II. O. Clarke. New York, tl.COO; Wa. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass.," $100; Walt.&Wm. A. Talcot, llockford, III, $100; L. M. Bates, New York, $100; Hon. J. P. Jones. Pittsburg, $500; Ileary Clew & Co., New York, $300.

BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. Falley & Iloes, Slio Manufacturers, Transfer Their Entire Assets to a Trustee. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Lafayette, Iud., Jan. 3. No little surprise was created here, late this evening, when it be:ame known that the extensive boot and shoe manufacturing firm'of Falley & Hoes, which has been in business here for many years, bad made a voluntary transfer of all their assets to James B. Falley, trustee, who is an indorser for the firm at the First National Back, this city, for $27,000. The available assets of the house are given in round numbers at $227,000, and their liabilities are placed at $150,000. This amount ia scattered among Eastern rubber companies and leather men, and Chicaeo and Milwaukee tanners. The firm still continues in business under the management of the trustee, as they have large orders already in. They report that collections the last year have been unusually dull, and that this caused their temporary troubles. Other Failures. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Buoomington, 111., Jan. 3. Mark Warren, clothing dealer of Chenoa, made an assignment to-day to W. A. Haynes. Assets, $3,800; liabilities, $3,000. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 3. Joseph R. Royer, wholesale confectioner of this city, made an assignment to-day. Liabilities, $25,000; assets, about two-thirds. Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 3. The farm implement house of Upton & Co., closed its doom today. Liabilities. $75,000; assets, $40,000. The creditors are mainly residents of Cedar Rapids. Norristown, Pa., Jan. 3. Wm. Slimmer, proprietor of the oil refinery at this place, has made an assignment to J. L. Crew. Liabilities, $70,000; assets unknor n, but it is thought they are far below the indebtedness.

St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 3. Samuel Weinstein, wholesale dealer in jeans pants, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors to-day. His liabilities amount to $18,000. His principal creditors are New York and Cincinnati firms. Norristown, Pa., Jan. 3. The failure of L. William Stemmer, proprietor of the Montgomery oil works, is announced. The liabilities are $50,000, and the assets will cover that amount if they can be realized upon. Mr. Stemmer's works were destroyed by fire, about two years ago, causing a loss of $75,000, and he has nevr been able to recover from the loss. THE FIRE RECORD. Disastrous Maze at Argos A Number of Business Houses Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. A kg os, Ind., Jan. 4. Fire broke out here at 11 p. m. and was not under control until 1:30 A. M. The losers are: . Jonathan Pickett, building and stock, $4,000; Dr. Kirkendall, dentist, $50; W. R. Moore, drugs, $750; Jacob Beam, boots and shoes, building and stock, $500; J. W. Brock us, building, $800; A. Kissiman, bakery, $300; A. Leslie, building, $300; S.' J. Holley, jeweler, $700; Mrs. S. J. Hofley, dress-maker. $100; Chas. Davis, saloon, building and stock. $2,000; Carey & Bro., building, $500; Casy & Alleman, agricultural irapliments, $200; Dr. Finley Stevens, building, $200. - Losses for the Year. New York, Jan. 3. The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin of Jan. 4 estimates the December fire loss in the United States and Canada at $11,200,000, and the loss during 18SG at $116,600,000. This is largely in excess of previous figures, both as retrards the month of December and the year just ended. Other Fires. Weixsville, O.. Jan. 3. The opera-house at Lisbon, this county, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss could not be ascertained, but it is very heavy, and fully insured. Special to the Indianapolis Jourcat. Kokomo, Ind., Jan, 3. The Farmer's Hotel, owned by W. B. Ellson. was entirely destroyed by fire this morning, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Ellson estimates his loss at $1,000, which is partially covered by insurance, $1,200 in the Germania of New York, and $S00 in the Franklin of Indianapolis. Owing to the extreme cold weather several of the firemen had their ears frozen. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A man dressed in a dark suit of clothes committed suicide at Niagara Falls, last evening, by jumping from the railway suspension bridge into the rapids of Niagara river, a distance of 195 feet George Dow and Thomas Count were discovered, Sunday, ia a ravine on Loud's branch of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena railroad. Count was frozen stiff and Dow was nearly dead, though he may recover. On Sunday night burglars blew open the safe at Meyer & Prurss's shoe store, at Cincinnati, and obtained $750. A small safe was found in the suburbs which had been carried away intact, and blown open at leisure in a secluded place. Richard Ingraham, of Fulton, N. Y., nnd Benjamin Benson, of Ogdensburg, wero instantly killed, and George varley, of Carthage, was badly injured, yesterday, while loading oil cars in the Joy villo mines, by a mass of frozen oil and rocks falling upon them. In the habeas corpus petition of J. H. Haverly, the theatrical manager, whom certain New York judgment creditors sought to arrest at Chicago and carry back to New Ycrlc, on the strength of a bail-piece bond, Judsre Shepherd yesterday decided to grant the petition of Mr. Harerly, and he was ordered to be released from srrest In the case of Prather and others, doing business as the Nodaway Valley Back, against Preston. Kean & Co., of Chieago, Judge Gresham held that the defendants were careless in keeping $12,000 in United States government bonds with which Ker, the defaulting cashier, ran away to Peru. The bonds are worth about $18,000 now in grincipal and interest Preston Kean & Co. are ordered to pay the amount. George Hill, one of the commissioners of LaSalle county, and a leading citizen of the town of Twohig, Tex., was assassinated at thatplaee, on Sunday night Mr. Hill was an important witness at the coroner's inquest on the recent killing of Sheriff McKinney. He was shot three times, but lived long enough to state that his assassins were Capt Silas Hay and Frank It. Hall. Captain Hay was father-in-law of the late Sheriff McKinney. The Stale Rangers and local authorities are scouring the country in search of trie assassins, who lied immediately after firing on their victim. Reduction of Theater Friees. Chicago, Jan 3. The action of the Columbia Theater in reducing its scale of prices has caused quite a sensation in theatrical circles here. Heretofore the Columbia has charged the same price as the other first-class theaters Mcvickers, the Chicago Opera-house and Hooley's. This scale, for ordinary attractions, ranges from $1.50 down to 23 cents, while the general admission is placed at $L For several years the above scale has prevailed. The Columbia has reduced its prices so that the highest price for seats is $1 and the general admission 50 cents. From pub lished interviews with the other leading theatrical managers it seems probable that the example of Mr. Hill will be followed by the other managers. Quarrels of Cigar Ola kers. Cincinnati. O., Jan. 3. Cigr-makers' Pro tective Union, No, 4, recently charged Eureka Assembly 4940, Knights of Labor, composed of cigar-makers, with violating the eight-hour rule, with adopting resolutions refusing to allow manufacturers the use of the blue seal of the order unless they discontinued the use of the blue label of the international union, and I with seeking to destroy the union and force all cigar-makers to join the Knights of Labor. The Knights of Labor cigar-maker will retaliate by declaring war to the kuife against the international union. This will place both mnufacturers aud. consumers in a dilemma, r resident Su&saer,

of the international union, to day notified union No. 4 that it is positively known that the blue label is being counterfeited in this city. The matter will be investigated.

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Jan. 4,1a.m. Special indications for twenty-four hours from 7 a. m. for Indiana Warmer, fair weather. For Ohio and Indiana Southerly, followed by easterly winds; warmer, fair weather. For Michigan and Wisconsin Lieht snow; southerly, followed by northwesterly winds; slight change in temperature. For Illinois Variable, followed by northwesterly winds; fair weather; nearly stationary temperature. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan. 3. Time. Bar. Tber. Hum. Wind. Weather R.ain 6 A. 2 p. 9 P. M... M... M 30.61 30.5(3 30.51 11 69 G6 S9 S west Clear. 8 7 S'east Clear. S'east Clear. Maximum ture. 12. temperature, 10; minimum temperaGeneral Observations. War Department, ? Washington, Jan. 3, 10 p. u. Observations taken at the same moment. o time at all stations. a o s a 3 cr t i B o B a P. STATIONS. ? 5; New York City. Washinjrton City... Vicksburg, Miss.... New Orleans. La... Shreveoort, La. Fort Smith. Ark Little Rock. Ark Galveston, Tex Memphis, Tenn Nashville. Tenn Louisville, Ky Indianapolis, Ind... Cincinnati, O Pittsburg. Pa. Oswego, N.Y Toledo, O... Escanaba, Mich M&rqnette, Mich... Chicago, 111 .... Milwaukee. Wis.... Duluth, Minn...... St. Paul, Minn LaCrosse, Wis Davenport, Ia 30.61 30.66 30.46 30.44 12 15 21 30 26 20 North Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear, dear. Cloudy. North N'east North 30.39 30.31 S'east East. 30.35 30.46 30.53 38!East 19; East Fair. Clear. 15 North Fair. 30.56 12 IS east' Clear. 30.54 7 1 S'east Clear. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Lt 6now. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. 30.58 30.59 30.57 30.58 9 15 iS east South South 7 O ! Swest1 IS west! 30.25 30.18 4 8 'Sweat; .01 30.42 4! South 3033 30.14 30.12 4:S west 7, S west .01 .03 9 S'east Lt snow. Lt snow. 30.24 30.32 12; South 81 South ....! Cloudy. .... Cloudy. . ... Cloudy.. .... Cloudy. Cloudy. .... Cloudy. . ... Clear. .18 Cloudy. i Clear. .03 Fair. Des Moines. Ia 30.124 17;South! 12 S'east! Keokuk. Ia Cairo, 111 Springfield. Ill St. Louis. Mo . Lamar, Mo Leavenworth, Kan. . Omaha, Neb ........ Yankton. Dak...... 30.30 30.49 30.39 30.41 30.31 30.21 16 S'east 14 South 30 South 19 Swest 16 South 17 South 16 South 130.04 129.93 Moorehead, Minn. Bismarck, Dak 130.27 Fort Buford, Dak. . . 30. 18 Ft-Assiniboine. M.TJ30.19 Fort Custer, Mont. . 130.24 Deadwood, Dak...j30.19 1 Nwest 9 Nwest .04;Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. .72 Lt snow. . .... :Clear. I Clear. . .... Fair. ..... Fair. Cloudy. . Clear. . Fair. Cloudy. Clear. 29 .West 30 S west 23 N'east North Platte. Neb.. ISO.OOi 32 Nwest 32 N'east Denver, Col (30.16 W. Las Animas. Col; 30. 12 Dodge Oitv, Kan...i30.17 Fort Elliott, Tex... 130.1 2 Fort Rill, InH. Ter.j3O.30 Fort Davis. Tex 129 96 El Paso, Tex i29.98 SaltLake City.U. T. 30.32 34 East 22 Seast 25 S'east 22 South 45 Swest 47, N'east! 34North Meteorological Summary for December. Mean barometer, 30.100; highest, 30 564, 4th; lowest, 29.5S4, 14th; monthly range, 0.9S0 ' Mean temperature, 25.21; highest, 57.7, 11th; lowest 3.5, 27th; monthly range, 61.2; greatest daily range, 26.2. 1st; least daily range, 5.1, 12th; mean dailv range, 16.0. Mean temperature for this month in 1871, 27.7; 1872, 24.0; J 873. 37 2: 1874. .33 2; 1875, 41.6: 1876. 22.4; 1877. 46 2: 1878, 26 9; 1879, 33.6; 1880. 24 0: 1881,40.2; 1882. 30.4; 1883. 31.4; 1884, 29.9: 1835, 32.0: 1886, 25.2. Mean flailv dew-point, 18.4; mean daily relaive humidity. 77.0; prevailing direction of wind 7 a. m., 3 and 11 p. M. , northwest, total movement, 4.G35 miles: highest velocity and direction 28 miles, northwest. Total precipitation, 2.20 tjhits: number of days on which .01 inch or moi" fell, 14. Number of clear days, 10; fair days, 10; cloudy days, 11. Dates of frosts (killing), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 20, 21. 29. 30. C. F. K. Wappenhans, Observer. The Wyandotte Traiu-Weckers. Kansas City. Jan. 3. In Harai' ton's trial for train-wrecking, at Wyandotte, afew unimportant witnesses wen examined this morning, and at 11 o'clock the State rested its case. The defense stated that it expected to show that the wreck was accidental, the result of the bad condition of the track; second, that Voesen's testimony and brother Alfred's is not corroborated, and, third, to prove an alibi for the defendant Hamilton. Three witnesses were then examined. They testified that the track was in very bad condition. The fact wa developed that two of them are Knights of Labor, and one is stopping at the house of one of the accused men. Intercollegiate Prohibition Association. Cleveland, Jan. 3 Delegates from twentyseven American coiiegws met here, to-day, for the purpose of organizing an intercollgiate pro hibition association. Glenroie McQueen, of Princeton Theological Seminary, was elected chairman. The address of welcome was made G. L. Case, of Cleveland, and was responded to by Walter Thomas Mills, of New York. Speeches were made by A. A. Beerle. of Oberlin Ttiological Seminary; Prof. A. W. Pegues. colored, principal of the Parkersburg, W. Va , Highschool, and others. A committer on permanent organization was appointed, and the convention adjourned till to-morrow. Gone with SI 5,000. Omaha, Jan. 3 The discovery was made this afternoon that J. L. Roy and Paul Douglass, wholesale and retail jewelers, had closed their store on North Sixteenth street and absconded. They leave liabilities to the amount of $30,000. They have recently made heavy purchases at Rocnester, New Orleans and other places, un der the firm-name of J. L. Roy & Co. They left a note stating that on account of hard luck they had decided to go back to their old home, Windsor, Canada, Three trunks, containing $15,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry, were 6hipped out Saturday night A Dishonest School Board Cleric Cleveland, O., Jan. 3. At a meeting of the Board of Education, to-night, a special committee, appointed to investigate the affairs of the board, reported tnat Thomas R Whitehead, the clerk, was short in his accounts about $3,500. Whitehead has been clerk of the board twelve years ana conceaiea nis snortage by false en tries and erasures. I he committee recommended his discharge. Steamship News. , London, Jan. 3. Arrived: Canada, from New York. Nw York, Jan. 3. Arrived: Normandie, from Havre. Glasgow. Jan. 3. Arrived: State of Nebraska, from New York. Queknstown, Jan. 3. Arrived Lord Clive. from Philadelphia for LlverpooL Three Men Killed by an Explosion. Meadvillb, Pa, Jan. 3. The boiler in Thompson'a saw-mill, located nv w.es south of Geneva, this county, exploded shortly before noon to-day with great violence, wrecking the mill and instantly killing Frank Thompson, a son of the proprietor, and two others, and badly injuring a fourth. The names of the other men could not be learned. Cora Lee's Case Postponed. Kansas Citt, Ma, Jan. 3. Cora Lee was brought to Springfield from Bolivar to-day, to be tried as accessory to the murder of Sarah Graham, Oct 1, 1833. Her case was continued until Friday next OUR readers will not be so very foolish that they will allow themselves to be deceived with s sew cough syrup when they have experienced the value ot Dr. BuU'a Cough Syrup (or many years.

Marquette. The storm king rodo on a raging blast. With his strong right hand he smote the vast Green sea, and its foam-capped billows sprang To the sky's blue dome. Its hoarse voice rang Muffled and deep, like the knell of doom. The morning came through the spray -drenched gloom And passed with her icy garments wet O'er far Marquette. A stir In the streets; a sudden thrill, A sound of voices, now low, now shrill, And people rush from their firesides warm; They crowd, they struggle against the storm. They scan the waters with troubled eyes. They see two wrecks; they hear faint cries; "Help, help, oh, help!" and a wild regret Sweeps all Marquette.

Now over the wire a message flies: "Come to the rescue," it wildly cries. Come with your life boat so stanch and strong; Come, come, though the miles were twice as long; All the track is yours." Now, mothers, pray, For more than a hundred miles away That call is heard. Hope, linger yet. Kneel all Marquette. O engineer! guide your steed aright. O iron horse! speed your onward flight. Thou soldier o death, be brave, be strong. Blow winds of heaven, and haste along The message of hope, "We come, we come!" Like rushing whirlwind, with roar and hum, Ere daylight wanes or the sun shall set ' O'er far Marquette. Brave saviors of lifo, the deed is done, The fight is fought, the victory won. Now the whole world reads with startled breath Of that fearful ride to conquer death. How an iron steed ran a winning race, While a hundred miles dissolved in space. The world applauds, nor will soon forget Thy tale, Marquotte. Hose Hartwick Thorpe. Progressive Dinners. New Tork Letter. Progressive dinner parties are getting to be quite a feature of fashionable life, and they seem to be popular with tne hosts as well as the guests. This is the way they are managed: Lach lady is given some little Dadge or trinket, and the man who has a similar one takes her out to dinner. After the second course all the men move one seat to the left; the same after each other course, until they find themselves back by the side of their first partner. They take their wine-glasses and their napkins with them as they move around, but otherwise their places are, of course, entirely reset This may be fun where one has a dull partner, but if you have taken out to dinner just the man or woman whom you wish most to talk to, it is rather hard to have to play this puss-ic-the-corner game. However, you finally get back to your first love and spend the greater part of the meal by her side. For my part I am quite satisfied with the old-fashioned way of one's sitting with one's partner through the meal; though I must con fess that toward the end of a meal I do not mind stirring about There are some people who do not care about talking at dinner, who prefer to give their attention to the good things be fore them, but these are mistaken individuals. No matter how good your dinner may be, you cannot enjoy it thoroughly unless it is accompanied by sparkling conversation. I know of a little dinner party of four a husband ana wire ana two otners tnat sat aown at a quarter past 7, the other night, and did not lave the table till a quarter of L The conversation was intellectual rather than frivolous, but the dinner was worthy of Uncle Sam W ard at his best It is not often that you get this combina tion of intellect and good cooking. The Dress of a Woman Thief. Chicago Inter Ocean. A search of her person by the matron at the station revealed a new phase of criminal clever ness, which is as bold as it is ingenious. The young woman was arrayed in the garments oi a ligntning-cnange artist, ana could, article, stvles. without the removal of an change her dress into four distinct When tne prisoner saw ner trick was discovered she did not hesitate to illustrate its operation for the entertainment of her captors. When arrested she wore a black cashmere dress, a tight bodice of the same color and material, and a hat with a wide brim. A swift displace ment of hooks, eyes and buttons: a deft ad justment of unseen fastenings here and there. a crushing squeeze of the hat, and tho lady stood with a brown woolen dress, with corded-front bodice, and a neat little turban upon her head. Another set of manipulations and the dress was transformed into a gown, the turban eave place to a coif, a chaplet fell from the girdle, and the woman stood arrayed as a brown nun. Once more, presto change, a tug of the skirt, a yank at tbe coif and waist, a Hash of hands every where at once, and the nun was transformed into a young lady of asninng fashion in brightcolored alpaca and the original wide-brimmed bat Miss Fitzpatrick during the past few weeks has been going about in the various garbs she could so readily assume begging money for Father Dorsey's church. A Snowball Battle by SO, 000 Men. St. Louis Globe-Domosrat. In January, 1864, while confederate troops were in winter quarters at Dalton, Ga., there came a Dig snow-storm, ana zv.vvv soiaiers en gaged in aregularlv organized snow-bailing. The Georeia and South Carolina troops took one side of a small stream and the Tennesseans the other. The Tennesseeaus formed a line of battle, their drums beating, bugles blowing, colors flying and otacers mounted, .bverv soldier had a knapsack full of snowballs. The Georgians formed and prepared to make the attack by crossing the branch. There were 10,000 men on each side. ana tne scene was very imposing, as soon as tne uorgian crossed tne Dranch they met a terrible fusillade from the Tennesseeans, who were at home in the snow. The commander of the Tennesseans was captured, but a bold dash was made by the Tennesseeans and he was rescued. The Georgians and South Carolinians, being unused to snow, were at a great disad vantage, and were forced Pack across the branch. As the Tennesseeans crossed the branch they wet their snowballs, and the next volley fired at the Ueorgia and South Carolina boys was ter rible in its effect Passing on, the Tennesseeans captured the quarters and proceeded to loot the wnole shebang, carrying off rations, tobaceo. pipes, and everything else that did not belong to the government Senator McMillan's Probable Successor. bT. Paul, 3linn., Jan. 6. w. it. juerriam, a prominent banker of this city, carried the cancos of the Republican members of the State Legislature to-night for SpeaKer of the House, 47 to 17, which insures his election on convening of the Legislature to-morrow, tie was sup ported by the friends of ex-Gov. C. K Davis, the candidate for United States Senator to suc ceed M Oilman, ana tne aoove res nit, it is thought, practically insures tbe election of Davis. A Defaulting City Official. Boston, Jan. 3. Justin A. Jacobs, who was re-elected city clerk of Cambridge to-day, died this afternoon. After his death the fact was made public that he had misappropriated $2,600 of tbe city funds. The defalcation was known to certain parties some time ago, but Jacobs was given until to-day to restore tbe money. Ibis he failed to do. Jacobs had held the office thirty rears, and was sixty-eight years old. He was ill but a few hours. A Song for an Old Beau. Sew Orleans Picayune. If a young girl wants to be rid of a suspicious old beau who has unnaturally black whiskers. she has only to offer to entertain bim at the piano by singing. ''Love not, lore not, the thing you love may dye." When the fleh cn a leg of mutton shrinks back in cooking, leaving the end of the bone stick out au inch or so, it is a sure sign that the animal was not properly fed. The only good meat of any kind is that which was made from ood fed, and plenty of it. Shrinking meat is too full of water. Good meat is juicy, and bears veil against heat Flabby, watery meat always shrinks. The Farm Journal humorously observes that. if the craze for hornless cattle becomes univer sal, the average cow doctor, who knows but two liseases, "hollow-horn and "wolf in the tail," will find half his occupation gone. He will have to confine his practice exclusively to the taiL The plan of a farmer for securing large crops i thus stated by him: "I tell my men to har row the ground until they think it is harrowed twice as much m it ought to be, and then I tell

them it is not harrowed half enough." Thorough pulzerization of the soil is more important than any other work bestowed upon a erop.

Corn-cobs charred until they become brittle, and then extinguished with salt water, are. good to throw to the pigs from time to time. They will eat them readily, and the dose corrects acidity of the stomach, imparts appetito and promotes health. Advice to Mothers; Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svruo should always be used when children are" cutting teeth. It relieves the little sufferer at once; it produes natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as "bright as a button." It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, soften the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates tbe bowels, and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Twenty five cents a bottle. Stats ia the Dark! Every fit of coughing in the still watches of the night is a stab in the dark at the lungs. Heal the stabs and stop the stabbing with nale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Nothing is so soothing. Nothing so quickly cures. No remedy can be less disagreeable. Sold by all drug gists. Pike s Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute. A stock-breeder savs: For scurvy, or itch in calves, mix spirits turpentine, sulphur, and lin seed oil, and apply twice a week. It serves for any other animal, and for the scaly-leg in the Asiatic strains of poultry. One bottle of Red Star Cough Cure cured my cold. Mr. F. Rentsehler. San Francisco. CaL The First Sign Of failing health, whether in the form of Night Sweats and Nervousness, or in a sense of General Weariness and Loss of Appetite, should suggest the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This preparation is most effective for giving tone and strength to the enfeebled system, promoting the digestion and assimilation of food, restoring the nervous forces to their normal condition, and for purify ing, enriching, and vitalizing the blood. Failing Health. Ten yars ago my health began to fail. I was troubled with a distressing Cough, Night Sweats, Weakness, and Nervousness. I tried various remedies pre scribed by different physicians, but became so weak that I could not go up stairs without stopping to rest. My friends recommended me to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which I did, and I am now as healthy and strong as ever. Mrs. E. L. Williams, Alexandria, Minn. I have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla, in my family, for Scrofula, and know, if it is taken faithfully, that it will thoroughly eradicate this terrible disease. I have also prescribed it as a tonic, as well as an alterative, and must say that I honestly believe it to be the best blood medicine ever compounded. W. F. Fowler, M. D., D. D. S., Greenville, Tenn. Dyspepsia Cured. It would be impossible for me to describe what I suffered from Indigestion and Headache up to the time I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I was under the care of various physicians, and tried a great many kinds of medicines, but never obtained more than temporary relief. 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