Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY. JANUARY' 8, 1887.

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937 Strong Hints of Ilrlbery. Fiwial to the Indianapolis Journal. A . err ivaaj vaui I itju i iu i . - - ... the New says: "It is hinted thit the names of Congressmen holding 'calls' on Union Pacific trill Boon be published, and there is much alarm io certain circles. It is rumored that over $2,000,000 can be traced to members at bavine been paid by the railroad to secure the passage of the funding bill. One Conpressman is said to have receive.. f250,000. The lobbyist, Sherrill, paid oat $500,000 the week before he died." Nominations by the President. Washington, Jan. 7. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to day: Postmasters At Ravenswood. 111., Samuel Brown, sr.; Gibson City, 111.. Michael P. Cunningham; Brunswick, Ma, Edward Bowman; Windsor, Mo., Sallie Shel ton; Kiowa, Kan., John Poston: Hutchinson, Kan., John P. Blackburn: Granite Falls. Minn.. Henry J. Wilkinson; Albany, Ore., Rufus Thompson. Robert Brand, of Illinois, surveyor of customs, port of Galena, TIL General and Personal Special to the Iialanaool's Journal. WAsniNOTOK, Jan. 7. S. S. Fisher and wife, f Fort Wayne, are in the city, ako, R. IL Bartholomew, bf Spring-field, O. Mrs. Senator Sherman held a large reception to-day, which was attended by a majority of the Indiana and Ohio ladies in the city. She Announces that she will begin her Monday evening receptions on Jan. 17. The Mrs. Logan fund here, tip to date, amounts to $38,000. which, added to the Chicago contributions, makes a total of about $50,000. The Comptroller of the Currency to-day appointed Jas. W. Hyatt, of Norwalk, Conn., to be national bank examiner for the States of Connecticut and Rnode Island, vice A. B. Migatt, resigned. The House committee on public buildinesand grounds has aereed to make an additional allowance of $28,000 for the building atTerre Haute, Ind., making a total appropriation of $178,000 for that building. The commissions of 155 presidential postmas4ers will expire during the months of February And March next Of these 115 will expire in February and forty in March. The principal offices on the February list are: Oakland, Cal., Muncie, Ind., Flint, Mich.; Butte City, M. T., Gallipolis, O., New Philadelphia, O., Warren, O., and Zanesville, O.; on the March list -are Fargo, D. T., Sharon, Pa. , and Cleveland, O. These l?sts complete the expirations until the assembling of the Fiftieth Congress, Dec. 5, 1887. ' It is rumored that Miss Kate King, an estimable and accomplished young lady, a niece of Captain Tarkineton, of Indianapolis, and who now holds a $1,200 position in the Patent Office, will be married to a distinguished and wealthy physician of Manchester, England, early in the coming spring. Miss King has many friends in this city who will wish her bon voyage. The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Herbert J?. Batcher to be a special aeent or the Treasury. ' He is a son of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and was formerly collector of customs at Port Towniend, W. T. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The stone in the feed-mill at Fowlerville, Mich., burst of Alton Perk in 8, yesterdav. Louis Perkins, aged twelve, was killed instantly, and Lee Mann and Charles Hopkins were severely injured. Patrick J. Graham, who was supposed to have been burned to death in the West Springfield railroad accident, has been heard from alive and well at Fort Supply, Ind. T., thus leaving the charred remains still unidentified. It is stated that a very pressing invitation has "been sent from Rideau Hall to President and Mrs. Cleveland and the members of the United States Cabinet to become the guests of the Governor-general, at Montreal, during the carnival In the Criminal Court at St Louis, yesterday, the counsel for Fotheringham applied for a redaction of his client's bail He was indicted on two charges that of grand larceny and that of receiving stolen property. The court fixed the bail in ettch case at $800. The original amount was $20,000; $10,000 in each case. The body of William Earl was found hanging to a rafter in one of his barns in Union county, New Jersey, yesterday. He was Veil known throuehout the State aa the proprietor of large cider-mills, which were established by his father. For several months past Earl has met with re" verses, which, it is supposed, unsettled his mind. Thursday evening a melancholy drowning ac cident occurred at Quidividi Lake, Newfoundland. A number of persons fell through the ice, and two of them, named Whitten and Bryan, were drowned. There were over twenty persons in the water at one time, but the others were reseured by persons on the shore with ladders. At Montreal, Chief-justice Dorlon rendered a decision on the application for a writ of habeas corpus in the J. P. Hoke extraditiou case, sustaining the decision of the judge who committed Hoke for extradition. The Chief-justice holds that the filling in of regularly signed drafts, without authority, is forgery under the law of England. James Atchison, the embezzling manager of the Hotel Florence, at Pullman, pleaded guilty to the charge, in Judee Anthony s court, at Chicago, yesterday. He took small snms from time to time, till bis shortage grew to be something like $2,000. Gambling was what troubled him, he said. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 sad to five months' imprisonment John Taylor, an employe of Rolph's vinegar works, at Louisville, fell into a mash tub, yesterday, and was so badly scalded that he died. He was standing on a board extending across the top of the- tub, when his foot slipped. The temperature of the mash was about 170 degrees, and before be could be extricated the flesh on tome portions of his body was literally cooked, and fell oft in great flakes. Cared for by His Slaves. MiLXnrGEViLiE, Ga., Jan. 7. There is an old nan in this oounty who, during the war, was Independently rich. He was the owner of a large number of slaves, and was always kind to them. The war liberated his slaves, and after the war, through a foroe of circumstances over which he bad no control, h was reduced to want and poverty, and afterwards lost his eyesight Two ef his farmer faithful slaves were then doing well, and By honest dealings had accumulated a lot of property and gained a credit to be envied. These two faithful servants went to the relief of their unfortunate master, and have now for several years been giving him a good support On yesterday they went to the bank and drew out $100. to be laid aside for the old man's support Such affection between slave and master rarely exists. Both of the men declare that their old master shall never suffer aa long as they can give him support' The Columbus Jackson CI oh. Colciibus, O., Jan. 7. The fourth annual baog.net and celebration of the 8th of January, under the ausnices of the Jackson Club, was held at the City building to-night The hall was handsomely decorated with appropriate pictures on the walls and a piofusion of flags and bunting festooned from arches overhead. The stage bore large size pictures of the hero of New Orleans. Thurman, Tilden and President Cleveland. Four tables extended lengthwise of the room and covers were turned for 350. The arrangements,' under the direction of the clnb committees, were commendable. The speech of the occasion was delivered by Hon. Allen G. Thurman, and during the evening a number of telegrams of regret were read. Return of Thomas Stevens. San Francisco, Jan. 7. Thomas Stevens, the celebrated bicyclist, who left this city on a bicycle tonr around the world, in April, 1884, arrived this evening from Japan on the steamer City of Peking. He will be tendered a reception and banquet by the bicycle clubs of this eity. To Manufacturers. Accidents are constantly occurring among your men, thereby entailing lo3s of time and suffering. Yon can avoid both by keeping a bottle of Salvation Oil handy. Vrica 25 cents.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Tho Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Simpson's Lawsuit and the Surprise It Brought Him Child Burned to Death he Mattoon Gift .Enterprise. INDIANA. A Man Sties-for 864,000 And a Verdict of 8402 Is Given Against Him. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Jan. 7. Judge Vinton, of the Circuit Court, has decided the somewhat celebrated suit of Jeremiah Simpson vs. Moses Fowler, the banker. Some years ago Simpson was in Fowler's employ, , and on quitting, claimed that the banker was indebted to him in the sum of $04,000 for labor and his share of certain contracts extending over a period of years. Fowler, on the other hand, claimed that he had made various settlements with Simpson from time to time, and that he had been paid large sums of money, and that instead of owing Simpson any money that gentleman was in fact indebted to him in the sum of $24,000, which was evidenced by notes and judgments. Tne case was bitterly fouerht here in 1885, several leading attorneys being employed on both 6ides. The jury disagreed, and last September, by agreement, the case was submitted to Judge Vinton. Instead of recalling the witnesses, the short-hand notes of the former trial were written out and read to the court by the stenographer. Judge Vinton has rendered a judgment for the defendant, Fowler, finding that instead of Simpson having $40,000 due him over, and above the notes and judgments held by Mc. Fowler, he was in fact indebted to Fowler in the sum of $402. The case came here from Bentoc county, and has attracted much attentioc. Co ff roth & Stuart for Fowler. Child Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Noblesville, Jan. 7. At Strawtown, six miles northeast of here, in this county, the wife of W. W. Morris, this morning, at about 8 o'clock, went to call on a neighbor lady, who is Buffering with a broken arm, and left her three-year-old daughter in the house alone. When she returned she found the child lying on the floor, dead, with its clothing burned off and the body burned. It is supposed the child's clothing caught fire from the hot stove in the room. Mrs. Morris was almost completely prostrated with grief en learning the sad fate that had befallen her little daughter. Murphy at Madison. Special to the Indiaaapolis Journal. Madison, Jan. 7. The gospel temperance meetings held this week by Mr. Edward Murphy, at th6 court-house, have been wonderfully successful. Up to Thursday night some four hundred citizens had signed the pledge and put on the btue ribbon, including many prominent persons heretofore addicted to drink. The house is niehtly crowded to overflowing, and the speaker's efforts are intensely earnest and convincing. Snlcide by Hanging-. Special to the Indianapolis Jonrnat . Lagrangk, Jan. 7. Elias Ream, a resident of Clay township, this county, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn yesterday. Coroner John B. Rowe was summoned last evening to hold an inquest, and returned a verdict that he came to his death by his own hand. No cause can be ascertained for the deed. He was a farmer in good circumstances. Billiard Experts at Lafayette, gpoclal to tli Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Jan. 7. Lafayette billiard lovers were entertained to-night by exhibition games by the famous billiardists, Schaffer and Slorson. and Eugene Carter, the finger bllliardist The exhibition was arranged by Parker Byers, exchampion of Indiana, and was attended by players from Indianapolis and neighboring towns. Wabash College Items. Besides large additions to the endowment, an increase of 50 per cent, in attendance gives Wabash an enviable outlook. The libraries of the college now aggregate nearly 30.000 volumes, and a new fire-proof library building s one of the things soon to be expected. The winter term opened on Wednesdav, with a larger attendance than ever before. It begins to look as if there would be no lack of numbers hereafter. The recent liberal gift of $50,008 has enabled the college to set on foot new plans for growth. Every dollar of bequests is used .for growth, as there are no debts. The contest for a representative at the State oratorical contest promises to be a very spirited one, as there are several aspiring young orators who expect to be chosen. The amount of original -work in botany, in the form of books, monographs and periodical literature put out from the college is equaled nowhere in this country outside of Harvard University. The biological laboratories are full of postgraduates workers, as weil as undergraduates. The advanced methods and great facilities of this department are very attractive to Western students. At last a department of English language and literature has been established on an equal footing with the other linguistic departments. That tViia Via Kaan or fn t rtxn AAra1 it fflf itnltavfta a one of those anomalous things that can neither be explained nor excused. Minor Notes. The horse and sleigh of M. L. Sisson were stolen from a hitching post in the village of Dnnreith, on Thursday night Mrs. Henry Quigley, one of the pioneer women settlers of Tippecanoe county, died at midnight of the 6th, aged seventy-seven years. Mrs. Patsey English, one of the oldest resi dents of Rush county, died on Thursday. She was an estimable lady, and had friends wherever known. Among the preferred creditors of Born & Co., the hatters of Lafayette, Ind., is Albert Mayer & Co., of Cincinnati, -who are given preferences to the amount of about $4,000. Daniel McGowen, of Marion, fell dead in that citv, on Thursday, of heart disease, aged fortyseven years, lie was married a wees ago. The coronor held an inquest, and returned a verdict in accordance with the facta. The pipes leading to the large range in the Bramble House, at Lafayette, exploded at 6:30 yesterday mornkig, the report being very loud and the force sufficient to awaken the guests, who leaped from their beds under the impression that a goed-Bized earthquake had come in with the blizzard. Oscar Harris, the colored cook, was severely scalded on the arms and side. S. C Davis, a resident of Montgomery county since 1830, died yesterday in Crawfordsville, at the are of seventv-nine years. He was a native of Virginia, and was a member of the Baptist Church. He held the office of justice of the peace for several years, was township trustee two terms, and in the early settlement of the county was a government officer. He leaves a widow and six children. ILLINOIS. Origin and Tlistory of a Gift Enterprise That II aa Caused Much Trouble. toclal to th Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon, Jan. 7. Since the grand gift enter prise drawing of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was inaugurated in this city, about two years ago, several men have had a career somewhat similar to the "stormy career of Brewster." The principal projectors and officers of the scheme, J. W. Milton, J. IL Gollfoi! and M.

C. Nixon, have just been fined $100 and costs by Judee Treat, at Springfield, 111., for violatingthe United States postal laws, add a similar charge was preferred against thm in Indiana for using the mails in distributing advertising matter and tickets. The three men named made their headquarters in this city for a few montht. at the beginning, nntil until an indictment by the Coles county grand jury caused them to flee to Terre Haute to avoid arrest M. C. Nixon was the principal person interested, as he put 400 or 500 acres of land into the scheme. His Meadow Lawn farm of 320 acres was listed at $50,000 $156 per acre. Four eighty-acre traets were put down at $34.000, two forties at $9,000 and other personal property valued at about $6,000, with $2,000 cash prizes completed the list aud figured up $108,350, according to the first value placed uoon it but later it was sliehtly scaled down to about $90,000. The engineers of the scheme were to receive $6,000 for working up the advertising and selling the tickets, and 20 per cent, was to go to the widows' and orphans' fund. When the participants saw the grand jury was going to indict them they fled to Terre Haute, and the real estate listed was heavily mortgaeed in hope of discouraging any action to confiscate it, as provided by the Illinois statutes in such cases. They have not shown themselves in Mattoon for more than a year, as the case was continued in court with An alias capias order, and they are liable to arrest. Reliable report says about $84,000 was realized by the sale of tickets, and $6,000 worth of unsold tickets were accredited to the brotherhood at the time the drawing tcofe place. One of these tickets drew the capital prize Nixon's 320-acre Meadow Lawn farm. This was the cause of much erumbhne among the small ticket holders, but the operators told them it was a square deal. Those who held lucky tickets exhibited considerable interest at first, but they soon discovered that io keep shady and await developments was the best policy. It is said that James W. Craig, an attorney of this city, is engineering the defense. TIia Uve-Stock Commission Defends Itself. Springfield, Jan. 7. In conversation with some members of the Live-sto'ck Commission, today, it was made clear that they are prepared to c "fend their action not only with reference to the Shufeldt distillery cattle, but in every other matter pertaining to their relation with the Bureau of Animal Industry. In the draft of the letter which the Governor has requested the commission to frame in reply to Commissioner Colrnan's. they will assert their entire and faithful observance of every article of their agreement with the bureau, and will point out that the acts of which Mr. Colmao complains are authorized in terms by the rules and regulations of the bureau. Colrnan's letter is regarded not so much as a bona fide stricture upon the Commission and its condnct, although some color may have been given to it by the more or less incorrect reports of the agents of the bureau. The real object of the letter is construed as an attack upon the Miller bill, and especially upon the commission feature of that measure. If that bill should become a law it would relegate the Bureau of Animal Industry to a subordinate place under the control of the Commission.

Itnrned to Death In Her Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Champaign, Jan. 7. A sickening sight was presented here this morning, when the cottage of Mrs. Wiley Tooles was found almost consumed by fire, and her dead body lying on the bed, burning, with her head and legs already burned off. The firemen dragged her body out upon the snow. The thermometer marked 20 degrees below zero. Last fall her husband was found dead in bed beside her, since which time she has lived alone. They had resided here thirty years. Brief Mentiod. Peoria has contributed $157,000,000 to the internal-revenue fund since 18G3. Thoa. Godman, the reverend gentleman who preached the funeral sermon over the remains of Thos. Lincoln, father of tne lamented Presi dent Lincoln, was married, on Thursday, in Charleston, to Mrs. Jane Hall, of Hutton township, Coles county. Mr. Godman is seventynine years of age, while his bride is fifty-one. Allen Folliver. who imaged himself to be Jnsus Christ, was adjudged insane on Thursday, at Dechtur. Upon leaviatth court-room he jumped to Jhe stone floor Uslow, falling upon a prisoner, whom he tried to kill. He next grasped the steam coil, burning his hands to the bone before his hold could be loosened. Governor Oglesby, in calling attention to the fact that in August 267 convicts at Joliet will be relieved from contract labor under the constitu tional amendment recently adopted, asks legis lation to provide for the contingency. During the past vear the Illinois & Michigan canal yielded $50,547 over all expenditures. The Gov ernor recommends early staps toward the eradication of pleuro pneumonia and the restoration of the live-stock trade. The receipts of the State treasury for two years were $9,591,342. A citizen of Chapin who is seventy years old, and who eupnorts himself by doing chores for his neigh oors. learned, a short time ago, that a cer tain woman in New York had been left a widow and bad received $10,000 from insurance policies on her husband s life. He wrote to the widow, proposing marriage. Although the woman had never hard of the man before, she accepted his offer, shipped two trunks and a sewing-machine to his address, and a few days later appeared in Chapin herself ready to be married. When she saw the prospective bridegroom and learned that he had not a dollar in the world, she refused to marry him and took an early train for New York. Suicide of a Bridegroom. LotnsviLLK. Jan. 7. The Courier-Journal's Morgantown, Butler county. Kentucky, corre spondent gives details of the suicide of S. M. Sterritt Sterritt was a man about forty years of age, and had just married. His mother and sister objected to the match, and refused to allow him to bring his bride to their home. He told them if he could not live there be would not live anywhere, and went to his room and secured arazor, but was prevented from using it j uixii inmseii oj ma oroinor. ii men leu, vowing that he weald carry out his purpose. Friends who had learned of bis state of mind followed him on hor&ebaek. One of them cam up with him at a point in sight of tho house, whore he had left his bride of twenty-four hours. Sterritt called out to him not to approach him. and before his pursuer could prevent, seized his chin-whiskers, at the same time raising his neck and slashing it across several times with the razor. Srerrit then walked about two hundred yards and dropped dead. Obituary. Special to the Indisr.MOolis Journal. Richmond, Ind., Jn. 7. Dr. James L. Braffett, a prominent physician and active temperance worker, of New Paris, O., died this morning. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 7. Henry Spring, junior member of the firm of Spring, Emerson & Spring, job printers, died very suddenly to night of rheumatism of tne heart Baltimore, Jan. 7. Rev. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop emeritus, of- the United Brethren Church, died this morning, at Churchville, Va., aged seventy-four years. He was one of the best-known clergymen in his denomination in the country. He was elected bishop in 1845, and was made bishop emeritus two years ago. Suit Against hd Archbishop. Boston, Jan. 7. A peculiar case was begun in the Superfor Court this afternoon, it being a suit by Maurice S. Fitzgerald, a Catholic clergy man, against Archbishop Williams, to recover damages for teing, as he claims, wrongfully deposed from his position. The Archbishop, upon charges or immorality, ordered him into seclusion and meditation. He declined to obey, and was suspended. A Twelve-It ear-Old M urderer. Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 7. Scott Pickler. twelve years of age, last night shot and killed Chester Dodd. ten years of age, the son of prominent citizen of this city. The two had quarreled over some trivial matter, and the older boy got the worst ot it tie went borne, and. procuring a shotgun, sought out his enemy and shot him. Carlisle Would lie a Senator. Louisville, Kv., Jan. 7. A prominent friend of Speaker Carlisle stated to-nieht that he would probably be a candidate for United States Senator.

LABOR MATTERS.

No Change in the Strike of the New Tork Coal Handlers. New York, Jan. 7. The strike of the coal handlers has not changed materially since yesterday. The men are still out, and advices from the principal mining districts announce that the miners are considering a plan of stopping i operations, so a3 to assist the coal handlers. It is believed here, however, that they will con tinue work until forced to stop by the nou-move-ment of coal, which, it .3 said, will shortly be the result if the strike continues. The men to day congregated around the various points, but none approached nearer than within a hundred yards of the wharves. They are determined to keep away from saloons, so that in the event of a hasty settlement all can return to work in good condition. A further advance in the price of coal to-morrow is talked of. Snpport for Powderly. Denver, Col., Jan. 7. The annual meeting of district assembly No. 82, Knights of Latown touched by branches of the which has been in bor, embracing every the mam line or Union Pacific railway. session here since Sunday, to day passed resolutions indorsing every action taken by General Master Workman Powderly in settlement of the Southwestern aud Chicago strikes, as well as his views regarding the trades-unions. The convention pledges its members to stand by Mr. Powderly in his work, and pronounces him one of the greatest statesmen of the age. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Jan. 8, 1 a. m. Special indications for twenty-four hours from I A. m. for Indiana Fair weather, followed by snow: slightly warmer. For Ohio. Indiana and Eastern Michigan Easterly, followed by slightly warmer, southerly winds; fair weather, followed by suow. For Vv estern Michigan and Wisconsin slight ly colder: fair weather followed by light snow: northerly, shifting to westerly, winds. For Illinois Snow, followed by fair weather; colder, northerly winds. Local Observation ii. Indianapolis, Jan. 7.

Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain 6 A. M... 30.37 6 89 N'east Clear. 2 p. m... 30.39 14 76 N'east Clear. 9 P. M... 30.40 8 81 N'east Clear

Maximum temperature, 15; minimum temperature, 7. General Observations. War Department, ? Washington, Jan. 7. 10 p. m. j Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. W e i o B m 3 3 a 13 OB 2. era t i 5 STATIONS. New York City 30.42 30.39 21iN'east 26 N'east Fair. Washington City... Vicksburg, Miss Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. 30.10 42 East New Orleans, La.... Shreveport, La 30.08 30.03 44 N'east 41 South 31 1 East. f ort Smith, Ark..-. Little Rock. Ark... 3008 Cioudy. 30.13 29 N'east Fair. Cloudy. Galveston, Tex 30.05 30.17 46 East Memphis, Tenn Nashville, Tenn.... 29 N'east Ulear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Clear. Clear. Clear. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Lt snow. Clear. Clear. Cloudy. 30.20 26 N'east 21 N'east 8 N'east Louisville, Ky 30.33 Indianapolis. Ind... Cincinnati, O. ...... 30.40 30.37 30.39 14N'easti Pittsburg, Pa 13: North I S 'east Oswego, N. Y. Toledo. O: 30.51 30.49 30.60 30.00 3 1 N'east F.scanaba, Mich Marquette. Mich... Chicago. Ill . ...... Milwaukee. Wis.... 7; North 10, West 12! East 30.46 3050 80.64 1 'North iSouth Duluth. Minn...... St. Paul, Minn LaCrosse, Wis.. Davenport, la...... ls Moines, la..... Keokuk. Ia Cairo, 111 Springfield. 111.;... 8t. Louis. Mo Lamar, Mo Leavenworth, Kan. Ouiaha, Neb Yankton, Dak Moorhead, Minn... Bismarck. Dak Fort Buford. Dak.. 30.67 16 Calm 30.65 4 : North 30.50 liN'east .01 Lt snow. 30.51! 2jN'east; .06 Hy snow 30.46 30.26 3O.401 30.32 30.19 30.40 2lN'east 2l!N'east 10' East .OC, Cloudy. Cloudy. .... Cloudy. .... Cloudy. Cloudy. .22; Lt snow. 10 N'east 22; N'east 1 6 North 30.54 30.65 17 North Ck-ar. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. 30.72 30! West 30.74l-28:N'east FtAssinibome,M.T.!30.52i 14'Swesfc1 Fort Custer. M. T.. 30.64 Dead wood. Dak North Platte. Neb.. 30.57 Denver, Col 30.26 W.L&s Animas. Col. 30.38 Dodge City, Kan... 30.43 Fort Elliott, Tex... 29.18 Tort Sill. Ind. T.. 30.17 Fort Davis, Tex 29.85 22; S west I 14iNorth 3 N'east O N'east lOlear. .02 Fair. .01 Fair. 1: North 8Nerth 18 North IThret'ng .....Cioudy. 1 Clear. . ....iCiear. iFair. 39 West El Paso, Tex 29 77 50 North Salt Lake City, U. T. 129.93 28, North Low Temperature North and Northwest. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 7. Reports from this State are to the effect that the mercury is al most everywhere among the minus fignres. At Hudson it was 233 below, at Bronson 23 below, at Burroak 26 below, at Anderson 2i below. and at Pontiac 20 below. At Three Rivers this morning it was 14 below zero, and the water works were irozen up. xne pipes Durst near the pump house, Wednesday night, and the damage has not yet been repaired. So great is the fear of fire that the night watches at all factories have been doubled, and arrangements made to call help from Kalamazoo if necessary. at. f AUii, rninn.. Jan. . xne polar wave which has prevailed here for the past forty-eight hours, extends over the entire Northwest At St Cloud and Aitkin, Minn., this morning, the thermometer was reported as registering 60s below; at Albert Lea, 40; at Bismarck, D. T., 39; at Miles City, M. T., 3G3 below, and much anxiety is expressed regarding the cattle and sheep. At St Paul, this morning, the thermom eter was 34 below; at 2 p. M., below, and at 8 P. at, &)J below. Losses by Fire. Chicago, Jan. 7. Ernst Bros, brewery, situ ated on th corner of Hawthorne and Larabee streets, was damaged by fire this morning to the extent of $50,000 or $60,000; fully insured. Providence, R. L, Jan. 7. Four buildings. comprising all the machinery shops of the Rhode Island horse-shoe works, situated at Valley Falls, were burned this morning. The lo3S is estimated at $100,000. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 7. The large build ing occupied as a paint store by James M. Brad ford, Ferris lirothers, printers, and K. J. Fougerag. bmsh manufacturer, was burned to-night Loss, $40,000: partly insured. Winnipeg, Jan. . A terrtnc explosion oc curred to-day in the new flouring mill at Carberrv, on the Canadian Pacific railroad, one hun dred miles west of this city. The explosion was caused oy nour dust igniting, the ouliding is a complete wreck. I he loss on the building and machinery is $.Jo,000. Fargo, D. T., Jan. 7. This morning the Northern Pacific railway machine, boiler and blacksmith shops were burned. Three locomotives and a large quantity of valuable machinery were consuinHd. The fire was the most destruc tive that ever occurred in this city. The loss is estimated at $150,000 to $200,000; well insured. Corydon, Jan. 7. Three fires have occurred in this comity this week. They were the fol lowing: Mill, at Laconia, owned by James Yeager, burned on Sunday night; loss, $1,500; insurance, $1,000. The residence of Eh Jenkins burned at Mauckport on Tuesday night; , loss. $800; no insurance. McCartys school-house, in Ileth township, burned last night; loss, $600, on which there was no insurance. An Embezzler Applies for Habeas Corpus. Washington, Jan. 7. Argument on habeas corpus in the case of O. F. Baldwin, now confined in the New Jersey State prison upon confession for misappropriation of about $2,500,000 tt the funds of the late Merchants' Bank of Newark, for making false entries in the books of the tank, and for false statements respecting the same,on each of whih counts he received sentence of ft re years, was heard to-day by Justice Bradley, of the United States Supreme Court sitting as judge of the Third (New Jersey) circuit Decision was reserved. This petition for habeas

corpus is understood to be in aid of an application for pardon now in the hands of the President It is said that Baldwin's offense was not embezzlement or appropriation to his own use, but misapplication of funds by wrongful loans.

Rear Collision on the Burlington. Chicago, Jan. 7. An accident happened on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad this morning, near Downer's Grove, about fourteen miles from this city. The Keithsburg express was delayed, and a suburban train left Auroraahead of it, on its time, but side-tracked at Naperville, to let the express pass. The latter train ran by, but, when two miles west of Downer's Grove, was stooped by a freight train, the engine of which had given out The sub urban train was following close on the heels of the other, and, before it could be stopped, came crashing into the sleeper of the express. The pilot of the engine ran under the trucks of the car with such force as to lift it high in the air. and, a moment later, it fell back on the engine, completely demolishing all the forward part and rendering it absolutely useless. The passengers in the sleeper were badly scared and shaken up bv the unexpected shock, but no one was seriously hurt The only injuries were those received by Riley Cronk, the news-agent, and Conductor Willard, of the suburban train. When the collision occurred Cronk's finger was lacerated by flying glass. Willard was sitting by a window and the shock forced his head through it He escaped with a few cuts about his face and shoulders. . The San Francisco Dynamiters. San Fkancisco, Jan. 7. The Examin eVih?s morning published a letter from the alleged authors of the dynamite explosion on the cable road, on Ninth street, on Wednesday night The letter is written in red ink. on Coarse, brickcolored paper. It is signed "August Howlitz." The letter states that the parties responsible for the explosion are members of a society, a powerful organization, which had its birth in Chicago directly after the Haymarket riot The letter further'states that the dynamiters have no connection with the Car-men's Union, and that the latter is entirely ignorant of who the dynamiters are. The epistle concludes as follows: "We have a programme laid out for a series of dynamite ' explosions, and shall go forward in earnest if the roads persist in refusing the car men their just rights." Condition of George W. Childft. Philadelphia. Jan. 7. It is stated to night at the residence of Mr. George W. Childs that his injuries are no more severe than has already been stated, and that beyond the severe shock, Mr. Childs has suffered no injury. He will, however, be confined to his bed for a few days. Rig Demand for Henry George's Paper. New York, Jan. 7. The first edition of 50-, 000 copies of Henry George's new paper, the Standard, was exhausted before dark, and orders were received for 25,000 more copies, mostly from distant out-of-town points. Steamship News. New ToRa Jan. 7. Arrived: Persian Mon arch, from London; Belgenland, from Antwerp. Queknstowx, Jan. 7. Arrived: Wyoming, froai New York. THE CITY JJf BRIEF. Benjamin Mays was sentenced by Judge Avres yesterday to the Reform School for petit larceny. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Frederick Brandt and Christena Cruse, Ezra T. Wbilchel and Matilda A. Leath. Commissioner Van Buren's court will meet this morning at 9 o'clock, but will probably ad journ immediately thereafter until the question of jurisdiction has been passed upon by Judge Gresham. The Marion County Association of ex-Union Prisoners of War had an experience meeting, at the court-house, last night A committee was appointed to arrange a camp-fire for the Febru ary meeting. The young Devine who figured in the police court early in the week is not a son of Mr. C. E. Divine. Personal acquaintances of the latter do not need such assurance, but his family have been much annoyed by the similarity of names. At the Theaters. The number of strangers in the city, in addi tion to their regular patrons, are giving the the aters a very good business this week, and the attractions are themselves of such a character as to draw well. At the Grand line. Janacschek's powerful impersonation of Meg Merriiies, and the excellent presentation of the play otherwise given by her company, pleased another good audience last night It will be seen again to-night, and at the matinee this afternoon, "Janauschek will appear in "Mother and Son." "Clio" has made the biggest hit of anything seen recently at English's. The announcements for next week are as fol lows: John W. Ransone, in "Across the Atlantic," at the Museum; Georgia Melnotte's Jockey Minstrels at the Grand, on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and Eben Plymoton. In "Jack, or Life in Bohemia," at this bouse the latter part of the week. The last-named attrac tion was the latest success at Wallace's New York Theater, and will be presented here with the original cast A Constable's Big Fees. Constable Dennis Sullivan's fees in the Conaughton inquest Sullivan is acting Coroner Booker's constable excite the most heart-burn ing envy or all other constables. His bill is over $53. Among other items he has charged for 244 miles travel at 10. cents a mile, when, as a matter of fast, the furthest trip made by this active arithmetician was to No. 600 or thereabouts on East Washington street He charged 80 cents for service on Constable L. Reinhold, whom he met at the court-house. Constable Reinhold, who has had some practice in the business, is amazed at Mr. Sullivan's profi ciency. Wreck on the Big Fonr, There was a freight train wreck on the Cin cinnati division of the Big Four road, yesterday morning, that blockaded the track and delayed the trains several hours. The passenger tram due here at 11 o'clock was three hours lata. Postponement of Court Bnsiness. , Judge Woods has postponed his whole federal docket for a week, the hearing of which should have commenced yesterday, and this will bring the opening next Monday. Send to C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.. for a book containing statements of many romarka ble cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla. v a -m r MOST PERFECT MADE .Prepared with strict regard to Purity, Strength, and Tlealthf uloess. Dr. Price's Baking Powder contains do Amnesia, Line or Alum. Dr. Price's Extracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, etc., flavor dellcloasly.

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