Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1887 — Page 7

THE IKDIASTAPOLIS JOTJRKAL, FUIDA, IfEBBTJAli Y 4f loot.

AFFAIRS OP TI1E RAILWAYS.

Personal and Local. The order of the St Louis, Arkansas & Texas road received by the Lafayette car works calls for C40 cars, 200 of them to be coal cars, 40 stock cars, and 400 box cars. The shopmen at Peru are considerably disturbed over a rumor that some eighty men are to be discharged froci those shops as a result of A. A. Talmage's recent visit to that point. Official circulars were issued yesterday announcing the appointment of O. D. Richard as engineer of the Lake Shore division of the Lake Phore & Michigan Southern railroad, vice L. Q. lirewer, resigned. It Is stated that before six months rolls round, She trains of the Lake Erie & Western will be (running into Peoria over their own tracks, as the present owners hive folly decided to extend the line to that point. Geo. Darling, formerly general manager of the Vhite lioe, now general utility man for theNew York Central people, was in the city yesterday. He is making an extended Western trip taking soundings for business. The Martinsville division of the C, I., St. L. & C road was operated last year on 63 per cent. Of its gross earnings. It is really only a feeder fco the Big Four, and as such is a paying inTestment to the company. The Pullman Palace-car Company Is building two elegant combination sleeping and chair cars, to be run locally between Indianapolis and Chicago over the L., N. A. & C. (Air-line.) The company expect to get them on the line early next month. Now It is stated that the Adams Express Company is to do the business on the Jersey Central, as well as on the Philadelphia & Reading. Possibly there is some truth in the statement that the Pennsylvania Company are partners with

Austin Corbin in fixing up things for these two

voads. Broken rails on some of the roads are reported

to be quite numerous the last few days, since the mild weather set in. In most cases they are rails which have been laid some time, and are

more or less worn. The presont prices for rails

Will justify rolUne-mill companies in making a

better class of rails than they did when the mar rtt was so dull and prices so low. '

i vVUhin the next day or two it is stated that I meeting of leading railroad men will be called

Jn New York to take into consideration the ! interstate bilL It is said that the Pennsylvania

people will propose the appointment of a com

rnittee'to go to Washington to confer with the

.oners as soon as they are appointed, to

ascertain what is their interpretation or tne

law.

EL IT. Scott, general manager of the I.. P. &

j C road, was in the city yesterday and the anxious

W I If r-f r---f ' m Mr 1"

show

agents at this point were buzzing him to ascer

.tain the lay of things and the probability as to 'their services being needed for any length of

time. Mr. Scott eould give them but little com

fort, as he says thy know as well as he does when the reorganization will be perfected and

the plans of the purchasers be made known,

The rumor is again current that the white mail

ara are to be. after the 1st of next month, run

' over the Vanderbilt lines between new York and ! St Louis, instead of the Pensylvania and Van-

' dalia lines. The Journal has the authority of

. General Manager Beach, of the Bee line system, ; for stating that there is no truth in such report.

He admits, however, that efforts have been

, made in that direction with the Postoffice De-

' partment, but thus far have been of no avail.

General Passenger Agent Farmer, of the Erie,

lias issued tne following: "Air. Kinearson is 'hereby Appointed general northern passenger

( fcg'nt, with office at Buffalo, and bn Jurisdiction

will include the third, fourth and fifth districts." The notice is dated Feb. 1. Mr. Rinearson has i ceen passenger agent of the fourth district. The 'notice gives him charge of all three. District Passenger aerent Mason, of the third, and GarGeld, of the fifth, will resume their old titles of

traveling passenger agent

' The earnings of the passenger departments !of all the roads in the country the last quarter

or lofcO were disappointing wben footed up,

.while the earnings from the freight service are

taore than gratifyiner. General passenger aeents

sre free to admit that there was too much low

excursion business last year, and that it told

seriously in the end on the revenue of the pas

s enger department, while from freight service.

ere otrictj-f-rratirtavfreJrae roads

a remarkabre-tnxrease in revenue.

The Baltimore & Ohio express will be In here

March 1, coming in over the C, H. & L, and as

toon as the I., B. & W. is reorganized without

ioubt the Erie Express Company will open an

ffice at Indianapolis, and also run on to Peoria

over the western division of the L. B. & W.

the old companies are more or less worried over the movements of the new companies, as the

tendency is to a lower range of rates. The old

companies claim tbat rates are now as low as

they can be and justify the companies in giving

the present excellent and reliable service.

I The English shareholders of the Pennsylvania

railroad are a persistent lot They have been

(demanding, for several years past, that the cor

poration named should change its policy in regard to dividends, and give tbo - stockholders a

larger proportion of the earnings than hereto

fore. They even sent a man over to this side to

vork up a similar sentiment among American own

fcrs of the stock, but his success was not phenom

enal, our people believing that the great proper

iy is wisely managed. At a meeting in London

'Monday, the Englishmen adopted resolutions reit

prating their demand, and their missionary made p report as to his work, admitting among other j things that the accounts of the Pennsylvania

itauroad uompany are kept in a very satis

factory manner.

rain service that the Chicago & Indiana Coal Toad gives them, seemingly having lost sight of , the fact that it was built expressly for the coal service, and has already built up a traffic of this , character which is a good deal of a surprise to j outsiders. The Brazil Enterprise scores the tnariagement as follows: "We understand the D. & I. C has dispensed with the passenger train over the road, and carry passengers on puixed trains, principally coal, and running on Regular time just when it happens. If this Is tue, is this the kind of service the people voted for when they donated twenty thousand dollars as a bonus? To the trade of the city the road .pas never been what it should have been. rTrains have been run in and out of the city at Exactly the wrong hours." '. C. S. Brice, who has figured so prominently in number of gigantic railroad schemes, and is now taking a band in bringing the Lake Erie & Western out of the kinks, deserves a word of commendation. When the Lake Erie & Western enterprise was started, Brice was a briefless lawyer in an Olfio village, Howard, the capitalist, discovered in him the sort of man he wanted Jtnd pushed him to the front, and Howard's discovery was a fortunate one for Brice. He and Uoward placed L. E. & W. stock to good advantage while the road was building, and Brice looked after the legal complications that arose from time to time, charging well for his services, nd he now has the credit of being worth $4,000,D00, and it is believed will make another million before he loses h.6 interest in the Lake Erie & Western, which be has again undertaken to lift put of the financial mire and to raise money to . jjut the property in good condition physically. :J The friends of the L., N. A. & C. road are confident that the stock of this road is to soon go . lo par, so bright is its future." They argue, with I goo deal of truth, that the bonded debt of the toad is among the lightest of any road in the State. 'The road passes through some of the oest producing country in Indiana, strikes the jest stone-quarries, is in close proximity to the coal-fields. That it is the only road crossing ' f ndiana, north and south, which runs over its Own road-bed between Chicago atd Louisville and Chicago and Indianapolis; that SO per cent Df their road-bed is in good condition physically, and the entire line will be in the next six months. They admit that in equipment they are a little lame, but in a few weeks this trouble will all be

remedied, and that without creating any floating debt And taking all the facts in connection with the road, they certainly have reason to be Confident in the future of the property, and to predict that the L.. N. A & C will soonnake rank among the dividend-paying roads of Indiana. . A majority of the railroad officials are disposed lo ake Judge Dillon's view of the pass question, which is that prudence dictates that no passes be Usued until the scope of the new l.w on the subject shall have been judicially determined. Should the railroad officials tak-i strong grounds Ki this question in the fctrifc for business, eraoas will doubtless come up in one way and

another which will lead again to the gradual adoption of free transportation, but doubtless on

a more limited scale than heretofore. The Cleveland Leader, in commenting on the pass qaes tion, says: Perhaps two-thirds of this free travel is eranted to railroad officers and employes. Of the balance shippers of freight probably compose

the largest factor, but there is a host of passes

Issued to national, State, county, judicial and

municipal officials, livery common pleas judge, for example, except the possible few who decline them, have annuals for themselves and families

over all lines within their respective districts.

Every Congressman, barring the possible exception, rides to Washington on an annual psss, and

charges the government ten cents a iwile for his transportation. The bill excludes these and all others from the bounty of the railroads any longer. As the bill is not applicable to business

confined to one State, the insterstate-commerce

bill does not prohibit an Ohio line from issuing a pass good between all points within the State of Ohio, or an Indiana line between all points in

that state.

The Chicago & Atlantic Foreclosure Suit. Chicago, Feb. 3. An ancillary amended sup

plemental bill has been filed in the United States

Circuit Court in the foreclosure case of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company against the Chicago & Atlantic Railway Company, to fore

close a first mortgage of $0,500,000. It was given June 13, 1831, and there are semi-annual installments of interest due, amounting to $784,000. There is also a second mortgage of $5,000,000 on the line, on which $900,000 back

interest is due, and the bill seeks to foreclose

both mortgages. It is charged the' road is in

solvent, that its revenues are diverted by its officers, and that the bondholders have asked for

a foreclosure. The road runs from JUarion, KJ., to Hammond, Ind.

Railroad Legislation in Texas. AtrsTiN, Tex., Feb. 3. Representative Grea-.

am, of Galveston, yesterday introduced in the

House the most Important measure now before

the Legislature. The bill amends existing laws

so as to require railroad companies to post up at their depots schedules of changes, printed in large type, and prohibits changes without notice. It also provides that the New Orleans

Railroad Company shall not charge a greater

rate per ton per mile for the transportation of

freight in car-load lots, from any point in the

State to any other point in the State, than is charged or received by said company for the

transporting in the same direction, on the same kind or class of freight, per ton per mile, from any part beyond the limits of Texas. The bill is evidently intended to co-operate with the interstate-commerce act

Miscellaneous Notes. The Grant loeomotive works, of Paterson, N.

J., have an order for twenty engines for the

Union Pacific.

Contracts have been signed for a $200,000

mammoth summer hotel on Mackinaw island,

and this will be another boom for the .Northern

tourist business via the Grand Rapids road.

The sale of the Denver Circle railroad to T. E.

Condite for $750,000 is confirmed. It is believed that the property was bought to give terminal facilities at Denver to the Rock Island company.

The St. Louis & San Francisco has been

granted right of way through Springfield City, Mo. The company expects to have a line completed from Kansas City to Little Rock in about a year.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe is sending rails, at the rate of twenty car-load3 a day, into southern California for its new branch lines in the vicinity of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego. The Gulf and Colorado division of the A., T. & S. F. is now in runnine condition to Thackerville, in the Indian Territory. Track-laying is going on rapidly, over a mile of track being laid every day. The inside history of the Hocking Valley property, with its mysterious management, will not be written until it becomes a matter of court record. Litigation- is already pending, and it promises to be sensational, if anything. A report is current that the Baltimore & Ohio Express Company has scooped the express franchise of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia system, which, if fue, will give them an entree to the South that will prove dangerous to the Southern Express Company. President Gowen was the first to undertake to

have the railroad do its own express business, aud in his annual reports always maintained that the result was satisfactory. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the surplus he showed was always nominal and the war on rates undertaken a few months ago made the company a sour of serious loss. The bill granting a franchise to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company to construct a bridge over the Willamette river at Portland, Ore., has passed the lower house of the Legislature of that State 57 to 2. It went through the Senate 29 to 1 And it is reasonably certain to pass over the Governor's veto, which action ho has foreshadowed. A bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature raising the limit of the money penalty imposed upon railroads for death by accident through their negligence from $5,000 to $10,000. The Albany Journal thinks that the bill will probably become law, and that it will have a tendency to make railroad managers more carefuL Pittsburg papers report that steel rails are quiet at $38 as a bottom figure, to $40 as an extreme figure at mill. Negotiations are banging fire with foreign makers. It is predicted that some large purchases will be arranged for at an early day. Old rails are very scarce, and sales were made in some cases at $26. A 400 lot of

fish-plates were sold for $20, and $30 at tidewater. Selected and number one runs from $24 to $25. The gulf division of the A., T. & S. F. will be extended at an early date from Ballinger, Tex., to Las Vegas, N. M., an estimated distance of about five hundred miles. This will give the shortest ronte between the gnlf aud Denver, Salt Lake and Points beyond, and about as near a route to San Francisco and other points on the slope as the Southern Facifio gives. It is said that the engineers will make a preliminary survey of this route, beginning March 1. It seems likely that the .American overland lines are soon to lose the passenger traffic from Australia to Europe, four-fiiths of which now takes the Central Pacific route. The Canadian Pacific has been taking 6teps to eain the friendly feelings of the Australian colonists in regard to the new line of travel to Europe which Canada now affords, a large amount of printed information respecting the new route having been scattered through Australia and New Zealand.

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Harry Francis, editor of tha Michigan City Dispatch, is in tha city. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Elliott have returned from a visit of five weeks in South Carolina Miss Elsa Stephens, of Miiledgeville, Ga., is the guest of her cousin, Miss Jennie Stephens, for a few weeks. State Treasurer J. A. Lemcke filed bis oath of office yesterday. He will commence bis official duties on next Monday. Mrs. John Love has returned from Battle Creek, Mich, where she has been with her sister, Mrs. Sullivan, who has been very ill Mr. Sidney M. Dye and family ctarled for Florida yesterday to visit Mr. Dyer's parents. His family will probably remain till spring. Mrs. Anna Aenew, author of "From Under the Cloud, or Personal Reminiscences of Insanity," is at the Hotel English. Sho will spend a month in the city. Rev. R. V. Hunter is devoting his Sunday evenings to sermons to different kinds of working people. His sermon last Sunday evening was to iron-workers. Next Sunday evening he will talk specially to carpenters and wood-workers. Mrs. Warwick Miller has returned from Louisville, where she went to attend the wedding of her brother, Mr. Spence Minor, to Miss Clara Turner, which occurred last week. She remained to attend the reception given by her

mother to the bride and groom. Mrs. May Wright Sewall addressed a massmeeting called by the Pennsylvania Equal Suffrage Association, at Kennett Square, Philadelphia, yesterday. Her subject was "Conditions of Liberty." "Mrs. Sewall will go to New York, on Monday, to attend a meeting of the "SoroRis," as the guest of the president, Mrs. Jennie June Croly, and will also be given a reception by the New York Equal Suffrage Club. SOCIETY". The Equal Suffrage Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon at their rooms on North Pennsylvania street. Mrs. M. L. Andrews will lead the discussion on "Political Science." Section one of George H. Thomas Woman's Relief Corps, No. 20, will bold a social and supper at the Grand Army Hall, on Delaware

street, to-night Literary and musical exercises will intersperse the evening's amusements. The Young People's Social Circle, of Centralavenue M. E. Church, will be entertained this evening by Mrs. W. D. Cooper, No. 18 Central avenue. A, musical programme has been arranged, after which refreshments will be served. Mrs. George T. Moore, No. 332 North Alabama street, entertained a number of friend3 on Wednesday afternoon. Each guest came provided with some familiar quotation, and the others were to guess the author's name. The afternoon was one of exceptional interest Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Anderson, of Covington, Ky., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Williams, and yesterday being their twelfth marriage anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Williams invited a few friends in last evening to assist in an informal celebration. The occasion was one of enjoyment Miss Carrie Johnson gave a delightful luncheon yesterday, to fifteen of her young friends, in celebration of her having reached the age of sixteen years, the company seated at table numbering sixteen. A basket filled with sixteen Marechal Neil roses adorned the center of the table, and a bunch of the same number of hyacinths was given to each guest. The idea of the number was otherwise carried out in several pretty ways. The hostess was remembered with gifts from each friend presentand others. Hotel Arrivals. Bates House: Frank D. Butler, Peru; Mrs. M. S. Naylor, Eugene: D. E. Williamson, Geo. A. Knight, Brazil; C. M. Crawford, Crawfordsville; George H. Puntennev, Rushville; W. E. Beach, Lafayette; C. IL Brownell and wife,

Peru; John W. Ragsdale, Franklin; J. IL Claypool, Connersville; C. J. Sherman, Sullivan; P. rinn and wife, Fowler; R. B. Beauchamp and w fe, Tipton; H. Munk, Connersville; B. B. Jones, Columbus; J. M. Newberger, LaPorte; George W. Kendrick, Marion; John Watson, Brazil; Ben L. Smith, Thomas J. Newkirk, Rushville; Mark W. Kidder, Terre Haute; John A Long, Hall. Grand Hotel: J. S. Allen, Cov&gton; David Marks, Wabash; J. B. Kirkpatrick, Kokomo; N. G. Gaskill, Frankfort: W. M. Franklin, Spencer; R. Johnson, Madison; F. P. Wilson, Wabash; W. W. Orr. Muneie; E. M. Rhinehart, Delphi; John A Rothrock, Monticello; H. H. Francis, Michigan Citv; M. D. Manson, Crawfordsville; Wm. Darroeh, Kentland; R. B. Woolsey. R. A Taylor, Terre Haute; A. R, Van Siekles, Martins

ville; J. H. Burford, Crawfordsville; J. A. Houser, Arcadia; H. Dale, George Forgy, W. D. Pratt, Logansport; Miss L. Andrew, Paoli; Charles W. Lamb. M. F. Hegerly, Terre Haute; A J. Howard, Jeffersonville; J. L. CarBon, Fairlandj Cal Stogsdel, St Paul; John C. Wineate, Wingate; William Bradshaw, Delphi; C. Q. Shuli and wife, Montpelier.

compelled to mortgage his farm for $1,000 In order to support her as she demanded. Last Saturday ha gave hef $117, and went to Dalevilla to hunt work, and as soon M he wa3 out of the city the warrant was issued for his arrest The 'Squire was of the opinion that tha intention of the woman is to get possession of his farm of eighty acres, for in her divorce complaint, filed Wednesday, sho asks that the land be sold and she be given the proceeds. TniXGS THAT ARE HEARD AND SEE.

OFFICIAL. COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION 01 THE ' GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE CO. On the 31st Day of December, 188G.

m ' Located at No. 423 South Washington Sfci set, Peoria, HI. The amount of its capital is ......... The amount of its capital paid up is .

Bits of Information Gathered During the

Daily Saunter of a Journal Reporter. "It is the most perfect public building in America,'' said an Eastern architect while speaking about the State-house yesterday, "and is a compliment to the men who constructed it The work has been done with the mo6t minute care and detail and is perfect in all its parts, whileits finish, inside and out, is excelled by no public building in my knowledge, and is certainly not equalled anywhere as to cost" The contractors, Howard & Denig, lost heavily on their bid. When they were unable to proceed vrith the work on account of the increase in price of labor and material, the sureties on their bond took up the work and carried out the contract without loss to the State and no profit to themselves. It is a cheap building to the State, but it has been disastrously costly to some of the men who have tried to build it "You would be surprised to know how many women in Iodianapoli3 frequent saloons," said a roundsman to a Journal reporter yesterday. "They are not all of the degraded class, either. There are a great many women who move in excellent society circles who secretly visit the wine-rooms of fine saloons about the city. Tha

saloons frequented are not those in the heart of the city, but the ones on the outskirts of town. They 'drink for their health.' as they express it

and always claim that they act on the suggestion of their physician." There is a strange fear among some of the more ignorant colored people up in Bucktown that they are in danger of being kidnaped by the medical colleges as subjects for the dissecting-table. Some of them never venture out after night without being armed with a heavy club. There is, also, a story connected with the clubs they carry that is interesting. Every club bears the number "C9." They are thus numbered because in 18G9 there was a riot between the negroes of Bucktown and the Irish of

bleigho, in which tha former fought with elubs. The clubs-won the day, and since that time the colored people have stood by the clubs of "69," The most industrious people in the city are the Chinamen. When they rest is unknown to people who take an interest in them. They can

nearly always be found at work at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, and they are up again at G or 7. It is said by those who are familiar with their habits that they never sleep more than three hours a day. They never trust their savings in the banks, and horde their money about their places of business. There ia not one in the city who does not intend to return to his native land. Of the number in the city Bearly half have wives back in China waiting for their return with a fortune.

TEtS ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS: Cash oh hand and in the hands of agents or other persons. ......................... ........ Real estate-anincumbered Bonds owned tr the company, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent., secured as follows: First mortgage bonds Hart, Hitchcock & Co.'s Works, Peoria, 111 First mortgage bonds Ary Corn-Planter Works, Peoria, 111 Loans on bonds and mortgage f real estate, worth double the amount for which the same ia mortgaged, acd free fromy prior incumbranoa.. Debts otherwise secured. ............. is... ................................. ............. Debts for premiums.................... . .

All other securities ,

SUOO.000.00 300,000.00 7S.525.3l 4,500.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 231,505.11 11,931.69 9,924.88 2,210.74

Total assets

LIABILITIES Losses adjusted and due Losses adjusted andnot due Z,., ... Losses unadjusted Losses in suspense, waitingfor further proof.............!... All other claims against the company Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding ribk3

TTrrrw. $ii8,D9$.2a

--------------------y

1,001.20 75,137.95

$33,784.84

Total liabilities

The greatest amount in any one risk. $5,000. The trreatest amount allowed by the rui63 of the company to be insured ia any one city, town or village, $l,50O.00O. The greatest amount allowed to be insured in any one block, $20,000.

State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 18S?, as shown by the original statement, and that the said orip-inal statement is now on file m this office. rcr-.T i IQ testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal, this 15th day o ISKAL.J Jannary is87. JAMES H. RICE, Auditor of State. OFFICIAL. COPY OF STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION or THE COMMERCE INSURANCE CO.

On the 31st Day of December, 1886.

Located at No. 57 State Street, Albany, N. Y.

The amount of its capital is

The amount of its capital paid up is... THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons..... Real estate unincumbered Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent, secured as follows imarket value): United States currency bonds, 6 per cent.. United States coupon bonds, 4 per cent........ Springfield city bonds, 5 per ceut ... Albany. N. Y., bank stocks......................

Cohoes, N. Y.. bank stocks Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the sime is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance Debts otherwise secured .. . Debts for premiums . .................. ........ All other securities Total assets LIABILITIES. Losses unadjusted Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof... - All other claims azainst the company

Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks...........................................

Total llabiliti

$200,000.00 200,000.00

$21,29195 30.C00.00

262,000.00 12.000.00 5,000.00 77,675.00 5,000.00 32,000.00 - 815.83 . 5,406.27 46.00 $467,735.03 $4,950.00 1,600.00 400.00 84.325.57 $91,275.57

has

Real Estate Transfers. Instruments filed for record in the recorder's office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty-four hours ending at 5 P. M., Feb. 3, 1887, as furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters of titles, Room 23 JEtna Building: William N. Wishard to Alfred O. Despo,

lot 87, in Spann & Co.'s first Woodlawn addition to Indianapolis.. William N. Wishard to Henrietta F. Despo, lot 88. in Spann & Co.'s first Woodlawn addition to Indianapolis. . William Wallace, receiver, to George M. Fess, lots 46 and 47. in Blackmore & Thornton's addition to Indianapolis . Charles S. Grout to Horace J. Yount, lot 1 1, in square 14, in S. A. Fletcher, jr.'s, Northeast addition to Indianapolis William Steele and wife to Nettie S. McMahan, lot 43. in Jacob Klingen smith's subdivision of lot 1, in outlot 128, in Indianapolis L William If. Morrison and wife to Nettie S. McMahan, lot 43. in Klingensmith's subdivision of outlot 128, in Indianapolis John D. Campbell and wife to John B. Elam and wife, lot 2. in Campbell's subdivision of block 27. in Johnson's heirs' addition to Indianapolis Lynn H Martindale to Henry F. Brink.

lota t5 and 66, in section 1 of Martindale & StiLi's addition to Indianapolis . .

$475.00

475.00

50.00

115.00

375.00

13.00

1,975.00

THE RECORD OF THE COURTS. Supreme Court. Hon. Fyron K. Elliott, Chief-justice. The following opinions were rendered Feb. 3: SPECIAL FINDING EVIDENCE. 12877. Calvert B. Cottrell et aL vs. Robert M. Nixon. Henry C. C. Reversed. Mitchell, J. The special finding in jthis ease is rendered so indefinite and uncertain by its omission to find any of the facts, and by injecting into it certain items of evidence, instead of ultimate facts, tbat it is incapable of supporting any conelusions of law, or of forming the basis of any judgment on the issues involved in the case. PRACTICE DEMURRER RES ADJUDICATA. 12431. James B. McFadden vs. Otto Fritz et al. Shelby C. C Affirmed. Elliott, J. Appellees filed an amended complaint after the appellant had filed answers, and it is asserted that the took from the record the answers, because they were not afterward refiled. Appellee tried the case upon the theory tlat the answers were addressed to the complaint as amended, and by that theory they are bound. (2. ) A demurrer to answers that neither of said paragraphs state facts sufficient to consti

tute a defense to piaintiSs complaint is sufficient without objection. (3. A judgment in replevin is conclusive as to all the questions litigated, or that might have been litigated under the issues, and one of these was the question of ownership as well as that of the right of possession. This the complaint affirmatively shows. (4.) Where evidence in mitigation is admissible under paragraphs left standing, an error in sustaining a demurrer to another paragraph blendiug facts in mitigation of damages is harmless.

Superior Court. Room 1 Eon. Napoleon B. Taylor, Judge.

John A. Jackson vs. Thomas J. Slaven; note. Judgment for $211.45. Koom 3 Hon. Lewis C. Walker, Judge. Mary E. Beniger vs. the Equitable Trust Company; damages. Jury-out NEW SUITS. Mattie J. Surface vs. Milford S. Surface; divorce. Allegation, failure to provide. Demands

custody of children. Charles Ferger vs. Henry Horst; suit on account Demand, $396.25. Clarence Nuthill et al. vs. Indianapolis Cabinet Company; suit on account. Demand, $191.44. Howard Cale vs. , the 'Atlas-works Company; Complaint for the appointment of a receiver.

Circuit Coui NEW SUIT. Robert Braming et al. vs. Georgiana Smith et al.; suit to quiet title.

THE CITI IN BRIEF. , The trial of William McCaw for murder

been set for the last Monday in this month. The "Knickerbockers." a new dancing club,

will give their first dance at the Girls' Classical

School to-night

There are now twenty -sis persons in the work

house, ten of whom are women, lbe average

for January was seventy.

Dr. S. E. Earn had a horse and buggy stolen

from in froc-f his office. No. -24J Kentucky avenue, at 9 o'clock last night The following mar dare licenses were Issued yesterday: Jerry Reed and Mary Taylor, Thomas Zion and Mary Miller, Isaac Locklean and Lucy Baldwin. The German Veterans' Association have three fine battle pictures which they will add to the war-relic department of the military fair and

carnival.

Harry Weathers, who stole a lap-robe from Dr. Wishard about the first of January, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. George Smith, the colored convict released from the penitentiary the latter part of last week, was prononnced insane yesterday by a commission composed of Dr. Hodges and 'Squires Smock and Feibleman.

The greatest amount in any one risk, $5,000. The greatest amount allowed by the rules of the company- to be insured in any one city, town or village: No rule. The greatest amount allowed to be insured in any one block: No limit. Staie of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above ia a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1886, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. - J . a.: l CTt a - ; v - j . cu 1 .VI. 1 "Til. .1

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January. 1887.

JAMES H. RICE, Auditor of State.

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The Old Atlas Company's Affairs. Several years ago the old Atlas-works became insolvent, and ceased to do business. A new company bought the ground on which the works were located, and began operations under the name of the Atlas Engine Works. There has never been any connection between the two companies, and the latter, since its organization, has been a prosperous company. The affairs of the old Atlas eompany have never been settled, and in order that the creditors may secure what is left for them. Howard Cale, who owns two hundred shares of the company's stoek, has filed a complaint in tha Circuit Court asking that a receiver be appointed.

On the 31st Day of December, 1886. ' Located at No. 95 Oriswold Street, Detroit, Mich. The amount of its capital is The amount of its capital paid up is THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons.................................. Real estate unincumbered Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rata of per cent. , secured as follows (market vlue): People's Savings Bank. ........................................ ............................ Cheboygan county bonds....................................................... ........... Alpena county bonds.................... Detroit city bonds Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, -worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance. ........................... ...... Debts otherwise secured.............. Debts for premiums All other securities Total asset) . LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and not due Losses unadjusted c ......... ., Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks..........

Total liabilities.

The greatest amount in any one risk, $5,000.

$200,000.00 200,000.00 $26,228.01 6,469.33

6.000.0O 12,500.00 1,000.00 10,025.00 280,809.50' 1,500.00 : 1S.021.39 7.048.83 $366,602.06 $6,679.58 3,421.00 90,383.83 $100,488.41

The greatest amount allowed by the rules of the company to be Insured in any one eity. town or village t

No rule. The greatest amount allowed to bo insured in any one block, $20,000.

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January, 1887.

JAMES H. BICE, Auditor of State.

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A Family Found Starvlnir. The Superintendent of police wag notified Wednesday night that there was a family named

Rowo on South Meridian street in destitute circumstances. Captain Quieley investigated the matter, and at No. 835 South Meridian street found Mr. Rowe, his wife and one child all sick, and suffering from want of something to eat. The man had been sick and unable to work for three months, and all his last summer's earnings

are gone. An enort is being made to have the family transferred to the city hospital. Boring for Gas at Aurora. Aurora i3 stricken with the natural-gas fever, and has organized a company with a capital stock of $100,000. The directors are: B. N. McHenry, W. Maybin, Nathan Stedman, Thomas J. Cobb, R. J. Wymond, W. W. Howe, Emil Leverin, David H. Stipp and E. H. Davis.

CONDITION

OF THE UNITED STATES BRANCH OF THE

LION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY On the 31st Day of December, 1886. Located at No. 223 Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn. Home Office, London, England. M. BENNETT, Jr., Manager. The amount of its capital is .' , , , $4,125,000.00;

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The amount of its capital paid up is.

THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY IN THE V. S. ABE AS FOLLOWS: Cash on hand and in the hands of agents or other persons......... Bocds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of per cent, secured as follows (market value): United States government registered bonds Loans on bonds and mortgages of real estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free from any prior incumbrance... ..................... ......

Debts otherwise secured..

$143,371.42

510,000.00 128.965.03 20.945.77

Total assets.

$303,283.17

That true friend to all suffering with colds and couehs, Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, will always help and never disappoint you, as do other coueh remedies.

LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and due Losses adjusted and not due... Losses unadj'ited ....... Losses in suspense, waiting for further proof.. ............... .. Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks

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Criminal Court. Hon. William Irvin, Judge, vs. Jamea Goodrich; murder.

700.00

Conveyances, 8; consideration $4,178.00

A Jury Fails to Agree. The jury in the case of William H. Thomas against A. W. Hadley, to recover the value of some Leadville mining stock, failed to agree after being out thirty-six hours, and was discharged yesterday morning.

State

tenced for life.

State vs. Harry Weathers; Sentenced for one year.

Sen-

grand larceny.

Ayek's Sarsaparilla strains out from the blood and expels all poisonous elements. Sold by all druggists.

Acquitted of Wife-Desertion. " Valentine O. Dunham was acquitted of wifedesertion in 'Squire Smock's court yesterday morning. The evidence showed that the proceedings against him had been brought through malice by a step-daughter. Miss Lena Hickey.

Mr. Dunham proved that durins the last three months he had given his wife $370. He married her only eight months ago, and has since been

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Colds, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Pneumonia, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache and othor ailments, for which Benson's Capcine Plasters are admitted to be the best remedy known. They relieve and eure in a few hours when no other application is of the least benefit. Indorsed by 5,000 Physicians and Druggists. Beware of imitations under similar sounding names, such as Capsicum," "Capucin," or "Capsicine." ASK FOB Bbnson's and takk no OTHKRS. Examine carefully when you buy. All druggists. t SEABURY & JOHNSON, Proprietors. New York.

PECK'S PATENT IMPROVED CUSHIONED EAR DRUMS Meaner!. Mrom raw murins and per fa. in U work ti Vk natural drum. larltible, comfortable and ajwart In position. AU coavmatiaB uai m wMipen heard dUttactlySMid for tllettr&tnd book with tetUmoniaU, FREE. Addmt or call on F. IilSCOX, 853 Broadway Htw York, M&Uoa tau papu.

$36,001.72 212.321.24

Total liabilities $218,322.90 The greatest amount in any one risk, $10,000. The greatest amount allowed by the rules of the company to be insured la any one city, town or village: No rule. The greatest amount allowed to be insured in any one block: No rule. State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned. Auditor of State of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of tha statement of the condition of the above mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1880 as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file ia this office. ' to at i a testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal, this 18th day of ISSATi janaary i687.- JAMES H. RICE, Auditor of State. OISTLY S1.00 PEE YEAE.

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