Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1887 — Page 2

THE ESTDIAjS-APOIIS JOUR ST AI., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 188T.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Excitement in a Church A ' Beastly Prize Fiht Attempt of an Insane Man to Commit Suicide Notes n 1 Gleanings. INDIANA. Sreat Excltfmrnt Id Church Caused by the Appearance of a DUienter. ,peciat to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Sept. 2G. Church circles here are b a high state of excitement over an occurrence hat took place Saturday afternoon at tbe First Presbyterian Church, the fashionable place of ffO'.'sbio of this city. About two years igo Dr. J. A. Work, a leadne physician, and at that time a prominent Presbyterian, withdrew from the church because be thought he could form elate a maca better creed, and emphasized bis withdrawal by taking bis children from the city schools ind erecting a building that has since served in the capacity of chnrch and ichool-house to the Doctor and tbe few who have followed his lead. The past two weeks Evangelist Bullock has been conducting meetings at the Presbyterian Church, and the attendants were somewhat surprised, on Saturday afternoon, to see Dr. Work and Rev. Thps. B. Low, of the Doctor's church, nter and seat themselves. During the progress of the service. Rev. Low arose and began an attack on tbe church and Mr. Bullock. He was soon told to desist, and, refusing to doso, was informed by Deacon E. B. Myers that if be did not he would be ejected from the church. But he bid defiance, and proceeded more violently than before, whereupon Mr. Myers grasped bitn, and after a short tr.ssle landed him in the street, wbile ladies cried hysterically and the excitement was intense. Dr. Work and wife and Mrs. Low then excitedly addressed the people, but the evangelist succeeded in drowniug the clamor by going to the pine organ and starting a hymn. A special police has been appointed to keep Rev. Low from making a reappearance in tbe church, nd it will probably be successful. Meantime "ihe matter is the absorbing topic Mixed Style of Sunday Observance. IpfHal to tbe ImlianaDolli Journal. Fort Wayne, Sept. 26. Sunday was. a day levoted to a queer mixture of devotion to religion and Bacchus. In the morning occuried the dedication of St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, the largest and most complete institution of the kind the Catholics have in America. Bishop Dwenger preached from an improvised altar ereoted at tbe main entrance of the Asylum, addressing over 5,000 people. The institution now contains seventy orphans, taken from the old institution at Rennselaer and gathered up in and about this city, and there is room for several hundred more. After dedication ceremonies, a butcher's barbacne took place at a beer park, near to the asylum, but just outside the city limits. The extent of tbe revels may be imagined when it is known that 165 kegs of beer were sold. Many of the scenes were disgraceful. Live-Stock Fair at Fort Wayne, fpeclal to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Fort Watsb, Sept. 26. The Interstate Fair vpened in this city this morning and will continue for six days. The secretary's books show entries in nearly all departments more numerous and better than at any previous exhibition. Nearly all the farm machinery manufacturers In the country have reserved space. Tbe cattle department embraces many of the most noted herds of the three States of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The speed department promises well, with close races of many entries. Special features of the fair will be the appearance of tbe famous Detroit League Club in a game of baseball with the Metropolitans of this citv, and two games by the Dayton club. The weather to-day Is fair and with continued clear skies, the attendance will exceed that of any previous year. Verdict Against an Insurance Company. Wabash, Sept. 26. In the Wabash Circuit Court, to-day, in tbe suit of Susan Clark against the Traveler's Insurance Company, of Hartford, for $1,000 on a policy, tbe jury returned a verdict for $1,159 against the company. Mrs. Clark's son was killed on the Rock Island road, in-Iowa, two or three years ago, and at the time held a policy, which the company claimed provided for the payment of a weekly sum in case of accident, but. which the, plaintiff declared, was payable at death. The point at issue was where the wo-da, one "thousand dollars, Susan Clark," on the face of tbe policy, had been written over erasures. An appeal will be taken. Kan Over and Killed by the Cars. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Rochester, Sept. 26. Gessy Thompson, who had been working at Hammond and was on his way home on the freight which arrived in Rochester to-day at about 1 o'clock, in getting off tbe train slipped and fell, the wheels passing UTDI Alio li)CU IQ .UU 101, lUUb, loailUi; bUO UOBU and breaking tbe bone. His hands and head were also bruised from which injuries he died in about three hours. His home is with his widowed mother, who resides in Newcastle township, this county. Deceased was twentvfour years old. Attempt to Wreck as Train. Vincinnes, Sept 26. Late Saturday night a passenger train on the Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago railroad ran into a saw-log that was laid upon tbe track, about eight miles south of Vincennes. A few nights ago an attempt was made to wreck an Ohio & Mississippi train between Snoals and Huron. On this occasion cross-ties weie piled across tbe track, but engineer Thorn saw them in time to save the train. Minor Notes. The earpet-factory acd barn of J. C Beck & Sons, of Goshen, was burned Sunday. Loss. $2,500. Willie Shannon, aged eight years, of Madison, died Sunday Eight from eating nightshade perries. Tweoty-flve car-loads of coal are brought Into New Albany daily by the Air-line from the mines along the line. Tbe building occupied by G. M. Hill as a restaurant, at Valparaiso, was burned Sunday morning. Loss, $2,500. F. Cordell, a brakeman on the Chicago acd Atlantic, was struck by a train at Griffith, on Sunday, and fatally injured. Mrs. Sarah Kelly, a New Albany pioneer, having lived in that city sixty years, is seriously iU. She is eighty-five years old. In the Switzerland Circuit Court, on Saturday, Virgil Simpson was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for complicity in the Schenck robbery. The barn of James Jones, seven miles southwest of Muncie, was burned Sunday evening. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,750 in the Continental, of New YorkTwo barns on the farm of nenry Rouch, of Liberty township, Fulton county, were burned on Sunday morning. Loss, $l,8l)0; insurance, $900 in the Continental, of New York. Rev. A. E. Burner, of Westville, LaPorte county, a few days ago fell down stairs at bis residence, while carrying an armful of books, and received internal injuries which may prove fatal. Samuel IIilman,of Columbus, has a sword captured by him in battle in the late war. It is inscribed "Lieutenant-colonel Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry. C. S. A." He is anxious to return it to the owner, if living. The Rocsville Light Artillery, on its return home from Kvansville, where it won first prize in the artillery contest, was given a handsome reception, followed by a banquet, at which complimentary speeches were made. George Jones, of Goshm. wishing to visit his parents, who lived at a distance, "borrowed" a horse witbout leave, rode borne and turned it loose. He has been arrested for horse-stealing. The animal has not yet been recovered. Bill Tower, of Crawford county, who some time ago eloped with Ms sister-in-law, leaving bis wife and several children behind, recently returned home, and has jost been visited by tbe Whitecaps," who gave bim a severe whipping. Owing to low water in the pond from which the Greencastle Iron and Nail-works draws its supply, it has been compelled to temporarily shut down. The tanks along the Vandalia between White and Walnut rivers are mostly dry. Orrin Ellis, a pioneer colored settler of Howard county, died at his home in Erwin township on Saturday. He had amassed a snug littie fortune and was a man of great influence among the colored people, lie was seventy-one years old. , Near Rnssiaville, Howard county, on Saturday, a tram attached to a wagon containing household goods, run away throwing out the drvr. William Dean and Mrs. Lid a Jones and

her two children. Mr. Dean and Mrs. Jones were both badly hurt the former having a rib broken, and both are in a critical condition. The barn of N. S. Neville, two miles north of Montmorenci, Tippecanoe county, burned yesterday. Loss, $2,000, with no insurance. ILLINOIS. A Bloody and Brute"! Frlze-Fight, Which Ended in a Draw. Kankakee, Sept 26. One of the gamest prize fights ever witnessed in Illinois occurred near here early yesterday morning. Three hundred youog men waded through the wet weeds near the town, and entered an old shanty close beside the railroad track. Once inside the shanty five lamps were lighted, the doors securely locked, and the master of ceremonies announced that Billy Watson, of Chicago, and Tom Duffy, of Ohio, were to fight to a finish with two-ounce gloves, for $150 a side and the entire gate receipts, which amounted to nearly $300 more. Duffy, who is twenty-three years old, stripped at 145 pounds. Watson is twenty-two years old, and weighs 138 pounds. Both men stepped into the middle of the ring, and the battle began. After sparring for an

opening, Duffy landed lightly on Watson's stomach, and in return received a left-hander on the jowL Fierce fighting followed, and tbe round ended in a clinch. Both men were cautious in the second round, and the fighting, which was weak, was done at long range. In the third round Duffy got a crack on the nose that started the claret First blood was claimed for Watson, and allowed. Cautious fighting followed until 'the seventh round, when Duffy caught an upper-cut from Watson's right that lifted him off his feet and laid him against the ropes. He recovered in fine shape, however, and sent Watson to his knees with a blow nnder the right ear. When Duffy went to his corner after the round, Murphy, his second, washed the blood from bia face and sent him in, in clean shape. Weak fighting followed until the twelfth round, when Duffy forced Watson to his corner, where he dealt him two heavy blows on tbe nose. Watson replied with a swinging right hander which split Duffy's lip and sent a stream of blood running down his uecfc and bosom. When the men came up in tbe thirteentb round, they presented a battered appearance. Duffy's breast aud arms were smeared with blood, and his mouth looked as though it ran from ear to ear. Watson was bleeding freely, too. but be appeared to have better wind. The betting was cow in favor of Watson, but the friends of the Ohio lad were not slow in covering all good odds. In the thirteenth round, Duffy broke a small bone in his right wrist in attempting to reach Watson's jugular, but he continued to fight despite the pain his self-infiicted injury gave nim. In the fifteenth round Watson broke Duffy's nose with a swinging left hander, and followed it up with a rattling blow on tbe neck. For a moment the Ohio boy wavered, but tbe calling of time gave him a chance to get bis wind. Terrific slueging followed until the twentieth round. Deify directed his attention to bis opponent's bellows, and Watson dealing blow after blow upon the Ohioan's broken nose. Both men were covered with each others' blood, and the floor was besmeared with crimson spots. At one time the faces of the game fighters were completely plastered with gore, and Duffy's upper lip, which had been split, hung upon his chin. As it was now after 6 o'clock, the lamps were extinguished, the doors thrown open, and the fight continued by daylight Duffy's terrific body blows in tbe twentieth, twenty-first twenty-second, and twenty-third rounds had a demoralizing effect on Watson, who up to this time bad escaped much disfigurement. He began to blow in an ominous manner, and grat lumps and welts appeared on bis breast The terrific work of the Ohioan was loudly cheered, and even money was offered and covered that he would yet knock out the Chicagoau. In the twenty-fourth round Watson sent his left against Duffy's right eye, and a moment later it was sound asleep. The Ohioan's other eye began to curl up, too, but his seconds maaaged to straighten it out in time for the next round. Both men sparred for wind in the twenty-fifth, twentysixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth rounds, but in the twenty-ninth. Duffy, who had mended bis bellows, renewed his attack on Watson's ribs. The fighting was very fierce in this round, Watson's blows in tbe Ohioan's tace having the effect of sending blood about the ring in spray. Watson was now bleeding at the mouth as a result of the triphammer tattoo which Duffy had been beating on bis ribs, and his legs were not as steady as his seconds would like to have seen them. In the thirtieth round Watson smashed Duffy in the mouth with bis left and caught a hard one on the body in return. In-fighting following. Finally both men clinched to escape punishment Both men were blending so freely that it was impossible for their seconds to send them up clean. Duffy's face was mangled in a most horrible manner. One eye was completely closed, the other was nearly tight, and the blood from his broken nose and cracked lip ran in a stream to the floor. There were huge lumps on his cheeks, and his breast above the ribs was laeerated from the seams on Watson's glove. The thirty-first, thirty-second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty sixth rounds were of the hammer and tongs order, each man trying to get in a knock-out blow. Watson came near going down three times in these rounds, under the catapult blows of the Buckeye boy, but managed to pull. himself together before his opponent could follow np his advantage. The broken nose came in for more punishment during these rounds, and once the Chicago boy reached for and caught Duffy's only clean eye. In the thirty-seventh round Duffy sent Watson to the ropes with a ringing lefthander, but caught a solid blow in tbe mouth in return. A clinch followed, and continued until time was called. The spectators declared that they had seen enough, and begged the referee to call tbe fight a draw. It was now broad daylight, and people were stirring out of doors. The seconds, however, wanted to see the fight out to a finish, and sent their men up for the thirty-eighth round. Both were too weak to do any effective work, and for five rounds scarcely a solid blow was struck. In tbe forty-fourth round the men were so clearly exhausted that tbe referee called tbe fight a draw. The contest lasted two hours and fourteen minutes. Both pugilists were so badly punished that it will be several days before they will feel like ordinary mortals. An Insane Mao's Attempt at Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Urbana. Sept. 26. A ghastly attempt at sui-" cide was made by James Gregory, of Rantoul. who was adjudged insane last week and confined in a cell in the poor-bouse here. With a razor which he carried in his pocket, he cut bis throat, and alarmed the attendant so that be escaped through a window toward town. He arrived at bis - home, fourteen miles distant, a horrible spectacle. His shoes were full of blood and bis clothes stiff with it He bad cut eight gashes in his neck, two barely missing tbe jugular vein, a horrible gash on his arm and two inside of his legs and many on his tody. Raid on Liquor Sellers. Special to the Indianapolis, Journal. Blooming-ton, Sept 26. The Grand Jury of this (McLean) county has returned one hundred indictments, tbe large majority of which were in liquor cases. Tbe raid on the saloon men was worked up by the "Law and Order League'' of Bloomington. Some of the indictments on liquor men number as high as forty counts each. A Novel Point Raised. New York, Sept 26. There seems to be lots of trouble ahead for the church of tbe Holy Trinity. The quarrel with Rev. Dr. Stephen Tyng threatens to assume an unpleasant shape within a short time. Dr. Tyng says be is only waiting for things to get settled under the new rector. Rev. E. Walpoole Warren, to take de cided action in the matter. As if a legal fight with an ex pastor were not enough, John S. Kennedy, president of the St Andrew's Society, is adding to tbe burdens of tbe church in a novel and startling manner. Mr. Warren, the new pastor, comes from England. Mr. Kennedy says that the importation of a minister of tbe gospel is contrary to the doctrine of protection to home industries, as set forth in an act of Congress approved Feb. 26, 18S5, entitled importation and immigration of foreigners or aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States. In accordance with this sup position, Mr. Kennedy has written to Collector Magone, calling attention to Mr. Warren s "im portation" and to the law which he thicks has been violated. He has nothing whatever against Mr. Warren, be says, but as President of St Andrew's Society be has been greatly grieved by the enforcement of the law against bis coun trymen, and be wants it enforced against others in the same way. S. K. of R. and S., It of P. Cincinnati. Sept, 26. Mr. Howard Douglass. of thin city, supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, to day appointed the Hon. R. li C White, or Lebanon, lenn., supreme keeper of records and sal of the order of Knights of Pythias, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of lion. R. E. Cowan, of St. Louis.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

O. P. Preston, candidate of the Union Labor party, of New York, for Secretary of State has retired in favor of Jobn Sarvton. Reports have been received from all parts of the tobacco country contiguous to Danville, Va., and all go to show that no damage has been done to the growing crop by frost The jury in the case of Dan Lyons, who was tried for killing Joseph Quinn, the athlete, in New York, last night returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. At Youngstown. O.. yesterday, while James McKeeon was driving Oberhn. tbe $10,000 stallion, owned by G. W. J. Hitchcock, the animal fell dead in his harness. Oberlin was a balf brother to Maud S. James S. Cowlin. importer of laces and small ware, of New York, made an assignment yesterday, giving preferences for $75,653. His liabilities are stated to be about $150,000. Estimated assets, $50,000 to $75,000. The first Southern Pacific railroad through train left for tbe East yesterday afternoon. The first train from the East since tbe 9th arrived at Tucson last night. The weather is settled and no more trouble is anticipated this season. The Ohio Democratic State central committee yesterday placed Edward Clark, of Mercer county, on the State ticket for Member of the Board of Public Works in place of Peter Murphy, the convention nominee, who declined. There were no new developments in the matter of cholera patients on Hoffman's island. New York, yesterday. No reports of any further deaths or fresh cases of the disease had been reported to the qarantine commission up to noon. As the remains of Sophia P. Moritz fa girl of about twenty years) were being interred at Chicago, yesterday, the police appeared on the ground, took charge of the remains and placed them in a vault to await an inquest by the coroner. A woman giving the name of Mrs. Jennie Thornley was arrested in the National Exchange Bank at Lynchburg. Va., yesterday wbile attempting to cash a check on the New Orleans National Bank for $15,000. The cheok is either raised or a forgery. Tbe Hon. A. W. McLellan, Post-master-general, of Nova Scotia, has admitted bribery by agents in election for the House of Commons, and his seat for Colchester is rendered vacant. Charges of personal bribery against Mr. McLellan are yet to be beard. Over ten thousand dollars' worth of silks, lace and fine dress goods were seized at the New York custom-house yesterday. It is thought they belonged to a dressmaker named Kennedy. Tbe goods bad been skilfully sewed inside of goods of inferior value. Application was made by D. McMaster, Q. C, in Court of Queens' Bench.at Montreal, yesterday to have "Boodler" McGarigle. of Chicago, represented by counsel, but the application was refused by the court, on the ground that the defendant had not pleaded. The north-bound passenger train on the Iron Mountain railroad was wrecked near Walnut Ridge, Ark., yesterday morning. The members of the Texarkana and Hot Springs G. A. R. posts wereamong the passengers en route for St. Louis. Tbe list of casualties could not be obtained last night At Ronaverte, Greenbrier county, West Virginia, on Friday night last about midnight Mrs. Louise Eldridge, wife of John Eldridge, a prominent citizen, was shot through the heart by some unknown person, as she stepped to tbe door to observe some disturbance which was taking place in the street The matter of the reorganization of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has taken a definite shape and on Wednesday or Thursday a meeting will be held at which Henry Hart will resign the presidency and two directors now in the board in his interest will resign and be succeeded by C. P. Huntington and J. B. Houston. A large number of delegates and other interested persons have assembled at Syracuse. N. Y., where the New York Democratic State convention will assemble to-day. Interest centers in the contest between William A. Poucher and Charles F. Tabor for the nomination for Attorney-general. Mr. Bissel, of Buffalo, the President's late law partner, is also making a spirited canvass. Tbe executive committee of the Evangelical Alliance of the United States met in Washington yesterday, to arrage for the meeting to be held therein December next The Mt Vernon-place Methodist Church was selected for the preliminary meeting, to be held in October, and the Congregational Church for the general meeting in December. Two thousand delegates are ex--? pected to be present JR OODD xiaracasue, a nra-worioK irujor, wuu lived near Mountain View, Mo., was warned by persons who had a grudge against him supposed to be of the Bald-knobbers to leave the country. He placed his family in a wagon and storted for tbe Arkansas river. After he had proceeded a short distance he was assassinated by men concealed in the bushes by the roadside. At Middletown, N. Y., early yesterday morning, a pensioned soldier named Walter C Brown, attempted to kill, by shooting, the widow of Wm. M. Henderson" (formerly of the Eightyseventh New York Volunteers), but she escaped with a bullet wound in her shoulder. Brown then cut his own throat, dying almost immediately. He had been living with Mrs. Henderson aud ber son for twelve years, and was never regarded as of unsound mind. Steamship News. Baltimore, Sept 26. Arrived: Donau, from Bremen. Liverpool, Sept 26. Arrived: Roman, from Boston. Hamburg, Sept 26. Arrived: Lessing, from New York. London, Sept 26. Arrived: Persian Mon arch, from New York. Glasgow, Sept 26. Arrived: State of Georgia, from New York. Southampton, Sent 28. Arrived: Eider, from New York, for Bremen. Moville, Sept 26. Arrived: Hibernian, from New York, for Glasgow. Queenstown, Sept. 26. Arrived: Queen, and City of Chicago, from New ork. Plymouth, Sept. 26. The steamer Europe, from New Orleans, put in here with her machiuery slightly damaged. St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 26. The National Line steamer Egypt, from Liverpool for New YorH, haB arrived here for repairs to her shaft. She has nine hundred passengers on board, and will resume her voyage on Wednesday next A PRIVATE AND HIS FURLOUGH. How an Indiana Soldier Appealed Success, fully for a Leave of Absence. beaton Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean. Hon. Luther L. Hiatt, of this place, has for many years preserved an exact copy of an interesting and unique document which came under his notice wbile connected with tbe office of the Adjutant-general at Washington in 1863-4. Mr. Hiatt, who took some pains to inquire into the facts and circumstances, relates the story of au obscure Hoosier soldier who had unsuccessfully applied for leave to go home and visit his sick wife. Private Jackman had been a brave fighter and a good soldier in all respects, and after his repeated applications for a furlough through the usual channels had failed to produce any response he concluded to appeal directly to President Lincoln, at Washington, relying on the President's warm heart aud tender humanity, broad enough." as Emerson said, "to contain all the world, but not room enough in it for one spark of hatred," to give some attention to tbe petition. Accordingly private Jackman, who was non very handy with the pen, laboriously solved the following and sent it on its way to Washington: January the 10, 1864, head Quarters of the 85th Regt. Indiana Volunteers, in camp near fostebville, tennessee. Mr. aberimam Lincoln, President of these united States: Sir: i. William M. Jackman, a private of company "g'' 85 indiana Volunteer now, father abrih&m. "i want you to send me a furlough, if you plees. i bave Bin a good soldier, and i think i deserve a furlough, as i have never had one. i bave had relatives in every war from the Revolution, and i bave a skore or more in this sin-cursed Rebellion, and i have never noen one of them to desert or to git a furlough. Xow, Mr. aberiham, i don't want to bd the first to desert but i do want to be the first to git a furlough. Now, if you ever did do a Private hart good, do send me a fourlnugh to Catline Station. Park Co.. Indiana, to see my Wife, that is now sick and want me to come borne to se ber. i dou't see Why i can't git a leave of absence home. Now, Mr. aberiham, i want you to send ma a furlough for as long a tim as you can, and git it here the Shortest way Possiable. tover. Yours truly, Aberiham lmcoln, William M. Jackman. direct to the 85th Regimint indiana volunteers, fosterville, ten.. Company g." Captin davis. Commanding, Col. John J. Baird, Commanding Regiment yours in hast, Aberiham liueoln, m . William M. Jackman. Interlined in the original letter. tin the original this word marks the end of the first page of the letter, ai d 'Aberihm'' is directed to turn ' tbe leaf. The next heard of the matter is in tbe Adjutant-general's office, it nowhere appears upon the face of the documents that President Lincola wrote any order or indorsement, but it is

obvious that he must have, given some clear indication of his wishes, for in thirteen days from the day Private Jackman wrote the letter it has traveled all the way to Washington, reached tbe President's own hand, thence found its way to tbe Adjutant-general of the army, acd in defiance of red tape and circumlocution has obtained the following indorsement. Adjutant-genkbal's Office, ' Washington, D. C. Jan. 23, 1864. $ Respectfully referred to Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, commanding department of tbe Cumberland, for his action. This paper to be returned with report of bis action indorsed. By order, Lou Brick, Assistant Adjutant-general. Quick action followed all along the line, as will be seen by the remaining indorsements: Headqabters Depbtment of Cumfkrland. Chattan .oga, Tenn. Feb. 6, 1864. Respectfully referred to commanding officer of regiment for remarks. By command of Major-general Thomas. Henry M. Cist, Lt & A. A. A. O. Headquarters, 2dB., 1st Dry., 11 A. C, MuRFREESBORO.Tenn.. Feb. 14. 1SC4. $ Respectfully forwarded, with the hope that this prayer may reach "father" when it is a good day for granting furloughs. John Colman. Colonel Commanding Brigade. Hiapquarters 85th Inpiana V. T., Fos- i tervillee, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1S6L I can only say that Jackman is a good man and soldier. I have no recollection of his ever applying for a. furlough through the regular channels, but if he nor his ancestors ever had a furlough, I think ' Uncle Abraham" ought to give him a pass. J. P. BAIRD, Colonel Commanding 85th Indiana V. L Private Jackman got the furlough and 'went home to his sick wife. Beyond this the records do not go. Rebel or Loyalist? . Addressed by an ex-Confederate soldier to the Grand Army of the Republic. American Magazine for October. I. I was a rebel, if you please, A reckless fighter to tbe last; Nor do I fall upon my, knees And beg forgiveness for the past A traitor! I a traitor? No! I was a patriot to the c ore; The South was mine; I loved her so, I gave her all I could do no more. You scowl at me. And was it wrong To wear the gray my father wore Could 1 slink back, though young and strong, From, foes before my mother's door! Mt mother's kiss was hot with fight; My father's frenz tilted his son; Through reeking day and sodden night My sister's courage urged me on. And I, a missie steeped in hate. Hurled forward like a cannon ball By the resistless band of fate. Rushed wildly, madly through it all. I stemmed the level flames of hell;

0 er bayonet-bars of death 1 broke; I was so near when Cleburne fell. 1 heard the muffled bullet-stroke! But all in Tain. With dull despair I saw the storm of conflict die: Low lay the Southern banner fair. And yonder flag was waving high. God! What a triumph had the foe! Laurel, and arch, and trumpet-blare; All roind the earth their songs did go: Thundering through heaven their shouts did tear. My- mother, gray and bent with years. Hoarding love's withered aftermath. Her sweet eyes burnt too dry for tears, Sat in the dust of Sherman's path. My father, broken, helpless, poor, A gloomy, nerveless, giant stood; Too strong to cower and endure. Too weak to fight for masterhood. My boyhood's home a blackened heapWhere lizards crawled and briars grew Had felt the fire of vengeance creep, The crashing round shot hurtle through. I had no country; all was lost; I closed my eyes and lorged to die, While past me stalked the awful ghost Of mangled, murdered Liberty. The scars noon my body burned; I felt a heel upon my throat; A heel that ground, and g rinding turned With each triumphal trumpet-note. "Grind on!" I cried; "nor donbt that I If all your necks were one and low As mine is now delightedly Would cut it by a single blow!" II. That was dark night; but day is he ;- - The crowning victory is won: Hark, bow the sixty millions cheer, -With freedom's flag across tho sun. Am I a traitor! Who are you That dare to breathe that word to me? You never wore the Union blue; No wounds affirm your loyalty! I do detest the sutler's clerk, Who skulked and dodged till peace he-d come. Then found it most congenial work To beat the politician's drum. . I clasp the hand that made my scars, I cheer the flag my f oemen bore; I shout for joy to see the stars All on our common shield once more. I do not cringe before you now. Or lay my face upon the ground; I am a man, of men a pear. And not a cowering, cudgeled hound. I stand and say that you were right; I greet you with uncovered head. Remembering many a thunderous fight Where whistling death between us sped. Remembering those dead boys in gray, With thoughts too deep and fine for wor( I lift this cup of love to-day And drink what only love affords. Soldiers in blue, a health to you! Long life and vigor oft renewed. .' While on your hearts, like honey-dew. Falls our great country's gratitude! Maurice Thompson. MRS. HUGBLS-IIALLET. She Rescinds Her Husband's Power of Attorney Over Her Money in America Philadelphia Press. The news from Europe respecting Colonel Hughes-Hallett, the husband of the beautiful woman so !op known to Philadelphia fashion as Emily Shaumberg, has created endless talk in society. Althougb her most intimate friends here have not beard from her a cablegram has been" received from her by a prominent financial corporation in this city, rescinding a power of attorney, which she bad granted her husband over her investments with the company. Cn every side sympathy is expressed for Mrs. HughesHallett, who naturally is prominently brought forward by ber husband's disgrace. Althougb, unfortunately, always possessed of a predilection for foreign society, and particularly for society in which titles were plentiful, Mrs. Hughes-IIallet has not lost her nationality, and particularly ber liking for old friends on this side of the sea. Many Americans, aside from tbe few who, like herself, bave quite forsaken their own country, have been entertained at her charming house, 108 Cromwell Road. The house is furnished with a cultivated and delicate taste, not always to be found in London. The drawing-room is furnished in pale blue satin, and, perhaps, the most notable object it contains in the way of adornment is a three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Hnghes-Hallet herself, painted by an Italian, who is since said to bave gone crazy. The picture, of course, is infinitely idealized. For even the fair woman, who reigned as a belle here for forty years, can not remain young forever. The artist, however, filled in and took out in his work wherever his. trained eye suggested, and, altogether, with the " happiest effect, Off tbe drawing-room is a library which is a good deal used for the service of refreshments at small entertainments. Mrs. Hughes-Hallett's boudoir is daintily furnished also in light blue satin, and is crowded with objects d'art picked up in various parts of Europe. Colonel Ilallett himself was an active figure at nearly all his wife's entertainments. He was rather fine-looking, notwithstanding the fact that bis form is so attenuated that be is regarded as the thinnest man in England. He bad a suave and cordial manner, and quite always made an excellent impression with visitors. He always had au eye upon the financial world, especially upon the financial world in this country, where a very large part of his wife's fortune is still invested. He tried to keep up with the changes in the money market here and was eager to talk of American stocks. Tbe failure of Grant & Ward greatly excited him, and be seemed to fear that it would precipitate a panic, with consequent loss to his wife and, of course, indirectly to himself. The marriage of Colonel and Mrs. HnghesHallett is said to have been one of affection, and it was clear to. all their visitors that they certainly had a harmony of tastes. Look Out for Him Next Year. Farmer Dnsenbnry Yes. Liza Jane, tbe Perkinses kinder knocked us aout on summer boarders this year with that min'ral spring they fixed up with rock salt an' alum, but we're a-goin' ter git the crowd next year, an' don't you fergit it. Liza Jane Haow 're ye goin ter manage it, 'Lijah? Farmer Dusenbury I'm goin' ter have a blin' spring aout in the caow pastur'. a haunted room up in the attic an Washington's headquarters right here. When Lijah Dusenbury humps hielf b'gosb, 'taint safe ter buck agin' him. Tid-Bita.

SOME OCT0BEK MAGAZINES.

An Installment of Periodical Literature Offering Something to Please All Tastes. . The first impression made by Harper's Monthly for October is that it surpasses its own standard in the line of illustrations, finer examples of wood engraving than those representing scenery in southern Louisiana, for instance, seldom be ing seen. Kate Field contributes to this nam ber a piece of exaggerated humor entitled "Our Summer's Outing." William E. Curtis writes of Costa Rica, "The Smallest of American Be publics," a country of which the people of the largest American republic are none to well ac quainted. John S. Sargent is the subject of a sketch if anything so elaborate can be termed a sketch by Henry James. Comparatively few readers of the magazine, there is reason to suspect, have ever heard of Sargent before; but they will learn from this article that he is a young American artist in Paris who has painted some very remarkable portraits, but whose future, in spite of the admirable works he has already produced, is "the most valuable thing he has. to show." The serial and short stories occupy rather more than the usual space devoted to fiction. Readers of Miss Howard's "Tony the Maid," will be lighted to find that that marvelous hand-maiden sustains her character to tbe last. Rev. Jobn Hurst writes of "A Dead Portuguese City in India," and Titus Munson Coan contributes an interesting and valuable paper on "The Curative Uses of Water." The poetry of the number is of a superior character, Edmund Clarence Stedman, ImogeUe Guiney, Amelia Rivers and George Wither, each offering some admirable verses. Withers' "Love Song" is an amusing lament of a melancholy swain, whose sweetheart, alas, had left him, and of whom he 6ings in sad conclusion: "To maidens' vows and swearing Henceforth no credit give; You may give them the hearing. But never them believe; They are as false as faire, Unconstant. fraile. untiue; For mine, alasse! hath left me, Falero, lero loo. 'Twas I tbat paid for all things, 'Twas others drank the wine; I cannot now recall things. Live but a fool to pine: Twas I that beat the bush, The bird to others flew; ' For she, alasse! hath left mo, Falero, lero loo. No riches, now, can raise me, Po wantmake me despair, No miseribmaze me, Nor yet for want I care; 1 have lost a world itselfe. My earthly heaven adue! Since she, alasse, hath left me, Falero, lero loo." The complete novel with the October Lippincott, entitled "Apple Seed and Brier Thorn," and written by Louise Stockton, is a story of uncommon power, and as a study for a certain type of self sacrificing feminine character is unsurpassed. 1 The other contributions to the magazine are of excellent character, as indicated by the authors, among whom are Junius Henri Browne, Annie Robertson Nixon, Josiah Allen's Wife and Louise Imogen Guiney. The Atlantic Monthly opens with a curious story by Lucretia P. lisle and Edwin Laesettia Bynner which, in tbe shape of a series of letters, describes a surgical operation and its startling psychological results. Oliver Wendell Holmes brings the reminiscences of his "Hundred Days in Europe" to a close. Nothing could be morecharming than the manner in which he has taken the reader into confidence in these gossipy chapters. In summing up the experiences of bis trip he discusses the advisability of traveling after one has completed the commonly accepted natural term of life. "Suppose there to be a reasonable chance that he will come home alive," he says, "what is the use of one's going to Europe after his senses have lost their acuteness and his mind no longer retains its full ueasure of sensibilities and vigor? I should say that the visit to Europe under those circumstances was very much the same as the petit verre tbe little glass of chartreuse, or maraschino, or curacoa, or, if you will, of plain cognac, at the end of a long bouquet. One has gone through many courses which open in the safe recesses of his economy. He has swallowed his coffee, and still there is a little corner left, with its craving unappeased. Then comes tbe drop of liquorer, cbasse-eafe, which is the last thing the stomach has a right to expect. It warns, it comforts, it exhales its benediction on all that has gone before. So the trip to Europe may not do much in the way of instructing the wearied and overloaded intelli gence, but it gives it a fillip which makes it feel young again for a little while. Susan Fenimore Cooper contributes some interesting chapters in the history of that pioneer American novelist. Fenimore Cooper, of whose works tbe rising generation knows so little. E. H. House's anecdotes of Charles Reade give a more agreeable impression of tbe author of "Hard Cash" than most of his biographers succeeded in doing. Olive Thome Miller offers a study of bluebirds; Theodore Child writes of Millet and his paintings, and Percival Lowell continues bis entertaining papers on the Japanese, the present chapter treating of their language. Helen Gray Cone contributes a strong poem entitled "Two Moods of Failure." Scribner for October contains more illustrations than it has given in any former issue, but they are all for explanatory and descriptive purposes. No tendency is yet shown by the publishers to make the text subordinate to the illustration, a mere thread to bang pictures on, and it is no indication of a distaste for such pictures as works of art to hope that the temptation to do so will be repressed should it arise. A comprehensive description of the Paris school of fine arts and its methods is given by Henry O. Avery. The Thackeray letters come to an end with this installment. As they date from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Richmond and all show a kindly appreciation of the places and the people, the American reader can but wieh there were more of them. No more charming love story has been printed recently than E. H. House's "Sacred Flame of Torin Ji." which is finished in this issue. Another well-written story is "The Mortgage on Jeffy," by Octave Thanet Other articles are W. C. Brownell's "French- Traits," N. S. Shalers' "Caroms and Carom Life," and, "Municipal Government." by Gamaliel Bradford. Tbe latter is a timely and thonghtful paper, and should be read by all who are interested in correcting tbe evils existing in city government. Some character sketches from Canadian village life by Duncan Scott make pleasant reading. Cassell's Family Magazine is so thoroughly English from cover to cover thai the appearance in it of a prize paper on domestic service in the United States must occasion surprise to the American reader. This article gives a very correct description of the situation, and states the problem very clearly; but, like all others who discuss the subject, the writer suggests no practical solution. Another contribution which American housewives will read with interest and amusement is an account by an Englishman of his success in entertaining an afternoon party of forty guests at an expense of 4 shillings, 7 pence, and an evening party of sixty-two persons for 9 shillings and 5 pence. Prof. J. Stuart Blackie's "Thoughts About Women" are neither novel nor original, but are, on the contrary, solemn and ponderous platitudes. Other miscellaneous articles and the fiction of the number are readable and interesting. St. Nicholas for October opens with a pleasant short story by Louisa M. Alcott, entitled "An Ivy Spray." Tbe serials. "Juan and J uanita" and "Fiddle-John's Family." to which most young readers bave turned first for several months, reach their conclusion in this number, and, as all stories should, bave a happy termination. General Adam Badeau tells about Grant at Vicksburg, and Frank Stockton describes a "personally conducted" trip through the Rhine region. One article tells bovs how they may become successful dry -goods merchants, while another on the poet Whittier proves anew that poets are born, not made. Nora IVrry, Frank Dempster Sherman and Bessie Hill contribute some pretty verses. "Dress." the new m agazine established in the interest of reform costumes for women, shows much improvement over tbe earlier issues in its typographical features. The drawings of the reform gowns are also more attractive. The magazine contains much tbat cannot fail to interest ail feminine readers, whether they are converts to the new system sought to be promoted or not. Among the contributors to the September number are Llllie Devereux Blake,

Frances XL Willard, Julian Hawthorne, Louisa V. Boyd and Sara L. Sannders. Published by the Gallison & Hobson Company, New York. The October Magazine of Art (Cassell & Co. ) contains, anojg other well-written articles, a study of the works of Nicholas Poussin, which must be of value to the student in aiding him to form an intelligent opinion of French art. "Solomon as an Art Patron" forms the subject of a paper by F. Mabel Robinson. "French Furniture of tbe Sixteenth Century," and "Siena as an Art Center," are treated of in other papers. There is a variety of art notes, . and the illustrations are numerous. Tbe frontispiece is an etching after A. Moore's, "The Dreamers." The Quiver (Cassell & Co.,) is intended especially for Sunday reading. Among the contributions to the October issue are "The Growth of a Character, by Rev. G. A Chadwick;" "Peace Through Suffering and Conflict," by Rev. A. Boyd Carpenter, and Reminincences of Departed Members of the New Testament Revision Company, by Prof. Roberts. The fiction and poetry are of excellent character -and the magazine is handsomely printed and illustrated. The Art Interchange for Sept 10 and 24 contain the usual variety of designs for decorative art work, with instructions for their treatment This feature and the careful attention to inquiries from correspondents makes this publication a most valuable one to amateurs. William Whitlock, publisher, 37 West Twenty -second street, New York. "Philosophy of Theism," by Borden P. Bowne, professor of philosophy in Bostotf UniVArti T V Vtv Vnrlr. ITrn Xr. Rmtliira Tniltan.

apoiis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. The author says in his preface that he has not aimed to sav everything about theism, hat has sought rather to cive an outline of the essential argu ment which might serve-as a text for teachers, and as a somewhat critical survey of the subject for other readers. It is a strong and comprehensive argument from a philosophic standpoint for the existence of God,land for theism as ft system of philosophy. Young readers will doubtless welcome a new book by "Oliver Optic" (William T. Adams). Tbe title is "Ready About; or, Sailing the Boat," and it goes in the boat bui lding series. The author's works are so well known among juvenile readers that a new book from his pen needs no formal introduction. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Indianapolis: Cathcart, Cleland & Co. .. . : ... Literary Notes. . The many readers of Miss Florence Marryat'i works will be sorry to learn that tbat lady is seriously ill Professor Seeley is engaged in preparing a ' new work on the policy of England from 1715 to 1825. It is to be in two volumes. Mr. Escott is slowly regaining bis health in Devonshire at his father's rectory, where he U hard at work on bis novel, "How I Became Prime Minister." Those who know Mr. Escott'i style rightly anticipate that it will be more a work of satire than a regular novel. The Bookmaker: "Well, here's a new idea at last! Some curious chap advocates the suppreesion oi ion margins to oookb. huhi tor, think you? W'by, to prevent these literary fellows from scrawling comments upon them. Did . . i i rrri. m you ever? Why, he might as well advocate tbe snnnression of the lawns and grass-nlots or our public parks in order to spite the few people who refuse to heed the courteous request! "Pie ase keep off tbe grass." m Clever Dry Goods Men. Georce J. Munsen, in October St. Nicholas. I have seen wholesale "buyers" in the New York custom-house, before what is called the Board of Re-appraisement a sortcourtof wher testimony is taken as to the value of goods on which duty is to be paid and I do not know of a bright er, keener set of men. Their quickness and ability to judge of the quality and value of goods is almost phenomenal. They will examine a whole row of silks, for instance, in a few minutes, testing them by tbe touch, and sometimes examining them through a small magnifying glass; nine times out of ten they will tell, within the smallest fraction of a cent, what the cost price of every piece of silk is in Europe. A wholesale buyer commands a large salary, say from 3,000 to $10,000 a year, with frequent trips to Europe, on which all his expenses are paid. A Serious Affair. Philadelphia Telegraph. We trust there will be no fun made of the con test for the checker championship of America. It is really a serious business, as many a person has found who has been forced into a tight cor ner at checkers. Any remark made on the subject of the championship should be of a decorous kind, as befiting tbe gravity of tbe contest. If the base-baliists, and tbe pie-eaters, and tbe pugilists bave their champions, why should the checker-players not bave theirs? The real mis take they make is in not calling a national con vention. But perhaps that will come. Behind the Times. Washington Critic "What's all this racket?" asked a traveling man as he got off tbe train in Philadelphia. "They're celebrating tbe signing of tbe United States Constitution." "Wbv. that happened a hundred years ago!" "Yes." "And they are just getting on to it! Well, if that ain't Philadelphia all over." V. K. Vanderbilt's Scottlsb Home. London World. Lord Lovat's new castle at Beaufort, which is let for the present autumn to Mr. Vanderbilt, is in th Scottish baronial style, and stands on a line terrace o the south bank of the Beauly, on the site of the CastK of Dounie, which Mr Walter Scott has described ia "Talesof a tirandrathor." Castle Dounie was destroyed by orders of the Duke of Cumberland after Cplloden. and the great Lovat estates, having been confiscated b the crown, were plf.esd under tho charge of President Fcrbes, who was given 300 to build a new house at Castle Dounie, wlreh was only removed to mak( room for the present structure, which is built of oU red sandstone from Redburn quarry, near Beaulyv The house, which has all the crow-shaped gables, bell, roofed turrets and mullioned windows in which Sir Walter Scott delighted, is 30O feet long and 80 feet wide. The public room and chapel are very hnnd3ome, and the internal decorations are most artistic. It i altogether the finest country seat north of the Caledon lan Canal, with the exception ot Dunrobin. ihe best portion of the Beaulv river, which is one of the best m Scotland for sa'xnon, belonged to Lord Lovat, wh was a renowned angler and also a very fine game-shot. The Appreciative Subscriber, j Boston Transcript. The Blusterer publishes a long and elaborate article. Subscriber drops in to compliment the editor. "Splendid article you published yesterday. Reallf a triumph of journalism. Ah! sir, you underslaud wnat, enterprise is. . . ...... ... , ... A T V 'Thanks: glad you liked it. w nau aid you 10m oi that part of it where it was stated " "Oh. thunder! vou don t suppose l wasted my umt wading through three columns of matter! Lneisto4 precious for that. .Splendid arucie, tnougn: trmmpa of journalism; snows enterprise and energy unparalleled." No Wonder lie Fainted. Texas Si f tings While Judire Cowing, in the New York Court of General Sessions, was giving his charge to the jury ia a burglnry case, one of the jurymen fainted. His Honor nad gust saia, impressively: "Gentiemen of the jury, in arriving at a verdict you must take the testimony of the witnesses for the defense into consideration and give them full weight." At. the words, "must give them full weight, the juryman 6wooned away. He was a coal dealer. Fashion Notes. Texas Sittings. As companions for ladles Skve terriers are going out of style and are considered very enuui and table d'hote. During the winter striped s gs will in many cases be worn decollete in the heels. Boys' pants will, curing the coasting season taiS winter, be much worn on their sedentary parts. Loose habits are considered fashionable in r.ew York at present. She Was Not to Blame.' The Judge. Jack "Ethel. I am ashamed of you. I saw that Frenchman in the conservatory , kissing you repeatedly. WThy didn't vou tell hiui to stop?' tthel "Icouldn t, JC. Jack "You couldn't? Why not!" Ethel "I can't speak French." The importance of soft water for domestic purposes is illustrated by the experience of a large London asylum, in which a change from hard to soft water has resulted in an estimated annual saving in eoda, soap, labor, etc., of mora than $4,000''Not Bulk, but Business!" Is tbe way a Western man put it in expressing to a friend his complete satisfaction in the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleaoant Purgative Pelleta So small and yet so effectual, they bid fair to supplant entirely the old-style pill. An ever-ready remedv for Sick and Bilious Headache, Biliousness, Constipation, and all blood disorders. Mild in aetion, wonderful in effect! Put np in vials, convenient to carry. Their use attended with no discomfort! These sterling merits accouat for their great popularity. v