Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1887 — Page 2

THE IKDIAKAPOIilS JOURAI,, SAT UR DAT, 2G. 1837.

. be heard thin winter in Congress in behalf of h veterans, until whom ho minglai as a private during the rebellion. He wears t G. A. R. bailee, and as he pointed to it he said that he laid n claim to beicc one of the leaders during the war, but that he had the honor of beine a private for three years. He spoke in biiter terms of the slight wnich had been heaped upon the soldiers during President Cleveland's administration. '"Tbrouzbont Indiana the soldier element feels very bitter towards President Cleveland." he aid. "It is true that recently the expression of feeling amonp them has subsided, but they have cot forgotten the coarse that - the President pursued on different occasions when the ans were interested. The lime id coming, it will be next year, when the Democratic party will ba made to realize that it has lost the support of the soldier vote almost entirely. It makes ray blood boil to s-e how the eoldiers have been treated. President Cleveland was not in tne war and he cannot realizs the privations of the veteran. ... "As an illustration of how the soldiers have been treated during the present administration, I can cite the instance of one old man who belongs at Frankfort, Ind. He served in the war for three years, was thrown from his horse, bad his breast-bone broken and one lee so badly crushed that it was necessary to amputate it. He has since been both a physical and mental wreck. We have tried hard to secure a pension for him, but tailed, the arguments made azainst it beinjr that the oid man had been dishonorably dischareed. This is not true; but there was a mistake in patting his name in the wrong regiment. His case will be taken up this winter, and if we again fail we will lay it before Conpress. "Yes, I have noted the comments that are being made retarding the expected move of Carlisle. Fair-child and other Democrats to have a reduction in the tariff made this winter. They may find that their scheme will be blocked. Protection is growing in favor, even in the Southern States. In Georgia especially is this sentiment increasing. Many people, those who were formerly Democrats, have concluded that their interests mean protection, and some of the most influential men there say that next vear they will rote for the Republican ticket. The present indications are that at the next presidential election the Democrats will receive a rebuke that will be a reminder to them that their policy is not in accord v?ith the sentiment of the people. ' THOMAS COOMBS.

Unexplained Deattt of a WeSl-Edncated and Promising Toung Man. Special to the Indlanaoolis Jcarnau Washington, Nov. 25. About two or three months ago Thomas Coombs, aged nearly thirty, and unmarried, disappeard from this city, and efforts have ever since been made by his two brothers to ascertain bis whereabouts. He was the son of J. J. Coombs, of Fort Wayne, where the family of that nsme is large, well-known and highly respocted. A few days ago a skeleton was found in Fairfax county, Virginia, forty miles from here, and near a point where trains meet and pass on the Virginia Midland. Coombs had friends in that vicinity, and the Siscovery was reported to his brother Winter, of this city, who has made two trips to the place, and is now on another, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is the skeleton of the missing man. A friend of the family informed the Journal correspondent, this evening, that the skeleton had been identified, and that there was very little, if any doubt, that it was that of Thomas Coombs. Everything had been taken from the clothing by which the remains could be identified, indicating preparations for death. A pocket-knife which the deceased long carried was so disfigured that it could scarcely be recognized; the name of the owner was carefully hraVnn nnt The teeth of the deceased first gave evidence of identity. Coombs was an educated and very bright young man. He was a chemist and pharmacist of rare attainments, and had been conducting some valuable experiments here during the past two or three years. THE ECCENTRIC FAULKNER. An Indiana Official' Hospitality to the rurki In Hia Tltirlslon. Washington Special. One of the characters in the departments here m m m w V m - is jar. r auiKner, or maiana, a proieze or sena tor Voorhens, who is chiefly famous for his inability to spell correctly. When he applied for his place Secretary Lamar looked over his papers and exclaimed. "Voorbees, this man can't spell the simplest words. He inn't tit for a place." "If you are going to draw the line at spelling," replied tne Senator from Indiana, "yon will disbar nine-tenths of the Democrats u the country from holding office. Faulkner is tompetent to fill the place he wants as you will find out if you give him a trial." He was given a trial and has proved as good as Voorhees's word. Commissioner Black says he is the best chief of division in the Peneion Office. Faulkner is a simple-minded, good natured man, and his oddities cause much amusement among bis subordinates and associates. Last Christmas he opened his heart and cave every one of ' the men and women in his division, grav-headed veterans, the widows of dead soldiers and others, fifty-four in number, each a red apple and a bag of candy. Tolay be called his clerks together before they left the department, and told them that he proposed to celebrate Thanksgiving evening by giving them a party. He said he had made an arrangement with the keener of his boardinghouse, under which she consented to let him five a party in his parlors, and he wanted them all to come and have a good time. There would not be much to eat, he remarked, but he bad contracted with the landlady to set out a small lunch for which he was to pay 10 cents a head for all who attend, but it would not include much but cheese and beer. He wanted them to know just what they were going to eat, so that they might not be disappointed when tbey got there, and in order that be might not have to pay for more than was necessary, he wanted to know how many would come. The clerks all accepted the Invitation heartily, and the Solon Shingle of the Pension Ofiice went home happy. MINOR MATTERS. List of Indlanians Whose Applications for Pensions Have Been Granted. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted, to the followingnamed Indianians: New Pensions: Frances Raymond, South 3end; Sarah Read, Mount Vernon; Noah Cox, Hillhanv.G. F. Ely, Aehersville; Albert Tucker, Coesse; Joseph C Bell, Bean Blossom; John F. Coleman, Connersville; James I. Spauldmg, Edwardsport; George Magee, Willow Branch; Henry Strubie, Mauckport; S. R. Johns, Lakeside: Robert Linn, Shrlburn: W. T. Hamilton, Anderson; SMoruon Beach, Nashville; XV. L. Ham, Stanford; John Covert, JefTersonville; minor of Robert Coleman. Shelbyville: Susan Parsons. Dubers; Mary A. Deick, Garrett; Solomon Summers, Albion; David A. Walker, Balem; Armstrone Hngrhes, Corydon; Amanda J. Taylor, West Midd!e:on. Increased James Saromis, Brookville; Andrew J. Stakehake, Winchester; F. D. Littleton n and James II. Addison. Indianapolis: E. M. Williamson, Kent; George W. Sanders. Woleotville; Elisha Lee, Fort Ritner; John Hillenburg. South Granger; Amos St- Clair, Otisco; Daniel Griodstaff. Mountain Soring; Abraham Wilhams, Wabash: C. W. Knight, Indianapolis: M. B. Walker. Fortville; J. B. Pyeatte, Marion; Matthew A. Watt. Otisco; James C I'.ads. Reelsviile; Elijah H- Brook, Riley; H. F. Witter, Greensburg; Timothy Carriher. Wolcotville; Henry C Sinitt and James Carpenter, Indianapolis: Benjamin Elwood. Elberneld; Thomas Peak. Madison: John W. Dnilibarger, Bracken; John Knight. Bloomington; XV. II. Sims. Martinsville; Thomas Tennis on, Cross Plain: Frederick Mangold, Indianapolis: John L. Francis, New Albany; Silas Builard. Valparaiso. Reisxue R. W. Smith. Nashville; Peter Hoffman, Rochester; Eli Phillips, Hobbe; James Hornsher, Hope; J. W. Yeager, Bunicer Hi'.l; James T. Murphy, Sellersbnrc; N. H. Goble. Portland; Andrew P. Miller, Brooklyn: William Martin, Evacsville; S. O. Wiley, Montpelier. Reagan's Successor Blown Out the Gas. Washington, Nov. 23. Congressman Martin, tf Texas, who succeeds Senator Reagan in the House, and who is staying at Wi) lard's Hotel, blew out the gas, it is said, the other night, and was almost suffocated before the escape of the gas was noticed and located by one of the servants in the hotel. General Korea. Cpeeial to the Indianapolis JourntL Washington, Nov. 25. Representative-elect Dbeadle, of Frankfort, has arrived and engaged apartments for the session at 413 Sixth street F. E. Cretdman, of Indiana, paid his respects lo President Cleveland to-day. He was presented by Representative Mataon. It is denied that Judge Phillins, of Kansas City, has been appointed Commissioner of the General Land office. The Canandaigna National Bank, of Car, an -oaiuga. N. Y., has been authorized to commence business, with a capital of $100,000. Get rid of that tired feeling as oaick as nni. ible. Talce Hood's Sarsaparilla, which gives y.recgtb, a good appetite and health.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. How Ft. Wajne Got Rid of a Troublesome Issue Montgomery County Teachers Two More Lives Lost in a Feud Gleanings, INDIANA. A Troublesome Local Question Disposed of lr the Action of a Corporation. Bpec!a to tne Indianaoolis Journal. Ft. Wayne, Nov. 25. "The canal question," by which is meant the purchase of six miles of the old Wabash & Erie canal feeder, to supply the city with water, was forever eliminated from local politics to-day by the purchase of the property, with the Radisill mill and its dam, on St. Joseph river, by the Jencey Electric-light and Power Company, for $67,000. The company will use the water to supply power for turbine wheels, which will run their works. In an interview to-night R. T. McDonald, treasurer of the electric-light company, stated that liberal terms would be made with the city if the sepply in the basins should need reinforcing. The removal of the canal question from politics is a relief all around, and will have the effect of dismissing injunction proceedings restraining the purchase f the property, begun by the waterworks trustees against the Council, and now pending in court. Montgomery County Teachers. Special to the IndiarDOiis Journal. Crawfordsville. Nov. 25. The two days' 6eFsion of the third annual meeting of the Montgomery County Teachers' Association commenced to-day. This morning was spent in organization and election of officers. The arrangement Badft with the different township trustees that the teachers who attended to-day should receive their pay the same as if they taught, bad the effect of securing a larger attendance the first day than formerly. The following are the officers: President, Prof. T. H. Dunn; secretary. Delia Burke; treasurer, D. H. Gilkey. The proper committees were also appointed. This afternoon a paper upon the "Ascent of the Matterhorn" was read by Dr. D. S. Jordan, president of the State University at Bloomington. A recitation was given by Miss Ila Atchison, of this city, and a solo was sung by Miss Grace White. Short remarks were made by other persons in attendance. To-morrow, papers will be read by Prof. Alpheus McTagzert, of the State Normal, on "Morals;" by Dr. J. H. Smart, of Purdue University, on "A trip through Europe." and by Prof. J. M. Coulter, of "Wabash College, on 'Fossil Man," and by Prof. Hopkins, of Purdue, on "Science of Morals.-" Recitations will be given by Misses Ada Detchon and Nellie Nicholson, and a solo will be given by Miss Minnie Scott Preparing for a Will Contest. Special to the IndianaDoMi Journal. Bloomington, Nov. 25. Preparations are being made to file a suit in court to break the will of Dr. Langdon. who died about a month ago, leaving an estate valued at not less than $50,000. to be disposed of by will, and $100,000 more which he divided a year before his death. Tne suit is to be brought bv a grandson, Paul Waggoner, who lives in Washington county, this State. He will allece that for ten years past the two children to whom the money was left, ned nndue influence to haye Waggoner excluded from the document he now attempts to break. The heirs referred to are Wylie Dittmore, living at Spencer, and the wife of Joseph Hill. Eminent attorneys will likely be employed on both sides, and the case will be of tinusual interest, as near $150,000 is involved. Dunkirk Secures a Glass Factory. Hperial to the Indianapolis Journal. Dunkirk, Nov. 25. The .establishment of a large glass factory was secured at this place tonight by a donation of grounds and $6,500 in ' money. Although Dunkirk is only a town of I,0C0 inhabitants, the citizens are wide awake, and at a rousing meeting to-night the amount required was obtained, thus securing a factory thQ will employ 300 hands and double the population immediately. This is an evidence that the people here appreciate the fact that they have the finest natural-gas out-put in the entire belt. There's plenty of free gas for more manufactories. . Woman's Relief Corps, O. A. R. Special to the Indianacolis Journal. Kokomo, Nov. 25. Miss Ella May Wheeler, after spending several days in this city, has succeeded in organizing a Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the T. J. Harrison Post, G. A. R., with twenty-five charter members, officered as follows: President, Mm. P. H. Young; senior vice-presidnt, Mrs. J. W. Barnes; junior vicepresident, Mrs. W. H. Sumption; treasurer, Mrs. M. Bell; secretary, Mrs. O. A. Somers; conductor, Mrs. Deck Moore, assistant conductor. Mrs. A. N. Grant; guard, Mrs. J. C. Dolman; assistant guard, Mrs. H. B. Lowe; chaplain, Mrs. L. Redmond. Bloody Figlit Itetween Cousins. Special to the Indianacolis Journal. Logan-sport, Nov. 25. Henry Clay Underwood, of Kentucky, and John Walters, of Onward, this county, became involved in an altercation this afternoon at the Brighton saloon. During the melee that followed Underwood inflicted a number of serious wounds on Walter's head and in his face with an English barlow knife. Underwood and Walters are cousins, and had been drinking heavily during tha day. Minor Notes. The merchants and others directly interested in Markleville, have organized a stock company and a contract has been let for drilling a naturalgas well. Work at boring will probably be commenced within the next five days. Harry Brown, switchman, employed in the Chicago and Atlantic yards at Hnntincton, was run over by the cars and killed on Thursday. He was about thirty-five years of age, and it is said he had a wife and three children in Kent, Ohio. Omer Gandy, freight brakemau, fell from the cars while coming through a bridge over Whitewater at Connersville. on Thursday, and was ground to death under the wheels. His body was found hanging head downward un4er the bridge, held by one foot, forty feet from the ground. His home was near Longwood, where he leaves a wife. He had been on the railroad only a few days. ILLINOIS. The Belt-Oldham Vendetta Results In the Killing of Two More Men. Elizabethtown, Nov. 25. The Hardin county vendetta, which threatened to depopulate two counties a few months ago, has broken out again and two mors desperate man-hunters have been killed without having an opportunity to remove their boots. The cemetery record shows a total of thirteen killed, five of wnom bave taken their departure this year. The story of the tragedy that provoked the feud is well known throughout southern Illinois, Two years ago, Logan Belt, a desperate character, shot and killed Doo Old nam at a dance in the Oldham homestead. Both men were among the most prominent in the county, and the excitement reached a high pitch. The community took sides, and wh?n Wash Covert, a witness for the prosecution, v. as laid low with a charge of buckshot the trouble bagan. Luke Hornbrink. who was connected with the Oldham faction, was assassinated on his doorstep. Ed Belt was soon after shot from ambush and killed. Logan Belt was sent to the penitentiary for the killing of Doc Oldham, and Bill Fraley went np for the shooting of Covert. During the trial a Ku-klux organization, of which Belt was captain, and which contained some of the best men in the county, was exposed. This band was called "Sons of Liberty," and its ostensible object was to "regulate" citizens. While Belt and Fraley were in the penitentiary a couple of men were killed on each side. After tbey were released Belt was indicted for the assassination of Hornbrink, end was trie! last spring and acquitted. Three weeks later he was shot dead from ambush. Two weeks after Captain Logan Belt's death, his brother. Jim Belt, was shot and killed at the same spot. "Cave in-rock." These assassinations produced great consternation, and the friends of the Beit faction, among whom was Earl Sherwood and others, received orders to emigrate and they moved into an ad joining county. Then Judge Hess, of the Cir cuit Court, who presided at celts trial, was threatened with death if be did not leave. He

armed himself, and is still here. Last Tuesday night a dance was given at a farmhouse near Battery Rock. Among those who attended were Joe Blair, a Belt partisan, and Joe Hugleton, a relative of Oldham's. Bill Fraley, who removed Covert, was also among the spectators. About 2 o'clock in the morning the festivities were terminated by the report of a pistol, and Hugleton staggered back against the wall, while Blair advanced on him with the weapon. Before the aggressor could fire again Hugleton sprang upon him like a tiger, and during the struggle that ensued the lights were extinguished, a half dozen more shots were fired, and the dancers rushed panic-stricken out of the house. Ten minutes after the first pistol shot all was quiet and a half-dozen of the young men returned. They lighted the lamps and found two corpses twined together on the floor. Hugleton had been shot twice through the body, but bad succeeded in drawing a knife, and the result of his awful work was seen in the twelve wounds on Blair's body. The inquest exonerated the others from blame.

Two Handcuffed Prisoners Escape. Chester, Not. 25. Just as the train reached the depot in this city, last night, two convicts, bound for the penitentiary, eluded the vigilance of their guard, and. leaping from the platform of the ear, escaped in the darkness. Although handcuffed together, they made the break successfully, and have so far evaded capture. They were negroes. Charles Gather and Charles Wyatt. both convicted of highway robbery, and sentenced for six years each. They came from Morgan county, and were in charge, with six others, the chief of police of Jacksonville, and two deputy sheriffs. Brief Mention. In the country southwest of Vandalia sickness is prevailing to an alarming extent. In London township a number of cattle have died and others are sick with the disease. Some families, it is said, are also affected with the malady. James Cahill, the most extensive coal-operator in Peru, died on Thursday, aged sixty-nine. He was also largely engaged in the dry goods and grocery business, and was a large owner of city real estate and farming lands. He leaves property worth over $100,000. At Vienna, on Thursday, Maj. A. J. King Kendall Post, No. 140. Sons of Veterans, was organized with twenty-three charter members. L. O. Whitenell was elected captain, George Gillespie and A. J. Perkins, lieutenants. The organization was effected by Messrs. Charles Shaggs and William Burnett, of Harrisburg Post E. N. Davis, one of the oldest merchants of Lincoln, and for many years a member of tha City Council, died suddenly on Thursday night. The deceased had attended a performance at the opera-house, was taken suddenly ill after returning home, and died soon after. He was widely known and respected throughout central Illinois. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The body of Tom Scott, the dead burglar, was yesterday turned over to a Cleveland medical college. J. C. F. Insley. aged thirty, and his mother, aged sixty-five, blew out the gas upon retiring at the Howard House. Newton, Kan., Thursday night. They will probably die. Fred Burkett, of Kingman. Kan., shot himself dead, yesterday, at his home. Although but nineteen years of age, the cause of the deed was dissipation, he having been on a protracted spree. Mrs. Margaret Kidder, of Chicago, who became insane after taking the treatment prescribed by Mrs. AnD a Johnson, a faith healer, was sent to an asylum yesterday by order of thg court. County Physician Moyer said that there were grounds for the prosecution of Mrs. Johnson. Another batch of alibi testimony was introduced in the Coughlin trial at Ravenna, O., yesterday. During the afternoon experts in penmanship were called to provo that Coughlin wrote the names on the register of the Metropolitan Hotel at Elyria on Feb. 4, the date of the Ravenna tragedy. State's Attorney Grinnell, who is trying to have the Chicago bucket-shop keepers indicted, said yesterday that the latter had promised him proof that the regular Board of Trade was nothing but a big bucket-shop. If the proof was forthcoming he declared he would bring the case of the board before the grand jury. Saved from the Scholten. New York, Nov. 25 At the office of the Netherlands-American Steamship Company, a cablegram was received this morning correcting the list of missing passengers of the ill-fated steamship Scholten and stating that the following had been savec: Henry Kenyon.Gupt&ve Bromowsky, Hermann Huzler. Gustavo Wiel, Giuseppe De Bertoiini, Peter Jimchowsky, Philip Welker, Max Becker, Janos Takase, Johann Pound, Andrew Altka, Herman Yv elide. Of the additional passengers saved, Gustavo Bromowsky, Gustavo Wiel, Giuseppe Bertoiini and Henry Kenyon were of the second cabin list, and the rest belonged to the steerage. There were no further particulars. As the record now stands, 102 of the 214 souls on board are reported saved. Kenyon, on the new list of saved, is a young artist. His passage was prepaid on this side. Will Not Iienigu This Year. Philadelphia, Nov. 25. T. V. Powderly, general master workman, of the Knights of Labor, when shown the published report of a letter purporting to have been written by him to E. F. Gould, of Indianapolis, which expressed a determination to resign, said: "I sent no letter to Gould embracing the points he claims, but he probably took extracts from other communications I sent him. and, combining them with the cist of my speech at Minneapolis, published the combination as coming from me. ou can say for me that I am not going to resign this year that is about all I can say on the question." Life in the Far West. San Francisco Chronicle. I think Montana must be altogether a pleasant country. Democracy seems to obtain in a form which would perhaps please the Anarchist, if the Anarchist did n ot want all things and all people to work for his personal comfort. The gambling-houses there are all proudly labeled so that you cannot mistake them for churches or private residences. "Licensed Gambling House" is there in full, big print, and in those exciting establishments white men and women, negroes, Chinese and Indians gamble in utter annihilation of raco prejudices. Money bet levels all ranks aud makes the white, yellow and red men brothers, perhaps with the same difference in personal ideas of value as the chips. The most prominent hotel i3 looked upon as palatial. The bedrooms are six feet by four. One can understand why they gamble there. But Montana is not any worse than California used to be. There were some places in this State where women's rights had reached a painful settlement by the adoption by women of men's privileges. A friend of mine tells how once he was staging it through a rough mining country, and in the stage were two ladies going from one mining camp to another in pursuit of change of air. The snow was deep on tha ground, and my friend hauled out his pocket flask and handed it very politely to the other men in the coach. They took a sip, and whey he had taken one himself he prepared to put it back in his pocket. The two ladies had watched the proceeding closely, and when they saw him prepare to put it away, one of them burst out: "Say, Sal, get on to the son of a gun. He ain't even goin' to offer us a drink."' A Silver Dollar for Picture Frames. Philadelphia Mews. "I gave you a silver dollar for some cigars half an hour ago. Will you look over your money drawer and see if it has been passed utl" It was in a Philadelphia cigar store. A well dressed young fellow was the speaker. The dealer found that he had just eleven of the coins, and he spread thera in a row on the counter. The young man took them up one by one, weighed each in turn in his hand, and an expression of vexation overspread his face as he laid the last down very carefully and murmured: "I knew I couldn't tell that way." Then he went at them again. This time he grasped the dollar firmly with one hand and pressed his nail upon the letter "E in "States." At the eleventh dollar there came a sudden change in the appearance of the coin. Half of it slid one wa y ana half the other, and in the lower half, covered with a flat crystal, was the miniature of an extremely pretty girl. The young man heaved a sigh of relief, laid down a greenback in exchange and left the store. He was one of the numerous victims of a fad that has lately struck Philadelphia with all the igor of oddity and expensiveness combined. The pocket pieces are made of two coins, hollowed out and fitted together with such exactness that they cannot be distinguished from a genuine coin. A picture of the owner's best girl is the correct thing to go inside, and the faddist may pay from $6 to $35 for the frame. A Biblical Keply. Kentucky State J on in tl. "Say, Master Joitony, I hear that you were in a beer garden yesterday afternoon. It's not a proper place to be." "The dickens it hain't. You want to be better than God. don't you? Didn't 'God make man and place him in a gardenl'" "Yes, but it wasn't a beer garden. "Well, they didn't know how to make beer in them days." .

EAILWAY NEWS AND NOTES

Continnation of the Inquiry Concernins Standard Oil Freight Rates. General Freight Agent Mitchell Makes Answers Which Are Flatly Contradicted hj Written Documents Local Notes. Washington, Not. 25. B. F. Mitchell, general freight agent of the Western division of the Newport News & Mississippi Valley railroad, was the first witness examined to-day before the Interstate-commerce Commission in connection with the Standard Oil Company. In respect to the fact of a difference in rates between . oil transported in tanks and that carried in barrels, and to the reasons justifyine such difference, his testimony was - substantially like that of the other freight men who preceded him. He declared that his company invariably charged for transporting oil in tank cars at so much per car, irrespective of its capacity. Thereupon a series of logs were produced showing that be negotiated with complainant, making a rate on a capacity of 20,000 pounds per car and a rate on the excess. The witness's only explanation was that the amanuensis must have interpolated matter into dictated correspondence in each case. Other letters not easily explainable in harmony with the law were also produced. John C Gault, general manager of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific road; O. G. Murray, freight traffic manager of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain road, and several other freight agents of Southwestern roads were also examined. They all submitted statements and schedules showing the amount of oil traffic and oil rates over their respective roads. They all reiterated what previous witnessed had sworn to that their roads bad not discriminated aeainst Mr. Rice and in favor of the Standard Oil Company in the matter of rates on oil. Mr. Gault explained the advantages of handline and transporting nil in tank care. It was a decidedly superior method, more economical than handling oil in barreTs, and it justified a material reduction in rates below what is charged for transporting oil in barrels. W. J. Bundred. of Oil City, general agent of the oil transportation line of the Pennsylvania railroad, testified that the line owned .1.131 tank cars, ail of which were properly gauged and marked with their capacities. Besides these tank cars the line used a ereat number of old box ears in transporting oil in barrels. Council for the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific, the Alabama & Great Southern and tbe New Orleans & Northeastern roads to-dsy entered a motion with tbe commission requiring Mr. Rice to make his petitions and complaints more specific against these roads by stating the dates upon which the alleged discriminations in favor of the Standard Oil Company occurred. Chairman Cooler decided that if the complainant relied upon specific instances of discrimination, he should file a statement in the nature of a bill of particulars; but if be expected to show a general course of conduct the effect of which would work a discrimination in favor of tbe Standard Oil Company, then a bill of particulars would not be essential. Mr. Rice's counsel said his client wonld relv upon showing a general course of conduct inimical to him, so the bill of particulars was not ordered. Faster Time for Freight Trains. Said a general freight agent, yesterday: "I look for great changes in the speed of freieht trains within the next year. The new air-brake for freight j trains is destined to work wonders in this direction. The average speed of freight trains will doubtless be dccbled, and they will be able to use the track any part of the day, avoiding the present delays. Heretofore the lack of appliances to control their speed has been a sonsce of danger, not only to the train itself, but to the traffic of the road generally. As soon as one of the great trunk lines adopts the air-brake for freight trains tbe others will follow, as tbey will be compelled to meet the competition of the faster time. The cars now built are so substantial in character that it will admit of moving them ou passengertrain time, if necessary." Mr. Westioghocse himself, last week, when in Boston with tne train equipped with this airbrake, said that be expected to see freight trains run sixty miles per hour when such speed was really necessary to make a side-track or some meeting point. In the recent tests in different parts of the couutry a speed of fifty miles per hour has been acquired, aud the speed regulated with entire ease and safety. A railroad official who saw tbe test on the West Shore road says the working of the new appliance is almost magical. In one of the tesvs made a comparison was instituted between tbe old and tbe new styles of brake. A train of fifty cars, running at a speed of twenty-one miles per hour, with the ordinary equipment of brakes, was stopped in eighty-four seconds, running 2,153 feet; with tbe air-brake the same train was stopped in twelve seconds, running only 203 feet. Local and General News. On Dec 1 Florida rates advance. They are now $40.90; after that date they will be $43.55. Before the close of the year every county in Kansas will have a completed line of railroad within its limits. Tuesday last there were fifteen miles of freight trains on the Nickel-plate road, between Chicago and Buffalo. The Western lines in tha Pennsylvania system made abetter financial exhibit for October than the Pennsylvania main line. The friends of the projected Anderson & Shelbyville road bave revived the scheme, and there is some prospect that the Hue will be built. In October. 1SSG, the Pennsylvania road was operated on 60.7 per cent, of tbe gross earnings; in October of this year, with a larger volume of business, they were G5.7 percent. The management of the New York Central road haye shown their appreciation of the services of Henry Monett, general passenger agent, by advancing his salary $2,500 per annum. It is stated that the financial embarrassment of Mercer, Bullock & Co., who were to build the New Albany & Vincennea road, has been relieved, and that work on tha new road will soon be resumed. Four hundred loads of Jackson coal is now shipped daily from the mines over the Ohio Southern road. About 50 per cent, of the shipments come west, to points touched by the I., B. B. & W. road. The Atlantic & Pacific people are arranging with tbe Pullman company to furnish additional rollice stock to accommodate the great rush of passengers and heavy shipments of freight to th Pacific coast. The Pennsylvania lines we6t of Pittsburg in the month of October earned a surplus over all liabilities of $280,485. Increase this year, $16.225. Since Jar. 1 the surplus over all liabilities is $1,310,413. Increase this year. $1,144,589. Work on the Louisville. St. Louis & Texas road has been stopped indefinitely. Agreements have not been met in pay in e for the right of way, contractors are unable to get their money, and ou tbe portion of the road in operation the company is in arrears to its employes three months. It is stated that neither the Pennsylvania lines nor the Lake'Shore road are making any effort to secure export business, except provisions. This class of traffic they still give a good deal of attention to, but their cars can be used to better advantage in local business than in hauling export grain and flour at present rates. Arrangements are making to greatly increase tbe elegance and the train service over the lines runniug from the Southwest to the seaboard. As elegant equipments are to be put on and as fast time made as is made between Chicaso and the seaboard. This will draw first-class travel, which has been going by way of Chicago over Indianapolis lines. Fifteen months ago the New York Central was the only road in this country which had an important mileaee of four tracks. Now the New York & New Haven has twenty-three miles and soon will have fifty miles of four track road, and tbe Pennsylvania wiil bave four tracks the entire distance from New York to Philadelphia within a few weeks. The stockholders of the Dayton. Fort Wayne & Chicago, which is the Dayton & Chicago and the Dayton & Irooton roads consolidated, will meet next Monday to vote to create a bonded debt on the road of $450,000, to be used in improving and equipping the road. C W. Fairbanks, of this city, is one of the largest stockholders, be and his friends, in fact, owning tbe controlling stock. This road is said now to be hauling more coal into Dayton than all the other roads centering there. Becoming convinced that the L & St L. was to suffer in its business from the drought along its line for months past, Albert S. White, general freight agent of the road, struck out into ter

ritory in some measure new to this road's business, and the results have been bichly satisfactory. Shipments of merchandise from the Southwest eastward over the line have largely increased, and tbe live-stock traffic from Kansas City, which has heretofore cut an unimportant figure, reaches 200 car-loads per week.

NOTED SHREWS IN HISTORY. Women Who Have Iteootne Famous and Notorious for Scolding. Chicago Critic. -v Some of the shrews haveiiad as enduring a record in historv as have some of the beauties, though owing their fame to a very opposite quality. England and France supply the most prominent specimens. Royalty first, however. Mathilda, Empress and claimant against King Stephen for the crown of England, has left a fair claim to a masterful temperament. Queen Elizabeth, great as she was, exhibits herself in some of her I etters and actions, as when the boxed Essex's ears, as a right royal shrew. So was Catherine of Russia a shrew, who had absolute power to back up her shrewishness. In Henry VHI's reign Lady More, wife of the great and good Sir Thomas, stands out a very definite shrew who ruled her husband aud children alike with much austerity. But she does not, though she liked her own way, appear, as far as we can see, in any . way to come np to Lady Coke, in James Is rei"gu. This lady drove her husband, the terrible Chief Justice (of whom James himself said, '"Nay, mon. if Coke send for me I must go"), nearly frantic. The subject was their daughters marriage. jiaay Coke was furious, indefatigable, resolute, and a most accomplished scold. Now for a French one little known to English readers in general. Sne was Mme. do Vervins, who. in the seventeenth century, was a fine specimen of the species. She told her servants to kill those of a lady whom her lackeys insulted for venturing to defend their mistress. She bullied her husband incessantly, and on one occasion in a quarrel used a riding-whip as an argument She habitually beat her servants violently. She scolded her acquaintances for the' least difference of opinion, unfavorable criti cism, or most minute slight offered to her. and plotted their assassination if they opposed her imperious and arbitrary nature. Another woman of the same type, who loved to play the "shrew" in public, and specially at balls and parties, was Mme. d Orgeval. She lived in the same time as Mme de Vervins. Mme. d'Orgval gave great entertainments, but she and her daughter, according to the French memoirs, chiefly loved doing insolent things in a, polite manner. On all occasions Mme. d'Orgeval's temper was furious if any lady danced better or often er than her daughter. In one instance of this she told the lady who offended her that if she continued dancing she would stop the ball. She bullied her guests with vigor, and demanded her own way in everything. Returning to England our gallery of portraits must not omit Sarah, first Duchess of Mnrlborough, whose violent temper made her generally dreaded. She had the good quality of loving her husband, the famous General, and thinking him the foremost of men. But to every one else she could be a shrew on occasion. Poor Queen Anne was afraid of her. She bullied her as if she was a nobody. And in the MS. room of the British Museum much contemporary light is thrown on this subject by a remarkable letter to be seen there, written at the time, and describing an order sent to the Duke and Duchess to give up their insignia of office without notice, and telling the latter that she was not to come to the Queen, who. no doubt, was afraid of her. This was at the time when her enemies' intrigues (led by her cousin, Miss Masham, whom she had placed at court in her interest) were successful. PEARL OVSTERS. How They Produce the Treasures They Contain Artificially Propagated. Boston Herald. The business of getting the pearls out of oysters is a toleraoly disagreeable one. The oysters ars thrown into large vessels and left to die, when the shells open of their own accord. The shells are then removed, but the oysters themselves are left in buckets till they become decomposed, when they are well stirred. The pearls sink to the bottom, and the remainder is poured off. It may be readily inferred that the oder in the camp of pearl seekers is more powerful than pleasant. The pearl had its origin in the efforts of the oyster to xrotect itself from the irritation caused by the presence of some foreign body between the shell and its mantle, as the soft skin of the oyster is technically termed. To mitigate the suffering caused by this vexatious intruder, the oyster deposits thereon a coating of the same material as that of which the shell is composed, and when once this process has begun it continues, till in time the pearl grows large enough to kill the oyster. To the fanciful minds of oriental nations no such crude explanation has ever occurred, and they still attribute to pearls much more poetic origin. The oysters, they say, rise by night to the surface of the water, and opening their shells receive therein a single drop of devf This in time becomes a pearl, and if the de' has been pure and clear the pearl will be a beautiful one; but if the drop of dew has been soiled with impurities, then the pearl will be opaque and of no value. Linnajus, the "father of naturalists," received the honor of knighthood for demonstrating the possibility of artificially inducing the formation of pearls in the pearl-bearing mussel. But, as has been the case with other European inventions of which we have thought a good deal, it has since turned out that John Chinaman has been doing this for a couple of thousand years or so. The Chinese method is to take the mussel from the river, carefully force the shells a little way apart, and insert between the mantle of the oyster and one of the shells a few little pellets of clay, tiny pearls or foreign bodies of some kind. When this has been done, the oyster is turned over, and the poor fellow is obliged to submit to a similar uncomfortable process on his other side. He is then put back into a pond, where he is kept well and fat by a diet more nourishing than nice. After a few months, or sometimes a year or two. he is again taken from his bed, his pearls are taken out, and he is eaten. An Eye to Ilusiness. Tid Bits. Minister (to bereaved widow) Yes, Mrs. Mildew, John was such a good man; always the same, and you could know where to find him at all times. Widow Yes, that's so. (Sobs.) Minister And then in money matters he was always so open-handed. I remember a time I needed money badly and John went down in his pocket for the whole sum. Ah! it was such a help. Widow lias (sob) it (sob) ever been (sob) paid back? Steamship News. Baltimore. Nov. 25. Arrived: Nova Scotian, from Liverpool. Hambuko, Not. 25. Arrived: Bohemia, from New York, for London. New York, Nov. 25. Arrived: Lessing, from Hamburg: Deruvter. from Antwerp; Aller, from Bremen; City of Chester, Britannic, from Liverpool. What a Time People foimerly had, trying to swallovy the old-fashioned pill with it3 film ot magnesia vainly disguising its bitterness ; and what a contrast to Ayer's I'ills, that have been well called "medicated sugar-plums" the only fear being that patients may be tempted into taking too many at a dose. But the directions are plain and should be strictly followed. J. T. Teller, M. D., of Chittenango, N". Y.f expresses exactly Avhat hundreds have written at greater length. lie says: " Ayer's Cathartic Pills are highly appreciated. They are perfect in form and coating, and their effects are all that the most careful physician could desire. They have supplanted all the Pills formerly popular here, and I think it must be long before any other can be made that will at all compare with them. Those who buy your pills get full value for their money." 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ONLY THREE WEEKS MORE, And Dr. Barker, the Oculist and Aurist Leaves for His Home Office in Cincinnati, O.

Th visit of this celebrated specialist is fast drawing to a close. It has been marked by an unparalleled practice, in affections of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, adjusting spectacles and inserting artificial Eyes. Not only have the afflicted of the city taken advantage of his unrivaled skill, but his success has attracted a large number from throughout the State, almost every county being represented among his , patients. While his reputation has been made by the almost miraculous cures of the blind and deaf, he is equally as successful in the treatment of the afflictions of the NOSE AXD THROAT. He says the exposed position of these organs makes them subject to a variety of diseases which, if unattended or treated incompetently, sire certain seedlings to lung affections which will ultimately kilL or at least shorten the golden hours of life; hence, too much importance cannot be attached to an early attention of any of theLr affections, no matter how trivial it may at fL.;t appear. Among the serious THROAT AFFECTIONS ra7 be mentioned Fungus Sore Throat, Syphi-eti-s Sore Throat, Lyrangitis, Pharyngitis, Tonsilitis, Bronchitis, Tuberculosis, Ulcerous, Paralysis of the Vocal Organs. Elongation of the Uvula, Cleft Palate, Hyptrophy and Atrophy of fn Tonsils, etc., etc., all of which are too serious to admit of anything less than exact constitut,o?.l and local treatment, i In the NOSE mey be found polype "a foot," a tumor which occurs in the mucous membrane. It varies much in size, number and mode of adhesion. Fibrous polypi are of compact texture, and do not degenerate into cancers. The scirrhous are true cancerous tumors, painful and bleeding. They occur at all agesjjtmt are more frequent in young adults. The growth manifests great tendency to extend prolongations into the sinuses of the nose and face; this is not only dangerous, but produces a great deformity. OZENA is an ulcer in the nostril that gives off a feted smelL The putrid matter is composed of a myriad of parasites (worms). If neglected or maltreated the entire nasal passage becomes eaten away, and the system becomes impregnated with their poison. CATARRH, which is so common in this changeable climate, receives as much or more attention than any other affection to which flesh is heir. The great stumbling block to a cure is false diagnosis. By some not informed, and those who have an infallahle cure," every affliction of the nose and head are called catarrh. This is quite erroneous. AVhile it is a disease of the mucous membrane, this membrane, anatomically considered, is the same as the skin, and subject to a variety of disease which are quite as troublesome as catarrh. Being hid in deep, remote recesses ncne but the eki led specialist , who is supplied with all modern appliances, can diagnose them with precision necessary to prescribe a line of treatment for each special case Right here I wish to say I have no one box or bottle from which I cure catarrh. My treatment is rational and exact, cons titutional as well as local, adapted to the conditions and complications present, the success of which is told by my patients, and their name is legion in this vicinity. VISIT EXTENDED UNTIL Thursday, December 22 (Positively no longer.) A. B. BARKER, M. D. SPECIALIST, EYE, EAR, NOSE & THRO AT Scientifically prescribes and adjusts n ciai p. Office : 15, 17 and 19 MARTIN DALE BLOCK, (Entrant 514 J. Feoj. St, N. of P. 0.) CONSULTATION FREE. :,'SALARY AND COMMISSION To competent bnsiness men, accepting exelnsive city agencies for sale of our National Automatic GasSa vim Governors. Required by all gas containers. Save 33 Per Cent, in Gs Bids. They equalize the pressure at meter. Secure a steady and increased illumination, insuring perfect combustion of the g-fisos, and a pure and hemltbf al atmosphere. Prevent the disagreeable whistling, blowing and amokitg of burners, remedying frequent danger from fire, and expense of broken globes. Over S.OOO in service. Indorsed by highest Mercantile. Corporate and Expert Authorities. Agents clearing Sj-'SOO per month. Address ' THE UNION NATIONAL GAS-SAVTN'G CO.. 744 Broadway. New York. Preserve Your Health SMITH'S PATENT PERFORATED CHAMOIS UNDERGARMENTS afford, to persons susceptible to cold, tbe best protection against PNEUMONIA. KHEUMATIS.M and all LUNG DISEASES. Recommended for Ladies and Gentlemen by the Medical Faculty. S"end for h'ghly illustrated Circular. CANFIELD RUBBER CO., Successors to D. C. HALL & CO., SOU MANCrACTCSERS, 7 Mercer Street, New York. The Castle Endne. O i The Aeme of Simplicity. The cheapest and most convenient Engine in the world. No -valves, steam chest or eccentric. Only eight xnoviug pieces. This is a Piston Engine that requires no packing against steam: is noiseless, self lubricating

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