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'TWO AMBITIOUS DEMOCRATS

fo'mins: Political StnirdeBchvccn Isaac T. Gray and the Tall Sycamore. A 'Counting of Vnhatched Chickens Concernin? Vfhich republicans Will Have Soraethins' to Say Kival Democratic Forces. H. Cu?hlnff, In Neic York Press. The pp?at grandfather of Isaac Pusey Gray, GoTernorof Indiana tyro weelcs longer, came over with William Penn. All his people, he is rather pleased to reflect, have "been na era. The Governor himself was "horn in Chester connty, Pennsylvania, in moved to Ohio with his father and mother in 1S35, and in turned np in Union City, Ind.f w ith a family of his own. 3Io was colonel of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry in the war, hut fell sick and recruited the Hondred-and-forty-seventh Indiana Infantry. In 1836 he ran for Congress against George W. Julian, and was beaten by 300 votes. The year 1SGS, however, found him in the Stato Senate. In 1870 ho declined the consulate at St. Thomas. He had been a Whig as a youngster, and was a Republican in war times, but in 1871 his party aiiations began to be Democratic, and the next year ho was an Indiana delegate to the Liberal Republican convention. Ee was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant-governor in 1S76 by acclamation, and went in with "Blue Jean's" Williams. In 1SS0 he wanted to bo the nominee for Governor, but the Voorhees, McDonald and English men wouldn't have it. and he hart to he content with going down with farmer Franklin Landers heforo the guns of Albert G. Porter and Tcm Hanna. Four years later he beat Major Calkins. Still lour years later he failed to be the Democratic nominee for Vice-president, but he also escaped defeat; and now this same Isaac Pusey Gra3', this same heavy-weight of Quaker stock, is the Indiana tighter who "waits confidently in his corner of the ring, in the pink of condition, as the sluggers My, ana with his knuckles bare and a challenge thrown down for a finish battle for :the United States Senate with Dan Voorhees. lint there is more than tho scnatorhip involved. If the Governor can, knock his man out the puio may bo nothing less than a nomination for the presidency itself. The bic fallow in the other corner of the ring is the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash. He must toe the scratch and cither punch or be punched. An interesting bier fellow, .too, is tlM big fellow Voorhees. His Ohio hirtb,. iell as his Hoosier training, acronutsfor iswell known modesty about Iiolding olfliie' for himself and friends. His flather was a Mercer county, Kentucky, man, and fci grandfather a Jerseymah. whose people had come from Holland and "been called- Van Voorhees. Dan's mother was a Maryland beauty of Irish nncestr' natd Rachel Elliott. Ho graduated from Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind., in lbJlvancl studied law with old Senator Lane at CrawforcUville. Old Senator Haunegan 4 heard a Fourth of July oration of his at Covington, the county-seat of Fountain, and invitee, iiim to become his law partner. The year 18 3 saw the noted young criminal lawyer the prosecutor in the Circuit Court. In lboQ he was nominated for CongTess by acclamation by the Democrats, but lot by taoin a district naturally Republican by i.G. In 1S57 he moved to Terre Haute, tho county-seat of Vigo, and in 1853 was apIointed United States district attorney lor ndlana by President Buchanan. Then came the John Brown incident, and the national reputation for tho Tall Sycamore of the abash. Governor Willard was the idol of Indiana Democrats. The Colonel Cook who was arrested with John Brown at Harper's Ferry was the brother of Governor illard's wife, and the offices of Dan Voorhees were sought for the defense. Regardless of consequences tho Tcrre Haute lawyer rushed iu and secured a verdict of gajlty of murder onlv. Governor Wise would not pardon CookJ but the whole country had heard of Dan Voorhees. and his re-election to Congress in 1SC0 and 1S63 were onty matters of torm. Henry D. Washburn successfully contested his seat in lik. For the next term Voorhees refused a nomination, but for the next two he eat in the House, till, in 1872, he wa3 defeated by Morton C. Hunter. Ho was appointed Senator bv "Blue Jeans" Williams to succeed the gTeat Morton in 1377; and in 1378, when the election or rejection of Voor3hees was made the distinct issue in the legislative fight, tho friends of the Tall Sycamore carried the State by thirty thousand. Opposition didn't avail in tho fall of .1S. In the fall of loOO it will, or the slickest citiren in the State of Indiana will know whv. JiTio Gray opposition is, after all, perhaps, the opposition of the young Cleveland taritf reform" Democracy to the good, oldfashioned, fire-eating, mossback. copperhead Democracy of the past as much as it is the ambition of Isaac P. Gray. The Governor must look to tho rising generation, the Senator to the McDonalds and English. A casual glance at tho congressional delegation, or a look among tho lesser Democratic leaders, will illustrate this point. Judge Parrett, who succeeds General Hovey in the First district, if Posev doesn't win the contest, will probably be for Gray when the time comes io take sides. O'Neall. of the Second, will be for Voorhees most likely. So will Sam Taylor, of the Third. IIolman, of the Fourth, having hoped in vain to depose Voorhees. will turn up on the Gray side. Cooper, Matson's successor iu ihcPifth,willbo for Gray. Tho Sixth is Tom Browne's district. The Seventh is Byimm's, and the Indianapolis Congressman, having run up a lightning-rod of'his own. will be neutral. Brookshire, who beat Johnston in the Eighth, unless tho election coramitteo of the House should decide otherwise, is a Voorhees man, whose first names are either Danial W. Voorhees or dimply Daniel Voorhees, I dont know which. Tho Ninth is Cheadle's, and the Tenth, Owen's; and they are in again. In the Eleventh, Major Steele's successor, A. N. Martin, will be for Gray. In the Twelfth, McClellan, elected over Captain White, is an oddish man, but lives in a Gray neighborhood. Young Ben Shively, of tho Thirteenth, will bo for Gray. The attitude of some other Hoosier Democrats of prominence can best bo foreshadowed ny turning back a little. When the old guard crowded Gray down into tho Lieutenant-governorship, in 1S60, he mado up his mind that they should surrender before they had a chance to die. Sinco then they have been getting more and more into the sere and yellow leaf. Gray couldn't bo kpt out of the irovernorship in 1884, and in 1-6 he was not kept off tho Cleveland ticket by home indueuce. Ex-Senator McDonald likened him not long ago to Oliver with his Plate out. "That's what 'tis," as tho Hookers say. He has got his plate out still. McDonald will be against liiin. English will leave his history researches to opposo V mT Jun E. Lamb, ex-Congressman from the Terre Haute district, rejected nominee for United States district attorney and Jiorrpon lobbyist in Washington, will bo f 00rhees. Charles L. Jewett, chairman ot the Democratic Stato committee, will Pse after the B3Tiuin plan as long as possible, assume neutrality as between Gra3' and l5;nr:in, be a Gray man as agaiust Voorhees if i t proves to be necessary to do something, Jnd never take his own little lightning rod timvn till the Htorm has all cleared oil. Loartland Matsou will be for Voorhees, naving himself gone past: and, of moro importancp, probahlv, will bo the intluenco of a 'l Niblaek on the Voorhees s'uh i i i. i Judga had been retired from tho . ijenefc by tho votes of the people, the Governor, in lv7, induced him to run for tho ''cnVf; Popularity, it was thought, w ould he thn Wt club to beat McDonald Vver,hhead with. Gray kept Niblack in I,! ,tilI whei1 it was found that ho a tiectel, hi strength was all transIViv 0 Turrie. who, tillthe list moment, Uf ?r i?n a? IwneM and devoted supporter nrJ DouM- It had, i iideed, been a great Mirprie to him when he got the caucus ?fVn!Ia3tl0- McDonald acquiesced eheerai?a congratulated his friend, and thr lyrl of his acceptance of il ne ar-rument mnA - -aauc ui inn lime, uja& trVrv.7ery PatJlotic and disinterested of atMVL00 refu thefenitthvJ?vSl PW? 110121 thebefui publican rula of Lieatenant-govcmor

nnY? or 0ra- a course. Niblack's fiucce.s wouia aave meant tlu, m,. nf n. A niirnr.

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ao wetter what his own plans for 5tur!' JPPht be. Turpie was comparail vVVVIthoul Wends, and would not bo l?mA i .(;ra. no doubt, was all th Inmn for the vire-presilential noininat.on; andahamnleof Grav sliekness wn

Robertson. Tnrme, it was also suggested, even by some Democrats, would be of no particular help to Voorhees on account of his same unpopularity; but Turpio is in tho Senate, and lie is not a Gray man. Just as tho Governor thwarted the pur

pose of tho opposition in 1SS4 by declaring that if Voorhees were to be nominated he should not feel bound to support tho ticket, ko, in 1SS8, ho circumvented them again. There was an organization of Voorhees and McDonald men all over tho State who were determined to prevent, if possible, the indorsement of Gray's candidacy for the vicepreridential nomination, but the Governor got wind of it all and threatened even national defeat if his enemies should persist. They stopped. Voorhees supported Gray ardently enough at St. Louis to declare that tho State of Indiana could not bo carried without him: but it was not, as many have snpposed, in fulfillment of an agreement by which, in return for all this wormwood. Gray was to stand out of the path of Voorhees in 1S00. Oh, no. Gray did not have to promise anything. There are those who eay that ho would not have needed to have kept his promise if ho had. made it. Voorhees merely had to get aboard the Gray train orgetleft. Nor is it true, as many have supposed,that Allen G. Thurman was tho real first choice of President Cleve-landforthevice-presidentalnomination. He wanted Gray, but Democratic sentiment in New York was manipulated ' pretty skillfully by two so-called loyai Democratic papers and by some politicians, who sent messengers to Indiana and found that the Governor's Kn6w-nothing record, or what not, was bad; and Mr. Cleveland, had to giveaway to the hatched un enthusiasm for the red bandanna. Republicans of Indiana freely tell me that the Democrats would have carried their naturally Democratic State with Isaac P. on the'ticket. Atauy rate "Isaac P." came out of the tureen all dry. Democrats say his splendid organization not only kept Ben Harrison's plurality from being 15,000, but that his example of devotion to the causo ought to make him all the more formidable in 1892. Watch for thef o arguments, Governor Hill, in 1802. In the Congress elections two years ago Voorhees sulked and hoped that Indiana would not stand by the President. Little as the Hoosiers care for Mr. Cleveland, the fact will be recalled, and it won't help Voorhees any. Then the Governor got tho best of the Senator in-the last election. Tho State Senators, being elected for four years, help elect tho next United States Senator. Isaac P. did not manage the late campaign for nothing. Most of the Democratic Senators are his own friends, and the leaven will continue to leaven. If William S. Holman had not been satisfied in 1878 that he could not 'beat Voorhees for tho Senate, he has perhaps "hail cnoutrh" in the vanishing majorities in his own Fourth district, for tho young fellows have had an idea for several years that the best way to get rid of tho great ohjector would be to permit him to get a good licking at the polls. William I). Bynum is the dark horse that wants to be backed for a winner. He is tho Green county farmer boy and schoolmaster who was Mayor of Washington city (not D. C.) for three terms and who went to Indianapolis to practico law, be Speaker of tho State House of Representatives, aud get to Congress, and sit in the ways and means committee, and be elected by bigger and bigger pluralities. He could have had tho governorship nomination which Matson took: now he is out of tho rain. He is almost Gray's equal for kissing tho babies and asking alter tho Devons and the second crop, and as for fanner discussions of tho tariff, the Governor cannot hold a candle to the Congressman. He fought Hendricks in the Aquilla Jones affair, but didn't suffer much. Neitherdid he sutler when the Bailey-Coy crowd kicked about his second nomination, and ho cheerfully offered to go into another convention and have it out and beat them all. Bynum is not quite so aggressive as Gray is; Bynum's enemies are not so likely to know what struck him. Watch him lor a dark horse if it is a neck and neck raco between the Senator aud the Governor. And whether Gray or Bynum wins, watch one of thera for an avowed presidential candidate in 1S92, and the other forpossibly a dark horse or a vice-presidential candidate; and in case the Presidental nomination goes West, see if Hugh Grant, the new Mayor of New York city, is not pretty prominent for deco ration for the other end of thetickct. Gray and Grant would sound pretty well; Bynum and Grant would not sound ill. Out West they think either phrase far more euphonious than Hill and Bynum, or anything like that. DAILY WEATHER BUIXETIX. Indications. Washington, Dec. SI. For IndianaFair; colder; northwesterly winds. For Illinois Fair; slightly colder; followed on Tuesday by stationary temperature; winds becoming southwesterly. For Lower Michigan Fair, followed on Tuesday by warmer; winds becoming northwesterly. For Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota Fair; warmer; southwesterly winds. ' Local Weather Iteport. Indianapolis, Dec. 31.

Time. Bar. Thcr. K. U. Wind Weath'r Pro 7 A.M.... 30.28 37 62 W. Cloudy. .02 2r.M... 30.31 36 71 N. W. Cloudy 7 P.M. ..30.36 35 6 N. W. Cloudy. .01

Maximum thermometer, 37; minlmuui thermometer, 34. Following Is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on Dec. 31, 183S: Tem. Precip. Normal 31 O.ll Mean 30 0.03 Departure from normal "5 O.OS Total excess or detic. since Deo. 1.. 45 1.47 Total excess or detic. since Jan. 1.. 856 3.86 Tlus. General Observations. Indianapolis. Dec. 207 p. it.

liar- Thermometer. Preomer eipir Weathr ter. Exp Min Jfaj UCn 30.00 40 36 42 .10 Cloudy 30.10 34 34 3S T Cloudy 30.00 42 36 44 .04 Fair 30.14 40 40 48 .01 Cloudy 30.05 44 36 48 .08 Cloudy 30.16 56 52 64 .02 Clear 30.26 48 42 52 1.26 Fogey 30.20 62 52 70 Cloudy 30.20 50 50 66 .08 Fogey 30.24 58 54 74 .22 Fair 30.32 48 16 50 T Cloudy 30.22 62 5ft 66 Cloudy 30.42 42 40 44 Clear 30.25 4S 48 52 .OS Rain 30.42 44 42 46 .02 Cloudy 30.42 40 40 41 Clear 30.30 38 35 46 .00 Cloudy 30.35 38 32 42 Cloudy 30.36 31 34 38 .01 Cloudy 30.32 36 36 42 Cloudy 30.22 31 34 38 .01 Cloudy 30.26 32 32 36 T Cloudy 30.H4 26 20 30 Clear 30.06 22 20 28 Cloudy 30.32 26 26 34 Clear 30.42 38 38 44 Clear 30.46 26 26 36 Clear 30.23 20 20 32 Clear 30.22 24 6 28 Clear 30.24 18 8 20 Clear i 30.18 26 6 38 Clear l 30.00 26 4 31 Clear 30.42 20 18 26 Clear 30.42 14 14 26 Clear 30.48 16 10 22 Clear 30.46 38 36 40 Clear . 30.58 26 20 30 Hear 30.56 32 30 38 Clear , 30.62 30 18 33 Clear 30.54 28 14 32 Clear 30.58 20 16 32 Clear 30.52 2(5 8 44 Clear 30.44 22 10 36 Clear 30.36 30 14 36 Clear 30.30 26 10 36 Clear . 30.32 20 2 32 Clear . 2D.01 28 4 30 Clear ' 30.12 24 12 28 Clear 30.30 26 O 32 Clear , 30.80 012 2 Clear . 30.74 TO 10 2 Clear . 30.04 10 38 Clear ' 30.36 if.: 16 42 Clear 30.64 0 6 18 Clear 30.62 30 10 36 Clear 30.53 30 12 40 Clear . 30.56 22 16 40 Clear 30.66 20 10 28 Clear

Station. New York city Buffalo. N. Y.. rhirdelphia.Pa nitsuurg.i'a... Wash'ton. D. C. Charleston. 8. C Atlanta, ua Jacka'nv'le. Fla I'ensnrola. Fla Montsr'm'ry.Ala Vicksburg, Miss X. Orleans, LA. Little Hock. Ark (ialveston.Tcx. S'nAntonio.Tex MemphIs,Tenn. Nashville, Tenn Louisville. Kr.. Indian'p'liaJnd CiucinhathO.. Cleveland, O.. Toledo. O Marquette,Mch H.St.Mane,.U'ci Chicago. Ul Cairo, 111 Hnrtntfieldjll.. Milwaukee, w is Duluth, Minn. M.l'anl.Minn. Davenport, la.. Dubuque, la.... DesMoincs.ia.Sr. Louis, Mo... Kansas City.Mc Ft, Rill, I mi. T.. DodiroCity.K's. Yankton, D.T Ft. bully, D.T IMsmarek.D.T Ft. imtord. D.T. P.Arth'r's L.WC Ou'Ap'elle.N.W j' Utii m-,. Helena, M. T. FLM'K n'y.W.T Ft.WahaskV, V Denver, Col... Fueblo, Col.... Santa Fe.N.M, Bait Lake City. T Trace of precipitation. Note Ono inch of melted scow equals ten inches of snow. Losses by Fire. Snrcial to tho Indianapolis JoarnaL Madison, Ind. Dec. 31. A barn belonging to S. H. TulL, of Hanover, containing ten tons of hay. a horse, wagon, ouggy anu farming implements, was totally destroyed by fire last evening. Loss about 1,200; insurance $400, in a local company. Decatur, Ala., Dec. SI. Fire, which i.-ir,jMit in LonnfirrTa saloon and raceu. for live hours, destroyed eleven of the new . if T .4. A l VV ffl uuiiaings on j.aiayciio oucci. -. who was sleeping in the second story of the Leonard saloon, was fatally burned while trying to get out. Mr. Kice. who was also in the tame room, was badly burned, but will recover. Several other parties ustained serious injuries. Loss, gOO.Ow.

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fflKOR C1TY-KEWS. To-DayH Doings. GRAND OPERA-HOUSE Frcdcrio Bryton. in "Forgiven," evening. ENQLISH'S OrERA-nOUSE Murray and Mur phy, in 'Our Irisa V isltors," evening. PARK THEATER Hearno'a "Hearts of Oak," afternoon and evening. BATTLE OF ATLANTA CYCLORAMA Market utrect, between Illinois and Tennessee streets, day and evening. . .Ttocal News Notes. The gamblers arrested in the Circlo Hall Saturday night were each tincd $25 by the .Mayor yesterday morning. Charles Burns, who is charged with being a known thief, was arrested yesterday, and exhibited to the police force, last night, at roll-call. . The managers of the Home for Friendless Pnlnvnil PhilHrrn "trisb to exnress their thanks to all who in any way contributed to the joy ana giaaness oi ino cnuaren in the home on Christmas day. Felix and Noah Robbins and George Wil son have been sent to the grand jury for robbing Albert Hays and Llijah Phillips, employes in Fennell's livery stable, Saturdav nitrht. . The bond of each waa fixed at $500. At a regular meeting of Inciianapous T sA (TA Kn 4fK. L O. O. V. tho following officers were elected for the ensuing term: . r-i -i it? r T 1 No Die grand, treci w . su ipert; vice granu, P. Stephenson; financial secretary, Jos. Johnson; recording secretary, H. E. Brattain; trustees, L? O. Gustin,W. H. Leedy and Unas. Y onneii. A number of the friends of Mrs. E. S. Swift went to Rushville, Ind., yesterday to attend her funeraL The State Board of Agriculture and the Ladies' Sewing Society of the First Baptist Church each sent large floral emblems. Mr3. Swift was vicepresident of the ladies' department of the State Board and secretary of the other named associations. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Henry Weitzel and Mary Tufl'ell, Love Wainscott and Josio L. Goff, Andrew P. Jones and Annio G. Hennie, Louis Kexroth and Annio Schopphorst, John V. Harding and Cora Wilson, Charles C. Davenport and Isabel Sutherland, Joseph Lebold and and Geo. Eddie Scott, James A. Hansen and Delia M. Stanford, James G. Price and Abbie Seibert. Personal and Society. Miss Jennie Vance has gone to Chicago for a two weeks' visit. Capt. Wm. M. Meredith, of Chicago, is registered at the New Denison. Judge Walter Olds was among tho arrivals at the New Denison, yesterday. Mr. C. B. Landis, of Delphi, is spending Now Years with friends in this city. Mr. Geo. W. Mathews, of Chicago, was among Gen. Harrison's visitors yesterday. Dr. Wilson, of the Surgical Institute, left last night for Boston, to bo absent sonio days. Miss Jennie Mitchell, of Princeton, Ind., is visiting Miss Heron, of North Illinois street. Dr. John S. French and wife, of Pittshoro, Ind., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Smock. Miss Rachel Shover, of Richmond, Ind., is spending the holidays with her brother in this city. Mr. Thomas J. Zook and wife, of St. Louis, spent Sunday with Mr. C. E. Shover and family. Mrs. Bennett and daughter, of Springfield, O., are in the city, guests of Mrs. Louis Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Sewall returned to the city yesterday after a week's visit in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Edward Schurmann, who has been very ill for tho past few days at the Denison, is recovering. Mrs. Alice T. Garvey. of New York city, is visiting her father, J. M. Tilford, at No. 179 Clinton avenue. t W. H. Eastman, of Eastman, Schleicher i & Leov has gone East with his wife. They will be gone several weeks. Hon. W. D. Foulke . and wife, of Richmond, were tho guests of Mrs. O. P. Mortou at Woodruff Place yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Raymond, of Wood,ni IT Place, entertained a number of tho res idents of that delightful suburb last night. r E.'B. Clarke has returned from Circle-' ville, O., whero ho was called by the death of his father, which occurred on Thursday last. Mrs. May Wright Sewall lectured on "Margaret Fuller" in the rooms of the, Ladies' Literary Club, in Grand Kapids on Sunday evening. Miss Clara Gebhart, of Middletown, Miss Annie Haugh and Bird Whetzel, of Carthage, Mo., are visiting Miss Grace Paul on Christian avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Charies W. Jennings will leave, this morning, for Piqua, O:, to spend New Yeais day and attend tho Madge Wickham concert. Mrs. Chap Williams will entertain friends, Thursday afternoon, at tea, in honor of Mrs. Orlanda Marsh, of Denver, who is the guest of Mrs. C. E. Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herron watched tho old year out and the new year in with about forty of their friendf, last night, entertaining them with cards and good wishes generally. Mrs. C. Jenkins entertained a number of Soung people at her residence, No. 222 orth Illinois street, last night in honor of her daughter, Mrs Samuel Beaumont, of Chicago, and Miss Ida Jenkens. Mr. and Mrs. Brainerd Rorison entertained a few friends last night in honor of Mrs. Samuel Vance, of Florida, who is their guest. It was a social gathering of the old friends, mostly, of Mrs. Vance, and all were interested greatly in her account of the yellow fever sutferings during last summer. A very agreeable surprise party was given Miss Anna Levy, of No. 05 North New Jersey street, on Sunday evening, the occasion being her nineteenth birthday. Dancing and various games were indulged in during the evening. Miss Anna was the recepient of many pretty and useful presents. There will be a very quiet wedding this morning, at 10 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. Louis Gibson,, on North Pennsylvania street, the contracting parties being Miss Jessie Gibson, we'll known to a large circlo of friends in this city, and Dr. H. M. Bennett.. of Saratoga, Wy. T. The ceremony will be conducted by Kev. James McLeod in presence of the immediato relatives only. Mr. and- Mrs. Bennett will lemve on the noon train for Denver, where they remain for a few days previous to their departure for their home at Saratoga. LAST NIGHT'S ASSEMBLY. The first assembly for this season was given last night at tho New Denison, which was exquisitely and elaborately decorated for the occasion. Tho guests wero received in parlor 3 by tho patronesses, Mrs. E. B. Martindale, Mrs. Benji Harrison, Mrs. A. L. Roache and Mrs. II. R. Allen. The handsomely furnished apartment was further embellished by having tho broad mantel banked from the floor nearly to the ceiling with palms, ferns, vines and scarlet pancettas. Very soon after 9 o'clock the grand march was led to tho diningroom, where the dancing took place. This room had been transformed into a bower of beauty. From tho center of tho ceiling depended garlands of gTeen and Florida moss alternating. These ropes swnng under tho chandeliers, and were carried to each sido chandelier. Under ti e chandeliers wero bells of green and Spanish moss. Th windows wero hung with lace curtains, and abovo them wero lattices of sniilax, and the mirrors between the windows were curtained with smilar tied back with red or white satin ribbons. Banks of potted plants were on tho sideboards, and in the northeast corner of the room Hart's orcheitra, which furnished tho music, was screened by tall plants. On the largo mirror opposite the doors were in white flowers "Ring out the Old," and below in scarlet "Ring in the New," and between "lS;i." The mirror was also draped in curtains of smilax. There were about two hundred guests, and Rome very beautiful costumes worn by the ladies made the scene bne of great brilliancy. Among the elegant dresses worn were: Mrs. E. B. Martindale, heavy black silk trimmed with bluo and silver Persian embroidery. Mrs. BVnjamin Harrison, black laco over yellow eilk, en train , Mrs; A. L. Roache, black silk. Mrs. IL R. Allen, lllack silk and jetted lace trimmed with blue and black brocaded satin. 1 Mrs. .William Dudley Foulke. of Richond, black tnlle over black silk and carried a white fan. - : ' Mi6s Grintcr, of Louisville, white tulle

trimmed with garlands of green oats and bows ofgreen velvet. Miss Tilton, of Madison, light blue embroidered crepe. Miss Rufi', of Washington, D. C, white tulle skiits and whito moire corsage. Miss Rogers, of Cincinnati, pink silk and white lace, and carried pink roses. l: Miss Allen, of Terre Haute, white tulle. Miss Hughes, of Louisville, light bluo dotted tulle trimmed with moire ribbon. Miss Riley, of Harrisburg, black tulle and moire. Miss Constant, of Peru, white tulle and silk. Miss Hartj of Cincinnati, white tulle skirts embroidered in -crystal and corsago of buttercup plush. Miss Hattio Hughes, of Louisville, pink silk and tulle, trimmed with pink roses. Miss Elston, of Crawfords ville, scarlet tulle, 8 hot with silver; red roses.

Among the company were Gen. Lew WalMr. Brandt, of New York; Mr. Rubach, of Hannibal, Mo.; Thos. Arnold, Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Foster, Mrs. W. J. Holliday, Mr. and Mrs. George Tanner; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. F. Peirce, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hibben, Mr. and Mrs. John Hurry, Mr. and Mrs. Oran Perry, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pierce. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Carey, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Van Buren. Major and Mrs. W. J. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Vajen, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnson, Mrs. Sadie Vajen, Mrs. A. B. Mansur, Mrs. Ritzinger aud daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. John Carey, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lemcke, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Jameson Misses Porter, Miller, Hibben. RitriTifrftr tTnllirJnv TlaiW fchirm iiaxweii, vajen, Drowning, JNew, McKee, Coughlen, Robinson, Allen, Duncan. Moore, Deborah Moore, Ipache, Barry, Jordan, Messrs William Knrtz. R. O. NiVhnls. if. R. Hnllins. AV. F. C. Golt, Nathan Morris, M. G. Mc Cain, j. i. untnths, Dr. Drowning, Jesse I letcher, D. Morris, J. B. Mansur, Jamos Curtis, Jack Holliday, W. J. Bradshaw, Frank McKee, William Taylor, W. R. Holloway, O. T. Morton. Robert and Lynn Martindale, Frank Allen, William and Gus Coburn, Booth Tarkington. Ernest MorCharles Charles Bradshaw. Harrv Snann. Samuel Miller. A. L. Roache, S. if. lilanton, George Yandes and many others. BALLARD-CLODFELTER. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawtokdsville, Dec. 31. On last Saturday evening Ecv. G. W. Switser said tho marriage ceremony for Emmerson E. Ballard and. Miss E1U Clodf elter, a sister of the poet, N. J. Clodfelter. The same evening, a public reception was given at the home of N. J. Clodfelter. LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP. The Keach for the Offices, and the Only Two Sure Candidates Ileard From. It has been discovered by the Democratic brethren that the Adjutant-general, Quartermaster-general and Commissary-general are appointed by the Governor under constitutional authority, and are not within tho reach of tho Legislature. This leaves the Coal and Oil Inspectors, tho Inspector of Minos and the Fish Commissioner about the only remaining gubernatorial appointments which tho Legislature can cut off, and it is doubtful whether tho Democratic majority will bo hungry enough, in view of tho record mado by some legislative appointees, to seize upon these few remaining appointments given to tho executive by the statutes. Nevertheless, tho drift has all been in that direction. In 1SS3 the Legislature took from tho Governor the appointment of tho chief of the Bureau of Statisticsandhis assistant, and tho selection of tho trustees of the insane asylums and other State institutions. Tho results of the change in the method of the appointment of the latter have been noted too frequently to rennire repetition. "The worst ,of, ;jt is," said a Democratic, appointee recently, "that our fellows know, when they get in, that nobody can interfere with .them between the sessions of tho Legislature, and presume on that fact to do pretty much as tney please. An appointee ought not only to be amenable to the power that , created him, but tho creative power ought to bo in existence at all times, so that it can tako cognizance of any malfeasance on tho part of the appointee." There is no change reported in tho canvass for the offices of the two houses. Tho onlv other sure candidate besides Newkirk, of Rush county, who has no opposition for the clerkship of the House, is Tim Griffin, who says ho is solid for the janitorship, whether the Legislature creates the new office of custodian j of the Capitol or not. "If the commissioners aro continued' said Griffin, yesterday, "I am steadfast. If the Legislature appoints, I am solid. Merit will tell in the long run." -n- pMiB-M ' Dead by tho'Roadslde. A farmer riding along Clifford avenue, yesterday afternoon, found the body of a colored woman lying in a ditch beyond the Belt railroad. She had evidently been dead several hours. The body was removed to Kregelo's morgue, and last evening was identified as Carrie Ross, an old woman given to dissipation. She had evidently wandered into the country, and died from exposure. , Poetry for the Day. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild fykj. The flying cloud, tho frosty lipA; Tho year is dying in the nfcht; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die! Ring out the old, ring in tho new. Ring, happy bells, across the snow; Tho year is going; let him go: Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Tennyson. THE OLD YEAR. neap up the lire more cheerly We'll hail tho New Year early, The old one has gone fairly A right good year and true! We've had some pleasant rambles, And merry Christmas gambols, And rosea with our brambles, Adieu, Old Year, adieu! Here comes the New Year duly; We'll give him welcome truly; Come, mark the score up newlyTime flies apace away! Let's meet him like a lover, Ilia brows with chaplets cover f Yet hold him for a rover, Nor care to bid him stay! George LunLJANUARY. E'en while ho sings, he smiles his last, And leaves our sphere behind; The good old year is with the past, Oh! be tho new as kind! William Cullen Bryant, An Ignorance Club.M Tho Epoch. Not less helpful, but in a different direction, is the "Fortnightly Ignorance Club," with its Ignorance Book, of which the idea was given in tho Atlantic Monthly some years ago. The forty women of this Rochester (N. Y.) club have set up a book thus formidably named, to which each ono brings her hard-to-answer questions. After the paper of the meeting is read and discussed, tho Ignorance Book is opened, questions read, those settled which can bo at once answered, and the others given out to special members, whoso duty 'it is to "study up" and be prepaied to reply at a future meeting. This peculiar and original feature, on which the club is founded, has proved not only extremely interesting, but very valuable, and as was said by its best-known (in tho world) membei-Mrs. Jane Marsh Parker, 'So long as our ignorance holds out, and is replenished by now members, the lamp of our club will burn. It makes such a lincreuco whether a club depends upon ignorance or knowledge for its support." Iii confirmation of tho importance this association attaches to ignorance, it is sternly determined that the world outside its doors shall be forever ignorant of the names and doings of its too modest members. Sir Morell Mackenzie Boycotted. London Life. 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Cl-ijirtha Flr.r: MOST NUTRITIOUS. curacy and agility before or 6ince. Wo applied the lash to tho excited horses, . and away wo sailed, escaping the vigilante only by a scratch. We got back to Red Cloud at daylight and caught the westbound train, and I've no intention of -visiting that section of country again." ;..-.. "Did you ever see aii3T of the Salem parriei again?'rinquired the reporter. "Yes. I was down in Kansas City last month and met tho Mayor. Ho told me he had tho greatest trouble of his life in squaring himself, aud that ho was defeated for his position at tho next election. HOW HE PLAYED LADY'S IAEO. He Did First Rate, but Didn't Want tho Place Permanently. Boston Gazetto. Mr. Goodman, in the sudden absence of his wife's maid, attempts to help h.r on . with her new winter dress. He You just seo if I can't help you just as well as that blamed English maid. Confound itt after I've helped you onco you'll be wanting mo to do so all the time; ses ifyou don't. She Well, put it on carefully now over -my head. Look out for my hain I don't, seo what possessed me to do it up before I put this thing on, though I couldn't haveraised my arms, 1 suppose afterward. Look, out, there's a hook caught in my hairpin. For heaven's sake, Charles, get it one war or the other, Pm stilling, and my hair will, all be down. There, now, that top steel is too high and the cushion interferes with it Suppose you could get the cushion out? Rip it, pull it, anything. Don't you see itis 8 o'clock! Get it out! Can't you do it! Pull it, I tell you! All right. Now see if it looks too flat. WelL, hook it, then. Yesy you can, too; it?s only a patent hook. Snap it! "There, now, hold it so that I can get my arms into the sleeves net way np there do 3'ou tako me for a contortionist! Old I never can get those sleeves grab hold of the armhole with both hands, Charles, and give it a rood pull up onto my shoulder tell me if it begins to burst does it! Tho veins in my hand will burst, I believe open that window, will you there now give me tho ends of that belt, will you don't tell me, Charles, that you've twisted the waist and l'vo got to tako it off again! Why, how could you have been so stupid! Where wero your eyeef No, you can't pull it off just as you do a glove there, now, do exert yourself to get it right this time. Open that window a little wider, will you! What is the matter; caught something! Well, never mind. "Unhook your watch and let the chain hang on the dress it won't be likely to fall off. and you mustn't tear that lace well, I'll get you another one if you lose it lo get those sleeves on again there, now, pass me the belt. Oh, that fool of a dress-ma:er. she's got this so tight, when I told her I wanted to be comfortable. Open the door, will you, so there will be a daught. Now; see if you can hook this waist up. No, beSin at the bottom. Why, don't you see tho ooks and eyes alternate on each side so as to make it hold! Can't vou get it together! Why, pull; I can stand it. Turn your finger-nails out! Wellt for heaven's sake, Charlev, don't notice it now. I've got something Pll put on it after we get home. Can you hook that last hook up on my left shoulder, and then that ono down on my right hip! "Now, get a good firm hold of the bottom of my skirt, and give it a pull down all around. Now, do get out of the way and let me look in the mirror. Heavens! I look like a perfect dump. Tip the mirror np a little more, will you! No, not that way tho other way and pro get me your handglass, won't you! Turn the gas up a little, higher, and do keep out of my way: I can't see a square inch of my dress- Well, it looks a httlo better than I thought it didat first. Just give that drapery behind a smooth, will yon! and pull that niching up in my neck. Taere, now, put both vour hands around my waist ana give it a fctood. hard smooth down. There, I guess that will do now. I look very well. But for food-' ness sake lon7t ever ask me to let you Help U1V It j 14 1.1 A Cashier Confesses to Theft. Lancaster, Pa., Dec. CI. At a metinff of the directors of tho Wrightsville National Bank, this morning, Geo. R. Sheencrberger, the cashier, acknowledged that he had " overdrawn his recount to the extent of ; $1,200. Ho naid ho had become involved through indorsements for a relative. Thft directors have taken no. action as yet, Sheeneiberger is sick in bed. Hewastreas- . urer of tho Wrightsvillo G. A. R. post, and has appropriated $030 of tho post's funds. His bondsmen have made good the loss to tho bank, and ho is no longer in tho hitter's employ. . Escaped Ilald Knobber Ilecaptured. Ozark, Mo. Dec. 31. Deputy-marshal James Rhodes captured John Matthews, one of tho escaped Bald Knobbers, a few . miles out of tho city, last night at 9 o'clock. Rhodes met him in the road, and recognizing him, ordered him to throw up his hand at the point of a revolver, aud escorted him back to jail. Matthews claims that the rescuing party were all strangers. William Bedford, one of tho train-robbers who got away with the Bald Knobbers, surrendered to-day, saying that he had had nothing to to cat since he escaped. No Split in the Irlfth Ranks. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 31. Hon. Patrick Egan has received from Michael Davitta telegram stating that the relations between himself (Davitt) and Mr. Parneil are cntirelv harmonious, and the story that Davitt is likely to lead a revolt against Parneil is untrue. Woman' Tender ITeart. narper'a "Drawer." Mrs. Dollivcr Oh, Henry. I have dropped tho water-pitcher out of tho window, and 1 saw it light on an elderly man. Mr. Dollivcr (turning pale) Great ScottJane! You don't know what damage you xnav have caused! , Mrs. Dolliver (in tears) Yes, I do. It s pure chiua, and can't be replaced for less than 20. 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