Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1889.

Circuit Conrt of the United States for the Western district of Wisconsin. These are all suits brought to recover the valuo of bonds issued by the city of Watertown. The city's charter provides that all suits against the city must be by service of process on the Mayor, and the law of Wisconsin declares that a unit shall not be considered to have commenced until proccfs has been served. The plaintitl's in these cases served process on various city officers, but were unable to serve process on the Mayor, for the reason that that officer, to elude service, resigned office as soon as sworn in. Inl, the city voluntarily entered an appearance in suits brought against it, alleging that the actions were barred by the statute of limitations. The plaintiffs demurred to this plea, on the ground that service bad been made or attempted; that a suit had therefore been begun -within th time prescribed by the statute of limitations, and that a conspiracy to defraud them existed on the part of the city officers. The Circuit Court gave judgments for the city, however, statting that, under the Wisconsin l!iws, suits could not be held to have begun until actual service of process, and that this not having been done within the prescribed time, the suits were barred. This court, in opinions by Justice Bradley, affirms these judgments. The conrt bolus that it must follow the opinions of the State courts in this matter, and that it can grant no relief unless the Constitution of the United States is violated, which is not alleged. The courts, it says, have no power in such cases. The States nave a right to enact laws of tho character involved in these eases, and an appeal must bo to tho

legislature and not to. the courts. The ques tion of conspiracy is disposed or witn tno statement that a charee of fraud cannot lie against a municipal corporation. Judg ments affirmed. WEDDED IX CHURCH. Mr. Frederick L. Harvej and Miis Ilolman United In Marriage. Special to the TmUanapns Journal. Washington, April 8. A small but select company was assembled in tho Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, at the corner of C and Third N. W., this morning, to witness tho marriage of Frederick L. Harvey of this city, and Miss Parmela Dean Holman, daughter of Representative and Mrs. William S. Ilolman, of Aurora. Harry K. Willard, S. F. Trimble, and James M. Durant, with largo whit a rosebuds in their coats, seated the guests in tho body of tho church. Mr. and Mrs. Ilolman arrived shortly after 9 o'clock,;' ad were escorted to the front pew. Mr. Hervey and Miss Holman entered the church arm-in-arm, proceeded by the ushers, the organist playing a wedding march. The bride wore a plain dress of blue cloth, and a hat with a flaring brim, covered with black net, and trimmed with a few green leaves. Mrs. Holman was in black, with yellow llowers in her bonnet. Icv. I nomas U. Addison, I). D.. rector of the church, performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. M. R, Piatt. Judge Holman gave the bride in marriage br sneakinir from the new. After the ceremony tho bridal procession moved down stairs and left the church, iir. and Mrs. Harvey entered one carriage and tho groomsmen another, and drove to the railroad station, where the newly wedded pair took the train for the North. On their return they will reside at No. 1123 Seven teenth street. Northwest. Among thoso present, and not already inentionea, were air. ana Mrs. liarvey, parents of the gToom: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Har vey, of Philadelphia: Miss Alley, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Horatio King, Mrs. Talbot. Representative S. S. Cox. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dole. Mrs. Senator Frev, Mrs. Pomeroy, Mrs. II. A. Willard, A. B. lirown, Mrs. Addison, the Misses Freeman, Miss Prall, the Misses Clarke, Mr. Carpenter, Dr. Magruder Muncaster, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mendley, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Uhnrcn, Mr. and Mrs. J. 15. Church. Miss Lou Durant, Mr. Durant. Miss Lizzie Freeman, Mrs. Smallwood and Miss Newton. GENERA I. BROWNE'S BLUNDER. lie Barns the Wrong Letters, and No End of Trouble Is Likely to Follow. Special to New York. Tribune. Gen. 'Torn" Browne, of Indiana, is in a plight not unusual for Congressmen in these office-seeking times, when their mails are overburdened. He explained tho trouble to a group of sympathizing colleagues, in tho Postoflice Department, the other day. 'I told my secretary," said the Indiana Congressman, "that we must catch up somewhere within a week of our letters. We took off our coats tho first evening wo could get, and went to work. To "every letter that could possibly bo answered with out further investigation I dictated areply. .Those that were more important, and would require looking into, I laid aside. We pulled steadily, and by half an hour after miduight I had tho satisfaction of knowing that I had at least gone through mymail up to date something I couldn't say before at. any time during tho last six weeks. There was one good-sized file of letters answered, and the writers were soon to be wade happy by getting word from their Congressman. There was another goodsized file not answered, but sorted out and in shape to be attended to. 'Betterget these out of the way, I said to my secretary, and I took the answered letters and pitched them into the grate. Then I set lire to the whole lot and watched them go up in Miioke with a good deal of pleasure while 1 indulged myself in an extra cigar before going to bed. The next morning I started in early to have that left-over mail out of the way. I picked up two or three of tho letters, but I didn't read them. A single glance told the story. I'd burned 'up the unanswered letters ami carefully saved tho answered ones. Now there are at least JJOO peoplo in my district who have written me important communications and are wondering why I can't be civil enough to acKiiowieugn xno receipt oi ido leuers. i can remember, about seven of tho writers. The other 21X5 are blank in m V memorv. You can imagine my feelings. What am I going to do!'' "Hetter not try to work that story oft on your constituents," said anirasympatliiziug Congressman. T got behind myself and had a little story of that kind published in niv borne papers. Kesult every person tv no uas wniien to me suireoyeniuer concluded that his letter had been burned and sat down and wrote again." General Urowue protested that bis had been a genuine accident. "So much the worse." retorted his colleague. "You'll be sorry if you let it be known at home." THE rtOFLE'S MONEY, A Big Vault "Where $700,000,000 In Cold, Silver and Securities Is Deposited.. N'ew York Star. J. W. Hyatt, the United States Treasurer, sits iu the small private office of the subtreasury every day, in charge of the governments money buildiug until Ellis II. Koberts, tho newly appointed Assistant Treasnrer, qualifies. 'I will leave my department in Washington," said Mr. Hyatt, "in the best possible shape. The only notable thing that has occurred during my administration is the completion of a vault in tho United States Treasury. 100 feet square, the largest in the world. This vault will contain 60,000,000 silver dollars. It is divided into eight cages. Poxes conai ning 2.000 silver dollars each fill the cases. Tho vault ?ias an outside wall of solid brick and is lined with solid plato on the inside. Each cage is armored with iron. There are three great doors which must be opened before access can be had to the silver. The first door Its one into a corridor running around the cages. Visitors are allowed to walk in this corridor in the daytime. Then there is a door to get to the cages and one to each cage. The combination of no one door is known by more than one man, so that when I am not present it requires three men to get at the money. We depend more upon our watchmen, however, than bolts and bars to protect the money iu the Treasurv. There is altogether fc7uo,WX),000 in gold, silver and bonds deposited there. Strangely enough, the bond of tlr United States Treasurer is only 130.000, ij0.0fi0 lens than is required of the Assistant United States Treasurer at New York city. Ponds, however, would not protect the United States funds if a Treasurer withed to bo dkhoneat. Tho amount of

money that could be stolen is so immense

that a bond wnich would meettne possi unities would be an impossible one. Tho money is all placed to the credit of tho United States Treasurer on tne warrant 01 tho Secretary of the Treasury, and not a cent can pass out witnout nis signature. "Nearly t'WWJO.wX) or money is Kept ueposited in the New York Sub-Treasury to supply the natural large demand for currency in a great financial center like New York. There are now $189,000,000 here, and every cent will have to be counted as soon as ir. Koberts takes his commission." TIIE LADY OF THE WHITE IIOUSE. Sirs. Harrison Is Tier Own Housekeeper and Superintends Things. vvaahlnjrton Special. The domestic routine of the White House is very much similar to what tho Harrison household was in Indianapolis. Mrs. Harrison is her own housekeeper. She looks after everything. Every morning she gives her orders to the retinue of servants. The steward gets his instructions regularly every morning. So does everybody else. Mrs. Harrison's management of the household of the executive mansion is the per sonification of simplicity. She goes about the residence portion of the White House, which is th west end part, as though she was in a little, quiet, unpretentious home. She is not awed of the great high ceilings, the big rooms, the stately furniture or the immense portraits of the dead Presidents and their wives, who look down upon her out of their gilded frames. Mrs. Harrison is very active and of a very cheerful disposition. She goes shopFing and carries bundles back to the Whito louse, and gets out of a common coupe with as little pretension as though she was entering her old home in the West. The servants of tho White House have come to like her. She has a kind word for all of them. So far four servants havo been discharged, a drunken waiter, who drank too much on inaugurat ion day; drunken watchman, who thought be had been there so long that he couldn't be discharged, and two colored laundresses, who marched off for several afternoons at 2 o clock with the keys of the laundry in their pockets, and who didn't Teturn until 9 o'clock in tho mornings. The report that all the colored servants were to be discharged is not true. Captain Densmore said to-day that there was now one more colored servant em ployed than at the time Mr. and Mrs. Cloveland vacated the White House. MINOR MATTERS. The Bond of Treasurer Huston Presented at the Departnfent and Approved. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 8. George W. Rob ertson returned, this morning, from Connersville, whither he went to secure the bondsmen for United States Treasurer Huston. The bond was filed to-day, pro nounced gilt-edged and approved. Mr. Robertson has been selected to represent Mr. Huston in tho count of the money in tho treasury upon the out-going of Treas urer Hyatt. 1 Under the law the Secretary of the Treasury selects one, tho incoming Treasurer another, and the out-going Treasurer the third man to superintend the counting of the money on hand every time a Treasurer gives up his office. There is about $104,000,000 in tho treasury, of which Sl&.OOO.OOO ia in silver, 825,000,000 in gold coin, and tho remainder in paper money. Besides this, there are $283,000,000 in United States notes and gold and silver certifi cates: also, about S21S.000.000 of bonds be longing to national banks. The work will take about hve or six weeks, and when it is commoted Mr. Robertson will be ap pointed a national bank examiner, and his held will he Indiana. Mr. Miller as a Society Lion. Special to Chicago News. When the partner of General Harrison in the law business arrived in Washington he looked like a plain country lawyer on an outing; his suit of rusty black had an un fashionable cut and set, he wore a turn down collar with a shoestring necktie, and the kind of high-top boots which allow the trousers to find refuge when the snow is deep. Straggling and untrimmed whiskers fringed his honest face. But the women folk have, been making suggestions, evi dently, for the night of the reception to tho , k i Japanese princess xue AiiorDey-pnerai came through the Kiggs House lobby, and it took three looks to identify, him. He wore an elegant full-dress suit of fine material, fashionable cut, and perfect tit, and he looked thoroughly at home in it. A enowv bosom was decked out with a Set of quiet studs, and the glossy Piccadilly collar was hedged around by a lawn tie of the regulation order. Patent-leather shoes incased his feet. But at the other end tho most marked change had taken place. Those whiskers had been taken in hand by a professional whisker trimmer and reduced to a cut so neat and becoming that it changed the appearance of his lace in a marked degree. The transformation was completethe Attorney-general has already become a social lion. Senator Sawyer's Check. Washington Special. Senator Sawyer tells a good story on him self. There was a man up in the Oshkosh country by the name of Hutchinson, who was a gTeat boaster. If he cut ono log of wood he would be sure to report a hundred, and if ho &aw a dozen blackbirds hitting on a stump they would be a thousand before he told about them in tho nearest saloon. One season he did some logging for Mr. Sawyer, and for his pay received a check on the Northwestern National Bank for $120, payable to his order. Mr. nutchinson had never had such an experience before, and he showed the check to his friends with a great deal of pride, before he took it to the bunk to get it cashed. When he did so the teller, of course, made him write his name on the back of Iho paper, aud that was an incident of still CTegkter importance in Mr. Hutchinson's life. Then no went to his homo in tho woods, and said to everybody whom he met on the way: "Old Sawver can brag as much as he's a mind to about his money, but the bank made me indorse his check before they woum casn u ior min," Indiana Postmasters Appointed Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 8. Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day as follows: Wm. T. Little, Burney, Decatur county, vice Jas. A. Humphrey, removed; J. C. Pratt, Charlottesville, Hancock county, vice P. Brandenburg, removed; Thos. K. Noel, Fortville, Hancock county, vice A. M. M, Van Laningham, resigned; Wm. R. Stewart, Kingston. Decatur county, vice Samuel R. Stewart, resigned; Geo. Kohers, Millhausen, Decatur county, vice J. Hurbert, removed; A. C. Alberton. Philadelphia, Hancock county, vice J. B. Gibson, removed; Wm. H. Wadsworth, Raglesville, Daviess county, vice Logan Alien, removed; Robert L. Laird. St. Omar, Decatur county, vice Max Newkirshner, removed; Jacob Johannes, St. Paul, Decatur county, vice Benj. Jenkins, removed: Jno. Thorp, Warrington, Hancock county, vice Wm. L. Harriott, removed; Wm. M. McCullongh, Westport, Decatur county, vice Saml. L. Cann. resigned; A. B. Thomas. Willow Branch, Hancock county, vice Mary K. Patterson, removed; Jno. P. Thomas, Winslow, Pike count', vice J. H. McConncll, removed. Hie Decanter Did Not Contain Wine. Special to Philadelphia Recortl. "I never felt so much asham?d in my life as I did yesterday afternoon said a memberof Congress. I called on a friend a Senatorand was obliged to wait for him some time. Thcro was a decanter and a wine-glass on his center-table, and without thinking anything of the matter I proceeded to help myself. Well, the confounded bottle was one of these April-fooi allairs that have a music-box concealed inside. The machinery of the box is so arranged that when it is tilted something or other slips its mooring and sets a popular melody going. That's just what happened tome. I replaced the bottlo on the table while Taddy Duffy's Cart was trundled through the Atmosphere witn diabolical distinctness. Of course. my host came in at that moment, and tho smile that came over his countenance was scarce

ly perceptible, yet exceedingly cutting, l'ienllv. there was nothinff wronz in mv

taking a glass of wine, considering ray fa miliar footing at tho house; but it was very t m lunny lor my nost." "Why Andrews' Commission Is Withheld. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 8. Some time before the Senate adjourned, tho nomination of A. M. Andrews, to bo postmaster at Plankin ton, Dak., was confirmed, and immedi ately the confirmation was certified to the Postmaster-general. The commission for this postmaster has not been issued, however, and inquiry at the Postoflice Department to-day revealed the fact that the commission has been withheld because there were objections made to Andrews by pat rons of tho oflice after his nomination was confirmed. This is probably the first in stance on record where, after tne Senate haa confirmed a nomination, the Postmaster-general entertained objections to the appointee. I nere is talk of mandamus proceedings in the federal courts to compeitho issuance of the commission in the event there is a final refusal of its issuance by the Postmaster-general. Sunday In the Army. Washington, April8. Secretary Proctor has referred the proposed order abolishing Sunday inspections and dress parades in the army to President Harrison for his approval, and if it is issued at all it will bo in the form of a presidential order. This course was taken in consequence of the intense opposition the proposed change met with from a number ot prominent army officers, who believe that making Sunday a day of idleness at military posts would result in more harm than good. General L'i .ui i- -t i . . i i: oucnuuu, unuougii uu. nio it-nicu list, thinks it a matterof such grave importance as to call forth a vigorous protest from him. Many of the best soldiers the army has had, including Scott, Sherman and Sheridan, are on record in favor of the present system. As Secretary Proctor and General bchotield both favor the change, however, the order will probably be issued. Dishonest Registry Clerk Washington, April 8. Postoflice Inspect ors Smith, Pulifer, and Troy to-day arrested Harry D. Darby, a registry clerk in tho postoflice in this city, for rifling valu able registered letters. When arrested Darbv had $70 in his hand, which he had just taken from a letter. The letter was mailed at Harpers Jberry, Va., contained 246, and was addressed to tho United Darby was about to reseal it. He is an old employe, having entered the office as a carrier in 1880. Ho was taken before United States Commissioner Samuel C. Mills, and held in the sum of $2,000 to await examination to-morrow. When arrested he had $5G2 on his person, which, 'it is thought, was taken from other registered letters. General Notes. Special to the IntUanapoUs Journal. Washington, April 8. Mr. Russell B. Harrison has returned from New York, and will remain at the White House for a few days. He said this afternoon that Mrs.' Russell Uarrisdn was quite ill, and that her indisposition was due to the sewer gas and overlfbwing t draughts with which the White House abounds, and which, mado his mother ill some weeks ago. J. E. Iglehart. of Evansvillo: T. E. Evans, of Vincennes; Manly Wilson, of Madison, and W. C. Brown, of Postoria, are at tho Ebbitt. The marriage of Justice Gray and Miss Matthews will take place in May. The exact date has not yet been determined. The Supreme Court will adjourn on tho 11th of May, and the big Judge's honeymoon will commence about the same time. The widow and family of the late Justice Matthews are all living together at tho family residence. The latter will be sold. The marriage, taking place before tho family will scatter for the summer, will, however, be very auiet and the company limited to the family and court circle. Mrs. narnson aid not see callers this afternoon, but when Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Chandler called they were shown up stairs. Mrs. Russell Harrison spent the bright afternoon driving with her mother, Mrs. Saunders. Attorney-general Miller has appointed William L. liasen, of Kentucky, a special examiner in the Department of Justice, vico Mr. Fisher, resigned. Hr. Hasen. is a well-known resident of Covington, and is said to possess excellent qualifications for his new office. His appointment takes effect April 15. Crook, Horner & Co., of Baltimore, have been awarded contracts for supplying tke public build'.ngs at Keoknk, la., and at Jefferson, Tex., with steam-heating and ventilating apparatus. The acting Comptroller of the Currency to-day authorized the Citizens' National Bank of Spokane Falls, W. T., to begin business with a capital of 150.000. Owing to Major Armes's absence from the city, the court-martial before which he is to oe tried will not meet until Thursday. Meanwhile a messenger will be sent to him in Virginia bearing an order to appear before tho court for trial. By direction of the President, the Secretary of War has ordered that the new military post near Denver shall be known as Fort Logan, in honor of tho meinor of the late Gen. John A. Logan. The President to-day granted a pardon in tho case of William Wood, convicted in November last of murder, in Arkansas, and sentenced to he hanged April 19. He also granted a respite till June 21 in tho case of Henry W. Miller, convicted of complicity in the same crime. To-day's bond offerings aggregated 2,oW,.,xX) as follows: Kegistered fours. mm,&uu at 91.VJ1 ki.uuo at ei.-J l-io; coupon fours, SfiOO.OOO at 81.29, less 1-S2; registered four-and-one-halfs. $l,2r0.000 at $1.08; four per cents, registered, 20,000 at 1.20; and 10,000 at ?1.-J; lour per cents., coupons, k20,000, at$b29; four-ana-one-half per cents.. egistered, &)00t000 at 1.08. All tho offers were accepted. The President enjoyed a quiet time this morning, ana, witn tho exception of Sena tors Morrill, Sherman and Voorhees, denied himself to all callers on business. The three Senators named called by appoint ment. At 1 o'clock the President went down to the East Koom and received several hundred people, who desired to pay their respects. Dakota Sufferers Want Assistance. Chicago. April 8. The following letter from Dakota prairie tiro sufferers was re ceived at the Mayors ofhee, to-day: Ouida, Scllt Cocxty, D. T., April 5, 1880. To the Hon. Major and Citizens of Chicago: Tho heaviest wind-storm that ever visited cen tral Dakota sprang up Tuesday forenoon, April 2, and about noon, when the wind was Mowing at the rate of sixty miles an hour, three distinct lires started and swept over nearly the whole east end of Sully county. The hre traveled with the speed of an express train, aud nothing coma ne uone to cnecK tueir progress. It was only by herculean ettorts that the back tires could be subdued. No reliable estimate of tho damage can be arrived at yet, but at this date tho losses In bnUy county reported ai uuiaa are as iouows: Twenty-nve residences, the occupant ot which were forced to HCe for their lives without having time to rescue auy furniture or clothing. Forty-eight barns. tho owners reporting that thejl were unable to save hay or grain. The seed for sowing all went up In smoke, as well as all the farming imnlenients. Twenty-five head of horses, thirty-eight head of cattle, thirty -one head of swine, four mules ana six hundred and tlfty head of sheep. This Is only a portion of the losses. One hundred farmers have reported with only ono suit of clothes each and no shelter save that furnished hy those living beyond tho lire line. All who lived in the burned district are without homes. farming implements or seed for sowing. If they receive help it snouiu come shortly, because the time is at hand for putting in the crops. If any assistance can be rendered, please send In care of County tomuussioners of bully county. This appeal is signed by tho county o tncers. DR. T. Heman Bkehmeu, an eminent German authority, savs: Tonsmnntinn i al ways due to deficient nutrition of the lungs, caused by bad blood." At the Bromnton Hospital for consumptives, London, Eng land, a statement has been published that 5-Dercent. oiine paiients oi mat institution have unsuspected kidney disorder. This explains why the proprietors of Warner's Safe Cure claim that they have received many testimonials which they have not published, becaune of the incredulity with which they would be received were it claimed that Warner's Safe Cnre cures consumption. But the fact i that if your kidneys be cured and put in a healthy cou dition they expel tho uric acid and poisonous waste matter and prevent tbftirritation of , the delicate substances of Hue lungs, there,by removing the cause. When the effect is removed the symptom of kidney disease, which is called consumption, disappears, and with it tho irritation, which, caused it.

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Evansville's City Officials Anxious to Control the Metropolitan Mice, Franci3 Mnrphy's Good WorkFate of a Camper Damages Wanted for Alleged Fraud in a Mill Sale Scarlet Fever. INDIANA. Newly Elected Officers of Kvansville Can't Await Action of the Supreme Court Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, April 8. Tho Councilmen elected in this city last Monday, with tho new Mayor, N. M. Goodlett, took possess ion of tho reins of government to-night, and ono of their first acts was to approve the recent legislative act creating a metropolitan lire and police board, and recognizing tho new board by ordering the fire chief and police superintendent to turn over both departments, and providing for the payment only of bills approved by the new board. 'What tho outcome will bo is not definitely settled. The new board made a demand some time ago upon the old police board for possession, and an agreed case was submitted to Judge Richardson and then carried to the Supreme Court. The police otlicials aro "mum," and decline tonight to say whose authority they will recognize. Francis Murphy at flreencastle. Special to the ImUanapoUs Journal. Greencastle, April 8. Grecncastlo is now in the midst of a great temperance movement, conducted by Francis Murphy, Sinco Mr. Murphy came here he has been the recipient of calls by the best clement of tho city, including a majority of the ministers of various churches, the president and members of tho faculty of DePauw Uni versity, and many other prominent citizens. Meetings havo been held at the opera-hbuse, which has been filled to overflowing with Eeoplo anxious to hear tho gifted man who as the genius to harmonize all shades of thought and concentrate all effort td the promotion of tho cause ho so eloquently advocates. llr. Murphy has been here six days only, and the number of pledge-sign ers is now 1,000. Houses are packedat every meeting, and many are turned away, there being no standing room. On Sunday evening the meeting was adjourned to Meharry Hall, it being the largest assembly-room in the city. Standing room was all occupied, and many were turned away. Great good has already been accomplished, and much, more is confidently expected. Daily Erayer-nieetingsare being held, conducted y Mr. Murpny, and great good is dono turougn that instrumentality. . i. Scholars Contest for Honors and a Prize. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ! Crawtordsville, April -8. Tho Union township public schools contest took placo last Saturday afternoon in the collcgo chapel, and was presided over by E. C. Whittington. Tho contestants were Lou Chcstcrson, Pary Kellison, Mary E. Long, Kandall Lookabill, Pearl Long, Myrtle Smith. L. S. Yound and Julia Wray. The judges wero J. L. Shrum. W. E. Humphries and Hasty Kansom. lne urst prize. 3, was given to Pearl Long, who will represent the township in the coming county contest. The second prize of $3 was award ed to .Myrtle Smith. A Camper Fatally Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawtordsville, April 8. Levi Hunson, of Guthrie, was out of work and concluded to go to Bedford to seek employ ment. Ho encamped out near Bed ford, having built a firo out of rubbish and fodder. During tho night the tire spread and tho clothes of Hunson took fire. He awoke to find his clothing in a blaze, and it was some timo before he could relieve himself of the burning garments. Ho was seriously burned. and had to be removed to Bedford, where Zio died from his injuries. I I -a-M9 Horse-Thief Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greexsburg, April 8. Last night ahorse was stolen fromtUe barn of George Bunker, a milo west of town. This evening Sheriff Dickey arrested Mart Skin ner for the offense, and - also recovered tho horse. Skinner had gone to Osgood, twenty miles southeast, and sold the horse for $102.50, but beforo ho could aret away with the money was arrested. Skinner is about nineteen years.old, and, it is thought, had accomplices. v Victim of an Assault Dying. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 8. Mrs. Mary Charnes, the wife of Martin Charnes, who was so seriously assaulted by her brother-in-law, Josiah Charnes, a short time ago, is dying from the effect of tho terrible treatment which she .was subjected to. Her ante-mortem statement of tne assault has been taken, -.to be used in the trial of tho brute whose violence is said to be tho cause of her death. Muncle Gets a $3,000,000 Industry. plal to the InUanapolia Journal. Muxcie April 8. James Montgomery, of Chicago, president of the Montgomery Palaco Stock-car Company, to-day selected a site for tho location of the shops of his company, which has a capital of 5,000.00i), and will employ 1,500 hands. The Muncie Natural-gas, Land and Improvement Company, of which ex-Gov. Leon Abbett. of New Jersey, is president, gives this company fifty acres of laud, rreo gas and 50,000 in cash. Minor Notes. A mad bnll made a dash at Peter Draner. near Alexandria, aud threw him through a rail fence. Mr. Draper's leg was broken. Rev. Rudolph Randolph, living near An drews, was thrown from a wagou On Saturday and fatally injured. He is sixty-five years of age. Miss Ida Scott IS tllO ChOICO Of thO Republicans of Dublin for postmaster, having secured a majority of the votes in an election held recently. John Wright, the tallest man in Madison county, and probably the tallest one in tho State, died, j'esterday morning, at Anderson. Mr. Wright was a little over eight feet high. Prof. E. C.'Palmer.of Columbia City, was elected president of the Northern Indiana School Superintendents' and Teachers' Association, at its session in Warsaw, last week. The next meeting will be held at Columbia City, April, 1800. William Benson, under sentence of death at Jeffersonville for the murder of Jacob Mottweiler, has mado a full confession, in which ho says his sole motive for the crime was his love for the girl Sallio Snyder, the domestic in Mottweiler's family. The general 6tore building, together with its contents, of Seegal, Smith & Son, in Ohio township, Bartholomew county, was destroyed by tire on Saturday night. Loss. $1,200; insurance, The lire is supposed to have been the work of burglars. Jesse Shaw is a wealthy farmer of Shelby county to whom the law is not a terror. He was fiued for the fourth time on Saturday for building a fence across a roadway iu his vicinity, and went from court announcing his determination to continue the obstruction. Tho Decatur County Commissioners have agreed to sink a gas well at least three thousand feet deep, if necessary to reach the gas-bearing sand. Tho experience in the vicinity of Decatur is somewhat similar to that at Lancaster, O., where an immense How was obtained by going down to the sand. Colonel Charles W. Chapman, aged sixtyfive years, died at Warsaw Sunday afternoon. Deceased was a prominent lawyer, and one of the wealthiest citizens in Indiana. He served with distinction in the late war as colonel in the Seventy-fourth Indiana. He was a member of the Scottish Bite aud other Masonic bodies, and will be buried by thoso organizations. At the last meeting of MePherson Post, at Crawfordsville, C. M. Travis, department commander, resigned his position as post commander, and Or. S. L. Ensminger wa elected to till the vacancy. J. D. Tracy was chosen as senior vice-cominand-

er to fill the vacancy made by the promotion of Dr. Ensn?inger. Seven new members were also enrolled. ILLINOIS.

Snits Aggregating 860.000 Brought Against a IJuslness 31 an lor Alleged Fraud. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Bloomington, April 8. Suits were brought to-day in tho McLean Circuit Court aggregating $50,000, against Geo. H. Cox, a prominent business man and millowner. Geo. H. Crnmbaugh sues for $20,000 damages; Wm. A. Gerken for the same sum, and tho Crown Roller-milling Company for $10,000. The complainants declare that Cox conspired with Wm. Wentz, of this city, to defraud them as purchasers of the Crown roller-mill, which Gerkens &. Wentz, as partners, bought for $12,000, and into which Cmmbaugh later put $15,000. They 6tate that Cox and Wentz conspired to misrepresent tho value and gainings of tho mill, Wentz being merely a decoy, and, that the property was really worth less than half of what Cox and Wentz represented it to be. Quarantine Against Scarlet Fever. Special to the Iutliaiiapolls Journal. Bloomington, April a The town of Fairbury, 111., was quarantined to-day on account of tho prevalence of scarlet fever. There are more than twenty cases of the disease in the little town and six deaths haveoccured in the past few days. No religious services were held yesterday, the Sunday-schools wera adjourned and the public schools have been closed. The families in which the disease prevails are not permitted to leave their premises, and provisions are furnished them by a committee appointed by tbo town board. The scarlet fever has visited a number of small towns in this' vicinity this spring, aud the way it is spreading in Fairbury has given the people great alarm. Brief Mention. Jerseyvillo will issue $10,000 in bonds for the purpose of erecting a high-school building. P. S. Browdcr. the oldest pioneer in Douglas county, died near Murdock, on Saturday, at the ago of eighty-two. Joseph Hartman, a young unmarried man, was killed at Morrison, on Sunday, while jumping off a moving train. John Lampe, a Quincy saloon-keeper, on Sunday, blew out his brains with a pistoL He was suftering with delirium tremens. A tramp was found dead at Paloma, Sunday morning with a bullet wound in his leg. He had a complete kit of burglar's tools on his person. Bishop Seymour has issued a pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of the diocese of Springfield urging them to observe Washington's centennial on April SO. A. Tappan, a resident of East Dubuque, who returned lately from Dakota, blew the top of his head off with a shotgun Sunday morning. He was despondent over losses in Dakota. John M. Spain, Republican, received eighteen majority for collector, at the recent election, in Bloomington. Floyd V. Chrisman, Democrat, however, thinks it was illegal, and has asked for a recount and investigation. An interesting and valuable relic of tho old Grant leather store in Galena, in tbo shape ot a gavel made from a piece of the curry in g-bench used in the establishment at tho time Captain U. S. Grant was employed therein, beforo his entry into the army during the rebellion, has been sent from Galena to tho G. A. R. post at Dubuquo. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A boy giving his name as Joseph Wright was arrestedyesterday for passing raised checks for small amounts on Boston hanks. One check was altered from $9 to $90, and another from $10 to $100. The body of an unknown man was found yesterday in a cellar on the homestead of E. Ramer, in the town of Lake, Wis., hanged by tho neck with a piece of wire rope. The man had been shot through tho head. An investigation has been ordered. The hard-fought legal contest instituted by the heirs of the late Dr. Scott Stewart, of Philadelphia, to break his legacy of about $2u0.000 for establishing a hospital of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was brought to a close yesterday by a decision of the Supreme L'ourt in lavor ot the trustees of the hospital. Four Scandinavians, named Storhouskv. Jacobson, Anderson and Rouse, became in volved in a quarrel, Sunday, at Cadillac, Mich., and in the light which ensued the two former wero struck by an ax in the hands of Anderson and terribly injured about the head and back. Both men will probably die. Anderson and Rouse have been arrested. The SIcClellandtown Outlaws. Uniontown, Pa.. April 8. In addition to the terror inspired throughout Favetto county by the McClellandtown band of outlaws, they are creating greater terror in xno aujoining county oi rreston.in west Virginia. When they were driven from their refuge near Markleysburg they went across tho line into west Virginia, aud are now said, by reports brought in from tho mountain districts, to be located in a house near Glade Mills, a small hamlet. Reports say that there are six of them in tho gang now, nnd that nightly thes commit some depredation on the citizens m'the vicinity. So great is the excitement over their presence, and the robbing and victimizing of the gang, that tho neighborhood is in despair. Local desperadoes havo joined forces with the gang and they threaten all kinds of vengeance on any one who interferes with them. The place where they hold forth is near a distillery, and this adds to their recklessness. Appeals from the peoplo in the neighborhood have been sent to the nearest town of any size. Kingwood, asking for help, the mountain district being so thinly populated that force enough cannot there be mustered. An organized effort is to bo made to capture them under the command of West Virginia officers- The district is far away ,from telegraphic communication, and is only accessible by a long journey, so that particulars only reach this place in a fragmentary way. Decision as to Disputed Iands. Marquette. Mich., April 8. The register and receiver of the land oflice for this district have decided in favor of the script locationson thelands,within the indemnity limits of the old Marquette, Houghton A Ontonagon railroad grant.rocently declared forfeited, as against the homestead and pre-emption settlers, who claimed the lands in dispute by virtue of actual entry thereon as soon as they were thrown open to entrance against tho scrinpers, who had previously applied for the lauds. The local officials held that tho applications of the scrippers constituted an appropriation of the lands in dispute, which tooK ellect as soon as they became subject to entry. The finding will be appealed from, and the contest transferred to Washington, where the settlers will make a determined ellort to have tho ruling of the local officials reversed. The decision atlects lands on which there is pine estimated to be worth not less than 2.000,000, while some place it at $3,000,000, and the contest will be fought out to the last. The hearing in these cases has occupied the attention of the register and receiver from tho 11th of March until the Oth of this month, and there have been not less than a dozen lawyers engaged in conducting it. Knight Templar Hang Himself. Easton, Pa.. April 8. Jacob Sandt, eminent commander of the Hugh De Payen Commandery, KnightsTemplars, committed suicide at his home hero this morning by hanging. The act is believed to have been due to melancholy over tho return of an old sickness. Ho was in tho grocery business and one of Easton's most respected citizens More than a Hundred Years Old. Baltimore, Md.f April a Mrs. Ellen Young (colored) died suddenly, last night, at No. 143 East street, at the age of 104 years. Mrs. Young was born in 1785. She had 15 children, 52 grandchildren, 128 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-granuchiiuren. i Stamped to Death !y a Stallion. Poxtiac, Mich.. April a Frank Hars. of Bloorulield, twenty-two years old, was today riding in a road-cart driving amaro and leading a stallion. Tho stallion seized him by the neck with 'his teeth, dragged him out of the cart backwards, shaking him terribly and stamping him to death.

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They are very powerful, and often break tho strong rone of the seine like spool cotton thread. We attempted to net one, fifteen feet long, just before we caught this one, and it tore our seine all to pieces. Their bones are like ivory, and worth $1 a pound. The meat, in the markets of Havana, is considered a debcacy. and sells at 15 to 25 cents per pound. There is but one live manatee cow on exhibition in this country besides this one. It is at Jacksonville, Fla. There was one, known as Old Columbus, at the zoological gardens in Cincinnati, but they killed and mounted it. There was ono also at Philadelphia, but it died and was mounted. Wecaughtallof them. Old Columbus and the Philadelphia cow weighed each. 2,000 pounds. They make a fearful struggle when lirst caught, but soon surrender liko a sheep, and become very docile. Though creatures of immense power, they are easily controlled. They have grinders, and eat grass like a cow. The eyes are about the size of a buckshot. The head tapers to a point. There are two flippers in front, no legs behind. They nurse their young, having six nipples on each side. The sea cow is found at only one place in North America, the Jupiter inlet of the St, Lucie river, ort the coast of Florida. They are found at three places only in the world the month of the Amazon river, the mouth of the S . Lucie river, and near Cape To wn.on the Ca i o of Good Hope in Africa." They seem to hao their habitation in the warm waters of tlm Gulf Stream and its branches. The Gulf Stream begins at the Amazon river and mns very near the mouth of St, Lucio river, missing at that point the shore only three and one-half miles. They leave tho ulf stream here in pairs and enter the St. iiicie river to feed upon tho tender blades of the manatee grass. They leave in winter and return by pairs late in the spring. Another curious thing about this queer animal is that it has one hair, about a halfinch long, that standstmt perfectly straight from the body to every square inch of surface. It lives in salt water, but feeds iu fresh water. When in captivity they aro kept in warm salt water and fed on common grasses, spnach and celery" THE MINUET. How the Dancers Feet Are Trained to Its Measures. American Analyst, "The first thing," says a .teacher of tho newly fashionable minuet, "that lady has to learn is to hold the skirts of hei dress. In the beginning of the minuet she must take her overskirt with both bauds, jutst clutching the edge of the garment with tho tips of tho lingers, and raise it from the floor about as high as the tips of her boots. Then standing squarely upon both feet she is in the lirst attitude of the minuet, Following that comes the bow, which is a most ditlicult accomplishment. I think it quite likely that ono of the reasons why the minuet went out of favor was the very considerable degrco of skill which is required to dance it properly. It is even easier to learn to become a lirst-rate waltzer than an indifferent minuetist, if I can use tho word. The bow is mado by drawiug the right foot back and placing the toe upon tho floor and bending the whole weight of the body back upon it and keeping the left foot square down upon th floor. The lady should sink herself as far as' possible without losing tho balance. As 6he goes down, the heel of the left foot may come slowly oil" from the floor, but the heel of the right foot must not touch it. It is an exceedingly trying movement until ono has mastered it, and it takes not only muscle, but some nerve to keep the equilibrium. In this movement the lady must not take her hands from her skirts, her 'e.'es must bo directed slightly upward, and her head should not bovr forward. It should rather turn a littlobit in thedirection of the eyes. The movement must be made very slowly, and the recovery executed with equal deliberation. Tho gentleman's bow, during this interesting process, is of a similar nature. It consists of laying hU hand upon his heart and bending-forward very low. Partners should recover tho same moment. There is another old dance somewhat similar to the minuet iu itsi measured etinuette, and that is tho pavane. In that tne bow is very similar to the one in the minuet, the difference being that she inclines her head forward and looks down upon the ground. It sometimes is a harder thing to prevent ladies from looking upon the ground than to teach them to keep their balance upon their toes. 1 remember when I was studying the ballet in Paris that the teacher was always crying out: 'Come, ladies, are you looking for pins upon the floor!' The novice, you sec, is always in terror about her feet, and apparently wants to look down to see if thei' are all rightAs a matter of fact, the balance can be much better preserved by looking upward, and it is a much more graceful way of doing it." It Wouldn't Work. The Owl. Judge Mr, White, 3'ou were canght taking a pair of boots from Mr. Pegg's door. Mr. White Snah dat was inef Judge We havo plent' of proof. Mr. W. It's 'sanity, sah, Vanity. Clipt-to-many, dat's what it am. Kf I had sene an knowed dat'Fso gwinc ter be cotch, d'ye s'pose I'd a tuck deci boots? Mus' a been a thnnkin Psedat Pete Collin. Yes. sah. Fo' de Lohd. bots. I dida't know whar I was. Judge Well, Mr. White, jou'll recollect where you aro for tkn next thirty days. How Iliry 11 vU Chicago Tribune. Stanley (raising Lis hat) Emin Bey, I presume! ... Kmin Hey Yes, 6ir. Is there anything I can do for you I Stanley I havo cciaa t o rescue you. Emin iJey(compasdifnatily) Thanks, my good man, thanks. (To native Cmslopogaas, take this poor f3llow out aud give him a square meal. Not long ago.in l!uHab. John Grabenstetter and wife celebrated tiro twenty-tifth anniversary of their iiiMriuge by walking to the church in which f hoy were married at the head of a procsiju"of twelve children and one grandchild. That tired feeling, so Kubtle and yet ro overpowering, is entirely overcome by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which times and strengthen the system and gives a good appetite. He 6ure to get Hood's arKaparlll:i. "100 doses one dollar7' in true only of this peculiar medicine.