Indianapolis Leader, Volume 1, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1880 — Page 2

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BAGBY & CO., Publishers. INDIANAPOLIS, - - INDIANA. Enter! a econd-claas matter at the Poet Offlee at Indianapolis, ina.j Terms of Subscription : Single Copy. 1 year,. -12.00 M 1.00 60 - 0 ... 1.T5 1.80 44 44 g Boathi, ... S months,,.. 1 month, ..... Clabe of ix, 1 year, each copy 44 . ten, 1 year, each copy,...... NEWS OF THE WEEK, Telegraphic Itema Foreign and llomeetlc .TnXÄr. AND WASHINGTON NOTES. The Senate on Tuesday further debated the hiu to authorize retired list for non-couimls-gbÄ oS nd the proposed agreement wlthtne onrifttlon bill In tne iiouao i uc: ua.4 "rr-i , r. . wi? reported, and the army bill was explained eS! in executive. 'Ä? of the Ceniua Tin MLssls"the Election Committee of the House, Mr. Maniln-urged in vain that all the proceeding in the Donnelly-Washburn ease ahouki bamade public, and the Committee flnaUy . . . ..- yn ininnrtttnn Of SBCreCV SthÄ Mi lnley pubUahes a statement denying : the ;cl ne WTne Way "ÄS Means Commlitee listened to 1Ue " ttJ . . , . k Kill ruontlv in m argument in Denan . ..t-M. l or Chamber of Commerce, proyidlng for a change in the system of collecting customs a wib- committee of the Ways and Means Committee has agreed upon a bill on the sugar tarlu question buuuht w r"It is claimed by those oppose! to Secretary . .lnt Ith thA ITtpa that the bill ratifying It has been so loaded, down with amendments in me nuu3owuiuu.vwu . I, nary Tint. riflAA Mr. Thurmanwaaon Wednesday elected to . a w A Vvom y Vina preside over tne ssenaie iu mo "y " V. uiMon whMior. The chief subjects dls.n.,i TOM thA nmnosed removal of the VSA,Jr r thA VnnfRs' old rrvatinn and the bill ratifying the agree4th thA Uten. The latter was so omn oa tn mnicA the ravment of the money to the Uten contingent upon the aur render of the guilty Indians. MrCnnk offered aresom All bUU iXVUOV " - n ..liimrnn thA Hpcrptarv of War for inratmn i-cxrnrriinir the allezed outrage at West Point, but Mr. Aiken objected. The proposed amendment to the army bill regarding the employment of contract surgeons was re1 1 tko nunlt ITU ft 'lirAn'a KLWMtn Messrs. Bparka and aymerjthe former using to censure Ulm. He ultimateiy, ' however, withdrew the unparliamentary words. A Washington dispatch reports an Interview with Mr. Gorham, formerly Secretary of the Henate. in wich he elves his estimate of the vt.n7th nf thA different Republican candl dates tor the presidency, and scoffs at the oiftimi nf the friends of Messrs. Blaine and Thertenate on Thursday further discussed the bill to ratily the agreement with the Utes. Committee of the Whole In consideration of whether the amendment to the army bill forbidding the presence of soldiers at the polls waa tn ortipr. 'l ne unairman ueciaeu me question In the affirmative, and was sustained V.- Wv avMWkftfrAA The Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Faciiic itauroaas vuju uubuiuwuw against extending the time for the completi jn of the Northern Pacific Koad, but suspended action on the matter at this point, to allow irlpratlnn of the aublect. Mr. nonneilv has . written' a letter to the IIUUW ilCVUUUn VVtu . w - - , estlgation of Mr. Springer' chaige that the latter s iamous auuuj kh t i ik.t.u X u uio &;uaw, v bate took place on hazing and the treatment of colored cadets at West. Point, in which Messrs. Voorhees, Bruce and Hoar took: the chief part. The Ute agreement was further discussed, and the amendment of Mr. Dawes regarding the education of the Ute youth, and several other amendments, were adopted. The House spent the entire session In the consideration of private bills. The nominations of Mr. Angell and of the rmn.la man aaunof a.rwt with Mm fnr thA yywß CU4uiw v ' - negotiation of a treaty with China have been confirmed. , n , iA A meetlog of the Canal Committee-of the TT.i.i.iiiiiiiioH f in talra tha avMnm nf bav. eral gentlemen experienced in Central Ameri- - . . 4a .1 .aM -Via n nal -r can mcitHinti auu i "- ot uu iwiu elgn Affairs Committee for the absolute abro gation OI tne iiUiwer-v.:ayion irt-ai jr. TKa !wlna HnnimltlM 1 1 ut Clltfi tn fAfl.t.1. mony regarding the feeling In Kansas toward The Canal Committee heard argument In ThMcancnaof Democratic Senators decided m a comnromlse measure to postpone the öpotTonl-Kellog case until the Geneva award bill bad been disposed of which. It U generally MISCXLXANEOCS KIW8 ITEMS. There was a snow-storm in Northern Geor gia Friday. Mm. Tavlnr. of Evanaville. eharsed with complicity in the Alice Bruce abortion, has given bonus in ii.WJ 10 answer any iuuicim en l tnegrana jury may udu bkius uw. Mrs. Emily Dougtass Forrest, widow of the late Commodore r rencn i orrest, ot tne unitea HtAtea and Confederate States Navies, died suddenly in Washington on Friday night, aged seventy. i The failures In New York for the first three months of thla year number 1.400, with llabill ilea aggregating 1 w.uuo.iw. year aunng the same nerlou, the failures numbered 2,500, with liabmtlesof 8,0W,uuo. A Saturday special from Reading, Pa., says an explosion of dynamite at Dowlngton killed John Powell and Robert Taylor, and severely Injured about twelve others. The killed and wounded were quarrymen. i Returns from 327 votlDg precincts scattered through sixty Counties in Michigan give the following totals for presidential choice: Blaine, 21,(M2; Grant, 6,C87;Hherman, 1,976; Waahburne, 7W; Edmunds, 365; scattering, 1,773. Senator Ingalls makes an Interesting statement In relation to Government pensions. According to this authority, we are the most liberal Nation In this respect on earth. The amount paid for pensions last year was W0,000,000. Dr. Ferdinand Meyer, of Mat toon, 111., Is accused with having, vaccinated a number of persons of that town with virus taken from a small-pox patient, causing the rapid spread of the disease. lie Jumped the town in a hurry. A telegram from Singapore confirms the report of the murder of Walton by natives of Sumatra while on a scientific mission for the French Government. The Government of Acheen haa gone with troops to recover the body and effects and punish the murderers. The pedestrian match for O'Leary's belt closed in New York Saturday night at 9iW o'clock, with the following score: Hart, dub miles; Pegram, 513 mile: Howard, 634 miles; Dobler, 531 miles; Allen. 625)$ miles; Krohne, 51 miles; Williams, 50 miles; Hanwacker, 460 miles. One of the wheel-mills of King's Great Western Powder Works, near Fostorla, Ohio, blew up about 4 :30 Saturday afternoon, seriously, If not fatally, injuring P, Creamer, who was at work in the mill at the time. Two hundred and fifty pounds ot powder were burned. Damage to the building light. A Constantinople correspondent telegraphs: "The elections In England have produced a profound impression, and at the Palace almost a panic. Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians and Christians rejoice at Beaoonsfleld 'a fall." The more sanguine assume that Gladstone will turn the Turks out of Europe, "bag and bag gage." Owing to a coolness between the members of the House Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee and Its Chairman. Mr. King, of Louisiana, there has been no meeting of the Committee for a fortnight or more. Now that the Chairman haa gone to Louisiana, the Committee met Saturday and heard several argumenta on tne subject. Hon. William H. Howard died in Washington City, Saturday. He was from Michigan, and was the man who led the brean in favor of Hayes at Cincinnati, three years ago. Governor Howard was appointed Governor of Dakota In 1878, but has been in poor health lor some time. Petroleum Center, once a famous but now Elayed out Pennsylvania oil town, was swept y Are Saturday afternoon. The fire started in tne eld McCllntock House, and burned all the buildings on the east side of town, per haps fifteen bnlldtngs, most of them enpty. Ixmh, about f 150.0C0; insurance, ISOO. Mrs. H H. Warner, aged sixty live, was sick In bed, and was carried out dead, as supposed. However, she revived, but can not live. . The most horrible tragedy which haa occurred in Louisville for a number of years tooa place Saturday morning;, on Eleventh street, the victim being Mrs. Wilhelm Ina Treake, a German midwife, and the murderer her crazy son William. Alter some search a bloody hatchet was found In the cellar under the lowest step In the stairs. Putting together all the facts which the o Soers learned by an inspection of the premises, the following is the way the murder was probably done: jml the other son of Mrs, Treske, a njoider,

left home early In the morning for his work.

Bill and nls motupr sat aown w orewiw, taking opposite aide) of the little table. Mrs Treek mast haye bea' about half through eating when her son, aeized with a audden lit o! frenzy, grasped the batcher knife with which the bread had been cut, ana wmi a Jiulcfc, Tlolent stroke drew it across her throat rom ear to ear. Rnmora'are rife In New York and Washing ton that a nllibaaterintr expedition, nnmberins aeventy men, la about to leave mo u niiea 8tats for Cuba. General Uarcla Issum to be in command, and the vessel la to pran rrom the Delaware ttlvfr. General ltoloff. one of the leaden of the alleged movement tells a reporter that they expect to have as many more men at the atart; that they go to establish au organized revolution with no military at first, and the hope eventually of a large army, and success. GENERAL NOTES. Losarsxixiw is said to be worth Ii50,ouo. Genkral Lkw Wallace Is writing a novel, the scene of which Is laid In Damascus. It is now said that both Mrs. Grant and her son Ulysses deny the report that the latter Is engaged to be married to Mlsa Flood, thn daughter of the California millionaire. Judge Black la quoted assaying that his articles on Buchanan's adruiuistrxtion ami the early days of the war are not drawn from a diary. "1 never kept a scratch of a pen," he declares. "I draw upon my memory exclusively for facta in regard to those days." Ex-Minister Washburwe's personal ap pearance is matter or comment in aivers newspapers. It is solemnly stated that he wears "a stylish Prince Albert coat buttoned closely about his line flgure," that he Indulges In "loose morocco boots," and that he "twirls a little gold-headed rattan cane." General Beauregard writes to Captain Eads In regard to De Lessens' project that -it is next to impossible to make a reliable estimate of such a work. If this estimate be 1168,000,000, exclusive of Interest during the construction, It Is reasonable to suppose that the total cost, including Interest, will leach double that amount, on which no dividend could be declared to the stockholder for several generations to come." St. Patrick's ball, which closed the fmblln castle season, was a great success. 1 ne iora lieutenant with the lady roayoref, the Duchess of Marlborough wearing a bunch oi shamrock presented to her by her L.merlcfc aub-commlttee with the chamberlaia, Mr. Lambart, and Lady Randolph Churchill with the lord mayor, opened the ball by trapping a country dance together down St. Pa'xlck'e, to the stra ns of the Irish national air. A United States senator says tbat he would not give a fig for a girl who could not answer these question: '"How long must a hen set before chickens are hatched? How lyng does a turkey set before hatching a brood? How old unit chickens he before they are fit to broU? At what age may young pigs be roasted?" He has trained hte daughter on these points, and is proud to say that she can pass the examination successfuMy. Charles C. Frost, a learned shoemaker, has Just died at Brattleborough, Vt.. at the age of 74 years. He began to take morx.ing walks through the fields on account of his 111 health, and so became Interested L botany. He sent to London for a standard w ork on botany, and when he found that the work, was in Latin he bought a Latin grammar and began the stud of that ancient tongue. He mastered Latin, French and German, and received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth and Middlebury Colleges. In botany he w as a leading authority. The nineteenth annual meeting in connection with the Home for Lost and Starving Dogs was held recently in London, Colonel Burdette in the chair. The report stated that during the past year the Institution had found homes for UDward of 5.280 does, being 508 more than in the previous year. Now com partmenta had recently been made at the home for additional accommodation, at a cost altogether of about Suo, all of which had been paid for by the balance from last year, except 200. Joseph K. Emmett. the former negro min strel, and now the prosperous actor of German American character, has accumulated a large fortune within a few years. He has bought a place on the Hudson, near Albany, and begun the erection of a magnificent residence. There Is a large music room, furnished with an lm mense orchestrion ; the parlor Is modeled after that of an English manor, with timbered roof; every room In the main story is an octagon. with a bay window and balcony. A feature of the erouads will be a biz windmill of the Butch sort, which will pump water for a pic turesque cascade, The widow of a once promlneut tobacconist ol Petersburg. Va. has Just received a check for between I'JOO and 1400, under clraum stances somewhat remarkable. About 45 years ago, while her husband was in business, he sold some tobacco to a merchant In Bremen, who subsequently failed and died without set tling his Indebtedness. A son of that mer chant, Mr. H. Lamotte, recently advertised that he would pay all claims against his father's estate, and through Messrs. Bonner, Osterloot fc Co., of Richmond, sent the full amount of his father's indebtedness to the Petersburg merchant. The English newspapers refer humorously to "an alliance of beer and Bibles,, bricks and mortar." There is a great brewer at Warrington, Sir Gilbert Grcenall, who, on one side of one of his public houses, haa built a school, and on the. other side a church. Somebody quotes as apropos of this queer contiguity the old couplet: "Wherever God erects a house of prayer, the devil builds a chapel there." This Tory brewer, they say, has taken a contract for both. But this is not so good as the ancient quatrain written upon a church, the vaults of which were let for the storage of strong drink. Upon the door of this miscellaneous edifice some wag wrote : "There's a spirit above and a spirit below, A spirit of Joy and a spirit of woe; The spirit above Is the spirit divine. And the spirit below is the spirit of wine." The Improvement of noses has become. an art in this city, if a correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer is to be believed. "A lady of my acquaintance," the writer says, "was given by nature a nose that was flat a sort of pug, with wide nostrils. Meeting her a few days ago, I did not at first recognize her. She was immensely Improved. I asked the cause. 'Can't you see?' she aaaed. I scrutinized her face. 'Yes,' I exclaimed; 'it's your nose, ani it has grown out. Well, I never! Wha it?' Her nose stood out to a proper length, and was as shapely as could have been de aired. 'I've got an extensor In it,' she said, 'but you musn't tell.' 'What's an extensor!' A metal lining, or form, which I wear In my nose to give It a good shape. Ill show It to you when we get home.' She did show it to me. It was simply two forms of silver, colored red on the Inner surface, to be pressed up Into the nostrils. They effectually lifted the end of the nose out from the face, and were not uncomfortable or discoverable." These articles ' are further declared to be an article of common manufacture by fashionable dentists. , Tna New York Tribune's staff correspondent writes from Wilmington, Del. : "Mr. Bayardls not accounted a wealthy man. His townsfolk think he is worth, parhap, 5 100,000. He has an Income they say, from his investments, his salary as senator, his attorneyship of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, and his law practice in vacation, of about 120,000. He lives in a large, plain, old-fashioned mansion, which he bought a few years ago. It stands ou the crest of a ridge about a mile from the principal business street, Is surrounded with spiclous grounds, and commands a superb view of the city, the Delaware river, and the fertile country to the southward as far as Newcastle. He has had 12 children, of whom nine are living. He is very much or a hom man, Is attached to his family, fond of booka and a quiet methodical way of living, and is rather cold, though, al way a courteous, to people outside of his Immediate circle of friends. Hig political Influence in the Btate is strongest In his own county of Newcastle.' The other two counties are dominated by the Sanlsburys, who are not particularly friendly to him,"

STATISTICS rrom the State Bureau, Which Will Appear in the doming Eeport.

A Summary of the Dry Goods, Hardware, Grocery and Provision Trade for the Past Tear. In the forthcoming report of the statistical bureau the following summaries will appear, which we are able to give through the cour tesy of Professor Collett, chief of the bureau The figures are compiled from the returns from the whole State: DRY GOODS. Four hundred and seventeen establishments giving full answers show as follows: Avarege valiiM of stock, 13,487,775; annual purchases $11,857.J; annual sales, 14,0ba,Iü3: employes, l,VJl; wages paid, f64,761; other expenses, 1401,im. An employe to every !2,18a.44 of stock, with average wages at S407.88. Representing the stock by 1100, the purchases would be 1340, tLe sales 1403, tne wages $18 50, and the other expenses 111.50. Seven hundred and forty-nine establishments, including those giving full answers, show as follows: Average value of stock, $1409,200; annual purchases, 114,141,637; annual sales, 1 053,004. Representing the stock by flUO, the purchases would be 1321, and the sales 1377, the ratio of purchase to stock drop plDg5.5i percent., and that of sales to stock dropping 6.45 per cent, from those giving full answers. One thousand and twenty-eight establishments, including all those before mentioned. show, as averaee value of ttock, 15,213,200, or an averaze of 15.071 to each . 1 he whele number of establishments reported Is 1.1'Jl: the propor tional number for the State U 2,33o, which number, multiplied by the average amount ot stock to each, and the other elements of the business ad lusted on this product, as per those giving full answers, shows as follows: Number of establishments, 2,230; average stock, 17,363,002: annual purchases, 125,034.513; annual sales, 1,67301 : maie employes, z,.i; ieunme em ployes. 382; total, 2,6is; wages paia, si.um.vw: otnerexpeuB, tow, too. . m 4ÜI0.C! HARDWARE. One hundred and elghtyelght establish ments Kivins full answers show as follows: Averaee value of stock. 11.403 .205: annual pur chases, 83,615,665; annual sales, 14,702,82; nam ber of employes, ; annual wages pam, rev 326: other expenses annually. WMiXM: an employe u every S2.756 79,and average wages of H'Jo.73. iveprcheiiung uie siocas uy iv, m purchases were f 257.67, the sales 1335.15, the wttses J17 98. and the other expenses 314.50. Two hundred and seventy-six establLsh- ...... . - ..1 II. . V. H.,Ui. "..11 obOnrAKl lUcllUK iuviuiiiuj; . WWO g.VIIlS lull nuonwoi show as follows: Averaze stock, l,5yj,55o: an nual purchases, 14.011,305, and annual sales, S5a77.4a2. Kenresentlnz the stoca by jiuu, tne purchases would be f251, and the sales 1325 the ratio of purchases to stock decreasing 2.59 per cent., and that ot sales to stock decreasing 3.03 Der cent, from thoee kivIdk lull answers. Three hundred and fifty one establishments, Including all those before mentioned, show an average stock of tl,7JW.88,;orJan aveiageof 15.127 to each. The whole number reported la 427: the proportional number for the State would be 521. which, multiplied by the aver age stock to each, and the other elements of the business adjusted on this product as per those giving fult answers, will show as fol lows: Number ot establishments. 521: average stock. 2.671 JG7: annual pur bases. 6,883..VJ7: annual sales, 18,951,082: proportional number of employes males 7, remaie 24, toiai mj; annual wages, HOl.ltfO; other expenses, 8387,319. GROCERIES AND rR0VI6I0KSOne thousand three hundred and thirtyseven establishments, giving , full answers, show as follows: Average value of stock, 83,546,380: annual purchases, 818,724,386; atnual sales. S23.2SÖ.412: number of employes. 1,784: annual wages paid. 8731,328; and other expenses of the business, 8öi9,i5U. one employe to every 81.987.8S. with average wages per year of 8411.61. Representing the stock by 8100, the purchases would be 852O.10; the sales, 8656.62; txe wages, 820.50, and the other expenses, 817.50. One thousand stx hundred and twenth-nlne establishments, including those giving full answers, show as follows: Average value of stock, 83SJ07J; annual - purchases, 819.CT6.658, and annual sales, 124,705,835. Representing the stock by 8100, the purchases would be 8510, and the sales 8633: the ratio of purchases to stock decreased 2 87 per cent., and that of sales of stock decreased 3 52 per cent, from thoee giv ing full answers. Onethouoand eight hundred and eighty. eieht establishments. Including all those be fore mentioned, show an average stock of f 1.133.315. being an average of 82J89 to each. The whole number of establishments reported la 1,9 -9. The proportional - number for the State is 2,365, which, being multiplied by the average stock to each, and the other elements of the business adjusted to thla product, as per those giving full answers, show for the whole State as follows: Number of establishments, 2,365; average value of stock. 85,176,985; annual n-. .V. rr ITU 1T1 . annual aal am IVCl number of male employes, 2,518; number of female einmoves. so: total numoer oi em. ploye8, 1,628; annual wages paid, 11,081,711; other annual expenses, etc., vo,us7. BOOTS AND' SHOES. Three hundred and six establishments giv ing full auswers show as follows: Average value of stock. 8778.977: annual imrchases. 83 544.423: annual sales. 85.396.805: number of em ployes. 629 .-annual wagea paid, 8258,089; other annual expenses. l22ö.5o8: an employe to every 81,472.52 of average stock, with average wages at 8487.50. Representing the stocks dv iiou. the purchases would be 8455, the sales 893, the wages 9Si ana tne otoer expenses -- Four hundred and eighty nine establish menu; including those giving full answers, show as follows: Average atoca, &; an nual purchases, 83,790,071; annual sales, 8o,7ito, 620. Representing the stocks by 8100, the pur chases would be 8395, and the sales 1604, the ratio of purchases to stock decreasing 11 per cent., and that of sales to stock decreasing 13 ner cent, from those Klvlne full answers an unusual decrease as compared with other dealers. Five hundred and nlnety-foar establish ments, Including all those before- mentioned, show as average stock 81,075.398t being an aver ase of 8l.8UJ.43 to each: the whole number reported is 730: the proportional number for the whole State is 890. which, multiplied by the average stock to each, and the - other elements of the buhiness adjusted to this product as per those giving full answers. 'Shows, for the whole State, as follows: Number of estab lishments, 890; average stock, 1110,900; annual purchases, 87,329,595; annual sales, 811,163,537; male employes, 954; female employes, 18; total, 972 (the reported number being 782 and 15, respectively): annual wages, 8174,019; and other expenses 8467,161, AGRICULTURAL implements. One hundred and seven establishments, giving full answers, show ! as follows: Average stock, 8362,760; annual purchases. 81,570,750; annual sales, 81,712,330; number of employes. 169; annual wages paid, 867,811; other annual expemes, 861,923. This allows an employe to every 81,772.66 of average stock, with average wages at 1 8340 91. Representing the average stock by 8100. the purchases would be 8445, the sales 8485, the wages 819, and the other expenses 817.50. Two hundred awd eleven establishments, including those before noted, show as follows: -Average stock, 8433,660; purchases, 81,812.640: sale, 81,097,440. . Representing stock by 8100, the purchases would be 8418 and the sales 8461, the ratio ot purchases to stock decreasing 6.46 per cent., and t hat of sales to stock decreasing 5.20 per cent, from those giving lull answers. Two hundred and ninety -four establishments, including all those before mentioned, show as stock 8655,760, an average of 82,230.4 to each. The whole number of establishments reported is 376. The proportional number for the State is 456, which, multiplied by the average stock to each, and the other elements of tne business adjusted on the stock as per those giving full answers, shows as follows: Number of establishments, 4ri6;-average stock, 81,021,310; purchases, 84,544,963; sales, 84,953,499; male employes. 478; female employes, 22; total. 500; annual wages paid, 8291,861; other annual expenses, 8176,659. clothing dealers One hundred and seventy-five establishments giving full answers show as follows: Average value of stock, 81,192,250; annual purchases, 83,101.250; annual sales, 84,979,470; number of employes, 547; annual wages paid, 8271,400; other sonual expenses, 8191,710; an employe to every 82, 177.69; average wages to each, 8496.16. Representing the average stock by 8100, the purchases would be represented by 126 '.12, the sales by 8417.6 i, the wages by 822.76, . the other expenses by 816.08 - Two hundred and nfty-elht establishments, including' those giving full answers, show as stock. 81,310.6;, purchases 83,368.950, and sales 85.2Stt.500. Representing the stock by 8100, the fturcbases would be represented by 8257 .01, and be sales by 8403.59; the ratio of purchases to stock dropped 1 18 per cent., and that of sales 3.50 per cent, below that of those giving full answers. Three hundred and twenty-two establishments, including all those before mentioned, show an aggregate stock of 81,616,580, being an average of 14,709.87. The whole number of establishments reported la 424: proportional number for the State, 617; which, multiplied by the average stock to each, and the other elements of the business adjusted on this product as per those giving full answers, shows aa follows: Number of establishments in the State, 617; average stock, 82,435,358; purchases, f0,331,931; sales, 810,179,796; malejem ploy ea, 768; female employes, 109; total, 877; wages paid, 8.35,132; other expenses. 8391,606. COAL AND WOOD DEALERS. The estimates In this line are made on a rather short range of averages that of those f lvlng full answers, as there were some very mpr bable returns among those answering but part of the inquiries, which. If included, would make av ridiculous avarage. In the larger cities, coal and wood are separate lines of trade. , , . Seventy eight establishments giving full answers show as follows: Average value of stock, 8215,710; annual purchases, 81,229,790; annual sales, 11,488,052; number of employes,

85u; annual wages paid, $118,585; other annual expenses, 163,920; there was an employe to every -8607.63 of stock; the avarage yearly

.rages was ii 9.55. Kepresenting the average value of Block by 8100, the purchases would be represented by 8523.7a, the sales by 8690 12, the wages by 869, and the other expenses by 829.50. lue whole number of establishments re ported Is 182; proportional number for the State, 231. this number, multiplied by the average stock to each 12,551.40, and the other elements of the business adjusted as per those giving full answers, shows as follows: Num ber of establishments. 234; average value of stock, 8596.928: annual purchases. 83.127.897: an Dual sales, 14,111,803; number of male em ployes i,r.tf, number oi remaie employes, 1, total employes, 1,125; annual wages paid, 8171,287; other annual expenses, 8176,094. The Stupid, Boy. Never set a boy down as stupid because he does not make headway at school. Many of the most celebrated men who have ever lived have been set down by some conventional pedagogue as donkeys. One of the greatest astronomers ol the ace was restored to his father by the village schoolmaster witn these encouraging words: "There's no use paying good money for his education. All he wants to do U to lie on the grass on his back and stare at the cky. 1 m atraid his mind is wrong." Scientific men have been flogged for falling into brown studies over their books, and many an artist of the future has come to present cnef lor drawing all over his copy book and surreptitiously painting the pictures of lm geography. Your genius, unless musical, seldom proves himself one in his childhood, and your smart and self-suffi cient piece of precocity, who takes, all the . . i l si a mouais, ana is tne snowscnoiaroi msscnooi, often ends by showing no talent for anything bejond a yardstick, bir Y alter bcott was called stupid as a child, and it was not even considered to his credit that he was fond of "sich trash" as ballads, and could learn them by heart at any time. The boy who really worries you by being so unlike his bright brothers, may be the very one who will make you proud and happy some years hence. late that tor your comfort. "When you see a man who parts his hair in the middle like a sensible woman, and his wife parts hers lopsided like a sensible man, you can safely bet that the wife doesn't hang out the clothes line, or the clothes, or get the kindling wood: and also that she doesn't retire to bed first on a winter's night, and mever gets up first in the morning. THE SUN FOR 1880. The Sun will deal with tbe erentn of the year 1880 in Its own Unbion, now pretty well uuderetood by ererybody. from , January 1 until December 31 it will be conducted as a newspaper, written in the Enlieh laugiiage. and printed for the people. As a Dewpaper, The Sun believes in getting all the news oi tne world promptly; and presenting it In tbe most intelligible shape the shape that will enable its readers to keep well abreast of the age with the leait unproductive expenditure of the time. Tbe creates! interest to the greatest number that is, the law con trolling its daily make-up. It now has a circulation very much larger than that of any other American newspaper, a od ei.joys au income which it is at all Times prepared to spend liberally (or the benefit of its readers. People of all conditions of life and all ways of thinking buy and read Tub 8vv; and they all de rive satisfaction of some sort from it columns, for mey seep on onying ana rea Jing it. In its comment ou men and attain, The 8un believes that the only guide of policy should be common sense, inspired by genuine American principles and backed by honesty of purpose. For this reason it is, and will continue to be, absolutely independent of part, clas-s, clique, organization, or interest. It is for all, but of none. It will continue to praise what is good and reprobates what is evil, taking care that its langnage is to tbe point and plaiu, beyond the possibility of bei Dg misunderstood. It Is unin fluenced by motives that do not appear on the sur face, it has no opinion to sell, save those which may 09 nan py any purchaser for two cents. It nates in justice and rascality even more than It hates unnec essary words. It abhors frauds, pities fools, and de plores nincompoops or every species It will con tinue throughout the year 1880 to chastise the first class, Instruct the second, and discountenance the third. All honest convictions, whether sound or mis taken, are Its friends. And Tbe min makes no bones of telling the truth to its friends and about its friends wbeuever occasion arises for plain speaking. These are the principles upon which the The Sum will be conducted during the year to come. The year 1880 will be one in which no patriotic American can afford to cloen bis eyes to public affairs. It Is Impossible to exaggerate the importance of the political events which it has In store, or the necessity of resolute rigilance on the part of every citizen who desires to preserve the Government that the founders gave ns. The debates and acts of Con gress, the utterances of the prexs, the exciting con tests of the Republican and Democratic parties, now nearly equal in strength tbr ughout the country, the varying drift of public sentiment, will all bear directly and effectively upon the twenty-fourth Presidential election to be held in November. Four years ago next November the will of the nation, as expressed at tbe polls, was thwarted by an abomniable conspiracy, ,the promoters and benefieiaries ot which still bold the offices they stole. Will the crime of 1876 be repeated in I860? The past de ade of years opened with a corrupt, extravagant, and insolent Administration Intrenched at Washington. The Sen aid sometning towards dish ding the gang and break ing its power. The same men are now Intriguing ta restore tneir leader and themselves to places from which tbey were driven be the indignation of tbe people. Will they succeed? The coming years will nnug me answers to these momentous questions. The BUN will be on hand to chronicle the facts as they are developed, and to exhibit them clearly and fearlessly in their relation to expediency and right. Thus, with a habit of philosophical good humor In looking at the minor affairs of life, and In great thing a steadfast purpose to maintain the rights of tne people ana tne principles or tbe Constitution against all aggressors. The Svn is prepared to write a truthful, instructive, and at the same time enter taining history of 1880 Our rates of subscription remain unchanged. For the Daily Sun, a four-page sheet of twenty-eight columns, the price by mail, post-paid. Is 55 cents a month, or 90.50 a car; or, including the Sunday paper, aa eight-page sheet of fifty-six columns, the price is 65 cents a month, or 7.70 a year, postage paid. ..:. The Sunday edition of Tni Sirs is also furnished separately at 91.20 a year, postage paid. . The price of the Wbbs.lt Sun, eight pages, fifty six oolumns, is 91a year, postage paid. For clubs of ten sending 91U we will send an extra copy free. Address I. W. ENGLAND, , Publisher of The Sun, New York City. For New York, Boston, -AND ALL Eastern Points, TAKE THE era C- a C- to I R Y Trains leave Indianapolis as follows: 41 A If Train arrives Muncle 6:22 a. m.; Un.lü A. ill. ion, 7:25 a.m.; Sidney, 8:45 a. m.; Bellefontaine, 9:28 a. m.; Crestline, 11:17-a.m. Arrive at Cleveland at 2:20 p. m.; Buffalo, 7:50 r. Niagara Falls' 9:50 p. m.; Bingliamton, 4:35 a. m.; Rochester, 11:03 p. m.; Albany, 6:10 a. m., arriving at Mew York City M 1::I0 a. m , and Boston at 2:. 25 p. m. SE-VEISJ- HOURS IN ADVANCE OF OTHER ROUTES I 9" This train has Talace Drawing Room and Sleeping Coach from Indianapolis to Mew York without change. Fare always the same as by longer and slower rontes. Baggage checked through to destination. 6'zift P Tr,n "rive at Crestline 4:10 .tU i. Jl. A..; Pittsburgh, 12:15 A. M.; Cleveland, 7:10 a. M.; Uaflalo, 1:10 p. m.; Niagara Falls 3:50 p. m.; Bingbatnton, 11 r. m.; Rochester, 4:35 p. m.; Albaay, 12:40 a.m. Arrive at New York City 6:45 A. m., and Boston 9:20 a. m. Hours quick er than all other lines This train has elegant Talace Sleeping caches from Indianapolis to Cleveland and from, Cleveland to New York and Boeton without change, At Sidney close connections are made for Toledo and Detroit and all points in Canada. Columbus Route, VIA Dayton and Springfield. H.&n A M Train arrives at Muucie 2:23 p-m. 9U A JM Union. 3:35 p. m.: Dayton, 5:55 p. M.; Springfield, 7:15 p. m ; Columbus, 9:15 p. m. The only line running through Parlor Coaches from Indianapolis to Columbus, where direct connections are made with tha Baltimore k Ohio Ball. road. This train cennecU at Mnncie with tbe Ft. Wayne, Honcte A Cincinnati R'y for Ft. Wayne and Detroit. See that your tleket reads by the Bea Line. A.J.SMITH, J. W. CAMPBXLL, Pam. Aar. Indianapolis. 0. C. GALT., Sspt. Indlaaspelis a. T. A. ClsTsland, 0.

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