Indianapolis Leader, Volume 2, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1880 — Page 2

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Landers tried to prevent colored people from coming into this state. Vote asainst hiny. Landers is a free trader and therefore the enemy of American laborers. Vote against him. Landers was an enemy of Gov Morton and the Union soldiers. Vote against him. . Landers was opposed to allowing Negroes to testify in their own hehalf. Vote against him. Landers voted against providing public schools for colored children. Vote against him a thousand times. Old Bob Toombs, the leading Dem ocrat of the South has this' to say2 of colored people: The village bull and the village cow have as muck decency, self-respect, and virtue, as the average negro man and woman." t li Hancock is elected; Old Toombs will be one of his advisors. Is there a Negro in the land who would voto

for a man who has any respect for such a.vilUIn as this most damnable old reprobate. Such men aro Landdrs and Hancock. When you vote against - them, you vote against Toombs and his pang.

Every Negro voter in Indiana must remember that Frank Landers, ivhenin tho Indiana Senate, voted to keep the infamous black laws of 1852, on onr 6tatuo books. These laws denied us' the right, of. citizenship, the right to testify in our wn behalf, and prevented colored people from coming into the state. r . -a 'No Negro ever wrote a 'pome' or carved a 'statute,'" yawpe.d the gassy and frothy "thin,' Syc'moroof the War-bash, a few years ago. We rise to remark that no Negro ever stolofie thousand dollars on a double back-action salary-grab, and .then went galloping over the country raising, in the language of a distinguished 'gentleman," "a hell-roaring noiso" about somebody else's honesty. But, then, let that pass. " ATTENTION! COLORED VOTES';! The colored voters of Indiana have an important duty to perform in next Tuesday's election. Onco -more the gallant old Republican party, immortal and glorious for past achicvemcntijinvaluablo for what it may accomplish in the future, marches out to do battle with the rotten old Democratic party "of treason, corruption, and Solid South, Ku-klux oppression. Not one solitary colored voter can afford to fall out of lino, straggle to the rear, or go over to the enemy in this moment of peril and great danger to the : Nation and the Negro race. The supremacy ot the North and tho Nation is at stake. The eafetv of the South is at stake. The issue ia, shall the Union men, North and South, rule; shall tho reins of government be turned over to the Solid South Ku-klux and Northern K. G. C. copperheads. If the Republicans and Union men triumph, we are safe; but if the Democrats, Ku-klux, and copperheads get control of tho government, there is danger ahead in the South for every man with a dark face. . Laws have already been passed in many of the ex-rebel States, , which in a large measure deprive our people of their rights as free men. If the Democrats and rebels elect their candidate for President, these laws will be made ten times more rigorous than they are and our people will be reduced to almost the same condition as during the old slave times. Already the old rebel leaders of the South openly assert tliät freedom is a' failure, and that tho "niggers" ought to be again in the hands of their old masters. This foreshadows what they will attempt to do, should, they gain full control of the National Government. Now is the time, and Indiana is the battle-ground where they must be beaten. This result will be close, and and hotly contested. Let us see that every Negro voter in the State does his duty by casting a - straight out, clean Republican ticket. VOTE THE! STBA.IOHT TICKET. This is a year in which no Republican can afford to gratify any petty spirit .of spite, by v scratching any name on the ticket.. No aid and comfort ought to be-given to the enemy by voting again3t any Republican candidate. The Republican State ticket is a good one throughout, from Judge Porter down. The ticket in Marion county is an excellent one, and the same is true of the tickets outside of this county; and, besides, this is a Presidential year, and it is important that wo show the enemy our full" strength in the preliminary October contest. It will do good in November, and it will show tho confederate-Democracy that we are in earnest and mean business, j It will also give comfort and encouragement to our friends in other States. The October elections . always have a marked influence on .the November contests.,: It is, therefore, highly important that our State and county candidates receive the full vote of the party. To this end, let us vote an unscratched ticket on Tuesday.

POLITICAL BOTES. Representative, thou (Garfield) art, and Senator, and shall be what is promised-7-President. We'll Land(ers) on the other shore in the sweet by and by, but not next Tuesday, "of you bbase." In the language of a jolly local knight of the shears and keen edged razor, there must be "No fooling with the Dutch," for they are all going to vote for. Porter, Harry Adams, and the whole Republican ticket. "See that my grave is kept green, darling," .will be : the favorite music of the Democratic candidates after Tuesday "We have no doubt but that Harry Adams and the rest of the boys on" the Republican ticket will set apart a day to1 "decorate" th6 graves of the late lamented.

TUESDAY. The day and the hour rapidly approach, when we of Indiana must decide between patriotism and treason, between tho defenders of the Union under the Old flag and the exrebels and fire-in-the-rear conspirators under the Confederate flag; when we must decide between honestyand dishonesty; between competency and incompetency; and lastly, when we

must decide between the'comrades and followers of the Patriarch Lane, tho lamented Morton, the gallant Grant, and tho martyred Lincoln on one hand, and the friends and -coconspirators of Milligan. Horsey and company on the otherJ Can there bo any doubt of the result? We think not. We know that if every true Republican does his duty, Indiana will be redeemed, regenera ted, and restored to her natural position in tho colums of Republican states. The Democratic party has never had a majority in' this state but once since the Avar, and that was caused by stay-at-home Republicans. This years' election is one of snpremo and vital importance to every consideration of National prosperity and honor. We are just entering upon what bids fiir to be a period of unexampled prosperity, and this prosperity, bo it knpwn, is. the work of the Republican party. Every good Republican and every Union Democrat who löves his country better than his party, who desires to see this prosperity continue will vote tho Republican ticket. Every patriot who prefers to see the old flag wave on high to seeing it trailed in the mud and trampled upon by victorious traitors, will voto the Republican ticket. Tuesday is in every way a day of destiny, not only for Indiana, but for the whole Union. Every patriot, black aud white, then, should go to the polls and do his duty. He should see that his own ballot is cast right, and that his neighbors and friends put theirs in for Porter and the Union. VOTE FOB A FBOTECTIVJU TABIPF. The workingmen of Indiana should not forget that in voting for Porter and the Republican ticket next Tuesday, they are voting to put money in their own pockets now and hereafter. Should the Democrats get full control of the National Government this year, the protective tariff the only thing that jceeps laboring men's wages up to a respectable standard will be repealed, . and the artisans and laborers of this country will be reduced to the same starvation rates that European laborers now receive. Do laboring men want to work for twenty-five cents a day? Do mechan -ics and skilled laborers want to receive but fifty cents a day for their services? If such be the feelingof workingmen, they will vote for Landers and the Democratic ticket. But if .they want to see good times,plenty of work, and high wages they will vote ior the Republican ticket, be cause the Republican party is in favor öf ä tariff sufficiently high to protect our manufacturers and laboring men from competition with the poorly paid workingmen of England and other European countries. t We feel sure that the laboring men of this State know what their own interests are, and will vote to protect them. WATCHMAN. WHAT OF THE NIGHT r The above is doubtless the anxious inquiry of many an earnest Republican, black and white, when thinking of the probable outcome of the mighty contest that comes to a conclusion next Tuesday. To such as make the inquiry, we say, be of good cheer. The angels of justice fight on our side, and with them as our allies, who can prevail against us ? more than this, the outer guards bring news that the enemy is disordered and straggling. Like the conglomerate Philistines of old, their mercenary hosts are not solidified and their Captains and leaders of the van are not harmonious, one with the other. Their only object being to plunder and destroy ; many and divers are the ways and means advanced to compass these aims. We say to the grand, valorous hosts of Republicanism, Liberty, Justice, and Equality, be on your guard, close up yonr ranks, and, lastly, sleep on your arms. Victory is within our grasp, if we but be vigilant.. Let not one man fall out of the ranks, and when the supreme moment arrives, next Tuesday, we will go forward to a glorious and brilliant victory. TEBBE HAUTE.

Colored voters of Terre Haute, Vigo county, and vicinity, do your duty next Tuesday. Listen to no foolish, treacherous and deceitful talk about "National" fiatism. Go to the polls and vote the straight, unscratched Republican ticket. There may be one or two men among you who will try to induce you to throw away

your votes on election day by casting them for the Rev. Hardin Anderson, the colored Greenback gas machine; but we trust you all know Rev, Hardin tot well to be thus deceived. You all know that as a politician he is a trader. He sells one of his made to order financial (?) speeches just in the same way that a shrewd jockey sells a balky horse for the highest price he can get for it. Vou all know that he sold out to the Democrats when Colonel McLean ran for Congress, and he sells to the Nationals whenever they have any blowing to be done. As he sold out to the Devil long ago, it is difficult to say where the Reverend 'gentleman will take his second-hand political goods tho next time he wants to drive a hard bargain.

THE LEADER THINKS TU AT No patriot can vote for a K. G. C. Dyer D. Lum, as a newspaper paragraph ist, s a "Dyer" calamity. The patriots of '61 are again marching to the front to save the Union. The Republican ship of state will steer safely through the October breakers. Next Tuesday's work will cause weeping and wailing in more castles than one. That when Sara Bernhardt comes to America, her children's father or fathers will bo in demand. Porter is the man in the "Iron mask" invincible alike to dishonesty and Democratic thrusts. Attempt of a Noted Character In Milwaukee to Kill Her Father's Widow. Milwaukee, Oct C. Mrs. Fanny Smith Crocker, of this city, but who claims resi dence at Washington, D. C, added one more sensation this morning to the large list of remarkable doings by herself and other members of her family. Onlv a few days ago, it will be remembered, Mrs. Crocker was prominently before the public because of he relations with one Mrs. an net, alias Harris, who was tinea in a runaway accident at St. Paul. Just previous to that Mrs. Crocker created a sensation by attempt ing to break: up a woman's Kignta Lonven tion, presided over by Miss Anthony, at which time she characterized the individual workers for woman's suffrage as prostitutes. etc., and threatened to divulge awful things about all the leading ladies of the movement. Still previous to that Mrs. Crocker was the heroine of some sort of a sensation at Washington that, at the time, at tracted considerable public attention, isow sue comes to tne iront once more, and this time in the role of a tragedi enne, whose victim is her step-mother, a lady whose life Mrs. Crocker sought with a revolver, and would have had it, but for the timely interference of Lieutenant Dow, of the Milwaukee police. The family history of the parties to the affair, and the scene this morning, is of interest. Mrs. Fanny S. Crc cker is a widow, and was the daughter of the late J. I. Smith, a wealthy and well known gentleman of this city. Mr. Smith was the father of several children by his first wire, and all grew to maturity before Mr, Smith concluded tD re-marry. When his children discovered his intention to marry a second time,' trouble was inaugurated, and it has lasted ever since. Two or three vears ago Mr. Smith died, and willed all his property to the step-mother, to whom the sons and daughters were bitterly opposed. The settlement of the estate attracted considerable attention at the time, and evolved, it is alleged, many threats against Mrs. Smith at the time. Mrs. Smith was successful in the Courts, and won every suit brought to break the will. One of Mrs. Crocker's brothers, Charley Smith, was so discouraged or incensed at the loss of his share of his father's property that, although a married man with a family dependent upon him, he suddenly drew a revolver in his own parlor one afternoon having previously had some difficulty with his wife and blew his brains out. Mrs. Crocker seemed to take things pretty coolly at the time, but it now looks as though she was only waiting for an opportunity for revenge, being shrewd enough to keep her own counsels. This morning about 9 o'clock Mrs. Elizabeth J. Smith the stepmother called with her daughter, Mrs. King, at the Central Police Station, and informed Lieutenant Dow. that she had been requested to meet Mrs. Crocker at the law office of Flanders & Bottom, in the Arcade building, but that she did not dare to go without suitable protection, as she was afraid of Mrs. Crocker. Lieutenant Dow accompanied the ladies. - On arriving at the office of Flanders & Bottom Mrs. Crocker, who was seated on the opposite side of .the room, remarkedevidently referring to the officer "I preferred to see Mrs. Smith alone," but inasmuch as she brings witnesses with her I will wait until my sister arrives." Thereupon Mrs. Smith and Lieutenant Dow, started to go out of the office. Quick as lightning Mrs. Crocker sprang from her seat and toward the door, exclaiming: "l'VK COME TO KILL YOU!" Then there was the gleam of a twenty-two caliber revolver, a shot, a scuffle between Lieutenant Dow and Mrs. Crocker, and the infuriated little woman was dumped in a heap into a corner. There she diu her utmost to shoot the officer who was struggling with her, but the revolver missed fire, and Mrs. Crocker was subdued. Investigation then showed that the ball destined for Mrs. Smith first went through Mrs. Crocker's finger, just grazed her intended victim, struck a stove-pipe behind which Mrs. Smith had triea to protect herself, passed clean through the pipe to the wall, and fell to the floor. After she was disarmed Mrs. Crocker became doubly infuriated, and vowed that if she lived long enough she would kill both Mrs. Smith and the officer. At the Central Station Mrs. Crocker became more cool, but avowed that she had come from Chicago whither she went a few days ago for the express purpose of killing her step-mother, and that she was very sorry she had not succeeded. The wound in her finger will probably necessitate its amputation. The Smith family has been the source of many sensations. A number of years ago Mrs. Crocker's brother, Gilbert Smith, was desperately enamored of a young lady who was one of the brightest sccial ornaments in Milwaukee a lady who yet sustains a high position in the best social circles of the city. Gilbert Smith's chum was George Slikman, and he, too, was in love with the same yonng lady. One evening the two young men were seen together on the river dock. The next day Gilbert Smith went to Racine on a shooting excursion, but George Slikman was missing. Days passed, and the body of young Slikman was found in the river. The suspicion that Smith and Slikman had quarreled over the young lady who, byi the way had rejected both of them and that in the fight that ensued Slikman had been thrown into the river, gained pretty general belief. That suspicion came to Smith's ears, and the very evening after the discovery of the body of his chum and rival he went to his room, laid himself upon his bed, and shot himself dead with a revolver. At one time J. B. Smith (the father) was very wealthy, but his estate when probated had dwindled down to about $18,000. Mrs. Crocker is a small, dark-complexioned woman, of great force of character in certain directions. She has aspired to literary prominence. Here she is noted for her peculiar use of language when she chooses to direct it against those whom she consipers her enemies.

CORRESPONDENCE.

All ' communications should be plainly written and only on one tide of the sheet. Correspondents to be certain of insertion neust reach this office not later Wednesday. Wi algn'a Free Lance. , Columbus, Ohio, October 6. In his last letter to the Leader, ''fwienzi" -says: "The ponderous sentences of Johnson ; the choice English of Addison; the sententious satire of Junius; the smooth flavored sentences of Burke, and the ribaldry of the gutter, all and each find a place in our letters." I stand mute, uncovered and in awe before uch a transcendent literary genius. lie essays to combine the styles of several masters of English classics and then adds, as an ornament and finish, "ribaldry," vulgar language, indcency, obscurity, gutter talk. He calls his compound ''mosaic." Rather call it literary "mince-pie," or "hash." Dear "Rienzi" is welcome to assume the role of "Literary Hash-man," and play the character with a vengeance. Ohio has the benefit of the spoochas of several distinguished colored men during the campaign. Hon. John M. Langston has been in the State and delivered some able speeches, as is his work. He spoke here last week. Prof. R. T. Greener, Dean of Law, at Howard University, is also in the canvass. He will be remembered as the gentleman who defended Whittaker. His eloquence and ability aid the Republican cause much, and his discussion of the Southern question is valuable because of his exSerience in the South. He spoke here Monay evening. I had the pleasure of renewing my acquaintance formed with him in Washington, D. C, two years since. He is an estimable gentleman. Hon. George "W. Williams is doing affective and herculean labor for Garfield and Arthur, and the silver-tongued orator draws large audiences. Hon. M. M. Holland, manager of the "National Era," of Washington, D. C, is also speaking extensively, and he makes an able speech upon all the issues of the canvas?. Men like the above cannot but reflect great credit upon our race, as they have one in the past. Also Prof. Solomon Day, of Dayton. Prof. John G. Brown, of Troy, Rev. Jas. Poindexter, Hon. das. H. Piles, of Springfield, Hon. John Green, of Cleveland, Prof. Guy, of Wilmington, are engaged in the campaign. Our colored teachers are not doing one thing that thoy should do, and that is, to attend the various associations and conventions of pedagogues that meet from time to time. For instance, I have attended the last three meetings of the Ohio Association, at Put-in-Bay, Cleveland and Chautauqua, yet in all that time I have been the only member. I was disappointed in not meeting some of our distinguished pedagogues of the State. The Central Ohio Association meets in Spring neia, tne last wees in uctoDer. lnis is a mixed organization, and all are welcome. Yet, it is the thought of many teachers that a colored association should be formed in Ohio, and it will probably be discussed at Springfield. Colored teachers of Ohio, come and meet with us ; iet us get acquainted. Communication on the subject of the col ored association is advisable. Think about and discuss it ; but come to Springfield. un last inursaay evening, during our great Republican demonstration, about 800 colored men with uniforms and torches were in liae. The pageant was grand. Bat some Democratic miscreantsjstoned the procession, and knocked senseless Hanson John son, a member of our colored glee club, The bovs passed some strong resolutions denouncing the outrage. The Northern murderous-hearted Democrat uses a stone at night to electioneer with ; the Southern Democrat uses the gun. LOCAL LACONICS. A lodge of the Independent Order of Im maculates is being organized here. Professor R. T. Greener visited our pub lie schools. We have three colored men in the fire department and they have charge of a house. 1 hey are doing emcient service. Our local Democratic friends are cam paigning by marking "$329" in all conspic uous places. Our Douglass Literary Society holds week ly meetings. Last week Misses Ella J. Green and Maggie J. Johnson gave select readings. Miss Emma Hall gave a declamation and Ralph W. Tyler read an excellently pre pared journal, called the Advocate.' Some of our young people are preparing a cantata. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Rev. Theodore A. Thompson, formerly of the Wylie street church, has been transferred from the Pittsburgh Conference to the Ohio Conference and is now pastor of the bt. Paul A. M. E. Church of this citv. He is an interesting and able speaker and is gladly welcomed to this field of labor, ne is an earnest worker, and comprehensive in his views. Professor W. S Scarborough, of Wilberforce, has prepared a Greek text book. He is the first Afro-American to do so. Mr. Isaac D. Ross is in Cincinnati, play, ing havoc with ladies' hearts. Madam Dr. Ferguson, of Detroit, is in the Mr. Thomas "W. Himster, lately of Spring field and now of Washington D. C, is soon to lead to the alter of Hymen a most charm ing Washington belle, in the person of Miss ft - T ousie ijewis. Rev. Mr. Poindexter entertained Hon. John M. Langston at dinner. Cleveland (O) Items. It is reported that some of the Democrats have been visiting some of the lower class of colored voters, of Commercial st. and have persuaded them by the promise of a reward, to support Hancock in the coming election. It is an undisputed fact that none but the lowest of low have been, as yet, enticed by this promise of a few paltry dollars. I wonder whether these so called men know that they are uncoiling a rope with which they intend to hang themselves or be hung with. No longer than last week, there was seen a certain colored individual of this city seen walking through one of the principal parts of the city, and that is our square, in conversation with one of these Demys and their conversation touching this point, alone. Furthermore the Democrat in company with this person is well known as one of these oily tongued fellows. Secretary Carl Shurz spoke to quite a number of the citizens of this city, at the Armory last week, Friday night Roscoe Conkling was at the same place. .Last Wednesday night an audience of 4,000 listened to his grand effort. It was as old politicians say, the best speech made in Cleveland for many t. year. Miss Roberts, Columbus is visiting Mr. Je äse Roberts of Scoville ave. The club room of the Excelsior band has been refitted during the last week and now presents a a fine appearance. Mrs. Jesse Gordon and Mrs. John Stanley have returned from their visit to Colum bus. The Hon. James G.Blaine was in our city for a short time last week. W1it'ln w want? Whv. colored firemAn. nnlicAmen and colored teachers in their public schools." "But your colored leaders . aa.Y never demand tnese tnings." "x am sorry to say we haven't any colored political leaders." Still, there are two or three colored men that make a great deal of noise but never do anything. Tn v-mi ttopV Ha tor a lajit'a TttAar rrftim Columbus correspondent made a few sug

gestion, and gave some advice to "Non. Dum," "N on Nolo," "Omega" and others, which was well meant and also received, in ; like manner. But the esteemed gentleman should never give anything he is not willing to receive. In other words,- he should not give advice if. he was unwilling to receive it also. For immediately after making his criticisms, he attacks an "unknown critic" his, who as he says, lives in Cincinnati. He tells this Cincinnati gentleman that he is not just beginning to write to newspapers, and that is his reason for not wishing to be criticised. 1 agree with the ?;entleman from Columbus in this particuar thing and that is the discontinuing of all slang in letters to the Leader. I hope our friend Wraign" will take no offense. . - Lrok out for the election and also the Leader. Services at Calvary Church, on ' Chapel st. every Sunday. ' . ' In the Leader of last week the heading "Cleveland, O., Items." was omitted. The Forest City will be glad to see many of Cincinnati's young gents. Come and visit us and we will with out adoubt make it pleasant for you. Another mistake of the last week's Leader was the omitting of the Delaware Band in giving a list of the bands at the Findley, Ohio, celebration, the 22. . . The Rev. T. H. Jackson has returned and taken charge of his church. Rev. W. H. J. McDade still holds meetings in Corbett's Hall on Erie St. There is to be a concert given by J. Bush sr., and others for the benefit of the Calvary Church, on Chapel st. Mr John Smith, of Meadville, Pa., left for his home last Tuesday.

Mr. Henry Moss left for Cincinnati last baturday. Mr. Charles B. Scales, is at present in oan rrancisco, Ual. J. Seed has lately become a member of tne .Excelsior band. Mr. Albert Richardson, formerly of Cleveland, now of Saybrook, Ohio, has " not taken charge of his school again this year dui nas remained nome and is at present farming. Non Nolo, Springfield (O.) Items. The Leader is slowly establishing itself in opnngueiu. Mr. S. P. Hunster, started last Saturday Hon. Graham Dewel is talking Garfield and Artour, in Indiana. Mrs. J. B. Corbon, is among the corps o tcacners in our puonc scaoois. "Wm. Fielding took the 1 o'clock train Sun day morning, for Cincinnati. Mr. Chas. Bass, has an attack of intermitent fever. We hope for his speedy recov ery. The funeral of Mrs. Chas. Butler last Sun day. at North et. Church, was largely attended by her many friends and relations. A committee, has been appointed by request of Solomon Temple Lodge to organize au. u.u.oi u. J) s., at Dayton. Next Tuesday, Ohio will announce a big xtepuoiican majority ior uarneid and Ar thur in November. Any colored man who is foolish enough A. A. lt. T 4 4 1 A . . to vote vuo xsemocrai ucKei, commits an act, which may haunt him to his grave. I. O. ls In Koftomo. Mr. Johnson C.C., of the "I. O. I. "o your city, has been with ns for two weeks, working very earnestly- to organize a lodge of the same order. He has been very successful. "We have 20 live, active workers in our order. The following are the names and the letters to represent the office of each David Gaskin, R. S.; George Bradley, V m.; a. li. urown, vv. M.: W. 11. Winburn P. M.; Marmaduke Winburn, A. P.; Robt. jenes, i. ul; u. r. Stokes, U. 8.; Wm Gaskin, "W. T.; Jas. Thompson O. C; Rev J. A. Jordon, w. U.: !. H. Roberts. C. C. We have our Charter. The name of the lodge is Sampson s Lodge No. 146. Trustees, Wm. Nicholson, Milton Nichol son, Amos Gibson. The school under the supervision of C. F. btoKes, is doing very welL Enrollment 40; percent, of attendance 95: general average 33 J ; number neither tardy norabscent, 11; number of visitors, 9. Champion of the school, Ezra Roberts. lours, u. Jb. STOKxa. "Old Poet Scraps Mr. and Mrs. Rev. J. E. Artis, lately of raris, 1113., nave moved to Vincenees, and seem to enjoy their new home remarkably well. The vouner ladies and eentlemen are considering the feasibility ot organizing a ciuu ior meir muiuai oenent. Mrs. Phila Nance, and Miss Jennetta Stewart, have returned from their visit to Evansville. They give a very favorable report of Rienzis citizens, thus showing that 'a, ' uves in a genial clime. The A. M. E. church gave a festival at the City Hall, last week, and the young men vied with' each other as to who should and could gain the most smiles. Miss Cora Posey was the successful lady to obtain the gold bracelets, as a prize for the most popu Far lady. . E. R. Bagby endeavored to be too much circumscribed in his letter, and spoke only to Vigo county. I think such a letter could have been addressed to the ninety-one other counties of Indiana, with its deserved effect E. R. B's hands are loosed now, so I warn ail who woull oppose him to beware. "Wraign has stepped into the state which was prepared for him from the foundation ot reason amd profound thought. We, who speak to the people through the Leader, desire to arouse their latent powers to activity, to go into ail or the neids where knowledge may be found, and endeavor to find it and possess it, whether the field be Greek, He brew, Latin, German, or French or whether there be found all of these languages to gether, if they be here, so much the better for the progressive students. "Wraigns (rains) are very beneficial, but this kind of "wraign7 seeks to blight all of the contents of the field of golden grains of thought which has taken so many years of hard labor to gain. I am defending the course of 'Lex,. "Non Nolo," "Omega," and "Non Dam.,) I would advise the gentlemen who write uuder the above captions, to send W" a private note containing the translation of your assumed names, in tne attack YY, made upon "slang" 1 neartuy join him. 1 suppose we shall have a storm now, though there be no visible clouds. To each voter, I would only say, hold on to your ballot till ordered by your conscience, guarded by written history, and that which is being made by both or the three parties to-day, to depositinto the ballot box. non dum. O. . B. Wall at Brasil. To the Editor of The Leader. Brazil, Ind., Octobor 1. Knowing your interest in the welfare of our people gener ally, but especially their behavior at the present time, when the eyes ef the whole country are upon us. I ask a little space in your good paper to tell what we are doing in this part of the btate. Captain O. S. B. Wall is here from Greencastle. whera h has been a few days working in the cam- : 3 vu-. A "V where he has been conspicuously connected with the exodus and its investigation. The Captain seems to be fully alive to the erreat inmortance of carrvißfir the State -for the Republican party at the October and November elections, ne addressed a good meeting of our colored citizens at one of our public halls last evening. Our people, many of whom work in the coal mines, in

this vicinity came several miles to hear him

and after the meeting said they did not regret the walk. The epeaxer wfcs clear an forcible in his remarks, showing why colored men should not support the nominees of the Democratic party either State or Na tional He showed at some length how aggressive the Democratic party has been before and since the war, in their efforts to violate the laws of the Government and the amendments of the constitution, and their contin ued oppression of the colored people of both the South and North, he was quite positive in his prophecies as to what will be the condition of the colored people in this country in the event of Hancock's election. - The speaker then showed very conclusively why we should support the Republiparty, and closed his speech by an earnest appeal to every man present who was en. titled to vote at the October and November elections at the risk of his life since our all is at stake. The audience was very attentive and well pleated during the entire delivery which lasted one hour and fifteen minutes. Captain "Wall will speak to-night at Bennet's mines, about five miles south of this place, and will in a few days go to Terre Haute. His work seems to be mos ly among the colored voters of whom there are several hnndreds .in - the counties of Putnam, Hendricks, Clay and Vigo. Bknnett Stkwart. Irring Two Weeks With a Fractured Skull and Badly Damaged Brain. Syracuse Ilerald. Two weeks ago young Haight, who is about twenty years of age, borrowed an old gun from Thomas Bogjrs and went into the field of a man named Yanney, nearly two miles west of the Stackhouse Hotel at Onondaga Hill. On the second discharge of the piece it exploded, and the breech-pin struck him over the right eye, crashing through the skull and entering the brain, being embedded to the depth of an inch and a quarter. The wounded man immediately procured assistance and started for the hill in a wagon. After going a mile, about half the distance, he was . unable to proceed further and was taken into the house of Mr. James Hemming, where he has since been kindly eared for Dr. M. G. Rood, of Onondaga Hill, was summoned, and with the assistance of Dr. Baker, of ; the same place, he extracted the piece of iron, an anaesthetic being used. Some pieces of bone were also removed. For four or five days after that the brain oozed through the aperture over the eye, quite a large quantity escaping, and yet the injured man continued to live and retain consciousness. He said he did not propose to di. and would not allow any of his attendants to speak to him or converse among themselves in his hearing about his possible death. He retained his appetite up to last Thursday morning, and only two bad symptoms, fclowness of pulse and respiration, the former being only forty-eight and the latter twelve, until a "few days ago, when it increased to fourteen. In conversation with a Herald reporter, Dr. Rood said that it would be possible for the young man to get well. What was most feared was that innammation would set in. There is undoubtedly some of the broke bone still in the brain, and if this should work out easily the chances of his recovery would increase. "The most remarkable feature of the case," said the Doctor, "is that he has not lost his consciousness, memory or power of speech. Such awes are rare, yet Dr. TefTt told me that there is a case on record where a man recovered from a much more terrible injury. He was employed in blasting, and after drilling his hole and setting his blast it failed to explode. He then went to work again with his drilling chisel, when an explosion occurred and drove the tool into his cheek and out at the top of his head. And yet the man got well." Per contra, one of the Herald staff, who was in the army during the late war, remembers seeing a man killed instantly by an accident precisely like that from which Haight is now suffering, the breech-pin of an old rifle which exploded, striking the man over the right eye and producing death immediately. Young Haight has no .parents, his mother having died last April. He has three brothers, however, one of whom spends much time at his bedside. It is to be hoped that his plucky fight with grim death will finally result in victory. 25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE! j TBS Indian Botanic Physician LATE OP LONDON, ENGLAND, The most eucceMfnl catarrh, long and throat doctor in America, is permanently located at the corner of Illinois and Louisiana streets, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he will examine all dieeasea, and tell tbe complaint without asking a single qneeUon. Consultation Free, in either German or English. PEBMAIfEIfT CUBES X Dr. Reeves warrants a permanent cure of tbefoltowiag diseases: Piles and to mors, itching and protruding, cured without pain or nutriments: can cers cured in all their forms without tbe kalfe or sick ness of the patient. The Doctor has cured bun dredi of this dreedfal canker of the human body. which has tamed tbe accumulated skill of ages. Bis remedies excel anything known to medical sci ence, lie defies the world to bring him a case where there is sufficient vitality to sustain the sj stem, that he can not cure. Any person wishing further infor mation or treatment, enould give nim a cs.II. Rheumatism cured and warranted to stay cured la . every case. All forma of Blood and Skin Diseases aro Permanently Cured ! Such as tetter, salt rheum, scrofula or syphilitic sores, strictures, seminal weakness or spermaUrbwa, primary and secondary syphilis, gonorrhoea, or chronic venereal, kidney or urinary diseases of either sex, young or old, no matter bow bad. lie chat Us gee . a comparison with any physician in America in cur- ' ing these diseases. Loss of manhood restored. Tbe Doctor can rtfer to hnndrede thus affected who credit their present existence to being cured by him. All moles, birth-marks and freckles removed. Also, all the various diseases of the eye and ear. FOB TOE It AD IKS OH LT! A lady, at any period of life, from childhood to the grave, may, if ill, suffer from one or more oi the fol lowing diseases, which tbe Doctor will positively cure: Liver complaint, indigestion of the stomach. nervous weaknesses, lung diseases, etc.. prolapsus of the vagina or womb, leucorrhoea or whites, anteverion, retroversion, antiplexioD.retroplexion, or ulceration of this organ, sick headache, rheumatism and sciatic pains. Dropsy permanently cured in a short time without tapping. Gall or write to the office, cor. Illinois and Louisiana streets, Indianapolis, Indiana. Private medical aid. All diseases of a secret natura speedily cured. If in trouble call or write perfectly confidential. ANT CASK OT WHISKT II ABIT CLBtD IX TEN DAYS.

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