Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, AUGUST? 6. 1895.

FRACAS NEAR BROAD RIPPLE

I throughout the country during the pa.t j boy was carried to hie home, where two years, has broken out again in all iu I physicians succeeded In extricating it.

1 COLORBT) MAN TRIES TO AWASC1XATB A YOUNG FARMER.

i vigor. The physicians are kept busily en gaged day and night, and similar news reaches this city from all parts of the county. Farmers believe the fever is the result of commercial fertilizers, which have been used here during many years.

\ SlnffulAr Spectnfte of n Bnrntnn Fnrm Rurnert To Dentil Aenr RIohnion*—Deal met fee Wind ftorm at Ilrwxll.

- kpeeial to The Indtanapoit* Xews, Broad Hippie, Ind., August 6. — The lorthwest i>art at this township is In a ever heat of excitement this morning, >v«r an attempt at murder at, the farm if Barney Cline, yesterday evening, fames Stockton, a colored man shot and tttempted to kill Earnest Cline, a grand•on of Mr. Cline. Stockton, who has been living near this place, borrowed a shotgun, and went ostensibly on a hunt in the Cline neighborhood, having with him a dog. The dog fra.9 noticed about the Cline barn three dr four hours In the afternoon by the men working about the farm, but no particular attention was paid to him, till toward evening, when he was seen to go Into the bam. This aroused suspicion ind Earnest went into the bam to Investigate. He followed the dog into a boxstall with an opening from the outside only. He no Sooner opened the door than he was fired upon from the inside, the charge of shot tearing away a par; of hi* hat, and lodging in the door-post. The powder badly burned his face. The man escaped from the bam into a corn-fleld. An armed posse was soon in pursuit with hounds, and scoured the country all night, and were rewarded by the capture of the culprit this morning, a mile east of this place. It Is well for Stockton that he waS sot captured last night, for he would have oeen summarily dealt with. Stockton came here from B e - ntuck y' early hi the summer. The Clines are among the oldest and most respected farmers In the county. A SINGULAR SPECTACLE. A Farm Near Maatpeller Slowly Hrtng Destroyed By Fire. Special to The Indianapolis News. Wabash, In<U August 6.-A singular spectacle is presented on the Jesse H. Dowell homestead, near Montpelier,which attracts hundreds of visitors dally, ft Is the curiosity of a farm of sixty acres which literally Is being 1 destroyed by fire. Much of the land in the vicinity of the Dowell place is muck to a depth of twelve} or fourteen feet, the vegetation having accumulated and slowly decayed for ♦many years. The recent dry weather has made this peat as Inflammable r« ■tinder, and when Are reached H a few days ago It ignited and has been burning slowly ever since. Altogether sixty acres have been burned over, thirty-five acres having been consumed, while twentyfive acres are yet burning. The flame* do not break out from the soil, but the whole surface Is covered with dense smoke, the ground at times assuming the dull red glow of burning brick. It • Is utterly impossible to extinguish the fire and the energies of the neighbors are dW reoted to saving adjacent property. The fire on the Dowell farm is more disastrous in a financial way than Is popularly imagined. The twenty-five acres now being consumed is three feet lower In the center than It was when the flames began their ravages. The peat, or muck, dried out by the intense heat, will continue to burn until the water link is reached; the fire will then die out, and when the ashes which are left blow away there is nothing left but a large, dry pond as • unproductive as an abandoned gravel pit. For the next two or three generations the land Is wor;hless, and it acquires value only as the vegetable gfowth- again collects and forms a new coat ot soil. Mr. Dowell tays he does not expect to see the day when the sixty acres which have been flre-swept will be worth a farthing to him. Near the burning muck, separated only by a ditch, which workmen are now laboring Industriously to widen, is a tract of 110 acres, an unbroken area of C Should this take fire from the I now burning It will be impossible to save any part of ft. and 170 acres, altogether, of Mr. Dowell’s land will have been consumed. A heavy rain would check the progress of the flames but would not extinguish the bla*e, and ill depends upon the success of the effbrts of the laborers to dig a ditch so broad that the sparks will not be carried into Che new territory.-. The land, when not burned 'Out, Is as productive as any in Indiana, raising phenomenal crops of •om and never wearing odt. In the present instance the fire started from a ■park from a locomotive Wind •torn at brasil. leveral Buildings Unroofed and Considerable Damage Reported. • Special to The Indianapolis News. Brasil, Ind., August 6.-A heavy storm rlslted this city last night, doing much lamage. Haulier there were a series of itorms. The first came from the northwest, followed immediately by one from the southwest, in Its turn succeeded by »n« from the east, the three seeming to tenter over the business portion of the lity. Trees gnd small buildings were Mown down. The roof of the west wing sf the Crawford A McCrlmmon machine shops was torn off. and the building was flooded With water. Shannon, Fos; A Sawer’s brick block was severely damaged by the wind, which broke down the Are wall on the east side. The spire on the German Evangelical church Was completely torn off, and the ohureh was otherwise wrecked. The brick stables of John Daugherty also suffered much damage. TOie rain fell In torrents. Reports from points throughouwthe county show that the storms old much damage to fences add small buildings and to

the growing crops.

BURNED TO DEATH. A Child In * Closet ftets Fire To Her

Snrroandtag*.

Special to The Indianapolis News Richmond, Ind., August 6.—Yesterdky sfterfioon the home of Ferdinand Dye, living ten miles south of this city, burned) to the ground. There yere no persons In the house at the time excepting the daughter Stella, nine years old. It'is the supposition that she went Into a clos»t to play with some candles, and wulle there the door was blown shut. There was no latch on the inside and she was imprisoned. It was then that she accidentally set fire to the material In the closet, a coal oil can exploded, and : he was burned to death. Only a portion of

her body was found. * A Chstm Kor f 15,000.

Special te The Indianapolis News Richmond, Ind., August Yesterday Charles Krugg. a former railroad employe, filed suit for damages against the Pan-Handle, asking tit.00ft. Kragg was Injured while working in a pit beneath an engine ip the shops here. He alleges carelessness on the part of the company's

engineer, who started the

was at work. ,

Probably IS-^Ere. SpeeM to The Indianapolis News Bedford. Ind.. August 6.—A disease has broken out among the cattle in the eastern part of this township, that has, as

A Fugitive Saloon-Keeper Located. special lo The indianap<>ii» News. Marion, Ind.. August *>.—A message was received last night from Falrmount lo the effect that Klespie, the saloon-keeper who is under *1,400 bond for violating the Nicholson law, and had disappeared, had been located, and he would be turned over to his bondsmen upon a suitable reward being offered. An agreement was reached, after which the sheriff started after the man. There are eight indictments against him.

ChamnesM Family Reunion. Special te The Indianapolis New*. Elwood, Ind., August The Chamness family will hold its fifth annual reunion at Moreland this week. Last year so many relatives and friends attended the reunion that it lookedjlke a country fair. The Chamness family has a history which has been traced back to 1780, at which time Oliver Chamness. only fourteen years old, vaaa kidnapped in England and brought to North Carolina, Why he was kidnapped and carried away, and what history of the family lies back of that episode, can not be ascertained.

Swine Breeders In Session. Special to The Indianapolis News. Shelbyville, Ind., August 6.—The Expert Swine Breeders* Association of the State met in ahnual convention at the Fair ground here this morning, with several hundred members present. The Hon. B. S. Sutton delivered the welcoming address. Representative swine breeders are present from adjoining States. The meeting will continue over Wednesday.

Evangelistic Services Closed. Special to The Indianapolis News. Anderson, Ind., August 6.—The evangelists, Mr. and Mrs. Frame, left to-day for their Ohio home. They have condonteri „a three-weeks’ revival for the Evangelical church. About 100 converts are reported.

INDIANA DEATHS.

engine while he

yet, nat been named by the veterinarians.

It attacks the eyes, finally res

total .blindness. Henry Woolery, a stock-

man. has a number of cattlo affected; also

some of his neighbors.

Richmond News Changes Owners. Special to The Indianapolis News. Richmond. Ind.. August A—The Richmond Sunday News, one of the three Sunday papers of the city, was sold yesterday to B. t*. Wlssler, of the Richmond Sun, by Harry Daniels, who established It one ymr ago. ^ ^BHade* I« Rne <ye. r Special to The iadtenapofi* New*. Elwjqqd. Ind.. August C-The Chamness Zlnce, an employe of the Iron foundry, was working with hot metal, it spattered la hif face, some of tt striking him In the H# was frightfully Injured,

the sight sf that eye.

A New Cnnse For Typhoid Fever. Special to The Indianapolis News. English. Ind., August f—The typhoid few. which was almost epidemic

Joseph Dlckinnon. Special to The ItuflanapoHs News. Richmond, Ind., August 6.—Word lias been received from Bay View, Mich., of the death of Joseph Dickinson, one of the prominent business men of this city and a recognised leader In the Friends church. He was seventy-five years old. Ho had been absent’from Richmond about two weeks.

Mrs. Mary Brown. Special to The Indianapolis News. Frar.klln, Ind., August 6.—Mrs. Ma*y Brown, mother of R. A. Brown, chief clerk of the last Indiana House of Representatives, Is dead. She was sixty-two years old, and the widow of Isaac Brown, who died in 1887. Her father was one of the first pioneers from Kentucky to settle In Johnson county. Mrs. Archibald Thacker. Martinsville, Ind., August®.:—Mrs. Archibald Thacher, 104 years old, of this city, d^ed yesterday. She was a resident of this citv, dating back to its original days. •

General State News. Thomas A. Dean lost *3,000 by the burning of his residence at Ossian. A loss of 12,000 ia reported by the burning of the bagging mills at Peru. Miss Daisy xho qag, recently of Yorktown. committed suicide yesterday at Muncle. A company has been organized at Lafontaine td develop the oil territory In that vicinity. W. C. Murphy, a proqiinent banker of Crown Point, has been fatally seized of paralysis. George E. Brewer, of Ladoga, will be continued as superintendent of the Montgomery county schools. For the first time In its history a majority the township trustees of Hancock cdrmty are Republicans. A club of Valpar4iso, styling itself "Paradise,” with fifty kegs of beer, picknicked near that city last Sunday. The Heinsmann Brother!*, of Noblesville, hdve secured the contract to» build the new Mbsonlc temple at Greenfield; estimated cost, *26,998. Thomas C. Ratcliff, eighty-four years old, of Howard county, and Mrs. Louise Wilson, ftfty-five, of Kirklin, have been united in marriage. Jack West, of New Castle, three weeks ago was bitten on the hand by a rat terrier dog. Blood poisoning has set in, and his condition is critical. The striking employes in the casting department of the plate-glass works at Kokomo have been assured of *1.80 per day, and have returned to work. Judge Francis T. Hord is making a collection of pictures of, the judges of Bartholomew county who have served on the bench, going back to 1828. Oliver Newtomb, son of John Newcomb, Of Howard county, died this week of injuries to his head received by the cavingtn of a gravel pit nine years ago. .t William Thompson, arrested at Frankfer. some days ago for attempted burglary, has been identified as Charles Ivey, an escape from the Plainflald institution. The secret leaked out at Marlon yea-

dtanapolts, were united in marriage. James Lowden, of Hammond, has been arrested as a confederate of Peter Hoffman In circulating spurious silver coin. It Is alleged that Hoffman has made a partial confession, and that other arrests will fol-

low.

Dr. Will G. Curtiss, and bride, of Celurabus,. have started on a journey to Pekin, China, where Dr. Curtiss will assume charge of the hospital department of the M. E. Foreign Missions in tha;

city. -

The commissioners of Vanderburg county have givei^ notice that hereafter rho board will allow no expense account to township trustees, and that the trustees most be contented with the .salary of

509 per annum. ♦

A stock barn on the River view farm, near Ft. Wayne, owned by R. T. McDonald, was destroyed by fire, and Truman, the California trotting stallion, and five colts of Electric King stock were cremated. The total loss was *12,000. A flverhundred-dollar bond was presented te the city of Greensburg yesterday, bearing date«1877, and with no number attached. All the coupons were attached, with *200 accumulated interest. The bond me tured in 1882, and drew 8 per cent, in-

terest. y

Work on the Clodfelter eleotric line between Indianapolis and Marion has been suspended, and It is rumored at Marion that Mr. Clodfelter has retired. There Is also a rumor that a new company is forming, headed by Congressman Tom

Johnson, of Cleveland. ^

The wedding which occurred at Morristown on the 19th of June, In which the Rev. I. L. Kinnear officiated* and in

ft JM*.

itch Elbert

And Miss Eva

! There does not seem much possibilty of j the boy’s recovery. The sprout was 1 as thick as an ordinary walking stick. ' The question has been raised at JefferI sonvllle, whether or not the so-called » .Moore bill, passed by the last Genera! AsI sembly, does not conflict with the Mc- | Hugh bill, giving the Governor the right to appoint police commissioners. The Moore bill vests that right with the city

council.

Hon. George W. Bain, of Kentucky, and Representative Nicholson will address the great temperance rally to be held at Liberty on the 10th inst. The Red Men will hold a reunion at- the same place on the 21st inst., with Judge Ellison, of Anderson; Thomas G. Harrison, of Indianapolis, and Henry C. Starr, of Richmond, as speakers. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff D. Rainey and child, and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ldndiey, of Jeffersonville, while returning from campmeeting at Silver Heights, New Albany, were thrown down a steep embankment by a fractious horse, and Mr. Rainey was severely injured, a broken fragment of the shaft being driven into his thigh. All of the others were more or less

bruised.

The village of Berne has about seven hi’t.dred population, ard Its business rnen adNt-rtised a carnival, with horse racing, bicycling and other features. The people for many miles around swarmed into the village, the estimated attendance being ",000, and although preparations had been nude for entertaining a large crowd, the little place was inundated. Accidents and robberies occurred without nifmber, and pardemonium is said to have reigned. Last Sunday the doors of the Congregational church at Marion were ornamented with a placard reading, "Now Sunday skool or Churche hear to-day.” The windows were carefully fastened, and the Rev. James E. Butler, when he preeented himself to conduct services, found a new- lock had been put on, and an apparent effort had been made to bar him out. Mr. Butler procured an ax and opened the door, after which he rang the bell summoning the worshipers, and services were conducted as usual. Mr. Butler has had trouble with two or three of his parishioners, who adopted this method of trying to deter him from further preaching. Last Sunday the city of Evansville enjoyed an unusual exemption from drunkenness. Only a few saloons dared the watchfulness of the Good Citizens’ League. One prolific source of drunkenness was effectually stopped, that of "rushing the growler,” and there were but few sales by the bucketful during the day. Meanwhile, according to the Evansville Journal, the caavassing committee of the Liberal League is busily engaged in securing signatures for the new organization. Much significance is attached to the work of the Liberal League. When a business man is found who refuses to sign, the inference follows that he is either a member of the Good Citizens' League or in sympathy with it. There are many people not In sympathy with the Good Citizens’ moven -.t, and, as the Journal says, the business man who refuses to sign will soon begin to find himself losing trade. There are also other indications showing that a boycott is contemplated by those opposing the Nicholson law. NEW MOXON ANNU AL.

FASHIONS IN ETIQUETTE.

THE LATEST DICTIMS FOR THE GlIDANCK OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

The Style. Shape and Limitations of Invitations In Fashionable Circles To Weddings, Recep-

tions and Parties.

Stockholders Will Meet Here September IK—The Annual Report.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the New Monon will be held in this city September 18. The annual reports to be issued this month will show that, all things considered, the line has done ,sr fairly good business. The New Monon was a great sufferer from the A, R. U ? . strike, and is Just now recovering from' its effect?. The company could not cope, with the strikes as did some of the othet larger lines. It has been deing a fairly good business from its quarries, and its passenger business has < picked up cort--siderably. The freight traffic, however,' has not been up to*the standard, and the gross earnings have fallen off about *&',*’ 000 a year, but there has been a reductiori in the operating expenses of a,t least half that amount. During the year many improvements have been made on the road. Since Samuel Thomas has been president, he has spent *5,000,000 and practically rebuilt the road. The same officers and directors are expected to be elecieff at the meeting.

Hurt After Yeqrs of Service. “The pitchpr that goes to the well lasure to be b4>ken.” is exemplified in the case of Samuel Graham, of 299 North Liberty street. Mr. Graham Is slxty-two years old, and has done railroad work all his life. He Was with the Big Four for a number, of years* and June 26, 1879, ha took service with the Bee Line, ajjd re-, mained with that company until the consolidation took place. Then he was employed by the Big Four as a switchman.* In all these years he has not been Injured until the other day when In making a coupling he had two flpgers pinched.*; He says the accident caused him more mortification than it did pain. “The idea of a man working all hjs Ufsi in this business, and not getting, hurt, and then about the time h# is ready to b.T, switched out of the clear, he gets his hands pinched. It bores me considerably.' I hate to look any of the boys in the face.” ' .

Will Not Cat Southern Rates. New York, August 6.—Representatives of the line of the Southern Railway and' Steamship Association met at the Hole* Waldorf, to-day, to consider the proposal lo cut rates on lines running between New York. Atlanta and Savannah. After the meeting It was announced that the association had decided not to cut rates. Among those present at the meeting were: Samuel Spencer, # president of the Southern railway system; H. Walters, president of the Atlantic Coast lino; Captain Hayes, receiver far the Georgia Central; A. Irwin, vice-pres-ident of The Plant system; General Freight Agent Whittier, of the Merchants’ and Miners’ line; General Sorrell, manager of the Ocean Steamship Company, of Savannah, and W. Cult, traffic manager of the Southern railway system. Tke Burlington tailing Went. Washington, August 6.—The Burlington railway Is coming West, and there are reasons for the belief that It Is coming in a hurry. A new route, running nearly midway between the Northern' and TTr 'on Paelfle, through a wild and unset!, i country, Is now being explored and surveyed with all possible host* by the engineers of the company, who are working many miles south of the routes usually considered available for the Burlington road. One of them has stated that they propose to run a line up the valley, workingeastward to the Wyoming line, and probably crossing it in the northern:part of Fremont county, opposite the National Park, unless a better route through th3 Rockies can be secured by crossing Into southern Montana.

whic

Beaver, of Indianapolis, were the principals. was not an elopement, as was stated in the press at that time Representative Nicholson addressed a un!en mass temperance meeting at Valparaiso, fully fifteen hundred people being prei-ent. At the close of his address a rtsIng vote Was taken on the proposition to enforce the Nicholson law against the saloon. The vote was practically unanimous. The regimental reunion of the Ninetyninth Indiana will be held at Logansport, beginning on the 27th Inst. Business sessions will be held both on the 27th and the i 38th, and there will be a camp-fire on' Tuesday evening Orlando Powell, D. M. Vamflce. J, H. Miller, G. W. Julian and J. C. McGregor, of Logan sport, will welcome visiting delegations. Charles Mason, the sixteen-year-old son of a farmer of Dearborn county, eager In the chase of a ground-hog, Jumped over « fence, and landed on the sharp point of a strong .sprout, which had been cut off about three feet from the ground. The stick penetrated his body near the groin, passing through his flesh and coming out near the shoulder, the wooden lance holding him upright. So firmly was It Imbedded that ras companions could not release him. The sprout was then cut off near the ground and the

Big Four Nlnghra Excursion. The first train of the Big Four Niagara Falls excursion this afternoon was run in four sections, the first leaving Brtghtwoo* at 1:80 o’clock. This was a local tram, and stopped at all stations. At 2 o’clock another train of ten cars was backed into the Union station, and was soon filled with people from this city proper. The train stops only at county seats. At 3 o’clock the third train was made up to carry the passengers from the Chicago and St. Louis divisions, and the Peoria & Eastern. At 7 o’clock another train wiB be started out and will make no stops fo* passengers. The officials of the Big Four say this is one of the largest excursions the road has had to Niagara Falls for a

iber of

mum

years.

Railroad Notes. The Vartdalla and Pennsylvania lines are carrying a large number of immigrants Ao points In the West. 4 Conductor Jerry Kelly, of the Pennsylvania lihes. has returned from a vacation at some of the resorts in Michigan. Conductor John Malloy, of the Indianapolls division of the Pemmylvanta lines, •has seetffed a mouth’s vacation In order to settle up some business relating To his mother’s estate. J - '' Left Desolate. And yet love yearns again to win thee

i hither:

BHnd^fre, and loveless, and unworthy Hero where i watch the hours of darkness wither. Here where mine eyes were glad and sad to see Thine that could zee not mine, though turned on me. -^torinburna.

New York Sun. The new style of welding invitation flnncuncem?nt sheet is almost square, and the paper has a vellum finish. Smoothsorfaced paper may be used for dinner, ball and reception invitations, but in no case for a wedding. A thick, pure white paper, that is absolutely tintless, Is the style decreed, and the envelope is of medium size, with either a pointed or a square flap, the latter being more expei.sive and in higher favor. The monosyllablej "to,” "and” and “with” continue to struggle for supiemacy In the woi-ding of invitations. “My daughter is not going to be married ’to’ the man, but 'with' him," declares a discriminating paterfamilias when ordering invitations, and, consequently, the word “with” i*» substituted for "to” in that particular lot of car ls. Again, a bride possessed of ideas of her own ordains that neither "to” nor ‘•with” shall Connect the names on her wedding invitations, and declares in favor of the strictly fair and equal “and.” Those in authority, when left to exercise their own judgment in the matter, Invariably use “to,” so that must be accepted as the best form. There are two formulas submitted for the other wording; either “'Mrs. Brown requests the horor of your company,” or “requests the honor of your presence." It is not in good form to say "solicits the pleasure of your company,” or "Invites” or '‘requests your company.!’ When invitations are IfGued to a reception after a ceremony which has been perfoimed far the presence of only a few fr.ends, the phrase, #the honor of your presence.” would be too formal, and “the p'easure of your company" la usually substituted. The announcement cards sent out, when there have been no invitations to either wedding or reception, are distinguished by great simplicity, and it is noticeable that the little preposition "to” obtains universally in the connecting of the names. Invitations should reach the greets exactly two weeks before the event. In the case of a noon wedding, which is invariably followed by a breakfast, the card of invitation to the house (should thn ceremony be In church) Is Inclosed With that for the ceremony, the name of the guest being inserted. This observance makes the breakfast invitation more personal and less suggestive of a circular. Curds To Ihe Church. Cards to the church are optional, but are much favored because they guard, against an intrusive crowd. In England it Is the custom to Inclose with each invitation a visiting card upon which Is written. “Admit to the church.” In this country such cards are printed. Those conversant with the doings of polite society in English circles remark that the English are much mere sparing of expense, time and trouble than we are. Printed forms of wedding invitations aie furnished by stationers in London, and it is quite admissible to uso them. Two sets of Invitations to the church are printed, and to one set fa added the words: “And afterward to the house, in — square." In America this is never done. A separate invitation to the house Is always Issued. In looking over the various engraved cards which authorities on etiquette recommend, it would seem tV;at In this luxurious. generation everything possible is done to save time and trouble. Cards in acknowledgment of bridal presents are worded in the following fashion: Mr. and Mrs. George H. Brandon express sincere thanks to » for the beautiful wedding gift, June 18. 62 West 128th street. An ultra-fashionable bride, supplying herself with several packages of these stereotyped acknowledgments, has nothing to do but All in the name of tke sender and thus avoid infinite labor. Cards are also engraved to bfc sent In Acknowledgment'of special attention, shown at the time of a bereavement; for in-

stance :

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Granby desire to express th^lr sincere thanks and appreciation for your kind expressloms of sympathy in their groat bereavement. " GRAM ERG Y PARK. This custom, too, saves the afflicted Granbys infinite weariness of spirit. The powers that be decree that dinner Invitations shall be engraved, not written, on heavy cream-colored note paper or card. A coat of arms or monogram, or both, embossed in silver or gold, is considered in good form, and the envelope used must be perfectly plain. Jf sent by post, two envelopes must be used. The same fiat, from which there is no appeal, has pronounced the death sentence.of the menu. Menus are no longer fashionable, unless the dinner be given to celebrate! ait event of which they would prove valuable as a souvenir. A simple white card, with a center crest, if the host honestly possesses one, stamped in gold and properly Inscribed, is placed on each plate to designate the seat of the

guest.

The hostess sometimes gives roses of corresponding color to the couple who are to go In to dinner together, which Is a pretty way of pairing off the guests. ’ Under no circumstances, declare the same august authorities, should an ordinary visiting card be used for an invitation, even to the most informal of luncheons. A personal note should be written, and for a more formal affair engraved cards must be used. The Afternoon Ten. The' fashionable hours for an afternoon tea are from 4 to 6. When extended beyond 6 o’clock, it become^ ^more formal and partakes of the nature of a reception. The form of invitation which characterizes the entertainment as an Informal reception Is: ' , Mrs. Granville Snalrwell, Tuesday, May 6, — Fifth avenue, '* from 4 until 6 o’clock. These invitations should be from engraved plate, on correct sized cards, inclosed in informal reception envelopes, and sent either by mall or messenger, as best pleases the hostess. The formality, of bidding adieu to the hostess at an afternoon tea is now dispensed with, omission is considered with tavor anddn good taste. No after calls arc made In acknowledgment of a tea. Informal receptions are regarded as no more than grand calling days, and after calls are not expected from those who attend. The absentees make a return call at their leisure. An invitation prefaced with ‘‘the pleasure of your company is requested” requires an answer and a call of acknowledgment. Invitations to the receptions or dinners given a betrothed pair always terminate with the phrase "to meet,” followed by the names of the two honored guests, thus, “to meet Miss Delano and Mr. Kendall.” Ladies who entertain largely are expected to furnish themselves early In the season with engraved cards, which read: Mrs. Adams requests the pleasure of ,.... eompany.... 498 Madison avenue. The blanks are filled with the name of the person Invited, the date of the entertainment, and the names of the persons to meet whom the guest is Invited. Sometimes a hostess Is content with her ordinary visiting card, writing at the top “To meet Miss and Mr. but now that the fashionable card Is small there is no space upon it available for on invitation. Some dames of fashion refuse to aceept the small iCard for this very reason. „ It is absolutely necessary In accepting such an invitation to observe the formula of repeating word for word the date of the dinner or reception. “Thursday” is often mistaken for “Tuesday.” and vice versa, and. should suefe a mistake be made, it would under this formula be repeated, and opportunity would thus be given, for correction. If the above example were filled out to read : Mrs. De Lancy : . requests the pleasure of : : Mrs. Atwood's company : : at dinner, Thursday, May 14th, : at eight o’clock, to meet : Miss Delano and Mr. Kendall, Mrs. Atwood’s answer on her own note

paper would be: “Mrs. Atwood accepts with pleasure Mrs. De Lancy’s kind invitation to dinner, May 14, at 8 o’clock, to meet Miss Delano and Mr. Kendall.” The Gloves at Tattle. The authority in charge of the invitation department at a stationer’s of recognized standing and reputation has many questions to answer bearing upon the general code of etiquette, particularly if that authority be a woman of an amiable disposition calculated to invite and not repel confidence on the part of her patrons. “Must I take my gloves off before sitting down, or at the table?” questions mademoiselle, about to attend her first formal dinner. “Wear them to the table," is the advice given, either at a formal luncheon or dinner, and even after being seated make no movement to remove them until the hostess unbuttons hers, and never lay the gloves on the table; stick them in your belt or keep them in your lap. When the ladies retire to the drawingroom for coffee the gloves can be replaced before the return of the gentlemen. In some French and English circles the gloves are worn all during dinner; the hostess decides that matter.” “Would It be very bad form for a bridu to bow or smile to any one either while entering or leaving the church?” asks a bright-faced girl who has been looking at wedding invitationa. “Decidedly bad form," she is told. "Propriety and dignity both forbid such friskiness.” “Well, tell me another thing. Is it proper for the bridegroom elect to pay for the wedding cards? \ That matter was discussed the other day in the town where I live.” “Most certainly not,” is the smiling reply. “It is not etiquette for the groom to furnish anything for his own wedding but the ring, a bouquet and a present for the bride, present for the bridemaids and the best man," some token to the ushers, and the clergyman’s fee.” "Does he have to do all that?” questions the out-of-town girl. “I think then he might be excused from anything else.” “There is one thing more I want to know,’” she added: “whether or not a bride should dance at her own wedding?” “She might dance a square dance if She wishes to, although it is preferable not to dance at all. An old superstition sets forth that the bride who dances at her own wedding will not live to see the year

out.”

The girl still lingered, and. anxious to see the varying expressions in her face, the authority on the social code asked if there were any more knotty points she wished solved. “Oh, yes!” she answered promptly. "I want to know if entering a theater, church, restaurant, or any public place It Is proper for the gentleman to precede or follow tha lady?” “The lady precedes her escort in entering a theater or church, because it is generally understood that an usher is in readiness to show her to her proper plffce. On leaving any public place the gentleman leads the way, or, if there be a crowd, he walks beside her.” "Is it necessary for a hostess to introduce persons to each other at a large reception?” “No; she only Introduces her guests to these who receive with her. Beyond that it is not done unless by special request. In the best circles introductions are made to promote sociability, xn any case the hostess is responsible for no introductions save thos^ she personally makes.” Rales Alton! Receiving. “When receiving should a hostess go forward to meet a visitor when announced? and is It necessary to rise when! one is calling and other visitors arrive or leave?” "If the hostess is engaged with other visitors when the newcomer is announced, she rises, takes a step forward, but does not cress the room, unles the caller be a person of distinction or much older than herself. If she is alone it would only be courteous to make advances toward receiving a visitor. "It is not necessary for a caller to ria§ when other visitors arrive, an inclination of the head is courtesy sufficient; an exception, however, is always made in favor of an aged person or a guest of distinc-

tion.”

“Tell me,” asks a showily dressed woman, who had been writing on note paper, ‘Is It necessary to send a formal invitation to a breakfast?” .. “No; the invitation may be in the form of a friendly note, or it may be the lady’s visiting card which conveys the request, if this be engraved after the customary form prevailing In New Yprk, with the address in the right hand corner and the ordinary day for receiving upon the left. Below the lady’s name may be written “Breakfast at 10 o’clock. “April 8.” “And what about a ball?” “The word ‘ball’ should never be used upon the invitation cards. The following is the proper form to use: : Mrs. Manley Hawkins :requests the pleasure of the edmpany : Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Alden, i on Tuesday evening, June 11, : at 9 o'clock. : Dancing. "For a tennis or card party the ordinary! ‘at.home’ card with ‘tennis’ or ‘cards’ engraved In the lower left hand is sufficient to indicate the nature of the entertainment.” ,T lf a widow gives a dinner is it correct for 'her to ask a gentleman friend to take the seat at the foot of the table?” “Perfectly, unless she has a grown son.” “And should she retain her husband’s Christian name on her visiting cards?” "That is a vexed question. London etlquet pronounces it absurd, and in London it is never done. In this country it id customary for widows to retain and use their husband’s full Christian names, although they have no legal right to it. It is done simply as a matter of identification in society.” And so the questions and answers go, some phase of social intercourse always turning up, which seems to need the adjustment of prescribed form to settle It, and those ignorant of prevailing custom are glad to have an authority to refer to. Etiquet Is well defined in our latest great dictionary as “prescriptive usage in polite society”; "ceremonial intercourse as established”; “good manners”; “polite behavior.” There is now an etiquet for every walk in life. There Is an etiquet in the professions, law, medicine, authorship, diplomacy. There is an etiquet for the great ships that sail the sea,for the transmission of the lightning message, for the whisper through the telephone. The etiquet of the court Is arranged solely for the honor of the power upon the throne, but the etiquet of social life is for the common convenience and good. Its benefits are mutual and widespread and not to be ignored. An Interesting Test Cn*e. ’ New York Post. A test case, which is said to be the first 4f Its kind* in American history, has beeq brought before the United States Circuit Court at San Francisco. It wiil try the constitutionality of the Federal shipping laws under which the master of a vessel is given almost absolute authority over the seamen who sign for the voyage. The suit in question is that by which four alleged mutineers of the Arago, who are now in the Alqmeda jail, seek their liberty on the ground that they are imprisoned under an old English law, copied almost bodily into the Federal statutes in 1790, a law which, it is alleged, is contrary to the genius of American institutions and to the whole spirit of modern civilization. They allege that snch a statute is tyrannical and unjust, and that it is an unlawful discrimination against one class of the population—since men in other gainful occupations cah not be imprisoned. fined. Impressed and coerced into service for failure to comply with their contracts. The shippers, on the contrary, allege that without some such restraint as the taw imposes, Byron’s "Dream of Darkness,” wherein ships, sailorless, lay rotting on the sea, would soon be realized.

iPRIVATE BECK’S FEAT.

CROSSED THE BIG HORN ON HANDS AND KNEES ON A WIRE CABLE.

The Severn! Companies of Cavalry Were Waiting To Be Taken Across To Ft. Caster—Thrilling Incident of Crow Campaign.

Grasshoppers Arrive By Train. Itenver Republican. Passenger trains from Kansas, which reached the City yesterday, came In loaded down, from roof to trucks, with grasshoppers. During the. day the pests were not noticed, as they spent the day recovering from the effects of the rarefied atmosphere and seeing the town, but at night they became a regular plague. They worked their way from the Union depot up town from arc light to arc light, and made themselves disgracefully real. Night officer Clarke, at the depot, said I* was often the case that Incoming trains brought a lot of these discomforting things, but not in a long time had he seen so many in a bunch. He tried to convince those who would listen to him that his eyes several times during the evening by the hordes lighting on it. -

Philadelphia Times. Excitement was running high during the month of September, 1887, at the post of Ft. Custer, Montana. The tribe of Indians known as the River Crows had become dissatisfied with their agent, and demanded his removal. Their demand was refused. The consequences were they defied his authority, and determined on an outbreak. Troops were at once ordered to the agency to quell the disturbance. At this time the garrison was preparing to receive two battalions of the Third and Fifth Infantry, who were expected to arrive in the course of a few days to join the expedition against the Crows. Most of the troops and companies had already arrived at the agency, which was about twelve miles south of the post. They, however, had taken a direct route from their posts to the seat of the trouble, and did not pass through Ft. Custer. The Third Infantry was stationed at Forts Assinnibolne, Missoula and Custer, and the Fifth had their headquarters at Ft. Keogh, all In Montana. Two companies of the Third (B and I) from Ft. Missoula, and four companies of the Fifth (B, F, I and K) from Ft. Keogh, had been ordered to proceed to Ft. Custer and there await instructions from the department commander. It was the expected advent of these companies that had thrown the post into a state of excitement and preparation that can only be realized by those who have been stationed In a frontier po*t for years, without the pleasure of enjoying the presence of anything more civilized than the ighorant and untutored sons of the West, the American Indians. There were five troops of the First Cavalry, with headquarters and band, and two companies of t*ie Third Infantry stationed at Ft. Custer. The infantry companies. C and E, were In an almost open state of war over their rivalry as to which should have the honor of entertaining their expected comrades of the regiment. A compromise was effected by which each should take charge of one eompany of their own regiment, as the cavalry troops were eager to have a share in the entertaining, and the four companies of the Fifth were assigned to them; but that they should all be taken care of wa« a foregone conclusion. Miserable Weather. The weather during the preceding couple of weeks had been of the most miserable kind. Heavy snows had fallen and bitter cold had been experienced. Big Horn river was a rushing and roaring torrent, and had given considerable trouble In the transporting of the mail coach and other vehicles to the Ft. Custer side. News had been received at the post one day that the expected companies were in camp at Terry’s Landing, a small station on the Northern Pacific railroad %bout thirtyfive miles from the post. As the roads were very heavy from the recent falls of snow, it was not positively known when they would arrive, although ten days would be ample time In good weather. The anxiety a'hd eagerness of all was manifested the two following days by the number that would be found scattered on the edges of the high Muffs on which the fort waa built, with field glasses, scanning the long stretch of valley to the north in the hope of being the first to carry the news of their appearance. Early In the morning of the third day, while a party were standing on the bluffs looking for “signs,” a rider was seen approaching at a smart gallop down the valley about seven or eight miles. As he approached nearer it was noticed that he was dressed in the manner peculiar to the army teamster, that Is, drab Campaign hat,, blue shirt with long flowing kerchief tied around his neck, brown canvas trousers, a belt of ammunition and a Government six-shooter. He proved to be one of the teamsters mounted oh a Government mule. By the time he had reached the edge of the river nearly the whole post had congregated on the opposite bank. It should be mentioned here that the ferryboat used for transporting vehicles and parties across the river had broken from Us moorings during the nighty and, although at the time of Its discovery not much attention was paid, It was afterward demonstrated how serious a matter it was when the question of transporting the companies and their outfits across came to be considered. This ferry had been built shortly after the post bad been established and had managed to withstand some sever# strains upon it during the river risings in the spring and fill. The cable had broken which held it to the ferry slip and thus allowed It to drift to the opposite side. No Way of Crosslnir. The rider having arrived at the river, began shouting to the assembly opposite, Inquiring how he should get some dfspntches to the commanding officer. As there was no possible way to accomplish this he was compelled to possess his soul in patience until the companies arrived and a means devised to make the crossing. It was then It began to dawn upon thOSe who understood the difficulty that a problem was before them requiring some skill to solve. All sorts of suggestions were offered, but none seemed feasible. During the two hours or more that elapsed from the appearance of the Tone courier until the arrival of the companies nothing had been accomplished in the way of solving the conundrum. A rope had to be gotten across, that was evident, but how? A suggestion of trying to ford the river at a point about three hundred yards below was acted upon, but was fruitful of no results, being carried out too hastily. Lieutenant Galbraith, quartermaster of the First Cavalry, rode down to the point, and before He could be prevented plunged his horse lb to breast the torrent. The river Is about three hundred feet In width there. Before reaching the center both himself and horse were carried down the river for a distance of about One hundred yards, and it was due only to the excellent swimming qualities of the animal abd the coolness of the officer himself that both got safely to the opposite shore. As he brought nff rope and the commanding officer would not listen to another experiment of the kind, the risk thus run was prolific of no results. An attempt to scull a small boat across by one of the first sergeants and a couple of men resulted in their being carried down the river for nearly a mile before they managed to get back to the shore. A sharp wind had sprung up and all began to feel as though a quick solution of the difficulty would be a grateful blessing. The unfortunates on the opposite side were getting into their overcoats and wondering how long this state of things was to last. They were ttrel from theft day’s march, which had been forced in order that they might reach the post early, not anticipating difficulty in fhe croaslng of the Big Horn. Their friends on the opposite bank were Just as anxious. Preparations for their comfort had been made and the anticipation of the feast which they had been informed awaited them tended to make their anxiety the more pronounced. But as all things have an end, so did the delay, brought about In a most unexpected and unlocked for manner. A Powerful Man. Among ths soldiers of the Fifth Infantry was one who would attract particular notice anywhere. Private Amoe Beck, of Company I. He was a powerful and rawboned man. and stood about six feet in hight. Noted for his prowess, he was as good-natured and honest a soul a* It

would be possible to meet- with. Always ready to assist his comrades and share his last hard tack, it was little wonder that he should be a general favorite, ahd as he was ever ready with an expedient In a dilemma he was naturally looked to in all cases of emergency Since he had become acquainted with the problem that now stared them in the face of getting a rope over the river he had been standing apart with his arms folded across his brawny chest, apparently sunk In meditation. Some of his friends, noticing his attitude, began to divine that he had some project in view. Finally, one broke in with the question, "Hallo, Becky; ire you scheming.” “Well* I was just thinking if they'fi let me alone. I’ll git across,” he anawered. “How?” inquired hie comrade. “Never mind. Kid; Jlst you wait. I’m go:n' to see the old man and get his permission,” replied he. That was sufficient. Word went around that Becky, as he was familiarly called, had some scheme afoot. It was wonderful what confidence was stirred when It became known he Intimated he could cross. Going up to the “old man," the familiar term for their captain, he submitted his plan. The captain was noticed to , shake his head as though the plan proposed was anything but satisfactory. He called sevral of his officers and quite a heated discussion ensued, with Beck the ceotral figure, emphasizing everything with a wave of his long arm. Finally he won the officer’s consent. The manner Beck had proposed for crossing was difficult and dangerous. A wire cable spanned the river, oh which the ferry boat was run forward and back. A block and tackle was attached to a wheel run on the cable and also to the ferryboat. By means of long poles and by the help of the river current the boat was propelled forward and back. The poles ware carried into the ferry house every night and the absence of these on the boat was the cause of all the difficulty. Beck’s Idea was to attach one end of the small rope to his waist and to cross the cable by clinging to It with his hands and

feet.

He lost no time in preparation. Divesting himself Uf his overmat and donning his fur cap and gloves, he began his perilous undertaking. By the Wire Rope. He grasped the wire rope with his hands and flung his legs up oVer It. Then reaching out with-his feet and ankles he made a gain of a foot or two swinging along, one hand following the other. It was a most thrilling and extraordinary sight, and we who stood on the bank, Were In such excitement as I have never seen equaled. The moments seemed hours

long.

Slowly but surely he made his way. But when about two-thirds of the distance had been covered he halted a moment and turned his head. It was noticed that his face was very pale. The crowds of soldiers on both sides of the river fully realized his terrible position. They kept shouting words of encouragement. It was aft agonizing time for all present, as they appreciated his danger to Its full extent. Had he loosened his hold for a moment nothing could hqve saved him. The rushing river below would have swallowed him up. Men rushed Into the water as far as they dared In order to catch him should his strength give out before reaching the

end of the cable.

After resting a moment he continued oh his way, foo: by foot, alowly and painfully, but gaining steadily. Just as be arrived at the edge of the river his strength gave way. His feet relaxed their hold from the cable and he dropped, but Ins hands of those who had been ously watching Ms progress carried hi the bank- ~ ' 1 - ^jjagni The cheers and shouts that went up from the crowds would have put to shame the wildest band of Ifidiaqs. The excitement was intense. Tenderly he was placed in one of the wagons and driven to the soldiers’ quarters, where every attention was shown him. In a short time he was able to be around and expressed himself as being thankful he had accomplished the task successfully. He thought several times that he would succumb to the strain, but the shouts of encouragement

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companions were soon brought safety across. That night was a memorable one in the history of the post. AH the troops who were stationed there visd with each other in their endeavors to entertain the visitors. Beck, however, was the hero of the hour. Were he a less modest naan his head must assuredly have been turned by the admiration his heroic feat called forth from his admiring comrades. The festivities were carried on up to a lata hour before all retired to dream of the outcome of the expedition on which they had been otdereef, the suppression of the Crow out-

break.

Beck said afterward that the strain had been something terrible—the weight of his body seemed to double with every moment, and he thought his back would break- Nothing, he averred, but the ooeeuraging shouts of his comrades enabled him to set his teeth together and make the final effort that brought him within reach Of the shore. rhamberlaln's Conduct Under Abase

New York Tribune.

An American who saw a good deal of the political excitement in England during the recent elections and who attended many of the meetings says that Chamberlain was the most Interesting of tne speakers. Hls composure on the platform In the face of Insults undreamed of in American politics was marvelous. “Judas!" “Renegade!” "Traitor!” “Toady!" "Villain!” the crowd shouted, but the worse the Insult, the more virulent the abuse, the more the orator seemed to llk» It. He stood calmly before the mob without a tremor, and although every sentence was Interrupted with vilification he went on to the end of hls address with as much calmness as If he had been In the House of Commons. As for hls persuasiveness, ‘It was a shell

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THE DIAMOND SHOALS How To Balld a Ligrbt Will Withstand tbe .Vsshington Post. Vrom observations made by horse Board It appesni that the tempt to erect a lignthoute on the ous Diamond shoals off Gape N. C., has failed. Jus* what next be taken to guard the 1m coastwise traffic agsmst the perils place, a veritable grave-yard .of sTlps, hae not been determined. These ahoals Ue ell Hatter as about tea mlkA In bod weather, Wben aids to navigation are most necessary, the powerful Hatteras light is unable to cast Us warning beams far enough out to sea to guard against disaster to

ships.

Some years ago the Ughthause Bureau, obtaining a large appropriation from Congress. made a contract wVttj aft expertei.{ed firm of Ugxthouse builders to erect a lighthouse on these shoals. Ths plan Of construction Wad to sink vast cylinders of heavy boiler Iron clear down through the water and tbe many £e*t of shifting sju ds below to bed took. These cylinders were to be flllet with concrete and nu ft practically a solid rock, upon which the lighthouse Was to be erected.. The constructors took the job at their own risk, but. after making severe: expansive attempts, they threw up the warn. Lost year the Lightpous dortook the work itaelf, this plan. Tills waw based on the

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weather lant fall enabled them S quadrangular pyramid upon wl

pemructuia was erefeted, and at this point the fall storms came along and the work waa suspended* for the yeir* But when an Inspection was Had racemly, preparatory to resuming the Wort, h was found that the great waves had pMjfed haVoc with this structure. Nothing remained of the superstructure, and Ihe piling that stood was twisted into cerkscrews. The effect of the surges on the Ironwork was sufficient to convince the inspector* ttm no structure of the kind could Stand against it. The piles appeared to remain A’fifty in the Band at the bottom, but at the surface, where they received the full awing of the wavee. they were carried away, and could not be maintained by

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A prominent naval officer, who has had many years’ expertenoe along the South Atlantic coast, in commenting on the dtsttuetion by last winter’s storms of the steel frame-work, expressed the opinion that the scheme was wholly Impracticable. Tests already made had, he said, demonstrated that the bottom of the ocean at the place selected ts of a peculiar drifting sand formation to the depth of a hundred and probably two hundred feet, which would not hold any structure against th* terrific storms that prevail there every winter. But eveh If a secure foundation could be secured for a lighthouse, one was not needed. Thbre is already a light and a beacon at Cape Hatteras and these are amply sufficient, it is said, for all

light purposes.

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anchored on the shoals. According to «w titrates already made the lighthouse would coat *600,000, of which amount Oengiess has appropriated *200.000 to begin tbe work. The lightship, with the latest fog signal ^appliances, it la said, would nqf cost more than *70,000, with an annual expenditure of *5,000 for maintenance. In picof of the feasibility of anchoring a fogw s.gnal vessel on the Diamond shoals, reference is made to the lightship, which for many years past has been anchored thirty miles out in the open ton off the Nan-

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