Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 70, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1885 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILST SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING' MARCH 11 1885.

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We are prepared to famish oar friends qf the State press in supplemental form a fall Account cf the Inaugural ceremonies, the inaugural address, the featartsof the occasion, with portraits and sketches of all the Cabinet cfllcers, rrice, ?3 50 per 1,000. Tin President will be forty-eight years old text Wednesday. There is a fat women's convention in session in a Chicago museum. Thirteen of the delegates weigh C,C00 pounds. "The rebels have eeized the Government," and, adds the Chicago Times: "Later They have pat General Grant on the retired list at a salary of 813 500 a year " Investigations show that not more than a dczen actual cltizers of Pittsburg among the workmen hold membership in the high-pra-sure, tear every tiing-to-pieces socialistic organizations of that city. Among the stales men, bo called, who on the 4th inst. were relegated to private life is J. Warren Keifer, of Ohio. Of thi3 man it t-ay be eaid his retiiacy is not temporary; his sentence, as it ought to bs, Is for life. A Bocp.dox B!&ice orgas referring to the ic augural says: "It makts no mention of the war, slavery nor marcipation." Whereat the Chicago Times eic'.aims: 'That's so. And it makes no mention of the flood, luah'a ark cor Moses in the bulrushes." The Senatorial complications in the Ulirv, Is Legislature show no sign of clearing. Taere appears to be no hope of an election, and tie cbancej are all in favor o! the RepaMican Governor finally appointing a Sena'cr. Nathaniel Fkabody Rogers, abolitionist, requested before his death, in ISIS, that no stone h iouid nark his grare 3 long aa a a lave lived In the I'nittd Slates. Now an association la being lot med to place monument over h's last resting place. Exchange. The stone is premature o long as poor sewing women rxake shirts for thirty cents per dozen for Eastern manufacturers. Orct Washington correspondent telegraphs this morning that it was rumored In Washington last night that ex-Congres3man Stockalager would receive the appointment of First Comptroller o! the Treasury. Ex-Governor Porter vacated this position when he was elected Governor of Indiana. Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, is the present incambent. A coRsnsroxDEST inquires for the pronunciation cf Bayard and Vilas. Eas.ern people, including Mr. Bayard, pronounce the former as if it were spelled without the first "a1 i. e. Byard. Western people, however, pronounce it as if it were spelled without the 'y.n Vilas is pronounced as if spelled Vylas, although some people give T the same sound as "iM in f,village." The new Secretary of the Navy Department refused to sign a check a few minute3 after taking his chair. It wai only a trifle of half a million of dollars, but he told the clerk that he would rather look into the matter before making so heavy a check. Tha clerk being of the old set, doubtless gave it no more importance than getting Mr. Whitney's name to a receipt for a load of coal. The Navy Department needs a thorough cleansing. There is a good deal of attempted sneering by the Republican press at Hon. Daniel Alanning'3 appointment to the Treasury portfolio. It is urged that Mr. Manning is not a statesman, etc. Yet Mr. Manning Is known to bs a man of decided mental endowments; has been entirely successful in basii eas life, and sustains aa exalted repa tation for integrity. We apprehend the disaffection to he becauso Mr. Manning is not a statesman of the Republican type. X?7 had he soma such repute ss the Mulligan' letter man, or Stephen A. Dorsey, or Zick Chandler, or Steve Klkina, the organs might think Mr. Manning a good selection. As it begins to 'look like Cleveland" in Washington the better class cf Republican?, in set all but the bloody shirt brigade, are inclined to be friendly to the new President. The Washington correspondent cf the New York World quotes Jesss Spaulding, the Collector of the Tort at Chicago, a wealthy and influential citizen of the Northwest, as sayias: 'I have been here now for several week. When I first came here some f the leading Republicans were still taking our defeat vtry hard, but latterly I hare noticed that they are becoming thoroughly reconciled. One of the best friends I have, a streng Republican, said to me the other day: l bellete this change is a good thing for the

country. The Republican party has been o !ong in power. Retirement will smash its bosses and relegate to perpetual obscurity the ring men who have grown rich upon corroption. " Whl.'e Mr. Spaulding did not express such an extreme view as that of his friend, ho had no hesitation In sating that he believed the change was a good thing.

ARNT TUEY 8L7? it aiiou;i not be forgotten that whlif tu3 Appropriation bills were pending la the Uotue and iheir pisaKe vras tclnt? rendered impossible by the action of the D? moerat c majority, the Republican em rater of the Senate endeavored to cet the neiSMrcs tef:re thcra Journal. Now that is good. The Republicans of the Legislature In caccas decided to vote n?alnst taking up the Appropriation bill in the House, thus with foil ra;ty strength working toforce an extra session. T.ut row wa are told that, though the Ucue Republicans were thus voting, the Senate Republicans were palling the OppO-i-ite way. A nice political pa me that. In the Sie campaign of next year tfcc Republicans can play tweedledum as well aa Ueedledee. .They can say we did and, likewise, we didn't. They can loos straight or squint. They purpose placing their party wberc can be applied to it the line3: TWixt wiggling in and wiggling cut Tte traveler is left la doubt, cethcr the snake that made the track Was Koincfouth or comin? back. TUE BIG STEAL. Tlie republican organs discuss everything that has happened at Washington for the last ten days with exhaustive minuteness, but up to this writing we huva not roticed the most distaat reference to the last big etcalof the jirly, March .", iaat before it went out of power. The eagle eye of the republican Senator from Nsbra3ka, Mr. Van Wyck, took in the whole measure of the transaction and he called upon Mr. Teller, the ex-Stcretary of Interior, for an explanation of the gift of 700,000 acre3 of government land to Jay Gould & Co. Mr. Teller labored under considerable embarrassment a? he waded through psgo after page of a very labored, bat evidently crippled defense in manuscript. A Washington special referring to it says: "The impression left by Senator Teller's statement was not pleasant. It did not appear, nor does it Eeem to be urged, that the department violated any law or duty in the premises, for ection wa3 delayed until the objections were withdrawn and until the Attorney General's opinion had sanctioned the proceedings. But even by Mr. Teile:1 own showing, there was something mysterious, something almost systematic in the sadden obliteration of those objections; and by common consent there has been indecent haste shown in the pell-mell etyle in which the certifications have been rushed through at the last moment and the lands irretrievably turned oyer to the railroad company." FIGHTING THE RINKS, No little public sentiment has been stirred in different States against the stating rinks. In several General Assemblies legislation is being attempted, some of the bills going so far as to demand the abolition of the rinks altogether. A Wisconsin legislator has, introduced a bill providing for the separation cf the sexes at the rinkä. The grounds of opposition to the amusement are from standpoints of health and morality. Tnere are physicians to declare the exercise drained, unnatural and hurtful, especially to females. Others claim that the action of the rollers upon the wcolen floor produces a dust of imperceptible slivers which fills the atmosphere, to the detriment of the lungs. Some of the medical profession are pronounced and vigorous in de" ncuncing the rinks as promoters of serious complaints. While the clergy are condemning the attractions as leaiing the membership of churches from their accustomed attendance on services, educators hold that the excite, ment is distracting the youthful mind from study. A strong element Is decrying the rinks as being places of demoralization o young people, under th shield of being places of respectability. A Chicago newspaper reports a carnival at one cf the popular rinks at ' which a large number of disreputable men and women wero preeent with whom innocent and respectable young ladies were compelled, if not to associate, at least to mingle, for hours. It is held that the rinks, being operated for the rxecey to be made out of them, any person icord!es3 of character is entitled, on payiog tte price of admission, to enter. It is with euch arguments tbat the rinks pre being assailed in several legislatures and demands being made that they be closed, or et least, be placed n if der well advised restrictiOLF. , TBB HCL.IPÖB. He sun will be partially eclipsed in this locality on Monday next. J. G. Forter, the astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory, givea some interesting data in the Commercial Gazette of yesterday, which we will make use cf for the benefit cf our reader?. At the greatest obscuration about three-fifths cf the sun's diameter will be eclipsed. The duraticn of the phenomenon will be about three honrs, beginning at 11 o'clock a. m. ami ending at 2 p. m. This eclipse is wfeat is called by astroiom era an annular one. Any one watching the sun and the rxoon rise near the lull will see at a glance that their apparent diameters are nearly the lame. Were they exactly equal at the time of an eclipse, the sun would be completely covered when the dlsc3 coincide. We should thus have a total eclipse, but only of momentary duration. The apparent diameters of the sun and moon are, however, not constant, varying according to the distance of the bodies from us; and sometimes the moon's disc is larger than the tun's and sometimes smaller. In the former case there would be a total eclipse of the tun; in the latter case the moon's disc would not quite cover tbat of the sue, and we should see the dark body of the moon

crrountlid by a thin ring of light. This will be the case during the eclipse of this month. The ccllpee will appear annular, bowevcr, only alocg that path which a line jcinirg the centers of the sun and moon will trace on the earth's eurf&ce. This path begins in the Pacific Ocean, enters the Unite! Slates aDout 300 miles north of San Francisco, cresses Idato and Montana, rans through the center of Hudson's Diy and of Greenland, and terminates in the Arctic Ocean north cf Iceland. In other pcrtlens of this country it appears is a partial eel i pee. THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. The mere fact that a few newjpapers ars condemning the Legislature for not haying brought to final consideration all measures bfcre it within the sixty days allotted for the resuJar eession, doe not prove the Legi? lature as deserving such criticise. It may be said of the:o critic? that they would willIrply find nothing in the action of a Democratic majority to praise, and, conversely, are too ready to censure. Let it be admitted that the appropriation bill might have been considered before the end of the regular session, yet it would hardly have been possible for all business befoie the General Assembly to have been cleared up The working majority has not been an idle cue. The members have been unSfcmly regular in attendance ani vigilant cn the flujra and In committee?. But th;s bes been an nnnnHy bu3y E?33ion forcommitteor. In addition to the custom iry committees there have btea several special occ3 whose- reports have taken up considerable time in discussion discussion tbat was legitimate and desirable. Bat even htd this impediment not btea in the way of finishing business within the prescribed sixty daye, the regular budget cf legislation ha3 crown fo much v.ithin the last thirty-three years that it is now probably trae that a locger cession time is necessary and muH be allowed by law before legislatures can properly discharge their duties within tha session time. One hundred days are no more ample or legislation now than were tixty days when the latter number W83 assigned. Increased population, wealth, public improvements, etc., incur the need of wore extended examinations and enlarged appropriations, which rtquire more time for observing and considering, Local bi.'la, too, and many of decided importance, are more numerous, and the faithful representative feels that he is most eüiciently serving his constituents when working for their recognition and passage. So, then, we hoUl that the General Assembly is not necessarily to bo condemned for the failure to finish business before it and thus make needlesi the call for an extra se3ion. But if b'ame is to be attached, surely the Republicans who voted solidly against taking np the appropriation bill within the week before adjournment were most to blame. Numerous attempts to take np Uu3 bill were defeated by the solid Republican vote, aided by a minority of the Democrats.

In discusasng the fitness of Mr. Manning. fcr the Treasury Department the New York Snn eays: "The well endowed and wellequipped journalist must possess the faculty, the breadth, the judgment, the knowledge, the steadiness, end the venatiiity which are indispensible to the well-endowed and wellequipped statesman. There is nothing in the occupations, labors, and qualifications of the one 'which is not suitable to the qualifications, labors, and occupations of the other. The successful journalist must be a successful man of business. To administer the editorial department of an important newspaper is equal to administeringa Government." In applying the foregoing to the wisdom cf Mr. Cleveland's choice, the San continues: "When President Cleveland was looking for a Secretary of the Treasury he selected one who had been successful alike as a journalist and administrator, and whose character and talents had been tried and proved in the hot struggles of active politics. Beginning as a reporter, Mr. Manning had rissn to be tha editor and conductor of one of the most important political newspapers cf the country; and at the same time he had shown him33lf a superior business man in directing the financial affairs of an important institution." Some one net long ago remarked that newspaper men were almost invariably unfair to those of their number who happened to be called to public positions. They critiaise most unmercifully and most uncharitably. Mr. Manning has been treated very ungraciously by his brethren of the Republican press. The 8 o'clock: break fa&t at the White Gooie, intrcdaced by the new Prestdsnt, baa (shocked Washington fashionables. A Itttrr writer eays tbat Mr. Arthur never could be seen bafore It and rarely until 12. This establishment of an early business hour is one that will give great satisfaction to public men. Senators and members who have business at the White House like to b able to transact it in the morning, whsn they make the rounds of the department. Tfce fact that they can see the President at such an early hour will result in great saving of their time. Mr. Cleveland has gone to work to establish the eame business methods which he employed at Albany. He intends to eee every one who calls upon him. Through his facility for expediting business and dispensing with needless ceremony he will be able to get through with his numerous callers and transact the business for the Executive oäzce as well. Ls referring to the last big steal of 700.000 acres of public land under the last Republican administration, and Teller's defense of j it in the Tnited States Senate last Monday, a special to the Chicago Tribune says: l During the debate Eustls. the nevr Senator from Louisiana, who is lamlliar with the Backbone grant, sat by the side of Van Wyck, and made suggestions to him. At tixnea Van Wyck and Teller became ro excited that they spoke as if in chorus, and their animated gestures and vehement exrrtsaloDs caused amasemcnt both on the floor and in the galleries. One gronp listened to the debate with much attention. It waa composed of the railroad Batters-Brown, ilahone, Sswell and

Leland Stanford. Teller went back to the days of Coke to find reason for the iavie of thess ratentF, but be Mid nothlnz about the haste or the boring of themMnightoil. In the gallery all ii rongh the debate tbeie tat a pale-faced, whiteraited rran. over whoe face thtre was a continuous mi!o of mnlODic Kfctia.'actlon, It was tbe tc titrable fchtrrlll, the chiel of the Huntington lobby. Sherrill had helped to work the job. " V'e got licke'J," eiclaimcd a member cf the Arkansas Legislator the other day, in reference to the late War. Another membar challenged the correctness of the statement. The debate runs as follows: Mr. topelaud We got licked, we sot licked, sir, that's what we got: we sot well licked. Mr. Bridewell o, we didn't. 1 aay we were overpowered, but not whipped. Mr. Cope'.aud Ye, we did; we got licked, and we've had enough of it. Mr. Bridewell We were not lickeJ. Mr. i;opeland If you bad gene where I anl the Chair went during the war you would have been licked too. Mr. Bridewell I was with Joo Johnton all through the war. I was with-hint when he surrendered, and I fay we were not whipped. Mr. Cope lac I Well, I was licked, but perhaps you never pot licked. I an Riad, however, tbat I am one of there men who know when I'm licked. 1 know tow to holler when I've bad enough. The Republicans have discovered a weakness in Mr. Lamar, our Democratic Secretary of the Interior. He is "absent minded," say they. The Chicago Herald recently remarked "that which leads a man to appropriate thiuga that do not belong to him and go c i! failing to briüg them back is tin worst form cf eh eat minasdness." It occurs to is tbat, rcn:eruberins the number of their pf.rty v, ho have bfea alllicted with th? form iisc:ibd by the Herald, tfia P.epnb'.icsr.s wori!d do well not to ta1 of alnen: minJedntf?. We are s a 1 to say cf Mr. Lamar that hu w not absent minded" in that direction. Mo!:nu:K jwiiJiS ere quite 'the r.v;e i'ii oug certain classes cf Parisian ?nriety. The ding is introduced into the system by subcutaneous injections. The injection is rerfcrmed with a little instrument, the ruauufat tare of which is passing 'from the surgical instrument maker to the jeweller, and is becoming an objet d'art. Guests and the lady of the house sit in a circle and listen to a concert in a distant room. They describe their sersationa to each other. Novices derive peculiar beauty from the morphinlzing process. Said one of the organs, tae Pittsburg Camrcercial, the day after the inauguration: Of court e the Democrats had a pretty middling big time yesterday, but Lord biess you! it wasn't a circumstance to the wy we Republicans would have daubed the carmine on had James G. Blaine been elected. Yes, there would have been no Democratic simplicity then, nor would the inaugural address been the earnestly patriotic utterance tbat emanated from our modest President. O, it would have been a bypodrome performance had J. G. R. been elected had he been. New Yo':k gave tho I'ercocratic ticket a plural-, ityol,41'. and sets the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Nnvy. fnia is probably the most striking example of "wiEOTity representation" that has ever come to pafes su Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.). Haj9 lost the country by 1,000 voles, and yet he worked into the Presidency, and nearly every big and little mal in tha Nation that aided the swindle helped him to represent the minoiity fcr four years at good salaries. The calnoins of the Republican news papers are as reckless in political statements now as during the campaign. For examples of simon pure falsehoods the gossip of their Washington specials of late has been exceptional. Their patrons must by this time conclude it a gcod plan to believe nothing they read in them until confirmation comes from other sources.

The f.e is a strong sentiment in the party opposed to Mr. McDona'.d's accepting a foreign mission, even should the best be tendered him. There can be no doubt that tbe ex-Senator would admirably represent tbe Government at any Court, but he is considered a gocd man, also, to have at home. Referbixg to 1883 the Journal thinks "any gocd Republican is preferable to a Demo at." Dat 'good Republicans" are not easily found even were Republicans on tbe lookout for tbat kind, which they are not, judging by their selection in 181. PERSONALS. Judge Davip Davis celebrated h's seventieth birthday at his home, in Bloomlngton, 111., last Monday. Johk-son Letsox, one of the Directors of tte wrecked bank at New Brunswick, X. J., witctucd the euicide cf President Ranyon, wh?cb so prostrated him that he died from its c facets last Modday. Gknbkal J. W. Sixolktos, of Illinois, is a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture. There are reasons to believe that Dr. Mil!er,"of Omaba, will be First Assistant Postmaster Gexera'. Mr. Hc.nry Irvim; does not mean that the London public shall forget him and Miss Eilen Terry while he is adding to his fame ami fcrtuce in America. Hi3 appearances Lere are advertised as regularly in the London rapers as thongh ha were plajing ia that city. Teoma J. Navin, the absconding Mayor of Adrian, stili lies in jail in New Orleans, es the Chief of Police insists upon the reward of ?3,0G0 once offered and late'y withdiawn, The prisoner o3ers to go to Adrian without a requisition, but his friends seem tobe arranging tor a legal right for his release. Naval Cabet Tiltox, late of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and now in the Chinese service, commanded tie only Chinese vessel that captured a French vessel in a late ccctllct. Captain Tilton was thereupon made a commander in the Chinese Navy. Ex-Nayal Cadets Sparling and Tennant are gcicg to China, also to enter the Chinese Navy. A few days after Dickens' death an Englishman, deeply grieved at the event, made a pilgrimage to Gad's Hill, and as he was having some refreshment at the famous John FalstaiT Inn, near at hand, the eilasiveness

of his emotions prompted him to take th waiter into his confidence. "A great loss, tbie, of Mr. Dickens," ea!d tbe pilgrim. "A great loss to up, sir," replied tbe waiter, shaking his head, he had all his ale eent in from this house." Eexet LoxcrELiow, who is on his way home from a trip in the South, said to an Interviewer in New York recently: "Ido not know whether the sale of my father's works has increased since his death or not. My family do not get a royalty upon the sale, bat other arrangements are made. Several bicgraphies have been published of my father, but none are authentic. My uncle, Samuel Longfellow, is now engaged in compiling extracts from my fatber'3 diary and paper?, and the book will be published next year. It will be tbe only authorized biography .of my father." "Richelieu" Robinson, whose burly form will net be teen on the tloor of tha House for an indefinite time, rebates an amusing incident in which he was the chief actor. More thau forty years ago he took out his first papers cf citizenship. The clerk repeated the usual formula, which required applicant to renounce allegiance to all other .government, and concluded, without ever making a pause, "but especially to the Qu in of Gn at Britain and Ireland so help you fJod gve me a dollar." "Pardon me, sir,' V.r. P.obiLson ealdr, "bat shoalda't you ha-e put a comma between God the dollar?"

CL'RI'.ENT TIIOUMir AND OPINION. A max is at his worst when his wife can no longer endure hini. Mirror of American Sports, Ftbruary 23. Notwithstanding the mystery surround ing the manner cf catching the disorder popularly called a "cold," medical scientists agree that emcng the cacses are dirt and impure air. PhL'adelph'a Record. As Loxci as there continues to ha an increase In the number of iron-making establishments which are resuming active operations the business outlook can not ba unpromising. Philadelphia Record. InoN is an article of euch universil u:e that an increased demand for its production is one of the sure evidences of reviving confidence in the financial condition of the country. New York Sunday Mercury, February 22. Citizens of Washington can't vote for President, but when it comes to inaugarating one they can rent their front windows at od apiece, and this goes a long way toward reconciling them to disfranchisement. Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, Febnnry 2G. So long as yourg men can live without working, and to long as society looks npon woikingmen as not respectable or fi; to become husbands of society's daughters, eo long will the world be filled with idle, amiable lcalersand worthies tramp?. New Orleans Ticajnne. The authorities are under the gravest obligations to protect the community how cicch greater i3 the obligation to protect those who are deprived by law, by prison cells or asylum wards of the means of protecting themselves? Washington Evening Critic, February 13. When the United States Government seeks to recover from a faithless railroad corporation property forfeited through a violation of the conditions upon which it was granted, it encounters as much resistance in Congress as it is contemplated the perpetration of a grcss outrage. Brooklyn Union. Cultivated English women represent the very highest type of womanhood, and I believe it is because they have the very highest type of manhocd to guide and help from their characters, and because the Englishman's superior culture demands such a type cf woman. "Reflections of a middle-aged woman" in Weekly Magazine. Among our "uncongenial visitors' are tho.re who, having been entertained at dinners and luncheons, have made unpleasant rema-ks about the silver and glas3," and have smiled at the hostess' "attempt" at styl3. People may find more stylish stiffness In other towns, but they can never find more genuine hospitality and, a disciple of Epicurius adds, or better cooked dinners than fcas been extended th?s winter to visitor?. New Orleans Picayune. Mareiage can hardly be considered a disqualification for teaching, as is daily demonstrated by the many married teachers who are quite as successful as their unmarried sisters. In most cases when a giri marries she leaves teaching of her own ac;ord, bat when she prefers to continue in the profession and her domestic affairs do not interfere with the proper performance of her duties as a teacher, it strikes us that the schools will tuffer from excluding her. Salt Lake (Utah) llerald. A nig i.o lawyer was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia recently. The world bas moved since the time twenty-Tour years ego when an eminent Georg an, then recently elected Vice President of the Confederacy, declared that the new Constitution under which that Government was framed tad settled forever "the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization," and that "slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition." Galveston (Texas) News. Ax enterprising widow who runs a small eating house near the Exposition illustrates tbe proverb about woman's work being never done. She is her own cook an l housemaid, and manages by her skill to provide meals for forty or fifty people a day. It is true she often stays up until 3 o'clock in the morning preparing the day's food, but then from that hour to 6 she may sleep comfortably, and arise comparatively fresh for a day's work that would frighten the stoutest heart tbat ever beat under a waistcoat. New Orleans Picayune A Small Uoy'e Pick-Up. Albany Ar?us.l A little boy at Hissassee, Ga., while play- ! ing in the dirt, picked np a ruby worth 33,-

( CO. We publish this statement for th benefit cf these I arenta who protest against their children having a frolic in the dirt.

Never Too Late to Menl. The Tortland (Me ) Voice publbnej ihe following: POÄTLA2CP. March 3, lj.With great reluctance I bate abandoned tbe Republican party finally. I bate no longer uny doubt that it has 'deliberately made an alliance offensive and defensive with the beer and whisiy interests of the country. It is not possible on any ether hypothesis to account for tbe attitude cf tbe party in Maine of otfensive and lnsalting antagonism to probation and active sympathy with the low, vile, secret grog Shop which infest our largo towns. 'Carthaze must be deitroyed. "Neal Dow." AVinntrt; a Wager. "Poor Jehu was o fond of gambling." ea!d a bereaved widow. "His last bet was f'O that he could eat C00 clams in twenty minutes." Did he win tbe bt?" " ' Yes, he won the bet," sighed the wldaw. "but the money didn't da us any gjod. It took every cent of it to bury him." Takes ttit Lead. ICticaso News. W violate no confidence when we ray that our Illinois Legislature bas degeneraUd into the veriest bear garden in the country. So It Will. (New York Sun.1 Every lawfully-elected administration should be cordially supported, as far as poiBitle, by every patriotic American. COURT-HOUSE LOCALS. The Parker Blociz Hortga.se Before Judge Walker Partial Report of the Grand Jury. John Iloffman has given 700 bonds as administrator with the will annexed of John Wartie, deceased. Henry Seyfreid wa yesterdey granted a a liten6e to sell liquor on McCarty street by the County Board. Benjamin Vertrees has qualiQed as guardian of Eliza, Charles, Ellen, Fannie and Lizzie, minor heirs of Daniel Ilidgen, deceased. Tbe coal bill of A. M. Kuhn Co. for 1,230.77, and James Maley's grocery account for $503. i!0, were allowed by the County Bcaid yesterday. Agnes G. Fatterson ha3 filed suit against Christian Ililgenberg and others to recover potKssion of lots 5, G and 7 in oatiot 1. 6he also wants $2.000 damages. Jnnie Itoberts wants a divorce from Jomte Roberts', whom the married, in lS7i. She charges failure to provide and cruel treatment. She wants the custcdy of the children. The damage suit of Edward Orr vs. The StreetCar Company was tried by a jury in Room 1 on yesterday morning. The plaintiff sought to recover for being put off a 8 reet car. Albert Eilig wants to be divorced from Lena Eilig. These parties were married in February, 1873. The allegations are infidelity and abandonment. Plaintiff wants the custody of the child. The damage Enit of George Merriam va. the Merchants Transportation Dispatch Is on trial by the Court in Room 1, Plaintiff seeks to recover for failure to deliver goods according to contract. Emma Anderson wants a divorce from William Anderson, whom she married in August, 1SS2. She charges that he has bsen in the habit of cursing, slapping and striking her, and failed to provide for her. The bid of Dr. E. C. Thomas, of Haughvllle, for the pauper practice of Precinct No. 4, Wayne Township, at $10; of Dr. Teachee for the north third of Decatur Township, and Dr. Peach ee fcr the practice of Precincts, Wayne Township, at 00; David Wall for Precinct 1, Wayne Township, at $50, and Dr. Batliff for the south part of Decatur Township at $100, were approved by the Board of Commissioners yesterday. George D. Brown has filed suit against Richard L. Boyd and Benjamin D. Brown, alleging tnat in October, 1880, and until December, 1SS2, defendants operated the Western Elevator under the firm name of Brown & Boyd. Plaintiff shipped to these defendants 18,000 bushels of wheat graded as No. 2 red, valued at ? 18.000. Without any notice Boyd withdrew, or pretended to withdraw, from tha firm in October, 1SS3. Plaintiff claims that he paid $1.000 for storage, defendants having informed him tbat his wheat was awaiting his orders, when, in fact, they bad shipped it out and disposed of it and converted the proceeds to their nee. Demand is made for 13,000. The Grand Jury made a partial report yesterday. The following indictments were returned: John W. Fitzgerald, petit larcsny; Willie m Johnson, petit larceny; William W. Pront, forgery; John Wilson, petit larceny; Jack Smith, burglary; Jack Smith, assault and battery with intent to kill; John W. Poe, assault and battery with intent to kill. All the defendants bat Jack Smith were arraigned and entered pleas of not cuilty. Smith la the fellow who recently was captured while trying to rob a carat tbe Pan-Handle shops, during which time he hot the watchman and was shot In return and then captured. Pee is the man who shot Bemington Lafiley near Ringan'a one Sunday night eeveial weeks sine. Toe Gr8cd Jury also lecomrxeDded the dachar:e ol Frank Smith. The Harrison Bank matter came before Jndge Walker yesterday on a demurrer to the petition of Charles Mayer and others. The Court overruled the demurrer and the receiver is ruled to answer. Mayer and others set up in their petition that they had a mortgage on the Parker block which had been given to secure them, both as depositors in Harrison's Bank and as bondsmen on J. C. B- Harrison's bend as Receiver of the Indiana Banking Company. Since tte ncelver of the bank can not be made a party to a foreclosure suit, the petition was for the ealeofthe property, and the proceeds to be applied t3 the payment of the mortgage. In overruling tte demurrer to the petition, Jude Walker said that the facts alleged therein constituted a gocd cause of action, and that it remained to be seen whether or not the facts could be proven. Judge Lamb will rife an answer which he thinks will meet the claims of the petitioners in the mortgage. Judge Walker thinks ths Tarker block should be said. Thla Liornlcg'a Blaze. At 2:15 this morning an alarm of fire was sent in from box 10, situated at the corner of Arch and John streets, caused by the burning of a stable near the Arsenal, on Hanna street. The fire is supposed to have been tha woikoUn" incendiary.