Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1876 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 187G.

EULWKR-LYTTON.

Undying youth i A ment.i beauty's blocm UI 1 r radiant eentna born. Surround thy nam, a ha'.o o'er thy tomb Perpetual mom Of fame! Ia Kenias sky thou'ltbe A Bun ne'er setting to posterity. Like to thlneown Zanonl, ever young With spirit radiance, Thon heard 'et the Empyrean voices. From thee sprung i ne soars romance Visions suMime and strange, wherein man's 11 'e Uleams with the mystio power with which 'Us rle. Like him. thy Marry Ma2in i Tnia me i Of htKh d reniH, thou didst own That mortal 111 is the earth's horn's Harry Ma2ln ! "mid the voice highest choice. Thy genius shone J n real life' portrayal; yet to thee Dearest were art, youth, and nobility. Brain sparkling with ideas! never old Uke the fabled fount of youth W"uo?epray was ptarls, and whose streams wer gold. lligh thought and truth Were beauty crown d in shining words by thee, "Whose very prose was bright as poesy. Thou no recluse, cloister'd in world of art. Earning theclvlc crown. As statesman, orator, thou play'dst thy part With bright renown; , Thy lofty powers free g ing to the state. To keep thy country glorious still and great. Eow nobly In old Kntbworth's hells thoa moved, AmpVyirion kind and free! Courteous to all who a.'t acd lienor loved. A cherlsh'd memory, es the walks we pvess'd. Thy grand high monologues with favor d guest. A sunrls? 'mid thy sunset shone on earth, As closed thy bright life dream ! Tlae soul's creations in new form took birth. Ihe world, admiring, dem The blaze of a new Pnenix in the skies; And while they marvel, lo, the genius dies! NEWS AND GOSSIP. John T. Foster, the heio of the Blaine letter, baa been che sen clerk of the New Jersey assembly. Geonie D. Lord has been appointed a director in the Rochester Driving Tark Association. He ta the reputation ol being a very driving tallow, anyhow. Dr. Holland and Miss Giller have dramatized the doctor's novel of "Sevenoakes,' and it will probably D9 produced next sprier, John T. Raymond takirg the part ol Jim Fonton. There's a man over in Brooklyn who has real every line of the proceedings In the "Plvmonth scaadal. even Including Mr. Van Cott'a last letter. Earta are being made to Induce him to appear at the Centennial. A photographer eays that at eighteen a girl will sit twelve times for a photograph, and then be dissatisfied. At forty the same nerson will sit once and take the picture, even if the artist points out three cr four delects. The original portrait in oil of Sir Walter Raleigh is In possession of Gen, Norton, of the Centennial buroau of revenue. It is medallion, rf piesecting the life size, and, for a picture Dearly thrree hundred years old, it is exceptionally w ell pre3rved. Male Sbakerdom U shaken to its foundation just now.'on the question of beard or no beard, the ladies, of coiarse, Uklng no active part in the dlscu ssion. Thus far the beard party Is ahead, at id th9 "Jeff Davis" or "under-chin" whiaktjr ia now the fashion in the community. The Western alumni of Dartmouth College held a reunion at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago last Thuirsday. The Tribune eays: The meeting w as unexpectedly large and enthusiastic. Tlie learned professions and the different de partmenta of business were well represente J. The proprietor-' a, hotel at Dunkirk fell dead the other mornfrng just after charging a traveler $3 for two meals and lodging. If the Centennial hotel-keepers don't pront by this warning, ths undertaking business is going to be good ia Philadelphia next year. St. Louis He publican. Mr. Maplesn, the husband of Mme. Tltiens, arrive. 1 ia New York Friday last, without aa optra company, and determined that Madame b ball not sing In oprra unless he first inspect m the company and la satisfied with it. Poor Tillen, she, too, is told she shall and the shan't; so nice a voice as she has, too. Chicago is hi jppy. A sweet smile of satis faction went ri ppling over an audience composed of that city's principal -sinners, and their eves be lame suffased with tears of gratitude when vMoncure D.-Conway told them thrit tber wasn't any such person as the devi t The burden of lire had been lilted from their soula. The L urlon papers are complaining that the holly-trees ia the New Jiorest were tripped of their foliage by thieves at Christ mas time for the purpose of decorating churches.. The statement reminds one of the old It tdy of wham Fielding tells, who stole a v olcme of TUlotson's sermons for tb rellgl on la thera. Ho' wt oth the little busy B. (E ;r B. I mean 3 belle) Improve each shining hair to see If aha can catch a swell! Hov r skillfully ate plaits each dress. Hi w neatly fr-lds her pads. And lets a curl flow down her back , To tescpt as artless lads ! Not Et. Watts. , President; William 8. Clark, of the Agricultural College at Amherst, has been given a year's lea re of abeeno to go to Jepan for the establishment ol an.agricultural college thereon theaaone plan with the Massachusetts institution, r The fact that the Japanese wane rresiaent viars: to start them on the road to scientific agriculture is complimentary to the Massachusetts college and its energetie president. McCosh thinks that the battle he has lately fought at Princeton over the secret societies noma ana a piace in the History of oar colleges, as that other battle of Princeton of ninety-nine years ago has done in oar country. He also thinks tlat ihe grand work of the Centennial yar, in which v?e are entered, should be the utter destruction of those rings, which sre at present the disgrace and threaten the ruin of oar country. The Salt Lake Tribune thinks this will do: "Yoa'r a bishopone of them legislator fellers what' pnttin' on airs at City Hall?" quarried the bootblack yesterday, as he surveyed two small mountains csed for propelling what seemed to be a man.' "Afore we make a bargain, sposen you go over to the surveyor tneral's office; he'll triangulate 'era, then bring your field notes down here an' I'll contract to shine' em by the acre ef jon'H agree to furnish the ladder." Livrard L. Ken von, who committed suicide at Hartford, on Friday, was one of the largest real estate owners in the city, owning large estates both in the city and neighboring tow us, and the cause of his derangement was töe recent depression in real estate, by which : he was largely afflicted pecuniarily, and the indorsing of considerable paper lor oi hers. He was 59 years old and leaves a wife and five children, one of whom, Eogene L. enyon, is first selectman of Hartford. i

A MILLIONAIRE'S MISERY.

TIMOTHY KIRBY'S INFATUATION. CINCINNATI'S LAST SENSATION KIBBY's STRANQE BKHEST THB WOMAN LAD" MARY FRANCIS HER ETRANQ INFLUENCE OVER THB OLD MAN. The Cincinnati Commercial, editor! ally and in its local department, has the fo'Jowlng upon the will of the late Timothy 1 Itrby: The community will be Bhocked this morning by the intelligence that the late Timothy Klrby's will is a document that is scandalous. It has, however, bean for. a considerable time within the knowled; of many persons that he was possessed b- f a infatuation that amounted to lunac y for a disreputable woman named Franc', popularly known as "the terror c,f Cumminsville." She la horror ic wamste, has been repeatedly In the. workhouse. ana in ner a run sen violence t.be has more than once Inflicted upon Mr.. Kirby serious physic-tl Injuries. His cblW jren would long ago have ueen luBtinea in s Yielding his ven erable hairs in the lunatic asylum from the shame and danger of contact with the frightful woman who, if j his extreme age and weakness, tjranniz xi over him, robbed him, scorned him, ana i stacked him like a wild beast; but they dreaded publicity. The skeleton in the cl ,set wa so hideous, ttey leitltey could n' at bear to have it put In the light. But th s will. In which the woman appears like a nightmare, leave? no alternative. W e do r.ot know a more mel anchoiy liiusirauon .than the last few vears of the lire or Mr. jrby of senile Infirmity lie was out me wr eck and the shadow ot himself, and all w ho knew him as he was in bis better days, w -hen be was hospitable and gentle and KinuJ , the bead ot a most in teresting family, .can not help feeling that be has been irre sponsible during the closicg years of his lif j, and that it will be but jus tice to him anr i to hi9 children to blot from memory the, record ot that period Gen. uannm was asked vesterdav bv a reporter of tl j Commercial for the points of the will of t ao late Mr. Kirov. He stated that the bul k of the producing portion ol the estate r&n left to the two sons and two daughters. The two sous and the two sons in-law (Do n Piatt and hlm9ell) are made the executors of the will, and they are in structed, Jn a wild, rambling way, to pro vide lor five young children three of a Mrs. Tu .Tiey, one ot a Mrs. Pot's, and one ot the noto rioua "Lady" Mary Francis. Tee will spe jaks of these children as adopted, tut makes no adojiabion of the responsibility ol the t& itator for their paternity. The '"Mo hawk property" ig set S9ide lor their sup port. Mr. Ktrby was close upon eighty yean j, and these children are all young, un der ten years, and oc of them colored Ot-n. Binning save the will is evidently that ot a crazy man. He aids that Mr. Kirbv's Insanity was notorious, and that the will sb ows that. It provides, among other thlDgs. that none of the heirs 6hall ever pj end any of their money in travtl abroad Ail THESE FIVE CHILDREN were born of women in wedlock, and yet it would appear that Mr. Kir by has been in fluenced to think that there was a claim upon him on their account. Perhaps his vanity was flattered to that point. There is also in the will a bequest of some kind to the city we can't say in what shape, not having seen It. The estate is variously estimated at from 1.000,000 to Sl.500,000. The Times, ot yes terday, having published the rumor that Lady Mary Francis and Mr. Kirby had been married by the Rev. Emery, a reporter of the Commercial last evening sought Mr. Emery, and obtained from him an ungual! fled denial of the statement. He eays he never saw her but once, and that was in the work-house. He certainly never united her in marriage to Mr. Kirby. Another point as to Mr. Kirby's insanity: six years ago an er fort was rrade by some of the heirs to have a guardian appointed over him, in view of the fact that he was squandering large sums or money on women or the kind mentioned. This would have been done bad it not been fcr the resistance of General Banning to the movement. Dr. Thomas Wood, one of the subscribing witnesses to the will of Timothy Kirby, was examined yesterday before Judge Matson, who conducted the examination. The witness stated that his impression was that Mr, Kirby brought the will redv signed to his office, but that he acknowledged the signa ture in the presence of the witness. Q Was Mr. Kirby of sound mind at that timer A. As Iar as I could discover from anything that occurred at the time I saw the will. I did not observe anything irregu lary in His mind. Q Do you know whether anybody per snaded him to make the will? A Not to my knowledge. When he came to my office I thins: be was entirely alone. He called on me to witness It as his will, and my slg nature is attached to 11. Judge Matthews, on the part of the heirs, then proceeded to interrogate the witness, who stated that he is a physician and ear geon of about thirty-lour years' experience; mat ne attended Air. lurby as a physician. Q When, and how long? A I think about 1808 or .1869 1 was first called to see him, and had occasional calls from him for advice and assistance up to the time of his deatb. Q Whore was it that yon were called on by him to witness the execution of this will? A At my house, on Sixth street. Q Did be, at that time, inform yon of the contents of ills will, or any part of iiT A Net at all. He simply said it was his will, and he wished me to witness it. Q Had you, at that time, any reason from your1 general knowledge of Mr. Kirby to form an opinion in respect to BIS .MENTAL SOUNDNESS? ., A I had no reason from any acta or con rersation on general subjects, bat on a par ticular subject I arrived at the conclusion be was a monomaniac. i Q What was that subj ect? A It was his being Infatuated with a woman, and submit ting to such intolerable abuse from her as he had received at diflerent times. I thought noiinan of rational mind would submit to tha abase he received from this woman. I gathered the facts from what he told me aa well as from other sources. Q Who was the woman? . A She went by the name of Mrs. Francis. QWbat did he tell yon about her? A The first I knew of the matter was after be came to my office with a broken arm, I think in 1870. The arm bad been injured some days previously, and he at first said be had fallen from a - ladder. I found the arm very much swollen and very painful, broken about the middle. After adjusting it and getting it bandaged, he told -me then, with rather an amusing countenance, that it was not true be bad broken it by falling from a ladder, bnt that he male that excuse to his friends. He then told me that the arm was Injured by Mrs. Francis; that she had strack him with a club or bludgeon. Then be gave me an Insight to his relations with ber, excusing her ou the account of being intemperate. He said she was a good woman in every respect, except when nhe was intoxicated. At another time when I was called to see him at his home, I found Mm with wounds on the back of his head and neck, which were in a very high state of inflammation and partly mortified. This injury be bad ben treating and passing on" as a carbuncle. lie informed me at the time it was an Injury received from Mrs. Francis, and said that he had hnfortnnateiy met ber when she was oot of humor, and she struck J mm on the bead with a crockery-ware ves-' sei and knocked him over. Q Did ha ever speak to yen In connec

tion with the fact of her ever having a child yhlm? A He never directly acknowledged or intimated that be was the father of

her child, but said teat sne naa a cuiw ut was tak.DC rare or. ana uppornnc uom and the child on account oi me cnnu. made an appointment with me to visit to is child with him in Cummlnsville. The child had a tumor on its neck. We went to the boose of Mrs. IVancla, who came inlo the room leading the child and caning it Kirby," and telling the boy to go and speak to Its father, using that word so frequently as apparently to lmpresi on mo the tact that MR. EIBBT WAS THE FATHER. But Mr. Kirby only seemed embarrassed, and made no reply. He did not, however, contradict the sta'.ement, I prescribed for the child, and she ordered Mr. Kirby to get the medicine in a hurry, as her child was suffering. She spoke in such a dictating manrer that I thought it was done to show me her Influence and power over him. Q State whether vour subsequent inter course with Mr. Kirby confirmed or re moved the opinion that you first formed of bis being ot unsound mind in this particu lar? A The opinion was confirmed rather by factB I heard than from what fell under my personal observation; the fact, fur in stance, of following her to the Police Court and other places, confirms me in the opinion that he was a monomaniac. Q Have you anything else to add? Witness I might say, in connection with this matter, that I remonstrated with Mr. Kirby for allowing himself to be so imposed upon by such a character. 1 said 1 did not think any man in Ms right senses would submit to the impositions ct such a woman. He Wis so sensitive on the point that no one eke could speak to him on the subject, and, when I re'erred to It, he invariably re urcea to the assertion that she was a good woman, and all right except when Intoxicated. Q state whether at any time Airs Francis called on you with a paper written and. signed by Mr. KirbjT A No, Mrs Francis did cot. but. duriog his last sick ness, I was called upon by a man, who said te was employed on Mr. Kirby's place, and tha" Mr. Kirby had sent him with the paper for me to read. The purport of the paper was, that Mr. Kirby had every confidence in Mrs. Francis as a good woman and an excellent nurse, and that, if be should at any time become paralized, she should have control of him and bis room as nurse. I afterwards learned that the man who brought this paper was employed by Mrs. Francis and sent by ber. I think tee date of the psper was July 30, 1874. Q State what Is your present opinion, based on your knowledge of Mr. Kirby dur Ing the period covered by your examina tion as to his capacity in November, 1S7Z, to make a will? A 1 believe bis unreason able Infatuation with Mrs. Francis would influence him so much in the distribution of bis property by will that he would not be capable of making a just and equitable will as to the legl heirs. Ihe testimony of the other subscribing witnesses to the will will also be beard. Tie names of the other witnesses are Geo. W.Phillips, John K. Green and Laic Er rett. The will bears date of February 14, 1872. 'LLOYDS." ORIGIN OF THE SAME THE PRESENT ASSO CIATIONS LLOYDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND ENGLAND. The Boston Globe supplies the following information editorially: When a new ship is built it is said of her, among other things, that she is classed in this, that or the other "Lloyds," at a certain rate, and thus the general public has been made familiar with the term without, perhaps, understanding its meaning. There are people who still labor under the hallucination that Mr. Lloyd is s'.lll living and has a poetoffica ad dress somewhere, nf course. Of all tbequeer ways by which men have Immortal izei their names, there are not many queerer than that by which a certain Mr. Lloyd, who kept a conee feouss In London during the last century, made bis famous, He had the good fortune to be largely pat ronized by ship owners and captains, and "Lloyd's coffee house" or "Lloyd's,' for short became, in course of time, the recog nir9d rendezvous for all who were in any way associated with shipping matter?. But after a while Mr. Lloyd died, and his coffee house has long sinee disappeared, but his name shines out In letters of brass at the eastern end of the Royal Exchange in Lon don, and is familiarly known in the utter most parts of the earth. So curiously ' has the name of the coffee house keener come to be so identified with shipping interests that it has been adopted by , various associa tions composed of underwriters, who have agents in all parts of the world to insure vessels and cargoes against loss ana report casualties. There are at the present time in London two dis tlnct associations known as Lloyds. The one with which the - general public is the most familiar is that to which reference Is made when a vessel is said to be A 1 at Lloyds. This association was founded sim ply and solely 'for the purpose of obtaining a taitbful and accurate classification of the mercantile shipping of the United Kingdom, and of 'oreign vessels trading thereto." The original constitution has remained without material alteration till the present time, a committee manages its affairs. The details of the work performed by laioyaa wouia prooaoiy nave DM little In terest to the general reader. It is sufficient A--. at a. a . .a . ... to say loan certain letters, etc., which are appended to the names of ships indicate the . SOUNDNESS AND SEAWORTHINESS of the ships themselves, while the figures which follow the letters indicate the com pleteness and sufficiency of their equipment inus, an -a. iv snip is not only a good, sound craft, bat is thoroughly well equipped. From this position, in the course of time, she falls into another class, and so on, until finally, when she is too old and cranky to be retained in this grade, "Lloyds" will have nothing further to do with her. In 1875 this association bad on its books the names of over ten thousand vessels. Taking the two British societies, "Lloyds" and Lloyds' Register" aj they are popu larly supposed .to be as" one great concern Interested In all that pertains to maritime aflairs, they constitute an agency such as the world has never before seen, and without which British commerce never could have attained its present proportions. At home there is no vessel of importance that escapes their vigilance, and abroad there is no spot to which the telegraph extends with which they are not in frequent communication. There is no place which ships are accustomed to visit where they hsve not a pair of eyes on the watch, and a representative ready to transmit intelligence and to act on their instructions. .The Austrian Lloyds was established in 1823, and next In importance to this Is the North German Lloyds at Bremen. Then th6re is the "Bureau Teritas," International In its scope, established in 1823; and the French Lloyds" and . the "American Lloyds" of a more recent date, but equally as comprehensive and trustworty as those we have mentioned. The "American Lloyds," universal in its character, has some 20,000 'vessels of various classes, Is managed by the enterprise of its surveyors at home and abroad, and was established In 1857, under the approval of the New York board of underwriters, ship owners and ship build; rs. Marine Insurance has become a much , larger business tban the imposing looking individual In a scarlet robe, who nsed to guard the entracca to the handsome rooms of the 1 origiaal "Lloyd," ever dreamed of, and the system adopted for its regulation is wonderful, to say the least.

A BIO LEA.K, 7HE EXPENSE OF DIPLOMACY. HVVESTIOATIOMS OF THB fcCB-COMMITTKK ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS MARINO PRESKKTS TO

COURTS ABROAD PARSON NEWMAN'S BIO BILL. The Washington correspondence of the Chicago Times is responsible foi the follow ing: A piquant promise of the richness to come was brought out to-day by the sub committee of foreign affairs, of which Mr. Springer is chairman. The stealings were small but per? it tent. The investigation took place in the treasury department, the points in the question being the vouchers oi officials doing duty in minor offices aoroad. The first culprit coming to the front is B. F. Stevens, dispatch agent in London. Th6 vouchers and accounts of this gentleman show some curiosities in the way ot the postage he paid in July, 1874. So ire of them are here given: Bills for frelgct and transportation ot mails of the state depart ment, ?2o0; postage, fSlO; for newspapers, magazines, stationery, snd things of that sort, about flQO. This, it will be understood, wss for mail matter, which the government pays for bv European tteamers. These small items were continued beyond number, the vouchers for many ot them being genuine. The committee were free to express considerable doutt as to the economy, to Bay nothing of ihe hones'y, of these extraordinary outlays. For the month of August, 1S72, this lavish office paid out for postage f-850, the vouchers tor freight and transpor tation being again absent, and tha expenses of the month running up to about $1,600. lor the month of September the postage was $950; freight and transportation, SXK); carriage expends to and Iroin Queenstown, $201. Agiin, the voucher was missing lor the treigut and transportation. It was explained, however, ttat the voucher was In the hands of Secretary F sh. Durlrg tue month it was found that two bag?, weight not given, were s nt from London on board a steamer to Q'ieenstown for about f 15. Thts, it was explained, was owing to the iact that an agent accompanied them. It was aiterward found, however, that one bag had been eent for call tat amount, which THE COMMITTEE FROWNED upon suspiciously. It was generally con ceded that the charge was exhorbitant. In November the postage was f'JOO; freight and transportation, 8220: carriage to and from Queenstown about ?300. In December an item ot $100 for Christmas presents Is found This excited considerable comment, Messrs Springerand Leavenworth expressing dis approval ot sucn expenditure of the public money. The mysterits or the Ksv. Kew man's" crusade were also laid bare. The ac count recoznlzi him as a special agent ol the united tat s, and the statements pur port to be actual and receasary expen&e in curred while under ius'.ructions from the secretary of the treasury, his commission being dated April 10, 1873. ItHsigcedby the president, snd reads ss follow: "As recommended by the secretary of the treasury, under the pio visions of the sreond section of the act ol congress approvtd July 11, 1872, making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government you are hereby appointed to examine into the accounts ol tlie consular officers of the United Stares and into all matters con nected wlnh the business of th6ir offices. Your compensation will be at the rate of $5 ,OC0 per annum and actual necessary ex penses.this appointment to continue in force only to June 30, 1873, when the law creating the offloe expires b? the limit." The very day he arrived at Yokohama his commis sion expired, but there was an cfflcial cheruit that sat up aloft and watched over the fate ol the parson. IIU purse was refilled and his commission renewed, and with staff and script be continued on bis way itspecting curiosities and things. Tbca far the accounts ot the Mrs. Parson have not been reached. That richness is yet to come. An abstract of ' THE PARSON'S EXPENSES during his tour contain these euggettive items: Railroad fare from Washington to Sad Francisco, f 147 50; sleeping car to Coun cil Bluffs, ?6; hotel bill, Council Bluffs, 2; hotel fare at an Francisco while . waiting for the steamer, six days, f 21; . steamer fare from San Francisco to Shanghai via Japan, halt rate, $150; hotel bill at Yokohama from June 12 to June 30, $57. This was the end of the commission. Ilia salary from April 1 to Jurf SO, one quarter, was f 1,250, . making a total of his expenses for this time $1,878 96 His first commission having expired he was appointed a special agent by the secretary of the treasury, and was continued at a salary of $6 a day from July 1, 1873, to August 31, 1874, his entire expense acd salary for this time amounting to $4,569 64. The total expenses, therefore, of this mission were $6,448 67. The committee, curious to know the visible . result of all this expenditure, asked for the pious man's report. .. The officials smiled, winked, guffawed nproarously, and responded with mild facetloasnees that the document might be found in the parson's sermons, as no evidence of any report had ever made its appearance in any department. The presence of a poet at Constantinople was alsocalcu lated to lessen the chance of George Washington Childs, M. A., lor foreign office. Beside the documents ot his office Mr. Poet Minister Baker is represented on the files a? mäkln presents to the value of $5,074 90 to the Turks. These presents include articles o bilouteria and virtn from a diamond pin to marshal's baton, which our Yankee poet lavished with the magnificence ot the sultan himself. . Among these objects ot American regard were a rich set or table service, donated to the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, costing about $2,000; to the pacha's son, a secretary ; to the minister of foreign affairs, diamond cravat pin and baton; 4,000 francs, or about $1,000. , - : THE EFFENDI FAMILY seemed to be, especially favored. Baltazza Effendl received a table set , worth 4,000 francs; Alexander Effendl a similar present, worth 4,000 francs, and another member, a gold watch worth 2,000 francs. A number of other presents of less value were given to various, other Turkish dignitaries, which, together with other expenses of the mission, amount to a small fortune.: The propriety of giving presents was discussed by the committee at some length, and the custom ot doing so pretty generally disapproved. Secretary Fish had previously stated to a member that it' was very important to have a legation at Constantinople, and being asked it it was not necessary to give a large sum of money in order to seen re a treaty, replied that it was, but that Turkey was the only country where this cns.om prevailed. It Eeemed to have been a traditionary custom, dating probably as far back as the queen of Sheba herselt. The opinion was expressed that the time wonld come when diplomatic relations wi b that country could be carried on with' rut the observance ot this ancient custom. Tho papers ol Ca'eb. Cashing were next gone through. It was found, in looking over his accounts, that for one quarter's dispatches alone, by cable, the government had , to pay $5,752 62. Another important licm wa? lound, t $50 for Christmas presents, which gave rise to another facetious conversation amontt the members as to the custom of officials of making presents at the expense of the government. The committee are inclined to think that the diplomatic business is pretty generally a fraud. If Mr. Cushlng Is paid $12,0C0 a year to sit in

Midrid srd .twirl bis thumb, why would not it be less ex pet slve to give him half

that amrunt to s t in Washington and suck them? Don Piatt, happy man, has met some where in his recent travels a woman, of whom he says: Her 4milels snnlleht, and her langh That sunlight set to tnne; Ber lips the honey bee might quaff. And dream of buds in June; NEEDLES3 SUFFERING. Many persons of weakly constl utlon, with dyspeptic and billions tendencies, Keffer lifelcDg bodily distress unnecssamy. ineir existences are commonly shorter tban these of healthier mortals, bat whl.o they las:, it Is usually the case that Ihey are continually doMDe themselves, or being doed to no purpose. Oonld they be induced to use IIoMetter's B torn ach Bitters for a while, strength regained, digestion restored, and the C ifappearanoe of billions symptoms, would speed 11 y acquaint them with the difference between a remedy which deals with causes, and those wt ich affect symptoms merely. Not only are the Miters a searching speciac for complaints affecting the Ktcmacb, liver or in testinal CAual, Dot tnev are, in consequence ci their invigorative and bracing inQuence upon the entire physique, an admirable means of protecting the system a;alnst the atmospheric in fluences which beet malarial disease. S Largest surgical ixstitutz in ajericjl INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Ermcliea : Ean Francisco, CaL & Atlant, G&. Ovar fort thou'tnd cui cored, including CoivaIutm or th Spine, Club Feet, 3 Crooked ud Stiff Hum. neffermlHrs of th Fare, 11 are-Lip, lien ftUatfe, Wrr-Xoek, 'roa-i:y. lrmlyts. In of iL E,t ml kJU, lud ttargic! IM. By ear improrei mechanical appliance and treatment, each caeee are reliered of paui, VformitT, er loa of limb ; laTing the long agon? often endured. KadicallT curea ia a few daT wit hont hindran St kuameea. Ko dancer. The treatment U ne tM M. yv( aw to the prefeaaion. Addreea, NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE, INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Ot Atlanta. 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Bv virtue of a certain creceDt to me directed. by the Mayor of the city of Indianapolis. Indiana, and duly attested by the clerk: of raid city, anaer ice corporate seal oi saia city, I will on SATURDAY, February Uh, lS7o, sell, at public auction, at the City four t Room, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.. and 4 o'clock p. m.. of said day, the following de scribed lot, or pareet of land, or so much thereof as mty be necessary to patlsfy the earn hereinafter named aa assessed against such premises for street improvement, and all oosts, to wit : Lot No. one hundred and twentv-two H227 in Yelzer's addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, owned by Margaret Ke eass. against which 1 assessed the sum of thirty-one dollars and fi'teen cents IS Jl 15 for street improvement in favor of John Greene, contractor. HENRY W. TUTEWILElt, City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind., January 12th, 1876. 5 ale for Street Improvement. By virtue of a certain preceot to me directed, by the Mayor of tbe city of Indianapolis. Indi ana, and duly attested by the ciers: ol said city, anaer uie corporate aeai oi saiu cny, l win on SATURDAY, February 5tb, 1S76, sell at public auction, at the City Court Room, between the hours of lo o'clock a. x. and 4 o'clock p. ic.of said day, the following described lot or parcel of land, or sa much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the sum hereinafter named as assessed against such premises for street Improvement, and all costs, to-wit: Lot No. one hundred and twenty-four 1 1241 In Yelzer's addition to the city or Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, owned by Margaret Engas?, against which is assessed the sum of twenty-six dollars and seventy cents $"-M 7u for street improvement in favor ot John Ureene, contractor. HENRY W. TTJTEWILER. City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind., January 12th, 15Tö. Sale for Street Improvement. By virtue of a certain precept to me directed, by the Mayor of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, and duly attested by the cleric of said city ander the corporate seal of said city, I will on SATURDAY, February 5lh, 1S76, sell at public auction, at the City Court Room, between the hoars of 10 o'clock a. m., and 4 o'clock p. m., of said day. the following described lot, or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the sum hereinafter named as assessed against such premises for street improvement, and all costs, to-wit : The north one-half of the south one-half ef lota No, etghty-elght fWI, eighty-nine 81.1 and ninety 9oj In Hauna heirs' addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marion county. Indiana, owned by Jesse and Mary Mescall, against which Is as ceased the sum of six dollars and seventy nine cents &4 7w for street Improvement In favor of Frederick Oansberg, contractor. HENRY W. TTJTEWILER, City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind., January 12th, 1ST 6. Sala for Street Improvement. By virtue of a certain precept to me directed, by the Mayor of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, and duly attested by the clerk of said city,, under the corporate seal of said city, I will on SATURDAY, February 5tb, 1876, sell at public auction, at the City Court Room, between the hours of 10 o'clock: a. m. and 4 o'clock P. m , of said day, the following described lot, or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the sum hereinafter named as assessed agalnBt such premises for street improvement, and all oosts, to-wit: Lot No. one hundred and twenty-one 121 In Yelzer's addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county. Indiana, owned by Margaret Enass, against which Is assessed the susa of thirty-one dollars and fifteen oenta l$31 15 for street improvement in favor of John Ureene, contractor. HENKT W. TUTEWHJiR, City Treasurer Indianapolis, Ind., January 12, 1376. Sale for Strest Improvement. By virtue of a certain precept to me directed, by the Mayor of the city of indlcapolls. Indiana, and duly attested by the clerk of said city, under the corporate seal of said city, I will on . SATURDAY, February 5th, 1876, sell at public auction, at the City Court Room, between the hours of 10 o'cook A. x. and 4 o'clock p. x. of said day, the following described lot er parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the sum hereinafter named as assessed against such premises for street Improvement, and alleoeta, to-wit ; Lot No. one hundred and twenty-three 123J In Yelzer's addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana, owned by Margaret Engas8, against which is assessed the sum of thirty-one dollars and fifteen cents (5-!l 15 1 for a tree t improvement in favor of John Ureene contractor, HKNRY.W. TCTEWILER, ' ' . City Treasurer, Indianapolis, Ind., January 12th, 1870.