Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1880 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1880;

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PENSIONS.

JUnwed Attempts to Pension Mexican War Veterans. At Abi Speech by Senator Voorhees Before the United State Senate, April 14, 1830. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolatlon. which was read : Resolved, Tbat the Committee on Pensions be, and Is hereby, Instructed to report.wlthout unnecessary delay, a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Pensions to place on the pension roll of this (JavernmeBt the names of the surTlrlng soldiers and sailor of the war between the United States and Mexico: Provided, Tbat this resolution shall not apply to such as are now on any account drawing pension?, or wbo are laboring under political disability. Mr. Voorhees Mr. President, In presenting this resolution I hope I may be pardoned a few words In explanation. I am fully aware of the obstacles to be encountered. An impression has been created in certain quarters tuat we are already engaged In paying pensions in too lavish a manuer. A note of alarm is raised on this floor whenever the subject Is discussed. "We heard It a lew days ago lu connection with a private bill to pension a disabled scout from West Virginia Tbe Henator from Kaosis (Mr. In gall) drew a vivid picture of the dangers to which our srowiDS pension list was subjecting the country. He announced that we were paring more IUOD6J in pensions to disabled MOldlers and sailors, their widows and orphan, than anyOther Government In the world. This Is true, and in my judgment it Is great ly to our credit. While the Uovernments of Europe pour out enormous sums in annuities and pensions on their royal families, and on their nobility, we are left free to expend similar sums, if we r boose, on fr worthier objects, on the citizen soldier v of the Republic, in grateful recognlU on ofthe fact that but for taera the Union would not now exist, nor wou'd foreign nations saicte the American flsg with respect. I can not concent that the policy ot other Governments on this subject shall be held up to us lor adoption or imitation. There is nothing in ihe pension system ot Great Britain for r.s to consider except as an example to be avoided, it is true that there is comparatively a mall sura puld in pensions to her soldier and sailors, but she has a pension list which is truly amazing to the eye of an American. Under toe beads of hereditary pensions, poiitical pensions, special pensions, annuities, compensation allowances, compassionate allowances, retirlna alowances and superannuation allowances, she pays more tlran 510,00,000 year in part to such as have retired from the dl deren t branches of her public erriet, and in part to a worthless nobility which has 'netened Itself by inheritance on the tax-paying toll of that Kingdom. I have examined that peaslon roll. It is full ot cnilous things. One man was pensioned lor the sura of XJ,1!U on tha excise, and for i,3bl on the Fostottice revenue, making the annual sum of 13.2,875, because he was descended from an illegitimate son of Charles II. Ills lav but high born ancestor bad been pensioned, and the pension aescended to those who CHiue after him In 1SÖ7 bis Government re levmed, as it is called. Its excise and postofDce revenues from this annual charse, by paving the pensioner 55.777 13 2d: counted iuoar money Il.i'S.f', in round numbers. Trie old Duke of Hchombene fell at the battle cf the Boyne, in löiO, and a pension of l.ux),or JU.UX). par annum was settled upon bis heirs. Tnev nave drawn more than I2.1AH),Ow) from th EngL h tressury. The private purse of tbe Queen ot England and her household expenses paid by the people amount to over f 'J.uuO.WO a year; and the annual allowances granted to her children reach the sum of ö.IXACkiO and upward; while adding marriage portions to tuelr other allowances these favored youths have drawn from the reven nes of their Government the sum ot SJ,up to tbe year lb77. r'sc'.a like these. It seems to m, ought to have a strorg tendency to reconcile the most dissatl.flrd American citizen to the policy of bis own Government, even if we do pay our scarred and veteran soldiers liberal pensions, and even If for the time being, at least, we are deprived of tbe blessings of royalty and the economy of a royal family. For my part, it does net alarm me at all that, we ate paying many times as much In pensions to our Koldiersaa Great lirltain pays to bers; nor do I ever wish to see them deprived of their penHions.or cut short la their rars, In order to bestow ttum on the favorites of an Empire, as Is dope in that country. Sir, in addition, however, to what we have already done for the American soldier, there remains, In my judgment, an imperative duty yet to be discharged. The so'dler of the war with Mexico has not yet bad Justice. The lifetime of a generation lBn pa4rd by since be obeyed the call o' his country and upheld its honor In a foreign war. Thirty four years ago be moved with the elastic step of youth to battle and to yictorv. lie Is now old and waits from year to year fr that recognition which, though It may be small In amount, is always dear to a soldier's heart. There is but little difficulty in making a correct estimate of the number of soldiers and sailors who would be entitled to a pension ror having participated la the Mexican war. Tue muster rolls contain lGl.OuO. all told, in the military and naval service against Mexico. Ot these, however, 17,'2U were re-en ItRtraents, showing that there were In fact bat 8 1,770 men lu that M-rvice. from this number must be deducted the dead who died In Mexico,. 1(1,000, and II. CCO heretofore pensioned for wounds and disabilities Incurred in the line of duty. 1 regret to not the fact that 7,-ü are marked as deserters. This leaves a body of 49,561 men to the accidents of time and the assaults of disease duiißg a period of nearly thirty-three years of lntecse activity, and stupendous scenes of excitement, danger and r.'eatn. It Hknowntoallth.it the survivors of the Mexican war were among tbe foremost to take part In the war of the rebellion. Thev had been trained as soldiers, and they snutled tbe approach of txutle. Many of them died on the field or In the hesplta's during the four bloody years. Others survive crippled, and drawing pensions for their services m the caue of the Union. All these circumstances, added to the natural death rate since the close of tbe war with Mexico, have reduced tne number of soldiers and sailors now surviving, and who would be entitled to pensions according to the most Intelligent and careful calculations, to perhaps lets than l'l.UCH. Very competent Judges who have spent n-uch time In gathering statistics on thmurject pat the survivor ship entitled to pensions as low as 7,100. It Is ald tbat the following facts are well authenticated : Of the two Pennsylvania regiments mus. tered in with 2xi officers and men but 1M survive. Of the Second Mississippi, 1,03? oflicers and meu.i? survive. Ot the Palmetto Regiment, 1577 officers and men, only 31 are now living. According to these melaucholy.lllnstratlons no one r.ee.1 be alarmed at tbe increase of our pension-roll, even If the vetransof Mexico are added to it. A million a year will pay what remains ot them at ti per month. A million a year! A single manufacturing estanllHtment In the city of Tre Haute, where I live, pays more revenue annually into tbe Treasury of the United mates than it would require to pension every survivor of the Mexlcau war; and yet we are met with a sort of panic In regard to the increased expenditures of tbe Government wheuever this subject is mentioned Bir, what we shall pay them is a mere atom compared with tbe mighty acquisitions of wealth and National power achieved by their Courage and t-Ddnrance. Theveteraus of the Mexican war are cot asking charity; they are not pleading for support out of the bard earnings of others; Lhey sitoply desire an infinitesimal per cent., a per cent, so small that it can not be deslg. nated, of that vast domain and lnexhanstio e treasure which they secured to their Governmeut by their own exertions. Such a conquest of far-reaching boundaries, and ot present and future wealth, power end glory as was made by telr arms has perhaps no parallel La human history. The ephemeral conquests of Alexander the Great, In the East, tue ubjngstlon of extensive portions of Kurope by Cte-ar, and afterward by Napoleon, tbe Norman conquest of Kng'and by vViilUm the Conqueror, none of these achievements were eqa-1 In their ffr ets upon the progress of the world to those which were accomplished by the war between the United States and Mexico. Does this statement appear extravagant? Let the cold facts of history speak lor themselves. A condition precedent to trie war was tbe annexation of Texas, a Hlate larger in ex'ent, more fertile In natural resource!,, aud capable of sustaining a more numerous population than muny of the leading powers of Europe. A settlement of t he proper boundary between that State and Mexico fo lowed the war, and secured the dlspuud territory between tbe Nueces and the lUo Grande, a territory as lirge and as rich as the Ktate of Oh o. Tbe Colon was composed of twenty-nine States ; when the war cosed, and by tbe treaty of peace a more extensive country than them all put together was brought under tbe authority of tbe American flag, and unoer the protection of American law. The bounlarles of the

American republic were more than doubled, and fountains of wealth were secured which have revolutionized the commerce of the seas and the traClcof the civilized parts of the earth. California, the Queen of the Pacific, with her dower of gold, marks a new era In the activity anu advancement of the human race Enough ot the precious metals have been taken from her mines alone, coined In this country and taken to Europe for coinage, to pay our National debt, he has caused this continent to be spanned by an Iron thoroughfare for the travel and transportation created by her wonderful products. The customs duties received by tbe Federal Government at ber ports, in any period of five years since her admission into the Union, has been sufficient to defray the er.tlre cost of the war with Mexico, jvevada, Utah. Colorada, a portion of Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico, with their tremendous capacities for future development, aieo stand to tbe credit of those who fought at Cerro Gordo, and In tbe Valley of Mexico under Soott, and at Monterey and IHiena Vista under Taylor. The Imagination of man can hardy grasp the reality of those vast regions flty years hence, it a statue of the precious raet als was erected to-day to each surviving veteran of the Mexican war. Instead of the enactment of a law giving them ?i a month, for their Uvea and their widows after them, the expense would be but a barren pittance In comparison with what this Government has received as tbe proceeds of their privations and their valor. Sir, why further delay this act of Justice? It has already been far too longed delayed for the honor of this Government. There is but a remnant of these heroes left. Their ranks are growing thinner from year to year, lite the cray locks on tbelr houored beads. Tbose battlefields on which they startled the world with the constancy and daring of American volunteers are beginning to be seen through the baza or long Intervening time. Let ns not wait until all wbo made these fields illustrious have gone to their graves before we recognize, In some slight degree, the debt we owe them. Congress is far in tbe rear of a grateful public opinion on this subject. When we last considered It on this floor, less than a year ago. the Legislatures of twenty Utes had instructed their Senators and requested their Representative lu Congress, to pernion the veterans of the war wit a Mexico. Now, the Legislatures of twenty-five States have made similar Instructions and preferted MmiUrrequests. There are fifty Senators Instructed, and more than 2u0 memlwrs of the House requested by their States to pension tnese surviving veterans without further postponement. Ohio. Pennsylvania, Illinois, 1 ndlana , California, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Or g n, Nevada, Kentuckv, Tennessee, Texas. Alabama, Arkansas, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, New Jersey and Massachusetts have joined tbelr potent voices la this demand Will they not be respected and obeyed T Who will presume to say so? Aud why defer action ano'ber day ? The step is to be taken, the Aniericau people have t-o willed it; why not take it now? There Is nothing sectional in this question. All the Htates in this Union have scared in the Increased greatntss of our common conntry. Everv section has all&e reapf d the fruit or the fortitude and wisdom displayed in the field and In the National councils lu the conduct and in the conclusion of the Mexican war. American enterprise and Intelligence, from the hardy regions of New England to the Pacific coast, and from the Northern lakes to the warm waters of tbe Gulf, have found new and boundltss fields for their restless activity and their almost fabulous achievements. I can not believe that there will be any further reluctance In auyquirur to the small recognition and reward which I ask for those who proved themselves the benefactors of every portion of the American people, and in tact of ihe whole commercial and clvil'zed world. 1 ask that the resolution which I have offered may be printed and He upon the table; and 1 give notice that I shall call it up at an early day lor the action of the Senate.

The Storm at 1 Paso, Ark. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bekde, Ark., April 20 Tho town cf El Paso, Ark., thongn a few days ago cne of tbe most flourishing little country towns in Arkansas, is to day a graveyard. Ua last Sunday night It was struck by one of the most violent toraadoes that ever pv-sed through this country, kl ling some light or ten and injuring about fifteen or twcbty. Anions the killed are Atbo Pool. wif and two children. Mrs. Pool and children were carried one mile from town, end fouud there at 0 o'clock next morning, all dead. Mr. Pool la a cotton man of prominence, and well kuown In St. Louis. The citizens of Btcbe acted promptly to tha call fcr phj&ic'iEDs ami nur&es. Tbe names of tbe others have not been learned np to this wrkiDg. Your correspordent has jasi relumed from the scene of desolation. Af'er sending tbe first telegram, we started for El Paso, which is situated eight mllcj from Deebe, and fifteen from It "ck. It is quite a business town, or was. No it is no more. When we arrind we west to tbe aid of tbe Injured, and existed all we coiM. We helped to bury the dead, ten in all. Four or five more are ruonolly rounded. Tho 6 ret victim we saw waj Mr. Tool, father ot the Pool family, who will be a corpse before the readers of tbe Globe-Democrat see this. By his side hia three darling children and handsome yoaDg wife lay c?!d in death. "God is good," B.tid he mignedly, "and if He intended this for ns we must bear it" "Are all jour family dead ." "Ye?, air, but myself, and I want to go with them. I wi:l soon pass away." "The physicians royyou rosy recover. You must cheer np don't give wy." "I am not particular." "Did you see the cyclone omlrg, ifr. Pool?" Yes. I went in an adjoining room for my little boy, who was lyii.g there asleep, and when I returned I told my wile we were gone. I Baw tho house moving. I knew we were pone. My wife, I am told, and that little child there, were carried miles, their brains dashed out, ai you t ee." "Where were you picked up when found?" "Down there," pointing to a creek 00 yards off; "I bad tbe boy in my a: ma tbat I went for, but he wss killed." "That is a fearful cut in your forehead." 'Yes; I am thinking that it will result fatally." "Any other damage? They say you lost $ü,0tH) in money? "No; I hel 3 500 It is Rone, but I am not crying about that, if I or.ly had my family bsck. My cows and bogs are all killed. This is a terrible blow to mjself and neighbors. How rasDy more are killed?' "'Squire John Acklin and family and a grest many of your neighbors are iujured." 'Squire Acklin ws next visited. The venerable old man was lying cold in death, the corpse of his wifs by hla eide. Tbe terrible eight can nevr bs forgotten. Old in years, thy were csrriel into eternity in a second, ,1'oer Joe Phillips and wife lay unconscious waiting to Sre when Providence would put an end to their misery. L. J. Sipes, another gentleman well known to St. Louis merchants, his wif.j and three children, lay bide by se, all badly injured. Their boute was carried two miles away from ton, the eil's twisted as if only saplit gs. Nothing was left. The Czar's Dismal Life. Washington Capital. A thorough Inve siigition of every portion of the Winter Palace in 8c Petersuarg having at length been completed, and the police authorities baving satisfied therrsrlves that no danger of another attempt npen the Czir's life within the walls of his town retlJence is at present to be appre bended, he cow resides in tbe Palace again, sleeping, however. In a different apartment every nieht. The life actually Ud by tbe Russian Emperor in his magnificent abode is pitiably dismal. No nourishment, either solid crliqn;d, thst hsscotbeen tasted in his presence by some official personage ever passes his lips. His bath is examined every morning by the medical Officers of his household before he ventures to use it, and .he seldom approaches a stove or a fireplace, lest some explosive material, concealed among the fuel, should have been secretly introduced into it Before fce tire a to rest, bis bedroom and dressing tajm, as well as tbe apartments contiguous to them on the upper and lower floors, are submitted to a rigorous Inspection. Ills majesty appears extremely- nervous, takes no interest in State business, and exhibits indifference to the military details which heretofore con tituted his favorite occupation.

SNAKES ! SNAKES!

Delaware County to the Front for Big; Saaker. MonHters Twenty Feet Long Furious Attack on a Young Colt by a II age Kept He. A Muncie special to the Cincinnati Commercial says: "Large finds of snakes come about as regularly in Indiana as does the spring. In other words, spring time seems to be prolific of snake finds, and many rich leads are struck. Of all the turnouts of flatheads, copperheads, garters, copper snakes, racers, rattle, water and other species of snakes reported from this section of Indiana, there have been none tbat have equaled tbe one reported to tbe Commercial correspondent to-day. And there never was a snake nnd anywhere which caused a more dreadful, dangerous battle than did this one. "Mr. Joshua Mills, a farmer, lives in the extreme northwestern part of this or the southeastern of Grant County, near the junction of Delaware, Grant and Madison Counties, and about fifteen to eighteen miles from tbis city. Day before yesterday he was clearing up a patch of deadening on his farm. The day was balmy and pleasant. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon be had ready for burning three or four heaps of brush, and when about ready for' doing bo he conceived the idea of cremating an old log hog pen which stood near by. A hundred feet distant was a w 11 which was uncovered, was operated by a deep bucket attached to a pole, and was used for watering stock. A hundred feet or to lurther on was a large, thailow pond of stagnant water, surrounded by willows and dead flags and coarse grass. The surrounding country is low.wetand swampy. The hog pen was a fair epecimen of ye olden time sty roomy, with log flooring laid on the ground, and the corners ot the structure. resting on large logs Imbedded in the earth." A'ter determining upon burning the bog pen, on account of the many rats, lizirds, etc , he bad seen about it, and because of its having done duty so long as to become a pest, hs at once proceeded to carry brush and throw into it. He worked an hour at this. When he had almost completed his work, and was in the act of picklog up the scattered limns and throwing them into tho pen, ho was startled at seeing a monstrous water snake crawl out from under the logs and start off toward the pond. Mr. Mi'.ls tcld tbe Commercial correspondent's informant that this snake was not less than fourteen or Bixteen feet long, and about tight inches in diameter. lie was so compldtfly dumbfoueddd tbat he could noi move for a moment, but Cosily ran toward the serpent, and with clubs succeeded in turning its course away from tee pond. He then ran to tbe housa for bis gun, an oldfashioned musket. When Mr. Mills returned tbe snake was not to be found. He then fired the truck in the pen, and started arcaod firing tie otter heaps, lading his gun on the ground not far from tbe hogpen. The burning of the brush on tbe sty attracted to the stcse a horse and colt, the lattera yearling, which were running looie M tho clearing. After a lapie of probably twenty minute after placing tire to tbe hog pen. Mr. Mills heard a dis urbance among his horees, which were standing near the fire. II': looked up. The animals were 150 yards distant. The first thirg that attracted Mr. Mills' attention wes the old horte kicking npward with hind feet as if wild. The colt was stamping with his lront feet. Finally tbeoM horse kicked high into the a! rand ran, and at the saa e time sonietbit g like a long rope whirled into the air and fell to the ground. Mr. Mills saw there was something wrong going on, and ran with all possible speed to wL ere tbe troub'e wes. The hone which Lad ran away stood off 100 yards distart "whickering." The colt pawed the ground terribly, and it was not until Mr. Mills was right at the place where stood tbe colt that he comprehended the situation. Around the body of the colt were almost two coils of a larrc snake. Its tail was three or fair times wrapped art und one front lep, and its head had moved its coils around the colt's body. The colt's eyes protruded, its breathing was hard, it pawed, pranced and cavor'e 1 around as if in the very thoes of death. Mr. Mills bad no knife with him of euthcient &'zi to cut the reptile in twain. He hadn't lirae to go and get one, for the colt would die in a half minute's time. The snake was tlowly ttgtten ing its coils, and on either side of it the colt's flesh protruded, showing the terrible strength of the twist. Mr. Mills took in the situation at a glance. He must burst the reptile with a club, and do it very quick, too. He eprang towsrd a stake Ijingonthe ground, and just as he wes picking it up a wbirr! whirr! was heard from behind, and looking up the forked torgue of a murderous rattlesnake pr.flenttd iUelf. "Ice lire was so intens ly Lot there that it scared the rattlesnake, and it sped on and away. Cut then the colt continued round and round, and pawing slower aud slower, as if ready to fall at any moment. Its very life was being tqnet zed out cf it. Without any dtlay Mr. Mills rushed that way, and witi one Tell swoop with his club bunt the reptile until its entrails were ctrewn all over the animal, and it fell to tbe ground dead. S:raDge, tLeolt was not seriously injured, and it walked away. "Eat the danger to Mr. Mills bad just begun. When the horses ran away, a pcore or more of snakes of various sizes and kinds were seen running from tbe lire. A lea lot shot from bis gun failed to kill any of the huge yellow-spotted moLsters. Owing to the racket caused by the hors, the snakes had so far run in another direction, but as soon as tbe animals had got out ot reach they glided in the direction of Mr. Mills. With the club he held in his hand he sue creded in keeping tha snakes away from him for a while, but finally the cumber grew so large, and their running so ferocious and promiscuous, tbat he himself was compelled to retreat. Mr. Mills noticed from a distance that nearly all the reptiles, in their hurry to get away from the scorching tUmes, were plugging headlong into the well, the others into the pond. From the point where he stood Mr. Mills saw, he thinks, forty or fifty horrible larga snakes of various kinds go into that well. "A comparatively few were rattlesnakes, and they were Dot very large, but some of the others were huge, fifteen to twenty feet in length. Some of the clue racers carried their heads as high as a man, and swept along lke race horses. Tbe sieht was one which thrilled the auditor with a tickenicg horror. When the pen hsd burned down, so tbat there was not a probability of there being any more reptiles crawling frcm it, Mr. Mills approached the well and looked in. The water waa probably six feet deep, and the distance to the water from tbe tor about eight feet. From his position he sav seme of tho most horrible snake-sights tbat can be imagined. Two giants fought nntl tbe water was turbulent with mud ant bleod, spurts of which would occasionally ba sent to tbe top of the well, causing him wtu was looking downward to start back in a hurry. "Mr. Mills thought to quell tbe mob ty shooting them, but after tiring a half dczsi loads down into tbe snakes and quieting i few, a new idea possessed him, arid be at once commenced ro'ling stones into th well. When nearly filled with stones ant wood he cemented the well over with dirt And cow In that grave ara burled mon hundreds of pounds of snake flesh than cat be found in any other hole, probably, la ths Bute." , Earl Dnnraven's Ghost Story. From His Article In the Nineteenth Century. "My soul and body, sir," says John, tie guide, "never see such luck in all my life ;

meet as bad as we had two ers ago when we was camped away down Ea. ,l bJ th hed of Martin's River. You refflev. the night we saw the little fire to - the woods close by. when there was no one. there to make it. Very curious that was? CA"' make that out at all. What was it, doyoti Aink?" Terhaps ghosts making a are, John," said I. "Yes, sir.mebbe; some of our peoVfc believes in ghosts, eir, very foolish- people, some Indians." Don't you, John?"

"Oh, no, sir; I never seed no gbosta. I seen and heard some curious things, though. I was hoc ting once with two gentlemen near Kocky Kiver yon know the place well, sir. We were all sitting in camp; winter time, sir; pretty late, about bed time. Tbe gentlemen were diinking their groT. and we was smoking and talking, when we heard someone walking, coming up to the camp. "Halloo." said one of tbe gentlemen, "wbo can this be at this time of eight?" Well, sir; we stopped talking, and we all beard the man walk np to the door. My soul, sir, we could hear his moccasins crunching in the hard, dry enow quite plain. He walked np to tbe door, but did not open it, did not speak, did not knock. So. after a little one of ns looked ont nobody there; nobody there at all, air. Next morning there wes not a track on tbe snow not a track and no snow fell in the night. Well, sir, we stay there a fortnight, and most every night we would bear a man in moccasins walk np to the door and stop; and if we looked there was no one there, and he left no tracks in the snow. What was it. do yon think, sir?' "Don't know. John, I am sure," I said, "unless it was some strange effect of the wind in the trees." "Well, sir, I seed a curious thing once, I was hunting with a gentleman from tbe old country, I think he was my word, sir, a long time ago, mebbe thirty years or more. My soul and body, sir, what a sight of moose there wes in the woods in these days! and the caribou run in great herds then; all failing, now, sir, all failing. We were following caribou, right fresh tracks in the snow, we were keeping a sharp lookout, expecting to view them every minute, when I looked np and saw a man standing right between ns and where the caribou had gone. He was cot more two hundred yards eff I could see him quite plain. He had on a cloth cap and a green blanket toat, with a belt around the middle not a leather belt like we use, sir, but a woolen ne like what the Frenchmen use in Canada. There was braid down the arms of his cat and around his cuffs. I could see the braid quite plain. He bad no gun, nor ax, lor nothing in his bands, but just stood there with his hand on his hip, that way, right in tbe path, doing notbirg. "'Our hunting all over, sir,' I said to the rentleman, 'we may as well go home.' Why, what is the matter, John?' ssys he. 'Why, look at the man there, right in the track; he's t cared our caribou, I guess.' Well, sir, he was very mad, the gentleman was, and was for turning right round and (oicghome; but I wanted to go up and ipeak to the man. He stood there all tbe line never moved. I kind of bowed, nodled my bead to bim, and he kind of codded j'.n head, bowed just the same way to me. WU, I started to go up to him, when up rose a great, fat cow moose between him and me. 'Loot, at the moose, Captain,' aid I. 'Shoot her!' 'Good Heavens, John!' he says, 'if I do I shall shoot the man, ioo!' 'No, no, Bir, never mind,' I cried, fire at tbe moose.' Weil, Bir, he up with tbe gun, fired, and downed the moose. She just ran a few yards, pitched forward and fell dead. When tbe smoke cleared oil the man was gone; could cot eee him nowhere s. 'My soul and body! what's became of the man, Captain? I says. 'Donno, John; perhaps he is down, too,' ess he. 'Well, sir,' says I, 'yoa stop here, ard I will go and look; mebbe he is dead, mebbe not quite dead yet.' Well, I went op to the place, and there was nothing there nothing but a little pine tree ; no man at all. I went all round, sir no tracks, no Bi?t s of a man anywhere cn the S30W. Whit waa it, do yoa think, "Well, John," I replied, "I think thit was a curious ins'arce of refraction." "Oh, mebby," says Jobn. Crushed, New 1 ork Tribune. Mrs. Ennght has been put ont of her bouse in Philadelphia. The Elevated Railway Company has beaten her in the Courts, and received authority to pnll down her house. She determined to assert her rights as an American woman and property owner. She refused to move her household goo is, and defied tbe contractor and his men. tihe would not allow tbe men to enter by the front door, so they were forced to mount to the roof by the next houso. They knocked down the chimney, tore down the roof, and cleared tbe way to tha front room on the third story, which wss occupied by Mrp. fuKut buu uer oiugaier. xnis was lue first day's work, and the woman sat in her rockicg-chair from morn to eve, looking very mad; but she would not budge. The next day work was resumed, and by coon the third story was cleared away. After dinner the men battered down the front door, tore out the window-sashes and re duced the wood work on the first flsor to bare walls. Meanwhile, Mra. Enright and her daughter eat in their rocking-chairs on the cecond floor, front, and held the fort. The eecond floor, back, was then invaded, and the kitchen utensils and other furniture were piled up on the sidewalk. But the garrison still held out, faithful nnto death. The Eecond floor, front, was next .attacked; the rear partition was demolished, the flooring abave was removed, and the front was toppled over brick upon brick. But tbe woman would not surrender. Mrs. Enright sat in her rocking chair, knittiogattbe rate of forty stockings an hoar, and receiving the moral support of her daughter and their sympathetic neighbors. The tight was watched with interest from the street, and the garrison was loudly cheered by tbe bystanders. But the enemy was ruthless. The stove, the bedstead, the table, and the trunks were carried into tbe streets. The walls and ceiling were down. Tbere waa nothing on the second floor but the five chairs and their contents. Mrs. Enright was asked to take herself off. She would cot budge no, never! nor man cor brute should put her outl The workmen began to tear np the floor. Then the garrison gave in. Mrs. Enright retreated with ber friends to the stairway and looked for a dray. She spoke not a word. She had done what she could. She was crushed. Miss Woelaon's Southern Sketches Appleton's Journal. 1 Tbe pathos, the pi ti In Id ess. the splendor, the cqaalor, the beanty, the luxuriance, the pessionate ardor and the romantic charm of the South are in them; and the skill with which these paradoxical qualities are depicted can hardly he overpraised. The little book deserves a place on tbe same shelf with Eret Harte's "California Sketches" and Mr. Cable's ' Creole Stories;" and, taken together, they saffice to show that American life is not really deficient in material for such artists as have tbe insight to perceive and the skill to ntliiz them. Wobbling: Wilson's Whoop. Ledger-Standard) 0. M. Wilson, of Indianapolis, has joinel the noble army of fools. Ue is ror Grant and tbe Empire, with a big E. He swallows him whole, sword, scepter, soars., steed and f atumine stupidity, all. For a pood lsrge ass, with a preturoatura 1 longitude of ear and bellowing blatantness of bray, commend us to the hsH-headed whooper of Hooslerdom, Ü. 31. Wilson. It is a great pity to see how many people allow a cough or cold to go nnnotioed, and thus pave the way to an nntimely grave from the efif cts of consumption. A pleasant, stfe, reliable and cheap remedy is Dr. Ball's Cough Syrnp. Price twenty-fire cents.

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It never tolil in bnlk. but only in f rnr bottles with Toad's l.xtraft" blown ia the flaps and onr trade-mark n onuide bnfl wrapper. Jiewareof imitations. Tryit and you will never be vithout it a einple day. Fold by ad Druggists. URELY A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIfc A FORTUNE Fifth Grard Distribution, Glass E, At New Orleans TUESDAY, May 11 1880, 12 th Monthly Urawing. Louisiana Stato Lottery Co. Tula Institution was reruiarrr incorporated by the Legislature of the 8 Lata for edncatlonau anrt charitable purposes In IMS for tlie terra of Twenty-five Years, tewblcn contract ths Inviolable faith of the 8: ate t pledged, wblcb pledge has been renewed by an overwhelming popular vote, securing Its franchis- In the new constitution adopted December 2, 1879, with s capiUJ of lXJO.UUO, to which It has since added a reserve fand of 3350.0GO. Its grand bthli tjubes msTBiBUTiox will take plao monthly on the second Tuesday. It hbtu 8CiJ.Rs ox poeTrosBS. Look at the following distribution: CAPITAL PRIZE S30 OOO. 100,000 Tickets at 83 each. Half Tickets, si. list op raizza, . 3 1 1 a 5 21 19) ao) 50) LOOJ Capital rrixe 150,910 6,'XX 6,(X4 6,001 10,0 10,(Xt 10,OtX 10,W 10 Prices of 13,500.... " WW. 100 M 60.. 23. " 1 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. i Approximation Prixes of $300.... 8 do do 200 9 do do 10O L857 Prizes amounting to 8110,40 Responsible corresponding agents wanted al all points, to whom a liberal compensation will be paid. Write clearly statin? full address, for fart information or send orders by express or in a Registered Lett-, r or Money Order by mall, addressed only to M. . DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or same at No. 819 Broadway. New York. Or J. T. Woodward, 17 North Illinois street Indianapolis. AllonrUrand Extraordinary Drawings art 'ander the supervision and management oi Uenerals Q. T. Beauregard and Jubol A. Early N. B.-lhis Company h s NO AGENTS In tbe BKlTIfcll FOSdKfeSlONB, and all persons pretending tobe so and soliciting orders by circulars or otherwise are SWINDLERS. Baker, Hord & Uksdricks, Attorneys for J'ialntitr, ' QTATE ÖP INDIANA, Marion county, ss: In the Saperlor Court of Marion county, in the Htate of Inmana. No. 25,803. Complaint for foreclosure of a mortgage o real esestate. Jonathan Edwards, trustee, vs. Mary Ana Kortepeter, Joseph Wilsoo, Wilson, lnlant cblld of said Joseph Wilson, Henry D. Stringer. Louisa Stringer, his wile, Cyrus H. McCormlck. Leander J. McCorm lck. Be it known, that on the 24th day of Decern ber, IST!), the above named plaintiff, by his attorneys, filed in the office of tne clerk of the Superior Court of Marion county, in the Htate of Indiana, his complaint against the above named detendants, aud the said plaintiff having also üled on the ll'th day of Aprl , INMi, ia open court, in said Superior Court, the affidavit of a competent person showing that said defendants, Joseph WUhou, formerly husband of sarah Wilson, (nee Kortepeter) now deceased, Wilson, the infant child of said Joseph Wilson and Sarah Wilson, now deceased, whose christian name Is to tbe afnant UGknown, Henry i. UriDger, Loul abtringer, his wife, Cyrus H McCormick, Leander J. McCormlck are not residents of the State of Indiana, that a cause of action exists against them, and that the same is in relation to real estate, being tor the foreclosure of a mortgage cn real estate. Now, therefore, by order of said court, said defendants laut above named are hereby notified of the filinz ana pendency of said complaint against them, and that unless they appear and answer or demur thereto, at tbe calling of said causa on the 7th day of Jane, 180, the same being the first judicial day of a term of said court, to be begun and held at the court honse in the city ot Indianapolis on tbe first Monday In June, ltttU, said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be beard and determined in their alwence. DANIEL M. KANSDELL, a pi! 1-3 w. Clerk. "T"OTICE is hereby given to the citizens of .11 the Eleveoth ward, In the city of Indianapolis, Center township, Marion connty, Indiana, that I, Jobn Wrulih.a male Inhabitant ot said ward, over the age of twenty-ene years, will apply to the board of county commissioners of said county, at ihel Mv meeting, for a license to sell, tor one year, spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, in a less quantity than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be dranK on my premises. The precise location of the premises whereon I desire to "ell said liquors is described as follows: Lot No. 12, square 67, and known a No, 22 North feJaware street. In the city of Indianapolis, Center township, Marion county, India na, (Signed) JOHN. W. SMITH. Sullivan A Jokes, Attorneys. STATE OP INDIANA, Marion county, ss: In the Circuit Courtof Marion County.ln the state of Indiana. No. 2,637. Compialnt for Injunction and to satisfy judgment. John O. D. Lilly vs. John T. Pressly, Sheriff of Marion County, Indiana, and Mary E. Miller, Administratrix of the estate of John P. Sillier, deceased. De it known, that on the 21st day of January, 1&0, the above named plaintiff, by his attorneys, filed in the office of tne clerk of the tsnFerlor Court of Marion county, in the State of udiana, his complaint against the above named defendant; and the said plaintiff having also filed in said clerk's office the affidavit of a competent person showing that said defendant, Mary E. Miller, Administratrix of the estate of John P. Miner, deceased, i a neoefsary rarty. and Is not a resident of the State of Indiana, and that said aoMonis for an ltjuncth n and to satisfy a Judgment which la a lien on real estate. Now, therefore, by order of said conrt, said defendant last above named I hereby notified of tke filing and pendency of said complaint against her, and that unless she appears and answers or demurs there to,at the calling of said cause on the i3d day August, U80. the same being the first juulclal day of a term of said court, to be begun and held at the Court House in tne city of Indianapolis, on the fourth Monday In August, 188', said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determined in her absence. DANIEL iL KANSDELL, prll-3w. Clerk.

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tub 1880 INDIANA WEEKLY STATE SENTINEL. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, Sl.OO Per Annum. THE PAPER FOR THE PE0PI E PROSPECTTS FOR 1SS0. The coming presidential year promises to be the most eventful and thrilling in a political sens that we have ever witnessed, and will determine questions of the most vital importance to every citizen of the State and nation. It is not improbableIndeed it i almost certain that, upon the determination of these questions, will depend the perpetuity of our prefeut Fjstem of free government. . These questions will be thoroughly discussed during the present session of Congress. The Sentinel has arranged for a first class, experienced. secUl eorresjondent at Washington, and in addition to giviug a true account of all the general proceedings in that body, will give the leading speeches of our most prominent statesmen, and without depriving our patrons of the usual amount of reading matter. The Sentinel will hereafter contain a supplement, making ia all Sixty Column of composition. In a word, it is the purpose of The Sentinel, as a steadfast watchman of public intelligence, to de its whole duty in Hording information to its subscribers upon all these topics of such vast moment. As in '76 so in '80 Indiana will be called upon to take a first position in the front of the great contest, and upon the success or failure of the great ani gallant Democracy of our State will depend the fate of issues the most portentous ever submitted to the arbitrament of a free people. We shall also specially call attention, from day today, aa occasion may require, to an entirely Äew Phase ia the politics of our 6 Late w mean the forced emigration for temporary partiran purposes of pauper negroes from the boulh iuto Indiana. The managers and leaders of t Kepublican party, in our State and at Washington, ate now engaged in this nefarious work, snd are attempting by every means in their power to promote its advancement. They have failed, utterly failoi, to convince our people of the correctness of theii political principles, by reason or argument; theii appeals to hatred and prejudice have fallen harmless: their lavish aud corrupt expenditures ! fiutilicand private moneys have proved wholly utile. They propose now by an African invasion of worse than a vandal horde of beggars and mendicants to override the voice of the people of the State, and to drown the Democratic majority. The .sst resort, the forlorn hope, the assaulting party, the picket assailing corps of Republicanism in Indiana, Is thus made up not from the Uunters Harrisons, Heilmans or Shackleford of the State; not from the, intelligonce or ability of that party, out is composed of a motley, parti-colored gang ot wretched ield negroes from the irout. The froth, and scum of this worthless importation are mia use of to destroy the free franchise of resident citizens, and to tax our means of home labor and domestic subsistence for the support of the political tenets of a defeated faction. The sleepless Sentinel, upon the heights of popular rights and popular liberty, predicts that this movement will also be a failure. With respect to this before unheard of method of manufacturing party majorities in a State, shall at all times Kive the latest and most reliable intelligence. Tbe American Democracy, the Federal Union, the rights of the People aud the States, one and inseparable now and forever. The merits nf The tntinel as a general newspaper aie so well known among the farmers of this state, especially those of the Democratic persuasion, that commendation of it is deemed superfluous. We will add, however, that the management has arranged and fully determined that no paper shall furnish so grcrat practical value to its patrons for the money. In its news, its editorial, its literary and miscellany in a word, in its general reading it shall not be surpassed by any paper circulated in the Htate. It will be particularly adapted to the family circle. We do not believe that any reading, thinking man in the State can afford to do without the Week iy Sentinel at the small cost at which it ia furnished. us. Every subscriber to the Weekly State Sentinel, at 11.25 per year, will receive a copy of The Sentinel's very able law tteatise, by James B. McCrelUs, Esq., entitled THE LAW OF THE FARM. 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