Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1885 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBEK 21, 1885.

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HON. W.SrllOLMAN; H. bJre3ti3g lilress Up-n tha Coaptation ' ' - . of Iaüiaa, ' ' . . i ! - ' v ."it Hie t irst Reunion of Surviving .Members f the I-egUlatiire of 1K.1I andPrrt iout Legislatures. HHil nt Indiamipoli October Ö and C. I..

In ii?roi1rc:n J nil it- Hotmail as th tieit ---o - - - I -' er. Mr. F.nglish, the lVesident of the tue ti:i.j, said the next gentleman who will .ultlrc youTis not only :i member of the convention which framed the present Constitution of Indiana, hut of the lix.n tiencral Assembly held wider it. He Las subc--ciitly served a.s a Bfpi-;.cntativc in Congress -a -;rcater number of j-carsthan any other jerou from this State ever served, and ha ptouably done more than any man ever did to protect the money of the people in the I 'nited States Treasury. I now have the vleuure of introiliuiii IIu. W. S.llohnaii. '.appla u-e. Judge llolman said : 'I lie people of Indiana were fortunate iti t lie tiun irey celected for the reorganisation of their jmcrnHii'iit. The Vaiatut"on ofll. with its vigorous statement of the rifhr of the t-eorvle, it iei(i' tivismmis of political power and Kencrii limitations on o'ficial authority, was an ilmiraiile -harter for a new State tbe 'citm-ns of which were almost exclusively engaged ia prodiu the industry, rci ljniiia; fertile oeld. from the wildertie. and bmidiu-' up independent hmiie. With sm-li a teo r government ison'y a re-pecta-de attraction. I.;t in thirty four yrar the few intrepid and hardy pioneer. Mattered in the vast region extending iroiu the great Miami to (he aiili. -aCh i uizeu the self-reliant mater of hi rural i.-.-ess.Pns. had become a greal jieoplc. with w idc.-p-cad and varied ewii!o incuts. I'nriii;; this perU-d of :v xenrs the pro 4c of Indiana li.td e!K'Ount rcd tbe uuat biiicrc.xpeviciic. f a ;a'e going into eterpries hejotul the siitiile domain of government in an opprcsic public debt. They bad x-cn fin milhority of t lie state nrokcu into fragment in countless form of -tscia! laws and local institution, their system of dueatiou feehle sud insurtieient because there h no unity of purprwe. their ru'.tn of j 1 1. 1 i : n I procedure the outgrowth of institution radically different from t heir own. hy their artificial and complicated nth(Ml, eotisiamly leien' in the eud M jnii c. Tliey av with in.tisiiatio'i tliat tiublie onirer uerc'iiot MiljH't t 'iit iKfotintability for their oiheial ( oinluit. MI thi and more had lightened tiie pntdieopiiiion I the iH-ople ot In'liaua. when, in they in-t:tiition. lieio!in in Govern :nein t ya eoph re always the out growth d thir u n -xperiene. Theeoiivelittouor l'Owa.s u'.lcvt toSelhor liy the n.-opl' with an en'i.chtein-cl undt-rotandinz f 1 1 -i r purpose lubiie opinif'tt. t ased on e;ei!-ied and aliiaMeexjierierte. rmt the t ln-orii' of tnte.-iiian-kt. w at toinouhl flu- now oharter oi (.ovrrnniont. Jn the mean time the ji 1 1! it- iebt an oxjm'üsiw. hxii lalnaLlc .imud in iU'iiiaiih!ii li:i 1 la-ji al;nsted on r'nvorahle i-oihürioii.., the State Hint joj ti:l!y eMap-l from i'M'-ile in;rje oiiterpr:e f;;My"i'ii'oriaed li- ineoiiiimtililettn-y were it!i 'nlaad hcn: pvenniieiit. utid i; was elenriv von thai with tno.1erate taxation te täte liiii-'h? alvn:n e Ailtitlioe ki-hii1 iinprovenieut.N in-tiintioiis h-r ;liea:eof the tmi'ortiitniiste and the edu'-xiion of it-, ehil-lren. whieh h! irti a Mate nnl honor i: pep!e. t. o. w 'X: tjood serf!lle. the future mI he time wa H;.!piiou for i not her reason. It va-. in a genera! v.n.-e. in .;:! ie.s an '-era of sood tci-liu." The line between tite srent parti- of that ilny. Whig: aul iK-moerat. wa not w!l leiiii d. 'i he great c,i!ftion .soon to ot:vir!-o the Nation was for the t:me npeinred. Tlie V liij; party, wlii'e in the iniiiority , iiipiihed a very -iliie hotly "3 Mailmen. That ar!y wa- never so pr":ii in it- repre-cntatix'e men in Indiana a- in ttie year of it fleelPie. 'I he .eop'.e faily apprei iate the jmport.-inee of t!' o-a-ioti and party spirit hiihcd. -. if any. of the nr.-at i'O'inTi elertcd a tail le!e-.ition of : I e u:ik- iahtieal f;ii;li. iti'etis unknown in Mt:tic. hut eminent in other pur-uit-, rere -;-;ieil for. In Franklin and perhaps in other 4 reat t-mtiilh . eitien. the nnt trn!.. were nt lo tlK' eouventiou w hili' liohi;nsr other pnhiie vn'p'.oyment. In l: its.;!i t'je ((iie-t.n of the otia'ilii at ion of oters Mr. Clark, of TiprieeanrM- yitii. t;eiu!emen ! tnat romeiitloii. wi:i roiuemtier him as one of I he inot alrtilie lll.d aei ompiihei of the Je!ejnie. after the work ol the convention wa eil a.haiM-ed. tail: ' I a n a W'hii and I hall vote aa;:it the .-r tion miller ron.-ideration. I feel n t:i-e--ary lo make a short explanation. :J I atu happy to lait.- My ny that lie 1 of 4rtv ieilin nar w c iiad manifested in t hi convention that I hail nlnt.t tftrotten that I was a Whis, and I eherfi!lly etif.C that he jentlrmen who are in the nut-'oris-hre have careful tv a'tainei from i-artv lit it5:ois and allusions to jarties." iS) jjem'emen, am I not justiiled in ayin; tWat .tJie convention wax called at an au-pieiott lime'.' In tue litit of .nteiiuent events oouM it hue 'iee Mfeiy delayed I think 1 am safe in fsyiux. w itho'tt the s'izhteH reference to to jxIUietl p iri ie.s. t nat nt no time since tliat period could the onslitutiou have been x e.mjietely the exiireion of tiie vnlis!! n ju.ljineut of the people of the stale. Other .entlerarn ibo pattici?ialfl inthesroat i vcaNOi tiK! couveation have retalleil in ill tail i lie work aeconipihd -the httlwarks of free institutions established in the oonstitntion - the .work of that convention the limitation it imlose on lele-j:el authority, ami th harriers armiust improvident und covert iesrislatioti. I lie-." your iadnljrenee ceutlemeti for a hrief reference to one of the ureat reform estabij!iei hy that instrument, in a material desrree original in thai onvention now linnly tixed in tlie tolitiea! sy.-tem oi Indiana. Iut still -p n to lisetis-ion in yonr XatioTa'. rw-.'.itiev. I rtfer to tne rctrie.iiors'inipo.ed n tin: eligibility oi the t:!ien to pnhlic enipi'. -ui-nt. The' 'onititiuiou of 1M impiwe no restriction '1 re ei:u;.tiility to '!t"i e. stieli restriction a'f a jreat fi-at'ire in the Constitution of lvl. As to indicia! olii-e it wasonlydeemed nee-:i:y ihatiy rensonabie limit on the term otnthee heO'ia'.itieatioUs: fit the jltde siiould Im- Mib.ieet ' piil;;e review nt tat?d intervaN. Itwasi:..nsiiotred that trie ilmitx of i lie jud-e were t rforiiii'd in the p-enee of the people. The ttii-ati-r of his oJBi lal duties and the reeoid bv whitii he ronld only -wat wi-rcnp-n to.-ell men. Hi attainiueut. udelity ni intt-rri'y oi i lmr iterwere under ei.ti-i:in olerat:on. la-sj,!. experience in the judicial o'hee and the harm-n f judicial utterance w-re of -pt-cial vaiue. .n the pitipieof Indiana h-tt themeive unrestrieted in regard to the rtf!ecton of the j-!-.'e. bu - liideU I i i in from all other than juufeial empho -Jiient durip the rixj for which he ha. I Ik-, n hoseri. Most of .hre rnnsiderations also aj.(.iied to the uflirpof (IC '.ejrL-iator. Keide. neither the jndze .nor the legislator em!d Imid public le tnuary trusts, and the expiration of the term leit noihinir iH-jond. x that, a to Im.Ui of these otfiec. ide Cotis'it'.itioil only provides for rca-oiuU-ly brief te; in... v ith -rob-nod term of o:lii e only on t!ie Kii'l tioii. t oaoua!le interval, of lire. l juttir Tiocnl. Bui in relalion oexei-utive Miel a.uii :i it rt ix e oil, er, .täte and haal. involving ni-.-h i!i;ieal power or lidnriary tnit. pr.blie su'ety ml purity ni the .nl.Iie serv iee re. Hired i-rer safesruard than si nifty u limited term oi il;(T. 'I iie om'1i' teinprutidn ot the citieii to ise the jmwer. psit runtime and reot;rce. of olliee to -o'it;ni;e hi tonnrr. w oarcfoüv coii.sideid and i.arilil auaiust.. i.uT t!ie preaUT niitnlitr of these oilnv involve, directly or itidirecttv. j-e'iniary tnit : iietiee a sho't term of oitii e. fiirihiiitv to one re-eieet ion. ud tiie ii the a t ml idoi ns ' i t he account was decnii'd UCCCS-arr to the pul.lie safety. I an anyone frame a la-ttcr sniYmrd to in'ejfrify in pnhlie ortiee -ostaX'iallv ne in Volvimr p.H i:nI;i rv inter--t tlLHIl HO .' 'I he n a-nably l.ri f. fixed term, is the .trim; .iiid savin? lent. ire. No kill of the eilim in -.tin e -a:i uet Ijeyond it. 1 he sa'otle and -ri U'l-MKSe-t:on. ill an i rroTui-m y iaii1 w in. jscvcinpt t'roui its im-urtfliirVi tc.it years ir,:iTi-ie l iori; -tri aro;j tiling v.u la- rcnüired. that oomule-s tivortnniti(-s xni'.'ht iir.encrie to bridge ovt r th -violation of tre.st. i not likely to arise w ith an ah-(-liitelr lixeil p) riKl of m i imin in ivxr. tail r.yoi;e int.iine hf.w many a i;i"n in the-e thirty four year, soir'y t tnted to V iolatu I"ii.e trust, li. :'oinl liNseii-eof virtue m1tered ii iy thi on-'titnt ioual provision -.' In nn event, tinder this riüid rule, the pnhlie inii r rM co'i'.d not often silver. Hut while iu:aiihfiiinc In a public tmsf j. of 11 offen-es the most huiniiialine. the system oi policy tliat protect the iuP-vriiy of th'e puidie ortirer rt-lhfl the hlho-t honor on e tOf. ii' the iirst pt)!i rarity von can iiud is t.rief and rixed l rin of oihee. iUf. riiriii jC( oun'atiilify of the omeer. and 'tlie expres-ion, at brief interval.-, of the ji-.ilsuieni of the people n th im-wiI h li tiwlc. In otliccü involvini; jinan wl inier(-t the limit on eligibility- i- un--tiestiotiali!y of the greate-t value, urtiec- are rcated fur the U-uciil oi the ople and mainuiiKd at their ct-n-e not for the la-netit of the noiip rof thetiii-t. Von -Tantiemen of that cuiven'.ion rcineinher the fervent apfx-al made l.y the venerable dchgate from hii-h, lor the exemption of the ContitV liecordiT from the rule loin flint re-oliijitiiiy. hut the Convention a- even there ineiorable. It is trite that in aaju-ting the federal sy-tcm our father seemed compelled to give a life tenure to the ledcral Jmlei . i.ut it i certain that the extension of that principle would found fatal to tlie efln iciicy and integrity of the public cr-Viet-. 'I he Constitution framed by the Convention aud ratitie! Iv " the wople T)y an almost nncxampled majority Ciniiat at a who!?. o ia the j-rotec-

tiM of Ihe riitvf ae ti:iye, - LmiraaMf I A it restrii ti'j o i dt .i-t;a-.e I au-.o.'ity ia t;te iu-tere-t of public -et:r;:y and hei'.-, k fctrt" in its protectim of tip j'-nle nsirL-t int?tc.; iat ani."uest:or.aV,e (.is.iti'.n. ra br(al atii CCra-prchev.-ive in it biKunur prvvisioTs and it. Care lor the edtir ailon of Vie ehiiJren of the "taie. m I found so gt'3ira:iy ba:ae:ory ia the exrience of a peueratio;i f marvelous KttJvity hud propres."tha; it unj-acion- tak ti question its complcteae. lint tlie iiistrr.me'at is in a marked deg-ee the o'Uxrowth ! 'the n v al expedience o' a Mofile. The m -tetii of Iim mI to'.xnO :j poertirrent only esi.-ted ia fiw eonntie oi the .-'.ate; the counties in their orwaaied capaeity ere unpretending and lnexpei!s!e. 11. e po-'er if et puration a yet not leit either in co'i'.roi'.inj 'ii-iu-y aj'airs tr iuttu-ncin'' legi-iatio-.i. hcaeeall of these nihjert'' were in the main remitted tothe Ij-i-latnre. . to corporations it i provi-ed asioiloxin .rticle II : section t. Corportiun.s other than Oankins fthall not la? created hy sp-ial ati, but may la.I'iriiietl tinder general laws." xN-tion 1 1, line I'roni corporations other than banking shall le M-etirei by jm ii Individual liability oi the corporators or otiier meaus as inay be prc-t ribed bv law." The-e. in tbe liirht of thirl y-fotir years of experience, are feeble pruvisions. J exislutureS -'l-dom uiat-t stu lt subject t advantage. reat corporate iuteresis can only be considered on enal ground w hena treat oocasien. mch a the reorKanialivu of a state government, arrest the attention and arou-es the vigilauee.of n wliole ieirle. then the gvueral, not special interests. In i. me ascendant. irr it then clearly teen how OlTectually a public. d-ht and ta vat.oii, tUose iiienion in.-ih-ods ot niOiJera tiates l r reaching the irnits oi tbi In bor oi tHe many tor the alvantae of the few , con Id Houn-h under the. shelter of Municipal corfKratio:is, tow u-uii. counties, towns nnd citic. yet it wa known, forltisex-pres-ed in the Coöstit t; tioti as to the State, tliat on'r aa extraordinary emergency. clearly deiineil. could justify a public' debt in any form, for v ith Ihisnoweröf municipal credit in exercise. economy in inipo-sihlc aud the integrity of the public body employing it, in coti.-taut peril. I'.itt with" ail lhi. and not overtook in:; th aim ndiiu nts made ! the Constitution, none of which arlWt the vital provisions of tic instrument, it i safe to say tliat of all the constitutions adopted at and near that i-eii.d itiml it w a a lerioil of reform ty tue State of the I niou in the giant race of prnjrt--. that of Indiana alone still iiie-tsuhstaiiii:iliy the retiin-jnotits of Die .-täte, liitwai- otherwise I douhl. ireut ieini-n. whether thi pleuant reunion would leie occurred. r.ut, gentlemen, the "me i- known ty it ftnit." The C onstitution provided for a sciou of the lieliernl Assembly tne lir-t Momlay of iK ccmtx r. l"'l, and it "was made the duty of that InmIv to pro ide tor a commission of three t itien to re is. simpliiy und abridge the rule of pleading and (iraetiee in the courts of jutii-. It is eminently proper that the surviving ine.n-Ur-of that convent ion and of the l- irt icneTal A-s.'mbly held under the new Constitution should meet together on this ititei'estintr la'ca-ion. They were cnuased in the same common wrk The ta-k of that .cneral -omhly wastocive vitalitv anil force to the creat reforms provided for in the Const it nt ion and to enact a system of law. in hniinouy with tliat instrument. Many eitieiis. of the stHte tre members of Ihi'.Ii of the-e I nl:c-. The iirt fnills of the new Constitution were the re isctl statutes of ls-VJ. Now cent icim-n. I ad mit that tiiiitictieral.s-eiiiblywiis mal-i i t'.lv aitled bv the erimini-sioiier I leive tiame.l in the preparation oi the tir-t drait of the imIc of pleading and practice, tor the commi ioll did its work cxeeedintrlv well, and as al-o juateriall aided by a commission oi it ow n number ml by the Ilten rvcetit experience ni two tates in law reform yet I do say tliat the magnitude of the work performed by lim! ietier.ll Ass.-lilbly and ii- value a- te-ted by experience ar- w itlmut a patallel in the e;a-rieiiee of lci-lut iei. Kr liny year-, la-jitinint: witii the orani.d ion of ihi Tciiitory oi ludiaua. Ihe legislation of Ix'th Tt rt itory and State had U cn la'vely ha-al and special. 'at volume of sui-lf laws had accumulated tiiroimh the lung years und applied IO ccry com l ivable liehl of government and otliccr."cc!i lo the administra'ioii of justice, tlie proba te of wills ii in I the administration of estates. Coder some of these H.,rmanent rights had been acquired: these were to remain in force; all the re-l of this rubbili of shtihI and local legislation wa to bewiiail out. The ses-ioUs had le-.-u iiiiuual and the laws eouipi'.ed into the ch1. of 11:; prepared by a com lni-sjon. (Tbe third simp the cfx-.e of Wt::.i A voluminous compilation, enlarged by Kucecssive session to 1 vai, were cither ! be rejM-aled or amended to conform to the new Constitution, i .encral law, apoliiihle to the whole -rate, were totiike the place of theold part-aland iragmentarv system. Courts of justice wc-e to la organits. salaries tiled. enint and township hiiMti.'s pro viited for. a general lav-' tor the ineorparntntn of towns :md cities, ihe orgaui ation of a general and uniform s stein of common M'hoois w tierein tuiti'in should iH-withoui iii:ir;e and equally ojieti to all." and ai! cl-e tie-essary for the government of a great commonwealth. The work of the Commission was arefui!y revised. every line examined and itu portant change made. The lwolloiie and their Committee worked harmoniously totjether, and the l!e i-ed t;itute of I . wa I he result. 1 1 was an industrious boil y of legislator. r solute to complete the work of reform inaugurated by the Convention. I believe, gentlemen, thai thi"i the onl itistam e in our history where a i;cncral A Sem My. without the aid ot a previous l'ommiiou. erte tej general reviion of the law of the shite. I'erinit me to add that that revision constitutes the liody tf the law of the State to thi day. nioliiii.-il "aud enlarged as public interest "have from time to time reuuireo. lint owe measure in that entire revision failed to stand the tet o; cxcrieii'e. I beg leave lo glatue at a very few measnre if that Cetieral A-etnb!y and subsequent event. Prior lo ls.vi the townhit ssP-ui oi local government oxi-P-d in Jtive -or.nties. and by this lirsl (ieneial Assembly, was milde the gi-neial township sysleui of tinstate. It came to us from New Knglaud. The ha ul business of each tow nship, a a body lailitic, wa tran-acted b a Itoard of three Trustees, elected for one year, who held regular o4-n se.-ion-. fltid kept a reconl of their procc din-js. The had a Clerk and Treasurer. It was !iiind to lx an inexienivo sy-tem. in w hi b the iia-al atlairs tu ea' h tw n-hi'p were tiau-aeted utidei the eve of its cp!e. 'I lie im-

Ivoilaiil icAiUit-.s tu the system were thai Una-a ia -aril oi citizens transact ing in opeuseion the local bu.-ir.es of the tow tt -hi p. and could only speak by the p'jiilic records it Was r-uired to keep. The ar-jiiincnt in favor of the system was the ei-otimy and convc-iiiem e of tiansaetitig ptirely !n a! atlairs by a p'.tbiie board oi i itiens under the ininiediate upiTVisioii of I he citiciis alVeeteii by it proceeding-. A sileipieut change of that law di-i-en.-ed w ith the board and the pul.lie sessionand public recotd. and substituted a single Tu. ice with, in some re-pts t. enlarged powcis If lie- nr-uiiH-ut iurthi-wa thai it rclueed the uniiiiH-r of public oilii-cr. I Ih ' leave to uggi-t. that the mere reluelioii of the numberof piinlie otheer connected with the taxing power is seldom, if ever, a inea-nreof ci onomy, and never vi ) tit. lie safety . IV-idcs laniiliat ity wii:i p:d.li- a lair incident to i. tli ial experience, espei ia"y in the primary 1m-uI .oyeriiiiielit of the lar-st tnimtcr of citizens w it h i n reasonnble limit-, is oi hish public imiM.rtance. 'I his much, I think, ought to 5a id in tu ppit of the theory on which lliat tir-t i.t ticial As-fi::bly orgriiod tlie lowti-hip .system and the ex tiaordina ry change ubciUC'htlv Tiiaile. I II i he con Veil I ioll one of the mos t spil iled and Interesting debates arose on a f.i'oM-iii(.ii suL mill. -.1 l.y Mr. Ow.-u. the learned and disiiusn'sheil delegate Horn I'osey t'ouutx, ti.Urh::ig the propetty right oi inarri'-d women. It wa- not adopted, mainly I think laN-au-e the convention considered it ä subject fur legi-latioii. not for eotistitutional prx is ion a tet la.-iaii-e it wa- not con lined to right of property. I lie .em ral A-ombly Pmk the matter iti hand, a - I hey il ii t lie venerable ssiem i' eom pi i' atdl leeliiiicai learning. Ihe work : sueee-sive ceiiiurii -. know n a- pleadingatHl practice in theCo-irt of .liistice at common law. oc.r father brought xx ill tlieui iroin the obi world the venerable system of leliuies of land and of jiniietai procedure. which had their origin in the tetidali-tn of the midd'eH-je. lieforni in t ho.e ancient institutions wu,s-lciiiM'nlel. '1 he creat historian of Ameriea ha written thai when "tlie new world ta discovered a legend was widely dillused throiivhout the old. that it com ealed a fountain who-c ever Mowing WMti-r n animate. I uee and restored it ti its prime. The legend say the historian was trie, but the youth t' be neiiewed w as Ihe youth of sia iety: the lite to bloom. afrcli wa the iiie of Ilm raee.' I'ciida Usui yva- in its oi i'in the ra tup of a marauding chieftain, and hi rugged follower ira-i-foimed. as it were, into a state in wheh land wert- held by the tenure of the sword, with law as rigid and remor-ele- as ihe parchment on w hii It they wire w iitteit. 'Ictiancics. such a those by (lie courtesy for the hn-Pand and in dower for the w ife. estates for life only, were natural to the feudal system. It is th distinctive glory of the ever-growing intelliem r of mankind, that uithctf ii advance I more hitluaut s.iriv i tuf used into the taws, and their pro-vi.-ious touching the rights of the individual lwcome mo'" etpiitable and just, j hai Oetieral Assembiy -Md: lenniicie l.y the courtesy and in dovver are h leby nlKli-hed." A to Indiann. w hat volumes of le-.-ul learning, extending back through the dead centuries, were consigned to oblivion by the-o iiuaie-t lines! What a revolution In tenure and estate ilid they involve' t ho can say how Biauv iiidtpeinlcnt freeholds and cheerful tiresides have grown out of the statute of w hicli those lines a cc the key note! 'I he hard and men ili rca-oo of state which suliornatcd the w ife to the husband In rights of pruiicrty.had no Place in ourfystem. 1 hat t.enerai A-cmbiy.iii the la w of d. r at. on the high eround of exact riirht and eiiial justice mave both husband and wife aiicoual estate in fee simple, in tbe lands of each other and exemptea the land td ihe wife from Mile for the husband a debts. The moment thi- wide reaching measure of reiorui wa- aceoinptisiie.1 u reiuired no tongue of a prophet t' (?rcte;i n-jw urv'y

al an early cumiuvmI Lae rliaa wiüca Lal i thiol a the la that it raefinlvdeitninateil ia re'ttiof pruiH-rty ari;-t laewiir aid favor of the h'tv bao-I vonld le m i;eil out firevcr. Vouknow, gentlemen, how tpj;iy it wa-ae-cotupli-hed. and yoa know fv, geuilenvii. hov I-ern.-et''r com7a.tlii the !awoftial jiisice to the lnultand and w ife. ia tie rlgta-of property, v a focud to be wita the harmony nn-l happiness of th-4 lire-i lo and the bles-ed endearments of homeJ 1 need not tell you how- promptly that 'General Ass-embiy fHbstitiite l aa tuligideotd system of pleading and practice in the cor ru of justice for the learned ,iubtiit:es and rcuiieiocats of tac middle age. - JttH, KenUemen.Tardo:i me for referring toeven the-e u-w lDertsures of refortn when so irtniiy eii'tally valuable lnnst jss v ilhout remark; but if thoe alone had Ix-en Ihe work of that Convention aud thai fieueral AnsclubV)- lnse bodies would be entitled to a Place sid by side w ith the assemblages of men that have greatly laoietitei mankind. - t.entlenicii.' I would glailly effl'a lih these Par remarks with the name; of the men once eiiineiit iu MipTtwrt of tUse reforms, now foreverkilenl, who lal-ored in the great work of U'N Convention or '.euerat AssemWy .with yourseUe; but space will not ienutt we toname all. aud it would tar Invidiou t name fonie, w lteu nit worked m well. Tlie work von andyiifrasoeiateaceompILhed. gentlemen, lu Convention run! .eueral Asseiubly.

ior ine gooi 01 our neiovea 4tnte. is aireauy crys(alir.rd into the eräntteof endiirinz history. The people of Indiana w ill, in age that ana coming. w itues many tnodlncauons ot uieir ponucai .sys tem. In thecver-tlowiic ttreain that bears onwarn me loctunesoi uiankiiic, eterating tne race w ith even" awell of ita tide, chance- viiil follow each other in endless mm-evioa. Here iu tlii" Capital, destined to be for all time the grenicenler oi a great and ouerfnI eommoniveallh. innumerable constitutions and -odes of lawi will arise ami la priH iaimed, "at times utmost nnlidden." of assurance of continued Improvement in government and in theconditiouot tlio-e who fdiall niexed us. Yet, genlleineti. in tho ruiu-t ot all thi. Miiuc id the laudmarks of human progress yon have ereetel. some oi the guarantees of human rights yo'i hare declared iu the Constitution and laws of that era of reform, will stand no secure against e very vi-eitudc ot time, indi-truetable a justice. (lentlcuneti. a third ol a eenturv has ehip-ed si uce your work wa l!na2!y completed and had I eeome the Constitution aud laws oi Indiana. uder inexorable law which no Convention or licucial Assembly can susk?ih1. uhmüiV tr o-peal. siKiueror later we reach the i-ciitwl when. the for ward step is stayed and the mind involuntarily turns backward to see what ha la-en accomplished. What gMxl wrought for mankind. In that retrospect w ho can doubt that aets we have done, which promised giaxl to our tellowuicii. will liseupas niseis ot consolation with licaling on Iheir wingv. You w ill then dwell, gentlemen, on these reforms in i.overnmeut in which von each laire so import a in a part and on the kindly and humane spirit which you sought to inlu.se into the rigid current-ol law. I lie-e reforms and the spirit that inspired them willpHs in review. Court of in.-! ice and ju.lh ia! oeeditre relea-ed from the arbitrary form and ferviiu e of the feu tal aye. an-l the law lelniiuister'.-d in the spirit vf justice. The husband and win- in ngiit oi lroerty. und in the courts of justice. cit;al laforc the law. w ith the rights of i he w idow in I he deceased husband's estate, against ail other, protected by humane ptov i-ioiis. A Hnai code loumted on the pnii ines oi reformat ion, and not of vindictive jutiee." I.'istitiitiotis lor the c are and education ol the un'.ortnn.-i'e. Asvlnms for the miserable. The niiforiuirite debtor secure from imprison ment, and w ith his w ife ami children si. eliered rroTn oppte-sion. lonttcsl authority restricted to tie nmned domain tu" government, and the taxing power at least laid under partial restraint. 'Ihe ptuitv of the jinblie service promoted byjust aud prudent limitations on tie term of oili cial tenure, with prompt accountability for pub lie trntt. Th law making la.wer protected by massive barriers against impiovidetit and corrupt legisla tion. And aiMe all else a uniiorm system of com mon school vv herein tt'titioti is without charge and eiUaliy o)m ii to all:" the pride and glory of the State, w hiie a gnat people with nappy and prosjHToiis homes attc-l ihe wisdom i the-e relotins j'l (.on riimi-iit. I am sure, gentlcmeti." tin's retro-pet t will bring im -a.lin - to the heart. Co rnest, active Deiiiocrutic fiieml. you :m"l secure the liest ewspnper in Indiana e:iier ttiau lo take tlie ttubicrlpt Ion of tivf of your neighbors lo tbe Weekly Sentinel. Tin ." w ill bring; y ou l opie. I'riitnlly Iteateu in l oiitiiiement . A i -tin. Tex., f h tober 1(. llcccntly several u itragcs have been .erjctrated ttia.ii colored servant women throughout thecitv. Two have 1k.ch brutally murdered and three outraged by some mysterious fiend, who attacked the women in each instance iu tlie sainc manner. Many arrests have Kfu made, but ris yet the detectives have not captured the right party. A week ago the City Marshal arrested a negro named Alexander Mack on suspicion of being implicated in the tn order. Mack was held in oontinelnciit for a week without a hearing and lite er.tted to-day, nothing having Jiccn proven against liiin. lie made complaint to-day to one of the daily isipors that during hi confinement he was brutally beaten and strung up until nearly dead i:t order to extort a -o.ii'e.ion. lie says the night he was arrested the I 'ity Marshal and two detectives took him to a tree near the African Methodist Church and told him they were sun ly jroin to hang; him utile he confessed. Jle icr-i.ted that lie had bad nothing to confess, when they put a npe around Iiis neck and pulb-d liiin up, and held hiitt there until he felt himself grow ing iincunsciotis, and then let him dow. n. Thi-s operation was repeated without e'i"cctinga confession, and then they took him to jail and beat him unmercifully with heavy stick, saying they would beat hi in to a jelfv unless be coufes d. This plan also failed, ami then the detectives soenito have cant-hided that Mack was innocent. Mack promises to have the Marshal and detective arrested. tits Ilia YVifc'H Thioal. A mi no i s. Ca., October l.". Keliabb- news cot ocs from I'rcstoii that a terrible tragedy, with almost fatal coti-uenees, occurred in that iuict village early thi morning. Mr. fieorgc V. Iaveiiiort got tip, dressed liiiuseli", stirred alout the hotic for a while, then n-tnniM to hi. wife's room. !he wa still in bed. lie kis-ed her und bid her good-hyp. and went into an unjoining room. She followed just in time to see him in the act o t t utting las throat, she tried l iatt'lfero, when lie, ac tuated by some sudden tinpii !'. turned upon her and made several frightiul o:isln in her nek, which it was at lir-t loiigbt would prove fatal; but the latest news is that lioth are still living. Mr. J'avciljMtrt in one of the oldet and most honorable t itiens of Vebter CtUllity, and was twenty year Ordinary of the county, quitting the oitice last January. lie is over forty vears old. and has been i:i had health for u year, and lias at times shown evidence Ot serious mental alteration. He is a brother of Colonel YY. T. liaveni'ort, of thi-ttity. A sotgular Ci.itii iilrnt r l.:ik l-iric. Ill ll M.o, (lotoln-f 14. A singular ami surprising coincidence was noticeable on Lake Krie. yeterday. Tbe stormy east wind which was Mowing here, lowered the water two feet at this end of the Lake so that the work of loading crafts with coal iu the r.lackwcll Canal had to be susj-cmled. At Toledo the wind blow a gale from the west and the Manna lüver dropped two feet below the level, und the steam barge liable could nor leave that j'rt on aecount of low water. The two current must have met somewhere fl" l'ort Stanley, Out., so that from that laiiut and at the American shore there must have lieeti a hill of waterofat least four feet high in the lake. Such a thing has never betöre been known on the Iike. lleuoiiiiclng the Chinese. llo-Tox. October H. The National Associ ation of Igiumlrymen adopted resolution denouncing- Chinese lalor in general, and Chine-e laundry men in particular. The next annual meeting will l held in Cincinnati. 1 used one and a half bottles of your Athloplioros for rheumatism anil I am pleased to Far that it entirely cured me. iwotild recommend any one suffering with rheuma tism to Kive it a trial. Adolph Wagner, 5 If) iviijar street, tvausvillf, lint.

TWO NOTED MINSTRELS,

WhalUfcWoa rortanr aad IT hat They ha AWnt Stage Life. -us: Vh-.-jeri Billy" llnierii Las recently in axle a piienoaieaal success ia Austral:., and is rich. Eaier--oit ws bom ai IVlfast ia K40. ' He began his career with Joe Sweeney's miastrels in "Wasliinjtoa ia l";. IteroaLe jumped into p.-oniinen e in connection with NewcoinVs mintrels xvitli whom he visited Germany. lie visited Australia in 1371, and on his return to America joined Haverley's minstrels in 8an Train i- o at JsVjöa week and exjienscs. "With thi troupe he layed before Her Majesty, the (tueen, the 1'rince uf "Wales, and royalty generally. After this trip he leased the Stuudard Theater, San Francisco, where for three vears he did the largc-st business oyer known to minstrelsy. In April Inst be went to Australia again, where lie has "heat-en the record." "Uilly" is a very handsome fellow, an excellent finger, dance gracefully, and i a true humorist. "Yes. sir, I have traveled all over the world, have met all sorbs of jeople, eoaie in contact with all sorts of custom?, and had all sorts of cxjierieifes. One inu-t have'a constitution like a locomotive to stand it." Yes, 1 know 1 seem to bear it like a major and 1 do, but 1 tell you candidly that with the erpcti-al chanze of diet, water and climate, if I had not maintained my vigor with regular use Warner's safe cure 1 should have gone under Ions aso-' cicorge 11. Primrose, whose name is known in every amusement circle ia America, i.s even more emphatic, if iossible. than "Hilly" Emerson, in commendation of the same article to sporting and traveling men fjenerall.v, among whom it i a great tavorite. l'.merson has grown rich on the board-sand so has Primrose, In-eause they have not Mii:ir.deml tlie public s "lavors. AN ETHER DRINKER. Her Ciiilniui Storjr of AtMluction. Which She Now Ad in i-t Was a Lie. 1!oton. Octotter 1;. The story if Mis.s F.lma Turner, who claimed t have been ab ducted from the Old Colony Depot one week ago to-night, proves to have been a pure phantasm of her imagination. Her storywas that she was seized by two men in front of the ticket otiiee, taken in a hack by them, carried through tortuous street to a lonely pot, and there put out of the carriage, after having been robbed and an unsuccessful at tempt made to etherize her. Her story was first published in Monday's (ilobe and Her ald. She had then gone to New York, to take a iH.isiti.ou a a nurse in the hospital there. She returned to ISostou on Tuesday morning, went over the scene of h r adven ture and repeated her td-ry in everv particular to detectives who accom panied her. After working, hard on the case and following every jaissible clew, the four detectives to-dav confronted Mis Turner with evidence that herstorv was un true, so far as the abduction was concerned. She burst into tears and confessed that the main fact which tbe detectives had charged her with was true. The fact was that she was an ether thinker. Mis.s Turner acuui red the habit when she was in the hospital, ami she claims it is ouite common among pro fessional nurse in hospitals. She suppose that last Thursday morning she must have taken a larger dose than usual, for while she was at the Old Colon v station she lost all control tif herclt". She tout her hand-bag and threw it ujajn the track at the station. Then she hired a carriage and got in, telling the driver she wanted to he driven around through tbe back street. She savs the driver looked at her rather quizzically and muttered something about her having been "tin a tear' as he mounted the box. She was driven slowlv around lkton tor alx-ut an hour. Lverv little while she would feel an imjitil-e to throw something away or C.r.KAK sovil TIMXi.. Then she would cast out upon the street her' hand-bag. taa kct-book, shawl or piece of jewelry until one by one all her parcels and belongings were gone, except the clothes she had on. Hie seemed gradually to lose her power of speech, und when she found the carriage rolling over Charles Kivcr bridge was unable to bail the driver to stop him. The driver asked her several times where he should carry her. I'nable to get a reply, he remarked that as he lived in ( atuhridge she had ltetter get out there, for she had trot about all the ride she had paid for. After she got out of the hack, Miss lurner followed the street-car track to her uncle's hotie, where sho told the story of the abduction and robbery. She says she was conscious at the time that she was lying, but had m lost control over her mind, although speech had been restored to her, that ihe could not prevent telling the story as fast as it came to her. of course, after the story had been circulated and published, she was lolh to convict herself of falsehood by acknowledging the truth until forced to by the accumulation .f circumstantial evidence. Sonic of the things she threw from the carriage window have been found along the route and identilied. The hack driver suposed she was full of liquor, although he detected no odor of it. aud 1-eing well paid lie knew his business too well to give awav a lady 1 racket lady he thought was onlv out for a Utile THE ROMANCE OF A RANCHE. Uow Soap Iforsey Acquired His 1'ront Yard. jitloirtr I'cniocrat's Washington a'Cial.J The suspension of William A. Vincent, the new liemoeratie Chief Justice of New Mexico, was at the instance of Secretary Lamar. After it was known here that Judge Vincent had appointed Stephen W. Horsey one of the Jury Conuiiissiouci the records tif theCcneral Land Office were produced, and it was shown that the rcjauts of special agents sent out during the pat two or three years to investigate the land frauds in New Mexico contained freiieiit references to Horsey. Inasmuch as the Orand Jury to be appointed i exja-eted to devote particular attention to these frauds Judge Vincent's action was declared by the Secretary to la? simply inexplicable. A.!, lhirnhain and Juan Vniill the other ulaiinteos of Judge Vincent, are said to have business interests with lfcrey. The c,io investigated by the Kcprcsentatives wus that of Miguel Obeytia. According to the records of the lind oilicc at Santa IV, it appears that M igueH beytia bad enter tl a tract of land, lived upon it from 177 to ls:;. made improvements, and thus obtained a title. Tlie county records show that a month after Obeytia proved up his entry and obtained full' fxi-scssion lie transferred the land to Stephen W. Horsey for js'mhi. The Obeytia claim is now the site of Itohcrt (J. Ingersoll's collection of log houses. TheiusKctors, who made a thorough investigation of this case, discovered that Miguel Obeytia was ;l myth that no such jterson hail ever lived on the tract within the period spoken of, as sworn by men who had la-en employed by Horsey on "bis place. The tract is in front of Dorsey's house, and only a otiartcr of a mile awav" Not only was it established that the land bad never "been occupied by such a man, blitzt was shown by allidavits." that .Miguel Olvytia was not known in that vicinity. Further than this, educated Mexicans assured the insjK-ctors that no such man as beytia was known in their language. And yet Mr. lNirscy'8 title to the tract descends Upon Miguel Obeytia's deed, and the mythical Miguel obtained his claim by an alleged resi dence of six years on the land. Not only did the inüpeetor fail to lind Miguel, but he also failed to find any of the witnesses who swore to Miguel's residence and improvement. They, tvo, were wholly unknown m mat u

rz : : . fcLultvv - .JMx. . Jjrcv'jt ii... cuipioye Flea-ted i.iriorance regarding their existence, twae established by the affidavit of thi proprietor of the paper in "w hich theObeytil entry notice was published, to fultill tlie legal requiremenL-. that only half a dorea copies of the paper containing this and similarly designated notices xvere printed, and that the matter was left out of the regular issue of the paper by instruction, doable price being paid for this kind of work. Thb l. one ca-e which was followed up and reported upon. The property thus acquired constitutes Mr. lorey's front door yard. CHIEF JUSTICE VINCENT.

.'wDreman Springer, of Illiuoi. Think He YVill be Reinstated. SiTiNom:i.K, 111., October 10. -This toing. the former home of Chief Jastice Vincent, of New Mexico, recently susiended front his duties, j-ending an investigation into his official conduct. Creat interest is felt here in the linal outcome of the matter. Congressman Springer, who was one of those who recommend Judge Vincent's appointment, having been interviewed by a State P.egi-ter reporter to-day, said that the MisjeiiMim seems to have been made at the instance of Mr. FNhback, of Indianapolis, a prominent Pepublican of tliat citx-. .xi r. j-ishoaek, liavnij little knowledge of local affairs, supposed that the juries selected by the Commission in Colfax County had jurisdiction of matters arising under the laws of the I'nited States, and es pecially land laws. This is a mistake, and the Colfax County Court has jurisdiction only of cases arising under the laws of the Territory of New Meiico. The Hi.strict Court, winch meets in Santa re, has jurLsdietion of all matters arising under United States laws, aud the jurv for this court was selected last July and lorsey had nothing to do with it. Mr.'springer said it was a great , f . . . . misiaKc to recognize j.orsey in any way, out that the (jovernnient was in matter preju diced by his appointment as one of tlie live Jury commissioner in Colfax County, aw lK-ing Democrats except Ikirsey. Horsey's oilicial duties were vll performed in a very few minute, and that Commission lias no further legal existent e. Mr. Springer is of the opinion that upon a thorough investigation of all the facts it will be found that Chief Ju-tice Vincent made the liest Judge New Mexico has ever had, and that his conduct throughout has been thoroughly honest and conscientious, and with due regard ior the public interests. He also stated that should an investigation prove otherwise he would be the first to demand Judge Viucent's removal. Ilia Trieuds AW That He He Accorded it fair Hearing. Sami T'k. . M.. October 1!. Chief Justice Vinient. lately removed front odke, arrived at his home yesterday, and last night sent the following telegram: To Hon A. II. tJarland. Attorney (Jetieralr I infer from newspaper dispatches tliat my suspension was caused by the appointment of Stephen AV. IXirsey as one of Die Jury Commissioners in the Colfax Countv Court, a court, having no jurisdiction of United States hind matters or business. A had state of aflairs- existed in that court. Iirge num bers of jieople were divided into angry and hostile factions, arising out of strictly" local causes. A great part of the remainder were in sympathy with one or the other of these faction. Criminal asssaults had been made on the county jail ami three men killed. The factional feeliug was bitter ami various armed conflicts had been threatened. Disinterested and competent jurors were ditlictilt to be found. Among the few men who had taken no part, or who had no sympathy xvith either side, was Dorey. It was believed his appointment and action as jury commissioner would greatly tend t alleviate the unhappy condition of things there. My action "was dictated solely to this hist consideration. I dcs:"ic to viit 'Washington for the purKe of jny vindication. Please vire me. WlM.lAN A. VfNfl'.NT. This despatch was indorsed by I'., (i. Kos, fiovcmor Anthony Joseph, delegate to Congress; Henry L. Waldo, ex-Chief Justice; C harles H. Oildersloeve. Chairman of the Territorial Democratic Committee; (ieorge . Julian. . Surveyor Ceneral ; (ieorge W. Lane, Secretary of the Territory. The t hid" Justice states that be has nothing to say on the subject beyond that which appears in this tli-pateh. although be knew tin parties who preferred the charges and the motives that prompted them. Fvery member of the liar in Judire Vincent's district has sent dispatches to the President and Attorney Cenoral, vouching for the Chief Justice's fairness Uhui the I'eiich and asking that he Hcconled a fair hearing. MERE MATTER OF TIME. JDiAereuvw UeUeca butudartt uud (solar Time May Save h Murderer' Neck. Knoxvim k, Tcnn., k tober 17. -There is great Interest shown in the trial of Ike W right, charged with being an accessory to the murder of Ceorge I'dgar Mailies. The murder occurred September 1. Maines whs a young traveling man and wasdecoyed by a crowd cf roughs to a joint one mile cat of thet ity, wheie he was inurdored and rob-Is-d oi 1,'JUO. Lee Sellers, a young man who tired tne shot, wa lynche 1 a few" dav after. Lizzie II icK'nuiu, t he woman w ho yv us used as a decoy, vvears on cros.-cxioniu;ition that Wrij.-lit vva not prc-eiit w hen the k ill ing oecuin-d. he hay ing di.--KUi.-cd himself mid gone away by another route, lb-r testimony is corrolKirato! in' nenrty all im jiortant part"ly creditable witnesses. Wright will jxtssilily establish an alibi through difference Ih--tweed sun tiuie and standard time. He can provi he was in town at the time the killing- occurred according to standi! rd time, lntere-t i increasing and the court rtauii is always tovvded. A Shrewd Swindle. Fxoi.k r.ys-, Tex.. Oclolar 17 Almut eight moot ha ngo there drifted into Kagle l"as a man who begun peddling it an pack on his shoulders. In a tew week he became proprietor of a small dty .'(awls tote under the name M. 1. Spiro. Then came tp reiMrt an-l legal document from Oernianv sttding that Spiro had fall en bcirto 10:!.0'.i iiutrUs l.y the death of a xvcalthy lincle. SiKui after this news Spiro l.rmiched out in business on au extensive scale. -M. s. Steinhardt, of thts piaeo, was taken in as a partner. They establislietl bi-j creilit and Ituu-rht iwrhnps Slu.ton w ort h of goods of various house in Texas ud St. Louis. Among their creditors were the ttppcnhciincr.s. of San Antonio, and several large houses of that city. V hile the collect ion of Spiro s ttcruimi legacy wä ander way, Spiro wms .levoiing Ids leisure hoars to planning ihe erection f a gorgeous Masonic Temple. He had even let tin- floiitraf-ts Inr the material. All his plans were shattered by tlie unexpected arrival yesterday of Oppeiihciincr, of Sau Aniuio, who priKs t deil to levy an attai huicnt on the well filied wnrehouse tf "Spiro .V Company. Their biistnesH had grown go rapidly that two large storerooms and warehouses were reUired to hold the good. opiK iihciiner had Ik ome suspicious. mid cub led to tierniatiy regarding the alleged legacy ami received n enble reply telling him thnt. the whole story was a fabrication; that Spiro hud no wealthy relative. The wily liuiii had In-en sleeping across tin; river in ricdrasnegas. Mexico, for several night and w heu he learned of Oppcnhcliner's nrrival. he did noi come across. It is thought he has no Ies than v-l"'.0tK) iu cas,h with him. l'robnb'e Siiccrssor of Cxnliiiul M CTokey. MoNTitKAt.. (K tobor 17. It is stated here that the vacancy in tlie College of Cardinals Treated by the death of Cardinal MeCloskcy w ill bo tilled by Archbishop Tiicherau. f mclH-e. When one of the Canadhin Ui-hops vv cut Ut Koine some time airo in connection with the matter of the division of the 1 im -c.se of Three Kivcr, Cardinal Simeon! pledged him his word that in case of vacancy m urrinir in the college he would ue all possible means to have il tilled by Archbishop Tacherau, To cure whistling, a Canadian physician recommends that a stronger boy be tent to knock the whistler down each time he commences. The sanie doctor told a patient that, if be wanted to Ik cured of malaria, he would have to "knock it dywn" witb üttfria. PiUs,

A NARROW ESCAPE.

A Cofee-Hou3 Cook Patä 4,Ruga ca Ratsr il I Diih of Soup. Twenty-live People Narrowly Kacape UeatU A Mother and Child Hnrne4 to lteath in 1'rmlri Vir in Dakota. N'tw Oiu.iws, Octo'oer 1 L Twenty-five people altogether narrowly escaped death bypoisoning to-day iu the cofTec-housc" of Charles P.oss, corner of Tchoupitoulas and St. Andrew streets. A number of longshore men take lunch at the saloon, and did so at noon to-day, to the number of twenty. Among other dishes served was soup. Mrs. Itoss, wife of the proprietor, was the first to discover that something wa wrong with the food. She bad partaken of only a small quantity of the soup when she was seized with violent cramps in the stomach. A physician was summoned at once, but before lie arrived several others who had eaten of the soup were similarly affected as Mrs. Itoss. When the doctor arrived he discovered that the entire party bad been poLsoned. Suspicion fell upn the negro cook, Kate Hobinson. nineteen years old. She was charged with the crime but stoutly denied it. She was then told to prove her innocence by eating of the soup. After swallowing two'or three sp-sonfuls she refused tp eat any more, and thea acknowleged she bad seasoned it with "l.ough on 1'ats." She said she had no motive in using tbe poison other than an insane desire to put it in the soup. She had been in the habit of seasoning with -pepper, but as the box of the poison was in the house, she bunted it up to-day and used it instead. The Ikjx was examined, and it was found that most of the poison had been injured into the soup. After the girl was put under arrest ske reiteated her confession, and added that there was no cause for her action, no grievance, real or fancied, to avenge. At a late hour to-tiijfht all the victims of the poisoning are alive, ami the condition of mnyofthem is much improved. Itiscxpectedthat all will recover. DISASTROUS WASHOUTS. Midnight Hanger aud Terrible Sufferings -People t'leehij for Their I.ivc. Kfapino. Pa.. K tober 17. A dba-ln.: - '.-e:. in the bank of the Sehuykili Canal occurre.. . he six Milc'l.cvt !. mar l!irdioro. restating i.,.u:i washout by the recent storm. Thecanal is about seven feet higher t hau the surrounding country, and w hen alaut HO feet of tne bank was swept away the water rushed out w ith resistless fury, flooding the tivighlxtring farms and inundating a number of house, s.mc fields were covered w uli three feet f water. The disaster came in the night, and is-ople had to fl.-e to the top stories to save themselves from drowning in their hou-es. All their futuitute and provisions are ruined. Several narrow c apes from drowning are reported, and one child' life was saved through the heroic exertions of its brother, w ho plunged into n Hooded apartment and came to the surface with the bala? in his arms. Families were kept prisoners without fiHxl. tire or drinking water for ten and tt eve hour. Navigation is entirely ujentlel, as the water is out of the canal tor" ninny mile. Over forty loaded boats bound for tide water are laid up at this s.int. A large numix-r ot light lat coming up are lying at Uirdboro. The break will hardtv Is repaired thi week. Fmcturr-tt Iii Skull. Special to the Sentinel. VlNCKNSrs. Ind., October 17. Yesterday morning aliout o't ha k five tramps attacked an old man of sixty, hitting him w ith a heavy club, fracturing his skull. It is suposed he was stahltcd with a dirk knife in the right ear. as blood was flowing therefrom in a stream. His forehead was battered and beaten in a jellv. 1 hroe of the live trump have been captured. Them tier it re being pursued. The v ietim is unknown. Ad ice to Mothers. Mrs. Window's soothing Syrnp should always be used w hen children arc cutting teeth. It reicves the little suflcrcr at ouce. It produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as ''bright as a button. It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pa!a, relieves wind, rejrulates tne lowets. and is tlie best known remedy for diarrhea, whether arisiug from teething or other causes. weuty-flve ceau a boiue. Sctdt's FiniiNioii of Pure Cod l.iver Oil, With llM.pbsphites, lor Wasting Clliltlren. Dr. S. W. Cohen, of Waco. Tex., says: have used your limn ision iu Infantile vating. with pood results. Itnotoiilv restores wnsted tissue, but gives strength, and 1 heartily revomineud it fur diseases attended by atrophy." Absolutely Pure. Thia powder never rarlet. A marvel of pari ty, Btreutrtn. and wholosomeuess. More eeonomieal than the ordinary kinds, and can not, be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short wt-urht. alum or phosphate powders. ?oId ouly lu can a. Koval Ba..üö FowoKa Co., 10Ü Wall fitrect. New York for Infants "CMUrk U o well adapted te ctdldrea that

CATARRH

'pile t;-et B:-:ioe I -1 tülstio i oi W iti-.i-liati-;. American fine. Cans Is fir. Marigoid. iovt r b'o-otas. etc.. !;.-. 1 sanUrd'- IVadi- ! Care, lor tee ijiiaf tr ate re'. id" and tenrajat cure of eoty form o; Catarrh, ir. en a simp't t tM ia the Head to to- of Auuei:. 'laste and Hearing, t o ig and Catarrhal t on-unircifis. voinp.eio treaunent. consisting oi one i-otue iu.iital 1 ure, one Ixix CaiarrbtH froiveut and one tiaprovtsl Inhaler, in one pa. kage. mav now l hxJ of all Uruggisis forl.fXi. Ak tor sa'n ford's IU Ileal Cure. Complete .Treatment, with Inhaler, $i.oo. 'The only altsolute sa-ci:ic ve know of " l-l. Times. The lct v lime found in a litetiine l' surlering." Kev. Dr. Wiggiti. of Iiostou "Aiiera loug struggle with Ca'arrh the Kapu ai f't.r.i hut cou.)t:end." Kev. S. W. .Monroe, l ew iburs;a. I' ,1 have not found a ,. thnt it did not relii-ve at once." Audrew l.ee. Maiivhe-tcr. Ma. Potter Drug aud 1 heuiical Co.. Itostoa. I Ml ST ;IVK 11-, I can oof bi thts pain, 1 ache all over. aieC Tiotlum 1 try doe me any .od." BtCla he weakness, Ctehne pains. SorCaes. LHineiies. Uaei-iu t'ouh. Ijetirkf and (.best pains cured b thai new. original and elegant tlidoie to pain and iuSnmujation lteCt ti t i:a Ami-Pain n.tTu:. l.fwciallradapttsl lo iadie by reason of its dc'iif'aift Odor and trentlc Uc.lleai to tiou. At ütu-jijä. Im :- nve lor "jl.ün. Mailci free. 11ni r liw n: t in vi ai Co.. Kostka.

CARTER'S! I flVER PILLS.

Pirlt Hsa-tarSs and relies sT tba trrMs tar!-'.-nt to a bilious stats of tlnrste-m. aach Ui riness, Kausen, Drowsiness, Distre-s after eatiac r Ininths&id. Wails th-ir mostremrtable auocxsa luta bea sbowa ia curia i Jcsrlarhe. TrtCtrter'IjttleLiverrmiMea3r 1 T-duab:a ia Constipation, curia sal p-evati I Piis snnoyins complaint, whila they '.so corr-t J aT disorders of tbe stomarh, atimulst tb Ii-, r and rejalate the boweü. Evea il ihej oaly orei . Arbe they wonld be almost prictlfss t taiis ? afi.-r from this distressing complsrat ; bat f ortaratcly their goodness does note ad here, sod that who once try them will find thes ltitle xull Titaable in so many ways thstthry will aot ty; wiUla( tv do wiUiout taena. Bat alter aUaicltlwA Is th bane of pa many lives t ait here it wee inika oar great bvxst, Our pills care it was Cthers do Dot. ' mi at ' ' i Carter's Little LifeT Pills are rery r as3 ta Tery easy to take. Oas or two pills msks ados v .They are atrictly fegetahle and do not grips oc pnrge, bat by their geotlo action ples-J aU wti use them. Ia vials at 25 cents ; fixe for tl. 0t4 t7 druggists everywhere, or sent by tnxd. T -, "tCAJIXEB 2IEDI0IXn CO., XltW lark Cry, BP 0RMS a"tlf.il! I"!alr''J t :l-- r 4-t -i Uuti fo- i Mnim, ; mlnt 1-kbn.n fttr. IKu-tr;i.i. aal f--i -ft tKi(.,lli!in-t('i, Powtm H-tta. I Tum V" o lii-s l'"ni . ein--KaauPt!. Sl.J'il.1 knit!-. UolJ t'.l n I .io Pits:- nl Bm-sr-s, I tt. I mit, f. M--kafce. LYON & HE Alt, Chicago 10 ATI rSpl''li't OrerP-sitti JLßJtA. X CREAT NOVELTY' in fonraaiM. snimll h.-iutvn JjiUrr C I ITDESTKIi C CO. tu Fal.aa St KT. JOSH BILLINGS." Sudden Hen Ih of the Noted Humiit rt. Jlonterey. Cnlilonii;, Veslerday. MoNTritFV, Cal Oi tober lt. II. W. Mian, "lietter known as '-Jo-li Pollings" died ai H O'clock this monrngof aiKjley The body will be embalmetl anl sent KaM. Alvjy' 0:13 tbLs morning lr. Heint xas stununo-ne! to the Hotel I'd Moide b attend Jol Billings, wln was sitting in a chair its the vest i bub- apparently enjoying the best tif health. When tbe physician arrived he. comp' a in oöi of evere pain in the chest, ami reniarketl; . My tlocttr's Iat idered rest of the brain." and added, throw ing back hi long hair, "but you t an see I do not have C work my brain for a simple lecture, it conns spontaneously." While he wus talking he suddenly threw hi haiul- v his licad arid fell backward u:icoiicio-ii. 11 v as carried to hi room, and at toe eit i ol i three minutes life va cxii.-ict. Hi vi.e, who accompanied him on hi trip ! the Iscitic ci.iit. wa w ith him. PRAIRIE FIRES. A 1'aWota In liners" Wife .-iid bil.l I'erisli iii the Maine. F.VKoo. Hak., October II. The new hai just ieache.1 lure that the wife a nl t hi.J of Seth Staunton erishe.l in a prairie l.re i:i Harpes County, thirty miic from here, Saturday. Tbe lire started inuu a thiashio; tuachine tn tbe l.cssar farm, while the lueti hail left it f rtlinner. Mr. Staunton, w li-j WUS SOIUC distance from his hono, twoiniies from the origin f the lire. w:i narely a!Iet) reach there lieiVire the flame, andt bnught it tot late to save the building, lie took one little chili under cadi arm ami told hi. wife to follow with tbe oldest one. Sodn lotikmg back, he saw his wife au child euvel0ed in tlanies. Mrs. Staunton cri-hel there, am! the child was so badly burned that it died next day. T be tire parted at the 1 II e . .... I n-i .... l iiouc, aiiu leu ii iiiiiotii ueti. i ue t wiai la-ssea from tin' in Harnes County this sea-Kn put at snio.ua. and Children. v.. I Castarta cvr ColSe. Cr-Mtias-. Tn OcfTAC CoiiriÄT.'l rultoiTlat.Ä.T'

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