Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1887 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL" WEDNESDAY. J ANÜAtlY 5 1887. 8

A GOLD-BRICK SWINDLE

JL Cit'r9a of Pandolpa County Almost Relieved" of $3,500. 1 Destructive Enday Marnicg Fire Repartei From KnJght3viile, Clay County. live Feet of Snow in Portions of Northern Indiana Belaid Tnin3. Aliasing From n Steamboat Indiana Wolf II anters A Ualf-Breed's Saitide N'ewYear Item Other Specials. Umo Citt, Jan. 2. A lew weeks since two smooth, unpretending sharks struck t his town by the way of the Dayton and Union ltailroad, and made inquiries, in a mysterious way, forarnan'by the name of Fletcher, Intimating that they had business of importance with him; and aa our j'lace afforded no one of that name except the care'nl and sedate old John Fletcher, they c.ecided to go to Indianapolis and other I nciana towns and carefully inquire after the Fletcher families. In a few dy3 they returned and confidentially informed John that he was undoubtedly the Fletcher they wanted, and that tu immense fortune was at his command if Le would follow their instructions and keep the secret until a proper ime for its fall disclosure; that a rich and inexhaustible mine of gold existed somewhere in the mines of old Mexico, the liact location of which was known only to cue, an old Mexican half-breed Indian, ird that no person could by any means obtain the secret of its location from him except a white man by the name of Fletcher, or some one of his descandents. To demonstrate and prove the truth nr.d good filth of their etory, they asked John to accompany them into the forest among the hills near Dayton, Ohio, free of expense, where they would find .fce ileiican Ir.l Ian with the tangible evidence cf unlimited wealth. Visions of weilth, xns of gold, aroused our otherwise circumspect old friend John, until he laid awake all nibt, r.nd took the early train for Dt7 ton, with the two sharks. Carefully guarding their secret, they cautiously wended their way into the woods amor the hill3 not far from the city, where they iound the old greaser who desired to anrieh some one by the name of Fletcher, -lad the mseting "biitwesa John aal the mixed aborigine was warm ani cordial. When asked wl;era the evidznee of the 'spondulix ' was, he pointed to a brushheap, whecce one c f the sharks brought forth two Kildsd bricks about eight inches square, welded together and said to be worth about -$10,000. and that these were only a sample t tons of the saui-? where they came from ; that ready cash was needed to convey the -entire party to the spot and develop the mice, and they did not ak Jo-.n to take any risk, but to bore out of the bricks a sample, take it to the ciiy aid have it tested by -competes judges. JoLn did as directed, and found that the sample aisajed $1.W pure gold. They modestly mcgested to John if he would raise $3.SXi he could hold the $10. COO bricks as security, and they would nccoropary the Iad'aa to the mice and work it fur all that was out, and in a short time make Jay Gould and the Yar.derbilts ftel sick, but it must be kept a profound j-c cret. John decided to take stock; in fa "it, he wanted a Controlling interest; came home and confidentially told Cad, President of the Citizens' Lank, that he wanted the use of $3,500 for a short time. By a c ireful process Cad drew out of John a taint glimmering of where he was going to inveat the funds, and gently declined to make the loan, and advised John that be thought there was too much richness in it for this earth; that only the streets of the New Jerusalem were raved with gold and the gates made of pearl, t was then that John, full of indignation, sorrowfully eaw the vast fortune almost wlthla bis gras p glide and fade away like the baseless fabric of a vision, and when he told the two sharks, who were waiting for the money at the depot, of his failure to raise the collateral, ibey alsj glided away. A Destructive Fire. Brazil. Jan. 2. A. destructive fire broke out in Knightsville this morning about 'J o'clock in the principal part of the business quarter of the town. The fire commenced in a dwelling-house while the family were at breakfast, asd spread so rapidly that soon seven or more buildings were in ashes. The buildings burned were used as stores, grocerie, restaurant, butcher-shop, tin-shop, etc. "Where possible, the goods were removed into the street, but even there they were not safe, owing to the fact that the village has no fire departmeTt and not sufficient police force for such an occasion. The finest goods were trampled under foot by the excited throng that surged through the streets. The Brazil Hook and Ladder Company was telephoned for, and but for their prompt and generous response there is xto doubt but that the loss would have been much greater. The following, so far as could be learned, is a list of the sufferers, their loss and their insurance: F. II. ßigler, store and stock, lo3s $3.000, - insurance J 1,000; William Porter, loss 11,800, insurance $1,000; J. F. Bridewell, loss $1,500, insurance XX; J. L. Kennedy, drug store, less $ l.WO, insurance $soo; Joe Jone3, dwelling and store, loss $5"0, Insurance $300; George Dickson, building, loss $1,'JQ0, insurance fl.CuO; Mrs. Lyons, building, loss $500, insurance $000; Mrs. Morgan, building, los3 1,5)0, insurance $1,000; John L. Hudson, building, loss $1,500, insurance $1,000. Losses will probably reach from $'20,0"0 to $25,000. Will forward a list of the companies interested as soon as ascertained. .The Worst Snow-Storm in Five Year. Chicago, Jan. 2. A special to the Times from Michigan City, Ina., says: The present storm on the railroads is the worst in this locality for five years. Fortunately, the weather is not very cold, or the roads would be unable to move a train. There is more than five feet of snow on a level in exposed places, while in the ravines it is some six feet deep. The Michigan Central I load had to abandon several of their passenger trains, one at Nile, going west, and two east-bound trains here. Three west-bound passenger trains became sUlled in drifts five xnile3 east of here, and It required nearly all day with five locomotives to bring them to this city. Last night east-bound trains had a bad time. Last night the New York fast express ryecame caaght, and the Grand Rapids train, following, crashed into the rear, damaging a Wagner sleeping-car and injuring the fireman, named King, besides the porter. No freight trains are ruaning on this line. On the Wabash Road much the same trouble is being experienced. Three engines were required to take out the regular day train, which has r.ot reached Indianapolis after twenty hours' hard fighting the snow. The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago fared the best, but they hail a great deal of trouble. To-night the weather is getting colder, and bids fair to make railroading well-nlga impossible to-morrow. Ilolaiaa on Civil Service. SncLBWiLLK, Jan. 2. In view of the boom that is croppirg for "Hill and Holman" In 1888, the following extract from a letter written by Mr. Holman to Hon. B. S. Sutton, of this city, giving hia views on the civil service idea, win be of interest. Mr. Holman says: "The trouble is not with the civil service law. for that law simply provides a method of appointment to the four classes of clerks U the departments and great offices. That

law keepe no one in office. The real trouble is, as you are awaie, in our civil service system (as to removals and all that), extending it to the entire civil service of the Government, resulting in the retention in office of the greater number of person appoiBted usder former Administrations, and not in harmony with the present. The civil service now in operation has very little relation to the civil service law now in force. The system is one of administration, and not of positive law. Indeed, the rules of the service, as you have noticed, have litt le relation to the law iuelf. It is a question of removal; the method of appointment is quite a different matter. I voted, as you know, for täe civil service law. So did all the members of tbe House from Indiana who were present (Mr. Colenck, of Fort Wayne, was not prpsent), and 1 am willing to test the law in its terms as a method cf appointment. The real question is beyond that" Wine, Women and Gambling:.

Decatcr, Dec. 28. L. D. Phelps, who has been acting agent for several insurance comEanies, has ''skipped out" Before leaving e confessed his wrong-doing to his wife. It is the old story wine, women and gambling. The amount of the embezzlement will not be known until after investigation, as he did not indicate it. The matter has been going on for the last year. It is supposed he placed the insurance, failed to report it to the companies, and, as there were no losses, it was not dis covered. He wa3 looking for an investigation, a3 the volume of business was not satisfactory to the companies, wh"ch hastened hi departure. Every cent he has taken has been squandered, mostly in gambling. The joint was In the rear of Miller's barber shop, and had been in blast for some time, all unknown except to the initiated. The programme is for tbe wife to go before Deputy Prosecuting Attorney De Voss to-day aril repeal the names of all the members, with a view to prosecution. There will be as muih consternation when this becomes public as when tl e "common gamblers" were caught lat winter, and the catch will be, it is expeate i, quite as large as last. Phelps !was in a destitute and almobt penniless condition when be left, and can scarcely avoid capture and consequences. The woman in the case is a maid and about to become a mother. Her name is for the present withheld Oyster Cant Not Adapted to Throat Cutting;. Poosville. Jan. 1. An old German named Sanders cut his throat last night ia the jail, but the doctor sewed Lim up this moroii s and be will recover, if he does not rppeat the attempt at Baicide. He used a piece of an ovster can, which accounts for his failure. He was in jail on a charge of assault ard battery with intent to commit murder. About a year ego he and his young wife bad a divorce-suit, in which many scandalous and disgraceful stories were told against the wife. In that suit Judge Palmer, of Evacsville, was his attorney; and while the jauee was at .fc.lberrell rusticating. banners imagined that his attorney ha l not doDe his duty, but had allowed the wife to get a jutlsment oi f.JUO alimony against him. He thought the best thing be could could do would be to kill the Judge, and after getting his pistol, and without a word of warning, shot him; but a memorandumbook and some letters saved the JadgVa life. The old man is evidently a little oat of plumb, and will likely be acquitted on a plea oi lD&anity. Flection Rascality i; Monroe County. Fi.'omi.m.to, Jan. 2. Now that the courts hold tfcat they have jurisdiction over elec tion crooks in all the counties there is a crying demand for an investigation of the thievery carried on in the county of Mon roe at the recent election. Tue arrest of a few of these brazen characters would fcause them to weaken if the case is properly managed and they begin to realize that there is none of the fear of partv favoritism that al ways surrounds a Circuit Court and very of'en is an impediment to the impartial and prompt administration oi justice, ihisis not the common suspicion of baying votes, but the grave one of taking ballots from the packages and replacing them with others. which made a change of forty-seven votes on one office. If these men are innocent au impartial searching investigation would restore them to public confidence. The people look to the United States Court to eiTect this restoration of confidence or administer wholesome punishment. Blood on the Moon. Ma diso. Dec. 29. The Christmas eve tragedy at Patriot, Ind., in which the Towa Marshal was mortally wounded and Charlie hmon. of Gallatin County, Kentucky, was instantly killed, bas caused great excitement at Patriot. Whitson'a friends in Kentucky are swearing vengeance, and it is said twelve young men gathered together night before last and wanted to cross the river to fight the Hoosiers, but older and w.ser counsel prevailed and they staid at home, but threats and rumors are rife. The Town Jk?ard at Patriot telegraphed to the SherilFat Vevay for aid, but he not being at home the citizens organized a committee, who for the past few nights have been patrolling the town, and especially the river front. If tbe Kentucky boys should come over blood will be shed. A member of the citizens' committee arrived here at noon and consulted the Prosecutor of the Circuit, Marcus It. Sulzer, as to what should be done. A Mother nul Three Sons Sentenced to Prison. Boon ville, Jan. 2. Circuit Court has just closed, and the last case was an interesting one a prosecution against Mrs. Tennison, divorced wife of "Bill" Tennison, for stealing sundry articles, with her three sons, from a saw-mill. The jury brought in a verdict fixing her punishment at one year in the Reformatory at Indianapolis. Special Judge Dyer gave her a new trial. Three of her sos have been sentenced to the State Prisen at this term for one, two and three years. They seem to have a pasäion for stealing, as they took harness, ropes, saddles, quilts, books anything that they could get their bands on. Their father served a term of four years, several years ago, for counterfeiting. It is known that several othera, not yetnu?M,. were with them in much of their i. i ...l-ueoua stealing. II of Cholera In Orant County. Makiox, Jan. 2. The Chronicle publishes a partial list of the farmers of Graut County who have suffered from the ravages of hog cholera during the year 1880. The list includes swine that would weigh 100 pounds and upward. The returns received foot up between 13,000 and 11,000. The list is far from complete, but from the figures at hand it is estimated that the loss to Grant County farmers is very close to 20,000 head. This does not include pigs, among which the disease was speedily fatal. When it is remembered that the plague raged with almost equal violence among the hoers of the adjoining counties of Wabash, Miami, Howard, Huntington, Wells and Blackford, an idea begins to dawn of the magnitude of the loss sustained by farmers in this part of the State from the hog plague. An Unfortunate Sleljth-Klde. Tsrc, Jan. 2. While Mr. George Hardwick and wife were out sleighing near their borne in the north part of this county the horses became frightened at some object by the roadside, and, running away, upset the sleigh, throwing them out. Mr. Hardwick struck on his head and shoulder against a large stump, which cut and bruised hiui in a terrible manner, breaking his right arm and dislocating bis shoulder. He was taken borne in an insensible condition, but is resting easy at present. Mrs. Hardwick sustained only a few slight scratches. Snow Five Feet Trains Belated, Etc. Laporte, Jan. 2. The snow-storm that commenced here Friday evening did not cease until about 9 o clock this morning. The enow is three feet deep in the city and immediate vicinity, but ten miles west of here it ia from four to live feet in depth. No mail baa been received over the Chicago

and West Michigan Road since Friday night, and last nit;ht a Wabash train was some three turns coming from the city limits t the depot, a distance of less than one-half mile. Trains on the Lake Shore Road are all belated, and other travel has been generally suspended. Five Hundred People II ant log Wolves. Fowler, Jan. 2. In the eastern part of Benton County prairie wolves have become so numerous that orgimzed "hunts" have taken place to rid the farmers of their depredations. This sport, unusual and exciting for Indiana in theseJate days, reached a grand culmination yesterday in the capture and killing of seven of these wild animals on the McCrea Reservation, twentytwo miles from this city. Five hundred people participated in the hunt, and the wolves tlaiu were large and desperately ravenous ones. These hunts will be kept up the coming week. Ills Remains Fonnd. Hcxtisgtox, Jan. 2. Word from Warren, this county, states that lastevenins; the dead body of James Carpenter was found under a bridge near that place. Carpenter was a prominent resident and business man of Ilanfield, in this county. He disappeared Monday under circumstances that warranted the belief that he had skipped to defraud his creditors. Two hundred and twenty-five dollars was found about the clothing of the deceased. Alone and Dead. Decatur, Dec. 31. Word was received in this city last night that Mrs. MGuire, living six miles south of this city, was found dead in her house by some little girls who happened to take her some milk about 7 o'clock. The Coroner's inquest disclosed the fact that death was caused from heart trouble. Mrs. McGuire was seventy years old, a widow, and lived by herself, and must have been dead five hour3 before she was found. Fonnd Guilty of ltigamy. Kokomo, Dec. 31. Dr. Charles L. Pray, who for several days has been going through the trying ordeal of facing three undivorced wives in the Howard Circuit Court, was, at a late hour this morning, found guilty of bigamy, as charged in the indictment, and fined fü00 and given four months in the county jail. Upon being returned to hia cll he completely broke down, and wept like a child. An Old Lady Misiug from a Steamboat. Mamson, Jan. 2. Among the passengers on the up trip of the Fleetwood Jlast night wa3 Mr?. Estes. p.?d eighty -four, registered for Madi?on. Wnen the steamer was a few miles below here she was missed, and no trace of her could be found. It is thought she walked overboard. The river is full of ice. The City of Vevay, Fannie Fern and J. C. Abbott departed for the Kentucky River to hunt a harbor.

A Half-Breed's Suicide. Tcnr, Jan. 2. Yesterday Charley Godiroy, thirty-five years old, a half-breed Indian, descendant of the once famous Chief Godfroy, chief of the Miamis, took a shotgun, repaired to an old cabin standing en the iarm, which is situated three miu?s east of this city, and deliberately blew out his brains. Godfroy had been drinking continually for several days. A Denperado Killed. De keh. Jan. 1. Tene Wells, the last of a notorious band of desneradoes operating in the western counties of Indiana, was killed here last night by a white associate named Len Hayes. The two engaged in a quarrel. which resulted in the fatal clubbing of ells, who cad killed several men in his day. and been the terror of the Wabash . Valley. Neartng the Kml. Boos vii i.e. Jan. 2. Tbe old lady Moore, widow of the late Judge J. W. B. Moore, is paralyzed and not expected to recover. She is quite old, and the doctors think is grad ually sinking, bhe is the mother of Judge Isaac b. Moore, at one time Republican can didate for Secretary of State, and Ii. D. O. Moore, the present clerk of the Circuit Court. A Long Fast. Moxox, Jan 2. Mary Baker, a lady of eighteen years, of Monon, is afilicted with a complication of diseases, and has been confined to her bed for several months, and has partaken of neither food nor drink for 6ixty-nine days. Her record beats Tanner. - A Farmer Kobbcd. Com m Urs, Jan. 2. John F. Cooper, a wealthy farmer of Union Township, was robbed of $000 ia greenbacks, a deposit check for $.'30 on the First National Bank of this city and $70 in corn checks on Cutsurge t Co., Kdinburg. Refuses a Nomination. I.afavkttr. Dec. 31. Maror Caldwell, the tirfür'nt Mnvnr ff LafAvettp. h nntifinrt h: frit nds that he will not stand for a renomlna'.ion at the coming convention, as he intends to devote himself entirely to the practice of the law. An Allen Connty Pioneer Dead. Fort Wayne, Dec. 31. William Shoe maker, one of the pioneers of Allen County, died suddenly yesterday. Deceased was born In Germany in 18iy. He leaves a family of eight children. A Generous Parent. Decatur, Jan. 1. W.P.Rice, a wealthy farmer east of this city, presented to each of his nine children an elegant gold watch this morning. Such a wholesale gift enterprisa was never equaled in this county. Failure at Decatur. Decatur, Dec. 31. Sprang k True, dealers in dry goods, this city, made an assignment yesterday. Liabilities, $5,000; assets, $7,000. It. 8. Peterson, assignee. Dropped Dead from Heart Disease. M"ADifow, Jan. 2. About 8 o'clock to-night Barney Kessler, married, aged about thirtyfour, dropped dead in Pete Klein's saloon. Cause, heart disease. Death of a Postmaster. Tavlohsville, Jan. 1. William H. Wynn, J., M. and I. agent, and newly-appointed Postmaster, died suddenly yesterday. The President Improving. Washinotow, JaD. 2. The President has entirely recovered from the fatigue incident to his long public reception yesterday, and is in better health to-night than before the handshaking of New-Year's day began. Regarding the alarming reports which were circulated last night about the President's condition, Colonel Lamont said to-night: "There is every disposition on the part of those at the White House to keep the public accurately informed as to the condition of the President. The reports are Bimply without foundation." Brutally Murdered. Donaldson ville, La., Jan. 2. The most atrocious murder in the annals of this place was perpetiated yesterday in the very heart of the town. Mrs. Boulang?r, a wealthy old French resident, was murdered by an unknown tramp, who struck her on the head with some blunt instrumeat. Robbery was doubtless the incentive for the crime. Mrs. Boulanger had no faith in the banks, and it was generally known that she kept her money In her home. The murderer has not jet been arrested. How to Save Money. Wherever you live, you should write to Hallett A Co., Portland, Me., and learn about work that you can do while living at our own home at a profit of at least from $5 to $25 and upwards daily. Some have made ever $50 in a day. AU is new. Either sex. All ages. Hallett & Co. will start you. Capital not needed. AU particulars free. Bend alone your address at once and all the above will be?proved to you. Nothing like it ever known to worklngmen.

BEHIND THE BARS.

Fred Wittrcck ad Eis Accomplice, Waiver, Lodged in tho St Louis Jail Wittrock Makes a Statement Completely IJioneratlng Fotheriogham llalght and Whiltiock Planned the Robbery. Et. Lor!?, Jan. 1. The Adams express robbers are at last beginning to turn up ip this city. This morning Robert A. i'mkerton and Superintendent Damfel, of the Adams Express Compny, having In charge Fred Wittrock, arrived Iroui Kausa City, and Assistant Superintendent Robertson, of the I'lnkerton agency, brought the accomplice Weaver from Chicago. It was pretty well kuo-ra that Pinkerten was on his way to this city with Wittrock, and when the train arrived there was a large, curious crowd at the station, anxious to catch a glimpae of the famous "Jim Cummings." Mr. 1'iDkerton aided his prisoner from the car, and, followed by Mr. Damsel, they enrered a carriage and weredrivdn rapidly to the Four Courts, where tLe prisoner was delivered over to Jailer Siegmund, who took him in charge, and "Jim Cxi turning" wm at last placed behind the bars. "Dock" .Robertson also took his prisoner to the Four Court?, wfcere ho was given into the custody of tho local police, and immediately placed in jail. As soou as the prisoners were released from the clutches of the l'inkertons i; became possible to obtain interviews with them, but neither of them had ranch to say. Wittrock taid that he and Haight planned the robbery, and all the stories about Mrs. Uaight having done the head work were mere talk and nothing more. Fotheringham had known nothing about tbe coulempiiied robbery and su. pec ted uothintr wroug utter he (Wittrock) eutered the ear until be whs torown down aud disarmed. "1 have uothiug more to say about the ail'iir at preK-Dt," continue! Wittrock, "but I am preprinjt a statement and will make it public In a day or two." Weaver, when a?kcd by a reporter to give his verim of the robbery, replied that he had nothing whatever to say. Alter giving over their prisoners to tbe police, Mr. Pinkerton and "Dock ' Robertson proceeded to thu Southern Hotel. The former, while eating bis breakfast, talked freely to a reporter about his courtctiou with the case, and mid: "We have nearli completed the work now and have turned up the larper part of the monev, absut 5 )0,OJO. ve have not added up all our 'fin Is,' but those figures are pretty nearly correct. There is still j;.000 or $5,U) out, and we expect to recover the greater part of it. My brother 'Billy and some of our agents are looking that up now. So you see the expref company are not very heavy losers after all. The major portion of the niouey was found under Ocar Cook's house In the east bottoms at Kansas City. Cook was au accessory after the lact, and if convicted oau be made tr ferve a good terra iu the penitentiary. No, Mrs. liaight know nothing about the robbery until after its commission, an 1 sheets not even been arresttd yet. Wittrock and Haight weie tbe ones who did the planning. Weaver was the man who weakened at tte lastraomeut. He was to ride on the front platlorraof the expros car, nd was to give warning of auvanproaching danger, but he backed out. Ha kaeiv the robbery had been committed, however, and Wittrock had put up JJ.0D0 13 iaiuce him f keep his mouth shut All of that monev has boon re covered except a few dollars, which he spent." nenasKeawny ine omer prisoners nail not been brought here, he said that there w. some more money to be "turned up yet, ana they were aiding in the search for it. "Thev will all ba Lere in time for the trial, though," said the detective. and that comes on, you know, one week fro:n next Monday." THE WEEK'S NEWS. Events of Recent date Retold in Brief Faracraplis. The Logan (and h&s reached a total of 10,000. President Cleveland is still conlinci by rheu matism. Tte Oalesburg, 111., Opera house waj burned. Los, $J5,O.0. Dr. John Petts died at Springfield. Otio, ased ninety-two years. John Koebel a well-to-do Cincinnati grocer, is myhterionsly missicg. James McMnster. editor ol the New York Free man's Journal, is deal. The elections In Cinada Tuesday resulted in a complete Liberal victory. Michael Davitt was married hut Thursday to Müs Yore, at Oakland, Cal. Near Pine Bluff. Atk. Jnlisn C. Bogy was kiUcd by his son-in law, A. 11. Roberts. A fre at Kuiehtsville. Sundav morninsr. de stroyed S.'O.CGO worth of property. The first annual encampment of tha Salvation Army is in progress at Laiayette, Ind. Two boilers exploded at Akron. Ohio, killing one man and severely injuring several others. Emperor William on January 1 celebrated his eightieth anniversary of entrance to the army. Overindulgence In drink was the cause of four homicides in New York City on New-Year's day. Friday nlsrht the mercurv ranged from twentvCve to thirty-five degrees below zero in Minne sota. Thomas Stevens, who has been traveling around the world ou a bicycle, has arrived in baa Fran11 CO. Miss McQuirman. manager of the Womtn's Exchange at Indianapolis, is charged with emb2z.lcmeut. Congress assembled yesterday after tie holiday rete.'-H, aud is graduaLy getting down to work again. The Austiian War OCice has Issued an order indicating an early masiDgof troops in Transylvania. I'd ward Knn has confessed at Milwaukee t) he murder in Chicago two years ago of Amelia Olfetn. The wife of Rev. Benjamin Stauntou. of Enoklyu. has I eeu granted aeparation for cruelty aud adultery. A divorce suit brought by Rev. II. n. Barbour againRt his wile has caused a sensation in Newark. N. J. William Hauck, of Williamsburg. X. Y., shot three times at his brother Kd ward with murderous intent Judge Stevenson Burke, of Cleveland, win elected president of the C, C, C. aud I. Railroad Company. Lucy Bf.rry has been arrested at Canton, Ohio, for the murder of a man uamed Watklus, iu 1'arkersburg, W. Va. Sadie Bigelow and Lizzie Hart, of Boston, drank wine with two young men and then took poison. The former died. Captain A. E. B. Sparrow, of London, lost f75,003 in a bogus cattle company in California, and committed suicide. boulanger, French Military Secretary, Inaugurated tbe new year by supplanting certain civil attaches with military. Burchard Hayes, son of the ex-President, was married Thursday to the daughter of N. li. Sherman, of Norwalk, Chio. As a result of Francis Murphy's fourteca nights of temperance work in Cincinnati, 4,500 persans have feigned the pledge. Judge Gresham is credited with saying In a leU ter that Blaine will be the Republican nominee in 18.NS and will be elected. W. H. Bolton, ex-8uperintendent of the secondclass mall matter, has pleaded guilty at Chicago to embezzlement of 12,ß00. It is said thst Bishop Ppaldlng, of Peoria, Is said to be President oi the new Catholic university to be built at Washington City. Brewery employes, to the number of 2,000, in Philadelphia, Struck Thursday against a reduction ot per cent, in wages. Another man has seen the sea-serpent. This time his name (tbe man's) Is Brown, and he siw the varmint in the Hudson Kivor. John C.Mann, of Minneapolis, Saturday n'ght completed the task of eating thirty quails In thirty days at the rate of a quail daily. Tbe steamer St. John was burned at St. John, New Brunswick, and Captain Purdy and four of the crew so badly burned that they will die. There were 1.1C1.358 children of school age in Ohio up to September last, 775,14'J pupils enrolled, and an average daily attendance ot 517,841. Berenice Latorre, a young Italian girl, was run over, horribly mangled and killed by a train on the Third Avenue Elevated Road In New York. Rev. Clayton Kelso, Presbyterian, lorty-five years of age and In good circumstance, hanged himself from a fence with a halter at Macon, Mo. As the result of a Unionist conference, Goschen bas announced his willingness to take oflioe iu the Tory Cabinet under certain'conlilious, which are not given. Isaac Bickel, an a?ed farmer, at Anamosa, Iowa, attempted to chastise his nineteen year-old-son, when the latter struck Mm a single but UUl.blow with a heavy slick. The citizens ot Benton County, Indiana, are en-' Joying tbe enfitement of wolf "bunts," scvea of the suimsls being kUled In one afternoon on the McRea reservation. - A construction and a freight train on the ßjuthera Pacific Railroad collided In a deep cut, near revirs River, Texas. Four meu were buried to death in the wreck. r Justice Woods, of the United States 8upreme Court, who is in Southern California seeking to retain his health, is reported in excellent spirits" and gaining in strength and weight. I -Lr. Avelingaud his wife, SociallsticU'?i"'" brought from Europe by the National Executive Board of Socialists, were paid Sl.aoo for thirteen weeks, and brought in a supplementary bill to the , board oi tCCO, Including for corsage t bouquets

and $Ti0 for cfgam? and cigarettes. They compromised on Sloo. General Loring, of Confederate and Egyptian fame, died in New York last Friday. like Collins and Fred Richenheims fought before a crowd of I5Q9 sports at Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday night .In the twenty fourth round Collins knocked his opponent stiff. Abncr StranM, of Middleton, Ohio, bas brought a Ruit for r-ii.OuO damages against L, N. Boahain et si. for refusirjg to put his hogs on the peiigree list of the Poland-China record. The Courier-Journal's Washington correspondent telegraphs that a story is in circulation to the cflcct thst Senator Logan did not receive the right kind of medical treatment. Wittrock and Weaver, arrested fdr the express robbery, have becu tikea to St. Louts and delivered to the authorities. About fM0W of the stolen money has been recovered. After the New-Year's reception at the White House the President, who had been compelled to sit occasionally during the ceremonies, was taken up-ttairs suffering with severe pain. Officer Michael O'Brien, who was wounded In the kg by a fragment of a bomb at the Anarchist riot at Chicago, last May, has suflered a relapse, and his friends fear blood poisoning. Five of the men bound over In a Masfstrite's Court, at Columbus, Ohio, charged with complicity in the tally-fcheet forgeries, are said to have been indicted by a special Grand Jury. James Kenmore, an orphan, fourteen years of age, banged himself in a barn near Peotone, 111. He had attended a Christmas gathering of children, where all received presents except him. A sled containing twenty young people going to a dance was struck by a "tiain at a crossing near Fort Wayne. Ind. Two younjr ladies were killed and nearly the entire party more or less injured. As a result of the opposition to the election of Jlr. Vail as secretary of the National Trotting Association, It is proposed to Issue a call for a meeting for the purpase of organiziug a new association. At Wsbash, Ind., Thursday night, John Sellers calnd l)an Good to his door and nhot him down. iini hud both eyes shot from their sockets. Tne assault was the result of a quarrel. Bath are colored. General Logan's remains were Friday placed for the time being in Rock Cieek Cemetery at Washington, the funeral cercmonleMakin- plane In the Senate Chamber,.a:Jd being attenied with d stint ulshed civic and military honors. In the train-wreckers' trial, in progress at Wyandotte, Mo., William Vossen, one of the aerugo J, made a cleau breast of it, swearing to the circims?atiets of the wrecking of the train as they hive been published hitherto In tho newspapers. At the time of the great firein Chicago, Timothy Wright had a rent-roll of ;3,000 per annum, lie is a son of John Wright, a pioneer win owned a half section of fßrmiuj land in tho vicinity of Union I'ark. When the panic of 17:5 broke out, Timothy Wright estimated his realty at Si.OJO.oco, Incumbered to the extent of one-fourth that sum. 3is agent was his cousin, Thomas Lyman, whom he sued last week for ai. acsountlng and discovery, and to secure the settinsr aside of foreclosure s;iles, which wiped out tne estate. tMr. Wrizht has not been In Chicago for ten years. There was increased activity in the leading produce Hues last week, and a firmer feeling wa oevelopeJ. Provisions were higher, with a fair movement in la rl. Wheat sold more rapidly at higher prices. Corn was firmer, with a more ampie hupply. but the offerings of oats and rye were at;niu femall. Barley sold more readily. Groceries were Cull, but cotlee ruled firm. Dairy products quiet, and general merchandise without change of importance. The money market is working into an easier position, with some shifting of loacs, but in general business is confined to making preparations for the January setllemenu Stocks in ew York ruled higher. The new year brought with it a very decided depression of temperature and cold weather throughout the country. There were some singular contrasts in temperature in the Upper MiMouri Valley Haturday afternoon. Bismarck, Pak., rt ported 2'' below zero; Fort Custer, Mout., J 'below, and Helena, Mont., 41 ' above. Meanwhile at the same hour it wasll5 below atOniaha, 2 ' below at Keokuk, and above at Columbus, Indianapolis and Cairo. Generally fair weather prevailed west of the Mississippi Irom Minnesota to the West Gulf coast. Lowest readings of tha thermometer reported New Year's morning were : ' bt low at Bismarck and U ' below at Tort Buford, I'ak. How Tom Fitch I'elt. Hon. 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