Bloomington Telephone, Volume 11, Number 30, Bloomington, Monroe County, 29 November 1887 — Page 2

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Stouts of Interest and Importance in Erery Quarter of the Habitable Globe.

Hews Relating to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, and Other Topics.

LATEST DISPATCH

KILLING LOUISIANA STRIKERS 2Hm Negroes Slain by the Gaud and live Woamded. Ths strike troubles in the Louisiana mgar belt have culminated in a bloody conflict which resulted in the death of nearly a doeen of the negro strikers. New Orleans dispatches giro the following par tienlars of the affair: At THbode&ax a body of startling negro layovers tcted from ambuah and wounded two of the white picket guard w hich hail been on due there since the withdrawal of the State militia. An attack waa immediately made on the nakroet and ton wre killed. "The rest of the men left for the woods The follow. ng statement concerning the affair explains itaeif : "Our labor trouble hod about ceased, when, on Tuesday afternoon, the people of this town were reliably Informed that an attack would be made upon the town during the night. To prevent any trouble a strong guard of deputy sheriffs wats posted at all the approaches. At 7 o'clock in the morning two of tne guards, John J. Gorman and Henry Malaison, two of the most respect able and esteemed young men of our town, were shot from ambuan and seriously wounded. Two of their friends rush i to tbeir assistance, and while they were attempting to relieve their wounded comrades they were also fired upon from ambush. Luckily they were not narmed. A fearful state of excitement arose, and the armed guard of the town rushed to the scene of action. They were again tired upon from ambush, and then returned the fire by a general fusillade, which wail kept up until the rioters dispersed. Some t;x rioters ere known to have oeen killed and aft many more wounded, none of the other guards of the town being injured except those above mentioned. Our people are determined to pro carve the peace, and all good oitK .sens are in perfect accord. The above facts are gained from a reliable source. Clay Kroblack, Lieutenant-Governor; Trylor Beattfr, Judge ; T. Thibedean, Sheriff ; S. Moore. iMayor " Another dispatch from ThiIodmux says the easuattiefl sofarar9 sufficiently numerous, but here is a feeling among the best citizens that the worst is over; that the passions aroused by -utterances of the New Qrleana oommuniata, the ao-caOed frienda of labor, have been stilled, and -that no more blood will be sited or more lives .'lost. The feeling against these, New Orleans jonununista ia very strong, and on every side iSheir conduct it denoonoed in mo at unmeasured

OOST OF THE PANAMA CANAL, 2 tenor Tanco TeBs of the Enoraions Expenditures Already Made. A sfe&aii telegram from New York flays: 8anorXiOitis Tanco, of the Colombian Lega Hon at. Washington, and now in this city, : caya the the expense account of the work os the Panama Canal up to Jane 30, 18btt, -was $154,309,083. Some of tlie items are , 3eculiar as well as interesting. For exam pie: The excavating has cost 128,000,000, the aHees at New York, iraria, and X'snama $84,00,. 400, She purchase of the Panama Bailroad 4CB3,08andof hoscitals $7,000,000. Materif lis have o&uaed an outlay - of 12000,000? serr- , .iots for employes, 88,700,0001 Wolfe and 1 i mm 1 1 i -tLm a 4v 1 Mea aim. v

IwrtMrng for offices, private residence for luanager, country seat for same, grounds, etc., fStSoOgUOX Carriage and her en for employes tost 8I5,03a a parlor-ear for manager $4-2,000 ; : 4ttd interest on the capital 330,0)0,000. The envtampments on the line foot up 9,00D,000 ; the lettce, for encampments, $i,300,00t, and the litermaoeutio staff 4.8A00O, It cost the com fiany Sz,000f000 to indemnify t3e commissioners ,nt at the company's expense to report on the 4 4aaal in ether words to defray the expense . ct entertahimg the gneste invited to acMeaaaay De Lesseps to Panama to inspect t$e canal; $2,400,000 to indemnify coa- : teactors far the companVe fail-ire to carry o it

l the line, tieaor Tanea beUeves the canal, tf erermdslied, wOl eoet sHL)jO00O. As the

HfWKvi (QMot uiUMHuita are met) ana . nr whet remains is xaoefy solid rock. He ' iesbfeB if the canal win over be finished by the ;:.ewaeht administration. The financial octlook

C we company. Bene? Tanco says, ia quite

Steamer Chateau Burned Wsom the steamer Charles P, Choteau

rjiijg at Sunflower Landing Miss.,

broke out and the vessel was burned to the waters edge. A colored fireman and a eolored deofc passenger were burned to death. The boat and cargo are a total loss, nothing being left of the great cotton carrier bat her immense iron hull. The Choteu's carp? consisted of 4,500 bales of cotton, 2,500 sacks of oilcake, and sundries. On Nor. 6, 2876 the Chotean brought to Kew Orleans Hie largejf cargo of cotton that had up to that time wrer been carried by a Mississippi Biver steamer 8,814 bales. Jtarderwt by His Youthful Fellow-Bobbers. At Bognin, Texas, Martin Robertson nd James Bromley, white boys, each 17 years old, were sentenced to the penitentiary for life for having decoyed Archie Henry, their companion, into a care and murdered him. The three boys had run away from home and banded together for fhe porpoe of committing highway robbery and oilier depredations. Young Henry informed the authorities of their thefts, and it was for this reason that his aasocisites killed 1dm. Foreign Affairs. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of John Dillon, one of the most capahie of Parnalf a lieutenants.' A Paris dispatch saysr "M. Bibot has consented to undertake the formation of a Cabinet at the request of President Grevy. who desired him also to convey his message of resignation to the Chamber of lefmties. Lord Salisbitbi's speech before the meeting of the National Union of Con servatires, at Oxford, makes it clear that tlie Premier reels that he is absolutely dependent upon the support of the Liberal L'nioaists. He outlined a rather extended platform of reforms which the Government jropoed to introduce at the next session of Parliament, and said that he did not in tend to propose increased powers of local government in Ireland until there was a sparked change there.

EAST, Ah aeorolite weighing three tons fell in the street ia fropt of the Merchants National Bank at Amsterdam, N. Y., about noon of Frt day, creating the greatest ex4sibment, A deep indentation was made by the visitor from on high, in whose mass experts hav fouml traces of iron, nickel, aluminum, and othsr metals. The Suts-eme Curt of New York State law refused to admit Bong Tan Chang, a

Cftnjimaa, t the bar on the ground

taana ia not a enren. ma naa Drevi-

anvdT been refused natma&aation

-W waa a CUbswo inbjoct. The

man is a graduate of Yale and Columbia law schools, A beview of the fisheries business for the last year at Gloucester, Mass., shows that seventeen vessels have been lost, with 127 men, siuty of whom leave widows and fatherless children. A woman named Miranda and her 12-year-old daughter, who, it is thought, are

af3icted with leprosy, have been placed In the hospital for contagious diseases at Philadelphia. The mother presents tlie hideous appearance of a leper, but she attributes the illness from which she is suffering to her eating of a poisonous Brazilian plant Johakn Most has been released from custody under $1,500 bail. Bail was furished by a woman named Ida Hoffman, who took pains to explain that she was an anarchist. Great excitement prevailed at the meeting of the First Unitarian Society, at Hartford, Conn., an attempt being made to oust the pastor, the Bev. J. C. Kimball, for his sympathy with the Chicago anarchists. The women supported Mr. Kimball, and a resolution asking for his resignation was defeated. Johakn Most, the anarchist, was placed on triitl in the Court of General Sessions at Nw York, Wednesday, on a charge of citing violence by an inflammatoiy speech. Having been admitted to bail, he entered the uc art-room without the escort of policemen. He kept his hat on after entering until one of the court officers brusquely tcok it off his head. WEST, A Lansing (Mich.) special says: "The citizens of Iieelie, in this county, believe they have among them the hangman of the

Chicago anarchists. He has always been a reputable citizen, but his connection with the matter leaked out by accident, and his mysterious i6its to other States are now believed to have been made for the purpose of assisting some guilty brother in leaving the world. He is believed to be a professional hangman, and his neighbors and former associates shun him as they would a leper." A terrible wreck occurred on the Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Line, neox Vienna, I1L Daniel Collard, Frank Bol ton, engineers, Dick Walker, brakexnan, and a fireman named Schafter were lulled Two or three others are reported woundedL The engines were a total wreck, together with a number of oars. A Butler (Mo.) special says: "John Bedford is a wealthy fanner, and suffers from defective hearing. Early Sunday evening Simon A. Waddell, of Princeton, DL, who is visiting his brother, noticed Bedford's house on fire. He lushed up to the door and endeavored to rouse the inmates, but failed. Then he forced the door in, and as he stepped into the hall was shot to death by Bedford, who mistook him for a robber Neighbors gathered, but too late to save the house, as it was burned to the ground. Bedford is over 70 years old, and it is feared that his mind has been permanently wrecked by his mistake." The telephone war in Indiana shows no signs of abating. A special telegram from Omaha, Neb., reports that Engineer Markham and his fireman had a thrilling experience with a panther on tlie Burlington and Missouri River Koa4, between Minden and Artell. The train wac a long on 3, and heavily laden, and between the two places named the engine slipped tm eccentric and came to a standstill. Markham and tte fireman got oat to sot matters right. They had about completed the job when both heard a yell that made their blood run cold, and before either could trxn a large panther sprang upon the engineer and ooried his claws in his shoulder. The nrexaan had a heavy wronch in his hand, and with this struck the brute on the head. This partially stunned him, and he loosened his hold on the engineer, but before the men could take advantage of the situation the y anther made a leap for the firoman, and lac orated with one of his claws his left hip. Engineer MarKham by tliiB time had drawn his revolver and shot the bmte bet wee a the eyes, killir g him instantly. Both men woro badly hurt and will be laid up for some time. The panther measured nearly- six feet from his nose to the end of his taiL an4 weighed nearly 200 pounds, . SOUTH. In the vicinity of Hope, Ark., and in the hills and bottoms of the Bed and Snlphur Bivers, forest fires are raging. . Many farm-konses and out-buildings have been destroyed, tmd numbers of hogs ani cattle have been burned to death. At Little Bock the smoke is almost suffocating, and unless rain speedily fails the losses throughout the State will be very heavy. A bloody, battle took place between whites and blacks, at Jellico, Ky., in which three men were killed and a number woundtid. Whisky was the cause ot the fight. The forest fires in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi have not been checked. A number of gin-houses have been burned and railway trestles destroyed. Owing to the dense smoke, steamers cannot run at night. The iioss to farmers and planters is very heavy. De D. C. KeiJjEY, of Nashville, Teno., an eminent divine, and member of the North Alabama Conference of the Southern Methodic t Church, was, at their mating, at Tuscaloosa, Ala., the other clay, asked to resign his position as Missionary Treasurer of the General Conference, on account of his utterances in reference to the Emma Abbott episode. He commenled the lady for rising in a church to defend herself againut a minister's strictures oil theaters. WASHINGTON Speaker Cabiisle tmuks that the revenue would bear a reduction of $70,K)0,000. He propones a compromise measure cutting down the customs duties to the extent of $60,000,000 and tho internal revenue to tho exter t of $20,000,000. The latter reduction ho would accomplish by removing the tax on manufactured tobacco. Superintendent Fox, of the United States Mint, tays thct not only is the demand being kept up for small or minor coin, but that the banks are now wanting gold dollars. They are also demanding new quarter and half-dollars pieces. The Superintendent state? that by Jan. 1 he will have Dined as many gold dollars as he thought advisable lor tbe present. When nsked how many, he replied: Less than 10,000. I do not Ihimt I will exceed that amount." Secretary Whxtkky has returned to Washington in improved health, but he will not tafce an active part in the management of the Navy Department for some days. .L POLITICS These is a movement on foot, says a Washington special 'to secure the National Bepubiican convention for New York, on tbe giound that it would be beneficial to the party in that State us well as in 'Jon-

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necticut and ew Jersey. But the motive, kept in the background of course, is antiBlame. His opponents, knowing that his greatest strength is in the West, and that the New York City Bepublicans and mugwumps are violently bitter against him, think local influence will have a powerful effect upon the convention. Correspondence with members of the National Committee is now very active." The total vote cast in Ohio in 1885 was 733,966, in 1S86 it was 704,233. This year the total vote reached the very large iiRUxe of 744,568, which is a large increase. The totals on the Governor are as follows: Foraker. Bepubiican, 356tU37; Powell, Democrat, 333,205; Seitz, Labor, 24712; Sharp, Prohibition, 29,700; scattering 14, Total, 744,568. Foraker over Powell, 23,732. This is a slight increase for the Pro-, hibitionists over 1885, when Leonard hadj 28,081. J " FOREIGN. The Czar of Russia received a royal welcome at Berlin. His visit is said to have been merely an act of courtesy, but in all probability it was made for some more serious purpose. Ik tho Chamber of Deputies the Ministry

was defeated on a motion to postpone debate on its domestic policy by a vote of 328 to 242. Prirue Minister Bouvier immediately announced that the members of the Cabinet woula resign, and their resignations were subsequently presented to and accepted by the President. Speaking of the clamors for his own resignation. President Grevy says that if it should occur at the present time it would establish a mischievous precedent because it woul d bind his successors to resign w hen ever public opinion should happen to be against them. M. BitissoN had a conference with President Grevy at Paris and told him that the crisis in relation to the Presidency appeared to be without a remedy. The President asked the reason .of this, Brisson replied that it would bo painful to explain. Tbe reason was universally apparent. He reminded M. Grevy that at an independent meeting on Sunday he had maintained that nobody was entitled to demand that the President resign. He was still of the same opinion. The President alone, added M. Brisson, was entitled to raise the question. Ex-Senator Charles F. Jokes, of Florida, is reported in financial distress at Detroit He has been turned out of hotels and restaurants, but has been taken in charge by a friend who will give him shelter for the present It is said that he is a mental wreck.

GENERAL. The form of contract, as drawn up by the Brotherhood of Boll - players, was adopted by the National League, at its

meeting :ln New York, with but few changes ,

in phraseology. It places a fixed voice on uniforms ($30); secures full pay for men injured while playing; compels the club to pay all expenses when traveling; limits the number of men to be reserved to fourteen; and makes agreement that if the club be disbanded the men may be "sold, "but only on condition that their salaries shall not be reduced. The Executive Committee of the National Grange, in session at Lanuing. Mich., reported $4,583 expended daring the past year for lecturers, and recommended the establishment of a permanent headquarters at Washington, where records, etc., could be kept. It also favored changes iu the patent laws. But eight? persons are known to have been saved from the wreck of the steamer Scholten in the British Channel. One of the fturvivors states that there were oight hundred life-belts on board, but that they were useless in a majority of cases because the people were ingulfed with tlie ship. The general impression is that the responsibility for the disaster rests with the ofiicers of the steamer Bosa Mary. Tim Supreme Court of Washington Territory has granted an injunction restraining the Northern Pacific Kailway Company from illegally cutting timber on public lands. The United States Attorney for tbe Territory says tho result of this decision will be the recovery of about $100,000 in trespass suits now pending against the company. Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian, said to a Pittsburg reporter that a trip to England with Mr. Booth was contemplated, but that the visit would be very brief. Regarding the rumor that the two tragedians would erect a, theater in New York for the exclusive production of the legitimate drama, Mr. Barrett said: "It is true. Wo have in contemplation the erection of a metropolit an theater, although not exclusively for the legitimate drama. It will be at least two years before the scheme can be consummated, but when it is all sorts of pure and meritorious works will be produced." MARKET REPORTS. NEW YORK. Cattlb , . ,$ 4.00 & .53 Hogs 5.00 .75 Wheat No. 1 White 90 ig .91 No. 2 Bed ,S)H Corn No. i! 56 .57 Oats White 38 i$ .41 1 oak New Moss 15,00 ghfi,75 CHICAGO. Cattle Choice to Prime Steers 6.26 & .7.5 Good. 4.25 fi.OO Common. a. 00 & S.7

Hogs Shipping Grades 4.50 t& ..2.5 Plouk Winter Wheat 3.75 (0 4.23

Wheat No. lied Winter Cokn-No. 2 Oats No. 2 Buttkk Choice Creamery Fine Dairy Cheese Full cream, new Kcigh Fresh. , Potatoes Choice, per bu . .

Poke Mess 13.ii5 gift. 75

MILWAUKEE. Wheat C ash 74 .71 CoilN No. 3 45 ( .4.$, Oats -No. 2 White 29 & Kye No. 1 .54 i v .50 Pork Mess 13.6J ii.25 bT. LOUIS. Wheat -No. 2 Bed 75 .75 Cou Mixed 42.v .455 Oats Caan 27 & Pobk Mess 13.00 dlEi.50 Whkat Cfl,sh 61 (& .81 '4 Corn Cash 48 (a ,48a Oats -White 2SJ6 .20 DETROIT. Bekf Cattie 3.73 eM25 Hoos 4-00 I. 75 Kmkep 3.50 4.50

Whkat No. 1 White 81 &

Cows Mixed Oats Ko. S White CINCINNATI. Wheat No. 2 Red Cohn-No. 2 Oats No. 2

Pokk Mess 13.50 (M 14.00 LiiVKHoos,. 4.75 & .00 Wheat No. 1 Hard F6 3 .87 Cons No, 2 Yellow. 31 .52$ Cattle 4.00 5.25 Hogs 4.&S t .00 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 g 4.75 Hogs 4.50 (a 6.25 KHEEY 3.00 4.00 Wheat No. 2 Red 77 tf ,7 Corn 46 ,40 Oats Mixed 2i) & .2i KA8T LIBERTY. Cattle Pr ice. 4.50 5. 23 Fair 4.00 & 4.53 Common 3. 00 i!i 8.75 iToOfl 4.75 fi .50 SHEicr 4.00 4.75

.44 .45 .27 (51 .27 .IS .21) .114 v ASM .2 & .SO (fit .85

.47?$ .48

.32 & ,32 .60 3 .80 .40 if .4J3 .III & .32

PRIZE STOCK.

A. Splendid Display at the Annual Chicago Fat Stock Exhibition,

Fine Horses, Cattle, I&eep, and PoultryUncle Isaac, tho Jombo Shoat

CblOEkgo eorresxmdence. Tt fat stock show this year la the bent yet glveu. U he display of horse a, cattle. B tioop, botfe, and poultry is simply niagntfloent. The show yesterday looked ua it it had been s truck by a. wave of ttmperunce reform. Blue ribbon a were tied to the lot.g horn a of the lazy oxen, pinnod to the snowy l'eoce of the 'tltuid sheep, streaming from the ears of the grouting pig, and floating lrora tho silky tail of the roadbter ail he prancod about 1 he sawdust zing everywhere appeared the bright color. Bed and white rib ons weio also to be seen, but blue was the favorite eolor, and threw all otheru Into the ihado. The exhibition of ponies la a gre&t attraction. Prizes were oner ad tor the tent saddle pernios, and over a dozen cf the littlo follows, Dacliieu by small boys, bqcted and spurred, galloped around uhe ring to the interne delight of the crowd. Cue of tbe boys topplod o:Ef his Ftoe- l ut the first turn, and another was thrown lie ad long by tho byckini? of his pony, but ne it nor suffered any injury except to his feelings, The ladies were especially interested ia the pony parade, and xnanitostod their delight by

the frequent clapping of thoir handti and waving of their dainty handkerchiefs. One of the boEt represented departments of the exhibition is that of the turkey fi, pro sided over by a huge white gobbler tht.t struts in lordly style around his little palace. There are probably over two hundred fowl in this collection and they come In for thoir full share ot attention from the visitor:!, who are evidently thinking of the near approach of Thsnksgiving. Ono of these turkeys, a huge bronzo-colored felloe raised in Southern Illinois, is said to be the largest fowl ever exhibited in Chicago. He is a proud old cock, and struts about lifce the senior dude at a darkv soiree. "That's a proud old bird, "said the owner, "He's aj. conceited a ole chap as ever I scev an' I've seen a heap 0' tarkeyu in my day. His infernal conceit come purty near bein' the death of 'im a whilo back, too. I hov a Jersey cow on my fiirm that hates turkeys worse 'n pizen. That olo toiler waa out a-Btruttra' round the barnyard ono morning, his tail spread ou'i like a big fan tn' his wiegs a-rubbin' on the corn-cobs, xnakin' a sound like thunder, and condnctin'

hissolf as if he wua a live king. Ho hadnt strutted across the yard mor'n abort twice till that cow see him. She charged on him. He didn t see her coxnin', an' the fust he k no wed he got a. hist from behind that throwod L im clean ovor the fence into a apple orchard. It tuk the c tiff' Din' out'n h s tail, an' 1 hain't seen him Btrut.tin' roun' that cow sence'. The exhibition of fan?y drivin;! and satldle horeiij m as a very attractive feature of the shovr. The horses were-, with one or two exceptiens, exceedingly well trained, find called out round a of applause from the horsemen present. Over a dozen pairs of tandem horses were entered, and the display was gorgeous. The ladies' driving also proved a highly interesting if not I'ueeinatir g feature. 'I he horses were all fine, showy animals, and apparently re ai;U;ed what was expected of them. Not one of tte ladies saw nt to make use of the whip, and yet each horse performed his duty aa faith

fully and well aa if lashed by a masculine driver. The exhibition of sttddlo horsos was the best that hEvs been seon here for some ticno. There woro nearly two dozen entries arid ihe competitioa waa close. Several of t,'ae hoie.es were under the perfect comma ad of t'joir riders. A number of ponies ridden by sir all boys tjave variety to the scene and served to interest the younger portion of the crowd. There are many handsome animals to be seen at the exhibition, and many that attract crowds about i:hem daily, but Uncle Isaac, tbe jumbo hog, has pro-ted tbe greatest drawing card. TJncle lsuac is a magnificent Bpecirnen of the Tarn worth breed. He is 4 years old, staads almost four feet high, and weighs befo:re diiiner the modest sum of U60 pounds. "I dou't know what made that shoat i:tow io," said a brawny farmer as he leaned against the ftcca in one corner of tho pen, his hands thrust far iato nis breeches pockets and his hut cocked

back on bis head. I nerer took partikler good cavo of lum mid never tried to brina him out like that. He alius was a good feedei:, though. When ho waa a pig he ueod to climb into tho trough and tramp up an' down, n-frightin tother pigs off. He'd climb into the oiit-bin an'

roll over a,af over in tte oats I had for ray horses and sneak into the corn-crib an' tnunp on the com. But the ole merest triek ho had was milking the cows. H o was awful focid of fresh milk an' one of my boy a trained him o run with one of the cows that had lost her calf. The old cow objected at first, but she got used to him mid would bivwl after him as if he were a call."

BASE-BALL.

Where Would the St. Louis Browns Stand in the National League?

DRAWBACKS TO TIU1

Gossipy New Items from League Centers Throughout tlie Counfay.

CBICAGO CORRISPONDENOE. So much bcis bixn said as to the probable showing tlie Browni) would make ia a League obampioxuibip race that tbe following talk with a base-ball official who is particularly well, posted as to the playing strength of the different oluos may prove interesting: "Let me seo," said he, whsn I spoke to him on the subject: Jn the world' b pernaut series Detroit beat BtLou i ton out; of fiftoen games. Now, It v ould be a fair estimate to take the last fifteen gnuies tho Detroit toa-n played vith League clul ia theij- League championship series, and see how they compare with tho record of the Delxoits against tha Bt. Louis toasu Here is the rocord in qaebtion: Detroit beat Pittsburg twelve gamsa out of tbe hist fifteen the two teams played together, and they similarly whipped tho W&Ablngtxms eleven times out of ftftoen. The champions defeated tho Boston te am in ten gamer, out ot their last fifteen, ani a,! so the India aapolis Club the name number, aad they beat the Kaw York loan in nine out cf ths laat fifteen. Thev o:nly woa nevenoutof tho last fifteen with Philadel phia, and but six with Chicago. In view of then facta, what nonsense It is to ntate t ;iat the 8t. Louis Club would not be higher than fifth, when tne lowest they would be pluced on this be&ls would be third, throwing aside the fact that ha4 the Detrorbs played the strong game with the League clubs tihey did asainut St. Louis, they would have iron every League seriea by a Larpa majority. When aiiked if be thought Exoek was a good man, President Sam Mo:rton of the new Western League, said: Well, I should say fio. As big as Anson, and a ball-player all over. One of those feiJows who handle a pdr of 100pound dumb- bells as easily as you Mould handle a 20-pound pair," "Is he us good a max. aa Lovett, oi! the OBhkosh team?" "Yes, every bit, in my opinion. I think he will make a good one for the White Stockings. AT INDIAXAPOLIS. According to reports from Indianapolis, the Hoofiier club means to stay in the League another season. Tho grounds will be thoroughly overhauled and improvements instituted, amot g them a new grand stand. The grand stand will not be an expensive structure, but will be a i?reat improvement over the old one in every respect. It; will be of modern w,yle, and instead of the present wood-bottomed chairs, some new and comfortable seats will be used.. It is the intention to spend from $3,000 to $5,0C0 on the building, which, with the material in the old one,

ought to make a very respectable grand stand, as it does not need to be very large. However, no definite plans luwe been adopted. The gronnds will be graded and the outfield will oe made an ftmooih an the diamond, all of which will be soddsd. President Brush Bays that he is rue. king an eifort to eiecure several good men, bus who they are remains a secret. Experience has taught him that you have not got a man until you seo him in tbe club's uniform, and for that reason he declines to speak of his nine. He has, however, expressed his mind on one point. He id done with experimental and will hereafter use money and secure players of known ability. He says the club spent enough money in experimenting last season to have boughi the releases of several first-class mer, men who would hiive added strength to tho team. From this on he proposes to know what he is buying. Iu Mines the club has secured a great man. lROM NEW YORK, Chris Yon der Ahe has been in New York for a week past, but what he is doing there no one seems to know. It would not surprise anybody to see Chris turn a ilipfiop into th League's arm before many days. Mind I don't say he has any such idea at present; But such an idea is likely to possess h:im at any moment, and if it comes at the right time he will Hop. He couldn't lose by it, and it might be a positive gain. Chris is as uncertain as a ilea. There is lots of League pressure in St, Louis, personal and from newspapers, pusling him toward the League camp. He may not te a ble to see 'his way clear iit that direction for a walk into wealth. Eut if he ever does that settles it. At least two of his associate clubs suspect his allegiance and regard Ibis presence at this time in New York with alarm. No doubt Chris will be inteirviewed if the boys car. get him properly mesmerized; but don't swear by what he says. He is unreliable. ROM DETROIT. A 6ensatioii;il yarn has been set afloat to the effect that Bennett was disabled and would not catch any more. The fact that President Stearns was laying in a stock of young catchers caused this. There is nothing in it Bennett will catch for Detroit in 1888 the same as of yore. Stearns, speaking on the question, says: "The reason I am getting now catchers is because I desire to take tbe strain of the spring work off the hands of Bennett and Ganzel, and

use them when they will do the most good." FROM WASHINGTON. Ted Sullivt.ii went to Philadelphia recently in que3t of Tom Deasley, whom he proposes to ign for tho Senators. Air. Sullivan isayii the Washington Club is weeding oat 8.11 the old demoralizing element, and will next season present a strong team of good young material. The pitchers will be Whitney, Gilmore and O'Day; catchers, Mack, Mian Murray and possibly Tom Deasley; O'Brien, Meyers ana Irwin on the buses; Donnelly, short field;: and Wilmot, Hoy and Shock in the outfield. Ted, who :is a good judge fSHU' players, says this will be a strong combination, much Blronge::, indeed, thab would appear upon paper. Sullivan ulsc? states thai he has the refusal of tbe management o:Mhe team, but thati acceptance hinges upon onother matter. Sullivan is anxious to establish an International League team of his own in Troy, Xew York, and is now working to that end. If that; scheme falls tbrough, he will probably -accept the management of th-3 Washington Club. ?ROM BOSTON President Soden, in speaking of the cutlook for next ,-ear, save: ' I don't know "anything tv'nreveut our hiving tho sume oiyht clubs roxt seanon. But it would not wfiluo me fee very badlv if Washington ana Iiidiunapciis Hbould warA so pull out. Wo should hfcvo nix g'I clubs !oft. Or, if wo waute.l to till jTnt tho monaberfihii) iso eight, there is rooklvL in the Ka8t anci: Cin

cinnati iu the Wost." . Oat in Cincinnati they

. iV . want to cdiie ii to tho !

,!igii, and things are

Getting so there that they are not at iJ nemlent nn tiw ...L - nn Hiav rva Vn fit.

'-'Ui8. Ana t.iat is! just v?hitro the next changes in th Leatrihw -ire ooniiug. Cudinnati and Brooklyu vj-ai Hiiyilnto fill the re:ct vacancies. Sunii a d al wcul4 mean a mint of money for New York 1 and Droeklyn. Thmlj of the rivalry bet can tJfoe isxr, oitioii, and no cuu-

uwung games tj hurtt each other I

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It CAfinot IeveIop WhJh DetoK

BequUltions loraJfaitf Cles DakotJiIlcU.

Ton wanter know irhat'a holcUtt fifti?

(rreen Eiver City, Wyoming who toii. beard like a woven wire raattrefti 'irMdfciK:ii

had leea struck by ft cr clone aiwi.BS

rolled together as it seroH ; "yon iffk&

iih im it'll mn nvpr nir a tath unif irnuint :. '.

was not in use; "you deaire uifanMr tion a to what's retwlin' its d jvelop xnent an causin it to languish by the wayside, as it wore? I cm toll yon, stranger. I can sum it up in two words an' giro it to yon at one d iee. Its is Eastern detoctive-bloodhrasuls ot the law, that drag awty our mct sc cessful citizens!

"What can you expect of a county Si where the Eastern detecttve ooms fti,

ana aemanas reauiHicons tor ikU si

leadin' citizens? With the iey ImA

the dettivA lairi on tha Mftvora of aa --v;m

priaciptd cities, how can our country

develop ? With the Peniisiiwoito;S

Sheriff sneakin up behind the PWfVMM

aent or our national I ant and ideat-

.1 tnrl

fyin' him, how can you look iter jp?';

" Asi:ng as one of .Pmkerton's taen - mm

an' pronporons commnaities, look photograph, an then adjust a pair ot :

time-lock handcufls on ihe urincrinai of 'w-

ns an4 aak ns with a VinllAr nnAA

we don't boom V "

otruuger, wnac is xn ure to lnance J ;'; gi to cit UD an' whoon an rlAVAl.ni IfhA -Hlfe!

.4 A. 1" -t -" " I , . t- . H lit m

vuujr, wim teg irom on we pann? ,0 of the First Baptist Ch irch? v fyM

"Wiiy should we invest our innPH in business with a SlliurifF from Mmm.

cinifiAtbl nn' A AetenAi v, Pmm OKut -mmA.

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Tiith separate warranfcsi. an' each oil tv

itvfit boss chasm' our .Fibate Tedje

acrost tne divide ?

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"Whv should I faftl &TonuTncHfl n

ujwoiiiu wAia vu Kfivy -Atu.rney oecar a

country an' xnakin1 a home wftliillfM Superintendent of the (Inion SuD4i

chained to the editor of the mo

My friend, I dowt ftfciuk you WWBll3lsl

if you didn't know bu t what it jnWilSS

bo you? turn next as. you Jfl'l would. :.t -::m "This conutry n never becoias.

long as the Eastern oflScer who hacu raked up some old charg e agin a prom'-

w;3tlk in an' ply kis vocation unre

Aa loner as it is rjossible. while

bein' held to devise moans for cstab-; 31 liihin'a woolen fatory er to raise a

is pos8io.ie on such an occasion, h W-Sy

to sneak: in the back dcor of the hfyfifflmt

ac yen: jLasiern aex ?cuve COtnmi rJ an then stand and watch the preaidfatli 1

of tbe aavin's bank an' the CJfoefcaiMs

Jecige ox aak their logs an they fu.l Oot j r

of the winder ati eahseofletlv

tramped into the ground by the 'owii;"-K;i-j as long as this is poss'ble. I again aanl'i

ieu ou xonfir win uruuTBSS lamzmsn. .- --: -:i i?t-

u While a man can stand in our lh" rT

ater an' holler 'ireJ' an' not cause anj-r.'y'j body to look around, an another miutk :S:M

can stampede the audience ,crost thev t stage by pullin' out a pa;oer an a pairM

of hand cuns, jes so long will wapr .g

natural rasources remain dormant, to it

were, "When you go into the country where it is to the people's jntereet to', pay a xaan to stand at; the depct an' holler a warnin' to the busnes? inen when a stranger gits off lie train, jpxQ g may look to find that country utido ? veloped an' not be dis&p'inted. ' "That, my friend, h atiout aU, ;PtS got to say That is aboafc all ttowii to it. If you had, like me, live4 ;toffi$2 see the iron hand cf the minion of, hevY; law from the other side of ,;. 4Jtvft' Mississippi reach up an' Uy holt c-thi? Fourth of July orator; if you had fieinsi 4 :

it still the Mayor while tiddresaln City Council: if you had ever iliMAM

by fin seen it &vea come :into the BiWM-dey-sohool piccic, an' while the Suer-

cla3u, reach ruthlessly out an' drag JiRfclftfcj away on a charge "of arson, committfi back in Maine in 1S68; if you lutf ll witnessed such scenes as them,' riS you would nevcr have asi:ed why MI country is not built up an madoK prosper. It only shows your ignoria

on7 I lnna vaii arnn'fc ante Mtv mruM ORMy vrir

A w -------- - Tl ,Tf'i tf

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Freaks of Somnambiriisin.

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list are strango enougu to exsise waaN.'f &i dei yet now and then the sleepwallcwr S f performs a deed which not only astoQ i'v

is litis um suKuovra vjazw v' Mutviivvux v k & v ra

is uuuutu vu eiiuu VtU I1UU9 4U

An English mason, namea WulurAi, ;

was ordered by his employ er onecvtol " ingtogo early the next inornin-;W; ohurchyarcl, the wall of which hwTK--: cen:ly been repaired, and mewurollfS

ing to rise at daylight. He dreamed

fliA lmrr hvn.v1 niAiRnrArl hh& wall "aftA

noted the figures iu his liook w 4 Buddecly the church clock struck 8 , and be awoke in utter dtakneVlteij find himself actually in tho grarewifi with kis rule and bij book in his hand. .pl! As it was: in the summer, he wait until daylight, walking around, a$

then discovered, on examination, ttt he had er tered ia the book figures dd : 'X

in feet and inches.

Ho remeasured. wnxt ho naamef: urei in the dark, while asleep Wr$U found the result to agree with the eMsl trieti in his pocket-book. A; WPI Cm thinking it over, he xemenbSi&f

tuac every uujwt uii w.jr wpnswar to him as distinct us uauol, an&$h

notiiiiig had happen ed which su

tha'5 he was not awake till tho fet

of tlie clock around him, aud he p

he thought was a dreaxa. YbtttlfarM Companion. :

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