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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
VOL. XXIII---NO. 49.
DEFEAT.


He took her hand and looked at her.
No sound did that deep stiffness STIR;
Even the weary, wandering ram
Had ceased to beat upon the panei
Only about the perfect mouth
A sigh more faint than the falnt South
Hovered of moments space, and tnen
Died into nothingneSs again.
The words he spoke were brief ard SLOW
What could he say, she did not know;
WHAT pulse of that impetuous soul
But owned her calm, serene control?
No need for him to test her heart
With cunning fence or verbal ART
Only to ask and wait her Will,
And, winning, losing, love her silll.
Perhaps she wavered-ay, perhaps
The shadow of the cloud that wraps
The future from our questioning gaze
let in some glimpse Of after DAYS,
some hint of all she might possess
In that true spirits tenderness,
IL but her weaker life might move
Unto the music of his love-
Perhapsi who knows? He only knew
The large gray eyes were dim with dew,
saw only on the mouths sweet bloom
The shadow of reluctant doom;
Felt only one sad, gentle word
And then through the deep stiffness Eeard
Once more the weary, wandering ram
Feat dull against the window pane.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
AN UPPER TEN SENSATION.

A BEwITCHING IMPERsoNAToR OF THE CAN
CAM WINS A YOUNG NAVAL oFFTOER-A
RIPPLE OF EXCITEMENT.
A special to the Chicago Times from Wash
ington, has spicy bit of capital gossip: Ger
tain fashionable circles of Washington are
Just now agitated by the marriage of a
young man of high social position. to one or
the ballet girls of the Theater Comique. The
young man alluded TO is Prestly,J j. Jenkins,
son of Admiral Jenkins of the navy. He
has been frequent visitor at the
Theater Comlque, and while witnessing
the rnaZes of the bewilderng can-can,
became interested in one of the dancers
who nightly tread the boards at that place.
She is blonde, about ten years the senior
of the young man, and has, been ON the
stage and in the variety business for some
time. She is about the medium height, and
is considered good looking. She bears the
name of "Frank Christie" and has recently
taken the part of "Frailtys in the can-can
with initiate grace and spirit. The visits OF
young Jenkins to the theatre became more
frequent, and he sought his charmer behind
the scenes, and at the close of the perform
ance he was her constant companion. On
Tuesday ofthis week he took out license for
marriage and on the same evening. at s.
Johns church, the assistant rector offfciat-
ing, he took her for better or worse. YeSter-
day there was ripple OF excitement IL
west end quarters, which increased oefOrS
night, and tine friends Of the young man, he
coming satisfied of the truth of the rumor o
marriage, at once telegraphed TO the admirs
at Newport, r. 1. The young man, howev
er, did not allow this to interfere with hi
romance, and last night he occupied prom
inent seat at the Theater Comique, and ap
pesred to greatly enjoy the evolutions of hi
bride. At the conclusion OF the perform
ance he left the theater for the Contlnenta
hotel, where they are at present domiciled
Ifhe bride appeared tonight in the "Csn-csn
before packed house.
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SHOOTING OVER THE BORDER

LITTLE DOMESTIC UNFT.EAsANTrRss AND
WHAT BECAMR OF 1T.
The Chicago Times contains the following
special from Bloomington, H.: A general
shooting affray occurred FIVE miles south.
west of Dsnvers, in this county, and abo1t
ten miles from Bloomington. Thome
Stonsker and E. S. dunlap are near neigh
eors- Some time since Ssouaker got one of
Dunlap's sons to feed his stock while he was
away from horne. During his alb
made improper proposals to his
wife Some words passed between them.
and i'll feeling has existed between the par
ties, but with no serious results until yes
teraay. Dunlap and his three sons were re-
pairing road bridge IN the vicinity of
Stonaker's house. After they bad been at
wozh q short time Ssonaker appeared and a
general war of words ensued. Stonaker
called Dunlap's son hard names and told
him so leave or he would givs him a good
whipping. whereup0a DsBlap, senior, inter
ferea, telling StOnsker that If there was go
ing to be row he wanted TO have hand in
1t. After many words one of the parties
drew revolver and fred. This Was follow
ed by others in quick succession. Stonaker
retreated home and armed his wife with a
shotgun. The firiEg was kept 10 until all
their weapons were discharged. Adouble.
barrel shotgun, rife, and two Tevolvers
matchmaking some I5 shots fired in all
both parties. A littlede9gbter of Stonaker,
nine years of age, while standing in the
door Was shot just above the knee with a
ball from DuRlaps revolver. Old
Dunlap was shot in the breast with
a load of small shot from the shotgun
and has also a bullet in the thigh,
and another i'm his wrist. Drs. Roath and
Parkhurst are attending the wounded man.
u is feared he is dangerously injured. A
state warrant ". as issued for Stonaker, and
placed in the HANDS of Constables Morrison
before Justice VOekrOd last evening. AS
Dunlap was not able to appear, they were
placed in cha rye of the officers for safe
keeping. 1t rs thought Dunlap is likely to
die. The aft ir ca1sed great excitement in
the quiet nei ghborhoed OF Danvers.
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LAUGHTER AS A MEDICINE.

A short time since, the Sanitsrian reports,
two individuals were lying in one room,
very sick, one with brain fever. and the
other with an aggravated attack of mumps.
They were so low that watchers were needed
every night, and it was thought doubtful if
the one sick of fever could recover. A gen.
tleman was engaged to watch over night,
his duty being to wsken the nurse when
ever it became necessary to administer med
icine. In the course of the night both
watcher and nurse fell asleep. The man
with the mumps lay watching the clock.
and saw that it was time to give the fever
patient his potion. He was unable TO speak
aloud, or to move any other portion of his
body except his arms; but, seizing pillow,
he managed to strike the watcher in the face
with it. Thus suddenly awakened, the
to the floor. and awakened
both the nurse and the fever
patient. The incident struck the sick
men as very ludicTous, and they laughed
heartily at it for some fifteen or twenty min
utes. When the doctor came in the morning
ne found his patients Vastly improved, and
said he never knew so a sudden turn for
the better. Now both are up and well.
Who says laughter is not one of the best of
medicines? SAYS London Medical Record.
And this reminds the writer of another case /.
A gentleman was suffering from an Ulcere-
tion in the throat, which at length became so
swollen that his life was despaired of. His
household came to his bedside to bid him
farewell. Each individualshoOk hands with
the dying man, and then went away weep
ing. Last of all came pet ape, and, shak-
| ing the mans hand, went away also with It's
| hands over it's eyes. Is was so ludicrOus a
| sight thai, the patient was forced to laugh,
and laughed so heartily that the ulcer
! {? sbsssss) broke, and his life was saved.
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ground is abundantly spread with corn
mingled with salt, the water OF the spring
being also salted with a liberal hand. For
several days the birds that go hither i'm
search of food are allowed to take their hli
and carry home the good news. At last,
growing bold by habit, they come not single
spies, but in battallions and settle down TO
"work" the ground Systematically. Ihey
advance en- eschelOn, with this adVan-
tage, that being blessed with wings the rear
ward companies, as they find corn scarce ny
over the heads of the front companies ana
settle upon unoccupied ground, in turn to
become again
THE REAR GUARD
You may have noticed how pigeons feed,
gathering grain to this side and grain to
that and advancing all the while. The reg
ulsrity and rapidity of this successive flight
and settling remind one OF an expert dealer
'throwing monte" 1t is, in the language
of the card-sharper, zone over, one under,
one two, three" al, the time. When, there
fore, this salted ground becomes the regular
resort Of flights of birds four or five thou
sands strong the woodland free lunch sYs-
tenn is abolished and the birds are made to
"pay with their persons" as the French
would say. The nets suspended on stakes
round the ground are struck, there is a hur-
ried and thunderous roar of wings as those
most happily fly off, and the earth is covered
with a carpet of dark blue. The net restles
and undulates with the efforts OF
the imprisoned birds to escape.
Then the trspper comes out and
releases them one by one. If he is trapping
for market he wrings their necks and they
are barreled and carted away. If it is in
tended to sell them alive they are placed in
coOps and shipped or stored in barns and
houses. The biggest catch of the year has
been 500 birds, though it Is recorded that
one trapper secured nearly 1900 at one
strike. This probably would have been ex-
ceeded by Mr.. Fisher few days ago when
he struck into flight so thick that the birds
raised nets, stakes, and all. breaking the
meshes and flying off by hundreds. Some
idea of the extent of the operations may be
formed when it is said that probably a
thousand bushels each of salt and corn have
been used in preparing the feed beds this
season. The New York State Sportsmen's
Association has taken 10000 or As, 900 live
birds from Frankfort, and Fisher & Sons,
alive and dead, rs many more, and as for
small dealers and individual hunters, it is
impossible to say how many hundreds of
barrels and coops they send away weekly.
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SOME FIGHTING FARMERS.

THE RIGHT OF Way DIsPUTED-THE "Aa6IESo
PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR O0NFLJCT-A
BLoODLEss ENCoUNTER. A..
The Rochester Union OF the 9th inst. gives
An amusing chapter connected with railroad
building in that state: The usually quiet
vicinity of Port Byron furnishes an item of
interest, it being of no less serious a charac-
ter than sa armed collision between the
farmers ana the otScialS and employees of
the New York Central railrOd. The trouble
grew out of the work of laying the new
double track through Port Byron, or the
town of MentZ From point about halt-a-
mile west { f the depot and extending some
two miles westward the company found diff
ficulty in purchasing the right of way.
The land owners refused the proffered
compen Sation, and besides insisted that
the company should construct bridge
over the tracks, so that they could pass
from one portion of their farms to the other.
The company refused to aocede to the de-
mand, and were sustained in such refusal by
the courts. When Superintendent Bur-
roughs proceeded to the scene on Thursday
with gang OF laborers hs found encamped
upon the field the landowners, consisting OF
A. A. Armstrong, William Jones, Jonathan
Myers and William Graham and their frisnds
armed with guns, pistols, clubs, etc. TIE
demonstration was supposed to mean tt al
the first man who attempted to haul Down the
farmers flag would be shot on the SCOT
Nothing daanted, however, SuperiEten dem
Burroughs men advanced with frm steI
and proceeded to tear down section o
| fence To enable them to commence the woll
of excavation.
WAR OF HARD WORKS
and some blows was Immediately inaugur
ated. but none of the firearms were dis
charged with the exception OF pistol whic,
went of accidentally in the hands of a land
owner, and hit, or grazsd, rather. a sub-con
tractor, who happened to DO merely spec
| tatOr, like the congress men who went Il
Bull Run to witness the opening of tn
campaign against the rebellion. The rail
road men, who, we should state, wer
under the immediate command O
| Track Master BarstOw, succeeded il
demolishing about fifteen rods of fence ant
retired in good order. fHlly convinced of th
Importance of exercising little discretion
in this matter. They (the railroad officials
went to the village and swore out warrant
for the arrest ST the farmers. Ats6 p. NJ. th
coHstables made an attempt to secure tn
riotous grangers but failed, and the latte
held the field for the night. A telegram wa
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
THE FLOWER UNDER FOOT.
RY JouN JAMEs PIATT.

The flower may hideits lovely face
Among the tangled meadow-graSSes;
Il cannot hide its fragrance there a
From any heart that passes.
Ali, gentle deeds, whose blessed wings
Alight in darkened doors, unbidden,
YOur lovely flower is known in Heaven,
ThzNSlow on earth is hidden.
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apartments was by easy flight of stairs to
the verandah. And while residing in these
two rooms. with young wife to love and
young church to preach TO, Henry Ward
Beecher began bis clerical career. He was
self-reliant, courageous, ambitious, ,-if as
winning as described to nee, he was the liv-
ing, breathing impersonation of poetry, pas
sion, grace, wit, daring, tenderness, and
every other fascinating quality.
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MRS. BEEcHER IN HER BOOK

pictures the apartments and all the sur
roundings as simply terrible. The same
building is standing to-day, and the apart
ments which the Beechers occupied more
than third of a century ago are just as
they were then. They comprise a suit on
the second floor the full width of large
brick -house-not less than twenty five feet
front. Furnished, as she pictures they
were, her deft and industrious Yankee
hands had completed the cleaning and "fix-
ing up," L should think any young couple
who hadn't money enough to buy cooking
stove, or even a bed (ss she says they had
not until she sold cloak her father gave her
street) was west, and the rear apartment,
opening on to a verandah, overlooked the
ro ling Ohio river. with the lovely Kentucky
hills for backgrounds scenic picture fol
an artist. The entrance to these delightful
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-20
ANOTHER METROPOLITAN EXPLOIT.

The conduct Of the body of the metropolitan
police who occupied the Supreme Courtroom
and offices during the late troubles, is another
illustration Of the character of the men who
constitute the bulk Of that force. Gen. John
L. Lewis, the sheriff of that court, on repairing
to his office this morning, found that his pri-
vate desk had been rroken open and some
valuable private papers distracted thercfrom
by these so-called protectors Of life and pro-
petty. The same liberties were taken with the
desks Of the judges, and even the property Of
the colored keeper of the Court House
Of their own party-was similarly dealt with.
The keeper stated to Gen. Lewis that when
they left the courtroom it was in the most
filthy and disgusting condition, and his state
ment is corr ,borated by that of Major Ar
mand, who took possession Of the building
after its inglorious evacuation by Kellogg's
"Bashi- Bozooks."
Like the foul birds Of heather mythology,
the Radical bats and owls cannot resist the
temptation Of defling even the shrines of
their own gods.
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THE REPUBLICAN ON THE NEGRO,

This pampered organ Of the Radical factiol
in Louisiana occasionally blurts out its rea
| opinion about the negro, for whose god-lik
attributes it processes such profound respec
whenever negro Legislature is about to vot
upon the State printing appropriation GEEK
preparation" it should be called, SO far as tn
peoples money is concerned).
From its issue Of Sunday we Gull the follow
ing choice extract about the dearly beloved
man and brother:
The negro has come among milder set OF
men and in a much more refined civilization
consequently he never had to experience
the horrors Of oppression which the Jews had
to suffer. But still lie was slave, not emit
tied to possess anything not even the wages
OF his own earning He was fed and clothed,
to be sure, by his master, who really took
quite an interest in his healthy condition.
The Injuries Of the table, however, were
denied him, and it would be amusing to re-
cite the "cunningness Of the legro in ap-
preaching hen-roost and spiriting away the
materials TOR ''roast chicken" artflllv and
dexterously twisting said chickens head, so
as to prevent it from making or causing any
fuss about the matter; but we have proposed
to ourselves serious consideration of the
subject. We repeat, if the negro learned any
thing in slavery-that is, outside Of WORK, we
meant was cunning.
This leading attribute Of the negro is now
again exhibited-so says the Republican, at
least-in his "not relying on himself to gov
ern, but cunningly looking to the white man
for support and protection" "Whire man !"
here, of course, means white Radical carpet
Dagger or scallawag, and there is subtle
humor in tracing the present subserviency of
the ex-chicken thief to his experienced and
cunning white "guide, philosopher and
friend Of much more finely developed pred
atory habits and more thoroughly cultiyatt d
plundering gifts.
But what if the negro, having discovered
with that cunning" so literally conceded
to him by the Republican, that he has thus far
only been helping the white thieves to rifle
our hen-roosts and store. houses without re-
ceiving his due share of the booty, has at
length "cunningly" arrived to the conclu-
sion that he might do much better by siding
with the owner of the stolen property? What
will become, then, Of the fat printing con-
tracts upon which the Republican apostles have
waxed so sleek and saucy? What will become
Of Kellogg, Lowell, Devices, Souer, Conway
md all the other high priests and saints Of
he great "party Of moral ideas?' Why, to
quote the political expression of the last
named worthy, they would be left without the
,host Of chance to steal even "ten cents for
AXE
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-20
MAYOR L. A. WILT.

The acceptance by Mayor Wiltz Of the NOM
ination rendered to him by the residents Of
the Ninth Ward, whom he has in the past Sc
faithfully and ably represented in the Legis-
lature, has given universal satisfaction to the
peopl. of New Orleans. That he will be tri-
umphantly elected there can be no possible
doubt, and we are satisfied that in him the
interests Of the city and State will find capa-
BILE and energetic defender.
In the exercise of our duty as journalists,
we have occasionally felt called upon to criti-
cize some Of the acts Of the present City Admin
istration For most of these acts Mayor Wilt,
we are now satisfied, was not personally respon-
sible, although, from an honorable feeling Of
delicacy, he has never sought to exonerate
himself at the expense Of his colleagues. At
all events, even when we expressed dissent
from his supposed course in the premises, we
never entertained the slightest doubt of Mr..
Wiltz'r perfect honesty Of purpose and single
minded devotion to the public interest His
personal character has always stood above re-
proach and his recent withdrawal from the
canvass for Mayor, under circumstances which
might have ruffied the equanimity Of less
patriotic men, has placed him still higher in
the estimation Of the community.
Mr.. Wilt is a young man and has great
future before him. That his career as a
Legislator will earn for him still higher
position than the one he now occupies, is our
we'll grounded conviction, and we gladly avail
ourselves Of the opportunity now presented to
us, to place upon the record the sincere and
heartfelt expression of our respect for him as
a man, and of our appreciation of his deserts
as an honest and efficient public officer.
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A MAN SLABS HIS MISTRESS /.
FIFTEEN PLACES, AND THEN
SLABS HIMSELF.

About o'clock A. NJ. yesterday, at No. 419
Girod street, there occurred one Of the most
terrible murders that has for some time horri-
fed this community. Hearing of which, our
reporter hurried to the scene, where he found
the murdered woman, Emily Blanche, who
had been killed by her lover, Francois
Auffray.
It appears that these parties were taking
walk yesterday about 7 o'clock Auffray
had by some word or action of Emily been
rather put out with her, but at the time gave
no evidence of his displeasure until they had
walked about half hour, when he proposed
that they should return home. The woman
consented, and returned to her house The
moment she got in the alley-way leading to
the house, Auffray drew deringer and fred
ut her but failed to hit her.
Emily then rushed back into the yard and
then called out for help, but before any assist
ance could reach her, Auffray had stabbed her
in fifteen places, with a large-sized gimlet-
knife; the murderer then realizing the horri-
bic deed he had committed, stabbed himself
with the same weapon just above the heart
and there the two lovers lay weltering in their
blood. The alarm was then given, when the
police rushed in, but it was too late; all was
over with the two unfortunate creatures.
The murderer, Francois Auffray, is not yet
dead, but the physician deems it impossible
for him to live. Auffray is a man about %
years of age, aud seems, from appearances,
TO be rather in the humber walks of life.
The following is the murderer's statement
loved Emily, and was jealous Of a man
that she had lately married. So when 1 got
her in the alley, shot at her with derringer
and missed her, then I rushed upon her and
stabbed her number of times with a gimlet
knife After stabbing her, 1 stabbed myself,
and now want to die.
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COlored Conservative Club of the Thir.
teenth Ward. Sixth District.

At meeting held on Saturday night, 18th
inst, colored club was organized by VIM.
Alexander, President of the First Ward Con-
sentative Colored Club.
On motion, Rev. Thos. Brown was elected
permanent President Joseph Jones Vice
President, and D. P. Ross, Secretary.
Interesting speeches we've made by VIM.
Alexander, also by B. johnson, Esq, Presi-
dent of the Tenth Ward Club. Messrs. VIM.
Dowty, Vice President of the First Ward Club,
and J. Ward, President OF the Second Ward
Club, addressed very pertinent and proper
suggestions to their colored friends present
much good feeling was evinced. and determi-
nation expressed to make the Thirteenth Ward
Colored Club power in the coming election
They will meet again Thursday, ed inst, at
which meeting they expect to have full
house.
The following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the Radical leaders Of the State of
Louisiana have proven unmindful of every
promise made to the colored man and instead
of the prosperity which they assured would follow
the success Of the Radical party in this State, it
is the sad experience Of our people that their
success has resulted not only in our own impov-
erishment but in the ruin Of the South therefore
be it
Reso,red. By the colored men now assembled,
that we hereby renounce our allegiance to the
Radical party and are determined to unite our
political fortunes with the DemOcratic-C onserva-
tive party OF this State.
Resolred, That il is the duty Of ali colored men
to units with us in this movement that the cor
rupt carpet Dagger may be driven from the
places Of power which they have 80 long prosti-
tuted to their own selfish purposes. and that the
government of the State may be placed in the
possession Of those having the confidence OF the
people, and to whom Of right it belongs.
Resolred That We pledge our undivided sup
port to the success OF the Peoples ticket in the
1874.