The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01

10y 4eleSrapn 10 the sentinel
Fort WAYNE, IND, Aug. 27.-William and
Elizabeth Thompson, charged with kidnap-
ping little Ida Shannon. had their prelimi-
nary examination yesterday, lasting from 10
O'Clock A. NJ. until midnight. large num-
Der OF witnesses were examined, but the tes-
timony not being deemed sufficient to JUS
tify the holding of the defendants in Gus
tody, they were discharged. The examina-
ton attracted much attention.
large temperance picnic was held here
to-day at Williams grove, under the aus
pices ofthe Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, of Fort Wayne. Several thousand
persons were in attendance. The proceedings
opened with prayer by the Rev. C. B. Mar
tindale, of Indianapolis, secretary of the
State Temperance Alliance, after which Mrs.
J. s. Aveline introduced Mrs. Emma Malloy,
editor OF the Elkhart Observer, who deliv-
cred an eloquent and forcible address about
one hour and half in length A basket
dinner was then partaken of, after which
Mother Stewart, the celebrated Ohio crusader,
and the Hon. !. S. Vinton, of Wisconsin,
and others made speeches. Tonight Mr..
vinton is addressing large crowd from the
court house steps.
The Sentinel this evening publishes let
ter from Washington written by gentleman
known to hold an official position there,
from which / make the following
extract: at will be remembered
that just after Mr.. Bristow qualified
for the position which he holds he was sud-
denly called to the bedside of dying uncle
at his home in Kentucky. twill also be re-
membered that soon after his return it was
announced through the newspapers that an
uncle of Mrs. Bristow had died, leaving an
estate valued at $4,000 to Mrs. Bristow and
her sister, and that Mr.. Bristow was named
in the will as one of the executors of the de-
ceased uncle's last will and testament. 1t
was subsequently stated in an enterprising
sensational newspaper that it was possible
that Mr.. Bristow would be obliged to
resign hisportfolio in the cabinet in order to
give his personal attention to the settling up
of the aforesaid estate. Mr.. Bristow did not
resign; consequently the world rested easy,
and the report was regarded a canard.
But from present indications there was
more truth than poetry in the statement, as
further developments Will go to prove. Ac-
cording to my informant it is already un-
derstood among cabinet officers that Mr.
Bristow seriously contemplates sending in
his resignation at an early day, for the rea-
sons above given, in which event your fellow
citizen, the Hon. Hugh McCulloch will he
called upon to fill the position of secretary
of the treasury for the second time"
,l.a ODD hat 70 inf
ant is minister of the gospel. who. strange
to say, is in the confidence of several cabi-
net officers, including Mr.. Bristow.
LIBEL SUIT AGAINST THE FORT WAYNE SEN
TINEL-CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE GAZETTE
OFFICE.
IBy the Associated Pressl
FORT WAYNE, Aug. 27.-Mr. Charles Bill
lings, telegraph operator of Cleveland,
| formerly of this city, has entered suit in
the Circuit Court against the Fort Wayne
Sentinel Company for libel on account of a
| slanderous article which recently appeared
lin that paper 10 the effect that some years
ago Billings married woman in Panama,
swindled her out of her fortune, some thirty
or forty thousand dollars, then abandoned
| her, came to this country and married
again; and that. on account of ill-treat-
ment, his second wife had left him. The
whole story is claimed by Billings, and adj
mitted by Morse, the local reporter
who wrote it, to be fabrication based on
some idle rumors cleaned from an
irresponsible party. Mr.. Billings lays his
damages at SIS 900, and has refused to listen
to any offers which have been made to COM
promise the matter. Considerable indiRna-
ton is manifested against the reporter, and
much sympathy exte nded toward Mr.. Bill
lings, who is well known here, Messrs.
Ninde and Colerck appear as counsel for the
| plaintiff.
1t is rumored to-day that the Hon. Isaac
Jenkinson, ex-consul to Glasgow, will soon
assume the editorial control of the Gazette.
Imagine shanty of two rooms, furnished
with rickety bedstead and two chairs,
floors destitute of carpet, ADD dingy wall
unpapered, location in this city, north part
of town. In the corner stood an old
fashioned piano, in front of which sat a hare
legged colored girl on broken-backed chair,
singing alone Again" with great en-
thusiasm, and beating time wildly on the
| tuneless piano. Fire-wood was scarce in
this colored family last winter; perhaps they
bought the piano by the cord, thinking
wood might be high next winter.-Leaven-
worth Commercial.
A correspondent relates the following
anecdote of Pope Plus: The delight, how
ever, of the SIMPLE minded old man reached
a climax the other day, when a French nun
hit upon the scarcely original idea of put
ting a contribution to Peters pence into a
large papiermache fish, which she then pre-
scented to the pope. This ingenious allusion
to ST. Peters paddock excited the holy
fathers warmest admiration, and has con-
| firmed him in his good opinion of the intel
| ligence and resources of his children.
On a late Sunday the Rev. w. 81. Mills,
senior bishop of the Methodist Colored
Church, occupied the pulpit of a white
church in Louisville. This is the first time
in the religious history of that city that
colored minister has preached to a white
congregation.