The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-02-28

most break their heads humping them to-
gether to get out OF the wsy of a fish pole, and
YOU see cou,dn t scsre them at ali wi Ih that
tick to day. They know the difference, too
between the man who carries a pail about
dinner time and the man who don't, can
tell YOU"
THE Washington correspondent OF the New
Orleans Picayune telegraphtd on the nth |
inst. that he was able to state, on excellent |
authority, that Justice Hunt has made up L is |
mind not to resign.
THERE are no barrooms at Cornell, ILL.,, bu
the place abodnds I'm drug stores, in which the
traffic is almost entirely In liquor, each hav-
ing a business connection with a physician,
who writes alcoholic prescriptions on demand.
a REPORT to the Wisconsin Senate snows
that in that State the legislative expenses for
nine wars past have been $780, IS, or an av-
GRACE of 600 IA 81, and that in Illinois they av-
erased s1OI.574.6I, and iii Ohio SLY ,S3bl9 per
year.
IIE,TrESANr III. l.. SMITH, of Boston, Is
fortunate man. and as brave as fortunate. In
1875 he saved from death by drowning Two
children OF Maryland gentleman, and the
father. who lately died, be que athed sN ,OoO To
the young man.
Miss BUTLER, OF Pittsburg, Pa, had looked
for man under her bed every night for many
years, and at last she found not one there out
| four They wore black masks, and left hef
bound and gaggt when they went on Win the
family plate and jewelry.
MEMPHIS is tender. hearted. tt MISTER mas
/ been grooming mules head with the butt
| end of a hickory whip, and several citizens
/ have rushsd into print and demanded Bergh
| society. In many parts of the country III Is
believed that mules rather enjoy this sort Oh
| thing.
! CHARLES JONES u third sowner OF Lead
vile mine worth sl,i0j,OOO. died without max
ing will. A lawyer, taking advantage Oh
small mortgsg got fraudulent possession Oh
the property; but some miners discovered the
scheme, and have found heirs In a poverty
stricken Vermont family.
A LIT1GANT at Owen, o., said to his counsel:
"Abuse the defendant. and III take all the
! consequences" So the lawyer spoke OF the
! enemy as peljureL thieyiDg, murderous VII
lain, and got soundly whipped for 1t as soon as
| court adjourned. he has now sued his client
| for damages on the ground that the promised
| protection WAS not afforded.
CALIFORNIA is thriving and happy-and q
little boastful. Last year was the most pros
porous ~ the history of the State, the exports
incIud az OO0, 90 gallons OF wine and s2o,OOOUOO
worth of wheat, although her distance from the
worlds markets makes her prodt on the later
commodity small. There were built on her
coast $50 vessels, and the exports of gold and
silver were s26, 100000.
AT Birkenhead, England, lately, man was
arrested for furiously driving a horse. IL was
explained in extenuation that 1t had become.
a. r,fa np " vi
habits. so addicted to strong understanding
on IFS hind legs and drinking beer like a man.
-thst 1t was hopeless to attempt to get 1t past
old boozine haunts without putting it into a
GALLON. The explanation was deemed satis-
factory.
ST, LOUIS il ahead of Chicago-as mining
gulch. The street department has struck q
silver mine while digging a sewer through
O'FaIion street. avery rich Galena ores, run
ming fully 70 per cent. in lead, with varying
proportion of silver" The deposit lies in
pockets, and the O'Failonists are contemplat-
ing the propriety of s.aking out claims In
their cellars and back yards. What has Chi
cage TO say to this?
REPUBLICS are proverbally ungrateful. II
a king of the old, appreciative sort were rul
! ing over this country, he would mete out
benefactor like Mrs. Lewis Jory, of Baltimore
II is now Is wears since she began cooking
dinners and rocking the cradle for Lewis
Jory, and has held to- her task with singular
fidelity ever since. The min, teenth child hao
its innings to be Graded last week. Jory him
self is glass blower.
THE Chicago Inter-Ocean publishes docu
men,s to show that General Steedman, o
oiaip fOr
said that Governor Morton handed to Genera
= Jeff G. Davis the pistol with which the latte
: shot General william Nelson at the Gal
House In Louisville. General b. A. Morton
! from his own knowledge, denies the story, ant
2 Colonel Henry b. Darlington says that Gov
ernor Morton was in the hale and came III
r after the firing, but habituaily carried nj
. weapon, and had no part In the affair
PARIS is still complaining of unusual cold
Some of the old terrors OF winter in Francs
4 have gone by forever as far as the capital
- concerned, for, however severe the frost
= wolves do not now troop through the street.
I'm search offood, but the criterion of the year
n | severity, the freezing of the Seine, remain
z the same. This river has been frozen owe
" only nine times during the century, one o
the most sudden and intense frosts oil ina
: period being that of 1867, when the Paris ant
London steam packets were ice -boupd just q
ifthey had been in the Arctic seas. From Isl
y to 1914 TIE Seine was annually frozen over.
a SAMUEL, one OF the New London Shakers
!. was killed by lightning, Mary, Shaker spiri
medium says that she met him a few day
q aiterward, md that the following converse
ton was held: samuel. what in the worl
does this mean?" az do not know; go to tn
Z shop and the boarding house, and no one nc
h tees me. What is the meaning OF all this
:, Mary?" "Why, Samuel, don't you know tina
4 you know that you are dead?" "Dead! Why
l. no, am not dead" "Surely you are. Yo
= were struck by lightning week ago las
y Thursday and killed, and we buried you II
the yard yonder." "Mary,' Is that really so?
!, "Certainly 1t Is" "Then, good-by, Mary
e He disappeared. and Mary has never seen hin
since.
r. AT the Zamacona ball in Washington tn
u venerable Senator Hamlin and the Will G
II bearded Senator Johns on, of Virginia, under
|. took to enjoy themselves as well as The youD
people. "The set," says a correspondent @
o the Syracuse Journal, twas made up for tn
D new Centennial anciers and neither the Vii
. ginia senator nor his partner was scquainte
\ with the dance. Soon the intricacies c
It the movement proved too much for them
- Senator Hamln. who Is completely au fait n
IL the terpsichorean art, became annoyeu an
B. the lady, quick to perceive the confusio
ei caused by her inexperience, stepped out of Tn
figure to beg another to take her place. n