The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-03


motive for the act.
THE elevators at Baltimore have been much
relieved from the pressure of their capacity by
the movement of grain from that port this
month. At the beginning of the month they
contained I,254,7SS bushels.
ABOUT 81, OOo, 900 are Invested and 1000 per-
sons engaged In the manufacture of shoes in
Auburn, Me-, and 4,OOOOOc pairs of shoes were
turned out last year, which was an increase Of
more than Is per cent. over 1878.
THE Cleveland Leader says that the Repub-
lican party claims the services Of the best
man, but does not admit that even the best
man has rightful claim to the place. And
the best man for the place is not Mr.. Sher-
man.
DEFAULTING county treasurer in Iowa ex-
cused his conduct on the ground that he had
dreamed he must take 5000 and buy certain
lands, and that he was believer in dreams.
He didn't have to dream that he was sent to
State prison.
NEARLY every pawnbroker In Chicago has
loaned from $50 to ESQ on a watch chain made
OF remarkably close imitation of gold. The
operators were two young men, who simply
offered the chain as security, without saying
that the metal was gold.
ATcHIsoN and other Kansas cities propose
TO celebrate the acquittRl of Senator Ingalls,.
Seven hundred dollars worth OF Roman can
dies and red fire already has been bought by
the citizens of the former place, and will be
used upon the occasion.
THE Idaho Avalanche says that nearly two
years ago it predicted that the Republican
nominee for president would be James G.
Blaine and the Democratic nominee samuel ].
Tilden, and TO a man up a tree that's just the
way the thing looks now.
LORD WENTWORTH, the EngIishman whom
Hiss Dudu Fletcher is not going TO marry
lives in new house OF Queen Anne architec-
ture on the Thames embsnkment OF Chelsea.
He is reported to be no great match as re-
CARDS charms OF mind and temper.
A JUSTICE at Abba, o., performed a mar
riage ceremony, and was asked how much he
charged for the service. 1.-THE law of this State
allows me 81" he replied. "Wen, here's so
cents" said the bridegroom, land that with
what the state allows will make $3.50"
PARNELL tells the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal that he expects to remain in America
about two months longer. He will visit Cali
fornia. In regard to his mission TO this coun-
try he says that up to last week 100 had
been received In Ireland through the agencies
Of the men who are working with him.
JOHN HICKMAN, one of the seattle kings"
of Colorado, ran through sleeping car on the
Kansas Pacific railroad the other night, and,
with a long knife in his right hand slashed
away at the passengers in the upper berths.
He had been attacked with a temporary it OF
insanity. The train men were obliged to tie
the millionaire hand and foot.
Colupobpg IN \ pa,,oo-ot sa.-a .t,ot plio
Democrats differ In their preferences for a
presidential candidate, but upon one point
they are all agreed, namely: That any one of
the gentleman who are prominently named
In that connection will be acceptable. They
are as reed TO vote for the nominee.
JACK FRosT's wit was recently exercised with
curious effect in Nancy. A tenant OF a build
ing on the Tue DIES Tiercellns had in his room
bombsheil filled with water. During one Of
the coolest nights of the season the water
froze and the prOjectile burst with a noise suf-
fcient to wake everybody IN the house.
THE Columbus (O.) Democrat says that it is
evident that MIR. Thurman is ahead in the
presidential race in his own State, and can
have a solid delegation, but there are those
who do not like the way the thing is being
managed. He must beware that he is not
betrayed in the house of his alleged friends.
A BILL is before Congress, and Is likely to
pass which Will make trouble for the Nor
mons. 1t imposes fine OF $500 and five years
imprisonment upen every person who has a
husband or wife living and who hereafter
marries another, and declares that any man
who marries more than one woman is guilty
| of bigamy.
SAMUEL WHITMAN said "amen"at the close
of the family prayers, at Wayland, N. Y, rose
from his knees and saw that John Selbeg, a
hired boy, was sitting on bag of choice ap-
Piles. This was contrary to orders, and White
man pounded the lad on the head with a
stick, destroying his hearing. A suit fer dam
ages has resulted in verdict of 81 so.
THE British Museum has recently purchased
about l,0O0 terra Gotta tablets, with inscrip-
tons referring to the history of Babylon
Among them there is a tablet mentioning
King Samon-Irba, hitherto unknown, and
who, probably was one of the souerlgns inter-
medisry between Cambyses and Darius. A
fragment of another of these tablets contains
the design of one of the gates of Babylon.
EMIL BERGHoFF, a Polish refugee, was for
several years penniess wanderer In the
West. While unusually destitute, in Colorado
recently, he received news that a relative h ad
died In Russia, leaving him fortune. Hehad
enjoyed only few days of elatiou when he
received information that the Russian Govern
ment had confiscated the property. The blow
took all the spirit out Of him. and he is now
| insane.
THE Louisville Democrat says: Slight is the
respect of any American who can desire to see
| the example set by George Washington in
declining third presidential term overturned
and set at naught. The man who asplres to
such an elevation must at heart be unpatri-
otto and dangerously ambitious. Trust him
not. Keep to the traditions and venerate the
! examples and virtues of the early and pure
/ presidents.
A TABLE in the Chicago Inter-Ocean shows
the increase In the quantity of cereals pro-
duced in the United States. The comparison
Is made between the crops of 1870 and 1878
The bushels or CORE produces were 1904, ass 900
in 1870, and 1888 2lS,750 in 1875. The bushels of
wheat were 235,S4 200 In 1870, and 400 ll2 4O6 In
1878. The bushels of oats were "a, III, 400 In
1870 and 4l3 575, $50 in 1878. The bushels of po-
xuarc \ TIE IN, ord gSo a.,