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The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20

"My dear, don't you hear the baby2 Get
up, please, and get 1t some water" said Mrs
Cobb as she woke up Mr.. Cobb in the "dead
waste and middle of the night"
Mr. Cobb wondered to himself what kind
of q reservoir the child was that it could
hold the amount of milk and water it drank
He said nothing. however, but got up, fell
over the dog, discovered that there were
neither matches nor water in the house,
went to the pump, brought back glassful
of water and handed it to Mrs. Cobb.
Thank you, my love-" said Mrs. Cobb
you are very great heavens, what have
you done now? Knocked everything of
the bureaul o, might have known that
You never do anything right-always max.
ing q fuss and smashing things. L wish j
had got up myself. You just did it to ag
gra-suffering Ireland, what q smell
knew You would do it-nothing would salts
fy you till you'd knocked the lamp down
know the kerosene is all over the carpet
and o, Lord help mel my dress is ruined
I'm sure. There's no matches in the house
and I do wish was dead. The smell o.
that kerosene is enough to drive the people
out of every house on the block. | never
want you to do anything for me again. I'd
rather do it myself Phewl What SMELL
And then Mrs. Cobb sobbed, and coile(
herself up in the corner of the bed ano
longed for death or divorce, while Mr.
Cobb went serenely to sleep with his fee
projecting through hole in the mosquito
bar.
When the morning sun shone into Mr.
Cobb's bedroom it disclosed to view tn
lamp intact on the bureau, an empty bee
bottle'lying broken in a child's bath tub
and Mrs. Cobb gazing OF the scene AM
again wishing that she was dead.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
Springfield. O.-Daugnters of .Jeru

Springfield. O.-Daughters of Jeru-
salem convened here Wednesday .. Miss
Matte E. Guy, has returned from visiting
relatives at GAINESVILLE, O...... Colored teach
ers association commenced on the II. The
sessions were held in the central school
building ...... Miss Clinton of GAINESVILLE, is
visiting the city the guest of Mrs. Jno
Hagans of Clark street 49,. Vivian is once
more himself again ..... Mr.. o. S. Fox OF
New Richmond, formerly of this place, was
married to charming belle of that city, in
the person of Miss Mamie King, last Thurs-
day a. M, 6 o'clock. Long life and much
happiness is the wish of all to Mr. and Mrs
Fox. They are spending the honeymoon
in Wyoming...... We are having ''Wraign'
this week, q welcome visitor. JARIUs.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20

A man in GAINESVILLE, o., recently
expressed hope that President Gar
field would not recover. Captain
Cook, a veteran of the late war, i'm
media.ely knocked him down, for
which he was fined by a Justice Of
the Peace. The Cincinnati Com
mercial Immediately began to take a
one cent subscription for Captain
Cook, which now amounts to over
$500.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20

Hon. J. S. Hinton desires it dis.
tinctly understood that he is unequiv
ocally in favor of the employment OF
colored teachers in colored schools.
He says that he knows competent
colored teachers can be found, and
thew should be employed.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20

Captain Howgate, of the U. S. Sig
nal Service, lately so prominently
connected with a social scandal at
Washington, d. g., has been detected
in stealing large amount of money
from the Government
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
Greencastle.-Mrs. Sally Crockett is

Greencastle.-Mrs. Sally Crockett is
visiting John T. Jones ..... Mrs Elijah
Henderson was in indianapolis Monday .....
Mrs. Sally Herring of Charlottesville is
visiting her brother Henry Miles ...... Hinton
Chapel will hold camp meeting in Giile-
spies grove commencing the 2lst and lasting
one week. ...... Shepperd Hooks left for Terre
Haute Sun lay night ..... Mrs. Wilson of Ind
annapolis is visiting Mrs. Martin ..... Robert
Wardell takes the biscuit ..... w. H.: Jones
and wife spent three days in Louisville this
week ...... William Holburt is quite ill......
Elder Hammond will officiate at the camp
meeting ..... Miss Hannah Thomas and Miss
Lizzie LaForce sojourn in Louisville this
week. ...... Rev. A. A. Burleigh reads the
Leader and recommends it to his people,.
Hinton Chapel Literary Society is in full
bloom ...... Drew Dickens is the champion
debater ...... Robert Lipscomb is rusticatine
in Denver Colorado. go. The Leader is
making better time in our city than Maud
S. made at Philadelphia. RUE.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20

1t is expected that ex-senator
Conkling will be a deleg ate to the
approaching Republican Convention
in New York.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
OFFICE OF THE CONsERvAToR.
1874 CLARK STREET,

shall endeavor to de present:
OFFICE OF THE CONsERvAToR.
1914 CLARK STREET,
CHICAGO, August 16. 1881
DEAR SIR:-The President of the Colored
Press Association having announced thu
coming Convention to be held in this City
August 23d, we have made such preI ara
tions as we deem were warranted. We have
secured hall for the session, arranged a
Grand Banquet, planned an extensive drive
through our City, called for business re-
ception. We have also made arrangements
for the accommodation of visitors in first
class style. Any information regarding the
Convention or arrangements can be had by
application at our office. where we shall be
pleased to see you at your earliest con-
venience.
Please prepare short address for the
Banquet as our people desire to hear from
every visiting Editor Earnestly desiring G
the privilege of showing our usual hospitali-
ty and praying for the success of the Con-
vention, We remain Yours,
A +. BRADLEY.
F. L. BARNETT.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
CORRESPONDENCE.

Correspondents will please make their comm uni
cations as brief and possible. Owing to
limited space We are frequently compelled to leave
out matter that we would like publish, but can
not for want of space. All letters outside Of In
dlaDapolis should reach us Thursday. All commu-
refused.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
TERRE HAUTE.-Miss En-

TERRE HAUTE.-Mlss Emma
Gillespie and Miss Alice Dixson are visiting
Mr.. William Clark ..... The camp meeting
is success at the Fair Grounds ...... Mrs. j.
H. Lott is visiting friends in Illinois. Mr..
j. II. Walker and wife are visiting in Wis
consin . Mr.. Willie Perry will teach school
in Lost Greek settlement this year ...... Some
of our nice young men are going back on
their best friends ..... The agent of The
Leader hopes those who owe for the paper
will settle at once . Mrs. Norton died in
Lost Greek last Tuesday -.....Some one got
into Mrs. Chavis's house last week and tried
to choke her daughter Miss Carrie...... Mr..
John Sims is in the city and expects to
attend the Normal this term . Mr.. Prince
Lytle has gone out of the city on business
...... Miss Emma White arrived home from
Paris last week m Rev. w. II. Anderson is
in Kansas on business ...... Mrs. Sims OF
Kentland will make Terre Haute her home
MIR. William Chavis will teach school
in the country this year again ...... Mr.. Chas.
Brown has fallen in love with Terre Haute
and says he can't leave it. L. and j.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
PRESS CONVENTION.

We have received the following in
vitation to the Colored Press Associ-
alton, together with an invitation to
a complimentary banquet to be given
by the Chicago Social Union. We
shall endeavor to de present:
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
IN MEMORIAM.

(Composed, and dedicated to Clara Howard. by 5.
w Stewart, Terre Haute Ind.I
Farewell dear one, thou hast left us here
To mourn and weep for thee,
Yes the grave we'll drop a tear,
FOR thy sweet face we no more shall see.
As we followed thy form to the cold, lonely grave
And looked on thy face for the last.
We recalled our pleasant childhood days.
And sighed, "They belong to the past.
Thou hast left as dear Clara, We'll SET thee no more
At thy home there is one vacant chair
But thy brother and sister, thy parents and friends
Can meet thee again, ''over there"
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
INDIANAPOLIS LEADER.

General Grant has invested S9O, 900
in a house in New York City.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20
INDIANAPOLIS IND. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 1881.

1st. A fine square j. & c. Fischer Piano
bought of ID. H. Bald win & Co., "a & 66
N. Pennsylvania ST., list price .............S600
I'd. One of McCormick's Comb ned Self
Rak1ns Reapers and Mowers, l67 and
l69 K. Washington ST., worth ...... ...... l70
30. An elegant Silver Tea Set and Urn,
bought of Bingham, Walk & May hew,
IL E. Wsshins ton st., worth l25
4tb. A fine cabinet case Sewing Ma
chine, worth ...................... 80
9TH. A fiue Ladies' Gold Watch worth rs {
9Th. A fine Friction Band Sulky PlOw, 81
TOT a 7
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-08-20

| 9TH. An elegant Writing Desk, worth.
| 9Th. A handsome Gents Easy Chair.
! made by Sander & Recker, l03 and los
f. Washington St., worth ....................
9th. A Gentleman's Full Dress Suit,
WOrln......
10th A Champion Mouitor Kitchen
Stove. with complete outfit, the best
in the market, kept for sale by /. l..
Frankem, "a F. Washington St., worth
llth. An Iron Beam Plow, worth.....-...-.
18th. A complete set of Charles Dickens
Works, WORTH. ............... .......
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
The Wenachte Country.
Yakima Record.l

This section of our country we have
upon several occasions previously al
luded to, and called the attention of
newcomers to the advantages it pos
sesses in the way of soil and climate.
1t is q small valley, say about five
miles long by three or four wide, ly-
ing between high ridges of mountains
which completely enclose it. Through
the center courses the Wenachie, at
the head of which are extensive for
ests of timber. Seven white settlers
are now located in the valley, who to-
gether with thirteen Americanized
Indians constitute the population of
the valley. Some good land yet re-
mains untaken, and those who live
there are desirous that few more
should come in. With this object in
view they, in conjunction with many
residents of Kittitas Valley, have sue
cessfully undertaken the enterprise of
putting good wagon road through
from Ellensburg. This road runs up
Cookies canyon to its head on the
Wenachie ridge; thence short dis
tance across the summit of the ridge
at the head of Ko-la-han creek, which
it follows down to within one mile of
thence eastward aud within sight of
the Columbia to the mouth of the
Wenachie. Twelve miles of the worst
portion of the road is graded, leaving
IS miles yet to finish. However, the
road is now passable for teams not
heavily loaded, Mr.. Frier having re-
Gently taken over load of merchan-
disc from this place. Near the mouth
of the Wenachie Messrs. Frier Il Mil
Ter have located a store, which is now
the trading post of large section.
At this post all the settlers of the val
ley and residents and miners along
the Columbia and its tributaries for
many miles come to trade. These
gentlemen have set out on their farm
magnificent orchard. Fruit trees
Of all kinds grow and thrive without
much care. The grape in this valley
thrives as well as in Califo, ia, and
peaches grow to amammoth| iie. On
hisrecent visit to this place III Fr,er
ordered about three thousand fruit
trees of all kinds. These are only ad-
ditions to their already large nursery.
He informs us that no frosts visit the
valley. This is probably owing to its
sheltered position, surrounded as it is
by high mountains. Upon the mount
ain sides and contiguous to the valley
unlimited quantities of timber can be
had. Possessing all these natural ad-
vantages of soil and climate we cam
not see why, in the near future, the
valley of the Wenachie should not be
prosperous and populous locality.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

The trade i'm oysters is rapidly grow
ing in Washington Territory. At
Shoalwater Bay, on the west coast, it
already amounts to about 100000 a
year. The oysters produced there are
the largest on the coast, and are quite
fine. They find a ready market in
San Francisco, whittier they are
shipped i'm schooners regularly engaged
in that trade. Next to Shoalwater
Bay is Puget Sound. Here the oys-
tiers were discovered with the
country. They were n sort of wild
product, small, and of stong, cop
perry taste. For many years the busi-
ness here was left with the Indians,
who simply gathered the bivalves and
towns fronting these waters. In the
later years of the sixties the first at
tempts at transplanting, cultivation
ultimate business. These We're par
TALLY successful, and led to other and
more determined efforts later, to which
u greater measure of success was given.
The scene of these early operations
was located in the vicinity of Olym-
pia, at the extreme head Of the Sound.
tuC StNcHtttS shitii SHtR-
ments began to be made, and Seattle,
Port Townsend and other places access
sible by steamers were supplied.
These shipments were extended to
Victoria, aud still later. with railrsod
and steamship communication to Port
land and San Francisco. The trade
has grown steadily and continuously,
and its operations have been extended
into the interior further and further.
Oysters from Olympia are now regu-
larly soldat Salem and the Dalles, and
irregular at Walla Walla and beyond.
The San Francisco and Portland ship
ments from single bed Of eighty
acres are said to have been $4,000 one
hundred pound sacks during the past
three winters. The whole traffic
amounts now to hundred thousand
dollars II year, and II is annually in
creasing. The oysters are larger and
finer than ever before; beds are being
planted in other parts Of the Sound,
and from this on the business must
grow until itattains vast proportions,
employing ten years hence hundreds
Of boats, thousands of men and mil
lions Of capital.-Yeattic Inteiiigencer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

The journey of fleece, when sheared
from a sheep in California, instead of
being made into cloth and then into
clothes here, is sent to Boston with a
profit to the railroad; sold by the COM
mission merchant, with profit to
him; sent to Lowell, with a profit to
the railroad; made into cloth, with a
profit to the Lowell factory hands;
sent to Boston, with profit to the
railroad; sold by the commission mer-
chant, with a profit to him; made into
clothing, with a profit to the manu-
facturer; theclothing sent to San Fran
cisco, with profit to the railroad;
sold by the commission merchant,
with profit to him; then by the job
ber to the retailer, with a profit; the
California sheep-man can then go into
the retail store, pay the retail store
keeper "a profit, and buy coat made
from the fleece of his own sheep, which
has travelled twice across the Ameri-
can continent, paid twelve profits, and
given employment to variety OF for
eign labor, instead of being made into
cloth and clothing here at home, Civ
ing employment to our people, and
teaching the rising generation that la
Dor is honorable, and not meant only
to be practiced by negroes and China
men.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
NUMBER 80.


An old gentleman named King, who
has returned to Portland after an abb
sence of many year, spent in an effort
to recuperate his health, which at one
time threatened to give away. The
doctors advising change of climate
as the most likely to benefit their pa
tient, Mr.. King, without more ado,
packed his valise and started for one
of the largest of San Juan Islands, and
has remained there ever since, living
life very similar to that of Alex.
Selkerk. He fully recovered his
health, and in conversation with q
Portland Standard reporter in regard
to the manner and style of living on
the island, made the following state
ment:
''If man is poor or lazy" began
Mr.. King, II advise him by all means
to migrate to the San Juan group.
He will find his Paradise there. 1t
makes no difference how bad his char
acter is, he will be welcome, as what
the islands need just now are men and
women, and they will take everyone
and ask no questions. When the
conner arrives there he finds that all
he needs is blanket, gun and fish
ing tackle. Oysters, CLANS, shrimps
and other delicacies unknown to our
inland towns are to be had for the TAX
ing. In the clear, cool brooks which
bubble out of the ground and wander
through the islands and out into the
strait, millions OF large and beautiful
trout are to be seen. Deer in abund-
ance are in the woods, while small
game is so plentiful that a man can
kill mess of it with stick. In the
fall OF the year the little coves and en-
frances to the islands are filed with
great ffocks OF Arctic geese and mall
lard ducks. Snipe in great battalions
whirl about continually, and almost
beg for the opportunity to fall into the
frying pan. The soil of the islands
is wonderfully productive, and almost
everything from sweet potato to q.
watermelon can be raised by the mere,
planting. Weeds are few and far be-.
tween, and trouble the gardens very
little. The strangest phenomena, how
ever is the way in which the forests
on the islands grow. The pines attain
an immense hight and grow like those
in park, with their lowest branches
are high above the ground. They stand.
well apart, and the ground between
them is absolutely clear of under
brush. All these go toward making
up veritable paradise. Corn grows
readily, and all kinds of vegetables
flourish wonderfully Some of the in
habitants OF these choice islands have
become so confoundedly lazy that
they will not even gather the dainties
nature showers about them, but COM
pei their Indian wives to do it, while
they sit about and lazily smoke their
pipes. The climate is soft and mild,
and the warm winds which find their
way across from the Japanese sea are
always blowing"
Mr.. King talked long and enthusi-
astically on this subject, and said that
he would in all probability return to
the place of his pilgrimage and die
there, rs it was such detective and
attractive spot.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
Glover.

1t seems that the demand for clever
seed has caused an advance in price
which shows that our farmers are be-
ginning to appreciate the advantage
to them of cultivating clover and are
going much more largely into the bus
mess. Mr.. Hayes, of Oswego, informs
us that he sOws clover on any land
until the 10th of May and has 1t do
well. He sows clover with oats and
loses no time in using the land, and
when he gets ready to put the land in
wheat again he is sure of from 80 to
40 bushels to the acre. He says clover
will kill out fern the second year on
his place, and his is timber land on
the hill where grows the big mount
ain fern.
We look upon clover as the best and
perhaps the only resource farmers
have for keeping their land in good
state of cultivation and to preserve its
fertility. More clover means more
stock, more cows, more butter and pork
and in the long run as much money
with much less work in farming. 1t
means less acres in wheat and more
wheat to the acre and something for
sale besides wheat. All things con-
sidered, clover seems to promise more
good resultsthan anything else within
the farmers reach, and experience has
well demonstrated that clover does
well In western Oregon. We should
like to have some Information as to
how it thrives east OF the mountains.
- Willamette Farmer,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

An Unbilden Quest to Come.
from the Northwest, Philadelphia.

Into the board room of the directors
of the Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany walked the L. S. commissioner
of railways, on the Goth of March last,
and solicited permission to take part
in the boards business for that day,
when the consideration of the injunc-
tion proceedings instituted by Mr..
Henry Willard should in order be
reached-adding, that he had read in
the newspapers that meeting would
that day be held, to consider the same.
The high officer of the government
was received with the courtesy and
honor due to the purity of his charac-
ter and his zeal and courage in the
public service, rather than to his rank.
When this movement in the court
of law to acquire, through Mr.. Willard,
for the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton Co., control of the Northern Pa
cific, was reached by the board in its
order of business, Mr.. French, the gov
dressed the directors. The substance
OF his speech was, that he had come
on from Washington to officially state
the policy and purpose of the govern
ment in the event of the o. r. d n.
W. tiIc wv cIiu Wi"
troll of the n. p. r.. r., and changing
its route as prescribed by the COM
pany's charter, or stopping its COM
pletion. He saidlthat the government
would require the construction of the
road over the Cascade mountains to
Tacoma; and if the Northern Pacific
company, under whatever manage
ment, refused to build there, or neg
lected to build there, the Attorney
General of the United States would
commence legal proceeding to COM
pei compliance with the cOmpany's
charter, and subsequent acts of con-
gress. And he impressively gave no.
tice, that any arrangement or COM
promise by which the obligation to
build to Puget Sound from Lake Su-
perior was avoided dorsuspended, would
be treated by the government as vi
olation of the company's charter, and
null and void.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

Whih the children at the South
school, Seattle, We're out playing Fri
day morning, a valuable discovery
was made. Ii appears that ball had
been knocked into the brush on the
opposite side of Sixth street from the
school house, between the houses Of
Messrs Barker and Pollock, and while
the children were out hunting for it,
Emma Jones, daughter of II. Jones,
stumbled over something in a hole,
and covered over with brush. On in
vestigation she exclaimed that she
had found TN iron trunk. The iron
trunk, however, proved to be the safe
stolen from II. Pritchard's saloon, on
Washington street, about month
ago. Word was sent to Chief Nc
Graw, who at once went to the place
where the safe was hid, and with the
assistance of Constable Smith, brought
it back to the saloon. The safe was
opened, and its contents, S7O0 in gold,
and silver and greenbacks to the
amount of $500, two gold and two sill
yer watches, and some jewelry, were
found unmolested; the greenbacks be-
ing a little damp and mildewed. We
are informed that Mr. Prichard made
Miss Emma present Of 500 for find
ing the safe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-05-19

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less effective is this belignant Alternative In
cases Of constipation, dyspepsia, liver CON-
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and nervous weakness.
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