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The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-06-24

George Hartwell and Will Anderson, cOlOred
students, occupying places ON the stage among
their white classmates.
The reunion of the eX-prisOners of the late
war held in Dayton and at the Soldiers Home
June IA and 10, was one OF the most interesting
and memorable events in the history of this
city. Notwithstanding the torrents of rain.
large, and everybody felt like doing honor to
the brave men who had suffered and sacrificed
so much in behalf of their country.
The closing exercises of the 10th District
school, were held at the school building on 5th
street last Friday afternoon. A number of
visitors were present, and after the regular
program was ended, which consisted of sing
ing reading, declamations, dialogues and es-
says, interesting and instructive remarks were
made to the school by Barrister HargO, Mrs.
Judge Dwire, and Mrs. Sherman Next comes
the examination, after which ''to the woods
and far away" and short respite from the
tedium of the schoolroom.
We ewere on last Tuesday honored with q
call from Mr.. Will o. Bowles (Selwob) pripci-
pal of the Urbana colored schools. He was
here arranging for grand excursion from Ur-
bana to the Soldiers Home, Friday June 30
Urbana visitors by joining them at the Home.
Urbana is proverbial for its handsome ladies,
as well as Dayton. Selwob does nothing in
complete, so look out for the excursion and a
gay time. ToUssAIST.
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Lots of Fun I'm Him.


One of the members of the Methodist
Conference held in Detroit was out for q
walk at an early hour one morning and en-
countered strapping big fellow who was
drawing a wagon to blacksmith shop.
"Catch hold here and help me down to the
shop with this wagon and I'll buy the
whisky" called the big fellow.
II never drink" solemnly replied the good
man.
well, you can take cigar"
III never smoke"
The man dropped the wagon-tongue,
looked hard at the member. and asked:
Don't you chew~
mo, sir" was the decided reply.
"You must get mighty lonesome" unused
the teamster.
II guess Pm all right; feel first rate"
"pll bet you even that can lay you on
your back" said the teamster.
~ never bet," said the clergyman.
Come, now, let's warm up little"
"Pm in hurry"
"Well. let's take each other down for fun,
then. You are as big as L am, and I'll give
you the under hold"
II never have fun," solemnIy replied the
member.
well, Pm going to tackle you, anyhow.
Here we go''
The teamster slid up and endeavored to
get back hold, but he had only Just CON-
menced his fun when he was lifted clear off
the gross and slammed against tree-box
with such force that he gasped a half a
dozen times before he could catch his breath.
Now, you keep away from me" ex-
claimed the minister, picking up his cane.
"Bust me if don't, replied the teamster,
as he edged off. What's the use in lying
ana saying you didn't have any fun in you,
when you are chuck full of it? You wanted
to break my back, didn't your
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-06-24

UNITED STATES MINISTER TO ENGLAND.
The agitation fo- Mr.. Lowells return, led by the
New York Herald and the occasion of a newspape
controversy general throughout the country, give
great interest to his name at the present time,
pecially so as President Arthur's action seems t.
be undetermined as yet. While he still represents
us at the Court of st. James. Mr.. Lowells friends
hope he will be continued there in spite of the
demand for his recall and, on the other hand,
those opposed to his remaining in England en-.
courage the expectation that he will be superseded
shortly.
Mr.. Lowell is descended from an English fam.
lily who settled in New England in the year 163e
His grandfather was made Judge by Washing
ton after having assisted in framing the Constitu
ton of Massachusetts, in 1850. moved the insertion
in the bill of rights of that State of the clause
that ''all men are born free and equal" and
earned great eminence a lawyer. The family of
the Lowells gave its name to the City of Lowell,
and has given merchants, manufacturers. authors,
preachers, lawyers, scholars. philanthropists and
statesmen to the Bay State
Mr.. Lowell was born at Cambridge, Mass. Feb
ruary p, 1919. He was educated at Harvard, and,
in 1855. succeeded Mr.. Longfellow in the Bellies
Letters Professorship of that College. One of his
greatest literary performances was the production
Of the Biglow papers. He is the author eff several
long poems which are ranked with our best liter
AZURE, and of shorter pieces almost innumerable.
Mr.. Lowell is graceful speaker and is remarka-
BILE for the polish OF his utterances, whether by
pen or voice. He has force and the courage of
his opinions, which were decidedly on the side of
freedom in the anti-slavery agitation; but is not
an aggressive man. and treats his opponents with
self-restraint courtesy and the quiet dignity Of
the scholar and gentleman. His first diplomatic
position was that of Minister TO Spain. President
Hayes gave him his present appointment, in
which, until the present trouble concerning the
Irish American suspects" he acquitted himself
in a manner which satisfied In the United States
and earned him a remarkable degree of popular
ity I'm England
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wood and conspicuous al distance of
twenty vests. The mausOlem was covered
with stones, and is to be sodded in the
spring. The cross is inscribed with the re-
cord and names of the dead cut in by the
search party After ter completing the the toni, tomb
for traces of Chips people. Mel
Vile went to the northwest part
of the Delta and West as far rs the Alenek
River. Ninderman took the center and
Bartlett the northeast Ninderman and
Bartlett found nothing. Melville has not
yet returned. The search is to be extended
to Cape Borshaya and the bay of that name
They expect to finish in time to reach
Yakutsk or VerkhoZarsk before the rivers
break up. II they do not finish befoae that
time they will have to retreat to the foot of
the foot of the hills and mountains with the
natives until the water falls as the whole of
the delta is covered with water in the
spring to depth of four feet
and in some places to twenty feet above the
level of the river, otherwise they would
have buried the dead where they found
them.
There were fourteen occupants of the first
cutter under Lieutenant De Long OF these
Winderman and NOros left their comrades
to obtain assistance, and were cared for
by the natives. Erickson, seaman,
died October Z, as appears from De Longs
records, subsequently discovered. The fol-
lowing are the eleven men remaining whose
bodies were discovered by Engineer Melville
as related by Mr.. Glider: Lieutenant George
w. De Long DIR. James NJ. Amber, Jerome
J. Collins Henry Kaack, AdOlph Dressler
Carl GOrz Walter Lee, Neils Ivorson,
George Boyd, Alexy, All Sam.
The following were the occupants of the
second cutter, search for which is being con-
tinued: Lieutenant Charles w. Chipp,
Captain William Dunbar, Alfred Sweetman,
Henry Warren, Peter Johnson, Edward
Star, Albert Kabne.
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changed At the New Jersey Central depot,
piers, North River, about ninety men are at
work. and business progressing favorably in
comparison with other piers. Freight is
rapidly accumulating on the docks and
bulkheads at all depots, and the streets in
the neighborhOod of st. Johns Park Depot
are blocked with heavily-laden trucks. The
opinion prevails that the Railroad Com
panies will have to give in either this after
noon or tomorrow. Merchants are using
all their powers of persuasion to induce the
Companies to give the increased wages.
Thirteen men employed by the Erie Rail-
roaid Company as weighers asked an ad-
vance of Is per cent. on wages which are $45
per month. This not being given, the men
joined the strikers. The trackmen employed
by the Hudson River Railroad Company
have given notice that they want their
wages increased, and it is probable their de-
mand will be complied with.
Striking freight handlers held a large
meeting tonight. The ranks of the strikers
were largely reinforced to-day. The men
parade tomorrow and they say 5000
will be in line. An address has
been issued by merchants to the
railroad Managers calling attention
to the injury to the trade of the city by the
controversy, and stating that business of
public nature, like that of railroads. should
be managed with due Difference TO the pub
lie welfare. 1t impresses the necessity of
speedy action. Claffin Il Co. are of the
signers.
PIrTsBuRG, June 22.-The reported strike
at the Scottdale Iron Works of Everson,
Macrum Il Co.. is denied by the proprietors.
Two men were discharged yesterday for
making bad iron. The others are at work as
usual Nothing else of importance in the
labor situation developed to-day.
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WIT AND PLEasANrRIEs.

"Why am 1 not like an empty bag, dear
est 2" asked married man. "Give it UP,
eh? Because it can stand when its full and
I can't"
A bald-headed man who purchased a
front seas for q show of the Black Crook
brand explained that he could not hear very
we'll. A few nights later he was seen at q
lecture. sitting on q seat farthest from the
stage. Of course. he might have fully rs-
covered his hearing in three days, but such
apparent incongurities are apt to occasion
remsrk.-The Judge.
They were South End people. The
young man, who was very much in love,
told his friend that he should bring his girl
around to his house that evening and have
her sing and play the piano. Shall come
at o'clock2" he eagerly asked. "Well,''
said the friend, reAectively, snake it 8
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-06-24
An Abused Wife.
Texas Siftings.l

A melancholy looking woman with pain
full expression about the corners of her
mouth applied to Col. Sam Scudder, an Aus
tin lawyer, for a divorce.
What are your grounds for divorce?"
MY husband gets drunk all the time.
It's dreadful for a sober, hard working
woman like myself to have drunken hus-
band"
81 suppose you have witnesses who know
he drinks to excess"
Witnesses! Well should say so. can
prove his drunkenness by myself"
"Of course, you have frequently seen him
in an intoxicated condition"
why, have to go to the grocery all day
long, bringing him one bottle after another.
Some days bring him half dozen bottles
in one day."
''Good heavensi Does he drink that much
whisky? No wonder you want a divorce"
The woman. looking around to see that
nobody was listening, and then she said in
confidential whisper:
"He don't get all of it. You see 1 drink
up about two-thirds of the bottle before
give it to him, and then l fill it up with
water. If it wasn't for that l couldn't live
with him another day. / just couldn't
stand it"
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MUM FOR THIRrY-FIvE YEARS.
An Interesting Scrap of Madison History

An Interesting Scrap of Madison History.
Correspondence of the Courier-Jounall
MADISON. Ind, June 14.-Mr. ID. G. Owen,
of Ghent, KY, was in the city Yesterday
Your correspondent received an introduc-
ton to him. and expressed the wish that the
venerable gentleman's visit here might be a
pleasant one, when he replied:
My visits to Madison are always pleas
ant, for l was brought up here-went to
school with Isom Ross. Jim Hunt and many
other boys of this city. I know every foot
of ground in this valley, although there
have been great changes"
THE TRAGEDY.
Speaking further about Madison, Mr..
Owen said: 81 never come here but / re-
call a horrible tragedy-the murder of
White by Sheets-a case that
created more excitement, perhaps,
than any murder ever committed in
these parts. 1t was along in 1927, think,
that it occurred. I was the only eye-wit-
ness to the bloody deed, and l kept it a pro-
found secret for thirty-five years!''
'Remarkablel'
"Yes, sir; didn't tell living soul that
saw the murder for that length of time, and
John Sheets. the murderer, was the first one
l told it to-. l was boy, and was sky
larking around down near the south end of
Mulberry street, just after dark. I saw
White come out of an alley with Yankee
yoke on his shoulders, carrying two buckets
of water. Sheets came along just then and
he struck White with a cane several times
White snatched the cane from Sheets and
struck him several whacks over the head
with it. Sheets jerked out his knife and
plunged it into White near the heart. White
staggered off few steps, gasping:
II AM A DEAD MANI"
fell upon his lace ana died In two minutes.
/ can remember the heart-rending screams
of Whites poor wife when she learned of
his death. Now here's the reason / didn't
tell what / saw: My brother-in-law, Will
Carpenter, was Prosecuting Attorney. and
L knew if 1 appeared as a witness-the only
witness who saw the murder-Sheets and all
who favored his acquittsl would say that
Carpenter had gotten his little boy brother
in-law to swear to made-up testimony.
Sheets was tred, but the circumstantial evI-
dence was not strong enough to convict him.
When told Sheets about my knowledge of
the affair thirty-five years afterward, and
convinced him of it by describing the en-
counter, he almost fell in his tracks, and
exclaimed: my God, Greene, your evil
dence would have hung mel"
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Aid for the Sufferers.
THE DEAD EXPLORERS.
Particulars of the Finding of Lieutenan
DeLong and Party.

Particulars of the Finding OF Lieutenant
DeLong and Party.
New YORK, June 19. The following is a
special cable dispatch to the New York
Herald:
LONDON June 19-W. +. Glider, Herald
correspondent with the Ragus, sends the fol-
lowing dispatch, dated Lena Delta, April
12, 1882: Melville found the bodies of
Lieutenant belongs party March %.
They were in two parties 500
and 800 yards from the wreck of the scow
Melville's search party first started from the
supply depot (here two words are unin-
telligible) to follow Nindermans route from
Usterday to Malvey, and afterward from
Malvey back toward Usterday. (The fol-
lowing sentence is again unintelligible.) }
They stopped at the place which NInderman
and Noros passed the first day after they
left De Long, feeling sure that the others
had not got much farther.
There they found the wreck. and following
along the bank, they came upon a rifle bar
rel hung upon four sticks. (Here six words
words are unintelligible) They set
the natives digging on each side
of the sticks, and they soon
came upon the two bodies under eight fee
of snow. While these men were digging
toward the east, Melville went on along
the bank of the river to find a place
to take bearings. He then saw a camp ket-
tie and the remains of a fire about 1000
yards from the tent, and approaching
nearly stumbled upon De Longs hand
sticking out of the snow, about thirty
feet from the edge of the bank.
Here, under about foot of snow, they found
the bodies of De Long and Amber, about
three feet apart, and All Sam lying at their
feet, all partially covered by pieces of tent
and few pieces of blanket. All the others,
except Alexia, they found at the place
where the tent was pitched. Lee and Knack
were close by in a cleft the bank
| toward the west Two boxes of records
with the medicine chest and flag
on staff were beside the tent.
| None of the dead had boots Their feet
were covered with rags, tied on. In the
pockets of all were pieces of burnt skin and
of clothing, which they had eaten. The
hands of all were more of less burnt, and il
looked as if when dying they had crawled
into the fire. Boyd was lay
ing over the fire, his clothing
being burned through to the skink, which
| was not burned. Collins face was covered
with cloth. All bodies were carried to the
top of the hill, 800 feet high, about
forty versts to the southwest from
where they were found, and there
inferred in mausoleum, constructed
of wood from the scow, built in the form oi
pyramid twenty-five feet long and sever
high, surrounded by a cross twenty 1.-TWO fee
high and foot square hewn out of drift
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA SATURDAY, JUNE a.

first two weeks of June. 1t is claimed that
next year he will ask a representation of
two members in the board of direction. The
purchase, however, is not made, it is said,
with view of debating the policy of the
Company, but only for investment, with
just enough representation in the directory
to protect the interest. The other rumor,
which apparently is clever invention of
somebody, credits Vanderbilt with a pur-
chase OF large interest, estimated any
where from ST. 600 900 to $3, ,0OO. 900 in the st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway.
This purchase Is cited as accounting for Mr..
Vanderbilts desire to journey over that
road to Winnepeg. While it would not be
strange if he should buy into St. Paul and
Manitoba, it is quite likely that the report
that he has already done so originated in
the circumstance of his expressing an inten-
tion to travel over the line, and has no
other foundation. 1t may aid the clever
quidnuncs who invent much of the current
news to suggest to them that now is their
opportunity to start the rumor that Wander
bilt has gone largely into Northern Pacific,
and is arranging the rails for turning all the
transcontinental traffic of the northern lati-
tudes on to his Chicago system of roads.
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a Factory-Boy.
fChatfarhoY


A boys circumstances may be hard, bu
if he wastes his time in complaining, or
suffers himself to be paralyzed, he will never
get beyond them, as the boy of this story
Just above the wharves of Glasgow, on
the banks of the Clyde, there onced lived q
factory-boy. whom will call Dsvie. At
the age of ten he entered cotton-factory Is
q "piecer."
He was employed from O'Clock in the
morning till 8 at night. His parents were
very poor, and he we'll knew that his must
be boyhood of very hard labor.
But then and there in that buzzing fac
tory, he resolved that he would obtain an
education and become an intelligent and
useful man. With his very first weeks
wages he purchased Ruddimans "Rudi-
ments of Latin.
He then entered an evening school which
met between the hours of s and 10. He
paid the expenses of his instruction out of
his own hard earnings.
At the age of sixteen he could read vir.
gil and Horace as readily as the pupils of
the English grammar schools.
He next began q course of self-Instruc-
tion. He had been advanced in the factory
from piecer to q spinning-jenny.
He brought his books to the factory, and
placing one of them on the 'jenny," with a
lesson before him, he divided his attention
between the running of the spindles and
the rudiments of knowledge
He entered Glasgow University. He
knew that he must work his way; but he
also knew the power of resolution, and he
was willing to make almost any sacrifice 10
gain the end.
He worked at cotton-spinning in the sum-
mer, lived frugally and applied his savings
to his College studies in winter.
He completed the allotted course. and at
the close was able to say, with praiseworthy
pride, ~ never had a farthing that l did
not earn"
That boy was DIR. David Livingstone.
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BURNING A BABE.
A Columbus Physician Furnishes STILL
Born Child for Cremation.

Born Child for Cremation.
this morning a report was current which filled all
with horror, the particulars of which are as fol-
lows At 80 O'Clock. DIR. voorhees,, of this city,
went to Wright Champion. an employe of the
Railroad Company, and told him that he had a
bundle of rags lett at his door by a
tramp, and that he wanted to
burn them up as they were full
of lice. Mr.. Champion told him to wait till the
engine came down and he would put them in the
firebox. Presently DR.. voorhees, brought out the
bundle wrapped in rags and paper and gave 1t to
Mr.. Champion. who threw 1t into the fire box and
went on. The engine had not gone far
before the railroad boys began to sus-
pect someting, but the Doctor told them
net to touch the clothes, as they were very filthy.
This created further suspicion, and they at once
raked the bundle out. The clothes on the outside
had burned. but left a wet cloth, which was a
sheet, inside of which was wrapped fully devel-
oped babe. The men were Mortified, and went at
once to the Doctors Office, and he
came back and got the child and
took 1t to his Office and put 1t into alcohol where
your correspondent was allowed to see IT this
morning. The doctor refuses to disclose any
thing regarding the parentage of the child, claim
ing that he came into possession of it in a legit
mate way and had right to dispose of 1t as he
pleased He thought at first to cremate it, as he had
no alcohol, and this accounts for his conduct. A
warrant was sworn out, and DIR. Voorhees, was ar
rested, charged with manslaughter and murder
in the first degree. The case was heard before
Esquire Z. H. Kinney. at the Court House. in the
presence of a large crowd. At O'Clock the Justice
rendered a decision acquiting him. Nearly all
the physicians were examined and testified that
it was their custom to dispose of stillborn child
rem as they pleased, and were not obliged to dis
close the name of the mother. This ended the
exciting case.
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Dayton, Ohio.

'.DOn'J cry.
That bouquet was lovely.
Next time. 4 will not be so"h-sh.'
"Flowers rare and ladies fair, are the love-
LEST things that are"
Elder Mathews, of Zion Baptist Church filled
the pulpit at West Milton last Sabbath.
Misses Julia Hill and Mary Moody of Chilli
cothe, visited the city last week the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Butler.
Mrs Bette Jones' of Prairie street, and Mrs.
Mary Jones, of Mound street. visited their par
ents at Xenia last Sabbath.
Johnnie and Amanda Randolph, OF Piqua,
are visiting Dayton, the guests of Isam Ran
.dolph and lady of Mead street.
Ancient Square Lodge, No 40, will give a
picnic and public installation of officers at
sanders grove on Friday afternoon June 2d.
Crystal Palace Lodg, No2l5s, held festival
and public installation of officers at their hall
ON last Friday evening which was largely at.
tended.
Rev. Maxwell, of the A. NJ. f. church, has
iheen confined to his house from sickness du
ring the past weak, unable TO attend to his
pastoral duties.
George Straughaer and Miss Rosa Gardner
formerly of this city, are to be united in the
holy bonds OF matrimony at Troy, o., Oh
Thursday evening June Y.
Mrs. Patsy Hart, OF indianapolis, spent s
few hours in Dayton last week, on her return
from wilberforce, whittier she had gone to ac
company her daughter, who expected to re
main until after Commencement
Rev. Joseph Conner, the returned African
missionary, lectured at the 2nd U. b. Churcl
last sabbath evening to a large audience Tn
recitations and colloquy of the two African
boys was an interesting feature of the meeting
To- nf Ral1pfOnnfainQ-
Edward Coats, of springfield, took in our cit.
during the Soldiers Reunion, and expresse,
rbenselves highly pleased with their visit
judging from the Impressions they made, the.
may be looked for often.
The High School commencement at Musi
Hall on last Tuesday evening was largely at
tended and the exercises were of a high degre
of excellence. We were pleased to see Messr.
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Outside New York 263 $50 100 cl

Columbus and Portland are not included
in the totals. The statement this week, on
the whole, is much more unsatisfactory than
that of last week. The aggregate clearings
the past week were SLOT, 3l6, ,4S4, against
sos, ,613, ,5SS the previous week, as compared
with the corresponding week last year The
percentage of decrease is much larger than
it was the previous week The aggregate
percentage of decrease this week, as COM
pared with the corresponding week last year,
was 1873 per cent, against decrease of Is
per cent last week and one of 34.4 per cent.
the previous week.