The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-15

THE DAILY JOURNAL.
BY JNo. c. NEW & SON.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1888.
Mrs GENERAL RosEcRANs is gradually gain
ing strength and health.
Ex-GovERNoR EDWIN D. MORGAN, of New
York, died yesterday morning at o'clock.
THE Indiana Legislature passed an appro-
priation of $40, 900 for the relief of the flood
sufferers.
THE report of the death of Archbishop
McCabe was untrue The venerable prelate
is said to be slightly better.
UP to Feb 1 the total receipts for the East
river bridge were $14, 4s0, S1490, and the total
expenditures $14, 345, 6S672.
CONSIDERABLE excitement has been oeca-
under the city of Lockport, n. Y.
GENERAL SHERMAN will give dinner to
President Arthur tonight. General
Sheridan will be among the guests.
THE first soda-ash factory in the United
States is to be established by English capital
istsat Warsaw, N. Y, employing 1000 men.
TWELVE thousand laborers of Milwaukee
ot.tra nf ncI11
to put distinctive mark on State prison
goods. -
THE editor of new paper started in
California Mo, has concluded to quit. and
has assumed the position of advance agent of
circus.
TWELVE sophomores have been expelled
from Bowdoin College, Maine, within the
past two weeks for participation in bazing
practices
TIE. in vestigation into the Michigan sena-
9torial contest is developing in various direc-
tons. Mr. Hubbell is being tarred with his
own stick.
MAJOR A. D. HIT, formely one of the
largest cotton=buyers in the South died in an
almshouse at Columbia and was given pau
per's burial.
The late Samuel Willetts, of New York,
who left an estate valued at 100000, be-
queathed $40, 900 for educational and charita-
BILE purposes.
REPRESENTATIVE BELTzHoovER has pre-
pared resolution requesting the Secretary
of War to cause General Hazen to be tried by
court-martial.
UNLESS the new treaty with Mexico is
adopted by this Congress a special session of
the Senate will doubtless be called for its
consideration.
ACCORDING to the testimony in the cele-
brated trial at Washington, the mail on the
Eugene City and Bridge Creek route was
carried in piece of a gum boot.
The Montgomery County (Md.) Advocate,
printed at Rockville, sixteen miles from
Washington. in recent issue advocates the
payment for emancipated slaves. The article
has attracted much attention in Washington.
A DEPOSIT of natural gas has been struck
at Creighton Station, few miles from Pitts
burg, on the Western Pennsylvania railroad.
Some idea of the Importance of the strike
may be gathered from the fact that the gas
which supplies Spang, ChaIfant & Co.'S mill
at Sharpsburg is brought nineteen miles and
costs $40, 600 per annum, and is equal to $685.,
900 in value of coal per annum.
THE Ohio river receded slightly during the
latter part of Tuesday night. but under the
last night was higher than ever. The suffering
continues at all points, and particularly in
the Indiana towns-Lawrenceburg and New
Albany, and Aurora and Jacksonville. Con-
tributions must be continued for the relief of
the sufferers as largely and promptly as pos
sibe.
MATILDA PAULITscH, a professional singer,
has sued the New York Central road for
sos, 600 for the loss of foot In attempting
to board train she missed her footing and
fell under the cars which crushed her foot.
Seventeen days afterward it was amputated,
The lady was asked to bare the injured limb,
which was done The jury viewed it. after
which it was wrapped up again. After Mrs.
Paulitsch had testified her counsel wanted to
have the stump of her foot examined again,
but the jurors protested, and Judge OGor-
man decided that the exhibition was unne-
CesSary.
THERE are imperative necessities for the
continuance of contributions for the relief of
the food sufferers, and they should be imme-
date The call upon our citizens made by
the Board of Trade relief committee should be
responded to generously and promptly.
If there is a Democratic paper in Indiana
which has had the decency to say word,
directly or indirectly, in reprobation of the
record of acknowledgement Heffren, we
have not seen it. The general manner in
which the Democratic press treats it is in
dictated by the following from the Logans-
port. Pharos:
1.-THE Indianapolis Journal of to-day gives