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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
FEES M
Resolutions Passed by a Citizens Meeting
Held at New Castle, January 20, 1888.

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Whereas, The citizens of Henry county,
believing that it is right and proper that they
should Express their views upon the subject
OF fees andssalaries of county officers now
being discussed in the General Assembly;
and.
"Whereas, TIE plea that county officers
are burdened with wonderful responsibilities
is exaggerated and overdrawn; and,
Whereas. In New Castle we have two
banks, the cashier of each of which is under
heavy bonds for the faithful performance of
duty, the same as are county officers; that he
has constantly under his control something
near 5000, 900; that it is his dnty to keep the
capital OF the bank loaned and active; to pass
on the sureties of each note presented to
borrow money; TO look after the collection
and the settling of claims; that altogether
his responsibilities are incomparably greater
than that of any county officer of Henry
county; the utmost salary his services can
command as cashier in either bank is ST.
900 per annum, while the clerks office in
Henry county in ordinary times is worth
from Sc, 900 to $1,000 per annum-two
or three times as much as is paid to the cir
cult judge; twice as much as is paid the
Judge of the Supreme Court; more than the
Governor of the State or senators of the
United States re Give; nearly as much as the
is&iges of the Supreme Court of the United
States receive, and last. but not least, these
enormous fees, as a rule, are paid by a class
OF people who are least able to pay; therefore.
"Resolved, That as the fees and salaries of
county officers are no longer merely c0mpensa-
tory for necessary services required and per.
formed by them, but are enormously high, be it
further
"Resolved, That we are In favor of the present
General Assembly passing q law fixing a rea-
eonable salary for county officers, based upon
the population of the counties, instead Of the
present system. Be it further
"t,esolved, That we condemn the custom now
in vogue of county officers meeting in secret
caucus at Indianapolis for the purpose Of form
ing schemes and plans for raising money to use
IA IA corruption fund in influencing and purehas.
ing legislation in favor OF county officers.
"CALEB c. PERDIEw,
JOHN 8. HEDGES, President.
Secretary"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

Tho Famine District in DOnegaI-The Peo-
pie In a Starving Condition.

PIE In n starving COnultlOn.
Cable Special to Boston Herald.
l have just returned from the famine dis
trict of the county Donegal, where more
than 5000 people are in a starving condition,
existing from day to day on the meager re-
lief afforded by scattering charity. The
whole north of Ireland is III a most wretched
condition. The same nature of things exist
to a large extent in the West, but the desti-
tuition is not, as a rule, so complete as it is
III the places which | have just come from.
In many cabins ] entered during the past
five days the sole articles OF
consumption were limited to a
quantity of Indian meal and q slight portion
OF sea weed. In most of the villages whole
families exist in this manner. On the north
and west coasts, where the soil is mostly
con- posed of rocks or mud, special destitu-
ton prevails this season, owing to the COM
plete destruction of the grain crops in Sep
TENDER by a terrible tornado, and the rot
ting OF the entire potato crop, owing to the
constant rain. The worst cases of famine l
saw were i'll the parishes OF K%illybegs and
Glencolumbkill. In the latter parish the
Rev. Father Gallagher was working with SUI
perhuman energy to save the people
from death. 1 found him in
a driving rain, in mud up to his
ankles, experimenting a gang of men who
were digging drains, to be paid for from the
funds sent in charity. The inhabitants are
strongly opposed to receiving money as a
gift, but the average applications received
by the Rev, Father Gallagher for work are
between 200 and 300 daily. About 400 men
are now employed at a shilling per day, for
which many walk ten miles before daybreak
and work with ~feverish energy until dark
before returning home. The women and
girls are all employed in knitting and other
work for small compensation. Many spec
tacles 1 observed in novels of families of the
most revolving and pathetic character. III a
place thirty Irish miles beyond the ilway,
such general restitution prevails that twenty
tons of Indian meal per week are re-
quired to keep the people barely alive.
All the farms are small and wretched in
quality, and the people are honest, sober
and industrious. The place was visited by
Mr.. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary of Ireland,
one week ago. His party munificently left
ten shillings among the starving families,
but would promise no official relief. In the
Killybegs district the famine, though not so
extensive, is equally painful. The condi-
ton of the people is hopeless. Both the
priest and the Protestant clergyman are
very old and incapable of efficiently caring
for the sufferers. While here | saw a sick
man whose three children were absolutely
naked, shiyering over a fire of damp hay,
almost asleep under a pile of filthy rags, the
rain dropping through the roof. Relief is
coming very slowly, ard despair is staring
everybody in the face,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
PIRATES.
n Band of Masked Men Attempt a Train
Robbery in California.

SAN FRANcIsco. jap. 22.-About l o'clock
this morning from eight to twelve mounted
and masked men rode up to Monticello sta
ton, on the Central Pacific, 1G6 miles west of
Ogden, seized two white and half a dozen
Chinese sect1on-hands, robbed them of what
valuables they had on their persons, and
locked them up in the tank house. They
then mounted the east-bound express train,
which came in soon after. Two OF the high
waymen jumped on the engine, overawed the
engineer and fireman, and side-tracked the
train. The remainder of the gang first seized
the train men, robbed them of what
yaluables they possessed and confined them
in the tank house; they then attacked the
express car. Here they met with a rapid
fusilade from A. Y. Ross, express messen-
ger. The fire was returned brisklv, and
some thirty shots exchanged, when the rob
bers finding the resistance more spirited
than they had expected. and probably fear
ing 4 demonstration on the part of the pas
sengers, decamped. No one is known to
have been killed or wounded. The passen-
gers were not moiested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Driven-Well Patcntees Begin
Collecting Their Royalties.
Arrangements for the Illinois Agricultural
Institutes-The Gougar-Mandler Case
Notes and Gleanings.
DRIVEN WELLS.
ollecting the Royalty Its Effect as a Presi-
Dental Factor.

ollecting the Royalty Its Effect as a Presi-
Dental Factor.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
E~LKHARr, Jan. 22.-Prompt to act on the
decision of the United States Supreme Court
in favor of the right to collect royalty, the
Driven Well Company have already begun
their collections, having, by some means, Sc
cvred the names of every person in the
county who owns or ever has owned one of
the wells, and are making a demand for $40
for each one. A few days since they an
nounced that all paying by Jan. 20 would re-
ceive reduction OF 10 per cent, and the
consequence has been that great numbers
have locked in to settle and thus avoid a
suit, knowing that there is now no escape
except by paying. Nothing that has ever
occurred here has caused as widespread
dissatisfacti on through as The decision of the
courts, as it strikes every man just where he
feels it the most-in his pocket. 1t is esti-
mated that they will take from this county
alone 800, 600. Woe be unto Indiana's
McDonald's chances for the presidency unless
he can succeed in proving that he has had
nothing to do with the prosecution of the
case, for no one who has had any connection
with this abstracting of $40 out of mems
pockets need ever expect their votes. They
don't vote that way. The excitement is
widespread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
More than a Hundred Years Old, and the
Mother of Eighteen Children.

More than n Hundred Years Old, and the
Mother of Eighteen Children.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Jan. 22.-Your correspondent is
informed that Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, of
Gallatin county, KY, who has just gone on a
visit to a SOC in Lafayette, is 101 years old.
She is said to be very strong for one of her
age, and possesses all her faculties except
her eyesight, being totally blind. She was
born in Surrey county, N. c., June 81,
1882, and is the mother of thirteen boys
and five girls, four of whom survive. Her
husband died about fifty years ago, and
shortly after she married a man named
Gibson, but had no children by him. She
has over one hundred grandchildren and 200
great-grandchildren. This remarkable lady
saw Daniel Boone, the noted pioneer and
iLunter, several times, and she says he was a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
AGRICULTURAL.
Arrangements for the Coming Institutes to
be He'd in Illinois.
widespread

a. W. NV Uihih ~
be He'd in Illinois.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SPRINGFIELD, LII, Jan. 9TH Secretary
OF the State Board of Agriculture announces
the first of the 1888 series of agricultural in
stitutes to be held at the Industrial Uni
versity at Champaign, Jan. 81 to Feb. 3 in
elusive; daily sessions to be held from 10 to
u A. NJ; Q to 4 and 7:30 to 8 p. NJ. The lee
lures and papers to be presented include the
following: DIR. S. H. Peabody, Regent Of
the University, "The Duty of the State to
the Industrial University" Prof. B. C.
Jillson, The Geographical Distribution of
Animals Prof. William McMhrtrie, Wool,
It's Structure and Strength" Prof. G. e.
Morrow, breeding and Management of Live
Stock" and Prof. C. Ii. Peabody on jana
nese Agriculture" Contributions to the dis
cusSions are promised from the Hon. A. NJ.
Garland of the tariff commission, from
Hon. d. b. Gillian of the State Legislature,
including a paper on Draft Horses" from
Colonel c. +. Miller, secretary of the
American Clydesdale Association, and one
from e. GRIMM, Esq, of Corvallis, Ore. on
'Live Stock and the Livestock Business in
Oregon" The series of institutes projected
for the year includes one in each congress
ional district, except the districts lying in
Cook county, and judged by the experience
OF last year, are expected to be of unusual
advantage to agriculture. The Illinois Cen
trail and the Wabash railways will return
over their lines all persons attending the in
stitute at one cent per mile. The Indiana,
Bloomington & Western will sell round trip
reduced fare tickets 10 all persons desiring
TO attend. who present certificates to be OBJ
tanned by addressing Professor G.. f.. Nor
row, of Champaign, III. The secretary is
sending out special invitations to leading
agriculturists of Indiana to be present and
take part in the work of the institute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
CERTAINLY NEEDS ATTENTION.
A Woman Confined in jail Who Should
Not BE There.

Pittsburg Gazette.
There is a woman at present confined in
the county Jail whose case should receive the
immediate attention of the court. Her
name is Maggie Schafer, and she is under no
charge whatever, but simply awaits the or
der OF the court sending her to some one of
the public institutions rs follows: She is AZ
years of age and is afflicted with epileptic
fits, suffering four or five attacks each day.
Her story is as follows; She is a native Of
Winchester, Randolph county, Indiana, and
was shipped from there to this place by the
authorities OF that county in order to get rid
of the care of lher. as she says, and to place
such a distance between her and her native
place that she can never return, her parents
being poor and the greater part of her life
being spent in public institutions. She was
finally sent to the county workhouse here
as a v%agrant, where she remained some time,
but owing to the over-crowded condition of
that place she, in company with Others, was
removed to the Jail to await other disposition
of her case. DR.. Heron, the Jail physician.
says she bears no trace OF insanity and that
her only affection is the epileptic fits, which
he thinks are incurable in her case. He says
there is no reason whatever for her c%oniine-
ment in such places as the workhouse and
Jail and that such confinement is inltunlan
and injurious to the woman's health. She is
said to feel her position keenly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

BosToN, Jan. 22.-The first indication of
conflict between Governor Butler and the
Legislature appeared in the House this after
noon. upon the question OF printing 10, 1000
extra copies of Buffers inaugural address.
The Republicans said if the resolution pre-
vailed the Governor would veto it in the in
terest of economy, and get credit therefor.
On the question of making the number
10, 900 there were 81 yeas and so nays; voting
in the affirmative, 50 Democrats and "a Re.
publicans. 8 Independents, 1 Greenbacker; in
the negative, 10 Republicans and 1 Demo-
crat. The resolution was ordered to a third
reading.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
ATTEMPTED Suicide.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PEKIN, H., Jan. 22.-To-night, Mrs. William
Jackson, of this place, attempted suicide
by taking chloroform and laudanum, and at
this hour is unconscious; it is feared she will
not recover. She is the wife of an auctioneer
of bankrupt goods, and came here with him
from Springfield, ILL.,, some months since,
She has been jealous of her husband, and
asserts that she has discovered proof Of his
infidelity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
Horribly Frozen.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FoRT WAYNE, Jan. 22.-At an early hour
on Sunday morning, when the thermometer
was seventeen negroes below zero, a night
patrolmen picked up a tipsy shoemaker
named George Zoeller, found lying before
his own door, and carried him to the station
where an attempt was made to thaw him out.
During the process the fingers of each hand
burst open. He was aiken to the hospital.
Both of his hands and both of his feet will
have to,be amputated, Zoeller had lain on the
sidewalk for twenty minutes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
Ball and Banquet at Fort Wayne.
ipecial to the Indianapolis Journal

CpVcIaI 10 thb InIlanap0uS JOurnaL
FoRr WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 22.-This even
ing the delegates attending the district con-
vention of the 1. O. B. B. were entertained
at a grand banquet given by resident CO.
religionists at the new Catholic Library
Hall. Following the banquet came a bail at
the Academy of Music, which was by far
the most brilliant society event, not only of
this season, but of several seasons past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
Fire at Button.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

BLUFFToN, Jan. 22.-The grocery store OF
Burroughs g. Brother, near the depot, burned
about 10 o'clock this morning. Loss about
$3,o00; insurance. $1,000. 1t is not known
now the fire originated, but it is thought it
was occasioned by matches near a keg OF
powder. The latter exploded, preventing
the firemen from extinguishing the flames
till all was consumed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

me what I would do with this branch of the
service. | would wipe it out from top to
bottom; that is what would do, and | would
detail officers Of the line to pay the navy,
yards and ships.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
The Gougar-Mandler Case.

optclaI 10 Inc IndlanapOIls JOurnal
LAFAYETTE, Jan. 22.-The SANDER suit of
Mrs. Cougar against Mandler began this
afternoon. The work of impaneling a jury
was completed this evening, and the taking
of testimony will begin tomorrow. Judge
Gould, of Delphi, presides.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23
Keep the Gums Healthy

II yon want IA sweet mouth aud breath. If the
gums become spongy, they loae their power to
hold the teeth. The use of SoZodont is invalu-
able because it removes the tartar which sepa-
rates the teeth and gums.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

Mr.. ]. II. METCAIF, member of Parliament
from the city of Kingston, Ont, was formerly
subject to extreme soreness of the chest, for
which he could find no remedy but st. Jacobs
oil. the great German Remedy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

C.. j.. SHAW has reopened the Turkish Bath in
the Grand Hotel, and will continue the business
as usual. He will be pleased to see all his old
customers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

WELLs'"Rough on Corns." 15e. Ask for 1t.
Complete, permanent cure. Corus, warts, bun
ions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

We walk In tho midst of secrets, we are encpm-
passed with mysteries, but it is an open secret
that there is no remedy in tho world so wonder
fnl as DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for coughs and
oOlda Ne . .t. .T....
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

DIR JoRDASS lung reuovater. the great lung
remedy. For sale by all druggists. Try 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

rough. coarse man. She is fond of knitting,
makes her own bed, and is of a remarkably
cheerful disposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-23

Claus Spreckels. the sugar king Of the sand
wien Islands, talks of establishing Il refinery in
Baltimore. He claims that his presence in
Hawaii kept Kalakaua from making a treaty
with China, by which the islands would have
been Uvcrrnn by coolies, He prefers that The
Americans should he the next race to take pos
session,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-02
Outcome Of a Spelling School.

A graduate from the High School in
this city had call from a country school
| about two hundred miles north of De.
troit, and he went his way provided with
several written recommends and whole
cart-load of enthusiasm. He found the
school house to be a one-story affair
made of logs and large enough to hole
thirty scholars in case the teacher stooC
in the door. When school commenced
the score of scholars could only muster
geography printed in 1S4S, an arithmetic
a few days younger, dozen leaves of a
speller and the half of broken slate.
The teacher, however. went to work
to hammer knowledge into their crani.
ums, and he had convinced most of them
that the world was round, and that the
sun neither rose nor set in that country,
when it came time to have spelling.
school. For convenience sake it was hello
in a big barn. and the turnout included
everybody from the boy who spelled
''corn" the same as "horse," for con.
venience sake, to the old man who always
put ''in haist' on his letters to his brother
in Vermont.
1t wasn't much of contest until the
last half-dozen lowered aloft. "Catarrhn
and photograph" laid EN- out by the
dozens, and when only the champions
were left .Constantinople" floored ali
but two like bolt of lightning. Then
came the word parasite" One rem.
dered it ''parysight," and the otheI
gave it ''perrysyte." and when the
teacher shook his head one cried out:
.'fve writ that word over hundred
times, and guess known
''And I've seen 'em every day of my
life for forty years, and don't sit down
for anybodyr' added the other.
at is parasite" replied the teacher.
Il dispute itr'
$50 do l."
That's the way Webster gives it?"
s'Who's Webster?''
''Yes, trot him out"
Then the friends of either rose up. In
the shindy the teacher came in for two
black ewes, a cracked rib, kicks on the
shin and bites on the ears, and the min.
ute he could get clear and over the fence
he headed for Detroit and reached home
in want of so many repairs that it took
two months to make him presentable. |
He had few dollars due him, and he |
left change of clothes up there. but he |
doesn't want TO hear from the directors. |
They may consider that he has resigned,
and any parasite desiring the situation
can have the vacancy without paying |
bonus. Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-02
An Upright Judge.

A Judge full of caustic humor and
shrewd common sense, and remarkable
for the brevity of his judgments and the
rapid decision with which he was wont
to cut the much entangled knots of
litigation. was Sir Samuel Martin, Baron
of the Exchesuer, whose death at the age
of eighty-two was almost simultaneous,
by curious coincidence, with the recent
opening of the new law courts of London.
In certain case he once summed up as
follows, after a mass of contradictory
testimony and long speeches by counsel:
Gentlemen of the jury, You have heard
the evidence and the speeches of the
learned counsel. If you believe the cid
woman in red, you will find the prisoner
guilty; if you do not believe her, YOU will
find him not guilty" He had a thorough
hatred for Interpreters in court, and
once, when aSpanish sailor was being
tried and the Interpreter was particularly
unskillful, he exclaimed: ''Mr. Inter.
prefer, tell the prisoner that he has goa
Mr.-to prosecute him and Mr.-h
defend him, and that l am the Judge
and this is the jury that viii try him"
This having been conveyed to the pris-
oner, the Baron continued: Snow Mr.,
Interpreter. stand down." and tried the
whole case in English, pure and simple.
Baron Martins career was full of mercy
and kindness as well as justice, and he
left the bench few years ago crowned
with the respect and love of all who
knew him. Apart from growing deaf
ness, his physical and Intellectual fVul-