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tmalIpox Excitement.
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FRANKLIN, Ind, Dec. 27.-Some ten days
ago William Essex, young married man Of
Providence, this County, returned from .
visit to Tennessee, and was soon after taken
Ill. This morning DR.. Wallace, of this city,
was called in, and found Essex broken ont
with most malignant form of smallpox.
The neighbors have been visiting him regu-
larry, having no thought that he was suffer
ing from sqcn dread disease. DIR Wallace
expresses the opinion that Essex can nOt
live more than day or two at most, and
thinks that the disease will be likely 20
spread through the entire community.
There is considerable excitement in the
place, especially because the major part Ct
those who visited Essex were unVaccinatej.
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mise may be effected, and with this view
the men will have an interview tomorrow
with L. A. Hitchcock, President of the Ore
and Steel Company. The men in the me-
chanical department. including the ma.
chinists and blacksmiths are quite as de-
termined as the tonnage men, and say they
will strike rather than submit.
Additional information regarding the
meeting last night is tn the effect that the
men expressed willingness to work for one
year at - per cent. reduction of the pres
ent wages, or 70 per cent. reduction for
four months, leaving the schedule to be ar
ranged after that time, in accordance with
the condition OF trade. etc. a delegation
was appointed 10 convey this decision to
the company, and they will meet President
Hitchcock tomorrow and lay it before him.
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The Lebanon, Alabama, Tragedy.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 2s.-Fhe for
lowing are the particulars OF the tragedy al
Dave and Henry Bullsrd, had a gamblinr
saloon in town, and ThOm4s JscJwsy,
desiring TO establish school. undertook 10
Compel them to close Dy insrituting legal
proceedings. This led to q quarrel. The
Billiards attacked Tom Jscoway The b. st
ciiizens came to his cue, and one of the
Billiards was killed and the other woEnded-
Last night brother of Jsc1way went to, bis
house and be, mistaking him fer o friend Of.
the Billiards, shot him fatally
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ssss,7s5.Se


AS compared with the corresponding week
of last year the clearings show percentage
of decrease of % 5, against 2 decrease of is 8
per cent. last week, aud sn increase of 204
per cent. the previous Week.
The entire volume of ex 'hsnges for the
year just closed wss SCI, ,543. AS O4S against
$64 332, lS6, l2S 10 1881, falling oh of per
cent The most remarkable increase of the
year was that at Kansas CITY. which shows q
cain of 43.5 per cent, followed by Pitts
burg, 242; Lowell. SO .. and Syracuse, 20
Among other cities which show a gain are
Philadel phia. 2 3; Chicago, OF; Cincinnati.
6 /; ST. Louis, 81; San Francisco, 81; Mil
waukee, . 3; Cleveland, 90; Memphis, 1 3;
Columbu Ss. New York shows q decrease
of 5.4 per cent. Last year it showed an in
crease of % per cent over 1880. Boston
shows the large dtcrese of IA l, against ali
increase of p 2 per cent. last year New
Orleans makes decrease of 30; Baltimore.
g.; Louisville, 2 3; Indianapolis, 3. Hart
ford, Peoria aud Portland make fairly large
exhibits.
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Suicide.

SALFM, Mass, Jan. Mayor COlIey,
whose term of Office expired to-day, hanged
himself tnis morning.
The sacide was not much OF a surprise to
the intimate friends of Mayor Calley-
About year ago be lost his wife, to whom
pc was devotedly attached, bat seemed TO
recover from the shock within q few months.
Lsst winter he was appointed 10 receive ana
count the ballots at a caucus Tor Representa-
tiyes, and was subsequently charged with
wrongful manipulation Of The returns
This charge was denied by him, bOrh ia
public :and private, aud when il WAS I'M
esrtood he was IN poOr health aud his
memory vas Filing him.
majority of his fellow citizens were in
clined to view cheritably the opoarent
mistakes in the returns. These charges.
however, preyed upon his mind, add be has
been somewhat gloomy and desPondent ever
since.
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Hm.eNotwnn,tn,. ding.

SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec 81 In Octobsr.
1881. two uamps entered the u alb and
Northern Railroad station at Franklin.
Idaho, and holding cooked pistol on Agent
HIbckIey, demauued the safe ombihaSiOn-
The pistol went off and killed HiDokley.
The tramps fed. bat were soon caught and
MichHe ell Mooney, the one who held the pss-
tol, was hanged at Mslad last Friday. He
died game, snj refused To disclose anything
respecting himself. family or ! fe. he
claimed the pistol went off bv accident, that
they did not intend TO kill Hinckleg.
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A renasssss Tragedy.

KNoxvILLE, Tenn, Dec. p The Tribune
has Information of a terrible trsgedy in
Hawkins County, about sixty mile, from
here. On Saturday night last, some white
men went To the honse of a negro named
gray for the purpose of whipping him,
charging him with stealing hogs. They de.
ma0ded admitrapce. which was denied.
They then fred on Gray's cabin and the FIRE
was returned. In The batIle Gray WIS
MORALLY wounded and has since died. His
s ep son had his thigh broken by ball and
a wife man. Jim Williams. was shot it the
head aud is said TO be moratally wounded.
Another white man named Orrick, was
wounded
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wILDE VIC ed.
The Aesthetic Individual Fleeced by "Hun.
c.rx .Ine-,, The Runkn steArer

The Aesthetic Individual Flesced by "Hun-
CRY Joe," the Bunko steerer.
New YORK, Dec. 2S.-Captain Williams
has verified the story that Oscar Wilde was
taken in by bunko steerers. The Captain
says that two weeks ago Oscar, while walk
ing up Broadway near the Union Square
was aocosted by hatchet faced young
man who introduced himself as the
son of Drexel the banker AS he had
seen the poet in his fathers Office he took
the liberty, etc, etc. Wilde was delighted.
He had been in Drexel's banking office, but
did not remember the young man, The
two went u d restaurant, where Mr. Drexel
ate as though hungry. Wilde re-
memo oered this, and Notwithstanding
the e thetic smile later in the day when in
formed by Captain Williams, that Mr..
Drexel was Hungry Joe" noied buDco
sieerer. During The meal Drexel mentioned
he had won a lottery prize, and suggested
the poet accompany him to get
the money They went to a
house on Fifteenth Or Seventeenth street.
Several men were throwing Cice.
Drexel threw for the poet and won quite a
sum, Oscar was then persuaded ~ join in,
and OF course began 70 lose. First IL was
see then Sl0O until, 3ecJming excited over
the game he played un ii he lost in all 81 060
He signed u CHI OK on the Madl>on Square
Bank for the amount, rushed into the sti eet
jumped into a cab and drove rapidly to- the
Dank, when he stopped payment. The check
was later returned to Captain Williams. In
the rogues' gallery Oscar picked out the pic
ture of his friend aud companion, Mr..
DreYel, alias Hungry Joe.
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Rerden to . urn -,ate,s witness.

WAsRINeToN, Dec. 26-The Star, on the
subject of Rerdell turning States witness in
the Star Route cases. says 1T is thought
by those who have CLOSELY observed the pro-
ceedipgs that Rerdell will take the step in
dicaed in case he sees before the trial closes
it will afford the only retreat for him 10
escape the Penitentiary. at. the last trial
Rerdell was deserted by his co-defendsnis
and convicted, verdict, it is SAID, which
his codefendants approved heartily, as it
was supposed at the time the danger of
Rerdell appearing as o witness against them
was removed. Judge Wylie's action, how
ever, at the close of the former trial setting
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Death Of Prosninsnt Phys,eian-

npecial 10 the eeRtineI:
tEAwFosDsviLLE. lad, Jan. 1--Dr. J.kn
oan, one of the prominent and oldest
Rracticing physicians of our County, died
his morning at O'Clock, aged seventy-two
Ekars. His sickness. lasting several weeks,
''ass caused by fall. causing paralysis and
: heart affection com bined. DIR. Sloan came
b Czawfordsville in the year 1886 from New
srsey, foIlosiDg his profession, after
Yard hsing associated at various times with
r. Shock HerndOn and Samuel b. Morgan,
this cftT. in the drug business and prac-
&c OF medicine from 1889 till 1859, since
] st time uii about year before bis death,
AlloVsng his Chosen profession. Ne was
Try active msg, ever ready 70 take hold of
y OF lhe great moral reforms that were
,eulaled 10 beDsKt the people and build
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A satc de aud nurd the Ohio Peniteu
ua1y. e

CoLUMBUs. o., Jan. 1.<Jsmes McKeeuey,
a consicL at the PeDitentiary from Putnam
County, hung him>ef tonight, at 1880. by
tying a small tow rope. used for lighting gas,
to the gss>burner and around his neck, and
ch ked todeatb.
To-day about 11:20 o'clock, just as the
prisoners we're washing for dinner at the
PeniteDtiery, John Riddle. a life man from
Shelby County, without provocatioD, sud-
denly stepped up behind fellow
prisoner named George Rsuch, and
with all the force he could sum-
mon struck him with sharp bsichet
on the right eide of the head infiicuDg a
terrible and ghastly wound. Rauch il in
for twenty years from Fayette County. His
relatives are with him tonight and he is
still living, but there are not much hopes OF
his recovery.
Legislature coryenes tomorrow, 3 p. m,
vixen Governors message will be delivered.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
Tired of Espdblicaoism.

LOUISVILLE. KY. Dec 3l-The Louisville
COMMERCIAL for thirteen years the leading
Republican newspaper of the South, begins
tomorrow g new volume strictly in6epeDd-
ent of All poll icsl parties 1t will be pub
lished in reduced size, modelled after East
ern two cent journals. at which price it will
be sold. Changes of staff are not yet an
nounced. It is understood for the time
being there will be none.
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Our Progress.

As stages are quickly abandoned with Tho
of railroads. so the huge. drastic
pills, composed of crude and bulky
medicines are quickly abandoned with the
intr aduction of DR.. Pierce's pheasant PuIga-
tive Pellets" which are sUgar-costed. and
little larger than mustard seeds. but cum
posed of highly concentrated vegetable
extracts. By druggists.
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APan,c ina cbarca.

New YORK, Dec. 3l-DnIing religious
services in the Academy of Music. Brooklyn,
this afternoon. some matches IN = msa's
pocket set bis clothing on fire. He rushed
down the aisle to the street ~lsere the flames
were extinguished. The congregation seeing
the rapid movements of the man and smoke
in his wake, quickly abandOneh their sests.
and in a panic rushed to the exits Finally.
realizing there was no fire in the building.
they returned and the services were re-
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Due to Despondency.

ST.. JOSEPH. Mo-, Dec 30.-Joseph Fox
sniclded this morning by peculiar method
Fastening rope to the foot of the ssddler's
sewing machine in the shop ne dropped the
end through a trap door into the cellar;
then desce nding he fastened the rope about
bis neck ard leaped from the stairway.
When found his feet were within six inches
of the cellar floor. He was a Penn>ylvania
German, about sixty years of age, and had
been employed by the Studebaker Manu-
featuring Company for twenty years as q
carrisge trimmer. He was a bachelor and
lad no relatives here. Dependency was
the cause
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aside the verdict in Rerdell's case and CIV
ing him an equal chance with the Others hkk
brought him forward again IS a man to be
feared. There are evidences that there is
great lack of harmony among the dsfendants,
snd their differences, 1t is expectei. will ~
suit in favor of the prosecution. At present
the other defendants are making efforts e
placate Rerdenn
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EIopsment IN High Life.

DUBLIN, Dec. 27.-A dispatch from Col-
oraine reports that the wife of Sir Francis
inunds Workman McNsughten elope<
with man, sgent for the Mccartney estates-
Lsdy McNaughten has several children. Sha
is he daughter of William Howard Russell,
L L d., well known newspaper CORES
uondant
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
A Hall of Fire.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The bark, Gembak,
from Auckland, reports that on October 8,
at 4 p. m, during a southwest gale and
thick squall, ball of fire
passed across the ship, injuring three
seamen, breaking both gunwales, ripping
planks from the stern of the star board boat,
aud exploded about twenty yards from the
ship with loud report, sparks flying from
it like rockets. There was no lightning nor
thunder at the time.
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Cleveland.s LawIess Citizens.

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 3L-The police ar
rested 10 day two high way nren, since identi-
fed as footpads, who robbed a cItizeh Fri
day night. and four burglars, one of whom
confessed that gang of twenty had been
organized here for thisving. Tne prospect
is fair that these gangs will be speedil,
hroken nm
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Severe stosm at san Francisco.

SAX FRAscIsco,. Jan. 1.-DuriBg the past
twenfy.f0ur hours q severe rain storm pre-
vailed here, accompanied by q heavy gale.
Shipping susta ned considerable damage,
esps cially in the case of wooden vessels
Man, vessels were bumped heavily against
the dock, damaging the sides and sterns. At
the sea wall. where shipping received the
full force of ths gale, much damage was
done, piles were spspped Of, vessels jammed
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VIII Not Accepr the Reduction.

ST. Louis, Dec 81 Several lodges of the
Anna gamated Iron and Steel Workers
Union held joint meeting in South st.
Louis last night and discussed the question
of wages. After q free conference they con
cluded not to accept the reduction proposed
by the 81. Louis Ore and Steel Com pany. 1t
is not unlikely, however, that Q compro-
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and bulkheads crushed. A number of ves-
sells out in the bay dragged their anchors.
bur fortunately escaped without serious
damage. The British iron vessels had taken
precaution against the storm. aud suffered
comparatively slight dsmsge Several
coss ers were roughly handled and portions
of their rigging carried away. A large barge
ana one small craft were sunk during the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
Flood and Devastation.

COLOGNE, Dec 2S.-There seems a cease
less down pour of rain. The Rhine has risen
ninety centimetres during the night flooding
the lower town and part uf the quay. Frank
forton-tbe- Main is flooded. At Mannheim
the river Neckar has risen considerably, and
tiremen and soldiers have been ordered 70
hold themselves ready to help the popula-
ton.
LONDON, Dec. 2S-The recent rainfall
caused foods in the midland Counties
Great mortality exists among the sheep in
Northa mptonsnire, 'Nottipghamshire and
Liecestershire.
BERLIN, Dec. 2a-The Rhine and triba!a-
ries from LaRe of Constance to Cologne con-
tinue 10 Use rapidly. Many bridges and
dams were destroyed. A bridge near Law
rach, Baden, gave way and twenty persons
were drowned. The river Inn overfioyed
its banks at Passau. The Danube has over
flowed in Upper Austria.
A panic prevails at Neuweid. A train
attempted 10 pass over the line from
Appenweir to Kork, but the engine left the
rails, and one person was killed and
several others injured. The Govern
ment of Boden announces the floods
are higher than in November The River
Neickar is now at the highest point known
this century. The Rhine dam is expec'ed
to be swept away. Moselle River steamers
at Treyes have ceased running. Bridge
boats Of Coblenz have been removed 70
Carlsrube. Travel on the Railway from
Paris to Vienna is interrupted.
VIENNA, Dec % S-Salzkammereut Dis.
trict is threatened with inundation. The
Danube River Steam Navigation Company
has notified owners OF meIehaDdise on
Prater Quay to remove their goods. Iirz
Quay is under water.
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Es-om Minister Morton.

The Secretary OF State received the follow
towing from Minister Morton, Paris:
| TIE death o. Gambetta caused a profound sen
'saiiOs In France III his deata ,be people of the
Goyexn0ept and people OF the UDiied states lost
q degoted friepG. whose great admf-atiOn for our
ouBtiy zod tss Institutions wss expressed on all
ccasions Hi,Ceatn Is TO the mem mbers OF this
nxsti0n gIea. loss and pezouel sorT0w.
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RuyioR Counterfeit Money.

CHICAGO Dec % Elijah H. Bsgley and
son, farmers living near eoirisyille. johnson
County, Kentucky. were 10 day vic.ims Of
co old swindle by Alex. Noise. a we'll known
confidence operator Some time ago Begley
received lettler offering him IS, 900 unsw-
full money for $500. Considerable CORE
spDndence passed, put today Begley Nrjyed
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rhe Exchanges of Tweoty-six Clearing
Houses Last Week.
BosToN, Jan. L-From the Post: The
following table shows the total gross ex-
changes st twenty-six leading Clearing
Houses in the United States for the week
ending December 80:
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Special to the Sentinel:


LKBASoN, Ind. Jan. John w. Clen-
ents, prominent lawyer of. this place, fsll
dead on the street this afternoon. The
cause is supposed to be appopexy.
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A Dnanquet.

A banquet, ex Senator Bruce presiding,
ras ven toI,ight in honor OF Frederick
)ougia~s and the Emancipation proeiama-
Ion. A number of1prominent eoiored ciIi-
ans attended
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A Cranky Lover.

VANDALIA, ILL.,, Dec. 80 Quite sensation
was produced here this morning by mid
dle-eged widow lady, well dressed and of
rather prepOssessing appearance, giving her
name as Charlotte Arnold, appearing before
Squire Goo benow and swearing out war
rant for he arrest of one Thomas Frail, who.
she alleged, had more than once threatened
To kill her. IL appears that Frail, who was
formerly an employe in the stave and hoop
factory here, became enamOfed OF the
woman in question, but was given no en-
courag cement, and was told by her
that he need not waste his affections
upon her. THIS eDraged him and he de-
cared il she refused to let him pay
her his regards he would kill her, il ne knew
he would hang the next minute for IL. She
received a letter from Frail q day or two
agO, postmarked Ramsey, stating that he
would be here to-day on tue AFTERNOON train,
and for her to meet him. He further said
that if she then refused to comply with his
requirements be fully intended TO take her
life; that if she failed to meet him at the
train he would follow her up and carry out
his threat, gardless of what his fate might
be Policeman Snyder was at the train.
and when FIail stepped upon the platform
he was Immediately taken in charge and
piloted up to Squire Gochenour's office,
where the woman who had sworn her life
against him awaited his arrival. Here ne
openly declared he entertained no thought
of killing the woman, but was merely Jest
ing, and upon faithfully promising that he
would never modest her, she had him re
leased. While 1t is believed the woman yet
fears Frail, but few now sympathize With
her.
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TERRIBLE CALAMITY.

Thtrfy-six Persons Killed and Fifty Injured.
BRADFORD, England, Dec 2S-This morn
ing tall chimney fell upon a building full
OF operatives, many of whom are believed
to have been killed. twenty-five have been
removed-two dead.
1t is learned that twenty-foar operatives
have been killed, and forty serioasly in.
jured.
Later-Thirty-s pc. sons are now known
to have been killed and fifty others injured,
mostly women and children. Owing 70 the
amount Of debris the exact number killed
can not De learned for two or three days
The total damage is estimated at over
100000. About 5000 persons are thrown
ont of employ meBt Eight mills having
tiue connections with the fallen chimney
are brought to a stand still.
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DREADFUL DEEDS.
A Boatman's Terrible Crime Near New
Brighton, Pa.

A Boatman's Terrible Crime Near New
Brighton, Pa.
New BRIGHTON, Pa, Dec 30-John Swee-
ney lives in a boat-house opposite this place.
Last Thursday night, while under the infiu-
ence of liquor, he requested Samuel Clair to
assist him across the river. Clair accompa-
MED him to his cabin, and neither man was
seen until this morning, when a passer by
beard groans issuing from the boat house
and the sound of a mans voice repeating q
prayer On entering Sweeney. who was
found on his knees, burst into I'll of laugh
ter Clair lay in a bunk, terribly hacked
40, five or six cuts being on his breast and
fearful cash on the left leg. He was car
rIed u his home, and his death Is momenta-
rily expected Sweeney was lodged in Jail.
Sweeney's occupation is that of mate on
the Ohio River steamers, and, when sober,
he is regarded as inotfensive, and q genial,
good-neiured man; but when under the in
fluence of intoxicants is a most cruel fiend.
lt is said that some ten years ago he shot 8
young man on the steamer Armadillo on
the Mississippi and threw him overheard,
but he was yet able to swim, and got hold
OF the guard-rail of the boat, when Sweeney
chopped off his fingers. and he fell back
into the water aud his body was never re-
covered. 1t is also supposed that be killed
young man named Stewart, who went
down the river with him some fourteen
years ago. Stewart was last seen with him,
and has never been seen or heard of since.
It is also related of him that on one oc-
caslOn he got lot of deck-hands mostly
negroes into the w5eei-house of a boat to
make some repairs. and then, without giving
tns engineer any knowledge of the mems
position, oroered him TO put on steam, " hich
OF course he did, and some two or three
were drowned.
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Lieutenant Danenhower, now i'll, will as
soon pos ible appear before the Jeanette
Board in behalf of Jerome J. Collins.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-11
Preliminary Railway Work,

Last fall narrow-gauge road twenty
two miles long was planned and n com
pany organized in Wisconsin, and IN
Eastern man, who scented chance fol
profitable investment. called upon the
president TO make some inquiries
How is the new line getting on?' he
asked. after some general conversation.
''Splendidly We have the right-of-
way Tor the first five miles, and have
taken steps to gobble it tor the other
seventeen.
How much stock have YOU issued?"
1.-Two hundred thousand dollars.
"And how much has been sold?''
''Wen. YOU see. it has all been pre-
liminary thus far. We have sold enough
stock to buy blue uniforms for al the
general officers, furnish up several
rooms with mahogany desks and mo-
quette carpets, and rs soon as we can
work OIL sufficient to purchase horses
and carriages for president, secretary
and treasurer, and furnish the super
intendent with Yacht. we shall begin
the real serious work of building up a
grand trunk line. '-WaH Street NeWS.