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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

legislators The Commercial Gazette, urging
the passage of a bill against stock running at
large says:
'In order to do without the enormously
expensive fences which disfgure the country
and consume the substance of the farmer,
we need larger barns and more commodious
stables, and a system of movable fencing
made of wire or OF light boards, or both, with
iron or locust posts,
"A farmer relieved of the perpetual state
of siege maintained by his neghbors' cattle
horses, hogs and sheep could have material
stored that would enable HIM to put a sub
stantial fence around few acres in day,
and the art of doing this well would be one
OF the fine points of farming"
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that she was removed there on the 9th
June, 1882. accompanied by Samuel n Hoyt
and detained there until after the death of
her father; that he (counsel) is also informed
that DR.. Selden H. Talcott appeared before
Judge Truax and certified that Miss Hoyt was
insane, and that his certificate was approved
on the 3rd of June, 1882 that this certificate
is not on file i'll the clerks Office of the SUI
perlor Court and no memorandum or record
of the same has been left there that he exam
ined the records on the 18th of February, 1888
and discovered that it has been the custom to
have these certificates filed when they are
approved by tie judge, and he was informed
by the clerk OF The court that the late Chief
Justice Curtis made a rule, which has been
followed ever since, that the original certif-
Gates upon which person is committed to a
lunatic asylum should be filed
The affidavit then goes Oh 10 allege that
the statute requires two physicians to make
certificate certifying to the insanity of a
person before such person can be declared
insane and removed; that counsel has been
unable with precision to ascertain who the
other physician was that Joined with DR..
Talcott or made a certificate alone and what
judge approved of the same, but believes
from information given him by Miss Hoyt
that 1t was Dr. George Dillow or DR.. Henry
y. Willard. He alleges further in the aft
oavlt that written and personal demand for
copy of the certificate was made upon DIR.
John 9. Hail. superintendent of the Friends
Asylum, but the demand and request were
refused. He asserts that the Incarceration
was unlawful, and for the purpose of keeping
Miss Hoyt away from her father, who was
then lying at the point of death; that her
father did die on the 14th of August last
leaving an estate valued at $40, 600, 600 and
Mary Irene Hoyt the only heir and child
surviving him; that Judge Truax told him
(counseD that he could recollect only one
certificate That he had approved, and does
not remember certainly whether he approved
that at the court house or at his residence
that Miss Hoyt is now residing in this city,
and was never insane, and Doctors Rudolf
Truyszky and John Ordronaux and her rela-
tives and friends say she was not.
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the proprietOrs of the Boston Herald runs into
four ciphers, and said to have very comfort
able figure In front of them. "Ah," said he,
benevOently, "glad to see you Mr.. Haskell.
You're down here, suppose, picking up a few
items for your paper"
THE Boston Post says: "Only two days ago
our barber solemnly assured us that he thought
great deal of the Rev. Joseph Cook and loved
to converse with him, as he could understand
him. Then we got out of the chair ana said:
This thing is all wrong. II you can understand
Joseph Cook it's not for you to shave us. Get up
in the chair and we will shave you"
MEMBER of Mrs. Burnett's household says Of
the last story of the gifted authoress; ave shall
be glad when the story is finished. 1t has af-
fected the digestion of the entire family, and
even the children have felt the responsibility of
ending it." 1t was feared at one time that the
charming writer really intended to carry her
, story Through One Administration"
MISS DORA HENNINGEs, the Cleveland prima
donna who was reported to have been lost on
the Cimbria, reached her home on Sunday after
a tedious journey from Paris, where she had
been studying under Nine. La Grange She
declares that she will never again adopt an
Italian pseudonym, she was once persuaded
by Colonel Mapleson to do when she was known
as Mile Dorani.
MISS EDMoNIA LEWIS, a Baltimore sculptor of
African descent, has completed at her studio in
Rome fine bas.relief in white marble for a
church in Baltimore. 1t represents the Magii
adjoining the infant Jesus, and of the three the
African Is given greater prominence than either
the Caucasian or Asiatic. Mrs. Lewis has also
recently finished statue of the Virgin Mary
/ for the Marquis of Butte.
LADY CHURCHILL, the American wife of Lord
! Randolph Churchill, gave recently q bali
masque at Cannes, in honor Of the Prince of
| Wales. Her ladyship was so closely masked
! and "dominoed" as to defy recognition, while
her pure and exquisite French quite dispelled
! the idea of her being an English woman an
American. She knew everybody, yet nobody
spotted" her, until the Prince eventually sue
ceeded in unwilling the charming mystery be-
fore supper.
! Mr.. B. p. SHTLLABER, better known "Mrs
Partington," is called to mourn the loss of his
/ wife. She was the daughter of Macmillan John
! de Roche mont, one of HuguenOt family of that
name who settled several generations ago near
| European languages in New Hampshire before
going 10 Louisiana to take charge of a news
/ paper I'm the political troubles incident to the
transfer of the Louisiana territory to the United
States, he was murdered on account of his pub
lished opinions.
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"WoULDNT it be fair and honest if Porter
should present figures with his present sta
tistics showing the condition of the laboring
classes before England adopted free-t trade
policy? His articles prove nothing against
free trade unless he can show that English
laborers were better off while England re-
tanned the protective system. Chicago
Times
That is a shifting of the ground by the free
trade papers, of which the Times is one of
the ablest. The statement has been freely
made that European workingmen receive as
much for their labor as American working
men-that is, their wages would buy as much
of comfort and convenience, and that their
condition was as good. Mr.. Porter's letters
give an emphatic contradiction to that as
serton, as does the observation of every in
telligent man, as well as the fact that scores
and hundreds of thousands of European
workmen are constantly coming to this
country, where the real comfort and con-
dition of themselves and families is enhanced
and bettered in every possible respect.
In giving the figures OF the wool industry
in his last letter in the New York Tribune,
Mr.. Porter says: fs4 Is
' "The official figures show that CAB worsted
mills in England employ l3l, 800 hands,
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zette remarks:

IT is reported of Mrs Frances Hodgson Bur
nett that she has had some trouble about the
ending of her story, Through One Adminstra-
tion," and had to send in three different con-
illusions before she wrote the one which is now
in the hands of the publishers Mrs. Burnett
has added nothing to her literary reputation in
writing any part of this story 1t has from the
beginning shown a lack of unity and an apparent
indecision on the part of the writer in regard to
the final outcome. Her admirers have been
sadly disappointed, and it is probably safe to
say that the novelreading public will welcome
the news that any sort Of a conclusion to the
story has been reached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02
Rrewster and the Bootblacls.

Washington Letter, in Cleveland Herald.
saw Attorney General Brewster airing
himself on a curb the other day, waiting fof
his big yellow coach. A street sweep, a mite
of a colored boy. with a startling complexi-
tv of rags. an old stub of broom under one
arm, half-dozen cigar stumps in one hand
and whole cigar in the other slowly
brought up in front of the great aristocrat
Want ter buy cigar2" volunteered the
Arab; "cheapr The great man looked at tn:
boy with stony glare, and the boy looked
at the cigar and slowly backed away Thu
lad finally reached what he supposed was
safe distance, and looking the attorney gen
eral over from head to foot, burst out: "Oscs
Wilde, wouldn't look as mean as you fort
dozen cigars" S,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

THE friends of diminution of dram-shops
through the operation of high license law
with strict restraint upon the liquor traffic.
held large meeting in New York city on
Tuesday night, and appointed committee to
present the question to the General Assem-
bly,, urging the restriction of saloons to the
number OF one to 500 of the population and
fixing the license fee at $500. The committee
was made to consist of John Jay, DR.. s.
Ireneus Prime, Rev. Howard Crosby, Dr.
Willis James, Henry E. Pelew and Robert
Graham. General Clinton B. Fisk, ex-Surro-
gate ID. c. Colvin, General Wager Swayne,
Bishop Potter, and others participated in the
meeting; but under the rule adopted by the
temperance organizations of this State, such
distinguished men, clergymen, lawyers and
merchants, would not be regarded as item
perance men," Under the circumstances, it
seems to the Journal that the real temperance
men are those who are seeking practicable
and possible legislation for the restriction of
evils that are everywhere confessed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

INVESTIGATION into the poisoning affair at
she lunatc asylum at Staunton, Va, from
which six patients have died, shows rather a
remarkable state of affairs. 1t is supposed
that the fatal drug was placed in the medi-
cine cups after they left the dispensary by
some OF the lunatics who are allowed the
freedom of the building. As there are sew
eral "Guiteaus," persons with homicidal
mania in the institution, it would seem that
nothing but culpable carelessness on the part
81 attendants who had the medicines in
charge could have given such persons access
TO them. With liability to such accidents
as these, or prospect of being beaten with
straps or scalded, rs in the Pennsylvania
hospital now under investigation, the timid
citizen will do well TO keep his brains under
good control.
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JESSE HOYT's DAUGHTER.
Astonishing Allegations Made by Her Coun-
sci in an Affidavit.
New York Herald.


New York Herald
The history of Miss Hoyt's sudden and
mysterious disappearance and her incarcera-
ton in the Friends Asylum at the time her
father was lying at the point of death was
told few months since in several affidavits
presented to Surrogate Rollins on motion
for an allowance from Mr.. Hoyts estate to
be paid to herself and her mother pending
the contest of the will. 1t was then asserted
that Miss Hoyt had been taken to the asylum
upon proper certificate made by two repu-
table physicians. Where this certificate was
or where it had been judicially approved did
not appear. Since the argument of this mo-
ton Surrogate Rollins has granted an allow
ance of $25 900 to Miss Hoyt, and objections
to the will of Jesse Hoyt have been filed by
the widow and daughter. By the provision
of Mr. Hoyts will the widow was left the
income of 81, $50, 900, with power to dispose
of $75000 of this sum. Miss Hoyt was left
the income for life of similar sum. The
residue of the vast estate was given to the
brothers and sisters of the deceased. 1t is
urged as cause for contest that Mr.. Hoyt
was unduly influenced to make his will at
time when he was enfeebled by sickness and
while his daughter was away from him.
The application yesterday was made by
Mr.. Aaron Kahn, attorney for Miss Hoyt
upon his own affidavit, and the order to
show cause, which was granted by Judge
Freedman was directed to Dr.Selden H. Tai
cott DR.. Henry B. Willard and DR.. George
Dillow and requires them, in addition to
the things mentioned, to show cause why
they should not be punished for contempt
of court if they fail to file the certificate or
submit to an examination as prayed for in
the affidavit. sss a.t
The affidavit of Mr.. Kahn sets forth that
he is informed by Judge Truax that he
Judge Truax) approved The certificate upon
which Miss Hoyt was removed to the asylum;
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Senator Tabor's Bride.
Washington Special.

The lady is not widow. and is but twenty
years old, instead of thirty. She Is the
daughter of Peter McCourt, retired mer-
chant of Oshkosh, Wis. The Senator showed
me a picture of Miss McCourt tonight,
which he carries in the back part OF hunt
ing case gold watch, and it must be said he
has excellent taste. She is perfect blonde,
with magnificent suit of golden hair,
which he assures me reaches nearly to the
never was a more beautiful set of teeth than
the smile which parts her lips dscloses, while
her ewes are large and full of expression.
Her nose is slightly retrousse, but that only
adds to the piquancy of face that would be
called beautiful among beauties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

THE Legislature of Indiana will doubtless
sdjourn without the passage of the bill in
the interest of the distressed farming COM
munity for the keeping up of predatory
stock This is one measure of wide public
benefit and really pressing necessity, against
which there has not been a single intelli-
made anywhere by anybody. The extracts
from the county press we have printed in
the columns of the Journal show prac-
tically unanimous desire and demand for
The bill. There is the same state of affairs
in Ohio among the farmers, but it is 10 be
hoped there is more intelligence among the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

The passage or defeat of the metropolitan
police bill is not worth the defeat OF the gem
eral appropriation bill and the creation of
any degree of necessity for a special session.
The Republicans of the State Senate have
made a splendid and warranted opposition
TO an infamous measure, but wisely stopped
short of the point of imperiling the appro-
priation bill If that is now endangered
She Democracy must take all the RESPONSE
5ility.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

In the proceedings in the star-route trial
on Wednesday Colonel Ingersoll said, in de-
Tense of his movement against Mr.. Merrick,
the day of judgment, were I assaulted by
God, defend myself with all my little
puny power" For a man who does not
believe in God Or in a day of judgment
this meant nothing but blasphemy to those
who do believe in them, and was an utterly
unworthy utterance by anybody possessed of
common sense or common decency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

ANOTHER indication of the Democratic tenn
per is given in the notice by Senator Voyles
TO the Senate for an amendment OF the rules,
Supplying solely and exclusively to the metro
politan police bill, whereby there can be no
consideration of it whatever, should it come
back to the Senate with the veto of the Gov
ernor vote must be Immediately taken
as under the operation of the previous ques-
zion. The Democrats are riding at high tide
now
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02
THE New York Tribune saws:

"The outcome Of temperance legislation this
winter will probably be meager. Maine is the
only State which has so far submitted prOhib-
ltory amendment to the people. A similar propo-
sition in Indiana and Minnesota has failed. The
subject has got into a bad tdngle in Ohio, and
the result is involved in doubt. The strenuous
efforts to establish prohibition in Iowa have
been brought to naught by the courts, and in
Kansas petitions are being presented to the
clause in the constitution, it is claimed the
people pronounced against it in last falls cleo
tion. On tine whole, the advocates of prohibit
ton are not likely to derive much encourage
ment from this winters work."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

A MASSACHUSETTS school-teacher illustrates
her geography lessons with water and sand
modelled into continents, capes and mountains,
on a moulding board. The children are pleased
with the object lesson, one enthusiastic boy
having to be forciby restrained from boring a
hole through the board under mountain so he
could play volcano.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

SENATOR MCDONALD is reported to be back
ing William S. Holman as candidate for
Governor in 1884. Mr. Mcdonald is cred
tied with remembering the maneuver where
by Colonel Isaac P. Gray got away with the
Democratic vote for United States senator
In 1881
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

while in the United States have shown that
nearly 1000 wooden mills, spreading their
benefits throughout the broad land follow
ing closely along the line of agriculture and
building up thriving manufacturing cities in
the West, employ but SO, 504 operatives Had
it not been for this development in America,
England would have maintained the Ameri-
can trade, and her exports of wooden goods
to-day would have been $3.50, 100000 instead
of but $40, 900, 900 more than it was in 1915.
Wages in those times in England were good,
and the British manufacturer really sup
posed that all the world was dependent on
him for manufactured goods A weaver in
1915 could earn 34S. 3D., or about $3.50 a
week, while to-day he is lucky to earn half
that amount"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

THE appended advertisement. which still ap-
pears in one of the trade papers, is a CHASTITY
thing:
NEWHALL HOUSE, ]. F. ANTISDEL & SON,
IN Proprietors. Great reduction in rates.
Note-Baker g. Dwight's patent fire escape pro-
vides means of exit from every floor in case of
emergency. The hotel employees are kept in con-
slant training as a fire department, and every
floor is supplied with water and hose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

A PITTsBURG man transformed himself into a
matrimonial bureau to accommodate friend,
and secured a wife for that bashful person. The
friend, who to pay the agent $50 on receipt
of the goods, failed to do so, and suit is now
brought to recover the money. Considerable in
terest is being manifested in the suit by out
siders, who, it is presumed, contemplate enter
ing into the same line of business if the contract
is held to be good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

THE Terre Haute Gazette is a Democratic
paper of the strictest faith and Of unques-
toned ability. This is what it has to say of
the metropolitan police bill, the last piece of
infamy passed by the Democratic Legisla-
ture:
ut is in effect an attempt upon the part of
the Legislature to manage the local affairs of
indianapolis, and while it ought TO be good
Republican doctrine is simply subversive of
the oldest and dearest doctrine of Democ-
racy-that of local self-government The
Democratic Legislature that passes it will
stultify the party for all time by showing as
far as it is within its power to do that the
party has no principles which are sacred or
to which it will adhere when an office is in
sight. We might do forever without single
Democratic policeman in Indianapolis but
we shall be naked indeed and in cold world
if we thus trample on the oldest and most
vital principle of the party-a principle
grounded in common sense and common JUS
tice."
And in noticing the refined twaddle of the
Daily News of this city with respect to the
police power inhering in the State, the Ga
zette remarks:
1.-THE Gazette would be glad to sit at the
feet OF its esteemed Indianapolis contempo-
rary while it elucidates its views showing
where police powers in this government do
inhere, and how it is that taking the ap-
pointment of the guardians of life and prop
erty from the citizens who are to be guarded
and who pay the bills and placing it in the
hands of four State officials, mostly nom
residents, is not subversion of the princl-
pies of local self-government."
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THE Richmond Palladium very generousl!

and appreciatively says:
indianapolis, and those of her business
men and officials who have taken such an
active and efficient part in tine relief of dis
tress caused by the Ohio river inundation
have done themselves very great honor for
their liberality and benevolence While
other towns and cities of the State, and
many individuals have done nobly, the
Aame of indianapolis like Abou ben
Adhem's, leads all the rest. Her humanity
is crown of honor, and will be blessing"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

DESPITE the declaration of most of the
House Democrats, and similar action on the
part of a number of senators, the tariff con-
ference committee finally got to work, and
report was expected last night There is still
hope of some kind of tariff and revenue
hill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1888.

THE action, or non-action, of the Legisla-
lure and people of the State of Illinois to-
ward the distressed people of Shawneetown
bas been far from creditable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

MICHIGAN finally has a Senator to succeed
Mr. Ferry. Yesterday Thomas W. Palmer,
of Detroit, was elected. Mr.. Palmer is
resident of Detroit, a man of large wealth
and widely-extended business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-02

THE courthouse in Walker county, Ca, hav-
ing been burned, Baptist church was pressed
Into service temple of justice. The first
persons brought to trial are two murderers, and
the good Baptist brethren fumigate their church
avarv Saturday