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The Osceola times., 1883-07-21

Brooms dipped for few moments ev
cry week in a kettle of boiling suds, af-
ter 1t is no longer needed about the
clothes, will last much longer. II makes
them tough and more pliable. A carpet
VIII not be half as much worn by sweep
ing If broom is soaked in hot suds ev-
cry week. And never do you let the
broom stand on the floor; either turn the
broom up when thro' sweeping, leaving
the broom corn up, or hang it up imme-
dlately. If left resting on the broom
corn on the fioor it is soon bent out of
shape and becomes inconvenient to use.
Gov. Buffers son Paul is making a BIZ
cycle tour of England,
The Osceola times., 1883-07-21

Apartment reason for remaining single
was gwen by young lady of twenty
whose friends tried to persuade her to
wed man of fifty. "He was neither
one thing nor the other" she said ''he
Was too old fer husband, and too Young
to hold any hope of immediate widow.
hood
The Osceola times., 1883-07-21
SUMNER TRIFLES.

SUMNER TRIFLES.
WHAT 1T Is.
A tootoo glove
oiyellow hue;
s.oycpipe hat:
A toothPick shoe;
stylish coat
A lsnguid drawl;
Awatch too big
A cane to small;
"swcclr mustaehe;
pompadouf;
dude is this,
And nothing more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-26
THE LOUISVILLE CASES.
Il Judge Who Proposes to Return TO Orig
inal Principles and Have a Compe-
tent Jury.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March PA jury in the
case OF the Commonwealth VS.. David Fergu-
son was selected to-day. Objections being
made to jurors who had read of the matter
in the newspapers, Judge Jackson said: II
don't intend to exclude intelligence from the
jury-box. The mere fact that a man had
read newspaper accounts and received GER
tain impressions does not render him incom-
petent. This was the ruling of this court in
times past, but we have lately become loose
in this matter, and now 1 intend to go back
to first principles and adjudicated decisions"
Judge Jackson held closely to his ruling in
the matter throughout, and all those who had
read the newspapers and received certain i'm
pressions were not excused Upon the mere as
sertion. The examination was carried further
and was brought face to face with the bold
proposition as to whether or not, under his
oath, a juror could not go into the jury-box
and render a fair and impartial trial. A good
jury of intelligent men was selected unde
this ruling. The trial will proceed Monday.
Captain George w. Levi, one of the parties
to the alleged City Hall conspiracy, in whose
case the jury failed to agree last Thursday,
was admitted to bail to-day in the sum of
S6 200.
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The cost Of keeping paupers at the poor-farm
in Ripley county is only 93 cents a week for each.
A post of the Grand Army OF the Republic has
been organized at New Corner, Delaware
county.
A saw-mill at Elkhart, owned by Lewis
Bishop, was burned Oh Thursday; loss, $1,000,
with no insurance.
B.. J. Lowery has become a partner with c. P.
HOuser in the publication of the DekalD ReDub-
hcan, published at Auburn.
The residence of Henry Looming at Romney,
WAS burned on Thursday. Insured in the
Phoenix. of New York, for $4,000.
The Masons of Warsaw are considering a prop
osition to erect a Masonic Temple on the site of
the reoently-burned Lakeview House.
There win be no spring vacation at Wabash
CollegeIthis year, and in consequence college
will close one week earlier than last year.
The New Castle Mercury has adopted the
quarto form, and is printed from new type, pre-
senting a very handsome typographical appear
ance.
John Gill, of Port Fulton, Clark county, now
seventy-seven years old, a few days ago re-
ceived 81 700 back pension due his father,
Joseph GIN, for services IN the war of 1912.
The ninetieth birthday of Elder Thomas Lnck-
hart was celebrated at Clayton on the 22d. The
services were very interesting, and were held in
the Christian Church, of which he Eas long been
a member.
John Borders, a man about forty years OF age,
while telling "A tree near Sullivan, on Saturday,
was caught by a limb and instantly killed. He
leaves a widow and five or six children in desti.
tute circumstances.
The residence of George Shook, at Versailles,
caught fire, on Thursday, from a defective f1ue,
and was entirely consumed. Loss about $4,000.
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The Death of General Cruft.

Terre Haute Gazette. Saturday Afternoon.
General Cruft's illness has been OF short du-
ration, his first attack being a hemorrhage,
from the heart rather thar from the lungs.
coming on him without premonition at his
Office at noon on Tuesday. Though greatly
Frustrated by this, he did not call assistance,
but, more by sheer force of will than any
physical strength, he walked to his home,
which he was destined never to leave again
alive. Going to his library he was too weak
to be moved to his bedroom up stars, and
there, failing fast through the intervening
days of terrible pain, for his sufferings were at
times intense, he fell asleep thism morning in
the midst of the books he had gathered about
him through many years and while those he
loved were ministering to him. His death
was so sudden when it came at last that there
was scarce time to summon his brother from
an upper chamber. His sufferings during the
days of his illness were very great, but he
never m%ur1uured or complained, and, having
faced Death or a score or more of battle
fields, he did not quail when he came to him
in the deep darkness of the early morning.
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QUEEN VICTORIA.
Her Majesty Almost Recovered from Her In
juries-A Precautionary Measure.

Her Majesty Almost Recovered from Her In
juries-A Precautionary Measure.
LONDON, March 24-At 6 P. NJ. the Queens
knee is still a little swollen. She ordered her
carriage to-day for the purpose of taking a
drive, but finally concluded not to go, Her
Majesty will not, as she contemplated, go to
S~andringham next week to visit the Prince
of Wales. She will, however, in the latter
part of the week, leave Windsor Castle for
her residence at Osborne, in the Isle of
Wight.
The Manchester Guardian says: ''The
Queen, who heretofore attended the parish
church at Osborne, is arranging for the es-
adjustment of a private chapel here. 1t is
said the change is due partly to the increas-
ing years of Her Majesty and also to precau-
tons forced on all prominent persons by the
Irish troubles"
LONDON, March 25.-Queen Victoria re-
manned in doors all day, although the
weather was fine. Her knee is still stiff, but
her health is good.
The Queen is unable to walk without assist
ance
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The doctor was of course solicitous about
him, and called every day. 1t does not appear
who the priest was, but it was certainly not
Father Murphy whom Carey met in the
Angel Hotel. Visitors drove up to the house
70 make inquiries, and were told that Mr..
Egan would see them in a short time: that
he was particularly engaged, or too weak to
see them, and they went away. ALI the house
hold moved noiselesslv about for fear of dis
turbing him, and the whole aspect of the
place showed anxiety and trouble. 1t was
only within the last two days that the inno-
cent detectives began to suspect that the in
valid was only shamming. andit was then too
late to have a consultation about his case.
After many fruitless inquiries they have as
certained that he has gone away for a change
of air to Paris. How he eluded them is, of
course, a mystery. Perhaps, like his friend
Sheridan, he assumed the sacredotal garb
and passed out as His Reverence" He is, no
doubt, indebted to his friend DR.. Kenny for
his continued attention until be was COM
pletely out OF danger.
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The lower story was used as a store, by J. A.
Spencer, whose goods were all saved, though
badly damaged by being carried out and care
lessiy thrown in the street by excited persons.
The Mishawaka Enterprise says John B. Stoll
mas concluded the purchase of the South Bend
Times, and Will probably relinquish his other
Newspaper property and take up his residence in
South Bend.
President White, of Purdue University, an
,nouneed IN the chapel on Friday that there is no
prospect OF a change in the fraternity rule; that
the board is more strongly in favor of maintain
ing the rule than ever before.
Right Reverend Joseph Dwenger, Bishop
OF the Diocese of Fort Wayne, will sail for
Liverpool on the steamship City OF Berlin, on
April 2Sth, and will spend three months abroad.
Before returning, he will visit the Papal See.
Two citizens OF Taylor township, Harrison
county, disputed over So worth Of Christmas
turkeys. They %couldn'B settle it, and went to
law. There have been three hung juries, the
cost 10 approxiinating 800, and the end is not
yet.
Mrs. John Long, of Jefferson township, in Sui
Ivan county, twenty miles north of Vincennes,
was burned to death Wednesday, her clothes
having caught fire from "A crate. She was q
laughter OF William Hodgett, a well-known
farmer.
On Thursday last, two boys, playing on some
saw-logs in Fort Wayne, were injured by a log
rolling on them. One of the boys, "a Lad named
Stripley, twelve years old, died at 3 o'clock
saturday morning., in frightfnl agony. His legs
ana abdomen had been crushed.
Lebanon Patriot: e.Hon. I. ]. Cason is still
suffering severely from the effects of the accident
at Lafayette, and while he is somewhat i'm
proved, his condition is pitlahle, and 10 is by no
means ont of danger. His physicians, however,
predict his ultimate recovery from this latest
misfortune"
Rev. CALVIN Baxter, a colored minister who
o~filclated at the Baptist Church i'll Lexington,
scott county, is among the missing. The good
man, in the absence of his wife, sold his house.
mold effects, forsook his flock and eloped with
one of the sisters of the church. Before leaving,
he secured several loans from the deacons to pay
travelling expenses.
Larry Banpbell, the peddler who was robbed
by foot-pads in BoOnville, one night last week,
died at Richmond. on Thursday, from the effects
or a wound and exposure he received. The re-
mains were forwarded from Boonville to his
home in Terre Haute, accompanied by his
widow, who had been sent for when it was evil
dent death would result.
Lafayette Journal: President Whites resigna-
ton will take effect July !, after the close of the
present college year. After a few months of
travel and rest, he expects to resume the work
which he suspended seven years ago to accept
the presidency of Purdue and TO devote some two
years to important literary labor, spending
meantime several months in Europe. He says
that he does not desire to resume again the pres
idency of a college, preferring to be in private
lie, engaged in more independent and less an
noying labor.
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the indianapolis Journa..

opeclal 10 the Indianapolis JOURNAL
VINcENNEs, March 24.-In August last at q
picnic in Daviess county, John Hunter, a
young married man shot, and instantly
killed William Lents, without the shadow
of provocation. He was arrested, and when
arranged for trial took change of venue to
the Knox Circuit Court. He was tried Upon
the charge in said court at the October term,
the jury returning a verdict OF murder in
the first degree, a~fixing the death penalty.
A motion for a new trial was made, and ar
gued before Judge N.F. Malott, who granted
the same. This week the prisoner was again
tried in the Knox Circuit Court, and to-day
the case was given to the jury. After being
out only one hour they came into court
with a verdict of murder in the first degree
and the penalty of a life sentance in the peni-
tentary. The wife of the prisoner sat by his
side all through the trial, and was completely
crushed when the verdict was rendered. The
finding is generally approved by this COM
munity.
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BREvIr1Es.

The striking composirors still refuse to work
on the Toronto Telegram.
In the Wisconsin Legislature the bill granting
has been killed.
Peter Ward. a farmer living near Scranton, Pa,
Killed MS mother-in-aw on Friday because she
made his life miserable"
Casemer Knecht, of Freeport, H., member of
the grand jury, has been indicted by his asso-
crates Tor selling without a license.
Charles FL. George, the nominee for Lieuten-
ant-governor of Rhode Island on the Sprague
TICKET, has declined the nomination.
The poetess, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, has
been commissioned by the government to inves-
ugate the condition OF the Mission Indians OF
California.
Twelve hundred and ffty-two Italians arrived
on Friday at Castle Garden by various steamers.
Eleven hundred persons of the same nationality
are expected.
The infant daughter of Mr.. James Hawkins,
OF Belleort, L. L. Is three months old and weighs
put -FOUR pounds. The child at birth weighed
one and a half pounds.
Honore Labre, while chopping wood near
Sastlenan, Ont, slipped and buried the blade OF
ms ak In his ste2-brother's leg. The latter bled
10 death In a few minutes.
Charles Mcmillan, a railway employe at Mas
silon, " walking on the track, was killed by =
backing locomotive, the signals of which he did
not near because Of deafness,
The Rev. s. 3. Halliday, assistant pastor of
henry Ward Beecher's church in Brooklyn, cell
ebrated on Friday night his golden wedding.
de was presented with a purse of 81, 700.
There was a severe snow-storm on Friday in
virginia, extending as far south as Wilmington,
NJ {. Snow also fell throughout Canada. The
hoods In Nova Scotia have done much damage.
Mr.. Gustav Leeke, n banker of New York.
dled in Chicago on Friday. He had been suffer
ing from consumption, and was on the way to
sonthern California In hope of restoration Of
health.
James Delaney, of Chicago, was killed at
Kokato, MIMI, on Friday evening. He was in a
box-car loaded with coal, which jumped the
track. Delaney was crushed by the coal, and
died Immediately. He was identified by letters
on his person.
Walter O'Brien, aged fourteen, while playing
at archery with some other boygS at Leaven-
worth, Kan, on Friday afternoon, was struck in
tine left eye by an arrow, and 1t is thought fatally
wounded. The arrow passed through the eye,
injurlng the brain. The shot was an accidental
one.
DR.. Noble, a prominent physician of Cold
water, Kan, shot and killed a saloon-keeper
named Eoerhart, Thursday night. Noble VIZ
under the influence of liquor, and took 0flense sB
Eberhart's remarks. Noble fired two shots,
which took effect in E5erharts abdomen. He
died instantly.
Swan Anderson, of this city, was killed at
Erie, Pa, on Friday evening, IN tempting to
beat the Lake Shore out of a fare. Just as the
cars were entering the city over the 5tate-street
bridge, he Jumped off, and miscalculating his
distance, went clear off the lower parapet, and
was dashed to pieces on the public road be-
meath.
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Brief Mention

The sixth annual convention of the ulinoi
branch of the Woman's Board of Missions of the
INFERIOR meets IN the First Congregations
Cnurch In Rockford on the 4th and 9TH of April.
In the oratorical contest at Lincoln University
Tor the honor or representing the university au
the intercollegiate contest at Rockford, next Oc-
tober. the first honor was awarded to A. L. An
derson, the second to j. V. Stephens.
Enocb and Ed Noble, father and son, who were
acquitted. at Peoria, of the murder of Jonathan
WolgaElot, while on their way to a newly-rented
bush, and young Noble was instantly killed.
The assassin escaped.
Rev. W. F. Black is conducting a series of sue.
cessful meetings at Clinton, and before going
at Watseka. The Harrison Methodist revival,
now in its seventeenth week at Decatur, still goes
on, with the usual large attendance. The Har-
rison converts to date aggregate LOO.
The City Council of Bloomington passed an or
diuance which prohibits minors from drinking
in saloon, lOating about or entering saloons with
out written permission from parents or guard
iaus. The law is to be enforced under heavy
penalties. The passage of it meets with uni
versal approval both from the liquor men and
the temperance people.
General Charles Houghtaling, postmaster at
Carmi, died on Thursday. General HoughJaling
won distinction during the late war as COM
mander OF the First Illinois battery. For gallant
services he was promoted to the position of chief
of artillery in General Palmer's corps, and was
with Sherman in the march to the sea, who ele.
waited him TO the rank of colonel. At the end of
the war he was breveted brigadier. He was also
In the Mexican war under John j. Harding.
A terrible accident took place about eight
miles south of Iuka on the Skillet Fork, on Satur-
day. Neal Helms was building a bridge, and
just as they were finishing 1T, a fOrty-fOOt string
er gave way, letting eleven men down. The
whole span then fell TO the bottom of the river,
some twenty-five feet. Nathan Fields was killed,
and William Brown, Clifton. Burr and Ned
Helm were seriously injured. The rest of the
eleven men escaped unhurt. Nathan Fields
leaves a wife and three small children.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
The Stories in Reference to Mr.. Gladstone
Retirement,

The Stories in Reference to Mr.. GIadstone's
Retirement,
New YORK, March 24.-In his cable letter
to the Tribune, Mr.. Smalley says: '"The
fresh stories of Mr.. Gladstone's resignation,
supported by sundry loose statements of his
son, the Rev. Stephen Gladstone, rector of
Hawarden, leaves the matter where it was.
Mr.. Gladstone's desire for retirement is pre-
cisely what it has been for years. His health
is practically equal to reasonable demands,
but is less buoyant since his Illness. No re-
solve has been taken, nor is likely to be
taken till the circumstances of the party and
the country are less exciting than at pres
ent. He is now spending a week at Holm
bury, a beautiful place belonging to the Hon.
Leyison Cover, Lord Granville's brother.
Mr.. Lowell is visiting at the same house.
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Steamship News.

LONDON, March 25.-Arriyed: Suevia, from
New York.
HALIFAX, March 24.-Arrived: Partisan.
from Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN, March 25.-Arrived: Peru
Wan, Parthia and France, from New York.
NEW York, March 25.-Arrived: Hano-
verian and Canada, from London; Republic,
from Liverpool.
New York, March 24.-Arrived: City of
Paris, Egypt, from Liverpool; Rotterdam,
from Rotterdam.
Steamer Caprera, from New Orleans for
Havre, was spoken on the 10Th inst, ma
chinery disabled.
LONDON, March 24-Tbe North German
Lloyd's steamer Vera, from Bremen for
New York, is at Southampton awaiting a
new propeller.
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Wheat in the ..Pocket."
Washington Gazette.

" u'TTTH FVH HEVFTo
A great many complaints have been made
the past winter, but there does not seem to
be the least particle OF truth in the state
ments that the wheat in the southwestern
part of the State is killed. Winter wheat in
most places looks magnifcently. The fly de-
stroyed some of the early wheat, but it
will not materially affect the aggregate yield.
A great deal of wheat has been overfowedby
back water during the recent floods, but
farmers who are posted say that wheat in the
submerged district looks better than that on
the high lands.
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Conkling Admitted to Bail.

New York, March 24-Judge Donohue de-
cided that Conkling, who killed Haverstick,
is entitled to bail in a reasonable amount,
and directed ne be taken before a police mag
istrate for bail purposes. Conkling was ad-
mitted to S., 900 bail.
Joseph B. Haverstick has applied for let
tiers of administration upon the estate of his
brother, Wilbur H., killed by George w.
Conkling, jr. He values the estate at not over
81, 200. The remaining members of the Hav-
erstick family are his mother, sister Henriet-
ia and brother John W., all in California,
and his brothers Joseph B. and Samuel A, of
Carlisle, Pa,
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Assault on Lady Dixie.

LONDON, March 24-Captain OShea, the
Home-rule member of Parliament for County
Glare, has notified Sir William Harcourt,
home secretary, hat when the Commons as
semble after the Easter holidays he will ask
whether Lady Florence Dixie formerly
hoaxed the public by the invention of a let
ter from King Cetewayo, and whether, as the
result of the inquiry into the alleged assault
upon her at Windsor, the police have con-
cluded that Lady Florence is an impostor.
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attempt to murder DR.. Bigham, the first bail
being only for the murder of John Brigham.
He promptly furnished bail, The prelimi-
nary trial is set for Thursday next.
An inquest was held Saturday on the body
of young Bigham, and a verdict Of man
slaughter returned. The evidence shows that
Gold thought ne was in danger of receiving
serious injury at the time he did the cutting.
There had been i'll feeling between the de-
ceased and Gold for some time. The Doctor
was trying to keep the peace when he re-
ceived his first wound.
LATER-Dr. Bigham, the second victim of
the Alfordsville tragedy, is dead. The coro-
ner has gone to the scene of the murder to
inquest the bodies.
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Special to the Indianapolis J0urnaI.
Fort WAYNE, March 24-Last night, as
sheriff McGriff, of Adams county, was con-
veying from the Jail at this place a slippery
individual named Simpson, charged with
forgery, the prisoner made a desperate effort
to escape. He had feigned sickness, and on
that account had not been h~and-cuffed by
the sentimental officer. When the F. W, G..
q L. railway train nae gone five miles from
the city and was running at the rate of
twenty miles an hour, Simpson obtained
permission to visit the closet in the end of
the car, and crawling through the window to
the platform leaped from the train. The
sheriff followed him and overlook his man
after a sharp chase. The prisoner was
marched back to this city and safely taken
to Button on the next train.s On account of
the pretended sickness he had been permitted
to occupy the hospital room on the upper
floor of the Jail, where he was supposed to
pass his time in reading and pious reflection.
How his time was actually spent is best evil
denced by the discovery of a steel saw and a
file in his mattress, and by the fact that one
of the window CRATES had been half sawed in
two. Simpson says he will never be taken to
the penitentiary alive.
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Burglary at CIarksburg.

Special to the lndianapO1s JOURNAL.
GREENsBURG, March 25.-The store of J.. N.
Moore & Co. at Clarksburg, this county, was
entered through a second-story window, Fri
day night, and about $40 in change taken
from the drawer. A hole was bored into the
safe and a bit broken off in it, but the till
containing about $500 was not reached.