The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
Jayhawk Talk.
Jim Woodland, in a Commercial letter re-
gardine Governor Hendricks health, quotes
from DR., Van Hummeil as follows:

Jim Woodland. In Commercial letter re
gardine Governor Hendricks health, quote.
from DR., Van Hummeil as follows:
What was the matter with him." asked.
"Erysipelas. ana bad case st that, aggravated
by treatment for the sci lie gsnerene " hich bf
never had. 1 examined his foot very caIrfliiS
last night, and know whereof | SPEAK. The in
tlammation best over the metRtarSsl bone OF the
third toe. and The treatment allowed il to sbread
until IL Involve the whole foot When / hrsr
law II, fOnr weeks ago, The soreness had disc
peared from AL the foot, save portions Of The
third toe, of which quite Dart had been slougheo
ON by The severe treatment You may apply the
and IL will destroy the tissues SO that sloughing
will follow. have been acquainted with Gov.
ernOr Herdricks for twelve years. aud have
Is fair 10 DR.. LOckridge, the attending physician
TO say that he never regarded The attack as senile
gat creme "
'l> is laid that the father and child of Govern
or he bricks DIED with EaDgr. ne" said one OF
the parry.
stun" answered TIE DOCTOR Ibis father died
with II when ne was seventeen years older than
the Governor Is now, aud the child died with
pneumonia
How could such q mistake have been made IN
diagnosing The case?" asked.
Il suppose that vas due u the fact that at the
tim of the consultation the foo was very mu n
H. famed and had been dr. ssed with pOultice Of
fiaxseed and charcoal whicl gave the surface n
D ackish red color. or urse / don't pretend to
know why The mistake WAS made, but
know That such a diagnosis was q mis-.
healed entirely and without leaving u scar ex-
crpt where the sloughiug was on that part of the
toe which has no C. veIiug scarcely Except the
skin. will be admitted. think by all medical
people as p sitive eyidei &c that his disease was
not seu iie gangIene The ht alirg has been that
of healthy. i've flesh, and his general health is
After hearing this talk went over to the resi-
deuce of Cover or Headrick., a. found him sit
ting in Ms lioiar,: readi & rne sore foot was
ne had b. en- Ill would have thought of asking
about MS health. AS he walked ser'es the room
10 &c; me a chair. did not zee any evidence OF
,meDess l. his foot, but he TOLD me that the hssh
War still quite tender aud sensitive In a lew
days Mr.. He bricks viii be at WORK at his office
II present indications mean anything.
Then Jun ~anders away Into some talk
regsrding Bucket-shop Doxey, now running
for Congress in the Ninth Disrricr, and saws:
Quiie number OF newspaper criticisms Of
gene raj nature hsve been PRIME since the recent
Ninth DlstrIcr, but none OF them seem to have
strurk at he meat II the case as did an old Re-
publ, an warrior In talking 10 me this ing.
Il was sstonished the nomination Doxey
was TIE iOu-inlaw ofthe late rom Sulwell, WHOM
Andy Johnson made Minister n Vent 5uela sill
when orb was nominated for Governor that cor
respOBdence was Ia DOxey's hands The Mid
m ans. John and jim. went up there. and 1t
T6ose which souid have e2aners.ed or,h vent
int0 the Il ,mts with the Others don't know
what the Wildmans wanted the letter burned for.
but suppose they thought the less said about
the business the better for The party. At any
rate when Orth tried to get so much OF the CORE
sDondence as would scquit him. OF enable him TO
make a COM lete defense. he could not do ana
had to Withdraw from the ticket. And DOxey
was not slow in firiug hot shot into OFth. But
the fact that Doxey run a lot of bucket-shops Is
the strong poiut of uhjec ion To him -
where did he run Jhem2'' asked
ale had two here. one Ia Evansville snd two
in Chicago"
D Had these statements been made by a Demo
crat W ould have looked upon Them as mpaign
lies. and 1t may be that Msjsr D0xey is receiving
some of the kind OF treatment he dished out to
Ortiz.
The Courier Journals mares nest. about a con-
sDirecy between John G.. shoemaker aud Senator
Jason Br wn, TO cspture. kidnap aud carry away
the Legislature. provokes broad smile here IL
Il a little ruse OF o O S'esley 10 get his mad"
out on Oh of the gentlemen. Stealey will be re-
membered as the youth who heard 1.-The wild
reoel yeli' of the Democrats they took posses
sion of the Offices last fall in this County. He
heard the yell before the election. but not sn
echo Afterwards. When the Committee wss organ
lied for the o paign. Stealey was dropped" at
the instance of Senator Brown, hence bis wrath.