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Governor Cullom's Recommendation.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. Ex-Governor Cul-
lom's message was presented to the State
Legislature to-day. 1t estimates the num-
Der of persons in the charitable institutions
of the State at Is, 900; of 5000 insane, only
1000 are provided for in the St.te institu-
tions. Til Legislature is ASKED to give this
fact consideration. He estimates the amount
necessary to be reed by taxation for State
uses for the next year at 1861, 900. The
lllino!s Central railway fund is estimated at
$3.50, 900, the surplus from former levfes to be
deducted from this amount. He recon-
mends legislation in the interest of per-
manent roads; for revision of the criminal
code and practice acts, especially the jury
law, and recommends a constitutional
amendment giving the executive power to
veto single items in appropriation bills.
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The National and Illinois Associa-
tions of EX-Prisoners of War.
A Man Crushed to Death Between Cars at
Terre Haute -Farm-House Burned
Notes and Gossip.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DECATUR, Ill.,, Jan. 6.-President Lowder-
milk has addressed the following communi-
cation to Captain J. A. Miller:
Captain James A. MiHer, Vice-president, Decatur,
ILL.,:
Sir-Upon the recommendation of our COM
rades IN Decatur, | hereby appoint the following
named comrades as members of the executive
committee to arrange for the next annual meet
ing of the National ana Illinois State Associations
of Union ex-Prisoners of War, which meets in
the city OF Decatur On the third Wednesday and
Thursday OF October, 1883, viz: James A. Mil
Ter, d.. NJ. Berlin, William Keenan,, Edward
Hatnes, M, Decker; and as a committee of cit1-
zens, the gentlemen named below who have
kindly consented to aid us. The mayor lat that
iimel, L. 5. Shellabarger, VIM. b. Chambers. A.
T Hill. j. X. Warren, and c. z. Housum. am
assured that in the selection of the above com
mittees we have named those who are fully alive
to the Importance OF making the reunion in your
city next October the Grandest meeting of our
ASSOCIATION. W. W. LowDERMILB, President.
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l.. W. Munhall, the evangelist, will begin a re-
vival meeting at Portland, Jay county, to-
night.
Mr.. A. $. Helms has sold the Washington Times
20 the Morrison brothers., who take imuedi-
ate control.
Francis V. V. Shell, of Kosciusko county, has
been convicted of two attempts TO vote illegally
days In Jail, fined $40, and was disfraEcAised Tor
five years.
John s. Ganson denies the story of the brief
HONEYMOON and speedy separation of himself
and wife. Mr.. Ganson says he aud his wife have
not quarreled and have not separated, but are
living happily and comfortably at Peru.
William K. Burnett, Terre Haute's fighting ex-
fire chief, and Mrs. Jennie Derrickson were mar
ried on Thursday evening. the decree of dl-
vOrce separating Burnett and his wife was en-.
tered in The Superior Court about 2:30 o'clock,
and AT 4 o'clock he took out a license to wed Mrs.
Derrickson.
Last spring, Edward R, Johnson, of Stock
well, Tippec3noe county, was arrested and in
dicted for the alleged seduction OF a Miss Cole.
When me case came up for trial tine Indictment
was quashed, aud Johnson has now brought SUIT
against Miss Coles father for alleged l-.aiicious
prosecution.
Mrs Elizabeth Blake, in the eightieti year of
her age, and a resident of Hendricks county for
nearly fifty years, died on Thursday night. She
was among the most worthy and respected citi-
zens, and the mother of Robert Blake, of Iizton;
Hampton Blake, of MoOresville, and the Hon. II.
b. Blake, of Dauville.
Mrs. Charles Hall, of Vincennes, the young
wire ora prominent business man, died on
Thursday morning, after IA terrible illness, in
which dtmentia figured. Her sufferings, brought
on by child birth, and augmented by "A mania,
in which she believed herself under direction
OF God to kill her husband and babe, were sim
ply awful, and death must have come as Il glad
relief.
The new dollhouse Mt the Southern prison has
been completed, but 1t cannot be- occupied until
the General Assembly makes an appropriation
to furnish IL with beds ana bedding. The con-
tract price was $4,000, but the contractors
plalnl they have lost ~ 400 m rha nnntrart
price. Mccormick ~ sweeney are said to have
lost So 900 on the stone work, aud the Sweeney
Bros, of Jacksonville, $1,000 on the other
work.
ON the night of Sept. 8, the safe in the county
treaSurer's Office ut Scottsburg. Scott county,
was blown open by burglars, and money and
bonds amounting to 81, 900 stolen. BY the laws
of Indiana, county treas1rers, or their bonds
men, are responsible for all moneys In the treas
ury, and In the settlement with tile county com
missioncrs or Scott county, in December, Treas
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The Greatness of omoeholders.

National Republican.
Inside the door, as in every department in
Washington, is a messenger man Tor the
use OF the public-who directs visitors, sends
for guides, answers fool questions, and
makes himself generally useful. These func-
tionaries, if colored, are exceedingly civil
and highly ornate in manner. Nothing on
earth can exceed the p%atroniZing good
nature, the delicious savoir-faire of a colored
otficeholder. He regards himself and the
world at large with a comprehensive
complacence. The world is his
oyster, and he has opened it successfully,
and he is disposed to be genial therefor.
He supplies information with an air Of
friendly interest that is extremity gratifying
to visitors. As for the white people round
about department, their pretension is in
inverse ratio to their importance. A 81, 500
clerk is a mighty beng; a 50, 800 chief of .
division is aware that this planet could spin
without him, although slightly conscious of
his merits; a chief of a bureau i likely to be
still more modest; until when one reaches a
abine officer he is usually a plain and I'M
pretending man.
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Trials by Jury ought to settle questions
by majorities, as one dissenting juror now
incurs a wonderful delay and cost.
Each county ought to have a judge,
to render justice as demands for
it arise, without so much delay. Those
proven in the wrong in every case should
pay the whole cost of the suit, including
that Of Judge and jury and a small fee for
the legislation, as their own wrong has in
CURED the cost. We also ought to have an
intermediate Appellate Court between tpe
County and Supreme Courts, which would
settle questions on appeal from County
Courts presumably correctly, 50 that the ap-
peals from its decisions would not oyertax
our present Supreme Court.
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Crushed Between Cars.
the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Dec. 5.-George Burgett,
floor foreman at the Main-street mill Of
Kidder Bros, was crushed between two cars
while switching at the mill this evening,
and died shortly before 6 o'clock of his in
iuries. Workmen were moving cars from a
switch to the main track, ana one car stuck
on the crossing. Burgett took two pieces of
pine board and placed them against the car
and pushed the empty car against it to move
the first car over the crossing. The boards
broke and Burgett was caught between the
cars. Death ensued from internal hemor-
rhage. Burgett was unmarried, and has no
relatives living here.
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Indiana University Alumni.

On Thursday night, at Washington, D. c.,
at the residence of General John w. Foster,
a meeting of former students of Indiana
University was held. Judge Wylie presided,
and Hon. William NJ. Springer acted as sec
rotary. A resolution vas adopted commend
ing the university to the Legislature and ex-
pressing a hope that liberal appropriations
for the institution would be made by that
body. The following delegates were selected
to attend the convention to be held at In
dianapolis on the 18th inst: General Will
liam Mckee Dunn. George d. Wise. S. NJ.
Stockslager, A. l.. Roache. John w. Foster
r. J. Bright, Thomas X. Cobb, William NJ.
Springer, Benjamin Vail and r. J. Kirk
wood.
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Marriage of Don Cameron's Daughter.

Washington Special.
The marriage of Miss Virginia Cameron to
January-not in February, as has been an
nounced-the exact date being Jan. y. The
invitations which have been issued to wit
ness the ceremony are less general than those
to the reception following. 1t will be an
elegant home wedding, the ceremony taking
no bridesmaids, but the bride will be attend
ed by her younger sisters. The young
couple will return here after their wedding
10 urney, when a round of festivities will be
given in their honor. In February the
groom will leave for his post of duty in the
West, accompanied by his bride, who looks
forward to her life there with great enthusi-
aSm.
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Miss Margaret Blaipe's High Honor.

Paris Correspondence Chicago Herald.
Miss Margaret Blaine, the daughter of the
"Plumed Knight of Maine, has Just
achieved quite a triumph in the Convent of
the Sacre Ceur, where She is being educated,
She has been in Paris about a year perfecting
herself in the French language, and quite
recently entered the school. She was at
once admitted to the highest class-a distinc-
ton rarely attained even by French girls, as
the preliminary examination is quite diff
cult
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from the House yesterday. Had he been present
he would have voted for the passage of the civil
service bill.
Mr., Singleton, of Illinois, did not hear his
name called; lie would have voted against the
bill.
The House then-in committee OF the whole
took up the District of Columbia appropriation
bill. 1t appropriates $3,443,S 47, being $Sl ,6i2
less than the estimates. The bill is substantially
the same as the present law.
After a brief discussion the bill was passed,
and the House adjourned.
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Submit the Amendments at a Special Elec-
ton.

Albion New Era.
That Republican member who makes any
compromises, or who, under any circum-
stances, votes for anything else than submis-
sion at a special election is recreant to his
duty and violates the confidence his constitu-
ents reposed in him. The Democratic
party dread the wrath of the people and
would like to have the amendment
submitted at a general election, but
the whisky league fear the success Of the
amendment, even at a general election, and
demand that it be killed in the Legislature.
A majority OF the voters of Indiana want
this question submitted to the people, and
woe to that party that declares that the elect
ors of the State shall be deprived of this
sacred right of treemen, The people are in
earnest in this matter. and are not TO be tri-
fled with.
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Our Grandmothers

Taught their daughters that "a stitch in time
saves nine" A pill IN time saves not only nine,
but ofttimes an incalculable amount of suffering
as well. An occasional dose of DIR. Pierce's
Pellets little Sugar-coated Pills., TO cleanse the
stomach and bowels, not only prevents diseases,
but often breakes up sudden attacks, when taken
in time. BY druggists.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Mr. Ford. of Missouri,
rising to a question of privilege, characterized
as unqualitiediy false II dispatch to the st. Louis
GlObe-Democrat speaking OF him as "A "crank,"
and charging him with ohstructing business.
Mr.. Randall said he was unuvoidably absent
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Forty Years Experience of an Old Nurse.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup is the prescrip-
ton of one of the best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, aud has been used
for forty years with neveT-faIling success by
millions of mothers for their children. 1t re-
ileves the child from pain, cures dysentery and
diarrhpa, gripping i'll the bowels, and wind collie.
By giving health to the child it rests the mother.
Price % cents a bottle.
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Boy smothered in a Grain-Chute.
$40 indianapolis Journal

=" . TWV1TTIdTUTIS JUUTHaL
WGNGArE, Jan. "a boy named Ray Shobe,
fifteen years old, was smothered in the chute
OF Casio q Chalcote's elevator, here, to-day.
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Farm-House Burned.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
DARLINGTON, an. 5.-Joe Laney's resi-
dence, two miles south OF here, was to-day
destroyed by fire with all its contents.
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Needed Reform in Court Practice.

TVTEVT VUWHIJ FIUVITI'
Our court and practice system need a thor
ough renovation. The grand jury system is
entirely useless, and about as costly as the
Legislature; it should therefore be abolished.
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BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS

BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Are fast taking the place of all others In fac.
tories. EOundrles. Machine Shops and Mills.
Parties having their own power can procure an
Electric Generator and ohtai much more light
at much less cost than by any other mode. The
lncandesccnt and storage system has been per-
fected. making small lights for houses ana stores
hung wherever needed. and lighted at Will. day
or night. Parties desiring Generators or to form
companies for lighting cities and towns. can
send TO the Brush Electric Co. Cleveland, O, or
to the undersigned at indianapolis.
l. AVE
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"BUCHU-PAIBA." Quick. complete cure, all an
moving kidney and urinary diseases. 81.
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DIR JoRDANs lung renovater. the great lung
remedy. For sale hy all druggists. Try II.
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BULLDOG PLUG!

There remains in the minds Of many cousum-
es unpleasant recollections of various times
they have tried new brands of Tobaccos, hoping
to find something better than they had been
using, ouly to be disappointed by the same
compounds of mixed !ilers and adulterated
sweets. But those VINO have been induced by
the friends of the BULL O to 'try a piece"
have found 1t all that our announcements of its
merits have claimed for it. Hundreds of new
frienda each day are joining the thousands OF
old ones and will indorsc as truth The strong vs.
sertion that no Plug Tobacco for sale
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-23

duties Ia attend 20 and In attending to
them lost sight of the frog for q while.
When | looked for IL later il was gone.
and after search found 1t alive and
apparently ne lively as any other frog
| carried it To the drugstore of Dr.
DOuchett Ia Sweetwater, placed il In
aquinine bottle and left IL therc--alive.
IL remained there for some time -four
days, I know as healthy and lively
as any other frog. When the bot
tie was accidently Knocked over
by a curious cowboy and the frog
allowed to escape. don't know def
nitcly what became OF 1t, but as u was
all right when il made its escape it Is
fair to assume that 1t is n lively frog
to-day. Among the gentlemen who
saw the frog alive aud well. mention
Mr. Tom Douihell, w. III. COwan,
Esq, Of Sweetwaier ana Mr.. Otey,
superintendent Of the blasting at the
plaster of Paris factory. | believe this
Is the only case on record where a frog
disentombed AS this one was revived
and survived. Many instances are
reported where frogs were found
embedded i'm solid rock, but believe
none Of them revived and lived. This
frog was embedded in about the center
Of four foot vein Of the gypsum, aud
there was no air hole connecting the
cavity with the other air. Gypsum
raw contains about 46 per cent. Of sui
phuric acid, and il would hardly be
supposed that In its plastic state 1t
would sustain life. Vet this frog evil
IDENTIFY must have embedded itself in
the vein where il was found, when ia
"A plastic state, and become imprisoned
there when il hardened. and may have
lain there until disturbed 10y tic blast
which thre.t 1t oAt thousand years.
My theory so the matter is, that il
burrowcd into the gypsum, and that
during the period Of its animation the
gypsum harimled and prevented is
escape, and b. may have remained in
that inaniinaie state mol only one
Thousand, but many thousand year,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-23

back naturally to the stores, and these
we cannot mention without peinE
painfully reminded OF SUBJECT 10
which IL is difficult to refer without
I losing that equanimity essentihl 10
/ Christian frame of mind, ana tnat IS
the clerks.
When we reflect upon the amount OF
time and patience expended during
our shopping expeditions, and all
! charged to the account Of these aggra-
waiting specimens ofhumanity, we take
an almost savage pleasure IN saying
that, according to our own belief, no
other city can compete with Mexico in
regard to that INDECENT, Indifferent,
highly-provoking class, who are en-
ployed nominally to wait upon Gus
TONERS, but who turn the tables by
making customers wait upon them.
The purchase of dress in these stores
implies the loss OF nearly "a whole day
and of patience, which, If properly ex-
erted, would lead to cannonization.
On entering dry goods emporium
you will find "A large number of clerks,
entirely out of proportion to the size of
the establishment, most of whom are
busily employed in doing nothing.
1
approach you with the most non
chalant air and ask what you want in
tone of voice, however, which inn
plies that he makes an inquiry merely
out of consideration for you, and not
because he has any interest whatever
in the answer. When your want is
made known--and you must be assured
ifr your own mind as To the width.
quality and color Of the goods required
he will depart, apparently in quest
of the material how sad is your
mistake, however, if YOU EXPECT q
speedy return, for on the way he will
stop to play with somebody's baby, or
to hold a long conversation with one of
his fcllow-clerks or to take half an
hours puff at his beloved cigar, and
sometimes during an unusually
lengthy period of suspense, we have
been tempted to believe that lie in
dulged in a siesta. At last when body
and spirit are both nearly exhausted,
you will perhaps succeed in finding
the stun for your dress but this, you
soon discover, is only the beginnng of
your trouble; you ask for buttons, and
are told to seek them in fancy store
in the next block for needles, pins,
hooks and eyes--they are to be found
in hardware establishment around
the corner; for thread--it is kept at
another shop several squares Off; for
black sewing-silk-that can be bought
only where machines are sold; for rib
bon-and you are answered with
look of surprise at your ignorance,
that such a thing is never TO be met
with in dry goods store. BY the
time you have hunted up these arti-
cles IN their various appropriate places
and have been subjected to the same
delays and annoyances on every side,
you will be ready to agree with us in
saying that Mexican 'stores and clerks
are institutions peculiarly obnoxious
to Americans.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-23
WEATH ERF0RB.
A False Alarm About sman-Pox Personal
Mention and Notes.

A False Alarm About small Pox Personal
Mention and Notes.
correspondence of The Gazette.
Weathcrford, February 81. The case
of smallpox reported here yesterday
and which eaused 80 much excitement
among SOME OF our skeptical citizens
has proved TO be- false alarm. Hcalth
Officer Mckenzie declares that it is
not the dreaded disease ut nil, but n
case OF bilious fever followed hy the
effects OF re, ent vaccination. His con.
dition il decidedly improved to-day,
| speak from authority when say
this city IL perfectly free from any
disease likely 10 become epedimio.
Reports from Poolville this evening
say that Mr., j. w, McCarty, the gen
tleman who was thrown from wagon
yesterday, and thought to have re-
celved serious injuries, is still alive
but In 4 precarious condition.
b, j, Sheppard, who has been con
fined TO his bed several days, was able
TO he out on the streets to-day. His
many friends here are glad To know
his suffering was of short duration.
Claud 4 Everett Is the style of n new
firm soon TO engage in the drug busi
ness here. The gentlemen are both
well aud favorably known here,
and Will, no doubt, do n good business
in their line, To insure success |
would advise them 10 subscribe for the
GA2ErrE ut once.
The sad, though not unexpected
news of the death Of b. Il. frby, reached
the city this morning. The deceased
was IN the esd year of his age, was one
of the early settlers of this county and
had shared the trials and vicissitudes
known only to the pioneers of the
Texas frontier.
The cotton market has been rather
quiet to-day, about sixty bales being
the receipts.
There Is n rumor In the air to-day
purporting that the monied men OF
this city have perfected arrangements
with foreign capitalists and will erect
woollen mill here Mt an early day.
The field is Inviting and the local adj
vantagos here offered are sufficient to
induce the investment,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-23
coLEMAS COUNTY.

Correspondence o. NO Gaetc.


Correspondence Of the Caeilc.
Coleman city, February Il.
notwithstanding the shecpnlcn nat
due notice of the pprthcr, aud the tel.
egralns To the different dailics 70 the
contrary, the loss Of sheep was very
great during the lnst freezing spell.
some lost as high as POO head. One
man who bought 5000 lambs last fall
has lost all but ninety. Your CORES
pondeut heard IL remarked by one of
the largest sheep owners In the county
that IL we did not have some warm
weather we would lose lots OF sheep. "
One man had 600 burned TO death in
the fire which destroyed the Coscho
Cattle Conpany's range.
The measles are epidemic In Cole
man. Almost every one who has new
er had them have been down with
them In the last three weeks. We
have had no deaths from them us yet.
Tho Foice has changed hands, Mr..
j. j. Callan becoming its proprietor,
buying out Mr.. Chas. Il. Govan's in
terest therein.
Mr.. y. III. Ronaugh, the popular and
gentlemanly manager of the Concho
Cattle Company has been in town the
last week, Heis great fayoritc with
our people, more especially with the
ladies.
The young people OF Coleman were
entertained in an elegant manner by
Mr.. John ID. Davidson and his lovely
bride, nee Miss Lula Ford, Mt their
residence eight miles from town on
last Thursday night. They know
how to entertain their friends and ARE
great favorites with the young people
During the last freeze some of the
ponds were frozen thick enough as tc
allow skating thereon Some few pos.
sessed skates and your correspondent
with many Others went out to wtnes,
the performance for the first time.
Four deaths in Coleman county In
the last month.
Tricliham, in this county, il thrIv-
ing. They have II fine school under
the supervision of Miss Alice Bartlett
late OF New Orleans. She Is lady o
refinement and Possesses fine educa
ton.