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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

Lawrenceburg Again Invaded by Water.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
-...1 LAwRENCEBUR5. March u The river during
the past twentyfou hours, rose past all ex-
peetations, it having risen nearly eight feet in
that time. This afternoon the water came in
all the houses in Niger alley and tonight it
Is in dozens moro higher ground. If the
levees were not broken the present rise would
10 no damage at all, but in their present condi-
lion they do not keep drop of water out Many
Of those who were compelled to move out to-
day had Just moved back into their houses
Yesterday or day before. None of those
who lived in their second stories during
the last food have yet moved
down stairs and all the harm the
present rise can do is TO cause a second cleaning
Business Of all kinds is again practically sus-
pended, and the people are standing around the
streets dumfounded and mystiied, and wonder
ing what will come next Many made up their
minds to-day to leave town for good, and sell or
give away their property. At 10 o'clock to night
the river is not rising so fast, and the news from
above IS favorable. All that scope of
country between this city and the Ohio hills
and as far Hp the Miami as the eye can REACH is
one vass sea. The railroad cannot stand more
tlIan five feet more water
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
Suicide of a Fourteen-Year-old Boy.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ScoTTsBURG, March 12.--Harvey Brodt, son
of H. w. Brodt, barber and confectioner, of
this place, committed suicide this morning by
shooting himself. He arose about o'clock,
made a FIRE, and went into a room where his
fathers revolver was kept. He then left the
house, and almost Immediately afterwards the
report of the pistol was heard. The boys
mother ran out of the house and found him in
an clubhouse with bullet in his brain. He was
about fourteen years old The coroner is now
investigating the matter. No cause is assigned
for the rash act
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
The Duffy murder Trial.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, March 12.-The murder
case of Patrick Duffy, for the killing of Frank
Corns at Bowen's Station, last fall was called in
the Circuit Court yesterday. The prisoner
tered plea of not guilty During last night
William II. Long one of the jurors was taken
suddenly i'll of brain fever and his condition, to-
day, is reported critical. In consequence of his
illness the jury was discharged and new jury
impanneled, to-day. The trial began over again
this forenoon. Duffy will probably be acquitted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
Amendments on the Wabash

ST LOUIS, March 12.-It was officially an
nouuced to-day, that Charles W. Hammond
superintendent of all telegraph lines of the Mis-
souri, Pacific system, had had his jurisdiction
extended over the Wabash lines. Thomas W.
Furlong, head detective of the service of the
Gould roads, has also had his jurisdiction ex-
tended over the Wabash system
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
DAY GouId,s Hosnitalitv.

HAVANA, March l2-General Badeau, United
Gould to Captain general Costello. The latter
with his wife, afterward paid visit to Mr.
Gould's yacht Tomorrow Mr.. Gonld will give
breakfast on board, to which have been invited
General Badeau, his secretary, Senior Corsa and
Mr.. Todd and wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

GREENsBURG, Ky, March 12.--At Mareum's
Mill yesterday Asa Cantrell was shot by John
Mareum Cantrell and Marcum had an alterca-
ton. but Were separated by friends Later Can
trell barred his breast and dared Marcum to
shoot which he did, killing Cantreu instantly.
Marcum is but seventeen years old. Cantrell was
aged forty and desperate character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
ATTEMPTED Suicide of prrs. Neville.

NEW YORK, March 12-The wife of Richard
Neville, dramatic critic, was taken to the hos
ppistol-shot wound, seif-inficted Mrs. Neville
and husband separated some time ago
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

ST.. LOUIS, March 13.--John B. butcher, d.
H. Sherman and several other Eastern capital
lists, who own the old beef-canning establish
ment in East st. Louis, have arranged to turn
their property into large slaughtering concern,
from which they will soon send great quantities
of dressed beef to New York and the East in re-
frigerator cars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

SAN Francisco. March u The dam at Fres-
no, Cal. has broken away. The town is mum
dated. The railroad bridge has been rendered
unsafe. Passengers are transferred Interior
reports state the weather is clear and roads dry
ing up. A dispatch from Los Angeles says it
will be week before trains can run East, and
two weeks before repairs will be completed to
to that point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
A Special Correspondents Lie.

NASHVILLE, March 2-Tke special tele-
graphed to the Louisville Courier Journal. dated
Springfield. Tenn. purporting to give the details
of triple murder and lynching in Robertson
county, has no foundation in fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
Steamship News.

LONDON, March 12.--Arrived: Rhynland, from
New York.
New YORK, March 12-Arrived; Furnessia,
from Glasgow.
QUEENSTOWN March 12-Arrived Arizona,
from New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
State Sanitary Convention.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, March l2-The first State sanitary
convention, uSller the auspices of the State san
itary Association convened here to day The
convention was called to order by pr. \. n.
Shipman, president of this city. Prayer was
offered by Rev. K. @ Triplble, Of the First Pres
Is ssrian Church There was good attendance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
RIGGS HOU s Il,
WASHINGTON. D. c.,
Fifteenth and G Streets.

First class and complete in all its appointments. ia
situated opposite the United States Treasury Build
ings and in the Immediate neighborhood of the Presi
dents Mansion the State, War and Navy Depart
mcnts
Street Cars to aud from Depots Capitol. and all De-
partents, pass the house every three minutes during
the day.
The honor Of Jour patronage earnestly solicited.
c. w. SPOFF0Rp. Proprietor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13
N. B.-Privato-The above is irony,

What cannot BE- made out of paper is some
thing which cannot yet be safely decided. A
Hartford, Conn, man has lately taken out pat
ents for devices by which very beautiful and
substantial carpets can be made of paper at
prices much lower than the cost of common cot
ton mating This new fabric even seems to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

have qualities entirely superior to ordinary car
pets 1t can be doctored so as to resist water,
fire and insects without losing any of the s2ft
elegance which is common TO fine wooden car
pets So saith the in ventor and his friends
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-13

Wesley Chapel NJ. e. Church He.was an indus
trious, kind and good man in every sense of the
word.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
HENRY COUNTY.

Bassett, of the kewanee Independent,
still continues to find fault with the man
ner in which Henry county is treated in
regard to the senatorial convention, and
in last weeks paper gets off the follow
ing:
We have received notice calling for a
senatorial convention, signed by James R.
Johnston and 8. II. McNay, as senatorial
committee, in which Henry county is
generously given six delegates. while
Rock Island county is given eleven This
committee was appointed by the
Rock Island trump" of the last sen.
atorial convention, after the Henry county
delegates had Withdrawn, and has never
been recognized by Henry county demo
Gratis. 1t is quite likely our county CON
vention will have something TO say about
the matter. 1t is not probable that any
attention will be paid to any document
emanating from so ''illustrious" person
as s. Fl. McNay, or any one associated
with him.
The Independent is evidently very sour
The number of delegates is based on the
vote of Orendorff in 1882, and McNay O
any other man, could not change tn,
number of delegates. If the Independent
thinks Henry county should have large
number OF delegates, the edit or SHOULD
ndeayor to get out more voters on election
day, and not always be engaged in disor-
ganizing the party.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17

Boone, and his wife celebrated their golden
wedding at their home in Jefferson City,
Mo-, Tuesday evening last 1t is said that
they have had eleven children and twenty
four grandchildren, and that all OF them are
dead.
The next meeting Of the American Insti-
tute of Instruction is to be held in Cottage
City, Martha's Vineyard, Mass, in the week
beginning July Z. The afternoons are mainly
to be devoted to the discussion of papers
presented by prominent educators in the
mornings.
William Sexton, tie billiard player, met
with serious accident in New York. While
out driving he turned quickly out of the road
to avoid a collision with another vehicle,
when his wagon was upset. He received a
scalp wound several inches long, and had his
left forearm broken in two places.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
Sporting News,

PrTTsDuRG, june 1T.-Following is the
racing record here:
First race, e mile; Tallobena, first
Toronto, second; Tenfellow, third; time, ;O7
Second race, mile; Peter L.. first; Charm
second; Maggie E., third; time, 81.
Third race, "a miles; Ascender, first;
Brunswick, second; Palanca, third; time,
2:1l19.
Fourth race, "a miles: Wallensee, first
Bob Pate, second; Tangler third; time
4:12A.
Fifth race, 81 mile; Baronella, first; Ia
bitha, second; time, l:1s15.
New YORK, June 17.-At Brighton Beact
the races were as follows:
First race, q milo; Shelby Barns, first
Glenuller, second; Ghost, third; time, l:l6I
Second race, Is mile; Wandering, lst
Itaska, ID; Black Jack, 3d. time, 1907.
Third race, q mile; Plunger, LIST; Hickor,
Jim, ID; Lord Edward, Sd; time, 1899.
Fourth race, u .mile; Aspasia Colt, LIST
Ruby, I'd; Leroy, Sd; time, 117s4.
ST. LOUIS, June 17-At the race. track tn,
events were:
First race, IL miles; Taxgather, LIST
Boulevard, I'd; Joe Starks, 81; time, ASH.
Second race, q mile; keokuk, first; Lev
Clark, second; Rhadamantha, third; time
lbs.
Third race, l Is miles; Mona, first; Hanap
second; Easter, third; time, 2:0i
BASE BALL.
CHICAGO, June T.-Following is tn
League record: At Boston-Boston, G; New
York, /. At Observation-Disclosures IS
| Philadelphia, l.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17

BALTIMORE, Md, June 17.-Miss Mary
Kelly, IS years of age, committed suicide by
burning herself to death. She saturated a
loose wrapper in coal-oil, then went into the
bathroom of her residence and set fire to the
hem of the garment | an instant her en-
tire clothing was in blaze Frantic with
the pain she leaped into the bath-tub
and turned on the water, but her body had
already been terribly burned She was alone
m the house at the time. An hour or two
later. when her relatives returned, they
searched the house for her, and finally bat
tered down tho bathroom door, and dis
covered her lying unconscious in the tub, the
skin all burned from the lower portion Of her
body. She died in a few hours Her mind
had been effected for some time.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17

PORTLAND, Ore, June 17.-Great excite
ment prevails in Clacamas county, Oregon
over the reported discovery of a veritabl,
wild woman. She has recently been seen BY
several persons, and a few days ag,
chased a number of school children
some distance, frightening them nearly
to death The woman is describe
as tall and gaunt, with wild, savage face
wearing very long disheveled hair reachin,
nearly to her knees, aud almost totally nude
Parties are out searching for the woman
and tracks were discovered leading into thu
heavily timbered mountains No woman i
missed from that section of the country, an,
the presence of this wild human is a tota
mystery to all. She will be captured if pos
sibip
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
Ratifying.

CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Republican ratifi
cation meeting here on Saturday night calleC
together people enough to pack Battery L
armory and crowd the sheds in its vicinity
There was no overflow meeting organized
however. Speeches were made by Col
Mum, Long" John Wentworth and Others
and the enthusiasm was unlimited
PTTTsBURG, June l6.-A large Republican
ra tifeation meeting was held in the oper
house Saturday night John II. Hampton
who broke the unit rule in the Cincinnati
convention of 1876 and voted for Blaine. AM
was also classmate of Blaine at Washing
ton college, was called on TO preside 0thers
whose adherence to the cause of the Main
statesman also dates back to 10 were pres
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Charles W. Butler. the wife murderer, has
been sentenced at Columbia City, Ind, to be
hanged Oct. 10.
A boys skeleton, with rope and stone
around its neck, was taken from pond at
Avondale, Ohio.
Alex Fiddler, q notorious crook, was found
hanging to a tree, near Sturges, D. T. The
lynchers are unknown
Gen Grant has withdrawn from the men,
bership of the Madison Avenue Congrega-
tional church, New York.
Gladstone, one day last week, in converse
ton with one of his warmest supporters, de-
clared he expected to be out of office in few
weeks.
The necessary papers to secure the extra
dition of John c. Emo have been made out at
Washington. and officials have gone with
them to Canada.
A Vermont editor, in publishing one of
Byron's poems, changed the word 20 godsi"
| to 20 goshI" because the former was too
profane for his readers
The razor which was presented to Presi-
| dent Lincoln by his father when a boy was
! recently sold for 800. 1t is now owned by
Professor Worth, of Paris, I'll.
League ball games Saturday were: Chi
cago, 9; Detroit, 4 Providence, 4; Boston,
8 difteen innings. Philadelphia, s; New
York, 4. Buffalo, 8; Cleveland, s.
In prize fight near Minneapolis, MINI,
between Patsy Mellen and Jack Keefe, four
teen rounds were fought in fifty -six minutes,
when Mellen was declared the victor.
Four thousand persons attended the Blaine
ratification meeting at Cincinnati Saturday
night, Emery A. Storrs and o. W. Root be-
ing the principal speakers NJ Halstead pre-
sided.
A state convention of the Prohibition
party Of Illinois will be held in Bloomington
June is and 49, Ex-Governor St John, Of
Kansas, viii be present and address the con
| venticn.
Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopa
church at Chicago, delivered a discourse
recently in which he took the ground tina
the English and American people are tb'
lineai descendants of the ten lost tribes.
The German citizens of Chicago hav'
inaugurated movement locking toward
suppression of Sabbath dissertation. A larg
assemblage of representative citizens met a
Farwell hall and adopted resolutions in favo
of quiet Sunday.
Governor Ordway,So Dakota, challenge
United States Attorney Campbell to spe
eial investigation #. their official conduct
they are to immediately tender their rssigna
ton to the president.
Mr.. William C Boone. nephew of DAME
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17

~ against my will wanted her to come
in March instead. ] had not money enough
to support her, and | sent her to Portage
and gave her all my money. In April she
wrote me that she had another lover, and
from that time had no rest till came after
her to Portage, and to my great astonish-
ment found her married some months before
This miserable person for five years has
swim lied me out of all my money, and deliv-
cred the children from their Woodworking,
honest father. This has brought me to my
death, but God will punish her for it, and
may she be cursed as long as she lives
The woman married man named Isaber-
her here, with whom she is now living.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17

posed that Clayton had left an arm upon
a southern battlefield. Such, however,
was not the case. just how he lost his
arm authorities differ. The New York
San maintains that he lost it shooting
jack RABBITS two years after the war was
over. The Washington correspondent for
the ARGUS, on the contrary. states that the
accident occurred when he was shooting
ducks, at least six years after the last
confederate brigadicr had surrendered
Whichever is the correct version one
thing at least, is clear, that there is no
direct connection between patriotism and
Powell Clayton's empty sleeve.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Democratic voters of Rock Island county and
all others who opposed to the Republican party
under its present management, are requested to
meet in their respective townships on Saturday,
June L. 1884, to select delegates to the Democratic
County Convention. to be held at the court house,
at Rock Island, on Wednesday, June Is, Mt 80 m
which is called for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention TO be
held at Peoria, Wednesday July ID, also delegates
to the Congressional and Legislative conventions to
be hereafter holden; and also TO nominate candi-
dates for Clerk of the Circuit Court States Ator-
ney, Coroner and County Surveyor, and transact
such other business as may properly come before
the convention.
based upon the democratic vote for sheriff in the
election of 1882 and apportioned among the sever
al townships and wards in the ratio OF one dele
gate1or every Thirty votes. and one delegate fol
every fractional Twenty votes and over, as shown
by the following table,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
Took a Flying jump,

JERSEY CRY, June II man whe de
scribed himself as Henry Duncan, of Mil
waukee, Wis, was found seriously injured
on the line of the New York, West Shor,
and Buffalo railroad, near Fairview, Berger
county. He said he was musician ATTACHED
to travelling show, and left Chicago Friday
with q party of friends One of them &C
cused him of stealing gold watch and chair
and several hundred dollars in money HI
at first looked upon the matter as joke, hu
became frightened when his accusor persistel
and finally drew pistol, and Duncan leap
ing upon a seat, plunged head foremos
through the open window while the train wa
running at rapid rate. Duncan was at
tended by PHYSICIAN and sub sequently re
moved TO ho 9ital
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
FATAL EXPERIMENT..
An Eieven-Year-0ld hoy Falls a VIC
Tim TO Curiosity.


BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, June 1.-THE white
coated wires which the electric light system
has rendered necessary to introduce in our
streets are tempting objects for play
full boys to seize on Boys have been
cautioned to exercise care in touching or
handling them, and, as a rule, the
caution has been needed; but Sunday evening
boy, aged II years, named Emil Schult-
heiss, lost his life by refusing to do as he
had been told. He was near Seaside park,
in company with two companions of the
same age. They were happy, having just
closed, on the winning side, a game at
base ball A piece of wire about thirty
feet long lay upon the ground, and
one boy conceived the idea of forming
hook at the end of the wire and making it
fast to the large electric wire above their
heads He had heard that by this process a
shock to the system could be obtained. After
many trials the wire caught as desired and
young Schultheiss, in great delight, grasped
it with enc hand and was paralyzed in an in
slant Twenty minutes later the lad was a
corpse.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
The Great Unready,

BosToN. June 17.-Wallace Ross, George
w. Lee, Albert Hamm, George H. Hosmer,
Fred A. Piaisted, George Gaisel, and Nick
Layberger have signed petition, the tenor
Of which is that hereafter the undersigned
agree not to associate ourselves with Charles
E. Courtney, for the reason that the best
interests of boating demand his retirement,
and we agree not to enter into any regatta
in which he figures, OF to make any match
race with him, and we will refuse to take
part iii any regatta in which be is allowed to
start
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
An Indianapolis scandal.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 17.-Rev. C. F.
Walter, pastor of a German Lutheran
church of st. Louis, and for thirty years
president of the Concordia Theological semi
nary, has begun suit against John p.
Fruchleinieht, of Fort Wayne, in the federal
court here, asking $4,000 damages for
SANDER He claims that the defendant gave
publicity to statement that he had been
guilty of adultery aud various other dis
reputable practices, whereby his good namf
and reputation were greatly injured
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY.

Mr. Geo. V. Willing. of Manchester,
Mich, writes: 'My wife has been almost
helpless for five Years. so helpless that
she could not turn over in bed alone
She used two bottles of Electric Bitters,
and is so much improved, that she is now
able to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that Is
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi-
monials attest their great curative powers
Only fifteen cents bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
UNEASY EUROPE.
A London Explosion That the Dyna-
miters Did Not Cause.
United states Consul Roosevelt Shot
at in Bordeaux, Franee-Plot
Against the Kaiser - The
British Political Crisis.

Nkw YoRK. June IA cable to The
Tr;huna from London saws. Ru,aors of an
imminent ministerial crisis have prevailed
aprine the week It is difficult to find a new
bscis for them Most of these ,,,n,o,s were
rife ON Wednesday evening at Mrs.
GIadstone,s marty where brilliant
eor,panv eagerly discussed the proba-
bilities of tho fail of the minister under
whose roof tLev stool. and the general public
takes matters more easily since MIR. Glad,
stones explicit pledge on Monday that the
house of commons should have an opportu-
nity for pronouncing Judgment on the ar.
rangement with France before anything is
concluded binding the country The Pail
Mall Gazette continues to publish startling
accounts of the basis of the agreement which
ministerial journals industriously contradict
Is is needless to repeat the details but every
body agrees that if the ministry propose a
multiple control in addition to the loan, the
house of commons viii refuse its sanction
Gladstone's friends say that he is perfectly
aware of the gravity of the occasion, aud is
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-17
sHEMLIck's DESPAIR.
Deserted by His "BeIoyed' He
Shoots Himself

PORTAGE, Wis, June I'm w. Shem-
lick, German about 35 years of age, COM
united suicide in an outhouse He first at
tempted it by cutting his wrist with razor.
That not being effective, he shot himself
twice in the head with revolver.
He came from Germany one or two years
ago, and was shoemaker Unrequited love
aud hard luck were the reasons for the act
He left the following note, written in Ger.
man, in new diary: @For five years Anna
SchGlze. beloved, and lived together as mar
and wife. We hal two children. | was 6
soldier, and liable to be drafted on ace uni
Of military duties in Germany. could moi
marry. She followed me 10 America Dec