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The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
Overlooking Cars.

Mention was made recently in the Journal
that the railroads would be obliged to take some
action to put stop to the overlooking of cars
which had become so common, shippers doing it
in hopes to get overweight through by hook or
crook without paying for the transportation;
while agents allowed shippers to do it to curry
favor with them. That the practice is a danger
GUS one is apparent, so liable are cars to break
down when overloaded. The New York Cen
trail people have taken the matter in hand and
agents of fast-freight lines run over that road
who are located at Indianapolis, on yesterday re-
ceived the following notice from the New York
Central g. Hudson River Railroad Company:
I'VE are subjected to much trouble by breaking
of trucks from the effects of persistent overload
ing of cars. general impression seems to pre-
vail that the capacity of all cars is twenty TONS
and this quantity is frequently loaded without
regard to actual capacity of the car.
1T has become absolutely necessary that this
difficulty be remedied, and they therefore desire
to give notice on behalf of this company that
they forced to and shall refuse to receive any
car loaded beyond its capacity"
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
CIRCULAR 579.
Chief Points in the Last Trunk Line Agree
ment.

Chief Points in the Last Trunk Line Agree
ment.
General freight agents at this point yesterday
received from Commissioner Fink Circular SO
...Sting forth the articles Of agreement entered
into by the trunk line presidents at their recent
meeting in New York 1t will be noticed that
the presidents hereafter assume all response
bility if rates are cut. 1t will also be noticed
that H. J. Jewett's signature was first attached
to the document, he being the oldest president
present at the meeting We publish but five of
the resolutions passed, as they cover the more
important features:
Dissolved That the undersigned presidents of the
roads hereby agree to enforce at the established
tariffs, and that hereafter the responsibility for the
maintenance of tariffs shall rest with the presidents of
" roads and that variations in the tariffs shall be
le without their consent.
Resolved That the presidents shall instruct their
general managers to perfect pools from all important
points, both eastbound and westbound traffic that
such pools shall be made from point of shipment to
point of destination, onto and from the western
minus OF the trunk lines and that these pools shall be
put in effect within the next two months.
Resolved That business intercourse with roads not
maintaining the established freight tariffs, or the
agreements of the joint executive committee shall be
absolutely discontinued by the parties to this agree
ment.
''Resolved That every question of difference as to
the formation of pools the pool percentages and the
division of through rates shall be absolutely controlled
Dy afDlIfatlon.
Resolved, That the roads not represented on the
joint executive committee shall be invited to become
members thereof and act under its rules and submit
all questions of disagreement to arbitration"
The articles of agreement were signed by the
ing railroad officials; H. j. Jewett. presi-
Of the Erie SYSTEM L. j. Sargent, traffic
-----...ager of the Grand Trunk; H. j. Hayden,
first vice-president of the New York Central;
George Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania
road; Robert Garrett, president of the Baltimore
g Ohio George Blanchard, vice-president of the
Erie; Frank Thomson, second vice president of
Pennsylvania road; Fl. Porter, president of the
New York, Buffalo & West Shore; w. T. Robin
son, traffic manager of the same; B. A. Hage-
men, general freight agent of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western; H. B. Ledyard Jpresi-
dent of the Michigan Central; John Newell,
president of the Lake Shore; VIM. II. Wander
bilt president of the New York Central lines; ].
N, Mccullough, vicepresident of the Pennsyi-
lyania Company; Jay Could president Of the
Wabash system; j. H. Devereux president of the
Bee-line system, and Austin Corbin, president of
the Indiana Bloomington & Western road
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
The Corbin PIan To Re Adonted.

private meeting of bondholders Of the Dan
vile, Olney & Ohio River railroad was held in
Boston on Friday last. The plan OF Mr. Corbin
and others was presented and compared with the
so-called Ware plan. and the opinion Of the gen
tlemen was unanimous, it is said, in favor of
adopting that of Mr.. Corbin Several prominent
business men were present, and promises were
made to Mr. Corbin insuring $4,000 more
bonds for his plan. The Boston Journal says 1t
looks as though these two factions would be
united by the individual action of bondholders
This action means that Charles Howard, the re-
ceiver, must step down off his high horse.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
Rate Wars and Railroad Stocks.

President Vanderbilt says the rumors Of with
drawal of the Northwestern roads from the pool
is much Of it ''bear talk" ''There is going to be
no trouble, Mr.. Vanderbilt remarked in refer
ence to the freight differences of the granger
roads, Turning to the upward movementinst stocks,
he said: 'It is going to last There is no reason
for prices going down as low as they have See
how plentiful money is. You have no conception
how stocks are distributed. Take, for instance,
the New York Central railroad 1t has $500
stockholders, very large number of whom have
from fifty to two hundred shares. have got the
same stock had two years ago. and am going
to keep it."
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
THE COURT RECORD.
Superior Court.

Room No. I-Hon. Napoleon B. Taylor, judge
Mary ONeil ct al vs.. Lockwood Hoyt ct al; ;
suit to quiet title. Finding and decree for de-
PENDANTS, Hoyt and Helm
John S. Sawyer VS.. Pennsylvania Railroad
Company ct al, suit for damages Compro-
missed.
Room No. 2-Hon. D. w. Howe. Judge
Roswell S. Hill VS.. Charles NJ. Clements suit
for possession On trial by jury.
Room No. 3-Hon. Lewis Q. Walker, Judge.
Charles H. Snow VS.. Matte Douglass ct al
Case dismissed for want of prosecution.
Louis A. Patterson VS.. Anna III. Patterson;
divorce suit Case continued
Clara Miller VS.. Louis Miller; divorce suit
Decree granted, with custody of children and
defendant ordered to pay S. month. Cause
drunkenness and cruel treatment.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
IN BAD SHAPE.
The Second Mortgage Bondholders Abandon
Their Funding Scheme.

The Second Mortgage Bondholders Abandon
Their Funding Scheme.
The plan adopted for funding the old second
mortgage bonds. issued by the Indianapolis De
catur & Springfield Railway Company, into pre-
ferred stock and new per cent. bonds has had
to be abandoned, and the company is now pre-
pared to re-exchange the new securities issued
when trying to carry the plan into effect. The
result is that the company is in about the posi-
tion it occupied two years ago. 1t has issued
81, 500 900 first mortgage bonds $2 77S 900 second
mortgage bonds, and $5O0,0O0 common stock.
The company's road is leased to the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western Railroad Company,
which pays rental of about 5000, 900 per annum
therefor This rental is the only resource the In.
dianapolis Decatur e Springfield has for meeting
interest on its bonded Indebtedness, so that,
when the interest on the first mortgage bonds is
paid, there remains only sufficient to pay some
thing less than per cent on the second
mortgage bonds, now carrying fifteen overdue
coupons, which have a voting power if registered
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
State Convention of County commissioners

State Convention of County Commissioners.
The Board of County Commissioners yesterday
issued the following call for a State convention:
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb IL, 1884.
Gentlemen-Our observation as members of the
Board of Commissioners of Marion county, Indiana,
convince that the statutes of this State in reference
to the conducting of county business very de-
fective and that some means should be devised for
procuring proper amendments, so that these defects
may be removed. and that there may be uniform
mode of doing business by the various boards of
mssioners of the State
This we think can be accomplished by the organi-
cation of State association of county commissioners
and by mutual conference and cooperation. and for
this purpose respectfully ask that you as many
of you as can will meet with at court room, in
the city of Indianapolis the 18th day of April,
1884 at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Hoping that the meeting will be largely attended and
result in good, are respectfully, yours,
FREDERICK OSTERMYER,
JOSEPH O. LoFTIN
WHARTIN r. CLINTON,
Commissioners.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.
The Red Line Said To Be the Chief Rate
Gutter.

Cutter.
At the meeting of presidents, in New York
last week, the fact was made apparent that the
Red Line had been the champion rate-cutter,
over-reaching both the Nickelplate and White
Line Mr. Newell stated at that meeting that
the Lake Shore had maintained rates from
March, 1882, up to the time of the reorganiza
tion of the east bound pool in September last,
even when its rivals were not maintaining rates.
1t continued to do so afterward for time. On
Nov. %, he gave notice to his connections that
the Lake Shore would receive business on the
same terms as it's competitors. Nothing was
said about what the rates were or would be. 1t
is understood that there are some contracts over
the Lake Shore road which may have to be car
rled out at the cut-rates. They were made by
the Red Line, but without President Newelrs
authority. and the majority of them have been
repudiated by the Lake Shore so far as it is con-
cePned,
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
Marriage Licenses.

Stephen c. Dark and Elizabeth Hufer, Peter
w. Lauck and Josephine e. Master Benjamin
R. Green and Isabella M Green, Hans Thomas
Berndsen and Sarah J. Semmens, Willard F.
Carter and LORNA Carr
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12

1T is the slight cold frequently contracted that
finally undermines the system. Use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup in the beginning stages of any cold
and be cured. Price 25cents
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
Marion Circuit Court.

Hon. Joshua G. Adams, Judge.
Allen Sigman vs. Lewis V. Herrin; suit for
damages for SANDER On trial by jury.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
Marion Criminal Court.
Hon. Pierce Norton. JUDGE.

Thirty prisoners arraigned, and enter pleas.
State VS.. Pat Hurley; petit larceny. Fined 81
and sent to Jail for one day.
Dow Mounts; petit larceny Released on
promise of good behavior.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12
Snddsn Chances Of Weather

Are productive of Throat Diseases, Coughs
Colds, etc. There is no more effectual relief in
these diseases to be found than in the use of
Browns Bronchial Troches. Price, % cts
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-12

for the purpose. In the present condition of the
company's affairs common stock has but nom
inal value.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06
The Scale Hunter.

Halifax Journal.
A very useful insect has lately made
its appearance in our orange groves
whose habits should be studied with d
view to encouraging its increace. When
grown it is about the fifth of an inch in
length, resembles a fly, is white and
black, gregarious, living in colonies and
Its use to the orange grower is its sim
gular skill and persistency in cleaning
orange trees of scale upon which account
1t has been named the scale hunter A
cluster of them, fifty to a hundred in
pumber, move regularly over every part
of the tree removing all thescale. When
the work is accomplished for one tree
they emigrate to another. That these
are absolute facts every one may see in
Mr.. Ballough's grove upon Ridgewood
where we have observed them thor
oughly.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06
LITTLE MAC"
He Tells of His Removal from the
Command of the Army of the
Potomac.

A short time ago it was my good for
tune to meet Gen. George B. Nc Clellan,
the one time idol of the Army of the Po-
tomac, says a Pittsburg Dispatsh gos-
siper. Not having seen him for many
years, the conversation naturally turned
upon the late war. II admit" said he,
''the order relieving me was surprise.
You remember I assumed command just
before South Mountain, and fought the
battle of Antietam. Shortly after that
victory President Lincoln visited me at
my headquarters, and pleasanter visitor
[ never had. We talked over past move
ments of the army, and, at his sugges-
ton, [ showed him my plans for the fu-
ture. He expressed himself as being per-
fectly satisfied at what had been
done, and heartily approved ofmy plans.
Laying both his hands on my shoulders,
he said, with smile that warmed to the
innermost soul: General, fully approve
of what you have done, and like your
plans for the coming campaign. Go on,
and, depend on it, 1 will stick by you
Two DAYS after I was relieved of my
command. 1 made inquiry and found
Mr.. Lincoln had tried to fnlfill his promise,
but, having little influence at headquar
ters, he could not do as he desired.
Stanton and others had taken a political
view of army officers, and had compelled
my retirement. ] never blamed Mr..
Lincoln, and always thought that his
life must bave been an unhappy one, sur
rounded as he was by many who could
not grasp the broad views he entertained"
General" I said, ''you have many
"reminiscences of the war that would be
extremely interesting to the public, and
more especially to your friends who
served under you; why don't you do as
Sherman did, write book?" ''Oh, no."
said he, laughing, ''there is time enough
for that. The facts will be made known
some day. Probably after my death the
truth will be written, and" Yes,
and then"-I replied-''you and those
who fought under you will be mustered
out by the man with the scythe." At
the next station, with kindly shake of
the hand, he stepped from the train, and
was greeted by those who stood on the
platform
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06
leo Cream Mustaches.

New York M1rniug Journal
The astounding announcement that ice
cream will make the mustache grow has
created furor for the frozen delight on
the part of bea.'dless young men. It has
also increased the business Of the aver
age ice-cream dealer to an extent hitherto
unknown or undreamed of even in his
widest flights of imagination, There
seems to be no doubt that the cruel and
reckless report originated with some
giddy girl whose fondness for cream over
came her conscientious scruples. As long
as she remains unknown she will reap
the harvest to which she is entitled by
virtue of her vivid Imagination and
praiseworthy ingenuity. But if the
secret escapes her. all her hopes OF un-
limited ice cream will be blasted forever.
Though the strain on the purse of the i'm
pecuninus youth is severe, vet his desire
for capillary climax to his handsome
face counterbalances the agony caused
by woeful lack of clinking coin. The
mustache must come, even if it breaks a
bank
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06
STATE PRESS.

Sanford is to have the. telephone.
The cotton crop looks well about Mon
ticello.
A militia company is to be organized
in Micanopy.
Freight car thieves have been operating
at Gainesville
There are seventeen prisoners in the
Gainesville Jail.
The Mariana Times has been enlrrged
to an eight-page Taper.
The latest addition to Gainesville is
Veithville, fine body of land lying south
of the Union depot.
r. Mes. Byrle and Benjamin Robin
son have been nominated by the demo-
Gratis of Orange county to represent them
in the Legislature.
Enterprise is to have a Catholic church
which, it is said, will be an ornament to
the town. The workmen are engaged
now in It's erection.
George Center, the railroad agent at
Micanopy, estimates the shipment of
oranges from that point the coming sea-
son at %, 600 boxes. The orange crop in
that section is unusually good this year.
Micanopy Gazette The idea that figs
will not do well after being transplanted
seems to be not well founded The
large fig tree which stood for years be-
side the old Stoughton Hotel was re-
moved by Mr.. Simonton last January to
his lot, and has astonished everybody
with the vigorous and rapid growth it
has since made. 1t has crop of thou
sands Of figs on it now, which will soon
be ripe.
Jaoper Times Buck Bohanan and
John Jerdan were out dipping turpen-
tine the other day, and saw a wild cat
and gave it chase. When they found
they were out of caps and had treed the
g critter, Buck told John if he would
watch he would run home and get caps
So he ran a mile, and finding neither
caps nor matches he got an old flint, ran
back and told John to hold q dead aim
on the cat, he struck his tinder over the
tube of the gun, when bang went the
fuse, and off jumped the cat whipped a
dog and ran about fifty yards before it
fell dead. Only one shot struck it, and
that went through the heart
Maitland correspondence Sanford Jour
nal; Our esteemed townsman, Captain
j. G. Eaton, day or two ago received
an orange tree from Joppa, the sea port
aof Jerusalem, and forty miles distant
sfrom it. The tree is about two years
old ; was sent in the box in which the
iced was sown, and although rather bad
/ v bruised in its travels (plainly done
] fter getting pretty well toward its des-
Y {nation) has signalized its arrival by
putting out a new and vigorous growth.
being still rooted in the sacred soil. This
tree was sent a present 10 Captain Eaton
by Lieutenant Lowery, United States
Navy, an old time friend and shipmate
He sent it because after years of famil-
iarity with oranges of the Mediterranean
and South America, he thought the
Joppa oranges by all odds superior to
any he had eaten elsewhere. 1t is to be
hoped that in this manner may be intro
duced to Florida a new and most valua-
bic variety. Mr.. Kedney, who is an ex-
pert in such matters, declares that it has
quite different leaf from that which is
here sometimes called the Joppa.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06

Marion Crawford. the novelist, is spend
ing the summer in Constantinople in
house high up above the Bosphorus. over
looking the mouth of the Black Sea.
This may serve as scenery for the next
exotic novel.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06
Disease in Orange Trees.

The London England Times says
" Chic, still suffering from the effect of
earthquakes, has been visited by another
calamity. \ large number of the lemon
and orang etrees, which form one of the
chief resources of the island, are at
tackled by an unknown disease and spe-
cialists are being sent by the minister of
commerce to make investigations into
the matter. Meanwhile the pious in
habitants are having recourse to super
natural remedies. Having chartered q
special steamer they have brought from
one of the monasteries of Mount Athos a
miracle-working girdle of the Virgin,
and grand procession, headed by the
Orthodox Metropolitan, is bearing the
sacred relic through the orchards
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-06

The Prince of Wales, Earl Granville
Sir Stafford Northcote, the Earl of Derby i,
cardinal Manning, ex-senator Ferry, of
Michigan, and many other distinguished
persons We're among those present at the
jubilee of the Anti-Slayery Society in
Gulf Hall. London.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-10
What Is Ammonia2

The attention of the public has been called
frequently of late to the subject of in
food. and the matter is being so vigorously agi-
tated that it necessarily arOuses the curiosity Of
the public at large. and leads them to ascertain,
if possible, what ii is all about. In the first
place the question arises, what IS ammonia.
Whence comes it!
Quoting United States Dispensatory, 1T
was probably originally prepared from putrid
urine. Other sources are coal SCOT, stale
urine, guanO,' etc. The Encyclopaedia Brit
an Mica" says of it: Carbonate of ammonibis
obtained in largest quantities by the putrcfac-
ton OF urine of animals, or the dry distiliation
of animal matter" 'RoscCe's Chemistry states
that when horns or clippings of hides are
heated. ammonia is given off; hence ammonia
was known as spirits of hartshorn.
The name ammonia is derived from the fact
that a compound containing ammonia was first
prepared by heating camels' dung Ammo
MIA is mainly obtained from the ammoniacal
liquors of gas works" GuanO, the dried eXcre-
ment of seabirds, and the urine of animals.
likewise contain large quantities of ammonia. y
Farmers know its value as a fertilizer, and ply
sicians know its value as a ounter-irritan and
powerful stiThulent. All physicians class it
among drugs. and as a drug it is u question
whether it is not better to let it remain in the
hands of physicians and druggists, and leave it
out of our food. A recent article, called "A
Baking Powder Trick, condemns as q scheme or
trick the simple method which has been given
through these columns. whereby u housewife
may ascertain, without the aid of chemists or
chemical apparatus, whether she Is using an ar
tlcle free from disgusting ingredients: and after
once convinced of the true source of ammonia,
and its presence in an article of food, it is
her option whether the use of it is con
tinued or not. The test may be a simple
one, but by its means the unsuspecting find that
cans of Baking Powder stamped on the cover
Absolutely Pure" contain ammonia, and GER
talnly no refined person who has once read some
reliable authority on ammonia would be likely
to bring home for use an article containing 50
inferior a substance. Baking powders have be
come 2 convenient. useful and important article
in millions of homes, and every manufacturer
should prepare and sell it only as conforms to
the weli-known conditions which insure health
and safety. There is no difficulty in procuring
a baking powder that viii stand the test of the
oven that does not contain ammonia. If an ar
ticle has merit, and has once become established
in a home, it's merits will always insure it a
place there, but if a product of daily use through
unreliable sources is made to appear better than
it is, any means, however simple. by which its
inferiority may be Judged ought to be thank
fully received by an intelligent consumer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-10
Struck and Killed by a Flying Train.

PIrTsBURG, June "a frightfuI accident
happened near Leetsdale, Pa, on a line of the
6 this morning, by which two persons were in
stantly killed and another received fatal
injuries. A party of five strolling Italians were
tramping towards this city on the railroad track,
ping off to avoid it three of them were struck by
the Cleveland express coming from the opposite
direction. The express was running at a high
rate of speed, and the victims were hurled
twenty feet in the air. Dominic Capri, aged
forty, lodged in the cross arms of a telegraph
pole, and when taken down life was extinct; his
son Joseph, aged fifteen, had his skull crushed
and back broken, death resulting instantly,
Dominic Brown had both legs broken and was
injured internally. He was brought to this city
and placed in the West Pennsylvania Hospital,
but the physicians entertain no hopes Of his
recovery. The other Italians escaped uniniured