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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
A MYSTERY RECALLED
BY the Appearance of the Woman in the
Case.

New York Special.
A woman of seventy years, scantily clad and
shivering with cold, entered the First District
Civil Courtroom, this morning, and inquired
for the justice. There was nothing noticeable
about her appearance to distinguish her
from the hundreds of Others who apply for sum
monses to ''rhunderbolt' Norton save her
piercing black eyes and her swarthy complexion.
When she found that Justice Norton would not
be present she left the room, saying she would
mons of which she was in search The
woman was Mrs. Emma Augusta Cunning
nam, who figured in the mysterious
and never solved murder of DR. Harvey Burdell
and subsequent proceedings she left New York
for California, where she was still supposed to
be. The Burdell murder was probably the most
sensational, with tho exception of the Nathan
tragedy, of any that have ever taken place
in the city. Burdell was a popular dentist re
siding at his own house, No. 81 Bond street.
Mrs. Cunningham leased the house from him
and, with her daughters Augusta, Helen and
Georglana- kept boarding house, among the
boarders being John J. Eckel and George "
Snodgrass. The morning of Jan. 81, 1857
the body Of DR.. Burdell was found in
his room on the second floor, his neck
tightly bound with a towel and his body
pierced with fifteen fughtful wounds
from long, narrow dirk, which was found in
the apartment The whole household was put
under arrest, but after the investigation Eckel
and Mrs Cunningham alone were held and sub
sequently indicted by the grand jury. The case
against them was never made out Mrs Gun
bingham claimed to have been secretly married
to DR.. Burdel, and this was partially confirmed
When she endeavored to administer upon the
doctors estate-about $50, 000-she brought an
infant into the case claiming it to be the child
of Dr. Burdell. The district attorney who con
Quoted the prosecution was A. Oakley Hall, and
through his efforts Mrs. Cunningham was de
feated and the doctors property was divided
among his relatives. Mrs. Cunningham then
Grifted out Of notice, only to reappear in the
courtroom to-day poor and evidently friendless.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27

Grandma is hunting the garnet over,
What do you pose she wants to find!
She only laughed when l asked the question,
Said Run away, Tom, and never mind.
She pulled out some trunks and an old oak chest
A spinuing-whee and queer old chair;
When told her Id help her she looked so funny,
What do you spose she's doing up theref
Grandma had sent for all the children
To spend Thanksgiving with her at homes
She keeping secret she knew would please them,
And planned a surprise when the time should come.
Aunt Amy, from Boston, had brought bundle,
She gave to grandma in such wayi
While she said with laugh I've brought you some
thing
You wanted to have for Thanksgiving Day"
~ know what it is ." Tom told his cousins.
When grandma had carried it out of sight;
"It's of those buildings that dear Aunt Amy
Knows were so fond of bet I'm right
Tn glad she brought it; there's lots of rasins,
And mamma will give a great big slice;
But can't think what there is up garnet
For Thanksgiving Day that's very nice.
But when the children were called to dinner,
What do you suppose waiting therel
At the end of the table they what grandma
Had found up garret-an old high chair
And the cunningest baby tied within it
The bundle Aunt Amy had brought along
A blue-eyed dimpling darling cousin,
Who gravely gazed at the noisy throng.
II see cried Tom as they danced delighted,
What grandma was hunting for so up there;
I'd never have guessed that we'd have at dinner
baby tied in our old high chair
And such day as that glad Thanksgiving
They never bad had in their lives before:
They had pudding with raisns. besides the baby,
And felt that they could want for more.
Caroline lie Bow in Harpers Young People.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27

earnestly. I'm awful glad I hain't never be.
onged to nobody in pticular here below, an l
do lot on seem our folks in tother world
There's mother set by mother sight when
was a eetle shaver; seemed as though
couldn't noways hev her go. Pad died afore l
was born, We see-fell off barn; but | he'd TO
live, kinder sGuirmed up, as We may say; but I've
dreamed about mother more times! There's
Aunt Pamelye Ann too, she that learned me
sech a sight O hymns. l expect she's ben a
harpin an a-singin' ever sence she got there.
I'd like to iine in along of her once more. S'pose
pa will be pleased to see me too. Dear me! its
revivin' to think of.
On Jordan's stormy banks l stan
An cast wishful eye
Towardst Canaans fair an happy land,
Where my
Oh dear! / can't sing no more l do RELY
blleve I'm a-going' I'm so thankful
A smile ran across the withered old face like
CLEAN of sudden light, Pickering shadow fol
lowed Tommy raised himself on one arm.
Don't think forget the Lord. He's the hull
ont I'm a-goin' to keep Thanksgivin' long o
Him
GLORY be to"
And with this last hymn lingering on his
pallid lips he laid his head back on the pillow,
smiled, and died
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
Catarrh

Is a very prevalent and exceedingly dsagreable
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Gus consumption. Being a constitutional dis
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blood reaches every part of the system, effecting
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FOR RENT.

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27

Indications Do Not Always Indicate.
Vincennes Sun (Dem.)
The weather" indications are that the Vice
president will be more potent factor in the next
administration than heretofore
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

EOR SALE OR EXOHANGE-37 ACRES I'M.
L proved coal land; coal bank in operation one mile
from town; price, $40 per acre; will exchange
for boots and shoes Address box 70, Coal City, Ind
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REMOVAL.

II EMOVAL--OF THE WHEELER s. WILSON
III sewing machine Office from 4G North Pennsylva-
mia street to 81 North Illinois street, We will DO
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VNO LOAN MONEY - on IMPROVED CITY
L property in indianapolis, or improved farms U.
NJ. SrODDARD & CO., Talbot Block, indianapolis,
Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27

XkTE WILL FURNISH MONEY ON FARM SECU-
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short time. TH0S. Z. DAY ~ CO., ~ East Market
street.
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FOR SALE.

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FINANCIAL,

TINO LOAN-MONEY-ON CITY PROPERTY. e.
l. c. HOWLETrr 8 Condit Block.
MONEY AT THE LOWEST RATES OF INTER-
Nj est j. W. WILLIAMS y CO., 3 and Viaton
Block.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
AUCTION SALES.

4 SSIGNEES SALE OF WATCHES, DIAMONDS,
N jewelry, silv erware, clocks, canes, spectaces
public auction the stock Of Craft & Co. The store
will be open every day for private sale Auction sales
will commence Tuesday Dec. and continue from
l. n. PATTISON
JoHN PAYNE Assignee Craft 4 Co.,
Auetioneer. 21 L. Washington st.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
OUR DEAD.

Nothing is our own: we hold our pleasures
Just little while, ere they are fed;
One by one life robs us of our treasures;
Nothing is our own except our dead.
They are ours, and hold in faithful keeping
Safe forever all they took away;
Cruel life can never stir that sleeping.
Cruel time can never sieze that prey.
Justice pales; truth fades; stars fall from heaven
Human are the great whom we revere:
No true crown OF honor can be given,
Till the wreath lies on funeral bier
How the child rem leave us and no traces
Linger of that smiling angel band:
Gone, forever gone and in their places.
weary men and anxious women stand.
Yes, we have some little ones still ours:
They have kept the baby smile, we know
Which he kissed one day and hid with flowers
On their dead white faces long ago.
When our joy is lost-and life will take it
Then no memory of the past remains.
make it.
Bitterness beyond all present pains.
Death. more tender hearted, leaves to sorrow
bill the radient shadow-fond regret;
We shall find, in some far, bright tomorrow
Joy that he has taken, living yet.
Is love hours. and do we dream we know it,
Bound with all our beart-strings, all our own
Any cold and cruel dawn may show it
Shattered, desecrated, overthrown.
Only the dead hearts forsake us never:
Love that to deaths loyal care had fed,
IL thus consecrated OUTS forever.
And no change can rob us of our dead.
So, when fate comes to besiege our city,
Dim our gold, or make our flowers fail,
Death, the angel, comes in love and pity,
And. TO save our treasures, claims them all.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
Blowing up q Glacier.

London News.
One of the youngest as we'll as one of
the most beautiful glaciers in the coun-
try is that which gives birth to the River
Rhone, and the grandest sight in connec-
ton with the Rhone glacier is the su.
herb seracs, or pinnacles of ice, which
prove source of unending attraction to
travellers by the Furka pass. AS is well
known, the second and third bends of
the road almost hang over the glacier,
and afford wonderful view Of the stu
pendous ice fall, which, decending from
precipitous rocks, is broken and twisted
into fantastic pyramids. This sight,
writes our Geneva correspondent, is GER
tainly unique in that part of the Alps,
but unless active steps are taken to stop
the destruction now going on it will soon
be so no longer. 1t appears that some
people have obtained permission-from
whom it is not clear-to destroy these
pinnacles by means of dynamite, in or.
der that the huge blocks thus easily at
tached may be put on the st. Gothard
railway, and SO transported to Bale,
where they are to be stored in immense
wells for Summer use, Should the de-
struction of the glacier be allowed to
continue, the authorities will find to
their cost that they have killed the
goose that laid the golden eggs, for the
chief attraction of that desolate region
is the suberb ice pinnacles of the great
glacier, and when they have disappeared
travellers will turn their steps in other
directions,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
The Lives of Biaine and Logan.

The COMMONWEALTH has made arrange
ments with the publishers of the Lives
of Blaine and Logan" to furnish it at re.
duced rates to subscribers of the WEEKLY
COMMONWEALTH. 1t is a book of 67S
pages. elegantly bound. Besides the COM
plete lives Of Blaine and Logan, it gives
short sketch of the lives of each of the
Presidents of the United States; birds
eye view ofthe Presidential contest; t.
bles of Presidential elections; qualifica-
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Presidents and Vice Presidents; Cabinet
officers under each President; Command
ers of the Army and Navy since the or.
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of each Congress-; Congressional Repre-
sentatives Of States from the first; Su.
preme Court of Justices; pensions paid;
balance of trade; reviews; National debt;
political divisions of Congress; Constitu-
ton of the United States; AZ illustrations
and mass of other political information.
It is book that should be in the hands
of every family in the land. The regu-
lar price of this book is $500, but we
have made arrangements to furnish it
and the WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH one
year for the sum of 1925. All subscrib-
ers can avail themselves of this offer by
paying $225, when they will receive the
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WEEKLY COMMONWEALTH for one year
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Send all money by registered letter,
money or postal order to
The COMMONWEALTH Co.,
Topeka. Ksns.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
A Worthy ENTERPRISE.

Messrs. John Francis and 2. l. Bone.
brake, OF Topeka, have associated them
seles as President and Vice President,
respectively. of the Western Department
of the Marshall Mutual Aid Association,
of Marshall, Michigan, Life Company,
which pays all policies in full, and made
but thirteen death assessments during
tho past three and half years, Its
Kansas Office is located in Topeka. The
Association is issuing over two hundred
policies per month, and all Of its business
has to be reported to the Michigan In
surance Department as required by the
laws of that State. In its initiatory step
good men can make liberal contract to
represent the institution, as the company
is to locate an agent in every hamlet
within the State. Mr.. r. A. Clark, of
Topeka, is the business manager.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
WAITING FOR MILLIONS.
Fortune the Emerich Heirs Hope to Get
PhilaiQlYlhia

A Fortune the Emerich Heirs Hope to Get.
Phiadelphis Record.
Several members of the Emerich fam
lily, from Montgomery county. visited the
office OF the German Consul in this CITY
recently, in order to prove their claim as
heirs to All estate of $40 100000, which
has been awaiting claimants in this
country and Austria hundred wears.
The property was left by John Nicholas
Emerlch, who was trader and at one
time was associated with John Jacob
Astor in business He amassed a for
tune and died in the latter part of the
last century, leaving no known heirs.
His properly was held in Philadelphia,
New York and Austria, his native coun-
/ try.
! The matter was revived at this time
by the finding OF will in an old book
in church in this city. The document
had evidently never been admitted to
probate and was signed by John Mich
olas EmeriCh. A copy of German pa.
per relating this incident fell into the
hands of Mrs. John Boss, Of Pittsburg,
who is now eighty-four years old This
brought to mind an incident Of her early
life, when her family, was expecting a
legacy from the old country. The leg
acy never came, but Mrs. Boss remem-
bered that the name attached to the will
was the same as that her family had
reckOned so much on. She consulted
old letters, and her friends soon became
convinced that John Nicholas Emerich
was the maternal granduncle of Mrs
John Boss. Relatives in Montgomery
county were consulted, and as a result
the case was put in the hands of Nor
ristown lawyer.
The members of the family who came
from Norristown recently expected that
evidence would be taken before the Ger.
man Consul in support of their claim.
They were greatly disappointed on learn
ing that such matters did not fall within
the jurisdiction of the Consulate They
were referred to Mr.. Stephen S. Remak,
the counsel for the Consulate, and had
conference with him. The case will
now be pushed, and it is expected that
the money will be obtained for its right
full owners before many more months
elapse.
Peter Emerich, Waterman of the De
Kalb street bridge, Norristown, claims
to be lineal decendent of John Nicho-
las Emerich. Peters father, who re-
Gently died, leftpapers whice give strong
proof in support OF the claim, and as
there are other brothers and sisters in
and around Norristown, the greater por-
ton of the $2O,OOO,OOO, if it is ever Sc
cured, will 60 to Montgomery county
people. There is also an heir residing
in Philadelphia.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
A Bargain in Corner Lots

is what most men desire, but to keep
from filling grave in cemetery lot ere
half your days are numbered, always
keep supply of DR.. Pierce's Golden
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first symptoms of consumption appear,
lose no time in putting yourself under
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Possessing as it does, ten times the virtue
Of the best cod liver oil, it is not only
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take. 1t purifies and enriches the blood,
strengthens the system, cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions and other humors.
By druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
What Might be Expected.

AlDapy JOurnal
Now, as understand the tariff, Clar-
ence," said fair young Albany bride,
about whom still chung the odor of the
orange blossom, NEARLY everything i'm
ported from the old world has to pay a
tax. Am l right, dearest?
Eyes, fond one" replied Clarence, as
he softly stroked her brown tresses. "In
order to protect our home industries, un-
der the present system most importa-
tons Fay tax. There is party who
would remove the tariff"
"Oh, Clarence. you will never vote for
that party. promise me-"
"And why notf" asked the devoted
husband.
Because then our hired girl could get
a French artificial boquet On her spring
bonnet just like mine, and that would be
perfectly horrid.
As Clarence fondly embraced the fair
economist, he thought of the noble and
unselfsh motives that would actuate the
ballot in the hands of women.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
Prof. Fields Antl-Bi|ious Worm
Powders.

Remove all Worms except Tape Worm,
and are excellent for Biliousness. Thou
sands of families have used the powders
with perfect satisfaction. Every package
guaranteed. Ask your druggist for them.
Do not be put off by the druggist telling
you other Worm Medicines are bet
ter, for they are not If he does not
keep them, will send the powders to
any address on receipt of price. Large
size family package $500; one-half pack
age 50 cents. Send for reference circular.
Address, PROF. B. FIELD,
PA Kansas Ave-, Topeka, Kansas.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
cover and Over Again."

Repetition is sometimes the only way
to impress truth upon the mind. Ac'
cordingly take notice that DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets" (the original
Little Liver Pills. continue to be won
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obstruction of the bodily functions
Their action is thorough yet gentle, and
the Ingredients being entirely vegetable,
they can be taken with impunity into
the most delicate stomach. All druggists
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
Work, Work, Work."

How many women there are working
to-day in various branches of industry
to say nothing of the thousands of pa
tient housewives whose lives are an un-
ceasing round of toil--who are martyrs
to those complaints to which the weaker
sex are liable. Their tasks are rendered
doubly hard and irksome and their lives
shortened, yet hard necessity compels
them to keep on. To such DR.. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription offers asure means
of relief. For all female weaknesses it
is certain cure. All druggists.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02

Nathan Kennedy, the greatest chick
en- fancier of the South, died recently at
New Forest, KY, aged 80 years. Every
State of the Union has representatives Of
his famous breed of game cocks.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02

1t is claimed that the year 1884 has
far surpassed its predecessors in produc-
ing more inferior watermelens than ever
before. The average watermelon this
year is compared to tasteless cross be-
tween citron and pumpkin.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
S0V1uS 12APCuS0Bs
Rochester Democrat.

Rochester Democrat.
The change of the method of compen-
sating United States Court officials by
salaries, instead of fees as proposed by
the Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Justice, it is estimated,
will save the Government annually
about S219,S00, as follows: Marshalls,
S5s,7OO; attorneys and assistant attor-
neys, S6O,lO0; clerks, $4,000, commits
sioners, 600; United States Courts in
Utah, $4,000, and miscellaneous expen-
ses, 1900. 1t is understood that ma
jority of the Appropriation Committee
favor the change.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02

Young and middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, premature old age,
loss of memory, and kindred symptoms,
should send three letter stamps for large,
illustrated treatise suggesting sure means
OF cure. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02

Annie Russell, aged years, came
from Templemore, Ireland, alone, en-
route to Mrs. Hussey, Mille1's Corners,
near Clifton Springs, N. Y. A tag bore
her address and she got to her destina-
ton safely.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02
C0rbOliUea.

Full oft we feel the surge of tears,
Yet joy has light for all the years,
TO all whose hair is getting thin,
Our Carboline will keep it in.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02

Berlin has more than seven hundred
citizens who are worth a million marks,
or $250,OOO. Vienna has not SO many,
but her Weather citizens are worth
more money than those of Berlin.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-02

1t is expected that nearly one thou
sand members and associates of the Brit
ish Scientific association will cross the
Atlantic in August next to take part in
the meeting which is to be held at Mon
treal,