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The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal
The candidates for commissioners on the Re
publican ticket are exceptionally good men; in
fact the taxpayers of Marion county never had
an opportunity to support men more competent
to manage the affairs of the county than the
candidates presented by the Republican party.
For the First district Capt. w. r. Clinton stands
the peer of any. For over fifty years resident
of Marion county, his life and character is
known to all, his integrity is unquestioned, and
his business capacity is of a superior order. He
was a soldier in the Mexican war. and one of the
first to enlist in the war for the Union. The
economical administration of county affairs since
he has been a member of the board
is a guarantee that the interests of the
people Will be Zealously cared for. Mr.. Stein
haur is one of our solid business men of the
South Side. modest and unass uming, successful
in his own business. He was painstakng and
honest in the affairs of the city. While mem
Der Of the City Council his record among the
best and of sucn marked business ability that
when his term as councilman expired he was
appointed one of the city commissioners, to
serve with such men as j. c. Yohn and William
Hadley in a place of large responsibility, yet
comparatively small pay
Mr.. Guion. the candidate for the Third dis
trict is a substantial farmer of Pike township.
Born IN this county; man of few words but
with mind Of his own. Few men have the
confidence of their neighbors like jasper Guion.
He is the only Republican that ever carried
Pike township for trustee, defeating such man
as the late County Commissioner Joseph Loftin.
Jesse Wright is one of the solid farmers of
Wayne township, rising from poor boy to oc-
cupy the enviabe position he does among his
neighbors Surely the taxpayers of Marion
county to be congratulated on having the OPP
portunity to support men of such sterling integ-
rity and good business capacity, for men who
manage their affairs well and are successful
in life may be trusted to transact the business of
the county OBSERVER.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

Ravages of Yellow Fever-Rioting Among
the People-Intentions of the French.
New YORK Oct 25.-Captain Bedford Pine,
r. N, recognized authority on Central Ameri-
can matters, and well known through his efforts,
begun in 1861 to open up transit across Nicara-
qua, arrived in this city from the Isthmus of
Panama where he has been making a careful ex-
animation of the work done and to be done on the
canal. He said that his trip was not an official
one, but that ne was going on to Washington to
communicate the result of his observations to
Secretary Frelinghuysen, and did not care to
say too much in regard to the matter before
hand He said:
Things in Panama are in a most exciting
condition. Yellow fever is raging i'll its deadli-
est form; men are taken down and are dead in a
week. They are dying off by the wholesale.
But the people think they are not dying fast
enough, and those that are alive and we'll are
running revolution without head or tail to it,
and are killing each other off like wild cats. The
French want to get the isthmus into their
power, and no one doubts that they will succeed.
1t is expected that the tricolor flag will be run
up in a few days at the furthest, and the French
protectorate be declared The people want to
separate their State from the United States of
Colombia, and are only too glad to encourage
the plans of the French.
''As for the canal. all that can say is that my
original opinion of it, which l expressed in
France and elsewhere, has not changed after the
most careful examination. The plan of cutting
the canal through so as to have it on level with
the sea seems to me most preposterous one as
it will be necessary to cut through hills hun
dreds of feet high, and where as much as eleven
feet of water falls in a year Had system of
locks been adopted the plan could have been car
ried out, and the canal might have been in op-
Grafton at this date. But even if you admit the
possibility of CARRYING the plans of NJ De Les
seps to "a successful issue, at the rate at which
the work is now carried on it would certainly
not be finished inside of twenty years, dating
from to-day.
"And then, again, the carrying on OF the work
has been attended by the most reckless extrava-
cance in the expenditure of money, and great
want of foresight has been shown. Three mill
ion francs has been spent in the construction of
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
Bismarck and the FREQ Cities.

BERLIN, Oct. 2S-Bismarek, in private con
versation, denies absolutely that he had any de-
signs against the independence of the free cities
of Germany. The empire, he said was greatly
interested in their continued freedom, and es
pecially in the continued independence Of Ham
burg. 1t was pity, ne said, that there were
not more free cities Six such towns would be
blessin to Germany
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
The Status in Indiana.

indianapolis Correspondence Washington Critic.
believe the Republicans now have start
where they left off in $780, and l know from OBJ
servation that the organization is now in good
hands and that Messrs. New and Michener the
able chairman and secretary of the State com
mttee. are doing upon limited means all that
can possibly be done to carry the State, know
ing full well what they have before them if de-
feated, and have yet to hear of anything sug
gesting corruption of the vote although l have
been about headquarters and have not kept my
ewes shut
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
EVENTS IN THE OLD WORLD.
UncOnfirmed Report that the Prophets
Troops Have Captured KhartOum,
Mr., Gladstone Declines to Order an Inquiry
into the Maamtrasna Cases-Spurious
Pictures from the United States.
GREAT STORM IN ENGLAND.

Houses Demolished and Vessels Wrecked
Terrible Weather at Sea.
LONDON, Oct. 2S-A violent northwest storm
prevailed last night and to-day throughout the
British isles and neighborng seas. Houses
were demolished at Shields, vessels in the
Clyde were driven from their moorings, aud
many small wrecks are reported along the coast
-Four vsssels were driven ashore off Greenock.
Incoming steamers report that fearful weather
was encountered at sea. A steamer from Lisbon
for Cardiff was wrecked at Penzance and the
German cruiser Undine was wrecked off the
Danish coast The crews of both were saved.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
Serious Accident.

boy named Charles NJ. Hart was thrown
from buggy last evening, AMI seriously hurt
receiving fracture of bones in the left arm, and
other injuries. The horse took fright at the
corner of Pratt and Meridian streets, and ran
down to North, where it coided with vehicle,
smashing the buggy and throwing the boy p
the ground His injuries were attended to by
Dr. j. W. Ceombs.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
The Original independent.

New fOrk sun.
And so that original independent, the Hon.
David Davis of Illinois, has come out and pro
claimed his intention of voting for Mr. Blaine.
We confess that we are disappointed for we
have cherished hope that the Judge would 90
with MS. and give his suffrage to General Butler
and the Peoples party. But, at any rate it is a
comfort that a jurst and statesman so broad
and level. headed won't have anything to do with
Grover Cleveland. Besides, we should hate to
have the Judge beaten in such an interesting
contest.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The German Elections-A Socialist Democrat
Chosen in Berlin.
BERLIN Oct 28.-The elections for members
of the Reichstag have begun. In one district in
this city Socialist Democrat obtained !, 900 ma
jority over the combined vote of the Liberals
and Conservatives. This is the first time a So
cialst Democrat has been elected in Berlin. One
Liberal was reelected to the Rcichstag The
results in the other districts are not yet known.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

for 5 cents per bushe certainly interested in the
results of legislation which will give to home laborers
work and thereby enable large class idle to be-
come consumers Our government. in justice
10 our laboring classes and farmers should
and must, so reform our tariff laws
that surplus products. manufactured
and agricultural will find ready market abroad.
Shal. we sell our surplus or remain idle until il is
sumed IS question that the people ust decide Mr.
Peee. my opponent for Congress- voted for the pres
ent high tariff which yields a surplus of one hundred
millions of dollars annually, and is therefore com
name, which if you deem it to your interest to do
you can paste over the name of Mr.. Peelle on the
Republican ticket l find many Republican farmers
who are anyious and willing to give their support
on the tariff issue who do not wish it publicly known.
only ask of You unbiased consideration Of your
own interests. Respectfully, WIN. d. BYNUM.
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
The following local appointments have been
made:
Hon. w. W. Herod and J. L. McMaster at
Sehool-house No II, one and a half mile from
Bridgeport, tonight.
Col. Samuel Merrill, at Irvington, tonight,
at 730
P Fehrenbateh, of Ohio at Park Theater to-
night, at 7:30
Dr. Levi Ritter. at Valley Mills, Thursday
evening, Oct. so, at 7:30.
Hon. Fred. Douglass, j. L. Fl. Sweres, j. Sid.
Hinton, and others at Park Theater Thursday
evening, Oct 80, at 7:30.
NOTES.
Fred Douglass will speak in this city tomor-
row evening. The announcement Yesterday
that he would speak last night was mistake.
The Morton Club meeting. to be addressed by
A. j. Beveridge. the popular young campaign
speaker, has been postponed until next Satur-
day evening
Evidently there is "a hen on" at Democratic
committee headquarters Chairman Henderson
and delegations of Democratic politicians from
different parts Of the State are in continuous
session, and there is air of awful mystery
about the place
At the Republican meeting. tomorrow night
at Masonic Hail. Dr. Starkloff. of St Louis,
candidate for Lieutenant governor of Missouri,
Major Calkns and Mr. Phil Rappaport will be
the speakers. Mr.. Rappaport will answer the
arguments of Judge Stallo, of Cincinnati. who
spoke here last Saturday night, under the auspi-
ces of the independents He will speak in En-
glish and should be heard by large audience
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

The ingredients which go to make up that
greatest of modern remedies, Mishler's Herb
Bitters. have already been given to the world
The manner of their preparation. uided snd
equalized by the pharmaceutical skill of an ex-
perenced physician, is so perfect that no Varia
tiOn whatever in the quality of the pxnnarntion
can possibly occur The Bitters cr.n he fonnd
in every drug store Of the land. It never fails
~ Gnolefa m9rous, summer erJfhplaint, diarrhea,
fevers "1>'
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

LONDON, Oct. 28-The editor of the Morning
Post wrote a letter to Lord Richard Grosvenor
one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, com
planning that an account Of the recent changes
in the Ministry and news of other official acts
had been sent all other daily papers, but with
held from the Post. To this letter Lord Rich
ard responded that items Of official news are
furnished only to those newspapers which give a
more or less cordial support to the government
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

Mr. GEORGE RIzoR Bethany, Brooke county,
West Virginia, writes that he was cured of in
tense pains by the use of st. Jacobs Oil, the
great pain -reiiever, and that he recommended it
to other sufferers and il cured them
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
The Irish and the franchise Bin.

DUBLIN, Oct. 2S-The Irish Times says the
Parnell members of the House of Commons have
resolved to vote against the government on the
franchise bill
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29

Death of Consul Grant.
LONDON, Oct 28.-Unted States Consul
Grant, at Belgrade, died day.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
Spurious Paintings.

LONDON, Oct PA large collection Of paint
ings consigned from New York to the art dealer
Bernheim in Paris, as original works by the
best masters, have been declared to be mita-
tions. Bernheim refuses to place them on sale.
and has submitted the paintings, with their
forged signatures, to K@mpfen, Director gener
al of the Academy of Fine Arts
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29


WILLIAM y. ToBIN,
JOHN WILSON,
GEO. W. WINPENNY
JOHN A. NJ. Cox,
Republican nominees for Representatives.
l.. II. REYNOLDS
Republican nominee for joint senator from Marion
Shelby, and Hancock counties.
ALBERT W. WIsHARD,
Republican nominee for joint representative from
Marion, Shelby, and Bartholomew counties.
AN ANTI-MoNoPoLIsTs VIEWS.
Mr.. John F. Henry, of New York, chairman
of the national committee of the Anti-monopoly
party stopped in this city yesterday en- route to
Cincinnati, and was interviewed by Journal
reporter. There is one thing said Mr.. Henry,
~ desire you to correct Statements have been
made in special dispatches from New York,
charging me with having received
money from Mr.. D. F. Jones. chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee, for use in the Butler canvass These
charges were made by General Parsons, and have
been printed in a number of newspapers de-
sire with the greatest emphasis to deny that
have received any money or checks from Mr..
Jones or any one else connected with the Repub-
lican national committee directly or indirectly.
Neither have received any money from Gen.
Butler or any of the Anti-monoposts. and l do
not belive the Republicans have furnished any
money to assist in the Butler campaign"
What do you think of Tammany and its vote2
Where will its strength gol'
Naturally three -fourths of the Tammany
men believe in General Butler; but in the pecu-
liar state of politics in New York, do not think
over one-third of Tammany will actually vote
for General Butler, while at least onethird will
vote for Mr.. Blaine, as a more certain way of
beating Cleveland. In any event. from my ex-
perience among Tammany men, Cleveland will
not get more than one-thrd of the sixty thou
sand votes that this great political organization
will cast"
"ls this chiefly because of dissatisfaction
among the Irish?f
my experience is that there is great dissat-
isfacton among voters of that nationality
against Cleveland. AS for the business element
of New York you will find those in the front
Offices who will vote for Cleveland. but when
you get to the workers, the packers and labor
ers you will find they all feel that Cleveland has
not been true to the laboring mans interests
They will vote against him and go for Mr.
Blaine, or General Butler
MISTER, VOTE FOR ME, PLEASE.
Mr. Bynum. the Democratic candidate for
Congress, is conducting his canvass upon the
same method of political mendicancy adopted by
Mr. Hendricks. Letters similar to the follow
ing, begging votes, have been sent by him to a
number of farmers in tho district during the last
few days.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. %, 81
Abhef Buell., Esq:
| Dear Sir-Your name having been furnished me as
one of the reliable Farmers of your neighborhood, |
| forward TO you of my pamphlets entitled n
/ Revenue VS.. q Protective Tariff and ask that you
carefully read the same and especially the chapter
titled destruction of the Farmers Market, on page
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-29
MISTER, VOTE FOR ME, PLEASE.
Ahhet isnell. Esq !:

Dear Sir-Your name having been furnished me as
one Of the reliable Farmers of your neighborhood,
forward TO You of my pamphlets entitled "A
carefully read the same and especially the chapter
titled destruction of the Farmers Market, page
35 Farmers who are hauling their grain to market
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-01-15
FACTS AND FANcIEs
Concerning charIestown and its
Prominent Industries.
What Our Exporter finds to say Of our
Business Interests.
NO. IL.
THE WATSON HOUSE.

During the past few weeks our re-
porter has had occasion to test the
hospitality of the Watson House, and
here is what he finds to say of it.:
When Mr. James Watson took charge
of the hotel he found that many
changes and improvements were ne.
cessarY. Though he had never kept
hotel before, he was practical BUSH
ness manly birth an Englishman
and for many years manufacturer
of wooden goods near Harper's Fer
ry-and upon assuming charge of the
house he began carrying out many
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
were sadly needed. The most recent
change he has made is to open a res
taurant and oyster room in the base
ment of the hotel; he has put in q
" dumb waiter" or small elevator
thus connecting the restaurant with
the bar, and in this as well as many
other ways he tries to advance the in
tercsts of the house.
The " Watson House" is we'll kept.
The table is unexceptionable; the
rooms are we'll furnished, and the bar
offers the best procurable liquors.
Mr.. Watson has had good patronage
from the best class of people since he
opened the house few months ago,
and he seems to feel pleased with the
condition and prospects of trade
A free bus meets all trains; there is
good stabling and careful attendance,
all the employees of the house are
careful to promote the comfort of
guests, and we have no doubt the
Watson House, under such auspices,
will grow i'll favor with the travelling
public.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-01-15
Gen. Golf to the Front.

Whatever may be said of the only
Republican representative in Con-
>gvess from this State, it must be ad-
United that he has thoroughly refuted
thu idea that it requires two years of
service before a man can be heard
from in Congress. Gen. Golf has,
before the expiration of two months,
come to the front with bill for the
distribution Of the surplus revenue,
among the States. II tae scheme
were original with Gen. Golf, we do
lot taipk that he, or any other public
nan, could afford to stake much po-
litica1 reputation upon proposition
so easily demonstrated to be- uncon-
stitntional, and utterly opposed to the
genius Of cur institutions. But it is
0ot original with Golf. Nr. Blaine has
recently given the weight of his au-
tho-ity to similar proposition. But
the idea is not original with Blaine
either. It belongs to the latest and
feeblest era of the old Federal, or
Semi-Noaarchical party, when from
its ashss there was about to spring
the American policy OF Henry Clay.
Gen Jackson, who had but little
patience with these glittering and
magnificent schemes to rob the peo-
pie, at once put his foot upon it. A
foot that it was not easy to get from
nnder. In his messages to Congress,
he denounced the scheme, as likely
to produce a corruption fund, to in
vite extravaganza, and corrupt the
morals of the people. The same OBJ
jection5 which he urged then, apply
now in tenfold degree. The idea of
grinding the people to produce not a
reUe,aale, but a surplus, which the Gov
eminent undertakes to give back to
them, diminished by the salaries, COM
missions and perquisitcs Of an army of
officers, and collectors, is too grossly
fallacious 10 deceive even the most
credulous. Every one sees at a glance
that it Is not the good of the people,
bat the support of said army of Of
fetal collectors and thieves that is
being consulted and legaIized. In
political economy, the solecism is
shoc,.ag 10 common sense; inmorals,
the scheme is fatally corrupt; in law,
it is unconstitutional; in history, it is
Ske Old Roman argument of the am
phitheatre. The people were taxed
and feeced, that thcir money might
be given back to them in theatrical
shows, and g!adiatoriai exhibitions.
To this policy of cajoling the people,
while they arc robbed 10 bald up 9
magnificent ana paternai government,
the Rcpuhlicides, Cor so-caIlcd Re.
pubIicans,) are fully committed
There is also spurious article Of De
mocracy, not much better. But tho
true Democracy, now happily in the
ascendant, will get rid of this surplus
revenue in a different manner. They
will relieve Gen. Golf of the trouble
of distributing to the people their OWL
property. They aoW reduce the req
enue to the loacest standard Of tie &C,
tual needs Of the Government, and re-
store its administration to the {" simple
frugal government Of Jefferson anC
Jackson,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-01-15
G. w. T. KEARsLEr.

We don't wish to convey the idea
that there is anything patriarchal in
the appearance of Maj. Kearsley when
we say that he is, so far as we know,
the oldest merchant of Charlestown-
facts however, are stubborn things,
and if We "give away" Maj. Hears
ley's age, even by implication, we
can't help it. He is native of this
county. Fifty years ago he entered
upon the active duties OF life as a
clerk for the late Humphrey Reyes,
who was then doing business upon
the same site now occupied by Maj.
Z. About ten years later he became
q partner with his old employer.
During the war the house was virtu-
ally out of business-since then it
has taken its old and weIl-won place
among the business interests of the
county. The only partners Maj.
Kearsley has had have been Mr..
Reyes and Capt. W. C. Sheerer-the
last named gentleman being associa-
ted with him for FIVE or six years.
The business of the house is that of
general merchandise-dry goods, as
a matter of course, taking the lead.
In the course of a very desultory
conversation we recently held with
Maj. Kearsley ne expressed views to
the effect that he thought there
was no reason to hope for an ex-
trenely large trade this winter-he
thought business matters had about
reached their level, and, like other
merchants whom we have met, he
said that the most marked improve
ment in trade was in the increasing
demand for the better class Of goods.
Maj. Kearsley has so long been
identified with the trade interests of
the town that we could hardly add to
or take from his mercantile reputation
by whatever we might write. His
half century of business experience
however, ranks him among the Oldest
business men of this portion of the
State, and so he becomes a legitimate
target for 4 reporters pencil
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-01-15
Hon. WIN. I. Wilson has been ap

Hon. VIM. J.. Wilson has been APP
pointed, by Speaker Carlisle, one of
the Regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution-a position which he is well
calculated to fill with credit to him
self and his constituency. A Wash
ington dispatch to the New York 1T5-
bune, of January 10th, says:
The first nominations made by
Speaker Carlisle-the three regents
of the Smithsonian Institute-meet
with general approval, SO far as per-
sonal fitness of the nominees is con-
cerned. Teritorially they divide the
honors fairly between the Western,
Eastern and Middle States. Mr.. Sin
gletonis from Mississippi. Mr.. Wilson
from West Virginia, and Mr.. Phelps
from New Jersey. The first two are
Democrats and the last a Republican.
Mr.. Singleton is lawyer of scholarly
tastes, who for eighteen years has
been a member of the National or
Confederate Congress. Mr.. Wilson
is president of the West Virginia Uni
versity, and Ii. D and formerly
was professor here in the Columbian
University. He has long had ia
miliarity with the local wants and OPP
erations of the institution Mr..
Phelps has always given attention to
the interests of education, especially
in connection with Yale College, of
which institution he is and has been
for many years fellow of the gov
erning Board.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-01-15
DIED..

In New York City. on Saturday. January 5.
1884, Mrs. McMANUS. formerly of Harper s
Ferry, at an advanced aye.
AT the residence of Mr. Thomas Files. in this
county, on Sunday. January 9th, 1884, Mrs.
SUSAN COLBERT. aged SO years.
At her home. near WGrtcntnn. Va. Decem-
Der 2Sth. 1883. Mrs. MARGARET ALLEN, wife
of Edmond Allen, formerly of this county, in
the 10th year of her age.
At her residence, near Harper's Ferry Jan
uary Cd. 1884, Mrs. ANN N. DUKE, relict OF
Robert n. Duke. deceased, aged 81 years, 1C
months and 90 days.
In Martinsburg, January sth, 1884 Of con-
sumption, CHARLES LANE, aged about 80
years.
JOHN NJ. LONG. aged 50 years.