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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03

only one rock that can stop the powders of
Sinai from quaking, and that is the Rock OF
Ages.
Higher than Sinai is Calvary 1 know that
one peak of Sinai, according to the English sur
vey expedition, is 1000 feet high, and another
peak 5000 feet and another 5000. and that
Mount Calvary according to Modern explorers,
is ouly'a slight rising knoll outside the wall OF
Jerusalem. But in moral power it overtops and
overshadows all the mountains of the hem
spheres and Himalayas, and Mount Blancs, and
Mount Washingtons, and Sinais are hlllocks
compared with it. AS fortress sometimes 81
lences fortress Moultries dismantling Sumters,
so 1 set against Sinai, the mountain of the law,
the mightier mountain of the cross. The soul
that sinneth it shall die booms the one till the
earth jars under the cannonade. Save them
from going down to the pit for have found
ransom" peals forth the other; and earth, and
heaven and hell tremble under the reverbera-
ton. Moses, who commands the one, surren-
ders to Jesus, who commands the other.
"Once by the law hopes slain,
But now, in Christ, they live again"
Aristotle says that once, when Mount Etna
erupted, and torrents of scorfe came upon the
villages at the base, the flames parted, so that
they made lane of safety for those who went
to rescue their aged parents from the destruction
OF the overlooking mountain. SO that t1amlns
volcanic Sinai of the text parts its
fury to let pass into eternal safety those
whom Christ has come to rescue
from the red ruin that bounded them on
both sides. AS l stand this moment halfway
between the mountain of the Goth of Exodus and
the 10Th of John, my terror subsidies in a super
natural calm, because the uproar of the
Sinaitic peak is moderating, and subsding and
quieting, until it comes to so deep silence that
l can hear the other mountain speak. Yea,
can hear it whisper, as it softly says: The
blood, the blood, the blood cleanseth from all
sin"
That up turned mountain of the text, writers
tell us, has several wadys or water-courses.
Aleyatt and Ajelah emptying into Feiran, but
they are not navigable- You cannot put boat
of human construction into those rocky streams
But the boat of gospel rescue can sail anywhere,
and it comes right up amid these water-courses
of Sinaitic threat and doom and offers to take
you off, and out, and from under the shadows
into the sunshine and to the land OF peace.
Oh, if you could see that boat of rescue
coming you would feel as John Gilmore in his
book storm Warriors" says a ships crew felt
when they were being beaten to pieces on the
Kentish knock sands, off the coast of England.
And they had all given up to die, for every
minute took away some of their plank from the
wreck But at last they a Ramsgate life
boat coming through the breakers, straight for
them, and they cried; Can it be 500 1t isl 1t
is! 1t is! Thank God, it isl" And jack-tar,
speaking of that boat, afterwards, said: oh
my lads what beauty she looked! What a
beauty she looked coming over those seas!'
May God take US all off the miserable wreck Of
our sin into the beautiful escape of the gospel!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
A CoLORED MINISTER'S VIEWS.
Some Excellent Advice from Rev. ID. p
Roberts. of tle Xermont-Street Church.

Some Excellent Advice from Rev. ID. p
Roberts, of the Vermont-Street Church.
Rev. D. P. Roberts, Of the Vermont street
Church, last night preached a sermon to very
large congregation of colored people. He took
for his texts the following extracts from the
scriptures: HE that is not with me is against
me-" Il have set before thee this day, life and
death, good and evil Choose you this day
whom ye will serve mo man can serve two
masters" and in the course of his sermon said
This political campaign is not, as some
would have you believe, contest be-
tween men, but between parties. The
question is by what party andprnciples shall the
the affairs of this government be conducted
Shall it be by those who are against u.s. or those
who are for u.s. Shall it be by those inimical to
our interests, or by those through whom and by
whom has come every right, and privilege, and
liberty that we have and enjoy to-day, and who
offer us the only protection in the enjoyment of
these things in all time to comet Shall it be by
those who made us bondsmen, ignorant and de-
graded, or by those who made us free educated,
prosperous and happy, in common with other
citizens of this country! Shall it be by those
who, after having held us in absolute slavery
for many years, sought to destroy the Nation
rather than suffer us to go free, or by those who
not only aided most in freeing our race. but also
saved the Nation and the Nations credit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

John McCue, potato pedler, was arrested last
night on the charge of robbinS woman of S..
The residence of Theodore Harms, No. 359
South East street. was slightly damaged by fire,
caused by defective hue yesterday afternoon.
A lamp exploded in the residence of Mrs. Mary
Coble, No. III West Washington street, last
night but the flames were eXEnguished before
doing any damage.
The Concordia Dancing Association of this
city celebrated their seventh anniversary last
night, entertaining their many friends with a
concert consisting of musical selections, recita-
ton by Mr. Kelleher and an address by Mr..
Eugene Hoffman,.
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Indianapolis.


The Democratic State central committee on
Saturday received about $50, 900 from Missouri
and Kentucky to be used N buying votes on
Tuesday.
The Greenback county convention have de-
posed NJ II. Daniels. their secretary, because he
was in sympathy with the Speer faction, and
elected John Meddert to succeed him.
Hon. John p. st. John, the Prohibition candi-
date for President was in the city on Saturday
and left for Kansas on the night train. He
thinks his largest vote from any State will be
from New Jersey.
Father ONeIl has returned from New York
where he presented Hon. James G. Blaine the
cane voted him by the Catholic fair here He
met with kline reception there, and was much
pleased with his visit.
Isabella Harrington is about to begin suit
against John w. Copeland and wife, for
So 600 damages on account of in juries sustained
by falling through the floor of an open out
house, on property rented from the defendants.
Twenty four hundred Democrats. men and
boys, made a creditabe parade in the rain, Sat
urday night, and attended the meeting at
Englishs Opera house, where addresses were de-
livered by Hon w f. English, w. D. Bynum
and Bayless W. Hanna.
Kingan & Co have purchased ten acres
of ground at Broad Ripple and will at once
build ce-houses there with capacity of 5000
car loads of ice. On Saturday they closed a ten
years contract with the L., N. A. & c. Airline
people to haul the ice to their packing house in
this city
About o'clock on Sunday morning. Morris
Condor, a section hand on the l., B. & w. rail
road, was attacked by highwayman who de-
manded his money, just west of the Washington
street bridge. Condor refused and was shot
twice, one ball going entirely through his body.
His recovery is very doubtful
At conference between United States Mar
shat Foster and Police Commissioners Murphy
and Wolcott held Saturday, in regard to
the proposed appointment of deputy marshals
for election day, it was agreed that, although
the law required the appointment of deputy mar
shals when petitions were presented from coun-
ties of 90 900 inhabitants, the officers should be
stationed only where fraud seems imminent and
where there is the most urgent need for protec
ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03

Rev. Henry Day preached at the First Baptist
Church yesterday morning and evening. His
morning sermon was from the text Philippians
i. 27 "Only let your conversation be as it be-
cometh tho gospel of Christ; that whether
come and see you or else be absent, may hear
of your affairs, that We stand fast in one spirit,
with one mind, striving together for the faith of
the gospel"
DR.. Day made strong and fervent prayer as
to the duty of all in exercising the rights of citi
zenship that what they do should be to the hon
or of God and for the welfare of their country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
Serious stabbing Array.

John Benner, bar tender in the Tom and
Jim" saloon, on West Washington street. and
Charles Hovey, a potato peddler, quarreled
about girl, for whose favor they were rivals,
and Saturday evening they came to blows. Last
evening Hovey. and some of his friends met
Benner at tho corner of Washington and West
streets, and assaulted him. During the
fight Hovey stabbed Bonner twice with a pen
knife, inAictiug wounds in the breast and on the
shoulder Bonner was taken to No. 264 Potomac
street, but it was found upon examination that
rested by Sergeants Sauer and Travis on the
charge Of assault and battery with intent to kill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
THE DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
DIR. Mcleod Makes an Apt Application of an
Old Parable to Present Affairs.

Rev. James Mcleod, of the Second Presbyter-
ian Church, yesterday morning took his text
from the ninth chapter of Judges, eighth verse,
with the verses dependent thereto, Jotham's
fable to the men of Shechem:
The trees went forth on q time to anoint a
king them; and they said unto the olive tree,
reign thou over us, etc.
Mr.. Mcleod said the point of this fable is OBJ
vious. Gideon was represented by the olive, and
fig, and vine, while Abimelech was the bramble
They would soon discover that no would be a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03

THE testimony of the druggists alone is enough
to convince the most skeptcal of the value of
Mishler's Herb Bitters as a remedial agaent for
diseases of the stomach, liver and kidneys 1t
known throughout the United States and foreign
lands as the greatest of all preparations. Speers
& Grimes, of Liberty, Guernsey county, Ohio,
write: ''Your bitters is the best in the market
and acts like charm. We are selling it rapidly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
Rorsforlls Aoid Phosphate

Prof Adolph OFT New York, says: 81 used
it for sea sickness, during ocean passage. In
characterize that disease yiciied, and gave way
to q healthiul action III the functions impaired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
Foreign.

Lord Northbrook, special commissioner to
Egypt, has made his report.
In the trial of French at Dublin, for unnatural
practices, the jury disagreed,
France threatens reprisals in Morocco for out
RACES on Jews, who are her subjects.
Mary Anderson opened at the Lyceum, with
Romeo and Juliet, making phenomenal sue
cess.
By false alarm of fire, in a Glasgow theater,
panic was caused, resulting in the death of six
teen persons, and the serious injury of twelve
others.
1t is reported that Colonies Stewart, Power
and Herbin were the boat wrecked on the
Nile, and that General Gordon has transported
by vessel to Khartoum 400, 900 bushels of grain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03

Tapering on.

Minneapolis Tribune
The Independents of Illinois are getting to be
a lonely looking set They believe there are
about nine thousand of them, but there are good
evidences that this is about four times too largo
a figure. When they first started in the bust
ness of reform they believed they mad 80, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03

Freight Traffic Over indianapolis Roads,
Below we give the number of cars received
and forwarded at this point in the weeks ending
res pectiyely Oct is, Oct. 25 and Nov l:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
Matters with the J.. p. & c, Coming to a Head.

Matters with the J., p. 4 C, Coming to a Head.
Mention made a short time since that the
Wabash people were negotiating to drop the
northern division of the indianapolis Peru &
Chicago road, and continue the lease of the In
dianapois and Peru division. The Wabash PEG.
pie had hoped to induce William Cutting, of
New York, the principal owner of the bonds on
the latter division. and who is, as well, inter
ested with other bondholders in the northern di-
vision, to give the bondholders of the northern
division the shake. OF course this would rem
der the latter property of little value Mr..
Cutting, it seems, proposes to act honOrably in
the matter, and tells the Wabash people that he
will do no such thing, and it is quite evident
that the Wabash people purpose to drop
the l., P. & c. On Thursday last at poinp
on the road where a lot of piles had been
loaded and pile driver set to make an improve
ment, all were reloaded and taken to-
Denver, and there stored. On Friday
a construction train was sent out with large
force of men to gather up all new cross ties, all
rails, all old iron, bridge timber etc, scattered
along the line, and unload such material at Peru,
the Wabash men even going so far as to tear
down new building recently erected to store
hand-cars, tools etc, in, and on every hand
there are indications that the Wabash people are
about to throw up the sponge, not being able to
carry out their schemes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


The Vandalia, in the month of October,
brought into indianapolis G73 car loads of block
coal.
The J., NJ. & l. people handled at this point
last month, G,565 loaded cars, an increase of All
loaded cars over the number handled in Sep
TENDER.
James H. Anderson, master mechanic of the
New York Providence q Boston railroad, has
resigned. Mr. Anderson has held that position
about forty years, and has performed the re.
sponsible duties with fidelity honesty and
ability
w. A Owens, the oldest railroad man in
Pennsylvania, died on Saturday last at Pitts
burg at the age of eightyOne years. Mr. Givens
had been actively and continuously in the bust
ness for upward of fifty years. He the
first eight-wheel car that ever went out of Phil
adelphia with passengers, on the old State
Portage road.
j. c. Denney, district passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific road, has been assigned a iarg6
additional territory to look aftet. Prior to No
vember lst his territory was the city of In
danapolis and all roads within a radius OF
seventy five miles He now as WELL has entire
the Vandalia, the Bee line, the T. e. st. L..
northwestern Ohio, Indiana north of o. g. NJ,
and Illinois north of O. 4 NJ, and east of w,
St. L. 6; p. railway East St. Louis to Chicago.
Better Times in Prospect for the l., N a. & C.
1t is gratifying to be able to state that after
years of trouble the utmost harmony now exists
between the officials of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago road. Petty iealousies and
squabbling between railroad men are even more
destructive to railroads prosperity than is tho
cutting of rates The harmony of action be-
tween the present officers Of the road is
already showing good results General Freight
Agent McDoel was in the city Satur-
day, and he states that matters are moving
along very smoothly in all departments. Their
great trouble is TO furnish cars to move tho
business offered most of which is of local
character. Never before, he says, have through
and local rates on the road been more strictly
adhered to- and with the heavy traffic the earn
lngs begin to foot up handsomely. Shipments
of grain, lumber stone and live stock are heavy
beyond parallel, and on all divisions of the road
calls for cars numerous. The company has
contracted already for two hundred more cars
to add to their present large equipment Mr..
McDoel expressed himself as highly pleased with
the Increase of business over the indianapolis di-
vision OF late. He then spoke of the statement for
October, which showed that there was brought
into indianapolis 600 loaded cars, forwarded from
indianapolis, Dos loaded ears--against 366 brought
in and 23S forwarded in September an increase
i'll October of 329 ears. The company has in
the last few days renewed its traffic agreement
with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton peo-
pie and expects good results therefrom moro
especially in passenger business, as on Nov. 1G
through day coaches and Pullman sleeping-cars
will be put on between Cincinnati and Chicago
to run over the c., II. & l. and Air-liue division
of the L., \. A, & c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20
ANOTHER CLEVELAND LIE.
The Governors Newspaper Friends Try to
Defame Mr.. Davenport.

The Governors Newspaper Friends Try to
Defame Mr.. Davenport.
New York Mail.
The Herald and Times in their dispatches from
Ohio yesterday announced that John 1. Daven-
port, chief supervisors of elections for New
York, was during the past week ''on the scene
in Ohio, sin charge of the Republican manipu-
lators." When questioned about the matter this
morning Mr.. Davenport was amused.
ANY one connected with this Office can tell
you, he said, that for weeks past l have been
here daily attending to my duties, which con-
sumo all my time."
Have you been in Cincinnati since Mr.. Blaine
vas nominatedf
II have not been in Cincinnati in eight years. -"
"Have you had any representative there who
might have used your nameq'
mo, sir. The story is an invention and Is on
a par with the statement published and repub-
lished in 1880, asserting chat L was working for
General Garfield in indianapolis, a place I never
saw. [ have no idea from what source these
ISLANDERS emanate, and l don't trouble myself
about them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20

The explosion, it is charged, was caused by the
carelessness of the incorporate engineer.
William Durham, of Rockford, attempted sui
eide by cutting his throat with a razor. He will
probably die.
At Rockford. Thomas Martin got into an alter
cation with j. W. Kennedy in relation to politics.
which resulted in the former shooting the latter,
Martin has been arrested, and will be tried fof
assault with intent to kill.
Edward Kerns, who was found at Winnebago
with a cut in the back of his head, and in an
unconscious condition, still remains in a coma
tose state. The man who, i is alleged, made tho
assault, swears no can prove an alibi,
Hiram Draper, a brakeman on the Airline
railway, was shot in the knee-cap, at Mt. Yer
non, on Thursday night, as the train was pulling
out for this city. a negro at that place had d
difficulty with one of the brakemen the night
before, and he was bent on revenge. The wound
Is painful but not dangerous.
James Taylor, an Engineer on the Chicago 6
Alton railroad, has been arrested at Blooming
ton on a charge OF rape, made by Joanna Maher,
wife of John Maher, an engineer on the same
road. The woman says that Taylor, On several
occasions, accomplished his purpose by intimida-
ton. Taylor was bound over to the grand jury
in the sum Of 81, 900. Taylor is married and has
a family. He ~denounees his arrest as a black
mailing scheme.
At the instance of the Mutual Benefit Associae
ton, in which the missing Rev. w. n. Colline
had $1,000 insurance, IA officer of Galesburg re-
Gently went to Toronto in search Of Collins,
having obtained evidence of his presence there.
The officer saw Mr.. Collins in the postofice
taking Gaiesburg papers from his box. The
minister has allowed his whiskers to grow SO
that they conceal his face, while large spectacles
cover his eyes. He goes by the name of Rev.
w. NJ. Myers, and his mail is sent to that adj
dress. Many think his concealment due to q
desire to avoid investigation by the Central Ilt
Do1S COuforapcn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20
EVENTS In THE OLD WORLD.
RumOr that China Is Willing to Pay
France $5,000,00 as Indemnity.
Prime Minister Ferry Considers the Sum Too
Small and Declines the 0ifer-A Victory
for the Belgian Liberals.


RuInor that hin Has Offered France 49,
100000 Indemnity for Losses.
LoNDoN, Oct. I9.-The Paris correspondent of
the Telegraph states positively that the court at
Pekin has offered, through the Washington gov
eminent, to pay IS, 900, 900 compensation TO the
French for their losses, not as owning
to error, but in order to smooth
the way for a settlement. The correspondent
says Prime Minister Perry considered the offer
too small. America is so satisfied with China's
attitude, which she regards worthy of defending,
that Secretary Frelinghuysen has declared his
inability to understand the reluctance of France
to an amicable settlement of the difficulties.
The latest official dispatches from China state
that there has been no fighting at Tamsui sine o
the Sth inst. Admiral Courbet asks for a battal-
ion of marines to strengthen the landing parties.
La France newspaper states that General
De rIisle has telegraphed that he has only $500
effective troops, which are insufficient TO &C.
eppy any extent of the enemy's country.
1t is reported that the Chinese are fleeing
from Shanghai, in fear that the city will be
bombarded by tho French.
A dispatch received at the Chinese embassy at
Berlin confirms the statement that the Chinese,
under Lin MingSehuan, defeated l 800 French at
Tamsui, on the 18th inst. French operations
there were frustrated by torpedoes.
The London Standards Hong Kong dispatch
says: "a loan of $4,000. 900 was obtained by
the Chinese government from Hong Kong and
Shanghai banks. An appeal to the people for the
loan was a complete failure. 1t is believed that
China will be in straits for cash TO continue the
war, and that her financial difhculties will lead
to an early settlement of the struggle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20
T%ELEGRAPIIC BREVITIES.

H. F. Grant, of Savannah, Ga, a merchant,
has left that city, and some of his business trans
actions will be investigated.
Archibald Stewart, a hotel-keeper at Rorter's
Lake N s. died yesterday from eating wilS
Postmaster Wiley, of Washington, Pa, who
mysteriously disappeared on the LIST inst, re-
turned to Washington on Saturday evening. He
has been at Omaha, Neb.
At a festival given by Zion A. NJ. E. Church,
at Washington, Pa, Saturday night, a disturb
ance arose, in which two men were shot, and
one, it is thought, fatally injured.
A. W. Morton, an absoonding railway con-
ductor, who is wanted at Deale, Cearfeld
county, Pa, was arrested at New York late last
night. It'll said he absconded with 81, 200.
A saloon at Richmond and Westmorelan6
streets, Philadelphia, was slightly damaged by
fire early yesterday morning. Thomas Kennedy.
a S%cotehman, sleeping in the place. was burned
to death.