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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19
NOTICE.

THE YOUNG MEMS INDEPENDENT
i Political Club viii meet at the Cou
House on Wednesday, August 20. az Q
p m IN executive session. for the pur-
pose Of elecsing its officers and commit
tees. and the transaction OF such other
hu -fness as may be brought before L. All
me msers viii olease attend promptly at
the hour named.
q. N. HALLER, prest pro tenn.
c. l. + KELLoGG. Secy pro tsra lqs
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19

Coon STREET. wosk. - Commissions
Manning still keeps q force OF men at
work On Front street, where he Is doing
. good job. A foot Of earth vas taken
from ine hiliack In front OF the Half
WAY housr, and u would have been
vel II three nBes as much hsd been
nkn. ssverai low places have been
nsied. and the grades rnsds more mi
form and easy. A hump in frout OF the
new Bell Hotel should also be cot Oh.
IL u astonishing 60 srs how munh better
str ct work can be done by man who
Knows nothing Of civii engineering, and
who works AZ $50 month. than can be
doae By 500 month men Who know
All about roads that can be fcund in
tho books.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19

4 WOMAN TO DO ENERAL
n housework In . small family must
De good cook permanent employment
and good wages VIII be given toe right
person. Address Helm fhis ofS;cN II
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19

A NEv lssrHucroa.-G.o. Curms, la,e
Professor Of Languages IN the semi
nary a. Aurora. Illinois. has arrived in
this ests. and will. - the opening Of Il Q
University. NEXT Monday, assume the
same chair there. He Il accompanied
BY he wife and child. aud xill ssstIe
down here 70 STAY.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19
Furnish d House for Rent

nURtNG ABSENCE AND PART OF
~ 10 after feturn Corner Sixth and
Seneca ss-ests. Inquire iG ferenooa. II :
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19

NV Boon. NEW Lrrx-This Il oh
tained By using Pfander's Oregon Rlood
Puri1er. For sale everyvhsre. a ~
esssis. AZ Ter j. apkduea
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-19
NOTICE
Mayors oyy1cr

CRY OF SkAtTLE. Aug. Is, 1884.
WILL ATTEND TO OPTICAL
L business. In connection with city mat
t.rA daily. sundays excepte l. fros 10 70
Yesler-Leary block.
AUS JOHN LEARY. Mayor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
PLENTY oF PLACES.
Senator Pendleton Sees Good Foraging
Ground Outside CiviI-Service Rules.

Senator Pendleton Sees Good Forging
Ground Outside Civil-Service Rules.
Washington Special.
Senator Pendleton sees very rich forging
grounds for Democratic officesee in spite of
the barren spots desolated by civil-service re-
form. He thus expresses his views in the POST
"How about the spoils system and the office
seekers whose eyes are turned longingly toward
Washington"
'Oh there Is room for all of them without
disturbing the hard workers who have obtained
positions under the competitive examination
system, and rigidly observed the requirements
of the law About H. 600 positions are held I'M
der the civil-service rule, and there are some
so. 900 outside waiting to be filed under the old
appointing system. Of course it is absurd IN
the extreme to imagine that Mr. Cleveland will
retain IN Office all this vast army of Office holders
who do not come under the civil-service rule
Mr. Clevel and's election secured by the
mass of independent Republican votes. They
did not vote for him because he was Democrat,
but because he was reformer, and they expect
to see reforms instituted. From the charac ter
of the man and the principles that have aetu-
ated his policy all through his public life, one
may safely deduce the conclusion that he will
not jeopardize the civil-ser vice law, which is a
step in the right direction towards reform. The
civil-service law is comprehensive, and gives the
President ample power to extend its latitude so
as to cover a great many other Offices"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
THE FIRE RECORD.
Insurance on the st. Louis Opera-HOuse-
Action of the Theatrical People.

Insurance the ST. Louis Opera-HOuse-
Action of the Theatrical People.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov 24-The insurance on the
Grand Opera house, which burned last evening,
fortunately proves to be greater than first stated
The policies on the building amount to $55,O0O
and On machinery, furniture, scenery etc, to
$29, OOO total, $s4, 9OO The building is a total
wreck The question of reconstruction is not
yet decided. Messrs. Chouteau & Norton only
hold lease of the ground on which the building
stood, and they have not determined what course
to pursue The theater was the Oldest place of
amusement in the city, having been opened by
JOS Field over thirty years ago, and has since
then had on its boards all the famous actors and
actresses of the world A testimonial benefit
will be given Manager Norton next week at the
Olympic, and the seats will be sold at auction
next Monday. Nat Goodwin and J. M Hill,
Margaret Mather's manager have each author
lied bid of 5000 per box. Goodwin will play
his engagement, arrangements having been made
to that effect with the managers. Clara Morris
was booked for next week at the Opera house,
and will play here but at what house is not yet
daciCad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25

local sovernment-which really has nothing to
do with the Inauguration except to see that order
is preserved They have in turn sent delega-
ton to New York to consult as to what ought to
be done. OF course, there is no necessity for
any of these missions, since everybody knows
exactly what is to be done-namely, to decorate
the city, get up an Inauguration ball and posi-
bly, add some FIRE works; the real question being,
''Who is to have the credit Of doing itF The
big parade always takes care of itself
AT the same time a third element is at work
the swallow-t tail, silk stocking young Democrats
who live in the West End, and think that Cleve-
land ought to be received and patronized by the
"best people" They have held meeting, | be
heve, and appointed their own committees and
managers, so that here is material for very
pretty, three-cornered fight, which might result
in some comic developments on the 4th of March,
and certainly not in any such grand NANTES
tation as hailed the bright opening of the Gar
field administration. What contrast there will
be in any case, even should Commissioner Ed
monds, the Democratic clubs and the uptown
swelIs manage to sink their differences and pull
together with the utmost strength.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.
Their Material and Civil Condition in the
Southern States.


Southern States.
Interview with Thomas T. Fortune.
about the material condition of the colored
population in the South: will it be changed for
the betterl"
II hardly think So A great many newspapers
ana magazines are flooded with elaborate letters
showing that the average black man IN the
South Is improvident, mendacIous and lasciv
ious To certain extent these charges are
true as to the mass. Great pains have been
taken to paint these faults in all their hdeous-
ness, but very few correspondents undertake
to show why these things are as they are
Surely, man would prefer to remain idle
than to work for nothing, or be swindled out of
it after he has worked, and frequently shot for
asking for what he has earned. The laborers of
the South receive poorer pay, and are cheated
out Of greater portion of it by scheming con-
tractors and merchants, than any people on the
face of the globe. Every item of consumption
is so per cent. dearer in the South than in the
North. Think Of IT, sixcent calico for twenty
five cents yard, and other articles in proportion.
These are the modest prices planters generally
| charge to the people they advance to for
year. Imagine how the poor negro winds up
when the crop is gathered and settlement
comes. The negro has lived through the year.
but that is about all He is not charged for the
air he breathes, that is about the only item omit
ted. better system than this must prevail
and the laborer get what he earns, and pay no
more than a living profit to the merchant or
landlord who advances. When this is done the
era of prosperity will set in, and political hatred
will die away"
"What do you think of the civil condition of
the colored people of the SouthF
ut could be no worse than it has been since
1876. 1t is all lapdoodle to talk about the
Democratic party turning somersaults. 1t
doesn't believe in the capacity of the black
man for anything higher than hewing wood and
drawing water. A man like Cleveland at the
head of affairs could, in a great many instances,
coerce his party into modifying this unreason-
able prepossession, and he may. do it: On the
contrary, a man like Mr. Hendrick, believe
would 20 his whole heart in opposition to any
such modification. He was a lifelong pro
slavery Democrat, and he never uttered, as far
as have been able to read one generous, one
humane and liberal sentiment on the negro
question l don't expect the old Democrats,
who have grown up in pro-slavery, to look
through Charles Summers eyeglasses
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25

The four-y ear-old daughter of James Swan, of
Muncie, fell upon the stump of weed which
had been cut and ran it into her groins two
inches, making serious wound
At Seymour John Stout, eight years old was
buried beneath an embankment of sand, suffer-
ing external as well as internal injuries, from
which he is not expected to recover.
Another incendiary fire occurred at Orwell, on
Saturday night The dwelling of DR.. Gooding
was burned, and an attempt was made to burn
the drug store and residence of Dr. Daniels.
Saturday afternoon John Arnold, aged nine
teen, of Adams county, while returning home
from hunting undertook to discharge his gun,
but it missed fire Arnold then blew into the
muzzle of the gun, when it was discharged, kill
ing him instantly.
Florence White, sof Lafayette, was arrested,
Saturday on the charge of infanticde. Though
comparatively young girl, this is the second
Legitimate child to which she has given birth
within four years, and she is thought to have
also murdered her other offspring.
Frank Mcdonald. fourteen years old. son of Mel
son Mcdonald, of Seymour, was leaning against
freight car on the j., NJ. Sc |. switch, when
the train moved throwing him under the
wheels The cars ran over his right arm and
both legs. He cannot survive his injuries.
An efigy of St John was first hanged and then
burned at Carthage before large and apprecia-
tive audience, on Saturday. The same saint
on the same day was also burned at Marion.
The latter had the following placards attached:
John p. St John, Crank and Political Dead
beat, +" and an order: PAY to the order of John
P. ST. John $50, 900. Daniel Manning"
Kingsley Mission (Methodist) Church, at New
Albany dedicated on Sunday, is thirty by eighty
feet in size substantial and neat structure. 1t
was. completed, furnished and fully equipped
with everything necessary for church and Sun
day-school purposes, and presented, free Of debt,
by Mr.. w. c. DePauw. After the dedicatory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25

BILE work, express to you my sincere thanks and
regards To the Sullivan Club, of the city of
Newark Ia part of the serenading bodyl desire
to express my thanks in very special terms.
They have done, to one who is dearer to me than
my own life, honor tonight 1t was impossible
that she should be here to receive this
honor at their hands They desire to
express to her their respect and their
regard for this banner, the beautiful banner that
expresses our mutual love for Ireland. [Cheers.
Upon that banner it was written by herself,
Justice to Ireland sentiment chat all men OF
all nations and kindreds of the earth ought to
respect and honor Justice to Ireland, that has
given to England her bravest soldiers; Ireland,
that has sent to this country Of ours men who
have fought in all its wars; men who have helped
to develop this whole land; men who have il
Illustrated the virtues of civilization and Of Chris
tiaDity .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
rHow HE CAUGHT A COLD.
Dandled on Hendricks Knee and Sleeping
in a Cellar.
Nashville World.

Dandled on Hendricks Knee and Sleeping
in a Cellar.
Nashville World.
A wellknown gentleman of this city, who was
raised in Indiana, and boasts of the fact that his
father lived neighbor to the Vice president
elect, Thomas A. Hendricks and that in his in
fancy, while the paternal home was so near Mr..
Hendricks, he often had the honor of being dan
died on that gentleman's knee Notwithstand-
ing this fact, and further, that his father and
brothers all of the Democratic fold, he is the
black sheep of the family, and is, or rather was,
Republican Fortunely for him, his better
nine tenths, lovely little lady, is a stanch Dem
ocrat, and holds him down to the point where
Democrats admire him, notwithstanding his Re-
publican proclivities. Last Saturday as the
shades of evening were falling he wended his
not politically strayed from the paternal fold,
and had retained the Democratic principles alb
sorbed from Mr.. Hendricks. On nearing home
he was surprised to find his premises brilliantly
and tastefully illuminated and decorated and
was met by the little lady with the expression
Don't you think it looks splendidF while her
countenance was wreathed with brilliant and
happy smile.
''No, l don't" said he what in the thunder
did you do it forl"
Because we Democrats won, she replied, and
then added: 'sNow, dear, if it is too provoking
you can go in the back room and I'll make it
real dark for you, or if that don't suit, you can
go into the coal cellar" He only Inuttered a
suppressed "confound it" passed back into the
rear, and was seen no more until morning Since
then he has had an lawful" cold can scarcely
talk above whisper, and when his friends say,
''Now,. really, Mr. NJ, did you pass the night
in the coal cellearl" he Indignantly says with
emphasis. 'Confound it, no, but nevertheless
it is believed he did.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS.
Concluded from First Page


per limits the companys liability to a sum much
below the real value Following is statement
of the case, with the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff in error Hart shipped FIVE horses and
other property in one car by the Pennsylvania
railroad, under a bill of lading signed by him.
which stated that the horses were to be transported
upon the following terms and conditions, (which
are admitted and accepted by me as just and
reasonable: First, to pay freight thereon lat a
rate specified on condition that the carrier as
sumes liability the stock to the extent of the fol-
lowing agreed valuations: If horses or mules, not
exceeding 5000 each. If a chartered
car, on stock and contents in the same ST. 200 for
the carload. But no carrier shall be liable for
the acts of the animals themselves, n
nor for loss or damage arising from the condi-
ton of the animals themselves, which risks, be-
ing beyond control of the company, are hereby
assumed by the owner, and the carrier is re-
leased therefrom."
By the negligence of the railroad company or
its servants, one horse was killed and others
injured, and other property was lost. In the
suit to recover damages it appeared that the
horses were race horses, and the plaintiff offered
to show damages based on their value amount
ing to over $25, 900. This testimony was ex-
cluded, and he was given a verdict for 81, 200.
This court holds, first, that the evidence was
not admissible and the valuation and limitation
OF liability IN the bill of lading were just and
reasonable, and binding on the plaintiff; second,
that the terms of limitation covered loss
through negligence, and, third, that where a
contract of the kind signed by this shipper
is fairly made, agreeing on valuation of the
property carried, with a rate of freight based on
condition that the carrier assume liability only
10 the extent of the agreed valuation, even In
case of loss or damage by negligence of the car
ried. this contract will be upheld as proper and
lawful mode of securing due proportion between
the amount for which the carrier may be respon-
sble and the freight he receives and as protect
ing himself against extravagant and fanciful
valuations. The judgment of the Circuit Court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
DEMOCRATIC HEARrBURNINGs.
Symptoms of Struggle for Office Among
Residents of the District.

Residents of the District
Washington Letter in Philadelphia Press.
Trouble has begun here already among the
Democratic clans, as a result Of the unexpected
windfall Of Cleveands election 1t is still in its
incipient stages, but ready to break forth on
slight provocaton, unless averted by wise man
agement 1t may not, perhaps strike the hard
and unfeelipg world, beyond these limits, as q
matter of any great moment, but then the world
does not realize what an important thing socially,
financially, and an offceseeking point of view,
the auadrennial Inauguration is to the resident
of the District, and especially the next inau-
duration Of the Democratic President l hope
/ do no injustice to my fellow-townsmen of this
party faith in remarking that they are all more
or less touched with the Office seeking fever for
the first time in twenty-six years. Even those
who profess the most dlsdain for public sta
tion generally have some little Office in
view which they eye with the same studied I'M
concern that a cat looks at plate of cream. 1t
is evident that whoever gets closest to the eX-
ecutive during the Inauguration fuss and festiv-
tiles may have the inside track in reaching his
afteTwaFd, and, in any case, the wives and
daughters of those who get to be committeeman
and managers enjoy proud, though temporary,
exaltation over the womenfolk of those who are
left out in the cold
The first in the field was District Commits
sonar Edmonds a tall, saturnine man, with the
kind of corkscrew side-whiskers which carlcature
attributes to Vanderbilt, who comes from Iowa,
and was appointed as minority representative
in the local government He has kept quiet as
to his politics land indeed everything else since
the disgracefu1 Squire failure in which his name
became conspicuousJ until the result of the
election was assured, when he telegrarhed
congratulations and assurances Of devotion to
Cleveland, and has since gone on to see the
committee in New York as to what arrange
lnents should be made for the inauguration.
This aroused the local Democratic committees,
who have been industriousIy rolling up money
and enthusiasm for their side ever SINCE the
canpaipn BEGAN, and who have no mind to be
crowded off the stage at the grand finale even
sy the representative Of the official element OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
ILLINOIS.
Culling from Correspondence and Gleanings
from Exchanges.

Cuttings from Correspondence and Gleanings
from Exchanges.
George Adams and John Burke are under ar
rest at Decatur, under suspicion of having
robbed postofiee in Nermilion county,
Bud Elliott shot at Paris on Oct. H. and ly-
ing paralyzed ever since, died on Saturday.
Marshall Smith shot him. Elliotts vitality was
remarkable.
The store of Henry Leisure. at Marshall, was
entered by burglars, Sunday morning early.
The safe was blown to pieces, but the burglars
were scared away without getting the money
A three months old boy baby left on the door
step at the residence of the Rev w. H. Priest
ley, Presbyterian minister, of Decatur, has been
given to the county authorities. The baby was
in fine clothing, but no card attached.
An unknown man was found dead on the
Illinois Central railroad, near Springfield, on
Sunday afternoon, terribly mangled by the cars.
He was about twenty-five years old, well dressed,
five feet nine inches in height with light hair
and mustache, and had a.number of calling cards
in his pocket bearing the name j. B. McCabe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25

Pittsburg Special to Philadelphia Press.

Pittsburg Special to Philadelphia Press.
Today, for the first time in the history of
Allegheny county, and at least for thirty years
in the history of the State woman was tried as
a common scod The defendant in the case tried
in the Criminal Court was Ellen Fishpan a res
ident of Pleasant Valley and Amelia Kountz a
member of the Salvation Army was the
prosecutrix. The witnesses for the
prosecution were nearly all members
of the Salvation Army, and they tes
titled to very much the same things. The
trouble all grew out of the capture Of scratch
ing hen by Mrs. Sullivan. The hen was said to
belong to Mrs Fishpan who was told to take it
home or its head would be chopped off. The
fowl really laid eggs for Mrs Kountz, and Mrs
Fishpan, who Is of the Catholic faith it appears
becoming very much ineensed at the things said
and done by Mrs. Kountz and other members of
the Salvation Army against her happiness and
peace of mind, denounced them in the commu-
nifty. The jury, after hearing the testimony on
both sides, concluded that Mrs Fishpan was not
guilty and rendered verdict to that effect and
divided the costs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

Canvass of the Iowa VOte-A Republican
Plurality of Nearly 10000.
DIES MONIES Ia, Noy. 24-The State Board
of Canvassers completed the canvass of the re-
turns for presidential electors to-day, with the
following result; Blaine 197OS9; fusion, III,
49, Republican plurality, 19,sO3 1t is impos-
sible to fix the vote for the St John electors ex-
actly as there was no uniformity among the bal
lots throughout the State St Johns vote, how
ever, was very close to 1000. The canvass of
the congressional and State returns will begin
Dec T.