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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Idaho Fruits.
Idaho Tribune.


A prominent fruit grower estimates that 20
900 large fruit trees have been set out annually
for the past five years, in the valley within
thirty miles of Caldwell. Several of the or
chards produce from $4,000 to 10000 bushels of
fruit each, annually, there having been but one
failure in the crop for ten years General L. F.
Cartee, ex-Surveyor-genersI of IDAHO has forty
varieties of grapes in his vineyards, none of
which has ever failed to bear a full crop, save
the Catawba John Krall at the upper end of
Boise valley has 125 acres in fruits 90 900 trees)
embracing all the varieties known in this lati-
tude. His production in one season runs up to
100000 pounds. He finds fruit insects yet,
and his pears are never troubled with blight or
other diseases. His market is mainly in the
mining camps, and his fruit commands from five
to twelve cents per pound. Thomas Davis has
seventy fve-acre orchard 10000 trees). His Or
chard has failed to produce but once in the last
ten years, and recent crop of 40, 900 bushels of
large fruits and 500 bushels of berries must have
returned him snug little fortune alone. His
orchard is nineteen years old and not tree in it
looks like decaying. He irrigated the first four
or five years, but has not found it necessary
since Mr.. Davis has extensive fruit-dry-
ing apparatus and a cider and vinegar
factory, in which he works up vast quantities of
fruit annually. Indeed fruit-drying and the
manufacture Of cider is a prominent and very
profitable industry. One firm dries from 30, 600
to 10000 pounds of fruit annually, and the in
terest bids fair to grow until at least the de-
mand of Idaho and adjacent Territories is sup
piled
The fourth years growth of apple trees in
Boise valley has yielded 200 pounds; of cherries.
70 pounds; peaches, $50 pounds pears, 1870
pounds; plums $50 pounds, while small fruits,
such as strawberries, currants gooseberries,
blackberries and raspberTies are very prolific.
The growth of wood made by fruit trees and the
quantity of fruit often found loading the
branches is almost incredible. John Lamb, in
Boise City, has black-locust trees on which we
were shown limbs that had grown from twelve
to fifteen feet in one season, and plum, peach
and apple trees. two years from the graft, full
of fruit In another yard we counted 140 nearly
ripe green-gage plums on branch seventeen
inches long, the plums averaging one and one
half inches in diameter.
There is grand future in store for the Idaho
fruit grower Montana to the north, Wyoming
on the east and Nevada on the south. produce
practically no fruit With her railroads soon
reaching the remotest corner of these Terrific
ries, and with vast consumption at home,
Idaho is assured the best fruit markets in the
land. Thousands of acres of now wild land sur
| rounding Caldwell would produce the above
named fruits to perfection.
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tor and representative was linked with it
merely as an indorser of petitions for better
mail facilities.
Senators Walker, Maxey and Plumb declared
the matter beneath their notice.
The House committee-on expenditures in the
Department of Justice will begin the investiga-
ton of star-route matters on Monday Mr.
Springer said to-day that he had no idea how
the papers transmitted to the House by the
Postmaster-general got into the press, as he had
not yet seen them himself The whole matter
he said, would be thoroughly investigated and
while it was his impression that the only con-
nection the members and senators implicated in
the statement had in the matter was that they
recommended the establishment of routes They
would nevertheless be held in measure an
swerable for their action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
THE CoNFEDERACY's DEBTS.
An English Financier's Opinion of the Liza
bility of the United States.

An English Financier's Opinion of the Liza
bility of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-Copies of pamphlet
entitled ''The Confederate Debt and Private
Southern Debts, by J. Barr Robertson (London,
Feb. l, 1884 have been received by members of
Congress. The writer's conclusions are given in
his introduction. He says:
81 have no pretensions whatever to be law
yer, and, therefore, the following observations
must be regarded as simply and solely those of
fnancier and man of business. The conclu-
sions arrived at in the following pages are: That
the Confederate States had only belligerent, and
not international, rights; that the Confederacy
being an illegal corporation, according to the
United States law could not issue bonds which
would be valid against either the United States
or the legal State governments of the
South; that, therefore, neither the cotton bonds
nor the dollar bonds have any validity whatever
as a confederate jebt in the absence of the Con
federacy that there is nothing in the opinions
really conflicts with this view of their illegaity
in the United States; that the equities arising
out of the original controversy between North
and South not being cognizable by any court,
are reserved as subject-matter for consideration
by the United States, and are, therefore, outside
the scope of the present discussions and that
there is in the dollar bonds an omitted interna-
tional claim against the United States for pay
ment of private debts owed by Southern citizens to
Europeans at the beginning of the war, and
which are now represented by dollar bonds that
were sent to them as the only means of remit
lance from the Southern States and that these
debts and the claims of Southern citizens not en-
gagged in the war and of Europeans for property
taken by force and for which confederate bonds
were compulsorily rendered, are not in any way
affected by the fourteenth amendment, and,
therefore, ought to be paid by the United
States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Mr.. CObb's Wrath.

Washington Special.
Thereupon Bedford made an argument to the
effect that Chairman Cobb had always. re-
corded the vote of Territorial Delegate Brants
when in unison with his own he demanded that
it be recorded on the Backbone grant.
'You shut upw said Cobb, showing excite
ment.
Bedford did not shut up when Cobb, with tow
ering rage, said: 'If you don't stop your jaw
I'll make you"
This proved rather too blunt for Belford and
he called a halt. To-day Bedford is red-hot He
said that Cobb, chairman, had heetored and
again go through L would personally assault
Cobb, for he deserved it. | am ready for him
now, and if. he ever insults me again it will be
sorry day for him"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
The WESTERN Uninn.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Dr Norvin Green,
president of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, appeared this afternoon before the sub
committee of the Senate committee on post
offices and post roads. He gave the committee
a large amount of information in detail respect
ing the number of offices, instruments, miles of
wire Of the company, expenses, etc He had
met with difficulty in securing liberty to sub
init the Associated Press contracts, but in view
of the misrepresentation which had been made
the Associated Press had given its consent
No terms, he said, were granted the Associated
Press papers that were not open to other papers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
A Boom for MartinsviIIe.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
MARTINsvILLE, Feb. pa large meeting Of
the citizens of Martinsville was held at the
courthouse, on Saturday night, for the purpose
of devising ways and means to induce the loca-
ton of manufactures at this place. The meet
ing was addressed by a large number of the most
influential and wealthy citizens of this place, af
ter which the sum of $4,000 was voted for the
purpose above stated, to which necessary
amounts will be added. An executive commit
tee, consisting of Hon. Eb Henderson, presi
dent; A. H. Harryman, secretary; E. F. Branch,
DIR. johnson, Col Jordan, Chas. Hamilton,
Thomas Turner, P F. Douglass and Capt Syl.
Barnard, was appointed to formulate plan Of
action and discharge the instructions of the
meeting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Proposed Relief for storm Sufferers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Pa bill has been re
ferred to committee in the Senate which ap-
propriates 100000 to be applied in repairing
buildings destroyed by the recent cyclones in
Georgia and other Southern States Senators
from the States along the Ohio river in the re-
gion of the flood have their eyes upon this bill,
and if it is reported favorably they will pro
pose to amend it to include an appropria-
ton for rebuilding and repairing buildings de-
stroyed or damaged by the floods. 1t is not be-
lieved to be likely, however that the bill will be
received with favor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
The Shipping Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The shipping COM
mittee this morning took up the bill to admit
foreign-built ships to American registry free of
duty, and voted three to six to report it adverse
~ Those voting in favor of the bill were Slo-
cum Throckmorton, and Deuster; in the mega
tive Dingley, Long, Hunt, George, O'Neil1, and
Love. Mr.. Dibble did not vote Mr. Findlay
was absent, and it was agreed that Mr.. Dingley
should prepare report embodying the views of
the majority, and Mr.. Slocum one embodying
the views of the minority The reports will go
to the calendar for consideration hY the House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Suicide of james Partridge.

WASHINGTON Feb 25.-The Secretary of
State received a cable this morning from Minis
ter Foster, at Madrid, announcing the death by
suicide, at Alicante Spain, of James R. Part
ridge residing there on account of i'll health Mr..
Partridge was in the United States diplomatic
service for many years at Brazil and other South
American countries, his last charge being at
Lima.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Judge Drummond's Successor.

Washington Special
A gentleman who is on intimate terms with the
Postmaster general says that when Judge Drum
mond, of the Seventh judicial circuit retres, as
is expected he soon will, he will be succeeded,
not by Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, but by Judge
Gresham, provided, of course Chat the latter
gentleman is not nominated for the presidency,
which some think is among the possibilities. 1t
is said that Judge Gresham is-not entirely salts
fed with his position at the head of the Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26

Office Department. and after this brief respite is
anxious to get backupon the bench where the
duties are more to his liking. The Postmaster
general smiled serenely when the runor was re-
Bo od 70 nm and sad ne was pretty well salts
whether he would accept the judgeship OF not,
in case it were rendered him. He has never ex-
changed a word with the President on the sub
leet and was not aware that Judge Drummond
intended to resign, although he had heard ru-
mOrS TO that nffnct
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Unsuccessful Attempt of Clay City
Man to Commit Murder and Suicide.
Progress Of the Block Trial at Greensburg-
A Ft. Wayne Boy Attempts to Shoot
His Brother.
INDIANA.
Attempt of Fort Wayne Man TO Kill His
Younger Brother.

Younger Brother.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
Fort WAYNE. Feb. 25.-Last evening two
sons of John A. Dwegemeyer, ex-city treasurer,
quarreled at the table about the amount of board
they each ought in justice to pay their father,
and the elder, john slapped the face of his
brother Charles. The latter left the table and
the house. John followed, and hot words were
exchanged. Charles walkeddown the street and,
John oyertaking him, Charles picked up corn
cob and threw it at his head. John thereupon
whipped out a revolver and fired four shots,
which narrowly missed the brother who disap-
peared over fence Later John was locked up
by the police and this morning was bound over
by the mayor in the sum of $500. He went to
Jail. He is painter and twenty years old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Young and Old

Are alike victims of rheumatism and neuralgia
Youth has the best of it, because it seconds the
effect of remedies. But age must suffer on. I'M
less the curative agent be, of itself equal to the
task of capturing the strongholds Of the disease.
None have proved SO speedy and strong for this
task as Athlophoros Says David Little, of Sum-
ner, Bermer county, Ia: Am seventy-seven
years old. Have had the rheumatism for nearly
four years. In two days after taking AthlophO-
ros walked into the Kitchen without crutch or
cane, and wished the folks a happy New Year.
Thank God for your great discovery
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Creamery Progress.
Colman's Rural World.

COIman huTaI WOTIu.
Eleven years ago the first creamery in Iowa
was started in Manchester. Now Delaware
county leads off with about seventy. Jones and
Linn counties follow up closely, and viii soon
dispute for the belt with Delaware. There is
probable not county in the State without at
least one Cheese factories are not numerous
but are increasing and yield better profit than
the factories where butter alone is made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Murder and Suicide.

CLAY City, Feb. 25.-A farm hand named
Louis Oberndorfer shot Nancy Schieie and then
himself, to-day because she refused to marry
him Oberndorfer worked for the girls father,
and had frequently sought her hand in mar
riage. He shot her twice, the balls going
through her arm and lodging in the shoulder
blade. He sho6 himself in the bowels. 1t is
thought the girl is not dangerously hurt, but
Oberndorfer is in a critical condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
Death of Pioneer Citizens.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENsBURG, Feb. 25.-Thomas Owens, one
Of the pioneers of jackson township, died
at his residence fifteen miles southwest of here
last night, aged eighty.
Margaret Throp, aged seventy-two, died last
night at the family residence eight miles from
here. She and her husband, who died few
weeks ago, were early settlers in Fugit town
ship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
THE levitt RESOLUTION.
How the British Minister Regarded the Me-
York Gentleman's Action.


How the British Minister Regarded the New
York Gentleman's Action.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-In compliance with
the requests made both by Representative Hew-
lit, of New York, and Representative Belmont
the House committee on S2reign affairs to-day
made public the letter addressed to the former
by the British minister which was submitted to-
the committee on last Thursday. 1t is as fol
lows
BRITISH LEGATION, Jan. Ii, 1884
Dear Mr.. Hewitt-Lnreply to your note of yesterday
asking whether in the OF the social visit you
were kind enough to pay days ago, you said
did anything which could be construed as apol-
ogy for your action in moving the resolution in the
ODonnell case have only TO say that did not re-
gard what you said to me in the Light of an apology
Cor the resolution, but explanation of the peculiar
circumstances which prompted it your part in
the interest of the friendly relations which exist
between the two countries The impression was more
OveHstTengthened by your alusion to the moderate
language, in your opinion. Of the resolution, which
you gave why you thought the requestf for
the delay in the execution of sentence should be
granted and by your saying that another resolution
less considerable in form had been proposed to you
and you informed, would have been offered if
you had not framed satisfactory TO both sides
of the House not to meet with a single objection
which would have been defeated l may add that
could not presume there any evidence from what
you said, of any want of sincerity your part in
moving the resolution in question.
Believe yours, very truly,
L. SACKVILLE WEST.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MONTICELLO Feb. 25.-While Ben Young
aged eighteen, was hauling gravel, to-day, he
fell from his wagon, the wheels passing over his
body, injuring him fatally.
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as well as other fruit and it has only recently
been discovered that the trees were all what
horticulturists call females. Since then the
have been planting one of the opposite sex to
twenty of the other and have excellent crops.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
CLAIMS BEFORE CONGRESS.
Private Property Seized in Time of War Must
Be Paid Tor.
Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WAsH1NGToN, Feb. 25.-Before the committees
on claims Of the House and Senate are many
bills to pay for every description of property
iiscated, OF injured, or in any way taken from
the possessor or u1gner during the late war. In
Tie consideration of these claims the committees
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26

Barren Fig Trees Made Productive.
Philadelpha Press.
Gardeners in the vicinity of Los Angeles Cal
ifornia, wondered with they could not raise figs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-21
SHORT CAMPAIGNS.

There is a growing conviction in the
minds of business men that our presidtn-
tial campaigns are three times as long as
they need be. remarks the Missouri Res
publican. When president is to be
chosen, we must give our whole attcn-
ton to it, to the neglect of other impor
tant duties. Business, pleasure, enter
prise, even religion and friendship are, to
certain extent, benumbed by the shock
of national contest. Trade becomes
stagnant; transportation waits on It's
wheels; investments are suspended until
capitalists can see how the matter is 20,
ing to end" and if the contest grows
warm, personal arrangements come
about; social circles are disorganizcd; en-
ployers and their employees grow suspIc-
ious of one another, and even clergymcn
unhappiy catch the prevailing infection,
and mingle the calm and wise prccep.s of
the Bible with the catch words and allit,
erations of parties. The sooner this state
of things is over, the better No good
can come of prOlOnging it,
As rule, presidential candidates are
well known public men, and what the
people do not know, or have forgotten in
IL candidates record, is spread before their
eyes in large letters week after he is
nominated. All after that is iteration
which becomes mOnOtOnous and tircsomc
The late campaign lasted five months,
and for that long period the country was
given up to it. 1t could have been con,
Quoted quite as thoroughly and, perhaps
more decently in single month. Instead
of holding the first nominating convcn-
ton in June, both might be postponed
till September This would leave the
summer to business and industry, and still
allow to the national contest all the time
required for a fair and temperate cons
duct of it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-21
DYING BY DOZENS.
DECiMATED BY A SCORGE THAT RE.
SEMBLES CHOLERA.
Strange Epidemic That is PLAYING Havoc
In virginia and Kentucl1y-Belieycd
TO BE Caused by ImpureWatcr
Terrible Mortality.

LYNCHDURG, Va, Nov. 2l.-The counties
suffering from an unknown and fatal disease
before reported are: Lee, Dickinson. the
edge of Scott in Virginia, and Harland, Lee,
and the adjoining counties in Kentucky
Owing to thor isolated position particulars
are hard to obtain. Hundreds have died. and
allowing for exaggeration, the mortality is
large. Postal Clerk Wells, who has in It ar
rived from that section, after having had thu
disease, gives sad account of the epidemic.
lie attributes it TO mineral poison in the wa
ters, and says it has a strong and
disagree ible mineral taste like cop
peraS. At the time he lett few
springs were flowing freely, and the people
were compelled TO drink this impregnated
water Although the disease is unknown to
the people, they call it cholera, and were it
so it could not be more dreaded OF disastrous.
The symptoms are described as being like
that of Asiatic cholera
The first symptom is terrible hemorrhar re
of the bowels and persons attacked die or i,,-
cover in about week. 1t is frequently fatal
in twenty-four hours and sometimes in a
few hours.
In most instances it visits an entire fam
lily, and is considered so contagious that in
some cases the party attacked dies alone, his
friends being afraid to so near him.
The figures of mortality arc not known,
but it is estimated that over 800 persons have
died in Virginia and the countries named,
and considering the small population, the
percentage is very large. At the late cleo
ton the number of deaths con iderably af-
fected the majorities at various precincts,
and thirty new graves We're counted in a
small cemetery as the result The people are
demoralizod, and local business interests
Snffar
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-21

CINCINNATI, Nov. 2i.-The Enquirer's
special correspondent at Washington City,
after going over the available men for Cleve-
lands cabinet, says; We're l the ad-
wiser of Mr., Cleveland | would give
him this earnest, friendly counsel: Put
none but Democrats in place Every fault
every falling of the administration win af
ford we'll equipped, compact, earnest oppo-
sition preteXt to try and upset the Demo
cratic party in 1855.
Lastly, let me suggest a cabinet for ap-
proyal or disapproval-one typical Of the
considerations which l have tried to set
forth as the considerations which ought to
govern:
Secretary of state, Senator Garland. of Ar
kansas; secretary of the treasury. Daniel
Manning, OF New York; secretary Of war,
Gen. W. S. Hancock, of Pennsylvania:
secretary Of the navy, Thomas NJ. Waller,
OF Connecticut; secretary of the interior,
William c. Whitney, of New York; post
master general, Senator Jonas, of IIDuisi-
ana; attorney general. Mcdonald, of Indi-
ana or Hoadly, of Ohio
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-21

Mr.. j. N. SANBoRN, draughtsman in a
railroad Office at Marshall Texas, writes
home to his father in Freeport, the polit
ical situation down his way. Although
strong republican, Mr.. Sanborn dispels
the idea that republican is not allowed
the same rights in the south as a demo
crat, in the following language:
The democrats celebrated the election
of Cleveland and Hendricks the other ev>
cning, and while they were very joyful /
saw nothing in the celebration but feel
in@s of loyalty to the stars and stripes.
The speakers talked good sense, and told
the coorcd people that in the democratic
party they would now find much better
friends than among the carpet bag repub
licans. They had borne defeat manGully
for the past twentyfour years, and all
were advised to take victory like men. l
do not find the least difficulty in getting
along with the southerners, and feel as
free to express my opinion here on polit-
zeal matters rs in the north. One of the
things the democrats did at their jollifca-
ton, was to burn the bloody shirt"