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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
Flowing for 81 an Acre.

wheat-growers from all parts of north Dakota
were here to-day to witness an experiment IN
plowing by steam, and express themselves pleased
with the result. traction engine drew eight
plows, turning a sod four inches thick
as evenly and as well as could be done by horse
power, at the rate of over twenty five acres per
day. This will mark new era in wheat grow
ing, it will enable farmers to plow at Il cost of
not moro than 81 an acre.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28

Moody & Sankey yesterday began their last
mission in England, in Temple Garden, London
The steamer Furnessia sailed yesterday from
London for New York, with 500 state-aided emf
grants.
The French government has resolved TO pro-
hibit the entry into France of the journal
Freihet
The Princess Louise gave an audience to sew
eral emigrants who sail to-day under the aus
pices of the Women's Emigration Society.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
LOSSES bv the Fan River Strike.

FALL RIVER Mass, May 27.-The strike is
over and the end of the week will find all the
striking spiuners at work again, if they can find
work in the city The strikers lose sixteen
weeks wages aud spent from SIC, 900 to $l6 Geo.
the acc,unulatons of four years, and $4,000
more, contributed by sympathizers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
LOSSES BY FIRE.
Harrisburg, Ark, Damaged to the Extent OF
Fifty Thousand Dollars.

HELENA, Ark, May PA fire at Harrisburg
Ark, burned the dry goods houses of Schwartz
& Pollitzer and Cant Bros, and the saloon and
billiard hall of j. B. Hamilton & Co Schwartz
& Pollitzer's loss is 20,0O0; partially insured
Cant Bros loss is ST., 600; partly insured. ]. b.
Hamilton & Co.'S loss is $4,000, and is unin-
Sured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
A Philippine Prophet.

MADRID May PA letter from the Phil
lippine Islands says band of fanatics under
the leadership of so-called prophet appeared
there last month. Troops dispersed them with
the loss of thirty eight killed and wounded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28

the spleen of another woman, and she threatens
10 tear the whole Darmsdadt court to pieces"
morally if the Grand Duke persists in his at
tempt to secure divorce account of any
charges to be alleged against her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28

LONDON, May 27.-The daughter and heiress
of Crawshaw Bailey, one of the wealthiest iron
masters of Wales, has eloped with Gordon Can
ming, Catholic. The young ladys governess
also Catholic, gave the couple opportunities for
meeting and the Jesuits are said to have assisted
in Z ba
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
But the Gar Didn't Celebrate.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 2z-The anniversary
of the Cars coronation was celebrated to-day
by thanksgiving service in the cathedral The
city was gaily decorated in honor of the occa-
sion. The Car remained at Gauschina.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
Failure of a Tobacco Firm.

PETERSBURG, Va, May 27.-Inge & Malone,
large tobacconists have made deed of trust
for benefit of creditors. Liabilities ana assets
unknown. The junior member of the firm is
the oldest son of Senator Malone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
Earl Granville win Resign.

LONDON May Pit is reported that Earl
Granville will resign his position of Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, on the dissolution
of Parliament The reasons given for his resig-
nation are that his health is failing. and that he
is becoming too deaf to conduct the business of
the Office
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
Bismarck Knocking OFF Work.

BERLIN, May 27-The Tagblatt states that
Bismarcks retirement from the Prussan Minis
try again is doubtful. If he remains President
of the Council he will give up the functions of
Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Minister of
Commerce and Industry.
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GEN. GRANTS SONS.
What Is Shown by the Schedules of Assets
and Liabilities.


and Liabilities.
New YORK, May 27.-The individual sched
ules in the assignment of Frederick D. Grant
and Jesse R. Grant to James McNamee were
fled in court to-day. The schedules of Freder-
lex D. Grant show the following debts The
liabilities amount to 81, ,O66, made up as fol
lows:
Creditors other than preferred. $500 800
Creditors preferred Observation-Disclosures. 2f3 966
Contingent liabilities es.-----...-..-.-..-.. 10000
Par value of securities borrowed from
Grant q Ward OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l, l4O, ,SOO
The assets are nominally worth 81, 900 013; their
actual worth is unknown Among the creditors
of Frederick D. Grant the following:
Fourth National Bank 500 600 for money loaned
secured by $25,0OO North Carolina State bonds 6
per cent
Fourth National Bank 800, GOO for money loaned
secured by $17o,OOO Chicago Alton railway bonds
g per cent
Fourth National Bank S 100 600 for money loaned
secured by $10O,O 600 New York city revenue bonds
United States National Bank $40 900. for money
loaned secured by $50 900 note of the Chicago q At
lantic railway, indorsed by the Erie .r. raalway ally
United States National Bank, S25, 600 for money
loaned secured by S2S, ,0OO New York, Chicago & st
Louis second mortgage bonds.
United States Trust Company, of New York. TlO0,-
600, for money loaned secured by Sl45,000 New
York, Chicago & St Louis railway SECOND mort gage
bonds
National Bank of the Republic 500 900 for money
loaned secured by tweutyone Tonawsnda Valley rail
way first mortgage bonds 81 GOO Bradford, Eldred
& Cuba railway first mortgage bonds ana twenty four
shares Marine National Bank
National Bank Of the Republic $50 0o0o, for money
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
Serious Loss at Charleston. S. c.

CHARLESTON, May 2L-The steamer Pilot Boy,
Egan's wharf Goldsmth's warehouse and a
quantity of cotton burned to day. Loss, 500,
000
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Fighting in Peru.

LIMA, May 2Z-Papers report an engagement
near Cerro de Pasco, between Prefect Mas and
800 Monteneros. The latter suffered severe
losses
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
a Minister ON Strike.

BERNE May 27.-Colonel Frei, Swiss minister
at Washington, has resigned, owing to failure to
secure an increase of salary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28

"FoR economy and comfort every spring, we
nse Hoods SarSaparlla" writes @u Intelligent
Buffalo, N. Y, lady. One hundred doses one
dollar.
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Cotton MIlIs Burned.

WORCESTER, May 27-The Blierly cotton
mills, at Mibury, burned to-day. Loss, 500, 900
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
False Rnmor Of secretary LincoIn.s Death.

New York, May PA false rumor was cirss
culated here, and probably in other cities, this
morning, that Secretary Lincoln had been killed.
The Sc retary is at his desk in the War Depart
ment to-day, in usual health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
WHEN INDICATIONS.

WEDNEsDAY.-Fdir qveather,
slightly cooler.
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The assets are said to be cash on deposit win
Grant d Ward, $l13950 contract with Grant
& Ward due May 10 1884, $4,000.
Jesse Grant makes affidavit that he is unable
to state the actual value of the assets, because
Grant & Ward failed, and their property is now
in the hands of a receiver. No schedules have
been made showing the assets of the firm.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

If yen are failing, broken, worn out and
nervous, Use "Wells' Health Rrnewer" 81.
Prevalence of Kidney complaint in Amer
lea; "Buchu-paiba" is Il quick, complete
cure. 81. may24eowly
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Worn, Weary, and Wretched.

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"Eoush on Rats" clears out Rats, Mice l5c.

'Eoush on Rats clears out Rats, Mice l5c
"Hous!l on Corns, for Corns, Eunion<. 15c
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All in the Line of Nature.

There is nothing in the line of magic OF
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WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS.
Orders by Mail Promptly Attended To
For the Benefit of the Fund of the
BarthoIdi Statue Of Liberty En-
lightning the World.

This colossal statue was uiycn 10y Che Urrplcp
the French Republic to- the people of tho 1ffrd
States monument @! Ancient friendship. ana
as an expression "I the sympathy ui France ia the
Centennial AnniN crS&ry e! American IndcpcnI.
cucc.
1t is $50 feet in height cost -,l n0n t" which eos:
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summer.
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quircd.
The foregoing is from the report Of the Fvcclr-
tive Committee to the General Committee Of the
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man.
With view of aiding the object another com
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The following subjects have t,rcn selected viz:
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AYERS
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NAS,l5A~.
Mr.. Nasty Goes to Copiah County. Miss.
on a Mission to the Peace Low
ing Citizens.

CoNFEpEEA TIE y ROADS !
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky,
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-28
FD1ToRIAL BREVITIEs.

-Bismarck's salary is $13, 500 per year.
-Twenty.nine thousand Philadelpblans
spent yesterday at the seaside.
-Four hundred and forty-seven baliots
were taken in the democratic convention OF
the 14th Congressional district OF Missouri
without making nomination.
Plus Miller, of York, Pa, a lecturer IN
witchcraft, fatally shot his sister-ln' Ia"
Saturday night, giving as reason Tor the
crime that she had bewitched him.
james McDermott, supposed to Do Inc
oldest printer in the United States, is IN the
eOth wear of his age He commenced WORK.
ing at the business when but years OF age
Elmer Parmiter was arrested while III
the act of getting married at Round Island
Park, on the ST. Lawrence, a day or TWO
AGO. on the charge of stealing his wedding
suit
-Fiftv-one men have been arrested lana
brought to Pittsburg charged with partici-
mating in the assault on Lizzie Bradley, an
account of whose cruel treatment was pub
lished Saturday.
The arrest, Imprisonment and subse'
o,ent release of several Mexicans in Mexico
on the alleged charge of defamiug the char
acter of the president of that country is Gre
ating some excitement.
Charles Bros, Hungarian, now living
in New York, who has doubtless been read
ing the Count of Monte Christie, says he be-
lieyes a cavern i'll the Carpathian noun
tains is filled with gold.
| The New York Herald says we may
count upon having much sultry and warm
weather this week. But the Herald pre-
dicted the same thing about two weeks ago
and the weather which followed was COO
and delightful.
The quiet folks Of Georgetown, D. c.
are considerably exercised at an aquatic
wonder of some sort which occasionally
shows its head near the aqueduct bridge
Some think it sea serpent, but the more
sober sided suppose it to be porpoise.
-To.day's New York Herald publishe
some extracts from the political life of tn
republican party's candidate for the Presi
dency. The following are the headings
''Blaine's Early Career" Entering Polite
as a Prohibilonist and Know Nothing,
"Fomenting Religious Persecution, ""Firinl
the American Heart against the Irish ant
German Vote" "Apologizing for Anti Cath
olc Mobs," Endorsing Legislation DIRECTED
| Against the Naturalization Laws" "Darl
Lantern Cabals and Methods"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-28
FOREIGN NEWS.

The French have been repulsed by the
| Hovas.
The Siberian pest has appeared in Cats
china, Russia.
Frere Irlide, general of the order Of Igno.
rantius Friars, in France, is dead.
1t is announced that James Stephens, ex-
Fenian head-centre, and Mr.. Gallagher pro.
pose to visit America.
A passenger steamer on the Volga river,
in Russia, capsized Saturday, and twenty
persons were drowned.
The centenary anniversary of the death
Of Diderot, the French philosopher, was
celebrated in Paris with great ceremony.
1t is now probable that the trouble be-
tween France and China will be peacefully
settled by the latter paying an indemnity
Of twenty million francs
Warsaw has been placed in minor state
of siege owing to the recent plot against
the Car. His proposed visit to that city
will be made about the middle of August.
There were 10000 persons at the liberal
meeting at Manchester, England, Saturday.
Mr. John Bright presided and made spirit
ed attack upon the peers for their opposi-
ton to the franchise BILL
The cholera death rate 10 France yester-
day was MarseilIes Sc, Toulon IL, Arlees
II. Typhus fever has broken out at Vosges,
and ten fatal cases are reported. A death
from cholera has occurred at Leghorn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-28
The Cholera.

ATHENS July 2S.-The steamer Tiger be-
longing to the Messagar Maritimes, from
Marseiles arrived off the Piraeus yesterday
with two cases of cholera on board. Adj
mittance to the port was refused and the
steamer departed for Smyrna.
BERLIN, July 2S.-It is stated that the
running of the coaches on the railways be-
tween Germany and France will be stopped
for fear of the cholera.
PARIS, July 2S.-There were Is deaths
from cholera at Marseilles last night. AT
Toulon there were II, and at La Valette, a
village near Toulon, l. The mistral, strong
wind from the northwest is prevailing and
the weather is cooler. The rate Of mortal
ity is decreasing in the cities but increasing
in the country among the peasants.
ToULoN, July 2S.-Fugitives are now pre-
vented from returning TO the city. One who
had returned died yesterday.
MARsEILLEs, July IS, noon.-There have
been five deaths from cholera here since
Q o'clock this morning.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Secretary Ere
linghuysen has received a telegram from
Consul Mason, at Marseiles, as follows:
Marked Improvement in Marseiles and
Toulon; choleraic deaths there from daily
average sixty, fell to 43 Wednesday, As
Thursday, 3S Friday, IS Saturday, SO Sun
day, last night - in twelve hours NOR.
tai,y from all causes also declining. At
Toulon average fell from 40 to 10. Isolated
cases reported from various parts of district.
Epidemic declared severe at Aries and AK
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Sneak thieves are on the increase in Nor
folk.
Mr.. Ed. Kennerly, formerly of Clarke
county, died in Texas recently.
A colored woman named Mary Wilson
dropped dead in Norfolk Friday.
A youth named Jessie Price had his jaw
bone broken by base ball in Norfolk Fri
day.
The new M. E. Church at Abingdon was
dedicated on Sunday, the Goth inst, by
Bishop A. w. Wilson.
DR.. Augustus Bodeker, an old and we'll
known business man of Richmond, died Sat
urday at his residence in that city.
A young man named Sprouse was acct
IDENTIFY struck and killed by ten-pin ball
at Variety Springs, Augusta county, one
day last week.
Thomas II. Kern, living near the White
Post, Clarke county, lost one thousand
bushels Of wheat by fire Saturday, Goth
inst.
The hay barn of Col. S. S. Bradford, on his
farm, near Culpeper, was struck by light
ming Thursday and entirely consumed,
with contents-some fifty tons of hay.
Mrs. Frederick Rhodes, of RushviIe,
Rockingham county, was found dead on the
porch of her residence on the end inst. by
her husband on his return home in the even
ing.
1t is learned that the prospects for
large and fine tobacco crop throughout the
Petersburg section this year are very en-
couraging. The crop will be the largest
known for years.
Jackson Brown, an aged colored man,
whilst returning from wood cutting Satur-
day night attempted to crawl through a
board fence, when his head became fastened,
and he strangled to death.
A carriage containing three gentlemen
was struck by train on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad in Abingdon Friday. AL
though the vehicle was completely de-
moished neither the occupants nor horses
were injured.
Mr.. George Beamer, of Roanoke county,
killed large wolf in the Bend neighbor-
hood last Friday, and the sequel to many
missing sheep was then discovered. His
wolfship measured over five feet in length,
and had tusks an inch and half long.
William Cumbey, well.to do citizen of
Staytide, Giles county, Friday morning at
an early hour shot his wife by mistake
for burglar. She left his side to go into
the yard, and returning woke Cumbey, who
at once grasped his pistol and fred the ia
tai shot.