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a Bir Democratic Blunder.
Indianapolis News.

IndianapoIls NeW5
There is evidence in plenty that the Democrats
are going to make big mistake in their under
taking Of campaign Of Islander against the
American people as represented in public life.
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Not Authenticated.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
porting Cleveland. protests that he is.a Repub-
lican AS matter of fact, however, Brother
Beechers credentials are not properly authenti-
Gated
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MIR. Hendricks, Treachery.

Chicago NeWs.
We venture to say that the annals of politics
do not furnish more contemplate case of sneak
thieyery than that which Thomas A. Hendricks
played on Joseph Mcdonald in Chicago last FRI
day.
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"THE offices will have to be filed by the
PRESIDENT and not by the schoolmaster /"
Thomas a. Hendricks
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4 had sign for the Democracy.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The pulpit is taking an unusually active part
in national politics this year
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Warned to Keep His Mouth Shut.

st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Cleveland made very good speech yesterday,
but history is full Of warnings of the dangers
of speech-naking. If car didate must speak,
let him speak only at college commandments,
where there is comparative safety.
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WHY DON'T THEY2.

AS we have before remarked, why
contour would be competitors come
out boldly as we do and give prices
on Clothing? For the simple reason
that they cannot meet the prices we
are giving at our Great Mark down
Clearance Sale. The cut we make
in our Mems Suits is continued
through all lines and all depart
ments, and we give such bargains
in our Boys and Children's Cloth
ing as this community has never
known before.
CHILDREN's ONE-PIEcE KILT SUITs,
of good value at So, marked down
to S1.25.
Handsome lines of finer grades of
Boys and Children's Suits at from
$3.50 to So sold so per cent. higher
earlier in the season.
Large lines of Children's Knee
Pants from Soc to 50.
On Remember this reduction
extends through our entire stock OF
Spring and Summer goods.
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FIFTY thousand oficeholders must GO
The party will demand it Thomas A. Hen
kicks.
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"a TARIFF for revenue exclusively Dem
lcratic platform.
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will find natural affinity in that party which started
out free labor party, and champions the pro-
lection of American labor.-Boston Journal
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WE will not encourage and promote Amer
can industry. Democratic National Conven-
ion
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FRANK HURD, the free-trader of Ohio, is
stisfed with the Democratic platform.
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REPUBLIcAN NoNnNATIoNs.
National Ticket.
State Ticket.

Phrs1pENT- G. BLAINE, Of Maine.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. LOGAN, of Illinois.
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PARIs-American Exchange in Paris IS Boulevar
des Capucines
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In the way of artistic devices and publications
for the approaching holidays, Messrs. White,
Stokes & Allen. 1872 Fifth avenue, New York,
furnish of the most beautiful yet offered to
the public. They offer fine illuminated calen
dar, made up of quotations from the, writings of
George Macdonald, and with fine portrait OF
that writer. In the way of unique brochure
they have prepared collection of Poems on
Pansies," and the covers are immense
pansies, colored to represent that flower,
and with illuminated pages of the
same shape, the employed being from
the writings of master minds. But the pub
fishers surpass themselves in the production OF
what they term "Flower-songs Series" being
four several illuminated, silk-tringed brochures,
daintily executed in every deyail. They consist
of Roses and Forget-me-nots," "A Bunch OF
Roses" From Moor and Glen" and "Pansies
and Orchids" The songs are from such as
Whittier, Emerson, Stedman Longfellow, Carl
ton and others, several being printed in auto
graph. They sell at 81. so each, and are among
the most tasteful yet offered. They are to be
had at Merrill Meigs & CO..
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POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
A Total Vote of More than Ten Millions
Blaine Has Plurality of sap.

The Chicago Tribune prints the official figures
of the presidential vote in the United States.
The table gives the highest vote for electors in
each State both Republican and Democratic, and
separates the Fusion votes in Iowa, Michigan and
Nebraska, giving the Democratic and Green back
candidates their proper vote. The total
vote is 1904, 1868, of which Mr.. Blaine has
4, S44, O6l; Mr.. Cleveland 1888, 819: Butler 2OS,
553, and ST. John. $50, 1856 Blaine's plurality is
5,742. The Journal gives the Trbunes figures.
but adds columns showing the pluralities for
both Blaine and Cleveland In 1880 General
Garfield received 4449O53 votes; General
Hancock, 4,442 O35; General Weaver, 3O7, $50,
and Neal Dow, r. SIC The total vote was g.,
2lO, 9l4, and Garfeld's plurality 7O18.
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ST. JOHNS "VINDICATION."
The Sons Card Replied to with lndisputable
Facts by the Man Who Knows.

VINcENNEs, Ind, Dec. 3.-Harry st. Johns
statement concerning the Brewer afhdavita has
brought out the following from j. H. Brewer:
To Henry st. John: have read your letter,
and in almost every particular you have com
mitted falsehood. | raised your mother ana
also you You say your mother supported you.
Your mother never earned dollar IN support OF
you until she married Henderson. You say that
Henderson was amply able to SUPPORTER. After
they were married they moved to Olney and
lived in my house, rent free, had not penny In
the world, and when your mother moved to In
diana gave her 5000 in cash, which can prove.
Your father never wanted you, and we would
have given you over to him had he so requested.
You say the afTidavts were false, but we can
prove that every statement that they contain
is true, and your father, j. p St John knows
it. Were you not an object of charity when
you came home from Texas, ragged and
dirtyl And where did you goi To j. Il. Brew
err, of course And | bought you clothes, and
made them myself to hide your nakedness.
Further, when you had your leg broken on the
railroad, you came to my house and we cared
for you without cent of remuneration. You
said that YOUR mother was brave and virtuous,
but your father don't agree with your state
ments. You say the clothes l had on when
made that affidavit were paid for by you. That
is false The total amount Of all goods bought
of Mr. G. Shultz on your order does not exceed
$25, and two thirds of that sum was for tobacco.
You say your mother was not on intimate social
terms with my wife. But the fact that she Wis
tied us for weeks at time when she resided in
Vincennes can be proven, as my wife has sent
her daughter home with her on her return fire.
quently. Your mother often wrote my wife to
come over and see her. that she was dying, and
she always went. Having done so much for you
and your mother, | did not think that you
would become mean and ungrateful as to say
what you did when there is not word of truth
in it. j. II. BREWER.
OLNEY, Ill. Dec. l, 1884.
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A HORRIBLE CRIME.
A WOman's Clothing Saturated with Coal Oil
and Then Set on Fire.

OMAHA NEB., Dec. 3,-Saturday morning
last, Nettie Howard, an English sporting woman,
was terribly burned in a Tenth street dive,
where she was living with her sister Lizzie and
the latters paramour, John Thompson. 1t was
given out at the time that the burning was an
accident caused by the explosion of a kerosene
lamp The policeman who responded to the
alarm at the time noticed that there was only
one lamp in the house, and that it was burning
as usual, and without signs of having exploded.
This afternoon Nettie died in horrible agony.
just before she passed away she told in faint
whispers to the newspaper men and others who
were present terrible tale of brutality. Some
time ago Nettle said. the Thomp
burglarized store in this
city and she privately informed the police of it.
Friday night Thompson, in some manner,
learned of what she had done and threatened to
kill her. AS he had often made similar threats,
Nettie paid no attention to him. Shortly after
midnight Thompson and her own sister, Lizzie,
seized Nettie and threw her on the floor, where
Thompson held her while Lizzie saturated her
clothes with kerosine oil When this was done,
Thompson coolly struck u match and set her on
fire. The girl writhed and screeched in her
agony, but the inhunan wretches slnothered her
cries until they thought that she was burned SO
badly that she would not be able to speak, when
they gave the alarm. and told the story of the
lamp explosion. Thompson and Lizzie were ar
rested this afternoon, and jailed on charge of
murder 1t is the most horrible and unnatural
crime ever perpetrated in this section, and but
for the few moments of consciousness which
came to Nettie just before her DEATH would
have gone undetected.
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GOVERNOR CLEVELAND'S SISTER.
An Indignant Denial of Recent Interview
Attributed to Her.

TOLEDO, Dec. 3-Mrs, N B. Bacon, of this
city, sister of President-elect Cleveland, indie-
nantly disclaims all knowledge of an alleged in
terview with correspondent of a New York
journal, which has been widely circulated by
the press throughout the country, and whereby
she is made to express prediction as to the fu-
ture management of the White House, and
views concerning her own and her brothers
family relations She declares the statements
to be absurdy false and annoying in the ex-
treme, and she has nothing TO make public con
corning Mr. Ceveland's future except that she
and her sister entertain so high personal re-
gard and respect for their brother that they are
glad to allow him to make his own plans with
out being hampered by their interference.
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had been private tutor myself once right after
I graduated from Harvard. was employed in
Philadelphia to act as tutor to a gentlemans
son in New York When l got there the
first persons l met in the house were
a couple of handsome young girls. They had
been expecting cousin and at once mistook me
for the gentleman They fell upon my neck
and gave me the warmest kind of a greeting.
Talk about kssingl l got kisses red hot from
the mill. The old story about a COW pulling
her hoof out of the mud was nowhere, They
kissed me forty times if they kissed me once,
and then gave me chance to explain When
they discovered that l wasn't their cousin they
collapsed. told them not to blush, that kiss
ing wasn't injurious to my health, and if they
were not hurt l felt all right. explained that
l had been shaved that morning. and my beard
couldn't have scraped them. 1t was funny, but
kind of embarrassing to the girls. l became
tutor to the family, however, and myself and the
ladies seldom afterwards spoke. | have often
felt sorry that l was not born coachmau. The
incidents in The Secretary are somewhat like
this only funnier aud that is why took such q
liking to the play
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VERY MYSTERIOUS.
Two Children Gagged and Bound by I'm
known Agencies.

NEwARK N. j., Doc. 3-People i'll North
Westheld, a little hamlet in Union county, are
gossiping about strange happenings in the resi-
dence of f. J. Holmes, sr., an old and respected
citizen. He owns the farm, but his wife and son
take charge Of it, and he works at carpentering.
His daughter Hattie, eleven years old, and his
niece, Title Holmes three years old, are the per-
sons about whom the mystery hangs They
have been found at different times tied up by the
neck or feet, gagged and bound, half smothered
under feather-beds, and nearly drowned in els
terms All of this has been done in broad day
Eight, and the children have been found tied in
the barn, in the yard the kitchen, parlor, cellar
and attic, and although men have watched, they
have seen nobody about the house when the
tying done.
Ono afternoon the watchers heard a scream in
the house, and when they ran into the house
they found Hattie, the Oldest girl, stripped OF
nearly all her clothing, and her hands and feet
securely tied A week ago she was found in the
same condition, and unconscious, in the garden.
She said that some one had graSped her around
the waist, covered her face with cloth, and then
carried her behind the barn. By the hands
Of the person, she thought her assailant was
a man. Two days later, Mrs. Holmes found
little Tillie in water barrel at the end OF
the house, and the child was tied with q rope and
gagged also.
Mrs. Holiness WHO'S fairly intelligent woman,
said last evening that the children are generally
left alone in the house during tho day, and that
It Is at such time that the mysterious attacks
are made Hattie, her daughter, said that
woman with long black veil. large
hands and black skirts did it all One day
this woman caught the children in the eel
lar. smothered their cries, tied their hands
and feet, put gags in their mouths, and then
poured a stream of water upon them by using
force-pump They were found lying the floor
Of the basement, tied as described Mrs. Holmes
was at work in the barn at the time Henry
and WIN. F. Holmes. who wheel-wrights at
Milburn, volunteered to watch for the mysteri-
Gus woman. and one day while they and Mrs.
Holmes were sitting on the porch they heard a
noise in the kitchen. In few minutes Mrs.
Holmes went into the house and found Hattie
tied up by her neck in the kitchen Her feet
and hands were tied together bandage was
over her eyes, and cloth was drawn around
her neck so as to suspend her with her toes
the floor. A piece of firewood, split, was
fastened on her tongue. A few days ago Mrs,
Holmes went to the barn for ten minutes. On
her return to the house, she says she found the
girls under feather bed in the attic, and they
were unconscious when rescued. They could
not explain how they came to be in such posi-
ton.
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New York Letter to Troy Times.
What is the reason that footights throw re-
spendence round persons who in any other po-
sition would be considered dull! The chorus
girls in our theaters are. to majority. from the
ranks of decent poverty and indecent affluence.
In either case they were not in their previous
state courted by the fellows who now chase
them. One night this week young man asked
an usher at the Casino to carry bouquet to the
stage for chorus singer The employe de-
clined, because the demonstration would have
broken into the performance inopportunely.
Thereupon the adorer carried the flowers him
self down aisle, stretched across the or
chestra. and handed them to the object of his
wild regard
Until two months ago." said a person of
whom inquired, that girl a sewing-ma-
chine in shirt factory, and this masher
wouldn't have wasted second glance at her."
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A Plea for Low Treirbt Rates.

TOLEDO, Dec. 3.-The Toledo Produce Elk
change to-day adopted an address to the railway
managers of the country, setting forth the fact
that. at the much higher valuation of West
ern products in the past few years, transporta
ton rates were based upon the principle of
"what the traffic would bear" The principle is
declared to be fair one, and sanctioned by par
ticipation in the general prosperity But the re-
lations are now so changed between the value Of
Western products and the old rail rates as TO de-
mand a revision and readjustment Even under
water rate from the lake ports to the seabOard
of 81 cents per bushel, the Kansas farmer has
realized only 80 to ~ cents per bushel for his
wheat The corn crop is the great commodity
that furnishes transportation, and we are now
at the beginning of the movement. At present
prices tho result to the farmer exceedingly
small that the very lowest possible rate will be
required to give steady winter business and pre-
vent wholesale feeding of the CROP instead of
moving the grain.
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MARRIED HIS AUNT.
An English Couple Travel 1000 Miles to
Find q Convenient Law.

MiLwAUKEE, Dec. "A. j. Bennett and Miss
Crpeh T. Grubb. both of Preston, England,
we're married in this city by the Rev, George H.
Eda
1--WE Travelled over 1000 miles to have this
ceremony performed and win retrace the same
distance at once smilingly said the groom to
the minister. The bride at his side was his
amt and 1t Was 10 overcome the English mar
rage prescription. relative to the kinsaip, which
induced them TO cross the ocean to have the GER
emony performed. They will start on their re-
turn to England tomorrow, having spent just
three days in milwaukee, aud little over aweek
90 the American continent. Mr. Bennett is
WEALTHY Englishman, of perhaps forty years.
He fell i'll love with his aunt and she recipro-
Gated his affection. Mrs Benefits first husband,
. Mr.. Grub, was Mr. Benefits mothers
brother. so that. though his aunt she was really
not related to him by blood But the English
Law was iHexorable while the lovers were de-
termined. The dusty volumes of law in France,
Belgium Switzerland, Germany and other
European countries were examined by Mr. Ben
nett, but the marriage was forbidden in all those
countries 1t seemed as though they would have
TO undertake a trip to Africa the Sandwich
Islands and export minister with them to find
an accommodating law, when Mr. Bennett be-
thought himself of America, and. after good
deal of correspondence with the American Con
sui. found that in the law of Wisconsin there
WAS no clause forbdding such a marriage and
a. Mrs Grubb has a brother residing on the
west side Of Milwaukee, they came here to have
the knot tied.
But will you not experience trouble when you
return to EhglandP was asked Mr. Bennett last
evening.
MY dear sir" quoth he in reply, trust me;
took care to look into that. l am an expert on
marriage laws and in all the countries of the
Eisbe. made it my special study for months
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A Ghost that Rides a Cow.

CLEVErASD, Dec. "a wildly galloping, snort
Dg COW, with tossing horns, switching tail and
lOlling tongue, on the back of which rode a
vague something in sepulchral white. ran
through field near the corner of Woodland and
Woodland Hills avenues toward crowd of fifty
men standing in the mud i'll the roadway. The
men went there to see ghost, and they gazed
with bated breath on the queerly mounted appa-
rition. when suddenly, with wild fling, the
misty rider hurled at them ball of glowing fire,
There was chorus of frightened yells and the
sound of rapid footballs as fifty dark forms
rushed madly down the roadway to escape the
fate that seemed impending This is the story,
vouched for by many reputable persons, of the
latest ghostly manifestation in the vicinity of
Clevelands famous haunted house. However,
this and all other wild tales are rendered doubt
ful by an investigation Of the premises made last
night. Two reporters made careful inspection
of the house, and found no cellar under it from
which to dig silver rings and human bones, and
no garnet large enough to accommodate a sui
cidal spiritualist Crowds stood about the place,
and at times courageous parties explored the
house. but nothing supernatural was seen. The
serious aspect of the affair is that the value of
the property in the neighborhood is rapidly de.
ereasing. and property holders are indignant at
the joker, who is supposed to be the author of
the mysterious manifestation.
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President Arthur win Practice Law

New YORK, Dec. 3.-That President Arthur.
at the termination of his term of Office, will re
turn to the practice of law in this city is now
considered settled by those who ought to know,
unless he is elected to the Senate aud even in
that case he might resume his profession. Sew
eral large rooms on the fourth floor of the Mutual
Life Insurance building being put in order
for the reception of the President after March A.
General Benjamin F Butler has an Office on the
same floor President Winston Of the Mutual
Life, Is warm social and political friend of the
,hooe of the Mutual Life building 1t is under
stood that General Arthur Will not appear in
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special says: IAN explosion of fire damp &C.
Cured in the Mononeahela & Peters Creek
Coal Companys mine, near Coal Bluff, this
morning, fatally injuring two miners named
John Sharpless and Michael Boyle. The day
force, numbering about dozen men, had just
gone to work, and Sharpless and Boyle were
pushing car. The gas ignited from their naked
lamps, and an explosion followed terribly burn
ing and rendering insensible both men, For
tunately. the other miners were in a different
part of the mine at the time. Sharpless and
Boyle were rescued soon after and all possible
was done to alleviate their sufferings Besides
inhaling gas and being badly burned, they were
injured internally, and both will die. They are
married, and live at Coal Bluff"
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Congressman shively's Legs.

Washington Letter. in Philadelphia Times.
Holman was the first man on his feet when
the roll was finished He rose to present the
credentials Of the successor of Calkins, of Indi-
ana. Mr., Calkins was the best head and heart on
the Republican side, and good many invidious
remarks were overheard when B. r. Shivey,
his successor, was led down to be sworn in. The
new man rested on almost invisible legs and
wore Prince Albert coat unbuttoned and flop
ping about an equally attenuated figure His
face, however, was clear and sharp cut, and a
head of curly chestnut hair graced we'll
formed head
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Trouble Taken or His Hands.

Wash ngton Post.
A story is going the rounds to the effect that
"a profound social scheme is foot in this city
to marry Mr. Cleveland to some Southern lady,
in order to give the White House greater pres
tige in society" The President-elect must be
gin to think by this time that the Office which
he is about to enter is good deal of sinecure.
With the Republicans in Congress to outline a
policy for him, and the Democrats to fix him
up a Cabinet and kind friends at tho capital
to pick him out wife and marry him off he will
have little else to do but appear on dress parade
and draw his salary.
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Cradle Insurance.

The latest insurance craze in England is the
insurance of infants. On newborn babes a
weekly payment of from half penny to two
pence is paid, and in the event of the baby's dy-
ing after three months a pound or more is paid
to the parents. A doctor in the Medical Press
says that he thinks many infants are put out of
the way for the purpose of getting the insur-
Ance.