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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-20
Southern Congressman and ONCE Seekers

NUHSfosSKHtH
Washington Special.
Scene in the Office of well known officer of
the Interior Department., two members Of Con-
gress from the South doing the talking: 1--WE
shall have lively time at our next congress
sional election, Think said one, and the other
member nodded acauescence But one fellow
can get any particular Office" continued the
speaker .and q number of fellows must be dis
appointed. IL is safe TO say there are several
candidates for every Office, and every one Of
mad at somebody because OF his failure to get
the appointment. They will try to take revenge
upon some of as when there comes another con-
gressional election Then the two statesmen
compare notes to see how many persons they
had recommended for every Office.
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Drowned while Bathing

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
MADISON, June 19.-James Barton, jr, aged
fifteen years, second son of Capt James Barton
was drowned while in bathing in the Ohio this
evening. The blow Is doubly distressing as
not long since Captain Barton lost two sons by
scarlet fever.
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More Money for Harvard.

RosroN June 19-The will of Robert Treat
Paine bequeaths $50 900 70 Harvard College for
the maintenance of professorsnip of astronomy
in the college observatory.
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AnImpudent Question.

Pittsburg Commercials Gazette.
Wonder how many of these people who are
soldering over Miss Cleveland and her book
would be doing SO had her brother been defeated
last fall?
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Assignment at Greensbur~.

Special to the indianapolis journal
GREENsBURa. June 19-Late last evening
Angus c. Hazelrigg, druggist doing business
here for several years. made an assignment to
Lafayette Freeman; assets and liabilities not
stated. Preferences, said to be $s, 900, given by
mortgages not yet put on record.
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Prospective Ignorance.

Memphis Avalanche.
It wont be six months before Memphis man
who wants to know what Jackpot is will have
to 60 to Nashville to find out
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PORTLAND. Me-, June l9-Fire to-day de-
stroyed building owned By S. K. Lyman and
damaged two adjoining buildings. Loss. $50, 600;
insurance. R25000
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promise to come, TOR might be unable to do So
and then you would all be angry. but WELCOME
MINOR TOPICS.
Professor Riley Ready to Furnish Informa
fss.s, Ahout T.oc

Professor Riley Ready to Furnish Informa-
tion About Locusts.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The Commissioner of
Agriculture has issued bulletin prepared by
Prof. C. v. Riley. the entomologist of the De-
partment, upon 1.-The Periodical Cicadae" In his
letter of transmittal, Professor Riley says: 'sOn
account of the concurrence, the present year, of
two extensive broods Of the periodical cicada,
the one seventeen year, the other thirteen
year brood, the inquiries in reference to this In
sect will be exceptionally numerous, and have,
in fact already begun to reach the department
With the view of meeting the demand for infor-
nation upon the subject and with the further
view of soliciting data that viii enable me more
completely TO map out the geographical limits OF
these two brood. have prepared this bulletin.
The bulletin which is pamphlet OF nearly fifty
pages. is ready for distribution.
Requirements OF the CiviI-Seryice Law.
Washington Special.
Democrats who are tired of the restrictions
which the civil-service law places upon their
efforts 10 get Offices are making all manner of
charges against the rules enforced, and terming
them impracticabe. Democratic editors aid the
malcontents to the best of their ability. Sounfair
are these traducers of the civil rules that
they take question of scientific and technical
character and publish it as a sample of the ques-
tiohs asked those who try the civil-service exam
inations. 1t is a mistake to suppose
that such questions are asked in anything
but a special examination. and then
the examination relates wholly to the
duties and knowledge required of those who
to perform particular kind of government
work such as experts only could do The
knowledge required of the average applicant for
a place in the departmental service calls not for
an examination in Greek. Eor is he asked to
define the difference between a volume of air
and one of any kind of gas. The applicant is
called upon to pass an examination In studies
such as the clerk in bank or mercantile house
Ought to be proficient in--the business rules in
arithmetic. penmanship and copying, the ele-
ments of English Grammar, and the elements of
geography and the history and the government of
the United States 1t is the evident determine
ton of the Democrats to cast as mucn reproach
az possible upon the present law, in order to
secure its abolishmest, and they will not stop at
little exaggeration in order to carry their point.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT, J
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFTcER,
WASHINGTnN Ir,na % 1Ra1.


WAR DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, June 20. 1885.
Fer the Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Slightly
warmer weather. with local rains and southerly
winds, falling barometer
For the Lower Lake Region--Fair weather.
followed in the west portion by local rains; fall
Ing, followed by rising temperature and barome
ter
For the Upper Lake Region-Local rains.
slightly warmer, southwest winds, falling
barometer
For the Upper Mississippi valley-Local rains.
generally followed by fair weather, slightly
warmer, southerly winds, falling barometer.
For the Missouri Valley-Fair weather, sta
tionary temperature variable winds.
Local Observations.
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Appointments by the President.

WAsmTGToN, June 10 The President to-day
appointed William \. Day, of Illinois, to be
Second Auditor of the Treasury, vice Orange
Ferris, resigned by request; Robert ". Banks
to be eollectoreof internal revenue for the dis
tricr of Mississippi: l. 2. Imboden. of Georgia, to
DE consul of the United States at Yuscaren,
Honduras: Shubrick Hayward. of Maryland. to
be marshal Of the consular court of the United
States at Kanagawa, japan; Herman G. Webber,
of Illinois, to be United States marshal for the
Southern distric tof Illinois; William B. Fleming,
of Kentucky to be associate justice of the Su-
preme Court of the Territory Of New Mexico;
BENJAMIN Ryal, to be postmaster at Port Jervis,
ny
w A Day, who succeeds Judge Ferris as
Second Auditor of the Treasury, is we'll known
lawyer of Illinois. He has been mayor of
Champaign and member of the State Legisia
lature. Although comparatively young man,
he has been prominent in the political affairs of
the State for years
IL. G. Weber, the newly appointed marshal
for the Southern district of Illinois, was three
times elected sheriff of st. Clair county. and at
present holds the Office of mayor of Belleville.
He was strongly Endorsed for the marshalship
by Representative Morrison and others.
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Twenty-ons TIL ousand Widows Of 1912.


Washington Special.
The recent case of soldier applying for PEN
sion shortly before his death, which he expected
hourly, in order that his wife should draw pen
sion after his death. illustrates one of the most
fragrant abuses of the present pension system.
1t seems to be a speculative business enterprise
with certain young women to marry old soldiers
who cannot live long, so that they may draw
pensions as widows after their husbands death.
you will be surprised, said an official of the
Pension Office to day, when | tell you that
there are now on the pension roll of the depart
ment q 900 pensioners of the war of 1912, all Of
them widows. That war ended nearly seventy
years ago, and the number of troops engaged in
it was not remarkably great. These q, 900 wild
ows drew last year 81, 49,, 900, or FIVE and one
half times as much as the few thousand old sol
diers surviving. Of course the explanation is
that some of these widows were married to the
veteran soldiers half century or SO after the
war was over. They became entitled to their
pensions widows, whether they had been
wives ten days or had celebrated their golden
wedding 1t is not improbable that in the
twentieth century great many of the 81 900
Widows will still be drawing pensions on account
If the war of 1872"
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Heading Notices.

WANTED.-A sober and reliable man Of ex-
perience to take charge of orange grove.
Apply to ii. L. GREEN, Shoe Store.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-21
MIR. PERCY McGTLL DROWNED
While Attempting to Rescue a Pass
enger.

While Attempting to Rescue n Pass
enger.
As the steamer Chattahoochee, of the
Peoples Line, was turning out of the
channel to make her landing at the Flor
ida Southern wharf, Wednesday night,
passenger on board a Mr.. E. =. Hart,
of Marion county, Ga, while asleep on
the lower deck, jumped overheard, and
in the cry of imam over board, the
mate of the steamer, Capt. Percy Me
Gill, leaped into the water to try and
making the Leap, it is supposed that he
was struck by the wheel and stunned so
that he drowned.
Our reporter learned from Mr.. Hart,
who was brought to the Tropical Hotel
after he was rescued, that he was a con-
firmed sOmnambulist, and it was a com
mon occurrence for him to take frequent
nocturnal rambles, at which time he is
wholly oblivious to all danger, though
apparently conscious of his surround
ings. He says that he had not slept any
for the two or three nights he was on
the road from Georgia, and feeling tired
he went down on the lower deck and
sat down on barrel where he could
watch the river. He had been sitting
there but few minutes before he fell
asleep, and dreaming that the steamer
was about to be wrecked and that he
and his wife were in great danger without
waking he rushed to the edge of the
boat and jumped into the river. He
came to the surface about four feet from
the wheel, when the force of the suction
caused him to again sink, and as he
came up the second time saw Mr.. McGiil
jump from the boat. He watched for
McGill to rise, but as he never come to
the surface he thinks he was struck by
the wheel as above stated. Mr.. Hart
had on a heavy suit of clothes and made
a brave and desperate effort to keep his
head above water. He says he was in
the water..neally half hour, and was fin
ally rescued by negro man who rowed
to where he was from the opposite side
of the river. When he was taken into
the boat he was so far exhausted that he
could not talk. He says that several
times while in the wator he became eX-
hausted and lost all hope of rescue, but
by working first his feet and then his
hands he managed to keep afioat.
Capt. Percy McGill was well known
and liked by all who knew him along
the river. He was an expert swimmer,
and always quick to go to the rescue of
any one in danger, and his untimely
death will be generally regretted. He
was formerly captain of the steamer
Bromley that run ON the route between
Palatka and Georgetown, and was about
thirty-five years of age. He leaves a
wife to mourn his loss. The body of
Mr.. McGill has not yet been recovered,
and up to last night no efforts had been
made to rescue it, though an effort was
made by some of his friends here yester-
day to organize party and search for
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which we think will give our region
/ quite a boom. He has made application
+ to the department at Washington for a
! post office to be located al the now town
/ of ''Sisco," his petition having forty-one
signatures. SO Won see that the people
/ here are very much Interested in tie
post office being established" Sisea is
admirably located. and deserves to grow
+ into a prosperous village. rs we hope
/ it viii do
I The following telegram from Sanford
/ was published in the Times Union -.
I yesterday The Pemberton Ferry track
was connected with the South Florida
road at Lakeland this afternoon at >
o'clock, This completes the all rail route
to Tampa, and extends the fast mai! 4vs-
tenn to Havana by steamer" Aud the
Jacksonville Herald, speaking CT the
same road says Major W. 7. Copper,
Chief Engineer Of the Florida Southern
railway, made Us u pleasant cal this
morning From him we learn that tine
company have fifteen hundred hands At
work on the line between Barlow and
Charlotte IIarbor, and at the rapid rate
they are now progressing he feels conf
dent all the grading. tying and bridging
will be completed 10y February 1st next.
Major Copper says although work was
only begun between these points on the
18th ult, they have already c0t twenty
miles Of right of-way ami graded ton
miles of road. Only ten miles Of rails
remain to be laid to enable the gallant
iron studs of the Florida Southern +"
snort in the streets OF Broo'.svillc The
iron has already been received and VIII
be put down at once. The managers If
this dashing narrow gauge don't say
much abont their doin@s Ia the public on
paper but they get in a power If work
all the same.
;ii;, on a Georgia Convict iars,s.
Athens Banner Waterman.
The Hon. ,Ta.ncs NJ. Smith has got r.cil
ont Of the convict farming business. -"
runs 150 plows and has 5000 acre If
land III cultivation: .0o9 IN cotton. =
600 in small grain and the remainder in
corn. There is one cotton field of 500
acres. ON 5undays, it is said, al those
who are sick come up to hc examined ny
Mr. Smith 1t matters not whether their
trouble be a headache the measles, sum
mer complaint, or a ,tone hraise, the
remedy he invariably prc-crihes is -iH
pills of a Kind which lie always Keeps ia
stock. The mortality ~ the camp,
strange to say, il not above the average
of other camps. At the present time
Mr. Smith has over TOO convicts on his
farm, and ahoit - working On the rail
road for each of whom he receives 81
per diem. On ea"!, convict he makes u
handsome profit. Tho mon and women
are all chaind together with heavy -hac,,-
les, and are confined in y bis etockaIr
built Of logs. The white, and blacks are
fastened together and eat AMI sleep -
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For SALE-Thousands of old papers,
good for many purposes. Apply at the
NEWS Office.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-08-21
A SUNBEAM.

Compared IT, other remedies, II. b. u. Is the
rdsti-ni sunbeam of midday, Ringing its gilt
tar4u- Et,sT'' "a S5id3tIci hearts, hiIc others
ar" lTtic mvprbramS. pushing along through
mIstS me>hgS of darkness, in search OF SOME
thing they can cure
ljcurc~ Isl. ed Diseases and P0spus. tatarrh,
Did Ulcers, ScruiiIla, rheumatism. Skin Dis
cst-tE- /. ittaCE troubles, etc. ami hold Il =:
lts=r:' iou. iulI OF eyedeucc-Ariania eNi-
Gcrc.--f-.s;t caL!fot ba doubted. proving ali
WC "srlIHi. Ger certificates are not phanEaS-
u.st4aFIe.ti, nor far-fetchett but voluntary
otlfHt5f-Js 81 mcu and woman of Atlanta.
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PALATKA, FLA, AUG. q, 1885.
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In ChanCerv,
.-tEi. ilsT<s

.5.-,.g.t. =. Z hs<r
Eli for Divorce.
Martina Ann t'a;t=F
II appearing t.y iii IstNt filed in the. ;IpN.-
cI3;~+'. that tine defendant. Martha Ann Chase
has .laaS.tri ont OF thy state OF Florida. 80
fH.st ordinary process cannot b. served upon
hrr. .ttst that hsF place Of residence j. un-
kousyu. Now. rn motion OF \. w Koysden.
s=t.. ~rtIcItar for compiainant. il i ordered
that thr defendant, Martha Ann Chase, do APP
pear and answer er lGmur To said blll or
before the first Monday in November, 4. u.
i>~5 ofGcryE f. q Ill bill may bc taken pro con-
tc~s3 ;l~ against Ire SAID defendant. PrOtid-
eti that copy Of this order tie published tor
the space of three months in the Paiatka
>c"-S. Il new >pdpcr published in Putnam
county. Fla. Witness my hand and the seal
ef said circuit court. at PalaTksi, aforesaid on
Iris .e'fh hay of July. A D. lS>5-
WN. +. FORWARD.
Clerk Circuit Court.
Putnam County, Fla.
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CRESCENT CITY.

The daily showers are causing the av-
erage farmer and orange cultivator to
wear a long face, for he sees the grass
and weeds are now in their glory.
Two points are now striving for sta
ton, Mason and a place near Hut.
Braddock's. Several of the railroad Of
ficials are trying to purchase land in the
latter settlement, which is probably sig
nificant.
1t is rumored that Mr.. John Yelving-
ton has bargained for a half interest in
Mr.. T. III. Braddock's saloon, on Central
avenue.
Squire j. II. Harp and daughter re
turned Wednesday from their enjoyable
trip to the beach at Matanzas.
The Crescent City Globe moved to the
upper rooms of the Newsom building on
Central avenue. this week.
Our popular young and handsome city
marshal was luxuriating under the ewes
of two story chapeau de sole last
Wednesday. ~
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STOCK OF FURNITURE,
Best Wagon in the State.

Having sold seventy or these wagons the past
year j. all the argument tLa. is necessary in
favor OF my goods, also a fun line ot uudertI-
king goods. Thanking my friends for past
tayorS | respectfully solicit "a continuance -
the same. +. Il. FskRAft.
- Gil nBEE SETS FROM ~i4 TO 80.
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Although II practitioner of near twenty
years. FHt ul0tae: influenced m@ to procure.
Il. t. =. fpr sfcE. She had been confined to her
led several months with Rheumatism which
had -tHIiH5fs!y resisted All the usual remedies
Within twenty -fOur hours after commencing
y. II u. / observed married relief. She has
I;j-t commenced ECE third bottle and i nearly
-3iS ACTIVE. :i~ ever, ana has been in the front
yard rake in hand cleaning up. Her i'm
pTuyC.Gcat D. truly Wondert tIi and immen %t.Iy
graf t,-IGts~. 4. H. MON re'OH EIiY. NJ. -.
jacksonville, Ala, Jan q 1850.
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AGENTS FOR THE NEWs.s

The following gentlemen are the authorize
agents of THE PALATKA DAILY AND WEEKLY
NEWS, in their several localities:
w r Dewitt, San Mateo.
w Valentine, Nashua.
g s Packard, Weiaka-
NJ Bard. NOrwalk.
J II Marshall, FruitIand, Fla,
McCatnm, Orange Mills, Fla.
A Is Bartlette, GeorgetOwn.
Daniel Darling, Drayton Island
E Higly, Lake George.
l. Burton, Crescent City
j c Strickland, Interlachen
A MunrOe, McNeekin.
VIM G Braddock, Seville.
S CewdOn, st Augustine.
A III VOgelbach, NelrOse,.
Charles Moore, Lake worth, Fla
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Drs. III. r. and w. w. Estes are now
located upstairs in the Grill block, Front
street., where they are prepared to do
first-class dental work in all its branches.
Teeth extracted without pain.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-19

In this issue will be seen letter from
Hon. James J.. Lobdell to Maj. VI. A.
Strong. aud also certified copy of let
ter written to S. II. Smith, Esq, Presi-
dent of the Police jury Of linn parish.
The letters are published in vindication
Of Mr.. Lobdell, for not having completed
abstracts Of land entries. There are some
inaccuracies in the letter to Mr.. Smith,
which leads us to believe he never re-
ceived the original letter, in that it adj
dresses him in Union parish; and in the
certificate ut the bottom it says j. m
Smith. In all probability the letter wen,
to Uuion parish. At any rate it shows
that we were right when we said that Nj
Lobdell only intended State land entries
at first; and not all as understood by the
committee who awarded the contract.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-19

Mr.. Charles N. Greene, agent for the
n. O. p. r. X. Co., gave in to the Assess
or. over So 600 acres Ut land lately paten-
ted from q United States to the II. II.
Co. The Assessor and Mr.. Green, disa-
greed on the valuation OF this property.
n. Green's valuation being 30 cents per
acre, and the Assessors Sl.0O; thus we
will have case for the Board of Review
ers. We see no reason why this Compa-
ny should not pay taxes in proportion to
other people, especially when We con-
slider that these lands have been reserved
70 the r. X. for a good many years; set
tIetp improved them to great extent
and could not homestead or enter these
lands from the very fact OF their being
reserved for the Il. r. All this while tht
government has been ont of the use o.
these lands; the State and parish rcceiv.
ing no revenue from them whatever;
hence We say we see no reason why they
should not now pay taxes in proportion
70 other people.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-19

The Educational Association was or
ganized at this place last Saturday, as
before announced. A great many friends
Of education and most all the teachers in
the parish have enrolled their names as
members. This Association bids fair to
begin new era in the cause of education
by awakening new zeal, and increasing
vigor; that education aud morality may
be fosteled in our midst, and crime and
ignorance crushed from among rs. We
shall have something 70 say of its objects
and purposes, in the near future.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-19

In this issue appears the advertisement
Of the Clingman Nursery. This is one Ct
the best nurseries irrthe State; if not in
the whole South. 1t Is an established
and responsible institution. Mr.. j. u
williamson, our former townsman, is a
general travelling agent for this institu-
ton. lie will canvass this parish, also
Catahoula, during the summer months.
.sMat.' is too well known to need any
comment from us; our people all khow
that he is one Of the most genial, kind
and obliging Of fellows. If eur people
need fruit trees; and we presume they
do, they cannot do better than to give
q Nat their orders.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-06-19
Assessors Notice to Tax Payers.
Office of Assessor,

Y
Winfield. La, June y, 1885.
All persons liable to taxation upon any
description of properly, whether real es-
tate or movable are hereby notified that
IN conformity to Section % of Act 96,
1882 (Revenue AcD, that the listing of
the property, and the estimated valuation
made thereon by the Assessor in accord
ance with law, and that the said lists will
be exposed in the office of said Assessor
for inspection and correction for term
of twenty days, beginning next after the
ten days required for notice as herein
provided shall have expired. All tax
payers are earnestly invited to avail them
selves of the opportunity afforded to make
known their objections to any assessment
and to test their correctness in the man
rer provided By law.
j. II. WALLACE,
Assessor Parish of VIM.