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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
An Editor Murderously Assaulted by
an Aggrieved Doctor at Anderson.
Attempted to Shoot an UnwelcOme Son in Law
Shooting ARRAY at BloOmington--Fire
at COyington-NOtes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.
Thad Butler, Editor of the Andrews Express,
MurderOusy Assaulted.

Thad Butler, Editor of the Andrews Express,
MurderOusly Assaulted.
Special to tn Indianapolis Journal
WABASH, July 16.-Thad Butler editor of the
Andrews Express, was attacked and danger
ously wounded to-day, by DR.. A. J. Boswell,
prominent physician. While Mr.. Butler was
carrying large bundle of his papers to the post
Office he was met by Boswell. The latter with
out any explanation, threw a large stone at
Butler, laying open the skull and making
frightful wound. The doctor then threw him
self on his victim and commenced pounding his
head to jelly Disabled as he was, Mr. Butler
succeeded in overturning Boswell and retaliating
with good effect, when By ISLANDERS interfered.
Butler was carried home and Boswell arrested.
He was bound over in the sum Of 5000 to appear
before Esquire Mckenzie next Tuesday The
cause of the attack was an article in the Express
to-day in which Boswell was accused of NAL
practice The attack by Boswell is generally
deprecated, and much sympathy is expressed
with Butler. The two have been on unfriendly
terms for long time
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Welcoming Home the victors.

Special to the indianapolis yournaI.
ANDERSON, July l6-The Uniformed Patri
archs of this city, have returned from st. Paul.
where they were awarded first prize and the
championship of the United States in the COM
petitive drill, and tonight were given recep-
ton in honor of their victory. There was gen
erai turnout of citizens to welcome them, and
Capt. W. L. Myers member of Anderson Lodge
/. o. 0. F., delivered a congratulatory address
from the courthouse steps. The enthusiasm
runs high, and the average Andersonian is wild
with delight. This is the second championship
prize won by the Anderson Patriarchs in ma
tional contests, the former one being at Colum-
bus, o., last year.
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Brief Mention.


John Flanagan was killed by the cars at
Sholts Siding.
At Freeport, Alice and Minnie Cruise, while
riding at rapid rate in the rear'seatiof "a wagon
fell out backwards and sustained fatal injuries.
William began. a well-known and wealthy
Irish citizen of Galena, dropped dead on Wednes-
day. He was sixty four years Old and without
children.
The Office of Dr. r. F. Bennett of Elgin, was
broken open and tie safe robbed of notes and
securities. many of them negotiable amounting
to $12, 900.
B. F. Shirley, who, while county superntend-
ent of public schools of Fayette, was removed
from office by the supervisors, has decided to
carry the case TO the Supreme Court
The two year-old son of j. A. Short, farmer
near Hillsboro was caught in the pulley of a hay
rake and terribly mangled. The flesh on one
arm was torn off. 1t is thought the child will
die.
At Kaskaskia the oldest town in Illinois. there
is hanging in rickety old church bell which
has hung there for one hundred and forty years.
1t was sent from France and is said to be older
than the Philadelphia Liberty Bell.
F. n. Merten, one of the Oldest merchants of
Chenoa, has died of diabetes. He was born in
Germany, and came to this country about 1860
He first settled in Peoria and moved from there
to El Paso and came to Chenoa in 1865.
At Princeton, Willie Heron, fifteen years old,
the of J. j. Heron, while climbing fence,
accidentally received the full charge of shotgun,
which he carried, in his arm close to the Shout
der. 1t is feared that the wound is fatal one
At Savoy, the store of Albert Dunlap was
again broken into by burglars, who took away
In a wagon. shoes, knives tobacco, and other
goods. This is the tenth time this store has been
robbed within five years. One robber was killed
and another shot, some time SINCE while break
ing into this store.
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MINOR MENTION.
Indiana at the Head of the List as Regards
NewIy-Appointed Postmasters.

indiana at the Head Oh the List as Regards
NewIy-Appointed Postmasters.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGToN, July 16-An examination of a
list of the postmasters that have been appointed
since the 4th of March, reveals the fact that
there have been more changes in Indiana than
any other State in the Union with the same
population An official at the Postoffice Depart
ment who has had most to do with changes in
these Offices, stated to the Journal correspond
ent, this afternoon, that, with the exception Of
Virginia the Indiana members had been more
active than any of the others in demanding that
Republicans be displaced for Democrats.
II believe" said he, ''that there have been
recommendations filed for the removal of four
out of every five postmasters in Indiana. In a
large majority charges have been filed against
present incumbents, but demands have been
made for removals in many instances without
charges. You have thoroughbred lot of poll
ticians i'll Indiana. They would remove soldiers,
orsrsts; widows of soldiers and crippies ndls.
criminately. if they could. Before the beginning
of next year, predict that there will be very
few Republicans in postofices out there"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
Chicago Gamblers Raided.

police accompanied by four or five Of his mem
started out to find "a game" and they came
upon one at 81 Clark street. One
of the officers who is not yet we'll
known to the door keepers of such places
raiders Thirteen players and a man who gave
the name Of John Jones were carted over to
East Chicago avenue station, where the latter
was booked as the keeper of the place
A faro and stud poker" table were
and were soon burning in the furnaces of the
police station. In the course of a short time
satisfactory bondsmen appeared and the whole
lot were bailed out. The parties will be tried on
Saturday morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
An ElOper's Troubles.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
LAFAYETTE. July 16.-Last night an old man
about forty five years old, and a woman of about
twenty-five stopped at the Washington House.
claiming to be father and daughter. They were
given room together, and this morning the
appeared at the police station and stated that
the woman had robbed him during the night.
He said he eloped with her from near Terre
Haute. The woman was searched and large
roll of money found on her person. Meanwhile
the man had found his money in the bottom of
his pocket and the woman was released They
left the city together They were supposed to
be John Rogers and Sarah Walters, of Paxton,
an account of whose elopement appeared in the
Journal yesterday. They gave no names.
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No Damages Sustained.

Washington Republican.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox proposes to decide
her claim to the authorship CT Laugh and the
World Laughs With You in the courts
Campbell Darlington, of this city, has received
letter from her, in which she authorizes him
to take the necessary proceedings. Mr.. Car
rington said last evening that neither he nor
any one whom he had consulted could see any
grounds on which to bring suit against Col.
Joyce. who is the counter claimant He says
that Mrs. Wilcox admits that she has neither
sustained loss nor injury. except the annoyance
she has experienced. He will write Mrs Wilcox
to-day explaining the difficulty of the case.
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Supreme Court Docket.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 16-The docket for the
October term of the United States Supreme
Court has just been prepared for the printer.
The following are the Indiana cases, with their
numbers on the calendar:
No. 6. John Hewitt VS.. Robert L. McOuatt
from Circuit Court Indiana
No. 200 ST. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute
Railroad Company VS.. indianapolis & st. Louis
Railroad Company ct al; from Indiana Circuit.
No. 249. Thomas Hopper VS.. Town of Coving-
ton Ind. from Indiana Circuit
No 277 Charles H. Hapgood VS.. Horace l..
Hewitt; from Indiana Circuit.
No POI. Richard Wood ct al. VS.. The City of
Fort Wayne from Indiana Circuit.
No 480 Mary Wall ct a. vs. George z. Bis
sell ct al from Indiana Circuit
No. $50 The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany VS. William Pendleton; from Indiana Su-
preme Court
No $40 The New Process Fermentation
Company VS.. Magdelana Maus ct al; from In
diana Circuit
No. COG Piny Jewell VS. John Knight ct al.
from Indiana Circuit
No COZ William Smith ct al vs. William A.
Kraft ct al; from Indiana Circuit
No. 672. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail
road Company VS.. Osmun Lilies; from Indiana
No 799. The Pennsylvania Company vs. A.
W. Ferguson, administrators, ETC.. from Indiana
Circuit.
No. BOG The St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute
Railroad Company VS.. Cleveland. Columbus,
Cincinnati e. Indianapolis Railroad Company;
from Indiana Circuit.
No S15. Dayton S. Morgan ct al vs. Freder-
lex Eggers; from Indiana Circuit
No SIG Nelson Lyon VS.. The Perrin & Calf
Manufacturing Company; from Indiana Circuit.
Grant County ct al. VS.. e. P Kimball; from In
diana Circuit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
An Unwelcome Son-in-Law

Special TO the INDIANAPOLIS journal.
VINCENNEs, July 16.-A sensational runaway
matrimonial event occurred last night, which
created considerable excitement. Jeremiah Vest
has been paying attentiops~fo Miss Ella Riley,
a step-daughter of VIM McKane, Ohio & Mis-
sisslppi engineer The parents disliked Vest.
lie was q streetcar driver, and the parents OPP
posed him with the greatest earnestness Vest
persisted, and his love was reciprocated by the
fair Ellen. The parents, however, kept Ellen
housed up but last night she escaped their vigi-
lance and fled with her lover to place of safety,
where they married by Father Merz, and
when the McKanes learned the girl had got
away from them, both father and mother armed
themselves with shot-guns and revolvers
and secured the town for Vest. by
this time, however, Vest and his bride
were comfortably in hotel. The angry parents
engaged the entire police force, and a crowd of
several hundred gathered about the McKane
home, eye-witnesses to the disturbed domestic
infelicities. At late hour Mrs. Mckane was
told her daughter married. She tainted at
the intelligence. The police had warrants for
the arrest of the lovers, but they were not
served. Trouble may ensue yet. This morning
McKane drove his son-in-law off his street car
with a shotgun, and threatens to kill him at the
first opportunity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
A Case of Cholera Nostria.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July 16-The city has
been considerably excited to-day over a reported
death from cholera, which occurred yester-
day, after an illness of thirteen hours
The deceased, Miss Josephine Morce-
lines, aged fortytwo years, during her
sickness, had some symptoms of sporadic cho-
era. Medical Examiner Downs, who attended
her, gave the certificate of death as resulting
from cholera nostria Every precaution has
been taken by disinfecting the premises.
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Several shots were fired. and Smith dropped
The men, supposing they had killed him, left
him lying on the ground. One ball took effect
in Smiths arm and mangled it very severely.
The affair has created quite stir in Blooming
dale, as Smith was under arrest and awaiting
trial, charged with cruejty to his family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
Poisoned with Wild Turnip.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENsBURG, July 16.-The wife, and two
children of B. f. CASTOR, who live eighteen
miles southwest of here, near Sardinia ate some
wild parsnip, thinking it TO be spkenard, and
were quite seriously poisoned Mr.. CASTOR in
sisted, over the statement of the physician, that
the article eaten was not poisonous and to prove
it ate some himself, but was soon taken sick
with all the symptoms of poison They are all
recovering, although it was narrow escape.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
A Frustrated Jail Delivery.
pecia1 fo fie TndiapanOiis JourpaI

RICHMOND July 16-A contemplated iail
delivery was frustrated by Sheriff German,
this morning. The prisoners got an iron bar
from the fastenings in the water closet, and with
its one sharp end made hole in large thin
iron air-chamber leading to brick fue. big
enough for a dog to get through and were so
merry over it as TO excite the sherifs suspicious
so he nosed around until be found H.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17

GALVESTON, Tex, July 16.--The members of
the conference of railroad managers of Texas
and other Southwestern roads held a brief SEES
sion to-day. The subject at the meeting was
merely preliminary. as to the means of arriv-
ing at basis for pooling the
earnings of the roads. None of the sew
eral lmportant interests represented have thus
declare their suggested pooling basis The mem
bers generally express the belief that no.defnite
results will De reached before Saturday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
Explorers Heard from,

BERLIN, July 16-A dispatch has been re-
ceived here from Wady- Halta, on the Nile, ar
nouncng the safety of the explorers Junker AMI
Casat who have been exploring the Congo river.
and about whom no intelligence had for many
months been received, and who we're supposed
to ha dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
ILLINOIS,.

Wabash Railway Strikers Sent to Jail for
Contempt of Court.
SPRINGFIELD July 16.-Four of the Wabash
railway strikers who interfered with the new
men employed by the company were sent to Jail
for thirty days by United States Circuit Judge
Treat to- day. for contempt of court, and the two
whose offenses were less were sentenced for ten
days. The cases have been on trial for three
days. General John NJ Palmer defended the
prisoners
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
Shooting ARRAY at Bloomjnyda,e



ROCKVILLE, July l6.-At Bloomngdale, this
county, four masked men tried to lynch one
Oliver C. Smith. colored man of that village
He was talking to another man, when the four
unknown persons came up and commanded him
to throw up his hands. He did not COMPLY with
their request and put his hand back to his hip
pocket. whereupon the others opened fire on him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
swindling the sunday-sohool Children.

Swindling the Sunday-SchOOl Children.
Special to the indianapolis journal
LAFAYETTE, July 16.-Charles Davis, known
as Shorty crock Of this city, was arrested
at Battle ground this afternoon. Tomorrow is
Sunday school day at Battle ground camp
meeting, and Davis was working the ring puzzle
skin game on the Sunday school scholars as
sembled there. 1t is stated that he swindled the
scholars out of large amount
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
Stanley Favors Emigration to the Congo

LONDON, July l6.-Henry NJ Stanley to-day
received deputation of citizens who favor emf.
grafton as relief for the congested districts Of
England. Mr. Stanley said he warmly approved
OF this scheme of emigration to the COMO
country, and an appeal to the government for
assistance to defray the expenses of the poorer
classes wishing to seek homes in the Congo
country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
The Cholera Endemic.

MADRID, July l6,-There were ], 496 new cases
of cholera and 664 deaths from the disease in
Spain yesterday 1t is now admitted that chol-
era exists also in the provinces of Albacite and
Navarro.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
A Ticket for the BOurbOns.

Columbus Republican.
Hendricks and Higgins, or Higgins and Hen
bricks, would make Presidential ticket that
would warm the heart of the average bourbon.
1t has musical sound and then the 'principle'
that it would represent would arouse all the en-
thusiasm there is stored away III the mossback's
anatomy.
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appropriated to the State by the act of 1883 must
be covered into the Treasury of the United
States and applied toward the extnguishment of
the States Indebtedness
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Her Compositions.
Rushville Republican.

We cannot resist the conviction that the eoun-
try is having rather too much of Miss Cleveland
aud her book, IN the newspapers Miss C.s
compositions may be good; but there would be
better chance of finding it out if sire were not
the Presidents sister.
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Appointments by the President.

WASHINGTON, july 1G.-The President to-day
appointed the following named presidential post
masters: James Fl. Dobbins, at Bellefonte, Pa,
vice J. It. johnson, commission expired;
Augustus Owen, at Canton, Pa, vice Allen
Ayres, resigned; William a. Lewis at Evart,
Mich. vice Joseph Sayles, commission EXPIRED
Eugene S. Brown, at Eufaula, Ala. vice Fl. C.
Russell, resigned; Theodore ". Ivory, at Glen
wood. Ia, vice I. s. Stephens. resigned; Henry
c. Stork, at Hyde Park, Mass, vice S. P.
Bladgett, resigned; George F. Kimbal at
Vergennes, VT, vice II. c. johnson, resigned
Lutz, suspended; Lyman w. Redington, at Rut
land, VT vice A II. futile, suspended
Charles ". Fields has been appointed super
intendent of the Hot Springs, Ark. Mr.. Fields
was formerly door keeper of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Librarian Of the Patent Office, vice Weston
Flint, resigned
The President to-day appointed William T.
Darlington to be collector of customs for tie
district of Teche, La
The President made the following appoint
ments this afternoon: Francis H. Underwood, of
Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States
at Glasgow; Chinn Coy Woo to be interpreter of
the United States consulate at Canton
VIM T. Carrigan, who was to-day appointed
Collector of Customs for the district of Teche,
La, is resident of Morgan City, about forty
years of age. He is a planter and is also en-
gagged in the express business He has never
held public Office.
Mr. Underwood is a Democrat, and was
pressed for the place by Congressman Patrick
Collins. John Boyle O'Relly, ex Governor Gas
ton, and other Massachusetts Democrats. He
has, for many years, been an active business man
of Boston, is interested in manufacturing con-
Germs, and is author of some note.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
The Chicago Style in Tongues.

Philadelphia Record.
Ninety per cent. of the Chicago ladies show
their tongues when walking, the prevalent
style being to roll the tip just trite over the
lower lip
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
McDOnald's Inquiry.
Philadelphia Pres

Philadelphia Press.
Brother Hendricks repeats his declaration
that he is an offensive partisan and Joseph Me-
Donald retorts by inquiring who in thunder said
he wasn't
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Why Sheridan Went to Indian Territory.

Washington Special
Secretary Endicott has gone over to New
York for fortnight to attend the meetings of
the fertilization board and General Sheridan
has gone to the Indian Territory with the head
quarters of the army and will there take, charge
OF the Indian troubles relieved from having
civilian over him. Some comment is caused
thata lieutenant general should take the field
when the prospeeEof bloodshed is confined to
the fears Scattered settlers; but the reason is
that Sheridan is FESTIVE at being under the per-
sonal direction in military matters of a gentle
man like Judge Endicott, whose knowledge Of
warfare is that cleaned from the sanguinary ex-
ploits of the officers about the War Department
as narrated by themselves. So in this matter
Sheridan is given absolute control by'sen6ing
him to the front
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Concluded from First Page.

houses in London, and its suburban and rurdl
sanitary districts, a compulsory condition shall
be that in leasing unfinished houses guar
antee be given that the dwellings shall be placed
In reasonably fit condition for human habits
ton. The bill contemplates the removal of tho
Milibank and Cold-Bath-Fieds prisons and tie
devotion of their sites to the construction Of
workmen's dwellings,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
The Block Murder Trial.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
GREENsBURG, Ind, July 16.-Yesterday and
to-day have been occupied by the State in intro
ducing evidence in the Block murder case.
Much greater progress made than in the
same length of time the former trials. The
evidence is the same as then, except that the
witnesses have now forgotten many of the de-
tails, and consequently the evidence is not as
strong against the defendant as on the trial in
which Jacob Block was sentenced to prison for
life. Many threats made by the Blocks and the
fatal ARRAY in which Elsie shot Mr.. Frank were
detailed in full, with which the Journals patrons
are familiar, from reading at the time of the
former trials. Elsie arrived to-day, in charge of
an officer from the penitentiary, and
took seat beside his father and the counsel
A feature of to-day's proceeding was the evil
dence of Omer Ravens, nine years old, who
all the difficulty and heard the defendant say to
his son Elsie, Nov shoot him-shoot to kill"
The States counsel think the evidence in
chief will close by noon to morrow.
Senator Voorhees, is giving close attention to
the evidence, preparatory to a great speech He
is, however, much annoyed by frequent applica-
tons for help from Office seekers and by the re-
ceipt of kilograms.
Twelve Thousand Dollar Fire at Covington.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Cov1NGToN July ia fire broke out early
this morning in frame building on Fourth
street, occupied by David Hunton, as meat
market and before it could be subdued, had
burned over half square, beginning at the
northeast corner of the public square, and ex-
tending north one block, and east to the alley,
besides destroying several stables east of the
alley. The loss buildings will be about So 900,
and on goods 81, 900 to So, 600. Among the prop
erty destroyed was Webbs livery stable,
frame tenement house of Mrs Hatfield a dwell
ing house owned by W. Crane, T. Fl. McGeorge's
ware house and hardware store, j. D. Martins
restaurant F. A. Olds's photograph gallery,
Marriott & Cos. feed store and Rensch's fruit
store. The heaviest losers are Messrs McGeorge.
Webb and Hunter. The insurance was small.