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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
JUDGE DAVID DAVIS.
He VIII Spend the Winter in Washington
Foundation of His Fortune.

no VIII SpenO the winter In washington
Foundation of His Fortune.
Washington Letter.
A private letter says that Judge David Davis is
coming mere to spend the winter with his wife,
He is now seventy years OF age and is in good
health He enjoyed, to great degree, his term
OF service in the Senate, and hated to retire to
private life, although he took with him hand
some young wife to cheer and console him. He
SAID when he was about to retire from the Senate
that he hated dreadfully to go, but he said that
there was one thing TO console him in his retire
ment and that was he would not be obliged to
listen to any more of Mr.. Bayard's speeches
This used to be of the greatest of the trials of
the Judge IN his performance of his duties pre-
siding officer. Judge Daviss great fortune is
based upon purchase of real estate in Chicago
This came to him throue h accident which at the
time seemed to him very much like misfortune.
When he was young lawyer he had a good deal
Of work for Eastern merchants in the way of col
Letting bills. He had certain bill to collect
against certain Chicago people amounting to
about So, 600. They were unable to pay cash, and
assigned to the Judge eighty acres of land in the
vicinity of the then Chicago The Judge thought
it was good bargain for his client, and took out
a deed for it In their name. A few days after
ward he saw a member of the New York firm in
St Louis. He recounted to him his success in
making the collection. The New York man was
very indignant. He said that he wanted cash
and no Western wild land. The Judge was very
much nurC. he Went nome TO bloomington and
with great difficulty succeed in raising the money
taking out deed for the land himself. This
debt with the taxes on his new property, made
the young man pass through several years of very
hard times. He succeeded, however, in holding
on to the land. He has since sold from time to
time city lots at great profit He still holds a
great block of this land, which IS to-day in the
heart of the city of Chicago. 1t Is estimated that
his real estate holdings there now are worth up-
wards of So, 100000. His rents from these prop.
critics bring him in handsome income.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
A CLOCK WITH A HISTORY.
Once Owned by John Knox, the Scotch Re.
former.
Huntingdon Special

Once Owned by John Knox, the Scotch Re-
former
Huntingdon Special.
Not alone on account of its intrinsic worth,
but owing to its historical value W. H. Woods,
of this city, has in his possession a clock that
would command perhaps as high figure as any
other time piece in the country 1t was built at
Paisley, Scotland. by Evan Skeoch in 1860, and
was owned by John Knox, the great Scottish re-
ly. John Knox died in 1872. His big eght-day
clock was handed down to his family for nearly
a hundred and fifty years when it finally came
into the hands of John Witherspoon, father of
one Of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence. When John Witherspoon.
the son, left Scotland, in 1768, to
take charge of Princeton College. he
brought the old heirloom with him, and when he
was elected to the Continental Congress, the old
timepiece was ticking in his parlor and indicated
the hour of his departure in time to transact his
patriotic duties. Dr. Witherspoon priced the
clock very highly. He cleaned it himself at reg
ular intervals and took pleasure in showing it to
his friends and the members of Congress.
When he died he requested that it should re-
main in his family and descend to the first born
of succeeding generations At the death of Dr.
Witherspoon, which occurred in 1904 the clock
came into the possession of his daughter
Marion, who subsequently married the Rev. Dr.
James S Woods, of Lewistown, this State, who
died in 1862. At the death of Mrs. Woods
shortly after the clock came into the possession
of the present owner, w. H. Woods. in whose
parlor il now stands. The clock is still a good
timekeeper, eight feet high. built of rosewood.
with works Of brass. Mr.. Woods was urged to
place the clock exhibition at the Centenn NAL
but refused TO let it be taken from the house
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Specializing on the Newberry Heirs.

Brooklyn Union.
1t is not new, but it is an unusual form of
speculation, that was done in Chicago on the
lives and chances of inheritance of prospective
heirs of the Newberry estate The will of
Walter L. Newberry provided that on the death
of his widow large part of his fortune should
60 to his brothers and sisters, or to their heirs.
The widow outlived his brothers and sisters and
the chances of two of their children succeeding
to the inheritance were bought by specuative-
syndicates. One prospective heir sold his
claim for cash annuity of $4,000 for ten
years. The purchasers insured his life for
$4,000 to provide against loss in case the widow
should outlive him, and now they will receive a
return of more than 800. 900 for their 800 900
paid in annual installments of 81, 000 There is
hint in this combination of speculation and in
surance that ought to be of value to the numer-
Gus American heirs Of great fortunes in Europe
If these numerous American heirs would suggest
to the lawyers and agents" who propose to coll
lect these fortunes that they would sell their
chances even for a small sum in cash or reason
able annuity. no lawyer or ''agent" who has a
sure case" could reasonably refuse such an
opportunity to become rich.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Might Have Improved on His Christmas.

Might Have Improved on His Christmas
Philadelphia Times.
During sober interval which he enjoyed last
Saturday, Mr.. j. K. Emmett in the presence Of
witnesses. gave to his wife the of $3.50. 600
in government bonds Christmas gift and as
partial refutation of the rumors which have
grown out of his numerous sprees. 1t
very graceful thing to do, no doubt, and the
chances are that the bonds will be better cared
for now than they would have been had they
remained in Mr.. Emmet's own hands. But it
doesn't seem to have occurred to him that much
better Christmas gift and stronger refutation
of the rumors. would have been promise to re-
form. sincerely given and sacredly kept. 1t is
very foolish for the wife of drunken man to
care more for the man usually than she does for
about all the money in the world, but that is one
of the foolish things women do, probably for the
same reason that some men get drunk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
General and Personal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Governor Gray left
here for Indianapolis to-day. His visit, politi-
cally speaking. is said by Indiana Democrats to
have been a failure.
Thos FL. Watson of Laurel, Ind, is at the
Hilman House for few DAYS
j. Fl. Shouse, of Representative Matson's dis
trict. has been appointed special examiner in
the Pension Office This makes four positions
of this class Mr.. Matson has secured during the
past few months. By the way Matson is now,
and will likely continue, chairman of the House
committee on invalid pensions, and his commit
tee will have the compilation Of t1kpension ap-
preparation bill under the new Code of rules.
Senator voorhees, to-day introduced bill to
refund to T. Ell. and j. W. Gaff e. Co., of Aurora,
$l9662, which, they claim, illegally collected
from them as taxes on distilled spirits lost by
leakage while in a bonded warehouse.
Henry Demberger was to-day commissioned
postmaster at Stewartsville, Posev county.
The postofice at Daggert, Owen county, has
been discontinued, and the mail goes to Coal
City.
The postoffice at West Saratoga Spring, Pike
county. has been discontinued; the mail goes to
Oatsville
Judge John A. Holman, of Indianapolis, is in
the city.
A. B. Carlton of Terre Haute, is here.
Will w. Kern and wife, and G.. H. McCarty,
of Indianapolis, are at the Ebbit
Frank Gushing is about to leave for another
sojourn among the Zunis
Auditor Chenoweth, of the Treasury, is in dan
ger OF having his career cut short The dstin-
guished scientific gentlemen upon whose admin
istration reflections have been cast are reported
to have decided to their influence to defeat
the confirmation of Chenoweth, and their influ.
ence in the Senate is not to be despised.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
SENATOR COLQUITT ON PROHIBITION
His Review of the Recent Spirited Contest in
Atlanta, Ga.


Atlanta, Ga.
Washington Special.
An audience of moderate size gathered at the
Vernon place Church this afternoon to listen to
Senator Coquitt Ex-Governor of Georgia, on the
recent prohibition victory in Atlanta The
Senator emphasized his remarks by saving the
air with either arm cleaving it horizontally
with his right hand with almost sufficient force
to swing him off his feet. He seemed to please
his auditors however who were evidently In en-
tire sympathy with him. His remarks were in
terrupted by frequent applause.
The question in Atlanta. he said, had been
whisky or no whisky, not whether the whisky
shops should be shut up and their trade assumed
by the drug stores One of the principal argu-
ments of the anti Prohibitonists has been that
closing the liquor shops would not stop the
sale of liquor. When 1t was announced
that the issue would include the drug
stores, they sent up a wall for the poor baby
with the collie whom the hateful Prohibitionists
would deprive of his whisky or brandy They
had quoted the New Testament in support of the
custom of wine-drinking, and had even said that
the Scriptures laid an injunction on all humanity
to drink little wine for their stomachs sake.
The Senator said he had never combated this
argument He was willing to admit what the
New Testament said, but to what wine did the
Scriptures refer? Not to the gum benzoine the
nitric acid, the logwood that was sold as wine.
The Senator pictured in contemptuous tone the
second class American aristocrat, who held his
tinted wine glass up to the light and affected to
judge the quality of its contents who shifted it
and talked of its 'bokay." Every drop of the
real wine was drunk by royalty, he said, and the
stuff they sent to America was this devils
slop' they would not use themselves. He was
willing to compromise with the anti Prohibi-
tionists the wine of the Scriptures, the honest
juice of the grape.
Another argument used by the opposition dur
ing the campaign was that prohibition was an
invasion of their rights as free American citi-
zens. They distributed thousands of badges of
red (which thu Senator thought very suggestive
of red cheeks and noses), bearing the word Lib
erty." The Senator told little story of his
wifes encounter with an old "auntiev wearing
one of these badges What have you there.
Auntiel" said Mrs. Colquitt RED badge" was
the reply. What is that on itP Liberty, :"
said the old woman. "But what does that mean2'
More whisky" The Senator said the cam
paign had been carried on in the churches and by
every minister, ''of whatever color" in the city
except one, who was negro, ''and he wasn't
much of a preacher" A great many had been
won over from them by the argument that pro-
hibition would hurt the commerce Of the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
A Dependent Mothers Rash Act.

DETROIT. Dec. 15.-James Fox was formerly a
well-todo grain speculator in this city and about
seven years ago he married Miss Minnie Chal-
non, of Chicago. His investments were unfor-
tunate, and he went from here East with his
wife and infant daughter. Finding that he could
not support her. his wife returned here. and
went to live with her sister, on Orchard street.
She has been very respondent over her misfort-
une. To-day she took her little daughter, now
six years old, to an out-buiding and gave her
poison afterwards taking poison herself. The
mother died within very few minutes and the
child was saved only after the greatest trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
StealnShin News.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Arrived: Suevia, from
Hamburg.
HAMBURG, Dec. 15.-Arrived: Wieland, from
New York.
MovILLE, Dec 15.-Arrived: Ethiopia, from
New York for Glasgow.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-The British ship Palgrave,
Captain Thomas, which sailed from Cardiff, Nov.
60 for San Francisco-and before reported dis
abled-has arrived at Queenstown. Her main
and mzzen masts are gone. Two of her crew
were killed, and five were badly injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16

1t is said that the constant reading of the daily
papers has tendency to keep man young. AS
a rule, the man of seventy five who takes an
active interest in the news of the day. appears
to be about twenty-five years younger than he
really is. The way to remain young is to keep
pace with the times. The way to become pre-
maturey old is to lead solitary life, ta'<ing no
interest in men and events
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
|Conclnded from First Pare.1

ination of John E. Lamb to be United States
district attorney for Indiana, and also against
the newly appointed postmaster at Terre Haute.
The nature of the charges is known to relate to
the personal character of the officers in question,
and to be in the form of affidavits A bitter
fight. it is believed, will be made against these
nominations, and it is generally thought it will
be successful
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Senator voorhees's Refunding Bill.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia bill introduced to-
day by Senator Voorhees, to refund internal rev.
enue taxes in certain cases authorizes the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury to refund to the persons
thereto entitled such amounts as shall be shown
to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue to have been paid prior to June
H. 1862 as internal revenue taxes on spirits dis
titled prior to July 2, 1868. in of the tax
paid on the quantity actually withdrawn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Clerk Dalton and the Ohio Supreme Cou,

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 15-The Supreme Court
this morning, application of the Attorney
general, granted peremptory writ of mandamus
to compel Clerk Dalton. of Hamilton county, to
make a return of the election abstract A
special messenger was appointed by the court to
serve the writ this evening. The writ was served
at IL o'clock tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
MIR. Sherman's Return Assured.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON Dec. 15.-Representative Hill
Of Ohio says there is no doubt of Mr.. Sher-
mans being returned to the Senate. The recent
decision of the Supreme Court will not he says
affect the senatorial election at all. The Dem
ocrats have the Senate, and can prevent any
gerrymandering legislation, but they would not
attempt to have some other Republican sent in
Mr.. Sherman's place. They will not attempt to
interfere in any way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Stabbed from Across q Grave,

Indianapolis News.
We are glad to see our esteemed contemporaries
waking up to the significance of the Storms case,
which the Journal truly characterizes as ''assas
sination of character" 1t is just that, and it has
peculiar features, the victim being stabbed from
across grave; protection of the dead being
pleaded in justification for knitting the living.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
The Only Effort.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
William Bender, of Cincinnati while drunk
threw package containing $4,000 of govern
ment bonds into the FIRE. This is the only effort
made to reduce the national debt since the Dem
ocrats came into power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
An Unprincipled Clothing Firm.

New IQrk Graphic.
Clothing firms in Chicago give away sieds as
gifts with boys suits. There is no law against
it, yet what would be thought of coroner or .
doctor who was caught in the act of distributing
toy pistols among the rising generations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16

G. w. DYER, No. 40 Fulton Market New
York, a gentlemen of seventy two years of age,
has been using Brandreth's Pills for upward of
thirty years He says they have cured him Of
infiammatory rheumatism three times, when
physicians prescriptions were in vain. He took
one or two pills every night for a fortnight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16

The Senator said it was the first time be had
realized that the more drunkards the greater a
city's prosperity; the more broken-hearted.
hopeless ''widders" the greater its commercial
Importance. In conclusion the Senator paid
high compliment to the women OF Atlanta.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Democratic Victory at Boston.

Boston. Dec. 1.-THE bailotng to-day for
mayor of the city resulted in the election of
Hugh OBrien, Democrat. over j. M. Clark, Re
publican, by majority of $500, in a total vote
of a. 757
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Frederick vanderbilt's Unhappy Fate

Chicago Tribune.
Poor young Fred Vanderbilt. who married
against his fathers will, was cut off with SILL
800, 0O0 This should be warning to all young
who don't want to be cut off with
GIL 800 600
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
The Shadow of the Substauce

HURON, D. T., Dec 15.-The so-called Legis
lature elected Judges Moody and Edgerto
United States senators for the would be State @
Dakota to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16

Death of Gen. Robert Toombs.
WASHINGTON, Ga, Dec. 15.-Gen. Robert
Toombs died here this morning at o'clock
The funeral will take place at Washington,
Ga, Thursday morning. at 1130.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16

If you would avoid disappointment and save
time and money, take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
and none other.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-10
CAPITAL CITY CULLINGS.
THE LAND BILL misunderstood.
Col. Babcock and the Capitol Contract
JOhu Blocker Bound for the Free
Grass of Greer-The Wam-
pier Case Personal.

AUSTIN April Especial Tho land
bill still rests in peace. 1t is current,
however, to-day that it will be permit
ted to become law without the govern.
or's signature.
Col. Babcock, of the capitol syndicate,
when asked to-day by the HERALD cor
respondent about the rumor of the con-
tract being abandoned, said it was false,
but that is all he would say one way or
the other. The rumor probably grew
out of the fact that advertisements for
bids TO complete the entire stone work
were to have been opened on February
3, but were postponed 20 await the issue
Of the granite question before the lsgis-
lature. 1t IS understood they will be
advertised again 10 be opened on May /.
John Blocker IL about completing the
spring roundup and says he will start
his herds to Greer county in about two
weeks, regardless OF the dlreful order of
the free grass barOns.
The jury in the Wample case is still
out, with no hope Of u iOrmulatory ver-
dict.
State officials n i'll 90 to New Orleans
on the 18th.
Gen. Dodge and party were shown
around the city to-day by Col BabcOck,
and are highly delighted with the city
and Texas generally.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-10
TRANELINGON TARS.

Young Emigrants Who Come From the
Old Country Ticketod like Merchan-
disc.
Among the 900 immigrants who ar.
rived in the city yesterday from Castle
Garden, wore three young travellers who
were tlckotod through like pieces OF
baggage. One of them, George Thomas,
aged 10 years, came from Paris, via
Havre, in the French transcOntinantal
steamer Amerique, and was all alone.
The card attached 10 mis- buttOn.holo
told those facts and also recorded the
fact that he was OF hh way 70 Pittsburg
to meet his parents. notwithstanding
his English came iit,ln GeOrg!o cOull
nothing bat French. lie told the
immigrant agent NJ the union depot
that his father and mother lived here,
having come to this country about two
years ago. They were % meet hlm he
said. No one appeared 10 meet the lad,
however, and he was taken across 20 the
immigrant rooms with the others. The
boy was well dressed with pretty, reg
ular features, auu more than ordinarily
intelligent, but very much frightened
when he did not find his mother. Her
name he said was Aenia Thomas, and
he Kept repeating,
"Oh, / know my mamma will come
for me.n
Early last evening, when the agent
came back from mis- supper TO look alter
the immigrants going out on the late
trains, the boy was gone. Inquiry
among the others brought out tho fact
that q tall lady, Ticely dressed, snd
wearing Il cloak with fur on It, n 4
walked into the room aud looked
uVnnfH nnII aha IA
she walked over g. him aud kissed him
dozen limos aud led him away. So 10
is probable that little Georgia found his
mamma.
A bluo-eyed, llaxen haired little girl,
with pale checks and u constant look OF
Wis.luluOss, was another passenger.
She was well dressed, with little null,
lur tlppuJ and warm hood. She SAID
her name was Emile iuspaugh, and
that she was Gytars old, and was going
home 10 her mamma, who lived la In.
uiana. Tao card on her clothing showed
that she was being sout through from
quaint, broken English the Dsby told
her story, brghtOniug up
when she spoke of seeing
her mother. Her father and
mother pared, she said, "most han a
year ago" aud her father took her TO
New York, whore they lived In blk
hotel, Her father, whose name was
Franz luspaugh, said that they would
80 10 Germany some day. lie went
away one day and lett her sad she never
could ilud HIM since, and some people
were sending her back To Indiana,
where shB could see her mamma and
her three big brothers, Tue baby, Tor
she was MT much mWe, was kindly
cared for at the depot until tho late Fort
Wayne train went uut, When she was
nut In the care OF the conductor and
sent on her way.
A third case was a littl0 German hov,
II years old, tc m the province OF Ncs.
phslia, ON his way to Dayru-
port, lowe, to Join hs
mother and brothers, who came
over a year ago, leaving him with d si--
ter. he was "a tU0 German pra ,aut aud
sinhd,y muuched from pack 44e 1t
bread, bologna and cheese, showing hut
little concern 40 being thrown So
thoroughly upon mis- resources, Pitts
burg Dlspatch,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-10

THE Grapevine Telegraph says:
"About 400 bushels of wheat pas sed
through Grapevine last week going to
Fort Worth. Strange to say, this wheat
was all raised on Grapevine Prairie, in
Dallas county, about eight miles nearer
Dallas than Fort Worth. Why is this
thus? Simply because the roads be-
tween this place and Dallas are almost
impossible, while those between here
and Fort Worth are good. Again, the
people OF Grapevine and vicinity have
given Dallas their entire trade for the
last 10 years, and for the last five years
have been doing their best to get Dallas
not TO build railroad, but to help them
build one from Dallas to this place,
and she still refuses TO do anything at
all. Now, our people are going to turn
their trade to Fort Worth and sec what
the Queen of the West will do" 1t will
be seen from the above that the want of
energy and enterprise on the part OF
our citizons is heginningto tell upon the
trade OF the city. The HERALD has
given warning and urged our people 10
do something to increase our railroad
and other facilities, and the time is not
far distant when the property owners
and business mon will regret that they
have paid no attention to its earnest
warnings.