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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-16

very high stage of civilization where freedom of
religious opinion is tolerated Our mission
aries come and go at will, and have their say in
Ill these benighted countries We are indebted
20 the Mohammedans for algebra, for our numer-
Zeal system, and for vast deal of exquisite
architecture and literature. Many of these
heather civilizations, could we get at the exact
facts would compare very favorably with our
own Christian land.
AS to the inferiority of the Catholic countries
to the Protestant it only needs the witness of
eyes and ears to prove the contrary Which
sect has done and is doing the most for the poor
of New York or any other of our great cities,
the Protestant or Catholica Whose churches
gather in the most working men and poor grlsl
Who educates the most orphansa Take Italy.
the headquarters of the Pope. The Catholic gov
eminent OF Victor Emanuel and his son have
disestablished the monasteries, stripped the
shurch of its lands and compelled the priests to
serve in the armies as common soldiers. 1.-THE
Man of SIM is denounced in Rome by Methodist
ministers right under the shadow of the Vatican.
And SO in the City of Mexico, where we are given
TO understand that the chief Sunday amusement
of Catholic priests. after service, is cards and
cock fighting
Does the average preacher ever give civiliza-
ton, law or science any credit for the precious
blessings that make our country so great and
happyf Suppose that the infidels-Thomas JEFF
ferson, BENJAMIN Franklin and John Adams
mad not putinto the Constitution of Virginia, and
through Virginia of the other States and of the
united States, these grand institutions against
sNglous unfreedom. Suppose the clergy and
cnuFcn In the last century had It their own way
ano could have taxed for religious purposes and
proscrioeo Tor religious opinions, about how
p1oa "ou ~ We 81 the United States now be in
toni -
Nothing hurts the church and the preachers 60
much as these wholesale claims and assertions
wise minister, as DR.. Marine seems to be. will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-16
Russian and British Navies.

INDIANAPOLIS, April Is.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches
FROM WASHINGTON.

GENERAL w. S. RosECRANs has been
appointed Register of the Treasury, to
succeed B. K. Bruce, colored, and Herbert
F. Beecher, son of the Brooklyn. divine,
Collector of Customs for the district of
Puget Sound.
GENERAL SCHoFIELD'S advices of the
4th to the War Department showed that
the troops were powerless to protect the
widely scattered settlers of Arizona and
New Mexico against narauding Indi-
ans. During the past few days men,
women and children have been butch
cred by the Apaches, and the General
stated that to afford proper protection
would require force many times larger
than the army.
THERE were 1877 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the
seven days ended on the 9Th, against
181 the previous seven days. The distribu-
ton was as follows: Middle States, 49,;
New England States, %; Western, Al;
Southern, Sc; Pacific States and Terrific
ries, IS; Canada %.
IT has been decided by Secretary Lamar
that lands purchased by the United States
and transferred to the Interior Depart
ment are to be regarded as part of the
public domain.
AT twenty six leading clearing houses
in the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 9Th aggregated
$74S, 637, 626, against $685., 90s,92S the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the CORE
spending period of 1884, the falling off
amounts to 1915 per cent.
LIGHTNING struck the Washington Mon
umept the other night. The apex was
somewhat shattered and the re- setting of
several stones would be necessary.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

English papers announce that
Henry irving last trip to America
netted him $150,O0O
In 1902 Daniel Webster was a
schoolmaster in Fryebury, Me-, and
was paid salary of $3.50 year.
Mr.. Garland is Roman Catholic,
the second to occupy the place of At
torney-General of the United States
Washington Post.
The poet Mr. Paul j. Havne is six
feet high and so his friends call him
''the Longfellow OF the South. CHI
cage Herald.
Prof. Tosso, the composer OF the
once famous air, 1.-The Arkansaw Tray
eler." is living quietly at Covington,
Ky, in his eighty-third year. He was
born in the City of Mexico
Sexton. the billiardist, is a man of
grave and thoughtful mien. He is said
to be economical, and has saved no in
considerable sum of money out of his
winnings with the cue. His other vent
ures have also prospered. Philadelphia
Times.
A couple of colored children of
Danielsville have long names. The first
is a girl who is named Myrtle Rosa
Zillie Jennie Vanduzer Pussy Satterfeld
Addie Belle, and the boy is named
Jimmy John Hazletine Judge Atkins
Fox Galloway Picaninny Flora. Sd
Vannah (Ga.) Nea0S.
Mr.. John Jacob Astor has pre-
sented to the Astor Library, in New
York, three manuscripts which are
probably the oldest classical works to
be found in any collection in this coun-
try. They include Hesiod's ''Works
and Days" "Esop's Fables" and Luz
clans "PharSalia," and were formerly
part of the private library of Plus VI,
who occupied the Vatican from 1775 to
1788.-M Y. San.
The recent trial of blind Tom for
idiocy at Columbus, Ca, was a friendly
proceeding, which accomplished its pur-
pose in placing him under the legal
guardianship of Gen Bethune, who was
his owner in the days of slavery. Efforts
were being made to get hold of the man
for exhibition purposes. Tom is no
more of an idiot than he has been, and
his musical powers afe as curious as
ever.-PhiIadeLphjG Press.
There are now 1878 newspapers
published in the United States, q gain
of 1923 since 1884. Kansas shows the
greatest increase, her gain being sew
enty-eight, Illinois coming next with
seventy-seven. One newspaper is now
printed for every 1867 of population.
1t is quite likely that the increase will
be very rapid for the next few years.
owing to the introduction of economical
methods of publication by which papers
may be produced vastly improved in
points of matter and typographical APP
pearance as compared with those of a
half-dozen years ago Chicago Car
| rent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
GENERAL GRANT.
Rs. DIR. Newman at Mt. McGregor, Near
Saratoga, Making Arrangements to

Re. DIR. Newman at Mt. McGregor, Near
Saratoga, Making Arrangements to
Have the Patient Removed There.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, June g.
Rev. lr. John P. Newman came up from
New York Oh Wednesday night and went to
Mt. MGregor to inspect the work on the
Drexel cottage, which is being put in readi-
lie IS for General Grants reception. On his
rel lrrifrom the mountain, DR.. Newman ex-
pressed himself pleased with what he saw
at It, McGregor. Concerning the
date of the Generals arrival, he
said it would be about June 90,
but inch would depend on the weather and
the iTalid's strength. He says that the
ravage of the cancer have yielded to treat
ment and ceased to cause alarm. The formal
opening at Mt McGregor will be on the 9th
instant though everything will be prepared
to entertain the General and party at an
earlieIday if they arrive.
Post Wheeler G. A. R., will probably
escort General Grant when he arrives in
SaratOia on his way to Mt. McGregor. The
''vets''would gladly carry their old COM
mandelup, if it were necessary, on their
sheuldsS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
THE EAST.

On the 4th Joseph Mccain, composition
on the Herald, and Ira Somers, compos-
itor ON the World, set type in New Yorl
for purse of $500. Mccain was the VIC
tor, setting $3.50 ''ems" in three hours te
Somers' 6,022. In the first hour the Herald
man got up 2,123 Gems" beating Arens,
berg's record of 2,068.
A FEW days ago Benjamin Helpkin,
salooukeeper at No. 206 Fourth avenue,
New York, shot his wife fatally and then
killed himself.
ALONG the Atlantic coast from New
York to Petersburg, Va, an unusually
heavy wind -storm prevailed on the 9Th
Many houses were unroofed and several
fatalities were reported.
"BRADSTREET'S" advices of the 9Th
showed an increased depression in general
trade throughout the country.
AT Danbury, Conn.,, Beckerie & Co.'s
hat factory was burned. the other after
noon, together with eight dwellings. Total
loss, $200,000
AFTER having visited General Grant or
the 7th the doctors said that, as compared
with a week before, there was no appre.
SA@OAO ahSA OooO VI OhO ." CiAllIS OA UuS
throat and no apparent increase of the
cancerous trouble. - @
On the 9th it was stated that the liabil.
titles of Ex-Governor Hale, of New Hamp-
shire, who failed recently, would be nearly
100000. His residence and other prop
erty in Keene had been attached by twenty
persons.
On the 9th w. T. Dorrance, for eighteen
years a teller in the Providence Or. I. J
National Bank, was arrested in that city
, after confessing the embezzlement of $42,
600.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, the Red Lion Hotel
stables We're burned on the 7th, eleven
horses perishing in the flames
GIN Gloucester County, N. j., many
horses were dying of mysterious disease
on the Sth.
EIT was stated by DR.. Douglas on the Sth
that General Grant suffered through the
previous night with rheumatic pains,
caused by the changeable weather; never
theless, the General rested fairly WELL The
doctor said he was anxious to get his pa.
tient out of the city.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
HUMOROUS,
re71t.

The revival of the polka-dOt 5ug-
gests to some people that the world of
fashion is in its dot-age. - Yo1aEers Ga
zette.
-"Oh, George, I'm ashamed of you
rubbing your lips like that after that
dear little girl has given you so sweet
q kiss!' ''Im not rubbing it off. nurse.
I'm rubbing it in. Life.
Belmont, n H, boasts of a woman
who chops wood with her husband.
That's new. There have been reports
of women hopping the floor with their
husbands. - Philadelphia CuH.
-" Mamma" said Johnnie. who bad
| just been reading the war news, ~ am
afraid we are short of sauce for supper.
Hadn't you better call out the pre-.
servesP"-M y Independent
They had been married six weeks,
and she said: 'Now don't 90 stay out
late, but come home soon to COR little
wiley, tifeyn" They had been married
six years, and she said: 'If you 90 out
tonight, Smith, Pm going TO lock up
the house and 60 over and sleep at
mother S. "-B0StOn G0zette.
Two little boys talking: ''Say,
Johnnie, would you strike a woman?"
"No, sir; you bet L wouldn't. No man
would unless he was a coward. "
"Well, l would. I'd strike my own
mother" "What for, you wicked,
wicked boyP" 'Pd strike her for
nickel to buy a kite-string with. y
| EGchange.
"A certain distinguished Cincinnatian
says the proper way to kiss girl is to
plant it in the middle of her hand and
shut her fingers down on it for safe
keeping 1t may not be as sweet as
the real yum-yum variety, but it GER
tainly takes the palm over all the ordi-
nary brands. - Cincinnati Merchant
1rdUe(er.
-"What do you suppose I'll look
like when | get out of here?' snapped
young lady at the conductor OF an
overcrowded cable car. "a good deal
bell-ringer. And the young lady hung
on to strap and rode four miles fur
Their with the smile of an angel.-SGB
Franciscan.
-"Jabez." said his wife sharply,
''that new man you hired last week is
down with the lockjaw. Now | want
to know If that's anything ketchin'?'
And Jabez looked at her with tears in
his eyes and said. n mournful tones:
ooh no. No No. Alas, no; 'tain't
ketchin'." And he says, although she
don't believe it, that he doesn't know
what made her so outrageously mad
about it.-BostO1a Transcript
81 saw You nodding in church this
morning." CEmsonbeak got fired at
him between the courses at Sundays
dinner. "Weil, suppose you did, re-
Piled he. at was while the collection was
being taken, too,' replied his wife.
'And what were you doing?" II WIS
giving my mite. contributed penny"
"Well, isn't.a nod as good as assent,
any day?" Mrs. Crimsonbeak caused
the pickles and everything sharp-but
| Crimsonbeak-to be removed from tho
| table Yoa1kers Statesman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
LATER.

/ THE rejection of the budget in the Brit
ish House of Commons was followed by
the resignation of the Gladstone Ministry
on the 9th This action was determined
upon at a prolonged Cabinet council.
When the Premier arose in Parliament to
announce the designations, he received a
hearty ovation from his admirers.
AFTER q sleep of eight hours General
Grant arose refreshed on the morning of
the 9th. He suffered no pain, and his
throat appeared better aud the glandular
swelling very little decreased.
DURING the month of May the aggregate
loss by fire in the United States and Can
ada was IS, 100000.
ADvICES of the 9th from the Northwest
report another encounter between Captain
Steele and Big Bear. Big Bears camp
was captured, but the Indians escaped
with their prisoners.
TEN members OF the Rhine Club at
Berne, Belgium, were drowned few
nights ago by the upsetting of boat.
In portions of Michigan land Wisconsin
heavy frosts were reported on the morning
of the 9th.
THE appointing clerk in the Treasury
Department at w ashington estimated on
the 9th. that since the 4th of March forty
|, Thousand changes had been made in the
Federal Offices in the United States.
4 THE Ohio Supreme Court has decided
that the assessments paid by saloon keep
ers before the Scott law was declared un-
constitutional can not be refunded. About
100000 is involved
ACCORDING to the June report of the
State Department of Agriculture, issued
on the 9th, the coming winter-wheat crop
in Illinois win be the poorest on record.
The yield was estimated at less than TO-
100000 bushels.
The number of immigrants who arrived
at the leading ports in this country during
May last was 1866. For the eleven months
the total arrivals were 343, 4S9, against
454, 206 for the corresponding period of 1884.
The treaty of peace between France and
China was signed on the 9th.
s SAM and Eli Dyer, two cattle thieves.
were taken from jail at Bonham, Tex, a
few days ago and lynched. The Dyers
murdered Sheriff and deputy last May.
THE authorities at Madrid, Spain, adj
mitted on the 9th that cholera of the true
Asiatic type was spreading in an alarming
manner through that city.
DANGEROUS counterfeit of two dollar
note of the Dominion Bank of Canada made
its appearance at Detroit, Mich, on the
9th.
A CoPTIc merchant, who arrived at
Cairo on the 9th from Khartoum, declared
that when Gordon's head was demanded
by the Mehdi the head of the Austrian
Consul was given him in its stead. He
thought Gordon had escaped south.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
Terrible Experience of Boating Part!
from Cleveland-Clinging to a Capsizes

Terrible Experience of a Boating Party
from Cleveland-Clinging to Capsized
Yacht for Ten Hours.
CLEVELAND, O., June 9.-Smday after
noon A. B. Damscomb, James Blessing,
Fred Brooks, Al Barney and j. z. Bayliss
started from Colts, five miles east of here,
in small sloop-yacht for a sail about
eight o'clock in the evening. When
about three miles from shore sud-
den squat struck the boat capsizing it
and throwing the men into the water. A
heavy blow followed, and the sea ran high.
The men got hold of the boat, and there
chung throughout the long hours of the
night About six o'clock yesterday morning
Henry Saunders, at Gordon's Park saw the
wreck about a mile off shore, and put
out to it in small boat On nearing
the wreck pitiable scene was presented.
Fred Brooks was apparently dead, and was
held up by his comrades. Young Blessing
had been driven mad by the expcAre, and
was delirious. His companion, Barney, kept
a tight hold on him, and saved him from
drowning. The three conscious survivors
were nearly exhausted, and would have per-
lshed had not help come just when it did.
The unfortunate yachtmen were taken
ashore. Fred Brooks died shortly after
reaching home. Blessing is in precari0us
condition and may die at any moment. The
other three are very much exhausted and
suffering from symptoms which indicate
pneumonia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
WEST AND SOUTH.

DINEAN STATION, on the Southern Pa
cifc Road, was raided by the Indians on
the 9th. They killed man named Woods,
and stole twenty horses. Advices from
General Crook state that the Indians were
still moving South, and that the number of
settlers known to have been killed was
seventeen.
ALL the gambling houses in Chicago
were closed on the 9th by an order from
the Chief of Police.
THE State Convention of the Ohio Green
hackers met at Columbus on the 9th and
nominated a full State ticket, with j. w.
Northrop for Governor. Resolutions were
adopted demanding the expansion of the
currency; that banks of issue be abolished
that legal-tender notes be substituted for
bank bills; asking the restoration of pub
lie lands held by foreigners; favoring the
submission of prohibitory amendment to
the people, and declaring against fusion
with any other party organization.
On the morning of the 9TH the Grotegout
family-father, mother and four daugh-
ters-living near Edwardsport, Ind, were
found murdered. 1t was supposed that
and then committed suicide.
ISAAC HIBBs, the absconding postmaster
at Lewiston, Ore, by an ingenious sy stem
of manipulation of money orders has
swindled the National Treasury out of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. 1t was stated
on the 9th that the robberies would neces-
state a change in the money order sys-
tenn.
A DELEGATE from Delaware to the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and Correc-
tions reported the .whipping-post still in
general favor for the punishment of petty
offenses, and that few culprits were
logged more than once.
On the 9th j. H. Aufdemorte, redemp-
ton clerk in the suh-Treasury at New
Orleans, who was charged with deficit of
SO, SO, disappeared.
On the 7th hail-storm at Owatonna,
Mimi, broke thousands of panes of glass
and caused great damage to crops.
On the night of the 7th six-days' GO
as-you- please walking match, with nine
starters, commenced at Baltimore.
Some fifty citizens of jackson County at
meeting on the 9th at White Pine, w.
Va, reported being threatened by starva-
tion, one family having subsisted on let
tuce for five days.
ADvICEs of the 7th pronounced the crop
prospects in Iowa to be excellent In some
parts of Illinois corn promised exceeding
ly well, while in others it was doing badly.
In Wisconsin and Minnesota chinch- bugs
had made their appearance and in Indiana
and Arkansas the seventeen-year loeusts
had come in swarms.
ON the afternoon of the It'll Victory.
Wis, small village between La Crosse
and Lansing, on the Mississippi River,
was struck simultaneously by two cy-
clones. Over fifty houses were blown
down, and fragments of the principal
hotel were scattered for mile over the
country. One hundred families were
homeless. The people saved their lives
by taking refuge in their cellars.
AT Woodstock, Va, hurricane the
other night un. oofed a church and dam
aged many other buildings. A destructive
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12

MARTHA THoRNBURY, of Linneus,
Mo, sued the Chicago, Burlington &
Kansas City Railway Company for
$4,000 damages for the death of her
husband, John Thornbury, in the Grand
River bridge accident at Sumner Mo-,
June 80. 1884. She will not get the
money, however, since John has been
induced to make affidavit that he never
was in the accident and has never been
killed on railroad. Martha was so
much displeased by the resurrection
that she brought suit for divorce
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12

storm prevailed in portions of Wisconsin
and Illinois, and hail .stones of phenomenal
dimensions were reported to have fallen at
many places. @
AT Williamsburg, Va, the female wards
of the Eastern State Lunatic Asylum were
destroyed by fire the other night. Loss,
about $4,000. Two inmates lost their
lives.
A FEW nights ago the maiY portion of
the business section of Suffolk, Va, was
destroyed by fire; loss, over $1,000
On the Sth it was announced that locusts
had appeared in immense numbers in the
vicinity of Alton, jill. Fruits and small
grains in many sections of the Northwest
were much injured by the sudden fall of
temperature (from 80 to AZ degrees) and
the severe storms.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
Preparing to Receive the Apaches in
Mexico.

Ell PAso. Tex, June 6.-The Mexican
Government has prepared for the arrival of
the numerous Apaches in the Sierra Mad
res. Orders have been sent the various
Presidents of all the towns along the Sierra
Madres, and to the military commanders at
Casas GrsndeS and Ell Vale de San Benena
Ventura, notifying them TO prepare for raids.
The Eleventh regiment of Cavalry has left
Parrai fol Casa Grande. A band Of Apa-
ches has been seen near NIasco Springs, and
the bodies of several murdered Americans
and Mexieans have been found near Carl
Zillo Springs, badly mutilated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
Strong Women and Tender Men.

'The best part Of human character is
the tenderness and delicacy of feeling in
little matters, the desire to soothe and
please others minutie of the social
virtues Thus writes Emerson, and is
it not trueP Should we not cultivate
this tenderness of delicacy? There are
some great hearts who do not shame TO
shed tear, although men in general
consider it womanish, effeminate, some
thing to be ashamed of to be tender and
pitiful as woman.
do not place among the tender and
pitiful those hysterical, emotional, sem
timental women, of whom we all know
some specimens. / would teach my
daughters to be strong end brave; my
sons to be tender and pitiful; my
! daughters to beware OF idle tears; my
sons to know no shame FOR the eyes
moisture; my daughters to be strong
minded as we'll as tender; my sons to
be tender as we'll as strong. A. I.
! Sunday Graphic
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12

IT is said that the people of New Or
leans are satisfied with the results of
the Exposition, which closed MAY 81.
The retail stores did a more active bus
mess than in what is known as splendid
years; the hotels and boarding houses
were crowded; the railroad lines had
every car employed; the rents were
higher and many families paid their
rents through casual boarders.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12

Nor fifty miles from London there is
rural postman who, twenty years ago,
was thought to be medically unfit for a
permanent appointment. He was,
therefore, made temporary letter
carrier. His wages are twelve shillings
a week. He has to walk thirty-tive
miles q day. He is liable TO instant dis
missal, is not eligible for any pension,
and enjoys no annual holiday.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
OHIO CROP REPORT.
The Report of the State Board of Agri-
Culture for the Month of June.

Inc report of the state Board OF AgfI-
Culture for the Month of June.
COLUMBUS, June 6.-The June crop. re-
port Of he Ohio Board of Agriculture based
on returns from about 900 regular township
correspondents, give the following estimates:
Wheat, probable bushels, with good weather
till hrvest, 2O.900,00O, which is 81
per cen. of an average crop and 10000, 900
short o the last five years average, 5000, 900
short 0 the April estimate and 2000, 900
short O the estimate for May. Rye, condi-
ton 71per cent; barley, area 81, condition
u; oat, area 100, condition 90; corn, area
105, condition 80; apples, prospects II;
pears, 80; grapes, SO. The wheat figures
are theresult of two independent estimates,
Ope by percentage on the know crop for five
years, tie other by estimated bushels per
acre onthe know acreage. Both are gotten
up withgreat care and agreeing almost ex-
actly intotal bushels for the State.