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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-22
The S~quabble About the ''First Lady,"

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The ridiculous SQUAD
BILE as to who will be regarded as the first lady
of the land" at presidential receptions and on
other official occasions, has broken out afresh
unusual violence in fashionable circles in this
city. The incentive of this new attack of an old
disease is found in the fact that, as the President
has no wife, Mrs. Sherman, the wife of the Re-
publican President pro tempore, will be the re-
ceiving lady at all official receptions and
levees which she may attend. This
is gall, and NORWOOD, and milk sick
ness to the wives of Democratic Secretaries,
senator's and representatives who have aspira-
tons for social distinction. Many plans have
been sincerely discussed and then abandoned,
one after the other. till Miss Cleveland suggest
ed that the usual guard of ladies of the first lady
be dispensed with this winter, and that she alone
do the receiving at the Presidents levees. AS
Mrs. Sherman is very retiring and domestic in
her tastes, it is very probable that the schemers
will be permitted to carry out their plans with
out interference on her part.
Commissioner Black Provides for His Friends.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2L-Commissioner Of Pen
sions Black appears to be a good man-for his
own State. Your correspondent is informed
| that since he took charge Of that Office he has ap-
| pointed, or secured the appointment, of no less
| than thirty-fve citizens of Illinois to places in
his Office. Many Of these. no doubt, perhaps
most of them. have secured places outside of the
civil-service limits. but if even one-fourth OF
! them were within the limits there must have been
a positive violation of the civil service law by
somebody. for it would be unreasonable to sup
pose that only Illinois Democrats passed sue
cessful examinations. while Democrats from In
diana and other States are told that they have
| not the ability to pass an examination. Indiana
| does go Democratic half the time, but Illinois
never. and the latter gets all the good things,
while Indiana gets all that is left after the good
things ara grabbed by the Suckers.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01
Andrew ). Casslary NEGOTIATION.

The fourth annual ball of the Andrew j..
Cassiday Association was held in st. Johns
Hall on Monday night last. The hall was
handsomely decorated with flags and bunt-
ing, and, taking it oil in all, the scene was
one to be remembered with pleasurable
sensations by those in attendance. The
reception committee, under the chairman
ship Ct Thomas J. Cogan acquitted them
selves creditably, as did the floor manager,
Terence McCue. The grand entree was
led by Mr.. Terence McCue and Miss Lynch
followed by about 100 couples, among
whom were the following: Commissioner
Thomas Reynolds and wife, Freebooter
Thomas Nugent and lady, James Haggerty
and wife, B. Farley and wife, John Ster-
ling and wife, Daniel F. Mccarthy and
wife, Daniel Campbell and wife, Thomas
Quigley and wife, Albert Mainz and wife,
Leonard Wyman and wife, Mr.. Heller and
wife, of New York, Mr.. Maurice Grace and
wife, John Cassiday and Miss M. Mcclure,
James Dinnigan and sister, Mr.. German
and Miss Burke, Mr.. Hanlon and wife, Mr..
Steinhauser and sister, NJ Eikert and Miss
Kerr, John Masterson and lady, P. Marley
and lady, and many others. The club is
differed as follows: President, Terence
McCue; ce-President, John Masterson
Secretary, David b. Gilligan; Financial
Secretary, James F. Dinnigan; Treasurer,
John Cassidy; Sergeant-at-Arms, Thomas
J. Coogan. Music was furnished by Pro-
lessor T. F. Dryers full orchestra.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Pennsville, in this State, was the scene
of aslngular practical joke recently. Among
the residents of the town was young man
named McGuigan. He realized the fact
that it sis not good for man to live alone"
but he was too basbful to seek awife. Even
to meet woman in the street would send
him to the other side of the way and he
has been known to dodge at the Tapping
of petticoat from clothes line. Some of
the boys determined to evolve joke from
the circumstances and they procured a
bride for Michigan to whom he was duly
united by an ex-constable who read the
Methodist service over the young couple.
But the crowd overdid the congratulation
business and McGuigan's suspicious being
aroused he managed in some way to satisfy
himself that his s'bride" was a man and
then there was war in the camp. McGui-
gan's wrath was fearful to contemplate and
as he armed himself with pitchfork the
crowd didn't stay to contemplate it. Nc
Guigan says that his next bride will be
selected by himself. The joke has at least
cured him of his bashfulness.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01
Lady Gsrmanla society.

The Lady Germania Benevolent Society,
No. 1, of Jersey City, held their seventh
annual bal masque on Monday evening
last. The costumes were, in many cases
rich in the extreme, and the usual quota of
clowns and the impossible and improbable
negro and negress, and all varied costumes
which 90 to make successful masquerade
ball were there in all their phases. The in
terests of the ladies of the society was look
ed to by the redoubtable officer sBilly"
Luyster, who was, az usual the good
natured butt for all the fat-men jokes in
the category. Among those present were:
Herman Foster and lady, Neil Harvey and
Miss Rose Stelding, James Creighton and
lady, Mr.. and Mrs. John PeIloth, Mrs.
Stelding, Horace Farrier, Louis Pelloth,
Mrs. Nickens. Mr. Oppenheimer and lady,
Miss Minnie Lowe and many others who
have holy horror of seeing their names in
print-which, by the way, Is an unusual
occurrence. The following are the officers
of the society: NJ Patey, President; f.
Rennert, Vice-President; A. Wildebrandt,
Treasurer; M. Dillman. Financial Secre-
tary. Trustees: M. Braun, A. Shaw, and
A. Gerringrr.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Mayor Collins has shrewd eye for good
investments, and is equally shrewd in dis
covering opportunities for the benefitting
of the public. His communication to the
Aldermen advising that steps be taken to
make the act permitting any person to pay
the taxes on another's property and
hold the property for 8 per cent interest, Is
calculated to attract the attention of cap
italists to good aud paying investment,
and to fli .hten delinque-ts into setting
up. Under the act, which was passed, by
the way, last year, the man who pays the
taxes becomes the actual, fee simple owner
of unimproved property on which be pays
the taxes in five years; and he may lease
improved property for a term of years.
There are any number of pieces of prop
erty in this city, with WHICH their owners
would not part with for five times the
amount of taxes due on them; and action
by the city authorities menaclng their
ii les would soon bring them to terms.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

The Tribune has made the important his
torical discovery that Benedict Arnold was
hung. How it happened the Tribune does
not say but the probable explanation is
that when Andre was condemned Benedict
stole into his place of imprisonment, ex-
changed clothes with him and renamed to
be strung up while Andre walked off to
safety. The only thing that negatives the
hypothesis is the fact that some one who
was supposed to be Arnold lived for many
years after in England and finally died in
peace. Had it really been Andre he would
probably have disclosed the secret before
his death. But we are glad to know that
somehow Ben. was hung. He deserved to
be. at all events, and if che had been drawn
and quartered afterwards it would not have
been any too good for him. But perhaps
he was. We trust the Tribune will look
further into this matter.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Judge McCarter, Of Newark, gave the
"heathen Chinee" Tong Sing taste of
American justice and clemency. Tongwa
one of party who tortured fellow conn
tryman until he surrendered 1923 he had
concealed in his laundry and when arrested
he gave the police valuable information
and wound up by pleading guilty. Judge
McCarter said he was entitled to clemency
fo- his conduct and he sentenced him to
State prison for seven years. Otherwise
he would have made it ten, SO Tong gets
three years of, anyhow, andif he behaves
himself at Trenton Keeper Laverty will
give him s'good marks" that will take about
eighteen months more off. But five and a
half years for quarter Of 1928 isn't very
good wages even for 'sheathen Chinee.
Tong Sing might better have stuck to his
"washee washee."
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Wednesday. It purported to represent
truly Charles's story Of the manner in
which his elder brother George and his
mother aided by Elson K. Rockwell, had
put the old man out of the way. The un-
fortunate lecture Of the bogus confession
was that the man who manufactured it was
ignorant Of facts attending the murder OF
which there is no doubt, and wrote his
story in violation of the known history Of
the crime. For instance, he sent Mrs.
Wainwright out on mission for decept-
i've shoefor her horse, when she has no horse;
he makes her look at the murder from her
door-post when everybody knows she was
at the Magnolia Hotel, miles away, at the
time. George does the shooting in the
cow-yard, when it is an established TACT
that the murder was done half mile away
from the house. He represents that the
old man was milking his third COW, when
the family has but one; and when It IS
known that he had scythe over his arm
and was on his way TO Aumack's to NOW
grass when he was slain. The story is full
Of such bulls. If George has made any
| such confession, it would be strong evil
dence of his innocence. Any man that
could tell such story of the murder could
plead with perfect assurance that he
knew nothing at all about the crime.
| OF all the i've on trial Charles is the most
| likely to confess'but there are no evidences
at this writing that he proposes to do any
thing of the kind.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

The Republicans never want any offices,
and they never quarrel about them. Oh,
bless you, mol But they have already got
into such squabble over the little places
in Newark that prominent member of the
party in that city recently said to the
Ne,os, eff this thing goes on the city will
go Democratic next fall" The feeling is
universal. and one cannot read the story
told by the Ne,Ds without being convinced
that Republicans not only want offices but
want them SO bad that they steal them
from each other. For party of nothing
but high moral ideas, the Republicans
seem to have got pretty low down in New
ark-with Flanagan to hear from at the
other end of the line.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

There is a wild rumor in the air that one
Of our daily contemporaries harbors news
fend who scribs" left over matter for q
New York paper be is connected with as
New Jersey reporter. It would afford us
pleasure to add that he is q s'heathen
Chinee" who knows how to s1eapee" on an
item when he sees but we can't. He be-
longs TO the Christian persuasion and he
don't "leapee on an item-he simply
cribs it in matter Of fact way; very much,
in fact, as the gamin steals behind q pedes-
TRAN and tilches his pocket-handkerchief
There was war in the Office when the theft
was discovered and although an armistice
has been agreed upon peace can not be
said to reign in the establishment. II is
only sort Of armed neutrality and should
the offence be repeated it is more than
likely the offender will be handed his pas
port with instructions to s'leapee" into the
street as expeditiously as possible.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Company r, Fourth Regiment, held
their seventeenth annual reception at the
Regimental Armory, ~ and 20 Newark
Avenue. on Tuesday evening last The spa
cious drill room was tastefully decorated
with profusion Of flags and bunting, and
with the uniforms of the soldiers, and the
rich toilets Of the ladies made scene of
picturesque splendor. The few men in SOM
bre evening dress formed pleasing con
t1at to the brightness and gaiety surround
ing them. The affair was under the man.
agement of Sergeant Arthur Scott. Captain
w. B. Mason was the chairman of the
reception Committee and received the
guests right royalty. On the whole it was
d very enjoyable affair, the guests voting
it complete success in every respect.
The grand march was led by Captain w.
r. Mason and wife, who were followed by
abous 125 couples through maze of fig
ures which it seemed impossible to extri-
cate them from, but which the gallant
Captain did very gracefully. Among the
military and civilians present the TATTLER
roticed the following; Captain William b.
Mason and wife, and daughter, Sergeant
Langdon, wife, and daughter, Sergeant A.
Scott and lady, Sergeant Theo. johnson
aed wife, Corporal Seay and wife, Corp
| oral Prove and daughter, Corporal Peet
and wife, J. z. Arrowsmith and wife, John
Clinch and wife, Theodore Delterne and
wife, ]. G. Jones and lrdy, P. Reilly and
lady, Uhas. Tunis and lady. Thomas Fin
ley skand lady, Samuel Porter and lady,
| w. F. Gibson and lady, Fl. Sterling and
lady, Harry Lockwood and lady, Quarter
master Sergeant Nodine and lady, Mrs
Henry Fisher, Harry Rickett and wife,
Robert Beatty and lady, james Cullen
and lady, Mr.. and Mrs Hermann, Consta
BILE John Masker and lady. William Sill
vers and lady, Ernest Siivers and lsdy
Sergeant George W. Russell and the Miss
es Tessie and Alice Kenny, Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert, George w. Russell Sr. and wife
Corporal Grinsted and Miss Kinder, AID
jutaut Girardin, James Gray and lady
James Anderson and lady, Mr.. Moliu,
and Miss Marinus, Miss Julia Killen
Miss Kelly, Mr.. Quirk, Mr.. Berrian
James Love and lady, John Doyle an
lady, and Others The music, which wa
exceptionally good, was furnished by Prof
Wagner's Fourth Regiment Band.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Odell, who was indicted with Mrs. Hall,
went on the stand and COMMITTED perjury
Like gentleman, as was once said of the
Prince of Wales under similar circumstan-
cess, and Mrs. Hall swore like lady that
she had alwaysfegistered as Mis-" Williams
during her travels with Odell, who called
himself Williams. But the police swore
that the prisoners registered as Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams and that they were offered o
large sum of money and diamond ring to
testify to INTERPRETATION OF course
the jury promptly convicted Odeil. Mrs.
Hall has yet to be tried. 1t wouldn't be q
bad idea to proceed further against them
and try them for their perjury Also This
little offence is becoming SO common in our
courts that lawyers, judges and juries are
very often puzzled to know, not who tells
the truth, but who lies the least, and some
thing should be done to check the evil
practice.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01
Robert vvarslng Association BAN.

Mr.. Robert Wareing, the genial pro-
prietor of the Germania Theatre, Hoboken,
has again come to the front with another
scheme to relieve the poor and needy of
that city. This time it is ball to be given
at Odd Fellows Hall On Thursday evening,
February 9Th, by an association under his
name, and of which he is the head. Mr..
Wareing has long been known as charit-
able gentlemsn who is alwaHs ready and
willing to help any deserving boor person
who may apply to him for assistance, and
therefore he is entitled to all the support
that could possibly be given him in this.
his latest enterprise. The music for the
occasion will be furnished by Professor
George DoIlinger's full orchestra.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

A dispatch from Massachusetts town
says lady living there has 50 unique fast
ening for her seal skin sacque." II is ga
silver eagle which an officer picked up with
cloak on the field of Waterloo" That
seems funny way of picking up silver
eagle or anything else, in fact But we
suspect the story is lie invented to induce
the New York papers to publish the fact
that one Massachusetts woman has secured
seal skin sacque.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Senator Edmund's bill to prevent the ex-
portation of dynamite from this country to
England is good enough for ssbuncombe. /"
But the dynamite factories of Germany and
Switzerland are the sources of foreign sup
ply, whether for legitimate or illegitimate
purposes. And the chances are that Sena-
tor Edmunds knew the fact when he intro
duced the bill and only wanted to tickle
the British lion under the fifth rib.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

The annual report of the Central Dispen-
sary of the city shows that nearly fifteen
thousand cases have been treated during
the year just closed. The exhibit is fat
tering one for DR.. Gordon and his associates
and proves that he was right when he con-
ceived the idea that such an institution was
necessary in this city. Our public spirited
citizens should take measures to enable DR..
Gordon to enlarge the usefulness of the
Dispensary.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

A contemplate scoundrel in Dayton, O.,
recently Tilted girlfto whom he had been
engaged for year. The desertion took
place a week before the time fixed for the
marriage and to add to his rascality the fell
low stole a bracelet from the young lady
and gave it to the girl he married as we'd
ding present. But there is Nemesis after
him and as soon as he returns from his
wedding tour he will be arrested for
larceny
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

The Lenten period will soon be upon us
again and the fashionable world, which has
been going it rather fast Of late will soon
have to fast in another fashion by way of
squsring the excuses it has been INDUCING
In for the past two or three months. Lent
is an excellent thing in a corporal as well
as spiritual way.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

General Wolsey made up his camel corps
from his naval contingent. This was prob
ally on the principle that the camel is the
s.ship of the desert. But s.jack tar"
astride the quarterback Of a camel's hump
must have been pretty thoroughly st sea
for awhile, despite the proverb.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

If the Spartans think this country is go.
ing into the Spartan simplicity business
just now, then must the Spartans be very
simple indeed. AS the country has stood
twenty-four years Of Republican fummery
it ought to be able to stand three or four
days Of Democratic Aummery.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

That must have been funny spectacle
in Hoboken the other evening. when the
city fathers, including Crane and Londre-
gan, one after the other, rose to solemnly
protest in connection with the North Hud-
sons Elevated Railroad franchise, that
they had acted honestly
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Miles Ross has son who has proved a
sort of public benefactor to the poor of
New Brunswick. He is in the wholesale
coal business and some of the retail dealers
of that city having formed combination
against him he began to retail coal at q
small advance on wholesale prices, and
now the combination is not only sick but
its stomach is a trife out of order also. The
retailers are willing TO retire from the fight
but young Ross won't let them. AS a con-
sequence Of the war New Brunswick has
been buying its coal for 81 a ton. 1t is a
great pity the war couldn't extend over the
whole State.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Taking of news is becoming quite q
fashionable diversion of the journalists
nowadays. A news Fakir il an unprinoi-
pied Bohemian who works upon a story
with his imagination, and who gets his
facts from his dreams. He cares not for
truth. In fact truth is the only obstacle
that stands in the way Of his getting
ssgood story" as the city editors Of the
great journals call it, out Of every case he
Is instructed to inquire into. One Of these
Fakirs imposed column confession Of
Charles Wainwright, the youngest member
of the Wainwright family, now on trial at
Toms River for the murder of the fsthw.
upon the Philadelpia Morning Meas last
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

The Board of Education made the air
blue the other night. The Chair was
fairly sat upon, and resolution which he
refused to entertain was passed over his
head. It is great pity Jersey City could
not get rid Of this Board but under our
glorious Constitution it is impossible unless
Newark consents to the change required
and that of course she will not do. Jersey
City people must therefore do the only
thing possible for them under the circum-
stances grin and bear it. But the Board
is disgrace to the city for all that.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

The most Interesting local paper IN the State
is the ssS,usday Taller" # you suould keep
posted on ,ohat is going on around you, you
must reada. Order your neaos dealer to leaus
It at your house.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01
Dfprhcrfa Cured .

Coughs and colds caused by scarlet fever and
measels. The Karen Cough Balsam, SOC. Troche,
isc. Druggists. or G. s. Clarke. yr q Bond street.
New York.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

Some people are finding fault with the
Court Of Pardons for liberating too many
conYicts from State prison at its recent ses-
sion. Well, perhaps there was little too
much clemency exercised, but what was
the court to do? The prison is overcrowded
and room must be made, somehow or other,
for the new convicts who are daily arriving.
And SO far as can be judged the court ex-
ercised wise discretion in its clemency.
Some fault is found because two wife MUIR
derers from this county were released. But
it should be remembered that one was
clearly an unintentional homicide while in
the other case the evidence did not make
it entirely clear that the man killed his
wife at all The woman's death was caused
by fall from window and the State con-
tended that the husband threw her out.
The husband insisted that she threw her.
self out and there is possibility that he
told the truth. Another case is that of
Herman Havner, the Jersey City tailor who
was convicted Of receiving stolen goods
while the man who stole the goods was not
even brought to trial-though that was the
fault Of the New York authorities. The re-
ceiver may be as bad as the thief but he
certainly is not worse at least he was not
in this eand the people of the State
do not believe in Furnishing accomp,ices
while allowing principals to go free.