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The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Affairs of oliver Bros. & Phillips.

PITTsBURG. JAM 19-There was very little
new to-day regarding Oliver Bros. & Phillips's
affairs. Matters seem to be progressing salts
factorily toward an extension on favorable
terms. The meeting of creditors tomorrow
will be attended by all the leading creditors,
and will no doubt be harmonious 1t is stated
on good authority that on examination the liza.
blities will be found not over s., 200, ,0O0
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
A Bold Attempt at Robbery.

PROVIDENCE. Jan 19-At 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon a bold attempt at robbery was made
at the office G the Grant MILL in Carpenter
street, this city, owned by c. B. & r. Knight
Two men presented pistols at the head of Ed
ward Burlingame, the bookkeeper, and demanded
So, 700 which had just been received by him to
pay the help Burlingame refused to surrender
the money The robbers evidently expected a
confederate, who, however, did not appear, and
as there was another person in the room with
Burlingame, the robbers ran away
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
The Boston Carnival.

BosToN Jan. 19.-In Boston the date of the
Dickens carnival has been changed from Feb.
% TO Feb. IL, since carnival night takes place
properly on the eve of Shroye Tuesday. Among
the hundred people who have responded to the
invitation for assistance are Miss Louisa M. AL
colt, w. D. Howells. Mrs. A. NJ Diaz. Mrs C.
A. Kennard. the Rev. H. Bernard Carpenter and
Miss KATE Gannett Wells
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
hG0na Down Red Lane. =

This lie what the youngsters say when they
wish to express the idea that eatables have been
disposed of Happy is he whose stomach can
digest all that goes down red lane" Unhappy
is the victim of indigestion, who cannot com
fortably dispose of his food. Aches pains, grief
and mental suffering are his portion. The cure
for all this is Browns Iron Bitters, the greatest
iron medicine in the world Mrs. Teidman, of
st Louis, says: Il used Browns iron Btters
for weak stomach and general debility, and am
eured.'
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20

on a chair and secured package from the top
of clock. He had seen his father place the
package on the top of the clock few days ago.
He gave portion of the contents to his brother
for stomach ache Hearing groans, the mother
rushed into the room and found Ray in convul-
sions on the floor. The remainder of the powder
was found beside him on the floor, and was as
bought to kill rats. Ray died in a short time.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Unpleasant Incident at a. Funeral.

PARIS, Jan. 19.-The funeral services over the
remains of Edmond About the distinguished
author, were celebrated to-day. They occurred
at the cemetery of Perela Chaise, and were very
impressive. Jules Ferry, the Prime Minister,
other members of the Cabinet and many other
men of political and literary note attended. An
the funeral The deputation of the Academic
Francaise, appointed to act as pail bearers re-
fused to serve because there was no reli igious
ceremony
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Another Man Finds the Climate Too Hot.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 19-W S Pate, proprietor
of Pate, Madden & Co. dry goods store, is
Canada, leaving about $50, 00O worth of debts be-
hind. The store was closed this afternoon by
local creditors Pate said he was going to Hot
Springs. He left on Wednesday but cannot be
found there. Pate's Indebtedness seems to be
for goods hought on credit and sold, making away
with the money Of Eastern creditors
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The Public Printing.

WASHINGTON. Jan. l9.--The Public Printer
today transmitted to the Senate his report for
the fiscal year ended June so, 1884, The report
says the printing by order of the Senate cost
$l49 l43, against $64, ,464 and tho House printing
$276, 333 against $l57, 2C7 for the previous year.
An approximation of 81, 675 900 Is asked for tho
coming fiscal year. againgt 50, ,O45, 900, the esti-
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Cheap Travel for Immi~ranfs

New YORK Jan. LEACH of the 100 immi
grants to-day by the steamship Britannia was
handed $l3 on each ticket to Chicago, and was
directed by the agent of the steamship company
to buy new ticket for 81. The immigrants
were joyous over the presentation of the $i2
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Serious Illness of the pona.

LONDON, JAM ia dispatch from Rome
states that the Pope is confined to his bed with
fever and rheumatism.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Passengers from the Lost Packet.

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Eleven persons who were
in the missing boat of the Inflated packet Ad-
miral Moorsom, have been rescued in an ex-
hausted condition They had been in the boat
since Thursday night.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20

We are astonished at the endeavors of parties
to introduce new remedies for coughs and kin
dred complaints when they should know that
the people will have DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, and
nothing else.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20

Emperor William Confined to His Bed.
BERLIN, Jan. 19.-The Emperor of Germany
is ILL., and confined to his bed Some uneasiness
is felt in regard to his condition
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Bank Cashiers Arrested.

NORWICH. Conn, JAM 19.-Cashier Mech and
assistant cashier Webb, of the Merchants Bank,
were arrested to day by United States Marshal
Kennedy, for embezzlng from the banks funds.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Fatal Result of Playing .Doctor..

KALAMAZOO, Mich, JAM 19.-Georgc and
Ray, little sons of Officer Sweet, were playing
doctor yesterday afternoon, when George got
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-20
Obituary.

RGwBuRG, n. Y. Jan. 10 Charles Downing.
the eminent horticuturist, died today, aged
eienty-two
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WHEN INDICATIONS.
UEsDA1.-W Warnaer, fair
Wedtber.


Lot 14S3-Reduced from 800 to $500
Lot f369-Reduced from 500 to 200
Lot 1627-Reduced from 1000 to 500
Lot 5l5-Reduced from $50 to 450
Lot 3063-Reduced from $50 to 800
Lot I375-Reduced from $50 to 400
Lot 1571-Reduced from 300 to $50
They are broken lines Of Youths
Overcoats, worth more than they
are marked, but we don't care.
We're wiling to give some one a
benefit to close the goods, at the
only
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
GRANTS RESTING PLACE.
Correspondence Between WIS. Grant
and the Mayor of New NOrk.

Statements have been repeatedly made and
widely circulated to the effect that when
Congress rcass embed there would be a con.
re,ted attempt to have the DO ly of Genera
Grant removed to Washington for final
;epulture. The following letter from Mayor
Grace to Mrs. Grant with her answer, will
therefore be read with interest:
OCT iG, 1SS5.
My DEAR Mrs. GRANT: The executiv .
committee Of the Grant Monument asSocia
ton, to whom was intrusted the hcnored and
patriotic task of collecting funds for Il suita =
Die national memorial to the memory of your
distinguished husband, finds itself seriously
hampered IN its work, and to q great eX
tent embarrassed, by utterances which APP
pear from time to time in the daily
press and often purporting to come
from your family. Cur executive commit
tee is much concerned in the reports quite i'll
dustriJusly spread abroad and persstently
reiterated that on the rcas>emhling of Con-
gross preconcerted effort, with the consent
ana approval of your family, would be begun
t. have the body of General Grant removed
to Washington for final sepulture Our fund
has already reached IA generous sum-nearlY
$4,000; it will be 100000 soon; it must be
obvious that any doubt which the public
may have as to the desire of the family III
regard to the Riverside park as permanent
tomb and the site of the proposed national
memorial acts as deterrent to those who
would otherwise freely give.
May ask from your family clear and
emphatic expression of your wish and pref
erence-may ! add decentralization the
use of our executive committed Very re-
spectfully, WILLIAM Il. GRACE,
Vice President Grant Monument association
New YORK, Oct. %, 1855.
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 10th came
during my absence, and was received on my
return from Long Branch.
Riverside was selected by myself and my
family as the burial place of my husband,
General Grant.
First-Because l believed New York was
his preference.
Second-lt is near the residence that | hope
to occupy rs long as | live and where will
be able to visit his resting place often
Third have believed and am now con-
WINGED, that the tomb will be visited by as
many of his countrymen here as it would be
at any other place.
Fourth The offer of park in New York
was the first which observed and unreserv-
eddy assented 70 the only condition imposed
by General Grant, namely, that | should have
place by his side.
l am, sir, very sincerely,
JULIA ID. GRANT.
To WILLIAM r. GRACE, Mayor City of New
York.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06

have base ball clubs, and are allowed to
play bali Sundays. Saturday afternoon
is given to the soldiers to clean up for
Sunday morning inspection, and as the
cleaning necessary only takes an hour or
so, they have most of the afternoon to
themselves They have theatrical
troupes, balls and parties, and are al
lowed to be out of quarters until IL at
night evenings when there arc plays,
dances, etc, at the post.
The officers have their weekly hops at
the larger posts, dinner parties, social
games at cards, picnics, and private
thcatricals. They spend a good deal of
their time evenings at the officers club.
room at the post-trader's establishment,
and play cards, billiards, or drink beer.
There used to be great deal of gamb-
ling and drinking in the army, but that
is now pretty much done away with,
and it would be hard to find a steadier
or more quiet set of men than our army
officers at frontier posts.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
Tell and Gesslcr are MYTHS.

The story of William Tell and the
shooting of the apple from his sons
head is now generally acknowledged,
even in Switzerland, to be legendary. 1t
first occurs in the chronicle of Melchior
Russ, who wrote at the end of the tif.
teenth century, i. c., about 10 years
after its reputed occurrence. The absence
of any reference to it in contemporary
records caused doubt to be thrown upon
it three centuries ago. Guillimann, the
author OF work on Swiss antiquities,
published in 1893, calls it a fable, but
subscribes to the current belief in it
because the tale is 50 popular. The race
to which he belonged is not yet extinct.
A century and half later a more fear
less skeptic, who said that the story was
of Danish origin, was condemned by the
canton of Uri to be burned alive, and in
the well timed absence of the offender
his book was ordered to be burnt by the
common hangman. But the truth is
great, and prevails. G.. Won Wyss. the
Swiss historian, has pointed out that the
name of Wilhelm Tel does not occur
even once in the history of the three
cantons, neither is there any trace that a
Nogt named Gesser ever served the
house of Ilapsburg there. Moreover, the
legend does not correspond to any fact
of period of oppression of the Swiss
at the hands of their Austrian rulers.
The lesson, however, that it teaches is a
good one.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Scenes During n Presidential ReCep-
tiUn-Cranky Visitors.

Below is an interesting account of day
doings at the White House during one Of
President Clevelands receptions 1t is given
in Washington dispatch to the New York
Herald:
The tri-weely informal afternoon recep-
lions which have beenjnstituted at the White
House by President Cleveland are now the
most interesting and attractive entertain
ments in Washington. The number who at
tend them increase every week. This after
noon there were nearly two hundred per-
sons in the East room when the Pres-
dent entered. OF this number more
than one-half We're ladies. The people
who expect sensations to occur there are very
much disappointed. Indeed, the idea which
has got abroad that the White House is con-
stanty infested with cranks is far from being
correct
There were two visitors of this class at thu
White House to-day One of them wanted
to talk on shipbuilding. He said ship
building was more sacred than any
other calling or occupation in which men en-
gagged, and that shipbuilders should have
every possible protection that the government
could give them in the way of bounties and
rewards. Before he had got very far be was
told to submit his idea in writing to the sec
rotary of tho navy, who was just now investi-
eating the subject. They got rid of him.
The other man wanted the government to
purchase of him quantity Of small croco-
diles which he said he could catch Ill a couple
of days in the lower Potomac, and place
them in the basins of the fountains in public
parks. He thought the antics that young
and playful crocodiles would perform would
be more amusing to the children as we'll as
others, than anything else. He said there
were millions Of crocodiles in the Potomac,
and that he possessed a secret by which he
could easily catch as many as might be
needed. This gentleman was referred to the
Fish commission.
The President makes all his visitors feel at
home. He seems to make everyone think
that he is specially glad to see them. Though
to the ordinary observer it looks as if he
shakes the hands of all who present them
selves the same way, he does not, and many
OF them go away with the i'm
preston that they were specially favored
In the way their hand was shaken. Ladies
are always highly pleased with the way the
President receives them. He never seems to
pay any attention to their attire or appear
ance, all, rich and poor, being cordially re-
ceived, though it has been noticed that in the
case of a yed ladies, and indeed aged men, he
makes extra efforts to convince them that he
Is glad to receive their calls,
The members of the [ tab commission spent
considerable time with the President talking
over the results of their labOrs. There is an
impression in some quarters that there will
be a reorganization of this commission before
long. At present it consists of two Republic
can ex-Senators. Ramsey and Paddock, and
one Democrat, Mr.. Pettigrew.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06

The barkentine Nellie has arrived at St.
Johns, N F., from Labrador. She brings
terrible news OF the hurricane that recently
-avaged the wave washed shores of that
bleak and inhospitable country Not
only have the fisheries failed the sturdy
oilers OF the sea, but the very ee-
ments seem to have particular spite against
them. With the beginning of the month the
weather grew bad and frequent storms pre-
vailed. On the lth inst hurricane came
Oh. 1t struck the coast quite unexpectedly,
and the fishing vessels suffered severely.
Many foundered at their anchors, and others
were dashed high on the rocks and became
total wrecks.
The loss of life was terrible. Some of the
passengers of the Nellie estimate the number
at three hundred. Several women persisted
from exposure and starvation and Others
were drowned.
Over two thousand persons are destitute
an | stranded on the coast. Five steamers
have been dispatched to their assistance.
The worst is not yet known, but sutii
cient information has come to hand
TO make it fully known that dire
distress prevails on the coast The hurricane
blew with such violence that many of the
rude huts of the fishermen were swept away
Hundreds of families are deprived of roof,
and seek shelter day and night under the
;canty protection afforded by wreckage and
tattered sails. Unless speedy succor reaches
hem many must die OF exposure and famine
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
A Confederate Match Factory.

The first match factory in the Confed-
eracy was in or rather near Atlanta.
The owner was an Atlanta man. These
matches were sold from Richmond to
the Gulf. Unlike some of our recent
experiments in that line, there was no
trouble about iguiting the matches. A
man did not have to strike one sixteen
times, and finally hit it on the head with
hammer, or light it by the fire. His
main trouble was to keep the thing from
going off prematurely, and the only eff
fectua safeguard was to keep it in a
bottle of water. They were the most
utterly too previous matches ever seen in
this or any other country. The enter
prise was never profitable, because half
the stock was invariably lost by sponta-
neous combustion. Wagon loads of
matches on their way from the factory
to the city would burst into blaze half.
way on the road, soaring the driver and
his mules out of their senses. Several
Atlanta stores handled these useful mar
wells of home enterprise, but customers
were cautioned to tread lightly for fear
of jarring the matches into a conilagra-
ton, and clerks were detailed to sit up
every night to watch the troublesome
stock.
The owner of this match factory put
up the stuff in which the matches were
dipped, and sold it for rat poison. 1t
certainly killed the rats, but the hasty
character of the stuff created such a
panic in the city that the industry had
to be squeched. A Whitehall street
merchant bought a box of the poison
one day, and carrying it to his store
tried to spread a dab of it on piece of
dry bread as a bait for the rats. He gave
it one spread when there was 'whish "
and the whole affair blazed up in his
face, singing off his whiskers. a few
similar experiments prcjudiced the PEG
pie against the new poison. They said
it was too rough on rats to burn out
their stomachs with such an explosive.
A complete collection of Atlanta's manu-
featured products from 60 to 90 would
be worth seeing. But it is too late in
the day to secure such collection
Atlahta (Gd.) Constitution.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06

Read what the people
say concerning the abl-
ity OF Dr.Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil 10 cure asthma,
catarrb, Group, colds,
etc. Mrs. Dora Koch
Of Buffalo says; "For
Group it Is decidedly
eficacous." Mrs. Jacob Melisor, OF Marion,
Ohio, says the same thngl S. s. Graves, Akron,
N Y writes HAD asthma of the worst kind,
took one dose OF Thomas Eclectric OIL and re-
lieved in a few minutes. Would walk fye miles for
this medicine and pay IS bottle for it." Druggist
c. r. Hall, GRANVILLE, ILL.,, says: "Cured an liberated
throat for in twentyfour hours" "Sat up in bed
and coughed til the clothing was wet with perspra-
ton. My wife insisted
that use Thomas Ec-
lectric OIL. The first tea
spoonful relieved me-"
T. II. Perkins Creek
Centre, n. Y. Thomas
Rclectric OIL Is also
TIP-TOP external ap-
plicaton for rheuma-
tism, cuts scalds, burns,
bites, bruises, etc.
When visiting the drug
Gist ask him what he
knows OF Dr. Thomas
Eclectric OIL; II lie has
been long in the drug
trade, be sure he will
speak highly of 1t.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06

A Naples Gtally) letter to the Phila-
delphia Press says: The thousands of
people who use the smile standing over
q volcano can never appreciate its full
meaning unless they have actually stood
as we stood that dark night, looking
down into the huge cauldron of boiling
lava, Watching the fiery mass as it seethes
ard steams and misses through the assures
in the mountains sides. Until far in
the night we watched that terrible sight
and listened to the grooming and gurgling
that seemed to come forth from the very
bowels of the earth.
We gazed into that burning crater, fas-
cinated as bird is fascinated by a
snake. And the danger as deadly as
the snakes fascination, was soon real
lied. While gazing into the fiery sea
below us, there was terrific rumbling,
followed, after an interval that gave us
barely time to retreat forty PAGES, by a
shower of red hot stones, which flew in
every direction, and only spared us, as i,
seemed By miracle.
To no man, / believe. could q more
appalling experience be allotted than
that during the ten minutes that succeed
ed the first eruption. An impenetrable
mist was on one side and mountain OF
fire on the other. In much less time
than it takes to write these words we
had descended, running, rolling and
falling, several hundred feet, but even
during those few moments there were
several erruptions, and fiery masses, some
as large as a beer key, fell dangerously
near.
For several minutes the eruptions con-
tinued, showers of red hot lava shooting
up in quick succession, but with one OF
us already severely wounded and the
other in momentary fear of receiving his
quietus, the grand display of fire works
was not appreciated. Out of reach OF
the fiery hail, our course was still by no
means clear.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
MANY VESSELS LOST.
Tie struction of the Fishing Fleet on
the Labrador Coast.

Advicss have been received at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, of a terrific hurricane along
.he coast of Labrador. On October 10 the
wind was high. During the night it increased
rapidly, and by 10 o'clock the following day
it was blowing hurricane. The fishing fleet
in the neighborhood had no warning of the
storms approach, and being taken almost
lnprepared was almost entirely destroyed.
The vessels sought such shelter as the
nhospitable coast afforded, but YES
sci after vessel was blown from its moorings
and driven ashore on the rocky reefs, there
TO be dashed to pieces. Wreckage is strewn
along the coast for miles, and more Of it is
coming ashore every hour.
The people on the shore, mostly women
and children, are thus bereft of their sole sup
port at time when the entire coast is suffer
ing from dire famine. Many of the lost
vessels are from other localities, and this adds
to the difficulty in getting the list of vessels
destroyed. The reason why this disaster is
particularly felt by the inhabitants there is
1ue to the fact that the fisheries were q COM
pete failure.
The damage done, according to the reports,
is not confined to the sea- but numbers of
dwellings, many of them little better than
huts, but still the only home and shelter these
unfortunate persons possessed, were leveled
TO the ground or washed away by the
tide, which is reported to have risen
to an unprecedented height within n few
hours In many instances the people were
away from home, being down on the beach
assisting some unfortunate craft ashore, and
80 when the flood came they were not there
20 remove their effects and consequently lost
their all
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
OFFICE SEEKERS.
The President Declines 10 See amy
More or Them.


The following has been promulgated by
President Cleveland for the information of
the public: