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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
Senator Dawes's Indian Policy.
Worcester, Mass. ;, Special.

Senator Henry L. Dawes addressed meeting
OF the Worcester Indian Association tonight
He sketched the dealing of the government with
the Indians, and said they were all marked by
injustice Up to within recent period the pol
icy of the government had been founded upon
the mistaken idea that the race would die out
lem is necessary, and this the Senator believed
had been found in education and the possession
of land in severalty so fast as the individual In
dian found himself capable of maintaining him.
self He spoke of the work that had been done
among the Omahas by Miss Alice Fletcher, and
the Christians whom she had interested with
her in her work, and said it was a work that
should interest Christian people all over the
country. They might in this manner partially
atone for the great injustice with which the In
dian had always been treated by the white man
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19

The death of John T. Mussulman ends the ca
reer of man who made himself the most widely
known insane man in the State. He was once a
prominent lawyer and business man at Logans-
port, where he owned much property. His
mind became deranged several years ago. and
his recklessness in the expenditure of money
caused his family to take legal steps to have him
confined in the hospital Mussulman resisted
the efforts to prove his insanity. and one of his
greathobbies to try to secure his release by ha
beas-corpus proceedings. He has probably covered
as much as ton of paper with statements of
mis- grievances embodied in habeas corpus pro-
ceedlngs. and it is no exaggeration to say that
he has succeeded in getting these papers filed in
court fully fifty times He was apparently per-
fectly rational in his conversation on every sub
ject except his imagined wrongs and grievances,
and as ne was perfectly Free during
the time that he was patient at the hospital to
go wherever he desired he always brought his
cases into court himself and acted as his own
attorney. He built an opera-house at Logans-
port and wrote play reciting his grievances,
which was presented to the public night after
night, free. to those who cared to witness
it. He started newspaper, which
was filled with the most merciess abuse
of those whom he thought had wronged him. The
object of his most venomous abuse was his :
in-law, Hon. Rufus Magee, who is now the
United States Minister to Norway and Sweden.
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Chloroformed and Robbed.

When Charles E. Hill, Baltimore & Ohio
telegraph operator living at No. lis Christian
avenue awoke yesterday morning, he found
himself and wife suffering from the effects of
chloroform. He discovered soon afterward that
the house had been entered during the night by
burglars, and that he had been robbed of $50 in
money, besides silverware and wearing apparel
valued at $50
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Fined for COnfemnt.

John Lather, who technically disobeyed an in
junction of Judge Walker not to carry on the re-
tail grocery business within six squares of Will
lam Sanderson, to whom he had sold out, was
fined yesterday S. and costs for his dsobedcnce
Judge Walker said some mitigating circum-
stances moved him to fix only nominal fine
but he insisted on the order of Injunction being
obeyed He would not decide definitely on the
right of the wife conducting the business in her
own name
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A Missing Saint

Since verdict was returned, a few days ago,
by the.federal court jury, finding Exum Saint,
the Newcastle lawyer, guilty of having violated
che pension laws. nothing has been heard of
him. and whether or not he will appear whom the
time comes for the court to impose sentence upon
him is question that the authorities are some
what In doubt about
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
Counterfeiters Plead Guilty.

John Reno and James Hardesty, who were ar
rested at Seymour in last March for passing
counterfeit bills of the denomination of $40, pur-
porting to have been issued by the Cincinnati
Third National Bank, yesterday afternoon plead
cd guilty in the United States Court Their
sentences will be fixed when the trial of the cases
In the criminal docket is completed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
Sympathy for Sterling.

New York Graphic.
We are sorry for Mr. Sterling, because we are
satisfied that he has been f1agrantly illuminated.
However, he will survive his disappointment,
and he has the satisfaction of knowing that his
experience has operated to lop away one absurd
ity from the Eatonian system of rules and regu-
latiOnS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
A. Matter of Fact.
National Republican.

NatfOhaI hepuDIICan.
Southern Democrats" says the Florida
Times Union. ARE loyal to the administration"
AS plain matter of fact the Southern Demo
Gratis have behaved far more decently in the
matter Of spois than their Northern brethren
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19

Judge Mccormick of the United States Dis
trict Court in Texas, has surrendered JOSEPH
A. White the alleged counterfeiter of Brazilian
money, for trial at st. Louis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
Plan to Relieve Congress of Private Bills

OpVCIAI.
1t is very probable that the President will re-
commend to Congress the enactment of law
which will either give the existing courts juisdc
ton over all private claims or will create new
courts for that purpose. This was pet scheme
Of Attorney general Garland when he was sena.
tor. Two years ago he introduced bill to re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19

DO you know" remarked prominent gentle
man TO us a few days ago. DR. Bulls Cough
syrup Is really good thing My daughter
cure me-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
A Marrying Man.

James Casson Jamison, who died the other
day at GAINESVILLE. Mo-, had been four times
married. and each of his wives bore the given
name Mary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19

The total contributions for the relief of the
Galveston sufferers is $4,000. of which sum
$50, 900 has been expended
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
CAPTAIN Ogy's Jury.

The jury in the case of Captain Ogg. the
Greenfield attorney charged with violating the
pension laws. retired yesterday at noon. During
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19

STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
SPRINGFIELD Nov. 10. s
I, Richard J. Oglesby, Governor, hereby designate
and earnestly request the people of the State of Him
dis to observe Thursday, Nov. 26, instant as day of
thanksgiving and prayer. Abundant exists for
devout and sincere thankfulness, and all should
acknowledge in the usual places of worship and
around their hearthstones the grace an favor of AL
mighty God in suitable and becoming manner for
the bounty bestowed upon us as a people.
RICHARD j. OGLESBY.
By the Governor:
HENRY D. DEMENT,. Secretary of State.
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the afternoon Judge Woods was asked for in
structions point involved in the case, but at
the hour court adjourned last evening no YER
dict had been agreed upon.
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Good News for the Ladies',

SEAL SKIN CAPs-reliable goods and reliable
prices at Bambergers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19

PAYsoN's is the most reliable ink for l.ain and
decorative marking on linen. 1t is sold by all
druggists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
JOHN T. MUSSULMAN DEAD.
The End of the Career of an Extraordinary
Individual.

John T. Mussulman. who has been confined
at the Insane Hospital as q patient for several
years, died last evening, aged seventy-three
years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
CRED TAG.

LIST, maiden, though you're keen of wit.
And though of many charms possessed,
You'll never, never make hit
Unless with pearly teeth you're blest
Unless upon your toilet stand,
Your Sozodonts kept close to hand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
Governor OglesbY's Proclamation.


There not many superAuous words in
Governor Oglesby's Thanksgiving proclamation,
the full text Of which follows:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14

The case of Mrs. Dill for the murder of, her
husband, was tried at Wahpeton recently and
resulted in verdict of guilty with arecommen-
dation that she be imprisoned for life. Mrs
Dill, on being commanded to stand up, was
calm and self possessed. In answer to the
usual question why sentence should not be
pronounced, she replied in a low tone, in Ger
man, ~Not guilty" The judge sentenced her
to imprisonment at the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for the rest of her natural life. Mrs. Dill,
while the sentence was being pronounced, was
noticed to tremble, and at its close she tainted
away She was carried from the court room
nsensible In less than an hour she was
found to be either feigning or else insane in
reality.
The following is her testimony in regard to
herself and husband:
l married Dill in 1871; had ono child living
then Dill had two. One is yet alive and
about twenty years old. l came here five years
ago have had four children by Dill None
are living now. / was home on January rs. A
machine agent called at the farm that day.
The agent and my husband got into quarrel
which lasted three hours. After the agent
went away, my husband went out, and after a
little while Julias Ebetts, the hired man, and
the boys Paul and Herman, went TO bed l
laid myself on the bed. Atterward my hus-
band commenced to quarrel with me. He
said was lazy; gotnothing, he got everything.
He seized me and threw me on the bed He
afraid and reached to Ebbetts coat and took a
revolver from his pocket My husband then
came at me again He had cast-iron stove
litter told him not to strike me. l jumped
up and ran out He got me by the hair and
said, ''Before ] let you go you will have
enough" Then | shot and he sank down |
did not know what to DO l took pillow and
put under his head l saw he was dead l
put him on a sled and covered him with the
pillow cases. his clothes and sheet, and
dragged him to the COW stable dug a grave
with an ak and spade, and buried him 1t
was about o'clock in the morning when | got
through The shooting was little after mid
night
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
pERG0NAr. MENTION

Ex-Attorney General Brewster sold his valu-
able law library OF 5000 volumns last week in
Philadelphia, and will sail for Europe in June
Gen. Mcclellan viii visit the Antietam battle
field on the 30th inst for the first time since he
was in the battle there. He will deliver the
Decoration day address.
Maj. S. G. Lyford, ordnance corps United
States army, commandant at Frankfort arse
nal lies in a critical condition at his residence
in the arsenal grounds. His disease is abdom-
inal dropsy, and death is expected at any mo-
ment
Hon Roscoe Conkling argued case he had
in Chicago court, and there was not
standing room, the crowd was so great, many
ladies being present After court adjourned
he was surrounded by admiring throngs, and
had to give his autograph to numerous apph-
cants.
At the reunion of the Army of the Potamac
at Baltimore, Gen. Grant was reelected COM
mander Gen. King read the following tele-
gram from Gen. Grant: "Please thank the
members OF the Society Of the Potomac FOR
their partially in electing me for the second
time their president ] wish my health prom
ised the probability of my being at the next
meeting / would regard it as providential
should be able to attend. | accept the honor
without the hope of performing the duties OF
the Office. Wishing all members many happy
reunions, remain" etc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
General MCDOWELL Dead. .

Brig Gen. Irwin NJ cDowell died on Tuesday
the 5th inst at San Francisco. His death was
due to piloric disease of the stomach. He had
been in a critical condition for the past two
weeks Gen Mcdowell was born in Franklin
county, Ohio, Oct Is, 1915. At the age of
sixteen years he entered the military academy
at West Point, having received bis preliminary
education in France Graduating from West
Point in 1898, he was appointed second lieu
tenant of artillery in the army From 1871 TO
1915 he was adjutantat West Point He served
CALAMITY through the Mexican war as aid de-
camp to Gen Wool, and was brevetted captain
for his conduct at the battle of Buena Vista.
Appointed brigadier general May II, 1861, he
was three days later assigned to the command
of the department of Northeast Virginia and
the defenses of Washington on the Virginia
side of the Potamac, and on May q to the
army of the Potomac, which nc commanded at
the battle of Bull Run. At the opening of the
war of the rebellion Gen. Mcdowell was con-
sidered one OF the greatest soldiers Of the army,
but the disasters at the frst'battle of Bull Run,
for which he was probably i'll part RESPONSE
be, clouded his fortune, and it was very likely
thatit was on that account that he never rose
above a secondary position during the civil
war.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
The Social Millennium.

The worst wrongs, the most cruel
public crimes, have originated or at
least have been continued, through the
worlds ignorance of them or of their
victims. Many of these offenses have
ended with the diffusion of knowledge
on the subject If all mankind were
commonly acquainted we should draw
nearer to perfect state of society.
Mountaineering would be productive,
not merely of that vague and abstract
brotherhood which has indeed accom-
plished something, and is not to be de-
spised as a force, but also of that prac.
teal, concrete, helpful sympathy which
is the final agent of civilization.
The social and political millennium,
if it ever comes, will be brought about
by the individual efforts of men-not Of
man in general; efforts to help them
selves and each other. 1t will not be
effected by Legislative machinery--that
at the best, can only clear the way for
men TO help themselves. The nostrums
Of tho day-community of goods, the
abolition of property rights in whole Oh
in part, the cry OF emo rent" the de-
struction OF liabilities, the Matchmaking
of the soil never viii bring in the mil
lennium age. Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
Holocaust at Brooklyn.

The list of the years disasters receives an
other addition from Brooklvn, n Y. An at
tempt to repair a portion of a block
of buildings occupied by manufacturing firms
employing some 500 persons resulted recently
in the collapse of a wall, the oyeitulning of a
steam boiler a confiagration and the roasting
alive of a. score or more Of human
beings The buildings were old ones, con-
structed apparently in the fiimsiest manner,
and burned with lightning rapidity, Some
workmen were engaged in putting new girder
under the west wall OF Building No ). To this
end jacks were employed. One had been
screwed up 80 high that the other jacks bore no
weight at all, and, on the fact being discovered.
the foreman ordered the jack III question to be
eased down 1t was while the men were doing
this that the west wall, unevenly upheld, gave
way and fell with tremendous crash, carry
ing with it about one-third of the westerly end
of the building Almost simultaneously flames
burst forth in this building, being soap works
and tin factory, where furnaces were freely
used, and the wall, falling upon the extentions
OF the dwelling houses on Atlantic street,
crushed them like so many egg shells, the cook
ing stoves scattering their burning coal among
the debris, starting the flames among the ten
emeutS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
Meeting of the Grand lodge of United
Workmeu.

The ninth annual session of the Grand lodge,
Ancient Order of United Workmen having
jurisdiction of Minnesota, Dakota and Mani
toba, was held in St Paul last week
The number of delegates present was 125
Fifty four new members were admitted Re
ports were presented by the grand master
workman, grand receiver, grand medical di-
rector, grand recorder and the representatives
to the supreme lodge Following is recapit-
ulation of the report of the grand recorder for
the year ended April /, 1851
Number of new lodges instituted, 5; charter
membership of new lodges 126; lodges diScon-
tinued, ;; number of lodges i'll the district, So;
total membership, i, pc; average age OF menu
bers, 40: number deaths, u; number assess
ments, H. General Fund-Receipts- Balance
on hand April /, 1884, 2,240.15; received dur
ing the year ending March 81, 1882, S., Hos, %;
total, S664S 50. Observation-Disclosures
ments as per itemized expense account,
s4,4S 9g3: Old Warrant No 50 paid by grand
receiver So 80; balance on hand April |, 1855,
So, 156. 81; total, $6,64S so, Beneficiary Fund
Receipts-Balance on han April |, 1884, So
03S. -; received during the year ending March
81, 1885. SD, 049; total S50091.25 Disburse-
ments- Warrants drawn as per itemzed &C
count, 50,O00; balance on hand, S9l.2o; total,
50,OW.25
Following are the officers elected for the en-
suing year:
p. 6. NJ. W., D. E. Vance, Winona; G. NJ
W., f. H. Stevens, St Paul; G. f., A. j., Bills
ser; G. o., II. f. Burch; G. Rec, j. W. Soule,
Rocheste G. r., j. ]. McCardy, st Paul; e.
g., B. F. Goodwin; q. W, J, N. Bell. Repre-
sentatives to the supreme lodged. E. Vance,
c. t. Roberts, William Cheney
After the election of officers the session adj
journed, to meet in St Paul In May, 1886.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
Where the Best HOLSTERS ar &c TAX
Lewiston Journals "Rambler." "

Lewiston Journals RAMBLER"
The best Holsters in the world are
taken off Monhegan in the winter.
They thrive better in tho deep water
out to sea than on the shores ofthe bays
where most of the Maine lobstermen set
their traps. The Monhegan fishermen
are getting splendid prices for their
Holsters this winter-$lO to 5000 per
hundred. Think of that you people
who think you pay high prices for lob
sters The jobber and the retailer
have to make profits on these figures.
But you probably do not get a taste Of
the big Monhegan lobster, but eat shell
fish which are caught at Bristol or
Boothbay or somewhere along there,
for which $3.50 per hundred is paid.
The Monhegan Holsters are shipped to
New York and Boston. / saw 10000
of them in car in Portland harbor the
other day. The Holsters are kept
alive in these great cars, tied to the
docks, from the time they are taken out
of the smacks till they can be shipped.
A lobster car looks like cattle car flat
tened out. 1t is large box sufficient
" open to let the water in and keep the
Holsters in. HOLSTERS are soclable fell
lows. 1t is sport to see them, rub each
others's backs and embrace each other,
as if bidding their good bys, when they
are dipped out Of the car and leave their
brine for good. They squirm as if they
had premonitions of hot water.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.

The cold snap seems to have done little dam
age to the wheat crop, though flax and barley
were somewhat injured
The annual meeting of the Car Accountants
Association of the United States and Canada
will be held at Minneapolis June 22-27
1t is stated in New York that Webster, the
publisher of Gen Grant smemoirs, has received
over 100, eco unsolicited subscriptions for the
book.
The governor of Georgia has sold to a New
York firm state bonds amounting to s3+5,G0
They bear ~ per cent interest, and the price
paid was 5-16 per cent above par
The reunion of thc society Of the Army of
the Potomac at Baltimore closed with a ban
auet After the cloth was removed Gen.
Hunt (presiding) proposed the toasts, n re-
Spouse to the first, THE President of the
United States, a telegram was read from Sec
rotary Lamont stating that owing to business
engagements. President Cleveland was unable
to attend, much to his regret.
The area of winter wheat in Kansas is only
IS per cent of that of last year, OF the acre
age sown, p per cent has been killed by frost
and other causes and the land seeded 10 other
crops The condition % the crop April 80 was
~ as compared with last year, gain of 5 per
cent IN a month The estimated product Is
=. 80. coo bushels, only IL per cent of that of
1854 Spring wheat mas decreased IN area, as
compared with that OF 1881, little more than
per cent; the estimate area, $500 acres.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14

eli will be found" said Henry
irving in his Boston lecture. "that the
most natural, the most seemingly ac-
eidental effects are obtained when the
working of the mind is seen before the
tongue gives lis words. This lesson
was enioined on me hen | was Il
very young man by that remarkable
actress. Charlotte Cushman. re-
Merrilies l was east for Henry Ber-
tram. on the principle seemingly that
an actor with no singing voice is adj
mirably fitted for singing part. 1t
was my duty to give Meg Merrilies a
piece of money, and did it after the
traditional fashion by handing her a
large purse full of coin of the realm,
in the shape of broken crockery,
which was generally used in financial
transactions on the stage, because
when the virtuouS maiden rejected
with scorn the advance of the lordly
libertine. and threw his PERM
cious bride upon the ground, the
CHATTER of the broken crockery
suggested fabulous wealth. But after
the play, Miss Cushman, in the course
of some kindly advice, said to me /:
Instead of giving me that purse, don't
YOU think it would have been more
natural if YOU had taken a number OF
coins from your pocket and given me
the smallest? That is the way one
gives aims TO beggar, and 1t would
have added greatly to the realism of
the scene have never forgotten
that lesson. for simple as it was, it
contained maay eleme2ts Of dramatic
ruth. -Ae