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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
BIG FIRE AT EVANSVILLE.
Burning of the Extensive Dr7-Goods
Establishment of Miller Bros.
SOnntag & Co., C. G. Tenney, and Charles r.
Schmidt Also Suffer Heayily-LOss
Nearly 100000,
Special to the Indianapolis Journo,.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 3L-The most de-
structive fire known in Evansville for vaars
broke out at Z o'clock this evening. strong
WIND was blowing, and O perfect shower of
sparks fell on the roofs of many distant build
ings and at one time it was feared that the con
fagration would become general, but the FIRE
department fought the flames desperatelv
Most of the citizens in the exposed districts stood
on the roofs of houses, putting out the sparks as
they fell The FIRE started in the rear part Of
Miller Brothers dry goods store, Nos. 113 and lis
Main street. The firm had been taking stock
during the day, and the tootings were to be
made to night. The cashier, who was the last
man in the store, left fifteen minutes before,
when everything seemed to be right, and was
eating his supper when the alarm was sounded.
BY the time he got back the whole building was
flames ard tho stock almost wholly destroyed.
The flames rapidly spread to Tenney's hat store,
which was badly damaged; then to Schmidts
music store, which was wholly destroyed; Sonn-
tags hardware store, Immediately adjoining,
was on fire several times and the rear portion
was crushed in by the falling walls
of Schmdts building The rear portion
of the Tribune building and a number
of stables in the neighborhood were
damaged in the same way. Hopkins's dry goods
store, on the opposite side of the street was, on
fire two or three times, but the flames were put
out each time, and the damages light A
quantity of powder and cartridges was stored
in Sonntag's, but the dangerous stuff was safely
removed Miller Bros stock was valued at
$175 900 to 5000 600, andt he building at $12 000
insurance 1925, 900. Sonntag's stock, which lie
badly damaged, was valued at $45 900; insurance,
$685. $780, the building was valued at S., 0OO was
owned by Henry Hoing, and fully insured.
Schmidts's stock, which is total loss, was val
ued $4,000; insurance, $4,000; the building
was owned by Henry Hoing, valued at
$4,000 and fully Insured Tenney's stock
was valued at $40, 900; Insurance. Sc, 600. The
building was owned by NJ. j. Bray, jr, was val
ued at $40, 900, and insured for $4,000, which
probably covers the loss.
More or less damage was done to adjoining
buildings and stocks The total loss is in the
neighborhood of $500, 900, and nearly $780, 900 OF
it is covered by insurance Tho rapid spread OF
the flames caused many merchants in the neigh
borhood to remove their stocks and furniture,
and when the fire was under control great'con-
fusion existed, and nearly all the night was de-
voted to getting the stocks back. Two or three
minor accidents occurred
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
THE JOURNALS NEW FEATURE.

The first installment Of the story by
Hjalmer Fl. Boyesen, to be published in the
indianapolis Journal by special arrangement
with the author, has arrived. The story will,
necessarily, run through two weeks The
characters are wealthy and fashionable
young lady of New York, who wants to be
clever performer on the piano; German en-
thusiast who cares for nothing but music
the young ladys lovers, who care ior no'hihs
but the young lady; the young iadys 1ather'
who cares for nothing but money. 1t is in
Mr. Rovesen's best style, and is entitled "a
Symphony in Minor"
In order that this and the other stories
which we have arranged for may certainly
reach the largest possible number of readers,
we shall print them in the Saturday instead
of the Sunday issue-it being impossible to
reach everybody with the Sunday paper, be-
cause of the lack of railway facilities on Sun
day mornings.
Mr.. Boyesen has been for many years a
LdNOIllO WIlUcI VI SUITES iOl anu
this is his first venture in the newspaper field.
That this feature Of original stories by writer's
of the character of Boyesen, Howells, Aldrich
and others, will add immensely to the attrac-
tons Of our Saturday edition, goes with the
saying Agents desiring to increase their
orders will let us know in time. Su5scrip-
I.1.-
specially at 50 year. These special stories
will be published throughout the whole of
1885. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Mr.. VoLNEY Il. MALOTT is to be

Mr.. VoLNEY T. MALoTT is to be congratu-
lated upon his resignation from membership
in the Police Board, the retention of which
must have been at the sacrifice of his self
respect and of the apprehension of a continual
ly increasing public disapproval. We are in
formed that Mr.. Malott has contemplated this
step for some time, but has been induced to
hold on to the uncomfortable and thankless
place because it was hoped that he and Mr..
Murphy could prevent the Metropolitan sys-
ten, from falling under the control of the dis
reputable spirit which brought it into exist
ence. That this hope was delusive has been
amply demonstrated and Mr.. Malott, for him
self. emphasizes that fact, and puts the seal
of his personal and official condemnation
upon the outrageous prostitution of the
police authority by resignation and with
drawal from any responsibility, direct or i'm
piled, for the maladministration of the police
authority We know Mr. Malott will feel hap
pier out of the board than in, as would any
man of high character, business and social
standing and reasonable degree of good citi-
zenship 1t may be readily presumed that
Journal has said both Mr. Malott and Mr..
Murphy are too honorable and too highly re-
spected TO make it possible that either or both
of them would continue for an indefinite pc
Rod to connive at or consent to the present con-
duct Of the police force of the city With Mr..
Frenzel it is different. He is recognized as
ward politician of small calber, hot
and furious partisan man whose "size' was
shown when he summoned all the saloon in
feat woman for the position of commissioner.
Affecting to make the police board non-parti-
san, the State officers elected to membership
the most narrow minded and pushing
partisan they could find--the treasurer of the
| Democratic State central committee, ''boss
whose imperiousness and dictation are so of
fensive that there is already detection
against him in his own party ranks.
Mr.. Frenzel has amply repaid the
trust reposed in him by his party
friends. With his audacity and push he cas-
lily displaced his colleagues from influence and
power, until all the officers and patrolmen of
the force have cause to understand that the
thing to do is to mako themselves solid with
| Mr.. Frenzei. So, at the last election, officers
and men openly ''w orked" for the Democratic
ticket, while there has never been the slight
est movement toward the enforcement of the
law against the Democratic party's principal
ally and the friends of Mr.. Frenzel, who en-
abled him to defeat Mrs. Coburn for the school
board Mr. Frenzel will feel perfectly at home
with the class of men in the board at whose
instigation the metropolitan bill was passed,
and who reasonably hoped to administer it. In
the necessary reorganization it may be ex.
pected that commissioners of the Hon" Sim
Coy type will soon come to their own, and
give the people Of indianapolis the flower amt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

''THg ground of contest has not been form
ally disclosed, but il is understood to be
. frauds ia the election The majority for
Romeis was less than Two hundred and fifty"
This is current paragraph with regard to
the proposed contest by Frank Hurd of seat
in Congress. 1t is significant of what has
come TO be common practice. Mr.. Hurd is
defeated "by less than two hundred and fifty"
and he therefore contests expecting COM
sOlaisant partisan majority in the House Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

Representatives to award him the seat Dust
ing the Republican, as they did in the cases
of Mr.. Peelle and Mr.. Mckinley, and as is
done whenever the adverse plurality or ma
jority is small. So far as seat in Congress
to contest" if the vote is close-that is,
when the contestant is Democrat of infu-
ence or money, and the Democratic majority
on the floor is as large as it is dishonest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

votes were suppressed in five Southern States,
Mr. Hendrickss assurance that the Demo
cratic party would stand by the colored mans
''natural rights is significant. But how
about his political rightsP Let some colored
man ask him if he is in favor of letting the
Southern negro vote as freely as the Southern
white man, and have his vote counted as cast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

THE will of deceased Pennsylvania is being
contested by dissatisfied relatives, on the ground
that the maker insane, the proofs offered
being that he took an ice-cold bath every morn
ing and showed violent antipathy to giving
money for charitable purposes. So far as the
daily bath is concerned, most millionaires are
safe from suspicion; but lots of them will get
caught up on the second count, if a lack of be-
nevolence is held to indicate an unsound mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

The ruther smart remark to me-
THAT grace . yourn," she says. won't gee
This haint no Newyear's FEAST" says She
''This is a Unfair dinner, Pap!"
An so it was,-Been married fer
Purs nigh Week.-Mrs. Marg'st planned
The whole affair an helped en- through
I'm reconcied: an, underssand,
/ take things jes' as thoy occur
Ef Mare'et liked Temps, Temps I'D dol
But-Isays.I a-hoit his hand
arm glad Won didn't marry HER
An, Srepty's good enough fer you!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

Mr.. CLEvELAND's letter was damned with
faint praise by certain prominent Indiana
Democrat associated with the Presidept-elect
on the national ticket. Mr.. Hendricks is
confident however, that he understands the
nature of the Democratic tiger about as well
as anybody, with the possible exception of
Henry Watterson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

THERE is an alarming disposition on the
part of certain bold and rebellious Kentuck-
ians to prove that Editor Watterson does not
own the State If FL Mahdi Henri has con-
templatAd - his hundred thousand men
into the South to protect it from Randalls
ravages, he will do wisely to retain his forces
at home and prepare for immediate action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
The Case Against w. j. Gallagher.

CHICAGO, Dec 3L-The charge against Will
lam J. Gallagher, for alleged participation in
the Eighteenth ward election frauds, was dis
missed before United States Commissioner, on
motion of the district attorney, this morning.
He was Immediately rearrested on bench war
rant and taken before court, giving bail for his
appearance on Wednesday for examination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

ANOTHER half million IS to be expended on
the Illinois State-housa, while that of New
York will probably never be finished satisfac-
torily. Indiana is to be congratulated thus
far, but we are not yet out of the woods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Standard OIL for the Cabinet.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 31.-It is reported here that
Colonel o. H. Payne is to resign the treasurer
ship Of the Standard Oil Company. and accept a
high position under the incoming administration,
possibly cabinet position. Payne's friends
deny the rumor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
An Actor Flees From a Bigamy Charge.

NEW YORK, Dec 81 Gerald Eyre, the actor,
who is said to have married Miss Mollie Fuller,
OF the ''Adonis company" while he had an En-
glish wife and children living, has suddenly dis
appeared. and officers are looking for him with a
to San Francisco % where he has an engagement
Miss Fuller denies that. she has been married to
Eyre, but says they are engaged and expect to
be married. The original Mrs. Eyre arrived
from England with her family last week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
All Quiet in Hooking Valley.

COLUMBUS, O., Dec 3L-The latest reports
from the Hooking valley, to night, that all is
quiet, and there is no probability of immediate
trouble. Nothing in the nature of demonstra-
ton on the part of the striking miners has been
noticed since last night, when the reports in re-
gard to the same were greatly exaggerated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
A Black Woman Turning White.

OMAHA, Dec. 30.-In Beatrice, Neb, Mrs.
Matte Bowlin, full blooded negro woman, aged
thirty-fve, the wife of a minister of the Method
ist Episcopal Church, is said to be turning white
Her hands and wrists. with the exception of one
or two little spots, are as white as those Of the
fairestskinned Caucasian. Her face is white in
places. The change began three wears ago
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

PRoHIBITIoNIsT ST. JOHN says 'the
charge of the Republicans that was bought
by the Democrats is d-n lie" This Ian
guage is fresh proof of what has been previ-
ously asserted, namely: that Saint John has
no moral right to the first half of his name. g
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

IT is little early yet to canonze Mr.
Cleveland. He will find it quite a contract to
drive the solid South and the hungry Hen
bricks Democrats of the North as a reform
team
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

The Old Mans Talk,

Adzackly jes one year ago.
This New Years day, Temps comes to me-
In my own house, an while the foU
Was gittin' dnner,-an he pokes
His nose right in an says says he.
81 got your note-and read it slowl
You don't like me, ner don't you,"
He says,-''We're even thare, you knowi
But you've said, furder, that no gal
OF yourn kin marry me, er shall,
An I'd best shet off comm, tool"
An then he says,-''Well, thsms YOUR views,
But havin' talked with S'repty. we
Have both agreed to disagree
With your peculiar notions some.
An that's the reason refuse
To quit scomin' here, but come
Not fer to threat, ner raise no skeer,
An Spite your turkey dinner here
But, jes' fer Srepty's sake, to sheer
Your New Years. Shall take a cheerl'
Well, blame-don! of l ever see
Sich impotence! l couldn't say
Not nary WORD! An mother she
Sot out cheer fer Temps, an they
Shuck hands an turned their back to me;
An l riz-mad as mad could be-
But Marg'et says,-'Now, Pap! You set
Right where you're settin'! Don't you frea
An Temps, you warm yer feet!" says she,
San throw yer mitts an comfort on
The bed therel Where is S'repty comet
The cabbage is a-scortchin'! Ma,
Stop cryin there an stir the slawl"
Well!-what was mother cryin fer1-
half riz up-but Marg'et's chin
Hit squared-an' set down agin--
allus was afeard O. her
was, by jucks! So there set,
Betwixt sinkin' chill an sweat,
An scufled with my wrath, an shes
My teeth to mighty tight, you betl
An yit, fer all that could do.
eeched to jes' git up an whet
The carvin' knife a rasp er two
On Tompss ribs-an so would you!-
Fer he had riz an faced around,
An stood there, smilin', as they brung
The turkey in. all stuffed an Drowned
Too sweet fer nose er tooth er tonguo.
With shifts o sage, an p'raps dash
Of old burnt brandy, like as not.
Mixed kind O. in with apple-mash
An mince meat an the Lord knows what
Nobody was talkin' then
To 'fliiate my awk' ardness-
No noise of any kind but jes
The rattle of the dishes when
They'd fetch EN- in an set EN- down,
An fix an change EN- round an round
Like women does-Till mother says
''Vittels is ready; Abner, call
Down S'repty-she's up stairs, guess
An Marget she says, "Ef you bawl
Like that she'll not come down at all
Besides, we needn't wait till she
GIFTS down! Here, Tomps, set down by rae
An Pap say grace!" Well, there I was
What could do! drapped my head
Behind my fists, an groaned, an said
"Induleent Parent! in Thy cause
We bow the head an bend the knee,
An break the bread an pour the wine.
Feelin' - The stair-door suddenly
Went bang an S'repty founced by me-
''Feelin', - says, this feast is Thine
This New Years feast An raprap.rapl
Went Marg'et's case-knife on her plate
An next, heerd sasser drap.-
Then looked up, an strange to stats,
There S'repty set in Tomps's lap
A.huggin him. as shore as fste!--
An mother lissin him k-slapl
An Marg et--she chips in to draD
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

Boston Evening RECORD.
The dynamiters' calander for 1885 is tasteful
affair 1t is made in the form of cartridge.
For each day in the year there is a recipe for
preparing or firing an explosive. and on the
same leaf Is moral sentiment in verse O'Don-
ovan Rosa is supposed to be the author The
proceeds Of the sale go toward the skirmishng
fund.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Three Children Drowned.

ToRoNTo Dec 3l.-While six children were
playing on the DAY, this afternoon, the ice broke
and three were drowned-Patrick Corbett Rob-
ert Corbett and James Falon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Fire at Ipswich, Oak.

IPSWICH, Oak, Dec 3l.-The McNamars
building and four others burned today Parson
& Bates lose $1,000; Cox Brothers, $ll 500; J. J.
Shacken So, 300, and fourteen other individuals
and firms 81, $50; Total insurance, $ll 300. 1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
washburn s. Moen VS.. Scott s. Co.

PIrTsBURG, Dec 3l.-The suit of Washburn
& Mcen against HI. B. Scott & Go. was decided
to-day in the United States Court The ques-
ton was whether the defendants could be held to
a barbed wire fence contract. Judge Acheson
refused a preliminary injunction, and allows the
defendants to manufacture under bond for
damages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
A NEW YEARS TIME AT wILLARDss.
BY JAMES wHlrooMB RILEY.
The Hired Man Talks.

An Marg et-S'reptys sister-an'
There's mean I'm the hired man,
An Temps Mcclure you bet yer lifel
Well now, old Wizards haint so bad,
Considerin the chance he's had.
Of course, he's rich, an sleeps an eats
Whenever he's mind to: Takes
An leans back in the amen seats,
An thanks the lord fer all he makes
That's purity much all folks has got
Against the old man, like as not!
But there's his woman-jes' the turn
Of them there two wild girls O. hern-
Marg'et an S'repty-allus in
Fer any cuttin'-up concern
Church festivals. an foolishin'
Round Christmas trees. an New Years sprees-
Set up to watch the old year ~
An,New yeor oome-sich things as theses
An, t,rlov dinners. don't you knowl
S,ron+,, ;s Younger, an more gay,
An, purifier, an finer dressed
Than Marg et is-but Lawsy-day!
She haint the independentest!-
'Take care' old Wizards used to say
Take care! Let Marg'et have her way,
An S'repty, you go off an play
On your melodeuml"-B best
Of all comes Temps! An I'll be bound
Eff he haint jes the beatinest
Young chap in all the country round
Eff you knowed Temps you'd like him, shore
They haint no on top O. ground
Walks into my affections more!-
An all the settlementn say
That Temps was liked ies thataway
By everybody, till he tuck
A shine to Srepty Wilards.-Then
You'd orto see the old man buck,
An hist hissef, an paw the dirt,
An hint that common workin' linen
That didn't want their feelin's hurt,
Had better hunt fer comply wherc
The folks was pore an didn't care-
The pine blank facts is, the old man,
Last Christmas was year ago,
Found out some presents Temps had got
Fer Srepty an hit made him hot
Set down an tuck his pen in hand
An writ to Temps an told him so
On legal cap, in white an black,
= n give him jes' to understand
mo Christmas gifts O lily white
An bears lie could fix matters right"
An wropped EN- up an sent EN- back
Well, S'repty cried an snufied round
Consid'able. But Marg'et she
Toed out another sock, an wound
Her knittin up, an drawed the tea
An then set on the supper things
An went up in the loft an dressed
An through it all you'd never guessed
What she was up to An she brngg
Her best hat with her, an her shawl,
An gloves, an redicule, an all;
An injrubbers, an comes down
An tells EN- she's a-goin to town
To see the Christmas goin's-on
That night at church. An go she does
The best kosswoman ever was!
AN what Il We do while you're gomez
The old man says, a-tryin' to be
Agreeable, "Oh! your says she,-
''You kin jaw, Srepty, like you did,
An SANDER TompsI' An off she ridl
Now, this is all I'm goin' to tell
OF this mere story-that is, 1
Have done my very level best
AS fur this an here dwell"
As auctioneers says, winkin sly.
Hits old man Wizards tells the rest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
A MiaprIV ReGDar.

HAMILTON. Ont, Dec Binary Shea, an old
beggar woman, has been sent to the hospital
She has wandered about the streets for years,
begging provision money, etc, and was thought
to be very poor Search revealed the fact that
she had some ~, 900 on deposit; also the deed of
the house she lived in, all carefully slowed
away
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

THE feminine habit OF tasting yiands In pro-
cess of preparation is not wholly bad, after all.
Mrs. Taft, of Milford, Mass, tasted the beef tea
she was preparing for her husband, and found
it quite bitter. She tried it again and again,
with the same result and doctor had to be
sent for to pump out enough strychnine to kill
ten men, Taft bets on his wife now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Steamship Naws.

New YORK, Dec. 3l.-Arrived: St Laurent,
from Havre.
LONDON Doc 3l.-Arrived: Anchora, Arr
IONA, Rugia and Grecan Monarch, from NC"
York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Prohibition National COMMITTEES. :

CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-A meeting of the national
committee of the Prohibition party. and y con-
ference of the leading workers will be held ia
New York city Jan. Z, ut 10 A. 81. Hea@quar
tiers will be- at the Murray Hill Hotel. TheVmeet-
ing will be held at Rev. Stephen MefEtta :
Church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

AN old gentleman in Philadelphia died
a-laughing, on Tuesday He had probably just
heard how his fellow citizen Randall had
walked over editor Watterson
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

May the new year develop the fact that
the Democratic party is not half so mean as
its reputation indicates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
xvorsted Mill Burned.

PROVIDENCE, Dec. 3L-The building Of ths
Perseverance Worsted Company, at Woonsockesa
burned to day. Loss, $50, 900; insured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

A BosToN genealogist has kindly furnished
Queen Victoria with pedigree running back to
King David. That's nothing. Lots of people
claim lneal descent from Adam.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01

TT may be remarked that the glorious climate
of Indiana has presented veritable olapodrida
during the holidays-from high G to the last
note on the left of the key board-high buck and
low doe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
Attaohment Against "Cheek."

ST.. Louis, Dec 3L-Attachments we're sued
out this afternoon by Morgan Co.. lltho
graphers, of Cleveland, against the roland heeu
Theater for 81 200.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-01
A Missing Brewer.

NEwBURG, ". Y, Dec 3l.-H. j. Hunter, one
OF the owners of Beveridge's Brewery, is miss
ing The river is being searched.