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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
Doipgs at MadIsOn.
Special to the sentinel.

Special to the Sentinel.
MADISON, Ind. May 4-To morrow our
annual city election takes place. and thsre.
fore Saturday night and yesterday common
whisky flowed Freely, while to-day is mock
csption.
Nick Resdsr. a young German from Wal
nut street, used a window of = residences for
target last Saturday night, and came near
ssssssinating widow named Brstner. He
was arrested and will have q preliminary
hearing Wednesday
The usual quiet Sabbath WAS disturbed
last evening when Frank Dittgen. young
married man, saloon keeper, corner OF West
and Fifth streets, cane home and wanted to
kill his young wife sged sixteen, and her
babe; but her father, Robert Center hap
pened along about this time and demurred
to the action, wheieuP0n lie threatened TO
see his fatberin-laws hearts blood. Mr..
threw him to the floor and held him
down, intending to subdue him, but a
friendly peighbor named George Phillips
ceme along about this time and thought he
would mske peace. He pulled Center Off
from Ditigen. This gave the desperate
ctance, and running behind the counter he
seized MS revolver, but ia the meantime
GsDter and Phillips ran on the outside and
by way or caution closed the door behind
them which Phillips held from the outside.
Dittgsn placed his revolver against the door
and fred three times 0ne bullet found ia
way 70 Phillips forehead, bat did not pen
citrate the skull. only mskiGg scalp wound
DR.. Townsend extracted the leadsn msssen-
ger, and be is doing we'll Dittgen will also
have his preliminary hearing Wednesday.
The firing which the people heard here
yesterday was not IN honor OF new Post
master. but was dOQe nv The II NJ and T.
Railroad Company using dynamite ia re-
moving dangerous rocks projecting over the
famous cuts on the plane between Madison
ard North Madison
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

L would save compost ion IL the Democratic ed
itcIs were 10 stereotype the phrste: "Psaisous'
case is exceDtl0Dal, ana issue a General order to
keep ii perpetuslly standing az tue head OF their
cOiuDns.-New York Trib0ne.
The Republican orgaps hsreabout' more
frequently refer to the arson csss than tia
Democratic papers The former seem to en-
phasze the point thai the Pearson case is
exceptional"-thatt the wicked Democracy
are getting al the Offices They are probsb
afraid of detection In their own RACKS. We
could get the whole party by giving them
uOsinfflcfe
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

BECAUSE the offcsholders are not turned
out heels over head, the opposition papers
are soothing themselves with the thought
that they are o faultless set. and so thor.
oughly competent that they are being kept
in places of profit because OF this compe.
tency. The Washington ccrresp ndsnt of
the Philadelphia Times gives an insigh. into
this and kindred matters. Whatever of dis.
content exists toward the administration
rises principally from two causes: First. be-
cause the flee seekers ara not taken care of
as fast a. they think they should be: second
ly. because the promise TO turn out the in
competent and un6eserving is not kept.
There are in Washington hundreds of cit,-
zens who have for years been compellei tc
be witnesses OF the fact that men were mold
ing places of trust and responsibility under
the Government who With proper regard
to their qualifications and character would
not keep their places day. IL the cry
turn the rsscals oat" meant anything it
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
inquiry.

GOVERNOR Hills spprovs of the bill to
rsscue Niagara Falls wilt be read with pleas
ore by others besides the people of New
York. 1t makes of the great freak of nature
sud its surrounding ground public property,
which may be seen for nothing.
The manufactures are to be cleared away,
the curiosity shops and other nuisances gs,
tie bridges, paths, parks and approaches 10
be thrown op=n and the timber restored to
the deDUded banks.
With the cooperation OF the Canadian
Government, If that can be secured, both
sides will assume something of the aspect
which it had when Father Hennepin first sat
sdmiring eyes upon It. The Michigan Gen.
trail Railroad Company intends IL the land
can be procured on the Canadian side 70
enlarge It's grounds, erect paYilions and make
other improvements, which, we presume,
will be free to the public. In tact, with the
American side Tree, there wi bs little temp
tation 10 keep the Canadian side under the
bondage OF showmen.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

WE mole another faithful servant" &C
cording TO the Republican standard, WAC
needs TO be turned ont Of his Office D. Z. q
a reliable Washington correspondent gives
the particulars. The head OF q bareau or
diyision-the Secretary should know which
il is-who, beginning early last spring, spent
weeks awsy from his post getting himself
elected delegate to the Chicago Republican
Convention; who, having reaped the fruit
OF his lebors and attended the Convention in
the interest of the candidate by whose favor
he held his office. began q canvass for nomina-
tor FOR Congress in the district in which hs
lived. From July to NoYember, four. ftths
virtually the shOle-of he time was spent
e~ay from bis post OF duty under the Gov
eminent, eiectionesTing, setting up convet-
ti0rs. sometimes making his room in the CO.
partmspt q caucus room not unfreq oenily
so crowded So to interfere with the opera
tons of the clerks; al this time he almost
wholly neglected his proper dates and
thereby inflicted an injury which Is stu
fol
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

TIE Dsf as Herald is chearsi by informs-
ton from every Tarr OF West and Northwest
Texas that the country is rapidly settling up
With an industrious, thrifty population.
They are the men with the plow and the hoe.
developed farms opened Up, and it will not
be long before they are shipping grain to
trade centers. The cattlercen begin 70 resl-
ize the fact that they VIII soon bs in the
minority IN elections and that in elec.ing
lawmakers the people will choose such only
as those who are willing to give equal rights
to all, whether thsy be cattle syadicstss or
the tilless OF the soil.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
AN extra session of Congress is not thought

AN extra session of Congress is not thought
altogether impossible. In fact, IN case of
war between Eaglsnd snd Russia it is more
I, an probable that ths President Will be
forced to call one. A Was hington special
says: "In cabinet circles the subject of an
extra session. in event of wsr between Eng
land and Russis, is ceing seriously entertain
ed. There. are many Complications which
are liz ely TO arise which might involve tho
United States in misunderstanding and On
Siderable strain OF the friendly relations
which exist between The countries. TIE in
evitsole tendency in this direction is already
msnifesiing itself in the conduct of the
chiefs and attaches Of their respective lsga.
tions. strict surveillance is maintained
OF eacb others movements in order to keep
apprised of any acts which might be con-
strled as msnacing the interest of the other.
1t was limited in diplomatic circles that tbs
Russian agents, ever since tie relations with
England have looked to ward hostilities have
been busily engaged n making up lists OF
all the English steamship lines, the M nber
and names of the vessels aud days OF sailing
from New Y srk; also charts of their tracts
and approximate locations OF the vessels on
the high seas on certain days during the vo7-
age. This information has been sent TO s.
Petersburg for the use CT the naval author
itiss
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

Is a crazs for specially lsdles' toilets to os
ADDED to the numerous other crazes Of the
psriod? A prominent actress, evidently
possessed OF g passion for the turf, appeared
tbs other day IN q crimson velvet bonnet
representing = saddle tied under her chin
by strings tipped with steel stirrups. With
this the lady wore cherry colored Jockeys
jacket fastened about the waist by horse
shce. Her skirt was embroidered with horss
shoes, while, to complete the costume, her
hair was dressed over silver bit so as to fall
down her back ike q horss's tail. Should
feminine devotees to base bail, polo, roller.
skating, lawn tennis, etc. conclude to follow
this example, what pictu,esque toilets may
not dudes ard corner losfers not gaze at?
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

THE body of Charles f. Hercher, recently
appointment Wholesale druggist OF Chicago,
was cremated at Lace sster, Pa, last Satur-
day night. AT midnight about twenty PEG.
pie gathered about the body whose head,
face and neck were exposed 10 view By direc-
ton of deceased in his will. As the doors of
the retort we're thrown open 10 receive the
body the eldest brother.iD-isw of the de.
ceased approached, passed his hand over the
forehead and silently retired The other
friends from Chicago did precisely the IA ne
thing. but mad no explain alton OF It. This
concluded the ceremony, aud the body was
then consumes.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

A CONGRESSMAN called on the President
the other day to inform him that recent
appointment of Mr.. Clevslsnd's who hailed
from New York did not live there. TO
make the matter worse" he said to the Pres
ident, who listened rather calmly. 1.-The chief
hacker of this man. relative. was q red-hot
Blaine man in the late campaign. Why, Mr..
President" he continued. growing warmer
as the President crew colder. she bet thous.
aads Of dollars that Blaine would be elected"
well" said the PRESIDENT. with q quiet
smile, 'he lost his be-, didn't heY' and there
that conversation ended.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
Boston Culture.
Boston Traveller.

The penalties of Bos;onisn culture ere
sometimes severe. lady N New York
recently sought . friend who was ga sc-
kDowledged Literary authority and asked, in
a tone of deepest anxiety: will you tell
me- whether you would say, i shall 10 GER
tain thing Saturday. or i shall do II on Sat-
urjeyf'' ~ should never give q thought
TO the difference OF expression" replied the
lady addressed. "But the Bostonians are
so particular you know" continued the in
ouirer. Now cave y very dear friend
there who used 70 write to me frequently.
bat for some time ! have hardly hrd letter
from her st ali, aud when / asked the reason
sbs told me il vas so painful to her TO res1
nv letters when used OF instead OF 0r' or
when mad verdently substituted the PRES
emit for the perfect participle, that she must,
with reluctance. relirquieh the correspond
ence." my dear" returned the literary
lsdy consuit d. II should not consider her
letters or Der friendship OF any value. I
would rather have friend who would disin-
teerste The whole IA gusge. and use q plural
noun with a sir golsr verb or wee versa,
than one who would express herself ia thst
fashion" bot my friend - so cultivated"
persisted the lady. NV, she wrote u.s
that she bad never been 50 pssriy satisfied
with sry Eogiish - with that of Mr. HoweIls.
ard that sitter having made q critical exami-
stion CT his Writings shs found only one
erTor-a sentence where ha bad used in In
ste ad OF on II lie great deal n life to have
. friend like that" and she sighed regrst-
fully. ct 10. indeed" lsconically replied
the lady addressed A desper Significance
ran through the terss little seatsncs than
the sdmirsy OF Boston culture suspected.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
meant that IL all these did not go at ence
there would st least be immediate attention
given 10 the subject.

THERE is more or less OF Republican mis-
doings lesking out every day since the g. o.
p. went out Of power. The Washington cor.
respondent OF tbs St. Louis Republican has
uprooted another little batch. Ex Commits.
sioner OF Patents Butterworth, nov Con-
gresham elect, is very often seen in and
shout the Patent Office, and frequently in
the new Commissioners room. Subsequent
y, it is said as to annoy Mr.. Montgomery.
10 explanation of this an officer of the Inte-
rior Department says that Butterworth, " lille
Commissioner of Patents, detailed a friend
OF bis 10 proceed to New Orleans and repre-
sent the Interior Department ct ths Worlds
Exposition. Upon reaching New Orlsans,
instead OF looking eiter the departments in
terest be opened boarding house on 3 spec
ulstioD. Ii ia said thst Mr.. Battsrworth was
aware that bis agent was Eeglec.ing mis- duty
10 the Government, and was probably shay
ing the profits (if any of the clearinghouse.
The official said further that Mr.. Butter
worth feared an investigation, and was hang.
ing around the Patent Office so as to be on
hand with an explanation TO ward of official
inquiry.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

Special to the Sentinel.
Triton, Ind, May 4.-Our little city has
been shaken from center 10 circumference
during the past week, owing to the exciting
meetings which are being conducted here by
the wonderful evangelist, Mrs. Mara B.
Woodwork, of Hartford City, who COM
menced her meetings here one week ago.
Numbers are now lying in frances, with IN.
dsx fingers continually pointing upward 70
the heavenly throne. The meetings are BE-
ing conducted day and night. There are
about fifty now converted, and hundreds
more seeking the salvation of the Lord
Many remarks are being made concerning
the Frustrated condition OF those Ia frances,
atlfibn,irg it 20 mesmeric power.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
Ia The FLARES.
viEcennes Visited by Destructive Fire
Loss WIZ Reach S:5O,oOo.
sps cial 20 the sent.n-..

Sps cial 20 the Sent.n-.
VncESNEs. Ind, May The most de-
structiye FIRE that ever sffi cted the city be-
gun at $3.50 tonight and is still raging. from
the river along Busseron to Second streets
and up second to Broadway. But two struc.
lures. Odd Fellows Hall and the Atlas Mills,
are spared. Ali else. including Green's
Ole.a House and the United States Postofice,
are totally DESTROYED. Che fire originated in
some frame buildings in the rear Of the
Opera house and extended in all directions,
until five blocks were in flames. Tue loss
will reach a quarter OF q million. The in-
suiancs is believed 10 be light The FIRE is
now under control having ended with the
destruction of the Western Union Office and
tbs PostCffice
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

SENATOR EcsrIs. OF Louisisns. as was noted
in yesterdays Sentinel, hiss been indalglug,
If correctly, in some rather offensive criti-
cisms of the policy pursued by the President
in making appointments. He undertakes.
virtually, 20 read the President out of the
Democratic rarty aud to make political
threats against him. This new senator from
the Pelican State is. to cay the least, over
hasty to condemn the admi ;stration. Only
two months have expired since the President
IVES inaugurated- An entirely new Cabinet
assumed charge of the departments. These
officers. like the President himself naturally
required . little time to familisrize them
selves with the business of their respective
positions. They needed to move gradually
in making changes to avoid any jostling of
the great machinery OF government. Never
in the history Of the Nation has there been
another administration with such enormous
responsibilities upon 1t in the selection of its
operating leaders and forces. Compared with
the task Of most former administration It is
the equipment Of . vast merohantman aS
against The equipment Of "a oyster smack.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
Ought They Not to be Citizens.

I'BIli Arp TO the Atlanta Constitution
made o little trip no in the Indian Ma
ton among the Cboctsws and Chickssa~s-
| found Quiet little town. with about l. 900
Inhabitants. most OF them akin TO Indians,
and many of the white people from Georgia.
very intelligent Baptist minister who has
been living thirty-six years, told me ali
about things, and informed me that no white
man could occDpy any lands in the Nation
unless he had license to trade or had inter
married with the Indians. He showed nus
his own house and grounds, ana when L
asked him how he acquired the right. to
my great surprise he answered: why,
married an Indiann He had children
and grandchildren, and they impressed
me with their fine forms and
beautiful eyes and hair. My landlord was
an old Georgian. and his educated Ind an
wife was splendid specimen OF a wife aud
mother. The children were well-manuefed
and smart and handsome.
Another gentleman told me he was teach
ing school at one of the missions. He vas
an elderly gentleman. and they called him
doctor, and as ne was very communicative
ventuTed tn ask him If the grandchildren o.
these fnter-marrisges of whites and Indians
were healthy and vigorous Es smiled at me
and said: well, yes | thidk so-mins are"
Shortly afterward his Indian wife came into
the store and was introduced. That night
Rev. DR.. Wright called on me. he Is
q full -blooded Chocaw-a Prssbyte-
rian minister OF gentle manners aud
fine intelligence. Here are the Cherokses.
and Greeks, and Choctaws aud Chickssaws in
this Territory, and they all live in good,
comfortable houses, and have schools and
churches, and many OF them would orna-
ment any society however cultivated. There
are DO dstiileries in the nation, no saloons,
10 gambling houses, and when q disturber
CT the public peace intrudes himself there
be is promptly suppressed aud expelled.
They have better government 10 day thsA
any in the States. When q white man wants
10 De trader In any of their towns be hss
got to get q recommendation from ten lead
ing citizens, and then his petition goes to the
governor or chief, and if il is approved by
him it is sent to Washington City to be ap-
proY ed oy the Secretary Of the Inlerior.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
D%ath at siuyniban.
Special TO the Sentinel.

Spectal 70 the Sentinel
LoGANsPoRT, Ind, May 4.-Information
has been received here of ths death of Andy
Moynihan at the Northern Penitentiary,
where ne was serving q life sentence for
0rder.
Five years ago Moyniban and McMillen
dubbed man named Raymond aud robbed
him OF 81 500. He died from his injuries.
Moy nihsn was found guilty by Jury and
his sentence came the night before the day
fixed for his execution, and he went to the
Northern Prison for life. His mind has been
deranged for several years.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
Washington Personals.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Osptain John A.
Hsws, tension Examiner. was suspended
to-day.
MI Hendricks, IN special car with the
President and his Cabinet, returned from
Gettysburg this evening.
Dr. Il c. Norvil and W. NJ. Moss both of
Bloomfield Ind. arrived to-day.
Captain Jim Thompson. OF indianapolis,
is here.
Captain Reynolds. OF Evansville. is asking
to De appointed steamboat inspector at thst
DOrt,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

lack OF a suitable hall. The rolling skats
fever bss. however assisted in msterialzing
the great wsnt Messrs. Brsden, Smith and
Bro have Just completed building on West
Washington street that contains a skating
rink l60x50 feet. A gallary surrounds this
with seating capacity of 500. A stage 2ix
60 feet, with neat scenery. makes the con-
version of the rink into an opera-house an
essy matter. by the placing OF seats which
can be readily done.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

BcsToN, Nay 4-Jaues Z Osgood & Co.,
the well-known publishers. have failed. They
Morse, Jr., and have called Q meeting Of
their creditors Cor the 18th inst. The Halo.
type Printing Company has alss made al
assignment 10 Mr. Morse, and meeting Of
tie citc;.ols has been called for the II III inst.
also. The liabilities of Osgood d Co. are
about $50 600 and their assets nomiDssly
large. The Liabilities and assets of the Hello
type Company are unknown.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
Barn Burned.
Special TO the Sentinel.

cpSCtdI 20 Tue SPuUucI.
CRAwFoRDsvlLLE, ind, May The barn
of Benjamin Stout. living four miles north
west of here, caught fire last night and was
burn,d TO the ground. Two valuable horses,
sbnut 2U0 bushels of wheat wagon, carriage
and farm i'm plements were consumed by the
flames. No insurance.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

The point is well expressed by the Man
chester IN. n Union. 1t says: There"
shouts q Blsiniac, 1.-The new administra.
TONS days are heightened into months and
no rascals are found" OF course not, for
the moment one is set a1rifs the howl goes
up that ''an old and faithful public servant
has been turned out to make room for o
hungry Democrat
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

GENERAL GFhht Passed q FhtrIy GOOD Night-
Nkw YORK, Mey General Grant has
been at work on his book to-day. He is
feelir about as strong and cheerful as yes
ierday. and passed fairly good night d..
Douglass will not return until this evening.
At the Baptist pastors meeting to-day. ia
discussing an essay which had bssu read,
entitled Modern Faith Cures" Rev. DIR.
Patton said that he thought the General
proved IN example, o: faith cure, and spoke
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
YinceDnes Notes.
Special to the Sentinel.

NINCESNEs. Ind, May 4.-The Wise PORK
Row, locally celebrated tenement house, in
which the curious accumulations of its &C.
centric owner, the late w. J. Wise, we're
stored, WAS totally destroyed by Are last
night.
sensetion occurred in the Circuit Court
to day by the srragnment of q number of
prominent attorneys and other wealthy real
estate owners upon indictments charging
them with renting property TO prostitutes.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

The Galveston News thinks that the South
Is the gamer in that Murat Halstead did not
get really angry until the war was over. If
the South could see its way clear to indorse
Radical rascality and vote the Republican
ticket, then all would be forgiven and the
Radical organs would attune themselves to
the sweetest songs. Till then the bloody
shirt must flap and hutter.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

COED sense not iess than party fealty suggests
that fair time be accorded the President FOR
manning mis- administration before assuming
to understand even, much less condemn, HE
rnIfcz-
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

Special TO the Sentinel
GREEHsBUsG, Ind, May .4-Tbs question
of any opera house in Greensburs has for
several years been a topic of talk among the
amusement-loving portion OF our people.
Several nave been planned aud bnilt. in
imagination, bat until now tho better class
OF troupes have been obliged 10 pass as, Tor
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05

GENERAL BRAGG and the Postmaster Gen.
eral seem TO be having little misunder-
standing over postofics appointment.
Perhaps General Brsgg Will be among the
enemies hist TIE Postmaster General will
make. Will he love him for it?