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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-13
SpeciaNaStepC Commissioner SSde

In the Circuit Court of the United States for the
Northern District Of Ohio, Western Division.
George >. Mel5ourkey, complainant, vs.. the Lake
Erie & Western Railway Company, defendant. No.
AL. In equity.
Pursuant to the command of an order of sale issued
from said court in the above entitled cause directed
to me as special Master Commissioner shall offer for
sale at public auction, in the United States court
ROOM in the Toledo Produce Exchange Madison
street in the city of Toledo, Lucas county Ohio,
Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of July, A ID.
1885; twelve o'clock noon of said day. the follow
ing described property to-wit
The railway of the Lake Erie 81 Western Railway
Company, and being continuous line of railway
tending from the city of Sandusky Erie county Ohio
to the city of Bloomington, Mclean county Illinois,
and branch road or track from st. Marys, on said
main line to New Bremen and Minister in Auglaize
county, Ohio, and in all distance of about three
hundred and eighty seven miles together with the
appepdages and appurenances thereto belonging and
being used in and about the operation and man
ageuent of said line of railway, together with the
sdngs. turnouts depots stations, warehouses, road
bed and right of way, engines and rolling stock and
equipments, iron and steel rails ties and timber and
large amount of supplies of every kind for said rail-
way pertaining to line of railway
The said property hereinbefore described Is to be
sold for not less than the of two hundred thou
sand dollars, subject to all membranes vaud and
prior to complanant's judgment lien, and which said
membranes stated in the petition or appca
ton for order of sale filed in this cause and 70 which
reference is hereby made and bid shall be received
from any bidder who shall not first place in my hands,
or deposit with guaranty that the bidder will
make good his bid if be accepted by the court the
of twenty thousand dollars mat OF the purchase
money or price bid not less than the of fifteen
thousand dollars shah be paid in cash, and such fur
Their sums shall be paid in cash the court shall from
time to time direct in order to pay costs and meet
claims which said court may from time to time order
TO be paid and the balance of said bid not required to
be paid in cash may be paid in cash. or the purchaser
at said sale shall have the right to satisfy the
nainder of his bid by crediting procuring to be
credited upon the judgments of the complainant by
producing and fling with the clerk of this court COM
plainants receipt therefor.
WILBUR F. GOODSPEED,
Special Master Commissioner.
Jno. NJ. Lennon, Compliments Solicitor
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TELEGRAPRIC BREVITIES.

W. s. Nicholson q Co., cotton factors, of New
Orleans, have failed. Liabilities, SOL, 600; nom-
nal assets, $11, 600.
Smiths Touring mill at Ozark, Ark, exploded
yesterday, hurting John Malloy into a we'll thirty
feet distant He was picked up dead with his
neck broken, and horribly mangled The mill is
a total wreck.
The Hessian fly is doing great damage to
growing wheat in Richland township, near Kala-
maZoo, Mich. It is estimated that ne-fourth
of the stalks are damaged so that the berry will
not mature, resulting in loss of 40, 600 bushels
Henry A. Altmyer's three sons, aged seven,
five and two years, respectively were terribly
burned yesterday, at Taunton, Pa, by the ex-
plosion of of refined petroleum. Two of
them will die and the third is in serious con-
dition.
During an alteration, yesterday morning, be-
tween Henry Meirtz and Peter Guidinger, farm
ers. residing about twelve miles north of Mil
waulSee the former shot and killed by
Guidinger, who delivered himself up to the au-
thorities.
The train bearing the Liberty Bell will leave
New Orleans this morning. via the Louisville e.
Nashville railroad for Philadelphia. The car
on which the bell is placed is handsomely deco
rated. The escort will include Major Guilotte,
delegation of the City Council, and a detach-
ment of the Continental Guards.
In the libel suit brought by Edward Rose
water. editor of the Omaha Bee, against the
proprietors of the Omaha Republican, who had
republshed charge that he was a confederate
spy and traitor during the war, the jury brought
in a verdict awarding 500 damages to the plain
tiff
Anthony Funk. alias Talbot charged with
Systematically stealing money and over 1000 vol
umes from the Chicago Public Library, in the
course of two years, while in the employ of the
library, and who was suspected of design to
blow up the Chicago University, was found to be
insane, yesterday, and was sent to the Elgin In
sane Asylum.
A telegram from GAINESVILLE, O.. says the peo-
pie of that locality are agitated over the elope-
ment of Emma Ihinger, daughter of wealthy
farmer with Leonard Irwin. husband of her
fathers sister The girl is eighteen years of age
The pair said to have been seen last in Gin
cinnati where they purchased tickets for some
point in the West.
Last week a boy living with his uncle, Jack
Hoffman a mountaineer, of Highland county,
Va, died, as~is alleged, from the effects of fall
Suspicion was aroused, and the body was ex-
humed An autopsy disclosed the fact that
death resulted from knife-wound of the intest-
tines and spine Hoffman disliked the toy and
it is thought murdered him. Several years ago
little girl mysteriously disappeared from the
same house, and has not since been heard Of
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Detective WILEY Resigns.

CHICAGO, June 12-Detectve James Wilev.
who permitted j. J. Calvert, the alleged forger
to escape from him on railway train between
Sandusky and Toledo, while en- route for Chi
cago has rendered his resignation, and it has
been accepted Wiley says: 81 have made a
fool of myself; it was all my fault" A high
police official is quoted as stating that the
only inference to be drawn is that Wiley ad-
mitted the charge of drunkenness on the train
Wiley is man who can't stand liquor" contin-
ued the official, land he had great many friends
in New York, where he spent a few hours. Cal
vert was sharp enough to see Wiley's weakness. y
Wiley was appointed on the force fifteen years
ago. and for ten years had been doing detective
work at the Central station. He was considered
one of the most efficient officers in the service
Calvert is the man whose name has been re-
Gently much mentioned in connection with that
Of Miss Eugenia Blair, the actress.
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The Generals Summer Home.

New York Special
The preparations for the reception of General
Grant at Mount MaeGregor are all complete
He may possibly go there June 49, but it is prob
able that the original plan of leaving New York
mountain where he will pass the summer is daily
visited by many curious sight-seers. 1t is ten
and a half miles from Saratoga, ON one of the
finest peaks in the lower Adirondack region. It
is reached by narrow-g gauge railroad, ascend
ing at times by grade of 800 feet to the
mile. The building. which has been thoroughly
renovated under the direction of Joseph w
Drexel, of New York, its owner is a modest
looking two-story wooden building. painted in old
gold and brown. 1t is surrounded on the north,
east and south by veranda lao feet in length,
and crouches cozily beneath pine, maple. and
oak trees, about 200 feet Esouth of Hotel Banjo
raj. The family or reception room. I5x90, on the
first floor III the northwest corner, is artisticaly
papered and veneered. The ceiling paper is
radiant with golden stars. The doors and win
dows are painted light blue and the antique brick
fireplace at the south side of the room Tuscan
red. This room is richly carpeted and furnished
elegantly. The other rooms are equally elegant
and convenient.
Two windows open into General Grants Sleep
ing room from the west. The carpet is delicate
blue. with obscure figures The paper is also of
q delicate mixed blue shade, which invites re-
pose There are six rooms on the second floor
which is reached by staircase running from
the east end of the cottage between the servants
and dining rooms, and furnished with ASH
oak and mahogany suits.
Near the cottage tent has been erected, and
>. w. Wlllett, of this city, an army veteran who
served under General Grant. will be ON duty
there as long as his old commander is on the
mountain.
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The Wabash railway hospital at Peru is being
put in order.
Madison county groans under bonded indebt-
edncss of 500. 900.
Miss Sarah Darroch, of Morocco, has been sent
to the Hospital for the Insane for treatment.
The fiouring-mill of Mckinney e Siegel at
Folsomville burned. Loss, 1000; insurance,
81, 800.
Charles Schimmel, while feeding a circular
saw at Evansville, had his right hand badly
mangled
Frank r. Adam has sold the veedersburg Re-
porter to A. H. Clark, who will be editor, as well
as owner.
Wyandotte cave, near Leavenwortb, was
visited 10y the Rugby school, of Louisville, on
Thursday.
There an increase of only sixteen school
children in Putnam county last year, and this
was in Greencastle
A. b. Snavely, one of the pioneers of Wabash
county, died on Thursday night of heart disease,
at the residence of Judge Knight, in Wabash.
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Train Blown from the Track.

Sioux Cry, Ia, June 1.-Two men have just
arrived from nine miles north of Sioux City.
They were passengers ON the Sioux Falls train,
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road, due here at ITO The
train was struck by cyclone
and every car thrown from the track and
smashed to pieces. There were three passenger
coaches and baggage car. There were between
sixty and seventy passengers in the cars, and
most of them miracuously escaped with slight
injuries. The storm was very severe one, and
the telegraph wires pros trated in all direc-
tions except those along the line of the st. Paul
road So far as learned, there was no serious
damage to crops or building no hail accompany
ing the storm
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Her Husband Ia Not a White Man.

LOUISVILLE, June ia novel suit was be-
gun in the Chancery Court, this morning, by the
fling of a petition by Matte Palmer against
William E. Montgomery, asking that an alleged
marriage between them be declared void, and
that Montgomery be enjoined from making any
claim to her children The petition says the
plaintiff was married to Montgomery in 1877, be-
lieving him to be white man. She claims now
that he has negro blood in his veins. Montgom-
cry is a musician and travelling lecturer for
museums, and looks like Caucasian. Matte
Palmer is the daughter of groceryman here,
and is quite pretty.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 12.-When the ayes
and noes were called, late this afternoon, on the
registration bill in the House of Representatives
the Republicans bolted, and all but five escaped
The call of the roll showed two less than a quo
rum of the House, and it adjourned. The Re-
pubcans secretly left the city tonight and no
quorum can be had tomorrow. The Legislature
adjourns sine die at noon When the registra-
ton bill came up in the Senate, in regular ses-
sion, month ago, the Republican senator's
bolted, and, locking themselves up prevented
the presence of a quorum during the remainder
of the session. AS a result. the registration bill
is totally dead in this State
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Fatal Railway Collision.

NoRRIsTowN, Pa, June PA north bound
fastfreight train on the Pennsylvania & Schuyl-
kill river road this afternoon crashed into the
rear end of a local freight which had stopped at
Spring Mill station. A fagman standing on the
south track failed to catch the eye of the engi-
neer on the north bound train until too late.
The conductor, Jones Clever, was fatally injured
He was placed on Philadelphia train, but died
before reaching that city. The fireman, Tom
Brinkhouse. had his arm broken and was inter
nally injured, dying this evening. VIM. Steltz,
an employee, who was riding on the engine, es-
capped with slight scalp wound
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Funeral of John r.. Johnston.

Special to the Indianapolls Journal.
MUNCIE, June 1.-THE funeral of John r.
Johnston, who committed suicide on Wednesday
night was held from the residence of his father
in law, Mr.. John Marsh, this afternoon, under
the auspices Of Muncie Commandery, K. T.
Rector j. w. Bichmore preached the funeral
discourse, and was assisted in the services by
Rev. T. Stabler. The funeral was a very large
one, being attended by the many friends of the
deceased in this city, as we'll as by numbers from
oil
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The Sarasota Thnes.

JAcKsoNvILLE, Fla, June IA special to
the Times Union from Pine Level says: I'm
lard and Joseph G. Anderson have been found
guilty of murder in the first degree, but were
recommended by the jury to the mercy of the
court E. p. Bacon was acquitted. A motion
for new trial for Willard and Anderson has
been entered. The trial of the other conspira-
tors will proceed at once"
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who soon found the father and took him to the
police station. He turned out to be an ex-
corporal Of the s'Bersaglieri," who after twelve
years service, had been unsuccessfully waiting
for some civil employment. and was now in the
greatest distress with a numerous family Sew
eral petitions of his having been without result,
he contrived to obtain, through the original way
he adopted, of rendering this last one, and,
through the graciousness of Queen Margaret,
pecunlary assistance and the promise that he
should be provided for.
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The Accident ON the Cincinnati Southern.

CINCINNATI, June 12.-Dispatches received by
Somerset KY. deny the report sent last night
that construction train had been wrecked by
the caving in of tunnel The story arose from
the fact that Roadmaster Smmonds's construc-
ion train, going SOUTH last night, was thrown
rom the track, two miles north of New river
fridge, by striking cow. The caboose and seven
airs were detached. Five laborers were killed.
md foreman O,Donnen and ten or eleven others
we're injured. The track was cleared by IL
o'clock last night
The following is full list of the killed and
wounded: Kilied-Robert Lowry, Fred Owens,
Lawson Smith, Caleb Roberts and Benjamin
Holt Iniured-T. O'Connell, j. Moore, Simon
Smith, Alex Brazeiton, P. Lindsay, Bill Gray
son, Jim Cook, George Quakey. Alex Hester,
Grant Sneed, Charles Taylor. Tom White and
Charles Wilson. All are colored, except O'Cou-
nell and Moore. The wounded are doing we'll
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GENERAL GRANTS CONDITION.
lie Was Feeling Comfortable Yesterday, and
Supervised the Packing of His Mementoes.

NEW YORK, June 12-General Grant rest ed
well last night. and is feeling unusually com
Portable this morning The large painting of
the General and family and the bust pedestal
presented to him by the workingmen of Phila-
delphia are this morning being packed and
taken away. The General came down stairs
and for a time personally supervised the work
of marking
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Naples Letter IN London Standard.
Among the crowd awaiting, a day or two ago,
before the Royal Palace, the Queens return
from her usual drive a man was seen with a
baby in his arms On the approach of the royal
carriage he pressed petition into the infants
hands, and threw both petition and child into
the carriage Her Majesty though startled,
caressed the crying infant and took it into the
palace. 1t was then consigned to policeman,
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Cotton Factory Partially Burned.

HIGH POINT, N. c., June 12.-The Randleman
cotton factory, in Randolph county, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire last night The weaving,
dyeing and spinning departments, and engine
$15, 900; partially insured Seven hundred
hands are thrown out of EMPLOYMENT.
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The SCOTS Admitted to Bail.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, June 1.-THE preliminary trial
given Bishop and Oney Scott ON a writ of habeas
corpus was decided by Judge Lott this morning,
he admitting them to bail and fixing their bonds
as follows: Bishop Scott. $3,000 and Oney
Scott $1,000. They were accordingly recog-
nized by the court in these sums, and were re-
leased to await the action of the grand jury at
its next sitting,
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Cut to Pieces by a Train.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SPENCER, June 12.-Charley Bixler, a young
man aged twenty, was coming home from In
dianapolis last night on a freight train, and at
Paragon, in passing from one car to another, fell
under the train. Six cars passed over him
Both arms were cut off at the elbows, and the
body cut in twain The body was brought to
Spencer and buried at p NJ. to-day
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A Double Tragedy Caused by Whisky.

MARYv1LLE Mo-, June 12.--Meager reports
have been received here of a tragedy at Stanberry,
this county, last night Seymour House. while
intoxicated, went home in company with his
brother William, and there got into a quarrel
with Martin Hail. who shot and killed Seymour,
and mortallv wounded William House. The
origin of the trouble is not stated.
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Steamship News.

New YORK. June 12.-Arrived: Noordland,
from Antwerp.
HAMBURG. June 1.-THE steamers West
phalia and Gellert, from New York, have ar
rived here.
QUEENSTOWN. June 1.-THE Baltic from
New York for this port and Liverpool, was sig
nailed off Browhead to-day; the Wisconsin, from
New York for Liverpool, has arrived here.
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Rather Too severe a Test.

BaItImOfe Ameflcan.
A Salvation Army officer in Delaware has an
original way of proving the wickedness of this
world Towards the end of his address he
always says "If there is any Christian in this
assemblage let him hold up his hasd and will
go home with him and spend the sight" Strange
to say, no Christian has yet been known to hold
Nh his hand
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ILLINOIS,,

Burning of Steamer Engaged in the leo
Trade-Loss $4,000.
! PRINCETON, June 12.-The steamer Joe Flem-
ing owned by Mr.. Lamp, of St Louis, employed
in the ice trade burned last night Loss. $780,
000 The fire is believed to have been the work
of an incendiary
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A Place for Yilas,s Cousin.

BUFFALO, June l2.-Iti is stated here to-day, in
semrofficial circles, that Democratic post
'aaster viii be in possession of the Buffalo post
ficeJuly 10 The man who is slated is Henry
=. Villas, until recently general manager of the
Erie Dispatch and Commercial fast freight
lines. He is first cousin to the Postmaster
general
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Four-story Building Demolished.

OMAHA, Neb., June PA heavy windstorm
tonight demolished fourstory brick building
which was being erected at the corner of Jones
and Tenth streets. The building was almost
completed. In falling, theswalls crushed in the
adjoining dwelling fatally iniuring one man.
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HALIFAX N. S., June 12-The steamer
Portia. which arrived here from St. Johns N.
T.. this morning. brings the intelligence that she
experienced terrific gale in the vicinity of the
Newfoundland coast on Sunday Many lives
are.reported to have been lost by the wrecking Of
ashing boats
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A Rishon for Mobile.

BALTIMORE. June 12-Archbishop Gibbons
to day received cablegram from Rome annornc-
ing the appointment of Rev. J. Sullivan, of
Washington, d. c., to the bishopric of the do
cese of Mobile, Ala.
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smallest Wheat Yield in Twenty-Fiye Years

issued by the State Board of Agriculture to- day,
supplementing the June crop report, which says
that, in order to prove the accuracy of the esti-
mates of the regular correspondents. inquiries
were directed to leading nlillers throughout the
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Movements of jaw Gould.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. June 12-Jay Gould
and party left via the Grand Trunk railway for
the West this morning.
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Obituary.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 12.--Captain r. H.
Voolfolk, OF Louisville, who was stricken with
paralysis yesterday. died tonight His remains
will be sent home for interment
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Successful Suit Against a County.

Special to the indianapolis Journa,.
VINCENNEs, June 1.-TWO years ago Mr.. and
Mrs. Montgomery, while out driving. just east
of the city, were crossing little bridge the
Louisville road, when the horse became fright
ened and backed off the bridge, seriously njur-
ing Mrs Montgomery, who at once brought suit
against the county commissioners for damages,
on the plea that the bridge she have had
railing or banisters to prevent such accidents
Failing TO secure the damages she asked for
50 000-she appealed to the Knox Circuit Court
and then took change of venue to the Gibson
county court. The case was tried at Princeton
yesterday afternoon before jury, which was
out but twenty minutes, when they returned a
verdict for damages for the plaintiff in the sum
of 81 000 A motion for new trial was over
ruled. The case will probably be taken to the
Supreme Court
A Lawyer Assaulted and Seriously Injured.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
MONTICELLO, June 12-An outrage was COM
committed upon Daniel Dale, one of our most
prominent lawyers and politicians, last night,
about 10 o'clock. Mr.. Dale was on his way
home, and when he came to secluded spot two
men assaulted him by throwing eggs at him.
One egg struck him in one of his eyes, which
damaged that organ so much that he will lose
the sight. His other eye is also seriously in
jured. The suspected persons will be arrested
forthwith. 1t appears that Dale, at the last
term of court defended young man charged
with bastardy, and implicated another young
man. The latter has made threats to get even,
and it is supposed he is the perpetrator
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senator's will not be disturbed Letters have
been sent to such postmasters notifying them
Of the Presidents decision
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State. These subsequent reports confirm former
statements that the winter wheat yield will be
the smallest in Illinois for twenty five years.