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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
New York Sun.

We copied on Monday from The st. Louis
Globe Democrat q letter said to have been
written by General Grant in the days of the
war. It has attracted good deal of atten-
ton on account of the vigorous way in
which General Grant then expressed his be-
lief in the determination of the North to
suppress the rebellion, and particularly in
regard to the probable effect of the war upon
the institution Of slavery.
An esteemed correspondent in Washing
ton, with q rather analytical, IL not skepti-
Cal, turn of mind, believes that he has found
internal evidence that the letter is forgery.
The points which he makes are interesting:
That published letter OF General Grant to
Mr.. K. Dent, April. -, 1861. is certainly
forgery. 1t refers to the Presidents pro-
clamation, which was isaued on the 18th,
calling out 70 600 militia to suppress said
combination Ii. g., In the six seeding
States and cause the laws TO bs duly ex.
ecuted." That proclamation studiously
avoided any expressi. implying the exist
ence OF state of war But the pretended
letter of General Grant Gays that Virginia
should be made to bear a heavy portion of
the burden of the war FOR her guilt"
Again, how could a conservative Demo-
GRAFT or even radical Republican, on the l9th
OF April, before the first blood was shed at
Baltimore, or, If PEI chance shed, before the
news bad reached Galena, have written this?
'In all this i see the doom of slavery"
Even the Garrisonian Abolitionists had not
got their eyes so fsr open as that.
But there is another sentence in the letter
that proves ii . forgery beyond sn doubt.
The fAbricator says: The news to-day
April 19l is that Virginia hes gone out OF
the Union." Virginia did not sscede until
pril %.
1t is true that Mr.. Lincoln. in his procla-
nation of April 15 studiously RETAINED
from using the word war. But 1t by no
means follows that General Grant would
have been unlikely on April 10 to use that
word in speaking OF the struggle them i'm.
pending. Sumter had been bombarded aud
Anderson had evacuated the fort. Drums
were beating all along the line, and in every
town North and South volunteers were com.
ing forward. Jefferson Davis had issued his
proclamation of April IL, calling for pri-
vateers, and providing for letters of marque
and reprisal. Lincoin's proclamation de-
clarir z q blockade OF the ports of States in
rebellion appeared on April 10. For days
the columns of the newspapers bad been
flied with dispatches headed "War Pre-
parations." "War News, ""War Movements.' -
and THE Civil War" In the fact that the
Grant letter speaks of "the war;" we see no
ground whatever for doubling its genuine
mess.
Why, even James Buchanan. certainly q
conservative Democrat, was writing on that
very same day. April 10. 1861, to General
] John A. Dix: The present Administration
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Health Conference.

New YORK, April PA conference of the
health officers of New York, Brooklyn, Phil
sdelphia, Baltimore, New Haven and Boston
was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester-
day, to discuss quarantine matters generally,
aad to prevent the introduction of cholera
into the country. II was decided to estab
lish more rigid rules and to throw additional
safeguards around those now in force. The
matter of the admission of old rays was
taken up and fully discussed, and it was
concluded to establish a close quarantine
against them and to allow none to be landed.
except after being thoroughly bailed or
steamed by the sUperheated steam process.
The sulphur process was declared to be
failure, and the conference decided against
il. 1t was mentioned incidentally that the
TACT OF their being so few cases of small .pox
10 New York City during the past month
was traceable to the STRINGENT regulations
requiring all old rags to be disenfected. The
decision reached was 10 make a close quar-
antine against all old rags, which will be
carried to all the Atlantic ports, and will, il
is believed, prevent the introduction OF any
difesse into this country through s1ch ion
pOrtatiOu.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Nominations for the May Election.

Special 10 the Sentinel.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 4.-The Republi-
cans assembled In convention yesterday
afternoon to nominate city ticket. ]. L.
Caldwell was nominated for Mayor on the
first ballot; Fred Welsh, OF the Junction
House, for Treasurer; John Fletsmeyer for
Clerk, and James I. McCarjle for City Mar
shall. Henry Epstein and Bad Abbott were
nominated for Assessor and Water Works
Trustee, respectively. The COuncilmen are
the following: First Ward, =. Dorr Falley;
Second Ward, Patrick Feely; Third Ward,
Wiliism Folkemer; Fourth ward Thomas
J. lowering; Fifth Ward. John Kimmel
Sixth Ward, John Elliott.
These nominations are not the best By any
means, except the candidates for Mayor and
Treasurer, and one Councilman.
At the primaries last night the following
Coun cilmen were chosen for the Democratic
ticket: First Ward. NJ. II. Hickey; Second
Ward Richard Reagan; Third Ward, Nicho-
Lac, Conners; Fourth Ward, failed to nomi-
nate; Fifth Ward, @. Hankeny: Sixth Ward,
DR.. Washburn, the present incumbent. The
city nominations will be made to-day, and
candidates for the various places are already
on the ground.
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GENERAL TELEGRAsds.


Fatally stsbbed--.Theater to be Rebuilt.
srecial 70 the Sentinel
AspERsoS, Ind, April "a last night,
after q dance In Adams Township. Luther
Brown fatally stabbed Eli Cummins.
Brown left the dance over an hour before
il closed, and concealed himself behind q
farm, and as Cummins and few others were
quietly passing on their way home, Brown
jumped from his hidIng.place and struck
Cummins with rock. The blow knocked
him down, and Brown Immediately jumped
upon him and stabbed him ten times. He
died in ten minutes. Cummins was the sue.
cesssul rival sutton of Brown. This is the
only reason for Browns conduct. They
were 1eighbors. Brown is twenty four and
Cummins was twenty years old. Bro1d il
IN the hands OF the Sheriff and will have his
preliminary trial tomorrow.
Last night an enthusiastic meeting was
held OF the stock subscribers OF the joint
stock company for rebuilding the Doxey
Theater. Articles OF association were per
fscted and fled in the Recorders offica TO-
day. The capital stock is &c, 1000, and has
all been subscribed. @. +. DOxeY, +. p.
SchlAlsr, l.. ]. Burr, ]. II. Terhune II. ].
BronDeDoerg, w. T. D1rbin and A. /. Make.
peace were elected Directors. Work has
already actively commenced, and Anderson
will have q new opera-house for the coming
season
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The Widow Garfield.
Letter to Cincinnati Enquirer.

Garfield once said to me about this woman {:
81 have never had in my life, although there
would have been plenty Of excuse If she had
made such mistake, to apologies for any
thing that my wife has had to say concern.
ing me. My constituency has its own sensi-
bilities, and a very little thing Mrs. fairfield
might say that was iii. timed or hssty would
go very far against me. Bat she has been so
discreet that have not single instance Of
this kind on record. She is never STAN
peded," said Garfield. "She is the coolest
when things excite me the most. Now
said he, ''she is doing at present what did
Tor her; taught her Latin at school. aud
she Is now teaching our children Latin and
preparing them to go to Exeter" President
Cleveland, see, has been entertaining at
Easter the orphan children OF Garfield. This
is one of the best testimonials have seen to
Cleveland's upright domestic intentions.
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sey amour Items.
So: ci.l to the Sentinel.

: d cisl % the beEC1nei.
BRowNsTowN. Ind, April "a John Gray
and Virgil Huff were convicted in the Cir.
cult Court. last night, and sentenced to the
State Prison for two years each sthard labor.
Their crime was burglsrizing DR.. McMillen's
drug store, at Medora, some months ago and
stealing lot Of cigars, tobacco and other
GOO ds. They make four victims sentenced
to the psnitentiaTy for the same crime.
During a severe rain and thunder storm
few days ago the ticket Office at the County
Fair Grounds. at this place, was struck by
lightning and burned TO the ground.
liz Is thought that Judge Collins will finish
up the court docket by the end OF next
week. He is one of the most expeditions
Judges this county ever had.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Plsuro-Pneumoui.Law.

ST.. LOUIS, April "a Information is re-.
On more careful examination OF the law, has
reversed the decision given day or two ago,
empowering the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture to purchase and slaughter all cattle
afflicted with pleuro pneumonia or other
contagious diseases. This confines the Com.
missioner's action 20 simply quarantine
measures. and throws the burden of stamp
ing out the disease upon States or individu-
ais as heretofore.
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bad no alternative bat to accept the wa
initiated by South Caolina or the Southern
Confederscy. The North will sustain the
Administration almost to q man; and II
ought to be sustained at all hazard" And
be had just written to lIr. j. Bucnauan
Henry: The Confederate States have de-
liberately commenced the civil war, aud
God knows where 1t may end" There is
nothing remarkable in General Grants per-
ception of the far-reachiDg consequences OF
the conflict then beginning. Was he the
only man who foresaw in April, 1851, that
the existence OF the slave system was a.
stake? More than year before, Mr.. Ora y
ford, of Georgia, in the House sprese natives
bad declared that the question between the
North and the South resolved itself into
this: Slavery or cisunion, or no slavery
and union"
The third point made by our correspond.
emit and the one which he regards as con
elusive evidence that the letter is fabric3-
tiOn. is still less satisfactory than the others.
Grant writes on April 10: The news to-
cay is that Virginia has gone ont of the
Union" Our correspondent SAYS that Vir.
gil ia did not secede until the 18th. That is
the date on which Virgins sdoOted her con
VeDtion with the Confederate States. AS q
matter Of fact, the ordinance of secsssioa
was passed on April Il. On April IS Cover
nor Letcher Issued his proclamation recog-
uizing the Confederate States as independent.
On the same day he wrote TO Secretary Cam.
eron refusing TO comply with the requisition
for Virginias quota of troops saying: You
have chosen to inaCgurate civil war, and,
having done 90, we will meet il in q spirit IS
determined as the Administration has eK-
hibited toward the South" Surely Virginia
had gone out of the Union when Grant
wrote his letter In April 10 The news of
her secession had been p,inttd in the news
papers OF the North.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Failures During the week.

NEW YORK, April 81 The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country dur
ing the last seven days as reported to r. G.
Dun & Co.. OF the Mercantile Agency, NAM
Der for the United States 2l5 aud for Can ada
IS, or total OF 240 as sgainst total OF 222
last week and 2l2 the week previous to tue
last. More than two thirds OF the failures
in the United States are farnished by the
Southern, Western aud Pacific States.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Augusta Presbytery on Teaching EvoIu
ton.

AUeUsTA, Ca, April "a The Augusta
Presby terry, after investigating the question
of Dr. James Woodrows orthodoxy in refer.
snce to his teachings in the Columbia Theo-
logical Seminary on evoIation, resolved:
l. We find nothing that warrants trial for
neTesy.
?. As no one appears or offers to make out
chsrges no process can be instituted. see Book
of Discipline. Chapter VI, paraeraph2l
Resolved, That our action in this matter is not
10 be understood calling in question the action
OF the synod Of Georgia. neld At Marietta IN 1854
DR.. Woodrow was present at the nesting,
and notofed the President OF the Angus a
Synod that he would complain OF their action
10 the Synod of Georgia.
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shot His nistrs.. Fatally.

PITTsBURs, April IA special to the
Chronicle Telegraph from Steubenville. o.,
Gays: SIN HennegsD's saloon this morning
Easter Wilcoxsen shot Mile French, his
mistress, through tns head, inhicting a fatal
wound Wilcoxsen has been arrested. Ha
says he intended to kill her aud then himself.
The woman was just recovering from dss.
peTate attack mace on her by Wilcoxsen sew.
ersl wee KS sgo, in which he stabbed her ia
the back with knife.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Obstruotions ON RaiIroad Tracks.

DETROIT, April 24-An unknown person
placed ties on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad track in this city this
morning, causing the early passenger train
10 jump the track. The only injury was to
the locomotive. Distinctions were also
placed on the Bay City Road, but were dis.
covered in time to prevent injury.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Angola Nominations.
Special to the Sentinel.

ANGOLA, Ind, April "a The Republicans
OF Angola have nominated the following
ticket to be voted for at the May election:
Trustee. Third Ward, G. y. Bodley; Trustee,
Fourth Ward, Jacob Sticly; Clerk and
Treasurer. E. A. BrattoD Marshal, E. r.
Morse. The Democrats will nominate next
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25

BALTIMORE. April 24-Miss Constance
Edgar, step-daughter OF Jerome n. Bona
Webster was yesterday afternoon invested
with the habit and veil of the order of the
Visitation. and assumed the religious name
of Sister Mary De Sales. Archbishop Glib.
hons officiRted
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Feeding tho Knrriars

CHICAGO, April PA member of the
large packing establishment of Libby, Me.
raj! g. Libby of this city, states that the firm
has sold to the English Government all the
canned meats it had to offer, for which it has
received its own prices. Quotations have
advanced about 10 per cent.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
A Public Hanging.

ST. LOUIS, April PA Dallas ARK }
special to the Post-DIspstch says: "Colum-
bus 8. Motif was hanged here to-day for the
murder of William Wehsnt. The execution
was public and was witnessed by great
crowd. The doomed man maintained his
inpocency to the last and met his fate with
ont a tremorn
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25

Truth has quiet breast" says Ayons
bard, but when the breast is rscked with
cough Il can not be quiet Try bottle OF
DR.. Bulls Cough 5yrup. The oough il viii
stay, the soreness allay. and you'll bless DR..
Bull for many q day,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
The Greene County Court House.

Special 70 the Sentinel.
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. April 2l.-Atter all the
fuss and windwork about the removal Of the
county test from here, the affair is now set
tied by the Commissioners awarding the
contract for erecting Q new Court House in
Bloomfield, to Messrs. Mckay & Bushong
for t68 995. Mr.. Bunting, of your city. being
the architect. There were quite o number
Neutrality-suspicious. here to protest. bat not
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
Terrible Condition OF a Load OF IndIanap
oils HoEa

sPRNeFIELD, Ms g, April "a "A car load
Of l2l hogs, shipped from indianapolis i've
day S ago, and consigned to a packing firm in
this city. was received Yesterday in a tsrri-
be condition, thirty one of them being dead.
The agent of the Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals is investigating the
case
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enough to excite any feeling in the matter.
The Bloomfelders are happy that the work
begins next Monday, aud that Mr.. Mckay
got the contract, and no one objects to the
MARS
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
The Career of Government Clerk.
Burlington Daily Gazette

The young man who is ambitious to try
clerkship At Washington should take warn
ing from the career of the Oldest clerk in the
Treasury Department. Appointed in lSiI
st salary OF 81 200 he is now getting 81 100
"a rise of 500 in thirty.eight years.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-25
A Texas View.

San Angelo Standard
What the world is in need Of right now, in
our humble opinion, 10 more cash and less
credit; more work and less war, and little
more learning and great deal less Law.
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
Dress Reform in Germany.

lS'h''hhoti
In Germany new dress reform has been
accepted n5 splendid thing Thousands of
PEOPLE var vesring only wooden clothing.
lie idea ID f DR.. Gustav Jaegers, OF
Stuttgart, and the fundamental principle Of
the doctrine is that, being animals we
ihould wear animal clothing. The doctor
tiiims that cotton and linen attract and re-
tain tue noxious, poisonous emanations OF
animal life, instend IT throwing them of,
while animal material, such as wool, Is made
nature to protect animal life, and will
nj event, but rather assist the evapora-
ton OF the emanations from the body.
The sanitary wooden clothing now being
extensively used consists, for men, Of tight
Citing stockingette undergarmonts, made OF
pure, undyed wool, fastened over the shout
der and of double thickness over the breast.
The coat or jacket is double-breasted, and
buttons clear up to the throat IL contains
no lining or padding unless of pure WOOL
The same rule applies to the trousers, and
there Is a contrivance by which cold
draughts are prevented from rushing to par
ticularly exposed parts OF the body and
bringing on attacks of iumbago and rheuma-
tism. The wooden socks contain di visions for
each toe. The linen of the bedroom Is also
discarded at night, and one In full sympathy
with the reform must needs sleep between
blankets, with head pillowed upon wool
KeepinGgones window we'll open is another
10 adhered to. The reward for following
out this reform Is the loss OF all surplus flesh
the routing OF bad humors which mar the
Skin, the hardening Of the muscles and the
bodys resumption to its normal condition"
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
It nIIght Have Been worae.
[Lime-Klln club.l


my frens,n said Brother Gardner, az he
stood up in new swallow-tailed coat and ex-
hibited a shirt-front over which Chinese
washerman had struggled for about two
days, "de ole y'ar am fadin' fast away an a
few mo- days will see de las of 1884 While
we stan heah In do red blush Of health,
some Of our number hev bin token away
wild cholera morbus fallin' Off de- wood
shed, an varus oder vindictive dis
eases. We has much to be thank
full fur Giveadam Jones has lost most
OF his frrnicher on a chattel mortgage held
by white man, but it might hev bin wuss.
Sposein' he had lost de wife who very
nearly supports de hull family by washin'
an maxim rag carpetsi Whalebone
Howker walked out wild his wife when de
peach trees bloomed, an de June breezes
sighed around deir ears. Whar' am she
nowl He am heah wild us tonight but
months ago she scooted wild man who has
u complexion de color Of new bootleg. II
might hev bin wuss. She might hev sold
dc furnicher an coaxsd away his To- dogs.
Las April Judge Cadaver had $50 in cash
in de bank, an a home aroun' which de rob
ms an blue-birds sung their little souls away.
Whar' arm he nowf A buck-saw which be-
longed to white man was foun' In his yard
one mornin', an IL took all his money to sat-
isfy de judge dat he was an innocent man.
Do landlord put In claim fur three menths'
back rent, an de robin an blue-birds an
judge had to move into cabin wild 1915 air
holes In do roof. But 1t might hev bin wuss.
Some Of de chiren might hev died, or de
judge bin bit by mad-dog, or a comet hev
fallen an crushed de house an family.
"Let us not only be thankful fur what we
L. I...A ~C..v - A
good as 1t ar. While we might all be better
of, we could all be mopped aroun' an stop
ped on, an made to feel dat life was an ole
pastur' full O. thistles fo' feet high We will
now address ourselves to de exigencies OF de
occashun.p
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
WOMEN AND HOME.
SOCIETY AND FASHION = PARLoR
KITCHEN AND NURSERY.
IN MAloeNLv WHITE.


Tho Trials and Tribulations Of Do
Identification.
New York Cor. Inter ocean,
Much in the nature Of theatrical debut
Is tho Introduction of young New York
girl into that particular portion Of society In
which the doings are laboriously formal.
The ceremony beats christening all hollow,
and con only DO exceeded in Importance by
marriage The girl is IS to IL. Up TO this
night she has been technically child; now
she suddenly becomes woman, accord
ing 10 the usages of fashion. Il may be
that reception Is given by her parents for
the purpose but likelier she comes out, as
the phrase is at one of the small balls called
assemblies which occur in the halls con-
nected with the great restaurants. These
gath erings usually include clique OF 100
couples, or at most 100, and are managed by
bevy OF matrons whose social position
will DO q sort Of label guaranteeing genuine
high quality. There may be several de-
but antes; but II only one then she Is re-
gardcd as peculiarly fortunate, for on her
converges about all Of the interest
She Is dressed in maidenly white, and the
material is correspondingly simple, though
the making up Of the muslin may have alb
sorbed more money tn an Is embodied In
some Of the gorgeous satin toilets. She
must not wear diamonds, and her arms and
bosom should not be so freely uncovered
as are those of her elder sisters, especially IL
they have the scrawniness common to youth.
But she must DO so lavishly fronted with
flowers, from chin to waist, that she seems
10 be looking over garden wall. The the
DRY is that these are tho floral offerings Of
young beaux; but, as with the bouquets
ts...l. L. la
among tho spectators are incredulous. With
certain kinds of rare rosebuds costing 81
apiece. it Is as easy to load girl with $500
worth, counting In the numerous punches
which she in alienation carries In her
handa
"How do you feelp
The question was put by fond mamma 10
her debutnnte daughter as they entered the
hall; and carried the reply in my mind
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Jinks--I cant soc how it iA You and
have about the same income and tho sams
sized families yet You folks always seem to
have more to show for your money than we
have.
Mipks-My vito always roads tho advsr-
-isenlents