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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-15


MUNcIE, May 14-An interesting trial. in
settlers, and now one of the wealthiest farmers
of Delaware county, is defendent is likely to
come up for trial before Judge Lott in short
time. Mr.. Reynolds owns hundreds of broad
acres, but if the allegations be true, he has
"kept back part of the price when the asses
sor made his yearly rounds and called upon him
to learn the value of his worldly possessions.
1t was currently reported that beside the thou
sands of dollars he had securely invested in
the realty for which he had warranty deeds, he
also had several thousand dollars in ready cash,
and numerous unsatsfied mortgages. But the
assessment lists filled out and sworn TO by this
gentleman, in 1883 and 1884, showed state of
affairs entirely different from current reports.
Just grounds for suspicion led to an investiga-
ton of this matter, and resulted in finding not
entirely complimentary to the old gentleman.
The grand jury at its last sitting returned thu ee
indictments against him, one for perjury and
two for making false returns of taxable
property This finding was based upon
the following facts His assessment list re-
turned in the spring of 1883, showed that he had
no money on hand in bank, and notes or
mortgages unredeemed. The records in the
recorders Office and the books in the banks of
this city show, however, that he had at that zine
| mortgages lin his favor to the amount of near
SO, 900 and cash to his credit in the sum of
Sc O0O The next year, 1884, he claims, in the
sworn assessment list, to have had 81, 900 worth
of personal property and 81, 900 in ready cash,
no notes or mortgages, while the records and
bank books show that he had to his credit cash
and mortgages to even greater sum than he
the previous year. Mr. Reynolds made no
claim of Indebtedness to offset these credits and
| it looks as though he would have much trouble
| to justify his actions in the cases cited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-15
The ThOrntown High-SchoOl.
nondence of the India napolis Journal,

THoRNTowN, May 13-The second an
nual commencement exercises of the high
school at Thorntown last evening at
tracted one of the largest and most apprecia-
tive audiences ever assembled there on any &C.
casion The weather was delightful the ar
rangements complete, the order perfect, the
singing and instrumental music frst-class, and
every body expected to be we'll entertained, and
they were not disappointed
The first essay. on '1dealizing the Real by
Miss Maye K. Austin, was we'll prepared. com
mitted to memory and recited clearly and dis
tinctly, so that every syllable was heard by all.
The second essay, "Out of Darkness into Light. "
by Miss Ella Cox, was well rnatured and ad-
mirably read. The third essay, on 1.-THE Lost
Constellation" by Miss Lydia NJ Hoath, indi
Gated broad range of thought much reful
historic reading, skill in composition and wis e
Judgment The platform was decorated with
flowers, and the ushers gathered up armful
of bouquets for each of the young ladies just
named. which were handed them by the trustees
as they resumed their seats upon the stage. The
principal addressed the three graduates in a
most happy and effective manner before present.
ing them their diplomas. The May day chorus
was sung, the benediction pronounced and the
audience dispersed thankful that our public
school is working so tremendously and in the
hope that the same board and teachers viii
tinue the good work they have so we'll begun.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
MEN.

Gladstone's voice has not yet lost
its ring.
Colonel Robert Lincoln likes to
bob for cells.
General Logan's mustache curls
more fiercely than ever.
President Cleveland thoroughly
enjoys q day off when he gets one.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher believes
in brief but fervent prayers.
Ex-President Arthur is not batting
his hooks to catch any political office.
Lawrance Barrett is having great
luck in the land of the ~appreciative
Kanuck.
Emperor William prefers lamp
lights to gas. There must be a fast
meter in the palace cellar.
Postmaster Judd, of Chicago, the
new appointee, is spoken of as "a
high-toned, silk-stocking Democrat"
Tark Twain greatly admires the
fair girls at Vassar, but he is too
funny a fellow to firt with them
successfully.
Senator Vests son has started on a
tour of the world inspecting consul.
ships. No foreigner will dare to pull
down that Vest.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
THESEM-WEEKLY MINER
BUTTE, MAY q, 1885.


(Scrarton is the headqua- tiers of the coal op
~erations of the Delaware, Lackawanna& West
ern Railroad, and Delaware ana Hudson Cana
and Railroad Companies. 1t is the seat of great
iron works and other industries, and q very
busy little city. The following lines were writ
ten by a local journalist, John Erigena Barrett
who has achieved considerable reputation as q
novelist and poet, as we'll as for his splendid
newspaper work. These lines bear the impress
of the true poetic impulseI:
In depth of night the furnace flame
That's borne by wings of fire on high
Doth write our city's glowing flame
Across the banners of the sky,
The shrieking engines sipg its praise
Through echoing vaies by day n night
As rushing forth q hundred ways
They go with cleaning Anthracite;
And to the deep and dangerous mine,
Far from the face Of night or day,
In which the gems of ages shine,
The voice of Scranton finds its way.
In Gotham's busy looms Of trade,
Where fortunes shuttles swiftly ply
And wealth is hourly lost and made,
Scranton's black jewels meet the eye.
Wherever industry doth raise
An arm to strike an honest blow
For progress, let our city's praise
Be heard, until the nations know
That here among the circling hills,
= Manhood has made itself a place,
And sinewy Labor bravely fills
The mission of the human race.
SCRANTON, PA. JOIN E. BARRETT.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
Out OF Tune.

When the tones of a musical instrument be-
comes harsh and discordant, We say it is tout of
tune." The same may be said of that far more
ism, the human structure, when it becomes
disordered. Not only actual disease, but those
far more common causes, overwork, mental
anxiety, and fast living, may impair its vigor
and activity. The best remedy for a partial
collapse of the vital energies, from these as from
other sources, is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which is at the same time an agreeable and
mind cheering cordial, and the best possible
comparable stomachic and anti-bilious medi-
cine, eradicates fever and ague, and prevents
subsequent attacks. 1t remedies with certainty
aud t~horoughness, bowel and kidney COM
plants, dyspepsia, nervousness, rheumatic
troubles, neuralgia and many other bodily all
ments. 1t also counteracts influences which
predispose to disease.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
WOMEN

Miss Cleveland is an exec llent
Shakespearean scholar.
Sarah Bernhard is not 80 thin as
she is painted. P. Sand powdered.
The Princess of Wales is fond of
fishing. Her biggest catch was the
Prince.
Mary Anderson is said to be COM
ing home soon with plenty of ducats,
but no duke.
An article about IA Good Woman"
recently appeared in a Chicago paper,
but it turns out that she is a resident
of this city.
Jean Ingelow, who has just issued
a new volume of lyrics. is fifty-five
years of age. Seventeen-year-old
darlings who write poetry should
possess their souls with patience.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
Interesting Orders Issued by the Officials
Of That Branch.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The Post
master General has issued the follow
ing order relative to the renewal Of
postmasters' bonds: That whenever
any postmaster of the fourth class
shall have remained in office for five
wears from the date of the taking
effect of his latest official bond, he
shall execute a new bond in the man.
ner and with the Sureties as required
by law upon notice from the depart
ment.
The Chief Postoffice Inspector to-
day addressed the following letter to
the Postofice Inspectors concerning
the institution of criminal proceed
ings for violation of the postal law:
"SIR: / am in receipt OF yours of the
Sth inst, the substance of which is
a request to be informed as to what
course the department desired to be
pursued in cases when employees in
the postal service are found violating
the law, and more especially as to
the proper c0urse to pursue where it
is discovered that pOstmasters are
short in their accounts by reason of
using p~ostoffice or money order funds
for private purposes. In reply l have
to inform you that your cOmmunica-
ton has been submitted to the Post
master. General, who desires me to
say that where it is found by an in
spector that the postmaster or any
other emplOye of the Postal Depart
ment has Incorporated funds, the
facts must be at once communicated
to the United States District Attor-
ney for the district in which the
offense was committed, with a view
to the immediate prosecution of the
offender, and in all cases the inspector
shall be guided by the advice of the
District Attorney. POstmasters and
others entrusted with the money de-
partment know Tor if not they are
unfit to hold such a pOsitiOn) that to
8 department funds for private
purposes is, under any circumstances,
a criminal ~offense, and in every in
stance where it is ascertained that
the funds have been so used, the
prosecution shall at once follow, and
all the facts should be Immediately
reported with a view to the prompt
removal of the offender. 1t is no
part of the duty of an inspector to
determine whether or not an offender
should be prosecuted. 1t is sufficient
for him to know that an offense
against the postal laws has been COM
mitted, and his duty is clear, viz: to
take proper steps to bring the offender
to Justice"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
A. O. u. W.

A. O. u. W.
Butte Lodge No. !, A. .. U. W., meets at Ode
Fellows Hall, Upper Main street, on Thursday
night Of each week. Sojourning brethren In
good standing are cordially invited to attend
J. NJ. VENABLE, NV.
!. G. Hammer Recorder.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27
NOTICE.

At the bar observation-disclosures
'78 Guckenheimer Rye,
'78 & 81 WcBrayer Whisky,
Sayer's and Heanessy Brandy.
De Kuyper's Holland Gin,
Black Rose Wine. 5-12-tf
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27

lvanhOe Lodge No. 8, &. o r
~ Regular convocations of the Knight
A&A of Pyth1as every Friday evening
Ee36 at 7:3O O'Clock at Diamond Hall, Main
~ street. All sojourning Knights are
cordially invited to attend.
JOSEPH NORRIS c. C.
G. E.. F. DUFFET, K. of r. and s.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27

Navajo Tribe No. l, I. O. R.. M.
Meet at their Wigwam, new Odd Fellows
Hall, on the 9Th sun of each week. COuncll
Fire is kindled at the Sth run sharp. All so
j~ourning Red Men in good standing are cor
daily invited to attend.
W. F. CLARKE, C. of B. ALB If
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-27

Oswego Lodge No. 8, z. of P.
Regular convocatlon of the Knights o
Pythias every Wednesday evening at 8, at Odd
Fellows Hall, West Broadway. All sojourn'
ing Knights are cordially invited to attend.
J. CARTER SMITH, C. C.
E, E. OcoBocK, K. of R.&s
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-09

men had been stretched
ground dead or dying. sou tns
BY hard fighting Margaron H.
kept the road open Marr naa
had been beaten. In one dav ~
nations had been in death Sne
on three bloody fields. Napoleon s Sas
lost. @as
Gross as N~apoleon's blunder hal f..
he o makes a blunder still I'll
gross. Knowing hat on the morsat
the allies would be reinforced py RaD
nigsen with so, 600 and 10y Benadotta yv;sl
1000, his manifest duty was Ia !,
brace the protection of darkness fos 1
immediate retreat. With a paralysis !;
mind that puzzles history, he stood
still. Even through the next dav ~
18th he stood still. The next night tna
he stood still. On the 18th the enamv
enormously reinforced, renewed H.
struggle. 1t is idle to describe it. I'm.
mensely outnumbered, Napoleon drew
his army around Leipzig and ;nssnslv
| gave battle. This swelled the total
number of killed and woundaS
in all the battles of the two
days to more than 100, 900. When
night came the emperor had NJ
choice but to retreat. There was Int
one bridge leading across the Elster'
On the 10th he ought to have ordered
secondary bridges to have been built
On the 18th he ought to have ordered
them. On the 18th he ought TO have
ordered them. Yet so completely IN.
equal to his duties does he appear 10
have been that no bridges were ordered
and that vast army, in the terror and
tumult of a retreat made in presence Of
a maddened and triumphant foe, was
limited to one ordinary bridge. Napo-
leon gave an order to unite the eastern
arch and fire it as soon as the French
army should have completed its cross
ing. He himself Immediately passed
over. BY and by a terrific explosion
was heard. Through somebody's blum
der the mine had been fired premature.
ly, thousands Of French soldiers were
| blown into the air and 20, 900 who
formed the rear guard we're left to the
mercies of an Infatuated enemy. The
battle of the Nations, as these bat
ties are called, were ended. Napoleon
was conquered and ruined, His fall is
imputable, first to his bad Statesman.
ship, which had the effect to mite Eu-
rope against him; secondly to the bad
generalship of his later career, and
thirdly to the deep and almost universal
dissatisfaction with which he came 10
be regarded by the French people
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-09
ABOUT HERoINEs.
Femtninity the woman's Greatest Charm
In Real Life, If Not in Books.

In Real Lille, II Mo1 In BOOKS.
From Chambers Journal
Most of us have heard of u certain
thoughtful little girl who took Time by
the forelock, and decided that if WON
an must have some profession to turn
to, she would be q professional beauty,
Several women have passed the old
turnstile to public life, and got in some
how on mems tickets. Their insignif-
cant sisters peep over the wall and OBJ
serve that men who outside were the
soul of chivalry, begin to elbow the Ia
dies within, and ungallantly assert IN
seif-defense that the ladies have elbows,
too. The insignificant sisters Will
not enter; but if they tried to reason
about it, they would be Stamped out
in a moment by the others on the
platforms inside. when / hear .
woman use intellectual arguments
/ am dismayed," says q wise
thinker from beyond the Atlantic, ana
the insignificant crowd aforesaid and tne
majority of the world agree with him
in this, and those outside the wall ma
out all at once that q woman's unrea'
soning nature is no insignificant charm
aHer best reason, as it is the worlds
best, is the inspiration Of Q pure ana
believing heart. She is the happiess
when she devotes herself, obedient 70
her patient and unselfsh nature, %
some loved being or high cause, ana
glory itself, says Madame de Steal
would be for her only a splendid mourn
ing suit for happiness denied"
In America. where life is lived dou'
hIe-auick, and where every producs,
from a continent downward, Is o. the
largest size, there are crops OF over
taught girlhood ripe already Tor our ~.
spection. Women Of the middle classes
there can discuss the nebular hypo'
thesis or the binomial theory, as ours
talk of lacework and the baby. Mr.
Hudson, in his recent "Scampet
through America" declares that y
converse in the railway cars
with ladies returning from con,
ventions and conferences was o genuine
pleasure; an intellectual treat. bus ns
adds that, though one could regefe
them, almost worship them, TO love s
them was out of the question. TO
each one of as there is some face en-
shrined in memory, whose influence =
lofty as an inspiration, whose power Z
o living power, whose love has peen
strongly than death, and will light -
upward path for us even TO LIES emu
Why is all this but because she whom
we loved was a. heroine? And VIM
we're her characteristics? One ansWe'
will serve for all-Tenderness, genie
ness, self-forgetfulness, suffering. ~
last characteristic may not be universe
like the rest. But the highest Q Y ca'
only exist where suffering has toncne'
the object loved. IT is N OF the com
p~ensations for the manifold sorrows 2
this world Of ours. The fire OF tfis
seems TO light up every beauty and e
traction. The life that not only Loves
much, but suffered much, has q roYa
right Of influence as long as manor
Observation-Disclosures which cannot beioaI
to my life which suffering he's ae
crowned.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-09
SHE PLAYED

/ thought she was lovely sight,
As daintily arrayed in white,
With rosy cheeks and glances bright
That summer day
She played crOquet
Until beneath a shady tree
7 stopped to rest, which CHANGED to be
Whore in the kitchen / could see
That summer day
She played croquet
And there alone in that hot place
Her mother stood with carewOrn face,
And ironed a gown all frills and lace,
That summer day
She played croquet
A gown, the very counterpart
OF that she wore with wltching art;
And so she did not win my heart
That summer day
She played Croquet.
-Harper's Bt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-01-29
Some Odd Incidents of Dueling.

One of the most singular features of
ants have not unfrequently been saved
by articles carried on the person. The
life of Broderick, of California, was
once saved by the ball of his antagon-
ist striking his watch, while we have
the oratorios of Handel because the
sword of his antagonist broke on his
coat button. Two fighting Irishmen,
McNally and Harrington, once fought,
and the bullet of one was turned aside
by the suspender buckle of the other,
while the second bullet lodged in a
paper of ginger nuts in the pocket of
the first man. Another Irishman,
fighting with Darlington had his life
preserved by a brooch which he wore,
in which the ball lodged, while Roche
fort was spared for years to abuse his
political enemies by the accident of
having 5-franc piece in his vest
pocket. But perhaps the most singu-
lar result ever know in a duel was that
achieved by two French gentlemen
named Pierrot and Arlequin, who at
the word fired together, and each sue
ceeded in killing the others second.
What an escape!' cried spectator,
though the seconds had both fallen
dead. But it may be safely affirmed
that the friends of the seconds did not
look on the matter in this accommo-
dating way, and much trouble ensued,
though finally the whole affair was
dropped, and no further fighting re-
suited from SO unlucky a duel.-The
Field Of Honor.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-01-29
dot Vhas ALL"

81 pellet / vhas shwindled vonce
more" he said to the Sergeant at the
Central Station yesterday as he was
asked to take chair and report his er-
rand.
"How?"
"Vhell, vhas in my blace apoudt
two hours ago when two strangers vhalk
in, and one of 'em says to me:
'Shake, | hat a bet on you. know
you vhas great man TO hat confidence
in human nature, und | bet 50, eaten
CUP, dot you vhill lend me feety cent. :"
''Nhell, L dunno. l nefer see him pc
fore, but if somepody bet 50 on me I
doan' like him to lose it, und maype he
also divide What he wins"
'And you let him have tips
''Vhell, | haf some confidence in hu-
man nature. He vhalks off NIT my
feety cent, und my vhife says l vhas
der biggest fool in Detroit -
''And what do you want of me?''
Il like to know if you pellet like my
vhife?'
Yes, sir, 1 do! You'll never see
your money again"
MY son Carl says peter soak my
headt. like to know if you think dot
vhay?"
81 do"
"Und my brudder-law says make a
fine lunatic asylum all by myself. Vhas
he correctP'
HE isl
''Vhell. dot vhas ALL If | vhas
right | get madt und clean oudt der
shanty. If l vhas wrong | 90 home
und keep still until my headt vhas
soaked enough to lose my confidence
III human nature. Dot vhas all-good-
day. '-Detr0u Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-01-29
Celebrated Women.

Sarah Althea Hill, of the famous law
suit against Senator Sharon, is of me-
dunn height, well developed, with a
1.-THE, trim figure. She gives at first
sight the impression of woman who
is abundantly able to take care of her
self, and yet the expression of her face
and her attitudes are very womanly, as
though she lacked confidence and were
appealing for support. Her features
are regular, her face oval. She is
neither blonde or brunette, with dark
brown hair, which is allowed to fall in
graceful waves over her full, round
forehead. Her most attractive feature
are her full, brown eyes. Her nose is
clear cut, and her mouth is resolute in
the habitual compression of her lips:
but this is somewhat belied by slight
droop at the corners, as though an ORR
ginally fine will had been overlaid by a
strain of voluptuousness which weaken
ed and coarsened it. Her whole man
ner shows nervousness and vitality.
Lucy Stone congratulates her sex on
the past years gains for their cause.
Full suffrage for women has been estab-
hshed in Washington territory, and
municipal suffrage has been granted to
unmarried women and widows of
Ontario and Nova Scotia. Municipal
suffrage has worked so well in England
tnat the British parliament has extend
ed it to Scotland.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-01-29

Last night the cutting winds seemed
to blow direct from the Polar regions.
Vine street was almost deserted and
only few whose business kept them
out were seen walking at rapid gait
to their several places of destination.
A reporter was slowly sauntering
through the streets in his midnight
wanderings with his big ulster button
&c tight around him, and his sealsk n
cap pulled down over his ears, when
his attention was attracted to party
CT swell society gentlemen, who had
been out for a night of it. 81 bet you
$50" said one of them to a companion,
'that you cannot drop nickel from
your eye into funnel five times in sue
oession."
The proposition was Immediately ac-
cepte6, when the party stepped into
Billy Gruber's. A funnel was procur-
ed, and placed with the small end run
ling down the waist of the gentleman S
trousers. A nickel was placed on his
left eyelid with the other one closed.
He slowly bowed his head and the
nickel fell into the funnel. ''Once," )"
cried out the friend with whom the
wager had been made. The second
time the feat was successfully accom-
pished. AS the third trial was about
to be made his friend accused him of
having an eye open. mo, indeed, have
lot, was the reply, but before he had
completed this assurance the friend
emptied pitcher of ice water into the
funnel.
"a bottle of wine, and as much more
as they want" said the man as he
fastened to the Emery Hotel. whence a
messenger was dispatched for dry
trousers, etc.-Cial. Com. Gdzette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-01-29
a Turkey Trick in Iowa.

Late Friday afternoon stranger
whose appearance indicated that he did
not live on fat of the land every day,
and that his household knew little
about purple and fine linen, entered q
grocery store on Brady street, holding
fine large turkey by the legs. He
walked up to the showcase, saying:
I'D like cigar, please" and one was
handed him with lighted match.
by the way" said he, suddenly.
would you oblige me with piece of
paper to wrap around this turkey-it
doesn't look well to carry it through
the streets in this way" A polite
clerk took the turkey, wrapped it up
artistically in paper, which was tied so
that it would stay. Thank you, SIR"
said the stranger politely, as he turned
and walked out with his turkey. He
had not been gone minute, when a
neighbor from across the street hurried
into the store with: Say, did that fell
low who went out from here just now
pay for that turkey?' PAY for the
turkey?-no, why should he?n "Well,
he picked it up from the bench in front
as he entered your store"-DGrenport
De7llOcrdt