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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-23
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
Suicide of Hon. ]. 7. Burns, Well
Known Resident of BrOWnsburg.
Case Of Partial Fertilization of the Bones
While the Subject Was Still Aliye-Dam-
aging Explosion at ThOrntown.
INDIANA.

Suicide of j. T. Burns, Former Member of
the Legislature.
Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
BRowNsBURG, Jan. 22.-Hon. j. 7. Burns died
here, this morning at o'clock, from poison ad
miristered by his own hands. about forty-eight
hours before, with suicidal intent. Mr.. Burns
represented this county in the Legislature in
1863 and was enrolling clerk of that body in
1867 He was lawyer by profession, and had a
very extensive acquaintance. He was an enter
prising and successful business man, and during
his residence Of over twenty-five years in this
place he did as much for the prosperity of this
village as any man who ever lived in it. No
cause whatever can be given for the rash act; it
was, however. deliberately planned and exc
cuted. He left no statement except
some written directions in rega6d to some
unfinished business and the disposition of some
property which was inclosed in sealed package
which was found in his pocket directed to his
wife. Some of his business enterprises of late
had not turned out WE'LL but he had not sus-'
tanned financial losses which can at all account
for such deed on the part of man of his
strength of mind and character.
He leaves widow, most estimable lady, to
whom he was devoted, and three daughters and
a son, all grown. His domestic relations were
Of the most agreeable kind, and it is impossible
to assign his conduct to anything but mental
arrangement. His funeral will take place to-
mr. a ID NJ
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Improved Prospects of the Exposition.

New ORLEANS, Jan. o. = Director general
Burke's statement of the financial condition of
the Exposition, and the ready response of the
Cotton Exchange to his appeal for subscriptions,
had its effect to-day in a most cheerful state of
feeling which was evidenced on all sides.
Among the exhibitors they were as one on the
assured success of the great enterprise.
Colonel A. K Mcclure of the Philadelphia
Times in an address TO the exhibitors, at their
meeting to-day, said that since arriving here he
had made careful investigation into the affairs
of the Exposition, financial and otherwise, and
had come TO the conclusion that there was abso-
lutely no fear of the Exposition proving fail
ure. AS some of the exhibitors had apprehended.
1t would prove an unparalleled success. He
had telegraphed North to-day, saying the
time had arrived for people to visit the exposition
He urged united action on the part of exhib-
tors to counterfeit false rumors and statements
regarding the exposition, which had been spread
throughout the North.
The association adopted circular letter in
which it is stated that the exposition is now III
good condition, and extending cordial invita-
ton to visitors from the North.
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General and Personal.

Special TO the INDIANAPOLIS journal
WASHINGTON, jan ga J. Glutting, we'll
known real estate dealer and politician of Fort
Wayne, is here, and will marry Miss Crosscup
before he leaves. Miss Crosscup formerly lived
since her father has been in government en-
ploy.
Mrs. Thomas Fl. Mckee and daughter have
returned from visit to Logansport.
Citizens of Posey county have petitioned Con
gress, through Representative Kleiner, for an
increase of pensions to soldiers widows from So
to $12
The following Indiana postmasters were com
missioned to-day: William II. Hart, Frankfort;
Thos. j. Lucas, Lawrenceburg; Chas. j. Hovey,
Mount Vernon; Matthew NJ Hurley New AL
bany.
The postofice at Ekin, late in Upton county,
has been changed to Hamilton county, and Rob
ert NJ. Foster has been appointed postmaster.
The Senate remained in secret session two
hours this afternoon, discussing the Nicaraguan
treaty. Senator Morgan finished his speech and
Senator Edmunds consumed the remainder of
the -ession. Both gentlemen spoke in favor of
the treaty.
The Secretary of War has refused the request
of Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka to be allowed
to Withdraw his resignation, which had been ac-
eepted to take effect on the 31st inst, at the
piration of the years leave Of absence granted
him when he resigned
The electoral returns of all the States are now
in, both by mail and messenger.
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DRIVING OUT THE DEVIL.
A Pennsylvania Doctors Method of Curing
BeWitched Child.

READING, Jan. 22.-Dr. Leroy Wenger, re-
putable physician of this city, was called upon
to attend child of John Baver Its affliction
appeared to be mysterious one There was a
prickly sensation all over its body. A neighbeF
declared that it was bewitched and that a GER
tain woman, living near by, was trying to kill it
by sticking needles into its body This the pa
rents believed, and sent for DR." Hagman, of
this city. who has a reputation throughout this
and neighboring counties of being able to drive
away witches He declared that the child was
bewitched and that it was possessed of the devil
besides. He tied bag to the ehild's neck and
told the mother that whenever the child cried
the devil would manifest himself, when she
could drive him away with q briar switch The
child became worse and was at deaths door
when Dr. Wenger was called in. In the bag
aroung the childs neck he found lengthy Ger
man manuscript, which was addressed to Jesus
of Nazareth. King of the Jews" In the name of
the Holy Trinity it calls upon all bad spirits to
depart; ITO fall back from his marrow, his
bones and his flesh, that he may be again deliv-
cred and be well again" DIR. Wenger ordered
these articles of heathenism to be thrown away,
and the child is improving, Several witch doc
tors are doing good business throughout east
ern Pennsylvania by practicing on the credulity
OF the people.
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continue in control of the federal Offices in Vir-
GINA by having those whose terms expire soon
after Cleveland is inaugurated, resign now, so
that the men may be appointed for four years
He says the report is ridiculous He holds that
federal ofice-holders should be active politicians,
and thinks the Republicans should not complain
IL the Democrats make clean sweep. OF
Cevelands civil-service letter, he says ''The
talk of only removing men who have actively
engaged in politics is nonsense. Men receive
Offices because they have been active in politics,
snd they ought to be removed if they arc not
active in politics after getting place."
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Applique Work.
Southern Home and Farm.

southern Home and Farm.
Applique" is French word, which, as it has
now no equivalent in the English language, we
are forced to use. application" and applied
work" come nearest to the true Specification, but
are rather awkward to use Applique work
consists of pattern cut out in one color or ma
plique work may. be executed in al
most every material and for almost
every purpose It is probably the
oldest kind of decorative needlework; it Ger
tainly is the most simple Neatness and some
degree of mechanical skill are all that is required
in the manipulation Of the materials. Cretonne
is one of the most satisfactory materials for
applique work. It is easy TO cut and is firm, and
comes in very pretty colors aud patters. The
pattern-fgures, flowers, birds. water or land
of scissors and pasted onto the cloth it is to
ornament When quite dry it should be
secured all around the edges with fine sewing
silk of the same color, and afterward worked
over with knitting or embroidery silk in button
hole stitch IN another shade or color. If an
edging of cord is preferred the button hole stitch
is not required. The cord should be sewn down
with fine sewing silk of the same color When
the design is complicated, or in many colors, or
it is~wished to add bits of velvet to make GER
tain leaves, or parts of birds, or costumes
richer, a tracing should be made on the ma
terial it is laid upon, and the parts carefully
fitted they should fit together like dis
seeted map. Remember q that lin ~ 1sassng
frilted fabrics, such as .9YyelFet11 bpiush
and cloth, you get a different shade Of color if
the material does not meet the light in the same
direction. So be careful in cutting out and lay
ing down that the pile always goes the same
way. 1t is well before FASTING down to lay the
pieces fat in the position they are to occupy,
and look at them from different points, when
any inaccuracy of placing will then be discov-
cred For very delicate materials isinglass is
sometimes used instead of paste. Applique work
is often ornamerted afterward with patterns in
cff% ohai,n c%tk ob
button hole stitch, etc.-but it's chief use is in
cases where fat masses Of color are required.
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A Singular Deformity.

EAsToN, Pa. Jan. 22.-Harrison Hahn, of
Wind Gap, Northampton county a member of
the engineering corps on the Easton Is Bangor
railroad. has {. two year old daughter whose ears
are bent forward and grown fast to the face.
The girl was deformed when born. When she
became two months old two doctors separated
the ears from the face and tied them back to
their proper places, but they returned to their
former position, and are there to remain I'M
disturbed. Both ears are without the orifce,
but deafness is prevented by the girl hearing
every sound. no matter how light, through her
nose and mouth She is a very bright girl,
is very fond of music, weighs only twenty
pounds, is healthy. and is Mr.. Hahn's first
and only child; although he has been married
fifteen years
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Starving PiuteS.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 22-The Piute Indians
are said to be starving their barren reserva-
ton in Nevada. Not cent of the Congressional
appropriation ($7000), secured by Senator
Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, has reached them.
The winter in Nevada has been very severe
one and the reservation is so barren that nothing
could be grown the land to provide against it.
The Indians number 1000. Almost their sole
means of subsistence has been pine nuts, fish
from Pyramid lake. and rabbits. The latter is
the only game on the reservation. Sarah Winnie
mucca, a member of the tribe Who'll lectures in the
East on the condition of the Piutes who is now
spending few days in this city. says: my
people are utterly destitute, and numbers of
them are starving in their homes" She attrib
utes their misery to the negligence of the reser
walton officials.
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JUDGE M'CAY, OF GEORGIA.
He Personally Appears and Asks His Release
from an Insane Asylum.

He Personally Appears and Asks His Release
from an Insane Asylum.
Philadelphia Special.
Soon after the United States District Attorney
reached his Office this morning two gentlemen
entered aud inquired for him. One of them sent
a card to Mr. Valentine bearing the inscription,
Henry K. McCay Judge of the United States
Court, Northern district of Georgia" His COM
panion was DR.. Brush, an attending physician at
the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane
Briefly, Judge McCay declared in calm and
wholly rational manner that he was at present
confined in the asylum at the instance OF mem
bers of his family. He did not charge that any
unworthy motives aetuated his relatives, but de-
MED that he proper inmate OF such an Ia
stitution. He had petition, drawn by his own
hand, which he desired the district attorney tc,
lay before the judges of the United States Court
1t set out that he was a citizen of Georgia, ano.
was unjustly confined in an insane asylum by
Dr. John B. Chaplin, the chief of the hospital
a writ of habeas corpus for the production of the
petitioner before the court, that justice might
be done in the premises"
The case was so remarkable, and the sad his
tory of Judge McCay's misfortune has filled so
large place in the public prints, that District
Attorney Valentine accompanied the unfortu-
nate man and his attendant to the United States
Court room, where Judges McKennan and But
Ter were sitting After examining the petition,
Judge Butler said that the court would look into
tuC uidtt0f
"That is all desire, Your Honor" said the
petitioner in his own behalf Il have no desire
to scandaiize the institution or to criticise its
management All desire is to have my liberty.
As citizen Of another State, have assumed
that can properly bring my cause before your
court, and claim its protection. l ask that sub
penas issue for the physicians who examined
nae, and upon whose certificate of my insanity I
was placed under restraint. ask no undue pub
licty, but fair consideration for stranger within
your gates"
''The matter will be disposed of tomorrow in
Chambers" answered the court
A great desire to treat the unfortunate judge
courteously was shown, and, after pleasant
chat with the judges at the side bar, Judge Nc
Cay and Dr. Brush, his custodian, bowed them
selves out
Although this is the first case in which petit
toner has himself presented his prayer for re-
lease, precedent exists in the ruling on an APP
pication made to Judge Cadwalader by nom
resident, which. it is believed, covers this one
1t was then held that the United States Court
had no jurisdiction, and that the writ must issue
from a State court
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Minor Notes.

A little 4x6 inch paper called the "Smart
Weed News" has sprung up near Odon. Dayiess
county.
George Hill is wanted. at Jonesville for
knocking down and attempting to rape Miss
Anna Coran.
Ben L. Smith, formerly city clerk of Column
bus and for severa, years deputy in various
county Offices is dead i.
At Anderson travelling man, who refused to
give his name, was robbed of $3.50 by foot pads
near the Decline depot.
The surviving MEMBERSHIPS, father and son,
who narrowly escaped hanging for the murder
of the wife and mother, have disappeared from
Perry.
David Hemphill, a brakeman on the j., NJ &,
l. local freight, fell from a car at Austin. He
was severely hurt, and was taken to his home at
Franklin.
Simpson Adams, of Medora, aged seventy seven
fell the other day while drunk and run a sharp
weed through his eye and into his brain. At
last report he was dying.
Mrs Weden Williams, seventy-seven years
old, living one mile south of Laurel, slipped,
fell and broke her back. When found she was
unconscious. She will probably die
At Rensselaer, Wiebren Wartner pleaded
guilty to numbering John Dragon friend and
neighbor, and was sentenced to be hanged on
Friday, May 10, 1885. 1t was a murder for
money
IuWdEu l.. SWAli SuSiHSeT db tn0 NEW Albany
glass works, has mysteriously disappeared
He collected considerable amount of money
recently, and as he had it on his person, may
have been made way with.
A little child of James A. Stewart farmer
living few miles east of Terre Haute, when left
alone procured q bottle of turpentine, and the
fluid getting upon its clothes, was ignited from
an open fire. The child will die.
Anton Lachowski, an incurably insane man,
while being returned from Indianapolis to South
Bend, escaped from those having him in charge
somewhere near Walkerton. Later on he was
run over by train and instantly killed.
Joseph P. Painter, of Mt Pleasant township,
Delaware cou N.Y. has captured hawk measur-
ing from beak to end of tail twenty-five inches,
and from tip to tip Of outspread wings fftyfour
inches--the longest hawk ever known in the
county.
The police commissioners. under the new
ordinance passed at Terre Haute w. S.
Cliff and l.. Finkbiner, Republicans, and j. F.
Brinkman and j. Coffin Democrats. The ordi-
nance is modelled upon the metropolitan police
| act governing Indianapolis and Evansville, ex-
cept that the board, two Republicans and two
Democrats, is chosen by the City Council, with
| the mayor as the fifth member of the board.
| Fowler lodge No. AGO, L o. o. F. held a me-
mortal service to the memory of Schuyler Col
| fax on Wednesday evening, consisting of respon-
| siye reading and brief addresses by Odd Fellows
| and other citizens. BENTON county was in his
Congressional district during his career in Con-
| gress. and some OF his old constituents and
friends spoke most fttingly ana feelingly of his
| character and life and public services Mrs. 7.
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Brief Mention.

A1fleI NAentlOns
r: L. Stewart has been arrested at Mackinaw
for forging $50 check.
Mrs. r. D. Wright Of Shelbyville, was Sc
verely burned by an overturned coal-ol lamp,
her life being saved only with the greatest
difficulty
The body of Robert Frazer, the conductor
shot and killed at Overton, Tex, will be brought
to Elgin, where ne formerly lived, and where
three months ago. he married Miss Flora An
drews.
A fire, caused by defective Aue. occurred at
Walnut Grove destroying the postoffce building
and the general merchandise store of Bradshaw
& Bros, together with all their contents In
sured for ST. 900.
The Joseph Peeler Milling Company at ST.
Jacobs, has assigned. The assets, consisting of
unncumbered mill property and mill Stock
amount to $4,000. The liabilities are estimated
to be about $6,0 900. General depression in bust
ness is attributed the cause of the suspension
The body of boy fourteen years old. pamed
Robes, has been found frozen stiff swinging
from tree forty rods from his morher's house
at Eagle Point, eighteen miles north of Sterling
The mother had whipped him for some msde-
meanor He went to the barn and told hired
man that he would hang himself. He had tied
the rope about his neck, climbed the tree in the
grove, fastened the rope to a limb and sprung OF
On the morning of Jan. 25, 1879, Marshall s.
Pritchard, tax-collector of Cherry Valley. was
found dead, with buliet-hole in his head, IN a
street in Rockford Hope of finding his murder
was long since given up. James Banta, who
has just finished threeyears' term in Joliet
for forgery. now appears, and gives the story
of the murder, and Gideon Cooper, of Rockford
and VIM. Larson, have been arrested. Banta
claims that Larson did the shooting. and owned
the team by which the party escaped after COM
uniting the murder. The three men are related,
and have been implicated in other crimes
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A Terrible Night ON MT. WASHINGTON.

Mt WASHINGTON, N. H.. Jan. 22-The Their
mometer this morning recorded fifty degrees be-
low Zero one degree colder than the lowest tenn
perature ever experienced before, which was
forty nine degrees below, in March, 1872 Prob
ably no rougher weather was ever experienced
than at the present moment--9 A. NJ. A north
west hurricane has been blowing 100 miles an
hour for the last twelve hours and sleep was
impossible during the night. The chimney of
the signal station has been blown off. filling the
house with gas and smoke. Two men are on
the summit, p j. Cahill and Alphonse Laundry.
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ChattanO0Ra EpeGlaI.
Pierre Lorilard has been travelling through
the South in the beautiful Mann boudor car, the
Adelina Patti which he leases for 800 per day
His wife and party of friends accompany him.
Southern railroad, he had his car attached to the
engine to escape the smoke AS the train neared
sharp curve in the road, going at the rate of
forty miles an hour, two little boys were seen on
the track frantically waving their hats. They
succeeded in stopping the train at the brink of
an awful chasm, the bridge over which had been
foated off by torrent The boys had stood
there for four hours, in temperature nearly
Zero to save the train from certain destruction,
for, had it gone twenty yards further every car
would have dashed into the deep abyss A col
lection was taken ND for the little heroes and the
millionaire Lorillard reluctantly gave S.
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Partially Fortified While Living.

Special TO the IndIanapoIls Journal.
MARTINsv1LLE, Jan. 22-Miss Hannah Stout,
daughter of j. D. Stout, died at her home in
Jefferson township, this county, yesterday. She
was thirty five years of age, and has been an
invalid, confined to her bed, since she
was FIVE years of age At that
age her limbs became paralyzed and have since
been gradually turning to stone. At her death
her limbs were completely turned to stone, and
she though small in stature, weighed over 400
pounds The case has attracted much attention,
and has been an interesting study for the med
ical fraternity here for several years.
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o the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to tne Indianapolis Journal.
THoRNTowN, Jan. 22.-About 430 o'clock this
afternoon the town was startled by a heavy
shock and loud noise which was heard some two
or three miles from here In an instant every
person in the place, seemingly, was up on his
feet and rushing to the streets, where
could be seen dense cloud of
emoke interspersed with flying timbers, pieces
of iron and general mixture of ashes and Gin
ders. 1t was soon discovered to be boiler ex
plosion at the steam grist-mills owned by the
Witt Bros. A house in the immediate vicinity
was slightly injured, but beyond this no other
damage occurred except to the MILL The loss
to Witt Bros is about $4,000. No person was
injured.
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Iowa Prohibitionists in Convention.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Jan. 22-Four hundred dele
gates from nearly all parts of the State met in
temperance convention to-day to consider meas
ures to secure better enforcement of the prohi-
bition law. Resolutions were passed denounc-
Ing saloons; calling on home, school and church
to unite against the common enemy; calling for
education as to physical and industrial results of
ntemperance; declaring that political parties,
which desired the support of Prohibitionists,
must take no backward step; calling on the next
General Assembly to enact the necessary amend
ments, and on Iowa congressman to work for
national Prohibition.
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Tho T., c. s. st. LIS Property at St. Louis

CHICAGO, Jan. 22-Judge Gresham, in the
United States Court here, to-day, entered an
order allowing the Quigley committee, repre-
senting a number of persons holding first
mortgage bonds OF the Toledo, Cincinnati
& St Louis railway, to succeed the stockholders
of that corporation as purchasers of the COM
Ranys terlna Ia 1 ta araino, o louis
when; acquired by the read in 1882,
was $50, 900, on which only 0,0G0 was paid.
The value of the terminus now is $4,000, the
increase being partially due to large expendi-
lures for main tracks and siding The
company IS at present in process of
foreclosure, and it is thought here
that the decision gives the Quigley committee
virtual control of the road. BY the terms of the
order, however, the bondholders can redeem the
terminus property from the committee for ben
eft of any company organized by themselves
to rebuild the road.
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ILLINOIS.

A Condemned Murderer Who Is Anxious To
BE Hanged.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
CHARLESTON, JAN 22-T. j. Chapman, who
is to be executed tomorrow at 2 p NJ, for the
murder of Nicholas Hubbard, on the 18th day of
last August, announces that he is ready, since
he has obtained religion under the direction of
Rev. Mcintyre, of the NJ. E. Church. He says
he wishes the execution was to occur to-day in
stead of to morrow