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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Mr.. Randall,s Southern Trip.

NASHVILLE, Jan. 3-Hon. S, j. Randall and
party arrived here in special coach from Biz
mingham this morning. The party only re-
manned few minutes and left on a special train
for Chattanooga Col. Colyer and daughters,
Superintendent Thomas and others accompanied
the distinguished visitors to Chattanooga. Mr..
Randall had been invited to visit MurfreesboYo
and address the people of that city, but owing to
his engagement at Chattanooga he found
it impossible to accept the invitation.
However, he stopped over at that place about
two hours, and received quite ovation. A
large number of prominent citizens of Murfrees
boro and Rutherford county gathered at the de-
pot, and when the train bearing the distin-
guished party arrived the air was filled with
deafening cheers. Mr.. Randall came forward
and in few remarks thanked the people for the
kindly manner in which he had been received.
The train also stopped at Belle Buckle, Wartrace,
Tullahoma and Ccwan, at all of which places
large crowds had gathered, and where Mr.. Ran
dali and Mr.. McAdoo made speeches and were
loudly applauded.
The party reached Chattanooga at 8 P. NJ.
They were met at the depot by committee and
about 1000 people, who cheered heartily. In
response to a speech of welcome Mr.. Randall
delivered brief address He was then con-
Quoted over the city, visiting the leading iron
and woodworking industries, the iron furnaces
and all points of interest At p NJ. there was
a mass meeting at the courthouse, which Mr..
Randall addressed, and at p, NJ reception was
held at the Stanton House, closing with grand
banquet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
TET.EGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

On Saturday morning telegraph messenger
boy, named VIM. j. Develn, was arrested on a
West Shore train for stealing 81, 300 from New
York stock broker.
The wife of VIM. Schmetz, of Philadelphia,
who was shot on Wednesday by party of New
Years shooters, while looking out of her bed
room window, died Saturday morning.
Barnard Billings. an inmate of the hospital at
La Junta, Col, wandered out on the prairie,
Friday night during severe snow storm.
When found he was badly frozen, AMI died soon
after.
Chas. FL. Ginthner, of the firm of Ginthner e.
Co., hardware merchants at Leesenor, Mimi,
suicided on Friday by shooting himself through
the temple. He had made an assignment few
hours before.
wholesale house of Tapp, feathers & Co., Lou
isvile, committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head 1t is rumored that he is defaulter
and his books are being investigated.
The directors of the Chicago Board of Trade
Saturday afternoon adopted report completely
generating JAS FL. Milne from the allegation
that he had been furnishing market quotations
to firm which, it was alleged, was engaged In
the bucket-shop business.
The school census of Iowa has been completed
by the Department OF Education, and shows that
on JAM the whole number of children OF school
age was GIG 600, of which the males numbered
3l8, 600. and the females 303 600. This is an in
crease over last year of q, 900.
AT Bay City, Mich, Saturday morning, a
woman of the town named Lou Hall. wife of the
forger, Frank Hall, now in the penitentiary,
had her skull fractured and throat cut by one
Jabe Knight. The woman is still living, but
cannot survive The tragedy was the result of a
debauch
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
A Twelve-Year-Old Hero.

LYNN, Mass Jan. 1.-Two boys thirteen or
fourteen years of age. lbroke through the ice on
the flax pond this afternoon and found them
selves in the deepest part. The only person near
was little boy named Elmer Dryer, who is
only about twelve years old. Hearing the cries
of the drowning lads, Elmer ran for help and,
finding no one at hand, he took ladder from
the yard Of John A. Moulton and fastened back
to the pond. The brave little fellow succeeded,
after several heroic attempts in placing the lad
der On the treacherous ice, and crawling out
get the boys on the ladder and thence to the
shore, though lad of very slight strength and
not very good health. He was himself wet
through The only grown persons in the neigh
borhood were women. and but for the prompt
assistance Of little Elmer the boys must have
drowned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
mar. Hamlin was Not Impressed.

TRENTON, Jan. 3-'Speaking of carrying the
electoral vote to Washington said State As
SCISSOR Reynolds the other day. II was once the
messenger selected for that purpose 1t was in
1860 after New Jersey had voted for Mcclellan,
and was appointed to take the New Jersey vote
to the President of the Senate. Hannibal Ham
lin, of Maine filled that Office then, and Senator
Wright, one of the blandest and most courteous
men / ever knew, was senator from New
Jersey. Wright took me into Hamlin's private
room, off the Senate chamber, and gave me his
most elaborate introduction.
81 was young in those days, and correspond
ingly fresh and impudent When l had an
nounced that had the honor to present to him
the result of the meeting of the electoral college
of New Jersey, l added: And to say that that
State casts seven solid votes for Gen. George B.
Mcclellan Hamln was seated at his desk.
bending over. AS / spoke he Strengthened
thought he grew about three feet taller as he
looked at me.
@ The she doesp he exclaimed
1.-THE interview ended. was paralyzed'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
A Desperate Eight in Canada.

LONDON, Ont. Jan. 3-Charles Abbey, of
London East, was attacked by a number of
mulattoes, last night, who knocked him down,
and brutally kicked him. Constables Nichols,
Abbey, Palmer and Brldgewater attempted to
arrest the offenders who drew knives, and made
desperate resistance. In few seconds all the
officers were suffering from cuts and stabs
Bricks and other missiles were freely used, and
one or two persons who assisted the officers were
struck Five wounded men were taken to the
hospital. Constable Nichols is cut in four places,
and is in a dangerous candition; Palmer has
three cuts; Bridgewater is cut in the back and
neck; fourth man was stabbed in the back;
Charles Abbey was kicked and cut about the
face; William Brown, a barber, and Charles W.
Taylor are under arrest. James and Alfred
Henderson, the principals in the affair, have so
far eluded arrest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Another KENTUCKY Man or for Canada.

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 3-James G. Scru-
CHAM, teller and assistant cashier of the Lex
ington City National Bank, has defaulted for
about $40, 900 and fed to Canada He has been
taking money by piecemeal for months and coy-
ering his thefts by false footings. He only fed
when Bank Examiner Gettman came to exam
inc the banks books, on its application for
twenty years renewal of charter Scrugham
bet heavily on Blaine, and also speculated in
stocks. Ho is about thirty years old, and has
wife and two children whom he left here. He
was also member of the Main-street Christian
Church. He left note for the bank examiner,
saying Il am S37, 900 short. and am off for Can
ada; you needn't look for me nor the money
1t is thought the defaIcation will exceed $40 600
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Singular Georgia Duel.

ALBANY, Ca, Jan. 3-News is received of a
singular duel between the two Carter brothers
and the two Chartan brothers on one side, and
Wright Weekly on the other There had been
family feuds among the parties. They met yes
terday while returning on horseback from a
dance, and Weekly challenged the others to
fight as they rode. Several shots were ex-
changed while the men rode furiously along
Finally Weekly was shot through the brain, and
his horse, wheeling about, bore his riders dead
body back to the house from which the guests
had been watching the deadly conflict The
Carriers and Chartains rode off, one of them, it
is said, being MORALLY wounded. Alfred Car
ter brother of the Carriers spoken of above,
was murdered some years ago, and his widow
against their wishes, subsequently, married
Wright Weekly. They have ever since tried to
get Weekly into trouble, and have now sue
ceeded in making their sister-in-law, for the Sec
ond time, widow by murder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
The New Orleans Exposition.

New ORLEANS, JAN 3.-As one OF the bene-
fetal results of clear, pleasant weather, the ex
position attendance took fresh impetus.
Of all those present none were more
cheerful than the exhibitors Interviews
with foreign exhibitors to-day show
them almost unanimous in satisfactory replies
relative to the progressive condition of affairs.
The exposition has therefore taken big boom.
In view of statements that have gone abroad
relative to alleged extortionate rates for
board and lodging charges in this city,
az investigation was had to-day, developing
the fact that rates are relatively greater than
are charged in other cities under similar circum
stances In fact, accommodations can be OBJ
tanned in plenty at any price. The average rate
per day, as gwen ,n from ane accom nm
made against those who demand such accom-
modationS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Conspiracy to nefrand.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.-H. E. Pennypacker,
agent of the Fidelity Mutual Aid Association,
Philadelphia, and Augustus Richey, we'll
known and wealthy citizen of Carlisle, Pa, were
arrested to-day, the former at Harris
burg. and the latter at Carlisle, on a
charge of conspiracy to defraud the association.
They were placed under 81, 600 bail to answer
at court It is alleged that these men
with the connivance of physician of Car
Isle who certified to his good health
procured insurance in the company for
S., 900 on young man named Whortey, who
was in bad health. Through false statements
made him by Richey, Whortley was induced
to transfer his interest in the policy to
Richey, who has since paid the assessments.
Whortley says he has been offered large sum
to go away and allow Richey and Pennypacker
to procure corpse which would be repre-
scented as Whortley's, the conspirators being then
able to obtain the amount of the insurance. This
Whortley refused to do, and, fearing bodily
harm, he notified the company of the conspir
acy, and the arrests followed Although the
scheming in this case was Intellectual. it is said
Richey has been successful in previous similar
practices
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Burning of Two Buildings Belonging to
Cordage Mill-Loss, 100000.

PLYMOUTH, Mass, Jan. 3-A fire which
started in the plcker-room Of the works of the
Plymouth Cordage Company this afternoon,
proved the most disastrous that ever occurred in
that town. The fire destroyed the picker room
building and two large manufactures filled with
machinery and combustlble material A third
factory was saved only by the utmost exertion
of the fremen. The operatives barely
saved their lives. Freeman Joyce, cripple
in the picker-room, was rescued badly burned,
and will probably not recover. James ONeal
was badly burned about the hands and arms,
and Charles Peterson severely burned on the
hands and face.
The two large buildings burned were of brick,
FIVE stories high about l50x80 feet. There was
large quantity of imported hemp and manu-
featured stock on hand. The loss to the COM
pany is about $400 900; insured for $3.50, 900 in
mutual companies of Boston. Some two hun
bred hands are deprived of employment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
HUMAN BRIC.A-BRIC.
Where MonstrositiesvCom From Salaries
Paid to freaks"

Paid to 'sFreaks.'
Washington Star
Where do you get these freaks9' asked re-
porter OF dime museum lecturer during pause
in his eloquent and instructive address, de-
scribing the oddities on exhibition.
Mostly from New York." said the lecturer.
But you can trace their origin to all parts Of
the United States. The majority of these strange
creatures come from the South and West. Dur
ing the summer season the circuses run across
them, engage them, and after the season is over
they generally make for New York"
why New York;" inquired the reporter 4
Because there are agencies established i'm
that city whose business it is to get these freak
engagements throughout the country. After al
consultation with the agent plan Of action isl
agreed upon The agent thereupon advestise8
in the leading dramatic papers. Then he sends
circulars to the different managers throughout
the country. The manager notices the 'ad re-
ceves the circular reads it carefully, and If the
monstrosity possesses the necessary alluring
qualities, engages it."
Are there many foreign subjects on exhi-
bition2"
mo, they are mostly American products"
.'How many curiosities are there at present on
exhibitions"
''Well. hardly know. Probably thousands
There are fat women, fat boys, giants, skele
tons, lillputians, armless and legless wonders
double-headed girls, etc. Besides there are hum
dreds of curios that belong to the animal
species
Nv hat salary do these human curloSltleS COM
mandp
'.All the way from $15 to $3.50 per week." said
the museum man, and then he turned away tc
resume the thread of his discourse to the crow
of gaping wonder seekers.
The origin of the dime museum is not knoV
Several we'll known theatrical men claim to =
the first to have projected such resorts. Sir
the beginning of the present season there b.
been but one failure reported, and that was N
northern city. Every city of any pretension =
M an a ic fQH ara max
money Outside of the curio hall there is IT,
theatorum, where performances are given twice
day. The class of entertainment includes
opera, drama. comedy. vaudeville, ETC. In the
large Cities such as Philadelphia New York,
Boston and Chicago the museums are kept open
from 10 A. NJ to 10 p NJ, and in the smaller
cities only two performances are given-after-
noon and evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
..Your Money or Your Life. /.

Wu.MISdToN, Del, Jan IA special to the
Every Evening gives the particulars of the rob-
berry of the Oxford accommodation train, on the
Baltimore Central railroad, last night. Two I'M
known men boarded the train at Rising Sun,
having bought tickets for Sylrnar station, three
miles distant. The train consisted of two pas
sengercars. The robbers entered the train at
1he rear and passed through the last car without
gnolesting the passengers. They passed into the
forward car, and pointing revolyers at the head
of each passenger in turn, demanded: s'Your
money or your life When the brakeman en-
tered the car and was about to pull the bell rope.
j revolver was pointed at his breast and he was
old IF you move an inch Ill blow your heart
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
A Senator's Daughters Dog.

Washington Letter to New York Graphic.
Miss Dora Miller, daughter of Senator Miller,
of California, has dog who always gives
strong hint to her evening visitors, especially
gentlemen, when he thinks it is bedtime. He
seems to be perfectly well aware when 10 o'clock
comes and if her friends linger after that hour
the dog will deliberately walk up stand conspic-
uously in front OF them and yawn the reason
for it is that tho dog has bed in his mistress
room and never settles, he thinks, for quiet
nights rest until she retires SO is anxious to
hurry her friends away, as to be able to go to
bed himself When she goes TO party the dog
always sits Up until she returns, and whatever
the hour may be is awaiting her at the head Of
the steps when she comes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Quarrel Between EMPLOYERS and Clerks.

New YORK, Jan. "a strong movement on
the part of the dry goods clerks association in
Grand street, backed by the labor unions, to OBJ
tain complete mastery of the situation, now that
the discharge of holiday employees is at hand,
resulted yesterday, in commencement that
presages near trouble. The police were called
upon by committee of merchants TO protect
their property in the event of general strike
To-day the street swarmed with police who
feared trouble. The holidays being over, EN-
ployers have assumed an attitude Of defiance
toward the claims of their Clerks that has
aroused bitter resentment The clerks associa-
ton demanded that the employers should keep
in their employ the hands they had in the mid
die Of November throughout the dull season,
until March, without reducing wages. The
merchants yesterday resolved to stand together
and resist the dictation of the clerks association
and the labor unions
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Raffied Himself OFF for a Drink.

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. IA dilapidated-looking
person appeared at wel-known bar-room in
this city last night and importuned bystanders
for drink of liquor to stave off the '.iim jams
Not finding generous response to his appeal, he
proposed to rattle himself off for one years peon-
age at ten cents chance. About one hundred
chances were taken, and the man was won by a
popular newspaper man. The winner is at a
loss 10 know just what TO do with his prize. Par
ties who know the unfortunate person say his
name is Arthur Gordon that he is the son of a
wealthy New York merchant and that he fig
ured quite prominently in Northern Texas about
a year ago in several escapades. His converse
ton showed him to be an educated and travelled
man
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Cullen Bryant,s Conscience.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

The following very pretty anecdote is told of
the late William Cullen Bryant the poet, by q
former associate in his newspaper Office, which
illustrates the good mans simplicity of heart
Says the narrator; 'One morning, many years
ago after reaching his Office and trying in vain
to begin work. he turned to me and remarked:
Il can't get along at all this morning. Why
notr asked. oh, he replied, i have done
wrong. When on my way here little boy flying
kite passed me- The string of the kite having
rabbed against my face, l seized it and broke it.
The boy lost his kite, but did not stop tC pay
him for it. / did wrong. 1 ought to have
paid him" This tenderness of conscience went
far toward making the poet the kindly, noble,
honorable and honored man that he was, whose
death was felt as a loss throughout the land.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Plucky Mrs, Fleming.

New YORK. Jan. 3.-The wife of DR.. Walter
nj. Fleming was in her rooms this evening
burners. Mrs. Fleming pulled the burning cur
tains down and attempted to trample out the
flames. Her hair and clothing caught fire,
which also extended to the furniture.
Her husbands mother was lying ill and
Fleming closed the doors so the old lady might
not be alarmed. The burned lady sent in tele-
graphic alarm to the police and fire departments,
and pluckily rang up the servants, who sue
ceeded in getting neighbors to carry DR.. Elem
ings mother out. The physicians wife was
badly burned about the face. and the damage to
furniture and fixtures is estimated at So, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Didn't Take the Right Hotels.

washington Special,
There is considerable kicking among the Dem
ocrats of Washington over the reported an
nouncement that Cleveland and Hendricks have
engaged rooms at the Arlington and Wizards,
respectively. The propretors of both these
hostelries are men of Northern birth and Repub-
lican affiliations This is true, in fact, of all the
hotels in Washington, with the exception of the
National and Metropolitan. The two latter have
been for many years the headquarters of the
Southern politicians and people of that section
generally. 1t is claimed therefore, that the new
administration ought to show its regard for Dem
ocratic principles by rendering its conutenance
and support to the only hotels in Washington
which are known to be the opponents OF those
nrncinles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Campis Skin To Be Tanned.

Pal Mali GaHetC6
Everyone remembers Carlyle's remark quoted
in Dra Claudius, that the French mobiles laughed
at Rousseau's theories. but that their skins went
to bind the second edition of his book. This
incident of the tannery of human skins at
Meudon has lately been outdone in grimness if
not in historical interest, by an official of the
School of Medicine at Paris. The dead bodies
of murderers, it is we'll known, are in France
given over to the School of Medicine for dis
secting purposes. The official in queston-so
the French papers say-has in his turn handed
over the skin of Campi who was executed some
time ago, to tanner with instructions that it
should be used to bind the documents relating
to the murderers postmortem.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
LOBBY LADIES.
The Persons Who Make the Lives of Con-
gressmen Very Unhappy.

The Persons Who Make the Lives of Con-
gressmen Very Unhappy.
Washington Letter to Cleveland Leader.
The ladies of the lobby are the greatest bore
to the average congressman. By this do not
mean the lady lobbyists. There are few purely
business lobbyists among the ladies of the Capt.
toll. and the character abounds more in fiction
than in reality But there are scores of women
with claims, women Office seekers and
adyenturesses of different kinds, who
their reception are always full while Congress is
in session The ladies' reception room of the
House is opposite the north door 1t is long
room with great white marble Corinthian col
umns running through its center, and with a
number of red-cushioned leather chairs and
sofas around its walls. When ! entered it
to-day / found it filled with aboul
forty ladies' some sitting and waiting and
others engaged in talking to congressman. Some
of them were dressed in the finest of garments
cut after the latest styles. and there were mum
Der of sealskin cloaks, and not a few diamonds
Mourning, however. predominated, and
should Judge there were more soldiers widows
after pensions than society women who had
come to gossip. / noticed many fresh young
girls; on speaking to the polite confederate col
onel who has charge of the room, he told me that
these, in nine cases out of ten, were
young women who wanted places
in the departments and had come TO
solicit their congressmans influence Said he:
you have no idea how many offce-seekers
come here. There are women from all over the
country Many of them are deserving, and not
withstanding what has been said about it, have
yet to find the first questionable character In
this room. IL they are bad they do not show it,
We have from 100 to 200 ladies in here every
day to see congressman. They must all apply
to me, and l send in their cards by page
Sometimes the members receive them, and
sometimes not
MANY of the claimants are meritorious ones,
and some of them are very needy. They tell
me their pitiful stories, and once in a while we
| have a scene here. j have seen many acts of
| congressional kindness in this room. Last year
| there was poor old woman who used to come
| here and send in her card about once a week.
| The members generally come out to see her aud
she would tell her story. The few she called out
and seven SO bills go out of their pockets into
| hers. Congressman are generally liberal and
kind hearted. and they give freely"
AS leave this room | stop a moment and