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L OST-A pair of elastic stockings. The finder
II will please leave at SCHLOTTERBECK'S
No. sol Congress st. 28-I
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Toilet.

GTORE No. GIL Congress Street. Apply t.
- SETH L. LARRABEE, No. 396 Congress st
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LNOR SALE-A nice little farm, cheap; about
IL miles from Portland; new buildings; 15 OF
20 acres of land, all crops included. f. o. BAL
LEY & co OIL
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Y OsT-On Monday Evening, % inst, ON way
~ to or from Pavilion Theatre by Steamer
Forest City, a lady's clasp wallet containing a
sum of money, together with a picture of Pope
Leo XIII; route, York st. TO State, to Com'l, to
The finder will be SUITABLY rewarded by leaving
the same at THIS OFFICE. 27-1
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THURSDAY AFTER0ON on Carleton or Thorn
Il as streets, a black Spanish lace scarf Will
the finder confer the favor of notifying H. B.
SKEELE, 317 Danforth street. aug2Sd3t
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LOST AND FOUND.

EOUND-The place to get Two Elegant Cab
a met photographs for S1.00 at HARRIS'S
GALLERY, BIS Congress ST., opposite Mechanic
Hall.
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ENOR SALE-One stand top phaeton nearly
IL new; also one secondhand butchers cart
one riding harness to be sold at a bargain In
quire at 81 SPRING ST. City. 2S-1
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TO LEE.

POOMS to let single or in suits, with board.
Ii Apply at No. SO High St., corner of Spring.
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ENOR SALE-0ne Of the best business in
IL Maine for the faris; sure thing and big
profits; also other chances; all cash trade. Can
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21

ticket was about Us strong a movement as it was
possible for the Republican party to make.
WISE besides being bright. intelligent
young man, of remarkable ability as an
orator, is also the son of the his.
torical Governor Wise, and is. perhaps
as we'll known in Virginia as any other of the
younger men. MahoRe's welknown ability as
apolitical organizer is appreciated everywhere.
There is no man in the United States to day who
is so thoroughly the master of the political
checker-beard as the ninety eight pound General
from Virginia With the good names on their
ticket, a well-organized machine and the
Supreme Court decision on the debt question in
their favor, there seems to be no reason why
the Republicans of Virginia should not win in
the contest this fall, and the Democrats seem to
appreciate this fact
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
Brief Mention.

Clara Woodward Sharp, wife of O. c. Sharp
city attorney Of Lincoln, who died in that city on
Friday, was buried at Decatur, her former home,
yesterday.
August Rowing, in iai! at Trenton, on a charge
of stealing a horse and buggy, died suddenly
By some his death is attributed to the tempera-
ture of his cell, others to suicide by morphine.
At Believille, the seven-y n-year-old daughter of
Joseph Ludwig received sunstroke, and fall
ing, was badly cut about the head by the street
curbing. She was restored to consciousness
and recovered.
The damage caused by the fire at the Joliet
pententiary will be heavier than at first re-
ported--possibly $1,000 OF this amount, s.,
500 bas been lost by the State, and the balance
will fall on Winterbotham & Son. The insurance
is small, and all with Chicago companies.
A blind pauper, named Jacob Schnell, aged
eighty-one years, who has been an inmate of the
County Poor House at Belleville since 1875 com
mitted suicide at that institution by hanging
himself by stout cord to one of the outside
blinds of one of the buildings while laboring
under a temporary fit of insanity.
Dan and Eddie, sons of William Hagenbaugh.
farmer drowned near Lincoln, while
bathing in Salt creek. The boys aged seven
and ten, were bathing with their parents and
the last seen of them they were sitting ON a
ndbank. They slid off into deep water and
disappeared from view. A half honrs search
discovered the bodies.
The regular annual reunion and encampment
of the Old Soldiers and Sailors Association of
10 Daviess county, will be held in Warren. sent
l6 and II. The survivors of the Lake county
companies Of the Ninety-sixth Illinois Infantry
are to be invited to attend the reunion and
funds are being raised to defray TIE expenses of
their transportation to and from that village
The assignee of w. w. r. Woodbury.. drug
gist at Danvllle, who failed July 2, has filed
schedules showing liabilities amounting to $l29 =
Wit of hal &c
in the assets is $40 000 of which only s per cent
very large depreciation and many creditors
expect to receive no more than 10 Per cent of
their claims, while the most sanguine expect no
more than % per cent.
Michael Mooney, who murdered his cellmate
at Joliet two years ago. cut his throat in the iai
at Waukegan on Sunday, infctng injuries
which may cause his death. Mooney, while
living in the central portion Of the State muir
dered a man and was convicted and sentenced 10
twenty years in the j oilet penitentiarv. Some
time during the latter part of 1883 he and his
celmate Quarreled, and Mooney hacked him in
the most brutal manner with knife which he
had made in the shops For this he was tried
and sentenced to be hanged, but the Supreme
Court was appealed to and new trial obtained
A change of venue was taken to Waukegap.
whore once more he was tried. convicted and
sentenced to death A second appeal to the
Supreme Court resulted in the granting of
another supersedeas. The third trial was to
have occurred before now, but for some reason
a continuance was obtained, and Mooney was
kept in the Jail.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
Personal and General.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, July 20 Squire l.. Major was
to-day commissioned postmaster at Shelbyville
and Eli W. Brown at Columbia City
Congressman Keiner of Evansville, was at
the White House to day.
Congressman Lowry says he will return to his
home at Fort Wayne as soon as he completes
some business in the departments. He wants
some changes made in postoffices in his district,
which may detan him here several days
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, is at the Ebbitt.
General Price and delegation of veterans Of
the Seventh Now Jersey Regiment are in the
city to endeavor to secure the return of some
confederate battle flags, now in the custody of
the War Department, which were captured by
that regiment
Col. Henry f. Paytou, of Virginia. has been
appointed special agent of the land office, and
ex Lieutenant governor Robinson, of North Car
olina, special Indian agent
The Chief Postoffice Inspector to-day received
3 dispatch stating that the assistant postm ter
at Portsmouth, o., had absconded with So 900
belonging TO the government
The postofice at East Salem, Kan. was
burned last night, with all its contents. The
sureities of the postmaster have telegraphed that
there were suspicious circumstances connected
with the fire. An investigation will be ordered
The issue of standard silver dollars from the
mint during the week ending July 18, was $839 =
9S7, and for the corresponding period last year,
S2I5 48S
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pursuing the same course. Bishop Chatard, of
this diocese in the Catholic Church. has not yet
made any order in this respect
Mrs. Leah Ricketts, widow of the late Edward
Ricketts, and one of the pioneers of Decatur
county, died Sunday evening from the effects of
stroke of paralysis three days before. She
had reached the age Of eighty years.
The remains of mastodon are reported as
being found upon the land of Milton B. Waugh
on Potato Creek, Montgomery county Work
is being carried on to unearth the skeleton. Sew
eral ribs, five feet in length have BEEN removed
Postmaster Luick of Madison, wanted 81, 500
for his Yale boxes and fixtures complete. Post
master to-be Barnett offered an even 81, coo
Neither would yield, so Yale box drummer
from Chicago, procured Mr.. Barnett's signature
for ST. 500 for new outfit, and Mr., Luck holds
his own
The remains of W. F. Ensminger were taken
from Crawfold dsville to Covington yesterday, and
buried by the side of his first wife. He was a
schooiteacher during the greater part Of his life,
and has had charge of the public schools at Leo
anon and Covington. He was married three
times; his last wife survives him.
1t is a feat among Evansville boys to swim
the Ohio at that point Eugene Crane, a small
boy, tried to do it, and when about half way
across. gave out. Had he not been lucky
enough to have caught hold of the buoy of
trot line, thus keeping his head above water
until assistance arrived, he would have been
drowned.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
Immigration Statistics,

WASHINGTON, July 20.--The Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics reports that the number of
immigrants arrived in the United States during
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1885, was 3S7, ,s2l,
being 122, ,0l3 less than the migration during
the preceding fiscal year, and 4Ol, 70l less than
during the year ending July 20, 1882 the year of
the greatest immigration. During the month of
June, 1885, there arrived in the custom districts
of Baltimore. Boston, Detroit Huron, Mimi,
New Orleans, New York, Passamaquo ddy Phil
adelphia and San Francisco, So, 778 passengers,
of whom As, :}82 were immigrants, G. 952 citizens
of the United States returned from abroad, and
3,444 aliens not intending to remain in the
United States.
The number of immigrants arriving in the
foreign countries during the months of June,
1885 and 1884 respectively, were as follows:
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The Monument to- Geperal Thomas.

"Gath's" New York Letter.
Said |: ''What kind of monument is put up
General Thomas"
1T was quite handsome monument originally.
1t was made of marble and an eagle, with out
stretched wings, presided over it. But it has
begun to crack. 1t is in form kind of mau-
soleum In the same cemetery is buried General
Wool, who one of the few American officers
who served in the of 1912 and the rebellion.
He was hardly up to times in the war of the re-
beion. as he had got old and on the fossil line
lie left considerable fortune, however. He
was careful in his money affairs, had long life
to operate in, and he was the best poker PLAYER
in the army He is buried under q granite
monument, of which the obeisk is the largest
stone which has been carved in some three
thousand years anywhere in this world. 1t came
from Westerley. r. l. 1t is l suppose, about
seventy five feet high, and weighed three hund-
red tors before it was dressed After being
dressed it probably weighed ono hundred and
forty to one hundred and sixty tons. 1t can hs
seen over all the country around. Wool and
Thomas very different quantities. but we
think that their graves embelish cemetery
which has hardly its superior in the United
StateSo
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Minister Hubbard was received by the En-
peror of Japan on the I'd. AT the same time
Minister Bingham presented his letters OF recall
The hearing in the case of Annie Flemmer,
the young woman charged with forgeries aggre-
eating SIC, 600, at Pittsburg. Pa, has been post
poned until next Saturday.
James Foster tcolored) aged sixteen, of Spar-
tansburg, s. as bitten by mad dog two
years ago. On ,.turday he was attacked with
hydrophobia, and yesterday died.
McCormack's wine-house and restaurant in
Washington was entered Sunday night by
burglars, who blew open the safe, and stole 81 900
In cash and $1,000 in United States registered
bonds.
Mike Rogers was shot and killed at Greens
burg KY. yesterday. during the session of the
circuit court, by someone connected with the
Edwards gang, Rogers being member of the
Dowell faction.
A man named Howard, fifty or sixty years DID,
cut his wfes throat in Alma Me- on Saturday.
and then beat her badly on the head afterwards
cutting his OWE throat The woman died, but
Howard may recover Rum was probably the
cause of the deed.
Hon. Mr. Mcclellan. Minister of Marine and
Fisheries for the Dominion on behalf of Canada
has presented Joe Vincent. of Montreal, with a
magnificent gold watch and chain, in recognition
OF his eminent services in saving life The in
scrlptlon on the watch mentions his having saved
thirty two lives.
Judge Barber, of Cleveland, issued tempo
rary Injunction, last night restraining the West
ern Union Telegraph Company from interfering
in any manner with the wires of the Bankers
and Merchants Telegraph Company in Cuya-
hQga county. No effort in that direction has yet
been made by the Western Union.
The hands on the plantation of T. j. Gray
near Butler, Ga, have been made victims OF
poisoning, which resulted in the death of one of
their number. Frank Williams and Clarke
Montgomery had a quarrel about a woman
Clarke spread rat poison over some meat, which
killed Frank and made others deathly sick.
Representatives of east bound railroads held a
meeting at Commissioner Depew's office in St
Louis yesterday afternoon, and reduced rates on
wool to the seaboard as follows: Boston, un-
compressed, 20 cents compressed, 81 cents; New
\ ork. 60 cents and 322Pa cents; Philadelphia, So
cents and 50a cents; Baltimore, 81 cents and 49a
cents.
Capt Daniel p. Ward, who was arrested in
New York for swlndling several business firms
In that city during the past year, pleaded guilty
yesterday. and was sent to State prison for two
years. The prisoner is Southerner, and is
SAID to come from good family. During the
war he is said to have been a hotel burner His
swinding schemes were not confined to New
YORK.
John GauGt who WAS arrested early Saturday
morning for the brutal murder of his wife
Emma in Hoboken, n. j., committed suicide
yesterday morning by hanging in his cell in the
county jail. He was found dead by the turnkey
about6 O'Clock. The prisoner occupied a cell on
the second tier alone. He drew out his bed cord
and deliberately strangled himself with it, his
feet touching the floor
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
Minor Notes.

The remains of the late John Tyler were
buried at Jeffersonville on Sunday.
Rev. Father Genhen, late of Loogootec is now
pastor Of St Michaels Church, Madison.
James and Rudolph Brown were arrested and
jailed at Vevay for carrying concealed weapons.
Mr.. Gilbert H. Wood O former resident and
merchant of Madison, died July IL, at Muscatine,
la.
News has been received of the death by par
alvsis of Joseph Tabler, of Floyd county in
Montana, where he went to locate farm.
The Charlottesville water-w works committee
has started on a tour of inspection of the works
at different cities of the State They went first
to Logansport
The four year old son Of Jacob Baker, Of JEFF
fersonville, was badly scalded about the breast
by boiling coffee accidentally spilled upon him
by his mother.
At Florence on Sunday, Charles James cut
Nelson Lee in three places with a jack knife,
causing his intestines TO protrude. James was
arrested and jailed in Vevay.
Louisville Courier Journal Jefersonville item:
In the Episcopal Church, yesterday the congre-
CATION offered up prayers to the Almighty for
ram In the Catholic diocese of Louisville. Bishop
McCloskey ordered prayers to be offered up for
rain week ago, and the Episcopal Church is
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21

William Berry, North Judson; J. E. Miller
Worthihgton; G. w. Medeari Richmond; s. R.
Mills, JosephS s. Hart, New York.
Bates House: A. S. Solomon Rochester; S E.
Newell Boston; Frank Sine New Albany; G.
r. Griffin Crown Point; J. Fl. Wilson, J. j. Tur-
ner Union City G. A. Thomas, Great Bend; w.
W. Parsons and WIFE Terre Haute; VIM N.
Matthews, Jacksonville.
Senlson w l.. Louis Louisville; II. A. I'll.
hay, Helena, Mont; c. Butterield, Evansville;
) Stanisfer, Columbus; r. B. Hoover Spring
neid; John Tomlinsou, jr., Bedford; r.. B. f.
Helrce Charlottesville; N. X. Elliott Terra
Haute; G. F. Damon. New York; Charles II.
Barchenal, Richmond
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
VERY HOT WEATHER.
Reports of the Signal Service-The Hot
Wave Covers the Whole Country.
Ninety-Nine in the Shade


for a lodge in garden of cucumbers
y for an iceberg or two at CONTROL
o for a vale which at midday the dew c,Irnbersi
. for pleasure trip up to the pole!
for little one-story thermometer.
With nothing but zeroes all ranged in a row
. for big double barreled hygrometer,
To measure this moisture that rolls from my brow
o that this cold world twenty times colder!
(Thats irony red hot it seemeth to mel;
o for a turn of its dreaded cold shoulder!
o what comfort ague would bel
o for grotto frost lined and rill riven,
Scooped in the rock under cataract vasA
o for a winter of discomfort even!
0 for wet blankets judiciously cast
o for soda fount spouting up boldly
From every hot lamppos against the hot sky!
D for proud maiden to look me coldly,
Freezing my soul with glance of her eyei
Then o for draught from cup of cold pizen
And for a resting place in the cold gravel
With bath in the Styx where the thick shadow lies
And deepens the chill of its dark-runnng
-Rossiter johnson.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
PERSONAL MENTION.

Judge James S. Frazer, of Warsaw, is at the
Grand Hotel.
Hon. George G. Riley, of vincsnres was in
the city yesterday.
Miss Hermna Brink, has returned from Os-
nabruck, Germany, whittier see went to visit
her mother after years absence.
Mrs. lowering leaves for Cresson, Pa, this
afternoon to join her and daughter, who are
spending the summer with Mrs Myla Kitzinger
and family at Cresson Springs,
Mr.. Bassett of the New York store, has placed
before the dry goods houses a proposition to
agree to close at o'clock in the afternoon du-
ring the warm weather. 1t is meeting with fa-
vorable consideration.
Councilman Pearson will leave TODAY for
weeks fishing in the Ceina O., reservoir.
With a foresight that fisherman might proftably
emulate, he was on hand few days ago when the
water was let out of the canal and secured l6O
helgamites and several hundred craw fishes.
George III. Dunlap and Charles Cary Furgason,
Of the indianapolis Classical school, have re-
ceived certificates of admiss to Harvard Col
lege, without conditions. Both of them passed
all of the seventeen distinct entrance examina-
tions and Dunlap passed in both French and
German one only being required.
A sister of Hubert H. Bancroft. Mrs. Trevett.
and her two daughters were recently the guests
of Mrs Calvin Fletcher, of Spencer. Mrs
Trevett is on her way to San Francisco. having
just returned to America after an absence of ten
years in Europe. where she has educated her
daughters. The young ladies are not only ac-
complished lnguists, but are also very cultured
in music and art Among the instruments they
play is the mandolin, of southern Italy, which in
this country makes a new and charming feature
social enter e-tanments
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
ILLINOIS.
A Farmer Burns All His Property-Oueer
Piece of Spite-Work.

Farmer Burns All His Property-Oueer
Piece of Spite-Work.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, July 20.-Abraham Denseer,
who was recently tried before Squire Pancake
of Bloomington, for cruelty to his wife, on last
night or early this morning set fire to his house
and barn, at Danvers; also, to cribs of corn and
oats, burning them entirely. The barn con-
tanned nine head of valuable horses and the
shed number Of COWS, hogs, etc. Denseer was
first supposed to have committed suicide and to
have burned with his idols, the horses, but about
half past IL to-day Policeman Thompson, of
Danvers, while walking along slough near
Denseer's house, discovered him in the tall grass
Denseer showed fight throwing his revolver at
Thompson, but Thompson succeeded in getting
in powerful blow, Telling him to the ground
He then loaded him into buggy and brought
him to town When about half way to town
Denseer threw two men from the buggy and
made break for liberty. Thompson recaptured
him. Since he was taken to Danvers he has
been unconscious, or playing 'possum" Thomp-
son started for Bloomington with him at 43O
The property destroyed is estimated to be worth
S. 900
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
AmumeSent Matters.

Inc Emma Lands American Quacks7 com.
pany having gone the way of all the earth, Man
ager Gilmore was compelled, last evening, ia
substitute III its stead the ell-known character
actor, Mr. Joseph D. Clifton, in his sensational
border drama, Gold Beltn Considering the
haste with which the company was brought
together, they gave smooth performance, and
the audience many times manifested It's appre-
citation by applause Two or three clever
specialties are introduced. Same bill all week,
with the usual matinees.
musicale will be rendered TO Miss Sallie E.
Bingham tonight at Pfaflns Hall. An excel
lent programme has been arranged. and a
pleasant entertainment is anticipated Miss
Bingham will be assisted by Mr.. H. j. Scho
hacker, piano; Mr. NJ. II. Spades, violin, and MIR.
Paul Bahr, accompanst
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-21
Hot Weather Everywhere.

LEXINGTON KY, July 2O.-Mercury at 6 A. NJ
76; noon "a; P NJ. Sc.
RICHMOND, Ind, July 20-Thermometers in
dicated 1902 in the shade this afternoon.
DAYTON, o., July 20-Three cases of sun
stroke occurred here today, all stonemasons,
working in the sun. The thermometer ra nged
from 96' at noon, to 10l0 at 4:30 in the
shade. At 4:30 it stood 1882 in the sun. At
10 to night the mercury was 90o.
ClNC1NNAT1, July 20-The mercury reached
95o this afternoon One case OF prostration from
heat is reported. Tonight for the first time in
a long while, there is no place of entertainment
open in Cincinnati. This is partly owing to hot
weather. and partly to accidental circumstances.
ST. LOUIS, July 20-The heat was intense
again to-day, but tempered somewhat by
a pleasant breeze and dry atmos-
sphere. The mercury at 6 A. NJ. stood 60o
at 3 P NJ. 99o and at midnight 87o There were
ten prostratOns by heat during the day. five
of them fatal.
WAsHINGToN, July 20-John Fox. a baker
while delivering bread in South Washington this
morning about o'clock, was overcome by the
heat and died two hours afterward. There is no
prospect of relief from the hot weather. The
mercury rose to $50 to-day, and the signal officer
says it may be warmer to omorrow.
PITTsBURG, July 2O-This afternoon the mer-
curry registered 9So in the shade, the highest
point reached this season. The minimum tenn
at midnight the mercury had risen to 80o.
Great suffering exists among factory and mill
hands, but no fatality has been reported.
PHILADELPHIA July 20--The heat for the
past four days has been the most intense for
several years, the thermometer ranging in the
nine,ies every day. To day the highest point
reached at the signal service Office was 96o, at
3P. NJ Yesterday there were seven deaths as a
result of the heat, and to-day two more occurred
from the same cause.
RICHMOND, Va, July 20.-The hot weather
which has prevailed hereabouts for nearly
week still continues. In this city the ii ermom-
eter, since last Wednesday, has ranged from So
to 1902 between A. NJ. and P. M. each day.
Yesterday, between II NJ. and P NJ, the mer-
curry in several places rose to 1907 and 104o.
To-day it marked 98o.
CHICAGO, June 2O-Noon dispatches from
various points throughout the Northwest shows
that the hot wave extends all over Illinois, Iowa
Wisconsin and Nebraska. At 8 O'Clock this
morning at Des MOines the mercury stood at So
Dubuque reports 90o, Omaha 93o. Cooler
weather prevails III Minnesota and Manitoba
the thermometer marking 49, and at Winnipeg
49o above. In Chicago the heat is increasing, it
now being 9l0 above in the shade. No fatalities
have been yet reported.
BALTIMORE, July 20-To day has been the
hottest OF the present season in this city. AT
o'clock this morning the thermometer register