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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

wssB1safo~. Ian. 2. The Senate ia sseo.
atise session o.daF. among. .othsfs. .eouhrmed
iise follueinz nominations iar Monfee.
District - Miflagani 3acah N iiefptaaH. -
bs ts-treisfa ~ fhs Aarfene teuH ~ Utah.
sfI hafir- 6 atrss. 90 he t'aituI stsfr.
sflefna4 faf fiis easfefn lislfisg uf fka1sas.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

ARKANSAS Cry, Ark, Jan. Most of the
passengers on the steamer Belle of Shreve-
port, which was sunk near Island Sixty-six
yesterday were exposition visitors. Part of
the freight was twenty-five head of race
horses and eleven Jersey cows intended for
the exposition. The value of the boat was
$1,000: insured for $4,000. The passengers
nave proceeded
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
internal Commerce Statistics.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Nimmo, chief of
the Bureau of Statistics, in his annual report
on internal commerce, says the average rate
of freight charged on railroads in the
United States during the year 1884 is less
than half the average rate charged in 1888;
that consequently there was an enormous in
crease in the volume of traffic. Nimmo
discusses the subject of pooling very fully.
In speaking of the determinations which
such contests engendered, as between shippers
and rival cities, he says: "Falsehood and
deception were the rule, and fair dealing the
exception. This state of affairs was utterly
demoralizing to trade. for it was in contro-
ventiOn of the great fundamental law of
commercial ethics That in competition and
struggles of life, men should be permitted
to live and labor in an open field and
in pure atmosphere" He does not assume
that no better expedient than pooling
can be adopted for the protection of the
commercial. industrial and transportation
interests of the country against destructive
and demoralizing effects of wars of rates,
but that there are at the present time, no
known expedient that seems TO be available
for accomplishing that purpose. He thinks,
however. that Il IA easier To regulate the
great pools than TO regulate roads separately.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

BosroS. Jan. IA shortage Of $4,000 has
been discovered in the accounts Of Alfred II.
Oliver. who. for eleven years served ~ re-
ceiving cashier m The Treasures ofilre ~
the Eastern Railroad oliver confessed to
having emhezzled the money and xili le
arraiened tomorrow.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
LAND TITLES.
Michigan Men Want a Change of Pro
gram.

ssttH w dttA q " ~
gram.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Willard BaTnhsfdt
and ID. 81. Benjamin, Grand Rapids, ana
Charles Hills. of Muskegon, are among late
arrivals. They are here 10 urge the Secretary
Of the Interior 10 modify his recent decision
regarding the validity Of certain class OF
land entries. The law requires that al land
owned by the government shall bs opened
up and placed on the market IN a certain
form, after advertising, etc. The Secretary's
decision renders invalid all land acquired,
except ia the regular way. The above gen
tlemen find that title they have held for
property for the past twenty years Is made
worthless unless the Secretary can be in
duced 10 modify his ruling.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

PITTsBURG, Jan. 7.-Oliver Bros. IL Phil
lips, iron manufacturers, controlling four
mills, have ordered a reduction of'l0 to l215
per cent. in the wages of all the employees,
except those governed by yearly contracts.
The reduction will affect between 5000 and
1000 men.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

RoMF, Jan. IA battalion Of Italian
troops has been ordered 90 proceed 10 Asaab
% avenge the murder of the Italian explorers
Ia that vicinity.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

LANSING. Mich, Jan. IA 5-year-old son
of L. III. Briggs. of the State land Office.
broke through the ICE on the river tins morn
ing and was drowned.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

s. NssHtssseis. 5ah. The President vill
sise fsfHaI fses1.sistsss a. ihe sseenftss seaa
si.ss- 81 falhsas fsa. iiiriasssfss faffs.
1aH ~ tsssefess es1 fa7isia4f. faa -
sthf eha A4ff sas Haflas asfis ilHs
ts.'is tNfess ~iii ifai.ahif - gives, -
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

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8as.s fhs SesfsseFf "a ths iets.ies - aes
stefea sla4 ssef< sse as fs So 81. ss.s-ss -
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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
Deep Snow in Northern Michigan

Deep Snow in Northern Michigan.
Hon. L. o. Rose reports that snow is about
two and a half feet deep at Mancelona and
other points northward along the Grand
Rapids Il Indiana road; that the Straits of
Mackinaw are frozen over and a team crossed
on the ice last Monday for the first time this
winter. The steam ferry Algomah is dis
abled and laid up for repairs to her machin-
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

Dxxvrs. Col. Jen. The f,esisisiare met
At noon. The senate elected taHles W9fra.
han President protein fhe fles.e sieefesl
"a IA Stfa~t seeasef. Naihfna baf uai,ne
businsss was transacted
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
Texas FINALLY Heard From.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE electoral vote
of Texas was received to-day. This COM
pletes the list. Chief Justice Waite's .heaith
continues To improve.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
Terra Firna Still Unfirma.

MADRID, Jan. 7.-Earthquake shocks were
felt here to-day and at Lola and other places
in Granada.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
Firms Will Fail.

NEW YORK, Jan. Thomas Watson &
Co. proprietors of the Crescent Iron Works,
Pomeroy, o., made an assignment to-day.
Liabilities about $4,000; nominal assets
$4,000.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
Sergeant tioItnorth Discharged.

wasurSarov. ian. 7-sergeans Iioltnofih.
uho rifled Lieutenant 9reelyz private 81
pers. has been dismissed.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

ana So on UP 10 The Df-rt Q0fAit! Plush which We
have commenced selling az the most fearful low
priceS. SPRING A COMPANY.
Black Cashmer< and ali wool goods of THE
description you can bay a. The most astounding
low prices. which you viii readiis upon exam
ination. Spring 4 COMPANY.
shawls Marked way down al Lower Prices tban
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
PUPILS PIANO RECITAL.
An interesting Musical Program by
Mrs Mcdowell.


A piano recital by the pupils of Mrs. j.
Mcdowell was given AT Friedrich Bros
Music Hall last evening. The pupils acquit-
ted themselves admirably, and large aud
ience was present to listen TO their render
ings The following was the program:
PART 1.
l. Piano Solo March Eongroise s. Smith
Miss Alice Riley.
?. Duet-Gallop. Kinkle
Misses Louie Yates and Minnie Sathern
3. Piano Solo-Ihe Spanish Retreat. ...-......-
Miss Maud Quackenbush.
4. Piano SolO-Lucie De Lammermoor
Miss Bika bentum,
g. Piano Solo-Adieu TO the Piano. Beethoven
Miss Bertha Harrison.
g. Song Call Me Back Again -....... ..
Miss May Young.
T. Piano Solo-Wedding Bells - Wilson
Miss Grace Belknap.
s. Piano Solo-Un. Songe Dune Mutt D'eie
De Mendelssohn :. Smith
Miss Clara Smith.
T. Song Only a Little Flower .-..... i. Howard
Miss Anna LelSach.
PART II.
10. Piano Solo-Theme and Variation
Miss Jennie O'clock
IL. Duette-Rondo o.............. May lath
Miss Bertha and Master Roy Harrison.
II. Piano Solo-SouDds from the Ringing Rocks
Miss Jennie Belknap.
13. Piano Sol3-Fifth Noctulnp ~ Ley Bs ID
Miss Alice liley.
II. Soprano Solo-A Leaf from the Spray ..-.
Miss Jennie Parish.
II. Piano SOiO-Fra Diavolo. ..-...-- Smith
Miss Minnie SatherD.
IS. Piano Solo-pasQuinade. Gottschalk
Mics Rika Bentnm.
II. Piano Solo-Nalse DE Juiieite Raff
ffas fflarss
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

Nxw Yeas. ian. ~uis kasa=na psis is
rarori.-i - ~ asirf fFaaib bffeff77sfss ssesssf
by ihe sa,i,ien aesth ~ h'if tse saes
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

Beautiful Plaids and excellent value for only
and : cents per yard.
Worsted Dress Goods ia beautiful brocade Pat
terms in all the most fashionable cOiors for OIy
shilling per yard. SPRING A COMPANY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
Please
Let Up.

Please LET 1p uffh this sensof-
foadf Bssfaess. fsf. sg-eaf S0uDh-
ter HuUjssp. 28d. Monster clear
ing Ont HUmbIg. Hbof nesfe
Bat oFf fbe sfhffr Dsf (srfuf ~ af'f-
f'of,T - selling Honest med Ne1sesf
cfofhsDg ss fhe HopDy baf Begs-
gbie. No Sos-e8se Hou that fhc
Peogie }kf. Tgaroia* ~
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

rs yands beauiiful Brcoade Dress sioods Tor one
Dollar.
Good White Flannel for only nine cents.
Ginghains for onl, 3, and cent? per yard
SPRING A COMPANY.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08


Our stock Of Cloths. Doe-skins p ansucly Jean.
and in fact everything Tor n and boy wear.
you viii save lots Of money buyilg ~ our store.
Seeing IL believing. fpmNe x CoMrARY-
Cloakinsss of evcss description Al half the usual
price. SPRING A. COMPANY.
We have struck a greet bargain ia Black silks
and offer from fhs Jos si4,crlOr quality al the
marvellous low price - min -four cents per yard.
THIS silk made 10 retail fer dollar and
tbirty-hve cents per yard. and ~ the price
have marked the goods Wi astonish al.
NPIuNe 4 COMPANY.
We give notice 20 fbe Farmer tlse Mechanic and
10 all laboTine men and women that our prices on
Dry Goods viii BE- ms3e a. correspond with the
low prices prevailing. Dot uniy FOR beir labor bat
for al kinds 81 produce RAISED ulnn the farm.
Visit cur store and judge 10 yours lves
HTHEN8 a loNrhEr
Flannels q AL descriptions a-e marked down AT
the most wonderful iov prlcee e. Zoe 12ikc Isc
I1c 3c 1Bc. DurIng . business experiences ~ IN
ward 81 thirty five year, have never known
such values for the money ~ nuw prevail IN each
Department 81 our Store. Nc matter WHIST yoflr
wants may b. In The Dry trooas line you VIII ind
every article marked corresponding vita the
great scarcity ~ money. a biithel ~ vliaat viii
purchase more goe1s from oDr fetaiilIHtmenf
than II ever wonid since toe foundaflon - the
world sFRIEo A C0sfFAsr
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08
A THUNDERBOlT
IN THE DRY GOODS C4nP.

Dealers Paralyzed Spring & Com
pany's Low Prices the Prevailing
Cause Read What They Say About
IL.
We promise cur patrOus and fhe thousands ~
people who may yIeli store during the next
year DRY Goods and aTI,ete ~ every descril ltion
al lower prices than known.
SPRING q COMPANY.
We still continue the great sale Al the lowest
prices ever Fs.o0rded, only mark the wonderful
reductions.
sPRTN0 a COMPANY.
- yards good Yard Wide shezstina for only one
Dollar.
Is yards good twill Crash toweling for One Doi
lar.
10 yards good Cotton FLANNEL for One Dollar
Elegant Iashmeres IN ali oolors only sc aud
pc. boiter goods 1lan you VII md elsewhere for
double the money.
Good GalicOs for only and cents per Tard
Plaid Dress Goods FOR only fOur and one-aAlf
cent? per yard.
Spring a G0MTANr
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-08

Theee shswlt vii be al closed a. these price.
SPRING A COMPANY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

glass blower, tailor, blacksmith. boot
maker and laborer, are in high glee and urge
the representatives of labor in the House to
join hands against the aristocrats
PHILIP d. ARMOUR. the "worlds butcher as
Chicago paper terms him. is of medium height.
and heavy, but not fat. His face is fall and
round, without flabbiness. He speaks rapidly,
and makes constant use of favoritc expressions.
His age is fifty, and he is a stranger to illness.
In manner he is plain and kindly He does not
know what style is. He lives in plain house
on Prairie avenue, and keeps fewer horses and
servants than many men whose fortunes are not
equal to his monthly income. lie is from Water
town. n. Y, went to California across the
plains" remained until 1855, when he returned
to Milwaukee, and engaged in the grain and
warehouse business He made a moderate fort
une during the war, and at its close operated
largely for fall in prices He made So. 0OO, 900.
He keeps 5000 men employed, and sold, in 1884.
500 600 600 worth of food products The 100
clerks who are employed in the Chicago office
work under his own eyes He rises at ., break
fasts at 6, and at is at his desk, where he re-
mains till 6 in the afternoon. He dimes at 6:3O,
and is in bed BY 9.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

Mr.. CARTER HARRIsoE's letter, published
yesterday, interesting as it was, leaves some
thing to be desired. There were fourteen al.
dermen in the visiting delegation, he says, but
he neglects to specify just how many were
also bunko-steerers, shoulder-hitters and
saloon keepers, OF exactly wherein the Journals
statements previously published in regard te
the callings Of the visitors were wrong. The
Journal aims to be exact in its statements,
and would bs glad to have its mistakes in this
matter. Il any, officially corrected.
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but if there be not day Of reckoning, when
these infamies are rebuked, it will be because
the citizens of this Republic are careless of
national and individual honor, and content to
be ruled by blacklegs and bummers. Not
that all Democrats can be classed in that cate
CORY, but because the party as a party has
surrendered to that element The people
want free and fair elections and honorable
treatment for honorable men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

THE adulterous REV" Downes of Boston,
is still preaching to large audiences, though
the cause of divorce between two of his
parishioners, and now under Indictment for
adultery. There is something peculiarly i'm
pious, not to say blasphemous, for man to
attempt to expound the word of God under
such circumstances. The little coterie to
whom he breaches may believe him innocent,
but the world at large has honest doubts about
it after properly constituted court has found
him guilty; so that his continuance in the
ministry is a scandal to christianity that
must hurt it throughout the world. If he is
innocent he could well wait until he estab-
a thousand Downeses suffer unjustly than that
the church should be made to appear as the
apologist for and defender of adulterers.
The very magnitude of his audience
is proof to all who understand such things
that it is gathering Of moral harpies hungry
to catch up some morsel of scandal, and to re-
tail it through the streets, in club-room and
saloon, in bawdy-house and brothel, that the
unchaste may gloat over it, and revile the
church and it's opponents. The buster
ing of "Hon." Marcus P. Norton
will deceive nobody, and, though
score of Roscoe Conklings and Benjamin
Buffers come to his defense it would not alter
the essential facts as they now stand. Even
though Mr.. Downes should eventually be
proved innocent, it does not alter the fact that
he is now regarded as an adultezx by the
courts of Boston, and, as such, he. lis morally
unfit to preach. Money will clear him of
responsibility for his acts, for juries
may be bought and corrupted, but
until such time as some form of justification
be gone through with his ministrations are a
shame upon good people everywhere and the
cause and the people which he has dishonored
suffers deeper humiliation and harm. The
spectacle of mobs fiocking to hear this fellow
puts seal On every tongue that would speak
against crowds rushing to view questionable
spectacles. 1t is dead weight upon morality
everywhere.
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THERE are undoubted signs of an i'm

THERE are undoubted signs OF an improve
ment in the business of the country. The in
crease in the price of iron is marked, and such
increase has always preceded and accompanied
general revival of trade There is very gen.
eral expression of confidence on the part of the
leading merchants and manufacturers of the
country There has been decided increase in
the value of all first'class securities. The men
who wish TO loan money on good security are
moro numerous than the men who wish to bor-
row. The message of the President was. in the
main. sensible business document. and calcu-
lated to inspire confidence on the part Of the
business public in the administration. Taken
all ia all, we are disposed to take hopeful view
of the general business outlook. It Is a favor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

THE Presidents message was long, but the
complaints are many of what it did not con-
tain. He said nothing about educational in
terests, bankruptcy, internal improvements,
and several other matters on which legisla.
tion is desired by large number of people;
but these should not be too severe in their
criticisms. Mr.. Cleveland is humane man.
and he wanted the message to be short
enough, so that the country might get
through with it before the holidays
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

IT may be that the Journal was mistaken
in stating the fact that Mayor Carter Harrison
brought lot of bummers down here on the
occasion of the Hendricks funeral, and palmed
them off as Chicago aldermen; but Garter
himself has demonstrated that if they were
not what the Journal said they were,
they were in mighty bad company
when they came with him. The bull
lying and ungentlemanly card published
in yesterdays Journal, in accordance with his
wishes, he caused to be published in another
Indianapolis paper. It bore all the ear-marks
of the work Of bully and braggart, and
clearly established the fact that one at least
and wholly unfit to associate with respectable
people. Some of the men he brought with
him were pronounced by gentlemen who
saw them, and to whom they were
known, as not to be aldermen at
all, but crowd Of Mayor Harrison's wire
pullers and election-fxers. 1t is quite likely
he would have brought some whose genuine
ness could not be questioned, were it not that
they are serving time at Joliet for little irreg-
ularities during and succeeding cleo
tons at Chicago. The people of
Indianapolis who saw the gang that
accompanied Mayor Harrison are fully
persuaded that if they are not gambl ers
and thugs, their countenances belle them;
and if they have not served terms in the pen
itentiary justice has miscarried. But Har
rison himself is entitled to the ribbon as chief
bully of the crowd The card he caused to
isn't ashamed of him it would be a libel on
that city to speak well of it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

THE United States Supreme Court has
Fbrushed aside the pettifogging plea set up in
defense of Mormon Cannon, and the ruling of
the lower court is sustained. The defense
was that the indictment did not state that he
was male person, nor that the cohabitation
was with the women as his wives An Indi-
ana or Ohio Democratic court would have re-
versed the decision aud given an opinion in
favor Of the technical humbug
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

THE new "civil-service reform" administra-
ton which will be inaugurated at Columbus,
next month, will make "a clean sweep. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
If it does, it is morally certain that the
mask of hypocrisy will not be brought into
use There will be no contemplate ''of-
fensive partisanship" business about it, nor
will tatting street-car drivers be allowed to
smrch the characters of honest men, and no
reply or defense be allowed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

INDIANA township trustees are certainly an
unfortunate tribe. Mr.. Kitz, of this CITY,
should forget his grief over the new 'forger-
les of his warrants. which are being discov-
cred every week, long enough to extend the
hand of sympathy to the Orange county trus-
tee who has been robbed by 'three masked
men" of several hundred dollars in school
Hupdc
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himself to be candidate for an Office to which
the united ranks Of Democracy would no
more have thought of elevating him than they
would of setting him on the throne Of the
universe. The campaign of that year went
into American political history as the paradox
of a. cantrrv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

A LEADING citizen of Atlanta has furnished
the Constitution of that place with an obituary
of himself, to be used in preference to one pre-
pared by the editors in case of his death. More
interest would doubtless attach to this species of
mortuary literature if it were known that it gave
the deceased mans own estimate of himself, but
it is hardly good precedent to establish. If
every man were allowed to write his own obitu-
arg, the space of the average-sized daily news
paper would be unduly taken up with expana
nations and diagrams of the various autobiog
raphies after they had appeared. The ''con-
slant reader would not recognize the likeness to
the individual he knew in life, and would desire
information or to correct errors.
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THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Exchange in Europe, 449
Strand.
PARIS-American Exchange in Paris 35 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-St. Nicholas and Windsor Hotels
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINGINNATI-J. r. Rawley & Co., 154 Vine street
LOULSvILLE-C. 4. bearing, northwest corner
Third and Jefferson streets.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
and Southern Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

SOMEBODY with fondpess for statistics
has made canvass of Iowa and shows that
before prohibition was attempted there were
I,806 saloons in the State. The number now
open is 1887, besides 400 con the sly"
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able time for Indianapolis to claim and main
tain her advantages as a business confer, and to
that end it is suggested that an organization of
business club be formed. to be composed Of
leading business men of the city, who could
meet once month to consider the questions
and promote the measures which would con-
tribute to the general prosperity of the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

The great" fire of New York city occurred
fifty years ago tomorrow, beginning at 8
o'clock Wednesday night, Dec. 16, 1885.
1t began between Wall and Exchange Streets
and destroyed go buildings, to the value of
SIS, 900, 900. The fire was checked at noon next
day, powder being used to blow up buildings to
stop its progress. 1t was big fire for the city
as it then was, but has been surpassed in other
American cities within the past few years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

GOVERNOR FORAKER should not neglect
the subject, of "civil-service reform in his
inaugural address. Enquirer.
And he might incidentally mention the
Democratic reform Supreme Court, the play
thing of Cincinnati election fxers, and which
has attached official Endorsement to fraud that
nobody dares deny.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

SAM JONES, the evangelist, has engaged to
begin a religious crusade in Cincinnati next
month. This is likely to interfere with his
contract to convert Washington before spring
After Jones wrestles with Cincinnati sinners
for a season, he will be laid up for repairs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

THE detectives at work on Tilden's message
to Congress have about given up. They can't
l3nd the cipher that will explain it. They
would give 'half hundred best United States
documents" to know exactly what it means
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-15

THE colonization scheme Of Prof S. H.
Wethers, the colored principal of the Dallas
(Texas) public schools, by which he proposes
to form colony to purchase 10000 acres Of
land to make farms for colored men, may be a
good one. A little investigation of it would
do no harm, however.