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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, :
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OFFICE or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ia, / A. N.
Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours
from z A. NJ. for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Fair, warmer weather.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Fair.
warmer weather. followed in Tennessee by local
rains, easterly winds in Tennessee, southerly
winds in the Ohio valley, falling barometer.
For the Lower Lake Region-Fair, warmer
weather. southerly winds.
For the Upper Lake Region-Fair, warmer
weather, winds generally southerly. and followed
in the extreme northwestern portion by slight
fall in temperature.
For the Upper Mississippi Valley-Fair,
warmer weather, followed in the extreme north
western portion by slight fall in temperature,
southerly, shifting in the northern portion to
westerly winds.
For the Missouri Valley-Fair weather.
slightly warmer in the southern portions, fol-
lowed by a slight fall in temperature; colder in
the northern portions; winds becoming variable,
preceded in the southern portions by southerly
winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
The Murderer of Dobson.

Special TO the Ind1anapoIlS Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 11.-Late this evening
Epps, the murderer of Dobson, was taken to
Bedford, and will be taken to Bloomfield by rail.
The excitement is so intense that it was thought
best not to take him near the scene of the crime,
as mobbing is certain. Additional details make
it a crime without a parallel, and the story of
the murdered mans wife shows one of Che most
daring struggles of a helpless woman for her life
and honor. 1t was 3 heroic effort, she keeping
the villain at bay with a knife. Dobson, was
buried to-day, and the whole country turned out
ture the negro en- route from Bedford to Bloom
field.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
Scarlet Fever at westfieId.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARSHALL, Jan. I3.-The schools at Westfeld,
this county, are dismissed this week, owing to
the prevalence of scarlet fever. The scourge has
attacked several entire families, and two or
three deaths have already occurred. The people
are in great terror lest the contagion should
spread over the entire place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
Suicide by Hanging.
he Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
S~PIcELAND, Jan. 13.-William Goldstone
hanged himself this morning, at the residence of
his mother, Mary Jane Elliott. He formerly
lived at Cadiz, but is said to have a family now
living in Kansas on a good farm owned by him.
He had only been here a short time, and is said
to have attempted to take his life heretofore.
Domestic trouble and a dlsordered mind are sup
posed to have been the cause.
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Killed by a Train.
Soecia1 TO the ~ndianapol ~.JournaJ-

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Jan. 13.-Samuel Storm was struck
and instantly killed by the east-bound express
On the /. & st. L. road. near Carbon, at about 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Storm was carry
ing on his shoulders a sack of coal. A switch
engine was lying on a side-track awaiting the
passing of the express. In going around this, he
accidentally stepped on the main track when the
express struck him He was thirty-two years of
age, sober and industrious, and unmarried. No
blame whatever attaches to the railroad, as his
death was purely accidental.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 13-This has been
the longest and severest cold spell ever felt in
Florida. The loss in oranges on trees, accord
ing to Captain Ives, manager of the Florida
Fruit Exchange, is 81, 900, 900. The loss of vege-
tables is immense, some men having sixty and a
hunared acres killed. Water plugs, tanks, etc,
were frozen solid here yesterday. Skating was
INDUCED in upon the ponds, a scene never be-
fore witnessed in Florida. Orange-growers say
that the trees are in splendid condition to with
stand the freeze, owing to the severe weather
previous. The thawing will probably leave
things in a more hopeful condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
DIED.


Belle Kahn, wife of Isaac Kahn, Jan.
IL, 1886, at 8:15 p. m.
Funeral from residence, No. 139 North Delaware
street, on Thursday, Jan. Ia, at 2 o'clock p. m., AID
to which friends Of the family are invited.
vAWTER-At 12:45 p. M, Wednesday, January
Is, 1885, Prof. A. j. Vawter. at his residence, $50
North Alabama street. The deceased was o promi-
nent educator of the State, formerly superintendent
of public schools, Lafayette, and also connected with
educational work at other points in Indiana and Kan.
tucky-a noble worker of the highest Christian char.
acter.
Funeral at the residence on Friday at 2 p. IN.
Friends of the family are invited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
Suing for $4,000 and Getting $50.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Jan. 13.-The suit of Mrs. John
Kenyon, of Westfeld, Hamilton county, against
the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway
Company, for damages, has been upon trial in
the Circuit Court of this county the past week,
upon a change Of venue from Hamilton county,
and this morning the jury awarded the plaintiff
judgment in the sum of $50. The trial of the
cause excited a remarkable degree Of local in
terest. The suit grows out of the acct
dent at Broad Ripple, in Marion county,
in January, 1884, when a bridge across White
river gave way, precipitating a train into the
water below, resulting in the death and serious
injury of several passengers. Mrs. Kenyon was
a passenger on that train, and in the catastrophe
claimed to have sustained permanent injury.
The case was first tried at Noblesville last
March. The jury disagreed, when the case was
brought to this county on a change of venue,
upon the affidavit of the plaintiff that she
could not get justice in her own county
by reason of popular prejudice against
her. The attorneys in the case were Hon. Rich
ard Stephenson, of Noblesville, and Hon. c. L.
Henry, of this city. for the plaintiff, and Hon.
George W. Friedley, of Lafayette, Hon. T. j.
Kane. of Noblesville, and Hon. M. s. Robinson,
of this city, for the defendant. Mrs. Kenyon's
demand was for So, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

CINCINNATI, Jan. 13.-The Cincinnati Price
Current will say, tomorrow. that the total num-
Der of hogs packed in the West last week was
255, 600, against $40. 900 during the same week
last year. The total to date, since Nov. /, is
4. 625. 900, against 4, Cos, 900 last year. The move.
ment at the principal points since November / is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

follows: Chicago, 1890. 900; Kansas City, 4AE
OOO; Cincinnati, 285. 900; St Louis, pc 600; Mil
waukee. 231 ,OOO; indianapolis, 21O, 600; Cedar
Rapids. 13l, 1000; Louisville, 100. 600; st. Joseph,
$1,000; Cleveland, 49, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
When thu Lins of Raantv

Are parted in a smile. they disclose a row Of
pearls rivaling in purity those which the diver
brings up from the bottom of the Persian sea.
What will best preserve these gems of the MOUTH
Sozodont, the celebrated beautifer and pre-
servative of the teoth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

ANY father who goes out and puts tar on top
Of his front gate after dark must be lost TO all
sense Of humanity. Not so the one who buys a
bottle of Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup for his family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

"ALwAYs reliable and satisfactory" can be
said of no indelible ink but Payson's- Sold by
stationers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
ELECTRIC LIGHTS

Are fast taking the place of all others in factories
f~oundries, machine shops and mills. Parties having
their own power can procure an Electric Generator
and obtain much more light at much less cost than by
any other mode. The incandescent and storage sys-
tenn has been perfected, making small lightsfor houses
and stores hung wherever needed, and lighted at will,
day or night. Parties desiring Generators or to form
companies for lighting cities and towns win please
write us for information. BY permission we refer to
j. Caven. Esq, indianapolis.
THE BRUSH ELECTRIC CO., Cleveland, o.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
INDIANAAND ILLINOIS NEWS
Two People Killed and a Church De-
stroyed by a Boiler Explosion.
The Murderer of DobSon Removed to Bloom.
feld-Fears of Lynching-COWboy and
Indian Convicts-Eliza Bowen's Story.
INDIANA.

Boiler Explosion at Fort Wayne-Two Lives
Lost and a Church Destroyed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Fort WAYNE. Jan. 13.-At half past !
o'clock this afternoon the boiler under St. Marys
Catholic Church exploded, with fearful effect,
destroying the interior of the edifce, including
the costly altar, and blowing off the roof. The
charge of the engine, was blown to the top of
the church, alighting thereon. There was no
bone in his body unbroken. A young lady
named Alberta Willard, sister of the deputy
postmaster, was passing the church. The heavy
door was blown out and buried Miss Willard
under it in the middle of the street. Her dead
body was recovered by her brother. The
church is one of the largest in
northern Indiana, and originally cost $50, 900.
The insurance is $24, 900, but it is doubted
whether a dollar Of the insurance can be col
lected.
The affair is the saddest that ever happened in
Fort Wayne. Several theories are advanced as
to the cause of the explosion. The most proba-
BILE is that the old man, on coming from dinner.
found a super heated boiler, and pumped in cold
water instead of drawing out the Ere. Fifteen
minutes before the explosion $50 little girls,
who had been attending the parochial school in
the next building, filed out of the church. A
sister of the priest, Father Oechtering, is badly
injured. The shock of the explosion was felt all
over the city. The walls will be taken down.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
Gypsies' National Dance.

The group is seated around the fire
which has cooked their evening meal,
and whose flickering rays reveal the
picturesque features of those simple
children of nature. They listen in
tently to the music which is their per-
ennial entertainment. Presently wild
female form darts forward to commence
the dance. She is scantily dressed and
the rags drawn around her bosom en-
velope an infant of tender age.
Placing her hands upon her hips she
moves quickly right and left, advancing
and retiring in sidelong direction.
The music becomes quicker, her move
ments increase in rapidity, and the
clapping of hands and cries of her
dusky companions rouse her to frenzy
Of excitement. Her gestures are i'm
passioned, her eyes fiery and the hair
stands erect upon her head. She utters
rapidly strange words of an unknown
tongue to tune still more strange and
uncouth. The twany infant seems to
be inspired with the same fiend and
cries and foams at the mouth like the
mother. The dancer snatches the in
fant from her bosom, throws it in the
air and allows the infant to fall in her
outstretched arms. Her voice falters,
her movements become less rapid, and
overcome by exertion this unearthly
song and dance terminate amid the
frantic shouts of her companions.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
Gray,s Inn and Lord Racon.


Of the many eminent men who have
been members of Gray's Inn, London,
Lord Bacon is, of course, the most Illus
trious. His chambers were in the
building now known as Gray's Inn
square. From the gateway of the Inn
started "the procession of Earls,
Barons, knights, and gentlemen which
accompanied him to Westminster when
he became Lord Keeper" After his
impeachment he returned to his old
chambers and "busied himself alto
gether, about books" We read in a
letter of 1929: "The Lord of st.
Adams is in his old remitter, and come
to lie in his old lodgings at Gray's Inn"
Whether Chief Justice Gascoigne was
q member or not is aquestion a of dis
pute between the society and the men
Of the Middle Temple. There Is, how
ever, no dispute as to the membership
of Burleigh and Holt; of the learned
Sir Antony Fitzherbert; of Sir William
Staunforde, of "a fragrant fame that
filled all round about, and would not
easily away" and of the sturdy Welsh
Judge David Jenkins, whom Isaac
D'Israeli described as " a mighty athlete
in the vast arena Of the first English
revolution" An excellent address de-
livered by his Honor Judge Russell in
1881, as President of the Library Asso-
citation, keeps alive the local traditions
of these famous men, and of other emf
nent lawyers, such as Powell, the honest
Judge who resisted the exercise of the
dispensing power, and Romilly, almost
our first law reformer, and others
nearer to the present time, who have
helped to sustain the reputation Of the
society.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
Sauaring Circles.

For all practical purposes the we'll
known rule" multiply the square of the
diameter by 0.7S04" is sufficient, seeing
that the error in the result thus OBJ
tained amounts to an excess of less than
one ten-thousandth; by increasing the
place of decimals to, say nine and null
tiplying by 0.7Sj39SlG3, the error is not
quite one four-billionth. Every addi-
tional decimal place divides this frac-
tion still further in like manner, and as
the number of such decimal places has
been worked out to 607, the smallness
Of the error, though expressible in
figures, is utterly inconceivable, still
such errors exist. Suppose the distance
between two points to be ten feet (or
any other distance), and we divide that
distance by ten, then that one-tenth of
a foot by ten again, then that one
hundredth by ten again and so on GOT
times, the magnitude of this final quo
tient will correspond to that of the
error above named. 1t is obvious that
we may 60 on dividing any number of
times without annihilating the final
tenth absolutely.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
How to Keep Them Awake.

The great question that ut present is
agitating the minds of Philadelphia
preachers is: How shall we keep the
congregation awake?" Peck's Sun sug-
gests that each deacon be supplied with
a large dinner gong, such as are used at
railroad eating-houses to call the guests
to meals, and when the congregation
begins to nod let the deacons arise as
one man and play few scales upon
those instruments Of torture. A man
who can sleep while an artist is daily
ing with one of those gongs is surely
entitled to his snooze, and nobody will
kick. Probably, though, If this method
was introduced into the Philadelphia
churches the next question would be:
"How can we keep our deacons
awakey"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
Whnt She Conldn,t Bear.

Old Mrs. Tiddlewig's husband liked
his toddy and the old lady was violently
opposed to bibulosity. The other night
Tiddlewig came in slightly sober, and
his wife proceeded to talk to him.
"Now look here, Tiddlewig, you're
drinking again, and l just won't
endure it,"
"Why, my DEAR" he urged, "a little
toddy don't hurt me a particle. On
the contrary, it benefits me and makes
another mar of me altogether"
IL know it does, Tiddlewig, and
that's why | object to it so strongly.
might stand your getting drunk, but
when it makes another man of you,
and still leaves me the wife of both of
YOU 1t makes me out bigamist, and
say right here, Tiddlewig, that l draw
the line at bigamy, and you've got to
uuit.r
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
Iced Water in Japan.

Although the Japanese never stored
or used ice until the advent of foreign
ers, they have taken to the use of it
since then with alacrity, and are as bad
as Americans for drinking ice water.
Men with portable stands slung over
their shoulders perambulate the streets
night and day, crying: "Koril kori,
koril" dcel icel ice)l Their chief pat
rons are the jinrickisha men, who
have most ready money and are spend.
thrifts by nature. The kori man
when called, sets down his stand
produces a lump of Ice, shaves it as
limo as snow over q plane. 1t is then
mixed with sugar and sold at two or
three rings Gan eighth OF cent? a glass
to the painting jinrickisha men. This
mixture, which they themselves aptlv
call shiro uki (white stuff or snow,.
is not bad. and the newly arrived for.
eigner, when out Of the sight of other
foreigners, is not averse to indulginr
In IL. =
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
LincOln's simplicity Illustrated. /.

Without attempting to record with
any degree of consecutiveness the occur
rcnces that followed each other, like
the quick reports of Gatling gun,
will illustrate the simplicity of Abraham
!.incolns character, and the singular
llck of what we recognize as discipline
that obtained in those days by an Incl
dent Immediately after the battle of
l,ull Run. 1t was either the day after
the battle Of Bull Run or the day sue
c2eding that-a bright, beautiful day in
the latter part of July, lS61-when Gen.
lcDowelps troops were drawnup some
t!stance from Washington, that Presi-
cent Lincoln and Secretary of State
seward visited the encampment. The
3oldiers were what were known as three
months men. Their time expired prior
to the battle of Bull Run, but with an
esprit that was characteristic Of the
times, they decided to remain, and did
so, sharing in the great drawn fight
known throughout all time as the first
battle of Bull Run. The troops were
drawn up by companies, the President
standing in his carriage, Mr.. Seward
End Gen. Mcdowell not far off, address,
ing them, thanking them for the loyalty
which led them to remain rather than
return to their homes, complementing
taem upon their gallantry under fire,
and, in the name of the nation, assur-
ing them Of the respect and regard of
t..tir fellow-citlzens. That was all very
well. Imagine the scene that followed.
Drawn up in double line, face to face,
stood the troops. Leaving his carriage,
tla President of the United States
started at the head of the line, and,
with a"God bless you" to each, shook
hands right and left with every man
until he reached the end of the first
company. Turning at the end of the
second, he did the same with them,
and so on through hundreds and hun
,lreds. There was narrow line between
the sublime and the ridiculous, but
Lincoln didn't cross it, and although
under ordinary circumstances such pro-
cedure would be absurd and indefen-
sible, under these circumstances he did
precisely the right thing at the right
time, and nine-tenths Of those men
whose time had already expired re-en-
listed for three years.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23

Daniel Webster is described by Mai.
Poore in many places. " lie was known"
says he, "as 'Black Dan,' from his
swarthy complexion>s.e had stall
wart frame, massive head, crowned
with a wealth of black hair, and his
heavy eyebrows overhung deep caver-
nous eyes. He was marked man in
any crowd. Daniel Webster was a good
liver, but he had no care about money"
Maj. Poore says that he was often in
pecuniary straits, though his profess
sional income could not have been less
than S200OOa year. Hereceived $4,000
for single fee as counsel for the Com
missioners ON Spanish claims, and his
friends in Boston at one time raised
purse to enable him to purchase the
house in which the millionaire Cor
coran now lives" Dapiel Webster did
his own marketing, says Major Poore.
lie was a regular attendant at the
Marsh Market on market mornings.
He almost invariably wore q large,
broad-brimmed, soft felt hat. with his
favorite blue coat and bright buttons, q
buff cashmere waistcoat and black
trousers. Going from stall to stall, fol-
lowed by a servant beasing a large bas-
ket, in which purchases were carried
home, he would joke with the butchers,
fish-mpngers and glsen-grocers with a
grave drollery Of which his biographers,
in their anxiety to defy him, have made
no mention. He alsgays liked to have
a friend or two at his dinner table, and
in inviting them, sans ceremonei, he
would say in his deep, CHEEKY voice
"Come and dine with mo meto-morrow. |
purchased a noble saddle of Valley of
Virginia mutton III market last week,
and think you will enjoy it," Or, al
received some fine cCiiish from Boston
to-day, sir; will you dine with me at
five o'clock and taste them?" Or, "I
found famous 'possum h market this
morning, sir, and left orders with
Monica, my cook, to have it baked in
the real old Virginia stylG'with stuffing
of chestnuts and surrounded by baked
sweet potatoes. Itwillibe dish fit for
the gods. Come and tastt it."
President Harrison also attended the
Washington markets, and it was get
ting up early and going out in the wet
that killed him. He was an obstinate
old fellow, and he stood On the front
steps of the Capitol without his over
coat on the day of his Inauguration.
And few days before he was taken
sick hewas overtahen b.. a shower on
one of those marketing 1earsipns and
refused to change his clothes when Ic
came in.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-09-23
One of Ludwis,s whims.

Among the folies not generally
known committed by the demented
King of Bavaria, was the erection of a
circus on the first floor Of the royal
palace of Munich. The ceiling was
made to initiate the skiesat night time,
with the moon and stars, lit up from
behind by electric lights On the walls
were series Of colored frescoes re-
presenting various country scenes, in
cluding an Italian capanna, a French
auberge, and Swiss chalet The mon
arch and his guests, twenty In number,
first went to the theatre. They then
returned to the palace and supped.
About two in the morning the king Or
dered his favorite charger, and, mount
ing, invited his friends to follow him.
Their horses were brought up, and, as
soon as they were all in the saddle. his
majesty rode off into the circus. The
royal party galloped round the ring
several times. The king stopped, de-
scended, and tapped at the door of the
capanna. Suddenly the door opened as
il by magic, and a crowd of persons
emerged from it. They were dressed in
the different country costumes of Italy
end bore baskets of fruit, cake and
Inc, of which the guests partook
Juring the repast an invisible choir
Ing Italian airs, accompanied by a
cass band. His majesty again mounted
IS charger, and, followed by his friends
ode round the circus once more. He
aaw knocked at the auberge, and
trench peasants came out with more
wine and eatables, which the poor
guests, already surfeited, were bound
to consume rather than offend their
eccentric host. The magicians here
executed favorite French songs. The
same performance was gone through at
the chalet, and then the king, at half
past four in the morning, abruptly
withdrew, leaving his companions more
dead than alive.