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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
-NIiscellaneous Notes.

An application has been fled at Harrisburg,
Pa, for a railroad from Mauch Chunk to New
castle. a distance Of $50 miles. It will be known
as the New York, Bloomsbury 81 Western rail
road. The capital stock of the corporation is
$40, 00D. 900.
Articles of incorporation have been fled for
the building of a steel railway bridge across the
Mississippi, one mile north of Dubuque. The
incorporators include President Touzalin and
General Manager Harris, of the Chicago, Bur-
lington 81 Northern railway. The capital stock
is ST, 900, 900.
crossing the Sierra by the Deer Creek pass, and
have nearly completed the preliminary surveys.
The proposed line starts from Baker City, on the
Oregon Short Line Of the Union Pacific, and
runs through Modoc, Lassen. Plumas, Tehama,
and Butte counties; through Chico to Willows,
la Coluso county. and thence to a connection
with the Donahue road and San Francisco.
The New York Mail and Express says: 1t is a
noticeable fact, in view OF the recent depression
in the stock market, and the disturbing infu-
ences which have characterized railroad affairs,
that prices for railway mortgages nave held up
remarkably well. For some time previous to
March 6 there had been an almost uninterrupted
advance, and on that date prices for manv issues
reached the high-water mark. The Importance
of the rise can be inferred from the fact that a
large number of bonds had advanced anywhere
from ten to fifty points from the low figures of
1885.
The Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West railroad.
which has very recently been opened to travel
through its whole length, is an important enter
prise. Its main line, from Jacksonville to SaI-
ford, on Lake Monroe, is l25 miles long, and passes
through Paiatkas De Land. and other we'll known
places. AT Sanford it connects directly with the
road that runs from there &c Tampa on the west
coast Tampa is the point of departure for Key
West and Havana just north of Sanford, an
important branch of the road turns of to the
east TO Enterprise, on Lake Monroe. and runs
thence to Titusville on the Indian river, at the
Atlantic coast, q distance Of thirty-six miles.
Thus the road practically runs south through
the middle of the State and DIVORCES from Lake
Monroe TO the east and west coasts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
THE RECORD OF THE COURTS.
United States District Court.
Hon. w. A. Woods. Judge.
To-day-No special call.
Court.

Hon. w. e. Niblack. Chief-iustice.
The following decisions were rendered March
1916. Sarah H. Geisendorff VS.. Nathaniel
P. Eagles ct al. Noble G. G. Affirmed. Nib
lack, G. it, In attacking the good faith of a
petent TO show that the vendor or grantor was in
embarrassed circumstances when the sale or
conveyance was made. IT, An hypothetlcal
question calling for and eliciting an hypothetical
answer under circumstances which may tend in
some degree to test the accuracy of the witnesses
judgment as to value, is competent. 3D. A
purchaser Of ice in houses at sheriff IS sale would
have q reasonable time in which to make suita-
bic arrangements for its removal.
1871. James r. johnson ct al. VS.. John
Taylor, ST., OF al Starke G. G. Reversed.
Howk, jill Sec. 1910 states what is required
in q complaint or cross-complaint to quier title.
When. therefore, a cross-complaint alleges that
the cross-complainant is the owner or the real
estate. describing it, thatthe claim Of the plant
if is adverse to his or unfounded, it is suf-
6cient. ~ In an action to quiet title a jury
may be demanded. 80 Ind, 269.
l2434, Michael Buscher VS.. Mary Semly. Ham
ilton c. G. Affirmed. Elliott, J.-t1.) Rulings
of the trial court in excluding evidence or in re-
fusing to check the misconduct of counsel in ar
gument cannot be brought into the record by the
affidavit Of one of the parties. The proper mode
OF getting such rulings into the record is by get
ting them both in the bill of exceptions. (2.) 1t
Is not necessary LnaG q charge OF forulcaLon
should be made in direct terms TO constitute
SANDER. It is sufficient If the words used i'm
puted fornication, and were so understood by
those who heard them. g. Where a complaint
charges that the slanderous words were used in
the past tense and the evidence shows that they
were spoken of a matter in the present tense
there is no fatal variance.
1925. VIM. Middleton ct al. va. James 0.
Greeson, trustee. Howard G.. C. Reversed.
collars, I'LL The term township trustee, as
used in the act of 1876, Sections COOS and 6007,
was intended to be, and is, sufficiently compre-
hensive to embrace the officer in his double ca
pacity as trustee of the civil and school town
ship. The act of 1883 also uses the term in the
same way. e. Under Sections 6006 and 6O07,
such trustee, without an order from the Board
of County Commissioners, cannot enter into a
contract for the building of a school-house, the
cost of which would largely exceed the amount
of the special school fund on hand and to be de-
rived from the tax levy of the year, and he may
be enjoined by the taxpayers.
1176I. c., L., st. L. e. G. Railway Company
VS.. John w. Gaines. Tippecanoe c. Q. Rehear-
ing denied.
1900. Manoah Funk VS.. Jeremiah Grimes.
Allen c. c. Rehearing denied.
1864. State vs. Andrew j. Boswell. Hunt
ington G. c. Rehearing denied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
The Central Traffic association.

CHICAGO, March 24.-The Central Traffic AS.
ISOLATION held a meeting here to-day. Little i'm
portant action was taken except to decide upon
the appointment of an executive committee. with
functions similar to those of the joint executive
committee of thesEastern trunk-lines, and to con
sist of one Or more managers of each sub-pool.
The passenger representatives of the roads in
the association met in the afternoon and en-
deavored to prolong their organization. Such
radical differences were developed that nothing
definite was accomplished. Another meeting
will be held tomorrow.
Arrangements were made whereby Commits
sioner Blanchard will have full control of the
Chicago freight pool, thus putting an end to the
sending of statistics by the Chicago lines to Com
missioner Fink at New York. To assist in this,
sixteen of Commissioner Fink's best clerks will
be sent to this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
The Bee-Line President.

There is still much speculation as to who will
succeed the late J. e.. Devereux, as president OF
the Bee-line system. It is now understood that
the question will be settled on Friday next.
Judge Burke. who has been in New York for a
few days, returned to Cleveland on Tuesday
night. As the vice-president of the Bee-line
road, he is now its chief executive officer, and
will, during the vacancy Of the presidency. give
the road more of his personal attention than it
has been necessary for him to do heretofore. In
conversation with q Cleveland Leader reporter,
yesterday, Judge Burke said that he had Q short
interview with Cornelius Vanderbilt, on Monday
afternoon. butlthat, so far as he knew, the sub
ject of Mr.. Devereuxs successor had not yet been
considered by the board. He thought the board
would be very deliberate ia selecting q president.
ut is much easier" said the Judge, ito get a
man into Office than to get him out again. The
directors are prudent, careful business men, and
will try to elect a man who will manage the road
in the same wise and skillful manner in which
President Devereux cared for it." In reply to a
question as to his own acceptance of the Office
the Judge said that he considered the position a
very honorable and responsible one, but that 1T
1t were offered him, which he deemed exceeding
ly improbable, his other duties would prevent
him accepting it. He already had under his care
about 600 miles of railroad, for which he was In
a measure responsible, and attention to this con-
sumed most of his time. Personally, he said,
ne thought Cornelius Vanderbilt would make an
excellent president. He did not know what Mr..
Vanderbilts wishes were; whether he would
care to accept the position.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25

LESS than one bottle Of Athlophoros completes
ly cured meo of rheumatism, and / have not had
disease. the cure being perfect / regard it a.
invaluable. Rev. C. Hartley, Huntley, III.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25

PIERoE's Pleasant Purgative Pellets" are per-
feet preventiyes OF constipation. Inclosed In
glass bottles, always fresh. By MI drugeists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
Criminal Court.

Hon. Pierce Norton. Judge.
To day-Calls: The State VS.. Thomas Mar
shall; petit larceny. The State VS.. Harry Nor
man; grand larceny.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
Open Rates One of the Reforms Needed.

Open Rates One of the Reforms Needed.
recent number of the Current, published in
Chicago, contains a well writer article on the
present interstate commerce bill, now before
the United States Senate, written by Richard
Jones, who is row in the pool commissioners
Office at Chicago. Mr.. Jones handles the rebate
system without gloves, and points out the diff
culties in che way of abolishing the pernicious
practice. Unlike many others who have written
on the same subject, Mr.. Jones points out prac-
teal remedies. In this he goes beyond the Gull
lom bill, and would require the companies to
furnish copies of all rates, whether special or
tariff. local or through, and make a deviation
from these of any kind a proof of discrimination.
Also, to furnish statements of all percentages
and bases of division existing with other roads
for division of through rates, and hold the initial
line responsible for any contracts, agreements
or rebates made by a fast-freight line. Many
other valuable suggestions are made. lie states
that the question of long and short hauls is very
Insignificant as compared with that against
which he suggests the remedies. Mr.. Jones says
there can be no question that if all rates were
open little or no injustice could be done. The
building up of huge monopolies would cease,
railway companies would earn increased divi-
dends, and local interests would be much better
subSeryed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25
A Step in the Right Direction.

"A Step In the Right Direction.
The Journal, some ten months ago, quoted the
remarks of a prominent general passenger agent
to the effect that passenger rates could not be
maintained while they were being made indis-
criminately by passenger agents, ticket agents.
or whosoever had access to the ticket cases. In
the issue referred to, the theory was advanced
that it might be practicable to divide the coun-
try into districts, establish rate bureaus from
which all rates for through and competitive bust
ness should be promulgated. 1t maintained that
such an arrangement would insure uniformity,
and prevent, to a certain extent, the
slaughter of rates then in progress; that
is, if there was a disposition on the part of rail
road officials to have them maintained. This
position in the matter is gradually assuming
shape, as the Central Passenger Committee, at
its last meeting in Chicago, instructed its COM
missioner to make preparations to have all the
rate-sheets now published in the Central Passen-
ger Committee territory compiled in his Office.
This is a step in the right direction, and we pre-
dict that by this arrangement the rates in the
territory named will, in the course Of q year,
save thousands of dollars for the railroad COM
panies, and that other sections Of the country
will see the point and adopt similar measures
for their protection.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12

There is somewhat of contrast
between the cases of Ford and
Murphy and that of Mary Domln-
go. A great howl goes up in be-
half of the two red-handed mur-
derers, while nothing Is said in be-
half of Mary, u weak woman, who
has been convictedof manslaughter
for killing drunken negro brute,
who had taken forcible possession
Of herhouse, threatening to kill her
and at the time he was killed was
endervoring to put his threat INTO
execution. 1t looks as though the
people Of New Orleans have mud
died ideas as to what constitutes d
justi6able homiosde.
CoJfax Chronicle.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12

Legal circles are somewhat disturbed
just nowsto know who Will be the success
or on the supreme bench Of Justice Man.
ming, whose term expires in April next,
For the benefit of the anxious let it be
quickly made known that the Governor
will doubtless reappoint Justice Manning.
Lawyers, some of them should remembe
that man must needs be something
more than good practical lawyer before
he can ever expect to attain the height OF
. supreme Judgeship. There is such a
thing as the literature Of the law, and
this is es fully requisite as the other.
II aspirants for these high places would
remember this, they might be saved the
trouble Of applying every four years for
promotion to the supreme bench. The
supreme jndgeship bee should buzz only
In : firss-class legal bonnet iShrerepOrt
Times.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12
Going to Stay in Canada.

An inquisitive man on train on
the New York Central going out of
New York was seated next to a
fashionabl dressed young man. who
looked as if he might be a bank
clerk.
'Going to Poughkeepsia? ?" ask
ell the inquisitive.
"Yes.'
''Golng to stay thcre?''
"No, I'm going to Albany?'
"Going to stay IN AlbanyY'
"No, I'm going on to Niagara
Falls"
"Going to stay therc?"
No, Pm going on to Montreal"
The inquisitive man smiled, nod
dcd his head, as much as to say.
''Now l know all about you," and
finally added: "Well l gness you
are going to stay IN Canada, amt
yer? ?"-Terds Sifiiags.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12
Prize Essays.

The Louisiana Education Society Of
fors prize of fifty dollars for.the best
original essay on 1.-The Beneficial Results
of General System of Common School
Instruction upon the Condition of State,
District or Community, as shown by Re-
liable Statistics or by Personal Obserya-
tion." Also, an additional prize Of fifty
dollars for best original essay on 1.-The
Relation of Education to Crime in the
State of Louisiana
The following conditions are preseri-
bed by the Society:
i !. Ccsnssetition for these prizes shall be
open to all residents of Louisiana, with
out distinction Of sex or occupation.
2. Accepted essays shall become the
property Of the society.
3. Each essay to be written on one side
only Of paper aud to contain not less than
three thousand words.
4. All competing essays to be sent to
Rev. l. l. Leucht Secretary Of the Lou
isiana Education Society, New Orleans,
before the first day of March. 1886. Each
essay shall be signed by some fictitious
name. Another envelope contaIning the
true name of the writer shall be sent, at
the same time, distinctly marked on the
outside with the word Essay" aud ad-
dressed to the Hon. Louis Bush, Presi-
dent of the Louisiana Education Society,
New Orlcans,-said-envelope to be re-
tanned by HIM until the award is made.
5. All competing essays shall be exam
ined by committee Of three persons,
one Of whom shall be appointed by the
State Superintendent of Public Educa-
ton. one by the President of the Louisi-
ana Education Society, and these two to
select the third member. No member Of
the examining committee to be mem-
Der of the Board Of Directors Of the Lou
isiana Education Society.
6. The examination of fall competing
essays to be made within fifteen days af-
ter the first day of March 1856, and the
report Of the committee to be made with
In ten days thereafter, at meeting Of
the board Of directors of the Louisiana
Education Society, called for the purpose
ut which time, after the announcement
Of the committee, the envelopes in the
hands Of the president, containing the
true and fictitious names Of the writers,
shall be opened. The decision Of the
committee to be final.
Z. The examining committee reserve
the right Of rejecting: all essays net in
conformity to the aboue conditions.
Dyiauthority Of the boardiof directors
Of the Louisiana Education Society.
WM. o. ROGERS,
IL. L.EUCHr.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12
Man the Exception.


Somebody says that .sSlan is tho
only animal that blows his nose. /"
The alligator has nose nearly two
feet long, yet he never blows it:
the elephant can reach over his
nose and tickle his hind legs, and
be does often, but he never blows
it. The hlue-nosed baboon has a
cerulean proboscis of which the
noblest animal must feel proud,
but it goes unbIown. The double
nosed pointer has immense capaci-
ty for blowing, but he never will;
and the oyster, whose nose reaches
clean to his back, refraIns from
exercising it. Man alone has to
reach to the height of pocket
handkerchief, and he proudly
waves his bandana as a sufficient
proof of his superiority.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12


There is no man so woefuliv
needed In journalism as the editor
who thinks for himself and has
the courage of his opinions. He
should be gentleman at heart.
even if his clothes are shabby,
should scorn to be a defarnycr of
women, and a puffer of vlcious
men and measures no matter how
high their position in the. world
OF money or fashion. He should
temper justice with mercy but con
done no vice or CRIME that strikes
At the root of honesty and virture.
Such man could win the undylng
devotion Of friends and the respect
Of bis bitternest enemies.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12
Industry and Economy.

VINO understands from eXperl.
ence and practice the true mean
ing of the above terms? Who
realizes the necessity to practice
the above great principles to iu-
sure success in whatever vocation
he or she may pursue? In what
departments of lite and by whom
do the above principles require to
be practiced IN order to make life
happy and a success?
I'VE can scarcely conceive of two
more important principles of life
so Intimately connected, Que de-
pendent upon the other as 1t were,
for the accomplishment of the
same end. A man starting ont in
life, failing to properly imbuc his
mind with true ideas of industry
and economy and goes along heed
lessly indifferent to its aims, we
can predict for him nothing but
failures and poverty. 1t is remark
able how few there be who seem
to know so little of tie Importance
of the forming INDUSTRIAL and
ECONOMICAL habits. Especially is
this true with the majority of our
young men just embarking in the
various business pursuits of life.
Very often the case we see young
man possessed of good moral hab-
its and many other inestimable
traits of character, but the simple
fact of having failed to properly
appreciate and practice industry
and economy, his life proves a
failure. No one can reasonably
expect to acquire either wealth or
learning without industry. Is it
not a fact that three-fonrths of the
great men, contemporary with us,
noted for their great wealth and
learning, can point back to a time
when they had toperform the most
menial labor for a livelihood !?
Step by step, by industry and in
dustry and economy they have
overcome every difficulty, some
now in the possession and enjoy
ment of immense fortunes while
others have thclr minds stored
with great and useful learning,
occupying the most eminent posi-
tions. Idleness and extravaganza
are the opposite terms for industry
and economy. Only a cursory
glance Is necessary to see the fruits
of these. No man habitually idle
or extravagant ever accomplishes
anything. 1t is those who intelll-
gently and studiously pursue their
business, judiciously managing
their earnings that reach success.
AEr.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12

The President Of the New York Press
Club has been presented with gavel
made from large chip Of the keel Of the
old ship New Orleans, which has lain in
Saekett's Harbor since the war Of 1912,
when It was built to meet the ST. Law
renee, which the British sailed into Lake
Erie. She was never used, however, as
peace was declared before she Was COM
pleted. The gayel is turned and cafved
and . silver dolphin extends along the
handle. The hammer is made Of bolt
Of Swedish iron taken from the wood
above portfolio of the vesssl.-Ex.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12
JUTE AND RANIE.

The cultivation of jute and ramie
in Louisiana is to begin in earnest
this year. The charter of q
regularly organized company is
published in the New Orleans pa
pers, which processes to have
100000 capital to encourage the
planting cultlvating and utilization
of ramie and iute, and their adap-
tion as fibre to the manufacture of
fabrics of public utility and advan-
-tage; buying -ssa- selling roots,
seed or bark; leasing or buying
and lying within this State for
cultivating the plants, roots or
seed of ramie and jute; to contract
with planter or farmer to supply
and furnish roots of ramie and
jute and to encourage the cultiva-
ton of the same throughout the
State; to purchase or to vend ma
chimes, inventions or patents for
the decortlcation or preparation of
said plants for manufacturing pur-
poses; to buy or sell crude bark;
to treat and prepare crude bark of
ramie or jute by chemical proces
or otherwise, and to sell the right
to use the chemical process in the
city OF New Orleans and elsewhere
In the State of Louisiana, and to
make, buy and sell machines for
decorticating, to be used in this
State" The estimated profits of
raising jute and ramIe, as compsr-
ed with cotton, Is five or six times
as great on the former, and IT
seems to US that this fact alone
should be sufficient incentive to
our farmers to!give it a trial; but
when We consider the uncertainty
attending cotton crop, as well as
the price it may bring, the induce
ments arc tenfold. Another point
which we urge is that those early
IN the field will reap the richest
harvest. This is always the case
with new agricultural product
as witness the fortunes made by
those who first engaged in the cul-
tlvatlon of hemp, fax, hops, Icur-
rants, etc. : So it will be in this.
instance. Ten years hence jute
and ramie may be as generally
raised in Louisiana as a cotton,
and the profts.on it may become
SO lowered by competition as to
be but little If any greater than ON
the fieecy staple, but for several
years 1T Is certainly going to be
money making business, and. we
advise all who can possibly do so
to make start toward its 'cultiya-
ton. For the encouragement of
others we will state Z that Capt.
Nash, of this town, has already
m ade arrangements to secure ramie
roots enough; to plant. an acre.
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