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Not Legally SUSPENDED.

New YORK, Jan. IA Washington special
says: "Some time ago the case Of Mr.. Kent,
nominated to be naval officer at Boston, was re-
ferred to Mr.. Frye as subcommittee, to report
whether Daniel Hall, his predecessor, had been
legally suspended, Hall having received no off,
cial notice of his suspension. Mr.. Frye finds
that there must be a legal and actual notice of
suspension served upon an officer who is to be
removed; also. that the actual and legal notice
was never served upon Mr.. Hall, and that his
surrender of the Office, under protest, was not a
resignation or abandonment, and that he is still
a de jure naval officer. The conclusion is that the
President should be requested to withdraw the
present nomination and renominate Mr.. Kent.
in place of Hall, removed. and not suspended.
The facts in this case apply to a number Of Gus
toms officers
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The Low Temperature in the South.

MOBILE. Ala. Ian. 14.-This has been the
severest spell of weather experienced along this
coast. It has continued. with very little moder-
alton. since Friday morning. Monday was the
coolest day ever recorded here. The weather is
somewhat warmer to-day. The orange trees in
this district are undoubtedly frozen, but if sap
is not running up, they will thaw out IL warm
weather comes gradually. There are about. TO-
600 trees here, valued. when in full bearing, at
500 to $50 each. and producing annually a crop
worth from So. 900 to So. 900. The crop for this
year is lost. Whether the trees are dead cannot
be ascertained until spring. 1t is probable. how
ever. that the greater number have been killed.
There have been frozen and killed cabbages.
which. if they had matured, would have sold for
500. 600. Most of the farmers have a reserve of
plants. and expect to make q crop somewhat
late, but as large as usual.
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Business Embarrassments.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
NATION, Ill, Jan. 4-William NJ. Birch,
dealer in general merchandise at Neoga. ILL.,, was
attached this evening by the sheriff to satisfy
the claim of a Champaign firm. The amounts of
liabilities and assets are not row known.
%IsHPEMING, Mich. Jan. 14.-This afternoon
Talleen. johnson Sc Co.. q leading dry goods
and grocery house of this city, assigned to j. w.
Jocim, formerly a member Of the frm. The
liabilities are estimated at between $40, 900 and
$50. 900; assets probably about 800, 900. and pos
sibly less.
PITTsBURG. Pa. Jan. 14.-George Begley, an
Alpsville coke merchant, has assigned. His liza
bilities are not known. He offers to pay his EN-
ployes in store orders and his other creditors 33
per cent.
BUFFALO, Jan. 14-Jacob F. Bergtold, a
painter, assigned this afternoon. Liabilities,
$40. 900.
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JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Jan. 4.-The weather
moderated considerably during the day, and has
now returned almost to its normal temperature.
Dispatches from all parts of the State confirm
the belief that the cold wave carried frost to
almost the extreme southern end of the PENN
sula, and there is little doubt that the orange
crop remaining on the trees is frozen. Probably
every tree in the State will lose it's leaves, and
the belief is that most of the young trees. ex-
cept where protected, are killed. The gradual
thaw. under cloudy skies, is very fortunate,
however, and the opinion now prevails that the
old and mature trees. which have been relied on
for producing the marketable crop of oranges,
are not seriously hurt. and will not be. unless
exposed to warm sunshine within the next few
days. 1t is estimated that oranges worth 81 ,000,-
COO were destroyed by the freeze.
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A STATE DINNER.
The First Event of the Kind Since President
Cleveland Came Into Office.

~ Is vi hko AAhb0 tb1
Cleveland Came Into Office.
WASHINGTON, Jan. A-TEe President gave
his first state dinner of the season this evening,
in honor of his Cabinet. The White House was
tastefulEy arranged for the occasion and pre-
sented a brilliant appearance. The East Room
and parlors, adjoining the state dining-room,
were lined with tropical plants and the mantels
were banked with flowers. The principal decora-
ton of the dinner-table was an immense floral
ship of state. The Marine Band was stationed
in the main vestibule and discoursed its finest
music during the dinner. One reform instituted
by the band was the omission of HAL to the
Chief The President is said to be very tired
of hearing that tune. The following is a list OF
the guests:
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Bayard: the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Manning;
the Secretary of War and Mrs. Endlcott; the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Whitney; the
Postmaster general and Mrs. Villas; the Secre-
tary of the Interior; the Speaker and Mrs Car
isle; the general and Mrs. Sheridan;
Admiral Rogers 1.-THE admiral OF the navy being
indisposedG Senator Harris 1.-THE Democratic
nominee for President pro tenn. of the
Senate); Senator and Mrs. Edmunds; Miss
Love and Miss Utley, of Buffalo, who are
guests at the White House; Hon. Edward
Cooper and Mrs. Cooper, of New York; Mr.. ID.
Willis James and Mrs. James, of New York;
Miss Weddell, of Cleveland, who is a guest at
Secretary Whitney's; ex-Secretary McCulloch
and Mrs. McCulloch.
The President pro tenn. Of the Senate and
Mrs. Sherman, who had accepted the Presidents
invitation, were called out of the city. The
Attorney general was unable to attend by reason
Of a slight indisposition.
The President escorted Mrs. Bayard and Sec
rotary Bayard escorted Miss Cleveland. After
the dinner. a short time'was passed in promenad-
ing through the parlors and the conservatory,
which was Illuminated for the occasion.
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ILLINOIS.

A New Confidence Game Which Is Being
Played with Moderate Success.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS journal.
NATION. jar. I4-Another plan has been
evolved by the ubiquitous swindler. The follow
ing is the latest scheme: A chap in clerical
broadeloth and white ehoker enters q farm
house and asks for lodging or dinner. as the case
may be. During his stay he announces himself
as . travelling Bible distributor in the employ of
. religious institution. and he generally goes so
far as to present the family with a handsome
Bible from a we'll filed vaiise. He Is careful 70
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Sudden Deaths In Moultrie County.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NATION, JAN A-Three persons in Moultrie
county have met with sudden death in as many
days. George Williams, a fourteen-yearo old lad,
living near Bethany. sunk into a snow-bank.
complaining Of being tired, and died in a few
minutes. surrounded by his playfellows.
Booker Preston, an old and highly respected
citizen of Nelson, ate a hearty dinner, and rising
from the table, stepped to the door, to sink to the
floor in death without a moments warning to the
family.
Mrs. Charles Drew, living near Sullivan. sat
chatting by the kitchen fire, when she suddenly
fell back wards to the floor and expired without a
word. Heart disease is the assigned cause of
each death.
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An End of the Catoh-and-Kiss Policy.

Seymour KepubIlcan.
The peremptory ''iring' of the nine Hamilton
county ly-eiected members of the Ohio
Legislature, by the Republican representatives,
yesterday, is a hopeful sign of the return of ths
business end OF the G. o. p. in politics. Things
have been run on a namby-pamby, catch-and'
kiss policy 80 long that the masses of the Repub-
licans in the North, like their brethren of the
solid South, are becoming Indifferent to elections
since the brazen and open frauds of the Democ-
racy are constantly allowed to 90 unwhipped oil
justice, and honesty at the polls. owing to the
studied efforts Of Democratic scoundrels, is al
most q thing of the past.
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A Story of Two Candidates.

special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. H-J. G.. Gwinn, OF
Attica. Ind. aud L. G. Bernard, of Cincinnati,
have been here several days seeking the position
of superintendent of the railway mail service
for the division having headquarters at Cincin-
matt. and of which A. Burt is the present incum-
bent. Both of these mea have been conducting
q vigorous campaign. but neither had met the
other till to-day, when they at once arranged to
hold ~a'caucus to night for the purpose of deter
mining more harmonious plan of operations,
withdraw. It is not generally believed that
either has any chance of securing the place.
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John E. Hefferan. financial secretary Of an A.
o. Z. w. lodge at Rockford. has been arrested
on the charge of embezzling $500 of lodge funds.
Deacon Rogers. of Dunlap, accused of burning
the elevator of White & Warren at that place,
on the 18th of September last, has been ac-
Quilted.
Simon p. Parrish, a well-knowu colored poll
tician of Quincy, was shot in the arm by his
mistress, Ada Canada, also colored. He is not
seriously hurt.
George L.. Vermilion, a young farmer living in
the Decatur district, has become violently in
sane. owing to his failure to secure a new lease
of his 160-acre farm.
At Joliet, Robert Robertson, jr., aged about
twenty six years, a well-known manufacturer,
and a son Of Robert Robinson, a retired capital
ist has become violently insane.
M. M. Gray, sent to Chester penltentiary from
Monroe county last October for one year, for kill
inc VIM. Ditch. and at the same time killing his
wife, has been pardoned by Governor Oglesby.
Fl. A. Schwanecke, of Marshall, who has for
some time been insane, has recovered his reason,
and on Saturday sails for Europe to consult with
leading railway magnates there in regard to a
new railway system to be established in this
country.
The Northern Illinois Merino Sheep-breeders'
Association, at its meeting at Elgin. elected
ther changes or reductions be- made in the wool
tariff, and resolved that silver coinage was a
necessity. and that its suspension would be sub
versive of the peoples interests.
o. Fox. clothing merchant of Joliet, who has
been in business there for twenty-five years, has
assigned to Peck. Brothers g. Co, of Syracuse,
N. Y, for $19. 600. and other judgments which
have since been filed. in sums ranging from 5000
to S., 900, will swell the total liabilities to $685.
coo, while the assets will not much more than
satisfy the Syracuse firm. Judgments to the
amount of $4,000 have been transferred to
LaSalle county, where Fox has been keeping a
branch store.
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Prices of Wire Fencing.

CHICAGO. Jan. IA meeting of twenty-five
of the leading barb-wire manufacturers Of the
country was held here to day, at which il was
decided 20 form a national association. A
temporary organization was effected, aud a meet
ing was called to be held in this city on Jan. 20,
when a permanent organization will be effected.
The following schedule of prices was adopted:
Galvanized wire. in fifty-ton lots. 5 cents per
pound; in smaller lots. 81 cents; pointed wire, in
ffty-ton lots. 4 cents; in smaller lots, Al cents;
thick-set wire, in 6fty-ton lots, A cents; in small
or lots, AZ cents.
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Assistance for the Supreme Court.

Washington Special.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Jackson. Of Ten
nessee, providing for the appointment of one
law clerk and of one stenographer for the Su-
preme Court of the United States is understood
to be much nearer the wishes of the justices Of
that court than the recommendation of Attorney
general Garland that each justice should be pro-
vided with a confidential shorthand clerk. One
of the ablest and most Industrious members of
the court, being approached with regard to the
latter measure, replied that he did not know how
he could use a stenographer in the preparation
of his opinions. He had to make up his mind,
he said, slowly and by degrees. frequently
changing his views, as the weight of authorities
consulted by him preponderated first to one side
and then to the other. 1t was impossi-
BILE for a justice to dictate his decisions
as o representative or senator would
rattle off" a letter to an importunate %constitu-
ent. There is no doubt that the appointment Of
one competent law clerk to hunt up the author
tiles on any given subject, as referred to in the
respective briefs filed, and to abstract them and
lay them before the justices in chambers for
their consideration, would greatly tighten their
mechanical duties: and one confidential stenog-
rapher would be able to tranScribe from dicta-
ton the oral parts Of the decisions rendered,
and would confine the possibility of a prema-
ture disclosure of the opinions of the court with
in the narrowest possible limits.
What is most needed to relieve the overwhelm-
ing pressure on the Supreme Court is the pass
age of ex- Senator David Davis's bill for an inter
mediate court Of appeals. This was forcibly
illustrated yesterday, when out of ten or twelve
opinions rendered six were in cases between
vrivate parties, where the court, after bestow-
lng much time on the hearing and on the exam
nation of the record. discovered that it was
without jurisdiction because of the iusuficiency
Of the amount involved.
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THE RECENT STORM.
Eighteen Lives Lost in Kansas, and the Re-
turns Not Complete-Heavy LOssO Of Cattle.

KANSAS Cry, Jan. 1.-THE Journals Toreka,
Kan, special, says: ''The full extent of the dis
astrous effects of tae late storm in western
Kansas are just becoming known as reports are
received from relief parties and others. Reports
have been received of the loss of eighteen lives,
while half a dozen more persons are missing.
These casualties occurred in the sparsely settled
country in the southwestern ard western parts
of the State. It is feared that further reports
will increase still more the list Of fatalities. The
loss in cattle is also considered to be very heavy"
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say that his society requires its agents to pay
their own way, and exhibits vouchers for all
money so expended. After partaking of the good
folks hospitality, he prepares to leave, and asks
for his bill. He is generally told that no charges
are made, but he calls attention to 'sthe rnles, !"
and insists on paying twenty-five cents for each
meal. Then he mildly requires a receipt on his
blank. "as a voucher. you know" and gets the
farmer to sign it. In ninety days there is q
notice received from q neighboring bank to the
pious farmer to call and pay a note for $156. 25,
which it has bought, and to which is signed the
name of the farmer.
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Best Goods Are Put in Smallest Parcels.

The old proverb is certainly true in the case
of DIR. Pierce's pleasant Purgative Pellets
which are little. ~sugar-wrapped parcels, scarcely
larger than mustard seeds. containing as much
cathartic power as is done up in the biggest,
most repulsiye-looking pill. Unlike the bic
pills, however, they are mild and pleasant in
their operation-do not produce gripping pains,
nor render the bowels costive after using.
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veo Retracts His Confession.

LOWELL. Mass. Jan. 14-C. Fl. Veo, the man
who confessed to completely with President
Mcneil, of the Lancaster Bank, of Clinton. in the
robbery of the bank, has retracted his confession.
He now gays that Nelson and himself we're
alarmed about the property left in the marble
facts in the case. but fearing arrest for being ac-
cessory to McNeils crime. if they took the
satchels back to the bank, caused them to hide
the propertv.
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Horrible Death of a Child.

New HAVEN. Conn.,, Jan. IA horrible
story comes from Wellingford. The report says
that a colored woman living near Pond Hill.
wishing to call her husband. closed her baby up
in an oven to keep it warm, the fire being nearly
out. While she was away her husband came
home, and. unaware of the whereabouts of the
child. built a hot fire. The woman noticed the
smoke coming from the chimney, and hurried
homo, but arrived too late, as the child was
found literally roasted.
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The Charge Against Judge White.

INDIANA, Pa, Jan. 14-Judge White to-day
flied his answer to the petition of his brother,
Alexander. in which he was charged with fraudu-
lently altering the records in the case. and with
having in his possession the alleged altered will
of his mother. This the Judge admits in his
he had sworn to. He denies the alteration of
the will, and says the charge is false and scan
daI0pa
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National Law and Order League.

CINCINNATI. Jan. l4-At q meeting. this af-
ternoon, of the Cincinnati Citizens Law and
Order League, at which L. e. Dudley, secretary
of the National Order League, was present. a
call was issued for the fourth annual convention
of the Citizens Law and Order League of the
United States. to be held in Cincinnati. Feb. %.
All State and local leagues, and kindred socie-
ties, are requested to send delegates. They
are also requested to hold meetings on that day,
with the view of making Feb. % a law and order
day throughout the Republic.
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are tho estimates for the port of Indianasplis:
Collector. So, 900; deputy collector and inspector,
81 900; clerk, $720: operator and packer, 5000;
total estimate, 81, 800. Port of Evansville, col
lector, ST, 900.
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Rights of oyster Farmers.

HUNTERS POINT, L.. l., Jan. 14-In Port
Washington bay, adjoining this town. oyster
farmers have spent large sums in laying out and
planting oyster beds. The town claimed owner
ship. and levied rentals against the farmers.
which the latter declined to pay. The case went
before the courts, and the Supreme Court of
Queens county decided in favor of the town. A
large amount of money is involved in the deeis-
ion.
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Crushed Between cars.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CHAMPAIGN, Jan. 14-Joseph D.. Conner was
crushed to death instantly. last evening, at Sey-
mour, this county, between two cars of the
Champaign g. Havana road. The train was
switching cars, and backed up upon cars which
stood a few feet apart, when Conner attempted
to pass between the cars and was crushed, dying
in q few moments. He was a son of John Con-
nor, a hotel-keeper at Seymour.
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Cost Of Collecting Customs.

Special TO the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. H-Today the Secretary
OF the Treasury transmitted to the House
Of Representatives his estimates Of the
cost of collecting customs at the diff
ferent ports of the country for the fiscal
year ending june 30. 1887: Following
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Steamship News.

BREMEN. Jan. l4--Arrived; Maine, from New
York.
HAMBURG, Jan. l4.-Arrivsd: Moravia, from
New York.
QUEBNsTowH. Jan. A-Arrived: Arizona,
from New York; Peruvian, from Baltimore.
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A Small Cold Wave.

CHICAGO, Jan. 14-At 9 o'clock this evening
the local signal-service officer is in receipt of in
formation which enables him to predict that, in
side Of the next forty eight hours. the tempera-
ture here will fall from Is to 20 degrees.
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Desperate Struggle with a Maniac.

- . - AdoA0N
Special to the Indianapolis Journal-
LAFAYETTE. Jan. IA few days ago a man
named Louis Adams. his wife and three children
applied at the county poor-farm for shelter.
They were nearly naked and almost starved, and
were gwen rooms. Adams seemed to be more
intelligent than the ordinary poor man. and felt
deeply the disgrace of being a pauper. Yester-
day afternoon Superintendent Gwinn, of the
poor-farm, was called to Adams's room by a
loud cutlery. and found the man trying to. kill
the youngest child, saying he would throw the
by a couple of the farm hands, and confined in
and more rational. Last night, before
going to bed, 0winn, accompanied by Engineer
Harris. made the rounds of the cells to see that
all was right. Adams called to Gwinn. asking
him 20 come and help make his bed. He seemed
to be in his right senses, and Gwinn consented.
No sooner had he entered the room, however.
than the maniac set upon him, declaring he
would beat his brains out. Harris rushed to his
assistance. but the strength of the mailman was
so great that they could barely protect them
selves. Calls for help brought no response. and
the struggle was kept up for over half an hour,
when Harris succeeded in knocking the man
senseless. Gwinn and Harris were completely
worn out. and could not have continued the
struggle five minutes longer. while the mailman
seemed to be as strong as when the fight begun.
Adams was placed under control. and seemed to
be much better to-day. He will be removed to
Indianapolis as soon as the papers can be made
out
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SchouI-Hanse Burned.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. l4-At Chippewa Falls, the
solid brick school building erected last season. at
. cost of $4,000. was destroyed by FIRE this
morning. Loss, 10. 900; insured for $l4, 500.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS.
Epps, the Murderer of James Dobson,
Sent to Knox County for Safety.
Desperate Struggle with a Tippecanoe County
Maniac-A New Scheme for Swindling
Farmers-Notes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.

Murderer Epps Arrives at Bloomfield, and
Is immediately Started for vincennes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMFIELD. Jan. A-Epps, the murderder
of James Dobson. arrived here this morning, at
$50 o'clock, undisturbed, further than by some
boisterous demonstrations at stations near
where the murdered man lived. The danger
was avoided by bringing Epps here at an unex-
pected time. Last night 500 people crowded
the country church from which, only a
few hours before, the body of Dobson had been
buried, and with uplifted hands they swore the
terrible crime should be avenged. Pickets were
sent out after Epps. who. it was understood, was
coming in a sleigh, and when they returned
with the sleigh and reported that Epps
had been taken by rail the excitement
was intense. So bitter was the feeling at Bloom
field all day that it is evident something is brew
ing, and your correspondent has just discovered
that a committee Of five is in town arranging for
a lynching, which they say will occur some time
soon. though it is believed a crowd is now organ
lied. waiting for darkness to hide the scene, to
follow in wreaking vengeance. The excitement
is intense. Epps has been either crying or pray
ing all day. and says he killed Dobson, but that
he had no motive, and was asleep at the time.
LATER.-The prisoner will be taken to Knox
county at once.
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THAT most distracting trouble. iumbago, is
efectuaiiy removed BY St Jacobs Oil.
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ertson will undoubtedly be aided by his Repub-
lican colleagues in any investigation which
he may undertake.