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congratulated on all hands. After paying all
premiums In full they will have So 600 in the
treasury. II there any setting mp in the
races it was broken and the dark horse was the
winner. The following is the summary Of the
free-for- all trot.
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The third heat was declared off on account of
Mary's driver pulling her, and Frank Armstrong
was put up to drive her.
Summary OF the 2:24 nacinp race.
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Local Observations.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 81.
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PROTECTION AGAINST PIRATES.

How Gilbert and Sullivan Propose to Guard
Their Coming Opera.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
New YORK. Feb 13.-The heavy profits made
by Gilbert and Sullivan through 1.-THE Mikado"
in this country, and the likewise great sum
which piracy of the opera has deprived them of.
have led them into tremendous anxiety as to
their next work and its protection. Sullivan
consulted with lawyers, while recently here, on
the question whether, if he were to become
naturalized citizen of the United States, he
would lose his copyrights in England, in which
case his music would be lost to him in that
country, though Gilbert might still protect the
words there. and they would not be available
here without the notes. That scheme was aban-
doned. The present idea is to associate
an American author in the next opera
to sufficient extent to let him copyright the
work. AS the portions written by him, distrib-
uted through the words and music, need not be
disclosed until an action in court against infrin
gers made it essential it is thought that the de-
vice may prove effective. The new piece, which
by contract is to be ready for production next
october, is to present the story of an Egyptian
girl who learns that she is descendant of an
ancient princess, and undertakes to live up to
her illustrious ancestry. The fun is to arise
from the mixture of by gone Egyptian and pres
ent English dress. customs and usages; the
satire is to be upon the commercial instincts of
Englishmen in extending England's Influences
and the plot is so far developed that the New
York colaborer has received his assignment of
several brief passages Of dialogue and music to
write. 1t does not follow that his small part OF
the work will remain as he provides 1t, but it
VIII be enough his own to make it defensible
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A FUNNY FIGHT.
A Pair of Society Girls Take q Whacfx at
Each Other with Hockey Sticks.

A Pair of Society Girls Take a Whack at
Each Other with Hockey Sticks.
Special to the indianapolis Journaf.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-All of society" except
the principals and their families. are laughing
over fuany fight Tae combatants were two
wealthy girls of acknowledged position as bellies,
away up at the top of the social grade, and their
names are frequently printed in the society col
umns of the newspapers. Winter sports have
been extremely popular with fashionable folks
this season Not only has tobogganirg been re-
vived, but snow-shoes and skates have been put
on the feet of luxury. The old juvenile game of
hockey is one of the incidental diversions. 1t is
played on ice, as Of yore, by skaters who whack
rubber ball with bent sticks, somewhat after
the manner of Lacrosse and football. But now
the contestants are feminine and masculine in
about equal proportions, and the sport has the
sightliness of natty costumes. The
ponds and streams of Jersey and Long
Island are visited by clubs from the
city, in connection with the toboggan sliding and
snow shoeng, One of this weeks games brought
together a notably swell party, and each side
contained girl of especial consequence in
society. They were chosen to start the play.
which is done by laying the ball on the ice mid
way between the rival goals and letting II lie
with the sticks of the antagonistic starters held
against it until the referee cries. "Playp Then
scrimmage ensues for each side endeavors to
drive it through the others goal. On this occa.
sion one fair starter got excited, and did not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-14
NEW YORK NOTES.

Ed Stokes Undertakes to Hire a Theater for
Nat Goodwin.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New YORK, Feb. 13.-One of the rumors,
just now uncommonly plenty, as to changes and
novelties in city theater management, is based on
a singular fact. 1t has been asserted and denied
that Nat Goodwin is to get possession of the
Madison-square Theater, and the truth is that
Ed Stokes the slayer of Jim Fiske and keeper
of the famously gaudy bar-room, has under
taken to hire the house for Goodwin's purposes.
He has made fortune out of his bar by con-
stantly doing things about 1t that were bound to
be published, and he reasons that as in the case
OF D;xey, similar tactics would win with Good
win. But the main purpose is to establish
those relations between the bar and the theater
which are usual to such resorts when directly
across the street from each other. The Madison
square has double stage, obviating the neces-
slty OF more than the briefest intermissions be-
tween acts and, besides, the audiences of
the ultra-fashionable character that yield few
incidental bibbers. A canon of New York DO
liteness forbids gentleman to leave lady in
theater to 60 out for drink. Thus the benefit
to Stokess bar by reason of being the nearest
one to this theater has not amounted to $40 a
week. The present project looks to a sort of per-
formance that would assemble convivial people
and times between acts that would enable them
to get across the street and back. The manage
ment demands $25, 900 bonus for its lease, which
has FIVE years yet to run, and Stokes has offered
$40, 900.
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Shocking Case of Suicide.

Vpecfal TO the IndfanapoIfS Journaf.
DANvILLE, Ind Feb. 13.-The wife of Henry
T. Kirk, a farmer in good circumstances, living
in the northern part of Hendricks county, com
mitted suicide yesterday, her death being most
horrible one. Recently she began to show signs
Of alteration, but was not thought capable of in
ficting harm upon herself or others Yesterday
she was with the children about her residence all
morning. but at the dinner hour she went out
into shed. and emptying can Of coal oil over
her head and clothes applied a match She was
instantly enveloped in flames. but she stood with
out finching until the neighbors, alarmed by the
cries of the children. ran to her assistance and
subdued the flames, not, however until she was
terribly and fatally burned. She survived in
great agony until midnight, when death came to
her relief She was about forty years old.
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An Embarrassing Discovery.

peclaI TO the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
NATION, H.. Feb. IA young couple from
Clay county, some three weeks ago. obtained a
marriage license from the county clerk of Rich
land county. but went back to Clay county to
get married. AS soor as all was over they went
to Decatur, where they intended to reside The
officiating clergyman was slow in making his re-
turns to the Clay county clerk, and was sur
prised to learn from that official that the mar
rage was void as the ceremony had taken place
n the wrong county. The young married couple,
R1o had been rolling over and over in the clover
II their honeymoon for three weeks were prompt
~ notified. The unwelcome news placed them in
an embarrassing position. They were informed
that the only solution lay in getting new license
and being married over. The groom was disap-
pointed that the second license could not be
dated back
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Tossing Up for q Husband.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

New YORK, Feb. IA casual mention by
Roscoe Conkling OF divorce case. in
which the wife had chosen her husband
by toss of a cent, led your correspond
ent to search out the suit, in which the evidence
had been privately taken by referee The par
ties were Leben K Woermser. a clerk in the
custom-house, and his wife. formerly Ada Grey,
known for time on the circus trapeze as Ada
Greylock. Her testimony as to the courtship Is
as follows. ut was four years ago that Leben
wanted to marry me- / had sprained myself in
my trapeze feats. and had to lay off The doctor
told me must not'd that business any more-it
would kill me- So made up my mind might
as well marry and settle down. l had another
offer just at that time and it was hard to make
up my mind which to accept. Both hwere good
fellows took week to decide, but when the
week was up wasn't any nearer decision than
at first. So concluded to toss up cent did
it. and Lebe won. guess lost, though. for he
hasn't turned out WELL while the other man has
got rich" The case is in other respects ordinary
and has not reached conclusion.
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SOCIAL PUFFERY.
The Rise and Fall of Dead Presidents Far
Removed Relative.

The Rise and Fall of a Dead Presidents Far
Removed Relative.
Special to the 1ndianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb 13-Society people and
the society columns of the local press here are
probably more fulsome in the praise of society
lights than in any other part of the country
More heads are turned in Washington by this
false praise than anything else Recently lady
from the South, whose nobility took as far rank
as being the cousin of an adopted daughter of q
mediocre President twoscore years dead, spent
fortnight here She was moderately handsome
and tolerably clever. The local press and the
gossips had not been afforded field for comment
for some time. The cue thrown out by some
'ironical writer was taken UP, and the young lady
praised until she was made to believe that she
was the handsomest. the brightest and the most
vivacous creature Washingtonans had ever had
the opportunity of paying homage to. At home
she had not been given any distinction, and it
had not become known that she possessed any OF
these admirable virtues At first the young
lady, not very strong in mind, took the com.
ments with a grain of allowance, but finally
she came to accept 1t all in good
faith. The result OF 1t was that
within ten days after her arrival she and her
chaperone were invited to dinners. parties and
theaters By people who had never met them. Is
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General Hancock a Cre,nationist.

Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
New YORK. Feb. 13-General Hancock was
regarded for year before his death as a convert
to cremation. He had several friends in the
New York Cremation Society, and seemed, they
say. to take deeep interest in the subject. AL.
though he did not explicitly declare that he
wished to be cremated instead of buried, it was
thought that he believed firmly in the propriety
and sanitary desirability of the new method
Nevertheless, he is to be inferred in the Han
cock family graveyard. His illness was 40 sud
den and disabling that he could not have ex.
pressed wish on that point, and intimates of
Mrs. Hancock say that. as she never could bring
herself to regard cremation save with repug-
nance, the General would not have gone con-
trary to her sentiment anyhow
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LoulsvILLE, KY, Feb 12-Joseph Hutchin-
Won son' Nelson county farmer started to Kansas
snis s morning. He chartered box car at Bloom
heid and last night put in eight horses. with his
Two sons and dog TO take care of them. There
was plenty OF room, so he also placed in two bee
nlves, When the train had gone about five
niles the bees got warmed up, poured out of the
uves, and big row followed among dog, horses
sno boys. The train also carries passengers.
ana some of the infuriated bees got into the cars
ana stung several people severely. When it was
but they were in a fearful condition. II was
Snly after hard fight that the hives were re-
moved and the stock placed back in the car. The
t sraln came here without the bees. but over an
hour behind time.
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THE w HE N
A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
Young Girl Gagged and Choked Into Un-
consciousness by an Unknown Ruffian.
Decia, to the Indianapolis journal.

5pecal to the Indianapolis journal.
NATION, H., Feb. 13-At 10 o'clock last
night, at Windsor, Miss George Aldridge, an
estimable young lady of that village, nCftowly
escaped death at the hands of some one un-
known. She was left alone in the house, the
rest of the family being away at church She
was alarmed at noise in the barn, and went
out on the porch to see the cause Of the
disturbance. A man stepped up behind her and
threw a shawl over her head to smother her
cries, his evident design being to ravish her. 1t is
supposed that fierce struggle occurred between
the two but her strength was not equal to that
of her assailant. lie gagged her by thrusting a
corn cob in her mouth, tore her apron into
shreds and hung her by the neck to cherry
tree, her feet being but few inches from the
ground. His object was not accomplished. The
girl probably swooned away, as a letter found on
the ground near by indicated, the unknown man
leaving note, addressed to the girls father. DR..
II. a. Aldridge, saying
II am even with you now. Your internal
daughter is dead did not kill her. She was
scared TO DEATH
The body was left hanging to the tree, aud
was discovered, by the merest accident, by her
brother. he found her body cold, and her pulse
almost gone. She was carried into the house,
and aid quickly summoned. It was two hours
before she began to show signs of reviving. In
her lucid moments she cries out: "Oh, that man.
}hat man; / will die first! God help
ne" And then she would fall back into stupor.
The affair bears strong resemblance to the
Aoted Emma Bond case. She yet give no
connected account Of the affair. She was
oh hlv.r o1 1adu Nf {srip
sition She never went out in society. It is not
yet positively known who the guilty man is, but
suspicOns are very strong in certain direction.
Windsor has an nti-horse-thief association that
means business. 1t meets tonight, and may de-
termine to take hand in lynching party.
Windsor is wild with excitement, and could the
girl positively identify the villain, justice would
aake speedy course.
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Assignment at LaGro,

Opeelai to the indianapolis Journal.
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 13.-The announcement
was made to day that Capt. e. S. Stone, pro
pr'esor OF large general store in LaGro, had
mace an assignment to John Coughlin, of that
pace Mr. Stones assets are over $4,000 His
.s asolities will largely exceed that amount, SO 900
81 winch is secured by mortgage on the prop
Sry Carnahan, Hanna IL Co., of Ft Wayne,
and Boston and Cincinnati firms are the principal
SS.euitors Mr. Stone was in partnership with
ans son until last Tuesday. when a dissolution
Uoon place The affairs of the firm are in badly
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wait for the word Of command. but drew back
her stick and struck mighty blow at the ball
prematurely. The sphere was unhit, but shin
of the other starter, exposed by the short skirt
of her hockey costume. got it full and hard. In
fash the owner of the bruised and aching limb
raised her own stick and welted her antagonist
across the sconce. A hugging clinch was the
next thing in what would have gone on into a
rough-and-tum battle had not the astounded
company interfered. The physical hurts were
inconsequential. but the social wound is un-
healed, and merry talk keeps it open.
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Obituary.

CLEVELAND, o.. Feb. 11.-Miss Annie B.
aIsn. IN d., professor of the German language
rHa literature at Wooster University, died last
M; Msnt; aged twenty eight years, of scarlet fever.
Fs1ss = IRISH was the daughter of the late Col. o.
Tnar, .rlsn, chief of the Bureau of Printing and
mnlle in Washington, Miss Irish was private
s'gnsafy 20 lazy 10 Secretary Schurz and librarian of
hnsulht. 'A' ins'fios. ohe was Ah'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-14
AFFAIRS IN GERMANY.

Attitude of the Parties as to the Anti-So-
cialist Law and the Spirit Monopoly Bill
BERLIN, Feb. 13-The question whether the
Reichstag will pass the bill prolongng the opera
tions OF the antiSocialist law, as adopted by the
Bundesrath, is one Of the main topics under dis
cussion here. The preamble to the bill recites
that if the law has not prevented some attempts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-14
Steamer Burned.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Feb 13-The steamer
Athlete, Captain Parsons, was burned at the
wharf at New Smyrna early on Friday morn
ing. The vessal is total loss and half of the
cargo was burned. Captain Parsons had mar
row escape from suffocation The loss is 800
600; insurance, $4,000
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A Heavy Shortage.

HARRrsoNBURa, Va. Feb l3-Tne shortage In
the accounts Of s. P. Sterling, late treasurer of
this county, 1t is now thought, win approximate
$lQQ,0O0
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CONTINUED on Second Page.l
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or yes to Ireland as truly and as fearlessly as he
can say yes to Bulgaria. An Abraham Lincoln
General Grant, Bismarck, or Lord Palmer
ston is the kind of statesman we want-not
talker, man of action. But, as I said before. he
must be supported Lord Salisbury is the best
man we have"
"And Gladstone the worst"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21
A DISSATISFIED TRAMP.
He Complains of Too Much Competition in
His business.
san FEanclseo Eyenlng posl

san Francisco Evening Post.
The lumber Of ablebodied street beg
gars in this city has increased to an alarm
ing extent in the past few weeks, and no
one is safe from their opportunities for
"ten cents to something to eat" They
are to be met with anywhere aud at any
time, but they seem to thrive best after
nightfall on Market street, between Mont
gomery and the ferries, when no man can
walk on that thorOughfAre without being
asked for money two or three times IN
that distance. The police say there Is no
excuse for this. Men are scarce in the
Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, as
much as $50 or 500 per month and board
! being paid In many places. Nearly always
a most pitiable story of starvation and
| enforced idleness is told by the applicants
/ for charity. How far starvation really is
the cause Of their solicitations is shown
I by gentleman who kept careful account
Of those who stopped him on the street.
One man out of seventeen agreed to &C
company him to q restaurant In order to
/ get something TO eat. The others re-
garded his proposition with cool con-
tempt, or ignored it altogether
One OF these trsmps gave a representa-
tive OF this paper quite long account OF
his operations in the begging line. He is
a hearty, well-built man of about forty
years, dirty and as quick-wltted as the
average tramp, He said in substance
"Oh, this city isn't what It used to be for
us. Time was when you could get pile
of money by asking but now even these
I plug-hatted fellows refuse. This place
Is overdone and people catch on too
/ quick. Nobody wants TO work in the
country, and If did ! could get there
/ quick enough. ! haven't worked since
| 1872, and IT'S getting TOO late 10 begin
now. All we can rely on now Is TO tell
people that il is hard 10 get work in the
smart, we usually get what we want.
| Cow do strike for money, do you ask?
that's easy enough to tell. Any time
Sunday is very good, bat Sunday evening
Is the best. Many a fellow I've tackled
when he is out walking with his girl, and
! he don't dare 20 say no. Some OF the
boys are expecting TO make a big thing
out OF the encampment. | don't. People
back East know us and our tricks, and
have run too many OF US out not to know
US. No, there's nothing in that"
He closed by saying Partner, I'll
tell you what il IS. There's too many OF
rs here begging, and In three months
Wen never get cent. II was running
this towr I'D shut down on this partly, SO
as 70 give some chance TO turn an hon.
/ est penny" And with an injured air he
Z walked away.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21
Contagious

Diseases are Prevalent all over the World
! am native OF England, and while was in
thatcountry contracted terrible blood poison
and for two years was under treatment s 2 an
out door patient at Nottingham Hospital, En-
gland, but was not cured. ! suffered the most
agoniziug pains IN my bones, and was covered
with sores all over my body and limbs. / had
vertigo and deafness, with partial loss OF sight
nearly ran me crazy. lost all hone in that
country, and sailed for Am rica, and was
treated at Roosevelt In this city. rs wei as by q
prominent physician Ia New York having nc
connection with the hospitals.
saw the advertisement OF Swifts Specific,
and determined TO give it trial as q last 70
sort. had given mp all hope OF being cured
as had gone through the hands OF the best
medical men in Nottingham and New York.
am as sound and welt as l ever wa in my life
J.. FRED HALFORD.
Now YORK CltY Inne u ISIS
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21

am convinced, after testing its virtue
in exceedingly severe and obstinate cases,
that TOngaline possesses decided and
marked curative properties 10 rheumatism
aud neuralgia, and In many instances of
muscular rheumatism.
WALTER CoIEs, NJ. D.,
st. Louis, Mo.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21
Folsom

Had produced great holes In my back and chest
and had removed all the hair of my head, vet
began 10 Improve Ia a weeks time, and the
sores began % heal, and were entirely gone In.
side Of eight weeks. WILL JoNEs
Porter Union Pass. Depot
Cisco, Tex Jelly IS, lSS5.
Treatise on Blood ana skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SrEcWIC Co., Drawer s. Atlantis
ia \, y, ISL W. sd st.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21
Blood

Il the life, snd he IS wise who remembers It, But
In March OF last year (lss4} ! contracted blood
poison, and being In Savannah, Ga, at the time
went into the hospital there for treatment
suffered very much from rheumatism at the
same time. did not get well under the treat.
ment there, nor was cured By any OF the asua
means. have now taken seven bottles OF
swlfts Specific and am sound and well II
drove the poison out through bolls on the skin
DAN LEAHN.
Jersey City, n j., Aug. :. ISIS.