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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
THE FIRE RECORD.
Five New Castle Business Rooms Burned
Loss. $S, 900, with %. 900 Insurance.
Special to the India napoIis Journal.


Loss, 50 900, with 90. 900 Insurance
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
New CASTLE, Jan. 2.-The most disastrous
fire that has occurred in this city for some time
occurred yesterday in John Gubbin's meat mar
ket, on East Broadway. Owing to the early
hour at which the fire occurred, there was no
one on the street at the time, and the building.
which was a frame structure, almost en-
tirely consumed before the fire company arrived
Immediately adjoining the meat-market, were
four other frame buildings, occupied by G. E.
Mahin, restaurant and bakery; Paul Fischer. sa-
loon; Gallivan & Scott, saloon and l.. l.. Need
ham, restaurant and lunch rooms The flames
soon communicated with these buildings, and
in less than two hours from the time the fire
originated, the five buildings. with most of their
contents, were entirely consumed. The fire
department worked faithfully, but owing to a
high wind prevailing were unable to render eff
fectual aid. The entire loss will amount to
about IS, 900, with about S., 900 insurance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Other Fires.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan. 2.-The steamer John
Porter was burned this morning at the mouth
of Salt river, twenty-eight miles below here.
The vessel and cargo were valued at $25. 600.
and are a total loss. One deckhand name
known, was drowned. The steamer was owned
in Nashville, and was insured for $4,000.
WATERBURY. Conn, Jan. 2.-The plant of the
Seymour Manufacturing Company. at Seymour,
eleven miles from here, comprising seven build
ings, machinery and stock was burned tonight.
The fire is supposed to have been caused by
hot box in the shafting. The loss is 100000
SHELBYvILxE, Ind. Jan 2.-The barn of
William Major burned tonight. Loss, 81 800;
fully insured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Robbed on the Highway.


CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Jan. 2.-On Saturday
night bold highway robbery occurred near
Browns valley, few miles southwest of this
city. At about 10 o'clock. John Oglesby,
young farm hand, was approaching his home,
when some person struck him on the head with
a sand-bag. It took several blows to finally
overcome him. be struggling with the men.
After he was subdued, his pockets rified.
and $500 secured. In the struggle his watch
was jerked out of his pocket and next morning
was found some twenty feet away from the place
where the struggle took place. Tue money thus
loss is keenly felt. There is clew to the rob-
bers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Chloroformed and Robbed

CHICAGO JAN 2-Dr. Edward Bert, his wife,
seventeen -year-old daughter and servants were
chloroformed while asleep in their elegant home,
Vernon avenue, last night, and were un-
aware, until they awoke, late day, with ach-
ing heads, that the house had been ransacked
from top to bottom by burglars. Every room
in the house was thoroughly searched, including
the boudoir OF Miss Bert, but, strangely, nothing
is missing save $3.50 gold watch belonging to
the Doctor Over 81. 800 worth OF jewelry was
left updisturbed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Murdered by an Indiana Negro.

CHICAGO, Jan. John Mack. alias johnson,
a colored gambler from Richmond, Ind, being
worsted in quarrel over game of craps" In a
State-street saloon tonight, remarked care
lessly that before leaving the place he would
kill some one After swallowing glass of
whisky at the bar, Mack pulled his revolver
and taking deliberate aim at an inoffensive spec
tator. Frank Ball, colored. put bullet through
his heart Mack, then holding the crowd at
bay, cody backed out of the saloon and escaped
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
War Upon the Cigarette.

KINGSTON. N Y, Jan. "A crusade against
cigarette smoking has begun along the Hudson
river, and what is termed "a moral boycott" is
the instrument used to bring about the desired
result Physicians say the number of cases of
serious Illness traceabie to the effects of Gig
arette-smoking is very large Results of the
crusade can be seen in this city, in Poughkeep-
sic, Newburg, etc., where signs displayed
mo cigarettes sold to boys here"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03

house of widow Lindsay. at Cherokee. saturated
the bed and carpet with kerosene and set them
on fire. Mrs. Lindsay returned soon after and
gave the alarm. and with the assistance OF
friends saved the house The neighbors then
set watch on the house and succeeded in catch
ing Oscar Coger (coloredl in second attempt to
burn it. They took him to tree and swung
him up to limb. The negroes are indignant
over the lynching and there is considerable ex'
osk
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Business endorsements.

HURON Oak, Jan. 2.-Rubei IL A1ler, furni-
ture dealers of this city, assigned to-day. Liza
bilites $12, 900; assets about the same
SAVANNAH Ca, jan David Weisbein q
retail dry goods merchant, closed mp to-day.
Attachments were levied his property tho
ground that Weisbein had absconded. His liza
bilites are supposed to be $4,000, and assets
$40 000
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Minor Notes.

The store room of s. F. Buchanan, at Beford,
was entered by burglars on Sunday night. The
money drawer was rifed, and considerable goods
stolen.
At Muncie. yesterday. Archie Parker and
Oliver MCGOWAN. both colored, got into ar alter
cation over some trivial matter. During the
fight MCGOWAN shot in the right shoulder.
Both men are in jail
Mrs Sarah A. Laymon, wife of W. r. Laymon,
ex-Mayor of Charlottesville, died Sunday.
She was born in Butler county Ohio in 1924,
and her maiden name was Sarah A. Cooch. She
married Mr. Lamon on Nov. Ii, 1876
Patrick Collins, fireman on freight on the
Chicago 81 Atlantic railroad, instantly killed,
Sunday evening, at Spencervills, o. He was
under the engine cleaning out the fre-box, when
the engine moved. Collins leaves family in
Huntington. Ind. and is we'll known.
The Harrison county Regulators" paid their
respects to Marion Dewey. of Ramsey Station,
Saturday night. Dewey managed to freq him
self from the Regulators" while the fioggiug
going on, and made his escape by running
into the woods. He says that he was not told
why he was whipped. and thinks that there was
a mistake made somewhere he has been
guiltyof nothing that merits the punishment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Glass Factories at Work.

PITTsBURG, Dec. 2.-The Fort Pitt glass fac
tory, in this city, resumed operations this morn
ing. While one of the propretors, Paul Som
norman, present at the manufacturers
meetings when the Objectionable rules were
formulated, against which the men struck, he
has presented them in his factory, and
the resumed work this morning. The fac
tory was idle for week, the regular New Year q
shut down. There two three other fac
tories. one at Brooklyn and one at New Bedford
which have refused to present the new rules
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
A Missing Minister.

NEW YORK. Jan. Rev. Edward F. Miles,
who disappeared on Friday, has not yet been
heard from. Many members of his large
eregation, as well his immediate friends and
the police, making energetic search for
him. He is six feet tall, slrn with sandy hair
and mustache, erect figure and of military
bearing. Haeserved twenty years in the navy,
and is widely known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03

anti -Prohibitionists. held its first meeting to-
day. The license to sell liquor was reduced to
$1,000; the limits of permission sales were ex-
tended, and the hour of closing liquor shops was
changed To 10 o'clock. Beer license may be
granted in any part of the city, but the penalty
for selling whisky under such licenses is made
thirty days on the chain gang. without alterna-
tive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
scot,haven Miners Refuse to Strike.

PITTsBURG, Jan. 2.-The Knights of Labor
have so far been unsuccessful in getting the
railroad coal-mners at Scotthayen to come out
for the Columbus scale. AS result of this a
number of operators notified their miners that
reduction of FIVE cents per ton would be made
in their wages. to take effect at A strike
NAV follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Steamship News.

PHILADELPHIA, JAM 2.-Arrived: Indiana.
from Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 2.-Arrived British King
from Philadelphia for Liverpool.
New YORK. Jan. 2-Arrived: Baltic. from
LIVERPOOL; Moravia, from Hamburg; Ethiopia,
from Glasgow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Injured In a Railway Accident.

ST PAUL. Jan. "A passenger coach the
Sank Center g Northern railroad was thrown
down a ffteen-foot embankment Sank
Centre this afternoon. and the wreck took fire
from the overturned Miss Amanda
Thornqust was badly burned. and man named
Morrison injured in the back and head,
while a number of others sustained lesser in
irfies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
A Loss of 100000.

SALIDA, Col, JAN 2.-The most disastrous
confagration in the history of Salida occurred
this afternoon. Twenty-one houses were de-
stroyed in the business portion of the town, in
Guiding Wrubuaney's new hotel and the Chicago
Gpera-ho The loss is estimated at 5000, 600;
insurance not known, but placed at only one
third the loss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
THE SUPREME COURT MAKsHALsHIp.

How 1t Happened that Nicoiay Was Super
seeded by Wright.
Washington Special.
The Critic quotes politician who processes to
know all about how Major Wrieht;of Kentucky,
happened to be appointed to the position of Mar
shal Of tho United States Supreme Court You
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Eighteen Years for Fratricide.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
SHELBYvILLE. Jan. 2.-Thomas 3. Adams
made the closing speech for the State in the
Bassett murder case, this afternoon. occupying
three hours. Judge Hord then gave his charge
to the jury. after which they retired for de-
liberation. At $50 o'clock tonight the Jury
came into court with a verdict against Bassett,
and fixing the penalty at eighteen years in the
penitentiary. The verdict a great shock to
Bassett and his relatives. who expected lac
quittal. The trial has been one of the most i'm
portant in the history Of Shelby county, and the
result gives satisfaction. Bassett killed his
brother, Albert Bassett, in September last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03

THE marks of premature age may be eff
fectually obliterated by using Buckineham's
Dye for the Whiskers. 1t colors uniformly and
always gives satisfaction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
An Incendiary Lynched.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. "A special TO the
Advertiser from Tuscumbia. Colbert county.
says: ''0ne day last week soma one entered the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-03
Atlanta, Liquor License system.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 2.-The new City Coun-
Gill; which comprises five Prohibitionists and ten
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
he Turned the Tables.

Once on a time, some young Frenchmen
started a journal On the day after the ap-
pearance of the Arst number, the Office vas
visited by little, stout man, neatly dressed,
with cotton gloves. and an air of simple good
nature. He politely asked for copy, to see
the style of the paper, as he had the intention
of subscribing if "Give the gentle
man copyl" cried Jules Noriac, the editor.
The little man thanked him, bowed and left
Next week back ne was again. mot bad for
a first number, not bad" he said to the clerk;
''must see if it holds out" 1--WE hope So"
said the clerk "Well, well, SIR" he replied,
II am in the dry goods business, l am; scme
things are good at first, but fade win sub
scribe if the color stands" ''Give the gentle
man number twor" cried the editor Nine
times did the dry goods man return, and nine
times did he get number for nothing. On
the tenth occasion Noriac was there when he
called. Every good" said the dry goods
man. 81 like it; yes, like it, and If it keeps
its color in this number l viii subscribe next
time" "Give the gentleman two copies, :"
said the editor; then, taking the editorial
scissors, he deliberately approached the shop
keeper and cut out of the tai, of his frock coat
a square of cloth what on earth are you
doingg" be exclaimed. Taking sample Of
your goods" said Noriac, land if it keeps its
color | will buy piece."-The Argouaut.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10

"Do ye reckon that Garfield will cut any
figure in the Republican convention this
yearf asked Mr.. Thistlepod, anxiously. 81
don't seem to see much mention Of hum in the
papers"
Garfield Why, man alive, Garields
been dead these five or six yearsi'
THAT SOP queried the old man, with a
cunning, incredulous look; she really did die,
them"
why, OF course, man; you must be asleep
Country didn't talk of anything else for more
than year."
Well" said the old man, 81 remember
seeing al the papers in black borders and big
headlines about it, but | didn't know. |
never read past the headlines when they
sound very startlin', for sure's do l get
caught in some patent medicine or insurance
OF soap advertisement I'm little too eau
tious, mebbe, but every time break through
this rule get caught. So Garfield really is
deadf Well, well, well; and here I've been
a-plumin' myself all this time on bein' the
only man in America too smart to git caught
by the advertlsin' man. Well, well, well"
And he looked SO humbled as he went out
that 10 man had the heart to cast a stone
after h1nl.-Burdette in Brooklyn Eagla
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
This Seasons First Fish Lie.

Mr.. Thomas had q large farm on the Mis-
souri, bottoms near Sioux City. 1t was all
fenced with barbed wire, there being two
miles Of such fencing on the place. He hap
pened in Sioux City just about the time that
the gorge up the river had damned the river to
such a prodigious height Forseeing that
when the gorge broke it would be likely to
raise the water to such an extent as to food
his farm be rode hastily home and made
preparations accordingly. His stock and all
that was movable was transferred to higher
ground. Then be and his hired man pro-
ceeded to impale small chunks of meat on
every barb of that wire fence. 1t was big
job, but it was finished just as the river be-
gan to cover the lower pasture lot.
For twelty-sx hours the water stood five
feet above the top OF the highest fence post,
and when it receGed the most remarkable
sight was revealed From every barb, ex-
cept three. Of that TWO miles of fencing hung
a fish. There were pickerel. bass, pike,
suckers, and every other imaginable variety.
a simple calculation will show precisely the
size of the haul 1t was q five wire fence, each
wire having thirty-six barbs to the rod,
making, as any schoolbcy can tell you, a
total of 1920 barbs to the two miles of
fencing There were three barbs that had
caught nothing, SO that there were only
1l5, l97 fish Perhaps the most remarkable
part of the story Is to come: From that day
to this, in all parts of the Missouri river,
there have been caught just three fish, the
exact number that didn't get caught on our
friends barbed wire fence.-Iowa Falls Reg
icta
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
The - Eagle
The Lime Kiln Club.1

1T ar my dooty to explain" said Brother
Gardner, as the hall grew quiet, "dat the
Hon Gawge Washington Jones, of Memphis,
errove hear two days ago on purpose to de-
GbeE lecktur' befo' dis club. De name Of
his lecktur ar: How an When to Econo-
mize.' had a chance to look de genlan
ober an size him up, an las night walked
him down to de ribber, pinted across to
Canada an told him to skip. He skipped
6ich of you as had your moufs ell ready fur
sumthin' good, viii no doubt feel a bit disap-
pinted until furder explain. By a keerful
study of de Hon. Jones diskibered most Of
his pints.
81 found dat he was economizin' on boot
heels to buy mo- brass watch chain
'He was maxim one shirt las him doorin'
de spring sezun in order to buy fo' pink col
lars which reached up to his ears.
''He hadn't any underclothes, but he had a
galvanized watch dat run twenty-six hours
to de day.
she was barfut in his butes, but he wore a
glass diamond dat nebber cost less dan thirty
cents.
HE hadn't any obercoat, but he wore a
cherry street kyar boss stop dead in his tracks
he sEelled out wild blue handkerchief on
which de car Of Russia might have ached to
blow his nose.
He showed me dozen blank checks on
varus banks dat he was luggin' around fur
show, but it took his las nickle to git across
10 Canada
'He had bewtiful way Of speakin' to you,
but three different policemen war gwine to
run him in fur a suspicious character.
while be hadn't had good squar' meal
fur two weeks, be was armed wild a dozen
cheap cigars to make show on de streets
II looked ober him, an under him, an all
aroun' him, an cum to de conclushun dat
we didn't want any of his hints on economy.
j didn't want to seem too cold and severe wild
him, an arter turnin' de subjick ober in my
mind decided dat de United States was an
unhealthy climate fur his system"
On motion of Waydown Bebee the thanks
of the club were rendered the president for
his action in the case, and resolution Of
sympathy was extended to Pickles Smith for
having loaned the Hon Jones 81 in cash
without security-Detroit Free Press.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
IN ryfe's Threshold

edward, why do ! hear that you nave
disobeyed your grandmother. who told you
not TO jump down these stepsfn
Grandma didn't tell me mott to- papa She
only came to the door and said: Il wouldn't
jump down these steps, boys And |
shouldn't think she would-an old slady like
hern-Examiner.
Kitty is 8 years old and her brother, two
years older, is not an angel by several degrees.
The other night, after saying her prayers,
she said to her mother: Now, mamma, isn't
Shere something else that | should pray forr'
YES, Kitty, pray that the Lord viii make
you better girl and George better boyn
Kitty folded her hands and closed her eyes
And, dear Lord" she whispered, make
Kitty good little girl and-amen." 'Why,
Kitty" expostulated her mother, that isn't
right You should pray for your brother,
too" 81 think not, mamma l know that
boy too well "-Washington Critic.
''Say, ma, Mrs Brown has cake On her
supper table three stories high" exclaimed
little Johnnie as he rushed into the family sit
ting room Johnnie's mother was inclined to
believe that her little boys story was taller
than the cake until she made an investigation
and found the marvel to be layer jelly
cake.-Bufalo Express.
An elder brother had just left home for q
distant state, and the family grieved much
over bis departure. A visitor, meeting Viii
lie at the door, said: "Well, Willie, did you
cry when brother Rob leftF" Mo- he re-
piled, with sigh, II cried inside, but the
tears didn't come up"-Youth's Companion.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
OPEN.
servia's Beautiful but Bad Queen.

A lovely pilgrim was here for few
days, although she did not come for the
jubilee. She came to us from Florence,
where she is stopping for the winter,
stayed short while, made all Romans
turn to look at her queenly beauty land
verify believe that even Caesar, Brutus,
Antony and all the old Romans to one
would raise their heads to look, If they
only could, and went back to her Floren-
tine abode. l am speaking of Queen
Natalie, of Seryia. She is more beautiful
than ever; her domestic troubles did not
spoil her lovely figure one bit. She was
walking the other day on the Corso, look
ing around with her large, deep, brown
eyes, her black hair streaming half way
down her shoulders, and then gathered
into a big, soft tress. She is travelling
incog under the name Of the Countess Of
Takow, and has taken up Villa Itzinga,
in Florence. for her residence. She is liv-
ing very quietly. Every day she takes a
ride through the city, stopping here and
there to buy whatever pleases her fancy
The other day her horses ran away, but
fortunately no harm was done except TO
the carriage. Her son is with her-a
bright and studious youth of II.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
DRAWING ROOM GOSSIP.

The craze for Gobelin blue has been COB
bled up by its own impetuosity.
Incessant chatter and boasting about the
''cost" Of everything now is one of the evil
dences Of the snobbery of the age.
A circular fan into which sweet scented
grass is bound by tiny ribbons watts per
fumed breezes upon beauty's cheek.
The biggest feather in q social cap is tho
one stuck in to announce ones departure for
England under engagement TO visit the no
bility.
1t is rather odd that 50 called ''society
novels" are mostly written by men and
women whom nobody sin society," ever saw
or heard Of
Most society youths" yawn at everybody's
jokes but their own, and those, as consump-
tive as they are, cause them to laugh like
Balaam's beast
A lady appeared On London street lately
with hat described as 1.-TWO feet high, sur
mounted by sn eagles feather, making an
additional foot"
Special china sets, for use in country
houses, are novelties. Each piece takes the
shape of a natural object, so that one finds
potatoes in a big cabbage head and strawber-
ries in a deiicately turned up OAK leaf
An authority announces that monogram
bangles are gradually drifting out of fashion.
The bangle itself, though, isn't being dis
carded, only, instead Of a monogram, tbs
giver's photograph is now "the thing"
Progressive tennis parties are social means
of out of door recreation. Partners are
drawn by lot and service begins simulta-
neously from four courts. The progression
Is carried on by moving from court to court
Fashion has decreed a new wedding ami
versary. the "clover wedding" upon the
fourth year Of matrimony. The gifts are
four leaved tables, screens, glass dishes, port
folios, frames and other articles with Quatre-
foil designs
Sir Francis Knolly's name for his newly
christened daughter might turn the stomach
even Of an aristocrat. He has called her
"Louvirna" as a complimentary combination
representa- Louise, Victoria and Maud, the
three daughters of the Prince Of Wales
At the last queens drawing room the COS
TUNES Of the American ladies were much
more sober than those Of the English. Vel
low and pink seemed TO be the London
fashion, while chiefly white or black were
chosen By the Americans who were pre-
seuted-
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-10
A Plot for n NoHel.

A year or more ago The Sunday Call, OF
Newark, y. J., published a local story
which, while quite true, was improbable
and marvellous TO q degree. What a
plot for a novel" observed the writer OF
Il, "Wilkie Collins would find in such an
incident" Recently q copy Of the paper.
with the article marked, was sent 10 Mr..
Collins, and he now replies as follows,
under date of London, Jan 10: 80
I an recovering from an attack Of III,
ness, and most Of my letters are written
for me By another hand. But l mus:
personally thank you for the very re-
marksble and interesting story which you
have so kindly sent me. The incident
marked is so dramatic and 10 me; so en-
tirely new that / really hope to find an
opportunity Of making use Of II. In that
case il Is, trust, needless for me TO say
that the yet unwritien story win find is
way across the Atlantic TO express ia
sense Of obligation TO you as il best may"
New York Tribune.