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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-12
Genaral Notea.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WAsHiNGToN. April 12.-General Browne b as
secured leave of ten days and is devoting his
attention to preparation Of tariff speech. He
will leave for Winchester Sunday, and after
attending the Congressional convention at
Rushville. week from tomorrow, will return
directly here.
Colonel Mafson intends leaving for Indiana
70 morrow. He goes to look after his guber-
Material campaign, and will iemain there until
after the Democratic State convention, and give
his canvass his undivided attention
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination
of Jared l.. Rathbone TO be consul general &C
Paris by vote of II 20 s.
The President has declined to interfere in the
case of Owen d. Ill., convicted ia the Western
district of Arkansas for the murder of his wife
aud his mother-in-law in the Indian Territory,
and sentenced to be hanged on the 9th iast.
A J. Kelly. chief of the assignment division
of the Patent Office. has been called to his home
in Terre Haute by the sudden death of his
brother-in-law, l. B Johns. He LETT to-day
with his wife. accompanied by Mr.. aud Mrs. S.
H Alexander, formerly of Terre Hauts.
Elk Representative sohn E. Lamb occupied
seal on the floor OF the House for some time this
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He Was "a Printer.


Boston Transcr1pt.
900 .'emsn in the English Bible, 10000 600 in
Webster's dictionary, and lao. 900. 600 in the
Encyclopedia Britannica. There are several
other matters of interest in the books named,
but the genius who made the above discovery
had, Of course, time to search them out
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Matthew Arnold does not like American
civilization. And with unspeakable pain and
modification, we confess that Mr.. Arnold does
not know how bad il really is. He has never
visited Cincinnati during ths feverish excite
ment of q cooking main.
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The Coming Opera.

PbIIadeIphla Press.
The new comic opera dealing with baseball
ought TO be @ great success. 1t il presumably
in three acts with the umpire for the hero. with
three base solos and tenor twelve puns as bad as
this one The score Of the new work is hnxionaly
awaited.
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Indiana Pensions.

Pensions have been granted the following
named Indlanians
g. r. Sims, indianapolis; g. Hartley (de-
ceased), Arcadia; j. G. Steward, Marshfed j.
Barnes, Wheeler; J. Enos, Freeport; d. Wilson,
Portland; A. j. Stephenson, Cartersbure; r. p.
Graft, Indianapolis; e. Siam, Connersvllle; T.
Mcbride, Conroe; F. Slater, Sparta, D. Robert
son, Franklin; G. Flanagan. Charlottesville; A.
J. Vest, Montgomery; L. Bidicks. Indianapolis;
J. t. Smith. Brownstown; H. e. Owen, New
berry; A Hamilton tdeceased1, Martinsvlle; T.
Brumer, Kingston; r. Ellis (deceased) Clay
City; H. Taylor. Martinsvil1e; d. McClintic,
Newbern; w Robinson, Portland; J. T. Brisco.
Pimento; g. Bruce. New Waverly; F. H. How
ard. Bedford; G. Oborst ork Centre j. Pat
terson. Marion; j. NJ Weir. New Philadelphia;
j. Paris, Spraytown; r. Sewers, Greensburg;
A. c. Erskine. Terre Haute; H. Garbet, Upton;
p. Howard. Marion; j. Marks Salem; w. H.
Sense. Cctagon; H. Bryant. Oakland City; J.
W. Sargent, Terre Haute E. Hobbs, Hitchcock;
j. w Craig, Grandview; r. Wolf, Columbus.
/. A. Dalton, Clay City: n. B. Gillespie, Staun-
ton; w Gard. Boyleston; s. Il. Tetriek Ed
wood; j. Loser, New Waverly; /. FL. Ryan,
South Bend; widow of ". P. Reeser Jefferson
vile; widow of @. Feller. Indianapolis: widow Of
W. d. Hunt. Spencer; widow of W. P. Cutsn-
ger, Mitchell, minors of j. Patterson, Rich
rnond; widow OF c. Garfield. North Vernon;
widow Of William Lambert, Frankfort
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MINOR MATTERS.
Rumors Affecting the Cabinet and the United
States Supreme Court

States Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, April IA dispatch to the
New York Herald says: There is rumor in
circulation, tonight, that among coming changes
Secretary Whitney will be made Minister to
England. In that case it is supposed that Mr.
Phelps will be called to the Cabinet Another
rumor is shat Samuel V. Wilson. of California.
will be elevated to the pending vacancy on the
Supreme Bench. President Cleveland, it is
said, has offered three foreign missions to Mr..
Wilson. all of which he has declined The best
informed California politicians here think the
rumor connecting Mr.. Wilson with the Chief
iusticeship possesses a substantial basis of fact"
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ISo Chance for the Colonel.

phfladeIphia Press
Colonel Shakspere is running for Mayor of
New Orleans, but even If he were elected Igna-
titus Donnely would probably claim to show by
a cipher in the tally sheets that the votes were
meant for some other man.
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PITTsBlIRG, April 1.-THE Western Nail
Manufacturers met here to-day and fixed the
basis of 3 scale Of prices to 30 into effect on
June 1. The scale slightly advances nails be-
tween 10 and 20 penny. and win redEce thoss
under 10 penny
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suffrage would Not Help Her Then.

Brooklyn Chronicle.
If there is any time when a woman realizes
her helplessness and dependence upon the oppo-
site seq 1t 10 when she running for dear life
after street-car with sleepy conductor and
there is no man near by to whistle.
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A Queer TAlne.


1t ID a curious thing that SO many people who
sci goods below cost manage 70 use pure cream
II their ceaee and keep TWO base burners in OPP
axatiQn
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
CAB-MEN OF PARIS.
A Large Proportion Of Their Number S:
to BE Educated Men.

A Large Proportion Of Their Number Said
to BE Educated Men.
The ench capital cnnta IS a nall
army of about Is 900 cabmen. who.
strange to relate, are mostly well edu-
Gated men who have seen better days.
Q ute large proportion of their num-
her are nnfrockcd priests of the
Catholic Church. 1t is we'll known
that of thu vast body Of young men
who are brought up to the priesthood
and ordained only comparatively
small average are fortunate enough to
Obtain appointments to the relatively
limited number of parishes nj the dis
p,sal Of the ecclesiastical authorities.
The remainder. with no resources al
their command. and dependent for
their daily bread on n stray mass here
and there. now drift into Courses which
result in censure and ultimately in. de-
crees of suspension on the part o.
their diocesan superiors. In order to
realize the magnitude Of this
evil in Catholic countries. il
may be of interest to state
that in Italy alone there are to-day
over So 600 of these suspended and
unati acheL priests. whose adventurous
and .precariOus existence constitutes a
grave and serious danger to the COM
munity. In Paris. fortunately. how
ever. the profession of ''cochcr de
fiacre" absorbs TO a certain extent the
overflow of the Summaries; and hence
it happens that thu astonished traveller
is occasionally dumfOundel by the
correct manner in which his ''cabby'
renders the translation of the Latin
inscriptions on the public buildings
and churches, or interlards his witty
and intelligent remarks with an apt
Greek quotation. Occasionally also
broken-down nOblemen. such rs the
Marquis Tregain de Treguillec and
the Comte dc Chevronay. belonging to
the most ancient families of Brittany
and Savoy. respectively. together
with disgraced schoolmasters. ruined
trades men. and considerable num-
Der of Germans. who describe them-
selves as Alsacians. but who in reality
form part of Bismarck's landwehr.
are to be found on the frank. In
fact there is hardly q Paris eabman
who has not drifted. or rather sunk.
into his present profession from some
higher calling -Rdyis Letter.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

Fl. a. BIZ Mt.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
Plain Words from Ono Who Knows.

Why do they charge me IS cts fol
this little bottle of medicine. This is the
way people talk to us every day.
We will, by your permission MIR
Editor, explain in way that ''he tina;
runs may read
Did you ever hear a prohibitionlst
make "a speech.
Well, if you did YOU heard him fire OIL
his froth and spit, against the drug store.
They make it a universal hobby. They
| all want druggist taxed. want whisky
taxed, want State license. County license,
Town license, all they can do against
him. treating him as common enemy
to all mankind. Business men of what
ever class do not, as rule, follow their
various avOcatiOns for fun and if it costs
good sum to run their calling they
must get their money and profits out of
it or quit the business. You make their
business expensive and they make their
customers pay the expenses and needed
profits. Or, in other words they live out
OF their business no odds what their Gus
toners expenses are Or. to state it still
in another form, you tax them and they
make you pay the tax yourselves Glory
in your war on drug stores and you pay
for the glory and the druggist puts the
money in his pocket, with a percent on
the tax as part of his investment. That
is just it in a nutshell. What are you
going to do about it? Quit the business!
That kind of talk does well enough
when you are well, but when the grim
monster stares at you: in wild dismay
you fly to the druggist and you do not
figure on prices then, either.
Your physician can not pay for and
carry your medicine home to you as he
used to do, because you have legislated
the price too high, and if he did he
would be compelled to raise his fee or
quit the business. We told you of the.
result before it took place and you
Joined the priests and sent fapatics to:
the legislature.
Send cool deliberate men Of sense to
make wholesome laws for you. Get a re-
peal stamped on the minions of St.John's
epistles, or pay your taxes without grun.
ting as you choose. The druggist don't
care. he is benefited by it. Treat him as
your friend and become cO-woIker
with him for the good of man.
W. NJ. EDWARDS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
COMPETENT JURYMEN.
Iho Variety Adapted for Service In I'm
p0rtant Criminal Cases.


portant Criminal Cases.
Competent jurymen are becoming
scarcer and scarcer every year. By
competent jurymen. we mean. OF
course. jurymen who are absolutely
incompetent.
Thanks to the press. the number OF
! men who have abs ,lutely no ideas is
becoming less and less every year, and
it is only such that are desired in the
jury box. Possibly. in order to save
the jury system. the jury commissioner
of the future will be allowed to select
talesmen from the lunatic asyluns and
the homes for the feeble-minded.
What an easy time the lawyers must
have had finding suffi ciently-stupid
jury during the Middle Ages. when
there were no newspapers. and even
Kings did not know how to write their
names without an assistant.
The difficulty that seems to preveil
in New York in unear hing j,rymcn
sufficiently obtuse for judicial pur.
poses NAV be obviated by change OF
. venue. For instance we read the
other day that there is a mountain
village in Arkansaw where not one OF
the inhabitants can read or write Il
"a change CT venue to Arkansaw is in.
convenient. why not import those
model jurymen? For that matter.
why not utilize the green Italian im-
migrants that arrive continually al
Castle Garden. who. in addition &c
being profoundly stupid. are utterly
ignorant ofthe English language. and
could not tell the difference between 3
verdict and porous plaster
The selection of jury in New York
abounds in comic features. As gen.
eral thing. when Doodle aldermen are
tried. nobody is locked up except the
jury.
Occasionally. man is summoned to
appear as = Juror six months alter his
death On ono occasion = man seventy
SIX years old was excused. not only on
account of his age. but because he had
the whooping cough. If you are
searching for more phenomenal igno-
rance than you can find in an intelli-
gence Office. go and examine a batch
of New York jurymen. The proprie- |
tors of dime museums who desire to
replenish their ock of freaks should
not overlook the jury box. Unexpected
monstrosities swarm in the court
rooms.
There is a legend to the effect that
one of the physicians at Bellevue Hos
pital. being DESTROYS of ascertaining
the effect of electricity on the brain
pulp. ran a needle nine inches long
seventeen ii mes into the head of 4
professional New York juror with such
discouraging results that he gave up
the job. saying that he could continue
the experiment with more show Of
success on his wife's emery bag
IerdS StfIin0S.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
EIGHT CAPITAL PRIZES.

block
valued at $500 90 half blocks valued
blocks valued $4,000 will
the purchaser tickets There
the center of business by the day drawing
chance who wish with will
who will good costing
will good business lot and additional
a building will give good
putting good business and keeping this for six months
each The
ticket holders that all drawing
be Gem, Saturday the second 1885,
holders Tickets
win be for sale At GEN. and Pneree PIasters Colby
J. W. ELLSWORTH,
GEM KANSAS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
Union Labor Rally !!

COL Jesse Harper of Danvle Ils will address the citizens
of Thomas county. Kansas the Political Issues of the day.
viz "Hard Times, Its Causes and the Remedy.
Prairie School House. Monday evening"
April Odd, p.
School House. 2S3l, Tuesday evening
April "a, at pm
School House 1861 Wednesday April 25th
at
Cumberland School Wednesday
ing, April 25h at p.
Quickvle Thursday evening April 18th, at p. m.
Kingery House 1875 Friday evening April
9th at p.
At Colby Saturday April 2sh at p and at I p
By order of COMMITTEE
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

Is the only Item Kansas and of
Depot by the 4th July and fine
northwestern Kansas There fine
view is afforded all the Colby on the
Rock Island r. and settled by good quiet
mers TO be the depot W. Ellsworth has eighty
as an addition and selling tickets for GRAND DRAWING
Each ticket sold
hundred tickets at Oeacla there will be
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

nor Mortin in 1886.
The Burlington Town Site Co. have
gived 51-1OO of their stock to the Rock
1slend Ry. Co.-for which that company
agrees to build the town fine depot and
aid its progress in every available way.
Burlington is on the upward move.
Colby Hardware Co. have
just received two car loads of
barbed wire, and are selling
cheaper than ever sold before
in Thomas county. Call and
see us.
From a reliable source we learned
that seven gangs of surveyors, each
numbering fourteen men, are at work on
the Union Pacific between Colby and
Plainville. Considering that these men
are an expense to the company of $4,000
per week, it would seem that the road is
IN earnest in its demonstrations toward
completing our Plainville Times.
Mitchell. in a note declining Sullivan's
challenge to fight again for S25, 900. ex
pressed himself in these words: Il wish
to propose the health of Sullivan. who,
though beaten. is not disgraced. No!
shan't fight him again nor anybody else.
The way feel now Is that man with
family dependent on him must be care
full about engaging in serious encounters
of that kind
An exchange. summing up what IL
town must have. makes use of the fol-
lowing language: More unanimity.
faith in the future. fewer talantcd liars.
fewer men who know it all, more faith
in one anOthers honesty. fewer fellows
who are playing to get even. . public
place for GROWERS to soak their heads
and splitting on the slate and rubbing
out old personal. political and business
difficulties
Do you want Lum-
Der, Lime, Lath or
building MATERIAL Go
to Nc Gonigal & Son
who will furnish YOU
the best at the lowest
prices. 6
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
Best Flour in the County
Attic CHEAPEST PRICE.

We have good assortment of everything
that is kept in t1rst-class grocery and pro-
vision store, and will be sold at very low
prices. Remember the location, up near the
railroad depot, south end Main street, east
side Our motto: Quick sales and small
profits FEELys STAR GROCERY
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19
Thomas County vii, comn.,a.

Thomas County will Compete.
TOPEKA. Kan, April 14-[Special. i
Ex-Governor Thomas A. Osborne offers
500 flag to the county which gives this
fall the largest increased Republican
majority over the majority given Cover
nor MOrtin in 1886.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-19

The Burlington Town Site Co. have
gived 51-1OO of their stock to the Rock
lslend Ry. Co.-for which that company
agrees to build the town fine depot and
aid its progress in every available way.
Burlington is on the upward move.
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Heavy Rainfall and Violent Gale at Boston
and Along the New England Coast.

BOSTON, Sept 26-Rain began TO fall in Bos-
ton at o'clock this morning, and between 2 and
2S0 it was very heavy. The record at noon
was nearly two inches, which is about IS per
cent. OF the average rainfall for September
The wind reached the force of gale. and some
3c0 vessels took refuge in Boston harbor. The
steamer State of Maine, for Portland. started
this morning her regular trip, but was
obliged to put back. The water in Stony brook
rose rapidly, but there is no danger of an over
flow. The telegraph services from Boston to
Hull and Highland light is interrupted 1t is
believed that but few of the large number Of
vessels which left Portland, Boothbay, Glouces-
ter and neighboring ports on Monday and Tues
day were caught in the bay last night, as the
weather had been threatening for many preced-
Ing hours. The damage in this and neighbor-
ing cites was mostly TO trees, fences, signs, etc.
In Salem trees were blown down in all parts
OF the city, and in Lynn u plate-Rlass window
was blown in. No disasters in Boston harbor
have been reported. Telegraph aud telephone
wires were wrecked in all directions, but COM
munication is being rapidly re-establshed.
AT Peabody the Essex county cattle show
which is held in valley, was flooded TO the
depth OF foot, and many structures were lev
allsd. The poultry tent was rent and the hun
dreds of coops beneath il were shattered.
In neighboring cities streets were flooded. csl-
lars filed and boats in the harbors blown from
their moorings. at Gloucester and Rockport
the gale was terrific, and the rain was deluge
converting the streets into rivers. The sea
higher than was ever known before, and the
spray was thrown hundreds Of feet inland. The
underpipnng Of the Linwood House was partly
washed away, although the hotel stands 100 feet
above high-wster mark. 1t is felt IL the gale
extended to the banks, the fishing feet must
have suffered severely.
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The Legislative Authorities Are Unable to
Agree, and There Is Possibility that the
Foreigners May Not Be Plundered.
A Discovery That Tends to Implicate an
American in the Whitechapel Crimes.
Work on the Panama Canal Said to Be Pro-
crossing Satisfactorily, and It's Speedy
Completion Assured-Notesb BY Cable.
Further Information About the Proposal 3
Forcibiy Seize the Lines.

Further Information About the Proposal to
Forcibiy Seize the Lines.
PANAMA, Sept 17.-Lima advices OF Aug.
say that bill has been introduced and approved
in the Chamber of Deputies authorizing the
executive to take over by force, il 1, should be
necessary, the railway line known as the Oroya,
now under contract for term Of years to W.
r. Grace, of New York, but as the Senate voted
to appropriate the road by appealing to Judicial
proceedings, measure rejected by the
lower house, there il q divergence OF
opinion and a conflict between the two legis-
lative branches, by which the proposition may
eventually be retarded and lost The arrival Of
Lord Donoughmore, the commissioner appointed
by the bondholders at London with the purpose
Of arranging the contract with the government
of Peru, by which the foreign creditors will re-
ceise all the railways constructed with their
capital may also have an influence or this mat
ter and prevent the consummation Of an act
against which the government Of the United
States has manifested desire to enter protest.
The experience of the administration in the
attempt to manage the lines recently taken from
the contractors notably those OF Trujillo and
from Arequlpa to Peru, has been most unsatis-
factory. Instead OF the financial profits an
nouncsd By the government as to be received
from the new system. deficit is apparent and
no money is available to balance it. Congress
does not take these circumstances into consid.
GRAFTON when debating on the appropriation OF
its condition and character, a very difficult one
to
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Texas officers Arrive at Rio Grande City,
and Arrests Of Rioters Will BE Begun.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept 26-Up to late hour
this afternoon no authentic or definite news was
received from Rio Grsnds City. Governor Ross
went to San Antonio this morning. to confer
with General Stanley. commanding the United
States troops in Texas. a man calling himself
Edwards ,elesraphed Governor Ross from Rio
Grande City. to-day, that everything was quiet
in that town; that matters had been nisrspre-
seuted to the Governor; that there never was any
occasion for military interference, and asking the
Governor TO send commission to investigate.
Edwards is supposed here to be one Of the only
Two white men who went with the Mexican mob
of 500 that surrounded Fort Ringaold and tried
to "bulldozs" Colonel Clendenning, command
ing the United States troops, into giving up
Sebree.
Rio GRANpE Cry. Tex, Sept 26.-Sh efiff
Eritto. OF Cameron county, with eighty men,
the deputy sheriff of Hidalgo county, with forty
five men, and the sheriff OF San Patricio county,
with thirty men, have arrived here. An addi-
tioual force from Uvade county is expected to-
night. also a company of State soldiers Every
thing remains very quiet. 1t is presumed that
tks arrest OF rioters will begin at once. there
IS expected unless Garcia dies. 5us his physicieu
sill thinks he may pull through
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Coopera, National union.


DETROIT Mich. Sept 26.-About fifteen Of
the thirty-thrss women who were married to
James w. Brown, the champion benedict, since
1883, confronted him in the Recorders Court yes
tsrday afternoon. The list of victims included
Helen Brownlee aud Annie Winters, OF Chicago,
who. with Annie NJ Hazel. Mary Benjamin and
Nancy Robertson, were the only ones called on
to give evidence against Brown. The Benjamin
woman was the prosecuting witness. It was es-
tablisned that Browns method was to advertise
Tor a housekeepe7, select as a victim the one
from among the applicants who pleased him
most, and marry her soon as possible He
would desert her after few days. Five clergy
men of this city certified to marrying Brown to
as many different women, and the case against
him was so clear that the prosecutor left it to
the jury without argument. Brown testified IN
his own behalf and made a sorry mess OF it con
tradicting himself at every turn. He professed
not TO remember any OF his dupes asserted that
he WAS ouly once married, and that his wife was
dead and that he had once been confined as a
lunstic at New Orleans Brown was pallid and
Locked like sick man. During the trial Nancy
Rshertson's indignation could not be repressed,
and she denounced Brown as perfidious
wretch. The jury agreed with her, evidently,
for they took but four minutes to find him
guilty. Sentences Was deferred for the court "a
inysstiEats Browns Career still further.