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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
ELECTION Frnuds In Rhode Island.

PRovIDENcR. X. l.. Dec. a-John F. Blod-
getr, United States district supervisor of
elections, is reported to have found on the
voting lists of this city some two thonsand
names which have no right there. They
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Eys-Ban Cut Ont by a Kick.

70 t1C
WABASH. Ind. Dec. IA peculiar accI-
dent. which resulted in the loss of al eye
TO BENJAMIN Murphy. q farmer. north of
this CITY. occurred this afternoon. While
Mr.. Murphy WAS passing behind q horse IN
his barn the animal Kicked. and the corner
of n shoe struck Murphy In the eye, burst
ing the ball.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04

Special 10 The Indianapois Journal.
KoKoMo. Ind, Dec. 3.-The residence of
Joseph Baldwin. this city, was destroyed
by fire at an early hour Friday morning,
and the inmates barely escaped. They
were awakened by the falling in of the
roof. Retreat By the doorway being cut
off. they descended to the ground from q
were destroved' Ioss al 2nO. Insnrance
goo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
A Fighting Woman in Jail.

Special 10 inc IhdianapOlIs JournaI.
VALPARAISO. Ind. Dec. 3.-Mra. Martha
Hannes cut dow o house in course of erec-
tion on land adjoining her farm belonging
to Bert Harris. and when Harris returned
she met him with q gun and threatened to
shoot him. Harris had the woman arresred
on a peace warrant. and Justice Louder
back held her in $500 bonds to keep the
peace. She would not give bond and was
sent to jail. She threatens to kill Harris
when she gets out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
The Assassin Still at Large.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GREENCAsTLE, Ind, De-. 3.-James
Strother. the saloon-keeper Who was shot
Thursday night on refusing to surrender
his money, die this morning. His assassin
ia etlll at large.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Tried to A~ssass.nate the Minister.

Specl0I 10 the InulaDapOIl5 JOURNAL.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Dec. 3.-Wednesday
evening. while the family of the Congre-
gational minister at Lake Station was
seated about the room. the report of q pls-
toll was followed by o bullet that crashed
through the window, whizzing close to
Rev. Thomes's head and lodging in the
wall opposite. They think it was an at
tempt TO assassinate the minister.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Owen County Farmers Institute.

SpttlhI 20 TIE tNtllhHBDOus usH
SPENCER. Ind. dec. S.-The third annual
Owen county farmers institute. which has
been in session here. adjourned this after
noon. The topics discussed we're: Corn
Culture" by J. II. Smith; Roads" j. N.
Hill: Fruits and Fruit Culture r. s.
Ragan; breeding aud Feeding" 7. A.
Peden; Grasses" +. NJ. Henry. Hon.
James A. Mount delivered his lecture. The
Past, Present ard Future of Farming" and
Friday evening lectured to the pupils of
tho public schools. Hon. Robert Mitchell,
of Princeton, Ind, and Hon. William
Stohl. OF Quincy. ILL.,. assisted in making
the institute the most instructive yet held.
The attendance the last day was large.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Burdette Tries ro XIII Himself

special TO the Indianapolis JouruAL
KoKOMo. Ind, Dec. Been Burdette. in
Jail here for stealing Thanksgiving tur-
keys. was taken to Peru Friday by the
Miami county authorities to stand trial
for train-wreckIna. being accused of spik-
ing q switch ahead of q Panhandle train
near Bunker Hill Nov. 10 Last night
.Burdette tried 20 commit suicide in his
cell 10y drinking q bottle on medicine
belonging TO q fellow prisoner. Beyond
giving his system q horrible jolt the drug
did no injury. Before taking the dose he
raved all night, pretending To be crazy.
Burdette is but twenty-five years old, has
a wife and two children living In Con-
verse. and has served q term in prison for
larceny.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Fixed IL at

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 3.-The Secretary of
State has completed the compiling of the
election returns. and they show q plurality
for Cleveland of 81 SIS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Rev. Edgar Woods Dead.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARTINsvILLE, Ind, Dec. 3.-Rev. Edgar
Woods died at Oakland City. yesterday. of
consumption. aged thirty-1wO years. The
remains were brought here this evening by
a deputation of the X. of p. lodge of that
place, and will be buried with honors to-
morrow at Morgantown. Presiding Elder
w. II. Grim, of the Evansville district. will
be present and preach the funeral dis
course. The deceased was the second son
Vile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
The Millennium Must He Comm

RALEIGH. n. c., Dec. a-The contest be-
fore the State canvassing board concern
ing the result of the election in the Fifth
con gressional district. by A. H. w. Williams.
Democrat. against Thomas Settle. Repub-
Iican, has been concluded in favor of Set
81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
THREATS OF POPULITEs.
Kansas Fusionists Mey Organize a House of
Representatiyes of Their Own.

Kansas Fusionists Msy Organize a House of
Representatives of Their Own.
TOPEKA, Kan. Dec. 3.-The Peoples party
and Democrats are highly indignant over
the action of the State Board of Canvass
ers in declaring two Republicans entitled
to seats in the lower house of the Legis-
lature. Lenders of the Peoples party say
they will organize q House composed of
their men and ignore the Republicans, and
that Governor Leweliing will recognize
that body and the Populite Senate.
and let the Republicans crack their
whip, In this way they will elect
a United States Senator, who, they say,
will be seated. Speaking OF the action of
the canvassing board, Chairman Breiden-
thai said: elf they intended giving us fair
play why did they drive us out of the
room when the drawing took place7 Their
man was represented on the board; ours
was not. Ives withdrew because he not
believe In drawing lots. and would not be
a party to 1t. OF course we don't know
what was one in there. but our turn Will
come in time. We Will contest their steal,
and fight 1t to tie finish"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
K,ovr,,unx our secrets.s

eTeciai 20 Tie 1nGianapoIIs JournaL
MARTINsvILIE. Ind. Dec. a-Col. j. X.
Scott. of this city. Is making q long and
strong pull for the Adjutant-generslship
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
The wyoming Governor.hip Row.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.,. Dec. 3.-The struggle
for the g~overnorship of Wyoming still con-
tinues. Yesterday OeborDe. the Demo-
cratic Governor-elect, after effecting an
entrance into the Governors office. issued
a proclamation to the people of the
State, calling upon them to obey
his commands and recognize him
as Governor. The document is signed
by Barber twice. once as acting
Governor and again as Secretary Of State.
AT noon to-day Osborne's position changed
from one of siege. He had all day yesterday
been inclosed in the Governors Office with
BARRIERS secretary. The secretary fell
asleep and was promptly locked in q sepa-
rate room by Osborne. The change came
with the arrival of q number of his
friends. for whom the previously
stubborn doors few open. Osborne, after
delibsration. appointed as his private Sec
rotary a welI-known politician. Timothy
DYER. Osborne will address another proc
lamation to the people in the morning.
Meanwhile il is said that the Republicans
have managed to secretly canvass the vote.
thus defeating the very object for which
Osborne's step vas taken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04

are those of dead men. mythical persons.
minors and non-resldents. and have I'M
doubtedly been voted on many times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Two Football Games.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PLAINFIELD. Ind. Dec. 3.-The Prep"
football team of DePauw University and
the Central Academy boys played a game
here this afternoon. Tie game was q tie.
both clubs scoring 16 poInts. The game
was witnessed by four hundred.
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 3.-This afternoon
the Earlham and Dayton teams played a
game of football on che college campus,
and the score was 26 to 0 in favor Of Earl
ham.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Porter County Farmers Institute.

VALPARAISO. Ind. Dec. 3.-The Porter
county farmers institute convened In the
courtroom yesterday morning with a large
attendance. DR.. Manley Miles. of Lam
sing. Mich. author of "Silas and Silage".
and other farm books, lectured on "Scien-
titic Feeding" Mr.. C. b. Harris. of Goshen
on Modern and Prosperous O%airyipg;"
dependent Relations of Farming and
Banking was toucred mp by ex-senator
~izers," by Prof. o. p. Kinsey, of the North
ern Indiana Normal School. Conditions
and prospects, of the Chicago Milk-dealers'
Association was introduced by Hon. Z. S.
Merrlfield. secretary of the association.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04

under the Democratic regime. A PROM
inent politician OF indianapolis was here
yesterday. and TO a few confidants said:
Your tow is going to furnish the next
Acknowledgement of the State. 1t will be
the Secretary of State. and who will likely
be the Goyernor-elect's private secretary,
told me a few days ago that Scott will: be-
yond . doubt. be appointed, and King
ought 10 know If any body does"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Boy Prospered with Gypsies.
N IN fha Mediterranean. To,-o

Special 70 tho InuihnapoIi5 JournaI.
MARTINsvILLE, Ind. Dec. 3.-Lewis
Strodtbeck left here three months ago.. Up
to this time he had been locke upon as q
little less than incorrigible lad. He is about
sixteen years old. When he left with a lot
of gypsies he had q good suit of clothes.
and there ended the extent of his posses
sions. He traded his clothes for an inferior
suit and o plug of q horse. Since then he
has proven himself an adept at trading.
and to-day he owns a restaurant In Vim
cennes, five horses. and clothes to wear to
church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
What L. He Going to DO About 1t?

Special 60 the indianapolis Journal
MUHcIE, Ind. Dec. a.-Farmer James l..
Gibson was in the city to-day exhibiting q
copper-colored stone that was very heavy,
and about the size of a hens egg, irregu-
larry shaped. He said that he folndi it in
his barn-yard. under a chicken roost. last
Sonday morning, and beside it lay a dead
chicken with it's neck broken. MIR. Gibson
says he thinks Biela's comet passed over us
Sunday night. and the substance is q piece
OF the Selestial wanderer that fell and
murdered his chicken. The piece of strange
substance weighed six ounces.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
How a Chinaman Kills a Chicken.

One might imagine that the China
man who gorges himself with broiled
rats and birds nest soup would eat any
kind of meat prepared in any manner,
but such is not the case. John China
man has his religious notions about
such things as well as other people.
Many of the almond eyed inhabitants of
Chicago are not very good Buddhists.
Since coming to the city they have be-
come apostate. But watch the orthodox
Chinaman when he goes to the market
for his Sunday chicken. He will not
take dead one because the probabili-
ties are that the fellow who killed it was
not believer in Gautama and may have
chopped its head off with hatchet. His
chicken must have it head ON and be
very much alive.
John will go TO the coop and stir the
feathered prisoners up with a stick. If
he finds one that cackles and futters
about in lively manner he will buy it.
He has no use for dumpish, sickly ap-
pearing fowl.
Having made selection he takes the
chicken home alive, gets out dirty lit
tie image, kneels before it, makes some
queer motions with his hands, mumbles
a few words, takes from shelf or
drawer a knife with a double edged
blade which is extremely sharp, and
with much ceremony whacks off the
head of the fowl. This done he returns
to the image, and kneeling again apollo
gizes for having committed such wick
ed deed and proceeds to prepare the
chicken for dinner.-Chicago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
Great FinancIer, Who Tear Paper.

The propensity to tear paper INTO little
bits is peculiar TO Wall street brokers.
Visitors in the Stock exchange fire.
quently comment on the fact that the
floor of the large boardrOOIn Is thickly
strewn with tiny pieces of paper. Each
broker carries a small memorandum
pad. and as he becomes excited he tears
off page and proceeds to convert 1t lnto
the largest number of inhniteslmal
pieces of which his fingers are capable.
Some uncommonly nervous brokers will
destroy two or three pads day in this
manner Mr.. Henry Clews is a tireless
paper tearer. When he is talking busi-
ness in his Office his hands are restlessly
reducing paper to snowfiakes, which he
throws into the air and watches with
apparent interest as they scatter over
the floor and the furniture. He prob
ably tears up more paper and tears it
finer than any other man in Wall street.
Mr.. Jay Gould is also somewhat adj
dicted to the habit of paper tearing. al
though, like his friend Russell Sage, he
folds it and twists it and plays with 1t
for quite awhile before destroying it.
John H. Inman tears up great deal Of
paper while talking. General Samuel
Thomas not only tears it up, but fire.
quently puts it in his mouth and chews it
in an absentminded way. Mr.. J. Pier
pont Morgan will carefully make rib
bons of sheet of note paper while medi-
tating upon some financial problem.
Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, when inter
ested in conversation, will make figures,
letters and fantastic characters on his
pad. When he fills page with charac
tiers he will tear it off, crumple it up and
throw it away, and then begin on an
other page.-New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15

Pleased in the expression Every
pleased, is nothing more than the past
participle passive of please" used as an
adjective. Very" so far as 1 am
aware, is never used with any other part
of a verb, and then only when that part
has become adjective by usage. The
following quotation from Pope's ''Dun-
clad" shows its use as an adjective:
Thou triumph'st, Victor of the high wrought
day,
And the pleas'd dame, soft smiling, lead'st
away.
A similar use of the word is when we
say persons face has "a pleased ex-
preston" This being the case it is as
correct to say very pleased as to say
''very much pleased" Annandale's I'm
perial Dictionary" subject Very" has:
among old writers very was fire.
quently used alone to modify d past
participle, and it is still to some extent
so used; thus, Sir W. Jones has very
concerned Gibbon, very unqualified :
Sydney Smith, very altered, ETC."
AS there is no verb unqualify, un-
qualified can be nothing else but an ad-
jective, and concerned and altered come
under the same part of speech. When
we say, Il am very pleased, there is no
action implied, but there is simply a
description of the state or condition in
which one is at the time of speaking
F. G. Birkbeck Terry in Notes and
Queries.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PhESBPTERIAN CHURCH-Rey r. AIex
ander, PASTOR Public worship every Sabbath
morning a1d evening; sabbath school 9:3O a. m
DAY evenings; general prayer meeting "Wednesday
evening Strangers welcome to all services
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCB-Rev
Harvey webb, pastor. Sabbath preaching no. .s0
H.; 9 p M young peoples meeting. Monday
'yeninsS; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
n nHs; SaDbaih school 2;30 pm. Strangers cor
daily invited TO all services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN " CHURCH
thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. m
puolic worship, II a. m; weekly PRAYER meeting
trluay p m monthly prayer meeting last SatIr
lay OF each month, p. m; wOman's missionary
,clety last Saturday Of each month, D. m; dis
trlet prayer meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays
thursdays and saturdays each month, 2 o. m
TOung wOmen's prayer meeting, second Saturday
Zach month at the parsonage, D. IN.
AFRIC IN NJ E. CHURCH-Rev Albert March
"astOr. Sunday service, 1870 a. m; D. m.; Sab
..ith school, 2:5O p. m.; weekly prayer meeting
thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
The Western Unions Time Service.

Ane w eSJern Union Time service.
From the Boston transcripts Washington Letter
The ive-fOot time bail to be dropped
II the Worlds Fair will be made OF
canvas on a steel frame. 1t will be
wound up each day to the height from
which it is to fall, and it will be set and
electrically connected in such manner
that the breaking of the circuit at l.
noon will release it. The cable by
which it will be controlled has already
been laid, connecting the new observa-
tory with the entire Western Union Tel
egraph system. Within thirty days it
Will be in operation, the touch of a but
ton at the Washington end of it instan-
taneously transmitting notice of the
hour over $4,000 miles of wire. When
that button speaks the whole country
Will listen, and the hands of 10000 elec-
tric clocks all over the United States will
point to the correct minute and second.
There are 1000 such clocks in New I ork
City alone. All railways, factories and
Industries of every kind pay attention
70 this signal. Three minutes before
noon each day all the Western Union
lines are cleared of business, every ope-
ia tor takes his finger from the key, cir
cults are opened, and at the instant
when the sun passes over the seventy
fifth meridian the spark of intelligence
is flashed to all parts of the country. 1t
requires less than one-fifth Of second
to reach San Francisco.
The Il olock signal sent from Wash
ington indicates II a. m. for Chicago,
10 a. IN. for Omaha, and a. m. for the
Pacific coast, the United States being
divided into four perpendicular strips
and each strip setting its clocks by the
time of the meridian which bisects it
from ne rth to south. Thus each strip
is only one hour later than the next
strip to the east. The Western Union
Company earns about S1,000,000 annu-
ally from its electric-clock service, charg-
ing SIS a year for setting each clock at
noon daily. The time sold thus profta-
bly, 1t gets from the Government for
nothing, but anybody can have the same
privilege free by putting an instrument
and wire into the observatory. Capt.
McNair, the naval officer in charge, is
anxious to furnish time ball service to
private individuals and concerns in ev-
cry seaport city, only demanding as a
condition that he shall have return
wire furnished him. in order that he
may publish corrections in the newspa-
pers. Such time-b balls would enable
mariners to correct their chronOmeters
1t was chiefly for this purpose, in fact,
that the time service was originally es-
tablished.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
GRAINS OF GOLD.

To stand still is to shun some duty.
Gratitude is the memory Of the heart.
Lift Others, and self will be lifted, too.
You need a long reach to your thought.
The hours are inch-marks on Time
yardstiek.
Be blessing and you will receive
a blessing.
In the little circumstances of each day
we are lost.
The bad thing about little siI is that
il won't stay little.
The best thinking is on filling out
the footprints of God.
All are born to observe order, bat few
are born to establish it.
For insult given the noblest vengeance
is forgetfulness forever.
Do what you have to do just now, and
leave it not for tomorrow.
1t is proof of high culture to say the
greatest matters in the simplest way
The silence of person who likes to
praise is censure sufficiently severe.
Prayer will keep you from SHINING,
and SHINING will keep you from prayer,
We must often consider not what the
wise will think, but what the foolish will
say.
1t is easier to set a man against all
the world than to make him fight with
himself.
Let what you do be done with will.
Energy and perseverance will accom-
plish wonders.
Though We travel the world over to
ind the beautiful we must carry 1t with
us, or we find it not.
Bashfulness may sometimes exclude
pleasure, but seldom ever opens any av-
enue to sorrow or remOTse.
Underneath the wings of the Seraphim
are stretched the arms of the Divine
Mercy, ever ready to receive sinners.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
The Clever Bheel Robbers.

1t is said that once, before the English
had become used to the maneuvers of
the robbers in India, an officer with a
party of horse was chasing a small body
of Bheel robbers and was fast overtak-
ing them. Suddenly the robbers ran be-
hind rock, or some such obstacle, which
hid them for moment, and when the
soldiers came up the men had mysteri-
ously disappeared. After an unavailing
search, the officer ordered his men to
dismount beside clump of scorched
and withered trees, and, the day being
very hot, he took off his helmet and hung
it on branch by which he was standing.
The branch in question turned out to
be the leg of Bheel, who burst into
scream of laughter and flung the aston
ished officer to the ground. The clump
of scorched trees suddenly became trans
formed into men, and the whole party
dispersed in different directions before
the Englishmen could recover from
their surprise, carrying with them the
officers helmet by way of trophy.-Har-
per's Young People.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
Willing to Be of Service.

Judge Hutchinson was called upon to
marry young couple. Julius Wolpe,
aged twenty-one, and Dora Alberti, a
young miss of nineteen, appeared in the
county clerks office and procured IL
cense. After securing the paper the
the young man was embarrassed and
did not know exactly what to do. The
couple walked through the building arm
in arm, and attracted the attention of a
lawyer with an eye open for business.
'What can l do for you?'' he asked.
eve want to get married." returned
the young man.
The lawyer led the parties before
Judge Hutchinson, and without hesita-
ton the judge started in to tie the knot.
"Do you take this woman
Eyes sir" broke in the young man.
''Don't be in hurry" said the judge
"Just wait until l get through with the
question
Wolpe was then asked if he would
take Dora for better or for worse and
forever and forever, ETC., and he said he
would. Dora made the same promises,
and the ceremony was over with.
81 hope you people will never want a
divorce" spoke up the lawyer as the
parties were leaving, "but if you do,
why here is my card" Chicago Times
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-12-15
Her Rule of Life.

Mrs. Little was woman greatly re-
spected in the little neighborhood where
she lived. Her friends and neighbors
often spoke of her knowledge of Bible
teachings, and few were the occasions
when she did not remind them of her
attainments by some apt quotation.
"How is it, Mrs. Little" asked a neigh
Dor one day, ''that you can always re-
member some suitable quotation for
everything that happens?'
"Oh, 1 don't know" responded the
good woman with pleased smile, 'un-
less It's because l always act on what l
say. Now, whenever see folks provoked
jest associate it with Let not the sun
go down upon your wrath.
1--WE always acted on that myself. l
made it rule when was young never
to let the sun go down when was mad.
And so it is with other things. and /
s'pose that's one reason l remember"
Youths Companion.