The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis [Ind.])
April 25, 1883

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. ESTABLISHED 1823. AVHEN INDICATIONS. WEDNESDAY.—Fair weather, station ary or slight rise in temperature. THE FIFTH WHEN EXCURSION, Will be over the I. V. rail way from Vincennes and in termediate points to our Cloth ing Store, to-morrow, Thurs day, April 26. Train arrives at Union Depot at 12:01 p. m. Returning train leaves at 6 p. m. W HEN CLOTHING STORE. SHORE TEWKSBURY TOUGHNESS. Testimony Concerning: Recent Acts of Inhu manity to Inmates. Boston, April 24.—The Tewksbury investi gation was opened by Attorney Brown, who, after alluding to the removal of the trustees |by the Governor, commenced to review the latter’s statements regarding the removal made in an interview with the reporters last night, but the Governor interrupted, and protested against a revival of the discussion of topics not germaine to the investigation. He (the Governor) had a right to express his personal opinion in whatsoever manner he chose. Brown was about to talk of some thing for which he (the Governor) was not respodsible to the committee. He was alone responsible to the people of the State. £Tre niendious applause.] After considerable bickering it was decided that Brown should not have the privilege of making his intended remarks. Margaret Perry, of Boston, testified that the nurses at Tewksbury were rough in their treatment of patients, striking them, and holding pillows over the mouths of insane patients to pre vent them asking for necessaries. Witness detailed outrages inflicted upon various in mates from time to time. Mrs. Abbie E. Wheeler saw a nurse named Dunning jump upon the stomach of a pa tient with her knees six times because she would not take medicine. Thomas Marsh, jr., was very familiar with the nurses. Mrs. Bridget Doian had a daughter and grandchild at Tewksbury last February, and made several attempts to get them out, as her daughter asked to be taken away; did not succeed, and her daughter died at Tewks bury. The child had been treated so badly that it lost its speech and coulrl not walk. While her daughter was dying of consump tion she was fed upon a piece of black, sour fish, two water-soaked potatoes and a bowl of skimmed milk. This was but four weeks ago. Word was not sent to her until after her daughter’s death. Witness was not drun£ at Tewksbury, but only excited. Some of her answers were very contradict ory. Two tanners testified that certain human skins were brought to them to be tanned by a student, but could not say they were from Tewksbury. Adjourned. New’ Congregational Organ. Boston, April 24.—1 tis stated on what seems to be good authority that the project of establishing anew Congregational paper has taken a definite shape, though somewhat different from that which was first nroposed. A large amount of capital has been sub scribed to found an independent paper, and able editors'had been engaged; bu Covertures were received from the Christian Union which have now resulted in a formal agree ment, the details of which will soon be made public. The capital intended for the new paper will he put into the Christian Union, which will be enlarged, and will have a Bos ton as well as a New York office. Dr. Lyman Abbott will continue to be editor-in-chief, and will spend a portion of his time at the Boston office, where he will have the assist ance of several gentlemen of prominence in Hew England religious circles. Alleged Persecution of a Minister. Corky, Pa., Anril 24.—Professor A. C. Dixon, of lowa, delivered two lectures here in the First M. E. Church, in the early part ■of last week. He also preached in the same church. After Dixon left town, A. J. Mar chant, pastor of the church here, received a letter from the lowa church with which Dixon claimed to be affiliated, stating that he is a dead-beat and a fraud, and that his lecture is purely visionary. Furthermore, he is un duly fond of the ladies, and has a wife living in Vermont, from whom he has been unable to get a divorce because of her estimable character and his own unsavory reputation. An attempt was made to procure the publi cation of this letter, but the paper to which it was sent declined to use it. Dixon denies all the charges, and demands a full investiga tion. A Scheme to Defraud an Insurance Com pany. Danville, April 24. —William T. Dodson, arrested at Franklin Junction for the luur der of a negro, reported yesterday, confesses jto hiring two negroes to bring him a body for dissection, he purporting to be a physician. iHe carried the body into an upper room of the house occupied by himself,* wrapped it in bed clothing, poured kerosene over it, I fixed a lighted candle on it, and went away. iHis mistake was in cutting the candle so long that the house did not take fire during the night, it being his purpose to burn the house and let it appear that ho himself had been burnt in it, that the family might obluin the amount of a life policy recently procured. The Cincinnati Dramatic Festival. Cincinnati, April 24. —Rehearsals for the dramatic festival are in active progress. The indications point, to a very large attendance of strangers. The managers feel confident that, with the seals still unsold and the large number offered for sale by the purchasers of season tickets, they will be able to provide lor all who come. "Mr mother drove paralysis ami neuralgia all Out of tUo house with Hop Bitters.”—Editor bun. THE TRACK OF THE STORM Additional Details of Destruction Wrought by the Tornado. The List of Fatalities Rapidly Increasing, with a Probability that It May Be Swelled to Hundreds. Deplorable Condition of Towns Devas tated by the Angry Elements. Two Churches Destroyed and a Number of Persons Killed at Georgetown, Miss.— The Storm at Other Points. AT BKAUREGARD. The Approach of the Tornado—Scenes in the Desolated Town. Collated from Specials. At Beauregard, about 3 o’clock Sunday af ternoon, rain fell, accompanied by thunder and lightning, and this state of things con tinued for an hour or so, when the sky as sumed a copperisu hue and presently it be came very dark. A rumbling sound like that of a heavy freight train in the distance was heard, proceeding apparently from the northwest. Gradually this portentous noise increased in intensity. The people grew alarmed at what seemed to be the subter ranean moanings of an earthquake. Tiie thunder roared in the sky like detonations of the heaviest artillery. The discharges of lightning were almost continuous, and the course of the fluid through the atmosphere resembled the tail of streams of molten metal. Preceded and accompanied by these terriffic phenomena, the tornado burst upon the little town, sweeping away the buildings, trees and other objects in its path as if they were mere toys to be tossed about and played with at the pleasure of the storm. A few minutes the cyclone raged in the midst of the doomed town and then passed onward, sweeping to the northeast, and leaving desolation as the dread souvenir of its visit to the town of Beaure gard. When the violence of the wind had somewhat subsided the people wiio had escaped destruction ventured forth to suc cor the less fortunate, whose dwellings had been overthrown. The path of the tornado was about a quarter of a mile in width, em bracing the entire business portion of the town. Along Main street scarcely a building was left standing in the course of* the storm. Even solid brick structures were completely demolished. About thirty-six dwelling houses and twenty-odd stores were blown down, and the fragments scattered in all di rections. As speedily as possible succor was brought to the wounded and to those who lay under the ruins. A deluge followed the blow. The rain came down in sheets, and the ditches and gutters became raging rivers. The mayor states that when he came to himself he actu ally feared that he and his family would be drowned. The darkness of the night fol lowed the darkness of the storm so closely that it was impossible to realize the terrible destruction, but the morning sun lay bare a scene of desolation, with every house, save three, s\vept away and nothing but splinters left behind. Even beyond the town, where stood a heavy pine forest, the trees had been felled and carried away in the path of the cyclone. THE SCENE IN TIIE TOWN. The cyclone went through Beauregard due north and south, nearly along the line of Main street, the chief business street, demol ishing the most solid brick stores, and leav ing only three houses standing in the upper portion of the town, and killing twenty-six and wounding one hundred persons. The scene in the town is fearful to-night. It looks as if a fire had swept over it. The houses are not blown upside down, but are flattened out and torn to splinters. So great is the wreck that it will take several days to remove all the ruins, audit is feared that some of the twenty persons yet missing are buried under the pile of timber. The town looks like an open prairie, the houses and trees being swept away. In consevuence of the lack of accommodations in Beauregard, most of the wounded have been removed to Wesson, where they are receiving all the care needed, more than twenty physicians being in attendance from New Orleans and other points. A large number of the home less people of Beauregard have refused to leave their homes, and are now camped out around fires or searching the ruins for their household property or the bodies of their friends and relatives. The space that had been occupied by a town was to-night dotted here and there with rude log fires, around which grouped clusters of men keeping watch over the remains of some dead victim of the storm. The wailing and la menting of the bereaved ones were pitiful to hear, and the awfulness of the calamity was simply heartrending. The town is in"a de plorable condition. The wounded and dying are lying around without shelter or any com fort. Theii groans are terrible to hear. The dead are unburied, and the most utter desti tution prevails. Women and children are wandering around in search of loved ones who have either perished or are still buried beneath the ruins. Dead horses and cattle are lying around on the main street, without the means at hand to remove them. THE STORM IN GEORGIA. Unprecedented Destruction of Life and Property—Some Narrow Escapes. Special to Chicago Times. Proceeding across obliquely through Ala bama, it struck Georgia below Columbus, in Harris county. Every year since 1804, the first on record, storms have entered Georgia at this point. Veering into Dougherty county, it did disastrous work in death and destruction. Two miles from Albany a house fell in, killing instantly Mr. R. J. Bacon and wife, who had been in the coun try but a few days from the North. Afloat on Flint river were six colored men named Edward Jones** Pink Simmons, Chauncey Griffith, Ned Lester, John Kimbrough and Peter Smith, who ian against the shore, and in paddling in the darkness for land all were drowned. On Cruger’s Piney Woods place and Wilson’s place the buildings were all blown away, and one person was killed and several badly injured. On Putney’s place, across the river, five are reported killed and eighteen wounded. At Barneaville the wind roared, the lightning seemed to flash almost incessantly, and one of the heaviest rains ever known here fell for about one hour, accompanied with large hail. At Eastman the house of John Register was blown down and two of his INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1883. j children killed. Samuel Harrel’s house was j blown "down and Mr. Harrel and his wife j seriously injured and all their children hurt more or less. All the houses on the pretnises I were blown down. The out-houses of Jon athan Nules were laid waste and his cattle killed. The property of W. A. Coleman, in the same neighborhood, was injured. In Ogle thorpe county A. W. Wilkins’s new residence was blown from the pillars. The colored Baptist Church was torn to pieces, not a stick of timber being left upon another. The trees were stripped of fruit and tlie forests demolished. In Rockdale county the house of Dr. Glenn was blown down, and the fam ily narrowly escaped. Robert Fleming’s house was blown down on the family, and the family were borne along with their cabin some twenty-five yards. Then the man, wife and children and all his appliances were scattered around promiscuously as the play things of the heartless winds. After some time he succeed in picking up his children by the aid of the lightning’s incessant glare. George is wounded on the shoulder. The top of John Green’s barn was carried hence and the contents of the barn exposed to a pelting storm. William Marburs kitchen was de molished and his dwelling twisted around. Trees, fences, vehicles and palings are now lying scattered around in the general wreck. The track of the storm would seem to be about 900 yards wide. The wind in its fury did not seem to blow more than about fifteen minutes, but the rain continued to pour in torrents until daylight. In Floyd hailstones fell four inches in diameter. In Elbert, where the storm passed out of the State into Soutli Carolina, hailstones fell, someof which weighed a pound. In Quitman the rainfall was five inches per hour. On the Griffin Carrollton road there are five washouts, ag gregating 300 feet. Trains cannot run through in a week. The damage is SIO,OOO. The Oostanoula river rose eight feet during the night. In Walton count)’ Mr. Spencer’s mill-dams all washed away; loss about $2,000. The frame of anew house on the place was blown fifteen feet and smashed to pieces. Along the East Tennessee road, from At lanta to Macon, mill-dams and bridges are all gone, the water moving them with the greatest ease. Corn and cotton are washed out The rivers and creeks are higher -and the bottoms are covered deeper with water than they have been for fifty years. The lightning was terrific, making everything as bright as day, and the continued roar of thunder frightening even the bravest. At Locust Grove the operator’s instrument was torn to pieces. At McDonough the green pine planks were set on fire in the telegraph office. A freight train was ditched in a washout near Hollingsworth mill. A few minutes after leaving McDonough a pas senger train came to a sudden halt on the long trestle over Pates creek. Conductor Guerley crawled over the engine and went forward to see what was the matter. Within one hundred feet of where the train had been so suddenly stopped by the skillful and experienced engineer a bent of this trestle had been undermined and dropped six inches. While examining it the heavy tim ber cracked like a pistol shot, and sunk three inches. A fatal accident, in which twenty five lives would have been lost, was narrowly avoided. Many fine fish-ponds were washed away, and thousands of fish front old ponds washed on land and destroyed. In Webster county, Dan Ford was killed; Frank Will iams, leg broken, and Tom Cannon and wife killed in a falling building. In Preston, W. W. Pool and a negro were killed. Asa Ans ley, a preacher, was caught sitting in a chair and was killed before extricated. Two miles from Americus the house of M. S. Locket was lifted up and carried away, leaving the family in bed under the rain. Mr. Locket’s little girl was killed by a piece of flying tim ber. On Woodruff’s plantation, Mr. Wood ruff's wife, with a week old baby and five other children, were killed and mashed to a jelly. C. B. Lewis (M. Quad), of the Detroit Free Press, was at the Marhall House, Green ville, S. C., last night. So vivid was the elec tricity that he got up and wrote a letter of two pages by its light. The loss of life in Georgia is certainly over a hundred, and in tiie track of the storm through the rural region many lovely cabins were swept away and the inmates killed. LATER DETAILS. Great Destruction of Buildings, Fences, and Ollier Property—The Loss of Life. New Orleans, April 24.—The Picayune’s Aberdeen, Miss., special says: “The cyclone passed through Monroe county on Sunday, killing some persons, wounding many colored citizens seriously, and carrying away houses, fences, bridges, and everything else in the way. A suburb of Aberdeen containing twenty-five or thirty families of freedmen was absolutely wiped from the face of the earth. Three persons were killed outright, and two others have since died from their wounds, while twenty-five are now under treatment, many in a precarious, condition. The county jail has been converted into a hospital. The course of the cyclone was southwest to northeast, and passed entirely through the county, wrecking everything in its path.” The Times-Democrat special gives the fol lowing complete list of deaths in Beauregard from the cyclone: Mary Mitchell, Anna Classing, Mrs. Huber, George White, Ernest Bohr, Mrs. Westerfield, an infant child of John Ross, Miss E. Terrell, Jerry Meyer (col ored), J. A. Williams, William Hanford, Euia Benton, William Parker, Louis Parker, a child of Julia Schrett, aged ten; Milton Story, Captain Lampkin. Dr. Luther Jones, wile and two children; George Mitchell, Rev. T. Green, of Crystal Springs; William Keating, of Wes son; John S. Terrel, Sandifer and wife, Joe Hurst (colored), Caleb Ellis, child of Malissa Bush, child of Freeman Easterling. At Beauregard, to-day, all was bustle and confusion. Gangs of men were at worn get ting out goods from wrecked stores, and scores of ox teams hauling recovered prop erty away. Homeless people were getting together their remaining effects and moving them in wagons and carts. A construction train is receiving tiie debris of broken box cars. A relief committee, headed by L. O. Bridewell, is systematically at work issuing rations and distributing clothing. Drs. Leh man and Fitch are also assisting the wounded. Assistance also came from Jackson, Utica and other points. In their rounds among the wounded, sad scenes were witnessed, and the groans and moans were heart-rending. Particularly touching were the little children, num bers of them scarcely more than' babies; scarcely a murmur was heard from the little ones, and none complained. One little girl of three years wanted “mam ma to turn and fix arm”—poor, battered and bruised little arm; no one could fix it but mamma, and mamma was in the next room, all unconscious of her baby. Hurt unto death was a five-year-old boy, whose face was bruised and battered, and whose head was gashed by ugly cuts. He was uncon scious, but even with his brain clouded, and not knowing where he felt pain he moaned and rolled in bed. The little boy is still un conscious to-night. Wounded at Beauregard—l. Bloom, a little girl, name unknown, Miss R. Hamilton, H. Shoafer, Alice Ben ton, Jennie Benton, Miss Eveline Benton, Belle Cato, John F. Meeks, Charles Dunbar, Mrs. H. F. Carter, Ruth Higdon, Mrs. H. Nicholls, Mrs. Belle Schrett, Mrs. William Parker, Mrs. Lampkin, Henry Lampkin, a youth; Mrs. Terrell and four children, Mrs. Frank Thomas and daughter, John Ross and wife, Morgan Jaynes, M. Daniels and son, Mr. Turnbull, of Brook haven; John Holloway and wife, W. E. Wil cox, telegraph operator; A. J. Ferguson and family, of Tennessee; Dr. Pierce, wife and child; Henry Clay, Mr. Levison, Charles Kid ridge, Charles Lane, J. F. Robertson, Miss Cola Hamilton, Mr. Moody and wife, J. F. White and wife, L. Dunn and wife, Mrs. Peets. Four .additional deaths at Beauregard, to day—Misses Eugene and Annie Terrell, Miss .Sweet and a child of Mr. Ross. It is thought all of Captain White’s family will die. Mrs. Westerfield and H. P. Moody are probably dea'L Ten people were killed in Crawford’s residence, near Rocfcport, Miss. The deaths from the cyclone in this section will reach one hundred. Killed at Wesson—Sallie Ford, Mrs. Wil kerson and son, William Blackburn’s child, Samuel Binion, Nathan Lofler’s child, four nephews of J. T. Gibson, Mrs. Duncan’s child, Mrs. Concery and child, Anna Clanding, James Smith (colored), John Hunter (col ored), Wiliie White, three negroes (names unknown), George Hallomv, child of Mrs. H- F. Carter. Wounded at Wesson (partial list)—Mrs. Duncan and child. William Black burn, Mrs. Ford and daughter, Mrs. Benton, Mr. Lee and wife, Henry Nixon, Mrs. Beard and daughter. Mrs. Raford’s daughters, Mrs. Henderson, McMillan’s little daughter, Mrs. McManus, Joseph Williams, Mrs. Pink Wil liams, Mrs. Joseph Williams’s baby. Turner Gibson, Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Tabor, Mrs. Drone, Mrs. Lewis, Miss Walter, Mrs. Hurst. Mrs. Keating, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Mary Shields and two sisters. LOSS OF LIFE AT GEORGETOWN. In its course, seventeen miles northeast from Beauregard and sixteen miles from Hazelhurst, the first town reached by the cyclone on Sunday was Georgetown, a small village on the Pearl river. Many residents of that town and vicinity were assembled at the Methodist Church, quarterly circuit be ing in session. The cyclone struck the church, and one of the side walls fell in upon the congregation. The minister, Rev. H. B. Lewis, had his skull fractured—only slim chances for recovery. Mr. Savage, who rushed out of the building, was instantly killed, a falling limb breaking his neck. Joe liorneathing. slightly injured; Mrs. Allen seriously hurt, and Mrs. Steele slightly in jured. Others in the large congregation had miraculous escapes. As the cyclone struck the edifice ail fell upon their knees, and the benches shielding them, they escaped with trifling iniuries. A negro church near by was also visited by the destroying wind and succumbed. Three worshipers were killed outright, and eight or ten injured. Residences and stores were leveled to the ground. John U. Crawford, wife, daughter, grandchild and servant were in stantly killed. Mis. Crawford was blown 300 yards and the entire family so crushed and mutilated as to be hardly recognizable, and presented a horrid appearance. The chil dren of John Beaselv and those of Mrs. Ryan were killed. Mrs. Fowler’s three grown sons and daughter were instantly killed, and Mrs. Fowler was carried 150 yards and thrown into a tree, and thence carried by the wind rUo another tree, receiving such external hd internal injuries that she died from the effect. All stock in the path of the cyclone were killed, being crushed to death by flying timbers. Billy Parker, wife and child were killed; also a daughter of William Ryan. Opposite Georgetown, Sampson county, James Bass’s residence was demolished, and one member of the family killed. The Picayune’s Natchez special says: “The storm of Sunday, so destructive to property, passed very near Natchez, and appears to have had its origin in the Red River country and passed northeast. It blew down the gin house and three-fourths of the cabins on the Ashley place, in Concordia parish, wounding seven or eight persons, prin cipally children, and one woman was killed. It crossed the river twelve miles below Natchez, passed two miles east and wrecked the fair grounds, buildings and seven houses on Hutton’s place, some in Morgantown, and wounded many colored persons. The storm which passed near Natcliez does net appear to have been the same that visited Wesson and Beauregard, as it occurred at 10:30 a. m. Destruction and Death in Mississippi. West Point, Miss., April 24. —Two cyclones passed over Clay county on Sunday; one about 12 o’clock, over the western part of the county; the other about 1 o’clock, over the central and southern part. Both were terrific in the extreme, leveling houses, fences and trees to the ground, and spread ing death and destruction in their paths. Near Hohenlind§n thirty persons are re ported killed, and near Pine Bluff seventeen are reported killed. A number were killed in different parts of the country, but how many is not known. In West Point the court-house, law build ings, Central Hotel and several stores were unroofed. A deed was found in the country that had been blown fifty miles. The afflicted and distressed are being pro vided for by the more fortunate. No es timate can yet be put upon the amount of property destroyed. It was intended to start a mill at Wesson to-day, but there was so much sorrow in town and so much misery that could not be got together. The town is quiet and a Sabbath-day calm prevails. Tn the ruined district, out on Peach Orchard street, some families this morning were searching among their ruined homes for bedding and clothing, but as the day advanced they left the scene and it was almost deserted from noon till night. Damage in Crawford, Gu. Atlanta, April 24.—Reports from Craw ford show considerable damage by the storm. Many houses were blown down, many per sons injured by lightning and falling houses, and great loss of propety. A negro was killed, and several horses, mules and cows were killed. Thomas Reeeh was blown against a tree, but not killed. Willie Still had two children seriously hurt, one having a leg fractured. South Carolina Struck. Charleston, S. C., April 24?—The cyclone in Barnwell county, yesterday, cut a path three-quarters of a mile wide through Sal \kehatchis Swamp as if the timber had been Telled tor a railroad. Residences, cabins and outhouses were swept away from the follow ing farms: Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, G. W. Morris, W. Still, J. B. Zorn, Mrs. Sarah Mor ris, J. W. Morris, Mr. F. Morris, Tobias Still, Harper Hagood, L. J. Hartzoy and Henry Iluito. Most of these parties lost all their household goods. STORM NOTES. A Panic on Hoard the James W. Gaff -The Vessel’s Narrow Escape. Uairo Special. Saturday night at 11 o’clock the James W. Gaff encountered a storm of wind and rain near Birdsville, Ky., in the chute of Stewart’s Island, which took her into the bank, but doing no especial damage. Before she could be made fast the wind changed, carrying her head into the river and directly into the trough of the heavy seas which were running ten feet high. She rolled and pitched and tumbled, refusing to obey her helm, causing passengers to pray and several ladies to faint, the sea at one time running over the forecastle to the depth of three feet, actually washing several negroes from the foot of the stairs, whither they had fled for safety Suddenly both chimneys were torn from their fastenings and came crushing into the roof, missing the pilot-house by a hair and badly mashing and splitting the hurri cane roof. A perfect panic now ensued, and only bv the exertions of the crew, all of whom stood nobly to their posts, were many prevented from leaping overboard. Finding it impossible to buck her stern down stream, Captain Lu Scragg, who was in charge of the wheel, saw that unless he could reach the j other shore and the cover ot the timber the craft was doomed. Ho rang the go-ahead bell, and the struggling packet, bearing her head clear of the destructive waves, made a desperate and successful effort to reach the other shore. Life-preservers were found strewn throughout the boat, while the pilot on watch was considerably bruised by being thrown violently about the pilot-house dur- I ing the worst of the gale. It was a very nar row escape for all on board. Trains Rlown Over ill Utah. Salt Lake, U. T. f April 24.—The snow storm for the last two days ended in a high wind, which blew off' the track and partly wrecked two Utah Northern passenger trains. We can’t learn that any one was seriously hurt. A standing train at Ogden was blown over and several buildings were damaged. The snow has gone here and fruit trees are in bloom. The Union Pacific trains are on time to-day. Doat-House Destroyed. Chicago, April 24.—8 y the storm on Lake Michigan, last night, the fine boat-house of the Farragut Boat Club, on the lake shore, was completely demolished, being the second disaster of a like character sustained by the club the present season. Loss, $6,000. WIND FORCE. A Subject Concerning: which but Very Little in Absolutely Known. New York Herald. The spring winds and tornadoes which have begun their desolating work in the South and West will afford meteorologists fresh opportunities of studying the much mooted question of the maximum force of the wind. In the current number of Long man’s Magazine Professor Houghton, of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, attempts to elucidate “Wind Force and How It Is Measured,” but he is candid enough to tell bis readers that on the latter part of his sub ject his article is “eminently unsatisfactory,” because as yet “no measurements’’ of the wind have been made. The imperfec tion of all anemometers yet devised more or less vitiates their read ings, and long before the severest tornado or hurricane wind attains its maxi mum force the best anemometer is invaria bly disabled. In a recently-published re port on the character of 600 tornadoes, by Sergeant J. P. Finley, of the Signal Service, it is stated that “the velocity of the wind within the cloud vortex was variously esti mated at from seventy to 800 miles an hour, the average being 392 miles.” This is a startling estimate. A velocity of 800 miles an hour corresponds, on the lowest basis of calculation, to a pressure of about three fourths of a ton on a square foot. Such a force is totally incomparable with the utmost pressure recorded or indicated by the wind gauge in the most disastrous hurricanes. In the almost unprecedented British cyclone of Oct. 14, 1881, a pressure of fifty-three pounds was registered at Greenwich almost at the very moment when thirty mag nificent trees near by were blown down, and no recorded hurricane has risen to a velocity of more than 180 miles an hour, which would correspond to a pressure of only eighty-one pounds per square foot, by Mr. Laughton’s method of calculation. Aside, however, from nice questions of anemometry it is important to all people to know that the limit of wind pressure even at sea level has not been determined, and that dealing with this unknown quantity they must not un derrate it. At a meeting of the London In stitution of Civil Engineers last year one of its foremost representatives well said: “En gineers are not at present very far advanced in their knowledge with regard to wind.” Tiie large number of houses and other struct ures blown down in this country shows that our architects and engineers have something to learn in this direction. THE INDIANS. General Crook Starts ou His Expedition Against the Mountain Apaches. St. Louis, April 24.—Advices from New’ Mexico say that General Crook broke camp at Wilcox yesterday morning and started for Guadaloupe canyon with 300 troops, 200 Indian scouts and twenty-one wagons, lu a talk with General Crook the Indian scouts told him they wanted him to lead them against the Chiricohaus until all were exter minated or captured, as they could not hope for peace on the reservation themselves until that was done. The expedition is admirably appointed and supplied for ninety days. On arrival at Guadaloupe canyon Captain Craw ford and Lieutenant Gatewood, commanding the scouts, with one company of troops under a nicked officer, will penetrate the fastnesses of the Sierra Madre mountains, and the re mainder of the command be posted along the boundary. Captain Dougherty has been ordered to join his command at Fort Apache to guard against anticipated trouble with the Wiiite Mountain Apaches. Tiie Sail Carlos Indians Fear Surprise. Washington, April 24.—Indian Agent Wil cox telegraphs to the Indian Office that a company of rangers are now near San Carlos agency, evidently intending to surprise the Indians. Their suspicious movements are exciting the Indians, and it is thought seri ous results may ensue. The agent expresses the fear that the Indiarti*cawnot be inff uenced to act solely on the defensive, and says they should not be put to the test. Secretary Tel ler to-day directed Agent Wilcox to inform the rangers now in the vicinity of the res ervation that they must not surprise the In dians. He also directed Wilcox to acquaint the officers in charge of the United States troops with the situation, in order that pre cautions may be taken to prevent trouble. Trotters Arrived. Cincinnati, April 24.—0. A. Ilickok, of San Francisco, arrived to-day at Chester Park with St. Julien, Overman, Romero, Ruby, Eva, Director, and four other young trotters. The horses will remain here in training until j the time to meet engagements at Fleetwood j Park, New York. Maud S. and St. Julien, I two of the most noted trotters in the coun try, are now iu practico on the same course. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS. Profound Reticence of the Powers that Ho Concerning- tlic J uilgosliip.

Influential Persons Working* for the Re moval of Professor Wiley and the Rein statement of Professor Collier. Prospect that There May Be Some Meat in the Hill Investigation. The Cabinet Discussing: the Contingencies oi the Dj’namite Movement—Politioal and Porsoua! Notes.

THE JUDGESHIP. The President and Senator Harrison Decline to Furnish Information. Bpec4a] to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 24.—There are no new developments about the judgeship matter to telegraph to-night. The President and Sen ator Harrison are dumb. General Browne says Senator Harrison has recommended or will recommend Judge Ilines, who will be appointed. He doubts the wisdom of ap pointingan Indianapolis lawyer to the office, but says there is no disposition on the part of Indianapolis politicians to oppose the Sen ator. PROFESSOR COLLIER. Influential Men Urging His Reinstatement in the Department. Special to the Indianapolis .TournaL Washington, April 24.—Dr. Silliman, of Yale College, is here to urge the reinstate ment of Professor Collier, the lately-deposed chemist of the Agricultural bureau. He is backed by Senators Edmunds and Morrill, of Vermont, and will interview the President to-morrow. The tight between Commis sioner Loring and Professor Collier is purely personal, and grows out of a question bing ing on sorghum sugar. Scientific circles are all torn up over the matter. TIIE CHARGES AGAINST HILL. Mr. March Objects io Mr. Robinson, ami the Latter Will Withdraw from the Committee. Washington, April 24.—Assistant Secre tary New, chairman of the Hill investigat ing committee, received to-day a long letter from ex-Representative Murcli explaining his position with reference to the pending investigation. The letter is for the present withheld from the press, but it is known that Mr, Murcli makes several objections to the management of the investigation. Os these the most important is that Assistant Solicitor Robinson, who, Mr. March asserts, is partial to Mr. Hill, is allowed to sit as a member of the committee. When this objection was made known to Secretary Folger, he at once conferred with Mr. Robinson on the subject. The lat ter said that while he felt sure he could act justly and conscientiously in the investiga tion, he was perfectly willing to withdraw if there was the least reason for such a course. Secretary Folger says that a substitute for Mr. Robinson will be selected in a few days, not because lie feels the slightest doubt of the latter’s perfect integrity, but in order that no charge of favoritism can possibly be made against any member of the committee. Kx-Representative Murcb, of Maine, said to an Associated Prers reporter, to-night, in explanation of his position in the matter of investigating the charges against Supervis ing Architect Hill, of the Treasury Depart ment, that he had no personal interest iu pursuing the investigation, and that he would take no part in pressing the charges before the Treasury committee unless it became evident that tiie inquiry would be a fair one, and unless lie were allowed counsel fees and expenses of witnesses. In the event of failure to secure a fair inves tigation, and the presence of necessary wit nesses, he proposed to lay charges of con spiracy to defraud the government, against Hill and others before the grand jury of the District. Mr. March said, further,"that the charges he had preferred were drawn up by Secretary Folger himseif after he (Mr. Murch) had stated in a speech in the House of Representatives that the architect's office of the Treasury was rotton throughout. The Secretary, he said, had written him, after that speech, asking for specifi cations, and these he had furnished him. On the strength of the allegations therein made, Seretarv Folger had appointed an in vestigating committee. The* personnel of the committee was not satisfactory to Mr. Murch, and he has asked the Secretary to put at least one outsider upon it. The Journal’s correspondent telegraphs: “It is an open secret to-night that Mr. Robin son will be retired from the investigating commission, and that his place will be filled by another man. The investigation promises to pan out, after all.” A CABINET MEETING. Various Questions Discussed, Including tiie I>> nanilte War. Washington, April 24.—The meeting of the cabinet to-day lasted about an hour and a half. All of the heads of departments were present, including Mr. Gresham, the new Postmaster-general. The rules and regulations prepared by tho Civil-service Commission, which were recently submitted to the President for his approval, were pre sented by the latter, and after a short dis cussion of them, a copy was given to each member of the cabinet for examination. There was some discussion of the question whether the National Board of Health or the Marine Hospital Service should direct and control the expenditure of SIOO,OOO appropri ated for the prevention and suppression of epidemic diseases, but no conclusion was reached. The Marine Hospital Service had control of the epidemic fund last year, but i their authority to disburse it is now disputed by the National Board of Health, and the question has been referred to the President for his decision. There was also some infor mal conversation at the meeting to-day with regard to the evidence furnished by news- I papers that persons in the United States r> j actively engaged in aiding and directing the operations of tho dynamite plotters in England. This conversa tion did not grow out of an official correspondence on tho subject, for no documents of any kind relating to it wore presented, Vmt there is reason to believe that

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2 ft hypothetical question was framed and dis cussed, and that the members of the cabinet generally expressed their views as to what the policy of this government should be in the various suggested contingencies which might arise out of the manifest disposition of certain Irish leaders to use this country as a basis for attacks, by means of dynamite and nitro-glycerine, upon the English gov ernment and English people. FOB GOVERNOR OF INDIANA. The Chances of Well-Known Democrat® Who Will Seek the Nomination. Washington Special to Courier-Journal. Mr. Lycurgus Dalton, superintendent of the Senate folding-room, has been interviewed on Indiana politics, and is evidently for Judge Holman for Goevrnor in 1884. Mr. Dalton is an Indiana Democrat, and has a right to be heard. Colonel Dick Bright, Sergeunt-at- Arms of the Senate, also stated that Mr. Hol man stands a good chance in the race for the nomination, and if nominated would make a splendid ra'3, and if elected would be an ef ficient Governor. “There are, however, two or three other gentlemen in Indiana who will contend for the Democratic nomination for Governor. There is Colonel I. F. Gray, of Union City,” he continued, ‘-who will be prominent in the race. Colonel Gray, you know, is one of the best men in the State —a gentlemen with a big brain, a spotless political and personal record, a fine lawyer, an orator and a states man, and one of the most popular Demo ciats in the State. 11c is very strong. Then there is Senutor Bob Bell, of Fort Wayne. The Democrats of northeastern Indiana will be solid for Bob. while all along the central part of eastern Indiana and about Indianapo lis he will have a heavy support. He is a splendid lawyer, a statesman and politician, is quite popular and would be a strong can didate.’' “But Bob’s racket with Jason Brown will probably keep him out of the race, will it not?” inquired the correspondent. “Well, he may have become disgusted with State politics since that time, but Bob Bell could not be scared off the track by anything of that kind. It is only a ques tion of whether or not he wants to enter politics and quit hi 9 very lucrative law prac tice.” RESERVATION LAND SALE. Orders that the Otoe Indian Lands Re Offered at Public Sale. Washington, April 24. —8 y direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the remainder of the lands of the Otoe and Missouria Indian reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, compris ing about 50,000 acres, will be offered at pub lic sale at the United States Land Office, In Beatrice, Neb., on the 30th of May next. Senator Van Wyck, who has been instru mental in bringing about this sale, has asked Secretary Teller to send an officer from the department to superin tend it, and it is prob able that Commissioner McFarland, of the General Land Office, will go to Nebraska for that purpose. The lands will be sold only to persons who shall within three months after the date of their application make permanent settlement upon the same, and each application must be accompanied by an affidavit ns evidence of good faith in this res|>ect. The lands will be sold to the highest responsible bidder at not less than the appraised value, in eighty-acre tracts, and no one person will be allowed to purchase more than 160 acres. -The terms of sale are: One-fourth cash, to be paid in three months from date of filed application, and the remainder in one, two and three years, with interest at 5 per cent. GENERAL AND PERSONAL, A Settlement with Sureties in the Pckiu Whisky Cases Recommended. Washington, April 24. —The Solicitor of the Treasury has recommended the accept ance of the offer of Mr. 11. M. Hippon, of Il linois, to pay SI,OOO in compromise of his liability to the government as surety on the bond of the late C. J. I>. Ruppert, of Illinois, ftuppert was a distiller of whisky, and judg ments were obtained against him and his sur eties for failure to comply with the require ments of tiie law. Ho died insolvent, and all efforts to collect judgments against him from his sureties has been fruitless. This i9 one of the well-known Pekin cases in which there were twen ty-two judgments to the aggregate amount of $222,000 obtained about eight years ago. The amount of the claim against Hippon is $3,697. In recommending the acceptance of SI,OOO in compromise of this claim, the So licitor says it is nil the government can pos sibly realize, and just that much more than could be collected from Hippon under an execution. Jt does not, he says, in any way relieve or palliate the offenses of the princi pals, who were the only real violators of the law. The Solicitor adds that he feels strong ly inclined to relieve all other sureties in these cases if they offer a reasonable amount in compromise, provided such relief can be given without extending it to the guilty principals The report of the Solicitor has been approved by the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue, and the matter is now in the hands of Secretary Folger. Four Days* Talk ami Not Half Through. Washington, April 24.—Mr. Ker, of the counsel for the prosecution, continued his argument in the star-route case to-day by re viewing and analyzing the evidence relating to routes from Toqueville to Adairville, from Saguache to Lake City, and from Dal les to Baker CHty, Ore. The last named is the eighth of the nine cen routes included in the indictment. Colonel Ingersoll said to a reporter to-day that he thought his turn to address the jury in this case would come in about four weeks. After recess Mr. Ker took tip the “Gum Boot route” (Eugene City to Bridge Creek, Ore.) —so-called because one of the postmas ters testified that the entire mail was carried in one rubber boot. Mr. Ker summed up the evidence concerning this route with the fol lowing expressive rhyme: “The. until was small; Be arc e any at all; A letter or two ami a paper WVnt over tins ronte In the l*sg of a hoop 'Die horse on a live-mile caper.” (Laughter.] “And,” Mr. Ker added, “the contracted made a profit of $9,460 per an num. A Crank from Pofilck. V u hlnjrton Critic. Among the teams which drove up to the main portico of the Executive Mansion was as a decidedly country-looking outfit, cov i red with mud and drawn by an attenuated ng. Inside the vehicle was an old country man with mixed red and gray whiskers, clad ■in a homespun suit. Alighting, he drew £ cents per bushel would be ordered. About 3,000 miners are working at 3 cents per bushel, but will strike if the convention orders it. The Cigarmakers of .Milwaukee. Milwaukee, April 24.—A1l the union shops of the city have resolved to grant the cigarmaker9 an advance of one dollar after May 1, and there will be no strike. These shops, however, embrace al! the small fac tories to the exclusion of large conoerns, and trouble is feared in such places. Very few have advanced the wages a small per cent. of the amount asked for, while the others con cede nothing. Brickmakcr* Hoist the Red Flag. St. Joe, Mo., April 24.—The employes of the brick-yards of this city are on strike to day, two hundred of them failing into line with a red handkerchief fora flag, and visit ingall the'yard3. General Strike of New York Clgar-Makers. New York. April 24.—'The strike of Span ish and Cuban cigar-markers for an advance of wages, became universal to-day, the men in all the shops leaving off work. Arrest* for Murdering the Ward*. Grand Forks, April 24.—Eleven arrests were made to-day of parties suspected of be ing connected with the murder of the Ward brothers. It is said the Ward broth ers built a shanty on the claim of a man named Bell, who was re siding on the claim; that Bell, on returning home on Sunday, was driven off by the Ward boys. He then rallied his friends and ordered the Wards to leave,‘when the Wards fired upon them, and the Ward hoys v. ere then shot dead. A man who was with the Wards made his escape and identi fied the men who are now under arrest. Three Desperadoes Escape from Jail. Brainard, Minn., April 24.—Burns, Haw ley and Bennett, three of the desperadoes engaged in a fight with the sheriffs posse at the Mississippi railway bridge, near this place, ou Thursday last, made their escape front the calaboose, yesterday, by cutting their way through the wooden walls. Rice and McClure, of the same party, and who were wounded in the melee, are held in the county jail. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The lowa State Democratic Convention will he held at Des Mollies ou Juue 6. Over three hundred hid* for Indian supplies were opened at New York yesterday. The New York Boardlof Aldermen contemplate erecting a statue to Peter Cooper in front of Cooper Union. The cigar maker* of Portland. Me., are strik ing for $1 a thousand advance. The manu facturers propose to substitute girls. In a row at a country dance near Nebraska City, Neb ou Saturday, two men received in juries that will probably prove fatal. Charles Emelin*, jeweler at Niles, Mich., arose from the dinner-table, ou Monday, and shot him self dead without cause or warning. The principals and seconds (Italians) in the duel In Brooklyn, have been arrested. Eight shots were exchanged, but nobody was hurt. Charles and Fred Ward, nepliows of the lion. Charles B. Farweil, of Chicago, were found dead, on Monday, iu their shauties, near Cree City, D. T. At Independence, Mo., on Monday, John Van zaurit totally shot Porter Armstrong. The trouble was caused by a dispute over a game of cards. The Appellate Court deolded, yesterday, that certificates of membership in the Chicago Board of lra le cannot be taken possession of by at tachment. Fifty-five infantry companies, five batteries of artillery and several noted military hands have entered for the competitive drill at Nash ville, May 21. Quite a number of saloon-keepers in Columbus, O have closed up on account of the Scott law, and it is predieted that their number will be In creased to 200. Two women, each claiming to be the willow of the same man, have gone to law at Omaha, to determine winch is the mother of two girls aged fifteen aud seventeen years. Governor Foster’* father, aged eighty-six, was stricken with paralysis, at Fostorio, 6., to-day, and is reported dying to-nignt. The Governor and family have gone to Fostoria. Ex-United States Marshal Russell left Ban An touio, Texas, yesterday, in charge of three offi cers, for Chester (111.) penitentiary, where he is to s,eiid his term of imprisonment. Captain J. W. Shackfnrd. of the steamship Illi nois, has been appointed commander of Jay Gould's new steam yacht Ataianta. Ho takes command of the vessel Immediately. The mayor .of Minneapolis last night vetoed the ordinance fixing saloon licensee tit $1,500, the council sustaining the veto, the friends of high license lacking one vote of enough to pass it over his head. John D. White, congressman from Kentucky, and Alice M., daughter of ex-Congresstnan Har ris, were married at East Bridgewater, Massa chusetts, yesterday. The bridal trip includes the Pacific slope. “Owner” Geosr began was fined SSOO and sen tenced to one mouth’s imprisonment for permit ting minors to enter his Bowery den, New York. The Supreme Court granted a temporary stay. Geogbegan is in jail. The new bridge of the Clieraw Chester rail road over the Catawba river, South Carolina, ex cept a small portion on tlie Chester side, was swept away by a freshet yesterday. The bridge bad been used only ten days. Reports from the smaller towns of Ohio indi cate that a large proportion of the Saloons are closing on account of the Scott law. The liquor league*, wherever organized, have held meet ings, but kept the proceedings secret. At Norfolk, Va., Lucy Haulsey, a negress, has been arrestee for whipping her sister’s orphan child, seven years old, to death. The child was flogged with a cowhide ami burned ou a stove. The husband was arrested as accessory. A sensational murder trial is in progress at Denton, Md., where Mrs. Belle Beachump is charged with poisoning bur husband. Her coun sel claims that- the proceeding is a malicious prosecution by euemies of the prisoner. A Bohemian ttain**d Wencel Creoktnar, while engaged in a drunken fracas over a game of cards witn Charles Franzer, at a beer saloon, in Cedar Rapids, la., Sunday uigiit, received wounds tioni which he died next morning. By a vote of 55 nays to 100 yeas the Massa chusetts House refused to engross the resolu tion for amendments to the constitution so women may be appointed Justices of the peace aud notaries public. A two-thirds vote is neces sary. J. D. Calrlte.'of the firm r of Clarke Franks, i>f Stewartsville, Ky., was shot and killed, on Monday, by his partner. J. T. Franks. He had accused Franks of stealing the Arm’s money, from which a quarrel arose. Franks shot Clarke five tirnee. While a train on the Housatonio road wat, rounding a curve, yesterday, lour heavy Bricks of timber fell from a freight car in the front and were driven through the smoking, baggage and passenger ears following. No person was seri ously injured. The so-called fraud upon the revenue by H. Spiegel Cos., of Broad street, New York, turns our, upon inquiry, to boa purely technical affair, and occurred through innocent carelessness and negligence of employes, in which the firm can not he directly or indirectly involved. Much excitement prevails over the reported discovery in Bertie county, N. C., of the remains of a number of gi ran Lie men iu a iuouud. The skeletons were discovered in a sitting posture, aud their lieiguts range from seven to nine feet. The State Geologist goes to the spot at once. Father Otto Jair was stricken with apoplexy on Monday afternoon at the residence of the German pastor, at Grand Rapid*, Mich., whose truest he was during the consecration of Bishop Richter, which he came to attend. His sttua l ion is serious, with grave apprehensions of u "fatal result- At Springfield, 0., on Monday, Mrs Lizzie Hamilton brought suit for divorce from her hus band, Humphrey Hamilton, after a period of married life embracing twenty-nine days. Ex treme cruelty is the alleged ground for action, plaintiff averring that Humphrey beat her wlthlu twelve days after the wedding. George Dean, while calling at the house of a tuan named (Jolt, at Luzerne, N. Y .on Sunday, for an improper purpose, was attacked by Colt, hi* ten-year-old son and a woman named Nancy White, and fatally wounded. The older Colt shot Inin in the breast, while ids son stabbed him in the abdomen, and the woman hacked him with an ax. All three were roughly handled by Dean. At Philadelphia, on Mouday, Catharine Bur nesoti, who fatally shot little Maggie Curletr, aged eleven years aud six months, on the 31st of January last, was arraigned upon a charge of murder, and upcm the advice of her counsel she entered a plea or guilty, with the understanding that the degree of the offense should lie deter mined by the court after hearing the fact* of the case. After bearing tiie testimony the counsel said he thought the court suouid enter Judgment against the defendant of murder in the second degree. The court reserved sentence for a few (lays. Miss Burueson is well connected and edu cated. _____________ Dog Liver Oil, Aiken (8. C.) Recorder. Last week a report reached our office that a fine fat dog had been killed by an Aiken butcher upon the order of a consumptive visitor from Minnesota, for edible purposes. Upon investigation we learned from the butcher himself that the canine was not killed for the sake of his meat, But for the oil contained in his fat, which the gentleman proposes to drink as a cure for consumption. It is to be hoped the animal did not have hydrophobia. Texas Society Note. Siftings. The beautiful and accomplished Miss Fly high was so unfortunate at the bail last even ing as to be bitten on iier plump, snowy shoulder by a vicious mosouito. The young lady immediately fainted, but was resusci tated and is now doing well. The mosquito was captured by four of the young gentle men present, taken outside and decapitated with a meat-ax. Clear boiling water will remove tea stains and prevent the Btain spreading over the fabric. The Prophet Honored in His Own Country. Even in His Own House. The honest,simple narrative of Mrs. S. J. Whipp. who resides at No. 177 Williams street. Providence, R. I.: “During the past six or seven years I have been severely afflicted with Kidney diseases, causing intense backaches, dizziness and other severe pains through my body and limbs, ren dering me so weak and prostrate that at times it was impossible for me to do any part of nty housework. I have had also a flattering of the heart, and was terribly distressed for breath. T was very miserable, and completely worn out and discouraged; I had no ambition to under take to do anything, and barely sutfioleut strength to render existence desirable, having failed to find any relief from the doctors’ pre scriptions. At this trying crisis a friend per suaded me to obtain a bottle of Hunt’s Remedy, and now I rejoice that 1 followed this friendly advice, for the remedy acted like a charm In my case. After I had taken a few doses my health began to improve; I felt better every way. Tito fluttering of the heart, the intense backaches and terrible shortness of the breath speedily dis appeared, my strength and ambition soon re turned, and before I had taken two bottles of the Remedy I was entirely well and able to wash and iron and do my housework. Once in a while I am troubled with the heudaobe, and as soon as I am taken I resort to Hunt’s Remedy, and a few doses fix me all right. I shall never bo without it in the future. I have frequently re commended the Hunt’s Remedy to luy friends, and they have experienced reltef from the first doae. I heartily recommend it to all who are afflicted with Kidney disease or diseases of the Liver, Bladder or Urinary organs. I think no family should be without it. “Mrs. S. J. Whipp. “No. 177 Williams St., Providence, R. I.” Acts Like a Charm “l have used Hunt’s Remedy for Kidnoy troubles, and reoommendod it to others, aud al* ways found it to act like a charm.” John Chambers, 723 Carson street, Pittsburg, Pa. “Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” How many heart memories cluster around Hunt’s Remedy in grateful households where it has wrought its magic cure! CRAFT CO., MANUFACTURING and importing JEWELERS! Call attention to their large stock ot Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Clocks and Fancy Goods. A large stock of loose Diamonds iu all sizes, in original packages, which we will set to order and sell at greatly reduced prices. Special agents for Fine Montague and Inter national Watches. We iuvite a call. No. 24 E. Washington St. ST.Loms&sT.PAur PACKET COMPANY'S Fine Side-Wheel Passenger Steamers SI. LOOTS. HANNIBAL, QUINCY. KEOKTO, BURLINGTON, ROCK fSI. AND, CLINTON. DPBOQTJE, IACKOSSK, ST. i‘AUL and MINNEAPOLIS. St. Paul Packet, leave St. Louis every Monday, Wed nesday andl Friday, at. 4p m. Quincy Keokuk Pack* ets leave St. Louis daily, Sunday excepted, at 4 p.ra. Excursion Tickets at low rates to St, Paul. Lake Minnetonka and ull Northern Summer Resorts. Direct and cheapest route to Dakota, Montana and Manitoba. For Illustrated Guide Book, time tables, passenger and freight rates, and other information, address. otk .v ST ;L °tflß& ST. PAUL PACKET Wharfbout l oot of Olive St,. BT. LOUIS. ■JJOTICETO CONTRACTORS, SCHOOL-HOUSE. The plans and specifications of a two-story brick school-house, 09 feet 4 inches by 73 seer, will be open for inspection after April 19, at the office of Dr. Curryer, Thorntowu, lud., also at the office of J. W. Hammond, the Architect, Frankfort, Ind. Bids for constructing the same in a thorough and substantial manner will be received by tho undersigned school board up to 12 in. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1883. Bids may be made tor building the house as a whole, or iu parts, to-wit: For the basement or foundation story, with necessary excavations; for the mason work; for the carpenter work, in cluding carpenter's material; for the plastering, slating and painting. The successful contractor will be required to give sufficient bonds to insure a faitliful sompliunee with their con tract. The board reserve the right to reject any or all bids, as they may deem best for the interest of the school-town of Thorntowu, Ind. W. F. CUBUYER, THOB. SHILLING, s Board of Trustees. CHARLES W ELCH,) Thoruiowu, lud., April 19, 1883. THAT SETTLES IT. Brought Into Competition With the World, the Best Carries Off the Honors. At the great Centennial Exhibition of 1876,th0 leading products of all tho branches of tho World's industry were assembled at Philadel phia. To carry off a prize iu the face of that tremendous competition was a task of noordina ry difficulty. Invention* and preparations for the alleviation of pain and the cure of disease were present in the greatest possible variety, representing tlio skill aud the profoundest study of the age, and it limy be of vital importance to you, personally, to kuow that the highest and only utodal given to rubber Porous plasters, was awarded to the manufacturers of BENSON’S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER, by the following jury: Dr. Wm. Horn, Surgeon-general, Prussian Army. J. H. THOMPSON, A.M., M.D., Washington, D. C. C. B. WHITE, M. D., Now Orleans. ERNEST FLEIBOH, M. D Austria. The decision was afterwards continued by the medical Jury at tho last Paris Exposition. Know ing the value of such high and unbiased testi mony, the medical profession, both in the United States ami in Europe, quickly threw aside tno old, slow-acting plasters they had been using, anil adopted Benson’s in their regular practice. That physian* aud surgeon* of the broadest reputations did this, distinctly proves the in trinsic merit of the article. It is no more thau just to add that tho averugo physician of to-day is not dominated by the prejudices which retarded the progress and modified the successes ot hi* predecessors of not moro than twenty-live year* ago. He accepts hint* from all quarters and indorses and adopt* demonstrated healing agents wherever he finds them. Tho right of Benson’s Capolne Porou* Plaster* to stand at the head of all external applications whatsoever, for the mitigation or cure of dis ease, Is no lontrer questioned. Let the purchaser, however, bo on hi* guard against imitations. The genuine has the word CAPCINE cut in the middle, Seabury Johnson, Chemists, Now York.