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ALDEN, IOWA. runa. AXP SHOT FROM AMBUSH OF AN NECK TIE PARTY KILLED. font of Party of Lynrhera at Coryilon Inillann, Oratn at tho Itanili of thn Men Thrjr Would llanic-iutoiiM) Kx cllcmrnt Ljnrlifm shot I rom Anthunh. CORYDON, special: Township, this county, made tho scene of tho most torrriblo shooting af that has over occurred In this part of the A Inriro crowd oj moi went to tho homo of William and I'M Conrad for the lynching them, they being suspected of killinj; their father last winter.

Tho Con- rails armed themselves, with shotguns and rr.vnlvcrs-aiid K'orotod lves VvlieiT'llio citnvd" appeared tired into them, killing John Kdward llo'uston and Isaac Howe. was fatally shot. Tho Conrads o.s- throughout tho county. The always.been regarded as vicious and worthless. Kcoult of it Frail.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, special: A desperate shooting affray, in which one iiiair was wonnde'dV and two badly hurt, occurred on the farm of Washington Smith, near Newark. has boon trouble between the Smith and Howell families 'for some time. Washington Smith, hls'lwq'Mins, Asa and Charley, and William Unwell and his son Edward, mot ut a threshing boo. Soon a quarrel started and Asa Smith opened lire with a revolver. IIowolls tho flro and soon all involved.

Asa Smith waa shot through tho head and instantly killed. Smith-was shot through the lungs and will dio. Washington Smith and William Howell nlsq received bullet wounds. A Shipload or Tra. YORK siwclal: The British steamship tilenogle, with cargo of tilt- new crop of tea, arrived here from Yoknhotna and Amoy.

The loft Amoy June and every ellort was made to get to this iKirt ahead of rivals. The Meuniship hud a cargo of iI.tKX) of tho new toa. That was worth just when left Amoy. It is worth much more hero. and the S2.tAii.ii*>! will inaki- a dec the The left Amoy the day witli a tea.

ea. A- at West Superior, and It Is be 1 loved that ho used In these operations iargo sums of money belonging to estates and Individuals held by him as trusted. There Is no other way of no- VI VI.VtUiyiHItU,! $68,845,30. Whdn' last hoard from Weeks was In hiding on tho Islands. BtiSToN special: A distressing accident that has resulted Iii tho death four people and probably fifteen or twenty others occurred at tho house of tho Chelsea Yacht Club.

It was illumination night at tho club house arid In consequence there was a large crowd in attendance, Including many ladles. The band was the pier in front ot the ohib house, and many people had filled the balcony directly over tho musicians' heads. Suddenly balcony gave way, and Ite occupants woro, thrown upon the pier and Hiany of them into the water. Tho confusion that was Indescribable, men und women shrieking In attempts to save themselves and friends An alarm of lire was souudod and tho who responded did grand work rescuing those who were found lloutlng in tlio water aud In securing tho bodies drowned. Nfcw YORK upociiil: Mamie Brown 'StaBBoiTLucy Dersoy.

a servant. In the side wltlra bread knife for not obeying nitlers. Hollt- women--wore- colored. When Mamie was police court there were big blotches nn iml'-fueei-iiiid-fii there-were pots almost white. Justice Grndy asked what ailed her.

Tho woinuu told tho that sho was turning white: that un old colored woman mad colored girls white-for per-met' umorphosLs; Mrs. set-rot formula by fnetu'res a lotion. Colored women apply the lotion to their faces und It causes them to shed the dark- skin which is replaced by a temporary white skin. The prisoner explained that sho was In ttio, transition state ind expected to bo white in a 'ewduys. JN THE WEST.

ASHLAND, special: A crisis was reached In the lumber shovers' strike. The strikers openly defied of- ieors of tho city and county, closing vlth them in a hand to hum) battle in vhich blood was shod freely. The Shores Lumber Company sent word to Mayor O'Kofefc that had commenced oading boats with non-union laborers ind uskcd (or police protection. The Mayor sent Chief of Police. Schwartz and some officers to docks, where hey were joined by Sheriff O'Brien and-denutles.

Work had hardly commenced, however, when a great mob strikers swarmed down. The fore- nost of them were forcibly handcuffed the otlleers and others arrested, vhp were afterward rescued from tho K)lic" by their fellows. A and to hand contest followed. The were iwarlv all bruised with liibs and The non-union men struck-down with clubs and tor- ibly a.s tlv-y fled, panic at rick- n. fiillnwcd by t'lie strikers.

They mi-t by olli-jers. who fr-'in vloloncc. Forty of leaders arjumg the strikers arri--tfil. O'Kcefr li'ivsiiiont of the Lumlx-r Utiion him ihut no i--': would iini: city will prut at FOREIGN JOTTINGS. LONDON upoolai: Efforts to avert the calamity of tho national strike of miners proved futile, and the long and bitter struggle has begun.

Fully 250,000 men left work In Lancashire, shlro, 'and Midlands. Fifty thousand more will stop. Impartial observers havo but ono opinion of the outcouio. The men will fail? but there will bo a long period of terrible suffering, per haps serious outbreaks of disorders before tho Issue Is settled. The prlco of coal has advanced nearly CO per cent, since the strike was threatened.

is a large stock on hand, but It Is being rapidly reduced In anticipation of a famine tho coming winter. Tho strike, although just begun, has already put big profits Into the pockets of the cool ownora. It Is still doubtful if the miners' of Durham Northumlier- land will bo induced to join in the hopeless struggle. CITY OP MEXICO special: It Is expected that President Dlar. will soon issue a decree outlining a plan for a considerable reduction, of thearmvby tho dlhlmmlim-nt of 4,000 or liven'.

This is part, of the program of ecoimmv decided on by the administrntlon determined to inako all possible sac- rlileo in order-to pay Interest on the heavy a ehargo, owing to the premium on gold. Auxiliary forces required, but which will not be serious burden on the treasury. Mexico hnajiQ-pollcy- tli rr-a her neighbors in Central America, and tho Diaz administration believes 'thai a-rod notion -of the array will bo regarded as a patriotic- keep public revenues us far as possible at life disposal of foreign- creditors. AN special: Gun i'crdieo a Cost lUcan liberator, IIIIH arrived hero from San Juan del Sur, having been refused permission to land at Gcn. Giulorrex prod ictod-nn curly and sueeessft.il revolution in Costa' l.tlca against tho Kodrfg-uez Iglesla-s dicta torship.

and Ho will go direct to N'lcara- direct thp revolutionary probable that Hie revolution will llrst ureak- in-lhe-Hmvlnco nf If siiccr-ssful there the Uevolu- uiovo toward tho capital via Alajncla. LONDON special: It is said that Russia has; resolved to ask China for unox- riamitlnn of her attitude in tho Pamirs question, in view of vtyio enormous nasnes of Chinese troop's concentrated the vicinity of the Pamirs. ST. PETKinMiURa special: A dis- mtch from cnyj by an explosion fourteen jM-rsons were killed und largo number hurt. SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

THE STATE OF IOWA! OCCURRENCES DURING PAST WEEK; THE rinckr OfBrhil After the Onion Warden McMillan lUlu DOM Much UocHl-fntlRht Hone ular ThrMhliiK of th -THE great counori I. Ol R. M. for tho United States convenes in Dos MoTnes, Sept. 12.

MYIUAII TnoitNTQN was arrested and arraigned at Dos Molnus on the charge of perjury. IT Is stated that fho Illinois Central. Railroad is about to adopt some sort of p. profit-sharing system. THE Council BltifTn Nonpareil has only live columns of homo advertising, which doesn't well for that city.

THE contributions to rebuild Uio wrecked houses of Mahln and bergor of Muticntlno amount SO.MK Burlington puopU- uro kicking bccauso tho Sehiiol ifciinl thivo-malo principals and Htib.itlUitod women. "POSTAL V. A. Smith of ArrnUHl or Hob-' MMIi, A. SJtran, postal olork rim-, ntng bolwoeti and Austin, was hold lo thoGrand Jury Cedar the lUin of Commlsslonur Francis.

Ho Is charged with thjv opening, und detaining of registered letters und tho appropriation of tholr contents to his own use. Tho In. specters nay that his peculations alnoo May 15 will tojcoq in cash. Among tKorogfelorod: letters mlswlng Is ono from tho bank atSKbftlold, Iowa, to the Cedar Rapids National Bunk, contained a cortlfleato of do- fiJXW "nd notes amounting lo Smith, whoso homo Is at Par- ragnl, Fremont County, admits buying stolon this letter, but says ho was drunk and.does fiot know what became of It; either the notes or the' curtlll- cates of deposit. The prisoner was arrested at Austin, Minnesota, by Inspectors Christian and Gardiner, and was captured by moans of a do'cov roir- (stored letter.

It contained In marked, money, which was found on Smith's porson when taken In custody. Ho Is believed to have rilled fifteen or twenty lottetti. Smith attributes his downfall to 7 I'-trnown dropped, dead In his yard at Du-1 wiif- Two prominent doctors of Mt. INDIANAPOLIS PREPARING FOR, THE GREAT tVENT. I for or the Urnnd Araf of Ilmlii of VctenUM.WUI rtwU lUmnlea heat.

KKI-OKTS received by thci crop bureau area of Central Iowa and the corn crop is much improved. Miss CAUKIR I- of Oc- kaloosa. yours of age. rommittctr Biiicldt) by cutH'iig her throat almost from oar to ear with razor. I.KXANJlKlt,-r-niMV AdjutantXfcncral of Iowa, but now of tho regular army, has been assigned to making a blunder in the prosecution of a faith- healer, who wont there laM Honry County pooplo.

Francis commenced to hold meetings in a church and professed healing by faith. did not luerativebusiroiro, though several parsons allowed him to try his magic upon them for various bodllylllH Drs. A. W. McCluro ami CT-I 1 commenced prosecution- under tho Indianapolis is preparing for tho' event of her life, and for'one of tho greatest in social annals of municipalities In this country, The occasion on which she is to give world an idea of her hospitality, energy and wealth is tho twenty-seventh' annual national encampment of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, which, will convene Sept, 4, To the thousand! nt a distance whoto-oyos are turned to Indianapolis -for- tho 'second in Septomiier tho question of what will be tho railroad faro is of tho first importance.

Tho executive board havoan- the railroads have agreed. to ohiirgo-one which makes the rate loss than one fai'e-ftjr-tlio-round boforo tocurcd for tho Grand Army encampments, and ono very rarely given A TKAMP giving tho name of Willour had Inith fwt crushed by tho cars while attempting to board train as.it was crossing tho railroad bridge at Ihirllngioii. "GOVERNOII UoiraTormnlly, Wiu-dion McMillan of Madiyon fijr mlMippropi'luttou and lock charge of the State property. No ono is yet appointed to till the uu- cxplred torm. tV TELEGRAM received from Dlxon, states that a man who stole a team and livery rig from Scott Hogcland, if Murshalltown, had been apprehended there with his plunder.

V.s will bo brought baek for trial. A CIRCUS parade-at Dubuquo was in-' terrupted by the efforts of a polieoman to arrest what appeared to ho a troublesome milkman. Tho milkman was 11 pni-t of the priicossion and tho ofllror ran to escap'u tho pleasantries of the erowd. A SFIOCKIXO accident is reported from Glen Haven. A yoiaig lady from Chicago, visiting a farmer, was shot dead by tho hitter's, sun in fun.

He picked up a it 10 nn- ff. 1 he burning nrnlno, I loaded, and snapped it at her. The bcene. Cattlemen I names are not the- prosocutlon fulled. Now Warhon comes back at the two physicians named with a suit tiled in tho District Court for damages because of tho prosecution, the amount from each.

Tho defendants have no fear of the' favorable tormina- good deal of attention. IlKXNKSsr.V, Oklahoma, special: 'niled Slates cavalry Is tc lave fired the Cherokee Strip, und It now'a vast conllnifratlon destined to ret: a thrilli tartcd their cattle on udead run, caus- Iowa Foi.U3wi.vo Is the Iowa Weather service bulletin for tho ending August 1: TUB ilally nvi-raire of tho put nllKHllv nurnul. In a few favored the rttlnfnll wtu, ilo- UcJi-nt for tim of (trowlBK crops, and ilnmifhlr provall over the lam- i i urt of ihu hUte. Corn Is dolntc mitnbly woll, however, and no ri'FortH of itauiagu havo been rucnlved iitihuojitnil Cirho majority ni crop cornnpondenui thli Inirvuu. In thrlr for Auinint I.

two ibnw llgurun tuospri-iM tbe prvsvni cuudltloa I -n at a profit -Gins: silver Inn it would 'o i-oin it and tho 1-1 issued as fast Kurllirr Itrtfi to Ix- shot, have of IN THE EAST. "ai Kliirin -wi-p: th" TS- li. Many ashore ami vviuj im Ohio, fe.r-dinir their' 1 to it at th With thu the Uii'V- nun jM-r for whi-at bv rho hriiis doing rtxtrciauly this fei'd. -iperial: Tho -U-uiiiship with a crow rd from nearly all tin- nations of thu i-arth, had just unnngh Ktt-am in ln-r jiatched and leaking boilers to get hw up Thi- DOI-SDI'H time from the fovm- clod port duys. This lime she made it in 111 days.

Sin- left four of her of- and-livi; of her crew in thugruvu- yard at ('apt. Couch caught tin? fi-vcr til-it. Tin-v i-pr in a hospital at Santos, i t-ays he little ut'. Iliftpilul. III! tells eoi.

yarns. fiivciiil: The imlitiun of Miss Dinma Lindsay, who a-stricken dumb and in an instant Intrs- totally for tho woi-w. is ut thir'home of her Mrs ICarhiil Nadilrf, in Ohio Fulls, witli whom sho ih visiting. Many persons, visllc-d tho Nudorf with a view of gaining admission to HUU what MisH Llndiiay's jihyhiciuns ufllrm is a murvulous case N'oni) in that tho Fair ami ollii-i-rs I wi-ri- d'ili'clly for tho gati's Siui'lay. July und I the bv i him rm the gmund that 1 is a public grmmd und i could not they having Vicen for in the yati-s.

He uriii-'ivil that Din-otors Hutchinson. Ili-tirotin. Mi-Nallv and Kerf not IK- lined 0 each. Di- Lawli-r rccuived'a line of tlOOon the ground that he U) close in thnr 'itie. iap-w-d.

ailir Ilirci-or fTeheral lllginlKiihiim ami National CommUMnncr.4 St. Clair ami l-'oi-U-s worn discharged un thu ground that they carrier! out of tlio manaccment. The attorney the fair niMvil an appeal from thu dccininn, which wa- grtintud. Pi-ciSng the of tin- high court, hi.ttvvirr. tin- parliu.tarn buntl the tion.

special: A remark- abli- striki: ha-. mnde in Mm and Nil Dcsporam! un claims, lucatuil about onu-half mile north of the Haven. Pay orr- was Humes Hoomurs' wagons with horses mi the gallop and im-n with pale fac-OK watchr-d tlie Impending danger as it in'iirorl them. Coyotes bv tho hundred. Mi- now Jack rabbin innumerable, prairie dogs non-union th-msand, made all iumto, driven i hy instinct, to liml a plai-u of eafotV.

This will a blow to tin; boumcjtt.wiio have intended to take "claim's in tho strip, as it will destroy tbe last vestige of-forage for their animals. mi the udgq nf the strip urn buttling with thu Hames, to prevent them, if from destroying their vnst stacks of wheat und thrall" homes. While the llauiea were at their height, another demon of destruction, the cv- clone, camu sweeping down fro-n tlio northwest, earryhig with It the fire und it for nillca around. CHATTANOOGA'special: A.plague of grusshoppers is sweeping down on tho Ib.e Valley on the north oide of thn rimr, a few inilc-s away. The trnisi-huppcrK, aro in aii'l gruen in culnr, huvi: thu corn nnd clover Holds bv I thrnillllloiiH an I tho crotis havo stripped.

The plan of killing the pests has linen to get tho nchrxil childrenand IK-i'pIo of the-district to walk abreast across the lii-ldn 30 the hopper? wnutd i lr a 0 ach. 'On tlie trdgo over the of away. lie wns the ))ii of the o'd M-hool iiH.i".! (Amntv, and tho first to lin-ato at Montrfii-o, iii INtt," when Iowa was yi-t a witnesEod tho stabbing of. Cl.lr'f: by no of-lilack Hawk's trll'm ami ili-i-s-od hit, woiinils. He was well acquainted with Black Hawk.

Jackson Count had a sensation In thdMiuoKe horsewhipping of T. J. Connelly, a young inuu, by Mlsa I.itlu Uoikuap, nii-rl liy licr sister Kvn. Lulu made a-thcatrieal speech, exclaiming: Stand back. gonllciiUMi.

and let mo of corn. The week wan favorablo for h.irr«tlnff, anil oxi-i'iit In Ihi) unrthcru illmrliaa the liulk ol ill ifrulii hiw bi-en M-i-uml. Nuarly all iMirlii Mtiow hi-uvy injury to IHIM by rum and i liy partial ri-tiinn svalo ai will mil pruliicuovur two-tlilrdi of an averaua i-ri'p. I All Imnmuru umpHnred rain. Clmreril Wild Cruplly.

A WARRANT was hwurn out nt -Oeft Moines fur the of U. C. Cory, Superintendent of the Cirls' IndH.ttrlul at Mitchullvlllu, charging him assault and buttery. Aside from tho warrant sworn out, Kli Nuwton, father of tlio JS-ycar-old girl who, Is- allcgi'd. wtw tho victim of Suporintun- dent Cory's wrath, hu-4 Illed anattUlavit in tim court, htating thut Cory, on tho Hilth day of July, did boat und brulrtu hln daughter, who was then an Innmtu of that Institution, with a heavy leather strap, eauiilng her arms and shouldisi's tn turn black und blue and from the of which assault and buttery the girl him suffered groat' viding iiccommodatlons for tho "great crowds.

that have always marked those ld let- loss nufiVber of people than tho btran- gors within its gates, is by no moans A small one, AccomniQdations havo been i and tho committee holds iUelfin readiness to provide accommodations for as tllled in time. Tho qlTqrt to ascertain tho probable attondance Is still going en. Thousands, "not veterans, wlll'vlslt the city during that week, and must be found places of lodging and feeding. For tho accommcdatlon of these, a can- VUMH of nil tim thrash tho villain." sho iald'im lln un the whip. "Take that for your slander of mo because 1 would not marry von." she cried.

crowd yelled, nuit tho whipping went on till Connelly broke away. I'oinrroy'i, THE following slatemcnt was given ut 'V th SupoHntwidcnt of Kelief at nortiy: I'oMUiioV. clnthlbs niptille-t OtTXTV TliKASUHBIt ClIEED at Conn- hlive rcct'lrwl anil tliinto now Iwmg pacxnl oil BltilTrt rusorted to extreme 1 1 inca-TUros to lUlu Whlcii airelotfiTTijf ntiniillen ori taxes from thi) Lnlon J'acillc railroad. inoviul unlny frmn tumpnrar)-riimr- The amount unpaid is jnxos for 1 ie 'uruiturB. W.H on west half of the bridge and other property.

lie hoizcd under at- tuehment lucumotlvea valued at The mot-with unl- vorsal approvul, and It in thought will bring the Union Pacific ton realization IK tho piirminp.or thu caniuiluca lo molnlalu from- rrrtmt until full, whcu Until triiuillon ot tbo mucu tlivn on bund will bo MrnPP'il 'or ilonaUoni of Ktoveo hu-tx-on- the i-ked for -nt Iwu i-ntiun at tim ore, I Tb.u_.-Ve.iii— and tin; iiaj-Htr-'ak from IH Inches to feet. Thu remarkably rich ntsavM on the streak have run as us to the ton. and the ore winch is being Micked fur shipment iiaaiivx from usual IXJ ton. Five sacks of urt I- tho 1 1 1'iifh grade streak, which have boon out In sinking 111 foot, will run from.is to $10 per pound. The ore in brown hcmitVte.

very nurus und light. MASCOUTAII. 111., social: John Lynch, harv-i-st in this coun ty, liud a Uirrible exj "Hence, during thu past week, from I'llccts of which li" will probably die. lluwasauimtruclt whilo at work in un isolated place, und lay on the ground In tho opon Hold for livn days without or water lie was rt tli mio, "liut" ablo to move. Vv'hun found his wus badly swollen from miwquito bites und It waa.thought ut llrst that ho hud Hmullpox, TOPEKA special: The ugont of the Union Pacific Railway Lund Dopart- aix- phi as the liy out of Held hn.t lisht on the straw, it is -MI un lire, and.swarms have in this Sev- oral in riot ut church trial iii the Fliv.v Hnllow meet- that tho county can thp company to pay its taxes.

Developments uro awultcd with good deal of Interest. Dot; poisoners are at work at Council Bluffs. GLANDERS prevails among the horsoH near Council Bluffs. lha wunuimul lutor T. u.

HoTcnKifu. Snperlntomleni ol Hcllet Work. A CiiuiulHry UUpatn. CSSstDBKABi.K excitement and contention was raisod at' Jofferspn by a dc- sudon made by tho County Surveyor' in, iiitimaUj.Iriunclif of mont made a sale of 5,540 acroa of the ily were udmittod. Aside from being seized with occasional paroxytinis, thu girl lay In'u state of comma, and she appears to bo beyond thu power of human aid to restore to eoniJclousiioHH, N'KW Vottic speciul: Schedules of thu assets und liabilities of Lawyer I'nincls II.

Wuekij, who dltuipjHjared ufter failure und alignment on Atirll iljust, (lied by Ansignoo Welling, in tho of--Common -l-'lcau. Mr. Witoks' was prominent In society, a member of niany clnlw, thought to ho.u very rich milli. lie wus luruoly lutoi-csted in land and mining bchomgi company's land in E11U County to twenty famlllex of Rusfllan Botjlors wHo'winTJrcA 2,000 acres of the tract and plant them to wheat this fall. There IB a largo settlement of lu that county, and they are among tho most prosperous farmers in tbe state.

A report from tho small mlniMTown of Como, says that the headquarters'and or eight China- mo are supposed to have perished in the llauies. The was caused by tho Chinese redueififf wages-in the gold mioM neiu- that 'his wifo. Rrjum'o two srin's, contrary thy truth about the mattor. Ilo ealleu them liars, nnd WBH knocked down by Kd Boohor, an older In tl church. The.gonoral- row followed.

Uouin's mm was hit with club, two Kissinger hoys wore stuck with knives, nnd woro broken. GAI.VESTOX, Texas, spcclul: Xoar Montgoniert three uojjrcos house uf M. Marsh, killed him, hU wife, murdered an infant, cut the totiguri of a 7-year-old child. His wifo dying. One negro wu- cauglu ami lynched.

A HJicrilT ami puaso arc Htarchlng for tbo others. THE MARKETS. A.V addition is being built to tho Mus- that ono-half pf tho buildings on tho catlno jicarl button factory. south of tho square -wuro USiUUillr Ml t- rf Ki Ben ffgq factof P.O.-Wynoop^ wishing to erect years. I tt two-story DricU, ana desiring to get I.M,,^O»U....I nlH llni'H THE Danish Clinton huu Clud urllclua uf iucuriHirii- tion.

AltRANGEMElTS are Ixilng made at Burlington to went. A HKCKIVER Highland Molnqs. THE Standanjl Loan and Trust Company of Olinto I iu ull piii- i.t/t 11.16 4.70 in a 83 Itooii. ...51 oS urn, I'M 9.4., i Ouu 'Sj tA. OMAliA LIVE cumrnnn i.oo 00 NBW I'UOUttUK.

C. A. MEEK, enport, has (a: over by an and Instantly 1 fall Mile Tracks IssociatiDa 4, 5, 0, ai id 7. ItKPOBTB fl tho; melons than FHKD OHA undor oi-reot ild a lawn tennis tourna- ios been nppojwtca for Park ColWo at Das capital has ia- urnlturo dealer at Daved. $60,000.

MIIS. GEOiiqfe P. wns run etrlc car at Muscantino Hod. -Pavenport- behold ra Muscantino Island are going to havo more or boforo. Ff and Leonard Motoh ara Dubuquo ctiarged with.

veyod, with the result aforesaid. If the present survey proves to bo a correct one, live parties will have to move tholr buildings fourtoon inches to the east. Tho mutter will bo taken Into tho courts. A Clly Freight Agent JAMES M. HtLLiVEU, freight- agonl for tlio Iowa Central Boad, died at Mason City from an pvArdoso of laudanum taken by himself 'with evident suicidal intent.

Tho provious ho took out an insurance policy of (2,000 in favor of wife, remarking that she would bo provided for in cose of his WU.UAM irllli lloi-M ROBERT SHEUMAN was arrested at "Port Dodge and takonjo West JPqlnt, Lee'Ciounty, ohTargod with stealing team of horses at that place. Sherman thp man who has been victimizing 'G. A. R. Posts all over tho sUto by claiming to.be a nophow-of Gen.

Ho still poralata in bis clalin. iOLKn died At Bcnton ot UorMwhlppml bjr Oirl. WOM fithir, contly wonV on a trip that necemltftcd JlY 1 his iiiwonco lot (ororal weeks, rooeired the followlngjjetterfrom young.nppe-! ful that thoTitter was required tAfax. I plain. "pator'f-return: Dad-All wi grown ever suitto than the same of fyoih I remain you tor, Molly." r.orer the suddc tbft ban F-" how many could be entertained In prl vato homes.

Tho rosultsaio 'recorded i t(join the'nature of accommcdatlons offered, tho price, and conveniences as to bath, street cars, etc. The prices asked- run from yyontf-flvp cents for lodging and uieals uji'lolfS" a day at" tost private boarding -AH who desire to make urrungomonts in advance can do so through Executive Director Fortune, who will furnish tho namo and numtwr of places at tho prlco doklrcd. Visitors coming'with, wives can find jjocd tliins at the bent- private, boardinghouses at a day. Tho chief problem has, of course, been to provide lodgings for tho veterans, tho nf honor. For thoio eighty and Hchoolhouscs havo been hfcurod, and will bo fitted up with, cobi.

The larger part of tho votorans will lodged. In barracks erected Kpooiallv for their tisp, free, as in all canes, of nil co-t. They will have to bring own blankets, and will havo to pay for tho(r meals. But meals of oil quality will bo furnished nt'a im-durato Tho board has let a contract to a roapon- siblo person, who will furnish nt IS cenU each for breakfast and slipper, find 36 cents for dinner. Tho'larg- cst Ir-dglng place will bo situated on.

cKust street, Immediately fouth' of the Statd for Girls, and will bo accessible cai-s direct from tho Union Hallway and also by steam cars. This barrack will hold 25,000 veterans. It will bo situated in an open grass-plotted field of eighty acres, well drained and attractive. Tho program provides woek of bustling activity and gorgeous entertainment. Tho llrst encampment contemplated will occur on'Monday-'nlBhtv" when the electrical and natural display will be mudo in the grounds of tho Eouso and Court While this going on for tho of all who care-to bo' rlouH places in halls and tents, and many will hoar the eloquent voices of soldier-orators, including General Harrison.

Tho grand parade will occupy all of Tuesday from 10 m. to li p. though lino of march will not exceed two nilloH. on paved strcotK A foaturo of tho par ado surpasilngfall provious ones will bo the number of horses in tho lino uf mnn-h. Commander-in-chief Wels-'ort has appointed li.OoO aldH-dc-cunip, and each ol thoto will bo provided with a horse.

Tho voteraujj are organizing to bo uniformed very generally, and Indiana will have at loait 15,000 old soldiers'lu -Irmrr-and-ttriuldllion thn Stato, Tho night of Tuesday will bo In way to tho A which tho heaT ens will bo made brilliant tor two hours with flro and color in elaborate design in a field 1(10 acres in size and accoisi- bl9 by street cars. Tuofday will also bo Uio night of tho reception by the" Womaa's liollof Corps at omllmtou's' Hall. Tho first regular meeting of the' delegates to thu encampment will oo-, cur on 1 Wednesday morning in Tomlin-" son Hall. Thursday will bo tho day of roun of rcglmontaUaasoclations of IndL Tho night will bo remarkable for grand reception of tbo delegates by' citizens of Indianapolis. last day of tho encampment, voted to excursions through, bolt and at nlghf to tbo street; of war pngoantry.

There seen tho moooM ot oncuuipuiont, ANDEDSON, DEPDY A ufucturors 10 per oent. would be, nukwlwi mnnti TUB termen' opened CffteU,.

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