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THE 3 IK I AWAF LI "hews 'MONDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER 27, PRICK TWO crrvT. fcljt IXJLLA.K3 fKB TEAR. It HIS FIRST DEFEAT. OGA2T SUBEBSDEBt TO UK AX II. nil ftaadea Taking OflT Yesterday Attar IM Tk InaUt Be4 Bis JLemnrkaM Career, v7aHIoto, "December 27.

Tbe death fSenator John A. Log aa occurred ilOlaiml Piece, his home on tbe outskirts of tbe eity, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Aitnouga the senator had been ill ever since th meeting couiM. having been io hi seat only one of two day at tbe beginning of the aeation. that hia condition critical, wu not en rally kaowa, and the announcement of death ttoud a rreat shock.

General Logan's sys lem was very sensitive ef a particular kind, and be baa eftee been beard to remark. In a half Jocular war, that lie believed be could accurately foretell, the coming of a snow storm. The seeds of bia disorder were sown during the war. bia flrit ttark of rheumatism having followed iinme diatelv tbe end of a tweoty fonr boar march through a blinding snow storm. Iba last attack, toj resulted from brief exposure to tbe inow storm of a fortnight ago, and hia death, sreeeded br but a tew mloutea tbe beginning of a heavy flurry, which, though covered the earth with a thick carpet white.

Dr. J. II. Baxter, the attending rbysiciao. who bad in consultation Dr.

Hamilton, surgeon areneral of tbe Marine hospital service, and Dr. Lincoln, aaya be waa called two weeks ago, when the general waa suffering from rheumatism in the wrist. which aoon became better. ithin a day or two, however, be took additional cold, which Jeselted in a relapse, the rheumatic affection extending to bia lower extremities, aa well as to both arms. Tbe attack waa attended at pians I high fever and nervous prostration, in which tbe brain waa considerably Involved, resulting in delirium more or.Ies active While be did not suffer any pain Io cident to tbe rheumatism, there waa a grad ual decrease in strength and a tendency to brain complications.

The fact Is, in the end be waa much reduced in strength by over work, and bia aystem waa not in a proper condition to resist disease. He lay most of the time in a aemi conscions condition, from which be waa with difficulty aroused. At times be knew hie friends, but aoon sank ftgaia into a lethargic sleep. At A' o'clock yesterday morning it was believed that be could net survive, but be rallied slightly during tbe morning. At li30 m.

he betraa sinking rapidly and it was seen tbe end waa At 2 o'olock the general revived sufficiently to. recognize bia wie, who bad been at bia bedside night and' day; during bia entire illness. 'At ahe a poke biiu be looked np into her face, and all who were present knew that he recognized her. waa tbe last ananlfes tation of consciousness. He then wearily closed hie eyee and aaak into a lethargic Sleep, from which he fever woke.

Among those at the bedsldeef the dying niae were Senator and lira. Callom and daughter, General Sheridan, Senator and Mrs. Cock reli, General Binm, Coarresuies Ilender ss and Thomas of Illinois, and lira. Thomas, Senator Miller and wife, Congress xnan fcymes of Colorado, 2)r. Baxter, General lleary Strong and Dans" el Shepherd and ife et Chicago, aad tbe general's private secretaries, W.

B. Taylor aad Albert Hall. At tlie bead of the bed knelt Aire. Logan awn encircling her dying husband's jui't rtt hand ot "the other atreking bia' forehead. At her side were John.

A Logan, and Iter. Dr. Opposite these were the'daughter, Mrs. Tucker and her husband, and George A. Logan, the general's nephew.

Mrs. Logan ia completely prostrated by tbe aad event. When the senator's illness asMumed a serious form ahe waa almost worn out with fatigue. For three Weeks she had been at work ia the management of tbe liartield memorial fair, of which ahe bad been tbe leading spirit. At the moment of the senator's death ahe completely collapsed.

A kind ot hysteria seized her. and for hours her condition caused her family great cou tern. burial arrangements has been out of tbe question. It Was tbe belief of the immediate friends of "the family that the senator would be interred in the family burial ground at Car bondale. 111., but it ia very probable tbe interment will take place in this city, which ia to be the home of Mrs.

Logan. Mrs. Logan's condition is gradually mending, some portions of last night having been passed in deep sleep, the first which she baa taken for some days. Mrs. Logan haa ex fresaed a wish to see the members of tbe llinoia delegation who are in the city tbia afternoon, aad a meeting haa been called for 9 o'clock, at which Mrs.

Logan's wisbea will be learned and arrangements for the funeral decided upon. "Oenetmt Logan's Career. John Alexander Logan was born r'ebruary 9. lkju, aetf the present town of Murphysboro, in Jackson county, Illinois, tbe eldest of a faintly of eleven children, ills lather, John Lot; an, was a ative of Ireland aud a physician. Ill mother Was a Tenneveean.

her maiden name Elizabeth Jenkins. It was not nniil bis fourteenth, year tii at be received anr steady schooling, when he entered an academy bearing tbe pretentious title Of bfnloh college an institution nnder the rare and InHueaoe of tbe Methodist church. Throe twrT' completed his ouune of interaction at 6 alio aad be graduated from there fairly well tap In the class. Three years after hia graduation he began the study ot law. In la6 the country was excited over the Mexican war.

Although tt bad been foreseen, there was still enough ot excitement about tbe actual bioeptloa o( war to attract tojhe service many the able budWd men of the duy. Young Lo fan was eager Jor toe rtgbt. and. though hut wenty years of ase, was choseu lieu Vnaut of a company of tbe Fim Illinois At tbe engagements of Ke.aca de la Falma. alolioo del Key, Cuapu'i tepec, Palo Alto.

Vera Crux and the Ci ty ol MeX loo he took part, and was promoted a quarter matter. On his return irom stexicQ be sottled duwn to tbe practice law, beginning in the oi See of bia ancle, Alexander Jeakius, a Jaciwu tan democrat and a pfomtnenl man in southern Illinois, bavi' a at one time been tenaut gorertior of tbat state. niie thus einploTed youua; Lvgan was elected, in November. IM'J. cierk of his native county.

lie served one year and tben went to Louisvil.e, wbeva he completed bia law studies, retarniug home to become a partner with hi unc. He was very popular in toe eomeajnlty. and in 1.jJ Wa elected proweuilng anurney of what was then tbe third Judicial currict of Illinois, hxmg his raaidence at baoton. In tae autumn of that (ear be was elected lo represent Jackson an Tsnkita eonntiea in tbe state legsiisture, being cboaen as a riemecrat, lie seemed to have bevu bora for a political career, and from tbat time Until the day or bis death he was, except during I lie eivtl war, almost eonlinuonsiy ia uflice. In he was a presidential elector on tbe buehsn Beeklnridge ticket.

In ls67 be was arain elected to the legislature, and in IV was elected to ooagresa as a llouglaa democrat, beating bis OppoueuL "JO vote. In 1jO be was lected to congma by H.00O majority over a republican. At the enlbreak of the war he was serving bis Second term, one dsy wben the troof were fcaaaing tbe Capitol he became deeply Mined, and, etxing bis bal. left bis seal, overtook the troops as ther were leaving tbe city, and went to Colonel Kjcbardson'a reeimeat, watch be immedia'elr Vnoed, guingsttaiabt trow Ibe capital to me held Bull Ron. After th baule he reaigned his.

rat aad went to bia borne at Marion, here be organised a ree imeat the Ttiinv hmt Illinois ojiioters. wanvb went into service iepteniber 11, with Logan aa its colonel. It was attached to C.tfraaod brigade, and at Belmont, seven vi eeas inter. Colonel Logan's bone wassbot uuder him. Logaai next appeared with hia regiment In the araay in Ibe attack on forts Henry and liooelmu.

la assaulting tae latter sarong Msid tbe Thirty brst was UieraUv onl to pieces, the 4oas being mdc blue like i'Uk. TbeLeutenantcoiooel wamkuied, and Loraa hlmelf was shot in tbe left breast and Was earned off tbe flesd for dead. It waa 7ailantrr sa tbia action tbat woo him tbe alngie star, and In Jiarcb, lrt2, ha reported to Oram at Pitiabur Lau i bc. bnl lee general. While lying wounded at I wl iMtielMMi him devoted wile literally Sori ed way to bis brdMd and nuraod him through It all.

On a cot adjointne hia with their uies aimot fcaicbing. lay Colonel William K. Marrkou. pree tnteoogree.man. who, while leading tbe fortv alolh iiiinota In tbe sam baule.

got an tuny Men. Logan divided beg aiieniiun Ue tweoi. the two man. and her nursing soon pit tbem both in the sedJie. lo the last Siorruon and Logan were bnaom friends, and both ea thmriaxtie admirers of the lady wbo fbreed her way tbroucb a bameaoe oi rea tape to tneir oota at tort imoeiaoa.

Ia tbe summer of 1V.2 he waa warmly nrged by bis numerous frwivls an4 anmirers aa aia to eomea candidate tor con ei. hut 'i lined In lr'tT'of glowing patriotism, in which he said "I hare entered the fluid to die, if need be. ioc the iveruuif iit. a I never i letu ii pavruJ pursul: until the obi c. this war of Dreservation has lecuow a lact tab.isuel." luring Grant's Northern Mi staippl campaigf (iimz ana ioaan lea nis aivision, exnioiun ureat skill in tbe handitnz of trnuM and aai booored with a promotioo aa major general of volunteers, eating Irom uremoer 2.

I lie was afterward aligned to the eominand of the Third divetion. Seventeenth army Cora, under (ieneral McFhcrsno, and bore a part in the move ment uNin ra. cniunuuurK me at Port Olbnou. and aavma' tbe lav by hi de perate personal tvarery. May li, at tbe battle of Raymond whlcn Oeneraj Oram ae.tgii&iea "one of the hardest small battles of the war" participated in the defeat and routing of the rebels at Jackson.

"May 14. and in the battle of Champion Hill May 16. It was at this battle of Champion itiil that Lozan sent his celebrated reply lo urant: "Tell General Grant my division can whip all the rebels this Mde of bell, and will push forward till lie give us orders to bait." When the ickburg campaurn openea Lozan was adlvuiou eommander. and when It closed he had riven lo, the command of the Fifteenth oorm. It was this corps that was se lected to lead tbe victorious Union forces into Vicksbiirg.

After Vickshurg General" Logan Joined General Sherman irihe Atlanta campaign in which be proved to be one of tue greatest figures. lie gained much popularity with the soldiers fur pro 'csliugnsainst the anaultat Kene saw Mountain. He Ted the advance of the army ol the Tennessee in the movement of Kt vaca, and reDUlsed Hardee at.Iiallos May 1V4. At Kaneaaw he drove the enemy from three lines of works, and airaln. on the ''iltx of June, made a desperate aauitagalnM tlie tmpreguablc face of Little Keiiesaw.

After the close ot the war. In which he reached the liiifheht tiosltion allowed to a volunteer sol dier, Geueral Logan re entered political life as a rentililicau. In ls be was appointed, minister lo" Mexico, but decline the honor. Ho waa tnotfwl Ii 1 trl fmm the htate at large as a republican, receiving votes rrom tbe Illinois electors, ai against m.itiigiren to his democratic opponent, Mr. Lierkey.

He was re elacted to the ortv tirst consiwa, rosk ins his total term in the lower boil from March 4. 17. to March i. 17L In the latter year he was elected to the United Ptatea ate to mccoed Richard Yates, a republican. At the expiration of hi lint term a strong tin tit was maie arrainu nl return tne aemocraia ana some rennblicaus, and the re.ult was the election of liavid lviT Mr.

Lncan resumed the practl of law in hlrago. but tbe next year (Itl) be was aKln called to tue 1 nlteo rtat st oaie 10 nic CL ed R. J. Otflesbv, and he took his seat on the 4th ol Marqh, lk71. In IM he was prominent as a preMilentlal candulale, but in the national con re lion at Cha airo he ceived but few votes.

comparatively, and when blaine was nomlnnti by gi iiTal consent. He proriiptlv ncccpled the uouiiuatiou, dpite tlie fact that in ISO he bad, with Tonkling. lead tbe tatuoiw 308 of tbe republican convention that year aitaiiitt liiairie in tlie latfr's iiercw contest asini drain, lie was mat neiii not obtain the pn silenUal nominarioa Itx ll. but went into the eaiuixiiKU viziwotnlv. Alter the election of Cleveland Lugao sooclit re election senator, but, the Ilitnoii ie Jlature being almost a tie, and two or thn repiihlivaiui being opposed to him.

balloting continued ovveral week, his dt mocratlc opponent tieing William K. Morrison The ultimate result was Losan's re elt etiou. At the time of bis di.ath lie bad lour year of his trrm to serve, and was looked upon as a formidable candidate for the next icpublicau presidential nomination. 1 Though over twenty rears In congress, unlike manv 01 nta comemiorariea, irenesal Unuii uwu Comparatively poor. His hamla vem clean oi oljbery even hit enemies never charged a thing upon nim for some years ne owucu a reiictice iii hicato.

and within the poet vear purchased a bouse in Ihe suburbs of Washington, lor which be exoacted 10 oav with tbe iruceeds of his rei oenily publinhed IxiokrlThe Great rreriouii io uits tnutr n. vivea in in Uie plainest manner at a irivate boarding house and within lusaalnry as a senator. He watone of the pnneviitors of Andre wr John son at Ihe impeachment trial. 1'e voted IvK tue iiifl itioii bilL vet later favored tue 5.wrmn re suaiDtion act. He was the Mtrerest opuoueut of tbe restoration or I Hz John Pottac to tbe army and was active iu the promotion of educational leiislation intenda.

to benefit the south. Tbouith eonolJentd one of the umt unuompromjvng ro puhlit ans. he howed au independent pirit a lew months ago when he enator Pavne. of Ohio, against an investigation bv the senate of the charge of having won hia seat by Winery. General Tyocan married, at the beginning of hi career.

Mis Mary Cunningham, daughter of Major Cunntneham. of Jackion county. I.linoix. She la a brilliant woman, an active christian worker, and bus been a ruuiarious. loviua coun selor.

The Kcneral owe I much of bis miccea in life to the warm support and gentle influence of hl cherished lie. Two children Were born of tbi one, a waughter, married to Mkr Tucker, a bavnraer in tne armv. the other. a son. anning m.

iienerai iMian a ncntonai appearance too well known to ne more than a re rem e. His lonir, straivlil. black hair, his monstrous mus taehe. his dark skiu, hia vigorous stride and bis staiwart trame are all familiar to the country. Art IMS and caricaturist have familiarized his features until lie a a more rea'llly recognized by stranger, perhaps, than any other man in i.uMlc 'lie.

lime dealt iiglitiy with n.s sable tocki. auJ tliough Ihe big mustache showed streaks of while, and tbe eye aiajs showed that the sight wo dimming, ho showed, up to bis last lew signs 01 nci General Lou'an Wfs, at the time of his death, a member of the Grace M. E. churou. Cuicann.

hut last partook of the sacrament at Trinity church, to which, until very rcoeuUv, be wu attached. Kev. Prank Bristol, his former pastor, says: Whenever he was at home for the Sabbath the nnator could be found in his place at church during the service. He was a rawt attentive listener to the guvpeL and. always Joined the embers of the church in partakine of the Lot d'r supper.

I ascertained from tlie records of Trinity church that he had been a member of that congregation for many years, and that be and hia wife Proliant church letters from Cnrbon. dale, IIU. where ha originally joined, the Mcth odlxt Episcopal church. Comment and Speculation. Washikoto, December 27.

Xo man's death, probably, would have occasioned more or deeper regret than Senator Logan's, and a every hand, from political friend antl foe aiike, come expressions of sorrow. In bia home at Aug vta, Mr. Blaine said: "From the time that Ueneral Logan came lo congress in IS 07 as dcleate at lare from tlie state of Illinois, our reiationa came to be friendly and intimate. Occasional statements as to jealousies and rivalries were without, foundation. There waa never an unkind word between us, and, so lar as I know, neither bad an unkind thought of tiie other.

I say this knowing all it conveys, and knowing, also, all it contradicts." As to the succession in the senate. Governor Oglesby, lion. 11. Fnrwell and Con Rretsman elect Jehu Baker are Darned as probabilities. As tbe Illinois legislature meets the day after congress resumes its iiit tings, it is probable there will be no one appointed to till the vacancy, The republicans have sixteen majority on joitit ballot.

The News In tlie City. The news of tbe death of general Loyan waa received with surprise and and this alternnoa there was a meeting of repre atntative of the G. A. R. in1, the mayor's oQice, to arrange for a general meetioj; of the comrades, and the public generally, to due expression in lamenting the death of this great soldier.

The deceased was among the earliest commanders of the national G. A. and he has always been closeir identified with the order, as well as its universal champion and iriend. Tbe meeting this afternoon was called at the suggestion ot General Harrison, to whom the news of bis death came particularly unexpected, as be bad separated but a few days before front the senator in Washington, and was unprepared to bear of his fatal illness. Ex Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, who is in tbe city, W43 an intimate personal and political friend of the dead general.

said, last aight, that tbe blow was a severe one 10 him ersooally and to the colored race in general. lt will nearly kiii Mrs. Logan, who was more wrapped up in her great husband than any woman I ever knew. Ilia death will be seriously felt In tbe south. No republican ince Grant bad more or warmer friends in that part of the couutry, and be would haveiiad a liberal support in the next national convention had he lived, lie was particularly the friend of the soldier, the colored man and Ihe poor.

His death will greatly complicate the political situation iu the country. There is no man wbo can take his place at this time and liil it." round Htm la New Jef sey. X. December 27. Mrs.

Mary Martha built a fire in tbe stove 00 Sat arday ud started fer the grocery. During her absence George XeUenger and Thomas Flyna, two well known thieves, entered her homo and stole the stove. They were arrested, with their heavy aad hot booty. TROUBLOUS TIMES FOB ins KXIUHTS OF LABOR. Tlie Opposition Mr'.

Powderly, the An Iiissims of Trade Caloaa and thw Revolt of Machine Coaatrooto. a. Xew York, December 27. The Tribune says: "Organized labor seems to be in a bad tangle, which grows worse instead oi better. The dissatisfaction in the Knights of Labor is growing mora widespread, and some' members ot the order are afraid tbat the present difficulty can only result in a split.

There seems to be little donbt tbat tbe legal requirements for a call for a special session of tbe general assembly will be fulfilled within a short time, or that the call will be signed by district assembiies in at least half a dozen states, perhaps twice that many. Among tbe dissatisfied element, however, the feeling is that no matter if tbe call is made out according totbeconstitstion.tbereia no certain ty tbat the seuion be One of them said yesterday: One of the principal things against which we protest is the assumption of dictatorship by tha general executive board and their evident intention to override the constitntion whenever it conflicts with their own ideas, if Mr. I'owderly should refuse to call tbe special session, what could we do? The general worthy foreman, tbe next highest otlicer, would not take any action. General Secretary Licbteman certainly would not, nor would tbe executive board, for, with the single exception of Barry, they are all in accord with Mr. Powderly.

Our only remedy would be to call a speciaF session ourselves, and then all wbo attended it would be in open revolt and would be either expelled or suspended. This would mean a split, and whether or not we are prepareu lor tut I am not. able to say, but it may come to that. I should be exceedingly sorry to aee it, but it the order is to eontinue to be ot anr use to the labor movement, something. must be done pretty "Ibe same opinion wasexpressed br many other Knights.

Eveu some of the members of district Xo. 49, the lenders of which are in thorough accord with tbe geoeral officers. show signs of a disposition to kica over the traces, and only the iron discipline main tained by X. B. Maguire, the former master workman, wbo ia now on tbe general executive board, keepa the dissatistaction from being shown.

Tbe local fight between tbe Knights and the open unionsgrowt in. bitter ness, and tbe time is not tar oil when open warfare will be proclaimed. The action of the trades nnions in ColuAibus, in the forma tion of the American federation of Lnbor bas encouraged the trades unions. It is said, on good authority, that J. II of ihe most proifiinent members of the American society of carpenters and joiners, announced publicly at the Central labor union last Sun day, that be intended to 'declare war to the knlte' against the Knints of Labor.

The Knights show no disposition to shirk the fl'ht, and if they and the unions do not tind some common ground on which they can stand, the chances are tbat no strikes will be won by tire carpenters for some time, for tbe Knights will take tbe places of the striking trades unionists and unionists the places ol the Knights when they strike." Fifty Thousand in Revolt. Piiii.adei.ph1a, December 27. Unless word is received' from the general executive board of the Knights of Labor to day, granting tbe demands of tbe assemblies of machine constructors for a locallrades char ter, nearly four thousand Knights of th.s city and thousands in other parts of the country will withdraw from the order. Twenty one assemblies throughout the country notified the general executive board that unless the trades charter is granted they will leave the order, and most of those in this city have given notica. that unless the demand is acceded to to day they will Tbe machinists claim as right, under the constitution of tbe order that they ihalf be allowed to di reel tbe business pertaining to their own in terests.

Three members of thegaueral com mittee are iu favor of granting; these de mands, but Mr. i'owderly, with a majority of ihe board, la opposed to the scheme, and it la not likely that any word ill be re ceived by the dissatisfied assemblies to day some of the machinists asseniuiiea nave de cided to await until the first of the new year. and if tbe national charter is not granted bv that time, they will follow tbe lead of tbe Philadelphia assemblies and over 50,000 Knights will sever their relations with the order. Of Interest to' Labor. A reduction in wages of from IS to 20 per cent, waa inaugurated by the Philadelphia brewers to day.

The 'men will retaliate, by boycotting. The Sedalia (Mo.) Bazoo contains all signs and other secrets of the Knights ot Labor order, obtained irom instructions of the secretary and treasurer. Oa iJhristmas eve the Xew York Tribune printers took, advantage of the season. to mark their appreciation 01 sue pleasant re lations existing between therer and their em ployer by giving Mr. hiteiaw field a band some crystal iukstand, with a silver cap, set on a solid silver salver, with a gold pen and holder and a silver paer knife.

The freight brakeinea on the Mobile. Ohio railroad are on a strike against a re duction of train crews from three to two men. 1 liusmess troubles. Rockfoed, 111., December 27. The N.

C. Thompson manufacturing company baa made an assignment to Major 'Alfred Taggart. The liabilities are placed at $200,000 and the assets; including tbe plant, machinery and bank accounts, at $:50,000. NEW ORLEaXS, December 27. The failure of Gilbert H.Green leading cotton factors is announced, because James Stewart, James Stewart dt ot and the controlling manager of the firm, bas gone nto bankruptcy ia tnzland.

Gilbert ii. Green's assets are placed at $03,000 aud his liabilities at Chicago, December Tbe dry goods store of Guy Sea, on Madison street; was closed by tbe sheriff this morning, on judgments aggregating $15,000. The extent tof his liabilities ia not 'stated. Mr. Sea operated a large dry Roods store ou Slate street for tbree yeara and recently opened his.

present storw. MlLWAfJC" kT December 27. At noon execution was issued in favor ot J. V. Farwell ot Chicago, against Harris dc Son, pro, prietors of "The Fair," which store whs closed by the sheriff Christmas eve.

Xom inal assets, liabilities not stated, but supposed to be over $100,000. Obituary Chicago, December 27. AVm. X. Sturges, better known in the commercial world as "Jack" Sturges, died Saturday in this city.

He became moat noted lurougb the great corn corner of July and Aiiifii t. i 74. in which he was the most prominent htmre. He bal out little of his former pomea iou elt at the lime of his demise. The body will be laVen to Saratoga lor burial.

St. Loris. December 27. John Moflst, one of tbe best knoa.n temieranoe workers iu the country, died here Saturday. (Mr.

Moilat was corresponding secretary of the CLrUiiau temperance union aud general agent of the Temperance Ueuevoleut aaociatlon. He waa bom in Glasgow in K.N, hut came lo Canada eariy ln life. He moved lo Moo teazle. in 1m and went lo t. Louis two years ago.

He was a nephew of the famous tniaionary, Robert Mo.Ut, ana by marriage of Liiiug stune, the Atrican explorer. ClNt IXNATI, December 27. Frank Wei? mann. wbo came here from Westphalia fifteen years age, died 1aat night, aged li)5 years. Philadelphia's Tampla Theater Jtarnin.

PniLAUEt.ril I December 27. Fire broke out in ihe ba eiuent of the new Temple theater tabout 11 o'clock tbia morning, and in a abort time tbe rntiraj building waa filled with ainoke. Tha fire, started, ia tha Muse connected with tbe theater and the flames were supposed to have lieen gotten under control and confined to that section of the building, but shortly before 12 o'clock flames burst from the upper windows and roof, and it ia now thought the entire structure will be ruined. The theater is owned by William M. Gingerly, proprietor of the riiilaildpliia liccor.d.

XELECiltAfHIO imEVlTIKS. Mr. George W. Childs'a contribution to the sum total of enjoyment on Christmas tiny amounted to gilts to friends and employes. The six day bicycle race at Minneapolis cloed Saturday night.

Scbock, of t'hicago, rode 1,405 miles in 142 hours, beating all previous records. While furiously insane the wile of CBprjes Burger, a farmer living ten miles south pf Busbville, killed herself and three children while alone in the house. Guv Wilkes won tre J'ree for all race at San Francisco Saturday. J. (j.

won tbe first beat, but was. distanced in the aecond, and Hilton took secoud monevj Time: i Bleetlags of Ibe Ministry. The Presbyterian ministers met this forenoon and'discussed the' ''week of prayer." It was admitted that tlie interest therein was waning of late years, aad the idea was freely expressed by Dr. McLeM tbat it' would be well to change tbe dale to the first week in Lent, as at this seasou people were engrossed with the festivities incident upon the holidays, and were disinclined toe i vet he week of prayer that attention its iinxj nance demanded. A resolution wax adopted idmitting tbe need ot a revival in religious matters, and suggesting tbat the various churcne" so arrauiro their meetings so as not to interfere with each other.

The Methodists were also in session to day. Itev. T. A. Ooodwiu submitted a paper on "Future Probation," holding there was none.

Key. A. Lamport and C. K. Line, president and "Sec etary of the association, were directed to se id a telegram of condolence to Mra.

Logau, on the death ot her husband. i Cold Weather. Chicago, December 27. At 6 o'clock, this morning the thermometer registered li iielow ro, and as the tun come up tbe tern jieraiure rose, aqd at 7 o'clock was 12 lie low. At 8 o'clock it wa 10? below aud at 9 o'clock M' below.

The chief of the signal service here says? "We are now getting the worst of this blizzard. It will probably not get any. colder, but it will stay cool lor a lew days. Extreme cold weather is general throughout the west, aad in tbe lower Missouri and Mississippi valleys and the lake regions the mercury nas fallen from 5 to 25 siuce yesterday, aud it is below zero nearly everywhere excVpt iu the extreme uorthwest. wht re tue temperature rising.

luitieAMou. December 27. Ohio and" Indiana Snow' northerly winds beconring variable; slightly colder. LOCSL TKMPfclUTt EE. 7am rM.laia C3 The "IriMw" Kxra ICobbers.

ClIICAeo, December S. William A. Piukerton this made his first statement respecting the arrest of the parties for the Adams express robbery on the "Frisco" road, October 25. Tbe ageucy arrested three men here on nday fort noon, between 10 andT iq'olock. One of tne trio was Ihe man.whe wrofe the letters signed "Jim Cuuituiugs" te ike St.

Louis papers. and theother two visre his coo federate. They were positively ldeiiliH by ve Witnesses brought here from t. Louis yesterday. The three men, toetlifr with Oscar Cook, arre led in Kansas City, and Bill arrested at Piukerton declared, were now in iouri.

which carries the pre sumplion tbat the tiirre arrested here were taken there nigUS. Pinkerton. utates; however, that they were not' taken to St. Louis. The detectives state that two of the' men were considered as business men, and tbat none are 'of tbe desperate type Infliana Coliga AssociaXion.

Tbe Indiaua College association convened in annual session at the Denisoo house this afternoon. Tbe membership in the association bas increased, and tbe attendance includes professors from everv college in the state. After the routine business of the session tbe following papers were presented: "The Relations ot the Normal School tp the College." W. Parsons, president ol tbe State Normal School', "The Kdinburg (University," Profenaor Joseph Swain, Indiana university; "Some Itccent Discoveries itu Celestial Phvsie," Profesdor Wiilianjf M. Thrasher, Butler university.

night jihere will be addresses oy President Jordan, i'f the Indiaua university, and by Professor Vf. P. Truebloodof ICarlltam college. The session will continue throughout to morrowt l.iideat Cleveland's Cohditiou. Wasuisgtox, December 27.

The j. resident, although still suffering from rhrnmatic pains, is somewhat easier to day. Absolute rest and quiet "fceing necessary for his cure, he was obliged. deny himself to callers today, and the usual afternoon reception was omitted. He remained in tbe bed most of the day.

Dr. O'lleilly, his attending said to day that tbe president is improving, and would, he thought, be able to be.ahout to morrow, but be would have to kecpjRery quiet for a few days ret. He attributes' the recurrence of tiic trouble to the president's unwillingness to remain quiet any length of time. A Possible Candidate for Mayor. A police ofiicer remarked this morning that he had been told that Newt Harding bad notion to run for mayor of this city, and lie added tbat he overheard a number of saloou kee'wrs say last evening that if diog should come out tbey would give him the biggest majority ever cast for the' office in this Mr.

Harding has never expressed any such ambition to anv attache of this paper, but it Ins friends think he ran ride into office on the back of saloon keepers, all of them will be chewing the cud of disappointment long bclore the election comes. English. Polities. Loxdox, December 27. Though private Cossip interprets the political situation to be unchanged, it is known tbat the bulk of the conservatives are opposed to Lord Harting ton as the successor of Lord Randolph Churchill, and wish to maintain a purely conservative cabinet, holding that tne vacancy in ther ministry ahould be tiled by one of their own number.

Joseph Chamberlain's recent speech at Birmingham has greatly impressed the home rulers with the prospect of a reunion of the liberals. Losses by Fire, Newark, DeL, December 27. The large mills of the Deaa Woolen were entirely consumed by fire Saturday, causing a loss of about and throwing 223 hands out of employment. The insurance amouots to about N1rtii Adams. December 27.

C. Piiinkett A Co. 'a large four story brick warp mill, in Adams, was burned Saturday. Loss covered by insurance. A Christ.

an City. the patrol wagon was called np to the court house to day to receive the delegation oi prisoners for the work house, twelve men and women were crowded into it, besides tbe driver and the officers. Tbe wagon will hold at or eifcht comfortably (not comfort ablyVbowever, this weather), and the excess prisoners, females, were seated on tbe laps of the male prisoners. It was truly aa "inspiring scene" for a christian citv. i A Klotcr Cased.

MlLWACKEE, December 27. Carl, Muss felt, who was recently convicted of rlotiug at 'Milwaukee Garden during the labor troable last sprinjj, was to day sentenced to lour months in the house ot correction. Sentence has been suspeuded. but Mnssfelt became violent to bia family and otter, aud the judge thought best to send him into retire INSANE FROM GRIEF. I A AC LATCHEM'i SlVD MALADT.

Art Informal Jlanclntr Imminent in' Da bois Counlr Salvatioa Array Seaaa 1 tiona at Lafayette and Koksms, ISpecJal to The Initlauapolls Xews. Wa KAMI, "December 27." Isaac Latchemf he who attempted to kill Dr. F. M. W.i II in Miller's store at 1'rbuna, tbia was arrested here this 'morning and subsequently released on bail.

He is undoubtedly crazy, and the dementia was brought about by the belief that Dr. Wall, who was her attending physician murdered his wife. This awful, specter pursues Latcbem day and and finally led him to the attempted murder. Latcbem will bo taken to an asylum. Yoillblul iturglars.

rnial io Tun Jndiananou Xews. Brazil, December 27. A few days a so J. W. Crenton'a store at Clay City was burglarized, and an amount of tobacco, cigars, knives aud other like articles taken.

A dav or two later a number ot these articles were found on tbe persous ot three small bovsof Clsv Citv, scarcely vet in their teens. who acknowledged tile act, but appeared wholly unconcerned as to the results of their acu A Desperado Done For. fSpeclal to The Indianapolis News.1 Vixce.nxes, December 27. Tene Wells uas struck with a club at ML Carrael, 111., Saturday night, by Len Hayes, and died yesterday. Wells was a negro and bad been terrorizing Mt.

Carmel for years; His home is in this county. Hayes made his escape. Leg Cruslietir ffipedal lo Tua ludiauaoolls RfPHVlLLE, Ind December 27. This morning while Patrick Madden, section boas on the Cincinnati, Hamilton Jt Indianapolis road, was unloading some iron from a con struction train, be slipped and fell under the wheels iidu hail a leg mashed oil. Minor Mention, Decatur i excited over tlie discovery of coal three miU's Irom its borders.

John Uroden. au seed citizen of Portland. dropped dead on Saturday evening of heart disease. Two freight trains collided on the Chicago Atlantic railroad, near Preston, and Ku gineer Edwards, ot Huntington, was killed. Columbus Bidwell, living near Pleasant viile, Sullivan county, was found dead in an oen held near bis house, Irom an unknown cause.

i Samnel Chaska, a leading dry goods mer chant, of Fort Wayne, assigned for the bene tit of creditors after being closed by tbe sheriff. Captain Charles C. Goodrich and Lieutenant' Kmma Warren, member of the sal va uod uruiv, are in jaai as iuaouio, cuurgeu with fornication. I Kii liusaell died at Lafayette at the age of ninety years. He has been a resident of tbe countv tor fifty years a respected and wealthy land holder.

At Fort Wayne tbe jury in the case against Scott Swann tor shooting Dr. J. W. louog rrrith intent to kill, returned a verdict of not guilty, exonerating Captain Swann from ail cbarges. Sidney S.

Sabin, president of the First National hank of Laporte, died yesterday afier a brief illness, aged seventy two years, of caucer or the stomach. He waa one of Laporte'a oldest and wealthiest citizens. A race war is in progress" a lit iie iowu icu nines i uorui we.sioi xrazu, ocean se a few colored oeoDle wanit to iro 10 re ligious services held in the' scliobl building ot the district where tbey live aud pay taxes. Wm. Kennedy, a cigar maker of Cambridge City, was run.

over and kilted by a Pun Uandle freight traiu Saturday night. 1 1 iv aa intoxicated and had fallen 'off the platform, where be lay until the freight struck lain. i A. J. Kpnt'.

the widow of Alexander J. Kent, tbe Newton county millionaire and. founder of the town ci Kentland, died at Laporte Saturday morning, of dropsy of the heart. She leaves three daughters and'tWo sons, all grown. Harry Malott, the "mashing" barber, who left Kising Sun, between two days about a month ago, and who was the prime cause of a divorce suit at the last term of court, returned Friday but disappeared again just in time to avoid a coat of lar and leathers.

Sam Hitts, a prominent farmer ot Ervin township; and J. Morris, of Greentown, Howard county, diet! Saturday night 4rom heart disease. Solomon T. Butcher, of Ko komo, died Saturday of paralysis. All were old I'nion veterans mid prominent citizens.

Saturday night the Kvausville pump factory, situated two miles from the city, was burned, and it is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. The plant was valued at 110,000. The building was worth $3,000 and tbe stock, patterns, machinery, $7,000. Insured for $6,100. At 1 o'clock yesterday morning, as Professor Charles Tiukhatn, the noted musician of Lafayette, was leaving tbe rooms of the Twilight club, be stumbled or slipped at the head of tbe stairway, and fell down the stone steps to the street.

Ho was very badly hurt internally, his side crushed in and ribs fractured, and he is not expected to recover. Friday night at while a party of men were playing curds and drinking in Shaffer's saloon, Charles Whitson, a Ken tuckian. began firing his pistol. Hearing tiid report. Marshal Smith Rice went in quest of; the disturbance, when Whitson shot fbe marshal in the abdomen.

The latter returned the fire, shooting Whitson through the head and instantly killing him. i The Attica Ledger blossoms out in a Christ mas number ol sixteen tinted pages, and a cover and is a very tasrftil souvenir. It is composed oi original hi utter, sketches, stories, poetry, etc. Mr. D.

Hayes, of tbe Indianapolis Journal, furnishes one ingenious aad verv interesting sketch "Was it T. C. Iiarbauyl has a poem and story, and other well knowu writers are represented. At the meeting of tue Salvation army at Laiayette Saturday nigbt some miscreant caused the wildest excitement by throwing a cannon fire cracker1 uuder the. chairs.

I was quietly done, aud the terrific report was the first intimation tbe audience had tbat it. was there. A scene of wild disorder followed, and tbe audience started pell mell for the doors. Fortunately, comparative quiet was speedily restored and no serious accident resulted. Prosecutions are to lie made against" the wrong doers.

The second well 'drilled by the Muncie natural gas company struck a flow of gas Saturday nigbt which, when lighted, burned higher than the top of the derrick. Ou account of the shallow depth 4j0 feet at which the gas was struck, it is supposed that it was only a pocket, but as it increases in force constantly, the company are beginuing to think that they have struck a gusher. The Muucie gas company, owners ot the artificial gaa works, have started a weil and work will be continued day ami nig'ul until gaa is struck. J.I Saturday morniug Dr. C.

II. Craia went tip to the Second Presbyterian church at Lafavette to assist the janitor. Henry Biscr, in removing the paraphernalia used in the eulertaininent the previous eveuing. While he was sixteen feet above the floor, a wire which he was removing caught him around tbe neck and precipitated him head first. He alighted on the shoulder of the janitor, then boauced off, and struck on his left shoulaer beside the leg ot tbe piano, which gashed bis fare, severed bis right ear from his head, aud indicted severe internal injuries.

Charles Slider's confectionery and toy house, at Evansville, caught fire by the igniting of a arlor match with shavings from a toy box which was on tbe floor, early yesterday morning. The fire spread with great rapidity, aad ihebnil tingwas in Humes, in a few minute. Siicier'a family, who. resided ia tbe second glory, escaped by being taken down on ladder iu their night clothes. Nothing was saved.

Tha loss will ba $1,300 on bnilding, which is covered by insurance. The. loss on the stock and household effects is on which there ia insurance of $1,000. W. C.

DePauw, of New Albany, haa in his employ three ladies whose duties consist in investigating and relieving eas' ot dis treae amng tbe aeedr of that city, the entirt ex peases being borne by r. DePahw. Sidney Arnold, aged seventy four vears, died yesterday morning near Monitor. Deceased came to Tippecanoe county sixty two years azo, two years prior to the organ ization of the county, and waa among the last of tbe first pioneers. Henry Pecks and John Haves, ruffians, were arrested on a west bound Air Line railroad train, between Oakland City and Princeton, for tbe unprovoked murder of John O.

Hart, the negro porter at the Huntington depot. The prisoners were taken to Princeton jail, and' on Saturday niornin? were In ba sent la the county seat of Dubois county. A niob vwas raised to lvnch them, but by he bravery and determination of Sheriff Mcliary and other officers the crowd was kept from the prison ers, who we taken away unharmed on the Air Lane railroad. A mob is feared at Jasper, Ex Sheriff William Williams, of Warrick county, was attacked on the street yesterday in Evansville, by a tough character named John Davis, and being insulted and struck with a pair of knncks. Williams drew his pocket knife stahbed Davis three times in the abdomen.

Williams was Davis drunk, and all say the rutting was justifiable and in self detente. Williamrisa langerous man when pressed, and savs lie had been with a revolver, he would have killed Davisj Davis is in a very critical condition, jind Is how in tbe hospital. Will iams la in jail: LOCAL. PICKU1. There is a sick woman at 12 North Califor nia street, whom tbe police report as needing lia ritfi hi ine state Historical society win nejtl 4 is annual business meeting Thursday, at Sp.

iu slate library rooms. Ten 'possums have been laid in besides other supplies without limit for the entertain ment to be given to night by "Ihe Big four eterans" at Lyra hall. Last week 17,659 loaded freight cars were received and forwarded, against 1,212 lor the parcedaog week and IO.Ojo for the cor responding week of 1S85. TT I tie County courts are this weeK In a state of desuetude. The criminal court alone is grinding, This morning DanieLHIs was on trial tor barglarizing Mrs.

Uurchard dom ing store. I Tli ere was a report tbe other day crediting Mr. illiam iiuriord with the purpose ot in troducinglype selting machines in his estab lisnment. but he gives the rumor an unuali fied contradiction. The county commissioners have approved the boud" of $.1,000 given by tbe Sentinel company for tbe performance of the county printing contract, with W.

J. Leay and John W. Minor, as aureties. William, W. Thomas died suddenly Satur day with congestion of the stomach, and Ihe remains were cort to the grave yesterday by Anderson post, G.

A. of hich organization tha.fleccased as, a member. The investigation of the local election frauds by Commissioner Van Buren, which was to have been resumed this afternoon, has been postponed until to morrow afternoon, as Mr. Duncan was necessarily absent to day. Tbe Southern Indiana Prohibition pub lishing society of Princeton, has been incorporated with a capital stock of It proposes to publish a weekly prohitntion paper anlthe directors are 11.

F. Carter, Evansville; George W. Norman, llobert Robert Bialr and ltichard liigirs, Princeton. Tire. State Cane Growers' association will meet at tbe rooms of the state board of agri culture next Thursday and Friday.

A letter nas Deen receiyea irom mormau J. coiman. commissioner of. agriculture, stating that he will send Prolessor iley here to give tbe association the results of his investigation into tbe matter ot making 4 The Colored orphan asylum was remem bered by Santa Claus. He gave the inmates not only some good things to eat.

but more substantial presents and much good advice. The children at tlie home gave au entertain ment with special reference to the holiday occasion, and all acquitted themselves with credit to themselves and their teachers. Tka annunl Christmas nierlaiiiiiipnt at the PI tii field reform school occurred Saturday night. It was one of the most enjoyable affairs oi the kind in the history of tbe school, and all lis Christmss frolics have been notable. There were recitations; music and tableaux, 1 ollowing the a cur tain was removed and an old fashionVd fire place was disclosed.

From this Santa' Claus issued, and amid the shouts ot the boys pres ents were distributed galore. I'EllsON AL. City Clerk Shields ia slowly convalescing. William W. Thomas, lata with W.

H. Messenger, died, on Saturday morning ot congestion of the brain. Mrs. A. A.

Ilammoud and Mr. and Mrs; Anthony Sweeney, ot Deliver, are at tlie Bates house for a few days. i Mr. Pearl V. Collins, who was formerly located here as the Indiana correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, has purchased tbe Tribune at St.

Peter, and will take charge ou the first of the year. Ida only daughter of L. D. Moody, 127 East St. Mary street, and William I).

Power, of alacon, were united in mar rinse at 3 o'clock this afternoon, at the residence of the bride's parents, Rev. Dii Rood thaler officiating, and the bridal i couple started immediately for their home in tbe south. The wedding was a private one, and there vfere no cards. IVd. rml Court Cases.

Entries in various cases pending in the federal court were made this morning. The case of Henry Cornick, accused of violating the peusion laws, was sent to Evansville tor trial, and that of Christian Kestler, accused of violating tlie revenue laws, was transferred to Fort Wayne, On condition that he g'uve bond for $250. The motion for a new trial in thttcaseof Andrew Kist, for whom there was a by tbe jury in tbe suit brought against hiiu by tbe government on an official bond, was overruled and judgment entered. Similar action was taken in the case of A toner L. Merrill against tne town of Montioello, in which judgment was originally given for the deienduut.

Sixty days were allowed to file a bill of except ions and an appeal grauted to' tbe supreme court of the United Siutes. An Unknown Maa Killed. The mangled remains of an unknown man are lying at Kregelo'a morgue, the body havini; been run over bjra iraiu on the B. fc W. line, near the Belt road, this morning.

He was seen lying on the track before the engine struck him, but, not in time to stop tlie train. The body was frightfully crushed by the wheels, one leg being. torn off and thrown to ont side. Tbe deceased bas the apearauce of a middle aed maa ot Irish nationality, substantially dressed, and be looks as if lie might have been a farmer, There was not a scrap ot paper about his clothing to indicate his identity. Wholesale Theft wf Cloaks.

A dancing society gave a ball in Totnlin son ball on Christmas eve. While the fun was at its acme thieves broke into the cloakroom and cleaned it of all tbe valuable cloaks hats wraps. Several hundred dollar' worth of apparel were taken, and there was will dimay when the robbery was discovered. Young ladies were obliged to go home, in anme instances, bare headed. The society will make good the losses.

TilKWAE IS THE SOVnAX. The Australian soldiers who went to the Soudan had each a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, which eased ail pain cau ed by march acroM the desert. Now comes ltcd i tar Cough Cure, which contains no opiates or poison, and yet cures the most ob atii.ste eeugh or tha went ease of hug trelihta i FENCES LET DO WS AND THE SALOONS WLDJB OFUT. la Canseqnenea of TThlcta There) ITa "Lively" Sunday and at Bis; Dawkas Te Dsy Probable Murder.

Yesterday proved to be a typical Liquor league day. Aa a rule the saloons were open, and tbe result came in a large number of drunks, peace disturbances and fights, with one of the latter not only a fight, bat likely tocuiurtnate in wbatthe courts may decide as a murder. The police seem to hare beea powerless in stopping the traffic, as the saloons had and in every way guarded against detection. However, while the police were uiisueeessful in making arrests considerable testimony waa gathered for tbe grand jury, and the acting superintendent is confident'lhat a number of indictments will be returned. In consequence lot this disorder there waa a big in the city court this morning, ranging irom tbe ordinary ill.

fame and drunk, to attemted murder and riot. The last named included Hans' Petersen, Oscar Olseu, Ph. Kost, August Berriuau ami Uigot Linderholm, the latter being in the atlray and is now under treatnit ut at. St. Vincent's hospital.

The parties with whom tbey fought were Michael and P. Cbtran, aud William Schaub, and Michatl Ctirran stands with the cutting which sent Linderholm lo the hospital with a bad wound iusi oeiow.tne heart and another in the back, 'etersen also received a glancing cut in the side from the same weapon. '1 hesjigbt ap pears to have begun in Reichwein's saloon, corner Noble and Market streets, and from there was carried into he street and; nearly down to Washington, before the erf was raised that tbe "cope are coming," wbirh cry put them to It originated oyer a drunken discussioffpall olt be parties being more or less intoxicated. It waa some time before tbe police could get a clew to the real facta in the case, but the arrests were made by Captain Colbert and Patrolmen Haley, Hylaud, Clifford and Dougherty. This mornjug all tbe parlies entered pleas of not guilty, and the Curraus gave Rcnihan as bond until Wednesday, while Scbaub was also released in similar way.

Michael Cur ran, wbo used the knife, claims that be acted in self defense, but the man whom he cut ia largely hia inferior, physically. Amonc the other cases before tbe mayor waa Moses Johnson, wbo made an unprovoked attack on William Browning, of Blake atreet, and waa fined to the toll extent of the jnrisdic tion of the court, including thirty days in the work house. Johnson was given a bad record by Sergeant Lowe, who also wants him for an assault on At Stanley. George Stahl and Frank Gisler; who sold liquor on Christmas day, were esctt' fined $10 aud costs on pleas of guilty. Sany uel Brown (colored) who cursed John Wil iiams, was assessed $3 and costs, and Mary Lyhch and Jamea I'rfee were fined tinder thej ill fame law, the latter getting a workhorse sentence, nnder the new dispensation, Oo the other hand, Dan grow and John Lyons, arrested in "Madame.

Four Eyes's place," were fined for visiting. All of tbe drunks, a dozen and more, together with a number of peace disturbances, were served in the usual way, and so were also the ordi nary fights, of which there were several. Florence ones, the "terror." waa riven a' short work bouse sentence. TT i'b. Reichwtin called late this afternoon to aay that the riot credited as having occurred in hia saloon yesterday, by the Currans and others, as detailed above, did not happen in his place, but oa the outside, starting in tiu adjoining alley, feoneofthe parties, he re porta, had been in hia saloon.

Sslf OsstracUsasf Mrs, Wesks, Mrs. Luoy Weeks, making her home with the family ef Fred Failing, 3 Harrison street, took a fatal dose of niorphioe yestef day morning, aad when found ahe waa on cousoidui and beyond medical aid. Under ber pillow was a nete which a young lady friend wrote for her some time ago, giving the disposition of her effects and providing for her buriaL AmOngube assets was $00. Tbe deceased waa aged forty four, aad her lite history is a peculiarly aad one. 'She separated Irom her first, husband several years ago, owing to hia infidelity to her, and in the separation he took her boy to the far west, where he has remained to the present time without ever meeting his mother, although to manhood grown.

Two daughters remained in her custody, one of them, howeverhiak iug her home with her graudparenta. Both grew to young womanhood and died. In the meantime the mother had married William Weeks, wbo treated her with marked devotion, their life was a harmonious oue until his death ia September Since that time Mrs. Weeks hns continually gives way to despondency, and two weeks ago at tempted fier life with morphine, but waa restored byj Dr. Thomas.

The deceased waa I member of Re be ah degree, I. O. whom the funeral will be conducted; Harial of John ScantUn. The Chapman post, G. A.

will meet to morrow afternoon to escort the remains a the late John Scantlin to the grave. A mini ber of years ego Scantlin was connected witt the police force, and he made a 'good officer, afterward retiring to run with the merchants' force in what is known as the bank district, the same district now patrolled by "Jap" Clary. Seauttin, while Serving wuh' theVpolice, was noted for his perseverance wheiaonce started on the trail of an offender, and it was he wbo one nigbt, in the pursuit of a colored Diuii, who was wanted for felony, chased him to Broad Ripple, each crossing the river twice in making the journey and exchanging shots until their respective weapons were exhausted. After retiring from tbe merchants' force, Scantlin went to teaming, and of late years he lived eery quietly. An Alleged serious In traction of Rules.

It is slated that Ci! A. Parker, a member of district assembly, K. of has been gnilty of a serious infraction of the rules of the order, in that he has canvassed the ehy soliciting advertisemeuta for a K. of L. account book, which he proposes to furnish to all members of the.

local assemblies. Tbe comnlaiiiant is W. 6. Lewis, master work man, district assembly, 100, and Mr. Parker's course ia said to be fu direct violation of the rules of tbe order, which prescribe tht the account hooks must be furnished through the grand officers of the lodge, and no member is permitted te accept a book from any other source, it la stated that farter bas secured ihe: advertisements of nearly 100 baaiueaa firms, many of whom bare paid him, A Remarkable Accident.

A strange railroad accident occurred at the Tipton crossing of the Pan Handle and Lake Erie roads yesterday morning. The Chicago passenger train ran through a Lake Erie freight train which wae standing across the Pan Handle track, doing but little damage and injuring no one. ihe i an Llandle eiu glneer did not aee tbe freight, aad not slow ing np, dashed into it, breaking the coupling ana parting tne train, me passenger train went through with no damage but the loss of the engine asmoke stack, for which a barrel was substituted. Tfi train arrived here twe hours late. HeslUtfol Banians tugai, The peetoffice people say thai the araosjnt of mail matter passing through the office ia unprecedeatedly large.

The carriers made one delivery Saturday hot were unable to handle all the mail oa their rentes. Some of tliens hauled band carts la wbioh their packages were stowed, and others had a full wagon load each. The amount ef mail particu larly the number ef presents and the general prosperity ef she season aa reported by the kusiaeas aaea, Indian healthful and ljaBfawad flnaneUl etulaok for the eon a try. V..