The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-29

wave or boom in Ohio. Conaiderlng all the
disadvantages under which the Democracy
labored, the result shows really a surprisingly
close vote.
THE total regular attendance at the New
York City schools during September was H.
$50 pupils, the largest on record. The city has
II ,soS persons in its night schools.
THE commercs of the United States with
Japan is increasing. During the past year the
imports from this country to Japan amounted
to 50 SO 900, ana the exports from Japan TO the
United States TO S7-50],00o.
INDIA ranks fourth among the countries of
the world for the extent of coal deposits. She
has 5000 square miles of coal fields; the
United States, 10000; China, 600; and Aus
tralia, 10000; but only 500 900 tons annually
mined in India.
THE great East river bridge enterprise, TO
connect New York and Brooklyn, has already
cost Sill 1850 aud the trustees want $4,000
more to complete 1t, which they tnink they
can do in Is months. Nearly thirteen mil
lions ofdollars is good dSal 10 expend on a
matter of convenience.
MURAT HALsrEAp is nominated by the
Steubenville, o., Democrat 10 succeed senator
Thurman. Halstead ought TO have some
thing more valiant defender of the Lousi-
ana returning board rascslity is not to be
| found among the entire Radical press Give
HIM something p. do
Ex-Governor HUBBARD, OF Texas has gath
cred statistics TO prove that there is less crime
in Texas in proportion TO the population than
In onehalf the other States. He thinks the
next census viii open the eyes of the world TO
| the fact that before the end OF the century
Texas will have passed up to the head, the
foremost State OF the Union.
| PosrNAsTEps are a cruel set. A young Geor-
| gia lady, n short time since, sent through the
mail to a gentleman of Washington a box OF
flowers. Unfortunately she had put I'm the box
| a slip OF paper with the simple legend, with
love" written thereon. The postmaster found
| out about the writing. and the young man had
TO pay letter postage TO the amount of 60 cents
on the package-3J cents apiece for two simple
| words.
THE Cincinnati Gazette says that the coiored
people OF the South are turning their attention
TO Indiana. There Is room in Ohio for good
many thousand. The colored people are not
turning their attention to Indiana" The
Republican party have undertaken that little
job for them. Why not send them up to the
manufacturing districts of Ohio. where the
workmen were paid In gold a day two be.
fore the late election?
Mr.. THoyAs MARSHALL, a Pennsylvania
lawyer, in the course OF an argument, the
other day, before the supreme court of that
State, expressed himself as follows: 81 have
nothing to say against Juries. rather like
them. But / do not like the way they are
made. Political bummers OF one party make
jurors of their friends and adnerents, and
political bummers of the other party do about
the same. In hard lines juries become a sort
OF resort for paupers, and should like to see
a change"
THE san Francisco Bulletin gives the follow
ing rs one OF the results OF the Grant boom
II tell you what I'd like TO see." said a well
known young aristocrat at the Palace Hote
yesterday; I'D like to see Grant in for life
senators chosen for life, and sons OF boil
presidents and senators to succeed. w,
needn't call il a kingdom, but then we'd hav,
a chance to have some of our best fam lie
recognized in Europe" The young man
father is worth a round million. The youn;
man meant what he said.