The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-03-19
fire he drew the tail OF his well-worn overeoat
over his knees to hide the rents in his CLOTH
ing. 1t was the ruling passion strong IN death.

At this time Joseph B. Stewart was q student
six feet high and over, and of gigantic frame
vain and pompous, and believed in himself
y. He was loud OF speech and ever ready to talk
On the breaking ont Of the Mexican war,a
ulate enlistments. It was addressed BY Gen
erai Milton Stapp and John Lyle King, and
not csed on for speech xer the the
meeting adjourned, and the crowd was leav-
stewart: He mounted the wan which sur
harransue .ne , Peonc sSnare and Sommeneed to
canted upon the glory to be Won at the
cannon's mouth, and upon the beauty
Closed bis apeeeh about as foloMs snsiness
prevents me, my fellow citizens, from oIaw-
Ing L'd, my sword in this glorious cause; I would
gladly unsheafhe 1t in my country's defence,
but duty to Others forbids But there are
Who 20 to war and die i'm the e1 Service Will I'll o
be forgotten by me; 1 will assist in settling
your viii esta5es on n tine most
not defraudea Of their patrimonies. These
things will do at a considerable reduction on
regular rates for such services" Stewart is now
and for many years has been one Of the most
He has engineered several OF the largest Jobs
ever put through the National Congress. and
improve, it is probable that he win engineer
many more.
GENERAL MILTON sTAPP.
One ofthe prominent men of these days was
General Milton Stapp. He was public-spir-
tied man. and was as brave Julius Caesar.
He he aaa 3,,ad fiied many responsible offices and
talents and honors, SO much SO that his vanity
at times was very marked. He was soldier
Madison brigade in the Irish war. on that oc-
casion, he, like
"The king OF France, with forty thousand
Went up a hill, and so came down agen."
General stapp was mayor OF Madison, and
never did the city have a better one. He often
arrested Offenders nd nm
marched them to Jail. On one occasion he
had d difference with prominent citizen
the prominent citizen retorted. .You dare
stapp Went went to see the door Mora Of the eoaf oice
he wasIn and called to, several gentlemen
that here pronounce Mr.. Blank a liar and
General stapp was president of the convention
| held at Chariestown in 1879. that nominated
| member the speech he made on taking the
| chair. He complained of his neglect by the
more Consideration thsn he had received He
| said he had recently returned from Washing
General Taylor, but his application was
| refused. He declared that he experienced
great difficulty in getting an interview with
Mr.. Clayton, the secretary of state, while 9TH
his saops this
| MIR. Clay ton he inquired who was. told
him was General stapp, of Indiana; He SAID
| said 1, never heard OF Milton Stapp, and you
the secretary of state of the United Statese' -
The general had supposed his fame was ma
| tional, not provincial.
M'KINLEY, NEwBERKY AND MURRAY.
Three noted men in these days Were McKin-
mented but harmless Mckinley believed he,
| owned the major part of the city His pos
| tries. and sometimes he thought himself the
governing power of al least one Eurepon
wood, or perform other manual labor, but
Street discoarsing , Upon 49,, lis is. riches hes
| be gone for a while, but he would soon return
and repeat Ibis thrice told tale" He wa
| about we'll known at indianapolis as
Madisou, and have seen him more than ono
in that city and at Franklin with crow
about him listening TO his wondrous storit
told him that he ana Murray lwho a. !
question of title before he dispo 4
Of some property .s he was trying :,
Ing but damned old Yankee and n
| no sense, nohow.".
Newberry was a very different man. L
approached you stealthily as a cat. al
would BE- bending over you and whisperiI lg
your ear before you were aware of his prs
ence. He talked in a low voice, and his, gor
| were generally incoherent and som etir
strap pped to his back, and his appearans e "
| anything but inviting: BE harmed o Oh
but the wonder is that he did not III VIII
| upon his back always inspired me with terr
| aud made me watch him like q hawk. In
| young days he was a prosperous man ,f bu
| ness, and he became insane by trying to sol
| an impossible problem
Murray was the worst man ofthe tnI es.fr
the greatest lunatic- He was given o lou,
| and was terribly abusive when IN lis cul
At such times he would walk the st reefs n
He was particularly abusive o Moo
Park, the mayor of the city. who mad Oft
believed he was owner OF all the pr operfv
L 81 .tt. r.rrx x~frfs, 20 strdyr n
covered for 81 100000 for fasse imp .isonmen
This hallucfnation ever poss .ssed hi
| Whether drunk or sober he thous hit hims.
/ the lord proprietor of Madison, an d her ci
zens his tenants. He threatened uits Of eie,
ment against those in possesst IN, and "
/ often exceedingly abusive In h: IS notices
quit. Ine only VA TO ms
frequently employed for that pm rpose. He n
| to remain for months. Al that time fine ms
: or's ONCE was in the row o buildings
/ Main Cross street, knoWl - - buzzard roo
, | back of IT. Every morning urray woulc
: opened his Office So soon as he saw n,
official he would commenced ocurse and ,bf,
MIN. On tnese oceas,onSiss sas his custom
sing a doggerei song, runn1n g thus:
"when first King Moody gan to re;sr, h
gsn TO reign,
; He bought a peck of bIoiSv heat bran, OF buc
Sheat bran,
, and SO on for quantity.
oAPrAIS D.Avu D WHITE
Norman in his day so DC enlv ir,nrssssa ,,,r
! | self upon Madison as DaF Id White ne "a n
a here In 1876 from Ponnsy lvania whara he h,
: beon engaged in the wool trade I M. ",
! | aoout SIX ret taa. WE rather lessthan n
: shoulders, and walked With his t,sad well II
y | ward and his eyes ups 1 the rror-T His n
= was one of vtciSsituSzf s. He YRS rsch tod,
= ! and poor TO .morroy. He fall a in business
= | TehnsyNanH- Ia - adlson, In Iowa, an
~ osneSe, ~ Lon s- But failu
!, Most men SINK un<st r adye, .sit~. NOT So he
- he touched the eots ,m, Il was 10 reach fou
l. dation for rebouu1. He went down und
!. one wave, and spsa ng IN triumph upon the L
a. oi the next las e,,sIgy never gave way, al
n. | every public enterpris of his day. Madiss
in Is mainly inoepIsu 70 him for her gas wcrf
he ment OF one OF her insurance companies
al lsbored hard 70 co hRect her with the woi
" by network oi r lroads, but in this effort I