The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

The Wilmington (Del) Every Evening SAYS
that last seasons peach crop amounted to
1851 ,2sS baskets, and that the Peninsula re.
ceiSed for them over 81 ,500,OOO
THE New Hampshire Patriot asks. How Is
Blaine to get back that s2.OO5 paid to Repre-
sentstives Swan and Hartman, to bride them
TO remain away from the Legislature:
Two men, in their eagerness to be the "next
gentleman, ran to BARRIERS shop In Kings
ton, on Saturday night and the one who
came in second sank into a chair and died of
heart disease.
THE New Hampshire Patriot says the Legisla-
lures of Fl states will be IN session this month,
carrying JOY to the hearts Of lobbyists, board
ing house and hotel keepers, If not to the dear
people who are taxed to keep them running.
THE Macomb, (IIl.) Eagle thinks the .'boom"
for William IL. English, oil Indiana, for the
Democratic nomination tor president Is no
no small affair after all. Indeed, English is
already dark horse in the race, with flat
terlng prospects of winning.
A BorANIsr says that there are 1900 differ
ent kinds OF weeds in the United States, 200
being found in New York state. He speaks Of
the e-weed the seed of which remains in the
ground for years without sprouting, but shows
itself when the land is burned over.
THE Louisville Democrat exclaims: Down
with the idea that man in Office is better
than man out OF office. Up with the rights
and majesty of the voters, and let the men
who assume airs because they are clothed with
little brief authority learn to respect the
power that made and can unmake them.
AT the present time the United States is
making more than one-thIrd of all the paper
made In the world. The product is about l, $50
tons daily, amounting to about 640,500 tons per
year. There are now 927 mills, representing a
capital OF 5000 10000. These mills employ o.
900 persons, who draw about s9,55O,0C0 in sal
aries per year.
Two men staked out field OF ice on the
Hudson river, in front of their property, as a
speculation, having no ice houses of their own,
but hoping 10 sell il. Whom the thaw set in
this ice went down the river and against a
dock, damaging il considerably, and now the
owner of the dock threatens to bring suit
for damages against the two men.
The Delaware Transcript says; The name
OF Hon. William Fl. English, of Indiana, is
being frequently mentioned by the Western
press a. an excellent one for a place on the
Democratic presidential ticket. Bayard and
English would certainly MAKE a ticket that
would be entirely acceptable TO the Democ-
racy of the whole country, well as one that
could not be beaten by the strongest team on
the other side of the fence.
TIE Michigan City Dispatch thir KS that the
record OF Hon. William ii. English is unim-
peachable, and says whatever he takes hold Of
Is generally success. The Democracy OF the
State are to be congratulated upon Mr.. Eng
lish's re-entry into politics. We are not aware
that he is ambitious to fill any public posi-
ton, but he Is a Democrat of unusual sound
ness on every question, and hereafter will
prove OF incaleulable benefit TO the Indiana
Democracy.
CALCRAFT, the London haDgman, who has
just died, had a wonderful Rntipathy 10 re-
porters. He treated their presence in the pre-
llminaries OF the executions with as much
brusqueness as he dared and at hanging in
Newgate, just before he was leaving his
"trade,' - he remarked TO a distinguished men,
Der of the fourth estate, al wish l had the
stringing up of one of you beggars of reporters
before chuck il up" One occasionally meets
with men of depraved tastes.
THE Chicago Times says that Garfield, in
his hour of triumph, might have spared Judge
Thurman the humiliation OF his compliments.
Praise from Sir Hubert may be praise indeed,
but praise from one who was so badly COR
nered by the credit mobIliar investigation is
praise that must be handled with a toDgs.
Judge Thurman has been purblind political
ly. He has chased phantom and fallen into
a bog, but he doesn't deserve TO have his in
tegrity Landed by Jamas g. Garfield.
ONE OF the saving stations on the California
coast has been officially named the Maggie
Geddes. This is a recognition of the bravery
of Maggie Geddes, of San Antonio. She is
only nine years old. Seeing a younger play.
mate fall down a high emoankInent into a
mill race, she instantly jumped after her. The
water was deep. and ran swiftly toward a
large wheel: but Maggie was good swimmer.
and by a desperate struggle got ashore with
her playmate. Such GOODNESS and courage
were deemed worthy of special honor.
TIE Montgomery Advertiser eloquently
says: The Democratic party can not afford to
divide its strength upon any immaterial issues
whatever. The hour has already begun to
strike when IL must summon all its strength.
II must stand firm as the everlasting hills; il
must be ready to move as an armg with bar
ners under the leadership of the men who
shall Dc selected to bear the standards in
the stirring times of 1850. Indeed there was
never a time when so much was at stake, !
such momentOus matters rested upon one
solitary success of any party.
THE New York Times, in speaking of the in
vestigation regarding General Tom Brady and
the miserable Encouragement of the post
Office department., says that "whlle the exam
ination of to-day was merely preliminary,
enough facts were developed to show that
gross careIessDess and extravaganza has
the administration Of the star service,
and the impression left upon the minds OF the
committee by General Brady's statement is
very unfavorable to the department" The
readers OF the Sentinel VIII remember that
the New York Times il exceedingly "stal
Wharf.-The grand keynote sereecher for
the indianapolis Journal and other rural
Radica prints.
THR New Hampshire Patriot truly says:
The Democratic party is the great majority
party of the country to-day, and the destinies
of the country are largely in It's hands. 1t Is
the great party of the people and of popular
rights. According to the Tribune almanac,
which we take TO be good Republican author
fty the d smocratic voters of the United States