The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-08-21
EVANSVILLE DEPARTMENT.
The Health, Politic,. Poison. and 30 On
BAD HEALTH.

Leader readers their weekly hash of news.
do hate to do anything on compulsion,
and here it is one-half hour of train time and
my letter is in Evansville, when it ought to
have been in Indianapolis. Omitting In
dianapolis, Evansville is the dirtiest city ON
the American continent. Its dirt and filth
is piled Olympus high. We are now gather
ing the fruit Of that which we have sown. A
malignant type of typho-malarial fever is
raging in the city There were fifteen
burials one day this week. and it is rumored
there are from 800 to 400 cases in the CITY,
The physicians are on the ego" day and
night. The fever can not be subjected by
the ordinary way of treatment. The doctors
put all all the blame on the sewers. Our
good citizens make the sewers the receptacle
for all the offal possible to be dumped in the
sewer inlet, and at night terrible stencil
arises offensive to the smell and dangerous
very-to the health of our city. Yesterday
the authorities took some notice of the
sewers, and began to place tar around them.
The back yards and alleys are equally
as dangerous as the sewers. Our sanitary
affairs are in the hands of three or four
stupid physicians, who take no interest far
ther than to draw their meagre salaries.
L
ton Saturday. 1t was a dizzy affair. They
claim that the "white mans party will
have walk over in this country; but no
one would think they had such ambitious
hopes, for it was like leading bull to the
slaughter-pen to get fellow to stick on the
ticket when he was nominated. The gen.
eral impression is that the ticket as ticket
is as weak as boarding house coffee. Why,
they have man on the ticket for the
Legislature, white man, too a light in the
great white mans party, who is scarcely
able to write his name; and this ignoramus
goes to make laws for the cultured (?)
Democracy.
George Shanklin "runned" the conven-
ton just as he does the party, through the
agency of the Courier. Mr. Shanklin as a
| man is a gentleman of the Chevalier Bayard
kind. He is easy of approach, and not like
some white Republicans; he is never afraid to
be seen talking to an intelligent colored man
He is an educated man of undoubted ability,
| and is fully acquainted with the efforts col
| ored men are making to place themselves
! higher in the scale of worth and usefulness
| But as politician he does not hesitate to
! 60 down into the very cutters, pot-houses
and other dirty places to get arguments to
| kill off the negro rate in this country.
| The (Democ) rats had their grand jubilee
Saturday night. The young mems Climb were
| out in full bloom. In point of number they
made grand success. Their cry along the
streets was: 'This is white mems club y
and as lawyer Jimmie Rucker says: "N(
niggers behind, in front, nor in the middle.
They seem to forget that last Presidendia
caucass they begged and prayed and payet
colored men to march in their procession
and they were once sued by twenty ode
colored men, who had been hired to marcl
in their procession, for their dollar promised
them. The Democrats were anxious to hav
it not to appear call white"
Senators Mcdonald, of Indiana, and Jone
of Florida, opened the canvass for the Dem
ocrats here We are certain the Democrat
will defeat Hancock yet. They hav
brought North their Southern leaders t.
conduct the fight in New York and Indians
This appears to be the institution of Con
federate campaign. Look again at the ras
cally declarations of that traitor, Wad
Hampton. This brazen braggart will do tn
Democrats more damage than good.
The Republicans are making an aggressive
fight here. THERE'S much enthusiasm anC
if they can't beat that abortion of a ticke
produced by the Democrats the Republican
ought to disband. The colored rate goe
solidly for the party of right, justice, Law
and order. And this fact is troubling ou
good Democratic brethren some. The coun
ty convention of Republicans meet Saturday
There will be a fine opportunity for the col
ored rate to ask official recognition. Tn
colored men here have no sand in their craw
They are afraid to make q move. A few ar
not, but they know that they will not hav
the support of their own race. Three o
four men, who endeavor to make politics
business, to coin few dollars, are opposed
colored mans candidate, for they know b
would have little money to spend with them
| 1t is mean that mans own race goes squar
back on him. Next week we will write
full letter concerning the coming conven
ton.
Somebody has said, Colored people won
attempt to kill themselves. We have ha
two cases of girls with shattered hopes an
blunted sensibilities who have attempted
solve the problem ito be or not to be.'
Miss Mary Mcclure young colored cir
about town has been the recipient of MI
Jack Beason's favor year or more. JAG
gets tired and tries to shake Mary, and sh
goes for a bottle of morphine to end he
hearts woes. The poor girls life was save
by prompt treatment.
1t was rumored that the daughter &
Bryant Goings had attempted the sam,
Whether it is true or not 1 can not say
Bryant lately had the fellow-Clarenc
WILLIAMSBURG had been little too intimat
with his daughter to marry her. believ
: Ciarance was claimed by numerous othe
women of the.street, this girl flies to poison
end her hearts misery. This Clarence Wi
liams is festile chap Yesterday he wa
grumblin' with "Golden Slippers
name-They began to quarrel, and William
pulled his pop and fired. "Golden Slipper
ran faster than the bali could travel,
ODDS AND ENDS.
Mrs Jarvis is out of the city.
Mr. George Olden was in the city thi
week.
Miss Mary Porter good girl has bee
very ill.
Mr. George jackson left for Cincinnati
Thursday.
Mr.. William Smith joins his wife a
Chicago, Ill.
Miss Sallie Crittendon is visiting Mis-
Fannie Pumphery.
Robert johnson, brother of Mrs. Shorte
was buried Wednesday, The family hav
our sympathy.
Miss Mamie Legans, Annie B. Rous,
Alice Robinson, of Henderson, KY. al
visiting Mrs. Sallae Porter.
Mr.. Richard McCatahan is ga,
widower. His wife has been absent 70
several months in Ohio.
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