The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-04-29
CINCINNATI.
RUSH'S RAMBLINGS.
Forestry COngress-Death of a
Prominent Citizen-Last Sum
day in POrkOpOlis-Pers
ETC., ETC., Etc.

At this writing there is an extraordinary
hurry and hustle in every walk of life in
this Gambrinus and metropolis of Ohio; all
political creeds and religious sects are fixed
upon a common interest; the capitalist and
laborer are engaged in beautifying and dec
Grating the city; the schools, public and pri-
vate, are suspended, and all these varied
bodies are doing honor to one great enter
prise, the first of the kind ever held in the
Nation: the convention of a Nat onal For.
estry Congress.
Delegations from every State and Terri.
tory in the Union, and from the Dominion
of Canada, assembled in Music Hall last
Tuesday evening to inaugurate this highly
needed Congress.
After being welcomed to the city by Gen.
eral Durbin Ward, leading Democratic
| politician and orator. and to the State by
Governor Charles Foster, the permanent
chairman, Hon. III. r. Lowry, of Massa-
chusetts, present Commissioner of Agricul-
| ture was presented to the thousands that
| gathered in the auditorium and balcony,
and his able address upon forests beauties
and uses was loudly applauded.
On Thursday tree planting ceremonies
| took place in the Garden of Eden, rarely
beautiful suburban park. The trees planted
were named for distinguished personages
and authors, and among the many schools
which took part in the planting were
| Gaines, and Western District, Prof Peter
H. Clark's school, which planted to the
memory of Phillis Wheatley and Harriet
Beecher Stowe, and the Eastern District,
Prof. VIM. II. Parham's school, which re-
membered the Hon. Charles Sumner
Thursday evening Music Hall was again
thoroughly crowded by an intelligent audi
ence which listened to the rich eloquence of
Ex-Governor Corbin, of Ohio. and Hon.
Cassius NJ Clay, of Kentucky.
| Last Sunday was an unusually quiet day,
for while many of the small grog shops
needed not the Smith Sunday Law, and
kept their doors open to the public, the
huge beer saloons, for which this city is ex-
ceptionably noted, were closed, and where
great bands of music are wont to break the
solemn stiffness of this sacred day with their
lively strains, and where great multitudes
of men and women clash heavy beer glasses
across tables, and filled with the matted stuff
make both day and night hideous with their
boisterous laughter, calmness which should
ever characterize the Sabbath, reigned
An interesting game of baseball was
played between the Olive Branch Nine,
Capt. William Copeland, and the Labor
Leagne Nine, Capt. William Taylor. The
game was played at the Ravens grounds,
and after mastery contest from both sides,
was won by Capt. Copeland's nine.
On Thursday the 10Th inst, grand testi-
monial concert was rendered in Music Hall,
Boston,, to Madame Marie Selika, a former
| Cincinnati girl, by his excellency, Governor
John D. Long, His Honor, Mayor Samuel
| A. Green, Hon. Henry B. Pierce, Wendell
Phillips, Rev. R. E. Watterson, Rev. NJ. j.
Savage, Gen. A. p. Martin, Hon. E. S. To-
hey, B. J. Lang, DR.. S. w. taymond, H. P.
Kidder and others.
| Mr.. Sandy Bats, we'll known and re-
! spected citizen, for many years turnkey at
| the Central Station and for a long time the
victim of painful disease, died this week
at the City 1n6rmary and was buried We'd
nesday afternoon from the Mound street
Baptist Church of which he was for many
years devoted and leading member. An
impressive funeral eulygy was delivered by
the Rev. Joseph Emery, after which Geo,
w. Hayes made some remarks on the char
acter of the dead which brought tears to the
eyes of all present. His remains found a
resting place in the Colored American Gem
etery. Rest in peace Many man woman
and child, white and black alike, will carry
a sympathetic heart for the virtues of this
Sandy Bats.
Though unmarried and alone, ignorant of
the whereabouts of single blood relative,
by his untiring and manly struggles to make
himself useful member of society, by his
many kind words of encouragement to youths
who had almost despaired of accomplishing
any worthy desire, his true hearted SYM
pathy for the poor and lowly made for him
| true and sincere friends and these proved
their appreciation of the man by their con-
slant vigil at his bedside while warm life
| blood cOursed through his veins, and when
his soul eased mortality of its pains and
sought the company of the immortals, they
shed warm teaIs where his body was laid.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Miss Ella Williams has returned from
Chicago.
city next week.
Mrs. William Nelson is recovering from
her recent illness.
Miss Tinnie DAILY will soon visit friends
in Rockport, Ind.
Mrs. John Transsul will soon visit friends
in the hoosier capital.
Charles Lewis will soon lead Kentucky
beauty to the hymenial altar.
The estimable mother of the piquant lit
tie Miss Anna Jones is very ILL.,
Mrs. George Comley, wife of the Goth
ward politician, is convalescing.
Miss Mollie Marshall, for long time con.
fined to her room is able to be out again.
News from Columbus says that Johnnie
F. Rceder is we'll and keeps in good spirits
Allen Temple has more societies connected
with her than any other church in the city
The Industrial circle of Mound Street
Church contemplate holding May Festi
val.
Very interesting meetings for young people
are held every Wednesday evening in Mound
street.
Miss Sarah Bushon will take business
trip to New Orleans, and other Southern
points next week.
s. L. Abbott, pioneer citizen, the father
in-law of George Stevens, the tonsorial ar
tist, is an invalid.
Mrs. Jennie Hall visited Kansas City
and several other Missouri cities, and re-
turned home hufely satisged.
Daniel Stanton ESQ.,, one of our first citi
zens employed by the Domestic Sewing Ma
chine company, met with a very serious &C
cldent few days ago having broken hi
| RIGHT leo below the knee in several places