The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-04

behind a door-post and the bobby dropped be-
hind water-trough, In this position Coughlin
fired fourteen shots, all going wide OF the mark.
The policeman emptied his revolver, two shots
taking effect and producing slight wounds.
Mind you, this was in Philadelphia, not Dead
wood or Laredo If Philadelphia isn't careful,
she will become as disreputable as Boston, from
which city the Ford brothers had to flee.
PROF. Virgins, the Canadian weather prog
nos ticator, is trl1e rutiled over the levIty
evoked by his prediction of a grand dynamo
electric storm and general catacys the same
to transpire on the 9th or 18th of March next,
He boldly maintains that the entertainment
will be given exactly as billed, with no post
ponement on account of the weather. Unless
the planets stop in their orbits, the storm will
come, and the few lucky people who escape will
never dare doubt his predictions again. In ad-
diton to the little territory first announced as to
! be visited by this storm he says that sit
will lie felt all over the world, from sea to sea,
and from pole to pole" Those parties who had
expected to climb the North Pole on that oc-
casion will be deferred by this, and lndianapo-
lis people may as well get ready to flee to the
mountains.
EVERY now and then some evil-minded person
in Washington starts a CHASTITY rumOr to the Of
fect that the old law is to be enforced requiring
department clerks to spend the hours between
A. NJ and p. NJ. In the service of the govern
ment. The employees, already exhausted with
arduous toll between 8 and O'clock with an
interval for lunch have been in favor of a civil
service reform which would shorten their daily
labor. Should it be heightened they may resign.
/ READING, Pa, harbors some very eccentric
citizens. Some young men with a very delicate
sense of humor fired cannon against the end Of
church during watch meeting "just for fun"
pious carpenter OF that city is in the habit Of
wading out into the Schuylkill river in order to
perform his morning devotions. Early rsers
are edited with the sight of a kneeling figure i'll
the icy water with hands and eyes lifted after
the fashion OF the infant Samuel.
IN Chicago when woman kills her lover she
| is sent to prison for year. In Missouri she can
shoot another woman Who has slandered her
and receive 'ovation" from the citizens in
| Guiding the jury which acquitted her. In Kansas
| q woman who poisoned another for the sake of
/ securing her life insurance is sentenced to be
hanged. The question now is, in which STATE
are woman's rights making most rapid progressl
| CDR. YATES of Shanghai, says the Chinese
pay 1854, 49,, 900 annually to quiet the spirits
|
| It's cost Americans more than that sum annu-
ally to quiet the spirits of their progeny. What,
| with the toy pistol, the unoaded gun, and other
| munitions of war, the average of life in America
is greatly reduced, and the expense for flowers
and silver handles is simply enormous
| ACCORDING to a Denver paper, the servant
girls of that city are so prosperous that they IRE
| quenlly invest in corner lots. "Coults" and
other fortune hunters now find the way around to
the backdOors in preference to calling upoA the
mistress OF the house.
| NEW YORK has a club called "The Midday"
| whose members are bouni to devote at least one
| hour to the noon repast At the end OF one hour
all who are not yet bankrupted remain until
| they have secured a square meal.
NEW YORK has = society for the protection of
public morals. This is very outspoken. SOci-
eties which dssect private morals are commonly
known either as gentlemen's clubs or sewing
circles.
ONE Gebhardt, not Freddy, but Jacob W., mar
| ried one woman in New York aud promised to
marry four more. Jacob is evidently a decever,
and perhaps Freddy-but what's in a name, any
wayl
Two women have been elected members of the
Philadelphia school board Ono of them DIR.
Rachel Bodley, is dean Of the Women's Medical