The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-14

! conference at Sl,1O0 year. That stirred
Buckley up. He cried out that the Madison
than 81, 700, but he had refused it, and he
charged Pullman with making misrepre
sensations and being full of Indignantly.
That brought Pullman up like jack-in-the
box, and he told Pullman he was another;
and the outcome OF it all was that the Bishop
made them both apologize DR.. Buckley
is notorious for saying violent
and sensational things. He is a
little, middle-aged, but bald-headed
man, and continually acts and always looks
as though he were toad and were trying to
swell himself up to the size of an OK. 1t
makes one nervous to look at him, for fear he
will burst. He isn't much of a preacher, and
has only attained his present high rank by
Systematically pushing himself forward, in
| season and out of season. In his sermons he
always tries to be funny, in the Mark Twain
style, and generally succeeds in getting off
some of the dreariest, most strained and de-
pressing humor imaginable. But he never
fails to laugh over it himself and smack his
lips complacently. He appears to think that
what he doesn't know isn't worth knowing,
and he considers that the Methodist church
is guilty of monumental folly in not at once
making him a sort of supreme bishop or pope,
over all the other bishops and elders.
The Congregationalists had a lively time,
| too. The Rev. William Lloyd of the Central
Church, in this city, is another man afflicted
with the idea that the sun rises and sets at
his command. He has been bouncing about
from church to church for years, seeking
somebody that will properly recognize the
wonderful ability he is sure he possesses, l
first knew him in 1876, when he was
shouting Methodist. Then he became
a Reformed Dutchman; then Presbyterian;
then an Episcopalian reformer, and now, at
last he is Congregationalist. [ fancy he
| will soon wobble over to Unitarianism, how
ever, for he made speech on Tuesday in
| Association hot hO1u OH
all Others particularly because its members
were free to do as they pleased. "If Uni
tarians," he sad want to go to the theater,
they 60; if they want to take a drink, they
do it, and are not ashamed of it. Nine-tenths
| OF your church members do the same thing,
| only they are ashamed to own it." This
raised a tumult and amid denominations
and cries of 'order," the meeting broke up in
confusion,
| TOLLS ON THE BRIDGE.
One of the burning questions of the day
is that of tolls on the big East river bridge.
The trustees are divided in opinion. The
members of the old ring, that has been de-
laying work year after year and growing
rich at the expense of the public wants to
charge high tolls-five cents to ride across
in the cars, and twenty to thirty cents
apiece for vehicles to cross; and they even
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penny each. OF course, the ring takes this
ground for two reasons: First, it is looking
out for the interest of the ferry companies,
and wants to prevent the bridge from com
ing into competition with them. Second,
it thinks that if high tolls are charged, it can
keep itself in power to collect them, and thus
feather its own nest still more warmly at
| public expense. In opposition to this, Gen
| SlOCnQ0 and m mi her
| of the board want to make the bridge en-
tirely free to foot passengers and vehicles,
and only charge two cents for passage in the
cars General Slocum, who is at the head of
| the most successful street railroads iii Brook
| Ign, and therefore ought TO know something
about such things, is certain that sufficient
| revenue would thus be derived to cover all
necessary expenses "Charge two cents fare
| on the cars, and make the rest of the bridge
free" he says, land will get you men who
will give you guarantee of a million dol
lars to maintain the bridge out of it. 1 would
like to have the privilege of running ears on
| the bridge at two cents fare; l would pay
100000 year for it." He further pointed
| out that it now costs less to transport
barrel of -four from Milwaukee to New
| York than to take it a mile, from New
York to Brooklyn, at the present rate of ferry
tolls or the proposed bridge tolls and he
urged that the bridge could never become
the great benefit to the public that was ex-
pected unless it was made free. There is no
doubt that public sentiment is over
bridge. 1t is also pretty certain
that free bridge would pay handsomely
according to General Slocums plan But
the probability is that the ring intent on
plumber, will prove too strong and will
establish high tariff, making the bridge
practically failure, SO far as benefit to the
| public at large is concerned.
| REMARKABLE THEATRICAL SEASON
This week and next week will long be re-
membered as most remarkable period in
New York's dramatic history. do not re-
member ever before seeing SO many able ar
lists on the stage together. Here at one time
are John Mccullough, Salvini, Clara Morris,
Mary Anderson, Modjeska, John Gilbert,
Charles Wyndham, Frank Mayo, Borci-
cault Maggie Mitchell, not to mention macy
minor stars; and Patti and Nilsson on the
lyric-dramatic stage. 1t is happy coninci-
dence too, that the anniversary of Shakes
peare's birth occurs in few days.
Mccullough is at Niblo's, giving "Vir-
ginius" and Julius Cesar" Salvini and
Clara Morris to be together next week at
| Booths, in "Othello." 1t is Salvini's fare
well appearance in this city. Miss Anderson
is at the Grand Opera-house, in Romeo
and Juliet" Daughter of Roland"
and "Pygmalion and Galatea." Mod
jeska is at the Fifth Avenue, in
''Frou Frou' and Camille" Sarah
Jewetu is at Booths this week, in 1.-THE Bank
ers Daughter" Neil Burgess is having
successful season with 'Vim" at the Bijou.
BARLEY Campbell's atrocity, 1.-THE White
| Slave''-with a rainstorm of real water''-is
at the Cosmopolitan and they tell me that
people actually go to see it. Dion Bouci-
cault has been scoring the greatest success of
his life at Wallacks Star Theater in mis- "Vice
Versa" and now commences a season of
1.-THE Shaugraun."
At the San Francisco Opera-house Willie
Edouin and his Sparks" still appear, with
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