The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01

would the people like Tennesseeism and
Alabamacy spread all over the United States!
The New Albany Public Press, Democratic,
says THE metropolitan police bill is I'M
democratic, and should be frowned and voted
down by Democrats. Cities should be allow
ed to govern themselves"
"FUTUREs' are good thing. There is
nothing bad about futures" Everybody
should go into futures" Tennessee and
Alabama have gone into futures, and are
both liable to go into liquidation.
REV. DIR. MARQUIS, of the Lafayette Park
Presbyterian Church, st. Louis, has adopted
the Geneva gown for pulpit wear, whereat
there is small sized but well defined cyclone
passing through his congregation.
A SINGULAR breach of the peace is reported
from New York. A mob of drunken men
broke into Calvary Cemetery and drove out
the grave-diggers. Reinforcements shortly
arrived, and the sacrlesious roysterers were
taken into custody.
IT is computed that the shipwrecks through.
out the whole world last year numbered
close on 1000, representing an aggregate
tonnage of more than 100000 and loss
of 4l29 lives. Bnt,the showing for the year
before was still worse.
GENERAL FITzHUGH LEE and staff are to be
the guests of Colonel Austen, of the Thr-
tenth New York regiment. This is in re-
turn for courtesies received by the New
Workers at the hands of the Virginians dur
ing TIT Yorktown centennial.
THAT distinguished visitor the Maori
pugilst, has already become Professor"
Slade since hisarrival in this country. This
shows how Americans can treat foreigners,
if they are worthy, and must make Oscar
Wilde gnaSh his teeth with envy.
THE jailer at New Braunfels, Tex, is
worthy of his trust. Forty citizens broke
in the Jail doors to lynch a murderer, but
the sheriff. with a revolver in each hand,
drove them like so many sheep back into the
street, and they gave up the attempt
THE high-born, well-bred Democratic State
Treasurer of Alabama has "Polked" that
State for 1929, 600 The aristocratic Mr. Vim
cent invested the public money in cotton flu
lures. and he has gone to New York to OBJ
tain funds to make good the deficit. That is,
he says he has
A GLASGOW paper estimates that each first
class ocean steamship earns from f18000 to
100000 in a round trip between Liverpool
and New York, nearly half of which is
profit. The first cost of these floating
palaces is enormous, but a profit of from
3d. 900 to $45.O 900 every four or five weeks
ought to pay good dividend.
THE New York quail eater IS becoming as
intolerable nuisance as was DIR. Tanner.
Some way should be devised to keep such
idiocy out of the papers. Many things OF
vastly more importance are ignored while
this nonsense is reported day by day with a
most exasperatng fidelity. Let the quail
eater be given thirty-day contract at break
ing stone.
THE Ohio Senate has passed joint resolu-
ton submitting a constitutional amendment
to a vote of the people, whereby the regu-
lation of the liquor traffic shall be left abso-
lutely in control of the Legislature, to be
license, local option or prohibition. just as
the people may be able to express their opin-
ion in the election of the members of the
General Assembly.
Mr. BRowNs bill for the rape of the benev-
lent institutions passed the Senate yesterday
bya strict party vote, with the exception OF
Senator Magee OF Cass who was the only
Democrat with courage to stand outside of
caucus dictation. The outrage will doubtless
be consummated in the House, and then a
few party bummers can be provided with
places at the expense Of the insane, the deaf
and dumb and the blind.
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THE Prince OF Wales, at the urgent solicita-
zion of the Princess, is said to be using his
influence to modify the cruel sport of pigeon
shooting, as at present conducted. by the
substitution of terra-cotta pigeons for the
living birds, and there are hints of social
boycottng in case sportsmen persist IN the
old method. If there is anything peculiarly
degrading it is the numbering of pigeons for
what is called sport" 1t is the sport of a
butcher and brute.
1T IS a coincidence that while temperance
legislation was pending in the Ohio Legisla-
ture, ono of its members-Mr. Miller, of
Mercer county-was on the verge of delirum
tremens, and became so crazed with his long
debauch that on Tuesday it was found neces-
sary to lock him in the station-house until
an inquest to determine his sanity can be
3aid. He has not been sober this year. and