The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1888.
Personal Notice.
Railway superintendent and other officials
are requested to honor no requests for passes, or
other favors, save those directly from John G..
New & Son, from either the business or editorial
departments of the Journal.
DURING the past year 25G school-houses were
built in Arkansas.
THE STANDARD Oil Company has made contracts
30 rebuild the burned works at Cleveland.
THE Journal is pleased TO announce that the
Mardi Gras idiocy was a failure at Chicago.
RICHARD ]. OGLEsBY is looked upon by his
friends as the coming man for Governor of Hill
nois.
GENERAL. GORDON, of Georgia, has recently
purchased nearly 200, 900 acres o: delta land in
Mississippi.
THERE lie thought to be no hope of getting the
Mexican veterans pension bill through the
present Congress.
THERE is no truth whatever in the report that
Senator Window has been offered the presidency
OF the Georgia Pacific railway.
THE steamer Kenmare Castle was foundered
in the Bay of Biscay and number of her crew
drowned All the passengers were saved
THE House committee on election laws Of the
Massachusetts Legislature has reported in favor
of the poll tax as a qualification for voting.
IT is reported that the whole French cabinet
will a TOD IN hpin 10
the only one of the present ministry to remain.
THE saloon. keepers of Chicago have petitioned
the Legislature of Illinois to defeat the pending
license law, which advances the license fee to
$780,
THE New York Union League Club recently in
vlted Hon. John Bright to visit the United States
as the guest of the club. Mr.. Bright declined the
invitation.
THE main building of Hamline University, a
Methodist institution situated between st. Paul
snd Minneapolis. was destroyed by fire yester-
day. Loss 100000.
THE ice harvest on the Hudson ia completed.
The crop is the largest ever gathered and it's
quality was never rqualed. Three million tons
are under roof at Troy.
THE Legislature of Kansas has instructed tho
preIne Court break up the consolidation of the
Union and Kansas Pacific roads.
THERE were 500 guests at Governor Cleve-
lands reception at Albany, and not q lady among
them. Yet this Governor is actually talked of
as the Democratic candidate for the presidency.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE is engaged in the prep
aration of a political history, entitled "Twenty
Years of 0ngress-From Lincoln to Garfield. A
History of National Legislation from 1861 to
1881"
JOHN f. CROSS, living in the mountains of West
Virginia, the other night dreamed lie was in pur-
suit of deer He jumped from his bed and
plunged headlong down stairs, receiving fatal
injuries
CERTAIN persons claiming to be heirs OF the
widow of President Fillmore have pettioned the
surrogate at Buffalo to reopen the probate of the
will on the ground that they were not cited to
appear when the will! was proved.
THE Ohio river is rising with great rapiditys at
Pittsburg, and the most disastrous flood for fifty
years is expected. The tributaries are pouring
out large volumes of water, End great damage
is Liable to be inflicted at many places.
GovERNoR IRELAND of Texas, has advised, in
message to the Legislature, that vaccination
be made compulsory in that State 81 am, a
rnle," he states, every thoroughly opposed to pa
ternai government, but on this subject am as
firmly fixed"
TaE police board of New York has been asked
by the aldermen TO grant more permits to
members Of the Salvation army to march through
the streets. The aldermen passed the resolution
unanimously. Many complaints were made that
the sick were badly injured by the army's noise
AT the beginning of business, Wednesday
morning. there were $74, 100000 IN gold, and
S31 2S7, 900 in silver in the snb-t" ~1sury vaults
at New York city. These an -dts are somewhat
larger than usual IAN. 3 the gold on hand
was ST. ooc, 900, aud on the 5th of the same
.-.onth, 72.0OO,0O0. OF the millions in silver
In the vaults, $21 800, 00o are in silver pieces
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HERE is a paragraph from the address of
Hon. w. NJ. Evarts before the business mems
meeting in New York, held on Friday night
last, which is worthy of general reading:
''With the Romans war stood for trade,
and they acquired wealth by robbng ether
countries bodily of their wealth. Let us be
sure, gentlemen, that in our system trade
may stand for war and learn how to fasten
its fangs upon the vitals of a country with
out disturbing it with the thunders of its
artillery. [Appplausel Suppose the Euro