The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-03
RAKITIES
Culled and Cool I'd Down from the Wilder
ness of Trade Journ alism.
TEXAS has 81 Onn Onn cash ha lanna in her Sta ia


ness of Trade journalism.
TEXAS has 81 100000 cash balance in her State
treasury.-Trade Journal.
THE Hebrew population of the United States
is 25O, OO0.-Trade Journal
MATTRESSES made of needles from South Caro-
lima pine boughs are said to cure lung and rheu-'
matte complaints, and an active trade in them
is sTablished-Southern Trade Journal.
CANAL fifty miles long and estimated to cost
$7,000,000 is proposed to drain the city of Mex
ico Sewers are to be made which can be flooded
by waters from adjacent lake. the sewage is
then carried away by the canal and Is afterward
to be used for Observation-Disclosures.
The ship canal through the Isthmus of Cor
NTH is advancing rapidly. The Greeks used to
wish they had this canal in the days when the
lost arts were not yet lost. Julius Caesar was
going to begin the work when he was stabbed by
Brutus. Our time does the work which they
only dreame of.-Engineering News. .t.tfet
NEW canal. to compete with the Suez canal,
is projected by the English, who expect to run
their new canal through the Jordan valley from
sea to sea. Jerusalem will be within ten miles
of the channel, put 1000 feet above it, This
canal will bury forever, under 500 feet of water,
many of the historic scenes of Palestine, fate
which was foretold by the prophets Ezekiel and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. as
THERE are many narrow streets in Philadel-
phia. Bread street is one OF them. The manu-
facturers in the street wish more width. They
have employed a contractor to widen the streets
by simply curtaiiing the pavement on each side
in other words rObbng Peter to pay Paul.
This proceeding is received in belligereHt FASH
ion by the householders, the street being only
eighteen feet wide from house to house, and war
RACES in Bread street.-Contract Journal.
MILLER in Red Wing recently met handsome
young who wanted to sell flour for him.
The KIND miller invited the young man to din
Der. After dinner: ''Do you think you can sell
NV cd Tho tho
took from his pOcketboOk the photographs of
beautiful lady and two exquisite children, and
lala Ineu pelofe Cne inIiier' saylng' 1here are
my wife and children. If do not sell your flour
somebody will be hungry" The miller, much
touched, gave the young man samples of bis
Hour, with instructions for selling II, ana 500.
The Young man left and never came back any
more. He was Notwithstanding Journal
SINCE the opening of the East-river bridge in
New York 100000 persons have crossed it,
It's police force comprises 80 men. There have
been n arrests, and accidents on the bridge;
runaways have occurred; there were 2 at
tempted suicides; persons have become sick
on the bridge, lost children have been recOv-
cred, person has dropped dead there, persons
have been overcome by heat, 1858 have been
found, and $500 worth of stolen property recOv-
cred. There one slight fire. The earnings
of the bridge have been $4,000 more than its
expenses, which we're 500, O00.-Contract Jour
nal.
ORDERS are issued to the effect that all en-
plOyes Sof the Northern Pacific railroad, on
trains or at stations, must appear in uniform.
tailor is now going oyer the road taking meas
urements OF the employees for their new suits.
who, in order to expedite matters, sends forward
the following dispatch to all agents: Take off
every thing but pants and shirt, and be on the p
platform when the train arrives to be measured
for uniform" Arriving at one OF. the new sta -
tions he jumped from the train, shouting, Now,
then, you all ready2" and met by a
pretty young lady and her six-foot brother Pne rs
young lady said she was the agent, and the
brother wanted to know what he meant by that
dispatch-COntractJ journal. .t... D.. aetl.
LAST May party of engineers, thirteen in
number, set out to locate the new railroad from
Blue Spring, Kan, to Santa Fe. For three
months they worked successfully. On the morn
ing of Aug. IL they were at work on the plain of
New Mexico, near Snake river, with a baud of
Crow Indians and a band of Cheyenne Indians,
both friendly, III their vicinity. They believed
that band of hostile Apache Indians
were lurking in the neighborhOod. At IL o'clock
on that morning the first engineer Mr.. Burchill,
captain of the party, came running from cump
of hills, where he had been at work fixing the
course of the railroad line. He called out as he
ran: 81 have been shot at Tho 'Araohes are
around us Keep cool. boys! Keep together and
retreat To the camp!" AS he spoke a band OF
fifty Apache Indians in full war paint appeared
on the clumps of hills. The engineers, in obed-
ence to a signal assembled together and began
their retreat, fighting as they went and keeping
near each other. The Apaches, who were on
horseback, galloped warily round the whites,
ana as the country aOOunuS IN lltt6 Knobs the
ground was favorable to escape. After chas-
Ing the whites mile the Indians gave up the
pursuit. Two whites were killed during the re-
treat. The closest watch WAS now maintained
day and night. At midnight on Aug. 16 the
members of the party were asleep with the ex-
ception of the picket and three meu, the tOpog-
rapher, the transit engineer, and
the rodmau, who sat by the fire talking.
Suddenly a fusillade rang on the stiffness of tho
air, and the three men by the fire fell forward
into the fire, dead. Mr.. Burchil ordered his men
TO lie on their stomachs and fire in chat posi-
ton. Thus they could the enemy against
the moOn-lit sky without being seen themselves.
They fired with deadly aim, and kept the
Apaches at bay until all at once brilliant flames
lit up the scene. The tents of the engineers had
been fired by the Indians. During the burning
of the tents the Indians were able to see the
whites and shoot with fatal effect. All was not
lost. But the tents sank into emhers the war
cry of the friendly Crows heard. They had
heard the firing and came to the rescue. A ter
ribe fight ensued between the Crows and the
Apaehcs. The Apaches were driven off. 1t was
TOO late. Only three of the engineers were left
alive. These three were taken to the camp of the
Crows, were carefully attended to, and were
then guarded TO the nearest settlement.-E En-
cheering News.