The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-12
THE RORLD'S GREAT CAPITAL
A Brewer Who Seeks to Close Beer
Halls and Preach the Gospel.
The Death of Earl rOsvenOr-Henry George
and His Land Theories
ties Of the Jury System.

more at the thought of what might have been,
and what may be at any time in the future The
average nightly attendance at places OF amuse-
ment in this metropolis cannot be far short OF
100, 600 people. In some of these resorts human
life is, no doubt, fneasurably secure. The man
agement, at least, do what they can. But what
can be said of some others, when the chief officer
of the Fire Brigade Association drops upon one
casually as he did the other night, and finds all
the precautions against fire, and the appliances
to extinguish it, conspicuous for their absence?
The cold-blooded reply of the manager Of this
particular place to the inquiry whether he had
timed his exits is enough to make decent man
blush for his species: 1.-THE Lord Chamberlain
has passed tho house, and it doesn't matter to us
If it burns" One wonders how many more the
atrical managers are in the same boat with this
human fend. 1t would be great injustice to
conclude that all are, but your readers will
sgree with me that this is a matter which needs
constantly looking after and that it cannot too
Bften, either here or in the towns and cities of
our own land, be brought to public notice
through the newspapers. Hence this paragraph
had. however. another object in referring to
Lusbys Music Hall. To Londoners the place has
been famous for a long time on account of the
efforts of Mr.. Charrington, one Of the great Lon
don brewers to close it up. brewer seeking
to close out a resort where nightly enormous
quantities of the amber fluid are guzzled will,
think, be something of a curiosity to American
readers. l am told, too, that Mr.. Charrington
did not relax in his opposition even when the
managers of the music hall sought to conciliate
him by supplying their patrons with the famous
(harri,- o4o, oil A Sno,,lan man fliS alto
gether. To his trade as a manufacturer and dis
penser of malt liquors, he has joined the pious
though rather homogeneous calling of preacher
of the gospel He is, moreover, a staunch tee
totaller and urges everybody to follow his ex-
ample in this respect. In Mile-end Road, not
far from his brewery, he has built a large ta5er-
nacle, which is open every night in the week for
religious services, and here, frequently, when
the days work is DONE the boss brewer himself
mounts the strum and descants in the most
unctuous tones upon the benefits of total absti-
hence. His charities are tnbounded. He is
hand in glove with all the clergymen of the
neighborhood, and few people doubt his SINGER
certify. 1t is a wonder to me that Barnum has
overlooked this man. He is not, it is true, such
very great anomaly here, where brewers and
publieans are the chief pillars in many of
the churches, and where the liquor
trade generally has stood hitherto upon
the same footing with every other respectable
business. But over amongst you where the Gus
toms are so different, and the sentiment of the
Protestant churches is so pronounced in its OPP
position to this traffic, l can imagine Mr.. Char
Engton proving almost as great an attraction as
RE famous White elephant we shall send you by
and by.
THE DEATH OF EARL GRosvENoR.
They are only human like other people-they
are no better than other people; yet they are bet
ter known, ard when one of their number lies in
his crimson chamber in the grip of a fatal i'll
ness, the whole country looks with the deepest
interest, and every circumstance-distant rela-
tves summoned hurriedly, a loving wife watch
ing day and night by the bedside, the children
and servants called for the last farewell, the
breath of the titled sufferer ebbing gradually
away, till at length the spirit takes its fight and
leaves happy and sumptuous home enveloped
in sepulchural gloom these things the public
mind dwells upon, and each touches a tender
chord in the heart of peer and commoner alike
i refer to the English aIistocracy, and the
marks are called forth by the death of Earl
Grosvenor. Your readers do not need to be told
that there different degrees of nobility in the
English peerage. This is true even among those
whose outward rank is equal There are dukes
and dukes; some a disgrace not only to their title
but to the name Of man. Some, again, of indif
ferent charaeter-some good-some, a very
Few, possessing traits and doing works
which would mark them out as
noblemen had Providence cast their lot in the
very lowest sphere To the latter class belong
the present generation of the great house of
Grosvenor. Its head is the Duke of Westmia-
ster, the richest nobleman in the land, and one
of the best. All England sings his praises
London especially has reason to appreciate his
worth. The poor know him, for he is leader
in works of charity The churches know him.
for religion finds alike in his private virtues and
IN his public acts, one of her staunchest defend
eIs The publicans of the metropolis know him,
and they do not like him, because he is gradually
roofing out of his estate the houses where liquor
has been sold. He is one of the most liberal of
peers. He it was who, not long ago, chimed in
with the plebeian cry that the House of Lords
needs reforming, and publicly expressed the wish
that the Queen would bring into it more repre-
sentative men from the world of letters and art
Sorrowing, yesterday at the open grave of his
eldest and heir, it is not too much TO say that
a whole nation mourned with this nobleman and
gave him their heartfelt sympathies. The dead
Earl, am told, chip off the old block. In
all but the title he must have been acommoner
Ills passion was practical engineering. He spent
much of his time in the railway shops at Crewe,
was we'll known to every enginedrver on the
northern section of the J.. & N. w. railway, and
often himself has driven the wild IIishInan"
between London and Holyhead A different
taste this from that which speeds so many
young English noblemen at lightning pace
over the road to ruin! The present heir
to the vast Grosvenor estates is child five years
odd, and all will wish that the boy may be a man
long before his grandfather yacates the title,
though this is not probable AS wrte another
nebleme y the Marquis of Hartford, lies at the
point of death, if he has not indeed already
passed away, and, by singular coincidence, both
he and Earl Grosvenor contracted their fatal in
ifies in the hunting field the forInaP having his
back broken by q fall from horse and the lat
ter taking cold which brought on bronchitis.
HENRY GEORGE.
From these men of title and fortune pass by
a natural transition, to Henry George The con
nectnn hetzznen thern is that z.hiIa