The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-02

reached its bar-room period, and therefore is
near its end. One of the Broadway hotels has
Just been interiorly ornamented in style COR
geous beyond precedent Its restaurant and
GROCERY are overlaid, to the obscurest square
inch, with all the work that can possibly be
crowded in. The effect is positively oppressive.
1t happens that the managers of the house are
notorious in gambling and other unpraseworthy
pursuits. They are personally very popular,
too but that does not obliterate the point that
their taste encounters much prejudice, and is
sure to inaugurate reaction in this city from
the extreme to which decoration has been car
ried The nightmare of distorted art is about
over mark my prediction, and we shall soon
begin to take down the overplus OF draperies,
eliminate some of the colors from our walls,
and ceilings and give generally repoSe to our
dazzled eyes We shall remove the excess OF
articles from our parlors, restore order out OF
chaos, and free ourselves from the awful weight
of too plenteous materials. We shall not give
up identifying our homes, but we will cease to
do it ignorantly, or with a sole aim to show
of expenditure. In passing the residence of the
LenoX family, than whom there are few wealth
Ter New Workers and none more fashionable,
saw that workmen were busy in the long par
lor. Knowing that the apartment had within
year been deliberately adorned, stopped to in
vestigate. The men were scraping off portions
of the fresco and removing whole sections of
tiles. The denuded spaces were to be plainly
painted, so as to relieve the overweight effect
with some simplicity
Close by STANDS the mansion which Henry
Willard had not quite completed when the
Northern Pacific enterprise broke his fortune
1t was included in the remnant of property
which he turned over to creditors. The sign
For sale" is on it, but there is small hope of a
purchaser, unless the price is lowered to the
value of the ground. The building is not con-
sidered to add anything to the worth of the land,
save for the purposes of some public institution
and the plot, being in the very center of the
cieys fashion, is too valuable for such use
Willard had an odd conception for New York
house. 1t consisted of a square, sombre, ugly
exterior of grayish stone, of factory-like archi-
lecture, and covering the entire front of the
block. There is a probability that it will be
RACED.
CITY POLITICS.
The turmoil of the political campaigns last
week is immense The concentration of much
of the fight into this city makes. criss-cross of
PROFESSIONS an aggregate of disturbance by
means of mass meetings, and general intensity
of partisanism unprecedented. For the first
time within my recollection, really busy men
neglect their business to take part in afternoon
parades, and in the evenings forego their accus-
toned diversions for that of carrying torches
and hurraing Should the law DISTINGUISHING
every man who had made wager on the result
be enforced, the votes polled would be lonesome
in the ballot boxes. Added to the excitement of
the presidential question is the distraction of
the local canvass which is diversified by fractional
quarrels The mayor to be elected will have the
sole appointment of department heads, which
means that, for the first time in the history of
the city, he is almost autocratic. Considering
that $25, 900 900 are to be spent next year the
new water works, it will be seen why the strug
gle for the mayoralty is considered important by
the politicians. The candidates for small places
are working like nailers A friend of mine is a
nominee for assemblyman. His district is a
close one, and his opponent hustler. Mimicry
fair is being held. Every afternoon he goes
there, and performs Punch-and-J udy show, to
the delight of hundreds of children whose pa
rents are fondly expected to be grateful on Tues
day next. NAPoLIs.