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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
THE FRUIT GATHBRERs.

We understand that the Union Veteran Army is
not a partisan. though a political organization,
aud that 1t numbers many Democrats on It's roll
OF membership journal.
The Union Veteran Association assembled at
the Courthouse last night and found the doors
barred against them, but they remained together
long enough to pass resolutions condemniug the
Sentinel for its criticism on the authorities Tor al
lowing the association free quarters in the Court
house, and to appoint a to hire a hall.
Organ Item.
Mr.. Clinton. o fthe Board of County Com.
missioners which is Republican, barred
OUT this Union Veteran organization. This
is rather strong evidence that the members
are sailing upder a false flag. They are
simply q ring figuring tor the offices at the
next political election IN this city and
county. A good name for them would be
"the Fruit Gstherers." They are ambitious
to en- JOY 'the fruits of the war;" and, there
fore, this soothing title of veterans" They
are very veteran In the office hunting busi.
ness. II these are not all Republicans our
information is very faulty. We have been
unable to find a solitary Democrat among
them. The attempt of the Republican or.
gans to shake a little bloody shirt in this af-
fair is very weak but amusing.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

he would make q good COMMISSIONS of Pat
ens. The President agreed al once to sp-
point him. He hastily directed it to be
done. A clerk was sent out and the batch
of nominations which had already been
started to the Senate was checked long
enough to add Mr.. Montgomery's name to
the iist.-Washington Special.
IT was a cold, dissgreeable day yesterday,
and yet the World collected s740s for the
Bartholdi pedestal fund. We now have q
total of 1884 30. The seed that We are SOW
ing will soon take root in the hearts of the
American people. We hope to begin reap
ing the glorious crop when the weather mod.
erstea-New York World.
A CONTEMPORARY thinks there should be a
law restraining persons with great estates
from ~squandering them. The fact is. how
ever, that millionaire speEdthrifts are the
safety valves of society. the provideRtial
antidote for the bape of great individual &C.
cumulstions. Let 'em spend. and restore
the equilibrium. Lowell (Msss } Courier.
A PREACHER who was not above being now
and then ~jocose in the pulpit, q few years
sgo happened to quote the lines OF Watts:
up TO the fields where angels fly.
And living waters gently roll. etc.
and added, NO; The angels dom lie-it was
the poet who lied" No doubt he thought
be had neatly impaled the poet on the point
of his little pun. And this merely because
it pleased him to ssser. that heaven is q state
of unwearied and blissful activity -B,s on
Waterman.
TEE world is we'll rid OF a most obnoxious
and brutal %ruffian, if it is true, as reported,
that Currie, the Texan stay r of the act IT
Porter. has hin self been shot in New Mex
leo. The acquittal of Currie is probably the
most stulrifyipg verdict ever delivered by a
jury sworn to decioe according to the law
and the evidence. He went free by virtue OF
That verdict, and has since walked the earth
as a recognized murderer. Frontier civil
ization is responsible for such a man as Cur.
rie. 1t will help to balance the account If it
Is alsn entitled to the credit of his final TAX
ing off.-Philsdelphia Press.
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RAILWAY NEWS.
An / D. and 8. Appointment-A Man
Who Knows Something About
Pools-Other Items.

1t is said that a st. Louis scalper contem-
plates the removal OF his offics to this city.
The annual meeting of the Peoria, Deca-
tur and Evansville will be held in Decatur
on Saturday next.
There will be no further postponement of
the sale of the Cleveland, Indiana and st.
Louis Road. 1t will lake place IN this city,
without fail, on April 10.
Already the work of improving the Indi-
ana and Illinois Southern has been com
menced, and about $50 600 will be used ina
placing the road in good condition. Under
Receiver Steel 1t IS likely to develop into q
paying property.
en-, er Agent of the Vandalis. has just issued
a hook of passenger tariff and supplied all
agents with them. The new list contains
the names of all the stations that have been
established on the Logsnsport division to-
geiher with the rate. The rates between .
nun Der OF points along the line have been
changed. In some cases the fare was in
creased and in others q decrease was ordered.
Superintendent Bender, OF the I~ndianapo-
lis. Decatur and Springfield Road, says that
he will begin TO operate that line next
Wednesday (Apri IL Two regular passen-
ger tI6lne Will U6 run OctW0cu bulo CITY 2uQ
Decatur daily, making connection with the
Wabash for all Western point Is. Mr.. Bender
has appointed L. A. Boyd, formerly of the
Kentucky Central, Chief Train Dispatcher.
The appointment is . good one, and Mr.. Boyd
has many friends in this city who will be
pleased to learn of his good luck.
A few weeks ago it looked az if the Trunk
Line pool was on lis last legs, there being
every indication that 1T would pass out of
existence before the beginning Of summer,
but its prospects now are somewhat brighter
aud there are many who believe that it will
yet be passed on q sonnd basis. There is no
doubt but that the majority of the promi.
nent railroad men both in the East and
West are exciting themselves to the utmost
to bring about q reorganization, but whether
: or not they will succeed lie yet to be demon
strated.
A local railroad man is authority for the
statement that Comm issioner Richardson, OF
the Chicago and Ohio River Pool, is better
acquainted with the inner workings OF pools
than any other man In the country. He is
certainly at the head of one of the strongest
pools in the country, and has shown great
ability in the manage nent OF It's affairs.
There were many who predicted the down
fall Of the Chicago and Ohio River Pool q
month subsequent 10 its ORGANIZATION. A
year and a half has passed since it wa
formed. and it is on 8 better ba,is than
ever before.
The St. Louis press has endeavored at all
times to belittle the Indianapolis east bound
pool, AID has time and time again said il
amounted to nothing as compared with the
pool at that point. In the face of all this,
q prominent railroad man of that city say
! no pool in the country to-day it stronger
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
TREE VANDALISM.

The stories of suffering from famine that
come from West Virginia, while they excite
our sympathy, yet have . broader signi6-
canoe that has escaped general attention.
This IL but the forerunner of what is almost
sure to be not an con calamity in
many parts of the United States In the fu-
ture. As the forests are destroyed, and large
areas once covered with trees are denuded OF
their sheltering foliage, frequent drougths
are the inevitable result. their periods OF du-
Iation growing longer as the process Of for
est destruction goes on. Nature beautifully
supplied this continent with belts of timber
that always retained moisture which could
be drawn upon rs from a vast reserve OR when
the atmosphere was heated and dried n
needed a supply of water ere rain could be
precipitated. II the woods are destroyed, The
law of compensation requires that trees
must be planted by man to take
the place of those removed by
him, and not otherwise can destructive
droughts be prevented. Portions Of
Indiana suffered last summer and fau as
never before from lack Of rain, and 1t should
be . warnir g to US and to the whole country.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

Our lawmakers should take hold of this
matter and do all possible to prevent the
needless cutting down Of trees, as well as to
encourage their planting. The Government
hiss offered 100 acres of land, under tha tim
Der culture act, to each of those who will set
out and keep growing for q number OF years
q required acreage in trees. and this enact
msnt should remain il force as long as does
the Homestead law.
Investigation shows that the crest desert CT
Sahara was o5ce covered with verdure and
WIS probably a forest, until the hand of
man (ihe same who perhaps built the pyra-
mids) removed it. Now that once fertile
plain is the home of the sirocco.
While there are conditions belonging to
the soil and natural features of the country
of the so called pauper counties of West
Virginia and Eastern Kentucky which are
met with in other sections, and tend to
poverty until the rich mineral resources
there are developed. yet does the effect of
the drought teach Us a lesson to protect
and save our forests as much as possible.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

than The Indian apolis organization. This
same gentleman makes the statement that
the st. Louis East bound pool is worse than
no pool at all. The Vandalia, he says. did
q sensible thing when it gave notice Of with
draral.
The Receivers of the Wabash recently
fled a report of the operations of the branch
and leased lines from May % to November
30, 1854, which shows that the earnings of
the l., p. and G. were 1857. 1856. So; rental,
Sl04. 62J; total expenses. S367, 74l.53; deficit,
$l0.3 54 81: Eel River division earnings.
$780, oil 90; rental. 500. $40; total expenses,
$500 4l3 %; deficit, s70,43l.6i. The Indian
epolis. Perm and Chicsgo in hands OF its
owners would readily develop into the pay
Ing property. but IS it is now situated
amount TO nothing. 1t is not probable.
however, that the owners will secure control
OF it for some time to come yet.
Rumors concerning the l., ID. and 8. are
still being circulated, and the latest is that
the Chicago and Alton is desirous of securing
control of this properly. If it were to fall
into the hands OF the Q. and A. people they
would be compelled to extend il from its
present terminus, Decatur, to Roodhouse. a
distance of eighty miles. This would bring
them into competition with the Vandalia,
Wabash, Indiana, Bloomington and West
ern and L. and st. l.. for Kansas City
business, and as the management of the G..
and a. lie rather conservative, IL is not likely
that there il mach foundation for the above
report. Neither is it likely that the p, ID.
and E. contemplates the purchase OF the l.,
d. and 8. A local railroad man says that
the p, ID and Z. is bankrupt, and even il il
did secure control of the l.. ID and s. it could
not in ure the business of the L. and I. Ii.
to anv perceptible extent. The distance
from Evansville to Mattoon is l2s miles. and
from Indianapolis o Decatur l56, making q
total distance of 2s6 miles. By the other
line the distance from Evansville to Terrs
Hsute is 100 miles. and 10 Indianapolis 3
miles, making the entire distance lS2. rne
P, d.. and +. would have 100 miles longer
haul, which would MAKE the expense of
transportation too great for competition with
the Il. and Il. IL.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

The Washington Star announces that if
the Democracy don't behave themselves, the
Republicans will support Mr.. Cleveland,
aud this sort of balderdash is teiegrsphsd to
the Western organs of the Republican party.
So! go! the wicked Buffalo Democrat"-the
man that was villifed. lied about aud scan
dalized-the "vuIgar," coarse" "fat" man
the man that put his collar on over his
head" ETC., etc, will be supported by the
Republican party. Why, this is something
in the nature of a miracle. We had hardly
expected to capture the entire gang so soon.
We msy expect Jim Blaine with bis grip
sack. and Johnny Logan and all the remain
der of the boys. A political mill n mum
draweth nigh. Perhaps the Washington
Star will not be so jolly this time next
year.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
.'CAvoRfINa'

Whoever has seen q sore-back horse
cavert when the saddle presses hiss seen
something with which to compare either o.
the Republican organs Of Indianapolis since
the Democratic daily. the Sentinel. demon
strated its superior strength and influence in
the late campaign. 1t will be remembered
that during the canvass the combined
verom OF these organs was directed against
tie Sentinel Their ssssys at black guard
ing were only equaled by their gross mis-
representation. That organizations estab-
!ished the wisdom and truth of every posi-
tion assume by the Sentinel has given the
organs acute sore backs. As they see the
Sentinel growing stronger with the months
and hear its cheerful song oyer the overthrow
of the Republican Beelzebub and the ascend
ency of the radiant goddess of reform, their
saddles bear heavy upon their Commissions
and they cavort again.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

Charles Tarleton, of Lafayette, was in the
city yesterday.
w. B. Walls, Anderson; Mrs. E. Kshlmsn
and John w. Bowman. huntington; E B.
Smith and NJ. Hathaway, New Castle; James
Baldwin, Greenfield; ID. s. Campbell, La
fayette, and L. NJ. wainwright, Noblesville.
are at Hotel English.
At the Bates House: w. G. Lehman, Val
~paraiso; E. L. McFadden, Columbia City; G.
B. Stevenson, E. T. Parker. Logansport;
Adolph Rogers, Joshua ]. Morris. I. B. Red
ding, New Castle; Mrs. E. A. Moore, Koko-
mo; T. F. Rose, S. N. Highlands, Muncie;
Jerome Herff. J. o. Cole, Peru; n. J. Mar
shall, Aurora; c. w. SCHNEIDER, New Al
baDy; Charles II. knight, Brazil; +. L.
Sny der and wife, Clarence Galley, Crawfords-
Vile; P. Shannon, Terre Haute; Miss Minnie
Harbeson, Mis- Nettie Cutter, Miss Georgia
Heating, ]. A. Scott, B. 7. Cowen, Green
castle; b. B. Reid, J. w. saasberry. An
dertop.
ia. Manning. c. w. Woods, NJ. T. Carter.
w. ". Frey, A. s.. Nichols, A. K. Colbourn.
F. B. Hubbard, Michigan CITY; s. w. Doug
lass, E. B. Morgan. O. h Chubb, J.P. Strait,
Evansville; A. Hogan, Fortville; z. B.
Sprsgue. Seymour; Charles D. Shank. North
Vernon; Dr.. Al. Banker, ]. Albert Trotter,
]. b. Stafford, Columbus; p. s. Kennedy.
Charlottesville; David Strouse. w. N. Writ,
]. f. Cross, NJ. D.. Rockville, g. b. Ashton,
Sunman, Ind. J G. Campbell, Greencsstle [;
<. G. Miller, Lafayette; John Studabaker,
Button; Levi Ferguson, Martinsville: N.
+. Bonssll, New Albany; @. ID. q. Bond,
Fort Wayne; Ed z. Manning, Eiinburg, are
at the Grard Hotel.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
WHEN we get the Commercial Gazette cut

WHEN We get the Commercial Gazette cut
of the hearing OF the iappings and huttsr-
ines of the bloody shirt it carries a very Level
head. Yesterday in referring to Mr.. Pendle.
ton, our new minister to Berlin, it was
pleased to say: SIT would have been difficult
for Mr.. Cleveland to have made . better
choice for 90 important q mission a. that of
Minister ct the Court OF Germany. En-
dowed by nature with q strong and vigorous
intellect, 1t has been assidususly improved
by cultivation n study, aud by the polish
of wide experience and general education.
he In calm and self-possessed. never forgets
even amid political excitement the duties Of
. gentleman, whose very nature would allow
Of nothing elss. His speeches and public
addresses we're always models OF good taste
and oratorical strength. With refined social
qualities, q personal appearance of manli.
ness and dignity, and an education which
embraces political az well as scientific SUBJ
jects, his presence at the Court OF Germany
can not but re 1ect honor upon the city Of
his birth and credit upon the recognition of
sterling worth, which could not be crowded
out even by the personal malice Of journal
Ism or the crinsing persecution of gangs snd
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
CURRENT NOTE AND COMMENT.

A MAN is often called q bartender when in
reality he is a bar toueh.-Yonkers States
man.
THE Coshocton Age prints the name of the
Few Postmaster General as Valise.-Cclum-
bus 20 } Journal.
THEY say the walking between this AID
Washington is just terrib. e-terrible !-Louis-
Vile Courier.Journal.
THE claims of ex Corgre. smen are limited
only by the circumference of the earth.-
Cincinnati Times Star.
In Arizona any person who uses ~profane,
indecent, obscene. vile or abusive language
or threats, within hearing Of women or
children, is held liable by law to fine or i'm
p%risonment.
THERE Will be seven names IN the ticket to
be voted for in New York State this fall, a
larger number than the ticket has contained
in any one year since 1879. The party
which carries the State will control all the
departments for the next three years.
A FEW days ago q Jury trial occurred in
one of our courts of justice, in Clyde. AID
after the Jury had been discharged the fol-
lowing ballots were picked up in the jury
room: mo Jaws of acshun; ~ mo cause OF
action; - mo caus action mo Couse of
Action" "no cause for action - mo COWS
action. Lyons Press.
THE one man who suggested M. V. Mont
gomery as Commissioner of Patents 10 the
President was Don Dickinson. the Michigan
member Of ehe Democratic National Com.
mittee. Mr. Dickinson believes that Michi.
gan has become such q doubtful State that q
very little encouragement in the way of sp.
pointing some of her best men to efioe
would rake her q Democratic State In the
next election. The President asked Mr.
Dickinson to name one Of the best and n os
Influential Of the Michigan Democrats. he
| suggested Mr.. Montgomery, and added thai
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

THERE is o class of Republicans employed
about the departments at Washington that
need ie~constructing, if not outright removal.
They attend to the doors.and number several
hundred. Some are very impudent, as the
Courier.Jourual correspondent notes as fol-
lows:
1 met one of these impudent public servants In
the War Department to-day. and only last Fri
in the Interior Department. These men do not
come under the ctvil-service reform rnles, either
by appointment or conduct They are paid $3.50
per snnum to insult their betters and DO y low to
dude clerks and big officials. They should all be
made TO walk the plank, and their places should
be filled by worthy and respectable men.
When they are turned adrift their places
can be filed with Democrats as described by
the same correspondent:
A few days after the Inauguration of Cleveland
there came to Washington from various sections
of the country q hundred or more worthy and
honest Democrats They were very poor. nd
willing 10 90 any kind OF work for the Govern
ment that would enable them to make money
enough TO keep body and soul together. They APP
pealed TO their Democratic Representative IN Con-
greM to get them into Q watchman's place or any
thing else where they could make q living.
Nothing has been done for these men. The
statement that nothing can be done for them Is
false.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
Local Courts.
SUPERIOR COURT.

Room Lion. N. B. Taylor. Judge.
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
VS.. James Buchanan. To correct record. Dis
missed.
Charles Rohrer vs.. Mary Rohrer ct al. APP
peal. Judgment for defendant.
Huldah j. Jackson ct al. VS.. John f. jack
son ct al. Foreclosure of mortgage and &C.
count. On trial by Cour;.
Room 2-Hon. ID. W. Howe. Judge.
Frank NJ. Wright We. the city OF Indian
apolis. Damages. On trial by jury.
Agnes G.. CbIttenden VS.. Curtis L. Cnitten-
den. Divorce. Dismissed.
Room 3-Hon. Lewis c. Walker, JUDGE
William X. Smith ct al. vs.. Samuel Horo-
wiz. Reu,evin. Dismissed.
Jacob ID. He's VS.. Daniel IL Wlies. S1it
for street improvement. Finding Tor plan
if.
Jacob D. Hess VS.. Francis M. Churchmsn
ct al. SUIT for street improvement Finding
for plaintiff.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Hon. Pierce Norton. judge.
Slate VS.. Samuel ID. Porter. Assault and
battery with intent to commit rape. Ga
trial By jury.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
LEGISLATIVE I

Mr.. Pendleton yesterday made another
effort for an early adjournment by intro
duciDg q resolution fixing April 4 as the
time. The resolution was defeated.
Owing to the absence of the committee ap-
Representative Browning, and all of whom
are interested in the questions that may
arise Ia a discussion of the General Appro-
priation bill, the House did not go into Com
mittee of the Whole on that measure yester-
day.
An act providing for the recognizing of
The Beard Of Trustees OF the Home for Fee
BIZ minded Children and Soldiers Orphans
wss sent in yesterday and approved by the
c. vernon. The Beard of Trustees will c)n-
st of one woman and two men-a Demo-
c, at and Republican-and the board will be
designated as the Board Of Trustees of SOL
diers' Orphans Home.
The bill providing the appointment of q
boiler inspector was defeated in the House
yesterday. Under its provisions each boiler
in the State would have to be inspected at
least once a year, and it was said that the
fee provided for In the bill would create an
Office worth S75. 600 per annum. This sp-
peared TO be the principal objection to its
passage. In the afternoon the bill was again
called up, and recommitted to a special
committee.
The two bills providing for the raising of
money to complete the new State House
were made the special order for 2 o'clock
this afternoon. One of these, introduced by
the Ways and Means Committee, provides
for q continuation of the two cent tax levy
and an appropriation of $3.50. 600 for furnish
ing the building. The other was prepared
nv a eneriQl CnmmlffsQ and nrnui1oo fnr tho
regular levy and a temporary loan of $4,000
in addition.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

The Evening Minute says about sixty good
things every day. 1t will expand into an
Evening Hour if it keeps on. Yesterday,
among other sensible paragraphs, it on
tanned the following:
"1f Cleveland will only keep on the way he is
doing. he will reform the whole country. l like
him better efery day." And this was the remark
over the breakfast table this morning of a Repub-
licsn lady OF this city. who. during the campaign.
regarded Cleveland almost with ~loatuing and dis
gust. The change of mind indicated is just what
may be found all through the country.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

COUPES AND BERLIN ROCKAWAYS.
The following is a list of the carriages.
horses, ETC., kept by the Interior Depart
ment of the last Republican administration,
which the new Cleveland Democratic ad-
ministration propose to sell e Friday for
the benefit of the United States Treasury:
six fine coupe-rockaways.
One Berlin rocxawav.
One four-seat summer carriage.
Eight fine coupe end carriage horses.
One mail wagon.
Ten sets of double and single harness.
Ten horse blankets. eight horse covers. six
three-quarters blankets. six buffalo robes, seven
lap robes, three carriage covers.
Two poles, eight storm covers, whips, re'ns.
brooms, chsmois skins, ear nets, fly nets. feather
busters. collars. halters. shafts, surcingles. etc.
What on earth did the managers of the
Interior Department do with eight vehicles
OF the kind mentioned in the foregoing2 As
the clerks were only employed about six
hours per day, they perhaps aired themselves
in these ''ire coupes" and Berlin rock.
aways." And then we note Q "four-seat
summer carriage" This was probably used
by the radical rural roosters who hocked: to
Washington during the pleasanter seasons of
the year and were entertained with the sights
of the capital at the expense of Uncle Sam.
The sale of all these superauous trappings
Of Republlcanism will be called cheese
pairing" by the organs. but it will find favor
with the people, who have been taxed to
fAtten q favored few on public pap and ride
them about in Zine coupes'' and Berlin
rockaways."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25

In enc column of yesterdays Journal we
find the following:
Henry Rootes Jackson. the author OF "Tallul-
lah" land other poems Heayings! Who next?
In the next column of the same paper this
occurs:
8 2 & the gentleman, so far as is known,
will make a creditable representative of the Gov
eminent.
Mexico.