The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-29

trsp doors. or rether some sort of an arrange.
mert IN the floor which drops, forming
stairway directly into the wagon. At the
fret sound OF The bell. the two watch.
srs hitch them IN a Increment
dosis fly open, and the horses and patrol "A
cut, and the echo Of the stroke upon the
gong has not ceased its vibrations
But when DO the men dress2n I aszei,
ard this is the reply:
"They do not stop 70 dress; they are lIte-
rally sbot ont of q sound sleep upon the
vsfoD seat. and are not fairly awake until
tie cold night air strikes them. Each man
bss q suit OF clothes ready In the wagon. and
they dress themselves on their way 10 the
Ere, deliberately, and vet ready for action
when the scene is rescued"
This is said to be a marvel 10 f-emen the
world over. and no wonder
In 1873 Captain Bullwinkle issued a cbal-
lerge 10 any company IN the world,
and IL yet remains unanswered
Hone have ss yet been found who
would dare attempt 70 beat his time. Ia
1878 q company of experts came here from
New York, among them Chief Bates. of the
V. Y. department., aud the editor of the Ma
tior al Firemen's Journal. At that time,
with men il bed and the horses in stall the
time TO the street was o seconds ald a
half.
General U. s. Grant paid them a visit il
the fall Of 1873, and the time then was as
above stated.
There is one feature of this business that
shows the remarkable intelligence of the
horses. OF course thew are trained and
schooled. the same a5 the men, aud they tell
me that the animals learn very rapidly.
Those On the patrol now. know the diiier-
enee between the signals. There "a Que way
of sendlng sn alarm, when the gong
does not sound at ell. aud the
horses Enow il. 1. IS a single tick
like that of an ordinary telegraph insiru-
ment. There is q special signal for a still.
alarm. which consists OF nve "ticss' re.
pesfed three times, then the number OF tina
station is called. The horses uadsrstind
this signal and come oft of the stalls aud
take their places at the pole at the proper
time.
1t was members of this patrol corps which
were buried beneath the fallen wall Of the
i'll jated block. The funeral services OF
John @ Walsh and f. @. Jones took place
Wednesday morning. The cortegs which
formed in procession included a platoon of
police, Nevin's band, Court Fidelity, Inde-
PENDENT Order OF Forresiers, Fire Insurance.
Patrol, under command OF Captain Bull
Wrinkle. and a long lire OF carriages.
The services at the patrol house were very
simple. consisting OF a scriptural reading by
DR.. a. L. Kittredge. prayer add song
The dead patrolmen leave families. A
beDef; Is TO be given By prominent members
of the the atrical profession now in the city
for the families OF those who werk killed
ard injured in the fire.
ycU'vE HEARD OF THE HAND GRENADE FIRE
ExTINGUIsHER? f..
Yes. Wei. your correspondent has ssen
several exhibitions of their wonderful put.
ting out effects upon fires kiuoled a.purpose
TO Re put out; and I've also seen a most re-
rarkable failure of the extinguisher, to the
chsg-in Of the agent, but he told the assem-.
bled multitude which had gathered to wit
ness the display that 1.-The grenade is a sure
extipgGlsher OF a fire. a big or lite one, If
one only has grenades enough: YOU have
simply 10 throw them upon the fire. doing
go in such q way as to break the bottles
which contain the LIQUID and the ire il pat
out" Under The first floor OF the Langhsm
were Thousands of these grenaies, ali
ready for their agents TO show TO the world
their wonderful power. Bat alas for the
building, The snti-ire liquid might have
been compound of spirits of turpentine, aud
it would not have made a brighter flame, nor
more quickly distinguished itself as a non-
ex~tinguisher OF a big fire, with barrels of the
chemicals at hand, than did the famed gren-
ade las. Saturday night.
We are sorry for the band grenade men.
but the invention is not perfected, evil
| IDENTIFY.
Tne coming of the
CHICAGO OPERA FESTIVAL
is q much talked {. theme. The Grand Op-
era Hall now being constructed in the tx
position building is a vast rotundity, aud
within the interior has grown a spacious
and elegant opera house, changing its entire
appearances.
The greatest artiits of the world are to be
here, and the entire organization will arrive
on Thursday. April ,. TWO days before the
beginning of the festival, giving time for
rest and Iehearsals.
Colonel Map eson's troupe is said to be the
finest ever brought f. gsther in Americs. The
company is to be decreased ny 100 trained
vo,cts and the orche ira by a company of
home talent also. Patti is q special feature
of The attractions L. NJ. W.
WASHlNGION.