The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26

then the courthouse, oldest Of ali, passed away;
the State.house followed, and now the market
house 10 on the wing, and will soon bo gone.
But very few residences remain that are older
than the market house. The first movement for
it's erection was made in 1882 by Charles Hand.
father of Lieut. Pike Hand, who was wounded
in the Mexican war, and John Givan, who died a
few years ago pauper, except for the support
given him by subscriptions of the members
of the Board of Trade. and other business men.
as the oldest living merchant and business man
in the city. He and his brother James opened
store here In 1922 The men who superinrend
Ouat, the latter the father Of A. w. McOuar
He came here from Kentucky in 1880. and made
his home on the square at the northeast corner
of East ard New York streets, where for years
it WAS one Of the best-known and most conspicu-
Gus residences in the town. The house was COM
pleted and the market opened in 1888 year
earlier than the ''Old Seminary another old
land mark removed in 1860.
About as early use was made Of the house as
play ground, by the school boys. in the old
house on the northwest corner OF Delaware and
Market streets, as was made of it by butch
ers and butter dealers for its legitimate purpose
Hills. and after him Mr.. Worralls boys did
most of their hiding and whooping," and ''prls-
the market.house. One day one of them fell
from the joists over head, where he had been
hiding in the game, and one of his wrists caught
on one of the meat hooks, and hung him there,
yeillnS in agony, Till some passing man, Will
strength enough to handle him, came up and
lifted him down. Many a stump speech
has been made from the meat blocks in the old
house. Judge Wick, and Governor Wallace, and
William j. Brown and many another prominent
politician has stood on the '.fat Of oxen and
poured unctuous eloquence into ears standing
lerectis auribus, Vireil| all about Here Nicholas
McCarty and Governor Wright made their
speeches in the contest for the governorship in
1882 and here Robert Dale Owen made his first
- Ia.
l840 1t was always the chief and often the
only market in the place. The West market
with better and larger building. never amount
&c to anything. and nobody missed it when it
was torn away.
Opposite is the next Oldest public building in
the city. Not the most suspicious or creditable
but probably the most indispensable, as it seems
to be, in our christianized and civilized land
and always most needed where Democracy is
strongest The first Jail. of which the present
one is the third edition, greatly enlarged and
improved was built in 1922 in the northwest cor
rer OF the courthouse square, under the super
vision of the late Hervey Bates, the first sheriff
and his advertisement for the contract for it
ruary, 1922, and the Jail was built in
the summer following 1t was u hewed-
log building, two stories nigh, but very
low stories, and was quite as safe as the present
costly stone jug" In the spring or summer of
1883 a negro called Buffalo Bill, came into the
town wearing black cloth cap with red leather
band round it, and riding q tame buffalo, whence
the name came, since rendered illustrious by a
greater exhibitor of the same class of entertain
ments For some deviltry or other he was put
in JAIL set it on fire, and burned it down, very
nearly with himself in it. A shallow hole long
remained to mark the site of 1t.
The next Jail was of brick, two stories high,
OF the east side of the square, little south of
its present place. In 1916 two story log addi-
ton was built on the north, and 1T was strong
er building against any attack but fire than
the present one. 1t consisted of three layers or
coats of footsquare hewed logs The inner
and outer layers were horizontal and the middle
one oblique and all belted together 1t stood
safely till it was torn away IN 1852, on the COM
pietion of the present one. which will have to be
removed some of these days and replaced by one
that can be healthy, clearly and secure.