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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
A BOYS WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
A Colored Youth Falls $50 Feet Without
Fatal or Dangerous Injuries.

Eatal or dangerous Injuries.
Louisville Courier Journal
Frank Vandyke twelve-year-old coored boy
had an all but miraculous escape from death
yesterday. He fell and rolled from the top of
hill $50 feet in height, but though picked UP I'M
conscious and with broken limbs, he was neither
dead nor fatally injured. The remarkable acct
dent occurred at Sugar Grove. picnic was
given there by the Zion African NJ. e. Church OF
this CITY, and Vandyke attended III company
with number of his relatives. The grove is
surrounded by high hills, on which he and some
other boys went blackberrying. These hills have
very steep Sides but at frequent intervals are
juttng plateaus, also steep and precptous, but
an interruption to the cliffs. 1t is to these pla-
teaus that the boy owes his life.
In the course of their berrying the little party
reached the summit of one of the hills. Some
particularly fine berries on the top and
overhung the brow of the cliffs. The other BOYS
little shy of these, but Vandyke. in his
eagerneSs to all the berries possible, VEN
tured to the utmost extent He had stripped
the bushes near him, but one gigantic stalk, full
OF tempting fruit, was beyond easy reach He
did not like to give it up, however and ventured
q little too close. How he lost his footing, no
one can tell. His outstretched hand was on the
berries when he lost his equilibrium For a
moment he made desperate effort to regain his
balance He caught at the briers around him.
but the act was one second too late. The feeble
brambles gave way to his clutch loose stone
under hia feet turned and, with one
shrek, he fell over twenty feet. One of tho
plateaus Just mentioned delayed him for brief
instant, but was not sufficient to check the fall
altogether. The momentum was so great thatit
caused him to bound off the scanty strip of
ground and roll down another declivity, and an
other, and still another, till the bottom was
reached, where he picked up seemingly
dead, and with his body and limbs pounded in a
horrible manner. He was unconscious and lay
in that condition for several hours until the
boat Music arrived at the Portland wharf. He
was placed en- board and taken to his home on
Flovd, between Green and Lafayette streets
Medical attention was Immediately summoned,
and investigation showed that his back and one
leg were badly sprained while both arms were
broken, one in two places. Singularly enough,
of a serious nature, and it is possible that he will
be out again at an early day.
The hill from which he fell is a great resort
for picnics, and it is a wonder more accidents OF
this nature have not occurred.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

SECRETARY LAMAR differs with Postmas-
ter-general Villas apparently as to what con
stitutes an offensive partisan. He has re-
fused to dismiss clerk III the Pension Office
although Congressman Singleton, Of Missis-
sippi, has pointed out to him that the clerk in
question had, at one time, been carpet-bag
sheriff, and had made himself offensive to the
people of that State by writing book called
"Iazoo; or on the Picket-lne OF Freedom, F."
in which he spoke Of Southerners generally,
and Mssissippians in particular, as red
shirted ruflians with long hair and hide
boots. The book also mentioned incidentally
that Lamar and Singleton owed their election
to the Senate and House Of Representatives,
respectively, to the rankest kind Of fraud and
trickery. 1t really seems to an unprecedented
observer that this mans conduct comes under
the head of offensive partisanship;" but pos
sibly Mr.. Lamar admires the truth sufficiently
to refuse to punish the publisher of even I'M
palatable facts. If he were postmaster,
now, the clerk would stand no sort of show
with Mr. Villas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

THE postmaster at Harrison, Hamilton
county, Ohio, who was suspended on a charge
Of being an Offensive partisan" took the
trouble to call at the department in Washing
ton, and asked to see the specifications. He
was brusquely told that he could not be al
lowed the privilege-that only his congress
man enjoyed that right. Ia that he had an
excellent reputation as an official and had a
fine reputation as Union soldier, and,
further that he had been succeeded by sa-
loonkeeper of unsavory fame, he felt that he
had been wronged. The Senate will have to
insist that the rights of private individuals
are respected. The rule making Democratic
congressman attorneys for deposed Republic
an officials will have to be broken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

SECRETARY WHITNEY has selected thirteen
newspapers for the Navy Department, seven
of which are printed in New York. The only
paper west of New York is the Chicago Times
If the Secretary's idea is to select representa-
tive newspapers, so as to obtain the drift of
public opinion, he has made very poor job
of it. There is no paper from the South,
and the entire West has but one in the list
The West has not much show in this admins
traton, but Mr.. Whitney should not thus g-
more the South
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
A PLEA FOR EQUALITY.
A Southerner Who Demands Pensions for
the Wounded Ex-Rebels.

Southerner Who Demands Pensions for
the Wounded Ex-Rebels.
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution
/ see you Atlanta folks have got up big bat
tie monument association, and got Joe Johnston
and Sherman ali mixed up in the concern |
didn't know that Sherman had ever repented
yet He hadn't when last heard from. What is
that monument to commemorate Is it to be a
great national union monument to commemorate
the valor and patriotism of dead soldiers of both
armies! If So then that is all right provided
everything is on equality Everything say.
Ii their manned soldiers and soldiers widows are
pensiOned, then ours must be too. We want
no plunkeyng around. If cripples and
widows have got to sleep out in tbs cold we
don't want any monument about it, We are
tired of all honor and no pay. If our soldiers
deserve monument they deserve a pension
they deserve equality before the nation. Better
try and see how much money can be raised for
Confederate widows fund DE-. FELTON, is on
that line now-the line of pensions for manned
and invalid soldiers-and he writes most feel
ingly and eloquently about what is due them
from the State How much will General Sher
man and company give to thatY Will they vote
for a national pension? For twenty years the
South has been taxed to pay pensions to the
Northern soldiers, and we never said a word
Now, what will they do for ours? If nothing
then we want no Union monument
columns in our cemeteries and
they will do for history and glory. Pensions
first and monuments afterwards, is my motto
We won't demand pay for the niggers. for they
belonged to rich folks but the manned soldiers
and the widows areI poor. 1t 1t isn't but $40
apiece every year it will be recognition of patr-
otto valor. and be moro gratefully received than
forty monuments. with the faint Of treason on
the Southern side OF them The blue and the
gray cant mix that way-one with pocket full
Of public money and the other with nothing
not only with nothing. but has to help fill the
others pocket Oh. pshaw! Let's quit all this
foolishness We can trade. and traffic, and mingle
and mix and get along without it, We can pass
and Tepass as the Teller said about his bull; but
don't manufacture sentiment at the expense of
truth and sef-respect,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
THE PHILADELPHIA Times SAYS:

'Prohibitionists who desire to bring about
real reform in the liquor traffic should study
the progress made by the friends of high
license in Missouri. In that State the license
is graded according to the amount of business
done. In cities saloons are limited to GER
tain number in prescribed territory and the
residents of the territory must give consent
to the opening of such saloons Two things
are very noticeable as the result of this law
very considerable decrease in intemperance
and very perceptible increase in the public
revenue AS this is really accomplishing
what prohibition has not yet succeeded in
doing, it should not be passed by by the advo-
Gates Of reasonable reform"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
Mr.. Hendricks in Boston Harbor.


The kilograms tell US that during his recent
visit to Boston, the Hon Thomas A. Hendricks
was regaled with a boat ride in Boston harbor.
in the course of which he was taken to Fort
Warren We look upon this as the most appro-
pirate episode of Mr.. Hendricks's northern tour.
During the dark days of the rebellion, when Mr..
Hendricks was inveighing against the Union
soldiers and doing all in his power to embarrass
Mr.. Lincolns administration large number Of
Mr.. Hendricks's political friends were confined
in Fort Warren. and can imagine how tho
Indiana statesman's bosom must have heaved
and sot with conflicting emotions as hs lay at
anchor near the historic spot last week and
listened to the pleasing batteries of the ID ID
Yankees' around him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

IT is hard to say that good round swearing
is not needed in the transaction of the bust
ness of the administration, but billingsgate in
the White House is something that the
American people have not been used to. In
pronouncing anathema maranatha against 'of-
fensive partisans," the President is uncon-
sciously writing meme, tekel' ON the walls of
his own chamber. The offense Of vulgar pro-
family will not be readily condoned by the
people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

A SPECIAL from Shelbyville says of the
newly appointed postmaster of that place:
''Mr. Majo is ex-chairman of the Democratic
county central committee, has served as
county superintendent, and is one Of that
kind Of Democrats who are, in and out of sea-
son, indefatgable in working for the advance
ment Of the party" The newly-appointed
postmaster of Fort Wayne was chairman of
the Democratic county committee during the
last campaign. Both these men are, evidently,
very offensive rartisans, and the Senate
should not advise and consent to their APP
pontment 1t is not in harmony with the
policy of the administration, and the Senate
although Republican, ought not to lay any
obstacles in the way Of perfect and harmcni-
Gus working Of the administration policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

TT is reported that the President has 'tgot
his Irish up, and that he will persist in send
ing Mr. Kelley to Vienna, and that in event
Of Il refusal to recognize him there, to send no
representative to the Austrian court That
would be a very pig-headed piece of business.
The objection to Mr. Kelley is personal, and
a refusal to accept him cannot be construed
into reflection upon this government. 1t is
not necessary that the United States should
have a minister at Vienna, and it is altogeth
er probable that Austria can get along with
out the presence Of such an official from this
country. 1t is fine opportunity for the
President to acknowledge that he was mis-
taken in his man. The proper thing to do
with a man like Kelley is to relegate him to
that obscurity he so richly adorns. 1t
must be humiliating to acknowledge, even by
inference, that the Democratic party has not
at least 100, 900 better men. ~The Country"
has no possible interest in Mr.. Kelley
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

SAYS Senator Sherman: II cannot see that
Mr.. Cleveland has any policy. If he has, it
has not made its appearance. He says he is
in favor of honest government So far as l
know, don't see that he has been able to
show that his predecessors were not honest
faithful and capable. He was elected on a
series Of false pretenses, not made by himself
but by his supporters" That seems to get a
good deal Of truth within the compass of a
Nh chnN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

towers The one IN the Circle-that property
not being under the control of the city author
ities-is piece of good luck to the city, for
which the people are indebted to the good
sense Of the State authorities. There may
come time when the city will not be in the
grip Of set of noodles, or Of interested per-
sons, who will not do anything themselves
or allow anybody else to do it, unless the en-
terprise belongs to the Itring."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

THE New York Illness Washington cor
respondent has finally concluded to pay his
attention to the impertinent puppy and
seoundrel Gene" Higgins, who is the chief
man in the Treasury Department. the head of
which is Dan" Manning, the creator of Mr..
President Cleveland. As the Times is under
ssOcd to be the court organ, it may be that
this contemplate travesty on a man will have
to 600 "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ORGAN.

The Washington Post, the National Demo
cratic organ, has another editorial on the
sneaking policy CT acknowledgement Villas.
1t says:
elf the administration had. in all IFS depart
ments, begun properly and frankly. there
would have been no ill-feelng whatever
What we mean by properly and frankly was
illustrated by Attorney general Garland the
other day, who revolutionized his Office with
out any parade, and without giving the
smallest offense. He simply notified num-
Der of assistants and inspectors and other
officials that he wanted their designations
They were Republicans, and he wished his es-
Enlistment 10 be composed of Democrats
There was no shilly- shallying no
sneaking about in the dark for vilifying
charges. These officials recognized the
propriety Of his demand. They resigned
as they had been requested, and have now re-
turned to private life, carrying with them re-
spect for the Attorney general and themselves,
and free from the hateful and embittering
sense Of having had an unknown stigma cast
upon their characters Had the whole trans
formation been effected upon that simple and
manly plan, how much better it would have
been! The country expected it. The Repub
licans expected it. The majority who elected
Mr.. Cleveland would have been pleased; the
Republicans who were defeated would have
no cause of complaint. But this feeble insin-
ceTity, this d.singenuous craft, this craven
meanness and injustice-these are the things
which have exasperated the Republicans, and
which, if they be persisted in, will give Mr.
Conger and his colleagues the sympathy of
the Nation when they inaugurate their work
OF resentment and reprisal."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

A BANK cashier IN New Jersey has. been
pronounced insane and locked up because he
imagined himself possessed of untold wealth,
whereas he only had his salary If they had
let him alone while longer he would proba-
bly, have realized his visions by raid on the
bank vaults, and once safe in Canada, no one
would dream of calling him insane. An in
justice seems TO have been done to an honest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

forests, they are allowed to languish for lack Of
their support, although these same men are NOT
above picking up standard illustrated periodicals
from shop counters and absorbing their con
tents, both as to text and engraving, under pre-,
tence of casually glancing through the paper.
which proves it is not so much lack of interest
as parsimony on part of the artists which fore
dooms to financial wreckage any Journal repre-
senting their interests.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

SAID John Sherman, in his Woodstock
speech, on the 4th of July: "As for the war,
let as overlook the animosities it bred and
only profit by the advantages it gave us, keep
ing our people always in the forefront of
education, enlightenment and advancement" "
That is the sentiment of the entire North.
Why will the people of the South continue to
faunt The bloody shirt Of the lost cause in
the face Of the Nation?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

Ex-Governor MOVES of Ohio, has been
frightened out of his appointment as Com
missioner Of the Union Pacific railroad. He
has telegraphed President Cleveland that he
dees not want to "embarrass" him, and if it
will relieve him from difficulty his resgna-
ton will be forthcoming. Governor Moves
should EIstick."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
GENERAL LEW WALLACE, in an interview

GENERAL LEW WALLACE, in an interview,
says:
~ take the Western view of the Indian
question, and believe they should all be ex-
terminated, and the sooner the better New
England sentimentality has prevailed long
enough in our treatment of the Indians. |
believe in giving them reservation, but
think the banks of the Connecticut river
would be better than where they are now.
That locality would offer better opportunity
to them for getting scalps and their associa-
tons with the present residents of that sec
ton might improve the ideas of both sides
The sentimental theories could be put into
practice, and in New England the Apaches
could be taken to church at least once week
and generally civilized. l am in earnest in
this view of the matter, and believe if my
theory should be tried the Indian question
would be settled quite rapidly"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
Confederates and Mormons.

Ptt.burg COMMERCIAL Gazette.
The action of ex Confederate soldiers in de-
handing that the Utah authorities hoist tho flag
to the top of the mast on the City Hall is a
striking commentary on genuine American man
illness whom brought into comparison with low.
depraved and licentious Mormonism. A rebel
may become man, adyeda the-wool Mormon,
never.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

WHAT in the world will ever be done if
Austria declines to receive Mr. Kelley as
Uaited States minister? This is the impend-
ing crisis, and each day us it passes brings the
awful possibilities nearer. Is the administra
lion ready?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

PREPARATIONS are being made to let Mr..
Higgins down easy. AS preliminary move
ment the story is put in circulation that Mr..
Higgins is not pleased at being made tar
get for newspaper criticism, and has, there
fore, asked to be transferred to another situa-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

LAMBERT TREE declares that he worshiped
Stephen A. Douglas. While Douglas was de-
c!4ring with his dying breath that there were
bat two parties III the country-patriots and
tIAitors, where was Mr.. Tree found?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

THE New York Sun shows that the remark
able fnanciering of Dan" Manning has al
ready impaired the one hundred million re-
demption fund to the amount of $40, 1913, 900
BY an analysis of the remarkable public debt
statement the Sun shows the document to be
false and misleading in its statements and in
fefences
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
A Stab at the Profession.



AS a class, artists do not command the respect
of those who know them most intimately. There
are, OF course. many honorable exceptions, but
as a guild, they demand attention from the
public and whine and frown, but do not aid
either by money suggestions any art move
ment as for the periodicals devoted to their in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

THE able conseryators of the public prosperi-
ty, who want to pat the city under tent and
charge a fee for admission, which shall go
into their pockets, still succeed in preventing
anything being done with the electric light
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

MR. STEPHEN METCALF, editor of the An
arrson Herald and late postmaster of that
city, was not omoved for offensive partisan
ship, but resigned the office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

IT is just as well, probably, that the Indianap-
oils Light Infantry secured the fourth prize
instead of the first at the Philadelphia encamp-
ment. The grief Of the boys when they fail to
realize on Governor Underwood's promise to pay
will be proportionately less over $1,000 than if
it had been for the coveted 81 000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

Mr.. HENDRICKS declares his admiration for
''6ene' Higgins. Gene" is for the 'boys.'
One touch of the same kind of Democracy
makes Gene" and the Vice president kin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
So?
phiiadplOhia prpsa

Thl'adeIphIA Press.
When the National Guard of Pennsylvania
or the military organizations of Philadelphia
hold an encampment and competitive drills
things will be done differently In the mean
time. the man who holds them responsible for
the failures of others is an ignoramus of the
largest size
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
OF the Same Opinion.

Philadelphia Press.
The Boston Globe regards Brother Hendricks
rs ''the pride and glory Of Democracy" Lest
any msapprehension arise, we may add that this
is the way Brother Hendricks looks at it also
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

SENATOR EyARTs declares that he will not
be candidate for the presidency, preferring
to remain in the Senate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

THE list of Fourth Of July fires in New York
city embraced forty three calls entailinga total
loss of $12 400 1t is not plain that all of these
resulted from patriotic explosions, and, taking out
one fire involving loss of $ll0 900, the showing
is not bad 1t was Il glorious day, and probably
cheap enough. The perishable property of the
metropolis may amount to a thousand millions or
more. The loss of 1920. coo is mere bagatelle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

JOHN VAN, who disappeared from Cincinnati
some fifteen months ago, has been found in a
Quaker village in Tennessee. where he had
placed his money ($8,OOOl in the common fund
and had united with the people in their religion.
The Cincinnati riots doubtless set John to
thinking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

KX-PREsIDENT ANDREW d. WHITE, of Cor
mel, will not be candidate for Governor of
New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
ton where he will be more secluded from the

public gaze It is little late to attempt to
palm off the notorious 'Gene' as a thin
skinned individual, but the excuse for getting
rid of him will, perhaps, serve as we'll as an
other
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
They Come High.

Phade' phia Press
St. John is in Ohio talking for prohibition and
500 per talk. He is an oratorical luxury of tho
Carl Schurz species.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

A YOUNG lady was drowned at Poughkeepsie
n. u, on Sunday, ''aged twenty five" who, ''for
sixteen years." had been an operator in the
Western Union telegraph Offices. New York
girls are nrOYerhiallY nrecnciOuS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
THE DAILY JOURNAL.

sERzs INVARIABLY IN ApvANcE-posTAeE PREPAID
BY TUE PUBLISHERS.
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