The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-17
ODDS AND ENDS.

| The "Every mar. isown- and every body else's-
coin collecting system" is getting to be greater
nuisance than ever on the Massachusetts avenue
line of street-cars. What is needed is for all
passengers that line to refuse to do this duty
| and leave their fares on the seat This would
probably have the effect of forcing the
company to put conductors on this
much-traveled and ELECTROMAGNETIC line
The present system OF making every
male passenger work his passage by doing
| duty as conductor after paying his fare is a
piece of cheek exhibited by no other monopoly
| IN the country. 1t is said this company is max
ing nearly 500 day clear profit, averaging the
| year through, 365 days each year-and no con-
| ductors.
Cigar dealers view with alarm the inroads
| made upon their fve-cent trade by the various
cheroots coming into fashion. These
| cheroots put I'D in packages OF five or ten, sell
as cheroot takes the place of ive-cent cigar it
| diininshes the dealers sales and cuts off his
profits.
On Monday morning Dock Sing, the Seymour
Chinaman, supposed to be highlander of top
| rank, will be released from the work-house, aft
or serving his second sentence. He escaped
having his queue cut off at his first incarceration,
but the second time he appeared the memorable
shears chopped it off close to his head Dock
bewaied his loss. with great noise. for two or
three days. and finally Quoted by having
the lock restored to him. He will have the queue
sodered on, and again be able to look his fellow
MongollanS In the face
'"There ought to be general protest against
cutting down the few remaining shadetrees in
the State-horse yard" said Gen. Fred Knef1er
to Journal reporter. "The State house should
be surrounded by shady park that would be
an inviting place TO go to. presume 1t is the
plan to have yard something like that now
surrounding the court house, which can only be
enjoyed by being looked at At time there
was beautiful growth of maple trees in the
court house yard. but the County Commissioners
got fool idea into their heads. and cut
the last one of them down. After the compile
ton Of the present court house, / was chairman
OF committee of citizens that waited upon the
Commissioners and agreed to plant the yard in
| shade trees if they would only grant us the
privilege. but they refused. They preferred to
have a sun-Scorched yard, on which they
only have growth Of grass by employing man
to sprinkle it. When it is completed Indiana
will have magnificent Capitol, aud we ought to
have the surroundings commensurate with
us grandeur 1 think it would be
a wise idea to take the $50, 600 they propose to
use in gliding the DOME and use it in improving
the surroundings. l want to see the State pur-
chase the half square east of the building, aban-
don Tennessee street, remove the buildings from
the ground, and convert it into a grand park,
with shade trees. fountain and appropriate orna-
ments. The Indiana soldiers monument, when
it is built should be located in the park in front
of tina east door of the Capitol, where it will be
conspicuous
II do a great deal of travelling through north
ern Indiana and Ohio" said COL Charles n
Lee, to Journal man, ''and take a great deal
CT pride in telling strangers what great city
indianapolis is. but l embarrassed to
asperatng extent by persons wanting to know
why it is that if the city is progressive, cows
are allowed to run at large OH the streets. The
liberty of the COW in Indianapolis is known about
as extensively. I believe, as the fact that the