The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-24

between Philadelphia and Jersey City. The
fastest train run for long distance is the linn
tied express. between New York and Chicago.
over the New York Central s. Lake Shore. The
fastest local train in this country is run between
Chicago and Milwaukee, over the Chicago s.
Northwestern road
SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPERS
To the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal
H. What are the names of some of the leading
journals OF San Francisco, Calf (2.) Which is
the largest cave in the worldi Jcc
HUNTINGTON. Ind.
H. The Chronicle, Morning Call, Bulletin,
Post and Alta California (2) The Mammoth
Cave, of Kentucky.
wATER-wORKs.
10 the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Have we city firms who manufacture engines
and build water works by contract for towns OF
ten thousand inbabitants9
Cry. JOURNAL SUBSCRIBER.
The firm Of Dean Bros. makes steam pumps
Engines are made by Chandler s. Taylor. Atlas
Works. Sinker Davis 6 Co., and other firms
The only person taking water-works contracts in
this city is e. B. Martindale, we believe.
MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journai:
In the Sunday Journal Of Jan. 3, 1885,
noticed an article by Edward Everett Hale, en-
titled "A Man Without Country" One Philip
Nolan died aboard the United States corvette
Levant etc. May IL, 1863. who was banished
from the United States in 1907. by Colonel
Morgan, at Fort Adams. at the conclusion of a
mock court-martial, the sentence afterwards be-
ing sanctioned by President Jefferson. Are
these facts or fiction? If facts was it legal to
turn mock affair into a reality, as the article
claims? ~ z.
BUTLER, Ind.
1t is fiction, and probably the most wonder
full and effective political pamphlet ever written.
AGES OF NOTED PERSONS.
10 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
/. What is the age Of Fred Douglass9 g
When was Henry Ward Beecher born9 g. What
is the age and what the politics of Thomas
De Witt Talmage9 d Has Col. r. g. Ingersoll
red whiskersY T. RILEY CoBLE.
SPENCER, Ind
hoe, Talbot county, Maryland, and escaped from
slavery Sept. 8, 1888. 2 At Litchfield, Conn.,,
June "a, 1873 3. Mr.. Talmage was born at
Bound Brook, N. j., Jan. Z, 1892 He is Demo-
crat. 4 Hedoes not wear whiskers of any color.
The fringe of hair through which his dome of
thought rises, bald as Mont Blanc, is light
brown.
JOHN A. LOGAN.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Jou rnals
When and where was John, A. Logan born9
What is his political history?
MARTINSvILLE, Ind. III. w. DRYDEN.
He was born in Jackson county, Illinois, on
Feb. 9, 1926. He enlisted as private in the
Mexican war, and was made quartermaster He
was elected clerk of Jackson county in 1849'
studied and practiced law; was elected to the
Illinois Legislature in 1852 53, '56 and 81; was
prosecuting attorney from 1853 to 1857; was a
presidential elector in 1856; was member of
the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses;
resigned and entered the Union army as colonel,
and reached the rank of major-general; was ap-
pointed minister to Mexico in 1865, but declined;
elected to the Fortieth and Forty-first Con-
crosses; has been United States senator since
March 4, 1871, with the exception of brief in
terval
VETERANS.
To the Editor of tho Indi annapolis JournaI
Q.) Did Hughes East get the title of Colonel
General Black, the Pension Commissioner,
wounded during the war; Did he loose any
limbs, or Was he totally disabled. that he should
draw Sleeper month, while amau that has lost
both Of his legs, or both arms. or even both eyes,
only draws $72 per month"; Justice to all; par
TALLY to none.
WoRTHINGTON, Ind.
a. Mr.. East is a colonel upon carpet consid-
GRAFTON; he never set squadron in the field in
either army. ~ General Black has not LOST a
limb ner any of his faculties. He was, by special
bin, given pension of $500 month, $28 more a
month than is paid to any other soldier of the
late war; no matter how the soldier may be
MANNED or crippled A man blind in both eyes,
a man who has lost his arms aman whose legs
havebeen carried away. man whom want, suf-
fering and disease have rendered insane, gets
only ST. General Black is a fine lawyer, and
has been candidate since the war for almost
every office in the gift Of the people Of Illinois.