The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-06

down, but with characteristic impudence and as
surance the company went forward and put
down the rails. and began to run over them. The
Mayor thereupon sent force of men and had
the rails torn up at the company's expense. Now
if the New York city authorities would cause the
rails Of the Broadway line to be removed, an
other step would be taken in the right direction.
The Imprisonment of Alderman Jaehne has had
the effect of causing the schemers to give up the
idea of putting line on Fifth avenue
To an interviewer, who asked him, the other
day, for his views upon the silver question. Mr.
Jay Gould, fnancier and railroad king. said:
sThat question is too deep for me- take silver
and Lever refuse it. find it goes, and don't
bother my head any further about it, This &C
unemployment settles Mr.. Gould's chances of
going to Congress or of getting job as editor of
a newspaper Any one of the numerous gentle
men now acting as Congressman or editors would
feel that he had ruined his prospects forever by
confessng that there was any point about silver.
from the foundation of the world to the indefinite
future, with which he was not perfectly familiar.
Mr. Gould is reckless man.
MEMBERS of the New York aristocracy have
Sutherland, who has been making extended
stay in that city. Little peculiarities,
like that of appearing at swell
wedding in q rough and shabby business
suit, were excused as being $50 English"
1t is now disclosed that young woman who
travelled with him and was introduced as his
niece, and shared in the attentions bestowed
upon his Highness, is not niece, and as one
writer carefully states not legitimately related
to him. Whether this ''eccentricity' will be par
doned by the New York worshipers of all that is
English remains to be seen.
If he is correctly reported, DR.. Sunderland has
shown himself to be the boss toady. Here is a
part Of an interview with the reverend gentle
man who married Mr.. Cleveland
Taken altogether, the President is, in my
opinion, one of the best products of religious
enlightenment Of the nineteenth century,
mean that he is one of those men Who though
thoroughly Christians, are not fanatics; who do
not think that every body will 60 to hell except
the members of their own denomination, and
who believe that Christian sects should stop
fighting among themselves, and give all their
attention to battling against SIM"
1T is pleasing to note that George I. Seney,
whose fortune was dissipated when the Metro
politan Bank collapsed, has succeeded in paying
all his debts. and while he will probably never
again be millionaire, he has the satisfaction of
being out of debt. Jay Cooke did the same.
after the failure that precipitated the panic of
1873 It took him over ten years to do So but
he at last accomplished the task. There are
men who have as fine of honor as ever in
the worlds history and it is encouraging to note
the fact.
A Dir. HOLLAND has taken the contract to
preserve" the Chicago court house. so that the
progress of its disntegration will be less
speedy. He proposes to soak it in some kind of
solution that will prevent it from continuing to
fall upon the heads of the people below. As a
rule. preserves are good. Preserved court
houses however. are something new, and we
will have to wait until some one tries them and
passes Judgment on them. It will doubtless take
good deal of sugar
DIR. HENRY G. HANcHETT. of New York
writes to the World denying that he is engaged
to marry Miss Murfree the novelist DR.. Han
chett says he would have contradicted the rumor
earlier but that as he never reads the newspa-
pers he never knew anything Of it until his
attention was called" DR.. Hanchett is evil
| IDENTIFY mugwump and subscriber to the New
York Evening Post
WALLACE CoBURN, of Lancaster, N H.. aged
twenty six, following the fashion of the week,
on Saturday led or carried, to the altar Miss
Lizzie Sweezy, of Winnebago, ILL.,, aged thir
teen. The bride is a wee tot Of a thing, and
wears short dresses Twenty-six to thirteen is
just two to one. That is not quite as bad as
forty-niae to twenty.
THE Louisville Courier Journal in that spirit
of facetiousness for which it is noted, says that
''the President will be applauded by all sensible
/ people for keeping down the conventionaities in
this matrimonial business" If he has respected
any of the conventionalities that have been in
sisted upon by polite society. the fact has not
been made public.
If anybody wants to go to the opera this week
do not let them be debarred by the 'full-dress"
| nonsense. Any lady or gentleman is in perfect
style who is neatly clad if it be in calico or
blue jeans A plain. sensible dress of any sort
| is much better than the denominations which
! fashion forces upon weak headed people.
I WHAT kind of ladies have they in Laconia, N.
| H., that they have been arrested by the police
| for robbing the graves Of the decorations that
| were placed on them Decoration Day. This
beats the traditional meanness of surrepttiously
removing the coins of large size but small value
| from the eyes Of defunct African.
| Texas Judge has committed suicide because
he could not find the vouchers for sums amount
| ing to but 500 that he had expended In the man
agement of an estate intrusted to him. Great
contempt is felt for him in Arkansas where an
other judge has been sent to prison for getting
/ away with funds under his control
! A coLoRED man. who had gone all the way
from Ohio to Deer Park to get glimpse of the