The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-29
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
AREA OF GROUND.

| AREA OF GROUND.
How many acres in piece of land 2o2 feet wide
ST. MAURICE, Ind, April 25.
Five and seventeen hundredths acres
WRITER'S NAME
Will you please let me know who is Dora Thorne
the author OLA Gilded Sin lin Cupid's Nest" etc
MOHAWK, Ind. B.LR.
| lists OF pseudonyms.
NUnfrsMATIsTs.
Could you tell me who in taking in old coinsf
FISHERS STATION, April IS. A. r. HARTMAN.
There are no collectors in indianapolis Write
to Bangs g Co., TAI Broadway. New York city,
for Information.
oFFIcEHoLDING.
Can hold an Office in the county if elected
after being elected justice of the peace and resgnng
WAYsETowN, Ind. April rs.
He can be elected to nothing except another
judicial Office until after the term for which he
was elected justice has expired
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
went prohibition. r. II. PHILLIPS.
BEoK's GROVE, Ind, April "a.
The State at that time Democratic in gem
eral elections. The passage of the law was the
result of coalition of parties, strict party lines
not being drawn.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
What hour the day the weather "observa
tons appearing IN journal takenl In other words
these general observations indicate the temperature
at what hour in the daya READER.
Weather indications appearing in the morning
papers are received about 11:30 P. NJ. They take
effect at 6 a. NJ, and cover the morning hours
following.
BLAINE's VISIT.
Please state the day of the week that Blaine at
Indianapolis eight years ago, and what month it WAS.
FARMLAND, Ind, April 10. READER.
Mr. Blame was not in Indianapolis in 1880.
He visited several other points in the State dur
ing that campaign.
To settle bet please inform the day of the week
Blaine in Indianapolis, 1884. READER.
FARMLAND, April ~.
Tuesday. Oct 81.
ORDINANCE OF 1857
Please give the author of the Ordinance of 1887 for
the governing of the Northwest Territory also its
articles or main provisions. SARAH COOPER.
JASPER. Ind, April 20.
There are conflicting claims as to the author
ship. jefferson, Nathan Dane and Rufus King
each had part in the DEVELOPMENT of the plan.
The fairest view is that Jefferson's report was
the framework which the ordinance was
built The general scheme was his but the pro-
visions were ampli6ed and changes and new pro-
visions suggested by the others. Ii provided
for the appointment by Congress of Governor
and other officers who should conduct the affairs
of the Territory. the election by the people of a
General Assembly, for delegate In Congress,
for freedom of religious worship and for schools.
The Territory made part of 1.-THE Confed-
eracy of the United States;r its boundaries were
fixed aud slavery prohibited The general
scheme of the ordinance. with the exception of
the prohibition Of slavery WAS the model upon
which the Territories of the United States wer8
thereafter organized.
FORT PILLOW
Please give me a short history of the Fort Pillow
massacre. l.. L. JONES.
CAPE SANDY, Ind, April 21.
This fort W 40 garrisoned by about $50 men,
including EGO colored troops under command of
Major L. T. Booth General Forrest appeared
on the morning OF April I3, 1864. and began
assault. A sharp battle ensued. in which Booth
was killed and the command devolvsd Major
Bradford. The fight was maintained until noon.
At that time Forrest sent demand for instant
surrender. While negotiations were pending
Forrest sent large NUMBERS of his troops to
favorable position for attack, which could not
have been gained while the garrison was free to
fight. By this trick he won an advantage
Bradford refused to surrender, aud Forrest gave
q signal; the men hidden in the places they had
secured by treachery attacked the fort from
different points with the cry of mo quarter
and were soon in possession of it. The surprised
force threw down their arms and tried to escape.
but were pursued and shot down without mercy.
slaughter followed. men, women
and children. black and white, to the number
of three hundred being murdered in cold blood.
General Forrest was responsible for this massa-
ere, his pur pose having been to strike terror to
the minds of the colored mon who had Joined the
Union forces, and deter further enlistments.