The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-24
STOKES FKoM THE STREETS.

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1t was an Alabama-street car upon which
the following incident occurred few even
ings ago. 1t was an evening car, and was
crowded with people returning from work.
On the platform there were four or five
men. One of these was d stylishly dressed
individual, wearing silk hat and possess
ing an air which might have belonged to
millionaire He was wedged in between
two other men and when the conductor
called for fares, he could not very easily
get to his pocket for the money. The con-
ductor waited for a moment and then tap
ping him on the shoulder said politely:
Fare, please"
The with silk hat was very slow
and the car travelled square and still he
had not paid his fare. The conductor again
tapped him upon the shoulder and asked for
the fare. The stylishly dressed man turned
abruptly and said savagely:
Don't get in rush. I'm not going to
beat you out of nickel" The car con-
tinued with few stops. until Seventh street
was reached. 1t was just leaving the latter
street, when the stylish looking man with
a silk hat said to the conductor:
stop at Eighth street.
The conductor paid no apparent attention
to the command. The man waited few
seconds and repeated his desire to get off
at Eighth. Still the conductor said nothing
nor did he ring the bell. The car was but a
few yards from Eighth street., when the
stylishly dressed man wearing the silk hat
remarked rather severely:
Didn't you hear me say Eighth street.!
be get tb IN he & the car on
the crossing, I'm not going 70 take you on
and lose you"
of the conductor and the other passengers
on the, platform laughed: To add to the
who wanted Eighth street, he stepped upon
small piece Of ice and his hat fell in the
street.
There is certain square on North Penn
sylvania street where the water pipes in
every house were frozen during the late
cold snap. Every house in the square with
one exception, is occupied by the owner.
The owners of the property used well water
and decided to wait until the weather mod
crates, before worrying about the water
pipes. Each owner felt the inconvenience.
but thought it would be better to await
the thaw than have the pipes dug up and
thawed by plumbers. Not so at the rented
house. for the day following the coolest
day, if anybody can remember just which
day that was, plumbers were at work at
the rented house and the pipes were dug up
and thawed. 1t took two days work to do
it and fires had to be kept going all of
one night. Some of the property owners
are still waiting for the thaw.
The penny-in-the-s machines are as
Popular as ever. In some places crowds
stand round them a great part of the day
throwing in pennies and sometimes receiv-
ing cigars. One night the past week in
down town drug store. dispute arose
among the machine fends as to the
percentage which goes to the proprietor. One
man made the assertion that one half the
pennies put in were profit. Another placed
in AZ oy,p- fo,r xyh col IN
nothing was made on them and that
store keeper considered himself lucky If he
came out even The statement of this last
man was met with derision. To prove his
ssertion he offered to put twenty-five
pennies in the machine, promising to get
the return of his money in cigars. A by
stander offered to bet $40 that he failed
ana the wager was taken The man with
to drop in the pennies. Nineteen had gone
down with no result when his luck changed.
On the twentieth throw his penny won
| three cigars. On the five remaining pennies
he won six cigars and the $40. OF course
the machine and during the remainder Of
the evening fully ten dollars in pennies
nsb doMn and me so put tba no t one edse
OF the man who wagered was an accident
They were talking about the question of
rewards at police headquarters few nights
ago and Sergeant Hyland told the follow
ing, regarding the time he and Sergeant
| Kurtz were tempted to violate the rules
and accept a reward for services rendered
"Kurtz and / had recovered S640 for a
man who had been robbed. What is more
we caught the guilty parties, who after
ward went to the penitentiary. The man
! called at headquarters and got his money.
Kurtz and 1 were there and he beckoned
| us to come out in the hall. He held the
| roll of bills in one hand and the other he
hQd q
You men have done good work, and
believe in rewardng such services, he said,
as he drew his hand from his pocket. He
went on to say, as he pushed his hand to-
| ward Kurtz, here is a little something for
your services
..Kurtz and looked at the money he
| was offering us. 1 counted 80 cents, but
Kurtz says there were AZ. We couldn't help
laughing, but kurtz pulled himself together
| and said.
;. No; thank you. The board does not al
low US to accept rewards, and the city pays
us elegant salaries for our services.
| Richard Herrick, of the Board of Safety.
| is somewhat of a chicken fancier. Last
| fall he began to figure what he could make
| by purchasing few chickens. He calcu-
lated that the scraps from his kitchen
| would keep them. Six hens could be de-
| pended upon to lay at least three dozen
| eggs a week, which would be a luxury
| during the season when only packed eggs
| are for sale Mr. Herrick went home early
| several afternoons and built a nice winter
| home for the chickens, and then asked his
| friend, Marketmaster Koehne to pick him
| six young hens. Kcehne delivered the chick
| and Mr.. Herrick began TO feed them.
| He has fed the chickens three months now
| and has yet to their first egg He had
| been unable to understand the lack
| of result of the egg producer,
which he has fed them, until last
week, when two of the chickens began to
crow Herrick's eyes were opened with
that first crow, and in the past few days
the other four have commenced to crow, and
| Herrick understands that his friend koehne
| bought for him six young ROSTERS.
| One evening some weeks ago word came
to newspaper Office that College-avenue
woman had suddenly recovered the
speech she had lost seven years
| before. "A reporter went out from
| the office to look up the case He
had definite directions to follow and
had only vague sort of an idea as to the
locality. 1t was with no degree of certain
ty that he had found the right house thai
he pulled the door bell of a pretentious resi-
dence on that thoroughfare. stanch-look
ing brisk-ike man answered the ring ant
extended the reporter polite invitation tt