The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-12

Jackson and W. II. Talbot. Among the
articles especially urged upon the public
are various cures and preventives of "ague'
and "chills and fever" Sulphate of quiz
nine and "fever-and-ague pills" are par
ticularly recommended David Craighead
announces the arrival of 10000 Spanish
cigars direct from New York, and also
states that champagne brandy, fourth-proof
French brandy, pale Madeira. gold sherry.
port and Malaga wines, selected express
iy for medical purposes and warranted
pure" can be had at his store. mer-
chant-"Willard, in the Palmer House"-of-
fers great bargains in shawls-cashmere,
merino, delaine, silk, stradilla, Thibet, wool.
and plain and blanket shawls-names that
will recall pleasant recollections to elderly
ladies of the time when this form of outer
garment was the height of fashion. Some
unnamed person ingenuously offers for sale
"a lot OF those curious little Gold Fish.
whose motley appearance are so attractive
when exhibited in a Glass Globe" A fu-
neral notice mentions that the services
We're conducted by 'Rev. H. w. Beecher."
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
The indianapolis & Madison Railroad,
which was built what might be said to
be the installment plan, did not reach In
dianapolis until October of 1s47, but it's
northern terminus in 1916 was probably at
some point between this city and Columbus.
Statements of its weekly business
given. They bear a Madison date,-so pre-
sumably the shipments and receipts of
merchandise, and the arrival and oepar-
ture of passengers, have reference to that
nd Of tbe J01Iri he X
ending May 80. 1916, 229 passengers departed
from Madison and 1914 arrived. Merchandise
to the amount of SLIGO pounds was sent
north, also thirteen barrels of molasses.
seventy-six barrels of salt, seventeen half
barrels of beer and forty-fve barrels of
whisky. Presumably the destination of
the most of these goods. dry and wet, was
indianapolis, which was not at that period,
evidently, a temperance town. The price of
wheat at that date was SO cents a bushel;
flour, barrel. $3.50.
A little irritation is manifested now and
again at the incorrect statements of the
Indianapolis Sentinel-a circumstance show
ing that the habit of inaccuracy, still char
acteristic of that paper, was formed early
in its history-and it was as often "called
down"
On June 5, just two weeks after the daily
was started Editor Defrees announced that
he had not had the support and patronage
he had expected, or that would justify a
continuation of the enterprise. Inasmuch
as two of his four pages are filled with ad-
vertisements, this complaint seems hardly
reasonable, but at all events he decided to
suspend publication. But he did it regret
fully and gave himself chance to resume.
Eve are very anxious to publish a Daily"
he remarks naively. There is something
exciting about it that we like. True, it re-
quires considerable labor-but we don't
care about that provided we receive a fair
remuneration" Then he calls attention to
the fact that, whereas the price of most
daily papers in other cities is $40 year,
he will, if sufficient encouragement be of
fered, re-establsh the daily Journal on
permanent basis, and furnish it to sub
scribers at half that cost, namely, S. per
annum. Our daily" he says. "altho' print
ed on small sheet, in consequence of the
size of the type used and the exclusion, to
a great extent, of advertisements, contains
more reading matter than is to be found
in many of their 0he larger papers) COL
umns.''
1.-THE exclusion of advertisements" in
deed, when they occupied half his space.
Strange ideas of the needs of the readers
those old-time editors had.
But the Indiana public had not become
educated to the idea of daily papers, or
else its interest in the war was less than
had been supposed. AT all events ii did
not rally about this enterprising editor,
and the Daily Journal was heard of no
more for four years.