Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1884 — The “Black Hole” of Calcutta. [ARTICLE]

The “Black Hole” of Calcutta.

The reader is familiar with the story of the “Black Hole” outrage, or can, at least, look it up in any comprehensive English history. It may be of interest, however, to state that all traces of this tragedy are now covered up, so that the scene where it was enacted is the heart now of this busy metropolitan city; so complete has been the triumph of Western civilization. The Postoffice is a huge building, surmounted with a splendid dome, and the other buildings that mark the site of the old fort are lofty and substantial structures. Dalhousie Square' opposite, where the ravelin Once held its ghastly victims, is now one of the fairest spots in Calcutta, where every evening men and women walk or play lawn tennis upon the green sward.— Cor. Inter Ocean. - An observant negro says: “De man who takes up de mos’ sidewalk am not alius the pusson ub de mos’ consequence. A 15-cent drunkard wants mo' room in dis world dan de Judge of de Supreme Court. ” Barnks, the mountain evangelist, claims to have converted 31,000 people in seven years.