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iiidiaapous uubl MjBLIäHtD KV2T SAIÜEDAY 1TOFFICE. 11 lUIJLEU'OIlLOCIfc Gmmt llUMliM4 Hrkt ta. m wmiI-cUh matter I ladiaaapoUa, lad. at tas Foatofflc TSSHd OF SUBSCRIPTION. UiU Cpy, 1 j r -1.00 - J - .20 - 1.75 . 1.60 - 1 BMBtk Olafe 4 abxl JSaT, MCh cofy. THIS PAPERS V.ÄJu-ÄS jfYf H9r A4wtUing Bareau (10 Sprue St ) where niwuiar eoatracU stay U made for it la NEW VdMJC The President has signed the Chines Billi and there b great rejoicing in California. Col. Robt. Inoeksol says that Fred Douglass is the greatest man Maryland ver produced. Major Calkins h making a manful effort to eliminate the fraudulent element from the Congressional roster. Political peraimona grow high .up on the tree this year, and it will require unusually long poles to knock them. A Few years ago Edwards Pierre.pont was our Minister to England.. Now Pierre pont Edwards is British Consul in New York. Governor Cclloh has disbanded the two colored militia companies, of Chicago, and there is consequently music in the air about it. As) everybnly expected, the Democracy in there Shelbyville convention, Monday, placed Hon. W. E. English in the field for Congressional honors. The assassinations in Dublin, Ireland, last week were a shock to the whole civilized world. It is to be hoped the villains may be brought to more speedy punishment than has. overtaken the filthy GCITEAU. Major. Tvuiiso, of the U. S. Engineer Corps, and one of the District of Columbia Commissioners, died in fcsuingtou the otn inst. lie was ap pointed to West Point from Indiana. The Mexicans who scooped the Apaches in the recent fight in Northern Mexico, are doubtless better Indian fighters than our soldiers for, the reason that they are partly Indians them selves, and thus know better how to .1 . M .1 .1 meet tne nostiies than those unac quainted with their ways. The assassination of Lord Cavekdish and Secretary Bueke, atDubKn, Saturday last, is one of the most horritid and inexplicable affairs that ever occurred. If the Land League designed to do such work, they would certainly, it seems, have selected Mr. Forster the out-going Secretary and author of the Coercion act, rather than Mr. Cavendish, who Tas the bearer of the olive branch of a new policy of peace and mniasTnn TIip nn'mo n11a fn-w severe and condign punishment. There is trouble in Africa. Sierre Leone and Liberia do not get along in the proper style of brotherly fashion. Some merchants of the former claim to have sustained serious losses by reason of certain actions of the government of the latter country, and are demanding indemnity therefor. The. Liberians stoutly resist the claims and acr that they will yield only at the mouth of British cannon, which, we submit, is an entirely graceful style of yielding. The matter at present is the subject of diplomatic correspondence between tire two countries. Ireland. Gladstone has completely reversed his Irish policy. Parxeix and most of the imprisoned suspects have been, unconditionally released. Lord Lieutenant Cowper has resigned, as has also Mr. Förster, Chief Secretary for Ireland. The places vacated by these gentlemen have been filled by "men wno are in . accord with uladbtoxe's new policy, and it is predicted that peace and good-will between the Irish and English will follow this radical change in policy on the part of the Premier. It would certainly be a relief to the civilized world if such a result were now' to take place. Owing to the differences in race and religion, it has always been round necessary since the English conquest of Ireland seven hundred years ago, for the victors to govern the subjugated island, not as an integral portion of the United Kingdom, but as a conquered province. This policy ' was doubtless necessary at one time, but its countenance through long centuries of oppression has, doubtless, been dictated through a mistaken and misguided policy. As long as it is continued we shall continue to hear of Irish troubles. The more liberal and generous a government is to a depen dency or a conquered people, the easier

it will l)ö to govern1 that dependency or people. '.There k ho better example of this thäa the Dominion of Canada, which, to all intents and purposes, is almost as distinct and separate from the British Empire as this country is, but

whose people are scarcely less loyal to the imperial crown than the people of England , themselves. Coercion does not always coerce, but generous treatment and justly administered laws frequently restore tranquility, confidence andacquiesenceinan established government when, ntrW- mams have failed. There is one phase of the Irish questiou which can hardly be looked upon . m a in any other lierht than as an idle dream of enthusiasts, and that is the hope indulged by so many so-called patriots of achieving independence for Ireland. Such a conclusion of the IroEnglish troubles implies the dismemberment of the British Empire, a thing the civilized world is not yet prepared to think about even. Whether the British nowprhss rpnfhpd nrmssnd t.h r , - i ' - I zenith of its power, is a debatable question; but, unquestionably, if called upon to maintain its integrity by force of arms, there is no other nation on Earth that could oiler more powerful resist ance to. attacking foes. Besides the millions of devoted adherents in the two islands of the United Kingdom and the countless millions of Asia, the British throne has millions of loyal AngloSaxon scattered throughout every quar icgiuur, uii uuiu wim rity rally to the defense Of its political integrity. - It would seem. then, that Irish independenco is a thing hardly to be se rioosly thought of, when discussing the troubles of that unhappy country. She should have the same treatment that has made Scotland and Wales as de voted to the government as England itself. The sale of the land to the people who till it, is probably the only thing- that will bring about this good feeling; and it is what should be done. The land in every country should belong to those who till it, and Ireland should be no exception. The Situation. Now that all the Spring elections are over in this State, it is not hard to arrive at a fairly accurate conclusion as to the exact condition of things political. There have been gains and losses to both parties. In the towns and cities the Democrats have gained, and in. the country the Republicans, have Teteived accessions. The various unexpected gains and losses in the cities ill many instances have been proportionately too large upon which to base any definite conclusions. But they are ol sufficient importance to justify the assertion that whichever party carries Indiana next November, will do it by the best kind of hard work and good management. That, of course, is based on the supposition that in making up the issue iu the State conventions neither party defeats itself in advance, thus rendering a campaign unnecessary Upon a fair and square vote on the real and vital issues between the two parties, Indiana is Republican by several thousand majority. If it may be set down as doubtful, it can in no sense be called a Democratic State, for all the victories that party has won since the war, have been by pluralities, not by majorities. It will be easy for them to carry the State, however, if the Republicans are deluded into making the campaign on false issues. It, therefore behooves those who guide the destinies of the Republican party to conduct the campaign strictly on Republican principles, allowing side issues to take care of themselves as best they can. On such a basis, the party can win; otherwise, the outlook would not be highly promising. The dead bodies of De Lono and his missing comrades of the Jeannette, have been found together on the Arctic coast of Siberia, where they perished after escaping from the ill-fated steamer. It is now surmised, also, that most of the crew of the searching ship Rodgers, which was wrecked, have met the same fate. In view of the uniformly disastrous results of nearly all of the expeditions in search of the North Pole, it becomes a pertinent question whether it is not about time to call a halt in the business. ' If any practical good would result from reaching this icy goal of so vast a quantity of misdirected ambition, there might be discoverable some extenuating circumstances of common sense to justify this seeming inextinguishable mania for lengthening the already long list of victims to the Arctic frenzy; otherwise there can be none. However, there is no law to prevent dreamy millionaires and reckless enthusiasts from expending their surplus revenues and lives in, such profitless enterprises. The Spanish authorities in Cuba seem bent upon maintaining African slavery in that island in its primitive condition as long as possible. An effort was recently made by Senor Cartina, a 'well-known liberal, to establish a branch of the Spanish Society of Abolitionists, but he was prevented by the

authorities The party led by CARTiiiA has in viev'i not only the complete and immediate abolition of slavery but the bestowal upon the blacks of all the civil and political rights enjoyed by the

whites. It would seem fitting that the United States should take some action looking to the liberation of the en slaved Cubans. More than one-eighth of the people of this country are kin dred by blood to these people, and we certainly think that our government should make some peaceable effort, at least, to ameliorate their condition. They have as much right to our sym pathy and friendly offices in their be half as the Irish or Russian Jews nay, more: for they are in a worse condition. The dissatisfied victims of English and Russian despotism have the privilege, which they extensively embrace, of ex patriating themselves, but the enslaved Cuban has not that right. It would be well to divide our governmental sympathy, and put some of it where it will do Some L'OOd. which it WÜl not aC o complish in Ireland and Russia. TUE KNAPP HURDE& CASE. The Testimony Before 'the Yesterday. Gorones Indianapolis SeaUael May 11. The Coroner examined three witness. yesterday in the Knapp murder case. Fred erick Douglass, colored, testified substan tially as follows, in addition to what has beeu already giyen in the Sentinel: I live at Churchman's place. Hildreth, after the n,bt with Knapp at the barn, walked rapidly toward the house with a pistol in his hand. His eyes looked green to me, but he did not 8Jk ?P? fJS? pump, raised the pistol and fired, and said as he fired. "You I was within forty or fifty feet of him at that time. Knapp fell to the bottom of the cellar on his hack. Hildreth gave the pistol to Davis and asked him to shoot him. Davis banded it to Mrs. Jackscn. Hildreth was covered with blood when he passed me on his way from the barn to the house. His shirt was torn. He said he didn't mean to do it He helped to carry Knapp np from the cellar. Knapp had said to some one previously, "I'll show you I mean to be boss." i William Brown Lived on the farm three years; saw the luss Aionaay morning, aiso saw the removal of the collar by Knapp and .mm m m the tight that followed. Knapp toot nil dreth by the throat and hit him five or six times in the face. After the first blow Knapp drew something from his pocket and said, "Damn your heart, i ll Kin yourHildreth caught him by the hand and the knife dropped to the . floor. Krapp then struck him five or six times, asking him if he (Hildreth) would give up. Hildreth cried out. "Let meeo! Let me go!" Knapp then jumped over the manger and went to the house to wash on the blood Hildreth was bleeding badly from the nose and mouth. He called to Knapp. "Uome back here, you !" Davis and I were talking near the ice house and saw Hidreth go to the house. He was angry and I told him not to go near Knapp, but he didn't seem to hear me. I heard the report of a pistol in a few moments and saw Hildreth holding his head, standing near He said, "Look at me; I an the pump. am all tore up." lie said to uavis, "läse me reToher and choot me. Knapp was lying on the floor of the milk cellar. Knapp was not boes and had no control over anyone. Each man had to account to Mr. Jackson for his work. Knapp was a hard man to get along with. He was overbearing and wanted to boss everything. I have heard him cay, "Charlie had better not fool with me." Both men were high tempered Thomas H. Davis Was fifty feet from the barn when Brown called to me that Knapp and Hildreth were fighting. Knapp had Hildreth by the throat and was striking him in the face with his fist. Hildreth was so choked by Knapp that he could not speak. Knapp released him and started for the house. Hildreth grabbed a fork, and started after him. I said: "Give that fork, and don't strike the man with it," which he did. He then picked up an ex and ran to the door. Knapp was then about twenty feet away. I said: "Don't strike the man with that ax," and Charlie gave me the ax. Knapp went to the house. I went to the ice house. In a few minutes Hildreth Eassed by and went to the other side of the ouse, and then the shooting took plase. I said: "What do you mean, Charlie? You have killed this man." He was perfectly wild, and handed me the revolver and asked me to shoot Lim. My wife took it from me and handed it to Mrs. Jackson. Knapp died in an hour. A Queer Convict. 1 Some time since a convict in the Southern Prisou named William Farley applied to Governor Porter for a pardon, which the Governor did not grant. Yesterday afternoon a nicely dressed young fellow called on the Governor and announced himself as William Farley, at the same time saying he was the convict that had applied for a pardon, and as he had not received it he thought he would . escape from Prison and come up and look after the document. He also stated that he would return to Prison ' if the pardon was not' granted. The Governor informed him tkat he could not grant the pardon, and Farley left. Last night Warden Howard, of the Southern Prison, telegraphed Sheriff Adams about Farley's escape, and offered a rewwd for his capture, but up to a late hour this morning it bad not been effected. Thy Are Coming-. It is now a settled fact that the Seventh Regiment of New York will attend the military encampment to be held in this city July 1-6. Colonel Emmons Clarke, com manding the regiment, says: "The trip will be a pretty hard one if hot weather, as in the Centennial summer, should set in. -The project is now being voted on, and it looks as though there would be a majority in favor of the trip. The expenses have been figured down to about thirty dollars a man. Any deficiency will be made up from vhe funds of the Regiment. The programme is to leave. New York on Monday afternoon, July 3. The Regiment will arrive at Indianapolis on the afternoon of the 4tb, and go into camp for two days, leaving the camp in time to arrive home on the following Saturday." Bather Strange. 8hortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morning the watchman employed at the Tile Works, in the extreme northwestern portion of the city, found a hat and coat covered with blood lying on the porch of the office of the works. From papers found in the pockets of the coat the owner was known to be one Thomas Dailey. The police were notified of the aflair, and knowing Daily they proceeded to find him, which was not accomplished until 2 .o'clock in the afternoon, when he appeared at home with his head bandaged, lie said that Wednesday night he had been assaulted on Washington street by three men, but could not tell bow be happened tobe at the Tile Works, or where he had been from 4 o'clock in the morning until afternoon. TRACEABLE TO riHIAHS, . Loxdox, May 8. The Manchester Guardian ays the crime u traceable to the Feoian party, recruited mainly from America, who again interfered when they saw concUlation probable. It sayi there Is a desperate and malignant compi acy. limited to a amall number of persons. ' The Press Association annonnces It la enabled J to state jrorsier nas neither accepted nor been offered the office of Chief Secretary lor Ireland.

WASHINGTON LETTER. . . " - J i ' i " Acknowledgements, Retrospect ive and Obituary Remarks Concerning: Past and Present Correspondents : uf The Leader The Sellka Concert A Court I n c i d e n t Miscellaneous and Personal Mention.

Washington, D. C, May 8th. The; Washington end of .the circuit fully appreciates the handsome compliment to the Leader by. "Tousaint," oi Dayton,' (J. t and while modestly ad mitting that the editorial and Washington correspondence may not be en tirely uninteresting, still protest that the Ohio and Indiana correspondence of the paper is a very valuable feature, coming as it does from such trenchant writers as "Selwob," a classmate of other days, "Elb" "Slide" "Rue," "Voltaire," "Kush," and their vari ous confreres of the two states, not last of whom is ' 'Tousaint," of Dayton. Solomons are proverbial for their wisdom, and each week a few solid chunks from the new Buckeye star will be looked for with anxious expectation. It is to be hoped that more of the many able young men through out the Ohio valley will give voice to the knowledge that is within them through the columns of the Leader. . It is certainly a very pleasant retrospect for me to go over in my mind the early days of The Leader, when I was doing the . "Hindu" business at Terre Haute, and had to stand the concentrated cross-fire of the Evansville and Paris roosters, who were occasiona'lv assisted by the free and easy guerrilla, "Non Dum," of Vincennes, who foraged on both sides, sometimes assisting me and sometimes aiding the enemy. The Evansville roosters and myself made things so hot that we had to exchange private letters to prove to each other that we were not mad. Those were halcyon days, to use an ex pression that was original at some dim distant time in the almost forgotten past. It is quite interesting to take up the old files of The Leader and look at the various embryo Horace Greeleys and James Gordon Bennetts that have for a time had their brief say in its col umna have shot athwart its pages like a meteor across the heavens, as it were and have gone to return, apparently, nevermore. Whejicc they came, where they went, is a mystery known only to themselves. "Pedro,'' "Wraign," "Non Nolo," "Hawkeye," "Czar." "Picola," "Hack" and the balance of the Cincinnati igalaxy, together with in numeraoie omers, are rememoerea as in a pleasant dream. .They have come and gone, and others fill their places. ivna nere i mignt say with lennyson s brook, that men may come and men may g but The Leader goes on forever. By the way, another - correspondent of fragrant recollection comes to memory. I had almost forgotten to mention "T and J. ," of Terre liaute. Now this correspondent has a history, and I suppose from his non-appearance of late, he also needs an epitaph. The signature, "T. and J," always puzzled the uninitiated. They did know how to translate it, whether it was singular or plural, meant one or more than one. Now, that I suppose the erstwhile happy-go-lucky slasher who wrote under that felicitous cognomen is no more, has gone to the angels, I will take the liberty, as a friend, to decipher and interpret to the Leader world the meaning of my departed friend's peculiar signature. To begin with; men are but mortals composed of flesh, blood and bones and as such subject to many irregularities in taste and disposition. Such was my friend, "T. and J." He ate, slept, and drank ay, there's the rub he drank. Besides water, tea, coffee, pop and lemonade, he was frequently known much after the fashion of a barrel, to completely hem in and surround rthat is, to get on the outside of very liberal quantities of the distilled essence of maize or Indian corn. He liked it in its various fancy preparations, but most of all did he admire the foamy and delectable egg and juice preparation known anion? drinkers, they say, as "Tom and Jerry." And there you have the key to the puzzling signature to my seemingly . departed but doubtless sainted friend. Now, I take it for granted that he is gone hence, but shall be agreeably disappointed if he is not. Physically, he was a tough citizen, and the only way in which I can imagine that he shuffled off his end of the mortal coil, was by taking a bath in his favorite beverage, and while saturated and infatuated, internally and externally with the tempting fluid, actually fell asleep and drowned. If that be true, his epitaph should read as fellows: "Here lies nay old friend T. and J.. "Who died of two much corn whis-k." The event of the week here in amusement circles, was the madam Selika concert, Friday evening, at Lincoln Hall. The star of the occasion was assisted by the following local talent. Misses Caddie Parke and Blanch Washington, Mesdaraes Lena Miller McKinney and Anna Evans Murray, and Messrs J. W. Thomkins, W. Cole and and J. H. Benjamin. The concert was for the benefit of one of the colored military companies, and was in every respect a flattering success. The singing wasgood and the audience large ana appreciative. Madam Selika, who. I believe is a Cincinnati lady, is certainly a brilliant ornament to the musical profession. Of a beautiful olive brown complexion; rather above the medium in size and stature, handsome in person with an agreeable face thin lips and prominent nose, charming black eyes scintillating from beneath heavy dark lashes, full forehead, and all o recrowned with an abundant supply of wavy black treses, together with her cultured voice, she is peculiarly fitted to be the beautiful Queen of Song' that she1 is Macfam 81 goes to Europe shortly, where she will

complete her musical studies and alio engage in professional business.' 1 It id the sincere wish of a host of admiring friends on this side of the Atlantic, that Selika, like Dumas, Ira Aldridge, t Banneker, Douglass and others, may prove one of the avaid eourieres of that higher creative development of the Negro race which in future ages shall definitely mark its existence in the pages of history. While perhaps the fame of actors and singers

may not be so engendering as that of j. k . n.'iJ onuurs, statesmen : muiiary neroes, scholars, and philosophers, yet are they essentially necessary to round out com pletely the full history of a race, nation or epoch. And in this sense the careers of our Negro actors and singers become quite important, and all who have the native talent and ability to do anything in this line should not fail to improve as best they can their national gifts. An amusing incident occurred in the criminal court here last week during the course of two trials, which illus trates very torcibly the difference be tween big fish and little fish. A burglar trial was in progress, and one of the counsel for the accused made rather a cutting allusion to a detective who had been a witness for the prosecution. One of the friends of the prisoners applauded the thrust quite vigor ously, and tor this Judge Wiley ordered him brought to the bar of the court, and then and there sentenced him to ten days' confinement in the jail for contempt. Ihe condemned man took his place in the dock and the trial proceeded. At the conclusion of the burglar trial the Star Route cases were called. S. W. Dorsey, one of the indicted parties, was absent and Colonel Bliss of the prosecution charged that his non-production in court by the lawyers for the defense, as they had promised to do, was not only an act of bad faith, but was an actual violation of the pledged word of these gentlemen.' Colonel R. G. Ingersoll immediately sprang to his feet, and exclaimed, "ft is a lie! You are a liar!" The marshals called for order, and the Judge expressed his "regrets" at such an occurrence, and reminded Colonel Bliss that his provocation had been very great, and there the matter dropped. But at the same time during this little episode, the man who had been sentenced for ten days for simply clap ping his hands, sat in the dock evident Y keenly realizing the dinerence oi treatment meted out to him and that which the distinguished "contempters" of court received at the hands of Judge Wiley. The new anti-Chinese Bill, went to the President Saturday, and it is thought he will sign it. Mr Howard Williams, a colored man of this District, has been appointed Steward at the White House, at a sal ary of $2,000 per year. Admiral Rogers, an old Naval officer who commanded the Monitor . AVee haw ken when she captured the rebel ram Atlanta, in ßavana Harbor, and Engineer Commissioner Twining of the District, both died here baturday last. Messers Howard, Wats, Fletcher, and Walker, the Indianapolis vocalists whom I mentioned in my last letter, are. with the Anthony & Ellis combina tion, instead of Slayton & West, as I stated. A congratulatory serenade and reception was tendered Hon. J. R. Lynch, Monday evening last, at the residence of Mr. H. J. Patterson, 1532 15th St., by Mississippi Republicans and other friends in Washington. Speeches were made by Major Calkins, of Ind iana, chairman House Elections Committee, Ben Butterworth, of Ohio, Fred 'douglass, and Mr. Lynch. Among the large crowd present, were Register Bruce; Messrs Smalls and Lee, of South Carolina; Mrs. Chisholm and son, of Mississippi, together with many others. The occasion was a pleasant one, and at the close the numerous asoemblage dispersed in a very happy mood. The Sunday Item, of this city appeared last week, in a new dress and with a new title. It is now the National Item, Colonel W. R. Holoway, of the Times is in the city. I hear that Fred Douglass will visit Europe this Summer. The Tariff Commission Bill, which provides for the appointment of a commission to revise tne tariff rates, passed the House last week. The Rev. William Alvin Bartlett, of Indianapolis, has accepted the pastorate of the N. Y. avenue Presbyterian church, of this city. He preached his first sermon, Sunday last, to a large audience. It is spoken of in the highest terms by the newspapers here. The Supreme court has declined to interfere in the Sergeant Mason Case, so that the enterprising Chicago firm who have secured the services of that gentleman at a salary of $1,500, will have to wait awhile before he can enter their service. He will hardly remain in prison very long, however, after Guiteau tries conclusions with little allowance of hemp. The voiee of the country is for Mason's release, and President Arthur will doubtless pardon him at an early date. "Bettie and the Baby" have been well taken care of, but the people would like to see Mason earning nis comfortable $1,500 in the windy city of margins (wheat, corn and pork) by Lake Michigan. A most shocking double murder was committed on a vessel at a landing on the Potomac River, a few miles below this city, last Friday night. There were on the vessel the captain a colored man and a German. While the others slept, the German stole upon them and beat them in a terrible manner, from the effects of which both have since died. The object of the assassination was to obtain possession of something near a thousand dollars in possession of the captain, in which he was successful. He has not been arrested . yet. E. R. B. Before the Civil War the exports of pecan nuUrom Indianola, Ter were reported at $100,000;,. now it U estimated that the amount annually ' gathered exceeds $2,000,000 ia value.,,

THE CITY FATHERS.

A Rtport Made by the Chicago Inspection Committee. The Ordinance Taxing Saloons ' Stricken From the Files of the Council. Thi Board of Aldermen met Monday in regular session. Mr. Tucker was absent. A report from the Committee appointed to hupect the various street pavements in Chicago was received, which was as follows: To the Honorable Mayor. Board of Aldermen and Conmon Council ot the City of Indianapolis: Gentlemen Your Committee appointed to Investigate, aud if possible to determine the kind of pavement best adapted for repairing; South Illinois and North Meridian streets, will say that we have visited Chicago for the purposes stated, and have endeavored to solve the question to the best of our ability. We found In that city a wide range of opinion on the subject. Experience and science so far seems to have failed to find the desideratum, as no settled or fixed policy ha been determined upon in any of our cities. The Superintendent ot Public Improvements more particularly directed our attention to tne foUowiug kinds of pavements now in use in that city, viz: bowldered. macadamized,' Medina stone, asphalt and white cedar blocks. All of which were carefully examined by your Committee aud commented upon freely by the friends of the respective pavements. We will state in this connecuon mat woere a pavement is aesirea i there are many questions that should be fully considered such as climate of the locality. change of temperature, surface and sub-soil, purpose for which it is designed, durability and cost of construction. After weighing carefully every proposition pertaining thereto, your Committee are of the opinion that for a business thoroughfare like South Illinois street, we would recominena a pavement of carefully selected and well laid bowlders, which should not exceed three Inches in diamater, and the gutters be made of fiat stone similar to those recently put down on South Meridian stre t. After removing the old wooden blocks the street should be tilled with fine gravel and sand, so that when completed the new pavement will conform to the present grade. And for North Meridian , where a firm foundation of gravel and sand can be secured, would recommend that white cedar blocks six inches in length be used. That street being already provided with a good solid gravel foundation, it cau, with but little expense, be put lu most excellent condition for receiving the new blocks. ' None but sound blacks should be used, similar to the samples shown your Committee, aud they should be well laid so as to leave an even suiface, and then after the street has been completed it will require comparatively no expense for repairs for seven or eight years, after which time, the same care being taken for its maintenance mat is usually given to gravel or bowldered streets In your city, thi pavement will last many years longer, aud in our opinion give good satisfaction. Such a street will, in a manner, oe iree irom oust ana muu, and noise from pasiug vehicles, and in appearano creditable to your city and calculated to add value to the adjoining prop erty. Your Committee desire to state, however, that the above recommendation, as to the repairing of North Meridian street, has been made from our personal examination of pavements now i i use, out from information otherwise derive? would suggest that you give rti? consideration as to the propriety of isubstmiiii.g red cedar blocks in lieu of the whi'e ctUar, as proposed, provided they cui be obtaiuea bo as not to materially add to the cost of the pavement. We have not seen any streets paved with that kind of blocks, but are of the opinion that the red will last some longer than the white cedar, provided it is not too brittle and will withstand the wear as well. Iiso.it may give better satisfaction in the end. This Is a question, however, on which your Committee are not well advised. We will further add that we were favorably impressed with the Medina stone, asphalt and pellitler blocks for pavi g business streets, and would commend them for your careful consideration. But after ascertaining their cost were of the op'nion that the re com -mendaUon we have made, would, on the streets named, be more acceptable to our citizens and give better satisfaction lor tne money expended. Respectively submitted. E F. Claypool, Tneodore P. Hdugbey. George W. Sloaa, V. T. Malott, Henry Schnull, William liaerle, Bernard Korison aud II. E. Urew. Edward H; Dean concurred in .the above, so far as it related to North Meridian street. The Committee on Judiciary recommended, in connection with the report of citizens, in favor of the ordinance for the improvement of North Meridian street with cedar blocks. Mr. Rorison moved that the report of the Committee on Judiciary, so far as relating to North Meridian street, be adopted. The motion was passed. Mr. Hamilton voting in the negative. Mr. Rorison offered a resolution separating the items of city printing, which was parsed as read. Special ordinances were passed as follows: Bowldering Ohio street from Meridian to Illinois; grading and graveling Linden street from Orange to Pleasant Run; bowldering and curbing gutters of South street from East to Noble; grading, bowldering and curbing the gutters and widening the sidewalks of Fletcher avenue from Noble street to Cedar street; graveling the first alley south of Fletcher avenue from Cedar to Grove streets, and graveling the alley ' between Cedar and Grove streets, from Hnron to Fletcher avenue; grading and graveling the first alley west ot Illinois street from Eighth north to First; grading and graveling first alley south of Third street from Tennessee street to Illinois; grading and graveling first alley north of Fifth street from Tennessee to first alley east of Mississippi street; to improve New York street from New Jersey to East; to improve New York street from Eat to Noble. The ordinance authotizing the I., B. and W. Railroad Company to construct certain tracks within and through a certain portion of the city was then taken up and reai. Mr. Seibert moved to refer it to the Committees on Railroads and Streets and Alleys and tiie City Attorney, to report at the next meeting. This was lost oy a vote of 7 to 2. Mr. Seibert then gave notice that he would move a reconsideration at the next meeting. The ordinance passed. The ordinance to pave North Meridian street, from New York to St. Clair, with cedar blocks was passed without a dissenting vote. A similar ordinance for paving tbe roadway of Meridian street, from St. Clair to Seventh, with cedar blocks, passed. . The ordinances appropriating $1,419.45 for claims against the Fire Department; $'J90 96 for the City Hospital and branch; and $07.09 for the Station House, were passed. The claims of F. Böttcher for $43 03, for meat furnished Station House; and F. Minter, bread to same, were on motion of Mr. Seibert stricken off, as an itemized account was not given. The ordinance appropriating $273 90 for city printing, and the miscellaneous appropriation ordinance, passed. Charles Goodman and John Hunbert were granted a license, by ordinance, to carry on and exhibit a museum on South Illinois street. The Committee on Finance, Accounts and Claims, to whom was referred certain clauses in the report of the Council Judiciary Committee in regard to certain claims for erroneous assessments, etc., submitted a report which was concurred in. Various Council resolutions, motions and reports of Committees were received and concurred in. Mr. Hamilton offered a motion, which was seconded, that the City Attorney prepare and have presented to the Common Council at its next session, an ordinance providing that all through freights upon the several railroads, intended for other places and not billed or shipped for Indianapolis, shall be transferred around the city upon the Belt Road, and in no case whatever ron through the city, making it the absolute duty of the Chief of Police to enforce such ordinance and providing penalties for violation. On motion of Mr. Rorison the vote on the following motion was reconsidered: "That the Street Commissioner be directed to re?ir Market street between Delaware and ennsylvania streets, where there are dangerous chuck holes; also to repair the stone crossing on ' Washington street between Pennsylvania and Delaware streets." Mr. Hamilton moved to amend by adding "at a cost not to exceed $100," which was lost. The motion was then adopted. A motion by Mr. Layman that the Street Commissioner be instructed to lay a double stone crossing on the north side of St. Mary's street at the intersection of New Jersey. Board adjourned. The Council The regular session of the Council took place last night, with Mayor Grubbs in the chair. Tbe fees and fines collected in the Police Court for the month of April were reported by the Mayor as being $283 80. The following estimates were reported by the City Engineer and allowed: Fred Gausberg,' $345.14; R- H. Patterson, $132.61; Wm. McClintock. $97.37.

It was reported by the City Attorney that

the salts brought by the Koble-Davldsorf heirs, in font of which the city was a party have been decided in favor of the city; also, that he has prepared a deed from Mary A. Tomlinson to tbe city for the property known as the Tomlinson estate, and that the same has been executed by Mrs. Tomlinson. The reports were received and the Attorney was instructed to have the deed recorded. A report in favor of an ordinance for safety gates at tbe intersection of Noble and Mary lar d streets' was made by the Railroad Committee, and was adopted. A report was made by tne City Engineer recommending that action in the matter oi placing an iron railing ovf r the East Washington street culvert at Pogue's Run be deferred, as there is a probability of Pogue's

Run at that point being used for railway purposes, and no railing wculd be needed. The report was adopted. Ordinances were introduced as follows: For grading and paving: the north sidewalk of St. Clair street from Park avenue to Massachusetts avenue. For grading snd paying Plesant street and sidewalks from Linden to Hi id streets. For grsdint and paving the north sidewalk of Arch street from Park avenue to l'lum street. For grading and paving the west sidewalk of Pine street from St. Clair street to the first alley south of St. Clair street. For graveling the first alley west of Virginia avenue from Bmdshaw to Bncbanan street. For grading H:ll avenue and tidewalkg from Baltimore avenue to Brli kham street. For grading and graveling the second alley north of Christian avenue from liellefontaine av enue to Peru street. For grading and paving the sidewalks of Mc carty street from ast street to Virginia avenne. For grading and paviug the t-idewalu of Stephens street from East street to Virginia avenue. Ar. ordinance was introduced granting Charles Goodman and John Humbert a license to maintain a museum in the city. After considerable discussion and an amendment that no boys under the age of seventeen be admitted, the rules were suspended and the ordinance passed. It was recommended" by the Committee on Streets and Alleys that a part of the first alley north of Sixth street be vacated. The recommendation was adopted. A report was made by the Committee en Public Charities in regard to tbe Home for Friendless Women. Tbe Committee states that the Institution is well managed, but that an act passed by the last Legislature deprived it of its bet means of support The Committee recommends that a shortage of $340, which is left from last year, be made up from the city Treasury, and that 20 per cent of the gross receipts of the income from market rents be set aside for annual donations to the. institution, or that the Seller! farm proceeds be given them. After considerable discussion, which was taken part in by Messrs. Dowling, Pearson, Dean and others, the repoit was referred back to the Committee. It was reported by the select Commitfee on Garbage and the Finance Committee, which were instructed to investigate and report the propriety c f letting the contract nnj der the present gaibaje ordinance, that it was impossible for them to harmonize their views in the matter, and submitted their proposition for the consideration of the Council: (1) Shall the contract for the removal of all slops, garbage and rubbish be awarded at. an annual expense of from $11,000 to $12000 a year? (2) Shall the contract be let at an annual expense of $9,000 for the re moval of garbace and slops only? (3) Shall no contract be let and a new ordinance be pissed, requiring the citizens to remove their slops and garbage at their own expense? There was quite a lengthy discussion of the matter, but it was finally decided to defer action in the matter until the first regular meeting in June. A motion, that a bridge be erected over the canal on Wabash street, was referred to the Bridge Committee. A motion passed by the Board of Alderment that the present advertisement for sealed proposals for city printing be discontinued, and instead thereof bids he received for furnishing the city for one vparwith books and stationery and to do the necessary printing, advertising and bill-posting, and for advertising the delinquent tax list, fur any part or all of the above work was concurred in. The motion passed by the Board in regard to the bond to be given by the contractor for the North Meridian street improvement was ' not concurred in by tbe Council. A number of ordinances were stricken from the files, among them the ordinance to repeal the ordinance granting the-Mntnal Union Telegraph Company the privilege of erecting their poles and wires in this city. An ordinance was passed making it unlawful for any i-erton to point a pistol, gun, musket or other firearm at or toward any other person, whether said weapon be loaded or unloaded, and assessing a fine not to exceed $10 for any violation of the ordinance, half of the fine to go to the informer. An ordinance was referred to a special Committee, consisting of Messrs. Thalman, Morrison and Cole, requiring proper fire escapes to be provided for all large buildings. The next business before Council was the ordinance to increase the public revenues of the city of Indianapolis by licensing Telegraph Companies, the Indianapolis Brush Electric Light Company, saloons, and alLpersons selling spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in the city of Indianapolis, and wagons or other vehicles used by Express Companies doing business in this city. A motion was made by Mr. Dowling to strike the above ordinance from the-files. This was objected to by Messrs. Pearson, Thalman, Pritchard, Morrison and Ward. The motion to strike the ordinance from the files was renewed by Mr. Dowling, and was adopted by the following vote: Aves Brundage, Caylor. Coy, Dow'Irg, Egger, Fultz. Harrold, Hartman. Kewdel, Koller, Mauer, Reichwein, Weaver 13. Nays Bedford, Bryce. Cole. Cowle. Dean. Morrison, Pearson, Pritchard, Stout. Thalman, Ward, Yoke-12. The Council then adjourned. Bow Eloquent Mr. Beecher Vfat. Mr. Beecher frequently preaches a very eloquent sermon, but this fact does not prevent a regular attendant at Plymouth Chuch, who pays a very high price for hia pew, from employing the incloeure regularly as, to use the language of an indignant sister, 'a den of sleep." On one recent ocean on the pastor was un usually eloquent, rapt, inspired, and when he concluded his address the prominent and somnolent brother was absent the occupant of the next pew back leaned forward eagerly and eaid in a perfectly audible Yoico to the wife of the brother aforesaid: "There! Brother TV. couldn't have slept through that, if he had been here, could he?" What Can be Bought for a Penny. The lessees of the Alexandra Palace have provided an exhibition of the multitudinous articles which are told for a penny. Few people are awaro of the variety and excellence of the productions that can be sold for a penny. Perhaps the most marvelous is that which nowadays excites tbe least attention namely, a penny newf paper. One of the stands contains a plentifully varied example of the penny periodical literature of tbe age, daily, weekly and monthly. In the literary way, perhaps the most remarkable pennyworth is an illustrated Bevesed New Testament. The fine arts are represented by prints j colored and plain, some of them mounted in molded carbon mounts, forming a tasteful frame. A considerable proportion of the exhibits are ordinary penny packages of things in general use, such as soap, pins, seeds, starch, cosmetics, dye in powder or liquids, and toys in endless profusion. Fancy stationery is in great force, and specialties for the season, like Easter cards form a principal feature. One of the wonders of the show are the cuttlery exhibits, which demonstrates the possibility of furnishing very respectable knives and scissor, with sundry useful tools, . all for one penny. One of the mot t charming departments of the show is what may be termed tbe floricultural ttand, where button-hole bequets and bouquet-holders are dispensed. Pipes, walking sticks, kites, rani, jewelry, jugs, microscopes, sweets, sauce, photographs and a long list of things crowd tha stands on every hand There were 116 new cases of small-pox reported at the Clnclnnattl Health Office for the past week Total deaths, rUty-flye. Number oi caeesLundei treatment, stf.,.