Locomotive, Volume 8, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1849 — Page 2

she can speak for herself, and her Brother-in-law will stand at her back, for this was not what I started out to say," my object was to tell you to keep the little Loco agoing 'till I get the chance to right up matters a little about this City. Yes sir, I'll show the Doctors how about their big charges, and from them I'll take in all sects, and kinds, and parcels of folks, even to that fellow who keeps that big old

Daddys garden ; never mind I'll have all right, city Council and all, and them are lamps burning beside before next fall, and I don't know if may not have the audacity to attack Doctor They Say, nurse, specific and all. - But gracious goodness, I'm mighixr Cyn',A f . 1 1 U T.. K.J ... j. V . I .

i.jr nm.ui ciu , iuiuv wueu ji v imu io iaKe mat concarned stuff, how I have suffered." I hurt all

over now, just thinkinon it. But 1 must stop, this artirlp will hn an lnnnr nA hnAir i.rllt V..i

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j - v..w nijr uaic iui iic uses such big words I am afraid of him Yours, Tom. Mr. Editor. I have been thinking there is one practice in our community that should be looked at more closely by our citizens ; we sometimes see a funeral procession on our streets, bearing away some of our friends to their last home, from classes of every Grade in soeietv. Rut wr rlr nnt tvrnir r

the exnensfi of Rlir.h n train na thia "Pm. fUcr. U

j " who. jl yj L IUUOO mat remain of some familes, it would make but little difference as to the ordinary amount, but then we must know that there are many not only left to mourn the loss of friends, but are left in a destitute situation, yet they pay, no matter how much may have been the' expense, for it is a delicate matter, and would be thought paying but little resoect for

the dead to refuse to dime over. It makes no difference to the " Undertaker" how "much may be the cost, or what may be the circumstances ; and in fact they cannot find out the circumstances of their customers. But it should make

amerance with us, for when we see one of our number taken from us, by the ruthless hand of death, should we not turn out with carriages, those of us that have,' and curtail the expenses of the poor, and not have the 'Undertakers' go to the stables, and hire a procession of horses and carriages, that the " community" may pay the tribute of respect to the deceased. " We look through a glass darkly" if we see no wrong there. In this I want tqjsee a reform, for who, or how many of the poorer class, can at all times pay the sum of twenty to thirty dollars. Now if we can spare, the time to attend the funeral services, we have time to harnass the horse. All that die leave friends behind to live. ' P. It will do" no harm to remind our citizens of their duty in this respect, but we think they have, in nearly all cases, done their duty; as the long line of private carriages at the funerals Will testify. The reason why this practice is not more general, is because the death is not known out of the immediate circle of friends until the funeral is seen on the street if a few dollars was spent in funeral notices, the number of private carriages at each funeral might easily be doubled -Ed.

Messrs. Editors. A few weeks since I noticed an article in your paper calling the Marshal's attention to the carcass of ahorse, near the-very heart of the city, that was eaten up by the hogs. The bones were removed soon after your notice of them. T wniil1 Who - i .c ,l t

- .,v.. ...vv, vv vHinug auiciiuon oi inai oincer, the city council, and the public, to the carcass of a cow that is now undergoing the same process, and within 30 yards of the same place. The hogs will soon leave little but the bones to be car

ried off, unless it is done immediately. I am credibly-informed that the Marshal was notified that it was there, and I know it is not removed. Why is it ? Can - you tell ? Can anybody tell why that officer will not do his duty ? He certainly receives the pay for doing what the law requires of him, and this point is particularly specified. Is he not receiving money from us tax payers without an equivalent, by thus allowing our streets and alleys to be the depository of dead animals, to pollute and corrupt the air, and bring on sickness and death ? Is he not grossly violating his duty as marshal s Are not the Council responsible for the acts of this man, and should he not at once be removed to give place to a man that will do his duty ? 1 leave these questions with the public to answer, but I pledge myself to vote for no Councilman that will support a-marshal that will permit animals thus to rot under our very noses let every man do this and we will have law, decency and good order enforced. - Yours, , T.

Messes.1 Editors can Truth tell who attended the Beast Valley concert. - Buffalo Tongue. ;

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

TO CONTRIBUTORS AND CORRESPONDENTS. P- The hit about that " far.tnrv" lima trnnrl ne

i fully appreciated it, and would freely have givczit

t piuoc, vuc mai me aangerous illness, at the time, of a near friend made it, in our opinion, rather out of place we fully expected to announce the death of that friend in that No. , Do you see? C. H. B. Centre ville. The article you allude to has not been received by us. .., If it had, it. would either have been published, or our reasons for declining it given in this place. J. S. Pt. Commerce. Tie geographical enigma is incorrect in many particulars, so much so as to prevent its publication. .

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City Council. We are glad to see that the citizens in the different wards are agitating the subject of the next Council, and are beginning to feel that it is for their moral, religious and pecuniary interesUohavc good men men that they can trust and place confidence in. This is the right spirit; it is the only way to get a good Council. Let the nominations be made at an early day ; let all sectional and personal interests be laid aside, and let every man act and vote for the good of the city, for in this we are all interested. v By the way, we would like to know what has become of the city property? Can any body tell? Last year the city owned some lots near the West Market house that were sacrificed, sold for a mere song ; the very Council chamber is papered throughout with executions and attachments, and all the property the city owns, that was bought by the taxes raised from every citizen, will go, unless the reins orgoverment is put into the right kind of hands. Put men into office that are trustworthy, and this will not be the case.

rucks. We see every day flocks of Ducks, Geese andTigions flying north. It must be a fine time now for sportsmen. ,

Railroad Meeting. On Saturday evening, at an early hour, a large number of citizens "met at the Court House to discuss the propriety of admitting a track to be laid within the city proper The meeting was organized by calling William Sullivan to the chair,&and appointing Isaac Smith secretary. Mr. Butler offered a resolution, saying, in substance, that the city should allow the railroads to have a common track round the city through N. S. E. and W. streets, and that no tracks should be permitted within these limits. - He made a speech at some length, giving his ideas of the benefit that would result from measures of this kind. The Depots would be located on or near these streets, and the cars from any road could traverse them at pleasure, thereby virtually making the depot for each road a common depot, as the business man would deliver and receive his goods at the depot nearest his house. Mr. Maguire offered an amendment, that each section of the city should act for itself in this matter; he was not interested, but would like to leave it with property holders to say whether a road should run through their street or not. Mr. Bolton sustained the amendment. He enlarged on the skill and ingenuity of man, and thought that Sheet's block was designed by nature and by nature's God, for the location of Depots. Mr. Sheets was of the same opinion. He was decidedly opposed to the resolution, as it would exclude the cars from his " natural" depot. He enlarged on the motives of Mr. Butler, and others in his part of the city; that land Worth $50 before would increase to $300, and that " South Pendle. ton" lots had risen in value. He spoke of the ben-, efits resulting to the villages of Baltimore and Philadelphia by the railroad running through their towns; described the process of taking canal boats on railroads, thought the same principle might be applied with advantage to some of our large warehouses. Thought we should show a spirit of accommodation to the railroads, or they would pass round the city. His remarks were pointed, and particularly about the disinterestedness of Mr. Butler, ( who owned a farm) and others near the Depot of the Bellefontaine road. Qov. Wallace stood up for the dignity of his part of town ; considered' all depots small fish, that must be swallowed up by the Bellefontaine, and ridiculed the idea of taking that depot down by the graveyard. He cared little where other depots were located" give us the Bellefontaine, and they must come to us." His speech was interspersed wilh cutting remarks and good humor, so that the faces of his audience were long one moment, and broad the next he stood up for the dignity of his end of town, and for the Bellefontaine Depot. Mr. Bolton followed, and then Mr. Butler, who disclaimed any interest other than the good of the city. He brought forward " the Locomotive" as a sufficient argument against Mr. Sheets. Mr. Sheets related a tale that had peculiar similarity to Gov. Wallace's ideas. A man bought a prize ticket in a lottery, No. 2538, and so wrapt up was he in his lottery scheme, that his answer to every question was 2538 that the Governor was so bound to his end of town that his every remark was "the Bellefontaine depot 2538." The future prospects of, the city were discussed both