Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL. [ARTICLE]

NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.

IndfAxapolis, March 19, 1895. The Fifty-Ninth General Assemblyof the State of Indiana adjourned sinedieone week ago last midnight, leaving an achingvoid, fractured ribs, broken heads, damaged clothes, tarnished r epu tat ions’ and abaci taste in the mouth with a great many people, as mementoes of an adjournment without precedent in the annals of this cpminonwealth. After an industrious perusal of all the journals on all sidesand in the middle of the political questions of the'day lam fully convinced that there was a “wow and a wumpus” in the Representatives’ Hall on the stroke ,6T~”midnight’s holy hour.” March 11,1895. As to the merits of the matters in dispute I find myself sadly mixed. It has been proved to my satisfaction several times that Private Secretary King tried to commit suicide by jumping out of the elevator and would have accomplished his fell design but for the earnest efforts of Representatives Adams and Boardman. Further, it® is equally clear that Custodian Griffin, armed with a chair, which he used as a bludgeon, inflicted all the physical injuries received by aH~thg injured men. He was a “holy terror” according to several accounts, and spread dest ruction and dismay on every hand. Representative Adams also was described as a gigaritic cyclone that inspired fear in the hearts of his opponents, and everything went his way when he started out to conquer. Again, it is equally clear that a mob of unnamed persons climbed oon the mahogany desks and not only lacerated their polished surfaces with their heels but by their vandalism caused Tim Griftin, the capitol custodian, to weepjn anguish at the almost irreparable injury inflicted on the beautiful furniture of the hall. Private Secretary King, in an interview at his home, last week, testified that he was not hit with fists, and flatly contradicted the story that Custodian Griffin hit hinyjyith a chair. He says the severe injuries received by him were the result of the pushing and jamming that threw him on the floor and that he was trampled upon by the mob. Altogether the episode was highly discreditable to the good name of the State. Indianapolis is poverty.-strlcken in the way of public parks, although amply provided with suitable-sites "for such pleasure grolin cis. A public sentiment in favor of an almost unlimited extension of our advantages in this regard which Las been growing for several years, culminated in a law which was passed by the Legislature at its recent session, which empowers the city-to make such improvements, and acquire such lands,, for park purposes, as are deemed advisable by a Board of Park Commissioners to be appointed by the Mayor. Mayor Denny, in pursuance of the provisions of this law, last week appointed as the first Board of Park Commissioners Messrs. Oran Perry, Frank Maus, W. H. Leedy, H. C. Alien and E. F., Claypool. The Board has not as yet organized and its work will for a time be limited in extent, only a comparatively small amount of money being available for the purposes contemplated in the act, , * * *

“Nothing succeeds like success." The Good Citizenship League of Indiana believe in this adage and at the meeting of the executive com- 1 niittee city last week selected# 1 Hon. S. E. Nicholson as chairman, vice Sqlou L. Goode, resigned, Mr. Nicholson and his bill are likely to be very popular with a large number of good people in this State for some time to come.

The State Board of Agriculture, at its last meeting, prepared plans for the State fair. The members entered upon the work with much spirit owing to the fact that financial conditions had been greatly improved by the appropriation of $lO, - 000 yearly for the premium list. Sec : retary Kennedy said that the premium list would be made more attractive than ever before. The board revised the rules somewhat as to sheep and swine exhibits. It was ■ordered that Tuesday be made an attractive day for the children,’who will be admitted free. Lem H. Wiley, who had charge of the musical programme this year, and will present a s spectacle on Tuesday of fair week called the ‘‘Living Flag,” in which he will need one thousand ♦children in uniform. The board .adopted a resolution throwing open the fair for the day to the old soldiers. The inmates of the various •benevolent institutions will i-ilso be tbe guests of the board for the day. It was decided to make Wednesday Indianapolis day and the musical ot the week. \

George Mack. who, with Bert Batley and Sadie Wyatt, were arrested on the charge Of robbing Joseph Jolly. a Tipton county innocent, an account of whose adventures I sent you last week, was sentenced to thf penitentiary for two years by Judge McC ray lof the Cri mi nal Court. A fine of $60 r the amount said to have been taken from Jolly, was assessed against the prisoner. Ba,tley atfd the Wyatt woman are in jail, and , will be tried later. The robbery occurred near the Oklahoma resort, west of the city. The Tipton county man was badly beaten up, but Mack denied that he had a hand in it. Both , Batley affd Mack have been employed I in the capacity of hack drivers by liverymen. ~ ■: • * * Last summer-affarmer riding intc town on a load of hay, was suddenly astonished to find his horse feed in flames. The load and wagon were destroyed before., the department could reach the. scene. A similar unaccountable conflagration occurred last week. A wagonload of mattresses going to Clune's lounge factory caught fire at the corner of Delaware and South streets and was destroyed, The origin of the fire is a mystery. The driver was not aware that anything was wrongs until some one on tlie street called out that the wagon was on fire. He turned and saw the flames shooting up from the rear of the wagon. Stopping the horses, he shoved the mattresses into the street. The fire department was summoned, but before the department arrived the inflammable material had been destroyed. The wagon and team were not injured. The loss was about $25. *** - • . • The campaign for the city election next fall may be said to have already commenced. It seems a little early, and it will. not surprise me if some of the incipient booms are killed by the spring frosts. Mayor Denny emphatically announces that he is not to bei cbnsidered as a candidate for re-election. A good many people say such an announcement is altogether superfluous at this time on account of the Mayor’s famous letter advocating the whipping post for tramps. Probably no utterance of any public man was ever made the subject of such universally adverse criticism. I have yet to see the first journalistic endorsement of the Mayor’s sentimentson that subject, while columns of condemnatory extracts have been printed in all the city papers. The? candidates for the honor, however, will be quite numerous enough. Preston C. Triisler, on the Republican side, is the most prominently mentioned as; a probable nominee. Mr. Truster is at present City Controller and is known as a thoroughly competent man for almost any position. Sterling R. Holt, at present County Treasurer, and John W. Holtzman, ex-Prosecuting-Attorney, are mentioned for the Democratic nomination. Both gentlemen are well qualified and stand high in the estimation of their political associates. A strong influence will be brought to bear on the conventions of both parties to secure a candidate pledged to what is termed a “wide open” policy. What this will result in I am unable to predict at present, * * *

Fifty members of the W. C. T. U. State Executive Committee were present at the mid-year meeting, he'd at the Denison House, Thursday afternoon. 'Mrs. M. A. Thompkins, of Elkhart; Mrs. Grace Wirt, of Monticello; Miss Mary Hadley, of Bloomingdale; Mrs. L. M. Crist, of Thorntown, and Mrs. Helen Sherfey, of Brazil, were appointed, delegates to the World’s Convention, to be held in London in June. The State convention will be held in aViqpennes in October. Reports showed that much of the debt of the Hadley Industrial School had been raised. * * *

Grapevines, blackberries and raspberries must be attended to in winter. The grapevines should be trimmed while the winter is cold, and before the sap begins to flow. The old wood of blackberries and raspberries should be cut away, cleared off and burnt. Th’e blackberry borer should be looked after by cutting out all canes that have been attacked, and burning them. Window plants and flowers become infested with plant lice and disease duping winter. The remedy is to wash the plants with clear water. using a soft sponge. Then wash in a solution made by boiling an ounce of quassi chips in a quart ol water. This should be done twice a week. Sprinkle air-slaked lim e around the Diants. There are several prepared remedies which can be obtained of any seedsman. There can be no profit in lambs or sheep where you are feeding a lot of ticks; not that the latter require so much to keep them, but ‘because they prevent the former from profiting from their food. They worry their appetites away from them.