The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-10
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Greek was not taught at Oxford until after
the reformation. hgt -ela
Michelet contracted his mortal disease
during the siege OF Paris.
Raron Never de Rothschild left tritiing
fortune of SIS, OOO, 900 in gold. T
Miss Emily Faithful pays warm tribute
to Mr.. Greeley in her lectures.
DIR. Strauss left two works unfinished,
life of Leasing and life of Beethoven.
800. xo,o,ical Garden is to be established in
connection with the university Of California.
The town of Bedford has acolossal bronze
statue of John Bunysn, gift Of the Duke
of Bedford. ID
The duke of Edinburgh gets ss75.OOO in
cash with his bride, and receives soO,VOO a
year besides. ras'
superintendent Hopkins has recovered
from his sickness, and has resumed Ms
usual duties.
Mrs. E. Cady stanton calls the praying
,,,o,,o,, a ,oob and dosen't believe in that
sort of thing.
General Slocum of Cincinnati, is suPerin-
to,d;no the manufacture of iron for the
Rockport railroad.
Lambert Quitelet, founder and director OF
the Brussels observatory, died February 10,
in his 18th year.
Turkey has man in England arranging
for the building of a small monitor OF the
Devastation pattern.
Miss Jewell, the daughter of the American
minister is astonishing the Russians by her
.dexterity on skates.
Castle, the tenor, hopes to regather the
English opera company and carry out the
abandoned plans of the Rosa's.
The Rev. Miss Olympia Brown, of Bridge
mort. Connecticut, retains her own name
by a special snte-marriage contract.
The temperance society of New York is
constantly receiving heavy orders for books
and tracts from all parts OF the country.
Ex-President Baez, by the advice of coun-
sci, refuses to give bail in the Hatch case,
and remains in charge Of the deputy sheriff
at his hotel.
Governor Bramlette wants his lottery
ticket holders to send delegates to Luisville
on the 2Oth who shall make preparations
for a drawing on the 3lst.
The Hon. George II. Pendleton knocked
a Columbus hackman down one day last
week. One vote less at the next natlonal
-convention.-Courier Journal.
Mr.. F. E. Engle has been promoted to the
position of cashier in the Vandalia freight
office, in this city, in the place OF w. ID.
Engle who has gone into the coal trade.
Mr.. Elisha H. Allen, the chief judicial Of
ficer and chancellor of the Sandwich Islands,
is at present in New York, but will imme-
diately hasten home on account OF the death
of the king.
Mrs. Lvermore commenced lecture at
Big Rapids, Michigan, at the hour of 1880
P. NJ. and concluded just before midnight
Her train had broken down on the road, but
the audience was willing to wait.
The Hon. John NJ. Francis, late minister
to Greece, wants to aid the temperance cause
by substituting light wine for liquors of a
more ardent nature. This opinion Is the
result of his investigations abroad.
Judge Platt, of Brooklyn, has sustained
the excise commissioners in holding that ale
and beer come under the general description
of Intoxicating liquors, and had admHted
their Jurisdiction to revoke license for SELL
ing beer on Sunday.
The Rev. S. X. Beecher says, in view of
the manner in which the law is admins
tered: SIT is extremely difficult to commit
the crime of murder in such an accurate
and honest way that it shall satisfy the spec
ifications of the statute. Unless the would
be murderer take legal counsel beforehand,
and follow instructions infinitely, he will
fail nine times in ten, however sincerely he
may try ANYBODY can kill man, but he
cannot do it in first degree murder style
without counsel and care"
Here is a string of charges against the
managing editor of Senator Harlan's Wash
ington Chronicles: That he is a son-in-law
of Justice Miller of the supreme court; that
he is clerk of the United States district
court of Iowa; that he draws his pay reg
ularly every month as such official, taking
an oath as required by law every month
tina! he has discharged the duties of the
office; and that his brother is deputy clerk,
and discharges the duties OF the office, and
draws salary therefor.
In a recent address, Marshal Mcmahon an
nounced his purposes in this fashion: On
the 18th of November last the national as
sembly committed to my keeping the SUI
preme power for the space Of seven years.
1t is my duty to see that this SOY ereign de-
-cisia1 IS carried into 3xesution, Be tranquil,
therefore, ca that head. For seven years L
shall knox howl cause tho present legally
established order of things to be respected.
Public confidence can not be restored, it Is
true, by DEGREES; but my acts shall be OF a
nature to command its restoration.
A Chicago paper tells how Thomas gave a
lessen in manners, at a recent concert. The
first piece on the programme was partially
performed to an accompaniment of rustling
silks and creaking patent-leathers. The
ushers had Deen given strict orders to seat
no one during the progress of number, and
the disturbance was increased by destroyer
Gus fashionables, who persisted in pushing
down sisles and comparing the empty chairs
with the numbers on their coupons. But
Just as the orchestra was passing into the
aDdante Mr.. Thomas wrapped vigorously
with his baton on the stand before him, and
whirling face to the front, exclaimed indIg-
nantly: "This cannot be; / cannot play
1t simply amounts to necess ity with us,