The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-02-03
PERSONAL.

LII uNo years VI OinCoJ OiouooshO AoS VI
ed 45 peers.
The Boston Post says Changes last words
were 'just SIAM"
II is Morrison Reinjch Waite. (No puns
allowed on the name.)
"Gone aloft" is what an exchange heads
an article on the death of Parepa.
Ohio had Ben Wade long time ago, but
this is the first time the country has ever
known her Waite.-Syracuse Courier.
Ex- Governor Henry A. Wise continues
very i'll. The carbuncles with which he is
afflicted are enlarging. -Richmond Wing.
Mrs. Sarah AldridGe, the reputed widow
of Tom Sayers, the pugilist, was recently
fined, in London, for neglecting the educa.
ton of her children.
"Gath," also called George Alfred Town
send, is the happy father of a young Gath.
Which he weighs ten pounds, and is called
Ralph Gath Townsend.
Senators Schurz and Fenton, and Governor
Ingersoll, of Connecticut, are among those
who will be at Meriden. Conn, on February
3. at the celebration of Greeley's birth day.
The British settlers of Virginia. are pre-
pairing to celebrate the birthday of Queen
Victoria, May %. in Richmond, with a ban
Quet at which Sir Edward Thornton is to be
asked to preside.
Wilkie Collins has been obliged to aban-
don his intended trip to the Pacific coast, as
he can not stand long railroad rides. He
will begin giving farewell" readings in
New England soon.
Baron Schlozer, the German minister, pro-
fesses an unconquersble objection to wearing
gloves, but wears them nevertheless. 1t is
the style of his people to handle diplomatic
questions without gloves.
Elk Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, has
been installed president pro tenn. of the
Chicago University, TO which he is only to
give one day in the week. But he is ex-
pected to do much in that time.
Agassiz's small handwriting, (which
seemed unnatural in so broad and impul-
sive character" says a geographical writer,
was the result of early necessity. On the
backs of old letters, aud on odd scraps of pa
per, h. copied, as closely possible, many
volumes which he needed, but which be
could not buy.
The party recently returned from Wash
ington, who had an audience with President
Grant, state that he appeared to be in the
best of health and spirit, and thoroughly en-
gagged in business, leaving but little time to
be devoted to society. He didn't seem to be
annoyed at the rejection of Williams and
Cushing Mrs. Grant is not receiving at all
this season.
n. n. Smith, who owns Goldsmith Maid,
Lucy, Lady Ihorne. Socrates, Tattler, Jay
Gould, General Knox, Hotspur and num-
Der of other celebrated trotters, has lately
suffered heavy reverses, and discharged
William II. Doble, the well known and able
trainer and driver, and B. Jackman, his for
mer superintendent, and will now exercise
personal supervision over his stock farm in
Trenton, New Jersev, in order to reduce ex-
penses.
A beautiful southerner called upon Sher-
man recently, to obtain some evidence from
him concerning a cotton claim she - prose-
cutting. "How many children have you,
MADAME" demanded the general. 81 have
six; have had nine" "Then." answered
the general, deciseively, "you had better stop
bunting up cotton, and go to Grant and tell
HIM I say to pension you. ANY woman
who has had nine children, and looks as
young and handsome as you do, deserves a
pension"
Treasurer Dickson, of the State Board of
Agriculture, has sold the $4,000 of State
Board five year ten per cent bonds, author
lied to be issued at the late session of the
board, to Baltimore house, at par less the
usual commission. Bankers consider the
terms of sale advantageous. The bonds are
expected to arrive from Laporte to-day, and
viii be Immediately forwarded to Baltimore.
The proceeds will probably be deposited in
an Indianapolis bank bv the 5th proximo,
when the liquidation of floating claims
against the exposition managers will be COM
menced.
G. NJ. d. Bloss, the fearful penlnan and
heavy editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer for
so many years, has retired from that paper,
with which he has been connected since 1912
There is sorrow in some quarters, but COM
positors rejoice. His "hand write' was
most fearfnlly and wonderfully made. 1t is
said there were only two or three compost
tors In the Office who could set his manu-
script, and it was a standing joke to give a
new compositor some of Bloss' manuscript
One man who went to work at the Enquirer
Office for the first time was given a "take'
of this copy, which he took to his case, and
after studying at it for long time, came
back to the foreman with the meek request,
'just tell me which end of this thing to be.
gin at"