The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-06-30
GENERAL NOTES

Taere are 800 Polish families living in New
York city. most of whom belong to the
poorer class
Lawrence Barrett has achieved a grand
triumph at Boston. both as Richelieu :and
Hamlet. He is ranked next to Salvini by
the press ofthe "Hub."
The Senate has passed the bill approp ria
ting about 81, 100000 to pay claims allowed
by the southern claims commission. The
claim of Mr.. Bailey, OF louisiana, was al
lowed.
1t is reported that Mr.. George William
Curtis and Colonel T. w. Higginson have
consented to stump the state of Michigan
in favor of the woman suffrage clause in the
new constitution.
Church choir salaries in Cincinnati run
from $500 to $500 per year for organists; for
soprano singers. from $3.50 to $500: for ten
ors, from $3.50 to $500; for contralto and bass
singers, from $500 to $500.
The Rev. II. w. S. Packard, acting pastor
OF the Congregationalist church in Boylston,
Mass, has been accused of preaching other
minister's sermons and of forging a certifi-
cate of ordination in the Methodist denomi-
nation, from which he withdrew to the Con-
gregationalists.
Scribner's monthly has gained quite a
success in England Judging by the commen-
dations of the press. The publishers have
taken considerable pains to introduce sub
iects of an English character, and have also
established agencies in that country for the
sale OF their magazines.
Dispatches from Europe speak of the con-
tinuation of the famine in India. Rations
are somewhat irregularly issued to 3,50O,OOO
natives, and many have died before assist
1rFTlh DFClG Of ia hat
crops of the season will yield but poorly,
and still greater distress is expected to pre-
vail during next winter.
''South and West; or Winter in the Rocky
Mountains,n is just out in England. The
author is the daughter of Canon Kingsley
who is at present in this country. The
London Times describes it as zone of the
most fresh and pleasant, and in some respects
the most original, volumes of travel that has
perhaps ever fallen from young lady's
pen."
At the fourth national saengeriest at Cleve-
land this week the following artists are il
the program: Nine. Lucca, Mr.. Carl Berg
mann and the New York Philharmoni,
Orchestra and there is an abundance o
'strong" music, in which Beethoven, Schu
mann, Wagner, List, Schubert and Weber
are largely represented. The chorus viii
number about 200.
Queen Victoria not only countenance:
dancing, but she takes part in it herself
While at the Balmoral Castle in ScotlanC
she attended ball, and danced with Primo,
Albert and Prince George, sons of the Primo
OF Wales, and afterward took part in a rec
with John Brown. her attendant. and witt
Donald Stewart, her 9 me keeper. This il
the first time the queen has danced since tn
desth Of the Prince consOrt.
couple living in Wilmington, North Caro-
lima. It's form and features are perfect up t
the bridge of the nose, the chin, mouth an'
nasal organ being not only well formed, bu
really handsome in their symmetry and gen
eral appearance; but, commencing with tn
eyes, the race and head has the appearance
of an animal, more resembling white bea
than anything else of the animal species.
At the convention of the aboliticnists il