The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-10-07
WISE AND OTHERWISE.


The height of impudencs Is said to be the
length OF book agent.
The Northwestern AssociationTof Under
writer's will meet In St. Louis next year.
Civil Rights: Mr.. Frinkley (white) and
Mr.. Favor (colored) will be hanged to one
beam in Georgia next month.
Gen. John d. Crofton, late adjutant gen.
eral OF Kansas, has been arrested for alleged
forgery in connection with war claims.
The Tichborne claimant, who was "just
alive" year ago, now tips the scales at $780,
and makes shoe brushes as well as If he had
learned the trade years ago.
Ex-Minlster Bancroft VIII spend the win
ter in Washington If bis health continues to
improve. otherwise be will go to Florida for
the months of January and February.
Captain Eads' wonderful jetties did no
suffer from the great storm In the gulf
And jetty is not happy. He thinks ne needs
another government subsidy.
A gentleman ma ed Snow torbids any one
Trusting his wife, California. California was
probably Of tor sunny a temperament to
endure q continuous Snow storm.
Missouri got mad and grew a cucumber
that beats the Boston cucumber.
That's right. This great West can't allow
any Pnritanic cucumber to climb over it.
The young ladies of Ssndusky will go out
sailing if asked 10, but they just know their
business. They tie bags of shot to their feet,
so as to drown IN decent style if the boat mp.
sets.
A youth eighteen years old was scourged
with thirty lashes in the presence
Of his iellow-prisoners in the Toronto Jail,
on Tuesday, Tor an Indecent assault upon
little child.
A pile Of Michigsnders are preparing to
leave this beautiful valley and remove to
Florida, where plug tobacco is way up and
funeral PROFESSIONS ara never over thirteen
mule teams long.
A story is floating around that Henry c..
Bowen paid some of his old debts which no
one expected him to pay. II any one ex-
poets By snis statement to open tho Beecher
scandal sgain he is mistaken.
a Providence editor gave years sub
soripti0n to his paper for watchdog, and
if boy hadn't come along with a shotgun
the editor would have made just half a meal
for The animal he tried TO lead homs.
There Is a period in every boys life when
he's too small to carry a handkerchief and
not big enough to wear coat tails, and If he
is caught wiping his mouth on the shed
door no sensible parent will raise q fuss
shout 1t.
A Danbury mother has determined to
IEOW1 OOW1 sUcQ excessive IOllY II
fashion as striped stockings and the Ike
She says her son "5hall not keep company
with any girl who makes a barber-pole OF
her logs"
When an Indiana farmer will take off hi,
collar and use it to write down the errands
his neighbors want him to do for them il
town no one can trutbfuilY say that til,
world Is degenerating in generosity DE
tFoit FREQ Press.
Mr.. Chllds never wrote anything more
sad and touching than the following tender
effuEion:-
While smoking on powder-keg
He dropped cinde, down,
To wear the golden crown.
Gone to meet the fellow VINO struck the glycer
ine-can with @ sledge-hammer.
Mr.. Watson, the American astronome
vino had charge of the mission to Picking t,
observe the transit of Venus, was in Pari
on the Sth inst. He spent an evening at tn
Observatory with NJ. Leverrler, and wa
present at one of the sittings ofthe Academy
Mr.. Watson has the honor of having dis
covered more asteroids than any other con
temporary observer.
At the banquet of the veterans of tn
Mexican war in San Francisco, one of TIT
speakers said that General Taylor did no
say, "a little more grape, Captain Bragg,
but, "Csptsin Brsgg, it is better to lose
battery than battle" Thiswas In repl,
when General Bragg dashed hurriedly up
saluted the general, and reported: General
shall have to fall back with my battery o
lose it."
Some Chicago hoodlums, learning tn
other night that q wedding was taking pIac
in the neighb0rhood, concluded to treat tn
guests TO a charivari. After footing an
drumming TOR some time, and failing to al
tract any particular attention, they sent in
formal demand for beer or money. Failin
to get anything better than few kicks, the
sent for reiniorcements and commences
again. The father of the bride then went {
the door and addressed them with a revol
yer, whereupon they all dispersed save one
and he was subsequently carried of on
shutter.-N. Y. Sun.
A free bridge is usually considered q put
lie blessing, but they do not take that viev
Of It in Peoria, Ill. 1t being proposed I
make the bridge free there across the Illino
river, woman and housekeeper enter
her protest. "What will we do" she say
with our Migrants, scamps, and scalawae
In general II we have free bridge?" Nov
1t seems, these worthless are sent across tt
bridge to rid the city OF them. Not havin
any means to pay toll back, they stay pJ
out; but with q free bridge they would
back again. Wherefore the cry in Peori
ts. NO free bridge until we get q worl
houser'