The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-16

pradvalI,z hill 20 authorize the governor 70
appoint women to the othce oil rotary puDhc
was also taken up. He said that as tne laws
now permitted women TO De scnool , ,lHS. 49,;
il would be well to permit them TO noid ,n ,,5
Office also A motion to recommit the ciil
To the judiciary committee was lost, ana the |
bill passed by vote of 80 to ".
A New York dispatch says: That poem of
Tilton's, with the French refrain, read by
Mr.. Evarts, has excited some fen and more
comments. One reporter in Brooklyn had
hard time in mastering the trench lne:
"Aimer, Aimer, c'est a vivre." Inc re-
porter understood that the poem was
tribute to Aimee" of opera boute fame,
and he rendered it after this fashion:
"Aimee. Aimee, saint of eve." The re-
uorter's engagement with his paper termi-
mated that night.
A calculation of the effect OF slight
gratuity on a hotel or restaurant waiter
comes out something as follows: Three
cents-slighsbo apt to inspect coin as II
expecting it TO change into something
larger Five cents" 'bliged." Six cents
/ sthank you.S Tel cents-"Thank you,
colonel" Fifteen cents-"Thank you, gem
eralp Twenty cents-Low bow, flourish OF
napkin. formula as above. Quarter-PrO-
found bow, slacriiy to find hat, feint TO
brush It with elbow, door held open.
Miss Martha hobart, daughter of Jesse
hobart, living a couple of miles south of
Nashville, Barry county, Mich, died on
New Years day. at the age of twenty-five
years. She was the largest woman in that
/ part of the country, If not in the state. just
one year before she died she weighed SS7
pounds, and at the time of her death
weighed, it is estimated, leo pounds more.
Her coffin was feet 3 inches long, feet
wide. and 2l inches deep. The casing OF the
fVsn
made through the window to allow the
coffin to pass through, and 1t couldn't De set
in a sleigh-box. Ten strong men acted as
pall-bearers.
Snatehes OF the intellectual conversation
of the three gushing Harvard freshmen at
the Howard Athen@um Saturday night:
800 YOU know Slimkins, '79?-O, yes; tall
chap; regular dig.-Made dead rush yes
ierday.--Jones. 'S4, had bad head and cut
the Prex.-Ah, there's a limb for you, now!
DO you know her2-Certainly; paints
some, bur not bad.-SOldene? Yes, I'm
going TO get on as a supe at the Globe next
week. SOS to get round the girls.-Are you
though? CAD! Pm with you. know the
captain of the supes. Cheeky, but prime
cuss.-Flunk - fiZzle - rush -sophs-damu
good leg-let's go out and take something.'
Boston Globe.
A correspondent thus refers to the origin
OF the disgraceful vendettas in Southern Hi
nois: The original trouble began at game
OF cards in grocery. near Carbondale, sew
eral years ago. Young George Bnlliner and
Fielding Henderson fought, and young
Henderson was pretty badly beaten by his
antagonist. Henderson retired discomtitted
but, being of a bitter and vindictive nature
swore he would have revenge, and. it is said
threatened unless Bulliner left that part OF
the country to shoot MIN in his field If be
! went sthere to work. Rumor has it that
he concealed himself in a tree on the Bull
ner farm where George Bulliner was plow-
ing. and as he approached leveled his gun al
him and ordered him to sing, whistle and
dance, on pain of death. Young George
complied through necessity, and Henderson,
after repeating his order to George to leave,
: departed.