The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


The newsboys Of Chicago have just had
'Home" dedicated to them.
An estate at Woolvich, Eng, leased to the
crown for 9s9 years. mas just been surrend-
cred to the representatives of the lessons, the
lease having expired.
The members of the Illinois legislature
are wrsngling on the amount of money
needed to quell and put down the trouble IN
Williamson county.
Two of the cadets at Annapolis, Hood, of
Alabama, and Welton, of South Carolina,
amused themselves by beating the colored
cadet, Baker. They will probably be dis
missed.
The story of "The Big Bonanza" launched
at Dsly's last week, according to the New
York Tribune, involves itself without any
cause, and is Strengthened out at the end
without any reason
A telegram from st. Petersburg says that
As parishes of the Roman Catholic Bishopric
of SedlesA Poland, containing SO, 900 In
habitants, with the whole of their clergy,
have Joined the Greek Orthodox Church.
President Eliot. of Harvard. has just sug
gested in his annual report the acceptance
of a years study of French and German as
an equivslent for the years work in Greek
now required OF candidates for admission TO
college.
Perhaps one ought not to mention such
things, but it's bard to keep from thinking
how different the history of this country
might have been if Ulysses s. Grant, BeDja-
min F. Butler and Henry Ward Beecher had
been born Tls.-Courier-Journal.
In the recent snow storm favorite breed
ing eve of the Cheviot class, belonging to
Mr.. Elliot, of Hindhope in England, was
imprisoned in the snow for a month. Not
Withstandng this long imprisonment, the
eve when recovered was alive, and is now
doing well.
One hundred and ten years ago there
wasn't white man within the entire terri
tory at present embraced by the state of
Kentucky. What changes a century can
make! Now there are thousands of white
men there and most of them have red noses.
Brooklyn Argus.
The money from the sale of the great pic.
lures contributed by French artists for the
benefit of their brothers I'm Chicago, after the
fire. still remains in the hands of the COM
mittee. Issmounts to about $50. 900 accord
ing Go communication from an American
artist to the New York Times.
A Milford, N. a., boy was charged with
stealing gold pen, pleaded guilty, and was
sent to the reform school. A young girl has
since been detected stealing from the same
store, and the identical pen which tho boy
was said to have stolen was found in her
possession. Toe boy is to be pardoned.
The st. Paul Pioneer and the Dubuque
Herald publish the names of those who at
tend the can-cau in those cities, which is a
species OF can-can journalism.
Ten little indians standing in row.
scalp the tickets SO close the hair can't grow
Nine little agents cutting do wn the rate,
Offer bonus to carry your freight.
The late Hammatt Billings, who was an
architect, artist and builder, once objected to
the quality of some bricks. "What do you
know of bricks?" asked the contractor, who
added: al have dealt In the article Tor twenty
five years." Billings quietly replied: "Did
It take you twenty-five years to learn the
quality of bricks?"
The clause In the civil marriage bill o.
Germany, by which marriages are only lega
when performed by state official, was
passed in the German parliament by 1874 to
81 votes. By another provision OF the bill
the clergy can not be registrars. A clause
has been added empowering the various
federal governments TO put the law in force
ifthey so desire, before January l, 1876.
An ambitious lady writes from Iowa, in
an almost illegible hand, to inquire how
much it will cost her for the Chicago
Tribune edtorially to indorse the following
Miss Augusta Moore, the lecturess Is quite
Young; Possesses fine mental culture; Few
iaoies now on the stage equal her and, none
surpass her, she is the Jewel of the stage"
Some OF the reporters tell about Beecher'
internal frenzy, and purpling face and glar
ing eyes, and twitching necktie, but these