The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-22
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

tion. His real name was Lewis J. H Bob |
meter.
Carroll Tilton, son of Theodore Tilton |
was badly injured at Washington, Conn.,, |
where he is at school, on the 9th of July, by |
fireworks.
A mosquito, buzzing around where a
young lady was singing; "Come to me in
beautiful Dreams" said ne would provided
there was no bar.
The Rev. Henry Morgan, OF Boston, offers
$500 for the best ESSAY on "Why Men Don't
Go to Cnurch?" Send draft!by return mail.
1t IS bscsuse the length of the sermons
makes it too long between drinks.-Kansas
City Times.
Thomas Oldale, of Sheffield, is the modern
Tichborne. He'll learn to operate the sew
ing machine in prison before long, if he gets
into courts with his miserable story, tor
there's nothing a white man hates like the
repetition of an Old tale.
Instead of the clumsy old sawdust ar
rangement neatly fitting hollow affair OF
tin is said to be the latest thing. enabling
lean ladies to fill out stocking plumply.
Now you know, young man, what the
=" decentralization of the bellies means.
! Under the regime of President Grant there
has been one economy. In the bills of pre-
yious presidents there was regular yearly
i
the Executive Mansion" Under Grant that
salary disappears. They don't want any
! books.
A Rochester wife being caught by he
husband with her arms around the neck of
the landlord, explained the situation in this
way: "You see, my dear, lam determined
| TO fOIce that man 10 reduce our rent, and we
weak women, you know, must fight with
such weapons as we have"
Gen. ]. B. Hood is engaged in the prepara-
tion of book which will embrace an actual
and circums.antial account of his operations
around Atlanta and his Tennessee campaign,
| together with reply 10 the critical state
inents of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. 1t will
also have something TO say about Sherman's
book.
Mrs. Laura Joyce, the English actress, who
used 10 sing the Beautiful Danube" so
chsrmingly at Niblo's, turns out to be, says
the Boston Transcript, "the wife of a well
| known architect of this CITY," The Trans
cript heartlessly adds in parody, "Where art
thou now, my young orchestra seat pur
chaser?"
Since that stranger was hustled out of bed
at Little Rock and treated to game supper
and free municipal chariot merely because
he wrote Boston" after his name on the
register, some thousands Of poor and hungry
| Yankees have packed their carpet bags for
the South. They want to be conciliated.-
Y. Y. Graphic.
A Dublin newspaper says the victory of
the American rifemen was not surprising,
considering that the team was selected
' from a people who are familiar with the
rifle from their cradle" 1t might have
added: "And accust )mel to prscticing on
their little sisters from their earliest years."
Chicago Times.
In an extemporaneous address before the
alumni of Cazenovia Seminary, on Tuesday,
Gen. Hawley strongly criticized the ten
dency OF the upper classes of American So
ciety to withdraw from politics, declaring
that there should be no one who declined TO
be politician; if one did so such a person
opposed our democracy.
The only Swiss lady in medical practice
writes from Zurich TO say: ~ have been
very successful in my practice. From the
day gave out that L was ready to begin
have had no lack OF patients. My practice
extends TO all ranks. Women are getting
: on we'll at the university. There are now
fifteen lady medical studs nts."
Miss Julia Tincher, OF Dsnbury, H.,
while walking on the rocks near the whirl
pool at Niagara Falls. recently, was nearly
carried into the rapids in attempting to
walk across plank from one rock to
another. She was fortunately saved just
in time by a gentleman standing near by.
But for his timely aid Miss Tincher would
have been undoubtedly lost
Albert Rhodes in his book, "The French
y at Home" pictures and contrasts the French
and American women. The faces of the
latter are more beautiful, he says, than
those of any other country; but the body
supporting the head, regarded from an
artistic and hygienic poins of view, is in
feriOr. "In a word. the American is more
fragile. She is hardly Diana, and the
French women is something more, although
not the Hebe of Rubens."
The Rev. Mr.. Burrows. OF Elmra, N. Y.
was fined $3.50 some months ago by an idiotic
Jury who thought that to rub fried potatoes
. in his wife's hair, rub her down with apple
sauce, and dress her of with platter. was
neither clerical nor becoming. He appealed
to a higher court, and explained that ne only
> meant to tease her. This explanation was
satisfactory, the court fearing to scandslizt
good society by infiictiDg a fine upon one oil
It's exponent5.
A rather curious case was heard before
Judge Smith at the Shrewsbury County
Court in England, recently. Miss Price, q
milliner, brought an action against John
Lee, of Wilcot, for damages, which were laid
st ESQ, for injuries received from ferocious
bull being driven to town by a servant o
the defendants. The accident occurred in
l April, 1874, and plaintiff was still suffering
from it's effects. At his Honor's suggestion
Il verdict was taken by arrangement for go
with costs upon the lower scale.
The east wind brings scent of gore in the
5 air from Detroit. Hiram Bunnell, of Wins
dor was MORALLY insulted by L. ThompKlns
of ST. Louis, and he, therefore, challenged
the latter to fight duel. Thompkins &C
cepted, and tuesday morning last they " ere
placed back Il, back, with revolvers in theil
trembling har,ds and cold shivers in their
very marrow. Then Thompkins weakened
and the affair clo sed ingloriously, without
even any attempts to fire the blank car