The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-23
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

NEWS AND GOSSlR.
There are sixty-ive glaciers in California,
according TO the state gsologist.
Five THOUSAND Indiana school teachers
will 60 to "see the Centennial New Y srk
sun.
The king OF Bavaria has offsred prize
for the best kerosene burning drawing
room lamp.
Under new ruling of the Buffalo school
board, no married women are hereafter to
be employed as teachers.
Chang, the Chinese giant, has been re-
ceiyed into the Baptist Church at Shanghai.
His height is feet inches.
The Prussian mines produce about five
billion pounds of iron ore per year, which
are worth nearly seven million thaiers.
Petitions haze been presented to the
Prussian parliament asking the government
to secure to the working classes their sun
day for rest.
A Lowell saloon keeper recently sdver
tised free lunch, and lady took a number
of hungry children to his counter and de-
anded and obtained q Tee meal for all OF
them.
A citizsn of Orange, Mass, nearly seventy
years old, and worth IS 500. refused to pay
81 81 taxes. A few hours in the county Jail,
however, caused the old gentleman to "shell
out"
Frost, the Petershsm murderer, lately
complained 10 his jailer that the occupant
of the adjoining cell disturbed his sleep by
"uutimsly and obstreperous" devotional
exercises.
A series OF six important lectures on al
eohol and its Effects on the Human Sys-
tenn Is to be circulated by the National
Temperance society. DR.. Willard Parker
furnishes the Introduction.
Tee Russian government is about to print
fac-simile in phoio-hthography Of the
famous B4bylonisn cOdex, now in the I'm
perisl Library al s.. Petersburg, which con-
tsins all the latter prophets in the original
Hebrew.
the men and women dress so much alike
in Cochin China that it is dangerous to slap
man on the shoulder and remark: Come,
old fellow, let's dropin bere aud indulge in
smile" 1t may be the old fellows wife,
you know.
The province of Ontario, Canada, is fast
becoming one Ofthe great cheese districts.
The amount of cheese made there during
the past year would bring revenue of
nearly five millions of dollar, at the price
of ten cents per pound.
The Sanitary Record says that the durs-
ton OF life in this country is longer than
in England and that the immense profits
OF the life insurance business here are ex-
planned by the fact that the rates of in
surance are chiefly based upon EOglish
tabular estimates of life.
History relates that in the Twelfth century,
as final resort against their devsststions,
caterpillars and field mice were excommuni-
Gated in the fifteenth century, weevils were
thus dealt with, and in the sixteenth CEN
tury the caterpillars. Why not try it on
now with the grasshopper and potato
beetle?
At recent lecture of Dr. Ii. Sand with
@. B.. In London, 1t trsnspired that at least
two of the great water companies OF that
city draw their supply direct from the pol
iuted Thames, and that not only great in
convenience but alarm was felt on the score
OF inadequate water supply at fires, London
being still without y permanent supply
system.
An ex-member of cor gress from the West
came to this city last year with his family
to have little recreation, putting up at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. He was suddenly
taken Ill, and died without having seen 5
physician. His family implored him to
take medical advice, but he very facetiously
replied, mo; let me alone, wish to die a
natural DEATH"
The postoffice department has selected the
design for q three-cent stamped envelope, 10
be used during the Centennial Exhibition
The stamp will be In the form OF shield
having at the top and bottom the dates l77f
and 1876, Beneath the upper figures will be
the words, u. 8. Postage" and st the bot
tom of the snield will be the words "Three
Cents" Upon the face of the shield will be
q post boy and net work of telegraph pole IS
and wires, and beneath an engine and postal
car.