The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-13
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ring set
]. r. Osgood & Co. have the telephone in
constant use between their store and their
printing office.
The young earl of Shrewsbury, now II
years old, will have an income of about f90,-
600 when he comes of age.
Horace Greeley, infant son of Colonel
Nicholas and Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith, was
baptized on Tuesday, May 30. at the family
homestead, Chappaqua, New York.
The queen has assumed the new mono
gram V. r. I.) Victoria Regina ct Importantly
upon her letter paper. This is the first per
sonal indication OF imperial dignity.
An ingenious gentleman has invented
and is exhibiting in Chicago poison sucker,
by which the virus from wounds made by
mad dogs or other creatures may be ex-
tracted.
General Grant has the right to wear a uni
form upon occasions of ceremony. The
law permitting it is that referring to officers
''honorably mustered out of the volunteer
service"
The department of state at Washington is
to have official information of the recent
discovery in Egypt of peculiar species of
cotton plant that produces double the crop
of the ordinary kind
The district school in Greene, Maine, wit
messed sad tragedy last Wednesday when
Miss Olive Lane, the teacher, fell dead just
as she was closing the forenoon session. She
was only 20 years old.
A resident of Meriden, Conn.,, offers to
supply from so to 100 French, English and
American magazines monthly for the free
use of it's citizens, if somebody will furnish
we'll lighted room.
An Irlshman has defined nothing to be "a
footless stocking without legs" descrip-
ton by another Emeralder is better. What
is nothing?' he asked. shut your eyes
and you'll see it," said Pat.
Mrs s. S. Cole conducts successfully a
printing house in New York city, and has
secured contract to furnish 5000 pro
grammes for each concert to be given at
Central park during the season.
There is report that a preliminary con-
ference is to be held in New York this week
for the purpose of organizing new party, to
be known as the national union party. 1t
will be safe to put Mr.. Blaine's name on the
roll
There are tricks even in the farmers bust
ness. The managers of an English work
house have detected a contractor supplying
them with common sheep, painted to repre-
demanded.
A Snowman recently presented to his SON.
in-law, as his daughters fortune, an ele-
plant that danced a fandango; camel that
went down on its knees, head to the ee t, at
sunset; dog that cast up accounts, an two
canaries that played cards.
A woman in England read notice in a
newspaper that her husband, from whom
she had been separated IL years. was lying
i'll in San Francisco hospital. She fastened
thither, and found that he had been dis
charged She continued the search, found
hina, and they were reconciled.
Mrs. Mercy Studley, of Brewer, Maine, is
103 years Old A Bangor paper says that she
can read the finest print without glasses,
walks mile before breakfast milks two
cows morning and evening, and often does
the family washing on Mondays.
Betsy Quale, of Baltimore, aged IS, set fire
to her clothing the other day with a spark
from her pipe. They say she was the oldest
Qaale on toast ever served up in the city,
but the restaurateurs of the monume entail
city know better. if they would only tell.
Governor Hampton, of South Carolina,
apologising for keeping a white visitor
waiting recently, said: II have of late been
represented at Washington as refusing to
see the negroes, and hence, when there is
any doubt, l always give them the prece-
dence."
A clerk in the Allegheny post office
brought down his hand stamp upon letter
which he supposed to contain garden seeds
Instantly there was a loud explosion and a
clerk CHASTITY pale. With an utter disregard
of the department regulations, the envelope
had been filled with paper caps for toy pis-
tolls.
A well made hand should be delicate and
somewhat long The back should be just
plump enough to prevent the veins from be-
ing too prominent The fingers must be
long and tapering forming little graduated
columns of perfect proportion. When the
at the knuckles, which should be slightly
prominent when the hand is closed.
A large number of ladies of st. Petersburg
have entered into solemn engagement
with one another to abstain, so long the
war lasts, from wearing silk. satan or jewels,
as well as from giving balls or INDUCING in
any kind of luxury, and to devote the
money they would have expended upon
these articles TO the succoring of the sick
and wounded amongst their compatriots
Mr.. Moody and his family have returned
from Boston to their home at Mortified,
Mass. Mr.. Sankey will go to Cohassett No
definite plans have been made for their fu-
ture work. but Montreal, Cincinnati, Balti.
more and other cities are anxious to secure
them. 1t is probable that Mr.. Moody will
begin a new series of meetings at Boston in
the autumn. perhaps going to Baltimore
later, aud to Cincinnati in January.
A near sighted and modest resident OF
Cazenovia, N. Y, entered dry goods store
in that village, and. thinking to perpetrate
joke, stepped up to a dummy on which
new patterns of dresses and mantles are dis
played and struck it on the shoulder say
ing, We'll, old woman. how are your The
old woman at once turned around and not
only answered his question, but volunteered
great deal of information besides.