The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1879-12-06


sectional basis, bnt he will find that the OPP
position to him VIII be sectional in the most
exasperating way. His fight against the
silver dollar will not be forgotten In the West"
ONE of the most remarkable results OF the
late election in Virginia was that in which an
old politician, who had been frequently elected
to the legislature was defeated by his former
slave.
Bloomington CIlI.) Paragraph says that he
"meurns with the grief of a strong man the
loss of one who for over 40 years was all that q
loving and trusting wife could be, and who
brought TO his home that peace and bliss that
wealth and honor could not give"
A FRIEND of Chief Justice Chase attributes
his death to the fact that be had not practiced
law for % years when he became chief justice,
and found himself so deficient among the pro-
found old judges associated with him, that he
studied day and night to remedy his defects
and bring himself up to the ut standard, and
under this mental strain he broke down.
THE Boston Post: Even the Republican
arithmetic man can not make out satisfac-
tory electoral vote for his side without In
Guiding New Jersey and Indiana. By what
violent process does he propose to lift those
they have always been, just to make his po-
litical ledger balance7"
LEADING Southern men who have recently
arrived In Washington say that the Northern
Democrats must select the h. ad and tail OF the
presidential ticket, and the Southern states
will come up to the scratch with l3s electoral
votes. They only ask their Northern brethren
to carry New York and Indiana, and they will
do the rest.
JAY GouLDs check for s3,sOo,OoO which was
given TO Commodore Garrison on the purchase
of the securities OF the Missouri Pacific rail
road few days ago, is said 10 be the largest
check ever drawn by any private individ uai
In this country. THAT amount" said Gould
to the commodore, when the uttle bit OF paper
passed between them, "is only portion OF
the money made IN my operations In -"
the down grade.
A ROMANTIC young couple living In Lisbon,
n. H., went out for a drive, and In returning
were carried by their runaway horse into the
Ammonoosuc river. IL was so dark that they
dared not turn around. The horse swan
across with them, but the water In the deepest
part encircled their necks. though they stood
upon the buggy seat. The opposite bank being
ashore over the shafts and rescued the horse
by cutting him loose.
AT New Phiadep hia, o., huge dog, In at
tempting To scale "A high fence into "A yard
missed his calculations and landed at the bot
tom OF the well, ~ feet deep. The family
thought the water rather "riley" next morn.
Ing, but could not account for IL. About noon
the hired girl, upon looking In 70 the well, dis
a IA n nj oil mi m afa m M hav
from the bottom. Help was obtained and the
dog drawn up. He was In the well about Is
hours, and kept alive by swimming al! the
time.
Mr.. SPURGEoS II appears, "makes no bones
OF taxing what material he wants from the
sermons OF others. DIR. Armitage is quoted as
saying that he heard Mr.. Spurgeon preach a
beautiful sermon one day, and at Its close the
famous Englishman announced to his congre-
CATION that half OF the discourse he had Just
preached he had got from Jukes, an excellent
English divine, adding: Next Sunday we
shall be indebted to him for two thirds OF the
sermon which you will hear" And he I'm.
ished with a commentator OF the book TO his
people.
III. &. LoNG, OF Delaware, who recently mar.
ried for fun, has done the thing again In a
serious way. In 1875, when he was only IL
years old, he was walking In PHILADELPHIA
with Miss Lucy Robinson, young miss OF Is.
when he proposed that they should be mar
ried She agreed, and In ten minutes the joke
was carried into effect. He took her to the
house at which she was visiting, and they did
not meet again for year more. They sub
sequently became aware that the Jocular mar
riage was binding, and, as both had formed
other attachments, divorce was applied for
and granted
ONE of the ladies' OF the harem of his high
ness, the ex khedive, has eioped from Naples.
The Plccoto quotes the Corrlere del Mattino,
true" Ii says, "for the Q1testura has discov-
cred the nest of the doves at Foggia, but when
the discovery was made they were already
married according TO the civil law. The lady,
IL Is said, Is French, and the acquaintance
made In somewhat romantic
way. The gentleman, Siguor D'Elia
was painting in the neighborhood of the
khedives house, when from a distance he
caught sight of the lady and was conquered.
Some suspicion having been awakened, the
artist was prohibited from painting any more
at that spot, and full two months have passed
since the journals reported that an artist had
been driven away with some violence by a
boat load of the ex-khedive's retainers. An
intercourse by signal, however, was renewed
and after good deal of telegraphing the lady
disappeared"