The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-07-16
GENERAL NOTES.

NORTH PERRY, Me-, has an nfantgiantess In
perfect health, which, though but year old, is
three feet high and weighs as mucn as a healthy
l2year' old boy. At its birth it only weighed
nine pounds. Its great-great-grandfather was
a man of extraordinary size.
THE police of Chicago had occasion to make
a raid upon the Office of ssticket scalper' in
that city recently, and among the stocks dis.
covered were passes and l,000-mile tickets to
the value of nearly $500, which had been
granted by railroad companies to various indi-
viduals, and by them disposed of for a money
consideration.
IN the Red River country the Grandin farm
contains IS 600 acres, with wheat standing on
10000 acres it. The farm has an elevator of
the capacity of 1000 bushels, and a telephone
four miles in length. The Dalrymple farm is
four miles square, and yielded last season ILL.,
9SS bushels of wheat and q, 900 bushels of oats
and barley.
THE danger of transmitting disease by
books has been Investigated by the Chicago
public library directors. They have CORE
sponded with physicians and Librarians in
various parts of the country, but not one has
ever known of a case of contagious disease
having been impaired by book from a cir
culating library.
MANToN MARBLE was married very quietly
on Wednesday morning, in New York, to a
Mrs. Lombard, wealthy widow of that city.
Rev. DR.. Morgan, who performed the cere-
mony, ana the sexton eff the church, with the
bride and groom, made up the wedding party.
The ceremony occupied just 10 minutes. The
happy pair took the French steamer immedi-
ately after the ceremony for Europe.
SENATOR BUTLER, of South Carolina, is de-
scribed a quiet, amiable, gentle voiced
man, reserved in his bearing, fascinating in
manner, and handsome in appearance, fully
six feet tall, about 4s years of age, hair just
turning gray, face smooth, features refined,
eyes blue-in fact is as handsome as old Zach
| but then he's a "brigadler," and votes the
wrong ticket to be strictly 'loil"
THERE is probably only one class of men in
the country who can see any possible good
that may result from another yellow fever
epidemic in Memphis, and they are the news
| paper correspondents. 1t is safe to assert,
however, that very few of the class will be
j willing to encounter the risk of an abode in
that city, Notwithstanding the fact that the
| Chicago Tribune's man survived the ordeal
last year.
IMITATION meerschaum pipes are now manu-
featured from potatoes in France. A peeled
potato is placed in sulphuric acid and water,
in the proportion of eight parts of the former
/ to 100 of the latter. 1t remains in the liquid
to b.acken, is dried with blotting paper and
submitted to a certain pressure, when 1t be-
comes a material that can be readily carved.
The counterfeit is said to be excellent. An
imitation ivory, sufficiently hard for billiard
balls, can be made by still greater pressure.
A resemblance of coral is obtained by treating
carrots in the same manner.
THE following fable, related by Rev. Mr..
Sites, of Pittsburg, teaches how clergymen
may WIN boxes of cigars: ain 1871, think II
was, l visited Washington City. Grant had
Just got home from Long Branch, and ! sent
him my card, scarcely thinking he would re.
member me. On the card 1 wrote: 'Compli-
ments of Rev. s.. pastor OF a church in Wash.
ington Territory when President Grant was
on duty there as lieutenant In a very few
minutes after my card was taken up was
ushered into the Blue room, where was
cordially greeted by the president. He seemed
to think was after an Office, for Immediately
afte, the greetings were over he blurted out
with what can do for you?' 1 told him he
could do nothing for me, as was higher Off
Ger than he. He asked what Office held and
how obtained my appointment. replied
Il am an ambassador from the King OF
Heaven Grant was greatly amused at this
represented me with a box of cigars"
A CHARLES LUCE, formerly chief of-police of
Utica N. Y, was taken to the Onondaga
county penitentiary last week to serve six
months, on conviction of practicing extortion
The 80 Years of Luce's life have been eventfuI
He has been a printer, publisher, the head
of the police department, swindler and 9
blacknlAIer, and all in rapid succession
Among lis recent exploits was the theft of 9
Is cent picture from a photographers room
with whieh is connected a story. A woman
in Utica became jealous of her husband, and
hired Luce to shadow him. Luce concludes
that it would be necessary to have photo
graph of some woman which he might take te
the wife at the proper time as that OF the OBJ
; ject of her husbands attentions. Hence the
theft. The picture stolen was that OF one o
, the most respectable young ladies of Utica
Luckily the facts were discovered in time Z
prevent he,disgrace to which an innocent
. girl would have been subjected. The ofiens'
. on which he vas sentenced was that of charg
, ing that certain merchants store was beinl
, robbed nightly. The merchant gave Luce |
I dollar to tell him who the thief was, and wa
: told that it was his own brother. Luce subse
. quently obtained SO Of the man as hush mon
9 ey, to stop threatened publication.