The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-02-04
Senators for

announces that Miss Fannie Chase grand.
niece of Samuel Chase, one of the signers OF
the Declaration OF independence from Mary
land, and also of jeremiah Chase, diStln-
guished judge and jurist, died i'm that city on
Thursday. Miss Chase was the possessor of a
large fortune, which she inherited from
relatives in England.
The sultan has 10 servants whose special
duty IL is to unfold the carpets for him when
he Is going TO pray: 10 to take care of his pipes
and cigarettes; two to dress his royal hair, and
20 to attend to his most noble clean shirts.
There are multitude OF other attendants
about the palace; indeed, IL is stated that SUC
families and about 1900 persons 1--we at his
majesty's expense. He is an extravagant
housekeeper; the annual Expenditures of the
palace are mentioned as nearly sl4.0OO,OOO.
JAMES FRASER, bishop of Manchester, is
scholar and a gentleman OF "A noble and a
kindly nature. One bright trait was never
more pleasantly shown than upon the coca
sion of his marriage the other day, when he
sent a check of 81 go TO the poor of the par
ishes in and about Manchester, saying in the
accompanying letter TO his agent: "TO-mOr.
row. all being well, will be my wedding day.
and in the midst of my own happiness, /
should like 10 mark the day by some little
effort TO promote the comfort OF others in the
midst of whom ! live" The marriage was
conducted In the simplest most un rretentious
manner.
THE indianapolis correspondent o: the Vim
cennes News thinRs there is not much plow-
ing In the political field as yet. In the Demo-
cratic guberratorlal race, Mr.. Landers is ap
parently holding his own; but i'm Lieutenant
Governor Gray he has a foeman worthy of his
L. 1.
is OF course, in training. Mr.. English is
getting to be quite prominent in connection
with the one or the other OF the places, and
really he would be a very creditable candidate.
He is a man OF great ability, splendid busi-
ness man, with an excellent political record.
Mcdonald is occasionally spoken of. Mr..
VOORHEES, is not mentioned in connection with
either place. He has a long time TO serve in
the Senate and is needed there. The party
could not afford TO take him out of the Senate
at present. Mr.. McDonald's place there would
be difficult to I'LL also, but he has not so long
to serve.
BARNCM's tattoOed Greek sailor Is on exhi.
billion 10 Albany, and the advertise ment says:
she has upon his body 100000 punctures, ana
1t was ali done by a female savage. The poor
man lost drop of blood and shed tear for
every puncture, and was the only one Of "a
who survived the operation. Tie woman who
Gid the tattooing worked six hours a day for
20 days before the task was completed" y
mathematician Of the Albany Express figures
as follows: 1.-The woman must have given
him So punctures a second. Then, II he lost
one drop of blood with every puncture, he
lost estimating the usual number of drops TO
a pint, and taxing pint for a pound, ,SS5
pounds; or, 10 put 1t differently, just $50 gall
Ions OF blood. tTifis over 20 barrels during
20 days. Tears don't weigh as much AZ blood,
so punching the two together the gentleman
fiom Albania must have lost about 81 tons of
those fluids within three months" Barnum's
agent retorts that If the Greek had not been
wonderful man ne would not have been ex
hibited,
RUSSIAN women have a positive genius for
crime. About month ago a handsome
equipage drew up at the door OF the first jewel
er in the Russian capital. AhghtiDg from the
carriage. an elegantly dressed ana remarka-
bly, pretty young lady entered the shop, and
requested that some paruTes of Orilliants
might be shown 70 her. Several costly SETS
were forthwith submitted for inspe elton, and
after some hesitation, she selected a riviere
and pendants valued at 10000 roubles,
and stating that she was the wife
name Is A household word in st. Peters
burg. requested the proprietor a the estab-
lishment TO accompany her home with the
jewels in order to settle finally with her hus-
band about the prlcs. The jeweler packed
packed up his diamonds and got INTO the car
riage with his fair customer. Presently they
arrived at a large house, and were received at
the porte cochere by Suisse In splendid
lighted staircase into "A richly furnished draw
ing room, in which the lady begged her
companion TO take seat, and, jewell
case in hand, proceeded 10 summon "her
husband Entering the doctors consultation
room in an apparent state of uncomfortable
agitation, she informed the latter that he had
brought her unfortunate spouse to visit him,
In the hope that ne would undertake to cure
him of the strange monomania under which
he had iabored for some time past. my af-
ficted husband" she said, "is a wealthy
landed proprietor from the Government OF
Minsk; he is quiet and harmless, but has
diamonds on the brain. He will talk
of nothing else, poor fellow Will
you see him? I have left him in your
drawing-r room, and am much too nervous TO be
presens whilst you diagnose his case. Might
I, therefore, ask you to accompany me TO nay
carriage before you go 10 him? IL will be such
a relief TO me TO leave HIM In your care" Her
ingenious device was crowned with complete
success. She drove on with the diamonds; an
interview between the doctor and the jeweler
fully confirmed her statement with respect to
the latters alleged monomania, and resulted In
his being placed under bodily restraint, from
which ne Was only rescued three days later by
his partner who succeeded, with the assist
ance of the police, in tracking HIM 10 the pri-
vate Iunatic asylum.
Surprising, Truly.