The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-22

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THE quantity of cotton consumed in 1873 was b
fifty -four times greater than IT'S. L
THERE are said to be at this moment more q
editors In than out OF prison in Russia. '
THE movement of grain from Michigan the :
present year has been exceptionally large ,
IT is likely that when General Joe Johnston
retires from Congress he viii resume the ~ l
surance business in Richmond.
THE Pullman Car Company has just closed
sg75OOO black walnut lumber contract, the {
largest hardwood lumber purchase ever maze
In Detroit.
POSTMASTER JAMES, of New York, declines
the honor of appointment as Postmas'ei
General on the retirement of Judge hey'
Horace Maynard is suggested as the man now
In the Presidents eye.
THE exports of grain from Russia during the
months of January and February were l,VsoV
quarters below those of the corresponding
period is7s-a decrease of 81 per centrum
BARNUM won a glorious victory In Spring
field A clergyman who had been MISSION
airy In South Africa tested the Zulus oy al
dressing them In their native tongue, ana
found them genuine.
AN agent of Massachusetts, mills, while
hiring hands near Montreal, rejected one man
The man In rage assaulted the agent VINO
shot him. probably fatally.
THREE platoons OF policemen were neces-
sarv TO keep the Blaine and Grant men from
nshting at the County Convention in Chicago
Now. how many regiments will be necessary
tn keep them from killing each other at the
National Convention?
During 1879 nearly a quarter OF miiiloh
head of live stock were exported from the
United States, aggregating in value over h'OVV'
Co., This Is not bad showing for Drancn VI
trade which Eve years ago could scarcely De
said to have an existence.
A DRUNKARD fed into the woods, near
Nashville, Tenn, while wild with denrlum
tremens, dug grave, and was found lying IN
IL dead His wife was made frantic oy tie
sight. and she loudly called upon Heaven to
let her die too 1t happened that on her way
home lightning struck and killed her.
JOSEPH EMMErTs spree In Pittsburg will cost
him 5000. Nearly all OF the seats were soid
for a week of his performances at the opera
HOUSE, and the house had to be closed the
money being refunded. Persuasive Efforts dia
moi avail. and he was sent to hospital
xvhere he was put into condition To act during
the ensuing week.
ANold Epscopalan prayer-book was sold
r,cantlv at auction In New York. 1t was pub
ushed by William Bradford in ITO. 1t Is prob
able that this copy is the only one OF this
edition now existence. 1t was bought loi
xs-O. AT the time II was printed 1t Is prooaDie
that what is now the great State OF New YORK
did not contain over 10000 white inhanitants
and the topographic art was In It's infancy.
A Savannah paper rejoices in the rapid In
crease of the vegetable trade OF southern
t;eorvia and Florida. A few years ago, 1t says
n few hundred crates were considered q ialet
shipment and now the exports are counted
by the hundred carloads and snip
loads. One day last week ten car
Dads OF vegetables, nearly all cucum
hers arrived over the Savannah, Florida anc
western Railway, and were shipped to New
York.
TrSNysoN who looks "old and exhausted,
issaii recently to have told story OF
drunken man whom he met Keeling along ths
road. The fellow came up to him ana SAID
"Mr. Tennyson, II you will shake hands with
me / swear by God Almighty won't touci
liauor again" The poet shook hands as re
ouested, but afterward remarked dryiy' :"
am afraid didn't do any good"
MISS LILLE WILKINSON, Of WILKINSON
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Company, cast ASIDE al
old corset at hotel in Holly, Mich'' on Tn
18th ult.. and had been away from that town
greenbacks was stitched into that article @
anparel. When she remembered this, mem
her of the Company was dispatched post hast
70 Holly, and was lucky enough, AFTER aiggin
over a lot of rubbish in the hotel yard, TO nn'
the corset and cash all right
THE late wife of President Diaz, oil Mexico
isdeepIy mourned all over that country. gu
was one of the purest, noblest ana mos
anniable of women. During the past tnre
wears Mrs. Diaz has been an fnvalo, anu hs
rarely entered society, but she was hishiy ~
spected and sincerely beloved Tor ner geh1p
charitable and irreproachaoie cnarac'e
Although Young and beautiful, and OF sue
b,ob position, she preferred home to all soci'
a,iuremeuts was q devoted wife and motne
and s,ngulary modest and unassuming.
WHEN the eloquent Bishop Simpson, OF th
Methodist Church. first entered the hih's'i
he WAS from his bashfulness, almost unao
tn soeak; but he sought to forget himsen,
be simple, and to impress the trntn upon IL
hearers He Is now In his seventeen yen
Iast sunday the tall, awkward, white hare
man. in a sermon, said: "Voltaire saio
10, an the twilight of Christianity and
na ala But il was not, as he fancied IT, wv
ugb, deepeuing Into darkness, but twingi
onaning ma new and brighter day-ano u
sun of Righteousness Is SHINING now III o.
preme beauty over our worid.
PoMERANIAN Lieutenant OF Lanuwei
cavalry and Silesian student, DOM kisn''
stature and bulk, stalked into LahoVos
restaurant In Berlin, one afternoon In haio
and called in stentorian tones for respecti
,,ngs of Pilsener and Munehener beer. vi u
toamtng contents OF these vessels TN
promptly disposed by the so-caiied coy
awaIlown method. When they called ior tne
hills three and half hours later IL WAY iou'
a.. pomeranian Lieutenant had absorb
.,-tv-seven pints of Pilsener, while his 81
stan fellow soaker had only succeeded III IL
,,.hInv accommodation for fifty -four.
TT Ia forty days too late to talk aoout East
80 hrt still a basket of six that were pr
oared for an American bride-eiect IN RAJ
,ust have been worth seeing. They we
obtained i'm BASKET made up of twigs Oh 81
Fastened with apparent carelessness' ana the
vo,a s,x of them One was of ivory, anotn
of ebony. and the rest were Oh Doxwoo
sandaIwood coral and shell, and all we
carved and each held one piece Oh set
,,aarl and sapphire jewelry. Over the egssi
IL and yellow tulips, knot of six birds we
nrrched ON the handle, and q req anu yene
~ about which was gathered ehou
xIancon for a colalr and sleeves, was on
other side of the handle.
ANadventurer. fishing for gudgeons, pa.
his hook in Chicago, last week. py signing
reptster of the hotel under the styie Vi Ao