The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
PERSONALS.

1T is said that Mary Anderson, the actress, will
soon be married.
JUDGE CHILDs, of Kansas City. has abolished the
practice of smoking in his Court.
LIEF. the Norseman, who discovered New En-
gland. is TO have a monumentin Boston.
GOVERNOR CoLQuIrr has announced himself as
candidate for the Senate to succeed Senator
Hill.
ADMIRAL GLYS, to whom Miss Nelson left
her fortune proposes to devote $4,000 to char
tiles connected with the histrionic profession.
President GARFIELD, who is going to visit Mr..
Hoar in June, has been formally invited to
attend the New England Fair at Worcester, in
September.
AMONG other Easter charities of the Pope were
the gift of 100 beds to the poorest families in
Rene, and presents to 500 families of at least ten
francs each.
! A PHILADELPHIA miracle worker claims 10 have
cured Colonel Thomas A. Scott of paralysis by
laying on hands, and Colonel Scott says it is true
but his physicians say that no cure has been
effected by anybody.
THE bridegroom at a Muscatine (O.) wedding
put on his hat and overcoat Immediately after
the ceremony, said "Good-by' to his wife, ex-
planned to the guests that he had no intention of
living with her, and cOolly departed.
LORD BEAcoSsFIELD is reported to have grown
TO look strangely old during the last days of his
illness. From a rather gallant and trim gentle
man he suddenly turned into haggard and de-
crepit old man, huddled together in a deep chair.
AMAN supposed to be deranged passed down
the rapid current of the Des Moines River astride
ton by means of an oar. He shouted to the spec
tators that he was bound for New Orleans, and
hadn't time to stop.
JOHN BROWN gave the Bible which he read in
prison before his execution to J. F. Blessing of
CharlestOwn, Va. In it he wrote: There is no
commentary in the world so good in order to a
right understanding of this blessed book as an
honest, childlike and teachable spirit"
HENRI RocHEFoRT's hatred of his old antagonist.
Emile de Girardin. is not appeased even by death.
In pitiless obituary notice he says of Girardin,
''the great hatcher of politics and financial
schemes has now encountered the only thing that
can not be turned into shares-death."
ONLY two members of the family of Alice and
Phoebe Cary are now living-their two brothers
who are prosperous farmers in Ohio. The old
oak tree OF Clovernook, under which Alice Cary
played as a child, and about which she write long
afterward, is still standing sturdily near her old
home.
Miss BRONSON, the fearless nurse who exposed
herself in Grenada, Miss, at the bedside of the
dying inhabitants, and subsequently in Memphis
and New Orleans, has just been left a fortune by
her father, an eccentric old man, who boarded his
gold and refused to live in any kind OF habitation
except an old canal boat.
THE wife of Mr.. Rice eloped at Charlestown,
Iowa. He hurriedly looked for his wallet found
it was full as when he had last seen it, and said
that he felt no further concern about the matter:
but few days afterward, when he discovered
that it was stuffed with scraps of paper instead of
money, his interest was revived.
WASHINGTON planted magnolia tree in the
Mount Vernon grounds few months before his
death. The tree became fine one, and until
this year it was regarded as one of the spring at
fractions of the place During the last winter it
was much injured by the severe cold. Many of
the shrubs around were killed outright.
Miss EMMA THUKsBY has had prosperous tour
through Holland, followed by a second through
France. She sang at the concert of the Conserv-
atoir on April g. and met with such success that
she was invited to sing again at the ensuing con.
CERTAIN unusual honor. From Paris Miss Thurs
by went to Spain, where she has some engage
ments She intends to spend part of the season
in London.
| THE diplomats aud Senators at Washington
have all been going to the circus within the last
few days. Vice President Arthur did not disdain
the attractions OF the elephants and lions, the
clowns and the gymnasts. and Senator Anthony
got a renewed attack of rheumatism under the
canvas Even Senator Sherman's grave face WAS
visible, and the British Minister made up party
and took forty seats.
DR.. OSCAR LEM, the German traveller, has been
much entertained in Berlin, upon his return from
Timbuctoo He is very modest in his relation of
mis- achievements. The Emperor, hearing of DR..
Lenz's arrival, desired to make his personal ac-
quaintance, and granted him long interview
during which he listened with deep interest TO
the graphic accounts of the almost unknown
lands traversed by the courageous traveller.
THE departure of Miss Ada Cavendish, VIII
sailed for England on Thursday, was observed
with sincere regret by many friends. Her career
in this country has shown her TO be an actress OF
brilliant abilities, and her simple, gentle
straightforward nature and many graces of mind
have greatly endeared her in many American
homes-where her name will be kept in honor
and affection, and her return anticipated with
honest pleasure.
/ Mn p. IT. BARNvM has made affidavit that hs
has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars il
the travelling show business, and that no othe
perso,, owns 1. larger share than himself in tn,
new show combination known as up. 7. Barnum'
Greatest Show ON Earth, THE Great Londol
Circus - "saneer's Royal British Menagerien an,
The international Allied Shows" And he ha