The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-06
PERSONALS.


Mr.. GARFIELD forgot to put a lightning rod on
his Cabinet.
THE engagement of Senator Pendletons eldest
daughter is announced.
GARFIELD is not troubled much by visits from
one Senator. His name is Conkling.
FeREPAUGH's most beautiful woman in Amer
lea is said to be a native of Monongahela City,
Pa.
FERNANDO WOODS son, Calhoun WOOd-Consul
at Rochelle-is in New York. He has returned
TO settle his fathers estate.
HESRY WARD BEECHER's wife Is recovering
from the recent sickness which overcame her so
suddenly in her husbands Church.
"MR. ScHUEz has been banqueled. and Judge
Tourgee has had dinner given in New York.
feel little hungry myself. b. Hayes.
MARY CLEMMER, so long known as Washing
ton correspondent, has abandoned her letters,
and new devotes herself almost entirely to litera
ture.
REV. Dr. j. E. EVANS and wife, of Rome, Ga.
celebrated their golden wedding at that place on
the 22d of March. Mrs Evans wore white silk, on
which the buttons were gold dollars.
A REGULARITY of the Austrian Empress is said
to be her horror of noise. Wherever she may be.
thick carpets are laid down. that she may not
hear the sound of her own footsteps
MRS. GEAR, wife of the Governor of Iowa, and
other ladies' are incasing the torn battle-lags of
the State in strong gauze, that they may be kept
from harm and y2t not concealed from sight.
Miss MARIA CHESTER, of Waterloo, N Y. be-
came pralyzed because she wore too tight
g-rt-rs. The only safe way to hold up your
stockings is by hanging them on the ends of your
suspenders
Ex-JUDGE GRANT, of Iowa, who has large law
practice in that State, and who is nearly seventy
years DID, is pupil at the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology. He is studying chemistry for use
in mining litigation.
President GARFIELD has decided not to recall
General Longstreet from Constantlnople. The
slate for the Federal offices in Louisiana, which
was presented to the President, and which in
cluded Lonstreet's recall, has therefore been
changed.
SECRETARY RICH, of New Mexico. has in his
Office, in Santa Fe. book written by Diego de
Vardras, who reconquered New Mexico in 1894.
The book describes the reeonquest and is in a
good state of preservation. The badly kept offices
at Santa Fe are repositories of the most ancient
archives in the United States, some of them run
ming back nearly hundred years before the Pill
GRIM landing at Plymouth.
Mr.. WILLIAM POWELL. ST., who died in Cincin-
natl recently. aged ninety years, helped John
HeathcOte, OF Leicesteshire England TO construct
the first machinery for the manufacture of lace
The working classes of England. fearing that the
machinery would curtail the need for manual la
Dor, held meetings and denounced. thed inventor.
HeathcOtes factory was destroyed by mob. Mr..
Powell came to this country in 1890.
Mr.. BEEcHER has at last resumed work on hi
long delayed Life OF Christ" that the Beecher
Tilton scandal knocked higher than a kite
some years ago, according to Mr.. Wilkeson, the
publisher. The first volume was issued some
seven years ago, and after the Tit0h row popular
interest in the work ceased. AS Beecher has
been recently sued by wilkeson for failure to
fulfill his contract, it is probable that the work
is resumed to evade legal damages, but there will
now be little no profit in the book.
Mrs. SUSAN WILLS FLETCHER the American
medium, who is soon to be put on trial at Lon
don on a charge of eoaxing woman to part with
her jewels through pretended communications
from the spirit world. has caused stampede in
London society by announcing her intention To
call as witnesses to her high character every titled
parsonage who ever sat ut seance with herself
and husband. Among the personages whom she
threatened TO drag unwillingly in the witness
box was one very exalted indeed. Mere rumor
of such an event caused intense CONSERVATION,
and every effort is being made to prevent the
scandal which would ensue-
OF the late excellent Highlander, Nathaniel
Deering il is related that he very fond OF the
drama, and on one occasion went to see "Unce
Toms Cabin at Portland. The piece well
played, and Mr.. Deering became so absorbed that
when the auction scene was reached and the poor
black woman was being torn from her family he
forgot all save the victim of the block. Just as
she was being bid OFF to the cruel master fox
So co., the audience were startled 70 see him leap
from his box to the stage crying ont: 'Six thou
sand dollars," The kind hearted New Englan der
was as sensitive sympathetic, and his disraay
when be recollected himself was great.
ALVIN BRONSON died at his residence in OsWego,
n. Y, ON Saturday morning. At the session Of
the New York Senate OF 1924, in order to prevent
the vote of New York from being cast for William
II. Crawford, of Georgia. for President, a bill was
introduced giving the election to the people.
Seventeen Senator's majority of toe Sen
ate-opposed and defeated the bill. These
Senators were known as "the infa.
nous seventeen on account Of the popular
clamor against them. MT Bronson was on of the
seventeen and the last sursiyor. In the War Of