The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-09
PERSONALS.

ALI of Queen vIctorias granddaughter nre to
use bicycles
TO exceed $4,000 annually.
JESSE X. GRANT. son Of General Grant. and wife,
LETT New York for Europe saturday.
THE pistol fired by Major Pitcairn al Lexington,
which was the first shot In the Revolution, Is said
to be I'm the state Library at Albany.
The Russian Emperor's new wife Is said 10 be
remarkable for neither brains nor tact-but never
theless her power over her husband is absolute.
Ur to date only 2S7 newspapers have headed the
Burde.t -coutts- Bartlett wedding december
and May" We thought there would be more
Soristown Herald.
Ma PArrsonE. the English poet has given
S25 600 In our money, in memory OF his late wife.
toward the erection of new Roman Catholic
Church in Undergraduates
FREDERICK W. DAWES. young welshman OF
high culture was whipped on the bare back ut
Richmond. Va, OH Tuesday, under sentence OF
the Police Court, for stealing clothing.
IL greeting Mr. schurz. correspondent said:
They do tell u.s. Mr.. Secretary. that you are
going back 20 ST. Louis &c your editorial desk."
Yes" he replied "likea good citizen. AN going
| home TO my ploo-"
Nix. LoSGFEL1aw's seventy-iouuh birthday
was celebrated last saturday by dinner At the
residence Of Mr. II. O. Houghton. Mr.. Longfei-
lows daughter was among the guests. A. were
Mr.. Howells, Pr. Holmes aud Mr.. Aldrich.
JESSE q. LIwDEII. the last male Sion OF che old
Lindel family. OF ~. Louis, has just died in New
Mexico. This Lindell and his two brothers, who
also died within the past ten years com
pletely diIpated their portions Of Peter Lipdelrs
six millions.
"GArII~ said 10 whitelaw Reid: "They have
got you engaged again" Yes replied Mr.
Reid, with blush. ''they are right this ome'-
the marriage OF the editor OF the Tribune the
daughter OF the California millionaire may be
considered certain.
MIR. CARLYLE for u week before his death lay
quietly, none OF his attendants speaking 10 him,
SINCE the effort 20 listen seemed TO he Il toouhle
~ him. Now aud then he kindly made his aiece
understand that he was without pain. and a few
nights before he died hc gently whispered 10 her:
"Good-by."
A GENTLENAN not unknown I'm literary ciscIes
was present at one OF the Popes receptions. The
Holy Father approached him and said: "Nou
are an American. Are you Catholic or Protest
ante" "Holy father" replied our friend, II am
neither a Catholic nor Protestant. a
journalist" Ills Holiness laughed heartily, ADD
moved on TO some one else.-pon Piati
wnEs the late senator Matt II. Carpenter wac n
boy he did not like TO work on the farm. oDs
day his father LEFT home. telling him 70 hoe
patch of potatoes aud giving him two shillinzs
with which 10 hire help. lie bought shiling'G
worth of whisky and secured an Irishman To help
him lie would stand at the end of a row aud
give the man a drink fast he got round to
him. The potatoes we're soon hoed aud Matt
saved shilling.
A CALIFORNIA paper prints an o,d letter written
by General sherman 60 nj Alcalde in 1877. when
he was Lieutenant and stationed at Monterey.
in which he said: ''I6u may tell the people OF
the District that II they catch Indians in the act OF
stealing OF attempting steal thei- horses. they
should shoot them; but II they are merely loiter
ing about, then 10 send them 70 the nearest
Alcalde who will judge whether they be quiet
Indians or hostile thieves
Mr. JAV GOULD, General Eekert and party ar
rived at Dallas. Tex, on Thursday, and pro-
eeeded by special train 10 Abilene, The present
terminus a the Texas Pacific Road, reaching
there yesterday morning. Mr. Gould drove the
last spike In the most western rail. Tne iron Is
being laid at the rate Of n mile day. The track
is all graded for more than 100 miles west of
Abilene, and the road will he compile ted to Fl
Psso during the present year. The party express
themselves delighted with the country.
CHARLES CT AKKsoS, a railroad engineer, living
in Chicago, was young handsome aud the object
of much admiration from the opposite sex. His
wife Was ugly, and she believed. mistakenly or
not that the wide difference I'm their personal
appearance prevented him from loving her. She
resolved 90 kill him, but the druggist whom she
asked for strychnine, slspecting her motive. gaze
her some harmless substance instead Of the poi
son. Failing In hes attempt at murder. she
changed her plan that of running his good
looks. While he was asleep she threw vitriOl into
his face, disdguring him terribly.
Mr.. THOMAS d. JONES the late Ohio sculptor.
who executed the Lincoln and the Soldiers
Memorial" in the Capitol at Capitol at Columbus.
was at one time engaged u marry the actress,
sulis Dean. He wished her 10 leave the stage.
The disagreement the engagement was broken.
Mr.. Jones bust OF Lincoln is said 10 have no rival
fox faithful reproduction OF the striking features
OF that angular face. The sculptor himself was a
picturesque figure I'm his more fOurishing days.
He had broad face shaggy eyebrows and iron
gray hair. worn long. half concealed under
wide-brim SLOUGH hat. A gray shawl his insep-
arabic companion. Wss aung around his shout
ders. as Roman patriarch may be supposed to
have worn his mantle.
PROFESSOR DAVID SWIs0. in ms sermon last
Sunday, spoke feelingiy of the late senator Car
penter. and made this quotation from letter
received last September from the Senator: Who
ever will read Cicero's Twilight speculations
about Duty and the Future Life, remembering
that perhaps he the fullest man of antiquity,
the ripest scholar and student OF the highest
period Of Roman civilization, and remembering
that froTa the birth of Cesar to the birth of Christ
the only change thst came 10 civilization was q
decline, and that Jesus belonged 10 an out-of-the
way peoples people apart from the high tides
OF human greatness--and then will read the Ser
mon on the Mount, can not comprehend how
he can escape the conclusion that the difference
Is not one Of degree, but of kind. That Jesus,
surrounded as lie was. could have promulgated u
system OF morals embodying al that Is most vslu.