The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
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THE Young Gar Is quoted as saying re-
Gently: Il don't expect to be alive i've weeks
hence"
HORSE seized little girl with its teeth. at
Dayton, Ill, carried her several blocks, and then
trampled her to death.
SOME mischieyous Democratic Senator ought TO
stir Malone up with a long stick-just to see If he
is alive.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mrs JOHN BROWN has received gift of nearly
s., 900 contributed By those who wished to show
their admiration and reverence for the good old
man whose soul is marching on"
AFTER supper at a ball. He: Without joking,
Elise, do adore you. When look at you, there
is such a commotion in my breast" She: And
in mine, too. Henri; It must be the lobster
saladv'
CHRISTIAN f. RAPP, Principal of Cincinnati
school, married one Of his pupils. and within
three days so far forgot their changed relations
to whip her for disobedience. She has sued for
divorce.
THE Governor of the Bank OF France made
a powerful appeal before the Monetary Confer
ence In Paris, in favor of bimetellism, assert
ing that the Conference must find remedy
for the great monetary evils pressing on the
world.
A ROCHESTER shoe-cutter who had his hand
caught in some machinery, placed cobweb over
the wound to stanch the flow of blood. The web
contained a small spider, which stung the man
so severely that his whole arm has swollen to
twice its natural size.
LORD BEAcoSsFILD always used quill pen un-
til on one occasion he visited the great pen man
l,,fao ask ed nv
elliott to accept box of steel pens. The box
was sent to him, and Lord Beaconsfeld afterward
said that it was with these steel pens that 10
THAR was written.
THE Sunday school Times says: Persons who
would not willingly utter lie or steal their
friends money too often write fulsome false
hood in the guise of a letter of cOmmendatiOn,
and thereby steal what has vastly more than q
money value. the confidence and happiness Of
him to whom the letter is sent"
Mrs LIScOLS the widow of the President, is in
a grievOus state OF suffering. She was seriously
injured by an accidental fall while in Europe,
and her nervous system is almost completely
Frustrated. She will be brought to this city for
medical treatment next month il she can possibly
bear the journey.-New YORK Tribune.
THE Catholic Review, in an article on the read.
ing of the Scriptures by the people at large, OBJ
serves: Even among Catholics 1t fosters a Cath
Ollie spirit which in many cases induces indiyid-
uals to set up their individual judgment against
the will of the Church. The indiscriminate cir
culation of the Bible. even with notes approved
by the Church, has not always always been pro-
ductiye Of good"
ST. LOUIS pickpockets arc no respecters of per-
persons. Two of them robbed Judge Walker, OF
the Illinois Supreme Court. of $500 a day or two
ago They were very polite in assisting him into
a railroad ear, and one Of them even kindly car
ried his travelling bag into the and placed it
on a seat for him, and as profusely thankful for
his civility. The loss OF the pocketbO0k was not
discovered until later.
LADY visitor at the Executive Mansion during
the last days of the Hayes administration said to
| the colored servant of Mrs. Hayes who was busy
packing the family trunks: well Winny, how do
you feel about leaving the White House?' well
now. MisSis," said she, you know we came for
four years, and we've enjoyed ourselves, and
they're all sorry to have go, and now think
! this Just the time to leave"
Two patients in an Iowa Insane Asylum, man
and q woman, escaped by means OF a rope ladder
saddled horses in the stable Of the Institution,
rode twenty miles to a clergyman, and by him
were married IN the morning, nothing in their
manner at that time indicating that they were not
sane. The pair continued their journey until
afternoon when each became convinced that the
other was demented, and applied for protection
SOME Democratic papers do not seem to see that
Democrats have nothing to do with this inferno
cine disturbance in the Republican party. but to
make and keep II just as hot and bitter as they
can. 1t is fair question whether this be best
done by giving Garfield or Conkling aid and CON-
fort but for the present the majority Of the party
agree that the Democracy can be most benefited
by helping Garfield.-St. Louis Republican.
MADAME GERsTER Is a great little home body
and knits all of her husbands stockings it being
one of her boasts that he has never had 10 buy q
/ pair of stockings since he was married. A lady
| called TO see the prima donna the other day and
found her making baby clothes for brand new
baby that belonged to one Of the chorus
singers. why don't you buy them ready made
for herr" asked the astonished visitor. "Oh, "
was the reply. ready made baby clothes are
never half made"
REV. WILLIAM b. cuLLrs, a Presbyterian
preacher OF Southwark, Philadelphia is greatly
alarmed about the future. He thinks the world
Is soon to come to an end, for the reason-frst,
because of the approaching perilhelion of the
great planets, and second, because great changes
are going on in the sun. which must materially
affect the sun II not destroy It. There is great
danger when the planets are in perihelion, aud
Mr.. Cullis says many persons believe that from
1881 TO 1885 will be the most perilous time to hui
man beings-a time of great heat and cold,
spread of fever, floods drouth. etc. These things
may be taken Us a prem onition Of the end Of the
world.
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