The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-15
ABOUT PEOPLE.

GEORGE H. CoRLIss, of Rhode Island, is build
ing the engines for the first cotton-mills TO be
erected in China.
DURING her stay in Bermuda the Princess
Louisa composed piece of music entitled "The
Calabash Polka" which will be performed at
the next Government-house ball.
MRS. GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND lie described
as a large, wholesome-loOking woman. She
"mOved" the family effects and got settled in the
new home while Gath" was down In Cincinnati
at the dramatic festival
DIR. w. W. MCFARLAND offers prize medal to
the young women of Hardin College, Missouri,
or the best essay on any subject, filling at least
three foolscap pages and containing no word of
more than Two syllabes.
THE Rev. Edward Sorin, superior general of
the congregation of the Holy Cross of the State
of Indiana, has left Rome for the United States,
after having been received by the Pope. This is
Father SOrin's forteth trip across the Atlantic.
LONDON society is much interested over some
private correspondence from Sarah Bernhardt,
in which the great actress in passionate terms
expresses the hope that her near maternity will
crown her life with a daughter who shall be
great.
NEW YoRKs ''best society" now cut their own
bread at the table on plate made OF wood from
the Holy Land, and with a knife purchased in
Damascus. One generation back it was not the
"cutting" of the bread, but the getting" of it
that occupied their attention.
TEXAS is about to hang woman. She caused
her little girl to go on the streets as a beggar,
submitted her to cruel prlvation in order to make
her look miserable enough to arouse pity, and
finally murdered her because she did not bring
home satisfactory amount of money.
JEFFERSON DAVIS being asked recently to
name the best Federal general in the late war;
replied: "There were two-McClellan and
Meade. Mcclellan was a grand engineer and a
great general; Meade was q steady 1ghter, and
his movements were more OF an enigma to Lee
than those of any other Federal general"
MISS A NJ. FIELDE, missionary stationed at
Swatow, China, who has just returned to this
country on visit, has during the past four
years, In addition to her missionary labOrs, pre-
pared dictionary of the Swallow dialect. 1t is
book of some 600 pages, the first work of the
kind ever published.
THE late Marshall Jewell had in preparation
at the time of his death, a monograph on the
Charter Oak, of Connecticut His executors en-
ployed W. 1. Fletcher, of Hartford, to carry out
the design, and the result is a pamphlet with
several illustrations The artotype reproduction
of Brownelrs painting of the tree has been made
For some time two italian orange girls had
called daily at certain office in Boston. Re-
Gently one of them failed for several days to
appear, and when her companion was asked
about her she said that the missing one had been
married "Married indeed! and to whom9" was
asked. "Oh, she married very WE'LL" "who is
her husband and what does he dot" Oh, he is
very well off, he owns his own monkey and hand
organ"
FLORENCE MARRYAr says that when Dickens
was writing "David Copperteld," and at a time
when its publicati on in a serial form was about
half completed, American firm procured
somebody to write conclusion, and thus put a
bogus book on the market. The version of the
story married David TO Agnes rather abruptly.
Dickens had intended the same thing, but when
the news of this audacious piracy reached him
he forthwith introduced Dora and made her Da-
vid's wife, with as little delay as possible