The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-08
CURRENT NOTES.

FIFTY and thirteen have Just been married in
Texas.
CARLYLE's house at Chelsea has the gloomy sign
"to let' On its closed shutters.
NEGRO boy Tuskegee, Ca. who is LACK as
EIebus, has beautiful blue eyes.
GRACE GREENWOOD" is now in London. writing
a biograph. OF Queen Victoria for young readers.
THIRTY Californians have died in ter years pos.
sessed each OF over a million, and some of them
many millions.
BISHOP WILLIAMS. of Connecticut, is reported as
saying that the Pilgrim fathers rst fell upon their
own knees and then upon the aborigines.
AN ex-Confederate of Frederick. Nd, recently
sent 10 Governor Butler, o: Massachusetts couple
Of little C eam-c olored cross-eyed owls.
JOIN BOYLE 0'REILLY, the poet, is a skill d
boxer AID fencsr. who spar with the heaviest
hitters and measure Iols with professional swords
men.
THERE has just been brought out in Paris Com
monplace Book kept by yOltaire, which on his
death passed into the hands Of the Empress Cath
crime IL.
Mr.. JAMES C. MARI, a veteran official of the
Pcstoflce Department, says that the last Mont
gomely Blair was really the father of the free-de
livery system.
COLONEL King, OF Texas, has sold his ranch and
cattle. near San Antonio, for 81. OOOeOO to an En-
slish syndicate. This is said to be the largest
ranch IN the world.
An ingenious correspondent sugg SITS that Il
those Cslfornisns settle among thelnsel yes
whether heir beautiful lake should be called
LAKE Tahoe or Lake Bigler they might compro-
mise after the John Phoenix style aud call IL Lake
Teh0gler.
A MORMON Bishop who organized divorce
Court of his own, by placing dynamite under the
bed occupied by three of his wives Is to have his
conduct inquired into by Church Committee.
Even in Utah the Church attempts to control q
mans amusement.
TIE Milwaukee Sentirel is authority for the
statement that leprosy has gained foothold
among the Norwegian inhabitants OF Northwest
eIn Wisconsin, that it is spreading surely if not
rapidly, ana that 1t has already reached stage
which viii require radical and persistent efforts
for its eradication.
CAT belonging TO Mr.. J. II. Ungemach OF
ZsnesTille, o., few days ago gave birth to three
kittens firmly united together with the umbilical
cord. One is jet black, the other brown. and the
third pure maltese. They are all strong well
formed and healthy, and so highly valued by the
"IIRSEw the Blair family well +" said snold POST
Office Department at'ache gu ted in the Washing
ton Star, land used to go fishing with Frank and
Jim. They were bad boys. as boys are, but Mont
gomery was always good. The neighbors some
times used to go to old Mr.. Blair and complain
about something that Frank or Jim hal done The
cid gentleman would say rather testify, go to
Mrs. Blair; they are her children. not mine"
A CURIOUS case is reported from Washington.
In 1851 person residing in the State Of New York.
who desired 10 aid the sufferers from the destruct
i've fires in Michigan. inadvertently sent among
some papers, and With a quantity OF clothing for
the relief OF the sufferers, two So United States
registered bonds. On discovering the mistake,
and presuming that the bonds had been lost and
perhaps destroyed, he secured duplicate bonds
from the Treasury. Afterward the department
was informed that lady living in Michigan had
possession OF the bonds, and after correspondence
with her they were surrendered for cancellation.
"MR. sERRELL, OF New York" SAYS the Philadel-
phia Press "'has jus received the gold medal OF
the Lyons Academy for his invention OF the auto
matte Keeling OF silk by electricity. Mr. Serrell
went to Lyons some years ago and won the conf
dence of the great capitalists there. getting them
to accept his labor-saying IN achinery, which will
work much the same revolution that was accom-
is still young man. and his friends believe that
he has an extraordinary career before him. The
Keeling OF silk from coeoons WILL by means of this
new machine, now become possible in he Unite
States where hitherto the costliness of labor wa
an inSupeTable barrier"
The st. Petersburg Herald relates that recently
in a South Russian village peasant was accused
OF theft. The culprit kept out Of the way, but
sent an advocate to plead his cause before the To-
cal judicial magnate. The lawyer employed all
his elocuence to convince the Judge thar his eli
ent was innocent, but bis clever appeal hal no eff
feet upon the Magistrate. who knew the accused
and had probably condemne. him before he heard
the details Of the case He gave the sentence-fve
and twenty blows with a rod. The village solo
mon was informed that the criminal could not be
found. Never mind. he observed, Justice
must have It's course. As the criminsl is not in
our hands we decree that his advocate shall re-
ceive the hOgging The mar who has the face to
defend such rascal deseryas to be punished"