The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.


ONE copy of Mr.. Ruskins volume of Poems
recently brought over 800 at London sale.
TEXAS sIFTINGs believes Shapiro, the Deu-
teronomy man, to be the real, long-lost author of
the Morey letter.
HERBERT SPENCER has been asked to stand for
Parliament in the county Mayo a recognition
of the Premlerss services TO Ireland.
RAzAFINDAHETZ, the new Queen of Madagas-
car. assumes the throne under the name OF
RanavalOna III. She is widow of twenty-five
and a Christian.
LORD CoLERIDCsE is a widower, and has three
sons and one daughter. His eldest son is at the
bar, his second is merchant, and the third, Gil
bert, is with him in America.
Mr.. SIMS REEVES the English tenor, who is
s1xty-two years old, still has a sweet voice,
which Is growing dove-like in volume. His hair
is plentiful and is worn la lion.
THE monument to be erected in the Black
Forest in memory of Berthold Auerbsch will
consist of huge square block of granite, bear
ing a bronze medallion portrait of the poet, and
will stand close by tho Kupferhammer, near
Pforzheim.
MAUD s. got her name from being pet OF
Maud Stone, a bright little daughter OF Captain
Stone, who first discovered The virtues of the
horse. Jay-Eye-See, that now aspires to the
championship. got his name from the initials OF
his owner, ]. 1. Case, of Racine, Wis.
Rev. LAIRD COLLYER has been to a hOrse-race
in France, and was surprised with its decency
and the great proportion of reputable people he
saw there. Alas! that American cergymen must
90 to Paris to find Ou5 that hOrse-racing is quite
respectable an amusement as base ball.
THE Athen@um says that heroes of American
novels are prigs. Perhaps it arises from the
fact that no other young man in an English
novel mas mad more influence on young writer's
of fiction in this country than Henry Esmond,
whom Thackeray himself regarded as a prig.
PROF. HUXLEY, on hearing recently that there
were many new houses in the best parts of Lon
don which had no connection with the main
sewer, remarked that he hoped the London
Sanitary Protective Association might soon
obtain powers from Parliament to hang a fow
builders.
THE rooms set aside for Lord Coleridge at the
Grand Pacific, Chicago, are Immediately above
the office. and consist of the famous parlors, /,
8, g. 7 and 8, which are usually placed at the
disposal of really great. or VIGOROUSLY great,
people visiting Chicago. 1t is in these parlors
that Langtry has iolled, Patti petted and Gers
ter gushed; while President Arthur and many
other distinguished personages have used them.
pleased to observe that Lord Coleridge's pronun-
citation, IN the remark which his lordship made
there, "woud be accepted as according with the
best American practice" with three slight ex-
ceptions. He said cal-ee-ber knowledge, and
accented partisan strongly on the last syllable.
These English will soon be enabled to speak the
United States language very credtably, If they
improve their opportunities.
81 NOTICED the large, heavy signature of Ga
lusha Grow on the Monongahela House regis
ter" says Pittsburgh Dispatch writer. ''To
look at the long, strong heavy lines of that sig
nature you would he sure to think Mr.. Grow
weighed 240 pounds, and was all bone and
sinew great, robust, big-dDced, sledge-fsted
fellow. And that is just the kind of fellow Mr..
Grow isn't. He is slender, bald headed, silvery-
bearded, thin-voired, peasant-spoken old gen.
tleman. He is out of politics, and will
not speak in this campaign"
A PROMINENT lawyer in Lewistown, Me-, was
greeted by a lady in his office with the remark:
'You don't know me, 1 reckon" He said her
face was familiar, but he couldn't recall her
name. 81 was divorced from my husband last
term. l want to sue him for breach of promise ~
said she. She and her husband were divorced.
parted and met, fell in love again, courted and
she was won. the marriage intention was pub
lished, and the day set The man reached for
the West and the abandoned w1te-lover will take
it out of him in money damages.
A CITIZEN of Rome, GA, while crossing the
railroad track in that city, got his foot caught
fast in frog. While trying to get loose he saw
the Chattanooga train on the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia road come dash1ng over the
bridge. Wild with fright, the man jerked his
leg almost out ofjoint, and came near breaking
his foot. But the train was almost upon him,
ard he decided to unlace his shoe, pull his foot
out and leave the shoe to be mashed. He acted
upon this thought, and as he got his foot out the
train glided by on another track.
GENERAL BEAUREGARD says "In the early
spring OF 1864 1t became evident to her physi-
clan and her family that Mrs. Beauregard had
not long TO live, Our good old friend, Dr. Mer-
cier. again went to General Butler to know If
there were no possibility of my seeing once more
the tender and loving wife from whom had
been so suddenly and long separated. He imme-
dlately turned to his desk, and, with his charac-
terisIlc pr0mptDess, wrote an unconditional pass,
which authorized me To enter his lines and to
come to New Orleans, where | could remain I'M
mOlested as long rs circumstances required my
presence there. That was u noble aCf, FOR which
shall ever be grateful"