The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-08
ABOUT PEOPLE.

DIR. HENRY S~CHLIEMANN has been elected an
Honorary Fello W of Queens College, Oxford.
THE late Sir George Jessels will disposes of
personal property worth more than $lSl25,-
900. -st r.
As Minister Lowell is suffering from the CONT
he may remember one of his own lin~es-"That
little old shoe in the corner"
FRIENDS of the late General @. K. Warren an
nounced their intention of erecting q costly
mausoleum at West Point in his honor.
ROBERT BURNs's shoes, worn by him when a
boy, are on exhibition In Portland, Me. The
shoes are about six inches in length, and have
wooden soles shod with iron. The uppers are
tackled on the soles.
DUKES, the Pennsylvania homicide, who was
acquitted, and whom Pennsylvania regards as
one OF her two meanest men-the other being
the one who robbed the poOr-house-has resum-
ed the practice of law in his old town.
IRA D.. sANKgY, tie singing revivalist, says
that he and Mr.. Moody will return to England
in October and spend a year in the oity of Lon
don. The people there have had two large nova
BILE tabernacles OF iron constructed capable Of
holding 5000 persons, and these can be taken
down and moved about to different parts of the
city.
SENATOR LAMAR's mode Of life is simple. He
has generally a large suite of rooms, strewn with
books and papers. He lives alone. He eats
when he is hungry, and at the nearest hotel or
restaurant wherever he may happen to be. He
used to have his wife with him. but now, poor
lady, she has become a hopeless invalid through
much sorrow from domestic griefs. Lamar is as
careless as a child in money matters. He never
knows how much he has, and often pays the same
bill twice to dishonest tradesnen.
Mr.. GEORGE W. CABLE, the novelist, is a very
quiet little man, VINO was formerly a clerk. His
life has been spent in New Orleans; he is a piOus
man, who attends largely to the official bust
ness of religious corporations; he does not read
French novels, although one might from his
style think that he does, and he has never at
tended a theater. He is about forty-two years
old and he does not think that he writes. novels
when he is describing creole life. He does not
know what alcoholic liquors taste like.
A STERN refOrmer is the Prince OF Montenegro.
Some time ago he closed all the cafes and drink
ing shops in his dominion, regarding them as
schools of efieminacy, extravag ance and cor
ruptiOn. Then he abolished all titles, so that
while formerly every other man In Montenegro
was an "Excellency," now even the ministers
have to be content with plain "Mr." And now
the Prince has issued an interdict against all
Luxurious wearing apparel" including c%ravats,
gloves, walBing-sticks, parasnls and umbrellas.
And no one dares complain, because the Prince
himself lives up to the strlctest letter of the
laws.
AN old hat of Herr wagner's has lately been
made the subject of a long legal document. Not
long before his death the great musician bought
a new hat In Venice, and put it on AT once, leav-
ing his shabby old head-gear behind on the
counter. With a keen eye to business the halter
kept the hat, which was of white felt and the
usual broad brimmed shape often seen in Wag-
ner's portraits, and he has now sold 1t for a
handsome price to q devoted Wagnerian. The
purchaser was determined that there should be
no doubt of the relics authenticity, and obliged
the halter to give a full account of Herr Wag-
ner's visit and purchase before a lawyer, the
deposition being duly signed, attested by wit
nesses. and carefully handed over to the lawyer
keeping.