The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-17


of Judge reaching his ninetieth year while ye
performing the duties of the Bench. That wa
Sir John More, and Judge Garland exceeds eyel
/ him.
A GOWN of electric blue silk corded with re,
and pearl-colored coIsage was worn by Mrs. Sena
tor Logan when she assisted in receiving tn
ladies at recent ball OF the National Rifles. Mrs
Logan has a dazzingly fair complexion, blacl
eyes and snow-white hair, and is handsomer nov
than she ever was.
OoMISICK HOFFMAN,, recently elected Justic'
of the Peace in Dubuque. H., became so confused
and sgitated when called upon TO marry
couple that he resigned at the conclusion Of th'
ceremony. As the office is worth 81 200 the poll
ticians are amazed at the mans remarkable de
iciencY in cheek.
ACCORDING to the Medical Times and Gazette
there has been alarming increase of dru ken
ness in Wales since the Sunday closing act wen'
into operation. 1t appears TO be caused by habit
among the people of drinking Saturday nights
after the public houses have closed, the entire
stock of beer which they had previously stored al
home for Sunday.
The Aurania, the latest addition to the Cunsrd
feet. was Launched from Messrs. Thomson's ship
building yard at Clydebank on December %. She
is 500 tons:register 40 feet long. and with en-.
gines of 10 900 horse power She Is built OF steel
and will carry 500 first-class passengers, and VIII
be lighted by electricity. The Countess IF Eglin-
ton named the new vessel.
Mr.. WILLIAM DENIsoN PORTER, who died in
Charleston, S. c., last week, was one the leading
men in the State, and one OF its most successful
lawyers. He had been a member of both Houses
OF the Legislature and Presidential Elector, be-
longing to the school Of John c. Calhoun, and he
favored secession after Lincoln's election. After
the War he used his influence to secure a friendly
feeling between all sections
JUDGE PTTNAN. of the Superior Court of Bos-
ton, often saysa bright thing The other day
case came up wherein the plaintiff sued a eonsta-
bic for the conversion of lot OF quors. and the
principal witness for the plaintiff was questioned
as to the daily profits Of the business The law
yer followed his inquiry with another as to the
daily receipts, when Judge Pitrnan with smile
and said. 30 never mind: there isn't
probably mnch difference between the receipts
and the profits"
scIPIo HORNE. physician. surgeon and astrOn0-
mer, likewise eolored brother. practicing at skip
with, Miss, was lately called TO attend fellow
African who was having trouble with one Of his
legs. He a. once decided that lizard was Sc
creted in the offending member, which he there
upon cut wide open. After torturiug his patient
for considerable time with knife and probe,
ScipiO decided that the ailment was IAN invisible
Two reputable physicians have
in saving the patients life by amputat-
ing his leg and warrants out for the arrest of
scipio Africanus, who has made himself extreme
ly scarce.
AN East Indian paper tells OF an inexperienced
traveller. who, suffering from extreme thirst
drank some water collected in the stem of a plant
He added little rum to the water and died in
excruciating sgony. At the post norton examin-
alton his internal ORGANS were fouRd sealed I'D
with India rubber The fluid he swallowed was
the sap Of the MinUsops bolsta, of the gutta
pereha family, and coagulates under the action
Of alcohol After reproducing this remarkable
story, the British Medical Journal gives scientific
reasons. in nearly a half column OF agate type,
Why it can not be as true as it is interesting.
THE veteran actor, John Gilbert is another of
those who see the American stage in state of de
cadence. Having been invited to contribute q
reminiseence Of Boston Theaters to a Boston
weekly journal, he responds: SHOULD l attempt
10 give Renaissance of the old Boston stage it
would be a tedious tale, and not very compli-
mentary to the present state of the drama. No
doubt 1 am by many called an old fogy. 1 am
not annoyed at the term. Seeing what have
seen, seeing what l see, when Theaters are
provided to witness toe feeble attempts of notoTie
lies and sterling plays by talented and expert
enoed artists are neglected the stage is indeed in
1 deplOrable condition"
TIE proposed Dramatic Festival at Cincinnati
Is at least TO be productive Of much animosity
between certain prominent actors Lawrence
Barrett made the condition precedent to his ap-
pearance in the Festival that T. W. Keene,
more recent conner In the theatrical ornament
.hould not be east Tor characters of the same
grade as those played by him. The agent of Mr..
Keene has been seeking a controversy with the
manager o. the Festival, and alleged that the
manager was the first 20 suggest the appearance Of
Mr.. Keene in the Festival conformity with McCul-
ough aud Egrett; but the manager. who has
had the last word so far. denies this and adds:
Ihave letter from Mr.. Hayden, dated At Nash
vile, October u. in which he asks whether an
arrangement can not be made for Mr. Keene to
appear. Unless Mr. Hayden drops this matter 1
hall be strongly tempted to publish this letter"
THE late Madame Rudersdorff left the following
Instructors regarding her final burial, her body
being inferred at the ine of her death in a vault
n Cedar Grove Cemetery. Dorchester District
Boston: Il want to be buried in an oak coffin of
he cheapest kind. The inside must be lined with
zinc or lead. wish to be dressed in a skirt and
wrapper, my hair done up as now, with the black
ace scarf now on my hat to be dres ed with my
hair, and everything must be Of the cheapest
character. There is heap of stones by the lake
II Lakeside. A hut must be constructed of these
stones, and my coffin placed in 1t. cheap rus
.ic fence must be built about it. A one-foot
square of glass must be placed over my face.
Captain Silas Sawyer will build the hut" This
burial receptacle has never been constructed, and
Il Is considered doubtful If ii eves will be.
IN Germany tho Imperial Postofice practically
MSS monopoly of the entire newspaper trade. Ev-
cry Postoce ia the Empire is ready TO receive sub
sc.iptiols for not only any German journal, but
Almost any newspaper Of note published i the
world. The new catalogue Of the German Fost-
oftice for 1888, which is just published. shows
iolsl of S,4l2 newspapers. any of which the De
partment is ready to supply to subscribers ct any
office throughout the Empire. OF this total. 1850
IRE in the German Language, including not only
The journals published in the German Empire,
but most of the German papers of Austria and
well as of the United States and
Brazil. The number OF papers in the French Ian
yuaee included In the list is ,O22 including those
Of France, Belgium and Switzerland. Those in
English. including British, Colonial and Ameri-
IAN, number s2i.
CERTAINLY the English will pronounce Mr.. w.
). Gilbert literary hereto in saying: my
IN orv Is that the DeoDle OF England have no real