The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-21
ABOUT PEOPLE.

THE Hon. George Bancroft will give to the
Iowa town named for him 81 900 worth of books
for public library.
PATRICK DELANY, whose inventions in teleg-
raphy attracting attention, was a messen-
ger-bOy for the Western Union at Hartford a few
years ago.
MRS LYNN LINTON, the English story-writer,
is now over sixty years of age. but still works
with her old vigor and keeps all her social en-
gagements. -
a LETTER of Abraham Lincoln has been pub
lshed showing that in the struggle for the Wing
nomination for the presidency between Clay and
Taylor he for the latter
Ex-VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER Is afflicted with
| sleeplessness, and fears are entertained that he
will not become we'll again. He is sixty -four
years old, and pretty good man.
ToURGUENEFF's brain weighed, it is said, 2,O12
grammes, and was the heaviest human brain
ever weighed The average weight is 1890
grammes Cuvier's brain weighed 1900
grammes.
A HANDSOME granite monument has been
placed in Forest Grove cemetery, Augusta. Me-,
in honor of the late Lot NJ. Morril. II stands in
the family lot, near the simple headstone that
marks the statesman's grave.
GENERAL FRANCIS E. SPINNER, ex-Treasurer of
the United States, and now a farmer in Florida,
where the allgators grin when they see his sig
nature, has been in Washington in excellent
health, and has returned TO his orange groves.
c. P. HUNTINGTON, the railroad magnate, has,
since the death of his wife, given up all active
interest in business affairs. Her demise was an
irreparable blow to him in his old age. for he is
over sixty. Mr.. Huntington is worth about $780,
100000.
MR.. CoBURN once Governor of Maine, and the
wealthiest man in that State. is a bachelor at
four-scOre years. Not long ago he sold tracts of
Western lands at 100000. The lands were
bought years ago, and were very profitable in
vestment.
CoRDELIA SToKER, of Southern Utah, attained
her hundredth year few days ago. She be-
longed to the Methodist Church until her ninety
fifth year, when she embraced Mormonism. She
greeted fifty grandchildren on this occasion.
She has PA descendants in Utah
MoNsIGNoR CAPEL thinks that the influence of
that vague thing called "society" is to dry up
the heart and to make men seek selfish pleasure,
Indifferent to the sufferings of the needy, re-
gardless of religious life and duty, and rather
looking upon all talk of spiritual things an
intrusion.
ONE night in the early days of San Francisco
party of men were winding up q spree In
saloon, when one OF the members dashed the
liquor from his glass, and said: 81 dash 1t away
forever" From this incident the Dashaway
Society was formed, and 1t did incalculable
good in the cause of temperance and charity.
DEATH mask of Washington has suddenly
turned up Hobcken man says he has had it
for years, but has told nobody until now His
story is that Leutze heard. when he began his
big picture of "Washington Crossing the Della
ware" that man in England had Washing
ton mask Leutze secured cast of it and after
ward gave it to Mr.. Hagedorn of Philadelphia,
Bavarian consul aud art collector. The Hobo
ken man bought 1t when Hagedorn died,
eighteen years ago.
THE Princess Beatrice is showing her love for
literature by occasionally contributing TO the
pages of Good Words About two months ago
she went to stay at AK lie Bains, from which she
brought home sketches and material for some
papers, the frat of which will shortly appear in
the magazine just referred to- Her sister, the
Warehouses of Lorne has promised to show her
old interest In matters artistic by opening win
ter exhibition of pictures in London, almost di-
rectly she comes back from Canada.
AT the Munich International Exhibition, all
pictures by Wilhelm LeiOl, the peasant paint
er," were "skied." This made Leibl terribly
angry, and lie threatened to thrash every men,
Der of OF the committee if his pictures were not
lowered. AS he is man Of enormous size and
strength, and always keeps his word the COM
mittee lost no time in putting his pictures con
the line" and he received the grand medal.
But after receiving the medal he broke it in two,
to show his contempt for an honor which had
been granted only through force. His indigua-
tioa was aroused to fury OIL finding that the
medal was filed with plaster, aud he hurled the