The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-17
ABOUT PEOPLE.

THE Queen Of servia undertook to publish a
volume of poems and is 1000, 1000 roubles
in debt.
BARTHOLOMEW BINNs, successor to MarwoOd,
declares ne becomes a hangman "because he likes
popularity"
A RUSSIAN princess of remarkable beauty, 1t
is rnmored, will make her debut in Washington
society this winter.
ACCORDING to the Pail Mail Gazette ''there is
not railroad guard porter in the United
States who is not acquainted with Matthew
Arnold's poetry"
SERGEANT JASPER, the hero who figures in
Revolutionary annals is to have a monument at
Savannah OF the $4,000 required for the
work S6,8s7 have been subscribed
MISS HELEN GLADSTONE the Premier's daugh-
ter, and the vice-presdent of the North Hail,
Newman College, is dark-haired, quiet-look-
ing English girl, who looks as though she might
be twenty-five
SPEAKING of nine-months men in the war;
General a. P. Martin, of Boston, says: "T have
seen men VINO have Lot served more than
five minutes, and had their heads knocked off
1t is enough that a man has been once under
fire."
DAVID MCCOMAs, the brother of little Charlie
McComas, whom the Apaches kidnapped, at
Pyramid City, N. M few days ago, on his way
TO Casa Grande, Mexico He had learned that
the boy was seen alive and well at Casa arande
about two weeks before.
MR.. GEORGE SCovILLE, who defended Guiteau.
is visiting his daughter in Denver. His form is
bowed and the wrinkles in his face are deep He
will not talk about Guiteau about his wife
and daughter. His daughter in Denver is seek
ing divorce from her husband.
THE Prince OF Bulgaria, the most insignificant
of European soveregns. a yonng man of twenty
six, who never commanded regiment in the
field, possesses thirty seven decorations, many
of them of high order, and originally intended
only for those who had distinguished themselves
in action. 9.- -eat
THE mother of Joaquin Miller, lady sixty
years of age, has created a sensation at Eugene
City. Ore, by marrying youth named Allison,
who is only twenty-five years of age. Joaquin's
younger brother bitterly opposed the MATCH but
Mrs. Miller claimed the exercise of her own
pleasure in the matter
MR.. JOHN r. FRENCH, formerly sergeant-at-
arms of the United States Senate in his lecture,
"Ten Years Among the Senators" ranks William
Pitt Fessenden the greatest member of that
body he ever knew, but says he went in and out
of the Senate Chamber with less spretensiOn
than the man who opened and shut the doors.
Mr. GLADSTONE varies his feats with the
Ratchet by occasional rambles in the leafy soil
tudes round Hawarden with accordion. I'm
fortunately, the Ministerial MebRus does not
pipe to the wood nymphs as securely as his pre-
decessors did to the tenants of Arcadia. Con-
stables in plain clothes still keep ward over his
woodland wanderings
EX.CONGREssMAN MCLANE, now the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, ar
rays himself in the prodigious neck apparel and
waist-coats which prevailed half a century ago
He is now seventy years old, was in Congressin
1s47 and afterwards spent three years as Minis
ter TO China, since which time his home is full
of Chinese furniture and ornaments.
MRS. LABoUCHERE is chaperoning Miss
Detchon, recently a comedy actress in New
York and Philadelphia. The young lady is said
to be prettier than Mrs. LaDgtry. Mrs Labou-
chere's experience with the Lily would make it
embarrassing for her TO lay claim to the posses
sion of qualifications essential to a safe chape-
rone But maybe this difficulty was what re-
commended her to the consideration Of Miss
Detchon.
To Sir Moses Montefiore the Hebrews of En-
gland owe more than they owe to Beaconsfield.
He will, if he lives, be one hundred years old
next year, Oct. "a. His face has look of great
benevoence. He was knighted when he was
baronetcy in 1916. 1t was he who was selected
to secure the rights and lives of the Jews in Da-
mascus in 1910, and he has undertaken several
missions to other countries for the same pur-
pose.