The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-07
ABOUT PEOPLE,

Miss EMILY FAITHFUL says that this Is her
last visit to America.
SEVERAL of the works of Herbert Spencer have
been translated into Japanese.
MR.. WILBUR F. STOREY, of the Chicago Times,
is in Philadelphia, under treatment for nervous
prostration.
LORD GRANVILLE intends to erect chapel on
his Cliffs End estate a memorial of the land
ing there of Saint Augustine
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, on a visit to the old home
of Harriet Marrlneau, found the great writer's
favorite cat still doing the honors at the mature
age of sixteen years.
MACAULAY once received a letter from lady
who urged that as he had made so much money
by abusing better people than himself he ought
t. give portion of 1t to her.
MRS C. c. CoNGER. the young American artist,
is making a great success as a portrait painter,
in London. She has had several of her pictures
accepted by the French Salon.
THE house of Thomas Carlyle at Chelsea, which
is now empty and looks dilapidated, is adver-
tsed to be let or sold. In Glasgow a committee
is forming to buy the edifice and make of it a
Carlyle clubhouse,
PROFESSOR SEELYE, who insists that politics
and history shall hot he separated, but that mar
ratives shall contain problems says that the two
grand problems of English history are those of
India and the colonies.
MISS EMILY FAITHFUL goes to Colorado for
the purpose of observing the conditions of life
with a view to the emigration Of Englishwomen.
society formed by the Princess Louise is IT,
terested in the scheme.
A TEN-YEAR-oLD daughter of Mr.. Vim. D. How
ellis has drawn some quaint and original pictures
| illustrating young Girl among the Old Mas
ters." Her mother artist, and her uncle
is Larkin g. Mead, the sculptor.
DAVID LINCOLN pioneer of Chautauqua
county, New York, though seventy-two years
old, can-l lift readily thousand pounds and there
is not youth in Mayvlle where he lives,
that can chop big hickory log in two as quick
ly as he.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY is now short, fat and
fifty, though still hard and steady worker.
His method when travelling is to have whole
section in a Pullman, have the curtains drawn
and the table set up and proceed TO business
with typewriter.
IT'S claimed that DR.. W. H. DeCourcy. of
Queen Anne county, Maryland, is the rightful
Lord Kingsale, Baron Courcy, of Ireland. The
present holder of the titlethe Oldest of the Irish
peerage-is said to be the descendant or an i'm
postor who was foisted into the place by fraud
more than century ago.
MR.. TABOR, who was in the United States SEN
ate during thirty days, carries revolver when
he escorts his family to the opera. That was
shown in Denver the other night when the re-
volver slipped from his pocket, exploded, caused
Mrs. Tabor to shrek and made the small boys
run to see what was the matter
SECRETARY FoLGER is portrayed a man
above the medium height, with a face deuoting
tirmness and benevolence as its chief character
lstics. He is q man of iDf1exible will and deter
mination, but, curiously enough, is one of the
most patient listeners to the many bores who
daily seek an audience with him.
A NUMBER of Boston capitalists have acquired
a lease of the gutta-percha forests of Dutch
Guiana for a term of thirty-three years, and
have already begun operations there upon an
extensive scale. Their lease covers 100000
acres, and the quality of the gum is said to be
equal to that of the best East India product.
A VERY affecting scene occurred during the
trial OF the Tabor-Bush case in Denver court
recently. Mrs. Senator Tabor No l bad been
summoned, and when she came into court the
only vacant chair was one directly next her
former husband. At first she seemed dazed. not
knowing where to so; but, suddenly taking cour-
age by the apparent unconcern of the Senator,
she walked up and sat down in it, moving it in