The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-16

TOOK night without word OF warning
But cannot help heartfelt sigh at the
fall OF my old friend Nellie.
DR.. PERSON AT UNIVERSITY PLACE.
1t is long since l have enjoyed sermon
more than | did the mastery discourse by
the Rev. Dr. Pierson, of Indianapolis on last
Sunday, at the University Place Presbyteri.
an Church. here. And by the air of the
congregation and the remarks overheard,
judge everyone was as well pleased as I. In
dianapolis will miss him if he comes here
permanently, but it will be great gain for
New York. The University Place Church
would also be pleasant place for DIR. Pier
son. The building is plain but handsome
one, of classical gothic style. 1t is located
away down town, in an questionable neigh
borhood, but its congregations are composed
OF the very best society of the city. 1t is one
OF the richest congregations in the city. II
can look down the main aisle" said one of
the ushers, ''and figure up over fifty mill
ions, without looking at all sharp"
DIR. Booth, who has resigned the Univer-
sity Place pulpit because he was feeling the
burden Of many years and his health is fail.
ing, has long been one of the best-beloved
pastors of New York A plain, unassumng
man, of rich scholarship and cordial, sympa-
thetlc manners, he has retained such hold
upOl MS hearers InaG WDeH tney moved up
town with the rest of the fashionable world
they still drove down, two three or four
miles every Sunday TO the old church. And
whenever he asked for contributions for any
cause, or for any amount, they always sent
back the baskets overlooking with far more
than he asked Every year they have given
him good vacation, and sent him to Eu-
rope to recuperate; but advancing years, fail
ing strength and hard work have made him
strike colors at last
DR.. Booth has been pastor there for twenty
two years-with one exception the longest
Presbyterian pastorate in this city Although
he is really only fifty-three, he looks and is
always considered to be much older. He has
been preaching since he was tweuty-three,
and he has drawn together in University
Place membership of more than 1300-the
largest Presbyterian church in New York,
He will sail for Europe in a few weeks with
his wife-a charming and beautiful woman,
formerly Miss Lathrop-and will spend at
least year there.
THE LIvINGsTONE-FLEMING SUIT.
So the notorious suit for seduction and
breach of promise brought by daughter of
the family of Chancellor Livingstone against
a disreputable but wealthy roue is to be set
tied by compromise. Miss Mary Almont
Livingstone, it will be remembered,
obtained her full verdict of $75, oOO partly
because she made out so clean case, and
partly because the defendant, Henry Flem-
ing and his lawyers were so beastly in glory
ing in his vices and casting foul insinuations
against Miss Livingstone and her family. |
never met Miss Livingstone personally, butt
used to see and hear much of her and her
family at Toms River, n. j., and | knew
her uncle, Tom" Placide the famous actor,
and certeinly they all bore the highest repu-
tation with all who knew them. When the
case went against him, Fleming appealed il,
and got a crowd of drunken stable-boys to
promise to swear to q lot of scandalous
stories about Miss Livingstone. But he soon
got wind of the fact that his witnesses were
so VIGOROUSLY disreputable that their
testimony would not be admitted in court.
Then one of them got locked up for larceny
or something So Fleming suddenly took
passage for Europe, and left his lawyers to
settle up the case.
They have done so. They are to pay Miss
Livingstone $50, 900 in cash. and settle her
lawyers bills, which amount to Sc, 600 more
She says she will accept this, although she
knows she would win the appeal and get the
whole of S75, 900 in the end because she has
horror of publicity, and does not want to
have to go into court and wade through all
the dark details of the case again. Besides,
the moral effect of the compromise is even
greater than it would be if she won the
second trial; and it is of more Importance to
her than the money, which she intends Civ
ing to some charities--probably dividing it
between the Founding Hospital and the
Magdalen's Home.
Miss Livingstone is now living in retire.
ment with her mother, and says she will not
go into society again. But her friends stand
by her, and she is frequently visited by
many of the best people of the city. The
report that she is soon to be married is with
out foundation
l recently dined with a party of friends
at the hotel where she was ruined by Flem-
ing 1t is one of the most popular res
taurants in the city, being large and hand
some one, with excellent fare, and located
in the heart of the fashionable shopping
district. 1t was afternoon when | was there,
and the place was thronged with ladies and
gentlemen of the highest social standing
Yet BY handing the waiter a So bill, a
guilty couple could be shown to private
"diningsaloon" up stairs-so slightly are
virtue and vice divided in the great city.
PERSONAL PIcKINGs.
Last Friday evening, in his usual lecture
on Secular Events of the Week from a Re
ligious Standpoint" the Rev. Dr. Talmage
took occasion to pitch into Harvard College
for not giving Ben. Butler his LII D., and
praised up Butler, and then went on to say
that learned titles amount to but very lit
tle anyway. l never knew legal gentleman
helped in his profession by an Ii. D., or a
clergyman BY D. D. or a philosopher by
an f. r. S. Some of the unsuccessful law
yers of the land have the long collegiate ap-
pendage to their names, and there are very
many ministers who do not know how to
preach who are doctors OF divinity" which
was all very we'll But the Rev. Dr. Tamage
always takes good care to let everyone know
that he is the REV. DR.. Talmage and not
plain Mr."
That grand old veteran, General John C.
Fremont, and his no less famous wife, Jessie
Benton Fremont have taken up their per-