The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.

HARRY GARFIELD, son of the late President
Garfield, is to deliver the Grafton at North Ad-
ans, Mass, on Decoration Day.
MRS. AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON, the novelist, of
Alabama, has a very fine dairy in which she
takes much pride. Her Jersey cows take prizes.
she personally attends to the making of jams
and jellies, and her guests at Mobile praise her
excellent homemade wine.
FURTHER inquiry ELECTS the fact that not only
national bank at Marion Ia, and one at
Raleigh, NJ c., have lady presidents, but that
Mrs. M. III. Galloway is president of the savings
bank at Fond du Lac, Wis; Sarah F. Dick the
cashier of the First National at Huntington.
Ind; Annie NJ. King, cashier of a bank at White
Cloud, Kan; Jennie Combs, cashier of a bank
at Vaudeville, Mich, and Miss NJ W. Bond.
treasurer of the saving bank at Florence, Mass.
EX-SENATOR DAVID DAVIS said the other day
that had he not been elected to the Senate as
he was be would have resigned his place on the
Supreme Bench and retired to private life with
in the year. 81 had been," said he, son the
Supreme Bench fifteen years, and was tired out.
A man of my habit cannot stand the great labor
imposed upon judge in that court. 1t requires
a different, sligbter man. 1t Is not the writing
of opinions that wears OUT 1t is the constant,
wearing labor of finding out the truths of mat
LeFb COuCbTuluh WHICH opinions are 10 Dc WIFI
ten"
r O'DONovAN Rosa has received letter from
Utica, signed BRITANNIA" Britannia" wrote
to O'Donovan on business. He wanted to strike
a bargain with jeremiah. He believed that
O'DonOvan was not going to live long. In fact,
his knowledge was certain that ODonovan was
very shortly to die violent death. Therefore,
Britannia" wrote to O'Donovan, making an
offer to buy that patriots body, and requesting
that a letter stating terms and other particulars
might be addressed to him at the Utica post
office. O'DOnOvan is trying to calculate what
dead patriot ought to be worth in the market.
WASHINGTON letter: "The President was
strolling up stairs with gentleman or two,
after lunch the other day $50 runs the story.
when he spied party of tourists in the distance.
That young colored man. he is said to have
said, pointing out one of the tourists, has a
most remarkable history. He was sold into
slavery 700 times There was a wondering
clamatiOn or two. Yes said the President,
remember him because he was once in my en-
ployment. Since then he has been playing the
part of slave in one of these Uncle Toms
Cabin companies 1t was all clear to them
then"
WASHINGTON letter: ga members wife went
to the bluff, bold Bright, Sergeant. alarms of
the Senate, just before Congress adjourned, and
begged for one of the senator's desks. Bright
sent her to the property man. who has perfect
furniture store down in the cellar somewhere.
To him said the persistent Mrs. Representative:
Il want senator's desk. want to send 1t home
and have il put in the library to surprise my
husband when he goes back You see," she add
ed. in burst of confidence, seeing that the fur
nitnre man didn't look particularly cross, we
go out on the 4th of March, aud we want to get
as much out of it as possible She didn't get
that desk"
LOUIS MICHEL, the French revolutionist, is
believed by many to be victim to remorse for
the death of her husband, OF which she was, the
indirect cause Her maiden name was Victoire
Guerer and she is now forty nine years old. In
early life she a school teacher, and while hold
ing that position was married to one M. Tinayre.
BY him she had three sons, of whom two are
now living They are engravers, and execute
all the vignettes on their mothers pamphlets.
NJ. Tinayre was kind-hearted, easy going man.
ana he and his wife were devotedly attached TO
each other. Through her, however, he was led
into the Commune, and met his death. Since then
she has been animated by two passions only
remorse and revenge
A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Post gives
upon the authority of gentleman intimately
related to Daniel Webster's family some ex.
plantations of the circumstances attending the
utterance of the Great ExpOunder's last words
He says that in answer to a question from an
attendant at the bedside of Webster, one of mis-
physicians said In substance: "You may give
him a spoonful of stimulant at - o'clock;
other at - o'clock; another at - o'clock, and il
he still lives, another at - o'clock" These d.
rections were followed with exactness until the
arrival Of the hour last mentioned, when the at
tendauts were undecided about administering