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

AbOOI PEOPLE.
NJ SARAH BERNHARDT was Missed not long
ago by a clique at the Montpelier Theater in the
p~antomime. She was also insulted when she
left the theater.
Mr.. W. W. COCHRAN has asked permission of
the family to erect a monument overt the tomb of
the late Bishop Pinkney, who was one of his
warmest personal friends.
Mr.. VIM. HORNE and Mr.. Oscar H. Nealy, OF
Indiana, have accepted positions in the post
office. Mr.. Nealy was formerly one of the fore
men in the government printing office.
Mr.. OSCAR DICKSON, the eminent Swedish
merchant and patron of Professor Nordenskjold,
will next fall be the guest of the Prince of Wales,
and go on a hunting excursion with him.
BARNUM is said to have lost $4,000 on his
white elephant experiment. Two of the sacred
animals were purchased by strategy, but were
afterward poisoned by emissaries of the siamese
government.
THE Washington correspondent of the Albany
Journal says that Mary Clemmer Ames and her
new husband, Edward Hudson, look like a be-
nignant old aunt and her nephew, her husband
being many years the younger of the two.
THE Princess of Wales is now called the first
lady of fashion in the Old World. But, let 1t be
understood, she does not ride on the top of tally
no coaches in unbecoming dresses and does not
allow her photograph to be taken in theatrical
costumes.
THE European papers say that during the
next opera season in the United States Nine.
Sombrecht Is to be paid for each night ST, 200,
Albani 81, 200, Gerster 81, ZOO, Nilsson 81, 800,
and Patti $500. The managers expect to make
a little out of the season, too.
W. W. C%oRCoRAN, of Washington, has gone to
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs for the
aIIInn1a % mana A. fha o.a 80 Ulk fn,o
years the famous philanthropist is still erect
and portly. He has a clear complexion, dark
eyes and luxuriant white hair. He dresses like
a gentleman of the old school, always wears
gloves when out of doors, and carries a gold
headed cane.
MR.. MACKAY. the Bonanza king" has, &C.
cording to the London World, purchased a IA
nous Rembrandt portrait from the Marquis of
Lansdowne for $25, 000-"a largeish figure" the
World adds. But Mr.. Mackay can doubtless af-
ford it, since that paper gravely asserts that his
income averages SO, 900, 900 a year, "aGd there
does not seem any prospect of the mines from
which he derives his wealth becoming ex-
hausted."
BJoRNsTERNE BJoRNsoN is an easy and rapid,
but ftful writer. Sometimes his pen will be
seized by an inspiration and reel off whole chap
ters in a few hours. He never revises or cor
~rects,or even re-reads a manuscript after writing
it. The forenoon is his work-time, and ne does
not care If his desk is surrounded by a score of
visitors talking, or by a dozen romping children
at play. Nothing short of an earthquake, he
says, can disturb his flow of thoughts.
MoNsEIGNEUR CAPEL, the Catesby of Disraeli's
"Lothair," is about to visit America. He will
hardly meet with a very enthusiastic reception
from his cOuntrymen here. He is an Irishman,
though he palms himself off as an Englishman.
He has been a coadjutor of Errington and one of
the pets of "the English faction in Rome" Since
he involved the Kensington (LondOn) Roman
Catholic College in almost irredeemable debt he
has been a sort of ecclesiastical tramp on the
European continent.
THE most extravagant precautions were taken
to protect the Queens train, the whole line from
Ballater to Perth being guarded almost as close
ly as was the railway from ST. Petersburg to
Moscow during the recent journey of the Car.
Her Majesty walked without difficulty between
her carriage and the train, both at Ballater and
Windsor, but she did not quit her saloon at Perth,
where a bundle of kilograms was handed in for
her perusal. The public was excluded from the
end of the station where the royal train stopped,
all the long platform being guarded by a Gordon
of police.
HERE is an illustration of the way in which a
~ Y hC1 IN OIL hao w nOIh III thObo
days. Sir Henry James was In his office early
one Thursday morning. He had to meet the
grand mi at IL, and was engaged there
until A. He was in the House from 4:30 until
long after midnight, plotting the corrupt prac-
tees bill. He was again in the House on Friday
from 2 until 7. In addition to all this he had his
own'legal practice to attend to and The govern.
ment to ad wise on important questions. This is
the pace that kills, as some of Sir Henry James's
predecessors have found to their cost.
WASHINGTON special: Miss Anna Smith,
daughter of the late Rear Admiral Joseph Smith,
u, s. N, "the father of the MONITORS has pre-
| scented to the House of the Good Shepherd the
capacious residence and grounds of the late Ad-
miral, on Ninth street, just north of K, for a re-
formatory for women, an institution much needed
in Washington. The property is valued at $685.
900. Miss Smith has taken another house, and
will continue TO reside in this city, where she is
greatly beloved, especially among the poor,
who have been recipients of her bounty, The
late Admiral left to this daughter, his only re-
naming child, a large fortune. His son. Joseph
Smith. jr., was killed in battle while in command
of the Congress, off Fortress Monroe, and Com
modore Alfred Smith, the other son, died not
long after, while Chief of the Bureau of Equip
mentin the Navy Department.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.