The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-14

will accept the call, The salary is $4,000 a
year Bishop Randolph will leave his charge
about Dec l.
most BLIsSFUL" NICoDEM, the new Patriarch
of Jerusalem, caused great stir in st. Peters
burg by his recent visit to the Gar, whom, as
head of the Russian Church. he lmpored TO send
pecuniary aid to the Greek Eastern Church,
THE funeral wreaths covering Tourgueneff's
coffin subjected to import duty on crossing
the Russian frontier, as the customs officers
kept the coffin four days and rigdly scrutiuIzed
the wreaths, which they finally taxed to the
amount of $40,
TWO young ladies, the Misses Phelps. went to
Fargo from their claims in Dickey county, D.
T., few days ago. They went to the Territory
three years ago without any means, and, by
their unaided efforts, trading in city lots and
getting claims, they now worth more than
$4,000 each, and will, no doubt more than
double that in the next three years. 9o--sU
SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE sustains natnre en-
tirely on milk and old port wine, oflwhich he
drinks two OF three glasses every day, varied
with sour and little bread and butter some
times. In middle life he smoked, but he has
given up tobacco for many years. He rises at
IL o'clock, having had his letters read to him in
bed, and then drives out for some hours, and re-
tires at o. He has likeness of Mr. Gladstone,
of whom he is very fond, over his bed. He
wears blue coat, frled shirt, and goes about
in the old-fashioned sedan chair. s
THE Russian millionaire, Sibiriakoff, who has
repeatedly given large sums for the explora-
ton of northern siberia, has again fitted out an
expedition, under the leadership of the engineer
Runeberg, which is to ascertain the navigabili-
ty OF the Angara river. For the past few years
l1all hava
ceeded up that river for some distance, but they
found their progress stopped by its numerous
waterfalls 1t is the intention of Runeberg to
follow the course of the Angara for 1000 miles,
and, if possible, to establish on 1t regular steam
boat traffic.
"RosCoE CoNKLTNG," remarked the Hon. Ham,
ilton Spencer, prominent lawyer of Blooming
ton, Ill.,, the other day, "read law in my office
in Utica, N Y The firm was composed of my
father, the late Joshua Spencer, Francis Ker-
nan, ex-United States senator from New York,
and myself Conking entered our office in
1916, and was quite young boy, but large and
tall for his age He was rather "a good-natured,
red-faced, wholesOme-loOking sort of a fellow,
possessing a very fine specimen of physical
manhood, while there wac everything else about
the young student to indicate good health and
eontentment with the world. Although quick
| TO learn, and possessing the finest talents,
| young Conkling was not regarded as being what
| is called very close student, but still his mind
was capable of grasping eagerly the principles
of the law, and his eloquence at the bar won for
him many important suits"
THE presence in this country of the Chevalier
Antoine de Kontski calls to mind an aneedote
about him and List, for the preservation OF
which the world is indebted to Hans Won Bulow
The Chevalier is a pianist somewhat of the
Leopold de Meyer type, though, despite his
| tdiosyncrasies, really capable musician He
mas always had a hankering after court honorsr
and in his earlier days wont to parade his
brilliant uniforms every possible occasion In
| 1852 Liszt. then capellmeister i'll Weimar, re-
oeived a call one day from the Chevalier, who
decked ont in all the glories of Spanish uni
| form, came to make ceremOnious presentation
of the first copy of his book of studies, "LIndis
pensable da PIaniste." "My dear FRIEND" said
List, "when next you feel incliued to practice
humbuggery, be at least little less rococo
Hark you; /, for my part, who am not altogether
| inexperienced, know only one real fndispensa
BILE du pianiste,' namely-a decent pair of trou
| saratD