The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-25


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HELM TAYLOR a step-dsughter of John Stuart
Mill, is the 6Tst woman elected to the Presidency
of Standing Committee On the London School
Board.
Two male descendants Of Martin Luther are
now living in an obscure village In Thuringis
One IS carpenter and the other a theological
student
TIE Right Honorable Lord Mayor Of Dublin,
Cht lies Dawson, M. r., is a baker by trade. His
wagons so through the street every day, and serve
bread so the Mansion House regularly.
SENATOR JONES, o. Florida, says this of Ireland:
while enjDyed my visit to the old country
conld not live tsere again. That Is the country OF
the past-this is the country of the future"
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON. who has gone trout
fishing I'm the Virginia mountains says in letter
to friend in Richmond that he expects TO be
thought fish liar If not called one. when he
reaches home.
CHARLES d. CLAY, of Kentucky, grandson of
Henry Clay, and J. B. Vance. son OF Senator
Vance, OF North Carolina, have been designated By
the President TO appear before the Board at Fort
ress Monroe, October l. to be examined for second
heutenantcies.
EX-GovERSoR HARRINAN. of New Hampshire
who has Just been stricken with paralysis was a
Universalist preacher before the War, and gave ND
his Church TO commard a regiment in the Army
of the Potomac. de used ID be considered the
test stump speaker in the State.
NIEHAUs' model for a statue of Garfield for the
State Of Ohio is finished 1t represents the statsE
man In the act CT addressing an audience, stand
ing erect, with the right foot advanced the right
hard thrust into his bosom, and the left graSping
glove, hanging easily at his side. At his feet are
q scroll. books and laurel wreath
EUGENE is according to a writer who has seen
her very recently, "a rather stately woman, in
deep black, not bit OF color anywhere, about her
eyesare the twinkling ripples that years made,
around her mouth the deep drawn lines of sorrow,
q tallow face, hair with gray in It,"
MRS. MARGARET F. SULLIVAN (AIargaret Buchan-
| am, wife OF the President of the Irish National
League OF America, is writing new book which
the Appletons are TO publish, 1t is to be entitled
England. Ireland and the aited States" and
will be economic historical and social.
SPEAKING of Henri Rochefort a writer from
| France says: AN odd face is his-long, thin
eager. cranky; no beard except light mustache
and goatee an eye like the headlight of a locomo-
! tive, the white showing all around high brow
/ and turbulent, grsyish hair tumbling in cataracts
over his ears and rising in a geyser on top"
ALL the litigation preparatory to the sale of
Greeleys estate directed in the will of the late
Mrs. Greeley has boon completed and on the sth
of September next the once famous Chappaqua
farm in West Chester County will be sold at auc.
| tion Among the buildings to be sold is the old
stone barn which Mr.. Greeley took so much pride
I IN.
SOMEBODY put a small mud turtle, abOu, the
size OF silver dollar. in bed in a New Jersey
hotel, and the stranger who was assigned to that
room, on preparing 10 retire, caught sight of it.
He at once resumed his clothes. remarking: ~
expected to have pretty iivels night Of it, but if
they're as big as that ! don't propose to get In
with EN-
! JOSIAH HINNAN founder OF Montana the first
town built in Colorado died recently at his home
in Vergens, VI He was the leader of the frs
party that left Lawrence Kas., for Pixies Peak in
May, 1858. In February, 1859. the new town OF
Montana was incorporated BIZ The State of Kansas.
Not even log cabin now ra,ks the towns loca-
ton.
WHILE visiting the White Mountains last week,
Mr.. p I. BarAum went 10 The top Of Mount Wash
1ngton. 1t foe day, and the scene was IN
usually impressive, and the famous Snowman
gszsd about lorg in silent admiration. Then he
drew telegraph blank from his pocket and pen
ciled this message 10 a friend: II at the top OF
Mount Washington. 1t is the second greatest show
Oh earth"
Mr.. ALCoTT, who is now nearly eightY-four years
old, has read during his tedious illness much OF
the correspondence between Carlyle and Emerson.
His sight and hearing continue good. and he en-
dures his sickness with cheerful serenity. He can
now stand on his parslyze leg but can not walk
nor can he make effective OF his right arm,
which wss also paralyzed On sunday last he went
on the street, in his wheelchsir for the first time
since last october,
ONE Of the most indeiatigable book buyers in
New York City-you can hardly call him q col.
Iector, though he has a large Ibrary-is Mr.. sam
uel j. Tlden. Mr.. Tildens hobby is large galleries
He has more of these grea. folios than he knows
what to do with. and h as had to build library
expressly for them. He buys a great deal In the
way Of general literature also, but the big illul-
trated books are his Joy and pride, and he will
turn their pages for you until your head swims.
In reply to rumors as to her marriage Mrs.
Frank Leslie is alleged to reply: "For what
reason should l marry 1 making more
money than know what to do with. My news
paper establishment and magazines of various
kinds which the lawyers told me would produce
nothing, are bringing me al income OF $4,000 a
year: and tell you that when a woman is masking
money like that there is earthly reason why
she should marry man to help her squandeT it,
THE real name of joaquin Miller, author oil
the "Songs of the sierrss," is Cir cinnatus Heine
Miller. His divorced wlfs's maiden name was
Minnie Theresa Dyer and her literary pseudonym
was Minnie Myrtle II Is said that the name OF
"Josquin" was given to Sir. Miller by 1.-The boys
in his early California experience, when he was
"roughirg it," from a real or iancied resemblance
10 noted Spanish bighHaymsh, and he adopted
it as rseudonym.
NINE. OLYMPE ANDOUARD relates that she once
met the late Abd-e Ksder in Cairo, she was on
her way to visit the suez Canal WHITTIER, also. he
was going. 81 asked him she says, ''f he did
not speak French little. His reply. through his
interpreter, was that nc did rot III dsrstsnd one
word of French. We took our seats in the car,
and he continued TO converse through his inter
prefer. Sc " On board the YES ell viii h was to
bring us to Ismsilia the Interpreter fell asleep;
and | chatted with my companions. | re-
marked that the Emir see ned very smiable; that
his face was really handsome, and that his gaze
possessed a strange charm. Then we began to
talk about his past life. his wives, his young
nephew. whose eyes were ardent and whose
mouth was sensuous-reely, said
awful things among ourselves Grave as bronze
image the Emr watched us, calm and impassive
The passage lasted eight hours. AS we were
about to leave, Abd-el Ksder offered me his srm