The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-05
ABOUT PEOPLE.
In 1869.


of whom ia now firing for college.
Miss ANNA DICKINSON was furnished by Cen
eral Butler with money to buy her stage outfit.
loads herself down with diamonds in public,
has earned for herself the title of the "Chan-
delier."
CHARLOTTE BRoNTE had the erroneous notion
that "women feel just as men feel" She pOssi-
bly, never had chin with four-day growth of
beard moved across her cheek.
MRS. CARLYLE, according to a recent non-pro-
fessiOnal critic, lived life wholly given to the
body, and rooted and centered in trifies. Only
once On her correspondence 2re God and
another life alluded to.
"MoUNT AUBURN" in Cambridge, lass, is not
very large cemetery, but it is a very beautiful;
one. Among the dead buried there are SUM
ner, Choate, Agassiz, Lon gfeow, Everett, Char
lotte Cushman and Margaret Fuller.
Now that Alexandra Dumas's memory is made
perpetual in Paris by public statue, people
there have remembered that no monument has
yet been raised to Belzac, and committee
has been formed to collect funds for the erection
of one.
NEARLY all the Justices OF the United States
Supreme Court are good whist play ers. They
and their families have organized into a whist
party, which meets every Saturday evening
Justice Miller is said to be the finest player in
the troupe.
MRS. BURNS MACDONALD, of Glencoe, direct
descendant of the chief of the clan no fell in
1892, has just erected Celtic cross to mark the
spot at Glencoe where the Macdonalds were
slaughtered. 1t has hitherto been unmarked,
strange to say.
IT is said that Henry Wizards daughter at
tended the opera in New York, the other night
wearing white wOrsted breakfast shawl. This
of course. was not so very important; but on
the minds of the dudes present it made greater
impression than the opera did.
CARSON (Nevada) Tribune: Miss Lou Davis, Of
Candelarla, will conduct the keno game at the
Enthusiastically tonight. Lively times at
the "Hoe-in-.he- wall" on Saturday. might Mu-
steal selections, keno, high-ban and percentage
poker, rondo, faro, etc, topped off with fine
lunch.
JUDGE ToURGEE says good thing now and
then. Looking at the new statue of Washington
in New York, on Saturday, no remarked: "For
the first time in my life begin to believe that
Washington actually lived All other repre-
sensations of the first President make him look
as it he were saying LET us prayP"
SECRETARY CHANDLER has another source of
unhappiness besides the obstnacy and fire.
quency with which Uniteds States vessels get
into trouble. He Is an inveterate newspaper
reader, and keeps one clerk perpetuaIly clipping
from the papers everything good or bad pub
lished about New Hampshire's eminent SOD.
THE detectives are again telling the story of
the revival that occurred In the Jail of Hart
ford, Conn. The prisoners held their religious
NEE tings in room given them for that pur-
pose. The zeal ran especially to music, ana the
songs were of the shouting kind. Great prog
gress was made, and an abundant harvest
seemed certain but it accidentally discov-
cred that the sick absentees were busily saving
the bars in another cell.
Mr.. GEORGE w. CABLE has written a comieai
letter to the Boston papers, in which, among
other things, he says: "If you will confne your
musical critic under lock and key and deposit
the key in bank, or furnish any other absolute
guarantees that he Is either literally or igura-
lively chained up, will iutersperse next Tues
days readings with half dozen mere snatehes
of African Creole songs, rendered with sufficient
native skill TO enable any studious to pick
out the tune"
Rosa BoNHEUR for the greater part of the
present year has been in failing health, aud has
heen living in great retirement at her country
house. But, feeling little stronger, she ven
tured up TO Paris about five weeks ago on I'M
portant business, hoping to return the same
hight, but she Overtaxed her powers, and has
been laid up ever since in her Paris house close
to the Luxemt ourg. The only hope which re-
mains to her friends Is that her excellent and
wry constitution may enable her to pull through
an operation which her physicians declare to be
Indispensable.
PROF. TICE, the st. Louis weather prophet,
who acquired national notorety some years ago.
died lust week. He was a quaint, curious old
man, undoubtedly sincere in his professions
and altogether indifferent to either the laudatory
or the adverse comments those professions oc-
casioned. He looked like the ntional pic
lures of Santa Claus, barring the round belly
and rubicund nose. His white hair and snowy
beard we're unkempt, he was strangely indif
ferent to his dress, and his whole air was that
of an distracted but earnest man. He was q
ready and entertaining taker, and always ap-
peared glad enough to patiently explain his pet
theories. He was kindly, genial, honest old
man, and, however much humbnggery there
might have been in his work as a weather pro-
phet, it was the result of weakness in the up
por and not in the middle story
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,