The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.

JUSTICE MATTHEwss son continues to improve.
he IS now believed to be on tie road to recovery
BURDETTE. the humorist, will spend the
coming summer In Montgomery county, New
York.
THE highest sum realized by George Eliot for
any one of her later works was $4,000, while
the lowest she received was $4,000.
THE venerable Archbishop Purcell is again in
seriously failing health, and the greatest appre-
tensions of Ills friends are aroused. Paralysis
has attacked his organs of speech, and he can
scarcely articulate above whisper.
Mrs. CRAYCRoFT. the sister of Sir John Frank
lin, has died at DorkinS at the age of ninety.
She spent the greater part of her fortune on the
expeditions which were sent to the Arctic re-
gions in search of the famous explorer.
MIR. GEORGE AUGUSTUS sALA regards it as one
of the lnckiest and most merciful things that can
possibly happen to man that he should be al
most invariably unluoky at cards His re-
membranes OF poker are brief, but full of acute
anguish.
Two ladies, officers of the Salvation Army, who
recently went over Her Majestys ship Britain
MIA, in dartmouth harbor, duly entered their
| rauk and names in the book kept on board for
visitors, adding in the column for residence,
"Bound for goryi"
THE Prince of Wales father of George lid was
hated by his parents The Queen told Lord Her
vey that "My dear fret born is the greatest ass,
and the greatest liar and the greatest canaille,
and the greatest beast in the whole world, and L
most heartily wish he was out of it,"
Josie" MANSFIELD, on whose account Stokes
killed "Jim" Fisk, is said to be the real name of
the Lima Brown who is now suing Prince Gort-
cbakotfs estate for the annual income she say
he promised her when she his mistress. She
has taken up this as a regular business.
A MICHIGAN-woman announces her intention
to set out May from Paw Paw on a tramp
across the continent delivering lectures on the
way She expects to reach San Francisco by
Sept. 1. The people on the line of march can
not complain that they have not had fair warn
ing.
REV. G. d. BARRows, of San Francisco, has
| secured the interest of Mr.. Warren Cheney in
the Overland Monthly, and will assist actively
in its editorial management. Mr.. Barrows has
the qualities of a successful editor is practical
man of affairs; a man of broad and generous
sympathies, and of fine literary taste.
THE fine old belle of Philadelphia, Emily
Schaumberg, niece Of Colonel James Page, has
been giving dinner in honor of the anniversary
of her wedding day. She is married to Colo
mel Hughes Halett. and now lives near London.
Mr. Lowell, Lord and Lady Mcdonald, of the
lsles Lady DeBourgoine and Sir Thomas and
Lady Freake were present Emily was the belle
of Philadelphia about twenty-five years, and
married in her maturity-provided that in the
hands of women divinely great forty five is
mightier than eighteen.
"How Mrs. Carlyle could queen it," exclaims
writer in the conservative London Spectator.
"Long after she was middle-aged woman she
could pick up chance acquaintances in coach
aud so fascinate them that when she left her
parasol in that coach one would compete eager
ly and secretly against the other for the chance
of recovering and restoring 1t to her. In her
old ags-indeed, year or two before her death
when she had partially recovered from most
dangerous illness, middle-aged men of the world
burst into tears at the sight of her whom they
had never hoped to see again. and quivered all
over with the Joy of recovering her. She owed
this power of fascination, no doubt, partly to her
ready tenderness of sympathy, and partly TO her
volIeys of gentle scorn."