The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-03


be abolished aud Irishmen vanish from the
world.
LONDON Special: DIR. Playfair's retirement
from the chairman ship of the committees is
nounced. This results from the complaints of
last session respecting his suspension of the
Parnellites.
EIGHTY years ago Dewitt Clinton resigned his
seat in the Senate of the United States to become
may or of New York 1t was a small! city, but its
chief magistracy was held to be one of the most
honorable of offices,
MR.. JOHN E. OWENS the actor, complains that
one day he is reported to be worth million and
the next to be beggar. He owns a farm of $50
acres just outside Baltimore city limits, which
Is assessed for a value of 500, 900
CHICAGO Tribune: Over 1000, 900 volumes of
the works of Charles Dickens have been sold in
England during the last dozen years. Dickens
will be remembered as the gentleman whom Mr..
w. ID. Howels pronounced poor novelist
MR.. TRoLLoPE's last story, "The Land
Leaguers," few chapters of which have APP
peared in the English Weekly Life, promises to
be one of the most interesting of his works, 1t
shows, however, no sympathy with Irish
methods.
THE first Spanish woman on whom the degree
of NJ. d. has been conferred is Senorita Martina
Cassells Beaspl. She is a striKingly-b tutiful
woman, with liquid dark eyes, golden hair and
complexion that adnring correspondent COM
pares to the petals of tea-rose.
HON. ROBERT 9. WINTHROP delivered the ora
ton on the occasion of the laying of the corner
stone OF the Washington monument about forty
years ago, and he is to deliver the Grafton on the
completion of the structure in 1884, if, indeed,
the long-delayed testimonial is really completed
in that year.
SAN FRANCISCO papers relate that Rear Admi-
raj schenck, whose death occurred about two
weeks since, the first to bring gold east
from California. He was lieutenant then, and
was dispatched with the news OF the discovery
by Commodore APP. Catesby Jones. and took with
him three claret cases of gold chunks.
NILE. CRoIsETTE, the famous French actress,
whose retirement from the Coincide Franchise
is officially announced, was Russian by birth
and the child OF an obscure theater manager,
who afterward removed to Paris with his two
daughters. Croisette, under the patronage of the
Duke de Morney, entered tine Theater Franchise,
while her sister married the eminent painter
COrolus Duran. The actress achieved her greatest
triumph eight years ago, in 1.-The Sphinx"
ATLANTA Constitution: The handsomesJ Christ
mas present of the season check for $780,
900 on the Park National Bank, sent by Mr..
james Jackson of New orleans, to his son-in-
law, Mr.. Willis Reagan, of this city. The check
arrived on Friday, and was a surprise to a
popular young Albanian, who richly deserved,
though did not need, it. 1t ia needless to re-
mark that Mr.. Jackson ia a model father-in-law.
and sets au example richly worthy of imitation.
WASHINGTON Special: "In personal appear
ance Mr.. Allen was grave and unassuming, with
scant hair still dark, dark eyes and complexion,
aud general look like New England pastor or
college professor. He had cordial grasp of the
hand, Il benignant smile, and clear and vivid
Intelligence OF manner. Except for slight
deafne ss age appeared to have made little en-
croachment upon him. By the death of Mr..
Allen Mr. Preston, the Haytan minister, be-
comes the dean of the diplomatic corps"
"AT the opera the other evening"" says the
Paris correspondent of London Queen, 81 re-
marked the MarquIse de Gallifet i'll black satin
trimmed with blue and silver bows; the Countess
de Behague in white, with appliques of rides
cent pearls, beautiful blue and flame -colored
bird in her hair; the Countess de Darfort In q
low striped satin dress, with diamond aud pear
shaped pearl ornaments of great beauty; the
Countess darcy III ruby damask, with gold-lace
ruffles and berthe, an aigrette in her hair"
QUEEN VICTORIA is "a partisan of Mary Queen
| of Scots. Mr.. SHELTON has lately republished in
England speech from the Queen" in which
he defends Mary's character In his preface he
says that copy of an earlier edition of this work
was read by Queen Victoria, and that Her
Majesty is entirely of his way of thinking The
, Queen sis most happy to have it (the defense),
atfording as it does conclusive evidence of the
Innocence of poor Queen Mary of the terrible
crimes so cruelty and unjustly laid to her
charge"
GATH: hear that Edward Flynn is to be the
new managing editor of the New York Herald,
and Mr. Connery is to reside abroad and superin-
tend the cable business there. 1t is said that the
Herald does not keep up its expected enterprise.
Men have to be treated something above SER
wants to get results out of them. Mr.. Flynn has
brought the Telegram, Bennett S evening paper,
up to a circulation of $4,000 copies a day. tits
considered worth 81, 100000, and paid five per
cent, on this amount last summer. 1t could
have been bought five years ago for $l0O, 900.
Mr.. Flynn is "A married man, and was, in his boy
hood, the office clerk OF the elder Benefits
paper. He is probably thirty five years OLD.