The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-06
ABOUT PEOPLE.

SENATOR BROWN, of Georgia, is Ill and has
gone home for his health.
SENAToR-ELEcT BOWEN, of Colorado, is estl-
mated to be worth $5,0OO,o00.
COLONEL JAMES COULTER, member of the
Tennessee LEGISLATURE, wears his hair like q
woman, bangs and ALL
MISUNDERSTANDING BREWSTER gives more
elegant dinners than any cabinet officer, Secre-
tary Frelnghuysen the quistest and Postmaster
general Howe the fewest.
WASHINGTON Special: In this weeks issue of
Vanity Fair a large part of the Chicago story
about Mrs. Langtry Is reprinted, and the affair
causes great regret TO all the true friends of the
Jersey Lily"
"MR. IsAAcs" is just now the book most talked
abour, and its author, Mr. Crawford, tine son of
OF the late sculptor is SAID to he the hero of the
hour in Boston. The entire American edition OF
the novel is exhausted.
THE scandal about yhe failure Of Mr. Julian
Hawthorne to finish Fortunes Fool" is in
creased by the announcement that he had re-
ceived pay in full in advance. Mr.. Hawthorne
Is TINS far silent on the subject.
MR.. W. G. CARRINGToN, a Richmond (vaD at
torney, has received from London the certificate
of marriage of Mr.. anu Mrs. Pigeon, (Labou-
chere), IL was intended to be used In the d-
vOrce suit of Mrs. Pigeon Mr.. Pigeon.
AT playing party at Findlay, o., Jesse Taylor
was invited to sit down between two ladies who
sat on chairs quite close together. Just as he
was in the act of taking the proffered seat they
moved away, causing him To sit down so hard
that he broke his neck, which broke up the
party. Now one of the girls is crazy that 1t
is feared she will have to DO taken to tho insane
asylum.
THE chateau at Cannes occupied by Mr.. Glad
Stone Ia one nj The finest I'm the tnwn. stnuds
upon an elevated und commanding position,
about mile and half away from the center OF
business. and from 1t enjoys extensive
view of the Mediterranean and the surrounding
country. The place is quiet and secluded. For
some time past the chateau had not been inhal-
ited, and was prepared for Mr.. Glads@ae quite
hurredly. Mrs. Gladstone, the son, Stephen
| Gladstone ana Lord aud Lady WolvertOn are
with Tim.
DIR. HOLMES writes to the manager OF Phila-
delphia lecture course thus: ~ must resist the
| temptations you offer me. They are great, it is
rue aud If willing to enter the field as q
| lecturer I should accept them at once. But [
| have taken total abstinence from the lecture
| field ios NY motto aud have to write two more
begging-off letters Immediately nfter this. find
that my work must be done IN my library, and |
expect certainly during the present yerr and
| very prOOahIf always 10 use my pen anu hob NY
/ vucal organs"
T. G. C., the Sunday Gossper in the washing
ton Sunday Herald, says that more than ono
| reader Is wondering when Mira. Bnrnetts inter
minAble story of Through One Administration"
will he concluded Tue other day the wife of a
gentleman living in the West End asked her
husband how long he thought the story WAS
| going to run. Her little eght-year-Old son spoke
| up In sharp reprOof of his mothers Ignorance,
I "Why, mamma, haven't you read the tite2 IL is
Arhrough One Administrator and how can il
stop until thenf"
I AT the dinner of williams College alumni, IN
Boston, President Carter reported that the col
J ipge was never more deserving of affection than
| nav. "Tnere are" he said "three Yale men,
! Two Harvard men, and one Amherst man now in
I the faculty, and could show you in five min
| utes where half IL million could he placed and
not he noticed We expect $4,000 from the
Clark estare, and shall raise each professors
salary $500 next commencement. We are the
only college which has prayers twice a day,
| and we want to Keep IL Chr.s tian nursery.
CAN In the fashionable world" says London
| Life, evil remember that some months ago a
charming and accomplished young lady met
with frighttul accident through her dress
catching fire. So severe we're her injuries that
life WAS dispaired of, and the otncatng clergy
| man of u wrll-known Tts End church was sent
for To administer spiritual consolation to one be-
| lirved To be mariDund. To him the lady said:
| 'As know that am dying, have secret l
will disclose to yau only love you with my
whole heart The prompt reply was; you must
NOT die, hut live to he my wife | am glad to
add that this week the lady as married to the
Oijrct of her AFT ctions."
CHICAGO Letter in C0urier-Journal: It is lot
generally understood, but General Alvin p.
Huvry, OF Mount Vernon, IND, whu delivered
the paper Shiloh, at Evansville the other
evening. which has 50 thoroughly "stirred up
! the anirals" among politicians and military
men, is not only man eminent in the legal pro-
fcsson, hut he Is also possessed of literary abl-
ity OF II very high order. have it on good au-
thOrity that he has in preparation for the press
romantic poem, or series of poems, to he called
''Mary and Rizzo," which will deal with the
legends of the life and time of Mary Queen of
Scots. Those who have seen portions OF the
manuscript term the work one of peculiar
genias. | understand that the work will be
given to the public some time during the early
part OF the present year.