The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-09
ABOUT PEOPLE.

THE seeds of the suntOwer are considered a
great ielicacy in Madrid.
MR.. P. b. d. VANDERBILT has twenty-five
grandchildren, and only $2O0,OO0,o0O to leave
them and their parents.
Mr.. BEEcHER remarked, incidentally, in reply
to a question asked him about Christ, that he
was going to resume work in the spring on the
second volume of his "Life of Christ"
WASHINGTON Special: There is no question
that here at the capital Logan's chances of be-
ing the Republican standard bearer in 8S4 are
regarded as good as if not better than those OF
any other.
Mrs. BISHOP SIMPSON has been presented by
Colonel Joseph NJ. Bennett, of the Chestnut
street Opera-hOuse, with farm of twenty-five
acres adjacent to the Methodist orphanage near
Philadelphia
In Denver two years ago Charles W. Stckney
murdered NJ. t. Campau for the alleged seuuc-
ton of Mrs Stickney He has now instituted
divorce proceedings against his wife on the
ground of adultery.
GAMBETTNs bad physical condition was the
immediate cause of his death. He was a great-a
ravenous eater of rich foods, and a tendency
toward blood poisoning had been suspected in
his for some time past.
Mrs. ELIZABETH G. CUSTER, widow of General
Custer, possesses the last flag of truce used in
the war of the rebellion, which carried by
Colonel R. NJ Sims from the Confederate Gen.
eral John B. Gordon to General Sheridan, and
was merely white towel.
NATHANIEL HAwTHoRNE's alleged posthumous
novel, cdr. Grmshaw's Secret" has been re-
ceived very coldly by all the papers of England.
Among critics the opinion is unanimous that
Hawthorne's reputation would have been bet
ter consulted by keeping this WORK unpublished,
Dr,rxr in, ilx.r
informed are TO the effect that Mr., Gladstone
will certainly retire, his known inclination in
this direction being perhaps increased by his
recent ill-health and by the warnings of his doc
tors that the time for hard work is over and the
period for rest has come
RICHARD BoAs, of Reading, Pa, a student in
Williams College, has, it is said, discovered
new method Of finding square numbers much
simpler than the usual way. At a late exhibit
tion before Professor Dodd MT. Boas was given
humber OF thirteen dgts, and he produced the
square in less than one minute
REV. JOSEPH COOK of Boston, quelled dis
turbance in a car between Allentown and Brad
ford, Pa, last week. He simply addressed the
roughs making the disturbance, and said he
would protect his rights, and assured the dis
turbers that unless they ceased in their noise he
would have the train stopped and them expelled
from it, They were silenced.
THE Washington correspondent of the Provi-
dence Press says: "The Attorney general is
very busy at his office until O'Clock every day.
He is working hard. He has q gifted sister,
Anna H. M. Brewster, who writes delightful let
tiers from Rome, and has also written a dreamy,
fascinating novel called st. Martins Summer
She has become Roman Catholic during her
soiourn abroad"
COLONEL Tom OCHILTREE's german is really
to occur soon in Willard Hall, and he has de-
cided TO issue no invitations to gentlemen, but
to invite young ladies who dance the german
and let them select their partners by each send
ing a George Washington Ratchet to a gentle
man whom she wishes to dance with her The
chief figure will be one where the hatchets will
be used as favOrs and carried in triumph aloft by
couples In a revolving procession.
b. d. GODFREY, of Newtonville, Mass, signal
lied the new year by purchasing and sending to
a list of twelve gentlemen many handsome
pocket Bibles, with the name of each in gilt on
the book, and with each he has sent an expana-
tory letter and appropriate verses for their es-
pecial study. The list of recipients of these IA
vors is as follows: General B. +. Butler Jay
Gould, W. Fl. Vanderbilt, Senator HOar, II. b,
Clahin, Governor Long, Mayor-elect Palmer,
Lieutenant Governor-elect Oliver Ames, John
NJ Forbes, George W. johnson and Aaron Olaf
lin