The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.


Van Buren, have been recovered from the garrett
of the White House, by President Artnur's order,
and hung up in the Red Parlor.
Mr.. CHAs. H. BUTTON formerly private secre-
tary to Hon. stephen A. Douglas, is the latest
candidate to announce himself for The position
of Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
1T is said that Mr. Beecher made S21, 900
during his recent lecture trip to California and
Texas, but this is said by one of his admirers,
who is generally allowed so per cent. off on his
statements.
MR.. NATHANIEL BARKER, a well-known vocal
list, author of "Ben Bolt" is lying seriously ill
at his residence in Lynn. Mass. He is about
seventy years of age, and sustained a few days
ago fracture of his hip.
CHRISTINE NILSSON says 81 am not about to
marry, nor am engaged to an American gentle
man. They have had me married to an English
man, an Irishman, Frenchman, German and
an Italian, and nothing ever came of it,"
Miss ELLEN TERRY had hard work to talk to
the interv1ewers who met her on her arrival,
because she felt so homesick she couldn't help
crying, and "cryiug,'' she said. "made her nose
red, and when her nose was red she didn't look
interesting"
ZoLA's new novel, LA Joie de vivre," is to be,
we are told 'the story of a family drama; a
study of passion purely psychological. and
without inventories of furniture, analyses of
odors, or secondhand and fastidious descrip-
tiOns of any kind"
CAPTAIN HowGATE is said to be engaged in
business III st. Louis under an assumed name.
Nellie Burrell is still with him. He is said to
have capital of $4,000, which his daughter
transferred to him. She and her mother are sup
porting themselves in Washington.
THE Marquis of Donegal is dead. This is not
remarkable, for he was eighty-six years old.
What is remarkable, however, is the fact that he
is succeeded by his brother, who has been sole
heir to the title for no less than thirty-nine
years, and is himself totteriHg old man of four
score and four.
M. DE STRIVE, the Russian minister, and his
wife have with them in Washington little jap
anese boy, who is being educated with their
own children They brought him with them
from Japan when they left there in the spring
of 1882, at the request of his parents, who
wished him to be well educated.
LORD CoLERIDGE says that every educated
speaker of English uses at least three different
languages. When he talks he uses cOll0q uial
English, when he writes he uses literary English,
and when he reads his Bible he uses an anti
quated form of English, which, from Its rela-
tions to modern culture, may almost be called
sacred English.
MIR. BEECHER travelled 1880 miles during
his tour that ended in Brooklyn Saturday.
His reception in the South gave satisfaction
cat Macon, Ca" he said to a reporter, ga fel.
low wanted to shoot me, but he was safely locked
up. guess he was too drunk to have done
much execution" Otherwise the Southern peo-
pie treated him very courteously.
In a recent letter from George W. Gable, the
Southern novelist, written from this cUy to a
friend in New Orleans, he says 81 have writ
ten you long letter, whereas meant to be
brief AS Carlyle says, Il had not time to make
it shorter And that reminds me of delicious
mot of NJ. de Lesseps, with which will close.
MY dear boy said the great engineer, in reply
to some social invitation, certainly will come.
1 have time to refuse to do anything"
MoNsIGNoR CAPEL said to a reporter in Phila-
delphia: 81 was pleased TO read the warm trib-
ute paid by Lord Coeridge TO Cardir al Newman
in the report of the Lord Chief-Justlce's address
to the Haverford College students. A warm
friendship of many years exists between Cole
ridge and the Cardinal. Whenever his Emnence
goes to London he stays either in Lord Cole
ridges house or with the Duke of Norfolk. Cole
ridges brother, you know, is priest Of the
Order of Jesus, and man of mark"
MR.. JOHN De WITT WARNER, a trustee of Cor
nell University, is quoted as saying that he does
not think that Professor Willard Fske intends
to injure the university or to wrest one farthing
wrongfuliy from it, 81 sincerely believe" he
says, "that if Professor Fiske should die to-day,
with the exception OF few requests, the bulk of
his property would go to Cornell University. I
do not say this authOritatively, but have very
good reasons for believing so. IL is my further
opinion that if Professor Fiske succeeds in the
action now pending, whatever sum he might re-
cover will be returned to the university"
EX-GOVERNOR STEWART of Vermont, will, it is
thought, be one of the strongest men on the Re-
publican side next Congress. He has the physi-
cal and mental make up of Garfield, and is per-
haps the most eloquent man in Vermont. Un-
fortunately during the twelve years since he
was Governor, the influence of unfriendly cor
porations kept HIM out of public life until last
fall, when he was elected to succeed Colonel
Joyce. The best place to see Stewart is at his
summer camp on Knights island on Lake Cham.
plain, where he lives under canvas two months
in the year with party of Middlebury college
professors for companions, ana regales hun
dreds of visitors good lake bass and his own
old wines. He has made a fortune out of his law
practice ana some lucky investments. His wife
Is an invalid. but he has an interesting daughter
in society.
WHEN Tourgueneff young he left his es-
tate once to spend the winter at ST. Petersburg.
On driving away he met on the banks of a riv-
one of his serfs young girl of such pleas
ant appearance that he stopped his troika to
bid her goodbye "Sophia Androvna," he said.
81 am going to town. Would you like "A neck
lace or head-dress? L promise to bring you what
ever you like when I come back in the spring"
Sophia replied, "Baron, des re neither neck
lace nor head-dress. But bring me little piece
of the soap which fine ladies USE" The baron
did not think of his young slave during all the
winter; but before he went back to his estate he
remembered the queer and simple wish of the
young girl. He saw her again on the same
spot where he had taken leave of her She
asked him to wait q moment and ran down TO