The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-04
ABOUT PEOPLE.

WENDN PHILLIPS was seventy-twO years old
on thanksgiving day.
! MARIE VAN ZANDT is a granddaughter of the
late signor Blitz. Her age Is twenty-five.
THIS was the very concise verdict of a coro-
ner's jury in Idaho: eve find that the deceased
came to his death by calling Tom. Watlings a
liar"
UNITED STATES SENATOR c.. +. MANDERsoN. of
Nebraska, was born in Philadelphia in 1897.
He spent thanksgiving day in that city, at the
home of his mother.
LUIGI MONT. 'the young Siciiiau," of Long
fellows 'Wayside Inn" will return to this coun-
try soon. He has been for twelve years the
American consul at Palermo.
Mr.. II. I. BOOTH, the American Apostle Of the
blue ribbon movement in England, claims to
have had 1000, 900 signatures to the pledge at
his meetings since his arrival
MIR. BEECHER sometimes says a shrewd thing.
He says the reason why the gentiles do not
succeed IN Outstanding Utah is because the
gentiles who go there are worse than the Nor
mons.
IT is interesting to be instructed by Signor
NicOlini that there is a "lack of social culture in
America" Are we TO understand that he and
Nine. Patti are the opponents of the true social
culture?
THE Nineteenth Century contains four ar
ticles on the same subject, including one by
Lord Shaftesbury warning the public against the
danger of leading the poor to believe mere char
ity to be the true remedy for miseries.
WENDELL PHILLIPS on Sojourner Truth: "Her
natural wit and happiness in retort l have hard
ly ever seen equaled. Her eloquence was at
times marvellous. She used TO say to us: You
read books: God himself talks to me-"
MR.. NEAL Dow says that in more than three
a. ~
away, no spirits being distilled or beer brewed.
There are low, secret liqnor shops in the large
towns. and in Bangor the law Is not recognized
or obeyed.
CONSUL HOOPER. at Munich, writes to the
State Department that living in that city is the
cheapest of any city in Germany. He thinks
that $500 a year for a single man in Munich
would he equivalent TO about double that amount
in New York.
WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT has presented to his
aunt, Mrs. Van Duzer. sister to his mother, a
large piece of property at Stapleton. where the
Van Duzers lived at the time the late Commo-
dore married into the family, and where they
have since made their home.
GEORGE MACDONALD news pretty close to the
line. Il would gladly see a boy of mine choose
rather to be a blacksmith or a matchmaker or IA
boOkbinder than a clerk. Production, making,
g a higher thing in the scale of reality than any
mere transmission, such 80 buying and selling"
THE Russian authorities have been unexpect-
eddy prompt in confirming Nine. Pauline Viardot
as the sole heiress of Tourgneneffs property in
Paris and Bougival, in accordance with his will.
The lands in Russia, however. in which he had
a share, remain the property of the Tourgueneff
family.
PHIL, General Buffers war-horse, haslived the
idle life of a pet, in Lowell, Mass, since the end
of the war. He is quite active, though more
than thirty years old. General Butler goes to
see Phil whenever he happens to be in Lowell.
II is said that horse and man actually wink at
each other,
IT seems that the Marquis OF Kildare, eldest
son of the Duke of LeInster, is about to be mar
ried to the great beauty. Lady Hermione Dun
comhe, eldest daughter of Lord Feversham,
whose daughters are by far the most beautiful
girls in England. Lady Feversham, the daugh-
ter of the famous Sir James Graham, is herself
very beautiful, and Lord FeveTsham is some of the
bestlooking, as he is one of the best-nstured, of