The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-12
BREAKFAST CHAT.

GEN. JONI W. PHELPS, who ran for the presi-
dency in 1880 on the anti-Masonic ticket, has
just been getting married at the age of seventy
years.
THE daughter of the Dean of st. Paul's was
married in his cathedral lately to a son of Sir
James Paget, the famous surgeon. 1t was the
second marriage performed there in 125 years.
THE sixteen daughters of a Maryland ex-con-
gresham have the reputation of being the
handsomest ladies in the State. One OF them
the first of the sixteen was married last
week.
AFTER mature consideration Kaiser wilhelm
has concluded that the youngest of his nephews,
Prince Albrecht, is the least promising sprig of
the royal family, and has designated him to at
tend the Cars coronation.
PECK, of the Milwaukee Sun, who has leaped
into wealth and a certain kind of fame by his
writings, is said to receive q larger yearly in
come from his newspaper work than Emerson
realized during his entire life.
J. W. s. ARNOLD, the noted psychologist, has
become a resident of Thomasville, Ga, where he
has a $4,000 laboratory. Some of the wonder
ing natives say that he "spends two weeks
studying a frogs foot through a microscope"
GEORGE W. CABLE says that Julian Hawthorne
is one of the handsomest men he ever saw in his
life. He is very tall and has IA delightful b.
hemian look about him., aggravated perhaps by
a brown velvet smoking coat he is fond of wear
ing.
elf not called for in ten days, return to Fl. H.
Thomas, dealer in nitro-glycerine dynamite,
giant powder and high explosives, Bay City,
Mich" which appeared on the envelope Of a
letter on general business addressed to an
American travelling in England, cost him a
nights imprisonment.
MISS ANNA DICKINSON is now in New York, the
guest of Mrs. Croly. Miss Dickinson is in unusu-
ally good health, and is about entering on a
course of reading from her drama; "Aurelian,"
and from a dramatic lecture on Jeanne D'Arc."
She will be heard In a number of the Eastern
cities during tho spring.
FRANK S%TURGEs, of Chicago, recently sent a
large number of live prairie chickens to a friend
in England. Twenty of the chickens were pre-
scented to the Queen for the Balmoral grounds,
and twenty to the Prince of Wales for sandring-
ham, while several Others were turned loose on
the Welsh hills, near Meath.
A PrTTsBURG girl, who had refused a good
looking telegraph-repai man three times within
six months, gave as a reason that he was too
much of a wanderer. That he wandered from
pole TO pole, from one climb to another, and that
If he did come home he'd be insulate that the
neighbors would be sure to talk.
MR.. GLADSTONE has received notice of the in
t~enti0n Of the workingmen Of Derby to pre-
sent him with n dessert service of Derby
china, which has been specially manufactured.
Each piece has a hand-painted representation of
some famous scene in Derhyshire. The Pre-
mier, as every one knows, is a connoisseur in
china.
MR.. TALBOT, * Governor of Massachusetts,
IS said to be nursing his wrath against Mr.. But
| Ter, Governor, to keep IL warm. Recently Mr..
Talbot met Mr.. Butler at a social gathering
where dancing ruled the hour, and. desiring to
keep up the conversation, remarked: "You dom It
dance, General9" ''No," was the quick reply, az
make other people dance"
T%ELEGRAPHs in China are soon to receive an
important extension. A line is to be built from
| Canton to Shanghai. When this line is COM
pletod the southern port will then be in direct
connection with flemish. Lead ore has been
discovered in Kwarntimgs, where Canton is sit
uated, ana it is proposed to work mines of this
metal, Both these movements are of Chinese
origin.
THE Paris Louvre has been presented with
Eugene Delacroix's huge painting of the "ship-
wreck of Don Juan, for which 912, 900 were Of
fercd some years ago. The picture is taken from
the second oanto of Byron's poem, ana repre-
sents a dismasted boat tossing on a tempestuous
sea, while the starving occupants are drawing
lots to decide who shall. die TO satisfy the others
hunger.
AT the opening OF the Johns Hopkins Laborato-
ry, at Baltimore, Professor hansen laid down
the doctrine that the study Of chemistry'is rs
hracing for the morals as FOR the mind. az be-
lieve," he said, "tliat frequent practice in quail
tative and duantitative analysis has a tendency
to develop honesty" The American suggests
that it might DO well for banks to require their
cashiers to take a preliminary course in chem
istry.
CHARLES H.. WELLfNo, formerly a prominent
dry-goods commission merchant OF Philadel-
phia, came TO New York in 1868, and failed two
years later as c. II. yelling e. Co. He owed
nearly 100000, general and confidential, and
COMPROMISED at so cents on the dollar and OBJ
taisss - unconditional release. His creditors